Mount Auburn Cemetery 185th Annual Report by Mount Auburn Cemetery

185th Annual Report April 1, 2016 ~ March 31, 2017

Over the past year, Mount Auburn has embarked on many ambitious and important projects to conserve historic and artistic treasures on our grounds and to preserve the historic records found in our archives. Many of these projects have been made possible with individual gifts and grants made to the Friends of Mount Auburn. The fiscal year highlights include: • the conservation of five Civil War-era monuments and new landscape enhancements surrounding a sixth monument, in conjunction with the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War; • the completion of preservation work on one monument by James Wilson Alexander MacDonald and another monument for Isaac Fay; • a Cemetery-hosted and staff-led symposium on the uses of lead in the preservation of fences, monuments and mausolea, held for professional colleagues in August of 2013; • the digitization of all Cemetery records related to Mount Auburn’s 30 most significant monuments, as part of a two-year Institute of Museum and Library Services project to research, catalog, document and asses the conditions of these monuments.

M ou n t Au b u r n C e m e t e ry A National Historic Landmark

Excellence and Innovation in

Preservation

Our Mission Mount Auburn Cemetery: • inspires all who visit, • comforts the bereaved, and • commemorates the dead in a landscape of exceptional beauty. 2

Message from the President & CEO and Chair of the Board of Trustees We are pleased to pre se nt Mount Auburn Cemetery’s 185th Annual Report containing highlights of our accomplishments and a summary of our financial results. Having completed the second year of our five-year Strategic Plan, our goals continue to be guided by the following six major initiatives: 1. Commit to organizational excellence. 2. Maintain and enhance the Cemetery’s beauty, tranquility, and inspirational qualities, as envisioned by the founders. 3. Be a model of environmental stewardship. 4. Ensure preservation of the Cemetery’s historic character. 5. Ensure an exceptional experience for all who come to Mount Auburn. 6. Promote and support the institution through education, outreach, and fundraising. As we celebrated Mount Auburn’s 185th anniversary on September 24, 2016 and reflected on the bold and extraordinary vision of our founders to create the nation’s first rural cemetery providing burial and commemoration in a beautiful and inspirational setting, we also celebrated our current vision for the next century and beyond: “Mount Auburn, the nation’s premier garden cemetery, provides innovative and comprehensive end-of-life services while being a model for environmental stewardship, horticultural practices, and historic preservation practices, all at the highest standards. It is a dynamic cultural institution, inspiring broad financial support from the public and attracting highly motivated staff, Trustees and volunteers.”

As indicated in the Treasurer’s Report (p. 10), Mount Auburn is in excellent financial condition and positioned well to carry out this exciting vision. Our business model commits to blending operating revenue from endowment, earned income, and fundraising under disciplined financial management. Since our founding, we have directed a major share of our lot sales revenue to building the endowment and we continue to do so. Endowment funds are largely restricted to meet our perpetual care obligations. Fundraising, through the Friends of Mount Auburn, supports visitor services, education, and a wide range of special projects related to horticulture, wildlife habitat, preservation, and historical collections. We believe that this strong, balanced approach–endowment, earned income, and strategic philanthropic investment–is a model for financial sustainability that also supports innovation. We hope the following highlights of the fiscal year under Cemetery & Visitor Services (p. 2), Horticulture & Landscape (p. 4), Preservation & Historical Collections (p. 6), the Year in Photos (p. 8), and the Friends of Mount Auburn (p. 12) provide a good sense of what is happening at Mount Auburn as we strive to carry out our important mission and increase awareness of all that we do both as an active cemetery and as a vibrant cultural institution. We are proud of our great team of dedicated staff, trustees, volunteers, and supporters who make Mount Auburn such a special place, and we greatly appreciate all the families we serve and all the individuals and organizations who embrace and support our mission and vision.

David P. Barnett, President & CEO

Thomas C. Cooper, Chair Mount Auburn Cemetery Board of Trustees

We encourage you to visit frequently, and we respectfully submit this report.

Cemetery & Visitor Services Mount Auburn we lcome s visitor s seeking solace and inspiration every day of the year. The Cemetery is committed to providing service of the highest quality for its clients and the families of those buried here as well as the visitors coming to explore our grounds and make use of our many resources to deepen their appreciation of this special place. During the past fiscal year: • The Cemetery created a new vision for the enhancement and expansion of its Cemetery Services, including improved cremation services and additional options for celebrationof-life events and gatherings, which will be implemented over the next three fiscal years. • Mount Auburn sold $3.4 million in new burial space during the fiscal year, surpassing its annual goal of $3.1 million. • The Lively Place: Mount Auburn, America’s First Garden Cemetery and Its Literary Residents, a portrait of the Cemetery written by Stephen Kendrick, was published in partnership with Beacon Press in April 2016 • The world-premiere of Regeneration, Dr. Nancy Rappaport’s one-woman show chronicling her journey with breast cancer and the strength and courage she found at Mount Auburn Cemetery, took place at Story Chapel in October 2016. • Mount Auburn’s first Artist-in-Residence, Roberto Mighty, completed his two-year residency with the launch of earthdotsky.com, a multi-media portrait of the Cemetery and the people—both the living and those now buried here— whose individual stories contribute to the larger story of this sacred place.

Cemetery & Visitor Services: by the numbers

6 weddings 16 memorial receptions 34 walking tours and talks led by Mount Auburn volunteer docents 45 witness cremations 70 memorial services 72 custom tours led for private groups 79 unique walks and talks celebrated the facets of Mount Auburn 139 monuments set 322 work orders completed to fulfill requests for monument washing,

turf repairs, and lot plantings

465 burials (252 casket burials/213 cremation burials) 1,130 cremations performed 1,515 floral tributes placed for Memorial Day and the winter season 3,296 attendees at Friends of Mount Auburn-sponsored programs and events 64,093 unique visitors to www.mountauburn.org

Excellence and Innovation in

Horticulture & Landscape

We continue to maintain Mount Auburn’s historically significant landscape at very high standards, committed to preserving and enhancing the plantings—from trees to groundcovers—that reflect 185 years of horticultural diversity and changing ideas about landscape design. Horticulture is key to supporting our mission of inspiring all who visit and commemorating the dead in a landscape of exceptional beauty, and we practice environmental stewardship in all that we do. During the past fiscal year: • Several projects were implemented as part of the recently completed multi-year action plan for enhancing the value of Mount Auburn’s landscape as a habitat for wildlife, including a 22,000 sq. ft. woodland renovation at Violet Path in Consecration Dell. • We continued our multi-year efforts to replace high maintenance and/or overgrown plants in selected areas with slower-growing and more compact plant varieties to improve both the sustainability and the aesthetic qualities of the landscape. • We continued our multi-year efforts to improve the plantings at the entrance precinct, including approving the planting plan for the Asa Gray Garden renovation project. • Our efforts to enhance various historic landscape character zones continued with the installation of a Victorian-inspired carpet planting at the corner of Fountain and Ash Avenues.

Horticulture & Landscape: by the numbers

22 tons of limestone added to grounds to mitigate areas with low soil pH 57 trees planted 52 trees removed for various safety, health-related, and development reasons 100 yards of compost produced in-house 200 yards of screened loam produced in-house 1,121 shrubs planted 705 lot flowerbeds planted and maintained 1,645 woody plants started from seed or cuttings in new

greenhouse propagation range

3,600 bulbs planted 8,966 perennials and groundcover plants propagated at greenhouse 21,315 herbaceous perennials and groundcovers planted out on the grounds 32,274 annuals produced in greenhouse for planting on grounds

and use in floral tributes

Preservation, Facilities, & Historical Collections Mount Auburn is committe d to pre se rving the Cemetery’s many man-made features within the landscape, as well as the records and objects in our historical collections that help us to better understand and interpret the story of this nationally significant historic landscape. During the past fiscal year: • The monument for William F. Harnden, the founder of the express delivery service, was professionally conserved with assistance from our preservation team, and funded by contributed support. The monument is one of our grandest and most ornate, and the complex conservation project involved careful treatment of bronze, marble and granite elements. • Our skilled preservation team made repairs to four of our historic cast iron fences with the assistance of a historic cast iron repair contractor.The fences were partially disassembled, new granite bases for the ornate fence posts were shaped, brazing repairs were made, and missing elements were recast. Finally the fences were reassembled, reinstalled and painted. • We completed a 2-year grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services ((MA-3013-0533-13)) and published an online exhibit about Mount Auburn’s Significant Monuments on the website at: http://mountauburn.org/2016/significant-monuments-exhibit/ • With contributed supported, we completed digitization of 14,068 19th-century vouchers and 20 historic bound volumes of Cemetery deeds. • We published an introductory brochure about the Cemetery’s Historical Collections in memory of Volunteer Carolyn King. • Curator Meg L.Winslow was invited to present a Devens lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Preservation, Facilities, & Historical Collections: by the numbers

1 significant monument conserved with contributed support 3 graduate student internships were completed in Historical Collections 6 national publications wrote about the Cemeteryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Significant

Monument Collection

114 headstones repaired and reset 909 historic Cemetery maps and plans were catalogued 1,382 hours were contributed by 11 volunteers working in the Historical

Collections Department

2,790 monuments washed 3,978 folders processed and added to the Finding Aid 10,000 pounds of granite curbing and steps lifted, repositioned and reset 30,358 digital files created of Cemetery deeds and 19th c. vouchers,

funded by contributed support

A Year in Photos April: Author Stephen Kendrick speaks at Story Chapel about his new book The Lively Place - an entertaining guide through the winding paths of Mount Auburn Cemetery.

May: Trustees, staff and friends of President & CEO Dave Barnett attend a send-off party for Dave who was honored with a Garden Club of America Distinguished Service Medal.

June: Ribbon-cutting for the finished rejuvenation of Harvard Hill, a wonderful collaboration with Harvard University and Arnold Arboretum.

July: Renovation of the “corridor” between Beech and Central Avenues is completed. This project was designed and installed by Cemetery horticultural staff.

August: Members of the Massachusetts Nursery & Landscape Association (MNLA), spent their annual “Plant Geek Day” touring the Cemetery and meeting with Mount Auburn staff..

September: Staff and Friends celebrated the 185th anniversary of the founding of Mount Auburn with a walk to Consecration Dell, where many years before, Joseph Story gave the address consecrating Mount Auburn as the first rural cemetery in the nation.

October: Dr. Nancy Rappaport in Regeneration, her one woman play about her battle with breast cancer at Story Chapel.

November: Artist-in-Residence Roberto Mighty presented his final exhibition of earth. sky - a transmedia presentation highlighting the lives of many fascinating individuals buried at the Cemetery.

December: Our annual Candle Lighting Service, held each year in Story Chapel, provides the opportunity to remember all of the loved ones no longer with us.

January: Mount Auburn Cemetery: Spring and Autumn Suites, twelve original compositions composed by artist-inresidence Mary Bichner is performed by a 19-piece chamber orchestra and recorded at WGBH Studios.

February: Our annual Longfellow birthday event co-sponsored by the Longfellow House â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Headquarters National Historic Site continues to be a popular tribute to the poet.

March: The New England Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture held their annual workshop at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Treasurer’s Report Our fiscal year ended with the market value of our endowment at $174.16 million and Total Net Assets at $194.5 million, compared to $162.0 million and $178.8 million respectively a year ago. Of the Total Assets $146.4 million was in the Permanently Restricted category.

Contributed Support $1,618,350

Services Fees $2,906,519

Support & Revenue $14,367,735

Investment Return Designated for Current Operations -Net of Fees $7,493,908

Net Sales $2,348,958 Employee Benefits $1,974,334

Expenses $9,964,245 Labor $4,310,325

Contracted Work & Materials $1,246,026

Depreciation $787,617

Total Support and Revenue during FY2017 was $14.4 million, with the major components being Investment Return Designated for Current Operations ($7.5 million), Services Fees ($2.9 million), Net Sales ($2.4 million), and Contributed Support ($1.6 million). Services Fees revenue—interment and cremation fees, chapel rentals, and fees for other Cemeteryrelated services—saw only a slight increase over the past fiscal year. Gross sales of new interment space generated $3.4 million, surpassing the Cemetery’s annual sales goal by nearly 10 percent. In keeping with our allocation policy, 22% of the annual sales revenue was allocated to current operations while 78% was transferred to the endowment. The Cemetery’s financial statements also reflect $1.6 million in Contributed Support. This sum reflects funds transferred to the Cemetery from the Friends of Mount Auburn to cover expenses for a variety of preservation, landscape, and education projects undertaken during the fiscal year for which this money was raised. The amount of Contributed Support transferred to the Cemetery certainly reflects a successful year of fundraising by the Friends, however this is only part of what was raised in the past year. A more complete view of the total support raised through the Friends of Mount Auburn can be found on page 12 of this report. Total Expenses during FY2017 were $9.96 million, an increase of $428,000 over the previous fiscal year. The major components of Total Expenses were Labor ($4.31 million), Employee Benefits ($1.97 million), Contracted Work and Materials ($1.24 million), Depreciation ($788,000), and Other Expenses ($1.65 million). The staff has worked strategically and responsibly to contain costs while maintaining the high standards of maintenance and service for which Mount Auburn is known, and will continue to seek ways to improve efficiencies.

Other Expenses $1,645,943

Sean McDonnell Treasurer

Financial Statements Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn Statements of Financial Position as of March 31, 2017

2017 2016

Assets Investments at Market Value Interment Space Inventory Other Assets

$174,155,607

$162,038,153

2,330,059

2,452,156

29,054,357

26,823,232

Net Sales

$205,540,023 $191,313,541

Total Assets

+9.5%

Liabilities External Financing Obligation

$4,800,000

Pension Liability

5,250,833

7,052,662

Other Liability

1,025,343

624,789

11,076,176

12,477,451

194,463,847

178,836,090

$205,540,023

$191,313,541

Total Liabilities Total Net Assets Total Liabilities & Net Assets

+1.5% Service Fees

Investments at Market Value

+4.4% Support

+7.5%

+4.5% Total Expenses

Total Net Assets

+8.7%

Statements of Activities and Change in Net Assets For the Fiscal Year April 1, 2016 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; March 31, 2017

2017 2016

Support & Revenue Net Sales

$2,348,958

$2,145,783

Services Fees

2,906,519

2,864,794

Support

1,618,350 1,549,486

Investment Return Designated for Current Operations - Net of Fees Total Support & Revenue

7,493,908

6,328,384

14,367,735 12,888,447

Total Expenses

9,964,245 9,536,321

Excess of Support & Revenue Over Expenses Non-Operating Activities

4,403,490 3,352,126 11,224,267 (8,463,964)

Net Change in Assets

-5.0%

Interment Space Inventory

$ 15,627,757

$ (5,111,838)

The figures above are excerpted from the independent auditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report, copies of which are available at the Cemetery.

The Friends of

Mount Auburn Cemetery Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery

Statements of Activities and Changes in Net Assets

Statements of Financial Position as of March 31, 2017

For the Fiscal Year April 1, 2016 — March 31, 2017

2017 2016

Support & Revenue

Assets Investments at Market Value Pledges Receivable, Net Other Assets

$10,836

$17,397

Support

17,347

32,562

2,101,010

1,751,535

Contribution from Mount Auburn for Salaries & Benefits

$2,129,193 $1,801,494

Total Assets Liabilities & Net Assets Gift Annuity Obligations

Other Liabilities

—

$5,466

33,935

60,260

33,935 65,726

Total Liabilities Total Net Assets

2,095,258 1,735,768

Total Liabilities & Net Assets

$2,129,193 $1,801,494

Corporations $274,750

517,580

472,216

2,647,188 2,399,911

Total Support Revenue Public Program Receipts & Interpretive Materials Sales

30,152

29,306

Investment & Interest Income

5,396

3,351

35,548 32,657

Total Revenue

2,682,736 2,432,568

Total Support & Revenue Total Expenses

2,323,246 2,214,764

Excess of Support & Revenue Over Expenses

$ 359,490

Government $196,700

Membership $81,520

$217,804

Planned Gifts $1,369

Gross Types of Support

Gross Sources of Support

Foundations $287,500

Capital & Special Projects $1,672,172

Individuals $1,360,326

Gross Support Total $2,119,276

$2,129,608 $1,927,695

Annual Fund

(Individuals & Corporations)

$364,215

The figures above are excerpted from the independent auditor’s report, copies of which are available at the Cemetery.

Institutional Advancement The Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, supports projects and activities that contribute to our status as a National Historic Landmark, accredited arboretum, Massachusetts Important Bird Area, and major Boston-area cultural destination. During the past fiscal year: • We exceeded all fundraising goals for FY2017, with Special Projects more than $1.3 million over the $200,000 goal. • Nearly 100 people attended our fifth annual Council of Visitors meeting featuring keynote speaker Fergus Garrett, of Great Dixter, UK. • Special donor events included a visit to stonecarver Karin Sprague’s studio, a garden party hosted by Shirley and Peter Williams, and many tours. • In September many supporters celebrated Mount Auburn’s 185th anniversary. • FOMAC was awarded fifteen grants totaling $333,725. Grants for restoring the Egyptian Revival Gateway came from an anonymous foundation and the City of Cambridge Historical Commission.The Felicia Fund and Mildred Cambridge Memorial Fund awarded grants for conserving the Coppenhagen Monument, and the Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board is supporting veterans’ monument preservation. The William P. Wharton Trust is supporting our citizen science program, and the A.J. and M.D. Ruggiero Memorial Trust is supporting a citizen science and urban ecology partnership with Lesley University. The Watertown and Medford Cultural Councils are supporting work by composer-in-residence Mary Bichner. The National Endowment for the Humanities is supporting two community digitization days. General operating grants came from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Roy A. Hunt Foundation, and Edwin S.Webster Foundation.

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donor events

grants awarded including 5 for preservation, 3 for horticulture, 5 for education and 2 for general operating support

1831 Society members (donors who make a gift of $1,000 +)

138 $54,921 $422,361 $1,652,326

Council of Visitors members raised for Membership raised for the Annual Fund raised for Restricted Support

Donors Annual Gifts $25,000+

The Estate of Victoria M. Benedict† The Estate of Milton P. Hannah† Mr. and Mrs. Amos B. Hostetter, Jr. Philip Loughlin/The Caroline Loughlin Fund of Vanguard Charitable Morgan Palmer†

$10,000-24,999

Anonymous (2) Alan J. & Suzanne W. Dworsky Elizabeth B. & Edward C. Johnson Landry Family Foundation Lauren MacCarthy Caroline Mortimer Laura L. Nash & Thomas W. Beale Louise E. & Chuck Weed Richard H.Willis

$5,000 – 9,999

Mary Lee T. & Peter Aldrich Michael & Eliza Anderson Drs. Arundhati & Abhijit Banerjee* David & Eileen Barnett James & Susan Hunnewell Paul & Debby Kuenstner Susan & Anthony Morris Harold I. & Frances G. Pratt David A. & Patricia L. Straus Suzanne R. Weinstein

$2,500 – 4,999

Judy Hood Luisa Hunnewell & Larry Newman Robert A. & Patsy Lawrence Julia Sheehan & Errol Morris

Deceased, *Memorial naming gift

†

$1,000 – 2,499

Anonymous William D. Adams Taylor S. & Willa Chamberlain Bodman James E. Brooks & Cherie Wendelken Sharon Bushnell & Henry Sears Louis W. & Mable H. Cabot Daniel V. Calano & Kate Thompson Levin H. & Eleanor L. Campbell Sam & Margaret Carr Jane & Ernie Carroll Clemmie L. & James I. Cash Stewart B. & Patricia H. Chapin Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Cheek John F. Cogan & Mary L. Cornille Rose M. Cole Charles A. & Lindsay Leard Coolidge Sally & Jim Crissman The Estate of Alice G. Dabrowski† Mrs. Richard S. Emmet Peter & Karen Falb Amy L. Fay Thomas J. Fisher Colin Flavin & Nancy Rappaport Christopher D. M. Fletcher Elizabeth Coxe & David Forney Drs. Philip V. & Marjorie W. Gerdine Liz Goodfellow Zagoroff Bill & Jeanie Graustein Craig C. & Karen Halvorson Jonathan Hecht & Lora Sabin Joan C. Hiam Timothy T. Hilton Arnold W. & Rosalind L. Hunnewell Luisa Hunnewell Patricia B. & John Jacoby Ann Holton Jenne Elizabeth L. Johnson Michael R. Kidder Patricia A. Leighfield Janina A. Longtine

Anne Marderosian† Sean McDonnell & Mariana S. Webb Kyra L. & Jean C. Montagu Karen W. & Gary Mueller Richard & Carol Nason Robert & Elizabeth Owens Denise & Dean Pappas William J. & Lia G. Poorvu Hope Pym Martha Ann Quick Franklin A. & Sam Reece Ann & James Roosevelt Alan J. & Patricia C. Shapiro Judith J. Stackpole Howard H. & Fredericka O. Stevenson W. Todd Stevenson William A. & Elizabeth L. Thorndike Pamela W. Turner Susan B. Wood Raymond J. Wootton & Lois A. Hetland

$500 – 999

Anonymous (5) Mark S. & Carolyn C. Ain Stephanie Berk Sue Carlson The Reverend Alison Cutter Carmody Christine M. Clyde Mark De Simone Isabelle DerKazarian Robert G. & Anne L. Eccles Luise M. Erdmann Peter & Elizabeth Fejer Marion Fremont-Smith J. S. Friedlaender Fred Gardner & Sherley Smith Jennifer J. Gilbert Allan & Janet O. Green Robert J. Gustavson, Jr. Eric A. & Mari E. Haddock

Eileen A. Harrington & David C. Spink Paull Hejinian Arthur C. & Eloise W. Hodges Jim Hynes Nai Nan Ko David S. & Lucinda Lee John J. McGrath Kirtland & Susan E. Mead Marian & Russell Morash Keith N. & Elizabeth C. Morgan Liz O’Leary Robert A. & Veronica S. Petersen Stuart W. & Elizabeth Pratt Mrs. Robert E. Pruyne Joseph Pyne Deborah C. Robbins Bruce F. & Diane Roubaud Edgar H. Schein W. Mason & Jeannie Smith Valentine Talland & Nagesh Mahanthappa Linda L. Thrasher Matthew R.Walter & Patricia Capone Mrs. Donald C. Watson, Jr. William A. & Miriam K. Truslow

$250 – 499

Anonymous (9) Robert H. Ackerman Guilliaem Aertsen IV Jonathan B. Allen David & Holly Ambler Stewart C. & Denyse M. Anderson Barbara B. & Reed Anthony Elizabeth P. Atkins Christopher J. & Elizabeth D. Barnett Jane Bernstein Virginia J. Brady & William F. Mann Ralph S. Brown, Jr. W. Douglas & Eliza E. Burden Edward D. Cacciola

Kathryn E. Cade Levin H. Campbell, Jr. Donald Carret Anna Clark Anne S. Covert Timothy A. Cunningham Charles D. Donovan Elisabeth Drake Suzanne R. & Leo H. Dworsky Elizabeth M. & Jean-Marie Eveillard Mr. and Mrs. George P. Fogg III Michele Forinash William Geertz Dorothy & Steve Gilman John M. Gliatto Patricia N. Grandieri Madeline L. Gregory Dean T. Hara Charles T. & Kyra L. Haydock Linda J. Heffner Maisie Houghton Ogden M. & Nina Hunnewell Noriaki & Yuki Ikemoto Elizabeth & Woody Ives Mr. and Mrs. Pliny Jewell III Laura A. Johnson & Arthur Rogers Wendall C. & Carmen Kalsow Liza Ketchum & John H. Straus Jane Kilborn Robert L. Kleinberg Pamela E. Koenig Mary Liz Lewis Susan G. Loring Susan Luelsdorf Bill & Deb Matthews Manton B. Metcalf III Thomas S. Michie & John Carpenter Jeffrey & Molly Millman Jeffrey H. Munger & Robert T. Whitman H. Ronald, Rachel, & Arielle Nelson

Mark Kimball Nichols Donald H. & Cathleen Pfister Edward Pinkus Julie A. & Beatrice Porter Patricia R. Pratt William L. Rawn III John Sherburne Reidy Thomas Reilly Mrs. Margaret E. Richardson Mark V. & Lynne L. Rickabaugh Paula Rooney & Gail Meehan Alison Sander R. Steven & Evelyn Schiavo Harold P. Sexton, Jr. Rosemarie C. & Thomas Smurzynski Nancy E. Spence Martha Stearns Robert H. Stymeist & Martha J. Steele Brian A. Sullivan Charles M. Sullivan & Susan Maycock Andrew Terrell Jean Thomas Patricia A. Thornton Helen R. Tsotsi Anne Louise C.Van Nostrand Kenneth E.Varner Dorothy W. Waldron John P.† & Elisabeth Weitzel D. Bradford & Frances A. Wetherell Constance V. R. White Eileen P. White-Dapkus Rosemary Wilson Nancy Wollenburg Benjamin T. Wright

Deceased, *Memorial naming gift

†

Matching Gift Companies Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation GE Foundation Quallcomm Matching Gifts Program

Institutional Donors

Anonymous Association for Preservation Technology Northeast, Inc. Cabot Family Charitable Trust Cambridge Arts Council Cambridge Historical Commission Cambridge Plant & Garden Club Mildred Cambridge Memorial Fund Cambridge Trust Company Coolidge Hardware Inc. Delaney Linen Service The Dodge Company, Inc. Felicia Fund, Inc. Halvorson Design Partnership, Inc. Harvard University Roy A. Hunt Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Services Massachusetts Cultural Council Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund Morgan & Morgan, PC New England Environmental / SWCA Environmental Consultants P + R Publications, Inc. The Phyllis & Jerome Lyle Rappaport Charitable Foundation Reed Hilderbrand Associates A. J. & M. D. Ruggiero Memorial Trust The Seedling Fund of Coastal Community Foundation Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust Watertown Cultural Council Edwin S. Webster Foundation William P. Wharton Trust

Gifts in Kind

George Anikis Melissa Banta Shary Page Berg Sam Carr Margaret L. Clarke Stewart Coffin Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Martin C. Foster Vernon C. Gray Carol Harper John Harrison Regina Harrison Harvard University Art Museums Stephen Kendrick Lakewood Cemetery Sherwin Lehrer Philip Loughlin Joseph McMaster Marilee O’Brien Jane Hoeffel Otte Stephen Pinkerton William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc. Martin L. & Rona Schneider Selena Sheaves Julia Sheehan William A. Truslow Louise E. Weed Julie Zickefoose Thomas T. K. Zung

Public Programs

The following have provided donations and in-kind services to support our public programs and special events. Jules Catering Magnolia Wine Company Vicky Lee’s

Volunteers/ The Gift of Time During the past fiscal year, Mount Auburn’s 64 active volunteers gave critical support in the following areas:Visitor Services and Public Programs, Historical Collections and research, Greenhouse, Plant Collections, Monument Inscriptions and the new Citizen Science program. Helen Abrams Jason Amos Ewa Basinska Eric Berntson Isaac Bierer Allison Blanning Nancy Blasi Marzina Bockler Virginia J. Brady Alexandra Bush Nancy A. Callan Kathleen Carey Sue Carlson Lisa Clark Nina Danforth Christine DeLallo Frances Doyle Irene A. Dygas Joanna Epstein Lynn Evans Ted Fitts Alex Flamm Patricia N. Grandieri Robert Greenland Kathleen Fox Carol Harper Pamela Hart Kristen Hoffman Hilary Hopkins Chloe Jones Nancy K. Jones Vivian Kalber Lorna Keith Liza Ketchum

Jacqueline Kluft Jules Kobek Ivy Kramer Arleen Kulin Ramona Latham Annie Lawthers Ann LeRoyer Lyn Lucks Kathy Martin William McEvoy, Jr. Nancy L. McLellan Roberta Messina Myra Morgan Jim Morrill Mary Morrison Marilee O’Brien Les Ottinger Peter Oviatt Jamie Oviatt Stephen Pinkerton Frances G. Pratt Robin Hazard Ray Pamela Rajpal Ellen V. Robertson Susan G. Robertson Jean Rogers Brigitte Schacher Susan Scherkenbach Joshua L. Segal Eleanor Shavell Suzi Sluyter Sherley G. Smith Rosemarie C. Smurzynski Bob Sparling Joan Stoner Robert H. Stymeist Ron Trial Susan Wathen Jai Wilson Roberta Wrubel Elizabeth Wylde Marilyn Yohe Susan G. Zawalich

Staff & Board Council of Visitors Members

Founding Members: John Airasian; Founding Member Lillie Johnson; Founding Member Susan Paine; Founding Member Franklin A. Reece III; Co-Chair Caroline Mortimer; Co-Chair Brian A. Sullivan; Co-Chair Helen Abrams Rowena Alston Peter W. Ambler Emily H. Axelrod Melissa Banta Elizabeth E. Barker Claude Benoit Shary Page Berg Stephanie Berk Virginia J. Brady Joanna H. Breyer Cindy Brockway Eliza E. Burden W. Douglas Burden Sharon Bushnell, M.D. Thomas N. Byrne Patricia Capone Sue Carlson Bill Clendaniel Lindsay Leard Coolidge Stanley Cushing Richard Dalton David B. Dearinger Peter Del Tredici, Geri Denterlein Alan J. Dworsky Suzanne R. Dworsky Suzanne W. Dworsky Alan Emmet Karen Falb Peter Falb Frank E. French Deceased, *Memorial naming gift

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Marjorie Gerdine Philip Gerdine Sara Goldberg Liz Goodfellow Zagoroff Patricia N. Grandieri Noah Griffin, Craig Halvorson Dean T. Hara Rick Harriman Charlotte Harrington Eileen Harrington Charlie Haydock Jonathan Hecht John Hemenway Lt. Col. David Hencke Peter Hiam Susan Hockfield Luisa Hunnewell Luisa Hunnewell Newman Richard M. Hunt, Ph.D Nora Huvelle Bruce Irving Ann Holton Jenne Laura Johnson Alex S. Jones Wendall Kalsow Stephen Kendrick Joseph Koerner Gary L. Koller Philip Laird Clare Walker Leslie Alicia Leuba Jane Levitt Caleb Loring III Lauren MacCarthy Joe Martinez John Mathew Brooks Mathewson Paula D. Matthews Susan Eldredge Mead Julie Moir Messervy Kyra Montagu

Marian Morash Russell Morash Keith Morgan, Anthony Morris Susan Morris Jeffrey H. Munger H. Betsy Munzer Herb Nolan Biddy Owens Bob Owens Alyssa Pacy Denise Pappas Erik Park Sal Perisano Wayne Petersen Donald Pfister Stephen Pinkerton Frances Pratt Harold I. Pratt Pat Pratt Marion Pressley Doug Reed Marilyn Richardson Charles Rosenberg David Russo Alison Sander Michael Schade Julia Sheehan Martha Eddison Sieniewicz Tom Sieniewicz E. Denise Simmons D. Brenton Simons Deborah L. Smith Rosemarie Smurzynski James Storey Patty Straus Bob Stymeist Claudia Thompson Kate Thompson John Trexler Pam Turner Elizabeth Valentine

Ernest A.Vargas Julie S.Vargas Liz Vizza Matt Walter Mary Webb Jason Weeks Charlie Welch Gaby Whitehouse George Whitehouse Peter Williams Shirley WilliamsRichard H. Willis Rosemary Wilson Debra Wise Elizabeth Wylde

Mount Auburn Cemetery Trustees

Mary Lee T. Aldrich Eliza S. Anderson, Secretary David P. Barnett, President & CEO Samuel B. Carr, Jr. Lindsay Leard Coolidge Thomas C. Cooper, Chair James F. Hunnewell, Jr. Patricia B. Jacoby Paul Kuenstner James N. Levitt Sean McDonnell, Treasurer Caroline Mortimer Laura Nash Niels Peetz-Larsen Franklin A. Reece III Ann M. Roosevelt David A. Straus Louise Weed Paul Zofnass

Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery Trustees

Mary Lee T. Aldrich, Chair David P. Barnett, President & CEO Sean McDonnell, Secretary & Treasurer Caroline Mortimer, Vice Chair

Honorary Trustees

Peter S. Ashton William C. Clendaniel Hamilton Coolidge Marion R. Fremont-Smith Robert A. Lawrence James M. Storey William A. Truslow

Honorary Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery Trustees Susan Paine

Senior Staff

Michael A. Albano, Executive Vice President & CFO David P. Barnett, President & CEO Jane M. Carroll, Vice President of Institutional Advancement Gus Fraser, Vice President of Preservation & Facilities Bree Harvey, Vice President of Cemetery & Visitor Services

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185th Annual Report