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T h e M o n t c l a ir K im b er ley A c a d e m y MISSION STATEMENT The Montclair Kimberley Academy is a Pre-K-12 coeducational day school with an exceptional college preparatory program unified by the concepts of our school motto: Knowledge, Vision, Integrity. An MKA education is defined by the following commitments:
KNOWLEDGE: To cultivate a love of learning in each student To develop independent and autonomous learners To establish a foundation of academic excellence
VISION: To engage each student intellectually and personally with the world To graduate students who will excel in college and in their lives beyond MKA To recognize complexity and value empathy INTEGRITY: To strengthen each student’s intellect, character, and confidence To promote each student’s lull and active citizenship and leadership To secure a life-long sense of honor through academic, athletic, and artistic achievement With traditions dating back to 1887, MKA was formed by the merger of Montclair Academy, Brookside School, and The Kimberley School in 1974. COVER: In Boyd Hereforth's most advanced Calculus class, he periodically poses "The Thinker" problem - a math problem of particular complexity and rigor. If a student solves it correctly, they enjoy the honor of having this statuette of Rodin's Thinker positioned on their desk, (photo by Debbie Kozak)
REVIEW EDITOR Debbie Kozak, Director of Communications and Marketing ASSISTANT EDITORS Debra Allen, Class Notes Secretary Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76, Alumni Director Judy Polonofsky, Director of Special Events and Projects PHOTO CREDITS Doug Allen Phil Cantor Photography Steve Frantz Nick Kelsh Debbie Kozak Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76 Bill Wittkop Design: Gemini Studio, Inc. West Caldwell, NJ Printed on recycled paper
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We Teach Thinking: At the Primary School.............................. .. 8 BANI Celebrates 1Oth Anniversary.............................................. Career Day 2 0 1 0 ............................................................ 1? The 1:1 Laptop Learning Program Launches.................................... 13 Graduations and Commencement.......................... 14 We Teach Thinking: At the Middle School...................................... 16
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He looked at me as if I really didn’t get it
“Mr Nammack, I ’m already at astronaut school, I ’m at MKA. ” and he said,
I walked away in awe of Max’s talent. I kept the concert program and looked at it several times again and realized how much training, work and practice had gone into the mastery of such a broad range of repertoire. Max has what Carol Dweck describes as a mindset for growth. It’s not the talent Max recognized in herself at seven years old that powered her exceptional performance, it’s her engagement with the process of improving what she is capable of doing. As good as she is today, five years from now Max does not want to be singing the way she did for her senior May Term project. She will further refine her technique, broaden her repertoire and increase her performance experience. She has a mindset for growth that powers her work ethic.
Inspiration to do the work of enhancing the school’s resources comes from all of the evidence of growth in our students, programs, faculty and graduates. This issue of The Review includes profiles of members of the classes of 2006 and 2010; confident young men and women conducting lives of meaning in a world that welcomes their hard work and respects their accomplishments. Their growth is part of the great story that unfolds at MKA every day, and it is one that often begins with the hopes and dreams of the very youngest among us.
Warmest regards, Thomas W. Nammack Headmaster
One of our school’s most distinctive features is an institutional commitment to growth in the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning. Nothing stands still at MKA, and two of the most powerful engines for change are a professional development program that provides incentives, support and follow-through for teachers to strengthen the quality of their work, and an unwavering focus on technology integration to facilitate teaching and learning. The continued development of the school requires members of the school community to refresh and renew the resources that support our programs, students and faculty. We are in the leadership phase of a campaign to provide enhanced and renovated facilities to support program, and to strengthen the school’s financial model in order to secure MKA’s future.
MKA welcomes three new Presidents this fall. From left to right, President of the Board of Tmstees Michael Johnson, President of PAMKA Karen Ross and President of the Alumni Council J. Kent Walker ’80.
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Meet the New President MICA Welcomes New Board President Michael Johnson. In welcoming Michael Johnson as MKA’s new Board President, it is hard to imagine someone more involved with, or committed to, MKA, and in Alice Hirsh’s words, she is leaving the Board in “expert” hands. Michael Johnson and his wife, Mary, have been MKA parents since 1994 - they have five children, all of whom are MKA “lifers” Sarah ’06, Matthew ’08, William ’10, Michael Henry ’13 and Annie ’19. Johnson, who received an undergraduate engineering degree from the University of Texas and an MBA from Southern Methodist University, has had a long and successful career in finance, most recently with Morgan Stanley. A member of the MKA Board of Trustees since 2000, Michael has served as Board Vice President and Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee as well as serving as a member of the Development, Executive and Finance Committees.
Parents, Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Friends: As you return to MKA this fall, you will see notable, tangible changes to the school, while enjoying the same excellence in programs, faculty and administration that have carried us this far. As always, these changes follow years of thoughtful study. You will notice (and read more about in this magazine) the 1:1 laptop learning initiative, implemented this fall for students in grades 4-12. This implementation follows over 5 years of advance study, preparation and a comprehensive re-wiring of the campuses. The basic tools are
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Michael Johhson stands proud at the graduation of his son William, who is surrounded by other family members (1-r) sister Annie ’19, Sarah, MKA Class of 2006, Michael Henry ’ 13 and mother, Mary.
now in place; however, it will be the advanced curriculum instituted through these tools that will transform and enhance our students’ learning experience. You will also notice the revamped Middle School Auditorium and Campus Lobby entrance. The newly—renovated auditorium will serve as an enhanced teaching, gathering and performance center for the Middle School. Housing MKA’s Administration, Business, Admissions and Development Offices, the upgraded Lobby and entryway will better serve us as the “public” face of MKA.
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Renderings for the newly renovated Middle School Lobby and Auditorium.
These changes are all part of MKA’s ongoing Strategic Plan. Changes already seen from this Plan include the Chinese Language Program and the reworked Upper School Fitness Center and its corresponding new Health and Fitness program. Over the next 5 years, you will see many more changes, including a new Middle School Cafeteria, completely renovated Libraries at the Middle School and Upper School, a new Cafeteria/ Auditorium and Gym at Brookside and reworked athletic fields and facilities at Muenster Field and the Middle School. The Strategic Plan is being funded through a Capital Campaign - currently in its leadership or “quiet” phase, and it is our expectation that the Campaign will become more extensive and far-reaching in the 2011-2012 school year. As we begin another exciting year at MKA, I would like to thank our retiring Trustees, Karen Dias-Martin, Michael Frasco and Alex Nolan, who have all served with passion and dedication. Also, please join me in welcoming our newly—elected Trustees, Marla Higginbotham-Nelson, Karen Ross, Hank Uberoi, Dan Carson ’83 and Kent Walker ’80, and I thank
them in advance for their service to MKA.
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Finally, I must offer a very special note of thanks to Alice Hirsh, who served with such distinction and omnicompetence as Board President for the past 3 years. Her dedication to MKA is unparalleled, and her talents and love for the school will be sorely missed. I look forward to serving you all in my new role . Regards, Michael Johnson
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This spring, the MKA Middle School was named a “Top JOHNS HOPKINS School” for the state of New U N I V E R S I T Y Jersey in the 2009 Johns Center for Talented Youth Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth Talent Search. In making the announcement, Executive Director Lea Ybarra commented: “We looked at the top 100 schools by state to determine the number of student enrollments we received into our annual Talent Search, and we’re pleased to let you know Montclair Kimberley Academy received this honor. We hope this achievement will be the 2009 C ity Talent Search
a source of pride for you, your staff, students and families. We’re very thankful for your participation, of course, but we are also mindful of what this award says about your school. It suggests you have a solid core of very high achieving students.” “This recognition is particularly meaningful.” notes Head of Campus Dr. Randy Kleinman, “It not only endorses the challenging, rigorous academic program that we offer, but also confirms that our students are prepared and feel encouraged to pursue interests and seek additional challenges beyond MKA.”
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Board Welcomes and Thank Yous On behalf of the Board, I would like to welcome new Trustees Marla Higginbotham, Daniel Carson ’83, Hank Uberoi, new PAMKA President Karen Ross and new Alumni Council President J. Kent Walker ’80.
Marla Higginbotham Nelson received a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and a law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. An active member of the MKA Parents’ Association, Marla is also involved in community outreach efforts working with young girls and museum and art events. She and her husband have three children who attend MKA - a son in fourth grade, a daughter in eighth grade and a son who is a freshman.
Hank Uberoi is Managing Partner at Hu Investments. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Physics from Williams College, and has worked at Goldman Sachs, the Citadel Investment Group, and from 2006-08, was Chairman of the Technology Governing Board for the State of New Jersey. Hank and his wife have two children at MKA, a son who is a junior and a daughter who is a freshman.
Daniel Carson ’83 joins the Board as a regular Trustee after serving four years as Alumni Council President. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wooster and is President <jjA Carson and Roberts Site Construction & Engineering, Inc. He and his wife have a daughter.
Karen Ross comes to the Board as President of the MKA Parents’ Association. A marketing graduate of St. Bonaventure University, Karen is involved in many local organizations and is active at the Human Needs Pantry. She and her husband have a daughter in 10th grade and a son in 8th grade at MKA.
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J. Kent Walker, a member of the MKA Class of 1980 comes to the Board as Alumni Council President. Kent received a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He is the Regional Director, Americas Procurement, at Johnson and Johnson Consumer Products and he and his wife have a son who attends 6th grade at MKA. It is also with tremendous appreciation and respect that we say farewell to three remarkable Trustees: Michael Frasco, for 11 years of service, Dr. Karen Dias Martin, for 9 years of service and Alex Nolan, for 2 years of service.
Alex served on the Educational Programs and Policies Committee, Development, Strategic Planning and Student Life. A diligent Trustee, Alex represented the views of PAMKA well and with wit and a dry sense of humor. As her third son graduates from MKA, we wish her all the best. And finally, thanks to John Weisel who will now serve as an Advisory Trustee. It has been an honor and a privilege to be part of such an accomplished Board, and I look forward to continuing to work on behalf of MKA in the coming years. Alice Hirsh
Michael served as Chair of Buildings and Grounds, the Finance Committee and the Investment Subcommittee, as well as serving on virtually all of the Board committees, including Strategic Planning, Student Life, Technology, Committee on Trustees, and the Headmaster Search Committee. His financial acumen and strong accounting background made him a crucial advisor to MKA for well over a decade. Generous with his time and resources on behalf of MKA, we thank him for his devoted service. Karen was a thoughtful and concerned member of many Board committees, including the Committee on Trustees, Educational Programs and Policies, Student Life, Development and Finance. In addition, she was a loyal and effective Phonathon caller for many years. Her attentiveness as a Trustee and her ability to “call it as you see it,” in addition to her honesty and humor will be greatly missed.
(1-r) Past Board Presidents Alice Hirsh (2007-2010), George Harris (1980-1984), Aubin Zabriskie Ames' ’54 (1977-1980) and Newton Schott (2000-2007) reunite at an end o f year celebration.
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We Teach Thinking How does a school challenge, support, nurture and promote the intellectual life of its students? Later in this issue, you will meet some exceptionally talented students and young alumni - members of the MKA class of 2010 who excelled in certain fields at the Upper School, and members of the MKA class of 2006 who excelled in college and who are continuing to challenge their intellects beyond the confines of formal classrooms. But first, gain insights into how students at MKA are taught to think - to become those independent, autonomous learners as defined in the MKA Mission Statement - by learning about some exciting curricular offerings in the Primary and Middle that prepare students to flourish at the Upper School and beyond.
We Teach Thinking: At the Primary School Research shows that young students need multiple opportunities to apply and practice what they have learned, particularly those important skills that they carry across the disciplines. At Brookside, giving students opportunities and time to think creatively and critically is embedded in curriculum design. The two third grade units, the crayfish habitat exploration and the colonial research projects cultivate opportunities for students to not only think but also develop expertise in an area of interest. Coordinator of Curriculum and Instruction Donna Carrara and Head of Science and Educational Technology Sue Tummarello explain: In the crayfish science project, third graders spend time learning how to both communicate and collaborate utilizing Weebly, an online digital tool, to create websites. To do this, each child has to
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practice thinking about and using skills that are both specific to the discipline of science, such as collecting evidence and measuring, and to those that apply across disciplines, such as comparing and sequencing. The websites developed by these third grade scientists serve as a paperless resource for students and parents about crayfish care. Students practice skills that enable them to communicate information effectively to others using a variety of media and formats. At the same point in time, they are learning how to interact, collaborate and publish original work with their peers. Each website is put together by an individual child who has to practice thinking about scientific vocabulary, categorization of content including text and pictures and consider the sequence of their communication to create a final site. By listening to one another and by using words to
Brookside librarians team with third grade classroom teachers to help students create essential questions to guide their colonial research. Students learn that a question has go beyond a “yes“ or “no“ response to be a good research question, then read information about their topic from a variety of classroom books, library books,B and online resources. Their questions help them discern what information is relevant as they sift through resources. Topics are shared and posted to encourage collaboration and help create a successful end product.
explain what they are doing, students develop a “thinking“ vocabulary. Throughout the course of this study, students are introduced to the discipline-specific vocabulary related to habitat, structure, function, basic needs and life cycle. Each child applies their knowledge of non-fiction while creating a website by taking and uploading pictures, adding student created documents, creating meaningful captions, learning how to navigate through new technology and organizing their own website story. Not only is the use of discipline-specific vocabulary practiced as students hear the words such as swimmerets, carapace, oxygen, nutrients, centimeter and Celsius being used correctly, but they also hear words like import, upload, download, category and phrases like, “What is the purpose of your web page?” “Does this sequence match what really happens?” “Is this a picture of a molted exoskeleton or is this a dead crayfish?” Students receive feedback from their teacher and from each other along the way. Opportunities for students to practice speaking like scientists and website designers helps them to develop fluency in their thinking. These experiences help them apply similar “thinking” skills to organize information about the early colonization period in American history. Students’ inquiries take them from the early settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth to the exponential growth and events that created the colonial period.
In gathering information, students learn the importance of citing a reference, be it a book, article or online resource. Learning an historical vocabulary and understanding the sequence of time provides opportunities to assess significant events that created the early colonial period. Students create their own personal time lines denoting the important events in their lives - using personal artifacts, pictures, and family stories - to make decisions on what are the significant events of their lives. Spelling lists incorporate colonial vocabulary and lead to discussions about the meaning within the context of the times: students leam that the meaning of words can change and that words can disappear from our vocabulary entirely. As students complete their research, they have to think about presentation. What do they want their audience to know and how will they demonstrate their findings using a technology component? Students organize and filter their research in an Inspiration map prior to creating a Keynote presentation. Learning how to develop an effective written paragraph with a topic sentence is developed in the classroom and incorporated into each presentation. Simultaneously, students work on posters as another visual medium for presenting what they have learned about a particular topic. The project ends with an end-of-year writing celebration where students talk about their “thinking” journey that began with a few guiding questions and led to an in depth knowledge about an aspect of the colonial period. See pages 16 & 31 for more.
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BANI Celebrates 1Oth Anniversary In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of MKA’s Black Alumni Networking Initiative (BANI), the Editor asked founding members Paige CottinghamStreater ’79 and Bob Cottingham ’84 to update readers on the history and progress of the program. How did the idea for BANI come about? In 1997, a small group of African American alumni from MKA decided to organize themselves to mentor current African American MKA students and work with MKA administrators to attract and retain African American students. We agreed MKA offered an outstanding academic experience, but also knew there were challenges to being a minority in the MKA community. We wanted to support MKA’s students in whatever way we could to give them a rewarding experience, and build a network among African American alumni and MKA’s African American students and parents. We wanted to exchange experiences, information and ideas about ways MKA’s students could fulfill their academic goals and how we could contribute to the MKA community. BANI is well-known for organizing college trips, but have they provided other activities? Over the years, BANI has organized a spring outing for Primary, Middle and Upper School students, parents and their families. This gathering took place at Eagle Rock Reservation and included a barbecue and students vs. alumni softball game. Unfortunately, we didn’t meet the past two years due to weather and schedule conflicts. We have also held parent meetings to discuss the college
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admissions process, and how to prepare for that process. Can you describe a typical BANI college visit tour? BANI organizes an annual spring break trip for freshman, sophomores and juniors to visit colleges and universities and learn about different professional opportunities. Each year, we visit one of three cities«—Washington, DC, Boston/ Cambridge and Philadelphia - for a three-day trip. The cities rotate, so it’s possible for an MKA student to visit all three cities during their time at MKA. We organize an educational outing, followed by a dinner at the home (or sometimes a dorm room) of an MKA alum to which area alumni are invited to attend. This informal gathering is an important part of achieving BANI’s mission. MKA alumni enjoy hearing about what’s happening at MKA, and the students have a chance to learn about the many paths MKA alums have followed. These introductions sometimes lead to further conversations about college choices, career opportunities, sports interests, overseas studies or internship opportunities. The trips are packed with college information sessions and campus tours -Bisually to about five institutions. In addition, students meet professionals in a variety of fields including:
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whom they’d enjoy meeting, and spending time with. Visiting The School for Ethics and Global Leadership (Washington 2010) where students learned important networking skills and then had a chance to see how those skills could be immediately applied when Bob had a chance meeting with longtime acquaintance on the streets of Washington, DC. academic scholarship, congressional staff, psychology, entrepreneurship, medicine, law and public service, who describe the work they do and their personal and academic journey. Over the past ten years, how many MKA students have participated? Each year, we invite up to 10 students to participate. The first year had 6 participants and our largest group ever was 13. Some students participate for multiple years, others for less, but over the years, we’ve travelled with more than 50 students. Has the program changed at all over the ten years? The purpose and design of the program remains unchanged and the level of interest in participation is higher than ever, despite the rigorous schedule. We meet in the hotel lobby before 9:00 a.m. every day, and students are required to wear professional attire (boys in jackets and ties and girls in appropriate dresses or slacks, with a sweater or blazer). Can you tell us about some memorable BANÇ. experiences? After visiting the University of Pennsylvania and having an information session there, discovering that the University had called ahead to Drexel University to report that we had excellent students
Having Princeton Professor and noted author Cornel West join our debriefing discussion at a local restaurant, encouraging the students to pursue their dreams. Playing basketball in the gymnasium of the United States Supreme Court after meeting with thMaw clerk of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The law clerk played with the students as well! And finally, what makes BANI so rewarding for you both? Spending three days representing MKA with students who are bright, personable, fun and kind to each other. Hearing a student say, “Now I know what I want to do!” Receiving a thank you note from a student preparing to graduate from Princeton University, who writes that until she participated on the BANI trip, she didn’t believe it would be possible to attend such a prestigious school. Meeting other alums and learning about what they’re doing. Hearing a parent say that she decided to send her child to MKA because she heard about the strong alumni support for African American students.
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Career Day 2010 For some alumni, MKA’s annual Career Day provides a particularly meaningful way in which to give back to their school community, and this year, fourteen accomplished alumni returned to campus to share career experiences with current juniors and seniors. Back once more were perennial Career Day favorites Peter McMullen ’77 and David Steinfeld ’97 to discuss Sports Administration, George George ’81 to talk about his work with the US Secret Service, classmates and Assistant United States Attorneys for the District of New Jersey, Lee Vartan ’96 and Jake Elberg ’96 (3), Peter DeCandia ’89 (1) to discuss the world of Wall Street finance, cardiologist Jordan Safirstein ’93 to talk about careers in medicine and George Hrab ’89 to share his experiences of life as a musician.
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Also returning to Lloyd Road to provide insights into various career opportunities were theoretical physicist and researcher Brian Wecht ’93 (2), structural engineer and real estate developer Chris Brenner ’77, award-winning chef and BBQ master Steve Raab ’97 and music agent Alex Chaykin’97 (5), real estate developer Chris Bellapianta ’97, fashion industry expert and SVP of Women’s Blue Label and RRL Design Ruth Peretti ’79 (4) and Special Agent Peter Edge ’82 (6) to discuss careers in federal law enforcement.
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The 1:1 Laptop Learning Program Launches The distribution of fully equipped, shiny new 13” MacBook Pros to enthusiastic 4th - 12th grade students and all their teachers for the start of the school year represents the culmination of years of intensive planning that has gone into MKA’s 1:1 Laptop Learning Initiative that utilizes technology to effectively promote learning. With its mission to educate independent and autonomous learners in an era of unprecedented change, MKA resolved, as part of its Strategic Planning process, to equip its students with the technological fluency and digital citizenship necessary to sustain learning, foster leadership and ensure success.
open to its possibilities than many adults. Harnessing their knowledge has been key to the successful implementation of this program.” These students will continue to play an important role as they evaluate new hardware and software from a student perspective and provide tech support for their teachers and peers.
Since 2007, when every faculty member was issued the same laptop equipped with the same software, professional development has focused on ways that faculty can provide students with appropriate opportunities to use technology as a powerful learning tool, and to understand how to best harness, discern and take charge of the limitless information available to them.
Long a leader in the field of using technology in education, MKA and its 1:1 implementation has caught the eye of one of the fastest growing software application providers in the world. Evemote, one of the many applications provided on the MKA laptops, and one that is now being used by over three million people across the globe, will pilot educational uses of the application at MKA. “This is a terrific endorsement of the work that we have done leading up to this point,” comments MKA’s Director of Technology William Stites, “In looking at applications, we start with the question “How can this application best support learning?” so the opportunity to have input into application development is tremendously exciting for our faculty and our students.” 70
Beyond extensive research into the effectiveness of 1:1 programs in independent and public school education, MKA implemented a Student Laptop Leadership group, comprised of 5th-12th graders, who played a pivotal role in determining what applications would be made available to students, how best to train students to use their laptops in a safe and responsible manner, and how to support students in trouble-shooting and problem-solving those issues presented by technology. “Putting responsibility in the hands of our students was a primary goal,’’’ says Director of Educational Technology Jenny Zagariello. “Our students have grown up with technology and tend to be more
Already known for its Signature Programs in Ethics and Character Development, Writing and Core Works, it looks as if the meaningful integration of technology in the curriculum is set to become the next Signature Program for MKA.
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Graduations and Commencement You, as a collective group of peers, have repeatedly demonstrated your understanding of the phrase “To have a good friend, you need to be a good friend.” Whenever a friend was in need, you rallied to thenaid- whether it was coming to the rescue on the recess field, or taking a peer to the nurse, and comforting them until they felt better - you are truly a team! Ginger Kriegel, Head of Brookside Fourth grade was like spring - we adapted to a new environment just like newly growing flowers ... 5th grade was like summer - a very warm environment... with welcoming and loving teachers ... Fall was the epitome of 6th grade - a big transitioning year, and a year of firsts ... 7th grade was like winter - on our survival trip we nearly froze to death during the bitter nighttime temperatures ... 8th grade was like spring renewed, because look at us now: we’re completely different people from 5 years ago. We’ve flourished so much already, but we’re still ready to grow more, and spring is the time to do just that. Savannah Fusaro Class of 2014 Our teachers are amazing. They started out as students just like us and when we move on to High School lets try to remember that and see all teachers as people. They have lives and they sacrifice for us. Their enthusiasm sows the seeds of our own passion. Teachers you’re there for us, in every sense of the word. Whether it’s coming in half an hour early to teach us something we should’ve already learned or staying late just to talk, to talk about things that won’t ever be on any test. We see you. And we thank you. John Higgins Class of 2014
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You all sit here today, having taken risks and having experienced success at the Middle School. That success did not come without hard work; it did not come without some failure. BUT, if you learned nothing else here, we will have accomplished one of our goals if you learned to NOT sit back and hope that your talents will be enough to take you where you want to go. Because E-1 know - that you are all going places, and each and every one of you has what it takes to achieve -B and to continue the success you experienced here. Dr. Randy Kleinman, Middle School Head of Campus Thank you for all you’ve done, as a class, to make MKA a better place - our lives as educators are richer and more fulfilled having spent the last four years with you. The Class of 2010’s legacy is, without question, one of high achievement. During your time at Brookside the Middle School and most recently the Upper School, yours was a class of high-octane energy and unbridled passion and commitment for doing well in whatever you chose to do. Your class is proof of what happens when talent (be it academic, athletic, or artistic) meets hard work (with the ladder being the key ingredient). It has proven to be quite a combination as you have amassed extraordinary college acceptances. Dr. David Flocco, Upper School Head of Campus
You are a remarkably interesting, varied, sophisticated and accomplished group of young men and women. You have never hesitated to speak your minds: those of us who teach and work in the school have been touched by your gratitude and sometimes touched a little more sharply by your honesty. ... Individually, each member of this class is best suited to answer the question that I have put before you, “Did you leave this place better than you found it?” Collectively, though, there is not a whisper of doubt, the answer is a resounding and heartfelt, “yes,” and those of us who remain at school do so with a profound sense of pride and gratitude for your friendship and for the example you have set. Thomas W. Nammack, Headmaster Upper School Commencement
The thing I think the third graders will remember most o f all is the teachers, because they love you, even when you make a mistake. We’ve learned so many things, but the most
to always include others, to speak up for yourself and never give up, important o f all are: How to make a friend,
especially with fractions and multiplication! Sydney Polinchok Class o f 2019
Throughout our whole MKA experience, we have each been told time and time again to value knowledge, vision, and integrity. Our knowledge of the world and ourselves has accrued immensely, both from our outstanding teachers and our own passion and drive. Our integrity has remained strong as we have worked to refine our morals and values and act as we ought to, regardless of if we are being watched. Vision, however, is unique in that it is an ever-changing outlook on the future. ... We really can have everything we want in the future, as long as we keep our minds open to new possibilities. All in all, I know that my MKA experience will shape my future journeys for the rest of my life. Jake Perl Class of 2010 Commencement Speaker I would like you to take a look at the tapestry that we have created as students at M KA. We wove this tapestry by meeting new people, making new friends, conquering our goals and maturing each year we spent here. Today, our graduation day, is the day of our tapestry’s completion. ... So now I offer you the final tapestry—the back of which might not be very beautiful, and can be covered in knots and entangled strings in some places, symbolizing the difficult times we have shared together. Yet the front is a beautiful, cohesive picture, of our class, showing us not as the stringy haired, knobby-kneed Brooksiders, or the wideeyed Middle Schoolers, but as the strong, talented and gifted young adults we are. It is the image of this tapestry that we will take with us onto college and then beyond, serving as the foundation for our lives in the years to come. Devon Barrett Class of 2010 Commencement Speaker
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We Teach Thinking: At the Middle School Two 8th grade programs at the Middle School one in English and one in history - exemplify MKA’s mission to “teach thinking” in innovative ways that go beyond a traditional classroom curriculum. Head of English Department Marsha Kleinman and history teacher CherylAnne Amendola explain: As adults, we are not aware of the skill of non narrative nonfiction reading because most of us do it everyday—effortlessly-when we pick up a newspaper or a magazine, and then recall its contents to a friend or colleague in conversation. This sophisticated ability to read a text that is not in a narrative or “story” form is what prompted the creation of the nonfiction reading unit in 8th grade. To combat concerns about the decline in the ability of the young adolescent’s brain to read, retain, and analyze in-depth information, 8th graders are taught how to be narrow and deep in their reading habits vs. broad and shallow. Paradoxically, we begin by teaching them the art of browsing print newspapers and magazines to develop their peripheral reading and become exposed to the wide swath of ideas and perspectives inherent to respectable publications. Once students find a piece that is provoking or a topic they can become passionate about, they move from browsing to reading with intensity. Finally, they digest what they have just read through conversations with their classmates, thus learning to synthesize information succinctly. The next part of the B it involves researching and writing their own articles, using interviews and peer surveys. Effective expository writing includes expounding on a “newsworthy“ topic with substantive support, and MKA‘s Bank of Community Resources is invaluable for this. Students can interview reallife “experts’® parents or alumni - wlio may be
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businessmen, musicians, nutritionists or psychologists. The results are inspiring, as evidenced by a few titles from the 8th grade class of 2010: “Will Magazines Disappear?“; “Questioning the safety at the Winter Olympics: Are the Games’ transformations part of a natural evolution or an attempt to make the competitions more exciting?”; or “A Million Body Types, But Only One Accepted“. The final part of the unit requires students to choose a non-narrative nonfiction book to read independently. This unit exemplifies MKA’s high expectations for the reading lives of young students, again supported by the community who provide inspired book talks. Examples included Headmaster Tom Nammack (James L. Swanson’s Manhunt: The 12-Day Chasefor Lincoln’s Killer) and Head of Middle School Randy Kleinman (Jon Krakauer’s Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey o f Pat Tillman). Other favorites were Thomas L. Friedman (The World is Flat; Hot, Flat, and Crowded); Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point; Blink; Outliers) and Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Freakonomics; SuperFreakonomics). These represent just a portion of what MKA’s 13year-old students read and then finally blog about during this challenging unit. Their blogs reveal the strategy that adult readers of nonfiction naturally use to maintain interest in and comprehension of a difficult text, i.e. determining the author’s premise by the first third of the book, assimilating the support for that premise throughout the middle third, and synthesizing the “takeaway” by the final third of the book. An important takeaway from this unit is the exposure of the “real world” to these young thinkers, who are poised and ready to take on some of the challenges that face us today. If they act on
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their beliefs, perhaps they really can change the world - a premise that the 8th grade Project Citizen unit builds upon. Students in 8th grade history classes are encouraged to think not only of the past, but also of themselves as part of the global community’s present and future. Through Project Citizen, our students learn democratic values, tolerance of different ideas, and the importance of being involved in the processes of American government. Eighth grade history classes focused on students’ choice of issues ranging from the dangers of text messaging while driving to the prevention of injuries and deaths in organized baseball games. One class decided to continue a student’s work from her feature nonfiction English article. In their crusade for healthier school lunches, they made New Jersey’s school nutrition laws the cornerstone of their research. By combining their prior knowledge of the American Constitution, Jeffersonian democracy and the principles therein, students worked as an entire class to influence public policy. They had to make decisions about the kinds of information they needed to prove their conclusions about existing policies. Once the research was finished,
students needed to brainstorm ideas for alternative public policies and then I?*». choose one to present to the X public. Additionally, students needed to decide what government offices and agencies to call in order to find a sounding board as well as disseminate information about their cause to the public. Real petitions were drawn up and real pleas to local congressmen made. In response to the project, one student said, “I am glad to know that, with a little research and a phone, I can make a difference in the community. It doesn’t take much to stand up for what you believe in and try to change it, and I am glad that, as a class, we are trying to make a difference.” See where an MKA education can lead on pages 31-42.
To be listed or updated in our “Bank o f Community Resources, ”please contact Middle School English Department Chair Marsha Kleinman at mkleinman@mka.org or Judi Solomito in the Middle School Academic Office at jsolomito@mka.org.
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The Headmaster is Pleased to Announce ... Senior Commencement Awards The Rudolph Deetjen Award for athletics and academic achievement: Stanton Fields and Laura Placentra The Ethel M. Spurr Award for cooperation, responsibility, service and citizenship: Andrew Farrelly The Marjorie Winfield Easter Award for sportsmanship, self-discipline, and behind-thescenes service: Steven Picone The Robert C. Hemmeter Memorial Award for intellectual curiosity, love o f books and sports and enthusiasm for living: Jake Perl and Laura Polding
Communications: Erik Helleren Dance Award: Elana Stern Marilyn Faden Award for Excellence in the Theatre Arts Drama: Matthew Palmisano Musical Theatre: Robert Gelberg Technical: Paloma Colon and Sarah Kramer Health & Physical Education Prize: Stephen Nolan The James D. Timmons Scholarship: Brian Elberg The Bud Mekeel Memorial Scholarship: Kanu Uwakaneme Scott M. Johnson Memorial Award: Matthew Palmisano The A1 Staph Award: Patrick Livesey
The Peter R. Greer Character Award for the habits o f truthfulness, honesty, kindness, and promotion o f mutual trust and friendship'. Rebecca Bauer
12th Grade Klein Awards: Jerome Froelich and Erin Spain
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12th Grade Mary K. Waring Scholars for 2009-2010 (AandA-): Taylor Hatch, Joseph Mallock, Christine McIntosh, Sarah Moses, Margaret Phillips
Barras Prize in English: Julie Reiter Modem Language Prize in French: Elana Stern Modem Language Prize in Latin: Alexa Franco Modem Language Prize in Spanish: Sarah Moses Foreign Language Polygot Award: Jake Perl Nazarian Prize for Mathematics: Rose Koven William H. Miller Prize in Science: Laura Polding Downsbrough Science Scholarship: Paul Arcoleo Margaret Jenkins Osborne Prize for Excellence in Science: Alexa Semonche History Prize: Rosie Wahlers ijls2th Grade Community Service Award: Elana Stern Fine & Performing Arts Awards Visual Arts: Julie Reiter John Philip Sousa Band Award: Mark Bylancik Louis Armstrong Jazz Award: Adam Zerihoun Vocal Award: Max Jefferson review fall 2010
12th Grade Avery Barras Scholars for 2009-10 (All A’s): Laura Polding, Elana Stern, Rosie Wahlers Head’s Awards: Devon Barrett, Michael Leardo, Ian Pelse and Kelsey Taylor
Awards for Underclassmen_________ The MacVicar Prize: Raphael Bildner, Seth Bynum, Sarah Cuneo and Lauren Morisseau John Rabuse History Award: Lance Barnard The Frank “Poncho” Brogan Memorial Scholarship: Meredith Moran The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal: Andrew Lokker
The John Rabke Memorial Award: Claudia Pepe The Elizabeth O’Neil Feagley Creativity Award: Alexa Burzinski Community Service Awards Grade 11: Lance Barnard, Sierra Cocoziello, Matthew Flint and Jennifer Kalkan Grade 10: Hope Dancy, Casey Musicant, Jenny Osbun and Jeremy Zak Grade 9: Preston Park and Lindsay Reich Klein Awards Grade 11: Kyle Duca and Kerry Fusco Grade 10: Dominic Leone and Tess Meyer Grade 9: Mark Bowen and Carrie Till Faculty Scholar Awards Grade 11: Meredith Moran, Sarah Cuneo, Lauren Morisseau, Lucia Randall & Andrew Wagner Grade 10: Hope Dancy, Lauren Martin & Ben Stern Grade 9: Danielle Charpentier, Emily Lau & David Reading Avery Barras Distinguished Scholars for 20092010 (All As) Grade 11: Meredith Moran Grade 10: John Mallock, Lauren Martin Grade 9: Danielle Charpentier, Emma Montoya, Nicholas Pai, David Reading Mary K. Waring Scholars for 2009-2010 (A and A-) Grade 11: Ana Blinder, Sierra Cocoziello, Alexa Minion, Brian Perlmutter, Brandon Wahba Grade 10: Yanick Couture, Trevor Freed, Katie Goulder, Diana Lawson, Ben Stern, Allison Sweeney, Madeline Turner Grade 9: Alexa Bieler, Thea Flurry, Jason Kwan, Emily Lau, Michaela Mclnerney, Julia Perlmutter, Carly Sibilia, Anant Singh, Jeffrey Smith
Additional Accolades to Members of the Class of 2010: Congratulations to:
Christina Gonsalves on being named a 2010 National Achievement Scholarship winner and for receiving a Men of Essex High Achievement Award. Rob Gelberg on being named the winner of the 2010 Theater Project’s Young Playwright’s Competition, and Julie Longthorne for receiving an Honorable Mention in the same contest. Rose Koven and Julie Reiter for having their junior history research theses published in The Concord Review. Rose’s paper,i?iThe ARPANET’S Hidden Purpose: Mass Communications through Computers” was published in the spring edition, and Julie’s paper, “The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment: Breaching the Wall of Separation Between Church and State” will be published in the fall edition. Rebecca Bauer for receiving a National Merit Special Scholarship sponsored by CNA Foundation. Taylor Hatch for receiving a National Merit Special Scholarship sponsored by Wyeth. Marion Nammack for receiving a Men of Essex Scholar-Athlete Award & a Presidential Service Award. Laura Placentra for receiving the NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete Award and a Men of Essex Scholar-Athlete Award. Christine McIntosh for receiving an Essex County Scholar-Athlete Award (Fencing) and a Presidential Service Award. Jerome Froelich for receiving an Essex County Scholar-Athlete Award (Football and Wrestling) Matthew Palmisano for receiving a 2010 National Federation of Independent Business/Visa Inc. Young Entrepreneur Award for his business, Normandy Beach Ovals (www.nbovals.com). Andrew Farrelly, Sarah Kramer and Shaylin Schundler for receiving Presidential Service Awards.
Laura Polding on being named a 2010 National Merit Scholarship winner.
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Cum Laude 20 seniors from the Class of 2010 were inducted into the Cum Laude Society at a formal ceremony held at the Upper School on June 12. Brian Wecht ’93, a physicist and researcher, gave the address. The Cum Laude Society, established in 1906, is modeled on the Phi Beta Kappa Collegiate National Honor Society and recognizes the scholastic achievement of secondary school students. It is the highest academic honor bestowed on members of the graduating class.
The student inductees are: Paul Arcoleo, Devon Barrett, Alexa Franco, Jerome Froelich, Taylor Hatch, Joseph Mallock, Sarah Moses, Zachary Opperman, Jake Perl, Margaret Phillips, Laura Placentra, Laura Polding, Julie Reiter, Shaylin Schundler, Emilie Schurenberg, Jesse Schwimmer, Alexa Semonche, Elana Stem, Kelsey Taylor and Rosie Wahlers
Senior Breakfast The last official day of class for the Class of 2010 began with the traditional Senior Breakfast that represents their formal welcome into the MKA Alumni Association, along with honorary members of the Class of 2010, Judy Nesbit and Denise Brown-Alien. See page 45 for
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Lifers The Class o f 2010 saw another large group of “Lifers” who, together with their parents, enjoyed a celebratory dinner at the Headmaster’s home. Back row from left to right: Mark Bylancik, Erin Furlong, Jake Perl, Sheridan Watson, Laura Placentra, Sarah Kramer, Chrissy McIntosh, Will Johnson, Charles Lawson and Willy Vayianos Middle row from left to right: Burke Kusnierz, Adam Wetzel, Abby LaForge, Meg Phillips, Mallory McDonagh,
Paloma Colon, Adrienne Bond, Devon Barrett and Brian Elberg Front row from left to right: Alexandra Marino, Sarah Moses, Caroline Cassini, Jimmy Connell, Ken Tortoriello, Christine Silen, Erin Spain and Rebecca Bauer
The MKA Bookstore and Athletic Department are happy to present our
Purchase official MKA logo new Boathouse Online School Store. The store opens 4 times a year to and athletic clothing online! j meet all your shopping needs and then closes after 3-4 weeks to put the orders into production. Visit www.boathouseteams.com/MKA
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Cougar Athletics 2009-2010 Cougar Athletic Awards & Honors: Winter Congratulations to Stanton Fields ’10, Captain o f the Boys’Basketball Team and recipient o f the MKA Winter Captain’s Award.
Boys’ Basketball Head Coach: Tony Jones (10th Year) Record: 22-6 Congratulations to the Team: SEC Independence Division Champions Kevin Clark ’10 - Team Co-MVP; 1st Team AllSEC, Independence Division Brian Elberg ’10 - Coach’s Award Stanton Fields ’10 - Winter Captain’s Prize John Snow ’l l - Team Co-MVP; 1st Team AllSEC, Independence Division Kieran Powell ’12 - 2nd Team All-SEC, Independence Division
Girls’ Basketball Head Coach: MaeOla Bolton (1st Year) Record: 23-5 Congratulations to the Team: SEC Independence Division Co-Champions Ashley Bishop ’l l - Team Defensive M V PSst Team All-SEC, Independence Division Blair Landolfi ’l l - Team MVP; 1st Team AllSEC, Independence Division; 3rd Team SL AllEssex County Kaitlyn Eda ’13 - 2nd Team All-SEC. Independence Division Kayla Eda ’13 - Honorable Mention All-SEC, Independence Division
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Boys’ Fencing Head Coach: Kerry Verrone (6th Year) Record: 2-9 Everett Glenn ’l l - MKA Most Valuable Player; 2nd Team All-State, NJIFA; 2nd Team All-State, SL
Girls’ Fencing Head Coach: Kerry Verrone (6h Year) Record: 2-10
Christine McIntosh ’10 - MKA Most Valuable Player; 2nd Team All-State, NJIFA; 3rd Team AllState, SL
Ice Hockey Head Coach: Brack Healey (1st Year) Record: 14-7-4 Tim Johnson ’10 - Honorable Mention All-NJIHL; Coach’s Award Andreas Graham ’12 - 2nd Team All-NJIHL Dylan Parker ’12 - Honorable Mention All-NJIHL Mark Bowen ’13 - 1st Team All-NJIHL; 2nd Team All-Essex County, SL Edward Haracz ’13 - Honorable Mention AllNJIHL; 3rd Team All-Essex County, SL
Girls’ and Boys’ Indoor Track and Field Head Coach: Tom Fleming (10th Year) Suzanne Abuhadba ’10 - Prep Shot Put Gold Medal Champion Laura Placentra ’10 - 2nd Team All-Essex County Pole Vault, Star Ledger; NJSIAA Non-Public B Pole Vault Champion Hallie Earle ’12 - 3rd Team All-Essex County 55m, SL Sarah Finn ’13 - Most Improved Freshman Award Dana Placentra ’13 - Most Improved Freshman Award
Girls’ Swimming Head Coach: Patrick Collins (2nd Year) Record: 5-6 Alexa Burzinski ’l l - Team MVP; Honorable Mention All-SEC; 3rd Team All-Essex County, SL
Wrestling Head Coaches: Neal Picillo (14th Year) Record: 7-14 James Connell ’10 - 1st Team All-SEC, Independence Division Jerome Froelich ’10 - Team Most Improved; 2nd Team All-SEC, Independence Division Kenneth Tortoriello ’10 - 2nd Team All-SEC, Independence Division Gregory Froelich ’12 - 2ndTeam All-SEC, Independence Division Dominic Leone ’12 - 1st Team All-SEC, Independence Division Freddy Davis ’13 - Honorable Mention All-SEC, Independence Division Spring Congratulations to Laura Placentra ’10, Captain o f the Softball Team and recipient o f the MKA Spring Captain s Award.
Baseball Head Coach: Ralph Pacifico (19th Year)
Boys’ Swimming Head Coach: Patrick Collins (2nd Year) Record: 3-8 Jeremy Zak ’12 - Honorable Mention All-SEC; 3rd Team All-Essex County, SL Michael Henry Johnson ’13 - Rookie of the year
Eric Cirangle ’10 - 2nd Team All-Prep B Brian Elberg ’10 - MKA Team Award Pat Livesey ’10 - MKA Iron Man Award; Honorable Mention All-Prep B Joseph Pannullo ’10 - MKA Team Award Travers Nammack ’l l -Honorable Mention All-Prep B Max Herrmann ’12 - 2nd Team All-Prep B; Honorable Mention All-SEC, Liberty Division, 3rd
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Team All-Essex County, SL Michael Sasso ’12 - 2nd Team All-SEC, Liberty Division
Softball Head Coach: Kathy Hill (1st Year) Andrea Huelsenbeck ’10 - Honorable Mention All-Prep B; 2nd Team All-SEC, American Division; 3rd Team All-State Non-Public, SL, 2nd Team AllEssex County, SL Laura Placentra ’10 - Honorable Mention AllPrep B; Honorable Mention All-SEC, American Division, 3rd Team All-Essex County, SL Jessica Stofik ’10 - Honorable Mention All-Prep B; 2nd Team All-SEC, American Division, 3rd Team All-Essex County, SL Adriana Calandra ’l l - MKA Coaches Award Casey Musicant ’12 - MKA Most Improved Player Award Tessa Calandra ’13 - Best Team Player Award
Boys’ Lacrosse Head Coach: Paul Edwards (8th Year); Ernie Mosca NJILL Waterman Division Assistant Coach o f the Year Record: 12-6 Charles Lawson ’10 - Klank Award Kyle Duca ’l l - Honorable Mention All-NJILL, Waterman Division; Honorable Mention All-Prep B Jack Strain ’l l - 1st Team All-NJILL, Waterman Division; 2nd Team All-Prep B; Team Alumni Outstanding Teammate Award; All-Waterman Team, SL, 2nd Team All-Essex County, SL Patrick Karole ’12 - 1st Team All-NJILL, Waterman Division; 1st Team All-Prep B; All-Waterman Team, SL, 2nd Team All-Essex County, SL Alex Morse ’12 - 2nd Team All-NJILL, Waterman
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Division, 2nd Team All-Prep B Craig Schweitzer ’12 - 2ndTeam All-NJILL, Waterman Division; 2nd Team All-Prep B; Team Defensive MVP C.J. Geering ’13 - Team Most Improved Player Award Matt Lane ’13 - 2nd Team All-NJILL, Waterman Division; Honorable Mention All-Prep B; Team Most Promising Newcomer
Girls’ Lacrosse Head Coach: Katy Schroder (1st Year) Record: 8-12'** Katie Arena ’10 - MKA Outstanding Defense Award Kerry Fusco ’l l - MKA Outstanding Offense Award; 1st Team All-SEC, Liberty Division; 1st Team All-NJGILL, Freedom Division; 1st Team All-Prep B, SL Becky Smith ’l l - 2ad Team All-SEC, Liberty Division; Honorable Mention All-NJGILL, Freedom Division Skylar Zlotnick ’l l - MKA Most Valuable Player; 1st Team All-Prep B, SL,; 1st Team All-SEC, Liberty Division; 1st Team All-NJGILL, Freedom Division Tess Meyer ’12 - 2ndTeam All-SEC, Liberty Division; 2ndTeam All-NJGILL, Freedom Division
Girls’ Track & Field Head Coach: Tom Fleming (11th Year) Congratulations to the Team: Girls’SEC Colonial Division Champions Record: 5-0; Suzanne Abuhadba ’10 - 1st Team All-SEC, Colonial Division
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Erin Furlong ’10 - 1st TeamAll-SEC, Colonial Division Nicole Nelson-Ogaard ’10 - 2ndTeamAll-SEC, Colonial Division; Senior Performance Award Laurainne Ojo-Ohikuare ’10 - HM All-SEC, Colonial Division; Senior Performance Award Erin Spain ’10 - 1stTeamAll-SEC, Colonial Division; Leader by Example Award Anna Glaessgen ’l l - 1st TeamAll-SEC, Colonial Division Hallie Earle ’12 - 1st Team All-SEC, Colonial Division; Sophomore Performance Award; 3rd Team All-State Non-Public, SL, 3rd Team AllEssex County, SL (100M) Danielle Charpentier ’13 - 2nd TeamAll-SEC, Colonial Division Sarah Finn ’13 - 2ndTeam All-SEC, Colonial Division Dana Placentra ’13 - 1stTeamAll-SEC, Colonial Division; Freshman Performance Award; 3rd Team All-State Non-Public, SL, 3rd Team All Essex County, SL (Pole Vault)
Boys’ Track & Field Head Coach: Tom Fleming (11thYear) Record: 4-1
Boys’ Tennis Head Coach: Val Azzoli (5th Year) Record: 11-10 Congratulations to the Team: NJISAA Prep B State Champions Shaun Champaneria ’10 - 1st Team All-SEC, American Division; 3rd Team All-State Non Public, SL Matthew Dumoff ’10 - 2nd TeamAll-SEC, American Division Conor Breen ’l l - 2nd Team All-Essex County, SL (Doubles) Brandon Kwan ’l l - Honorable Mention All-SEC,, American Division Jason Kwan ’13 - 3rd Team All-State Non-Public, SL; 2nd Team All-Essex County, SL, (Doubles)
Golf Head Coach: Jeff Beer (4th Year) Record: 6-2 Congratulations to the team: 2010 Parochial Non Public B State Champions; NJISAA Prep B State Champions Joseph Mallock ’10 - Golf Leadership Award; 2nd Team All-SEC, American Division William Johnson ’10 - Honorable Mention AllSEC, American Division Matthew Kraus ’l l - MKAMost Improved Award; 2nd Team All-SEC, American Division Stephen Piela ’12 - MKAMVP; Prep B State Individual State Champion; Parochial Non-Public B Individual State Champion; 1stTeamAll-SEC, American Division; 2ndTeam All-State Non-Public
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Doing the Right Thing: A Living History Lesson from the Danish Ambassador What makes a community do the right thing? MKA students received an unforgettable lesson in the power o f standing up to injustice when the Danish Consul General to New York, Ambassador Torben Gettermann, visited the school. Ambassador Gettermann, whose career has taken him all over the world, including to Saudi Arabia, Hungary, Greece and Iraq, regularly talks to students about the extraordinary story of the Danish people and their rescue of the Danish Jews during the latter days of the Second World War; a story with particular resonance for the Ambassador as his father was a leader in the Danish resistance. After setting the scene, by explaining the complete assimilation of the Jewish population in Denmark at the time, and the circumstances of the German occupation of Denmark, Ambassador Gettermann described the rise of a resistance movement that began with young teenagers in taking the lead, and ended with an entire nation taking action. Two days after Germany ordered the deportation and incarceration of Danish Jews in the autumn of 1943, thousands of Danes took part in a spontaneous resistance that resulted in the transportation of 7500 of the 8000 Jews living in the country to Sweden. In a freshman Ethics and Character class, students questioned whether initially surrendering to the Germans rather than “fighting back” had made the country a safer place, and in his presentation to the junior class, the question of why the Danes took such risks to help strangers was raised. “I have been asked that so many times,” answered Ambassador Gettermann “They just felt they had to. I don’t know if it’s a special Danish trait, but standing up against injustice to a fellow Dane became the civilized thing to do.” The morning concluded with a presentation to the MKA Middle School, where a sea of hands shot up when the Ambassador invited questions —questions that ranged from “How did people contact the Jews to help them escape?” to “What’s it like being an ambassador?” (Answer: “It’s great!”)
Athletic Hall of Fame: Nominate an outstanding varsity athlete, coach, Athletic Director, trainer or major contributor - full details can be found on the MKA website under Alumni Awards - submit nominations online or via mail or email to Alumni Director Laurie McFeeley c/o External Affairs Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07024 or lmcfeeley@mka.org
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The Founders’ Cup Congratulations to Middle School fifth grade and math teacher Nancy Gratz, who was named the recipient of the 2010 Founders’ Cup for Teaching Excellence. Presented annually by the Alumni Association, the Founders’ Cup is based on nominations from all MKA constituencies and honors a full-time faculty member who exemplifies the highest levels of teaching, as well as contributing to the well-being of the MKA community, both in and out of school. No stranger to accolades, Nancy is a former engineer with ten years of professional experience in the field of environmental and sanitary engineering. She received the Buffalo Vanguard Business Award and was named to Who s Who in Entrepreneurial Women in 1990. After changing careers, Nancy came to the MKA Middle School in 2002 and has been consistently nominated for the Founders’ Cup by students, parents and fellow faculty members ever since. One fellow faculty member wrote, “After working with her in such close quarters, I can confidently say that Nancy is an extraordinary teacher, one of the best 1 have ever known. Nancy never cuts any comers in the rigorous curriculum that she teaches. She goes over students’ work meticulously every day, and seeks them out when she feels they need extra help and encouragement... .Nancy knows the strengths and vulnerabilities of the fifth graders not only as students, but as developing children. While Nancy’s work ethic is strong, so is her “joie de vivre.” Anyone in fifth grade can tell you that her
classroom is a warm, fun place buzzing with equal parts of laughter and productivity.” Nominations from parents were equally effusive: “She is a math genius and will make those who are on the fence about the subject feel passionate about it as well.” “Mrs. Gratz challenges all of the kids to get to the next level and they love her for it.“ And, “... she has given my sons lifelong gifts for which 1 can never repay her - confidence in themselves, a love of learning math and a great attitude about being in school. She really is a role model for all, a real definition of teaching excellence on so many levels.” And perhaps, for Mrs. Gratz, the most meaningful.: compliment may have come from one of her recent students: “ Last year 1 hated math, but this year Mrs. Gratz makes math not even feel like a school subject!”
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A New Scholarship Fund Honoring 40 years of service to Montclair Academy and The Montclair Kimberley Academy, George Hrab arrived at Montclair Academy in 1969, and since then, has left an indelible mark on his students, colleagues and the community. George Hrab has been a dynamic teacher and mentor in several departments (Physical Education, History, Foreign Language and Science) as well as being a coach, advisor and Athletic Director. He has led student trips abroad and been a devoted supporter of student dramatic productions. A true “renaissance man” who has given a lifetime of service to MKA, Hrab’s influence has been felt by generations of students. To honor his enduring legacy, a group of donors has funded The George Hrab Family Scholarship, an endowed scholarship fund that will generate
income each year to help offset the financial aid needs of one deserving Upper School student. Please join them in honoring George Hrab for the extraordinary impact he has had on the lives of so many. A gift of any size will help deserving students for generations to come. Gifts to The George Hrab Family Scholarship Endowment can be sent to the Office of Development & External Affairs, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07042, or contact Director of Development Geoff Branigan at gbranigan@,mka.org with questions.
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Retirements, Farewells and Welcomes MKA said goodbye to four remarkable educators at the end of the school year, who together represented over 100 years of service to the school. Congratulations and best wishes on the occasion o f their retirement go to Sonia Tyson (35 years), Sue Reiter (32 years) Ken Bishe (27 years) and Ann Marguet (16 years). The four were honored at an end-of-year retirement party and at the end-of-year school meeting. Each was lauded fo r being an exemplary educator, mentor, colleague and friend, and each o f them will be greatly missed.
Social Studies), Iris Erlemeier-Gerald (PS French), Injoo Han (returning as the Assistant Athletic Director), Amanda Hirsh (Development Associate), Dr. John Jacobs (US Latin), Jill Maza (Tri-Campus Head/US Librarian), Matthew Philipose (MS Science Chair), Yesenia RaveloRodriguez (MS Spanish), Ben Rich (US Physics), Sheila Sarma (2nd Grade) and Jamie Segraves (US Spanish).
In additon, MKA says “Farewell and Thank You” to: Debbie Blankman (1 year), Heather Bock (2 years years), Nate Borroughs (6 years), Kyle Chapman (3 years), Aasim Cunningham, Regina Elberg (9.5 years), Tatiana Kurjaninow (2 years), Katie Schroder (1 year), Ann Becker Schwartzberg (5 years), Beth Tenore (3 years), Sandra Tritt ’98 (6 years), Cindy Weldon-Lassiter (7 years) and Tena Wright (4 years). And Welcomes: Shannon Baldwin, (Athletic Trainer), Ann Banegas (PS Spanish), Jessica Bishop ’04 (MS
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The Spring Fundraiser Proud to be Present, PAMKA’s sold-out 2010 Spring Fundraiser, was a spectacular event that raised $335,000 for the school! Kudos to parents and co-chairs Lisa Amato and Marla Higginbotham-Nelson who conceived of a theme and an event that resonated with the community and celebrated the special talents of MKA students. Kicking off the festivities in February was “Prepare for the F u t u r e a highly successful auction of internship opportunities for older students and young alumni. And, holding “Proud to be Present” at the Montclair Art Museum, a new venue for the fundraiser, created added excitement from the beginning. In addition to an exhibition of tri-campus artwork, guests were entertained with student performances from the Upper School Strings players, the Middle School Chamber Singers and the Middle and Upper School Jazz Bands, as well as a reprise of a hit from the Upper School Winter Musical performed by the leads in the show. Museum art studios were turned into treasure troves of silent auction items, and the evening culminated with an exciting live auction conducted by a Sotheby’s auctioneer. 1: Event Chairs Marla Higginbotham Nelson and Lisa Amato. 2: Past parents Peggy Santoro and Deb Hirsch returned to PAMKA to help with the event. 3: Guests enjoying the Silent Auction.
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Changing the World: Profiles in Excellence from the Class of 2006 It is MKA’s mission to prepare students to excel in college and in their lives beyond, but does outstanding performance in high school necessarily translate into achieving excellence at college? Every class has a personality, and the MKA Class of 2006 was known for possessing some remarkably gifted students. On the occasion of their college graduation, we take a look at six members of the class for whom the answer appears to be a resounding "Yes!" The six, all of whom graduated cum laude from MKA, and four of whom were "Lifers," not only had extraordinary college careers, but are also poised to change the world. Eli Bildner: Did you receive any academic distinctions from Yale University? Most recently, I was awarded the Alpheus Henry Snow prize, presented to that Yale senior who “through the combination of intellectual achievement, character and personality, shall be adjudged by the faculty to have done the most for Yale by inspiring in his or her classmates an admiration and love for the best traditions of high scholarship.” I was very honored to receive this, and, as a result, to bear the Yale University banner in the commencement procession. Earlier this spring, 1 received the Seton Elm Ivy Award for my service to New Haven, in particular for my work as CEO of the Elmseed Enterprise Fund (www.elmseed.org), a student-run microfinance initiative. Academically, I graduated summa cum laude with distinction in my major, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. My senior essay was nominated for a departmental prize, I won the Yale Writing Center Essay contest in 2009; was awarded a Mellon Fund research grant, also in
2009; a Richard U. Light Fellowship for Chinese study in Beijing China (2008) and the McLaughlin Prize for best freshman essay (2007). What did you major in? History. Honestly, I had little idea of what I would ultimately major in when I started. I entered college seeking pragmatic knowledge. I took classes in economics, environmental studies, international relations, linguistics, etc. - a lot of social sciences. It took a while to rediscover my love for the humanities. What was the most intellectually challenging project you experienced over the past 4 years? My senior essay. I wrote/about the relationship between the “academy” - humanities study in American universities - and the wider public, exploring this topic through the angle of literary
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theory (specifically, through deconstruction, the Paul de Man “affair,” and the culture wars of the 1980s-90s). When I started, I knew next to nothing about literary theory, and very little about deconstruction, the culture wars in America, or the de Man affair. When I finished, I felt almost like an expert. The most fulfilling aspect of my senior essay was that it afforded me a real window into the life of the academic community. I had the chance to interview professors and other participants in deconstruction/the de Man affair, and was amazed by the generosity of time and thought that these scholars demonstrated. A professor in California went out of her way to digitize an interview she’d conducted in 1990 so I could use it for my essay. A professor at Yale invited me to present on my paper to her graduate class. A professor in California sat down with me for nearly three hours to help me think through my project. These sorts of interactions made the whole thing worthwhile. What will you be doing next year - and why? I’ll be heading to China on a Fulbright fellowship. I’ll start off by studying Chinese for a semester in Kunming, Yunnan province, and then transfer somewhere to do my research grant. It’s still pretty up in the air as to what I’ll be “researching” exactly. I need to think more about what really interests me about China, and how I want to spend this time - which is precisely why I decided to do the Fulbright. I want to go to China because it will force me to listen to myself in a way that I haven’t for quite a while. I’ve also studied Chinese for three years and really enjoy spending time in that country.
Kassie Dantzler: Did you receive any academic distinctions from Yale University?
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I graduated cum laude and won three fellowships the Tetelman fellowship for Study Abroad, which I was awarded to research vaccines last summer at L’lnstitut Pasteur in Paris, and both the Charles P. Howland Fellowship and Henry Hart Rice Foreign Residence Fellowship to work in India for ten months next year. What did you major in? Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. From my Bio IRS experiences at MKA, I knew that I loved biological research, although my academic interests within biology have changed a lot. During my freshman and sophomore years at Yale, I was able to connect my passion for the subject with my passion for working in developing countries. I spent the summer after freshman year in Ghana, where I spent time with children who got sick in cycles throughout the year because of the malaria parasites constantly circulating in their blood. I then got involved with helping to start up the Yale Public Health Coalition, and got interested in infectious disease research as a way to use basic biology to help poor and vulnerable people around the world. In sophomore year, I designed my own project and traveled to the Ecuadorian rainforest to collect plant samples used to treat symptoms of malaria. I isolated fungi from these plants, tested them against known human and plant pathogens and tested extracts from these fungi against Trypanasoma brucei (the parasites that cause sleeping sickness) and Plasmodium falciparum (the most fatal form of malaria parasites). For my senior project, I focused on purifying one extract that is particularly active against both T. brucei and P. falciparum, and harmless to human cells and therefore a potential drug candidate for parasitic diseases. Last summer, I researched potential malaria and flu vaccines at L’lnstitut Pasteur in Paris, and I want to continue researching malaria vaccines in the future. What was the most intellectually challenging class or internship that you experienced over
the past 4 years? There were three classes: Rainforest Expedition & Lab, Biotechnology in the Developing World and Immunology for Epidemiologists. In Biotech, we had to come up with a proposal for a novel technology to benefit people in the developing world. It took a lot of work to develop the nanoparticle vaccine delivery system that my group came up with (which would target the liver and make delivery of a malaria vaccine more effective), but it is now being tested in a biomedical engineering lab. My internship last summer in Paris was also challenging, because I had to leam how to do science in French. Though I had spent many years studying French, I had no idea how to talk about lab protocols and antigens and antibodies in French, so it was a struggle at first to understand what was going on in lab meetings. What will you be doing next year - and why? I will be spending 10 months in Pune, India, volunteering with an NGO called Deep Griha Society, and working at their clinic and health camps for people in the slum communities. I will also be developing my own project, comparing access to HIV and TB treatments and drug resistance among different clinics in the area and around Pokhara, Nepal. I hope to leam more about the culture there, improve my Hindi skills, and gain a clinical perspective of what it’s like in a clinic in India that can direct my future vaccine research. I want to have the perspective of having lived in a community affected by the diseases I plan to work on, so that I can better understand how malaria and HIV affect individuals and communities, what concerns in accessibility exist and what the local people see as feasible solutions. The following year, I will begin a Masters in Medical Parasitology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and will then apply to PhD programs in Parasitology and Immunology to research malaria vaccines.
Andy Davis: Did you receive any academic distinctions from Princeton University? I graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, received the Montgomery Raiser ’92 Thesis Award for the best thesis written on the literature, history, and culture of Russia and Eurasia, and won the American Council of Teachers of Russian Post-Secondary Essay Contest. I was also a member of the Behrman Undergraduate Society of Fellows, an honors society of 24 members that is committed to the study of humanistic inquiry. What did you major in? Slavic Languages and Literatures, with certificates in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Russian and Eurasian Studies. I entered Princeton as a prospective math major, and ended up studying Russian poetry. My first experience with pure mathematics was a course entitled “MAT 215: Introduction to Real Analysis,“ which served as an introduction to what math actually is - a rigorous form of reasoning about numbers. It practically served as a litmus test for prospective majors and only a few of us made it through the course, but it did make it clear that this was not what I was most interested in. I became very interested in economic theory (particularly game theory), and conducted research at Harvard following my freshman year. At the same time, I cultivated an interest in Russian literature, at first more as a complementary interest, however the Slavic Department offered the opportunity to study a number of disciplines while I focused on literature. My independent work in mathematical poetics evolved out of a need to combine these two interests S i had to produce some independent work for a minor in Applied Mathematics that related to my major, and I stumbled upon the
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work of Andrei Bely and Andrei Kolmogorov in an attempt to make this connection. What was the most intellectually challenging class you experienced over the past 4 years? The History of the Soviet Union and its Successor States known both for the professor who teaches it (possibly the most significant historian of the Soviet Union and a controversial thinker about its dissolution) and his draconian grading scheme. It was rewarding because it demanded the most rigorous argumentation that I’ve seen outside of mathematics - each of the two term papers (20 pages) were critiqued in terms of the argument how clearly it was stated, whether it was backed with sufficient evidence, etc. The final for this class was the most difficult exam during my time at Princeton - it consisted of 40 IDs taken from more than 1200 introduced over the semester. For each, we had to provide four pieces of information, including significance. What will you be doing next year - and why? I received a Fulbright Grant to study mathematical versification in St. Petersburg, Russia. Mathematical versification deals with the statistical analysis of the formal features of poetry (rhythm, syntax, rhyme), working toward a better understanding of either the interpretation of a particular work or a better understanding the general structure of how verse is put together. I intend on pursuing a few lines of research: I am going to prepare my thesis for publication, first as an article and then as something longer (based on my work in Russia). The Fulbright will give me the opportunity to refine these ideas in an environment where I don’t have any other pressing academic commitments, and enable me to acquire a broader base in the discipline. There are very few professors in the USA that have the mathematical background to conduct this type of
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research; the tradition is much more prominent in Russia. Because there are an almost infinite number of ways in which someone could apply mathematics to the study of poetry, studying in Russia will open up new lines of thought that I would not be exposed to in the US.
Michael Giuliano: Did you receive any academic distinctions from the University of Pennsylvania/Wharton School? I graduated magna cum laude and was a Joseph Wharton Scholar and a Benjamin Franklin Scholar. The last two required a rigorous application process - it was almost like applying to college all over again! program Students are required to take 3 honors classes at Wharton and an additional 3 honors classes at the College. In addition, I had to write a thesis for a final, year-long senior research seminar - MKA prepared me extremely well for this. What did you major in? My concentrations were Operations and Information Management (OPIM) and Health Care Management and Policy (HCMG), and I also gained a Language Certificate in Korean. What was the most intellectually challenging course/class/project/internship you experienced over the past 4 years? I always knew that I would concentrate in HCMG because it was one of the reasons why I applied to Wharton. Entering college, I had placed out of Penn’s language requirement, but knew that I wanted to challenge myself a little bit and do something really different, so I earned a language certificate in Korean. I began studying the language after completing a two-month summer Penn-in-Seoul program where I took classes at Kyung Hee University and worked at Asiana Airlines. As for OPIM, I arrived at this concentration after a lot of
exploration. At one point in my college career, I changed around my entire schedule to take premed classes for medical school, while at other times I played with a dual degree with the College - 1 only really decided on OPIM during the middle of my junior year second semester. What was the most intellectually challenging course/class/project/internship you experienced over the past 4 years? Korean Language - these courses were interesting, but extremely difficult. The Italian Medieval Reader - a great course that was outside of my business course comfort zone and required a lot of reading and writing - was something very different compared to taking something like accounting. Also, Operations Management - 1 loved this class because it helped me leam how to solve real world business operations problems, but the class was very difficult and required me to be in office hours every week. What will you be doing next year - and why? I’ll be working at Deloitte Consulting LLP, in New York as a Human Capital Consulting Analyst in the Organization and Talent Service Line. I interned at Deloitte and really loved my experience - the people were great, the work stimulating, the learning constant, and above all, there was neverending support from peers and senior level people. The work is different from typical management consulting, as we focus on solving problems facing the people side of business. I have worked on learning and development campaigns for J&J, and a technology training redesign for Prudential Financial Services. I chose this career because I am not forced to sit behind a desk all day, but rather travel 4 days a week and get to interact with clients - something that was really important for me in selecting a career and employer.
Sabrina Schmidt: Did you receive any academic distinctions from Vassar College? I was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and I won the Phi Beta Kappa Prize, which is given to the member of Phi Beta Kappa with the most distinguished academic record. What did you major in? Mathematics and Italian. I thought I would major in Mathematics 4 years ago because it was always one of my favorite subjects, but I was not certain. After taking a few math classes at Vassar, I realized that I loved college-level math as well, and am glad I stuck with it! As for my Italian major, I knew I wanted to leam a new language in addition to French, which I had taken classes in every year since the second grade. I chose Italian just because I had always loved the sound of it, and wanted to know more about Italy’s culture. I started Italian classes during my first semester of college and absolutely loved it (my professor was fantastic as well!). I took Italian classes every semester, all of which I really enjoyed, had a wonderful junior year abroad experience in Bologna, Italy, and really immersed myself in all things Italy during my four years at Vassar. What was the most intellectually challenging project you experienced over the past 4 years? My senior Mathematics Project. In our senior mathematics seminar during the final semester of our senior year, each of the senior math majors and a partner got assigned a project. In tandem with the professor, my partner and I worked on proving a dimension theorem for bilinear and sesquilinear forms. We made a poster, wrote up a paper and tirelessly worked out all the details together. I had never written a formal math paper with theorems and proofs before, so it was incredibly challenging making the formatting and mathematical wording
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precise, let alone figuring out how we were going to prove, and the best way to prove our theorem. What will you be doing next year - and why? I am currently in the process of figuring it out. I intend to combine my interest in music (which I spent a lot of my time honing in college) with my skills in mathematics and foreign languages.
William Wagner: Did you receive any academic distinctions from Princeton University? I graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa and received the Donald E. Stokes Dean’s Prize given to the graduating senior who has made the most significant contribution to the Undergraduate Program of the Woodrow Wilson School. I also received the Program in Near Eastern Studies Senior Thesis Prize, given to the best senior thesis in the Program in Near Eastern Studies. Previously, I received the Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence for both 2006-07 and 2007OS, and the R.W. Van de Velde Award granted to the best student in the Woodrow Wilson School junior policy task force. What did you major in? U.S. Foreign Policy towards the Middle East (minoring in Near Eastern Studies). I came into Princeton knowing that I wanted to major in the Woodrow Wilson School, and thought that I would specialize in Latin American affairs ; but by the time I arrived, I had begun to realize that the most pressing issues in international relations more often involved the Middle East. During freshman orientation week, I visited the open house for the Department of Near Eastern Studies and met the Farsi professor, who made a very convincing case for learning Farsi over Arabic, so I began the introductory Farsi language sequence. I became fascinated by Persian
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heritage and culture and took many more courses on Islamic law and culture, as well as the contemporary politics of the Middle East. During my junior year, I spent 8 months in Cairo, Egypt, where I studied at the American University and interned at the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. While there, I began conducting research on the country’s rapidly growing community of political bloggers, whose websites had become focal points for very strident and open criticism of the Mubarak regime. This research formed the basis of my senior thesis. What was the most intellectually challenging project you experienced over the past 4 years? My 120-page Senior Thesis. It studies three forms of new Egyptian media simultaneously—blogs, newspapers, and television stations—connects changes among these types of media, and identifies the reasons behind the Mubarak regime’s shift in media policy and the extent of press freedom today. My adviser was a former U.S. ambassador to Egypt and Israel who pushed me to conduct graduate-level research. I conducted about 50 interviews in Egypt and the US, and met some of the most influential journalists and policymakers in Egypt, as well as a variety of senior diplomats at the State Department. What will you be doing next year - and why? In my junior year, I was selected for an internal Princeton fellowship called the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI). It is designed to encourage students to pursue careers in government service, and will fund my Master’s degree in Public Affairs. In addition, SINSI will arrange and fund a two-year job in a federal government agency. I will be at Princeton this fall to complete the first year of the MPA; then I will work for two years, and finally return for the second year of the Master’s degree. My hope is that I can continue working on problems of U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East in the State Department.
Stepping Into the World: Profiles in Excellence from the Class of 2010 As they transfer from MKA to college, meet a few members of the Class of 2010; students who have made the most of their time at MKA and who are representative of the strengths, interests and aspirations of their peers. Rebecca Bauer: Recipient of the MKA Community Service Award in freshman and sophomore year and the Peter R. Greer Character Commencement Award. An MKA “lifer,” a member of the Honor Council and Ethics Committee, a Peer Leader, a Brookside Intern, and a member of Bradley House. Destination: Vassar College. When and why did your interest in ethics and community service begin? At Brookside, before I even knew what community service or ethics were. I always enjoyed helping people and felt very passionate about the difference between right and wrong. Throughout Middle School, I listened to Dr. Greer talk about integrity and doing the right thing even when no one is watching, but it wasn’t until 9th grade that I realized that my involvement in ethics could stretch beyond my own personal moral decisions. Ms. Verrone approached me about joining a student committee that would be rewriting the MKA Character Standards, so that they would be easier for the community to understand. After discussing the meanings of the Character Standards, I was hooked. It wasn’t enough just to write about them; we needed to do something to help get them noticed. That’s when we decided to form the Ethics Committee, a group that strives to keep the Character Standards at the forefront of everyday life. Can you tell us about any experiences in the field that have been particularly exciting?
This year I have been working on an independent research project about Ethics and Character Education in Elementary Schools. I read up on a lot of different teaching strategies and schools that have succeeded in implementing a character education program. Then, I designed my own curriculum, one lesson for each character standard, for Brookside. For my May Term project, I took these plans and made them a reality by teaching the lessons that I designed to classes at Brookside. What are you hoping to major in at college? Education. My biggest priority was finding a school that had a teacher certification program, but I also wanted a smalfliberal arts school. I loved that Vassar not only has a certification program, but also many interesting courses and extracurricular programs that involve teaching. What are your hopes for the future? I would love to be an elementary school teacher and continue doing research about character education. Ultimately, I’d love to be able to help schools incorporate character education into their curriculums and make character education a staple that would be seen most schools.
Jake Perl: Recipient of a Faculty Scholar Award, the John Rabke Memorial Award and a Mary K. Waring Scholar in Junior Year, co-recipient of the Robert Hemmeter Memorial Commencement Award and recipient of the Foreign Language Polygot Award
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(created in his honor.) An MKA “lifer,” a member of the Cum Laude, Society and a Monjo House Captain,i Destination: Cambridge University, England.
hopefully I will be able to communicate a bit more easily. I will read the Modem and Medieval Languages course, with Spanish as my continuing language and Russian as my ab initio.
When did your interest in languages begin? It was probably first sparked by Sesame Street. I remember watching full episodes when I was young just so that I could see the short segment when there would be a song about how to count to ten in Spanish. Even then, I found it fascinating that something as familiar to me as numbers could be represented by words that seemed completely alien. I was determined to be able to communicate with these unknown people, who said “uno dos tres” instead of “one two three.” Quickly I began to realize that there were a multitude of languages other than English floating around, not just in other parts of the world, but in my own neighborhood. Suddenly, conquering every known language seemed rather daunting. Nonetheless, I persevered, step by step, learning new grammars, lexicons, colloquialisms and orthographies.
What are you hopes for the future? After Cambridge, I want to go to post graduate school, and probably take a more political or businessorientated focus, under the umbrella of my linguistic studies. Then, I see myself as an ambassador or working at a consulate somewhere in Europe or Central Asia. But who knows where my future will take me?
How has this interest impacted your experience? My Spanish skills have enriched my travel experiences in countries like Mexico, Spain, Guatemala, and Paraguay, and my other linguistic interests have been stimulated during my further exploration of Asia, Europe, and the Americas. One of my favorite travel memories was when my brother and I were lost in Old Jerusalem and could not find someone with strong enough English to help us find the Jaffa Gate. Unfortunately, I could only read Hebrew and Arabic, not speak them, so it was a miracle when I overheard a man speaking Russian and ran over to him and started throwing out all of the broken Russian I could muster to find the Gate. Somehow, he was able to direct us to where we needed to be. What are you hoping to major in at college? I plan to major in Russian and Spanish, so
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Laura Polding: Recipient of an 11th grade Faculty Scholar Award and an Avery Barras Distinguished Scholar, Co-recipient of the Robert Hemmeter Memorial Commencement Award, recipient of the William Miller Prize in Science and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal, a member of the Cum Laude Society and of Bradley House. Destination: Harvard University. When did your interest in science begin? When I was very young. Growing up, I never stopped looking at my surroundings and intensely observing the connections within them. Science satisfied this curiosity by providing me with objective explanations for why the world worked the way it did. I grew fascinated with the prospect of learning about the world through such a beautiful method. What are some of your most memorable experiences in the field? I spent six weeks combined during two high school summers at the UPenn’s Summer Academy for Applied Sciences
‘My dream career is one in which I can study the intricacies o f the human brain to the greatest depths possible while having as positive an
effect on people as I can. ” and Technology (SAAST) in the Biotechnology and Nanotechnology programs. I found the program to be particularly stimulating because of the rigorous academic coursework, as well as the amazing people I met there. I’ve also been enrolled in the Columbia University Saturday Science Honors Program since sophomore year, which has been phenomenal in introducing me to diverse fields of science, including the one that I am now most passionate about, neurobiology. The 3 weeks I spent at New Jersey’s Governor’s School in the Sciences last summer were the most awe-inspiring and rewarding weeks of my life. Learning science while surrounded by students with such passion for the subject is an experience I will never forget. What are you hoping to major in at college? Neurobiology How did you decide where to apply to college? I applied to institutions that I believed had strong academic curriculums, diverse student bodies and vibrant, positive campus environments, in addition to extensive opportunities for undergraduate science research. I would have been overjoyed to spend four years at any one of them. Ultimately, I decided on Harvard University for the unparalleled neuroscience facilities, both on campus and in the Boston area, and for its stimulating student body and surrounding community. What would be your dream career? My dream career is one in which I can study the intricacies of the human brain to the greatest depths possible while having as positive an effect on people as I can. I am still undecided between pursuing a career as a neurologist and one as a neuroscientist, but who knows - maybe I’ll find a way to do both!
Julie Reiter: Recipient of an 11th grade Community Service Award and the 12th grade Barras Prize in English and the Fine & Performing Arts (Visual) Prize, a member of the Cum Laude Society and of Strong House. Destination: Yale University. When and why did your interest in the humanities begin? As soon as I was able to read. I have always been enthralled by the way in which writers like Ernest Hemingway, Sarah Dunant, Jon Kxakauer and more recently, Stieg Larsson are able to mold words into captivating stories. My interest in art—specifically photography—began at age 12 when I was drawn to Alfred Eisenstaedt’s work, “V-J Day in Times Square” during a visit to a gallery on Martha’s Vineyard. I hope to one day capture in my own work the attention of onlookers in a similar manner to how Eisenstaedt inspired me. Are there any particular accomplishments that you’re proud of? My Junior Thesis “The Establishment Clause: Breaching the Wall of Separation Between Church and State” was selected for publication in the fall issue of The Concord Review, as well as in MKA’s The Primary Source, which I was then chosen to be one of the Editors of. My Poem “Block Age” won first place in the High School Division of Annual Elisa Brickner Memorial Poetry Contest, Chilmark, MA. I’ve taken some amazing Oxford University/ASA Study Abroad Programs in creative writing and photography, as well as a Studio Art course through the Putney Excel program. Some of my most rewarding experiences have been working in galleries: I was an Art Gallery Assistant at BelushiPisano Gallery in Edgartown,
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MA, with sole responsibility for running a multimedia art gallery. I was also the curator of the “Visions of the City” exhibition at Montclair Art Museum. It’s also been great to have some of my own photographs exhibited in Montclair - at Art in the Park and at Gallery 51. What do you hope to major in at college? I hope to double major in English or History and Photography, or create an interdisciplinary major that relates to my interests in English, Fine Art, Art History, and History. I decided to apply to Yale University, in large part, because of its renowned History, English, Art History and Fine Arts departments. What are your hopes for the future? I can imagine myself being satisfied in many different areas. However, my dream careers would either be writing or taking photographs for a major magazine such as The New Yorker, or being the primary curator for a museum like MOMA.
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AnMKA “lifer,“ Student Government Vice President and member of Walden House. Destination: the University of Southern California.
When and why did your interest in film begin? I’m not really sure, but it was definitely at a young age. I actually wrote my film school essay on the many reasons why I love film, and it was almost impossible to condense it into 11,000 words or less! But, I sort of traced it back to my mother who
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loves watching films, and always exposed my sister and me to different genres at a young age. I’m pretty sure I was the only one in the theatre for Titanic at the age of five! Can you tell us about any experiences in the field that have been particularly exciting? Right before my freshman year of high school, I got to close out the student film festival of the New York Film Academy summer high school program in Paris, where I made three short films. I co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed a documentary about the making of the school musical Footloose with my friend Matt Palmisano for my Performance Workshop Honors class junior year, and had the privilege of working on the award-winning Upper School Spring Movie All That We Know two years ago. I also co-chaired a film festival for my Jack and Jill Chapter with my sister Alayjah (MKA Class of ’08, USC Class of 2012), so I’ve been very fortunate in that respect. Last summer, I studies Film Theory and Film Adaptation at Lady Margaret Hall, the University of Oxford, UK. I’ve been one of the Academy News film critics for the past four years and this year I served as Arts Editor. What are you hoping to major in at college? I will be attending the film school at USC, which I am so excited for. I was looking for a university with incredible film programs and USC is the oldest and top-ranked program in the country. What are your hopes for the future? I hope to one day be a screenwriter or a director, but I realize that there are thousands of others just like me. I would love to become a film critic or a film theory professor. Really, anything involved with film is on my list of dream jobs!
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Cougar Pride Day Once again Cougar Pride Day was a resounding success! Thanks to 2010 PAMKA Chairs Jennifer Todd Ladda ’84, MaryJo Eichler and Jackie Loren for organizing a great event with spectacular weather! Close to 600 students and their families “Showed their Spirit” and attended the day, enjoying activities ranging from MKAIdol to tie-dying T-shirts, from Capture the Flag to hat decorating, and from the Climbing Wall to live music from the Middle and Upper School Jazz Bands.
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Meet the New President MKA welcomes new Alumni Council President J. Kent Walker, who kindly agreed to let us get to know him a little better. A member of the MKA Class of 1980, Kent is also a current MKA parent. He and his wife, Kim, (the newly-appointed PAMKA Communications VP) are the parents of Harrison, ’18: Can you tell us when you first became involved with the Alumni Council and why? To be honest, I can’t remember not being involved with the Council in some way or another, especially when you include BANI. I have always viewed the Council’s work as a collaborative effort and have pitched in on various projects and initiatives as needed. My official Alumni Council participation started in 2004, though my term was interrupted with a move to Florida; however, I have always considered myself an ambassador for MKA. In fact, throughout college and my career, I continued to speak highly of the education I received at MKA. And some of my friends and colleagues are now, or have been, MKA parents. When you think back on your education at MKA, what are some o f the things that stand out? Flaving started at Brookside, I have many thoughts to draw from, but what truly stands out is how well prepared I was for college, which I didn’t really know until I got there and saw classmates struggling through things that I was able to take on with relative ease. It was not an ability to memorize and cite facts, but rather the ability to think critically and to analyze information, as well as having a true appreciation for the process of learning. What are your goals as incoming President, and what are your hopes for the future o f the Council? review fall 2010
I hope to continue the great collaborative work of my predecessor, Dan Carson, to connect our alumni with each other and with the school, and to have fun while doing so. I would specifically like to enhance our alumni network, not only for their benefit, but also for that of current students and their families as well. Why do you think it’s important to stay connected to your high school? Legacy, camaraderie and opportunity: Staying connected to the school as an alum allows me to contribute to the fine legacy of MA, TKS and MKA in a much greater way than I could ever have as a student, or parent of a student. It is my way of helping the school continue to evolve and stay relevant in an ever-changing society with the added benefit of maintaining and rekindling the friendships established decades ago (I can’t believe I’m actually saying ’’decades” in relation to my high school days). The alumni of MKA are some of the brightest, funniest, most respected and successful people on this Earth. I am proud to be considered among them. And as stated earlier, I look forward to helping us build a more cohesive community where individuals can gain from its collective wisdom and opportunity, all for our mutual benefit. I guess a more succinct answer to the question is a question: How could I not stay connected to these people and this great institution?
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A New Alumni Award The Honorary Alumni Distinction was created in spring 2010 to address the strong desire of The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Council to honor those members of the MKA family who have made a significant, easily recognizable and direct impact upon MKA students and the MKA community of learners on an annual basis. The recipient of the HAD can be any employee of the school who has served MKA for 10 years, in any capacity. HAD recipients can be teachers, administrators, custodians - anyone who has made the kind of mark on MKA that unquestionably deserves merit and recognition. As an Honorary Alumna/us, HAD recipients are considered graduates of MKA. As such, they will receive all invitations, recognitions and notices of events just like those who’ve received diplomas from the Academy. The charter members of this new Honorary Alumni group are clear and obvious choices for this distinction: Judy Nesbit and Dr. Denise Brown Allen.
Proud recipients of the first Honorary Alumni Distinction Judy Nesbit and Denise Brown- Allen.
the Year Award. She was a member of the Admissions Committee for years, an advisor and mentor to students, and she also advised The Red & Black Society. Judy made invaluable contributions to the drama department as a gifted seamstress and costume designer through the years; her work enriched countless productions.
Denise Brown-Allen spent 15 years at MKA. She served as Head of the Mathematics Department, Dean of Students and Assistant Head of the Upper School. Extending a hand to others in need was always her signature concern, and her tireless efforts in organizing volunteer work for MKA students and the outlying communities, inspired Community Service Award in her name. Dr. Judy Nesbit was a teacher at MKA for 38 years, Brown-Allen co-advised the Peer Leader Program teaching mathematics at many different levels and and the Shades of Color Club. Dr. Brown-Alien earning the 1996 Non-Public School Teacher of played an important role at MKA, and ably fulfilled the H om ecom ing and R eu nion s 2010 responsibilities of all the many titles FASHIONS MAY CHANGE BUT FRIENDSHIPS NEVER DO! she held.
Lunch and Dinner for Classes ending in “5” or “0” Register online at www.mka.org/homecoming
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The 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award In recognition of her extraordinary legacy o f volunteerism, philanthropy and business acumen to benefit the people of the Bahamas, the MKA Alumni Council is proud to present the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award to Nancy Booth Kelly, The Kimberley School Class of 1952.
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Award, and the Kiwanis Club of New Providence presented her with the Lifetime Achievement Award. She remains an active member of the Lyford Cay Foundation, the leading private provider of scholarships in the country, and a member of the Altar Guild Board of Christ Church Cathedral. Nancy’s commitment to volunteerism began at an early age: “My father was a great believer in giving back. He was President of Mountainside Hospital for many years, and from as early as 10 years old, I would volunteer there as a Candy Striper twice a week, so volunteering has been a part of my life since I was very young.” After attending the Kimberley School for three years, Nancy went on to graduate from Smith College (chosen, in part, because Smith offered the experience of a junior year abroad) cum laude with a degree in Economics, and entered the New York workforce; “I grew up at a time when women were supposed to bring up children and be good wives.” Nancy credits Kimberley with laying the foundation for much of her future success. “Kimberley opened my mind to academics and to the importance of education. Education is the key to everything in life - you have to have it in order to feel good about yourself and to have the confidence to persevere to accomplish your goals in life. Kimberley school instilled the importance
of sharing, teamwork and thinking of others. Today, my Kimberley classmates are still my greatest friends.” It was her 1963 marriage to local Bahamian businessman David Kelly that brought Nancy to the Bahamas and began the partnership that was to prove so overwhelmingly beneficial to the people of the island. While raising three young sons, Nancy founded the Princess Margaret Hospital Volunteer Association, and also became increasingly involved in the day-to-day running of the family business, Kelly’s Hardware. Her business acumen was to have transformative results. As she explains, “I wasn’t going to work in a hardware store, so I decided to expand our market and bring in new products for house and home that were missing in the Bahamas. We went on to become the partners and builders of a mall with Kelly’s Home Centre as the anchor store.” The store, a 75,000 square foot emporium with 18 departments, (including a bridal registry that registers 1500 brides a year) employs over 300 people who enjoy benefits such as health insurance, a pension plan and profit sharing. With her sons now involved in the business, Nancy’s entrepreneurial vision remains a force as they prepare to build a huge central warehouse to facilitate the future expansion of Kelly’s. In a testimonial written on the occasion of the Kelly’s 45th wedding anniversary, it was noted that “Hardly a campaign for any worthy cause in the
country has not at one time or another called on the generosity of Kelly’s donation program or the expertise of Nancy Kelly as either guiding light or volunteer.” Nancy has co-chaired the Lyford Cay Foundation’s $5 million drive to establish endowed scholarships for The College of The Bahamas; helped organize a soup kitchen and several toy drives for hurricane victims, was Chairman of Crime Stoppers Bahamas Foundation, served on the Government Board of the Bahamas Financial Services Consultative Forum, is a member of the Bahamas Chapter of the International Women’s Forum, and with her husband, has been a major contributor to both the Cancer Caring Centre, and to the COB Scholarship Endowment Fund. Her particular passion, however, remains education. “I would like to accomplish a better education system for our country. After my husband’s death, I established an endowed scholarship for four students to attend the College of the Bahamas (soon to be an accredited university). I currently serve and am an active member of the Governor General’s Youth Award Board that promotes selfconfidence and life skills among 14-24 year olds that the Government of the Bahamas hopes to use as a model throughout the islands. My life has been very interesting, very full and very different from what I expected,” concludes Nancy, “the journey’s been fun and I look forward to it continuing for a long time to come!”
Distinguished Alumni Award We n eed y o u r nom inations f o r this p re stig io u s aw ard! Full details can be found on the MKA website under Alumni Awards - submit nominations online or via mail or email to Alumni Director Laurie McFeeley c/o External Affairs Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07024 or lmcfeeley@mka.org
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MKA On the Road Spring saw MKA “On the Road“ again. The Alumni Council hosted its popular Night at the Museum event, held at the Montclair Art Museum on April 14th, and in May, MKA returned to Boston for an extremely well-attended evening for local alumni held at the Charles Hotel.
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5th Annual Klank Klassic The 5th Annual “Klank Klassic” Alumni Lacrosse Game, held on June 12th, saw alums from “Even” graduation years take on “Oddyear” comrades with the help of some 2010 varsity players. The “Evens” bolted to a commanding lead before the “Odd-Squad” got their act together, chipping away at the deficit, to take a 7-6 lead with only a few minutes remaining in the final quarter. Alex Gephart ’06 scored unassisted to tie the game at 7, and brother Charlie ’08 put the game-winner away as time wound down. Key Players for the “Evens, included: Rob Iverson ’84, Tom Beach ’04, Alex Gephart ’06, Sean Gaffney ’06, Mike Strader ’06, Brian McFeeley ’08, Matt Metzger ’08, Charlie Gephart ’08 and Pat Karole ’12. Key Players for the “Odd Squad” included former coach Rick Kitts, Dennis Rodano ’87, Sean Fitzgibbon ’89, Evan Kitts ’03, Justin Ashenfelter ’03, Tom Alati ’07, Kyle Duca ’ll, Jack Strain ’l l and Mark Phillips ’13.
The Annual Alumni Baseball Game MKA’s 4th Annual Alumni Baseball Game was held on Saturday, June 19th at the Middle School baseball diamond. Rob Hubsmith ’77 was the “most seasoned” alumni player on the field, but he could still crush the ball with the best of them. The nineties were well represented by veterans Justin Blanes ’95, Matthew Waldman ’98 and Alex Hplz ’99. Greg Harbeck ’06, a Johns Hopkins stellar pitcher, looked sharp on the mound; also throwing bullets were Larry Canales ’03, Andrew Powers ’04 and Matt Waldman ’98. Anthony Gray ’02, a Wesleyan record holder, hadn’t lost his “stuff.” Alumni from 2001, ’02, ’03, ’04 ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08 and ’09 rounded out the field.
1: (1-r) Kyle Duca ’ll, Alex Gephart ’06, Stu Harwood ’07, Mark Phillips ’13, Brian McFeeley ’08 and Charlie Gephart ’08.
2: On hand to celebrate the legacy of husband Coach Noll Klank were Sandra Klank (r), her daughter Kristen ’95, son-inlaw Kai, and baby grandson Brandon. 3. 1-r: Matthew Waldman ’98, Justin Blanes ’95, Michael Jones ’04, Greg Harbeck ’06, Mike Ruzich ’09, Pete Benigno ’01, Chris Jackson ’02, Taylor Sutton ’09, Rob Hubsmith ’77. Front 1-r: Andrew Powers ’04, Anthony Gray ’02.
4. 1-r: Frankie Mayer ’09, Richard Zymroz ’05, Larry Canales ’03, Alex DeOteris ’03, Frank Araneo ’03, Joe Correia ’08, Jimmy Ruzich ’07, Alex Holz ’99. Front 1-r: Bora Goekbora ’08, Craig Archibald ’07, Tom Picillo ’09.
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Class Notes Editor’s Note
May 15, 2010. Peggy was a loyaPclass secretary for many, many years.
The deadline fo r news fo r the FALL Review is the SPRING issue
May 1 and the deadline fo r is January 1.
N ews and photos can be subm itted at any time via the Alum ni P ortal a t www.mka.org, in response to the A lum ni Office mailings, on A nnual F und remittance envelopes or via email or m ail to the Alum ni D irector (lmcfeeley@mka.org), the Editor (dkozak@mka.org) or Class Secretaries. I f yo u r class does not have a class secretary listed, please consider volunteering fo r the position! It is a great way to re-establish contacts with old friends, does not require a great deal o f time and is essential to the ongoing vitality o f the school. Thank you. M A ^ M ontclair Academ y TKS — The Kimberley School M KA 9 The M ontclair Kimberley Academ y
Sam Hall, Dan Emerson and their spouses
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Mrs. Stewart Carpenter (Josephine Fobes) C rane’s Mill, 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
Our condolences go to the family o f Eddy D. Palmer who passed away on February 21,
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With great sadness, we report that George Bierman passed away in June of 2009.
Class agent: Mr. Lew is Townsend 2801 N ew M exico Avenue, Apt. 303 Washington, D C 20007-3913 LTownsned23@ yahoo.com
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TKS M iss Lucile G. Mason 142 North M ountain Avenue M ontclair, N J 07042-2350
MA Mr. Edward S. “T ed ” Olcott 23 Argyle Court Summit, N J 07901
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MA Mr. W interford J. Ohland 39A Cambridge Court Lakewood, N J 08701-6225
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MA Mr. Richard L. Charlesworth 2 7 Whipple Farm Lane Falmouth, M E 04105 diknan@maine. rr. com
Chuck Charlesworth sent the following news:
Bill Walker and his wife will c||ebrate their 68th anniversary this fall, and can boast of seven great-grands! From Santa Fe, Jim Ritchie reports that he and Ruth are doing well, and enjoy annual summer visits back east. Fie is still lightly involved in his Texas oil business.
Art Totten and his wife are also celebrating a major anniversary of 63 years. Retired after 35 years o f teaching science with advanced degrees, Art enjoys his extended family and summers on Lake Placid.
Howard Kimm’s second marriage has been a blessing for him and his Mildred, and they,
TKS Anne Feagley Wittels (Mrs. Jerom e L.) 3970 Sepulveda Blvd., #403 Torrance, CA 90505 wittels@socal. rr. com Reunion chair: Robert Nebergall nrabigbob@ netzero. com
Anne Feagley Wittels writes: My health is better, 3 1/2 years out from my cancer surgery and so far, so good. We love being in our condo. It’s not a “senior” place, but it is only for those 55 and older. Just think abcgjL it - we could be the mothers of all the 55’s! We have a weekly crofters group, of which I am a loyal member, where I knit, crochet and fold origami. I have joined a new Mah Jongg group. I’d never played it before. I love it and recommend it highly. I have also gotten back to making some art pieces again. Jerry continues playing clarinet and tennis.
Leigh Berrien Smith writes: Wow - 65 years out! So glad to be in touch at least once a year with several great classmates. Some of us the luckiest so far, health- wise. Life has been family-centered in recent years,
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the younger generation coming to the Vineyard or Boston area where my daughter Pam ’72x resides. No classmates remain in Montclair or the vicinity, as it happens. I’m always glad when Florence Lamborn Peters ’45x from Princeton comes here with news of NJ. We all share warm memories of Kimberley days through WWII years. An email from Peg Odell Overholser: “Ed and I are well and healthy. I stay pretty involved with church activities and bridge, and I did have a knee replacement. . .because the last time I was in California, our son Matt and his girls took us to Church Camp, and with all the hiking we did, the knee needed attention when I got hom e...next time I’ll be able to hike with the best of them.” Peg visits her son every spring, and since Matt lives conveniently close, mileage and timewise from me, we hope to get together during her next visit. A note from Anne Reighley Ferguson arrived with photographs of Eric and her with children and grands. They have been married 59 years; have lived in Darien for 51 years “and still love it. Eric is long retired but stays very (too) active with many charities and foundations. We still go to Nantucket in the summer. Never see any o f our classmates, but think of them often.” . Two phone calls from Rudd Trimble Kenvin. First: although she and Roger are both “rickety,” and she has had some balance and knee problems, “we will visit one of our daughters in Boston in July and then will leave on a Holland America trip around northern Europe.” The second call: “We cancelled because of the uncertainties due to Iceland’s volcanic activity. Will schedule something else soon.” On a sad note: Leigh was off-island in March and by a total coincidence, saw an obituary in the Boston Globe on Patricia Travers ’45x, a violin prodigy who was our classmate from grades 1 through a® ut grade 6 or 7|§She was single and an only child. Those of us fortunate to have known her will remember her with affection. Side-note: She and I shared the same birthdayg- month, day and year. Nancy Nevins D’Anjou: same day and month, but one yeMyounger. Another sad note from Leigh included an obituary spotted by her daughter Pam, on Francis (Frank) W. Hatch, Jr., the husband of Serena “Bambi” Merck Hatch. As we have no current address for Bambi, it’s not possible to send her our condolences. We hope that someone reading this knows it, and will let her know that we are thinking of her. (MKA also sends their condolences to Serena on the death of her husband, who passed away in April 2010.) Recently,' a letter came from Pat Driver
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Shuttleworth. Pat is not as strong now as she was, but is still painting and “plays her upright piano daily.” MA Mr. William B. Grant, 7330 Westmoreland D rive Sarasota, FL 34243 grantwb@ tampabay. rr. com
Bill Grant writes: Since becoming a widower in 2008, after a 43-year fabulous marriage, I have been doing a lot of traveling, Sweden, Spain and visiting our 6 kids and 14 grandchildren scattered all over the country. Still active with the Republican party locally and the Ivy League Economics Club here in Sarasota, which I founded some 8 years ago. See www.commonsenseupdated.com to get my take on what we are in for in the coming years. Our condolences go out to Joan Denney Carlisle on the death of her husband Robert Carlisle, who passed away November 19, 2009.
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Our sincere condolences go to the family of
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This is a love letter to all of you in the class
of ’47. You make it a pleasure for me to be secretary. I love hearing news - it makes me feel close to you. We were/are a special class, and I think of you with mucho affection. So many wonderful memories of our Kimberley days! To combat disorganization, here’s the alphabetical scoop (hmmm):
Katy Watt Cangelosi put her house on the market in the spring and hopes to move to a local retirement home - with mixed feelings. Daughter Leslie teaches law in Sacramento and has four kids, with the oldest at UCLA. Cyni lives outside Eugene on 15 acres, complete with goats, ewes and a vegetable garden. She has two girls and teaches Special Ed kids. When Katy started Kimberley, she was supposed to be in Kindergarten, but sneaked into the 1st grade room. The teacher let her stay. That’s why she’s our youngest member, not 80 ‘til July, but she says she’s “thankful my self promotion worked, otherwise I wouldn’t have had all of you good friends!” I talk to Joan Cook frequently. She has plans to move in the works. She’ll stay in the Ipswich area to be near family and friends. Midge Bethel Cross echoed my sentiments in her disbelief at being 80! She and Court are in good health, play tennis, travel,,, , entertain and join family members for fun outings. Their kids even had them ziplining at Bretton Woods last winter (wow!). One grandchild (they have 8) is married, and gave them their first great-grand!
Kathy Crowell did two Elderhostal programs, one a year ago at Glacier National Park and one last winter in St. Augustine. She keeps busy with her church choir and also belongs to an organization (P.E.O.) helping women with their education. Bar Nash Hanson’s husband of 39 years,
Fond Farewell to Within These H a lls Author Robert D.B. Carlisle, author of Within These Halls (a history of The Montclair Kimberley Academy from 1887-1987) passed away on November 19, 2009. Mr. Carlisle was the beloved husband of Joan Denny Carlisle (Kimberley Class of 1946), and his four sons attended either Montclair Academy or MKA for a total of 25 years. Gordon was MA ’69; Stuart graduated from MKA ’82; and Scott and Malcolm attended the Academy but went on to graduate from other schools. Mr. Carlisle was a Trustee of MA and MKA for over 15 years, with one year’s interruption. He was a Princeton alumnus and an officer in both World
War II and the Korean War. Mr. Carlisle’s writing career began as a newspaperman in New Jersey, and continued on to his post of Detroit Bureau Chief at Newsweek. He then wrote for the three major television networks and became one of the first producers at Channel 13, before becoming among the first managers hired by the new Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1968. Mr. Carlisle’s work on Within These Halls will live on for posterity, and the school is thankful to have been memorialized by a kind, gifted gentleman and scholar.
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Herb, passed away in February, having been plagued by shingles for months. In May, Bar was heading back to Morin County where she and Herb lived for almost forty years and have many friends, and daughter Lyn is only Vi hour away. The class sends condolences to Bar.
Lila Rappaport Landau reports the outstanding event of her life was a “marvelous 8 0 ^ birthday party” her 3 sons gave her last fall .55 friends, a piano player, etc. She and Walter went to the Caribbean for a great week. Lila still takes jazz piano lessons; Walt works on his sailboat constantly and “all is well with the Landaus.” It was a wonderful surprise to hear from Dorothy Lawrence! She was lost, and now she’s found! She has two daughters - Susan is an attorney in Coronado, CA and has three children. Alice lives in NJ, teaches Bikram yoga and works at a local theater company. She has one daughter. Dorothy’s children were brought up in Fair Haven, where she was a photographer. Now she spends time Sarasota, Red Bank and Melbourne. A us.. .welcome back!
Patty Cox Mansfield’s news was bittersweet. Her husband, Peter, with Alzheimer’s for 6 years, has become a resident of The Crossings, 15 minutes away from their home. Prior to moving, he had a caregiver so that Patty could go on vacations. In the winter of ’09, she and Peter spent 6 weeks visiting friends (4,000 miles worth!), seeing Barbie in Palm Desert and Sue Harrison Schumann in Scottsdale. Teeny Redfield Sander is still loving Galloway Ridge in NC, her apartment, an increasing number o f good friends and more activities than she can manage. Her 8 0 ^ last year turned into a Redfield family reunion, with sister Jane and brother Bill and families joining Teeny, making 45 in all! It’s always great to get to Florida so we can see Tom and Peggy Soucek Weissenborn. We had a delightful Christmas dinner with them and they helped me celebrate my 80^The next day, our two sons surprised me by arriving on our doorstep on THE day. We came back to Lakeville in May, Dave sporting a pacemaker and me dealing with Lyme disease! We are looking forward to a Hannegan family reunion in July, wishing only for good weather. Two o f my news requests were returned - to Comer Fisk Polak and Sally Funk Ellinger. Anyone have any clues? So that’s it for now, dear ones. Stay well. Take good care. Je vous aime!
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MA Andy Davlin checked in with the Alumni Office after receiving the February edition of The Cougar Chronicles email blast: Sorry I cannot join you all, I’m too busy managing portfolios and putting together a “Gold Mining Partnership.” Researching old mines in Big Smoky Valley (Nevada) - the valley is 90 miles long - takes time, and I’m not as fast as I used to be as I approach 81 years of age. My old invitation to my ’47 classmates still stands: Come to Boulder City, Nevada (between Las Vegas and Hoover Dam) and be my guest for lunch or dinner (702-293-6400)!
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MA Class secretary and reunion chair: Mr. Rudolph D eetjen Jr. 12 Ledge Road, Cottage 74 Blue Hill, M E 04614 rudyandpatti@ gwi. net Reunion agent: George H allock dopapa224@ verizon. net
Dr. William “Doc” Warren writes: While I’m still vertical, I thought it time to send you a note. I retired as Department Chair of Pathology at a Philadelphia Hospital in 1997. There must have been a strange translocation of my DNA, because I am the rare doctor who did not belong to a country club or play golf or tennis. For 34 years, I raised registered Black Angus cattle on my Bucks County farm where I have lived since 1969. The stone house is around 300 years old. I was a hands-on cattle guy, and did not run the operation from the patio. I concentrated on the cow/calf side of the business. It was a welcome change from my professional work, and I enjoyed contact with cattle people and farmers.
Several years ago, we placed the farm in Ag preservation, which means that it must remain a farm forever. Seeing how this beautifu||historic county has changed since I moved here in the late 1950’s made it an easy decision for me. All good things must end, and for me, it was worsening o f lumbar spinal stenosis and a bad hip forcing me to give up doing the chores required to run the farm. Donna and I will soon move permanently to our condo on the west coast o f Florida. We are on the Intracoastal Waterway and within % mile o f the gulf. To remain consistently an “outlier,” I don’t own a boat or deep-sea fish. I should have paid more attention to William Avery Barras, and learned to say things in a more concise manner. Looking back though, I think most of the teachers at MA were better than those I had in college, and certainly better than those I encountered in medical school.
Alan Werksman writes: Arlene and I live in Boca Raton, but spend our summers traveling in our RV to places like Alaska, The Canadian Rockies or the Martime Province and are enjoying our lives together. Our sincere condolences go to the family of
Jay Bitting, who passed away May 12, 2010. Jay was a tremendous class agent for many years.
Rudy Deetjen is hoping on hope that every surviving good-guy from ’50 will save 10/16/10 for a joyous return to our remarkable alma mater. We’ll save time for individual stories and/or memories worth of smiles, tears and laughter. See you there!
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MA Mr. E rnest F. K eer III 459 Club Drive, P.O. Box 1030 B ay Head, N J 08742-1030
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TKS Mrs. Clark M oran (Martha Gilbert) 8011 S tra u ffR o a d Baltimore, M D 21204-1834 m artha.m oranl@ verizon.net
MA Class agent: Mr. Charles Sage 435 Welch Avenue Ames, IA 50014-7302 csage@iastate. edu
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volcano.” Tilly-Jo sent a photo to prove this!
Jean Olmstead Witherington wrote of a nightmare trip when trying to fly from Orlando to JFK, to get a flight to Morocco. “I landed at JFK after 10 o’clock, and all of the hotels were booked. Thus, I spent a very restless night in the main terminal trying to sleep curled up on a bench. I do not have fond memories of JFK. While missing my luggage for a day, things had to improve, which they did. I met up with my travel group in Marrakech for a few days, and then it was on to Tunisia where we traveled from the green northern parts to the southern Sahara Desert. We spent a night in the desert, experienced a sahd storm and even rode a camel.” Gail K err ’52 and husband D avid (MA ’52x)
TKS Gail Kerr and husband David (MA ’52x) attended the end of year MKA Board of Trustees party in May. Gail served on MKA’s Board from 1980-86, remaining involved with the school following theJC graduation of sons David (MKA ’77) and Robert (MKA ’83).
Sylvia Middleton Seymour writes that she and Dave are working with a number of volunteer groups, but manage to attend some sports events: the Lancaster Symphony, the Presbyterian Church and Longwood Gardens. They have just received very good news about their grandson, whom the family feared might be autistic, B t he is NOT! Vicki Wendt West-Peek sent some news
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TKS Ms. Georgia Carrington 38 Silver Spring Lane Ridgefield, C T 06877-5604 carrgeo@aol. com
Georgia Carrington had a wonderfu^B conversation with Patty Dennison Moser while she was in Florida for a couple of months. PattyBid Paul still spend most of their time in Oklahoma, but they have a grandson at West Point and the Army baseball team was in Tampa, so they went to some events. Their daughter and her husband are in Austria, and Patty will be returning there for a visit soon. Patty’s daughter is a nurse and is currently working on her doctorate on the Internet!
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about her trips. She and her son, Christian, went on a British Isles cruise, which didn’t end in Paris as planned due to a hurricane. When we saw Vicki, she was recovering from a nasty fall, but her son, John Paul, kindly drove her down to NJ for Homecoming. She also traveled on another cruise that began in Bangkok and went on to Singapore, Hong Kong, Okinawa and Shanghai. Her youngest son was able to join the family at Christmas, so they had a full house!
Gael Seton Habernickel checked in from Florida to say that she had a knee replaced in NYC: Came home from 4 days in rehab to our new apartment in the city, on the 38th floor, when fire broke out on the ground floor. All kinds o f acrid smoke, etc., but we were instructed to stay where we were (like Duke could carry me down 38 floors anyway!). Two and one-half hours later, we got the all-clear ... but by then, I was totally traumatized. Traveled to Russia, Seattle, Victoria and Oregon this fall. Retirement in Vero Beach is like camp; we love it! Grandchildren in grad school, college and younger- the youngest is 3. Tillie-Jo Beatty Emerson wrote of her trip to Costa Rica. (In between trips, she still works in conflicted systems). “My 13 year old granddaughter and I went to Costa Rica for her winter break. We saw it all, from Pacific to Caribbean, dry to wet, beautiful rain and cloud forests, monkeys, toucans, snakes, crocodiles, even went white water tubing and on the zipline opposite a live
Our sincere condolences go out to the family of Janet Cook Phillips ’54, who passed away on May 22, 2010.
MA Class agent: Mr. Sheldon Buck 51 Cornell Road Wellesley, M A 02181-7408 sheldon.buck@ comcast.net
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55th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2010 TKS Mrs. Cecily Wilson Lyle 432 Wrights N eck R oad Centerville, M D 21617 ceci@ dvm.com
Margaret Jones Steuart wrote: Guy and I celebrated our 55™ anniversary this past June. We have 13 grandchildren, ages 10 months to 24! We have a place for them all to enjoy on the Eastern Shore o f MD, in Clearwater on the Wye River. We try to be there every weekend, year round. We also spend time at our home in Jamaica at the Half-Moon Resort in Montego Bay. Guy is chairman of this family-owned resort. I enjoy playing the piano and spend a lot of volunteer time at Washington National Cathedral, serving on several committees, concerned with its grounds and fine arts. I am chairman of the All Hallows Guild Garden Committee, which works with the horticulture staff on the 59 acres of the Cathedral Close. I am a trustee of Tudor Place Foundation’s 1 8 ^ Century Historic Building and Gardens. Also a Trustee Emeritus o f Washington and Lee University. My sister Elizabeth Jones Glaeser ’53 just completed two bronze busts. One of UN Secretary General Kofi Anan and one of conductor Lorin Maazel, NY Philharmonic.
Mary “Gail” Smith Buermann writes: In
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August, we moved from Longboat Key, a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, 15 miles inland east, to Lakewood Ranch, FL, thereby eliminating the fear of tidal waves and storm surges. The only fear here at Lakewood Ranch is of the alligators in the ponds slithering through the yard looking for tasty morsels!
MA Mr. Lawrence Martin P.O. Box 1058 Lexington, VA 24450-1058 martin@ intelos. net Class agent: Mr. Robert B rawer 131 E ast 6 6 ^ Street, Apt. IOC N ew York, N Y 10065-6129 rereadclassics@aol. com
Mike Ludlum writes that he really enjoyed Montclair Academy, starting in 6™ grade through 8™. He remembers Miss Wheeler, Mrs. Nejelski, H. Craig Morse, Mr. Monson, Larry Shores, Mr. Collins, Mr. Van Brunt, Mr. Coursen, and more. He still lives in Montclair—in the same house since 1978. After working 25 years at CBS and ABC, he has been a professor at NYU for 20 years teaching broadcast journalism. He sees Dave Atherton and Oscar Mockridge often and has had good times with Dave and Laura Driver in Vermont and in Montclair. Mike’s wife Melissa has retired after working with Brian Williams at NBC News. Their daughter, Cathy, is a philosophy professor at Indiana University, where her husband Mike also is a professor. Their son, Greg, is a great chef in Acton, Massachusetts. Mike hopes to see classmates at the reunion in October. . Paul and Marilyn Nejelski, who will celebrate their 45™ anniversary this year, survived last winter’s Great Blizzard in the Washington, D.C. area thanks to no loss of electricity and the convenience of their computers, books, and lots of red wine. Their daughter Nicole and family live in Chatham, N.J. Son Stephen is having a grand time as a self-employed locksmith and safecracker and lives in D.C. Robert “Chip” Dallery emails: I am retired from teaching (most recently from a graduate institute with a central focus on Buddhist meditation), living happily in Narberth PA, enjoying visits to son Jesse (Professor at U. of Florida), and daughter Jennie in France. 51 years o f Type 1 diabetes and my health is excellent, a happy rarity. Mother Betty is now 103 years (drama director for MKA in days of yore).
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TKS Mrs. Carol Ottenberg 1420 41st A venue, E Seattle, WA 98112-3804 ottenbergc@aol. com
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Jane Crawford Lyons (Sarasota, FL) writes: John and I have 21 grandkids. We did finally give up skiing, which we miss, but it seemed the sensible, thing to do. I’m enjoying tennis about three times a week. We spend time at Lake George in the Adirondacks during the month of August. Does anyone spend time on the SW coast of Florida in the winter? If so, it wojjld be fun to get together; my cell is (941) 302-2435. From Meredyth Clark Graham (Media, PA): I am still teaching ESL students parttime at the Academy o f Learning at Delaware County Community College. It is such a fantastic job and doesn’t really seem like work. Tom and I also take classes at the Academy of Learning in Wilmington. My latest class is German - ever so much more fun than French at Kimberley. Word from Carol Van Brunt Rasic (New York, NY): The highlight of my 5 0 ^ reunion at Smith was the pte.-reunion get-together with 15 former housemates, continuing a 25year tradition. Our daughter, Lynn, is now Senior VP at the September 11 ™ Memorial. In March, I traveled to Berlin to visit my “third child” and “mentee” David Lopez, who is spending a semester there; he is a junior at Haverford. News from Sally Bever Zwiebach (NYC and Glen Cove NY): Husband Burt and I are now both retired and living part-time in NYC and part-time in our family home on Long Island. I take classes at Fordham, volunteer at the Performing Arts Library of Lincoln Center, and hike and bird watch in Central Park. One son lives in CA, making for lots of cross country travel, but the other is in NYC, so we are blessed with regular babysitting. Last summer, I was lucky enough to successfully donate a kidney to my husband. So, our health is good, at least for now, and I swim regularly and practice yoga.
Ann de Vausney Hallowell (Burlington, VT) writes: I try to get out every day for a fourmile run - I’m not much on speed but I don’t let walkers pass me! I am still somewhat involved in politics and local issues, but Bob and I are doing as much travel as we can. This year we are off to Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Turkey. We try to get to Anguilla twice a year. I’ve waited a long time to see the world, and we both love learning about and exploring other cultures and environments. From Lilia Emetaz McDonald (Eugene, OR): For my 50™ college reunion (Stephens College in Columbia MO), three of us who were roommates, and husbands, met for five days in Seattle last August because we couldn’t make it to Michigan at the time of reunion. For our 40™ wedding anniversary, John and I took a bus tour of the southwest. I still keep up with my swimming and walking in Eugene, and hike and fish near our cabin
in Central Oregon. Our two grandchildren join us at the cabin every summer for a week - 9 year old Kaitlyn is becoming ^g o o d sw im m e^ l
Nicole de Jurenev (Santa Fe, NM) reports: I’m really looking forward to gardening this year as we are starting a com m Bity garden in my neighborhood. Other than that, I will probably never Ijave the house as I have a new MacBook and a®6” flat screen TV.
Nancy Prescott Ward (Kinnelon, NJ) writes: Our biggest news is the birth of our granddaughter Morgan Michelle. We are enjoying her a lot with fairly frequent visits as she lives in Asbury Park - not down the street, but a reasonable distance. Our deepest sympathy goes to Linda Cole LeStage (Attleboro, MA) whose husband, Don, died suddenly o f heart failure on February 14. Don was still active in business, managing the family jewelry manufacturing business, and had served on numerous boards in Attleboro where he lived hS en tire life.
Gail Zabriskie Wilson (Greenwich, CT) writes: We and oldest daughter Aubin celebrated Christmas in Rome. The trip was wonderful in every way - mild weather, festive decorations and, of course, great meals. We felt very much at Lome, even though it’s been 17 years since we lived there. We’re still active in our church and other volunteer activities here in Greenwich and in Maine. Still playing tennis several times a week during the winter and golfing in the summer. Grandkids | f | | l 7, two kids in CT, one in AZ and one in CA. I can’t believe Peter and I will be celebrating otSeO^1 anniversary in August. A phone chat with Anne King Franges (Livingston, NJ): “I’m about to retire after 33 years as an attorney in family law. After some travel, I may look for something parttime. I’ve never worked for a paycheck'Since high school Halways in business for myselfSI and I fantasize about going home with one.” Anne attended her 509lf;ollege reunion at Radcliffe. She and her son are active in the Slow Food movement. Simon and I enjoyed ten days in Mexico last January, cruising the Sea of Cortez, then riding the Copper Canyon Railroad from sea level to almost 8,000 feet. We continue to spend August and September in the Adirondacks (Blue Mountain Lake) and Maine (Lake Sebago). I attended my 50*^ college reunion at Sweet Briar in May, taking time to visit Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello for the umpteenth time, and catching a baseball game at Camden Yards in Baltimore before flying to Maine for Memorial Day weekend.
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Mr. E ric Jaeckel P.O. Box 20153 Boulder, CO 80308-3153 eJjaeckel@hotmail. com
Mr. H enry Agens 86 Eagle R ock Way M ontclair, N J 07042-1629 hymelee@earthlink. net
Reunion chairs: George Bleyle 777bleyle@gmail. com P eter Lim a bikelima@ comporium. net
Class agent: Dr. Lawrence Nazarian 29 Surrey Place Penfield, N Y 14526-1221 LFredN@ aol. com
Mr. D avid Strom ing 82 H alsted D rive Manchester, N J 08759 KStroming@ aol.com
Eric Jaeckel received some nice responses to his plea for news.
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George Bleyle emailed: I have a 34-foot trawler on Lake Erie upon which I spend a good part o f the summer; I’m a Mate on an 87 ft. long Lake Erie cruise/tourist vessel. I’m also a diesel engine locomotive engineer on a local tourist/scenic railroad that runs 50 miles in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. George is planning to be back in Montclair for Homecoming and his Academy 50™ reunion.
From Larry Nazarian: Sharon and I just got back from a trip to Egypt, where I gave two talks to the Egyptian Pediatric Association. I am the Editor-in-Chief of Pediatrics in Review, which keeps general pediatricians up to date. In addition to making friends with a number of colleagues in the Middle East, we saw the Nile, pyramids, Sphinx, temples and tombs, and got a good taste o f modem Egyptian culture. Hope all is well with you. Sharon sends greetings, and w e’re not ready to start using our long-term insurance yet!
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TKS Class secretary Ms. Jarvis R eilly Nolan 15612 Via M archena San Diego, CA 92128-4420 jarvisno@ aol.com
Eric also heard from Scott Hardin: I’ve been divorced for about 11 years and live in a terribly dull and back-of-beyond place in southwest NH. My house is for sale, as I want to finally move to Maine so I can do some sailing before it’s too late. My son and daughter are both married and I have two wonderful grandsons.
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TKS Our sincere condolences go out to the family of Judith McConnell, who passed away January 23, 2010.
Mrs. W inifred Sage Wilson 13819 Vidal Plac, N E Albuquerque, N M 87123-4729 wmsw98@msn. com
MA Nice 50th reunion reflections from Jim Courier, after attending Homecoming 2009:
Mike Sucoff wrote, Roberta and I have just celebrated our 50™ anniversary. We remember dating and dances in the old gym. We have also just moved and now reside in Lee, MA.
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“My wife Carmen and I had a wonderful day. The conversations I had at lunch and dinner were memorable. The day not only reminded me of the obvious, the quick passage of time, but more importantly of the outstanding educational foundation my four years at Montclair Academy brought me. We told stories about our recollection of professors who consistently demonstrated intellectual distinction and teaching excellence.
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Class agent: Mrs. Suzanne Scannell H ardy 4 7 Bartlett Parkway Winthrop, M A 02152
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TKS Mrs. C. D. Creed (Barbara Bywater) 1769 F orest View Avenue Hillsborough, CA 94010 bcreed@truckerhuss. com
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TKS Mrs. Thelma “T a m ” M iller Knight 3001 Linton Boulevard, No. 201C D elray Beach, FL 518 tknightl 15@aol. com
MA Class secretary and agent: Dr. E dw ard T. O ’Brien Jr. 3376 F e m c liff Lane Clearwater, FL 33761-1411 e o b l0 726@msn. com
Harold Cohen emailed Ted O’Brien via email to say he is having a grand time living in beautiful Naples Florida. Ted lives in Clearwater where he continues to teach psychology at St. Petersburg College.
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TKS Mrs. D iana Bethell Little 1-K Buckingham Rd. West Orange, N J 07052-2703 littlecorp@ verizon.net
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MA TKS Class agent: Mrs. M ary A nne Coursen D oty 21 Juniper D rive Queensbury, N Y 12804
Sally Alice Unkles sent in news from her marvelous trip to Tunisa: We have visited many UNESCO sites and Roman mins. Adventures in the Sahara have included having dinner under a tent in an oasis with music and a belly dancer, riding over the dunes to Star Wars sites, climbing in the Atlas Mountains, seeing a caravan, riding a camel for a mile (I remember those smoke rings in Times Square), meeting Nomads and Berber cave dwellers, taking horses into an oasis date grove, walking on the salt lake, dancing in the full moonlight around a camp fire with Beduins, the spice markets, etc., etc. I had my hand painted by an old lady on the very first day. Nine of us are now. in Malta where our welcome dinner was six courses and three hours long.
Dr. John J. Farrar P.O. 114 2069 Warren Creek R oad Ovando, M T 59854 sharknose@ starband. net
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MA Mr. Bronson Van Wyck Arrow head Farm s 2141 H ighway 224 E ast Tuckerman, A R 72473 FB Van Wyck@hotmail. com
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Winnie Brehm Jauch, who passed away on June 9, 2010.
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Ann Carrad Schaffner: I’m still enjoying my part-time work in Boston at Olin College, a new and innovative engineering school, bt*% looking forward to being a full-time Vermonter in one or two years. My husband had both hips replaced this fall, so I got to experience care-taking for a few months, and we both survived the experience pretty well! Son David worries about his parents in his role as an army civil affairs medic, but we are learning to manage and admire his good intentions and sk ill... hopefully finishing college will be next on his agenda.
Sally Poor Owen writes: At the moment I’m typing left handed due to surgery I had on a finger on my right hand. Just before the surgery, my husband and I returned from a two-week trip to Central America on the Route of the Maya. We had originally planned to go to Peru, but due to mudslides and flooding, we had to cancel. The CA trip was very educational, and we were fully immersed in the culture and people. Our big news is that w e’ll be in New Zealand in July for three weeks to see our first grandchild, a girl. Last April, our son, Scott, married a Kiwi he met here in Breckenridge ten years ago and reconnected with eight years later. They now live in Auckland, NZ, but hope to eventually move to the States. Our daughter, Heather, was also married last July and lives in Denver. She and her husband just completed two Master degrees, an MBA and a Master of Science in International Studies, while working full time. We have one more trip planned at the end of April to visit my mom and stepdad in NH. She is 93 and still going strong. Last September, we lost my dad to multiple myeloma He was 91, and had accomplished all he set out to do. He had a full life for which we were blessed. My stepmother had died two years earlier, making it very lonely for my dad. I know his name and work will live on at the Academy for all that he put into the school.
Kitty Haines reports: I moved to Bermuda full-time last summer, and now only visit NYC. I traded high heeled fashion for flip flops and shorts. My work here is golf, tennis and entertaining visiting relatives and friends. And yes, it is paradise.
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MA Mr. D. Carter Fitzpatrick 70 Eastern Vista Sedona, A Z 86351-9085 fitzlaw@ sedona. net Class agent: Mr. A. Craig Cameron 11 B ay P oint Drive Ormond Beach, FL 32174-2203 ccameron@ cameronhodges.com
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MA Class agent: Mr. Craig Perry 3467 Pinestream R oad Atlanta, GA 30327 Craig.perry@ rutherfoord. com
Our sincere condolences go to Thomas Palmer on the death of his father, Eddy D. Palmer, who passed away on February 21, 2010.
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TKS Ms. A vie Claire Kalker 10 Knolls R oad Williamstown, M A 01267 akalker@aol. com
MA Mr. Burton M. Webb B ox 29 F ree Union, VA 22940 bmw@ freeunities. com
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Lots o f “Thank Yous” came in for Lisa Schultz for the wonderful job she did organizing the class gathering on Kiawah Island last fall. From Lynn Gildea; A BIG ‘thank you’ to Lisa for arranging our 40 - reunion. For those o f us who were able to get away ... it was a weekend we w on’t forget. Not only were the accommodations and meals fantastic, but being able to get together again after 40 years and renew old friendships made the journey very special! It is hard to believe that we are all pushing 60! We felt
and acted as if we were still 17! Chip and I are enjoying our grandchildren who are now 4-years-old, and we are looking forward to our daughter Kristin’s wedding in Jupiter, Florida in April 2010.
Ellen Hare: It was a blast of a weekend! My son Liam graduates from high school in June. He will spend his first two years 'tm m County College of Morris and then transfer to a TBD university.:; In theBea.wtime|)fte continues to be a very community-minded fellow who enjoys playing the guitar, writing comedy scripts with his friends, and enjoying the last leg of high school. I have recently started to present teacher workshops focused on theater games/improvisation to help build kids’ self-esteem and creative thinking.
Shelley Brightman Walchak was sorry to miss the Kiawah gathering. She and Floriaji# have moved to a new home in Denver and now have lots of room for visits from their four granddaughters, ages 6, 4, 2 M d 1. Shelley’s job as senior consultant to Colorado public libraries at the Colorado State Library keeps h e r very busy.
Yirginia Munson Vassallo wrote, it was great seeing everyone at Kiawah. We had a cold snowy winter here in Kentucky but, luckily for us, not as bad as other parts of the country. Russ and I spent a week in Rhode Island in February with my daughter and her family and had a great time. We would also like to thank Virginia for overseeing the design and production of the commemorative tee shirts with our new class slogan, “Still Crazy After All These Years.” Another “lost” classmate has been found thanks to a press release received by the MKA Alumni Office and printed in the last issue of the Alumni News. Elizabeth “Beebette” Simonson and I have been emailing and catching up on the last 29 years or so since we last saw each other while working in New York in the 80’s! Beebette was a buyer at J.C. Penney, but when the Penney headquarters moved to Texas in 1988, she opted not to move there and instead relocated to Woodstock, N.Y. She started gardening when she moved there, then started |«nursery, and now has a landscape design business. It was great to reconnect with her, and I hope she will come to the next gathering of ’69 grads! The Kiawah Gathering became a life-altering trip for me. After the reunion weekend, Jim met me at Lisa’s where we spent a few days before heading south to Bluffton, South Carolina to stay at a resort community we had investigated previously as a possible place to live and build a house together. At the time we had no intention o f relocating to South Carolina.. .we were just going to enjoy the resort for a few days and explore a bit
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more of the South Carolina coast. But that was not to be. The minute we arrived, we fell in love with the place, barely left the reals estate broker’s side, returned to Massachusetts and made an offer on a lot a week later, and Jim sold his house a month after that! We are currently in a rental in Massachusetts while the house is being built, and we will move there in April 2011 ! I guess I’ll have to spend the next year or so working on my southern accent!
Class agent: Mr. P eter Webb M ile Slip Farm 48 M ason R oad Brookline, N H 03033-2203 pwebb@ winerbennett. com
Garret Roosma writes: I’m retired! Our sincere condolences go out to Arthur “Todd” Schlobohm, whose father, Arthur Schlobohm, Jr., passed away on June 18, 2010 .
MA Dr. E dw ard Griggs Jr. 8 Yates Boulevard Poughkeepsie, N Y 12601 eagriggsjr@ verizon. net
Our deepest sympathies go to Gordon Carlisle whose father, Robert Carlisle, passed away November 19, 2009. Our sincere condolences go to Jonathan Palmer whose father, Eddy D. Palmer, passed away on February 21, 2010.
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40th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2010 IKS Ms. Leslie Bryan 844 E ast M om ingside Drive, N E Atlanta, GA 30324-5223 lbryan@ dsckd.com Class agent: Ms. Kim Kolbe 38 K ent D rive Roseland, N J 07068-3707 Reunion chairs: Kim Kolbe 973-228-2239 Susan B uttel O 'Brien suzeob@hotmail. com M adge H uber H enning m adgehenningl @comcast. net
Georgia Buckner lives in Norwich, VT where she teaches world languages at an elementary school at Dartmouth College. She dividesjier time between teaching and oil painting. Her work is shown in art galleries in NH and Vermont.
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TKS M iss Philippa Bowles 162 W oodruff Avenue Brooklyn, N Y 11226 bowlesphilippa@ hotmail. com
MA Mr. A nthony Vitale 10 North Wood Avenue, Apt. 601 Linden, N J 07036 Tony. Vitale@TVOD.com
From Tony Vitale: I think I have the biggest news this issue! On March 1 2 ,1 received a phone call from Dr. Benjamin Samstein at Columbia Presbyterian in NYC. A year after my diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer), a perfect match had been found for me, and after a six-hour operation, I was the recipient of a new liver. After only seven weeks, I’m in great health and looking forward to a fruitful new life. Remember, early diagnosis is key! Last October, I attended the MKA Homecoming; I was the only member o f our class to attend, but had an absolutely wonderful time. The Headmaster said he had recently visited with Mr. Anderson and his wife, and our leader was still in great form. I heard from Nixon Bicknell, after seeking him out after many years. He relayed the following: Emailing is something I do on and off, but my health is still adequate, and I am at the organ of All Saint’s, Wolfeboro NH, each Sunday. (Nixon was saddened to hear
about former faculty member Nicholas Child’s passing. He commented that Nicolas lived on his third floor for several years, and was a valued friend.) From Bob Benigno: Sorry I couldn’t make the Homecoming. I’ll definitely try to make it next year. I live in Martinsville, NJ. Let me know if anyone in our class is ever interested in getting together. This May, I am proud that my daughter will graduate from the University of Pennsylvania with her Master’s in Nursing, and will be a nurse practitioner. My son will also be graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in economics. If anyone has a potential job for him, please let me know. LOL! I am a cardiologist in New Jersey who has gotten tired o f the rat race and has semiretired. Now that I have some free time, I have decided to expand upon my Italian heritage. I am studying Italian at Rutgers University and hope to someday be relatively fluent. I also would like to travel to Italy yearly to explore every region o f the country. Attached is a picture of my family in Tuscany. From Geoff Close: Continuing to work through the Morgan Stanley/Smith Barney joint venture. Can’t believe what’s happened in the past 18 months, but looks like we are emerging stronger. Debbie is the Director of Information Systems at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and oversaw one of the biggest “garage sales ever” this past summer, with an auction of most of Miss Duke’s personal items. Son Geoff married last summer, is in his second year teaching Honor’s Pre-Calculus and is coaching Freshman Football at Xavier High School in Middletown, CT. Daughter Virginia went on a UVM program to Beijing and X i’an and is finishing up her studies in Elementary Communications Science at Vermont, while taking a part time job in the Development Office as a “Chatty Cat.” She says she loves asking people for money.
Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner writes: I celebrated my 36™ wedding anniversary this year. My 16 year old daughter is in the process of getting her driver’s license and is already taking college art classes! She is a junior iljiig h school and will be attending a special Rhode Island School of Design program this summer to refine her skills. Time is flying by!
MA Mr. V. Jam es Castiglia 3 L ark Lane Oak Ridge, N J 07438-9171 vjc@ vjamescastiglia. com The Benigno fa m ily
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In response to my plea for news, Bruce Downsbrough wrote from Tennessee about a reunion of the group he traveled to India with as an AFS student back in ’70: Just back from an extraordinary 2 days in DC with 30 of the group I went to India with 40 summers ago. We started with a lunch hosted by the Indian Embassy on Friday, and then spent the rest of the weekend together at one o f our colleague’s homes. I had forgotten how much the group of us had bonded during our short time together. (The 8 weeks we were solo with host families in India fell between one week together in NYC & Bombay for orientation at the beginning of the summer, and one week together in New Delhi and Istanbul for decompression at the end of the summer.) None of us were from the same towns or schools, and by the end of college, we had pretty much lost touch with each other. But, on Friday, we picked up right where we left off back in 1970. All in all, it was a most engaging and enjoyable weekend. You may remember that, in our Yearbook, David Freed was “applying to Cornell to become a ‘maitre d’.” He writes: Greetings. I have successfully avoided requests for alumni information for the last 38 years, but a flood o f internet appeals now makes that impossible, so I’ll send along some basics! Since leaving MKA, I received the degrees of BS (Hotel Administration) from Cornell University; MBA (Accounting) & MS (Health Services Management) from New York University; and Doctor of Health Administration from Medical University of South Carolina. Most of my career has involved difficult hospital turnarounds, and since 2 001,1 have been President & CEO of Nyack Hospital, a 375-bed community hospital in Rockland County, NY. It was faced with imminent failure, but has now achieved consistent profitability, received national recognition for Emergency Department turnaround times and has become a member of New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System. I have lived in Upper Montclair since 1982, in a once-condemned house that I renovated myself. I enjoy long-distance bicycling, motorcycling and writing. My girlfriend, Angela, and I just returned from Aruba and a long-overdue vacation. Best regards to all!
Jon Golding learned about nutrition from selling Pop-Tarts and Dunkin’ Donuts from his locker. Over the last year, he reports that he was “in Oklahoma City, commuting from Florida, working on a management project at a teaching hospital in the community.” Prior to that, for several months, he commuted to Albuquerque, NM doing similar hospital regulatory compliance preparation work. He works in healthcare as a Director o f Food & Nutrition. Jon was then in the Southern
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California high desert area of the Mojave Desert, preparing a hospital for regulatory compliances. He is still in California, now in Silicon Valley at Stanford University Medical Center. He is considering relocating to the West Coast and accepting a position at the University Hospital. He plans to see u s M at our upcoming 4 0 ^ Academy Reunion. Jon wrote, “...saw Guy Della Penna in Sarasota earlier this year. He is doing fantastic.”
John Guttmann reports: I am still living in Bethesda, MD and still practicing law in Washington, DC. My wonderful daughters, Ellie and Hope, are now 14 and 10. Unlike Bob Benigno, their ages do not exactly make me a candidate for early retirement! I missed the last 5-year reunion, but will try hard to get to the next one. It is always a great time, and it is good to get together with old friends.
Bob Hoonhout is proud to announce that, in the same week in May, his oldest son Eric graduated with honors from Florida State University School of Law in Tallahassee, and his younger son Blake, a summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Florida State University, received his Master’s in Literature from NYU. Daughter Julia, Bob’s youngest, is living and working in Florida.
News from Bruce Pastorini: Classmates I’m still part of the military, but as a DOD Civilian. Although I’m officially “retired reserve status” until age 60, my military career effectively ended when I retired from the Army National Guard in 1999. As a Department of Navy Civilian, I’m a Civil Engineer who is currently assigned to US Army Corps of Engineers - Afghanistan District. I volunteered for a position on the Provincial Reconstruction Team for Khost Province. The Afghan people are extremely poor, health and educational facilities are also poor. If any of your companies, or you, want to partner with a hospital or school, I Stri ' arrange with PRT Civil Affairs W make a connection. By the way, both PRT Khost and I are on facebook, should you want to see how things are going.
Michael Wolff continues as a regular columnist in Vanity Fair.
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Rob Lipman is an international meeting planner specializing in pharmaceutical drug trials for new medications. “After graduating from Penn and University o f Texas School of Law, I settled in the gorgeous and progressive Republic o f Austin. Practicing law was no fun, but now my other half and I get to travel the world and visit all those places we learned about back at MA, but thought w e’d never get to see. Our April trip to Budapest was aborted by the Icelandic volcano, but so far this year we have organized conferences in Singapore, Malaysia, Bangkok, Dubai, Stockholm, London and Berlin, among others.” I’m also lead investor in a Software Development Company (Q-TV) specializing in the field of digital convergence. We’re designing a multi-platform solution that will enable users to display digital content of all kinds on their home entertainment systems, mobile phones and computers. Anyone with contacts in the content or electronics industry - or anyone heading to Texas - w e’d love to hear from you. Rob notes that David Hoffman “structures models o f electrical utility power consumption all over the world, and he is living in London as of this writing...He’s the only one I know with more frequent flier miles than I have.”
Phil Mancusi-Ungaro is an attorney with the EPA in Atlanta.
Bruce Pastorini is doing hands-on training with civil engineering students fro m K host Shiekh Zeyed University. This a slump test, to test concrete f o r consistency and workability.
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Ms. Deborah Peck, Esq. 128 Victoria B ay Court Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418-5764 d c p l 1 @hotmail. com Class agent: Mrs. Linda Finney Williams Box 1446 6 South Pasture Lane Nantucket, M A 02554 czarina@nantucket. net
Our deepest sympathies to the family of
Schlobohm, whose father, Arthur
Hugh Crowther, who passed away on July
Schlobohm, passed away on June 18, 2010. He was also the grandfather of Melissa Schlobohm ’08 and Karl Schlobohm ’06.
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Class agent: Mr. P eter Perretti 86 E ast Bracebridge Circle The Woodlands, T X 77382-2542 perretti@ sbcglobal. net
Adrienne Maroon Crowther on the passing o f her husband Hugh Crowther, MA ’73, on
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MA Mr. Gregory Lackey 138 Paupukkewis Trail M edford Lakes, N J 08055-1310 Gregory, lackey@ usps.gov Class agent: Mr. Thomas C. Galligan 504 M ain Street N ew London, N H 03257-7818 tgalligan@colby-sawyer. edu
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July 24; 2009, and on the loss o f her dear sister-in-law Paulette Crowther ’74 on April 5, 2010.
Reunion Chairs'. John M oore jm oorefull@ gmail. com
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K assie Canter Kassie. canter@ gmail. com
Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley met up with Earl Perretti at his sister Ruth Peretti ’79’s popular restaurant on Chestnut Street in Montclair (Ruthie’s Bar-B-Q & Pizza). Earl was accompanied by his new new baby, Edward “Eddie” Peretti, just 3 months old, and his lovely daughter. Congratulations to all the Peretti’s, including Earl, wife Elaine, Earls’ daughters, Aunt Ruth ’79, Uncle Peter ’72, proud grandfather, the Honorable Peter Perretti ’49, his wife, Ruth and Great Uncle Dick Benson ’39 and his wife, the Honorable Serena Perretti.
Anne Thomas Manes emailed: My previous employer, Burton Group, was acquired by Gartner in December 2010. For the most part my job remains the same, but I now work for a $1.2 B company with 4,000 employees rather than a $30 M company with 150 employees. I imagine it will require some adjustment. I’m still working from home in Exeter, RI. Still married to Matthew (10+ years). No kids, but we do have 3 Chesapeake Bay Retrievers. We volunteer with Chessie Rescue in our copious spare time, (i.e., NOT!)
Our sincere condolences go out to Rudy
Exhorting students to make the most of any and every opportunity that presents itself and to leam from those experiences, Jeff Kindler ’73, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer and a member of the Montclair Academy Class of 1973, returned to his alma mater to receive the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award. Introduced by MKA Headmaster Tom Nammack as “one of the most respected businessmen in the world, leading the world’s largest research-based biopharmaceutical company,” Kindler received the award in front of an audience that included not only the Upper School student body, but also several members of the classes of 1973 and 1974, as well as family members including his wife, his mother, his sister Beth Kindler Lloyd-Thomas ’79 and his niece, who had all joined him at an earlier celebratory luncheon. Speaking on the day that many seniors were anxiously awaiting the results of college applications, Kindler used the occasion to recall his own disappointment at being rejected by Harvard and Yale and the path his life subsequently took as an illustration that things happen for a reason. “Going to Tufts changed my life,” he noted, for not only did he love his college experience, he also met his wife, “my life partner,” there. He urged students not to get too caught up in the moment nor to over plan their future, but to embrace life and to be opportunistic and open to all its possibilities, concluding: “Life will undoubtedly surprise you.”
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Deepest sympathies go out to John Crowther on the loss of his sister Paulette Crowther ’74 on April 5, 2010, and the passing of his brother Hugh Crowther ’73 on July 24, 2009.
Katie Grover writes: In May, I will wind up my term as the Board Chair o f the Ms. Foundation for Women. I’m now balancing the desire to spend more time with family with the desire to get swept up in some other work that would be equally exciting and rewarding.
Paul Zukerberg is a trial lawyer in Washington, DC. He reports that his wife, liana, and his two boys, 10 & 7, keep him on the sports fields and out of trouble. He is always happy to see any MA or Kimberley alums who visit DC. On a sad note, his father, Herb, a talented musician and entertainer, recently passed away at age 83. Herb and his band played at the MKA “Football Fathers” annual dinner and will be missed by all.
and Henry, both MKA Class of 2006, graduated from the University of Vermont and Franklin & Marshall in PA, respectively. Matt Troxell and wife Denise still live in a Boston suburb. When not working, Matt enjoys golf and coaching soccer, having two children who are not quite high school-age yet.
Rob Pariseau and Sadie are still loving life in Tampa, and only daughter Emily (Tampa Prep ‘12) remains at home these days. Oldest son Hank works in Washington, D.C. Second son Nat graduated from Vanderbilt in May and will stay on and work in Nashville in investment banking. Youngest son Dan is a junior at UVA. It was terrific to see Greg Mancusi-Ungaro at MKA’s May 6th Boston alumni reception at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge. Many thanks to Michael Rosenberg, who lives in Marblehead (Greg & family do too), for the terrific recommendation of a very cool venue for the cocktail party.
Paul and I visited Winston-Salem one last
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MKA sends its deepest sympathy to Margaret Crowther on the passing o f her brother Hugh Crowther, MA ’73, on July 24, 2009, and the loss of her sister Paulette Crowther ’74 on April 5, 2010, after her valiant battle with cancer. Laurie writes “Hi ’76 Crew - o f course I’m compelled to be the first to remind you that fall o f October 2011 heralds our 35th MKA reunion (exact date to be set soon). No excuses for not coming next fall: these milestones are getting more and more significant as time goes by. Let’s break all attendance records! You may recall our classmate David Johnson, who left after 11th grade for college, was a good buddy of another classmate - Hansi Kunz. Dave and Hans grew up together, living right around the comer from one another. Fast forward to David’s wedding to his lovely wife, Robyn Fox. It was there that Hans met Robyn’s sister, Kelly... and the rest is history. So now, to steal the perfect caption from one of David’s FB profile pictures, featured here are Dave and Hans, “married to two foxes!"
Hilary Hoffman Fandel is the proud mom of twins who are recent college grads. Phillip
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time this spring, to see our son Rob receive his master’s degree. He is moving to Boston for work in July; we are very excited for him Brian is now a junior at Amherst College; can things just slow down a bit? Don’t forget to send me your news! L-
actively employed in the pursuit o f truth, justice and the American way by working at the British law firm, Linkletters, PLC in New York City. My son, Patrick, is finishing his first year in pursuit of an engineering degree at Virginia Tech, and daughter Emily is finishing her junior year of high school and starting to think about college.” Peter threw a 50™ birthday bash last summer at his home, with several former MKA’ers in attendance, including next town neighbor
David Hughes ’76. Peter Adubato also continues to practice law, order, and justice, in that order, in Philadelphia. His two sons, Peter and Andrew, are stellar lacrosse players, with Peter starring and starting on next year’s Lafayette College lacrosse team.
Jason Apter writes from Fredon, NJ, “Colleen, me and the kids are all doing well and w e’ve opened up another funeral parlor; people are dying to get into this business! Sorry, industry joke.” Jason continued, “I also recently celebrated my 50™ birthday with a black-tie party attended by many friends, including George Hrab, who is a dancing machine.”
Keith Ridings threw a big surprise birthday
Mr. Andrew Pedersen 1 Washington A venue Rumson, N J 07760-2013 andrewpedersen8@ aol.com
bash (#29) for his wife of 20 years, Margarite, at a restaurant down on the Hudson River in mid-December. In attendance were Keith’s brother, Barry Ridings ’70, his wife, Ann, and their five sons: Alex, Andy, Jake, James and Nick (all former MKA’ers), along with long-time MKA supporters, Joan and Les Ridings.
Class agent: Mr. Robert Hubsmith 16 Warren R oad M aplewood, N J 07040-1814 robert. hubsmith@ mountsinai. org
The elusive Ed Healy continues to maintain a low profile in Belmar and Pompton Lakes.. .we are looking to reach out to Ed and bring him back to the flock!
Peter Valentine writes from Midland Park, NJ: Hello classmates! “I continue to be
Betsy Gelenitis Alison reports from Newport, Rhode Island that she is busy in
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preparation for Para-Olympic competition. Her trip to France this week (April 21, 2010) was delayed due to the Iceland volcanic activity. Ricky Doerr ’78 is also on the team, and both he and Betsy attended a Devil’s game and caught up with Pete McMullen this winter. David Aibano is living and working in New York City for Sesame workshop, a company which helps develop educational software games and videos for children.
David Kerr continues to work in NYC at his own textile firm. He lives in Short Hills and says hello to fellow classmates.
Stephen Mahler lives in Hanover, PA with his wife Colette, and is a captain at Southwest Airlines, flying large commercial jets out of Baltimore. In the past, he has flown over MKA many times when training other pilots to fly corporate jets out of Teterboro and Morristown airports. Bev Hall writes from Wyoming, “We are all doing well here. The winter was cake, although I don’t think it is over yet. The girls arc,fine —Leah now has 6 cows - 2 steer for fair, one cow/calfpair and 2 heifers. We have 2 pigs for fair, and will get 2 more this weekend, as well as 3 sheep. We always have chickens and horses, dogs and cats, so it really is a farm. I am busy, to say the least. Brother Billy Hall ’80 and his wife are expecting their 4th child in August, so we are all excited about that! Mom, Ginny ’79 and Mike ’75 are fine.
Pat Cane Donahue writes, “I’m still teaching honors science at a junior high school in East Brunswick, NJ. In the past few years, I’ve received several fellowships: Teacher at Sea Program, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; School of Rock with the Consortium for Ocean Leadership; and Mammals of Nova:' Scotia, with Earthwatch. This has given me opportunities to travel and gain graduate credits beyond my MS. As a lifelong learner, a doctorate in science education may be in my future. My husband and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary in Bermuda. Our oldest son is finishing junior year at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC, while working for the 2010 Census and instructing life guarding courses;. ' ‘Our youngest, a freshman in high school, trains many hours each week as a level 10 competitive gymnast.”
Marty Cohen writes from Florida, “Just accepted a job as Director of Marketing for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where I’ll direct marketing for the State of Florida and be involved with PwC’s sports industry marketing. Son John is a nationally ranked rower, working as a rowing coach in Wilmington, DE. Daughter Margaret is
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completing her freshman year at Lake Forest College in Chicago.
Doug Mahler writes from Franklin Lakes NJ, “I’ve been practicing dentistry for 25 years, married to Holly and have 2 boys - H Lukas, 12 and Derek, 11. We also have 2 dogs.” Deb Rasin Jacobson lives in Providence, RI. She nominally retired in 2004, but having joined the Board of Directors of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island in 2002, she has served as Chairman of the Board since 2008. Deb has two girls, ages 15 and 13. Husband David works in energy conservation for National Grid in Waltham, MA.
Meryl Eastman Connelly writes: Love the idea o f getting everyone’s information. Each time the Review comes out, I hope to read about classmates, but w e’re just not there (I have not contributed either). I would like to help by inviting everyone from our class who lives in the area to our restaurant, to share fun facts and embarrassing moments about each other. It is just a small place in Verona, mostly take-out, but there are 20 seats. We are closed on Sundays, so that would be a perfect day to get together. You can contact me at 973-228-0836. For those who can make it, maybe they can be in touch with those who can’t come and bring their stories. For those who could make it, but choose not to, we can make stuff up about them! Everyone can bring pictures, and we can take new ones. This should get us some more news, and it will be good to see you guys!
Bob Nebb writes from Lubbock, Texas, “Been back East three times this century: in 2008, the family gathered on the eastern shore o f Maryland for vacation, and then went on to Washington, D.C. to visit my eldest; in ’06, when my middle child was at Mt. Holyoke; the time before that was in ’03, for my mom’s funeral. On that occasion, Otto (Peter Adubato) attended, and I was thankful for Jason Apter and his handling of the arrangements. Our youngest daughter, Abigail, will attend The University o f the South in Sewanee, TN.”
me. I’m happy to report that I’m still active as an actor/singer, despite all the economic turmoil. I’ve just finished performing in an Off-Broadway revival of the musical PROMENADE, co-starring with Andrea McArdle (the original ANNIE), Loni Ackerman (played EVITA, and had the lead in CATS on Broadway for many years) and other Broadway luminaries. Prior to that, I served as narrator for a symphonic concert of Prokofiev’s PETER AND THE WOLF in Scarsdale, NY. Next year, if all goes as planned, I ’ll once again be playing my favorite role - Cervantes/Don Quixote - in a concert version of the musical MAN OF LA MANCHA on the West Coast. Thanks to facebook, I got in touch with Bill Dalzell about a year ago, and just a few weeks ago, I got together with Frank Godlewski ’76 - the first time I’d seen Frank in over 30 years! Sending warm regards to all my old MKA friends.”
Dr. Jerry Jones writes: Hi all! My brother, Rhoan ’90, is getting married on May 22nd in Jamaica. My son, Gerald (6 yrs.), is a regional level runner, competing in the eightyear-old & under division. My daughter, Kirdon (9 yrs.) is a soccer stud! Both are national martial artists, and will be black belts by age 11. Gerald is in 1st grade; Kirdon, who should be in the 2nd grade, is already in 3rd. Both attend Watchung School in Montclair.
Dave Pinkham also checked in with a quick note, saying “.. .after too many years in the same place, I still sit comfortably in Byram Township, NJ, squandering blood (metaphorical) and treasure on half-finished projects and a ruinously expensive little airplane... thankful that I do not golf.” Dave would like everyone to know that he’s really “much better.”
Marco Casta writes he’s been living in San Diego for years, but he’s not a Padres fan. He works for San Diego Unified School District in IT. He is still musically inclined, but only does one gig a year. A huge soccer fan, Marco will be following Italia in the World Cup.
Nancy Cohn Dainisi emailed: My husband Eric Mund writes from Mountain Lakes, “I took my AARP notice, taped it to a brick and wrote “return to sender” on it.. .nuff said. I’ve moved to Mountain Lakes, NJ; 35 years in Smoke Rise was long enough. My kids are growing. Nyna is rowing, Sage is a menacing big stick in Lax, and Alecia’s relay team won the 2009 Morris County 9-10 yr. old 4 x 100 relay. Best to all.”
Ron Spivak writes from Manhattan “... my wife (Troy) and I were down in her native Louisville to visit her dad and attend the Kentucky Derby. It’s been a busy time for
Bob and I live in North Caldwell with our 2 children; Jonathan is 17 and Jenna, 14. Jonathan, my 11th grader, is very busy college hunting, and Jenna is a beautiful dancer and enjoying the 8th grade. As for me, I continue to watch as my kids graduate high school and leave for various colleges and universities. We have four out now: Will (21), Allie (20), Nick (19) and Sarah (18). Two remain at home: Grace (16) and Rachel (13). A great deal of thanks is owed to fellow classmate Bob Hubsmith, who reached out
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MKA was sad to learn o f the passing of
Deborah Campbell Bungerz’s husband, James, in September o f 2008. The school sends condolences to Deb and her children Morgan, Jessica and Danny.
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Dr. John B rink1 1246 Beach Haven Rd. Atlanta, GA 30324-3842 drjack2020@aol. com Class secretary: Mrs. Carlos Ortiz (Shawn Mahieu) 2163 Gilbride Road Martinsville, N J 08836-2235 csaortiz@optonline. net Sue Cole, Class o f '78 (right), enjoyed the graduation o f her daughter Erin, an M KA “life r” together with sister/aunt Mary, M KA '80 (left) and parents/grandparents Gloria and R oger Cole.
to so many of you via email and remained ever diligent in his effort to track people down. Bob continues to work at Mt Sinai Hospital in NYC. On a more somber note, we send condolences to the Peter Valentine family on the death of Peter’s mother, Mary. Mary was a jovial and gracious host who continually welcomed the Ridings, Pedersen, Adubato, Apter and Healy crew that continually gathered together under her roof. She will be missed by all. Also, just a quick reminder that October 2012 will be our 35™ anniversary of graduation from M KA ....yes... you are that old now. See you at the Survival Shop! MKA also extends it deepest sympathies to Peter and his family on the loss of his mother, Mary. From Donna LoBiondo: I’m a forensic psychologist in private practice in Montclair. I specialize in sex offender and abusive parenting evaluations and expert witness testimony for the courts. I’m also a vegan and raw vegan cooking teacher, animal activist, and founder/organizer of Montclair Ethical Vegans on MeetUp.com. I live in Bloomfield with my four dogs. My partner Eric and I have been together for twelve years. Life is good, no big complaints. Hope everyone from MKA ’77 is doing w elljSj
Stacey Silverstein Cochran writes: Having made a couple of movies financed by studios, I made one DIY called Drop Back Ten, after its financing fell apart. It did get into Sundance, but never got distribution. But as of a couple of months ago, it got picked up for digital outlets. Want to see it? It’s small, but cheap. You can stream it as VOD from Amazon. Meanwhile, we have three more projects, but none set up, meaning no $$ to make them. Hmmm.
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Robbin Gordon-Cartier is still busy making beautiful music with her harp. If you Google her, you can read about her many accomplishments. Robbin created and directed a harp program for the Elizabeth, NJ school district and East Orange school district, where she teaches. Robbin says she’s “still doing that harp thing, but better still, come visit me at the Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts in East Orange, NJ. You can meet my 48 harp kids (40 are guys!). All are welcome.” Our condolences go out to John Phillips whose mother, Janet Cook Phillips ’54, passed away on May 22, 2010. She was the grandmother of John Phillips ’09 and Meg
Phillips ’10. Our condolences go out to Richard Jenkins on the death of his father, George P. Jenkins. He was the grandfather of Emma ’12, Gregory ’18 and Charlotte Jenkins ’18.
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Ms. Pamela Zeug 250 M ercer Street, D502 N ew York, N Y 10012-1150 pzeug@ downinggroup. com Class agent: Ms. Jane Lugaric Burkhard 299 Crown R oad Kentfield, CA 94904-2711 janeburkhard@ com cast. net
Leslie Brenner emailed after being in Virginia for 10 years: I recently moved to Fredericksburg. I work as an in home caregiver for an elderly couple through a local nursing service. I am engaged and soon to be married. I recently started to reconnect with old friends from home. Hope to hear from you on facebook.
MKA sends condolences to Francesca Crowther Mycka on the passing of her sister Paulette Crowther ’74 on April 5, 2010, and the loss of her dear brother Hugh Crowther ’73 on July 24, 2009.
Ruth Perretti is still a very successful businesswoman, a Senior VP at Ralph Lauren, and she has a second passion; she and her husband Eric’s restaurant in Montclair. “Ruthie’s”- located at 64-1/2 Chestnut Street - is a popular restaurant that specializes in barbeque and pizza, two of Ruth and Eric’s passions for which they have traveled across the country ad abroad honing their delicious down-home recipes. Eric attended the Culinary Institute of America, and has decades of culinary experience. So, next time you are in the mood for fabulous mesquite or hickory smoked barbeque or old-world, flavorful pizza - visit R uthie's .and look for Ruth she’ll give you a big MKA welcome.
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30th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2010 M ary L. Cole, Esq. 1 Ferrous Court Chester, N J 07930 M ary_Cole@ wellsfargois. com Class agent: Mr. George Reimonn, Jr. 199 Winter Street Hopkinton, MA 01748 George@cadso. com Reunion Chairs: India H ayes Larrier irlarrier@aol. com D avid L adendorff dsladendorjf@ yahoo. com
Jonathan Parker writes: still residing in Miami Beach, FL. Spending this year as President of the Rotary Club of Miami; established in 1917. It is one of the oldest charitable organizations in the city.
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Alum ni at Ruthie ’s: Jim Johnson '79, India H ayes Larrier ’80, Ruth Perretti ‘79 and Julia F ernald ’80 at Ruthie 's Bar-B-Q in Montclair. It was a fam ily affair at Alison Cottingham’s Third Grade Graduation fro m Brookside. Pictured with her, (l-r) are proud aunt Paige Cottingham-Streater ’79, mother Alison Thomas-Cottingham ’84, father Bob Cottingham ’84 and brother Bobby ’16.
MKA sends its deepest sympathies to Christine Crowther on the loss of both her sister Paulette Crowther TKS ’74 and her brother Hugh Crowther MA ’73.
Susan Greenbaum Gross writes: Well, who can believe it has been 30 years! I’m having fun catching up with classmates on faceb o o k but look forward to seeing everyone in person. My boys are 13 and 10, and we are crazy busy and always happy to have 10 minutes of peace, which never happens, especially now with five boys running around my house. How I long for those spring days hanging outside MKA!
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Our condolences go out to Charles Phillips whose mother, Janet Cook Phillips ’54, passed away on May 22, 2010.
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Cheryl M cCants 7. H olly Court Bloomfield, N J 07003-3004 cmccants@ eimpactconsulting.com Thomas Robbins 6 B radford Terrace Newtown Square, PA 19073-1903
Our sincere condolences go to Kristine Vlaskamp Sharp on the death o f her mother, Lyn Vlaskamp, who passed away January 6 ,
2010. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Stuart Carlisle whose father, Robert Carlisle, passed away on November 19, 2010.
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Mrs. M aureen Towers Natkin 5 Riverview Road Irvington, N Y 10533 motowers@ aol. com
Reunion chairs: Edie Szakacs Prescott edp4@yahoo. com
Class agent: Mr. Walter J. Davis 66 Oakwood D rive N ew Providence, N J 07974 davisteam@ comcast. net
Our sincere condolences go to Corinn Thompson whose father, Dr. James
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Our sincere condolences go to Karen Vlaskamp on the death of her mother, Lyn
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Vlaskamp, who passed away on January 6 , 2010 .
Timothy Bizub timbiz@ optonline.net
Thompson, passed away March 9, 2010. Our condolences go out to Stephen Root whose father, Robert Root ’61, passed away in October 2009. We send our sincere condolences to Janet Phillips Conner whose mother, Janet Cook Phillips ’54, passed away on May 22, 2010.
Jim Rothwell writes: Hope everyone from ’85 is doing well. I’ve been at the same job for 18 years now. My expertise is in financial derivatives, so I’ve been busy through the recent period. My wife, Susan and I live in Westport, CT with our two boys
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Alex (10) and Zach ( 8). I still play a lot of ping pong, but with fewer challengers than in the MKA cafeteria.
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We send out sincere condolences to the family of Michael Del Mastro, who died suddenly on October 14, 2008.
Ms. Susan Bartlett Rankin 721A Liggett Avenue San Francisco, CA 94129-1478 srankin@ microsoft. com
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Ms. Sherry Ahkam i P.O. Box 3187 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 shirin@ sdspineinstitute. com Ms. Jennifer Rem ington-Knodel 44 Hamilton D rive E ast North Caldwell, N J 07006-4629 jenrem knodel@ aol. com Class agent: Mr. P atrick Sweeney 1750 Scarlett D rive Pittsburgh, PA 15241-3140 p sw eeney @ml.com
Our sincere condolences go out to Monica Thompson Opalinski whose father, Dr. James Thompson, passed away March 9,
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Mr. D ennis Rodano 14 Way land D rive Verona, N J 07044-2331 rodanod@ verizon. net Class agent: Mrs. L ynne Y. K rest (Lynne G. Yellin) 7408 E ast M ain Street Lima, N Y 14485 LynneGY@ aol. com
Enzo Bollettino serves as the Director of Programs and Administration for the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. In the days just after the Haiti Earthquake, the Organization established a post-operative rehabilitation center in Fond Parisien called the HHI Disaster Recovery Center, often cited as the finest medical program in Haiti. As of April, the hospital had served over 2,000 injured patients, accepting patients from Port Au Prince and the USNS Comfort. Since its creation, the field hospital has run entirely using an international volunteer staff of expert doctors, nurses and p h y s i c a l therapists. They utilize a tremendous amount of donated medical and pharmaceutical supplies in their work. As well, the hospital urgently needs funds to pay salaries and provide food for its local Haitian staff. Interested Alumni can find out the latest information about HHI’s work in Haiti at: www.hhi.harvard.edu
Christie Rabke Henry is the Editorial Director for Life Sciences and Geography at the University of Chicago Press. She lives in Chicago with her husband Fred and children, Ellie ( 6 ) and Jack (4).
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Amy Custode writes: She and her family are
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Class agent: Mrs. H illary Johnston (Hillary Windolf) P.O. B ox 35 N ew Vernon, N J 07976 hwjohnston@ mac. com
Jennifer Rabke Verani is a medical epidemiologist with The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, focusing on immunization and respiratory diseases. She resides in Atlanta with her husband Andre and children, Miguel (6 ), Lucas (4) and Luzia (2).
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Mr. Louis Lessig 158 Thunder Circle Bensalem, PA 19020-2148 llessig@ brownconnery. com Class agent: Mr. Josh R aym ond 33 O ak Place North Caldwell, N J 07006 jraym ond@ trenklawfirm. com
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20th REUNION, OCTOBER 16, 2010 Class secretary and agent: Ms. M eredith M cG owan Zengo 383 M iddlesex R oad Darien, C T 06820-2518 mczengo@ aol. com Ms. L orelei M uenster Leia9sioux@ aol. com Reunion chairs: Jam ie Taylor jam ietaylor@ m yw ay. com
From Philadelphia, Sadhvi Sahu Khana reported she does some healthcare consulting and she has 3 boys, ages 6 , 4 and’S-years-old, “so things are crazy, but fun.” Keeping up a marvelous tradition, Marci Iuliani Young and Michele Source Silverman spent time in Aruba with their “hubbies” and children, for a families’ vacation. Marci has two boys, Anthony, 6 , and Nico, 3.5. Adding to the boy chaos is Michele’s son, Jake, who is a mere eight days younger than Anthony.
Ryan Young emailed from San Francisco, where he works with a sustainability consulting firm called Blu Skye (www.bluskye.com). The firm does “management and strategy consulting around sustainability issues for large corporations, helping them understand that operating their businesses sustainably can benefit both the environment and the bottom line.” Ryan also reported on his upcoming June wedding to Helena Carmena. The wedding party will include Mark Marshall ’91 as a groomsman, and Ryan’s brother, Rob ’89, as best man. Rob is married to Soo Mi Batoff ’90. Soo M i’s brother (and our classmate) Dae Sung Batoff will be there too. Ryan can be reached at ryanhyoung 0 chicagobooth.edu. Also, in keeping with another nice tradition, Seth Traum, his wife Lauren and their two boys (Zach, 8 and Jordan, 4), made the trek from the Upper East Side to Murray Hill to dye Easter eggs with my daughter, Veronica. Seth suffers in these columns because he is a good friend, and I do not like white space.
Kim Kohlman now lives across the street
M arty Torjussen martytorj@ hotmail. com
Carl Rabke and his wife, Erin, live in Salt Lake City and are Feldenkrais Practitioners. They are happily expecting their first child.
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in Westchester, and if anyone is passing through, look her up. Amy is on fa ceb o o k if you want to drop her a line and let her know you are in the area. Plus, I have her to thank for posting a “Sweet 16” picture of me. Amy had on the better dress.
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from me; thus, she too will suffer a bit in this column. She still works for Accenture, but travels a little less these days. Aunt Kim makes emergency visits when the tooth fairy does not have enough money! So far, it has been only one trip. I stockpile singles these days, but it is good to know I have a back up!
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Ms. Dara M armon 52 P ark Avenue, Unit 14 N ew York, N Y 10016 wackohead@nyc. rr. com Class agent: Mr. Luke Sarsfield 400 Chambers Street, PH G N ew York, N Y 10282 luke. sarsfield@gs. com
Dara Marmon checked in with the following
In October 2011, we will celebrate our TWENTIETH MKA reunion. Not sure how that happened, but the grey hairs tell me this must be true. I look forward to seeing you all there. In the meantime, send me your news, pictures... whatever you wish to share, via my now shrug-worthy email of wackohead 0 myc.rr.com, or on facebook. And yes, my profile picture is a mocha cake. Like I said, Amy posted the other photo of me!
’91 news:
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Mr. Enrique Neblett 718 Ainsley Court Durham, N C 27713 enrique. neblett@gmail. com Ms. Tamar Safer 816 Chippewa Trail Franklin Lakes, N J 07417 tsafer5400@aol. com Class agent: Ms. Anne M arie Verdiramo 302 Timberbrooke Drive Bedminster, N J 07921 amverdiramo@gmail. com
Tamar Safer heard from Chris Burchell, who is living in Raleigh, NC with his wife, Leigh, and their three children (Maya 8 , Adam 5 and Griffin 2). Chris started his own recruiting business and is attending UConn, working on his Master’s in Human Resource Management. Leigh works for AllScripts; she is Director of Government Relations. Kimberly Cohen Lubitz writes: I am living in the Palm Beach area of Florida with my husband, Jared, and two little girls (Lindsey 5 and Logan 1). I am a stay-at-home mom and loving every minute of it.” My husband has his own recruiting company. Anyone who needs a tour guide when in the area should look me up. Liza Boglivi Fox is living in Nutley, NJ with her husband, Lenny, and daughter Taylor (4). Liza is the purchasing manager for J.B Prince in NYC (they sell professional chefs’ equipment). She has been employed there for 13 years. Her husband works for St. Mary’s Hospital in Passaic, NJ.
John Eberhardt writes, “I am living in Washington, DC where I work as an artifici® intelligence designer for DecisionQ Corp. I spend my spare time these days skiing, supporting the arts and racing with the
Porsche Club and the 24 Hours of LeMons scries.” We send our deepest condolences to Melanie Carroll Morrice whose brother, Kevin Carroll ’00, passed away May 16, 2010.
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Ms. Renee M onteyne 10 Lookout P oint Trail Totowa N J 07512-1612 monteyne@ yahoo. com Class agent: Mr. D am ien Vena 385 Grand Street, #L906 N ew York, N Y 10002 venad@yahoo. com
Congratulations to Lauren Hyman Kaplan on the birth of her second baby, Ryder Grey Kaplan, bom March 2, weighing 6 pounds, 8 ounces.
Joanna Andriopoulos Dodd writes: I am a mom of 4 (Elena, 9, Lindsay, 5, and Effie and Evy, 2-year-old twins) and happily married to my wonderful husband, Thomas Dodd. I own a dance company, AP Motion; we teach classes in Warren and Flemington, NJ. My performing company, Allegresse Dance Company, will be presenting our first Nutcracker this coming December. Congratulations to Renee Monteyne on her engagement! Renee announced last spring that she became engaged to Robert Ciccarella. A March 2011 wedding is planned. Renee is an attorney working at Gibbons P.C., in the firm’s Marketing Department.
Corinne Schuman writes: My husband and I recently moved from Boston to the DC area and are expecting our first child mid-summer. Jeremy Kahn is working in Jersey City at Goldman Sachs and living in Ramsey, NJ with wife Adina, and son, Zachary, who will
be one in May. This fall, they will be heading out to Ireland to attend the wedding of Jill Lutzy.
Alexis Lury Vitali and her husband Keith belatedly announce the birth of their son Rowan McGee Vitali (bom in November 2008). They live in East Haddam, CT where Alexis is currently enjoying her time, away from the practice of law, as an at-home mom. Lauren Hyman Kaplan proudly announces baby #2, Ryder Grey Kaplan, 6 pounds, 8 ounces and bom on March 2, 2010.
Elizabeth Ann Wells moved from New York City to Cleveland this past fall. She’ll be marrying her old music camp flame, who is a professor of music history at Case Western Reserve University, this June. After honeymooning in France, she will begin a clerkship with Judge Sara Lioi o f the Northern District o f Ohio. With all the life changes, Liz says she fears the commute most of all. There is no subway to take her to Akron!
Charlotte Ostberg McAleer writes: I am still in the Boston area, working at Suffolk University (in Boston) and living on the North Shore in Beverly, MA. I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter, Ella, and I am expecting my second child in September.
Amy Feinsilver Bersh writes: My husband, David, and I had a baby boy, Weston Reid Bersh - he joins his big sister Michaela. We are now living in Short Hills.
Rupali Gandhi wrote: We are doing well here in Boston. We just had our second baby, and I am getting ready to go back to work soon. Vadim Sarma writes: Sarah and I had a baby girl on April 23, 2009, Lila Caroline Sarma. She is happy and healthy, as are mommy and I. We live in NYC where Sarah is a teacher and I am an attorney at the Legal Aid Society.
Vejay Lalla wrote that he and wife Sapna had their second son, Ketan Vejay Lala, who was bom on October 24, 2009. Vejay, wife, and proud older brother Dilan, who is now 3 % years old, are all doing well. Still living in NYC, but with a move to Chatham, NJ in their imminent future.
Stephen Maddox writes: I keep having babies. Just had Spencer Gabriel on January 4, 2010. He joins Bryce Joshua, bom June 23, 2008, and Jordyn Danielle, bom July 23, 2 005.1 am a pediatrician in Connecticut. I’ll be starting a new job in Middlebury, CT in May.
Collin and Declan, twins o f Jennifer Wahl Garvey and F enw ick Garvey ’93
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Congratulations to Michael Brown who had a baby last year.
Class Notes • Fall 2010
Laura Caprario wrote: I finished my residency in Internal Medicine and my fellowship in Hematology/Oncolongy at Tufts Medical Center in Boston in June 2 009.1 am now a Hematologist/Oncologist at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, Massachusetts. Jennifer Wahl Garvey emailed: Fenwick Garvey ’93 and I welcomed our first children, twin boys, in the fall. Collin & Declan were bom on September 3, 2009.
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Class secretary: Ms. Dana Fiordaliso M artin 102 E ast 9 ^ Avenue Conshohocken, PA 19428-1504 difiordaliso@ yahoo. com Class agent: Mr. Jason A w erdick 55 Riverw alk Place, Unit 750, West N ew York, N Y 07093 jasonawerdick@ gm ail. com
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15th REUNION, OCTOBER 16, 2010 Class agent: Mr. M atthew D rukker 660 Washington Street, Apt. 26A Boston, M A 02111 mdrukker@ yahoo. com
Jonathan Hirsh was quoted in an Apri M ontclair Times article about the Montclair
Volunteer Ambulance Squad. Jonathan has been the president of MVAU’s Board of Trustees since January 2010. The article addressed how the organization has been stmggling o f late, but that it hopes to become self-sustainable in the near future. While the township of Montclair does provide other kinds of support, loss of some $75,000 in cash funding proved devastating to MVAU
last year. “We are really trying to make a good effort to make ourselves viable and successful in a really difficult time.” It is Jonathan’s hope that the MVAU Board can elicit more volunteer help “to make the organization more financially viable in the long term.” Congratulations to Gina Maggio on her marriage to Nolan Kehoe on October 31, 2009.
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Ms. Tanya Barnes tbarnes@fas. harvard, edu Ms. Erica Hirsch 10 West 15th Street, #902 N ew York, N Y 10011 ehirsch77@ yahoo. com Class agent: Mr. L ee Vartan 700 F irst Street, Apt. 1 7P Hoboken, N J 07030 ldv@ alumni.princeton. edu
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Steve Raab was in the news once* again in April. His competition BBQ team finished 1st place in Ribs, out of 132 teams, at “Pork in the Park” in Salisbury, MD. The result made three 1st place Rib wins in five consecutive contests. Steve, his wife Loren and a partner continue to run and grow their very successful catering business, Local Smoke BBQ, out of Red Bank, NJ.
Em ily Martin, daughter o f Dana Fiordaliso M artin ’94, enjoys her fir s t birthday.
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Congratulations to Jonathan Zweifler who was made partner at Ogilvy New York as an Associate Creative Director o f the RedWorks Group, specializing in brand development and global brand extension.
A bigail Love ’9 7 always has a sm ile fo r patients at the Jorge Prieto Fam ily Health Center o f Cook County, Chicago.
Abigail Love primarily works and teaches in La Villita (the largest Mexican-American community in Chicago) at the Jorge Prieto Family Health Center of Cook County. She lives nearby with her husband and two-yearold son. She has a varied and busy practice, caring for patients of all ages, delivering babies, holding office hours for outpatient visits and teaching in an inpatient medicine service. She also finds time for her public health research on matemal-child healthcare for recently arrived Latina immigrants. Abbie majored in cultural anthropology as an undergraduate, then received an MD MPH in New York City, and finally completed a residency in Family Medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. “ My practice is funded by the county health system, so we mostly serve uninsured and under-insured people. Sadly, this population is growing enormously, and we are hard-pressed to meet
P hilip and Regina Elberg enjoy the graduation o f their son Brian, Class o f ’10, together with his brother Jake, Class o f ’96, sister-in-law Lacey and baby niece Anna Sophie Elberg. B ria n ’s graduation marks the end o f R eg in a ’s career as a Brookside fa c u lty m em ber and P h ilip ’s role as long time M KA M ock Trial advisor.
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summer associate at the Newark based firm of Genova, Bums, and Vemoia. He will be graduating in May 2010. After graduation, Frank will be a clerk for New Jersey Superior Court Judge Jerome M. St. John. Congratulations to Erika Bickoff on her engagement to Jeffrey Klein.
Angela Mulligan Knapp writes: I was married September 12, 2009 to my sweety Gregory Knapp in Martha’s Vineyard. We currently live in Portland OR, where I am in my second year of Naturopathic Medical School. Greg is an audio engineer for the Portland Trailblazers and Comcast Sports Network. Life is good.
Pam ela Saxena ’98
the demand. We have to be scrappy! My colleagues and I care for local families from the cradle to the grave B -1 have 9 day-old patients and 90 year-old patients, often related. I like to say I am a countiy doctor who just happens to be practicing in the inner city.”
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Congratulations to David Uslan on his engagement to Shaina Rudolph, the love of his life for the past 6 years. An August wedding is planned.
Pamela Saxena, who works for the Rape Crisis Center in Montclair, returned to campus to make a presentation on date rape and alcohol to the entire Upper School student body, and then continued the discussion later in the day with the MKA Women’s Issues Group.
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Gemma Giantomasi writes: After graduating from University o f Pennsylvania with high honors in 2002,1 went to Fordham University School of Law. At Fordham, I was a member o f Moot Court and an editor o f the Law Review. After graduating from Fordham with high honors in 2 005,1joined the firm of Shearman & Sterling, LLP. In May 2 006,1 moved back to New Jersey and joined my father’s firm, Giantomasi & Oliveira, P.C., in . Newark, where I still work. In April 2009,1 got engaged to Michael Diaco. Mike and I are very excited to be getting married on June 5, 2010! After we return from our honeymoon in Greece and Turkey, we will be living in Jersey City.
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Class secretary: Ms. Sandra Tritt 29 Brookfield R oad Upper M ontclair, N J 07043 sandratritt@ gmail. com Class agent: Mr. A lexander H olz 605 E ast 14 ^ Street, Apt. 2C N ew York, N Y 10009 alexbhlz@gmail. com
Priya Krishana married Kunal Kapur on October 4. 2009. They met while both were working at Bloomberg in Midtown. They now reside on the Upper West Side. Margot Wilensky and Alyson Rosenthal Waldman helped form a New York Citybased charity in 2008 called City Chicks 4
Charity. CC4C is a non-profit organization that lends its time, money and efforts to various non-profits around the world based upon the passions of its members, current affairs and pre-established partnerships with sponsors. C C 4C ’s 2nd Annual Cocktails 4 a Cause event will be held in September 2010. Last year’s event brought in over 300 people and raised more than $12,000 for Dress for Success. Margot and Aly hope to see some MKA alumni in attendance at their September event this year! Visit www.citychicks4charity.org for more details.
Georgeann Sobotka wed Michael Gray on February 18, 2010 on the beach at Waialae Beach State Park in Oahu, Hawaii. The couple currently lives in Pine Beach, NJ. Georgeann is currently working for the NJ Department of Environmental Protection as an Environmental Specialist. Congratulations to Kyle Torjussen, who was recently engaged to Lauren Ely of Glen Ridge, NJ. Lauren works for Coyne Public Relations, and Kyle works for the History Channel, both in New York City. A June 2011 wedding is planned.
Leslie Cafferty was married to Eoin Ryan of Dublin on November 14^, 2009 at the Yale Club in NYC. Eoin is Vice President of Investor Relations for AOL. The couple resides in New York City. In early 2009, Igor Alves founded a video and multimedia production company with his brother called DreamPlay LLC: www.dreampla5ipr0 .com. They sold a feature length movie script that they co-wrote over a three-year period to a European production company. The brothers expect to begin production on their New Jersey-based film called “IRONBOUND” in Spring 2011. Check ofrt the FB movie page: www.facebook.com/ironboundmovie. Igor also accepted a contract position with the US Census Bureau to serve as a Partnership,
Francis Giantomasi writes: After graduating from Wesleyan University in 200|S l went to Seton Hall University Law School, where I am currently a 3L student. During his time at Seton Hall, Frank has been very active in the student government, serving as a class senator. He is also the president of many student organizations and a mentor to 1L students. He is currently participating as a student lawyer in Seton Hall’s immigration clinic. After his 1L year, Frank was an intern for United States Federal Judge, Jose Linares, D. NJ. After his 2L year, Frank was a
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and now Media Specialist for the 2010 Census in the NY Region, until September 2010. Igor relayed that it has been a tremendously challenging, yet fascinating job experience.
Neil Grabowsky is the CEO and founder of Celery, LLC, a cross-generational email service that connects Internet users to their non-computer-using loved ones using a simple fax machine. Grabowsky created “Celery” while away at college so that he could keep in touch with his own father, who was not using email. Today, Celery is used by clients throughout the United States and Canada, and is popular among the elderly and the Amish. Grabowsky graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 2004 with a degree in Product Design and Innovation. He lives in upstate NY with his wife, Mary Beth, and teenage miniature poodle, Josie, who they rescued from the streets o f Troy, NY. (http://mycelery.com)
Ben Aronson emailed the Alumni Office with some exciting news: I ’m working on a huge charity event with VH1 Save the Music Foundation on May 27, 2010 called BREAK’N THROUGH - SEASON 1 FINALE. BREAK’N THROUGH is a reality competition series I created a year ago; an American Idol for ORIGINAL artists. We are in talks with a bunch of networks to be picked up in 2011. Our finale show (featuring our 6 finalists) will be held on May 27th. Bran Nu Classix (Alan Davson ’99) is one of the finalists, and Mark Smukler ’08 is working with us as well.
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10th REUNION, OCTOBER 16, 2010 Mr. John Garippa 8157 M adison Lakes Circle South Davie, FL 33328 oceanhut@aol. com Ms. Anna Labowsky 5 Highview Court Wayne, N J 07470-6271 a n n a la b o w sky @yahoo.com
Class agent: Mrs. Jaclyn Latzoni Spedaliere 58 Burnham Parkway Morristown, N J 07960 jaclynlatzoni@ yahoo. com Reunion chairs: D uncan Currie dcurrie82@ gmail.com Francesca D e La Torre frandit@ gm ail.com Dusko Joldzic djoldzic@ ds-restoration. com Kevin M cCrann kmccrann@ hotmail. com Jaclyn Latzoni Spedaliere jaclynlatzoni@ yahoo. com
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Richard Unis lives in San Diego with his wife Bemadatte and one-year-old son. Rick teaches sociology at a local community college. He and Bernadette also own a photography b u sin es^^H www.narrativeimagesphoto.com.
Class agent: Ms. Lauren Tortoriello 112 H eller Way Upper M ontclair, N J 07043-2512 lauren. tortoriello@gmail. com
Julie Fefferman has just received her
Teacher Kimberley Marinella Baker was featured on her local TV news channel in January when her class was visited by a team of Siberian Huskies while studying American author Jack London’s The Call o f the Wild. The novel is told from the perspective of a husky named Buck, and Kim’s students enjoyed meeting the energetic sled team, owned by a local couple.
Master’s in Educational Communications and Technology from New York University. Her Master’s Thesis connected two Model UN chapters, in Israel and New York, through Google Groups and Video Gchat to discuss solutions for the water conflict in the Middle East. She has been working at Sesame Workshop (the creators of Sesame Street) for 3 fears in Business Development, Media Distribution.
John Garippa emailed: Over the past several
Jordan Fried is currently living in Atlanta,
years I have been operating my own business as a rare book dealer, building collections for investors. But, two years ago, I felt the call of God in my life and have since entered into Knox Theological Seminary to earn a Master’s in Theology. God has been good, and has opened a door at Fort Lauderdale First Baptist Church where I will be writing curriculum and teaching.
where he is attending Emory ||G oizueta Business School and expects to receive his MBA in May 2011. This summer, Jordan will be interning at Wells Fargo Securities in their Investment Banking gfflip.
Adam Dovico and Jaclyn Heintz got married in June 2009 in Charlotte, NC. Attendees included Jay Tobia, Jordan Fraser, Joe Landolfi and Fran de la Torre.
Ashley Griffin graduated in 2007 from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work with a m aster’s in clinical health and mental health. She has been working since 2006 at May Behavioral Health in Boston as a clinician, engaging in individual, family and couples therapy. Our sincere condolences go out to the family of Kevin Carroll, who passed away May 16,
Chris Jackson will f é getting married this September to Juliet Georgetti, whom he met at Wake Forest. In May 2011, Chris will graduate from Fordham with an MBA in Finance.
Erin Culbreth announced her engagement to Sam Hotchkiss on April 15. Sam and Erin met at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and have been living in New York for 4 years. A May 2011 wedding is planned.
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Ms. Judith Ferreira 819 Clifton Avenue Newark, N J 07104-3211 jferreir@ pratt. edu
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Ms. D ana Pisacane 219 E ast 89fh Street, Apt. 4e N ew York, N Y 10128 dana.piscane@ gmail. com Class agent: Ms. Lindsay Braverman 340 E ast 34 ^ Street N ew York, N Y 10016 lbraverm anl@ gm ail. com
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Class secretary: Ms. M elissa Fortunato 40 Holton Lane E ssex Fells, N J 07021 melissa.fortunato@ gs. com M iss E m ily Santangelo 2 7 Woods R oad Little Falls, N J 07424-2010 emilyannesantangelo@ gmail. com
D iana Reiter ’01 pictured with her sister Julie ’10 at Commencement. Julie w ill Wallowing her sister ’s footsteps and attending Yale University. Diana graduated fro m Yale in 2005, and fro m Yale Law School in 2009.
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Class agent: Ms. M elanie Braverman 484 South Parkway Clifton, N J 07014-1243 mel. braverman@gmail. com
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Ms. K ate Santoro 333 R iver Street, Apt. 539 Hoboken, N J 07030 kate.santoro@ gmail. com Class agent: Mr. D avid Endo 226 W. 16thStreet, Apt. A1 N ew York, N Y 10011 david. k.endo@gmail. com
Alexandra Milder writes: I am currently working in the Newark Public School District as a Speech-Language Specialist, where I work as part of the Child Study Team to classify and provide intervention services for children in grades K H 4. I oversee a igaseload of 64 students, all of whom have been classified for special education under one o f the 14 disabling conditions set forth in the New Jg^ey State Code.
Kate Haigney is now a glass blower at Glass Roots, a non-profit organization that works with inner-city youth in Newark. She will be having a Trunk show in October at the Banyon Tree in Upper Montclair. Look for an
article in M ontclair M agazine for more about her work and the show.
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5th REUNION OCTOBER 16, 2010 Mr. M anav Lalwani 132 Blue H eron D rive Secaucus, N J 07094-2391 201-617-5312 manav. lalwani@gmail. com
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Class agent: Mr. Edm und K ozak 17 Sum m it Street Glen Ridge, N J 07028 973-748-7016 e.g. kozak@ googlemail. com
Class agent: Ms. Angela M cCaffrey 93 Rensselaer R oad E ssex Fells, N J 07021 amccaf]2 @friars.providence. edu
Reunion Chairs: Jacque Bruno bruno.jacquelinee@ gmail. com
Alexis Levengood achieved dean’s high
Laura Jackson IjacksonOl. student@ manhattan. edu
honors for the 2009 fall semester at Connecticut College, a recognition for students who earned a grade point average of at least 3 . | H
Benjamin M errit benjam inmerit@mac. com
Timothy Hirsch writes: After a great four years studying anthropology at Kenyon College, I am currently working on my second level wine certification and working for the Wine Library in Short Hills.
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Congratulations to Frank Herrmann, MKA class o f 2002 and H arvard class o f 2006 who made the m ajor leagues this sum m er when he was called up to p itch f o r the Cleveland Indians as they took on the Chicago White Sox. In his m ajor league debut, he allow ed no hits and struck out one in 1.1 innings. N ew s o f his prom otion was p o sted on the Indians ’ website: Right hander F rank H errmann was called up fro m Triple-A Columbus on Friday by the Indians, who created roster space fo r the 26-year-old by designating veteran Jam ey Wright f o r assignment. Herrmann makes his fir s t appearance on a big-league roster.
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After graduating with his Bachelor’s in Politics last June, Manav Lalwani is currently living in Scotland where he’s pursuing a Master’s in International Strategy and Economics at the University o f St. Andrews. He hopes to start a career ingiblicprivate enterprise to aid India’s development later this year.
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The pro d u ct o f H arvard University was signed by the Indians as a non-drafted fre e agent in 2005. A t Triple-A Columbus, H errmann was 3-0, with a p a ir o f saves, and an ERA o f 0.31 in 19 appearances. In 28 2/3 innings, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound righty allow ed only one run, while striking out 22 and walking eight. The only run o ff Herrmann cam e in his season debut, bringing him to the M ajors with a scoreless streak o f 27 1/3 innings. Since jo in in g the m ajor leagues, Herrmann has p itch ed 24 gam es in relief, has a 3.47 ERA, and in 23 innings struck out 13 batters with only 5 walks.
Elizabeth Powers contacted MKA in March with news that she was accepted into the Teach fo r Am erica program. A senior at Syracuse when she got the news, she anticipated working as a 1st or 2 nc* grade teacher in Kansas City, MO for the 20102011 school year. Lizzie is the sister of Andrew ’04, and the daughter o f longtime MKA employee Jim Powers. Congratulations also go to Joe Lazauskas, also selected to the Teach fo r America program. Congratulations to Ian David who was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Amherst College and will be working as an archivist for the Russian Department at Amherst. Congratulations to pitcher Greg Harbeck who was named to the 2010 NCAA MidAtlantic Region All-Tournament Baseball Team. The Hopkins Blue Jays won the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship this year. For more news on some other members o f the Class of 2006, see pages 31 - 38.
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2005 classmates M ax Weary, Jam es Blake a n d A lex M anevitz enjoyed a mini-reunion at the K lank Klassic. M issing fro m photo but also returning to p la y were John Chase and Brian Thompson.
Taylor Breit, a junior studying in Fairfield University’s College of Arts and Sciences, was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2009 semester. Sam Deutsch was invited to become a member of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Membership in the Society is for students who are in the top 20 percent of their class with a 3.4 grade point average or better on a 4.0 scale. He has finished his second year at Rutgers University where he is studying English as a major and
M KA ’06 classmates and Cougar lacrosse teammates Brian M cFeeley and Charlie Gephart m et again on the tu r f on April 10th, but this time on opposite sides o f the fie ld at the AmherstWilliams N ESC AC conference game.
Religious Studies as a minor. In May, Owen Jennings addressed MKA seniors who were enrolled in Tom Carroll’s Finance and Capital Markets May Term offering. Owen, a student at Dartmouth College, recently completed an internship at Bridgewater Associates, a major Connecticutbased hedge fund and spent the summer working at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
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Ms. Cara Placentra 125 Upper M ountain Avenue M ontclair, N J 07042 caraduck@aol. com Class agent: Mr. M atthew M etzger 707 E ast Saddle R iver Road Ho-Ho-Kus, N J 07423 metzgermd@gmail. com
Johnny Borbone ahieved Dean’s High
Brittany Berckes ’06’s
graduation from Amherst College marked the end of an outstanding tennis career. In addition to the
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numerous All-America and All-NESCAC honors, Berckes helped the Jeffs post a 76-12 record and win four conference titles. As a first-year and sophomore, she won the national doubles title with Alicia Menezes. Berckes was named in June to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Women’s At-Large Team. In this year's NCAA women's tennis tournament, Brittany made it all the way to the national semifinals in singles and advanced to the quarterfinals of the national doubles tournament.
Honors, a recognition for students who earned a grade point average of at least 3.7, for the 2009 fall semester at Connecticut College, New London, Conn. Congratulations to Jimmy Ruzich, a sophomore at The College o f New Jersey, who was selected to the All NJAC Baseball Second Team.
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Ms. Jane Stanton 240 South M ountain Avenue M ontclair, N J 07042 jrs670@ aim . com Class agent: Mr. Brian Purcell 89 Davis Avenue Bloomfield, N J 07003 prephockey98@ aol. com
While at The Stem Business School at NYU,
Andrew Stern is enjoying his position as Treasurer in the Stem Sports Business Initiative, a newer club at the University. He reported that classmate Mike Nardella was one of the new freshman class presidents at Boston College.
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Owen Jennings ’07 spoke to M KA students about the internship search process, resume writing tips and interviewing techniques.
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The Fields brothers, Sheldon, Class o f ’04 and Stanton, Class o f ’10 with Academ ic Dean, D eborah Jennings.
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Class secretary: D evon Barrett 109 Llewellyn R oad M ontclair, N J 07042 devyloo@aol. com Class agent: M atthew Palmisano 51 Grover Lane West Caldwell, N J 07006 nbovals@att. net
Marriages 1995 1998 1999 1999 1999
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Gina Maggio to Nolan Kehoe Gregory Knapp to Angela Mulligan Priya Krishana to Kunal Kapur Georgeann Sobotka to Michael Gray Leslie Cafferty to Eoin Ryan Adam Dovico and Jaclyn Heintz
October 31, 2009 September 12, 2009 October 4, 2009 February 18, 2010 November 14, 2009 June 2009
Eddy D. Palmer Peggy Klotz Young George Bierman Frederick G. Schwarzmann Jay F. Bitting Janet Cook Phillips Judith D. McConnell Robert Root Winnie Brehm Jauch Hugh Crowther Paulette Crowther Michael Del Mastro Kevin Carroll
February 21, 2010 May 15,2010 June 2009 March 21, 2010 May 12, 2010 May 22, 2010 January 23, 2010 October 2009 June 9, 2010 July 24, 2009 April 5, 2010 October 14, 2008 May 16, 2010
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Faculty, Former Faculty, Staff and Trustees Robert Carlisle Oscar Ravina D. Caroline (Lyn) Vlaskamp
November 19, 2009 March 1, 2010 January 6, 2010
Class agent M atthew Palmisano and class secretary Devon Barrett.
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Thank This past year, Annual Fund gifts from 1,315 supporters,
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and 90% faculty and staff participation - the highest in MKA history - helped raise over $1 million dollars to benefit our students, teachers and programs.
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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COUNCIL 2010 -2011 Alexandra Aldea ’95 Geoff Branigan, Director of Development £ External Affairs Michael Braun ’01 Lindsay Braverman ’01 Jared Cook ’01 Erin Culbreth ’02 Mitchell Decter ’94 David DeMatteis ’95 Clifford Finkle ’92 Angela Garretson ’94 Dionne Gronda ’01 Andrew Kyrejko ’05 India Hayes Larrier ’80 William Martini ’98 Cheryl McCants ’82, Secretary Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76, Alumni Director Erin Morales, Director o f Annual Giving Michele Mucci ’84 Thomas Nammack, Headmaster Mark Politan ’91 Klaudia Pyz ’98 Dennis Rodano ’87, Treasurer Katherine Santoro ’04
Jessica Simpson ’99, Network Vice President Richard Stanton ’87 Martin Torjussen ’90 Keshia Trotman ’92 Lee Vartan ’96 J. Kent Walker ’80, President Jay Wecht ’83, Executive Vice President ADVISORY COUNCIL Dan Carson ’83 J. Dean Paolucci ’73 Joshua Raymond ’89 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2010-2011 Michael V. Johnson President Vice President Eric F.S. Pai ’79 Vice President Timothy J. Bozik Steven C. Milke Treasurer Denise G. Wagner Secretary MEMBERS Joesph V. Amato Merrick G. Andlinger Kenneth W. Barrett Elisa Spungen Bildner Daniel B. Carson ’83 Michael P. Friezo
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