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COVER Eighth grader Steven Singer studies besid e books representing MKA’s Core W orks program . S ee thè lead article, “T h e New Core W o r k ^ a n d “From the H eadm aster.®

T h e MKA Alumni A ssociation is an organization o f all m en and w om en w ho havSI attended the U pper School. Its purpose is to m ake kn ow n to MKA th d H ideas, in te r e s g and con cern s o f alumni and to inform alum ni o f the accom plish m ents and objectives ofMKA.

CONTENTS From the H eadm aster 1 Letter to our Children 2 Core W orks at MKA 3 Visit o f the P oet Laureate 9 No%H Around MKA 10 Cougar Sports 14 1999 A thletic Hall c® Fam e 16 From the Alumni A ssociation 18 O n the B each : Shore Alumni Recep tion 18 Class Notes~ 19

REVIEW EDITORS Christie Austin Ju d y Polonofsky

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PHOTO CREDITS Christie Austin K athy Bahri A nthony Cuneo David H ollander D an Katz D ebbie K ozak N ew Je rs e y N ew sphotos P eter Perretti B arbara Pineda J. C. Svec S a t o r fir sufura Published twi{:c|'yearly by: T h e M ontclair K im berley A cadem y 201 Valley Road, pjontclair NJ 07042 9 | S l § - 9 8 00 . FAX: 973/783-5777 w w w .m ka.inter.net E s p ie d as third d&ss m atter at M ontclair NJ 07042 D esign: G em ini Com m unications, Inc., W est Caldwell, NJ Printed o n recycled paper

T h e Alumni Council is the governing Board, a representative group elected at the A sso ciation ^ an n u al m eeting to sponsor events and activities linking alum ni w ith their alma mater.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COUNCIL 1 9 98-99 Karin Strom A iello ’6.8 i Lisa S. Aufzilfn ||6 Andrew J. Blair ’78, Treasurer Robert Cottingham Jr. ’84 Erin Cuffe Crawford Lori W indolf Crispo ’78 Crystal A. Elliott ’88 H olly Jerv issfelb er ’83, Executive Vice President Amy B ip p o n e ’99 Susan Cole Furlong ’78 Lisa R. Gittlem an ’93 D anielle G reer ’00 Jen n ifer Jo n e s Ladda ’84 Christian Langbein ’00 Laurie H oonhout M cFeeley 7 6 Mark D. M cG ow an ’85 Kristine H atzenbuhler O ’C onnor ’83, President Eric Pai 7 9 Jo sh u a H. Raym ond ’89 Andrew D. Rod ’« 8 Sabino T. Rodano ’87 V ice President Scott Rum ana ’83 Patricia Shean W orthington 7 4 , Secretary Alexis P olonofsky Zebrow ski ’85 Peter R. Greer, Headm aster Ju d y Polonofsky, D irector o f External Affairs Christie Austin, Alumni D irector Peter Perretti 72;,. Alumni Assistant/Citizenship Core D irector

ADVISORY COUNCIL Martha B o n sai D ay 7 4 Peter S. M cM ullen 7 7 J . D ean P aolu cci 7 3

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1 9 98-99 Paul G. Edwards, V ice President G eorge W . Egan A ndree (P enny) Finkle Jo h n E. Garippa, President Linda T. Garippa A. Law rence Gaydos M ary Ellen Gray Peter R. Greer, H eadm aster A lice M. Hirsh, Secretary P eter S. M cM ullen 7 7 J. Clarence M orrison, V ice President A nne E. M uenster-Sinton Kristine H atzenbuhler O ’C onnor ’83 M ichael L. Rodburg Rudolph G. Sch lobohm 7 4 N ew ton B . Schott Jr., Treasurer Jo lin d a D. Smith David L. Turock T eren ce D. Wall

HONORARY TRUSTEES Aubin Zabriskie Am es ’54 Susan H. Ruddick Jam es S. V anderm ade ’35

ADVISORY TRUSTEES M argaret Crawford Bridge ’65 Edwin J . Delattre Austin V. K o en en Sr. (in m em oriam ) Barry W. Ridings 7 0 H erbert H. Tate Jr. M em ber: Alumni Program Council o f Independent Schools (APC) Council fo r A dvancem ent and Support o f Education (CASE) National A ssociation o f Independent Schools (NAIS) N ew Je rsey A ssociation o f Independent Schools (NJAIS)

MKA com plies w ith all state and federal anti-discrim ination laws.

From the Headmaster D ear MKA Community, M ove over, Colum bia University - MKA begins its unique C o re W orks program this com ing Septem ber! T h e Core W orks program parallels w hat prestigious colleges and universities often call their core curriculum . T h e MKA program guarantees to students, parents, faculty, and college adm issions officers that at e ach grade, Pre-K to 12, MKA students have engaged in the study o f carefully selected significant texts and art. T h e se w orks are b u t a portion o f the im pressive array o f con tent that is taught to and learned b y our students, and w hich will function as a fo cal point in the MKA curriculum. O n e im portant feature o f our Core W orks is the inclu sion 0 % significant non-W estern texts and art. O ther scho o ls talk about inclusion and global education; MKA is guaranteeing it to its students.

the construction and early im pact o f the Core W orks. Ginger K riegel, incom ing H ead o f Cam pus at B rooksid e, begins the

O ur faculty have splendid allies in this endeavor. National

conversation w ith an explanation about the Core W orks

scholars w orking w ith us have m ade suggestions for the

selections in grades Pre-K to 3. M iddle Sch ool faculty

selections and will continue to provide academ ic advice to

m em ber Sharanya N a ik jjp e n s the d o ^ j p h o w thesgelection

those respective faculty team s m ost responsible fo r teaching

process w orked and the potential im pact o n her ow n child.

e a ch o f the texts and art. T h e p ro cess w e u sed to sele ct the

A nthony Cuné®, D epartm ent Chairman o f the Fine &

w orks w as rigorous. Faculty panels m ade their prelim inary

Perform ing Arts, highlights the arts segm ent o f the Core

selections based o n National Endow m ent for the Hum anities

W orks at the U pper Sch o ol and talks about the im pact o f the

criteria: tim elessness, centrality, influence, originality, and

discussions am ong faculty. Finally, Dr. Ronald H erzm an o f

accessibility to students. It w as im portant to our faculty that

SU N Y-G eneseo, noted “superstar teach er,” talks about the

the selections w ould com plem ent the existing curricula in

im portance o f a .c om m on b o d y o f know led ge and w hat it has

e ach grade. T h e n our faculty and scholars review ed those

b e e n like to w ork w ith MKA’s faculty. E ach o f these essays

selections and alternatives in term s o f a balan ce o f W estern

is w orthw hile reading.

and n on-W estem , and in term s o f variety. Finally, the MKA faculty m ade the final determ inations, w rote narratives about

P lease understand that MKA’s n ew Core W orks program is

ho w e ach selectio n m et NEH criteria, and devised a lesso n

very m u ch in k eep in g w ith a traditional college^breparatory

plan form at for the teaching o f e ach selection.

private school. Core W orks is another signal that MKA know s w here it w ants to go academ ically and is unafraid t l f 8*

P lease peruse the full listing o f the Core W orks that is

“pu sh b ack against the age,’^, It is m ore evid ence that MKA’s

represented o n the cover. B e heartened and clear that our

faculty is an unusual group o f m en and w o m en w ho are

faculty’s hard w brk'assu res that n o MKA student will b e

them selves continuous learners.

disinherited from w hat M atthew Arnold called “the b e st that has b e e n w ritten and said.” D o you spot o n e o f your favorite

W hat a place to learn, our MKA. A p lace w here ideas will not

texts o r w orks o f art, o n e that you return to tim e after time

die.

fo r inspiration and encouragem ent? W ith gratitude, P lease read carefully the featured faculty com m entaries and

D r. P e te r R. G reer

the op inion o f a scholar from collegiate ranks regarding bo th

H e a d m a ste r

T h e follow ing p iece, w hich appeared on the editorial page o f the M o n tcla ir T im es, has drawn com m ent from around the country.

T \)t jflontdatr Cimes Serving M ontclair Since 1877 mUSriAY. SKTTEMRKR 17. i* n

The Clinton Issue:

Talking To Our Children Dr. Peter R. |l|pjpjr September lftlat t y i

Children, m ake sure yo u r heroes are people whom yo u can respect. Look hard a n d wellfo r heroes or more ordinary people whom yo u can respect. This is a good time to discuss what the qualities of 6.

Recent conversations with my seven year-old grandson and with the« schSffij students and parents^Kilus the intense media surrounding the Rntroversy that swirls around the Presidency — have convine^! me that parents and feaBBgfe need to be ready to talk about issues that range far beyond sexual acts and sexual language. I am worried about the unseen damage that may be done to children’s minds regarding píllRresidency, the v ir t u ffS justice, self-control, friencMip, resggnsibility, and other principles that are necessary to live flourishing lives in ^ H :iety. The depth of discussion with our chiligen about thesmelling issues — issues th at^ u n t — will of Hpqrse differMSording to age a n d '» the questions asked or anticipated. Here arelsbme of the issues on my list:

a good person are and how we can develop habits to make us more like them. Do we require exemplars to assist us in becoming better persons? If so, why?

Children, it is better to be psychologically healthy. When you lie or cheat you cannot be completely happy in your mind. You are doing the wrong thing and you know it. You may get caught. Whips wants to live their day-to-day lives worrying about being bad and possibly getting caught? How does selfishness blind us to doing wrong deeds?

8. Children, there is no difference between yo u r private a n d public selves — how yo u act when you are seen a n d when yo u are “invisible”to others should be the same. This would be a good time to discuss several wonderful1stories, including “Gyges’ Ring” from Plato’s Republic, When you act the same both in private and in public, you are whole,,, you are integral — in short, you have integrity. It is very difficult to really act differently, to compartmentalize your actions. What wrong deed is ever really a private matter? How do we, as Socrates or Aristotle said, make ourselves the types of persons we want others to think we are? As a friend of mine remarked, “Our lives together would be dreadful if we cannot trust one another. So we should conduct ourselves always in such a way that we are not tempted to lie to cover up what we do. Even if we d^something we are ashamed of, we should not lie to cover it up, but the Best way is not to do shameful things in the first

1 fC h ild re n p io n ’t foefrightened by all the turmoil. O ur system o f governm ent, our Constitution a n d laws are strong enough so th at you d on ’t hayefofvarry. This may be a good .timrfp brush up on how our Constitution operates, tc^^Scentrate on how procedures^ are B arrie ^ ju '^ H th e House of Representatives and the Senate, and to dismiss the Sp-party system.

^^B w ild ren , yo u r actions a t home, in school, and in the neighborhSd*(iffect others, Wcludine yo u r friends Take the Opportunity to discuss the formation ofijbod habitst-s® when your children facalstress tests,” they are more able to do lie right thing. You might discusmiow the President’s actions have hurt his family, his advisors, his friends, andllSparty. 3- C hildrep,not a ll people carry out their duties badly. When given

the chance to do tight or wrong deeds, m ostpeople choose w hat is right. We must talk with our children antffidhvince them t||reject

9- Children, yo u r oath or word is a bond with others you m ust keep. You can identify stories and epispajp to drive home this point. My favorite episode takes place between Sir Thomas More and his daughter, Margaret, in Robert Bolt’s great play, A Man for All Seasons. More: “When a man takes oath, Meg, he’s holding hjs; own self in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then — he needn’t hope to find himself again.” When we take on the “duties of our stations” as parents, political leaders, sports’ captains, etc., we take oaths to do right dW ptthat enhance others around us. .H S m e parents have not formed the habit of talking with their children on a regular basis, these discussions will be stiff and perhaps nc|fetei productivejafs we would want them to be. Older children might resist such discussions. Parents must persist. This might m a good time to begin to form such a habit so that » m eth in g positive can come out of these diffict® times.

the notion from their peers, et a l, that “everyone is doing it.” There aragppdjparents and good marriages, there are ijtaipassionate and honorable businessmen and lawyers, there are drug-free kids, there are boys and girls whó don’t cheat, there are boys and girls wh<^B abstain from sex before marriage, and most o ® g jf Presidents of the Mnited States have not engaged in patterns of behavior such as the SéS| tying, and getting others to lMthat are attributed to the current President. 4. Children, som etimes you can separate the sin fro m the sinner. Good ijllople may do bad or ill-considered things. Bad people do bad or stupid things. This might be a good time to' talk about whether just saying you are is sufficimt after abad act. What are appropriate punishments and whciii are they necessary?

ym m m ldren, sometimes

[Dr. Peter R. Greer is in his seventh yea r as H eadmaster o f The M ontclair Kimberley Academ y. He is a twenty-three year veteran o f public schools, a n d has two grown children a n d three grandchildren.]

m ust be judgm ental a nd intolerant. If

many or all the allegations against the President are judged to be trtíB, it may be the time t o ^ r his actions were wrong and that it is our busineMor moral duty to sawgo.. Somjt actions are intolerabl^B and no one should m S S shrug his shfmlders and say, “We must not » judgmental lest we seem intolerant. It is merely a private matters’’

treasured A m erican folktale noted for beginning a distinctly

he M ontclair K im berley A cadem y has established a listing o f Core W orks o f significant texts and art that will b e

A m erican literary tradition. This tim eless tale en h an ces our

incorporated into the curriculum from Pre-Kindergarten

seco n d grade study o f regional geography and the D utch

through Grade 12. T h e program prom ises that MKA students will have a uniform ity o f exposure to som e o f the great w orks that define hum an exp erience, to the b est that has b e e n w ritten and said. Faculty from all three cam puses

settlem ent o f N ew Y ork. A story abou t change, it highlights, the transform ation from colo n ies to nation. This classic w ork will prepare students for the third grade study o f csgonial life and the eighth grade study o f the A m erican revolution.

w restled w ith selections, b ased o n criteria o f tim elessness, centrality, influence/im portance, and originality.

Representative o f our selections o f non-W estern texts is the

T h ree faculty m em bers tell h o w the Core W orks will affect

P o .” This tale en h an ces the kindergarten curriculum them e

their cam pus, and a visiting scholar reflects o n his view from the university.

trust, com m unication, and fam ily unity. In addition, it leaves

C hinese retelling o f “Little Red Riding H ood ,” entitled"“Lon Po o f fam ily traditions through its universal representation o f students w ith the enduring understanding that stories change

At th e P rim ary S ch ool

according to culture. C om pared w ith “Little Red Riding

G in g er K rieg el

H ood ,” it does n o t perpetuate a fearful adventure, but instead depict#’ three clever and intelligent children w ho recognize

In c o m in g H e a d o f C am p u s

the w o lf im m ediately and plot the w o lfs dem ise from the beginning. This w ork also fits w ell into our ethics program

T h e Core W orks provide a

b ecau se it teach es that having kn ow led ge helps o n e m ake

fram ew ork that helps define

m ore inform ed decisions.

a long-standing tradition o f exem plary teaching at MKA.

T h e third grade study o f African sculptural form s is an

T h e program includes som e

exam ple o f the m any art selections included in the Core

o f the great w orks w e have

W orks. T h e aesthetic im pact o f A frican w orks o n the cultural

always studied, as w ell as

heritage o f hum ankind has b e e n substantial. In the absen ce

additional texts to further

o f w ritten docum ents, Africans often exp ressed their beliefs

en h an ce our com m itm ent to

and values from generation to generation through their art.

the m oral developm ent o f

T herefore the significance o f e ach w ork is derived n o t only

our students. It is through

from its aesthetic merit, but equally from the m eaning that it

Core W orks that MKA provides students w ith an opportunity

em bodies. As w e view these w orks, w e b egin to understand

to learn, at a v ery early age, h o w to b e citizens o f the world.

that they m ust have had a pow erful place in the lives o f their creators.

Faculty m em bers - particularly bur art teacher, Barbara Durant, and our librarian, M aurine T o th - discussed and

Third grade students are thus given the opportunity to leam

researched a w ide variety o f w orks to m ake inform ed

about a particular art form so that they m ay b e co m e m ore

selections fo r inclusion in the Core W orks program . The

reflective about their ow n e x p erien ce and h o w it con n ects to

philosophical discussions that em erged as faculty presented

the w orld at large. T h e students recognize the multi

and defended their selections according to the NEH [National

disciplinary nature o f this study as they use their know led ge

Endow m ent for the Humanities] criteria w ere lively. Hours

o f three-dim ensional shapes from the m ath curriculum . The

w ere spent mulling over the significance and centrality o f

exam ination o f African sculptural form s also fits w ell into the

m any w orks in an attem pt to reach a con sensu s o n the final

clay program at B rooksid e as students exp lo re form through

selections. T h e Core W orks thus reflect the collegiality and

a broad range o f materials and design c o n c e p t^ ®

com prom ise that are so highly valued in our com m unity. W hat will B rooksid e students gain from the com m on study o f As far as w e are able |® discern, our Primary Sch o ol is o n e o f

‘Gore W orks? T h ey will carry w ith them kn ow led ge o f w orks

a fe\v|<lf any, that offers such an exciting and rewarding

o f global im portance that will anchor their future studies and

exp erien ce so early in a student’s education. W here else in

provide a m ulti-faceted lens fo r view ing our co m p lex world.

this country do seco n d grasp students analyze R ip V an W in kle the w ay our students do? R ip V an W in kle is a

can,;§prvive w ithout these. Sherlock H olm es w as a m ore

M iddle S ch ool b y S h a ra n y a N a ik

difficult ch o ice, sin ce o n e is never sure that som ething so “popu lar” m akes good literature! B ut w e agreed that the

H u m a n ities F a cu lty M em b er

E n g u a g e and the ideas w e f^ w e ll w orth our ijMiSe: Holm es has b e co m e a classic and is the father Of all m odern detective

A s E p arent w ho w ishes for

novels - and his brand o f d etection is exactly w hat w e have

an ind ep endent school

in m ind w h en w e m utter incessantly about “higher thinking

édu cation fo r my child, I am

skills.” So H olm es w as in. T h e Fine and Perform ing Arts

(H ered m any schdtSks, to *

D epartm ent ch o se w orks already bein g taught: the m usic

•WÜÜP from . B a r in g the “shopping” period, the

teach er uses A id a ag a n introduction to opera, and

classroom s, teachers, adm issions personne™ and

A m erican m o d em dance,

fields lo o k som ew hat alike.

T h e attem pt to devise a core curriculum gave us the exciting

So I lo o k at a curriculum: ; s

opportunity to lo ok over existing curriculum and fill in som e

guide to see w hat this school

gaps. W e found that the M iddle Sch o ol English curriculum

R ev ela tio n s by Alvin Ailey is o n e o f th o fin est exam ples o f

cou ld use a g o o d shot o f poetry. Currently, the poetry bein g

is really P bou t. If my child i s entering fflco n d grade, I w ant to kn o w w hat th q e ig h th grade and the tenth are doing.

taught w as m erely supplem entary to other units. T h e Core

Having ftifew w orks o f literature, a fe w topics in history and

W orks com m ittee decided to con centrate o n finding poem s

som e w orks o f art p r e s e n t e r s core curriculum helps m e in

that w ould fit the criteria o f the co re curriculum . It w asn’t the

tw o ways. I can b e alm ost sure that m y child w illi^e exp o sed

sim plest task, given the num ber o f teachers and

té thesp w orks. I can also, from the sch o o l’s com m itm ent to

administrators w h o had to agree o n every poem , but w e

certain p ieces, get a sen se o f the social and pedagogical

m ade it, and cam e up w ith Frost’s “T h e Road Not T ak e n ,” an

leanings o f the school.

excerp t frond N eruda’s “T h e H eights o f M acchu P icch u ,”

T o a teacher, the w ords “com m ittee” and “core curriculum ”

few .

H ughes’ “H arlem ” and “T h em e fo r English ’B ’,” to nam e a cbnjure up bureaucratic nightm ares and sop orific visions o f perm anent lesson plans. B ut in an ind ep endent sch o o l such

Curriculum discussions at MKA usually take place betw een

as o u r s jfe is almosjs always Worthwhile to spend tim e talking

teachers w h o teach the sam e grade level, sin ce w e are o n

about w hat w e teach and why. W h en asked to think abou t a

grade-based team s. I w as glad to sp end so m uch time with

c (S e curriculum, I realized that the issue w as bigger than

m y colleagu es from different grade levels, discussing com m on

“W hat w ould you like to teach your students?” T h e question

curricular issues, cho o sing p ieces and discussing the merits o f

that ngfcded to b e answ ered w as, “W hat do you think an

each . W e argued politics, art, style, race and gen der issues.

A m erican student, graduating from high scho|| in the next

W e discovered e ach other’s educational backgrounds and

m illennium, should b e exp o sed to in m iddle school?” Or,

learned m u ch resp ect for these. W e agonized over w hether

“W hat w orks are v ita l to the ,education o f an Am erican

the p o e t w as o f m ore im portance than the poem , or v ice .

studentfS, I

versa. It w as, in all, a fascinating and revitalizing experience.

U p p er S ch ool

T h e Ja s t question m ade the p ro c e g ^ a s ie r. An educated person must kn o w Robert Frost, Langston H ughes, and E a r p e r Lee,,, to n a m lla few . A citizen o f this tt>untry cannot survive w ithout an understanding o f the African-American

b y A n th on y C u n eo

exp erien ce and m ust b e cognizant w ith certain British

A rts D ep a rtm en t

C h a ir o f F in e & P erfo rm in g

C la s s ® from w hich the field o f literature has derived so Problem : T h ere is a barrel,

m uch. S lith e r , any Am erican entering into our increasingly cosm op olitan society must b e able to speak w ith som e

e ach o f its ends bein g 2

A s p e c t ® the m ajor Latin American poets, the m ajor Russian

bracci in diam eter: the

w ritejs, a fig ^ ^ o n . W e w ould all like our students to be

diam eter at its bung is 2 1/4 b racci and halfw ay b etw een

contributing citizens o f the world, and that w ish should drive their sch o o l curriculum.

bun g and end it is 2 2/9 bracci. T h e barrel is 2 bracci

I w as one o f a group o f Middle Sch ool E a « e - r s w h o w ere

long. W hat'is its cubic

g s k ® to siSopse the Core W orks. W e talkedE> grade level

measure?

teachers in the Hum anities and the Fine and Perform ing Arts departments,j, and reported b ack on selections m ade. T h e first

W hile you might b e caught short by the vocabulary here

strand o f w o rk sp am e out^of the existing curriculum ; w e all

‘('bung? bracci?), you w ould p robably recognize this as an

b eliev ed strongly in certain w orks already in the classroom .

essentially fam iliar type o f problem - o n e o f th o se w ord

P a u l R ev e re’s R id e (Longfellow ), G reek myths, To K ill a

problem s you w resded w ith b a ck in school. Y o u w ould b e

M o c k in g b ird (L ee), T h e O dyssey (H om er), T he D e c la r a tio n o f

o n familiar ground. Sophom ore students at the U pper Sch ool

In d e p e n d e n c e w ere theBlasiest choices. No A m erican student

Jfecendy e n S tu n tered this problem , but not in a geom etry

B y the way, the m ath problem given at the start o f this article

class. It w as part o f a lecture, a dry run for next year’s Core W orks program , o n T h e S c h o o l o f A th en s, a fresco painted in

com es from a Q uattrocento Italian textbo o k, D e A b a co .

1510-11 b y Raphael for the Papal library in the Vatican.

Interestingly enough, the textb o o k w as written ¡ j i j a n artist, Piero della Francesca. T h e ¡com bination o f ^ p a in te r and a m athem atician in o n e p erson is a& x ta p o sitio n w hich striked

W hat does a m ath problem have to do w ith a painting?

us as unusual, but w as n o t at all in the R enaissance w hen painters w ere jacks-of-all-trades, designing m achines,

Art historian M ichael Baxandall, in his b o o k P a in tin g & E x p erien c e in F ifteen th C en tu ry Ita ly , w rites o f w hat he calls

plum bing system s, arm am ents, and the like.

“the Period E ye.” W hile light reflected from an objeqt strikes P iero’s solution to the p roblem (n o calculator): This is like a pair of trunca®! cones. Square the diameter at th ^ n d s : 2x2=4. Then square the median diameter 2 x 2 2/9 = J 4/9. Add them together: 8 7f||l. Multiply 2x f 2/9 = 4 4/9. Add this to ¿ H | l = 13 31/81. Divide 4 112/243. N o w fijp u e 2 1/S -M / 16. Add it i.i ijy* square of the median diameter: 5 5/116 = jK&B&l = 10 1/129. Multiply 2 2/9 x 2 1/4 = 5. Add this to the previous sum: 15 1/129. Divide by 3 5 l/ ^ S ^ ’ Add it to the first result: 4 1 ÍM 4 3 + 5 f c § 8 8 ’ # ^ lS / 3 8 8 8 '. Multiply this by 11 and then divide by 14 ( i S multiply by pi/4)-. the final result is 7 2^ffl^54432, This is the cubic measure of the barrel.

the co n es and rods o f the eye in very m u ch the sam e w ay from person to person, Baxandall argues that h o w w e interpret w hat w e see, h o w w e perceive it, d epends very m u ch o n our previous exp erience. A R enaissance observer w ould see a painting - like T h e S c h o o l o f A th en s - through a lens shaped b y his or h er training and cultural background. O ne reality o f Fifteenth Century (Q uattrocentro) Italian life that very m uch affected ho w paintings w ere see n w as the im portance o f a practical m athem atics - keyed to volum e, sp ace, and proportion - in everyday life. In practical terms, for exam ple, the barrels used to ship good s w ere m ade by hand; thus e ach barrel had a slightly different volum e. It w as critical fo r anyone w ho had

Historian B axand all comments., “It (w as) a special in tellectu al

anything to do w ith trade to b e able to figure com plex,

w orld.”

irregular volum es w ith ease. H en ce the kind o f m ath p roblem given abov e w as bread and butter to schoolchild ren

G etting D ow n to th e C ore

o f the Q uattrocento. R enaissance Italians, then, w ere very

T h e Core W orks program has already stim ulated lively*®*

attuned to volum e and space, and w ould have see n a

and w orthw hile d ebates am ong the faculty at the U pper

painting like T h e S c h o o l o f A th en s w ith a special set o f visual

School. Can you im agine b ein g given the task t f

skills. If w e w ant to try to see the painting through their eyes

choosing betw een four and eight w orks o f art to

and understand its m eaning fo r them , it b eh o o v es us to try to

represent all o f m ankind’s efforts sin ce the beginn ing o f

learn m ore about h o w they p erceiv ed reality.

time?

This is an exam ple o f the Core W orks in action. At the

Initial discussions cen tered o n the question o f w hether or

U pper Sch ool, Core W orks w ill provide us w ith a unique

not the task w as ev en d oable. Then, o n ce it becam e

opportunity to present students w ith w orks o f m ajor

accep ted that the list w ould b e incom plete b y its very

significance. Through a prolonged encou nter w ith these

nature and w ould not represent ^ C a n o n ,” th e question

w orks, students will have an exp erien ce o f som e o f the m ajor

o f m aking selections arose. It w as, actually, incredibly

theses artists, m usicians, writers, dancers, and film m akers

fun to draw up lists o f candidate w orks, b o u n ce them o ff

have dealt w ith over the ages. T h ey will b egin to find out

e ach other and m em bers offpther departm ents. The

ho w th ese w orks develop out o f a cultural context,

problem p f separating out personal favorites from w orks

crystallizing a m om ent and place in time, lookin g forw ard to

truly im portant enough to m ake the list w as c r it iiJ I f ’The

the future w hile b ein g rooted in the past. T h e Core W orks

questions o f h o w central a w ork had to b e, ho w original, h o w tim eless, w ere all discussHd. Could a 20th Century

are not intended as a “C anon,” a com plete list o f critical w orks essential if o n e is to claim to b e educated. Rather,

w ork b e (fdnsidered tim eless enou g h to b e a Core W ork,

they are im portant w orks w hich, for o n e reason or another,

fo r exam ple? W as there any such thing as a truly original

fit into our curriculum and provide us w ith an opportunity to

work?

give our students the kind o f in-depth, valuable exp erien ce w e h o p e will b e a m em orable part o f their high school

It b ecam e clear relatively early o n that, in teach in g a Core

exp erience.

W ork, w e w ould n e e d to. ld||ate it in ||j>ntext, show ing i t f l artistic ancestors, cousins and descendants. Thus each

In freshm an year, students will study C h in esM and scap e

Core W ork will b e presented tq students along w ith a set

painting and its relation to Buddhism and Taoism . In

o f other key w orks to help explain its significance.

sop hom ore year, they will sp end a sem ester studying T he

Secondary sources and critical essays o n e ach o f the C ore

S c h o o l o f A th en s and a sem ester o n the Civil W ar photographs

W orks will b e given to students as readings are bein g

'§j§f M atthew Brady and A lexander Gardner. In junior year,

researched. Draw ing up the Core W orks list has g p e n

they will exp lo re T h e B a r a t th e F o lie s B erg è re by M anet in

faculty a ch an ce to d o original, creative thinking on

the fall and C a s a b la n c a in the spring. Seniors will alternately

im portant w orks o f text and art.

study T h e S o ld ie r ’s T a le b y Stravinsky and B eeth o v en ’s 9 th S ym p h on y .

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They will begin to find out how these works develop out of a cultural context, crystallizing a moment and place in time, looking forward to the future while being rooted in the past.

D r. R o n a ld H erz m a n P ro fe sso r SUNY G en eseo V isitin g S c h o la r W hen MKA decided to im plem ent itsiflbre W orks program, as a college

thought and w ritten is a fundam entally im portant idea, one

teach er I w as delightefpto b e

that can signifpantly en h an ce the quality o f education at

■hskelfto b e part o f the

MKA.

proceedings fo r a nu m ber o f B ut is it a w orkable^ne?-' H ere’s w hat it has b e e n like for m e

reasons. For one, our deliberations h a lÉ & o v id e d

to w ork w ith the faculty at MKA. For the last year I have had

m e with an opportunity to

the privilege o f w orking w ith very thoughtful p eo p le w ho are

rethink the fundam ental

Willing to listen, and w ho seem perfectly w illing to let

reasons w hy it might b e im portant to have a core o f required

argum entSftbout quality displace argum ents about turf.

texts. Since there is o n e currently in place at m y ow n

Gradually, w e haVrflSome to see that a Core W orks program

institution, SUNY G en esép - a core o f fundam ental texts in the hum anities w hich has survived for alm ost tw o d ecad es -

w ell in the curriculum , and w ithout forcing our teachers to

our w ork together has a llilv e d mg to reflect o n the kind o f

m ove aw ay from w hat they currently do best.

can b e im plem ented w ithout displacing w hat is already done

teach in g that I have d one for m uch o f m y ow n career. For another, it has allow ed m e to put into practice my long- and

Idealism is n o t always som ething that can b e seen m ost

strongly-held conviction that there really Is a g i l d deal m ore

readily from the inside. B u t as som eo n e from the outside

continuity b etw een ^ C O nd ary and p ostsecondary education than is Quality assum ed. W hat unites us ;|| educators is far

lookin g in, it strikes m e that everyone at MKA has m anaged to b e b o th practical and idealistic at the sam e tim e, and I

¡¡jÉfeter than w hat separates us, ev en though w e don't

b ase that judgm ent n o t so m uch o n looking at the results

necessarily always think or act as thou gh this is in fact the

(very im pressive though they have already b e e n ), as o n the

H 9 s c ^ | e t im e s arbitrarily stressing the breaks b etw een one

deliberations them selves. I have see n teachers m ove in new

level and another. To m y great delight, th ese tw o con cern s

directions and enthusiastically develop plans that will have

cam e together w hen I began to w ork w ith the MKA faculty

'some real im pact o n th e w ay things are done, tjlo r m e, that

and administration in a hands-on w ay w ith the n ew sore.

has b e e n o n e o f the great benefits o f b ein g a continuing part o f this ongoing m any-sided conversation. I am thankful to b e a part o f it.

W hy h a v s s u c h B core? O ne w ay to ap proach this question is byt'answering an o b jectio n S a t is often raised against it. The idea <Ha S im m o n core has b e e n largely lost recently in m S g curricula, c||Jegiate or pre-collegiate, in the nam e o f

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inclusiveness and diversity, b o th laudable goals. A core

MKA w as cited in a n ew b o o k about ethics, B u ild in g

curriculum has frequently b e e n equated w ith the study o f the

C h a r a c te r in S ch oo ls, by K evin Ryan & Karen B ohlin

¿fliow-proverbial “dead w hite E uropean m ales.” W hen MKA

[Jossey-Bass, 19991- Subtitled “Practical W ays to Bring

decided, pretty m uch from the get-go, that it w anted to im plem ent a gore that w as Sfeth inclusive and diverse, .ancore

M oral Instruction to Life,” the b o o k quotes H eadm aster

that w as |¡pbal to the, w ell, g lq ia l to the|iore, w e w ere thus

Peter G reer several tim es. It illustrates ho w the sch o o l’s program o f “m oral literaqp’ is taught in the con text o f the

able b y a sin gle stroke to elim inate the p roblem and dow n

curriculum , giving sp ecific exam ples. T h e M ontclair

After that, there w as a good deal o f

K im berley Academy D eclaration is stated in the A ppendix.

agreem ent about the f a i l that providing students w ith a com m on b o d y m know led ge based o n the b e st that has b e e n

The Montclair Kimberley Academy Core Curriculum

P re-K

S trand 3 (a rt)

S trand 1 (text")

S trand 2 (te x t)

My Very First M other G oose (O p ie , Editor)

A nansi the Spider*

C ollection o f Signs

(M cD erm ott)

(K le e )

The C hildren’s Aesop

Lon Po Po*

(C alm en so n , Editor)

(Y o u n g )

C arnival o f the A nim als (C am ille Sain t-Saën s)

C harlotte’s Web

(W h ite)

Bringing the Rain To K apiti P lain*

The N utcracker B allet (T ch a ik o v sk y )

(A ardem a)

Rip Van W inkle

(Irving)

The R ough-Face Girl*

F ran k Lloyd Wright (A rch itectu re)

(M artin)

The M ayflower C om pact

English:

D am on a n d Pythias

A frican sculptural form s*

P au l Revere's Ride

The New Colossus

A ida

(L o n g fello w )

(Lazarus)

(V erd i)

Stories from A ncient G reece (e.g., P an d ora’s Box; P haethon a n d the Sun C hariot; The Trojan H orse)

H am m urabi’s Code o f Law*

(art)

The R oad Not Taken

Chartres C athedral

The E xtraordinary Cases o f Sherlock H olm es

G eorgia O’K eeffe

(F ro st)

(D o y le ) History: 7

E nglish:

M agna Carta To K ill A M ockingbird

Then Up the M ountain

You C an ’t Take It With You

(L ee)

from The H eights o f

(K au fm an an d H art)

M acchu P icchu (N erud a) H istory:

The Cow tail Switch a n d O ther West A frican Stories* (C o u rlan d er a n d H erzog, E d itors)

English:

Odyssey (H o m er)

History:

The D eclaration o f In depen den ce

Them e fo r English “B ” a n d H arlem (L. H u g hes)

R evelations (A iley)

English:

O edipus the King A ntigone

Lord o f the Flies (G o ld in g )

(Ju -R an [attributed])

(S o p h o c le s ) H istory:

The A nalects* (C o n fu ciu s)

English:

History:

G andhi On Civil D isobedien ce*

M acbeth (S h a k e sp ea re)

S e le ctio n s: The B ible

Classic Slave N arratives

A M an F or All Seasons

(F re d erick D ou glass and

(B o lt)

History:

The Ju n gle (Sinclair)

11/12

English:

The School o f Athens (R a p h a e l)

H om e o f a R ebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg, July, 1863 (A lexan d er G ard n er)

Linda B ren t) 11/12

Seeking the Tao in the Autum n M ountains

Letter From a Birm ingham City J a il (M.L. K ing, Jr .)

The Scarlet Letter

A B ar At the Folies Bergère (M anet)

C asablan ca (film )

(H aw th o rn e)

The M etam orphosis (K afk a)

The S oldier’s Tale (Stravinsky)** alternating w ith

The R ed B adge o f C ourage (C ran e)

“The In fern o ” (D ivine Comedy) (Dante) Song o f Solom on (Morrison) “The Legend o f the G rand In qu isitor” (Dostoyevsky) G ulliver’s Travels (Swift) Ja n e Eyre (Bronte) Songs o f In n ocen ce a n d E xperience (Wiliam Blake) The Sound a n d the Fury (Faulkner) G rapes o f Wrath (Steinbeck) W hat D oes It M ean? (Milosz [Polish poet])

N ote: Students take m inimum o f four English texts. ‘ D eno tes N on-W estem (MKA definition) “ Perform ances TBA

Symphony No. 9 (B e e th o v e n )

The Diplomat for Poetry acclaim ed translation o f D an te’s In fer n o , an u n p u b lis h e d ^ ^ m , and ev en a p o em h e had w ritten as a you ng m an in his tw enties. B eca u se ...h e read poem s from various stages in his

by M a r ia n n e B u rk e U pper S c h o o l F a cu lty M em b er

life, the aud ience cam e aw ay w ith a fuller sen se o f his career as a poet. Pinsky w as n o t just p o e t and distinguished guest, but also em issary o f p g ftry . T h e Favorite P oem P ro ject that he spearheads allow s p eo p le from all over the country and from all w alks o f life to participate by subm itting their favorite p oem and a b rief explanation o f w hat it m e a n s ® them . O n ® | thousand o f the participants ch o se n will record their selections o n audiotape; tw o hundred others will b e vid eotaped reading

their poem s. B o th audio and video tapes will b e hou sed in the National A rchive as a poetry tim e capsu le fo r the end of.th e m illennium . T h e p ro ject supports Pinsky’s,Contention that poetry, is n o t jjost read and loved by a few initiates^ but that it is loved and b elo n gs to all o f us.

t is rare that high sch o o l students w ould ever get the ch an ce

to talk w ith the U.S. P o et Laureate, but o n Janu ary 27, MKA students and faculty got the opportunity to ask Robert Pinsky, the current P oet Laureate, a w ide range o f questions. The library, w ith its fireplace lit, provided a cozy setting for this inform al chat. Pinsky w alked in carrying b o o k s under his arm,

Inspired by Pinsky’s visit, students in Mrs. Fo rbes’ AP Seminar and Ms. B u rk e’s W riter’s Craft classes will enter their ch o ices in T h e Favorite P oem Project, thereby m aking a significant statem ent about the im portance ©f poetry to our national culture.

lookin g every bit the diplom at fo r p oetry that h e truly is. H e im m ediately put the au d ience at ease w h en h e assured us that he w as a go o d talker....M r. Pinsky relished e a ch question, giving it serious consideration. Even straightforward questions about his writing habits and his sources o f inspiration becam e springboards for him to delve into his d eep est beliefs about w hat poetry m eans. His answ ers w ere virtuoso perform ances, n o t unlike those o f a m usician’s, improvising, using J | the

R obert Pinsky an d Patty Forbes, English D epartm ent chair, a t the afternoon “firesid e chat. ”

know led ge, inform ation, and exp erien ce accum ulated in his lifetim e to express w hat poetry is and does. Som etim es h e answ ered questions b y reciting poem s o f obscure 0 7 th century poets. O ther times he offered k een , provocative insights about history....If you dig far enough, Pinksy told the

O ne m em ber o f the audience, Montclair resident Jo h n C. Davis, was sufficiently moved to send the following tb Headmaster Peter Greer:

audience, you d iscover that “so o n er o r later w e are all the d escendants o f slaves or k in g s .* H is responses w ere w ideranging and erudite, but w ithout sounding like dusty or fossilized relics o f scholarship. W hat w as m ost im pressive, and instructive for students to hear, w as his passionate engagem ent

A n E v en in g W ith R o b ert P in sky, P o et L a u r ea te o f th e U n ited S tates

w ith the w orld, w ith all its minutia o f details and facts, and ho w this inform ation finds its w ay into his poem s.

H e c a m e a n d left qu ietly , w h ile in b etw een h e s p o k e p n e - " to -o n e sim u lta n eo u sly w ith a ll o f u s w h o w ere jo in e d th a t ev en in g by aW pm m on b o n d o f a ffe c tio n a n d resp ect f o r th is m a n w h o h a d a w ay o f b ein g in to u ch w ith o u r in n erm o st lon g in g s a n d co n cern s. W e w ere m a d e c o m fo rta b le by h is m odesty, w a rm ed by h is h u m an ity , a n d sta rtled by th e orig in ality , p er c ep tio n , a n d sta rk b ea u ty o f h is p o etry . H e h a d th e in n a te a b ility to m a k e w h a tev er w a s u n d er th e su n n ew a ll o v er a g a in . A fter s h a rin g w ith u s m m u ch o f h im self, h e c o u ld n ’t h elp a d d in g in a m a n n er o f sp ea k in g , “E n ou g h a b o u t m e! W hat a b o u t y o u ? ” F in ally , w ith so m u ch m u sic in h is v o ic e a n d co m p a ssio n in h is h ea rt, h e se n t m an y o f u s o f f in to th e n ig h t silen tly sin g in g !0 o u rselv es in u n iso n w ith h im .

Thou gh the filled-to-capacity M iddle Sch o ol auditorium provided the v enue fo r [that even in g’s PAMKA Lecture], the event m aintained the inform al feel o f the afternoon’s “fireside” chat. Pinsky generously invited the au d ien ce’s participation by taking questions as w ell as requests. H earing him read his poem s, o n e is rem inded ©J h o w im portant - essential, really - it is to hear poem s out loud., T ie has a w onderfully strong voicei'i.His reading o f the poem s, the care h e gave to each w ord, resonated w ith the audience, to o , as the silence after e ach p o em w as filled by spontaneous applause. His ch o ice o f p o em s proved a real sm orgasbord ^ som ething for everyone and all o f it deliciously good. H e read Canto V from his highly

Notes Around MKA At the opening 191,8-99 faculty m eeting, H eadm aster Peter G reer ancM ohn Garippa, P rg id e n t o f the B o ard o f Trustees, thanked Robert Sinner for 25 years o f loyalty and service to MKA. T h e follow ing faculty m em bers w ere com m end ed for ten years ||M#?vi(jg: G eo ff Branigan, A nthony Cuneo, Boyd Herforth, Christine Jack son , Laurie Smith, Catherine Speed, Ann W eintraub, Jo a n W eller, and Jo h n Zurcher.

The H eadm aster is p rou d to an n o u n ce...

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Congratulations to faculty m em bers K enneth Bishe, D enise Brow n-A lien, T om Cooper, Pat Dancy, David F lo cco , Patricia Forbes, and Linda Jo h n so n Ward, w ho w ere nam ed to this year’s “W h o ’s W ho A m ong A m erica’s T each ers” listing. T h ese teachers w ere selected by • students w ho them selves are o n the “W h o ’s W h o ” student list.

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C om poser Randall Svane, director o f m usic at MKA, has had several notable perform ances o f his com positions. In D ecem ber, his A ll-A m erica n F a n fa r e w as perform ed b y the Juiliard Brass at A lice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, and A t th e R o u n d E a r th ’s Im a g in e d C o m e rs (text by Jo h n D o n n e) w as perform ed and broad cast in Santa Fe by 20th Century .Unlimited. T h e latter w ork - written for tenor, horn, strings, and tim pani - w as played again in February in N ew Je rsey by the C olonial Sym phony. Svane’s S trin g Q u a rtet w as part o f the N ew Y o rk Philharm onic’s Ensem ble Series in February.

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MKA’s Math T eam p laced seco n d in the 22nd annual con test o f A ssociation o f M athem atics T each ers o f New Jersey . T h e team m em bers w ere juniors Ja s o n Bang, A aron Fiegenbaum , Em m anuel G o, D ebo rah Katz, and Jo h n Stone, and sop hom ore Louis W aldm an. In addition, Em m anuel G o w as the third place w inner statewide. T h ey w ere coach ed by faculty m em ber B o yd Herforth.

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Faculty m em ber Ju d y N esbit’s discrete m ath class (doing a “fractal activity”) is show n in M 30-m inute videotape the FANS P roject (Fam ilies A chieving the N ew Standards in Math, Science, and T ech n o lo g y Education). It is a three-year project sponsored b y Rutgers, funded b y the National S cien ce Foundation, to involve parents in helping their children o f all grades reach state m ath standards. T h e video - sen t to every sch o o l principal in the state - highlights excellen t teaching and suggests activities. MKA faculty m em bers B rother Patrick Carney o f the U pper Sch ool and D enise Sikora o f the Primary

N ational M erit Fin alists David N ewm an Mayur Saxena

N ational M erit C om m endations Agata Celm erow ski j ^ a Shn C iccone Amy G abel Amrita Mallik T h ea Posluszny Erica Serock Alexandra Slous Harrison W reschner

N ational A ch ievem en t C om m endations Ehim are A khabue Alan D avson

Edw ard J . B lou stein D istinguished S ch olars Ehim are A khabue Agata Celm erow ski Tara Kakaty Amrita Mallik D avid N ewm an Mayur Saxena Kim berly Trabka G lenn Tyson Elizabeth W olf

Sch o ol are w orkshop trainers fo r the project.

AP S ch olar W ith D istin ction Richard O ’B rien ’98 •

Tip p er Sch o ol faculty m em ber A nthony C uneo had his third solo exhibition o f paintings and photographs at the Am os Eno Gallery, NYC, in O ctober.

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Middlfi School science teachers George Mixon and Jennifer Zagariello were selected to present a workshop, “Alternative Assessment Techniques,” at the 1999 NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) conference in Dallas.

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Sophom ore Ja s o n Schwartz is the first MKA student to b e accep ted into the N ew Je rs e y R egion I H igh School

AP S ch olars W ith H on ors Parag Butala ’I f e S Lauren M oses ’98 Kate Scelsa ’98 M en a We|||r ’98

AP S ch olars G em m a Giantom asi ’98 Anastasia Lambert ’98 D a is ^ M u n o a 9 8 Gauri Paralkar ’98 Martha Reiter ’98 A h ffiS Saxena ’98 D aniel Strader ’98 Emily Zackin ’98

Band. H e plays clarinet. •

T h e MKA Jazz B an d played at the Short Hills Mall during the h o M ® Season.

Fran Sgourdos ’99 w ere instrum ental in the lo o k o f the m ovie, w h ich encom p assed 65 years, for their hair and m akeup design. B o th w ill | B B p « p t o i c a t e s o f recognition. T h e com edy, based o n a story b y D an ielle Gitkin ’98 and Sveègltarred a professional actor and num erous MKA students and faculty. This w as MKA’s third v id eo venture into short-form m oviem aking. It replaces the “spring play” in the arts production c y c fie v e r y other year.

Late-breaking News: P rim e T im e: AM ERICA w ins a prestigious 1999 Telly Award. T h e m ovie

P rim e Tim e Aw ards MKA’s 1998 video, P rim e T im e: AM ERICA, w o n the 1998

w ins Finalist - B ro n ze Award o v c S l 1.000 entries.

Com m unicator Award o f E xcellen ce for Art Direction.

MKA’s v id eo J a n e also w o n a Telly.

This year’s award is MKA’s six th national award and third Com m unicator: MKA w o n an Award o f Distinction for the video J a n e and an Award o f E xcellen ce fo r the poster for J a n e in 1996. W hat m akes this extraordinary is that MKA is the only private sch o o l and o n e o f only six academ ic institutions selected : m ost entrants are professionals in advertising, television, and corporate con jfaun ication s. The Com m unicator Awards is a national organization that recognizes outstanding w ork in the com m unications field. Entries are ju dged by industry professionals for talent that exce e d s a high standard o f e x c e lle n ce and w ork that serves as a benchm ark fo r the industry. T h e Crystal Award o f E xcellen ce, w hich P rim e T im e: AM ERICA w o n this year, is the highest award the , ,O rganization presents. U nder the supervision o f director and production designer J.C . Svec, Art D epartm ent students M ichelle Lee ’98 and

BARBARA BONNEY: M ontclair K im berley Academy?

A Tale o f G reat M usic SCENE: AVERY FISHER HALL, LINCOLN CENTER, NEW

W ell, isn’t that a coincid ence. I grew up in M ontclair and

Y O R K CITY

w en t to K im berley t o o . [S h e is C lass o f 1974-1

TIME: LAST WINTER EVENT: YO U N G PEOPLE’S CONCERTS

A u d ie n c e cla p s. S te p h a n ie sm iles.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE: THIRD GRADER STEPHANIE FREITAG

BARBARA BONNEY: O scar Ravina? I d o n ’t know . (T u rn s

THIRD GRADER TIM MARTONE OPERA SINGER BARBARA BONNEY, W H O IS ON

tQ M on du ctor.) Andre, is O scar here?

TO U R FROM LONDON

ANDRE PREVIN: M d on’t know . (A d d resses o r c h e s tr a .) ;s

PHILHARMONIC VIOLINIST OSCAR RAVINA

O scar, are you here?

(^C O N D U C TO R ANDRE PREVIN OSCAR RAVINA ( p o p s u p fr o m o r c h e s tr a h o ld in g v iolin , boivsM l I ’m here.

T he m ic r o p h o n e is p a s s e d to m em b ers o f th e y o u n g a u d ie n c e f o r q u es tio n s a n d co m m en ts.

W ild a p p la u s e fr o m a u d ie n c e y; O sca r R a v in a b o w s a g a in . STEPHANIE: Is O scar here? O scar Ravina? I go to The M ontclair K im berley Academ y, and he teach es at my

TIM MARTONE (fr o m a n o th e r p a r t o f th e au d itoriu m )-. I

school.

kn o w that girl! T hat’s Stephanie. S h e ’s in m y class! E n d o ft ^ n g p * *

M KA’s new gym nasium a t the M iddle School opened fo r the fir s t gym class - sixth grade - on D ecem ber 10, 1998. The gym - com plete w ith new locker rooms a n d coaches’ offices - w ill be officially dedicated in A pril. •

Fourth grader Sam D eutsch an d G loria Estefan on setfo r m ovie 50 Violins.

50 V iolins

Freshm an Carly Rothm an w as nam ed to the “Forty: fin d e r Forty" list in the Janu ary N ew Je r s e y M on th ly m agazine, honoring those “w ho already have

Fourth grader Sam D eutsch left MKA fo r tw o w eek s last fall to attend a pu blic sch o o l in East Harlem. T h e school w as the setting for film ing the m ovie 5 0 V iolin s, starring

aep om M shed great things and seem pertain to do m o re.” Pour years ago, inspired b y a fifth-grade lesso n on poverty, Carly started the Kids for Kids program, recruiting friends and classm ates to hold a raothing drive for h p fn e M S children. Last year th ey raised $7,500 for supplies fo r 1<S fortunate children. Now, , .¿H o rd in g to the article, sh e is w orking w ith Fisher-Price to provide § | B to n eed y children statew ide. Last fall, MKA’s W o m en ’s Issu es Group, in coop eration w ith Kids fo r K id ^ c o lle c te d alm ost $2,|l)tf w orth oStoiletries, ^ ra a c k a g e d them into gift bags, and presented them to teen age girls in twcMtrograms. T h ere is a W eb site: iw v w 'fiffip sejn (it/fik id s4 k id s

Meryl Streep, Sam played o n e o f the you ng violinists taught b y Streep. A true-life story - already featured in a PBS documentary,, “Fifty Fiddles" - 5 0 V iolin s tells o f a legendary East Harlem sch o o lteach er w h o se cherished strings program w as to fall victim to budget cuts. Through incredible perseverance, she got funding, and h er pupils got to play at Carnegie Hall. Sam, an accom p lished violinist, w as selected by audition. H e reports that it w as tiring getting b ack and forth e ach day to Harlem, but h e kept up w ith classw ork w ith tutoring betw een t a k e S Sam says getting a scen e d one in the first sh o o t w as best. H e also says all the stars - w hich include Gloria Estefan, A ngela Bassett, A iden Q uinn, and Cloris Leachm an - w ere “norm al” and “nicfe” A highlight w as w h en Meryl Streep w en t up to him o n ce and asked, “Sam, cou ld you help m e rehearse som e lin e s ? * ! Sam w as “discovered ” w h en P eg Roberts, director o f MKA’s strings program , w as asked b y a friend if she had any you ng blond violinists w ho could b e in the m ovie.

Trustee A nneM uenster-Sinton graciously hosted the entire facu lty a n d s ta ffa t a party in August to start the schoolyear. H ere D irector o f Adm issions Joh n Zurcher, M iddle School H ead D an Rocha, facu lty m em ber Sharanya N aik, guest A nna M ixon, President o f th e B oard o f Trustees Joh n G arippa, a n d facu lty m em ber George M ixon pose under the g ian t tent.

T h e friend w as teach in g Streep to play violin.

Grandparents and Gathering VI A S p ecial D ay

B rooksid e M aypole D ance. T h ey jo in ed their grandchildren in classroom s to see artwork and sam ple their daily curricular activities.

T h e Primary SchoWl w as p acked o n e day in N ovem ber as m ore than 300 guests celebrated MKA’s seco n d G randparents’

T h e special m orning con clud ed w ith an all-school Sijncert,

and Special Friends’ Day. T h ey cam e from as far afield as E urope and South Am erica to en jo y third grade student

com plete w ith the vintage K im berley H andbells, no w played

dem onstrations o f French, phys. ed., and the traditional

by B rooksid e third graders.

G randparents a n d S pecial Friends review books an d a rt in the classroom.

G athering VI A retired faculty m em ber returned from Arizona to attend MKA’s sixth annual all-school G athering and to b e honored as author o f the sch o o l song. Form er M iddle Sch ool teach er Lois Riley greeted old colleagues and students n o w at the U pper School, and led the singing o f the sch o o l song. (Retired faculty m em ber N ixon B icknell, w ho w rote the m usic, w as u n able to attend.) As is custom ary, the day w as a m elange o f academ ic and athletic awards and citations, perform ances by student aw areness o f students and faculty from other MKA cam puses.

R etired facu lty m em ber Lois Riley greets a form er student, now a ll grown up. Right, facu lty m em ber N orm ie D ickerson. Lois Riley w rote the M KA school song.

Pre-Kindergarten, too young to atten d the Upper Schoolfun ction, h eld their own “G athering” a t B rookside, w earing T-shirts tie-dyed especially fo r the occasion.

B rookside students clap fo r the dancers, the ja z z musicians, the athletes, the aw ardees, a n d th eirfrien d s from the M ieldle School a t the all-school Gathering.

cheerleaders, step team , and m usicians, and joyous

1 9 9 8 -9 9 C O U G A R A T H L E T IC AWARDS A N D H O N O R S CHC = Colmial Hill§ C cfietenffl (Colonial Division) ECCA = Essex County Coaches Association NJIS = A j'8i®ey Independent S ch o ^ ^ B

Football 3-7 Gavin Bailey ’99 Alan Davson ’99 Omar Joyner,.-99 9) Michael Latzoni ’§mi Kevin KoenigäpQ

Tri-Captain Tri mptain, ©§a|||s Award, 2nd Team «¡tensive Guard, Hills Division CHC Weiner Award, 2nd Team Offensive Guard, Hills Division CHcfJII Tri-Captain, MVP, 1st Team Linebacker, Hills Divisit« CHCaJjj 2nd Team Comer Back, Hills Division CHC

Field Hockey 2-13-3 Jennifer Konarski ’99 E ricS P » S e k ’99

Alexa Aron ’00

Most Improved Honorable Mentlon^ffll CHC 2nd Team All CHC, Excellence Award

Ju n ior C andace W atkins an d sophom ore R achel Weary exchange high-fives after C andace scored a fir s t-h a lf g oal during a state Girls’ Soccer gam e.

Girls Soccer 11-6-1 Emily Berman ’99

Niamh HugiCT ’99 Roxane. »Esposito ’00 Danielle » e e r ’00 Laura Schräger ¡¡Äs® Candice Watkins ’00 Rachel W eäriP| ^ B

®p{Captain, Mia Hamm Award for Intensity, 2nd ■BTeam Hills Division, CHC, Honorable Mention All-Q|Unty BtSiaptain 2nd Team All-CMinty, 1st Team CHC Hills Division CHC Hills Division Player of the Year, 1st Team Ail-County Honorable Mention Hills Division, CHC 1st Team CHC HillsKjivision, 1st Team All-County MIP, 2nd Team Hills Division, CHC, Honorable Mention All-County

Boys Soccer 14-3-1 Kgooffrey Roehm ’99 f)Ja>yid Fox ’99 LeRoy Watldnsfeggtg Jam al Parke ’00 Duncan Currie Alexander Materna 8||r Wesley Kirk B Gabriel Bernstein ’01

Varsity Tennis 15-5 TeMicajjlKstein'S s J Michelle Kawecki ’S Alexandra Slous Gonna Gurkoff ’00 Kristen Ashley Krimsky ’01 Lauren Stefanchik ’@4

Tri-Captain, 2nd Team All-County, 1st Team Hills Division, CHC Tri-Captain, 2nd Team AhSvunty, 2nd Team Hills Division, CHC Tri-Captain, 3rd Team All-County, 1st Team Hills Division, CHC Honorable Mention AU-Siunty Honorable Mention All-^unty, 2nd Team Hills Division, CHC Honorable Mention Team Hills Division, CHC 1st Team AHljpunty, 1st Team Hills Division, CHC 3rd Team All-County, 1st Team Hills Division, CHC

Tri-Captain, 2nd Team 2nd Singles, Hills Division CHC Tri-Captain, MVP, 2nd Team 1st Singles, Hills Division CHC 3rd Team 1st Singles All-County Tri-Captain, MVP, 2nd Team 3rd Singles, Hills Division CHC 2nd Team 3rd Singles All-County 2rtd! Team 2nd Doubles Hills Division, CHC 2nd Team 1st Doubles Hills Division, CHC 2nd Team lsjjiipoubles Hills «vision, CHC 2nd Team 2nd D o u b lS Hills Division, CHC

Cross Country 7-1 Douglas Wall ’01 Elyse. Levy ’99 Ja in B Varkala ’99

MVP - 3rd Team All-State (Star-Ledger) Coach’s Award Coach’s Award - 3rd Team All-State (Star-Ledger)]

Volleyball 13-9 Fran cef -Sgourdos ’99 Agata fflglmerowski ’fig? Morgan W einer ’99 Laurie Hatt ’01

Co-Captain QfbrCaptain, MVP MIP ® d Team All Group (Star-Ledger)

W inter Sports Congratulations Girls’ Fen cing W p lith e State Prep Cham pionship Foil placed 1st, Epee p laced 2nd Girls’ B asketball w ere runners-up in the State Prep Cham pionships Swim T eam Wpn the State Prep Cham pionship

Sports Notes Faculty m em ber Rick Kitts w o n the N ew Je rsey State

Erin Stutz bro k e the sch o o l Girl‘d, 500 freestyle r e » r d

Sum m er B iathlon. This involves running and in bo th pron e and standing positions shooting a .22 caliber target

w ith 5:31.33- T h e old record w as 5:55.45. At Law renceville, she b ro k e h er ow n sch o o l record in the Freestyle 2:04.50) w ith 2:02.84.

rifle. Rick runs m arathons and is training for an Iron M an com petition.

Varsity tennis co a ch Bill W ing w as nam ed E ssex County C oach o f the Year.

MKA sop hom ore W esley Kirk w as B e c t e d fo r the U.S. National U n d er-l6 so ccer team . H e w as featured on Com cast Scholastic Sports W eekly five tim es in

Correction: Jo h an n e s Trapp, an exch an g e student from

S ep E m ber.

G erm any 1995-96, who.-played in the Lacrosse W orld

Senior Liza Boutsikaris w as also o n Com cast TV, as

AFS, ag; previously reported. All MKA’s exchang e

defending N ew Je rse y individual fencin g state cham pion.

students in recen t years have pom e through the ASSIST

She w as ranked #1 o n first team All-State. This year Liza

(A m erican Secondary Schools for International Students

w o n the D enise O ’C onnor H igh Sch ool Cham pionships,

and T each ers, In c.) program .

G am es last summ er, w as an ASSIST student, n o t from

a regional com petition. Sighting: Last sum m er Dr. G reer’s brother w as T h e Girls’ 200 m edley relay team o f Emily Berm an,

vacationing in N ew H am pshire, w earing an MKA T-shirt.

Kaitlin Ryan, Pam Servidio, and Erin Stutz b ro k e the old

T w o cou ples cam e over to him and asked w here h e got

sch o o l record (set in 1995) in Janu ary w ith 2:04.21.

the T-shirt. T h ey said that MKA has great sports teams, and that o n e o f the softball players had b e e n in S p orts Illu stra ted (junior Lauren Stefanchik).

A C en tu ry o f Sp orts o n Van B ru n t Field MKA’s Van Brunt Field is o n e o f the

O ver subsequ ent d ecad es, A cadem y

oldest p rep-school fields in the

athletes practiced and played o n the

country. Early M ontclair A cadem y

field, and instituted the tradition o f

yearbooks indicate that football w as

w riting slogans o n the field hou se

played o n the field as early as 1892.

roof. T h e field w as nam ed in 1969 in h o n o r o f Edw in V an Brunt, a

At the turn o f the century, the field

belo v ed co a ch and athletic director

w as used for football, track and field,

at the A cadem y from 19.34-19 7 ( ^ B

and baseball - in addition to that popular spectator sport, military drill,

S in ce the m erger w ith K im berley in

as the tow n turned o ut to w atch

1974, girls’ sports have shared

M ontclair Military A cadem y cadets

playing time and sp ace. T h e field

parade o n the field.

has b e e n the scen e o f girls’ and b o y s’ lacrosse and soccer, field hockey, and cross country - in addition to traditional football.

T h e Varsity Swim T eam raised $1,339 for the M assachusetts B reast C ancer Coalition in a sw im -a-thon. T h e team ch o se the charity and organized the event them selves, dedicating it in h o n o r o f their coach , David F lo cco , and his w ife, A n n s w ho biked across country Eugene, O regon, to Cape May, N ew Je rse y - for the cause.

Athletic Hall of Fame IV Fi|p athletes and a team will b e inducted into T h e M ontclair

At Harvard College, Jam es rang up a litany o f track awards:

K im berley A cadem y's A thletic Hall o f Fam e at the fourth

All-East H onors, 1982; All-Ivy H onors, 1982 and 1983, years

annual cerem onies o n M ay 8. All achieved distinction in their

w hen h e w as tw ice H eptagonal cham pion and Ivy League

ch o sen sportCs) and represent the tim e-honored ideal o f the scholar-athlete.

p ersonal b est long jum p o f 2 4 ’1 0’M (Jam es no tes that he

cham pion. ,H e is fifth o n Harvard’s all-tim e list w ith a b ro k e Calvin Hill’s record fo r b est perform ance at Y a le ’s

Donald Bren 48 Football

ind oor facility w ith 2 4 ’9 ”.) H e w as aw arded the Burr Prize at graduation, g i v e n » the outstanding m ale scholar-athlete o f the Harvard College sen ior class.

V oted M ontclair A cadem y’s b est all-around athlete in 1948, D on

Jam es earned a J.D . cum laude from Harvard Law Sch o ol and

earned six varsity letters playing

has had a distinguished career in law. H e is currently U nder

football, basketball, and basfflall.

Secretary o f the Treasury fo r Enforcem ent, the N um ber 3

H e w en t on to star o n the D enison

p osition in Treasury, w ith o v e r s i g h t s the Secret Service,

University gridiron and earned the

ATF, Customs, the Federal Law E nforcem ent Training Center,

G regory Award as the best

and the Financial Crimes E nforcem ent Netw ork. H e says,

d efensive-hack in 195|J|5when he interpepted eight glasses and ran tw o punt returns for

how eve|| that “the jo y o f m y life is oversight, w ith m y wife, Sigrid, .o f daughters Abby, 5,. and Amalya, 1.”

touchd ow ns. H e w as nam ed to the little All-Am erican team that yeaJS D o n still holds tw o records, un broken in 4 8 years:

Elizabeth Nolley 86 All-Around Athlete

for longest, punt return (84 ^asds) and m ost yards o n punt returns § ¡3 1 ). H e w as inducted into D en iso n ’s A thletic Hall o f Fam e in 1994v i

Liz played field hockey, basketball,

After to lle g e , h e played for a U.S. Army football squad

earned awards in each. Freshm an

(record 10-1-1) and co ach ed at Pennsylvania Military College,

year sh e played on the varsity

softball, and lacrosse at MKA and

w h o se team w as undefeated in 1954. H e served as chairm an

basketball and softball team s that

o f the national AAU Girls’ and W o m en ’iiT ra c k & ® e ld

w o n the state cham pionships. She

C h am pi^ iships in 1 9 6 5 ., O on is a general agent fo r

w as All-State in bo th field h o ck ey

M anhattan Life Insurance: ’Com pany in Colum bus, O hio. He

and basketball tw o years, and her

and his w ife, m f i , have three Children and eight grandchildren.

sen ior year - w h en the MKA field h o ck ey team w as runner-up in the state Prep tournam ent - Liz, as captain, received an AllA m erican nom ination.

Jam es Joh n son 79 Track

Liz receiv ed a K lein Award as scholar-athlete h er freshm an and ju nior years, and at graduation (cu m laude), sh e w as

At MKA, Ja m e s earned four varsity

given the D eetjen Award for athletics and academ ic

letters|teach fo r SS||er add track,

achievem ent. At the University o f Virginia, w here she played

and three fpr basketball. H e w as

field h o ck ey o n an athletic scholarship, Liz m ade the All-ACC

nam ed to the.A ll-Prep so ccer team

(Atlantic Coast C on feren ce) A cadem ic Team /H onor Roll four years.

in 1976, ,’77, and ’78, and All»fjjpunty in 1 ^ 8 . H e w as th e state Prep cham pion in long jum p and

Elizabeth earned a B.A. in English and com m unication at

high hurdles in 1979. Jam es, ,,, served Jj| team captain for bo th foeefifi and track and received

JJV A , and an M.A. in corporate com m unication at Seton Hall.

th eE o v e te d D eetjen Award as scholar-athlete at graduation.

Insurance Com pany’s national headquarters in Illinois.

She leads m arketing and public relations strategy at Allstate

M ichael Sucoff 56 Football, Baseball, and Track

Jill was a four-year starter on; Columbia University’s varsity fencing team, captain for twd. They won the NCAA Men’s/Women’s team championships in 1992. For three years, Columbia women were Eastern NCAA and Ivy League champions. Jill was elected First Team All-Ivy three times and was a bronze medalist in the 1988-89 USFA national championships. Columbia honored her with MVP and Team Award and membership in Varsity “C” Club and Athletic Council.

B y graduation from M ontclair Academ y, M ike had earned thirteen varsity letters - four each in basebalfflfootball, and track, and o n e in basketball. H e also earned designation b y the faculty as H ead B o y for character, scholarship, and

A graduate of Columbia and Seton Hall Law School, Jill is an associate attorney in Montclair. She is marriedjtg) MKA classmate Andrew Sorger. She notes that her brother Joseph Tobia and cousin Liza Boutsikaris are current members of the MKA varsity fencing team. Her uncle, coach, and mentor Tom Boutsikaris coached many MKA fencers who went on, like Jill, to become captains and standouts in university fencing.

[leadership and by O ctopus as outstanding sen ior athlete. M ike w as team captain in baseball and football sen ior year. H e recalls playing halfback o n offense, and safety and middle lin ebacker o n d efen se ( “In th o se days w e played both offense and d efen se”); he also ran b a c k punts and kickoffs. Mike had 23 career touchdow ns and received All-State recognition in football. After a year as seco n d basem an, M ike

The 1984 Boys Tennis Team

found his n ich e as catcher for his baseball career (.3 8 7 batting average). At Y ale University, w here h e earned a B.A. in econ om ics, M ike played o n the residential college team s. H e w as captain o f B erk eley C ollege’s football and baseball team s sen ior year; the highlight, he says, w as beatin g the com parable college at Harvard in b o th football and baseball. After Y ale, he graduated from Colum bia w ith an M.B.A. in finance. “My athletic career evolved into industrial league softball and eventually recreational softball.” After a long career in com m ercial real estate, h e has started his o w n real estate consulting firm. H e and his w ife have a son, daughter, and four granddaughters.

State Cham pions, Boys’ Tennis, 1984. Standing: Coach Boh H em m eter; D anny Kw iat, fir st doubles; B ill Stone, fir s t doubles; Ju lio D olorico, second doubles; assistant coach Ken Foster. Front: Seth Antiles, fir st singles; Jam es Goldm an, th ird singles; Jason Bernstein, second doubles; M ark Pineda, second singles.

Jill Tobia Sorger 88 Fencing and Tennis Jill played varsity tennis and fencin g fo r all four years at MKA. H er sen io r year Jill had a 54-0

MKA B o y s’ T ennis w o n the 1984 State Cham pionships in

individual m atch fencin g record,

Tennis, for all groups. Their coach , the late B o b H em m eter,

16-0 team

w as nam ed Star-Ledger C oach o f the Y ear. T h e seven

dual m atch record, 3-0 in

m em bers o f the team - Seth Antiles, Ja s o n Bernstein, Ju lio

team tournam ents. For four years (1985-88) MICA w om en fencers

D olorico, Jam es G oldm an, D an Kwiat ’85, Mark Pineda, and

w o n the NJISAA T eam State

W illiam Stone - racked up a long list o f individual, doubles, and team records.

Tournam ent and Santelli Tournam ent, and w o n the Districts for three. She w as individual State Cham pion for both NJISAA and USFA, and w on N ew Je rse y U nder-19 and Under-

MKA (24-1) w as the Star-Ledger’s top-ranked team in the T o p

20 state cham pionships. Three tim es Jill received the Santelli

20 all seaso n long, and w o n the state Parochial crow n as w ell

Sportsm anship Award (1986-87-88).

as the E ssex County Tournam ent and N ewark A cadem y Invitational. T h ey also reached the finals o f the W oodberry Forest Invitational in Virginia. M any o f the players also w on

T ennis likew ise w as a series o f cou nty and state cham pionships; Jill w o n 1st D ou bles State A Division 1st

individual honors: Antiles w as the 1 9 ® state Prep cham pion;

T eam in 1984 and 2nd D oubles in 1986. Along the w ay Jill

Pineda ( 3 ® ) ) w o n the W oodbu ry Forest second-singles

w as captain o f varsity fencin g and tennis, and receiv ed MVP,

cham pionship. Every player receiv ed Prep and All-State

C oaches’ Award, and the Klein Award in 1986. At graduation

honors.

(cu m laude), sh e receiv ed the Spurr Award fo r service, responsibility, and citizenship.

From the Alumni Association F ro m th e P resid en t

I am happy to report that the May D ay tradition is alive and w ell (B rooksid e Cam pus) and that N ew ark Acapem y c o n t in u e s » b e o n e o f our fiercest rivals. T h e hallways are h o m e'to m any m em orabll|pictures o f tim es go n e by, but you w ould b e m ost proud o f w hat the sch o o l has b e c o m g Y ou are g rad u atp -p f o n e o f the b e st schools not only in the state but in the country: rem em ber the U pper Sch o ol w as recently designated a National B lu e R ibbon School!

D ear Alumni and Friends, S in ® this is m y first letter to you, let m e introd u ce myself. As ¿ ‘lifer,” I started in Pre-K, continued straight th ro u gh *j2th grade, and graduate® in 1983. Y es. I w itnessed the m erger in 4th grade and I w as a Lee, n c i'a Kimber, for those o f you w ho are o f the KS era. I have som e w onderful m e m o r i e » f the K im berM r Sch o ol and o f T h e M ontclair Kim berley Academy.

MKA has a great foundation w hich started with the Kim berley Sch ool,1B rooksid e, and M ontclair Academy. M ore important, the sch o o l cou ld n o t thrive w ithout the support o f its alumni

Things have changed , n o question, but things have changed m ake MKA o n e o f the b est o f the best. Enrollm ent ^ fitin u esv f| lp # ® its p eak w ith w ait lists fo r m any o f the grades a norm . T h e in tro d u clfo n p f the Core W orks program and ethics classes has b eco m e a benchm ark fo r private S r o n d a r y schools, w ith MKA b ein g the academ ic leader.

and friends. I en courage you to visit the school, and if n o t in person, then perhaps you might click o n the Internet and dial up the W eb site for a lo o k [w w w .m ka.inter.net]. I prom ise that you will b e m ost im pressed and better yet, proud to b e a part o f this institution.

G on e'f§ the M iddle Sch o ol p o o l (K im berley Cam pus), but in its p lace stands an aw e-inspiring gym, b itte r than any I have ever see n at any school, private OTpublic. T h e Survival Shop at theH tpper Sch ool (A cadem y Cam pus) has b e e n relocated,

K ristine H atzenbuhler O’C onnor 8 3 President, MKA A lum ni Association

Fondly,

b u t in ■i^jplad^iStandsB' w orld-class w eight room , w hich you are all invited to try out!

Alum ni at th e S hore

T h e latest in a series o f alum ni receptions to o k place in August in B ay H ead, at the beach sid e hom e o f Ja y Hanus ’68. Faculty and alum ni from various eras chatted, enjoy ed the end-of-day S e n e o n the b each , and listened to H eadm aster Peter G reer tell o f program s and progress at MKA.

H ostJa y Harms '68 w ith Terry an d P eter Greer.

R andolphe Swenson ’4 1, Ja c k Kelsey ’42, an d Jea n Swenson.

Guests listen to H eadm aster P eter G reer describe how having an M KA p en cil w ith the Web site em bossed w ill change th eir life.

N ancy Tiernan Swenson ’4 2 an d Bruce Swenson ’3 9.

Faculty m em ber Judy N esbit, Lauren Charlton N iebu hr ’8 8, A ndrew N iebuhr.

Class Notes

Editor s Note W e use one “official” yearly mailing to obtain news, which appears in the FALL M KA Review. SPRIN G magazine Class Notes are taken from reunion, holiday, and phonathon newsSH newspaper clippings, the flap on the Annual Giving remittance envelope, and letters or email to the Alumni Office. Although the items might seem “old,” we have found that 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 14-16-week period! Please remember that you can send a note to your class secretary or to the Alumni Office anytime. W e keep ongoing files for each class. To those without a class secretary, how would you like to volunteer? The job has been simplified to the point that you will probably enjoy it immensely. The position o f alumni class secretary, like that o f class agent and reunion chairman, is absolutely essential to the vitality o f the school.

TKS Our condolences to the family o f Geraldine McBrier Williams. She died in November, just 28 days shy o f her 100th birthday. In addition to a legacy o f volunteer work, she leaves an extended Kimberley/MKA family (two daughters, two granddaughters, and a grandson), some o f whom were pictured with her in the fall 1998 Review.

20 TKS Our condolences to the family o f Margaret Elliott Minor Stevens. She was an active community volunteer, and leaves three sons, 11 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

27 TKS Mrs. Joh n E. H olt (D orothy Ayres) The A rbors, 4 0 3 W est Center St. M anchester C T 0 6 040

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Congratulations to Elizabeth Butterworth Gordon, who celebrated her 90th birthday in November. Louise Stauffen Barnard sent a gift to MKA with a note, “Enclosed is a donation from an old and appreciative graduate - Class o f 1927 the mother o f two students [Bryant Barnard ’54 and Carol Barnard Ottenberg ’5 6].” MA Edward Phillips was thrilled to receive a copy o f the Academy 1 9 2 7 Yeare B ooke, an extra from the Alumni Office. It brought back many wonderful memories.

28 MA Joseph Doremus noted that he and several other classmates o f ’28 have turned 90 years old. His brothers Henry Doremus ’33 and Nelson Doremus ’41 “are still around” and all three live in Florida. Our condolences to the family o f William C. Young. He was a financial executive for 40 years with PSE & G and served on many community boards. Bill leaves his wife, Peggy Klotz Young ’37, a daughter, three sons, and nine grandchildren.

An All-Consuming Passion for Service A YM CA Canteen W orker in the G reat W ar

Em m a D ickson ’09, th ejirst K im berley School graduate, in h er senior photo. Today I was going through a w ard o f gas “blessés, ” and one man from the engineers got up on his elbow an d said, “M y...., here’s an American g irl - the first I ’ve seen fo r months. ” H e was still hoarse, an d his eyes a ll inflam ed, but he insisted that I come over an d shake hands so that he could see I was real. T hat shows how much they appreciateju st having us w alk through the wards. A ll we can do is sm ile an d k id them along an d fo r a minute theyforget how much it hurts. ” L etter hom e Ju n e 20th, 1918 W ith the Colors - Em m a D ickson An extraordinary gift o f history was presented to the M KA Library in November: A YMCA Canteen W orker in The G reat W ar: The D iaries an d Letters o f E m m a Young D ickson. The gift has a double link to MKA:

Emma Young Dickson [Carswell] was the first Kimberley School graduate, in 1909, and her letters, diaries, and photos were compiled by her daughter, Cornelia Carswell Serota o f the Class o f 1939. As the preface notes, “The value o f Emma’s war notebooks is greater than just the personal memoirs o f an individual....Reading these records is like seeing through a magnifying glass one year o f American history. They show the attitudes o f Americans o f that period - the glamorization o f this ugliest o f wars....We feel also their sense o f moral responsiblity to ’save the world,’ which has not been as prevalent in more recent wars.” The value o f the book also lies in its depiction o f the role o f women at war: In W W I, women served as nurses or canteen workers, caring for the wounded, helping with morale and letter writing. Emma, a daughter o f privilege in Montclair, endured danger and deprivation to serve close up to the Front during the critical battles o f the Marne, Chateau Thierry and Meuse-Argonne, attached to a unit o f the Seventh Infantry o f the Third Division. Violin in hand (she was an accomplished musician), “she followed her men right up to the Marne,” then served with the Army o f Occupation in Germany. Her daughter, Cornelia Serota, was so inspired by this example that she herself entered the Navy in WWTI as a W AVE,

served 30 years, and retired as Commander. (Cornelia notes that even in W W II, women couldn’t board ships.| V, T o prepare these memoirs, Cornelia and her husband took courses in computers and desktop publishing. They compiled 452 fascinating pages o f letters, diaries, photos, songs, vintage postcards, and newpaper clippings into the book.

C ornelia C arsw ell Serota ’3 9 an d h er husband, Saul, presen t h er book to H eadm aster P eter Greer. A YM CA Canteen Worker in the Great W ar is a com pilation o f the diaries an d letters o f h er m other, Em m a YoungD ickson ’09, who d efied social status to serve!,at the Front. D r. G reer noted its value to MKA w om en’s studies curriculum as w ell as the history departm ent.

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Faculty m em ber George H rab, center, is surrounded by is form er students from the Class o f 1973, back fo r their 2 5 th reunion: Steve Beckelm an, Tom G alligan, P eter R edpath, H rab, A l Van Eerde, Tom M urphy, Greg Lackey.

Gary P ow ell ’83 an d classm ate Mris H atzenbuhler O ’C onnor ’83. K ris is P resident o f the M KA A lum ni Association.

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W iem i D ouoguih '88 chats w ith his form er teacher, K en Gibson.

M KA Cougar w ith C har Charlton, U pper School H ead o f >-. Campus, a n d Jo h n G arippa, P resident o f the B oard o f Trustees.

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40th reunion chairm an B ob H aney 5 8 a n d Sylvia H aney pau se to take in the day.

P eter Grieves 5 8 , B ill M arriott 5 9 , an d G ranklin Sachs 5 8 look a t vintage yearbook.

Sisters Lu cile M ason ‘4 3 a n d Ja n et M ason ’4 8 returned fo r their 55th an d 50th reunions, respectively.

Siblings B rett Shanahan 9 3 a n d Lauren Shanahan ’8 8 returned fo r their 5th an d 1 Oth reunions.

A lum ni C ouncil m em ber A lexis Polonofiky Z ebrow ski ’85, D irector o f E xternal A ffairs Ju d y Polonofiky, a n d Lauren Polonofiky G arfield ’88, back fo r her tenth reunion.

Reunion charim an M ancy Plum m er G ordon ’6 8 an d claddm ate Jea n Sperling Catherw ood.

Scott R um ana ’8 3 presents class check to H eadm aster P eter Greer.

Senior N eil Grabow sky fiv es a tour to Jod y U nderw ood '83.

L ake U nderw ood ’4 5 an d P h il Am sterdam 5 8 m eetin the lobby.

k -i m 1 1 l1 X M 8-c. I il m m George C onnell ’4 2, right, cam e to see his classmate, Ju stice R obert L. C lifford ’4 2 receive the D istinguished A lum ni A w ard a t H om ecom ing.

Furthest D istance A w ard: Curt Brunner ”/m cam e from D enm ark fo r his 2 0 th reunion.

2 0 th reunion co-chairm an Sue C ole Furlong ’78.

5 0 th reunion co-charim en D ick Sandler ’4 8 an d D ick Kim m ’4 8 w ith B arbara Kim m .

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TKS M iss^Charlotte H . Fitch, B ox 4 5 2 4 C ape B ia l Lane, W estport P oint M A 02791 Virginia Hamilton Adair once again made the pages o f the N ew York Times, this time with a piece on “Dodging Cliches.” The week John Glenn circled the earth again and awakened interest in “old age,” Virginia wrote, “As a m em ber o f a family that loved and honored its elders, I have long rebelled against the term ’aging.’...I am interested in exploring some o f the cliches and pejorative uses o f the term, the misapprehensions o f what people are by those o f different ages, the changing perception o f Ifein g .B ’ She continues with poignant verse about adjustments she made while going blind, taking “refuge in rhyme to keep track o f my thoughts.” Virginia - whose first book o f poetry, Ants on the M elon, had enthusiastic reviews and multiple printings - has signed a contract with Random House for a third book, to be published in 1999. Her second, B eließ dr Blasphem ies, was published in 1998. MA From the United States Tennis Association W eb site! “Dan Bushnell H e l« U.S. W in Cup in Austria.*’/-Dan was a member o f the U.S. team that in June won the inaugural Billy Talbert Cup tournament in Austria for men’s players age 85 and above. The team won 10 o f 13 singles matches and all six doubles matches. Dan, the sole New Englander on the team, lpst in singles but won doubles, 6-1, 6-4. He is 88 years old^|

Brown and is working as an assistant to a deputy o f Mayor Giuliani in New York; grandson T im Rasic S h u s h in g his last year of architecture school. Both are children o f Carol Van Brunt Rasic ’56. MA John J. Newberry Jr., who lives in Vermont, serves B i the boards o f Bistees o f the Winchendon School, Mass., the Ridgewood (N.J.) YMCA, and o f Copley Hospital in nearby Morrisville, Vt. The College'of Wooster, Ohio, has named him Emeritus Life Trustee.

3 3 ------- — TKS Edith Bull Miller told her alumni phonathon caller she’s “still enjoying life on the farm.” Our condolences to the family o f Elizabeth Barrett Spence. She is survived by two daughters, a son, seven grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.

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TKS Mrs. W illard D ixon (Betty O ’Gormans^M 8 K ip s Ridge, Crestm ont R oad M ontclair N J 0 7 0 44-2929

Our condolences to the family o f Robert Dorrill.

Barbara Spadone Haviland writes, “I believe I am qualified as grandmother to announce the achievement o f Justis Brogan, voted member ship [at Severn School] in the National Honor Society...for Scholarship, service, leadership, and character.” Justis is the son o f Barbara Haviland Brogan ’69 and William Brogan ’69, who met as students at Kimberley and Montclair Academy. Our condolences to Virginia Snead Keyser on the death o f her husband.

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TKS M rs. P atricia Laurence Cone 83 Beverley Rd., Upper M ontclair N J 0 7043 MA M r. C. Irvin g P orter BoxW 750 Q uaker H ill Rd., Unity M E 0 4988

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TKS Mrs. A lbert F rell (Irene B urbank) 5 8 0 A dm iralty P arade, N aples F L 3 4 1 0 2

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TKS M rs. Stew art Carpenter (Josephine Fobes) C rane’s M ill, Apt. 2 4 9 4 5 9 Passaic Ave„ West C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 MA M r. Joh n G raham 7 5 R iver Ranch D rive, B andera T K 7 8003 s

36 TKS M rs. W. K en t Schm id (Josephine M urray) 9 B randon Lane, Bishops Cove M ystic C T 0 6355

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TKS Mary Harrsen Van Brunt sent family news: her granddaughter, Lynn Rasic, graduated from

Our condolence-s to the family o f Patricia Soverel M cGee Rapelye.

The Answer to a History Question A “box” in the last issue o f Review asked the origins o f the name o f the Montclair Academy yearbook, Octopus. The response came from Walker Weed ’36 via MKA’s W eb site: “Re: history question on page 21. I was managing editor o f Octopus, Charlie Silver editor, in 1936, when we renamed the yearbook. I believe that the name was based on the fact that MA then had eight grades in Upper and Lower sch o o l^ y y There you have it.

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TKS M rs. W illiam Young (Peggy KLotz) The Village a t D uxbury 2 9 0 Kingstown Way, Apt. 2 5 3 D uxbury M A 02332 Condolences to class secretary extraordinaire Peggy Klotz Young, on the death o f her husband, William ’28x. The Youngs were one o f the earliest Kimberley-Academy couples, as well as among the longest-married. Condolences also to Sally Young Shertzer on the death o f her brother, in addition to her husband, Leonard, earlier this year. Peggy writes that she is in a poetry group at Duxbury, and they read a poem by Virginia Hamilton Adair ’29 [see ’29 class column]. “I never knew her at Kimberley,” Peggy writes, “but heard about her from Miss Gallie!”j> Late news gleaned from holiday cards: Margaret Richards Chapman spoke with Janet Gaylord Newsome at Thanksgiving, but was disappointed not to see them. Margaret and Curt and Janet and George are all well. The Chapmans were looking forward to seeing all children at Christmas. Your secretary had lunch in Montclair with Ruth Duff Eager in early December, en route to Charleston for a family wedding. Sally Bausher Littlefield’s newest “toy” is, an I Max computer. She says it’s great fun. to catch up with old friends via e-mail (call or write me for her address). She went to Arizona with her son and family in 1998, and took a Scandinavian cruise in August. She’s in Florida for the winter, and is looking forward to her 60th reunion at Pine Manor. A highlight for Betsy Townsend McFadden last year was to drive from Bethesda, M d., to Austin, Texas with her daughter Diana, in her van with musical-instruments and sound equipment. Her daughter, Pam, teaches Red Cross courses in N .C ., and son Peter is an accountant in Calif. Jean Hamlin Noyes continues to enjoy life and cultural opportunities in Plano, Texas, near Dallas. [Ed. note: Jean praised the “outstanding job” Peggy Young does for the class in each issue. “A great gal!”] Sally Young Shertzer plans to move from Alabama to Charleston, S.C. to a retirement

community near her daughter, Kitty, and family. Sally stayed with me after my husband, Bill, died and was a wonderful help and comfort to me. I think that being in my delightful retirement community encouraged her to look forward to her own tifpve. Sally Bausher Littlefield and Jean Berry Bush ’34 came to Bill’s service at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Duxbury. Sally’s first great grandchild was born in August and I saw her in December in Charleston when one o f her granddaughters was married there. Teppy H olton Sjolander is happily settled at Kendal in Kennett Square, Pa. She was lucky enough to put her house on the market and sell it the very next day! Teppy says having her sister, Nancy H olton Bartow ’31, there is a great bonus. She enjoys many activities at Kendal, including nearby Longwood Gardens, writing and illustrating articles for two in-house publications, Meals on Wheels, birdwatching. She had a wonderful trip to western national parks and a great Elderhostel “adventure” to the highlands o f Scotland and the islands. I, too, lost my husband o f 38 years, Bill, in July 1998, but thanks to my wonderfid family and dear friends here and elsewhere I am managing “as well as can be expected,” I think. I am looking forward to an Elderhostel trip to France in March. Thanks to all o f you who are so good about sending me news and a plea to those who haven’t: please surprise me and write! Peggy

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MA Sam Cory’s home is “in part the oldest living residence (circa 1740) in Warren County,” now on 32 acres, once a 400-acre farm. A widower, Sam lives alone, and despite a left side stroke, continues to garden and repair his home and multiple outdwellings. He is secretary o f the North Warren senior citizens group and is active in two computer groups: one PC, the other an ATARI group o f which he has been the disk librarian since 1986. Sam prefers “the simplicity o f the A TARI” to his PC and offered detailed opinion which was beyond the understanding o f the Alumni Office!

39 TKS Congratulations and thanks to Cornelia Carswell Serota, who undertook a monumental job and compiled and published her mother’s World W ar I letters and diaries. She donated a copy o f the 452-page book to the M KA library. [See photo o f Cornelia and writeup in Class o f 1909 notes.] “I attended my 55th reunion at Wellesley College last June,” writes M ary Gilmore Thomas, “and wonder if it would have been possible without the great educational foundation Kimberley gave me.”

MA M r. C .R Lyle I I 168 M ountain Rd., P. O. B ox 3 9 4 JaJfrey Center N H 0 3 4 5 2 -0 3 9 4 David Higgins writes that they are back at Seaville on the South Jersey seashore. They tried a retirement community and decided it wasn’t for them. In September, he and Peg attended a special 75th anniversary service at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Mountain Lakes, which his grandfather helped found. Part o f the ceremony was the dedication o f a bronze plaque in memory o f Dave’s brother Gilbert ’40x, who was killed in W W II in Europe. Gilbert was the first child baptized in the new church in 1923. David and Peg participated in the unveiling ceremony, and he read the citation for the Silver Star medal Gilbert was awarded posthumously for gallantry in action in March 1945. , Dave reports “surviving the onslaught” o f summer visitors at the Shore. Those o f us who live among the lakes, streams and woods o f New Hampshire know well the meaning o f his last sentence. In July, the Lyles cruised out o f Rhode Island to visit the islands o ff the New England coast, followed by two weeks on Swan’s Island, Me. in August. W e’re home now at the foot o f Mt. Monadnock to enjoy the rest o f the year. Congratulations to Peter Funk, who in October was ordained to the Sacred Order o f Deacons in the Episcopal Diocese o f New Jersey. The ordination crowned three years of hard work and study for Peter, and should be a beacon to all o f us old-timers that we can still take an active part in the world around us. Peter’s last byline appeared in the September R eader’s D igest after 35 years. He was responsible for the U.S. edition, pigs; the Far Eastern and four o f five Canadian editions. He writes, “It’s refreshing to reassess one’s life and stimulating to take on new goals.” In addition to his ordination, Peter has begun work on a new novel. I ’d like to hear from other classmates any time you feel like sharing experiences. I f they’re not world-shaking, so much the better. After 75, a little stability is much appreciated. But we make a real good audience for anecdotes. Bud

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TKS M rs. A lfred D . W illiam s (Joan Bayne) 10 Foxglove Court, Yarmouth M E 0 4 0 9 6 After a great response to a plea for information, I missed the deadline for the fall issue. I will do my best to do better. Do you find the years are either getting shorter or rotate more quickly? Selina Hird Taylor continues to be a role model for us all. Last summer (1997) she took the family to .a! ranch in Wyoming. In the fall she enrolled in a T V technicians’ class at a local T V station (Maryland). After eight weeks with written and oral exams, she became a certified

technician, filming and editing tapes. She does all her church services, whfth are shown on TV . Selina w r h S ‘‘:I really enjoy this venture at age 0| .” She again took her daughters to Europe this summer and spent time at Skytop. At the end o f her note, she apologized for her handwriting and brought back memories she and I shared. In 1934 Selina and I spent the summer in the south o f France with Mile. Pons. She gave us copy books to do our letters in script along with our French lessons. Selina signed her class note: “Best M on Cher” - shouldn’t it be “M a Cherie”? See what T K S did to confuse us? The early French certainly helped the Spanish when I lived in Puerto Rico, and in fall o f 1997 I could sometimes be understood in Portugal. In May, I was back in France and in Italy on a fantastic trip with Ann Cochran Beeler. W e met in Boston, she from Hilton Head and I from Maine; we toured Nice and cruised down the coast o f Italy, ending in Rome. Wally and Bobbie Douglas MacM illan are settled in their new home in Yarmouth Port, Mass. They were the o ils whojtgjoated earlier about “no more raking leaves!” Their photo on the deck o f their home radiates joy. Frances Johnson Ames is another who has settled into the carefree lifestyle. She moved in June to Maplewood and two weeks later went on a cruise around the British Isles. I have talked so often about my “retirement” plans that two Christmas cards commented that they heard I had moved. N ot yet! I came back from Florida and just wait for the spring thaw and my move to the lake. This summer I had the first chance for a chat with Nancy Kluge Rumery in 50+ years. She was visiting on the lake and came to my camp after church. Nancy lives in Pinehurst, N .C., but is in Sunapee, N .H . in the summers; they had a real family reunion in N .H . with all generations this year. I hear regularly from her sister Bobbie Kluge Deming, whose granddaughter, Christina, spent her summer as a camp counselor next door to me. She is a charmer and comes from Mexico, where the family lives. Bob and Nancy Schoonmaker Heidt have moved to Brielle, N .J. Bob had back surgery and it was a good time to scale back from a three-floor old seashore house to a one-floor ranch. They exchanged their view o f Barnegat Bay for “the woods with squirrels and leaves.” Their daughter Darcy and her daughter moved at the same time to South Carolina. Bob and Schoonie rented near them for a month until El Nino washed them out. They still play golf. Nancy Taylor Craw is after Schoonie to be involved in her project o f Junior Garden Club. Schoonie says, “At 75!” Jean Girdler Grinnell was flying to Allentown, Pa. for “a fling in the country” with her daughter, Carol - my Goddaughter. Carol works at Reading Hospital and Jean did a lot of the cooking over the holidajferA risk, to say the least,” Jean reports. Josie W att Clark and her choir went to Italy. Her husband Bill wrote, “They were a howling success in Rome. Bad choice o f verbs: make it a w arbling success. They sang to an audience o f

450 thousand, some o f whom would have shown up even i f the Pope didn’t.” They sang three times in Rome as well as in Florence and Assot ending the trip in at Lake Maggiore and then Milan. The Clarks Import continuing education: gamdy-making for Bill and a defensive driving class for Josie. Bill comments this class should “help her (more than Prozac does) curb her road rage.^H Both o f the late Marilyn Gates C rand elTsB and Emily Meeker Cunningham’s husbands have written notes about their plans and lives after they are widowed. It’s good to know they still feel a connection. Baynie MA David Jacobs writes that his grandson Michael Graham is a freshman football player at Y a le fn | Our condolences to the families o f Ben Bartlett and Edward Kulakowski.

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Chuck and K it Eavenson Sanders report that their children, Lynn ’64, Debby ’67, Heidi ’70, and Bruce ’77, have provided them with 10 wonderful grandchildren - three o f whom are being married this year. “Looking forward to those great-grands,” she writes. Helen Gersten Lasagna reports her youngest son moved to Virginia in October, and that she is playing cello in a community orchestra. MA M r. D av id B aird Jr. 9 Parkw ay, M ontclair N J 0 7042 Condolences to the class, who lost a great friend and mentor with the death o f former faculty member Howard Parker. He kept in touch with many after his return to the Academy as a special guest o f the Class o f ’4 l ’s 50th reunion. Howard pursued two careers, one in education and the other in the military. He served 30 years in the Army and was much decorated in W W II, where he served in the invasions o f French Morocco, Sicily, and southern France. Howard returned to education at the U. o f Kentucky, a school for gifted children and a community college. The news came from Perry M inton, who was notified by Howard’s neighbor in Florida, who

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TKS M rs. Robinson V. Sm ith (Joan T rim ble) 1 6 M arshall Terrace, W ayland M A 01778 Eleanor W att Shull had another one-person show o f her acrylic paintings since her exhibit in the M KA Upper School Gallery last fall, this one in Rowayton, Conn. She is still working part time in an advertising agency as a proofreader - “thank goodness for Miss Gallie’s strict tutelage in grammar, spelling, and punctuation!” The Smith College bulletin noted that Eleanor is also an illustrator for children’s books. Helen Jones Gordon went to Rome for the World Equestrian Games, then visited her “new litde house” in Southern Pines. “Anyone going south - stop in and see me,” she writes. “Retired,” writes Helena Burrill. She volunteers with the N.Y. Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Museum o f Art. Audrey Gates Bonney returned to Montclair to visit her former home on South Mountain.

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Wcenes from the B rookside kitchen, circa 1943. C ook W illiam "W illy’’ H ines - who w orked a t B rookside som e 4 0 years - explains rationing books to an elem entary p u p il as p a rt o f S ocial Service an d H om e Econom ics. A piece o f history turned up in the bottom o f an old chest, and the finder - being a teacher knew just what to do with it. In sorting through closets and drawers in preparation for a move, Margaret Leonardson came across a book on the incorporation and first two years o f Brookside School. Margaret - who had taught music at Brookside in the late Forties and lived in Montclair some 50 years marched right down to Brookside and presented it to the school. Stored with the book were ten glossy photos taken at Brookside during the early Forties.

W artim e rationing was turned into a lesson.

They are remarkable scenes o f the kitchen (linoleum floor, wood stove, steam tables), staff in uniform and caps, and posed shots depicting the school’s participation in wartime rationing. The book is the bound original copies o f the incorporation o f Brookside, bylaws, early Trustee minutes, and treasurer’s reports (including lists o f unpaid tuitions). The minutes o f November 10, 1925 reported on the lectures o f Dr. Lillian Gilbreth (pioneer in management efficiency studies and inspiration for the famous book C heaper By the D ozen),

and directed the secretary to write a letter “expressing appreciation o f her cooperation and endeavors.” Those same minutes also indicate that fundraising is eternal: “Mrs. Dobbins offered to give a Bridge party for the purpose o f raising funds primarily to procure curtain rods. The offer was accepted with the thanks o f the Board.” The book reveals Brookside’s early tenuous financial situation and the challenges o f combining progressive education with traditional curriculum. Tuition that first year was $250 or $300 for the “upper group.”

Her daughter, opera singer Barbara Bonney 7 4 x , had an interesting chance encounter with an MKA student last winter [see Notes Around MKA.] Our condolences to Nancy Tiernan Swenson on the death o f her brother Martin. The class gift in memory o f Elsie Luddecke Kelsey, who enthusiastically arranged MKA reunion dinners at the Montclair G olf Club for twenty years, is providing for music to enhance reunion dinners.

James Mackey has finished 16 years with the grounds crew at Suburban G olf Club in Union, and for a hobby rebuilds old cars (currendy an old Caddie and a Chevy). He has also, thoroughly rebuilt his old house, which will be 100 in 2000.

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TKS M iss L u cile G. M ason 14 2 N orth M ountain A ve., M ontclair N J 0 7 042 Many thanks to Lucile Mason for her efforts to rally the class for a 55th reunion. She can be spotted in the 50th reunion photos o f the Class o f 1948. Our condolences to Anne Reppert Lewis on the death o f her husband, David ’42. MA M r. R ichard R Angus 3 8 H inchm an Avenue, D enville N J 0 7 8 3 4

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MA M r. R ichard L. Charlesworth 121 Cherry B rook Rd., Weston M A 02193 Condolences to the family o f David E. Lewis. David served in the Navy during W W II and Korea, then spent most o f his career in the textile industry. He served on George Bush’s W hite House transition team, and from 198992 was Assistant Secretary o f Veterans Affairs. He and his wife, Anne Reppert Lewis ’43, had been married 50 years. Condolences also to Frederic Calder on the death o f his wife, Mary.

D ick Angus ’4 3, H elen Angus, L ake U nderwood 4 5 , H ead o f Prim ary School B arbara D olven, P eter P erretti 7 2 a t H om ecom ing Luncheon.

55th R EU N IO N O C T O B E R 16 TK S Our condolences to Helen Shirref Kohman on the death o f her husband. Our condolences also to the family o f Anne Davidson Flynn. MA M r. W in terfordJ. O hland ||.Abler s Lane, Blairstoum N J 0 7825 “Trying with great effort to get my historical romance novel published,” writes Robert Angus, “i f only to prove Uncle Willy Barras wrong in dubbing me a ’lousy student. ’M S

A new musical “O n Borrowed T im e,” for which W illiam Brown wrote the book, has its worllf premiere at the Pirate Playhouse on Sanibel Island, Florida, March 19, 1999. Break a leg!

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TKS M rs. D avid H annegan (Louise Rudd) 3 4 M onadnock D rive, W estfordM A 0 1 8 8 6 From the Smith College Alumnae Bulletin, Midge Bethell Cross: “M y ’high’ this year was a wonderful trip around the world (fall 1 9 9 ^ ^ B M y ’low’ was surviving the January ice storm without power or water for eight days.”

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TKS M rs. Stanley M iller (Frances Lane) 4 6 2 S W 27th A ve., D elray B each F L 3 3 4 4 5 A reunion report from Janet Mason: Simple math would say that four and five add tip to nine. At our reunion, those numbers added u f5«

5 0 th reunion, the Class o f 1948. Standing: A rthur a n d P atricia O nderdonk Pruett, R obert a n d P riscilla Travers Ryan. Front: M ary M iller Spalding L u cile M ason 4 3 , Ja n et M ason 4 8 . [Inset] K im berley R ackell M cKell, Jo an Lucas Brandley.

5 0 th reunion, the Class o f 1948. Standing: reunion co-chairm an R ichard Sandler, H an k Leonhardt, D on ald Bren, G ail Bren, M ickey Dwyer, D avid M ichaels, Joh n Pinkham . Front: D oris Bostock, Ray Bostock, co-chairm an R ichard Kim m , B arbara Kim m , Jean n e Dwyer. M issing from p hoto: A lan Augustine, F rederic A ilin g Vernon A vera.

to six from the class o f ’48 who met one another - after 50 years in some cases - both in the morning at the Upper School (in a discussion o f Ethics with the Headmaster, to be exact), and in the evening at dinner at the Montclair G olf Club. After meeting husbands and settling in, we compared notes on families, children, and yes, grands; investigated and compared-our worlds within the world - artistically, physically, even| metaphysically. And in the end found not surprisingly but rather reassuringly that each has explored our singular paths and used our individual talents (displayed however fleetingly at Kimbgfley) to shape a life. Priscilla Travers Ryan, busy mothe&j if boys, the violinist among us, still plays with increasing frequency both solo and as part o f a chamber music group. B rm Mawr Dean and mother Patsy Onderdonk Pruett and her physicist husband help to find the perfect school or college for young students who need assistance in such a choice. Polly Miller Spalding, mother o f four, readies for another child’s wedding. Joan Lucas Brandley, whose energy never fails, paints and creates beauty for others. Kim McKell, the psychologist and Jungian among us, probes the limits placed by others and combines insights from anthropology with psychology. And I, the reporter/editor, now help an architect with his book about his work and his profession. In short, from ethics in the morning to quiet revelry in the evening, we found the 50th reunion to be-stellar and meaningful to each o f us. Then news from others: Sibyl Lewis Lotterle moved to Minden. Nevada, from Mammoth Lakes, Calif., “getting out o f the heavy snow area, in which I have been in hotel and tour guide business for 17 years.” Her three children all live in Florida. Kay Kidde had a new book o f poems published, Sounding jo y Light. She did a reading in Upper Montclair in October. MA Many thanks to reunion chairmen Richard Sandler and Richard Kimm for orchestrating a great reunion. Particular thanks to Susan and D ick Sandler for hosting a party Friday evening to kick o ff the weekend. Our condolences to the family o f Robert Higgins.

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TKS Jane Williams Bauermeister and some friends, “W ,W & W ,” have painting sessions and long-running art shows in an outbuilding on her 1730 farm in Connecticut. Jane is also a judge for the Federated Garden Club of America, and cultivatSwildflowers. Sally Smith Cutting, Joan Duffy Murray, Nancy Klaas Pape, Joan Newell Sanford, and Jerrie Reilly Stevenson met iff Sally’s in Essex Fells in January to begin thinking o f reunion. Jerrie “volunteered” to be chairman and all are happily anticipating reunion in October.

MA Our condolences to Larry Lewis on the death o f his brother David ’42. Larry brought us upto-date on his own life; He spent 25 years in Montclair and had two daughters and a son attend M A or Kimberley, then has lived in Wisconsin the last 25. He has worked in the textile industry and garment business. An active coach, sailboat racer (he was a member of the U.S. Olympic Yachting Committee), tefltnis and platform tennis player, he says, “Sadly my skills diminish in about inverse proportion to my enthusiasm for games.” Anticipating reunion, Larry writes, “I cherish three things about MA.. First were the incredible classmates. Then I love the language, and I owe that to|M r. BarHMFinally, we sing a lot and my enthusiasm for that certainly comes from Walter Coursen. Those were pretty great yeargd’ Clark (Mac) Simms teaches English writing and language to Thai scholars in August and December, does some tutoring at Berkshire School, and finds “too little time to complete rewriting o f a novel.” Plan to return for the 50th on October 16.

50 TKS Margaret Jenkins Madden is chair o f the board o f the Arizona Nature Conservancy, “and am enjoying visiting all the preserves. It’s wonderful to be back in science.” She writes that grandchild #6 arrived, a beautiful litde girl from Vietnam, who joins her brother who was horn in Korcas MA M r. Rudolph D eetjen Jr. RR 1 Box 4 0 5 H errick R oad B rooksville M E 0 4 6 1 7

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TKS Mrs. Lloyd M arentette (G ail Robertson) W j/6 L akelan dA ve., Grosse P ointe M I4 8 2 3 0 Nancy Ehrhardt W hite writes that she and Pat Overton Lee enjoyed playing golf with Joan Jacobus Miller at the Dorset (Vt.) Field Club in October. MA M r. Ernest F. K e e r lll 4 5 9 Club D rive, P.O . B ox 1030 Bay H ead N J 0 8742 Duke and Gael Seton Habernickel ’54 moved Haband Co. to Oakland, N .J. after 42 years in Paterson. They added two grandchildren this year, making a total o f six: four boys, two girlsESTQuite a change after rearing four girlsljjThey were o ff to the Far East to check on pants production, plus two weeks with friends in New Zealand.

52 TKS M rsM llark M oran (M artha G ilbert) 8011 Strau ffR oad, B altim ore M D 2 1 2 0 4 Class agent: M rs. Jam es D on nell (B arbara Pendleton) 9 4 6 8 N o. Florence R d., Pittsburgh PA 1 5 2 3 7 Anne Dwyer Milne reports five grandchildren ages 4-9. She is active in her church and the Episcopal diocese and Currier Gallery o f Art. They’re doing a lot o f travel to points exotic like Bhutan. Our condolences to Barbara Pendleton Donnell on the death o f her mother. MA Belated condolences to the family o f Dr. Edward V. Brown.

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MA Many thanks to Howard Beilin for his efforts on the 45th reunion. He wants classmates to know that there will be a “concerted effort” to rally the troops when the 50th rolls around. Cherry and Art Ramee have moved from Singapore to Sydney, Australia. He has been appointed managing director o f M V E Australia Pty. Ltd. and is also an elected director. He continues his work as VP, sales and marketing, for M VE Pacific in Singapore, and is a director o f an equipment company in Shanghai.

The Good Fight A crusade for patients’ rights against powerful H M O s by Robert Weinmann, M .D . ’53, went to the top. In November he spoke at a W hite House ceremony about the need for health care reform, stating that patients are too often subject to health care decisions driven by profit motives rather than medical ■ judgments. In addition, Weinmann’s op-ed piece in the San Francisco Exam iner on “medical red-lining” by H M Os - economic credentials for physicians - was included in the House o f Representatives testimony by California’s Representative Campbell in September. Weinman, a neurologist, is president o f the Union o f American Physicians & Dentists, and, as such, was subject o f a six-page article in H ippocrates magazine (April 1998) on doctors’ unions. His long activist history and vision for the union were recounted in detail.

Awesome Power and Monstrous Consequences Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Philip L. FradJkin ’53 has published a seventh book on the American West, M agnitude 8, E arthquakes an d L ife A long the San A ndreas F au lt [Henry Hoi, 1998]. It has been called “a dramatic history of earthquakes and an eloquent guide to...the world’s best-known tectonic landscape.” Publishers W eekly wrote, “Fradkin tackles his topic experdy and with a keen sense that earthquakes are social as well as geological events that have shaped not only the landscape o f the state but also the attitudes o f those who live there.” Philip received MKA’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1989.

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Fictions of Business Robert Brawer ’5 ^ who has been both a professor and a chief executive, combined the two with the publication of Fictions o f Business: Insights on M anagem entfro m G reat Literature [John Wiley & Sons Inc.]. The book, which examines the human problems encountered in business (“and not memoirs o f a C EO Ira includes examples from D eath o f a Salesm an, Glengarry Glen Ross, and the merchant in Canterbury TalesWAt received good reviews from the N ew York Times and Boston G lobe, and was written up on the front page o f the W all Street Jou rn al. Bob, who has a Ph.D. in English from the University o f Chicago, was a professor o f English at the U. o f Wisconsin for seven years, then spent 20 years at Maidenform, Inc., where he retired as C EO in 1995. He calls his experience at Montclair Academy under inspiring teacher William Avery Barras invaluable. “He made you think on your feet, organize thoughts, think carefully. I appreciated it afterward.”

The wedding o f Aubin Zabriskie Ames’ daughter Heidi Ames Bauer [see ’81 notes] was a mini-Kimberley/MKA reunion as well as photo-perfect in subject and setting. Felicity Fergusson Morse was spotted in a Boston G lobe photo as one o f the chairmen o f an ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) benefit on the Cape last summer. Some 350 guests attended.

TKS M rs. Law ther O. Sm ith (Linda Lovell), 3 0 W ater Crest D rive, Doylestown PA 18901

MA M r. E ric Ja eck el 4 3 2 E astbrooke Lane, Rochester N Y 14618

TKS M rs. Susie Forstm ann K ealy 5 5 0 N . Kingsbury, Apt. 603, Chicago IL 6 0610

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Condolences to Linda Lovell Smith on the death o f her father.

Class agent: D r. Larry N azarian 2 9 Surrey Place, P en field N Y 1 4 5 2 6

John Clapp reports that daughter Jeni ijstu freshman at Wellesley College and very much into rugby. Son John Jr. is a soccer master in 8th grade. W ife Gerri contim||? as a high school consultant forijUkildren with learning disabilities. John is still playing tennis and walking the boardwalk in Spring Lake while managing John Clapp & Assoc. Real Estate. Robert Fischbein continues to work part time in his dermatology practice. “The Fish” congratulated M E on the 1998 undefeated Williams College football team. Bob and Brenda’s daughter Suzanne is married and pursuing a career in environmental law; other daughter Emily is working on a master’s degree in city planning at U. Penn. Bob’s love o f golf has been successful as he will break the 80s in 1999. M y son, Brad Jaeckel, is into organic farming on the Olympic Penninsula, Washington State, where he has become an avid outdoorsman. Like his father, he majored in geology in college. Like his father, he has never used geology in a job. Happy birthday to those o f you who were born in 1938; my does time fly, 60 years. Best, E ric

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TKS Ms. L in da B aldan zi 2 Greenview Way, U pper M ontclair N J 0 7043 Connie Hay van Heuven and Joan Wallace Bryant hosted a mini-reunion for eight on Nantucket for “three fun-filled days” last July. “Tim e just seemed to fade away and we were all 17 again!” Penelope Gray Wheeler writes, “All fine, loving Vermont. Boys in Colorado, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island; four married, one engaged.” Our condolences to Joanne Rowland Slater on the death o f her father. MA Class secretary a n d class agent: D r. E dw ard T. O ’B rien Jr . 3 3 7 6 F em clijfL an e, C learw ater F L 36421 Mike Ingraham sent his news in three words: “Retired! Thank God!”

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TKS Mrs. Judson Breslin (W endy Worsley) 4 4 L ake D rive, M ountain L akes N J 0 7 0 4 6 Re: reunion - a good time was had by all! Our condolences]to Helen DuBois Veltkamp, who was widowed in June.

Class o f ’5 7 m ini-reunion on Cape Cod, L to R : Jo a n W allace Bryant, C onnie H ay van H euven, D rika Agnew Purves, Lynne Kenny Scott, G eorgia Sherm an G lick, Jo a n K eller Leggett, Sally D ennison M ackay; (front) Jea n ie B onnell Goodrich.

MA D r. R obert R. H aney 4 0 7 1 9 W oodside Place, Leesburg VA 2 0 1 7 5 haneyrr@ erols. com

40th reunion, the Class o f 1958. Standing: B ill M arriott ’5 9, P h il Am sterdam , D ave B lack, M arie B lack, B ob H aney, Sylvia H aney, P eter Grieves, D onna Grieves. Fron t: M elee Agens, Hy Agens, D ave Stroming, K athleen Strom ing, Fran klin Sachs, F red Kram er.

40th reunion, the Class o f 1958. Standing: P atricia B aldan za G odard, A nne B obst H ighley, D ian a B ethell Little, Lockey H arvey W elch. Front: H elen du B ois Veltkam p, H elen B ryant Perry, G ail G am ar Jacobus. M issing from p h oto: M ary O ’D on nell Coyle, M ary A nne Law rence D ecker. Many thanks to reunion chairman Bob Haney, who rallied the troops for a wonderful return. He writes: Sylvia and I attended the 40th anniversary class reunion, and it was great! The only possible improvement would hve been for a ll the Class o f ’58 to be there. Seated around the table at the reunion luncheon were Phil Amsterdam, Melee and Hy Agens, Marie and David Black, Donna and Peter Grieves, Fred Kramer, Bill Marriott ’59, Franklin Sachs, Kathleen and David Stroming, and Sylvia and I. Lots o f laughing and stories; it took more than one o f us back to the old Senior Room. A great meal, an impressive and stirring speech by Justice Robert Clifford ’42, and the Headmaster’s address. For those o f us who had not met or heard Dr. Greer before, that experience alone was worth the trip. The Academy isEn fine hands. Fred, Phil, and Frank had to leave after the luncheon; too short a time together but a very happy one, certainly a truism for the weekend. The football game, followed by the Headmaster’s Welcome Back Party, and then the banquet passed all too quickly. Trust that we upheld the M A ’58 tradition o f decorum and maturity at all those functions, a legacy that was established in the 50s. And know that we sorely missed and talked about those not attending.' Although not a stick or brick remains o f the old MA, it certainly lives on in MKA, its leadership, faculty, and students. B ob

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TKS Ms. Jarv is Reilly N olan 1 5 612 Via M archena, San D iego G4 9 2 1 2 8 jarvisn o §m ol. com I have had good e-mails from Sigrid Lund Tanberg and Lea Fitzhugh Welch. Sig built and moved into anew house in Tarpon Springs, Fla. Lea has been back to New Jersey to visit her mom in Hightstown. Lea is

thinking o f coming to the reunion; that will be two o f us from California. Pat Rowland Webb lives in Adanta, Ga. Her son Andrew graduated from Georgetown School o f Foreign Service, and will attend law school. Pat has spent many years in the voluntary sector, now serving a term as president o f the women’s group o f her church. She is also on the board o f her formerly familyowned insurance firm, which requires her to travel to New York four times a year. Pat has a home in the North Carolina mountains and has been on eight Smithsonian study and walking tours over the last few years. She will be at reunion. Our condolences to Pat on the death o f her father. Joan McConnell was in Japan in October 1997 to present two o f her books, The Fascination o f E urope and Culture o f the H eart. She also did a series o f guest lectures at various Japanese universities. She spent a month in L cl, in early 1998. Joan had two more books published in October: Internation al Com m unication in English and Lessons on L ife. She will return to Japan to lecture on these books, and she is planning on reunion. Joan donated two pastels to the M KA Middle School that she had done under Miss Van Esselstyn at Kimberle|p..A I hope you liked the scanned pictures - Susan Wechsler Rose’s is from her C D piano works! By now you should have October 16, 1999 on your calendar in INK. Jarv is MA Class secretary an d agent: M r. M ichael B aker 10 H ighland D r., N orth C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 Start planning for reunion on October 16!

...A lthough not a stick or brick rem ains o f the o ld MA, it certainly lives on in M KA, its leadership, faculty, an d students. Robert Haney ’58, 40th reunion chairman

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TKS Our condolences to Jan Gennet on the death o f her father. MA Class secretary an d agent: M r. George A. Bleyle 2 2 5 9 W eir D rive, H udson O H 4 4 2 3 6 orion @gwis. com Eric Sandwall reports that his youngest, Kimberley, graduated from Blair Academy and is a freshman at Gettysburg College. “Now my wife Mary Ann and I have our home all to ourselves!” Peter Lima checked in from Florida, where he works with Reflectone in Tampa.

61 TKS Ms. C hristine K eller 1 7 0 2 Church Street, Galveston T X 7 7 5 5 0 Mina Lund Davis spoke with Christine Keller for the first time since Kimberley graduation. “It was wonderful,” she reports, “and we hope to get a few o f us together some time next year.’f l | Winifred Sage Wilson checked in with e-mail address from Albuquerque, N .M ., where she works for the VA regional medical center. MA M r. D av id L. B rack 12 P on d View Lane, Titusville N J 08560

TKS M rs. C. D . C reed (B arbara Bywater) 1 7 6 9 Forest View Avenue H illsborough CA 9 4 0 1 0

“Happy year,” writes Holly Harrison Gathright. “Our son Joe was married to the fabulous April in May. Son Leigh lives in Colorado. Joe and I have a weekend house on the Ohio River; come visit when you are in or near Louisville.” ' MA M r. Laurence ] . M agnes P. O. Box 6087, Louisville K Y 4 0 2 0 6 -0 0 8 7 Leslie Zuckerman writes, “Just moved from a condo in Boca Raton to a house on the Intercoastal with a dock but no boat (visitors anyone) in DelRay Beach, Fla. W e took a three-week trip to China - great experience. Busy planning next year’s trips.”

63 TKS Ms. Sharon Livesey 81 G rand St., #5, N ew York N Y 10013 Our condolences to Pat Turner Girard on the death o f her husband. She planned to return north in the fall - “a true odyssey since j , haven’t been back to Montclair in 20 years.”

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TKS Mrs. Lynn R itter H ennem an 81 8 Staffordshire Rd. Cockeysville M D 2 1 0 3 0 -2 9 4 8 Many thanks to long-time class secretary Deborah Pines, who sent wonderfully amusing class letters and filled these columns with interesting news. Debby passes on the pen to Lynn Ritter Henneman. Welcome to the column, Lynn, and best wishes on your wedding. She reports, “It was just as we planned - on the water, beautiful Southern Victorian home for the family to stay in for the weekend, swans swimming in the cove, sailboats drifting by, sun-shiny day, casual, steamed crabs, and beer. Grandchildren running around barefoot.” Nancy Cook retired in December and moved back to California (Santa Barbara) “for great weather and year-round gardening.” MA H on. Joh n Sheldon P. O. B ox 96, P aris M E 04271 John Benigno earned the designation of Accredited Buyer Representative with Fox & Roach Realtors in Haverford, Pa. He continues work as photographer; he was published in C am era Arts magazine and the A ntietam Review. Magidson Gallery on Madison Avenue, NYC, exhibits his photos.

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Sm all w orld: Beverly H arrison M iller ’63 a n d Phyllis H arder R eininger ’4 5 were on a Skidm ore alum nae trip to G reece last summer, an d though from differen t parts o f the country an d differen t eras, they discovered they h a d both gone to Kim berley! MA M r. Bronson Van Wyck A rrow head Farm s, Tuckerm an A R 7 2 4 7 3

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TKS Ms. M argot Escott 2 9 8 0 Kings L ake B lvd., N aples F I 3 4 1 1 2 escott@naples. net MA M r. Joseph M arino 1 90 South M ountain A ve., M ontclair N J 0 7042 Class agent: M r. C raig Perry 3 4 6 7 Pinestream Road, A tlanta GA 3 0 3 2 7

65 TKS M rs. Jam es W right (Susan D eBevoise) 1 Tuck D rive H anover N H 0 3 755 Susan DeBevoise W right’s husband, James, was made President o f Dartmouth College. Thus she is now First Lady o f Dartmouth and lives in the President’s House! Congratulations!

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Peripatetic photographer Michael Yamashita ’67 has had three major articles in six months in the N ation al Geographic, in August on Indonesian forest fires; in September, “A Symphony o f Seasons” scenes o f Vermont; and in December, the lead article on South China Sea, wherein he covered Hong Kong to Brunei, Vietnam to Indonesia, and pirates in between. Michael’s Vermont photos - plus some that weren’t in the magazine - were exhibited at the East Hall o f the Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms all fall. He had another exhibition at Jay Peak during peak foliage season. Michael received MKA’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1992.

68 TKS Ms. A vie C laire K alker 5 8 0 5 B irchbrook #202, D allas T X 7 5 2 0 6

3 0 th reunion, Class o f 1968. Standing: reunion chairm an Joseph Alessi, W igZ am ore, reunion chairm an N ancy Plum m er Gordon, Jea n Sperling Catherw ood, A ngela Steggles N evius, D aw n G eannette Cordo, Vincent Cordo. Front: A vie K alker, C arol Schm itz C allahan, Lindy Franciose, D eborah H ird.

Class agent: M rs. N ancy Plum m er Gordon 9 0 Two Bridges Road, Towaco N J 0 7 082 nancygordon @ aol. com

Many thanks to Nancy Plummer Gordon for orchestrating a terrific reunion and for hosting a Kimberley-Academy party Friday evening some 7 5 peolre showed up! Many who did not attend Saturdays events (thus are not pictured) stopped by. Highlight o f the weekend was seeing retired faculty members Betty Logan and Wallace (Buck) Coursen. MA M r. Burton M . W ebb Box 2 9 , Free U nion VA 2 2 9 4 0 Many thanks to reunion chairman Joseph Alessi for rallying the troops at reunion.

30th REUNION O C T O B E R 16 TKS Mrs. Charles G ilelea (Lynn E hrhardt) 4 6 E. Saddle R iver R d., Saddle R iver N J 0 7458 Annette Colston Saviet broke a long silence to write that she has left private law practice to join the Legal Aid Society o f Rockland County in the housing dijsflion. “This is the type o f work I’ve wanted to do since law school, so I’m thrilled.” Law is her second career, after 20 years with CBS News. She does not miss overnights and weekends working with the news. Annette and David have two daughters, Elyse and Michelle, 11 and 13. Her mother, in failing health, now lives with them. They anticipated a move to a larger home in the fall. Our condolences to Phyllis LaTouche Rawlins on the death o f her father. MA Dutch Vanderhoof was appointed to the Boonton Board o f Health, and is serving as part o f Governor W hitman’s New Jersey Kid Care task force.

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TKS Ms. L eslie Bryan '< 12 F ast M om ingside D rive, N E A tlanta GA 3 0 3 2 4 Ibryan @dsckd. com Our condolences to Katharine Powell Cohn on the death o f her husband. Condolences also to Madge Huber Henning on the death o f her father. Karen Braeder Conniff s husband Dick wrote a book, Every Creeping Thing [Holt 1998] and they were in Montclair for a signing in November. Our condolences to Karen on the death o f her father. Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner donated a copy offier book, Everything You N eed to Know abou t Lym e D isease an d other T ick-borne D isorders [John W iley & Sons, 1997], and a videotape, F aceffpfJjym e D isease, to MKA. School nurses reported them excellent. Her Lyme Disease Foundation received a special 1997

2 5 th reunion, the Class o f 1973. Standing: Yancy Thompson, facu lty m em ber Ken Gibson, Rudy Scklobohm , B ill Kovacs, Z ach Richardson, J e f f C arrie, D ean P aolucci, facu lty m em ber George H rab, A l Van Eerde, facu lty m em ber Joh n R abke, A udrey N evins, P eter R edpath, M arilyn M odny Gregory. Front: Jim Crooks, Tim Taylor, Tom G alligan, Steve B eckelm an, Tom M urphy, Greg Lackey. Education/Awareness Award from the National Institutes o f Health. MA M r. V. Jam es Castiglia j |701 B erkshire Valley R d., P.O . B ox 31 1 O ak R idge N J 0 7438

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TKS Ms. Sydney Johnson Petty 5 H u ll Avenue, A nnapolis M D 2 1 4 0 3 Our condolences to Linda Braeder Boschen on the death o f her father. MA The N ew York Tim es calls Michael W olff “the enfant terrible o f media culture old and new.” Michael now has a column in N ew York M agazine, wherein he critiques traditional media. Michael’s book Burn R ate: H ow I Survived the G old Rush Years on the Internet has been “acclaimed for its candid, behind-thescenes glimpse at the frenzy o f the early on-line world.” The Sunday Star-Ledger (October 11, 1998)fi did its lead busings? article on Herbert Tate and his job as president o f the N .J. Board o f Public Utilities. The piece, entitled “Power Player,” describes his agency’s deregulation of three monopoly industries - electricity, natural gas, and local telephone. He is described therein as “intelligent, jovial, and fair” and is praised for his grasp o f the complex details of energy deregulation during the most turbulent period in the B PU ’s 87-year history.. Herb himself - who received M KA’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1995 - says o f his role at BPU , “I recognized that the magnitude o f what I was doing to affect people was exponentially greater...than any previous job that I’ve had. And coming from a background o f public service and the kinds o f things that I’ve seen my father accomplish, this

has been very rewarding for me.” [His late father, Herbert Tate Sr., was a judge, state assemblyman, cultural attaché to Pakistan, and NAACP general counsel.]

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TKS M rs. D avid K ilnapp (B arbara Peto) 1 5 Fairw ay Lane, P em broke M A 0 2359 Our condolences to Grant Huber on the death o f her father. MA Class agent: M r. Tim W allace 4 8 3 R idgew ood A ve., Glen Ridge N J 07028

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TKS Ms. Susan R ead 3 8 College Circle, Staunton VA 2 2 4 0 1 -2 3 7 5 davick@ gatew ay. net Many thanks to Martha Del Negro Moreno for her tour as class scribe. Susan Read has already picked up the pen. Susan works parttime as a lawyer. Melissa is in first grade and Samuel is a year and a half old. Her mother lives in Charlottesville. Sue writes: All o f you should have received a letter by now. I f not, give me a call. I’m hoping to put together a 25th nonreunion scrapbook o f some kind. Wendy Pashman Patrizio reports all is well in the windy city. She recently ran into Debbie Kent at a reception and did some reminiscing about MKA. Barb Benner Kaytes is still in Connecticut with husband, Dave, and kids Geordie, 13, and Austi, 9 1/2. Barb is busy with her family and her work with Americares (like Christmas in April).

Lynne Osborne is married to Christopher Dowling and has a son, Mason, 6. Lynne lives in New Mexico and designs and paints murals for public buildings and private homes, works on theater and opera projects with kids, and tutors for literacy. Lynne writes that Donnie Marks married Sam Varnedoe several years ago and they have a two-year-old son, Eugene, born on the same day as Lynne’s son, Mason. Hope this will inspire others to send in some news! Sue MA M r. Gregory Lackey 138 P aupukkew is T rail M edford Lakes N J 0 8055 Class agent: M r. Rudy Schlobohm 7 8 M ontclair A ve., M ontclair N J 0 7042 Many thanks to reunion chairmen Tom Galligan and Zach Richardson for inspiring a great get-together. See happy faces in photo! Other news: Megan and Yancy Thompson were expecting their first child in March. Bob Jackson recently started his own real estate management firm, Lorsterdan Properties, in Montclair. Zach Richardson is president o f Pallet Management Systems, in Boca Raton, Fla., the first publicly traded pallet company in the U .S., “a pioneer and leader in pallet supplies, retrieval, repair, and packaging logistics management.” They reported a profitable year with sales up 10 percent. Bill Breen, senior editor o f F ast Company magazine, was profiled in September for his section “NetWork.” It notes he is “a guy who avoided the real world....After graduating from Colorado College, Bill worked as a house painter, a ranch hand, a grave digger, and a high-country wanderer in the Himalayas....He’s been with Fast Company from the beginning. And it doesn’t get more real-world than that.” Our condolences to Peter Vilas on the death o f his father.

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TKS Class agent: Mrs. E rin C uffe C raw ford 102 Buckingham R oad Upper M ontclair N J 0 7043 Learned at Alumni Phonathon: Bill and Susan Woods Day live in Greenwich, Conn, and have a two-year-old son, Andrew. Mary Lathrop Will works for Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. MA Class secretary a n d class agent: M r. R udolph Schlobohm 7 8 M ontclair Ave., M ontclair N J 0 7 0 4 2 castlecom pany@ ibm . net Best wishes to Rebecca and Dan Beirne on their wedding. They were married in Winchester, Va., and live in Minneapolis.

Owen Davis isEsfociate professor at Cornell Medical College, NYC, and associate director o f their invitro fertility program. Owen and his wife, Marianne, have two daughters, Zoe, 9, and Alida, 6. Christian Varkala has joined the Mouli Mfg. Corp. (founded by his father in 1946) as sales manager, after being in construction for 20 years. His brothers Paul and John are also there.' Earl Perretti and his company, Master P’s, were credited as contractor for “Seasonal Kitchens” in H om e M agazine's December 1998 issue. Henry Williams writes, “Blondel, Carr, Cox, Perretti, Scirocco, and Williams had our periodic get-together dinner in N YC where we relived M A stories and updated one another about our jobs and families. All is well! Attendance is m andatory for the 25th.”

kids, Pia, 10, and Charlie, 8, and for myself,” she writes. Congratulations to Leigh Royer and her husband, Frank Schemer, on the birth of Charles Francis in August. They live in Allenhurst, N.J.. Jeffrey Schiffman was named assistant program director at W JBA, York, Pa. in December. He reports that he and John Moore have been sharing their passion for the Oriole* via e-mail. Condolences to Debra Mahler Matthews on the death o f her father.

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Mrs. P au l M cFeeley (Laurie H oonhout) 2 3 8 D evon Road, Essex Fells N J 07021 Class agent: D r. Charles R ead 1918 N . D an iel St., A rlington VA 2 2 201

75 M r. D av id Soule 120 Linden Avenue, Verona N J 0 7 0 4 4

Class agent: M r. P au l Z ukerberg 1901 W yoming Ave. N W #75 W ashington D C 2 0 0 0 9

M r. A ndrew Pedersen 2 2 6 F a ir H aven Rd., F a ir H aven N J 0 7 7 0 4

Theodore Reiss, M .D. ’75 - who received the Directors’ Award from Merck & Co. for his work on the success o f its asthma program and for the discovery o f Singulair ® - has directed his Merck & Co. recognition grant o f $5,000 to be given to MKA to fond activities in the Department o f Biology. “The education that I received at The Montclair Kimberley Academy during the years o f 1972-1975 clearly played a major role in this accomplishment,” he wrote. “As this Directors’ Award was made for designing and executing the clinical program including the refinement and perfection o f complex methodologies... which led to health benefits shown in adults and children, I wish to specify that this grant be used for an Award for Excellence in Biologic Sciences.” He gave it in memory o f his father. Ted is senior director o f clinical research, pulmonary-immunology at Merck. He received a B.A. from University o f Pennsylvania and an M .D . from Vanderbilt University.

Ralph LaSalle and family have returned to the U.S. after four years in New Zealand. They now live on St. Simons Island in Georgia. Ralph discovered an old Academy student handbook, Lion s Lore, during the move, one which was given him in 1971 when he first enrolled. He donated it to the alumni archives “for historical purposes. jjH j Anna Crawford switched to a part-time position as an attorney with the law department o f USPS. “Enjoying having more time with my

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Class agent: M r. R obert H ubsm ith 1 6 W arren Road, M aplew ood N J 0 7040 David and Deborah Rasin Jacobson live in Providence with daughters Julia , 3 1/2, and Ana, 1 1/2. Robert and Nancy Cohn Dainesi also report two children, Jonathan, 5, and Jenna, 3. They live in North Caldwell. Andrew Royal is national account executive, managed care, for Merck & Co. in Irving, Texas. Onetime teammates Scott Schulte and Bill DioguardiH 6 work together at the same brokerage concern, Spencer-Trask, NYC, Condolences to Steven Mahler on the death o f his father.

78 Ms. P am ela Z eug 2 5 0 M ercer St., C 418, N ew York N Y 10012 M r. Law rence Garrigan 6103 Ox Bottom M anor D rive Tallahassee FL 3 2 3 1 2 Class agent: Ms. Ja n e Lugaric B urkhard 2 9 9 Crown Road, K entfield, CA 9 4 9 0 4 Many thanks to reunion chairmen Andrew Blair and Susan Cole Furlong^fpr a terrific return. Particular thanks to Sue and husband Mark for their party Friday night that opened the weekend. Sue Furlong’s report: The M KA Class o f ’78 decided the 20th reunion was T H E year to return and celebrate all o f the great times we had together oh so long ago. W e had a

The Class o f 1978. Standing: H arriet Fitzpatrick, M ichael Berry, D an iel Groisser, Ju lie Groisser, Lisa F arlie Bannerot. Front: N ick R adcliffe, child, P am B olton R adcliffe, R ick Bannerot.

tremendous turnout with classmates from as close as Montclair and as far as Denmark coming back to say, hi. The weekend kicked off Friday night at [my] house with a gathering of about 50 toasting, reminiscing, telling each other we still looked the same and listening to John Bicknell’s band until the wee hours o f the morning. The next day found some tired classmates at the lunch and football game but still up for dinner that night. Turnout for dinner was huge - our class took up at least six tables. Not content to let the good time end there, some of the class then went to hear John Bicknell play that night again until the wee hours. Classmates who came included: Betsy Ames Abramowitz, Alex Adams, Lawren Soule Pulse, Elizabeth Farlie Bannerot, Mike Berry, John Bicknell, Andy Blair, Pam Bolton, Curt Brunner (all the way from Denmark), Jane Lugaric Burkhard (from California), Suzanne Conzen, Ann Inglis Culver, Ricki Doerr, Tom Donatelli, Susan Felber Durkin, Harriet Fitzpatrick, Danny Groisser, David Hamilton, John King, Larry Kramer, Bart Lund, Nora Gleason Leary, Kerry McGill, John Phillips, Virginia Green Prescott, Dick Rento, Pam Lalli Richmond, Austin and Heath Betke Shelby, Bill Transue, Peter Van Leer, and Pam Zeug. David Peckman, John Glicksman, and Tuck Irwin sent their regards. Twenty years later we found out we still have a great time with each other and treasure our memories. Thanks to everyone for coming and making the 20th such a success! Other news: Curt Brunner should be named Honorary Class W eb Master, as he promotes class connection via e-mail. Congratulations to A e x and Lori Windolf Crispo on the birth o f John Onofrio Crispo in October, two weeks after Homecoming. The baby - named for his maternal grandfather and paternal great-grandfather - joins sister Claire, 3.

2 0 th reunion, the Class o f 1978. Standing:facu lty m em ber R obert Sinner, Bruce M cBratney, Sue C ole F urlong V irginia Green Prescott, Curt Brunner, Thom as D onatelli. Front: R obert Culver, Ann Inglis Culver, Andy B lair, P am L a lli Richm ond.

Congratulations to Robert Gardner, who was nominated to the Essex County Improvement Authority, a tremendous responsibility since it is the developer o f the $22 million baseball stadium under construction in Newark and a planned $200 million jail. PjP$st summer Bill Transue wrote, “I never thought I ’d see the day when I’d return to the Garden State, but my family and I moved in 1997 from Boulder, Co., to the Princeton area. I have spent the last 15 years in management consulting and working for railroads.® came back to New Jersey to be part o f a new software company start-up, and after doubling their business, I founded my own company, TransCentric InterActive, in 1998. The company develops Internet and e-commerce applications for the logistics and transportation marketplace. One o f the benefits o f returning to New Jersey has been the renewed opportunity to see old friends from many MKA classes.” Lisa Farlie Bannerot has returned to the u working world. She has joined her brother and another partner in launching a new cyberspace/Internet business, Collegiate Presswire, which provides news releases, cartoons, crossword puzzles and original news stories to almost 450 college newspapers across the country via fax, e-mail, and their W eb site, www.cpwire.com. Lisa heads up client services from her home. She continues to shutde Courtney, 9, and Eric, 7, to their activities and volunteer in their schools. Our condolences to Kevin Berkowsky on the death o f his father.

20th REUNION O C TO BER 16 Mrs. Carlos O rtiz (Shawn M ahieu) 2 1 6 3 G ilbride R d., M artinsville N J 0 8 8 3 6 D r. Ja c k B rink 1290 Beech Valley Rd., A tlanta GA 3 0 3 0 6

Class agent: Ms. A nita Sim s-Stokes 2 9 9 N orth W alnut Street E ast O range N J 07017s ”v Dale and Emily Rowland Malone have “started a new adventure - opening a brewpub! Wish us luck and lots o f customers!” They live in Cohasset, Mass., with daughters Sarah, 9; Charlotte, 6; and Whitney, 3. Bruce Eng checked in from San Francisco, where he moved two years ago after living in Hong Kong for seven years setting up the first overseas operations for Underwriters Laboratories. He now is a lead ISO 9000 auditor at U L and works out o f the home. During the Hong Kong years, he and Jeanne had a son, Kevin, and a daughter, Monica. They are “more and more involved in kids’ activities - school, homework, PTA, school functions, extracurricular activities.” Last summer Bruce and Jeanne got away to Europe for a 10th anniversary/belated honeymoon in Germany, Italy, and Greece, They visited Stefanie Andreani in Freiberg, Germany. Bruce ends “wishing that your all achieve Y2K compliance before the end o f 1999 and buy/sell Internet stock$ at the right time.” Congratulations to Cynthia and Anthony Cristello on the birth o f Nicholas Anthony in July. Their holiday card featured a beautiful beaming baby. Congratulations to Anita Sims, who was ordained a deacon in the Presbyterian Church in January. Anita continues to dedicate countjess hours to M KA via A um ni Council activities; she is also on the board o f the New Jersey State Opera. Betsy Stanton Santarlasci reports she is “happy to be a fellow parent o f Sigrid and James Johnson” at the Lowell School (D.C.),. where their daughter Abby and her son Marco are in kindergarten together. See you all at reunion October 16!

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Ja m es Joh n son '79 is fla n k ed by h is form er facu lty m em bers K en Gibson a n d George H rab, who traveled to W ashington, D. C. to witness Jam es’ sw earing-in as Undersecretary o f Treasuryfo r Enforcem ent, the N o. 3 position. The ceremony was h eld in the Cash Room in the rotunda o f the Treasury; som e 3 0 0 p eop le w ere present, including Treasury Secretary Rubin, the Attorney G eneral, an d a busload o f fam ily an d frien d s from M ontclair. Jam es - who oversees som e 2 9 ,0 0 0 p eop le in the Secret Service, the Bureau o f Alcohol, Tobacco, an d Firearm s, an d the Customs Service gradu ated cum laude from H arvard an d H arvard Law School, A t H arvard College, he was elected First Class M arshall an d aw arded the B urr P rize given to the outstanding m ale scholar athlete o f the senior class.

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M ary L. Cole, Esq. 2 8 Cayuga T rail, O ak R idge N J 0 7 438 Class agents: M r. M artin Brayboy 6 4 W hetstone Road, H an ointon C T 06791 Ms. Ju lia R uddick M eade 51 Avon Road, B ronxville N Y 10708 After four years in Kuwait, Hamilton Bowser has returned to a consulting position at DelTek, a software company in McLean, Va., where he now lives. Hamilton is frequently away on consultation with various companies on integrating their Costpoint (accounting) software, and many assignments involve overseas locations. Estelle Osofsky McGonicle, who received a degree in psychology from Columbia U., is a psychologist for the N YC Board o f Education. She isiworking on a Ph.D. Estelle and her husband, Raymond, have a son, 6 months.

The ultim ate M K A fam ily: Lincoln Ames, D av id Am es ’8 9, bride H eid i A m es B au er ’8 1, groom B oris Bauer, M ark Ames ’8 6, H onorary Trustee A ubin Z abriskie Am es ’5 4. H eidi, M ark, a n d D av id are the th ird generation to atten d Kim berleylM KA.

Best wishes to Boris and Heidi Ames Bauer. They were married in Rhode Island in September. Mark Ames ’86 and David Ames ’89 were groomsmen; Carolyn Stanton Calnan was matron o f honor. The wedding was a miniMKA reunion attended by Betsy Stanton Santarlasci ’79, Rich Stanton ’87, Dede Swanson Montgomery; Heidi’s cousins John Troxell ’72, Sara Troxell Winokur ’74, Matthew Troxell ’76, Emily Troxell ’78; and Kimberley friends and classmates o f Heidi’s mother, Honorary Trustee Aubin Zabriskie Ames v54. Douglas and Carolyn Stanton Calnan welcomed son Christian MacLean in June. Debbie and George George announce the birth o f son Kevin Thomas on December 30, joining sisters Christina, 8, and Katie, 5. George is assigned to the Presidential Protective division o f the U.S. Secret Service. Laura Bartlett is a teacher and coach at Herndon High School, Virginia. Her 1998 Girls Lacrosse team was ranked 8th in northern Virginia. Richard Moskowitz moved to Philadelphia and works for CD Now as senior financial analyst. He is still playing drums and thanks music teacher Charles Ostrander “for his passion for music and excellent teaching.” David Newman has been working for PeopleSoft for a year as a technical instructor, teaching customers about the installation and configuration o f their software. He reports that daughter Rebecca, 6, is in kindergarten and son Charlie, 3, “is having a ball in preschool.”|H Debbie and George George announce the birth o f son Kevin Thomas on December 30, joining sisters Christina, 8, and Katie, 5. George is assigned to the Presidential Protective division o f the U .S. Secret Service. Condolences to Pam Berkowsky Shapiro on the death o f her father.

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M r. Thom as Robbins 6 B radford Terrace, N ewtown Square PA 1907ymClass agent: M r. Jon ath an Sandler 5 B lack O ak Road, W aylandM A 01778 Longtime faculty member John Rabke spotted Dana Nifosi on T V in November, on the Asian-American channel. Dana, sfliuee Scholar,®spending the year as an environmental lawyer in Thailand. Jeffrey Osofsky, M .D,;, is practicing with the cardiology group at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Reading, Pa. Jay Greene moved to Seattle, WaS|J|wherg he has a job with the Seattle Times. Faryl and Jonathan Sandler and daughter Mykala (and two dogs) live in Wayland, Mass. Jon is with Kessler Financial Services, a Bostonbased marketing company. He recently completed a contract “that launches Us)into the international arena - offices in Sydney and Rome with plans beyond. Too bad I didn’t do a better job studying languages at MKA!” Keith Vreeland, who lives in Marlboro, M asE works for Eastern Accoustic Works. He is divorced and has two children, Brent, 9, and Kelsey, 4. Janine Garland is a technical consultant for Computer Design & Integration in Norwood, N .J. She has recorded one o f her original songs on C D and is now “shopping it” to various artists. Janine also competes in local, regional, and seven-state amateur ballroom dance competitions; she hopes to compete in nationals in the spring. Stuart Carlisle is director o f investor relations at Hartford Life. He lives in West Hartford. Welcome new alumni children: Katherine and Daniel Perera have a baby girl, Schuyler. Eric and Beth Cherashore Schlager welcomed Allison Page in July; she joins siblings Andrew, 5, and Katie, 3. Our condolences to Suzanne Mahler Brogan and Betsy Lewis Moritz on the death o f their fathers.

83 Class secretaries: Ms. Amy Felber 2 8 4 1 Sacram ento St., 301 San Francisco CA 9 4 1 1 5 Ms. M aureen Towers N atkin 1 2 7 West 9 6 th Street, 7D , N ew York N Y 1 0 025 Class agent: K ristine H atzenbuhler O ’Connor 15 9 Fells Road, Essex Fells N J 07021 Many thanks to reunion chairmen Scott Rumana and Holly Jervis Felber for inspiring a great reunion! Lynn Gabriel sent regrets. She recently moved to N YC and has a new position as human resources director for Moore Capital Management, a hedge fund. Andrew and Rebecca Bowser Lowenthal have a soSjNicholas Trent, born in December 1996. They live in Washington, D .C ., where she

The Class o f 1983. Standing: H olly Jerv is Felher, H ope H asbrouck, E ric Green, M aureen Towers N atkin, Scott Rum ana. Front: Sung Won Lee, guest, guest Beverly Jones, Gary Pow ell.

15th reunion, the Class o f 1983. Standing: K ris H atzenbuhler O ’Connor, D on Cussen, M ike Eisner, A ndrea Cestone Conmy. Front: Suzanne H alm Locke, M arci Reiss Berger, Jod y Underwood. works at the Treasury Department in public affairs. Her prime responsibility is to help smooth the way for new currency (so far the $100, $50, and $20). Andrew is on the staff o f Senator Dodd o f Connecticut. Marshall Hendrian is an insurance broker in the family husih'esslin Manhattan; they represent Travelers Insurance. His wife is a bilingual teacher in Clifton elementary school; their daughter, Lara, is 2Sju Crystal Branch has been promoted to nurse manager o f the general surgery/orthopaedic unit o f St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson. She is an R.N. and has a Master o f Public Health. Steve Pineda works in Springfield, 111., where he is diregtpj o f the Springfield Spine and Scoliosis Center. He reports things are going well. Octavia Loyd-Oliver checked in with new name and new address (Conn.) but no news. Retired faculty member Marilyn Faden spotted a news article in M etrosource, wbielBc', quoted Alan Wilzig. Alan is executive VP of Trustcompany Bank in charge o f retail banking and operations; they have 55 branches in ten New Jersey counties.

15th R E U N IO N O C T O B E R 16 Class secretary an d class agent: Mrs. T odd L ad d a (Jen n ifer Jones) 11 0 Glen R ock Road, C edar Grove N J 0 7 009 Class agent: Mrs. A ndrew W ilson (Laura D ancy) 18B m > ngH ill Road, Apt. R 5 L ittle Falls N J 0 7 4 2 4 Congratulations to Bob and Alison ThomasCottingham on the birth o f Robert III in July« -, Double congratulations to Alison, who finished her Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is now Dr. Cottingham. Note: The Alumni Office has an entire carton o f extra ’84 yearbooks. Plan ahead for reunion; look up old friend and faculty faces. Just send

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M r. Joh n B ooth I I I 1 9 1 2 H arw ood Road, A nnapolis M D 2 1 401 Class agent: A lexis P olonofiky Z ebrow ski 4 9 N ew m an A ve., Verona N J 0 7 0 4 4 Best wishes to Michael and Martha Cullum Riley on their wedding. Her sister Elizabeth Cullum ’82 was maid o f honor; Janet Phillips Conner (who lives in Bahrain) was an attendant. Martha graduated from the College o f the Holy Cross and works as an account manager for M T V Networks, NYC. Best wishes also to Tam i Marie and Anthony M ichelotti on their wedding. Anthony is an assistant director o f compliance at First Montauk Securities Corp. He received a B.A. in finance from Jacksonville (Fla.) University. Patti M cConnell is an executive producer for B B D O advertising agency, NYC. Roger Brown wrote from Washington, D .C ., that he is doing well. He reports that Chris Smith is getting married soon. Congratulations to Pamela and Philip Rosenblum on the birth o f Hannah Michelle, now about one. Her big sister Rebecca is 3 1/2 and in preschool. Philip has joined his practice as a partner at Arbor Family Medicine in Arvada, Colo. David Lockett works in the front office o f the Pittsburgh Steelers. Michelle Kessler is accessories director at Vogue. She was previously director o f public relations at Prada and Miu Miu. Edie Szakacs-Prescott bemoaned the fact there’s only one name under the class directory in M KA’s W eb site. Tune in to Alumni at www.M KA. inter, net.

8 6 -------------------------------------Ms. Sherry A hkam i 5 2 0 5 F iore Terrace, Apt. 4 1 7 San D iego CA 9 2 1 2 2 Ms. Jen n ifer Rem ington K nodel P ark Glen #1602, 105 R oseland Ave., C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 Class agent: Ms. Ju lia W eil 1 1 5 E ast 87th St., 39E , N ew York N Y 10128 The Commitment Congratulations to Lisa Unger ’86, who ran and completed the Anchorage, Alaska marathon last June - her eleventh marathon. “Despite efforts to retire after my 10th marathon, I came out of retirement to sponsor a seven-year-old little girl who had been diagnosed with leukemia. I pledged to raise $10,000 in her honor.”

Double congratulations to Lisa Unger - on completing her 1 1th marathon and on her engagement. Lisa will be married in May to M itch Stanton, a partner in an L A . law firm, and will move to California. Best wishes to Felice Schnoll-Sussman and Samuel Sussman on their wedding. The bride is a doctor and Sam is an associate director and bond salesman at Bear, Stearns in NYC. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale and received an M .B A . from Harvard. Amy and Damon Zeigler and daughter E m ily ® 5 months, are “truly enjoying life i i » Pittsburgh.” Elizabeth Nolley works in marketing and public relations strategy with Allstate Insurance Co. at headquarters near Chicago. Liz was producer o f the Allstate Awards for AfricanAmericans for Superbowl weekend. She worked with Ossie Davis, Nancy Wilson, “etc.”

October. They live in St. Davids, Bermuda. Enzo Bollettino works for U N IC E F’s Center for Excellence in the division o f disaster management and humanitarian aid. Stationed in Hawaii, he is working to develop computer models for the identification o f political hot spots worldwide, and for the evacuation o f U N IC EF’s personnel. Marshall and Meredith Safirstein Bergmann have bought a new home, a duplex in the W est Village, NYC. It has a garden that Meredith intends “to transform into Eden.”

10th REUNION O C TO BER 3 Ms. K aren M uenster Spiotta 5 9 Long H ill Road, Long Valley N J 07853

10th reunion, the Class o f 1988. Standing: Guest, Jen n ifer R abke, N egi A hkam i, Chris Kruse, N oah Goldm an. Fron t: Jon ath an Fairchild, D avid M cG rath, guest E lise B utkiew itz, Jod y Booth. Sandy Hrab was engaged to Victor Naumenko on Christmas Eve and will be married in November. They met at a wedding!

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M r. D ennis Rodano 1 3 7 W ashington St., Apt. R3 M orristow n N J 079B 0 M rs. Jo y Booth-Roussel 5 5 0 9 Camp Street, N ew O rleans LA 7 0 1 1 5 Congratulations and best wishes to our brides and grooms. Peter and Jennifer Bowser Quella were married in Edgewater, M d., in June. Her sister Rebecca Bowser Lowenthal ’83 was maid of honor, and Christine Voss was a bridesmaid. Jennifer, a graduate o f Brown U., is working on a master’s degree in education, specializing in adult literacy, at the U. o f Wisconsin; Peter is a

Ph.D. candidate. She works for the Madison Literary Council. Mason and Gordon Green were married in Charlottesville, Va., with siblings Jill and Eric Green ’83 in attendance. They live in the Boston area, where Gordon is a computer technical instructor with New Horizons. Welcome, alumni children: Congratulations to Patrick and Meg Allen Coyle on the birth o f Liam Patrick in August. They live in Vail, Colo. The baby was christened in Rome in December, in the same church where Meg and Pat and Meg’s parents were married. Double congratulations to Paul and Ida Boodin Ladner on the birth o f twins George Maxwell and Liliana Rose in October. Ida sent a photo o f three adorable babies - Liam, George, and Liliana - taken when the Coyles visited the Ladners in Charleston for Thanksgiving. Brett and Janet D ix Fountain happily announce the birth o f Oliver Alexander in

10th reunion, the Class o f 1988. Standing: A lec Schwartz, his fia n cee Joyce M cN eill a n d her daughter, H ead o f U pper School Campus C har Charlton, guest, W iem i D ouoguih. Front: Guest, R ebecca Corris, guest, Lauren Shanahan.

M r. Jam es P etretti 2 1 9 O tis P lace, Verona N J 0 7 0 4 4 Class agent: M r. A lec Schw artz 4 6 Plym outh Road, Springfield PA 1 9 0 6 4 cm calec@ ix. netcom. com Many thanks to reunion chairmen Andrew and Jill Tobia Sorger for inspiring a nice turnout. Ten years melted away. Best wishes to Curt and Karen Rimmele Connors, who were married in September. Meg Wight, Kim Uddin Leimer, and Kevin Silen attended. Best wishes to Bill and Tamara Von OhlenNeumunz Davidson on their wedding. MKA attendees included Sue Bardett, Michele Naumann, Liz Reilly ’87, Bernie Reilly ’89, and Andrew Spett. Best wishes also to Felicia and Josh Holtz, who were married New Year’s Eve 1997 on Long Island. Sue Bartlett couldn’t attend reunion because she went to Tamara’s wedding. Sue lives in San Francisco, where she works for Oracle Corporation, .Silicon Valley. She is active in

10th reunion. Standing: V icki R ollins Bailey, Wendy D om er, retired facu lty m em ber K en M ansuy, Lauren Polonofiky G arfield, D avid H aight, Wendy Rosenblum . Front: guestJam es Bailey, Jason Schwartz, Gretchen Godwin, D ennis M analo.

Junior League and is on the board o f Bravo! Club, the young professionals group for the San Francisco Opera. Sue is engaged to be married in October in California, then will relocate to Seattle. Danielle DeVita is, engaged to Seton Hall Law School classmate John Cerza. Danielle, who graduated from Skidmore, is a lawyer with Price, Meese, etc. in W oodcliff Lake. Maria-Rowena Dolorico is working on a second master’s, in counseling psychology, at U. Mass, and is thinking o f applying for clinical Ph.D. programs. (She already has an M.A. in writing from Emerson College.) Maria and h ^ h ^ K n d , Tom , own “a terrific place” in the South End o f Boston. Andrea Safirstein is in her last year training in psychology at Columbia, doing an internship at the Brooklyn Veterans Hospital, and is working on her proposal. Emily Rosenberg teaches seventh grade science and language arts in Colorado. S e lives in Boulder.

Hnatow on the birth o f Alison Elizabeth in January. In Ja n u a ry S irain s N ew York Business named Ryan Schinman to its annual list o f rising stars, “Forty Under Forty.” Ryan, executive VP o f marketing for Worldwide Entertainment & Sports, “despite his youth and boyish good looks, .¿now oversees marketing for a boutique that represents 50 professional athletes.... negotiating endorsement deals for players and advising corporations on sports endorsements.” Ryan played tennis for U. Florida, where by his senior year, he was already scouting athletes for a sports marketing firm. In addition to his Washington gig in December (see box), George Hrab played with a different group at The Bitter End, NYC, in January.

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Ms. Ja m ie Lenis 2 5 Taylor D rive, West C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 Ms. D araM arm on 5 1 8 E ast 80th Street, 5F, N ew York N Y 10021 dara. m arm on @lgtna. com Class agent: M r. L u ke S a rfield 2 9 B attle Ridge T rail, Totow a N J 0 7 512 Congratulations to Mark Politan, who graduated from Emory U. School o f Law in May and passed the New York Bar exam; he was awaiting results on N .J. Bar. Mark has a clerkship with Justice Volkert o f the N .J. Superior Court in Essex County. Caitlin Barile writes that she’s moved from Boston to Virginia, where she’s much happier with the weather. She has a job at the D .C. Jewish Community Center, “where I can see Josh Ford ’90 every day!”

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Ms. Suellen B izub 2 4 7 W eW àJth Sk, 6D , N ew York N Y 1 0 0 2 4

M r. E nrique N eblett 3 2 3 W ashington A ve., #2, Brooklyn N Y 1 1 205

M r. Louis Lessig , 7 8 K en t Rd., H untingdon Valley PA 1 9 0 0 6

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

Class agent: M r. Josh Raym ond 4 W hite O ak Rd., R oseland N J 0 7 068 Best wishes to our brides and grooms. Shane and Elizabeth Webster Tuomey were married in September in Baltimore. Marisa and Ralph Amirata were married in October iiijjh o rt Hills. Ralph’s brother Edwin Amirata ’82 was best man; siblings Paul ’81 and Adrienne Amirata Porcaro’86, and Paul’s wife René - a faculty member at MKA - were in the wedding party. Barbara and Matthew Braun, both graduates o f M IT , were married in Cambridge, Mass.; Jon Venezian ’87 was best man. M att received a B.S. in mechanical engineering and is finishing a master’s in biomedical engineering a t^ ^ H North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He reportedly is continuing as a Ph.D. candidate. They live in Albuquerquelri.M . Belated congratulations to Seamus and Elizabeth Crowell Sweeney, married in September 1997. They met hiking and backpacking in Alaska. Louis Lessig became an associate o f the firm Brown & Connery in November; offices in Westmont, Camden, and Philadelphia. John Blesso is managing editor o f the Authors Guild Bulletin. His book, O ff to a B ad Start: Chicken Soup fo r the Sold, a black comedy, continues to sell well. Je ff and Sarah Lane Sproha celebrate their fifth anniversary this July. She reports his business^ flourishing and her job in N YC is interesting. Congratulations to Elizabeth and Michael

And All T hat Jazz George Hrab Jr. ’89 and his jazz group, the Eric Mintel Quartet, played at T H E W H IT E H O U SE in December for a holiday party. They played “cocktail ja z z jfl and a lot o f Dave Brubeck music in the East Room; George played percussion. They got to meet and be photographed with the President. George reports, “Everybody was very gracioui'wH

90 Ms. L orelei M uenster 4 9 0 Fillm ore Street, Apt. 1 San Francisco CA 9 4 1 1 fjs tt ellesioux@ aol. com Ms. M eredith M cGowan 3 3 3 E ast 65th St., Apt. 3F, N ew York N Y 10021 Richard and Paula Kovanic Spiro live in Pittsburgh, where he has begun a seven-year neurosurgery residency at U. Pittsburgh, and Paula is a research specialist at the Center for Injury Research & Control, also U. Pitt. Paula received an M .P .ll.fro m Tulane University School o f Public Health & Tropical Medicine. Class couple: Fay O ’Neill is engaged to Bryan Lonsinger. Both attended Choate after MKA, then Fay graduated from Georgetown and Bryan from Harvard. She- works at GivaudanRoure, a division o f Hoffman-LaRoche; he is at Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette, NYC.

Class agenM ,?r Ms. A nne M arie Verdiram o 2 8 0 4 Second Street S W Rochester M N 5 5 9 0 2 Best wishes to Erin and Max Fierst on their wedding. Max, who graduated from Yale in 1998, is at Columbia U. School o f the Arts, majoring in poetry. He has already published a poem, in U ncontrollable Beauty, edited by William Beckley. After getting a master’s in special education from Teachers College, Columbia U., Alison Raymond is now teaching special ed. at Mendham Township (N .J.) Middle School. John Eberhardt has moved to San Francisco, where he works for Morgan Stanley Venture Partners.

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Ms. R enee M onteyne 10 L ookou t P oin t T rail Totowa Borough N J 0 7512 M r. B rian W echt K en t School, K en t C T 76757l|vj Class agent: Ms. L isa G ittlem an 8 8 Fairview A ve., Verona N J 0 7 0 4 4 Many thanks to Lisa Gittleman for her work as reunion chairman; it was a great time back. A lot o f ’93 alumni seem to have missed the official photos!

5 th reunion, the Class o f 1993. Standing: Lauren H yman, R upali G andhi, C harlotte Ostberg, K ristin N oell, A lexis Lury, Jen n ifer O ’D ea, Susan Felice, Subhadra Ayyagari. Front: Suzanne Jacobson, Lisa Gittlem an, M arc Goldberg, L au ra Caprario. Dan Lieb updated his address to Redwood Shores, Calif., but sent no news. Likewise, Naveem Ballem lives in Nassau. Stephen Maddox is in medical school at Columbia U. Alexis Lury is a second-year law student at U. Southern California, specializing in entertainment law. Tom Page ¡s in law school at Tulane U., New Orleans. Jordan Safirstein, at U. o f Chicago Medical School, was chosen by the American Medical Student Assn, to participate in a program for care o f indigent people in third world medical facilities. It combined immersion Spanish instruction and living with a family for six weeks in Honduras. His mother notes, “Jordan experienced firsthand, unfortunately, third world medical care when he had an emergency appendectomy performed in Honduras, which he kept from his family until after surgery so as not to worry us.”

5th REUNION O C TO BER 16 Ms. M onica Fernand 1 60 Cheyenne Way, W ayne N J 0 7470 Ms. Rosemary M onteyne 10 Lookout P oin t T rail Totow a Borough N J 0 7512

The Class o f 1993. Standing: E d Seugling, Gary Schw artzbard, facu lty m em ber George H rab, P eter B erk, Stephen Pietrucha. Front: Raghuveer V allabhaneni, Jason Pogorelec, Barry Lieberm an.

Dana Fiordaliso has moved to Washington, D .C ., where she works for Sen. Edward Kennedy as assistant to the chief education counsel on the Labor & Human Resources Committee. At Ohio Wesleyan, she served as VP o f the senior class and social chair o f her sorority. Ben Roth is also in Washington,Ip a firstyear law student at George Washington U. Law School. He graduated from Georgetown’s School o f Foreign Service m agna cum laude, P hi B eta K appa and received Honors in his major, international economics. At Georgetown, Ben was a four-year member o f the pep and concert bands - conductor his junior year - and served on university chapters o f the history anal * economics honor societies. Ben hopes to combine international law with international trade; he is particularly interested in Latin America and Asia. Melissa Auriemma, with B.A. in history, legal studies minor, from Bucknell U., is in law school at Pace U ., W hite Plains, N.Y. Leanne Gattie works with Andersen Consulting in Florham Park. Clipping from the newspaper; Ely Slyder graduated from Connecticut College, where he played varsity squash, tennis, and baseball. The paper states, “He plans to be a world traveler.”

Meghan is pictured in action playing lacrosse, and is quoted about her proudest moment, a tying goal. “W e always talk about meeting personal and team goals while we’re stretching before a game - it’s a great feeling when your individual accomplishment helps the team.” Our condolences to the family o f Gabrielle Sutton. Note from the Alumni Officer How is your M KA laundry bag holding up? I f you’ve used yours too much or lost it in the dorm, there are a few extras available. Just send $3 for postage and handling to the MKA Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair N J 07042.

“I recently had the great opportunity to attend a special convocation at Harvard University, when Harvard inducted Nelson Mandela with a doctorate o f law. Being at Salve Regina University gives me great opportunity to experience these events with Boston being so close, although, as I look back into my MKA times, MKA was the main foundation of my learning to enjoy different cultural events and lectures.” Shan-Shan Yam ’9 5 Letter to the A lum ni O ffice

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Class agent: M r. Jo h n S a ro ff 6 7 E agle Rock Way, M ontclair N J 0 7 042

Ms. R ita P apaleo 3 1 F em w ood Terrace, N utley N J 0 7 110 rep968@ num . edu

Lissa Bollettino is in her first year o f Teach for America. She is working at the Abramson High School in New Orleans. Jill Lutzy is working with Coopers & Lybrand. Jill Finkle and Kristen Drukker are sharing an apartment in NYC. Jill works in marketing in Managed Futures at Prudential Securities; Kiki is a personal banking rep. at the Bank of New York.

Ms. Shan-Shan Yam Box 1481 SRU, 1 00 O chre P oin t Ave. N ew port RL 0 2 840 Class agent: M r. A dam Schrager 121 C hristopher St., M ontclair N J 0 7042 Congratulations to Meghan Torjussen, who is featured in a FULL-PAGE writeup on athletics in Bryn Mawr’s admissions booklet.

96 Ms. Tanya Barnes 7 M elrose P lace, M ontclair N J 0 7 042 tbam es@ fas. harvard, edu Ms. D ebbie H aight 1 15 D eW itt Ave„ B elleville N J 0 7 109 deh27@ colum bia.edu Class agent: M r. L ee Vartan 5 4 H am ilton A ve., Kearny N J 0 7032

Jill Rodburg reports school is great (Boston University) and she has a part-time administrative job with a financial planning company. Matthew Iversen is having a great junior year at Connecticut College. He is a rep. on the judiciary board, and helped start a new campus paper, The Connecticut College Jou rn al, o f which he is managing editor. M att is spending spring semester in Santiago, Chile, pursuing his double major o f government and Hispanic studies. The Sighting Erica Hirsch ’96, a junior at Ohio Wesleyan, was doing an internship last fall in Washington, D.Q.:, and staying in a George Washington University dorm. One day in the elevator, without her glasses, she saw something she thought looked like an MKA laundry bag. How strange, she thought. A week later, she found out it was an MKA laundry bag. It belonged to her classmate Kathryn Hayes, who attends GW U .

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Ms. Jen n ifer P latt 4 3 B rookside Terr., N orth C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 Class secretary a n d agent: Ms. Jen n ifer P in k 1 5 4 Upper M ountain A ve., M ontclair N J 0 7042 Vikki Bollettino is majoring in international relations at Connecticut College. At Lehigh U. Brooke Travis is active in Big Buddies and Delta Gamma sorority, and is a tour guide. Jonathan Zweifler is majoring in communications at Northwestern U ., and make the dean’s list. He is playing lacrosse, was pledge chairman o f his fraternity (Delta Upsilon), and has started his own company, Psycho Alpha Design GroBaWlon is designing W eb pages to promote Megamission 2000, a mission to Israel sponsored by all the Jewish Federations in New Jersey.

The Empty N est is a group o f paren ts whose last ch ild has gradu atedfrom M KA. They m issed their association w ith the school so m uch, th at they com e back f i r H om ecom ing the PAMKA Lecture Series, an d the w inter m usical. H ere, by a laden refreshm ent table a t H om ecom ing are Trustee Penny Finkle, Lissa B arrett, B ella Silver, Rosemary M onteyne, an d Jen n ifer N oell.

M arriages 1964 1974 1981 1985 1985 1986 1987 11987 1988 1988 1989 1989 1989 1992

Lynn Ritter Vernon and Frank Henneman Daniel Beirne and Rebecca McWhorter Heidi Ames and Boris Bauer Martha Cullum and Michael Riley Anthony Michelotti and Tam i Marie Clinton Samuel Sussman and Felice SchnolT ■ Jennifer Bowser and Peter Quella Gordon Green and Mason Smith Karen Rimmele and Curt Connors Tamara Von Ohlen-Neumunz and William Davidson Ralph Amirata and Marisa Kussoy Elizabeth Crowell and Seamus Sweeney Elizabeth Webster and Shane Tuomey Max Fierst and Erin Jepsen

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Ms. G em m a G iantom asi 5 Kensington PEMRoseland N J 07068 Class agents: G em m a G iantom asi, M ichael H alchak, O mni Kitts, A ngela M ulligan, Lauren Moses, M ichael N apolitano, B obby N du, A lena W eller Kristen Connolly played Miranda in “The Tempest!” the Montclair Arts Institute summer Shakespeare production; Joe Felice ’97 also had a lead role. MKA faculty members Richard Reiter and Ken Bishe and guest director Christian Ely also contributed to the production.

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In M em oriam 1916 Geraldine McBriar Williams 1920 Margaret Elliott Stevens 1928x William C. Young 1929 Robert Dorrill 1930 Solon W . Palmer

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Elizabeth Barrett Spence Mary Jane Whitehorne Schoeler Betsy Lawes Amerling Patricia Soverel McGee Rapelye Ben Bardett Si. Edward Kulakowski David E. Lewis Anne Davidson Flynn Robert Higgins

1952x Edward V. Brown 1995 Gabrielle Sutton

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Faculty, Form er Faculty, and Trustees Septem ber 2 0 , 1 9 9 8

H ow ard Parker

MKA Bulletin Board

MKA Chairs Wonderful gifts or graduation presents! M KA chairs are antique black with maple arms and bear the official MKA seal in gold. Each chair sells for $225; a rocking chair version is available for $250. Please add $20 for shipping and handling. Your order must be accompanied by a check made payable to The Montclair Kimberley Academy. Send to: The Alumni Office, MKA, 201 Valley Road, Montclair N J 07042

Alumni T-Shirts Proclaim your proud heritage as you jog around town! The Alumni Association has a few timeless T-shirts available. The shirts are $10 plus $3 each postage and handling from the MKA Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair N J 07042. Please make checks to M KA Alumni Association.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COUNCIL RAT TOT Election for Alumni Council members will be held at the Annual Meeting o f the M KA Alumni Association on May 10, 1999. M eeting place will be at the Middle School Library, 201 Valley Road, M ontclair, New Jersey. T im e 7 :0 0 p.m. I f you do not expect to be present at the meeting, please sign the proxy below and return it to the Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, New Jersey 07042. Upon election o f the proposed slate o f nominees*, the Alumni Council for 1 999-2000 will consist o f the following: T E R M E X P IR IN G 2 0 0 0 Lisa S. Aufzien ’76 Andrew J. Blair ’78 Lisa Gittleman ’93 Jennifer Jones Ladda ’84 M ark M cGowan ’85 Kristine Hatzenbuhler O ’Connor ’83 Joshua H. Raymond ’89 Sabino T . Rodano ’87 Pat Shean W orthington ’74

T E R M E X P IR IN G 2001 Robert Cottingham Jr. ’84 Crystal A. Elliott ’88 Susan Cole Furlong ’78 Laurie H oonhout McFeeley ’76 Eric F.S. Pai ’79 Andrew D . Rod ’79 Alexis Polonofsky Zebrowski ’85

T E R M E X P IR IN G 2 002* Karin Strom Aiello ’68 Erin Cuffe Crawford ’7 4 Lori W ind olf Crispo ’78 Lawrence P. Duca ’79 H olly Jervis Felber ’83 Scott Rumana ’83 Alec P. Schwartz ’88 A D V ISO R Y Martha Bonsai Day ’74 Peter S. McM ullen ’7 7 J. Dean Paolucci ’73

T h e following persons presently on the Alumni Council have been nominated to serve as officers o f the Alumni Association for 1999-2000. These officers will be elected by the Alumni :pbunts]ll|t its annual meigt-'ing on M ay 10, 3999: President................ ....................... Kristine Hatzenbuhler O ’Connor ’83 Executive V icJflresid ent..........Lori W ind olf Crispo ’78 V ice President.............................. Susan Cole Furlong ’78

Secretary...................................... .Joshua Raymond ’89 Treasurer..................................... Sabino T . Rodano ’87

T h e undersigned hereby appoints Kristine Hatzenbuhler O ’Connor ’8 3 Proxy to vote F O R _______A G A IN ST________the election o f the proposed members o f T he M ontclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Council at the annual meeting to be held May 10, 1999 as set forth in the spring issue o f the M K A Review magazine.

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Sw im Team 1918. T E LE PH O N E Detach and mail to: The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, N J 07042 MKA A TH LETIC HALL O F FAME AWARDS CRITERIA The Montclair Kimberley Academy Athletic Hall o f Fame was founded to honor those who have made telling contributions to the school’s athletics. Its purpose is to perpetuate the memory o f those persons who have brought distinction, honor, and excellence to Montclair Academy, The Kimberley School, The Brookside School, and M KA in athletics. 1. Nominee must have been an outstanding varsity athlete, coach, Athletic Director, trainer, or major contributor (financial and/or participant) at MA, TK S, Brookside, or MKA and/or brought distinction to the school through related and subsequent athletic accomplishments. 2. Student nominees must have attended MA, TK S, Brookside, or M KA for at least two years, and have graduated from MA, TK S, Brookside, or MKA. Student nominees must have graduated at least five years prior to the year o f nomination. 3. Nominee must have conducted his or her life in keeping with school standards and in ways which reflect positively on MKA. 4. The nomination can be a posthumoiSaward. 5. Nominees may nominate themselves, be nominated by alumni or others. 6. Each year, a minimum o f one qualified male and one qualified female will be selected. Nominations will be kept on file for subsequent years’ review. A team may be inducted.

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M iss D orothy R. Renz 1957

If O nly W e H ad K now n... The Montclair Kimberley Academy recently received a surprise bequest of $50,000 from the estate of a former faculty member, Dorothy R. Renz. We deeply regret not having been able to thank her personally, for we appreciate the gift immensely; it reveals a gracious and generous person who forever believed in the school. Miss Renz, as she was known at the Kimberley School for sixteen years, came in 1950 to teach mathematics. She served as Assistant to the Principal - the formidable Ethel Spurr - from 1957-59, a year as Acting Headmistress, then as Assistant Headmistress from 1960-66. The Class of 1957 dedicated its yearbook to her, “in recognition of the friendship you have offered us through the years.” The Class of 1965 did a two-page In Appreciation to Miss Renz, noting “You are one of those rare people whom each one of us would like to adopt and take home with us....You are one of the essential pillars of our world, which make each Kimberley endeavor and event cherished and remembered. We have watched and admired the part you play in the administration of the school your decisions never arbitrary, your methods always direct, and your reasoning always so wise that we find security in it.” We feel a real sense of loss at not having had an opportunity to express our gratitude to our surprise benefactor. If only we had known.... We encourage you to let us know if you include MKA in your estate plans. Membership in the Heritage Society is automatic; donors need only notify the Headmaster or Director of External Affairs of their intention to make a bequest. We can then express our appreciation right away and can make special arrangements to keep you up to date in a more personalized way on developments and activities at MKA. Please call or write Judy Polonofsky, Director of External Affairs, MKA, 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042 or call 973-746-9800.

The M ontclair K im b e rle y A ca d e m y 201 Valley Road Montclair, New Jersey 07042 http://www.mka.inter. net

Work hard, p lay hard: S ta ff m em bers Ju liu s D ella Rovere, M arie Tobia, Irene M aran, Ann W eintraub, B arbara Fielding, an d B ernice Belverio ( missingfrom p h oto) brought down the house as Sgt. G reers Lonely H earts Club B an d a t the 1998 Upper School H allow een Assembly.

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