Fall 1978 MKA Alumni News

ALUMNI NEWS

From The Board Room

MKA ALUMNI NEWS Volume 7

Winter, 1977-78

Contents Seeing Is Believing-Doing Is Learning ..................................... 1 Homeicoming .....................................................................

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Final College Choices Of The Class Of 1977 ........................... 8 Bulletin Board

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Class News ........................................................................................ 11

Dear Friends, What great news to be told that there are so many Class Notes for this issue of the magazine that I need write just a short message for the inside cover! It is wonderful to have news of so many alumni. Perhaps you do as I do, and read the news of all the classes, not just your own. The Class Notes so beautifully reflect a panorama of life in 1978, covering many ages, life-styles, and interests which have developed since we left our common ground at school.

Thank you all for keeping in touch.

You will notice that our current school fact sheet, which we use primarily for admissions, has been attached in the centerfold of this issue. This gives a capsule picture of MKA, our goals, and what we offer our students. We hope this will be of interest to alumni who live far away, as well as to those who live nearby and might have more direct interest in this information. Alumni, friends, and parents of the school provide our greatest resource for new students, which is one reason we have remained such a strong institution. This insert should help you to be in­ formed and up-to-date about the school. Anyone wishing further information, or a copy of our new "view book," please write or call the school.

Happy reading!

Sincerely, Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54 President, MKA Board of Trustees

Alumni Association Council

Front and back cover: A»election of photographs by parent Satoru Tsufura — from M KA p new "view book."

Mrs. Jo Taylor Callaghan, Editor Editorial Advisory Board Miss Elizabeth L. Specht '44 James S. Vandermade '35 Member Council for Advancement and Support of Education, National Association of Independent Schools, Alumni Presidents' Council of Independent Schools Published by The Montclair Kimberley Academy, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, New Jersey 07042, twice a year.

Entered as third class matter at Montclair, N.J. 07042

Mrs. Frances Johnson Ames '40, President Geoffrey Gregg '68, Executive Vice President William J. Thompson, Jr. '33, Secretary/Treasurer Marc S. Kirschner '60, Vice President — Annual Giving Mrs. Gail Tomec Kerr '52, Vice President — Reunions Frederic G. Calder '42 Mrs. Jo Taylor Callaghan, Director of Alumni Affairs Mrs. Joan Denney Carlisle '46 Richard L. Carrie '41 Richard W. Day, Principal Mrs. Constance Ritchie DuHamel '46 Mrs. Fay Taft Fawcett '52 Miss Dawn Geannette '68 Mrs. Miriam Eustis Irwin '51 Robert H. Muller, M .D. '39 Mrs. Nancy Plummer Nazarian '68 Franklin M. Sachs '58 H. William Schulting, III '42 Robert T. Sessa '68 Elizabeth L. Specht '44 M. Eugene Speni '27 Frank S. Stamato, Jr. '55 Mrs. Hyla Ames Troxell '46 Mrs. Carol Humphrey White '52

SEEING IS BELIEVING DOING IS LEARNING

By Douglas S. Jennings

Making camp at 9,000 feet.

As I spend more time in teaching, I become more in­ trospective toward my own education. Some of the most vivid memories of my early years at school are evoked through the category of "Show and Tell." I imagine now that this period of the day was so exciting for me because it was so firmly rooted in reality. After all, Dick, Jane, and Spot may have been real-life characters; but if they were, they never bothered to visit Livingston, N.J., nor did they recognize the existence of my friends, me, or even our teacher. Reality was the three-legged frog that Nicky brought to school in a shoe box or Allisson's tale of the grease fire in her mother's kitchen (complete with the exhibit of a charred potholder). The stories often served to initiate experiments or after-school visits so that classmates could share experiences and create new adventures. I was disappointed to learn that "Show and Tell" ended at third grade, and in more sophisticated learning situations such extensions of real life adventures were labeled "getting off the track."

Every educator is faced with the dilemma of wanting to make learning a "real" experience, yet realizing that many practical considerations often make education a second-hand dissemination of acquired knowledge. A good teacher and a good school offer students a variety of learning opportunities.

There are many situations evident at The Montclair Kimberley Academy that can be labeled "experiential education," but I think the addition of the Outdoor Challenge program adds a unique dimension.

My enthusiasm for outdoor education was nurtured by an Outward Bound course I took at Hurricane Island, Maine, in 1973 and confirmed by an Outward Bound expedition I enrolled in last summer. The laboratory for the expedition was the Cascade Mountain region of northwest Washington.

Our group objective was to achieve the 10,000 foot summit of Silver Star Peak. It would not be in the spirit of experiential education for me to attempt to re-create in words the ad­ ventures and emotions that our group experienced in our tenday trek. What I will do is illustrate a few of the educational concepts that became evident to me through this experience.

I believe that they are particularly significant because they occurred to me while I was in the role of learner, rather than teacher.

Lessons in group dynamics and cooperation are learned quickly and effectively in outdoor education. The

conglomerate of individuals must form a working group if they are to survive and achieve a degree of physical and psychological comfort. The group of people that I met on Day 1 of our Outward Bound expedition varied greatly in age, ability, and experience; it almost seemed as if the cast had been assembled by a "made for t.v ." script writer. Two competent instructors led a group of ten: two teachers, a pilot, a psychologist, a surgeon's assistant, an engineer, a writer, a fund director, a social worker, and a super market manager. It seemed unlikely that these characters would form a cohesive unit in a short period of time. Yet the skills of camping, orienteering, rock climbing, and mountain traveling require such inter-dependence that within a few days people were communicating and sharing on levels which good friends often take years to attain. The metaphor was clearly drawn the day we crossed a glacier: the group was literally strung together on a life line so that if one member slipped into a dangerous crevasse the others would save him.

The term "challenge" has developed new educational perspectives for me through my outdoor experiences.

Teachers want to challenge their learners; they try to present goals which are attainable but which require maximum use of individual abilities. In attempting to do this, however, educators often encounter problems of grading, tracking, ability grouping, individualizing, and under-achieving.

Outdoor education seems to avoid many of these problems because (1) the challenge is real and present, and (2) the challenge is flexible. Geometry, for example, leaves the theoretical realm and becomes quite practical for a map reader who must traverse some difficult terrain before nightfall. An understanding of physics is necessary for rock climbing, and knowledge of textiles can save the life of a cold and wet camper. The environment, not the instructor, challenges each individual to learn basic lessons of safety, survival, and comfort.

Beyond the basics, however, the challenges become more personal and flexible. An individual may choose to assume a more demanding role within the group, or one may wish to extend himself in solitary efforts. During our thirty-six-hour solo on Silver Star, some members chose to take along camping gear and food, while one individual elected to take only a plastic tarp and two matches. Success in meeting outdoor education challenges is not easily measured because 1

Crossing the glacier for the final ascent of Silver Star.

there is a mixture of group-determined and self-imposed goals;? and success, therefore, is often in the eyes of the beholder.

"Testing" and "feedback" also take on new. shades of meaning when applied to outdoor experiences. For me, the most difficult task of the Silver Star adventure was the rock climbing on Day 4. A two-hour hike from our campsite brought us to the base of a 100-foot cliff. The fact that our leader, an experienced climbing instructor, had difficulty making the initial ascent did not fill our group with con­ fidence. As I awaited my turn to climb, I could see that one move, a lay-back technique about 40 feet up the wall, was proving to be the Nemesis of each group member. I became determined that I could "do it," but when I began climbing and reached the problem spot I fully understood the frustration of my predecessors. I tried the move five times, and each time I slipped and fell a few feet to the comforting (but not comfortable) tug of the belay rope. I felt that I had one more attempt left in me before yielding to help from my belayer. I jammed my fingers into a small crevice, leaned out into space, and tossed my foot up to where my shoulder had been. Another push and a tug brought me to the ledge I had yearned for for 20 minutes. I had passed a type of test that is not common in classroom education. First of all, failure was not punitive, but an immediate chance to try again.

Secondly, my teacher was there to give me as much or as little help as I felt I needed. And finally, I achieved the excitement of succeeding not so much where others had failed but where I had failed only minutes before. This kind of learning produces skills and self-concepts which are not easily depleted.

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The instructor in an outdoor education course enjoys a special relationship with his students. He is more knowledgeable and experienced than the other group members, yet each learning situation is a new experience and a continuation of knowledge for him, as well as for the students. Outdoor education cannot be a teacher-directed course; the teacher's role is to serve as a facilitator of group learning. And as he becomes a part of the group, the teacher cannot be aloof in any way. He joins in the sharing of ex­ periences, emotions, and laughter. The fact that he also joins in the group's disappointments and discomforts was made clear to me on the morning of our final ascent of Silver Star Peak. We had made snow camp at the foot of a glacier, and the group was bemoaning a pre-dawn sleet shower that was slowing our departure. As I passed a metal cup of tea to our instructor, and as he shielded it from the sleet with his gloved hand, it was easy to see that he was just as cold and just as damp as everyone else in the group. Our teacher was truly sharing our learning experience, and our success would be his success.

Inherent in the concepts that I have described is the fact that in outdoor experiences there is often no clear-cut distinction between teachers and learners. Group members share knowledge and help one another on many different levels. In initiating the Outdoor Challenge program at The Montclair Kimberley Academy, I have placed top priority on being a non-directive teacher. The approach is one of group cooperation in confronting and solving problems. Our fledgling program cannot match the grandeur and expanse of Hurricane Island or the North Cascades, but in terms of personal and group growth we have already achieved a marked degree of success. This success has not come easily.

In fact, one incident during the program's inception seemed to be a rather gloomy prediction. During the first week our group of twelve seventh and eighth graders traveled 10 minutes to the "wilds" of Eagle Rock Reservation, a large tract of land surrounded by suburban homes, a golf course, and a shopping center. The group divided in half to complete a short orienteering course. One group came back to the starting point in the allotted time of 40 minutes; the other group did not. It took three hours of calling, searching, and

'Learning the ropes."

waiting to produce the weary, yet successful, group. The students had had a good learning experience, but I was somewhat discouraged, By this formula day hikes would take a weekend to complete, and overnights would have to be reserved for summer vacation. It was soon evident, however, that the lost group recognized their need for learning, and they quickly acquired new skills. Less than two weeks later the same students led a day hike through a tricky network of footpaths in Harriman State Park.

Individual growth was also manifested in the early stages of the Outdoor Challenge program. Most of the students in the group considered themselves non-athletes; they had chosen Outdoor Challenge as an alternative to traditional team sports. During the second week a twelve-foot climb to the limb of a huge tree produced trepidation in many of the youngsters. Vet continued work with obstacles, heights and ropes courses has seen the same youngsters rock climb and rappel a fifty-foot cliff. The successful growth of these students compares favorably with that of any conqueror of Everest.

As the group gained competence and confidence, they became eager to share their experiences with others. As a service project, they offered an instructional hike to the fourth and fifth graders in the school. Armed with their skills of map and compass, they journeyed through a nearby woodland and returned for healthful lunches and initiative games. Initiative games are group exercises that require determination, planning, and teamwork in order to complete the given tasks. The problem may be to balance ten people on a foot square platform or transport a thirty-pound block over an imaginary river of boiling peanut butter. Whatever the task, the results include enhanced feelings of trust and responsibility, and a sharing of fun and laughter.

Following the instructional hike, I met with some of my group members who had become teachers for the day. There were complaints of hectic schedules and near exhaustion, but it was evident that the day had been rewarding for these young instructors. They were already becoming aware of some of the concepts I had realized during my Outward Bound courses. One girl remarked that she had kept quiet when her group took a wrong turn so that they would better learn to read their maps. Another instructor was pleased when group members decided to carry the pack of a fourth grader who was tired and having difficulty keeping up. And one student-teacher happily reported that although he had forgotten his lunch, his group eagerly shared what they had with him.

Sharing, after all, may be the single most important element in outdoor education, or any other experiential education. The instructor shares his knowledge and skills, and in doing so he adds to the group's experience without directing it. The type of education that results increases an individual's skills, enhances his self-concept, and enables him to work effectively with others.

Douglas S. Jennings received his baccalaureate from Lafayette College and master's degrees from Columbia U n iversity ( En g lish ) and M o n tcla ir State College (psychology). He joined the faculty of Montclair Academy in 1968 as a teacher of English and cross country coach.

Following the merger of Montclair Academy and The Kim­ berley School, Mr. Jennings was appointed Assistant Headmaster of MKA's Middle School. His favorite activities include teaching English, his admissions work, and the Outdoor Challenge program he initiated this fall.

4th and 5th graders enjoy an "initiative game.'

7th and 8th graders scale the "Outward Bound" wall.

"We made it!"

HOMECOMING 1977

Dorothy Ayres Holt '27, John Cooper '27 and his wife, Louise, peruse an old school scrapbook prior to the luncheon for their class and the '27 football team.

John Seed '30 and Gene Spent '27 enjoy a pre-luncheon chat with their wives.

MKA's co-captains Max Jones and Kerry McGill and Principal Dick Day meet with visiting members of the 1927 football team at halftime: Robert Dorrill'29, Mr. Day, Gerald Engstrom '29, John Seed '30, and A l Stapf '28.

Peter Kuhn '27 reminisces about old school days with Dick Day, MKA's Principal, Eleanor McElrath Light '27, and her husband, Bill.

Joe Courter, a member of MKA's Board of Trustees, joined sons lames '59 and joe, jr. '57 at the alumni get together.

Gregg Lackey '73 meets Sari Gombos McLaughlin '65 at the alumni party.

Alina Seborowski Andersen '66 introduces husband, Johan, to Sam Weiss '72.

Three of our long distance travelers — Gordon Bruce '49 from California, Roland Emetaz '50 and his wife, Jan, from Oregon — catch up with local news with Lynn Towner Dodd '54.

Three of the group from the Class of '37 who came to celebrate their 40th reunion are Margaret Richards Chapman, Peggy Klotz Young, and Elizabeth Townsend McFadden.

Joan Denney Carlisle '46 hears about '77-er Liz Greene's college news.

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"Good to see you!" Geoff Gregg '68; Alumni Association, President Frances Johnson Ames '40; Hugo Kleinhans '27; Mrs. Kleinhans; and Board of Trustees President Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54.

Senior John Bicknell provided the musical background for the alumni get together. Admiring his jazz technique are Walter Porter '72, Joe Marino '67, faculty member Bob Hemmeter, and Rhys Jones '77.

More 40th Reunion celebrators: Virginia Kracke Leavitt with husband, Charles; Jane Rinck; Betty Pierce Harding; and Kathryn Holton Sjolander.

Classmates of '42 enjoying their 35th reunion: Peggy Krout Taylor, Helena Burrill, Virginia Westen Usher, and Helen Jones Cordon.

And more 35th reunion celebrators: Elsie Luddecke Kelsey, Eleanor Watt Shull, Jean Jeffers Comery, and Joan Trimble Smith.

Husbands Tim Goodrich, Bill Mackay, Wick Van Heuven, and Hager Bryant came to celebrate 1957's 20th Reunion with Jean Bonnell Goodrich, Sally Dennison Mackey, Georgia Sherman Glick, Connie Hay Van Heuven, and Joan Wallace Bryant.

David Kerr, jr. '77 helped to celebrate his parents' (David and Gail Tomec Kerr) and Susan Sander's 25th reunion. Many thanks to Gail, the Alumni Association's Vice President for Reunions, and all her volunteers for such a successful Homecoming!

Classmates of '76 — Frank Gerard, Dale Frederick, and Laurie Hoonhout — with Bob Hoonhout '71.

Our youngest visitors, lennifer Noone and Rye Nazarian, helped their fathers Mike Noone and Barry Nazarian celebrate their 15th Reunion along with Rye's mother Nancy Plummer Nazarian '68.

Bev Hall, Stephen Cowles, and Andy Read, three of the many members of the Class of '77 who returned for Homecoming, have a happy visit with music master Nixon Bicknell and Upper School Headmaster Burge Ayres.

(Photographs by Satoru Tsufura)

FINAL COLLEGE CHOICES OF THE CLASS OF 1977 Peter Adams Robert Adams Peter Adubato David Albano Jason Apter William Baird Donald Baldyga Elizabeth Balmos Paula Barsotti Daniel Batlan Patricia Berry Michael Blinder Patrick Bradley Christopher Brenner Glen Brown Christopher Butler Patricia Cane William Carr Mark Casta Peter Castiglia Barry Centanni Joseph Ciccolini Martin Cohn Nancy Cohn Scott Conway Stephen Cowles Donna Crews Michele Cristello Cheryl D'Alessandro William Dalzell Alan Deehan Andrew Dobbin Charles Dorman Meryl Eastman Jeff Evans Paul Finney Gary Gallo Betsy Gelemtis Robbin Gordon Taylor Gray Lisa Greenburg Elizabeth Greene Jonathan Grevatt Beverley Hall Lesley Hand Paul Hastaba Linda Haviland Edward Healey Deborah Heller* Jennifer Hendrian Richard Hollerith 8

Princeton University Princeton University Tulane University University of Pennsylvania Jacksonville University Davidson College Lehigh University Colgate University Le Moyne College University of Pennsylvania Dartmouth College Trinity College Colgate University Worcester Polytechnic Institute New Jersey Institute of Technology Lawrence University Barnard College, Columbia Univ.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Fairfield University Northwestern University Montclair State College New Hampshire College Ohio Wesleyan University Ithaca College Stevens Institute of Technology Susquehanna University Mount Holyoke College Moore College of Art St. Lawrence University University of Virginia Princeton University Colgate University Year Off 1977-1978 Skidmore College Hampshire College Wittenberg University Upsala College Tufts University Trenton State College Colgate University Mount Holyoke College Swarthmore College Susquehanna University University of Vermont Moravian College Wittenberg University Connecticut College Villanova University Lesley College Yale University Year Off 1977-1978

Monmouth College Jay Hopkins Villanova University Robert Hubsmith Bates College Marcelle Irwin Davidson College Richard Jenkins Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute David Jones College of the Holy Cross Gerald Jones Colgate University David Kerr Southampton College, Long Island Univ.

Ronnie Kimmel University of Hartford Griffith Kwiat Year Off 1977-1978 William Langstaff Tufts University Donna LoBiondo Union College Douglas Mahler University of Hartford Steven Mahler Bergen Community College Vincent Matarazzo Katharine Gibbs School Nellie Matjucha Boston College Peter McMullen Franklin and Marshall College Lisa Miller Moravian College Susan Moreau Cornell University Eric Mund Upsala College Robert Nebb Hood College Elisa Ocello Jacksonville University Andrew Pederson University of Miami Susan Pink Lake Forest College David Pinkham Bentley College Michael Platt Colgate University Robert Post New Hampshire College Bradley Protas Harvard University Misho Protic Hamilton College Jared Randall University of Virginia Deborah Rasin University of Virginia Andrew Read Oxford College, Emory Univ.

Joseph Ricciardi Colgate University Keith Ridings Colgate University Andrew Royal Susquehanna University Bruce Sanders St. Lawrence University Michele Saucy Bucknell University • Scott Schulte Rutgers — The State University Damian Shadwell Williams College Stacy Silverstein Cornell University Ronald Spivak PC Year, Trinity-Pawling School Joseph Sullivan AFS Student Seato T an Gettysburg College Peter Valentine Ithaca College Lauren Waters Moravian College Michael Werksman Bucknell University Daniel White Moravian College Wendy White Bucknell University Robert Williams Princeton University June Wispelwey ‘ Enrolled in college following her junior year at MKA

Alumni Workshops

Holiday Festival The Fine and Perform ing Arts Department of MKA presented a Holiday Festival on December 9 in the Weiss Arts Center of the Upper School. Departing from previous custom, the evening was in two sections: a concert by the Chorus and Mastersingers, followed by a 700year old medieval play from York, England.

For the choral portion of the evening, the Chorus sang a variety of works by Handel, Bach, Liszt, two selections from Dave Brubeck's "La Fiesta de la Posada," fo lk songs, and sixteenth century canons. The Mastersingers presented a Magnificat by Johann Pachelbel, two sleighing songs by Prokofiev and LeRoy Anderson, and seasonal carols. Nixon Bicknell directed the groups.

During the second half, the York Nativity play was presented. The special production was staged and directed by Marilyn Faden. Calvin Matzke was in charge of set design and lighting, and Judy Nesbit was in charge of costumes.

This medieval play, one of the York cycle, offers a different form of drama rarely presented in secondary schools. It combines both sacred and secular in a tribute to the medieval mind which believed that a religious festival'was a time for not only quiet joy, but laughter and fun as well.

The Chorus sang medieval chants and motets from the balcony during the presentation, and art students made banners to decorate the theater and stained glass window effects for the lobby. Over 130 Upper School students were involved in the Holiday Festival which was greatly enjoyed by fellow students, faculty, parents, and friends.

Area workshops on "Unlocking Your School's Resources" were held this fall by the Alumni Presidents' Council of In­ dependent Secondary Schools (APC) in seven different geographic locations.

MKA was represented at three of them: Gail Zabriskie Wilson '56 was our delegate at G reenw ich Academ y, Connecticut; Geoffrey Gregg '68 at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York; and Frances Johnson Ames '40 and Jody Callaghan, Director of Alumni Affairs, at the Peddie School, New Jersey.

The stated purpose of the workshops was "to provide opportunities for creative discussion on alumni and school affairs among alum ni of member schools, through a choice of easily accessible meeting places, capable and imaginative leadership, responsible and a rticu late p articip an ts, sem inar-size groups and one-day sessions." All MKA delegates have reported that the purpose was fully served. They found the discussion groups interesting and in­ formative, and they enjoyed the contact and sharing of ideas with alumni from many other schools.

Sophomore Scientists [One club at M KA]. . . through its surprising combination of seriousness and sense of humor, has become familiar to all Upper School students: the Science Club. The brainchild of George Reimon, a sophomore, the club started with the hope that its members could "do something significant," in the form of one or two major labs a year.

The club's main project is to explore the question, "Is cancer caused by a virus?" Reimon plans to compare DNA (the substance in each cell that controls heredity) in cancerous cells to DNA in "normal" ones. Thus far, club members succeeded in extracting DNA and a related substance, RNA, from healthy chicken liver cells.

Chicken liver put into a centrifuge spins rapidly, leaving some liquid and a small amount of sediment or precipitate.

This process is repeated a few times, each time using the previous precipitate

mixed with a mild acid or base. The first centrifugation breaks down the cell wall resulting in a precipitate of cellular material. The second decomposes the wall of the nucleus leaving a precipitate which includes the RNA and the DNA. Eventually the students isolated each substance.

They plan to analyze the DNA with an instrument that measures light ab­ sorption. By viewing the quantities of light absorbed at various temperatures, they will be able to determine how much of DNA's basic components are present.

When they compare these results in cancerous cells, the club will determine to a greater degree whether or not a virus exists.

Sophomores Brian Morris and Mike Feldman join Reimon as co-presidents of the club. John Langstaff and Charles Davis, also tenth graders, serve as vice president and secretary treasurer.

From The Montclair Kimberley News MKA's student newspaper, December 16, 1977 by Sarah Scher '79.

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Through the national "SelfInstructional Language Program," the study of Japanese has been instituted this year at The M o n tclair Kim berley Academy as a "critical language." SILP's definition of a critical language is any language which is spoken in the world but is not normally part of a school's curriculum. MKA is one of five secon­ dary schools p articip ating in the program, geared p rim arily towards college students because of the discipline and motivation required.

The Critical Languages program has as its primary objective the ability for the student to speak and understand the language. To meet this end the students do a great deal of work on their own with tapes as well as working with their in­ structor. Bay Bigelow, a member of MKA's faculty who majored in Far Eastern languages at Harvard University, is directing the program for the four students at MKA enrolled in first year Japanese.

William Thompson '33, John Wade '53.

A highly successful Parents' Phon-athon was held at the Middle School on November 1, 2, and 3. 36 parent callers reached a total of 677 parents under the able leadership of Chairman Roger Cole; Thomas Lugaric, Chairman of the Parents' Phon-a-thon; and W illiam Dodd, John Windolf, and Frederick Sch­ wartz, Coordinators of the Upper, Middle, and Primary Schools. A new record of $20,983 was set in parent pledges.

We are grateful to everyone who has worked on this year's campaign and to all those who have responded so generously. We have high hopes of reaching our 1977-1978 Annual Giving goal of $170,000 by June 30.

Annual Giving Chairman Roger Cole tallies up the pledges.

Dialing For Dollars The Music Room of MKA's Middle School was the scene of the Alumni Phon-a-thon held on November 15, 16, and 17. Each evening fifteen telephones were used by enthusiastic alumnae and alumni who placed calls all over the country to encourage fellow graduates to contribute to MKA's 1977-1978 Annual Giving Program. 846 alumnae and alumni were reached during the three evenings!

Parent Roger T. Cole is Chairman of this year's Annual Giving Program, and he was ably assisted in the organization of the Alumni Phon-a-thon by Marc Kirschner '60, Vice President for Annual Giving of the MKA Alumni Association.

"Captains" for the three evenings were Gail Tomec Kerr '52, Richard Carrie '41, and Sally Minard '60. A record $8,846 was set in pledges.

As of January 31, through gifts and pledge payments, 378 alumni have contributed $26,564 and 30 alumni parents have given a total of $6,216.

That's $6,985 ahead of last year on the same date. Let's keep up the momentum!

Callers who participated in this year's Alumni Phon-a-thon included: Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54, Frances Johnson Ames '40, Denise Farandatos Anastasiou '62, Grace McCollum Brennan '30, Leslie Bunce '54, Joan Denney Carlisle '46, Jane Carpenter '38, Fay Taft Fawcett '52, Dawn Geannette '68, Miriam Eustis Irwin '51, Gail Tomec Kerr '52, Lucile Mason '43, Sally Minard '60, Nancy Plummer Nazarian '68, Paula Pryde '66, Deana Rogers Sumas '59, Elizabeth Specht '44, Susie Sterling '29, Janet Harris O'Toole '44, Cynthia Mann Treene '54, Heidi AmesTroxell '46, Carol Humphrey White '52, Michael Baker '59, Joseph Bograd '52, Frederic Calder '42, Richard Carrie '41, Peter Ehrenberg '65, Henry Fernald '28, Geoffrey Gregg '68, Donald Karp '54, Marc Kirschner '60, Barry Malkin '59, Oscar Mockridge '55, Fenton Purcell '60, Robert Sessa '68, William Schulting '42, 10

Lucile Mason Director of Development

John Polhemus, former Director of Admissions at MA, was appointed Headmaster of the York Country Day School, Pennsylvania, in the spring.

It is with deep regret that we report the deaths of three beloved members of the MKA family. Estelle Armstrong, who headed The Kimberley School's Art Department from 1943 to 1954, died in September. Ruth Hamilton died at her home bn Cliff Island, Maine, in July. She was a member of Kimberley's faculty from 1961 to 1972 and headed the English Department.

Robert "LeRoy" Monroe, who was headwaiter in the Montclair Academy Dining Room from 1921 to 1971, also died in July. At the celebration of his 50th year at the Academy, LeRoy was presented with MA's Honorary Alumnus Award.

Robert "LeRoy" Monroe

Callers Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54 and Dick Carrie '41 chat with fellow alumni at the Phon-a-thon.

Home For The Holidays A number of college age alumni returned to play MKA's varsity ice hockey team on December 23. The alumni team showed its "age," so it is reported, (!) and the Cougars won 11-6.

Next year?

On December 27 MKA's senior class joined the Alum ni Association in welcoming back graduates of '74, '75, '76, and '77 to the annual College Age/Senior Party. Dawn Geannette and Nancy Plummer Nazarian, members of the Class of '68, chaired this year's Open House which brought over 120 young alumni, seniors, and their former and present teachers together for a happy holiday afternoon at the Upper School.

Former Faculty and Staff It was nice to have word of Violet Peterson, former librarian at Montclair Academ y, who lives in Corona, California. She says she thinks often of her former co-workers and sends best wishes to all.

Upper School Winter Scorecard Through January Won Tied Lost 1 Girls Varsity Volleyball 6 Girls J.V . Volleyball 3 3 Swimming (coed) 1 3 2 Girls Fencing 3 1 Boys Fencing 2 4 Boys Ice Hockey 5 2 N.J. Interscholastic 2 4 2 Hockey League 4 3 Girls Varsity Basketball 1 Girls J.V . Basketball 5 4 Boys Varsity Basketball 6 Boys J.V. Basketball 2 6 Boys Wrestling (exhibition matches) The Parents'and Alum ni Associations of The M on tclair Kim berley Academ y w ill present

Pauline Frederick noted news analyst on April 11, 1978 8 p .m .

Penick Center lj§ M KA M iddle School

Emma Dickson Carswell '09 TKS It is always nice to hear from Emma Dickson Carswell and to see her looking so happy and well. Her son, Bruce, works for a chem ical com pany; daughter, Cornelia Carswell Serota '39, teaches audiology at the University of Maryland; son, Jim, owns and operates the successful "Chimney Corner Gift Shop." Mrs. Carswell has six "giant" grand­ sons, two of whom are married.

'10 MA We learned through the newspaper of the death of Spruille Braden this January. An am bassador to Colom bia, Cuba, and Argentina, M r. Braden was appointed Assistant Secretary of State in 1945. After retiring from government service, he was a consultant to many U.S. companies in their dealings with Latin America. Mr. Braden was honored by Montclair Academy as,,Alumnus of the Year in 1970.

Homecoming. She has been living in Chatham on Cape Cod since 1962, and spent three delightful weeks in England last spring.

Your Secretary wrote that the most in­ teresting event for the Meeks this year was their trip to Iceland for the Atlantic Treaty Association meeting, a branch of NATO (civilian). "We decided we would go prepared to fish for their famous salmon, look for rare birds, and see the island, as this was for us an unexplored land. It proved delightful beyond our expectations.

"The fishing was excellent, and we each caught six salmon after hard work, walking over the rough volcanic ground to the streams that were rapid and cold. .. The birds were many, some of the rarest were guillemots, razor bills, arctic tern, golden plover, ptar­ migans, whooping swan, snow goose, Iceland gull, and the charming puffins nesting on the seacoast or near the one whaling station. . . " Marion Tichenor Dow wrote to your Secretary with news of herself and Mildred Presby Corwith with whom she has always kept in close touch. "Many times have I visited her in Highland Park, Illinois, and recently in her second home in Sun City Center, Florida. She and her husband have often been here, too. She has lead a full and successful lif e .. ..

"As for me, I have lived in New England for more than fifty years ^ S t h e last sixteen of them, a widow. My two children live nearby and there are three grandsons to make life interesting. The oldest is now a senior at Harvard.

"I have spent a great deal of time in civic work hospital board, Garden Club, Women's Exchange, historical societies, etc.

These and life long study and collecting of antiques seem to account for much of my time. There have been some great jet trips to many countries to broaden the picture."

Our deepest sympathy to Marion Lincoln Cox on the death of her husband, Carlton.

MA We were sorry to learn from Mrs. Lumb that her husband, Dr. Charles Lumb, died last September.

'14 TKS Our deepest sympathy to Alexandra Costikyan Jewett on the death of her brother, Clarke.

'18 MA Our deepest sympathy to Hervey MacVicar whose sister, Mrs. Kathryn MacVicar Evans, died this fall.

'15 TKS Mrs. George O. Bailey, Secretary (Dorothy Cerf) Old Point Road Quogue, NY 11959

'22 MA We were sorry to learn of the death of August Delin in October. Mr. Delin retired in 1969 from the Du Pont Company, where he was a buyer in the explosives department. He was well known for his models of historic sailing ships, and his model of the American frigate Raleigh was donated for display at the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.

Our deepest sympathy to his wife and two sons.

George Beach was awarded an honorary degree by Lake Forest College this fall in recognition of his years of service as chairman of the college's Board of Trustees.

Harry Abbott sent word that he would be leaving for Florida on the day of Homecoming and asked to be remembered to his friends.

'16 TKS Mrs. Charles W. Williams, Secretary (Jerry McBrier) 1717 Gulf Shores Boulevard, N. Naples, FL 33940 We were so sorry to learn this January that Frances Campbell Earnest had died. Mrs. Earnest's home was in Whitestone, Virginia.

We send our deepest sympathy to her family.

'17 TKS Mrs. Samuel Meek, Secretary (Priscilla Mitchell) Doubling Road Greenwich, CT 06830 Jeanne Engel van Breda Kolff sent word that she was sorry she couldn't be at

'23 MA Theron Butterworth wrote that he and his wife would spend Christmas with his sister, Elizabeth Butterworth Gordon '27, along with daughter, Mrs. Delbert Wolf, Jr., her husband

and four children, and son, Charles, and his wife. They were all to be together at his daughter's in St. Petersburg, Florida.

'24 TKS Mrs. Philip B. Taylor, Secretary (Helen Patrick) 80 Norwood Avenue Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 We are so sorry to report that we learned through the post office that Ruth Haley Gade died last summer.

'25 TKS Mrs. H. Kimball Halligan, Secretary (Helen Raymond) 55 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 Mary Stewart White Blake has now moved into an apartment in Sea Bright, N.J. Peg Ewald Cook is spending more and more time on Cape Cod, but she and Win still have an apartment in Montclair.

We are sorry to report that we were advised of the death of Barbara Chipman Jones in October.

Estelle Ebsen Rimmele continues her work with odd pieces of mahogany which she found in a shipyard. Her latest project was a candelabra for the dining table. She sees Helen St. John Ball and Ruth Kimball periodically. We all send our sympathy to Helen who lost her daughter this fall.

Ruth, with a neighbor, makes day trips to all sorts of interesting places. She claims that, otherwise, she leads a very quiet life.

Kim '26 and I are now spending about five months of the year in Dorset, Vermont. We have just returned from a trip to Italy and France. We also had a week's visit in London with a daughter who has moved there from San Francisco.

MA Richard Overton has retired from teaching and is living in Vermont.

'26 MA Henry B. Fernald, Jr. '28, Agent For news of Kimball Halligan, please see TKS '25 notes.

'27 TKS Mrs. John Holt, Agent (Dorothy Ayres) It was so good to have Dorothy Ayres Holt and Eleanor McElrath Light here on Homecoming to celebrate their 50th Reunion.

Mrs. Holt journeyed down from Hampton, Connecticut, and Mrs. Light, along with husband, W illiam, came in from River Edge, N.J. Louise Stauffen Barnard sent word from Vermont that she was sorry she couldn't join us.

And, Sylvia Stautenburgh Bliss wrote from California that she was sorry to miss the "big occasion." She has retired after almost twenty years as a secretary with the Pasadena school system. "Keep busy enjoying the families of my two daughters who live nearby and visiting my son, with two sons of his own, who is an attorney in Honolulu, Hawaii."

Another C a lifo rn ian , Jane Kilbourne Horstman, wrote, "I had over 28 years as Manager of the Women's Division, Public Relations, Pan American World Airways." She still travels but loves her lovely state.

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Eda Bainbridge Kolbe wrote, "I live in Naples, Florida, but 'commute' every summer to Long Island where I have a cottage, and where my family joins me." She has two sons and nine grandson||")uly and August are two joyous months made very special for me because I share the activities of nine great boys." She was disappointed that she couldn't make Homecoming and sent her best to all.

For news of Elizabeth Butterworth Gordon, please see MA '23 notes.

We were so sorry to hear from Mary Youngman Ayer that she was widowed last May. She is living in New Hampshire and keeps busy with church and hospital work.

MA Henry B. Fernald, Jr. '28, Agent Joining the '27 ladies for the 50th Reunion Luncheon and the afternoon get together for all alumni classes on Homecoming Day were John Cooper and his wife; Hugo Kleinhans and his wife; Peter Kuhn; Gene Speni and his wife; and Edward Valleau.

Absent classmates sent news for the Bulletin Board. Donald Knowlton is retired and living in Middlebury, Vermont. He collects old tools, mostly wood carpenter's planes, and carves snipe decoys.

Bob Ringland lives in Burlington, Iowa, "a delightful place — a river town with a miniature Mardi Gras every year in June called 'Steamboat Days' complete with Dixieland music, etc." Bob is Chief Engineer of Antennacraft Co. (Division of Tandy Corporation).

Alfonso AlvareM and his wife with their grandchildren.

Alfonso Alvarez was very sad not to be able to come , up from El Salvador to join his classmates. He sent his kindest regards to all and a hearty "abrazo." Alfonso and his wife, Julie, have one daughter, three sons, and fourteen grandchildren.

Edward Phillips sent word that he, too, was sorry to have missed the 50th reunion.

'28 MA Henry B. Fernald, Jr., Agent Henry Fernald wrote that he was sorry not to be able to make Homecoming. He and Dot were not "finished for the summer" — with settling in and enjoying their recently designed and built cottage on Cape Cod. They hope to retire there some day.

Al Stapf and Doris were here on Homecoming Day to celebrate the 50th reunion of the '27 football team. They had a marvelous trip to Great Britain on the QE2 last summer.

Fellow teammate Ward Doremus operates a peach and apple orchard, and since October

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is a busy time of year, he couldn't join Al and the others.

'29 TKS Miss Susie S. Sterling, Secretary 133 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 My first card was from Jane Foster Lapham and how nice it was to hear from her with news of her family. Her son Lewis is doing a great job as editor of Harper's Magazine, and has two lovely children. Son, Larry, lives in Washington and is Chief Consul for the CIA. He also has two children. Jane and her husband love Greenwich and their house and garden. Roses are Jane's specialty, and they both have lots of other interests.

My next card was from Ruth Kilgore Murray. She sends her best to all the class.

Her husband is improving after two hip operations, no more pain. He is still prac­ ticing law. The Murrays enjoy living in Heritage Village very much, and this winter they are going on a trip to Guatamala.

Do Minsch Hudson has really been traveling. Jim and Do had a month's trip to Australia and New Zealand, a "steel study mission," interesting and informative. They stopped in Hawaii on the way out and Tahiti on the way back. That trip was in May and June. They commuted all summer and part of the fall and ten days at Thanksgiving to the Cape, and spent ten days in Bermuda the end of October. They will go to the Bahamas in February for about five weeks.

Harriet Laffey Files wrote that her "news is not world shattering" but she has taken on a part time job (rather, she said, they were kind enough to take her on!). She works for the "Trailblazer Library System." She says it is great fun and a challenge. She sends greetings to all her friends.

Charlotte Fitch is another traveler. She and a friend drove across country this summer, visiting friends and relatives along the way.

They went from Southern California, as far as San Diego, up the coast to Vancouver, on to Banff and Jasper, and to Alberta where Charlotte rode on a harvest combine.

Highlight of the trip was the christening of her namesake and great great niece in California.

She was sorry not to see Mary Virginia Hamilton Adair but had a nice talk on the phone with her. She drove through Canada and the northern U .S ., then south through Vermont and Massachusetts.

Fran Fernald Draper came up from Wayne, Pennsylvania, for MKA Homecoming in October. She spent the weekend with me. We had such a good time at the party they had at school after the football game. We saw lots of our friends but not a soul from our class.

A summer luncheon for '29-ers included classmates Muriel Lloyd Heilman, Sue Sterling, Kit Meeks, friend Ruth Harris, Sis Schwarz De Camp, and Eleanor Fox Eastwood.

Kit Meeks visited me this summer on her way to Maine. It was such fun to see her. I think it was 1966 when I saw her last, and she looks the same. Sis Schwarz De Camp had Muriel Lloyd Heilman, Eleanor Fox Eastwood, Kit and myself for lunch. We all promised we would come back for our 50th reunion at MKA. Muriel and her husband are to go to San Diego after Christmas to visit their son Commander Mark Heilman, his wife, and their two children. They plan to see Kit while there. Then they will go to Gainsville, Florida, to visit their second son, Dr. Lloyd Heilman, who is in residency there.

Eleanor is fine and has taken a part time job working with Senior Citizens and the Office on Aging. Mary Virginia writes she is in her 21st year of teaching English at California Polytechnic University. She traveled last summer with an international children's group to Brazil, Argentina, and Peru, meeting with authors and illustrators. Her two sons and daughter and their families will be with Mary Virginia for Christmas. She expects to have a new grandchild in May. Doris Blondel Krebs and her three daughters; their husbands, and eight grand­ children spent Thanksgiving at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia.

Jeanne Price Goodlatte just returned from San Diego where she spent ten days with her son, Pete, his wife, Maria, and their new baby boy. Jeanne now has four grandchildren.

Jeanne has been named to the World Who's Who for 1976-1977, published by the In­ ternational Biographical Centre of Cam­ bridge, England. A few years ago I wrote that Jeanne was named to Who's Who of America.

Congratulations, Jeanne.

Laura Hurd Motion writes that her brother, Ben, is recovering from a bad accident. He is making a good comeback, I am glad to say.

I went up to visit Jeanne in East Longmeadow this summer. Kit drove up with me and spent a few days. She went on to visit relatives in the Berkshires, and I stayed a few more days. I spent Thanksgiving with my brother and sister-in-law, Terry Bull Sterling '34, in [slew Canaan, Connecticut. All the childrerjfsmd grandchildren came home — great fiih. We are to have Christmas dinner with Edie Bull Miller'33 and Tom at their farm in Warwick, New York. Edie is Terry's sister, as I guess you all know after all these years.

I had such a nice visit with Mary Cun­ ningham Johnston in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

She is just fine. I wish you all the very best for 1978.

MA Henry B. Fernald, Jr. '28, Agent We are sorry to report the death of your classmate, Charles Yallalee. "Bud" was a free lance writer and had been living in Portland, Maine.

Edward Holmes wrote this fall from Winterport, Maine, recalling happy memories of his days at MA. Robert Dorrill and Gerald Engstrom, with their wives, enjoyed their 1927 football team reunion on Homecoming Day.

'30 TKS Mrs. Val J. Brennan, Secretary (Grace McCollum) 130 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042

THE MONTCLAIR KIMBERLEY ACADEMY Montclair, New Jersey The M ontclair Kim berley Academ y, a co­ educational, college preparatory day school in M ontclair, New Jersey, was founded in 1974 by the merger of The Kim berley School and the M ontclair Academ y Foundation, which included the Brookside elem entary school. M KA is ac­ credited by the M iddle States' Association of Schools and Colleges.

Richard W. Day, Ph.D., LL.D ., Principal

Prim ary School Grades K-3 224 Orange Road, M ontclair Mrs. Francine L. DeCotiis, B.A., Headmistress M iddle School Grades 4-8 201 V alley Road, M ontclair Alexander Calder, III, M .A., Headmaster Upper School Grades 9-12 Lloyd Road, M ontclair Burgess N. Ayres, M .Ed., Headmaster

THE PRIMARY SCHOOL (Grades K-3) On the Prim ary School campus, children begin a program of integrated intellectual, social, and physical experiences. They work and play in a homelike atmos­ phere which encourages them to develop a clear selfimage and a positive idea about learning. The Primary School develops and nurtures the idea that young people can and should take responsibility for their own progress; O ur teachers take great care in assessing the indi­ vidual qualities and learning capabilities of each child.

They meet individual needs and gain a full understand­ ing of each student. A t regularly scheduled conferences parents and teachers exchange pertinent information and discuss methods of enhancing each child's progress.

In the beginning school years, the student's world enlarges each day with ideas, new words, and exper­ iences. The time is favorable to gain confidence in w rit­ ing and in understanding numbers. Primary School students read books to com plem ent the experience of living, growing, and observing life. Teachers and pupils respect the developm ent of skills in critical reading, m athem atics, and clear written expression.

The instruction and learning program presents oppor­ tunities for children to explore their environment and follow their natural curiosity. Field trips to local parks, libraries, and museums heighten the children's aware­ ness of their world and the part they must play in it. Early participation in our Art, M usic, Physical Education, and Math-Science Workshops affords opportunities for pupils to observe, experiment, and think creatively about their environment.

The com bination of a unique educational program, sm all classes, a highly skilled teaching staff, and open participative relationships among students, parents, and teachers offers a stim ulating learning environment.

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Crades 4-8) The M iddle School program creates a community atmosphere in which children learn to take responsibility for their own education. As they develop skills which fa cilitate inquiry, expression, and group interaction, M iddle School students work closely with their teachers and fellow students in small groups and often in one-toone learning situations.

Skills in reading, writing, and speaking are basic to all work and are practiced not only in English classes, but throughout the day. Teachers em phasize the practical application of m athem atics through problem solving and computer programming. Investigative approaches in science and social studies promote an exciting use of laboratory and library facilities. The study of French and Spanish, which starts at the fifth grade, provides children not only with an opportunity to learn a second language, but also with exposure to different cultures. Fine Arts offerings include art, band, chorus, and drama.

O ur program provides for personal involvem ent in learning experiences through field trips, extra-curricular activities, and athletics. Visits to the United Nations, the New York Times, Lincoln Center, Sandy Hook, and the

G reat Swamp Nature Preserve are typical adjuncts to the curriculum . A three-day visit to Colonial W illiam sburg highlights the eighth grade year. We urge students to take advantage of a variety of club offerings such as literary review, newspaper, debating, outdoor education.

They may participate in a wide selection of team sports.

An inventive intramural program, including gymnastics, archery, water polo, outdoor challenge, appeals to all interests and abilities.

The structure of the M iddle School schedule is flexible enough to meet a student's specific individual needs.

Fourth and fifth graders work prim arily with homeroom teachers in self-contained classrooms. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders follow a departm entalized schedule with time allotted for teacher-student conferences and project work.

Students and parents receive regular evaluations and reports through written comments, letter grades (in sixth, seventh, and eighth), and conferences. Our advisor system aims to establish a close relationship between students and fa cu lty, the product of which is a com fort­ able yet challenging learning environment.

THE UPPER SCHOOL (Crades 9-12) The Upper School seeks to assure students a sound preparation for college and a joy in education as a life­ long and rewarding process. The facu lty encourages disciplined thinking and sound scholarship at all levels.

Emphasis on perfecting the basic skills of reading, writing, and computation continues. The advisor system provides special academ ic and personal care for each student with an advisor of his choice, and teachers w illingly provide extra help whenever students need it.

A varied selection of courses, including Advanced Placem ent offerings, provides students with continuing opportunities to develop responsibility for their own education. A ll students may participate in extra­ cu rricu lar activities designed to develop their special interests and talents: school publications, dram atic and m usical productions, Chess Club, the N autical Society, Radio Club, Photography Club, Jerseymen, G uitar Club, and many more.

Physical education classes em phasize general condi­ tioning and encourage an interest in lifetim e sports, in­ cluding tennis, fencing, archery, vo lleyb all, and swim­ ming. More than forty interscholastic teams compete with other schools in field hockey, ice hockey, basket­ ball, soccer, football, tennis, water polo, vo lleyb all, fencing, swimming, softball, baseball, wrestling, lacrosse, track, and cross country.

An active exchange program with the Haberdashers' Aske's School near London is in its third year. As a participant in the Am erican Field Service program, the Upper School has been sending students to and receiving them from Europe, Asia, A frica, and Latin Am erica for many years.

O ur college placem ent personnel are especially skilled in serving students preparing to enter college. A reading room provides all students with the opportunity to find college catalogues and to meet the one hundred or more college representatives who come each year to talk personally with our college-bound students.

ADMISSIONS INFORMATION The M ontclair Kim berley Academ y seeks boys and girls who demonstrate both ability and determination to undertake all aspects of a challenging college prepar­ atory program.

Admission to the Academ y is based on many factors, among the more important being the applicant's charac­ ter, seriousness of purpose, range and depth of interests, school record, and standardized test scores. The Academ y's policy is to admit the best qualified students irrespective of financial need, race, color, national or ethnic origin.

Those who desire more information about the school may call 746-9800 or write The M ontclair Kim berley Academ y, 201 V alley Road, M ontclair, N.J. 07042.

Parsippany). Some m unicipalities reimburse up to $250 for the transportation of students to non-public schools.

Please request a rate schedule if you desire one.

LUNCH PROGRAM Children in grades 1-3 at the Prim ary School partici­ pate in the school lunch program which includes fourday lunch and five-day mid-morning snack at a cost of $162. For kindergarten children who remain for lunch twice a week the charge is $102.

Students in the Middle and Upper Schools may pur­ chase a la carte meal tickets ($10 each) to supplement lunch brought from home or to purchase hot food, sand­ wiches, salads, desserts, and beverages. Those interested in a complete hot meal every day may subscribe at $225 per student per year.

TUITION SCHEDULE 1977-1978 Kindergarten $1350 Grade 5 $2100 Grade 1 1700 Grade 6 2200 Grade 2 1800 Grade 7 2400 Grade 3 1900 Grade 8 2600 Grade 4 2000 Grades 9-12 2800 Parents receive bills for books and school supplies. A student activity fee varies from campus to campus: Kindergarten through Grade 3, $75; Grades 4-8, $100; Grades 9-12, $125.

DRESS CODE Students in kindergarten through grade 3 are expected to wear sensible clothing. In grades 4-12 there is a dress code for both boys and girls. Boys in grades 6-12 are required to wear tie and jacket. G irls in grades 4-12 purchase M KA skirts, and all students wear regulation gym uniforms and swim suits.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS SCHOLARSHIPS Those who q ualify for admission may apply for scholarship assistance, which w ill be awarded on the basis of need and merit within the limits of our scholar­ ship resources. Fam ilies who require financial aid should request a scholarship application form at the time of the admission interview.

TRANSPORTATION The Academ y has contracted with Station Wagon Service, Inc. for the transportation of students. Rates vary from $260 (Essex Fells) to $515 (Kinnelon,

In order to graduate from The M ontclair Kim berley Academ y, a student is expected to com plete success­ fu lly the following basic requirements in grades 9-12:

4 years of English 3 years in one foreign language 3 years of mathematics (Algebra l-l I, Geometry) 2 years of science (Physical Science, Biology) 2 years of social studies (Com parative Political and Econom ic Systems, U.S. Flistory) 4 years of physical education and health 1 Vi years in the fine and performing arts, including Public Speaking

SUMMER PROGRAMS The Summer Extension Program at the Upper School campus is a six-week session, open to students entering grades 7-12. (Instrum ental music is open to those in grades 4-12.) The program includes courses for academ ic advancem ent, trim ester credit, make-up credit and strengthening, and enrichm ent courses such as Theatre, Dance, M usic and Art W orkshops, Photography, Life Saving, and Typing.

The M KA Tennis Center at the M iddle School campus operates from the first weekend in April through the last weekend in October. Membership is open to M KA fam ilies, alum ni, and members of the com m unity for

educational and recreational use of the eight tennis courts. Tennis clin ics and tournaments are held during the summer.

The Day Camp at the Primary School campus offers opportunities for three groups of campers: Juniors, ages 4 and 5; Intermediates, ages 6 and 7; and Seniors, ages 814. They may enroll for the full eight-week session or for any one-week period. The recreational program includes daily swimming, arts and crafts, and sports such as soc­ cer, archery, basketball, softball, badminton. Campers may also opt for developm ental reading and mathe­ matics courses.

PROGRAM OF STUDIES 1977-1978 Grades 9-12 ENGLISH Com position/Literature I Com position/Literature II Com position/Literature III Advanced Composition/Literature Shakespeare Herman M elville Satire Modern Fiction LANGUAGES Introductory Latin Intermediate Latin Advanced Latin Elem entary French French Composition French Conversation Intermediate French Composition Intermediate French Conversation French Literature/Civilization Advanced French Conversation Advanced French Literature/Civilization Elem entary Spanish Spanish Composition Spanish Conversation Intermediate Spanish Composition Intermediate Spanish Conversation Spanish and Spanish Am erican Literature/ C ivilizatio n Latin Am erican A ffairs Introductory Japanese SOCIAL STUDIES Com parative Political/Econom ic Systems United States History Advanced Placem ent United States History

Topics in European History British Studies Econom ics A frican Studies Asian Studies Political Theory Am erican Legal Systems Am erican Foreign Policy MATHEMATICS Algebra I Plane Geom etry Geom etry Algebra 11 Algebra ll/Trigonom etry Trigonom etry/Analytic Geom etry Trigonometry/Advanced Algebra/ A n alytical Geometry Advanced Placem ent C alcu lu s AB-BC C alculus AB Computer Programming Advanced Computer Programming Probability M atrix Algebra SCIENCE Introduction to Physical Science Biology-Cellular Approach Biology-Ecological Approach Chem istry Studies in Chem istry Project Physics Physical Science Study Com m ittee Physics Advanced Chem istry Advanced Placem ent Biology The Ascent of Man

Current Science Trends: Social Biology Ecology Anatom y and Physiology Geology Astronomy THE ARTS Exploration of Media Contem porary A rt Forms History of Art Drawing and Painting I Creative Painting Sculpture I Sculpture II M echanical Drawing Architectural Drawing Ceram ic Sculpture and Pottery G raphics I G raphics II Art Appreciation Advanced M usic Theory/Harm ony Chorus Instrumental Ensemble M edieval/Renaissance M usic Baroque/Classical M usic Beethoven Rom antic/lm pressionistic M usic M usic of the 20th Century History of Jazz History of the Theatre Fundam entals of Acting I Fundam entals of Acting 11 Public Speaking INDEPENDENT STUDY PROJECTS In all departments

BO ARD O F TR U STEES 1977-1978 Mrs. Lincoln Ames, President Ja m e sT . M ills, Vice President W alter J. Sperling, Jr. M .D ., Vice President Mrs. R. Bruce M cBratney, Secretary James D. Tim m ons, Treasurer Harold B. Abramson Mrs. Frances J. Ames J. Carter Bacot W illibald H. Conzen

Richard W . Day, Principal Mrs. Richard J. Hatzenbuhler Mrs. Raymond F. Healey Frederick L. Redpath U lrich V. Solmssen Mrs. Thomas F. Troxell, Jr. James S. Vandermade Francis A. Wood, M .D.

Associate Trustees Alan Aufzien Burgess N. Ayres, Headmaster, Upper Scho ol Alexander Calder, I I I , Headmaster, M id d le Scho ol Robert D. B. Carlisle Roger T. Cole Joseph A. Courier Mrs. Francine L. DeCotiis, Headmistress, Primary Scho ol W illard W . Dixon Louis A. Dughi

Mrs. W illiam E. Frederick Mrs. Robert G. Greene George R. Harris Mrs. W illard G. Kluge Robert E. Livesey Peter N. Perretti, J r.

Mrs. J. Perry Ruddick Edward J. Schadler Howard A. Van V leck

MA It was nice to have John Seed and his wife here for the '27 football team reunion on Homecoming Day. '32 MA James A. Rogers, M .D ., Agent For news of Jameson Campaigne, please see TKS '34.

Thomas Braine is now with Columbia Military Academy in Tennessee.

Jean Getty Laurence '33 with her three-year o ld granddaughter, Serena Cambridge Laurence. Serena is the great niece of Patricia Laurence Cone '30.

'33 MA William J. Thompson, Jr., Secretary 415 Claremont Avenue, #2 E Montclair, NJ 07042 William J. Thompson, Jr., Agent Jay Reid is Director of Information, In­ ternational Monetary Fund, Washington, D .C ., and lives in Bethesda, Maryland. He and his wife, Virgia, celebrated their 25th anniversary last June. They have five children: Cynthia; Jay, III; James; John; and Joseph. Jim and Jack are at the University of South Carolina.

Henry Doremus is teaching at the University of Vermont. He has been Associate Professor of Pharmacology the last ten years.

Dick Colman is retired and living in Ver­ mont. He sent word that if anyone is in the area, he hopes they'll drop in.

Oliver Wood retired from the Army in 1967, and has kept himself busy teaching. After four years as a math teacher at a local public high school, he switched over to a private college preparatory school, Robert Louis Stevenson, located in Pebble Beach, California, about ten minutes from his house. He enjoys working with young people. Last summer he went to Hong Kong where he had a delightful one month's visit with his son, Chips, and his family. "I particularly enjoyed my two grandchildren, Oliver, age 2 1/2, and Catharine, age 4. Chips is a successful young business executive, the Croup President for the Far East division of GENESCO, a large U.S. co ng lo m erate. . . For recreation I enjoy sailing, especially sailboat racing in the summers, and in the winter I love to ski." Elly and his wife, Sue, are planning to come East in June, 1979, to attend his West Point 40th reunion. "Perhaps I can come to MKA for our 46th!"

Dave Stanley wrote from Virginia that he is working 2/3 or 3/4 of his time as consultant and w riter in pu blic ad m in istration .

"Otherwise I work around my house in the woods, play tennis, and travel. I have 5 grandchildren now — the newest, Sarah Elizabeth Feinberg, born October 3, 1977. The baby's mother, my daughter Betsy, is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in West Virginia. My daughter, Mimi Henrickson, mother of three, is a clinic manager for Group Health Association of Seattle. My son, Dave, teaches at the University of Texas."

We were so sorry to read of the death of Robert Black in January. Mr. Black, a former MA Trustee, was a retired advertising executive and lived in Michigan. Two of his sons — James '60 and Robert '64 — are MA alumni. Our deepest sympathy to them and to all members of the Black family.

'34 TKS Mrs. David Haviland, Secretary (Barbara Spadone) 185 Gates Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 Edie Baker Campaigne and Jamie '32 have deserted us for Encinitas, California. We are very happy to report that they love it and are near sister Connie Campaigne Miller and some of their children. This does not say, however, that we do not miss them very much E - none more so, I think, than Kay Halsey Hutson and I who started with Edie in the first grade at Kimberley.

Lib Gracy Kenny and Bill attended several farewell festivities in Paris last fall on the occasion of Bill's retirement 9 a grand spot to be entertained in, Champagne City!

Terry Bull Sterling and Archer will spend the cold months in Naples, Florida, this year.

Kay Halsey Hutson and Frank got Jean Berry Walton and Hunter to celebrate my birthday with us — a nice spree for my umpteenth.

I have just made twelve beds which our family will occupy here for Christmas week (two sons-in-law and one grandchild, so far).

Jean Berry Walton, Lib Gracy Kenny, and Bess Lipscomb Gregg '37 designed a beautiful alumni "table" for the MKA Parents' Association's winter party. Named "Alumni Tailgating Picnic," the "table" was, in fact, the tailgate of a real station wagon. Parked at the door of the Upper School, it was the first of many lovely settings provided for the guests' enjoym ent. M any thanks for representing the alumni so imaginatively and well!

MA We were so sorry to learn from Bennett E. Tousley, Jr.'s son that Bennett died in October in Pittsburgh. He was a former administrator and overseas licensing manager w ith Westingouse Electric International, and was a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University. Bennett lived with his wife and four children in Chatham, N.J. for many years before his transfer with Westinghouse in 1973.

We send our deepest sympathy to his family.

'35 TKS Mrs. Stewart Carpenter, Secretary (Josephine Fobes) 4 LaSalle Road Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Mrs. Sidney P. Herbert, Agent (Virginia Voorhees) The Alumni Office received a nice note

from Patty Tonnele Wilson: "My first and only grandchild was born March 31, 1977, to David and Frances Lloyd of Bellingham , Washington. Have been lucky enough to see him three times in 1977. Had a nice visit with Elizabeth Higgins Thompson in October at her home in Bridgehampton, Long Island."

MA Don Mulford and his wife were with us for the festivities on Homecoming Day. '36 TKS Mrs. W . K. Schmid, Secretary (Josephine Murray) Mason's Island Mystic, CT 06355 Mrs. H. DeHaven Manley, Agent (Jean Winpenny) Happy news from Jacqueline Isaacs Withington: "Finally we're grandparents — Mary's daughter, Laura Milliman, was born last May! Enjoyed a chat with Dougy Taylor Weir during a California trip last June."

Marguerite Pentlarge Strassburger wrote in November that she and her husband, Beaver '35, are living in Yarmouth Port with her mother. They are enjoying their life on Cape Cod. A nice note from Betty Howe Glaze: "Had a great reunion at Manasquan in August with classmates Elaine Beling Mann, Bet Bell Miller, Jean Winpenny Manley, and Mary Osborne Beam. Hope to see more friends again in 1978!"

MA We are sorry to report that we received word from the Kinnelon, N .J., Post Office last fall that your classmate Bernard McDonald had died. Our deepest sympathy to his family.

'37 TKS Ruth Russell Gray, Esq., Secretary (Ruth Russell) 517 Central Avenue Plainfield, NJ 07060 The fortieth anniversary for the Class of '37 was celebrated with a cocktail party on October 15 at MKA's Middle School campus.

Those who were abl.e to make the reunion were Ginny Kracke Leavitt and Charlie, Bess Lipscomb Gregg and Donald, Bill and Peggy Klotz Young, Frances Montgomery, Margaret Richards Chapman, Betsy Townsend McFadden, Sylvia Caldwell Soper, Betty Pierce Harding, Jane Rinck, and Teppy Holton Sjolander. Following the Homecoming party, they all went to Ginny's home for a com­ munity dinner. We hear it was a great gathering! Betty Harding even stopped by her old homestead to reminisce a bit with its present owners. Margaret Chapman and Betsy McFadden drove up from Washington together for the reunion. Margaret finding a "pad" with Peg Young for the night and Betsy with brother, Dallas '36, and sister-in-law, Lois.Margaret Richards Chapman is all excited about her move from Virginia to Colorado Springs. Her husband has retired, and they look forward to life in the West. She reports son Bruce is leaving New Hampshire for Florida and work, while daughter Cindi is moving into a new apartment in New York City where she is an executive in Bloomingdale's Interior Design Department.

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many where she visited daughter Bonnie and family who live there.

Camie Hyer Van Sant keeps herself busy working in Mountainside Hospital and loving every minute of it. Camie gets to see Ruth Duff Eager several times a week at the hospital where Ruth does a top job as a volunteer. Camie was expecting to be a grandmother for the seventh time in November. Her oldest son and his wife, who live in York, Pennsylvania, have one daughter and were expecting another baby. Hope all went well. Congratulations, Camie! Camie's oldest daughter lives on a farm in Long Valley, N .J., and has three children and lots of farm animals. Camie visited her youngest daughter and two grandchildren who live in Oklahoma last November, and hopes to get back to see them again next September. Her youngest son is unmarried and living in San Diego, California. Somehow, in between visits to her progeny and work at the hospital, Camie manages to raise dogs and to take her three nine-month old Shelties to obedience training school in her spare time.

Peggy Klotz Young enjoyed her summer in Manomet, Massachusetts. Grandchild Susan Robb is gaining by leaps and bounds.

Daughter Margy and Susan spent ten days with Peg in September. In July Peg rejoiced over the birth of a newer grandchild born to son John and wife Jenny Penick Young '67.

John has a new television series on CBS "The Fitzpatricks'®- for the fall season. Have you seen it?

Midge Rile Weigel was scheduled to be in Colorado this fall but her mother has been ill; so Midge's plans have been only tentative.

Midge visited with Peggy Young in Manomet where they did a lot of exploring of the Cape, Plymouth, Duxbury, and Boston museums.

Midge then spent a week with Betty Roberts Williams in Montpelier, Vermont, and together they drove on to Kingston, Ontario, to see Janet Gaylord Newsome.

Barbara Vondermuhll wrote from St. Petersburg, Florida, that she was sorry she couldn't make the reunion. She has been busy with tennis, day trips, and short trips within the state. "Dorothy, her daughter Anne, and her family, came in June for a short visit, so it will be my turn to visit them next. I will be thinking of all of you."

Your Secretary has now completed a portion of the long and tedious task of taking the Florida Bar exam. I am counting the months to hear the final outcome after many long hours and months of preparation.

Meanwhile, I continue to commute back and forth between Florida and New Jersey.

Husband, Carl, was in New Jersey for the Thanksgiving holidays, and I will be going to the land of sunshine to join him for the Christmas holidays.

In November part of our class met for lunch in Montclair. Those able to attend were Teppy Holton Sjolander, Franny Montgomery, Peggy Klotz Young, Ruth Russell Gray, Ruth Duff Eager, and Ginny Kracke Leavitt. Much of our talk centered around the reunion in October as well as the joys and delights of living with retired husbands. Gosh! How time flies!

Do read about Bess Lipscomb Gregg's imaginative contribution to the MKA Parents' Association party in 1934's class notes.

MA Parker Armstrong wrote in the fall, "Jean and I are truly sorry that we cannot attend this

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year's reunion. Have not made one yet but maybe next year." He sent his regards to all.

1978. Our 40th reunion comes up, you know.

The Alumni Office received a nice note from Barbara Bailey Hoey: "Christmas was "spent in Wilton, Connecticut, with son Richard, Nancy, and three-year old grand­ daughter, 'Ellie.' I have just finished two weeks of jury duty in Riverhead and have been enjoying paddle tennis outside this winter. Bernie plays golf on the not too cold days. We expect to go south this winter some time," '39 TKS Mrs. Henry N. Perry, Secretary (Beverly Crane) 43 Gordonhurst Avenue Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Mrs. John Y. G. Walker, Agent (Maryl Riter)

Vice Admiral Parker Armstrong '37 and his wife, lean.

'38 TKS Miss Jane Carpenter, Secretary 11 Norman Road Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 I caught a fast glimpse of Mary Ames Poor when she was in Montclair for a family baptism. She's busy teaching full time and keeping track of her family who are spread all over the country.

Holly Mitchell Kimball reports in her Christmas letter: "1977 found us spending more time in Florida than anywhere else. Did get to Vermont for July and August. Then in September and October we were on a mar­ velous trip. We spent a few days in London seeing old friends and, of course, going to the theater. Then we flew on to Athens and boarded the Royal Viking Sky for a 13-day cruise up into the Black Sea, stopping at Varna (which is in Bulgaria, in case you didn't know, and after all who would?), Odessa, Yalta and Sochi on the 'Russian Riviera'. . . . there is a difference. It was only a taste of Russia, but interesting. . . .The prettiest town was Yalta with a very Russianlooking onion-domed, gold-spired church in its center surrounded by tall dark cypresses, and a steep mountain range as a backdrop.

Then we went to Istanbul and Izmir in Turkey.

Istanbul is lovely from the water with a skyline full of mosques and minarets and dozens of boats of all sizes ferrying back and forth between the two halves of the c it y .. . . Ephesus, sixty miles below Izmir, had everything: Greek ruins, rather complete, Roman ruins, Byzantine elements, the house of Mary, the tomb of St. John, olive groves, barren Biblical looking hills, and a distant sea.

From there we went to Mykonos, full of in­ triguing shops; ’ Patmos, which provided us with one of our most spectacular days; Crete, which was somewhat more interesting in my own imagination; and Rhodes, which I would love to return to and spend some time.

"Now we are back in Florida, going north for probably our last Christmas in Montclair.

We haven't quite figured out how to in­ corporate all the things from Montclair into our little cluster house in Florida."

Your Secretary has the usual round of Montclair and New York activities. Things at the Records Center at the Lutheran Church are shaping up nicely. Women's Club and church keep one hopping as well as bowling and tennis whenever possible. Where did the year 1977 go? Hope to hear from more of you in

lane Wilson Rauch and lanie Emslie M c­ Culloch, classmates o f '39, enjoying a reunion in Bermuda.

Jane Wilson Rauch was in Bermuda last winter and looked up Janie Emslie Mc­ Cullough. She said it was just like old times.

Betty Perry Gleason and Ralph have moved to Sewickley, Pennsylvania. Their daughter Leslie was married to Christopher Frost in Rumson this past fall.

June Carlson Hardie and Allan are living in West Hartford, Connecticut. They have had a busy fall vacationing at the Homestead and later in Florida.

I had a great phone visit with Ginny Taylor Voorhees. She is having all three daughters plus her son for Christmas in Alexandria, Virginia. Ginger is working at the Seattle Art Museum; Susie is working while her husband attends medical school in Chicago; Trina is going to law school in Boston; and John is attending St. Lawrence University. Ginny is teaching remedial reading at the public school and involved in the usual community affairs. John and she are going out to Aspen to ski the end of December. Jackie Osborne Buell, Cornelia Carswell Serota, and Ginny all got together in November.

Carol Christopher Schmitz and Herman had Debby and Jay plus their grandchildren, Amanda and Jay, Jr., visiting from California.

Carol is a member of the Salmagundi Club in New York City. It is the oldest art club in the United States, and she had one of her por­ traits hanging in their summer exhibit.- She is up to her ears in portrait painting. Young Carol '68 had a painting in a four-state show.

Yours truly is headed for California for Christmas to visit my son, Scott, and his wife, Jill. Please bring me up to date with your

news. I would really appreciate it.

The Alumni Office received a call from Muriel Kutcher Monk this winter and it was good to hear about her and her family. Muriel is living in Wareham, Massachusetts. Her son lives on the Cape, is married, and has a daughter, age 3. Her older daughter lives in Wellfleet with her husband and 16-month old son; and her younger daughter, 21, is engaged and plans to be married in May.

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'40 TKS Mrs. Charles V. Cross, Secretary (Barbara Armstrong) 108 Sunset Avenue Verona, NJ 07044 Nancy Kluge Hall was married last summer to John Rumery and is living in Cilbertsville, N.Y. Best wishes, Nancy! Mary Chapman Shearer has come north from Houston, Texas, to live in Pleasantville, N.Y. Nancy Schoonmaker Heidt and Bob en­ joyed a month's trip to the Orient. She reports that Japan and Hong Kong were great, Bangkok was terribly hot, and Bali was beautiful.

Helen Keenan Thatcher's youngest, Billy, was married last summer. June Bausher Burggrafs daughter, Karen, was married a while back and now resides in Florida.

Carolyn Bedell Kennard reports that her children are pretty well settled. She was busy trying to give away some pups when I talked to her. She sees Barb Smith Evans from time to time. Lillian Robertson says she has a lifetime project redecorating her home.

Nancy Taylor Craw is out of portrait painting and into stained glass windows and doors plus architectural bas relief sculpting.

She and Dick, who live in Lavallette now, have bought property and plan to build a home on Barnegat Bay in Mantoloking Shores. They have two grandchildren.

We all know what Frances Johnson Ames does with her spare time at MKA! Alice Greey Mann writes that she and Fred took a six-week trip to England and Scotland last summer, and that they have five won­ derful grandchildren ranging in ages from 9 years to 9 months. Their plantation was hard hit by the drought but they hope for a better season this year.

Marilyn Gates Crandall has recovered from her heart surgery and is able to travel to high altitudes now. They enjoyed a trailer trip through the Sierras. In May she and George visited England, Scotland, and Wales. Barbara Douglas MacMillan and W ally visited her.

They look forward to being grandparents in January. Marilyn also reports that Joan Bayne Williams is studying for her B .A ., and spent all last summer in Maine. Joan has two grandchildren.

Bobby Kluge Deming manages to spend about three months a year in West Hartford, Connecticut, and the rest of the time she is in Lima, Peru, where Bill is in business.

Yours truly managed her first trip to California last summer where daughter, Lyn, coaches gymnastics at San Jose State U. Lyn took me on a royal tour of central California from the Napa wine valley south to the Monterey Peninsula. I hope to make it to Southern California where son, Chuck, resides next time.

A nice note came to the Alumni Office from Josephine Watt Clark: "We now have three grandchildren. The youngest of our six children graduated in June from the Naval

Academy. After six months at Newport, Rhode Island, he will be assigned to a destroyer on the East Coast. I had a good visit with Mary Chapman Shearer last spring."

We learned from Frances Ames the sad news that Mary Miller Clapp's husband Russell recently died.

Frances also reports that Betty Burnham Hinckley is still in the real estate business.

Hugh is retired. Debby is married and living in Chicago, and Carter is in Boston. He has a computer science degree and is with the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. And news of Harriet Palmer Pickens' children: David, a bio-medical engineer is working on his PhD. at Vanderbilt. May, a graduate of Salem College, is living in Winston-Salem. She is back in school, writing her master's thesis in English. John is at Vanderbilt and thinking about medical school; Robert is interested in real estate.

Harriet still visits Schooley's Mountain.

As we were going to press, we learned the sad news that Mrs. Armstrong had died, Our deepest sympathy, Barbie, to you and all your family.

MA We heard from Fred Little recently: "Our eldest daughter, Linda, received her master's in special education at Georgia State and now heads her own special ed department in the Atlanta area in an elementary school .. . Jane, our youngest, is a junior at SMU, majoring in merchandising. After being in Florida by Christmas for the last 17 years, we kept our gift shop open in Londonderry, Vermont, through December. Enjoying a fine 1977 Chrjstmas with both our daughters — a nice white December."

Robert Byrne is an engineer with Link in Binghamton, N.Y.

hoped to be off to New Guinea and the Pacific!

Nancy Thompson Buttfield sent news to all: "We jumped into the exciting world of miniatures four years ago when Don left excavating and started making furniture, and I started doing miniature paintings. We are in shows all up and down the East Coast and into the south and west. However, now that Don has become one of the leading miniature furniture makers in the country, we have cut many of the smaller ones out. Our four children are almost all grown and away.

Scott, 26, works on Wall Street, and Ann, 24, teaches special ed in Point Pleasant. Son, Carey, 20, goes to Brookdale College and daughter, Loren, is 16 and a junior at Rumson Fair Haven High School. She has been a cheerleader since she could walk and danced in every show, just as her sister did. Exciting times for all of us." . Marilyn Rosen Feldman, we learned, has three childrenE- two with advanced degrees.

We are very sorry to report that we learned of the death of Winifred Phillips Sabin last October. And we send our deepest sympathy to Sally Sanders Appenzellar whose father died last spring.

MA Daniel E. Emerson, Agent Arthur Hofmann is with the advertising firm of Cunningham and Walsh, handling the Schlitz account and some ATT work along with yellow pages. He is "running" between NYC, Basking Ridge, and Milwaukee.

David and Anne Reppert Lewis '43 have two children — one at Andover and one at Exeter.

'41 TKS Happy news from Susan O'Gorman Karlin: "We are grandparents for the first time S Alexandra Leigh arrived on November 16.

John retired this summer to return to music full time — a wise and wondrous move!"

MA Roger Etherington was elected Chairman of the Board of Horizon Bancorp in the spring.

He continues as Chairman of American National Bank & Trust.

Our deepest sympathy to Chuck Sanders whose father died last May. Bruce Cornish is working in the Water Department — treating and pumping Missouri River water to the people of Kansas City.

Fritz Von Bergen is still with FMC, chemical group headquarters; and Fred Williamson is running his own store, The Copper Lantern, in Old Greenwich.

'42 TKS Mrs. Robinson V. Smith, Secretary (Joan Trimble) 16 Marshall Terrace Wayland, MA 01778 It was great to celebrate their 35th Reunion with so many members of TKS '42 at Homecoming: Helen Jones Gordon, Jean Jeffers Comery, Virginia Westen Usher, Frances Johnson Furlong, Peggy Krout Taylor, Eleanor Watt Shull, Joan Trimble Smith, Barbara O'Donovan White, Elsie Luddecke Kelsey, Helena Burrill.

Grace Aldrich Andersen wrote that she couldn't be at Homecoming because she

Edwin Etherington Edwin Etherington sent word from Old Lyme, Connecticut, that he couldn't be here for Homecoming but he "joined" us via a photograph for the Bulletin Board.

John and Elsie Luddecke Kelsey '42 write that — between them — they attended MA/TKS for 22 years. "Can anybody beat that?"

'43 TKS Mrs. E. B. Ruffing, Jr., Secretary (Joan Sweeney) 125 Westview Road Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Be sure to read Lucile Mason's report Alumni and Parents' Phon-a-thons appears elsewhere in the magazine. enjoyed being a hostess at this Homecoming.

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MA Albert Soria stopped by MKA in October on his way home to East Greenwich, N.Y. It was

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his first visit since graduation day, and it was fun touring the school with him. Al is Head of Special Services and Director of Quality Assurance at Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute in Rensselaer, N.Y. He and his wife, Freda, have one son, Peter, who js a senior in high school. Al hopes to see many members of the class at the 35th reunion next fall!

J. Randall Gritzan wrote this winter, "Our son, Kenneth, is now attending Grove City College in Pennsylvania. Our daughter, Linda, previo usly graduated from G rove C ity College, and Patricia graduated in 1974 from the College of William and Mary, W illiam ­ sburg, Virginia."

Paul and Susan Ailing Miller's ('45) son, Fred '69, is in Englewood working for the Bergen Record. Sue is working, as she has been for the past five years, as college ad­ missions counselor at the Dana Hall School in Wellesley.

'44 TKS Miss Elizabeth L. Specht, Secretary 26 Montague Place Montclair, NJ 07042 Greetings to each and every one! Before the next issue of the NEWS I hope to reach those I missed this time. Finding a few more of you by telephone, thanks to Ma Bell, and catching up after all these years has been enormous fun. As one of you said, "Those Kimberley years were something special!"

Mary Powell Smythe Coley is a pediatrician and consultant at Hartford Child Health Clinic, rehabilitating children with cerebral palsy and learning difficulties. Husband Geoff is a general surgeon at Hartford Hospital.

Oldest son Chris, a senior at Yale, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; Susan, is a junior at Wheaton; Peter, in 9th grade at LoomisChaffee, is at home. Smitty says call and stop by if near Hartford.

Betty Deyo Garner reports a busy life in Attleboro. Her daughter is doing family counseling in California; oldest son teaching at St. Mark's; next son is at Kenyon College; and 14-year old son is at Providence Country Day. Betty and Steve love their vacation home in Orleans on the Cape, get into Boston and Providence, but rarely N.Y.-way. Betty says her father passed on a few years ago and her motheryis re-married and now lives happily in Philadelphia. Connie Soverel Van Voast is doing some scouting around to find a Florida vacation spot for the Garners.

Louise Powell Hall reports that husband Gordon commutes two hours each way to his NYC law firm, but they just love living way out on Long Island near Smithtown. Punky, ever active as a trustee of the burgeoning Stony Brook Museum, contemplates going back into full time teaching. Son Fred graduated from Bard and is in advertising; Stuart, a junior at Marietta; Winthrop is between things; Bruce, a junior at Hamilton; and his twin, Lisa, a junior at Colby, is taking this year at University of Wales.

Jean Semple Rollason a year ago moved from Connecticut to Oregon. Those of us at TKS in grades 7 - 9 will remember Jean, her pep and activity. And she still bubbles.

Leaving TKS to finish at Northfield, she went on to Vassar, married while there to be Vassar's first married student, but then transferred to finish at Middlebury where her husband could also be enrolled. Husband David is now general sales manager for Georgia Pacific in Portland. Son David, 26, i |

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married and lives in New Mexico; Louise, married, lives in Los Angeles; Amy, graduated from Brown, is at University of Virginia Law School. Jean is a potter and jeweler, specializing in enameling. She plays lots of tennis, and is also a teacher's aide.

Connie Soverel Van Voast lost her husband in April, 1974. She has been active with her ever-enlarging family of three (soon to be four) grandchildren. Son Zachary has two girls and lives in New Orleans; Steve, in West Palm Beach, is "expecting"; Cynthia and dental student husband have one child and live in Tennessee. Connie helped her brother, Bill, in his business for a while (N.Y. TIMES did a story on his fine boat design business a few years ago) and now does some buying for a linen and bath shop. The latter occasionally sends her to NYC, where she and Helen Emery Moller had a get together last April. Connie promises an advance post card next time she comes north. Let's have a reunion for those who can make it!

Thirty-plus years out, we've ended up coast to coast. Challenges? M'gosh, yes! But those Kimberley years have helped us to grow through the trials. We've not done too badly at that. More news next time, Specky.

Your Secretary is too modest to report to you that she was one of two local citizens to be recognized in the Fall by the Montclair Board of Realtors for "constructive con­ tribution to our community and for making Montclair a better place to live." Specky was cited for her work in rehabilitating old houses.

Congratulations, Specky, you have done and are doing a marvelous job for our community and its citizens.

MA Arthur B. Harris, Agent Brent Girdler is in the freight car repair world, and he collects antique cars. His wife, Gaye, is English and the Girdlers frequently vacation in England.

'45 TKS Mrs. Roger Kenvin, Secretary (Verna Rudd Trimble) 3518 South Wakefield Street Arlington, VA 22206 Anne Feagley Wittels sent news for the "small world" department: "When my sister, Sheila Feagley James '43, was here in California for a visit from Honolulu in August, we met Peggy Pope '47 at the home of a mutual friend §& |and only through coin­ cidences, that in fiction would be unac­ ceptable, did we come to recognize each other."

Your Secretary writes that her only news is from Judy Shearer Turnbull. Judy's daughter, Debbie, has re-married. She is now Mrs. David Mainhart and is living in Houlton, Maine, where it was minus 26 the other day!

For news of Susan Ailing Miller, please see MA '43 notes.

MA William B. Grant, Agent '46 TKS Mrs. N, Young DuHamel, Jr., Secretary (Constance Ritchie) 25 Erwin Park Road Montclair, NJ 07042 Joan Denney Carlisle and Rob joined us for Homecoming, and Joan had a busy fall as editor of the new alumni publication, UP­

DATE. Their son, Gordon '69, was married this winter.

MA Good news from William Brown in November: "Have written the book for a new musical, called 'A Broadway Musical,' due to go into rehearsal in April. Charles Strouse and Lee Adams have written the score. Also am head writer on 'The Only World in Town,' a black fo llie s-typ e review starring Cab Calloway and Judith Jamison. Opens this spring."

'47 TKS Word from Barbara Nash Hanson is, "We moved in August. Sold our 'too-big' house and now are renting while we decide where to go next. Meanwhile, we have a spectacular view of San Francisco Bay and are enjoying that."

Barbara's daughter, Lynn Sullivan (23) graduated from Boston College and is working in Boston. Jeff (21) is attending Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire.

Susan Harrison Seel and "Leo" in Aspen, Colorado Sue Harrison Seel sent best wishes to all her classmates. "Living the good country life in Colorado: 5 horses, 2 dogs, and a cat!

Daughter, Cristie, is training horses in Boulder, Colorado; son, Gregg, and wife, Wendy, in Newton, N .J., with darling grandson (3) and grandaughter (1)1 Son, Mark, in England working on thesis for PhD., teaches at B.U . Wish I could see you all!"

Louise Rudd Hannegan wrote this winter, "Not teaching pre-school any longer. Busy at home supervising maintenance work on the house. Continue active in Concord Players — at present in 'The Importance of Being Ear­ nest.' Dave now V .P . of marketing in Optical Division of Itek. 23-year old Dave graduated from Union in June. Garret is a freshman at Kenyon. Sister, Nancy Rudd Wahlberg '46, living only six miles away in Bedford, Massachusetts. Great to have her so close."

Our deepest sympathy to Jay Smith Hague on the death, of her father.

MA Andy Davlin wrote this winter, "Have successfully progressed (some might say 'regressed') from being a security analyst, specializing in the motor carrier industry, to an investment banker in the same industry, to a major owner and operator of two motor carrier (trucking) companies on the West Coast."

It was good to have Robert Rafner and Alan

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'48 TKS Mrs. A. Stanley Miller, Jr., Secretary (Frances Lane) 729 S. W. Bayberry Terrace Boca Raton, FL 33432 Mrs. Virginia Aspdin, Agent (Virginia Hall) .

Fran Lane Miller '48 and Stan '47 enjoy a visit to the Duke University Chapel with children Ley (72), Leisha (17), Sky (9), and Mark (8).

Your Secretary wrote that she and Stan '47 and the children had just returned from a tenday trip through the South visiting colleges.

They rented a 30-foot Winnebago and had a marvelous time. They especially enjoyed the beautiful old Gothic buildings of Duke University and the 15-acre formal and in­ formal Sarah P. Duke Gardens and 35 acres of southern pine forest. They all loved the charm of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and their favorite visit was to Furman University, near Greenville, South Carolina, in the scenic Carolina foothills. In Georgia, they spent an interesting time at Clemson.

They loved the hilly campus and the coun­ tryside blanketed with fall colors and Clemson's tiny college town, down in the valley — and then Emory located on the steep hillsides of busy, bustling, modern Atlanta.

This was a trip they would love to continue — a fun and very educational way to travel together.

MA Richard Macksey is a professor at Johns Hopkins University. They've just launched a new B.A.-M .D. program that will open next fall. Dick did the Phi Beta Kappa Lecture at Goucher in November, "Higher Education or Education for Hire," and also some lectures at the Medical School and Baltimore Museum of Art (on film ). The Mackseys' son is a student at Gilman.

'49 TKS Mrs. T. R. Cutting, Secretary (Sally Smith) 24 Inwood Road Essex Fells, NJ 07021 Mrs. Franklin Saul, Agent (Elayne Robinson) The Class of '49 takes great pride in an­ nouncing the birth of its first known grand­

child who, in deference to his parents and grandparents, we have decided to name Scott Steven Wilson. Now, if any of you "Silent Sams" out there are able to present a challenge, let us know and maybe Gretchen and Bob would be willing to share this auspicious honor with you!

As for the rest of us, the following tidbits I have been able to glean by both overt and covert means: Elayne Robinson Saul's son, Rob, is a sophomore at Roanoke College. Nancy Klaas Pape's son, Todd, and Joan Duffy Murray's Morgan are freshmen at St. Lawrence. Joan Newell Sanford's son, Bucky, graduated from Michigan State and is teaching in Costa Rica; Patty is working in Williamsburg, Virginia; Beth is off to study in Denmark this winter; Dick is at Kent; and Tom is keeping the action going at home.

Anne Fairchild Jeffery's Wendy is at Smith (that follows) and Jill is at Kent (that's fun — wonder if the "twain" have met?).

Joan Toner Koehler's daughter, Kim, is a sophomore at Bucknell studying business and finance (chip off the old lady's block — she's very involved in running a program at Babson) and Kris, about 10th grade at Dana Hall.

June Costikyan Cronin's son, Peter, is presently at Vassar with plans to transfer this winter; Priscilla is working in New York, and Phillip and Clark are home with Mom. Nancy Eavenson Drukker's son, Sandy, graduates this year from Boston University; Scot is totally involved in the newspaper­ advertising world and magic business; and Chris is at home.

1 had a fun talk with Mary Ann Nebergal Bliss who's working at their local high school while daughter, Susan, matriculates at Mary Washington in Virginia. Ellen is a working gal and Sara and Crit are keeping the home fires burning.

Jerrie Reilly Brown still sports her 16-inch waistline and has passed same down to Patti and Carolyn who are making giant strides with the Joffrey and Ballet Repertory Companies, respectively. Buddy is out of the Coast Guard and attending the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Andrew is at home keeping the ice box empty.

At least three of Ann Rowland Howard's four girls have opted for the East. Debbie, a graduate of Colby-Sawyer, is attending the University of New Hampshire; Joanne is a sophomore at Wheaton (shades of Mom), and Liz is off next year with her first choice being Middlebury. Barb has a few more years minding the store.

Mary Dickson Legge's two oldest daughters are at Texas Tech, Ellen a junior and Karen a freshman. Erie is a senior in high school and Nancy bringing up the rear. Sure wish Mary would slip into town a bit more noisily!

And that goes for Skip Redfield Brooks, too, who was back in the States (hometown Brussels) for Christmas. Son, Don, graduated from Alfred University in June and is working for Krafts and living in Beverly, New Jersey.

John will graduate from Hobart this June.

I understand Jane Lockwood Scovil is raising and showing horses in Florida, Ruthie Lieder is thriving in Sun Valley, and, as for the rest of you, if you'd like to see your and/or your offsprings' names in print, all you have to do is whistle!

The Alumni Office was sorry to learn that four of your classmates lost their fathers this year. Our deepest sympathy to June Cronin, Ruth Lieder, Ann Howard, and Sally Cutting.

A mini-reunion in the fall brought these '49ers together: back row, left to right, June Costikyan Cronin, Nancy Klaas Pape, loan Duffy Murray, Nancy Eavenson Drukker; and front row, Sally Smith Cutting, jerrie Reilly Brown, and loan Newell Sanford.

MA Richard M. Drysdale, Agent Gordon Bruce, who we reported last June "hoped to make Homecoming," did, indeed, fly in from California! Now we hope to see Gordon and many of you here for your 30th next Homecoming!

'50 TKS Mrs. W . G. Tull, Jr., Secretary (Sue Davis) 7907 G reentree Road Bethesda, MD 20014 Mrs. Clifford S. Evans, Jr., Agent (Mary Anne Treene) MA Rudolph H. Deetjen, Jr., Secretary Northgate Road Mendham, NJ 07945 Jack Wallace and Roseann and Roland Emetaz and Jan were at MKA for Homecoming this fall. The Wallaces have two young MKA-ers: David in eleventh grade and Joanne in ninth.

Roland and Jan live in Oregon with their daughter, Annette (4), and were expecting to be joined by another Emetaz at Christmas time. Middle School students enjoyed a talk

by Roland on "Avalanches" during his visit to Montclair. He is a Winter Recreation Specialist with the U.S. Forest Service. Sister Lila Emetaz McDonald '56 lives nearby in Eugene, Oregon.

'51 TKS Mrs. Eric W . Stroh, Secretary (Gail Robertson) 350 Provencal Road Crosse Point Farms, Ml 48236 Linda Herbert wrote from California, "I bought a three-bedroom townhouse last November. I am really enjoying being away from the congestion of Disneyland, yet close enough to be 15 minutes away. I'm now in a nice neighborhood beneath the surrounding hills."

Our deepest sympathy to Betsy Smith Berquist on the death of her father.

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Lieder's father. Our deepest sympathy to him and to his family '52 TKS Mrs. Edward C. Fawcett, Secretary (Fay Taft) 9 Cordon Place Montclair, NJ 07042 Mrs. David L. Kerr, Agent (Gail Tomec) I am very sad to report that Anne Cook Durey's husband, Forbes, died of a heart attack last July. Anne and her two young boys continue to live in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Our love and sympathy to you, Anne.

During the MKA Phon-a-thon in November, I had the golden opportunity of calling some long lost classmates. Steady Ailing Holt was not at home, but one of her two daughters told me Steady is a psychiatrist. Her girls are now aged 12 and 14 and they all live in Wheaton, Illinois.

Phyllis Lockwood Hull lives in Rockville, Maryland, and has been teaching grade school for the past ten years. The Hulls' three children include two boys aged 18 and 14 and a girl, Debbie, 17.

Susan Dear Ross lives in Princeton and plays a lot of paddle for their Club team. A daughter, Susie, 23, just graduated from Skidmore and lives in Marblehead. Another daughter, 21, goes to school in Boston. Lee, an 18-year old son, is a senior at Proctor Academy, and another son, 15, is still at home.

Daphne Driver McGill lives in Simsbury, Connecticut, and plays tennis despite tennis elbow. The McGills are looking at colleges now for their 18-year old son. Three other children include two girls, 16 and 13, and a boy, 11.

Betty Hamlip Hill does the office work for her husband who restores antiques in a studio on their property in Unionville, Pennsylvania.

Nancy Booth Kelly writes from Nassau, Bahamas, that she is still plugging away on her master's degree and is nearing completion of the courses and tests needed to become an accredited National Council Flower Show judge. She also sells jewelry for Traveling Trinkets. The Kellys'two oldest sons, Andrew, 12 1/2, and Greg, 10 1/2, both attend The Rectory School in Pomfret, Connecticut, while Scott, 8, lives at home.

After coming to Nantucket to visit us Fawcetts last July, Jane Redfield Forsberg and family flew out to Denver, rented a camper, and toured the West. They said it was a great way to travel.

There was a small (very) group of '52-ers attending our 25th reunion this past Homecoming at MKA — Gail Tomec Kerr, who.chaired the event, Susan Sanders, Carol Humphrey White, myself, and Skipper Gilbert Moran up from Baltimore. Skipper thought her 20-year old daughter, Whitney, was the oldest of our "children," but I found out Susan Dear Ross's 23-year old had her beat.

Heavens, I feel positively young with my 8 and 10-year old daughters (until about 6 o'clock every night when I don't feel so young anymore).

The Alumni Office heard from Jean Fairgrieve Granum in November that her husband, Brad, had retired from the Navy as a Captain and is now Director of Development at the Landon School for Boys. The Granums' identical twin sons are in the fifth grade at Landon.

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MA Joseph L. Bograd, Agent Joseph Solimine is teaching English literature at Youngstown State and living on a 95-acre farm in Lisbon, Ohio.

'53 TKS Mrs. Thomas Burgin, Secretary (Lolly Penick) 328 Fairway Road Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Mrs. John Seymour, Agent (Carol Snow) Jaquelin Ambler Cusick sent word to the Alumni Office from Washington, D.C. in June, "My husband, Ralph, and I have just come back from a 20th wedding anniversary trip to Bermuda. We are now planning a sixweek trip (motoring) to England and Central Europe with our family of three boys. Our oldest son Chip has just graduated from the Pomfret School in Connecticut and will at­ tend the University of Maryland. I see Peggy Jones Steuart '50 and Sheila Brown Lindveit quite often."

MA Peter A Cockshaw, Secretary P.O. Box 427 Newtown Square, PA 19073 David J. Connolly, Jr., Agent I hope you've made a New Year's resolution to get together at our class reunion!

I've been talking to Dave Connolly, John Wade, and others from the "East Coast Delegation" and all wax enthusiastic about such an affair. And from the West Coast, Phil Fradkin says he might fly in from California!

By the time you read this, we will have sent you a note to find out how many plan to attend.

Meanwhile, I continue to get good news from classmates in scattered places. Old buddy Fred Porter gave up the snow and ice in New Jersey for Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Fred, wife Arline, nine-year-old "blonde kno cko ut" Linda (good looks inherited from mother, I'm certain!), Golden Retriever and three cats have settled into a small oceanfront community where the "swimming is great." Arline teaches fourth grade while Fred covers a large territory as Fire Protection Engineer. He continues to be very active in community affairs supervising life saving and fire fighting courses, working with Boy Scouts, P .T .A ., and various law enforcement associations. Unless some of our classmates have "calmed down" considerably from MA days, we might need Fred's life saving talents at our get together!

Some 3,000 miles away, Joe Jehl is leading a rewarding life in San Diego. After getting a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Michigan, Joe headed west and worked for ten years as curator in San Diego's Natural History Museum. He left the museum recently and is now doing biological consulting as well as a little writing, editing, and photography.

Better watch it, Joe, we might stick you with writing this column!

Once again, please let us hear from you about the planned reunion. If you have misplaced the letter Dave Connolly sent you, drop a note letting us know if you can attend.

Details as to date, time and place will follow. Look forward to seeing you at our big 25th!

Word came to the Alumni Office that Howard Beilin has been appointed clinical

Assistant Professor of Surgery (plastic) at N.Y. Medical College. In June Howard was on the ABC Thursday Night Special with Geraldo Rivera. The show was called "The American Search for Youth and Beauty" and had a 6 1/2 million audience nationally.

Philip Smith's daughter, Joan, is a freshman at Princeton.

Our deepest sympathy to Peters Lindsay on the death of his mother.

'54 TKS Miss Georgia Carrington, Secretary 705 Country Village Drive, Apt. 1A Bel Air, MD 21014 After my first few efforts at coaxing news out of you ladies, I reached a real slump this fall, and I apologize. In addition, I promise to do better in the spring, provided you all answer my pleas for news.

My major news is that I had a wonderful visit with Lee Wood Audbuy, her husband, Patrick, and two lively red-headed children.

The Audbuys were here for about three weeks, most of which time was spent in old Lyme, Connecticut, and out West with Lee's sister, Nancy. Lee has the same vitality, energy, and enthusiasm that she always had.

She is still teaching at the University and somehow finding time to play tennis, ski, swim, and raise her children. It is quite a challenge to keep up with Leslie (5) and Thomas (3) H I think the ages are right — so Lee is still very thin. She has become very interested in ecology and wanted to take home (France) some recycling information.

Dawn Ramhurst and her husband and children met the Audbuys in Minnesota, so Lee had several reunions during her stay.

It's rather impressive to have one of our classmates the President of the Board, but I must say it makes me feel ancient. At least we hear news of Aubin with every magazine.

I'm still teaching English, playing tennis, platform tennis, and squash, and commuting to Philadelphia on weekends. Please send me some news for the next issue. Do it now, and I won't bother you again. Expect to hear all of you are headed for 20th College Reunions this spring, so we can save next year for the 25th at MKA! Leslie Bunce, Lynn Towner Dodd, and Aubin Zabriskie Ames were at MKA for Homecoming '77 and Fluffy Ferguson Morse sent a note for the Bulletin Board: "Miss you all. Feels funny not to be there after so many years, but I'll be at Parents' Day at Ithaca College. Carolyn, now almost 19, is there.

Wendy has one more year in high school so we are now looking for a college for her. We continue to love living in the Boston area. . . ."

MA Donald Karp, Secretary 18 Shawnee Road Short Hills, NJ 07078 Your Secretary received letters from three classmates: Peter Grimm has been living in Fort Lauderdale for about twelve years, and has been in the boat business since he left Brown. He's one of the owners of United Yacht Brokers, Inc. Pete's daughter, Karyn, entered Brown this fall, after graduating valedictorian from her high school. She is berthed in Olney House, just a few doors down from where Pete used to live at the Deke House. Karyn is embarking at present on a medical career.

Hobart Van Deusen and Nancy Vaughan were married last summer. Hoby is a vice president and head of Chemical Bank's estate administration department, and Nancy is an assistant trust officer with the bank. Hoby has three children — a 10-year old son, and two daughters, 18 and 16. The oldest is a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania. .Stuart Lasher, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, joined Montclair Academy's faculty for a year, teaching English and mathematics and coaching soccer. Stuart then entered seminary and received his M.A. and ordination as a Reform Rabbi. He has served congregations in New York; London, England; Melbourne, Australia; and is now in California. "I 'rabbi' and teach at the same time. By day, I work for the Los Angeles City Schools. I teach chemistry and physics (shades of Mr. Miller!) and am Chairman of the Science Department in my high school.

By night and on weekends, I 'rabbi' in a small congregation in suburban Los Angeles (ap­ proximately 120 families). I really enjoy the best of both worlds."

Stuart and his wife, Yvonne, have three daughters. Nicole (12) and Danielle (10) were both born in Australia, and Jacqueline (8) was born in Hollywood. Yvonne also works for the L.A. City Schools. She teaches French and is Chairman of her Foreign Languages Depart­ ment.

'55 TKS Mrs. George Buermann, Secretary (Mary Gail Smith) 21 Arden Lane Essex Fells, NJ 07021 MA Oscar A. Mockridge, III, Agent Robert Brawer is a marketing executive in New York City. He has two boys, aged 11 and 8 1/ 2 .

Carleton Dallery is teaching philosophy at Stoneybrook.

'56 TKS Mrs. Lawther O. Smith, Secretary (Linda Lovell) 30 Water Crest Drive Doylestown, PA 18901 MA John W. Clapp, Agent '57 TKS Mrs. Wichard van Heuven, Secretary (Connie Hay) Westmeadows Slingerlands, NY 12159 Mrs. A. Hager Bryant, III, Agent (Joan Wallace) Our 20th reunion in October brought together many old friends and fond memories of years together at TKS. How we wish you all could have been there, but many thanks to those of you who sent notes and photos to share with us.

Joining together first at a reception at the school, were Von Nary Houston and Forry from Boston, Jean Bonnell Goodrich and Tim from Vermont, Georgia Sherman Glick from Lexington, Martie Beery Moore from Alexandria, Connie Hay Van Heuven and Wick from Albany, Sally Dennison Mackay and Bill from Newport, and Joan Wallace Bryant and Hager. We were given a tour of the school and few could believe the changes.

Upon visiting Mrs. Dawson's old English classroom S now an office — Jeanie Goodrich quipped, "This is the room where Lynne was always right and I was always wrong!" Anyone in that senior English class will never forget those heady battles!

We moved on to the Bryants' for dinner and were joined by Martha McKenzie Hug and Charlie who live in Short Hills, Drika Agnew Purves and Alec, now in New Haven, and Linda Baldanzi, who manages a family business locally. Letters from Joanne Rowland Osgood, Joan Keller McFarland, Penny Gray Plume, Nina Carter Lynch, Marilyn Leet Ray and Lynne Kenny Scott were read and enjoyed by all. It was interesting to learn how many 57'ers are working full time, part time or going to school. The jobs are varied and span from teaching, office management, social work to sales.

We finally tracked down Judith Goldfarb Youngwood who lives in NYC and is an officer at 1st National Citibank, and Thelma Miller who teaches school in Florida and coaches a winning swim team!

It was a delightful reunion; the years have been kind to all of us. Looking forward to our 25th and the return of more 1957'ers!

Lea Fitzhugh Welch '59 and husband, Elvin, at their wedding reception. the offing?

Karen Shaver Wesley moved outside of Albany last year. She has a daughter and two sons (who play hockey five days a week!).

MA Harold Cohen sent word that he was sorry to have missed Homecoming, but looks forward to celebrating the 25th reunion five years hence.

It was good to see Joe Courter and his wife at the alumni get together.

'58 TKS Mrs. Reginald Leeby, Secretary (Anne McCormick) 7879 Broadfield Road Manlius, NY 03104 We heard from Linda Michele Bragg in June: "We are now in Frankfurt, Germany, with Elisabeth (8), Andrew (6), Jason (4), David (2), and Timothy (4 months). We love it!"

MA Robert R. Haney, Secretary Department of Psychology Georgia Southern College Statesboro, GA 30458 Franklin M. Sachs, Agent '59 TKS Mrs. Robert P. Sumas, Secretary (Deana Rogers) 44 Maple Drive North Caldwell, NJ 07006 Mrs. Robert P. Sumas, Agent Your Secretary sent news that her husband brought home a 27' Winnebago on their son's birthday in June. "The Winnie was for all of us, needless to say." Their shakedown trip was to visit daughter, Tami, at camp and then the entire family — dog, too — had a marvelous 17-day camping trip in New England. Deana is working part time doing product movement surveys.

Lea Fitzhugh and Elvin Welch were married last May in California. Lea teaches at the Chadwell School in Rancho Palos Verdes, and Elvin is an engineer with Hughes Aircraft. An alumnus of the University of Texas, he received his master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Betsy Marshall Hood's Ph.D. dissertation is on 17th century English literature. A book in

loan McConnell Mammarella Your Secretary had a good visit with Joan McConnell Mammarella this summer. Joan then sent us a newsy letter for the Homecoming Bulletin Board: "I have been living in Florence for the last eight years. I moved over after completing my Ph.D. at Columbia University in Romance Philology (even in Italy there are not many philologists!) and after my marriage to Dr. Giuseppe Mammarella (professor of political science and a politician in Ita ly !).. . I am currently chairman of the Italian Studies program at the Stanford University campus in Florence. It's a wonderfully challenging job . . . In addition to teaching, I have done a lot of writing — two scholarly books plus several articles. Last year I decided to do a readable book that combined my early interest in ballet (after all those years of professional training at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet in NYC) and linguistics. The result is a book called Ballet as Body Language (Joan Mc­ Connell — published by Harper and Row ). . . . The book grew out of a series of lecture demonstrations that I have presented both in the USA and Europe on the theory and technique of ballet. I do the lecturing, while my sister, Teena '63 (a professional ballerina) does the dancing. This October we have been invited to do the lecture demonstrations in London, Paris, Frankfurt, and in Italy . . . I hope that classmates and MKA friends will call me when they come to Florence." Joan generously contributed a copy of her delightful book to the MKA library, and she and Teena are coming to school on March 29 to perform for our students!

MA Tony Beard has joined Merrill Lynch, In­ ternational Bank, L td .® in London, England — as Associate Director.

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Pharm acist Michael Baker operates Stanton's Drugs in Little Falls, N.J. His two children are David, 5, and Samantha, 1.

Michael hopes all classmates will be together for the 20th reunion in 1979.

James Courter was at MKA for this year's Homecoming along with brother, Joe '57, who was celebrating his 20th.

'60 TKS Mrs. Carroll Tiernan, Secretary Box 295, RFD Westmoreland, NH 03467 Alison Kern wrote this winter, "I'm working for the international division of the U.S. General Accounting Office. Presently I am auditing various development assistance programs of the Agency for International Development. Audits have taken me to the Sahelian states of M ali, Upper Volta, and Senegal in the past year."

MA E. Hawley Van Wyck, III, Secretary 1108 North Ohio Street Arlington, VA 22205 E. Hawley Van W yck, III, Agent Phil Leone stopped by the Alumni Office in October. He is Assistant Professor of pathology at the St. Louis University Medical Center. Phil and his wife live in St. Louis with their two children — Seth, 3, and Abigail, 1 1/ 2 .

Marc Kirschner became a partner in the N.Y: law firm Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, in January. Marc was with us at Homecoming and had a busy fall as the MKA Alumni Association's Vice President for Annual Giving.

Bill Weber just started a new practice in his specialty of ear, nose, and throat. He has three boys, ages 7 1/2, 3, and 2.

John Franz is a urologist and lives in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Our sympathy to James Black on the death of his father.

Work (Director — San Jacinto Council), and church work (you name it — I've filled the position!) keep me busy." Chris was looking forward to a vacation in the Virgin Islands in late September. "I love Houston. . . and hope any of you who have occasion to be down this way will look me up. I get back once a year to Essex Fells to visit my family at Christmas. I am also a homeowner which is shared with my 2 cats, Blackstone and Sasha 9 monster tabbies who do their best to eat me out of said house and home. . . .am also involved in a couple of committees at Rice, my un­ dergraduate alma mater, along with some duties in their annual fund drive. . . Wish I could be 'reuning' with you. I have so many fond memories of Kimberley days."

It was nice to have Marylee Walker Lewis here on Homecoming Day.

Mrs. William J. Wood, Agent (Susan Pettingill) We heard from Sarah Wells Robertson in November. "Just completed Ph.D. disser­ tation on 'Marguerite Gerard 1761-1837' at NYU Institute of Fine Arts — degree to be awarded in February! Giving talk (in French!

Mme. Bohn would be proud) on December 3 in Paris before the Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français at the Ecole du Louvre."

Sally generously contributed a copy of "Women Artists 1550-1950" to MKA's library.

The book was written by Ann Sutherland Harris and Linda Nochlin and published by Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y. 1977. The authors "turned to three scholars for special help with three artists." Sally, as one of the three, wrote the biography and catalog entries for Marguerite Gerard.

MA Robert T. Root, Agent David Bruck sent news for the Homecoming Bulletin Board: "I am a prac­ ticing attorney and a partner in the firm of Greenbaum, Greenbaum, Rowe & Smith. I live with my wife, Krysia, in West End, N .J., overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. I look for­ ward to hearing from any of my old classmates."

John Lowy is also a practicing attorney, and is a partner in the Newark firm of Lowy and Levine.

Alan Tessler is a neurologist at the Philadelphia V .A . Hospital and various medical schools. He has a daughter, Manya.

Richard Turer was recently married to Coleene Cooke from Santa Barbara, California. She is in her last year of medical school, and Richard is an attorney with the U .S . Patent and Tradem ark O ffic e , Washington, D.C.

MA Thomas Alpren is finishing his opthamology fellowship, and is looking forward to starting his practice.

'62 TKS Mrs. Thomas Pohl, Secretary (Carol Vincelette) 1016 South 16th Street Blue Springs, MO 64015 Mrs. Alexander A. Anastasiou, Agent (Denise Farandatos) Barbara Bywater Creed became a partner in the law firm of Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro in January 1977.

Barbara lives in Hillsborough, California.

'61 TKS M isajudith Poor, Secretary 96 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 I received a note from Sarah Mahler Henderson, which announced her change of address. She wrote: "Boughta house on 2'A acres in the woods. The dogs and kids (Taylor MA 10, Anne 7) love the room to run around. Ferg Rowland Johnson has a clothing business in is stationed at Hanscom AFB doing Vermont, operating in four cities. Rowland procurement law. Should be on the East coast and his wife, Jann, have been married for five for a few years and hope to get down to NJ." years.

Sue Faulkner DeDecker, along with Bill and Dr. John Farrar is with the National Institute Kim (8 in December) are thrilled to have a of Health, and Bruce Guernsey is currently new addition to the family. Lauren was born finishing his doctorate.

October 20, 1977.

Richard Rosenblum became Director of the August was the highlight of my year. I spent West New York Public Library, N .J., this nearly a month in Colorado, visiting sisters January. West New York is a city of 42,000 Sally Poor Owen '65, and Joan Poor Clarke people with one of the larger public libraries '66. Sally's Scott was almost 4, a very active in the Bergen-Hudson County area. Richard youngster. Joan's Nathan, then just 1 year old, was formerly Director of the Roselle Park was on the verge of walking. Still crawling Public Library. most of the time, he was a delight to his aunt.

It was good to see Michael Noone and Morgan Ross Poor, son of brother Tom and Barry Nazarian at the alumni get together on his wife Nancy, born July 11, 1977, was Homecoming Day. baptised here at the First Congregational Church. This occasioned another happy '63 TKS family gathering.

Mrs. John K. Nash, Secretary Chris K e lle rE e n t a nice letter for the Homecoming Bulletin Board: "Hi everyone! ■Christine Kuzmick) 784 D Laurel Walk My job (Assistant General Counsel — Great Goleta, CA 93107 Southern Life Insurance Company), Girl Scout

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'64 TKS Mrs. James G. Ward, Secretary (Carolyn Wilson) 625 B Oregon City Street Jacksonville, FL 32227 Sherry Newcomb Achenbach wrote from Belgium: "We have lived in Brussels for one year now and expect to remain 3 or 4 more.

Annis and Peter speak fluent French and enjoy the exposure to new sights. We all go horseback riding often and ski in Switzerland in the winter. I came home for vacation early to attend Kathy Shultz's beautiful wedding in New York in June. Would love to see any classmates passing through Brussels."

MA Roy T. Van Vleck, Agent Our deepest sympathy to Robert Black on the death of his father.

'65 TKS Mrs. B. R. Madsen, Secretary (Betsy Ridge) Box 415 Essex, MA 01929 Mrs. George W. Calver, Agent (Susan DeBevoise) Congratulations to Marilyn Schultz Blackwell whose second son, William Scott Blackwell, was born in August.

Sari Combos McLaughlin and Bonnie Frutchey Barrett were at M KA for Homecoming Day festivities with their husbands.

For news of Sally Poor Owen please see TKS '61 notes.

MA H. Holt Apgar, Jr., Agent Dr. Francis Schiffer, III, is an astro-physicist working with NASA — formerly on space shuttle programs. On October 1, he became resident astronomer at the Goddard Space Center in Maryland.

'66 TKS Mrs. Johan M. Andersen, III, Secretary (Alina Seborowski) 64 Rachelle Avenue Stamford, CT 06905 Miss Paula Pryde, Agent It was great to see your Secretary and Johan

at- Homecoming. She then sent us the following news: Susan Guterman Roche and husband, Tom, moved into a new home this spring in Freehold. As if she didn't have enough to do raising three young sons (Matthew, age 5, Christopher, 3, and Andrew, born August 21, 1977),- Susan works 2 days a week for her dad. She says the commute to Fair Lawn is a hassle, but enjoys it nonetheless. She also hopes to begin taking some evening college courses in the spring.

Francine Onorati Crawford is somehow surviving the plaster dust and problems of renovating a Boston town house, and can even sound happy about it! Francine is also pursuing her LLM in taxation.

I began working full time for a local newspaper in May in the advertising department. I enjoy it very much, but find coming home to baby and household an exhausting prospect. At fifteen months, my son John is as unpredictable and engaging as ever, so there is never a dull moment. My husband, Johan, is doing well and enjoying his new career with Northwestern Mutual Life.

Please do write with news and send in photos of you and your family. Best wishes for the New Year from the Andersen family.

News from Judy Poor '61 is that Cynthia Thomas is having fantastic success with making silk screen note cards. Having first started creating a variety of patterns at home in Montclair, she has recently branched out to selling them in numerous stores in Montclair and New York. Fairly recently she moved to an apartment in Boston, overlooking the Charles River. Writing from Boston, she says she loves living in a city of tradition.

For news of Joan Poor Clarke and her family, please see sister Judy's '61 notes.

MA It was good to hear from Fred Gurtman this fall. "Emily and I are truly enjoying our life here in the Northland (Edina, Minnesota). The people, environm ent, life sty le , and amusements are fantastic! Despite the rigorous winters, the outdoor life has kept us busy and healthy. I am finishing up my third year of residency in dermatology at the University and anticipate continuing in private practice in the Twin Cities area. My travels to the East Coast average about once yearly, and I was most sorry to miss our tenth (would you believe?) reunion last year. If any of my classmates happen to be visiting or vacationing in this area, please don't hesitate to call us."

Mark Geannette wrote in November, "On September 24 I married the former Gloria Maria Concha, assistant editor of American Airlines in-flight magazine, 'American Way.' We bought a house in Ho-ho-kus. I am still a Deputy Attorney General with the State of New Jersey representing the Board of Public Utilities."

Lloyd Le Cain sent word that he is presently a ship's officer taking oil from Valdez to Panama.

'67 TKS Miss Linda Feinberg, Secretary 43 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10011 Good to hear from Diana Bullard Rush who wrote, "We've been here (Marietta, Georgia) just two years now and are thoroughly en­ joying everything about our life. I'm a special ed. teacher with a federally funded high

school ggroject. Jim is a geologist with the Uranium Resources office of what's now the Department of Energy, We're both busy with evening courses of one sort or another, or with projects at home. We've got a cedar­ sided contemporary and a nice wooded lot for our two spoiled, energetic 10-month old puppies to run in. Their names are Rhett and Scarlett, naturally enough."

Judy Dixon was named national field sales promotion manager for Bancroft Sporting Goods last summer. Judy was formerly head coach of the women's tennis team at Yale. As a tennis broadcaster, she earned a nomination for an Emmy Award for her work with the Public Broadcasting System. She has done numerous broadcasts for World Team Tennis, the Canadian Open, and the U.S. Clay Court Championships. In her new job, Judy serves as liason with the contract tournament players and is responsible for all tournament activities where Bancroft is a sponsor. She is involved with product merchandising, new product development, and will coordinate and assist in the development of a grass roots tennis program.

MA Peter W. Adams, Agent Mark Ives was married to Stephanie Baker on July 16. Stephanie received her M .A. in education-diagnostic prescriptive teaching from George Washington University, and has been a school-based consultant in the M ontgomery County, M aryland, public schools. Presently enrolled in a master's program at Rutgers, Mark is the technical training instructor for Kawasaki Motors Corp., Edison.

James Paterson and Mary Elizabeth Forney were married in Chestertown, Maryland, in the fall. Peter Gimber '68 was an usher. The Patersons are living in Maxton, North Carolina.

It was good to see Joe Marino and Russ Roche at Homecoming in October.

'68 TKS Miss Avie Claire Kalker, Secretary 4619 Lake Avenue, #261 Dallas, TX 75219 I had a nice letter from Angie Steggles who writes, "A lot of water certainly has passed under the bridge since I left Kimberley and, fortunately, all is going w ell. . . . I am working for Sm irnoff's as a sales represen­ tative. . . About two years ago I transferred from Hartford to Albany, N .Y ... and became the first woman sales rep in the liquor business in upstate New York." (Three cheers for you, Angie!)

She adds that she became a woman of property with the purchase of a nice house in the country. She sounds really excited about the idea, and concludes, " . . . mostly I'm just working hard and enjoying life. . . If anybody is ever passing through N .Y., be sure to stop by. A friendly face is always welcome."

Sue von Lengerke Kehoe writes, "I am still living in Chicago (with my husband, Bill). Bill has 1 1/2 more years to complete his residency in internal medicine at Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital. . . . I am working as a staff member for the Committee on Chicago • Historical and Architectural Landmarks, a very interesting job to say the least. Bill and I plan to move back east when he is finished and ready to begin practice."

As for me, I moved to Dallas in late April to make my fortune in antiques! That idea

changed quickly to a more realistic viewpoint. I got a job selling advertising for the Arlington Chronicle, a tabloid size paper that covers a town of 125,000 situated bet­ ween Dallas and Ft: Worth. The paper is a new, neighborhood-centered one. It's an exciting and exhausting job but a most educational one. I will be part owner of the company soon which should give me a little time to go back to antiques! (The boss has to get some time to play!) I want to reiterate to my classmates and others who might be in the Dallas area to please call or drop in.

Carol Schmitz, we learn through TKS '39 notes, had a painting in a four-state show.

Nancy Plummer Nazarian and Dawn Geannette co-chaired the Alum ni Association's annual College Age/Senior Holiday party. Dawn saw many of her former TKS students, and a good time was had by all.

Nancy also joined us for Homecoming in October with husband, Barry '62.

MA Geoffrey Gregg, Agent Bob Sessa, with wife, Susan, and Geoff Gregg were here for Homecoming. Geoff did his usual super job of sign making for us, and Bob took a stint at the bar.

Bob and Susan, who teaches phys ed at Passaic Valley High School, were married last April.

Lynn Ehrhardt Cildea '69 and Chip with children Brian (3) and Kristin (VA) '69 TKS Mrs. Charles Gildea, Secretary (Lynn Erhardt) 46 East Saddle River Road' Saddle River, NJ 07458 The first of our classmates to return my letter was Chris Hannon, and she writes, "I've moved again. This time farther west. I'm in Denver now and am working towards my M .A. degree from the Graduate School of Librarianship at the University of Denver. I started the program last June and am enjoying it very much.

"I really like Denver, and it's great to be so close to the mountains! The weather in the city is really incredible! The sun has shone every day except maybe eight, and even when it's cloudy it never seems to rain. In the higher country it has been snowing for a month or so and everyone is looking forward to some good skiing this winter." .

Lisa Schultz Vanderlinde writes that she and Derek have moved into a beautiful house in Pittsford, N.Y. (a suburb of Rochester).

Derek is now working for his Dad's company — Vanderlinde Electric Corp., and enjoying it immensely. Lisa has been busy decorating, studying and, of course, drawing. She and Derek will be in Essex Fells over Christmas and

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hopefully a few of us will get together then.

Marilyn Cowing Dulin is living in York, Pa., with her husband, Curt, and two sons — Jonnie and Chris. Curt is a graduate of New York State University and is now a technical engineer with York division of Borg-Warner.

He is also working toward an M .E. degree at Johns Hopkins University. Marilyn is an L . P.N. and works at York Hospital. She is working toward a sociology degree at York College and does work with a Big Brother-Big Sister program.

Virginia Munson Vultee writes, " . . . I'm keeping pretty busy. Heather, 6 Vi, is in first grade so she's gone all day. Adam, 2 Vi, is in nursery school three mornings a week which he just loves. Tom is still working for Medi Mart. He's a first assistant manager of their store in Saddle Brook, N .J., but since he's been there six months, by the time MKA NEWS comes out he may have moved again.

He also is taking a management course at Montclair State College one night a week.

He's picking up management credits in case he decides to go to Business School somewhere. As for m e f I'm teaching Sunday School to a bunch of first, second, and third graders. I go to MSC nights, taking two courses, and as of January, I'll also be going three mornings a week; and just this past week I got a part-time job. I'm working for Medi Mart, Bloomfield, doing competitive shopping — going into other stores and getting prices for certain items. In February, Tom and I are going to Curacao for a week, which we are both looking forward to."

Toni Jean DeLorenzo and John Siliski were married in August. Attending was her sister Kelley DeLorenzo '66. Toni Jean received her M . S.W. from Simmons College, School of Social Work in Boston, and will do clinical social work at the Marlboro-Westboro Com m unity M ental Health Center in Marlboro, Massachusetts. John was graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, and is now a surgical resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Andy Goddard writes, "I have been managing a restaurant and bar in Chestertown called the Back Forty. We serve the best lunch in town — of course! . . entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights ranging from local blue-grass/country rock groups to jazz and contem porary rock groups from the Baltimore, D .C ., Annapolis area. . . . I see Sydney Johnson '71 who also went to Washington College and now lives and works in Annapolis, and I've talked to Aimee Lawlor Gaynor a few times on the phone."

Nina Szot Boral visited MKA on Homecoming Day. MA Christopher C. Beling, III, Secretary Hope Johnsonburg Road RD 1, Box 268 Blairstown, NJ 07825 Ben Ellenbogen received his M .D. degree last spring from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He will serve a residency at St. Luke's Hospital in Milwaukee, and plans to specialize in otolaryngology.

Chris Beling was married in December to Patricia Hartman. Chris is a marketing specialist with Sweda International, and Pat is a registered nurse in a Dover, N .J., medical center.

David Cralle was here for a football game in November. He's still with Hughes Aircraft in Los Angeles, and said that Rob Sander is also

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working in LA. Gordon Carlisle and Francoise Lorraine La Fontaine were married in Canada in January.

A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, Gordon is an artist as is his bride. They are presently living in Montreal.

70 TKS Ms. K. Vanderhoff-Forschner, Secretary (Karen Vanderhoof) 5553 Chatford Drive, Apt. C. Columbus, OH 43227 I love hearing from my classmates. They all seem to be leading very interesting, exciting, and individualistic lives. Evidence seems to show that Kimberley didn't "mass produce" one type of person or graduate.

As for myself, Tom and I still live in Columbus, Ohio. I have finished 4 of the 5 parts necessary for me to receive the Char­ tered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. I will sit for my first certified life' underwriter (CLU) exam in January of 1978. I have just ended my first semester at graduate school at Xavier University for an MBA in finance.

We bought a '61 Mark 9 Jaguar several months ago and have been working on restoring it to its original condition. We also are starting to show our dog, Sundancer, (Golden Retriever) in shows held in Ohio and the surrounding states. Tom received his MBA in finance from Xavier this past August. If anyone has a chance to get to Columbus, please give us a call or stop by.

Carol Ladner Berger wrote that she and Brucp were married on June 12, 1976, in New Jersey, and are now living in Charleston, SC. Bruce is a physician and is currently a psychiatry resident at the Medical University of South Carolina. "We are currently building a house; so if anyone is traveling this way and needs a place to stay, they're welcome to join us." Carol is a programmer analyst for the St. Paul Companies, and her hobbies include scuba diving, swimming, target shooting, reading, and creating stained glass artwork.

Bride Susan Buttel O'Brien 70 with lane Bodenweiser Varley '69 and 1970 classmates (back row): Liz Conzen, Kim Kolbe, Heidi Sanders, Jackie Bollag, Debbie Von Hoffman, Karen Braeder, Anne McIntyre Craves, and Betsy Kimball.

Susan Buttel O'Brien and Kevin were married in September, and live in Shippenville, Pennsylvania. "Bobbie Dixon was my maid of honor and quite a few of the girls cam e^H Betsy Kimball, Kim Kolbe, Heidi Sanders, Debbie Von Hoffman', Liz Conzen, Karen Braeder, Jackie Bollag and Anne McIntyre Graves. . . ". ..Kim Kolbe is in between Park Street and Lake George and plans a trip to Austria

with her family in December. Heidi Sanders, Betsy Kimball, and Alison Smith have a beautiful old apartment in Boston. Liz Conzen will be leaving Clinton, N .Y., in January. Karen Braeder is employed by Atlantic Monthly in NYC and is living in a historical home in Roseland that is an antique lover's dream. Jackie Bollag works in Lodi for Allied Envelopes and is more fun than ever.

Anne Graves is still in N.H. and looks great.

Bobbie Dixon is working for Architectural Digest in Los Angeles. .. " . . . I love the country and it sure is another world out here in Western Pennsylvania. Our dogs Trick and Track keep me quite busy for now. . our home is beautiful, all w o o d !.. . " , . there is nothing like getting together with old Kimberley School friends. It's sur­ prising but we've stayed so close. If anyone ever goes through Pennsylvania, give me a call."

Anne McIntyre Graves graduated from Boston College and is working in sales at the Participation Boutique. Her husband received a B.A. in business administration from the University of New Hampshire and is working for IBM. Heidi Sanders trained at the Television Studio School of N.Y. after graduating from Centenary College, and is broadcast traffic coordinator with Harold Cabot Advertising.

Heidi wrote: "Madge Huber was married in September. She and her husband are living in Germany. Georgia Buckner is living in Boston and working in a health food store." Leslie Bryan Malloy and Bruce visited with Heidi over Thanksgiving. The Malloys plan to remain in Atlanta. Bruce is finishing his law degree and Leslie is with the Housing Authority.

Betsy Kimball is working at the Hypocrates Health Institute as a certified health prac­ titioner. She is editing, typing and over-seeing a raw foods cookbook entitled "Recipes for Life."

Lisa Shapiro wrote to me from Chicago. . "The last two years have zipped by. I've worked for one year in rural mental health as a child-adolescent therapist in DeKalb, and I am now a month and a half into my second job at Ravenwood Community Mental Health C e n ter.. .where I'm carving myself a niche as Group Specialist for kids and te e n s.. If any of you have a chance to visit Chicago, please give me a call."

Debbie Von Hoffman is the Washington liason officer for the Federal/State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska. (U-SDepartment of Interior.) Debbie enjoys painting, writing and biking. In her spare time she does volunteer work with the Junior League (P u b lic A ffa irs and Juvenile Delinquency). In 1976 Debbie served as a delegate to the Democratic National Con­ vention.

Pat Vilas is one of the chief neurosurgical nurses on the staff of Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California. She is working with a world renowned neurosurgeon, writing a technical paper on a neurosurgical in­ strument, and is also working on the development of a special screen for use during craneotomies. In April, Pat will go to New Orleans to present her paper at the National Neurosurgical Nurses Convention, then return to the West Coast via Bermuda, N .J., and New England.

Marcia Rickenbacker and husband Doug Pettibone live northwest of Boston, in a 60year old two-family house with plenty of

room. Marcia reports that Betsy Kimball, Heidi Sanders, and Alison Smith formed a women's rugby team called "Beantown Rugby Football Club." Marcia is substitute teaching in schools in Wellesley, Weston, and Belmont. Her husband works at Harvard. Last April the entire Rickenbacker family flew to St. Croix for a relaxing vacation.

I received a letter from Pam Yu. . . "I graduated from Wellesley as a Wellesley Scholar, and now I'm in a Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology at the University of Rochester." Pam's interests are in child psychotherapy, and she plans to find a job this summer doing clinical work with disturbed kids and their families. She's already completed four clinical internships.

Last summer, Pam accompanied her father on a European lecture tour. Other vacations have included many Caribbean Islands!

Kathy Powell is in her third year as Assistant Director of Admissions at Coucher College and is now overseeing all of Coucher's ad­ missions publications. During the past summer, Kathy played softball with an other­ wise all-male team. (She had a lot of fun!)

Gail Herbert Trask is still teaching 4th grade in Hygiene, Colorado. Her classes are large but well behaved. Bill is being kept busy with the Christmas holiday shoppers. They bought a Golden Retriever (Sage) last March, and he is their pride and joy. Gail hopes to enter him in obedience trials soon. Lydia Keyser lives in West Quincy, Massachusetts. She plays the synthesizer and other electric keyboards, and sings lead in her 5-piece band "Bamboo." Last summer, the band played in NYC for the city's mobile units program. They played in all five boroughs.

MA Garret S. Roosma, Secretary 170 Evergreen Road, 1-B Edison, NJ 08817 Jim Castiglia graduated from Seton Hall Law School in June and over the summer passed the bar exam. He was sworn in as an attorney in December.

According to the New York Times, Barry Ridings was married to Ann Martin in Greenwich, Connecticut, on May 14. Barry graduated from Colgate University in 1974, from Cornell University with an MBA, and is now a financial analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank. Ann and Barry live in Stamford.

Randy Carignan, who is now married and living in Hawaii, is the owner of a "mom and pop operation" known as Golden Moon Foods. Golden Moon has a Honey Bakery and a "Vegie" Deli, and Randy tells me it is Maui's only vegetarian acoustic nightclub.

Jim Guterman graduated from Vassar College in 1974, was married to Ann Morse during that summer, and is now a third year law student at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and Editor-in-Chief of the North Carolina Law Review. Next year Jim will serve as a law clerk to a United States District Judge. Jim lives in Chapel Hill and plans to settle in Charlotte.

Jim Brothers is in the Army. A Second Lieutenant in the 12th Field Artillery and at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, since July 1976, he has attended Officers' Basic, The Lance Officer Course, and has participated in a number of missile firings. He writes that Craig Nash lives in Dallas, Texas.

Gordon Sussman is currently in Madison, Wisconsin, where he is the owner of Rutabaga Whitewater Supply. Rutabaga features the

state's largest selection of canoes and kayaks and an assortment of sailboats and camping equipment. Gordon also manages a stable near Madison and gets in some riding on the side.

Jay Biggins is currently attending Rutgers Law School and working in Trenton, N.J. He lives in Princeton.

Your Secretary graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in 1974, and received a Master of Management degree from Northwestern University in 1976. I am currently working for Amerada Hess Corporation in Woodbridge, N .J., as a credit analyst. My wife, Emily, and I were married in August, 1975, and live in Edison.

The Alumni Office received word that Al Thrower graduated from Hahnemann Medical School in Philadelphia in June, 1977. He is now taking an orthopedic residency there.

71 TKS Miss Linda Braeder, Secretary 27 Edgecliff Road Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 We read in the paper in October that Lucinda Sayre was to attend a final fourmonth phase of Maharishi International University's teacher training program in Seeilsberg, Switzerland, in November. In March, the article said, Cindy is to teach at the transcendental meditation prpgram at the TM Center in Montclair before leaving in September for the University of Wisconsin to begin graduate study in social work. Cindy is a graduate of Ithaca College.

MA David Freed, Secretary 900 West End Avenue, Apt. 2B New York, NY 10025 Michael W. Lidwin, Agent Paul Cosentino wrote from Cambridge, Massachusetts, "I am in the marketing division of the Sunbeam Appliance Company, currently on sales assignment in New England. I hope to hear from any classmates when they are in the area!"

It was good to see Bob Hoonhout and Mike Zebrowski at Homecoming.

72 TKS Miss Kate Curtin, Secretary 101 Clinton Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 Miss Deborah Peck, Agent Two babies for TKS '72! Linda Finney Perryman and Charles announce the birth of Aryn on June 12, 1977; and Amy Nussbaum Mack and William announce the birth of Richmond on December 4, 1977. Both sets of parents were with us at Homecoming.

Brewer Doran wrote last summer that she was working on a joint Boise Cascade/McKinsey & Co. study team in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. She is half way through her MBA at the University of Virginia.

Sarah Bonsai was married to James Miller in August. Julia '67 was her sister's maid of honor, and Martha '74 was a bridesmaid.

Sarah received her B.A. from Wellesley, and her groom is a graduate of Harvard. He is now attending the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

MA Samuel S. Weiss, Secretary 20 West 64th Street Apt. 9F New York, NY 10023

I am alive and well in N.Y. I work at Lord & Taylor as the sheet and comforter buyer.

Although I should like to say that such a profession affords me intimate knowledge of Bill Blass and Calvin Klein, unfortunately that is not the case. I do travel to Washington and Chicago frequently and should be delighted to see any classmates.

Steven Berke is married and studying at the University of Pennsylvania Dental School. At last word Poncho Brogan was seen heading for the University of Georgia Law School.

Mike Cassatly attends Fairieigh Dickinson School of Dentistry and compares notes with Berke.

Lou Gioffre is playing drums and earning a living at a petroleum products equipment concern. Bill Crawford is a project manager for Standard Tools Manufacturing Co., and Wally Porter is studying to be an engineer.

Chris Schultz works at the Hotel Gorham in N .Y.; Bob Gross works for Teltronics; Steve Schottenfeld works at Bloomingdales; and Peter Perretti is teaching at MKA. I assume most other classmates are either in graduate school, farming, or otherwise at large.

A note to the Alumni Office from Bruce Pollack in June told us that after graduating from Yale, he worked for the Harvard Com m unity Health Plan's M arketing Department. Bruce said he was going to attend the Stanford Graduate School of Business this fall.

Wally Porter and Sam Weiss represented the class at Homecoming in October.

73 TKS Miss Martha Del Negro, Agent MA J. Dean Paolucci, Agent Gregg Lackey and Albert Van Eerde were here for Homecoming Festivities. We see a lot of Al at MKA, since he is a new member of the Upper School's Science Department! Mai O'Hara joined Al at MKA this winter, sub­ stituting in the social studies department. Mai is now a member of The Pennington School's faculty.

Robert Brightman is serving as a counselor for the 1977-78 academic year at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Bob is working with freshmen students in one of the school's residence halls. Jeffrey Carrie, we read in the paper, is now with the Montclair Police Department.

Zach Richardson visited MKA in October.

He graduated from Franklin and Marshall in May and is an ensign in the U.S. Navy. A pilot, Zach is flying out of Pensacola.

74 TKS Miss Leslie Aufzien, Secretary Box 1199, Rollins College Winter Park, FL 32789 Miss Martha Bonsai, Agent Two members of the class are playing varsity tennis for their colleges E Ann Patrick for Drew and Cathy Irwin for Franklin and Marshall. Susan Widmark is a member of Lake Forest's women's field hockey team.

Ann Robinson was married to William Downey in November.

Two of her bridesmaids were classmates Gerry Brundage and Noreen Norton. Ann is a graduate of Dartmouth College, as is the groom. He also received his master's degree from Dart­ mouth's Thayer School of Engineering. The

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Downeys are now living in Atlanta, Georgia.

It was good to see Anne Johnson at Homecoming!

MA Anthony Celentano, Secretary Box 128 Westminster Choir College Princeton, NJ 08540 Brian Thomas, Agent Rudy Schlobohm sent greetings to all his MA friends! "Had a super school year in northern France, living with a French chef, his wife, and their two kids/' Rudy worked with a public relations firm in New York City as part of St. Lawrence University's January interim program.

Derek Storm wrote this fall, "I am presently attending Arizona State University, majoring in aeronautical technology. Peter Berinato is attending acting school in L.A ."

Bob Powell visited MKA this winter. He is at Connecticut College, New London, majoring in zoology. He and his sister Kathy 7 0 en­ joyed a family trip to Bermuda over the Christmas holidays.

Gary Nash, Chuck Mund, Bill Weiss, and Frank Paretti joined the crowd at Homecoming.

75 Miss Lori Pink, Secretary Box 23248 Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 David Soule, Secretary 229 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02116 Dallas Cordon, Agent It was great to have Malcolm Hall, Bill Shadwell, and Howard Johnson here for Homecoming.

Kay Towner sent news for the Bulletin Board, "I'll be in Florence, Italy, for the year studying Renaissance art, literature, and music. After May, I plan to tour Europe, and then will either work in New York or Cape Cod." Anna Crawford is spending her junior year abroad at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, as is John Sanders. John Boyle is at the University of London.

Don D'Alessandro studied at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, last summer. He's a letterman on the lightweight football team at Princeton.

Diana Rowe also sent news. She's taking lots of science courses at Denison University for her biology major and enjoying the extra­ curricu lar that the college offers. Diana traveled to Washington, D C. and Maryland during the summer and hoped, at writing, to spend her fall break in Las Vegas. Peter Berinato 7 4 visited the Rowes' home on his way to acting school in California. "Anyone else who is passing through Ohio is always welcome!"

Russ Freed's family has moved from New jersey to Reston, Virginia.

Gregory Murphy is spending his January Internship working in Franklin and Marshall College's public relations office. At the end of the internship, he will attend professional training sessions at the annual Middle Atlantic District conference of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

Greg is active in F & M's English and Economics Clubs, and is a volunteer for the Easter Seals Society, teaching handicapped 24

children how to swim.

Cathy Haviland has been elected to membership in Pi Sigma Alpha, national government honor society, at St. Lawrence University. She is traveling to Geneva, Paris, and; Brussels as part'« of the University's January inter-term program.

Howie Johnson stopped by in January and said he hoped to be going to the Air Force boot camp in San Antonio shortly.

Doug Hamilton toured nine major European cities with St. Lawrence University's choral group, the Laurentian Singers, this winter. • Malcolm Hall will spend the second semester taking courses at London Poly Tech, and then return to Lafayette College.

Anne Thomas traveled to Greece and Cyprus (where she met the President!) this winter with the Symposium on Homer. She stopped by MKA in January on her way back to Wellesley.

76 Miss Robin Towner, Secretary P.O. Box 1741, Station' 2 Amherst College Amherst, MA 01002 Charles Read, Secretary Delta Upsilon 180 Rugby Road Charlottesville, VA 22905 News from your Secretary, Chip: Recently, at Rob Pariseau's Thanksgiving party, I had a chance to talk with Brad Scott. Brad was a cog in the Lehigh hockey machine last year. This year, unfortunately, Brad broke his arm while playing hockey. Hopefully, the setback won't be too great.

Paul McFeeley has had a great year so far at Susquehanna. He started on their J.V . soccer team and saw some action at the Varsity level. Matt Troxell also played Varsity soccer for the Tufts Jumbos. He spent this past summer working as a bank teller. He has expressed interest in continuing in this field, maybe even taking it up as a career.

Warren Waters has transferred from the University of South Carolina to Rutgers.

As for myself, this summer John Urga, Susan Read 7 3 , Bill Dodd and I ventured across the country. The 12,000 mile six-week car ride, besides being tiring, proved to be quite interesting. It certainly changed my whole perception of the United States. From Denver to San Diego to Jackson Hole to Toronto, we saw it all.

And from Secretary Robin: Liz Bruns has moved to New Hampshire where she will be looking forward to doing a lot of skiing.

During January Liz will be working at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.

Michele Darrell writes that she will have visited London during her Christmas vacation.

She still is quite busy with her editorship, working on a social planning board helping to plan a winter concert at Marietta, and has helped to form a Women's Planning Board.

Thanks, Robin, for your good job as coSecretary. (Robin would like to pass the mantle on — any volunteers?)

Raymond Swan has been named an Associate Editor of "The Orient," the student newspaper of Bowdoin College.

Bernard Compagnone has been elected /Senator {n the Student Governm ent Association at Drew University. Bernie is majoring in mathematics.

A nice note from Eve Wood tells us that she

spent her January college break working on a dairy farm in Pawling. N.Y. It. was great to see Jon Belief, Paul Mc­ Feeley, Ana Rincon, Sharon Sudol, John Pinney, Paul Bicknelpj Rhys Jones, Laurie Hoonhout, Woody Wingert, Brad Scott, Dale Frederick, Hansi Kunz, Frank Gerard, and Eugene D'Altrui at Homecoming. We're sorry if we missed seeing others of you or if we didn't find your name on the sign up sheet!

77 Miss Donna Crews, Secretary Buckland Hall Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA 01075 Marty Cohn, Secretary Stuyvesant Hall, Box 42 Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH 43015 Your Secretary Donna sent the following news: Doug Mahler at Union College in Schenectady, N .Y., is enjoying school. He's involved in the male chorus that travels to many schools, such as Mount Holyoke, to perform concerts with them. The other Mahler in our class, Steve, is taking flying lessons through his school, and he enjoys being in the air.

I am enjoying Mount Holyoke and the Five College Valley in Massachusetts. I visited Tufts University, right outside of Boston, and Donna LoBiondo was again using her drama skills in a production of "Hair." I understand it went very well. Gerald Jones at Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, is "the most valuable freshman" on the track team, said a local newspaper. Gerald's events are the 1500, 800, 440 and sometimes the 220 plus jumping the triple, long, and high jumps. He has placed quite high in the meets at Holy Cross, and I'm sure he will continue to do well.

During Thanksgiving vacation I saw Debbie Rasin and June Wispelwey who said they were doing well, working hard, and enjoying college life. Debbie is at the University of Virginia and June is at Princeton University.

Everyone, please continue to keep in touch.

And, from Secretary Marty: Both Paul Hastaba and Marco Casta played varsity soccer for their respective universities. Hasti played regularly for Wittenberg University and Marco started in goal for Fairfield University. The trio of Bruce Sanders, Jon Grevatt, and Steve Cowles all report hard work and good times at Susquehanna University.

Bob Hubsmith and Ed Healey also send good news from Villanova. Dave Jones says that the work is very hard at R .P .I., but he is having a good time and is doing well.

Lisa Greenburg sends her regards from Mount Holyoke and says she loves the people and the area around school. Nancy Cohn is very happy at Ithaca College where she is diligently pursuing a career in speech pathology.

Mike Platt made a tough Bentley College varsity hockey team and has dressed for every game over four other goalies! Pat Berry tells that everything at Dartmouth is good and she is very happy. And, I send good news from Ohio Wesleyan University. I am very happy, am doing well, and hope to hear from some more people in the future!

Scott Schulte, we read in the paper, played for Bucknell University in the NCAA National Collegiate Water Polo Championships at Brown University. Scott led Bucknell in

Scoring this season and, also, was high scorer in the tournament.

Susan Moreau is observing and conducting a com prehensive study to compare techniques used in training dogs and K rs e s as her January individual studies project at Moravian College.

Bev Hall is finding the University of Ver­ mont aca d e m ically challenging. U n­ fortunately, due to a broken wrist in late September, her extracurricular activities (intramural hockey, horseback riding) were curtailed during the first semester. Bev has joined a big brotllr-big sister volunteer program and is a member of the Outing Club.

She saw Joe Sullivan over vacation. He played football for Trinity Pawling this fall and w ilj wrestle this winter.

Bev was among a large group of '77-ers who visited on Homecoming Day: Joseph Ciccolini, Stephen Cowles, Lesley Hand, Jennifer Hendrian, Robert Hubsmith, Gerald Jones, David Kerr, Michael Platt, Robert Post, Bradley Protas, Bruce Sanders, Wendie White, Andy Read, Paul Hastaba, Dave Jones, Bill Langstaff, Jerry Randall, Stephen Mahler, Andrew Royal, Betsy Balmos, Mark Casta, Chris Brenner, Peter Adams, and Elizabeth

Greene. We're sorry if we missed seeilfl anyone!. . or if your name was not on the sign-up sheet.

As we were going to press, we learned of the deatfBof Paul Hastaba's fath e r* Our deepest sympathy, Paul, to. .you and your family.

Vital Statistics DEATHS The editor records with sorrow the death of the following alumni and extends the sym­ pathy of the officers and members of the Alumni Association to their families.

Spruille Braden (MA '10) Robert H. Black (MA '33) August Delin (MA '22) Mrs. Herbert L. Earnest (Frances Campbell TKS '16) Mrs. Harold Cade (Ruth Haley TKS '24) Mrs. Samuel B. Jones (Barbara Chipman TKS '25) Charles Lumb (MA '17) Bernard L. McDonald (MA '36)

Mrs. Winifred Sabiii>/!(Wmifred Phillips TKS '4 M

Bennett E. To usley,^ |i(M A t& 4) ÿ w r le s Yallalee (MA '29)

MARRIAGES Christopher Beling (MA '69) to Patricia H w m a |l|| Sarah Bonsai (TKS '72M|d James Miller Susan Buttel (TKS '70) to Kevin O'Brien Gordon Carlisle (MA '69) to Francoise, La Fontaine Toni Jean DeLorenzo (TKS '69) to John Siliski Lea Fitzhugh (TKS '59) to Elvin Welch Mark Geannette (MA '66) to Gloria Maria Copcha Nancy Kluge Hall (TKS '40) to John Rumery Mark Ives (MA '6§f| to Stephanie' Baker James Paterson. (MA '67) to Mary Elizabeth Forney Barry Ridings (MA 70) to Ann Martin Ann Robinson (TKS 74) to Will iam Downey Robert Sessa (MA '68) to SusaTi Mingst Richard Turer (MA '6"|Sto Coleene Cooke Hobart Van Deusen (MA '54) to Nancy Vaughan

Could these be your busy hands?

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