Spring 2002 MKA Review Magazine

C over Madame Marguet gives an interactive interpretation o f Cinderella “en Français” with the help o f finger puppets.

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Using the new science lab at the Middle School.

C ontents From the Headmaster................................... 1 MKA-mail........................................................ 2 From the Board offflustees............................3 Gathering DC............................................. .. . 4 In Memorium 9/11....................................... 5 N il so Foriegn........................................

6 Notes Around MKA......................................10 Cougar Sports...............................................If: Athletic Hall of Fame V II............................ 14 Homecoming 2001 .................................... 16 From the Alumni Association ...................18 Class N otes..............................................

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R eview E ditors Christie Austin Karen Newman Judy Polonofsky

C ontributors Debbie Kozak Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76

P hotcl C redits Christie Austin Stanley Baran Philip Cantor Jeff Goldman David Hollander Dan Katz Debbie Kozak A Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76 Ipeve Tober Published twice yearly by: The Montclair Kimberley Academy.

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The MKA Alumni Association is an organization of all men and wfmen whodiave attended the Upper SchoolChs purpose is to makcjknown to MKA the idehftintérêts, arid concerns of alumni and to inform alumni of \ theiiccomplisliments and objectives o f MKA. \ The Alumni CounciÜfc the governing Board, a representative: group elected at the Associations annual, meeting to sponsor events and activities linking alumni with their âlmamateftpj

Alumni Association C ouncil 2 0 0 1 -2 0 0 2 | Lisa’S. Aufzie|i Toby Bizub ’83 \ DaniePCarson ’8 3 \ Robert Cpttingham Jh J8 4 Erin CuffèVLrawÎord ’74 Lori Windolf Crispo ’78, President^ Ralph DeLouis ’02 Lawrence P. Duca ’7 9 ^ Susan Cole Furlong ’78, Vice President Janine Garland ’82 Richard G. Jenkins ’77 Alex Joerger ’95 India Hayes Larrier ’80 Data Marmon ’91 Mark D. McGowan ’85 Eric F.S. Pai ’79 Joshua H. Raymond ’89, Secretary^ Scott Rumana ’83 Denise Sarkor ’03 Alec P. Schwartz ’88, Treasurer Martin TorjussejtJj:. ’90 Patricia Shean Worthington ’74, Executive Vice President peter R, Greer, Headmaster Judy Polonofsky, Director of External Affairs Christie Austin, Alumni Director Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76, Director of Alumni Giving and Planned Giving

Advisory C ouncil Martha Bonsai Day ’74 Kristine Hatzenbuhler O ’Connor ’83 J. Dean Paolucci ’73

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2 0 0 2 -2 0 0 3 Linda D. Almeida Lorkwindolf Crispo ’78 Karen Dias-Martin (Penny) Finkle Michael P. Frasco Peter R. Greer, Ffeadmaster Alice ]fi. Hirsh, Wee President n^|iph|bl V. Johnson PeterJL McMullen d77 Eric F. Pai§|9 J. Glarence Morrison, f Secretary Anne E. Muenster »Marisabel R. Raymond V Michael L. Rodburg, Tteasurqp^ Rudolph G. Schlobohm ’74 Newton BfSchott, Jr., > 'Pfesident Jolinda DyStnith, - Vice President« Robert L. Tortoriello David L.|T&rdck|" Denise G| Wagner John T. Weisel

H onorary T rustees Atibin Zabriskie Ames ’54 John E. Garippa Susan H. Ruddick James S. Vandermade ’35

Advisory T rustees Edwin J. Delattre Keith D. Phillips Barry JV. Ridings ’70 Herbert H. Tate Jr. ’71

M ember : Alumni Program Council of Independent Schools (APC) Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS) MICA complies with all state and federal antidiscrimination laws.

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I am convinced that my studies in foreign languages helped me win my wife o f now almost 3 9 years at the time I suggested Terry wear my fraternity pin. She was clearly overpowered by how fluent I was in German. W hat she did not understand at the time was that after taking and passing various high school and college examinations in Spanish, French, German, and Russian, the only lines in another language I could remember (from a Fleinrich Heine poem) were the aforementioned! Pathetic.

M K A students are not pathetic in their studies o f foreign languages. They are extremely competent and confident. Our students begin learning languages in pre-kindergarten from the absolute two best primary school foreign language specialists in the universe. O ur students are masterful, especially in speaking the languages with impressive and authentic accents. O ur students’ faculty are masterful. As you will glean from the major article in this issue written by five o f our foreign language faculty, our faculty work extremely hard on curriculum issues related to their classroom work, our faculty use technology in effective ways, our faculty are extremely competent and know their craft. O ur faculty are challenged by a heavy teaching load, including multiple classroom preparations. There is even a course in Spanish for M K A employees taught by a Spanish faculty member.

You will glean that MKA’s foreign language program continues to grow (including Latin and French — other private schools have dropped Latin and French because o f an apparent lack o f student interest) and expand beyond the course offerings in the dynamic classrooms. T h e student exchanges and visits to other schools overseas are well planned, productive, and valuable. This is because our faculty visit all sites beforehand and exact planning o f trips is effected after meeting faculty, students, and parents at the host schools.

Happily, our Foreign Language Department determined that they will design their own core works program to complement MKA’s signature three-year-old Core Works Program for literature, history, and art. For example, the Middle School faculty will engage their students in core works related to Im pressionism (French), Legends (Spanish), and T he R om an A rch (Latin). The Upper School French faculty selected Versailles, Toussaint Louverture, C harles D e G aulle, L e P etit Prince. Spanish faculty will make their selections soon.

W hy am I so confident that MKA’s foreign language program is flourishing? There are the annual state and national awards where our students always rank in the top ten in each category in Spanish and French. There are the consistent vignettes whereby returning college students boast o f their language abilities in comparison with the best and brightest from other schools nationwide — and how they have placed out o f the introductory college courses or have been jumped into classes with college juniors and seniors. There are the reports o f those students who have become foreign language majors in college. There are those

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students who come to us from local schools or who leave us for good and report that MKA’s foreign language program is leagues (and chapters!) ahead o f the other schools. There are the annual reports from the senior questionnaires that inform us that the foreign language faculty have high expectations and assign one hour o f homework each night. There are the experiences - e.g., listening to the excited Primary School children singing in French and Spanish at assemblies; attending the annual A llian ce F rançaise when I watch Upper School students sing, recite poetry, and do dramatic readings in French. It is always a special afternoon. I especially enjoy hearing the French faculty in the audience chuckling as a student reads a comical line. I sit there wondering i f MICA should offer German. Actually, I am always asking faculty i f we should offer more than French, Spanish, and Latin. W hat we have learned is what colleges tell us — that w hich language is not important; it is! that the student took four years o f a single language. Despite this information, we continue to study the possibility o f a third modern foreign language such as Chinese, German, or Arabic, Though the heart o f this issue is about MKA’s foreign language program, the stars continue to be the faculty who teach. Foreign language is in the same league with mathematics and science when headmasters consider the difficulty o f finding new faculty in these disciplines.

Thus our Trustees, after raising more than 10 million dollars to take care o f our major building and plant needs, have turned their attention to faculty^ compensation endowment. They intend to add at least 10 million dollars to the current endowment specifically to fund faculty compensation. There is little that we could do that is more important than ensuring that M K A students are taught by remarkable faculty over the next many years. M K A is debt-free and prudent in the allocation o f funds, but M K A does not have the endowment to support its splendid faculty in ways that they deserve. We intend to change that, starting today.

Dr. Peter R. Greer S *You are lik e a flow er, so sw eet a n d beau tifu l a n d pure.

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D eaf Dr. Greer, O ne o f the pleasures o f my retirement is to watch the progress o f M KA. As you well know, it takes every talent and strength one has to run that place well.... It is clear that it continues to be a great place for young people to grow and test their wings.

I don’t believe you’ll find many schools that can rival it. Education is so much more than good classesj|sports and activities - though it cannot exist without them. T h e interaction o f students, teachers, parents, administrators, and board members is, I believe, the real heart o f education. It is there that one generation really passes its values and hopes on to the next. It seems that M KA still excels in all these areas and I love seeing it!

T h e other pleasure o f retirement is learning o f the successes o f your students...

I never fail to read the class notes carefully.

T h e range o f careers, services, and interests o f MKA’s graduates shows that their education was a broad one and their talents o f all kinds were fostered in those important and formative years. Bravo to all who are responsible for that — and that’s everyone at the school.

Dr. Frances R. O ’C onnor P rin cip al M KA 1 9 7 9 -1 9 9 1 In the afterm ath o f Septem ber 11, M KA received scores o f calls, letters, a n d e-m ails fro m alu m n i an d frien ds. T he follow in g is fro m A ndreas H aag w ho atten d ed M KA as an exchange student from Germany.

I would like to tell you, the M KA community, and all alumni and former colleagues that I am deeply shocked by the terrorist attacks on New York City. [That day] I switched to C N N and was able to follow thejentire tragedy. The trading floor here in M unich turned silent, w o rlfT was stopped for hours, and still one week later, entire Germany is shocked. I hope you can see from T V that Germany and entire Europe feels with the victims, their relatives, and the American people. I just would like you to know that I honestly prayed that nobody from M K A had gotten hurt. It’s been six years now since I left M K A and it’s all present every day. I still have the framed “Certificate o f Admission”

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next to my desk (beside a picture o f JF K , representing my American Dream) and pictures o f former colleagues and friends.

I also still proudly wear my M K A mash shorts.

A ndreas H aag Exchange Student 1 9 9 4 -9 5 U pper S choolfacu lty m em ber Bro. P at C arney received the follow in g letter from Consuleo Rogers, w ho teaches science a t M arykn oll H igh S chool in H onolulu.

T h e R eview is a pleasure to read. I was impressed by the cover, the symbolism described by the Headmaster as a “painting,” and including not merely the students but also the adults in the school.

No wonder there are a lot o f teachers who make it their lifetime career to be M K A teachers. I enjoyed the essay o f Dr. Guernsey on his reminiscences o f M A when he was a schoolboy there. T hen o f course I was most interested in Ken Gibson. More historical perspectives....

You are in great company!

M KA received som e 2 0 0 letters fro m students o f E scuela In tern acion al in M exico City in Septem ber, fro m children 6 to 17Mm A m ong them : I'm sorry. I don't know what to say, but I pray. I love New York. L u is E m ilio I want you to know that I'm sharing your pain as everyone around the world, but don't worry, we have to think that the persons who died at the Twin Towers are already with God and resting in peace. I think that bad is always with us, and that tomorrow everything will be better.

R icardo

C lau dia G allant, director o f profession al a n d organ ization al developm en t a t N A IS (N ation al A ssociation o f In depen den t Schools) in W ashington, D . C ., sen t this story.

“I was walking home wearing the M K A T-shirt. All o f a sudden I hear this shout from behind me, ‘I went there! I went there!’ I turned around and a young guy was saying, ‘I went to that school, to M KA!’ So we had a great reunion. Josh Ford, Class o f ’90, is a theatre director here in D .C . He loved his school and said this was the first time he’s seen an M K A T-shirt in D .C .”

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'Choose a jo b th at you love, a n d you w ill never have to w ork a day in you r life.

Confucius

M KA is fortunate to have a Headmaster whose life and enthusiasm appear to embody that saying. Ten years ago, in the fall 1992 issue o f this very magazine, the new “Principal” o f M KA wrote o f his tentative plans to rejuvenate MKA’s “long and rich tradition” by such means as resurrecting use o f the school seal, hanging old school photos on the walls o f the campuses, and making tradition “part o f the daily life” o f the institution.

To put time into perspective, today’s freshmen were in Kindergarten ten years ago, and the M K A they know has been shaped in large part by those traditions. For these students, it would be impossible to imagine M K A without the seal and its attendant motto, “Knowledge, Vision, Integrity.” It appears on school letterhead, on athletic attire, on the cover o f school publications, in recruitment advertisements, on annual giving materials, and even on ties. They sing the words in the school song, and listen to speeches made in front o f seal-emblazoned podiums. By any measure, it would be hard to deny that Headmaster Dr. Peter Greer succeeded in that part o f his plan.

N ewton B. Schott, Jr., President o f the B oard o f Trustees, presents a special sw eater to Headmaster\Peter G reer in honor o f his ten years a t MKA.

In addition to resurrecting traditions, Dr. Greer has also succeeded in creating a host o f new ones, and these “Greer” traditions are an equally important “part o f the daily life” and the spirit o f the institution. Todays freshmen have begun each o f their ten school years at M K A by attending the annual Gathering; they watch the M K A Sweater and the Founders’ Cup being awarded to worthy members o f their community; they are aware o f inductees to the Athletic Hall o f Fame; they see the old school portraits on the walls; they play sports in gyms hung with old and new athletic banners, and listen to the old school bell ring in the new school year. They attend an annual Thanksgiving Day Football Game against Newark Academy, their attire reflects the dress code, they read and quote from O ur C om m on Purpose, they sign T he C ode o f H onor, and they have grown up with MKA’s three ‘signature’ programs - Ethics, the W riting Challenge, and the Core Works.

W hile cynical observers may question the value o f tradition, they are not lost on M K A students. W hen asked what he thought were the strongest traditions at M KA, a freshman recently replied, “Excellence, K now ledge, Vision, Integrity, and the H onor Code.”

In his ten years o f leadership, it is undeniable that Dr. Greer has “made a mark.” Whatever the next ten years bring, and whatever “new” traditions he has yet to implement, his place in the history o f M K A is assured even as he continues to lead MICA into the future. Congratulations, Dr. Greer, from this “old” school!

N ew ton B. Schott, Jr. President, B oard o f Trustees

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Gathering IX T he speech by N ew ton B. Schott, Jr ., P resident o f the B oard o f Trustees, a t the n inth all-sch ool G athering, h eld in the U pper S chool gym nasium on Septem ber 2 6 : Good morning.

Ring the bells that can still ring Forget the perfect offering There is a crack in everything T hat’s how the light shines through. * I want, on behalf o f the Board o f Trustees, to welcome you.

A s we gather here Especially here W ith this view We cannot help but think o f the events o f September 11 and the many in this community and region directly affected — those, including alumni o f this school, who perished; those who are suffering and grieving; and those wonderful rescue and recovery workers who continue to toil as we speak.

Faculty members Tom Cooper, Jen n ifer N oel, B on i Luna, an d R alph Pacifico brought down the house w ith their lip sync song a n d dance.

Nonetheless, in our sadness, we must search for a way to get our lives and our school year back on track. To echo my colleague, W illiam Gross, as we hear the church bells ring, we do not need to ask for whom the bells are tolling; they toll for me and they toll for thee as well as for the victims and their families.

After the funerals are over and after the guilty have been identified and dealt with, in our response we must not tire, falter, or fail; instead we must continue to strive to lead the good life, to try in all o f our endeavors to make a positive difference.

W e must not only ring the bells o f mourning and the bells o f war but we must ring all the bells we can find to celebrate the joyous aspects o f life and then, hope that — with the aid o f sudh' ! joyful noise the light will, in fact, shine through....

Senior D agm ara Jastrzebska an d partn er d id a riveting tango.

We would like to have a moment o f Meditation — a moment o f compassion for those who suffer and grieve — a moment o f remembrance for the victims, including our alumni. Please rise and remain silent. *L eon ard C ohen

B onjour, salut Bienvenue ici!

Brooksiders w ave handm ade Am erican Jlags.

Bienvenidos, hola A todos aqui!

Brookside students’ w elcome

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T h e M ontclair Kimberley Academy community was rocked by the tragic events o f September 1 I B Students and faculty witnessed the fall o f the Twin Towers from the Upper School Campus, and many members o f our current families had narrow escapes from New York. M K A fondly remembers and mourns the loss o f three young alumni, all exceptional young men who touched the lives o f many and are sorely missed.

Frederick Rimmele, M .D . ’86 Fred Rimmele practiced and taught family medicine in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

He was known as an excellent clinician and a particularly caring physician —s- the one with the beard and ponytail, irreverent sense o f humor, and great compassion.

After M KA, Frederick went to Amherst College, where he edited the campus humor magazine, rowed crew, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his medical degree at Duke University Medical School and served his residency at the M aine-Dartm outh Family Residence Practice. T h e Eagle Scout refreshed his love o f nature and adventure by hiking, birding, canoeing — whether in Belize, the Swiss Alps, or backwoods o f Maine. Frederick was en route to a medical convention on the plane that crashed into the second tower o f the World Trade Center. He leaves his wife o f four years, Kim Trudel, his parents, and sister, Karen Rimmele Connors ’88.

Craig Lilore ’90 Craig attended M K A from the fifth grade on, and was a popular football and baseball player. As a senior, he was one o f the varsity football captains. “He was definitely one o f the more spirited captains who always made us laugh,” recalls a teammate. Craig graduated from Seton Hall University with a bachelors degree in finance, earned a law degree from New York Law School, and was a member o f both the New York and New Jersey bars. He was working as an institutional stock trader with Cantor Fitzgerald in the North Tower on 9/11. Craig leaves his wife, Caroline, and then-threemonth-old son, Joseph. His family started a memorial trust fund for the child’s education, and scores o f Craig’s former classmates, teammates, and friends attended the first fundraiser to support it.

Scott M . Johnson ’93 T his golden boy was described in one write-up as a “wayfarer.” Scott Johnson loved to travel, and it was to unusual places, places o f quest and adventure and different cultures. Scott had minored in Jewish studies at Trinity College, gone to Israel, Egypt, Cuba, Vietnam. He began his business career as a private banker with the Bank o f New York. In 2 0 0 0 Scott joined the investment banking firm o f Keefe, Bruyette & Woods as a securities analyst in their W orld Trade Center offices, where he was at work on 9/11.

Scott’s friends from M K A - some together since fifth grade — have established the Scott M . Johnson Memorial Award, to be given annually to a senior who will be a torchbearer o f Scott’s “warmth, generosity, and goodwill.” He leaves his parents, brother Thomas ’9 lx , and sister Margaret ’97x.

S cott’s M KA hockey team m ate J e f f G losser 9 2 w rote a p oig n an t fiv e-p ag e article ab ou t Scott, “T his M an ’s L ife, ” w hich ap p eared in U .S. News & World Report on N ovem ber 12, 2 0 0 1 . I t can be accessed through the M KA alu m n i w eb site.

The school received hundreds o f calls, letters, a n d e-m ails from a concerned community. This letter cam e from alum nus B ill Transue, a Class o f 1978 graduate, who wrote from Seattle in November.

The events o f 9/11/01 brought forth a flood o f emotions for me, many o f which centered around my time at MKA. For those o f us who attended MA and MKA in the 1970s, we literally watched the World Trade Center buildings being built from the broad windows o f the Upper School library. I have a vivid memory o f watching the large radio and T V tower being affixed to the top o f one o f the buildings by a large helicopter, while attempting to look studious at one o f the desks in the library (Ms. Nugent, the librarian, was very forgiving that day!). From the many stone benches or from the top o f the athletic field, we watched as the outside sheathing turned the building from dark grey to bright streamlined steel. In many respects, this process mimicked what we were going through at school, as our transformation from student to adult simultaneously took place.

I returned for a brief visit to the East Coast last week, and I m ad eH sure that my itinerary would include a trip to ground zero to make peace with that terrible tragedy... It hurts me to think that students at MKA watched the horror o f the 11th from the same vantage point in which we watched the birth o f the W T C so many years ago. I do find comfort in the knowledge that there is perhaps no other institution more qualified to help kids analyze and understand the ethics and history that caused these events.

Soon some other batch o f kids will watch some new buildings get erected in lower Manhattan from the vantages o f Lloyd Road.

Perhaps they too will understand the parallels, and know that even in tragedy, what gets rebuilt is always stronger.

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differ among cultures, from the French roosters “cocorico” to the Spanish cock’s “quiquiriquí.”

By Ann M arguet

Classic literature favorites become a part o f foreign language classes as familiarity with print in French or Spanish increases.

Starting in kindergarten, the children are casually exposed to written words through labels, classroom posters, matching games o f text and picture, big books, and patterned stories.

Second graders enjoy a unit on B on soir L u n e or B uenos N oches Luna, culminating in the creation o f their own personalized storybook.

From the moment children enter Brookside, they begin acquiring linguistic skills in French or Spanish, as well as an appreciation for difference and an awareness o f their own participation in a large and multicultural world.

“Bonjour, fa va?” “H ola, ¿com o estás?” These sounds heard frequently in the Brookside hallways confirm what language experts and brain researchers have asserted for years. C hildren w ho a re exposed to a secon d language a t an early age learn to speak it easily, reproducing the accen t they h ear a n d sw itching to the new language effortlessly w ithin a w ell-d efin ed context. Pre-K teachers report that when the children are asked how high they can count, some begin reciting in French or Spanish. In other grades children occasionally request permission in Spanish or French to go to the bathroom or nurse and sometimes unconsciously call their main classroom teachers Señora or Madame. W hen the material is familiar, there is no mental translation process and the children are both confident and comfortable expressing themselves in Spanish or French.

T h e Brookside program covers all children from Pre-K through the third grade. Sonia Tyson, Spanish teacher and longtime head o f the foreign language department at the Middle School, followed her growing interest in elementary foreign language education and joined Ann Marguet, who has been teaching French at Brookside since the programs inception in 1994.

O ur language classes use an “immersion” approach where most com munication takes place in French or Spanish. From the first sessions in September, the children are introduced to a signal system in which the teachers display a medallion with the French or Spanish flag to symbolize the language for listening and speaking. Very rarely is the medallion flipped to reveal an American flag, indicating a brief incursion into English. Through the use o f songs, rhymes, games, puppet shows, role plays and stories, the children become accustomed to the pronunciation, the flow, the intonation, and the syntax o f the foreign language.

Whenever possible the content o f the language classes is related to themes being taught in other curriculum areas. Children in Pre-K learn about leaves, trees and their products, and the family both in foreign language and the main classroom. Counting, size recognition, sequencing and patterning are practiced in French or Spanish as well as English. Through songs and stories, the children discover that even the conventional sounds that animals make

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Sonia Tyson teaching Spanish a t B rookside

Visual clues and graphic organizers are an integral part o f foreign language classes, whether the children are sorting animals according to size or body features or graphing terms for members o f the family according to gender. Third graders compare and contrast modern and colonial schools using a Venn diagram.

O ur students practice public discourse daily through simple conversation and during performances in front o f their classmates for presentations, projects, and holiday programs. The children demonstrate that they are internalizing the sounds and structures o f the language and that they are at ease speaking it naturally and with beautiful pronunciation. T h e faculty are convinced that providing the children with a lively and meaningfiil experience in the early years, supported by a long sequence o f instruction through the Middle and Upper schools, is the very best way to favor language proficiency. At Brookside, children take the first steps o f a long language journey that will lead them to graduate with the skills they need to communicate easily across cultural, economic and linguistic barriers.

In the m ajority o f academ ic circles, they don’t even say “foreign languages” any m ore. It’s inclusive: “w orld languages.” B on i L u n a

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Foreign language education has undergone enormous changes in recent years.

The development o f the national standards, pressure from the growing global community to learn languages, and research into effective teaching methods has propelled the field into a new era. In the United States more personal and immediate reasons for learning another language have emerged because o f the multicultural and multilingual population.

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O ur small corner o f the world at M K A has responded animatedly to meeting the challenges that society and research have placed on us. Language, the way traditionally taught, graduated students with good reading and writing skills but fell short when those students had to string sentences together. T h e torment o f rolling m s in Spanish in order to differentiate between a carro and a caro or p erro and p ero, the ongoing challenge o f silent consonants in French - Q uest-ce qu on fa i t - are all com mon problems that have been significantly reduced through our methodology.

In the classroom, teachers strive to communicate only in the target language. O ur faculty can attest through personal experience, mounds o f research, and endless workshops that the only way to effectively teach a world language is to use class time as practice time. Stricdy adhering to this principle is key, and although frustrating at times, is the only way to develop speaking proficiency. Lessons are constructed to involve and surround the student with the language. Paired learning activities, patterned conversations, and Total Physical Response (teaching language through body movement) are considered essential components to daily activities. T h e excellent technology available to us provides our students with an additional vehicle to foster skills. Video series, C D R O M S, the Internet, and access to the portable laptops have all contributed to creating a relevant and challenging program. Students construct review webs and graphs using the program Inspiration, develop short stories, and create PowerPoint presentations using the vocabulary and grammar they are studying.

T h e Middle School builds a bridge between the Primary and Upper School foreign language programs. T h e emphasis o f the Middle School curriculum is to foster and develop the central skills to language learning: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Grades four and five are theme-based, which means that students learn vocabulary and grammar within a context. At each level, students develop their language skills through authentic literature, current events, art, and cultural practices that are carefully woven to reflect and enhance the grammar being presented.

Relating language study to practice, for the last five years the Middle School has fostered a relationship with an independent school in Mexico City. O ur students have visited and hosted students from Coyoacan, the hometown o f Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Riviera. Shortly following the events o f September 11th, M KA received a package full o f letters from the students o f La Escuela Internacional. An expression o f solidarity echoed through the numerous letters, cards, and drawings o f children ages six through fifteen. Their support and kindness is a personal testament to the ties that bind us as citizens o f a greater community.

Preparing students to be successful members o f a world community is crucial to our philosophy that it is essential to learn at least one other language to meet the challenges o f the 21st century. We are committed to fostering language skills, developing cultural awareness, and instilling a love for a language that opens so many possibilities to our students intellectually, culturally, and professionally.

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M iddle School French an d Latin teacher M onique Benson

This letter is one o f scores received from students o f L a Escuela International in M exico.

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T he ability to communicate in a language other than English provides direct access to the minds and spirits o f all the peoples in the world.

Dr. R udolfSchonfeld, W orld Languages expert

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By D eborah Jennings

T h e mission o f Upper School modern language teachers is likewise multifaceted. W e prepare students for successful language study in an academic setting; we give them the tools they need for active com munication in another language; and we try to create citizens who have an understanding o f cultures other than their own.

To accomplish this, students study the language itself, and also the art, politics, history, literature, religion, music, and current events o f various countries and cultures. At M K A this training starts early, which is important for language acquisition. Margeaux Ulmer (M KA ’99, N Y U ’03) says, “I am grateful that M K A offered foreign languages when I was in the fifth grade. Speaking Spanish has been very helpful for internships as well as travel.”

(Imagine how much stronger the program has become as language instruction has begun earlier and earlier at MKA!)

are the same works she is now studying in college.

Students are asked to work on oral presentations, paired conversations, debates, dialogues and discussions.

Assessment o f student progress uses tests (including mid-year and final exams) with listening and speaking segments. This long­ standing emphasis on aural/oral work is part o f what sets M K A apart.

Students hear the target language almost exclusively in class. Aaron Feigenbaum (M KA ’00, Yale ’04) says, “T h e fact that the teachers spoke in French in class gave me an advantage over my classmates [in college].” Leffier agrees.

■ MKA] students take it for granted that teachers speak in the language.” She says she started really loving French “because the Upper School has a personal teachers were so good.”

Course offerings range from level one, for beginners, to three different level-five classes: a standard course, an honors option in literature, and the Advanced Placement course. Along the way, an accelerated track keeps the strongest students challenged. Every course focuses on all four language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking.

E ach teach er Teachers use a variety o f instructional materials, including short stories, poems, arsenal o f ‘realia’ - authentic It is especially meaningful for students to plays, fables, novels, films, television or use what they have learned in an radio broadcasts, and newspaper or m aterials such as m enus, train authentic setting together with their magazine articles. In addition, each teachers. tick ets, and advertisem ents. teacher has a personal arsenal o f ‘realia’ Thus B - like the Middle School trips to authentic materials such as menus, train Mexico City and Quebec City - Upper tickets, and advertisements - that are incorporated into lesson School groups traveled to France (March 2 0 0 0 ) and Spain (March plans. Students must successfully complete a third-year course, 2 0 0 1 ). T h e trip to France was such a success that other students but most students continue with the same language for four years. will participate in a similar trip this March.

Because o f MKA’s metropolitan location, texts are often Outside the classroom, students participate in a variety o f supplemented with field trips. This fall Spanish students saw a competitions and programs. T h e Alliance Française group production o f L a C asa D e B ern ada A lba in Manhattan, and French performs in March in front o f the school and the local M ontclair students were invited to an N JPAC concert by Youssou N ’Dour, a chapter. In each o f the past two years, Spanish students popular Senegalese musician. Steve Jacobs (M KA ’01 , Harvard competing in a statewide poetry contest have earned four first ’05) says he enjoyed the integration o f literature and films into the prizes and an honorable mention. In the National French curriculum rather than studying grammar in a vacuum. Rebecca Contest, an exam taken in the spring, last year’s results included Leffier (M KA ’00, Dartm outh ’04) appreciates that she was 18 students who ranked in the top ten in New Jersey in their introduced to literature and films in high school, some o f which respective levels, o f whom seven ranked in the top ten in the USA.

Even students who found foreign language challenging in high school, and who have no intention o f majoring in French or Spanish or Latin, return and tell us about their success and interest in college language programs because o f the strong foundation they acquired at M KA. Some spend a semester overseas; others have an advantage when applying for a jo b; and many find that traveling is more meaningful when they can communicate with native speakers.

Upper School French teacher M ichael Houston an d student

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According to a report by the Associated Press, 66 percent o f the world’s children are being raised bilingual, and only six percent o f all U .S. residents are bilingual. So, i f you don’t already know at least two languages, make this the year you dedicate yourself to learning some Hindi, mastering Portuguese, or researching any one o f the world’s 6 ,8 0 0 languages!

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Middle School

By B arbara Gollub

Latin is alive and well at M KA. It begins in the Middle School because o f its relevance to understanding English vocabulary and grammar, other languages (it is the parent language o f French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, and Italian), and to making a connection with our laws and institutions.

This year there is a new sixth grade Latin program for students entering M K A who have not taken a foreign language, incorporating the study skills component o f the former Language and Culture course. Students study ancient Roman mythology (“gods, goddesses, monsters and famous mortals”), and learn the foundation o f Latin grammar. T h e lively F irst L atin text, audiotapes, and visual aids make it come alive for both teachers and students. W hen you pass these classrooms, you might hear students playing a form o f Latin Bingo.

Seventh and eighth grade students who choose to study Latin complete Latin I, which enables them to continue at the Upper School with Latin II. T h e class uses the E cce R om an i (M eet the F am ily) series, whose stories focus on a Roman family. It introduces myth, culture, history and word study exercises to accompany the requisite Latin grammar. Students become adept at translating the stories and enjoy making up their own endings.

Upper School Latin

A young M iddle School student demonstrates his proficiency w ith Latin w ord endings.

Students also learn about Roman history and mythology through readings and cultural activities. From Latin 3 to Latin 5, students further develop literal translation skills, study Roman history, literature, and poetry (Livy’s H istories, authors Catulllus and Ovid, Vergil’s A en eid). They also study the effective propaganda o f Emperor Augustus that allowed him to achieve sole power in Rome while creating the appearance o f a Republic. Over the past several years, students have performed quite well on the AP Latin: Literature exam.

C onsuetudinis m agna vis est Roman orator Cicero in Tusculan D isputations

Due to the success o f the program at the Middle School, there is now a fifth year o f Latin offered at the Upper School. T h e Class o f 2 0 0 3 is the first group o f students to have the opportunity to take two years o f AP Latin. T h e availability o f and need for a fifth-year course is an exciting development.

T h e Latin program at the Upper School aims to expose students not only to the beauty and complexity o f the language itself but also to the history, culture, and literature o f the Romans that has so profoundly influenced Western thought, architecture, art, music, and literature. To accomplish this, it is necessary to instill study habits that will allow students to succeed in all subject areas.

Hence one o f the programs goals is to help students see the validity o f Ciceros statement, “T h e force o f habit is great.”

T he Upper School Latin curriculum exposes the students, over the course o f four years, to some o f the greatest literary works o f antiquity, imparts a strong understanding o f both Latin and English grammar, and develops critical thinking skills and sound study habits, thereby bringing to fruition Cicero’s statement.

Students thus learn what has long been considered a “dead language”; they also gain an appreciation o f the vitality o f Latin even today.

T h e texts used at the Upper School are heavily grammar-based with a secondary emphasis upon cultural topics to enable all the fundamentals o f Latin grammar to be covered in levels one and two. Latin grammar is taught in conjunction with English grammar; students see how particular constructions are phrased in English and then see the same construction in Latin, thus reinforcing students’ English grammar skills. T h e courses also impart the importance o f "saying exactly what you mean." Latin grammar is much more precise in its use o f verb tenses than English. Students learn how to be very precise, both verbally and in writing, and gain an appreciation o f their own language. As one student attests, “I owe some o f the way I think about verbal and written communication to Latin.”

Students often gain a final benefit: valuable insight into the scope o f their own abilities. In the words o f a current student, “Latin has enhanced my confidence in myself to strive above average expectations and succeed in a challenging course.”

By E rica Budd,

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It’s Never Too Late Last fall a group o f 12 faculty, administration, and staff members from all three campuses undertook the challenge to learn Spanish conversation. Some came knowing little; others wanted to brush up on what they had learned in college. The class meets twice a week after school for 45 minutes with Boni Luna, Middle School Foreign Language Department chairperson - and is in its second semester.

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Notes Around MKA The Headm aster is very proud to announce...

N ational M erit Finalists Elana Bildner Belle Koven

N ational M erit Commended Scholars Kerry Bishe Celia Cohen Joseph Geschlecht Natalie Ghosh Abigail Kaboth Katherine Klimczak Gilbert Kruger Samora Noguera Peter Spragins Lauren Tortoriello Beth Twersky

National Achievement Finalist Samora Noguera

National Achievement Commended Morgan Fraser Q uinn Leslie Marvel Saint Victor

Bloustein Scholars Elana Bildner Kerry Bishe Celia Cohen Joseph Geschlecht Abigail Kaboth Katherine Klimczak Belle Koven Sarah M iller

• M K A was asked to give a rare three presentations at the NAIS National Convention in San Francisco in February. Headmaster Peter Greer and Linda Stark presented an all-day workshop on ethics. Geoffrey Branigan and W illiam Stites gave a seminar on the use o f technology in field trips (using MKA’s Irish Studies seminar during May Term as an example). Anthony Cuneo discussed how MKA’s diverse faculty developed and teach the Core Works program.

• Faculty member Judy Nesbit served as an assessor for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification program.

• Middle School faculty member Anita Rossi was nominated by a former student, now at Johns Hopkins, as an educator “who had a lasting and positive effect” on his life.

• Three juniors from M K A attended the prestigious annual American Association for the Advancement o f Science meeting in Boston in February. Amy Klein, Shuchi Agarwal, and Denise Sarkor were three student delegates o f eight from New Jersey, an honor conferred by placing first or second in their division at the N .J. Student Science Fair last year.

Klein’s research, T h e Correlation Between a Runners Stride Technique and Speed, earned first place in the

Medicine/Health section. Agarwal and Sarkor placed second in Environmental Science with research into plants that could help the environment.

• T h e four-day M K A Book Fair last ia ljflj featured guest celebrity visits and signings. Caroline Cooney and Andrew Clements, authors o f the classic middle school reader novels T he F ace on the M ilk C arton and F rin dle, spent the day with Middle School students describing how they became writers, their sources o f inspiration, the journey from writer to published author, and answering student questions. T he Primary School hosted M arc Brown, creator o f the legendary A rthu r series, and Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin, creators o f the Caldecott H onor book C lick C lack M oo. Sharon Robinson - author, educator, and daughter o f American hero Jackie Robinson - inspired both Middle and Upper School campuses with her tales o f courage and justice.

• Congratulations to the M K A chess team, the 2001 National 8th Grade Champions! T he boys took the lead after the second round at the Dallas tournament and won with a stunning result, 14 o f 18 points. T h e secondplace team finished 1.5 points behind (“It’s like making a touchdown with the last defender 15 yards behind you,” says chess master Michael Khodarkovsky).

Trustees, adm inistrators, science faculty, an d students who h a d received recognition in science project com petitions dedicated Science Room 19, a biology lab, .

November. This was one o f fo u r science rooms that have been renovated.

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Faculty member J.C . Svec, who has guided M K A students and faculty through production o f four award­ winning films and countless plays, wrote and directed a play based on the reminiscences o f his father. T h e world premiere o f W ar’s E n d in November featured a cast o f professional and faculty actors playing six G .I.s who had been together since D-Day. T h e play was financed by a grant from PAMKA. Svec, who has won multiple awards as a producer, director, and designer, recently received two Bronze Awards for his screenplays In Storage and Postcards from th e R oad at the Houston Worldfest Film Festival. His playwriting debut, M eetings in a W ooded A rea, played at “2 0 0 1 : Spotlight on Festival Odyssey” in New York.

Using a Foreign Language

Faculty m em ber R ick Kitts in War’s End, a tw o-act dram a w ritten an d directed by J.C .

Svec o f the Fine dr Perform ing Arts D epartm ent.

All three students won individual trophies: Mackenzie M olner tied for second with an almost-perfect score; Sean Finn was right behind; and Michael Mastakas was awarded the class prize out o f 116 participants. T h e trophy is almost as tall as the students.

M KA, in conjunction with the International Chess School, hosted their first Scholastic Chess Tournament, attracting players from 2 0 different schools in New Jersey. MKA’s John Ciardi, a sixth grader, won the junior division. Eighth grader Mackenzie M olner won the Open Championship with a perfect score; his rating level makes him eligible to become a National Chess M&ster.

The Voice o f MKA

Jou rn alist a n d fu n dam en tal Islam expert Jon athan Schanzer a t the PAMKA Lecture.

T h e fall PAMKA Lecture featured three uniquely qualified experts, who discussed the topic “Osama bin Laden’s War: W here did it come from? How do we win it?”

Speakers were Ambassador Dr. Hussein Hassouna, Permanent Representative o f the League o f Arab States to the United Nations and the United States; M ilt Bearden, former Secret Service officer and CIA station chief; and Jonathan Schanzer, journalist and expert on Islamic fundamentalism. This was the latest lecture in the series o f distinguished speakers and provocative topics sponsored

by PAMKA.

Upper School faculty member George Berry attended the prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities Dante seminar in Siena, Italy last summer. His final paper about Dantes Inferno, Canto 3 3 was judged to be about the best ever submitted. The professor, Dr. Ronald Herzman who has directed nine such seminars (“9 x 15 teachers”) wrote, “[George’s essay] combines personal reflection, reflection on teaching and on students, and reflection on an important text, and weaves them all together in a way that is at the same time witty, sophisticated and very moving. To be a great teacher, one has to love one’s subject and love one’s students. George’s essay is eloquent testimony to the fact that he clearly does both... T he degree to which he ‘personalized’ the seminar (both in the sense o f assimilating it and in the sense o f giving it his own stamp) is mighty impressive.”

Berry - who received the 2000 Founders’ Cup for his excellence in teaching^ teaches Dante’s Inferno as a Core Work to juniors and seniors. He taught himself Italian by reading the local newspaper every day. One day he “stumbled across an amazing story” (using DN A testing to ‘prove’ something about a Dante figure) that became the subject o f his essay.

M iddle School receptionist M ary E lliott, who handles the M KA sw itchboard w ith grace, efficiency, an d cheer, was a calm an d reassuring voice fo r w orried fam ilies during the crises o f Septem ber 11th.

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M ail From Home

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Composer R an dall Svane, M KA M usic D irector (center), accepts congratulations from the Borrom eo String Q uartet after their concert o f his Quartet No. 2 a t M erkin H all in N ew York ifri&ctober.

Laura Lemaire’s fourth grade class has adopted a soldier in Kosovo as their “class hero.” Lt. Alek Sergek, a 24-year-old sapper with the 27th Engineer Battalion, has been part o f a peacekeeping mission in charge o f 3 0 paratroopers. T h e students correspond regularly with the West Point graduate by letter and e-mail (where they sign on to his Web page). They ask questions such as “W hat does it feel like to jump out o f a plane?” Students made holiday cards for him and signed a T-shirt emblazoned with “M y Home Support Team” and their names and messages.

Sergek answers their questions in detail (“Just as I stick my foot out the door, I am sucked from the plane by what feels like a tornado”), sends digital photos illustrating a soldier’s life, has supplied them with a large map o f the area for their Class Hero bulletin board, and has passed on their messages to local schoolchildren in Kosovo. This project not only provides moral support to an individual soldier, but also gives a wealth o f information about this conflicted part o f the world to the fourth graders. T h e project will conclude when “O ur Class Hero, Alek Sergek” actually materializes in person and visits the class when he returns home in May.

Calling All Alumni and Current Parents Remember when you were young and unsure about what career might be right for you? MKA’s college-age graduates - and those up to two years out o f college - could surely use some practical advice about what certain jobs entail and how to go about gaining valuable experience in a particular field, either through internships or externships. You may even be in a position to aid with actual jo b placement or with tips on interview techniques and resume preparation.

Perhaps you have a bit o f “teacher” in you that would be fulfilled by being a mentor for an M K A rising star. Please jo in MKA’s Alumnet database so that your name can be given to young alumni as a resource. A mentor questionnaire is posted on the M K A Web site [w w w .m ontclairkim berley.org] and outlines how you can help; simply go to the Alumni section and click on the Office o f Career Services. O r if you wish to volunteer your expertise (profession or life experiences) in the classroom with current students, the Bank o f Community Resources is ideal. You can use the same questionnaire.

Please call Laurie H oonhout McFeeley with Alumnet questions at 9 7 3 -5 0 9 -7 9 3 9 ? ' lm cfeeley@ m ontclairkim berley.org. To discuss Bank o f Community Resources classroom volunteer opportunities, contact Joan Brennan M onico at 9 7 3 -5 0 9 -4 5 9 4 / jm on ico@ m on tclairkim herley.org.

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Fall Cougar Sports

By Dr. M ark Boyea, D irector o f A thletics

T h e fall athletics season was a time o f celebration for many reasons. Overall, it may have been the most successful fall in some time, as seven o f our eight varsity teams qualified for state tournament play, and seven o f eight ended their season with a winning record. In addition, 3 7 athletes were selected for one or more individual honors (conference, county, prep and parochial).

T h e one team that didn’t finish the season with a winning record Field Hockey - had the most remarkable final weeks o f any M KA team, going on a late surge to capture the school’s first state sectional championship in that sport. T h e title was won in an exhilarating 2-1 overtime contest with Dwight-Englewood. Celia Cohen, Kaitlin Ryan, Lauren Sunshine, Randi Sunshine and Jacqueline Araneo were all designated for individual honors.

Girls’ Tennis continued in its role as one o f the state’s elite programs, finishing with a record o f 19-6 and advancing to the state sectional finals for the fourth time in the past five years. In addition, the Cougars ended the season as the second-ranked team in the Colonial Hills Conference, Essex County Association, and State Prep Association. W ith six o f the seven starters returning next year, the team should once again be among the state’s best.

Kathryn Chase, Lauren Newman, Nicole Pugno, Anjali Saxena, Jaimie Higgins, Marissa Koggan and Chisako Sugiyama were all named to various all-star teams.

After making their first state tournament appearance in several years in 2 0 0 0 , the Football team took another step forward by winning the school’s first N JSIA A playoff game, a 3 3 -1 6 triumph over M cCorriston. O n the heels o f this accomplishment, the team’s fourth consecutive victory over Newark Academy in the annual Thanksgiving Day Game allowed the Cougars to finish the season at 6-5, the first winning record in several years. Frank Herrmann, Lood Olibrice, Adam Shapiro, John Watson, Justin Ashenfelter, Larry Canales, Masamba Sinclair and Michael Fortunato all received individual honors.

Girls’ Volleyball also recorded a first, as they defeated Wood Ridge 2-0 to advance to the second round o f the state tournament. T h e 18 wins which the team registered was also one o f the highest totals in the program’s history. Along with the state tournament victory, the highlight o f the season was a thrilling 2 -0 win over higher-seeded Lacordaire on the road in the Essex County Tournament. Jeanne Lehmann was named to several allstar teams, while Corrine Gaby and Jenna Sakolsky were both named All-Colonial Hills Conference.

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T he Boys’ and Girls’ Cross-Country teams both captured their second consecutive Colonial Hills Conference championships, once again going unbeaten in conference dual meet competition.

Individually, sophomore Oskar Nordenbring finished first at the Newark Academy Invitational, Stewart Memorial Invitational, Shore Coaches’ M eet and Colonial Hills Conference championships. Junior Mike Dulong finished second at the Newark Academy Invitational, Stewart Memorial and Colonial Hills Conference meets. Nordenbring, Dulong and Cooper Knowlton received individual honors. For the Girls’ team, Meridith M ikulich was selected All-Essex County.

Despite losing seven starters, the Boys’ Soccer team once again qualified for the state tournament. T h e Cougars advanced to the second round by defeating St. Joseph’s 4-1 before falling to eventual state champion Morris Catholic. T h e team also finished in second place in the Hills Division o f the Colonial Hills Conference, and ended the season with a record o f 9-9 while starting only two seniors. Jon Bruno, Adam Simon, Dan M onico, Drew Jennings, Angelo Amato and Joe Walter all received individual honors..

Finally, the Girls’ Soccer team had the misfortune o f falling one game short o f qualifying for the state tournament. T h e season was far from disappointing, however, as the team improved from 5-121 in 2 0 0 0 to 11-9 this year, winning six o f their last eight matches.

T h e season was the final one for longtime head coach Ken Smith.

Named to various post-season teams were Kate Klimczak, Victoria O ’Kane, Evyn Cameron and Heather Lamb.

T h e fall was also highlighted by the opening o f the renovated Van Brunt Field. Visiting athletes, coaches, officials, and spectators too numerous to keep track o f stated that it was the highest-quality field they had ever seen or played on. It has truly made the attractive Upper School Campus even more so, as well as further enhanced MKA’s standing as one o f the top prep school athletics programs around.

The following honor was inadvertently omitted from the listing o f Spring 2001 athletic awards:

Steve Kakaty ’02 was named 2 nd Team Colonial Hills Conference in Golf.

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Athletic Hall of Fame VII T h e seventh “team” will be inducted into the M K A Athletic Hall o f Fame at the Awards Luncheon on May 4. This group includes outstanding individual athletes, a remarkable team, and the man who coached so many M K A award-winning fencers.

and two years o f Division I varsity lacrosse. Since college, he has participated recreationally with sports. He skated in or coached the Alumni Hockey game for at least 10 years. He has volunteered as coach o f a girls’ soccer team and a youth baseball team for five.

M aryl R iter W alker ’3 9

Professionally, Peter has worked with the New Jersey Devils for 20 years and is now Executive V ice President. He has made possible the M K A Alumni Association’s 14 annual Night W ith the Devils fundraisers. Peter has been an effective behind-the-scenes supporter o f the Athletic Hall o f Fame and o f student life. T h e popular speaker has discussed sports management at 14 straight Career Days (rumor has it, one student attended his session for four years). He actively served on the Alumni Council from 1 987-98 and as president o f the Alumni Association from 199698. He is in his second term as a Trustee. Peter is married to M K A classmate Cheryl D ’Alessandro ” Elise, 11, and Peter, 9.

E qu estrien n e A lifetime spent with her sport, Maryl rode in horse shows as a teen, representing Kimberley in team e v e n tS She rode in the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden (qualifying for the National Equitation Championships five years), the Garden State Horse Shows Assn., and N JH A Adult Equitation championships. In college, she rode as a member o f the Arlington Hall Drill Team. Their highest honor was performing a M ounted Musical ride at Ft. Myer to celebrate President Franklin D . Roosevelts birthday (“I am told he was very impressed!” she says). She also performed a complicated Tandem M ounted Drill Ride, which involves the rider, two horses, and long reins.

In 1961, Maryl reorganized the Girls’ M ounted Troop, Junior Cavalry o f America, a military organization for girls 12-18, which taught how to ride, leadership, and sportsmanship. She served as commanding officer, a major, until the troop disbanded in 1985.

She is also a Recognized Judge for the American Horse Shows Association, the governing body o f horse shows.

Maryl sings in her church chancel choir, gives care as a Stephen Minister, and volunteers at Mountainside Hospital. She has three children, Maryl Walker Thomas ’61, Caryl Walker Griesenback ’65 (deceased), and John Walker III.

Peter S. M cM ullen ’7 7 Ice H ockey W hether on or o ff ice or field, Peter is a devoted athlete and friend o f sports. At M KA, he played four years o f varsity hockey and lacrosse, and was inducted into the Varsity Society for athletic achievement in 1976. Alternate hockey captain for sophomore, junior and senior years, Peter earned all-league honors all three years and was considered “one o f the hardest checkers” in the league. T h e team won the NJS1A B-Division Ice Hockey Championship in 1976 and 1977. He also was varsity lacrosse captain as a senior and twice won all-league honors in lacrosse.

A lphonsus “R ick” D oerr ’7 8 S ailin g R ick is an inspiring example o f an athlete whose enthusiasm, discipline, and dedication continue despite daunting circumstances. At M KA, he played lacrosse, football, hockey, and water polo; he was named all-league (football) and allstate (lacrosse) when the team won the league championship (1978).

He played on the state B-Division championship hockey team and swam with the water polo Eastern champions in 1976. R ick was hockey Rookie o f the Year at St. V incent College and lacrosse team captain at the University o f Colorado during graduate school (1 9 8 3 , 1984). He also taught skiing in Vail two years.

Now a plastic surgeon, R ick earned his M .D . degree at Chicago Medical School. He was doing a residency in surgery when, in 1992, a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. Rick continued with residencies in Chicago and at the University o f South Florida, where he was chief resident in plastic surgery; he also completed a fellowship in hand surgery (University o f M iam iJJ Since the accident, he has skied, scuba dived, and sailed independently. Rick competed in three sailing World Championships - 1999, 2 0 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 .

This year R ick has a singular honor: he won tw o places on the U .S. Paralympic Sailing Team, in the 23-foot Sonar and the 2.4 Metre, a mini-version o f the famous 12-M eter America’s Cup boat. R ick is the North American and Northeastern champion in 2 .4 Metre. He has sailed in Spain and in Florida, and won in open as well as disabled events. T h e Paralympic team will compete in Athens, Greece, in 2 0 0 4 .

At Boston College School o f Management, where he earned a B .S. in marketing and human resources, Peter played defense on JV

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Tom Boutsikaris F encing C oach Tom is the coach behind MKA’s great legacy o f fencing. His dynasty includes Olympic, All-American, NCAA, state, university, and innumerable tournament champions. During his 11 years at M KA, Tom’s girls’ teams won eight state titles and the boys won one overall tide and three foil titles.

From 1 9 8 3 -1 9 8 8 , his girls’ teams were undefeated in dual matches; they also won eight Santelli championships.

Tom - named Women’s Fencing Coach o f the Decade (1980s) by T he S tar-L edger - has coached 10 individual state foil champions and has had five others win silver medals. His own daughter, Liza Boutsikaris (M KA Class o f 2 0 0 0 , an All-American at Notre Dam e), was named Fencer o f the Century.

This great mentor is no mean fencer himself. In 1965 he won the Metropolitan Foil championship and finished third in the New Jersey state championship. He was a star on the Essex Catholic High School team that won the New York University Metropolitan High School championship. T he S tar L edger put him on their 1960s All-Decade team, and Essex Catholic inducted him into its Hall o f Fame in 2 0 0 1 . In college, at N Y U , Tom was the silver medalist in the U nder-19 National Championships; he was also invited to the Martini-Rossi World Invitational for the second time. He graduated from Bloomfield College.

He is now treasurer o f the New Jersey Division o f the U .S. Fencing Association, and works as a financial specialist with First Union National Bank. Tom and his wife, Joanne, have two daughters, Liza and Charissa, a special-ed teacher.

1 9 8 8 G irls’ Fencing Team Alyson Beasley, Kim Charlton ’9 0 , Regina Chi ’9 1 , Anne Fetherston, Nicole Gray, Lana Kang ’8 9 , Nicole Leonard, Jill Porter ’9 0 , Hayley Silver, Jill Tobia, Beth W ormley; Coaches Tom Boutsikaris and Ellen Iverson.

T h e 1988 Girls’ Fencing Team was 16-0 in dual matches and 3-0 in tournaments. B etw eel 1985 and 1988, M K A women won four N JSIA A team state championships, four Santelli tournaments, and three district championships. Individually they racked up numerous awards and tides. They went on to great success in college, former teammates becoming opponents. They would fence against each other at college and national tournaments. O ne year, the captains o f the Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and Temple fencing teams were all M ontclair Kimberley Academy graduates!

They achieved academically as well. O f the starting five, Alyson Beasley - co-captain o f the Temple University 1992 NCAA Division I women’s foil championship team - graduated from Temple in 1992 and earned a combined J.D . and M .B.A . from Temple in 1998. She works for a Philadelphia Community Development financial institution. Anne Fetherston, who had to give up fencing due to an injury, graduated from Drew University and earned an M .S. in speech language pathology from M ontclair State University. Anne is doing research in autism in the cognitive neuroscience department o f Johns Hopkins University.

Nicole Gray fenced varsity for four years at Yale, and served as manager and captain, earning All-Ivy honors; the team was third at NCAA’s in 1992. Coley received a B.A. and an M .A. in African studies from Yale and graduated from University o f California Berkeley in 2001 with an M .P.H. and a master’s in public policy.

Coley works for the Population Program o f the Packard Foundation. Lana Kang ’89 was a three-time varsity captain at Stanford and twice Pacific Coast Champion and NCA A Division I All-American. Lana received a B .S. with honors from Stanford and an M .D . from University o f California San Francisco Medical School. She is in her fourth year o f residency in orthopedic surgery at Brown Univeisity.

Jill Tobia Sorger, who was individual state champion for both N JISA A and U SFA in 1988, fenced varsity for four years at Columbia and was captain for two. Colum bia won the NCAA team championships in 1992. All-Ivy three times and a national bronze medalist, Jill was inducted into the M K A Athletic Hall o f Fame in 1999. After Columbia she graduated from Seton Hall Law School, and is an attorney in Montclair. Jill and her husband, classmate Andrew Sorger ’88, have a son, Maxwell, born in December.

“T h e friendships I made and the teams I participated in at M K A prepared me for my success,” writes one fencer. “We were truly teammates and good friends.”

The ’8 8 starting fencers - Alyson Beasley, A nne Fetherston, N icole Gray, J ill Tobia, Lan a Kang.

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Bob Lieder ’51, Ann and Lee Beard ’51 spot themselves in vintage photos.

Gene Mazo 91 with John and Nancy Rabke.

Alumni Council VP Pat Shean Worthington ’74, Sadie and Rob Pariseau 76, and Martha Bonsai Day 7 4 in the library.

2001 Mary and Peter Funk 39 with Connie Ritchie DuHamel ’46. Peter, a renowned lexicologist, received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1997.

All in the family. Class reunion chair Bob Hoonhout 71, form er president o f the MKA Alumni Association; his sister Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley 76, reunion co-chair and Director o f Alumni Giving; and Paul McFeeley 76.

“K im berley m ade a lifelong im pression on a ll its students a n d a trip dow n m em ory lane goes a long way in understanding who we are today. ” M ina Lund Davis 361

Buddies SharifSiddiqui 9 6 and Jakt Elberg 96.

Faculty member Boyd Herforth heralds the arrival o f the 50th, 55th, and 60th reunion alumni.

Tom and Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner 70.

Karen, founder o f the Lyme Disease Foundation, received the 1990 DistinguishedAlumni Award.

Ezma and M ark Hanschka 51 study class photos. Mark was chairman o f the Academy 50th reunion; they camefrom Oregon.

Twentieth reunion chairman Margaret Johnson ’81 chats with classmate Paul Amirata ’81.

Alumni Council membersJanine Garland ’8 2 and India Hayes Larrier ’8 0 welcome returning alumni.

Chip Read 7 6 chats with Alumni Council member Dan Carson ’83.

Joanne Wallace ’81 and Ken Smith ’81 hold photos from their MKA years.

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Sherry Ahkami J86, Gail Szakacs J86, Adrienne Amirata Porcaro ’86, and Carlo Porcaro.

Jason Late, Jessica Lemer, Jackie Kearney Bladek, and Michael Kramer o f the Class o f 1991.

Headmaster Peter Greer accepts a whopping symbolic check from the Kimberley 50th reunion chairs, Gail Robertson Marentette ’51 and Joan Jacobus M iller 51.

Florence Johnson Jacobson ’4 6 and Scott Bartlett ’51. The Bartletts hosted several 50th reunion classmates all weekend.

The Academy Class o f ’41 had an impromptu 60th reunion: Charles Holmes, Howard Dodd, Carl Eisen, David Baird. Missingfrom photo: Lewis Townsend.

Lori WindolfCrispo ’78, president o f the Alumni Association, with Greatest-Distance Award winners Philip Cheek ’46x (England), Beth Reilly Garifalos ’61 (Sequim, Washington), andAnjali Sharma 91 (Guatemala). Cheek attended Montclair Academy as a wartime refugeefrom England in 1940-2 and has maintained lifelong contact with one o f his classmates.

10th reunion chairman Joe Fiordaliso ’91 reviews collage o f class photos.

Ranjeev Krishana and Venu Angara o f the Class o f 1991.

Carolyn Wynn o f External Affairs and Carol Ippisch, assistant to the Headmaster, ready to greet returning alumni.

Official tour guides Kate Klimczak, a senior, and junior Alex Langbein ready to show alumni the campus.

Dara Marmon and Christina Kim o f the Class o f 1991. Christina had a harrowing, narrow escapefrom the World Trade Center on 9/11. Dara is a member o f the Alumni Council.

Fourth grader Erin Furlong helps her mother, Susan Cole Furlong ’78, greet alumni. Susan serves on both PAMKA and the Alumni Council.

Classmates Erica Hirsch 9 6 and Debbie Haight 96.

Barbara and Peter Lawrence ’4 6 returned for his 55th reunion.

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Dear M K A Family & Friends, Happy spring! 2 0 0 2 finds the Alumni Association hard at work, sponsoring events and continuing traditions that bring alumni back in touch with the school|j||

Tom and Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner ’70, guest Gay Gildea, Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’5 4, Peter Funk ’3 9, Mary Funk. Seated: Lori W indolfCrispo 78, president o f the Alumni Association; Jean an d Parker Armstrong 39; Headmaster Peter Greer. Forschner, Ames, Funk, an d Armstrong a ll have received the MKA Distinguished Alumni Award.

To update you on our fall events, Homecoming was a great success. Despite initial fears that the participation would be lower than usual due to the events o f September 11 th, we had a wonderful turnout for the days activities. Alumni traveled from as far as Guatemala, England, Hong Kong, South Dakota, and Oregon to see their classmates and faculty. O ne o f the highlights o f the Reunion Luncheon is always the presentation o f the Distinguished Alumni Award. This year’s recipient, V ice Admiral Parker B. Armstrong ’37, spoke o f his service in the Navy and reminisced about his days at M ontclair Academy. The Hom ecoming tradition continued with Reunion Dinner and dancing at M ontclair G o lf Club.

In November, many o f our M K A alumni staffed the phones during the Annual Giving Phonathon, helping the school raise important funds. At the MKA-Newark Academy Thanksgiving Day Football Game, the Alumni Association provided coffee, donuts and good cheer to M K A alumni, students and families.

We are currendy working on our spring events, which we hope you will attend. O n Friday, April 12, we will host the 14th an n u al Night with the Devils hockey game. T h e Devils will be playing the Canadiens that evening. May 4th is the Athletic Hall o f Fame luncheon honoring alumni athletes and coaches.

O n May 11th, the Black Alumni Network Initiative (BANI) alumni will host a softball game versus the students. And, on June 18th, we will hold the 2nd Annual M K A Alumni G o lf & Tennis O pen at Glen Ridge Country Club. Spaces for these events fill up quickly, so please contact the Alumni Office to reserve your spot or to get additional information.

T hank you all for making our job with the Alumni Association so worthwhile and enjoyable.

Best regards, Lori W ind olf Crispo ’78 President

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Editor’s Note We use one “official” yearly mailing to obtain news, which appears in the FALL M KA Review.

SPRIN G magazine Class Notes are taken from reunion, holiday, and phonathon news, newspaper clippings, the flap on the Annual Giving remittance envelope, and letters or email to the Alumni Office.

Although the items might seem “old,” we have found that people love to read news whenever.

The time lapse is unavoidable, as the processing o f Class Notes from secretary to Alumni Office to classmates to secretary to Alumni Office to designer to printer covers a 14- to 16-week period. Please remember that you can send a note to your class secretary or to the Alumni Office anytime. We keep ongoing files for each class.

To those without a class secretary, how would you like to volunteer? The job has been simplified to the point that you will probably enjoy it immensely. The position o f alumni class secretary, like that o f class agent and reunion chairman, is absolutely essential to the vitality o f the school. Please consider it.

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25 M A ______________________________ Kenneth Swan, son o f William A. Swan, brought 13 o f his fathers vintage textbooks to the Alumni Office, ranging from Algebra I to Ben Franklins autobiography. As he arranged a display o f the books, the MKA librarian noted that the current 8th graders were studying Homers Odyssey, one o f the books Academy students read 80 years ago. Swan died in Florida in 1987 after a long career in the insurance business. He was active in Rotary and his church.

Last September, while visiting her oldest grandson in Westport, Mass., Dorothy Minsch Hudson had a nice chat on the phone with Charlotte Fitch. Dorothy’s 12th “Great” was also born in September, named very specially Dorothy. “Naturally she’s adorable!” writes the great-grandmother. “I saw her at my 90th birthday party. Lots o f family and friends attended.”

M A ______________________________ TH E SECRET OF A LONG LIFE Daniel Bushnell ’29, who celebrated hfciiu 91st birthday last May, played in his second USTA Men’s 90 Grass Court Championship at Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, in September.

He finished third in singles (to a “young fella” o f 90) and second in the doubles round-robin. He is ranked 7th nationally.

Dan, who has been playing for more than eight decades, now plays four times a week.

He says modesdy, “It’s like watching grass grow, watching us play.” Three years ago, he was part o f the USTA men’s 85+ team to play in Austria. Dan, very aware he is “very lucky to get up each morning,” says his secret is to “keep moving.”

M A ______________________________ Our condolences to the family o f Joseph Ward Doremus. He is survived by his brothers, Henry ’33, and Nelson ’41.

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M A________________________ _ _ _ “I’m in pretty fair shape considering the years,” writes John J . Newberry. He lost his wife last year just after their 60th anniversary.

33 TKS______________________________ Hugh Getty Laurence, son o f Jean Getty Laurence, sent his mother's Kimberley scrapbook to the M KA archives. It is filled with photos, invitations to teas and weddings, report cards and calling cards, and the signatures o f everyone in the class - a souvenir o f a gracious era.

M A ______________________________ As the Review goes to press, the Alumni Office learned o f the death o f class secretary Vardy Laing. Vardy - an avid sportsman, bridge player, traveler, and general practitioner in Calgary, Canada - kept in enthusiastic touch with the Academy. Our condolences to his wife, son, two daughters, and grandchildren.

Our condolences to Henry Doremus on the death o f his brother Joseph ’28.

He notes that he attended both the Academy and Kimberley, which he attended the fall o f 1916 through second grade.

(In those days Kimberley was coed at the elementary level.)

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TKS______________________________ M rs. A lbert F rell (Irene B urbank) 5 8 0 A dm iralty Parade, N aples F I 3 4 1 0 2 Jesse Taylor Drew writes that she goes to the fitness center at her retirement place three times a week. “It has made me much stronger than when I came in 1997.” She had had a stroke in 1992.

Our condolences to the family o f Gertrude Bradley Jenkins. She leaves two sons, five grandchildren, and four great-grands.

M rs. Stew art C arpenter (Josephine F obesjiL, Crane’s M ill, Apt. 2 4 9 4 5 9 Passaic Ave., West C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 “We are enjoying our apartment at Crane’s M ill,” writes Josephine Fobes Carpenter.

“Lots o f bridge and I am chairman o f the Gift Box here.” Jodie heard from Jean Black Jennings, who is still playing tennis,: r Our condolences to the family o f Elizabeth Higgins Thompson.

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TKS______________________________ M rs. W. K en t Schm id (Josephine MurrayWg! 9 Brandon Lane, Bishops Cove M fs% C T 0 6 3 !5 ^ Our condolences to the family o f Marguerite Pentlarge Strassburger. She is survived by two sisters, Caroline Dealy and Barbara Pentlarge ’41, and several nieces and nephews.:, Elizabeth Rhoades McCabe has been busy painting watercolors and acrylicsj$S“No calls from museums,” she writes, shut fun.” She and Jim Pave 10 grandchildren and three greatgrands.

M A ______________________________ Bill Mattes enjoyed reading about Parker Armstrong ’37 in the last Review magzine.

They were in Mr. Miller«; chemistry class ' together. “A book should be written about Mr. Miller,” he writes. “A fantastic teacher!”

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summer. George and Ruth D uff Eager are still in their house in Upper Montclair and Ruthie still volunteers at Mountainside Hospital.

Teppy Holton Sjolander’s motto is, “Travel while you can.” Last year she visited five countries along the Rhine aboard the Swiss • P earl This fall she did “Autumn in New EnglandH Teppy enjoys life at Kendal with good friends and many activities.

Sally Bausher Littlefield also enjoys travel.

S @ had a great trip to the Basque country in France. Later she followed the Lewis & Clark expedition along the Columbia and Snake rivers in Oregon, even getting to Hell’s Canyon. Her son, Bill Litdefield, has a new book for teenage girls, Circus in the Woods.

Ruth Russell Gray has caught me up on three years o f her travels. Last year she went to San Francisco for two weeks, then drove north through the Pacific Northwest. “Shortly after my return,” she writes, “September 11th happened and things haven’t been the same since. I guess we’re all feeling it.”

My sister-in-law, Sally Young Shertzer, welcomed her third great-grandchild in December, a boy. Please drop me a line. Peggy

Mrs. W illiam Young (Peggy K lotz) The Village a t D uxbury 2 9 0 Kingstown Way, Apt. 2 5 3 D uxbury M A 02332 Our condolences to the family o f Elisabeth Townsend McFadden. Betsy spent eleven years at Kimberley, graduated from Smith College, and married Bill McFadden. They had three children, who survive. As Bill was in Foreign Service, they spent a lot o f time abroad, and Betsy was fluent in Italian. She is alsoSrvived by two brothers, Lewis Townsend ’41 and Robert Townsend ’4 3.

I heard from Jane Rinck after my letter about Betsy’s death. She says, “Kimberley was such a good time in my life. That school was wonderful»* Last summer she had lots of company, including her family from France.

She went to Montreal with them.” Jane is busy playing the violin at an adult home orngia week, with her church that is like a family, and with her writing. She is making a collection of essays for her second book.

Charlie and Virginia Kracke Leavitt have moved from Montclair to Maine; we await their address. Jean Hamlin Noyes keeps busy in Plano, Texas, and is wonderftd about sending me news about herself and museums there.

Margaret Richards Chapman writes that Curt has finished rehab well from his ¡Stroke and walks without a cane. Their grandchildren arcf all teenagers now; they see them at Sunapee in the summer.

Janet Gaylord Newsome is getting along well in spite o f George’s death last year. A granddaughter was married on Cape Cod last

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Robert Buckalew 38 and Parker Armstrong ’3 7- shown here at reunion luncheon —discovered 59 years later that they had been a few hundredyards apart at Casablanca during WWII. “Buck" was leading troops ashorefrom the attack transportVSS Leonard Wood. Armstrong was an ensign aboard the cruiser Brooklyn, which providedfire support overheadfo r the landing. Though they are lifelongfriends, Buckalew first realized this when he read the Admiral’s biography in the fa ll Review announcing Armstrong as the 2001 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient.

38 M A ______________________________ After a time-delayed “small world” discovery of W W II proximity with an Academy friend [see pho51, Robert Buckalew dug out his scrapbook. It turns out that Buck - an ensign in the Coast Guard —received special mention for landing troops in North Africa, thenRaw service in the Pacific;'where he became a hero for rescuing a sailor flung overboard. He was promoted to lieutenant.

TKS Class agent: Mrs. Saul Serota ( Cornelia Carswell) 6891 Wilson Road, M arshall VA 2 2 1 1 5 Grace Currie Mitchell writes from Nutley, N .J. that she continues to enjoy life. This can be attributed to frequent sailings to Bermuda and visits with her son Jimmy o f Laguna Beach, Calif. Grace sends best regards to her classmates.

M A ______________________________ M r. C.R. Lyle I I 4 3 5 M ountain Rd., P.O. Box 3 9 4 Jaffrey Center N H 0 3 4 5 2 -0 3 9 4

40 TKS______________________________ M rs. A lfred D . W illiam s (Joan Bayne) 15 P iper Road, Apt. K 310 Scarborough M E 0 4 0 7 4 Our heartfelt condolences to Joan Bayne Williams on the death o f her daughter, A ice.

She writes: September 1 1th brought basic priorities — friends and families — to the forefront. Josie W att Clark’s husband, John, wrote for them both, including impressive reports o f their offspring. They celebrated the first engagement o f a grandchild (“one down, 14 to go”). Josie had a broken wrist repaired with titanium screws and plate, which hampered her tennis game But not her spirits.

Jean Downes Fisher wrote o f the joy o f family contacts. Her daughter and S-I-L are in Santa Be; other children have returned to the U.S. after stays abroad while others have had assignments in Peru and Alaska. She has many grands and a granddaughter, 2.

Red and Eleanor Foust Atchley will have been married 60 years in July. Congratulations!

They have a great-granddaughter; both son and daughter are in the school system; and all four grandchildren have master’s degrees.

Frances Johnson Ames wrote, “I cancelled my whole fall” when she came down with shingles.

Our sympathy. Bobbie Kluge Deming was on a cruise before Christmas and in January went to Mexico to visit family there.

Nancy Taylor Craw sent m e two beautiful prints o f state and national award-winning gardens created by Brielle Youth Gardeners.

Nancy has worked with these young people for several years; there are 40 or 50 who garden from April1till November. “I hope they become lifetime lovers o f flowers,” Nancy writes.

The M KA Review is widely read and there is a ripple effect that I am aware o f now that I am at Piper Shores. There are Montclair friends and friends o f friends. I hear that these

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residences are now called “LLRs’H Later Life Resorts. They are wonderful! My daughter died in October o f cancer and almost at once the Alumni Office wrote a lovely note o f sympathy. Anne Feagley Wittels ’45 had read the news in the paper in California. Notes and calls from friends all over have meant so much.

It brings comfort to have longtime relationships prove that time and distances mean very litde compared to shared memories.

I moved two days after my Allies service with my other children and grandchildren helping me get settled. Almost all are in Maine and we thoroughly enjoy being together. Please keep in touch. Baynie

M A ______________________________ Congratulations to David Jacobs, who was inducted into the Franklin & Marshall College Football Hall o f Fame. Six members o f his team returned for the ceremonies. Dave was also inducted into MKA’s Athletic Hall o f Fame for football, in 2000.

TKS______________________________ Mrs. Jam es F. C. H yde Jr. (E n id Griswold) 5 4 0 2 D u vall D rive, Bethesda M D 2 0 8 1 6 Our condolences to Barbara Pendarge on the death o f her sister, Marguerite Pendarge Strassburger ’36.

M A ______________________________ Mr. D avid B aird Jr. 9 Parkway, M ontclair N J 0 7 042 Many thanks to David Baird for his efforts to rally the troops for a 60th reunion and for quiet dinner arrangements at Montclair G olf Club. Thanks also to Howard Dodd for enthusiasm and following up. The report is,; the reunion was such fun, classmates hope for a 65th!

Our condolences to Lewis Townsend on the death o f his sister, Elisabeth Townsend McFadden ’37.

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M r. R ichard L , Charlesw orth 121 Cherry B rook Rd., Weston M A 02193

Mrs. Robinson V. Sm ith (Joan Trim ble) 1 6 M arshall Terrace, Waylan d M A 01W18 From Helen Jones Gordon: “Had a wonderful alumni gathering at my house last spring; fun to see so many old friends. Am still spending January to May in Southern Pines but back in New Jersey the rest o f the year.”

Audrey Gates Bonney’s immortal story of saving her frozen pet chicken through C PR became the basis o f a T V special on PBS in July, “The Natural History o f the Chicken,” about the birds and people who love them.

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John Vail, a plain-spoken math teacher from Vermont, on taking over study hall would say, “All right, that was the bell. Sit down and shut up!” Mr. Vail’s worst experience was when he got married and went to see Dr. Head, the headmaster and notable skinflint, about getting a possible raise, to wla|s| Dr. Head replied, “That’s your fauldSIli Teacher Howard Parker told the Class o f *%\ at their 50th reunion that he made more money one week in the army than teaching all year at MA. Pay was terrible in those days, $600-$800 a year plus room and board, for teaching, coaching, and looking after boarding students. '

43 TKS______________________________ M iss Lu cile G. M ason 1 42 N orth M ountain Ave. M ontclair N J 0 7042 Congratulations to Bill and Mary Johnson Addison, who celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2000. They have lived in the same house their whole married life, and have seven children, ten grandsons, and four granddaughters —all married to the same spouses. Mary is very thankful for her life and for the good start in “one o f the smallest classes in the history o f Kimberley.’! ,.j

M A ______________________________ Mr. R ichard R. Angus 3 8 H inchm an Avenue, D enville N J 0 7 8 3 4

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Roger and Rudd Trimble Kenvin are still traveling. Their latest book, M agellan M oon -M about their around-the-world trip by ship last year - willjMj.published in April. While “home” in New Hampshire, Rudd fo u n d ^ H stock certificate for the Literary Casde in the Brookside library, 1936. The certificate®- and Rudds description o f the system —is now back in the Brookside library.

She noted that the seventh grade ran the lending library then; second grade the school post office; third took care o f the pony, Ginger; and the fifth and sixth grades ran the school store.

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Class o f1941, 60th reunion: David Baird, Howard Dodd, Lewis Townsend, Ann Townsend, Charles Holmes. Seated: Bob Buckalew 38, Patty Boyd Buckalew, Carl Eisen.

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writes, “We boys again outdid the Kimberley Class o f ’45 in attendance at the 55th re u n io i* Our sixtieth will be in ’05. It really was fun at our fiftieth when we |@|lla big gang there. And leel have s o n s news.

IK S______________________________ Joan Denney Carlisle writes o f traveling to Hilton Head in October for Rob’s college mini­ reunion. There they saw John ’40 and Pat Youngman Ames. “She seemed in good spirits and spoke o f coming to her next big reunion at M KA,” Joan says, sorry tcf have missed the Kimberley 55th at the last minute.

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Sixty years later, a boy who had been shipped out o f Britain for safety during the Blitz returned to the school in America that was his home for two years. Philip Morgan Cheek, who attended Montclair Academy as a wartime evacuee, attended the 55th reunion o f the Class o f 1946 in the company o f his old school pal.

Cheek wrote afterward, “The New York City experience was somber, smokey, and revealing so soon after the events o f September 1 1th, and I was able to compare the effect on people with that of Londoners’ in 1940 when I’d commenced at Montclair Academy. Returning to Britain in 1942 aboard my father’s ship and soon to begin a sea career myself, both the school and Americans had, by then, left an indelible impression o f kindness, generosity and concern.”

Captain Philip Morgan Cheek, though he calls London home, is usually in the South Seas piloting merchanmships. He and Tina and Bill Brown have collaborated on a screenplay based on the true story o f Cheek’s towing a hotel from an atoll .to New Zealand. Bill and Tina are also working with Larry Gatlin on the book o f a new musical, The Texas Flyer.

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Many thanks to Peter Lawrence for his efforts g§ rally the troops.

Mrs. Stanley M iller (Frances Lane) 4 6 2 S W 2 7 th Ave., D elray B each F L 3 3 4 4 5

M rs. D avid H annegan (Louise Rudd) 4 9 Canterbury Lane, L akev ille C T 0 6 0 3 9 w eezieh@ m sn.com

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Dick and Jane Lockwood Scovil “enjoy life on the ranch” in Florida. She still rides, but no longer gives lessons or trail rides. Jane is active in the renovation o f their church, now on the national historical registry, and with the local humane society. She invites classmates to visit.

Richard Hehmeyer sent recollections o f Mr. Monson, “the complete Latin teacher,” which were incorporated with other alumni reminiscence|';|see Class o f ’41 notes).

Class agent: Mrs. R ichard Lew is (Audrey M aass) 4551 N orth Shore Blvd. N , Apt. 8 0 4 N aples F L 3 3 9 4 0 Edith Hoisington Miller’s son Joel married a fellow jazz musician-composer in 2001. Her husband Michael’s composition, A Peace Cantata, was premiered with him at piano and her in chorus. They celebrate their 40th anniversary this year.

M A _ ___________________________ M r. Rudolph D eetjen Jr. 1 7 K ing’s Cove Lane, Brooksville M E 0 4 6 1 7 Class agent: Mr. Ja y B itting 2 9 9 R iver Edge D r., Chatham N ] 07928

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Our condolences to the family o f Eugene E Miltenberger. He leaves three daughters and five grandchildren.

Many thanks to reunion chair extraordinaire Gail Robertson Marentette and to gracious local hosts Ted and Miriam Eustis Irwin.

Gail’s report: Our fiftieth class reunion went very well. Fourteen o f us came. More would have been there but due to previous commitments and fear o f terrorism, we were fewer than usual. We made up a yearbook with an information sheet on each classmate; people also wrote about memories o f school days, an important life event, or “bio” synopsis.

Attendees were: Jane Gassaway Bonner, Tom and Judy Frost Costikyan, Baxter and Julia Smith Gentry, Gerrie Lockerty Hendricks, Ted and Miriam Eustis Irwin, Jim and Pat Overton Lee, Gail Robertson Marentette, Dave and Joan Jacobus Miller, Johnny and Franny Hedges Parsons, Joan Spinning, Jack and Nancy Jones Trescot, Bob and Suzie Bailey Twyford, Nancy Ehrhardt W hite, Nick and Ruth Ransom Wilson. We heard from Betsy Smith Bergquist, June Crowe Cronquist, Linda Herbert, Anne LaBastille, Brownie Cleves Lewis, and Polly Fawcett Redfield.

The Millers, Twyfords and Wilsons stayed with the Irwins in Essex Fells. Miriam and Ted had a wonderful dinner party Friday night, and Dave Buchanan attended. We all had a marvelous time catching up. The husbands ’ have all become good friends over the years and have as good a time as we do.

Class o f1946, 55th reunion: Florence Johnson Jacobson, Connie Ritchie DuHamel, Philip Cheek, Bill Brown),, Tina Brown. Seated: guests Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner 70, Tom Ifgrschner, reunion chairman Peter Lawrence, Barbara Lawrence.

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The next morning we went to see what is now the Middle School on Valley Road. It has changed so with new buildings, etc. that we hardly recognized it. We continued on to the luncheon at Lloyd Road. Lots o f people, beautiful weather, dpicious food and what fun to be the feted class. We presented a check for teachers’ salary endowment to Dr. Greer.

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Academy Class o f1951, 50th reunion: Scott Bartlett, reunion chairman Mark Hanschka, Ezma Hanschka, Bob Lieder. Seated: John Barlow, Anne Barlow, Ann and Lee Beard.

Missingfrom photo: Richard Lambom.

Then came the most fun o f all. We had called Katharine Gibbs to see if we could come for a visit in the afternoon. Eleven o f us went to see where we had spent so many happy years. We looked at the front office where we had spent much time waiting to see Mrs. Mason or Miss Gallie. The auditorium looked smaller. We saw every classroom on every floor, even looking at the attic and basement where the gym and lunchroom were. What wonderfiil memories o f very happy days!

O n Saturday evening we had cocktails at Bill and Pat Kolbe’s house (Patricia Lam bom ’44).

W hat good friends they were to do this. Then it was on to the Montclair G olf Club for dinner and dancing for some.

Sunday morning, a few gathered at the Irwins’.

Joan Spinning had a bad leg and ended up in the Englewood Hospital. She was operated on and is healing. We look forward to our next reunion and, in the meantime, will see each other and stay in touch. G ail Linda Herbert regretted that she couldn’t attend reunion; she would be flying to New England for Thanksgiving and didn’t want to fly twice from California. Linda went to Costa Rica last January.

M A ______________________________ Mr. Ernest F. Keer II I 459 Club Drive, P.O. Box 1030 Bay H ead N J 08742 Many thanks to reunion chairman Mark Hanschka and to local hosts Liz and Scott Bartlett for their hard work and enthusiasm that resulted in a terrific reunion.

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Kimberley Class o f1951, 50th reunion: Jane Gassaway Bonner, Gerrie Lockerty Hendricks, Joan .Spinning, Suzanne Bailey Twyford, Nancy PrescottJones, Nancy Ehrhardt White, reunion chairman Gail Robertson Marentette, Pat Overton Lee, Frances Hedges Pa sons. Seated: Miriam Eustis Irwin, Julia Smith Gentry, Judy Frost Costikyan, Ruth Ransom Wilson, Joai Jacobus Miller.

Class agent: Mrs. Jam es Donnell (Barbara PendletonJriP 9468 No. Florence Rd., Pittsburgh PA 15237 Phyllis Lockwood Hull writes from Florida that their youngest son, Travis, and his wife are proud parents o f daughter Tess Irene. '“Her brother Travis Jr. loves her sooo much. Pres and I now have four grands to love and all three o f our children live in St. Augustine. We are blessed.”

Fay Taft Fawcett’s daughter Ashley ’85 was married in October in Boston; her sister Pam Fawcett Hynes ’87 was matron o f honor. Fay and Ned had a reunion with Bob and Jane Redfield Forsberg, Anne Dwyer Milne, and Susan Sanders at Jane’s summer home in Maine in October.

Re: the photo o f Brookside children that appeared in the spring 2001 Review. Stearly Ailing confirms that it is she and Daphne Driver [McGill] in the photo. She thinks the boy in the lower left corner is Ed Clapp and the girl with the ribbon in her hair is Susan Sanders. (What a great memory!)

M A ______________________________ Class agent: Mr. Charles Sage 435 Welch Avenue, Ames LA 5001-^ R Alexander Kulik retired as VP at Citigroup last January; his wife Hermine also retired, so they are free to travel between New Jersey, Florida, and St. Michael, Austria. Their daughter Susan is deputy Attorney General for the state o f New Jersey, and son Thomas is also an attorney, in Dallas, Texas.

Arthur “Terry” W ing retired in March ’99.

He and his wife Joan volunteer as “Beau” and “Peep” with the Rockland, N.Y. “Clowns ‘R Us” and with the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center in Nyack. “Old age is not for sissies,” he writes. “Retirement is busy time.” They are dealing with two mothers who are still, at 94 and 90, doing okay - although in Massachusetts and Florida - and require time.

Art islhoping to see old friends at reunion.

Put October 19 on your calendar in ink and begin working out.

TKS. Patricia Eddy Ford writes that life is busy and full. Andy has two children in Portland, Ore. Doug sees the world’s trouble spots as a lawyer for Physicians for Human Rights, and Je ff is a counselor in the Sun Valley, Idaho school district.

Dave and Sally Maxson Jones travel a flmt and still spend winters in Florida. She sees Stephanie Miller Gray there frequently and occasionally Suzette Armitage W hiting when she visits.

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Our condolences to the family o f Peters Lindsay. Peter and his wife, Lois, who died last year, particularly enjoyed their retirement in rural Maine. He leaves two daughters and a new grandson.

Our heartfelt condolences to Connie and Neil Lindeman, who lost their son-in-law at the World Trade Center on 9/11. He leases his wife and three little children.

54 TKS______________________________ Ms. Georgia Carrington 38 Silver Spring Lane, Ridgefield C T 068',p| pj carrgeo @aol. com Theijighlight o f the fall was a 65th birthday party held at the Montclair G olf Club to which members o f the Academy, Montclair Highland Kimberley classes were invited. It was a super turnout with 50 people and their spouses; I think over 20 were from Kimberley. It was wonderful to see Jackie Kaveny Cestone, Barbara Hobart Valbuena, Nell Fisk Hamlen, Dorie Krebs Barnard, Pat Taylor Stabler,

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Pixie Cole Pendergast, Anne Van Vleck Webb, Adrienne Onderdonk Dudden, Marian Miller Castell as well as all the New § ® 1 1 residents® number o f whom were involved in the planning. Anne Aeschlimann Adye sen! a nice note, unable to come at the last minute.

CY Mann Treene opened her home to the women on Saturday afternoon so we c ffld all E t c h up, and others brought old yearbooks and photos, which made for some good chuckles and fond rem em brances Everyone seems to be busy:. t||yelin||Pworking, babysitting, struggling with what we used to do in half ihe time!

Pat and her husband are really into the horse “business, 'Biding daily it seems; Tookie (Adrienriel) is busy with all her freelance graphic arts and keeping track o f daughter Alexis who c o n tiiffS to make all proud with her accomplishments in Far Eastern fields and climes. Lynn Towner D o d d ’s daughter had her first baby arrive early, for which Lynn headed west. Jackie has become a golf fanatic.

D ick and Maree Callahan Currey were unable to join H as' he had some serious surgery. We are hoping both he and Maree will be healthy this year and that we will Ipetthem, the 50th. John and Janet Cook Phillips and I had been to a mini-reuni&b&p£ Qur Vassar class in C h arl^ H i in October; what a fabulous weekend, with entrance into a number of homes and museums not alwaysjijl||jible to

toufis^^H Many o f us continue to play tennis, paddle, golf, and we all volunteer in ,our communities, giving bjigk what we can - particularly after the events, o f the fall. I look for lots o f news from the rest o f y ® . Georgia Lois Dawn Ramhurst Ballman writes, “The y summer o f 2001 was a wonderful adventure in Ireland. I was able to explore my heritage” ►* Their daughter and her husband accompanied them. Felicity Fergusson Morse loves living on Hhpe Cod full time. She still travels a lot-.irt.

Her mother, age 96, died in November after a long and good life.

Our condolences to the family o f Margaret McLean DeVincentis. E t taught in Virginia schools? for years, and leaves her husband (josephfjseven children, and five grands.

TICS______________________________ M rs. Susie Forstm ann Kealy 5 5 0 N . Kingsbury, Apt. 603, Chicago IL 6 0610 Class agent: M iss C arol Turtle 1 3300 Indian Rocks Rd., #505 Largo FL 3 3 7 7 4 -2 0 0 9

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John and Jane Crawford Lyons celebrated their 20th anniversary with a cruise to Alaska.

Most o f their children live in Florida; Toby and Ann adopted three children and then in June had a son, George.

Bob and Betsy Hasbrouck Cole enjoyed having dinner with Peter and Gail Zabriskie Wilson last fall. The Wilsons are in the process o f moving into a condo.

Our spn Scott, who lives and works in Lower Manhattan, is still seeking balance after the attack. We spent Christmas with Sabrina, David, Mika, 2, and Max (born in October) in California. We celebrated our 40th with a Mediterranean cruise. It’s amazing the waves o f history that have washed over the area. Lin da

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We had Csmall but spirited representation at our 45th reunion in October. Janko and Carol Van Brunt Rasic, Janet Rodman Koskoff, Anne King Franges, Bob and Nancy Prescott Ward, and Larry and I enjoyed the activities put on by the school.

Nancy and Bob visited Australia, then spent a month driving across the U .S., connecting with friends —including Nicole dejurenev.

Daughter Vicky and Raoul are thriving in Maine; Jen and James are planning an October wedding; Rob now resides in Maryland.

Carol and Janko are pleased with Tim’s engagement; he works with Janko in his architecture firm. Lynn has enjoyed working with former Mayor Guiliani. Bart and Henny Nelson Skeen spent most o f the summer on Martha’s Vineyard and Christmas with Peter and family in Roanoke. The grandsons are six and seven.

Lilia Emetaz McDonald stays busy in Oregon with committees o f the League o f Women Voters, the Junior League, the U. o f Oregon’s “Daisy Ducks,” a spirit support group, and the local hospital. Lilia keeps up with her swimming and now a litde granddaughter, Kaidlyn.

Class agent: Dr. Larry N azarian 2 9 Surrey Place, P en field N Y 1 4 5 2 6 Our condolences to Richard Hobbins on the death o f hlsjbrother, Thomas ’57.

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M A ______________________________ Class secretary an d agent: Dr. E dw ard T. O’B rien Jr. 3 3 7 6 F em c liff Lane, C learw ater F L 36421 eobl0 7 2 7 2 0 @ aol. com Our condolences to the family o f Thomas E. Hobbins. Tom was a physician in Baltimore, active in social causes, including the prevention o f gun violence and teen smoking, and the promotion o f health care for all. He leaves his t; wife, Jen; a daughter; a son; and brothers Richard ’56 and James ’60.

M A _________________________________ Class agent: M r. Sheldon Buck jp|jC ornell Rd., Wellesley M A 02 1 8 1 -7 4 0 8 George Kramer and hiflson Larry ’78 are working with Paul Kramer ‘56 and hiwson Robert ’8iftas E arn er Family builders. They are currently converting The Mill at Main Street, Litde Falls, into 4 l condominium units.

They arC: Miso building several homes in Montclair.

KimberkfCMss o f1956, 45th reunion: CiftplVan Brunt Rasic, Janko Rasic, Linda mnlell Smith, Lawther Smith. Seated: Janet Rodman Koskoff, Anne King Franges.

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M ore th an a Gam e The MKA Alumni Office received copies o f legendary Academy coach Edwin Van Brunt’s scrapbook last summer. Among the articles was a writeup o f the 1954 Essex County B asketball Tournament. The Academy’s first 5 S 5 win over Irvington Tech was classic —an d so were the sidelines. “It was our wish that we could have had a m ovie camera to film the bench antics o f Coach Van Brunt... [reads the clipping!. But the biggest kick fo r fan s cam e when the Academy’s cheerleaders —you w ill recall that the Academy is strictly a boys’ school - took to the floor. Some o f the fan s started waving handkerchief, but let me tell you, the crowd applauded vigorously once those ‘brave’ lads started.. .§§ Cheerleader Law rence N azarian ’5 6, now an em inent pediatrician, recalls the time: That year MA had an exceptionally fine basketball team, which got into the Essex

58 TKS______________________________ Mrs. Judson Breslin (Wendy Worsley) 4 4 L ake D rive, M ountain L akes N J 0 7 0 4 6 Nancy Adams Scherer is “alive and kicking in the Stuart (Fla.) area about eight months a year, active in tennis and golf.” She saw Mary Anne Lawrence Decker last October and reports she and Mel are busy as ever in New York State.

Helen DuBois Veltkamp loves Texas, particularly the warmth all winter, but notes that some radio and T V stations: are voicing “extreme opposition” to H arry Potter, which they label witchcraft and Satan worship.

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County Tournament, and thus came the question, “What do we do about cheerleaders?”

The girls from Kimberley volunteered, but Frederick Hackett, our headmaster, said adamantly, “Were a boys’ school and we will have male cheerleaders?’1' 1” So we hastily put together this group o f five sacrificial lambs, who practiced for a couple of weeks.»! was a skinny bespectacled dwarf, Bob Brolli and Frank Stamato were roly-poly, Larry Martin was just an ordinary-looking guy, and I don’t remember John Ferguson. To make matters worse, our uniform consisted of white shirts, maroon ties, and gray flannel pants. We were the classic nerds, dweebs, and to o ^ ffi When we walked out onto the floor of that huge gym at Seton Hall, I almost died. There was this humongous roaring crowd. They started waving their handkerchiefs, and we all

medical field at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, and the Kessler Institute in Verona; the second as a state licensed instructor o f real estate law and mortgage in Florida. They are enjoying retirement in Boynton Beach.

M A _________________________________ Mr. M ichael B aker 10 H ighland D r., N orth C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6

TKS_____________________________ Glass agent: M rs. M ary A nne Doty 2 1 Ju n ip er D rive, Queensbury N Y 1 2 8 0 4 John and Alison Kern Stitzer are busy being retired. They have two Border Collies and horses. Daughter Leigh is at Guilford College.

M A _________________________________ Mr. George A Bleyle 2 2 5 9 W eir D rive, Hudson O H 4'4236t$\ orion@gu>is. com

wanted to shrink into the floorboards. Then from the sidelines came the cheerleaders from South Side, Newark. They were incredib|g«| beautiful girls, built, to perfection, and moved like poetry. They got behind us and in five minutes had learned the cheers it had taken us weeks to get down. That is what really brought down the crowd. When MA won the game, we shared in the glory o f the team.

Our second game was against South Side, who wiped up the floor with us and went on to win the tournament. This time, their cheerleaders cheered against us. But we had acquired enough confidence to go out and make fools of ourselves a second tim e.v ' That was one o f those delightfully weird experiences that don’t happen too often in a person’s life. I’m sure there are a lot of lessons there, but I haven’t stopped to figure them out.

61 TK S_________________________________ Ms. C hristine K eller 1702 Church Street, Galveston T X 7 7 5 5 0 Class agent: M rs. Suzanne Scanned H ardy 2 2 9 W oodside Ave., W inthrop M A 0 2152 Pat Harrison Case, Mina Lund Davis, and Beth Reilly Garifalos returned for a small but wonderful reunion. “We three had a special time,” Mina wrote, “a trip none o f us will forget. It was years since we had been back and been together. We’re so glad we did it!

Kimberley made a lifelong impression on all its students and a trip down memory lane goes a long way in understanding whsiwe are today.”

Pat wrote, “We were ^disappointed that no one else came. We were very happy to visit Buck Coursen.H She is busy with real estate in Port Charlotte, Fla., and singing with the Sweet Adelines. Her chorus, “Spirit o f the Gulf,” is competing at International Competition next November.

Ms. Jarv is Reilly N olan 1 5612 Via M archena, San D iego CA 9 2 1 2 8 jarvisn o @ aol. com Marianne Doran Steinhacker retired in December as dean o f mathematics and professional studies at the U. o f Maine, Augusta. She reports that her sister, Brewer Doran ’72, is a dean at Lasell College in Newton, Mass. “Sister deans!”* Prentice and Barbara Bowen Skibiski celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary last May. They have two grown children, Kip and Adrienne, and two grandchildren, Megan and Patrick. Bobbi had two careers: the first in the Class o f1961, 40th reunion: Stephen O’N eill, Fraser O’N eill, Willa Lewis, Fred Lewis.

Seated: Beth Reilly Garifalos, Pat Harrison Case, Mina Lund Davis.

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Sarah Mahler Henderson writes that they have returned to'the U.S. after two-plus years in Berlin. It was a great experience, but they are glad to be back in their housjpon Marthas Vineyard and close to their five grandchildren.

M A ______________________________ Mr. D av id L. Bruck .12 P ond View Lane, Titusville N J 0 8 560 Fred Lewis and Stephen O’Neill represented the class at reunion. They look great and wonder about everyone else.

Ellen Curtin lives in San Diego and serves as .assistant superintendent o f the National School District.

From an “X ” o f the class, Ronde Kneip Bradley: “I left Kimberley in 9th grade but have many fond memories and would like to get back in contact with a number o f people, notably Sari Gombos McLaughlin [Ed.: lost in alumni records]. I am in Huntington Bay, Long Island, working in sales for John Wiley Publishers. I have b e S in documentaries and publishing all my working life, which seems endless but very conducive to raising two young ladies||p§Vift»z

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M rs. W illiam E. C raw ford (Francine O norati) Jl2 1 B eacon Street, Boston M A 02115

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63 TKS___________________________ Ms. Sharon Livesey 81 G rand $1, #5, N ew York N Y 10013

M A ___________________________ Mr. Bronson Van Wyck A rrow head Farm s, Tuckerman A R 7 2 473 Class agent: Mr. A rthur a* Gurtman 11 Sunset D rive, N orth C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6

64 TKS______________________________ Mrs. Frank H ennem an (Lynn R itter) 3 9 2 0 M anners Way, U nit 321 Cortez F L 3 4 2 1 5 lynn. hennem an @unisys. com Class agent: Ms. A rdath B lauvelt P.O. Box 733, H ollis N H 0 3 0 4 9

M A ______________________________ H on. Joh n S feld on D iam on d Cove, Gr. D iam on d Islan d M E 0 4109 Class agent: M r. Peter C. M ayer 133 W oodjield R oad Washington Township N J 0 7 675

Mr. D. C arter F itzpatrick 4 9 B ell R ock P laza, Sedona A Z 86351 Class agent: Mr. C raig Cam eron 11 Bay P oint D rive, O rm ond B each FL 3 2 1 7 4 William Peters wrote from Maine, updating his news. “After MA I attended the U. of Maine at Orono, wandered o ff course for awhile, then picked up a business degree at Husson College ten years later. I entered the real estate field and ended up at H U D [U.S. Dept, o f Housing and Urban Development]. I was transferred to Vermont for 10 years, then returned to the Bangor area where. I have been for the last three years.”

Craig Cameron’s firm - Cameron, Hodges, Coleman P.A. —has grown to offices in Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, Orlando, Ocala, and Leesburg, Fla. Blake Traendly is a well-established contractor in Vermont, building high-end homes. He has enjoyed raising five children on a 35-acre homestead in a rural environment.

I've written a legal self-help book, Auto Claim s W ithout Attorneys, after nearly 25 years in the practice o f law. I would look forward to net­ working with M KA alumni in publishing, legal, or- insurance fields who could assist in marketing. Carter

Our condolences to Janies McComb Hayward on the death ollisis mother.

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Our condolences to the family o f Stephen R. Swift. Stephen achieved renown for his innovative handcrafted furniture, inspired by the simplicity and functionality o f Shaker tradition'*jA n article about him appeared in.;,, Esquire magazine in 1983. Stephen also founded Nantucket Game Birds, which provided free range and smoked game birds to New England restaurants; Yankee M agazine did a piece on this in a “Great New England Cooks” series [November 1987]. He leaves his wife, two sons, a brother, aster, and mother.

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Mrs. Jam es W right (Susan D eBevoise) 1 Tuck D rive, H anover N H 0 3755 susan. w right@ dartm outh. edu

Class agent: M r. Craig Perry 3 4 6 7 Pinestream Road, A tlanta GA 3 0 3 2 7

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Ms. M argot Escott 5 1 3 6 fo b b le Creek C ourt #101 N aples FL 3 4 1 1 0 escott@ naples.net

TKS______________________________ Ms. A vie C laire K alker 10 Knolls Road, W illiam stown M A 0 1 2 6 7 akalker@ aol. com Angela Steggles Neviuss two boys are now 14 and 12. They enjoy living in Pennsylvania.

She heard from Shelley Brightman Runyan ’69. “We love visitors, so drop by!”

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69 TKS______________________________ Mrs. Charles G ildea (Lynn E hrhardt) 4 6 E. Saddle R iver Rd., Saddle R iver N J 07458 Shelley Brightman Runyan moved to Durango, Colo., in August to take a job at Fort Lewis College teaching Information Literacy and running the circulation department at Reed Library. “It’s great to be back out west!”

Her oldest son, Scott, was married in Maui last fall, and her younger son, Michael, is a junior af Michigan State.

M A_____________________ Dr. E dw ard A. Griggs Jr. 3 2 Courseville Road, B ronxville N Y 10708 Learned at Alumni Phonathon: Charles Levin's oldest son, Josh, is a senior at Harvard; his youngest, Dan, is ten. Charles is president o f Pathfinder Consulting Group.

Kevin Gosner checked back in with MKA during a Web search for an old friend. He is an associate professor o f history at the U. of Arizona in Tucson. He SSjmarried to Margaret Regan, and they have two children, Linda, 17 and W ill, 14.

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Class agent: Mr. Guy D ella Penna 141 Ogden St,, Sarasota EL 3 4 2 4 2

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Ms. Leslie Bryan 8 4 4 E ast M om ingside D rive, N E A tlanta GA 3 0 3 2 4 lbryan@ dsckd.com

Many thanks to reunion chairman Robert Hoonhout, who rallied a great group to return and reminisce.

Ms. Susan R ead 3 8 College Circle, Staunton VA 2 2 4 0 T 2 3 7 e£ 9 davick@ intelos. net

Class agent: Ms. K im K olbe 3 8 K ent Dr., R oseland N J 07068

Condolences to John Brandow on the death ofj his father.

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Bruce Pastorini caught us up on happenings in his life. He graduated from Lafayette College with a B.A. in history, then served on active duty in the Army from 1975-82 as intelligence officer and Special Forces. He and his wife, Susan, have five children —Tira, Lisa, Brian, Daniel, and foster daughter Jenny.

Bruce earned a B.S. in civil engineering from U. Mass in 1987 and has worked as a structural and construction engineer ever since.®! have responded to many disasters, including Loma Prieta earthquake, Hurricane Andrew, ’93 floods, Northridge ER, and most recendy was attached to Urban Search & Rescue task force for W T C . Retired after 24 years o f AD, ||SA R, ARNG in 1999.” They live in Jacksonville, Fla.

Mr. V. Jam es Castiglia 5701 B erkshire Valley Rd., RO. Box 3 11 O ak Ridge N J 0 7438 Class agent: Mr. G arret Roosma 1 2 1 7 5 Upper H eather Ave. N , Hugo M N 5 5 0 3 8

TKS______________________________ Ms. Jan is M oorhouse 12 Presidio #2, M ill Valley CA 04941 Welcome to new class scribe Janis Moorhouse.

“Though I have not communicated well with the Alumni Office since my graduation,” writes Alison Anderson Draper, “I always enjoy reading news o f my classmates. Since I left Kimberley,® have had a wonderful career teaching English all over the country. My husband, John, and I have three children Jennifer, 33; Douglas, 30: and Chris, 16. Most recently I have completedHwith a Crystal Springs Uplands School colleague —Volume 2 o f Poetry in Three D im ensions, an anthology intended primarily for middle school students.

I had a great visit with Marlena Heydenreich last summer.”

Dorothy Davis, Ex o f the class, attended reunion hoping to reconnect with old friends.

She is manager o f the Goodwill Ambassador Programme at the United Nations in NYC.

72 TKS______________________________ 30th REUNION O CTO BER 19, 2 0 0 2 Class agent: Ms. K ate Curtin Lindsey 1 2 6 3 0 Three Sisters Road, Potom ac M D 2 0 8 5 4

M A ______________________________ Class agent: M r. P eter Perretti 8 6 E ast B racebridge Circle The W oodlands T X 7 7382

M A_____________________________ Mr. Gregory Lackey 138 Paupukkew is Trail M edford L akes N J 0 8055 Class agent: Mr. Rudy Schlobohm 7 8 M ontclair Ave., M ontclair N J 0 7 042

74 TKS______________________________ Class agent: Ms. E rin C uffe C rauford 102 Buckingham R d Upper M ontclair N J 07043 Seton Daly Beckwith, with sisters Elise and Phyllis (“the Daly Sisters”), performed a holiday concert to benefit a firehouse in NYC. They did a variety o f songs, from Medieval Latin polyphonic a capella pieces to doo-wop.

Soprano Barbara Bonney gave a master class for amateur singers at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, in February.

MA._____________________ ■________ J M r. Rudolph Schlobohm 7 8 M ontclair Jive., M ontclair N J 0 7 0 4 2 rudy@thecastlecom pany.com Ben Thompson is a psychotherapist/behavioral health consultant in Northampton, Mass.

75 Class agent: Mr. P au l Z ukerberg 1901 W yomingJkve. N W # 75 W ashington D C 2 0 0 0 9 Malcolm Halls oldest daughter, Madison, is a sophomore at Westminster School, Conn, (a classmate, he notes, o f Bill Mauke III, son o f Bill Mauke). Daughter Chelsea is i i S t h grade, and the newest addition, Malcolm III, just turned 2. Malcolm and Christine “are having a great time in Darien, Conn. Great to hear Rudy S. on the phone (ahem!).”

Giovanni (John) Campanile is a cardiologist in practice with the Montclair Cardiology Group. After training he was cardiologist for former President George Bush Sr.! His two children are at MKA: Daniel, a junior, and Francesca in 7th grade.

Academy Class o f1971, 30th reunion: Faculty member Ken Gibson, Robert Benigno, Tony Vitale, G oeffClose. Seated: John Guttman, Bruce Downsbrough, chairman Robert Hoonhout.

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Class o f1976, 25th reunion: Margaret Crowther, M ichael Rosenberg, Penelope Wood Kulko, Sara Close Crowther, Hank Fandel. Seated: faculty member Judy Nesbit, Greg Mancusi-Ungaro, Hilary Hoffman Fandel.

76 M rs. P au l M cFeeley (Laurie H oonhout) 2 3 8 Devon Road, &jpc Fells N J 07021 W lass agent: Dr. Charles R ead 1 9 1 8 N . D an iel St., Arlingsp'riMA i(2BMl Many thanks to insider/reunion chairman Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley, who led the inspiration for reunion attendance. Thanks also to helpers Sara Close Crowther, Bill Dioguardi, and Chip Read. A grand thank you to Dave Hughes for a great party Friday night. Lauries report: The weekend was terrific and exceeded Pauls and»Hiy expectations in everyway. Hughes’&im Friday was great fun; his cooking is still firstrate and his home is made for entertaining.

Let me begitS&Ssaying Warren Waters and his lovely wife Lisa were in attendance. The usual j p&nfeets gatheredHt Daves with some surrounding-year alums like Alex Adams, Sue Cole Furlong, Joe Ciccolini, and Jo e Sullivan adding to the laughs. Ken Gibson, Judy Nesbit, and the Rabkes brought the faculty touch.

Saturday was a spectacular fall day. The luncheon was delicious and MKA won the football game on the newly renovated field. It really looked good (very green for a change).

At lunch and dinner,, 7,6ers represented were Lisa Aufzien, Greg Mancusi-Ungaro, Brad Scott, Sue Stanton, Sara Close Crowther, Frances Mills Wonnell, Ana Rincon Gold, , Billy Dioguardi, Ray Knox, Chris Cooper, Roy Gates Perham III, Penelope Wood Kulko, Liz Bruns Johnson, Marina Adams, Michael Rosenberg, Hilary Hoffman Fandel, Chip Read, Ray Swan, Rob Pariseau, those fun McFeeleys, John Urga, Eric Schwarz, and Margaret Crowther. Many spouses came and I think they S|fenjoyed themselves as well.

After dinner at Montclair G olf Club, we danced to the D J like 7 0 s disco fans and laughed until we cried; it trulywas like we were in a time warp. (Ray Knox had me in stitches.)

We drank toasts to all who couldn’t be with us.

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Class o f1976: Paul McFeeley, Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley 76, Rob Pariseau, faculty member Robert Sinner, Roy Perham, Chip Read. Seated: Susan Stanton, Lisa Aufzien, Brad Scott, Sadie Pariseau.

wanted the evening to end. I can’t tell you how proud I am to count the members o f 7 6 as my very dear friends for life. Please try to make our 30th; you will not be disappointed. L au rie Other news: M att Troxell is a portfolio manager with A EW Capital’s real estate sector fund. His daughters are Julia, 5, and Chloe,. 2, ?

Janet Nagel Scheel, albeit absent from reunion,«nonetheless thought o f M KA and sent vintage memorabilia to the Alumni Office, including an Academy cheerleading uniform.

It may be on display at next fall’s Homecoming.

25th REUNION O CTO BER 19, 2 0 0 2 M r. Andrew Pedersen 2 2 6 F air H aven Rd., F air H aven N J, 0 7 7 0 4 Class agent: Mr. R obert H ubsm ith 1 6 Warren Road, M aplew ood N J 0 7 0 4 0 Host Jonathan Grevatt s Sunday night music show on Q 1 04.3, “Out o f the Box,” has dominated its Sunday night tim eslot and is ranked #1. The program showcases up-andcoming rock bands and undiscovered artists.

Rick Jenkins learned at phonathon that Beverley Hall Hildebrand had another family crisis. Bev fell o ff a horse in September, suffered head damage and had to be airlifted to Billings, Mont. She is recuperating at home in Sheridan, Wy. and is coming along well.

Bill Transue wrote a poignant tribute to the personal ties many alumni have to the World Trade Center, having watched it go up. When he returned to the East Coast from Washington State in November, he visited ground zero. He also saw Peter and Heath Betke Shelby, Larry Kramer, and Peter Van Leer and reports them in good health. Bill, his wife, Nancy, and two boys - Russell, 11, and Jack, 8 - live on Bainbridge Island across Puget Sound from Seattle. He is Entrepreneur in Residence with Frazier Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm. Before that, Bill was a lead architect in building Amazon.com’s logistics infrastructure (“a far cry from my passion o f working for railroads”).

Peter Scialli checked in to MKA via the Website, after contacting Lori W indolf Crispo via Classmates (lo, the wonders o f the Web).

Peter is a clirtfcM!psychologist in Virginia. He does much consulting work in northern California. He and his wife, Robin, have a daughter, 7, and son, 4.

Congratulations to Sue Cole Furlong, who was named chief operating officer and president o f D V C Group, as well as a member o f D V C Worldwide’s Operating Board. The company uses behavioral marketing for marketing, communications, and technology solutions. Sue has more than 19 years o f advertising and promotions experience. She is a member o f the Alumni Council and her daughter Erin is in fourth grade at MKA.

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78 Ms. P am ela Zeug 2 5 0 M ercer Sm C 418, N ew York N Y 1 0012 Mr. Law rence Garrigan 6103 Ox Bottom M anor D rive Tallahassee FL 3 2 3 1 2 Class agent: Ms. Ja n e Lugaric B urkhard 2 9 9 %fir°wn Road, K entfield, CA 9 4 9 0 4

Lori W indolf Crispo 7 8 was at a booth at the U.S. Lacrosse Convention irjH Philadelphia in January and spotted Laura Bartlett ’81, whom she recognized from Camp Nyoda and MKA days twenty-odd years ago. Lori’s firm insures sports teams and Laura is a coach and laX official in Virginia.

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79 Dr. Joh n B rink 1 2 9 0 Beech Valley Rd., A tlanta GA 3 0 3 0 6 Mrs. Carlos O rtiz (Shawn M ahieu) 2 1 6 3 G ilbride Rd., M artinsville N J 0 8 8 3 6 Our condolences to Anita Sims Rainford on the death o f her sister, Myrna. Anita is now mom to her teenage nephew Kenny.

Andrea Meschkow left her gallery in Piermont, N.Y. to pursue her artwork in Glendale, Ariz.

She also does custom work, mosdy paintings o f pets.

An “Ex” o f the class, Janet Jochem —who attended Kimberley 5th through 8th grade and graduated from M H S - met Headmaster Peter Greer in MaineSast summer by chance. She enjoyed reading M KA magazines and seeing copies o f the ’79 graduation photos. Janet is now dean o f students, chair o f the science department, and biology teacher at Wooster School, a small, private K -12 school in Danbury, Cpnn. She has been there 11 years and is married to the athletic director. They have two daughters, Kate, 5, and Jamie, 3. Her mother still lives in Montclair.

80 Class secretary an d class agent; M ary L. Cole, Esq. 1 Ferrous Court, Chester N J 0 7 9 3 0 m arycolel2@ hotm ail. com Apparendy everyone was too busy celebrating the big 4-0 to send news. We want to know what’s up. M ary

8 Class agent: Ms. H yla Ames B auer 2 4 0 E ast 8 2n d Street, Apt. 7 J N ew York N Y 10028 Many, many thanks to reunion chairmen Margaret Johnson and Steve Chambers for

rallying a great group. It was fun, and everyone looks terrific - see p h o to sl^ Congratulations to Boris and Hyla Ames Bauer on the birth o f Liesel in January. She is named after Boris’ grandmother^ who raised him.

Pam Berkowsky and family have moved to the Virgin Islands, where her husband, Adam Shapiro, is heading the E N T practice for the islands. After setding in, Pam will work in international business there.

82 20th REUNION O CTO BER 19, 2 0 0 2 Ms. Cheryl M cCants 7 3 0 N orthw est N atio Pkw y; U nit E 2 4 P ortland OR 9 7 2 0 9 Mr. Thom as Robbins 6 B radford Terrace, N ewtown Square PA 19073 Janine Garland, now on the Alumni Council, garnered the following news at Alumni Phonathon: Peter Gibson has four kids, the youngest o f whom is 3; they had just celebrated the son’s 10th birthday. Beth Cherashore Schlager is doing well in Boston and also has four children. In addition to her work as a systems analyst, Janine has a serious extracurricular interest - ballroom dancing competition.

Richard and Jennifer Rosenblatt Galgano welcomed son Dylan in May. He joins sister Taylor, almost 4. Jen works part time, as a psychotherapist; they live-in Pennington, N.J. Michael Eisner, Susan, Matdjew (7) and Emma (4) moved to Neshanic Station, N .J. and love living in the country. Michael has joined Avaya in Basking Ridge, where he manages their employees’ pension and saving plans’ assets.

Samantha Free, who attended Kimberley/MKA from kindergarten through 7th grade, stopped by the Alumni Office in October. She is a meteorologist with an offshore engineering firm and lives in London.

84 Class secretary an d class agent: M rs. Jen n ifer Jon es Ladda 110 Glen R ock Road, C edar Grove N J 0 7 0091 Our condolences to Bob and Alison Thomas Cottingham on the death o f Alison’s father, and to Dorothy Stark Orzech on the dteath o f her father.

After working part time for several years (“two kids ages 4 and 6 ”), M aria Rabb moved back to Budapest, Hungary, where she will work for a World Wide Fund for Nature project dealing with Europe’s national parks.

Ms. Amy Felber 2 8 4 1 Sacram ento St., 301 San Francisco CA 9 4 1 1 5 Ms. M aureen Towers N atkin 5 Riverview Road, Irvington N Y 10533 m otowers@ aol. com Class agent: Mr. W alter J . D avis 6 6 O akw ood D r., N ew Providence N J 0 7 9 7 4 davisteam @home. com

Tracey Adams is director o f community outreach and media relations at American Social Health Assn, in Durham, N.C.

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Dennis Goldstein and his wife moved back to Montclair two years ago and since then have

Class o f1981, 20th reunion: Adam Shapiro holding Benjamin; Pam Berkowsky, Joanne Wallace, Janis Joseph, Roseanne Pennella, guest Sean Heyas. Seated: Heidi Ames Bauer, Dede Swanson Montgomery, Laura Reisch Itzkowitz, Howard Itzkowitz.

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welcomed son Ryan, almost 2 , and his twin sisters, Devin and Sara, 3 'months (Decemb^Q. Katie and Toby Bizub have “almost twingl^H The Bizub boys: Thomas III was 16 months when John was born in October.

Class o f1981, 20th reunion: Jeremy Wood, Juris Blodnieks, faculty members John Rabke and George Hrab, Vanessa Newman. Seated: reunion chairman MargaretJohnson, Ken Smith, James Habron, David Newman.

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M r. Jeffrey Schackner 2 2 0 1't ;6 5 th St., Apt. 7M , N ew York, N Y 10021 Ms. A lexis Polonofsky Zebrow ski 3 3 Glen Road, Verona N J 0 1 0 4 4 Best wishe®. to Donald and Ashley Fawcett Greene, who were married in October-in Boston. Ashley’s sister Pam Fawcett Hynes S jw a s matron o f honor; Michelle Kessler Sanders was the most glamorous person o f the Vogue editorial staff pictured in the Sunday 9/9 N ew York Times M agazine, Michelle is Accessories Director.

Karen Ladenheim-Martos is in her 12th year oaB B ing.'’1She is currently 22nd in the nation in Division I Fencing. Her team took second place at the U.S. Nationals (“We test to the Olympic team —talk about exciting!”).

Karen has started her own fencing club called The Sport Fencing Center in Richmond, Calif.

Congratulations to Patti McConnell and her husband, Barry LoGuidice, on the birth o f their baby, Stella, in August. Doug Polizzi is general manager o f the Alliances and International department o f Delta Airlines, Adanta, Ga. Rosie Ahkami W hitworth is a dermatologist practicin^in Livingston and Warren. Her husband, Je ff Whitworth, is also a dermatologist and they are expecting their first child in May.

Ms. Sherry A hkam i 4 3 8 6 N orth Talmadge D rive San D iego CA $ 2 1 1 6 Ms. Jen n ifer Remington K nodel 2 4 W akefield P lace C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 jenniferrem ington @chubb. com 8pw'ass agent: M r. D am on Z eigler 40 3 T hird St., O akdale PA 1 5 0 7 1-1250

MKA is deeply saddened by the loss of Frederick Rimmele on September 11.

Fredericg| a beloved general practice physician in Marblehead) Mass., was en route to a medicajl convention in the plane that hit W T C 2. [See In Memoriam article.].* His mother wrote to MKA that Fred always said MKA had given him a solid foundation on which to build his future.

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Nancy Castro, Ph.D. is a professor o f English at the gpjg&f IllinoisgUrbana.

Ms. Susan B artlett R ankin 4 5 4 0 51st Ave. N E, Seattle WA 9 8 1 0 5 srankin@ m icrosoJt. com

Congratulations to Sherry Ahkami and her husband, Kam Raiszadeh, on the birth of Sophie Charlotte, born in February 2001. They live in San Diego.

Class agent: M r. A lec Schw artz 4 6 Plym outh Road, Springfield PA 1 9 0 6 4 alec@cm cservices. com

After a 3-year hiatus in Vancouver, B.C., Canada to earn an M.Div. at Regent College, Paul Voltmer and family are returning to Salzburg, Austria. They will assist a church in leadership and in developing support groups for men and women who have been sexually abused.

Many thanks to James Petretti for his years as class scribe. He passes' on the pen/mouse to Susan Bardett Rankin, who is the source o f much o f the news in this column.

Our heartfelt condolences to Karen Rimmele Connors on the death o f her brother, Frederick ’86, in the tragedies o f September 11th.

Our condolences also to Craig Stark on the death o f his father.

15th REUNION O CTO BER 19, 2 0 0 2 Mr. D ennis Rodano 1 4 W ayland D rive, Verona N J 07052 Class agent: Ms. A ndrea Schackner 1 0 M arkham Circle, E nglew ood N J 07631 In 1988, Joanne Pundyk Goldberg left her job as a labor and employment lawyer to earn a master’s in education at NYU. Since graduation she has been working as a history teacher at Livingston High School. (“I am working hard to give my students the kind o f history education that I got from the late, great Mr. Hemmeter.”) Joanne is married and has a daughter, Allison (“Allie”), almost 3.

Patrick and Meg Allen Coyle are in Evanston, 111., where Pat is attending Kellogg for an MBA. Their baby Olivia joined Liam, 2, in

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Class o f 1986915th reunion: John Rubin, Mary Louise Neary Rubin, guest, Corey Weinstein, Mario LaCorte and Riley Minster. Seatedfiformerfaculty member Rene Amirata, PaulAmirata 81, Matt Sellers, Kelly Iverson Selleril x'r

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Glenn Cademartori and his wife started their own business, Imports o f Italy.com, a Web site importing business. Frank Blesso took a “snowbatical” to go snowboarding in France last winter.

Best wishes to our newlyweds. Melissa and Kevin Silen had a beautiful fall wedding in Vermont in late September. Kevin’s sister Christine Silen (in fourth grade at MKA) was a junior bridesmaid. Mark Sapienza was best man; Dave McGrath and Karen Rimmele Connors attended.

Richard and Wendy D arner Pursell had a Christmas-themed wedding, then honeymooned in Hawaii and cruised on the Disney M agic o ff Florida. Rich’s children were in the wedding party; Meridith Dorner Gansler ’90 and Kurt Goldstein ’87 attended.

Best wishes also to Michael Moon and Lisa Kang on their wedding. They sent no details.

Congratulations to Lori and Charles Sorkin on the birth o f daughter Emily Elizabeth in June, to Andrew and Jill Tobia Sorger on the birth o f son Maxwell Lawrence (Max) in December, and to Felicia and Josh Holtz on the birth o f son Jaden in December. The

Class o f1986, 15th reunion: Carlo Porcaro, Adrienne Amirata Porcaro, Robert and Valerie Cordover Katz, Michelle and David Schwartzbdrd. Seated: Saul and Jodi Schneider Scherl, Craig and Elyse Decker Fenerty.

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Class o f1986, 15th reunion: Amy and Damon Zeigler, faculty member George Hrab, Sandy Hrab Naumenko. Seated: Michelle and Peter Silver.

Holtzes have moved to Montclair.

Andrew and Lauren Charlton Niebuhr were expecting Baby #2 in March and report that big brother Jake is excited. M arta Branca Malloy, her husband, and daughter, Morrigan, live in Arizona.

Melissa Maddox Barnes is a special instructor with the Early Intervention Program, Cobb County, in Adanta, Ga. Bill and T J Von Ohlen Neumunz Davidson have a new house in Santa Cruz, Calif, and were expecting their first child. Cindy Noah practices as a licensed therapist in Manhattan and spends much time in upstate New York where she rides and trains horses.

Coley Gray works for the Population Program o f the Packard Foundation in California, which gives grants to non-profits working on family planning and reproductive health issues. Coley earned an M.P.H. in matérnal and child health and international health plus a masters in public policy from U.Cal/Berkeley last year. s This is in addition to an M A . (African studies) and B.A. from Yale!

After a San Francisco wedding two years ago, Marc and Susan Bartlett Rankin relocated to a suburb o f Seattle, Laurelhurst, overlooking Lake Washington and M t. Rainier. They both work at Microsoft, where she is global offerings manager, creating global services offerings for their enterprise customers.

Ms. Suellen B izub 2 4 7 West 87th St., 6D, N ew York N Y 10024. | Mr. Louis Lessig 141 Thunder Circle, Bensalem PA 1 9020 Class agent: M r. Josh Raym ond 2 1 3 Vista D rive, C edar Knolls N J 0 7 9 2 7 Best wishes to MKA couple Mark Strobeck and Lauren Napolitano Strobeck ’92. They live in Philadelphia, where Dr. Mark is a cardiologist and Lauren is working on a doctorate in clinical psychology.

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Hannah Carson ’89, Elizabeth Crowell ’89, Jenn Russell ‘89, Alison Raymond *9zfjosh Raymond '89, and Lisa Ward ‘89x reunited at a Make-A-Wish Foundation fundraiser in December.

Best wishes also to Nilie Pajoohi and Hossein Ekrami on their wedding. They were married in the historic town o f Rockleigh, N .J. with Donna Zanjanian in the wedding party and Erin Koenen attending. Nilie and a partner have their own law firm in NYC specializing in immigration law.

Congratulations to Clint and Robin Press Fischer on the birth o f Aidan Clay in July, and to Shane and Elizabeth Webster Twomey on the birth o f Patrick Timothy in August.

Melissa Kemlitz performed in the play B ad Ju ju at the Greenwich Street Theatre in NYC in October. The play was developed by the Happy Accident Theater Company.

Jeremy Kruger is working on a masters in environmental law at Vermont Law School.

He spent eight years in New Mexico as a firefighter with the Forest Service, including two years serving in the elite “Hotshots” group that worked on fires in Los Alamos, Yellowstone, Nevada, and the Black Hillsgpi; Louis Lessig and Meredith Frimpter were engaged at the Magic Kingdom and will be married there in October. They are both attorneys and graduates o f Muhlenberg College. Louis reports that they, Jenn Russell, Josh Raymond, and Kate Hnatow Richard ‘90 attended the christening o f Michael Hnatow’s second daughter, Ashley, in October.

Charry Godwin does broadcasts and produces for the international communications firm Fleishman Hillard Inti, in NYC. Journalist Daniel Murphy spoke at the Asian Society, NYC, in December on the Indonesian political situation, and was heard on N PR’s “All Things Considered” in January. Dan is considered the expert on terrorism in Southeast Asia; instead o f relocating him to South America as planned, the Christian Science M onitor gave him an assignment in the Philippines.

Anya Buenger is in her ninth year o f working for Merrill Lynch in NYC, doing communications for the chairman the past three. “I still can’t believe what happened on

September j|l and feel very fortunate to come away from it safely. I used to see Craig Lilore on my train in the mornings.” Anya was at MKA picking up an application for a friend’s son: “It was nice to walk in the front door and see Mrs. Elliot!”

Ralph Amirata is an Essex County Assistant Prosecutor.

Jenn Russell works in Fairfield as director o f marketing and operations for her family firm, American Specialty Equipment. She has been volunteering as a Wish Granter for the Essex Co. chapter o f the Make-A-Wish Foundation for two years, and got several MKA friends together for a jazz brunch fundraiser (see photo).

Hannah Carson is back in New Jersey, working in admissions for (boo) DwightEnglewood. Meredith Fisher left NYC for Los Angeles in January; she lives in West Hollywood.

Ms. L orelei M uenster Lm uensterl QPyahoo.com Class agent: Ms. Regina C hi Clancy 3 3 9 West 88th St., #9, N ew York N Y 1 0 0 2 4 Our heartfelt condolences to the family o f Craig Lilore, and to his classmates who lost a wonderful friend in the tragedy o f the Twin Towers. M arty Torjussen and Bryan Lonsinger gave moving speeches at the funeral.

There was a fundraiser at Tierneys the weekend o f Thanksgiving to benefit the memori||trust fund for the education o f Craig’s infant son.

Approximately 140 people showed, a mix o f Craig’s friends and his family’s. The MKA contingent included Bryan and Fay O’Neill Lonsinger, James Petretti ’88, M arc ’86 and Jason Spiotta ’88, Peter ’86 and Anthony Michelotti ’85, M arty Torjussen, Chris Destefano, Sean Smith ’87, Jim Garino ’88, Todd Van Siclen ’88, Peter DeCandia ’89, Dennis Rodano ’87, and the entire Charlton family.

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ClaigoS S ^l. 10th reunion: guest Mark Politan, Jackie Kearney Bladeck, Venu Angara, Ranjeev Krishana, Michael Kramer. Seated: Jessica Lemer, Lance Lieberman, Jason Late, Gene Mazo. ~ Belated l|est wishes to Kristen and Shane Mahieu on their wedding. Shane works as a broker with Prudential Securities in Albany and they m s o n Lake George. H ew in his sixth year in thé volunteefrire s e r v i t ahdmmtinues powerboat racing and snowmobiling.

Best wisHBs also to Michael and Eden Digirolamo Olesin. Danielle BergamoAlviggi was a bridesmaid and Patrick Greco attended the wedding. The Olesins live in Connecticut, where Eden is: the export/credit manager for American Natural Soda Ash Corp. in Westport.

Congratulations to Bryan and Fay O ’Neill Lonsinger on the birth o f Margaret Alyce (Maggie) in November.

Ellen Gilson Voth is a high school chofal director in C.ollegeville, Pa. and freelances on piano and organ. She also teach^piano at " Haverford College. Steven Most is a graduate student at Harvard. Heather W hite has moved to the London office o f the N.Y. law firm Paul Weiss.

Cheryl Rizzo is associate producer for the Martin/Stein Co. in Studio S t y , 1Calif. Laura Gilman also works in the L.A. area, as VP and controller o f Digital Coast Partners.

Class o f 1991, 10th reunion: guest Anna Gusarov, James Mozzanti, guest M att Letts, Brooke Sullivan, Nicole Pruess. Seated: Stephanie Decker, Amy Custode, Gena Kusseluk Scotto, Vandna Narang.

Class agent: M r. Lu ke Sarsfield 2 7 5 Greenwich Street, Apt. 8M N ew York N Y 1 0 0 0 7

psychology at the U. o f Michigan. Enrique received a master’s in psychology from Penn State U. in August.

Many thanks to reunion chairman Joseph Fiordaliso for rallying a great group to reunion. There was particular joy to see Christina Kim, who had a m iraculo® escape on 9/11.,She climbed down 80-odd floors from a W T C tower and woke up in the hospital.

Congratulations and best wishes to our newlyweds: MKA couple Mark Strobeck ’89 and Lauren Napolitano Strobeck had a July wedding. She is studying clinical psychology at Widener University, Philadelphia; Mark is in the department o f cardiology at U. Penn.

Congratulations to Camilla Galesi, who was admitted to thq New York bar and had an article published in the Jou rn al o f Bankruptcy Law a n d Practice.

Ryan Young is a product manager in the interactive selling suite (ISS) group with Siebel Systems, aSftw are company, in San Francisco.

Ian Ross, also in San Francisco, works as an associateln urban design with Freedman Tung & Bottomley. * j Teek Bhatia (aka Blake), seen at reunion, is president o f his own firm, New York Technology Partners (in Jersey City).

Our heartfelt condolences to Thomas Johnson on the loss o f his brother Scott ’93 on 9/11.

Our condoletiges also to Seth Abbey on the death o f his father last June.

Meredith McGowan is engaged to Mark ZengoJxiS Krishna Vallabhaneni is attorney-advisor in the corporate tax division o f the 1RS in Washington, D .C. After graduating from Jo h S H o p k in s, he was involved in national politics, then graduated from George Washington Law School in 2000 and received an L.L.M . in taxation from N YU in 2001.

Our condolences to Michael Gurtman on t h S death o f his father.

Ms. D ara M arm on 1 2 7 East 3 0 th Street, ISA , N ew York N Y 1001 ¡¡¡¡¡l telldjm.@'âpl. com

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92 10TH REUNION O CTO BER 19, 2 0 0 2 Mr. E nrique N eblett 2 7 8 0 Internation al D rive # 522C Ypsilanti M I 4 8 1 9 7 eneblett@ yahoo. com Ms. Tam ar S afer R adfar 1 14th Street #807, H oboken N J 07030 'fEutss agent: Ms. A nne M arie Verdiramo 2 8 0 4 Second Street SW #118 Rochester M N 5 5 9 0 2

Peter and Stacey Honstedt Polanskyj were married in August. Stacey, who graduated from Colgate U ., is a consultant for the global strategy division o f I.B.M . in Cranford, NY. Jeffrey and Melissa Roedel Johnson were married in a small ceremony in Anguilla in the BVI last April. „Dr. Melissa, who graduated from Duke and Eastern Virginia Medical School, is in the department o f radiology of Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, Del. The St. Regis, NYC, was the setting for the wedding o f Scott Weiner and Sara Wolk in January. Scott, who graduated from Johns Hopkins, is a VP at Lehman Brothers, specializing in commercial mortgages.

Stacy Robin Meranus is managing partner with ¿Publications & Services in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The M ontclair Tim es did a lengthy article on the summer internship program set up by Keshia Johnson, community justice coordinator o f the Essex County Prosecutors Office. Keshia, who has an M.P.H. from the U. Michigan, develops programs to help strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the community-at-large. Her five-week internship program involved the activities o f the prosecutors office and weeks spent with the local Police Department, the State Police Training Academy, and a mock trial.

Many, many thanks to Enrique Neblett for his long and articulate tour as class secretary. He wishes to pass on the pen (or the mouse), as he has begun work on a Ph.D. in clinical

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Ms. Renee M onteyne 10 Lookout P oint Trail Totowa Borough N J 07512^.1 Mr. B rian Wecht 3 8 9 T D M iram ar St., L a Jo lla CA 9 2 0 3 7

Nancy Nugent, who earned a B.A. in criminal justice and communications from Caldwell College, is a private investigator, specializing in insurance fraud. She reports that Brendan and Joanna Andriopoulos Perez live in Budd Lake and have a young baby. Joanna teaches dance at Raritan Community College.

MKA couple: Melissa Arcoleo is engaged to John Bell ’93. They will be married in November in New Orleans, Melissa’s . birthplace.

Ed. note: Apologies to Melissa Auriemma for the typo o f her fiance’sjname in the last issue.

It is John Heffernon.

Alexis Lury is a second-year associate in the litigation department at W inton & Strawn, NYC. She lives in Manhattan.

Class agent: Mr. D am ien Vena 2 4 0 E ast 2 7 th St;. # 4B N ew York N Y 1 0 0 1 6 venad@ yahoo. com Our heartfelt condolences to the family of Scott Johnson, and to his classmates who lost a dear friend in the terrible tragedy o f September 11. Eric Kusseluk gave moving and thoughtful reminiscences at the memorial service. The class has established The Scott M. Johnson Memorial Award at MKA, to be given at Awards Night to the senior who best represents Scott’s warm, generous, and welcoming spirit.

Condolences also to Staci Robin Gurtman on the death o f her father.

Congratulations and best wishes to our newlyweds. Matthew and Suzanne Jacobson Kirsch were married at the St. Regis Hotel in NYC. They met at Yale, and Suzanne earned a master’s in English education at Columbia.

She teaches English at the Ardsley (N.Y.) Middle School.

Alexandra and Jason Pogorelec also met at college. They both graduated from Princeton magna cum laude, and Jason earned a law degree m cl from Boston College. He is an associate at Ropes & Gray in Boston.

John Bell and Melissa Arcoleo ’94 met at MKA! They were engaged in October and will be married in November 2002.

Daniel Lieb'is' a first-year Ph.D. student at Duke University’s Fuqua Business School. He likes the area a lot, “and I say that having spent the past four years in the Bay area.”

Brian W echt is in his fourth year working toward a Ph.D. in string theory (a branch of theoretical physics) at Univ. California San Diego. He hopes to finish in six years total.

Brian had a lengthy fellowship at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara.

Ms. R ita Papaleo 31 Fem w ood Terrace, N utley N J 0 7 110 ritapap @ aol. com

N ewsweek published an essay by Jordan Lite entided, “Please Ask Me W ho, Not ‘W hat,’ I Am” in its “My Turn” column (July 16, 2001).

The piece was about the annoyance o f being pre-judged by one’s ethnicity instead o f one’s self. The credit noted that Jordan had worked in Ghana as an AIDS educator.

Eva Gabel is working in NYC at the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a non-profit organization that administers the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. She has been in their development department for over a year.

Ms. M onica Fernand 7 Josephein Ave., Som erville RÍA 0 2 1 4 4 Ms. D ana Fiordaliso 63 8 Independence Ave. SE A pt 2 Washington D C 2 0 0 0 3 dana_Jiordaliso@ labor.senate.gov Class agent: Mr. Jason A w erdick 2 1 5 E ast 95th St. #296, N ew York N Y 10128 Ben Roth graduated from Stanford Law School with distinction in June, joined the corporate department o f Lipton, Rosen & Katz, NYC, and was admitted to the New York Bar in January 2002.

Jaime Bedrin lives in Charlotte, N .C ., where she ls: a reporter for a public radio station and NPR-affiliate. Stephen Del Collo works as a graphic designer/artist at Cornell University.

He also freelances.

Class agent: M r. M atthew D rukker 4 0 0 E. 57th ST., #15C, New York N Y 1 0022

Karen Lawton is leadership development coordinator at Hands On Atlanta, a non-profit whose mission ||to build community through service and civic engagement. Karen helped create a leadership forum, coordinates the citizen academy, and helps coordinate the Martin,Luther King Jr. three-day service summit (last year they engaged 3,000 people).

After graduating from N YU in 1999, Karen lived in Ireland and traveled in the U.S. and abroad, then decided to try life in the South.

Exchange student Andreas Haag wrote to Dr. Greer after 9/11, expressing his condolences.

He graduated from Gymnasium in 1998, majoring in English and German literature, with summer internships with chemical, transport, and brokerage companies. He attended the Berlin Business School for Banking, graduated this year, and works on the trading floor in Munich for HypoVereinsbank AG. Andreas founded a club called Res Bavariae, which supports Bavarian culture, old traditions|; and disadvantaged people. He still proudly wears his MKA shorts!

Class o f 1996, 5th reunion: Stephen Little, Jessica Bruder, Michael Reiter, Erica Hirsch, Courtney Boshart, Lori Eeinsilvpr, Liz Mangum, Susan Pellecchia, M alini Sahu, Debbie Haight, Brandy Padilla. Second row: Shauna Wreschner.

Seated: guest, Alex Voinov, Josh. Lite, Kevin Levine-Flandrup, Larissa Lury, Lee Vartan.

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Class secretary a n d agent: Ms. Jen n ifer F in k 2 2 5 West 8 3 rd St., Apt. 1 1 0 N ew York N Y 1 0 0 1 7

M asks, Sphinx, Identity Epigraphy -1 | - 1: EPIGRAPH S,

Ms. M elissa Schlachter 3 2 Larsen Lane, Lincoln P ark N J 0 7 035

IN SC R IP T IO N S 2 : T h e study o f inscriptions; esp: the deciphering o f andent inscriptions.

Emily O ’Dell’s interest in words and meanings is revealed in two seemingly disparate talents: creative writing and Egyptology. She majored in both at Brown University and won honors for both. Emily is fluent in many languages: Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian (hieroglyphics), Late Egyptian, Hieratic, Coptic, French, Italian, and German. She is learning Arabic and Indonesian. She is also an MFA candidate at Brown’s graduate playwriting program.

At the same time she was studying ancient cultures, Emily pursued modern traditions.

This February, the Perishable Theatre in Providence, R.I. mounted the world premier o f her play, The French R evolution: P art D eux W(a new jersey play), a social satire she wrote in response to an assignment by her professor, Pulitzer Prize Winner Paula Vogel. The dark comedy is based on the absurd premise that Paris unexpectedly falls into the Garden State and the French move in. In writing it, Emily was inspired by the saga o f the Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez; “The issue o f identity became pivotal,” she says. “To what is our identity attached? Location? Family?

Tradition? To investigate the politics/ ,1r, constructed-ness o f identity, I thought: why not take this to its logical extreme?., . The play allowed me to experiment with how different cultures navigate around or through one another for better and for w orse.S^ Emily’s play W hat the Eunuch Saw received a New York reading and was performed in Providence in February. Last year, she wrote and performedH solo - her play Z elda. (She directed, produced,' or performed in a long list o f productions at Brown.) Emily is now working with director Isaac Hurwitz and

96 Ms. Tanya Barnes 7 M elrose Place, M ontclair N J 0 7042 tbam es@ fas. harvard, edu Ms. D ebbie H aight 11 5 D eW itt Ave., B elleville N J 0 7109 deh27@ colum bia. edu

Our heartfelt condolences to Margaret Johnson on the death o f her brother Scott ’93 in the tragedies o f 9/11.

Devasena Vallabhaneni is an analyst with Société Generale in NYC. Congratulations to Emily O ’Dell on her graduation awards, honors in Egyptology and playwriting from Brown U., and for the great positive press on her plays.

Emily O’D ell ’9 7 emergingfrom a Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. Emily —a notedplaywright, director, and Egyptologist:- was an epigrapher three yearsfor the Brown University Epigraphic Survey. This winter she helped excavate the western cemetery o f Giza. She says Egypt ■ with its bazaars, traditions, religjon - “is disorienting, like The English Patient, only better. ”

composer Benjamin Toth in New York City on a musical about Robert Moses, “the man who made New York what it is today through his vast public works projects.”

Though she always had an interest in Egypt, Emily was not active in theater at MKA. She was editor o f Stylus literary magazine and an athlete. She was first-team All-State in softball and tennis - invited to the Women’s Softball Nationals in 1996 and V)9W - atKi a swimmer. She studied ballet for 12 years, modern dance for two.

In college she continued with intramural softball and basketball. She also picked up the Javanese gamelan, playing in Brown’s Gamelan Ensemble (“35 instruments, gongs to drums”). In addition to Egyptology, Emily’s focus has been on non-western theater, shadow puppets, masks —and, she says, “the everyday theater o f our lives.”

Alexander Voinov is completing his sixth and final year o f his Doctor o f Pharmacy program at the Philadelphia College o f Pharmacy. He did a clinical rotation at Novartis Pharmaceuticals in New Jersey and spent the last four summers as a lifeguard in Ocean Beach. He was engaged last summer with wedding set for July.

Jill Rodburg works-as an H R specialist fo ^ | Converium North America in lower ‘ Manhattan.

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Frank Lawatsch is finishing his senior year at the U. New Hampshire with a major in psychology. He will spe^d the summer in Latin America, then work a year before pursuing an advanced degree.

Good luck to all ’98 alumni who are graduating from college this year!

Neuroscience, NASA, and Our Alum Parag Butala ’98, in his senior year at Brown, is a neuroscience major in the University’s eight-year medical program.

He is one o f eight Brown undergraduates chosen to conduct neuroscience experiments at NASA in Houston. Parag’s photo was in P opular Science magazine, in January he appeared on the PBS program L ife 3 60, and in May he will present at the Aerospace Medical Association’s conference in Montreal.

MKA faculty member George Hrab (“lucky to have Parag for freshman chemistry and advanced biology”) says Parag was an unbelievable student in all areas. “In his senior year he took up the flute because he wanted to learn something about music, and so became a member of the band.”

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.Class agent: M r. L ee Vartan 2 5 B Avon St., Cam bridge M A 0 2138 pU m kaol. com .Jwas n icefe se e so many classmates back for reunion.

98 Class secretary an d agent: Ms. Gem m a G iantom asi 5 Kensington PL, R oseland N J 0 7060

97 5th REUNION O CTO BER 19, 2 0 0 2 Ms. Jen n ifer P latt 9 0 4 Pom pton Ave., C edar Grove N J 0 7009

Ms. Alison P latt 9 0 4 Pom pton Jkue., C edar Grove N J 0 7 0 0 9 Class agent: M r. A lex H olz 9 9 2 Valley Road, Franklin L akes N J 0741^ ^ k Everyone was too busy studying or spending junior year abroad to send news.'

Class Notes • Spring 2 0 0 2

Marriages Mr. Joh n G arippa 3 0 Wayside Place, M ontclair N J 0 7042 oceanhut@ aol. com

Ashley Fawcett and Donald Greene

O ctober 2 7 , 2001

Wendy Dorner and Richard Pursell

November 30, 2001

1988

Kevin Silen and Melissa Powers

September 29, 2001

1989

Nilie Pajoohi and Hossein Ekrami

O ctober 19, 2001

1989, 1992

M ark Strobeck and Lauren Napolitanc

July 1 2 0 0 1

1990

Eden Digirolamo and M ichael Olesin

July 2 8 , 2 0 0 0

1990

Shane M ahieu and Kristen Roberts

August 14, 2 0 0 0

Stacey Honstedt and Peter Polanskyj

August 18, 2001

1985 1988

Ms. A nna Labow sky 5 H ighview Court, Wayne N J 0 7 470 anna. labow sky@ yale. edu Class agent: Ms. Ashley G riffin 5 5 Afterglow Ave., M ontclair N J 07042 Daniel Albert has transferred to the U. o f Delaware.

Fran de la Torre played club field hockey at U. Penn last fall. She ran into Rahfee Barber ’98 one day in South Philly.

■■1992 1992

Melissa Roedel and Jeffrey Johnson

April 28, 2001

1992

Scott W einer and Sara W olk

January 19/ 2002

1993

Suzanne Jacobson and M atthew Kirsch

July 28, 2 0 0 1

1993

Jason Pogorelec and Alexandra Stumm

August 4, 2001

1928

Joseph Ward Doremus

M ay 16, 2001

1931

Gertrude Bradley Jenkins

September 18, 2001

1933

W. R. Vardy Laing

January 5, 2 0 0 2 ;

1935 1936

Elizabeth Higgins Thom pson

November 20, 2001

Marguerite Pentlarge Strassburger

November 2 7 , 2001

1937

Elizabeth Townsend McFadden

September 13, 2001

1947

Eugene F. Miltenberger

M ay 2001

1953 1954

Peters Lindsay

Decem ber 2 0 , 2001

Margaret M cLean DeVincentis

M ay 12, 2001

In M emorial» Ms. D an a Pisacane 3 Finley Lane, Wayne N J 0 7 470 Peter Benigno dropped by the Alumni Office and reported that he loves Pepperdine U.; he sees the Pacific Ocean as he walks out the door and there is a major celebrity sighting every day. The culture is different from the East Coast, he observes.

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Thom as E. Hobbins

September 2 3 , 2001

Sandy Petrou, aka Said L atif

January 2001

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Stephen R. Swift

November 28, 2001

1986

Frederick C . Rimmele

September 11, 2001

Contact:

1990

Craig D . Lilore

September 11, 2001

lmcfeeley@montclairkimberley.org

1993

Scott M . Johnson

September 11, 2001

Remember to use MKA’s Career Services —now called AlumnetMfor career advice and networking as you look for internships and jobs.

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Alum ni Association Council Ballot Election for Alumni Council members will be held at the Annual Meeting o f the MKA Alumni Association on May 6, 2002. 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 N J 07042.

Upon election o f the proposed slate o f nominees*, the Alumni Council for 2002-2003 will consist o f the following: T E R M E X P IR IN G 2 0 0 3 Lisa S. Aufzien ‘76 Richard G . Jenkins ‘7 7 India Hayes Larrier ‘80 Dara Marmon ‘91 Mark McGowan ‘85 Joshua H . Raymond ‘89 Patricia Shean Worthington ‘74

T E R M EX P IR IN G 2004 Toby J. Bizub ‘83 Daniel Carson ‘83 Robert Cottingham Jr. ‘84 Susan Cole Furlong ‘78 Janine Garland ‘82 Eric F.S. Pai ‘79 M artin Torjussen ‘90

T E R M E X P IR IN G 2 0 0 5 : Dana M . T. Cestone ‘79 Erin Cuffe Crawford ‘74 Lawrence Duca ‘79 Alex Joerger ‘96 Alec P. Schwartz ‘88 Keshia Trotman ‘92

A D V ISO R Y Lori W indolf Crispo ‘78 Martha Bonsai Day ‘74 Kristine Hatzenbuhler O ’C onnor ‘83 J. Dean Paolucci ‘73

The following persons presendy on the Alumni Council have been nominated to serve as officers o f the Alumni Association for 2002-2003. These officers will be elected by the Alumni Council at its annual meeting on May 6, 2002: President.................................... Patricia Shean Worthington ‘74 Executive Vice President............................ Joshua Raymond ‘89 Vice President......................................... Susan Cole Furlong ‘78

Secretary Treasurer

India Hayes Larrier ‘80 . . Alec P. Schwartz ‘88

The undersigned hereby appoints Lori W indolf Crispo 7 8 . Proxy to vote FO R AGAINST_____ the election o f the proposed members o f The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Council at the annual meeting to be held May 6, 2002 as set forth in the spring issue o f the M KA Review magazine.

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Class N otes • Spring 2 0 0 2

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M K A Bulletin Board Alumni Dates To Remember March 6

Career Day Night W ith the Devils Alumni Reception in

April 12 April 20 M ay 2 M ay 4 M ay 11 June 18 O ctober 19

Greenwich, Connecticut Senior Breakfast Athletic Hall o f Fame Black Alumni Network Initiative Softball Game Alumni G o lf & Tennis Outing Homecoming 2 0 0 2

Reunions for classes ending in 2 and Wm

A ttention Alum ni Authors M K A has a growing Alumni Collection in the Avery Barras Library o f the Upper School. Donations o f books written by or about alumni are welcome, particularly if they are inscribed to the schoofjgA special bookplate, “G ift o f the Author,” is inserted. Please contact the Alumni O ffice at 973/ 746-9800, write to M K A Alumni Office', 201 Valley Road, M ontclair N J 0 7 0 4 2 , o r llr n a iM j caustin @ m ontclairkim berley. org

Advice! Internships! Jobs!

It's Alu m net Alumnet, formerly known as the Office o f Career Services, serves as a liaison between recent alumni and established alumni, parents, faculty, and friends o f the school.

To make Alumnet work for you, or if you are willing to offer career advice or opportunities, please call, write, or e-mail Laurie McFeeley at 973/509-7939 or at lm cfeeley@ m ontclairkim berley. org

Presentations! Slide Shows!

Discussions!

Any alumni, parents, or friends o f the school interested in bringing their enthusiasm and expertise into the classroom at any o f the three MKA campuses should contact the Bank of Community Resources. Faculty will then use this bank to supplement their own teaching in a particular unit. Long distance learning is even possible.

Enhance student learning and get involved at theBij|room level all at once. Your participation is encouraged and appreciated.

Contact: Joan Brennan Monico at iW.3/509-4594 or at jm on ico @ m ontclairkim berley. org

MKA Chairs Wonderful gifts or graduation presents!

MKA chairs are antique black with maple arms and bear the official M KA IffiEHn gold.

Each chair sells for $260; a rocking chair version is available for $300. Please add $30 for shipping and handling. Your order must be accompanied by a check made payable to The Montclair Kimberley Academy. Send to: T heSS Alumni Office, MKA, 201 Valley Road, Montclair N J 07042

T h a n k Y ou T h a n k you to these new class secretaries fo r volunteering:

1946 William B. Grant 1988 Susan Bartlett Rankin (If your class has no secretary, why not volunteer? Call the Alumni Office at 973/746-9800 for further information.)

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Class Notes • Spring 2 0 0 2

■ C ommunity “I am very grateful for the wonderful education I received at MKA,” writes Karen Boyle ’81, “the commitment, the friendship o f the faculty and all the opportunities MKA made possible. But even more special are several strong friendships that endure to this day.” Karen attended Kimberley/MKA from kindergarten -12th grade. “I could list pages o f memories.”

Karen and her brother, Harry Nimmergut ’75, recendy put MKA in their wills, following the death o f their mother, which made them think o f their own estate plans.

“Ken Gibson is one o f the reasons for me,” says Harry. “He kept me on the straight and narrow. The other reason is ‘generic.’ MKA opened up not just college and grad school opportunities, but led on to great employment potential.”

Harry received a bachelors degree from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from Tulane. He has lived in Florida for many years, where he works as a financial planner and amateur “Emeril.” Karen graduated from Princeton with a B.A. in Near East Studies, then lived in Cairo for a year on an internship program. “It was a fabulous year which helped me determine that I was interested in an international career, specifically in the area of maternal and child health,” she writes. Karen earned a dual degree in Public Health and International Development at Johns Hopkins.

For many years she lived in Mauritania, a Muslim country in West Africa, working with the Doulos community, a Christian relief and development organization. She still works for Doulos from Florida and expects to return overseas to oversee a new program training local community health workers.

The Montclair Kimberley Academy’s Heritage Society honors those donors who, like Karen and Harry, make a commitment to guarantee the future financial security o f the school. These generous donors arrange bequests, establish trusts, and make gifts to the Academy’s Pooled Income Fund.

I f you have included the school in your estate plan, whether with a bequest or other planned gift, please let the Office o f External Affairs know so that we may honor you as a member o f the Heritage Society. For further information, call or write: Judy Polonofsky, Director o f External Affairs, The Montclair Kimberley Academy, 201 Valley Road, Montclair N J 07042 (973-746-9800).

H arry N im m ergut ’7 5 an d his sister, K aren Boyle ’81, a t the 2 0 0 1 alum ni reception in Florida. B oth recently nam ed M KA in their wills. “Truly M KA is a special place, ” K aren writes, “a n d I ’m g lad fo r som e way in w hich I can help fu tu re generations take advantage o f a ll the w onderful opportunities to learn w hile a t the sam e tim e creating a lifetim e o f m em ories an d frien dship. ”