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THE MAGAZINE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE
FALL 2012
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STEM Innovator: Shanna Tellerman ’99
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TEACHER as LEARNER
Campaign News: Let the Show Begin!
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Winning Coaches, Winning Teams
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From the Head of School
Collection MAGAZINE Published twice a year by Friends School of Baltimore. Matthew Micciche Head of School Bonnie Hearn Assistant Head for Finance and Operations Karen Dates Dunmore ‘82 Director of Admission and Community Outreach Eleanor Landauer Interim Director of Development Lisa Pitts ’70 Comprehensive Campaign Manager Heidi Blalock Editor; Director of Communications Amy Langrehr Alumni Director Meg Whiteford Annual Fund Director Mary Pat Bianchi Kate Maskarinec Ann Homer Martin ‘37 Development Office Staff M I S S I O N S TAT E M E N T
Founded in 1784, Friends School of Baltimore provides a coeducational, college preparatory program guided by the Quaker values of truth, equality, simplicity, community and peaceful resolution of conflict. By setting high standards of excellence for a diverse and caring community, Friends seeks to develop in each student the spiritual, intellectual, physical and creative strengths to make a positive contribution to the world. Recognizing that there is that of God in each person, the School strives in all its programs, policies and affairs to be an institution that exemplifies the ideals of the Religious Society of Friends. PA R E N T S O F A L U M N I
Please help Friends go green! If this issue is mailed to a son or daughter who no longer maintains a permanent address at your home, please notify us of the new address by writing or by calling 410.649.3208. We — and the Earth — thank you! Printing J.H. Furst Co. Design Clipper City Media Cover photo Justin Tsucalas Photography Lauren Madsen, Rick Lippenholz, Edwin Remsberg ‘83 and members of the School community. Printed on recycled paper.
DEAR FRIENDS, In their book That Used to Be Us, authors Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum make the case for lifelong learning as a prerequisite to success in the global economy: “A better education today,” they write, “is one that prepares a student to understand a book that has not yet been written, to master a job that has not yet been created, or to conceive a product that does not yet exist.” Implicit in this statement is the role that teachers play in helping to guide and shape the student’s educational journey. Here at Friends our faculty has wrestled with the fundamental question: How do you teach information that has not yet been discovered? Our answer: By recommitting ourselves daily to ongoing growth and development, and by modeling these vital traits for the students in our care. Or as one teacher so eloquently stated in this one-sentence post on our Virtual Faculty Room page: “You cannot be a master teacher until you are a master learner.” Time and again we hear from alumni and their parents that Friends’ gifted and dedicated teachers are by far the School’s greatest resource — the fiber that binds together the common experience of our students. In this edition of Collection, we highlight several examples of our teachers assuming the role of learners; embracing both the discomfort and the wonder, the uncertainty and the exhilaration that are inescapable aspects of the learning process. Developing a true community of learners, adults and students alike, requires the investment of valuable resources; time, money, and perhaps most challenging of all for us adult learners, the willing surrender of the pretense that we’ve learned all we need to know about our profession. Friends School always has been unstinting in its financial support for adult learning, with generous professional development budgets, summer grant programs for curriculum development and travel, and a professional studies program that supports tuition costs for graduate education. We also have provided our faculty with time — through biannual professional development days, our groundbreaking new GROW (Growth and Renewal in Our Work) program (see page 5) and the establishment of eight PLUSS (Professional Learning to Uphold Student Success) days — to collaborate across disciplines and divisions and continually re-imagine the best ways of achieving the goals we’ve set for our students. Our faculty has responded with enthusiasm to these and other opportunities to sustain their professional growth. Indeed, through new and emerging venues, such as Twitter, blogs, nings and other online learning communities, many Friends teachers are eagerly supplementing their own learning in ways that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. We are proud of the many ways in which we’ve cultivated the atmosphere of ongoing learning for the adults on our campus, and we’re certain that by doing so we’ve enriched the experience of our students quite powerfully. I hope you enjoy reading about our master teachers’ continuing progression as learners. Best wishes,
Matthew Micciche Head of School
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Contents
FALL 2012
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20. Feature
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Teacher as Learner
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Whether learning foreign languages or pioneering new ways to collaborate, Friends teachers are hungry
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for new experiences.
STEM Innovator: Shanna Tellerman ’99
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The Sim Ops Studios founder figures prominently in innovation thought-leader Tony Wagner’s latest book, CREATING INNOVATORS.
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COMMENCEMENT Presenting Friends’ newest alumni: The Class of 2012, with links to this year’s Senior Awards recipients and photos from the June 12 ceremony.
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SCHOOL NEWS
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AT H L E T I C S John Hammond ’70 reports on how Friends’ new Athletic Philosophy is reaping dividends.
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ALUMNI NEWS Highlights from the May 2012 Alumni Weekend including this year’s Alumni Award recipients: Joan Sullivan Little ’82, Bill Hearn ’78 and Honorary Alumna Gayle Latshaw.
Diversity Notes: Felicia Wilks writes about the importance of communication; New Faces at Friends: This fall we welcomed 29 faculty, staff and trustees.
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DEVELOPMENT NEWS Friends is poised to embark on its final, and arguably most compelling, initiative in the School’s 2007 strategic plan: the transformation of the Forbush Auditorium. Also, we introduce a new feature: SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTS.
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CLASS NOTES
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MILESTONES
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CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
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WHO DARES TO TEACH MUST NEVER CEASE TO LEARN. — JOHN COTTON DANA
Throughout its 228-year history, Friends School has endeavored to be a learning community for both its students and faculty. This tradition is rooted in our Quaker philosophy, in the ongoing search for truth and in the possibilities presented through continuing revelation. As the stories in Teacher as Learner attest, it’s not enough to instill in our students the skills and mindset of lifelong learners. Those who lead our students must step out of their comfort zones to experience the “uncertainty and the exhilaration” that accompany true growth.
DYNAMIC DUO:
Blanca Penˇa-Welch and Mariella Neyra bring Spanish language to the Lower School
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lanca Penˇa-Welch and Mariella Neyra have the easy manner of longtime colleagues and a knack for finishing each other’s sentences. Interviewed in Penˇ a-Welch’s sun-filled classroom on the second-grade floor, the Lower School’s new full- and part-time Spanish teachers, respectively, are passionate about the Spanish language and its cultural diversity; and their enthusiasm is contagious. “They are so much fun,” Tricia Dudley, Lower School learning specialist, says of her new co-workers. “The other day, as the second graders were coming to Blanca’s classroom for Spanish class, they heard her humming a tune they had learned in class, and they all broke out in song. The kids
leave her class skipping down the hallway. When they see her outside the classroom, they do not say ‘hello,’ it’s ‘¡hola!’” Asked what it’s like to create a Spanish language curriculum for Friends’ youngest learners, the teachers simultaneously blurt “from scratch!” “It’s really exciting,” offers Penˇa-Welch, “because we have the knowledge and the experience, and we have this energy. Our goal is for the kids to have fun and to really love the language.” “And we’re a great team,” Neyra interjects. “We are a great team!” Penˇa-Welch adds, filling the room with her big laugh. “I can be thinking about something, and [she’s] reading my mind. We just met this summer when
Mariale Hardiman, Ed.D. (pictured with Matt Micciche) visited the Friends campus in April to share insights from her latest book, The Brain-Targeted Teaching Model for 21st-Century Schools, with faculty and parents. The co-founder and director of Johns Hopkins University’s NeuroEducation Initiative, Hardiman and her colleagues provide educators with relevant research from the brain sciences to inform teaching and learning. Her appearance was made possible through the Friends School Class of 2000 Lecture Series endowment. For more information about Brain-Targeted Teaching, visit braintargetedteaching.org.
Blanca Penˇa-Welch teaches a fifth grade Spanish class. “This is my passion. I love it.”
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Uno, dos, tres ... Mariella Neyra teaches Pre-Primary students how to count in Spanish.
we had a grant to develop the curriculum. People think we’ve been friends …” “Forever,” finishes Neyra. A former professor at Universidad Politecnica de El Salvador, where she also earned an M.B.A. in economics, Penˇa-Welch joined Friends from Henderson International School, a Pre-K through eighth grade school in Henderson, Nev., where she developed a Spanish language curriculum and taught for eight years. She also spent six summers teaching Spanish at College du’ Leman in Geneva, Switzerland. “When I came to the United States 19 years ago,” she says, “my very first job was as a nanny. Then I went to college because I said, uh-uh, I am definitely going to learn English so I can return to teaching. This is my passion. I love it, I love it.” Learning a new language as an adult is hard, she admits. “I’m still learning,” she says laughing. “I don’t have any problem with my accent. I love my accent! I have to, I don’t have a choice.”
Peña-Welch and Neyra have embraced Friends’ Teaching and Learning Paradigm in their work with Lower Schoolers, and they have even translated the model into Spanish. Y aquí está!
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Neyra, too, speaks with an accent. Hers is from her native Peru, where she received a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from the National University Federico Villarreal in Lima. She has 13 years of experience teaching Spanish at the elementary,
I remind the children ‘The same way that I learn my English, you can learn Spanish.’ ˇ — TEA CH ER BLANCA PENA-WELCH
secondary and university levels in Lima as well as in Virginia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. At Friends, the teachers meet with their charges five times in a 10-day cycle — basically, every other day. Depending on their students’ age and grade level at enrollment, Penˇa-Welch anticipates that most of them will become novice-level speakers by the end of fifth grade. “They’re going to be very ready [for Middle School],” she predicts. In class, the teachers use as much of the target language as possible, even in Pre-K. “The main purpose of language is to communicate,” Neyra explains. “If you can’t achieve that using just the target language, then you have to use whatever resources you have — English, signs, pictures. We don’t want them to feel confused or frustrated.” “I had one boy say, ‘Excuse me, Señora, would you please speak normally?’” adds Penˇa-Welch. “‘OK! Normal now,’” she says laughing. “We know when to use a little help with the English. “I remind the children ‘The same way that I learn my English, you can learn Spanish.’ I tell them, ‘Sometimes I say “bye” instead of “hi!” It’s normal. I confuse things.’ So, if they say ‘adios,’ I say ‘hola.’ That’s a big rule here. We can’t laugh at each other, out of respect.”
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Offering faculty time to GROW: professional development “led by us, for us”
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ine Friends teachers have formed the first cohort of GROW (Growth and Renewal in Our Work), a 10-week professional development program designed to help faculty achieve the Skills, Habits of Mind and Knowledge identified in Friends’ 2010 Teaching and Learning Paradigm. Funded in part through a $50,000 one-tothree challenge match from the E.E. Ford Foundation, the program is designed and led “by us, for us,” according to Upper School teacher Amy Schmaljohn. She and colleagues Jennifer Robinson, Lower School technology educator, and Paula Montrie, Middle School librarian, laid the groundwork for GROW, which seeks to build a cross-divisional “web of connectivity, collaboration and shared vision” among faculty, one small group at a time. The inaugural GROW cohort launched in early September, and its twice weekly meetings, from 3:45 to 5:45 p.m., will conclude in December. A second cohort will launch in the spring. “The long-term goal is to have four cohorts every year — in fall, winter, spring and summer,” explains Robinson. Unlike many professional development programs, GROW does not follow a prescribed protocol; there are no required readings or classes to attend. Instead, the focus is on process — the learning and sharing that stems from deep listening, open discussion and reflection. Writing in the group’s blog, Helen Berkeley captures how intimidating that
GROW Pilot Cohort: Helen Berkeley, Upper School English John Gifford, Music Department coordinator Evan Gifford, Middle School art Deloris Jones, Middle School social studies Shannon Johnson, Middle School Russian Deb Kinder, Upper School science Jennifer Robinson, Lower School technology educator Connie Shay ’82, K/Pre-First associate teacher Amy Schmaljohn, Upper School history and English
Pioneering Friends’ GROW program are, from left, John Gifford, Jennifer Robinson, Deloris Jones, Connie Shay ’82, Deb Kinder, Helen Berkeley, Evan Gifford, Amy Schmaljohn and Shannon Johnson.
lack of structure can be — even for an experienced teacher: “It’s exactly what teachers always wish we had: time. When we attend a poorly planned professional day, we wish they’d just give us time to work on our own. When we have cool ideas for collaboration, we just wish someone would give us some time together. And here we have time, and we’re like people brought out into the sunshine after too long indoors: we can’t explore yet; our eyes haven’t adjusted. We keep questioning whether this is okay, whether this will be acceptable. Does this count? Is this practical enough? How will my students benefit from this? That last question is, of course, the crucial question.” While each GROW cohort will be unique — with members who bring different expertise and “lenses” to the collective — all will share three features in common: their work will have a reflective quality to it; their work will have direct application in their classrooms; and they will map their learning to the Teaching and Learning Paradigm. “Initially, you think that’s formulaic,” explains Schmaljohn, motioning an invisible
check mark with her hand: “Check! We did creativity,” she says, jokingly, “but we are learning how interconnected those habits of mind are.” GROW cohorts meet in the white house at the foot of Greenleaf Road, the former home of Dr. Harry Boswell, III ’70 and his wife Susan. The couple sold it to the School in October 2010. “Having that house, literally just a step off campus, as a place where we all go, is important. Our cluttered classrooms, the busy-ness of our work with students and colleagues, are left behind. There’s nothing there but our shared work.” Robinson and Schmaljohn agree that GROW is different from any previous learning experience they’ve engaged in. “I was a little nervous whether, with the change in the new schedule and the crazy rush of fall, people would be committed,” admits Schmaljohn. “It has not been an issue.” “Nobody is slipping away to grade papers. Nobody wants to cheat themselves or the group,” says Robinson. “There’s such a strong commitment. We’re here for a reason.” To read the GROW cohort’s blog, go to http://growwithfriends.wordpress.com
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Ma Dai! (loosely translated as “Come on!” or “Yes, you can!”)
F Friends School’s Molly Smith ’82 Named “Teacher of the Future” Molly Smith ’82, History Department chair at Friends School of Baltimore, has been named a “Teacher of the Future” by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). Only 20 teachers nationwide are chosen for the program based on their expertise in the areas of environmentalism, globalism, technology and equity and justice. Once selected, teacher-leaders share their work with the broader independent school community and guide year-long online educational discussions in their respective topics. Smith has been a leader in the use of social media to connect Friends Upper Schoolers to fellow learners and thought leaders in the public sphere. “Molly sees all the possibilities that new media bring to the global classroom, and she embraces these changes wholeheartedly,” says Head of School Matt Micciche. “Her classes are dynamic, interactive and relevant in ways we couldn’t foresee even five years ago, and this has led to healthy growth in our School culture.” Students are increasingly using technology in the classroom to take charge of their own learning, says Smith. "We as teachers need to become more comfortable with using social media to connect with others beyond the classroom walls,” she adds. A legacy alumna, Smith’s mother, Hope Haggett Adolph, is a 1943 graduate of Friends and her sister, longtime Pre-Primary teacher Miriam Fleury, is a member of the Class of ’71. She and her husband Wayne have two sons enrolled in the Lower School.
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or her summer sabbatical, veteran Middle School French and Spanish teacher Terry James decided to learn Italian by immersing herself in the language and culture during a two-and-a-half week trip to northern Italy. “I wanted to duplicate the discomfort a beginning student feels when she or he can’t communicate with a native speaker of the language,” she told Collection. “And believe me, there were some uncomfortable moments in Italy!” Describing a few “impromptu but authentic” encounters in Italian, James recalls getting lost in Verona en route to the famed arena. “Before the trip, I had worked on direction words, like ‘left’ and ‘right,’ as well as some basic questions, but I wasn’t getting anywhere,” she recalls. “I thought I had struck pay dirt when a lovely woman asked me, Parlez-vous français? Unfortunately, that was the extent of her French!” Another time, while she was staying in her friends’ apartment in Desenzano, on beautiful Lake Garda, a repairman came to fix the boiler while her hosts had stepped out to run errands. “He kept saying to me,
‘un imbuto, un imbuto! ’ I grabbed a dictionary and found that imbuto means ‘funnel,’ so I improvised and made a funnel out of a plastic water bottle. Success!” Those same friends who had offered James the use of their apartment also introduced her to their Italian friends. “I was immediately embraced by this community who insisted I learn and speak Italian from
I wanted to duplicate the discomfort a beginning student feels when she or he can’t communicate with a native speaker of the language. the beginning,” she says. “I came to love this little jewel of a spot in Italy: the language, the people, the culture, the architecture, the food! Sitting in the Piazza Garibaldi, listening to the
La Piazza Garibaldi in Desenzano provided the setting for James’ morning cappuccinos.
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The Friends School Summer Grant Program Since 1985, Friends has offered its full-time faculty and administrators opportunities to participate in focused, enriching travel experiences through the Summer Grant Program. Eligible employees may take advantage of this benefit after serving a minimum of seven consecutive years at Friends. Most faculty spend a year or two researching and planning their proposed trips. They then meet with the Head of School to review their proposals, which include provisions for reporting on the trip and ways in which the experience will translate to the classroom. In addition to Terry James, other faculty who traveled last summer, courtesy of the School’s Summer Grant Program, include: Kristen Andrews, Upper School French; visited France to meet teachers and students who may wish to connect en Français with Upper School French students and to create videos of French citizens speaking on topics of interest to students. Lisa Countess, Upper School Latin, English; toured ancient and modern sites in Jordan and Israel to help her Latin III and Latin prose students better understand the story behind the building of the Arch of Titus and more clearly visualize the setting and political climate of the Biblical tales. Karen Dates Dunmore ’82, director of admission; traveled to San Diego, Calif., where she attended the Association of Independent Schools Admission Professionals annual conference and visited area independent schools to gain new ideas and share insights. Terry James (left) and one of her new Italian friends, Terry Barti, enjoy a wood-fired pizza.
humming sounds of Vespa motor scooters and having a morning cappuccino were important parts of every day.” As a language teacher, James tries to reassure students that the classroom is a safe place in which to make mistakes. “I’m always cajoling them to put their language skills on the line and to communicate with me in the target language,” she says. In Italy, she had the opportunity to practice what she preaches. “It was hard work,” she admits, “but it was fun, once I discovered that I understood great chunks of conversation and that I could participate from time to time.” While her students may not be thrilled with the new lesson plans she’s devising to take them “even further away from their comfort zone,” she knows they’ll become more confident language learners as a result. “The most important thing about learning a language is to use it,” she says. “Don’t wait until it’s perfect before saying something, because if you do, the moment will be gone. You can stretch your linguistic skills and communicate if you are willing to open your mouth. Ma Dai! ”
Miriam Fleury ’71, K/Pre-First; visited Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam and Mesa Verde and will incorporate her research into the Pre-Primary social studies curriculum. Linda Fowler, Lower School technology educator; attended the 2012 International Society for Technology in Education Conference in San Diego, Calif., and also visited Santa Barbara and Paso Robles to explore the cities’ diverse Mexican and Spanish history. Andy Hanes, third grade; visited Spain to explore its geography, history and culture for use in the third grade social studies curriculum. Heidi Hutchison, fourth grade; visited Spain to learn how the country’s geography influences its culture for use in the fourth grade research project. Matt Micciche, Head of School; traveled to England, where he visited Pendle Hill and other Quaker sites and also visited literary sites in London and Oxford, including the home of William Wordsworth. Michael Paulson, Upper School English; traveled through England and continental Europe to reflect, in writing, on the nature of the travel experience and to explore literature of various locales. Brian Rollfinke, Middle School mathematics; traveled to Tucson, Ariz., where he met with administrators from the small, progressive Catalina Foothills Public School District to discuss issues surrounding teaching reform, alternate assessment, schedule design and the increased role of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) courses. Jennifer Robinson, Lower School technology and library educator; visited Rome and Venice, where she explored the connection between geography and culture; she will use her research to benefit fourth graders involved in their research projects. John Scott, Lower School librarian; traveled to Alaska to supplement his teaching of whales, Native American migration and geography for use in the Lower School social studies curriculum. Felicia Wilks, director of diversity; visited Tobago and Trinidad to research Caribbean literature and to explore how cross-cultural skills are taught in a country with diverse roots.
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A stream of new ideas keeps this Friends teacher on the move by H e i di Bl a l oc k
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or Bill Hilgartner, science is an action word, something to do, not just study. Since joining the Friends faculty in 1983, the low-key science teacher and paleoecologist has spent his summers indulging his passion for field research and sharing his findings with others through articles in such peer-review journals as The Holocene and The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. His efforts have paid off not only in terms of his own professional development, but also on behalf of the scientific community. Hilgartner, who earned a doctorate in geography and environmental engineering in 1995 from Johns Hopkins University and serves on the faculties of the university’s Whiting School of Engineering and Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), has teamed up with Franklin and Marshall College geologists Dorothy Merritts and Robert Walter on a controversial project that’s shaping the debate on stream restoration. “Dorothy and Bob published a paper that’s created a paradigm shift in geomorphology,” explains Hilgartner. It started some years back when the couple (they are husband and wife) began dissecting the banks of several rivers in Lancaster County, Pa., to determine the age and composition of the sediment layers. They concluded the sediment had come from a series of dams constructed in the 1700s. Hilgartner explains, “Settlers would move into these marshy valleys and build dams — you might find 10
to 15 of them in some of the longer rivers. At the same time, Colonial inhabitants were cutting down the forests and hillsides to create agricultural lands, all of which creates a huge amount of erosion.” The eroded materials filled the reservoirs behind the dams. Eventually they broke and the contents spilled out, cutting channels through the sediment. “The settlers basically buried the old wetlands that used to be there,” Hilgartner concludes. This discovery led to another question for the geologists: If the sediment is only 300 years old, then how old are the wetlands? Enter Hilgartner. “Dorothy was interested in the fact that I could identify fossil seeds,” he says. From a core sample taken from Little Falls in northern Baltimore County, Hilgartner identified the seeds of several species of sedge, including tussock sedge. “We got carbon-14 dates of 5,000 years at the bottom and 300 years at the top,” he adds. The findings were dramatic and far-reaching. “We used to think that the rivers you see today in the Piedmont river valleys of central Maryland and southeastern Pennsylvania were shifting around for thousands of years. We now know the river channels in the upper reaches are only 300 years old. Before that there was this very different wet, marshy valley,” says Hilgartner. “That’s pretty neat.” The discovery has practical applications. “Stream restoration is big
The settlers basically buried the old wetlands that used to be there.
Bill Hilgartner, pictured at a sandstone quarry in Washington County, Md., is using his expertise in fossil seeds to help shape the stream restoration debate.
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now,” says Hilgartner. “Most projects have been justified by controlling erosion and flooding while essentially leaving the river channels intact. What we’re suggesting, if you want to do it right, is to remove the sediment that came in over the past 300 years. Pull it away and expose the greater biodiversity that used to be there in the buried wetland.” During a field trip to some wetlands last fall, Hilgartner and an associate located five bog turtles. An endangered species, the bog turtle’s favorite habitat, according to Hilgartner, is tussock sedge. “A light bulb went off,” he says. “Bog turtles are in danger of extinction. Now that the tussock sedge can be exposed through stream restoration, they might have a chance of coming back. Maybe there’s an argument for using the Endangered Species Act to justify the restoration.” The scientists have shared their findings through papers, poster presentations and lectures. In June, Hilgartner traveled to Orlando, Fla., for the International Wetlands Conference, where he addressed an audience of university professors and government officials from around the world. “I got a really favorable response,” he says. Still, some scientists and industry experts are skeptical about the new approach. “It’s a controversial thing to spend several million dollars to remove dirt,” he admits. “Where are you going to put it? Will it do any good? Aren’t we dealing with a different environment now? That’s the big experiment.” And that is where Dr. Hilgartner parts company with those who would maintain the status quo. “All stream restoration in the last 20 years has been experimental,” he argues. “Nobody really knows how it’s going to turn out. Right now, engineers come in, they hire some contractors who come through with bulldozers and boulders and wiring to hold back the banks … they do all this stuff and then they leave, often with little or no follow-up monitoring to determine how well the restoration works. That approach is changing.” For their part, Merritts, Walter and Hilgartner are watching their projects carefully — so carefully, in fact, that at one of the sites in Lancaster County, researchers have collected eight years’ worth of data about the river. They learned everything they could possibly know, “from the erosion rate to the nutrients in the water, before the bulldozers even arrived in September 2011,” says Hilgartner. “This is one of the only sites we know of where there’s been a pre-study before the restoration happened.” Since completing the restoration in late 2011, scientists are now conducting a two-year follow-up. “Or longer if we can get the funding,” says Hilgartner. “That’s the only way we’re going to learn if it’s actually working.” FS
Bill Hilgartner with Andrew Kirkpatrick ’14 and Rose ’20.
Music Man When he’s not teaching or conducting field research, Bill Hilgartner loves to play music. “Mandolin, primarily,” he says, “but guitar and banjo as well.” Since 1995, he has jammed and performed with numerous Friends students and faculty through the School’s Acoustic Music Club, which he also advises. “My playing music shows students that one can do science and also include the arts; so often students feel that they have to choose one or the other.” Past members of the club include Erin Hall ‘98, now an Upper School art teacher who continues to play guitar with the club, Andrew Arceci ‘03, bass violin, Ben Bor ‘03, soprano saxophone, Grace Snow ‘05, violin, Laura Resnick ‘07, flute, Zach Rutstein ‘07, guitar, and Kate Myers ‘11, violin. Recently, the group welcomed its first Lower School student, fiddler Rose ‘20, who was recommended by Friends string instructor Kirsten Walsh. To watch a clip of their performance during the 2012 Earth Day Convocation, visit Friends School of Baltimore’s YouTube channel and search “Earth Day Convocation.”
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Commencement
2012 Graduating Class 1. Packed to the rafters. An appreciative audience applauds the Class of 2012.
2. All smiles. Newly minted graduates Rachel Bolan and Emilio Martinez take their leave.
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3. The Class of 2012. Stormy skies forced this year’s ceremony indoors. The last time Friends’ Commencement exercises were held in the gymnasium was in 2009.
4. Pomp and Circumstance. Declan Meagher, Lakisha Fowlkes and Molly Sitzer await the start of the ceremony. To see more photographs from the June 12 Commencement, as well as from Final Assembly, go to Friends’ Flickr photostream at Flickr.com/friendsbalt.
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This year’s graduating class includes 10 “legacies” — children and grandchildren of alumni. Front and center rows, from left: Alice Walker with her parents, Duncan ’78 and Susan Russo Walker ’79; Abigail Preston with her father, Robert Preston ’73; Lauren Riley with her father, Lee Riley ’78; Bennett Remsberg with his father, Edwin Remsberg ’83; Ella Cooper with her father, Andy Cooper ’73; Lucy Klein with her father, Joseph “Skip” Klein, Jr. ’79; Matt Lambros with his mother, Cristin Carnell Lambros ’79; and Michael Rudow and his father, Bill Rudow ’79. Back row, in groupings from left: David Socolar with his grandfather, H. Chace Davis ’45; Arnie Capute III with his father, Arnold Capute, Jr. ’71; and Emily MacGibeny, with her grandmother, Clarinda Harriss ’56 and mother Lisa Lott MacGibeny ’85.
4. 3. Senior Awards and College Matriculations The Friends faculty once again presented awards to seniors for their outstanding achievements in a variety of subject areas. For a complete listing of this year’s Senior Awards recipients, as well as the Class of 2012’s college selections, go to friendsbalt.org/upper/collegeguidance.
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family activities this year. And encourage your children to take advantage of Diversity Council-sponsored conferences, discussions and events as well. None of us is born knowing how to communicate effectively. Intercultural
I talk to my students about “taking responsibility for their words and actions, even when the outcome is one they didn’t intend.
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Felicia Wilks (foreground) with (from left) juniors Iman Said, Shane Rabinowitz, Meg Conner and Ugochi Ihenatu.
Diversity Notes LIKE LANGUAGE ITSELF, honest, productive conversations about race, class, politics and other challenging topics don’t just happen. They take skill and practice. This was the message Gene Batiste, vice president of equity and justice initiatives at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), delivered to the Friends faculty last spring when he visited campus during a professional day. Using noted expert Dr. Steven Jones’ “Elements of Cultural Competence” model, Batiste explained that effective cross-cultural communication begins within. We must first develop “cultural self-awareness” before we can understand those unlike ourselves and ultimately “counter oppression through inclusion” — the central goal of an equityand justice-based social program. The fact that Jones’ model is built in a cyclical structure, rather than a simple check list, is significant. As with many life skills, we’re never truly finished: We must work to keep our skills sharp. As we listened to Batiste speak, many of us recognized negative patterns of communication we’ve adopted to make ourselves heard. How often, we wondered, do we engage in the habit of “listening to respond” rather than
“listening to understand,” a skill that helps to facilitate understanding across differences. Since beginning my work in diversity here at Friends, I’ve tried to listen more fully rather than formulate a response and wait for the person with whom I am speaking to pause so I can advance my position. Likewise, I talk to my students about taking responsibility for their words and actions, even when the outcome is one they didn’t intend. Saying “I didn’t mean it that way” is a beginning that I hope ends in a self-reflection on how to better convey through our words and actions what we truly mean. Not long after Batiste’s visit, I was honored to receive an invitation to join Call-to-Action, the NAIS diversity think tank. In July, I traveled to Houston, where the group convened to plan next year’s People of Color Conference. Sitting around the table with so many experienced diversity leaders was a humbling experience. At the same time, I was proud of the work our community has already done and the work we plan to do around diversity and equity at our School. Keep an eye out for announcements about Diversity Council meetings, Parent Affinity gatherings, film screenings, discussions and
communication and empathy, like the other skills and habits of mind presented in the Friends School Teaching and Learning Paradigm, can be practiced — and practice leads to improvement, if not perfection. FS Felicia Wilks, Director of Diversity For more information about Friends’ Parent Affinity gatherings or other Diversity Council-sponsored activities, contact Felicia Wilks at fwilks@friendsbalt.org.
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13 Save the Date: Saturday, April 13, 2013 Please join the Friends School Parents Association for an adult evening of food, friends and entertainment. Details will be announced closer to the event.
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New Faces at Friends FACULTY, STAFF & TRUSTEES
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UPPER SCHOOL Kate Billingsley (B.A. Georgetown University; M.A. Middlebury College), French/Spanish teacher, joins us from El Torre de Aguila School in Seville, Spain. She also taught at the Spence School in New York City. Alexandra Harryman (B.S., Ph.D. UMBC), biology teacher, taught high school science in Baltimore City Public Schools and served as lab instructor at UMBC. Jeff Hindes (B.A. Franklin and Marshall College), chemistry teaching fellow, joins us from Johns Hopkins University, where he was an organic chemistry graduate teaching assistant.
Will Marbury (B.A. University of Maryland, College Park), mathematics teacher, joins us from Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore. Kate Thorn (B.A. Haverford College; M.S. University of Pennsylvania), chemistry teacher, joins us from The Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square, Pa.
MIDDLE SCHOOL Joanne McLaughlin (B.A. Loyola University Maryland), Middle School teaching fellow, completed a teaching internship at Franklin Middle School in Owings Mills.
Jenna Kotarides (B.S. Towson University), part-time learning specialist/English teacher, is an academic coach and private tutor who’s worked with many Friends families.
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Cecelia Butler (B.S. Towson University; M.S. Johns Hopkins University), fifth grade reading/ math teacher, joins us from Colonial Christian Academy in Randallstown.
Russsell Kirk (B.M. Peabody Conservatory; M.M. New York University), Lower and Middle School instrumental music teacher, is an accomplished saxophonist, who performs in New York City, Baltimore and Washington and teaches private lessons at Friends.
Travis Henschen (B.A. University of Richmond), fourth grade teaching fellow, joins us from Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. Mariella Neyra (B.A. Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal), part-time Spanish teacher, also tutors adults and teens in Spanish through Growing Fields, a Washington D.C.-based LLC. Blanca Penˇa-Welch (B.S., S.B.A. Universidad Politencia de El Salvador), Spanish teacher, joins us from Henderson International School in Henderson, Nev. Ebony Akpan Zook (B.A. UMBC), third grade teaching fellow, previously served as co-director of the Baltimore Urban Program.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS Amanda Hudson (B.S. University of Maryland, College Park), part-time physical education teacher and head coach of the Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse team. Ken Zalis (B.S. UMBC), office coordinator, is owner of KCZ Consulting and a columnist for the website, Fans Fantasy Football. He also coaches Upper School Girls’ JV Soccer, Basketball and Softball.
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MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT Maliky Massenburg-Bey, general maintenance, is a graduate of Overlea High School who’s served in the facilities maintenance industry as a housekeeper.
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES Robyn Brody (B.A. University of Maryland), administrative assistant, has been a stay-athome mother and part-time employee at Brody Financial. Carl Ebeling (B.S. Stevenson University; master certificate, PC network design with security, Johns Hopkins Computer Career Institute), senior desktop engineer, joins us from Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Medicine.
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Lisa Hughes (B.S. Stevenson University), accounting associate, was a stay-at-home mother before joining Friends.
Heather Gange, a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, serves on the Finance and Strategic Planning Committees. A member of Stony Run Friends Meeting, she and her husband Stephen have two children at Friends.
Josh Poole, Business Office associate, has competed courses at Elon College and Towson University. He joins us from Mercy Medical Center. Martha Sullivan (B.A. Hartwick College), bookkeeper/office associate, Auxiliary Enterprises Department, is a Friends parent and was a stay-at-home mother before joining the School.
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Kate Maskarinec (B.A. Goucher College), Development associate, joins us from the Village Learning Place in downtown Baltimore.
Robert Pierce, a retired professional musician, educator and administrator, serves on the Quaker Mission Oversight and Diversity Committees. The parent of a Friends School alumna and a member of Stony Run Friends Meeting, he served on the Board from 1984 to 1991. Rich Thayer, a managing partner with Rich-Change Consulting, serves on the Strategic Planning and Development Committees and is clerk of the Marketing Subcommittee. A member of Stony Run Friends Meeting, he and his wife Martha are the parents of a Friends senior.
For a complete listing of our faculty, staff and trustees, go to friendsbalt.org/about/people.asp.
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Colin Fowler ‘13, the student representative to the Board of Trustees, serves on the Building Committee. A member of the Upper School Senate, he is active in the School’s Habitat for Humanity club, performs with the Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir and plays Varsity Squash.
Kathryn Pettus, a retired educator and administrator, serves on the Diversity Committee and the Marketing Subcommittee. She is a member of Wilmington Friends Meeting and attends Stony Run Friends Meeting. Nick Fessenden retired from Friends in 2010 after serving 38 years as an Upper School history teacher. A Board member from 2007 to 2010, during which time he was faculty representative, Mr. Fessenden this time around is the Stony Run Meeting liaison and serves on the Quaker Mission Oversight and Building Committees. He and his wife Brigitte are parents of two Friends alumni. Jim Angelone, vice president with T. Rowe Price, is clerk of the Investment Management Committee and serves on the Finance, Annual Fund and Capital Campaign Steering Committees. He and his wife Peggy have two children at Friends.
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Development News
Say “Goodbye 2012” with a gift to the Annual Fund! THE 2012-13 ANNUAL FUND is off to a strong start. As of November 26, the School had raised $774,040, or 52 percent, of its $1.5 million goal. “The Annual Fund keeps the lights on, helps pay faculty salaries and even provides financial aid,” says Meg Whiteford, Annual Fund director. “It touches everyone at Friends, so we want everyone to make a gift.” The end of the calendar year is a perfect time to make a tax-deductible donation to the School. You may use the enclosed giving envelope to mail your contribution or use our secure online giving link at www.friendsbalt.org/ giving. Friends also gratefully accepts gifts of stock. For more information, contact Meg Whiteford at mwhiteford@friendsbalt.org or 410.649.3282. FS
Philanthropy at Friends TARY REPORT ON VOLUN
GIVING 2011-2012
The Kaspers — Ed, Debbi and Ted — vacationing in Montana, summer 2012.
LEADING THE WAY: 2012-13 Annual Fund Co-Chairs Debbi and Ed Kasper DEBBI KASPER will tell you that together she and her husband Ed have held nearly every available volunteer position in their 10 years as Friends parents. “There is no better way to be part of the School community and support your child at the same time than to volunteer at Friends,” she says. Now the couple, whose son Ted is a sophomore, are taking on their biggest role to date: co-chairs of this year’s Annual Fund. “Friends has provided a wonderful education for our son,” explains Ed. “He’s been able to take advantage of all the School has to offer — as a two-sport athlete, a member of the Student Senate and Ambassador Club and, in true Friends style, he also volunteers with Charm City Lacrosse and Camp Hope. Supporting the Annual Fund, and asking others to join us, is a privilege, and we’re happy to serve.” FS
The 2011-12 Philanthropy at Friends is now online GIFTS TO THE ANNUAL FUND are gratefully acknowledged and are published in our full-color annual report, Philanthropy at Friends. In an effort to reduce printing costs and conserve natural resources, the School now posts the report online at www.friendsbalt.org/giving. Mea Culpa! Joan G. Klein and the late Joseph Klein, Jr. ’49 were inadvertently omitted from two listings in the printed edition of the publication, Philanthropy at Friends, Report on Voluntary Giving 2011-2012: the George Fox Society ($50,000 and above) Giving Club on page 6, and Gifts to Endowment on page 32. In addition, on page 2 we inadvertently omitted a crucial zero from the Spring Auction at the Hippodrome “fundraising highlights” figure. The correct total is $30,000, not $30,00. The Development Office regrets these errors. The corrected listings appear online in the electronic version of Philanthropy. FS
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The Halls are Alive with the Sound of Music! Class of ’89 Visiting Scholar Fund brings music to the fore IN KEEPING WITH its 23-year tradition, the Class of ’89 Visiting Scholar Fund brought guest educators and experts to campus. This year the focus was on music. Russell Scarbrough, a composer and trombonist, created an original work, “Table of Elements,” for the Upper School Jazz Band. The group performed the piece during the April 19 Upper School Spring Band Concert. Scarbrough, an Eastman School of Music graduate whose compositions are widely performed by professional big bands and pops orchestras, worked closely with Friends students in preparation for the concert and happily conducted the piece during its world premiere that evening. Clarinetists from both our Middle and Upper School bands benefited from master classes led by Dr. Eyal Bor, a modern Trombonist Russell Scarbrough composed an original work for the Upper School Spring Band Concert.
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and classical jazz clarinet and klezmer performer with more than 30 years of teaching experience. During his visit to campus, Bor worked with individuals and small groups of musicians in advance of the School’s winter concerts. He even returned to play clarinet with our sixth grade chorus during its spring concert. And finally, a string quartet comprised of local professional musicians coached our Upper School string quartet and then joined them for an octet accompaniment of Ave Verum, which they performed in concert with the seventh-eighth grade chorus during their May 30 concert. Class of ’89 Visiting Scholar funding for the 2012-13 school year will go toward physical education. Collection will recap highlights in the fall 2013 issue. FS
“yes” to that question, then we want to hear from you! Making Friends aware of your charitable giving plans not only allows us to plan more thoughtfully for the future, but also gives us the opportunity to express our heartfelt thanks for your very special gift and to welcome you to the Circle of Friends, the School’s Planned Giving Society. Members of the Circle of Friends have told us of their plans and have thereby made a lasting and important impression on Friends School by guaranteeing its financial future. Please call if you’d like to inform us of your intentions or if we may assist you in any way while you are making your estate plans. For more information, contact Eleanor Landauer at 410.649.3316 or elandauer@friendsbalt.org. FS
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Let the Show Begin! Comprehensive campaign will furnish spaces for fine and performing arts In the five years since Friends enacted its 2007 strategic plan, Foundations for the Future, the School has implemented a broad array of important initiatives centered on the themes of Developing 21st Century Citizens, Amplifying Our Impact and Sustaining Our Vision. From creating a comprehensive diversity plan to the construction of a new LEED-certified Dining Hall and the coordination of an all-School schedule, our community has crafted thoughtful solutions to help Friends — and the families it serves — thrive in these challenging and exciting times. Now, the School is poised to embark upon the final, and arguably most compelling, initiative in its strategic plan: the transformation of the Forbush Auditorium into
a state-of-the-art performance venue and the installation, in that building’s lower level, of visual arts classrooms. The timeline for construction will be determined by the fundraising process. At this point, the “quiet” phase of a comprehensive fundraising campaign is well under way and is bearing significant fruit: Since the fall of 2011, more than 60 donors have contributed major gifts of $100,000 or more. Collection will continue to update readers on the comprehensive campaign’s progress. And, beginning with this issue, look for a new feature we’re calling “Spotlight on the Arts.” In it we’ll share stories of how participation in the arts transforms the lives of our students.
S POTLIGHT ON THE AR TS: Class of 2012 grads express gratitude for their time on stage by Julie Kolankiewicz
AT THE JUNE 8 Senior Awards Assembly, members of the Class of 2012 and their families sat in quiet anticipation, as veteran drama director Tom Buck prepared to announce the winners of the Christopher R. McGraw Drama Award. “There’s a part of me that’s a little embarrassed about getting up here and presenting [the award] to five seniors,” he told the audience, “but in conversations with [music director] Michael McVey and [English teacher] Micheline McManus we concluded that, in terms of musical and theatrical talent, this class, more than any we’ve seen in decades, has an embarrassment of riches.” With that, he called up Declan Meagher, Will McAllen, Abby Preston, Eric Ritter and Suzannah Samuel — to the delight and relief of all who had watched these performers blossom on Friends’ main stage.
“Honestly, I don’t think it could have gone any other way,” says Preston, one of the recipients. “The Class of 2012 had so many kids who were so talented and dedicated. I’m surprised [they were] able to pick only five of us.” She continues, “We didn’t achieve all those magical moments in theater because of one or two exceptionally talented kids. It was because we had a really special group, and I think the award reflected that.” McVey recognized the depth of talent early on in the Class of 2012’s Upper School career and capitalized on it. In announcing his decision last spring to stage the 1957 Broadway musical “West Side Story,” he told Collection, “I had always said I would never do [the show] because it’s too difficult for kids on so many levels. The dancing — especially for so many of the men’s roles, the singing,
From left: Eric Ritter and Will McAllen in the January 2012 student-run play, Woody Allen’s “Don’t Drink the Water.” This year’s student-run production, on Jan. 25-26, is Neil Simon’s “Curtains.”
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The dance at the gym, from the Upper School’s May 2012 production of “West Side Story.” From left: Eric Ritter, Declan Meagher, Suzannah Samuel, Jamal Gross ‘13 and Alice Walker ‘12.
the orchestra parts … This year the stars aligned just right. We had the pieces, the talent, the skill. It’s a dream come true.” Many schools provide arts programs, but
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few have what Friends offers: an exceptional arts program and an ingrained culture that encourages students to explore a talent or passion that may otherwise lie dormant. “Our focus is not on producing solo artists,” explains Head of School Matt Micciche,
“but rather on encouraging all students to embrace the arts — along with academics and athletics — as an essential part of a balanced education.” Samuel “had only a slight idea” that she would be drawn to the arts when she joined Friends in the sixth grade. That changed during her sophomore year when she was awarded the role of Bella in “Lost in Yonkers.” After that, she recalls, “I was overwhelmed with a new sense of confidence and happiness — something I hadn’t experienced before. I realized acting was definitely what I wanted to pursue.” Sometimes, as in the case of Meagher, now attending Occidental College in Los Angeles, the experience of performing translates into a lifelong passion. In November, he participated in the college’s production of Italian play-
wright Dario Fo’s “The Accidental Death of an Anarchist.” “I’m also in glee club and going to improv and dance workshops, and hope to take dance production later in the year,” says Meagher. “I plan to continue singing and dancing my way from Occidental College to the professional stage or into the movies.” Regardless of where the arts takes them, Friends students describe the challenges and rewards of performing in community with others as transformative experiences. “Being in shows provided me with so many new experiences, both positive and negative,” says Samuel. “You learn to deal with people in a new way. It’s really helped me to mature, and I find I have far more life experiences and examples to draw from when writing an essay or making a point in class.” FS
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Athletics
SCARLET & GRAY Day Highlights F SPA ’s A nnual Spir it D ay and F undr ais er a H uge Suc c es s The Friends School Parents Association’s “Parents Supporting Athletics” board once again pulled out all the stops to host a fun-filled day for Friends families and guests. Amid a backdrop of action-packed Varsity and JV athletic contests, adults and children of all ages enjoyed carnival games, delectable food and sinful sweets. An array of fundraising booths offered everything from gently used sports equipment to lemon sticks, all for a good cause. Many thanks to event chair Jen Smith and her team of volunteers for helping to make the day a great success.
1. 2. 1. Scarlet-clad fourth graders Sophie W. and Quinby S. 2. Lower School principal Michelle Holland and daughter Amanda ‘20 sell T-shirts for the fifth grade fundraiser. 3. Cedric Charlier ‘13 goes for goal as Spencer Lichtenberg ’13 offers backup.
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Friends is Winning Championships on its Own Terms Athletic philosophy developed four years ago is reaping dividends By John Hammond ‘70
ON THE WEST WALL of the School’s gymnasium three banners commemorating last year’s IAAM Conference championships — in Girls’ Tennis (again!), Indoor Soccer and Lacrosse — hang proudly beside championship banners secured during the previous school year in IAAM Girls’ Tennis and Volleyball and in MIAA Conference Boys’ Lacrosse It’s no coincidence that the Quakers have begun to amass these titles. Four years ago, Friends’ coaches and administrators gathered to develop a philosophy statement that would put the athletic component of the School’s educational experience on par with those for academics and the arts. “We think it’s just as important for children to have that athletic experience as it is to have experiences in the arts and in
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wants being taught, taught then — so they’re ready when they come up [to Varsity].” Asked if such lofty playoff hopes will signal a shift in the School’s traditional approach of providing all athletes with game time, Whitley is clear: If a student tries out for a sport, he or she will play. It may not be on the Varsity level, but the student will compete. And that is important to the high-quality experience Micciche envisions for Quaker athletes. “They are being challenged to be their best, they are being taught how to be a member of a team and contribute positively to a team effort,” he says. “Certainly they are being supported in skillful instruction on how to get better as an athlete in that particular sport.” Still, Micciche concedes, communicating Friends’ athletic philosophy to those who are unfamiliar with the School remains a challenge. “Explaining our unique approach to athletics, and overcoming a perception that we don’t hold it at the same level as [we do for] academics and the arts, is one of the big tasks we face,“ he says. There’s a fine line between competing to win and the win-at-allcosts mentality that’s often associated with sports. Friends does not recruit players; its programs are built from within. “That doesn’t mean we don’t value winning,” adds Micciche. “It means we value it as a piece of the experience. “There are going to be some teams and individuals who are going to be champions in their divisions, and there is no reason why that shouldn’t happen,” he says. “That’s just not the ultimate measure.” FS
academics,” says Head of School Matt Micciche. “Moreover, the quality of that experience should be the same as it is in those other areas.” To that end, Greg Whitley, the School’s athletic director, is hiring Varsity coaches who not only will impart the values and life lessons inherent in all team sports, but also will raise the level of play at Friends. “Just like in academics where you hire teachers who will promote high standards, we are hiring coaches to set high standards,” says Whitley. Boys’ Varsity Soccer coaches (from left) Phil Greatwich, Sean Rush and Santino Quaranta address the He is empowering Varsity coaches to oversee their team before its Oct. 23 game against AACS. The team finished its season at 13-3-1. respective sports, from Varsity and JV down to Middle School and even the Lower School, “so that players at the lowest level learn the techniques and skills they’ll be expected to perform as Varsity athletes,” says Whitley. Such collaboration builds continuity throughout the program, he explains; but there’s an important human connection, too. “In any kind of sport, it’s the relationships you build that are so important,” he says. “I want kids to look forward to playing lacrosse for Tom Marechek and Mandy Hudson, soccer for Sean Rush and Santino Quaranta or Nick Gill, field hockey for Sarah Palmer, basketball for Al Holley. I want them looking forward, feeling connected.” Whitley also says he wants Quaker teams to be in the playoff hunt “year in and year out.” “That’s why, at the Lower and Middle School level, it’s important to get that mindset — get the things the Varsity coaches
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Alumni News
ALUMNI WEEKEND
2012
NEARLY 400 ALUMNI from near and far gathered on the Friends campus May 3-5 for
our annual Alumni Weekend. The festivities included induction of this year’s Athletic Hall of Fame class, presentation of the Distinguished, Alumni Service and Honorary Alumni Awards, the Mr. Nick Bull Roast and a cocktail reception under the tent. To view and download photos from Alumni Weekend, visit the School’s Flickr photostream at flickr.com/friendsbalt. HALL OF FAME Alumni Weekend 2012 festivities kicked off Thursday night, May 3, with the Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Celebration. Several individuals were honored, as well as three conference championship teams and longtime coach and athletic director Pieter DeSmit. 1. The 1987 Boys’ Lacrosse team. Front row, from left: Benton Hall ‘87, Eric Tolo ‘87, Angelo Valle ‘88, Joe Corvera ‘89; Back row, from left: Head of School Matt Micciche, Jon Garman ‘75, Burck Smith ‘88, Craig Whiteford ‘87, Brian Rohd ‘87, George Asplen ‘87, Scott Latshaw ‘87 and Wel Leimbach ‘88.
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50TH REUNION DINNER The Class of 1962 celebrated its 50th Reunion with a festive dinner at the Zamoiski Alumni Center. 4. Bunny Bunnecke Howe ‘62 and Bill Decker ‘62.
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Post-50th Reunion classes shared stories of the “good old days” at Friends at a breakfast gathering in the Upper School Library hosted by Matt and Frances Micciche. 6. From left: Anne Homer Martin ‘37 and Dorothy Krug ‘37.
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BACK TO THE CLASSROOM Many Reunion alums enjoyed Saturday morning classes and activities led by veteran faculty members Tom Buck and Tom Binford and retired English teacher Gary Blauvelt. Members of the Class of 1972 held a symposium to share their professional accomplishments with one another. 7 & 8. He’s still got it: Gary Blauvelt lectured to a full house in the Middle School Library. Alumni from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s participated in Blauvelt’s poetry class.
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The annual Alumni Weekend cocktail reception at the Zamoiski Alumni Center on Saturday evening, May 5, was one of our largest to date. Approximately 300 alumni and guests mingled before heading off to their individual class parties. 10. Christa Sterrett Gatewood ‘97 with her husband Kristian Gatewood and their son Kyan. 11. From left: Bunny Bunnecke Howe ‘62, Carol Davidson Methven ‘62 and Christine Sherman Raywood ‘62.
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MR. NICK BULL ROAST One hundred fifty alumni and their guests enjoyed plates of pit beef, grilled chicken and all the fixins’ served up by our own Milt Brownstein ‘68 during the annual Mr. Nick Bull Roast. The event capped off with an awards ceremony to honor Joan Sullivan Little ‘82, Bill Hearn ‘77 and Gayle Latshaw, the School’s Assistant Head for Development, who retired in June after 18 years at Friends. Afterwards Matt Micciche gave a tour of our newer and refurbished spaces on campus, including a stop for T-shirts and spirit gear at the Quaker Closet. 14. Milt Brownstein ‘68 always feeds us well.
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Joan Sullivan Little ‘82 (right) receives a hug from her friend and presenter Karen Dates Dunmore ‘82.
Bill Hearn ‘77 with his mother Pat Blanchard.
Gayle Latshaw, retired Assistant Head of School for Development, receives the Honorary Alumna Award from Head of School Matt Micciche.
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Alumni celebrated two of its own and welcomed an honorary member to the fold during the May 5 awards presentation. Joan Sullivan Little ‘82, chief attorney of the child advocacy unit at Maryland Legal Aid, received the Distinguished Alumni Award for her work in providing legal advice to Baltimore City’s abused and neglected children. “I’ve represented elementary age children as they were being removed from their parents and high school children who’ve been raised in foster care,” she told the gathering. “I’ve always appreciated the focus of service at Friends School because it transforms you into an agent of change.” Little thanked members of the School community for serving as role models, including Dr. Jannette Dates, Howard University dean and mother of classmate and award presenter Karen Dates Dunmore ‘82, who “demonstrated how to initiate a dialogue to catalyze change.” She also thanked Susan Mears Whiteford ‘60, an attorney with whom she interned, for “show[ing] me how to use the law to create change.”
Bill Hearn ‘77 received the Outstanding Alumni Service Award for his decades of service to Friends. Hearn has volunteered on behalf of the Alumni Office in nearly every capacity, beginning with his class’s five-year Reunion. “He helped organize all seven of them!” his sister, award presenter Katie Hearn ‘81, boasted. She also praised Bill for his fundraising abilities, noting the “many, many Annual Fund phonathons” in which he participated over the years. “I blame that on our parents,” she said. “There must be a gene in the Hearn family that enables us to ask people for money over the phone, and in person. We’ll keep at it, too. Our parents taught us not to quit.” A three-year stint as the School’s Alumni Director, from 1987 to 1990, further galvanized Hearn’s commitment to Friends. Most recently, he has chaired the Athletic Hall of Fame committee, helping the School to raise its athletic profile while honoring generations of outstanding athletes, teams and coaches.
Gayle Latshaw, Friends’ Assistant Head for Development, was conferred the Honorary Alumna Award by Head of School Matt Micciche. “Gayle’s diligence and determination in leading multiple capital campaigns, growing the Annual Fund and raising awareness of the crucial role that development plays in the successful achievement of our mission have made possible much of the progress in curriculum, facilities and scholarship funding over the past 18 years,” he told the audience. A longtime Friends volunteer — her daughter Jane ‘95 and stepson Scott ‘87 are alumni — Ms. Latshaw served as president of the Parents Association and was a member of the Board of Trustees before joining Friends as its Director of Development in 1994. Six years later, she was named Assistant Head of School for Development. Accepting the award with her eldest granddaughter (and namesake) Gayle, 3, by her side, Ms. Latshaw, who retired in June, received a standing ovation. Thanking the audience, she said, “My heart is full.”
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David Stanfield writes, “We are expecting the arrival of our sixth greatgrandchild! Getting old is a challenge to make adjustments for physical and mental limitations. Delay aging as long as possible!”
Florence Rice Dunlop writes, “I am still working as a child, adolescent and family therapist, enjoying my hobbies as a poet and photographer and loving my four children, six grandchildren and two great-grand girls. I ‘officially’ became a Quaker by conviction three years ago. Life is excellent!”
at our new home at The Jefferson, an independent living facility in Arlington, Va. We lived for 50 years in McLean, Va., and celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary there. Our daughter Margaret also lives in Arlington and works there at Virginia Hospital Center. Our daughter Beth and two granddaughters live in Corvallis, Ore. Beth teaches at Linn-Benton Community College.”
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Jane Seiler Britton writes, “My news is rather sad. My husband of 38 years, Russel, died two years ago. I spend my time playing bridge and volunteering.”
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1943. Lila Andrews Heitzler writes, “Though I’m now 87, my passion for tennis has never dimmed! I still hit the ball at a country club court near my senior citizen home in Stewartstown, Pa., and I love watching one of my grandsons, Corey Pippin, play. He’s a tournament champ in Maryland. I would love to know of any Friends School players (age 75 on) in the area. Aside from tennis I’m also writing a book and would love to hear from any other survivors!”
1949. Frances Benson Pearce writes, “My husband James T. Pearce died of a sudden illness on Jan. 20, 2012
maradudrow@gmail.com On Dec. 30, 2011, Lou and I moved to Homewood at Crumland Farms, a continuing care retirement community in Frederick, Md. Having lived within a mile or so of Friends for over 50 years, I’m feeling a bit like a fish out of water. We have a lovely cottage, so I am still able to garden, and we enjoy
meeting and making new friends. We are happy with our move and enjoy Frederick and its many cultural activities, including Hood College and Frederick Community College. Our family continues to grow, and we are truly blessed with 11 children, 20 grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. All but seven live within an hour or so. I am officially the class secretary and would love to hear from you with news. Lou and I did attend the 60th Reunion, but Frank Breining was the only other alumni from our class.
1951. Carol Lee Fordyce May carollee.may@gmail.com Please send your news for Class Notes!
1952. Susanne Davis Emory vermontsue@aol.com Our 60th Reunion was so much fun, we’ve decided to have another reunion again in two years. Dick O’Connell was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame, and we were happy to meet a number of his family who attended the ceremony. The dinner at our house was attended by 16 people, including Dick and his friend, Sally Anthony. Ken Hecht came in from California, and it was wonderful to see him after so
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gathered at the home of Susanne Davis Emory ’52 and her husband Clay for their Alumni Weekend class party. Front row (from left): Betty Mitchell Pearce, Sy Seiler and Joanne Mathias Stevenson. Back row (from left): Brownie Pearce, Ken Hecht, Dick O’Connell, Alan Halpern, Susanne Davis Emory, Ed Butler and Buzzy Hodous.
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ANN KELLY MORTIMER ’53, Laird Mortimer ’53 and Mopsy Beall Keller ’53.
many absent years. Also in attendance were, Pat and Ed Butler, Joan and Buzzy Hodous, Betty and Brownie Pearce, Joanne Stevenson, Harriet and Alan Halpern, Sy Seiler and, of course, Clay and me. Also, Richard Cutler from eighth grade came to the dinner. Since it was Preakness Day, Sy, who acted as bartender, came dressed for the occasion in a Derby hat and gave everyone a crystal ornament as a memento of the occasion. Janet Mules was going to come, but her plans changed at the last minute, so she sent the dessert! More news from Ronnie Kamphausen: In a three-day swim meet at Harvard, she set a national record in the 400IM mixed relay (two men and two women). She claims she doesn’t have much competition these days because she’s in the 75+ age group. Don and Alison Herriott Wilder continue to enjoy living in their cottage in a small retirement community in Rochester, N.Y., one mile from their daughter’s home and 12 minutes from church and other activities. Along with playing hand bells at church, she’s joined a recorder group. She’s also running a task force on courts that observes judges in action and publishes its observations in a newsletter. (Were the judge, district attorney and public defender fair? Could you hear? Is the room large enough?) Additionally, she attends meetings of a Zero Waste Committee of the Sierra Club. A very part-time reference librarian’s job at a suburban library rounds out her busy life. On a sad note, I learned of the death late last year of Ann Briddell Handley’s husband, Don.
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1953. This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office.
1954. This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office.
1955. Pat Peake Tisdale glent24@aol.com Iris Windsor McFaul writes, “Life is good. Keeping busy golfing with a ladies league, some real estate and am on the board of my condominium association. My oldest granddaughter graduated from the Pennsylvania State University last May, was recruited by Hess Oil and now lives in New Jersey. She is so lucky to have a great job with wonderful benefits. The next grandchild in line will graduate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in May 2012. She is a psychology major and wants to be a veterinarian. Next in line is our only grandson, and he is a physics major, also at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Our youngest grandchild will be going to Frostburg State University in September 2012, and she wants to be an actuary. All the kids were lucky enough to get their grandfather’s math genes and not mine!” Bill Putt writes, “I just returned from China a month ago after reviewing an electronics manufacturing and research & development lab, a medical instruments start-up and a
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large real estate development. In a very limited way, I have been helping Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and my fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon to raise funds. This is not an activity in which I have any skill or enjoyment. I seem to just get lured into these projects. I also advise MIT on public service activities for undergraduate students. One of the more successful projects has been having MIT students teach seventh- and eighth-graders the science of baseball; there is a lot of science in baseball aside from just how to throw a curveball. My two grandsons, ages 3 and 6, live about 20 minutes away from us. Like everyone else’s grandchildren, they are the best and great fun, but at 75, my energy level sometimes runs dry.” Cynnie Miller Rosenwald writes, “After 57 years, a brief update. I made the best decision marrying Peter Rosenwald 56 years ago. Highlights of my 20-year career include: most prestigious job, special assistant to the vice president of the United States; most fun job, public information officer of the Maryland Department Public Safety & Correctional Services (cops and robbers); most lucrative job: public relations. With a bow to Friends tradition, I’ve served on every civic/ philanthropic board that wanted the likes of me. Our son Peter II, albeit a McDonogh graduate, captured the spirit as immediate past chairman of Red Cross of Central Maryland. Jayne Rosenwald Meyers ’83 is now focusing on producing and directing children’s musical theatre for a community playhouse. Our grandchildren, like yours, are even more remarkable. Final highlight: one of our grandchildren was a graduate of Goucher in 2004.”
1956. Lorinda Rugemer McColgan lrmccolgan@verizon.net Clarinda Harriss’ youngest grandson, Nathan Lott, has now joined his brother Liam in making his rock and roll debut at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in West Palm Beach, Fla.; Nathan is a drummer like his dad, Andrew Lott ‘89. Her elder granddaughter Emily MacGibeny ‘12, daughter of Lisa Lott MacGibeny ‘85, is a freshman at Tulane University. Clarinda says, “I love it when progeny go to places it’s fun for G-mom to visit!” Albion Bacon made a trip to Murphysboro, Tenn., recently to visit Don and Ellen Snyder Hale at their nursing home. Albion reported that she remembers Ellen being at a Friends Reunion at least 10 years ago. Albion took crabs from the East Coast and
made her crab casserole during her visit, which she knows her classmates will fondly remember! Albion has survived liver cancer, and she is alive and well living in Crownsville, Md., where she is the president of her community association and heads her senior luncheon club.
1957. This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office. Mary Gordon Werner writes, “I had my left knee replaced, and in just under a month, I can walk and drive again! Thanks to the best surgeon, Dr. Anthony Costa of Orthopedic Sports Medicine in Middletown, N.J., John and I are just fine — enjoying our Navesink River home.”
1958. Susan Shinnick Hossfeld shossfeld@comcast.net It is with great sadness that I report that Betsy Banghart Flaherty’s husband Bob lost his long and courageous battle with cancer. We extend our very deepest sympathy to Betsy on her loss. Susan Rugemeyer Kurtz and her family will be spending the Thanksgiving holidays in Jamaica. Carl and I went to Greece and Barcelona in the spring. We had previously been to Barcelona for three days but didn’t get to see all of the attractions on our list. Even with the three additional days, we still have many more places of interest that we’d like to visit. We enjoyed Athens and the many islands on the itinerary. Betsy and Hap Mortimer report that next spring their oldest grandchild, Anna Mortimer ‘13, will graduate from Friends and head off to college. She’s busy looking at colleges from Virginia to Boston. Anna’s brother and sister, William Mortimer ’17 and Mary Charlotte Mortimer ’20, are progressing through Friends School in the Middle and Lower School. They all started in Kindergarten, as did Hap. In April, the Baltimore group got together for lunch to begin planning for the next Reunion. We hope everyone will come to our 55th in 2013! If anyone has a suggestion, please email. We would love to hear any ideas!
1959. Ann Green Slaybaugh Friends59@verizon.net Please send your news for Class Notes!
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1960. Mary McElroy mem2008@comcast.net Tom Baker reports from Syracuse, N.Y., that he is still working in the Syracuse University College of Law Library and is still happily practicing his piano (we all loved and benefited from his playing at School). He volunteers at the Camillus Erie Canal Park as a docent on the Sunday boat tours. He loves the summertime in upstate New York and spends part of every weekend either hiking or being a tourist. He sees his grandson in Virginia and his two sons as often as possible (which is never enough) and spends a small amount of time at his cottage in Maine. He said he saw a locally produced production of the human/puppet musical comedy, Avenue Q, that had him laughing so hard his diaphragm was sore the next morning! “If laughter is the best medicine, this show is a wonder drug. Sesame Street will never look the same again.” Betsy Beatty Gable proudly reports that her daughter Lisa was the lead counsel for the Department of Justice in the Texas v. Eric Holder voter ID case. After many days and nights of constant work, she finished up on July 13. Her husband Scott took over as both mother and father for the duration of the trial and preparations. Betsy and her husband Bruce are now spending more time at their house in Rockport, Mass., since Bruce retired, and they are
loving every minute! They spend more time seeing their three Massachusetts children as well as their grandchildren, and it’s been an especially welcome escape from the unusually hot summer. Dellie Strickland James looked forward to a summer trip to Mount Shasta, Calif., with an 84-year-old friend. She didn’t get to see her brother Guy Strickland and wife Vicky, because they were away in Idaho visiting friends. Dellie is also planning to go to Hawaii in November with a new friend who will be attending a wedding there and has invited Dellie to join him. Meanwhile, Dellie continues her massage business and stays active at Stony Run Friends Meeting with committee responsibilities. E. Brad Meyer now has three grandchildren, two boys and a girl. As he says, “The grandparentthing is all it’s cracked up to be.” The two boys live nearby so are easy to visit. Susan DeHoff Montgomery says this has been a busy travel year for her. She figures now is the time to go while the going’s good. So far this year she has been to Florida, London (before the Jubilee or the Olympics) and Alaska. In August, she was in Monterey, Calif., visiting friends, and then she headed to Maine to visit her daughter Joanna. As she points out, all of the destinations are relatively watery ones. She enjoys Denver as a great place to live but misses the water, and says this summer has been particularly hot and dry. Lynn Hoehn Patton
ESTELLE STEPHENS KNAPP ‘56 is enjoying a renewed love of painting 19th-century
clipper ships and other historic vessels. Here she is with one of her recent works.
provided a wonderful update. As with most of us, 70 is now a fact of life. She thought that by now she would be slowing down; however, her life, with husband Alan, her children and the increasing demands of her art, continues to be too full for just 24 hours. She sees her son Mike and his children — Caroline, 13, and James, 9 — regularly as they don’t live too far away. She and Alan joined another son, Tim, and his children, ages 13, 11 and 8, on a beach vacation to the Jersey Shore. These Maryland grandchildren also visit individually during summer or spring break, which is always a pleasure and treat! Lastly, her son Rob and his family live in California, so twice a year she visits them. Never enough time there! “Wish I could sprout wings to go more often!” There is to be a Patton family reunion this December in Maryland, which will bring us all together in one place at the same time — a first in 11 years! For her third love, porcelain painting, Lynn designs, paints and fires daily. “She also gives weekly china painting classes and seminars in her studio to other porcelain painters here and out of state. She is a featured artist in the Cary Gallery of Artists in Maryland, had an annual show and sale in October and served as a juried artist in “A Celebration of Art at Cylburn Arboretum” in November. She was featured in a recent issue of International Porcelain Artists and Teachers magazine, and articles on her work have also been in British Porcelain Artist and China Painter magazines. Lynn says, “One thing I know now and have known for quite a while is how precious times were at Friends and how very lucky I was to be part of our class. I so enjoy the occasions when some or many of us have gotten together. Great memories. I look forward to more.” Susan Huff Schmitt, writing while on vacation in Fort Meyers, Fla., and having “a grand and silly time” with her sister Sally Huff Leimbach ’64 and a cousin, Betty Wiehe Carr, a daughter of Mary House Wiehe ’30, says she is enjoying life in her retirement village, where her sister and Susan Montgomery have visited. Coyd Walker sold his business six-and-a-half years ago and feels it was too soon. It’s been a difficult adjustment to retire. Writing has saved him from being “at severe loose ends.” As for yours truly, Mary McElroy, I made my annual visit to Portland, Ore., in March to spend time with family: a brother and his wife and two children (Connor, 7, and Emily, 11), a cousin and her husband and teenage daughter and her uncle and his wife. This year, I
decided to try staying for two weeks to make it easier to see everyone with less rush, and that worked out very well. Spending more time in that beautiful area is a treat. Then in May, I went to Baltimore for my annual visit to see my godmother Peggy Shaffer (who turned 102!) and my brother Tom and his wife Donna. I tried my hand again at karaoke with less-successful results than last year. I’m spending this year identifying a couple of new songs that I can use next May! I attended a wonderful wine festival during my visit that was enormous fun, and enjoyed checking out the local craft artists. I managed to see a few classmates, but there is never enough time!
1961. Barbara Turnbull Davis akitabay@gmail.com Don and Linda Brecht Stevens have purchased a condo in Hunt Valley, Md., so they can visit with their children and grandchildren whenever they want. Tom and Mary Ellen Price McLaughlin lost their eldest son Brian, 44, suddenly to a heart attack in July. In memoriam they have set up an educational fund for his twin children, as they entered high school this year. On a positive note, they moved to Lewes, Del., this past spring into a brand new home. Marty and Nina New Cohen traveled much of the spring, visiting her brother and sister-in-law and Susan Huff Schmitt ‘60 in Florida, followed by travel in Russia most of May. Then it was on to Virginia for the wedding of her niece and other family business. Each year, Marty and Nina assist international student families whose head of household is attending one of the courses at the United States Naval War College to adjust to living for 11 months in the United States. This may involve helping them locate permanent housing, buy cars and insurance, register children in school and locate foods to meet special dietary requirements. “The latter is not always easy in a mid-sized island town,” they said. “Last year, we had six families who became friends (I was even adopted as ‘honorary grandmother’ by our Israeli and Belgian 9-year-old neighbors). For the coming year we are sponsoring Australians from the senior course and Kazakhs from the junior year-long course. The Aussies arrived the day after our Belgian neighbors left for home. Due to English language difficulties, we have only today learned the identity of our junior officer. He’ll be arriving almost at the
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same time our three grandchildren will be moving in to stay for three weeks. The two older children will be attending different camps here. July is always enriched by our international classical music festival. Marty and I volunteer for a number of duties, from cooking for the musicians to ushering and bartending. With three to four concerts daily, we are busy, but also blessed by glorious music. Marty continues with his duties on the Newport Zoning Board; I will resume my duties as docent after the grandkids leave. And of course, we plan to increase our beach time. We are also embarking on various house repair projects this fall. That’s it from Newport!” Dave Windisch has stayed in touch to let everyone know that he is now in Jacksonville, Fla., living with his son and his family. He has installed his 100-foot radio tower and continues with his ham radio buddies. He’s so happy to leave the cold weather behind but never knew that it could be so hot and rain so much. As for yours truly, Barbara Turnball Davis, I am no longer rescuing dogs as I can no longer physically deal with the responsibilities. So, I am now working with kitties. This spring I fostered an expectant mamma for the shelter and now have expanded my four-footed family to include one nowspayed mamma and her five kittens.
1962. Eleanor Blake Fuller eaerobic@hotmail.com Lucy and Bruce Goodwin report that they really enjoyed their trip back to Maryland in May, not only for their 50th Reunion, but also to see his sister Arline on the Eastern Shore and see old friends from different phases of their lives: college, Navy and hotel management. They planned to visit Yellowstone and Yosemite parks this past summer along with a big trip to the Amazon, Machu Picchu and Galapagos Islands in March while his knees are still working. Lucy retired at the end of the school year but is still doing some subbing while Bruce manages their hotel industry consulting practice; they’re not letting work get in the way of travel. Again, it was so great seeing all who attended Reunion and having Mindy Mordecai, Mara Mordecai, Maya Mordecai and Ana Maria Colwill participate as well. Linda Kardash Armiger says that the 50th Reunion made for a wonderful beginning to the summer. She thanks our class volunteers and the Friends School staff for hosting a most memorable weekend. She and husband Buck entertained all of the
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Armiger family (not all at once) over the summer, as it seems this year everyone wants to visit Solomon’s, Md. Buck is happy that the boat is running well, the fishing is good and the crab population is thriving. Linda, as social committee chairperson, hosted several summer events for their community, which made for many good times for all. Even with the unexpected late June discovery of several deep vein thromboses in her left leg, she is hoping that plans for the rest of the year will not change. They planned several short trips for the fall, including a visit with their daughter in Summerville, S.C., for the opening of fox hunt weekend at Middleton Place. Jim Hammond reopened St. Paul’s Church in Haymarket, Va., on behalf of the Diocese of Virginia, which took him away from Reunion a tad bit early, but he says it was a grand celebration and well worth the effort. During the summer, he took over services at Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville, Va., while their rector was away. He hopes everyone is happy and well. Chris Sherman Raywood advises that, after the wonderful Reunion weekend (gosh it was fun!) she went home and packed her bags (of course she did!) and returned to Baltimore around Memorial Day weekend. Her niece graduated from Randolph Macon College that weekend, and they were off to Rome for four nights. They saw the Borghese Gallery, the Coliseum, the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps, and they shopped. I need to ask Chris how many times she has actually seen some of these sites! On to Florence by train for four nights to see the Uffizi and the Duomo, the Bargello and for more shopping. Padua was next by train, where they visited the Scrovengi Chapel with its incredible Giotta frescoes and a pretty medieval town center. They taxied to Venice, rode to Vaporetta and saw the Duomo and Saint Mark’s Square. Her niece Becky saw the Doge’s Palace and Accadamia. Chris’ friend William was able to get Becky into many of these places, and Chris says it was tough keeping up with a 22-year-old. They went back to London for two nights, visiting Kensington Palace and eating fish and chips after pizza and pasta for two weeks in Italy! When you read this, Chris will have been to France and England, again. She was to visit the south of France and go up through the Massif Centrale. She plans to visit Highclere Castle in the United Kingdom where Downton Abbey is filmed. We’ll hear more next time, Chris. Terry Walker says he and Kathy have just been hanging around doing household
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stuff. But I happen to know they did receive a visit from another classmate, Bill Decker, and his son. More about that later. Diana Fleischer Schofield tells us that, as of late summer, she is still waiting for a kidney. Her brother is definitely not a match as he had Lyme disease several years ago and was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam (which is now bringing veterans into the Veterans Administration hospitals with kidney disease). She still awaits testing of her son and sister-in-law to see if they are a match. Her grandson, Henry Blanchard ’24, entered first grade at Friends this fall. Diana is still working part time doing evaluations and seeing three families — just enough to keep her busy. She is also working on a new rug and will be going to a new workshop soon. Diana, I know I speak for everyone in saying that we all hope you receive a new kidney by the time this Collection is published. Carol Davidson Methven had such a great time at Reunion catching up with our classmates. After that, she was off to Russia in June for 10 days to meet the family of their son’s fiancée and to sightsee. She enjoyed Saint Petersburg; the palaces and churches were spectacular. “You have never seen so much gold in your life!” she reports. “It’s very clear why there was a revolution.” They took a “fast train” to Moscow, which is “like New York on steroids,” then traveled down to Ryazan, a city older than Moscow, where they got to visit with several Russian families to see how normal citizens live. She met many interesting people, and all were so nice. Carol returned home to help nurse her husband back to health from knee surgery. She has planned a golf outing and is also taking a trip with five of the grandchildren (and their parents) to Montana to visit Yellowstone National Park. She’s looking forward to seeing everyone in five years! Having just returned from a vacation at the Dutch seashore, Jens Neumann was so pleased to find Lane Williamson’s “Redux” (updated yearbook) and Bruce’s CD with many Reunion pictures in the mail. “Phantastic!” He was a bit sad that he was unable to attend Reunion with so many of us but at the same time proud to have such great classmates. John and Caroline Clifford Coe in June headed for Hog Island Audubon Camp in Maine, and had a month’s “test drive” of their new r-pod camper. Their first stop was Kittery Point, Maine where they had a delightful lunch with Don and Lane Williamson, who offered advice on where to find good eats and provided a first look at some of the state’s col-
ors and textures through Lane’s art — wonderful hospitality. Maine is indeed “Vacationland,” and Audubon Camp and the camper were both great fun! Diana Yeager Rankin has just moved to Delray Beach, Fla., so her mail arrived a little late, but she was thrilled to have received Bruce’s CD from Reunion and my request for some updated notes. She said it was wonderful seeing so many of our class at Reunion. She had to miss the brunch on Sunday, as she awoke with no voice and a very sore throat and didn’t wish to share her cold with classmates; so she and Tom began their drive to Florida. Upon their arrival, she went to the doctor and found that she had walking pneumonia. She must be better now, because she says she loves Florida. She believes it’s actually been cooler there than the heat wave experienced on the East Coast. Bruce has sent us all a new class roster, which will show Diana’s new address and email. Bill Decker and his son Matt made a trip to California and back in 14 days, traveling 7,800 miles. They started their trip by visiting Kathy and Terry Walker in Abingdon, Va., and then proceeded to visit New Orleans, San Antonio, Santa Fe, Sedona, the Grand Canyon (their favorite part of the trip), Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Francisco, Park City, Jackson Hole, Yellowstone National Park, Mount Rushmore and Kansas City. They used Bill’s Subaru Outback for the trip. Each night, Bill mapped out the trip for the next day while Matt, an English professor, blogged about the trip. Check out the site, www.mattsdecker.blogspot.com/2012/ 06/yellowstone.html, for loads of great writing and wonderful pictures of their trip. Bill enjoyed seeing everyone at Reunion and wished he had more time to talk to everyone. Susan Bliss is still processing the huge lift she got from May’s Reunion and says it delighted and surprised her thoroughly. She and Jerry have been enjoying Oregon’s excellent summer weather while sympathizing with their friends back East. They are still exploring the state, having been in Oregon for only six years. They took a road trip for some exploration of the 300,000-acre Zumwalt Prairie, North America’s largest remaining intact bunch grass prairie and habitat for the largest concentration of raptors in the lower 48 states, including peregrine falcons, bald eagles, golden eagles and many species of hawks. Bunch grass refers to these perennial plants’ clumping growth pattern, as opposed to the tall grasses, which are annual plants that provide turf and most of our food crops (I’m learning about
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“bunch grass” from Susan’s travels!). They hiked with the nature conservancy through part of the 33,000 acres of the Zumwalt they own and then joined a band of 12 adventurers on a raft trip down the nearby Snake River through the Class III and Class IV rapids of Hell’s Canyon. Nobody fell off, but they did get wet. They stayed at a new camp each of the three nights, staked out by the men from their outfitter who helped ease the anxiety of “roughing it” by pitching their tents and cooking their meals. Susan’s only fear on the rafting trip was that there were many rattlesnake sightings by other group members. When they stopped for lunch, a young rattler was among the rocks. He was thin and not fully developed with a full set of rattles. Believe it or not, Susan was calm enough to get a good photo! Susan, you are a brave soul. Susan and Jerry also were going to Sacramento, Calif., to visit family and to Mount Shasta and Lassen Volcanic National Park in California and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. Thanks to Mary Ellen Fischer, they arranged most of their accommodations through Vacation Rentals By Owner, www.vrbo.com. Emily Holman recently returned from a fabulous pilgrimage to Israel with the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey. She stayed in small hotels in East Jerusalem and Nazareth, had exceptional guides and learned a lot about Jesus’ life and the Palestinian situation. The trip was intellectually, physical and spiritually rewarding and challenging; she will use what she learned for a long time. She returned with a souvenir cold and
caught up with ankle length grass and church obligations. She, too, was still savoring our Reunion in May and the feelings of love that we all had. She even wrote an article about it in “Deacon’s Den,” her monthly church newsletter. Georgeanna Jones Klingensmith has four grandchildren, ages 6, 3, 2 and 8 months. There are two children each for their two sons. The three youngest are girls, which is great for Georgeanna as she likes dolls. “Bee,” as we all know her, was honored in June at the annual Scientific Session of the American Diabetes Association and was awarded the Outstanding Physician Clinician-Teacher in Diabetes for 2012. She now thinks she might be able to cut back a little and spend more time with those grandchildren. OK, I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed seeing so many of you at our Reunion. It was such great fun, and I only wish I had more time to talk more with each of you. I think everyone who attended was glad they did. We did a lot of catching up, and between all of our volunteers and Friends School, we now will have plenty of great memories! Cliff and I enjoyed a Mediterranean cruise this summer, visiting four lovely places in Greece as well as Croatia, Turkey and Messina. We had dinner near the Spanish Steps in Rome before the cruise. My favorite place was Santorini, Greece. Tendered to the island, we took a cable car to a location where we then took a bus to a unique town called Oia, I believe. Here, we had lunch on the top of the island overlooking the beautiful blue waters and the white houses with blue-domed roofs. It was outstanding — just like
all the pictures you see in travel books or on TV. My grandson Max visited Pennsylvania in August, which was a great treat as we got together with all the grandkids while he was there. Remember, work up an appetite, because Friends gives us breakfast in five years! Finally, in preparation for our 50th Reunion, ’64 classmates are invited to contribute to the 50th anniversary edition of the Class of 1964 Yearbook, celebrating our truly senior years. Paul Newbury has volunteered as editor and publisher and yours truly will be co-editor. Details to follow!
1963. Donna Hasslinger Dhassli@aol.com
Chick Fetter Deegan deeganchicke@aol.com As our 50th Reunion approaches, many classmates are keeping in touch through our email group and the class lunches we organize twice a year in Baltimore. Recently, we welcomed Trudi Feinberg Cohen, Button Browne Howard, Fred Scholz and Mike Keene to our email group, which now includes 37 class members. In March, our lunch was attended by Marge Rowe Felter, Skip Dugdale, Joe Albert, Joan Shinnick Kreeger, Judy Kingelhofer O’Mara, Joane Knight Schumacher, Barbara Nolte Kearney, Anne Skinner White and Donna Hasslinger. We missed seeing Josie and Hank Kaestner, who were involved in selling their home in Monkton, Md. and moving to their
retirement home in Vermont. We will continue to organize ourselves each year in the fall and in the spring for lunch in Baltimore. Our classmates have been following the progress of Jagger, the grandson of Joe Albert and Button Browne Howard. You may have seen him online playing the piano at age 9 in the sample lesson at www.irocku.com, the site founded by Rolling Stones keyboardist Chick Leavell to teach rock piano. Jagger is listed on the website as a member of the team and a performer. You can see his progress as a rock musician on two of our favorite 1960s songs on two videos on YouTube if you search for “IROCKU Jagger.” Jagger’s mother Piper says he is developing the same sense of humor as Joe. Is that possible? Mike and Chick Fetter Deegan are still holding on to their dream of a retirement home in Glen Arbor, Mich. They finally decided if it doesn’t happen this year, it will not happen, and they will have to look for other adventures. Recently, Chick was delighted to hear from a special friend, Jackie Hornor Plumez ‘61, who said she’s looking forward to our 50th Reunion and seeing everyone. Marge Rowe Felter and husband Jeb Felter find themselves frequently traveling to Pennsylvania and Connecticut to spend time with their children and grandchildren. They always seem to have something to do, including gardening, golf, hikes, camping in Maine, reading, crossword puzzles, etc. Alice Long Gersh has been retired for 10 years and stays busy with yoga, watercolor, knitting, pottery and volunteering in a literacy program at a local library. Her younger
DAVE PHILLIPS ‘63, wife Susan, their four kids, 10 grandkids and Bucky Badger, mascot of the University of Wisconsin, celebrate the wedding of their daughter, Kate, to Mike Hollensworth in June 2012.
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AL MACPHAIL ‘63’s grandchildren, a.k.a. “The Lineup:” Will, Georgia, Hadley,
Institute in Rockville, Md. In July 2012 the American Society of Association Executives published the book I wrote to help nonprofit associations with globalization. It’s hard to believe I will be listed on Amazon. I am now looking for a new project to keep me busy. If any of our other classmates who are not in our email group are interested in joining us to chat online or attend lunches, just let Chick or me know. Soon the planning for our 50th Reunion will begin. Please save the date for the first weekend of May 2013.
Lila and Jane.
daughter Liz was married last summer and will soon complete a master’s degree in acupuncture. Alice said she has intermittently stayed in touch with two of our classmates, Lily Kok Forbush and Trudi Feinberg Cohen. Maggie and Steve Greif are enjoying their first granddaughter, born in February 2012, as well as their 2-yearold grandson. Unfortunately, their grandchildren live in Brooklyn and Scarsdale, N.Y., respectively, so they don’t see them as often as they would like; they Skype whenever they can, although Steve admits that the 5-monthold really doesn’t have the hang of it yet. Steve and Maggie had a very enjoyable trip in late April to Berlin, St. Petersburg and Stockholm, and they wished that Biff Forbush and other Russian scholars had been along to translate in St. Petersburg since Steve never took Russian. At least Steve got the hang of the Cyrillic alphabet. Mike Keene is enjoying retirement living on Kent Island, Md., with his wife Laura Owen Keene ‘64. He says he is still healthy and is looking forward to our 50th Reunion. Joan Shinnick Kreeger is still traveling with work and for pleasure. In June she led a tour group to the Badlands in South Dakota. In August she and her significant other John Dombach spent a week sailing off the coast of Turkey on a chartered sailboat with their sailing club, followed by a tour of Spain and Portugal. Lisa and Al MacPhail have five grandkids who all live nearby in New York. Their first four grandkids were born 22 months apart — two from their son Bryan and two from their daughter Lucy. Then Bryan and his wife Alli greeted them with their fifth grandkid, Hadley, on Feb. 16. Al sent us a picture of the grandkids referring to them as “The Lineup.” I wonder where he came up with that baseball reference! In June 2012, Susan and Dave Phillips celebrated the marriage of their last child, daughter Kate,
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to Mike Hollensworth. The ceremony and reception took place at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center — a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright on Lake Monona in Madison, Wis. Dave had been involved in getting the building approved, financed and built in 1997 when he served as president of Downtown Madison, Inc. All of their 10 grandchildren participated in the wedding — from flower girls to ring bearers to rolling out the white runner — and Dave reports that they were great! He also provided a family wedding picture noting that the tall figure in the back row is Bucky Badger, the University of Wisconsin mascot, who appeared as a surprise for Kate. Kate and Mike live and work in the Washington, D.C. area. Gail Levinson Shawe’s daughter Annie was married in June on the only nice weekend we’ve had this summer! Annie lives in San Francisco and is a guidance counselor at an all-girls school. Gail’s oldest son Tony is the head of middle school at Holton-Arms School in Washington, D.C., and her younger son Alex is also in D.C., serving as the general counsel to the KIPP Charter Schools. Gail has been busy doing community work. Next year she will co-chair the Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle, an organization of 400 women who have pooled their money to award grants to nonprofits in the Baltimore community that promote self-sufficiency for women and their children. She and her husband Steve have three parents in their 90s and two grandchildren, ages 5 and 2. Gail has enjoyed seeing Anne Kay Joyner and Judy Klingelhofer O’Mara over the years, and she is looking forward to meeting up with others at Reunion! As for me, Donna Hasslinger, I am continuing to enjoy the theater, music and dance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and the courses for seniors offered at Johns Hopkins University’s OSHER Lifetime Learning
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1964. Susan Grathwohl Dingle s123dingle@aol.com Sally Huff Leimbach reports that her son Wendell Leimbach ‘88 celebrated 20 years with the United States Marine Corps in June and is now “in zone” for colonel. Thank you for your service, Wel! Working around the clock for three months, Sally won her most challenging case yet, implementing long-term care insurance as an employer-sponsored benefit. Her blood pressure returned to normal two months later! Ready for the next challenge, she has proposed a theme for our 50th Reunion — “We’ve Only Just Begun!” — suggesting how our classmates are setting the pace for what’s possible as we age. Daniel Taylor-Ide is currently involved with an advisory council starting up the University of the World, a global organization “shifting the locus of learning from campuses to communities.” The university will use “results-producing organizations throughout the world as its campus” to prepare professionals to help marginalized communities. Dan refers us to www.univworld.org
and promises to keep us in the loop. Now in their 44th year of marriage, Ken and Margot Khan Pettijohn have 38-year-old twin daughters and four grandchildren. Having retired from the Internal Revenue Service after 42 years as a computer specialist and computer engineer, Margot is still setting records. With over 20 years of competitive swimming, she continues to be ranked in the top 10 for her age group and has set three national records by the United States Masters Swimming organization. She enjoys yoga, ice skating and photography (her butterflies are brilliant!) and also volunteers in behalf of children with disabilities, offering them therapeutic horseback riding lessons. Savitri Gauthier (formerly Donna Arisosa) is currently involved in major renovations to her house on Falls Road in Baltimore. She planned to be back in her home in early fall and welcomes our calls and visits any time after that! Delighting in her new role as surrogate grandmother, Savitri declares her next project will be reinventing herself after retiring from nursing and recuperating from a hip replacement. Stay tuned. Recently retired, Ellie Dresser Duram served as a Christian Science nurse and nursing supervisor, providing spiritual care for nursing home residents. One patient was a former French teacher with whom Ellie spoke French. (In a previous career, Ellie had taught French for 17 years in private schools in Connecticut!) Ellie and husband Mike now live in Crozet, Va., near Charlottesville, where they can see the Blue Ridge Mountains from the front porch. What a horizon! Helen and Downie McCarthy enjoyed a warm summer in Montana (“Yes,” says Downie, “global warming has even arrived here!”) and have been
AVIJIT CHATTERJEE ’64 and Greg Neumann ’64 visiting in India with Avijit’s granddaughter.
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back in Baltimore preparing for the birth of a first grandchild in September while spending quality time with Downie’s 94-year-old mom. In the fall, Downie and Helen will be heading to the Greek Isles and Istanbul. While practicing his “Zorba” routine, Downie is also studying resources provided by Suzy Katzenberg. Downie reports that Leigh and Joe D’Antonio ‘65 are now living in El Paso, Texas. Joe is involved in a new hospital in Las Cruces, N.M., after spending part of the summer working in a Navaho clinic on the reservation. Nancy and Paul Newbury’s oldest son David, lead developer for a trade show company staging high-end magic, was married at the end of March at the Pittsburgh Opera to Becca, a physical therapist at Butler Hospital. Their daughter Saralinda is studying for her master’s in nursing, and son Michael is working with Paul at Whitaker House Publishing. With our 50th Reunion on the horizon, Paul has invited our class for a reunion before the official event at Emlenton Mill next Memorial Day or Labor Day weekend! Located two miles off I-80 in Western Pennsylvania, about two hours away from Cleveland, Emlenton Mill is the magical environment created by Paul and his family for recreation and entertainment; it includes a bunkhouse that sleeps 30, an ice cream shop and free Saturday evening concerts, with Paul providing sound! His latest toy is a sound board he operates from his iPad — a long way from the reel-to-reel he used for shows at Friends! Check out www.emlentonmill.com, then let Paul know which weekend you prefer. Carol Vaughan Srnka, writing from her home in Trumansburg N.Y., says she sometimes recalls Miss Dibert when driving by Podunk Road, that infamous destination. Carol reports she’s really “gone to the dogs.” Formerly a dog breeder (www.belgaetibbies.com), she showed her dog Spree at the Poodle Club of America National Specialty in Salisbury, Md., for the fourth year. See Spree and Carol run at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFPkq 2PxGsE. As for yours truly, Susan Grathwohl Dingle, I earned a L.C.S.W. in 2011 and have started a private practice on the east end of Long Island, N.Y., specializing in mindfulness and well-being for children of alcoholics. I’m still writing and performing spoken word poetry, and was invited to read at the Traveling Vietnam War Memorial Wall when it was assembled at Calverton National Cemetery in June. I was honored when Vietnam veterans thanked me for
JUDY HAMBURGER GOLDTHORP ’65 in the Grand Canyon in the spring of 2012.
expressing their experiences.
1965. Gretchen Garman Hampt gitch@tradenet.net Please send your news for Class Notes!
1966. This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office.
1967. Jane Thursby mejanemd@gmail.com We celebrated our 45th Reunion getting reacquainted by burning up the Internet. After threatening to give out two “checks” if I didn’t hear from them, I managed to make contact with all but a handful of our graduating class. I even heard from several classmates who didn’t graduate with us but were longtime members and close friends of our class. It seems the memory of Friday and Saturday detentions, of which our classmates had many, was enough make them send email addresses, pictures of themselves and family and updates of their lives since June 1967. Once the contacts were made, the gates opened with a flood
of memories. During one 24-hour period leading up to Reunion weekend, almost 200 emails were unleashed. Our classmates are still busy with many activities, including work, retirement, moving, traveling and, most importantly, family. Bill and Susan Tracy Boyd are in Rwanda volunteering for mission work — he doing veterinary work and she in education. Sue and I had dinner while they were in town for a brief visit. She says they love the hard work and promise to be back for the 50th Reunion. Martha and Samuel Patz live in Brookline, Mass., near Boston, where Samuel leads a research group developing methods to measure pulmonary functions. He loves what he does except for all the grant writing needed to support his work. David Frank couldn’t attend as he was involved that weekend with a show for school near Boston. Both have said they will try hard to attend, our 50th Reunion. Eduardo Joly says “hola” to everyone and said he will make a point in coming all the way from Argentina for the 50th. Eduardo has just published an article in the Critical Sociology Journal entitled: “Persons with Disabilities: Entitled to Beg, Not to Work. The Argentine Case.” Harry Scott had two big news alerts for us: He has moved from Vermont to York, Pa., and is “marrying a wonderful man” worth the move. His
name is Lamar Matthew, and he worked at Stony Run Friends Meeting for five years. Scotty is now closer to Baltimore and will have no excuse not to attend the 50th Reunion. Mike Teller writes that he has traded life as the chief information officer for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia for the same job with the Idaho State Tax Commission. He lives in Boise now and enjoys exploring the Mountain West. John Mears couldn’t make it to this Reunion. He splits his time between Boston and New Hampshire. Among his many activities and careers that keep him busy and happy, John is the author of a novel, Ancestral Voices: A Novel of America, available through Amazon. Steve Larson, who lives in Milton, Del., couldn’t come for two reasons: It was he and his wife Denise’s 25th wedding anniversary and also his daughter’s wedding. Steve and John promised to be at our 50th Reunion. John Williamson also promised to make our 50th Reunion. He is a retired teacher living in Pennsylvania with his wife Sue and has started a furniture and cabinet building business as well as taken up golf as a hobby. Alan Rosoff decided not to get two checks and provided me with a brief update: He and his wife Jane have lived in Naples, Fla., since 1999, after selling his business and opting for the career
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of a “leisure technician.” His wife’s health issues kept him away this year, but all should be resolved for the 50th Reunion. Rogers Beasley is working at Keeneland, a small thoroughbred racetrack in Lexington, Ky., where he is vice president and director of racing. He is married to Jackie, a book and magazine editor from Washington, D.C.; the two enjoy traveling all over the world during the summers and winters. He sees Susan Werner Masterman on occasion, as they live in the same town and finds it always fun to gossip with her about Baltimore. He could not make it to Reunion, as he will be with clients at the Kentucky Derby but hopes to make it to the 50th. Candy Nolan Hallett attended Reunion with her husband Ron and told us that last year she had finally completed graduate work at the Boston University School of Theology with a master’s of theological studies. David Lasagna decided to come to Reunion at the last minute. He had just moved from the Boston area to Charlottesville, Va., to help with his mother. Everyone was glad he could take a day to come. Claire Blum Stampfer came to Reunion from the Boston area, where she lives with her husband Meir and her three children. Claire is a rheumatologist at Cambridge Hospital and has decided to throw her hat into the political arena by running for town meeting member in Brookline, Mass. Susan Werner Masterson gave up the Kentucky Derby weekend to come to Reunion from Louisville. Susan is the chief financial officer of their two restaurants and is a “former potter, current gardener and future photographer.” She has two children and one granddaughter. Nancy Shuger joined us for the Saturday Reunion event. She is retired as a full-time judge and now has a mediation practice. Mark Merlis came down from Philadelphia on Saturday by train, where he lives with Bob, his partner of 30 years, and joined in the fun. Among his careers is that of novelist, which he hopes to do full time upon his retirement. Mark has a website, www.markmerlis.com, where he catalogues both his fiction and health-policy writings. John Holman lives in Towson and has an insurance business in a historic church that he renovated about six years ago. He has four children and four grandchildren. He says all has been good so far, “but, to my enduring misfortune, The Eyes of the Night recognized my true music talent (none), and I have been forced to toil in honest employment instead of the life of a rock star. Truly, I harbor no resentment, but I do know where
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you live, Geoff, Steve and Tom.” Julie Brody earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and has a private practice in Boulder; she also teaches graduate students at Colorado University. She is the single mother of an adopted daughter, and together they have an organic vegetable garden and are trying to produce enough food to last all winter. She also paints watercolors, mostly portraits. Peggy Ramsey came sadly without our beloved classmate Mary Ramsey this Reunion. Peggy moved to the Philadelphia area to be near family a few years ago with her retired actor-husband, William Newman. Mary Rudi Horner joined us Saturday and shared some tidbits about the last 45 years. After living in New Jersey and working in New York City for 18 years, she returned home to Maryland in 2001. Her career has focused on program management in international public health, i.e.: raising funds for and managing programs for nonprofits working in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia. Rudi continued in this work at Johns Hopkins and then switched to the domestic side, where since 2007 she has been working as a grant administrator for the School of Health Professions at the Community College of Baltimore County. Shelly Cole Morhaim says she is a “recovering lawyer” who is now a writer and filmmaker. She and her husband Dan have three daughters and have recently moved into the house where she grew up. Geoff Greif, who with John Mears helped get this Reunion organized, is very busy writing (he has a new book, Two Plus Two: Couples and Their Couple Friendship joining the 12 others), is still a professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and runs a support group for fathers at the supermax prison in Baltimore. Geoff and his wife Maureen have two daughters and a grandchild. As for me, I moved back from Atlanta where I lived for 25 years in 1999. I have a daughter who is a judge in Georgia. She lives there with her husband and my beautiful granddaughter Zoe. In October, Zoe will be joined by a brother. I work as the lead planner for the Maryland Emergency Management Agency. I guess you would call this my fourth career. I owe the class a newsletter with pictures of everyone and much more news than I could include here. I spent Christmas 2011 visiting Linda Newbury Campbell and her family in North Carolina. She fought a long, hard fight with several bouts of cancer over 15 years, but this last fight wasn’t going to be won. She was at peace at the end. I told her that I wasn’t going
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ARLENE DANNENBERG BOWES ’68 and Melinda Burdette ’68 with Arlene and husband
Steve’s boat “Apparition.”
to our Reunion without her, especially since it was being held on her birthday. It wasn’t to be, so I threw myself into getting everyone else there or getting promises to come to the 50th Reunion. So keep the updates coming and put the first weekend in May 2017 on your calendar. I will be there for Linda.
1968. Arlene Dannenberg Bowes adbowesdmd@gmail.com Bucky Gunts served as head of production and director of the Opening Ceremonies and the nightly prime-time show for NBC’s coverage of the Summer Olympics in London. This is the 10th Olympics that Bucky has produced for NBC! He has earned four prime-time Emmys for his work. The ex-Cornell lacrosse player carried the Olympic torch through London’s Borough of Havering as 150,000 people cheered. Melinda Burdette and I are planning our class’ 45th Reunion dinner for Saturday, May 4, 2013. Save the date!
1969. Frank Bond, Jr. fbondini.bond@gmail.com Please send your news for Class Notes!
1970. Lisa Mitchell Pitts lisa.pitts.bee@gmail.com I heard from Brad Marshall this summer, right after we went through our 12 days of temperatures between 90 and 100 degrees. He says that life is good in San Diego, where so far the temperature hasn’t been above 75 degrees in his little beach town of Encinitas! He adds that they haven’t even turned on the air conditioning, just opened all the doors and windows to let the sea breeze waft through. When I asked him why I still live in Baltimore, he told me about his wife Windy and her recent visit to Baltimore with their boys. He said they stopped at Dunkin’ Donuts on the way home from the airport (they don’t have Dunkin’ Donuts in California), then went to Wegman’s to buy crab cakes for dinner and Berger cookies (With the donuts? He doesn’t ask). Then, over the weekend they had steamed crabs (from a place called She’s Got Crabs) around a bonfire. He says building a bonfire in Southern California will get you a stay in the county jail! So, in spite of the heat, there’s a lot to be said about living here.
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This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office.
Sally Evans Yost sally.yost@comcast.net Please send your news for Class Notes!
Marilyn Harris-Davis writes, “I have a new position with the State of Maryland. I was appointed by the Governor as the executive director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight. It’s a legal position that licenses and regulates legislative and ethical issues relative to cemeteries in Maryland. One of the objectives is to be sure that people are not taken advantage of in their most vulnerable moments. Another objective is to create and advocate for legislation relative to death-care issues that will protect consumers and their families. Once I got over the initial creepiness of it, it became a mission — someone has to do this job, someone who cares.”
1972. This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office.
1973. This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office.
1978. Doug Stevenson dougstevenson@hotmail.com Please send your news for Class Notes!
1979. This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office.
1980. This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office.
1981. Dahira Lievano Binford BaltimoreBinfordBunch@ verizon.net Please send your news for Class Notes!
1982. Joyce Jennings joycejen@berkeley.edu
David Jones writes, “I am quickly approaching my third year of living and working in the high desert of Rio Rancho, N.M. It is one mile above sea level here. I work for Hewlett-Packard in remote consulting support of largescale data centers. My wife and I are still exploring the Native American culture in the surrounding areas and collect Native American artwork.”
The Class of 1982 had a great 30th Reunion at Friends in May. Most of us have thought, “OMG, how did that happen so fast?” But sprouting gray hairs and a few wrinkles were welcomed by all, as we hugged and caught up with old friends. I’m so glad I made the trip from Berkeley, Calif. I had a blast. Who came, you ask? The group included John Berman, David Schulhoff and family, Rich and Natasha Horsley Weston, Molly Adolph Smith, Robin Norton, Susan Hamilton Pucket and her husband Larry, Karen Dates Dunmore with baby Hallie, Phoebe Flowers O’Neill (who still looks 18 years old!), Bill Martien, Gwen Hirsch, Brett Ball, Peter and Connie Naden Shay and Rikke Davis. Our German friend Andreas Neumann even stopped by on the way home from a business trip to Mexico. Awards were granted to the deserving Joan Sullivan Little, Jon Krome, and Carol Morrison Welle. Distant travelers included Natt Reifler from Florida, Jen Imhoff Foley from Maine, Kevin Burke from North Carolina and Laura and Jon Krome, who flew in from the U.K. Check out their Facebook pages for some great photos of them at the Olympics. Let’s not forgot Mike Sickler, who kept us in stitches, as usual. Wayne Stewart almost made it, as did John Monahan — hope to see you both at the next one. That goes for all of you folks who couldn’t make it (Heidi Neff, Neal Burks, Elizabeth Lutz, Jen Gossage
Katz, Sallie Trout and all the rest). Please mark your calendars for the first weekend in May 2017. If I’ve neglected to mention anyone, and it’s likely this aging brain has, mea culpa! Seeing all of you was the highlight of my year. Thank you for all the warm smiles and hearty laughter. I’m sending blessings to all of you.
1983. Shawn Dorman McKenzie dorman.shawn@gmail.com Please send your news for Class Notes!
1984. Staige Davis Hodges sdhpdx@gmail.com
Robert Spencer-Strong robertstrong@hotmail.com Staige writes, “I am pleased to announce that I have launched a new company: Girly Greek Sisters. I am co-owner and the sole designer for this new clothing line for sorority women. Another Delta Gamma friend and I decided to start a loungewear line whose cute prints are based on sorority symbols instead of just letters, so they are appealing to both collegians and alumnae. And it’s all made in the USA! In addition to the royalties paid as a licensed Greek vendor, Girly Greek Sisters also makes a separate donation
BART WALTER ’76’s sculpture “Gallant,” a collaborative piece that Bart created with his daughter Becky, was personally chosen
by Hillary Clinton as a state department gift for King Abdullah II of Jordan in March 2012.
1974. Sally Slingluff salslinger@aol.com Please send your news for Class Notes!
1975. This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office.
1976. John Humphries jehriver@aol.com Please send your news for Class Notes!
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to one’s sorority foundation of choice with each purchase. Check out the chic sorority style at www.girlygreek sisters.com and www.facebook.com/ girlygreeksisters.”
Jonathan, 2, are either keeping him young or aging him prematurely, depending on the day!
1988. Angelo Valle
1985.
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This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office.
1986. Amy Chen ajochen@sbcglobal.net Please send your news for Class Notes!
1987. Shelley Coates Stein Shelley.stein@gmail.com It was great to see everyone who came back for our 25th Reunion! Trevor Buck and his family are living life in the sand and are covered in suntan lotion, because they’ve moved to the beach! Home is now in Lewes, Del. After 14 years in Oakland, Calif., Andy Kitt and his family just moved to Silicon Valley to be closer to their jobs. Andy is a history teacher and junior class dean at the Menlo School in Atherton, Calif. His wife Jennifer is doing fundraising at Stanford Hospital. Andy says that his students and two sons, Evan, 8, and
Believe it or not, we will be celebrating our 25th Reunion during Alumni Weekend on May 2-5, 2013! It will be just a month or so short of 25 years from the actual day we processed down the path from Stony Run Meetinghouse to the lawn outside the auditorium, where we received our diplomas. It is impossible to gather the entire Class of ‘88 anymore, so hopefully the remaining classmates will take this opportunity to gather and celebrate our time together. Mark your calendars and be on the lookout for further information from the School and/or Reunion Committee!
1991. This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office. Miriam Richter Matz writes, “Hi, all! I’m still living in South Jersey and working part time as a neuropsychologist. I’m staying busy with my three daughters — Rebecca, Eliana and Lilah. Luckily, I’m married to a pediatrician — we need him for sure! His name is Paul.”
1992. Sunee Claud suneeclaud@gmail.com Please send your news for Class Notes!
1993. Elizabeth Leonard Clifton elizclifton@gmail.com
1989. Meghan Stern Cochran meghan@stern.net Please send your news for Class Notes!
1990. Jahan Sagafi jahan@post.harvard.edu Please send your news for Class Notes!
Hi, Class of 1993! Although next May and warm weather may seem impossibly far away, it is time to start making plans to attend our 20th Reunion on May 2-5, 2013. I suggest that if you have never attended a Reunion, 20 is a great time to start. People are so fully and authentically themselves by this point that it is really delightful to rediscover (or maybe get to know for the first time) your high school classmates. The Friends campus
is growing by leaps and bounds, Baltimore has changed for the better, and Friends School puts on a great celebration. I am looking forward to seeing you there! Onto our (very brief) class news: Margo Lauterbach writes, “My husband Davis and I had our second child, a baby girl named Adelaide, on June 17, 2012. We all (including her brother Sullivan) are doing well!” Congratulations, Margo and family on such happy news. My family and I have taken on a new position at Vassar College, where my husband is a professor. At the beginning of July 2012 we moved into an apartment in a dorm to be “house fellows.” We will live here for three years and will serve in an advisory and supportive capacity for the 150 students in our residence hall. We will also be responsible for some programming within the house, with the goal of helping to decrease the divide between the students’ academic and social lives at the college. We’ve also added a new pup, Cassie, to serve as the Davison House unofficial mascot. It is a big new adventure for all of us!
1994. Steve Peterson oxenstjerna@yahoo.com Please send your news for Class Notes!
1995. Trevor Soponis tsoponis@gmail.com
JENNIFER BROWN ’87 and Esi Lamouse-Smith ’87 at the Class of 1987’s Reunion party in May 2012.
Taylor Smith taylor.c.smith@gmail.com On August 5, 2011, Jennifer Simmons and Robert Laney welcomed a baby girl, Londynn Rae Laney. “It’s almost been a year, and boy how the time flies!” she says. Jennifer has worked at Merck and Company, just outside of Philadelphia, for 11 years and is presently a manager for bulk manufacturing of multiple pharmaceutical drugs.
1996. Andy Dale Andrew.Dale@tdameritrade.com By the time this edition of Collection hits your mail stack, the Orioles will be World Series champions. Baltimore will have hosted playoff baseball games, a parade and wild Natty-Boh-soaked all-night parties through the streets of Fells Point and Federal Hill. Wishful thinking perhaps, as I sit penning this
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FIRMIN DEBRABANDER ‘90’s children (from left) Malek, René, Mairead and Hugh.
update during a classically sweaty Baltimore August. But, we can dream. Speaking of dreams, the Class of ’96 continues to make its dreams come true and dominate the world. I’ll begin with Alli Coppel, who emailed all the way from Chile. She’s taken a job as head of community and social development for Anglo American, a U.K. mining company. Ali’s based in Santiago and covers all copper activities in Chile, Peru as well as a joint-venture in Alaska. Ali’s daughter Gabi is almost 3 and is already fluent in “Spanglish.” In other baby news, Dan Kahn and his wife recently welcomed Aidan Reuben Kahn. Congratulations to them! Jeanne Achuff Morrow emailed that she is “chasing her bald toddler around and might also start a cult.” She says, “I’ve always wondered, what are the initial steps in cult formation? Do you incorporate? LLC? LLP? Sole Proprietorship? And how do you make sure that your followers aren’t just along for the ride, that they really mean it?” In other news, Jaimie Baron married Jonathan Cohn on Aug. 4, 2012 and then moved to Canada, where Jaimie will work as an assistant professor of film studies at the University of Alberta. Also on the new job front, Gwen Armbruster accepted a position as a recruiter at a boutique creative staffing agency called Talent Avenue in San Francisco. Talent Avenue represents advertising, marketing and creative professionals on a freelance and full-time basis including anything you’d find in a full-service ad agency or in-house marketing firm (creative, web, editorial, account management, etc.) I saw Alec
Hawley in the spring. He was in town with his lady Jaimie, and we had dinner at Boundary Road in Washington, D.C. Incidentally, this place is very solid, replete with all manner of currently fashionable delicacies including a foie gras PB&J appetizer that Alec gobbled up like he was a contestant on week eight of Survivor and just won the reward challenge. Alec’s little girl Talulah continues to consistently put out high-quality “supercute” Facebook pictures — one more cute than the next. She’s really making her name on the Facebook baby pic landscape. As for Alec, he continues his work as a landscape architect in San Francisco, and his side businesses are flourishing. He’s added sea lion coats and pants to the online inventory. Sadly, his rare bird collection suffered a loss over the summer. His hooded merganser named Raffi flew away on a trip to a local park. He plans on replacing Raffi with a warbler of some kind. From one former actor in San Francisco to a current actor in northern California — Brad Surosky and his wife started a theatre company in Sonoma, Calif. Check out www.BroadwayJackLondon.com. This was their first summer, and they were getting over 800 people a night in attendance! Brad is the executive producer. Across the country in Boston, Tabitha Lewis is doing a pastoral residency, and Pete and Abby Birdsall Beauregard welcomed baby boy Henry James Beauregard in March. Maddie Franklin Gross was in town this summer with her husband Kai and their new baby boy Brayden. Lauren and I went over for a visit, and we got to see Brayden — that kid is chilled
out. Maddie and Kai are great parents; they are very happy. They also got visits from Janelle Milam Schmidt and Kathleen Cusack Lyon ‘97. I might also mention that Lauren and I recently beat Kathleen and her husband Chris at Trivial Pursuit. Kelly and Dan Muñoz moved to Nashville, and both are working at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. I’m heading out there in October to see him and to catch the Colts vs. Titans game. Dan was recently feted by his local Noodles & Company; he ate the penne rosa 16 times in a week and was honored by the local franchise with his picture on the wall as “Customer of the Month.” You can’t make this stuff up. Edith Dietz continues her pediatrics practice at Johns Hopkins, and her brother “Big Time” Bob Dietz ’99 is doing well in Chicago. Lauren and I were actually able to cajole him into meeting us for a drink in Chicago earlier in the summer. One final “Words with Friends” update: Schummers and I usually split evenly, but I’ve been coming out ahead more often, and Jon Yeager ‘97 beats me every time. Until the next time all … I will be busy celebrating the Orioles’ mythical run to the Fall Classic.
1997. Claire Cherlin Kosloff clairekosloff@yahoo.com Hello, classmates! It was so wonderful to see many of you at our 15th Reunion in May. Lots of news to share this go-round. I heard from many of our classmates who have dedicated their careers toward helping others. Susan Westgate writes, “I am currently employed as an inpatient oncology social worker at Sinai Hospital. In addition to my hospital work with oncology patients, I have begun developing continuing education trainings in cooperation with the University of Maryland School of Social Work. My most recent training was titled, “Restoring Order Amidst the Storm: Taking Care of You and Your Loved One After a Cancer Diagnosis.” The focus of my educational programs, both at the university and at the hospital, has been in applying a crisis management model to managing critical health events such as a cancer diagnosis. The goal of this evolving curriculum is to teach health care professionals the best and most effective way to make a positive impact amid a complex and emotionally charged time. As of last year I have returned to school and am pursuing my M.B.A.
with a specialization in healthcare. I have been keeping my plate positively full, but I have relished every moment of this work and feel absolutely in my element. It is a privilege to serve my patients and their families and to experience the satisfaction of making meaningful change every day.” You make us all proud, Susan! Mike Goren is leaving in September for Peace Corps service in Rwanda, and we wish him safe travels and a meaningful and impactful experience there. Vanessa Harbin writes, “My news for Collection is that I graduated in May from my master of public policy program at Georgetown and am now working as a research analyst at Child Trends, evaluating the effectiveness of youth development programs.” Congratulations, Vanessa! Also in the medical field, Erica Steed Winters reports, “I just got a job at Medical City Dallas Hospital and have been volunteering at a pediatric clinic this summer. Other than that I have one year left until I’m a nurse!” Ellen Morrow was sorry to miss Reunion, but she has recently moved to Seattle, where she is doing a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at the University of Washington. She writes, “Please let me know if you are coming through!” In addition to Ellen, many classmates are also on the move! Bobby Michel shares, “Meghan and I just got back from London, where we saw six Olympic events. I haven’t been
JENNIFER SIMMONS’ ‘95 daughter
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CHRISTINA COUNSELMAN PATRICK ‘97’s son Henry, born in April 2012.
in my office much in the last month — vacation in Outer Banks, spending quality time with my parents and brother down in Fort Myers, Fla. and then Summer Olympics! Wacky!” Hugh Peterson writes, “I have ditched the death and danger of the Arctic to come down and do some comedy in Louisiana. I’m currently running the second season of A&E’s show Duck Dynasty and having a fun time. I miss Peta, but we see each other as much as we can, and I’ll be home for the holidays.” And Christa Sterrett Gatewood reports, “It was great seeing everyone at Reunion and awesome to see Christina Counselman Patrick, Owen and baby Henry in Portland this summer. I am still in Cincinnati, where it looks like my husband Kristian, son Kyan and I will be re-upping for a few more years.” As referenced above by Christa, Owen and Christina Counselman Patrick welcomed their son Henry Hotchkiss Patrick to the world on April 7, 2012, and Christina reports that they enjoyed their first Maine summer with him. Congratulations to the Patrick family! Also welcoming a little one was Mark Kelly, who writes, “Grace loves being a big sister to Adley, who arrived July 9. I know probably every parent says that, but Kari and I continue to be amazed by her affection, attention and general lack of interest in doing harm toward the new addition. Grace will be 3 in
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November. She is at the Bryn Mawr Little School and loves it. We are still living (squatting) in my parents’ house in Roland Park while we renovate an old Roland Park home we bought in April. We are excited to visit my brother Drew Kelly ’00, who was recently married in October 2011, completed his Ph.D. in July 2012 at Northwestern and somehow found “gainful” employment in San Francisco.” Great report, Mark! Wishing everyone a lovely fall and very happy holidays. Keep the updates coming!
1998. Justine Alger Forrester jalger1@yahoo.com Hello, Class of 1998! It was so nice to hear from so many of you this time around. Though we have all taken different paths and few of us are currently sharing life experiences with each other the way we did daily back at Friends, it’s nice that we can share tidbits of our lives with the Friends School community here in Collection. I look forward to getting your next update in person in May at our 15-year Reunion! This edition of our Class Notes sees our classmates through a variety of new beginnings: new marriages, new babies, new jobs, new homes … and often a combination of these. On May 13, 2012 Lisa Viscidi
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GARRETT SMITH ‘97’s daughter Alexandra.
and her husband Mateo Samper welcomed their first baby, a boy named Adrian Viscidi Samper, who I can attest is one adorable little guy. Lisa enjoyed spending Adrian’s first three months at home with him but was ready to return to her new job at Deloitte at the end of August. She and Mateo recently relocated from New York to Washington, D.C. to be closer to Lisa’s family as they raise their little one. Laura Caplan Szabo and her husband also moved back to Washington, D.C. after living in Chicago for a few years. Laura is a clinical social worker working at Children’s National Medical Center in the Emergency Department doing psychiatric evaluations. This March, Justin and Amanda Lower Bakaian welcomed a little boy, Harrison. They’ve had a lot of fun introducing him to their small town life in Maine, as well as traveling to Cape Cod and New Hampshire. Amanda says that motherhood has been a blast so far! Nick Murray experienced a great deal of change within the span of one month this past May/June. Nick changed companies and is now a project manager for a high-end residential contractor in New York City, he graduated from Columbia graduate school after earning his master’s of science degree in construction administration, and Nick and his wife Alice welcomed their first baby, William. By now things have settled into a routine, and Nick is
happy to report they are enjoying it all. Janine D’Adamo is a now a married woman. She and Alec Heuisler ‘99 have made it official after all these years. Janine says, “We had so much fun! We got married on the beach in Rehoboth and then had a party in the backyard of the beach house. It was great to have so many people travel all the way to Rehoboth Beach to celebrate with us. It was also fun to have so many Friends Schoolers with us! Jamie Hubbard married us, Erin Hall and her boyfriend Nick Oster were our wedding party, Ben Pollak ‘99 and Erin Hall sang two wonderful songs for us, Ben Baker-Lee ‘99 and his wife Abeer Alzinaty did all the video, and we also had Marc Broady, Steve Cooper ‘99, my brother Karl D’Adamo ‘95, Dean Pappas (our science teacher) and Rosalie Parker ‘99. Even though Alec and I have been together since high school, it was a really exciting day, and we are so happy!” And we are so happy to hear it, Janine! Erin Hall shared her version of the big event: “I had an amazing time at the end of June being in Janine and Alec’s wedding along with my boyfriend, Nick Oster, who was the best man. Ben Pollack and I played a song during the ceremony and at the reception, which was really fun. It was a beautiful ceremony and we all enjoyed spending time with so many friends and family at the beach!” In her own news, Erin
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closed on a house in Hampden at the end of July. “It is a bit of a project, but I love the neighborhood, and Nick and I look forward to putting our time and energy into it in the coming years!” Leslie Deutschendorf Coleman also recently bought a house. She and her husband Hank will be moving to Severna Park, Md., with their newest addition: Jacob Robert Coleman was born on June 21, 2011, and his parents have really enjoyed watching him grow this past year. This fall Leslie began her new job at Ruth Parker Eason Center as an early childhood intervention special education teacher. Elena Johnson has also made a career move: She left her position with a national cat protection organization in July to begin working for Compassion Over Killing, a national farm animal advocacy organization, where she serves as special projects manager and runs events, fundraisers and coordinates the organization’s Baltimore chapter. She’d love to have some Friends alumni get involved. If anyone wants to volunteer, send her an email: ejohnson@cok.net. You can learn more about Compassion Over Killing at www.cok.net. Elena also works part time as a vegan chef and caterer and is excited to be part of the Class of ‘98’s Reunion Committee! Mimoza Cejku is enjoying her new career venture, as well. She writes, “I am still living in Mt. Washington, but it was time for me to
move on from the mortgage and banking industry to something more rewarding. I am now working as a lead consultant for Ideal Image Laser Hair Removal in Towson, and I love it because I get to change people’s lives forever in a great way! After all these years I believe I finally found my ‘dream’ job with an amazing company! Feel free to email me at mimoza.cejku@idealimage.com for information. I hope to travel some more and am looking forward to catching up with folks in May. I can’t believe it has been 15 years almost!” Neither can anyone else! It was nice to hear from Marc Broady, who is doing well. Marc is working with Dr. Andres Alonso and Baltimore City Public Schools on budget, data and effective use of resources to raise student achievement. Additionally, Marc is still working with Atman Smith ’96 and Ali Smith ’94 on expanding the Holistic Life Foundation to improve the lives of at-risk Baltimore youth. The organization was recently invited to the White House and has been featured in numerous articles/ TV spots from Baltimore Magazine to NBC Nightly News nationwide. In other exciting news, Marc is also now an elected official, having been elected in 2010 to the Democratic State Central Committee of the 40th Legislative District with 3,011 votes. Marc says, “I still keep in touch with Friends School folks from many different classes. I will be attending law school in the fall, and I look forward to seeing everyone in May!” Brett Gordon has been having a great year! He tells us, “My girlfriend moved in with me a few months ago, before she started her first year of medical residency here in New York. Prior to that, we took some vacation time to visit Napa Valley and then spent a week at Ed Van Wesep’s destination beach wedding in the Outer Banks, N.C. This fall I’ll be a visiting professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and then, in the spring, I’ll visit the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. I’m excited to see what it’s like living in the San Francisco Bay area and the “Windy City,” although I probably should have scheduled the trips in reverse order to take advantage of wintertime in Palo Alto. Either way, I’m sure these will be great experiences.” Sure sounds like it — congrats! As Brett mentioned, Ed married Fern Braun in Corolla, N.C. Brett gave a great reading, and Ed’s brother Isaac Van Wesep ‘94 and his niece Eden were in the wedding party, too. Ed and Fern are living in Philadelphia while Fern is in school. Ed was a visiting professor at the Wharton School
of Business last year but returns to University of North Carolina as an assistant professor this year. Alison Birch also recently married. Alison and her husband Brian Winsor were married at the Tremont Grand in downtown Baltimore on April 6, 2012. Alicia Atkinson was one of her brideswomen. For their honeymoon, Alison and Brian backpacked through Spain, France and Italy for three weeks. Their favorite stops were the Dordogne area of France, where they stayed in Sarlat, and the vineyard villa they rented in Monaciano, a city outside of Siena in Tuscany. Sounds fantastic! Alison and her husband are currently living in Charleston, S.C. Prior to all of this, Alison graduated with a master’s in architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2008. In her own update, Alicia Atkinson is excited to announce that Whittier Friends School will now be going through eighth grade (previously it was preschool through sixth), so if anyone in Southern California is looking for a Friends school, you should come check out Alicia’s
school. During the “off season,” Alicia’s summer was spent balancing work, play dates and swim lessons for her son Bishop. For a different variety of news, Kim Hamilton Kasprzycki shares that she spent all summer eventing her horses in United States Eventing Association shows and even qualified for the National Eventing Championships. She says of her horses, “They are really maturing and becoming competitive.” Although she is sad to see the show season end, she is already looking forward to next year’s season. Kim also writes, “My regular job at Diamond Materials Tech Inc. is going well, and I was promoted to global supply chain manager. My horse business, KK Hunter Jumpers, in Penrose, Colo., is great, and we have really expanded our client base. We hosted our first horse show at our facility. It was a success! Hope everyone else is having a great summer.” Jesse Swain sent a note to let us know he is currently in a master’s program in psychology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
ED VAN WESEP ’98 and his wife Fern Braun on their wedding day in May 2012.
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JANINE D’ADAMO ’98 and Alec Heuisler’s ’99’s wedding in Rehoboth Beach, Del., in the summer of 2012.
ERIN HALL ‘98’s Stone Hill house in Hampden.
Pictured behind the happy couple are Dorene, Conor and Declan Creaney, Erin Hall ’98, Marc Broady ’98 and Ben Pollak ’99.
Congratulations, Jesse! Carrie Maylor DiCanio is in her fourth (going on fifth) year as an associate at Anderson Kill & Olick in New York. Her husband Mike and their son Ian are doing well. Ian turned 22 months old in November. The DiCanio family is looking forward to moving from Brooklyn to Maplewood, N.J., in September. Maggie Beetz continues working as the editor for Baltimore’s Gay Life Magazine, which is published by the Gay & Lesbian Community Center (GLCCB) in Mount Vernon. She adds, “My husband Jesse Whyte and I are starting to think about buying a house. No exciting travel news this year (because we’re starting to think about buying a house!).” I still see Elena Johnson and Sarah Brager all the time. Both are well. Elena just got a new job with a group called Compassion Over Killing, and Sarah is raising the most beautiful daughter in the world (whom I get to see all the time, too). I also keep in touch with Justin Rossello. On a sad note, my cat of nearly 17 years, Ben, passed away this year. We’re just starting to think about adopting another feline friend soon. Maybe we’ll have someone else to report about next time.” It turns out Caroline Keelty Casey is the first Friends School parent among us! Caroline has an 18-month-old daughter, Nora, who is currently in day care at Baby Friends. “She absolutely LOVES Baby Friends and so do we. She actually used to cry when we came to pick her up from school. That certainly broke
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my heart, but it made me feel good that she enjoyed what she was doing and who she was with during the day. We are also moving to a single-family home in Ruxton so we will have more room for our growing family!” In other news, Caroline earned her master’s in real estate from Johns Hopkins a few years ago, and she is currently working at her family’s real estate building and development company. As for me, I had such a great time all summer with my husband Bill and (then) 17-monthold son Silas enjoying the pool, the public library, our first beach vacation and just time together. What a fun age! We are endlessly entertained by his growing personality, curiosity and coordination. It was certainly not easy parting with him again in the fall as the school year got under way, but we were both in for a big change for the better this time around. This fall I began teaching right down the street at Calvert School. I am thrilled to have joined Calvert as the new secondgrade (eighth-age) boys’ homeroom teacher. The icing on the cake is that Silas now attends Kiddie Calvert day care, just one floor below me. In other news, I became an aunt (on the Alger side) when my brother Jordy Alger ‘02 and his wife Marisa welcomed a baby boy, Leon Eugene Alger, on July 23, 2012. Leon has a full head of dark hair and is cute as a button! I just learned that Emily Baum and her husband Josh Burke have been back in Baltimore for about a year and a half. His job at Under Armour brought
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them home, and they have been happy to be closer to family and friends. Emily began her private practice about a year ago and is enjoying her work as a psychologist. Emily also shares, “As I’m writing this I’m sitting with Mike Malin at chemo. We have a regular date every other Tuesday. As some of you may know he is fighting brain cancer for the second time. He is quite amazing, and I feel very lucky to be spending time with him.” Our love goes out to the Malins during this difficult time, and we continue to hold Mike, his wife Cathy and two children, David and Abigail, in the Light.”
1999. Rosalie Parker rorosalie@gmail.com Salute to my dearest classmates, and let me just say, WOW. I generally stay away from caps, however we have some major updates on all fronts. Thanks for always getting back to my prying emails! Please let me start with two of my best friends, Alec Heuisler and Janine D’Adamo ’98 (see 1998 Class Notes for more information), a couple I’ve known since my first days at Friends School in 1996, besides
KIM HAMILTON KASPRZYCKI ’98 qualified for the National Eventing Championships.
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FRIENDS GATHERED at Maron Deering ‘99‘s August wedding to Sandy Mayson. From left: Reid Cherlin ’99, Laura Fine ’99, Mike Fine ’95, Whitney Manger Fine ’95, Maron, Sandy, Ellen Weis, Ana Muñoz ’00 and Heather Deering Crosby ’89.
knowing Alec before as the skateboarder that all the Roland Park Country School girls had a crush on when we were 13 years old. I couldn’t have been more excited for them, and I also shed a tear at the beautiful ceremony that took place on the beach with their dearest friends and family. The Friends School prominence was present; it was great to see so many old friends. I’m going to give Reid Cherlin accolades for sending me a deluge of updates and will quote him here, “When I poked around for Class Notes news, Drew Shelton replied from the hospital, where his wife Sarah had just given birth to their new daughter, Anne Elizabeth Shelton. We’re all excited to meet her, and, as Will Terrin suggested, we expect her to follow in her dad’s footsteps by graduating from Friends several years early. Speaking of Will, he’s doing an away rotation at New York Hospital Queens, as he works toward his M.D. at St. Louis University. We’re hoping to get together in New York in late August, with or without globetrotting fellow New Yorkers Tim Sweeney — whose DJ-ing exploits to Ibiza and the like are harder to keep up with than ever — and Chris Condlin, who just took a few months off from his law firm to stage another summer of fun with his son, Nikita.
I guess I skipped over the part where I moved to New York in April and am still covering politics for GQ magazine. I live a block from Ed Chen ‘97, and Ed, Tim, Ian Mills, and I recently organized an outing to a new Baltimorethemed restaurant in Williamsburg. The restaurant was closed, but we had a good time anyway. After running into Laura Fine at Maron Deering’s wedding, major Ravens-watching plans are in the works for fall. Here’s what else I know: Brian Valle is happy and thriving in Washington, D.C., working in real estate development/management; Robert Dietz has a big job at Groupon in Chicago that he seems to be enjoying through the stress; Jeremy Barofsky is going to be starting a post-doc fellowship at the University of Southern California this fall after getting his doctorate in health economics from Harvard; Ben Bodnar is making his way through residency at Yale, and we really, really are going to get together in New York soon. Hopefully, this will coincide with an upcoming show by Greg Binstock‘s band, which is rumored to be excellent. That’s all I got!” I want to personally give Reid a huge thanks for the updates! I promise to cook you dinner anytime at my new house in Baltimore! One more comment from Laura Fine about Maron’s wedding,
“Maron’s wedding was amazing! She was absolutely beautiful and her ceremony was just amazing. There wasn’t a dry eye in the room. The band was incredible. Well done, Maron!” I seem to not have too much baby news myself other than a goddaughter who is 5 years old and spoiled by me (please don’t call me “Auntie Mame” yet ), but I absolutely love to know that we have a few more people in our class that have welcomed life into the world. Ben Kennedy is starting a new job in the fall with Transport for London. I also heard from Justin Sussman, who is living in Boston with his wife Amy. We welcome a second child of Rebecca Clemens Mikel! As quoted,” Our big news is that we welcomed Griffin William Mikel (Finn) on May 25, 2012. He joins big brother Hunter, who turned 2 in July. We are still living in Grosse Pointe, Mich., and loving being a family of four, despite the chaos!” And let’s not forget that Pete and Johanna Howe are preparing for their second, and baby bother Cameron is excited for his sister that’s expected in the early fall! Now onto those of us that that don’t have babies or a marriage — don’t get me wrong, it’s hard to organize our 1999 information these days! I have to give props to Molly O’Connor for being the first
to respond to my call for Class Notes, and she has ended up in my college town, Boston. Here’s what she has to say about advancing her degrees: “It was finally time to leave Brooklyn, but I found the closest thing I could find to it, Cambridge, and will begin a master’s of arts degree in social work at Boston College this fall. I’m looking forward to grad school, round two, only this time full-time! I’d love to connect with FSB’ers in Boston.” Next, we have Nick Wilson, who always gives me an update, which is much appreciated! This is the super work he’s studying in his words, “I just got my Ph.D. in sociology from University of California, Berkeley and am beginning a postdoctoral fellowship in sociology and British history at Yale this September.” We have another Ph.D. to brag about, Meagan Ciesla, who recently passed her Ph.D. comprehensive exams and is currently working on her dissertation at University of Missouri. Her story “The Tallest Men, The Broadest Shoulders” was accepted. Charlie Achuff, who is also persuing a degree in higher education, let us know that, “Adam and I moved to Arlington, Va., this summer to attend grad school in Washington, D.C. I’m going to Catholic University for my master’s of art in history, and I will be applying to Ph.D. programs when I finish. So far we love the D.C. area!” As most of you are aware, I have left my position in development at Johns Hopkins and am currently on the job search — I appreciate all the advice, leads and support I can get. On the upside, our classmate Kate Erwin Ward has been promoted into a new position as executive chef of 13.5% Wine Bar in Hampden and Silo.5% Wine Bar in Locust Point. As a Friends alum, she’ll feed you well. Kate and her husband Desmond celebrated their one-year anniversary this summer. I love to hear what’s going on with your lives at anytime — I’m around! XOXO. Ro.
2000. Sammy Williamson slwillia@gmail.com Ana Muñoz is clerking for a judge and living in New York City. She writes that she has been “upping my Quaker pal time, which has been great. I had a fun dinner with Ben Yaster ’01 and Reid Cherlin ‘99 recently; both live the hip Brooklyn life.” She also sees Sima Fried and Craig Hollander and has reconnected with Margo Murray, who recently moved to New York.
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Congrats to Priya Shashidharan, who finished her residency in family medicine at UCSF and recently moved back to the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area. Joe Fleury married Jenny Pontier in June in a wonderful celebration in Baltimore, and fellow Quakers John Fleury ’03, Rob Lower and Warry Siebert ‘01 were in the wedding party. Big news from our local star, Billy Nobel. He writes, “I’m still living in Nashville and enjoying it down here. I’ve been spending the summer playing keyboards in Tim McGraw’s band on the McGraw and Kenny Chesney ‘Brothers of The Sun’ tour. It’s been an amazing experience, and we have toured all over the country, which has also allowed me to visit with many friends and family along the way. Next up is a residency in Las Vegas starting in December, where I’ll be playing in the band for McGraw’s and wife Faith Hill’s ‘Soul2Soul’ concerts. Of course, I am very grateful to Michael McVey and the music department at Friends for instilling in me many of the necessary musical skills that have allowed me to get this far. I can’t thank you all enough!” James Yolles and Laura McComb-DiPesa recently caught his show in New York and were treated to a glimpse backstage! Christina Schoppert married Andrew Deveraux in June at Clifton Park in the company of many Quakers. They set out for a wonderful summer honeymoon on the Trans-Siberian Railroad and will place roots in Los Angeles this year. Felicitations to Andrew Kelly, who completed his Ph.D. at Northwestern in June and
landed the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research fellowship at the University of California Berkeley. He and his wife Eleni Wolfe-Roubatis visited us in Nashville on their way out West, and we had a great time listening to live cowboy music and eating snow cones. Hope the hot summer days treated everyone well. Until next time!
by Lightning. He thanks everyone for their Friends support and had a blast at this year’s 10th Reunion! Chris Wright is living in Durham, N.C., where he’s completing his M.B.A. He and Jason Berman met up in Steamboat Springs, Colo., this year, where they skied a record 24-hour snow fall of 27 inches.
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Jessica Vanderhoff
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2002. Camille Powe Camille.powe@gmail.com
Christopher Wright cswright@gmail.com Meg Baldwin is living in Charlottesville, Va., and is busy pursuing her master’s of landscape architecture degree. Tim Kamphaus celebrated his 27th birthday in Washington, D.C., with fellow 2002 alumni Zac Shapiro, Andrew Jazwiecki, Kevin Loeb and Matt Peters; a fun time was had by all. Congrats to Tim! Jason Berman turned the big 3-0 this year on Aug. 26. He produced another two films this summer, Kilimanjaro and Chu & Blossom and has three films being released before the end of the year, Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best, LUV and Struck
SARAH KNAPP ’03 and Efrain Castillo Villavicencio at their July 2012 wedding
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Jessica Carambelas says, “Last year I bought my first house in Butcher’s Hill. I love grilling out on the rooftop deck during the summer. For my career, I have joined forces with Tom James of Baltimore and am now a custom clothier. Last but not least, my dog Minnie and I just celebrated her 8th birthday. Life is good!” Sarah Knapp Castillo says, “I married Efrain Castillo Villavicencio. I’m now Sarah Smiley Knapp Castillo. My maid of honor was Grace Patterson Leatherman ‘04, and my brother Jesse Knapp ‘01 was one of the groomsmen.”
2004. Abby Seiler aseiler8@gmail.com It’s been an exciting summer for many of us. Mike Levin got married this spring to Emily Hoppe, whom he met in college, and is beginning law school at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law in August. Grace Patterson Leatherman is now a middle school history teacher in Montgomery County, Md., where she lives in Ijamsville with her husband John and their two cats and eight chickens. Another teacher, Sammie Cusack, is living in Charlottesville, Va., teaching kindergarten and loving it! She spent the summer traveling around the East Coast, dancing at Peabody and catching up with friends and family. Kathleen Gorman is in her fourth year of medical school at University of Maryland School of Medicine and has decided to pursue pediatrics. She recently traveled to Beijing, China to visit her older brother and has taken up rock climbing and yoga as new hobbies. Since completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Denver, Loren Kagan has moved to Philadelphia and is living on Ritttenhouse Square. He owns his own boutique financial planning firm and will be graduating this winter with a certificate in entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of
Business. Farther away, Colin Molloy is living in Hollywood, Calif., where he recently signed with Aqua Talent Agency. He’s been acting out there for about two years, doing commercials and short films, and he just had the opportunity to work with comedian Jim Gaffigan and Shia LaBeouf. He says Danny Robertson is out there with him, still doing his acting thing as well! Alex Broekhof is living in Cambridge, U.K., studying electrical generators for offshore wind turbines. This summer he’ll be in Switzerland doing a 100-K hike from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn with his brother, Laurens Broekhof ‘00. Another adventurer, Peter Weitzmann, has been in Australia for the past nine months on a working holiday with his girlfriend. They’ve been traveling around the country in their camper van, Cosmo, and working on farms picking plums, apples, tomatoes, pumpkins and cantaloupes. They’re currently in Onslow, Western Australia working at a grocery store. The coral reef behind their caravan park is exposed at low tide; sometimes they walk out and catch octopus trapped in the tide pools. He says it’s great fun! Rachel Fitz moved to Washington, D.C. last year after a year in India and Israel, where she did social justice work with African refugees and tribal women. She bought a home a block from her brother, Sam Fitz ‘02, in Columbia Heights and says she rents out most of the rooms to pay the mortgage. She also adopted two loving kittens and was just promoted to assistant general manager at The Meridian Pint (an awesome spot, if I may say so). She’s there a lot so drop by and say “hi!” Caitlin Garman and I are also in Washington, D.C., living together just blocks from Rachel. Caitlin recently completed a degree in social work at the University of Pennsylvania and is now a social worker at a KIPP public charter school in Anacostia, D.C. This summer I started working for the Center for Food Safety, a public-interest food and agriculture nonprofit and have been volunteering with a local urban garden.
2005. Tim McLaughlin timothy.mclaughlin3@gmail.com Please send your news for Class Notes!
2006. Nicole Runde nicole.runde@gmail.com Natalie West just started a position as an AmeriCorps VISTA in Baltimore’s
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FRIENDS GATHERED at Mike Levin ‘04’s wedding to Emily Hoppe in May 2012. From left, Alexei Pfeffer-Gillett ‘04, Craig Hollander ’00, John Levin ‘00, Mike Levin ‘04, Alex Broekhof ‘04 and Cada Paulson ’04.
Highlandtown neighborhood, where she works with the volunteer program at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), an international nonprofit that resettles them. Her project recruits and matches mentors with refugee families to help refugees adapt to life in Baltimore, integrate into their new communities and find jobs. Natalie loves working in such an international environment and is excited to watch the mentor programs gain momentum. Ouranitsa Abbas was promoted to pro bono coordinator for immigration legal services at Esperanza Center. In this position, she organizes clinics and workshops for clients to receive free legal help in completing their immigration paperwork. She is loving life in Mount Vernon and still finds time to practice and teach belly dance. Jeb Cook and Simon Penning have completed their first year of law school at The University of Maryland. Great work, guys! Jeb also writes that in April 2012, he got engaged to his girlfriend Julie Dufresne. The two met years back when they both taught at a boarding school summer program in Robert E. Lee Park. Julie moved to Baltimore in July to join Jeb and to begin a temporary teaching position in ninth grade English at Roland Park Country School. Congratulations, Jeb and Julie! This fall, Katie Minton and Os Cole will return from their time as Peace Corps Volunteers in Africa. Katie plans to apply to law schools and catch up on much-needed Baltimore bonding time, while Os is planning a cross-country road trip with Dan Kotowski. Glad to have you both back stateside!
2007. Lauren Marks lmarks617@gmail.com The Class of 2007 had a great time
reuniting at their Five-Year Reunion in May; all in all about 40 people showed up to different events throughout the weekend. Some of the most exciting news of the summer comes from our high school sweethearts Nate Gilmore and Emma Ross. Emma writes, “Since graduating from college, Nate and I have been living in Boston. I’ve been working as a counselor for teenage girls with suicidal tendencies at McLean Hospital, and Nate has been working as a teaching and research assistant at Tufts while applying to grad school. We just wrapped up those jobs and are now in the process of relocating to Toronto, where Nate will attend the University of Toronto as a Ph.D. candidate in political theory starting this fall, and I will be continuing to work with adolescents with mental health issues. We are also thrilled to be engaged as of June 15! We have put wedding planning on hold as we make the international move but are excited to get started on the process once we’re settled.” In other news, Laura Green made Aliyah and is now a citizen of Israel. She is living next to the port in Tel Aviv with her roommate from Amsterdam and is pursuing her master’s degree in education at Bar Ilan University. She is teaching English as a second language to Israeli elementary school students three days a week. In her free time, she travels to the northern and southern parts of Israel and spends time at the beach near her apartment. Our good friend Reagan Bernatchez is making the move to Bozeman, Mont., to manage Shirt Off My Back, an extremely successful retail shop. She hopes to spend her free time skiing! Holly Heller writes, “I’m now teaching at the Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter in Washington, D.C. It’s a bilingual school that offers language emersion
COLIN MOLLOY ’04 is in Los Angeles
pursuing an acting career.
in French as well as Spanish. I am so excited to start my career!” We wish all of our classmates luck in their new endeavors!
2008. Jasmine Powe jasmine.powe@gmail.com Kara Woo got a job in Santa Barbara, Calif. at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. She works with scientists who are studying plankton in Lake Baikal, and she’ll be traveling to Russia to help with field work at the lake. Jenna Blewis is working in Atlanta, Ga., as the head research assistant and lab coordinator of Dr. Drew Westen’s Laboratory of Personality and Psychopathology at Emory University. She plans to apply to doctoral programs in clinical psychology this year. She also recently co-adopted two kittens with her roommate. Doug Miller will be attending Imperial College London this fall to pursue a master’s of science degree in environmental economics and policy. Daniel Feinberg will be spending the summer working as a teaching assistant at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth. This fall he started a master’s program in wildlife ecology and conservation at the University of Florida. Kathryn Stanley just graduated from University of Maryland. She is presently in Baltimore but plans to move to San Diego and pursue interior design. Andy VanDeusen will be going to Hawaii this fall to work with the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife for seven months on Laysan, a small island 900 miles west of Oahu. There he will be removing an invasive plant species, which is challenging the survival of an endangered endemic duck, and investigating a variety of
migratory seabirds that nest there. Elaine Kwon in March accepted an offer in management development from a private supply company, McMaster-Carr, in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in May — along with Doug Miller and Annie Bancroft. Before relocating she and a Penn friend explored the Netherlands (mainly Amsterdam and The Hague). Now settled on the West Coast, she’s having a hard time imagining coming back to the East Coast. She says she intends to pursue a dual M.B.A./J.D. program within a few years (hopefully in the Northeast again). She welcomes any and all visitors and alumni — if you’re in the Los Angeles area, please contact her at elak@sas.upenn.edu. Hannah Allen graduated from Wheaton College with a major in religious studies. She completed a year-long thesis that examined the development of emergent Christianity in the United States. She spent this past summer nannying in Florence, Italy for a Wheaton alum while also traveling around Europe with Annie Bancroft! They met in Germany and traveled throughout Belgium and Italy together. In August, she leaves for Bulgaria on a Fulbright scholarship.
HANNAH ALLEN ’08 and Annie Bancroft ’08 at the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium.
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She will be teaching English in a high school in the town of Sliven. Liz Thompson is working in the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C., for the next two years. Will Brown graduated from Claremont McKenna with a degree in Middle East studies this past May. After getting a smartphone he realized that technology is the force that will fundamentally shape human interactions going forward, so he changed plans and is settling in San Francisco to find a job at a startup. He’s currently traveling across the country meeting strangers and learning about collaborative consumption. He’s blogging about it at www.willbr0wn.com. Jill TessmanHeath recently moved to Newcastle, Australia. Annie Kruger graduated from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. She spent the past summer as a counselor at Power Camp in Wilmington, N.C., playing sports and teaching children about God. She looks forward to working as the assistant camp director next summer. In the meantime, she’ll be attending Bethel Missionary School in Redding, Calif., from September to May. She’s excited about experiencing the West Coast and getting a taste of something new! Alana Naslund graduated from the University of Delaware this fall with a degree in fashion merchandising. This
summer she completed an internship with Nordstrom’s in Newark, Del., and is now working at the Towson Nordstrom’s as a sale associate. As for me, your Class Secretary, I had a very exciting year. I graduated in January from Elon University with a degree in marketing, then immediately moved to Minneapolis to work at General Mills in a sales rotational program. I will most likely move about three times in the next five years, and I am really looking forward to traveling around the country for free! In my free time, I have been doing a lot of traveling. Some of my destinations have been Las Vegas, Boundary Waters in Minnesota, San Francisco, Philadelphia, where my sister Camille Powe ‘02 got married, and Baltimore, of course. So great to hear of all the cool things the Class of 2008 is doing, and I look forward to hearing more next time!
2009. Leah Koenig lkoenig@wesleyan.edu I send these notes to Friends while in Amsterdam on my way to New Delhi! Kelly Dayton writes, “I’m graduating from Southern Methodist University next year with an accounting degree, and then I will sit for the C.P.A. exam. As for this past summer, I have been
working for Genesco Sports Enterprises, a Dallas-based sports marketing consulting firm that negotiates contracts with leagues, teams and professional athletes on behalf of corporations. Our clients are companies such as Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Campbell’s Soup, AAA, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, just to name a few. I will continue working for Genesco during the school year, and we’ll see where I go from there.” He hopes to meet up if anyone is traveling to Dallas and would be happy to show them around the city. This July, Mitchell Awalt traveled with six other students to Santa Catalina Island in California to study its geology and design a research project. He’ll do laboratory work throughout the year, the research for which will culminate in an honors thesis back at Macalester College. Flannery McArdle spent last fall abroad in Durban, South Africa studying public health and Zulu. This summer, she biked across the country on the FACE AIDS Ride Against AIDS, a 4,000-mile, 67-day ride from San Francisco to Boston with 18 other students from around the country dedicated to the fight against HIV/AIDS. Wick Eisenberg has thoroughly enjoyed his previous three years at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. He will graduate in the spring with a double major in political science and English. He’s still playing baseball for the St. Mary’s Seahawks and will be a co-captain and a starting pitcher for
the team this upcoming year. Caroline Gonya has been in India since January, most recently in Jaipur, and has just completed the state department’s Critical Language Scholarship Program for advanced Hindi. She will start her fifth year of Hindi study at the University of Virginia in the fall, where she’ll be working on her undergraduate interdisciplinary thesis in South Asian studies, art history and arts administration.
2010. Maggie Tennis margaret_tennis@brown.edu Two years ago, we graduated high school, and in that same amount of time most of us will be college graduates. In these past few years, the Class of 2010 has been studying, working, traveling and participating in a variety of exciting projects. A graphic design major at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Sophie Moore writes from New York City, where she spent the summer interning in the creative department at Oscar de la Renta. Sophie writes, “I am laying out look books and helping with their website, designing a lot of email blasts and helping with photo shoots as well. It is pretty surreal. MICA is great. I am so happy there and feel so lucky to be getting such a great education.” Check out Sophie’s website at www.sophiefmoore.com.
Fall 2012 Milestones. STAY IN THE LOOP! Please send all Milestones to Amy Langrehr at alangrehr@friends balt.org. Deadline is February 1, 2013.
Marriages 1962. Barbara Ensor Sena and Robert Brizzee June 21, 2010
1996. Jaimie Baron and Jonathan Cohn August 4, 2012
1998. Alison Birch and Brian Winsor April 6, 2012 Ed Van Wesep and Fern Braun May 25, 2012
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2003.
Janine D’Adamo and Alec Heuisler ‘99 June 23, 2012
Laura Buck and Michael Duke April 21, 2012
1999.
Joe Fleury and Jenny Pontier June 2012
Maron Deering and Sandy Mayson August 4, 2012
2000. Andrew Kelly and Eleni Wolfe-Roubatis October 15, 2011 Christina Schoppert and Andrew Deveraux June 2012
Sarah Knapp and Efrain Castillo Villavecencio June 21, 2012
2004. Mike Levin and Emily Hoppe May 17, 2012
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injured and orphaned wildlife. During her upcoming junior year, like many 2010ers, Arielle will be studying abroad. She writes, “I am studying through a program called Semester at Sea, traveling on board the MV Explorer (SAS’s ship) to 14 different countries.” Arielle studies at Bucknell University. Her major is biology with a minor in linguistics. Bailey McWilliams is also studying abroad this fall. She’ll be in Buenos Aires for five months studying international relations, Argentine culture and Castellano, the native language of Castilla. As for me, I decided to take my semester abroad as a sophomore and just returned from spending the spring in Yaroslavl, Russia. It was challenging, rewarding and very, very cold. I appreciated spending the summer in the Baltimore heat (really!) and writing commentary and social media reviews for the Daily Download (www.dailydownload.com).
FROM LEFT: BEN FASS ‘08, Justin Prushansky ‘08, Jasmine Powe ‘08, Jill Tessman-Heath ‘08 and Sarah Hardesty-Meteyer ‘08 at
Captain James Crabhouse in Baltimore.
You can see more of her work at www.cargocollective.com/sophie moore. Alex Cardinell took a nontraditional route this year when he decided to take leave from Carnegie Mellon University to work on his startup. He writes, “I ended up taking a leave of absence from CMU to start a company that uses artificial intelligence to be able to write, read and understand English. It is actually pretty close to being publicly launched.” The company is called WordAi, and
after having a peek at its work, I’m impressed with its sophistication. Alex programmed it to compose an article about a Russian city I lived in this past year, and it was near flawless. Henry Callegary-Karasik spent the summer interning for Congressman John Sarbanes in Towson. “[Consitutents] call the office, usually, because they aren’t receiving a service that they’re legally entitled to. I try to help them figure out a plan of action to resolve the problem and help the caseworkers
in implementing them. We deal the most with Veterans Affairs, Baltimore Gas and Electric and the Social Security Administration,” writes Henry. He is a political science major at the College of the Holy Cross and will spend this coming spring semester in Washington, D.C., studying and interning. Speaking of unique internships, Arielle Allentoff interned at the Second Chance Wildlife Center in Gaithersburg, Md., this summer. Her work centered on the rehabilitation of sick,
Births
1997.
Leslie Deutschendorf Coleman and Hank: a boy, Jacob Robert, June 21, 2011
1993. Margo Lauterbach and Davis Farvolden: a girl, Adelaide, June 27, 2012
1995. Jennifer Simmons and Robert Laney: a girl, Londynn Rae, August 5, 2011
1996. Abby Birdsall Beauregard and Pete: a boy, Henry James, March 2012 Dan Kahn and Marni: a boy, Aidan Reuben, July, 2012
Christina Counselman Patrick and Owen: a boy, Henry Hotchkiss, April 7, 2012
1999. Mark Kelly and Kari: a girl, Adley Lucile, July 9, 2012
1998. Amanda Lower Bakaian and Justin: a boy, Harrison, March 2012
Rebecca Clemens Mikel and Clinton: a boy, Griffin (Finn) William, May 25, 2012
2011. This class needs a secretary. If you’re interested in helping with this volunteer job, please contact the Alumni Office.
2012. Lauren Riley rilelp12@wfu.edu Please send your news for Class Notes!
In Memoriam 1937. Harold A. Ricards Jr., August 28, 2012
1963. Heikki Reijonen, March 1, 2012
Note. Drew Shelton and Sarah: a girl, Anne Elizabeth, August 16, 2012
Lisa Viscidi and Mateo: a boy, Adrian, May 3, 2012
2002.
Nick Murray and Alice: a boy, William, June 11, 2012
Jordy Alger and Marisa: a boy, Leon Eugene, July 23, 2012
Sam Legg, the beloved Upper School teacher who served at Friends from 1949 to 1956, died on October 2, 2012, one month shy of his 96th birthday. Collection will include a Remembrance about this exceptional man in the Spring 2013 issue.
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1944 David R. Millard
1945 Harry L. Hoffman III and Mary Louisa Hoffman
1946 Gisela Cloos Evitt
1947 W. Byron Forbush II and Elizabeth Forbush
1948 Anonymous
1949 Joseph Klein, Jr.** Shirley Cox Seagren Richard A. Simon
1950 1926 Jacob Epstein**
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1951 Anonymous (2)
Howard O. Buffington, Jr.
1952
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Anonymous Janet E. Mules
Alan J. Harper**
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1953
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1931
Anonymous Jane Whitehouse Cohen Sara R. Kellen E. Laird Mortimer Virginia A. Kelly Mortimer
Anthony G. Rytina** and Theodora R. Rytina**
1954
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1937
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Nancy Hill Salisbury** and Arthur Salisbury**
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1935 Ann Burgunder Greif
Robin Biddison Dodd Robert L. Kriel Mary Allen Wilkes
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1956
Eleanor Hatch Brooks** Marion S. Hayden**
Albion Bacon John P. David Clarinda Harriss Robert B. Heaton and Ann H. Heaton Martha F. Horner Mabel T. Miyasaki Linda Windsor Siecke
Dorothy B. Krug Anne Homer Martin
Ethel Kegan Ettinger Emma Belle Shafer Wagner** Donald H. Wilson, Jr. and Marion Wilson
1957
1939
1958
Daniel S. Greenbaum**
Elizabeth Banghart Flaherty Susan Shinnick Hossfeld Henry L. Mortimer J. McDonnell Price Ronald H. Renoff Frank A. Windsor and Ann McAllister Windsor ‘60
1941 James G. Kuller Dorothy Eastwick Seaton**
1942 Anonymous
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Florence G. Oldham**
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Marcia Smith Clark J. Henry Riefle III
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1959
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Trustees
Robert S. Patterson and Barbara Patterson Dan Reed and Claire Reed
Stuart S. Hutchins Laura Ellen Muglia Judy F. Strouse
1960
1974
Elizabeth Beatty Gable Diane Howell Mitchell Joseph C. Ramage Ann McAllister Windsor and Frank A. Windsor ‘58
David R. Blumberg
1961
1976
Elizabeth New Cohen Joan Yeager Cromer John L. Dashiells** David M. Evans** Sylvan J. Seidenman and Sandy Seidenman
Cynthia Klein Goldberg Winston W. Hutchins
Anonymous Thomas Brooks Sue Carnell Susan Filbert Norman D. Forbush ‘78 Timothy R. Hearn ‘78 Thora Johnson ‘88 Barbara P. Katz Elizabeth A. McKennon Judy Witt Phares Anne B. Powell Edwin H. Remsberg ‘83 Stephen Rives Carol French Schreck Daryl J. Sidle Mark C. Stromdahl John G. Watt Mark Weinman Bill White
1975 Robin E. Behm Katherine E. Bryant
1977 Alison Nasdor Fass and Andrew Fass F. William Hearn, Jr.
1962 Mary Ellen Fischer Emily C. Holman James B. Willis
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Elizabeth Fetter Deegan and Michael J. Deegan, Jr. Charles W. Harlan and Mary Dell Gordon Harlan ‘65 Gail Moran Milne Alice Smith Reid Barry S. Stott
Philip B. Gould Joseph Klein III and Judy Sandler Cristin Carnell Lambros
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Joseph W. Cowan Peter Paul Hanley Susan B. Katzenberg Sally Huff Leimbach Harry D. McCarty Marilyn Miller Thomas Elizabeth A. Wagner Donald H. Wilson III Faris L. Worthington Patricia K. Worthington Carl W. Ziegaus
Anonymous David H. Alkire Eileen S. Goldgeier Katherine A. Hearn Diana Price Matthews James M. Matthews
1965
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Gretchen Garman Hampt Mary Dell Gordon Harlan Charles W. Harlan ‘63 Frederick W. Moran
Evan C. Shubin Katherine G. Windsor
1967
Norman D. Forbush Timothy R. Hearn
1980 Christopher Holter
1983 Louis T. Hanover Edwin H. Remsberg Sean R. Sweeney
1988 Thora A. Johnson Wendell B. Leimbach, Jr.
Alan B. Rosoff
1989 1968 Jay E. Boyd Melinda Burdette Robert L. Mackall W. Berkeley Mann, Jr. David A. Wilson
David Henry Jason Innes Gregory Moody
1990 William M. Rubenstein and Sandy Rubenstein
1969 M. Louise Wagner
1991 Sherri Shubin Cohen
1970 A. P. Ramsey Crosby Lisa Mitchell Pitts and Toby Pitts Carl B. Robbins
Parents, Grandparents, Faculty, Staff and Friends Anonymous (5) Jeanette W. Achuff** Nancy H. Berger Deborah and Howard M. Berman Karen Birdsong and Carl Roth Heidi and David Blalock Patricia H. Blanchard Gerritt H. Blauvelt Karen B. Bleich Tom Brooks Anne R. Brown Sharon C. and D. Perry Brown Helen E. Bryant Lorraine Camp Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Camp John and Sue Carnell Alice Cherbonnier David S. Cooper, Jr. and Kryssa J. Cooper Rebecca and Bruce Copeland Albert R. and Margaret K. Counselman Connie C. Covington and Wally Covington III Dr. and Mrs. Chi V. Dang Anthony W. and Lynn R. Deering Pieter and Phyllis DeSmit Jeffrey H. Donahue Claire K. Ebeling Martha Elliott Christina B. Feliciano Susan and William Filbert Sarah Finlayson and Lindley DeGarmo Lora and Greg Gann Julie Fader Gilbert and Gordon Gilbert Irvin R. Gomprecht** Ann C. Gordon Vincent L. and D. Iveagh Gott Stanley B. and Joan Gould David M. Heath Mary E. Scott and Gary E. Heinlein Eleanor W. High** Charles O. and Ann Holland Laura Holter Mrs. C. Raymond Hutchins Grant L. Jacks and Margaret S. Jacks Sanford G. and Ann Jacobson Joyce Johnston
Deloris Jones William R. Kahl** Barbara P. Katz Adine C. Kelly Michael and Narindar Kelly Joan G. Klein Ferne K. Kolodner Cartan B. Kraft Eleanor C. Landauer Gayle L. Latshaw Howard J. and Karen M. Loewenberg Susan P. Macfarlane John and Joyce Maclay Garvin S. and Pamela M. Maffett W. Berkley** and Eleanor Mann** Diana R. McGraw Elizabeth A. McKennon Mary Ellen McNish and David Miller Frieda M. A. and Douglas L. McWilliams Matthew Micciche John and Beverly Michel Douglas J. Miller, Sr. Sheri B. Miller-Leonetti Catherine G. Motz** Gerry Mullan and William J. Sweet, Jr. Lee S. Owen C. E. and Joan Partridge Judy Witt Phares Dorothy H. Powe Anne and Roger Powell Helen M. Reich** Stephen Rives Marylynn and John Roberts Mary S. and Paul E. Roberts Jean B. and John V. Russo Mary Ellen and William Saterlie Carol French Schreck Esther Sharp Barbara and Gordon Shelton Dr. and Mrs. Charles Shubin Daryl J. Sidle Lisa and Alfred L. Singer Jerome Smalley Lynne Smalley William Smillie Turner B. and Judith R. Smith Phillip Snyder Paul S.** and Maragaret H. Strasburg** Deirdre Stokes Mark C. Stromdahl Audrey Taliaferro** Norma C. Tinker** Joycelyn Wallace** Marilyn and David Warshawsky John G. Watt Mark and Sherri Weinman Bill White Thomas E. Wilcox **deceased
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Monument Lighting Festival at the Walters Art Museum, featuring the Middle School Apollos, 6:30 p.m.
7
Lower School Winter Sing, Gymnasium, 1:30 p.m.
9
Upper School Choral Concert, Auditorium, 3 p.m.
11
Unwrap the Magic, a benefit performance for Pathfinders for Autism and St. Elizabeth School with performances by the Friends School Chamber Choir; Goucher College’s Kraushaar Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
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Seventh & Eighth Grade Band, Choral and Orchestra Concert, Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Pre-Primary Winter Sing, Gymnasium, 11 a.m. Sixth Grade Band, Choral and Orchestra Concert, Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
JANUARY 2
Guest artist exhibit: paintings by Phillip Koch, Katz Gallery, Forbush Building (through February 18)
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Upper School Instrumental Concert, Auditorium, 8 p.m.
17
Fourth & Fifth Grade Band and Orchestra Concert, Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
25-26 Upper School Student-Run Play:
MAY
Neil Simon’s “Rumors,” Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
13
Class of 2013 Art Show, Katz Gallery, Forbush Building (through September)
17
Lower School Spring Sing, Gymnasium, 2 p.m.
FEBRUARY 25
Upper School Art Major students exhibit, Katz Gallery, Forbush Building (through March 29)
17-19 Upper School Musical, Auditorium, Friday-Saturday: 7:30 p.m. Sunday: 2 p.m.
MARCH 1-2
Middle School Dragonfly Theater presents “Annie,” Auditorium, 7 p.m.
APRIL
22
Spring Dance Showcase, Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.
23
Seventh & Eighth Grade Band and Choral Concert, Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
24
11th Annual Friends School Video & Animation Festival, Lower School Multipurpose Room, 7 p.m.
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Upper School Art History students exhibit, Katz Gallery, Forbush Building (through May 6)
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Upper School Choral Concert, Auditorium, 8 p.m.
All-School Orchestra Concert, Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
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Upper School Wind/Jazz Ensemble Concert, Auditorium, 8 p.m.
Sixth Grade Band and Choral Concert, Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
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All-School Art Show, Opening Reception, Gymnasium, 4-6 p.m.
JUNE
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Fourth & Fifth Grade Band Concert and Recital, Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
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Pre-Primary Spring Sing, Gymnasium, 12 p.m.