Fall 1993 MKA Review Magazine by Montclair Kimberley Academy

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To reflect the true content of the MKA magazine, we have retitled The A lum ni News to be The Montclair Kimberley Academy Review. As always, it contains class notes, news and "reviews" reflecting the entire school — Trustees, administration, faculty, students, parents, and, of course, alumni. We hope you enjoy reading it! Editors

C over : Commencement 1993 Back row: John Bell, Joseph Bellapiantal Barry Lieberman. Front: Michael Castine, Stephanie O’Brien, eighth grader Christopher Bellapianta, Matthew Dix.

C ontents From the Principal ]■ 1 From the Board of Trustees / 2 Commencement Awards / 4 Awards Night / 5 Outdoor Theme: It’s Not Survival Anymore / 6 Notes Around MKA / 10 Faculty Farewells Cougar Sports From the Alumni Association / 12 From the President The Founders’ Cup Senior Breakfast Distinguished Alumni Award: Ellen Malcolm ’65||l4 Class Notes / 15

E ditors Christie Austin Susan Jones Judy Polonofsky

P hoto C redits James Burger Susan Jones Dan Katz

The MKA Alumni A ssociation is an organization o f all m en and w om en w ho have attended th e schooL Its p urpose is to m ake know n to MKA the ideas, in terests, and con cern s o f alum ni and to inform alum ni o f th e accom plishm ents and objectives o f MKA.

The Alum ni C ouncil is th e govering Board, a rep resentative group elected at th e A ssociation’s annual m eeting to sp on sor events and activities linking alum ni w ith th eir alm a m ater.

A lumni A ssociation C ouncil 1993-94 Joseph H. Alessi ’68, Vice President Susan McIntosh Awerdick ’68 Laura M. Bartlett ’81 Andrew J. Blair ’78 Lori Windolf Crispo ’78, Treasurer Sara Close Crowther ’76 Martha Bonsai Day ’74 Alan C. Deehan ’77, Vice President Robert H. Gardner ’78, President Pamela Eastman Garvey ’80 Hugh J. Gleason ’75 Edward G. Healey ’77 Holly E. Jervis ’83 Peter S. McMullen ’77, Vice President Kristine Hatzenbuhler O’Connor ’83, Secretary J. Dean Paolucci ’73, Executive Vice President Rudolph G. Schlobohm ’74, Vice President Anita E. Sims ’79 Ellen Wahl Skibiak ’73 Albert D. Van Eerde ’73 Peter R. Greer, Principal Judy Polonofsky, Director of External Affairs Christie Austin, Alumni Director

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Margaret Crawford Bridge ’65 Peter J. Bruck Martha Bonsai Day ’74 Robert H. Gardner ’78 John E. Garippa, Vice President Linda T. Garippa A. Lawrence Gaydos Ronald E. Gennace Peter R. Greer, Principal/CEO Thomas H. Hagoort Robert A. Hoonhout ’71 John L. Kidde ’52x Austin V. Koenen Sr., President Robert S. Kramer Anne E. Muenster-Sinton Elizabeth M. Noonan, Secretary Richard M. Pisacane Newton B. Schott Jr., Treasurer Jodi Smith, Vice President Jean N. Torjussen Terence D. Wall

A dvisory T rustees Gail Tomec Kerr ’52 Eugene R. Wahl ’66

H onorary T rustees Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’54 Joseph A. Courier Susan H. Ruddick James S. Vandermade ’35

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L ast year I talked with you about the setting of goals for MKA and the importance of our traditions that must be kept fresh and alive. This year for the “opener,” allow me to share my excitement about the prospects for this 1993-94 academic year. First of all, MKA has always rested on the foundation of a superior and caring faculty. I receive several letters from parents each month that describe the daily “heroics” with children on each of our three campuses — in the classroom and in athletic and other activities. Our effort in identifying and hiring new faculty for this academic year continues Dr. Greer chats with graduating seniors as they line up fo r Commencement. the tradition of ensuring outstanding teachers for our children. The new and replacement faculty are worthy of your respect. They We have rebuilt rooms in the Middle School represent those MKA faculty who, since 1887 — to (Kimberley Campus) to allow for additional space for quote O ur Common Purpose — are committed to science. Last year, five students participated in the helping our students achieve and sustain high ethics course at the Upper School. This year, 26 academic standards and who dedicate themselves to students signed up for the course. This is a trend w J l the advancement of their own learning and to the want to see! MKA is now closely associated with a cultivation of their own character, thus bearing partner school in Newark, the Harriet Tubman School, witness to the ideals they have dedicated themselves and new partnerships are being established in France to promote in others. Our newest faculty have earned and Spain. Our athletic programs should be very degrees from Columbia University, Seton Hall competitive, especially girls’ field hockey and University, Rutgers University, Connecticut College, volleyball and boys’ soccer and lacrosse. Our football University of Pennsylvania, Leningrad State University, team has a new coach and we are more than curious University of Pittsburgh, and Mount Holyoke College. about how a former Philadelphia Eagles player (and We must now concentrate on retaining these fine wonderful physical education teacher at the Primary people. In the fall, we will produce a “photobook” of School) will assist our team to establish the proper all our faculty. Thank you for your compliments values and a good record. Last year our fencing and regarding the faculty cover on the spring 1993 issue of baseball teams won their State Prep Championships. the A lum ni News. Our impressive college placements (please see the center pages) make it possible for this year’s seniors Second, I want you to know about a few other to be attractive to the nation’s colleges and universitie^H significant additions that will strengthen our school. As promised, the Latin language program is reinstituted. Students in grades 6-8 and at the Upper Finally, I may be calling on you for assistance. This School will learn from the storehouses of moral and year, we are planning to serve our graduates through political exempla to be found in the classics. The a “Career Services” office. For this program to study of French and Spanish now begins at the fourth succeed, we need to establish a strong alumni grade. We are planning to add a third modern foreign network where alumni work hard to give advice and language in the fall of 1994-95. We have established a contacts to our MKA-educated colleglggraduates. I “wellness” program for our faculty and staff and this will be telling you more about this program in a few summer we opened the pool at the Primary School months. (Brookside Campus) to our MKA community. I have (and not easily, believe me) revised the code of attire I share this information about MKA proudly. MKA is for students. In general, the existing policy will be confident, able to clearly describe its mission, and enforced and the boys in grades 6-12 will be wearing prepared to carry out its responsibilities on behalf of collared shirts and ties. There is even an “official” children and their parents. It’s an exciting place to be. MKA tie and a bow tie that we encourage our students to wear. Peter R. G reer Principal a n d CEO

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A s I look forward to serving another year as President of the Board of Trustees of The Montclair Kimberley Academy, I thank my colleagues for their support and hard work. A special thank-you to the members of the Committee on Trustees for all their efforts. A. L aw ren ce G aydos, R ich ard M. P isacan e, A nne E . M uenster-Sinton, and T eren ce D. W all were elected new members of the Class of 1996. Elected to the Board for a second term were N ew ton B. S ch ott J r . and Je a n N. T orju ssen . Advisory Trustees for one year are G ail T om ec K e rr ’52 and Eugene R. W ahl ’ 66.

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President and CEO of Capri Corporate Management, Inc., and also serves as Vice President of Board of Tmstees of the Benway School. She is the mother of K aren ’88, who just completed a year teaching PreKindergarten at MKA, and L orelei ’90, a student at Syracuse A nne E. Muenster-Sinton University. Anne resides in Clifton with her husband, Christopher A. Sinton, an executive vice president of United Jersey Bank.

Elected to the slate of officers for 1993- 94 are Vice Presidents Jo h n E . G arippa and Jo d i Sm ith, Treasurer N ew ton B. S ch ott J r . and Secretary Elizabeth M. N oonan. A. Lawrence Gaydos joined the MKA Board in 1984, and after completing two terms, was asked to serve as Advisory Trustee for Annual Giving in 199293- Larry is with the law firm of Schwartz, Tobia and Stanziale in Montclair. He and his wife, Darlene, are parents of two MKA alumni, L arry ’91, who A. Lawrence Gaydos attends Syracuse University, and C h ris ’92, a sophomore at Brown University. Their daughter Kimberly is a junior at MKA.

Terence Wall is the CEO and founder of Vital Signs, Inc., an anesthesia-and respiratory-care equipment manufacturer located in Totowa. In 1991, Merrill Lynch and Ernst & Young selected him to be Inc. magazine’s New Jersey Entrepreneur of the Terence D. Wall Year. A graduate of Tufts University, Terry serves on the Board of Directors of Echocoth, Inc., Exogen Corp., Sonokinetics Corp., and Biosciences, Ltd. He and his wife, Carol, have two sons: Douglas, a fifth grader at MKA, and Stephen, a student at Nishuane School.

Richard Pisacane and his wife, Joanna, are the parents of two MKA students: Dana, in fifth grade, and Christopher, a senior.

Retiring Trustees R ose L. Call, M artin L. Sorger, and Eugene R. W ahl ’66 served MKA with distinction. Their dedication through many years of service will be greatly missed.

Richard is a Senior partner in his law firm,

Pisacane, Anderson, and Cahill. A graduate of Seton Hall University and Seton Hall University School of Richard Pisacane Law, he was involved in this past year’s PAMKA fu n d ra ise r's Joanna was chairman of the very successful event.

Rose Cali was asked to serve as a Trustee in 1986 and has since served two full terms. She has been on the Educational Policy and Buildings and Grounds committees, and, since 1988, has worked very hard on the Student Life Committee. For two years she was Secretary of the Board and a member of the Executive Committee. Last year she rendered invaluable service on the all-important Search Committee which selected our new Principal. Rose and her husband, John, are parents of Christopher, a sophomore.

Anne Muenster-Sinton responded to a special request for her financial expertise, and rejoins the Board after serving as an Advisory Trustee this past year. Anne is

Martin Sorger joined the Board in 1980 and has served MKA ever since. He tried to retire, but after a year, we needed him back. Marty has served on the 2

Robert Gardner ’78 adjusts the academic robe of Gene Wahl ’66 as the two Trustees prepare to march at Commencement. Gene’s daughterJennifer graduated with the Class o f1993Educational Policy Committee since 1980. For several years, he was also on Auxiliary Operations, which he chaired in 1984. Marty was on the Executive Committee for several years as Vice President of the Board. He has served on the Student Life Committee since 1987; he was chairman in 1985. Marty and his wife, Sue, are parents o f two MKA alumni, A n d rew ’88 and J o h n ’92. Marty has long been the favorite physician for MKA sports teams and a popular speaker at Career Day.

In addition to introducing the m em bers o f the Board o f Trustees, we willfea tu re one o f the various standing committees in each issue o f the m agazine. A.K.

Educational Policy Committee T h e Educational Policy Committee formulates Board policy and monitors school performance in the areas of academic program, admissions, and financial aid. This assures the Board that policy “in practice” adheres to MKA’s educational philosophy as stated in O ur Common Purpose and furthers the achievement of our long-range goals. Its primary focus is the academic program, which includes not only curriculum but also athletics, the advisor/counselor program, community service, and extracurricular activities.

Gene Wahl — an alumnus of Montclair Academy, Class of 1966 —■followed his wife, Pat (who was president of PAMKA) on the Board of Trustees in 1987. He has contributed his business expertise to the Finance Committee ever since, as member and chairman. He has been Treasurer of the Board for four years. Gene has also served on the Executive Committee, Investment Subcommittee, and on the Development Committee as co-chairman of the Brookside Capital Campaign. With this year’s graduation, Gene and Pat are now the parents of two MKA alumni, E u g en e ’92 and Je n n if e r ’93- Their two younger children, Eric and Lauren, attend school in Far Hills where the Wahls moved last year. Though retiring as a regular Trustee, Gene will serve as an Advisory Tmstee this year.

The Committee regularly conducts in-depth reviews of all academic programs, monitors ongoing program activity, and previews new programs. Periodically, it organizes and coordinates MKA’s Middle States accreditation review process. It reviews admissions and financial aid policies and practices annually.

In closing, I would like to assure you that the Board of Trustees will continue to work closely with Peter Greer, who has so successfully completed his first year at MKA. We look forward to new challenges and achieving even greater success for our school in the year ahead.

The Committee’s m em berships^w hich includes Trustees, tri-campus faculty, Heads of Campus, the Academic Dean and PAMKA President, with the Principal and Board President serving ex officio -|S provides the expertise and the perspective essential to fulfill its important role.

Austin K oenen President

M argaret C. Bridge ’6 5 Chairm an

C o m m e n c e m e n t Aw a rd s

ETHEL M. SPURR AWARD

for cooperation, responsibility, service and citizenship Rupali Gandhi

BU D MEKEEL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

. for a worthy senior Stephen M addox

MARJORIE WINFIELD EASTER AWARD

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD

for sportsmanship, self-discipline and behind-the scenes service P eter Berk

for positive action which shows unselfish concern for the larger community beyond school Susan Felice

RUDOLPH H. DEETJEN AWARD

. .for athletics and academic achievement Andrea Arria-DeVoe Jaso n Pogorelec

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THE RO BERT C. HEMMETER MEMORIAL AWARD

for intellectual curiosity,.Jove of books and sports, and enthusiasm for living B rian Wee lit Front: L to R: Sunil M irchandani, Sue Jean Kim, Laura Caprario, Suzanne Jacobson, Jordan Lite, Andrea Arria-Devoe, Rupali Gandhi, Susan Felice, Henry Chang. Rear: Stephen Maddox (partially hidden), Christopher Giampapa, Jason Pogorelec, Elizabeth Wells, Gary Schwartzbard (partially hidden), Vinit Ahuja, Brian Wecht, Edwin Kim

Aw a rd s N ig h t THE BARRAS ENGLISH PRIZE B rian W echt MODERN LANGUAGE PRIZE IN FRENCH Laura C aprario MODERN LANGUAGE PRIZE IN SPANISH Andrea Arria-Devoe B rian W echt THE NAZARIAN MATHEMATICS PRIZE B rian W echt THE WILLIAM H. MILLER SCIENCE PRIZE H enry Chang Laura C aprario THE G.A. DOWNSBROUGH SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP B rian W echt THE OSBORNE SCIENCE PRIZE Laura C aprario THE HISTORY PRIZE B rian W echt THE JACK RABUSE AWARD Chad Brow n

THE YALE SECONDARY SCHOOL BOOK AWARD Benjam in R oth ’94

HEADMASTER’S AWARDS Chad Brow n Renee M onteyne Solom on Steplight KLEIN AWARDS FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ATHLETICS AND SCHOLARSHIP GRADE 12: Stephen M addox Cayce Cummins GRADE 11: M itchell D ecter Candace M essinger GRADE 10: C harles Kaplan Ju lie P orter

THE SMITH COLLEGE CLUB AWARD Candace M essinger ’94 THE RENSSELAER POLYTECHNllp INSTITUTE MEDAL Candace M essinger ’94 I.G.W.C. AWARD Sue Je a n Kim Elizabeth W ells THE MONTCLAIR SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS AWARD Gary Schw artzbard

GRADE 9: M ichael R eiter Kelli K essler THE AL STAPF AWARD Stephen M addox HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATIONbg DEPARTMENT PRIZE H enry Chang THE FRANK “PONCHO” BROGAN 72 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Lissa Bollettino ’94 RED AND BLACK SOCIETY Benjam in Roth Jo h n Saroff

FINE AND PERFORMING ORGANIZATION OF BLACK STUDENTS ARTS PRIZES LEADERSHIP AWARD AND SCHOLARSHIP Visual: Jam es Lepow Cayce Cummins Adina Padden D enise Russ Music-Vocal: Elissa Goldman

FACULTY SCHOLAR AWARDS GRADE 11: Lissa Bollettino Candace M essinger Benjam in Roth GRADE 10: Caroline Seugling Amy Shah Ben Silverm an K ristine Sove Amy Y am ner GRADE 9: Jessica Bruder Larissa Lury Nina M irchandani Malini Sahu Ruth Seabrook THE STAR-LEDGER SCHOLAR Laura C aprario

THE MARILYN FADEN AWARD THE DARTMOUTH CLUB BOOK AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THEATRE ARTS Lissa Bollettino ’94 Acting: Tyson Lomazow Taryn Reif Technical: P eter Berk Gary Schw artzbard THE ELIZABETH O’NEIL FEAGLEY CREATIVITY AWARD Jaim e Bedrin ’94 THE MAESTRO THOMAS MICHALAK INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AWARD B rian W echt THE JAMES D. TIMMONS SCHOLARSHIP Jo rd an Lite

Above Left: Renee Monteyne, president o f the MKA Student Council; Margo Hirsch, and Elizabeth Wells. Right: Longtimefaculty members Ken Gibson and John Rabke put on Commencement robes.

O u t d o o r T h em e Man, and Outdoor Theme) has expanded to include all classes, senior projects, peer leadership, community service, summer programs, careerism, and faculty development.

It’s Not Ju s t Survival Any M ore "Just try. ”' . "I’m Scared. ” 7

The original seventh grade wilderness trip is going strong, enhanced by senior and eighth grade interns. In preparation for this rite of passage, students practice climbing with ropes, rappeling down buildings, and learning to fall and be caught by their friends. They learn camping skills, group dynamics, responsibility and trust. They talk about supplies, about respecting the environment; they keep journals. Then they go into the woods. They come back grubby but wiser.

"You’ll do it.” Fifteen feet up the tree, the boy freezes. He’s wearing a helmet and sneakers and some fancy “seatbelt” that ties him like a puppet to someone on the ground. “You’re doin’ awesome!” “I wanna come down.” Tears. He comes down and Sits dejectedly on a log.

Senior Projects This was the seventh year with outdoor education as a senior project. “We hope to promote education as a career choice,” says faculty member David Love, Outdoor Program Coordinator. “We get students involved in experiential education and hope they like it enough to go into itj f .

“You did fine. You did your best. You went farther than any eight-year-old has ever gone. You’re the only one who ever tried.” “I’m going to try,” says his friend. “If I fall, I’m just going to fly in the air.” “The best thing,” says his teacher, “is that you can try and try again. You get another chance

Seniors must apply and be approved for the project, which involves the last six weeks of the school year. They spend their first week with mentors at the Middle School, observing and teaching in the classroom. Then they — and faculty advisors Geoff Branigan, Rick Kitts, Dave Love, and Yanna Yannakakis — go off for two weeks in the High Peaks of the Adirondacks for training in backcountry living and travel. The group was joined this year by Allison Smith ’90, an alumna of the outdoor-ed senior project, seventh grade trip, and eighth grade internship.

Half an hour later, after helping with the belaying ropes and watching others attempt the climb, he timidly volunteers. This time he gets eighteen feet up. He smiles through the tatrs.

This scene took place this spring in the woods behind the Upper School. There is a ropes course there, a construction of climbing challenges with a trapeze, bridges, and things with interesting name?, like Burma loops, cargo net, postman’s walk, and centipede.-fHie course — plus a climbing wall at the Middle School and a fleet of canoes — was the gift last year of the Hayden Foundation to strengthen MKA’s outdoor education program. The program, which began fourteen years ago as an interdisciplinary experience for seventh graders (a wilderness trip known successively as Survival, Impact of

Outdoor education coordinator David Love hooks seventh grader Stefania Lambusta into gear during the spring wilderness trip.

Upon return, seniors work with their faculty mentors to create a curriculum to implement with seventh graders. During “theme week,” seniors and seventh graders work together on topics such as How Does a Group Survive Together? What Is Leadership? What Can We Learn from Others’ Experiences? They read Lord o f the Flies, the biography of Daniel Boone and other books, and discuss how these relate to their own trip. They discuss nutrition (and how nutrition in the woods is different), then use science and math skills to plan the portable food for their trip. Seniors certified in ropes coach seventh graders; they teach use of maps and compass and “minimum impact camping” rules.

“I Was The Worst” “I could not have done worse,” says alumna Beth Speizer ’87, who was in the firstever senior project trip in 1987. ‘T *) hated climbing; I was terrified. I forgot my raincoat, hat, long underwear, and gloves.” But in this program, everything has a Beth Speizer 8 7 gives thumbslesson. From that up before attempting the climb. shakedown experience came a checklist of procedures. Beth went on to earn a B.S. in special education at Syracuse University. Now a learning- disabilities teacher at the Therapeutic School in Belleville, she saw Outdoor Program Coordinator David Love at Homecoming, heard about MKA’s program, and asked if she could bring some of her students to try the ropes course.

“It’s a whole new arena in which to earn respect, a great equalizer. ” Then comes “Survival.” The groups hike the Appalachian Trail for four days — an interactive mix of seventh graders and their senior intern, a faculty advisor, an eighth grade intern, and “climbers,” who are eighth graders specially trained in high-ropes belaying. The best campers, says Dave Love, are not necessarily the strongest students. “It requires smarts and organization. They learn to suffer consequences of lack of planning. If they don’t have lobster claws [protective belaying gear] 40 feet up, they have to climb down and start over. It’s a great self-teacher.” Everyone keeps a journal — the seniors for six weeks, the seventh graders for two. Thoughts along the way, doubts, insights, growth. Upon return from the great outdoors, the seniors evaluate the seventh grade journals. Their own journals are reviewed by faculty mentors.

Beth Speizer ’87, her student Alan Womack, and MKA seniorJoe Bellapianta belay a climber; fifth grader Anna Labowsky watches. One day in May, Beth, six of her students, and two interns from St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark joined certified MKA seniors in the ropes course behind the Upper School, known as Dolven’s Woods. In textbook teamwork, everyone helped — hooking someone into a safety harness, holding the ladder, belaying, encouraging, cheering. Supporting. The challenge, of course, came full circle. Dave Love to Beth: “You’ve got to represent the adult species.^® She also had to be an example to her students. Beth borrowed some sneakers and, still terrified, gingerly climbed 40 feet up, then balanced on the tightrope, belayed by an MKA senior and one of her own students, who wailed, “Beth did better than me!. Next time.” There were tears and fears of height. But there were no failures; everyone tried.

Eighth grade intern Renee Delphin belays faculty member George Mixon.

Aspects o f Outdoors: Lastfa ll the sixth grade went canoeing on the Passaic River. They cleaned up a portion o f the river, collected water samples and tested them in science lab upon return. Above: Staff m em ber Scott Kushner with Leroy Watkins and Jason Ciccone.

Sunday at the Ropes With Parents: Linda Witmer helps her son Marc into gear at the sixth grade studenl/parent Sunday outing. Marc climbed with his arm in a cast.

Sharing th e E xp erien ce A new aspect of MKA’s outckx»ftsducation program is a partnership with other schools, including the Harriet Tubman School in Newark and the Therapeutic SchoM in Belleville. [See article "I Was the Worst. M The intent to gíbate a mutual experience for students to write: about (to counter “Nothing exciting ever happens to me”)’, to get them so excited that they are able to describe what they did and how they felt. Another goal is to share that experience with someone of different background, to do something with someone, not fo r someone, and to learn from each other.

has supported faculty and staff with grants for training; in hiring, it looks for teachers with outdoor experience. In 1984 David Love spent a month at National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in Wyoming, where he became certified to instruct and certify other leaders. So far 12 faculty members have been certified on the ropes course; many more are trained in first aid. This summer grants were given to Performing Arts teacher Rick Kitts to be certified in rock climbing and to staff member Scott Kushner — a veteran of many trips — for outdoor leadership education.

In early fall, Tubman fifth graders will spend two days with MKA fifth graders at the ropes course and in nature study. Then MKA students will visit the Tubman School and tour the ;it$. Sum m er in the W ilderness In addition to the regular outdoors curriculum, some MKA students, faculty, and alumni participate in optional summer programs throughout the world: sixth graders, a canoe trip to Canada; seventh graders, climbing theSetons in Wyoming; eighth graders, camping in Glacier National Park in Montana. Mpper School students can hike Denali in Alaska or go a bike tour of Ireland. Faculty members Geoff Branigan, Craig Downey, Yanna Yannakakis, and David and Sarah Love each led a tour this year. Je n Lonsinger ’92 spent her,second summqtas a counselor on three of the trips. Eight seasoned Upper School students went along as ; junior counselors to help cook meals, set tents, and paddle canoes. Faculty D evelopm ent Another goal at MKA is to involve as many people.afgA possible in the lessons of outdoors. For years the school

On the Ropes “Get the kids involved; you’ll get the parents,” says Dave Love. In exchange for a pledge to be drug- and alcoholfree, sixth graders were invited to bring their parents for a Sunday this spring at the ropes course in Dolven’s Woods (named for former Principal Richard Dolven). Fathers and pothers hooked equipment, climbed (or tried), belayed; children helped and yelled encouragement. Children tested the course; parents helped and cheered. In a wonderful example of the outdoor-ed philosophy — that each person has particular strengths— the boy who had struck out three times at the baseball game the day before was the only one in the history of the Middle School to 'latch the trapeze. “He was really down on himself,” says MKA parent Marlene Grabowsky, mother of Neil, who caught the trapeze. “But this course taught a lesson. It’s about overcomingfear, and perseverance in thefa ce o f obstacles. Don’t quit. It’s also not just for the day. The pride of accomplishment lasts long after the day has passed.” She herself successfully completed the course.

The Boy on the Flying Trapeze: Sixth grader Neil Grabowsky was thefirst Middle School student ever to catch the trapeze.

Climbing the wall at the Middle School.

The Shape o f Things to Come: The Free Group The aim of encouraging drug- and alcohol-free activities takes on new dimensions this fall with The Free Group. Students who choose to be in this “conceptual and contractual” extracurricular program will sign a pledge and work to arrange drug- and alcohol-free weekend activities, including outdoor trips and community service. Reminiscent

of the senior projects, Upper School students will be partners and role models for Middle Schoolers — freshmen paired with sixth graders, sophomores with seventh, juniors with eighth. Thus the lessons of “outdoor education” challenge even the boundaries of the imagination. Christie Austin

A Walk in th e Woods

Froth the earliest years, MKA students have participated in outdoor learning. Kimberley founder Miss Waring led girls in long dresses on nature walks through the woods, collecting flowers and putting color in their cheeks. John MacVicar began a Hiking Club for hi| Montclair Military Academy cadets. The particulars varied over the d ec^Ss, but the philosophy has been the same: experien^S in the outdoors is essential to students’ growth. Photo from the archives: 1 9 1 3 -

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You N ever Stop Learning: The PAMKA Lecture Series Three outstanding speakers addressed parents, faculty, students and guests this year through the generosity of the Parents’ Association of The Montclair Kimberley Academy (PAMKA).

Left: Dr. Stephen Tigner is shown here with Linda Garippa, President o f PAMKA. Dr. Tigner, a philosopher and educator, spoke about cultural literacy and the benefits o f usingfounding documents and rich primary sources, such as the Bible. Center: Writer and political commentator Linda Chavez, who served as White House Director o f Public Liaison in the Bush Administration, spoke on multiculturalism, the challenge o f the 21st century. Right: Dr. Farouk El-Baz, the man who chose the landing sitefo r the Apollo mission to the moon, discussed the rich scientific harvests o f space exploration. Dr. El-Baz also visited classes on all three campuses; he is shown here at Brookside.

Richard Reiter, director o f instrumental music at the Middle School, rehearses students before their concert at the Montclair Art Museum.

A rt and Jazz at th e Museum

Fran ces Jo h n son Furlong ’42 watches Brookside students Corrine Gaby and Janell Riddick handle mail at the Montclair Post Office during Customer Appreciation Day in May. Brookside has a "Wee Deliver" program, a scaled-down, working post office containing a box where students mail letters and sorting bins where mail awaits distribution to the classrooms. Students write, address, and sort letters and receive mail at their classroom "towns" and zipcodes (the nurse’s office is Sick Bay, NJ 07070) — all part of the Postal system’s program to promote literacy.

I n ay.splendid example of community cooperation, MKA students performed with faculty member Richard Reiter and his professional jazz quintet in a concert at the Montclair Art Museum in May. Instrumental and vocal music students from both Middle and Upper School campuses joined Crossing Point musicians in several numbers, including a song, “We Are One Family,” composed by Reiter with lyrics by MKA students. Student art from all three campuses was displayed in the Museum’sKourt during the evening performance. In an interesting school link, the musicians’ backdrop was an exhibitigii of Currier & Ives lithographs which had been bequeathed to the Museum by alumnus George Beach ‘22 [see “The Beach Connection” in the Class Notes].

Faculty Tributes Excerpts from, the year-end faculty meeting. Barbara Rabuse announced that two members of the Brookside faculty will be on maternity leave: Jan e Smith and C arol Griese. She thanked K aren M uenster ’88, assistant in Pre-K, for her talent and gifts in “the wonderful world of little people,” and wished Karen well in her studies in early childhood education at Fordham.

A .u stin Koenen, President of the Board of Trustees, thanked faculty and staff for their contributions to MKA’s outstanding year, and praised Principal Peter Greer for his energetic leadership. He noted that students and parents are “demanding consumers” with high expectations, and that communication with them is vital. He also asked faculty and staff to participate as the school embarks on long-range planning.

P atricia Casey, who has taught at MKA since 1978, is going to aj'new adventure” in another school. Pat - a sensitive, serene mentor - has taught fifth grade, language arts, and was grade- level chair for second grade.

Lois Riley: M usician, Lyricist, Reader, W riter, “Ham” from speech by Tommy Brayboy

At the Middle School, N orm ie D ickerson thanked librarian Eileen K eenan for her willing talents with reading groups, SI research skills, and advice for the award-winning yearbook. Eileen will be librarian at her daughter’s schoo^H

No acrostic poem could describe her leadership of the fine and performing arts department at the Middle School, where [Lois] turned a squirming mass of fourth and fifth graders into a chorus of singing cherubs twice a year...She was the driving force behind the faculty chorus which she directed and accompanied. We sang at the holiday program and to the eighth graders at Commencement. In the 1980s, she added “lyricist” to her accomplishments when, with Nixon Bicknell, she wrote the school song. Being the true believer in the humanities she is, Lois joined the fifth grade team and readily transmitted her love of literature to the students. A ready wit, the soul of patience and understanding, Lois brought out the best in others. In the words of a student, “Mrs. Riley always made me feel good about myself. She built up my confidence and helped me writellfei

Normie wished Naguline Singanayagam , who taught sixth grade humanities, Godspeed in her new venture, and Ja n P eterson Leighton good luck as she moves to the Upper School to head the wellness program. M ichele Gerke will be on a year’s leave, and Sharanya Naik will take a short maternity leave. At the Upper School, Tim Saburn praised K aren De G regorio for teaching Spanish with “high and rigorous standards” and her fine work with OBS. He thanked Alison Matika (English), Alba Rodburg (Spanish), and Bryan W inter (history) for their contributions to academic and student life, and wished them well in their new adventures. He wished Scott O’C onnor (math) thev best as he takes on the challenges of boarding school life, and praised his “intensity and passion and ability to connect with young people.”

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It’s All In The Game GIRLS’ SOCCER MVP Candace M essinger Coach’s Award Faith N orton FIELD HOCKEY MVP D enise Russ MIP G retchen Cook Coach’s Award Renee M onteyne GIRLS’ TENNIS MVP Ju lie P orter CROSS COUNTRY MVP D aniel Urband Coach’s Award Elizabeth Kennedy

FOOTBALL MVP M ark W heeler Coach’s Award Raghuveer Vallabhaneni Joseph Weiner Award Chad Brow n

BOYS’ BASKETBALL MVP D ennis McNeil Coach’s Award Jaso n Pogorelec Honorable Mention Kevin Clark

VOLLEYBALL Coach’s Award M onica Fernand Renee M onteyne

SWIMMING MVP R obert P erron e Coach’s Award Andrea Arria-Devoe

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL MVP Ju lie P orter MIP K risten Klank

ICE HOCKEY MVP Bryan Cook Coach’s Award P eter B arrett

SKIING MVP D am ien Vena Coach’s Award Jo e Bellapianta

BOYS’ BASEBALL MVP E ric Kusseluk MIP Bryan Cook

GIRLS’ FENCING MVP Alicia Lee Coach’s Award Sue Je a n Kim

BOYS’ TENNIS MVP Jam es Frank Coach’s Award M ichael Castine

BOYS’ FENCING MVP Jerem y K ahn Coach’s Award Andy Choi

GIRLS’ LACROSSE MVP Andrea Arria-Devoe MIP K risten Klank

GIRLS’ SOFTBALL MVP Candace M essinger MIP Allison C onnolly

BOYS’ LACROSSE MVP Jam es B oshart MIP Sheldon Barnes

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A lum ni A s s o c ia t io n

From The Alum ni Presiden t M a n y thanks to M argaret Craw ford Bridge ’65, who retires this year after nine years on the Alumni Council. Margaret, who remained on the Council during two terms as President of the Board of Trustees, brought wise counsel and the “greater p i « r e ” to alumni meetings. Margaret has also been the featured speaker at the annual Senior Breakfast, where she presents her perspective as MKA alumna, parent, Council member, and Trustee.

Brought to you by the MKA Alumni Association: Stacy Silverstein Cochran 7 7 with her mother and daughter at the New Jersey prem iere o f “My New Gun, ” a film Stacy wrote and directed. The MKA Alumni Association organized and sponsored the movie night at the Clairidge Theater in Montclair.

We welcome to our midst two new members, Andrew B lair 7 8 and H olly Jerv is ’83. The Alumni Association had a busy year. We instituted the Founders’ Cup, affisngtime dream to honor MKA faculty. We organized our popular fundraiser, “A;f|ight With the Devils,” and a networking party/movie premiere. We were pleased to show the film “My New Gun” — written and produced by MKA’s own Stacy Silverstein C ochran 7 8 — in an exclusive engagement at the Clairidge Theater in Montclair. This was followed by a party at Tierney’s.

(see box). We will meet alumni attending Boston-area colleges at a Red Sox game; meet other Boston alumni at Zanzibar’s; greet New York City alumni at the Lonestar Cafe (also in the works: an art gallery reception); and see old friends at Vanderbilt’s in Hamilton Park. Watch for further details. We hope many more alumni will join us at these MKA events and activities. Robert H. Gardner 7 8

MKA alumni “networking” is spreading beyond New Jersey in joint ventures with nine other area independent schools

The Found ers’ Cup

gallery. These displays will include photos of some of the outstanding earlier faculty, including Claude Monson (Montclair Academy), Ellen Drewes Studdiford (Kimberley), and Frank Gartley (Brookside). A beautiful silver loving cup has been donated by Tiffany for the award, thanks to MKA parent James Quinn. The trophy will be engraved with each recipient’s name and be displayed on the campus where that faculty member teaches. The individual will receive an etched Tiffany crystal apple to commemorate the award.

W h e n you reflect on your days at MKA, Montclair Academy, The Kimberley School or Brookside, do you picture a particular teacher whose classes awakened your imagination and interest? Do the words of a memorable teacher still crop up in your mind? Have you ever found that a lesson you thought was totally useless at the time actually (and much to your chagrin) became a valuable tool later in life?

The first Founders’ Cup Award was presented to Helen Faulkner at the 1992-93 closing faculty meeting. Faulkner, hea||of the Middle School math department, has been teaching at MKA since 1986. Like so many dedicated MKA faculty members, Faulkner exemplifies many of the characteristics that have been identified by the award committee as criteria for the recipient.

These are the effects of dynamic and influential teachers who have touched all of our lives at one time or another. At MKA, there has Alumni Council member Lori been a strong tradition Windolf Crispo ‘,78 (R) presents of excellence in thefirst Founders’ Cup award to teaching for over one math teacher Helen Faulkner. hundred years. To acknowledge and salute this tradition, the MKA Alumni Association — with the .enthusiastic prompting of Principal Peter Greer — has eslagished the Founders’ Cup Award, to be given each year to the faculty member who represents the best of MKA teaching excellence.

The award honors dedicated teachers who consistently spend enormous time with students, both in and out of the classroom, often inspiring students. It honors faculty who willingly share ideas and time with colleagues, who take time to communicate effectively and well with parents, and who show produMve innovation if it will help children learn. The award honors faculty .dedicated to scholarship and excellence. Each year the Cup recipient is selected from a pool of candidates nominated by students, parents, alumni, and mculty members. By instituting the Founders’ Cup, the Alumni Association proudly honors all special MKA teachers whose influence has such a lasting effect on so many students..--. Lori Windolf Crispo 7 8

A photograph of the award recipient will be displayed at each of the three campuses in a distinguished faculty photo 12

Senior B reakfast: Jo in th e Group

See Y our Old Rival

T h e MKA Alumni Association officially welcomed the Class of 1993 to its midst at the traditional Senior Breakfast in April. R obert G ardner 78, Association President, and M argaret Craw ford Bridge ’65, past President of the Board of Trustees, spoke about alumni activities, links, and the rewards of involvement.

Plans are underway for joint events in New York, Boston, and northern New Jersey to bring together former friends and rivals — alumni of MKA and other New Jersey schools (Delbarton, Kent Place, Morristown-Beard, Newark Academy, Oak Knoll, Pingry, St. Elizabeth’s, Seton Hall Prep, and Villa Walsh). Watch for invitations for: Boston Red Sox Game: College-age alumni in Boston. September 30. New Jersey “Vanderbilt’s” G athering: Alumni from classes of 1970-1989. November 10. New Y ork City Lonestar Cafe: Alumni from 1979-1989- January 20, 1994. In the works: New Y ork City A rt G allery R eception: Alumni from 1960s and 1970s. Boston gathering at Zanzibars: Alumni from 1960s and 1970s. Please call the MKA Alumni Office (201/746-9800) for further information or to volunteer to help.

Alumni Director Christie Austin described the work of the Alumni Office, maintaining records and archives, organizing events, and publishing the Alumni News (how MKA Review) . Dr. Peter Greer thanked the class for their outstanding senior year, his first as Principal of MKA, and sent them off to college with best wishes and a laundry bag sporting the class photo.

Amy Feinsilver and Brooke Bailey study the class photo on their gifts.

Joe Williamson holds the Principal’s gift to seniors: a laundry bag with the class photo. Below: Nancy Nugent, Joanna Andriopoulous, and class agent Lisa Gittleman smilefo r the photographer.

Top: Dr. Greer helps serve the breakfast buffet. Standing, rear: Dan Mostovoy, Vinit Ahuja, Pavan Arora. At the table: Henry Chang, Edwin Kim, Laura Caprario, Sunil M irchandani. Middle: Seniors at ease. Front: Gretchen Cook, ScottJohnson, Kelly DiStefano, Dara Reiner, Kristen Noell. Rear: Andrea Arria-Devoe, Eric Kusseluk, Sara Paul, Amanda Frank. Bottom: Suzanne Jacobson, Cory Schuman, Lauren Blankstein, and Jam ie Streitpause in line. 13

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Ellen Malcolm ’65 Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Association is p l e ^ » to present the 1993 Distinguished Alumni Award to Ellen M alcolm, The Kimberley School Class of 1965. Ellen, who was dubbed the "Founding Mother of New Women’s Politics” by the New York Times, is the founder and president of EMILY’S List, a political action committee and the nation’s largest funder of federal campaigns.

elected to the Senate and 20 to the House. In 1987 the number of Democratic women in the House was 12; today there are 36. Membership in EMILY’S List has grown to 24,000, ten p e rce n t» whom are men. Ellen’s concept has been copied on statewide levels in New Jersey and Eennessee and nationally by a new Republican group called “WISH List” (Women In the Senate and House). EMILY’S List U.K. was founded this year; (“News of Emily’s birth in Britain has caused cups to tremble in Westminster’s tea rooms,” reported The Times o f London).

The organization is the product of Ellen’s 23-year career in public service. Ellen, who was president of her class at Kimberley, received a B.A. from Hollins College in Virginia. She moved to Washington, D.C., in 1970 and worked as a field organizer for Common Cause. She served as press s e c re ta ry » the National Women’s Political Caucus and as press secretary to Esther Peterson, President Carter’s Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs.

A good deal of her effectiveness0is the result of Ellen’s managing and marketing her organization like a well- run business, creating a product and merchandising it to likeminded consumers. Its phenomenal success has given her national prominence and political clout. Ellen has been the subject of numerous articles and news programs; she is frequendy asked by the media to comment on campaigns, their fundraising capabilities and political strategies. She was named a “Woman of the Year” and received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Hollins College, where she gave the 1992 Commencement Address.

In 1981 Ellen formalized her philanthropy by creating the Windom Fund. She also enrolled in the M.B.A. program at George Washington University to learn more about management and mark^m Bp£QB2 was a pivotal year: Ellen did fundraising for the Senate campaign of Harriet Woods of Missouri, which Woods lost by one percent because she could not raise enough money. This experience convinced Ellen that there should be a new kind of women’s fundraising group.

Ellen Malcolm — whose brothers Andy and Douglas attended Montclair Academy — is an outstanding model for MKA students today. She has dedicated herself to her ideals, seen the need for change, developed her talents and used her personal acumen and academic experience to successfully create an organization to meet that need. Regardless of politics, the entire MKA community can appreciate the dedication and accomplishments of this distinguished alumna. Joseph H. Alessi ’68 Distinguished Alumni Award Committee Chairman

rSlre founded EMILY’S List (acronym for “Early Money Is Like Yeast — It makes the dough rise”) in 1985. Since then, EMILY has used its unique networking concept to help elect numerous governors, senators, and representatives. The statistics are impressive. In 1992, some $6.2 million was raised for 55 pro-choice Democratic women; four were

C lass N o t e s Editor’s Note As those o f you in classes with secretaries realize, we use one yearly mailing to obtain news, which appears in the FALL magazine. SPRIN G magazine Class Notes are taken from reunion, holiday, and phonathon news, the flap on the Annual Giving remittance envelope, and the “Grapevine” on the inside back cover. Although the items might seem “old,” we have found that most people love to read news whenever. The time lapse is unavoidable, as the processing o f Class Notes from secretary to Alumni Office to classmates to secretary to Alumni Office to designer to printer covers a 14-to-16 week period! Please remember that you can send a note to your class secretary or to the Alumni Office anytime. T o those o f you without a class secretary, how would you like to volunteer? The job ha$ been simplified to the point that you will probably find it most enjoyable! The position o f alumni clasy secretary, like that o f class agent and reunion chairman, is absolutely essential to the vitality o f the school. Please consider it.

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The Beach Collection: The Academy Connection The Montclair Art Museum displayed 200 choice lithographs this spring in an exhibition called “Images o f America: Selections from the George Raimes Beach Collection o f Currier & Ives.” George, who graduated from Montclair Academy in the Class o f 1922, amassed 285 works ne o f the world’s four largest collections — which he bequeathed to the Museum. His collection began with a single Currier & Ives print, a wedding present from his mother. He had lent a portion o f his collection to the Museum in 1982 as a result o f h i!*1; friendship with S. Barksdale Penick Jr. ’21, who was then president o f the Board of Trustees. George described Me Museum as “a place the collection will remain intacjt;/’ ’ well cared for, and where people would have an opportunity to iqjoy it. I can’t imagine these beautiful Currier & Ives in a big city museum where they might remain in vaults.” In another school tie, Kimberley Rumna Emily Parsons Ridgway ’28x (a grand daughter o f Charles Parsons, a Currier & Ives artist, and widow o f a first cousin of George Raimes Beach) gifted the Museum 61 Currier & Ives prints in 1985. The Montclair Art Museum now holds some 500 prints, one o f the most extensive in existence. The Academy connection came full circle this May when George Beach’s collection served as backdrop to an MKA student jazz concert and art show — cared for, enjoyed, and definitely out o f the vaults: |See related article, “Notes Around MKA.”]

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Our condolences to the family o f Alice Schoomaker Cleaves.

granddaughter. Samuel is still a member o f the Allegheny Co. Bar in Pittsburgh, Pa., albeit retired, and is past president o f the AAA Federation.

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TKS Mrs. Ju lian M iller (Ju lia H aw kins) 18 Shammn Terrace, Easton M D 21601 MA Lt. Cmdr. A lden W. Sm ith W ebster H ighway, Penury Priory Tem ple N H 0 3 0 8 4 The indefatigable Homer G. Whitmore went for the filming o f his life story, "Rochester I Know," at the local Public Broadcasting Statmmdt was to be aired in June.

MA Sidney New Jr. writes: “Glad to report I’m still alive and kicking but not very high.” He retired about eight years ago after 25 years as a sales rep. for a leading advertising specialty firm', “Hope to keep going and going ’till I’m gone.” Samuel S. Scott is a life member o f the ACBL and still plays “a very good game. Also the piano!” He has a great grandson and a great-

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TKS M rs. Joh n E. H olt (D orothy AyresM S 4 0 3 W. Center St. #315 M anchester, C T J36040 Ijttwas wonderful to hear from so many members o f the Class o f 1927, who seem to be

living and enjoying life. Mary Youngman Ayer lives in Concord N .H . in a retirement community which she loves. She does a bit o f traveling and her family are nearby. The family .has grown to 1:6 and all were together for two college graduations. Frank and Louise (Chip) Stauffen Barnard spent three months in Florida this year and live in a big retirement community in Pennsylvania. They are very active, golf and tennis. They took a cruise to Alaska this past year. Their children ,j||ive in Washington, D .C . and Boston. Chip is very amusing and when we do get together, it is a riot. M jo Gibbs Dubois lives in Wisconsin and is certainly the most active o f us all. She swims three times a week, does Meals on W heels,... works at the local hospital and helps disabled children w ith horseback riding. Really something. Last summer she went up in a hot air balloon and down part o f the Colorado on a raft! Bob and Gretchen Eshbaugh Engel have a huge family spread over the whole country doing interesting things and they see them quite often. Boh and Gretch live in a lively retiranent community in Southbury, Conn., and I see them from time to time and we keep in touch on the telephone. Eda Bainbridge Kolbe lives a very busy and social life in Naples, Fla., at Bendey Village. W e keep in close touch but I did not see her this winter as I do not get around very well myself. “Honey” McElrath Light surfaced this year for the first time; we will visit soon. She lives in Williamstown, Mass., and loves it. I understand this very well as living in these attractive retirement communities is just great. Nice people and lots to do. Harriet Lowry Rydstrom lives in Denver, Colo, in a lovely apartment. She travels a lot — fascinating trips all over the place (cruise down the Amazon!) — plkys golf, and is very active. The Class o f 1927 seems to be living and enjoying life. The. school pjunds booming. D orothy MA M r. Eugene Speni 85 U n d ercliffRoad, M ontclair, N J 07042 John (Jack) J.B . Cooper Jr. still works half days in insurance and financial services in New Castle, Del. He has two daughters and four grandchildren. “Would like to hear from old friends and tennis players as I play a couple o f B times a week.”

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29 TKS M iss C harlotte H . Fitch Box 45, 2 4 C ape B ia l Lane W estport P oin t M A 02791 MA M r. R obert D orrill 4 2 Godfrey R oad Upper M ontclair N J 07043 Edward M. Holmes recently signed a contract for publication o f his sixth book, a novel, Two I f By Sea (The Nightshade Press, Troy, Maine). Ted continues to teach one or two classes in Honors, a cross- discipline course, at the U. o f Maine. Anne and Murray Jones’ grandchild number four arrived in December, and is named after him. The Murrays winter in Riverdale and spend the rest o f the year at their summer home in the Adirondacks (Keene, N.Y.). Our condolences to the family o f Gerald R. Engstrom.

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Thank you to these new class secretaries for volunteering:

MA M r. C. Irving P orter Box 2 7 5 0 , Q uaker H ill Rd., Unity M E 0 4988

Patricia Clapp Cone '30 Irene Burbank Frell '31

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MA Our condolences to the family iff Joseph Hodgson Jr.

Drew. Nikki writes: Nancy Holton Bartow is writing her memoirs for the benefit o f children and grandchildren, adding chapters to her parents’ memoirs. She created an all-white garden this year and went to England on a garden tour. Jesse Taylor Drew, our wonderful former class secretary, is recovering from her stroke, up and around with the aid o f a walker. Jesse and Jerry celebrated their 60th anniversary last May. Endangered species, those two! Zaida Jones Dillon writes from Beaufort, S.C ., “Two landmarks were celebrated this year, our 50th wedding anniversary and our 80th birthdays? on the same day and year. W e are both in good health. The year has been one of resignations from various community activities and boards, in order to ‘smell the roses.’” Leenie Halligan Forman planned to spend two months in the east attending summer weddings o f two grandsons and visiting relatives and friends, including her friend since kindergarten, Mary Adele Halsey Bell. Leenie had a Mother’s Day card from a granddaughter saying she was “Inspirational.” Leenie claims she’ll spend the rest o f her life trying to live up to that. Dell Bell lives in a beautiful retirement community called Bentley Village in Naples. She loves golf and recendy made a H O LE IN O N E. (Dell was too modest to report this, but I found out from a mutual friend!) Dell summers in Little Compton, R.I. and plans a trip Down Under for next winter. Irene Burbank Frell is still reliving a trip down Memory Lane when she and husband returned to N YC after an absence o f 20 years. The journey took them back to the Park Ave. church where they were married and to a landmark building where Irene was one o f the pensioneers (including Frank Lloyd Wright’s daughter). The icing on the cake was hearing Pavarotti sing “Tosca” at the Met, then meeting him. The fabulous weekend was a birthday gift from their two daughters and spouses. Ginny Taylor Wagner volunteers at the hospital, arriving at five a.m. for the early shift. She cheered on her grandson at his Harvard graduation in June. N ikki

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Best wishes to F. William and Joan Williams Seely on their wedding in March. They both

work as volunteers at Martin Memorial Hospital in Stuart, F l S Her great-grand daughter Zoe is two. Bill and Frances Elliott McCahill enjoy their military retirement community, The Fairfax. She has relearned Mah Jong after not playing it since childhood -f# “fun and less stressful than bridge.” They go on many cruises, including the British Isles and a 24-day one from Barbados to the islands o f the Mediterranean. They had lunch with Harold and Jeannette Bell Williams ’35 at their home in Maryland, in frill spring bloom. Anne Anderson Thompson loves her rural life in Upstate New York, especially the changing seasons, from 90 inches o f winter snow to spring wildflowers. Despite a broken right wrist, Anne managed the Blue M t. Lake Week reunion in July, tended the garden and three small animals. MA D r. Jam es A. Rogers, Apt. 2 0 5 92 1 Seagrape D rive, M arco Islan d F L 3 3 9 3 7 Thomas Braine stopped by M KA on a visit north, leaving a copy o f the Pinehurst magazine. W ith his innumerable tennis trophies and records, surely Tom is one o f their legends.

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MA M r. W illiam J . Thompson 3 6 H aw thorne P lace #1K, M ontclair N J 0 7042 Best wishes to O.E. (Elly) Wood as he recuperates from triple-bypass heart surgery! He noted the extensive rehabilitation program, low- fat diet (“I sure miss peanut butter”), and his extensive reading (“more in months than in 10 years”). Jean Dale and (Rev.) Ced Jaggard sent a letter about their 28 days in Novosibirsk, Siberia, last year, through an organization called Navigators. It recounts in extraordinary detail their warm welcome and the reawakening o f Christianity in Russia. The Jaggards planned to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in August.

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“petite chien” wherever she goes. Bobbie talks by phone to Elizabeth Higgins Thompson (Hig), Virginia Hewitt Davis, Jessica Roberts Gilmour (Jessie), Kathleen Crawford Hughes (Kacy), and she hears from Mary Jane Whitehorne Schoeler at Christmas. 1 Betty Ryan Asbury has been living in Spokane, Wash, since 1991 and is happy there. I see Mary Hoermann Vreeland ’34 for lunch quite often. Stewart and I are retired but keep busy with volunteer work, playing bridge, and traveling. Can you believe our 60th reunion will be in '1995? Do you want to get together? Jo d ie

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From Doris Keller Hamlin: “Gordon and I had a wonderful time visiting Jodie and Ken (Schmid) in Mystic. They have a marvelous new condominium. I would move in a minute!’^ ® Doris has gone pigeon-crazy. She had a letter published in the N ew York Tim es on how to get rid o f them benignly. Best wishes to Gardiner and Patsy Soverel Rapelye on their wedding in January. They planned to summer in Boothbay. Often Patsy, Mary Ayres Schweppe and Olive Cawley Watson get together there, sometimes on the Watsons’ sailboat. Our 50th wedding anniversaries are being celebrated. Jim and Betty Rhoades McCabe and their offspring cruised the Caribbean for a wonderful week. They live in a golfing community in Palm City, Fla., and su m m er« Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Andy and Betty Howe Glaze celebrated by taking their young to Santa Fe, leaving their 5and 3-year-old grandchildren home. Betty is spending the summer in Manasquan again and looks forward to seeing those who can join hen Kent and I celebrated our 50th last year in Williamsburg, Va. for a long weekend with daughters and their husbands. Grandsons, 4 and 6, were also left at home. W hat a marvelous time we had! W e love our new condo, view now o f the woods. W e’d love to see you any time. Jo d ie

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MA M r. W. K ent Schm id 9 Brandon Lane, Bishops Cove M ystic C T 0 6355

It was good to hear from some o f you. Barbara Littlejohn enjoys life in New York City, volunteering at Rusk and taking her

From Bob Brightman: “Having lost my wife, Marion, in 1989, after 47 years o f marriage, I was fortunate to meet, woo and wed a lovely

T he C lass Of 1993

Vinit Ahuja.................. ................Columbia University Joanna Andriopoulos.. .......... Montclair State College Pavan Arora................. .......Johns Hopkins University Andrea Arria-Devoe.... ............Georgetown University Subhadra Ayyagari...... ......University of Pennsylvania Brooke Bailey........................................ Radford College Jessica Ball.................... ........................... Ithaca College Jason Barr..................... ......University of Pennsylvania John Bell....................... ................ Muskingum College Joseph Bellapianta....... .. Franklin & Marshall College Peter Berk.................... .................Connecticut College Lauren Blankstein............................. Emory University James Boshart......................Johns Hopkins University Kristen Brondo............ .......... St. Lawrence University Chad Brown................. ....................... Amherst College Michael Brown........... ........................ Oberlin College Clint Cabanero............ ............... New York University Joshua Cain.................. .................. Denison University Laura Caprario............. ......................... Yale University Michael Castine........... ........... University o f Michigan Richard Catena........... .................... Boston University Henry Chang............... ................... Cornell University Richard Chang............. .................... Hamilton College Ralph Chiaia................ ...............New York University Gretchen Cook............. .................... Davidson College Jonathan Crowell........ ................... Colgate University Cayce Cummins.......... .................. Howard University Mark Dauzier............... ...............Mansfield University

Mark Davidson................ ...............Dartmouth College Kelly DiStefano............... ........ Georgetown University Matthew D ix................... .....................Tufts University Amy Feinsilver................ .................. Emory University Susan Felice...................... .....................Oberlin College Amanda Frank..........................William Smith College Rupali Gandhi................. ..............Stanford University Fenwick Garvey............... ... University of Pennsylvania Christopher Giampapa... .................... Amherst College Lisa Gittleman................. ....................... .Vassar College Mark Goldberg................ ........... New York University Elissa Goldman.................................. Skidmore College Staci Gurtman................. ..............University o f Miami Margo Hirsch.................. ...............Brandeis University Jeffrey Hochberg.............. ............ Muhlenberg College Lauren Hyman................ .................. Emory University Suzanne Jacobson............ ....................... Yale University

Scott Johnson................ ..............Trinity College (CT) Jeremy Kahn................... .....................Duke University Claire Kaltinick............. ......................... Vassar College Christopher Kelly.......... .......................Kenyon College Edwin Kim..... ................. Harvard University Sue Jean Kim.... .................... Williams College Raghu Kunamneni.... .......... University of Michigan Eric Kusseluk................. ................... Emory University Athos Kyriakides..... .......................Rutgers College Veejay Lalla............... ..... ............. Boston University Audrey Lee..... ...............Wesleyan University James Lepow.................. ...............Wesleyan University Daniel Lieb.................... .... (jii....... Wesleyan University Barry Lieberman.... .... |l.......... Lehigh University Jordan Lite..... ................... Brown University Tyson Lomazow..... ................... Emory University Alexis Lury...................... ......... .Washington University

Stephen Maddox.... ............................... Yale University Zachary McLarty.... ................ University of Maryland Sunil Mirchandani... .......................Harvard University Renee Monteyne.... ............................... Boston College Michael Morris........ ................Wake Forest University Daniel Mostovoy..... ........... Johns Hopkins University Kristen Noell........... ............... Georgetown University Faith Norton............ ................................Smith College Nancy Nugent......... .......................Gettysburg College Stephanie O ’Brien... ................. William Smith College *Jennifer O ’Dea........ ......................... Boston University Vincent O ’Hara....... .................... U.S. Naval Academy Charlotte Ostberg.■•■.............................. Boston College Adina Padden.......... ..............................Rutgers College Sara Paul ....George Washington University Stephen Pietrucha.... ..................... Bucknell University Jason Pogorelec........ ....................Princeton University

Taryn Reif....................... Dara Reiner..................... David Reynolds.............. Max Rim ......................... Taryn Rotondi................ Denise Russ..................... Jordan Safirstein............. Vadim Sarma.................. Justine Scheuermann.... Corinne Schuman.......... Gary Schwartzbard........ Edward Seugling............ Brett Shanahan................ Joya Smith....................... Maria Stanziale............... Solomon Steplight......... Jamie Streit...................... Alan Teo.......................... Paul Typaldos................. Raghuveer Vallabhaneni Damien Vena................. * Jennifer W ahl................. Brian W ech t................... Elizabeth Wells............... Mark Wheeler................. Joseph Williamson......... Andrew W olf.................. Virginia W ong................ Elena Wuebbens.............

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Swedish lady, Vera Holmsten. We.now live happily in Montclair. M y three children are fond o f her too.” Best wishes from MKA. From Henry (Tac) and Sally Jennison Riter ’37: “W e continue to enjoy retirement in Florida, and see Lois and Dallas Townsend and George and Dottie Hanau Frost ’38 several times a year. All had a mini-reunion in February with Ruth Russell Gray ’3 7 and Stan Russell ’36 at our Longboat Key home. W e spent the night with Sally Bausher Littlefield ’37 at her Florida digs in April. Our second great- grandchild arrived in November, bringing our offspring to 16: four children, 10 grandchildren, two greats.” Our condolences to the family o f Theodore Donaldson.

37 ----------------------------------TKS Mrs. W illiam Young (Peggy K lotz) 1 0 Crestm ont R oad, ID , M ontclair N J 0 7 0 4 2 The Class o f ’37 should compile a vacation advisory letter, so interesting and varied are the travels! George and Janet Gaylord Newsome spentJH March in Arizona, where they love the desert and mountains. Home is in Kingston, Ontario. Barbara Vondermuhll has moved to a new apartment in the same complex. It’s on one floor, good for her because o f a bad knee from tennis on hard courts. She enjoys the life: lovely people, plenty o f activities, a gem o f a church nearby. She hopes anyone from Kimberley in St. Petersburg will give her a call. Charlie and Ginny Kracke Leavitt went to Florida for two weeks and wound up in hospital in Bradenton for by-pass surgery, two days apart. This set a record for the hospital as well as for the Leavitts. As o f May, they are home in Montclair, well recovered, I m happy to report. They still have homes in Montclair and Vermont. Curt and Margaret Richards Chapman took a magnificent trip through the Colorado Rockies last fall. Now that they live in New England, Sunapee in summer, she hopes to make an occasional ’37 luncheon. Sally Bausher Littlefield sold her house in Montclair and moved to 12 South Mountain. “No more maintenance!” she writes. She winters in Tequesta, Fla., where she saw Tac ’3 6 and Sally Jennison Riter. Sally B. has one son, daughter-in-law and two granddaughters, 6 and 3. Last year, she and Frances Johnson Ames ’40 w e n t « a horticultural tour o f Colorado and Wyoming; she hopes to go to Montana this fall. Ruth Russell Gray gets to New Jersey from- . Florida about once a month and sometimes we see her for lunch. She had a wonderful trip to Egypt in March. Ruth saw other M KA alumni this winter. [See MA ’36 column.] Sally Young Shertzer visited me and her

brother, Bill ’28, in May. She plays golf and tennis, and this year won the Montgomery (Ala.) Country Club championship, which she has won 22 times — at least once in each o f five decades! What a record. She has a grand daughter graduating from law school this year. Kathryn (Teppy) Holton Sjolander enjoyed a delightful week’s visit from her granddaughter Erica Sjolander, 8. Erica flew up alone from Costa Rica. Betsy Townsend McFadden sent a happy postcard from Rome in May. She was enjoying an Elder Hostel trip to Italy, “well-planned and well-run.” She visited the place in Italy where she and her family lived from 1947 to mid1950. Bill and I had two granddaughters graduating from college this spring — same weekend — one from Hamilton and one from Middlebury. Since we couldn’t be in two places, we heard about it from proud parents! I hope to hear from more o f you soon. Those o f us around Montclair try to lunch together each month; if you are anywhere near, do give me a call and join us! Peggy MA Our condolences to the family o f W illiam R. Diver Jr.

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Reunion C hairm an: M r. R obert B uckalew 10 H aw thorne Rd., Essex Fells N J 07021

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TKS Mrs. Joh n Rauch Jr . (Jan e W ilson) 8 1 1 5 Spring M ill Rd., Indianapolis I N 4 6 2 6 0 MA M r. C. R. Lyle I I 168 M ountain Rd. P. O. Box 3iMNn Jaffrey Center N H 03 4 5 2 - 0 3 9 4 This is college 50th reunion year for those o f us lucky enough to complete course work before World War II. Among known reunionists are: Peter Funk and Ted Van Buren at Princeton, A1 Pels at Wesleyan and Dick Benson and Bud Lyle at Amherst. There must be many more, but writer’s cramp must have afflicted the class. Peter reports that Joan Muller will be a guest o f the Class o f ’43 at Princeton’s reunion. She and Bob Muller’s children are maintaining the historic farm in North Jersey where the Montclair Class o f ’39 was so memorably entertained. Elwood Carter is reported to be ill and may not be able to attend his reunion. He would like to hear from any o f you, however.

His address is 165 Engle St., Tenafly N J 07670. Peter himself is organizing a creative arts display o f the work o f the class at Princeton, an innovation this year. He also reports cor^^H pletion o f “Dynamic Vocabulary” audio cassette, Series II, to continue the popular Series I produced two years ago. He’s considering a novel, and has completed the “Word Power” series for the Russian language R eader’s Digest. Peter speaks o f slowing down, but no one believes him. Last fall, in celebration o f their 50th wedding anniversary, he and Mary took three generations o f their family, 32 o f them, for a cruise on the Disney World Red Ship. Bud Lyle spent time last fall raiding the A m herst Student o f the years 1939-43 to do a cut-and-paste reduction for the class’s 50th reunion book (hot work for an old fire horse). He and Gerry went on a spring cruise around the Caribbean and missed by one day linking up with A1 and Betty Pels, whose family had been enjoying a cottage on St. Johns. They met for dinner a week later in New Hampshire, where they live 10 miles apart. A1 does Ski Patrol work in winter and this spring he and Betty went to Richmond, Va., for the wedding o f their son, Jim. Dick Benson is in business supplying textiles for workshops for the blind and physically handicapped. He and Serena, who is a judge, travel a good bit and play tennis, and he wets a fly line in waters from New Jersey to New Zealand. The seven children provide “an assortment o f grandchildren, step- grand children, and even one step greatgranddaughter.^® Jean and Ted Van Buren are Florida residents, spending seven months “looking at H o n beach and ocean, plus golf, fishing, bridge, etc. Then north to Greenwich where we have a condo. Three married children with grandchildren are visitors at both.” The Van Burens plan a trip to Europe in the fall. Bruce Swenson reports that he and Nancy Tiernan Swenson ’42 have had several suppers at “Ernie’s” in Delray Beach with Nancy and Bill Marchese. Irene and Tommy Dwyer ’40 joined the group once, during which old football players and games were reminisced. Best, Bud

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TKS Mrs. Jam es F. C. H yde, Jr . (E n id Griswold) 5 4 0 2 D uvall D rive, Bethesda M D 2 0 8 1 6 Helen Hanau Breen is very active at the Crane House in Montclair and was chairman o f the spring herb sale. The Breens are proud grandparents: Lise and Bill 7 3 have a girl, Leah, who has red hair like Bill; Terri and Ken 7 9 have a son, Conor, born in October. They live in Bloomfield just three blocks away. John and Susan O ’Gorman Karlin went to Costa Rica in April. Anne Thompson Knapp spent a month at Vero Beach; “restful if not stimulating!’Adeline Pope McConnell visited me in April in Washington. She is very active in the Denver Mountaineering Club. Adeline, who has published one book and many articles, is currently working on an article about outstanding Youth Hostels in the U.S. I had a lengthy trip in the Middle East, wondering i f terrorist bombs were going to get us in Egypt (they didn’t), or something worse in Jordan. Even Israel was a little unnerving with Palestinians and Israelis firing at each other. W e are o ff to France in May [written in April] to visit son Andrew and wife in Provence. He is at the U .S. Embassy in London. Daughter Leslie and husband will come from Rome where they live. Another grandchild is expected in August (Leslie’s). E n id MA M r. D avid B aird Jr. 9 Parkw ay, M ontclair N J 0 7 0 4 2 Betty and Richard Carrie spent their second winter in their condo in Vero Beach, Fla., where they see many Amherst friends and keep busy with tennis, boating, concerts and theater. They had dinner with Howard Parker, our 50th Reunion guest, last April. All MKA friends are invited to visit the Carries in Florida or in the summer at Point Pleasant. Gail and David Baird’s daughter Carol 7 9 was married last August to Stephen Rich; both graduated from St. Lawrence U. They live in Cambridge, Mass., where she is director o f marketing for Sharf Marketing Group.

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camp, W ants, in Maine. “In my day, lots o f New Jersey children attended. Anyone out there'— did you or your parents attend? I f so, please write me at 16 Sayles Ave., Pawtucket RI 028 6 0 .”

50T H REUNION O CTO BER 16 TKS Class secretary an d reunion chairm an: M iss Lucile G. M ason 142 N orth M ountain Avenue M ontclair N J 07042 Barbara Smillie Curtis moved from the house where she had lived for 40 years “down to the flat [Belvedere, C a l i f ] I have a nice view o f the water (salty but non-tidal), and am assured that given time I shall get to love this place too.” Mary Batt Taylor is enjoying their first grandchild, Eliza, born to daughter Robin last year. They still love their home in Annapolis and are glad they can travel often to California, where both children reside. MA Class secretary an d reunion chairm an: M r. Jam es M ackey 2 1 3 Geneva Street, E lizabeth N J 0 7 2 0 6 A1 Soria writes, “Looking forward to seeing my classmates at the 50th (Oh, my God!) reunion and reminiscing about the good times we had at M.A. I’ve been retired for over five years and enjoy my free time on the golf course and reading. Also traveling in search o f the sun and some gardening as time permits!” Bill Burker happily moved to Wilmington, N.C. in December. Georgia and William Polhemus also plan to move to Wilmington as soon as they sell their present townhouse. He retired as Asst. Superintendent o f the Madison Public Schools] in 1991, and enjoys life membership status as an Emergency Medical Technician with the Hillsborough (N.J.) Rescue Squad. Having spent his career in the music business,, in piano and organ sales and management, Robert Townsend has retired to spend time as a self-employed piano technician, something he’s done for years. “I’m as busy today as I’ve ever been.” He’s also the organist o f the First Baptist Church in Lakewood, N.J.

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Jean Hill writes, “Elsie Luddecke Kelsey put in a lot o f hours to guarantee our reunion would be a success and her efforts showed; it was well worth attending!” Jean is working on a project trying to find alumni from a boy-girl

Nancy Heydt Green retired in 1992 after 20 “wonderful” years at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She is enjoying retirement — ; “not very constructively, but busy” — with travel, gardening, sailing, hiking,

some volunteer work. Daughters Corey and Cathy and families are fortunately just a couple o f hours away. MA M r. W interfordJ. O hland 4 A bler s Lane, Blairstow n N J 0 7825 Sam Bizent Girdler retired after 42 years in heavy business, only to start “hobby” business. He married in 1988 “for third and final time!...See Academy friends at Yale reunions, but am looking forward to the big 50th next year. I hope many will show up if I come 3000 miles! The Academy means a lot to me as I went 12 years. ”■

45— — -— — TKS A nne Feagley W ittels (Mrs. Jerom e L .) 21 l6 V iaA lam itos,P alos Verdes Estates CA 9 0 274 Nancy Nevins D ’Anjou always writes a note at Christmas, inquires o f others but rarely gives news o f herself. Leigh Berrien Smith also always sends a card, usually full o f news o f classmates or other M KA folks who have written, phoned, or visited. But like Nev, this year’s news was sparse. Leigh did say she has added an interest — recycling! Rudd Trimble Kenvin phoned; Jerry took the message: “No news.” She is another o f the major strands o f our class news network. Florence (Pete) Lamborn Peters writes from Edgartown, where she sees Leigh, “but not often enough.” Pete and husband Landon spend much time there, where two o f their sons and their families live. Another married son lives in T renttM the youngest lives in Philadelphia. When at home in Princeton, Pete is involved in the garden club and the Princeton Historical Society. Just completing two years as Director o f the Garden Club o f America1, she hopes “to get back to my own garden!” Jack and Midge Seidler Tilton have lived in New Hampshire since 1949, but bought a condo in Naples, Fla., a few years ago. They see John and Katie Teaze Clark when in Florida. She and Katie “had fun looking at some old grade school photos,” and she enclosed one taken at a pool party at Lorraine Dircks’, probably in third grade. Note: I’ll save it, with some o f my own, for our reunion in 1995- Anyone else with stuff to share? Think ahead. This is the excuse we’ve been waiting for to clear out those boxes o f memorabilia. Josie Murphy Rayermann reports that Judy Shearer Turnbull still lives in Florida. She and Rudd keep in close touch, and she and Ed tooks Rudd’s daughter Brooke to Easter dinner. Josie has another grandchild, Thomas, born in June to their son Richard and Marianne. Richard is now with American Airlines in Dallas. Son Patrick and Emma are back from

Germany, and he is with the Army (not Air Force) Space Command in Colorado Springs. Josie has been busy with the W omen’s Club and Garden Club, o f which she has been treasurer for two years. At 103, her mother is still enjoying good health, though her sight and 'fnemory are just about gone, but she knows Josie, Ed, and her grandchildren. Susan Ailing Miller has moved back to NYC. As you may recall, having just retired and winterized their summer house in Amagansett, Tony died. She stayed there for over a year, “but found I missed my friends, family, and all the liveliness o f New York City. So I found a small apartment, and this is just right for m e....I’m enjoying a volunteer job at a N.Y)4>i high school, as well as operas, concerts, and many old friends.. .All four o f my children are married but only two have produced grandchildren so far.” Zoe Donaldson, 4, is Darcy’s (they live in N YC and Sue babysits while Darcy travels on business) and Christopher Miller, 8, is Fred and Kathy’s; they live nearby in Port Washington. Son Daniel, a cellist, lives in N YC with his wife, Suzy; Paul works for Catholic Relief Services and lives in Baltimore with his wife, Sue. I pass along the sad news that Barbara Schmid W right died in January. W e offer sympathy to her family. As for us, we’re fine. Jerry continues to enjoy retirement; our daughter lives in San Francisco, our son and his wife in Bakersfield. I ’m finding more time to paint and write. Last summer I participated in an art program held at the Cal. State Humbolt campus — paint, paint, paint for two weeks! M y peripatetic sister, Sheila Feagley James ’43, and David visited for a week in April. Thanks to those o f you who supplied information about some o f our lost members! The Alumni Office was pleased! A nne

Bill Grant has again resurfaced. He is living in Sarasota, Fla., where he is VP and secretary o f Kinsol Biotechnology Inc. They are working on a cure for A IDS using elephant blood; that is why they are located in Sarasota, the winter home o f Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus. Hmmmm. B ob

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TKS Best wishes to Nancy Anne Rudd Wahlberg who will marry C. Arthur Eddy on September 5. He is a widower and retired Hotchkiss School teacher. She will continue on the Board o f Holley-Williams House Museum after retiring as director in June. They plan to travel to the British Isles then find a warmer winter climate. Rudd saw Marilyn Magnus Larner ’46 and Joan Cook in February at a play starring her sister, Louise Rudd Hannegan ’47, by the Concord (Mass).) Players.

4 7 = ---- -— — TKS Mrs. D avid H annegan (Louise Rudd) 30 1 C oncord Road, C arlisle M A 01741 This is the first sad news that this writer has had to report: Florence (Petey) Hofmann Reade died in April. Our condolences to Ed, their three children and three granddaughters. She was a “top gun” in our class and

maintained that vitality all her life. I am grateful to all you “regulars” who send news at Christmas or on demand. Through her sister, Adeline Pope Halle ’41, I “found” Peggy Pope. She is usually in Los Angeles in the winter but in and out o f New York. She does film and T V commercials. Teeny Redfield Sander spent three months in Longboat Key, filling her apartment (hotel?) with family. All children and 10 grandchildren are fine. Bar Nash Hanson spent a weekend with her and they had lunch with Cindy Youngman Adams. Teeny also spent a day with Patty Cox Mansfield who was visiting in Clearwater. Cindy and Dave Adams love being in Sanibel. Dave is still busy trading currencies,, Cindy plays lots o f golf, tennis, and bridge, reads to a blind woman and visits an old lady each week. They have seven grandchildren. An update from Patty Cox Mansfield: Their fourth child, Pamela, was married in 1991 and she and Peter visited them last May in California. Their other children are thriving, as are they — Patty in real estate, Peter enjoying retirement. Comer Fisk Polak wrote from Bradenton, Fla., that in four years she went from zero to eight grandchildren. She plays golf to a 16 handicap and keeps house for her husband of five years, Ben. The Polaks head for cool North Adams, Mass, in the summer. Comer sent me a Cord Caddie, which she invented and manufacturers; it’s great, look for one! Comer said she “actually remembered everyone’s name in the Bellringers’ photo.” Sue Harrison Schumann always writes a personal note at Christmas. She and Ford ’44 moved into their house in Old Snowmass,

MA M r. R obert N ebergall 7 -0 Planters Trace 2 2 2 2 Ashley R iver R oad Charleston S C 2 9 4 1 4 Newell Robb retired after 40 years in the natural gas business in Fall River, Mass., now spends time sailing, fishing, and traveling. By the time this is printed he will have completed an around-the-world cruise. He still winters in Aruba and Florida, and didn’t call me in .Charleston on his way north! During my annual winter trek to Vermont B j visited with Lake Underwood and Leon Richtmyre ’44. Lake still helps his two sons run Essex Sports Cars in Maplewood. W e reminisced about everything from his days as a boarding student to being a member o f the original Porsche racing team. Would you believe he survived without a scratch? Leon reports that W oody Smith is alive and well in Connecticut. Rick recently had heart surgery and is doing well, I am happy to report.

W ho a re these p eo p le a n d w hat a re they doing? A p riz e to the fir s t person to identify th e scene, date, an d p eop le in the photos. Answers in the next m agazine.

where they’ll spend May- October, then back to Arizona for the winter. Her oldest grandson is 18; makes her feel “slightly ancient.” Sue enclosed a photo o f herself and her horse, Dandy — too dark to reproduce, but take it from me, she looks fabulous! Dave and I continue a busy schedule at theater, film, home and yard management*!?), grandparenting. W e had fun in February, gathering Joan Cook, my sister Nancy ’46 and her fiance, and Chet and Marilyn Magnus Larner for dinner and a performance o f “The Foreigner,” about the most fun play I’ve ever been in. Happy fall! Send me a card, especially you Silent Samanthas. W eezie

Form er new spaperpu blisher Austin D rukker 5 2 was a visiting lecturer this spring fo r D r. P eter Greer's ethics class, creating a lively discussion am ong Upper School students on the ethics o f journalism .

MA Our condolences to the family o f Allan H. Toub. Allan delighted in his volunteer work with youth, teaching his Judaic students and Scouts “in the Miller-Monson tradition.”

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Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Two o f their three children are married, and they have four-plus grandchildren. Audrey manages to see Pegeen Eustis Keating during trips to NYC. One day last year she saw Nancy Northup Demarrais who had accompanied her daughter to Boston, where she was running in the trills for the summer Olympics.

TKS M rs. Stanley M iller (Frances Lane) 3 6 7 8 A relia D rive South, D elray Beach FL 3 3 4 4 5

MA M r. Rudolph D eetjen Jr. N orthgate Road, M endham N J 0 7945

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Bill Rose writes, “As for me, I still ride horses and shear sheep but it is not as pleasant as it was before I became a candidate for a hip replace ment! As a less active pastime, I ’ve taken up cornet. I can’t even read music yet so you can imagine how far I have to go before hitting any jam sessions...maybe 30 years will do it. I’ll look forward to a (serious?) reunion in New Orleans;.so will Doc Warren, I’m sure.” William Ricketts, retired as colonel from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, runs his “own litde business” (Littex Inc.) in Houston. Bill has four grown children: Peggy, with Southwestern Bell; Tim , a mechanical engineer; Kevin, a petroleum engineer; and Cathy, a C.P.A. Bill spends his leisure time sailing.

William Henneberger retired from F.W . Woolworth Co. after 38 years o f service. He and his wife, Joanne, moved to Martinsburg, W . Va., to a home on the Potomac River, a 200- foot waterfront with their own dock! They would welcome visits from classmates.

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TKS Mrs. Louise Green D unham 1 4 Viburnum Court, Law renceville N J 0 8 648 Richard and Audrey Maass Lewis are now residents o f Florida, spending six months in Naples and the rest at their summer home in

from Bucknell U. with B.S.M .E. after a short stint in the Navy Seabees during the Korean conflict. Sue, my first and only wife, and I were married in 1959; from that union came three wonderful kids and five-plus grandchildren. I work for an industrial pump distributorship in central Pennsylvania and am active in civic organizations and our church, play tennis, hike, etc. ’9 ^ Frank Fiore retired from M et Life in 1988 after 32 years, and established a firm which consults on employee benefit plans. After the death o f his wife Betty Templeton Fiore ’52, Frank remarried in 1985 and has a family o f five children; four hers, one his. They live in Cincinnati, have a house on a lake in Kentucky and a condo on Long Boat Key, Fla. Our condolences to the family o f Frederick Shoemaker. E rnie

"I have never responded to one o f these alumni news requests. However when the publication arrives, I always look to see what's happening in our class." Sam uel A W ood 51

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TKS Mrs. E dw ard C. Faw cett (Fay T aft) 9 Gordon Place, M ontclair N J 0 7 0 4 2

W e had a fabulous 40thueunion with 50 percent o f our classmates returning. W e missed those o f you who could not attend. From the metropolitan area came Sue Sanders, Carol Humphrey White, Gail Tomec Kerr, and moi, Fay Taft Fawcett. Jean Fairgrieve Swenson drove up from Washington, D .C .; Babs Pendleton Donnell flew in from Pittsburgh; Jane Redfield Forsberg, Anne Dwyer Milne, Jean Brisbane Boveroux and Wain Koch Maass came from New England.

After Saturday’s activities, which included a luncheon at th s s iio o l and a dinner at the Montclair G olf Club, all with our MA counterparts, the Kerrs very graciously invited everyone to their house for an elaborate brunch on Sunday. None o f us has any earth shattering news to report, but the following will bring you up to date. Nancy Booth Kelly has been in Montclair moving her mother to Nancy’s house in Nassau. W ain Koch Maass writes, “It has been a long Vermont winter.” They are grandparents again: Emily Wain Carver was born to daughter Kathy and Dan. Amy and Kelsey live in Manhattan; Bill Jr. and Jeanne in Bedminster, Andy and IKim in Rutland, Vt. Skipper Gilbert Moran’s youngest has left the nest. Peyton was married in May; the couple Ssyill hve in Bangkok. David and Gail Tomec Kerr spend every weekend all year at their house in Bay Head. Susan Sanders is president o f the Board o f Directors o f Gramercy Plaza Co-op, where she lives in NYC. Sue and Ashley, Ned and Fay Fawcett spent two weeks last fall traveling together through Belgium and Holland. Ned and I have bought a summer home in Nantucket. I f this news is boring, why don’t you send me something else to write about! Fay

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Peter and Lois Creighton Lindsay’s home in Maine was finished last summer. “Fall was gorgeous. Christmas real country; our girls arrived for five days o f festivities. W inter too long. Can’t wait for spring, summer, and reunion in October!” The Lindsays began organizing the 40th last year. Patsy Eddy Ford also loves living in Maine, She is involved in Brunswick and Bowdoin College activities. Their sons are scattered: Andy in Oregon, Je ff in Denver, Doug starting law school in Boston after interesting adventures as a journalist in Alaska and Venezuela. Suzette Armitage Whiting’s daughter Amy just had #3 grandson; daughter Suzie is moving to Florida. Suzette is president o f the Joseph P. Hayes Theatre Corp, a non-profit organization which underwrites the intern program for the Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven, N.J. MA Reunion co-chairm en: M r. D avid Connolly 3 4 5 M t. Airy Rd., Basking Ridge N J 0 7920 M r. P eter Lindsay P. O. Box 3 55, Raym ond M E 04071 JfjJfSlassmates are bringing us up to date in anticipation o f reunion. R. Bruce Grover is president and C EO of Vinyl Plastics Inc., Sheboygan, Wis., handling commercial flooring products, custom extruded sheet plastic and auto sound barrier materials. He and his wife, Carol Ann, have three children, Deborah, Karen, and Robert. Their first grandchild was due in late March.

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Wanderings of an Environ mental Journalist Philip L> Fradkin ’53, recipient o f the 1989 Distinguished Alumni Award, sent to the MKA library a copy o f his latest book, W anderings o f an Environm ental Jou rn alist (U n ® rsijy o f New Mexico Press, 1993). The booths a collection of timeless, award- winning articles he wrote -jti the 1970s on “the intersection o f land, culture, ethnicity, and history.” In them Philip foretold recent environmental tragedies in Alaska and the American West, such as the Valdez oil spill and drought and forest fires in California. A must read.

54 = ------------- ------- ---------TKS M iss G eorgia Carrington 3 8 Silver Spring Lane, R idgefield C T 0 6 8 7 7 A few phone calls produced a little news in addition to holiday notes. Casey Case Durham is well, happy and entrenched in Nevada. She gets to N YC a few times a year on family business and to visit her daughter. She promises to be on hand for our 40th, and I hope all o f you will plan to do the same. I had a great conversation with Lynn Towner Dodd when she visited Greenwich to babysit her grandchild. She has her own business of secretarial and financial services, giving her flexibility and keeping her busy. A call to Leslie Bunce brought news that she is also still self-employed doing accounts for a number o f small businesses. She sees quite a bit o f her nieces and their families and keeps in touch with a number o f classmates. Nell Fisk Hamlen still lives in Vermont, near Woodstock, and deals with horses. She sees Dorie Krebs Barnard in the summer. Mimi Evans Winship, a proud grandmother, lives in Morristown. I caught Marian Miller Castell as she was about to lead a group o f 36 women for a tour o f Longwood Gardens and Winterthur. Her activities leave me breathless. From the Board o f the Lockwood- Matthews Mansion to the Darien Antiques Show to the Board o f the Historical Society to chairing a committee that arranges lectures at the L-M Mansion, Marian works enthusiastically and tirelessly. She was even planning her father’s 100th birthday celebration! Barbara Hobart Valbuena sent news that she still plays tennis, participates in an investment club and two book clubs. Another grandparent in the group is Maree Callahan Currey. Jaclyn Maree was born to Kathy and her husband in June 1992. Dick and Maree spend a lot o f time op the road between N .J. and Richmond, and at their home in Kiawah, S.C. Daughter Lynn works in the City as an actuarial benefits consultant. A wonderful phone call from Adrianne (Tookie) Onderdonk Dudden made me eager to head to the Far East again. She and Arthur had an incredible trip to what was Burma and Thailand, where they explored temples and archaelogical treasures and found areas where they were the only people not dressed in saffron robes and sporting shaved heads. Flying in they followed the route o f the Mekong Delta; Tookie says it looks just like the map, a very spooky feeling. [Ed. note: See the February 1993 N ation al Geographic M agazine s lead R to ry , “The Mekong,” which was photographed by MA alumnus Michael Yamashita ’69.] Alexis is studying Korean and Japanese at the U. o f Chicago. Tookie’s catalogue o f the Treasures o f the Vatican Library is completed, only one o f her major projects. Our condolences to Vicki W endt W est, who

lost both her husband Peter and her mother within six months, both after long illnesses. She and Peter had had a marvelous trip to Hawaii and California in the fall, however, for which she will be always grateful. Their boys are all in the area, two at home. She has begun to work on the books for her son’s restaurant in Hartsdale; another son and his wife had the first grandchild, Brendan Peter; Benjamin graduated in June as a history major/Civil War buff; and John Paul is still “champion o f everything.” Lee W ood Audhuy spends a month in the States every summer, and I usually see her. She is still teaching in Toulouse. I hope some o f the rest o f you will come through next year. Georgia P.S. from the Alumni Office: John and Anne Aeschlimann Adye, who live in Gloucestershire, England, spent a day i^ M Montclair in June. They had a “fun” tour o f the nooks and crannies o f Kimberley and lunch with Lynn Dodd at the Marlboro Inn. Anne is a rare book dealer and collects antique dolls and toys. John was recently knighted for service to the Queen, so she is now Lady Anne! MA M r. Santo D eSteJdno 3 3 6 M adison Avenue, Paterson N J 0 7 5 2 4 George Kramer and his son Larry ’78, Paul Kramer ’56 and his son George ’80 are partners in single home construction in Bergen County; the firm name is Kramer Family Builders. George is treasurer o f the Philatelic Foundation, NYC, and VP o f Daughters o f Miriam Home for the Aged in Clifton.

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England and Belgium where they lived 14 years ago. Their sons are working in a N YC bank and getting a master’s in international business marketing. Diana Donlin M ell’s youngest son is married and she’s looking forward to moving to the Charleston, S.C ., area. Cecily W ilson Lyle had a beautiful fall wedding for her youngest daughter. Cecily enjoys summers in France to visit another daughter and grandchildren. Do send me pictures! I’m still painting, do fashion consultation for Carlisle clothes, and this summer went to the Southwest and Russia. Susie

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TKS Mrs. Law ther O. Sm ith (Linda Lovell) 3 0 W ater Crest D rive, Doylestoum PA 18901 Travel, weddings, politics, athletics, second homes, careers (ours and our children’s) — read on: Janco and Carol Van Brunt Rasic and daughter Lynn enjoyed visiting son T im in Madrid where he spent junior year. “It’s wonderful having your son order for you in restaurants,” Carol says. For Jane Goodwillie Swann, 1992 was highlighted by two graduations, Eliz from Williams and Jody from U. Georgia with an MBA. Now it’s on to law school for Jody and a legal assistance job for Eliz in New York. Jane completed her tenth year as a middle school teacher at Epstein, teaching history and English, “increasingly a venture fraught with high voltage intensity by day and drop-dead stupor by night.” While Peter and Gail Zabriskie W ilson were living near Rome, Bob and Betsy Hasbrouck Cole stopped by to visit. These “local guides” showed them the sights; Bob took a picture of Gail and Betsy in front o f the same hotel that they and Jane Goodwillie Swann and Henny Nelson Skeen had stayed in during a college trip in 1958. Bob and Betsy had weddings for both daughters within eight months. Susan is now in Boston where she had lunch with Carolyn Van Vleck Edwards, and Carolyn is completing her master’s in social work at Columbia. Henny Nelson Skeen had renovations done over the winter on their Martha’s Vineyard home. Son Peter was married in January and works for Crawford & Co. in Virginia. He and Laura live near by and drop in often. Andy has moved to Baltimore to open a new office for Nation’s Bank. Betsy Beatty Boocock still finds banking challenging as VP o f Somerset (N.J.) Trust Co. Also exciting was the birth o f her first grandchild, William, to Rich and Sarah Sanford! in June 1992. John and Lilia Emetaz M cDonald are frequently on the go as he works for AAA.

They travel in their own beautiful Oregon and explored Maui last year. In February they hosted a cruise to the Caribbean for 200 members! Lilia wrote that Ann de Vausney Hallowell has been elected a state representative for her Burlington, Vt. district, a natural follow- up after completing her master’s in political science at U VM three years ago. Janet Rodman Koskoff continues her career with Knoll Pharmaceutical Co. and is learning to grow orchids in her new greenhouse. Her three children live near by. Jane and her mother were planning two Elder Hostel trips this summer. John and Jane Crawford Lyons enjoyed bare boating in the Bahamas and skiing in Colorado. All three children — Debbie, Toby, and Andy — are busy with schools (Boston U „ police academy, Auburn U.) and jobs resulting from their education. A quick call to N ini de Jurenev revealed she’s in good spirits despite an ongoing fight with chronic fatigue syndrome. L in da MA M r. E ric Ja eck el 2 6 8 Titus Ave., Rochester N Y 1 4 6 1 7 Richard Hobbins retired from Idaho National Engineering Laboratory and formed his own consulting service in the area o f nuclear reactor safety and high- temperature chemistry. He lives in Wyoming and spends spare time in white-water kayaking, hiking, and ski mountaineering in the Tetons.

57 ---------------------------------TKS M iss L in da B aldan zi 2 G reenview Way, Upper M ontclair N J 07043 George and N ina Carter Lynch’s first grandchild was born in January (daughter Laney and Rick Makin), a girl named Carter. The second was due in August (daughter Carter and Rob Adrian). Daughter Whitney graduated from Denison U. and son Philip will be a sophomore at UVM : “W e are almost finished!” MA M r. E dw ard T. O ’B rien Jr. 3 3 7 6 F em c liff Lane, C learw ater F L 3 6421

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their house and complete a project with the bank. Julie graduated from Virginia Tech in , May and will be married the summer o f 1994. Michael has completed his third year at the U .S. Naval Academy. 1992 was The Year of Graduation for Mary Ann Lawrence Decker: three children completed college! Bonnie graduated from Arizona State and is teaching in Phoenix; Nancy from Duke, working as an environmental engineer; Timothy from Ramapo, trying sales in California. “W e get to see our grandchildren often and enjoy time with them.”

interest in putting together “g|one-page summary o f our lives and status.”

Best wishes to Frederick and Julia Corbett Adams on their wedding. They live in the Back Bay area o f Boston and spend as much time as possible skiing, playing tennis, and going to Cape Cod.

Philip Amsterdam is president and C E O o f Marsellis-Warner Corp., in Montclair, which does heavy and highway contracting, design and site work. He serves as a trustee on many civic and philanthropic Boards. Phil and his wife, Gail, live in South Orange and have two children.

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MA M r. D avid L. B rack M etro C orporate Campus I, P. O. Box 5 6 0 0 W oodbridge N J 0 7 095

Joan McConnell continues her impressive international career, even attending the Inaugural Ball as the guest o f a Japanese corporate executive! Her new book on the U.S.A. 0an. 1993')' and the revised edition o f her book on Europe have excellent sales. She is working on yet another book on intercultural communication (end of 1993), and has contracts for two more books, including one on language and communication disorders. During her sabbatical from Florence, she lectured in Glen Ridge about the world of ballet. Patricia Rowland Webb divorced in early ’93. Her son, Andrew, begins senior year of high school. Patricia visited with Marianne Doran Steinhacker at her farm in Maine, the summer o f 1991, after not seeing each other for about 20 years!

It certainly was good to hear from some o f you® hope seeing this will prompt the rest. Fred Lewis lives happily with his wife and three children in South Orange. Jonathan W olf lists one o f his (current interests as sleep, something which I recall he was known for in the old days. Craig Van Tatenhove is VP o f manufacturing for Myron Corp. in Maywood, N .J. He and his wife have two daughters, Nina and Ashley. It appears that Craig has been taking that great smile o f his to many countries on business. Alexander Mead, that mysterious fellow, is a physician, still reading James Joyce. Richard Turer lives in Maryland and practices law. Richard is married and appears to spend much time ferrying his two children from place to place. John Lowy lives in New York and has immersed himself in the corporate world. He lists his most recent adventure as having climbed M t. Everest in a bathing suit. For myself, I stayed in New Jersey, practice law, and have two children, 10 and 12, and get this — was married in June. Best, D avid

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New Jersey. Formerly in private practice, he “helped to expand and redefine constitutional rights. ..in a wide variety o f cases.” Donald is a member o f the National Commission on AIDS, and achieved renown as president and chairman o f the Board o f the National Hemophilia Foundation. He led efforts to improve the safety o f the nations’s blood supply and served as principal spokesperson for the NCA on issues of-health care economics. Donald has also written many articles on medical/legal/ethical issues. He and his wife, Barbara, have two grown daughters. Jeanie and John Bleyle (Westport, Conn.) celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary. Their daughter Jody, a graduate o f Reed College, is a drummer and vocalist in the Pacific Northwest’s hottest band, “Hazel.” Daughter #2, Susan, graduated from Oberlin this year; son Allen finished seventh grade. John writes he is still in the reinsurance business and is convinced that his faithful following o f a rigorous exercise regimen has kept him feeling young and spry. After calling Europe home since 1969, Charles W eston moved back to the States and lives in a suburb o f Philadelphia. In business for himself representing artists from the former Soviet Union, Charlie writes, “My eldest daughter is studying at Sarah Lawrence, the seconallives with her mother in Brussels, and the other two kids are with me and their Greek mother in Flourtown. “Doug Donald tracked me down,” he says, “and I attended our class’ 30th reunion last year. There were only six o f us, but it was great to talk about old times. Funny to see how old everybody (but me) looks!” W e all ought to try and make it back to MKA for a reunion. I haven’t been back since our 20th and most o f us haven’t been back at all. Plan to attend a Homecoming or an official reunion. Apparently Barry Nazarian, Douglas Donald and John Farrar had a reunion o f their own because I got a message they tried to call me. I know it really was them, because it was personto-person collect. Byron Noone is doing fine and sends greetings to all his classmates. Dooley Dul, still waiting to receive word on his anticipated pancreatic transplant, has been biding his time fishing the eastern seaboard. Have a good year, everyone. Try to return for a Homecoming. Larry

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TKS M rs. Em ily Stark D anson 2 3 2 1 5 L ’H erm itage C ircle B oca Raton F L 3 3 4 3 3

MA M r. Laurence J . M agnes P.O . B ox 6087, Louisville K Y 4 0 2 0 6 -0 0 8 7

Alison Kern Stitzer has wonderful letters from K.S. friends and wonders-if there i s , :,

Congratulations to Donald Goldman, who was sworn in as jiiôjjgê o f the Superior Court of

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TKS Ms. Sharon Livesey T albot 12 G orham Avenue, B rooklin e M A 0 2 1 4 6 From Chris Kuzmick Wash: “Life in Los Angeles has been full o f ‘special effects’ in the past year (earthquakes, riots, fires, floods, tornados).»Chris moved to Calif, in 1 9 ! ^ and

has been a school psychologist for 14 years. She has been divorced and remarried; son David, 21, is at Cal State Sacramento; Jennifer, 19, attends community college. Her husband does visual effects for the movies (“stay for the credits”). “W e didn’t really graduate 30 years ago, did wer’l» MA M r. Bronson Van Wyck P.O . Box T, Tuckerm an A R 72473 Reunion chairm an: M r. A ndrew A bram s 4 3 5 Lenox Place, M aplew ood N J 0 7 0 4 0

64 ------------------ — TKS D r. D eborah Pines 1788 P aper M ill Road, M eadow brook PA 1 9 0 4 6 Lynn Ritter Vernon has “quit smoking, again; bought a motorcycle; and went skiing in New Hampshire with son...Life is too short.” Her family is “great for the most part” but she plans to move after the last kid goes o ff to college. I too have learned life is too short, and am in a phase where I’m savoring almost everything, happy and content. I’m beginning not to talk incessandy about Bali, and my friends are beginning to consider listening to me again. I saw a PBS program on D ancing, an eightpart series, a few weeks ago. Marvelous, one o f those things that make life worth living, I thought. And then, there in the credits, was Debbie Dickson’s name as an editor! Wished we could find her (she is “Lost”) to tell her how wonderful it was. D ebby MA H on. Joh n Sheldon P. O. B ox 9 6, P aris M E 04271

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installed as president o f the Builders Assn, of Northern New Jersey. Mike is senior VP of Castle American Corp. in Englewood Cliffs, builders and managers. He graduated from Wesleyan U. and has a J.D . from Vanderbilt. Mike and his wife, Susan, have two daughters,

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TKS Mrs. W illiam E. C raw ford (Francine O norati) 421 B eacon Street, Boston M A 0 2115 Congratulations to Terry Appenzellar Hauberg for earning her M BA from Wharton while working full time with the International Air Traffle Control program for the FAA in Washington. Terry won a bid to build Taiwan’s air traffic control system with IBM . She had a team o f six doing a commmunications engineering study, and taught a seminar on presentation skills each month. Congratulations, too, to Cynthia Brandenburg Gibbon, who graduated summa cum laude from Sherman College o f Chiropractic. She now teaches medical diagnosis there and conducts a private practice. Her oldest son, Glenn, was on the Texas State championship soccer team. William and Margi Brett Eckel live in a beautiful spot in semi-rural San Diego County, and she has a most interesting career choice: making crowns and bridges (...’’getting paid to play with toys”). Margi reported the death o f Anne Tredway Wade in February. Anne’s death is a big shock. W e have no other details or address for writing. May she be at peace. Happiest news last. Congratulations to Nicole Taghert Bergstrom on the birth o f Zoe Alexandra, first child, in January. W e couldn’t be more pleased. Have a wonderful autumn. Francine MA M r. A lan J . B alm a 6 6 Gentry D rive, F a ir H aven N J 0 w j0 4 Our condolences to Gene Wahl on the death o f his father.

W e are particularly proud o f and grateful for the contributions o f two o f our classmates: Congratulations to Ellen R. Malcolm, who is MKA’s 1993 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient! Congratulations and thanks to Margaret Crawford Bridge for her dedication, poise, and leadership during her two successful terms as President o f the MKA Board o f Trustees.

67 TKS Ms. M argot Escott 2 9 8 0 Kings L ake Bind., N aples F L 3 3 9 6 2 Margot Escott, a private psychotherapist who specializes in humor and play therapy, combined with the Naples (Fla.) Community Hospital Auxiliary to put together humor carts (videotapes, audiotapes, funny books, gadgets), with the theory thatgliaughter has its own healing power. After a year, fhe hospital has four donated “Chuckle Wagons,” 60 videos, ■' and nine volunteers working six times a week. Margot speaks about the program in the community several times a month. MA M r. C raig C. Perry 3 4 6 7 Pinestream Road, A tlanta, GA 3 0 3 2 7 James Paterson Jr. (Pat), an officer in Merrill Lynch’s private client group, lives in Wilmington, N.C. Michael Yamashita spent four months on assignment in Japan this spring, shooting a N ation al Geographic article, “Window on the Future.” W atch for it in December or January.

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TKS Ms. A vie C laire K alker 5 8 0 5 B irchbrook #202, D allas T X 7 5 2 0 6 Reunion chairm an: Mrs. Joh n A w erdick (Susan M cIntosh) 8 Stonew ood Pkwy., Verona N J 0 7 0 4 4 Frances Mills Wonnell writes, “W e’re enjoying living in Singapore very much, have even adjusted to the tropical weather after three years.” Daughter Charlotte Frances was born last July, joining brother Alexander, 2+, “in keeping mommy very occupied, morning, noon, and night.” Best wishes to Michael and Nancy Plummer

P atricia an d Gene W ahl ’6 6 w ith their children a t daughter Jennifer's graduation from MKA. From th é I f f : Eric, Pat, Lauren, Jen n ifer ’9 3 an d Eugene 92.

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Gordon on their wedding. They live in a 200year-old house on rustic grounds in Montville, N||„ and have done “amazing” travels to Thailand and Israel visiting relatives. Avie Kalker had her first summer with the “seedling” program at the Shaker site in New Lebanon, reporting that “It is very exciting and very difficult to coordinate the players. It has long been my passion to provide a place that will transform lives as Shaker did for me (at) 15 and 16.” Avie still teaches decorative arts and antiques and does appraisals. MA M r. Burton M . W ebb B ox 2 9 , F ree U nion VA 2 2 9 4 0 Reunion chairm an: M r. Joseph Alessi 18 H am ilton Dr. E ast N orth C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6

Congratulations to Joseph Alessi ’68, who received the Essex County Bar Association Achievement Award as the Outstanding General Practitioner for 1993! In addition to his professional commitments, Joe devotes countless hours to MKA alumni w orkSH e has coached students for M ock Trial, chairs the Alumni Association Awards Committee and is now a mbst enthusiastic chairman for his class’ 25th reunion.

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Russell and Virginia Munson Vassallo have moved to Liberty, Ky. I’ve kept in touch with both Nina and Phyllis LaTouche Rawlins. Phyllis comes for an occasional overnight to check up olpny perennial garden,End Chip and I had at,:* wonderful dinner with Nina and Andrew Boral. Both girls look great. Chip and I are getting ready to send Brian off to Georgetown U. (I can’t believe how time flies), and Kristin is trying to decide where to apply this fall. It will be strange having both o f them away. Remember our 25th reunion is approaching. I f anyone is interested in working on a committee to plan some activities, please give me a call. Lynn MA Many thanks to Eric W eis for his rotation as class secretary. Any volunteers to pick up the pen? Get a head start on your 25th reunion next fall! Best wishes to Emily and Rob Glicksman on their wedding. Last year Rob was co-author o f the environmental law treatise, “Public Natural Resources Law.”

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TKS M rs. Charles G ildea (Lynn E hrhardt) 4 6 E. Saddle R iver Rd. Saddle R iver N J 0 7458 Lisa Schultz Vanderlinde has been taking pre-med courses at the U. o f Rochester, since 1990. After two and a half years o f study and clinical experience, she finished and was accepted at four medical schools! She began this summer at the U. o f Rochester, Class of 1997! After four years o f med. school and three to-six; o f residency, Lisa will have fulfilled her dream. Lisa’s husband, Derel, and children Katherine 12, and Chris, 10, are fine and very supportive. She hopes to see everyone at our 25th. Nina Szot Boral and family skied at Lake Placid over spring vacation and sent »"picture off the handsome group. Daughter Alicia, a sophomore at Union College, is majoring in biology; son Andrew is a junior in high school. Patty Benner Hudson sent a wonderful photo o f herself, daughter Joni, and son Reid. [Ed. note: W e’re sorry space is liS te d . Trust us - they’re gorgeousIM

Wonderful gifts or graduation presents! MKA chairs are antique black with maple arms and bear the official MKA seal in gold. Each chair sells for $225 and is shipped express collect directly to you from MKA. Your order must be accompanied by a check made payable to: The Alumni O fficSM K A , 201 Valley Road, Montclair, N J 07042

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Congratulations to Deborah von Hoffinann Lanzone, who was promoted to the awesome tide, Staff Director o f the Subcommittee on ¿Energy and Mineral Resources o f the Committee on Natural Resources in the House o f Representatives! Georgia Buckner is putting together a book, a compilation o f spiritual quotes. She is setting up a center for personal empowerment on her land in Vermont, for counselling and workshops. She is divorced; children Brigid, 8, and Anna, 3 * are happy and growing here in the country. The L’Oreal Company named Karen Vanderhoof Forschner as one o f three “Women o f W orth,” and set up a national campaign about each. As a result, Karen and the Lyme Disease Foundation appear in 30 second L’Oreal commercials on 80 percent o f network T V . Karen again visited Washington for the annual Senator/Congressman press conference on Lyme Disease Awarenlsl Week. MA M r. V. Jam es Castiglia 3 L ark Lane, O ak Ridge N J 0 7 438 David Paterson was named senior VP and chief trust officer o f Merrill Lynch Trust Corporation. According to Dave’s proud father, brother Pat ’67 — himself an officer with M L — was instrumental in the appointment, “recognizing that the position held tremendous possibilities.” Dave, wife Susan, and children Leigh, Whitney, and Andrew, live in Cranbury, N.JRH James Brothers IV is a research graduate student in historical archaeology at the College o f William and Mary. He hopes to complete his MA thesis by this fall; in the meantime he does cultural resource and archaeology projects for educational consultants. James spent a month in Korea with the U.S. Army and the V II Republic o f Korea Corps as an Army Reserve field artillery major. Daughters Nancy and Meredith are in elementary school, Elizabeth is starting kindergarten.

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TKS Ms. Sydney Johnson Petty 1 3 4 Sum m er Village D r., A nnapolis M D 2 1401 1992 was a great year for babies. Joe and Nanette Utech Thomas welcomed Meghan Grace in September and Scott and Libby Mills Durkee became the proud parents o f William Mills in June. W e’ll have to get them together with my Thomas, 15 months [May]. It’s so much fun to watch him grow and develop. Mother o f the Year for 1993 has to go to Susan Von Hoffinann Tompson, who was expecting her fourth chiraj in June. Susan and Steve already have three boys, twins Steven and Christopher, 6, and Jeffrey, 4, She writespp

“There is much discussion but little agreement on names, now that the boys are old enough to have a say in the matter!” The Tompsons have moved to Madison, N.J. I keep up with Kiesy Strauchon from time to time. Kiesy and her boyfriend Steve live in beautiful Port Townsend, Wash. They have been exploring the West Coast on their sailboat. One o f these days I hope to visit them. I also see Andy Goddard ’69 occasionally in Chestertown, Md., where she and I both graduated from Washington College. Andy is part owner and manager o f a very nice pub called, appropriately, Andy’s Place. She tells me that Laurie is now living in Connecticut. I trust that all o f my classmates are making the transition into forty-something territory with their characteristic wit, style, and grace. It wasn’t supposed to happen to us, but there you have it. Please keep in touch from time to time. Sydney MA M r. Jam es Bryan Jr. 3 0 5 K im berly D r., Greensboro N C 2 7 4 0 8 Congratulations to Robert A. Hoonhout, who was appointed Attorney for the Township o f Montclair. Bob had well earned the position after nine years as Assistant Township Attorney and as a former assistant Essex County prosecutor. Bob, past president o f the MKA Alumni Association, still serves as a Trustee. He and his wife, Kathy, have three children at MKA: Julia, in first grade; Blake, in third; and Eric, in fifth. Joel Bluestein writes, “Nothing spectacular, just cranking out records as usual.” His company is Dreamland Recording Studio. Our condolences to Richard Wahl on the death o f his father.

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for subjects and promises confidentiality; she may be contacted through the Alumni Office. Best wishes to Martin and Leslie Hunt Conroy on their wedding last summer. Her sister Alison Hunt ’75 was maid o f honor. Marty and Leslie have relocated to Chester County, Pa., where she works in healthcare marketing and he is a chemist with Ciba- Geigy in Newport, Del. Condolences to Martha Del Negro on the death o f her mother, and to Ellen Wahl Skibiak on the death o f her father. Peggy Zaph Potter is married and has two children, Sean, 6, and Kimberly, 4. “I really did not name her after the school.” Peggy works as a fitnlss coordinator in a corporate setting and plans to pursue a degree in physical therapy. She is looking forward to seeing classmates at the reunion. MA M r. Gregory Lackey 16 5 C hickahom iny T rail M edford L akes N J 0 8 055 Reunion co- chairm en: M r. P eter Redpath 2 4 3 D an iel St., S an ibel FL 3 3 9 5 7 M r. Rudy Schlobohm SffiS M ontclair Ave., M ontclair N J 0 7042 Best wishes to Jill and Zach Richardson on their wedding. They live in Boca Raton, FI. Toni and Greg Lackey live in Medford Lakes, N .J.; Greg continues to scale the corporate management in the Postal Facilities Dept, in Philadelphia. Their oldest, Josh, 14, has already passed Greg in height; “Geoffrey, 10, and Jeremy, 8, are shorter, but no less manageable.” Lise and Bill Breen had a big year. They moved to Gloucester, Mass, to a 200-year-old house near woods and ocean; daughter Leah was born in November. Bill is managing editor o f the environmental magazine G arbage and writes freelance articles; Lise is an anthropologist. Mai O ’Hara is “looking forward to reunion and a chance to see my two beautiful goddaughters, Melissa Kimm Schlobohm and Frances Lynn Brandley.”

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TKS M rs. M ichael F. M oreno (M artha D el N egro) 31 L asalle D rive, Providence R 1 02908 Meg Penick Federico is researching a book on growing up wealthy — the problems, expectations, influence on relationships when growing up to inherit wealth. Meg is looking

TKS Mrs. R ichard D egener (Ann P atrick) 6 0 9 Sunset B lvd., Cape M ay N J 0 8 2 0 4 Seton Daly Beckwith was featured in a M ontclair Tim es article about the March birth o f her son Connor in a minivan enroute to the birthing center. Her husband, Brian, drove, and sister Elise, a trained childbirth instructor, delivered. The Beckwiths also have three

daughters, Micalagh, 8, Brindley, 6, andTess, 2. Everyone ira doing well! MA M r. Anthony M . Celentancaift 3 C ondict Street, M orris P lains N J 07950 Best wishes to Susan and Thomas Arthur on their wedding. Tom isifiity Editor o f The Ledger in Lakeland, FI. (owned by the New York Tim es Co.), where he has worked for 10 years. Susan is a freelance writer. They are building a house and Tom reportedly enjoys golf and is an Atlanta Braves fan. Another Floridian, R. John Lagasi reports, “Moved to Clearwater. Weather great, athletic facilities great, prices good, but lacking in sophistication and local town flavor.’¡■p Michael Adams lives in France and works in import-export trade as a liaison between M S. corporations and the European community^ ■ He and his wife were expecting a second child. T. Glenn Blakney, an account manager with Tech Specialists, is married and has two children, Daisy, 4, and Erik, two months. They live in Salem, Mass, where he is..“an avid parent, gardener, and active in community affairs and politics.” He would enjoy hearing from any MKA alumni in the area. Dirk Buikema moved to Austin, Texas, to assume increased responsibility as an attorney with Motorola in the semiconductor sector. His wife, Sharon, and .children Ben, 5, and Laura, 3, are excited about the move. John deC. Blondel has been with Goldman Sachs for 10 years in the New York office. He lives in Manhattan and sees Henry Williams often. John writes, “He maintains a simultaneously graceful and violent golf game (graceful swing, violent thereafter).”

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M r. D av id Soule 12 0 L inden A ve., Verona N J 0 7 0 4 4 Oscar and Liz Newman Miro-Quesada bought a home near the ocean in Delray Beach, Fla. She works with him to promote his seminar business on “individual, c o lle S v e , and planetary healing,” and part time at a bookstore/gift shop. Liz, Janet Kluge Wiggin, Sally Thompson, and Alison Hunt planned a weekend together in Washington, D .C ., the first time together since 1980. News i f a N YC reunion, from Lucie DuHamel: “Leigh Royer, Katie Grover, Kassie Canter and I (all living in NYC) had dinner together in January. W e missed Lisa Irwin Keane, who couldn’t jo in us. “Leigh Royer is president o f her own company, Royer Design, and sales are doing well. Her impending nuptiJf'w as the cause for the celebration. Leigh looks great and is rushing between her weekend home on the

Jersey Shore, NYC, and Corning, N.Y.; one of her clients is Corning. “Katie Grover, looking fantastic, conquered the financial world o f D LJ and entered the world o f social work. She is getting her M SW with a concentration in substance abuse. Katie and Mike love traveling the world, China to the Bronx. “Kassie Canter, looking fresh and wild, takes full responsibility for Clinton’s victory. She organized a smashing Democratic convention in NYC. Kassie is now entering private management consulting, and spends her free time painting chaii$KS* “Alex and I [Lucie DuHamel] decided to leave the working world for the next year or so to travel around the woijd. W e got some pointers from world- travelers Katie and Mike. Fortunately we were able to sell our apartment. W e expect to come back...sometime.:.ito N YC.” Jeffrey Schiffinan won one regional and two statewide awards for a radio series [WSBA] he did on the 20th anniversary o f Hurricane A gnesBeffrey says he, wife Lynne, and their two boys, Ben, 7, and Sam, 2| would be happy to serve as tour guides to anyone heading to Lancaster and Pennsylvania Dutch country.

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Dr. Charles Read 3 1 1 5 C arroll Place, F alls Church VA 2 2 0 4 2 Greetings to all and in particular to those who took time to send in. news. Jerry and Janice Kanter Apple had their third child, Emily Rose, in December, joining her brothers Alexander and Andrew. The Apples reside in Voorhees, N .J., where Janice works as a speech pathologist. The World Trade Center explosion was not the only big thing to hit New York: Paul McFeeley returned ;tp the Big Apple to work as a broker with Lehman Brothers. While in Montclair I visited with Paul and L a S e (Hoonhout) and their two boys. There is a lot o f energy in that house. I also saw John Urga in Montclair. Paul reports that Teddy Nevins is back from California and Japan. M att Troxell has also returned to the o M H stomping grounds o f New York. M att’s engagement to Denise Sakai was announced in T he M ontclair Tim es (July wedding). He graduated from Tufts U. and was with Landmark Land Co. in California; Denise is a math professor at Montclair State. gpiBeraldine and Rhys Jones had a son, Rhys Jr., born in January. Barrie Etherington and his family have returned from the South to New Hampshire. Barrie and I have many things in common: growing up a block from one another, schooling together from kindergarten through graduation from MKA, and having to cope with the loss o f ourttathers within the last two

years. Both the good and the bad. Along those lines, I wish to thank all those for their concern with my father’s death. It was comforting. As for me, I continue to reside in Washingtofiy?*»' D .C ., and work at Georgetown Wteiversity Medical Center. I f anyone is ever in the area, please get in contact. I would look forward to the visit. Chip

7 7 = ---------------------------------------M r. A ndrew Pedersen 2 2 6 F a ir H aven Road, F a ir H aven N J 0 7 7 0 4 Thank you, class, for your overwhelming response. I hope you write to inform us o f your activities, not to cash in on Peter Valentine’s offer to take the entire class to Bermuda for our 20th reunion. News from the Keith Ridings camp has the elusive bachelor finally walking down the aisle with longtime companion Marguerite Goodleaf. Your humble scribe will be best man, with other MKA alumni in attendance, including Nancy and Peter Valentine and future MKA quarterback Patrick Valentine, along with Ed Healey, Jason Apter, and Peter Adubato. As we went to press a bachelor party was being planned; the wedding to be in July. Pat Cane Donahue spoke at MKA’s Career Day just before leaving for Ukraine [see box] and hopes ¡[Some young minds were turned on to the environment.” She is still at the Marine Spill Response Corp: “Maybe you saw the press coverage o f the big drill off Sandy Hook using our first vessel. I missed the whole thing!”f ' Best wishes on their new familyjjn|

International Adoption Kevin and Patricia Cane Donahue ’77 adopted two boys from an orphanage in Ukraine. They are Serge, 5, and Nicholas, 4. Pat write®; “W e had a 22-day ordeal in Ukraine; I just can’t believe we did it!...We rrhly got to live as the people live in rural areas o f the country. W e were the first Americans to visit the town and as such were given the red carpet treatment. The Ukrainians are so curious about America and its people. The poverty o f their situation is outstanding and exceeded only by their generosity. “The boys are responding well to their new way o f life and we hope they will learn English quickly. Everything is a novelty to them, vacuum cleaners and hair dryers, grocery stores, toys, new clothes, rubber ducks in the bathtub, hot running water, etc. etc. They ate pizza and ice cream yesterday and rode their first bicycles! O f course there are many frustrating moments too. W e just try to remember we have given them something that their country quite likely could not, a future. Maybe we will go back for two girls next year....’’ 30

Mel and Bev Hall Hildebrand had a baby girl in March, Leah Douglas, and “love being parents.” They are moving to Omaha, Neb., where Mel begins dental school at Creighton U. in the fall. They have to sell Bev’s horse (no rooiglin their Omaha back yard), but they hope to move back to Wyoming eventually. Bev attended Susan Lovell Moreau’s wedding last October. Jennifer Hendrian also attended; she has relocated to upstate New York. Jennifer competes in jogging and foot races. Marty Cohn is head o f Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ direct marketing sales promotion and sports marketing programs in Miami Beach. He runs the senior PGA Tour tournament on Key Biscayne each year. Son John is six, daughter Margaret is two. “Hello to all.” Bill Dalzell is a lawyer, married, and the father o f a son, 4-plus, and twin daughters, 20 months (May). Nancy Cohn Dainesi writes, “M y husband Bob and I moved from N YC to North Caldwell. I had a baby in March; his name is Jonathon Louis. Hope all is well with everyone.” Her Caldwell neighbor is Joe Ricciardi, who works at the family paint business in Nudey; he has two children. In response to my inquiry to Joe Sullivan’s whereabouts, I received a long letter from Joe, touching on many o f our alumni. He and and his wife Mary Ellen live in New Vernon, Morris County, and have four children: Joe Jr., 9; Marie, 7; Christopher, 4; and newcomer Timothy, 6 months. Joe writes (quite illegibly and it may lose something in translation, negating the fact the letter was on Newark Academy letterhead), “Peter and Cheryl D ’Alessandro McMullen had a second baby in February, Peter Stewart, and everyone is fine. They live in Essex Fells with daughter Elyse, 3.” Joe saw Lauren Waters last month in New York and she says hello. June and Chris Brenner hosted a Super Bowl party; present were Dave Pinkham, Joe Ciccolini, and (Peter) Austin Shelby ’78. Joe and several alumni expected to attend Stacy Silverstein Cochran’s premiere o f M y N ew Gun in May, followed by a post-film party at Tierney’s. As Joe writes, “19 years later and back at the same barstool.” He also sees Bob Post, who lives conveniently close to the Montclair G olf Club. I was a father for the third time last September with the birth o f Sarah Louise Pedersen. W e continue to live in Fair Haven and enjoy our proximity to the water. We hope all alumni, especially Ed Healey, will come visit on their trips to the shore. Andy

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Ms. P am ela Zeug 1 9 D ow ning St., Apt. 3 , N ew York N Y 1 0 0 1 4 M r. Law rence G arrigan 3 6 1 1 G lenw ood Springs D rive K ingw ood TX jg||||tl||f

Reunion chairm an: M r. A ndrew B lair 11 M iam i Tr., Rockaw ay N J 0 7 8 6 6 Anne Hochwalt is a toxicologist for Procter & Gamble’s cosmetics and fragrances division in Ohio. She formerly worked for P & G in pharmaceuticals in Norwich, NY. Heath Betke Shelby is president o f the Montclair Arts and Cultural Alliance (MACA), an organization devoted to supporting the lo cal arts while enhancing Montclair as a regional arts center. They have sponsored a two-week arts festival, artists’ parties, art shows,Jlhildren’s art festival, and a “Downtown Saturday Night,” to hflp revitalize the downtown business district. Heath is also VP for development at the Arts Council o f the Essex Area.

Ju ris B lodnieks '81 was appointed to the E thnic Advisory C ouncil b y / s N ew Jersey's Governor Jim Florio. Ju ris has organized r e lief supplies an d business consultations fo r Latvia, a B altic country em erging from 5 2 years o f Soviet dom ination. Ju ris abo gave an opportunityW r a Latvian scholar to study in the atS eton H allUniversity.

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Mrs. Carlos O rtiz (Shawn M ahieu) 1 7 4 0 Falls Way D rive, Crofton M D 2 1 1 1 4

Best wishes to James and Melanie Gold Horan on their wedding. Dr. Melanie, who did a pediatric residency and passed the Board examinations in pediatrics, has completed the first year o f an adolescent medicine fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y. The Horans live in Lake Peekskill. Best wishes too, to Jacqueline and Michael Feldman on their wedding. Dr. Michael, who finished his MD/PhD at New Jersey M e d ic a K School, is doing a residency in pathology at the Hospital o f University o f Pennsylvania. Congratulations to Julie and Peter Dodd on the birth o f Stephen Thomas in January. They live in Greenwich. John W ood is a captain in the U.S. Air Force, currently stationed in Merced, Calif. Steve and Angela DeCandia Barral ’82 have moved to a home in Bernardsville. George Reimonn moved to Oregon in 1992 to take a position,as director o f informations?** services at Providence Hospital in Medford. His wife, Jeanne, passed the Oregon Bar; they are expecting their first child in September.

D r. Ja c k B rink 1290 Beech Valley Rd., A tlanta GA 3 0 3 0 6 Beth Pollack is the producer for arts and culture on C harlie Rose, a national talk show. She was associate producer o f D ancing, an eight-part documentary on dance in world culture filmed in 15 countries, which played on PBS in May. Beth lives in SoHo. Congratulations to David Fernald Jr., who completed his M BA from F IT in June. Ed Mason lives in Fairfield, Conn., and works as a commercial real estate broker. He and Jean have three children, Sarah and twins Emily and Teddy. Sarah starts school this fall and Ed is feeling old! He is also VP o f Sheldon Good & Co., doing real estate auctions. From Shawn Mahieu Ortiz: “I gave birth to twins in March, seven weeks premature. Griffin died two days later, but Andres was stronger and survived....I’m very fortunate about my career. The company bought me a FAX machine so I’m working from home three days a week and Andres comes to work with me two days a week. A true ’90s situation. I still enjoy my job as publicity director for National Press Books. Next season I ’ll be working on a book by Dr. Spock. How appropriate.” Also in the newborn department: Daphne and Gardner Semet’s second baby, Gabriella, was born in April. A year ago, Jeanne and Bruce Eng’s second was a girl named Monica. Terri and Kenneth Breen had a son.,Conor, in October. Jim Carter was in Atlanta in May and met Jack Brink for dinner. Jim is pastor o f his own church just outside o f Dallas. Anita Sims also visited Atlanta on a recruitment search for A T & T . Shawn a n d Ja c k

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Ms. L au ra B artlett 10 Crestm ont R oad #3F, M ontclair N J 0 7 042 Laura Reisch Itzkowitz sang in her third season with the Chicago Opera Theater; husband Howard is an engineer with A T & T . They hope to transfer back to the N.J. area. Laura’s brother Scott ’85 was married in September. Congratulations to Janis Joseph and husband Albert on the birth o f son Nathan. They are moving to Chatham, where Albert will do a . residency in emergency medicine. According to Janis, Meg Schumann and Carolyn Stanton Calnan are doing fine in Boston.

Tracy Yablonsky has moved to Maui, where : she is studying for the Bar exam, windsurfing, and playing mom to two Dalmatian puppies, Rachelle and Michael Dobbin are alive and well in Brookline, Mtga He is V P o f Pride Retail Systems, a small computer company. As for Laura Bartlett, I hav¥ been busy here at our old Alma Mater teaching drivers’ ed and all those interesting health classes. I hope you will be drawn to MKA by the new spirit, pride, energy and dedication. Laura

82 ----------------------------------Ms. Cheryl M cCants 152 Forest St., M ontclair, N J. 07&42 M r. Thom as Robbins 1 2 0 4 F airview Rd., H avertow n PA 19083 Congratulations to Janine Garland, who was named to “W ho’s W ho o f Women in the World” and nominated to “2000 Outstanding American W omen” and the National Association o f Female Executives! She is senior' programmer/analyst at Ascom Timplex, “doing a lot o f interesting work.” Joseph Klapper is completing a residency in internal medicine at Cabrini Medical Center, NYC, working towards Board ilrtificplion. He plans to do a fellowship in cardiology. Margie and Peter Gibson had a girl, Katherine, in March, joining Christopher, 18 months. They livftin Princeton. After a year o ff traveling all over the world to train for the 1992 Olympics, Mary Rachael Hayes M cDaniel placed eighth, thus missed the five- member U.S. team to Barcelona. She has now “retired” after 14 years o f fencing, but has a new pfG§ect: a hew house and son Reginald Houston McDaniel Jr., born in May! William Hall now an assistant lacrosse coach at Cornell after two years on the U. New Hampshire coaching staff. Bil|Mnished his master!! in educational’ administration at U N H in May and was maded for Japan to coach and play for two weeks in June. Joyce Griggs Downer is with B i( Yspecial markets division in Guilford, Gipnn.

Best wishes tgB jend v and Jim Van Dyk on their May wedding. Jim , who received a B.S. in photomarketing from Rochester Institute: o f Technology, is a technical rep, for Minolta.

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Reunion co-chairm en: Ms. H olly Jerv is 4 4 E agle Rock Way, M ontclair N J 0 7 042 M r. Scott R um anacg. 51 Surrey D rive, W ayne N J 0 7 470 Best wishes,to our newlyweds! Andrew and Rebecca Bowser Lowenthal were married in November, with Jennifer Bowser 87 and Hamilton Bowser Jr. ’80 as attendants. Rebecca,, who graduated from Yale, is director o f public^affairs for the Taxi and Limousine, ■ Commission in NYC. She is pursuing a m asteffiin public administration at NYU. Karen Hammerstroem Novotny was also in Rebecca’s wedding, and reports that the Lowenthals are relocating to Washington, EM3. Karen married Robert Nfajfcotny in April 1992; they live in Randolph, N J . She works at Alexander & Alexander. Matthew and Andrea Cestone Conmy, married in October, live in Flanders, N .J. She is the senior marketing analyst for K-Line America.: Charlotte and Tom Cole’s wedding was a mini-MKA reunion in Texas. Mary Cole ’80, Susan Cole Furlong ’78, and Don Cussen were in the wedding party; Doug Moxham and Scott Rumana attended. Tom , who has a master’s from Rutgers, is an urban planner for the City o f D a lla S B JodyJJnderwood is a med. student at New Jersey Medical School (U M DNJ). The Social Workers: Kerry Rod Schlein has matte.; a change after siXyears o f retailing, and is taking couStStoward an M SW while doing a fellowship in child development. Pam Miller Roberts is also.in an M SW program. She and Eric ’82 are enjoying Long Island while heraomplgtes:,a «residency in ophthamalogy. They attended Eric’s reunion at MKA and “fare looking forward to seeing everyone, at the next reunion.” After graduating from T ulane, Carmela DeCandia traveled in the Far East, then settled i n Boston and earned a master’s in psychology at Boston Li.J^he is a.clinician at the Italian Home far Children doing individual and family therapy, group counseling and case manage-, ment. Carmella Mtpplying to graduate„s,chools for further training in clinical psychology. Susan and Michael Eisner both work at Kwasha Lipton in Fort Lee as .employee henefits consultants. They keep in touch with Mary and Bunker Davis, whose son Ryan is doing fine. Michael reports that Andy Voss has moved back t# Hoboken and is still in. advertising; Arsen Zartarian practices law in Newark (Sills, Cummis) while “moo||glfling

as a goaltender in the Hockey North America League.” Michael has seen Dan Carson, Paul Nigro, and Jay Wecht, and reports all are doing

well. Kevin Wilkins works as a senior product manager at Fidelity Investments,, responsible for Fidelitgls portfolio advisory service. He and Ginny live indCambridge with two Tibetan terriers.. ,f Toby Bizub is in the funeral business with his father and brother Tim ’85. They operate two Bizub-Quinlan funeral homêsrin Clifton and the N.A. Parker home in Litde Falls. Toby is engaged to marry Lauren Liss next May. He reports working hard, “but love what I dojil|ll Alberto and Heidi Holst-Knudson Cassola had a baby, Alexis, in February 1952,- They live in NYC. “Where have the ten years since high ssnool gone?” writes Janine Marnell Wishnow. She and Rick love their new California lifestyle. Janine is still teaching but reports it’s very different from MKA: she is in a rural public elementary school with 2 7 students, “which is a sm all class.M Having grown up and taught at MKA, she misses it. She hopes to see lots of friends at the 10th reunion.

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Ms. Jen n ifer Jon es 42JÎ. West E n d Ave, 1 7F, N ew York N Y 1 0 0 2 4 It was great to hear from you- all! Feel free to send me news at any time. Larry Rosen has had a busy year at New York Medical College. He graduated in May and has begun a residency in pediatrics at M t. Sinai Hospital. H e Was married in May to Laura Epstein (Haverford ’88); congratulations! Best wishes to William and Liza-Faith Cohn Wallach on their June wedding. Liza, a graduate o f Swarthmore, attends Benjamin Cardozo School o f Law in NYC, Lisa Gibson Locke sends exciting news o f the birth o f Ashley Elizabeth in January. Lisa, husband Bill, and Ashley live in Chicago. She will graduate in August from Loyola ffl with a master’s in family counseling. Lisa has kept in touch with Laura Dancy, Ritu Thamman, and Pam Dwyer, and while training for the Chicago Marathon, bumped into James Goldman running in the park! Both Bryn and Cam Fleming sent news. Bryn 9 n N ¥jP and works as an -accountant at the United Nations for the Baha’i International Community. She ran in the NYC Marathon in November, her first, with Dennis Goldstein '83, in an impjessivgd hours and 48 minutés, Cam has finished his first year at Harvard Business School and is working this summer at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in investment banking. Cam graduated from Dartmouth in 1988, then worked in N YC with Goldman Sachs and Chase. Cam,wrote that Ross Zbar is at Lenox Hill

Hospital doing a residency (in surgery, I think; I ran into Ross at a party months ago). Michele Mucci graduated from New York Law School in June and is clerking for a federal judge in U.S. District Court in Newark. Judy Brown’s mother sent word that Judy was on her first vacation since graduating from Dartmouth Medical School in 1992. She is doing her residency at Dartmouth- Hitchcock in internal medicine, '7 “There is a correlation between.aging and sentiment. The nostalgia that leaps from the pages o f your A lum ni N ews has on occasion brought tears to this one-time Curmudgeon’S eyes. Keep up the good work!’’-^'e John R. Nugent, Faculty 1960-1984

David Fehnel and Andrea Gabriel are both working at Vermont Medical Center (UVM ): Dr. David a resident in orthopedic surgery, and Andie, with M .S. from Simmons College^^B physical therapist«® Tom Hochman sent a card from Rangoon, Myanmar [Burma]. He was en route to Cambodia to spend a month or two before goiniaback to Korea “for some R and R .” No explanation o f the traVdffl He wrote that he sees Rich Cosgrove and Chris Nemetz when he’s in th|j States and hears from Brad Pedinoff in Portland, Ore. After graduating from Colby College, Karen Vlaskamp spent three and a half years in northern Japan teaching English, American culture, etc. She is entering Teachers College, Columbia U., for a master’s in international education and hopes eventually to work advising foreign students. Margaret W elsh has the lead in an independent feature film shot in Montclair this winter, On Board. Set in the-.era o f Vietnam protests, the film is about the friendship between a black middle-aged bus driver and a “privileged child o f the suburbs.” Darrin O ’Neill is very happy living in Hoboken and working for Glaxo, Inc. as a sales rep. He is engaged to be married in September. Jjjarrin enjoyed playing in the Alumni Hockey Game in December; in his words, “The victory » u k l not have been sweeter” |ggme- frombehind, 6-5]. Susan Bacot runs her own video production company, Susan Productions, in NYC. She is engaged to be married in October in Shelter Island to Andrew Herzberg. Best wishes! Laura Dancy delivered news firsthand when she visited one spring weekend. After teaching .kindergarteners at Far Brook School for four years, Laura is making a career change to pursue her artistic talendsls an assistant photographer. Susan and I are very excited to have Laura as a “neighbor” in Manhattan. Laura saw Katie Lockard in California. Katie is working for Four Seasons Hotels in Los Angeles, and sends regards to all MKA friends. Many o f you have asked mj for an update on

my life. Well, I haven’t run any marathons, nor am I engaged, but I am an attorney at Dewey Ballantine and really enjoy it. I am in the litigation department, mostly S& L litigation. I also had the opportunity to do some pro bono legal work for the Lawyers for The Creative Arts (like Legal Aid), when I represented an aspiring Rap musician regarding contract matters and a name change application. It was great to hear from you all! Jen n ifer

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M r. Joh n Booth I I I 3 0 0 0 108th Ave. SE, Bellevue WA 9 8 0 0 4 Best wishes to' our newlyweds! Paul and Lauren Statmore Hyman were married in April. She isja! merchandise coordinator in N YC for Brylane Direct, the mailorder division o f The Limited. The Alumni Offiee41arned o f Heide and John Booth’s wedding from sister Jody ’87. John and bride have releSiated to Seattle. Mark McGowan is engaged to marry a Lehigh classmate, Katharine Posillico, in August. Mark is an account manager with Ungerer & Co., fragrance corporation. Ashley Fawcett works with government health contracts with Public Consulting Group Inc. in Boston.

8 6 -------------------------------- _ Ms. Sherry A hkam i 3 7 V irginia Avenue, C lifton N J 07012 Ms. Jen n ifer Remington 4 4 H am ilton D rive East N orth C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 David Weston reports that he is tan, happy, and enjoying his first few years out o f the classroom. He is instructing 43-day special programs for adjudicated youth at Hurricane Island Outward Bound School in Florida. He played with the British National Lacrosse Team in July and hopes to play for them in England in the 1994 World Games. Stacy Sarna is the only account executive in the recently opened New York office of McCracken Brooks, a marketing communications and sales promotion agency. She has run into Beth Cohn a few times. Mary Louise Neary is also in NYC, doing publicity for Easy Spirit Shoes. She says the whole class should wear them, “pretty and comfortable.” Rebecca Link has been promoted to buyer at Lord & Taylor, “challenging but lots o f fun.” She ran into Louise Weston in the Village. Jodi Schneider finished her first year o f law school and spent the summer clerking in Washington, D .C. Superior Court. Best wishes to Adrienne Amirata on her

engagement to Carlo PorCaro, D M D . They will marry after Adrienne graduates from New Jersey Dental School next June. Michelle and David Schwartzbard continue their joint assignment with Exxon in London; they anticipate a return to the U.S. in 1994. Also overseas, Anthony Rabb is working in Budapest, Hungary, for G.E. Tungsram. He invites any travelers to give him a call.

87 ---------------------------------Ms. Joy Booth 5 5 0 9 Camp St., N ew O rleans LA 7 0115 Mrs. P au l Ladner (Ida B oodin) 2 1 2 0 Floyd Ave., R ichm ond VA 2 3 2 2 0 Jamie Plaisted taught in Osaka, Japan, last year with The English Netword and is beginning law school this fall. Kurt Hilberth finished his first year owlaw school at St. Thomas U. in North Miami, Fla. George Kruse attends medical »School at U M D N J. Joy Booth is engaged to marry James Roussell o f New Orleans in September, then they will move to Amsterdam for two to four years. Meg Allen and Patrick Coyle were to be married in Rome in August. Former Head of Campus. Philip Allen is now Head o f St. Stephens School there; he and Mrs. Allen were also married in Rome years ago.

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Class secretaries an d reunion co-chairm en: Ms. K aren M uenster 125 Country Lane, C lifton N J 07013 M r. Jam es Petretti 13 Otis Place, Verona N J 070 Javier Salabarria graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Oberlin College and now attends New York University Medical School. Javier has published two scientific articles and spent two summeESftas a scientist in the H IV lab o f CibaGeigy Pharmaceuticals in Basel, Switzerland. Chris Kruse also attends NYU Medical School. Kimberly Uddin graduated from Rutgers m agna cum laude/P hi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Spanish, minor in women’s studies. Kim works as an environmental educator at Fairview Lake YM CA in Newton, N .J. She is aonsMrering graduate school and the possibility ofhiking the Appalachian Trail or the Pacific Crest Trail, 1 Lisa Kang, a graduate student at the Juilliard School, performed at the opening luncheon of the W omen’s Club o f Upper Montclair last fall. Lisa also did her undergraduate work at Juilliard and was awarded the Gluck Fellowship. Meg Wight works ja S ta olicr assistant to the Lieutenant Governor, State o f New York, in 33

Albany. She received a B.S. from Cornell in 1992; ■ Best wishes to Michael and Kimberly Ray Robichaud on their wedding. Kim, a graduate o f U. o f Virginia, works with Ogden Bioservices Corp. Onward; After a year in the business world of Bankers Trust, Lauren Charlton is attending Columbia Teachers College for a master’s in special ed and mental retardation. Karen Muenster is attending Fordham U. fo.r a master’s in education. James Petretti is getting a master’s in communications at Annenberg School o f U. Penn. After a year o f teaching at Brearly Softool in NYC, Amy Harris has begun graduate studies in human development and psychology at Harvard. Larissa Sokoloff, who graduated f r o n lS Harvard U. magna cum laude in music and Slavic studies, has given several acclaimed piano recitals in Montclair. Emily Rosenberg teaches Pre-K at the Children’s World Learning Center and lives in Boulder with college friends. She has applied to] U. Colorado for a mastJSs/teacher certification in elementary education. After graduating from Tulane U., Andrea Safirstein worked and skied in CMorado and toured the West. SI® attend§Mpolumbia U. for a degree in counseling psychology. Wiemi Douoguih is attending medical school after graduation from Washington & Lee with ||B.A. in chemistry. Lacross^mts: Wiemi led W & L in scoring with 72 points, was najmed Old Dominion Athletic Conference P la^ r o rM the Year. W & L was the fifth-ranked tear^ h. " the country, Division III. Alyson Beasley graduated from Temple U. Honors Program with a B.A. in political science/African- American studies. She works . as a financial',§ervic^ rep. Gretchen Godwin, with a B.A. in government from Skidmore College, works as a communication assistant with Alexander & Alexander ¡fbnsul ting group in Lyndhurst. Sister Lori W indolf ’78 and brother Jim ’82 were in Hillary Windolf Koonce’s wedding in June. Hillary will pursue a master’s in (Communication sciences and her husband, a PhD. in theology, in Austin, Texas. Jody Booth stopped by the Alumni Office to try to arrange a visit to MKA by the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, a touring troupe o f twelve thespians who bring the Bard to offlleges, high school's, and theater Companies all over the cMintry. Jody kaSytbured the Northwest, California, and the I ast Coast ‘ ; playing several rolesgand giving workshops. “SSE” was slated for two weeks at the Spoleto Festival, Charleston, and three weeks at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D .C S before a month in ViSpiiia this summer.

Our condolences to the|||odwin family on the death o f their father in June: Gretchen ’88, Charry ’89, Loyd ’90, and Serena ’92.

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Ms. Suellen B izub 1 0 7 Country Lane, C lifton N J 0 7013 M r. Louis Lessig 78 K en t R oad, H untington Valley PA 1 9 0 0 6 Class agent: M r. Josh Raym ond 4 W hite O ak Road, Roseland N J 0 7068 Congratulations to the members o f the Class of 1989 who graduated this year! News o f a few, gleaned from family, fans, and cHppingSiSa Elizabeth Visceglia graduated summ a cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Georgetown U. Beth received three awards at graduation: the Department «if Government Academic Excellence Award for government studies, the Connecticut Alumni Medal, and the Katherine Kraft Award for courage, cooperation, and achievement. She was editor in chief o f The N ew Press, Georgetown’s magazine on gender issues. Allie Dvorin, captain o f the NYU fencing team, was named to the U .S. sabre team for the Maccabiah Games in Israel in July. According to the Maplewood N ews-Record, the Maccabiah -;<§ames are the world’s third largest international athletic event, with 5,000 athletes from 56 countries. Allie, who won numerous college tides and the Eastern regional championships in March, was named second team All-American in both 1991 and 1993. He gradu ate^Sth a B.F.A. M im i Bilinski graduated from Vassar College with honors and numerous dramatiisLi,. productions to her credit. She is in the Advanced Professional Training Programme at the British A m S ca n Drama Academy in London, which is affiliated with the Arena Theater in Washington. Skidmore College graduate Josh Raymond attends New England School o f Law. Jennifer Russell is staying on in St. Louis after graduation from Washington U. with a B.S. in business administration. She was

elected into the Alpha Mu Alpha national marketing honorary. Jen is a market research analyst with Arch Mineral. Ayana Goore completed her final semester at Stanford U. with a civil engineering/ construction management internship in Kyoto, Japan. Gettysburg College graduate Virginie Daguise attends the U. o f South Carolina for an M .S. in public health, department o f epidemiology. Laura Glasser, B.A. in political science m agna cum laude from Colgate U., attends Columbia for an M.F.A. in film.

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Ms. M eredith M cGowan 5 4 Gordon Road, Essex Fells N J 07021 Ms. L orelei M uenster 12 5 Country Lane, C lifion N J 0 7013 Class agent: M r. Shane M ahieu 4 C olum bia Court, N orth H aledon N J 0 7508 Alex Anastasiou is on the U .S. Air Force Academy’s competition skydiving team, the Wings o f Blue, and won first place in the intermediate competition o f the Collegiate National Championships. He is majoring in material science. Soo M i B atoff is an English major, philosophy minor at Smith College. She directs a student- run dance company. Danielle Bergamo transferred to Lehigh U., where she is happily majoring in joumalism/communications. She is on the newspaper staff and is a D .J. on the university’s radio station. Kim Charlton,^retain o f the Cornell fencing team, and Regina Chi, on the Columbia varsity, are among the elite top-28 fencers in the nation. They fenced against each other at

the NCAA finals this spring. .Kim was named to the second team, All-Ivy, and to All-Ivy All Academic. Sadly for Kim after such a great year, Cornell has dropped fencing after 99 years on the sports roster. Clarissa Hart enjoys the U;,<of Vermont very much. She spent the summer in Baja, Mexico, doing field research on dolphins and sea lions, and is studying in Ireland this fall. At UVM she was an intern at Women Helping Battered Women. After recovering from an injury, Shane Mahieu has competed in Motocross and Supercross events around the nation and has turned pro. He was elected president o f Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity and inter fraternity rep for his social fraternity. He was also elected to Order o f Omega. Meredith McGowan was elected president o f her sorority and VP o f the senior class. She is also president o f the International Business Club and the goljSelub. After a summer studying in Belgium, Meredith is competing in golf tournaments for Lehigh. M eredith

91 ------------------------------ = Ms. Ja m ie Lenis 2 5 Taylor D r., West C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 Ms. D ara M arm on 108 Tanglew ood D r., E ast H anover N J 0 7 9 3 6 Marci Iuliani is an English lit. major, art history minor at Fairfield U. She worked in a law firm this summer and thinks she’ll go to law school. Jessica Lerner says that with all her activities and studies at Washington U./St. Louis, she has very little time to sleep. She is senator to her student union, where she chairs one subcommittee and sits on another. She also helps the homeless, works to educate underprivileged children, coordinates activities for Earth Day and is an officer in her co-ed fraternity. Jessica is majoring in political science and French. She studied in France the summer o f ’92. News from U. Penn comes from both Roberta G riff and Adam Lerner. Roberta, majoring in American history, had a summer internship at the Smithsonian American History Museum, working on a photography exhibit. Adam, who attends the Wharton School at U. Penn, is a Joseph Wharton Scholar and a Benjamin Franklin Scholar. He has a dual concentration in finance and accounting. . Madeline Temple is studying in Paris with SmithM/A program. Her major is government, minor, economics. She worked in Washington, D .C ., this summer. Tonia Walker is “still bumming around the theater” in Cambridge by working at the box office o f the American Repertory Theater and as a Member o f Citystep, a group o f Harvard undergrads which introduces fifth and sixth

Com m encem ent Scenes: M ark W heeler, Barry Lieberm an, an d M ichael Brown.

graders to dance and performance. Tonia is spending the semester at the U. o f Glasgow studying history, her concentration at Harvard. Amy Custode sends greetings from the Midwest. She is a chemical engineering major at Northwestern’s engineering school, where she spent the summer doing biochemical research. She is a member o f Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Closer to home, Noel Sonta writes from Rutgers, where her career interests and extracurricular activities converge. Noel is an animal science/pre- veterinarian major, and rides for Rutgers’ equestrian team. She qualified for the regional championships. Noel occasionally sees Eddie Yoo around New Brunswick. Mary Lynn Murphy studied in Derry, Ireland, this summer. At Hamilton College, she is majoring in anthropology, minoring in religion. She says that sister Continental Gail Szakacs is studying in Spain this semester. Gail made the newspapers for outstanding lacrosse play. . Word o f mouth says that Larry Gaydos does the sports report on FM 88 at Syracuse U. W hen off the air, Larry pursues a degree in psychology. Seth Traum is still a civil engineering major at Cornell, still wondering “why.” Way down in Dixie Land, Steve Goldberg is a chemistry major at U. Virginia. Amanda Boyer, a communications major/ Spanish minor at U. New Hampshire, will spend a semester in either Spain or Costa Rica. Best o f luck. D ara

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Sunil M irchandani ’9 3 ; sister N ina, a freshm an ; an d brother J a i 9 1 a t graduation.

Class agent: Ms. Alison Raym ond 4 W hite O ak Road, R oseland N J 0 7068 Liza Boglivi had an “incredible” year at Boston U. She pledged Gamma Phi Beta and worked as costume manager at the student- run T V station. Amy Bressler loves Emory U. and is a sister o f Delta Phi Epsilon. Megan Cain skied 3-4 times a week during the winter at U. Vermont! She loves UVM and Burlington. Melanie Carroll made a great transition into Colgate as a “mid-year” and is happy with her choice. Also at Colgate, Stacey Honstedt enjoyed her snowy year in Hamilton, N.Y. She pledged Gamma Phi Beta, which makes her Liza’s sister! Stacey offers a place to stay for anyone who wants to visit. From Duke U. comes word that John Eberhardt was inducted into Phi Eta Sigma, national freshman honor society. John was Selected for Duke’s intense small- group Focus Program. Enrique Neblett spent three weeks on tour with the Brown chorus in Greece, Israel, and Egypt. ^ Caroline Russo had an outstanding fencing season: she is NYU Athletic Assn, champion. After a great year at Wesleyan, Trish Stern was back at MKA this summer working for a new program, N .J. SEEDS. Scott Weiner is a brother o f Alpha Delta Phi at Johns Hopkins. Marie D’Amato balanced her busy schedule at Middlebury College with ultimate frisbee, Email, and s'gnjig classes. She and Tami Safer spent the summer at their camp in Maine becoming counselors. Tami had a terrific year at Skidmore College, along with MKA buddies Alison Raymond and Kim Cohen. Good luck, sophomores! Tam i

Ms. Tam i Safer 8 7 6 A ztec T rail, Fran klin L akes N J 0 7 4 1 7

93 -------------------- ------------Ms. R enee M onteyne 1 0 L ookou t P oin t T rail, Totow a N J 0 7 5 1 2 M r. B rian W echt 51 Glen Court, Pom pton Lakes N J 0 7 442 Class agent: Ms. Lisa G ittlem an 3 4 W indem ere Rd., Upper M ontclair N J 0 7043 Welcome, Class o f 1993, to your own alumni column!

All The Way W ith MKA The following students attended MKA from Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten through graduation in the Class o f 1993. They and their parents were honored at a breakfast in June at the home o f Principal Peter R. Greer. Chad Brown Joshua Cain Ralph Chiaia Gretchen Cook Kelly DiStefano Matthew Dix Rupali Gandhi Elissa Goldman Zachary McLarty Kristin Noell Joya Smith Solomon Steplight Jennifer Wahl Brian W echt

M arriages ‘^ Planned Giving 1932

Jo a n W illiam s and F . W illiam Seeley

M arch 1 9 9 3

1936

R o b ert B righ tm an and V era H olm sten

1992

1936

P atricia Soverel and G ard iner Rapelye

Janu ary 1 9 9 3

1961

Ju lia C o rb ett and Fred erick Adams

M ay 1 9 9 2

1968

N ancy P lum m er and M ich ael G ord o n

O cto b e r 1 9 9 2

1969

R o b ert G licksm an and E m ily G oo d m an

February 1 9 9 3

1973

Leslie H u n t and M artin C o n ro y

Ju ly 18, 1 9 9 2

1973

Z ach R ichard son and Jill W ilso n

M arch 1 9 9 2

1974

T h o m as A rthur and Susan B loodw orth

M arch 1 9 9 2

1978

L ori W in d o lf and Alex Crispo

Ju ly l l 1 9 9 3

1980

R . E ric B etk e and Je n n ife r L am ond

Ju n e 1 9, 1 9 9 3

1980

M ich ael Feldm an and Jacq u elin e Perno

1992

1980

M elanie G o ld and Jam es H oran

A pril 1, 1 9 9 3

1982

Susan P ost and Jo h n Schlachtenhaufen

M ay 1 9 9 3

1982

Jim V a n D y k and W e n d y Forsythe

M ay 2 2 , 1 9 9 3

1983

R ebecca Bow ser and Andrew Low enthal

N ov em ber 8, 1 9 9 2

1983

A ndrea C eston e and M atth ew C o n m y

O cto b e r 11, 1 9 9 2

1983

T h o m as C o le and C h arlo tte Ram sey

M arch 2 0 , 1 9 9 3

1983

K aren H am m erstroem and R o b ert N ov otny

A pril 5, 1 9 9 2

1983

T a m a r L eh rich and T h o m as Augst

Septem ber 1 9 9 2

1984

L iza-Faith C o h n and W illiam W allach

Ju n e 6 , 1 9 9 3

1984

N in a-Jo elle H ow ard and Jam es G alione

M ay 1 9 9 3

1984

Law rence R osen and Laura Epstein

M ay 9, 1 9 9 3

1985

Jo h n B o o th and H eid e C o ry

D ecem b er 1 9 9 2 Septem ber 1 9 9 2

1985

S co tt R eisch and Lisa Soto

1985

Lauren Statm ore and Paul H ym an

April 3, 1 9 9 3

1988

K im berly R ay and M ich ael R obichaud

Ju n e 1 9, 1 9 9 3

1988

H illary W in d o lf and K elly K o o n ce

Ju n e 5, 1 9 9 3

In M em o riam Jan u ary 1 9 9 3

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T h eo d o re M . Edison

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A lice Schoo m aker Cleaves

M arch 1 9 9 3

1923

M arjo rie Parkhurst Som m er

M arch 2 8 , 1 9 9 3

1924

H elen P atrick T ay lo r

Janu ary 2 8 , 1 9 9 3

1928

Jo sep h H od gson Jr.

February 8, 1 9 9 3

1929

G erald R . E ngstrom

M arch 2 4 , 1 9 9 3

1933

M ary W ells Sch m id

1992

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M arston Am es

Ju n e 2 5 , 1 9 9 3

1936

T h e o d o re D onald so n

N ovem ber 2 3 , 1 9 9 2

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W illia m R . D iv er Jr .

M arch 1 1, 1 9 9 3

1945

Barbara Sch m id W rig h t

Janu ary 6 , 1 9 9 3

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Florence H o fm an n Reade

April 1 3 ,1 9 9 3

1947

Allan H . T o u b

M arch 9 , 1 9 9 3

1951

Fred erick Shoem aker

February 2 1 , 1 9 9 3

1966

A nne Tredw ay W ad e

February 17, 1 9 9 3

F orm er Faculty: M ab el H artm an

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A Gift by Bequest: A Legacy of Education T h ro u g h o u t its history, T h e M o n tclair K im berley A cadem y has flourished through the care o f alum ni, parents and friends who have created and sustained a tradition o f generous giving. W h ile m any have given in their lifetim e, others have chosen to include M K A in their wills; A gift by bequest to M K A w ill help ensure a tradition o f excellence for generations o f students to com e. Y ou r bequest m ay take a variety o f form s, including: • A gift o f cash, securities or real property • A specified percentage o f your estate o n your w ill i f other beneficiaries are no longer living Y ou m ay wish to consu lt your attorney to decide w hich vehicle best suits your needs. Please feel free to pu t your attorney in to u ch w ith the school. W e can help you or your attorney w ith specific w ording. F o r m ore in form ation , or to notify M K A th at you have included the school in your will, please call or w rite: Ju d y Polonofsky, D irecto r o f External Affairs, T h e M o n tclair K im berley A cadem y, 2 0 1 V alley R oad, M o n tclair, N J 0 7 0 4 2 (2 0 1 -7 4 6 9 8 0 0 )

The M ontclair Kimberley Academy has established a Pooled Income Fund. Please call for details.

The New School Ties

Keep Us On The Grapevine

B ernice Belverio, B ookstore M anager, shows the first new school tie to P rincipal/ C E O Peter G reer, who usually sports a bow tie.

Please send news, photos and/or address changes to the Alumni Office. I f you know o f a classmate who is not receiving alumni information, please let us know.

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D IS T IN G U IS H E D A LU M N I AW ARD T o all alumni, parents, trustees, faculty, staff and friends o f The Montclair Kimberley Academy: The Distinguished Alumni Award Committee is hereby accepting nominations for the recipient o f the 1994 Distinguished Alumni Award. The recipient should have achieved distinction in some field o f endeavor, or through outstanding character or dedication made a special contribution to humanity. Race, creed, sex or contribution to the school should have no bearing on the choice o f recipient. The purpose o f the Distinguished Alumni Award is “to bestow recognition and appreciation for outstanding achievement.” This award will be a meri torious reflection on the school and will provide inspiration and encouragement for our young people. It is hoped that the recipient will come to MKA and address a gathering o f alumni and o f students. You may nominate more than one alumna/alumnus. There will be one Distinguished Alumni Award recipient each year; all nominations will be maintained in confidential files for consideration in following years. 1994 D IST IN G U ISH E D A LUM N I AWARD N O M IN A TIO N FO R M Submitted by:

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Please use a separate paper to state the case for your nomination, giving sufficient information to establish the person’s qualifications. Include, in as much detail as possible, the following: career and/or volunteer information; awards, ach iev em en t honors; personal data. Detach and mail to: The Montclair Kimberley Academy, Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, N J 07042

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