132ndAnnualDinner-Dance

THE HOLLAND SOCIETY of New Yorkwelcomedeighty-fourMembers and their families, Fellows, and Friends to the Lotos Club in Manhattan on Saturday evening, October 29, 2022, for the Society’s 132nd Dinner-Dance. This year’s annualbanquetcelebratedDutch-American Heritage Day (November 16) and honored Whitney Donhauser, Ronay Menschel director and president of the Museum of the CityofNewYork,withtheSociety’sMedal forDistinguishedAchievementawardedto non-members who have made outstanding contributions in any field of human endeavor Ms.Donhauserwillshortlyjointhe MetropolitanMuseumofArtastheirdeputy director and chief advancement officer.

The evening began with a cocktail reception held in the Lotos Club’s opulent library,whereMembersandguestsmingled and met Gold Medalist Donhauser, as well as the evening’s honored guests: Ahmed Dadou, the new consul-general of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in NewYork; Sophie van Doornmalen, senior press and cultural officer at the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York;TessaDikker,spokespersonandelectionofficerofthePermanentMissionofthe Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations;Dr DeborahHamer,directorofthe NewNetherlandInstitute;JoopTheunissen, deputychief,IntergovernmentalPolicyand Review Branch, Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations;

Holland Society President Colonel Adrian T. Bogart III presents Whitney Donhauser the Society’s Medal for Distinguished Achievement as her husband, Peter Donhauser,

Edward Reed, photographer for the mayor of New York City; and Rob Snyder, Manhattan Borough historian.

Duringthereception,Donhausergavethe first public presentation of the Museum of the City of New York’s plans to celebrate its centennial in 2023, which includes celebrating the museum’s founding by Henry Collins Brown in 1923. Following Donhauser’s presentation, the doors to the diningroomwereopen.Thetableswereset withmagnificentfloralcenterpiecesreflectingtheorange,blue,andwhitecolorsofthe flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Holland Society President Colonel Adrian T.BogartIIIopenedtheformalceremonies by welcoming the gathering and thanking the evening’s sponsors: First Manhattan, Heineken, Bols Genever, Heinen Delfts Blauw, and Paperless Post.

Following an invocation by Society Domine Paul Lent, President Bogart toasted His Royal Majesty King Willem-Alex- ander of the Netherlands, Dutch Consul General Ahmed Dadou toasted President of the United States Joseph Biden, Medalist Whitney Donhauser toasted The Holland Society of New York, and Sally Quackenbush Mason toasted her father, James Quackenbush, the Society’s host in absentia Theattendeeswerethenrequested to stand for the traditional singing of the DutchandAmericannationalanthems,after which they enjoyed a three-course dinner that included tournedos of beef with blue cheese gratin and apple tarte tatin.

Following dinner, Banquet Chair and Excutive Director Sarah Bogart Cooney turned the ceremonies over to President Bogart, who made a lively speech about upcoming plans for celebrating the 400th anniversaries of the settlement of New Netherland and founding of New Amsterdam (New York City) by the Dutch. He then presented the Society’s Gold Medal forDistinguishedAchievementtoWhitney Donhauser for her significant civic and cultural contributions to NewYork. In her acceptancespeech,Donhauserspokeofthe importanceoftheenduringDutchlegacyin thehistoryofNewYorkCity Followingher talk, Society Trustees and Burgher Guard Members Jonathan Doucette and Ethan VanNessledthetraditionalparadingofthe beavertotheenthusiasticstandingapplause of everyone assembled.

With the formal ceremonies concluded, PresidentBogartthankedthegatheringand all those who worked to make the evening a success, presenting Society Executive Director Sarah Cooney, Society Manager for Programs and Communications Dorien van Boven, and other members of the BanquetCommitteewithmagnificentfloral bouquets. Members, Friends, Fellows, and guests were then invited to accompany the beaver back into the library for dancing, with music by the Peter Duchin Orchestra.

Donald Edward Teller Sr.

Holland Society of New York Member

Donald Edward Teller Sr passed away after a long illness on September 27, 2020, just shy of his eighty-third birthday. Mr Teller was born on October 15, 1937, in Jersey City, New Jersey, son of William Augustus Teller and Alice Kirk. He claimed descent from Willem Teller, from the Shetland Islands, Scotland, who arrived in New Netherland in 1639 as a Dutch West India Company soldier. Mr. Teller became a member of the Holland Society in April 2007.

Mr Teller grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey, where he attended public schools. He graduated from Bloomfield Senior High School in 1955 He graduated with a Bachelor ofArts degree from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, in 1959. He was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity at Duke.

Mr Teller was commissioned an ensign intheU.S.Navyafterhisgraduationfrom college. His initial post was as a member of Airborne Early Warning Squadron, VAW-12Squadron,nicknamedthe“Bats.”

He was with the “Bats” duringtheir MediterraneanCruiseaboardtheaircraftcarrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt in 1961. Mr Teller retired from the Navy Reserve as a commander in 1997.

Mr TellermarriedMaryAnnJohnsonin Taylorsville, Mississippi, onMay 7,1961. The couple had two sons, Donald Edward Teller Jr., born on March 10, 1965, and Brett William Teller, born on December 15, 1968. Mary Ann Teller predeceased her husband on July 5, 2005.

Mr. Teller began his career as a J. C. Penney Company store manager in 1963 and relocated to Dallas, Texas, as a Penney employee in 1970. He worked at J. C. Penney headquarters in Plano, Texas, from its opening in September of 1987 until his retirement in 1998. He was a life memberoftheJ.C.PenneyHCSC(Honor, Confidence, Service, Cooperation) Club, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to assist retiredassociatesandtheirspousesinneed of financial assistance. Mr Teller was an avid fan of the Duke University Blue Devils basketball team. He loved to travel and listen to many styles of music.

Mr TellerissurvivedbyhissonsDonald E.Teller Jr of Euless,Texas, a Member of the HollandSociety,and BrettW.Teller of Wylie,Texas,andfivegrandchildren:MatthewAdamTeller, Donald “Trey” Edward Teller, and CarlAlexander Teller, all Holland Society members, and HeatherTeller and NickTeller. He is also survived by his brotherWilliam KirkTeller of Lewisville, North Carolina, also a Holland Society of New York member. Funeral arrangements were made by the Restland Funeral Home and Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. Mr. Teller was buried in a private ceremony at Restland Cemetery in Dallas.

Frank Hord Terhune

Holland Society of NewYork Honorary Life Member Frank Hord Terhune died at home in Hanover, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Sarah, by his side on March 25, 2021, at age eighty-six Mr Terhune was born on January 23, 1935, in New Haven, Connecticut, son of Robert Dawbarn TerhuneandJosephineApplewhite.Hisfather was a Member of the Holland Society. He claimed descent from Albert Albertsen Terhune, from Luntun, a hamlet near Vreden, Germany, who emigrated to New Netherland with his wife in 1649 or 1650. The couple first settled inAmersfoort and later he was one of the first twelve settlers of New Utrecht in 1660 Mr Terhune joined the Holland Society in June 1989.

Mr TerhuneattendedtheSpringGarden GrammarSchoolinHamden,Connecticut, and graduated from Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1952 He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College, Hanover, NewHampshire,in1956.Thecollege was located near his family’s summer home

Mr TerhunemarriedSarahLouiseRudy in Toledo, Ohio, on July 13, 1957. Sarah had attended school in New Hampshire The couple had two children: Deborah Moore Terhune, born on June 8, 1958, in Brunswick, Georgia, and Christopher Scott Terhune, born on July 6, 1961, in Toledo, Ohio.

In 1956 Mr Terhune attended the Navy’s Officer Candidate School at Naval Station, Newport, Rhode Island. He thereafter served in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant junior grade from 1957 to 1961 and was stationed aboard the radar ship USS Protector (AGR-11) patrolling the North Atlantic as part of the “Dew Line.” Following three and a half years in the Navy, he went into sales and was moved around the country several times before settling in Maryland. The couple later moved to a retirement community in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

Mr Terhune was Episcopalian in his religion, serving as a vestryman and choir member in several churches including St. James Episcopal Church in Monkton, Maryland, and All Saints Episcopal Church in Hanover. He was Republican in his politics.

Mr. Terhune enjoyed cycling. He was president of theArlington, Texas, Bicycle Club in the 1970s In addition, he was involvedinvolunteerwork.Hewasadocent in an historic home in Bel Air, Maryland, and taught literacy at an inner-city soup kitchen in Baltimore

Mr Terhune is survived by his wife, Sarah, daughter Deborah Moore Hartley-Edwards, and son Christopher Scott Terhune; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.HisbrotherRobertD. TerhuneJr isaMemberoftheHollandSociety.Funeral arrangements were made by Panebaker Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Hanover, Pennsylvania. A memorial service was held on May 1, 2021, in the churchyard of All Saints Episcopal Church, Hanover. Burial followed in the church memorial garden.