Spring 2000 MKA Review Magazine by Montclair Kimberley Academy

The Montclair Kimberley Academy j IN T H I S I S S U E J .K . R ow lin g, au th o r o f the H arry Potter series, fascinates stud ents w ith her v isit to M K A .

C over Illustration o f Harry Potter b y third graders Guy K ozak and Jo h n M eyer C on ten ts F r o ® the H e a d m a ste r........................................ 1 MKA-mail .............................................................. 2 G u ® 4 1 um ni A u t h o r ........................................ 3 Harry Potter D a|||j..............................................4 T h e Im pact o f Extras ........................................ 5 C « e W orks in P r a c tic e ..................................... 9 N otes Around MKA ........................................ 11 Cougar Sports ......................... .............. . . . .14 Athletic Hall o f Fam e V ................. . |M M .6 T h e M ath S tu d e n t......................................... .18 From the Alumni A ssociation .................... 19 *4 ' § Class N otes ....................

R e v ie w E d it o r s Christie Austin Ju d y P olonofsky C o n t r ib u t o r s Bro. Patrick Carney D eb b ie Kozak P h o t o C r e d it s Christie Austin David H ollander D an Katz D eb b ie Kozak Thegltar Ledger Laurie H oonhou t M c jie le y 7 6 Lily Solm ssen M oureaux ’59 Steve T o b er Published tw ice yearly by: T h e M ontclair K im berley A cadem y 201 V alley Road, M ontclair NJ 07042 ■ 3 B H 8 ° 0 • FAX: 9 7 « | 3 - 5 7 7 7 w w w .m ontclairkim berley.org E ntered as third class m atter at M ontclair NJ ffl|042 D esign: Gem ini Com m unications W est Caldwell, NJ

T h e MKA Alumni A ssociation is an organization o f all m en and w om en w ho have attended the U pper School. Its pu rpose is to m ake kn ow n to MKA the ideas, interests, and con cern s o f alum ni and to inform alum ni o f the accom plishm ents and o bjectives o f MKA. T h e Alumni Council is the governing Board, a representative group elected at the A ssociation’s annual m eeting to sp onsor events and activities linldng alum ni w ith their alm a mater. A l u m n i A s s o c ia t io n C o u n c il

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Lisa S. Aufzien 7 6 A ndrew J . B lair 7 8 Lindsay Braverm an ’01 Robert Cottingham Jr. ’84 Erin Cuffe Crawford 7 4 Lori W indolf Crispo 7 8 , Executive V ice President Law rence P. Duca 7 9 Crystal A. Elliott ’88 H olly Jervis F elber ’83 Susan Cole Furlong 7 8 , V ice President D anielle G reer ’00 Je n n ife r Jo n e s Ladda ’84 Christian Langbein ’00 Mark D. M cG ow an ’85 Kristine H atzenbuhler O ’C onnor ’83, President Eric F.S. Pai. 7 9 Jo sh u a H. Raym ond ’89, Secretary A ndrew D. Rod 7 9 Sabino T. Rodano ’87, Treasurer 3 t « t t Rum ana ’83 A lec P. Schwartz ’88 Patricia Shean W orthington 7 4 A lexis P olonofsky Zebrow ski ’85 P eter Rf Greer, H eadm aster Ju d y Polonofsky, D irector o f External Affairs Christie Austin, Alumni D irector Laurie H oonhou t M cFeeley 7 6 D irector o f Alumni Giving and Planned Giving

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BOARD O F TRUSTEES 1999-2000 Paul G .jEdw ards, V ice President G eorge W . Egan A ndree (P en ny) Finkle M ichael Frasco Jo h n E. Garippa, President Linda T. Garippa Mary Ellen Gray Peter R. Greer, H eadm aster A lice M. Hirsh, Secretary Peter 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 lo bo hm 7 4 N ew ton B . Sch ott Jr., Treasurer Jo lin d a D. Smith David L. Tu ro ck D en ise W agner HONORARY TRUSTEES Aubin Zabriskie Am es ’54 Susan H. Ruddick Ja m e s S. V anderm ade ’35 A DVISORY TRUSTEES Edw in J. Delattre Barry W . Ridings 7 0 H erbert H. Tate Jr. 7 1

M em ber: Alumni Program Council o f Indepen dent Schools (APC) Council for A dvancem ent and Support o f Education (CASE) National A ssociation o f Independent Sch ools (NAIS) N ew Je rse y A ssociation o f Independent Schools (NJAIS)

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

From the Headmaster Dear MKA Community, During the winter recess, Terry and I went to Washington, D.C. to see our children and grandchildren. During the few “lulls,” we went to see Johannes Vermeer’s The Art o f Painting at the National Gallery of Art, viewed various documents (M agna Carta and Elvis’ letter to President Nixon!) at the National Archives, and walked over to the Museum of American Art to see Edward Hopper’s watercolors. In all three settings, I was reminded of the importance of details and of “extras.” By extras, I mean that it is not always useful or productive to view paintings,. watercolors, or documents without considerable knowledge of the times, without studying the history of the art objects, without reading up on the personalities and styles involved, and without examining what the experts say about the symbolism.

Headmaster Peter Greer welcomes J .K Rowling, celebrated author o f the Harry Potter series.

and administrators. (To view her on tour at MKA, go to our Web site, www.montclairkimberley.orgl) Rowling so admired a student painting during her visit that she signed and graded it! It is the cover||f this Review.

This issue of Review reminds us all that MKA consistently offers extras to its students that enable these young minds to engage in useful studies of familiar and unfamiliar topics. I am convinced that one reason why the nation’s, finest colleges and universities earn their reputation is because they offer extras to their students: prominent and influential speakers, special tours, and special experiences. As you read about MKA’s extras in this issue, notice that they are found at each of the three campuses. Notice that these extras are the result of faculty requests, of a superb and generous Parents’ Association (PAMKA), and of several alert, loyal, and generous parents who push prominent persons and events our way.

I am pleased to present four special MKA faculty, Deborah Jennings, Laura Lemaire, Maurine Toth, and Barbara DuRant, wk© have written our three featured pieces about extras. All the extras from which quiff® students and faculty derive considerable benefits are not included, but you will read about authors, luminaries, scholars, dancers, international investment bankers, and capable parents, grandparents, and parents of alumni. Such allies are embraced. With such allifes, MKA can claim and tout the word “community.”

It is one thing for MKA to have the opportunities and it s' another to deserve these opportunities. We are deserving. MKA is not a wealthy school. MKA does not accept federal funding. Every dollar received is appreciated and spent judiciously, thanks to the Board of Trustees and our remarkable Business Manager/Chief Financial Officer. We are told that many speakers now ask to come to MKA because they are treated professionally and well, and the allotted time with students and parents is used well. It is reported that J.K. Rowling told many persons during her tour o f many states and functions - including the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. - that her MKA visit (her only school visit) was the highlight, She thoroughly enjoyed talking with our students, faculty,

With gratitude, Dr. Peter R. Greer, Headm aster

Visit the extensive coverage of J.K. Rowlingppjj visit by clicking on the “Harry Potter Day” ¿eon on the MKA website, www.montclairkimberley.org. It includes questions and answers (“The Buzz”) and an audio of her reading.

MKA-mail D ear Dr., Greer, T h an k you fo r thcM opy o f your Core W orks Program. I see you teach the fifth graders H am m u rab i’s C ode o f Law , the seventh graders M agn a C arta, and the ninth graders, The w A nalectsfjf/t Confucius. I sincerely h o p A lo t o f your graduates w ill b eco m e our leaders.

I am again bursting w ith pride at the exciting grow th o f my beloved K im berley - first the National B lu e R ibbon h onor and n o w the m agnificent presentation o f the C ore Works: Program . Congratulations to all o f those w ho had a hand in bringing this fascinating end eavor to fruition. I will never forget the w onderful 12 years that I spent at TKS: great teachers, lifetim e friendships, and a||>lid foundation, w hich gave m e the basis for living a happy and s u c S s f u l life.

Nien Cheng, author Life and Death in Shanghai

B arbara Littlejohn 3 5 T han k y « for the cop y o f your fall 1999 R eview . It w as particularly heartening to note that five m em bers o f your 1999 graduating class are no w studying at B o sto n University. In addition to their obvious academ ic qualifications, I w as gpleased tolgee that you have sen t them to us appropriately equ ip p ed w ith laundry bags from their alm a mater.

T h e Core W orks brochure is com prehensive, and I ’m trem endously p leased that m y kids will have the advantage o f studying these w orks in depth. M any thanks to yo u and the faculty fo r the hours o f lab o r it m ust have taken to bring the program this far to date. Can’t w ait to start getting the replay b a ck from the kids as they b eg in to delve into their respective w orks.

Joh n Silber, C hancellor Boston ¡University

Susanne Newman, MKA paren t Thanks fo r sending m e the recen t Review w ith th ^ B v e r a g e o f the n ew core 8 1 MKA. It is very impressivey- It-®eems rigorous w ithout b ein g rigid, com prehensive w ithout b ein g superficial, u p -tcm ate witlfgut bein g trendy. It is easy to nam e thirty or forty bo o ks young p eo p le w ould benefit from know ing; putting together such a program as yours takes real effort. R F o u must have a very special glculty.

W hat a dilem m a I have after reading the Core W orks Program : W ould I prefer to b e a teach er or a student at The M ontclair K im berley Academy?

Peter Relic, Executive Director, NAIS H o C harlaine Charlton, H ead Upper School an d math teacher]

William Wians, A ssociate Professor Philosophy, M errim ack College

C ollege is w o n d erfu l.. .H onors Calc help ed so much! I can ’t em phasize this enough. I kn o w that I never w ould’ve b e e n able to learn som e o f the calculus m aterial had I just gon e straight in tlaco lleg e after Adv. PreCalc. B TW - no calculators! W hile I am im pressed w ith som e o f the professors and fellow students here w ith their am azing intellect and diversity, som ething about MKA w as greatly superior. Possibly the incredible faculty w ho w ere at the disposal o f every student w illing to take advantage o r m aybe just the overall attitude behind learn in g .... I kn o w my tim e at MKA som etim es felt as though it w as ju st a pit stop o n the w ay to college; n o w I w ish it cou ld ’v e lasted m aybe ev en a year longer.

Today w | ii.cg iv e d the Core W orks. W hat a w onderful idea, B u t h o w is this bod y o f stu ff related? H am m u rab i’s C ode o f L aw stands alone. W here "til the Constitution, or other governm ent plans for that matter. W hat about T he P rin ce! I k n o w you cannot p ick everything. B ut m y point is that given all this w onderful literature and m usic, w hy n o t take the opportunity f a m ix it w ith related su bject m atter so that it s t a n d s w ith a child’s^duc^ffijon and n o t a left-field e v e n t.... W here is the “universal" identification o f relationships w ith hum an issu eflin the Core W orks? O r is art h ere or there to b e different? I f w e take w hat w e kn o w m is easily recognizable and then expand from there to the abstract, doe® n o tJ| pupil learn a line o f reasoning from the 'Concrete to the ab stra e lH I

Alex H olz ’9 9, Lehigh University H o P atricia Forbes, chairm an English Department, Upper School]

M egan Ambrosio, MKA paren t

,rJjv e graduated from #dllege, [and] have finally read o n e o f your favorite bo o ks, M idd lem arch. I rem em ber asking you w hat your favorite- b o o k w as. O f cou rse I w en t o ut and bou g ht it im m ediately. W ell, H o . lot o f thick b o o k s go, I put it o n a s h e lf.... Finally, this past sum m er the time and the am bition m erged at just the right time. I w as w orking and living at a cam p B r inner-city youth in northern N ew Jersey . I had m y evenings free, m I m et D orothea B ro o k e. I think at ju st the right time, too, as I struggle w ith w hat to d o with m yself after c o Jj| g e .... So thank you for introducing m e to her and giving m e m any long hours spent in m y English countryside o f the mind. Forever a student o f English,

T h e C okI W orks Program bo o k let is beautifully d one o n all coun|| handsom e to hold, easy to read. B ut the real beauty is in theCdescription o f w hat is to b e valued, and why, in the literature and art that is d fs’c ribed and prescribed. T h e very description o f the program is a lesson in disciplined, intellectual inquiry and assessm ent. I enjoy ed reading it thoroughly, and there are s e g r a l w orks that I shall no w revisiw having b e e n rem inded o f their appeal b y this docum ent.

Dennis D. Berkey, Provost an d D ean Boston University

Carolyn Seugling ’9 5

MKA w elcom es qu estion s a n d com m en ts fr o m read ers. P lea se se n d y o u r thou ghts to th e MKA R eview , A lu m n i O ffice, 20 1 V alley R oad, M on tclair N J 0704 2, o r e-m a il cau stin @ m ka.p v t.kl2 .n j.u s 2

Guest Alumni Autnor From time to time, the Review will publish m aterial by m em bers o f the MKA com m unity it deem s interesting, provocative, or relevant to the school’s Common Purpose. The follow ing appeared in the InterTown Record, North Sutton, N.H., on N ovem ber23, 1999Is there anything, today, that is as it was? Least of all, Thanksgiving? Most of us grew up with a tale of courage and grief, endeavor and death, faith and ultimate redemption. The Pilgrims came, they saw, they sickened and died —all but a few who were saved by the native inhabitants who took pity on them and taught them enough survival skills to yield a first harvest. The first Thanksgiving w as^ pelebration to which two disparate peoples were party. Now we know better. The “do” was in fact a harvest celebration; the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving Proclamation was actually issued in June. Another reminder: the boadoad that arrived in Plymouth was composed of people who called themselves “Saints” (religiousfreedom seekers) and “Strangers” (economic opportunists), melded together by the Mayflower Compact, to work for and with one another in a uhited community. The basic elements o f the story, though, were in fact all there. Death, grief, courage, endeavor, faith, and finally redemption as the settlers stuck together and forged new, though tentativeifriendships with their native neighbors. After such a promising start, what happened? Perhaps the same thing that has happened to us. Once the Pilgrims didn’t need the Native Americans for survival, once their bellies and larders were full, once they were secure and strong, they became arrogant and self-interested. They forgot friendship and faith; the Saints became self-righteous and the Strangers disconnected. In what do we place our faith today? What beacon of hope do we seek? We deride Thanksgiving as just another American legend that self-importantiy ignores the harm we did. Some insist this shou® be a day of atonement. We daren’t pay more than lip service to national thankfulness. National holidays are becoming more and more of a problem. We don’t, or won’t, mutually mark events because we are too busy finding fault with someone’s perception. It’s easier to tear them down and apart than it is to follow musty, old, out-of-date, mythological or repudiated traditions. We worry far more now about group sovereignty than national unity, which precludes common celebration and destroys national pride. Great prosperity is slowly eroding both respect for common tradition and common values, as well as appreciation for how we got here. Holidays are the expression o f the better part of u slfesa peopl|j| It seems that not only do we not see ourselves as a people anymore, but that the better part of us is not eager to celebrate either. Y et we have so much to be grateful for. We never were saints but we needn’t have becom e strangers. Ardath Blauvelt ’64, Editorial Writer

Harry Potter Day "You have to work with the author a nd make what h e ’s describing happen in your head. You cast a nd direct thefilm in your m ind, and.nobody but you sees what you see. That’s why reading is irreplaceable -J.K . Rowling

Rowling and some faculty members at the end of the day. On “Harry Potter Day,” 150 thrilled second and third graders adorned with purple lightning bolt tattoos on their foreheads held a 25-foot-long banner to welcome their heroine. She walked into the assembly to a standing ovation. Rowling read from her first book, H arry Potter a n d the Sorcerer’s Stone, and then answered students’ questions, which ranged from her inspiration for particular characters to “What do you do when you g§| writer’s block?” The author - a former teacher - was warm, funny, and irreverent. Later, she signed almost 1,000 books and some of the children’s artwork [see Review cover], MKA donated signed books to all the .elementary and middle school librarie||in Montclair. The celebrated author chose to come to MKA because the children of one of her publishers attend the school. She was persuaded by MKA’s excellent reputation for hosting children’s authors, particularly as part of the annual PAMKA Book Fair.

AuthorJ.K . Rowling, creator ofth e Harry Potter series, at an extraordinary MKA assembly.

The most famous author currently on bestseller lists around the world made The Montclair Kimberley Academy her onl^visit to a school in the United States. Literary phenomenon J.K. Rowling author of the Harry Potter series, came to MKA for an unforgettable visit enchanting (sorry) her fans and inspiring legions to become readers.

The Rowling visit lives on. Not only have MKA students becom e more devoted readers, eager to discuss characters and motivation, but adults also are intrigued with the lessons of thsgleries. Indeed, one of Headmaster Dr. Peter Greer’s topics for an evening seminar on ethics was “Virtue in the Harry Potter Books.”,.,,

The day was planned to make the most of the unique opportunity for the largest number of people. The school held an assembly for MKA’s second through eighth grad Its - the bulk of Rowling fans - and invited three students and pjnifaculty delegate from all Montclair’s public, parochial and privatH schools. MKA videotaped the event and put it on the website ([www.montclairkimberley.org). MKA families, faculty, staffi, Trustees, and Alumni C ouncilK lm bers were given the chance to preorder books. Logistics worked out, faculty, staff, anrHstJadgnts prepared for the visit. Primary and Middle School art departments made posters, banners, signs, and stage panels; the Fine andi Performing Arts department constructed a “Platform Nine and Three Quarters” sign through which Rowling could enter the school; teachers from grades 2-8 worked with their students on preparing questions for the author; and the Parents’ Association arranged an English Afternoon Teagfor

The Impact...of Extras advanced dance. Sophomore Kerry Bishe observes that they showed students a totally different kind of movement than what they were used to; she was so impressed that she now has tickets to see them in performance at the NJPAC in April.

Four m em bers o f the faculty discuss visiting experts - authors, scholars, other professionals a n d their im pact on doe students a n d faculty o f all three campuses.

The Upper School

Faculty member Rick Kitts, a member of Pilobolus from 1982-84, explains that he can only demonstrate so much of their pus^/pull, lift/carry techniques by himself. He observes, “Having them visit showed the students how comfortable two partners can be working closely together, which allowed students in the class to take greater risks in their own partnering.”

By Deborah Jennings, A cadem ic D ean At the Upper School, students and teachers use a variety of “extras” to make ideas come alive. Visitors to our campus may be invited to speak to teachers in a particular department or to students in a particular course, or they may address a specific group, such as a club or assembly. In each case, visitors enrich the academic life by sharing their professional expertise. These speakers are sometimes parents or friends of current or former students, and may be part o f the Bank of Community Resources. Others are invited by individual teachers who know that the school community would benefit by sharing their experiences. During the fall semester alone, guests enhanced the curriculum in subjects as varied as art and economics, dance and physics. Visitors conducted workshops and experiments, gave lectures and readings, and offered hands-on demonstrations and multimedia presentations.

Gladys Barker Grauer, grandmother of Omar Joyner ’99, not only came to studio art and advanced studio art classes, but also exhibited her work in the Upper School gallery. Tony Cuneo, who teaches the two courses and is chair of the Fine & Performing Arts department, says, “Her visit was enlightening. She spoke with students about her show, ‘Corrugated and Rags,’ and surprised them with her interpretation of her own work.” Ms. Grauer, a mentor o f young artists in the area for some time, was impressed with the student work she saw at MKA. “Extras” at the Upper School are not limited to classroom visits. The AIDS Awareness Club sponsored an appearance by Dr. Michael Merson, Dean of the School of Public Health at Yale University. Dr. Merson (uncle of senior Erica Merson) and a colleague gave a wonderful presentation at an assembly that was both informative and interesting. Their knowledge of issues encouraged many audience members to ask relevant questions.

Students in Advanced Placement English and faculty were thrilled to spend time with Professor Uli Knoepfelmacher of Princeton University. He discussed 19th century British literature with faculty and how to write about literature with students. Rebecca Leffler, a senior, says, “He pointed out subtleties that Uli Knoepfelmacher: we might have missed with 19th century British jiffist a cursory glance.” literature at the Upper Professor “K” also talked School and Charlotte’s Web at Brookside. about the college process with these seniors.

Students had many questions when Gerald Sherer, the CFO of the Investment Division of Deutsche Bank the largest bank in the world - came to the Upper School before returning to London. Mr. Sherer,: a family friend of senior Alex Materna, spent an entire club meeting period talking to interested students in the stock market club about everything from basic accounting to investment goals. Jan Goodwin, freelance journalist and human rights activist, spent a day speaking to three history classes, the Women’s Issues Group, and Amnesty International. She is the godmother of sophomore Kate Klimczak, and was invited by David Hessler, who teaches the new women’s history class. Students concur that her visit was fascinating and worthwhile. “She brought examples of clothing worn by women in Islamic

Patty Forbes, chair of the English department and teacher of AP English, says, “His powerful intellect and engaging manner captivated students and impressed faculty.”' Josie Coyac and Gaspard Louis, current members of the world-renowned Pilobolus Dance Theater, g av aa two-hour master class workshop for students in

glance, the series seems to be agfollection of fantasybased storieli But further study reveals books that are very grounded in the realistic, everyday joys and pitfalls of young adufcm i well as underlying moral dilemmas. Ms. Rowling helped our audience understand the relevance of her books as she answered questions about characters, plot, and the continuing struggle of good against evil. Students loved hearing about the evil teacher she had in college. He was the basis for one o f the characters in her books - to paraphrase the author, a lovely form o f revenge toward those who tormented us in the past. As one student commented, “She made me want to write an adventure about real kidj&^B

countries,” says senior Danielle McHenry, “and spoke to us about the suffering tfg ie women go through. Students had read Ms. Goodwin’s book, The Price o f Honor,, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. “We read her book and then got to ask her questions directly,” says senior Rieki Leigh Jones. These are just some of the visitors who addl'd something extra to the academitfpife over the course of a single semester at the Upper School.

Middle School By Laura Lem aire

V ision, P lan n in g, an d H ard W ork Fam ous A uthor Visits MKA. This is a familiar headline at The Montclair Kimberley Academy Middle School. During the annual Book Fair, it is not unusual to have three or four authors visiting our school. This past fall, our campigl was energized with the presence of J.K. Rowling - world-renowned author of Harry Potter books; Jerry Spinelli - Newbery Medalist and Bathe iti of Crash, W ringer, and M aniac McGee, and Gordon Korman - author of Nose Pickers from Outer Space and There’s a Girl in My Hammerlock. We were alsopMinored with the visit of Ruby Bridgelg pioneer on school integration at the age of six, and author o f Through My Eyes. These guest speakers shared a wealth of ideas and experiences that were exciting, informative and immeasurably rewarding.

Ms. Rowling also talked about her life as a writer. Writing is her passion, and she spends as many as nine hours a day, drafting, revising, editing, and rewriting. Hearing her describe her work left a powerful impression on the audience. Teachers constantly speak about the importance of vision, planning, and hard work as part o f the writing process. These lessons took on greater weight when spoken by a respected and loved author. J.K. Rowling wasn’t the only author to enlighten our young writers. Students gathered in small groups as guest author Jerry Spineliiji answered questions and delighted us with tales of his youth. Fourth graders giggled as Mr. Spinelli talked about his beloved cowboy outfit. “I walked to school in a cowboy suit, with plastic guns, fringes on my pants and shirt, and even a cowboy hat. It wasn’t Halloween, but I insisted on wearing it.” Mr. Spinelli taught us how we could take small memories and turn them into big stories. An anecdotdSibout a chicken in a refrigerator later became the basis for a funny passage in one of his books. His stories offered amazing insights about the way that an author writes fiction. Author Gordon Korman assured students that they too could be writers. After all, he wrote his first book in seventh grade! Here was an extremely likeable young adult with whom middle school students could easily identify. Mr. Korman’s manner was casual as he told us stories and jokes, but he also tol®] us how to becom e better writers. He explained that the secret of writing fiction was to draw from stories about one’s own life.

Fans ask the celebrated author J.K . Rowling questions. The marks on theirforehead are purple lightning bolt “tatoos” in homage to hero Harry Potter.

J.K. Rowling has captured the imagination o f readers of all ages. She certainly captured the minds and fe a rts of MKA. Her books have raised the bar for student reading let^ ffl H arry Potter books are difficult reading fo§gyounge*3tudents, but the plots are so engaging that readers becom e mi itivatedLchi >osing reading time above TV, Nintendo, and the computer.

M o b ep , Prize winner ■ Jerry opinelli and tales o f his youth

J.K. Rowling enthralled students and ¡¡acuity members from Brookside and the Middle School as she told stories about her childhood and life as a writer. At first

The lessons w£ learned r

rrom these authors proved

invaluable when our students later began a six-week study of fiction. Led by Anna Reduce, a consultant from Columbia University Teachers College, fourth and fifth grade students were asked to write pieces based on realistic,-personal experiences. As a result of Mr. Spinelli’s talk, teachers found it easier to help them to understand that fiction is broader than stories based upon alien monsters blasting the universe with laser zappers, or an endless chase scene from a movie. Students became more receptive to the concepts of developing characters and setting, the use of dialogue to reveal characters. In the weeks following, students found that they could create a realistic conflict and resolution within a story, based upon their own experiences!

Letter to Headmaster Dr. Peter Greer, from Barbara Henry, teacher of Ruby Bridges, after her visit to MKA: “Your schools are quite, quite special, not only in theirfacilities, but also in the joy a n d dynamism everywhere evidenced from those who assist you in realizing the very bestfo r y o u r students. A nd those students whom I met indeed reflected the high quality o f life a n d education you a n d your faculty offer them. ” many classes read all or parts of the showcased books. Teachers and students work together, brainstorming and coming up with interesting questions. With every visit, students and faculty gain new perspective on the world of writing.

Undoubtedly the most emotional and moving visit was when Ruby Bridges came to MKA. In I960, escorted to school by federal marshals, Ruby had spent the entire year being the only child in a -classroom in New Orleans with the only white teacher who would teach her. Barbara Henry, that teacher, accompanied

Primary School By M aurine Toth a n d Barbara DuRant The added dimension of visiting authors and illustrators to Brookside is another component of information literacy that provides new insights and understandings for teachers, students, and parents. The Book Fair - an annual event designed, organized, and orchestrated by parent volunteers - is essentially a literary dream package. Students will always remember being a part of something beyond the ordinary. To see the authors, to talk with the authors, to have autographed personal inscriptions in their books, storytelling and the sharing of a writer’s life are events in which memories are made.

Ruby Bridges, unforgettablefigure o f history, an d her courageous teacher, Barbara Henry sign books.

The Book Fair at Brookside offers opportunities for young learners to ask relevant questions of experts. Drawing from their own observations, ideas, memories, and feelings, authors share moments that may reach children in a variety of ways to bring new insights and understandings about the process of reading and writing.

Ms. Bridges to MKA. Students learned about some of the painfuBessons of our nation’s history as Ruby shared her experience as a young girl. Ms. Bridges spoke of her trials and fears as a young student, but at the same time, left us with a message of hope and optimism. Today she reaches out to children of all nationalities and asks them to communicate and learn about each other. “Look at a person’s character,” she sayslln ot his or her color.” These are lessons that take on real meaning when they are from firsthand accounts. Later in the school year, when fourth graders visited St. Philip’s Academy in Newark, our students gained a unique perspective.

“I liked Psfela Danziger because she told us stories of herself and her writing,” says third grader John Meyer. “I think authors should come every year to MKA.” Paula Danziger, author of the A m ber Brown books, captivated her audience by sitting with them on the floor and engaging in nonstop dialogue, sharing pieces of her life and ideas about the constructs of writing. “In the books I write, three things are important,” she said. “Respect for the reader; respect for the subject matter; and the language must be the best writing you P an do as a writer. It comes from observation, from imagination. I daydream a lot.”

While these author visits may be a frequent occurrence at MKA, they are never taken for granted. Teachers and students actively plan for the visits to get the most out of the lectures. Prior to the big ev en tH

Andrea Davis Pinkney: Books have soul.

The language arts curriculum is enhanced by experiences that are both interactive and genuine as inquiry. In having experts visit, children travel beyond the written page and visual aesthetic into the varied experiences and histories of these authors, and they are given opportunities to understand what authors think.

experiment that helps keep the educational process healthy. To extend the teaching experience into the hands of authors and illustrators shows a willingness and commitment of teachers to explore together with students.’ With outside visitors, children are given opportunities to hear “the big ideas” (as one student calls them) of the experts, but also to have the opportunities to share their own “big ideas” and to be taken seriously.

“My favorite part of the Book Fair was when Andrea Davis Pinkney came and showed the slides," says third grader Morgan Booker. “She had a lot of soul in her books. All her books had soul like Duke Ellington. Her books had the blues, too. She inspired m e^H

“I liked when Seymour Simon came. I learned that nothing’s done on the first try,” says Philip Reisen, third grader.

“[Andrea Davis Pinkney] amazed me when she told me that she wrote on a swimming slipper because she didn’t have any paper to write on. I learned that you don’t need to write on paper to get an idea for a story,” says third grader Ava Detore.

Seymour Simohjf! author of many science books for children, shared a humorous story with his audience of an exchange he had with an editor who was scrutinizing his first published work on making paper airplanes. Not convinced that the designs would actually be successful for the novice flyer, Simon and the editor proceeded to fold and fly numerous paper airplanes from the 12th-floor Manhattan office window. Not only were his designs successful, so too were the designs of the man directly across from the building, who after observing Simon joined in the excitement and experimental process of flight and the art o f paper folding. Airplanes were drifting down and around from both windows, from great heights.

Careful planning concerning activities is essential. It is important to examine, to revisit, and to assess prelevance and value when adding to the curricula. Is it an add-on, or is this a meaningful experience, and if so, why is it and how can we improve upon it? Is the author adding to visual literacy and aesth etic!^

In having experts visit, children travel beyond the written p a ge a n d visual aesthetic into the varied

This is the stuff from which great stories come. This, in itself, helps children sense that their intellectual quest is of deep interest and importance. It is this kind of attention that conveys to children that their ideas count. From this, richer and more complex work can follow.

experiences a n d histories o f these authors, a n d they are given opportunities to understand what authors think.

Pre-K teacher Trudy Fraser observes, “A visit from an author is always exciting for both teachers and studenfl [Steve] Metzger listened to the children’s questions with Jgspect. He explained the craft of writing and how he has to try and try again. He also spoke about the illustrator. He made writing come alive for our young writers.”

The Book Fair at Brookside is a cooperative effort of parents, teachers, and administration promoting the best of literary involvement. As in Pinkney’s Duke Ellington, we are all on the community train traveling to new literary destinations, leaving behind a trail of notes on a winding, but connected set o f tracks heading in the right direction.

While it is important to think through the interests of students and what opportunities will inspire and pique motivations in leamingMt is also the willingness to

Core Works in Practice The Montclair Kimberley Academy’s new Core Works Program has hit a national nerve. The United States Department of Education has put a copy of the program in its ERIC database. The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation did a write-up in its October 1999 issue of Selected Readings on School Reform that is bringing calls from around the country:

As MKA implemented the Core Works, visiting scholars enriched faculty and student understanding by their specifi® expertise. Among them, Dr. Alicia Borinsky of Boston University lectured on the work of Pablo Neruda at the Middle School, and Professor Walter Reinhold of New York University gave seniors an audio-visual presentation of Dr. A licia Borinsky Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. discussing the works o f Pablo Neruda. Dancer Sharon Miller - a former MKA faculty member demonstrated the work of Alvin Ailey through a video.

The Montclair Kimberley Academy, an excellent K-12 independent school in New Jersey, has developed a new “core works” curriculum that amounts to a list o f “great books” and other outstanding readings appropriate to various grade levels, subjects, and lessons. A school looking for an excellent reading list (together with an explanation of what it is that needs to be emphasized about these works) could do a lot worse than to consult the MKA pamphlet....

From Boston University came Dr. Linda Wells (discussing poet Langston Hughes), Assistant Professor Eliza Richards (Longfellow’s Paul R evere’s Ride and Lazarus’ The New Colossus), and Dr. Kim Sichu, discussing Hom e o f a Rebel Sharpshooter, the work of Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner at Gettysburg.

The program was the focus of a session at the 2000 NAIS [National Association of Independent Schools] Annual Conference in March. Headmaster Peter Greer; Patricia Forbes, chair o f the Upper School English department; and Anthony Cuneo, chair of the Fine & Performing Arts department, presented “How to Design a Core Works Curriculum,” using MKA’s program as model.

Beyond Theory to Empathy Dr. Byerte Johnson, a musician and expert on African American history, made history come alive for tenth grade history students. As she lectured on The Classic Slave Narratives, Dr. Johnson put 35-pound chains around their necks. In addition to placing the Narratives into the wider context of African American history, she added another dimension: music. Dr. Johnson brought with her Nicole Barrows White, an internationally renowned singer of spirituals, who transfixed students and faculty alike with her powerful renditions. Dr. Johnson, a professor at Drew University, is the mother o f three MKA alumni: Durwin Johnson 7 3 , Jam es Johnson 7 9 , and Margaret Johnson ’81.

By M arianne Burke As part of MKA’s continuing commitment to invigorate the teaching of the Core Works, the administration provided the necessary funds for Patty Forbes (chair) and MariannijBurke of the English department to attend the 26th Annual Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference in Oxford, Mississippi, the longest-running literary event in America held to discuss the work of one individual. Flosted by the U n ive0ty of Mississippi,' this conference attracts renowned literary critics and scholars, college professors, high school to ch ers, and Faulkner enthusiasts from all over the country, as well as from Japan and Canada.

Sound a n d the Fury? The good will and collegiality of the participants was palpable teachers exchanged their experiences and strategies for teaching these difficult but rewarding works. After sharing her innovative method for making sense of Faulkner’s experimental narrative perspectives, Patty Forbes found herself surrounded after one session by teachers from several state's who wanted to hear more about how she teaches The Sound a n d the Fury at MKA. One of the more interesting teaching strategies was to pair a Faulkner work with Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology or Richard Wright’s Uncle Tom’s Children.

What made this conference particularly relevant to the MKA faculty participant was its emphasis on teaching Faulkner at the secondary sch ool® level. Of all the academic events in the five-day program - including formal lectures and panel discussions with attention-grabbing titles such as “Postvomiting: Pylon as Faulknerian Spew,” “Make Room for Elvis,’( f Now W e’re Going to Talk About Love: Models of Transference Reception and Postmodern Intertextuality in Absolom, Absalonm and T m the Man Here: Go Down, Moses and Masculi® Identity” - the most popular sessions were the oneMvith the generic tides, Teaching Faulkner I and Teaching Faulkner II. In faqfjf! these sessions were in such demand that t h J conference organizers had to open additional sections to accommodate all the English teachers wh®. wanted to participate. Some of the scholarly papers presented in the evening lectures often left one feeling that it was almost impossible for the uninitiated to break the code;, that it required technicians rather than readers to truly understand and appreciate Faulkner’s work.

Marianne Burke gathered ideas about designing a new elective course in Southern fiction from a teacher in Michigan who attends the Faulkner conference religiously every year and whose Survey of Southern Literature course has enjoyed enormous popularity and success with high school students. To enhance the era in which Faulkner’s works were written and to introduce students to Southern culture, teachers offered an array onuseful secondary sources that have been particularly successful in the classroom, including the W.P.A. internet site, the Teaching Faulkner newsletter of the Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri State University, the Center for Southern Culture at Ol’ Miss, and the photograph collections of Martin Dains and Jack Cofield. Networking, exchanging ideas, and sharing one’s love of Faulkner with other enthusiasts was just part of the thrill and satisfaction of attending this conference. The other more visceral thrill was walking in the town square of Oxford, Miss., where Faulkner himself once walked. To walk in the wool#:; heat of late July in the Oxford town square is tjijget a sense of the pace and tempo of life in Faulkner’s novels - unhurried, slow, where time stretches on and on and the past is never past - and to get a feel for the man and his world. The eclectic mix of scholars, critics, professors, teachers, anOgeneralists at this conference (and they were easy to spot in downtown Oxford) could all heartily agree on one true thing, Faulkner’s timeless and universal appeal.

Faulkner’s work was treated onp. way in the p u b ® auditoriums P f the conference and quite another in the Teaching Faulkner sesgrahs, so much so that at times it was like inhabiting a parallel u n h ^ ^ ^ These sessiwis were very practical rather than theoretical. Concerns about “textual ontology® “cultural production,” and “paracriticisms” gave way to the challenges of launching a Faulkner novel in a high school cllljfroom. How do we pull students into an experimental novel like As I Lay Dying or The

Notes Around MKA John Garippa, President of the Board of Trustees,® and Dr. Peter Greer, Headmaster, thanked longtime faculty and staff at the opening faculty meeting for their dedication and loyalty to MKA. They presented clocks to two 25-year veterans, Patricia Dancy and Sanford Lonsinger. Carol Cummings, Patricia Forbes, Richard Rodin, Richard Sunshine, and Jean Siudmak were honored for their 10-year commitment.

The Headmaster is very proud to announce... MKA’s seven N ational M erit Finalists, left to right: Celia Figlewski, Anna Labowsky, Deborah Katz, Jordan Bleicher, Emmanuel Go, Aaron Feigenbaum, an d Kate Wolf.

N ational M erit Fin alists Jordan Bleicher Aaron Feigenbapm Celia Figlewski Emmanuel Go Deborah Katz Anna Labowsky Kate Wolf

Congratulations Senior C elia Figlew ski has been selected as a candidate for the United States Presidential Scholars Program. Presidential Scholars “represent excellence in education and thm ' promise of greatness in America’s young pepple.” They are chosen on the basis of their exceptional scholarship, leadership, artistic success, and involvement in school and community. Up to 14,1 seniors are chosen annually fro® among 500 semifinalists.

National Merit Commendations Alexa Aron Jillian Cameron Duncan Currie Francesca De La Torre Robert Girt Tzipporah Kertesz Kevin Koenig Ariana Lamb Rebecca Leffler Dana Meranus Atif Siddiqui

Celia is a National Merit FinalifJ and a Bloustein Distinguished Scholar. She is co-president of MKA’s Environmental Club, and has been extremely active in the Key Club, AIDS Awareness, Amnesty International, and Women’s Issues clubs for four years. Celia is also a talented gymnast, devoting at |gast 12 hours a week to practice and participation in local and national meets. She has twice been MVP of the Montclair Y ’s gymnastics team.

National Achievement Finalist Yvonne Shirley

Edward Bloustein Distinguished Scholars Jordan Bleicher Duncan Currie Aaron Feigenbaum Celia Figlewski Deborah Katz Tzipporah Kertesz Anna Labowsky Rebecca Leffler Dana Meranus Kate Wolf

She will attend Princeton University.

The MKA Upper School hosted more than 180 teachers and college professors at The College Board Advanced Placement Program Conference in December. The day was geared to teachers of AP Spanish, French, English, Math, Chemistry,gjjlstory, and Studio Art, and many o f MKA’s- own faculty were present. AP courses are a focus of the Educational Policy jjpmmittee this year, so hosting this conference

was especially relevant. MKA was the only prep school chosen as a site in the Northeast.

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The Montclair Chamber of Commerce presented MKA its Economic Development Award for 1999 for the school’s new Middle School gymnasium. The awards recognize “construction, renovation or expansion projects which by their design, qulfity and purpose represent a spirit of entrepreneurial courage... .Properties cited have a significant impact on the economic well being of their neighbor businesses, in addition to blending with and enhancing the local overall aesthetics of the surrounding community.”

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At Carnegie Hall Dr. Robert Bakker, arguably the most famous and flamboyant paleontologist in the world, spoke at MKA in November as part of the PAMKA Lecture Series. Bakker, a brilliant, dynamic lecturer, is the only scientist mentioned by name in the movie Jurassic Park. He is featured in the PBS series The Dinosaurs and is star of a Sega video game.

In February, 20 students from MKA’s Strings Program played at Carnegie Hall’s Bulgarian Virtuosi Concert Series. Students ranged from first graders to seniors, and they played both solo and ensemble pieces from the works of Handel, Bach, Lully, and Seitz. Students from New York University, Brooklyn College, and Brooklyn Conservatory also performed at the concert. This is the fifth year of the Strings Program, now under the direction of Dimitri Hadjipetkov. Hadjipetkov, a professor of violin at New York University whose own career includes competitions and guest performances with European orchestras, considers the invitation to play “a rare occurrence and a high honor.” The students will present a similar program at their annual Opus Concert at the Middle School on April 28.

Bakker, who "is dinosaur curator of the Tate Museum in Wyoming, has led 15 expeditions to the Mesozoic and Early Tertiary areas of the American West. His book The D inosaur Heresies changed the public’s perception of dinosaurs from dim-witted creatures to cunning, socially complex animals. He did not disappoint the SRO audience at MKA.

theme is “The Value of a Liberal Arts Education in a Technological Era.”

Faculty at Conferences

Middle School science department chairman Jennifer Zagariello will speak at the National Science Teachers Association National Convention in Orlando in April.

Three members o f the MKA faculty and administration - Anthony CunecBPatricia Forbes, Headmaster Peter GrBgjU presented a session on How to Design a Core Works Curriculum at the 2000 NAIS Annual Conference in March in Baltimore. [See article “Core Works in Practice.I B

Dr. Mark Boyea, Director o f Athletics, conducted a three-day workshop at the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California. The workshop was sponsored by the Character and Sport Initiative, a program o f the Center of Advancement of Ethics and Character at Boston University. MKA, as Middle Atlantic regional center, hosted a seminar for area private school coaches and administrators in November. [See Sports Notes]

Barbara Mamchur, chair of the Upper School French department, gave a presentation at the American Association of Teachers of French in September. Her talk - in French - was about the use o f the film Camille Claudel in conjunction with teaching 19th century poetry and history. Shllhas written a teacher’s guide to accompany the use o f the film.

Joan Monico, Associate Director of Admissions, gave a presentation on the admissions interviewing process at the SSATB Annual Meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla., in September [Secondary School Admission Test Board].

Dean of Studies Dr. Robert Sinner was selected to work on the planning of the NJAIS Conference 2000 [New Jersey Association of Independent Schools! The

Upper School faculty member David Hessler (history) was nominated for special recognition as an outstanding teacher by an MKA alumnus now at Tufts University.

The MKA Speech and Debate Team had excellent results in a series of tournaments sponsored by the New Jersey Forensics League. In November, six students qualified in five different categories:

“Mrs. M’s Dollhouse,” a poem by Upper School English teacher Marianne Burke, appeared in The New Yorker magazine [November 29, 19993- This was her sixth poem published in the magazine.

Kerry Bishe (1st place in Dramatic Interpretation) Kara Ross and Joan Kubicek* (5th place in Duo Interpretation) Blake Spence (6th place in Impromptu) Belle Koven (6th place in Humorous Interpretation) Dagmara Jastrzebska (6th place in Declamation)

Five members of the MKA faculty reviewed chapters and provided guidance and comments for William J. Bennett’s latest book, The Educated Child - A P arent’s Guide from Preschool Through Eighth Grade [Free Press, 19993- Dr. Mark Boyea, Dr. Peter Greer, Peter Perretti, Susan Reiter, and Linda Stark were mentioned in the credits.

More than 30 teams enter each session, with up to 60 entries per category. The MKA team is coached by Christopher Holloway-Sheldon.

Veterans Day At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, MKA Upper School students celebrated Veterans Day with a solemn and moving ceremony in which formal tribute was paid not only to the millions who laid down their lives in the service of their country, but also to twelve members of the MKA faculty and staff who have served in the armed forces.

Ethics and the Formation of Character Headmaster Peter Greer drew almost 100 MKA parents for his Ethics and the Formation of Character Program for Parents in December. In this ongoing partnership, Dr. Greer gave a theoretical background to the school’s ethics program, as well as practical suggestions for how to engage in ethical discussions with children of all ages. He also examined the positive ethics contained in the best-selling Harry Potter books, and discussed some of the potential dangers of materials readily available to children on the Internet.

Charlaine Charlton, Head of Campus, spoke of the gratitude and respect owed to the twelve: faculty members Dr. Peter Greer (Headmaster), Dr. Robert Sinner (Dean of Studies), James Buckley (Upper School science), Richard Rodin (Upper School science), Colonel Thomas Cooper (MiddlBscho<f| humanities), and staff members Dennis Dudas, William Chaky,. Clyde Green, Joseph Crist, and John Frey, reminding students that the peace that America enjoys today did not come cheaply.

This was the third such session. Indeed, New Jersey Monthly magazine [September 19991 stated that the second reason parents choose MKA is the emphasis on ethics. The number-one reason is the quality o f the faculty.

William Chaky (Assistant Director, Physical Plant), who served in the Navy from 1966-78 and continues to serve as a Sergeant in the Air Force Reserve, received special recognition. Students presented all twelve with a small gift in honor of their service.

Ninety-nine clarinets competed for 33 spots in North Jersey’s Region I Band. MKA’s own Jason Schwartz, a junior, got the first clarinet chair in the Symphonic Band, a position entailing many difficult clarinet solos. Last summer Jason toured Europe with the “Sound of America” Honor Band and Chorus as clarinetist.

Been There Former faculty member Judy Orent was driving to Pompano Beach, Fla. on the Turnpike. As she paid the toll, the toll collector asked if she was from Montclair - he noticed the Montclair dealership tag on her car. He said he was from West Orange. When Orent told him she had taught at MKA, he said he had once refereed a game there.

From the Human Needs Food Pantry, Inc. newsletter, October 1999: “Montclair Kimberley Academy’s students have collected food at Thanksgiving time for more than ten years. They’ve loaded their school bus and delivered more than 1,500 pounds of food, including turkey and all of the trimming, for those in need.”

1999 COUGAR A TH LETIC AWARD AWARDS AND HONORS CHC = Colonial Hills Conference (Colonial Division) ECCA = Essex County Coaches Association NJIS = New Jer&vHndependent Schools

Football

Colin Melhuish ’00 Jared Cook ’01 Daniel Weller 01 Frank Herrmann 0 2 c* Richard Cunningham 03

1st Team Defensive Back Hills Division, CHC 2nd Team Offensive Lineman Hills Division, CHC 2nd Team Offensive Lineman Hills Division, CHC 2nd Team Offensive Lineman Hills Division, CHSCp; Honorable Mention Hills Division, ’Cl Ii. Honorable Mention Hills Division, C H g ’J

Photo: The Star Ledge

Kevin Koenig '00

Field Hockey Alexa Aron ’00

Nelli Bollettino 00

Courtney Knowlton

Lauren Sunshine 02

Honorable Mention All-CHC; 3rd Team All-County; 3rd Team NJFHCA; 2nd Team NJISAA All-Stars, H Bàsion A 2nd Team All-CHC; 2nd Team All-County; 2nd Team NJFHCA; 2nd Team NJISAA All-Stars, Division A 1st Team All-CHC; 2nd Team All-County; 2nd Team NJFHCA 2nd Team NJISAA All-Stars, Division A 2nd Team NJISAA All-Stars, Division A

MKA’s Wesley K irk, right, a junior, has been selected to the Under-18 U.S. M ens N ational Soccer Team. H e also m ade the U nder-16 team lastyear. Last summer he traveled to California with the U -16 team an d this January, Wesley traveled to C hile with the U -18 team. H e was nam ed the top boys’ .’jiM er player in Essex County by the Coaches Association.

W esley Kirk ’01

Andrew Pack ’01 film iol Gopaul ’02

Girls’ Soccer Danielle Greer 00

jfp tra Schrager 00 Candice Watkins ’00

Rachel W eary ’00

BefK Tw ersky ’02

Varsity Tennis Player o f the Ye.ar, CHC; 1st Team AllCounty, ECADA; 1st Team All-County, StariP tlger $ h d Team Hills Division, ö H Ä j T-SsTeam Hills Division, CHC; Kst Team ÆMCounty, ECADA; 2nd Team All-County, Star Ledger 1st Team Hills Division, CHC; 2nd Team All-County, ECADA; 3rd Team All-County, Star Ledger 1iX o r a b lc Mention CHC; Honorable Mention All County, ECADA

Genna Gurkoff ’00

Kristen Pugno ’00 " ; Lauren Abramson ’01

Inga Emigholz ’01 Lauren Stefanchik ’01 Lauren Newman ’03

Boys’ Soccer 14-3-1 Duncan Currie ’00

Robert Hartnett ’00 B refflp sh i 00 Alex Materna 00 Jam es Ä r k f ’ '00

Atif Siddiqui '00 Gabe Bernstein ’01

Craig Hir sh 01

Player o f the Year, CHC; 1st Team All-County, ECADA; 1st Team All-|®unty, Star-Ledger Honorable Mention, ECADA 3rd Team All-County, ECADA

2nd Team Hills Division, CHC; 1st Team Alljlfounty, ECADA; 3rd Team All-County, Star Ledger Honorable Mention, ECADA H onorable Mention, ECADA Honorable Mention, CHC . t$t Team Hills Division, CHC; 3rd Team All cSnty, ECADA; 2nd Team All -County, Star Ledger 2nd Team Hills D iv isi^ , CHC; 2nd Team A llS w in ty ECADA 1st Team Hills Division, C g l^ M Sfptream jf l c c ^ n t y , ECADA; 2nd,Sfeam All-(fobntyJ|jf|s Ledger 2nd Team Hills Division, CHC; 2nd Team All-C^mty ECADA

Nicole Pugndfflp^B

2nd Team First Doubles, Hills Division, CHC; State Prep Doubles Champion; State Parochial Doubles Semifinalist 2nd Team Second Singles, Hills Division, CHC 2nd Team l ic o n d Doubles, Hills Division, CHC; State Prep Doubles Champion Honorable Mention Hills Division, CHC 2nd Team Third Singles^ m Hills Division, CHC 2nd Team Second Doubles, Hills Division, CHC; State Prep Doubles Champion 2nd Team First D oubles, Hills Division, CHC; State Prep Doubles Champion; State Parochial Doubles Semifinalist

Girls Cross Country Christina Marrazza ’03

2nd Team All-County

Boys Cross Country Douglas Wall ’01

2nd Team All-County

Volleyball ( f ijio n Haar ’00 Läufig Hatt ’01 Diana Reiter ’01 Jean n e Lehmann ’02

Honorable Mention All-CHC 2nd Team All-CHC 2nd Team All-CHC 1st Team All-CHC

Sports Notes Character and Sport Initiative By Dr. Mark Boyea, Director of Athletics, CSI Fellow and Instructor The Montclair Kimberley Academy has been selected as a regional center for the Character and Sport Initiative, a program sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of EthkgJ and Character at Boston University. The purpose of the Character and Sport Initiative (CSI) is to help coaches, parents, and program administratcffS better understand and direct the influence of sport participation on character formation. It also seeks to educate those involved in sport about the connections that exist between character and perform anfi a topic not often dealt with when discussing sport. The CSI uses a framework of Awareness, Assessment, and Application to help participants in its seminars work toward: • Examining their motivations and purposes in sport. • Establishing common ground among all the constituencies of a participant’s programs • Reflecting on the lasting benefits of the sport experience. • Identifying the structure, core values, and competing motivations of their programs. • Learning how to formalize their core values in the form of mission statements. • Understanding the connections between character and the performance-./of both coaches and athletes. The founder and director of the Character and Sport Initiative is Dr. John Yeager. Dr. Y ea g Jfis aBlinical assistant professor in the School of Education at Boston University, as well as a highly acclaimed former lacrosse player and coach. The CSI has conducted several highly successful seminars throughout the country, and held one at MKA in November for the benefit of private school coaches and administrators throughout New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area.

Sophomore Bill Betts won an astounding 10 out of 10 races in the Narragansett Bay Yachting Association’s Junior Race Week, a U.S. Junior Olympic event, last summer; 327 young sailors from five states competed. Bill also won. the 1999 Top Junior awards from the New England and New York regional Sunfish championships. Providence (R .I.) Journa l

MKA won the Thanksgiving Day Football Game for the third time in the last four years by defeating Newark Academy 27-0. Junior Jared Cook ran for 224 yards.

Fencers of the Century

Wishnow ’83; India Hayes Larrier ’80 and Lana Kang ’89 received Honorable Mention.

MKA’s own Liza Boutsikaris ’99 was named Fencer of the Century by The Star Ledger. Liza - the latest in a three-generation family of fencers - had 131 consecutive dual-match victories in high sc h o o fi By the time she graduated, Liza had won every title available to fencers in New Jersey. She also won the Under-20 Junior Olympics qualifier, the prep tournament, and the USFA Mid-Atlantic Under-19 national qualifier.

Under coach Tom Boutsikaris, Liza’s father, MKA. women won nine state tides over ten seasons, 1980-81 through 1989-90. Robert Cottingham ’i f was named to the Star Ledger’s Top Ten boys’ Fencers of the Decade for the 1980s. Bob went on to rank nationally and fenced in two Olympics. He, too, is in MKA’s Athletic Hall of Fame. L iz a B ou tsikaris ’9 9

Two other MKA women fencers were named to the Top Ten Fencers of the Century, as well as Fencers of the Decade: Mary Rachel Hayes McDaniel ’82 and Jill Tobia Sorger ’88. (Both have been inducted into MKA’s Athletic Hall of Fame.)

A1 Clarke ’82 received Honorable Mention for the 1980s and Jeremy Kahn ’91 received Honorable Mention for 1990s Fencers of the Decade.

Others were named Fencers of the Decade: Karen Ladenheim ’85, Karen Mamell ’81, and Janine Mamell

Athletic Hall of Fame V The Upper School display case is burgeoning with names and photos honoring MKA’s fine athletic heritage. Six alumni will join their predecessors when the school inducts remarkable athletes into the Athletic Hall of Fame on May 6.

State as midfielder in 1977 and 7 8 . Max played football for the University of Massachusetts Minutemen for four years. He participated in the Division 1AA Pioneer Bowl Championship in 1980 and was named defensive back in the All-Yankee Conference in 1980 and ’81. He earned a B.A. in business administration and marketing from U.Mass.

David Jacobs ’40 Football Back in 1939, when the greatest football dinner o f the year - the Heisman Trophy banquet - was held in New York’s Downtown Athletic Club, David Jacobs “carried the toga of the Town of Montclair,” agfording to contemporary reports, as a member of the New York World Telegram & Sun Metro All-Stars. The “brilliant triple-threat star” and Montclair Academy captain was' selected because of his splendid spirit, team play, and ability to excel in every phase of the grid game kicking, passing, running, tackling, blocking.

He played professional football in both the NFL and USFL as linebacker for the Buffalo Bills (1983), Birmingham Stallions (USFL) 1984-86, and Houston Oilers, 1989-91. Max now runs an apparel manufacturing and consulting company, AMJ Enterprises, in Asia, and real estate investments and management in the States. He has written Shadow Ball, a story o f Depression-era Negro League Baseball, which is being developed into a screenplay. He and his wife have a son named Maxwell, bom last June.

David was named First Team All-State in both 1938 and 1939, and Prep team captain in 1939- As a back;? he led the Academy in points'scored and touchdowns. The M ontclair Times voted him Outstanding Athlete in Essex Cdlnty. (David also batted .580 and hit six home runs in six games as baseball captain). A leg broken sliding to second base in practice f i t short his athletic career.

India Hayes Larrier ’80 Fencing India fenced for four years on the MKA varsity. As captain her senior year, she led the team to the Santelli Championship. In 1980 she was named All-State and medaled in the Mamaroneck Invitational. She also fenced at Temple University, where she was named MVP in both 1983 and 1984; she was captain her senior year. India was the NIWFA [National Intercollegiate Women’s Fencing Association] Christmas Invitational Champion in 1982.

The day after graduation from Franklin & Marshall College, David enlisted in the Marine Corps, then served as a “limping” officer in WWII. He retired in 1982 after a 35-year career as president of an insurance agency and brokerage company. He also sferved I l i an adjunct professor at Rutgers University for 30 years and as an insurance instructor at Seton Hall University. He has a daughter and two sons, Craig 7 2 and Glenn 7 4 , who attended Montclair Academy.

After graduating from Temple and beginning her business career, India continued to compete. She was Division II National Champion in 1987, and as a member of the U.S. Olympic squad, fenced on the international circuit in France. She earned 8th in the 1989 Olympic Festival.'

Max Jones ’78 Football and Lacrosse

India works in community relations for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and devotes countless hours to volunteer boards. The YMCA of Newark presented her with the Newark Black Achiever Award in 1989 for “extraordinary accomplishments in business, community, and personal life.” A March of Dimes Ambassador, she also earned the Junior League of Essex Volunteerism Award. She and her husband have two children, Sydney, 4, and John, 2.

Maxwell Jones was MKA’s first African American captain and first tri-eÿptain - of football, basketball, and lacrosse. In football, Max was all-league and All-State as defensive end in 1976 and the yearbook compliments his team leadership and “adroit play both offensively and defensively.” In lacrosse, he was All-

Mark McGowan ’85 Football and Golf

and twice, outstanding wrestler. (He also called the*'.. plays as defensive football field captain.) At Montclair State College, Earl won numerous wrestling tournaments and was part of the team that twice won the Division III national tournament. He won in his weight class and was named outstanding wrestler in the Collegiate Metropolitan Tournament.

Mark earned All-State honors in football, basketball, and golf, as well as MVP seven times at MKA. He was captain of all three sports his senior year and earned the Klein Award as scholar-athlete in 1984 and 1985. He was also Essex County Scholar Athlete in 1985. He placed in the top 10 in the Prep State Golf Tournament two years, and as winner of the New Jersey “Big “I” Insurance Youth Classic, was one of five golfers to represent the state at the nationals.

Earl began bicycle racing in college for love o f sport and personal challenge - and has won more than 30 races. He is the New Jersey Master State Champion and three time runner-up for Regional Master Champion. He won the Fitchburg Longo Criterium, one of the oldest and most prestigious races in the country. In this race he defeated a former national champion and the reigning World Champion. He has coached five state champions, male and female, young and grand master divisions.

The lanky athlete concentrated on football at Lehigh University, where he compiled a three-year litany of statistics as the Engineers’ varsity quarterback, beginning with Colonial League Rookie-of-the Year in 1986. He was named All-American by Sporting News magazine in 1987 and 1988. In his junior and senior years, Mark was the East Coast Athletic Conference and the Patriot League Player-of-the-Week seven times. In 1988 he led the nation in total offense and passing efficiency as quarterback of the #1-ranked offense in the nation (Division 1-AA). He was named the Lehigh University team MVP. Such prowess led to an invitation to tryouts with the New York Giants football team.

He is owner and president of Master P’s, a home restoration business in the Montclair area. He and his wife have two daughters, 10 and 7.

Alexa Magna Yannuzzi ’87 Tennis

After graduating from Lehigh with a B.S. in marketing, Mark began his Wall Street business career and concentrated on golf. He was Essex Fells Country Club champion in 1990 and 1991. Mark was a member of the New Jersey State Amateur Team (Top 10 amateurs in the? state) from 1991-93- He is riding a crest as the threeconsecutive-year champion at Montclair Golf Club, 1997, ’98, and ’99Mark is Vice President of Fixed Income Sales at Nomura Securities International, and the very proud father of daughter Taylor Jessica, 5. He serves on the MKA Alumni Council.

Alexa was All-State every year in her four years of varsity tennis at MKA - freshman year in doubles, the next three playing number-one singles. The MKA team won the State Prep championships all four consecutive years and the Parochial B championship in 1986. During senior year, when Alexa was captain, the team was undefeated in regular season play against both prep and public schools. She won the first-singles NJ Prep League Tournament. (As a lacrosse player, Alexa was the leading goal scorer at MKA in 1986 and ’87, and second in the state her senior year, when she was captain.) Alexa continued her athletic achievements on the Wellesley College tennis team. She received the Scholar-Athlete Award for her class in 1988. She played in the first-singles flight in the 1987-88 Division III National Tournament; the team was ranked #5 nationally. She was the first-singles winner of the New England Tournament in 1988 and was named to the New England Women’s Eight All-Star Team. She served as team captain both junior and senior years and was nationally ranked between #18 and #28 for first singles, Women’s Division III NCAA.

Earl Perretti ’74 Wrestling and Cycling In one year-and-a-half period in the Seventies, Montclair Academy had the longest active winning streak in the state - 22 matches. Earl (co-captain of the team his junior year and captain senior year) was undefeated in dual meets for four years of varsity wrestling. He was AAU State Champion and U.S. Wrestling Federation State Champion in 1974.

After receiving a B.A. cum laude from Wellesley, Alexa earned a J.D. at St. Joh n ’s University School o f Law. She is an attorney for the Juvenile Rights Division of the Legal Aid Society, representing children in the Bronx Family Court. She and her husband have a daughter, Isabella, almost 2.

The Academy named him Outstanding Senior Athlete

The Math Student M ayu r S ax en a ’9 9 w en t a ll th e w ay throu gh MKA, kin d erg arten throu gh C om m en cem en t. B y th e en d o f h is ju n io r y ea r, M ayu r h a d ta k en a ll m ath cou rses throu gh B C C alcu lu s, so w as o ffe r e d a n A d v an ced Study u n d er fa c u lty m em b er B ro th er P a trick C arn ey. M ayur, w h o serv ed a s P resid en t o f th e S tu den t C ou n cil, receiv ed th e E th el M. SpunA w ard a t C om m en cem en t, “fo r coop eration , respon sibility, serv ice, a n d ijffz en sh ip . ” H e is atten d in g H arv ard U niversity.

Mayur Saxena ’9 9 showing K y on a torus as p art o f his unprecedented.presentation to Dimacs Research an d Education Institute mathematicians last summer.

sum m er o f 1996 at P rinceton and subsequently receiv ed a MacArthur “genius aw ard.” [The m ovie had b e e n show n during MKA’s Math Awareneffl W eek in 1998.] Brother Pat beg an the course b y giving Mayur tw o b o o k s to read. The first w as the classic F la tla n d by Edwin Abbott. No so o n er had Mayur begu n than h e returned w ith w hat h e saw S an error in the b o o k . His teach er agreed and brought Mayur’s observation to D S llo b e rts ; Mayur e-m ailed Dr. W eeks. B o th agreed that Mayur’s observation abo u t the error w as correct. In his presentation to DREI, he m ade very clear slides to j|||strate his point.

In its four years o f existenc4i j | f the D im als R esearch and Education Institute has been addressed by m any prom inent m athem aticians from Industry (su ch as P eter W inkler o f B ell Labs) and u n iv S itie s (like Jo h n H .®)onway o f Princeton) and ev en an o ccasional high sch o o l m ath teach er and undergraduates involved in research. B ut never until Ju ly 1999 had a- high s c ffip l student appeared befo re this group erf thirty research m athem aticians from at le a st eight different countries and an equal num ber ¡¡t's e co n d a ry teachers. T h e student they heard at Rutgers w as MKA’s o w n Mayur Saxena.

H e explained his m otivation, the progress he m ade through P rofessor W e e k ’sg io o k and w ebsite, his construction o f a m odel o f a Klein B ottle out o f ch ick en w ire (a real Klein Bottle, can n o t exist in 3-D - i t ‘i s a four d im e n sio n a B b je ct), his use;-qf the Internet to find anim ation to help in the design, and his dem onstration o f the Ky (a com plete graph o f seven vertices, e ach o f w hich is con n ected to all p f the other v ertices) o n a torus (inner tube) w ith n o n e ra f the lines crossing. As he spoke, h e prod uced e ach o f these from behind the podium fo r m axim um effect. After explaining ho w this led to a con jectu re that h e and his teach er cam e up with but w ere u n able to prove, he to o k questions from the audience. During that segm ent, Dr. Nate D ean, from Rice University, pointed out that ind eed that con jectu re has never b e e n proven. T h e fact that so m any o f the p e o p le in the audience asked questions o f Mayur w as an indication that they understood him to b e a you ng m an w ith a firm grasp o f his topic with w hom they cou ld engage in a true dialogue. W hen he finished, the group gave unanim ous con sen t to nam e Mayur an honorary m em ber and presented him w ith the group official fflshirt.

D im acM w h ich stands fo r the Center fo r D iscrete Math and T heoretical Com puter Scien ce) is a consortium o f Princeton, Rutgers, AT&T Research, B ell Labs/Lucent T e c h n o lo g ie S a n d Belli o rc S ln its elev en years o f existen ce, it has run m any program s o n all levels. B u t the DREI program exists to bring together p r o f S i o n a l research ' , m athem aticians and high sch o o l teachers. T h e id ea is fo r the teachers to le a m the latest f s l l o f m athem atics and the researchers to p ick up ped agogical techniques. T h e h p p i ^ M that they will collaborate in m any w ays to im prove w hat each does.

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If the volu m e o f the applause did n o t indicate the im pression that Mayur m ac® o n his aud ience, then it surely could b e see n in the recep tio n he receiv ed afterwards. W hile a p ro fe ^ ffl w ho w as a native o f India approached Mayur (and w as im presgid that h e w as n|ij only fluent in Hindi, but could read and write it), another cam e up to his father w ith w hat appeared to b e the offer o f a scholarship should Mayur w ant to go to his university. At lunch, so m any p eo p le Congratulated him that he hardly had tim e to eat. Later that day, D irector Roberts - w ho had originally questioned his participation - added glow ing w ords about Mayur and his talk to a report to the R a tio n a l S cien ce Foundation.

H layur w as the first you ng p erson to show the group the fru iH o f its w ork as it affected a high sch o o l student. H e had spent his .senior year w orking o n a tesean h project under the direction o flu s teach er ( B r i t Patrick Carney, w ho has b e e n involved w ith Dim acs for the past nine y e a rsH B y mid-year, Mayur w as doing such a fine jo b that he gave three presentations to MKA classes, and his teaclip jjp uggested that h q consid er reporting his w ork to DREI during the summer.

Prais# continued the follow ing w e e k w h en som e new iggfearchers w ere told about the treat they m issed. This February, at a D im acs evaluation and planning session, one professor declared, “T h e highlight o f last year w as that high school student.” That student, Mayur Saxena, is b ein g invited b ack to serve o n a panel at this sum m er’C o n fe r e n c e .

Although som e p l l p l e initially questioned w hat a teenager cou ld offer tofguch an esteem ed group (in fact, only days befo re, D irector Fred Roberts called B rother Pat into hi|!pffice to ask “are you. sure this you ng m an w o n ’t em barrass himself?”), all w ere im pressed w ith the w ork h e did, his ability tfj /^m m unicate it w ell, and his p c ^ B n delivering and ¡feld in g questions from the floor.

“Mayur was very disciplined. By the end of the course, he was coming in with books for m e to read.”

The E rror In the Book Mayur explained that h e got the idea fifflhis project from view ing t h * n o g ^ '“T h e S h l p e ^ f S p ace,” w ritten by Dr. Je ffre y W eeks, w h o w as a participant in DREI during the

Faculty m em ber Brother Patrick Carney

From the Alumni Association F ro m th e P resid en t Dear Alumni, It is hard to believe that we are well into the year 2000 without missing a beat. MKA enjoyed a wonderful turnout for the last Homecoming of the Century. The Classes of ’49, ’59, ’79, and ’89 were out in force! We were pleased to have George Bleyle ’60 accept the Distinguished Alumni Award on behalf of William Cook ’30, who was unable to attend. George made an outstanding presentation to the Upper School students and faculty on the role Mr. Cook, an aeronautical engineer, played in developing the design of modem aircraft for Boeing. The next time you fly George Bleyle ’6 0 accepts on an airplane, remember that the 1999 Distinguished. a fellow MKA alumnus helped Alumni Award on b eh alfo f to create its design!

The Alumni Phonathon in November also exceeded our expectations. If you have pledged, thank you; if you have not, please consider doing so as MKA tru ly * needs your continued support to remain one of the top academic institutions in New Jersey and the nation. In January we also held our thirteenth Night With the Devils; 160 tickets sold out early.

Kristine O’Connor ’8 3

W illiam H. Cook 30.

Finally, as we think spring, if youMye in the area, please attend our annual spring social, which will be held at the Yogi Berra Museum on Saturday, May 6th. This promises to be a great event. . If yofflare 518 baseball fan, what a great way to start the season with® tour of the museum of one <§j the Y an k ® greats. Kristine H atzenbuhler O’Connor ’83 » President, MKA Alumni Association

On the Road with MKA

P a u l M cF eeley ’76; h ost G uy D ella P en n a M l; L a u rie H oon h ou t M cFeeley ’76, D irector o f A lu m n i G iving a n d P la n n ed G iving; g u est S h aron N izolek. P a u l a n d L a u rie fle w to F lo rid a to rep resen t MKA.

Patricia Harrison Case ’6 1, N icki Smith Cujfaro ’60

Charles Gardner ’6 7

Wayne Diller, Sally Alice Unkles D iller ’60, Ted O’B rien ’5 7, Jan et O’B rien

G ail Robertson M arentette 51, B ill Grant ’4 5

In February, alumnus Guy Della Penna ’71 hosted the latest in a series of alumni receptions at his home in Sarasota, Florida. Alumni from various decades saw old friends, made new ones, and heard about the programs and progress of their mutual MKA. For the reaction of guest Ted O’Brien ’57, sec inside back cover.

HOMECOMING 1999 “It was a tim e to look backw ard a n d fo rw a rd a n d focus on the best o f both to m ake the most o f the present. ”

- Georgia Carrington 5 4

Trustee Linda Garippa, seniorJohn Garippa, an dJohn Garippa, President oftheM K A B oard o f Trustees, greet alum ni and friends a t Homecoming.

Academy men Ja k e Jacobus, Sheldon Buck, George Kramer, and reunion chairman P hil Donlin o f the Class o f 1954.

Anne Johnson Anspach ’7 4 greetsform er faculty member Wally “Buck” Coursen an d Mary Coursen.

M ichael Baker, Phyllis Gilman Stadler, Susan Wechsler Rose, and Barry M eisel at their 40th reunion. M ichael brought his Class o f 5 9 yearbook, This is Your Life.

25th reunion, Class o f ’74: P at Shean Worthington, Ben Thompson, Betsy Nietsch, Sue Stokes Galligan. Pat, an MKA parent, serves on the Alumni Council.

Classmates Bruce Eng 7 9 reunion co-chairman Jack Brink, Jam es Johnson, an d Merry Aufzien B au er.

Faculty member!alumni magnet George H rab with Judy Ainbinder Glinder 8 9 an d N atalie Page Smith 89.

Alumni Council members Sabino Rodano 87, Lori W indolf Crispo 78, an d Susan Cole Furlong 7 8 sta ffthe welcome desk.

Honorary Trustee Aubin Z abriskie Ames 54, back fo r her 45th reunion, an d D avid Ames 89, home fo r his 10th.

Lisa Godlewski Westheimer ’79 an d classmate D avid N olle 79.

Classmates o f ’79 Tony Bames, Andy Rod, an d Larry Duca, back fo r their 20th reunion. Larry was reunion co-chairman; he an d Andy both serve on the Alumni Council.

Sisters Jerrie Reilly Stevenson ’4 9 an d Jarvis Reilly N olan ’5 9 together at Homecoming. Jerrie was chairman ofh er 50th Kimberley reunion an d Jarvis, chairman o f her 40th.

Tenth reunion co-chair Erin Koenen ’8 9 and brother Austin Koenen Jr. ‘9 4, back fo r his fifth reunion.

Class o f ’9 4 at theirfifth reunion: Candy Messenger, Jod ie Cabe, reunion co-chairmen ji l l Finkle an d Kristen Drukker, Emily Ehrenberg.

Class o f 8 4 : Tom Hochman, RossZbar, Richard Cosgrove, guest D ebi Jones, an d Victor Lupi.

Alumni Director Christie Austin, right, with son D avid Austin W$9 an d his wife, Jennifer.

Class o f 5 4 : Reunion co-chair C.Y. Mann Treene, Vicki Wendt West, M aree Callahan Currey, class secretary Georgia Carrington.

Family portrait: Merry Aufzien Bauer 79, back fo r her 20th reunion; Leslie Aufzien Levine 74, a t her 25th reunion; Lisa Aufzien 76, o f the Alumni Council, with second grader Rebecca Bauer an d sixth grader Rachel Levine. ~.

The Kimberley Class o f 1949presented Dr. Peter Greer, Headmaster, with a generous check in honor o f their 50th reunion. The reunion chairman and agents, left to right: Sally Smith Cutting Jerrie Reilly Stevenson, Dorothy R edfield Brooks.

Class Notes told us many stories o f his days on the football team.” Edward kindly left a b e q iS t to the

Editor’s Note W e use one “officigi” yearly mailing to obtain news, which appears in the FALL MKA Review. SPRIN G magazine Class Notes ate taken from reunion, holiday, and phonathon news, newspaper clippings, the flap on the Annual Giving remittance envelope, and letters or e-mail 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. T o those without a d p s secretary, how would

you like to volunteer? The job has been simplified to the point that you will probably enjoy it immensely. The position alumni class secretary, like that o f class agent and reunion chairman, is absolutely essential to the vitality o f the school. Phase consider it.

20 TKS Our condolences to the family Jaf Margaret Moir. Margaret received a B.A. in French from Smith College. The M ontclair Times noted that she had been a member|bf the Pflsbyterian Church o f Upper Montclair since its opening in 1907.

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27~ MA Our condolences to the family o f Edward J. Phillips. Edward was an investment banker and former member o f the PhiladelphiaBaltimore Stock Exchange. He was a serious golfer and played in amateur tournaments; around the world until he was 80. He is survived by one son and two grandchildren. His son wrote, “He was always loyal to MA and

A poem by Kimberley’s renowned poet Virginia Hamilton Adair ’29 appeared in the Christmas Day New York Times. She is the author o f the celebrated book

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A Living Legacy At a time when few women worked outside the home, Gertrude Smith Wister ’22 chose to follow her heart and pursue a career in public horticulture. Gertrude, who died in 1999, worked as assistant director, acting director, and for 38 years as a member o f the Board o f Trustees o f Tyler Arboretum (Penn sylvania) to create an institution o f stature. Her contributions to horticulture won her acclaim and recognition over the years. Gertrude received the Distinguished Achievement Award by thé Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (19§f|>); the Thomas Roland Medal from the Massachusetts Society (1978); the Gold Medal Award, the American Rhododendrons Society’s highest honor; and iif| 9ll| the Scott Garden and Horticultural Award for her national contributions to the science and art o f gardening. After graduating from Kimberley in 1 9 2 ^ Gertrude received a degree cum laude in horticulture from the University o f Wisconsin. She then had her own garden planning business before joining the Arboretum. In addition to her administrative work, Gertrude edited a number o f publications, including The N ational Gardener, the American D affodil Society Yearbook, and the Tyler Bulletin. She was assistant editor o f the Womens Home Companion Garden Book (1947). At Tyler Arboretum, the renowned Wister Collections o f magnolias, lilacs, flowering cherry trees, crabapples, and rhododendrons are a living legacy to Gertrude and her husband, John Wister.

From the newsletter o f Tyler Arboretum, M edia, Pennsylvania.

A W in ter N o te, A M illen n iu m M essage

A weed dying o f age an d winter chill scrawled with black fingers on the snowy burialfield : “My seeds survive me. They w ill rest green elbows on the pulpits o f summer. H eed their homilies: never to despair, but trust andpraise forever sunlight, rain, earth, an d air.’^ U

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TKS Mrs. Patricia Laurence Cone 83 Beverley Rd., Upper M ontclair N J07043 Our condolences to the family o f Katharine Webb Perry. She and her husband, Walter, had been married 59 years.

MA Mr. C. Irving Porter Box 2750 Quaker H ill Rd., Unity M E 04988 Our condolences to the family o f August

Seher.

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Our condolences to Mary Harrsen Van Brunt on the death o f her brother, Frederick Harrsen ’40.

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Wotton.

MA John J. Newberry Jr. writes, “Still enjoy living in rural Vermont [Stowe], and keeping reasonably well in spite o f advancing years.”

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Sanborn Goennel ’34 at her “charming home in Rowayton, Conn.,” not far from the Andersons’ home in Southport. Our condolences to the family o f Elizabeth

Barrett Spence. MA Our condolences to the families o f Charles A. Blake and Fred Stickel. Fred practiced law for 57 years; he finally retired in 1997 at age 82. Our condolences, also, to David Stanley on the death o f his wife, Helen.

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TKS Mrs. W illard Dixon (Betty O ’Gorman) Crane’s M ill, Apt. 199 459 Passaic Ave., West Caldwell N J 07006-7461 Robert and Jean Berry Bush were spotted in a full-page ad for Fox Hill Village (their retirement community at Westwood) in a Boston Pops program in December. They look very healthy and distinguished.

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TKS Mrs. Stewart Carpenter (Josephine Fobes) Crane’s M ill, Apt. 249 459 Passaic Ave., West Caldwell N J 07006 MA Mr. John Graham 1129 Kings Ranch Road, Bandera TX 78003

36 ----TKS Mrs. W. Kent Schm id (Josephine Murray) 9 Brandon Lane, Bishops Cove Mystic C T 06355 The class has lost two dear friends; our condolences to their families. Doris Keller Hamlin received M KA’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1996 for her work as a pioneering environmentalist. Long before it became popular, Doris set up a recycling center, lobbied the Connecticut state legislature, and became a speaker on environmental issues. Elaine Beling Phillips was also an active community volunteer, contributing through the North Jersey Blood Center, W omen’s Club, and Volunteer Ambulance.

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TKS Mrs. William Young (Peggy Klotz) The Village a t Duxbury 290 Kingstown Way, Apt. 253 Duxbury MA 02332 Curt and Margaret Richards Chapman heard their 12-year-old grandson sing the lead role in the opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at Avery Fisher Hall in NYC. The

other main parts were sung by renowned opera singers. Margaret says, “He has a voice like a Vienna Choir boy.” She keeps in touch with Janet Gaylord Newsome in Canada, and reports the Newsomes, like the Chapmans, are in good health. Sally Bausher Litdefield did a lot o f traveling in 1999 and plans “to continue as long as I can.” She did London on an Elderhostel and Israel with a church group, and will go to Berlin in April. She spends half the year in Florida and half in Mass, near her son, his wife, and two grands. Teppy Holton Sjolander went on a polar bear watch in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. This area around Hudson Bay is called the “Polar Bear Capital o f the W orld” because in the fall the bears congregate there to wait for the ice to freeze so they can go seal hunting. Her group watched from a tundra buggy with 3 6 ” tires, and one day saw a record 63 bears! They also saw ptarmigan, gyrfalcon, artic fox and red fox. Teppy has a new great-grandchild, a little girl. Jane Rinck has published a most delightful book called Vermont M ountain A ir fo r People Stuck Inside —essays both thoughtful and amusing, also illustrated by Jane. I think she is the first —and only - published author in our class. Money from the book goes to scholarships for neighborhood children. (Call me or the Alumni Office for ordering information.) I treasure my autographed copy. I enjoyed getting caught up with Ruth Duff Eager in Montclair in November. I went to New Jersey to attend the memorial and interment services for Frances Montgomery. Frances’ nephew, John Robb, is my son-in-law. It was a lovely service at Calvary Episcopal Church in Summit attended by about 20 of Frannie’s relatives who came for lunch and/or dinner at John and Margy’s that day. There were ladies there from the College Club, the Fortnighdy and the Book Club, but I was the only Kimberley “girl,” so I was especially glad that I was able to be there. I couldn’t help but think that Frannie had created the occasion for a very fine family reunion. Jean Hamlin Noyes writes that although 1999 was not one o f her favorite years because o f retina surgery, dental work, and the loss of her vintage Honda thanks to a red-light runner, she offers this thought for the Year 2000: “Walk on through December and into the New Year carrying only your memories and your dreams.” I would just add, please send some word o f them both to me, your class secretary! Peggy

MA Our condolences to the family o f William J.

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Frederick Shelley wrote and published a 256page hardcover book on Early American Tower Clocks for the National Association o f Watch & Clock Collectors, Inc. Author, author!

MA Mr. C.R Lyle I I 435 M ountain Rd., P. O. Box 394 Jajfrey Center N H 03452-0394 William Marchese reports the best o f two worlds: Spring Lake in summer and early fall, Highland Beach, Fla. in winter. H e and his wife meet Bruce and Nancy Tiernan Swenson ’43 quite frequendy in both N .J. and Fla.; he also speaks with John Schultz often. One Marchese granddaughter will graduate from Villanova U. in May. David Armstrong moved from Carmel, Calif, to Williamsburg, Va. over the summer. In November 1998, Peter Funk, A1 Pels, and I - along with our wives - met at Mark Funk’s * place in Roxbury, N .H . to celebrate our first meeting in the fall o f 1928 in Mrs. Travers’ second grade at Montclair Academy. Peter writes he is thoroughly happy in his pastoral care work. He hoped to finish a new novel by February. He and Mary are representing the U .S. Anglo/Protestant Franciscans to the UN, per the Hague Peace Appeal. “Our Franciscan group (similar to that in the Roman Catholic church) is the Sociefy'of St. Francfs, a world-wide organization o f friars living in community, sisters living in community, and then other people like Mary and me who are out in the world.” This year the Keene Sentinel, site o f my first newspaper job, marked 200 years of publication. The anniversary edition used some o f my dissertation and my anti-McCarthy editorial from 1954 with an explanation o f the circumstances that made us one o f the first newspapers in the nation to come out against guilt by association as a ploy by a power-hungry senator. Bud

40 S 3 -----------■ TKS Mrs. A lfred D. Williams (Joan Bayne) 10 Foxglove Court, Yarmouth M E 04096 The news flashes coming this way change in tone as the times change. W e are delighted and send our very best wishes to Tom and Ann Cochran Beeler Nooner on their wedding. After a lengthy trip to Europe, they are living in Hilton Head, S.C. Wally and Bobbie Douglas MacMillan report their time has been largely spent as tour guides for their friends when they come to Cape Cod. Bobbie says, “The only news I can think o f is that I joined the 20™ century in the nick o f time and correspond by computer

Bobbie Kluge Deming has moved into the ranks o f great-grandmothers. There may be others waiting to announce membership. Iris Fox Flournoy’s daughter, Mary, was married in June 1998 and is living in Phoenix.

Foxy has seven grands faJi so dear I could e a t■ them.’ Frances Johnson Ames expects her fourth grand in April. She had an interesting cruise through the Great Lakes - Toronto to Chicago. Selina Hird Taylor was starting the new century with a trip to Costa Rica. Bill and Josie Watt Clark’s upbeat card reported news o f children: son Mark will receive his Ph.D. from Michigan State in June and two granddaughters graduated from college this year. One works for the Federal Reserve in Kansas City, the other in an occupational therapy program at Washington U. in St. Louis. For years the Clarks have spent summers in Michigan, longing to extend time into autumn. This year they did “for the wrong reason, viz. recovery from surgery.HBill says hel will no longer appear at the beach in a skimpy swimming suit. Sympathy and loving thoughts to Harriet Palmer Pickens, her four children and nine grandchildren for the loss o f her husband in August 1999. Baynie

the Virgin Islands back to land, in Wolfeboro, N .H .

Our condolences to the family o f Frederick

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TKS MrSi Jam es F. C. Hyde Jr. (Enid Griswold) $402 D uvall Drive, Bethesda M D 2 0 81 6 MA Mr. D avid B aird Jr. 9 Parkway, M ontclair N J 07042 Ann and William Hall celebrated their 5 0 ^ wedding anniversary in June 1999 at Colorado Springs with 23 family members in attendance. The four-day “command perform ance for their five children (four boys and a girl) and 11 grandchildren was “a great bash,” he reports. Charles and Kit Eavenson Sanders will be great-grandparents in May 2000. The parentsto-be are Erin and M att Milbury; daughter Debby Sanders Lewis ’67 will be a grandmother (“holy smokes!”). Dick Carrie reports that it’s good to be home after six trips this year, Puerto Rico to Australia. Our condolences to the family o f Richard Gulick. Richard graduated from the Naval Academy and George Washington U. Law School. After W W II service in the Navy, hef commanded the USS Grampus, then practiced maritime law from 1964-1996. He leaves, his wife, five daughters, 10 grand-children, and two great-grandchildren.

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TKS Miss Lucile G. Mason 142 North M ountain Ave., M ontclair N J07042 Our condolences to the family o f Frances Parsons Pingeon. Her daughter, Jennifer Pingeon, is on the faculty at Brookside.

MA Mr. Richard R Angus 3 8 Hinchman Avenue, Denville N J 07834 Our condolences to Richard Angus on the . death o f his wife, Helen. In July, D ick visited his brother [Robert Angus ’44] in Iowa, whose place was high and dry amidst nearby flooded towns.

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TKS Anne Feagley Wittels (Mrs. Jerom e L.) 2116V iaA lam itos Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 wittels@worldnet. att. net Our condolences to the family o f Marjorie Seidler Tilton. She is survived by her husband and three children.

Leigh Berrien Smith o f the incredible memory notes that the M KA Class o f ’99 who just graduated was the last class she knew as “kindergarten people” in 1986-87. Leigh goes on to recognize many o f the alumni currendy active at MKA. Roger and Rudd Trimble Kenvin donated two o f Roger’s books to the MKA library, Harpo s Garden and Trylons an d Perispheres [July Blue Press, N .H .]. They are collections o f his delightful short stories, most o f which have also appeared in literary magazines in the U.S., Canada, and England.

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as a B - 17 bom ber pilot in the 8™ Air Force during W W II, is writing his memoirs. Fie is looking for a 1945 M ontclair Academy newspaper (February or M arch), which contains a letter he wrote from England to faculty member M r. Sm ith. Does anyone have this issue? T h e MICA archives have bound copies o f all Academ y News from November 1 9 4 7 through 1963, but only a few random issues before that. [If anyone would like to clear out his attic, the MICA “alumni attic” would happily accept such material.]

Joy and Jim Prescott spent time in Vail, Colo, last winter, and had a nice summer at their home in Christmas Cove, Me.

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TKS Florence Johnson Jacobson sent news o f her daughters. Anne Pignatiello, who graduated from Suffolk U . Law School in Boston, passed the Colorado bar and is working for the D istrict Attorney in Boulder; D r. M ary Jacobson is on the staff at Stanford U . Hospital in Palo A lto, Calif., completing a fellowship in laporoscopy.

MA Dr. Peter B. Law rence 4 8 0 2 C arriage PL, Wilson N C 2 7 8 9 6 Captain Philip Cheek is working on a film project w ith Bill Brown about — “no kidding” R o w in g a hotel from a South Pacific island to Australia, complete with pool, elevators, etc.

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TKS Mrs. Stanley M iller (Frances Lane) 4 6 2 S W 27th Ave., D elray B each F L 3 3 4 4 5 MA M arty and Fred Ailing have moved to Marblehead, Mass., near one daughter and her family, enjoying great sailing most o f the year. T h ey have eight grandchildren, “one now learning to drive!” John Pinkham played g o lf in Ireland, “then had left knee replaced for more golf!”

50th REUNION O CTO BER 14 TKS M any thanks to reunion chairman extraordinaire Jerrie Reilly Stevenson for all her work and enthusiasm, which prompted a wonderful reunion. H er report: W e had a wonderful 50™ reunion. Fifteen classmates returned: Skip Redfield Brooks,

Margie Andrew Burns, Susan Inglis Chapman, Nancy Eavenson Copp, June Costikyan Cronin, Sally Smith Cutting, Mary Ann Nebergall Denny, Joan Toner Koehler, Ruth Lieder, Rae Krout Muller, Joan Duffy Murray, Nancy Klaas Pape, Joan Newell Sanford, Jane Lockwood Scovil, and Jerrie Reilly Stevenson. W e had nine husbands attend. Saturday, we all m et at the school for lunch. Som e o f us had not seen each other since graduation. It was really fun to see everyone again. Saturday night, we went to the M ontclair G o lf club for cocktails and dinner. Because we were such a large group, we had our own room for cocktails. A buffet dinner followed in the lounge with the other classes. O n Sunday, Ruth Lieder hosted a brunch at her sister’s house in Essex Fells. Needless to say, we all had such a good tim e —even the husbands had a good time. W e would like to do this aga :n for our 55™ ! And we hope the other gals from our class will be able to com e too. Keep in touch. Jerrie

TKS O ur condolences to Margaret Parsons Parker on the death o f her sister, Frances Parsons Pingeon ’43. Margaret Jones Steuart reports being busy with the W ashington National Cathedral, as a trustee o f W ashington & Lee U ., and with three homes. They have five children (four married), and eight-plus grandchildren. She still plays piano every day.

MA Mr. Rudolph D eetjen Jr. 1 7 K ing’s Cove L an e Brooksville M E 0 4 6 1 7 Patty and Rudy Deetjen report being proud grandparents o f Alexander L ief Deetjen, son o f C liff and Kimberly. His middle name is for U ncle Lief, a.k.a. R H D III. Cliff and Mary—Anne Treene Evans plan to take children, spouses, and eight grandchildren to ClubM ed in Ixtapa in June. T hey had a trial run at Tahoe over Christmas, and report, “Hopefully no kitchen detail and no tiny toy parts everywhere will make for a smoother vacation.” O ur condolences to the family o f

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MA M any thanks to reunion chairman Peter Perretti Jr. for his hospitality and work on the 50™ reunion. Those who attended the dinner only —Perretti, James King, and Christopher Russell - missed the official reunion photo. It was the first time back for Henry Battaglia, who reports two sons, two daughters, and ten grandchildren.

far-flung travels to the Caribbean, Central America, Scotland, India, and the Amazon. Gerrie Lockerty Hendricks Jsiworking hard at real estate in Sum mit. H er daughters live in London: Siri in finance, traveling to Barcelona every five weeks to attend U . o f Chicago M .B .A . program; Shellee teaching at the American School and finishing her master’s at M cG ill. I was in Sun Valley for my niece’s wedding last summer and saw Ruth Lieder ’4 9 for the first time since she graduated in 1949. It was as though no time had passed since we last talked; she’s as interesting and fun as ever. Ruth was in H ong Kong a number o f years ago and ran into Bruce and Audrey Carroll McBratney ’50. Lloyd and I were in Spring Lake in July and saw Nancy Ehrhardt W hite at her newly renovated house in Normandy Beach. It is superb. Start planning on fall 2001 for our 50™ reunion. G ail

TKS Mrs. Lloyd M arentette ( G ail Robertson) 4 7 6 L akelan d A ve., Grosse P ointe M l48 23 0 Anne LaBastille published her ninth book, Jag u ar Totem. Anne, who is “synonymous with the Adirondacks” according to one review, is also renowned as a professional wildlife ecologist. H er latest book relates her

G ail Robertson M arentette ’5 1 an d Ruth L ieder ’4 9 got together in Sun Valley, Idaho, last summer, th ejirst tim e in 5 0 years. “It was as though no tim e hadpassed since w e last talked. ” Ruth retired as mayor o f Sun Valley after 13 years, during which she m arried some 400 couples on the mountaintop. MA M r. Ernest F. K e e r lll 4 5 9 Club D rive, P.O . Box 1030 Bay H ead N J 08742

50th reunion, the Academy Class o f 1949. Paul Allen, Henry Battaglia, Clark Simms, Sandy Weissenborn.

50th reunion, the Kimberley Class o f 1949. Standing: Nancy Klaas Pape, Ruth Lieder, Jerrie Reilly Stevenson, Rae Krout Muller, Ju n e Costikyan Cronin, Sally Smith Cutting Skip R edfield Brooks, Susan Inglis Chapman, M argie Andrew Bums. Front: Ju n e Lockwood Scovil, Nancy Eavenson Copp, Joan DuJJy Murray, Joan Toner Koehler, Joan N ew ell Sanford, Mary Ann N ebergall Denny.

Duke and Gael Seton Habernickel write, “Philanthropy seems to begin more at home these days, with six grandchildren living in the Ridgewood neighborhood, ages one to 12. Still there is tim e for g o lf and paddle and travel (New Zealand was outstanding). A lot o f business travel to manufacturing sites, mostly in the Far East.”

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Music o f the Mountains In August, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N .C .) did a feature called “N orth Carolina’s Century,” on men and women who shaped the state in the last 100 years. T h e piece on banjo player Arthel “D o c” W atson (“the most im portant living m ountain musician”) notes that he was discovered in 1960 by folklorist Ralph Rinzler '5 2 , who became a great friend and manager. D o c W atson went on to perform at the W hite House and received a National M edal o f Arts. Rinzler —an Academy alumnus who died in 1 9 9 4 - created “a living cultural presentation o f folk-based culture” through his work with the Smithsonian. H e did legendary recordings o f guitar, banjo, and mandolin players who “forged elements o f country music, blues ana gospel into som ething new called bluegrass. ’ [ The

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TKS The Rev. Elizabeth Myers retired from her parish in November 1999 and was off to work with a church in Navaholand for six months. She will return to Pennsylvania in May or June “to see what iscnext.” MA Nelson Bond Jr. (Pete) reports’ seven

T he D irector’s Medal In O ctober 1999, Anne W arn ick W in n er ’5 4 received T h e D irector’s Medal, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s highest award. It was given for “her work in support o f the President, the Secretary o f Treasury, the Director o f the U .§. Secret Service, foreign defense ministers, and heads o f state. T he distinguished performance o f Ms. W inner reflects great credit upon herself and the Defense Intelligence Agency.” In her 26-year federal career, Anne has served as an intelligence analyst, senior and supervisory public affairs officer, and information manager. It was Anne in the command post at the W hite House when President Carter did his famous Inaugural walk down Pennsylvania Avenue; it was Anne who developed threat assessments for Secretary o f State Henry Kissinger’s secret visits to China and the Helsinki Summit. Anne was the principal Secret Service media liaison following the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Anne began her federal career in 1973 after raising her family. Because she had lived abroad (her husband was an air attaché at the U .S. embassy in Turkey), she became an intelligence analyst. By 1983, she was editor for the daily N A T O Intelligence Cable; a year later she became Deputy C h ief o f the D IA ’s Briefing Team for the Chairman o f the Jo in t Chiefs o f Staff. There she oversaw, wrote, and delivered briefings to congressional committees, foreign military attaches and defense ministers, and heads o f state on behalf o f the DIA. Anne’s acknowledged analytical talent and credibility resulted in her assignment as chief o f the Security Review Program in 1987. She developed declassified databases for a variety o f publications, including the acclaimed “Soviet M ilitary Power”; she also served as speechwriter for the D irector o f DIA. In 1995, she was promoted to chief o f D IA Public Affairs; she also acted as team chief for the agency’s special task force grandchildren and five children, one living in Short H i l l S Crusading doctor Robert Weinmann, president o f American Physicians and Dentists U nion, discussed thSlssue o f unionized physicians at the National Press Club in September, against the backdrop o f

during the Rwanda crisis. Anne established the D IA ’s Declassification Office in 1996 in response to a Presidential Executive Order requiring review o f all classified documents over 25 years old. Anne set missions and milestones, established methodologies and practices, defined policies, wrote guides, and worked with senior officials at the National Security Council and other defense and intelligence agencies. T h e effort was unprecedented, requiring the screening o f an estimated 2 0 million pages o f classified documents and imagery. Last June, under her leadership, the National Air and Space Museum opened an exhibit o f previously classified D IA artists’ work, illustrating Soviet Cold W ar military equipment. T h e 1954 Kimberley yearbook was prophetic, stating Anne W arnick was a “good speaker and a good listener.” Anne recalls an essay by Pearl Buck that she read in Mrs. Dawson’s English class at Kimberley. The essay was called “America’s Gunpowder W om en S a n d it equated the two: In the keg, it sits there doing nothing, but has enormous potential. Anne and her husband, D onn W inner, a retired USA F colonel, have three daughters pursuing distinguished careers o f their own. Along the way, Anne earned a B .S. in political science and a master’s in public affairs from American University. She also became an underwater photographer and advanced scuba diver with hundreds o f dives logged. Potential unleashed and directed.

the debate over the Patients’ Bill o f Rights. H e also was a voice and columnist in the California legislature’s bill, the cornerstone o f an H M O reform package. O ur condolences to Neil Lindeman on the death o f his sister, Judith Lindeman ’56.

The Class o f 1954, 45th reunion. Standing: Donn Winner, Anne W amick Winner, Fluffy Ferguson Morse, C. Y Mann Treene, Pixie Cole Pendergast, Ja ck Pendergast. Seated: Lynn Towner Dodd, Jan et Cook Phillips, M im i Evans Winship, Tilly-Jo Beatty Emerson.

5 4 ------- — TKS Ms. Georgia Carrington 3 8 Silver Spring Lane, R idgefield C T 0 6 8 7 7 carrgeo @ aol. com O ur 4 5 th reunion had a great response! M any thanks to our indefatigable reunion co-chairm en Felicity Ferguson Morse and CY Mann Treene. Attendees were on hand for presentations at M K A before lunch; for the excellent luncheon; for a session at the Phillips’ home on what we think o f as we anticipate retirement, led by our very own facilitator, Tilly Jo Emerson; at a festive dinner at the G o lf Club; and at a beautiful brunch at the Treenes. W e were treated to letters and greetings that C Y had coaxed out o f almost everyone who was unable to be there in person. It was a time to look backward and forward and focus on the best o f both to make the most o f the present. Lee W ood Audhuy died on O ctober 31 in Toulouse after a distinguished career in education. Lee had lived in France since 1961. Teaching for several years in a parochial school in Albi, she moved to the University o f Toulouse in 1968 where she

Class o f 1954. Standing: D uke H abem ickel 51, Vicki Wendt West, G ael Seton H abem ickel, George Kramer, Sheldon Buck, H obart Van Deusen. Seated: P hil Donlin, Georgia Carrington, M aree Callahan Currey, Ja k e Jacobus.

taught and studied. Last M ay she completed her dissertation on Robert Lowell, achieving one o f her goals and becom ing a hill professor. Lee had earned the love and admiration o f colleagues, students, and friends, and her funeral was an incredible tribute and celebration o f her life. Georgia

MA “W e thank reunion chairman Philip Donlin for. his efforts in getting us together for our 4 5 writes Jake Jacobus. “Also George Kramer for hosting the ’5 4 golf foursome at Preakness Hills —Kramer, D onlin, Joel Wechsler, and Jacobus. Sheldon Buck and Hobie Van Deusen joined us for dinner. W e had a great tim e.” Phil retired from teaching last year “and am enjoying myself by doing things around the house.” His wife, Gloria, works in the Baltimore County school system; their daughter, Jean Marie, has moved back to Maryland and works with N C I Tech. George Kramer reports being grandfather to twins H annah and Isaiah, children o f son Lawrence Kramer ’7 8 and his wife, Cathy. Diane and Sheldon Buck plan to travel to Egypt, Italy, and the Caribbean this year, his last working at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (formerly M IT Instrumentation

Class o f 1954. Standing: D orie Krebs Barnard, Roger Webb ’5 2, N ell Fisk Hamlen. Seated: Anne Van Vleck Webb, Lincoln Ames, Aubin Zabriskie Ames.

Lab). T heir son Steve graduated from N Y U and is pursuing an acting career in N Y C .

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Mrs. Susie Forstmann Kealy 5 5 0 N. Kingsbury, Apt. 603 Chicago IL 60610 T h e Rev. Lynn C. Ramshaw has a new jo b as associate rector o f the Church o f Saint Jo h n the Evangelist in Flossmoor, 111. Best wishes! Our condolences to the family o f Marilyn Walrath Elliott. Marilyn was very active as a community volunteer before retiring to North Carolina.

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TKS Mrs. Law ther O. Sm ith (Linda Lovell) 3 0 W ater Crest D rive, Doylestown PA 18901 lsm ith6071@ cs.com Carol Barnard Ottenberg writes that she is still in Seatde, playing tennis and gardening and “com muting” to the East for summer weeks in M aine and the Adirondacks. Jane Crawford Lyons announces two new grandchildren born last summer: Brooke Auburn Davis and Thom as Crawford Debenport. Taking a break from their communications business, Bob and Nancy Prescott Ward enjoy “serious traveling” - to Australia last year and to Ecuador in 2000. Daughter Vicki and husband are in Maine; daughter Jennifer is a landscape architect/director at Queens Botanical Garden; son Rob|s a senior at U. Maryland. O ur condolences to the family o f Judith M . Lindeman. Judith had a most successful career as an advertising media executive in N ew York and Hawaii, and was an avid sailor, tennis player, and LPG A enthusiast. Those o f us who were reacquainted with

The Class o f 1959, 40th reunion. Standing: M ichael Baker, B ill M arriott, Susan Wechsler Rose, Barry Meisel, Barbara Brady Carruth, M arybeth Bass Lareau, Deana Rogers Sumas, Phyllis Gilman Stadler, Judy McConnell, Ann Connell Whitehome. Seated: H erb Kreger, Lily Solmssen Moureaux, M arianne Doran Steinhacker, P at Rowland Webb, Jarvis Reilly Nolan. Jud y at our 4 0 ^ reunion three years ago a t f l M R A feel very fortunate that we had a chance to enjoy her amazing energy and enthusiasm Before A LS took hold o f her life. T h at day she received the furthest-distance award for com ing all the way back to Kimberley from Hawaii to see her classmates. W e ’re so grateful she did. L in da

MA M r. E ric Ja eck el 4 3 2 E astbrooke Lane, Rochester N Y 1 4 6 18 Class agent: Dr. Larry N azarian 2 9 Surrey Place, Pen ft eld N Y 1 4 5 2 6 Scott Harden writes from New Hampshire .chat he is divorced and has two grown children: Pippa, who works in Boston, and Jo h n , in his second year o f grad, school in architecture at Syracuse. O ur condolences to the family o f S. Thomas Aitken. Our condolences to the family o f Marilyn Walrath Elliott. Marilyn was very active as a community volunteer before retiring to North Carolina.

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Mary Ann Lawrence Decker reports her son Larry was married last M ay; Jake and Gail Garnar Jacobus and Ralph and Helen Bryant Perry helped them celebrate. Betsy Barney Gill’s family summer home in Baileys H arbor, W is., will be 50 in 2 0 0 0 . After 3 0 years in retail, Diana Bethell Litde retired from her 80-hour-a-week job. She works part time at the spin-off o f her original business, Stitch This, monogramming and embroidering, and as a lactation specialist (now “only 6 0 hours a week”). Son Steven ’9 6 is on the dean’s R t at Colgate. June Dallery Doolittle spent much o f last year helping her parents, the Dallerys (“Remem ber all those theatrical productions and N orthfield Nights?”), move to Rhode Island and sell their home. Sad, but Jun e is glad they’re nearby. H er life is filled with music, family activities, and trips into the M ontana wilderness in summers. MA Dr. R obert R. H aney 4 0 7 1 9 W oodside Place, Leesburg VA 2 0 1 7 5 haneyrr@erols. com Jerry Roth “just became a grandpa for the first tim e.” This summer Jerry took his family (wife Rosalie, children Miriam, 12, and Daniel, 9) to the East Coast, where they visited his son Andy and his wife, Trudy, and grandson Jordan in Brooklyn. “I told them about M A and the things I learned there which have helped me throughout my life ..

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TKS Ms. Jarv is Reilly N olan 15612 Via M archena, San D iego CA 92 1 2 8 jarvisn o @ aol. com Kudos and thanks to reunion chairman extraordinaire Jarvis Reilly Nolan for inspiring a tremendous return for a heartfelt

reunion. H er report: A great tim e was had by all. T h e festivities started Friday night with dinner at Susan Wechsler Rose’s. There were nine o f us there: Susan, Lily Solmssen Moureaux,

Phyllis Gilman Stadler, Marianne Doran Steinhacker, Pat Rowland Webb, Judy McConnell, Marybeth Bass Lareau, Barbara Brady Carruth, and me. W e actually all recognized each other (remember, you don’t get older, you get better). T h e evening was non-stop talk. Susan had the yearbook out. W e reminisced. W e discussed how many there were o f us, 3 7 in the senior •'.■Glass. D inner was wonderful; Susan’s home is as beautiful as the Guggenheim across the street. T h e next day was the luncheon at the Upper School. For some o f us this was a first visit to the school. T h e old Academy, torn down, is now a bigger athletic field; the new school is across the street. Deana Rogers Sumas and Ann Connell Whitehouse joined the nine from the last night. A t lunch we shared pictures both old and new; Pat had pictures from past reunions. W hen lunch was over, and the dining room cleared out, guess who was still sitting there? T h e class o f ’59. W e could not leave, so we all continued talking for another hour and a half. Ann, Jud y and I were together for the first time in 38 years. W e were joined at lunch by four from the Academy, Bill M arriott, Herbie Kreger, Michael Baker, and Barry Meisel. A t dinner, it was fun talking to other classes being honored, especially one from a class immediately before us, Gail Garnar Jacobus ’5 8; her husband was in the class o f ’5 4. It was fun for me to see my sister Jerrie Reilly Stevenson’s class (’49|, as I knew them so well growing up. Looking ahead —there will be a 45™ and a 5 0 , which is the big one. T hey put our graduating class picture on our nametags kinda neat. I am not going to begin a countdown, but I plan to come back to both.

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Mr. Brogan Though retired, former Academy faculty member Frank Brogan is still teaching. These days he is teaching seniors at the Center for Arts in Vero Beach, Florida, how to write memoirs. One day a gentleman told the class Mr. Brogan had taught his son at Montclair Academy, and that he was such an excellent teacher, they should pay attention! Frank Brogan taught at Montclair Academy from 1957-63. Fie also was chairman o f the English department, assistant head, director of the summer school, dean o f students, and director o f admissions. In 1941 he dropped out o f high school to enlist in the Marines during W W II. He served as a battalion scout for three Pacific landings. After the war, he finished high school, then attended the University o f Massachusetts and Harvard, where he earned a Master of Arts in Teaching. [Brogan notes that he had brilliant yearlong courses with Archibald MacLeish and Howard Mumford Jones.] He began his teaching career at the Punahoe School in Hawaii —“a very mature 27-year-old ex-Marine first-year teacher.” Brogan spent four years at Montclair High School teaching English and coaching football with the legendary Clary Anderson before

Marianne Doran Steinhacker spent a couple o f days after a conference in Atlanta with Pat Rowland Webb. M arianne is now D ean o f M athematics and Professional Studies at the U . o f M aine at Augusta, one o f three college deans. She has had a notable career in nursing, from work in an IC U and a military hospital in Okinawa to being a clinical nursing instructor and chair o f Nursing Education at Maine. Marianne and her husband, Bob, a radiologist, have three sons and a year-old granddaughter. Our condolences to Judith McConnell, whose husband, Allen, died after a two-year battle. She writes, “I feel privileged and thankful to have shared eight years with this extraordinary man and now to have a super step-son and daughter as part o f my family.” Jud y bought a house in neighboring Arlington, and church sextons helped with painting and carpentry. She works for Century 2 1 , and three kids are nearby: Nell at Harvard-Raddiffe, Karl with Fleet Boston Bank, and Rachel with a management consulting firm. Phyllis Gilman Stadler is also a realtor; she lives in Denver, Colo. MA Class secretary an d agent: M r. M ichttelB aker 10 H ighland D r., N orth C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 Those who attended reunion (see photo) had a great time; the rest o f the class missed a good thing.

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TKS Our condolences to Sheila Albright Hogan on the death o f her brother, Tom. Carroll Tieman is president o f Southern Maine Volkssport Association, reportedly one of New England’s most active dubs. Volkssporting is a 10-kilometer (6 mile) group walk on

coming to Montclair Academy. After his stint at the Academy, he taught at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey, for three years. He returned to lengthy headmasterships o f the Storm E n g School (New York) and the merging Ransom-Everglades School in Coral Gables, Florida. Brogan finished his career in the classrooms o f Friends Academy, Locust Valley, Long Island. He and his wife, Maia, now happily dote on five grandchildren. The revered teacher is still in touch with many o f his students around the world. He recently attended the 45t*1 reunion o f his first class at the Punahoe School back in Hawaii. W hen M KA’s own Bruce Guernsey ’62 received the Illinois Board o f Governors Universities Distinguished Professor Award as the best professor in the state, his former Academy teacher wrote him a note o f congratulations with the word “kudos” at the bottom. “Kudos” was the absolute highest compliment a student could receive from the demanding Brogan, and it was rarely given, “even to the smartest kids.” Bruce wrote back to the effect that he’d received a lot o f honors [six Faculty Excellence Awards, two Fulbright lectureships, four Illinois Art Council literary fellowships, and a grant from,'the National Endowment for the Arts], but that when that “kudos” letter came, he thought, “This is the best. I’ve made it with Mr. Brogan.”

precisely measured routes over “park trails, urban greenways, scenic country roads and interesting city streets.” Purely for fun and friendship, “events are not races, fundraisers or political statements.” The sport began in Germany and now there are hundreds o f chapters around the world. [The news was spotted in a Maine paper by Sally Alice Unities Diller.]

TKS Mrs. Frank Henneman (Lynn Ritter) 818 Staffordshire Rd. Cockeysville MD 21030-2948

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TKS Mrs. Jam es Wright (Susan Debevoise) 1 Tuck Drive, Hanover N H 03755 susan. wright@dartmouth. edu Susan Debevoise Wright, now “first lady o f Dartmouth,” enjoys meeting MKA graduates who attend(ed) Dartmouth. The former Dean o f Students keeps in touch with many mutual alumni/ae. Queenmaker Ellen Malcolm ’65, who received MKA’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1993, was named to the Ladies’ Home JoumalM st o f America’s 100 Most Important Women as “political queenmaker.” Ellen, founder of EM ILY1s List (“Early Money is Like Yeast”), has guided the political action committee to be one o f the nation’s most powerful. EMILY5s List gives early financial support to pro-choice women running for key federal or statewide offices.

MA Joseph Hare attended the installation of former faculty member Joseph Kerner in a named professorship and sent the program to M KA [see box].

The Endowed Professorship Joseph Kerner, one o f Montclair Academy’s near-legendary teacheifs,, was inaugurated in the first .George Norton Northrop Professorship, an endowed chair, at Boston’s Roxbury Latin School in October. Kerner, who has been chairman o f Ajj Roxbury Latin’s English department for 24 years, began his lifelong teaching career in 1959 at Montclair Academy after graduation from Princeton. He taught at the Academy until 1972, t h ® spent two years at Robert College in Istanbul. He earned a master’s in English from the University o f Michigan in 1973, then returned to MA/MKA from 1974776 as chairman o f the English department. Almost a generation o f Academy students was privileged to have Joseph Kerner as a teacher, and recall him fondly, as the popular teacher is the earner of attention when he returns to reunions. Good wishes, pride, and congratulations to Joseph Kerner from his "old school.!”

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TKS Mrs. W illiam E. Crawford (Francine Onorati) 421 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02115 Our condolences to Margaret Brett Eckel on the death o f her father. Margaret moved to Cape Cod in September 1997 to care for her parents after losing her husband in 1996. Her mother, Elise Manson Brett ’36, died that year. Margaret has moved back to El Cajon, California, to begin life anew.

MA Mr. D. Carter Fitzpatrick 49 B ell Rock Plaza, Sedona A Z 86351 Class agent: Mr. Craig Cameron 11 Bay Point Drive, Ormond Beach FL 32174

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MA Mr. Burton M. Webb Box 29, Free Union VA 22940 E. Scott Brown isjn registered architect in private practice, based in the Champlain Islands in northwestern Vermont. He is married and has two daughters, Jenny, 8, and Emily, 5.

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TKS Mrs. Charles G ildea (Lynn Ehrhardt) 4 6 E. Saddle River Rd., Saddle River N J 07458 Many thanks to Lynn Ehrhardt Gildea for enticing many classmates to return for reunion festivities. [Ed. Note: The class wins the prize for youth and glamour.]

MA Dr. Edw ard A. GriggsJr. 3WCourseville Road, Bronxville N Y 10708 eagriggfOldellnet. com Welcome to new class secretary Edward Griggs, who will attempt to fill this column with interesting notes about silent classmates.

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TKS Ms. Leslie Bryan 8 4 4 East M omingside Drive, N E Atlanta GA 30324 Ibryan @dsckd. com

Our condolences to Karin Strom Aiello on the death o f her mother.

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Homecoming. Our condolences to the family o f David E. Barnes. He leaves a wife and three children. Chris Beling is a product manager for Ion Networks, Inc. and lives in Hazlett, N .J. He has three children: Kurt, married in July, who is practicing law in Los Angeles; Amanda, 18, attending Monmouth U.; and Jonathan, m , a high school freshman.

TKS Ms. Avie Claire Kalker 10 Knolls Road, Williamstown MA 01267 ' akalker@ aol. com

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Mayor’s Task Force Against Guns and Violence in Louisville, Kentucky. She writes, “A guest speaker, from Washington, was the Undersecretary o f Treasury, Mr. James E. Johnson. In browsing through his bio, I noticed that he was from Montclair, so I approached the dais at the break to say hi. It turned out to our mutual amazement that we were both M KA grads. W e enjoyed a moment of .alumni pride before the media whisked him o ff for a press conference.”

Ed. Vote: James E. Johnson ’79 is Undersecretary o f Treasury for Enforcement, with oversight o f the Bureau o f Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; Secret Service; Customs; the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

Madge Huber Henning left her job as Intern Director at the W hite House two years ago, “a few months before it became quite a wellknown jo b ,” she writes. “So I was blessedly spared much scrutiny by the press and probably Ken Starr. More important, I was able to spend more time with my father during the last year o f his life. I now have more time for my own family and am immersed in parenting and board work in Bethesda.” MA Fred Sheldon is now a professor at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. He writes, “W e have a big jjpuse and love to have visitors to the New Orleans area.”

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30th Reunion, the Class o f 1969. Standing: Gay Geyer, Anne Lavoy Guerra, N ina Szot Boral, Lisa Schultz Vanderlinde. Seated: Lynn Ehrhardt Gildea, Toni DeLorenzo Siliski, Phyllis Latouche Rawlins.

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TKS Mrs. D avid Kilnapp (Barbara Peto) 15 Fairway Lane, Pembroke MA 02359 Class agent: Darcy Witt Zonino 9 7 0 Amble Road, Shoreview M N 5 5 12 6

graciously. Twenty-five members o f the class attended Martha’s party Friday night, plus honorary members Miss [Judy] Nesbit and M r. [Wally] Coursen. “The guys” from the Academy joined us later. W e had messages from those who could not make it, and have as a souvenir a wonderful booklet o f individual profiles and photos.

MA Class agent: Mr. Peter Perretti Ferriers Cottage, Culham Lane, Upp. Culham, Wargrave, Berkshire RG110 8NR UK Paul Dackow is senior principal applications engineer with Harris Corp., Semiconductor Sector, in North Branch, N .J.

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Vicki an d Rudy Schlobohm, Scott McIntyre, E arl Perretti 74.

TKS Ms. Susan Read 3 8 College Circle, Staunton VA 22401-2375 davick@intelos. net

MA Mr. Rudolph Schlobohm 78 M ontclair Ave., M ontclair N J 07042 castlecompany@ibm. net

MA Mr. Gregory Lackey 138 Paupukkewis Trail M edford Lakes N J 08055

Many thanks to reunion chairman Rudy Schlobohm, who rallied a great group to come

Class agent: Mr. Rudy Schlobohm 78 M ontclair Ave., M ontclair N J 07042 Condolences to Timothy Taylor on the death o f his father.

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TKS Class agent: Ms. Erin Cujfe Crawford 102 Buckingham Rd, Upper M ontclair N J 07043 Many thanks to reunion co-chairmen Seton Daly Beckwith and Erin Cuffe Crawford, who inspired so many classmates to return, and to Martha Bonsai Day, who hosted so many so

back to the old school® His report: Our 25™ reunion was well attended and a lot o f fun. O n Friday evening many o f us gathered at Vicki’s and my Montclair Avenue home for a relaxed evening o f reminiscing the war stories of yesteryear and a lighthearted discussion o f the post-merger quarter-century mark. The Dorian Grey award for least change was shared by John Blondel and Henry Williams. Joe Scirocco wins the Smooth Segue prize for his easy slide from Big Six accounting to C FO at Tommy Hilfiger. Michael Adams and his new bride, Agnes, joined us from posh Breckenridge, Col., winning distance honors. Our Saturday lunch and evening at Montclair G olf Club provided more opportunity to meet with our Kimberley counterparts. All o f us are deeply saddened by our shared loss o f longtime friend and classmate Scott McIntyre. W e were lucky to see him at reunion.

The Class o f 1974, 25th reunion luncheon. Standing: Gerrie Brundage, Susan Woods Day, Leslie Aujzien Levine, Ann Robinson, Anne Johnson Anspack, Mary Rowbottom McCluskey, Sue Stokes Galligan, P at Shean Worthington. Seated: Erin Cuffe Crauford, Bonnie McBratney Wallin, Mary Lathrop Will, Betsy Nietsch.

John Blondel writes, “Courtney and I live in New York City during the week. W e rece n tljS found a home in .Peapack for the weekends, so no doubt we’ll drive by the Upper School campus periodically and will think happily of those ’Montclair Days.’ I see Henry Williams frequendy and we now, in fact, work across the street from one another. I also see Allan Cox, Joe Scirocco, Stewart Carr and Earl Perretti at our regular dinner every couple o f months.” Robert Powell is enjoying his career change into computer programming. Rob, wife Kathleen, and daughters Fiona, 4, and Michaela, 2, enjoy their suburban Milwaukee home. “Come to Wisconsin and smell our dairy air!” he writes. .

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Mr. D avid Soule 120 Linden Avenue, Verona N J 07044 Class agent: Mr. Paul Zukerberg 1901 Wyoming Ave. N W #75 Washington D C 20009 Congratulations to our newly weds and newly parents! Best wishes to Allen and Alison Hunt Noger on their wedding. They live in Maryland. Best wishes, too, to Matthew and Anne Thomas Manes. They live in Boston, and Anne works for the Patricia Seybold Group. Christine and Malcolm Hall Jr. welcomed Malcolm Hall III in September. Anna Crawford traveled down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in July 1999. “Had a fantastic time. Everyone should do this: eight days o f beautiful scenery and solitude. No cell phones, either.”

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Mrs. Paul McFeeley (Laurie Hoonhout) 238 Devon Road, Essex Fells N J 07021

The Class o f 1974, 25th reunion. Standing: Jo e Scirocco, Ben Thompson, John Blondel, Andrew Tamell, M ichael Adams, Henry Williams, Allan Cox, faculty member Ken Gibson. Seated: guest Lin-M ei Kravis, Harvey Kravis, D avid Kwan, Brian Thomas, guest Laurie Tamell.

Class agent: Dr. Charles R ead 1918 N. D aniel St., Arlington VA 22201 Hilary Hoffman Fandel teaches Pre-K at the Montclair Cooperative School, and her sons Henry and Phillip are in sixth grade there. They are very active in ice hockey, which her husband, Hank, coaches and plays himself. Brad Scott is head o f “global CRM consulting” for Oracle. H e and his wife were adopting a Russian boy who needs a heart operation. That makes six Scott children! Having completed preliminary courses, Roseanne Ugone will enter a nursing program full time in September. She will be married in June. Best w ish e^ n two major undertakings!

Palazzos in Italy Frank Gerard Godlewski 7 6 stopped by M KA in December before giving a series o f lectures to Italian cultural groups in the metropolitan area. Frank, who lives in Naples, is one o f Italy s foremost architects. Over the past 15 years, he has restored various villas, palaces, and casdes throughout Italy, from national monuments in Sorrento and Cremona to Etruscan manors in T uscany. Frank, who received degrees from the Cooper Union School o f Architecture and the Architecture Institute o f Venice, is now curator o f many ffi the properties he restored, including Fattoria Bassetto, Villa il Leccio, and Palazzo Antinori in Florence and Palazzo Pignatelli di Monteroduni in Naples. He lectures on the restoration and interior design o f the properties, discussing archeology and styles, columns, frescos, and paintings. He is working on cultural exchanges, whereby small groups o f 10-12 travelers stay in these glorious restored landmarks.

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Mr. Andrew Pedersen 2 2 6 F air Haven Rd., F air Haven N J 07704 Class agent: Mr. Robert Huhsmith 1 6 Warren Road, M aplewood N J 07040 Deb Rasin Jacobson reports all is well in Providence, R.I. Their girls are 4 and 2. She has been the treasurer o f LIN Television for five years. Holly and Doug Mahler live in Franklin Lakes with their sons Lukas and Derek. He practices cosmetic, restorative, and implant dentistry in Fair Lawn. Vicki and Steve Cowles are proud “first time” parents o f Emma Lucille Cowles, born in September. Steve is SVP/group creative director at M cCann Erickson advertising, NYC. Best wishes to Helge Peter and Paula Barsotti Hanel, who were married in Baltimore last June. Congratulations to Betsy Gelenitis Alison, whose latest recognition is U .S. Sailing’s National Coach o f the Year, part o f the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Coaching Recognition Program. Betsy is coaching the U .S. entries in disabled sailing events through regional training clinics, in preparation for the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney. She also coached advanced racing clinics and Junior Olympic Festivals, and conducted a session for inner city kids.

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Ms. Pamela Zeug 250 M ercer St., C418, New York N Y 10012 Mr. Lawrence Garrigan 6103 Ox Bottom M anor Drive Tallahassee FL 32312

Class agent: Ms. Jan e Lugaric Burkhard 299 Crown Road, K entfeld, CA 94904 Congratulations to Susan Cole Furlong, who was named group president o f Dugan Valva Contess Communications, a marketing and communication and technology company in Morristown. She leads the firm in two areas: promotion & marketing, and health-care marketing. Sue, whose daughter Erin is in second grade at Brookside, serves as vice president o f networking on the MKA Alumni Council. George Stephens is senior pastor o f the Forked River (NJ) Baptist Church. 7

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Mrs. Carlos Ortiz (Shawn M ahieu) 2163 G ilbride Rd., M artinsville N J 08836 Class agent: Ms. A nita Sims-Stokes 2 9 9 North Walnut Street East Orange N J 0701% ’ 7 Many thanks to reunion co-chairmen Drs.

Jack Brink and Larry Duca, who inspired a great return. And to Lisa Godlewski Westheimer for hosting a wonderful party Friday night to kick off the reunion. Genene and Michael Sullivan have two children, Nicole, 2, and Michael, 9 months. Roger Weber checked in with a new address in Drumquin, County Tyrone, Ireland, but sent no news. Steve Dodd reported the birth o f son Michael MacMartin in August, joining sister Katie, 5. They live in Charlotte, N.C. Julia Fernald and husband Martin are enjoying their first child, Elena, born last April. They live in the house in Montclair she grew up in. Julia, who has a Ph.D. in finance, works three days a week doing financial market research, and plays with Elena the extra days.

The Class Picture. The Class o f 1979, 20th reunion. Standing: Anita Sims Stokes, Jam es Johnson, John Joseph, Alison O’N eill, Tracy Green Frager; Tony Barnes, Amanda Calder, Anthony Cristello (back), D ana Cestone, Ken Dioguardi, Lorraine Dewey Dioguardi, Paige Cottingham Streeter, Merry Aujzien Bauer (front), Gardner Semet, Pamela Barz Ware, honorary class members Ken Gibson an d George H rab. M iddle: Andrea Meschkow, Andy Rod, Emily Rowland, Sarah Scher, M arc McCloud, Eric Pai. Front: guest Charles Schwartz, Larry Duca, D avid Fem ald, Bruce Eng M ark Donatiello. Inset: Jam es Carter. Pictured elsewhere: Ja ck Brink, D avid Nolle, Lisa Godlewski Westheimer. 32

V.I.P.s Two government officials were attending a meeting in the Roosevelt Room o f the W hite House. The Undersecretary o f Treasury was seated next to the Special Assistant to the Secretary o f Defense. They looked at each other. And looked. And looked. “You look familiar.” “So do you. I know you from somewhere.” There, in Washington in the White House, James Johnson ’79, Under secretary o f Treasury, and Pam Berkowsky ’81, o f the U .S. Department o f Defense, realized they knew each other from their days at MKA.

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and commitment to “Education Matters,” a group which spearheaded a referendum in Chatham, N .J. The political-style effort was successful in approval o f a $25.2 million expansion o f the township’s schools, reversing a prior Board o f Education plan defeat. Janis says, “The power o f the individual is still alive and well. I graduated from MKA in 1981 and went on to Univ. o f Penn and graduate education (M.S. in Education). I am now a stay-at-home mom o f two sons and used every ounce o f my MKA/college education to better the community I live in.”

82 Ms. Cheryl McCants 730 Northwest N atio Pku/y; Unit E24 H Portland OR 97209 Mr. Thomas Robbins 6 Bradford Terrace, Newtown Square PA 19073

Mary L. Cole, Esq. 1 Ferrous Court, Chester N J 07930 marycolel2@ hotm ail. com

Class agent: Mr. Jonathan Sandler 5 Black Oak Road, WaylandMA 01778

Class agents: Mr. M artin Brayboy 64 Whetstone Road, Harwinton C T 06791

“Between family activities and a fair amount o f charity work, life remains pretty hectic,” writes Beth Cherashore Schlager. She was expecting their fourth child in March, joining brother Andrew, 6, and sisters Katie, 4, and Allison, 16 months.

Ms. Ju lia Ruddick M eade 51 Avon Road, Bronxville N Y 10708 Hamilton Bowser (Tony) is in Arlington, Va. working as an international consultant for Del Tek Systems, Inc. for their financial programs. He travels back and forth in England and in Kuwait. Jackie and Michael Feldman are expecting their first child this spring. Liz and James Irwin had twins, Grace and Oliver, born in September. They join big sister Adele.

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Class secretaries: Ms. Amy Felber 2841 Sacramento St., 301 San Francisco CA 94115 Ms. Maureen Towers N atkin 5 Riverview Road, Irvington N Y 10533 motowers@aol. com Class agent: Kristine Hatzenbuhler O ’Connor 159 Fells Road, Essex Fells N J 07021 Congratulations to the class’s newest doctors! Carmela DeCandia received her doctorate in psychology (Psy.D.) from Antioch University, after defending her dissertation and an internship at Children’s Hospital in Boston.

The Class o f1984, 15th reunion. Standing: guest Eileen McPeake, Ju lio Dolorico, Chris Nemetz, Rich Cosgrove, D iane Ridley, Tom Hochman. Front: Cathy Humphrey-Bennett, guest M ike Bennett, Alison Thomas-Cottingham, son Bobby, Bob Cottingham. 33

She has a new position as assistant clinical director o f St. Mary’s W omen’s & Infants Center in Dorchester, Mass. Geoffrey Habron received his doctorate in fisheries science from Oregon State University in June. He, wife Kate, foster son Shane, and Marley the dog have settled in East Lansing, Mich., where Geoff is assistant professor at Michigan State. Also in Michigan academia, Gary Powell, Ph.D. is an assistant professor o f instructional technology at Wayne State U. After six years of living in downtown Detroit, he purchased a home in the suburbs, “no wife or kids, though.” Gary, a W eb guru, gave a presentation on “Technology Evolution.. .Are You Ready for Web-Based Training [a.k.a. on-line learning]?” •' in Toronto; he also consults on exciting multimedia projects. Congratulations to Paul Josephson, who was made partner in the law firm Sills, Cummis, etc. Tamar Lehrich Birckhead works in the Federal Defender Office in Boston. Steve and Suzanne Halm Locke moved into a 129-year-old house in Melrose, Mass, this fall. They lived among boxes, pipes, and lots o f dust for weeks as the contractors fell behind schedule. Son Connor is two and they welcomed son Ryan in January. Andrew and Rebecca Bowser Lowenthal and children Nicholas, 3, and baby Julia have moved to Chevy Chase, Md. Andrew is chief o f staff at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington. Banker and philanthropist Alan Wilzig was subject o f a long profile in The Hampton Sheet last July, chronicling his active lifestyle. The Wilzigs host two major fundraisers at their celebrated Casde in Southampton each summer, “one global [rainforest], one local [pediatric dental fund].” In Jersey City, where Trustcompany Bank is headquartered, Alan heads the Journal Square Restoration Corp., which has transformed a downtrodden area into a vibrantfsenter.

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Class secretary an d class agent: Mrs. Jennifer Jones ¡Jidda 110 Glen Rock R oad Cedar Grove N J 07009

The Class o f1984. Standing: RossZbar, Heather Gibson, guest D ebbi Jones, Victor Lupi. Front: Laura Dancy Wilson, guest Andrew Wilson, guest B ill Whiteside, Bebe Swanson Whiteside.

86 Ms. Sherry A hkam i 5205 Fiore Terrace, Apt. idtpJ San Diego CA 92122 Ms. Jennifer Remington Knodel Park Glen #1602, 105 Roseland Ave., Caldwell N J 07006 Best wishes to Victor and Alexandra Hrab Naumenko, who were married in a storybook

Wedding reunion in a California vineyard: Ken Vostal ’8 4, M aria Dolorico 88, Craig M iner 8 4 , John M artin 84, Sean Pignatello 84, bride Eileen McPeake, groom /»/z'4p Dolorico 84, Susan Bacot 84, andJeffrey Schackner 85. Class agent:

Mrs. Andrew Wilson (Laura Dancyjm i 181 Long H ill Road, Apt. R5 Little Falls N J 074P.4 Many thanks to reunion chairmen Alison Thomas-Cottingham and Darrin O’Neill for bringing back a great group! Best wishes to Julio Dolorico and Eileen McPeake on their wedding. They were married at the B.R. Cohn Winery in Sonoma Valley California as the site because Eileen is a native Californian and because they met while pursuing their M BA’s at UCLA’s Anderson School. A large M KA contingent attended [see photo]. After a honeymoon in French Polynesia, Julio and Eileen moved to a condominium in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Julio sent news o f other alumni: Sara and Ken Vostal are expecting their first child this spring in Richmond, Va. He even ordered an M KA rocking chair to be prepared. Craig Miner lives in Manhattan and is the owner o f the Ambassador Galleries located in SoHo, N.Y. and Palm Beach, Fla. John Martin lives in sunny Los Angeles where he works for H BO Independent Productions. Lauren and Sean Pignatello recently celebrated the birth o f son Django; their eldest, Isabella, is three. They live in Harpswell, Maine. Susan Bacot and her husband Andrew Herzberg recently celebrated their sixth anniversary. She has. her own video production companyf|Susan Productions, : Congratulations to Andrew and Laura Dancy Wilson on the birth o f Nicholas Archer, soon after reunion. Nicholas ioinabrother Charlie, 17 months older. They have moved to Glen Ridge. Tim ’85 and Donna Del Gaizo Bizub have two “adorabl|j sons, Joseph, 3 fi, and Jack, 2. Donna is pursuing a Ph.D. in social work at- ; Fordham U. , Laura and Larry Rosen still live in NYC, and he practices pediatrics in Old Tappan, N .J. (“love it,” he writes). Son Matthew, 2, is “tons o f fun.”

Ultimate networking: Bob Cottingham was chatting with Pat Shean Worthington ’74 at an MICA Alumni Council meeting, and learned that Pat’s company was looking for two attorneys. Bob knew o f someone with great credentials, took Pat’s card and passed it on. Pat set up an interview, and - voila —Catherine Humphrey-Bennett has a new job as assistant compliance director with Metropolitan Life!

The Corporate Mentor Jennifer Jones ’84 was subject o f an article on her mentoring activities in the

setting in a Catskills village. Sandy’s brother George ’89 was in the wedding party, and faculty members George and Myra Hrab were proud parents o f the bride. John and Mary Louise Neary Rubin had a baby girl, Madeleine, in August. Mario LaCorte Minster also had a daughter two days later, named Sarah Lacorte. Amy and Damon Zeigler announce the birth o f their second daughter, Rachel Elizabeth, in November. “Everyone in the family is doing well and enjoying family life in Pittsburgh, Pa.,” he writes. Francesco Crocenzi is an architect with Backen, Arrigoni, and Ross in San Francisco.

87 Mr. Dennis Rodano 14 Wayland Drive, Verona N J 07052 Mrs. Joy Booth-Roussel 5509 Camp Street, New Orleans LA 70115

M etropolitan Corporate Counsel newspaper/magazine. Jennifer, who is the head coordinator o f the law firm Dewey Ballantine’s mentor program in NYC, has received several awards over the years, including the Manhattan Borough President’s Award for Volunteerism, preliminary winner o f the Mayor’s Volunteer Service Award, and as a Partner in Education by the N YC Board of Education. Jennifer writes, “W e have an alliance with Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Manhattan. Although I wouldn’t say the students are troubled, they are significantly challenged by tough surroundings and scarce resources for education.” Her awards were for work asjan individual Mentor as well as firm coordinator.

Jennifer Bowser and husband Peter Quella are in Lesotho, South Africa, for a year while he researches his dissertation on a Fulbright fellowship. Jen finished her M .S. at the U. o f Wisconsin in continuing and vocational education. Her special interest is in adult literacy, which she is trying to put to good use in Lesotho, a scenic mountain kingdom in the middle o f South Africa. Best wishes to Shawn and Lynne Yellin Krest on their wedding. Lynne writes from Wilmington, Del., “I have been working part time at an animal shelter, which has led to several new additions to our pet family.” Andrea Schackner Maline sends news o f the birth o f daughter Elizabeth Drew in June. She has left the practice o f law for a while and is enjoying being a full-time mom.

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Mr. Joh n Bool/? I l l 1912 H arwood Road, Annapolis MD 21401 CJass agent: Alexis Polonofiky Zebrowski 49 Newman Ave., Verona N J OJOwSm Jeffrey Schackner lives in Manhattan and works for Schroder Wertheim as an investment banker.

A fam ily affair, the rehearsal dinnerfo r M arc and Susan Bartlett Rankin. L to R: Craig Bartlett II I m 9, father C. Scott Bartlett ’5 1, Susan Bartlett 88, Laura Bartlett 81.

The Class o f 1989, 1Oth reunion. Standing: Carl Lejuez, Jen n ifer Russell, John Blesso, M eredith Fisher, Erin Koenen, M att Rodano. Seated: Josh Raymond, Lana Kang, Vincent N odal, Louis Lessig.

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Ms. Karen Muenster Spiotta 29 5 Claremont Ave. Apt. 4 M ontclair N J 07042 Mr. Jam es Petretti 13 Otis Place, Verona N J 07044 Class agent: Mr. Alec Schwartz 4 6 Plymouth Road, Springfield PA 19064 cmcalec@ix. netcom. com Best wishes to our brides and grooms. Marc and Susan Bartlett Rankin were married in San Francisco in October. They now live in Seattle. Henry and Jennifer Munson Lamour were married in Essex Fells in September. Jennifer, who graduated from Ohio Wesleyan U ., is a stock trader at J.P . Morgan & Co. in New York. Jonathan and Lauren Shanahan Selikoff were married in September; Rebecca Corris was bridesmaid. Lauren has a new job as W eb director at National Resource Defense Council, a non-profit organization in N YC concerned with environmental issues. Shauna and Craig Stark were married in

The Class o f 1989. Standing: guest Francesca Allen, N atalie Page Smith, Judy Ainbinder Glinder, Amanda Roth Salzhauer, Geoffrey Krouse, Chris Leber, D avid Ames. Seated: D avid Alien, D avid Austin, guestJennifer Austin, guest Anne Emmert.

Sandy, Utah, in September. Jason Schwartz was best man, Mark Sapienza the photographer, and Jack Etheridge was technician in charge o f the musieS Craig’s sister Dorothy Stark Orzech ’84 and her husband attended. Many o f the wedding patty including the groom’s parents, father Craig and faculty member Linda Stark - barely made it in the wake o f Hurricane Floyd flight cancellations. Meg Wight and her husband have moved to Ankara, Turkey, for a stint with the university. Maria Dolorico and her husband Tom Francoeur live in Boston, and Maria is pursuing graduate studies in psychology at U.Mass. Congratulations to Andrea Safirstein on the completion o f her clinical internship at the Brooklyn V.A. She is teaching at Montclair State and working as a clinical supervisor at Columbia Psychological Services. She is engaged to Dr. Adam Bernstein. Suzy Criqui is an executive recruiter with Teeman, Perley, & Gilmartin in NYC, specializing in Wall Street placements. She received an M BA from Boston College in 1997.

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Classmates o f 1988Ja ck Etheridge, Craig Stark, Jason Schwartz, an d M ark Sapienza were reunited at Craig’s wedding in Utah.

Mr. Louis Lessig 78 Kent Rd., Huntingdon Valley PA 19006 Class agent: Mr. Josh Raymond 213 Vista Drive, Cedar Knolls N J 07927 Many thanks to reunion co-chairmen Erin Koenen and Louis Lessig for inspiring a great return, and to Josh Raymond and Peter DeCandia for hosting extracurricular gatherings.

Kristine Mamchur and Stephen Sands were married in August in Vermont. Laura Mamchur ’92 was her attendant; father Dennis and faculty member Barbara Mamchur were proud parents o f the bride. Francesca and David Allen were married in Rome in July, with the reception at St. Stephens School, where his father is headmaster. David is working for the United Nations in N YC and studying at Columbia U. for a master’s in international business. Ayana Goore is a civil engineer, estimating construction costs for Plaza Construction in NYC. Alumni Rob Young and Soo Mi Batoff ’90 will be married in May. Rob received a B.A. in economics from Cornell and an M.B.A. from Fordham U. He works as a convertible securities analyst at Oppenheimer Funds, NYC.

The Class o f 1989. Standing: guest Ben Wagner, Polly Lieberman, Wendy Goldstein Pugilesi. Seated: Wendy Weiss, guest B rad Small, guest M ark Pugilesi.

Soo M i earned a B.A. in English from Smith College and a J.D . from Seton Hall U. School o f Law. Sheris an ass®iate attorney with Berliner and Pilson, NYC. Bram Zeigler will marry Katie Mura in Palo Alto, Calif, in July. Bram is director or project management at Charles Schwab & Co. in San Francisco in their capital markets and trading division. Michael Hunterls business manager for1' Richard Petty Driving Experience, recently transferred from Charlotte, N .C . to Nevada. Matt Braun is network engineer for the U. o f New Mexico Medical Sch^jil; his wife is in the Air Force there. M att has an M .S. in biomedical engineering from UNC. Keith and Deborah Hemsley Schultz have a year-old baby. She is an occupational therapist in North Beverly, Mass. Geoffrey Krouse is in his third year at Andrews & Kurth L.L.P., a Houston-based law firm, in their 25-lawyer N YC office. He practices corporate and securities law. After a motorcycle trip through southern Vietnam, John Blesso wrote, “I love the smell o f spjitheast Asian capitalism in the m orning.«# M odem Drummer magazine did a profile o f George Hrab in its.“O n the Move” column (December observing, “H e’s played cool ’50s swing at the White House with The Eric Mintel Quartet, hard ’70s funk with The Philadelphia Funk Authority, smooth jazz with Mark Walsh at Philadelphia’s Keswick Theater, and pop-jazz with Jerry Halatyn at New York City’s Bitter End.” The article goes on to mention George’s writing, independent C D ’s, vocals, and “skewed humor.” This December George played with the Mintel quartet at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

Taylor, Emily Ertel Nisbet, and David Bettencourt; Sabino Rodano ’87, Holly Jervis Felber ’83; Adam DeStefano ’94. Engaged: Soo Mi Batoff and Rob Young ’89. See Class o f ’89 notes. Kristy Scan!an is engaged to Jason Agard. Kristy is VP o f development for MinerVision in Hollywood, and lives in L.A. She received a B.A. in film studies from Wesleyan IjM C onn.). Also in California, David Brown checked in for the first time in 12 years. He is an engineer for a software company doing web and wireless applications. After MKA, he graduated from Exeter, then got a B.S. in electrical engineering from Yale and an M .S. in computer science from Columbia. Dave’s been in Palo Alto/San Francisco for four years. In December he ran the Honolulu Marathon, to raise money for the Leukemia Society o f AmeridLyT Alden Jones won a W riter’s Grant from the Vermont Studio Center last year, and has been in Vermont ever since. She works for Putney Student Travel, organizing and leading educational trips to Europe, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand. She attends the Bennington Writing Seminars, and her writing has been published recently in such magazines as Time Out New York, The Iow a Review, and Puerto D el Sol—not to mention a lengthy piece in The M ontclair Times, “A M onth in Silencio” [Costa Rica]. Middle School faculty member Sonya Tyson saw her former student, Danielle BergamoAlviggi, at the eponymous “Danielle’s,” an Italian bistro in Chatham, N .J. Danielle is proprietor and her husband, Bob Alviggi, is chef-proprietor.

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Ms. Lorelei Mu enster 490 Fillm ore Street, Apt. 1 San Francisco G4 94117 ellesioux@aol.com Ms. M eredith McGowan ■M Gull Road, Rowayton C T 06853 Best wishes to our brides and grooms. James and Regina Chi Clancy were married in September and honeymooned in Turkey. Regina has a new job as senior investment analyst at Federated Global Fund, NYC, an international small-cap fund. Sara and Loyd Godwin were married the same day. Loyd is a resident in dermatology at University Hospital, Stony Brook, N.Y. He graduated summa cum laude from U. Penn and received an M .D . degree from New York University. Stephen and Jill Porter Larson were married on the Harvard campus in October, with reception in the Fogg Museum. Kenneth and Robyn Williamson Battiato’s wedding was a veritable MKA reunion. Members g fth e bridal party were brothers Dan ’94 and Joe Williamson ’93, and Alexa Fitzpatrick was maid o f honor. Other guests were’90 classmates

O n their honeymoon in Hawaii - at the Four Seasons Resort in Maui - Ken and Robyn Williamson Battiato’90 bumped into her classmates Bryan and Fay O’Neill Lonsinger ’90, who were also on their JiSneymooriS The two couples spent the evening “traveling down Memory Lane.”

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Ms. Jam ie Lenis 5 9 Hickory H ill Court, Rockaway N J 07866 Ms. D ara Mormon 127 East 30th Street, 15A, New York N Y 10016 telldjm<em>l. com Class agent: Mr. Luke Sorsfield Greenwich Street, Apt. 8M New York N Y 10007 Best wishes to Data Marmon and Jack Kaplan on their wedding. Melissa DiChiara, Kim Kohlman, and Mary Lynn Murphy were bridesmaids. Leslie and Marc Hauser, Lori and Brett Zbar ’90, Seth Traum, Alex Anastasiou ’90, and Jennifer Russell ’89 attended.

Janna Weinstein, Tiffini Kriegel, Jamie Reif

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Mr. Enrique N eblett 40 Highview Terrace, Bloom field N J 07003 eneblett@yahoo. com Ms. Tamar Safer Radfar 11740 Wilshire Blvd., Apt. A 2508 Los Angeles C71 900257 ^ Class agent: Ms. Anne M arie Verdiramo 28 04 Second Street SW Rochester M N 55902 Amy Jones received a master’s in education from Harvard in 1999. She has begun an M SW at Columbia, working in the child protection center at Montefiore Hospital, NYC.

93 Ms. Renee Monteyne 10 Lookout Point Trail Totowa Borough N J 07512 Mr. Brian Wecht 3891-D M iram ar St., L a Jolla CA 92037 Class agent: Ms. Lisa Gittleman 88 Fairview Ave., Verona N J 07044 Suzanne Jacobson is happily living in Manhattan and teaching at the Ardslev Middle School in Westchester. She teaches 7™ and 8™ grade English and is the chair o f the Middle School English department. David Reynolds lives in Denver, Colo., when not away on Latin American archeological digs. Brian Wecht is pursuing a Ph.D. in theoretical physics at the U. o f California, San Diego. Jordan Safirstein has completed his second year at the Chicago Medical School and loves Chicago. Kristen Brondo stopped by the English department at M KA last fall looking for teachers she knew. She has moved back to N YC to pursue acting and modeling. Staci Gurtman, who graduated from the U. o f Miami, works in the fashion industry in Los Angeles. She is engaged to Eric Reiter; they will wed in September. Jamie Streit lives in Clifton, and works for the New Jersey Nets.

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Ms. M onica Fernand 7Josephein Ave., Somerville MA 02144 Ms. Rosemary Monteyne 10 Lookout Point Trail Totowa Borough N J 07512 Class agent: Mr. John S aroff 6 7 Eagle Rock Way, M ontclair N J 07042

The Class o f1994, 5th Reunion. Standing: Jaim e Bedrin, Candy Messinger, Alex M angili, John Sarojf, Jo e Pathuri, Ethan Yungerman, Emily Ehrenherg. Front: Genie Go, ParulAgarwal, Lisa Hardman, E li Slyder. Many thanks to reunion chairmen Kristen Drukker and Jill Finkle for inspiring a GREA T reunion. Ben Roth has transferred to the Stanford Univ. Law School, where he will receive a J.D . in 2001. Michael Dore is living in Los Angeles after graduating magna cum laude from Amherst College in 1998. He is a legal assistant for Bet Zedek, a legal aid organizations! Michael is also modeling - he can be seen in the national Denny’s commercials. He plans to attend law school next year. Candy Messinger is working for Goldman Sachs in the investment management division in NYC. Josh Rozan lives and works in Charlottesville, Va. He is apprenticing at a small printing and framing shop across from the Rotunda, “immersed in history and old documents.” Jaime Bedrin - after a stint with The Bergen Record—is doing an internship with Fox News Online, NYC. She has been writing for the special website package “Antarctica 2 0 0 0 M b D uring the holidays, Jaime and her family ventured to the Antarctic Peninsula for a visit with Chinstrap penguins! Gillian Sheeran has moved to Hoboken and works at PaineWebber, NYC. Tired o f the cold and fog o f Scodand, John Saroff moved his Watson Fellowship experience to London and ended up sharing a house with Jeremy Kidde, who was studying at the London School o f Economics. They were visited by other M KA grads: Daniel Urband, Matt Iversen, Simone Mangili ’96, and Jon Schwartz ’96. [See photo o f exotic vacation.] John now is a consultant with PriceWaterhouse, NYC. Chris Del Collo SSa graphic W eb designer with Cornell University's newly established Office o f Distance Learning. He has been chosen as a team leader for several projects.

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Ms. Rita Papaleo 31 Fem w ood Terrace, Nutley N ] 07110 ritapap @aol. com

The Class o f 1994. Standing: Jason Awerdick, Dana Fiordaliso, Rita Ross, Leanne Gattie, Austin Koenan, K iki Drukker, Josh Rozan. Front: Kim Fischer, G illian Sheeran, Jod ie Cabe, J ill Finkle.

Ms. Shan-Shan Yam 1 Commercial W harfTwk A -33 Newport R I02840 yams3309@hotmail. com

Everyone else was too busy studying or working on future plans to send in news.

Class agent: Mr. Adam Schrager 121 Christopher St., M ontclair N J 07042 Sf, Congratulations to the M KA Class o f ’95 who graduated in the college Class o f ’99. News o f a few: Jonathan Hirsh received a B.S. in marketing and management from Syracuse U., and now works for a telecommunications consulting and development firm in Cedar Knolls. Joanna Berman, who graduated from Smith College with a B.A. in art history, works at Pace-Wildenstein Gallery in Manhattan. She lives in Brooklyn. Alex Joerger received a B.S. in languages from Georgetown U. He is fluent in Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish, and has facility with German! After graduation, Alex toured Europe with Hanzy Herrera and Charles Kaplan, then Alex and Hanzy traveled through Peru and Chile. Alex works in NYC for TransPerfect Co.

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Ms. Tanya Barnes 7 Melrose Place, M ontclair N J 07042 tbames@fas. harvard, edu Ms. D ebbie H aight 115 DeW itt Ave., Belleville N J 07109 deh2¥@columbia. edu Class agent: Mr. Lee Vartan 5 4 Hamilton Ave., Kearny N J 07032 Jill Rodburg is the first announced college graduate o f the class. She graduated a semester early, in January, from Boston U. with a B.A. in European history. Adrianna Del Collo curated a special exhibition at Oberlin College entitled “An Art Reborn: Modern Japanese Prints from the Allen Memorial Art Museum,H which traced the history o f 20th century Japanese printmaking. Adrianna will graduate in May with a degree in art history and minors in both East Asian studies and studio art. 37

Jerem y K idde’9 6 an d John S aroff’9 4 in Morocco. Jerem y - studying at the London School o f Econom icsBandJohn - in the U.K. an d South A frica on a Watson Fellowship - spent ten days traveling in M orocco: ; *

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Ms. Jennifer Platt 43 Brookside Terr., North Caldwell N J 07006 Class secretary an d agent: Ms. Jennifer Fink 154 Upper M ountain Ave., M ontclair N J 07042 Blair Dore is majoring in French/English at Amherst College. He is editor in chief o f Amherst’s literary magazine and won the Freshman W riting Prize for his short stories. He will spend spring semester in Paris.

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Class secretary an d agent: Gemma Giantomasi Sigma D elta Tau 3833 Walnut St., Philadelphia PA 19104 Michael Napolitano is taking a year o ff from Boston College to work on the “W .” Bush campaign in Iowa.

Marriages 1940 1975 1975 1977 1984 1 1986 1987 1988 1988 1988 1988 1989 1989 1990 1990 1990 1990 1991

Ann Cochran Keeler and Thompson Nooner Alison Hunt and Allen Noger Anne Thomas and Matthew Manes Paula Barsotti and Helge Peter Hanel Julio Dolorico and Eileen McPeake Alexandra Hrab and Victor Naumenko Lynn Yellin and Shawn Krest S usan Bardett and Marc Rankin Jennifer Munson and Henry Lamour Lauren Shanahan and Jonathan Selikoff Craig Stark and Shauna Christensen David Allen and Francesca Carrani Kristine Mamchur and Stephen Sands Regina Chi and James Clancy Loyd Godwin and Sara Weingarten Jill Porter and Stephen Larson Robyn Williamson and Kenneth Battiato Data Marmon and Jack Kaplan

9 January 16, 2000 1999 September 9, 1999 June 12, 1999 September 5, 1999 November 20, 1999 October 10, 1999 October 2, 1999 September 18, 1999 September 5, 1999 September 18, 1999 July 25, 1999 August 16, 1999 September 18, 1999 September 18, 1999 October 2, 1999 May 8, 1999 October 2, 1999

In Memoriam 1920 Margaret M oir 1922 Elizabeth W ebb Baldwin 1922 Gertrude Smith Wister 1926 Naomi Bruce 1927 Edward J. Phillips 1928 Newell C. Wouon 1930 Katharine W ebb Perry 1930 August H. Seher 1933 Charles A. Blake 1933 Elizabeth Barrett Spence 1933 Frederick G. Stickel 193(|^ Doris Keller Hamlin 1936 Elaine Beling Phillips 1937r7 William J. Heidt 1937 John Ryle Jr. 1940 Frederick P. Harrsen 1941 Mary Louise Smith Almy 1941 Richard I. Gulick 1943 Frances Parsons Pingeon 1944 Colleen Crowhurst Beacham 1945 Marjory Seidler Tilton 1950 Frederick S. Magnus 1954 LeaSSfoodAudhuy 1955 Marilyn Walrath Elliott 1956 S. Thomas Aitken 1956 Judith M. Lindeman 1963 Jeffrey Blake 1969 David E. Barnes 1974 W. Scott McIntyre

September 5., 1999 October 2, 1999 July 1999 September 6, 1999 October 18, 1999 June 16, 1999 September 17, 1999 July 20, 1999 September 30, 1999 September 16, 1998 December 1998 August 10, 1999 September 10, 1999 November 26, 1999 January 1991 October 31, 1999 April 2 6 ,1 9 9 9 June 17, 1999 September 17, 1999

199%-A> June 1999 January 2000 November 1, 1999 November 1999 October 4, 1999 October 3, 1999 1999 1999 December 17, 1999

Faculty, Former Faculty, and Trustees Warren M . Humes (Montclair Academy 1928-31)

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Ms. Alison Platt 9 0 4 Pompton Ave., Cedar Grove N J 07009 Class agent: Mr. Alex H olz 992 Valley Road, Franklin Lakes N J 07417 From the America East.com Men’s Soccer Notes: “First-year forward LeRoy Watkins of Northeastern was the Rookie o f the Week. Watkins scored a goal and added an assist as Northeastern won 3-1 at Hofstra to secure a spot in the America East Championship.” LeRoy was the only freshman on varsity —the first guy o ff the bench. He started in three games, scored 6 goals and had one assist for the season. Elizabeth W olf was named College Scholar at Middlebury College for the first semester. A College Scholar is even above dean's list! Meanwhile, back at MKA, Alan Davson’s joyful ¡mural decks the walls o f the Extended Day classroom (Middle School). Stop by and see it!

Visit the extensive coverage of J.K. Rowling’s visit by clicking on the “Harry Potter Day” icon on the MKA website, www.montclairkimberley.org. It includes questions and answers (“The Buzz”) and an audio of her reading.

MKA Bulletin Board Wanted

Are You Lost? Moved? Married?

Alumni and parent volunteers are wanted to share advice and experience with current students and recent alumni.

Please send news, photo, and/or address changes to the Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair N J 07042, or call 973/746-9800. O r e-mail causti.n@mka.pvt.kl2.nj.us

Career Services - A networking referral service to advise recent MKA alumni on internships, resumes, jobs, career paths. W e particularly need advisors in financial areas such as banking and technology, and summer internships. W e also have requests for advisors in major cities, such as

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Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.

I f you are interested in helping with alumni events and activities by serving on the MKA Alumni Council, or would like to nominate an alumnus/a, please call the Alumni Office at 973-746-9800.

Bank of Community Resources - Share expertise with students in the classroom on all three campuses, be it hobby or profession. All fields are welcome, especially technology. Can be done through distance learning. This year MKA

classrooms were enhanced by the expertise of more than 50 talented people who volunteered through the Bank. Alumni Dates T o Remember

Call Marnie MnNany at Career Services, 973/746-9800, or contact us through the M KA W eb site -

www. montclairkimberley. org

March 8 April 27 May 6

Career Day Senior Breakfast Athletic Hall o f Fame Alumni Social at Yogi Berra Museum

October 14

H O M ECO M IN G/REU N IO N S 2000

Lost Your Yearbook? The M KA Alumni Office has some extra yearbooks in inventory, available for $5 postage and handling charge. Please call first to see if extras are available for your year (973-746-9800).

E-mail The archives have at least one copy o f every yearbook published except 1902. W e also need an extra copy o f the following: Kimberleaves 1946, 1951, 1954, 1955.

MKA alumni can contact each other via e-mail - i f they have registeredfo r the class list on the Web site. Go to the site - www.montclairkimberley.org- and under “Alumni^ffl find the e-mail registry for your class. (The Alumni Office may have an alum’s e-mail address from a questionn.un4, 1 but will not publish it unless so requested^!®

MKA Chairs Wonderful gifts or graduation presents! MKA chairs are antique black with maple arms and bear the official MKA seal in gold. Each chair sells for $225; a rocking chair version is available for $250. Please add $25 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

Letters to the Editor MICA and the Review welcome questions and c o m m e n ® from readers. W e publish selected letters in a letters page, MKA-mail. W hat do you think? Please send your thoughts to the MKA Review, Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair N J 07042.

New MKA Web site

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MKA has a new Web site. Tune in for admissions, alumni, calendar, history, sports information: www.montclairkimberley. org

Wanted: February and March 1945 issues o f the Academy News for alumnus writing his memoirs. Please call the Alumni Office at 973-746-9800 or e-mail

caustin @mka.pvt. k l2 . nj. us

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COUNCIL BALLOT Election for Alumni Council members will be held at the Annual Meeting of the MKA Alumni Association on May 22, 2000. Meeting place will be at the Middle School Library, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, New Jersey. Time: 7:00 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 NJ 07042. Upon election of the proposed slate of nominees*, the Alumni Council for 2000-2001 will consist o f the following: TERM EXPIRING 2001 Toby Bizub ’83* Robert Cottingham Jr. ’84 Crystal A. Elliott ’88 Susan Cole Furlong ’78 Eric F.S. Pai ’79 Andrew D. Rod ’79 Alexis Polonofsky Zebrowski ’85

TERM EXPIRING 2002 Erin Cuffe Crawford ’74 Lori Windolf Crispo ’78 Lawrence Duca ’79 Holly Jervis Felber ’83 Alex Joefger ’96* Scott Rumana ’83 Alec P. Schwartz ’88

TERM EXPIRING 2003* Lisa S. Aufzien ’76 Richard G. Jenkins ’77 India Hayes Larrier ’80 Dara Marmon ’91 Mark McGowan ’85 Joshua H. Raymond ’89 Sabino T . Rodano ’87

Patricia Shean Worthington ’74 ADVISORY Martha Bonsai Day ’74 Peter S. McMullen ’77 Kristine Hatzenbuhler O ’Connor ’83 J. Dean Paolucci ’73

The following persons presently on the Alumni Council have been nominated to serve as officers of the Alumni Association for 2000-2001. These officers will be elected by the Alumni Council at its annual meeting on May 22, 2000: President.....................................Lori Windolf Crispo ’78 Executive Vice President........Patricia Shean Worthington ’74 Vice President............................Susan Cole Furlong ’78

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

The undersigned hereby appoints Kristine Hatzenbuhler O ’Connor ’83 Proxy to vote FOR AGAINST____ the election of the proposed members of The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Council at the annual meeting to be held May 22, 2000 as set forth in the spring issue of the MICA Review magazine.

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MKA Athletic Hall of 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 purposes 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 M KA 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, T K 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 posthumous award. 5. Nominees may nominate themselves, be nominated by alumni or others, ( 6. Each year, a minimum p|one qualified male and one qualified female will be selected. Nominations will be kept on file for subsequent years’ review. 7. A team may be inducted.

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