COVER: An MKA graduate in 2003 BACK COVER: Brookside students in 2003 CONTENTS From the Headmaster ............................ 1 MKA-Mail ............................................. 2 Teaching English in the Modem W orld.......................................3 The Headmaster is Pleased to A n n o u n ce........................................,8 The Gathering 2003 ..................... .8 Ethics Award for MKA ..........................9 “Giving Back” .........................................9 Remembrance ....................................... 10 Book Fair ............................................. 12 Homecoming 2003 14 From the Alumni Association ..............16 InMemoriam ....................................... 17 Cougar Sports ....................................... 18 Athletic Hall of Fame IX ................... 20 Class Notes ...........................................21 REVIEW EDITORS Marsha Kleinman Judy Polonofsky CONTRIBUTORS /Debbie Kozak Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76 PHOTO CREDITS Steve Clayton Dave Fitzgerald Dominique Gerard David Hollander Dan Katz Nick Kelsh Marsha Kleinman Debbie Kozak Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley Steve Tober Published twice yearly by: The Montclair Kimberley Academy 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042 973/746-9800. FAX: 973/783-5777 www. montclairkimberley. org The MKA Alumni Association is an organization of all men and women who have attended the Upper School. Its pur pose is to make known to MKA the ideas, interests, and concerns of alumni
and to inform alumni of the accomplish ments and objectives of MKA. The Alumni Council is the governing Board, a representative group elected at the Association’s annual meeting to sponsor events and activities linking alumni with their alma mater. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COUNCIL 2003-2004 Daniel Carson ’83 Dana M.T. Cestone ’79 Abigail Cohen ’05 Robert Cottingham Jr. ’84 Erin Cuffe Crawford ’74 Lawrence P. Duca ’79 Yanni Fotiadis ’82 Susan Cole Furlong ’78, Vice President Janine Garland ’82 Richard G. Jenkins ’77 Drew Jennings ’04 Alex Joerger ’95 India Hayes Larrier ’80, Secretary DaraMarmon ’91 Lauren Moses ’98 Joshua H. Raymond ’89, Executive Vice: President Lauren Sarti ’04 Alec P Schwartz ’88, Treasurer Keshia Trotman ’92 Patricia Shean Worthington ’74, President Peter R. Greer, Headmaster Judy Polonofsky, Director of External Affairs Marsha Kleinman, Alumni Director Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76, Director o f Alumni Giving and Planned Giving ADVISORY COUNCIL Lori Windolf Crispo ’78 Martha Bonsai Day ’74 Kristine Hatzenbuhler O’Connor ’83 J. Dean Paolucci ’73 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2003-2004 Linda D. Almeida Trayton M. Davis Karen A. Dias-Martin A. Jean (Penny) Finkle Michael P. Frasco Peter R. Greer, Headmaster
Alice M. Hirsh Michael V. Johnson Peter S. McMullen ’77 Anne E. Muenster Epc Pai ’79, Secretary Keith D. Phillips Laura L. Phillips Marisabel R. Raymond Michael L. Rodburg, Treasurer Newton B. Schott, Jr., President Jolinda D. Smith Robert L. Tortoriello, Vice President David L. Turock Denise G. Wagner, Vice President John T. Weisel Patricia S. Worthington ’74 HONORARY TRUSTEES Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’54 John E. Garippa Susan H. Ruddick James S. Vandermade ’35 ADVISORY TRUSTEES Edwin J. Delattre J. Clarence Morrison Barry W. Ridings ’70 Herbert H. Tate Jr. ’71 MEMBER: Alumni Program Council of Independent Schools (APC) Council for Advancement and Support _of Education (CASE) National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) New Jersey Association o f Independent Schools (NJAIS) MKA complies with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws. Entered as third class matter at M ontclair N J 07042 Design: Gemini Studio, Inc., West Caldwell, N J Printed on recycled paper
From the Headmaster schools in the nation participating in the prestigious Columbia University Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (and the only private school in New Jersey). In this program, Columbia sends consultants to our faculty at Brookside and the Middle School to refine our curriculum to include the latest research. In addition, our faculty members and administrators are required to attend special sessions at Columbia to enrich their knowledge and to share ideas with other participants.
■ Dr. Peter R. Greer I at the Senior ■ Breakfast in 2003.
In the opening Canto of Dante s Inferno, Dante the Pilgrim says: Midway along thejourney o f our life I woke tofind myselfin a dark wood, For I had wandered offfrom the straightpath. And later: How I entered there I cannot truly say, I had become so sleepy at the moment When Ifirst strayed, leaving the path o f truth; This edition of MKA’s Review takes us on a journey. The journey is a walk through each of our three Campuses. We learn how reading and writing are taught to our children, Pre-K to 12. At the same time that the Governor of New Jersey urged all schools to focus on improving the teaching of writing, MKA was beginning its 11th year of its special and effective writing program. Actually, writing has been a well-known strength at MKA for decades. What is my evidence for this claim? First, our students who attend college inform us in enthusiastic and serendipitous ways —and formally via an annual questionnaire — that they are doing extremely well with their college writing assignments. A typical comment is, “We are leading the class - m the professor compliments us and asks where we learned to write!” Second, the recent formal Parent Survey reveals that over 75 percent of the parents graded MKA’s ability to teach writing a 4 or 5 on a 5-point scale when asked the question, “How much do you think MKA has contributed to your child’s growth in writing?” Third, no other school we know of, public or private, has a duplicate of one of MKA’s signature programs, the “MKA Writing Challenge.” Fourth, MKA is only one of two private
MKA Review • Spring 2004
My point is that MKA is on an important journey (not as important as Dante the Pilgrim’s!), and it is a purposeful'journey. It had better be a purposeful journey because of the new emphasis on writing for the SATs. MKA is confident about what it is teaching students about writing each and every day. We are convinced we have not “wandered off the path” of superior writing instruction. We have resisted the temptations associated with poorly-researched writing programs or attractive fads. We are not in a “dark wood,” a time of parental fears about their children’s ability to write competently, because our faculty members have enviable opportunities for the study of writing. They can see where they are going. We are not “sleepy.” We are constantly on the alert for any new and well-researched technique or assignment that will give our students an edge in writing ability. We have not “strayed” from our writing system for students because there is a rigorous focus about each student’s • writing strengths and shortcomings within each Campus and from Campus to Campus. I have never seen faculty, Pre-K to 12, work harder and smarter to ensure individual attention in the art of writing. Later on in Canto 1, Dante the Pilgrim is frightened by a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf. I have a few ideas about what this means in terms of MKA’s writing program for students, but if you have a creative idea about how I could have tied that in to my editorial, please write me. We may publish the best responses in our Fall 2004 issue. There may even be a prize or two awarded. You will learn a lot from our lead article and will enjoy other information about MKA’s successes and news in our Spring 2004 issue. After all, students, parents, alumni, and friends have a responsibility to know current information about their favorite pre-collegiate school that is considered in the top tier of Independent Day Schools in the nation! You also have a responsibility to know and acknowledge the fine work done by the Alumni Council over the last two years. Patricia Worthington’s leadership as President of the Council ends this school year. I want to thank Pat for contributing mightily to the steady growth of this allied group. With best wishes, Dr. Peter R. Greer Headmaster
Page 1
Barry Ridings WM recipient ofMKA’s Distinguished Alumni Awardfor 2003, wrote to the Director o f External Affairs, Judy Polonofiky. Dear Judy, "Without a doubt, receiving the MKA A lum ni Award was the highlight o f the year for me. I thoroughly enjoyed speaking to the school at assembly and the pre-football lunch. T he silver box is on a table in my study and the plaque is on the wall, right next to my old picture o f the MKA “Sports Palace?'’ I w ant to thank everyone at MKA for this generous honor. I hope you and all my friends at MKA have a happy holiday season. Sincerely, Barry W Ridings
After receiving an invitation to the Distinguished Alumni Awards luncheon at Homecoming, Peter Webb ’70 wrote to the Alumni Director, Marsha Kleinman. Dear Marsha, I was genuinely thrilled to receive the notice about m y classmate, Barry Ridings, receiving the recognition he very much deserves. Please convey my congratulations to him. I’m pleased to report that my wife and I will be on a 25th anniversary trip on October 25th, but sorry that I won’t be able to attend his award presentation as a result. I’d love to see him. I was always comforted knowing that Barry was on my s id e in a football game. "While I suspect that it’s no longer simply his size that’s reassuring, Barry obviously continues to be one o f those rare people who instinctively :supports those around h im j Clearly, MKA has been a recipient o f that unusual loyalty and generosity. His accomplishments are overwhelming, and it makes me proud to have known him. Congratulations, Barry. My best to you and your family. Stay well. T he school is lucky to have yoiitSs an alumnus. Thanks for giving back so generously. Peter Webb
Page 2
In thefa ll issue o f the magazine, the MKA community expressed its feelings about the loss o f coach and faculty member Noll Klank. In November 2003, his daughter Tracey Klank 97, wrote thefollowing: H i Marsha, I wasn’t sure w hom I should contact, but for some tim e I have wanted to acknowledge my sincere appreciation to those in the MKA com m unity who reached out to my family and m e over the past 8 months. It truly m eant so m uch to hear from old classmates, students, faculty, and staff. To know w hat my father m eant to so many people has truly helped me, and continues to be a presence in my life now having to go on w ithout him. It is amazing the power o f people’s words. I don’t know if there is any way that my appreciation could be expressed in the next MKA Review, b ut I was hoping that this would be possible. Please let me know. I still see my father on the fields and in the classrooms o f MKA, and every tim e I pass the school, I am constandy reminded o f all the students he coached and taught. I do still feel his presence there. I feel so fortunate to have been a b ^ to share those experiences-firsthand w ith him byattending the Upper School while he was a teacher there, and even having him for PE in m y freshman year. We definitely shared many laughs about that throughout the years. I’m sure most high school students wouldn’t always w ant their parents around while they are in school, but I feel extremely lucky to have shared those m om ents w ith my Dad. I would also like to thank you for the advance copy o f the last MKA Review. It was a very nice tribute to my D ad and we were all very thankful. Sincerely, Tracey Klank
Courtney Knowlton, MKA Class o f2000, is presently a senior at Amherst College. Here is an excerptfrom an article that she wrotefor the “Kids’ Comer”column in The Montclair Times, 10/9/03, where Courtney rffers to MKA’s Upper School history chair Geoff Branigan’s influence on her choices about work. I remember a quote that Geoff Branigan, my political theory teacher, gave our class my last week at MKA. It is by Max Lerner and it is about work and the importance of having a job that you “can’t help” doing instead o f a job that you “ought” to be doing. T h at was how I chose my majors and it seemed to me that everyone at N P R had followed that advice also. It is a place full o f people who are passionate about their work. T hat, to me, is inspirational. I now w ork a few hours a week in the news departm ent at W PCR, the N P R member station in Amherst, gaining more experience in public radio. T he job search looms ahead o f me, and m y experience at N P R will help me immensely w ith it, for it gave me many new skills. But more importantly, it reminded me o f Mr. Branigan’s parting advice: a job is n ot just a job. It can and should be a passion. Courtney Knowlton
E-mail M KA alum ni can contact each other via e-mail - i f they have registeredfor
the class list on the Web site. G o to the site - www.montclairkimberley.org- and under “A lum ni,” find the e-mail registry for your class. (The A lum ni Office m ay have an alum’s e-mail address from a questionnaire, b u t will n ot publish it unless so requested.) Readers can contact any m em ber o f
M KA W eb Site Tune in to MKAs Web site for admissions, alumni, calendar, history, news and sports information: www.numtcUiirkiinberley.org
the faculty or adm inistration by the following formula: first initial last name@montclairkimberley.org
MKA Review • Spring 2004
.I M I
¡ g l i
Teaching/1
Englis"
H
in the Modern Worl A good curriculum is a dynamic curriculum, and the teaching o f English has changed over the years. Educators are facing the challenges o f teaching in a world where a student’s tim e to read and write seems to be limited, and English teachers need to consider research and a child’s individual needs in response. By interviewing the three campus leaders o f the reading and w riting (Language Arts/English) program - N ancy Foster, Language Arts Coordinator and Assistant H ead o f Brookside; Sharanya Naik, Middle School English D epartm ent Chair; and Patricia Forbes, U pper School English D epartm ent Chair - we hope to address some o f the MKA com munity’s questions about the preparation for college and beyond, i.e., reading and w riting as essential, lifelong skills. Here are excerpts from those three interviews.
Marsha George Kleinman is MKA’s Alumni Director, Review editor, and m other o f two children at Brookside. She has spent her career as an educator in the private schools o f New York City, most recendy as the M iddle School English Departm ent Chair o f Horace Mann.
MKA Review • Spring 2004
7 th in k it’s im portant to say th a t
N A N C Y FO STER M GK: We have the unique privilege o f being one o f two private schools to be involved w ith the Teachers College Reading and W riting Project [Columbia University]. W hy do we continue our involvement?
fve really w ork very hard a t differentiation a n d look a t the 'child's needs k n d take the children prom wnerA tm y are to where they n eed to ¿p. F ff't graders come into m y room a n d choose hooks fro m a particu la r level because the teacher has carefully assessed their reading a n d they know th a t is the level where they can read comfortably, b u t it is also a level where they are a tin y b it uncom fortable - so they are grow ing as readers. ”
N F: O ur connection with Colum bia keeps us on the cutting edge, right at the top as far as research goes. It has raised the level o f our teaching and as a result our children’s writing has improved. We also have a consultant coming in to w ork w ith our teachers, so it’s ongoing training, and that’s certainly healthy for teachers who are here as well as people who are new to our school. We send our teachers, at least two from each grade level, to the Colum bia University workshops so that they can talk about strategies that they have learned, share them w ith other teachers, and then implement them in the classroom. We also have three teachers this year in a leadership study group. They’re part o f a think-tank w ith the top teachers in N ew York and this year they’re focusing on reading. They’re doing research in their classroom and then sharing that information with our faculty.
N ancy Foster M GK; Can a parent assume that reading would improve a child’s writing? NF: Yes. W hen teachers are teaching writing they are using models o f good literature. So it’s im portant when kids are writing to have exemplars o f writing and clear ex p e ctatio n ^ Reading and writing are totally related. In fact, we have large blocks o f tim e scheduled in the Primary School so that we have one hour o f reading and one-' hour o f w riting every day. O ne way kids are learning to write is by emulating different authors’ styles, by practicing, and that’s perfectly fine. T h at’s w hat we hope will happen. They can try on different styles. MGK: W hy is the W riting Challenge administered in 3rd grade and how is it used?
Page 3
N F: A spelling N F: One- o f the biggest purposes o f the program is really a W riting Challenge is to have the kids word study understand w hat the expectations are and program. the m ost im portant piece is to have them Research shows take the responsibility for meeting those that memorizing a expectations. T he W riting Challenge helps list o f words and children learn how to write clearly and take getting 100% on the responsibility for editing for punctuation, grammar, and qualities o f good “I th in k th a t w ritin g improves writing, such as w riting, actually. Reading helps a lot. O rganization. W hile kids W hen I fir s t started teaching E n g lish ,!^ become familiar w ith the expectations in first thought th a t the tw o were inseparable, b u t grade, the formal now th a t I have a daughter, a n d I ’m W riting Challenge is done in the third grade w atching her w alk through the process, because there is a through Brookside, I ’ve been w atching building process going how she really has developed reading a n d on all the way through the Primary School, and w ritin g a t very different paces. I ’m we feel that by the end beginning to see th a t i t is a very different o f the third grade we Sharayna N a ik can assess what they’ve m uscLC . learned at Brookside. Friday doesn’t mean that the kids know T hat inform ation is sent over to the Middle those words. We did a lot o f research - and School and our teachers very carefully have worked w ith nationally known experts docum ent the strength o f a third grade on the teaching o f spelling, D iane Snowball writer and the goals o f that third grade and Faye Bolton - and found a program writer. T hat inform ation along w ith the that we’re comfortable with, where it’s more writing sample is passed along to the fourth o f an inquiry approach. Studentgjare looking at word patterns and blends, “O ur connection w ith C olum bia keeps us on learning how letters are the cu ttin g edge, right a t the top as fa r as p u t together to make research goes. I t has raised the level o f our sounds so that they can learn the strategy for teaching a n d as a result our childrens w ritin g w riting unfamiliar words. has im proved... We also have three teachers It’s not memorization; it’s H this year in a leadership study group. They’re exploring words. At the same tim e they are held p a r t o f a th in k -ta n k w ith the top teachers in accountable for N ew York a n d this year they’re focusing on memorizing and knowing reading. They’re doing research in their high frequency words, and the teachers help students classroom a n d then sharing th a t inform ation develop the habit of w ith our faculty. ” N ancy Foster proofreading/editing their work, using classroom W ord Walls, environmental print, grade teachers Jjjd they follow up w ith it. dictionaries, etc. T he spelling program is MGKr W hy does (or doesn’t) a child learn set up so that it goes from kindergarten to spell from formal instruction, practice, through eighth grade and there are sp e c ific and the (presumed) hours spent reading? expectations at each grade level as far as the
particular sounds that are studied and the etymology o f words. A nd even though there are clear expectations at each grade level - as shown on the writing continuum s - the teaching o f spelling is differentiated to meet the needs o f each child. M GK: D o you see any areas where the program could be strengthened? N F: T he area we are working on now is com municating the program to our parents. We’re doing that in a num ber o f ways this year. We invite parents into the publishing celebrations, and the teachers have sent letters at the beginning o f the year that outline the curriculum for that year for that grade level. At Back-to-School night, parents spent more tim e in the classroom and the teachers did overviews o f the reading, writing and m ath programs. D uring the Coffees w ith Ginger, teachers talk with parents about our program and answer questions. T he continuum s are another tool that we are using to help parents understand how their children are growing as readers and writers. T h at’s the area we’re working on m ost because it is different from the way many o f the parents ■ earned and we w ant them to understand w hat our goals are for their children. As part o f the C T L [Curriculum Team Leaders] group, Sharanya, Patty and I meet regularly and talk about how we’re teaching reading and w riting and how it is working. Right now we’re looking at the W riting Challenge and how that is measuring writing, and we continue to look at the follow-up going from Brookside to the
MKA Review • Spring 2004
“/ w o u ld say th a t the
expectation o f good w riting in the school, ben efit th a t the W ritin g and I think that’s Challenge has given us w orth gold...four years o f doing this has been to teach teachers consistendy has really' SHARANYA NAIK how to score papers. In a paid off. But the M G K : W hy is there sense i t benefits kids m ost W riting Challenge is the lingering not necessarily a great because the teachers now perception among indicator o f how kids have a consistent some o f MKA’s parents do in class. T h at that the students stop requirem ent or means th a ti|| I give a doing creative writing student a writing expectation o f good in the M iddle School? assignment - an essay w ritin g in the school, a n d on The Odyssey, for SN: If half the parents I th in k that's w orth instance - how he does are saying we don’t do on that essay does not gold. ..fo u r years o f d oing enough formal writing, necessarily reflect how and the other half are this consistently has really he did on the W riting saying w ere not doing p a id o ff.” Challenge. Sometimes enough creative it does, I find that the Sharanya N a ik writing, I think it is a top kids do equally perception thing. well on the W riting|Jhallenge. I don’t Actually, we do a lot o f creative writing. w ant to make too m uch o f a generalization Poetry is ¡creative writing, and we do it in here, b u t that’s pretty m uch true...and the fifth grade, sixth grade, seventh grade, and kids at the bottom tend to do better on a little in eighth grade. We write short classroom assignments than on the W riting stories in the seventh grade, and in the Challenge because they are given tim e to sixth grade, they do picture books. We work and work, to revise, to edit, and to write memoirs in the fourth grade, sixth get help. There are some students who do grade, and in the eighth grade. We do really well on classroom assignments “ units o f w riting where kids can choose any because they are very hard workers, and so genre to write in about any topic on an if you give them just two days everyday level. W ith our new Colum bia to do the W riting C h S en g e directive - the real focus on reading and and this is even w hat I would w riting being separated - w ere doing less o f say about our middle-of-thethe “read a book and write an essay about road writers - sometimes they it.” Ten years ago that was the only writing just don’t do so well on it, so it’sSB we were doing; now it’s less than half the confusing. It’s a snapshot: here’s w riting we’re doing in school...A few years w hat you can do given two days..;> ago when I first became D epartm ent Chair,
M iddle School and the M iddle School to the U pper School.
I noticed this enormous lack o f poetry so I decided that I was going to do my best to pour as m uch poetry into the curriculum as; I could. M GK: H ow does the M iddle School use the W riting Challenge as a teaching tool?
M GK: H ow is reading taught to a lower house (Grades 4-5) student different than how it is taught to an upper house (Grades 6-8) student? H ow is it assessed?
SN: We’re refining it more and more. I would say that the benefit that the W riting Challenge has given us has been to help teachers score papers. In a sense it benefits students m ost because the teachers now have a consistent requirem ent or
SN: In the lower house they’ve stayed w ith the Colum bia approach, and it’s pretty consistent through Brookside into the fourth and fifth grades, so they do many lessons on how
MKA Review • Spring 2004
to make personal connections w ith books. T hey read m uch more independent material. They bring books from home and they’re reading two books a week, sometimes more, and they’re just swallowing these books. T hey are making" • S o m e com ments and they are thinking about the books a litde bit, b ut u n til they hit the whole class books - they have three or four w holelyllsl books - there’s not the sort o f “everybody talks about the same chapter at the same time; w hat do we all see to g e th e r T he fifth grade does more whole class reading, and they have m uch more difficult, meatier literature, w ith big ideas. From the sixth grade up, the »• students still read a lot on the outside, and they still have a lot o f interest in reading, b ut I would say they read on average a book a m onth, maybe, w hich is hugelysÉ different from reading two books a week. They’re really fatter books, H arry Potter and the like, and that takes longer. They have m uch legs time, and their curriculum is r e * r rigorous. T he goal in m y class with maybe 3f4ths o f the kids is to keep them stuck in the book, keep them focused. By 7 th and 8th grade, about a third o f the class reads voraciously, about a third doesn’t "touch a book, and about a third is somewhere in between...I w ould say that the whole illg s books become very,
A sixth grade student shares his original writing with a fourth grade student during a publishing parly.
very im portant in the 7th and 8th grade because then we have to have this experience all together.
that people who say you can’t use w riting to assess reading - they’re right. But it’s a very new way o f teaching, and that’s hard.
M G K : As a veteran private school teacher, I’ve always struggled to maintain independent reading in the upper grades of middle school, and yet you w ant to keep your curriculum rigorous, so the dilemma is, is there tim e in 8th grade to read a book?
M G K : D o you think that reading, and reading well, improves a child’s writing?
SN: I don’t know because I’m taking away from something else to give them tim e to read a book...I th in k a lot o f the 8th graders don’t read very much at all, so on the days w hen I assign 30 minutes of reading, I would say that m ost o f them are doing their reading homework because I check their reading logs. But I would say that at least half o f them are not reading on their own tim e at all. There’s no time, and w hen you w ant to relax, I don’t think the culture is skiing books as relaxation, necessarily. I can’t tell a kid how to relax, T and if you'prefer the television or the Internet, .v- I M GK: In the lower house the teachers are working with the kids individually in their journals; how is reading assessed in the upper house? SN: Right now, lower house students have their reading'logs and one-on-one conferences all the time. W ith upper house students we have one-on-one conferences, and I write down w hat the kid is reading, I write down whether the kid is involved or nop on w hether he’s losing interest, things like .that, but a lot o f our reading assessment is done in whole class books, so we teach annotating the text. I’m teaching The Watsons Go to Birmingham in the 6th grade and I just finished The O ld M an and themea in the 8th grade, so they do a lot of annotation an d H ffl|ib o u t themes and ideas. M G K : A nd then you are evaluating their w riting at the same tim e that you are assessing their reading... SN: W elB l’m trying to keep it separate, actually, if I can, and I really believe, and i l l taken me a long tim e to bgleve t h i s H
P age 6
SN: I th in k What w riting improves a child’s writing, actually. Reading helps a lot. W hen I first started teaching English, I thought that the two were inseparable, but now that I have a daughter, and I’m watching her walk through the process, through Brookside, I’ve been watching how she really has developed reading and w riting at very different paces. I’m beginning to see that it is a very different m uscle... I think that w hat makes you a good writer is speaking and writing.
PATRICIA FORBES M G K : W hy have you changed the W riting Challenge from the spring to the fall o f junior year, and how are the results used to meet individual needs? PF: We decided last year that one o f the hallmarks o f the W riting Challenge is identifying w hat the students-need to do to get ready to go off to college and feel totally independent in terms o f writing a longer paper. In order to remediate issues that come about when we look at the W riting Challenge essay, teachers need more tim e than we have been having by doing it at the end o f the junior year because suddenly summ er is upon us. T he senior year gets taken up w ith college issues, and actually now that we w ant seniors to be able to write their college R savs over the summer, it w ould really behoove us to know their challenges way, way ahead o f time. To that end, the departm ent decided this year to move it to October, which is really a stretch for everyone: for the students to adjust getting into the ebb and flow o f school, and for the teachers who have to stop and really assess the students’ w o r l|b u t I think it’s going to turn out to be very positive because then teachers will still have the remainder o f the semester w ith students in their classes to be able to teach through the issues that come
“Students really have access to teacher support a ll day, five days a week, every p e rio d th a t teacher is n o t teaching. We really support one another. I f a stu d en t comes in a n d the teacher sought is n o t there, another teacher w ill p itc h in. ” P atty Forbes up. Typically we see patterns o f issues. For the m ost part, for some kids it really is just basic development, while for somebody else it might be just organization. At the end of the W riting Challenge, every student has had a follow-up, personal conference with an English faculty member, one-on-one. T hen the student takes hom e a folder that contains the letter that the student has w ritten as a preassessment overview of where that student has been as a writer since entering MKA, a sampling o f papers that have been graded in other disciplines, (as well as English), the actual W riting Challenge story, the student’s original W riting Challenge essay that has been marked, and the rubric which has been filled out so that it’s really an assessment. M G K : Are there opportunities for creative w riting at the high school level? PF: N o t in the W riting Challenge, although one o f the constituent parts o f the assessment is imagination and creativity. There are opportunities for creative writing w ithin the curriculum. O ne o f the electives is T he W riter’kC raft. For the most part,
M K A R eview • Spring 2004
published writers or “closet” writers so they both in poetry and in other electives there have the experience to share their writing are creative writing options. We have interests or passion w ith students either increasingly tried to provide opportunities overtly or by encouragement, n o t by for alternative writing options in all example. electives. Students have opportunities to do screenplays or scripts in ninth grade. I M G K : D o you think that AP English is w ould say that in most courses writing still a good course and a good exam? assignments are a la carte, so you get a PF: I think AP is im portant right now choice. We hope to strike a balance, but because it is the honors option in English. for the most part we focus our students on T he m ost able students are homogeneously mastering the formal analytical essay. For grouped for that class. Across the board example, in my class right now w ere the electives are mixed-ability levels and getting ready to do Jane Eyre papers. T he also mixed-grade levels in the eleventh and last paper was a formal, forced march with twelfth grades. We a very heavily realize here in the marked essay. I English D epartm ent that Ipoked for every “t” “B y a n d large, students are all roads lead to the same to be crossed, every fin d in g i t very challenging place. It’s a smorgasbord dot at the end o f a for the students. Any to read the texts th a t w e sentence. Students four classes are going to have to do a full g ive them to read in give them a wonderful, rewrite o f that paper E nglish classes. T h eir tim e enriching background and turn it in for a for college. And, separate grade. O n is really short because o f so hopefully, the students the second big m any com m itm ents outside own interests, strengths, paper, Jane Eyre, o f class: sports, volunteer and weaknesses w i|H | (which is a Core determine how they Work), and Wide w ork, hom e life a n d so fulfill their four English Sargasso Sea, I have fo r th ... I th in k our kids requirements. If they two sets of are p retty stellar in the w ay choose to take a semester possibilities for o f AP, they will b e writing. O ne is the they tackle w h a t they have required to do a different formal analytic essay to tackle. M a n y students kind o f writing. M ost of and the others are com e back to v isit a n d te ll the writing done in the creative writing AP course is either options. O ne asks us th a t college is easier creative to achieve voice the student to create because they have more or dem and to prepare for a new character, or tim e there. It's a d ifferen t the exam. Sitting in the to add a new classroom and writing chapter, to look at a world. ” P atty Forbes under a tim ed situation, secret diary, to write that kind o f structured a short screenplay. w riting prep, while good, is n ot necessarily However, the grading o f creative writing is for every student. Some students who need a real challenge for everybody. I think that extra tim e or who need reflection time or typically teachers find that in creative who are m uch more dependent on writing, the technical aspects are not ds' \ com puter support for grammar or for carefully scrutinized, so that the creative spelling, would n ot flourish in the AP aspects are highlighted. O ften the teacher setting. T he AP class, I think, is strong will design a rubric specifically for the because it can be fluid; it does n ot have a creative endeavor and use that as the central focus like the topics for elective assessment guide, w hether it is an actual courses do. AP is n ot just poetry, and it is writing or a PowerPoint or a screenplay. not just prose. It is a mixture o f poetry and M arianne Burke teaches the creative writing class and several faculty members are either
MKA Review • Spring 2004
prose, and the prose tends to stretch students intellectually. T he AP curriculum tends to be material that you would normally find on a college reading list. M G K : Are the students able to find time to read for pleasure? Has this changed over the years? PF: It really has changed over the last ten years. There are a few kids who are passionate about a particular author, and they voraciously read everything that comes from that author. By and large, students are finding it very challenging to read the texts that we give them to read in English classes. Their tim e is really short because o f so many com m itm ents outside o f class: sports, volunteer work, hpm e life and so forth. I would guess that in my AP class, if I asked them w hat additional books they were reading, I’d see few hands.. T hey are so involved in working on college essays and their regular classes. I th in k thats»^; become the dilemma o f the millennium. M GK: O ur time is so compressed, and our reading is so demanding, and yet we still haven’t let our standards down. And, sadly, they don’t think o f reading as something that they w ould do for pleasure; they think o f it as work. PF: T hey have too m uch w ork to do, and I think the Internet provides an outlet for their down tim<|f it also connects them to each other. We almost never have students who .don’t do their homeworks* These kids do their homework. I mean once in a while we’ll have a student who falls behind, and usually it’s w ith the reading. I had a boy in m y class who told me he didn’t q u its get to the end o f the reading, and I was really surprised. H e said he had hung out w ith his girlfriend during lunch. I found it interesting that he knew he could have given up a little social time, b ut that he needed that social tim eS I think our kids are pretty stellar in the way they tackle w hat they have to tackle. M any students come back to visit and tell us that college isj easier because they have more tim e there. It’s a different world.
Page 7
Notes Around MKA T h e H e a d m a ste r Is P le a se d to A n n o u n c e ...
National Merit Semifinalist Nikhil Gupta National Merit Commendations Jessica Choy Erin Frey Pooja Gupta Yooree Lee Brendan McCaffrey Nicholas Pendergrass Jordan Pisarcik Christopher Tortoriello Theresa Yuono Yvonne Wang Jonathan Winnerman Ava Zeligson National Achievement Semifinalists Nicholas Pendergrass Alexis Tucker
Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars Daniel Bleicher Jessica Choi Nikhil Gupta Pooja Gupta Christopher John Christopher Tortoriello Alexis Tucker Yvonne Wang Jonathan Winnerman MKA has been named as an honoree in the 2004 National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Leading Edge Recognition Program in the category of Technology. It is one of three independent schools in the country to receive this honor, along with the Children’s School, Stamford, CT, and the Urban School of San Francisco, CA. MKA received the award for its summer
online faculty development program that included curriculum design, differentiated instruction, ethics, PowerPoint applications, and rubric design. These online courses, created by a group of administrators and faculty “experts,” expand summer learning opportunities and help foster collegial collaboration. The 2003 MKA Yearbook, under the guidance of Upper School faculty advisor Laura Gerard, has been named one of the top 10% in the country by Taylor Publishing Company. One of the MKA Tracker’s “spreads” was named one of the top 10 in the country and will be in their “Yearbook Yearbook,” which gets distributed to all schools, showing them the “best of the best.”
The Gathering, 2003 Musical talent was the highlight of this year’s Gathering! The show opened with an inspired Upper School Jazz Band, under the direction of new music teacher Chuck Olsen, and segued to the MKA Cougartones’ incredible performance of “In the Still of the Night.” In between the performances, the school celebrated its achievements in academics, athletics, arts, and character education. The Gathering is the only time the entire school community is together, and it is now an honored, eleven-year-old tradition at MKA.
An exuberant Brooksider waves her homemade
v k ,
Page 8
MKA honors upstanding members o f thefpmm unity with a special sweater.
Nothing essential happens at the highest administrative level without Carol Ippisch’s knowledge or assistance. For 18 years, Ms. Ippisch has served M KA’s administrators, and as Dr. Peter Greer’s executive assistant she demonstrates her extraordinary abilities each and every day. She handles an almost overwhelming number o f people and situations with grace, humor, and the manners o f a queen. Brava, Carol! MKA Review • Spring 2004
?
Ethics Award for MKA )
?
MKA has just been honored as a 2003 National School of Character in recognition of its exemplary work to encourage the ethical, social, and academic development of its students through character education. It is one of only ten schools nationwide to be so honored, one of only three private schools named, and the only school in New Jersey ever to have received the designation. National Schools of Character is an annual awards program, now in its seventh year. The Character Education Partnership (CEP), a non sectarian, nonpartisan coalition, administers the program. In addition to receiving the award, MKA’s program will be featured in a chapter of the 2003 National Schools of Character Book that offers ideas and lesson plans to educators. MKA is already a nationally recognized school in the field of ethics education, having received two National Blue Ribbon Awards of Excellence, and being much in demand as a presenter of ethics workshops throughout the country. Instituted in 1992 by new Headmaster Dr. Peter R. Greer, former Dean of the School of Education at Boston University, MKA’s formal ethics program stems from the realization “that to have integrity, we must make sure that the same high principles govern all aspects of our lives - in the classroom, on the playing field, and in the community.” (Our Common Purpose)
Brookside Ethics Coordinator Donna Blanes holding the CEP award given in Arlington, VA on October 17, 2003. She is flanked by Ethics Chair Linda Stark, from the Middle School, Upper School Head Char Charlton, Dean o f Studies Karen Newman, and Dr. Peter Greer.
A t the Gathering, MKA faculty and students celebrated this latest honor together when the brand new National Schools o f Character fla g was unfurled. Upper School Ethics Coordinator Catherine Walsh, Linda Stark, and student representative Abigail Cohen are holding the flag.
Giving Back
After learning about MKA’s ethics award, Nien Cheng wrote to Dr. Greer: Being one of the ten schools in the nation to be honored for character education is a great achievement indeed. Your students will be grateful to you all their lives, and so will their families. Character is more important than knowledge. Knowledge can be acquired at any age. Good character must be formed when one is young. Only with good character can knowledge be used for a positive purpose. Knowledge in the hands of a man with no character can be dangerous. I send you and all the teachers at MKA my heartfelt congratulations! Nien Cheng
MKA Review • Spring 2004
Members o f the Thespian Society went to NYC this summer to help out at the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Annual Flea Market. The Upper School students are seen here with Audra McDonald, three-time Tony Award winner.
Middle School students volunteer to help out with the contributions to the Montclair Human Needs Food Pantry. Deanna London, the program’s director, loves coming to MKA each year because, as she says, “Your questions are superb and your hearts are big. ”
MKA parents go on a weekly basis to tutor individual students at our partner school, TEAM Academy. The tutoring program, under the direction o f Trustee and parent Denise Wagner, has been successful due to the consistency o f the tutoring parents ’ involvement with each child.
Page 9
Remembrance The following are excerpts from the remarks by the three heads of campus at MKA, on September 11, 2003. Brookside Head of Campus, Ginger Kriegel, spoke to first through third grades at a gathering around the flagpole in the front playground: President Bush has declared today a day of remembering and Patriot Day. Do you know what a patriot is? A patriot is one who loves, supports and defends his or her country. Firefighters, police officers, emergency workers, and soldiers are patriots. Patriots work hard for peace not only in this country, but all over the world. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone in the world lived in peace? Sometimes, we all have a hard time getting along with one another. There are countries that argue and fight with one another. Let’s spend a moment thinking of what we can do to make our world a friendlier, more peaceful place (a moment of silence with a child ringing one single bell). Think of someone you can be kind to, someone you can help, some friends or family members whose world will be better because of you. Head of Campus, Randy Kleinman, spoke to the entire Middle School in assembly: Today is the 2nd anniversary of a day that changed America, probably forever... But
I don’t think today is a day for us to mourn here at MKA, nor is it a day for us to celebrate, necessarily. It is a day for us to remember. It is a day for us to remember those we might have known who suffered terribly on that day. It is a day for us to remember those who sacrificed heroically for others that day. It is a day for us to remember the courage it took to move forward since that day. And it is a day to remember - and respect those who have fought and continue to fight for our nation since that day. And we do that, now, with a moment of silence. We are of very different faiths here in our school community, and all those different religions have prayers that are said after the death of a loved one. We know that many of those prayers were said on September 11th. Those prayers are really about life, about celebrating life and affirming the goodness that exists in life. Our lives - since September 11th, 2001 - are different, in many ways, but each of our days should always be a celebration of life. That is what today should be about, even as we remember. But enjoy your day here in school and after school. Let’s make this day another day that celebrates life. Head of Campus Char Charlton spoke to the entire Upper School in assembly:
Rock September 11th 2001 Memorial...I quickly found the name of Scott M. Johnson, engraved on the bronze book Scott - Class of ’93 from Upper Montclair, who died at age 26 - Scott Johnson, whom we honor each year on Senior Awards night when we select a senior worthy of carrying on the torch of his memory. As I walked the wall of names that jutted into the New York skyline I located the names of Craig Lilore, age 30, Class of ’90, close friend and classmate of my daughter, Kim, and that of Fred Rimmele, age 32, Class of ’86, my daughter Lauren’s freshman Peer Leader. This monument is about Remembrance. It is also about Rebirth which is why I thought about Craig’s infant son who is now two, and wondered how Fred Rimmele’s lovely wife was faring. The thought made me sad and also hopeful. I glanced at the monument - the little girl with the teddy bear - and thought perhaps that’s what I should be thinking: thinking about hope for the future, confidence in the spirit of youth, and the power of love and family. So on this sunny, crisp September afternoon, after two years of grieving, as I viewed the breathtaking New York skyline, I said my final farewell to three wonderful young men, who made their mark in their time and space. May they rest in peace.
On Tuesday afternoon, I visited the Eagle
S cott M . Joh n son M em orial A w ard
The Scott M. Johnson Memorial Award is given annually to the MKA graduating senior who has best demonstrated a spirit of warmth, generosity, and goodwill toward others. Scott M. Johnson, MKA Class of 1993, embodied that spirit as a student at MKA and Trinity College, as an archeologist in Israel, as an investment banker in New York, and as a dear friend to many around the world. Scott’s life was tragically taken on September 11, 2001, but his kind, welcoming spirit is alive in the hearts of his loving family and friends, and prevails each time a person treats another as Scott did. So that humanity may progress with respect and understanding, the recipient of this award is recognized as a torchbearer of Scott’s fine spirit.
Page 10
MKA Review • Spring 2004
M K A A lu m n u s In Iraq
The follow ing is a letter and photo sent to Dr. Greer by the father o f two MKA alumni, Donald DiDomenico ’86, and Thomas DiDomenico ’90. Dear Dr. Greer: I am attaching a picture of my son, Thomas, who graduated from MKA back in 1990, and attended Emory University. He was a standout hockey player and water polo goalie while there. My son Donald, Class of ’86, was a state-ranked lacrosse player at MKA. On 9/11,1 was in my office at WTC No. 1 when the plane hit. I was seriously injured in the collapse of WTC 2 as I exited the first building. Thomas, who was an assistant trader on Wall Street and who was a co-captain in the Verona Rescue Squad at the time, immediately went to Ground Zero as a rescue worker. He was there for several weeks and became quite ill as a result. Because of his extreme patriotism, and because I was almost killed in the terrorist attack, he joined the Army the following spring. He is now a platoon leader with the 549th Military Police Company of the Third Infantry Division and is assigned to Army Special Forces attacking the enemy guerillas. He will be awarded the Bronze Star for bravery in saving several of his comrades’ lives, including that of an Iraqi POW. He also received other medals for bravery. The attached picture appears in several magazines and books about Iraq. My son’s platoon had just secured the Diyala Bridge in Baghdad, and my son (foreground) and his comrade are yelling for the marines to cross while under heavy enemy fire. He has been in Baghdad since March of this year and is supposed to be back in the states by March 2004. My wife and I are very proud of him and I wanted to share this with the faculty and students at MKA. He learned his hard work and dedication at MKA and the school should be proud of its heritage. Donald M. DiDomenico, Esq.
Operation:Tribute “The beginning of the end of war lies in remembrance.”'1Z Herman Wouk MKA has initiated a project to bring recognition to all veterans of The Montclair Kimberley Academy community who served in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf War. An area of reflection will be created at the Upper School Campus “dedicated to the honorable men and women who, as members of the MKA community, gave in each generation their time, endeavors, and lives to the struggle for freedom and human rights.”« MKA community support is essential to realize the goal of $100,000; $50,000 has been raised to date. Please send donations (checks payable to The Montclair Kimberley Academy) to: David C. Flocco, Assistant Head of the Upper School, c/o MKA Operation:Tribute, 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042.
Photo courtesy o f the family.
MKA Review • Spring 2004
Page 11
Book Fair 2003 How many rigorous private schools would be prepared to suspend the curriculum fo r almost a week? Why would they want to do it? Because what starts with weeks o f moving boxes and tables ends up with an unparalleled experience. Consider the fa ct that twelve authors o f renown entertained and informed our students: Walter Dean Myers, Alan Katz, Ruby Bridges, Kathyrn Lasky, Janet Taylor Lisle, Robert Sabuda, Greg Tang, James Prosek, Madonna, Herman Parish, Holly Black, and Cornelia Funke. In addition to the visiting authors, other highlights included a special faculty tea, a Sunday PAMKAKE breakfast fo r the whole community, and the generosity o f the parent body, purchasing gift certificates fo r the faculty and $3,500 worth o f gift certificates fo r our partner school TEAM Academy’s fledgling library. This show comes to town annually courtesy o f Judy Newman MacGregor, Senior VP at Scholastic, Inc. and MKA parent. Lasting fo r four days and utilizing 150 parent volunteers, we now have the largest Scholastic Book Fair in the country. MKA’s passion fo r reading is palpable and shared by every member o f the community. Here are a few quotes from faculty, administrators, and the authors
themseW^^M "Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your flexibility and support during the PAMKA Book Fair. You were all instrumental in helping make this the biggest Fair ever - last year’s records were shattered - with book sales of over $120,000!” Deborah Kozak, Assistant Director o f External Affairs and Book Fair liaison Robert Sabuda was a big hit at Brookside this year, and in December 2003 The New York Times referred to him as “...indisputably the king o f pop-ups. ” “Robert Sabuda is a bom teacher. Fie really excited the kids because he taught them how to do pop-ups. He spoke in kid language and had a sense of humor. He Page 12
Robert Sebuda with Brookside students in the library.
explained how the pop-up was made and the intricate work that was required to meet his standard. He loved the questions the kids asked and responded with such enthusiasm. He was truly mesmerizing and he had cards for all of the kids so that they could go on his web site. When we got back to the classroom every kid made a pop-up!” Donna Carrara, Second Grade teacher The follow ing is a letter written to Judy Newman MacGregor from the author Cornelia Funke after visiting the Middle School: Dear Judy, Thank you so much for your letter. From now on I will surely always see the girl you described for me sitting between the packed boxes of your book fair! You can tell all the children of Montclair Kimberley that I will remember them at least as much as they remember me. I was enchanted by meeting them and in my last German reading I told the children about them and about my once again wonderful time in America. Many Europeans don’t know about the passion for books on the other side of the ocean, so I am back to tell about it - and about the fun of Q&A with American children... Very best wishes from Hamburg, Cornelia
Cornelia Funke signing copies o f her books at the Book Fair.
The follow ing is another letter from a visiting author (who doesn’t use a last name) after her Middle School visit, which made news all around the world. She asked that the students write essays about a teacher who had an impact on their lives and send them to her:
MKA Review • Spring 2004
To all the Students and Teachers at The Montclair Kimberley Academy: It was great to visit your school and meet all of you. I enjoyed reading my book, Mr. Peabody s Apples, to such an attentive audience. What was even more enjoyable was hearing your thoughtful questions. It is nice to spend time with people who are thinkers. Being with you reminded me of how much I valued my time in school and the influence of inspirational teachers. I look forward to reading your essays. Thank you again. Sincerely yours, Madonna Walter Dean Myers doesn’t do school visits anymore because he finds it depressing that so many o f the students don’t read. When he came to speak at the Middle School, the students made direct references to many o f the books h e’s written (required summer reading fo r 8th grade) when asking him questions. Their knowledge o f an author s body o f work and their sophistication about the process o f writing was truly impressive. “Walter Dean Myers was a fascinating speaker. My students were enthralled by the description of both his writing and idea-gathering process. I found him to be a humble and intelligent man, and was grateful for the opportunity to hear him speak. In one small group, he spoke of the necessity for the thorough research
Walter Dean Myers at the Middle School assembly fo r the grade.
needed to write historical fiction. My kids were fascinated by the fact that he reads ads for items sold in whatever time period he will be writing about. He really connected writing with research and history in a way that wasn’t too much of a lecture. The kids loved him! And I particularly enjoyed his explanation of the intense self-discipline that his writing life requires.” Ruth Miller, Eighth Grade English teacher “Two weeks before the Book Fair, I asked my 8™ graders - a cynical bunch, for the most part who:’’ they remembered from past years. They remembered every single author who’s visited us. That is amazing, given that so much of what we teach rolls off the adolescent’s duck-like back. So we know that this is making an impression on them, that they are learning respect
and admiration for writers and books while learning some lessons they can use in their own lives and work.¿I’m thrilled that these writers say the same things that I say to student - writers.. .Most of them tell stories of becoming successful after years of effort. This is a good lesson for all of us. The Book Fair upsets our routines, takes up space, empties our pocketbooks, turns us into excited crazies who can think of little else for a week. But I love that smell of new books in the gym and the sight of all those mothers and fathers in green aprons. I love to see kids upset because they can’t buy all the books that they want, or talking excitedly about some new book on a shelf.” Sharanya Naik, Middle School English Department Chair “I think one of the biggest highlights [of the Book Fair] is the generosity on the part of the parents. It would be very easy for them to focus on purchasing books for their own children. In fact, I feel extraordinarily pampered. Each year I am amazed at the books they purchase for teachers (both personal and classroom books), the gourmet tea, and all the other gestures. It is really fun to come by the gym and see the moms. As hard as they work - and boy, do they work hard - they still have time for us. As teachers, we are really lucky to have such wonderful parents.” Laura Lemaire, Fourth Grade Team Leader and English/Social Studies teacher
Madonna with students at M KA’s Book Fair.
MKA Review • Spring 2004
Page 13
Arsen Zartarian ’83 and Michael Eisner ’83 greet each other fo r their 20™ reunion.
In honor o f their 50™ reunion, Bob Coningsby ’53 and Bob Weinmann ’53 peruse a copy o f their yearbook in the library.
Diana Bethell Little ’58 brought her daughter Christine Little ’95 to her 45™ reunion.
Homecoming
2003
“Like m ost o f the classes who gathered fo r the event, many memories were shared along w ith the desire to somehow ‘go back’ a n d relive those great days — even i f only fo r a short while!” __________________ Pete Cockshaw 5 3
Members o f The Kimberley Class o f 1953 reunite: Judy Smith Gallagher, Lorna Peters Garron and Elizabeth Hopper Christiana.
Current students give tours o f the campus: Andrew Kyrejko ’05, and Alumni Council student representatives Drew Jennings ’04 and Abigail Cohen ’05.
Norma Soria, A l Soria ’43, and Dick Angus ’43 are ready to celebrate their 60™ reunion.
Alumni Council President Patricia Shean Worthington ’74 gives the award fo r greatest distance to Margaret McVay McCombs ’53, who came from Fairbanks, Alaska fo r her 50^ reunion!
Geoffrey Habron ’83, Gary Powell ’83, and Jonathan Nussbaum ’83. For their 20™ reunion, Geoffrey and Gary came from Michigan, and Jonathan came from Washington, D. C.
10th reunion buddies: Rich Catena ’93, Peter Berk ’93, and Stephen Pietrucha ’93.
Page 14
MKA Review • Spring 2004
Classmates o f 1998, Leon Shade and LaTanya Bennett, come back fo r their first reunion.
Alumni Council member Rick Jenkins ’77 and Trustee Eric Pai ’79 greeting alumni returning to their alma mater. Rick and E ric’s children attend MKA.
TKS ’53 Margaret McVay McCombs (recipient o f the greatest-distance award) and MA ’53 Dave Connolly (Reunion Co-chair) enjoy being back fo r their 50™ reunion.
Scott Rumana and Donald Cussen o f the Class o f 1983.
Kimberley friends Suzette Armitage Whiting ’53 and Frances Lane Miller ’48 came back fo r the 50™ and 45™ reunion celebrations.
Phil Fradkin ’53 brought his daughter Cleo to his 5 Qth reunion fo r lunch and dinner with his old classmates, and a tour o f his fa m ily ’s form er home at 36 Lloyd Road (the Headmaster’s house).
1988 classmates return fo r their 15^ reunion: Lauren Polonofsky Garfield, Mark Sapienza, and Jonathan Fairchild.
Director o f External Affairs Judy Polonofsky greets the recipient o f the 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award, Barry Ridings ’70, and his wife Ann Ridings.
Classmates from 1983: J.P Natkins, Maureen Towers Natkin ’83, and Eric Green ’83
MKA Review • Spring 2004
Page 15
From the Alumni Association Dear MKA Family and Friends,
100 - met in New York City that evening.
As you are reading this in the warm spring weather, take a moment to look back on the Alumni Association events of fall and winter, seasons lull of productive activity.
In the spring, the Alumni Association is busy with Career Day in March, Senior Breakfast in April, and Athletic Hall of Fame in May. The Black Alumni Network Initiative (BANI) is preparing for its annual college visitation trip over spring break, and will hold its picnic on May 8th. Two Alumni Receptions are planned for this spring: April 22 in New York City, and May 20 in Philadelphia. The Golf Open will bring our activities to a close in mid-June, just after the Alumni Association announces the recipient of the Founders’ Cup.
Starting in October, we had lively groups of alumni return to their old campuses for Homecoming. The festivities began with the Friday assembly at the Upper School where the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award, Barry Ridings ’70, spoke to the students. They were genuinely engaged, asking questions about his career and Montclair Academy, and his willingness to try on almost all of his “old school” clothing was both brave and entertaining! The Reunion Luncheon on campus had a large turnout, and the Reunion Dinner at the Montclair Golf Club was bursting at the seams.
One final note - 1 want to extend my thanks to everyone involved in all of these alumni activities. Your interest and participation has made the past two years as President just fly by. It has been a great experience and a privilege to represent MKA Alumni to the larger community. With warm wishes, Pat Shean Worthington ’74 President, MKA Alumni Association
We hope that you find these activities and events interesting, and that you will join us. After all, helping alumni reconnect to MKA is what this is all about!
In mid-November, many alumni staffed the phones and the school benefited from their efforts and your generosity. Thanksgiving was a very busy time for our alumni. An Alumni/Student Hockey Game was held the night before Thanksgiving, and the roster included alumni from the last three decades. A group of college-age alumni met at a local coffee café on the morning of “Fat Friday” (the day after Thanksgiving), and a very large group of young alumni - over
For the face-off: Green-Jake McKee and White-Jason O ’Neill.
College-age alumni meetfo r breakfast on the day after Thanksgiving. Seated: Morgan Fischer ’03, M elanie Braverman ’03, Katherine Crosland ’03, and Emma Barnett ’03. Standing: Chaim Pizem ’02, Jeanne Lehmann ’02, Lindsay Braverman ’01, and M att Brown ’03.
Page 16
With style, humor, and a few costume changes, the recipient o f the 2003 D istinguished Alum ni Award, Barry Ridings ’70, brought the house down with his tales o f the “old days ” at M ontclair Academy, at the same time that he delivered a clear message about humility, honesty and hard work.
The players came out in strong numbers fo r the Alumni/Student Hockey Game at M ontclair Clary Anderson Arena in November. An alumni player noticed that there w asn’t a banner fo r the year that the Cougars won the prestigious Gordon Cup (1982); the school has purchased one and it w ill be hanging in the arena soon.
MKA Review • Spring 2004
In Memoriam In the words o f friends and colleagues, here is The Montclair Kimberley Academy’s response to the death o f a beloved faculty member and coach, John Rabke.
their college choices, but he always kept his interest up in how they were doing. He will truly be missed. Sandy Lonsinger, Upper Schoolfaculty member
The passing of John Rabke left a tremendous void in the lifeblood of MKA because he fully and totally represented the essence of an independent school teacher: erudite, caring, devoted, dependable, trustworthy, fair, welltraveled. . .the list could go on and on. His indomitable strength and courage in the face of his battle with cancer can shine as an exemplary beacon for all those who ever feel they are going through some dark hardship...And, to me, the essence of John, the attribute that said everything about him in one instant, the attribute that showed his joy in life and brought joy to those around him: that smile! Who could ever match that smile! George Hrab, Upper Schoolfaculty member
John Rabke understood, like the best coaches and teachers and fishermen, that sometimes you can be as prepared as you’ve ever been and still not connect with a class, or play well in an important game, or land that big catch. But more importantly, he also knew that sometimes it’s just a matter of staying in the boat a little bit longer, just a matter of being patient, just a matter of hanging in there with that student or player until they made the breakthrough that John believed was somewhere inside each of them. As John said just a few days ago, and believed totally, “We should never write anybody off.” John was a teacher, and even though it interested him greatly, it was never first and foremost about the subject matter. John was a coach, and even though he wanted to win every time it was never first and foremost about the wins and losses. John was a fisherman, and even though he wanted to catch as many as he could, it was never first and foremost about the fish. For John, teaching, coaching, fishing, and living were always first and foremost about the people. Oh, it may have looked like he was out there reeling in fish all these years, but what John was actually reeling in was people - us A all along. M ark Boyea, form er Director o f Athletics
John was the epitome of the independent school teacher, a true Renaissance man: bright, articulate, and great with kids. John came to Montclair Academy 34 years ago when you were expected to coach three sports. He always enjoyed working hard and being with the kids both on and off the field. It really bothered him this year that he couldn’t be in school every day helping the kids make
John Rabke was a role model as a teacher and a coach, for community service, and as a cancer patient. When I was diagnosed with cancer 13 years ago I was lucky to have John as I faced my treatment. John had just completed radiation therapy, so he filled in the information gaps about what to expect and made my journey through treatment so much easier. I will always be grateful to him for the support he provided to me. Judy Nesbit, Upper School faculty member
Ralph Pacifico shows his MKA sweater plaque to his coaching mentor, John Rabke.
Over the years, the Rabkes did what many faculty and faculty families do -they became involved in all aspects of school life. A unique and important characteristic of independent school philosophy is a belief that faculty involvement and immersion in school activities builds bonds between students and faculty and ensures special and important mentoring relationships between faculty and studentsrelationships that often have lifetime implications. The Rabkes were a perfect example of an independent school faculty family, and their home became a center for faculty and student social events during which lively discussions about school, politics, and the state of the world were the norm. The focal point of these intelligent discussions was always the same: thoughtful analyses of world and local events, discussions about school and school events, and how to help students expand their horizons beyond the MKA community. He said to me once, “You can get all A’s and still flunk life. That’s not what we want at the Academy.” And he gave this advice over and over again, as a teacher, a coach, a college advisor, a colleague and a friend. For that, I and many students who have walked these halls, are grateful. Char Charlton, Upper School Head
John Rabke, in 1995.
MKA Review • Spring 2004
Page 17
Cougar Sports By Todd Smith, Director of Athletics This fall was remarkable, shown by the MKA Upper School athletic teams and individual athletes capturing the following titles and accolades: 42 Colonial Hills Conference All-Stars 18 All-Essex County Athletes 8 NJSIAA All-State Athletes 4 Colonial Hills Conference Championships (Boys’ Cross-Country, Girls’ Soccer, Girls’ Tennis, Volleyball) 4 CHC “Player of the Year” Recipients
(Evyn Cameron ’04 - Girls’ Soccer; Heather Lamb ’05 - Girls’ Soccer; Drew Jennings ’04 - Boys’ Soccer; Chisako Sugiyama ’05 - Girls’ Tennis) 2 Individual NJSIAA State Champions (Chisako Sugiyama ’05 - Girls’ Tennis and Oskar Nordenbring ’04 - CrossCountry) 1 NJSIAA State Parochial Championship (Girls’ Tennis) 1 Prep State Championship (Boys’ Soccer) 1 Regional North Championship (Girls’ Tennis)
1 Essex County Championship (Girls’ Tennis) 1 All-American (Angelo Amato - Boys’ Soccer) The 2003 Boys’ Cross-Country team won the Colonial Hills Conference division once again this fall season (five in a row!). The team was led by senior Captain Oskar Nordenbring, who was named 2nd team All-State, 1st Team AllCHC and All-Essex County, and AllParochial B by the Newark Star-Ledger. Winning the Parochial B State group title again (3rd time), Oskar became one of the most decorated cross-country runners in New Jersey state history! Nicolai Naranjo, MKA’s “second man,” raced brilliantly this year and was named 1st Team All-CHC, All-Essex County and All-State Parochial B, and he’s only a sophomore! The 2003 Girls’ Cross-Country team had the difficult job of reestablishing the core of the team, as we lost 6 of our 8 runners from last season to graduation. Nevertheless, the team finished the season with a respectable 4-3 record. Led by Captain Alex Milder, all the girls improved their times markedly
throughout the season, and all the finishers at this year’s Essex County Championships at Brookdale Park set personal best times. The MKA Varsity Field Hockey team posted a record of 3-14-1 for the 2003 season, and saw steady improvement over the course of the season. Randi Sunshine anchored the team with her standout performances in goal, and she and seniors Sarah Walter, Ruth Fombrun, Maya Stevenson and Yooree Lee gained recognition throughout the league. The 2003 Cougar Varsity Football team finished the season with a record of 3-7, with one of the victories a thrilling comefrom-behind win over Bernards at Homecoming. Post-season honors included 1st Team All-Conference Lineman Travis Huling, and 2nd Team All-Conference Players, Razzaq ManleyYuseff, Darryn Glenn, Michael Villani, and Michael Jones. Razzaq ManleyYuseff also earned All-Essex County honors. Elliot Platt (Honorable Mention All-Conference) has committed to play next year at Franklin and Marshall. The 2003 Boys’ Varsity Soccer team was crowned Prep B State Champions for the second consecutive year and finished with an impressive overall record of 17 wins, 4 losses. The team also finished runner-up in the Colonial Hills Conference and reached the semi-final of the NJSIAA State Championship. Angelo Amato was named to the Adidas Region I All-American Team; Drew Jennings was Colonial Hills Conference Player of the Year; and team MVP Joe Walter, David Endo, Amato, and Jennings were selected to the Colonial Hills Conference and Prep B State 1st Teams. The Girls’ Varsity Soccer team capped off a wonderful season (14-5-1) winning their first-ever Colonial Hills Conference Championship. Earning various league, county and state honors were: seniors Evyn Cameron, Ali Alati, Erica Leffler; j uniorsE Heather Lamb, Dina Berman, Sasha Klimczak; sophomores - Sami
MKA senior Oskar Nordenbring is the first-ever 3-event champion at the Colonial Hills Conference meet, ¡atidmkme o f the mostdmprated3>ss-couniry runnemin New Jersey state history.
Page 18
MKA Review • Spring 2004
Hirsh, Lisa Vuono; freshman - Hannah Gill; and Head Coach Todd Smith (CHC Coach of the Year). The MKA Varsity Volleyball team finished the season with a 16-7 record, and were Co-Champions for the Colonial Hills Conference. The team was ranked 13th in States, 11th in Essex County, and 3rd in All-State Prep conference. Jenne Willis and Jacque Bruno made the 1st team in both The Colonial Hills Conference and The All-States Prep Conference, and Cara Landolfi and Megan Livesey made the 2nd team. This fall the Varsity Girls’ Tennis team capped off the most successful tennis season in the history of the school. The team finished with a 23-1 record as the Cougars captured the Colonial Hills Conference Championship, the Essex County Championship, the Parochial North “B” District title and the Parochial “B” State Championship. MKA#1 singles tennis player, Chisako Sugiyama ’05, finished the year with an overall record of 28-0, winning the Essex County
Singles Championship and the NJSIAA State Singles Championship, becoming the only athlete in the history of the school to capture the overall state singles title. In addition, Chisako was named the Colonial Hills Conference Player of the Year, the Newark Star-Ledger “Girls’; ^ Tennis Player of the Year,” and the NJ Nets/Wachovia October Athlete of the Month in October. 1st Doubles tandem of Marissa Koggan ’05 and Jamie Higgins ’05 were also named 1st Team All-State by the Newark Star-Ledger. COUGAR SNAPSHOTS: MKA soccer player, Angelo Amato ’05, has been named a regional All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association and Adidas of America. This is a tremendous honor as Angelo was one of only twenty-five players selected to the team that recognizes players from Maine to Virginia. In the last magazine, we mentioned MKA athletes who played college baseball, and neglected to list Mike Reiter ’96, who
played all four years at Worchester Polytechnic Institute. Director of Intramurals and Childrens’ Sports Programs Ralph Pacifico was inducted into the Montclair Immaculate Conception High School Hall of Fame in 2003. Faculty member and Head Girls’ Track Coach Ellen Iverson and the Class of 2003 have spearheaded the effort to have the coaches’ room renamed and remodeled in memory of Coach Noll Klank; the dedication will be held on April 7, 2004. MKA Cheerleaders, led by Alexis Tucker ’04 and Ally Lopreato ’04, won a 1st place trophy for Superior Team overall at a UCA Cheerleading camp this past summer. Anthony Del Gaizo ’82 was selected by a group of New Jersey sportswriters to be one of Essex County’s all-time best hockey players, and will be honored at a banquet.
The Varsity Girls ’ Tennis Team, with Coach Bill Wing, at this y ea r’s Gathering. The team produced the most successful tennis season in the history o f the school, finishing with a 23-1 record.
MKA Review • Spring 2004
Page 19
Athletic Hall of Fame IX T he M ontclair Kimberley Academy will induct one outstanding athlete and a remarkable team into the Athletic H all o f Fame at the awards luncheon on May 8. This is the ninth group to be honored for their exceptional athletic achievements. Jennifer Lonsinger Rutherford ‘92 Soccer, Basketball, and Lacrosse
T h e 1984 Boys’ Lacrosse Team It was a tim e when tensions ran high in M ontclair and the MKA Boys’ Lacrosse Team established the tone in town: they would play anybody, anytime. Coach D oug Alsofrom created a cult-like following because it wasn’t just about coaching a lacrosse team, it was about building a lacrosse program, and 13 years and 9 championships later, that’s w hat MKA had.
Jennifer (JJ) Lonsinger was an exemplary three-sport athlete at MKA. She played four years in each sport, and was a starter on all 12 varsity teams. In soccer, JJ was team captain, M VP and All-State in 1991; in basketball in 1991, she was team captain, MVP, All-State, and on the Holiday Tournam ent All-Star Team. But there are even more honors racked up in Jennifers third sport, lacrosse: she made the Garden State Games in 1990; was AllState in 1991 and 1992; and was both the team captain and the M VP in ® 91 and 1992. Finally, JJ won the MKA Klein Award for Achievement in Athletics and Scholarship in 1990 and 1992, a harbinger o f her future successes as a student-athlete. Jennifer w ent to Princeton University and graduated in 1996 w ith a B.A. in H istory and Environmental Studies. At Princeton, she was a varsity letter w inner all four years;Sjer team made it to the NCAA Final Four all four years that she played; and the team w on the NCAA Division I N ational Championship for the first time in Princeton W omen’s Lacrosse history. JJ was selected to the All-Ivy team in 1995, and in 1996, was All-Ivy, an NCAA Division I 2nd Team All-American, and an NCAA Division I 1st Team Regional All-American. Also in 1996, her teammates and coaches selected her to be the recipient o f the Princeton W omen’s Lacrosse Team Award, the Emmy Goodfellow Award. H er athletic accomplishments since leaving college include playing club lacrosse in Colorado (she was nam ed to the All-Star team twice), and participating in the Vail Shoot-out w ith current and past A llege players three times. Jennifer coached varsity lacrosse for three years at a Denver high school before moving to the mountains vyhgre there is no lacrosse (yet!). JJ also ran the Colorado M arathon in S | 8. In 2001, Jennifer received an M.S. from the University o f Colorado in M useum Studies, and she is now the Curator o f Education at the Estes Park Museum, a small local history M useum located j u ^ outside the entrance to Rocky M ountain National Park in Estes Park, Colorado. She and her husband, ; M atthew Rutherford, have a 15-m onth-old daughter nam ed Maya and another on the way— due to arrive September 1, 2004.
Page 20
In the spring o f 1984, the Boys’ Lacrosse Team included a core group o f physically m ature seniors who had played together for four years, and they were ready to perform at a high level. As a team, they won three Garden State Championships and five Prep B Championships, and many individual players were honored: CoCaptain Ed Conlin ’84 - All-American, All-State, All-League, 1st Team; Co-Captain Dave Fehnel ’84 - All-State, All-League, 1st Team; Co-Captain D arrin O ’Neill ’84 - All-League, 1st Team; Ray Thill ’8 4 -A ll-S tate, 1st Team; D oug Keh ’84 - All-State, All-League; Rob Iverson ’84 - All-League; Jason O ’Neill ’85 - All-League, 1st Team; and Roger Brown ’85 —All-League. Spirit was high in those days - the shed’s roof was painted for every game, and the players took legendary pre-season road trips to Washington, D .C ., Virginia, and Maryland to play against elite teams in front of 1,500 to 2,000 spectators. In 1984, this team was 3-0 in their pre season games, and after that they made history. Recognized across the state as a premier lacrosse coach, D oug Alsofrom had his own unique style o f leadership, displaying confidence in his players and Coaching staff w ith a consistent message: if you w ant to be a championship team, then play like champions. A nd the 1984 Boys’ Lacrosse Team responded: Anybody, anytime.
Jo in us for these A lum ni Events April 221 Alumni Reception, NYC Senior Breakfast April 29 Athletic Hall of Fame May 8 BANI picnic, May 8 Eagle Rock Reservation
Alumni Reception, Philadelphia June 15 j Alumni Golf Open Oct. 16 % Homecoming 2004 May20
ReunimsjvrWades ending in 4 and M.
MKA Review • Spring 2004
Class Notes Editor’s Note We use one “offiqiaT’ yearly mailing to obtain news, which appears in the FALL MKA Review, and the deadline is May 1. SPRING 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, and the deadline is January 1. Although the items might seem “old,” we have found that people love to read news whenever. The time lapse is unavoidable, as the processing of Class Notes from secretary to Alumni Office to designer to printer covers a ||g p o 16-week period. Please remember that you can send a note or e-mail to your class secretary or to the Alumni Office anytime (mkleinman@montclairkimberley.org). We keep ongoing files for each class and we welcome family photographs. 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 of alumni class secretary, like that of class agent and reunion chair, is absolutely essential to the vitality of the school. Please consider it. MA - Montclair Academy TKS —The Kimberley School
T K S _ ____________________________ Miss Charlotte H. Fitch, Box 45 24 Cape Bial Lane, Westport Point MA 02791
Carol Thompson Lathrop writes that although she doesn’t drive off-island anymore, she still travels - to Alaska for some White River rafting, and Portugal for a cruise to the Canary Islands. She also sees her niece, Daphne Bethell McCarthy ’61, and her husband John when they are at their summeBnome. Jean Berry Bush’s granddaughter, Jennifer Berry Walton, married Kevin Burke in June of 2003, in Prouts Neck, Maine.
TKS___________________ _________ Mrs. Stewart Carpenter (Josephine Fobes) Crane’s Mill, Apt. 249 459 Passaic Ave., West Caldwell N J 07006
M A _____________________________ Mr. John Graham 1129 King’s Ranch Road, Bandera TX 78003
36 TKS Mrs. W. Kent Schmid (Josephine Murray) 118 Heron Point, Chestertown M D 21620 Our condolences to the family of Jean Winpenny Manley. Josephine Murray Schmid writes: “I have moved to an assisted living place which is really great in Chestertown, MD - a delightful town with art, music, antBp®|t’'to Baltimore and Williamsburg. Let me hear from you all soon.”'
TKS_______________________________ M A _______________________________ Mr. C. Irving Porter Box 2750 Quaker H ill Road, Unity M E 04988
31 TKS__________________________ Mrs. Albert Frell (Irene Burbank) 580Admiralty Parade, Naples FL 34102
32 M A _______________________________ We send our condolences to Anthony Giannetti on the death of his brother, John Giannetti, in September 2003.
34 TKS.
Class N otes • Spring 2004
Mrs. William Young (Peggy Kioto) <. The Village at Duxbury 290 Kingstown Way, Apt. 253^, Duxbury MA 02332 Peggy Klotz Young writes that a Kimberley group had a mini-reunion over the July 4th weekend. Those in attendance were: Ruth Russell Gray with her niece, Marilyn Russell (Stanley Russell’s daughter; MA ’36), Sally Bausher Littlefield (Sally’s son, Bill Littlefield, had a terrific article written about him in The Boston Globe on 7/31/03. He is the host of NPR’s “Only a Game.”) Peggy, Ruth, and Sally went to Kimberley from first through twelfth grades. Ruth came from Florida and Marilyn came from Alaska to attend a conference in Boston for their churches. Peggy also gives lively family reports about Janet Gaylord Newsome, Jean Hamlin Noyes, Teppy Holten Sjolander, Ruthie Duff Eager, Margaret Richards Chapman, and Leigh Berrien Smith.
A W O M A N OF LETTERS From the papers of Mary Ayres Schweppe, thanks to her daughter-in-law, Betsy.. Schweppe: “The Class opp6 was a warm, vibrant and extremis diversified group. We all got along famously and formed friendships that have lasted 50 years. The school founders, Miss Waring and Miss Jordan, were extraordinary women who’made The Kimberley SchoWa very special place. Personal interest was taken in every girl. A simple ‘good sSnse’ philosophy helped many students find selfSnfidence and a sense of place. Everyone was made to feel important in some waJSl will forever be grateful for my years at
Kimberlpi^H All are active with family v is S new grandchildren, holiday activities, volunteer work, and gfa|ing family memoirs and photo albums. The only sad news came from Jane Rinck about Virginia Kracke Leavitt. Ginny’s husband, Charlie, has Alzheimer’s and requires a lot of Ginny’s time, and as Piggy says;j“We all' • know now that the ''Golden Age’ doesn’t mean relaxing on a couch and sipping through a silvla straw.” (Ed. note: Peggy Khstz Young compiled such detailed class notes that they were mailed to the class in lieu o f editing interesting newstmm
M A ________________;________ ( V r condolences to the family of Vice Admiral Parker B. Armstrong, who died in May 2003 and was buried at sea off of Ponte Vedre Beach, FL. Parker B. Armstrong received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2001; plfea&e'; visit the MKA website for the complete article (www. montclairkimberley. org). Our condolences to the family of Mr. G. Clifford Geib.
39 TKS_________________________ Class agent: Mrs. Saul Serota (flomelia Carswell) 6891 Wilson Road, Marshall VA 22115
M A _________________________ Mr. C.R. Lyle II 4 3 5 Mountain Rd., P.O. Box394 Jaffrey Center N H 03452-0394
TKS_______________________ Mrs. Alfred D. Williams (Joan Bayne) 15 Piper Road, Apt. K310 Scarborough M E 04QAuA
Page 21
Class agent: Mrs. Iris Flournoy . 204 Bullock Drive Princeton, N J 08540 Our condolences to the family of Billie West Barrows. Her husband John “Jinx” C. Barrows wroteSjBillie died August 21, 2003, I’m really sorry. We made it for 57 years'.”1.
I TKS_______________________________ Mrs. James F.C. Hyde Jr. (Enid Griswold) 5402 Duvall Drive, Bethesda M D 20816
M A _______________________________ Mr. David Baird Jr. 9 Parkway, Montclair N J 07042, ., Class agent: Mr. Lewis Townsend 2810 Mew MesSko Avenue, Apt. 303 Washington, D C 20007&V Charles B. Sanders and his wife Kit are the proud great-grandparents of two boys and two girls. The grandparents are all MKA graduates., Charles asks,. How did we get to this stage so ■juickly?” “ William Hall sent a letter that tells of immediate family reunions involving 36 peopled festive 80th,birthday parties, and his 55th reunion of the Harvard Business School. Kenilworth Press publish®] 80 copies of a collection of Bill’s eS-sajssiientitled “Ramblings.” Write or call for a copy to be 4f§n autographed and without charge!
TKS_______________________________ Helena Van Cortlandt Burrill wrote that she and a friend: (sadly, now deceased) took thebest two trips of their lives in the 1980’s, one to Antarctica and the other to the Arctic. Even though she has traveled far and wide, these trips are the most memorable. Our condolences to Frances Johnson Furlong, who lost her husband Robert in November 2003. We also extend our heartfelt sympathy to Bette Ruprecht Fitting, whose husband passed away in November 2002,” Bette has moved to an adult community in Belvidere, NJ to be closer to family.
M A _____________ ;__________________ Mr. Richard L. Charlesworth 121 Cherry Brook Rd., Weston MA 020)3 George W Connell reports that he and Bob Clifford are ‘!still moving.jH Our condolenejpxo the family of James L. Prescott Jr., who died in November 2003.
TKS
A L e g e n d in H e r O w n T im e Nancy Tiernan Swenson ’42 was elected to the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame in the fall of 2003. The Texas Tennis Hall of Fame Selection Committee is comprised of six respected media members, pastpresident of the USTA Texas Section, presidents of the USPTA Texas Division and the Texas Tennis Coaches Association, and chair of the Selection Committee. aSfhis year, Nancy was inducted along with a US Davis Cup Team member and the #1 player in the world in Metis «5. Her previous honors included being ranked second nationally in Women’s 55 and Over (1980) and number one in Women’s Singles in Texas (1982). Even though Lucile Mason was the only Kimberley alumna in attendance at the 60th Reunion, she enjoyed herself! O f particular note was A1 Soria’s (MA ’43) talk about the effect the Academy’s masters had on him and his classmates, and receiving a copy of the school’s history, Within These Halls. Lucre also reports that Nancie Nicolls Kurtz wrote to her about Betty Brown Ward’s husband Richard’s death in October 2003. Our heartfelt condolences to Betty and her family.
M A _______________________________ Mr. Richard R. Angus 38 Hinchman Avenue, Denville N J 07834 Dick Angus enjoyed the Reunion Luncheon with B o w Montclair Academy classmates A1 Soria and Bob Brown, and Lucile Mason TKS . ’43, and Frances Lane Miller TKS ’49. Ted Olcott wrote that he would not be able to attend the 60th Reunion, but that for many years a group of Montclair Academy alumni (Frank Jacobs ’43, Frank Sweeney ’43, Dan Emerson ’42 and Gerry Youngman ’44) enjoyed summers together playing golf. As Ted says, “At this stage, still fun, blit aches and pains are more prevalent than bogies or pars.jBSadly, Ted later called to report the death of Frank Jacobs. Our condolences to Frank’s wife and daughter.
60th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2004 Elizabeth Deyo Martin writes that she is still enjoying life on Cape Cod for 8 months of the year and Vero Beach for four. She misses tennis, but enjoys lots of bridge; concerts, theatre, movieSfand travel... “the icing on the cake of life.”
M A _______________________________ Mr. WinterfordJ. Ohland 4 Abler s Lane, Blairstown N
TKS
J 07825
Anne Feagley Wittels (Mrs. Jerome L.) 2116 Via ALamitos Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 wittelsTwo rldnet. att. net Many thanks to Leigh Smith for the newspaper clippings about our school community!
M A _______________________________ Mr. William B. Grant &7330 Westmoreland Dr., Sarasota FL 34243 grantwb @tampabay. rr.com
MA Dr. Peter B. Lawrence 4802 Carriage PI, Wilson N C 27893
TKS
_____________ __
m
Mrs. David Hannegan (Louise Rudd) 49 Canterbury Lane, Lakeville C T 06039 weezieh @email. msn. com
T K S__________________ Mrs. Sibyl Lewis Lotterle 4360 E. Burchett Drive Hayden Lake ID 83835-8148 sibstoyGPmymailstation. com
55th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2004
TKS
__________________
( agent: Mrs. William Brooks (Dorothy Redfield) 1 Thelbridge Street, Madison C T 06443 Exciting news for later in the year! We WILL have a 55th reunion sponsored by the school! *f,unch is planned at the Academy and dinner will be served at the Montclair Golf Club. For those of you who attended five years ago, you know what a great time we had. Hopefully, more of you will join us for the weekend of October 16, 2004. Plans are already afoot so you’ll be hearing from us by mail probably 'beginning in May. I look forward to seeing you all in October. Skip Redfield Brooks Jerrie Reilly Stevenson writes that she plans to be back next fall for the 55th Reunion. As she says, “We had such fun for the 50th Reunion let’s do it again! See yaffhere!” We send our continued best wishes to Nancy E. Copp, whose health is failing but whose spirit is strong. Thank you, Nancy, for the inspirational writings. Our condolences to Susan Inglis Chapman, who tragically lost ¡sir daughter Sara in October 2003.
MimLucile G. Mason JÊ42 North Mountain Ave., Montclair N J 07042
Page 22
Class N otes • Spring 2004
50 TKS_______________________________ Class agent: Mrs. Richard Lewis (Audrey Maass) 4551 G ulfShore Blvd. N, Apt. 804 Naples FL 33940 Our sincere condolences to Audrey Carroll McBratney, who lost her husband, Robert Bruce McBratney, in August 2003. Mr. McBratney is;'? survived by his wife of 48 years, Audrey, and his three children: Bonnie Wallin ’74, Don and Sally D’Alessandro ’75, and Bruce McBratney ’78.
M A _______________________________ Mr. Rudolph Deetjen Jr. 1 7 King’s Cove Lane, Brooksville M E 046lW m Class agent: Mr. Jay Bitting 299 River Edge Dr., Chatham N J 07928
TKS_______________________________ Mrs. Lloyd Marentette (Gail Robertson) 93 Glen Ave., Llewellyn Park West Orange N J 07052 Our deepest and heartfelt sympathies to Gail Robertson Marentette on the death of her son in July 2003. She has expressed her appreciation of the support she has received from family and friends - especially her old Kimberley classmates. Gail Marentette writes recently that she has been to Dorset, Vermont, for Nancy White’s December birthday party (her 70th!) with Pat Lee. Gail also sees Jane Bonner, Miriam Irwin, and Ruth Wilson frequendy. She saw June Crowe Cronquist and Joan Miller in Maine this past summer, and Audrey McBratney came for Gail’s birthday in September 2003. Highlights from Gail’s August 2003 letter include: Betsy Bergquist and Bruce still working as image couples therapists in the northwest; Jane Bonner has visited her daughter and Joan Miller and Dave; Judy Costikyan and Tom have frequendy seen Bruce and Audrey McBratney ’50; George and June Crowe Cronquist travel
The K im berky a n d M ontclair Academ y Classes o f1943 a n d 1948, 6 0 th a n d 5 5 th Reunions. Standing: L ucile M ason ’4 3, A l Soria ’4 3, a n d N orm a Soria. Seated: Frances Lane M iller ’48, Bob Brow n ’4 3, a n d D ick A ngus ’43.
extensively; Baxter and Julia Smith Gentry continue living and working at their church in Houston; Gerrie Hendricks lives and works in real estate in Chatham and is looking forward f<S, her daughter’s wedding in Barcelona; Linda Herbert stills enjoysilffeiin California; Miriam Irwin travels extensively and has the record number of grandchildren (171): Anne LaBastille has published book #4; Jim and Pat Lee have sold their inn and are enjoying traveling; Brownie Cleaves enjoys riding and dog training in Wisconsin; Dave and Joan Miller divide their time between Chicago and Maine, and enjoy outdoor activities and traveling; Polly Redfield loves Marin County and close family activities, and is retired now from being a substance abuse counselor; Joan Spinning enjjlys her comfortable home and family in Lighthouse Point, Florida; Jack and Nancy Prescott live in northern Florida on a river and travel all over the world; Suzie Twyford paints, teaches, plays tennis, skis, and swims; Nancy White loves Vermont life and spending time with family; Ruth Wilson is busy getting ready for her son Tim’s wedding and with the Garden Club in Princeton; Gail Marentette divides her time between Llewellyn Park and Florida, travels to Grosse Point and then San Francisco to see her first grandchild. Congratulations, Gail! (Ed. note: Gail Marentette compiled such detailed class notes in her August letter that they were mailed to the class in lieu o f eliminating interesting news.)'"'. Nancy Ehrhardt White writes that she thoroughly enjoyed a trip fljj the Danube River in October; the foliage was absolutely lovely.
M A _______________________________ Mr. Ernest F. Keer III 459 Club Drive, P.O. Box 1030 Bay Head N J 08742 C. Scott Bartlett writes that 2003 has produced his 6th grandchild - Conner Mason Rankin, son of Marc and Susan Bartlett Rankin ’88.
K im b erley classm ates o f 1 9 5 1 - G a il M a r e n te tte , N a n cy W h ite, a n d P a t L ee celebrate N a n cy’s 7 0 th
John Barlow writes that he retired on July 25 and is enjoying traveling and finally having time to read history instead of medical journals!
52 TKS_________________ Mrs. Clark Moran (Martha Gilbert) 8011 StraujfRoad, Baltimore M D 21204 mmorari@iopener. net Our deepest sympathies go to the family of Barbara Pendleton Donnell. Fay Taft Fawcett in
Lifetim e A chievem ent A rchitectural P reservation fo r R oger S. W ebb ’52
Roger S. Webb received the 2003 Codman Award for Lifetime Achievement in Preservation at the 14th Annual Boston Preservation Alliance Achievement Awards. Since 1962,,;/|pger Webb has been instrumental in forging a critical link? between preservation and development. As . the founder and president®966) of Architectural Heritage Foundation, a non profit corporation, he has been able to ¿Shepherd the adaptive reuse of architecturally and historically significant properties in Boston and elsewhere. Among his significant achievements, Webb numbers the Rodman Candleworks in New Bedford and Boston’s Old City Hall, which has been ' successfully rehabilitated after it had been declared unsalvageable. In 1966 he assembled a team which would spend the next ten years involved in feasibility studies, plans and proposals to revitalize the shops at Faneuil Hal§;marketplace. Although he ultimately was unable to complete the project, he considers the concept of the Faneuil Hall markets his greatest ^m tribution to the eit||o f Boston. “Preservation,” says Webb, “helps ensure that our architecture and our historical past will remain very present in our daily life.” In addition to his preservation development work, Webb has alio been a leader through his contributions of space and funding to the city and state’s leading preservation organizations. Webb’s ^commitment to preservation in the city is unmatched. (Text is from BPA’s Awards’ pam phlet.)
b irth d a y in V erm o n t in D ecem b er 2 0 0 3 .
Class N otes • Spring 2004
Page 23
5 0 th Reunion, K im berley Class o f1953. L om a Peters Garron, E lizabeth H opper C hristiana, M ary Penick B urgin, a n d Judy Sm ith Gallagher.
The K im berley Class o f1953, 5 0 th R eunion. Standing: Benson Ford, P atricia E ddy Ford 5 3 , Rev. E lizabeth M yers 5 3 , Jacquelin A m bler Cusick 5 3 , a n d R alph Cusick. Seated: C arol Snow Seym our 5 3 , Larry L ankford, L inda Gerow L ankford 5 3 , a n d Suzette A rm itage W hiting 53.
called in January to tell us that Babs died on 1/10/04. She is survived by her daughter and husband, Mr. James Donnell.
M A ______________________________ Class agent: Mr. Charles Sage 435 Welch Avenue, Ames IA 50014
53 T K S _______________________________ Sally Maxson Jones writes that a late 2003 highlight was cruising on the Star Princess from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia - 9,220 nm and 25 days. They spent an additional 10 days in Australia and Tasmania, which was most enjoyable. TJ|||l|spent three days in Sydney with Dave’s USNA classmate, Bob Kassel, who l|p i?Montclair Academy alumnus.
M A _______________________________ Mr. 1264 Oakmont Court, West Chester PA 19380 pcockshaw@rcn.com “Where did the 50 years go?” was an oftrepeated puzzlement of MA’s ’53 Class. But despite the' “advancing” years, the mood was decidedly upbeat during our Big 50th reunion. Ten hearty souls joined together on October 25 th to celebrate this significant milestone - a significant turnout given the small size of the class. During lunch, they included Pete Cockshaw, Bob Coningsby, Dave Connolly, Phil Fradkin, George Hertzberg, Neil Lindeman, Bob Weinmann and Henry “Sandy” Williams. Howie Beilin and Ted Jorgensen met up with us for dinner at the Montclair Golf Club. A “bonus” for all of us was the attendance o JH three old pals from the Class 00-54 who accepted the invitation to join us for dinner Phil Donlin, Jake Jacobus and John Foster. Another bonu§ was Phil Fradkin’s 16$<Br daughter Cleo (probably takes after her mother!) who putfflp w ith R “old folks’llaoth at lunc^H and dinner. US&iriosf of the class^ who gathered for the
Page 24
event, many memories were shared, along with the desire to somehow “go back” and relive those great days -- even if only for a short while! One impression all of us shared was the pride we felt about being associated with MKA, an institution whose reputation for academic excellence has grown over the years along with its many impressive physical facilities. The class is grateful to all the terrific MKA staff who helped make our reunion such a big success. ■ Pete Cockshaw
50th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2003
TKS_______________ ;______________ _ Ms. Georgia Carrington 38 Silver Spring Lane, Ridgefield C T 068777 ’ carrgeo@aol. com Doris Krebs Barnard, Nell Fisk Hamlen, and Cathy Krebs Suiter ’64 are all going on a pack trip in Wyoming this summer - women only! (Doris writes that this is a secret until after Christmas of 2003.)
56 TKS_______________________________ Mrs. Lawther O. Smith (Linda Lovell) 30 Water Crest Drive, Doylestown PA 18901 lsmith6071@cs. com Lilia Emetaz McDonald writes that she keeps busy with the League of Women Voters service; a new study of the local rivers - the Lillamette and the McKenzie Rivers; and Junior League fundraisers. She keeps fit with outdoor swimming, fishing, and hiking. Carol Barnard Ottenberg writes that she enjoyed a September stay in Switzerland, outside Basel, with Simon’s cousins. Thanks to Mme. D’Avrea’s French drill's at Kimberley, she is still able to converse (slightly) in French. She tried to catch up with Nancy Prescott Ward in Maine in September, but she was too busy with her new grandchild! She did enjoy a visit to Gail Z. Wilson’s summer place in ME, about a half hour from her place. . Carol Van Brunt Rasic writes that she and Janko went on a wonderful trip to Russia last August.
M A _______________________________
M A _______________________________
Class agent: Mr. Sheldon Buck 51 Cornell Rd., Wellesley MA 021815^408
Mr. Eric Jaeckel P.O. Box20153, Boulder CO 80308-3153 efiaeckel@hotmail. com
After attending the 50th Reunion festivities for the MA Class of 1953, Phil Donlin wrote: “I would like to thank the Class o f ’53 for inviting my wife and me to their 50th reunion. It waS great seeing you all. ”
TKS_______________________________ Mrs. Susie Forstmann Kealy .. 550 N. Kingsbury, Apt. 603, Chicago IL 60610
M A _______________________________ Mr. Lawrence Martín PO. Box 1058, Lexington VA 24450 Class agent: Mr. Robert Brawer 131 East 66th St., New York N Y 10021
Class agent: Dr. Larry Nazarian 29 Surrey Place, Penfield N Y 14526
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR LIVES AT MKA! After the Reunion Luncheon at the Upper School campus at Homecoming, the Kimberley Class of 1953 joined together in the library for some private time as a group. Unfortunately, Ellen O ’Donnell Page and Sheila Brown Lindveit left their expensive cameras behind. When they called the school soon after, we couldn’t locate them, and feared the worst...until the librarian found both cameras carefixlly tucked away by some honorable soul!
Class Notes • Spring 2004
M arian M iller Castell ’54 R eceives D A R Service Award
Marian Castell, of the Kimberley Class of 1954, received the Daughters of American Revolution’s Community Service Award in March of 2003.jThis award is designed to recognize worthy people for exceptional achievements in educational, humanitarian, historical, environmental and patriotic endeavors. Castell began her career of community service in Darien, CT, as president of the Darien Historical Society; served on the town’s Architectural Advisory , Board; created and chaired the Save the Town Hall committee; put in place a National Register Historic District in Darien; initiated a project (as a Junior League member) that conducted an architectural survey that is part of Connecticut’s Historic Resources Inventory; and incorporated architectural information in a booklet called “Darien Observed, available at the Darien Historical Society. At present, Marian Castell is the Darien Town Historian, and she has also served as a member of the Board of Selectmen for two terms. She is a member of Darien’s Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, and serves on the Darien Community Association board and the board of directors of the Darien Nature Center. (Excerpted from The D arien Tim es,
3/20/03)
James Newman won an upset victory in the town of Aquinnah’s selectmen race in May of 2003. James has lived on the Vineyard for over three years, and has served as chairman of the finance committee.
TKS______ _________________________
secretary, Linda Baldanzi. Has anyone been in contact with her recently? Would anyone else like to take over the position of class secretary?
M A _ ________
'
Class secretary and agent: D r Edward-T. O’Brien Jr. 3376FerncliffLane, Clearwater FL 36421 eobl072720@msn. com Our condolences to Philip Sarna, on the death of his wife, Anitra. She is survived by her husband, Philip, and son James Sarna ’83, and daughter Stacy Sarna ’86.
58 TKS________________________________ Diana Bethell Little 2 4 6 Franklin Street, Bloomfield, N J 07003* . Ginger Rhoades Newkirk wrote that she was not able to make the 45th Reunion, but she will see you for the 50th! Helen DuBois Veltkamp wrote: “58ers - Sorry Loves - Dallas is too far away from Newark for my budget...I will miss you big time.” Mary Ann Lawrence Decker writes that she retired from teaching full-time in June and is enjoying the flexibility to go to Cape Cod when she wants and play golf more freq u en tly / Our condolences to the family of Mary O ’Donnell Coyle. June Dallery Doolittle wrote: “Having just moved to a new house, we are now heading to Montana on sabbatical. Jay will be finishing a book and I will be studying therapeutic music and continuing a small photography busine4Pi? O f course, there will be fishing, riding, and bear-watching. .§gjj|5|
Nina Carter Rosselli Del Turco writes: “Leading a very international life in Romeyftaly, with my husband. We make frequent trips to the U.S. to see six of our seven children (one is in Rome), our grandchildren, and other family and friends. With occasional side trips to France, Germany, and the Italian Alps (the Dolomites), our suitcases get a good workout!”
Class secretaries: Mr. Henry Agens 86 Eagle Rock Way, Montclair N J 07042
We no longer have a correct address for the class
Hy Agens sends this letter:
M A _______________________________
Mr. David Stroming 33 Mt. Prospect Ave., Verona N J 07044
In late October 2003, the mystic chords oijH memo® to ® LinfflriS phrase, were sufficiently, strong t||compel several of our c-.-.. .. mates to return to the scene of the sublime.. <•. Ridiculous, you say? Perhaps, then, it was all the groveling, pleading, and th a H led promises of laundered remuneration that did the trick! No one can know for sure. RegardlesSfor our 45th Reunion, Rick (Ralph) Ellis and his wife Millie interstated from Southborough, M tS B | Jim Debow and his wife Cassie breezed in from Wayne, NJ. They enjoyed the Reunion diiuteY, a at the M G g along with :ypur unindicted dgH f conspirator and my wife Melee, and the co-class secretary Dave Stroming and his wife Kathleen. Jack Roth lunefied with us at the Upper School campus earlier. Jack and his wife Rita resiUte in Hamburg, NJ. We had a good time. Dave and I made phone contact with Phil Anderson, John Baldino, Dave Black, John Connolly, Bob Goldman, Peter Grieves, Bob Haney, Steve Heller, Van Judd, Fred Kaplan, Trey Kipp, Freddy Kramer, Marty Rosen, Jerry Roth, Frank Sachs, and Jim Zager. Styve Hel® and Peter G rig t§ 3 id several others had to cancel at the last moment. Jerry Roth was sidelined in Sacramento after a fall. Both Dave and I agree that the®5th was a tough sell. (A long time, but a funky number.)^ The ‘50th” shouldn’t of mustn’t be. We hope we’ve laid the foundation for a 10096 attendance in October 2008. We’ll be in touch. Fair warning. Feel goad. Hy Agens
45th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2004
TKS_______________________________ Ms. Jarvis Reilly Nolan . , 15612 Via Marchena, San Diego CA 92128 jarvisno @aol!mm Harriet Fischer Stanphill writes: “In July my daughter thoughtfully provided me with a wonderful son-in-law. Having lost my husband gnyear ago, I feel very fortunate to have them living less than a mile from me.”
The K im berley Class o f1 9 5 3 ,5 0 th Reunion.
5 0 th Reunion, Class o f1953.
Standing: Ju stin M cC arthy, R eunion Co-chair Sally M cC arthy 5 3 ,M argaret Richards ’5 3, M argaret M cCom bs 5 3 , B ryan M cCom bs, a n d E arl L indveit. Seated: Ben Richards, E llen Rage 5 3 , B u d Page, a n d Reunion C o-chair Sheila L in d ve it 53.
Standing: Bob W einm ann 5 3 , R eunion C o-chair D ave Connolly 53F B 4b0bningsjm 5 3 ,Reunion
Class Notes • Spring 2004
C o-chair Pete Cockshaw 5 3 , G eorge-H ertzberg 5 3 , H enry “Sandy” W illiam sdfd, a n d C&ftnie Lindem an. Seated: P h il Fradkin S®, his daughter Mho Fradkin, ¡honorary class m em ber P h il D onlin 3 4 , a n d N e il Lindem an 53'.. '
Page 25
M A _____________________ Mr. Michael Baker 729 Windermere Way West Palm Beach FL 33418-7105
family; also two step-granddaughters, Gracyn ^ /8 /0 0 ) and Emme (11/7/03). Susanne is back to sewing and smocking!
M A _______________________________ Dr. John J. Farrar 1066 Bodine Rd., Chester Springs PA 19425 jfarrar@cris. com
TKS__________________________ Class agent: Mrs. Mary Anne Doty 21 Juniper Drive, Queensbury N Y 12804
63
M A __________________________
TKS____________________________
Mr. GeorgeA. BleylÆâk 2259 Weir Drive, Hudson OH 44236 orion @gwis. com
Ms. Sharon Livesey 81 Grand St., #5, New York N Y 10013
M A ____________________________ Mr. Bronson Van Wyck Arrowhead Farms, Tuckerman AR 72473
TKS_______________________________ Ms. Christine Keller 1702 Church Street, Galveston T X 77550 mlass agent: Mrs! Suzanne Scannell Hardy '229 Woodside Ave., Winthrop M A 02152
Class agent: Mr. Arthur S. Gurtman 11 Sunset Drive, North Caldwell N J 07006
64
Jan Shaw writes that she is still working in the operating room as an R.N. at the Swedish Hospital. She plans to travel to Vietnam and Cambodia for scuba diving in January 2004.
TKS_______________________________
Class agent: Ms. Ardath Blauvelt P.O. B ox733, H ollisN H 03049;:,
Susanne Wilson Brisach writes that grandson Andrew fS& O l, son of third son, Keith) $jH doing well after a bone marrow transplant at age 7 months, and is a complete joy. They added Sophia Jane on 5/2703 to second son Brian’s
TKS__________ _________ __ Mrs. William E. Crawford (Francine Onorati) 421 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02115 francine. crawford@verizon. net
M A _________________________ _
M A _______________________________
Mrs. G, D. Creed (Barbara Bywater) . 15M.9 Forest View Aventie Hillsborough CAMJOIO
66
Mr. D. Carter Fitzpatrick 49 Bell Rock Plaza, Sedona A Z 86351
Mrs. Frank Henneman (Lynn Ritter) 3920 Mariners Way, Unit 321 Cortez FL 34215 Lynn, henneman @unisys. com
TKS_______________________________
Ellen C. Curtin writes that she is still living in beautiful San Diego and serving as the assistant superintendent of one of the local school districts. She is looking forward to seeing Susan and Jim Wright in San Diego in January.
40th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2004
Daphne Bethell McCarthy and her husband John Jive in Falmouth during the winter, but they live in Sja|||nset, MA during theisummer, where they visit with Daphnes aunt, Carol Thompson Lathrop ’34. We nelfongcr have?a correct address for the class secretary, David Bruck. Has anyone been in contact with him recendy? Would anyone else like Jo take over the position of class secretary?
TKS_______________________________ Mrs. James Wright (Susan DeBevoise) ■ 1 Tuck Drive, Hanover N H 03755 susan. wright@dartmouth. edu
Our condolences to the family of Roberta Liberman-Hecht, who lost her sister, Anita Liberman Sarna, in September 2003.
M A _______________________________ Class agent: Mr. Peter C. Mayer 133 Woodfield Road Washington Township N J 07675 We no longer have a correct address for the class secretary, Hon. John Sheldon. Has anyone been in contact with him recently? Would anyone else like to take over the position of class secretary?
The K im berley ana,;M ontclair Academ y 1958, 4 5 th R e m m & S k Standing: M elee Agern, K athleen Strom ing Reunion Co-chair D ave Strom ing ’5 8 , Jean Eaglesham h m s M ffl\a n d A rth u r D avis. SeatetlPJack Roth ’5 8, R eunion G o,chair H y Agens 'vfp G h ristin e
_
Class agent: Mr. Craig Cameron 11 Bay Point Drive, Ormond Beach FL 32174 John F. Hawley is rowing with a Santa Clara, CA Rowing Club in their Masters program, competing in Head races and 2000 meter sprints, and hoping to be at the Head of the Charles in 2004. His daughter Elnora is a sophomore at Principia College and Emma is a senior at the Harker School where John teaches Latin. His wife, Clara, has a successful direct marketing business. Our condolences to the family of Frederick Szot.
TKS___________________ Ms. Margot Escott 5135 Cobble Creek Court #101 Naples FL 34110 escott@naples. net
The K im berley a n d M ontclair Academ y Classes o f 1 9 6 3 0 0 th Reunion. Standing: T K S R eunion C hair Beverly H arrison M iller ’63 a n d S tu a rt E m ont ’63 (M A ). Seated: Betsey Thresher Scharlack ’6 3, D iane H aines ’63, a n d her guest W illiam Rosenberg.
L ittle '93, a n d her m other D iana B ethell L ittle 58.
Page 26
Class Notes • Spring 2004
M A _______________________________ Class agent: Mr: Craig Perry 3467Pinestream Road, Atlanta GA 30327 Michael Yamashita has a new Book out on Japan, a spread on Korea in the July 2003 issue of National Geographic, and an article about samurai in the December 2003 issue. Our condolences to the family of Russell Munson Roche, who died in September 2003. Mike Yamashita called to inform the school community about the services for Russell at Union Congregational Church, and RusseH’sr»Sf cousin, Virginia Munson Vassallo ’69, gave the office a link to a website that has Mike’s slides of Russ. (http://home.comcast.net/jhobsondupont/russ)
Class agent: Ms. Kim Kolbe 38 Kent Dr., Roseland N J 07068
MA
______________________
Mr. V. James Castiglia 5701 Berkshire Valley Rd., P.O. Box311 Oak Ridge N J 07438 Class agent: Mr. Garret Roosma 12175 Upper Heather Ave. N Hugo M N 55038
TKS
__________________________
Ms. Janis Moorhouse 12 Presidio #2, M ill Valley CA 94941
M A _______________________________ Class agent: Mr. Guy Della Penna l"4l Ogden St., Sarasota EL 34242
TKS_______________________________ Ms. Avie Claire Kalker 10 Knolls Road, Williamstown M A 01267 avie. kalker@verizon. net
Our condolences to the family of Elon. Herbert H. Tate. Jr., who lost his esteemed mother, Mrs. Hortense Ridley Tate, in September 2003. She was 104 years old.
M A _______________________________ Mr. Burton M. Webb Box 29, Free Union VA 22940 Edward T. “Jack” O’Neil writes: “Spent Saturday of Thanksgiving Weekend at Tierney’s Tavern with Peter Gimber and Nancy Gordon Plummer; listened to “Uncle Steve’s Band” (Steve O’Neil ’61); caught up on old times. Seems like well never change - music, a cold beer, and a smile. Everybody is very healthy and the collective crew of kids all doing well.”
TKS
72
Lynn Ehrhardt Gildea writes with sad news of her classmates: Phyllis LaTouche Rawlins lost her husband in September 2003, and Nina Szot Boral lost her brother, Frederick Szot ’66. Virginia Munson Vassallo lost her cousin, Russell Munson Roche ’67, in September 2003. Our deepest and heartfelt condolences to the Rawlins, Boral, and Vassallo families.
69 M A ___________________________ Dr. Edward A. GriggsJr. 32 Courseville Road, Bronxville N Y 10708 eagriggs@optonline. net
TKS____________________ Ms. Leslie Bryan 844 East Morningside Drive, NE Atlanta GA 30324 Ibryan @dsckd. com
Class Notes • Spring 2004
TKS_______________________________ Class agent: Ms. Erin GyjfeSrawford 102 Buckingham Road Upper Montclair N J 07043 Our deepest and heartfelt condolences, to t h |® family of Erin CufFe Crawford, who lost her father, Edward Billon CufFe, in September 2003. He is survived by his wife Cecile, four daughters, and six grandchildren. Our sympathies are also with the family of Bonnie McBratney Wallin, who lost her father, Robert Bruce McBratney;,<in August 2003. He is survived by his wife Audrey, three childreHand nine grandchildren.
M A _______________________________ Mr. Rudolph Seolobohm 78 Montclair Ave,, Montclair N J 07^42-1 rudyschlobohm @hotmail.com Dr. Owen K. Davis has been elected President ' of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technplogy (SART) and is the Medical Director of the American Infertility Association.
TKS_______________________ Class agent: Ms. Kate Curtin Lindsey 12630 Three Sisters Road Potomac M D 20854
M A _______________________
75 WSlass agent: Mr. Paul Zukerberg 1901 Wyoming Ave. N W #75 Washington D C 20009
Class agent: Mr. Peter Perretti 86 East Bracebridge Circle The Woodlands T X 77382 perrdocQPmsn.com
Nancy Nagel Lee writes that she ^living in Potomac, MD, with her husband, P h ||a n d four! children: twins Ian and Noan, 13, Zoe who is"' 10 and Tess who is 8. K he isS social worker with a private psychotherapy practice; spefflizing in abuse, and trauma, primaril™* working with children in the protective service system.
Ms. Susan Read 38 College Circle, Staunton VA 22401-2375 davick@intelos. net
(Howard) Jay Finney is now living in Marblehead, MA, with his wife and three Children, where he is tne Deputy Director for Marketing and Communications at the PeabBy1 Essex Museum in nearby Salem, MA. The museum, the oldest in the country, just reopened after undergoing a $125 million transformation; ^
__________________________
Mrs. Charles Gildea (Lynn Ehrhardt) 4 6 E. Saddle River Road Saddle River N J 07458 lgildea@aol. com
30th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2004
Class agent: Mrs. Edward Skibiak (Ellen Wahl) 5 6 Hamilton Drive East North Caldwell N J 07006
M A _________________ Mr. Gregory Lackey 138 Paupukkewis Trail Medford Lakes N J 08055 Class agent: Mr. Thomas C. Galligan 6933 Old Kent Drive Knoxville, T N 37919 galligan @libra. law. utk. edu Our sympathies to the family of Robert D. Jackson,- on the deathjpf his mother, Alice Jackson, in December 2003. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Cheryl Jackson; four grandchildren, Danielle, Taylor, Carter and Chase; and several nieces and nephews.
Malcolm Hall, Jr. had a great time catching-Up with Paul and Laurie H. McFeeley in Darien, CT. His wife, Christine, and he have a great four-year-old son, Malcolm III, and daughters Madison (17) and Chelsea (14) are in high , school and doing well. Our sympathies are with the fam S of Sally McBratney D ’Alessandro and Don D ’Alessandro, who lo§t,Sally’s father, Robert Bruce McBratney, in August 2003. He is survived by his wife Audrey, three children, and nine grandchildren. We also extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of Karen Kelley Moriarity on the death of her father, William Kelley, in July 200.3.
Page 27
3 0 th Reunion, The K im berley Class o f1973. Standing: D ebra K ent 7 3 , fo rm er fa c u lty m em ber M arilyn Faden, Constance Van Eeghen 7 3 ,
The Class o f1973, 3 0 th Reunion. Standing: D ean Paolucci 7 3 , Trish Paolucci, Steve Beckelm an 7 3 , J ill Richardson, Zach
a n d E lza D zenis Hess 7 3 . Seated: Susan R ead 7 3 , Constance D uH am el 7 3 , a n d her guest Carolyn H andler.
Richardson 7 3 , Tom W ood 7 3 , a n d Tom M urphy 7 3 . Seated: W illiam Kovacs 7 3 , Lee Cohn
Mrs. Paul McFeeley (Laurie Hoonhout) 238 Devon Road, Essex Fells N J 07021 Class agent: Dr. Charles Read 1918 N. Daniel St., Arlington VA 22201 Congratulations to Metiner and Cynthia Kimel on the birth of their daughter, Ava Paloma Kimel, 7/26/03, 7lbs., 19.5 inches. Metiner is a partner in the law firm of Velikanje, Moore & Shore, an old, longtime firm in Yakima. He reports that life is great; the summers are hot, but dry; and they wait for the water level in the Yakima River to drop for optimal fly-fishing. Yakima is also the gateway to Washington “wine country,” which is the only crop that is really making any money at this point. He would love to hear from any of the old gang. Frank Gerard Godlewski has written interesting opinion pieces for The Montclair Times on the architectural history of Montclair. He has just moved from Evergreens to the Rockcliffe, an old residence built in 1936 on top of the mountain of Montclair, and he enjoys a spectacular view of Manhattan and the sunrise over the ocean past Staten Island.
77 Mr. Andrew Pedersen 1 Washington^7U&, Rumson NJ @¡[760 pedera@nyfinBfflm ... Class agent: Mr. Robert Hubsmith 16 Warren Road, Maplewood N J 07040 Linda Haviland Conte’s new chapbook, Slow As A Poem, won abomination for “Outstandin^H Book” at the; 2003 Cambridge Poetry Awards, and a poem called “Little Weed” wonf'lbeir “Outstanding Short Poem” award. The book was published by Ibbetson Street Press in October 2002. Jonathan (Grevatt) Clarke helped keep everyone calm during the August 2003 blackout in New York City. He stayed on the air for many hours, fcoa'dcasffrig with only one CD player and a headset- mic lophone!
Page 28
7 3 , J e ff C arrie 7 3 , a n d Reunion C hair Tom G alligan 7 3 .
Betsy Gelenitis Alison has received muchdeserved publicity as she and her teammates (Suzy Leech and Lee Icyda) became the first ¡aHg womens squad to capture the Yngling Championships. The International Olympic Committee has added Yngling sailing for the 2004 Games to be held in Athens, and Alison (the teams skipper) is considered one of the sports top sailors.
Bruce McBratney, who lost his father, Robert Bruce McBratney, in August 2003. He is survived by his wife Audrey, three children, and nine grandchildren.
I M
i a H
25th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2004 Dr. John Brink 1290 Beech Valley Rd., Atlanta GA 30306 Mrs. Carlos Ortiz (Shawn Mahieu) 2163 Gilbride Rd., Martinsville N J 08836
Ms. Pamela Zeug 250 Mercer St., C418, New York N Y 10012 Class agent: Ms. Jane Lugaric Burkhard 299 Crown Road, Kentfield, CA 94904 Kerry B. McGill wrote to thank us for organizing his class’s 25th Reunion. As he says, “It was a truly terrific weekend; my only regret is that it passed so quickly.” John Glicksman has recendy relocated to Pittsburgh with his wife and three sons (ages 14, 10, and 7), and he currendy holds the title of Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for TelCove, a competitive telecommunications carrier serving 35 markets along the East and Gulf Coasts. Melissa Cohn was given a tea in her honor at The Plaza Hotel in August 2003. It was a benefit for The Capuchin Food PantrieS^^j “Feeding, clothing, and counseling poor families in Manhattan.” Rick Doerr called alumnus Paul McFeeley ’76 to report the sad news that their former lacrosse coach, Doug Alsofrom, lost his daughter Amy in September 2003. The entire MKA school community extends its condolences. Our sympathies are with the famfci of Jerome Torsney, Jr., who lost his father, Dr. Jerome Torsney, in July-2003. We send belated qOjtdolences to the family of Lawrence Garrigan, who died in January 2002. Larry is survived by his wife Annette and three children, Danny, Kate, and Matt. Our sympathies are also with the family of
80 Class secretary and class agent: Mary L. Cole, Esq. 1 Ferrous Court, Chester N J 07930 marycolel2@hotmail. com Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Beth Gruen on her marriage to Mr. Raymon Wener on February 9, 2003, at Pleasantdale Chateau. The couple lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
Class agent: Ms. Hyla Ames Bauer 240 East 82nd Street, Apt. 7] New York N Y 10028 Pamela Berkowsky writes: tf Greetings from paradise! Daughter Rose Shapiro was bom on August 6, 2003, joining big brother Benjamin, now three-and-a-half years old. MKA visitors to paradise (i.e., the USVI) have included Steve Chambers, Rosanne Penellen, and Marilyn Faden. All classmates should call when"in St. Thomas!” ' Former U.S. faculty member Marilyn Faden called to tell us of her visit to Pamela Berkowsky on her sailing trip from Europe to the Virgin Islands and beyond.
Cheryl McCants' 377S. Harrison Street, Apt. 71CEast Orange, N J 07018
Class Notesii* Spring 2004
Thomas Robbins 6 Bradford Terrace Newton Square, PA 1907^^k James Windolf has been promoted to the role of contract writer, also known as contributing editor, at Vanity Fair. Jim has been at the magazine for three years.
Ms. Amy Felber 10 Una Way, M ill Valley CA 94941 Ms. Maureen Towers Natkin 5 Riverview Road, Irvington N Y 10533 motowers@aol.com Class agent: Mr. Walter J. Davis 66'Oakwood Dr., New Providence N J 07974 davisteam @home. com Congratulations to Dr. Gary C. Powell and his wife Kiris on the birth of their second child, Edgsojf|5/13/03, 51bs, 13 oz. Edgson joins their other child, Nia, 10 years old. The whole family attended the Reunion Luncheon! Yanni Fotiadis recently performed at Luna Stage in Montclair. Yanni is a multi-instrumentalist and plays with the Highly Unlikelies. He has
T h e w ed d in g o f S te p h a n ie S im o n '8 4 to Jason N ew m a n in J u n e in Los A ngeles, C A : L en a W plibod82. L iz a tQ m n W allach ’8 4 , S te p h a n ie S im o n ’8 4 , C arla S ta n zia le ’8 4 , L isa B ro n fm a n ’8 ft, a n d A lexa n d ra M ochary B ergstein ’8 4 .
also composed music for TV and theater, and is recording his second CD. Stephen Hays is also busy writing music, DJ’ing, and starting a karaoke business. Visit his website at DJPurple.com.
A MUSICAL LEGACY Jewel Crenshaw is a vocal music instructor at the Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts in East Orange, and a 2002 graduate of the masters degree program in music at William Paterson University. She credits her career path to now-retired Montclair Kimberley Academy music instructor Nixon Bicknell. “He encouraged me to pursue music and pointed me in the direction of Westminster Choir College in Princeton,” she recalls. Crenshaw came to William Paterson University to learn the art of improvisation,and she was the recipient.of the College Outstanding Performance Award in the jazz vocalist category in the 24th annual Downbeat Student Music Awards. (Text excerptedfrom William Paterson University Alumni magazine.)
Kevin Wilkins has been appointed president of distribution for State Street Research & Management Co., one of the nation’s first investment management organizations,and a,.... subsidiary of MetLife Insurance Co. Kevin livêsi in Newton, MA, with his wife and three sons. Dr. Anne M. Rowland is the Program Coordinator at South Shore Educational Collaborative in Hingham, MA. She has a twb-! and-a-half year old son, M arcu*ls Dr. Jody Underwood is the chief of the emergency room at Butler Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Providence, RI. Jew ell: C renshaw ’8 3 g ives c re d itfo r h er d irec tio n in m u sic to M K A ’s fo r m e r m aestro, N ix o n B ic k n e ll
The Class o f1978, 2 5 th Reunion. Standing: fa cu lty m em ber George H rab, Bruce M cB ratney ‘78, a n d R eunion C hair Sue Cole Furlong ’78. Seated: A lu m n i C ouncil m em ber D a m Cestone 7 9 , D an Groisser 7 8 , a n d M ichael
2 0 th Reunion, Class o f1983.
Berry 78:
Pow ell ’83.
Class N otes • Spring 2004
Tamar Lehrich Birckhead w rit^ * « ’ve been in the Boston area since graduating from law school in 1992. After 10 years as a public defender, first on the suite and then on the federal level, I am now teaching criminal defense to law students.K’m married to a wonderful man, a poet and a writer, and we have two very sweet little girls. Life is busy but good. I would love to hear from old MKA friends.”
Our condolences to James Sarna on the death S i his mother, Mrs. Anita Liberman Sarna, in August 2003. She is surviy«! by her husband Philip, two children, and sister Roberta.
Standing: Jonathan N ussbaum ’8 3, Ian Fryer ’83, a n d Lynne G abriel ’8 3. Seated: fo rm er fa cu lty m em ber K en G ibson, Geoffrey H abron ’83, K iris Powell, her daughter Edgson Powell, a n d Gary
Page 29
2 0 th Reunion, Claes o fT J 0 iy p
The Class o f1983, 2 0 th R eunion.
Standing: D eborah C hang Arsen Z artarian, M ichael Eisner, a n d Jonathan Cohn. Seated: R eunion Go-chairs, K ris O ’Qpnnor, H olly Felber, a n d D an Carson, 1
Standing: Jody U nderw oodW 3, E ric Green ’8 3, Charles C urrin 8 3 , D onald Cussen ’83, a n d M arla Cussen. Seated: Suzanne H alm Locke 8 3 , J.P. N a tk in , M aureen Towers N a tk in 8 3 , Scott R um ana 8 3 a n d Laura Joyce.
We extend oust sympathies to Lisa Neary, on the death of her mother, Mrs. Mimi Neary. She is survived, by two daughters, Lisa and Mary Louise Neary Rubin ’86.
84 20th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 20041»; Class secretary and class agent: Mrs. Jennifer Jones Ladda 110 Glen Rock Road, Cedar Grove N J 07009 Congratulations to Stephanie Simon on her marriage to Jason Newman in June 2003 in Los Angeles. In attendance were: Lena Corbo ’82, Liza Cohn Wallach, Carla Stanziale, Lisa Bronfman, and Alexandra Mochary Bergstein. (See photo.)
Ms. Sherry Ahkami 4386North Talmadge Drive San Diego CA 92116 Ms. Jennifer Remington Knodel 24 Wakefield Place, Caldwell N J 07006 Class agent: Mr. Damon Zeigler 403 T h i r d O a k d a l e PA 15071-1250 Mark Ames is back from London and is relocating in New York City. He can be reached at the following temporary address: Mark Ames, The Phillips Club, 155 West 66th Street, New York, NY, 10023.
Axel Allgeier is Vice President of Software Engineering in Denver, CO.
We extend our sympathies to Mary Louise Rubin on the death of her mother, Mrs. Mimi Neary. She is survived by two daughters, Mary Louise and Lisa Neary ’83.
Our condolences-to Matthew Colagiuri, who lost his father Dr., Patrick Colagiuri. EM s , survived by bfgwifeafatricia, three daughters, and one son.
Our condolences to Stacy Sarna on the death of her mother, Mrs. AnitplLiberman Sarna, in August 2003. She is survived by her husband Philip, two children, and sister Roberta.
Mr. John Booth III 1912 Harwood Road, Annapolis M D 21401 Class agents: Mr. Jeffrey Schackner 220 E .^5 th St., ApmVM, Hew York, N Y 10021
Mr. Dennis Rodano 14 Wayland Drive, Verona N J 07044 rodanod@ix. netcom. com
Class agent: Ms. Andrea Schackner 192 Piermont Rd. Norwood, N J 07648 Congratulations to Fred and Christina Rabke Henry on the birth of their daughter, Elbe, on 8/25/03. Her father, faculty member John Rabke, sent an e-mail with the exciting news: “As of yesterday, I am a grandfather for the second time. My daughter Christina delivered Elbe, 8 lbs., 4 oz., last evening.” Our sincere condolences to Christina Henry, who lost her father John Rabke in December 2003. Her father’s positive impact on the school is legendary, and He is missed by all of his many friends and colleagues at MKA. He is survived by his wife Nancy, also a former MKA colleague, three children (Christina, Jennifer Rabke Verani ’88, and Carl Rabke ’90), and two grandchildren. Lauren Gireen Krebs cahed from Switzerland; she is expecting her first child in January!
Ms. Susan Bartlett Rankin 4540 51st Ave. NE, Seattle WA 98105 srankin @microsoft. com
Ms. Alexis Polonofsky Zebrowski 33 Glen Road, Verona N J 07044 Ilene Saul-Richardson is Senior Vice President of Entertainment at Thrive Entertainment iri West Hollywood, CA. Tim Bizub reports that life is very busy with wife, Donna Del Gaizo Bizub ’84, and three kids: Joseph, 7yrs.; Jack, 5 yrs.; and Caroline, . fesSalDonna is pursuing a Ph.D. in social work afid everybody is happy and healthy..' Rosaline Ahkami Whitworth just had her second s w on October 5, 2003: Kevin Dalton Whitworth. Big bjjbther RyanMthrilledfe) £#* w edding o f M ary Lynn M urphy
9’ 1 a n d D a vid Rpedel on M ay 31, 2 0 0 3 , in Cape M d y^JJ. M K A A lu m n i in.attendance: K im berly K ohlm an ’9 1 , groom, bride, M elissa D ich ia ra Jam es j)i,,D a ra M orm on ’9 1 , G ail SzakacsJ91, a n d G ary M urphy hjiLgj
Page 30
Class Notes • Spring 2004
From Elite Athlete to Premier Surgeon to Sports Medicine Superstar
The w edding o f Tanya M arie R ettkow ski a n d D a vid A m es ‘8 9: who were m arried on October 2 5 th , 2003, in N ew buryport, M A . D a vid wrote th a t lots o f frien d s a n d fa m ily fro m M K A were in attendance: M ark Strobeck ’8 9 a n d Lauren N apolitano Strobeck ’9 2, Peter D eC andidw sp, Geoffrey Krouse •’§£, A u b in Z abriskie Am es ’5 4 , G ail Z abriskie W ilson ’5 6 , M ark Am es SiSi H yla Am es Bauer ’8 1, Carolyn Stanton C alnan ’8 1, Scott B a rtlett ’80, Jane R edjield Forsberg 5 2 , a n d R ich Stanton ’875*™'
Class agent: Mr. Alec Schwartz 46 Plymouth Road, Springfield PA 19064 alec@cmcservices.com Congratulations to Andrew and Lauren Charlton Niebuhr on the birth of Annabelle Kimberly Niebuhr, 12/13/03, 6 lbs, 6 oz. Grandmother and Upper School Head Char Charlton is now up to grandchild #4! Congratulations to Shauna and Dr. Craig Stark on the birth of Gavin Edward StarlLj U25/03. Grandmother and Middle School Humanities teacher Linda Stark was able to visit the new baby over the Thanksgiving break. Our best wishes to Wendy Dorner Pursell who wrote that she is due October 9th. Congratulations to Andre and Jennifer Rabke Verani on the birth of their son, Miguel, born on July 27th, 2003, 8 lbs., 1 oz. Her father, faculty member John Rabke, sent the photo of Miguel with a note that he was “enjoying his new role.” Our deepest and heartfelt sympathy goes to Jennifer Verani, who lost her father John Rabke in December 2003. The MKA community mourns the loss of a legendary friend and colleague. He is survived by his wife Nancy, three children, and two grandchildren.
15th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2004 Mr. Louis L essig ' 14 1 Thunder Circle, Bensalem PA 19020 Class agent: Mr. Josh Raymond 4 White Oak Road, Roseland N J 07068 Congratulations to Joshua H. Raymond, who has become a partner of the firm, Booker, Rabinowitz, Trenk, Lubetkin, Tully, DiPasquale & Webster, P.C. Josh will continue to d|ncentrate his practice'm the areas of Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, and Municipal Law. Our best wishes to Greg Sullivan and his wife;, * who are expecting a baby in January 2004. Congratulations to Judith Ainbinder Glinder, Ph.D., and her husband, Kellen Glinder, MD, on the birth of their first baby. Sophie Joan Glinder was born on July 10, 2003, and all are doing well. George Hrab played at the NYC club, Le Barbet, and he and his parents, MKA faculty members Myra and George Hrab, saw alumni Michael Mark ’90 and Danielle Claudio ’01. Michael is married, has a baby, and is moving to
The Class o f1988, W hth Reunion. Standing: Sonia M ohuchy ’881 Lauren Charlton N ieb u h r ’8 8, A ndrea Sdjirstein ’8 8, N egi A h ka m i ’8 8, Jonathan F airchild 8 8 , a n d Charles Sorkin ’8 8. Seated: Lauren Polonofiky G arfield ’88, G retchen G odwin: 8 8 , M ark Sapienza ’8 8: a n d L ori Sorkin.
Class Notes:» Spring 2004
After Dr. Wiemi A, Douoguih ’88 joined the Washington Hospital Center, the . t ^pfficiaT’hospital of the Washington Redskins, as the coordinatoriHfliports Medicine Services, he was asked by the d irecto r^ M e|||tar Sports Health, Thomas Graham, MD, to be one of the Redskins’ team physjliK S “Wiemi brings a .unique set of skills and experiences!’as an e l i t S | athlete and a premier surgeon... His commitment to patient care, scientific inquiry and community service will be a great fit for Washington Hospital Center and the MedStar Health: System,” said Graham. “It was exactly what I wanted to do,” Douoguih says. “I played sports in college. [He played high school football, was an AllAmerican lacrossjjjjtlayer in colleges® participated in national .and international Judo competitions in college and beyond winning a national championship tide in 2001.] My focus is sports medicine. It was the next step for me to take care of a |jj|ational sports team.” Douoguih recendjSH| completed a fellowship at the prestigious Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, where he was assistant team physician for the Los Angeles Lakers, Los;: Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Angels, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, as vBl, as the teams, at Loyola Marymount University. (Excerpted from the Washington Hospital Center Physician newsletter.) Chicago, and Danielle is a junior at Barnard. Congratulations to Tanya Marie and David Ames, who were married on October 25th, 2003, in Newburyport, M A .H e bride, formerly Tanya Marie Rettkowski, grew up in Newburyport, attended Triton High School, and got her bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College. David wrote that lots of friends and family from MKA were in attendance: Mark Strobeck ’89 and Lauren Napolitano Strobeck
Reunion. Class o f i Standing: D enise Russ *03, Jordan L ite "RStC hris G iam papa ’9 3 i Ripper SijîJdfrH eadiG m n C harlton, D ean o f Studies Karen N ew m an. Seated: Raghuveer Vallabhaneni$& 3, Barry Lieberm an ’9 3 , C orinne Schum an 9’ 3: a n d Lauren H ym an
Page 31
’92, Peter DeCandia ’89, Geoffrey Krouse ’89, Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’54, Gail Zabriskie Wilson ’56, Mark Ames ’86 , Hyla Ames Bauer ’81, Carolyn Stanton Calnan ’81, Scott Barlett ’80, Jane Redfield Forsberg ’52, and Rich Stanton ’87.
IPO Ms. Meredith McGowan Zengo 3 Gull Road, Rowayton C T 06853 mczengo@aol.com Ms. Lorelei Muenster lmuensterl@yahoo.com Class agent: Ms. Regina Chi Clancy E m W 88th St., W New York N Y 10024 . Congratulations to, Pablo and Kim Charlton Bedetti, on the birth of their son, David Paul Bedetti, 9/4/03, 7’lbs., 4 t8 | Grandchild #3 for grandmother and Upper School Head Char Charlton! Congratulations to Leah Napolitano Ortiz on the birth of her daughter, Abigail, also in September 2003. Macaya Douoguih ¡Snow in her year of r Preventive Medicine Residency and six-month rotation with the Pan American Health Organization in Guyana. She has been rewriting/updating their health workers’ reference manual and will soon be taking a job ; in the international public health field. Congratulations to Pam Pogorelec Hess on the birth of her daughter, Brooke Ann Hess, on 11/18/03. She and big sister Ashley are doing absolutely wonderfully. Congratulations to Christopher DeStefano, who married Lucy Harrison Small on September 20, 2003..-The bride is ,a graduate of the Hotchkiss School and Princeton, and is an equity trader «feGoldman, Sachs & Co. in NYC. ShSjsjalso a member of the U.S. Women’sM LacrossaTeam. ■
Michael ^m arried, has a baby, and is moving to Chicago. * Our deepest and heartfelt sympathy to Carl Rabke, who lost his father, faculty member John Rabke, in December 2003. Carl read an original poem at his father’s funeral, and his father’s friends and colleagues were quite moved. John is survived by his wife Nancy, three children, and two grandchildren.
Ms. Dara Marmon 127 East 30th Street, 15A New York N Y 10016 telldjm @aol. com Class agent: Mr. Luke Sarsfield H75 Greenwich Street, Apt. 8M New York N Y lOOOwkk Congratulations to Mary Lynn Murphy on her marriage to David Roedel on May 31, 2003, in Cape May, NJ, at the Corinthian Yacht Club. MKA alumni in attendance were: Kimberly Kohlman. Melissa DiChiara James, Dara Marmon, Gail Szakacs, and Mary Lynn’s brother, Gary Murphy ’99. Mary Lynn graduated from Seton Hall Law School, passed the New Hampshire bar exam, and“® currently doing probate and family law at a small firm in Nashua, NH. Her husband, David Roedel, a fellow Hamilton College alum, has his own real estate development firm and is working on a project to bring minor league baseball to Manchester. Brooke Sullivan has married, bought a house in Bloomfield, and is expecting twins in March 2004. Congratulations on all of the above! Congratulations to Jack Kaplan and Dara Marmon on the birth of their baby girl, Veronica Jean Kaplan, born on 10/3/03, one day after their four-year anniversary! Our condolences to Michelle Pflumm on the death of her father, Eugene Pflumm, in September 2003t'd
Michael Mark was spotted by MKA faculty members George and Myra Hrab at their son George Hrab’s gig at Barbet in NYC.
r!Ha °' R eunion. S te w u ^m ltep h a n ie Berk, Elissa G oldm an ’9 3, Peter B e rk '9 3 , R eunion U ^ h a ir Renee M onteyne 9 3 , Jennifer W JLliGarveymi&k an d Fenw ick G aroerndM Seated: Stephen Pietrucha W ! Carolyn P ietrucha, N in a C atena, a n d R ichard Catenet 93.
Page 32
Mr. Enrique Neblett W780 International Drive #522C Ypsilanti M l 481 eneblett@yahoo. com
J|fl|
Ms. Tamar Safer Radfar 86 Frost Court, WyckoffNJ 07481 tsafer5400@aol. com Class agent: Ms. Anne Marie Verdiramo 2030 South Street, U nitD Philadelphia PA 19146 amverdiramo @hotmail.com Scott Weiner writes that his daughter Brooke Emily Weiner was bom on November 25, 2003, and that he has been promoted to Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers. Congratulations on both fronts! Our condolences to Jim Ringwood on the death of his father, James J. Ringwood, in November 2002. .j. Congratulations to Sarah Lugaric (ex’92) on her marriage to Nils Erdmann in Emigrant, Montana.
Ms. Renee Monteyne ’ 10 Lookout Point Trail Totowa Borough N J 07512 monteyne@yahoo. com Mr. Brian Wecht 3891-D Miramar St., La Jolla CA 92037 Class agent: Mr. Damien Vena *g40 E. 27th S t3 4 B , New York N Y 10016 venad@yahoo. com The Class of 1993 Reunion reviews are in - it was a smash hit!!! Here are some blurbs: “Great job by Renee and Jason. Really nice to see everyone.^- Jordan Safirstein; “I totally agree. It was a great night, thanks to Renee and Jason. It was good to see everyone; keep in touch.” - Rich Catena; “Three Cheers for Renee and Jason for organizing a terrific 10-year reunion. The switch from the Golf Club to Jake’s was truly inspired. It was so much fun to
10th' R eunion, Class o fff9 3 . Standing: G retchenW ook ’9 3 , R apali G handi 9 3 , Jordan L ite 9 3 , Renee M onteyne 9 3 , A lexis L ury ps! a n d her guest, D enise Russ 9 3 , a n d Joe W illiam son, 9 $ Seated: F aith N orton 9 3 , E lizabeth Wells 9 3 , Jonathan C rowell 9 3 , a n d Jerem y K ahn 93: W;
Class Notes • Spring 2004
see everyone again!” - Elizabeth Wells; “Hey everyone, it was great seeing all of you ,’at the festivities; it’s been about 13 years since I’ve seen most of you; Renee was kind enough to invite an old 8th grade grad to the reunion; very, very cool.. - Payai Shah; “Sorry I missed seeing everyone but I had a date in the Bronx with the Yankees that night. Now, of course, I realize I should have gone to the reunion.” - Nancy Nugent. Congratulations to David and Margo Hirsch Strahlberg on the birth of their son, Jacob, in , June 2003. Margo ,i§ a fourth year associate in the lending department of Bryancaue LLP in NYC.
98 Ms. Rita Papaleó 31 Femwood Terrace, Nutley N J 07110 ritapap @aol.com
Class secretary and agent: Ms. Gemma ÇüvdtorhâsiJJ.170 Devon Road, Essex Fells, 'NJ 07021
Class agent:.Mr. Matthew Drukker 230 E. 48th St., #3D, New York N Y 1001M
96
Garret Bedrin liv ^ in Walnut Creek, California, and sells rickets for the NBA team, the Golden State Warriors. His parents and sister, Jaime Bedrin ’94, visited with him in Napa Valley in November.
Ms. TanymBarnes 7 Melrose Place, Montclair N J 07042 tbames@fas. harvard, edu
Rahfee Barber is part of a Sfflrar-chojeographer team working with 8th graders at Glenfield Middle Scf^ol.
Ms. Debbie H aight.. 115 DeW itt Ave., Belleville N J 07109 deh27@columbia. edu
Omni Kitts appeared in a literary-dance ;§|m|g|g “The Body Project,” in November 2003. It is a Tunnel Vision Writers Project, in collaboration with Freespace Dance Company and the School of the Arts at Montclair State University. Omni was featured in writer S h « ||« Coronis’l IChoir of the Body Perfect.
Eric Kusseluk received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and will enter a residency program in preliminary medicine at North Shore University Hospital and a dermatology residency at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Brooklyn, NY.
Class agent: Mr. Lee Vartan 25B Avon St., Cambridge M A 02138 pldv@aol.com
Vejay Lalla writes that he is engaged to be married in June of 2004. His fiancée is Sapna Sahni, a master’s student in clinical nutrition. Vejay is in his fourth year of practice doing international copyright and trademark work at Fross Zelnick in NYC.
mm
Congratulations to Jaime Streit and Mitchell Decter ’94, who got married on September 6 , 2003.
94 10TH REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2004 Ms. Monica Fernand 3 7 Garden St., Boston MA 02114 Ms. Dana Fiordaliso 1909 Spruce St., Unit é , . Philadelphia, PA 19103 djfiordaliso @yahoo. com Class agent: Mr. Jason Awerdick 215 East 95th St. #296, New York N Y 10128 Emily Ehrenberg is happy to announce her engagement to Michael Blumberg. They plan to get married in October 2004. Michael attended Babson College and is now a data warehouse architect for The Ironside Group, Inc. They are both living in the Boston area.
Erica Hirsch graduated from The Benjamin Cardoza School of Law in June 2003, and passed the New York and New Jersey bar exams. Currently, she is living in NYC and practicing trusts and estates at Fox & Fox in Livingston,
Angela Mulligan spoke to Lesleigh Gennaces class at the Middle School this fall about how she uses Spanish in her (SepH Angela is going to Mexico to study th ^ o ra l reef for two months!
99 Ms. Jennifer Platt 904 Pompton Ave., B2, . Cedar Grove N J 07009 jepla2001@aoL com
5th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2004 Ms. Alison Platt 904 Pompton Ave., B2, Cedar Grove N J 07009
Class agents: Ms. Jennifer Fink 225 West 83rd St., Apt. 1 1 0 New York N Y 10017
Class agent: Mr. Alex Holz 992 Valley Road, Franklin Lakes N J
Ms. Melissa Schlachter 32 Larsen Lane, Lincoln Park N J 07035 Jonathan Zweifler writes that he is continuing his third year at Ogilvy, and has been promoted to junior designer. He works on a variety of brands, including: American Express; Miller Lite; and LG. He is nearing completion of his MS in Communication Design from The Pratt Institute of Art and Design, at which he takes fi full-time class load.
Congratulations to all the 2003 college graduates! Emily Berman received a Bachm>r of Arts degree in American studies from Wesleyan University; Pamela Servidio graduated from Caldwell College in May 2003; and Neil Grabowsky was named to the Dgan’s List at Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute for the spring semester. Gregory T. Scherzo earned a B.A. from Feinstein College of Arts and Sciences at Roger Williams University. Scherzo was a health
Congratulations to Laura Hardman on her marriage to Jonathan Stanfill on September 20, 2003. MKA alumnae served as bridesmaids: Priya Khanna; Lisa Gittleman; and Parul Agarwal. Laura is the editor of a newspaper in Pordand, Oregon, where she and her husband (a client services representative at MyHealthBank) will make their home. Jaime Bedrin is doing well in Charlotte, NC. She’s a reporter/anchor for the NPR affiliate WFAE. Congratulations to Mitchell Decter and Jaime Streit ’93, who got married on September 6 , 2003.
Class N otes • Spring 2004
L aura H ardm an ’9 4 m arried Jonathan S ta n fill on Septem ber2 0 , 2003. Bridesm aids included M K A classmates Priya K hanna 9 4 , P arul A garw al 9 4 , a n d L isa G ittlem an fc-9^1
Page 33
restaurant in NYC. Danielle is a junior at Barnard.
02 Ms. Melissa Fortunato 40 Holton Lane, Essex Fells N J 07021 Class agent: Ms. Lauren Tortoriello 112 Heller Way, Upper Montclair N J 07043 Rebecca Friedman was named to the Dean’s List at Union College. Olufunmilayo Akinyosoye was named to the Dean’s List at the College of New Jersey in Ewing for the 2003 spring semester. o f1998, 5th Reunion. Standing: u n id en tified guest, D a n iel W olfe ’9 8 , fa c u lty m em ber George H rab, Leigh G uarinello ’y & kand Parag B utala 9 8 . Seated: Tdhirah Cooper ’9 8, Bobby N d u 9’ 8 , L a Tanya B ennett ’9 8 , a n d Leon Shade ’9 8.
advocate during his sophomore, junior and senior years; he raised money to benefit the local Fire Department after September 11; and he received an education award scholarship throughout his four years on campus.
Abigail Raymond was named to the Dean’s List at Bates College. Abigail has achieved this academic honor and participated in the colleges 2002 Modern Dance Spring Performance.
Sandra Tritt Fronzuto was married on August 9, 2003. l|h e and her husband, Ernie, live in Wyckoff, NJ, and Sandra is in the process of obtaining her Masters of Arts in teaching at William Paterson University.'{Congratulations, Sandra!
Siobhan McCarthy was named to the Deans List at Douglass College of Rutgers University in New Brunswick for the 2003 spring semester.
Mr. John Garippa. 3 0 W ayside ¡Place, M ontclair N J 0 7 0 4 2 $
Kevin Quinn is a junior at Villanova, and the rest of the Quinn family is doing well in Florida. Danielle Claudio saw MKA alumni (Michael Mark ’90 and George Hrab ’89), and faculty members George and Myra Hrab in a
Lauren Tortoriello is the sophomore captain of the Columbia University cheerleading team. Bill Betts is at Tulane University. WhilestilLat MKA, in the spring of 2002, Bill competed in interscholastic sailing. He entered the MidAtlantic regional qualifying event for the ISSCA single-handed championship, held at the US Naval Academy, using the USNA’s Lasers. Bill finished fifth; the events winner was the topranked Laser sailor in North America at that time.
Ms. Judith Ferreira 819 Clifton Ave., Newark N J 07104 Class agent: Ms. Melanie Braverman 484 South Parkway, Clifton N J 07014
Ms. Anna Labowsky 5 HighvJm/.Court, Wayne N J 07470 Class agent: Ms. Ashley Griffin $.5 Afterglow Ave., Montclair N J Q7(ff2 4 Jillian Cameron has been chosen by Trinity College tcf be a Presidential Fellow in Jewish Studies, The faculty awards, the President sjS Fell®w|hip to the top student in each major, generally based on thé students Grade Point Average. Jenny Glasser is a double major in Frmch and English literature at Northwestern, spent last year in Paris at the Sorbonne, and had one of the be&fâ|gg^'$f her life! Christian Langbein was named to the Deans List at Drew University for the 2003 spring semester.
Ms. Dana P ïstw ^^^k 3 Finley Lane, Wayne NJ-07470 Class agent: Ms. Lindsay Braverman 484 South Parkway, .ClffionJNJ 07014
Page I M
M arriages
im p 1984 1989 1991 1993 1994 r?
ijfi»
Dr. Melissa Beth Gruen and Raymon Wenert Stephanie Simon and Jason Newman David Ames and Tanya Marie Rettkowski Mary Lynn Murphy and David Roedel Jamie Streit and Mitchell Decter ’9 4 Laura Hardman and Jonathan Stanfill Sandra Tritt and Ernie Fronzuto
February 9, 2003 June 2003 October 25, 2003 May 31, 2003 September 6, 2003 September 20, 2003 August9, 2003
In M em oriam 1936 1937 1 9 3 fim 1940 1942 - -, 1943 1952 1958 1966 1967 l 978-1
Jean Winpenny Manley G. Clifford Geib Vice Admiral Parker B. Armstrong Billie West Barrows ■James !.. Prescott Francis J. Jacoamdf Barbara Pendleton Donnell Mary O’D onnell Coyle Frederick Szot Russell Munson Roche J. Lawrence Garrigan
December 9, 2003 September 16, 2003 May 14, 2003 August 21, 2003 November 30, 2003 October 2003 January 10, 2004 July 14, 2003 Fall2003 September 26, 2003r January 2002
Faculty, Form er Faculty, Staff, and Trustees John Rabke
December 20, 2003
Class N o tes • S pring 2 0 0 4
Alumni Association Council Ballot Election for Alumni Council members will be held at the Annual Meeting of the MKA Alumni Association on May 18, 2004. Meeting place will be at the Middle School Library Annex, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, New Jersey. Time: 7:00 p.m. If you do not expect to be present at the meeting, please sign the proxy below and return it to the Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042. TERM EXPIRING 2005 Dana M. T. Cestone ’79 Erin Cuffe Crawford ’74 Lawrence Duca ’79 Alex Joerger ’96 Alec P. Schwartz ’88 Keshia Trotman ’92
TERM EXPIRING 2006 Richard G. Jenkins ’77 India Hayes Larrier ’80 Dara Marmon ’91 Joshua H. Raymond ’89
TERM EXPIRING 2007 John Bell ’93 LaRhonda Boone ’87 Daniel Carson ’83 David DeMatteis ’95 Janine Garland ’82 J. Kent Walker ’80
ADVISORY Lori Windolf Crispo ’78 Robert Cottingham Jr. ’84 Kristine Hatzenbuhler O’Connor ’83 J. Dean Paolucci ’73 Patricia Shean Worthington ’74
Upon election of the proposed slate of nominees, the Alumni Council for 2004-2005 will consist of the following: The following persons presendy on the Alumni Council have been nominated to serve as officers of the Alumni Association for 2004-2005. These officers will be elected by the Alumni Council at its annual meeting on May 18, 2004: President........................................................ Joshua H. Raymond ’89 Secretary..................................................................Dara Marmon ’91 Executive Vice President.....................................Daniel Carson ’83 Treasurer...........................................................Richard G. Jenkins ’77 Vice President........................................................ Yanni Fotiadis ’82 The undersigned hereby appoints Joshua H. Raymond ’89 Proxy to vote FOR AGAINST___ the election of the proposed members of The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Council at the annual meeting to be held May 18, 2004 as set forth in the spring issue of the MKA Review magazine. Name______________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________Class___________
Nomination Form for MKA Athletic Hall o f Fame N o m in ee______________________ Class o f Sports________________________ __________ A chievem ents___________________________
S u b m itted by__________________
Class o f_________ Varsity Hockey, Kimberleaves, 1958
N o m in a tio n s m u st be su b m itte d via m ail (M arsha K lein m an , A lu m n i D irector, 201 Valley R oad, M ontclair, N J, 0 7 0 4 2 ), fax (9 7 3 .7 8 3 .5 7 7 7 ), o r e-m ail (m kleinm an@ m ontclairkim berley.org), a n d in clu d e th e in fo rm a tio n o S lth e above form . T h e n o m in a tio n form is also o n the M K A w ebsite, w w w .m ontclairkim berley.org, u n d e r A lu m n i Awards.
ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME CRITERIA T h e M o n tclair K im berley A cadem y A th letic H all o f Fam e w as fo u n d e d in 1996 to h o n o r those w h o have m ad e telling c o n trib u tio n s to th e school’s athletics. Its p u rp o se is to p erp e tu ate th e m e m o ry o f those persons w h o have b ro u g h t d istin ctio n , h o n o r, a n d excellence to M o n tc la ir A cadem y, T h e K im berley School, a n d M K A th ro u g h athletics. 1. N o m in e e m u st have b een a n o u tsta n d in g varsity athlete, coach, A th le tic D irector, trainer, o r m ajo r c o n trib u to r (financial a n d /o r particip an t) at M A , T K S , o r M K A a n d /o r b ro u g h t d istin c tio n to th e school th ro u g h related a n d su b se q u en t ath letic accom plishm ents. 2. S tu d en t n o m inees m u st have a tte n d e d M A , T K S , o r M K A for at least tw o years, an d have g rad u a ted fro m M A , T K S, o r M K A . S tu d en t nom inees m u st have g rad u a ted a t least five years p rio r to th e year o f n o m in a tio n . 3. N o m in e e m u st have co n d u c te d his o r h e r life in k eeping w ith school standards a n d in ways th a t reflect positively o n MICA. 4. T h e n o m in a tio n can be a p o sth u m o u s aw ard. 5. N o m in ees m ay n o m in a te them selves, be n o m in a te d b y alu m n i o r others. 6. E ach year, a m in im u m o f one q ualified m ale a n d o n e q ualified fem ale w ill be selected. N o m in a tio n s w ill be k e p t o n file for su b seq u en t years’ review. ffl A team m ay be in d u cted . Class N otes • S pring 2 0 0 4
Page 35
Distinguished Alumni Award Nominations Now Being Accepted O u t s t a n d in g A l u m n u s Aw a r d
D is t in g u is h e d A l u m n i Aw a r d
1962
1985 1986
E lizabeth Jones ’53 - C h ie f Sculptor-E ngraver, U .S. M in t Joseph E. W ied en m ay er ’2 4 - C areer d iplom at, advocate for th e D e a f
1987 1988
Jam es A. C o u rte r ’59 - U .S . C ongressm an, m ilita ry expert A u b in Z abriskie A m es ’5 4 - Q u in tessen tial v o lu n teer P h ilip L. F rad k in ’53 - A u th o r, P ulitzer Prize w in n in g jo u rn alist
1963
E dw in D . E th e rin g to n S 2 - President, A m erican S tock E xchange; President, W esleyan U niversity Lewis D ouglas T 2 - U .S . A m bassador to G reat B ritain (1947-50)
1965
Fairleigh S. D ic k in so ifi3 7 - P resident o f B ecton, D ick in so n & C d ? 11'
1966
Jam es S. V anderm ade ’35 - President, S o w erb u tt Q uarries, Inc.; M A T rustee
1967
G ustave E. W ied en m ay er ’2 5 - P resident, N atio n al N ew ark a n d Essex B anking C o. R ichard B. S cu d d er ’3 1- Publisher, The N ew ark
1968
Evening News
1989 1990
T h o m a s G . S to ck h am Jr. ’51 - E lectrical engineer; in v e n to r digital recording
1991
K aren V an d erh o o f-F o rsch n er ’7 0 - F ounder, Lyme Disease F o u n d a tio n
1992
M ichael S. Y am ashita ’6 7 - In te rn a tio n al p h o to g rap h e r E llen R. M alco lm ’65 - F ounder, EM ILY ’s List R u d o lp h H . D eetjen ’50 - E d u ca to r
1969
H o w ard V an V leck ’2 2 - L andscape architect, A cadem y T rustee
1993 1994
1970
Spruille B raden TO - U .S . A m bassador to C o lo m b ia
1995
(1939 -4 2 ), C u b a (1 9 4 2 -4 5 ), A rg e n tin a (1945) D allas S. T o w n sen d Jr. ’3 6 - CBS N ew s jo u rn alist
1996
1971 1972 1973
I9 p fr
A rth u r A. G o ld m a n ’25 - H otelier, ow ner All Seasons H o te l & G o lf C lu b S. Barksdale P enick Jr. ’21K P resident, S.B. P enick C o., N e w York R oger B. E th e rin g to n ’41 - P resident, A m erican N a tio n a l B ank & T ru st C o.
1997 1998
H e rb e rt H . T ate Jr. ’71 - President, N .J. B oard o f P u b lic U tilities D o ris K eller H a m lin ’3 6 - P io n eerin g en v ironm entalist Peter V. K. F u n k ’39 - A u th o r, lexical sem anticist R o b e rt L. C lifford ’4 2 - N ew Jersey Suprem e C o u rt Justice
1999
W illia m H . C o o k ’3 0 - A ero n au tical engineer, B oeing A ircraft
2000
Jam es E. Jo h n so n ’7 9 - U n d ersecretary o f th e T reasury for E n fo rc em e n t
2001 2002
Parker B. A rm stro n g ’3 7 - V ice A dm iral, U S N , ret. L au ra Scher ’7 6 - P io n eerin g en trep reneur; W o rk in g Assets F u n d in g Service
2003
B arry W. R idings ’7 0 - In v estm en t banker; Lazard Freres’
R estructuring G roup T he current M ontclair Kimberley Academy Distinguished A lum ni Award was inspired by its predecessor, the M ontclair Academy O utstanding A lum nus Award. T he purpose o f the award is "to bestow recognition and appreciation for outstanding achievement." T he award is a meritorious reflection on the school and provides inspiration and encouragem ent for our young people. CRITERIA: 1. T he recipient should be a graduate o f T h e Kimberley School, M ontclair Academy, or T he M ontclair Kimberley Academy. 2. T he recipient should have achieved distinction in some field o f endeavor, or through outstanding character (S dedication been o f special service to humanity. 3. Race, creed, sex or contribution to the school should have no bearing on the choice o f the recipient. N om inations m ust be subm itted via mail (Marsha Kleinman, A lum ni Director, 201 Valley Road, M ontclair, N J, 07042), fax (9 7 3 .7 8 3 .^ 7 7 ), or e-mail (mkleinman@montclairkimberley.org), and include the inform ation on the form below. T he nom ination form is also on the M KA website, www.montclairkimberley.org, under A lum ni Awards. N o m in e e ________________ _________________________________________________________________
Class o f _______________
Achievements
Subm itted by
Class o f
Page 36
Class N otes • Spring 2004
H e Heritage Society Goodbye old friend. O n D e c e m b e r 9 , 2 0 0 3 , h e a v e n p ic k e d u p a n e w star w ith th e p a s s in g o f Jean M a n le y , a b e lo v e d m e m b e r o f th e T K S C la ss o f 1 9 3 6 . B o m in B r o o k ly n , M rs. M a n le y liv e d m u c h o f h er life in E s s e x F e lls , N e w J e r se y b e fo r e m o v in g to M a n to lo k in g a n d d iv id in g h er tim e b e tw e e n th e J ersey sh o re a n d D elra y , F lo rid a . M rs. M a n le y w a s p r e d e c e a s e d b y h er h u sb a n d o f 3 9 y e a r s, H e n r y D e H a v e n M a n le y , and le a v e s b e h in d th ree so n s, H an k , M ic h a e l, a n d B o b b y . S h e a ls o h a d fo u r g ran d ch ild ren , and th ree g rea t-g ran d ch ild ren . W h ile it m a y so u n d c lic h é , M rs. M a n le y tru ly m a d e life lo n g frien d s d u rin g h er s e v e n y e a r s at K im b erley . S h e tr a v e le d e x t e n s iv e ly w ith K im b e r le y c la s s m a te s an d sh a red l i f e ’s m a n y m ile s to n e s w ith t h e m B a co re grou p b e c a m e h er e x te n d e d fa m ily th ro u g h th ic k an d th in . M rs. M a n le y ’s brother, E d w a rd L . W in p en n y , Jr. (T ed ), a lso a tten d ed M K A as a m e m b e r o f th e A c a d e m y c la s s o f 1 9 4 1 . T ed rem in d s u s that h is sister w a s freq u en tly in v o lv e d in th ea ter p r o d u c tio n s in h er K im b e r le y d a y s, an d h er
Kim berleaves y e a r b o o k (fo r w h ic h sh e w a s
b u s in e s s m a n a g er) c a lle d h er “ liv e ly , g o o d c o m p a n y .” A lo n g w ith b e in g a lo v in g w if e an d m oth er, an d a M o n tc la ir -N e w a r k Ju n ior L e a g u e “v o lu n te e r extra o rd in a ire,” M rs. M a n le y w e n t o n to b e an a c c o m p lis h e d tap dancer. S h e starred w ith a c h o r e o g r a p h e d g ro u p o f f iv e frien d s w h o d a n c e d y e a r after y e a r as m e m b e r s o f th e ta le n te d
Bay H ead Yacht Club Bubbles. M rs. M a n le y ’s z e s t fo r lif e sh in e d b r ig h test w h ile p e r fo r m in g and
en terta in in g fa m ily an d frien d s. M rs. M a n le y b e lie v e d str o n g ly in th e v a lu e o f an M K A e d u c a tio n th ro u g h o u t h er life tim e . S h e c o n s is te n tly h e lp e d th e s c h o o l s ta y stro n g an d c u ttin g -e d g e th ro u g h h er lo y a l su p p ort o f A n n u al G iv in g . M rs. M a n le y to o k h er c o n c e r n fo r th e s c h o o l a ste p furth er w ith h er th o u g h tfu l p la n n e d g if t to M K A - a g e n e r o u s b e q u e st m a d e in h er w ill. T h is w o n d e r fu l g e stu r e a g a in p o in ts to M rs. M a n le y ’s u n w a v e r in g d e v o tio n to th e stu d en ts o f M K A . H er m e m b e r sh ip in The H eritage Society h o n o r s h er as o n e w h o h a s m a d e a c o m m itm e n t to h e lp in g g u a ra n tee th e future fin a n c ia l se c u r ity o f th e sc h o o l. T h a n k y o u , M rs. M a n le y - m a y y o u c o n tin u e y o u r d a n c in g arou n d th e stars w h ile M K A stu d en ts fo r g e th eir o w n life tim e fr ien d sh ip s a n d m e m o r ie s in th e c la ssr o o m s, o n th e fie ld s , an d o n th e sta g e d u rin g th eir m o st im p ortan t and fo r m a tiv e y e a r s. Y ou r g ift w ill h e lp th e m d o ju s t that fo r m a n y y ea rs to c o m e .
The Heritage Society recognizes benefactors who have made Planned Gifts to MKA. Please consider making a commitment that w ill help the school thrive fo r many years to come. There are many vehicles that can become a part o f your overall financial plan, and can benefit you now and help MKA in the future. For more information about Planned Giving, including bequests and charitable trusts, please write to the MKA Office o f External Affairs, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, N J 07042,or telephone Judy Polonofsky, Director o f External Affairs, at 973-746-9800. Jean Winpenny M anley ’36 and her brother Edward L. Winpenny, Jr. ’41
The Montclair Kimberley Academy
N on-Profit O rganization U.S. Postage PAID Perm it #180 M ontclair, N J
201 Valley R o ad M ontclair, N e w Jersey 0 7 0 4 2 www. m ontclairkim berley. org
HOMECOMING OCTOBER 16, 2004 R eu n io n Years 1944 1964
1949 1974 1989
—
1954 1979 1994
1959 1984 1999
« 1
____________ I
k b
i v
I
iw
. ______________________________________________