Spring 2007 MKA Review Magazine

N THIS ISSUE A Senior Sampler W hy Study French ?

W elcome Back D r . O 'C onnor A Teacher Travels to A frica Remembering James Vandermade '35 & Leigh Vanderklein H omecoming 2006

COVER A painting in the style of Jackson Pollock

by Michaela O'Hare, MKA class of 2019.

Brookside art teacher Barbara DuRant explains: "In studying the work of Jackson Pollock, Kindergarteners learn that lines are the simplest and most direct way o fV 1 communicating in art. They discover that lines can be very controlled and predictable or they can be spontaneous and free, and that the best way to leam what line can do is to experiment."

BACK COVER A trio of'MKA Cheerleaders at Homecoming.

CONTENTS From the Headmaster..................................1 A round MKA: News of Re-Accreditation.........................4 One Big Family!........................................ 5 Wild for Books.... 4...................... . . ,r... .6 The All-School Gathering. ..........,.... 8 In Memoriam............................................. 10 MKA Welcomes Back Dr. Frances R. O’O&nnor.....................11 Grandparents’ Morning............... ..........12 Honiedoming"2006....................................13 Student News: A Senior Sampler..... ...1.......................... 16 Awards............... %......n k ......................19 Cougar Sports...............' j k ..................20 Faculty News: A Teacher’s Trip to Africa................. !..2 2 F acuity as Artists......................................23 Alumni News: Why Study French?........................... SR’24 From the Alumni Association.................26 Encore Weekend.......................................27 Young Alumni Lunch..............................28 Shore Reception....................................... 29 Alumni Hockey Game............................ 30 Alumni A w a r d s .............................. 31 Class Notés..... J ..? ....\........................... 32 REVIEW EDITOR Debbie Kozak, Director of Communications ASSISTANT EDITORS Diane Lundy, Class Notes Secretary Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley 76, Alumni Director Judy Polonofsky, Director of External A fl airs

CONTRIBUTORS Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54 Dominique Benson Devin Geydin '12 Lane Goodman '05 Dr. Michael Houston Thomas Nammack, Headmaster Laurie Hoonhout McFegley '76, Alumni Director Jacob Sasfai '17 Laurie Smith PHOTO CREDITS Wayne Alder Phil Cantor | Steve Frantz David Hollander Debbie Kozak Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley 76 Claudia Placentra Shem Roose Steve Tober Published twice yearly by: The Montclair Kimberley Academy 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042 973/746^9800.'FA X : 973/783-5777 wnn-v. montcluirkimberley. org The MKA Alumni Association is an organization of all men and women who have attended the Upper School. Its purpose is to make known to MKA the ideas, interests, and concerns of alumni and to inform alumni of the accomplishments and objectives of MKA. The Alumni Council is the governing Board, a representative group elected at the Association's annual meeting to sponsor events ana activities linking alumni with their alma mater.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COUNCIL 2006-2007 Chris Bellapianta '97, Treasurer Michael Braun '01 Daniel Carson '83, President DanaM- T. Cestone 79, Executive Vice President David DeMatteis '95, Secretary Chris DeStefano '90 Lawrence Duca 79 Janine Garland '82, Network Vice President Joanne Pundyk Goldberg '87 Bret Hirsh '00 Wanda Robinson Holloway 76 William Martini '98 Cheryl McCants '82 Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley 76, Alumni Director

Thomas W. Nammack, Headmaster Mark Politan '91 Judy Polonofsky, Director of External Affairs TCeisha Trotman '92 Lee Vartan '96 Jay Wecht '83 ADVISORY COUNCIL Lon Windolf Crispo 78 J. Dean Paolucci 73 Joshua Raymond '89 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2006-2007 Linda D. Almeida, Secretary Merrick G. Andlinger Elisa Spungen Bildner Timothy J. Bozik Daniel B. Carson '83 Karen A. Dias-Martin Michael P. Frasco, Treasurer Alice M. Hirsh Richard G. Jenkins 77, Vice President Michael V. Johnson Peter S. McMullen 77 * Philip W. McNeal Thomas W. Nammack, Headmaster Eric F.S. Pai 79 Keith D. Phillips, Vice President Shelley E. Phillips Daniel R. Placentra Rudolph G. Schlobohm 74 Newton B. Schott, Jr., President Robert L. Tortoriello David L. Turock Denise G. Wagner John T. Weisel HONORARY TRUSTEES Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54 John E. Garippa Susan H. Ruddick ADVISORY TRUSTEES Andree J. (Penny) Finkle Barry W. Ridings 70 Michael L. Rodburg Jolinda D. Smith MKA complies with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws.

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As our students’ abilities and interests unfold, the adults in the MKA community have the privilege of witnessing their development. Some opportunities, like the December Middle School band concert;1'-1' offer a wonderfully illustrative and compressed view of how our students’ skills and abilities grow over time. In a single concert each of grades 4-7 performs,, and one can see and hear the progression of program and musicianship across four years of study and rehearsal. Among members of the fourth grade concert band, all eyes are riveted on the director at every note. The seventh and eighth grade performers display the insouciance of experienced musicians, requiring only the occasional glance at the conductor to be assured of rhythm, intonation and perhaps location in the score. In athletics, theater, dance, music, studio art, and student assemblies, we have much of the most public evidence of how well the school is fulfilling its mission. The best part of my job is watching our students present their work or perform.

Last year I compared a central component of my responsibilities to the reverse function of a prism: to combine into a clear and revealing light the

spectrum of evidence regarding how MKA functions on behalf of our students. In the current year, strategic planning, constituent surveys, and the work of our new Pre-K-12 Curriculum Committee have added some new sources of light and color to the mix, and I would like to report to you about each of them.

We began a strategic planning exercise in September of 2006. With over seventy volunteers drawn from our faculty, alumni, parents, trustees and administration, subcommittees were organized to make recommendations to the Board to maintain and strengthen the quality of MKA’s program in four areas: Advising, Counseling and Academic Support; Athletics and Physical Education; Classroom Program; and Fine and Performing Arts.

These subcommittees each presented four to six recommendations to the Strategic Planning Committee of the Board at its December meeting.

In turn, the Strategic Planning Committee of the Board provided these recommendations as well as additional guidance to subcommittees focused on school resources that began their work in January of 2007. Again, over seventy faculty, alumni, parents, trustees and administrators served on the subcommittees organized in five areas: Constituent Relations; Financial Resources; Facility Resources; Human Resources; and Technology Resources. The recommendations of these subcommittees and of those that met in the fall provide the prompts and raw material for a strategic plan that will be fashioned by the Board of Trustees and which will guide the school for the next five to seven years.

M KA’s Adm inistrative Council are: back row l-r: Todd Smith (Director o f Athletics), Randy Kleinman (Head o f M iddle School), Alan Fraker (Director o f College Counseling), Richard Sunshine (Assistant Headmaster and C hief Financial Officer), William Stites (Director o f Technology),David Flocco (Head o f Upper School) and John Zurcher (Director o f Admissions); fro n t row l-r: Karen Newman (Director o f Curriculum and Professional Development), Tom Nammack (Headmaster), Ginger Kriegel (Head o f Primary School) and Judy Polonofsky (Director o f External Affairs).

Among the most significant questions that our strategic plan will address are the following: How must our definition of academic excellence evolve in thé next five to seven years?

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EADMASTER

The brilliant lines of color that define and illuminate the cover of this spring's Review provide a sample of our program in progress from the work of our students

What does it mean to be an exceptional teacher at our school?

How can we restrain tuition increases and meet MKA’s financial requirements in terms of funding compensation, facilities and program?

How do we maximize the benefits of being a three-campus school and function as a single and coherent institution?

• What facilities changes or improvements must we consider in order to provide the finest program that we can design?

Our strategic plan will also be informed by the results of constituent surveys completed in the last eighteen months by our alumni, employees, students and parents. MKA hired a consultant, Lookout Management, to guide the survey project.

The alumni survey was completed last spring with 22% of our alumni participating. The other three

There are over 80 parent volunteers who comprise the PAMKA Board, and many o f them gathered to celebrate and share the B oard’s accomplishments prior to the winter break.

surveys were administered in the fall of 2006.

Approximately 69% of our parents completed the surveys, and we had essentially 100% participation from both employees and students in grades 6-12.

From our most recent college-age graduates, to the parents of our youngest students, the survey results reveal very high confidence in the quality of an MKA education. In addition, our commitment to small class size, the quality of the faculty, and our

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capacity to foster positive teacher-student relations are all among the strongest measures from the surveys results. We will be mindful of the need to maintain these assets while addressing areas in need of improvement such as: • Communication —from alumni and parents, we’ve ■ earned that while there’s plenty of MKA communication in various media, the how, what and when of our efforts may not be meeting some of the needs and interests of our constituents.

• Student guidance —the faculty role of student advisor will be better defined and supported in Middle and Upper Schools to enable us to do more to involve students in school activities and to promote student autonomy and independence within the school community.

• Faculty - what it takes to effectively mentor and support faculty continues to evolve, and we will take a fresh look at measures to fulfill the mission of the school by cultivating and renewing a strong faculty.

During the course of MKA’s preparation for re­ accreditation, analysis of the Diagnostic Report written last fall by the visiting team for re­ accreditation, and in the action-planning that is underway to respond to the recommendations in the Diagnostic Report, an ad hoc committee of school and curricular leaders evolved into a standing, Pre-K-12 Curriculum Committee.

Formally launched in September of 2006, the Curriculum Committee is chaired by Karen Newman, Director of Curriculum and Professional Development at MKA. The Committee has the responsibility to see that the Pre-K-12 program is coherent, evaluated and evolving. Currently, there are two significant efforts at curriculum planning and implementation being led by this group: Curriculum mapping is a concept whose purpose and usefulness have been transformed by technology.

Through a web-based software program, MKA is constructing a vast subject by subject, teacher by teacher and grade by grade database of curriculum plans that is focused on the courses or subject of an individual teacher (mapper) while at the same time providing complete access to all of the work, information, goals and resources of his or her

colleagues. Teachers can plan collaboratively and be completely informed by what is taught before, after and alongside of their own efforts. The software makes our curriculum fully transparent to all teachers and allows for the planning of immediate and ongoing changes and improvements. Curriculum mapping is an essential tool for fulfilling our commitment to function as one school.

Classroom learning and teacher-student communication have been extended and enhanced through the use of a web-based program called Moodle. Moodle provides a site for each course and class offered at MKA at which assignments, course related resources, group discussions, student to teacher queries and student-to-student interaction are all hosted. It is no secret that current and future generations of students will add on-line learning to the multitude of arenas in which schools deliver

their programs. Moodle is a resource that places MKA students and teachers on-line with one another today and every day.

Twelve years from now, the kindergarteners who this year completed paintings in the style of Jackson Pollock will have followed those bright colors and lines from their original canvas to every other form of expression and medium. Symbolism, complexity, intonation, design and pattern will emerge again and again in studio art, music, written expression, athletics, dance, physics, foreign language, human relations, leadership, service and in the substance of our students’ characters. It is MKA’s mission and the privilege and responsibility of those who teach and lead the school to regard what our students create now, account for what else they must learn and do, and plan for the future.

Meet MKA's Board of Trustees Essential to the good governance of the school, MKA’s hard-working Board of Trustees have had a particularly busy year with their pivotal role in Strategic Planning. Seen here, the Board assembles for one of their monthly meetings:

Back row l-r: Dan Placentra, Philip McNeal, Tim Bozik, Bob Tortoriello, Rudy Schlobohm ’74, Shelley Phillips, R ick Andlinger, D avid Turock, D enise Wagner, Dan Carson ‘83, Eric P ai ‘79, Advisory Trustee M ichael Rodburg. Front row l-r: Karen Dias-M artin, Tom Nammack, M ike Frasco, President o f the Board Newton Schott, R ick Jenkins ‘77, Alice Hirsh, Elisa Spungen Bildner. M issing from photo: Trustees Linda Almeida, M ichael Johnson, Peter M cM ullen ‘77, Keith P hillips and John Weisel, Honorary Trustees: Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’54, John Garippa and Susan Ruddick and Advisory Trustees: Penny Finkle, Barry Ridings ’70 and Jodi Smith.

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MKA Receives News of Re-Accreditation On December 1, 2006, The M ontclair Kimberley Academy received notification of Accreditation from the Committee on Institution-W ide This formal news of re-accreditation, which has been met in the past with excitement and relief, has this time been almost lost in the excitement generated by the process itself.

MKA's petitioning of the CIWA to permit a rigorous outside evaluation based on a detailed protocol designed by the school, laid the groundwork for what Headmaster Tom Nammack described as "a goldmine in terms of ideas and planning for our future." Indeed, the process can be seen as almost as fundamental to the future of MKA as was the merger of Montclair Academy, The Kimberley School and the Brookside School twenty-five years ago, for it has been instrumental in helping define where the school is and where it is going.

Having chosen to be re-accredited as one school rather than three separate campuses, multiple groups of teachers from across the campuses met first to define the protocol criteria and then to generate a unified response to the findings of the visiting committee's Diagnostic Report presented a year ago. While the report was overwhelmingly positive, some areas were identified as benefiting

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Accreditation (CIWA), the official conclusion to a long process that began in 2004.

from additional work. Action plans were drawn up, and it is the implementation of these plans that is generating such excitement. Starting with the articulation of a formal Mission Statement and commitment to a one-school approach, tri-campus curriculum committees are now involved in ensuring a more effective utilization of data to benefit both aspects of the program and individual needs of students, a strengthening of the advisor program and a greater co-ordination of the tri­ campus academic program. Indeed, faculty inservice training over the Thanksgiving break was dedicated to curriculum mapping, a process that will ensure a new cohesiveness to the development of the MKA curriculum as a whole.

"This re-accreditation process has been very different from the one I experienced ten years ago," notes Karen Newman, MKA's Director of Curriculum and Professional Development. "I really believe it puts us at the leading edge of independent schools in our willingness to elicit honest feedback and to work together as an institution to move forward in response to that feedback."

A round MKA One Big Family!

Did you know that there are currently 54 students attending MKA who are the children of 40 alumni parents (eight of whom are married to fellow alums) ?

Andy Abramson 71 (Carly '09), Merry Aufzien Bauer 79 (Andrew '07, Rebecca '10), James Bissell '83 (Helyna '16), Carol Penick Callahan '68 (Eryn ’08), John Campanile 75 (Francesca '07), Heidi Holst-Knudson Cassola '83 (Lexi '10, Francesca ’14), and Alison Thomas-Cottingham '84 and Bob Cottingham '84 (Bobby '16, Alison ’19), Lori Windolf Crispo 78 (John '17), Peter Dancy '82 (Ryan '18), Mark Donatiello 79 (Mark '07, Danielle '09, Nicholas 'll), Larry Duca 79 (Kyle 'l l , Erin ’15) Carla Hahnebach Egbert '80 and James Egbert 77 (J.C. '08), Frederick Eiden 78 (Alexander '17), Karen Muenster Fanning '88 (Madyson ’19), John Fotiadis '82 (Kassandra '14), Susan Cole Furlong 78 (Erin '10), Margot Dockrell Horsey 73 (Susanna ’08), Rick Jenkins 77 (Emma '12, Charlotte and Gregory '18),; C Rob Kramer '82 (Sarah '10, Daniel '12), Michael Labowsky '67 (Mary '09), Jennifer Jones Ladda '84 (Caitlin and Dylan '19), Joe Marino '67 (Ali '10), Laurie Hoorthout McFeeley 76 and Paul McFeeley

The development of strong writing skills, as promoted by MKA's Signature Program in Writing, is one of the hallmarks of an MKA education. In this issue of the Review, we are pleased to share with you three samples o f student writing from grades 2, 7 (p. 28) and 12 (p.

30). In second grade, students are encouraged to develop stories that reflect both their own experiences and their rich imaginations. Here is “Muaaaaahaha!, a Spooky Story” written by Jacob Sasfai.

Plus there are currently 8 alumnae working as faculty at MKA Susan McIntosh Awerdick ’68 - Pre-Kindergarten teacher Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76 - Alumni Director Stephania Lambusta ’98 - Middle School math teacher Leon Shade ’98 - Middle School PE teacher and assistant varsity Baseball coach Karson St. John ’98 - Upper School dance and theatre teacher Amanda Wallace ’98 - Primary School teacher’s aide Sandra Tritt Fronzuto ’99 - Director of Extended Day Daniel Weller ’01 - Middle School science teacher

76 (Brian '08), Cheryl D'Alessandro 'McMullen 77 and Peter McMullen 77 (Elise '08), Chris Noble '84 (Wyatt '15, Sabrina '20), Kristine Hatzenbuhler O'Connor '83 (Kelsey '14), Eric Pai 79 (Nicholas '13, Alexander '15, Samantha '16), Dean Paolucci '73 (Dana '09, Dean '12), John Phillips, Jr. 78 (John '09, Meg '10), Bob Post 77 (Bobby ’07), Rudy Schlobohm 74 (Melissa '08), Gardner Semet 79 (Gabriella 'll) , Scott Silodor '82, (Natasha 'l l , Sydney '14) Ellen Wahl Skibiak 73 (Allie 'll), Andrew Sorger '88 (Maxwell '20) and Dan Timmons '80 (Zak TO, Matthew '13, Douglas 75).

Muaaaaahahah!

Have you ever gotten so scared that you felt as if your skin turned ice cold?

Well that's what happened to me when I got scared at a restaurant. I was walking to the restaurant. I could smell the spookyness inside. "I don't want to go," I whispered. I could see the skeletons dangling from the roof. "It'll be O.K." answered Mom. "O.K." I said. But as soon as we got inside I couldn't see a thing. Then I heard a skeleton laughing. I turned around and

... "AGHHH!!!" Everyone screamed.

We went up, down, left and right. "Help me Mom!" I thought. I clung onto my Mom and buried my head into her shirt. I could hear screams, laughs and then ...

"You passed the test" said the skeleton.

Then he said: "Get out of here you stupids!'

As soon as we got out of the elevator, a monster popped out at me. "I want to go to our table!" I cried. When we got to our table, I was so glad to have gotten out of T 1„ I . I I , that elevator.

- Jacob oasjai,

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MKA Went Wild for Books!

The 2006 PAMKA Book Fair Q. Where in the world do ten of the foremost names in publishing gather for six days to entertain, educate and entrance a community?

A. At MKA, where November saw the three campuses transformed into a Reading Rainforest for the largest Scholastic Book Fair in the country.

This year, with record-breaking sales, recordbreaking attendance, and a record-breaking number of illustrious visiting authors, MKA truly did “Go Wild for Books!”

The annual PAMKA Book Fair extravaganza, led by parents Judy Newman MacGregor, Abigail Metzger, Karen Ross, Trish Paolucci, Zandi Nammack and Evie Colbert, supported by a cast of literally hundreds of volunteers, was a spectacular event. An elegant ladies luncheon, a festive tea for faculty and staff, a Rainforest Café serving a tropical menu (with guest barista parent Stephen Colbert) and a “Jungle Jammies” PJ Party for MKA’s youngest were additional features, but as always, the main event was the excitement generated by the visits of an incredible array of authors - Tomie dePaola, Ian Falconer, Abby Klein. Anthony Horowitz, Margaret Peterson Haddix, E.L. Konigsburg, Nora Ephron, Loung Ung, Chef Michel Richard and James Patterson (yes, ‘the’ James Patterson.)

▲Once again Judy Newman MacGregor (l) brought world-class authors to MKA. Here she is with Nora Ephron at the Book Fair Luncheon.

Each author introduced a new perspective to the art and craft of writing, and provided their audience with unforgettable memories. To see Tomie dePaola teaching Pre-K students how to blow an Italian kiss, or to witness Anthony Horowitz using a stopped clock in the Middle School auditorium as the starting point for limitless stories. To be part of the crowd of over 300 women standing to cheer Nora Ephron’s philosophy of life, or to realize you were in the presence of an iconic author when E.L. Konigsburg took to the stage. To learn the secret of success from America’s biggest selling author James Patterson (“outline!”), or to share Cambodian Killing Fields survivor Loung Ung’s first memory of America - that summer day in Vermont must be winter. That Margaret Peterson Haddix got her inspiration for “The Shadow Children” series from her own deliberations about having a third child, or that Master Chef Michel Richard’s children don’t like the food he cooks. That “everything in life is copy” (Nora Ephron), or that the best-selling Olivia books started out as a hand-made birthday gift for Ian Falconer’s niece.

▲Iconic children’s book author E.L. Konigsburg spoke to MKA’s M iddle School and some o f their TEAM Academy friends.

A Jam es P a tterso n m ade a very sp e cia l appearanc e a t th e U pper S chool the day a fter his new est title titl<Sg& ‘‘G ross ’ w as released.

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The Book Fair has become an integral part of the MKA experience, so thank you again to Scholastic, to PAMKA, to the faculty and staff and to the entire MKA community for proving once more that this is a school that Goes Wild for Books!

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The All-School Gathering There were some twists on old traditions as well as the start of some new ones at the All School Gathering this fall. Age differences were bridged when the Senior Class read their wishes and hopes for the Class of 2019, and then listened to Kindergarten’s wishes for them. This link between the oldest and youngest students continued when seniors handed each Kindergartener an MKA stuffed cougar toy; the President of the Student Council reminisced on his past 13 years at MKA; and the youngest member of the Class of 2019 helped Headmaster Tom i Nammack ring in the school year with the Montclair Academy bell.

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Addressing the 1040 strong student body, Nammack and President of the Board of Trustees, Newton B. Schott, Jr., reflected on both the past and the future of the school and of the students it serves. Senior faculty members George Hrab and Judy Nesbit (each with 37 years of service) modeled the colors of the founding schoo&Jg Ringing in the new Jscho^m epr, Tom Nammack B a little help from a friend, Gina Avila '19.

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▼Upper School dancers graced the stage.

Montclair Academy (red and black) and The Kimberley School (green and yellow), Middle School humanities teacher Lynn Salehi was presented with the Alumni Association’s Founders’ Cup for Teaching Excellence, and faculty members Linda Stark and Ellen Iverson and staff members Walter Frager and Jean Della Ventura received plaques for 30 years of service.

As in past years, the academic, athletic and artistic achievements of MKA students were honored with presentations of the MKA sweater. Athletic

▼Tom Nammack recognizes and honors, from left to right, Walter Frager, Linda Stark, Ellen Iverson and Jean DellaVentura fo r their 30 years o f service to MKA.

A round MKA championships were celebrated and school spirit was demonstrated by routines from the Step Team and Cheerleading Team, and the morning was enriched with performances from the Third Grade Bellringers, the Upper School Jazz Band, the Upper School Dance ensemble and the Sixth Grade reprising a scene from their musical, The Music Man. Lane Goodman ’07, President of the Honor Council, addressed the assembly prior to representatives from the Middle and Upper Schools signing the Honor Code on behalf of the MKA community, and Student Council Leader Owen Jennings ’07 offered the closing

These were some of the highlights of this year’s All School Gathering —a Gathering in which MKA’s “one-school”S identity and spirit was visibly in evidence.

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’12 reprised his role as The Music Man.

M The start o f a new tradition? Aiden Williams ’19, clutches his giftfrom the Senior Class.

▼The MKA Cougar roused school spirit and thrilled Brooksiders with his presence!

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In Memoriam James S. Vandermade ’35 (1919-2006) One of the most pivotal individuals in the creation of today’s Montclair Kimberley Academy, longtime Montclair resident James Vandermade spent fifty years deeply involved with both MKA and it's predecessor schools. A Montclair Academy alumnus of the class of 1935, he went on to Princeton University and was a naval officer based in London during World War II. Vandermade both served on and led the Board of Montclair Academy, and, having both a sister and daughter who had attended The Kimberley School, was a proponent of coeducation and one of the first to raise the prospect of a merger in the early 1960’s. Called to assist in leading those merger plans in 1972, Vandermade went on to serve as MKA’s first Board Head from 1974-1977, an exciting and tumultuous period that left him feeling gratified “that so much could have been achieved in such a short time.” He was also instrumental in hiring Richard Day to be the first principal of MKA, and

Leigh Vanderklein (1959-2006) Beloved Upper School Science teacher Leigh Vanderklein died on August 2, shortly before her 47“1birthday following a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. She leaves behind husband Dirk and sons Kim and Ian. Here, colleague, friend and Chair of the Upper School Science Department Laurie Smith remembers Leigh: This fall, I’ve been reading a book titled “Differentiating in the High School Classroom” by Kathie Nunley. The author dedicates her book to the wildlife of the Allegheny Mountains. She states that the frogs, raccoons, woodpeckers, and dragonflies “all provided inspiration during the writing of this book by allowing me the experience of a different kind of diversity. In the wilderness or in the classroom, every creature brings unique gifts from above. Beauty is to be found in the blending of those gifts. Celebrate the symphony.” As a biologist, Leigh lived each day of her life in appreciation and wonder of nature. As a teacher, Leigh celebrated the symphony of her students every day in the classroom. She was able to see the good qualities in each and every one of her students, no matter what those qualities were. She acknowledged and appreciated all of their strengths and weaknesses and as a result, Leigh exhibited incredible patience with

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they became very good friends. In 1966, Vandermade received the Montclair Academy Outstanding Alumnus Award.

Aubin Ames ’54 MKA President of the Board from 1977 —1980, recalls her predeceiior; ■Jim certainly did a good job of trying to bring the schools together If which wasn’t easy. He was a patient man, but firm in his ideas.” His friend, fellow trustee and personal lawyer Peter Perretti ‘49 remembers him as “a delightful, serious and very civilized man” whose true avocation was gardening. Perretti recalls many meetings taking place behind Vandermade’s home on South Mountain Avenue, ensuring that he could spend as much time as possible tending his lilly, rose and vegetable gardens.

When Jim passed away on July 20, 2006 at Waverly Heights in Gladwyne, Pa., he was still an Honorary Trustee for MKA. He leaves his wife Margaret (Peg), two children, James and Lisa, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

her students. She knew how to wait, and give the students time to process a difficult concept. She held them to high standards, yet knew that there would be bumps in the road to meeting those standards —and she was there to lend a helping hand to those who struggled along the way. In much the same way, Leigh helped me and my colleagues travel the road of her illness with her. Remarkably, it was Leigh who often lent a helping hand to those of us struggling to see her battle the arduous bumps in the road.

Leigh taught many lessons to those of us at MKA. However, it is not the numerous biology and chemistry lessons that we will remember, but rather, the lessons she taught all of us outside thejsllassroom that will last a lifetime. Leigh’s living example of unparalleled courage, grace, and fierce determination has left an indelible impression on those who knew her. ~ Laurie Smith Chair, Upper School Science Department

MKA Welcomes Back Dr. Frances R. O'Connor "It was a really great event for the school'" President of the Board, Newton B. Schott, Jr. A large crowd assembled at the Headmaster’s home on a beautiful fall Sunday to welcome former Headmistress Dr. Frances O’Connor back to MKA and to witness the unveiling of her new portrait.

It was an unprecedented moment in MKA history as three Heads o f the School gathered together. From left to right, Dr. Frances O ’Connor, Dr. Peter R. Greer and Thomas W. Nammack.

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O ’Connor enjoys reuniting with p a st trustees, parents and form er students, left to right D arlenes* Gaydos, Larry Gaydos, Fran O ’Connor, Andrew Sorger ’88, Susan Sorger and Jill Tobia Sorger ’88.

O’Connor mingled with faculty, staff, trustees and families who had worked with her during her tenure at MKA from 1979-1991 and it was, as current Headmaster Tom Nammack noted “A remarkable gathering, for all of you here today represent most of MKA’s history since the merger.”

Recalling O’Connor’s arrival as “a breath of fresh and enthusiastic air” former Board President Aubin Zabriskie Ames’54 went on to describe her “warm heart, deep understanding of children and love of life and learning —not to

▲Former and currentfaculty, sta ff and administrators who had worked with O ’Connor were at the reception including, left to right, Ken Gibson, Richard Sunshine, Judy Polonofsky and Judy Nesbit.

mention her favorite holiday, St. Patrick’s Day, when she would dress up as a leprechaun, including the infamous year in which the Links Foundation made an unannounced visit to MKA. She got the grant!”

O’Connor was described by President of the Board of Trustees Newton Schott, Jr. as “A strong, intelligent leader who really cared about her students ►Representing 18 years o f leadership, President o f the Board, o f Trustees Newton B. Schott, Jr. (2000-present) stands with his predecessors Susan Ruddick (19841988), Aubin Zabriskie Am es’54 (1977-1980) and George Harris (1980 -1984).

and whose influence was significant, widespread and beneficial.” Former Headmaster Dr. Peter R. Greer credited O’Connor as being instrumental in developing a faculty “who believed deeply in study and hard work in order to improve themselves and their teaching,” and it was this memory of working with a faculty so unusually willing to study and leam that O’Connor herself recalled as she spoke of her twelve happy and rewarding years at MKA and expressed her gratitude for the day.

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Grandparents' & Special Friends' Morning Friday, November 17 saw the Brookside Primary School Campus welcome 300 special guests to Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Morning.

After being entertained with a rousing concert that included performances in French and Spanish, as well as from the Brookside Bellringers, guests enjoyed spending time in the classrooms. The Brookside students were proud to share their work, make commemorative bookmarks and entertain their guests with special activities, as well as enjoying snack time together!

►John Crispo’18 and grandmother M uriel Windolff.

A M ia Layton ’18 and grandfather John Zabriskie.

►Brooksiders entertain their grandparents and special friends.

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A Kayla Goins ’20 and her Special Friend Monica Robinson.

A round MKA Homecoming 2006 Homecoming 2006: It was a perfect fall day for reunions, tailgating and school spirit as one of the largest reunion groups in the history of Montclair Academy, The Kimberley School and MKA turned out in force to enjoy each other’s company, “I must say I

have been lost in memories since the weekend,” commented Janis Joseph ’81. “It is such a transient world today, but our MKA memories seem to have stopped the clock for a while!”

A Pascalle Arnold '01 reunites with frien d and faculty member Dr. Denise Brown-Alien. ►Homecoming '06 was a perfect day and the crowds were out on Lloyd Road to enjoy it.

M Kimberley friends Barbara Crowell Estes ‘46 and Kathryn Crowell '47.

►Sixth grader Dana Placentra gets into the spirit o f things!

►Classmates reunite! The ladies o f '51, Jane Gassaway Bonner, Betsy Smith Bergquist and Ruth Ransom Wilson.

►Brothers Dave D e M atteis '95 and Jared D e M atteis '01 enjoy each others company back at the Upper School.

▲Faculty members Deborah Jennings and Jan Peterson reunite with form er students from the class o f '01, Tanya Barnes and Teresa Wells.

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Homecoming 2006 ◄Cheerleaders fo r the D allas Cowboys? No, members o f M KA's Cheerleading squad supporting the Upper School’s Western theme fo r Homecoming Weekend. ►Reminiscing about their school days, Carol Barnard Ottenberg '56, Florence Johnson Jacobson '46 and Thomas Graham.

^M ontclair Academy friends from the Class o f 1941, Carl Eisen, Fritz Von Bergen and Howard Dodd.

▼Friends from the M ontclair Academy Class o f '71 were in good 'ibice as they sang their school songlf&i.

A. The Upper School kicked o ff Homecoming Weekend with a spirited Pep Rally that included inter-class team games.

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A round MKA A A fam ily affair - Richard Benson 59 with wife Serena Perretti Benson and their son Thane Benson 70.

►Awas Dale Frederick H orne 'ff 6, travelling from England, who received the award fo r coming: the farthest distance from classmate and Alum ni D irector Laurie Hoonhout M cFeeleym6.

A Finding oneself in archival photos is a highlight o f the Reunion luncheon.

A Enjoying lunch together are M olla Kaplan Reisbaum '56, Joanne Weisser Salomon 56 and Diana Utech 'WB .1

M Longest-servingfaculty member 1George Hrab admires the Montclair Academy ring and blazer sported by J e ff Jones 71.

M This year's D istinguished Alumni Award recipient The Hon. P eter J. Perretti, Jr. '49, entertained guests with his luncheon acceptance speech.

A Senior Sampler: Meet some members of the Class of 2007 As teachers will tell you, every Class has its own distinct personality —a collective identity that comes from the sum of its uniquely individual parts. Here we profile six members of the Class of 2007 —not necessarily the star academics, athletes or artists, but six individuals whose (often hidden) talents best represent the spirit, diversity and personality of the Class as a whole.

Blair Dodson Hometown: West Orange Has attended MKA since: Grade 3 Favorite Subject: Economics Favorite Movie: Crash Favorite MKA Memory: “My best memory is of the junior class trip to Washington, D.C. It gave me a chance to reflect with my friends on the camaraderie we have developed since the third grade. It also gave us a chance to interact with our teachers in an informal situation, whether it was competing in a dance competition or going out to lunch.”

Claim to Fame: Blair is Teen President of Jack and Jill’s Eastern Region, the largest of 7 regions nationally, with 56 chapters and 2000 plus members, stretching from Maine to Virginia. Blair was also selected by Jack and Jill’s National Executive Office to fill the single seat allotted to a teenager on the Jack and Jill of

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“My mother was the main person who motivated me to continue participating in Jack and Jill during my childhood. Since then, I’ve developed a passion for the organization, which is dedicated to the advancement of minority students through educational, social, cultural and community service oriented activities. I’ve been involved for over 13 years, beginning my leadership as my chapter’s treasurer, and I currently have the role of Regional Teen President. I am now responsible for planning and presiding at the annual three-day Eastern Region Teen Conference and at all executive board meetings. Each experience has helped me to grow immensely and has given me a chance to network with a diverse group of minority teens and mothers.”

Blair’s Dream: “After graduating from college, I plan to pursue a career in marketing that will allow me to travel internationally, marketing a variety of products to both domestic and foreign companies.”

Emann Odufu Hometown: Newark Has attended MKA since: Grade 10 Favorite Subject: English or History Favorite Movie: Life is Beautiful Favorite MKA Memory: “My best MKA memory would definitely be Prom ’06 - but that’s only because we haven’t had Prom ’07 yet!”

Claim to Fame: Emann is a passionate hip hop performer and composer, whose group, the Cassanova Clique (www.myspace.com/cassanovaclique) is a trio comprised of a fellow senior and an alumnus in his freshman year at Wesleyan. Performing in Newark, the Oranges and Montclair, the group’s website has had more than 7,000 hits in four months. Growing up in Newark, Emann was one of 50 students in the nation selected as a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Fellow while in 7 ^ grade at St. Phillip’s Academy. He spent his freshman year at boarding school (St. Paul’s, NH), but missing his Guyanese family and his urban neighborhood, transferred to MKA in his sophomore year.

Dubbed “the poet of Newark” at St. Paul’s, Emann explains: “I’ve always been an avid listener of hip

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hop music. I think growing up and feeling that there was not enough good hip hop out there inspired me to create my own music with the aim of making hip hop more creative and lyrically better.”

Emann’s Dream: “In the future, I hope to start my own music production company “Click-Star Productions” and become a leading producer worldwide who is recognized by the Recording Academy for my many contributions to the music industry!”

September 12-13, 2001 when my Dad was called away to patrol the Hudson River. From that point on, I knew I didn’t want to be left home again.”

More recently, Fauren passed the exam to become a certified Boating Safety instructor for the Auxiliary, and has completed two Incident Command System exams, training her to take command of a crisis situation until someone with higher qualifications arrives on the scene.

Lauren Pugh Hometown: Oak Ridge Has attended MKA since: Grade 9 Favorite Subject: French Favorite Movie: Step Up What have you enjoyed most at MKA? “I would have to say Bio IRS (Independent Research Study). Even though it was one of the hardest, most time-consuming classes I have ever taken, it was such a rewarding experience to finally finish and see the end result of a project I had spent the entire year on.”

Claim to Fame: Fauren is a member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. Sworn in as a member of the Auxiliary at the Change of Watch ceremony this past February, she was immediately promoted to FSO-PB (Flotilla Staff Officer) when she volunteered to edit and publish the Flotilla’s monthly newsletter. “My Dad had joined the Coast Guard a few years before I was bom, so I felt part of the family early on. We also had a sailboat while I was growing up, and as I got older, my love for the water and for community service grew. The plan to join the USCGA really hit me hardest on

Fauren’s Dream: “After college I’m looking forward to incorporating my love for robotics,I# French and traveling into an engineering career and eventually settling down and going into teaching.

I’ve also always dreamed of opening and running my own martial arts dojo.”

Harry Raymond Hometown: Glen Ridge Has attended MKA since: Grade 2 Favorite Subject: History Favorite Movie: Adaptation, Pulp Fiction or Fight Club Favorite MKA Memory « ‘I have a lot of great memories. One of the best is of the day the first issue of The New Academy News came out. We had worked very hard to change the format, style and tone of the paper and have it reflect the growing spirit of MKA students. Seeing it “hit the street” and hearing the reaction of students and faculty was great. Playing a part in a great JV Baseball game last year and being at the recent MKA-MHS hockey game and the Prep B Soccer Championship were also unforgettable.”

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Parry Sastry Hometown: Livingston Has attended MKA since: Grade 6 Favorite Subject: Science Favorite Movie: Remember the Titans Favorite MKA Memory: “Playing JV soccer freshman year with a group of kids that I was not really good friends with. I was really bad at soccer, but being on that team was a lot of fun because of the light-hearted atmosphere at practices and the fact that I got to interact with people that I normally would not have.”

Claim to Fame: Harry is a serious baseball addict with an encyclopedic knowledge of the sport. He has assisted with organizing and cataloging the Yogi Berra Museum’s collection of “priceless pieces of history” and spends his summers working as the night manager of Pioneer Sports Cards and Collectibles in Cooperstown, NY, meeting new and old collectors. Harry explains: “I’m interested in baseball history because baseball is a game that attaches the present to the past - as the Baseball Hall of Fame puts it, it “connects generations.” It was my dad’s college roommate who taught me everything about the game. He took me to Yankee Stadium, taught me how to keep a scorecard, and shared the rich history of the game with me. Any question I’d ask, he could answer. He knew everything, and I discovered a purpose, a mission in my life: find something this guy didn’t know. I just had to stump him! This quest led me to pour over baseball trivia books, took me to the Hall of Fame archives, led me to getting to know Yogi and has fed my love of research and history.”

Harry’s Dream: “There are a lot of things I want to explore at college before I settle on a dream, but one dream I’ve had for a long time is being general manager or running the business side of a baseball team - but not the Red Sox.”

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Claim to Fame: Parry is the only member of the senior class to gain distinction in three areas of research —historical, literary and scientific. She was one of 15 students in the junior class to earn High Research Distinction on her history paper entitled The Constitutional Moment of 1937, was one of 5 juniors to complete the English Honors Program with her thesis on guilt in the stories of Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and she successfully completed a Biology Independent Research Project which tested the relationship between a hybrid (Brassica juncea) and its parents. “I became interested in research

when I was in 8 ^ grade with the Grade Science Project. I had chosen a project that completely baffled me; it was about the law of refraction and its relation to density. I had to work really hard to simply design an experiment and get results, and I discovered that I really liked doing that. I can’t really explain how much I enjoy doing research - 1

Student N ews think it is the innate challenge of creating an independent project mixed in with my love of science that makes it so fascinating for me. More recently, I thought I could apply the procedure I had for scientific research to the humanities. It turns out that history/English research is vastly different, but both processes are intriguing. Interpreting an Edgar Allen Poe story can be as interesting as inferring genetic variability of plants.”

Parry’s Dream: My dreams change on a weekly basis S this week it’s to be a neurologist! I have so many interests that I can see myself pursuing many different paths. What I most dream for is to be constantly challenged and intrigued by something.”

Tom Vayianos Hometown: Nutley Has attended MKA since: Kindergarten Favorite Subject: Chinese History Favorite Movie: Jackie Brown Favorite MKA Memory: “Freshman year —classes were the most fun. I had so many good times in Captain Bob’s chemistry class and Mr. Wolfson’s civilization class.”

action, but has top American snowboarding companies sponsoring him to do so. A skier since age 3, who converted to snowboarding when he was 10, Tom’s film career began a little latenfc‘My family got a house at Stratton Mountain in Vermont when I was 14 and that’s when I started filming snowboarding. Since then it has become more than a hobby and I have started making money with it.”

Tom’s not just making money, he’s saving it —his latest release Back to''Zero was advertised in fullcolor in prime position on the inside back cover of the October ’06 East Coast Snowboarding magazine. As Tom explains, “If I had purchased the space to promote the video, it would have cost $3000. Instead, I offered the magazine a free listing among other corporate sponsors and so the ad didn’t cost Huckfest Productions anything!”

Tom’s Dream: “My dream for the future is definitely something to do with the entertainment industry and filmmaking. I’d love to be a music video director.”

Claim to Fame: Tom is a cinematographer, film editor and entrepreneur, whose company Huckfest Productions not only showcases top American snowboarders in

Awards The Headmaster is Pleased to Announce ...

N atio n al A chievem ent Finalists

Carla Davis Jason Flood N atio n al A chievem ent Participants R eferred to Colleges

Julien John-Paul Uwakaneme Chibuzo Edw ard ]. Bloustein D istinguished Sch olars

Elizabeth Bershad

Matthew Cherchio Jessica Colmenares Ellen Dunn Jason Flood Laura Green Owen Jennings Robert Meyer Jonathan Reichstein N atio n al M erit C om m endations

Jacqueline Adomi Elizabeth Aguila

Matthew Baredes Elizabeth Bershad Carla Davis Michael Deatherage Ellen Dunn Jason Flood Lane Goodman Matthew Ingolia Emma Larkin Andrea Lubinsky Parinitha Sastry Annie-Rose Strasser

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Cougar Sports

MKA Fall Season Recaps submitted by Varsity Head Coaches

The 2006 Boys’ Cross Country Team was 8-7 overall in the Colonial Hills Conference (CHC) this season. The team was lead by captain Andy Patton, who placed 3r^ at the CHC Championships, was runner-up in the Essex County Championships, placed 3r“ at the NJ Prep Championships and earned 8 ^ place at the NonPublic B State Group Championships at HohndeMJ Park. Eric Casella was a consistent 2nc* man all season long, and continued to improve throughout the season, as did senior runners Mike Deatherage, Garrett Singer and Tom Vayianos. This years Xcountry team had every runner (both boys and girls) Set a personal best at the Essex County Championships - the first time in MKA school history that has happened!

The 2006 Girls’ Cross Country Team benefited from the addition of three new runners to the pack.

Captain Emily Naranjo was a key leader among this group of all sophomore runners, and Madeline Frank added further depth as a second year Varsity runner.

New runners Shannon Byrne, Ally Legregin, and Miriam Grossman, helped out the squad and improved and learned more at each meet. Naranjo, who finished first at almost every quad meet, also successfully competed at championship races.

Finishing 2nd at the Passaic County Coaches Invitational, 3rd at the Stewart Memorial Invitational, 3rd at the Shore Coaches Invitational, 2nd at the Colonial Hill Conference Championships, 2nd at the Essex County Championships, 2nd at the Prep Championships, and 3rc* at that Group B Championships, Emily proved to be a strong competitor The 2006 Field Hockey Team finished the season with an overall record of 8-11-1 and was 5-7-1 in the Colonial Hills Conference. Led by senior captains Caroline Richardson and Francesca Campanile, the

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Cougars had a turn-around season, having the best record since 2001 and winning more games than the last two years combined. With a new coaching staff, a strong senior class and a very eager young nucleus, the team improved steadily throughout the season and began to see their efforts pay off. With 14 Varsity letter-winners returning in ’07, many of whom are involved with various off-season training, including the National Field Hockey Olympic Development program as well as playing in top, exclusive club teams year-round, the future bodes well for MKA field hockey success.

The 2006 Girls’ Varsity Tennis Team completed another great season as they finished 22-4 and captured their 4™ straight Non Public B State Championship, 4 “1 straight North B sectional crown, and 5™ straight Colonial Hills Conference Championship. Juniors Stacey Bums (1st team all CHC) and Nicole Viola (2n^ team all CHC) held the top two singles spots. Freshman Laura Polding (1st team all CHC) had an outstanding year at third singles and finished the year with a 21-5 record.

Anastasia Konstantinov and Melissa Wong went 244 at first doubles and were named 3™ team All State by the Star Ledger as one of the top six doubles teams in all the state. Chrissy Patterson and Darrin Bedol had a great season at second doubles and were named 1st team all CHC. Whitney Hubbel made singles and doubles contributions and was named honorable mention All CHC. With six of seven starters returning in 2007, next years’ team should be one of the state’s top teams.

The 2006 Varsity Football season’s highlight was vs. Newark Academy when the team won a hardfought game 16-7 with a 38 yard field goal by Dan Allen, a tough running game led by J.P. Julien, Jabari Sinclair, and John Meyer, and an effective aerial attack led by Frankie Mayer. The offensive line (Anthony Benigno, Luke Damiano, John Dantzler, Dave Trabka, and Stu Hinds) dominated in the victory and the defense gave up just 7 first quarter points. Despite finishing the season with a record of 1-9, this did not feel like a losing team.

They worked hard and made strides against public schools like North Warren and Boonton and played with heart and intensity against Queen of Peace, a team that had gone 22-2 over the last 2 seasons.

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Led by a seniors Dan Allen, Jack Thomas, Luke Damiano (Co-captain), J.P. Julien (Co-captain), Anthony Benigno (Co-captain), Matt Baredes, and Chuck Chimielu, they made sure that a 1-9 losing record did not translate into a losing program, as they continued to demand excellence from themselves and their teammates.

The 2006 Boys’ Varsity Soccer Team had a recordbreaking year as they rolled to an 18-5-1 record, scoring 46 goals, allowing only 18, and posting 11 shutouts. Although a few hard-fought losses caused them to finish fourth in the newly expanded CHC, the team captured a share of the Prep B State Championship and won the NJSIAA Non-Public

“B” State Championship for the first time in the history of the program. While not the most experienced or polished team MKA has ever fielded, the boys were habitual over-achievers. Every member of the team made crucial contributions that were essential to the team’s great run. The team boasted a strong group of seniors, led by captains Owen Jennings and Peter Nolan, as well as topscorer Pat Amato (18 goals, 3 assists), all of whom earned Colonial Hills Conference and Prep League honors. With 12 returning players and an extremely strong group of rising seniors, the Cougars look to continue their winning ways in 2007.

The 2006 Girls’ Varsity Soccer Team ended the year with an overall record of 9-9-2, a great finish considering the season began at 1-5-1. With a renewed work ethic and attitude, the team fought hard and earned the respect of many of their opponents. The team was led by seniors Hannah Gill (5 Goals, 4 Assists; 35 career points), Liz Bershad, Kate Clark and Chantel Golding (1G, 1A) The defense, led by junior Goalkeeper Cara Placentra (5 shutouts), kept us in games throughout the season and allowed us to win many tight games, With 14 varsity letter winners, including AllLeague CHC players, Jessica V Gonzalez (9G, 7A; 25 career points), Page Harbeck (3G, 3A), Renada M Vuono (3G), and Stephanie Trumatola (1G, 4A), as well as many other skilled underclassmen returning in ’07, we are looking to continue the momentum we built this year.

The 2006 Girls’ Volleyball Team had a great 2006 season winning the CHC championship, reaching the finals of the Essex County Tournament, where they won the first game before dropping the next two, posting a 22-4 record at one point ranking in the state Top 20; and at one point ranking second in the state in the Non-Public Division. Senior captain Sarah Thompson switched from middle to outside hitter early in the season and was named Player of the Year in the conference (a first for MKA) and was named to the first team. In addition, junior Sydney Schatz was named to the second team, and sophomores Blair Bell and Leah Cerf were honorable mention. The team also competed in two weekend tournaments, the Jersey Classic at Paramus High School and the Heal the Children Charity Tournament in Rahway. Both of these tournaments featured competition against the top programs in the state, and the Cougars reached the semifinals in Rahway. The girls are eagerly waiting for June, when they will resume training by hosting an out-ofstate coach who will lead the annual Gold Medal' Squared camp.

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My Trip to Senegal

by Dominique Benson, Middle School French Teacher

Ms. Benson was one of six faculty members who received a 2006 PAMKA Faculty Trust Grant.

When I applied for a PAMKA grant in the fall of 2005,1 had two goals in mind. I wanted to spend my summer doing some kind of community service, to contribute something to make the world a better place — at least, in my own small way— and I wanted to immerse myself in an African French-speaking country, to spend some time researching the culture and costumes, and bring my experience back to my classroom. I was bothered that my own two children, for instance, had no sense of how people in other parts of-the world often have to struggle just;» to survive, to deal with hardships and privations that they couldn’t imagine. So I went online, did some research, and discovered an organization that promotes volunteerism in Senegal, a country on the west coast of Africa. I arranged to spend my summer there, working as a volunteer teacher at a Senegalese school, teaching English and computer skills, and living with a host family. While it didn’t go quite as planned, I managed neverthelesi'to accomplish my two goals and more.

Teaching in a Senegalese school certainly asked for the biggest adjustment on my part. On my first day on the job, I discovered that my first class had 45 students, all patiently awaiting me in the courtyard, with pen and notebook in hand. A group of high school French students was busy in the classrooms, painting, cleaning, building shelves, etc. so all the desks had been moved outside under the trees, which were providing a welcoming shade. But no computers were in sight! In fact, the school, had only one computer, located in the principal’s office. I was expected to teach technology skills in theory but certainly not in practice. I managed to convince the principal to divide my two classes into small groups of five or six students and to let me take them one group at a time. I also found another computer to rent, and brought it to the cramped principal’s office. In fact, the principal had never used his computer, a gift

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from a foreign aid agency, as he didn’t know how to use it. My students were eager and fast learners, and after the first initial contact, not the .least bit intimidated by the computers. One day, I decided to bring all my students to an Internet café, which I had rented for the afternoon, and introduced them to the Internet. I even went on the MKA website to show them our school. It was as if a world of wonders had been offered to them. These few hours in the Internet café are one of my best memories of Senegal, because of the happiness on my students’ faces.

Very often, I would arrive at school and discover that there was no electricity, power shortages being a common occurrence in Senegal. In that case, I would give an English class instead of a technology class.

My experience as a foreign language teacher helped me create activities that didn’t require a textbook, as none were available. Here again, the students were enthusiastic and, in spite of the heat, always ready to do skits or play language games.

After two or three days, the principal approached me and asked if I would be willing to give him some private sessions to help him master computer basics.

Two other teachers quickly joined him. The contrast with the young students was striking. Not used to technology, the three of them were very intimidated by the compute^ and even moving the mouse around was a challenge at first. Nevertheless, they were soon

Faculty N ews able to create and edit documents, databases, etc.

Another important aspect of my trip was to stay with a Senegalese, family and share their everyday life.

Because of problems with the agency that was supposed to arrange my trip, I literally dropped in on a family at the last moment. Their welcome couldn’t have been warmer and more generous. There were seventeen family members sharing a house, from the old and bedridden grandmother, her daughter, her two sons, and their family, to her four young granddaughters. Thanks to all of them, I felt welcomed and quickly accepted as a member of the family. I shared a room with a mother and her two young children, sleeping on the floor on a thin foam mattress. Despite the heat, the lack of privacy, or the chance to be ever alone, I quickly felt that the much slower pace of life in Senegal was very beneficial to me. I also learned a lot about Senegalese traditions. I enjoyed the twice-daily ritual of the mint tea ceremony. At the return of the fishermen, I went to the beach to buy fish for the traditional thieboudien, the Senegalese national dish. I spent hours playing with the children in the family, teaching them games with a deck of cards that I had brought with me. In exchange, they taught me their own games. Using cowry shells, a griot told me my future and predicted

great things for my two sons.

The second week of my stay, the chief of the neighborhood association came to ask me if I would be willing to teach kids from the neighborhood. So after coming back from school, I would go to a small office where they had one computer with Internet access, and I would introduce them to the marvels of technology. I would also give English classes to neighborhood people, young and not so young alike.

My schedule was so busy that at some point, I had to say no, even though I felt terrible about that.

The last ten days of my stay were spent traveling with my family who had joined me. We went to St Louis, the former capital of Senegal when it was still a French colony, and to Casamance in the South, where we visited beautiful nature preserves.

While this trip was exhausting and difficult in many ways, it was also exhilarating. I came back with a sense of accomplishment, and a newly found perspective about what is really important in my life. I have only one desire left: to go back and continue what I have started. Thank you PAMKA for allowing me to make a small difference in the lives of so many people.

MKA's Fine Arts Faculty Recognized as Practicing Artists The newly christened Weiss Gallery in the Peter R. Greer Arts Wing at the Upper School officially opened with an exhibition of recent works by Brookside’s Fine and Performing Arts Coordinator and art teacher, Barbara DuRant. DuRant, who is listed in Artists in America, is a recipient of the 2005 MKA Founders’ Cup for Teaching Excellence, and her works are currently on display at the Amos Eno Gallery in New York.

Upper School Arts Department Faculty member Nicholas Schutsky received international recognition as a featured artist at the ROBILANT + VOENA Gallery in London, where “Freeze!”, an exhibition of modem and contemporary paintings and sculptures from a New York collection, was on display through November. The show was organized by Gian Enzo Sperone, a partner in the

New York Sperone Westwater gallery, and a wellknown dealer and collector. Schutsky was in good company as other featured artists included Julien Schnabel, Andy Warhol, Francis Picabia and Lucio Fontana.

Upper School Fine and Performing Arts Department Chair Tony Cuneo also had work featured in one of the Newark Open Doors shows at “Gallery 744”, p where three of his “Requiem” photographs were m displayed.

Barbara DuRant enjoyed her opening reception in the Weiss Gallery.

Why Study French?

An interview with Danielle Claudio ’01 In November, the Upper School organized events to celebrate National French Week. Although Spanish has taken over as the most taught foreign language in the United States, French still plays a key role in science (especially pharmaceuticals and aeronautics), diplomacy, business, medicine, and many other domains. Realizing that there is no better way to illustrate the usefulness and importance of French to his students than to introduce them to someone who uses it on a daily basis, Upper School Foreign Language Department Chair Dr. Michael Houston interviewed Danielle Claudio from the Class of 2001 ; now the External Affairs Coordinator for the French Institute Alliance Française (and^l daughter of MKA Middle SchocH French teacher, Anna Claudio.)

How long have you been speaking French?

I began studying French at MKA when I was 10 years old (5th grade). I instantly felt an affinity for it, and continued to study the language and culture throughout my entire academic career. I received a Bachelor's degree in European Studies (concentrating on 20th century French histoiy and culture) from Barnard College, where I also minored in French.

At 2 3 ,1 can now say that I've been happily speaking it for 13 years.

from using English. There is, I would argue, no better way to leam than this, for it forces you to actually THINK about what you need to say, to LEARN from your mistakes, and to REMEMBER for the future.

How do you feel the instruction in French at MKA helped prepare you fo r college, in both French courses and your other subjects?

I actually took AP French during my senior year at MKA, and as a result was not required to take French at college. I continued my studies anyway, though I focused on literature, film, history and culture rather than straight language classes. But even compared to my peers in those classes - who had, ostensibly, taken and passed the same language requirements that I had I felt infinitely more prepared. Not only is the quality of language instruction superior at MKA, but the breadth of the curriculum makes you considerably betterrounded than your peers at college.

Fusing cultural studies with grammar and vocabulary is something MKA does very well, and it absolutely gave me an edge.

I had already read some of the texts we were reading, had studied some of the cultural figures we were learning about, and I remember the very rewarding sense of preparedness that this gave me.

What made French most interesting fo r you at MKA ?

Did you travel abroad during your MKA years or in college? How was French useful in your travels?

I think the highly interactive nature of the curriculums is very effective. I did not realize this during my time at MKA, but I have subsequently been exposed to the fact that a lot of other schools simply do not operate in this manner. I have met many young people, for example, who tell me that they never SPOKE the language in class. How one can learn a language without practicing or speaking it is a concept that is wholly incomprehensible to me, but it's out there. At MKA, not only are we encouraged to speak, but we are actually forbidden

I traveled to Europe quite a lot during my childhood; my father is from Portugal, and we went there 2-3 times a year to visit my grandparents.

During these trips, we invariably jaunted somewhere else as well, very often to France. I had Bways loved France - it seems I was predestined to be a Francophile - and once I started learning the language, this love was cemented. Knowledge of a language is like gaining instant access to the nuances of that culture,»and I relished this.

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A lumni N ews In my junior year at college^'I spent about 7 months living in Paris, studying at the Sorbonne as well as at Columbia University's satellite campus in Paris.

My French was wholly necessary for this experience, as all my academic work - classes, research, etc. - was conducted exclusively in French.

The experience of living abroad is one that I would HIGHLY recommend to any and all students. It is one of the more enlightening things I've ever done, and it was entirely made possible by my knowledge of a second language. Aside from its obvious functionality in such a setting - after all, how can you do well in class if you don't know what your professor is saying? - being bilingual allows you to truly experience the culture that surrounds you. I was able, for the most part, to live as a local and experience a different mode of existence, and this experience is one that I cannot encourage enough!

Where and how have you found the knowledge o f French beneficial outside o f school and work?

I think the general sophistication that comes with the knowledge of another culture and language is very fulfilling. It can be something as simple as recognizing or appreciating a cultural reference, deciphering a clue in a crossword puzzle, or perhaps finding a common ground with other nonEnglish speakers. Is it of paramount importance to one's survival to be able to do this? No, of course

not, but that does not make this kind of multiculturalism obsolete.

How are you using French in your current work?

I am lucky enough to be able to use my French every single day at my job: I work in the fundraising department of the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) in Manhattan. FIAF is a cultural non-profit, and our mission is to promote French and Francophone culture in New York through cultural events - such as film series, performing arts, culinary events, etc. - as well as through our language school. I speak French every day with my colleagues and business contacts, and I've found that people are truly appreciative when you are able to communicate well in their language.

Should I decide to pursue this kind of work in the long term, this job may prove to be a jumping-off point for me into a career as a fundraiser, and I have my French to thank for it. When I was first hired, I had zero fundraising experience, but I DID speak French. FIAF was looking for a Frenchspeaking American, two qualifications which of course applied to me, though not many others.

Fewer and fewer American students are studying French these days, and suddenly I had a huge edge over the other applicants. In the end, I was hired for my language skills, not for my previous professional experience.

Wanted: Guest Contributors Do you have vivid memories o f your days at MA, TKS or MKA ?

Do you have a friend or faculty member about whom y o u ’d like to reminisce?

Do you have an interesting story to tell?

The Review magazine is seeking alumni contributors for future issues. Please send your articles to the Editor, either by mail to Debbie Kozak, MKA Office of External Affairs, 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042, or via email to dkozak@montclairkimberley. org

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2007

From the Alumni Association Dear MKA Family and Friends, The fall and winter seasons were fun and productive as the MKA Alumni Association continued its mission to renew connections with more and more MKA graduates throughout the country. Our school remains one of the most highly respected independent day schools in the nation, and it is stories from years past that keep MKA history vital and rich with tradition. On that note, if you have some time to volunteer and be a part of MKA’s Alumni Council, please contact me or Alumni Director Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76 (lmcfeeley@montclairkimberley.org) at your earliest convenience to explore the possibilities.

We need you!

Alumni Gatherings, home and away, are occasions where alumni spanning the decades meet, swap stories, and network. August found us at the Jersey Shore at the home of a 1976 alumnus for a lovely reception just steps from the beach. Homecoming in October drew a record crowd, with over 225 alumni from classes ending in0L” or “6” at the reunion luncheon, and over 175 guests at Montclair Golf Club for the reunion dinner. The November alumni portion of the Annual Giving phonathon was successful because of a core of callers who

return year after year, working diligently towards meeting the annual goal. This year’s alumni hockey game, held the Friday after Thanksgiving, was a big success and very well attended. Some 20 alumni players came out to challenge this year’s varsity squad. Many parents of alumni came to watch the game - proud to cheer for their MKA icemen once again. The Young Alumni Winter Break Luncheon was the largest ever, with 21 members of the Class of 2006 back from their first semester at college for the holidays. Regional gatherings also took place in February, when Headmaster Tom Nammack and his wife Zandi traveled with a crew from External Affairs to two Florida receptions Bone in Vero Beach, and one in Naples. Come spring, the Alumni Association will be busy with Career Day in March, the Senior Breakfast in April, a highly anticipated cocktail party in NYC for all alumni living or visiting the metropolitan area on May 3r<^ at The Friars Club,Iff and our Annual Alumni Golf Outing on June 21s* in a new venue. Please join us at the Montclair Golf Club by day if you are a golfer, or simply come for cocktails, dinner, and MKA reminiscing that night - as the evening is an event in and of itself. Finally, don’t forget to send us your email if you’d like to receive MKA news via the Cougar Chronicles.

Best regards, Dan Carson President, MKA Alumni Association

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New Venue: Montclair Golf Club Golf and lunch for players Complimentary Cocktails and Dinner Open to ALL alumni!

For information, contact Laurie McFeeley at lmcfeeley@montclairkimberley.org

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A lumni N ews Encore Weekend MKA theatre alumni were welcomed back to Deetjen with the first annual “Encore Weekend” held in September. Organized by Upper School Founders’ Cup recipient and mentor J.C. Svec, the weekend coincided with the premiere of his play “encounter ” starring Karson St. John ’98, Ali Mendes ’05 and Michelle Uranowitz ’08.;® A highlight of the weekend was a Saturday night reception and presentation of the first “Deetjen’s Most Memorable Award.” The 2005 production of Auschwitz Lullaby was the recipient, and a packed

Deetjen Theatre saw George Hrab make the presentation, which was accepted by Manav Lalwani ’05 on behalf of the cast and crew. A roll calffif returning alumni included Trevor Barnett ’04, Danielle Gitkin ’98,® Anthony Guerino ’05, Dagmara Jestrzebska ’02, Gil Kruger ’02, Andria Kyriakides ’94, Manav Lalwani ’05, Alexis Lury ’93, Ali Mendes ’05,|§ Jessica Schwartz ’98, Sara Shaning ’95, Karson St. John ’98, Sofia Tome ’02, and Brandon Uranowitz ’04. Also in the audience was Marilyn Faden, Director of Theatre at The Kimberley School and MKA from 1966-87.

2005 classmates Manav Lalwani and Anthony Guerino proudly display the fir st ever “D eetjen’s M ost M emorable ” Award.

M Happy to see you! J. C. Svec enjoyed catching up with Gil K ruger ’02.

Save the Date!

Thursday, May 3 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. for the opportunity of a lifetime!

Join fellow alumni for a Reception at Manhattan's famed

Friars Club Scene of legendary boastings rsvp to Laurie McFeeley at lmcfeeley@montclairkimberley.org

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Young Alumni Lunch

This year's Young Alumni Lunch on January 3 saw the largest number of returning young alums to date, as members of the classes o f '05 and '06 enjoyed lunch in the Cougar Dining Hall with friends and faculty.

1 In seventh grade, students hone their skills by writing focused, analytical responses to literature, but they are also encouraged to experiment with writing short works of fiction and poetry.

“Ode to My Mother's Hairband” is one of many poems written

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Ode to m y M other's Hairband Thank you, my strand o f connection The only thing holding Chaos together.

Wisps o f worry frame her face But you, O hot pink struggler, Weak gray hairs try And obey only you.

I see the edge Etched in her face And I see her About to fa ll o ff But at least you hold some o f her together Keep some strings attached So we can have her presence Even i f not whole.

Perhaps you are all-knowing Wise enough To bend and snap on others But be gentle on her.

But please Don't betray And break We all need to pretend To have some Control.

- Devon Geyelin, Grade 7

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MKA at the Shore On Saturday, August 19, alumni, current parents, former faculty and friends gathered in beautiful Avon by the Sea at the Jersey Shore for a cocktail party hosted by alumnus Bill Dioguardi ’76 and his wife Esther. Tom and Zandi Nammack were on hand to meet guests, including close to 40 alums representing classes from 1946 to 2001. In a glorious setting with generous and welcoming hosts, a great time was had by all.

A Gracious hosts Esther and B ill DioguardP>76.

▲P ast MKA parents Joanne and Fred Langbein fla n k M KA’s D irector o f External A ffairs Judy Polonofsky and Zandi and, Tom Nammack.

A India Hayes Larrier '80 with husband John and Robert Hubsmith ’71.

Where can you find news o f old Classmates, see photos o f school plays, follow the scores o f your favorite varsity team, catch up on the latest editions o f MKA newsletters, hear from the Headmaster, get up to the minute news and generally find out more than you ever thought possible about today's MKA? . On the MKA website! So take some time to explore - much is available to the general public, some sections are password protected - to log in, your user name is classofxxxx, and your password is the year itself (xxxx). You'll be amazed at what you'll learn and how much fun you'll have getting to know today's MKA at www.montclairkimberley.org

Alumni Hockey Game On November 24 (the Friday after Thanksgiving), 20 members of MKA’s alumni hockey contingent gathered at Clary Anderson Arena on Chestnut Street to square off against the 2006-2007 varsity hockey team. The alumni crew, clad in green jerseys, showed that they had not lost their touch,

By their senior year, those students with a particularly Strong interest and aptitude in writing have a variety of high-level classes to choose from, including AP Literature. In response to the prompt Compare Virginia Woolfs writing to the work o f a visual artist. You can select a modernist artist (who would be similar) or an artistfrom another time (who might be very different).

Focus on the ways the two artists approach representations o f reality, the following is an excerpt from Senior Lane Goodman's essay "Color and Perception: a Comparison of Virginia Woolfs To the Lighthouse and Wassily Kandinsky."

The defining characteristic of great artists is the ability to expand their work beyond the limits of a specific medium in order to best express their vision and philosophy of life.

Both Virginia Woolf and Wassily Kandinsky were able to surpass traditional guidelines and the preconceived expectations of their artistic outlets in the pursuit of greater meaning in their works. The imagery in Virginia Woolfs To the Lighthouse goes beyond typical storytelling to incorporate light, sound, texture and culture. Woolf maintains an emphasis on shape and form that builds a

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defeating the current students 5-2. All three of MKA’s coaches also hit the ice. For those who couldn’t be with us this year, start sharpening your blades next fall as Thanksgiving nears —the varsity team went on to have a terrific season and the alumni team needs you!

physical and spiritual description of the events in her novel. The focus on color in To the Lighthouse, along with Lily Briscoe's painting, also contributes to the overall message the novel paints. While Lily's painting represents a large portion of the themes of the book, the canvas of the novel is filled with much more than is described on Lily's canvas alone. The visual artist who most similarly addresses the psychological and representational concerns of To the Lighthouse is Wassily Kandinsky.

Kandinsky achieved this similarity in his approaches to color and perception. Although Kandinsky's works are at first more active and affronting than Woolfs work, it is the sense of simultaneity and spatial urgency that emerges throughout the book that Kandinsky so accurately mirrors. ~ Lane Goodman, Grade 12

Alumni Awards 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award Nomination Form NOMINEE _ CLASS _ ACHIEVEMENTS _ (Please include additional information or resume on a separate sheet.)

Submitted by: NAME _ CLASS _ ADDRESS _ TELEPHONE _ Detach and mail to: The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07042 or email LMcFeeley@montclairkimberley.org NOMINATION FORM FOR MKA ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME NOMINEE _ CLASS _ SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS __ (Please include additional information or resume on a separate sheet.)

Submitted by: NAME _ CLASS _ ADDRESS „ TELEPHONE _ Detach and mail to: The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07042 or email lmcfeeley@montclairkimberley.org DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD CRITERIA To all alumni, parents, trustees, faculty, staff and friends of The Montclair Kimberley Academy: The Distinguished Alumni Award Committee is hereby accepting nominations for the recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award.

The recipient should have achieved distinction in some field of endeavor, or through outstanding character or dedication made a special contribution to humanity.

Race, creed, sex or contribution to the school should have no bearing on the choice of re c ip ie n t..

The purpose of the Distinguished Alumni Award is “to bestow recognition and appreciation for outstanding achievement.” This award will be a meritorious reflection on the school and will provide inspiration and encouragement for our young people. It is hoped that the recipient will come to MKA and address a gathering of alumni and of students. You may nominate more than one alumna/alumnus. There will be one Distinguished Alumni Award recipient each year; all nominations will be maintained in confidential files for consideration in following years.

MKA ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME AWARDS CRITERIA The Montclair Kimberley Academy Athletic Hall of Fame was founded to honor those who have made telling contributions to the school’s athletics. Its purpose is to perpetuate the memory of those persons who have brought distinction, honor, and excellence to Montclair Academy/ The Kimberley School, The Brookside School, and MKA in athletics.

• Nominee must have been an outstanding varsity athlete, coach, Athletic Director, trainer, or major contributor (financial and/or participant) at MA, TKS, Brookside, or MKA and/or brought distinction to the school through related and subsequent athletic accomplishments.

• Student nominees must have attended MA, TKS, Brookside, or MKA for at least two years, and have graduated from MA, TKS, Brookside, or MKA. Student nominees must have graduated at least five years prior to the year of nomination.

• Nominee must have conducted his or her life in keeping with school standards te d in ways w hi® reflect positively on MKA. • The nomination can be a posthumous award.

• Nominees may nominate themselves, be nominated by alumni or others.

• Each year, a minimum of one qualified male and one qualified female will be selected. Nominations will be kept on file for subsequent years’ review. .

• A team may be inducted.

Class Notes Editor’s Note We use one “official” 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 emails 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 14 to 16-week period.

Please remember that you can send a note or email to your class secretary or to the Alumni Office anytime (lmcfeeley@montclairldmberley.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 those of class agent and reunion chair, is absolutely essential to the vitality of the school. Please consider it.

TKS C harlotte F itch 24 Cape B ia l Lane, P O. B ox 45 W estport Point, MA 02791

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Mrs. A lbert F rell (Irene Burbank) 580 A dm iralty Parade Naples, FL 34102

Mrs. William Young (Peggy K lotz) The Village a t D uxbury 290 K ingstow n Way, Apt. 253 Duxbury, MA 02332

MA We send our deepest sympathies to the family of George F. Simpson III who passed away on August 8, 2006.

Peggy Klotz Young sends the following news: Ruth Duff Eager and George are still in their house in Upper Montclair...

2 TKS Alumni Director Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley '76 had a wonderful chat with Audrey Ayers Burgess last September from Audrey’s Westhampton home. A nationally ranked tennis player in her youth, Audrey grew up on Brunswick Road adjacent to MKA’s Middle School campus, then known as the Montclair Athletic Club. Audrey honed her tennis skills at the club’s one tennis court. She is extremely proud of her only son, Frank Tupper, a member of the New Hampshire Legislature.

delightful conversations with Virginia (Gina) Stoutenburgh Svigals while congratulating her on being one of MKA's most loyal and most consistent donors. She is enjoying living in North Branford, Conn., and sent the photo below, noting "I do not have a photo of me - but much more attractive is one of my two great grandchildren (below), Alden on the right and Lulu on the left both girls!"

TKS We send our heartfelt sympathies to the family of Elizabeth O’Gorman Dixon who died on December 12, 2006.

TKS M rs. Stew art C arpenter (Josephine Fobes) C rane’s M ill, Apt. 249 459 Passaic Avenue West Caldwell, N J 07006

MA Mr. John Graham 1129 K in g ’s Ranch R oad Bandera, T X 78003

We send our sincere condolences to the family of James S. Vandermade who passed away on July 20,2006. [.Editor’s Note: Please see page 10fo r “In Memoriam."]

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Jean Hamlin Noyes said she had a note from Ginnie Kracke Leavitt in Maine. She didn’t say what news there was from Ginnie.

Teppy Holton Sjolander points out that she and I are two of the original first graders who went all through Kimberley together. Ruth Russell Gray and Sally Bausher Littlefield did, too. Are there others? If so, please let me know so we can list them all. Teppy enjoys fine concerts and good programs and lectures at Kendal where she lives and says if one is bored, it’s one’s own fault as there is lots to do.

Margaret Richards Chapman notes that she and Curt are much the same as last year Honly more deaf!

MA - Montclair Academy TKS - The Kimberley School

Review Editor Debbie Kozak had some

Mrs. W. K ent Schm id (Josephine M urray) 118 H eron P oint Chestertown, M D 21620

A wonderful surprise and treat was a great letter from Helen Hodgson Me Lellan who lives in Metairie, Louisiana, She writes, “I live alongside of the 17™ Street Canal which is one of 4 canals that got breached in New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina. I live on the Hi and Dri side. My daughter, Nell, and family on the opposite side “got wet.” She, her husband, and their teenage daughters spent the first year as evacuees in Baton Rouge. The second year they all returned to New Orleans and are staying in my tenant’s house while their home is being restored. I love having them nearby.” Her other daughter, Tina, and son, Stuart, live on the north shore of Lake Ponchatrain.

They all get together for festive occasions and she sees Sally Littlefield in the winter. It was wonderful to hear from Helen even if it took a hurricane to get her to write!

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Other classmates^- don’t wait for a disaster. Keep in touch with me and your other classmates regularly, please.

I had two grandchildren get married in 2006 - one in California and one in New Jersey.

Love, Peggy

Janet Gaylord Newsome sends this update: I now live in a Senior Residence in Ottawa. I moved here in July 2005.

Grandson Eric Lemoine came from Paris to Montreal in January to work for 6 months.

We send our heartfelt condolences to the family of Sally Sacret Young Shertzer who died on November 20, 2006.

Sally’s sister-in-law, Peggy Klotz Young, was kind enough to notify us of the sad news.

MA '41 Back l-r: Howard Dodd, Carl Eisen, Gail Baird, Lewis Townsend. Front l-r: D avid Baird, Ann Townsend, Fritz Von Bergen.

TKS Class agent: Mrs. Saul Serota (Cornelia Carswell) 1500 Westbrook Court, Apt. 2106 Richm ond, VA 23227

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TKS M rs. Jam es F.C. H yde Jr. (Enid Griswold) 5402 D uvall D rive Bethesda, M D 20816

M rs. A lfred D. Williams (Joan Bayne) 15 P iper Road, Apt. K310 Scarborough, M E 04074 Sum m er Phone N um ber at Belgrade Lakes (M ay-Septem ber) is 207-495-2617

Mildred Wright Dorland writes: It will be a very busy summer with a wedding in Madrid and my granddaughter being married in Normandy, France. In October, I will go on a trip from Prague to Budapest.

Class agent: Mrs. Iris Flournoy 900 H ollinshead Spring Road, G203 Skillm an, N J 08558

We send our heartfelt sympathies to Enid Griswold Hyde whose husband, James F. C. Hyde, Jr. died on July 23, 2006.

Our heartfelt condolences go to Kit Eavenson Sanders whose sister, Nancy Eavenson Copp '49 died on October 17,2006.

We send our deepest sympathies to Susan O'Gorman Karlin whose sister, Elizabeth O'Gorman Dixon '34 died on December 12, 2006.

MA Mr. D avid B aird Jr. 9 Parkw ay M ontclair, N J 07042 Class agent: Mr. Lew is Townsend 2801 N ew M exico Avenue, Apt. 303 Washington, D C 20007

Howard Dodd writes: Hoping our 6 5 ^ Reunion was a success! As so-called

Harriet Barrett '42 - “Lyric Poet, A Student of Words” (E xcerpted fro m the A p ril 30 - M ay 6, 2006 edition o f the N ew s-R ecord article by Tina Firesheets.)

Ideas, words or phrases often slip through Harriet Barrett’s sub-consciousness, awakening her as early as 4 a.m. When this happens, she tarns on the light, grabs the pencil and paper by her bed and begins to write. Barrett, 82, writes because she must.

“At my age, your body starts to deteriorate, but, spiritually, things are so clear,” Barrett says. “The more adversity in your life, the stronger you become.”

She knows of what she speaks. Her mother died when she was just 13. Her brother died fighting in World War II.. .and her husband died of lung cancer 20 years ago. But they live on in her poetry. A poem she wrote about her brother was set to music and recorded on a CD, produced by California’s Hilltop records.

Barrett has since published six books of poetry since 2001, and she’s working on a seventh. She calls herself a lyric poet, a student of words.

Barrett’s journey as a writer began in the seventh grade, winning poetry contests while at a private girl’s school in Montclair, N.J. A high school teacher further encouraged her writing and helped her get into college.

When Barrett married, she put poetry aside and focused on raising her three children. She didn’t attempt to write a poem until after her husband died.

“I was so happy with myself that I’d been able to do it because I haven’t been able to do it for so long,” she says.

She believes poetry is underrated because people have to think too hard to understand.

“People today place too much value on material possessions and don’t take the time to enjoy the beauty in their lives,” she says.

The book she’s [currently] writing explores issues surrounding time.

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“President,” I did my best to stir up interest in what may be our last reunion.

Charles Holmes updates: Still living in Kentucky. Daughter and 11/2 year old granddaughter live in Menlo Park, California; daughter and two grandkids in Putney, Vermont; a son in Brooklyn.

Still hooked on the intellectual and academic world. Lead seniors in Foreign Policy discussions and read critiques of the current administration!

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Sterling-Winthrop as a chemist and later in administration for 40 years. I lost my first wife, Freda, in 1997 to cancer, married Norma in '99, but she also passed on in 2004 of cancer. I have a son, Peter (46), two stepdaughters, Martha (42) and Janet (47) and 4 grandchildren. I am now in a senior retirement community here in the Albany area. Oh, by the way, I still have an accent.

Stay tuned, more coming in next issue.

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Mr. R ichard L. Charlesworth 121 Cherry B rook R oad Weston, MA 02493

Mr. W interford J. O hland 39A Cambridge Court Lakewood, N J 08701-6225

DIKNAN@äol.com We send our deepest sympathies to the family of Arthur Hofmann who died on September 20, 2006.

TKS M iss Lucile G. M ason 142 N orth M ountain Avenue

Montclair, NJ 07042 MA Mr. E dw ard S. “Ted" O lcott 23 A rgyle Court Summit, N J 07901 m ertedolcott@ yahoo. com

Ted Olcott recently volunteered to be '43 Class Secretary with the intriguing idea of “Let’s get more MA '43 news in this MKA Review - a great school, by the way,” Ted adds. He reports: After World War II, Yale and a 35-year career in the Port Authority, 10 years on the City Council in Summit, New Jersey and a wide variety of other community service, I’m about to hang it up. My first wife, Mary, died in 1991; I married Marion in 199211 have 2 kids in their 50s and 5 grandkids from age 10 to 16.

Marion and I together have 5 kids and 11 grandchildren.

We send our sincere condolences to the family of Robert Holzl who passed away on February 9, 2006.

TKS We send our heartfelt condolences to Patricia Lamborn Kolbe whose husband, William Kolbe, died on October 15, 2006. Prior to his death, they enjoyed traveling, most recently, to New Zealand, Bermuda (with all their children) and Portugal.

MA Mr. William B. G rant 7330 W estm oreland D rive Sarasota, FL 34243 grantwb@ tampabay. rr. com

6 TKS Constance Ritchie Du Hamel reports: Summers in Sakonnet, Rhode Island, are lull of the best: six daughters, seven grandchildren visiting or living in own houses. Tennis, swims, picnics on the rocks, wonderful family and friends.

Winter apartment in Montclair is pretty nice too, with dinners often with my sister-in-law and brother, Libby and Bob Skinner '63 and their dear family.

Christa Arnold Buergin writes: I enjoyed my 60™ MKA Reunion. So many changes have taken place since '46! It was good to lunch with a few of my classmates.

Nancy Anne Rudd Eddy sends this update: I am still unable to speak following a stroke on 5/12/2003, but my life, otherwise, is full.

Joan Powell Adams writes: Best wishes to all on our 60™ Reunion!

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TKS A nne F eagley Wittels (Mrs. Jerom e L.) 2116 ViaA lam itos P alos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 wittels@ cox. net

We send our deepest sympathies to the family of Barbara Bumsted Mann Shand who died on October 8, 2006.

Dr. P eter B. Lawrence 4802 O lym pic Lane Wilson, N C 27896

William Brown writes: I wrote the book for The Wiz in 1975. It is being presented at the La Jolla Playhouse opening Oct. 8 and running for at least 2 months. Hopefully re-opening on Broadway next spring.

I see Frank Sweeney and Dan Emerson '42 regularly for golf and dinner. Frank still whacks out 250-yard drives, but in his words, spends too much time in the bunkers. Dan and I hack our way through to our 3-digit scores. Francis “Jake” Jacobs and Gerry Youngman '44 were active participants until their untimely deaths in 2003 and 2006 respectively.

From East Greenbush, New York, comes this “life history” from A1 Soria: After serving in the Ski Troops —10™ Mountain Division in Italy and being wounded, I finished at Columbia and graduated in '48 with a BA in chemistry. Worked for

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TKS '46 Back l-r: Robert Carlisle, Joan Denney Carlisle, Barbara Becker Meyer, Kathryn Crowell '4 7. Front l-r: Christa Arnold Buergin, Florence Johnson Jacobson, Barbara Crowell Estes

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family of Richard Waterman who died on May 10, 2006.

\49 TKS We send our deepest sympathies to the family of Nancy Eavenson Copp who passed away on October 17, 2006.

TKS Class agent: Mrs. Richard Lewis (Audrey Maass) 4551 G u lf Shore Blvd. N, Apt. 804 Naples, FL 33940

Congratulations to Joanne McQuillen Braun who was married to Clifford S. Evans, Jr. '50 on November 4, 2006.

(See below for more details.)

TKS '51 Back l-r: Ruth Ransom Wilson, Gail Robertson Marentette, Gerrie Lockerty Hendricks, Joan Jacobus Miller. Front l-r: Betty Smith Bergquist, Pat Overton Lee, Jane Gassaway Bonner, Nancy Ehrhardt White.

7 60th REUNION OCTOBER 13, 2007 TKS Mrs. D avid H annegan (Louise Rudd) 49 C anterbury Lane Lakeville, C T 06039 weezieh@ earthlink. net

Kathryn Crowell updates: Finally moved from an apartment to a condo in an adult community. Some day soon the cartons will be gone and I’ll be settled.

Great place to be, right on the edge of Cheesequake State Park.

MA [Inadvertently om itted from the fa ll 2006 Review was a notefrom Judi Egbert o f Greenwich, CT, George R Egbert Jr. ’s wife

o f 34 years, which sadly told o f George's passing after a long battle with Parkinson's disease in January 2006. Judi pointed out that George was a productive member o f M KA’s Board o f Trustees fo r many years and was very fo n d o f the school.]

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MA Mr. Rudolph D eetjen Jr. 1 7 K in g ’s Cove Lane Brooksville, M E 04617 .

TKS M rs. Sibyl Lew is Lotterle 4360 E. B urchell D rive H ayden Lake, ID 83835-8148 sibstoy@ icehouse. net

MA Fred Ailing and his wife, Marty, celebrated their 50™ wedding anniversary with a trip to Europe in October.

We send our heartfelt condolences to the

Poet Kay Kidde '48 Publishes Collection of Poems (Editor's Note:- W riter's In k Press recently pub lish ed E arly Sky: N ew and C ollected Poem s, the new est offering from MKA alum na K ay K iddej P reviously published books o fp o em s include H om e Light: A long the Shore in 1994 and Sounding fo r L ight in 1998. The fo llo w in g is an excerpt from the book ja cket.)

Kay Kidde is the founder of the Kidde, Hoyt & Picard Literary Agency in New York City, a member of the Association of Author’s Representatives. She has been a senior editor at New American Library and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, and she is a former teacher.

She serves on the board of the Quiogue Association on Long Island, and founded the Peconic Housing Initiative, Riverhead New York for the homeless. .

She lives in Quogue, Long Island.

“In her most luminous poems, Kay Kidde reaches with grace and power to that space we always suspected lies between our deep personal moments and the incredible mystery of the universe. She walks sure footedly on a life journey of great spirit and reflection...” [George Wallace, poet, Editor, Long Island Quarterly]

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Louise Green Dunham reports: I am very blessed to be in good health and have both my sons living within an hour’s drive. One daughter lives in Atlanta and the other has been living in Kathmandu, Nepal for 18 years. I am lucky if I see her and her children more than once a year.

Class agent: Mr. Jay B itting 299 R iver Edge D rive Chatham, N J 07928

Clifford Evans, Jr. writes^ As many of you know, on Saturday, November 4™ my old grammar school friend, Joanne McQuillen Braun '50 and I were married in St. Francis Episcopal Church in Palos Verdes Estates, California followed by a most enjoyable reception in our new home.

We send our sincere condolences to William Rose whose brother, David Rose '52, died on June 2, 2006.

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Mrs. L loyd M arentette (G ail Robertson) 93 Glen Avenue, Llew ellyn P ark West Orange, N J 07052

MA Mr. E rnest F. K eer III 459 Club D rive, P O . Box 1030 B ay H ead, N J 08742

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Robert Weinmann '53 Makes List of Top 50 in Healthcare 55th REUNION OCTOBER 13, 2007 TKS M rs. C lark M oran (M artha Gilbert) 8011 S tra u ff R oad Baltim ore, M D 21204 mmoran@ iopener. net

Fay Taft Fawcett reports: Awaiting our 4“1 grandchild, due Christmas Day! Mother is our daughter, Ashley Fawcett Greene '85. Still summer in Nantucket and just enjoyed a trip to Ireland.

MA Class agent: Mr. Charles Sage 435 Welch Avenue Ames, IA 50014

Robert L. Weinmann, MKA graduate from the Class of 1953, was named by “Modem Healthcare” as one of the 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare in 2006. time visiting exotic places and doesn't spend much time in Natick, Mass.

Mike Ellinger reports that he spends most of his time in California (he lives in San Antonio Texas) where most of his business is. He and his wife, Joyce, are building a compound in Nevada about 50 miles east of Carson City and hope to relocate there.

We send our deepest sympathies to the family of David Rose who passed away on June 2, 2006.

Bob Hughes promised to email an update but have not received it yet. He and his wife, Patty, live in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.

Charles Sage sends the following update:

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Bob Werner reports that he is in good health except for bad knees he picked up playing basketball at Lafayette. He and his wife, Lois, still reside in Avila Beach, Cal. He was back in New Jersey this October and went by our neighborhood in Belleville where we both grew up.

TKS We send heartfelt condolences to Lorna Peters Garron whose husband Douglas Garron passed away on July 4, 2006.

Dan Read moved to Bristol, Tennssee. but still practices law in Abingdon, Virginia.

Dan and his wife, Carmen, stopped by in South Carolina last March. He is in the process of organizing a mini-reunion of classmates in S.C. for this March.

Bob Kim also stopped in and visited briefly as he went on to Charleston, S.C. He was married this summer to Bette Janse and now boasts of nine grandchildren. He spends most of his

MA Mr. P eter Cockshaw 1264 Oakm ont Court West Chester, PA 19380 pcockshaw @ com cast. net

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sons and three grandchildren. She writes: While I will miss the New York area, it is a matter of health for me and my husband. We plan many visits back to the area and are keeping memberships in local golf clubs.

Sylvia Middleton Seymour reports: All five grandchildren are thriving including our daughter's twins, Nicholas and Kyle Yerkes, and our son’s son, Logan Seymour. The three boys were bom in March '06 which was a very busy month.

MA Class agent: Mr. Sheldon B uck 51 Cornell R oad Wellesley, MA 02181-7408

Roland “Jake” Jacobus, Jr. has partnered with Ken Vostal '84 at Smith Barney —continues to be in the investment advisory business and enjoys it. Both Gail Garnar Jacobus '58 and Jake spend their time in Cape Cod (Falmouth, Mass. - 3 months), Vero Beach, Florida (3 months) and Morristown, New Jersey (6 months).

Jake writes: We still keep active with our long-term friends at MKA.

Ms. Georgia Carrington 38 Silver Spring Lane R idgefield, C T 06877 carrgeo@ aol. com

Philip Donlin writes: This summer I took my wife and daughter to the Canadian Rockies. We went on a tour, and it was very nice. We then went down to Ocean City, Maryland for three days.

Vicki Wendt West-Peek moved to SW Pennsylvania to be near her two older

George Kramer reports that he is chairman of the Philatelic Foundation in New York City.

TKS M rs. Susie Forstm ann K ealy 550 N. Kingsbury, Apt. 603 Chicago, IL 60610 sfkealy@ sbcglobal. net

MA Mr. Lawrence M artin P O . B ox 1058 Lexington, VA 24450 Class agent: Mr. R obert Braw er 131 E ast 66™ Street, Apt. 10C N ew York, N Y 10021

MA '56 Front l-r: Seth Barton, Sharon Nazarian, Larry Nazarian. Back l-r: Marlene Barton, Eric Jaeckel. M yra Bograd, A l Bograd.

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TKS 56 Back l-r: Tom Graham, Larry and Linda Lovell Smith, Linda Cole LeStage, Betsy Beatty Matlack, Carol Van Brunt. Front l-r: M eredith Clark Graham, Bart and Henny Nelson Skeen, Gail Zabriskie Wilson.

TKS 56 Back l-r: Ann DeVausney Hallowell, Carol Bernard Ottenberg, Susan Crook Ferdinand, Janet Rodman Koskoff, Jane Goodwillie Swann. Front l-r: M olla Kaplan Reisbaum, Joanne .

Weisser Salomon, Lilia Emetaz McDonald, Jane Crawford Lyons.

56 TKS Julia Schou Estes writes: We now have 10 grandchildren ranging in age from 23 years to 7 1/2 months - 5 boys and 5 girls.

Janet Goodwillie Swann sends this update: Retired from Epstein Middle School 2 years ago and was immediately back in battle, not with 6-8 middle schoolers H that was easy and fun - this war is Medicare/ Blue Cross Blue Shield, COBRA, MedicareH Part D, Social Security vs. the individual. Enough said.

Eliza is a New York lawyer with Shearman and Sterling. Jody lives in Atlanta. He is an intellectual property lawyer.

Nancy Prescott Ward reports: Still working at my ripe old age! Bob and I and now our son run Anserve, Inc., a telephone answering service in Butler, New Jersey. Thankfully, our family is well and busy. Vicki and Raoul Hennin live in Maine and are the parents of our beautiful grandchildren, Oscar (3 and 1/2) and Iris (2 and 1/2). Jennifer and James Souder are in New York City and Rob and his fiancn, Catilin, are in Pompton Lakes. We’ll have a wedding in '07!

MA Mr. E ric Jaeckel P.O. B ox 20153 Boulder, CO 80308 efjaeckel@ hotm ail. com Dr. Lawrence N azarian 29 Surrey P lace P enfield, N Y 14526 LFredN@ aol. com

50th REUNION OCTOBER 13, 2007 MA Class secretary and agent: Dr. E dw ard T. O ’B rien Jr. 3376 F e m c liff Lane Clearwater, FL 36421 eobl072 7@msn. com

H TKS M rs. D iana B ethell L ittle IK Buckingham Rd. West Orange, N J 07052 littlecorp@ verizon. net

Gail Garnar Jacobus retired from Kent Place School as head of the History Department two years ago. Both Gail and Roland “Jake” Jacobus, Jr. '54 spend their time in Cape Cod (Falmouth, Mass. 3 months), Vero Beach, Florida (3 months), and Morristown, New Jersey (6 months).

We send our deepest sympathies to the family of Margaret “Margo” Williamson Corddry who passed away in the fall of 2004.

We send our heartfelt sympathies to Robert Goldman whose mother, Doris Goldman, passed away on October 23, 2006.

MA Class secretaries: Mr. H enry Agens 86 E agle R ock Way M ontclair, N J 07042 Mr. D avid Strom ing 33 Mt. P rospect Avenue Verona, N J 07044

Henry “Hy” Agens writes: R obert Webber, George Voskovec, E d Begley, Joseph Sweeney, H enry Fonda, Jack

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Warden, Edw ard Binns, Jack Klugman, E. G. M arshall, Lee J. Cobb, John Fiedler, M artin Balsam - To hear David

Vaughn Black tell it, he’s found his Shangri-La. (Wait a minute. I didn’t know Dave’s middle name was Vaughn.

Wasn't that the character name of the pitcher, “Wild Thing” in the film, M ajor League ? Yeah. Oh, sorry. Being a dotard, my mind wanders a lot. If you see it wandering, leave it alone. It’s harmless.

No WMD's. Where was I?) Yes, Dave Black says he's found the perfect place for what he calls the “active retiree.” (That phrase is not an oxymoron. I think.) Where is it? Bend, Oregon, that's where. It's right smack almost in the middle of the state, just to the east of the Cascades in the high desert. Dave and his wife Marie moved there from Connecticut seven years ago.

He tells me the area has four distinct seasons, and, most of the year, he can hit one of the several ski centers in the morning, come home for a few business calls and a casual lunch, and tee off at one o ’clock for 18 holes of golf in the afternoon.

After graduation from MA, Dave picked up a B.A. from the University of Vermont in 1962. Very soon thereafter, he took a job as a sales representative for the Birdseye Division of General Foods Corporation. A year later, he became a sales supervisor and as such trained other sales reps for General Foods.

In 1966, relocating to Syracuse, Dave was district sales manager for the company for Upstate New York.

Dave made a significant career move in 1968. Along with two other business associates and friends, he created a company called Communication and Education for Industry (CEI), which featured programs to teach a company's

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instructors how to more effectively train their own sales reps in the fundamentals of management and sales. Although living in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Dave enjoyed the extensive travel necessary for the company's success.

After a decade or so, Dave hooked up with a California based company called Daiwa Sports following a chance encounter with the company's CEO. The firm sells golf clubs, ski boots, and fishing tackle. Dave became national sales manager of ski operations; hiring and training a new 6 person sales force.

Now living in Essex, Connecticut, and not wanting to relocate to California, Dave purchased an advanced reading skills franchise from an Australian company. Named the Pace Group, and operating in the greater Boston area and New England, the company taught advanced reading skills and speed, better comprehension, and better listening ability. Dave successfully marketed his programs to corporations like Ford and General Motors. After spending the 1980's at that endeavor, he sold the operation in 1994.

Dave is now semi-retired, but still has his own company, The Marketing Edge, which naturally involves sales, communication and management training.

Dave's wife Marie is a licensed broker (stocks, securities, etc.), and works out of the Bend office of United Bank of Switzerland (UBS). She performs administrative work for several brokers.

Peter and Hunter are Dave's two sons.

Peter has three children (3 boys).

Margaret Black Faulkner (a.k.a. “Peg”), Dave's mom, lives in New London, New Hampshire. His sister, Barbara, lives there as well. She has a boy and a girl. Brother James (“Jamie”) Black '60 is a manufacturer’s representative in the food industry. He has a boy and a girl and lives in Canton Center, CT. Younger brother Robert “Bob” Black, Jr. '64 works for a time-share company, is married with 2 sons, and lives in San Diego.

David Black: This Is Your Life. Rather, this is your bed. You made it, now lie in it!!

Moving right along to other business, I would appreciate any help in finding the whereabouts of Eric Frost, Mike Gennet, Mike Chodorcoff, Meritt Zavin, Mark Jaffe, Howie Levine, Fred Kaplan, Roger Scaletti, and or Dave Will. We have no current addresses or phone numbers for any of them.

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Early reminder: Our 50th graduation anniversary is coming up in 2008. The reunion and dinner for it will be sometime in October of ‘08.1 insist that all of us be there.

Answer to the previous CommercialStrength Trivia query: The lines quoted where spoken by George C. Scott as “Patton” at the conclusion of the film.

New Grand Master - Strength Trivia question: The persons listed at the top of this piece are collectively, in cinema, better known as what?? Until that time, feel good, keep punchin', and keep those cards and letters coming.

We send our sincere condolences to Abigail Williamson Bertelson whose sister, Margaret “Margo” Williamson Corddry '58, passed away in the fall of 2004.

We send our heartfelt sympathies to Maryl Walker Lewis '61 whose husband, H. Barton Thomas died in March of 2006.

MA Fred Lewis sends this update: Retired in November 2005. Sailed the Caribbean last winter. Returning for more this year.

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M rs. C. D. Creed (Barbara Bywater) 1769 F orest View Avenue H illsborough, CA 94010

Ms. Jarvis R eilly N olan 15612 Via M archena San Diego, CA 92128 jarvisno@ aol. com

MA Mr. M ichael Baker 100 Via Condado Way Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418-1700

We send our deepest sympathies to Margaret “Tina” Schultz Bilotti whose husband, Carlo Bilotti, died on November 17, 2006 and whose mother, Margaret Fraser Bilotti, passed away on January 14, 2006.

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TKS Class agent: M rs. M ary A nne Coarsen D oty 21 Juniper D rive Queensbury, N Y 12804 m jd62@ adelphia.net

MA Eric Sandwall Jr. reports: Been retired for 5 years. Spending most of my time playing golf in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida. Love riding my Harley, skiing in Killington and sailing in the British Virgin Islands. Had open-heart surgery and a knee replacement. Hasn't slowed me down. Life is good!

61 TKS Mrs. W inifred Sage Wilson 13819 Vidal Place, N E Albuquerque, N M 87123-4729 wmsw98@ msn. com Class agent: M rs. Suzanne Scannell H ardy 47 B artlett Parkw ay Winthrop, MA 02152

Suzanne Hardy writes: We are “retired” but have never been busier. Our 2 grandsons, Hunter (3 years) and Hayes (6 months), contribute to our husy schedule plus numerous volunteer activities.

Dr. John J. Farrar P O . 114 2069 Warren Creek R oad Ovando, M T 59854 sharknose@ starband. net

We send our sincere condolences to Donald Goldman whose mother, Doris Goldman, died on October 23, 2006.

MA Mr. Bronson Van Wyck A rrow head Farms, Box T Tuckerman, AR 72473

64 TKS M rs. F rank H ennem an (Lynn R itter) 3920 M ariners Way; Unit 321 Cortez, FL 342151 lhenneam @ tampabay. rr. com

5 TKS Ms. M arilyn “Lyn ” Schultz B lackw ell 3779 Center R oad RRI1, B ox 63 E ast M ontpelier, VT 05651

6 6 TKS Jan Shaw reports: Still working in OR in Swedish Hospital. Son, Corporal Elliot J.

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MA '66 Back l-r: Craig Cameron, M ark Geannette. Front l-r: Robert Yolken, Alan Balma

TKS '66 Back l-r: Millie Young, Margi Brett, Cynthia Thomas Kimmel, Marcia Harrison, Cindy Brandenburg Gibbon, M itzi Sans Balma. Front lr: Joan Poor Clarke, Sari Kramer, Nicole Taghert Bergstrom, Randy Bean.

M ore Press for M K A 's Yam ashita f67 In 2005, MKA alum and N ational G eographic photographer and filmmaker Michael Yamashita introduced his feature length documentary “Ghost Fleet: The Epic Voyage of Zheng He,” the seafaring adventures of the 15™ century Ming Dynasty Admiral who made seven voyages to over 30 countries from 1405-1433 gathering scientific knowledge and riches for his emperor. The film received numerous awards including Best Historical Documentary and a Screen Craft Award for Best Feature Documentary from the New York International and Independent Film and Video festival. In his newest book, Zheng He, Yamashita and writer Gianni Guadalupi trace each of the journeys made by the Admiral. In the November 20, 2006 issue of AsianC onnections.com , Lia Chang writes: Packed with hundreds of vibrant photographs and narrative by Yamashita, Zheng H e brings to life the fascinating saga of this littleknown explorer whose feats equal or surpass those of most better-known explorers.. .A remarkable tour between the present and the past, Zheng H e transports the readers to some to the world’s most exotic destinations. From Vietnam to India, Indonesia, Iran, Sri Lanka and Somalia, Yamashita's photographs evoke the landscapes, peoples, religious rituals, traditions and rich cultural heritage of the diverse locales Zheng H e discovered in nearly three decades of exploration.

Parke, USMC on 3r^ deployment to Iraq.

Husband Randall Parke retired.

MA Mr. D. C arter F itzpatrick 49 B ell R ock Plaza, Suite A Sedona, A Z 86351 Class agent: Mr. A. Craig Cameron 11 Bay P oint D rive ' O rm ond Beach, FL 32174

Alan Balma reports: Mitzi Sans Balma and I celebrated our 35™ wedding

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anniversary in December [2005MI retired from Lucent Technologies a few years ago, and I am now teaching mathematics at Communications High School in Wall, New Jersey. Our older son, David (30), announced his engagement in December.

40th REUNION OCTOBER 13, 2007 TKS Ms. M argot E scott 1818 Im perial G o lf Course Blvd.

Naples, FL 34110-1010

We send our deepest sympathies to Julia Bonsai whose father, Richard Bonsai died on July 20, 2006.

MA Class agent: Mr. Craig P erry 3467 Pinestream R oad A tlanta, GA 30327

We send our heartfelt condolences to Stephen Dixon whose mother Elizabeth O’Gorman Dixon '34 died on December 12, 2006.

68 TKS Ms. A vie Claire K alker 10 K nolls R oad Williamstown, MA 01267 akalker@ aol. com

MA Mr. Burton M. Webb Box 29 Free Union, VA 22940

We send our deepest sympathies to Burton “Bim” Webb whose mother, Verity Voight O’Brien passed away on June 11, 2006.

69 TKS P hyllis La Touche Raw lins P O . Box 1423 Bridgeham pton, N Y 11932

Phyllis LaTouche Rawlins reports: Congratulations to Lisa Schultz and Michael Frenza who were married in a beautiful ceremony at their home in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 1, 2006.

A highlight of my year was to reconnect with Jill Goodpasture '71 on the Monterey Peninsula in October. Last summer, I met Jill's sister, Robin, at a

accolades, but there are no offices here.

Ideally, I want to work in Stowe.

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Ms. L eslie Bryan 844 E ast M orningside D rive, N E Atlanta, GA 30324 lbryan@ dsckd. com

Mr. V. Jam es Castiglia 3 L a rk Lane O ak Ridge, N J 07438

Class agent: Ms. Kim K olbe 38 K ent D r iv e n Roseland, N J 07068

Class Agent: Mr. P eter Webb M ile Slip Farm 48 M ason R oad Brookline, N H 03033

Katherine Schultz Fraser TKS'64, M ichael Frenza, Lisa Schultz TKS'69, Tina Schultz Bilotti TKS'62 and Lyn Schultz Blackwell TKS '65 at Lisa and M ike’s rehearsal dinner.:

We send our deepest sympathies to Kim Kolbe whose father William Kolbe died on October 15, 2006.

beach picnic in Bridgehampton, and she told me that both Jill and her sister, Lynn Goodpasture '68, were living in California. I had a trip to Monterey planned for October, so I googled Jill and found her contact info and a photo on the web. Jill has been living in California for over 20 years where she is a master mold maker for sculptors all over the country. She gave us a tour of her studio and showed us some of the molds she was working on. I hadn't seen Jill since college and had often wondered where she was and what she was doing,^ so reconnecting with her was a special treat. Jill's sister Lynn is also an artist and lives in Los Angeles.

Kathy Powell Cohn writes: My heartfelt condolences to Kim Kolbe and her siblings on the loss of their father. I know her mother passed away sev eral" years ago. It’s good to be on the Class of 1970 email list. I love living in Vermont even though there is a season between autumn and winter. Stick season! All the leaves blow off in the middle of October! Hoping to land a new job soon. It was hard leaving Arbitron after so many bonuses and

We send our sincere condolences to Peter Webb whose mother, Verity Voight O'Brien passed away on June 11, 2006.

MA Bruce Pastorini sends this update:...

From 1975-82,1 was an Infantry Officer and served in the Mechanical Infantry and Special Forces (5™). I retired in 1999 and am currently employed with the Army Corp of Engineers as a civil engineer. From 1987-1995,1 was with the New England Division, and have been with the Jacksonville District since. I was deployed to Afghanistan on October 1, 2006 where I will be until May 2007. My wife, Susan, and I have 5 children.

Kevin Basralian is Chief of Reproductive Medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey.

He and his wife, Louise, have three children: Luke and Charles (9 years old) and Grace Louise (7 years old).

MA Dr. E dw ard A. G riggs Jr. 25 N orth D rive1K Dobbs Ferry, N Y 10522 eagriggs@ optonline. net

Garrett Grainger updates: Had our 3rc^ grandchild recently (Isak). Also have a 4-year-old grandson, Will, and a 16month-old granddaughter, Abby. Took the last of the children off to college in early September. Chris is attending the University of Edinburgh in Scotland for a degree in International Relations.

35th REUUNION OCTOBER 13, 2007 TKS Class agent: M rs. Linda F inney W illiams B ox 1446 6 South Pasture Lane Nantucket, MA 02554 MA 71 Back l-r: Robert Benigno, J e ff Jones.

Front l-r: Tony Vitale, Jonathan Golding.

Pfizer N am es Jeffrey K indler *73 as N ew CEO (Ed. N ote: In July o f 2006, P fizer Inc. directors nam ed MKA alum nus Je ffre y K in d ler to succeed H enry “H ank" M itchell as the c h ie f executive officer o f the w orld's largest pharm aceutical company. The follo w in g are excerpts from the July 29,2006 Wall Street Journal article “P fizer Taps K indler to Succeed M cK innell as CEO ” about Mr. K indler ’s new position.)

Mr. Kindler, who joined Pfizer in 2002, will be charged with returning luster and growth to the struggling company, which moved to dominance in the pharmaceutical industry in the 1990s when it became one of the world's most successful major corporations.. .Mr. Kindler clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., was a partner and litigator at Williams & <|©nnolly and later took an in-house role as leader of litigation and legal policy at General Electric Co. In 1995, he jumped to fast food giant McDonald's to become it's general counsel. He later relinquished the legal reins there to become Chairman and CEO of Boston Market Corp. owned by McDonald's.. .While at McDonald's, he was required to work in a McDonald's like other employees.

“Of all my experiences in ;life, the most frightening thing I’ve ever had to deal with was to stand behind the counter of a McDonald's and E g three school buses pull up,” he said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal earlier this year.

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G alligan ’73 B ecom es President o f C olby-Saw yer C ollege (Editor's Note: On A ugust 1, 2006, MKA alum nus T hom as C. G allig an , Jr . '73 becam e the eighth president o f Colby-Saw yer College in N ew London, N ew Ham pshire. F ollow ing are excerpts from the Colby-Saw yer w ebsite announcem ent ):- •

... Galligan has been dean at the UT College of Law since 1998... During his tenure as dean, he has also taught torts and admiralty as professor of law and was appointed the Elvin E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law in 2002.

Prior to joining the University of Tennessee, Galligan served as professor of law from 1986 to 1998 at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, where he was appointed the Dr. Dale E. Bennett Professor of Law in 1997. He earned his L.L.M. degree from Columbia University Law School, J.D. from the University of Puget Sound (now Seattle University) School of Law, and an A.B. in political science from Stanford University.

The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of Galligan by the Presidential Search Committee, which was composed of trustees, faculty, staff and a student. “Tom Galligan has already captured the imagination of the campus community with his energy, intelligence and clear capacity to continue the marvelous momentum so evident at the college,” said Board Chairman Anne Winton Black...

In addition to two endowed professorships at the University of Tennessee and Louisiana State University, he was selected by law students as their favorite professor in six academic years.

Galligan has written or co-written 12 books and dozens of book chapters and articles on legal issues and received the 1996-97 John Minor Wisdom Award for Excellence in Legal Scholarship for an article he co-authored in the Tulane Law Review and the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Stephen J. Victory Memorial Award for Best Scholarly Article in the 1995 Louisiana Bar Journal...

“I have strived to make contributions to my discipline and to my teaching through my scholarship,” Galligan said. “My writing has always made me a better teacher and my teaching has made me a better scholar.”

Galligan is married to Susan Stokes Galligan '74 and has three daughters and one son.

MA Class agent: Mr. P eter Perretti 86 E ast B racebridge Circle The Woodlands, T X 77382 perrdoc@ m sn. com

We send our deepest sympathies to Henry Talbot whose father, John A. Talbot died on November 20, 2006.

Paul Dackow was kind enough to notify us of the sad news.

73 TKS Ms. Susan R ead 38 College Circle Staunton, VA 22401-2375 Class agent: M rs. E dw ard Skibiak (Ellen Wahl) 56 H am ilton D rive E ast N orth Caldwell, N J 07006 eskibs@ optonline. net

MA Mr. G regory Lackey 138 Paupukkew is Trail M edford Lakes, N J 08055 Class agent: Mr. Thomas C. G alligan 6933 O ld K ent D rive Knoxville, TN 37919 tgalligan@ colby-sawyer. edu

We send out deepest sympathies to David Webb whose mother, Verity Voight O'Brien passed away on June 11, 2006.

TKS Class agent: M s. E rin Cuffe Crawford 102 Buckingham R oad Upper M ontclair, N J 07043

Susan Widmark Ridgway updates: After 18 years as Head at Berwick Academy, my husband is retiring. We will be setting up shop at our place in Wyoming. We are looking forward to the change of pace and will, hopefully, get in a lot of time skiing in Colorado.

We send our heartfelt condolences to Martha Bonsai Day whose father, Richard Bonsai passed away on July 20,2006.

MA Mr. Rudolph Schlobohm 78 M ontclair A venue .

M ontclair, N J 07042 rudyschlobohm @ hotm ail. com DAA Table Back l-r: Earl Perretti '74, Ruth Perretti '79, DAA AC Committee Co-Chair Janine Garland '82, Peter Perretti '72, AC President Dan Carson '83, Headmaster Tom Nammack. Front l-r: Kathleen Perretti (spouse o f Peter '72), Former DAA recipient Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54, Ruth Perretti and 2006 DAA recipient Hon. Peter N. Perretti, Jr. '49.

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Robert Powell has enjoyed a musical and astronomical year. In March, he built a 3 3-string folk harp for his daughter, Fiona

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(11 years old). On the heels of that project, Rob built a hammer dulcimer for himself to enjoy as he plays the hammer dulcimer at bluegrass jams in the Milwaukee area.

In January, he led a successful fundraising campaign to build an astronomical observatory for the Northern Cross Science Foundation, on whose board he serves as treasurer.

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We send our heartfelt sympathies to Elizabeth Webb Rowe whose mother, Verity Voight O'Brien passed away on June 11, 2006.

M rs. P aul M cFeeley (Laurie H oonhout) 238 D evon R oad E ssex Fells, N J 07021 lm cfeeley@ m ontclairkim berley.org

Class agent: Mr. P aul Zukerberg 1790 Lanier P lace N W Washington, D C 20009

Class agent: Dr. Charles R ead 1918 N. D aniel Street A rlington, VA 22201

Hugh Gleason reports: Still living in Fairfield, Connecticut. Mary, my wife, works as a sub teacher. Audrey (15) is going to be a sophomore at Fairfield Ward High School. Andrew (18) starts Marist as a freshman August 26 [2006].

Patrick (21) will be a senior at Fordham - a communications major. I continue to work at Sempra Energy Trading in Stamford. If any classmates are in the area, please look Mary & me up.

Frank Godlewski was appointed as Museum Curator for the new Angel Orensanz Museum. The museum, located at 172-176 Norfolk Street in Lower Manhattan opened in June of 2006.

Jay Finney, his wife, Jacqui, and his three kids are all happily ensconced in the lovely town of Marblehead, Mass. Jay is deputy director of The Peabody Essex Museum in nearby Salem, Mass. PEM is New England’s second largest museum.

Anna Crawford writes: My family has survived a difficult year since our (laughter, Pia, had a serious car accident in November 2005. She is back on her feet and back in school. Her recovery will continue for years. I want to thank all of my TKS/MKA classmates who were so wonderful to us throughout our ordeal.

Lisa, Lucie, Katie, Janet, Karen, Tim, John A. and all the rest, you are the best!! Son Charlie (15) is 6’1” and into basketball.

Edward “ Woody” Shelton sends this update: ... 10 years ago I had just finished law school, a major career change after many years in the equipment leasing business. I have been practicing for 10 years now and am currently a partner in a firm in Hartford, Connecticut.. .1 have two daughters, Dana and Katie, who are 24 and 20 respectively. Dana graduated from Boston University in 2004 and is planning to go back to school for her MBA, about when Katie will be graduating from college, here in Connecticut in 2008. I married my current wife, Diane in December of 2002. We are living in Avon, Connecticut.

We send our sincere condolences to Paul Bicknell whose brother John Bicknell '78 passed away on November 11, 2006.

MKA '76 Back l-r: George Hrab, M ike Rosenberg, Sara Close Crowther, Liz Bruns Johnson, Charles Talbert, Brad Scott, D ale Frederick H om e, B ill Prescott, Diana Utech ’75, Lisa Aufzien, Susan Stanton. Front l-r: Paul M cFeeley and Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley, Marco Holloway and Wanda Robinson Holloway, Diane Shelton and Edward “Woody” Shelton.

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R ick D oerr’78 (holding trophy) with crew at the C. Thomas Clagett Jr. M emorial Clinic and Ragatta.

77 30th REUNION OCTOBER 13, 2007 Mr. Andrew Pedersen 1 W ashington Avenue Rumson, N J 07760 apedersen@ fastcom pany. com Class agent: Mr. R obert H ubsm ith 16 Warren R oad M aplewood, N J 07040 r_hubsm ith@ ajg. com

We send our sincere condolences to Michael Blinder whose father, Richard Blinder, died on September 7, 2006.

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250 Mercer Street, D502 N ew York, N Y 10012 Class agent: Ms. Jane Lugaric Burkhard 299 Crown R oad K entfield, CA 94904

Senator Frank Lautenberg presents Anita Sims Rainford 79 with the HANDS citation.

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Susan Felber Durkin writes: I can’t believe that I now have 2 high school kids, one of whom is starting to look at colleges! Has it really been 28 years?

Wow. Where has the time gone? Hello to all my classmates - We’re really not that old, are we?

We send our deepest sympathies to the family of John Bicknell who passed away on November 11, 2006.

We send our heartfelt condolences to Katherine Kolbe whose father William Kolbe died on October 15, 2006.

Congratulations to Rick Doerr who won first place in the Sonar series at the C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta in August of 2006.

MKA '81 Back l-r: Juris Blodnieks, Karen M amell, Robert Orbe, Pam Berkowsy, Form er Faculty member M arilyn Faden. Front l-r: Kent Smith, James Habron, M argaret Johnson.

Dr. John B rink 1246 Beach H aven Rd. Atlanta, GA 30324 M rs. Carlos O rtiz (Shawn M ahieu) 2163 G ilbride R oad M artinsville, N J 08836

Our sincere condolences go to Janet Welsh whose father, Arthur Welsh, passed away on August 11, 2006.

We send our sincere condolences to Karen Blinder whose father, Richard Blinder, died on September 7, 2006.

Anita Sims Rainford, Board Chair of Housing and Neighborhood Development Services, Inc. (HANDS), received a citation from United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg. HANDS is celebrating the organization's 20th anniversary as a neighborhood revitalization organization. The citation acknowledges the nonprofit's years of

crucial work in redeveloping targeted abandoned properties to stabilize neighborhoods in Orange and East Orange, expanding homeownership opportunities, cleaning up industrial brownfields and engaging citizens in planning for the future of their neighborhoods and city.

Nearly 40 years after James Johnson and Eric Pai first kicked a soccer ball around at Brookside during recess, their daughters Amalya and Samantha are key players on Montclair's U9 travel soccer team, which went 12-1-1 in the Fall.

“They're better and faster than us.” says Eric, “The only thing missing is Mr. Hrab to coach the girls and drive the bus! Thank God their mothers had strong genes.” Erin Cuffe Crawford's (’74) daughter, Kelly, is also on the team.

Emily Rowland Malone updates: Wow, time flies! Our oldest daughter is

James Johnson '79, Eric Pai '79 and their daughters Amalya Johnson (left) and Samantha Pai '16.

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watching the mailbox for college acceptance letters. I'm enjoying teaching special education students in our town’s kindergarten classes ahhey seem so little compared with our three teenage girls!

M ary L. Cole, Esq. 1 Ferrous Court Chester, N J 07930 Class Agent: Mr. George Reimonn, Jr. 199 W inter Street H opkinton, MA 01748 George @ cadso.com

Class agent: Mrs. Laura Itzkow itz (Laura Reisch) 3 7 Nottingham Road M analapan, N J 07726

MKA '81 Back l-r: Christina and H arry Heist, Rob Cunniff, Eric and Alice Wong, Laura Reisch Itzkow itz and Howard Itzkowitz. Front l-r: Vanessa Christensen and D avid Newman, Wayne and A pril Adler, Richard Moskowitz.

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MKA '81 at dinner: l-r: Helen Scharfenberg Dominy, Shelagh Daly Miller, Janis Joseph, Pierre and Christa McGill, Karen Marnell, Joanne Wallace

Hyla “Heidi” Ames Bauer reports: I have two little girls, now 4 3/4 and 3 years old, happy and healthy. We live in New York and I am working as an editor at Conde N ast Traveler magazine. My husband has his own web design company. I hadn’t pictured myself living in New York City when I graduated from MKA, but I am enjoying it very much.

Roseanne Pennella could not make the Reunion, but sends the following update: I am working as a travel photographer shooting on location in lots of varied places —recent trips have taken me to Sri Lanka, Paris, Morocco, Tibet and Montana. I am off to Ireland later this week which is why I cannot make the Reunion. I lead photo workshops around the world for Pop Photo and Am erican Photo magazines with upcoming trips to Peru and India as well as one-day photo seminars for Nikon. I got married last year to Don whom I met in Peru in 2004 and moved to Dallas. Still an adjustment, but I am not here all that much - No kids but lots of fun and great experiences seeing the world - hope to see you all at the 30 .

Margaret Johnson Cunningham reports: .. .back in grad school getting my MA as a Library Media Specialists can you imagine one of your loudest classmates a librarian! I'm back to work at an elementary school in Orange (a long way from Wall Street and much greater impact) and really love the challenge of teaching K-6! My son is now 2 1/2 (I married the man I had just met at our 20“1). Like Eric Wong, I have been planted in and around New Jersey since graduation...

David Newman, founder of UNCONSULTING, an executive education consultancy helping leading companies unlock marketplace success, is the creator of the groundbreaking Page 44

Josh and Adam Dobbin, sons o f M ichael Dobbin '81.

hire/new manager development program, STARS, from the Start™. He has written 8 books and he presents over 50 programs a year on marketing, sales, innovation and entrapreneurship. His core message centers on helping people inside large organizations “Get More Done, Make More Money, and Rediscover the Joy of Business.” David’s latest book, The M anager's P ocket Guide to using Consultants, was just published

by HRD Press. (www.hrdpress.com/MPGUC).

Christina “Dede” Swanson Montgomery is happily living in Rye, New York with her husband and three daughters - Alexandra - 13, Victoria -11, and Kristina - 2 and 1/2. She couldn't make the reunion luncheon or dinner, but sends best wishes to all of her classmates returning for the Homecoming festivities.

Christine Margitich Janis writes: I have been living in Walla Walla, Washington (yup, someone has to live here too!) for 111 years. My husband Steve and I have 3 children - Elena (10), Peter( 7 1/2), and Catherine (5 1/2). When we moved here in 1994, it was going to be our 2-year western adventure. But we got comfortable really fast and saw no reason to leave. I now teach voice part-time at Walla Walla University and love it. I also conduct the Walla Walla Choral Society (our local community choir), an Orthodox church choir and a select choral ensemble that works with the Walla Walla Symphony.

If there are any wine enthusiasts out there, come to the Walla Walla Valley and check out the newest wine hot spot of the country and the world. When we got here in '94 there were 5 or 6 wineries operating. Now there are over 60! If anyone’s planning a trip to Seattle or Portland, come east about 250 miles and say “Hi”. Maybe I’ll see you at our 30th!

Michael Dobbin writes: My wife, Rachelle, and I have been married for almost 18 years now. We have two boys - Josh is 12 and Adam is 9. We live in Sharon, Massachusetts, and I work in Woburn, Massachusetts.

Eric Wong reports: I am still in New Jersey and built a house in Monroe Township about four years ago. I have been a commercial banker for the past 18 years (mostly spent with Fleet Bank and the Bank of America) and have been with North Fork Bank (soon to be Capital One) for the past two. I finance small and middle market businesses with working capital lines of credit, commercial mortgages, equipment and acquisition term loans. Banking has given me the chance to use analytical, financial and marketing skills. In the middle market, it rarely gets boring as I am able to meet companies in industries ranging from furniture and household product importing and distribution to information technology and boat marinas, to name a few. It has been quite a ride and one that has allowed me to put into practice many of the academic concepts I picked up from my Hiram College BA in Management and my NYU MBA in Finance and International Business. It is great to see such enthusiasm among our classmates for our 25th.

Karen Boyle sends this update: I live and work in Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania (which is on the coast of West Africa, between Morocco and Senegal). I work as the director of a maternal and child health program here that has been funded by USAID for the past 20 years. Our program provides supplemental foods and health and nutrition education for about 10,000 families with malnourished children per month. I’ve been working here since 1991, and it has been fascinating to watch the country change and develop.

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Oil has recently been discovered offshore and oil revenue has the potential of being a great blessing to this extremely poor country, but as has happened in so many other countries, there is also the huge potential for fraud and increased political instability. It will be interesting to see how it goes.

My US home is in South Florida (Boca Raton) near to my brother Harry. I keep in touch with Helen Scharfenberg Dominy and Barbara Wood Michaels and got to see both of them last year when I was last in New Jersey. [Karen was very sorry to have missed her 25™ Reunion in October.]

II 25th REUNION OCTOBER 13, 2007 Cheryl M cCants 48 George R ussell Way Clifton, N J 07013 Thomas Robbins 6 B radford Terrace N ewtown Square, PA 19073

Scott Silodor writes that he is practicing ophthalmology in Wayne, New Jersey.

His two children are now attending MKA. We send our deepest sympathies to Robert Welsh whose father, Arthur Welsh, passed away on August 11, 2006.

]83 Ms. A m y F elber 229 Cardinal R oad M ill Valley, CA 94941-3618 Ms. M aureen Towers Nothin 5 Riverview R oad Irvington, N Y 10533 m otowers@ aol. com

Class agent: Mr. Walter J. D avis 66 O akwood D rive N ew Providence, N J 07974 davisteam @ com cast. net

Paul Josephson, a partner in charge of Princeton firm Hill Wallack's Regulatory and Government Affairs Practice Group has been named to head a new four member Gaming Law Practice Group, Sandson and DeLucry, based in Atlantic City, New Jersey, The group will advise casinos, other gaming-related companies and those that do business with them.

Josephson had served as Governor McGreevey's chief counsel before joining Hill Wallack LLP in 2004.

Edie Szakacs Prescott reports: I am enjoying time with my family in Stanford, Connecticut. Henry (age 4) and Gordon (age 2) are doing well and they are excited to meet Baby #3 due this spring! I hope that everyone out there is well.

Martha “Marcie” Cullum Riley writes: My husband and I just had our third child, Elizabeth, on March 22, 2006.

She joins Luke (5) and Alix (3). I am Vice President of Advertising Sales for MTV in New York.

We send our heartfelt condolences to Adria Pecora whose father, Joseph Pecora, died on August 25, 2006.

\84 M rs. Jennifer Jones Ladda 110 Glen R ock R oad Cedar Grove, N J 0700 Class Agent: Mr. William Stone 99 Larch R oad E ast Greenwich, Rhode Isla n d 02818 bstone@ outsidegc. com

Diane Ridley-White updates: Bought a great house in the Forest Hill section of Newark in December of 2005 with hubby, James, and two cats (no kids yet).

Have been working as an anesthesiologist at Jersey City Medical Center since September 2005.

m Class agents: Mr. Jeffrey Schackner 1435 Lexington Avenue, Apt. 3E N ew York, New York 10128

MKA '86 Back l-r: Kevin Cross, Damon Zeigler, Richard Ort, M ark Ames, John Rubin, Corey Weinstein, Vincent DelGaizo, Gabrielle SillaCabrera, Joseph Kavesh.Font l-r: Louise Weston, Riley Minster, Mario LaCorte, Mary Louise Neary Rubin, Sherry Ahkami

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Ms. A lexis P olonofsky Zebrowski 33 Glen R oad Verona, N J 07044

Ms. Sherry Ahkam i P O . B ox 3187 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 Ms. Jennifer Rem ington K nodel 44 H am ilton D rive E ast N orth Caldwell, N J 07006 Class agent: Mr. P atrick Sweeney 1750 Scarlett D rive Pittsburgh, PA 15241 p_sw eeney @ ml.com Reunion Agent: Bruce Redpath 524 E. Evergreen Avenue Wyndmoor, PA 19038 bruce. 1.redpath@ citigroup. com

Matthew Hendrian, wife Yvette and their daughter Alexandra moved from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina in November 2004 to Denver, Colorado where he started working for Frontier Airlines in Flight Operations which he loves, They built a house with a view of the mountains in Aurora and love the area. Yvette has a large contingent of family in the local area and looks forward to another addition in June of 2007. Matthew's Mom, Birge Hendrian retired to Maine and is often visited by family and friends from the Montclair area. Jennifer Hendrian Spaulding '77 and her husband and son are doing well in Indianapolis. Jennifer is selfemployed and very involved in the local community. Julia Hendrian '80 got married to Rodger Lester in Salt Lake City in March this year. And Cathy Emerson '81 and Lama Rosenthal were in the wedding party. Julia has been living and skiing in Salt Lake for a few years now and loves the area. Marshall Hendrian, Jr. '83, Marlene and their two kids, Lara and Marshall III, have been living in Glen Ridge, NJ. Marshall is running the family business, Hendrian & Hendrian Insurance, by himself since our

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AIN BIN DER 'S (’87) NAIL POLISH PREM IER'S AT M IL L VALLEY F IL M FESTIVAL N ail Polish, a film directed, co-written and co-produced by Jane Ainbinder '87, premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival in October 2006 and was featured at the Starz Denver Film Festival in November 2006.

J. Preissel from the Mill Valley Film Festival website writes: “Side ponytails, midriff-baring tanks and Jawsee accents abound in newcomer Jane Ainbinder’s N ail Polish, a look at the endearingly, awkward life of two girls navigating the difficult terrain of sexual curiosity on the 1980s Jersey shore.. .the films’ direct look at the pitfalls teens endure on the path to sexual awareness is fresh and honest.!! jg A writer, director and producer, Ainbinder has been a filmmaker for the last 13 years. She was awarded Best Experimental Film at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival for her film The P earl Necklace.

She is also a recipient of the John Huston directing Fellowship, Panavision's New Filmmaker's Grant, and a Fleischhackler Foundation Grant. She has a Masters in Fine Arts in Film Production from University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television. N ail Polish is Jane’s first feature film.

BO B R O SIN *88 B E C O M E S N E W SVP O F M A R K E T IN G AT O Q O (Editor's N ote: The fo llo w in g are excerpts from the OQO com pany w ebsite press release, Septem ber 19, 2006.)

OQO, Inc. leader o f the UMPC-Pro m arket and creator o f the w orld's sm allest fu lly - fu n ctio n a l Windows X P com puter today announces that it has nam ed Bob Rosin as the senior vice president o f m arketing and alliances ...R osin jo in e d OQO in 2002 as senior vice president o f business developm ent, venture fu n d raising, and corporate developm ent. In his new position, Rosin w ill lead a ll m arketing program s at OQO in the rapidly evolving UMPC-Pro m arketplace, including product management, product m arketing, m arketing com m unication, dem and generations and other campaigns.

P rior to jo in in g OQO in 2002, Rosin was the fo u n d er and president o f Bang Networks, Inc. a provider o f netw ork technologies enabling enterprises to deploy real-tim e web applications ...H e has a B.A. degree M agna Cum L audefrom Cornell U niversity and an M .B.A. fro m H arvard B usiness School, where he won the D ubliner P rize fo r Entrepreneurship.

father, Marshall Sr. passed away in 2004.

Everyone is doing well and we all get together for a week during the summer in beautiful Newagon, Maine.

Lisa Unger sends this update: I have been married to Mitchell Stanton for seven years.

I have one son, Bradley, and three stepchildren. We live in Los Angeles where I am a Litigation Specialist for Investors Underwriting Managers, a company headquartered in New Jersey. I handle national construction accounts and am on the road quite a bit. I have been running marathons (12 so far) as well as triathalons.

I am in training right now although being on the road so often makes it a challenge.

20th REUNION OCTOBER 13, 2007 Griffin D ay Seals McClellan, son o f Jody Booth '88.

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Mr. D ennis Rodano 14 Wayland D rive Verona, N J 07044 rodanod@ dpchs. org

Class agent: M rs. Lynne Y. K rest (Lynne G. Yellin) 7408 E ast M ain Street Lim a, N Y 14485

Congratulations to Sabino Rodano who married Tammy Shaw on November 11, 2006. The couple resides in Palasides Park, New Jersey. Sabino will help coach high school lacrosse at MKA this spring.

Ms. Susan B artlett Rankin 4540 5N Avenue N E Seattle, WA 98105 srankin@ m icrosoft. com Class agent: M rs. H illary Johnston (H illary Windolf) P O . B ox 35 New Vernon, N J 07976 hillary@ bollingerinsurance.com

Congratulations to Jody Booth and her husband, Dave who welcomed a baby boy, Griffin Day, on October 15, 2006.

All three are packing up and moving from Hollywood across town to Venice Beach. Still acting, the short film “You Look Amazing” that Jody wrote and starred in premiered at the LA Shorts Film Festival to positive reviews.

Mr. Louis Lessig 141 Thunder Circle Bensalem , PA 19020 Class agent: Mr. Josh Raym ond 303 K ensington Lane Livingston, N J 07039 jraym ond@ trenklaw firm . com

Seven 1989 classmates gathered in Atlantic City last August for some sun C la ss N o t e s ♦ S p r in g 2 o| | §

Max Raymond, son o f Josh Raymond '89, at 3 months in August 2006

and fun. Taking in the sights were Andy Weiner, Sean Fitzgibbon, Paul Tiranno, Andy Goldberg, Mike Hunter, Peter DeCandia and John Boeckel. The highlight of the trip was the discovery of fellow classmate George Hrab performing at the Trump Beach Bar with the “Philadelphia Funk Authority.” [Note: M ike H u n ter—you are “lo st” in M KA's database; please em ail or call with your current inform ation.]

Judith Ainbinder Glinder updates: We now have two kids - Sophie Joan (3 years) and Beckett Jackson (7 months).

I work part-time as a psychologist. Life is busy but very good.

Class Secretary a nd Agent: Ms. M eredith M cGowan Zengo 383 M iddlesex R oad D arien, C T 06820 mczengo@ aol. com

Ms. Lorelei M uenster Leia9sioux@ aol. com

brother Anthony Christian. The godmother is Michele Sorce Silverman.

Lorelei Muenster sends this update: It was fantastic to touch base with Chris MacKenzie after so many years. Chris states, "I have been married for 3 years now to my wonderful wife, Jen. We have three children, Gabriel (my 3-yearold son) and Madelyn and Grace (my one-year-old twin girls). We currently live in Fairfield, New Jersey but are looking for a new house since all these kids (and my 3 dogs) require a lot of room." After working in Marketing at IBM, Chris continued on at a smaller software company. After 8 years with the company, he entered into a partnership with his friend running a burglar and fire alarm company here in NJ. Chris says, "I enjoy the work and am truly happy that my career allows me the time to share with the most important thing in my life - my family."

Melissa Dichiara James sends the following news: Christina Kim and her husband, Paul, welcomed [their daughter] Madeline on Tuesday, July 25th.

As for friends from MKA, Chris mentioned that he had attended his good friend, Marc Gurtman's wedding over the summer. Chris says that he had also seen many classmates after 9/11, and "still cannot believe we lost such a wonderful person and friend," with regard to our classmate Craig Lilore.

Ms. D ara M armon 127 E ast 30th Street, # 15A N ew York, N Y 10016 wackohead@ nyc. rr. com Class agent: Mr. Luke Sarsfield 400 Chambers Street, PHG New York N Y 10282

Marcella "Marci" Iuliani Young and her husband, Christian welcomed Nicholas John Young on July 7, 2006. He joins big

15th REUNION OCTOBER 13, 2007 Mr. E nrique N eblett 212 Taylor Run Pkw y Alexandria, VA 22314-4932 enrique. neblett@ gm ail. com Ms. Tamar Safer R adfar 876 A ztec Trail F ranklin Lakes, N J 07417 tsafer5400@ aol. com Class agent: Ms. A nne M arie Verdiramo 2030 South Street, rnnit D Philadelphia, PA 19146 amverdiram o@ hotm ail. com

Congratulations to Alison Raymond who was married to Brian Levitt on August 13, 2006 in New Jersey. Her brother, Joshua Raymond '89 was in the wedding party.

Congratulations to Clifford Finkle and his wife, Alexis, who welcomed son Pierce on June 28, 2006.

Cheryl Sinner continues to work as a speech language pathologist/AT Consultant for five Ohio counties for Hopewell SERRC, Hillsboro, Ohio.

Coincidentally, she has just now finished a national presentation at St. Paul, Minnesota, at the 24th annual "Closing the Gap" conference for assistive technology for the disabled. The topic was "Nonverbal students with Rett Syndrome" - a disease or disability affecting motor access to augmentative communication. This was her third presentation in a year - a state conference in Ohio and an international conference in San Francisco.

m Ms. Renee M onteyne 10 Lookout P oint Trail Totowa Borough, N J 07512 monteyneÇâjyahoo. com Class agent: Mr. D am ien Vena 240 E. 27th Street, #4B New York, N Y 10016 venad@ yahoo. com

M K A '91 Back l-r: M ark Halprin, M ark Tern M att Blesso. Front l-r: Jessica Lemer, M ark Politan, Blake Bhatia

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Jeremy Kahn reports: I just wanted to announce that on August 13th I married my wife Adina, in Washingtonville, New York. Chris Kelly was my best m an,. ,

Vejay Lalla writes: .. .my wife Sapna and I are thrilled to share the news that our son Dilan Paras Lalla was bom on July 1st weighing 6 pounds 7ounces and he is 20 inches tall. We are all doing great! He is keeping us very busy and we all still live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

W 4 Ms. D ana Fiordaliso 102 E ast 9th Avenue Conshohocken, PA 19428 djfiordaliso@ yahoo.com

D ïlan Lalla, son o f Vejay Lalla '93.

Joe Williamson was a groomsman and Jillian Lutzy '94 was a bridesmaid.

Anand "Joe" Pathuri '94, Liz Osur '94, Alexis Lury and Chris Giampapa also helped us celebrate. We are currently living in New York City, however we are going to start house hunting soon. Besides that, last year, I started working at Goldman Sachs, so I have been quite busy.

Richard Catena updates: Our son, Joseph Richard Catena was bom on August 1st. He is 51bs. 9oz. and 18.5 inches long. Nina and little Joey are both doing well. We are very excited about our new addition.

Stephanie O'Brien has settled in Portland, Maine and is very active in her community. She sits on the Board of Directors of Dress for Success, is a member of the Junior League and volunteers at a Kids First Center.

Stephanie was the subject of a feature in the Maine Sunday Telegraph where she recalled her friend Scott Johnson in an article recalling September 11.

Class agent: Mr. Jason Aw erdick 215 E ast 95th Street, #296 New York, N Y 10128

Congratulations to Dana Fiordaliso on her engagement this past June to Mac Martin. The couple is planning an August wedding.

Congratulations to Christa Roedel who was married to Jayson Norman in Annapolis, Maryland on September 3, 2006. The couple cunently resides in Fairfax, Virginia but has plans to move to Charlotte, North Carolina in the near future.

Anand Pathuri sends this update: Recently acquired a healthcare call center in Texas, started a medical coding/billing business and will be opening an office in India in 2007.

Ms. R ita Papaleo 31 Fernw ood Terrace Nutley, N J 07110 ritapapaleo@ gm ail. com Class agent: Mr. M atthew D rukker 230 E. 48th Street, #3D N ew York, N Y 10017

MKA '96 Back l-r: Beth Noell, N icole Kamine-Wilhelm, Eric Wilhelm, Erica Hirsch, Adrianna DelCollo. Front l-r: L iz Mangum, Lori Feinsilver, Alexis Silver.

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Alex Joerger is employed by Best Cellars, a wine retailer with 7 stores on the East Coast. His position is Wine Manager working with the wine distributors and the stores. He lives in Chelsea, New York City.

We send our deepest sympathies to Rita Papaleo whose fiancii, Gregg Clyne, passed away on August 3, 2006. Rita was immensely moved by the support of former classmates Thora Westock, Kori Pirouz and Adam Schrager.

Ms. Tanya Barnes 40 Waterside Plaza, Apt. ID N ew York, N Y 10010 tbarnes@ fas. harvard, edu E rica H irsh 10 West 15th Street, #902 N ew York, N Y 10011 ’e'__hirsch@hotmail. com Class agent: Mr. Lee Vartan 700 F irst Street, Apt. 1 7P H oboken, N J 07030 ldv@ alum ni.princeton. edu

We thank Debbie Haight for her years of service as class secretary and welcome Erica Hirsch as the new class secretary for '96. If you have any news to report on, you can email Erica at e_hirsch@hotmail.com.

Geoffrey Sinner is in his 4th year of med school at the University of Connecticut, Farmingdale. He has passed two of the three required parts of the national exams for medical certification and is planning his residency for next year somewhere in the Northeast. He has chosen Psychiatry as his field.

MKA '96 Back l-r: Lee Vartan, Tanya Barnes, Josh Lite, M alini Sahu, Teresa Wells, A l Hawes, Front l-r: M ichele Becker, Bryan Becker, Barry Janay, Lauren Schächter

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Kenneth Distefano graduated from SABA University School of Medicine and will begin his residency training this year.

Tashie Murphy Ludlow writes: Married Arron Ludlow of London, England in Jersey City, New Jersey on April 15, 2006. MKA Alumni in the wedding were: sister and maid of honor, Rebie Friedman '02 and bridesmaids Katie Hayes '96, and Mari McCrann '96.

Celebrating with us were alumni Juli Peterson, Colleen Rabke, Victoria Capalbo, Andrea Sgourdos Hatzgranakis, Lori Feinsilver and Dave Steinfeld '97.

Congratulations to Michael Stepansky who was married to Jane Kohuth on July 9, 2006 in Alexandria Virginia. Michael received his master's degree in Public Policy from The George Washington University in the spring of 2006 and has relocated to Belmont, Massachusetts with his wife.

Congratulations to Elizabeth O'Brien Halstead and her husband Eric on the birth of their son, Simon Alexander, who arrived at 3:51 p.m. on November 28th weighing 6 lbs, 5 oz.

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Emily O'Dell sends this update: I spent last winter working at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt on my annual dig for our seventh season, and also found time to start Egypt's first capoeira group called Grupo Atabaque. Then I happily jetted off to Colombia, South America where I was invited to play capoeira on the Caribbean coast in Santa Marta. After receiving my second master's in May, I taught two classes at Brown University this summer, and also spent a few weeks at Lincoln Center, where I was invited to write two new theatrical pieces that were fortunately well-received and are leading to new productions of my plays both in the US and abroad. This December I spent time in Mali where I studied Malian dance, drumming, female trance, Bambara, and Sufism, and also spent time as a guest and sponsor at a Save the Children village. I then flew over to Cairo to train my capoeira group, meet with colleagues, hang with the Sufis, and soak in the desert sun. Having just passed my doctoral exams, I am looking forward to more travel and adventures in the coming year!"

We hear from Courtney Travis (a '93 MHS grad who is now working in MKA's Admissions Office) that her sister Brooke Travis has been promoted to Director of Global Creative Marketing at Club Monaco. Brooke joined Club Monaco in November of 2005 as a Senior Marketing Manager handling the

brand's international marketing and ecommerce development.

Dana Tyson made her second trip down to the Gulf Coast during the week of Thanksgiving to aid in the Katrina Relief Effort along with other employees from her company, Warner Music Group.

Dana Tyson '97 modeling Tyvek suit in New Orleans.

1999 A lum D an B lake's D ebut A lbum W ins G rand P rize in Jazz (Ed. Note: Dan Blake, a 1999 graduate o f MKA, won the John Lennon's Songwriting Contest's Grand Prize in Jazz fo r 2006 as w ell as the ASCAP Young Composer's Aw ardfor his work on this debut album. Blake was recently featured in an article on cdbaby.com. The follow ing are excerpts from the article.)

Versatile saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist, composer and educator, Daniel Blake has been a featured soloist at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, The Regattabar, Ryles Jazz Club, and numerous New England Festivals. Mr. Blake has performed with Herbie Hancock, Chirstian McBride, Jerry Bergonzi, Mulgrew Miller, Danilo Perez, Claudio Ragazzi, John Betsch, and Phil Markowitz among others...

Mr. Blake, who had been called bold and intriguing by Bill Beuttler of the Boston Globe, has most recently released his first debut compact disc, "The Party Suite.".. .This record is a truly new statement blending Indian, African, and jazz rhythms through original compositions...Mr. Blake is constantly striving to blend seemingly disparate styles into one overarching musical statement. This ideal has led to his co-founding "The Boston Jazz Collective." This organization unites and empowers all of its members to reach larger audiences by coordinating promotional efforts both online (www.thebostonjazzcollective.com) and through newsletters...

Daniel Blake is also quite active as an educator. His experience as a teacher started in high school at The Montclair Kimberley Academy in Montclair, N J... A graduate of the New England Conservatory with a distinction in performance as well as Tufts University School of Child Development, cum laude.. .Mentor Dave Liebman has said, "Daniel is one of the most diverse and adventurous young players I have heard in some time. We can expect great things from him in what I am sure will be a long career in jazz."

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Working with the organization Hands On New Orleans, she salvaged belongings and gutted homes,' including the home of Professor Longhair, famed New Orleans musician and member of the WMG family. She plans on heading back in early spring to continue the much needed service to the community. Dana also manages musician Luke Brindley, brother of MKA alum Daniel Brindley.

98 Glass secretary and agent: Ms. Gemma G iantom asi 170 D evon R oad E ssex Fells, N J 07021

Kate Scelsa is currently performing on tour in Europe in "Gatz", based on "The Great Gatsby," with the Elevator Repair Service Theater, an experimental New York based theater company.

Anmol Bhandari reports: I have joined a firm named Copal Partners. We take investment banking, hedge fund and private equity work and offshore it to India. I have just moved back to New York after living in London.

Arnold Pranckevicius reports: After serving as domestic policy advisor to the Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, I accepted a post at the European Parliament in Brussels in January 2006 where I am responsible for inter­ parliamentary relations with Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.

Class agent: Mr. A lex Hol&M 992 Valley R oad F ranklin Lakes, N J 07417

LeRoy Watkins sends this update: Received my B.A. from Northeastern University and, as captain of the varsity soccer team for the last two years, led the team to its first ever NCAA appearance.

Currently, I own a company [in Boston] called MyBike (www.mybikeonline.com) where we sell bikes for $19.99, which residents of Boston, incoming freshman and employers can keep for a year. We have companies advertising inside the bike's triangular frame. The business started last year and is doing exceptionally well. We are looking to expand to New York City, Philadelphia 5 and San Diego next year.

Congratulations to Neil Grabowsky on his engagement to Mary Beth Mulrane. Having graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2004, Neil received a B.S. in Engineering Sciences/Science Technology and Society and is now the co-founder of

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L eR oy W atkins '99 Voted O ne o f B usinessW eek.com ’s B est Young E ntrepreneurs (Editor's Note: L eroy W atkins '99, a 2004 graduate o f Northeastern University was recently nam ed one o f BusinessW eek.com's top entrepreneurs under the age o f 25 recognized fo r his start-up company, MyBike. The follow ing is an excerptfrom the article.)

Outdoor advertising is moving into some unusual territories these days, but in August, 2005, LeRoy Watkins thought of one new underserved space: the bicycle.

Beginning in Boston's Northeastern University campus and moving out into the high-commuting neighborhoods of Cambridge and Somerville, Watkins' business rented brand-name bikes for an unlimited amount of time for a one-time upfront fee of $20 and an agreement to keep a pane of advertising affixed to the bike's frame, which is checked monthly.

Now in its second year of business, MyBike has worked out glitches such as easily removed ads, stolen bikes, and skeptical potential advertisers. Watkins predicts over $100,000 in revenues for 2006, and now considers Boston his "test market," hoping to ride into three more East Coast cities by 2009, and one West Coast city by 2010. He won't say specifically where the company will go next, but future bases of operation will have a concentrated commuter area and at least one warm season.

A lexa A ron '00 Launches "Lille Hus" W ebshop A le x a A ron '00 was recently fea tu red in an online article p u b lish ed on

Baristanet.com about her recently opened online store, L ille H us (Little House), w hich offers Scandinavian designed products fo r the home. The fo llo w in g are excerpts fro m the article and from her w ebsite w ww .lillehusonline:

MKA graduate, Alexa Aron, who still comes to Montclair every now and then to visit her parents, was riding her bike through the streets of Copenhagen when she got the idea for Lille Hus (Little House). ”... For as long as I can remember, I've had a deep passion for all things domestic furniture, food, design, homekeeping - and Denmark's beautiful products made me feel more inspired than ever,. .As I became more and more immersed in Danish life and culture, the Little Hus concept continued to grow.. .Days were devoted to gathering information and ideas - attending tradeshows; making contact with Danish suppliers; talking to shop owners whose taste and design sense I marveled at. When I returned home to New York in August 2005, all the pieces were in place and Lille Hus was bom."

Alexa Aron 'OOHrecently opened Lille Hus, a webshop featuring Scandinavian products fo r the home.

Alexa returned from her hip and trendy life in Denmark to her hip and trendy life in NYC to start her own business bringing "hygge" - a Danish concept that has to do with things being both cozy and uncluttered back to America.

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MKA '01 Back l-r: A bigail Raymond, D iana Reiter, Nicole Kessler, Lindsay Braverman and Dan Weller. Front l-r: Jared DeM atteis, Chip Bell, Ben Feldman

MKA '01 B acl l-r: M elissa Branco, Laura Brown, N atalia Torres, guest o f P ascalle Arnold. Front l-r: M ichael Braun, guest o f Dionne Gronda, D ionne Gronda, Pascalle Arnold.

Class agent: Ms. Lindsay Braverm an 484 South Parkway Clifton, N J 07014 Ibraverm anl @ gmail. com

Dionne Gronda has earned a bachelor of science degree in elementary education and is finishing up a master of science degree in special education.

N eil Grabowsky '99 and his fiancüe Mary Beth M ulrane

his company Celery LLC (in Troy, New York). The couple resides in Troy, New York and is planning a June 2007 wedding.

Mr. John Garippa 30 Wayside P lace M ontclair, N J 07042 Ms. A nna Labowsky 5 H ighview Court Wayne, N J 07470 Class agent: Ms. A shley G riffin 1205 H olly Lane Cedar Grove, N J 07009

Ashley Griffin reports: I'm going into my final semester at BC School of Social Work and am working as a therapist counseling mentally ill adults and running groups. I am also teaching tennis part-time.

Ms. D ana Pisacanc 3 F inley Lane Wayne, N J 07470

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Brandon Blackurn-Dwyer reports: I am currently teaching American Government and US Foreign Policy at the China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU) in Beijing, China. CFAU is the number three university in China. In addition to my teaching responsibilities, I have served as a consultant to domestic and international Chinese companies here in Beijing, as well as an American policy analyst for Chinese national television. Living in China, unfortunately, forced me to miss my class's 5-year reunion this year, but I hope my fellow alumni are doing well

02 5th REUNION OCTOBER 13, 2007 Ms. M elissa Fortunato 40 H olton Lane E ssex Fells, N J 07021 Class agent: Ms. Lauren Tortoriello 112 H eller Way Upper M ontclair, N J 07043 let2009@ colum bia. edu

compiled from diaries, letters and e-mails of American activist Rachel Corrie, a 23year old protestor who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza, ran from October 5-November 10 at the Minetta Lane Theater. From the play's website: Kerry Bishn (Rachel Corrie u/s) made her New York Theater debut in the Irish Repertory's production of The Hairy Ape. A recent graduate of Northwestern University, Kerry starred in several of their stage productions including Three Sisters, Juvenilia and Closer. At Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, she portrayed Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Marianne in Tartuffe. Kerry will soon be seen in the up-coming feature film project, The Half Life of Mason Lake.

Erin Culbreth graduated from Bates College in May with a B.A. in History, a minor in French and an Honors thesis on the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity and the transformation of the Roman Catholic Church in the West in 600 AD. She was inducted into both The Bates College Key and the ScholarAthlete Society. After traveling throughout Europe for a month, Erin took a job at Christie's in New York and is now working as a Bid Clerk in the Bids Department.

Ms. Judith Ferreira 819 Clifton Avenue Newark, N J 07104

Lauren Tortoriello writes: I have become the Cosmetic and Marketing Coordinator at The Dermatology Group, P.C. (after graduating from Columbia University in May 2006).

Class agent: Ms. M elanie Braverm an 484 South Parkway Clifton, N J 07014 m braverm an^um d. edu

Kerry Bishn understudied Megan Dodd in the off- Broadway production of "My Name is Rachel Corrie." The play,

Trevor Haughton, a senior at Colgate University, was one of fifteen students selected to participate in the 2006 Gilder

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Lehrman History Scholars Program, a competitive summer scholarship program for undergraduates.

We send our sincere condolences to Heather Day whose grandfather, Richard Bonsai died on July 20, 2006.

Ms. K ate Santoro 364 H ighland Avenue Upper M ontclair, N J 07043 santorok@ lafayette. edu Class Agent: Mr. D avid Endo Gate H ouse 31 Idle Acres R oad Sm ith's P arish 0FL06 BERM UDA david. en d o ^trin co ll. edu

William Boss III is playing hockey and lacrosse and is majoring in business at Muhlenberg College.

Dagney Cassella was recently inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership sorority whose members are chosen based on excellence in both their academics and collegiate activities.

Currently a junior at Wagner College in Staten Island, Dagney is an honor student majoring in Arts Administration with a minor in History and is an active member of Habitat for Humanity. She is a sister of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority, serving as its Recording Secretary and Historian. Dagney was elected the 2007 Vice President of Wagner's Pan-Hellenic Council and is looking forward to spending a portion of the coming summer studying marketing and history in Barcelona, Spain.

We send our deepest sympathies to H. Travis Huling whose father, Hubert Huling Jr. died on July 9, 2006.

05 Mr. M anav Lawani 132 B lue H eron D rive Secaucus, N J 07094 201-617-5312 m lalwani@ princeton. edu Class Agent: Mr. Edm und K ozak 17 Sum m it Street Glen Ridge, ‘N J 07028 973-748-7016 ekozak@ com cast. net

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M ark Tyson, Sean Gaffney A lex Gephart and Sam Walter at Acceptance D ay at West Point

Ari Bildner writes: Nick David, Erin Frey '04, Kassie Dantzler '06 and my brother Eli Bildner '05 see each other a lot around the Yale campus. In fact, Eli and I work on both the Yale Daily News and the Yale Israel Journal.

N atalie A zzoli 60 L loyd R oad M ontclair, N J 07042 nat6888@ aol. com

Ceremony for fellow MKA classmate Alex Gephart who is first-year cadet at the Academy.

Peter Rooney is a freshman at Boston College. Having a good time.

We send our heartfelt sympathies to Neal Day whose grandfather, Richard Bonsai, passed away on July 20, 2006.

Sam Walter, Sean Gaffney and Mark

Tyson traveled to West Point last summer to attend the Acceptance Day Marriages 1950 Clifford S. Evans, Jr. and Joanne McQuillan Braun '50 Lisa Schultz and Michael Frenza 1969 1987 Sabino Rodano and Tammy Shaw 1992 Alison Raymond and Brian Levitt 1994 Christa Roedel and Jayson Norman 1996 Michael Stepansky and Jane Kohuth

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In Memoriam 1931 George F. Simpson III 1934 Elizabeth O'Gorman Dixon 1937 Sally Sacret Young Shertzer 1942 Arthur L. Hofmann 1944 Robert Holzl 1945 Barbara Bumsted Mann Shand 1948 Richard Waterman 1949 Nancy Eavenson Copp 1952 David Rose 1958 Margaret Williamson Corddry 1978 John Bicknell

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Faculty, Former Faculty, Staff and Trustees George P. Egbert, Jr. '47 Leigh Vanderklein James S Vandermade '35

January 15, 2006 August 2, 2006 July 20, 2006

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