Richard Kaufman ’69 and Madelyn “Lyn” Butler Kaufman ’70

Richard Kaufman ’69 and Madelyn “Lyn” Butler Kaufman ’70 both credit their Cornell education with their professional success. After more than 25 years in the business world, traveling often, Richard started a luxury travel company in 2000. In 2004, Madelyn started working there full time in addition to a job consulting for a financial planning company. She does the administrative work and he works with customers to plan their travel. The couple travels about four months each year escorting groups around the world. Madelyn said their liberal arts education made them able to work in many different fields. “We think a well-educated person is the foundation of a functioning society,” she said. “Our Cornell liberal arts education has served us well, and the longer we have the opportunity to use it, the more we appreciate it.”