Winter 1978 MKA Alumni News

ALUMNI NEWS

MKA ALUMNI NEWS Volume 8

December, 1978

Contents

Alumni Association Council

From the Principal ............................................................................ 1 In Appreciation of Richard Ward Day .....................................2 Final College Choices of the Class of 1978 Bulletin Board

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Flomecoming78

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Class News ...........................................................................................14

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

CO V ER: "Colin and the Cougar."

Two-year old Colin van Antwerp, son of MKA's English Department Chairman, Dick van Antwerp, finds himself in the grasp of MKA's Cougar mascot Lisa Godlewski 79.

Photo by Rod Grodt, Montclair Times.

Mrs. Frances Johnson Ames '40, President Geoffrey Gregg '68, Executive Vice President William J. Thompson, Jr. '33, Secretary/Treasurer Miss Leslie C. Bunce '54, Vice President—Annual Giving Mrs. GailTomec Kerr'52, Vice PresidentSReunions Frederic G. Calder '42 Mrs. Joan Denney Carlisle'46 Richard L. Carrie '41 Mrs. Constance Ritchie DuHamel '46 Mrs. Fay Taft Fawcett'52 Miss Dawn Geannette '68 Mrs. Miriam Eustis Irwin '51 Marc S. Kirschner '60 Robert H. Muller, M.D. '39 M r^Nancy Plummer Nazarian '68 Fenton P. Purcell '60 Franklin M. Sachs '58 H. William Schulting I I I '42 Robert T. Sessa '68 Miss Elizabeth L. Specht'44 M. Eugene Speni '27 Frank S. Stamato, Jr. '55 MrsSHyla Ames Troxell '46 Mrs. Carol Humphrey W hite'52 Edward M. Read, Principal Mrs. Jo Taylor Callaghan, Director of Alumni Affairs

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Caroline and Ed Read

In m any respects all schools are the same. A ll involve people of varying ages, shapes and sizes; essential to all schools are the processes of learning and teaching; all must deal as best they can w ith the eroding effects of inflation; all are subject to the laws of gravitation; and all find that a sm ile and a cheerful word in no way interfere with hard work and a serious purpose.

Parad oxically, all schools are also different. Some have few er than 100 students, others more than 1000; some have been in existence for over 100 years, others for less than a decade. There are many other differences as w ell, between boarding and day schools, between schools for a single sex and those that are co ed ucational, between those that are heavily endowed and those with only the sm allest of endowments, to mention but three of the most obvious. And there are differences, too, in such fundam ental areas as philosophy and ultim ate purpose. But beyond all of the above there is each school's unique character growing out of its own past and the aspirations of its own com m unity.

W h ich brings us, by a som ewhat roundabout route, to The M ontclair Kim berley A cadem y, a school w hich originated in 1887 and 1906 in the tim es of John M acV icar and M ary Kim berley W aring, and w hich then achieved a new beginning in 1974 in the tim e of Richard D ay. During the past four years all the best portions of the school's several pasts were com bined and

strengthened and enlarged to produce what today is a truly first-rate school. A broad and challenging curriculum at all levels, varied and exciting op­ portunities in activities and athletics, and a rem arkably diverse and stim ulating group of teachers and students make M K A a place in w hich young people w illin g to apply them selves can have a trem endously rewarding educational experience.

No school is w ithout problems, but none of M KA's problems appears to be insoluble. G iven the strong and active leadership of the Board of Trustees, the con­ tinued interest and attention of alum ni and parents, and the loyal support of the school's many benefactors, we shall tackle at least some of these problems this year and try to contribute to their solution.

In a conversation with Kathy Day in August she spoke of w hat a wonderful and exciting com m unity she and D ick had found M o ntclair to be and how fortunate D ick had felt to have been living and working here. As alm ost the newest members of The M ontclair Kim berley A cadem y, Caroline and I already know what the Days m eant, and the impressions we have formed are the same as theirs. W e have been w arm ly welcom ed on all sides, are very glad to be here and are looking forward to all that lies ahead.

Edward M . Read 1

IN APPRECIATION OF RICHARD WARD DAY April 14, 1916 - July 3, 1978 Principal 1974-1978

Kathy and Dick Day

In a recent conversation w ith a facu lty member, the thought was expressed that D ick Day was the living em bodim ent of the traditional “ Renaissance m an." He w as a m ulti-faceted human being with a variety and depth of knowledge, interests, and concerns known only to those who were privileged to be intim ately acquainted with him.

Full awareness that he was a man of many parts is essential to any appreciation of him and his achievem ents at The M on tclair Kim berley Academ y.

W e all know , of course, that he looked upon him self first and forem ost as a teacher. In his very first interview with the search com m ittee in the fall of 1973, he in fact portrayed him self as a teacher — of students, of fa cu lty,, of parents, of trustees. The philosophy was appealing, but little did we realize how well qualified he was to act in th a t'ca p a city .

He was w ell equipped in the traditional ways: distinguished education, advanced degrees, experience in prestigious schools, influential affiliatio n s of many kinds. It took long and varied involvem ent with him, however, to discover the com plexities that made the man — and the teacher.

He was an historian and, if your interests were in history, you were am azed to discover his com ­ prehensive grasp of that subject. But you, as an historian, probably never learned of his interest in 2

m usic nor that he was an accom plished flu tist. If your interests were m usical, you may have been aware of that talent, but you may not have known that he was a skilled athlete who could discuss the intricacies of baseball or hockey with any professional. O r, if your interests were m ilitary, you m ay have learned that he had made many com bat jum ps with the parachute division of the 101st Airborne in W orld W ar II, but would never know how much he treasured his affiliatio n with the Century A ssociatio n, whose membership is composed of many of the literary and artistic greats of our country.

His personality and abilities were a distillation of these many elem ents. He gained his unusual measure of strength and toughness, sym pathy and understanding, integrity and moral stam ina from his endless search for knowledge. These characteristics enabled him to provide the effective leadership that was so critical to the early and rem arkable achievem ent of the goals of our merger.

D ick taught us all well in m any indefinable w ays. W e were privileged to be counted among his students, and M KA w ill forever be the beneficiary of the singleminded dedication to excellen ce of this modern Renaissance man.

James S. Vanderm ade '35

Enjoying the companionship of faculty and trustees at the 1976 conference at Sterling Forest.

Visiting with Middle School students Suzanne Murphy, Peter Edge, and Charles Phillips during the 7976-77 school year.

MKA HOMECG Reminiscing about Montclair Academy and The Kimberley School with Peter Kuhn and Eleanor McElrath Light of the Classes of 1927 at their 50th reunion.

Consulting with fames S. Vandermade 35, first president of MKA's Board of Trustees.

Welcoming news analyst Pauline Frederick prior to the 1978 Visiting Scholar Lecture with Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54, president MKA's Board of Trustees.

FINAL COLLEGE CHOICES OF THE CLASS OF 1978 Eljf-zabeth ArneS; Kevin Berkowsky Michael Berry Nancy Betke jB>hmißicknell Jacqueline Bistany Andrew Blair Pamela Bolton Peter Brandow ifiesley Brenner Kristin Brothers Curtis Brunner Nina Bundgaard John Butler James Calab reses Deborah Campbell Nina Cerfolio Ralph Cestone Melissa Cohn Susan Cole Su'zanne Conzen Felisa Cowles Su/'/otle Del Porno Jean-Marie de Moose Thomas DeVito Alphonsus I)oerr. ' Thomas Donatelli Frank Driver Frederick Eiden Barbara Elias Elisabeth Farlie Susän Felber ■ Rjsppert Gardner Lawrence Garrigan James Giordano Nora Cleason John Glicksman Virginia Gfeen Daniel Groisser Robert Harmon Suzanne Haynes Anne Hochwalt John Hunt Ann Inglis Theodore Irwin Linda Jackson Maxwell Jones Kenneth Karl George Keller Timothy Kiggins 4

William Smith College Hobart College Susquehanna University Skidmore College Manhattan School of Music Ithaca College Eckerd College Wesleyan University Duke University Wittenberg University University of Colorado Duke University AFS Student St. Lawrence University University of Rochester Cedar Crest College Grinnell College Drew University Smith College Tufts University Brown University Beaver College Hofstra University New York University Roger Williams College St. Vincent College University of Chicago Carnegie-Mellon University Rider College Hood College Smith College St. Lawrence University Hampshire College University of North Dakota Ithaca College Colgate University Trinity College Iowa State University Columbia University Fairleigh Dickinson University Goucher College St. Lawrence University Harvard University Plymouth State College, Univ. of NH Bowdoin College Dartmouth College University of Massachusetts Carnegie-Mellon University University of Maine Cornell University

John King Katherine Kolbe Catherine Kosarek Lawrence Kramer Pamela Lalli Marc Lippmann Jane Lugaric Barton Lund Deborah Mann Laura Marnell Madeline Martell Bruce McBratney Jordan McFadyen Kerry McGill Karl Mills Lisa Moskowitz Ari Namon Felice Neals Kristen Neill Christine Nigro Peter Okuhn William Orbe David Peckman John Phillips John Podesta Richard Rento Curtis Rudbart Joyce Ruitenberg Michelle Salzman Ross Schacher Kurt Schansinger Peter Scialli Peter Shelby Kim Sisco Paul Siudmak Lawren Soule Michael Steinlauf George Stephens John Stone Wendy Thrower Jerome Torsney William Transue Emily Troxell Lila Uskokovic Peter Van Leer Mary Ward Cheryl Wedel Lori Windolf Jonathan Wood Pamela Zeug

Northeastern University Colby-Sawyer College Princeton University Boston University Skidmore College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Wells College College of San Mateo American University Manhattanville College Brandeis University Amherst College University of Hartford Lehigh University Bates College University of Pennsylvania Duke University University of Vermont University of Virginia Ithaca College Emory University University of Florida Georgetown University Franklin and Marshall College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Brown University Tulane University Michigan State University Montclair State College University of Hartford Georgetown University Amherst College Clark University Roanoke College Wittenberg University Mount Holyoke College Vanderbilt University Cedarville College Franklin and Marshall College Eckerd College Georgetown University Northeastern University Reed College University of Arizona Roanoke College New Hampshire College Wittenberg University Davidson College University of South Carolina Duke University

BULLETIN BOARD

Congratulations!

Tw enty-five M ontclair Kim berley Academy students received special recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

The nine Semifinalists, whose scores place them in the top half of one percent of all high school seniors in New Jersey, are Pamela Barz, David Fernald, James Johnson, Daniel Kim, Ippolit Matjucha, Alison O'Neill, Nancy Orr, Sarah Scher, and Elizabeth Stanton.

Letters of Commendation, designating students in the top two percent of all United States secondary school seniors, were awarded to Karen Blinder, Amanda Calder, Eugenia Cane, Bruce Conway, Naomi Freundlich, Brett Jackson, Beth Kindler, Anne Morey, Eric Pai, Mindy Prager, Lawrence Principe, Gardner Semet, Louise Sperling, Christof Stork, Erica von Nardroff, and Roger Weber.

Brett Jackson and James Johnson also were named as Semifinalists in the N ational Achievem ent Scholarship Program for O utstanding Negro Students, placing them among the approxim ately 1,500 highest-scoring black students in the United States.

Anthony Barnes, Robert Paige, and Anita Sims were honored by the Achievement Program with Letters of Commendation for their academic promise.

Youth Conference With Senior Citizens In an effort to achieve a better un­ derstanding of the needs and issues that affect both the youth and the senior citizens of the United States, The Montclair Kimberley Academy spon­ sored a day-long conference with senior citizens from the YWCA of Montclair on Saturday, November 18.

The conference was held at the Middle School campus of MKA and began in the morning with registration and refresh­ ments at 9:30. Sister Catherine Seeley, a member of the congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Westbury, Long Island, gave the keynote address. Sister Catherine has appeared on television and, also, hosts her own weekly half hour radio show on WBAB entitled "On the Road to Find Out." Three workshops, held during the

Emiline Davis, George Reimonn, Peggy Mills, and Mary Ruth Snyder, YWCA coordinator, look over one of the Senior Services directories distributed at the Senior Citizenmouth Con­ ference.

Participants gather before one of the workshops at the Senior Citizen/Youth Conference.

morning and afternoon, were led by trained M KA students and senior citizens. The topics covered were: the needs of senior citizens and youth and the problems they face; the family's response to the elderly and the elderly's response to the family; and planning for the future.

Lunch was provided by MKA families and served by students. Following the luncheon, the movie "Replay" was shown to the approximately one hundred participants. They were later entertained by the "Mastersingers," MKA's select singing group, under the direction of Nixon Bicknell.

At the final session, everyone gathered to hear Sister Catherine and the student and senior citizen discussion leaders evaluate the workshops and sum up the conclusions of the day. Expectations for the conference were fully realized as our young people and senior citizen s managed to successfully bridge the "generation gap."

Many thanks to all the students, faculty, parents, the YWCA of Montclair,

and Sister Catherine Seeley for their outstanding contributions. Deserving special recognition are student cochairmen Beth Kindler and Sally De Piro and their sub-com m ittee chairm en Andrea Meschkow, Phil Molinaro, Peggy Mills, and Louise Sperling.

Lynn Towner DoddB54 Director of Enrichment

Holiday Open House Built on an "inside" joke based on MKA's A ,B ,C ,D ,E,F days, this year's College Age Alumni Party was billed as an "S" d a y .. . a s n a c k .. . ,a s o d a .. . a sc in tilla tin g s o c ia l___with seniors . . . .sc h o o lte a ch e rs.. .and the serious scholars of the Classes of 75, 76, 77, ■ 8. The Open House will be held on Wednesday, January 3, from four to six iH the Upper School's Commons Room. . . . .and the administration, the faculty, and the Class of 79 look forward to a snappy shindig with our college age alumni.

Volunteers Tutor, Read, Sponsor. ..

The Volunteer Services Club gives students the opportunity to work with the elderly and the young, as well as for blind or impoverished people ..[T h e club] coordinates the Van Dyk Manor program, tutoring se rvice, Talking Books, and the Mariela program. While the first two serve primarily the com­ munity, the others have the potential to help people in distant areas of the United States and the world.

Van Dyk Manor offers students the chance to relate to and help the aged.

Each participant devotes two hours a week, either talking, reading, or writing letters for the residents: : .

Students who enjoy working with children can participate in a tutoring project designed for underprivileged sixth graders from N ewark. The volunteers attempt to make reading and arithmetic as interesting as possible for the children. In addition, they ac­ company the youngsters on field trips, the most recent one being to the sub­ marine the USS Ling in Hackensack.

Members of the Talking Book program record best sellers, short stories, plays, arid magazine articles for the blind. To participate, each person must first submit a short sample of his reading voice. Those accepted then work during their free time to produce recordings.

The program is sponsored by a Catholic guild in Montclair.

The Mariela organization, or MKA's ilhapter of the Save the Children Federation, began in 1975. Sixteen girls, presently seniors, contributed personally to the support of Mariela, a needy child living in Guadalupe, Colombia. Since the original sponsors will be graduated this year, the Volunteer Services Club will continue their responsibility through fundraisers.

From Academy News, November 9, 1978

Elina Tastes American Life Elina Maria Ikonen flew 6,500 miles from Verajamaki, Finland, to attend the Upper School. She lives in a two-story rowhouse in a beautiful wooded suburb of Helsinki. Although 16-year-old Elina left her parents and younger brother August 22, she is excited about her opportunities as an AFS student.

American life appeals to Elina. She wants "To meet new people,. . learn English, and feel something new different from Finland," on her second trip to the United States. She has visited Iowa, but New Jersey will provide dif­ ferent experiences as the state with the densest population.

Elina is among the five million who live in Finland, one of the most northern republics in Europe. The United States,

Kathy Powell Cohn '70, Assistant Director of Admissions for Coucher College, met with senior Beth Kindler in MKA's College Reading Room in October. At. that time, Kathy was the 26th co lleg e representative, out of an expected 150, to visit the school. Each representative, assigned a student host, tours the Upper School; meets with interested juniors and seniors to answer questions about their institutions; and confers with our college placement director.

with approximately 210,000,000 people, is much more culturally diverse than the generally homogeneous Scandanavian countries.

Hostess Louise Sperling and her family [Dr. and Mrs. Walter Sperling MA '34] greeted Elina at a two-day orientation for 700 AFS students at Long Island's C.W. Post College. Elina says, "When I saw •them the first time on campus, I just knew they were my fam ily." It was an impressive gathering; "There were many nationalities. When I saw all 700 of those people, I saw how right (worthwhile) it was," Elina comments.

Foreign languages interest Elina. She hopes to apply them in a field associated with public relations. Elina studied her native Finnish, English for 5 years, Swedish for 3, German for 2, and French for 1 year as well as math, chemistry, geography, religion, and music, daily at school. Seven hours of classes and generous homework assignments in Finland have well prepared Elina for the rigors of the Academy's curriculum. She takes U.S. History, English, Chorus, and French this year.

Ballet, piano, choir, folk dancing, and drawing occupied Elina's free time at home. She has studied ballet for three years, taking classes three times a week.

Although she will try to pursue these interests during her stay, Elina's priorities include studying, and learning about the U.S. and its people.

The American Field Service awards scholarships to students on the basis of intellect, character, and enthusiasm.

Students from many foreign countries including Denmark, Brazil, and Chile have attended MKA in previous years.

From Academy News, September 7, 1978 by Betsy Stanton '79

Innovative Courses Enlarge Curriculum Four new courses have been added to the Academy curriculum; students may opt for classes in cultural anthropology, photography, T2A, and Russian.

All sophomores may study cultural anthropology, an innovation in the history department. This one trimester course explores how culture shapes behavior and personality. Sophomore Edward Hubsmith said, "It is the other part of biology." Assistant Headmaster Betty Wedel instructs the class.

Field trips are an integral part of the anthropology curriculum. Students will accompany fellow students to New York to view the King Tut Exhibit in December. Anthropology student Heidi Ames describes it as "an interesting course which is not like any other history class."

"The objective of the photography course is to provide the Academy publications with good photographers," said photography teacher W illiam Bullard. Students learn methods of exposure, developm ent, and p rin t­ making in the medium of black and white film.

During the second trimester students will work on independent projects.

Junior Andrew Kramer comments, "The informal setup of the class makes photography an excellent learning ex­ perience."

Judy Nesbit teaches T2A, a full year course offered by the mathematics department. Designed as a follow-up for students who have completed Algebra 11, the course reviews various topics in algebra and also includes a thorough study of trigonometry.

Russian is the new addition in the language department. Students have memorized the Russian alphabet and class time is spent practicing con­ versation and dialogues. "The idea is to get the students talking as much as possible," said teacher George Hrab. The class consists of three students. Senior Lisa Godlewski said, "It's, a new and different course which is very in­ teresting." "It's a lot of fun," added classmate Janet Welsh.

From Academy News, October 12, 1978 by Irma Kanter '80

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¡Ik Dick Carrie '41, Grace McCollum Brennan '30, and Dawn Geannette '68 chat with fellow alumni/ae at the Phon-a-thon.

Dialing For Dollars

1978-79 Leslie Bunce '54, coordinator of this year's Alumni Phon-a-thon, brought together a troupe of enthusiastic alumni volunteers to place calls to MKA alumni on November 14, 15, and 16.

Richard Carrie '41, Marc Kirschner '60, and Fenton Purcell '60 served as captains of the three evening sessions, leading their recruits in the attempt to contact as many as 1,000 MKA graduates.

The benefits of such telephone conversations emerge as threefold: the caller and the callee, often classmates or peers, pleasantly recall past times together; inform ation as to the whereabouts and occupations of the alumni is accumulated; much needed financial support of the current programs of MKA is pledged and subsequently secured. This year, more than $25,000 was pledged during the six sessions of the alumni and parent phon-a-thons.

Roger T. Cole, a parent, is again serving as overall chairman of this year's $190,000 annual giving effort. Because it is not logistically possible to contact everyone by phone, he will find other ways to make sure that everyone is given the opportunity to participate in this year's expanded program. This year's goal represents an eleven per cent in­ crease over last year's $170,000 target, which was surpassed by more than $14,000. W e're counting on your response!

Alumni participants in parent/alumni phoning sessions were: Frances Johnson Ames '40, Denise Farandatos Anastasiou '62, Joel Bauer '59, Grace McCollum Brennan '30, Leslie Bunce '54, Frederic Calder '42, Joan Denney Carlisle '46, Richard Carrie '41, Ann Dixon Curtin '39, Lynn Towner Dodd '54, Fay Taft Fawcett '52, Dawn Geannette '68, Geoffrey Gregg '68, Jules Halm '49, Barry Malkin '59, Nancy Plummer Nazarian '68, Fenton Purcell '60, William Schulting '42, Robert Sessa '68, Heidi Ames Troxell '46, Carol Humphrey White '52.

Heartfelt thanks for your successful accomplishment.

Making a Splash!

News gleaned from a variety of sources tells us that many of our former swimming stars are still making waves!

Scott Schulte '77 led Bucknell University to the Division One Eastern Water Polo Championships at Brown University. Doc Hodge '76 captains Cornell University's water polo team which also played in the Division One tournament; and Dick Rento '78 played for Brown University (the only freshman on the varsity team).

Bill Dioguardi '76 led Monmouth College's team, which he captained, to the Division Two Eastern Championships at Lehigh University. A valuable member of the Monmouth team is Jay Hopkins '77.

Bucknell, Brown, and Cornell came in first, second, and third in Division One, and Monmouth was first in Division Two. Congratulations!

Robert Dobbin '75, a senior and water polo star at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, played with his team in a special tournament in California. MIT also competed in the Division One Eastern Championships. Mark Baran '74, former captain of Yale University's team, has been giving clinics in Eastern colleges and refereeing. And, last but not least, Al Van Eerde '73 stays in the swim of things by coaching MKA's water polo team!

UPPER SCHOOL FALL SCORECARD Field Hockey JV Field Hockey Football JV Football Girls Soccer Boys Soccor Cross Country Water Polo

WON 7 3 5 1 3 6 0 8

TIED 2 2

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LOST 9 6 3 4 10 9 14 3

Varsity soccer reached the semi-finals in the NJISAA Tournament.

Varsity football tied for second place in the Independent School Football League:

On May 5, a house tour, "Arbors 'n Architecture," will be sponsored by the Parents' Association of MKA. Alumni and Past Parents will have a boutique in one of the houses for your browsing and shoppjng pleasure. You will be hearing more from Fay Taft Fawcett '52, Alumni Chairman, and Sandy Carter, Past Parent Chairman............ but please save the date now!

News of Former Faculty Nicholas Childs visited MKA in June prior to leaving for China with a group of faculty members and administrators, from the American School in Isfahan where he has been teaching for two years. After eighteen days in China, Nick was planning to visit friends in Singapore and Penang.

Marilyn Batchelder also stopped by the school for a visit this spring. She has completed the first year in a training program leading to becoming a marriage and family therapist. Marilyn and Dick still live in Upper Montclair.

Another welcome visitor was Joyce Kelley who was here on a visit from Houston in June. For news of daughter, Karen, please see '74 class notes.

And, we were delighted to see Betty Dallery twice this fall. She stopped by the office to donate some marvelous pictures of K/A plays for the archives» and she attended Homecoming to celebrate daughter June Dallery Doolittle's 20th reunion.

It was a treat to have Miss Margaret Gallie with us at Homecoming, too. She enjoyed seeing so many former students, as they enjoyed seeing her.

For exciting news of Peg Jenkins Osborne '50 please see her class notes!

We are sorry to report that we have learned of the deaths of four faculty members, and we extend our deepest sympathy to their families.

William Sisson died in March in Rochester, N .Y., where he had been teaching in an independent school. Rena Nejelski, mother of Leo '48 and Paul '55, died in August. A teacher at Montclair Academy for twenty years, Mrs. Nejelski retired in 1968.

Frederick Hackett died in Florida in June. He served as headmaster of MA from 1948 to 1954 following the organization of the Montclair Academy Foundation. He then served as head­ master of Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, prior to his retirement in 1964.

Thomas Flail, who was MA's head­ master from 1954 to 1960, died in August at his home in Vermont. Mr. Hall was a prominent real estate dealer in the Shaftsbury area and held many county and state positions in the profession.

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HOMECOMING

Barbara Newell Bowen and Elizabeth Love Nelson enjoy celebrating their 50th reunion with Miss Margaret Gallie, former TKS Head­ mistress, and Principal Edward Read.

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Welcoming Californian Phil Fradkin (far right) to the 25th reunion are New Jersey classmates Dave Connolly and Peters Lindsay.

Margaret McVay McCombs (3rd from left) came from Alaska (/) to join Lolly Penick Burgin, Daisy Flahnebach, and Lois Creighton Lindsay at their 25th.

Also on hand to celebrate are '53 classmates Elizabeth Myers from Michigan, local residents Stephanie Miller Gray and Suzette Armitage Whiting, and Patricia Eddy Ford from Connecticut.

Jacqueline Ambler Cusick, Ellen O'Donnell Page, and Bob Consingsby traveled from Washington, D.C., Massachusetts and Florida to attend the 25th.

Ted Johnson '53 joins classmate Neil Lindeman and his wife, Connie, at the reunion celebration.

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Members of the Classes of '54, Leslie Bunce and Jake Jacobus, with Pete Cockshaw '53 and his wife, Pat, who came from Pennsylvania.

'38 classmates lane Carpenter, Margot Meehan Weidlich, and Dottie Booth Pearson enjoy their 40th reunion along with Dottie's husband, George.

Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54 (center), President of the Board of Trustees, welcomes Sheila Brown Lindveit and Sally Luchars McCarthy who came from Washington, D.C. for their 25th.

Nina Szot Bora! '69 congratulates Howard Beilin on his 25th and looks forward to celebrating her 10th next year!

Two more members of TKS '69, Phyllis Digges La Touche and Lynn Ehrhardt Gildea, meet Brian Thomas 74 and Rob Gardner 78.

Caroline Read with Bob Sessa '68, Avie Claire Kalker '68, and Burge Ayres, Upper School Headmaster. Avie came in from Texas to celebrate her 10th!

Don Mulford '35 and his wife, Penny, join Cynthia Mann Treene '54 and her husband, Bill.

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Members of the Class of '58 came from near and far to celebrate their 20th! Front row: Carol Crosse Giannini, Maryland; Diana Bethell Little, N J .; ¡une Dallery Doolittle, Rhode Island. Back row: Gail Garnar ¡acobus, N J .; Anne Bobst High ley,' N .Y.; Helen Bryant Perry, N J .; loan Eberstadt Weiant, N J .; Patricia Baldanza Godard, Florida; Betsy Barney lo h n sto n , P ennsylvania; Helen D uBois Veltkamp, N J. Thanks to Helen Veltkamp, who sent us this group snapshot. Our pictures were of smaller groups, and we think it is fun to see everyone together!

Classmates of MA '43 and wives at the 35th reunion: Tom Adair, Gloria and Frank Sweeney, Perce and Pat Hill.

Nick Eastman 75 and lohn Pariseau 74 strike a pose for the cameraman!

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Fay Taft Fawcett '52 enjoying Homecoming — and looking forward to seeing everyone at the alumni/past parent Boutique she will co-chair in May.

lohn Seed 30, Walter Sperling'34, and loan Denney Carlisle 46.

Obviously happy to be together are Rudy Deetjen '50, Alan Deehan 77, faculty member Nate Fuller, Pam Zeug 78, and Melissa Cohn 78.

Rye Nazarian (son of Nancy Plummer Nazarian '68 and Barry Nazarian '62) celebrates his mother's 10th as he did his dad's 15th last year.

Among those representing the Class of 77 are Bill Langstaff, Donna Crews, and Marco Casta.

Joe Hare '65, Mike Yamashita '67 and his wife, Kazuyo, enjoy meeting David Peckman 78.

(Photographs by Satoru Tsufura)

Susan and Fenton Purcell '60 congratulate Gail Tomec Kerr '52 (center), Alumni Association V.P. for Reunions, on another successful Homecoming............ Thank you, Gail!

CLASS NEWS

Theron Butterworth

Emma Dickson Carswell '09 TKS Emma Dickson Carswell hopes to visit MKA for Homecoming Day next year to celebrate her 70th reunion. We hope daughter Cornelia Carswell Serota '39 will be here, too, to celebrate her 40th!

'13 MA The Alumni Office was sorry to learn of the death of Kenneth Backus. Mr. Backus had been living in Ontario, Canada.

'15 TKS Mrs. George O. Bailey, Secretary (Dorothy Cerf) Old Point Road Quogue, NY 11959 '16 TKS Mrs. Charles W. Williams, Secretary (Jerry McBrier) 1717 Gulf Shores Boulevard, N. Naples, FL 33940 '17 TKS Mrs. Samuel Meek, Secretary (Priscilla Mitchell) 88 Doubling Road Greenwich, CT 06830 Your Secretary wrote this summer that they were planning to go to Vermont and the Adirondack^ -- with a little fishing in Canada.

Plans ffe B September included a NATO meeting in Hamburg, Germany.

'23 TKS Nice to hear from Alice Vezin Chatellier lastb'spring. She'enjoyed being at a summer minjlreumon at Marge Parkhurst Sommer's Mere Point cottage with Elizabeth Hawkins Wilson and Karolyn Greene Cole. She hopes to see Harry Hogan (MA '22®some fine day" as he and his wife live down the coast.

MA T h S p ictu re p™Theron Butterworth was taken by his 18-year old granddaughter, Nora Sommer, when she, her grandfather, and her

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two younger brothers visited Rhinefall, Switzerland, last AprilipThe Sommers live in Herrliberg near Zurich. Theron's daughter, Nancy, spends much of her time painting and has exhibited on several occasions.

En route and back from Switzerland, Theron enjoyed three days in Corsica, one in Paris, and four in London. He spent Christmas with anotheiii daughter in Florida and also visited relatives and friends in Georgia, North Carolina, Long Island, and New Jersey. When at home in Arlington, Virginia, he visits new families and shut-ins in his Parish; and he spends a good deal of time writing letters to a variety of friends from age 7 to 96.

the ninth time.

Marion sees Lucy Lair Reis Masters quite frequently as she is a neighbor. She has two sons, one in Washington State and one living near Scranton. Lucy and her husband were on the QE II for the lap between New York and San Francisco. Marion still works a couple of days a week in the Country Book'Shop in Bryn Mawr. She also plays a lot of bridge, including playing on the team of the Merion Cricket Club.

Phil and I had our 50th wedding anniversary in May and our three children gave us a wonderful party in Little Compton, Rhode Island. The party was held at Mollie and Phil, Jr.'s house with our whole family — including our eleven grandchildren H and thirty good friends coming from Montclair and the Boston area to help celebrate with us.

We have just returned from Little Compton having spent three weeks taking care of our daughter Pat's (TKS '54) three children, Tim, ifyC aro lyn , 15, and David, 11, until Pat came from Simsbury to take over.

It is with great sadness that I report the death of Ruth Searing Cook in September.

MA The Alumni Office is sorry to have learned of the deaths of Mark McClain and Guy Payne, Jr. Mr. McClain, who lived in Sarasota, Florida, died in 1977 after a long illness. Dr. Payne, a specialist in anesthesia, was a member of the staff of Mountainside Hospital for 31 years. When he moved to Morrisville, Vermont, in 1967, he joined the staff of Copley Hospital. Dr. Payne died in April. Our deepest sympathy to both their families.

'24 TKS Mrs. Philip B. Taylor, Secretary (Helen Patrick) 80 Norwood Avenue Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 '25 TKS A nice, newsy letter from Kay Meyer Mrs. H. Kimball Halligan, Secretary Mauchel tells us that she has sold her house in (Helen Raymond) St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. It was a heart 55 North Mountain Avenue wrench as they had put so much into restoring Montclair, NJ 07042 an old sugar factory and had lovely gardens.

We were sorry to learn from her daughter, Kay bought a condominium in Sarasota, Anne, that Alice Doyle Kelly died in OctobeM Florida, and now lives there in the winters.

She belongs to the Garden Club there and MA plays lots of golf and bridge. Last winter Kay Nice to have a letter from Richard Overton took a cruise on,the QE II. She has given up last April. He retired as professor emeritus breeding dogs as it was impossible to manage from the University of Western Ontario in her kennels living six months in Connecticut 1973. From that date, he has been teaching a and six months in Florida. She bred fifty-three variety of courses (Canadian Studies, Trans­ cocker spaniels, and now has one poodle. portation, Historiography — some or all) at Dorothy Monro Dill and Bill are now on an Burr and Burton Seminary, a private extended trip to Europe. They have been in secondary school in Manchester, Vermont.

Holland, Belgium, Denmark, and Norway.

He was also looking forward to giving a course From Marion Jayne Berguido comes a note ¡^transportation at Ethan Allen Community saying that her two granddaughters, aged 9 College this fall. Mr. Overton wrote that he and 11, came from California to visit her for had completed, and would shortly have ready three weeks. At the same time, another for publication, a book on railway en­ daughter came with her two girls aged 10 and trepreneurship. He formerlywheld a direc­ 14, and they went to Williamsburg, torship of the Central Vermont Railway.

Jamestow® and the Luray Caverns, ijjie y spent the last week of their visit on Cape Cod '26 MA where her oldest daughter lives. She was a Henry B. Fernald, Jr. '28, Agent busy, busy grandmother.

Word from Alden Smith last spring was that Marion saw Edith Keyes Stoney late this spring, and it is noteworthy to write that Edith B ie enjoyed reading Alumni News and seeing the pictures of Homecoming '77. Al lives in is now on her usual photographic safari for

New Hampshire where he has been very involved in a variety of community activities — among them, Board of Selectmen; Zoning Board of Adjustment; Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission; Advisory Council on Aging, State of New Hampshire.

He still operates his apple orchard, and reports that forestry, ham radio commu­ nication, and fishing are his avocations/1 hobbies.

'27 TKS Mrs. John Holt, Agent (Dorothy Ayres) MA Henry B. Fernald, Jr., '28, Agent '28 TKS It was great to have Barbara Newell Bowen and Elizabeth Love Nelson here on Homecoming Day to celebrate their 50th!

And. to have news to share from other members of TKS '28.

Natalie Ross Leonard wrote, "I retired six years ago from teaching astronomy at the University of California (Davis campus).

Arthur has also retired from the Engineering Department of the University. We have a son and daughter and two grandchildren. We go to Hawaii once or twice a y e a B n order to pursue our hobbies! (a) a photographic history of changes in the volcanoes, for the past sixteen years; and (b) underwater photography of fish and other life in the coral reefs."

Geraldine Herr Gibbins wrote from Beach"-., wood, N .J., that her husband retired from the practice of medicine last year. They celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary this June. can't come to the reunion," Emily Parsons wrote, "because we will be cruising to the Black Sea on the 'Viking Sea'. . Flying to London on the Concorde and then to Athens for five days before boarding ship. We have a great family of four married children with nine grandchildren who are all a joy. Spend the winters now in Florida. My main interests are gardening and cooking. Two daughters have started a business called Earthworks, Inc., have a large productive garden, and are selling fresh organically grown vegetables. I help them six days a week planting, picking, and selling."

MA Henry B. Fernald, Jr., Agent Dick Allenby and Al Stapf, with his nice wife, Doris, were here for all the festivities on Hom ecom ing D a y ... and we enjoyed celebrating their 50th with them.

Bill Young and his wife, Peggy TKS '37, were sorry not to be here. They were in Seattle helping an aunt celebrate her 100th birthday!

For further news of the Youngs, please see TKS '3 ;p | Joseph Ward Doremus sent his regrets. A fruit farmer, "Dory" finds September one of his busiest times. He is, and has been for fifteen years, a member of the Montville

Township Recreation Commission. Dorrance Sexton has retired as chairman of Johnson and Higgins. For further news of the Sextons, please see TKS '29 class notes.

Nicholas Leaycraft reports from Con­ necticut that he has been happily married since 1937. He is retired — having developed foreman training programs during World War II; spending almost ten years with the Ford Motor Company, primarily in industrial relations research; and developing and ad­ ministering special programs in State Em­ ployment Service for over twelve years.

Alvin Sloan has retired as Treasurer and General Manager of the Motion Picture Theatre Circuit.

'29 TKS How sad we were to learn of your Secretary Sue Sterling's death. A loyal alumna and a good friend, Sue will be sorely missed by all of us at MKA. The number of friends who joined her family at the memorial service was a tribute to the contributions Sue had made through the years tpiiher school, her church, and her community.

Sue had mailed a letter to her classmates this summer, and received a number of replies. We know she would wish the notes to be published since the Class of '29 and "keeping in touch" were both so close to her heart.

Kit Meeks wrote from California that two classmates had visited during the past year.

"One was Muriel Lloyd Heilman and her husband, Ed; the other was Jeanne Price Goodlatte, her son and his wife, and their new little baby. I enjoyed seeing all of them so much. Hope they'll all let me know if they come out again near Coronado. Also, anyone else who gets to the San Diego area, please let me know? ’I'd love it."

Laura Hurd Motion wrote that they spent the whole summer in Connecticut for the first time in years. "It was beautiful so we plan to do it again. . We had a continual group of visitors — delightful S ten different groups.

Weather mostly gorgeous, got in lots of tennis and swimming."

From Charlotte Fitch, "Expect to be going out to California again to play great grandaSt to Charlotte Henson while great niece will be busy.with a new baby in late August or early September. Any '29-er near San Francisco, please get in touch."

Marge McComb Sexton wrote that with retij^ment and country living,' she finds they are busier and more involved than ever. She and husband, Dorrance '28, have two sonssi both lawyers, both married, and with six and a half children between them. "Home base ® lovely N.W. Connecticut, which is still country, with seasonal travel away from it, especially in the 'mud' time. Involvements, include hospital work and Day Care Center, and Garden Club Boards, etc. The only classmate that I see is Jane Foster Lapham as our paths cross fairly often."

MA Henry B. Fernald, Jr/'28, Agent

'30 TKS Mrs. Val J. Brennan, Secretary (Grace McCollum) 130 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 '31 MA We are very sorry to report that we learned from Mrs. Baechlin that her husband and your classmate, Robert Baechlin, died last May.

loan Williams Van Dolen '32 TKS Joan Williams Van Dolen sent news from Key Biscayne, Florida. "Larry and I are both working at fun jobs. I'm at a dressjjhop on the Key,, and Larry is sales rep for the Key newspapeH 'The Islander.' We have three grandchildren — Gwen, 21, Jay, 18, and Chip, 11. "

MA James A. Rogers, M .D ., Agent Ross Roe retired in December, 1976, as senior vice president of the Selected Risks Insurance Company. Ross took a "summer job" with Selected and stayed 4414 years working up through the various positions from mail room, accounting, claims, and un­ derwriting. He continues as a member of the Board of Directors, and enjoys traveling with his wife, lisa, between meetings.

We were sorry to learn of the deaths of two of your classmates, Charles Lowry and William Munson.

A former Kimberley trustee, Charles Lowry was a former chairman and chief executive officer of the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company; president of Lowry & Company, line.; and president of the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange, Inc. We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife, Virginia, his son, Peter, and his daughters, Anne Lowry Lawlor '68 and Susan Lowry Bristol '69.

A graduate of Dartmouth College, William Munson was regional sales manager of Owens Illinois Company before retiring three years ago. Our deepest sympathy to his wife, Janet, his daughter, Virginia Munson Vultee '69, and to his sister, Edith Roche, former member of MKA'&staff.

'33 TKS Janet Watkins Cook writes from Indiana

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that her hobby is travel, travel, travel! "In the years since our daughters (Claire Cook Lupton and Cail Cook Bradley) have been married, Cordon and I have been fortunate in having the time and freedom to indulge in some fascinating trips — the year before last, a photographic safari in East Africa; last year to India; and most recently to Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Japan. We've been in South Bend for thirty years (which I find hard to believe R how fast those years slipped by!) but I do enjoy hearing about Kimberley and now M KA." Cordon is a physician specializing in OB-CYN, and Janet has been very active in Psi lota Xi, a philanthropic sorority with its main interest in the field of speech and hearing. She was National President and a member of the National Council. Janet visits Chatham, N.J. (and 5year old granddaughter, Kate Lupton) quite often and hopes that one of her trips will coincide with a Homecoming some day.

Grandson, Geoffrey Bradley, was born last June. Janet also reported that Eloise Moore Warner had visited her recently, and that they had a lovely time reminiscing about TKS days.

Fran Kopper Sumwalt and her husband, Charlie, live in Wayne, Pennsylvania, in the Valley Forge area. Fran keeps busy with her volunteer work at St. David's Church where she and Charlie teach church school. She also enjoys a very active sustaining group of the Junior League. Daughter, Nancy, lives in Jacksonville, Florida, with her two children — Douglas, 11, and Linda, 9. Nancy continues to teach school. Daughter, Linda, and her husband live in the suburbs of Pittsburgh with Tommy, 9, and Stacie, 4Vi. MA William J. Thompson, Jr., Secretary 415 Claremont Avenue, #2E Montclair, NJ 07042 William J. Thompson, Jr., Agent '34 TKS Mrs. David Haviland, Secretary (Barbara Spadone) 185 Gates Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 For news of Catherine Halsey Hutson's daughter's wedding, please see TKS '71 class notes.

'35 TKS Mrs. Stewart Carpenter, Secretary (Josephine Fobes) 4 LaSalle Road Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Mrs. Sidney P. Herbert, Agent (Virginia Voorhees) '36 TKS Mrs. W. Kent Schmid, Secretary (Josephine Murray) Mason's Island Mystic, CT 06355 Mrs. H. DeHaven Manley, Agent (Jean Winpenny) Notes from your Secretary Jodie: "Hi Everybody — Charlotte Altemus Patton wrote me a cute letter about her recent activities.

She and Russ spent an exciting weekend with Betty Rhoades McCabe and Jim in Saratoga. It was Triple Crown Weekend and that's always special. They even spent an evening at that fantastic Center for the Performing Arts for an Arthur Fiedler concert.

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"Charlotte has retired from her interior design job at Ethan Allen, and now she has time to decorate her own home! Both son, Skip, and his wife are in the health field in Albany.

"A newsy letter from Bette Surbrug Goins just arrived. She sure has a farm! Horses, dogs, cats, chickens, and worms (worms?).

She has to feed them all daily but what do you feed a worm? They have been successfully raising baby chicks. Bette says chickens are sad sacks and dumb but they've been able to sell enough eggs to pay for all their feed. No baby horses this year, though S not until March of '79.

"Bette still works at the lumber company and says the amount of building where she is in Del Mar, California, is incredible! She was surrounded by vacant land twelve years ago, and now there are houses all around her. She must be a dynamo! 5:30 a.m. is the start of her day, and she doesn't quit until 10 p.m.

Wow! I bet she doesn't have insomnia. Then she says she gets mad at herself because she can't do as much as she used to!

"I still work at that fabulous bath shop and enjoy every minute. Our two oldest are living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and I don't know if they'll ever become Easterners again.

Karin is a 1978 graduate of Delaware Valley College of Agriculture in Doylestown, Penn­ sylvania. She has recently been employed at a Mainline estate as an Assistant Horticulturist.

Her du ties,w ill consist of caring for and developing an arboretum. At least, we'll have one home for Christmas!

"I hope you all sent in your news. Have a healthy, happy winter. 'Bye till next spring. ."

A nice note came from Doris Keller Hamlin in Litchfield, Connecticut, although it contained some sad news. "I am sorry to report the death of Catherine Ward Utley. She died in Vero Beach, Florida, in July, 1977.

"This spring Gordon and I took a driving tour to visit our children — Gordie, Jr., easy as he lives in Freeport, Maine; Laurie, easier as she and her doctor husband live in Con­ cord, Massachusetts; and then to Leigh who lives in Houston, Texas. She works for Stouffers and manages the Pennzoil executive dining room. After well over 5,000 miles, we arrived home a little flat on the bottom, puffy in front, but happy!"

Elaine Beling Mann is still living lakeside and loving it. She's involved in the N.J. Symphony Committee, the Women's Club, arid a stitchery group. Elaine hopes to have another reunion at the lake if she can get everyone to travel. "Can't believe it will be 45 years for our next big one."

We were sorry to learn of the death of Marguerite Pentlarge Strassburger's mother, and send our deepest sympathy.

MA W. Kent Schmid, Secretary Mason's Island Mystic, CT 16355 We're happy to announce that you now have a Class Secretary. (Our first husband and wife team!) Do send Ken news of yourself and your family.

Dallas Townsend, who has been with CBS News since 1941, has anchored "World News Roundup" for the last nineteen years.

"Roundup" celebrated its 40th anniversary last spring. Dallas is presently a trustee of Montclair State College and a member of the board of advisors of the Montclair Chamber

Music Society. He and his wife, Lois, have four married children.

Barbara Vondermuhll '37 (first row, far right) sent word from Florida that she couldn't be at Homecoming but "joined" us via this photo for the Bulletin Board.

'37 TKS Ruth Russell Gray, Esq., Secretary (Ruth Russell) 517 Central Avenue Plainfield, NJ 07060 Cosy Noyes Babcock is blissfully happy with her husband of three years. They spend most of their time running between their three homes in Delray, Florida; Southern Pines, North Carolina; and Leland, Michigan.

Husband, George, is retired and they spend their time playing bridge and golf, fishing, shooting, horseback riding, and dancing. All three of Cosy's daughters are living in California so that is where she heads for the holidays.

Tibbie Caldwell Soper spent some time with Ginnie Kracke Leavitt and husband, Charlie, and the three of them had a great time. Tibbie visited with Betty Pierce Harding and Margaret Richards Chapman whom she had not seen for ages. Tibbie, Betty, and Margaret took a foot tour about Montclair to revisit places of their childhood. They had a great time but things were changed. Tibbie had a seventeen-day stay in the hospital last spring but is feeling better now. Two of her children are in Anchorage, Alaska, and one in a suburb of Los Angeles. Last I heard from Tibbie she was in the midst of cleaning out what the kids left behind, i.e ., old hockey sticks, ROTC socks, etc.

Peggy Klotz Young wrote she was off for her annual spring visit to Paris, France, for a week. Her son, John, is the author of a paperback, "Special Olym pics," about a retarded boy and his family. Perhaps some of you have already had a chance to read it. Peg and husband, Bill MA '28, spent ten days in Manomet this summer cleaning house, planting the garden, fixing the tennis courts, etc., with a little help from the rest of their family.

Ginnie Kracke Leavitt writes that the trip she and Charlie had planned to take to Russia last spring was cancelled. Instead they left on July 7 for the Balkans. We'll get a report from Ginnie on their exciting trip for our next issue of news.

I passed the Florida Bar exam and was admitted to practice there in March. I never want to study again, but am happy I survived.

Several of the class continue to meet once a month for lunch. A high point was an April luncheon on the boat "Aretusa" docked off the Meadowlands.

Teppy Holton Sjolander continues her artistic ventures and recently had some work published as illustrations accompanying an article written by a friend. Teppy's work is very beautiful. Congratulations, Teppy.

The sad news is the loss of Jean Hamlin Noyes' husband, Richard. Although it was not unexpected, it still was not easy for Jean. She is holding up admirably, and our condolences to you, Jean.

'38 TKS Miss Jane Carpenter, Secretary 11 Norman Road Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Three of us attended the fortieth reunion cocktail party on September 30 — Dottie Booth Pearson, Margot Meehan Weidlich and Jane Carpenter. It was fun renewing old friendships and looking at our yearbook again after all these years. We were wishing more could have come, but lives are busy!

Mary Ames Poor is "busier than usual." She is finishing a degree with a 12-credit load this year as well as teaching and doing ad­ ministrative work at Agnes Irwin School. Her son, Curt, and Mary Anne are expecting their second child very’soon. Daughter, Betsy, has "acquired" a 14-year old stepson, Lief Noll.

She and her husband, Bruce, have been building a house with their own hands out in South Dakota, and hope to finish it by spring.

Bruce is a South Dakota University professor.

Mary's other three children — Martha, Bill, and Lucia — are all in New York City.

Dottie Booth Pearson brought her husband, George, to the Homecoming party. George has retired and they have bought a home in Branchville, N.J. Their daughter, Gail, graduated from Montclair State, and she and her husband live in Netcong, N.J. Edie Henderson Scripps is traveling worldwide these days. In May she went with friends to Tahiti and the islands of Bora Bora and Moorea. In mid-September she left for England and the Cottswald country, where she expects to go antiquing along the way.

Then she takes off for the Orient, Thailand, Taipan, Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Philip­ pines. What a whirl!

Ann McNair Bushnell reports that her daughter, Nell Cadue, received her master's degree in guidance counseling this summer, and will work at the Stroudsburg, Penn­ sylvania, High School this fall. Son, Howard, has written a biography of Maria Mallabrand, a famous opera star of the early 1800's, to be published within the next year. Ann and her husband, Francis, have a cottage in the Poconos, where the summer has been delightful.

Margot Meehan Weidlich brought her daughter to the cocktail party. She was amused looking at the pictures of her mother, Dottie, and me in our yearbook. "Some haven't changed at all, others look entirely different." Margot is a Christian Science practitioner at the present time.

Ruth Sylvester Eliot lost her husband a little over a year ago. Our sympathy to you, Ruth.

She has four children — two married and living nearby, two at home. She is also

blessed with three granddaughters. She reports a nice visit with Joan Garrigan Dial last summer.

All of those heard from were sorry not to make the reunion. There were phone calls from Narcisse Kunz Cadgene and Joan Garrigan Dial, also regretting. Another year we will try to do better. Meantime, keep the news flowing!

George /. Schreiner, ¡r.

MA George Schreiner regretted that a con­ flicting engagement in Ocean City kept him from attending HomecomingK- but sent best wishes via a photo for the Bulletin Board.

'39 TKS Mrs. Henry N. Perry, Secretary (Beverly Crane) 43 Gordonhurst Avenue Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Mrs. John Y. G. Walker, Agent (Maryl Riter) ■ We were so sorry to learn last spring of the death of Janet Reighley McIntyre's husband, Albert. Our deepest sympathy to her and to her children.

We also extend our sympathy to Ann Dixon Curtin who lost her mother this fall.

MA Ralph Heintz is a senior research engineer with SRI International in Menlo Park, California. His avocation is buying, selling, and repairing mechanical music; and he also lectures on the history and development of music boxes and barrel organs. His wife, Marcella, an antique dealer, is an authority on 18th and 19th century English porcelain.

The Heintzes have three daughters and a son, and four grandchildren.

'40 TKS Mrs. Charles V . Cross, Secretary (Barbara Armstrong) 108 Sunset Avenue Verona, NJ 07044 Marilyn Gates Crandall reports that she was overwhelmed to win a cash prize and then sell an oil painting at an art exhibition in April.

This summer she attended water color and collage workshops. In September, she and George were planning a six-week trailer trip across Canada from V anco uver . to Newfoundland. Unfortunately, their return trip will not bring them far enough south to visit in New Jersey. They expect to be grandparents for the third time in November.

Mafellyr® mother still ¡¡corresponds weekly with Emma Dickson Carswellf'09, Kimberley's oldest graduate.

Harriet Palmer Pickens tells us that hem Slisband, Richard, is working hard, as usual, at surgery. She keeps busy at her favorite pastime, playing tennis, and also enjoys recording books for the blind.

June Bausher Burggraf is now a proud grandmother. Nancy Schoonmaker Heidt is enjoying her new membership in the Seaweeders, the Bay Head Garden Club.

Emily Meeker Cunningham has moved from Wassaic, N .Y., back to Millbrook and a smaller house. She continues to keep busy with part time volunteer work as a teacher's aide, working with children with learning problems. Her husband, Raymond, is a clergyman and consultant; and Emily is also on the vestry and in the choir at Grace Church in Millbrook. Son, Harry, 27, spent a year in Alaska and is now living in Vermont; daughter; Elizabeth, is 24 and a writer; and daughter, Ruth, 22, has just graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music.

Elizabeth and Ruth will be living in New York City this year.

Frances Johnson Ames reports that she had a good visit with Jean Downes Fisher in the spring. The Fishers are building a retirement home in Hilton Head, and hope it will be ready for occupancy next spring. Jean Girdler Grinned visited Frances this Summer when she came down to see her mother. Jean is managing two women's, specialty shops in the Boston area, and has moved into a smaller house in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Yours truly has recovered from a bad winter and spring in the hospital, but the surgeons have me all glued together properly, and I'm fine again.

'41 TKS Kit Eavenson Sanders remains active in the Montclair Dram atifjjClub, and was stage manager for the November production of "Born Yesterday."

Enid Griswold Hyde, a professor of Art History at the University of Virginia, lectures at the State Department regularly, and is also president of National Fine Arts Associates, Inc. They arrange art tours for-conventions and museum groups coming to Washington, D.C. When she finds time in her busy schedule, Enid enjoys tennis, skiing, and horseback riding. She and her husband, James, have three children. James III- is a graduate of Denison University and is working on films in Hollywood. Daughter, Leslie, is in Paris for the year with the Middlebury College program; and son, Andrew, TsL at Dickinson College.

Dick Carrie (center) receiving Seventeen m at§ginef*"1978 Salesperson o f the Year" award from Publisher Frank C. Wolf [left) and Advertising Director Robert S. Bunge. Dick /a Seventeen's sales development managerpp

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MA Dick Carrie's daughter, Marybeth, was, married in July to Roger John Garcéau. Son, Jeff '73,“was one of the ushers. Marybeth is a graduate of Fairfield University and the C@hell-New York Hospital School of Nursing.

The groom, also a graduate of Fairfield, is a fourth year medical student at the University of Massáchusetts, Worcester.

Charles Holmes is a professor of English at Transylvania University, BLexington, Ken­ tucky. He and his wife, Carolyn, have three children — Anne, 17, Elizabeth, 16, and John, 11. Chártíé e n jo y é tennis, squash, and camping in his free time; and - Carolyn's outside interests include League of Women Voters andRom m unity activities such as inner-city poverty programs.

'42 TKS Mrsi Robinson V. Smith, Secretary (Joan Trim b leR ?

16 Marshall Terrace Waylanri, MA 01778 Connie Nagel Messinger wrote this summer from California that sW i was sorry that living so far away, she missed the 35|fc reunion. She enjoyed, seeing the Homecoming pictures in the magaz.ir]¿ however. The Messingers' four children keep them busy, and they were looking fo/ward to the arrival of a second grandchild this fall. Connie hopes that classmates who go to Los Angeles will look her up.

Exciting news from Kaki Westerfield Pond.

She and Warrie were to move to their new houseabn Water Island, U.S. Virgin Islands, this October.

MA Daniel E. Emerson, Agent Fred Calder joined the real estate firm of Howard P. Johnson;: Inc., this fall. A member of MKA's Alumni Association Council, Fred is also chairman of the nominating committee of the Montclair-West Essex Guidance Center's Board of Trustees. Fred's youngest dauSters, Amanda and Nina, are 12th and 9th-graders at MKA's Upper School.

Jim Prescott and his wife, Joy, live in Mountain Lakes, N.J. He is vice president of J. L. Prescott Company, manufacturers, and a board member of the Passaic General Hospital and the Passaic Boys Club. Jim has a daughter Donna; a son, James III; and an 11year old grandchild, Donna's daughter, Tia. We extend our deepest sympathy to Ted Etherington and his family on the untimely loss of his daughter, Mimi.

'44 Classmates^ — janet Harris O'Toole and Nancy Heydt Greenes— enjoyed a visit last summer.

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'43 TKS Mrs. E. B. Ruffing, Jr., Secretary (Joan Sweeney) 125 Westview Road Mpper Montclair, NJ 07043 '44 TKS Miss Elizabeth L. Specht, Secretary 26 Montague Place Montclair, NJ 07042 Janet Harris O'Toole junketed to Bermuda in April to see son Richard and old friends.

She then had a surprise visit in May from Jean Semple Rollason who came east from Port­ land to attend daughter Amy's wedding in Connecticut. While at the Cape in June, Janet and husband, John, had dinner with Nancy Heydt Green in Falmouth. This was their first visit in 34 years, and Janet reports that Nan looks marvelous. I think they both do!

Colleen Crowhurst Beacham moved last spring into a townhouse in Bloomingdale (near Packanack Lake) and continues to love her work — teaching music in the nearby elementary school. Sons Bruce, a piano tuner, and CraigBve at home. Daughter, Cathy, is married and has a baby girl. Grandmother Pat j§§ awfully pleased with that!

Shada Deetjen Overton feels relieved to be having a year free from all those PTA responsibilities. Husband, Bruce, continues with Prudential. Daughter, Shada, has been three years as director of women's athletics at Brandywine College, and is also a dorm mother to 240 students. Son, Gary, is a junior at University of Tennessee, majoring in bfpmess; and Jeff is a soccer enthusiast senior at Verona High School.

Pat Lamborn Coward spent the summer at her favorite Martha's Vineyard. She's busy keeping track of her seven children, reporting that George and Patricia are married; Carroll attends Frankliq and Marshall; David's at Hartwick; Sara's at UVM; Jay's in Colorado; and Betsy is a graduate marine geologist at B.C. Now as though that weren't enough, Pat is a director of Amateur Needlework of Today, which gives a ten-day show in April for the Lighthouse for the Blind in NYC. All her girls attended Kimberley.

Pat gave me the sad news of the sudden death of Barbara Baumhogger Gray's husband, Robert. Bobbie, we send our deep sympathy.

Kathleen Miller still lives in her home on Mt. Prospect Avenue, reporting that both her parents are with her and well. She loves playing the organ and does a lot of swimming.

It was great to catch up with Ann Harvey Rapkin who was in our class for 10th and part of 11th. She graduated from Cedar Crest College, and reports her daughter is married and her son is in business. She asked about the Essex Fells gang, and was glad for news of Mary Tiernan McShane, Jean Blancke Wenigman, and Nancy Heydt Green.

Your Secretary is muddling along, still prettying up old houses, and finding the best part of this MKA job is having a chance to catch up with each of you. Give a ring if in the area. Have nails; bring ham­ mer. . Specky MA Arthur B. Harris, Agent Leon Richtmyre, a marketing coordinator with the Kearfdtt Division of the Singer Company, lives in Summit. Rick's hobby is sports cars. He and Joan, a registered nurse,

have five children — Jill (23), Amy (21), Justine (18), Cindi (16), and Raymond (14).

We are very sorry to report that we received word from Mrs. Joan Ash that her husband, Frank Ash, died in January, 1978.

"X" marks Bob Nebergall at the U.S. Treasury Department Pistol Team National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, this August.

'45 TKS Mrs. Roger Kenvin, Secretary (Verna Rudd Trimble) 3518 South Wakefield Street Arlington, VA 22206 MA William B. Grant, Agent Bob Nebergall, a Senior Patrol Officer with the U.S. Customs Service, has been stationed on the Canadian border for the past five years.

Bob attended Loyola C o llege, Loyola University and U .C .L .A ., and has attended the Consolidated Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the Federal Law Enforcement Academy, and the F .B .I. Academy. Prior to 1974, Bob was on a three-year traveling assignment for the Treasury Department throughout Europe and the Middle East. He and his wife, Susan, were married in 1974, and they have two daughters Robin Nebergall, 19, and Julianna Dunn, 14. Susan received her M S. from Simmons College School of Social Work and is associated with the Franklin County Home Health Service.

Although the Nebergalls live in rural Ver­ mont, they travel the 45 miles to Montreal often, and have enjoyed visiting Quebec City, too.

'46 TKS Mrs. N. Young DuHamel, Jr., Secretary (Constance Ritchie) 25 Erwin Park Road Montclair, NJ 07042 '46 ya gotta lotta class but not enough news! Let's hear from the rest of us guys!

Three cheers for Margaret Shanks Moore who sent a newsy letter from Bakersfield, California. Her husband, Bill, travels a lot: land management, clients, politics, quick trips to Washington D.C. and NYC, but Margaret usually only comes to Oyster Bay, L .I., two or three times a year to see her mother, who is in a rest home near her sister, Meteer Shanks Schwab '48. Her five children are busy. Their oldest, a daughter, is in Australia with American Airlines. One son was in Japan for a year (1st Lt. in USMC, Stanford '76). He is now back and will be

going to graduate school. Daughter Marilyn studied Russian at Middlebury. She graduated from Scripps last year, after a year at Heidelberg, Germany. One son is now at Stanford. H e' spent the summer in the Philippines on a 'National Geographic ex­ pedition. The youngest boy is 13 and in 8th grade. He's a tennis player. "I'm involved in state and local politics and do some interior decorating; also on local CA college board.

Would love to see you all."

Heidi Ames Troxell and Tom were trucking all over Turkey this October. After their four children were back to college, they took off on their "summer vacation." John 72, a graduate of Yale, is at Rutgers School of Forestry; Sara 7 4 , a graduate of Tufts, is working in science in Boston; Matthew 76, is a junior at Tufts; and Emily 7 8 , is a freshman at Reed.

Joan Denney Carlisle with Heidi Troxell is attentive to the needs of the Alumni Council of MKA as well as its Parents' Association.

(She is a member of the board of each association.) Youngest son Stuart is in 9th grade at MKA. B. J. Gilmour Eshbaugh is seen dashing about doing very good and needed work for National Council on Alcoholism. At last, attention is being focused on this drug.

Eleanor Helm Ketcham and Jack's son, Jim, Princeton '80, spent the summer in Montclair living at the Helms' and working for Chemical Bank in NYC. Cliff, 18, has probably started his own engineering college. Mary, 15, is running the Teenage America in Toledo.

Abby Keebler Ryan, Art, Philip, and Ruth have moved to Michigan. Judy is married and living in Maine. They all get together in the ' summer. Philip is also a budding engineer.

Young and I are trying hard (means reading a lot) to teach a sophomore class of Christian doctrine and enjoying it very much. Stancy 73 is working for a woman attorney in New York City, helping to set up "legal aid" for middle income people. Lucie 7 5 is a senior at Smith. Kate (Miss Porter's 77) is a sophomore at Kenyon. Betsy (Miss Porter's 78) is a fresh­ man at Smith. Emily is a sophomore at Miss Porter's. Charlotte is in fourth grade at Hillside. Thank heavens for Charlotte: still at home!

We were so sorry to learn of the deaths of Virginia Schwarz Balz and Margaret Sibert Miller; our prayers and love to their families.

Prayers and love also, to Marilyn Magnus Larner and Barbara Crowell Estes on the deaths of their fathers.

'47 TKS Cynthia Youngman Adams' daughter, Susan, was married in June to Kevin Barry Thomas. Following the church wedding, a reception was held ,in Cindy and David's garden in Essex Fells. Both the bride and groom are graduates of East Carolina University. Kevin is now with a Newark law firm and attends Seton Hall Law School.

Midge Bethell Cross and her husband live in Sunapee, New Hampshire, and Worcester, Massachusetts. Courtland is a building contractor, and Midge is active as a board member of the YWCA and the Family Service Organization. She enjoys needlework, gar­ dening, tennis, cross country skiing, theatre, and travel. The Crosses have three children — Richard (25), Wendy (24), and Ginger (21).

Richard married in August and works for Cross Construction Company in Worcester. Wendy is practice teaching in Hanover, N .H ., and

Ginger married in May and is living in South Hadley, Massachusetts.Our deepest sympathy to Kathryn Crowell on the loss of her father this fall.

MA Good to have news of Al Toub and his family. Al is a practicing surgeon podiatrist in Madison, N .J., and he, Gwen, and 17-year old: son, David, live in Short Hills. They are all tremendously interested and active in the musical world. Al, who studies at the Juilliard School of Music, has composed various works all but one of which has been performed. He won the Conducting Contest for the N.J. Symphony Orchestra and conducted it in 1971. Gwen has been a college professor and concert pianist; and David is a violinist and a composer, studying at Juilliard's Pre-College Division. He, too, has had several works of his own performed.

Al and David are also active in Scouting. Al has received various Scouting Awards such as the District Award of Merit. "Scouting" magazine published an article about one of his long distance Scouting trips to Illinois, and some of his own articles have been published in Leaders' journals in Canada on in­ ternational Scouting. He is presently Scoutmaster of a troop in Hillside, having previously led troops in Elizabeth (for 14 years), Irvington, N .J., and San Antonio, Texas. David is an Eagle Scout, elected "Jewish Scout of the Year", in 1975. He has won several Honor Scouting trips to Canada, Illinois, Alabama, and Missouri. David plans to study medicine and genetics in college.

Cole Sheehey is a senior court deputy for the Hennepin County Municipal Court in Minnesota. Cole lives in Wayzata, and tells us that music and the theatre are his hobbies.

His son, Thomas, is in the Navy on the carrier "Eisenhower," and his daughter Janet, was married in August.

fireplace in our pit for chilly evenings. . Our daughter, Leisha, graduated from St. An­ drew's last June and is a freshman at Jacksonville University. She is enjoying every minute of college life and is bringing her roommate, from Parish, N.ffe home for Thanksgiving. At JU, she met a boy she went to kindergarten with at Southwest School, South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, in 1966!

Her friends from MKA's 1978 graduating class have written 9 Suzie Conzen aff(Brown and Pam Zeug at Duke. It's so nice that the girls have stayed so close over the years.

My boys are busy at Boca Academy and Addison Mizner and football every night — yeah! for the Boca Jets! Our boySare out there supporting them daily — Mom and Dad, too.

Took a family liiip to Sanibel Island and Captiva on the west coast of Florida. A very different world over there — beautiful white beaches and lots and lots of shells. . Had a l l s i t from Jonelle Brown Harrison during her winter vacation to Florida. It was great seeing her. We got together with Sibyl Lewis Lotterle in Lighthouse Point to talk over old times. Sib and husband, Hank, are on their way back to South jersey to live. Hank has a super job there. We wish them luck.

MA David St. George, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Essex Fells, N .J., was awarded the doctor of ministry degree at Drew University's commencement in May.

'49 TKS Mrs. T. R. Cutting, Secretary (Sally Smith) 24 Inwood Road Essex Fells, NJ 07021 Mrs. Franklin Saul, Agent (Elayne Robinson) Sue Inglis Chapman keeps busy in Wilmette, Illinois, with church and school activities, Girl Scouts, the Women's Boards of the Lyric Opera and the Chicago Symphony, andt.: the Chicago Wellesley Club. Her husband, Wheeler, is a medical business consultant. The Chapmans have five children — Virginia, 20, who has recently completed a job with the National Forest Service in Wyoming; Carolyn, 19, a sophomore at the University of Kansas; Wheeler III, 17,*:Lee, i l l and Sara, 13.

MA Richard M. Drysdale, Agent Thurman Brown, controller for the Kawecki Berylco Industries — a wholly owned sub­ sidiary of Cabot Corporation — and his wife, Beverly, recently moved to Wyomissing, P en nsylvan ia. Daughter W endy, 22, “a Stan '47 and Frances Lane Miller '48 graduate of Drury College, is teaching 3rd celebrating their 20th anniversary. grade in Kansas City, Missou'ri. Son Theodore, 20, is.a junior at Princeton University. Thurm '48 TKS was vice chairman for the West Texas AAU, Mrs. A. Stanley Miller, Jr., Secretary Swim Committee chairman, and is a national swimming official. I le is also active in Rotary, (Frances Lane) 736 Camino Lakes Circle the Masons, Community Fund, and a? an Boca Raton, FL 33432 alumni representative for Oberlin College.

Krhurm has been listed in recent editions of Mrs. Virginia Aspdin, Agent "Who's Who in! South and Southwest."

(Virginia Hall) Jules Halm became an alumnus/parent this Hello to all from Boca Raton, Florida, along fall when daughter, Suzanne, was welcomed the Hillsboro River. Stan '47 and I and Leisha, into MKA's eighth grade.

Ley, Sky, and Mark moved to a new home last spring just ten blocks south of our previous '50 TKS homestead. It's a great spot for water skiing, Mrs. W . G. Tull, Jr., Secretary belly boarding, boating, crabbing, and just (Sue Davis) plain fishing. Have a beautiful southeast 7907 Greentree Road breeze and paddle fans to keep us cool and a

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Bethesda, MD 20014 Mrs. Clifford S. Evans, Jr., Agent (Mary Anne Treene) Peg Jenkins Osborne is the new Head of Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Congratulations and all best wishes;; Peg! Son, Bill, is with hejjidaughter, Lynn 73, a Smith graduate, is designing sets in New York City; and daughter, Wendy, is a senior at Rhode Island School of Design.

A nice letter arrived from Peggy Jones Steuart this summer. "Sue Davis Tull and her husband, Bill, who we see frequently, e n rS e d their son, Bob, in a camp in Vermont our five have attended. Sue flew up with me to put all our boys there. We had a nice time with the Tulls during the Parents Weekend in July before Guy and I took off for a brief trip to Acadia National Park, Boothbay Harbor, etc., for a week. My brother, Griff Jones., and my sister-in-law, Jeanne (MKA art teacher) — parents of my niece, Gwen 7 9 — spent a weekend with us recently at our summer place in Southern Maryland on the Potomac River. I was a panelist at the NAIS convention in N .Y.C. last March. Loved seeing Peggy Jenkins Osborne briefly. Our daughter, Elizabeth, graduated cum laude from Yale 78.

Son, Guy, is a junior at Washington and Lee University. The other three boys are at St. A lban B gH MA Rudolph H. Deetjen, Jr., Secretary Northgate Road Mendham, N.J. 07945 It was good to see your Secretary Rudy and Patty here on Homecoming Day. Alan Werksman wrote Rudy that he would not be able to be with us, but he sent good wishes to all HjSi and Arlene are now living in Plan­ tation, Florida, and would be delighted to see or hear from anyone. Since April, Alan has been practicing law at his firm's branch office in Boca Raton. His oldest son, Michael 77, is at Moravian College; David is a freshman at New Hampshire College; and Danny is a' senior in high school.

'51 TKS Mrs. Eric W. Stroh, Secretary (Gail Robertson)«!

350 Provencal Road Groflje Point Farms, Ml 48236 MA Ernest F. Keer, III, Agent For news of Duke Habernickel, please see TKS '54 class notes.,.

Jack Schwarzmann, his wife Karin, and children — Liesel, 14, and John Robert, 9 — have recently moved to Santa Fe. Jack is in realfeestate and enjoys private flying, both fixed wing and helicopter^® '52 TKS Mrs. Edward C. Fawcett, Secretary (F a ffS t) 9 Gordon Place M olfclair, NJ 07042 Mrs. David L. Kerr, Agent (Cail Tomec) Last w iB e r, the Fawcetts spent a great weekend visiting Jane Redfield Forsberg and family at their home in Westwood, M a ssa c h u ||ttB Before leaving on Sunday, Janie had a delightful luncheon and skating party with Anne Cook Durey and sons and Anne Areson Dwyer Milne and family.

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Wain Koch Maass answered my "chicken pox" letter last June and sent family news. Her oldest child, Bill, Jr., 19, is a junior at Duke this year; and Andrew, 17/worked as a junior counselor at a N.H. camp last summer and taught tennis. Kathy, 15, spent the summer in Denmark with the friend who lived in Den­ mark with Wain 23 years ago on the Ex­ periment, and who continues to spend her summers there. Kathy now goes to Vermont Academy. Amy, 11, spent a month at the same camp in N .H . where her brother was counselor. Wain says she took Amy to NYC for three days of "culture" in August. Wain started teaching third grade full time last fall and loves it. Bill has opened a new store and works too hard, but is thriving. The whole family does a lot of skiing, both downhill and cross country.

Anne Areson Dwyer Milne keeps busy with various a c tiv itie s in M anchester, New Hampshire: Currier Gallery of Art, church committees, League of Women Voters, team tennis. She and her husband, Norman, and their children, Susan and Walter, enjoy their summers on Lake Winnipesaukee where they sail, swim, and play tennis. During the winters they find time to ski (downhill and cross country), snowmobile, and play paddle tennis. Anne also enjoys traveling and went to Russia, Japan, Curacao, Rumania, and Kenya in 1977. A trip to Egypt is planned for the winter of 1978.

Our oldest, Ashley, 11, started MKA this fall, the same age and grade that I star­ ted. . history repeats itself.

I'm sorry to report that I just talked to Anne Cook Durey and was saddened to learn of the death of her mother in October. Our sym­ pathy to you, Anne.

MA Joseph L. Bograd, Agent '53 TKS Mrs. Thomas Burgin, Secretary (Lolly Penick) 328 Fairway Road Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Mrs. John Seymour, Agent (Carol SnowfflH The class extends its sympathy to Daisy Hahnebach whose father died recently.

Those of-you who missed our 25th reunion should really be sorry! Twelve members of the class from as far away as Alaska and as close as Upper Montclair enjoyed a delicious lunch as guests of the school. In fact, we were having such a good time catching up that some of us stayed long after everyone else had left! Those at lunch were: Jackie Ambler Cusick, Washington, D .C .; Patsy Eddy Ford, Glastonbury, Connecticut; Stephanie Miller Gray, Upper Montclair; Daisy Hahnebach, New York City; Lois Creighton Lindsay and hfiband, Pete (MA '53), West ’ Caldwell; Sheila Brown Lindveit, Washington, D .C.; Sally Luchars McCarthy, Washington, D .C .; Margaret McVay McCombs, Fairbanks, Alaska; Betsy Myers, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Ellen O'Donnell Page, Marblehead, Massachusetts; Suzette Armitage Whiting, Upper Montclair; Lolly Penick Burgin, Ridgewood. One highlight was a phone call from Janie Moore Buffum in Rhode Island, sending everyone her greetings and regretting that s'he could not be with us. Judy Cox Cadilek was also sorry to miss the reunion and sent best wishes to all. She, her husband, Arthugland son, Arthur, Jr., are living in a

converted barn in Ringoes, N.J. on a 65-acre farm. Judy is working as a medical technologist; Arthur is a microbiologist. Some of our twelve returned for the cocktail party later in the day during which a telegram arrived from London from Betty Ann Jones.

The prize for coming the furthest must go to Margaret McVay McCombs who came from Fairbanks where she has lived for the past ten years. Margaret also managed to include a trip to Kentucky to see her family. Her husband, Jack, is the Regional Director for Mental Health Services in Alaska's Interior.

Margaret volunteers at the local hospital and at the Women's Crisis Center. The McCombs have two daughters.

Betsy Myers is now an Episcopal priest and is Associate Rector at Christ Church Cranbrook in B loom field H ills , M ich igan .

Stephanie Miller Gray has recently moved to Montclair and continues to run a travel agency in Nutley. Her daughter, Martha, is at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. Son, Stephen, looks forward to attending art school next year. Stephanie and Virginia Hall Aspdin '48 had a great vacation in Bermuda.

Suzette Armitage Whiting runs a summer restaurant in Beach Haven, N.J. She and her husband, a college professor, have two daughters. Last spring Betty Ann Jones added another honor to her collection. She was awarded the Mrs. Louis Bennet Prize at the 45th annual exhibition of the National Sculpture Society for her gilded silver bas relief "Portrait of Stacey Ann." Patsy Eddy Ford is looking forward to brushing up on microbiology at the University of Hartford. She spends a lot of time working for the Hartford Symphony but says her biggest commitment is orchestrating her busy family. Patsy has three sons. Sheila Brown Lindveit has ‘a variety of outside interests, including working in the Children's Hospital National Medical Center, teaching Sunday School, and volunteering in the church office.

Gardening is a big hobby, and last year she passed the first of four courses offered towards becoming a Landscape Critic. She and Earl, who is with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, have a daughter and a son.

The years seemed to roll away as we recalled incidents, serious, funny, and sad.

We were particularly pleased that Miss Margaret Gallie was one of the honored guests, as many of us remembered her well as a teacher and headmistress. We, of course, shared the occasion with MA '53, a pleasant "first" for many of us.

We Burgins are still in Ridgewood. I am struggling to balance commitments to a busy husband, fast growing children, and com­ munity organizations with a search for just the right paying job. I would like to close by saying that those of us who came to the reunion pledged not to let another 25 years go by. I will add my pledge to act as a clearing house for news, ideas, etc., and to try to produce a regular class column. Do let me hear from you.

MA Peter A. Cockshaw, Secretary P.O. Box 427 Newtown Square, PA 19073 David J. Connolly, Jr., Agent It's a strange — maybe indescribable — experience to renew acquaintances with a bunch of guys you haven't, for the most.part, seen for 25 years. Oddly, it seemed to me as

though we were only a summer away from each other.

Sure, physical appearances are different (some fatter, balder, grayer) and our wallets are thicker. But, basically, none of us has changed that much. We're still kids posing in adult attire wishing we could do it all over again. (And after seeing the bevy of pretty cheerleaders at the football game, those of us who played football really wish we could turn back the clock!)

I know our past master of prose and Pulitzer Prize-winning classmate, Phil Fradkin, could do a better job capsuling the emotions of a quarter century reunion, but there you have mine.

Who was there? A contingent of nine plus two of our old pals from the class of 1954, John Foster and Jake Jacobus. Nine out of 32, I'm told, is a good percentage for a 25th reunion.

Following the MKA luncheon, football game, and cocktail reception, the following attended a special dinner for MA grads: Flowie Beilin, now a very successful plastic surgeon in New York who some of us may yet have to call on!; Bob Coningsby, who flew up from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, just to be with us and jetted right back that evening so he wouldn't miss the Miami Dolphins' game the next day; Phil Fradkin, who came all the way from California; Ted Jorgensen from far-off Montclair, N .J.; Dave Connolly, Neil Lindeman, Pete Lindsay, and Johnny Wade, all of whom still reside in Jersey; and your Secretary.

I'm going to save most of the who-doeswhat-and- where biographical sketches of the above group for future issues because of space limitations and will include a really interesting letter from Bob Weinmann, a California M .D ., who now has a most unique and hard-hitting new sletter called "Nightletter for American Medicine." It's oneof-a-kind and deserves full treatment in another column. Stay tuned!

John Foster and Jake Jacobus, however, rate a brief sketch. Neither one were in our class but most of us were very close to both of them. John has just begun a new career with Boyden Associates, Inc., an executive search firm in New York City. He is really excited about his latest career challenge and we wish him and his lovely wife, June Hayward Foster TKS '54, all the luck in the world. June was a good friend of many of us from "back when."

Jake, who — and I'm not putting you on — looks no different from MA days, is vice president, sales, with Loeb, Rhoades, Hornblower in Morristown, N.J. He, like John, married a Kimberley grad, Gail Garnar Jacobus '58.

A final word about the dinner, arranged by Dave (Big Irishman) Connolly. It was a super affair! Very intimate and, due to a few I won't mention, a little noisy as the evening progressed.

Most people I know consider high school and prep reunions drags. Many of the college variety are big bores. The MKA reunion, to the contrary, was really great. I came away with a really warm feeling as did all those attending. The Jersey contingent enjoyed themselves so much that they want to get together on at least an annual basis. I think that's a great idea and will join them.

To those of you who missed the reunion but would like to renew old acquaintances, I have a complete list of our class with addresses.

Just drop me a line and I'll shoot it to you.

And to those who couldn't be with us, we missed you and hope that you can make it for our 30th!

'54 TKS Miss Georgia Carrington, Secretary Westtown School Westtown, PA 19395 Thanks to those who answered my SOS for news! Tookie Onderdonk Dudden was the first to reply with a newsy phone call. The whole family is now centered in the Philadelphia area; Tookie's mother was the last to move down, but with John and his wife and family here and Pat and her husband and son, it was too tempting. Tookie is busy — all the time — working on more books than she can count. They really hardly have time for vacation. Alexis is a delight, loves Baldwin School, and continues to charm everyone.

Arthur is really involved in American studies, planning something on a large scale for the 500th anniversary of Columbus. In addition, he has founded a Fulbright Alumni Association, and they're planning a national convention. Tookie somehow found time to become involved in plans for her 20th Vassar reunion last June, so she and Arthur took time out for that. For the Duddens, life is full, exciting, and rewarding!

A card from Lynn Towner Dodd brought realization of the same dismay we all feel at having begun our senior year 25 years ago!

And she has a son going into his last year at MKA. Of course, Bill, Jr., has already graduated and will be a sophomore at Hartwick. Peter is a junior at MKA, and Debbie, in 5th grade, is into ballet, acting, and skating.

Lynn finds time to work at school, but they all look forward to a month in Nantucket each summer to recuperate and "stoke" up for another year.

From Wayland came a bit of news of Fluffy Ferguson Morse and her crew. Her two girls are in college: Carolyn a sophomore at Ithaca and Wendy at Dean Jr. Both girls are beginning as business majors. Fluffy still has her "Puffs by Fluff" business and is doing some work for decorators. Sandwiched in between she still finds time for some Jr. League work as Sustainer Chairman for her area and Garden Club work.

From Arizona came news of Mary Lee Bonnell Collins, Dick, and the girls. Actually, the letter was written en route to Zion National Park. Mary Lee and a friend and all the children had a super National Park tour, hitting B ryce, Yellow sto ne, the Cody, Wyoming, area, Jackson Hole, and the Tetons. Dick was off on a range ride (horse­ back). Mary Lee said they did some camping and some moteling, and she loved it! It's a real change from the touring most of us used to do with our parents. Her girls are 12, 10, and 5, and adorable (I saw a picture at Maree Callahan Currey's). Mary Lee says she plays some tennis, volunteers at the kids' schools, works for the Maricona County Medical Auxiliary as a vice president, and is writing a newsletter for the Arizona State Medical Association Auxiliary. She sounds busy — whew!

Maree sent me a card, "You'll have to come get the news in person." Fortunately, I was close enough to do so. Her two girls, Kathy and Lynn, are going into 10th and 7th. Kathy began Kent Place last year, and Lynn is going .to the Junior High. Both girls are athletic, active, and most attractive. I got on a tennis court with Kathy, who is by far the best junior

girl at her club, and I was soon breathing pretty fast. Lynn is the swimmer (I knew enough to stay out of the water). Lynn plays golf, too, and Maree drives from one place to another, sneaking in golf and tennis when she can. Currently, she is planning a huge party for her Dad's 80th birthday, and winding up her stint in all her volunteer activities. She has taken a travel agent course, and hopes to spend some time working in that area. Dick still plays a lot of golf, but is kept very busy at the NY stock exchange.

A card from June Hayward Foster and John (MA '54) showed that June continues the Hayward tradition of Point O' Woods in the summer. Only Jamie, who is 12, was able to be with them because Bill, at 16, is on the tennis circuit, and Barb was working in preparation to beginning Colgate. Both Junie and John expected to be at reunion.

Barbara Hobart Valbuena is one I almost saw. We watched the same tennis tournament two days apart. Her youngest, Vivian, is a Tracy Austin fan. The Valbuenas spent some time in Rehobeth in June, and Julian has been lecturing here and abroad. Teresa, a sophomore at Delaware and a member of Alpha Phi sorority (Barbara's) worked at a bank this summer. Vivian will be in Tatnall's 8th grade, and she is a tennis enthusiast.

(Barbara's father is still playing at the Montclair Golf Club.) Barbara plays tennis when she can, and she is looking forward to a trip to Spain during Julian's Winter Session at the University.

Great to hear from Gael Seton Habernickel and Duke (MA '51). They manage to sneak off to Bay Head in the summers, so many of you may have seen them. Gwenn and Lisa spent July, a year ago, in Spain, and the children of their hosts returned the visit in August — "a fabulous exchange." Gwenn moves on to Wooster College this fall, leaving the other three in Ridgewood schools, out on the tennis and paddle courts, or camping somewhere.

Gael and Duke are "on the paddle courts all our spare time — unless we're lucky enough to do some traveling."

From the number of paddle enthusiasts, maybe our reunion should include a tour­ nament. How about it?

This September I began a job at Westtown, a Friends School, outside of Philadelphia. I'm closer to home again, which is good, and the school is one of the oldest boarding schools in the country. This summer I played tennis and house-sat in between moving and getting settled. Winters find me trying to keep healthy with squash and paddle. Hope to see Som e of you in the next year. Thanks again for writing!

From the Editor: Tilly-Jo Beatty Emerson is a new alumna/parent — as daughter, Cathy, is a new tenth-grader at MKA. It's nice to see them both around the Upper School!

MA Donald Karp, Secretary 18 Shawnee Road Short Hills, NJ 07078 For news of Jake Jacobus, please see MA '53 and TKS '58 class notes — and for news of John Foster, please see MA '53 and', IKS '54 c la f l notes!

'55 TKS Mrs. George Buermann, Secretatiys% (Mary Gail Smith) 21 Arden Lane Essex FeIl|$NJ 07021

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MA Oscar A . Mockridge III, Agent Peter Smith, a senior product planner for IBM, designing new products for banks to use in processing checks, lives in Endicott, N.Y. He and his wife, Charlotte, have three children — Elizabeth, 18, Russell, 16, and Becky, 10.

'56 TKS Mrs. Lawther O. Smith, Secretary (Linda Lovell) 30 Water Crest Drive Doylestown, PA 18901 Congratulations! O ver 50% of you responded to my post card blitz! Thanks. For those few who didn't, we'd enjoy hearing your news for the next MKA magazine, so please return the cards to me. And, now the news.

First, old business. Anne King Franges wrote me over a year ago announcing the formation of her law firm — Franges, Thelin, and Rosoff — in Montclair, and I apologize for the delay in sharing her good news.

Bob and Nancy Prescott Ward also have good news. On June 28, Robert A. Ward III was born, joining Vicki and Jennie who were already in the Ward "firm ."

Nini (there1||only one) says the "biggest news is giving up smoking after two packs a day for the past 25 years." (Good work, Nini.)

In addition to running courses for Smokenders, and a small group therapy class, Nini also has her real estate broker's license on Long Island and is busy setting up her real estate business. As a present to herself for stopping smoking and turning forty ("Can you believe it?" she adds. I can, although there are probably some of you in the class who are still babes of 39) she bought a BMW. In August, she saw Janko and Carol Van Brunt Rasic with their children at their imaginative summer house in Quogue which Janko, an architect, designed.

Gail Zabriskie Wilson was given a surprise clambake in Maine by husband, Peter, for her big 40th. Now she's back in the volunteer world once again as chairman of the Friends of the Greenwich Library. Her biggest news is that they've finally lived somewhere long enough (7 years) to have to paint the same house twice. The kids, Bonnie, a Greenwich High junior, Anne, a sophomore, Peter, 7th grade, and Sarah, 6th grade, are enjoying life in Greenwich, and Peter is in his fifth IBM job there.

Betsy Hasbrouck Cole also writes of summer a c tiv itie s , vo lu n te e rism , and children. The Coles spent five weeks at their house on the water in Little Compton, R .l.

Last year Betsy was involved in Darien with a town Alcohol Education Task Force where they "were trying to create an awareness of parents' concerns and responsibilities with regard to alcohol and teenage social life."

Sounds like a hard act to follow, but this year she's chairing the PTA at Susan's Junior High School; involved with the Junior League; and on the board of the Darien United Way. Carolyn, a high school junior, is a Pom Pom girl, playing competitive tennis, and in the Junior National Paddle Tournaments. Not to be outdone, Susan went to Chase Tennis Camp (a Cole tradition) and is an enthusiastic eighth grader interested in sports and music (piano and bell choir). "Yeah, Mr. Coursen," as Betsy adds. She also saw Janie Goodwillie Swann in May and thinks she completed her master's this summer.

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Nancy Cornell Esposito also saw Janie and children — Jody (11) and Lollie (8) — when she visited Atlanta last spring. Nancy's boys — Jamie (12) and David (9V i) — are busy with football and then ice hockey, while Debbie (7) is in her third year of ballet. Nancy works with Gus in their graphic design studio (Graphics III in Montclairjc Nancy also saw Jane Crawford Davis in Montclair this summer when she picked up her mother for their annual junket to Lake George for three weeks. Jane's teaching fourth grade for the fifth year at the Canterbury School which Toby (13) and Andy (10) attend, while Debbie (15) is a sophomore at St. Pete's High School. Toby spent six weeks in Europe this summer with friends. In addition to being an Avon lady and playing tennis, Jane helps George with their gift shop, cleverly called "By George."

As Nancy says, "It pays to stay home in the summer" because so many classmates pass through Montclair. The biggest surprise was a visit from Hawaiian-based Judy Lindeman bearing fresh pineapple, Hawaiian sweet bread, and onions. "Only Judy would attempt a 17-hour plane flight with all that in tow."

Judy's a media buyer for a local station and her house, overlooking the Pacific, is only five minutes from work. As Nancy comments, "They all dash off to the beach for a swim on Fridays, which has got to be an improvement over the Port Authority Bus Terminal!"

Returning to our world on the Atlantic,, Henny Nelson Skeen and family spent seven weeks on Martha's Vineyard this summer.

Since she has been chairman of the Boston Junior League Thrift Shop for two years, she's looking forward to having a low profile on volunteer activities this year. She also reports seeing Fluffy Ferguson Morse '54 in Wayland occasionally. Henny's boys are 10 and 12, giving them the junior high experience for the first time this year.

Sally Bever Zwiebach, after many years of volunteering (League of Women Voters, community theatre, PTA, Glen Cove En­ vironmental Commission, NAACP tutor, to name a few!) has gone back to work teaching English and directing drama at the Glen Cove High School. "This is what I really do and love best. It's pretty nice to know that when you finally 'find yourself,' there is something there to find!" Sally's next step is an MFA in drama.

Her husband, Burton, is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Queens College. The Zwiebachs have two sons — Michael (13) and Peter ( I I V 2 ) — and they all went to Ireland this summer on a home-family exchange.

We had a new school experience last year when Scott, 16, attended Lawrenceville for the first time. He's kept working very hard, but he seems to enjoy the challenge. He and I and a friend and her teen-aged son spent a week in London in July. It was a first for all of us, and we were on the go the whole time trying to take in all the history and activities.

Since Larry's brother lives in Switzerland, we enjoyed a family trip there last winter for some exciting skiing. But down to earth again, I've been busy with Art Goes to School, an elementary school art appreciation program, in addition to the usual church, school, and LWV activities. I'm working for the reelection of a local candidate which is a new experience. Sabrina, 11, is enjoying every minute of sixth grade, with music and reading 'Her favorites, and Larry's company is now over five years old — a baby no longer.

MA John W. Clapp, Agent '57 TKS Mrs. Wichard van Heuven, Secretary (Connie Hay) Mason Lane Westmeadows Slingerlands, NY 12159 The Class of 1957 extends its warmest thoughts and sympathy to Penny Gray Plume and Georgia Sherman Glick. Penny's husband died of a stroke this past spring, and Dr. Sherman died after a long illness in May. The van Heuven family has been very busy, as we adopted a two-year old boy, David, in May. Life has certainly changed for the "new mother." I have become involved in the rehabilitation and restoration of downtown Albany with the purchase of a tow nhouse^S following in the footsteps of Sally Dennison Mackay. Sally is doing several houses in Newport. I'm also continuing with graduate work in English. We had a wonderful month in Nantucket this summer — every day on the beach with Joan Wallace Bryant and Fay Taft Fawcett '52.

Jean Bonnell Goodrich was kept active this summer with a new litter of Newfoundlands (we saw two of them being born — very exciting) and her riding. To quote a Vermont paper, "Jean Goodrich and Raffles Go Man came in third place at a very difficult event at Huntington Farm in the training division."

Jean's daughter, Jenifer, went along as groom.

Wendy Goodrich is also an accomplished rider.

Joan Wallace Bryant has moved to Houston, Texas. Montclair will miss the Bryants, but it will be Houston's gain. Hager has taken a high-powered job with a gas company.

A newsy letter from Thelma Miller Fischer in April let us know that she has been traveling around the world teaching on U.S. Military bases. In 1970 she moved to Florida and is teaching students with learning disabilities. As you can see from the above, Thelma recently married Arthur Fischer.

Congratulations!

Georgia Sherman Glick is launched on an education doctorate at Boston University in educational administration, and is president of the Lexington, Massachusetts, Area N .O .W . chapter and on the Town Meeting Board.

Penny Gray Plume is residing permanently in Wilmington, Vermont, now. She thinks she will stay until all her children have graduated from school. In January '79, Penny will be working full time at the Haystack Ski Area.

We had such a marvelous class reunion last fall. Please send me some news! (Ed. note: for news of Joan Keller McFarland, please see TKS '61 notes.)

MA John Higgins and his wife, Barbara, live in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, with their two daughters — Sharon, 9, and Lynn, 6. John is a clergyman/psychologist: chief psychologist, Hogan Regional Center, in Danvers; clinical director, Middleton Pastoral Counseling Center; regional director (Northeast region), Association for Clinical Pastoral Education; and visitin g lecturer in tests and measurements, Andover Newton Theological School. He also works as a volunteer on several church denominational committees, and enjoys photography and gardening.

'58 TKS Mrs. Ralph Perry III, Secretary (Helen Bryant) 18 Warfield Street Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Hooray for the Class of '58! After twenty years, ten of us gathered at the MKA Homecoming cocktail party on September 30 to reminisce nostalgically over the past, evaluate the present, and contemplate the future. Those who journeyed back for reunion were June Dallery Doolittle, Carol Jo Crosse Giannini, Pat Baldanza Godard, Anne Bobst Highley, Gail Garnar Jacobus, Betsy Barney Johnston, Diana Bethell Little, Helen Bryant Perry, Helen DuBois Veltkamp, and Joan Eberstadt Weiant. We were all excited to see June's Mom, Mrs. Dallery, who was and still is a very special person to us.

We uncovered lots of news about our classmates. June Dallery Doolittle, " I," and their three children, John (11), Andrew (9), and Lauren (3), are still happily residing in Newport, Rhode Island, where "J" is Director of Admissions and a French teacher at St. George's School. June enjoys playing classical guitar, amateur theater, her madrigal group, riding the Doolittles' horse, and gardening.

Carol Jo Grosse Giannini is happily married and living in Mt. Airy, Maryland. She has twins, Michael and Mary, age 12. Carol Jo is working for a government agency connected with child abuse, and she and her husband have just purchased their first home which is in farm country. They are not farmers but surrounded by many farms. They would love to see any of us anytime.

Pat Baldanza Godard and her Husband, Bill, traveled from their home in Coral Gables, Florida, to join us: She is enjoying life after working for many years. She sees Betsy Cole Sabel once in a while and reports that Betsy has remarried. Perhaps Bill Godard might send us a snapshot of our class reunion which he so enthusiastically clicked!

Pat and Bill stayed with Anne Bobst Highley and her husband, Dick, at their apartment in New York City. Anne's oldest daughter (18) and son also came to the reunion. We think that Anne has the oldest child of any of our classmates (is there a challenge to this?).

Anne enjoys being the mother to two boys and two girls.

Gail Garnar Jacobus and her husband, Jake (MA '54), live in Convent Station, N .J., with their three children — Randy (13), Kathy (10), and Julie (7). Gail teaches Ancient and Medieval History to ninth graders at Kent Place, and Jake is a stockbroker with Loeb, Rhoades, Hornblower, Inc., in Morristown..

Gail and Jake enjoy family activities including tennis, golf, and sailing.

Betsy Barney Johnston, mother of three children, D.J. (16), Ginger (14), and Timmy (13), enjoys her work as an executive secretary to a church affiliated organization in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania; and perceives her life to be an exciting and rewarding challenge.

Diana Bethell Little and her three children, Bryant (15), Christine (2), Steven (six months), live nostalgically next to the MKA Kimberley campus. She is extremely busy owning and managing two stores, The Toy Chest and Couthro's Juvenile and Teen Furniture, which keep her working days, evenings, and Saturdays. Diana is still a dynamite organizer, and we all applaud her for instigating our

instant reunion plans.

Helen DuBois Veltkamp is married and has three grown sons, and is the first member of our class to become a grandmother. She and Jacob live in Hawthorne, N .J., and Helen works in the nursing profession.

Joan Eberstadt Weiant and her husband, Bill, arrived at reunion with their two girls, Pam (10) and Cali (7). We all loved seeing her cute children. The Weiants live in Little Silver Point, N.J. Joan is now PTA president of her daughters' school but manages to spend most of her free time in New York City attending the opera, ballet, theater, and exploring museums.

Helen Bryant Perry and her husband, Ralph, still live in Montclair with their two children, Chris (14) and Ashley (11), who are both students at MKA. Helen loves tennis, sailing, painting, interior design; and enjoys her volunteer work, while Ralph is a vice president of Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., in New York City.

Three of our classmates who were unable to attend Homecoming sent news of their whereabouts. Linda Michele Bragg wrote, "We are now living in Frankfurt, Germany.

Elisabeth is 9, Andrew 7, Jason 5, David 3, and Timothy 1. We do a lot of camping and hope to see 'everything' in three years. I have been made district advisor for Central Germany for La Leche League — a group dedicated to 'good mothering through breastfeeding.' Most of my limited free time is spent helping nursing mothers and caring for my plants and flowers."

Wendy Worsley Breslin and her husband, Jud, live in Rochester, N .Y., with their three boys, Ned (13), Beau (12), and David (9). The Breslins are expecting twins in late November.

Her sons are all avid hockey players and if she has two more boys, the Breslins might have their own hockey team! Wendy did volunteer work for the Republican Club and the PTA, and also managed a part-time job last year.

Good luck, Wendy!

Nancy Ferris Hillegas, husband, Don, and two children, Julie (7V4) and Michael (6), live in a townhouse in Wilmington, Delaware.

Nancy works full time as a systems analyst for the trust department at Wilmington Trust Co. In her spare time, she has a vegetable garden and fruit trees which produce enough goodies for her to preserve for the winter. She also quilts, knits, and sews most of her own clothes. She relates that her life is exciting and exasperating, and that "I have no desire to be younger!"

Our 20th reunion was great fun, and we all enjoyed seeing each other. Perhaps the spirit of those who attended will revitalize the warm feelings toward our Kimberley friends and yield a superior attendance at our 25th.

I've assumed the position of Class Secretary (thank you Betsy Cole Sabel and Anne Mc­ Cormick Leeby for the last twenty years!), and would appreciate knowing where Linda Almgren, Penny Haskell Butterworth, and Lockey Harvey Frasier are living now. Could any of you help? Please write and let me know what you are up to. I welcome additions and corrections for all our class news and look forward to hearing from all of you.

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) 4 East Greenbrook Road North Caldwell, NJ 07006 Mrs. Robert P. Sumas, Agent Harriet Fischer Stanphill enjoys skiing, skating, swimming, bicycling, sewing, and hiking in Littleton, Colorado, and the nearby mountains with husband, James, and 6-year old daughter Kimberly Anne. James, a retired Air Force major, is a senior high math teacher.

Word from Jarvis Reilly Nolan is that she's busy in Miami raising two sons, Thomas III (13) and Daniel (11), and holding down a full­ time job as Secretary to the Assistants to the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. Jarvis sings in her church choir, too — and raises plants in her "spare" time!

Husband, Thomas, Jr., is City Editor of the Miami News. Marybeth Bass Lareau, having started out as a pharmecologist, changed her career direction completely after one year.

She first worked as a copy trainee at a small advertising agency; then became a junior copywriter for her present agency (DancerFitzgerald-Sample); and is now Creative Group Head, V .P ., of her own group of w rite rs, art directo rs, and producers.

Marybeth has received a number of awards for commercials she has written, an "Andy" and several from "Advertising Age." She and husband, Gerard, live in New York City.

Gerard is president and founder of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater New York.

Lea Fitzhugh Welch sent best wishes to all from California. She is teaching fourth grade at Chadwick School. Her husband, Elvin, an electronics engineer and senior scientist at Hughes Aircraft, owns a glider and they spend many weekends in the desert, where he flies.

MA Congratulations to Jim Courter! Jim was elected to the United States House of Representatives in the N.J. 13th Congressional D istric t, defeating the incum bent on November 7.

Susan Bart Harrison's daughters — Kathleen and Jennifer '60 TKS Many thanks to Carroll Tiernan for her past work as Class Secretary. Carroll would like to turn the mantle over to another classmate.

Any volunteers?

Susan Bart Harrison wrote last summer from Durango, Colorado: "We have been here in 'God's' country about three years and love it.

Jim is V .P . and cashier at the Bank of Durango. I have a part time job as secretary for the La Plata County Board of Realtors. Our oldest daughter, Jennifer, will be in 5th grade

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and Kathleen- will be in 1st grade."

Mary Anne Coursen Doty and her husband, John, who was in th#;';U.;S. Navy for 14 years, are partners in a rental business. They live and wtpjk in Glens Falls, N .Y., and have two sons — John 111,, 14, and James M V i.

MA E. FJawley Van Wyck III, Secretary 1108 Worth Ohio Str€g#»|i Arlington, VA 22203 E. Hawley Van Wyck III, Agent Marc Kirschner and Nancy Fisher were married in September. Nancy Ps the founder and executive director of SCAN-NY, a ||gild abuse and neglect treatment program in New York City.

'61 TKS Mislgjudith Poor, Secretary 96 North Mountain Avenue M ontekir, NJ 07042 Your Secretary Judy wrote in August, "At thegnd of June and early July I went out to visit both Sally Poor Owen '65 and Joan Poor Clarke '66 for two and a half weeks. Scott Owen will turn five in September and will start kindergartsjithat month, a big event for his parents. . .V ail, Colorado, celebrated Fourth of July on the third. That evening Joan, her husband, Larry, and almost-two-year old Nathan, and I drove over there to watch the fireworks. . . In May, Nathan stayed with us in Montclair for two weeks while his parents went to Europe."

Chris Keller wrote from Houston that in December §§je received a promotion to A S sta n t Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Great Southern. In March she was appointed to the Associate Board of Direc­ tors. Girl Scout and church activities continue to occupy a great deal of her time, "M y home, shared with two loveable cats (who actually Condescend to share it with me) continues to be my j||ide and joy . . I saw Joan Wallace Bryant '57 and Hager in June when they vyere here house hunting. . .

"My sister, Joan Keller McFarland '57, still Tivejgain Wilbraham,. Massachusetts^ where hmjband, Bruce, is with Mobil,,. Her boys, Scott, 15, and Bryan, 11, spent the summer at camp in Vermoi$| Daughter, Heather, 8, got to be an only child for two months. Joan is a library assistant in the Wilbraham grade p;hoqls." Chris says she loves reading about friends and classmates in the magazine, and hopes she can make it to a Homecoming some day. She sent be-st wishes to all.i4.; Claire Derdeyn Coles is a developmental ps|<_chologist at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and a P h D . candidate, fjflp is currently involved in research on long-term ream in g and neurological problems associated with prematurity. Claire isSingle and lives with her two children — Allison, 14, and Brian, 8 — and enjoys cooking, gar­ dening, art (pastels), and crafts when she has frej-jim e inkier busy schedule.

MA Robert T. Root, Agent '62 TKS Mrs. Thomas Pohl, Secretary (Carol Vincelette) 1016 South 16th Street B ile Springs, MO 64015 Mrs. Alexander A. Anastasiou, Agent (Denise Farandatos)

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Congratulation|*to your Agent, Denise, who received her B.A. from William Paterson College in June. Denise's daughter, Nicolette, is a 9th-grader at MKA. MA to have news of John Bleyle: "Jeanie, the kids, and I have been here in central Ohio for two years now, and we are really enjoying the Midwest. The people are very friendly and the pace of life very much to our liking. Our jaewest addition is a small sailboat — sounds crazy for this part of the country, but there's a Small, enthusiastic group of sailors out here."

'63 TKS Mrs. William J. Wood, Agent (Susan Petti ngi 11) Nice to hear from Pat Turner, who wrote in August, "Was 'recruited' by a competitor in the executive recruiting business last year to join his headquarters staff in Tampa, Florida, and have been on an endless vacation ever since! I've never worked so hard, but I've never had so much fun either. Don't plan on ever seeing a snowflake again. . . I" Bev Harrison Miller and her husband, Wayne, live in Boston with theifpdaughter, Brooke, who will be a year old on November first. They have been busy restoring their circa -*i860 brick townhouse. Wayne is a lawyer, and Bev does freelance editing.

Sharon Livesey and her husband, Neil Talbot,I|ve in Brookline, Massachusetts, with son, Samuel, who was born in November, 1977. Sharon TJs attending Northeastern University Law School. Betsy Thresher Scharlack is a neighbor in Brookline.

Thanks to Chris Kuzmick Nash for her past years as Class Secretary. She'd like to pass the mantle on. . .any volunteers?

MA Andy Abrams wrote in May that he had recently become a father for the third time.

Young Robert joined his brother, Eric (8) and sister, Bryn (4’/i). Andy is vice president of J § B j . Ryan and Co., an investment banking firm in West Orange. He, Cathy, and the children live in Maplewood.

Steve Brach sent best wishes to all at Homecoming via a note for the Bulletin Board ^ 9 a s well as)lhose of Peter Goldman, who now lives in Beverly Hills, California.

Our deepest sympathy to Worth Noyes on the loss o fI|i5 father.

'64 TKS Mrs. James G. Ward, Secretary (Carolyn Wilson)'®,) 625 B Oregon City Street Mayport, FL 32227 Barbara Mahler Markussen wrote from Michigan, and brought us up to date on her activities. Her husband is flying a B-52 for the Air Force. Kristen is now 9 and Jeffrey, 5.

Barbara has been busy as a Brownie leader, PTA board member, and Sunday School teacher. "This year l will be a junior Girl Scout Leader, and spend my spare time working on a quilt I have been trying to make for the last two years." She also writes that she and her family enjoyed a camping trip through Canada to New Jersey. They saw "all the relatives" including Barbara's siste S Sarah Mahler Henderson '61, who lives in Carlisle, Massachusetts.

I te d a wild summer. I drove up to New Jersey by myself with my two djfildren. My parents survived taking care of them for six

weeks while I went over to France to meet my husband who is on the Aircraft Carrier USS Forrestal. We had a great time traveling around, but were glad to get back to the USA. My sister, Susanne Wilson Howson '62, came from Belgium to New Jersey with her family.

She reported meeting Sherry Newcomb Achenbach at a party in Brussels. We had a great visit which was over too soon. I was able to see Randi White McGinnis in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Children really change things, but Richie, almost 5, and Heather, 2, and my two got along so well that Randi and I were able to catch up on past news. Her husband, Dick, is still teaching at Bucknell University.

Randi is interested in different aspects of the theater.

That's about all my news. I'm still knitting for Brunswick yarns, president of the Forrestal Wives Club, and singing in the choir. If you are sick of hearing about me, would love to have some news from the rest of the '64-ers — maybe a note on a Christmas card. Good luck and a happy winter to all of you!

MA Roy T. Van Vleck, Agent '65 TKS Mrs. B. R. Madsen, Secretary (Betsy Ridge) Box 415 Essex, MA 01929 Mrs. George W. Calver, Agent (Susan DeBevoise) Nice to hear from Susan DeBevoise Calver last spring. "We have moved back — to New Hampshire. George is- working for a Canadian owned company, the U.S. office of which is based in Hanover. Have just bought 27 acres and are building a house!"

Kate Bonniwell, we learned this summer, is now Director of Circulation for Money magazine. Kate was formerly in the cir­ culation department of Time magazine.

MA H. Holt Apgar, Jr., Agent James Kuzmick was elected president of the Montclair Jaycees for 1978-79. Jim, who is production manager of Powder-teck Com­ pany, and his wife, Judy, have a daughter, Elizabeth.

'66 TKS Mrs. Johan M. Andersen III, Secretary (Alina Seborowski) 64 Rachelle Avenue Stamford, CT 06905 Miss Paula Pryde, Agent Jess Vogt Dawson and her husband, Doug, live in Los Altos, California, with daughters Alice ("Ali") age 3 and Erin, age 11/2. Jess is very active in the Junior League of Palo Alto, and enjoys golf, swimming, cookiry;, sewing, and interior decorating. The Dawsons added three and a half rooms to their home last year!

Doug is field sales manager for the Container Corporation of America in Santa Clara. Jess recently saw Marcia Blondel Hopwood and |^ r husband, Randy, at the birthday party for their one-year old daughter, Tara.

Mary Kimball is now living in Pennsylvania, apd is an administrative assistant, Public A ffairs Departm ent, for W P V I-T V in Philadelphia.

MA Harry Haines and his wife, Donna, couldn't be with us on Homecoming Day as they were

on a business trip to Texas and Mexico, but sent a newsy letter for the Bulletin Board.

"This past year has been a busy one. I have sold Paterson, Morning/Evening News to Washington Star Communications, Inc. The newspaper had been in the Haines family since its founding 88 years ago in 1890. Since the transaction, I have assumed duties of. assistant publisher.

"My wife's career in modeling has also blossomed. . She has also undertaken small roles in acting, and will appear in two movies to be released in 1978: Fire Power, where she appears with Sophia Loren, and How to Pick Up Girls, where she will have a role With Abe Vigoda and Desi Arnaz, Jr. We both certainly wish we could be with you."

Fred Gurtman wrote last spring, "I will be completing my specialty training in der­ matology at the University of Minnesota Hospitals in June. Following this, I will be joining a private practice in Saint Paul, Minnesota."

'67 TKS Miss Linda Feinberg, Secretary 43 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10011 We learned last spring that Laurel Pekar is living in Washington, D C ., and is a student at Johns Hopkins School of International Studies.

MA Peter W. Adams, Agent Steve Swift and Louise Jacobs were married last May in Nantucket where Steve is a woodmaker of fine furniture and has his own shop. The Swifts went to Ireland on their wedding trip.

'68 TKS Miss Avie Claire Kalker, Secretary 4619 Lake Avenue, #261 Dallas, TX 75219 It was great to have your Secretary, Jean Sperling, and Nancy Plummer Nazarian here for Homecoming Day on September 30.

The following day was a really happy one for Lindy Franciose! She and Daniel Wertz, Jr., were married at a candlelight ceremony.

The Wertzes will live in Florida where Daniel's seacraft and manufacturing business is located. For the past several years, Lindy has managed the daily operation of her family's business, The Olympic Shops in Upper Montclair, with her brother, James.

Nancy Penick Corcoran's wedding took place in June. Her sister, Susan '67, was maid of honor. Nancy is pursuing a musical career as a composer-pianist in the Woodstock, N .Y., area. The groom, John William Cor­ coran, is a graduate of Goddard College and a writer.

Jennifer Siebens lives in New York, and is a producer for CBS Morning News.

Dawn Geannette writes, "In addition to starting a new position as special education teacher of teenage m en tally retarded youngsters in the South Orange-Maplewood public schools, as of September 1978, I'll be a part time instructor at Kean College for the spring semester teaching Education of the Handicapped."

MA Geoffrey Gregg, Agent Phil Crane is moving to Philadelphia to become a salesman for a national research firm.

Barbara Fox McWilliams' son, Brant, age 2Vi weeks '69 TKS Mrs. Charles Gildea, Secretary (Lynn Erhardt) 46 East Saddle River Road Saddle River, NJ 07458 Congratulations to Barbara Fox McWilliams and her husband on the birth of their first child, a son. Brant was born on August 9.

Needless to say, Barbara is not bored at home now that she has left her job as a social worker.

Annette Colston Flenderson was married on May 26 of this year. Her husband, John, is staff editor for "Business Week" magazine, and they are living on the Upper Westside of Manhattan. In July, Annette took a new job at Polytechnic Institute o f f N.Y. (formerly Brooklyn Polytechnic) which is the largest engineering university in. N.Y. Annette is in the communications/public affairs office where she is Assistant Director for Media Relations.

Congratulations are also in order for Nina Szot Boral and her husband on the birth of their second child — son, Conrad, born in June.

Lisa Schultz Vanderlinde writes that she and Derek are fine but miss the N .Y., N.J. area. Lisa is beginning school at the University of Rochester and is studying for her master's in medical illustration at the Medical School. Lisa is one of five applicants accepted to the course each year, and she'll be very busy taking medical courses as well as medically oriented courses.

Patty Benner recently moved to Los Angeles after finishing her MBA at Boston University. Patty loves California, and would like to have anyone visiting the West Coast look her up.

Anne Callaghan is another recent resident of California. After receiving her MLS from the University of Michigan and spending a year in Boston as Children's Librarian of the West Branch Somerville Public Library, Anne moved to San Francisco this fall to be with the Information Center of the Japanese Con­ sulate.

Terry Solmssen received her master's from Johns Hopkins in June while she worked at the Washington Home as Director of O c­ cupational Therapy. Terry is now with the National Institute of Health in Bethesda as an occupational therapist, and she is also a member of the U.S. Public Health Service.

We all extend our deepest sympathy to Virginia Munson Vultee and Susan Lowry Bristol on the loss of their fathers.

Nina Szot Boral, Phyllis Digges LaTouche, and I enjoyed Homecoming Day at MKA in September. Next year ¡spur 10th reunion, and I'd ¿.like to know if you would like to get together for a dinner party after the school's alumrfij.party. I'll need to get an idea of how many people think they can attend so I can make some arrangements. Drop me a line, and I'll: be in touch.

MA Christopher C. Beling III, Secretary 116 Righter Road Succasunna, NJ 07876'; George Downsbrough is a production assistant for WPSX-TV, University Park, Pennsylvania. He enjoys farming on "Wind­ swept Farm" where he lives with his family, and (in his elusive spare time) fishing, white water canoeing, and cross country skiing.

Chris Nelson and Eve Donovan were married this September in White Plains, N.Y. Gordon Carlisle and his wife were among the wedding guests. The Nelsons are now living in Stamford, Connecticut.

Fred Miller, we learned from Gordon's mother, is now with McGraw-Hill as a cor­ porate information specialist at tm j top executive level. Fred was formerly with the Bergen Record.

Scott Perry and his wife and two children, Scott and Sarah, are living in Long Beach, California.

Ed Griggs was graduated from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in May, 1977. He interned at Overlook Hospital in Summit, and in July began his residency in ophthomology at N.Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Ed's sister, Joyce Anne, is a 9th-grader at MKA. Our deepest sympathy to Richard Noyes on the death of his father.

'70 TKS Ms. K. Vanderhoof-Forschner, Secretary (Karen Vanderhoof) 39 Anderson Road Tolland, CT 06084 It was great to see your Secretary Karen at Homecoming. She and Tom have relocated to Connecticut, so please note her new address.

Karen is now a Work Simplification Specialist for th||jHartford Insurance Company, taking teams to branch offices.

Gail Herbert Trask wrote that her husband, Bill, is,.now managing the Radio Shack in Lakewood, Colorado, the tenth largest in the nation G ail, who is teaching fourth grade at Hygiene Elem entary, was a D istric t Representative at the Colorado Writing Conference this summer; She *;:|knd Bill vacationed in Green Pond, New Jersey, and w lg t camping with their ©blden, Sage.

Lisa Shapiro went to Europe during the summer of '77 and to the West Coast this summer. She ¡# with the University of Chicago, and as of this faifhis- a field instructorBupervfsiiing a social;-work graduate student. Lisa saw Barbara Sloane, who also lives i | | Chicago, and they ■ . enjoyed reminiscing.

Pat Vilas wrote " . I'm living here in the Northwest outside of Seattle, working as an RN i;n the operating room at Swedish Hospital Medical Center in Seattle. In my spare time, I play tennisgj run, do quilting, etc® Am currently looking for a h o u fi to buy."

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Katherine Powell and Richard Cohn were married in August. Ricky, a graduate of Connecticut College and the University of Baltimore Law School, is a lawyer for his father's firm in Baltimore. Kathy continues as Assistant Director of Admissions at Goucher.

In addition to school visits and interviewing, she's working with alumnae area admissions representatives and overseeing all admissions publications. She is also serving as a freshman advisor. Kathy is becoming increasingly involved with NACAC — the National Association of College Admissions Counselors — and served as chairman of the local secondary schools committee for the NACAC College Fair held in Washington, D .C ., in October.

Pamela Yu has completed her Ph.D. program in clinical psychology at the University of Rochester, and is now a staff psychologist at the Convalescent Hospital for Children, a community mental health center for psychiatrically disturbed children. She hopes to have finished her dissertation by November 25, which is the date she has set for her wedding! Her fiance, Peter Conroy, is on the medical faculty at the University of Rochester with the Cancer Research Center.

It was fun to read about Karen Braeder and Susan von Hoffmann '71 in the paper. They are both Assistant Editors at the Saturday Review magazine. Karen, who majored in English at the University of New Hampshire, started as an editorial assistant and is now the magazine's assistant editor in charge of current affairs. Susan majored in English at Colgate University and began her career two years ago as an editorial secretary. Since then, she has moved on to become the Assistant Editor of both the Arts and Books sections of the magazine.

Madge Huber, we learned from her parents, is married to Dr. Roland Henning, professor of medicine at the University of Ulm Medical School, Germany. Madge is continuing her research work in tissue culture at the medical school.

Our deepest sympathy to Anne McIntyre Graves on the loss of her father.

MA Garret S. Roosma, Secretary 11 Sherbone Place Sayreville, NJ 08872 Jim Brothers and Joanne Hehre were married in May. Jim's sister, Kristin '78, was maid of honor. Both the bride and groom are Lieutenants in the U.S. Army and graduates of the University of Pennsylvania. Jim is with the 377th Lance Field A rtille ry in HerBogenaurach, Germany, and Joanne is a supply and transportation officer with the First Armored Division.

Bruno Manno was graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in June, and began an internship in internal medicine at Hahnemann.

We were so sorry to learn of the death of Alan Mancusi-Ungaro's mother, and extend our deepest sympathy to him.

'71 TKS Miss Linda Braeder, Secretary 27 Edged iff Road Mjpper Montclair, NJ 07043 Your Secretary Linda reports: Gillian Blauvelt wrote to tell me of her engagement to Edward Capparelli, a medical student at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Gillian is

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currently an oneology nurse in a specialty research unit in cancer at the same hospital.

She is currently living in New York, and is planning a June 1979 wedding.

Phillipa Bowles is also living in New York in a Christian fellowship in Manhattan. She writes that she is well and very happy in her work with "born again" Christians.

I also received a note from Gina Jones' mother who tells us that Gina is a radiology technician in a hospital near Burlington, Vermont.

Cindy Sayre wrote to tell me she has just returned from Switzerland where she took a training course in Transcendental Meditation.

She is currently teaching at the TM Center on Valley Road in Montclair.

Some of our other classmates are also currently living in Manhattan. These include Brenda Madison and Nelia Bacmeister They are both pursuing careers in music.

Nanette Utech Saumell called to tell me that she and Conrad are the parents of a son, Conrad III. The Saumells are living in Boulder, Colorado.

For news of Susan von Hoffmann, please see '70 class notes.

Jean Hutson, daughter of Catherine Halsey Hutson '34, was married to James Lister in June in Little Compton, Rhode Island. Her sister, Catherine Hutson Boulton '64, was maid of honor. Jean received a degree in wildlife biology and geology from the University of Montana where the groom has continued his post-graduate studies. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and a geologist with Texaco, Inc., in Denver, Colorado.

MA David Freed, Secretary 900 West End Avenue, Apt. 2B New York, NY 10025 Michael W. Lidwin, Agent Your Secretary David writes: I was pleased to hear from Bob Benigno who reports that he'll be starting his third year of medical school at the University of Pittsburgh this fall, flfm sure he'll be happy to put away the books and get into practice at the end of the year.

Bruce Downsbrough was good enough to write that, "I graduated with honors from the University of Colorado School of Law in May and sat for the Colorado Bar in late July." As of August 1, Bruce began a year term as law clerk to a U.S. Court Judge in Denver. He lives in Boulder, and invites wayward MA alumni to stop in if heading for the Coast.

Jeff Levin stopped by for a pleasant lunch with me recently after finishing a summer of work as a law clerk in New Jersey. Jeff is studying law and business-at Northwestern, and looks forward to work after concluding his studies this year.

I remain busy working and teaching with occasional breaks to stop the course of a mighty river or two. Thanks again to those who took the time to write, and to those who did not — please write before I have to make up something about you!

The Alumni Office has learned that John Guttmann graduated from Cornell Law School I n May, where he was Note and Comment Editor of the Cornell Law Review. John is now a law clerk for a Judge of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia.

Bob Hoonhout graduated with honors from Seton Hall Law School in June. He is clerking for the District County Court in Newark.

Jeffrey Fischer wrote to the Alumni Office

last spring that he was married in August, 1976, to Denise King. "Am currently a representative of Pen nsylvan ia Equities Corporation, East Orange. I've served as president of the Passaic County School Boards Association for the past four years, and toured Cuba in January to study the education system."

Our deepest sympathy to Philip MancusiUngaro on the loss of his mother.

'72 TKS Miss Kate Curtin, Secretary 393 West End Avenue #14C New York, NY 10024 Miss Deborah Peek, Agent Tacey Phillips wrote this fall to say she was sorry to miss Homecoming. She was spending Saturdays rehearsing for a new Johnny Mercer Revue.

Pam Taylor, we learned from her mother, has been working for the Weight Loss CJinic in Boston since last May. A note from Brewer Doran in June told us that she completed her MBA at the University of Virginia and that she was moving to Chicago to work for the International Paper Company.

Robin Silver, who received her B.A . from the University of Virginia, is a third year student at the University of Rome Medical School. Robin would love to see anyone who travels to Italy. She has a guest room!

MA Samuel S. Weiss, Secretary 20 West 64th Street, Apt. 9F New York, NY 10023 The Alumni Office heard from Poncho Brogan, who is in his second year at the University of Georgia Law School, that he enjoyed the summer as a law clerk for his father's practice in Clifton. Poncho reports that Bill Crawford has recently purchased a house in Upper Montclair, and that Louie Gioffre has also moved into Montclair where he has an apartment. He's busy rehearsing with his band.

Gregory Jackson received his B.S. in busii§ess management from Rutgers University; and John Troxell >is working towards an M .S. in forestry at Rutgers.

Mike Vitale is in his third and final year of law school at Washington University in St. Louis. He worked full-time during the summer (and part-time during the school year) for a law firm in a suburb of St. Louis. Mike writes that he enjoys the Midwest and plans to work in that part of the country after graduation.

Bruce Usher, a graduate of the University of Vermont, is in his second year of teaching 7th and 8th grade English and history at Raymond Junior High School in Raymond, New Hampshire. This was his first year as track coach, and his team won the N.H. State Championship for cross country for the first time for the school;' MKA faculty member Pete Perretti went to Italy in June with his mother and father, Peter '49, brother Earl '74, and sister Ruth '79. They stayed in Peduna, a small mountain village overlooking the Mediterranean and the Pennines, and they also visited Venice.

We send our deepest sympathy to John Kaplow who lost his father last winter.

'73 TKS Miss Martha Del Negro, Agent Nancy von Lengerke was

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Stephen Platt Wheeler in August. Her sister, Susan van Lengerke Kehoe '68, was matron of honor and Susan Huang 72 was one of the attendants. Nancy received her B.S. in geology from St. Lawrence University. She attended the Amerika Institute in Vienna, Austria, for one year, and has been certified as a paralegal. Her husband also attended St. Lawrence. He is a branch manager for a record and stereo equipment store, and is preparing to record an album of original classical and progressive rock music with Kimberly Yeaton who composed and played the music at the Wheelers' wedding.

MA J. Dean Paolucci, Agent Jeffrey Kindler received his B.A. from Tufts, Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude in English and political science. At Tufts, he was editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper. He spent seven months of his junior year studying in Copenhagen. "Scoop" is now at Harvard Law School and expects to receive his J.D. in 1980.

Christopher Sodoma, we learned from his father, was graduated from Crinnell College and was married this June. Mr. Sodoma also told us that Jim Lyons had completed his first year as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Essen, doing work in theatre.

Robert Jackson received his B.A . from Princeton University in June. A history major, he will pursue an MBA at Harvard Business School.

Peter Rives was graduated from M .l.T . in 1977, where he was part of the M .l.T . sym­ phony orchestra. He wrote in the spring that he was currently a student at Rutgers Medical School.

74 TKS Miss Martha Bonsai, Secretary 264 Upper Mountain Avenue Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Welcome to your new Secretary Martha.

Do send her all your news! And many thanks to Leslie Aufzien for all her past work. Leslie spent last January in London studying theatre.

She graduated from Rollins the end of that month with a combined major in business and theatre.

Bobbie Root sent news to the Alumni Office last June. "I would like to send greetings to all of my 7 4 friends. I am currently working in a nearby architectural firm, but plan to return to Arizona in August. I w ill, at that time, start my final year in a fiveyear program in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University. I am starting to make plans for my master's degree in urban planning but, as yet, have not decided on the school. I hope to hear from some of you in the near future. . Good luck to you all."

Leslie Jeddis was graduated from Douglass in May. A political science major, she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

We hear that Sara Troxell has a research job at Tufts Medical School; that Betsy Nietsch is also in Boston, and is a chemist; and that Bonnie McBratney is working for a rein­ surance company in New York City.

Now we'd like to hear about the rest of you!

MA Anthony Celentano, Secretary Princeton Arms So., Apt. 151 Cranbury, NJ 08512

Brian Thomas, Agent Rudy Schlobohm writes that he had a "most p rofitable sum m er" as a door-to-door salesman. Rudy is currently living in Ithaca, N .Y., attending classes at Cornell, working towards an MBA. He sent a message for Ken Gibson: "HEEELLLPPP!!!"

Derek Storm is currently working for Manufacturers Financial Services of Phoenix, Arizona, in the area of estate planning. In his spare time he flies and has been doing some aerial photography work.

Bruce Marsh says "Hi" to all. He graduated from the University of Florida in June with a degree in Environmental Engineering, and is now pursuing graduate studies at the University of Oregon. Bruce writes that he is still playing tennis, bicycling, running, scuba diving, and dabbling in photography. In general, staying active and busy.

Gary Nash graduated from Niagara in May, and is now criss-crossing the nation working for American Airlines as a flight attendant. He eventually hopes to work his way up into management. Working for the airlines, he has gotten to see a lot of our country, and last month flew into Phoenix and met with Derek Storm.

Carl Oberg graduated this past June with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and is staying on at Lehigh, working for an MBA which he expects to receive this June.

Al Josephsen, this past spring, graduated cum laude with a B.A. in biology from St. Anselm's College in New Hampshire. AI is currently living at home, attending the Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Dentistry. He extends a warm "hello" to the whole class and hopes to see them soon.

Harvey Kravis began his college career at Washington and Jefferson, but transferred to Franklin and Marshall from which he received a B.A. in accounting this past spring. He is now living in Rochester, attending the University of Rochester Graduate School of Business and working tdward an MBA in computer information systems.

Jeff Crawford graduated cum laude from Williams College in June, and then left for Ghana, West Africa, to work in the Peace Corps. He is teaching high school math in Kukurami, which is 60 miles north of Accra.

Frank Paretti is a May, 1978, graduate of The Maritime Academy of New York University with a B.S. in marine tran­ sportation. Frank passed his Officer Maritime License exam in June and at the present time is third officer aboard the USNS Harkness, berthed in the Mediterranean Sea. The Harkness is a research ship; at present in the Suez Canal. Frank has been in ports of Greece, Spain, and Italy, as well as Aqaba, Jordan. He will return to Newport in January where he will continue with the Sealift Command in conjunction with Tidewater Industries. Frank is also an Ensign in the USNR with an added promotion given aboard ship.

Owen Davis received a B.A . in chemistry from Swarthmore College in May. He was awarded the John Lockwood Memorial Fellowship, one of three annual honorary awards given on recommendation of the college Committee of Fellowships, to a senior, for graduate work. Owen was a disc jockey at WSRN, the college radio station. He is currently attending the Bowen Gray School:, of Medicine.

John Blondel, who was graduated from Hafvard College in June, spent the summer as an intern in Senator Clifford P. Case's

Washington office.

In February, I completed the last of my requirements for graduation by playing my senior recital, and was graduated cum laude in May with a B.M . in church music. I've been granted an assistantship in musicology at Westminster, and am currently working towards an M .M . in church music and choral conducting. I've just entered my second year as Director of Music for the First Presbyterian Church of Rockaway, N .J., where I'm responsible for adult and youth choirs, as well as instrumental ensembles. Best regards to all. . . . if any one passes through the Prin­ ceton area, drop in for a visit.

We extend our deepest sympathy to Scott McIntyre on the loss of his father.

75 Miss Lori Pink, Secretary Box 23248 Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 David Soule, Secretary 17 Elm Street, Apt. 4 Cambridge, MA 02139 Dallas Gordon, Agent Karen Kelley wrote last spring that she was "currently working at the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition doing economic research. I will return to Colgate in the fall for my senior year." Karen sent best wishes to all.

Howard Johnson completed a Vhaparral crewman course at Fort Bliss, Texas, this summer. He learned all phases of the firing and tracking systems of the air defense weapon.

Harry Jackson reports that he is really enjoying Colorado. He is playing rugby, and will graduate in June with an ACS B.S. in chemistry.

Greg Murphy was elected assistant news editor of College Reporter, the weekly student newspaper at Franklin and Marshall College, last spring.

Cathy Haviland participated as an orien­ tation leader in the 1978 orientation program at St. Lawrence University this fall.

Lisa Irwin is president of Operation Kanyengehaga at St. Lawrence for the 1978-79 academic year. Operation Kanyengehaga is a volunteer student o rg anization w hich provides tutorial assistance as requested by the St. Regis Indian Reservation.

76 Miss Laurie Hoonhout, Secretary Box 1968 Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042 Charles Read, Secretary Delta Upsilon 180 Rugby Road Charlottesville, VA 22905 We extend our deepest sympathy to the family of Michele Darrell. Michele, a junior at Marietta College when she died this fall, was involved and active in campus activities. A political science and sociology major, she was a member of the Student Program Board, the Dormitory Council, and the Association of Black StudentfJ'She will be sorely missed by her classmates and all her friends at The Montclair Kimberley Academy.

Ray Swan, we read last spring, earned his varsity indoor track numerals at Bowdoin Cdlege. Ray wa®i also honored for out­ standing editorial contributions to the

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"Bowdoin OrientH the school's student newspaper., Greg Mancusi-Ungaro toured the Eastern part of the U.S. with the Hamilton-Kirkland choir ln.j|5 spring.

Frank Gerard, we learned from sister, Lisa 79, received honolifrom Cooper Union?for a house he dtfs|gped. Frank spent the summer worMng for an: architectural firm.

Notes from Secretary Chip: News from California has it that Lisa Aufzien took a leave of abffiH e from Vassar and is spending the year at U .C .L.A . She is looking forward to a great year.

David Hughes spent his summer in Europe, visiting relatives in Italy. He reports that .fie "had a great tim e." David's well known sidekiH Warren Waters became an aspiring entrepreneur for the summer, Warren formed his o w l mini-construction firm which in­ cluded, amongglthers, Paul McFeeley and Matt Troxell. They spent tbssum m er laying down roof tar.

Robert Last was awarded the Hall Felibfvship for chemistry by Ohio Wesleyan U h S rs ity 's chemistry department.

As for myself, lgi|pent a quiet summer teaching fH t aid and taking classes at Rutgers.

Laurie Hoonhout has returned to Lafayette and, as you see, is joining Chip as coSecretary. Do write them with your news!

Many thanks to Robin Towner for her past worfe^t’

summer, such familiar faces as Bob Adams, June Wispelwey, Pete Castiglia, Donna Crews, Paula Barsotti, and Doug Mahler exchanged college and summer storffias. Doug worked on a particularly interesting project this summer as a laboratory research assistant in the Oral Research Center at the University of Penn­ sylvania.

My cousin Nancy Cohn has returned to Ithaca College to pursue her specialized speech pathology program. Rounding out the family, I have transferred to Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., to pursue a m ajor,In the marketing field of business administration. That's it for now. Please keep in touch and keep the closeness our class has always possessed!

And the Alumni Office has gleaned the following news: Pat Berry was elected to serve as a representative on the Class Council by the Class of '81 at Dartmouth College in college­ wide elections. Betsy Balmos, an English major at Colgate, has been in several productions and a musical show case. She's a member of a singing group, equivalent to the "Colgate 13," called the "Swinging Gates."

Word was that Betsy was going to London in the fall to study English and theater.

Bev Hall is back at the University of Ver­ mont after a fantastic summer. She worked on a farm in Tennessee (a horse breeding farm as well as a hunter's stable). Bev rode and trained three and four horses a day, fed and trained the fox hounds, drove tractors, milked goats, and fed the sheep and pigs! She's enjoying her courses at Vermont, and horse­ back riding whenever she can find the time.

Lisa Miller, a chemistry major at Franklin and Marshall, is a member of the women's tennis team.

Betsy Gelenitis at Tufts University won the New England W omen's In te rco lleg iate Sihglehanded championship this fall in the 11th and final race of the regatta. Betsy was also a finalist in the Lightning North American Championship this past summer.

77 Miss Donna Crews, Secretary Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA 01075" Marty Cohn, Secretary 316 Howard Avenue Passaic Park, NJ 07055 Notes from your Secretary Donna: I've seen Lisa Greenburg around the campus quite often this year, and she's right int^jthe swing of Mount Holyoke lif^ j Paula Barsotti has changed her major from chemistry to ac­ 78 counting, and still enjoys being a part of the Miss Pamela Zeug, Secretary Le Moyne community.

7 Van Breemen Court Robbin Gordon is on leave from Manhattan Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 S e fio t of Music this year but she is still Jilin Glicksman, Secretary practicing very hard with hfer harp and 111 Lincoln Avenue preparing for auditions in November and Elberon, NJ 07740 Januarjgj Her music repertoire includes It was good to see so many of the class of classical as well as popular tunes. Michele 78 here on Homecoming Day! Cristello is still at Moore College in Penn­ Notes,, from your Secretary Pam: Although sylvania and Ss thinking of a career in com­ her second year at Wesleyan began in a mercial art. disorganized fashion, due to striking Marco Casta is at Fairfielft University in Cpnnecticut, lending his soccer talents to the Secretaries and supporting faculty, Pam Bolton seems to be handling a difficult University team. Marco is looking forward to science oriented program with relative ease.

SieeingfSveryone soon. I am still enjoying Pam described her summer as «fabulous." She McSnt Holyoke and the surrounding areas. I began by working in a lab to perfect an op­ have been doing some photography of the tical coating for silicone rubber gas masks, beautiful M assach u sfits landscap e, and under contract of the U. S. Government. enjoying my studies.

During August, she was a crew volunteer in a You S p e c retary. Marty reports: Multiple Minnesota national park where she cleared good timejlfwere reported th¡ 9 summer by new trail, built footbridges, and concluded many members of the Class of 77! Paul with a wilderness canoe expedition in Hastaba, as well as Marco Casta, returned to Canada. school planning to play varsity soccer. Such Marc Lippmann reports that he is really mother fine citizens gg Steve Cowles, Dave enjoying Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He Jones, Bob Hubsmith, and Andy Read left for is working £S assistant for the Director of the • school with high hopes for successful Music Program, and is accompanist for WPI sophomore years. Visits with Pat Berry, Pete Men|s,Glee Club.

Valentine, Andy Pedersen, and Jason Apter at George Keller says "Howdy from the north M :a l establishments all reflected great fresh­ country!" He's attending the University of man years.

Maine.

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According to Melissa Cohn, college is a lot of fun (if one can find the time between work). Melissa is studying extremely hard — between phone calls — and feels that she is learning a great deal.

In the midst of a huge undergraduate population, Larry Garrigan at first felt a bit disoriented,- but has since gotten used to being, literally, one in 10,000. While at University of North Dakota, he is especially looking forward to receiving his private pilot certificate, hopefully by Christmas.

Lori Windolf sends greetings from Davidson where she is involved in the women's chorale group.

The "southern life" at Emory does not seem to have altered Peter Okuhn's spirits or sense of humor in any way. As most of our classm ates, Peter finds the academ ics challenging and social life exciting.

"Brown is great!!!" says Suzie Conzen.

Although she is constantly involved in extra­ curricular areas — fencing, the university radio station, etc. — don't let it fool you; Suzie is devoting long hours toward study.

Attracted by stories of werewolf parties and wild "bears," I visited Suzie in October. While I was there, we dropped in on John Hunt at Harvard. John, though just recovering from a tough election loss in which he and his roommate ran under the "Hedonist Party," was a gracious host and happy to see us.

Best wishes from M ontclairE- I'm working at Clifton Savings and Loan until next semester, when I'll be attending Duke University. I'm looking forward to seeing you all at the College Age Alumni/Senior party on January 3.

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.

Kenneth Backus (MA'13) Mrs. Roland F. Cook (Ruth Searing TKS '24) Mark D. McClain (MA '24) Guy Payne, Jr., M .D. (MA '24) Mrs. A. D. Kelly (Alice Doyle TKS '25) Miss Susie S. Sterling (T K S'29) Robert P. Baechlin (MA '31) Charles S. Lowry (MA '32) William H. Munson (MA '32) Mrs. C. W . Utley (Catherine Ward TKS '36) Frank M. Ash (MA '44) Mrs. George P. Balz (Virginia Schwarz TKS '46) Mrs. M. S. Miller (Margaret Sibert TKS '46) Miss Michele Darrell (MKA 76) MARRIAGES Thelma Miller (TKS '57) to Arthur Fischer Marc Kirschner (MA '60) to Nancy Fisher Stephen Swift (MA '67) to Louise Jacobs Gerlinde Franciose (TKS '68) to Daniel E. Wertz, Jr. Nancy Penick (TKS '68) to John W . Corcoran Annette Colston (TKS '69) to John Henderson Christopher Nelson (MA '69) to Eve Donovan James Brothers, 4th (MA 70) to Joanne Hehre Madge Huber (TKS 70) to Roland Henning Katherine Powell (TKS 70) to Richard Cohn Jean Hutson (TKS 71) to James C. Lister Jeffrey Fischer (MA 71) to Denise King Nancy von Lengerke (TKS 7-3) to Stephen P. Wheeler

Could these be your busy hands?

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