Among Friends - Fall 2010

AMONG FRIENDS Fall 2010

The Original 1785 Schoolhouse

2009-10 Annual Report:

We give to MFS because...

225th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS PLANNED MAY DAY PHOTOS 2010 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNERS

A Message from the Head of School “You just have to be there.”

A telling statistical indicator of student and family satisfaction in independent schools is retention. While surveys and parent-teacher conferences are very important and we gain valuable insight from these tools, each year we have a clear statistical measure of satisfaction when our final retention figure is tabulated.

In this challenging economy, we have worked quite hard to promote Moorestown Friends to prospective new families. While these efforts have been successful, it is our retention rate of over 94% in each of the past two years that has allowed us to maintain our academic and co-curricular program while most public school districts in New Jersey are faced with millions of dollars in cuts.

Our faculty and staff are more invested than ever in our school.

They are here because they love working with young people and because they believe deeply in the mission of MFS. The author of our 225th anniversary book, Margaret O. Kirk, whose children were educated at Germantown Friends, made a comment that was striking to me. She observed that MFS teachers don’t begin a lesson or unit knowing what the students need. Instead, teachers analyze and ascertain the students’ needs and provide instructional guidance to help them learn at the optimal level. It made me quite proud that Margaret was able to make this observation after visiting classrooms over the course of just a few weeks.

MFS teachers do not teach to the test or teach to the book. A unique quality of our school is the variety of learning tools used to educate the mind, body and spirit of our students. When describing our school, I often hear students, parents and faculty tell folks not familiar with MFS: “It’s hard to describe. You just have to be there.”

A 94% retention rate, well above the national average for independent schools (even in non-recessionary times), is a clear measure that our faculty and staff continue to provide a top-notch education. And clearly, without the loyalty and commitment of parents, making this remarkable learning experience available to our students would not be possible.

I look forward to celebrating our 225th anniversary with you this year. There are many interesting stories that capture a commitment that has been built over more than two centuries to provide young people with a truly transformational education.

Warm Regards,

Larry Van Meter ’68 Head of School

AMONG FRIENDS Fall 2010

MOORESTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL 110 East Main Street Moorestown, NJ 08057 (856) 235-2900, www.mfriends.org Head of School Larry Van Meter ’68 Published By The Development Office Director of Development Stephen Zakroff Assistant Director of Development Beth Stouffer Director of Marketing and Communications Mike Schlotterbeck Director of Parent and Alumni Programs Matt Nierenberg Director of Annual Giving Kristy Embrack

Contents News and Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Doing Well and Doing Good: MFS at 225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 225th Anniversary Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 May Day Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i-xxxvi Cum Laude/Honors Banquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Alumni Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Meruka Gupta Hazari '00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Connie Muldowney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Christian Hansen ’50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Retirements Katy Rinehart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Patricia McEwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Scenes from the 225th Anniversary Convocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Development Office Staff Sue Giacchetto, Elaine Parellada, Michelle Wartenberg Photo Credits Richard Bell, Curt Hudson, Sherrie Saint John, Mike Schlotterbeck, Stephen Shilling

Graphic Design Alison Judah ’86, Hypno Design Moorestown Friends School admits students without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, or sexual orientation.

All photos are identified from left to right unless otherwise indicated.

About Cover Artist Midge Ingersoll Artist Midge Ingersoll is a free-lance artist specializing in architectural and historic renderings. Her work has appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer and New Haven Register.

In addition to this painting of the original Moorestown Friends Schoolhouse, she has also painted the Moorestown Meeting House. She is a former art teacher at Maple Shade High School and also served as an adult education instructor for the Perkins Center for the Arts and Moorestown Adult School. Her husband, Jon Ingersoll, is a member of the MFS Class of 1969.

Printed on recycled paper.

1

News and Notes Front: Tyler Soso, Ian Millstein and Hunter Harris. Back: Liam Mace, Zachary Durr and Ricky Barash.

Six Students Tour China with Philadelphia Boys Choir Six MFS students were members of the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale that toured China in August. They are freshman Ricky Barash, sixth graders Hunter Harris, Tyler Soso and Liam Mace and fifth graders Zachary Durr and Ian Millstein. The group toured Shanghai, Xi’an and Beijing and performed seven concerts, including one at the Shanghai Expo (the current equivalent of the World’s Fair) in the American Pavilion. The group learned several songs in Chinese which were very popular in China.

Jeff Millstein, father of Ian, performed and traveled with the group. About 20 adults comprising the Chorale accompanied the approximately 70 boys to provide tenor, bass and baritone support. “We performed in some spectacular venues, including one song that translates to ‘Jasmine Flower’ that was a big hit with the Chinese crowds,” said Jeff Millstein.

In addition to performing, the group was able to visit several Chinese landmarks and cultural sites, including the Great Wall, and the Terra Cotta Warriors in Xi’an.

Two Alums Awarded Fulbright Scholarships

2

Two members of the Class of 2004 have been awarded Fulbright

Middlebury graduate Naomi Harper has a Fulbright English

Scholarship grants. Alex Schank, a Georgetown graduate

Teaching Assistantship in Oaxaca, Mexico. She is a classroom

studied in Jordan researching Jordanian textbooks and analyzing

assistant to English professors in the Instituto Tecnologico, a

rhetoric on the history of the Arab renaissance. He recently

university in Oaxaca. “As a side project, I hope to learn a little

corresponded with the school’s Alumni Office: “It's been an

bit of Zapoteco, an indigenous language spoken here in Oaxaca,

interesting experience thus far (and definitely a challenge for my

and volunteer in a rural school in which both Spanish and

Arabic!), but I'm so happy to have the opportunity. I will start a

Zapoteco are spoken,” wrote Harper recently.

master’s in Arab studies (and perhaps couple it with a law

She is documenting her experience via blog, titled “From

degree) at Georgetown this fall.”

Puebladelphia to Oaxaca” at harpernaomi.blogspot.com.

News and Notes Junior is National Scrabble Champ

Junior Ted Barrett placed first in his division at the

Alice Paul Book Published A Woman's Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot was published by Palgrave Macmillan on

National Scrabble Championships held in August in Dallas.

August 17. Author Mary Walton, a former

He was awarded $1,000 in prize money for his performance

Philadelphia Inquirer writer for 20 years, conducted

in five days of tournament play. The tournament hosted 408 competitors, in five divisions, ranked by the North American

research about Paul, Class of 1901, at MFS. Assistant Director of Development Beth Stouffer is credited in the book by Walton for her assistance. The book’s

Scrabble Players Association (NASPA). The rankings are

release coincided with the 90th anniversary of the

earned by players that have competed in local and regional

passage of the 19th Amendment, giving women the

NASPA-sanctioned tournaments.

right to vote.

Junior Ted Barrett receives congratulations for his first place finish from Chris Cree, Co-President of the North American SCRABBLE Players Association (NASPA).

Connect with us on Facebook!

Join the Moorestown Friends School Alumni page for up-to-date information, events and networking with fellow alumni.

3

News and Notes

MFS Teachers Explore the World…

Photographed at the Sheikh Zayad Mosque in the United Arab Emirates were: Wali Adbul-Salaam, husband of US Math Teacher Dorothy López, LS/MS Quaker Education Teacher Lynne Brick, US Math Teacher Brooke Smith, Chester Reagan Chair Priscilla TaylorWilliams and husband David Williams.

Teachers Pursue Educational Opportunities for Students in United Arab Emirates Four teachers traveled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this summer to explore potential curriculum and educational trips to provide further education for students about the Islamic world. Traveling to Dubai and other locales in the UAE were Chester Reagan Chair for Religious and Quaker Studies Priscilla Taylor-Williams, Lower/Middle School Quaker Education Teacher Lynne Brick, Math Teacher Dorothy Lopéz and Math Teacher Brooke Smith.

Focus areas of the group were “lived religion,” cultural exchange and the tensions of diversity, entrepreneurship, architecture and art, and life in the desert. The group visited the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding and the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization. In addition to exploration and discussion of Islamic traditions, the group also observed interfaith experience in Dubai and the differing experiences of religious life for men and women.

Hosts and sponsors of the trip were MFS parents Tameem Ahmed and Yasmin Mahmood.

4

Computer Science Teacher Explores Costa Rica on Zekavat Summer Sabbatical Computer Science Teacher and Upper School Service Coordinator Gail Barna traveled to Costa Rica in August to help build and plan for future service learning trips with students and faculty to Central and South America. The trip was made possible thanks to a Zekavat Summer Sabbatical Grant. She stayed at the Selva Verde Lodge and Rainforest Reserve in Chilamate, Costa Rica. Barna participated in a teacher and group leader education program at the Sarapiqui Conservation Learning Center, which offers programs in environmental education, community development, conservation, and tourism. Barna led a group of Upper School students to Costa Rica as part of Intensive Learning 2010.

Spanish Teacher Studies in Mexico Spanish teacher Mariana Falana spent two weeks taking intensive Spanish courses at Cemanahuac Educational Community in Cuernavaca, the capital city for the state of Morelos in Mexico. She was the recipient of a scholarship awarded by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

Director of Multicultural Affairs Leads Cuba Service Trip Director of Multicultural Affairs Karen Washington was a co-leader for George School’s Global Service Program trip to Holguin, Cuba. She had traveled to Cuba with a group of adults from the program in 2009 and this summer led a student group that included MFS Upper School students Madison Galvin, Shakeil Greeley and Brian White. Service included participating in children’s programs organized by the Quaker church, and painting, renovating, and repairing the church and its facilities. To read about the group’s trip visit www.cubagsp.org.

News and Notes Faculty/Staff Briefs Fifth Grade teacher Kathy Cook served as Dean of the new ESF Innovation Project,

Two Appointed to School Committee Since 2008, Sandy Hoeppner

one of several summer camp opportunities

Brown has been the Chair of the

offered at Moorestown Friends School.

Committee of Trustees of the

Campers problem solve, create and

Kellman Brown Academy, as well as

innovate while collaborating with a team on ideas to solve real-world, practical

serving on the Academy’s Head

issues. Third Grade Teacher Ted Quinn

Support and Evaluation Committee,

was the lead instructor for the Animal

the Finance Committee and Strategic

Advocacy cohort. The other cohorts were Forensic Science and Masters of Design. During the three-week program,

Financial Planning Committee. From 2006-08, she served as

campers were fully immersed in an area of their interest where

Chair of the Board at Kellman Brown and led an $11

they posed original questions, crafted thoughtful answers and

million capital campaign. In addition, Brown sits on the

built understanding – not only from experts in their chosen

Kohelet Foundation Advisory Board, which strives to create

field, but more importantly from each other. Serving as a student assistant was MFS senior Nick Cook.

greater access to Jewish education. She also provides office fit outs and art selection for NFI Industries. Brown is a

Academic Technology Coordinator Diana Day is heading up a cohort of seven MFS teachers exploring the educational use of technology – especially social media.

graduate of Dickinson College. She and her husband Sid are the parents of Courtney ’07, Eric ’10 and Jake ’12. They reside in Voorhees.

Participating are: English Teacher Erika Bohman, English Teacher and Middle School Dean Maggie Beck, Social Studies Teacher Parker Curtis, Fourth Grade

Philip Lippincott is retired Chairman and Chief Executive

Teacher Stephanie Scheutz, Chinese

Officer of Scott Paper Company, a

Teacher Tao “Cindy” Huang, and First Grade Teacher Teri

former non-executive Chairman of

Kaiser. It is a program run by the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS) and led by Will

Campbell Soup Company, and

Richardson, author of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other

former Board Chair of the Fox

Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Upper School Director

Chase Cancer Center. He is a

Chris Kimberly and Associate Head of School and Academic

former Director of ExxonMobil Corporation and former

Dean Barbara Caldwell are participating in a parallel set of ADVIS webinars, also led by Richardson, for administrators who help manage technology.

Trustee of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Lippincott is a graduate of William Penn Charter School, Dartmouth College, and holds an M.B.A. from Michigan

School Psychologist Monica Pawluk Hottenstein ’68 announced in June that

State University. He and his wife Naomi are the parents of

she was moving on to build her private

Grant ’80, Kevin ’82 and Kerry ’84. They reside in Park

practice in Moorestown. In a note to

City, Utah.

faculty and staff, she provided well wishes to the school community: “I have so appreciated all of the support and friendship…MFS is a community of wonderful people, and I wish it all the best,” she wrote.

5

Purchase Today!

Doing Well and Doing Good: Moorestown Friends School at 225 $48.50 Founders Edition: Doing Well and Doing Good: Moorestown Friends School at 225 $88.50

Order online at www.mfsgear.com

6

Unveiling of About Author Margaret O. Kirk Magazine, The Philadelphia Daily News, Author Margaret O. Kirk began her 225th Book Nears To celebrate its 225th year as a Quaker day school, Moorestown Friends School enthusiastically embarked upon the task of compiling a colorful history book. Doing Well and Doing Good: Moorestown Friends School at 225 uses the extensive MFS archives, interviews, and personal accounts from current and former students, faculty and staff, parents, School Committee members, and other friends of the school to tell the story of one of the oldest independent schools in the United States.

The book, which will be delivered to the school in midOctober, documents the fascinating history of MFS, chronicling the evolution of an institution that values a student’s spiritual and ethical education on the same level as academic rigor. Students indeed do well in the classroom and do good inside and outside the school community, thanks to the spirit and dedication of faculty, staff, coaches, and volunteers. The faces may change over the years, but the culture of service, respect, and inclusiveness remains the same.

While combing the school’s and

work on Doing Well and Doing Good: MFS at 225 in the summer of 2009, conducting extensive research in the school archives, the Moorestown Library and the Historical Society of Moorestown. In the fall of 2009, she immersed herself in the MFS community, roaming the hallways, peeking into classrooms, attending school events and much more.

Simultaneously she conducted numerous interviews with alumni, parents, trustees, students and administrators.

The end result is a wonderful manuscript that ties the past to the present and looks to the future of South Jersey’s premiere independent school.

“As someone who sent my kids to a Quaker school (Germantown Friends), I appreciate that the Quaker message is front and center,” said Kirk. “It was amazing to hear former students who still carry the school with them every day and have been doing so for 2, 20, 40 years.”

Kirk is an award-winning freelance writer with over 25 years of experience as a journalist, editor, author and corporate writer. She specializes in business and medicine, and her articles have appeared in leading newspapers, magazines and web sites nationwide.

Kirk has published in The New York Times, Reader’s Digest, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times, TIME, Money magazine, Philadelphia

as it was enlightening, capturing the personal stories and insights of the school’s alumni and former leaders was a primary goal of the project.

The end result is a handsome 128-page printed piece that will be community as the school continues to build upon its strong foundation.

A Visit from Author Margaret O. Kirk 225th Anniversary Book Distribution • Sunday, Oct. 17, 6 p.m.

• Dining Hall Commons (Part of All-School Parent Council Meeting)

About Photographer Mario Morgado

the town’s archives was as necessary

required reading for the MFS

Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Kansas City Star, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, USA Today, Working Mother and Good Housekeeping.

She co-authored two recent nonfiction books: the story of Centralia, PA, a mining town destroyed by an underground fire; and the biography of Joanne W. Iverson, a rowing champion who made women’s crew an Olympic sport. Kirk worked as a Philadelphia correspondent for Money magazine and The New York Times, covering finance, business news and real estate. Her biweekly business column, “Work Life,” for The Philadelphia Inquirer, was syndicated online.

Kirk will visit MFS on Sunday, October 17 at 6 p.m. to provide remarks when the 225th anniversary book will be made available as part of the All-School Parent Council Meeting.

Photographer Mario Morgado pictured working on the cover shot for Doing Well and Doing Good: MFS at 225.

Doing Well and Doing Good: MFS at 225 includes many wonderful new school images by book photographer Mario Morgado, who spent two days at the school in May. Morgado’s photography has been published in many national and international publications including The New York Times, New York magazine and Boston magazine. To view some of Morgado’s work, visit his website at www.mariomorgado.com.

7

Moorestown Friends School 225th Anniversary Events Calendar Moorestown Friends School, one of the oldest schools in the nation, celebrates the 225th anniversary of its founding in 2010-11. Events and activities for alumni, parents, parents of alumni and all the members of the school community will take place throughout the school year and culminate at Commencement in June 2011. To register for events, click on the 225 events registration link on the MFS home page at www.mfriends.org

September

November

Tuesday, September 14, 10 a.m.

Convocation

Sunday, November 14, 12:30 p.m.

Philadelphia Museum Tour with Richard Marcucci

Convocation guest speakers included Patrick Bassett (right), President of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and MFS alumnus, School Committee member and NAIS Senior Vice President of School Information Services, Mark Mitchell ’86.

See photos on page 29 and the back cover.

October Thursday, October 14, 6 p.m.

Boston Area Alumni Gathering The Union Club of Boston Sunday, October 17, 6 p.m. DHC All-School Parent Council Meeting 225th Anniversary Book Distribution Margaret O. Kirk, author of Doing Well and Doing Good: MFS at 225, will visit for a discussion about research and writing of the book, and will be available to sign copies.

The entire school community is welcome to attend this event.

8

Spend an afternoon touring exhibits at the Philadelphia Museum of Art with former Arts Department Chair Richard Marcucci. Round trip transportation from MFS is available and the tour will be followed by a reception at the Greenleaf. $16 museum only $25 museum and transportation from MFS

Saturday, November 27, 10 a.m.

Alumni Soccer Game

December Wednesday, December 22, 6 p.m.

Young Alumni Dinner (for alumni from Classes of 2006-10)

Wednesday, December 22, 7 p.m.

Alumni Basketball Game

January

May

Thursday, January 6, 6:30 p.m.

Delaware Valley Alumni/ Community Event – Pinsetter

Saturday, May 7, 9 a.m.

Alumni Weekend/Color Day

Enjoy an evening of bowling, food and fun open to the entire MFS community at Pinsetter in Pennsauken. $15 (includes dinner)

Monday, January 17, 10 a.m.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service

February Thursday, February 24, 6 p.m.

Washington D.C. Area Alumni Gathering Cosmos Club

March Saturday, March 12, 5 p.m.

Parent Council Auction It’s an auction year! The biennial auction, celebrating the history of the school in this anniversary year, will be held at the Collingswood Ballroom and Scottish Rite Theater.

Calling all Reds and Blues! For this year only, MFS is bringing back Color Day. A once long-standing tradition at the school, students were assigned the colors of red or blue, and the teams would compete in a series of field games in the spring. This year, students in all divisions have been assigned colors and have the opportunity to earn points for their teams by participating in events throughout the year. Color Day will be the culminating event, and all members of the MFS community (current families and alumni) are encouraged to participate.

Saturday, May 21 – Time TBD Tour and Tea at Paulsdale Enjoy an afternoon at the former Mount Laurel home of famous women’s suffrage leader Alice Paul, MFS Class of 1901. Now run by the Alice Paul Institute, Paulsdale was formerly owned by former faculty member and alumni parent Miriam Feyerherm, who will help lead the tour, along with Alice Paul, Class of 1901 former faculty member Margaret Barnes Mansfield.

Cost: $10

April

June

Saturday, April 9 – Time TBD Tours of local Meeting Houses with MFS Quaker educator Lynne Brick and Mount Laurel Meeting historian Jarry Jones

Saturday, June 11, 7 p.m.

Commencement of the Class of 2011

Get a behind-the-scenes tour of the Mount Laurel and Medford Meeting Houses and learn the history and traditions of the Monthly Meetings. After the morning tour, guests have the option of joining Lynne and Jarry for brunch at Braddock’s Tavern in Medford.

Brunch: $15

To RSVP for these 225th anniversary events, click on the registration link found on the home page of the school website at www.mfriends.org.

Check back for updates.

If you have questions about these events, please contact Matt Nierenberg, Director of Parent & Alumni Programs by e-mail or at (856) 914-4416.

9

May Day

Moorestown Friends School’s oldest tradition, May Day, was celebrated on May 7. A variety of performances, music, activities, crafts and roving costumed characters highlighted the day, which culminated with the traditional May Pole Dance. Every four years MFS hosts this Elizabethan celebration of spring that involves all students, from preschool through 12th grade. The tradition dates back to the early 1900s and possibly earlier.

May Day is based on an ancient Roman festival that lasted from late April to early May, in which Romans offered flowers to Flora, their goddess of spring.

The Romans brought that custom to all the European lands they conquered, making May Day a worldwide event.

By the Middle Ages, it became especially popular in England, where people rose early in the morning to “bring in the May.” They gathered flowers and tree branches to decorate their homes and later went to the town square where the May Pole – often over 100 feet tall – was raised. As a woman representing the May Queen presided over the ceremony, dancers held the streamers that fell from the top of the pole and circled around it, weaving the streamers into tight patterns. These agricultural festivals were intended to ensure fertility of the crops.

Beginning in the 1950s at MFS, it changed from an annual event to a rotating celebration, sometimes once every two years and, more recently, every four years. It has traditionally been modeled after a May Day of the Elizabethan Period in England.

10

Top: May Day Court members Emma Baiada ’10, Ally Shaffer ’10, Brooke Oki ’10, Claire Maddocks ’10 and Samantha Smith ’10.

Bottom: Head of School Larry Van Meter ’68 and his wife and Associate Director of College Guidance Margaret Van Meter

The Grand Procession and Opening Ceremonies

Four previous May Queens were in attendance for the Grand Procession and opening ceremonies. From left: Anne Rosenberg ’74, MFS Science Teacher Tracey Whitesell ’86, Janet Carslake Aaronson ’52 and Kathleen Fugate Messinger ’64.

Lower/Middle School Quaker Education Teacher Lynne Brick and Chester Reagan Chair for Quaker/Religious Studies Priscilla Taylor-Williams were each dressed as women’s suffrage leader Alice Paul, MFS Class of 1901.

11

Top Left: Goldilocks (Katia Hehn ’20) and the Three Bears…each class had its own May Day theme.

Top Right: May Day Queen Nicole Respond ’10 and King Eric Brown ’10.

Middle Left: The Upper School Concert Choir performs under the direction of Vocal and Music Instructor Melissa Malvar-Keylock.

Volunteers

May Day Costume Designers Rose Frola and Kiyo Moriuchi ’71.

12

May Day Volunteer Chairs Susan Shaffer, Karen Applegate and Kathie Carpenter

Fun and Activities Top: Upper School Science Teacher Drew Newman (gold hat) directs the human chess match.

Middle Right: A performance of Pyramus & Thisbe was one of the main stage feature performances. Pictured (l to r): Julia Rudolph ’12, George Bader ’11 and Jacob Burbage ’11.

Bottom Left: Jordan Obermeier ’21 and Mia Trottie ’21 craft medieval icons.

Bottom Right: Daniel Obaisi ’10 helps Edward Crisonino ’22 at the robotics joust.

13

May Pole Dance

Left: May pole dancer Krystina Carpenter ’10.

Right: Dancers Gianya Breland ’10, Jacob Montgomery ’10 and Andrew Rosenbach ’10 enjoy a light moment before the May Pole dance. Former teacher and School Committee member Neil Hartman helped coach the senior May Pole Dancers.

14

David Baiada ’95 • B.A. Cornell University • M.B.A., University of Pennsylvania

“Think Big. Work Hard. Show Love.”

David Baiada ’95 Serves as Cum Laude/Honors Banquet Speaker David Baiada ’95 was the guest speaker for the 2010 Cum Laude/Honors Banquet in May. An original at MFS, beginning in kindergarten, he was inducted into the Cum Laude Society as a junior, and the National Spanish Honor Society as a sophomore. Baiada was also selected by his classmates as a Commencement speaker. He was a highly decorated soccer player at MFS, and two-year captain of the varsity squad. The top scorer during his years at MFS, he was All-Friends League and AllSouth Jersey and won the Herm Magee Award his senior year.

He manages the Skilled Visit Practice for Bayada Nurses, which serves 50,000 clients a year with $140 million in annual revenues. David’s father, Mark Baiada, founded the company in 1975.

Bayada Nurses provides nursing,

rehabilitative, therapeutic and personal home health care services to children, adults and seniors in the comfort of their own homes. They have over 15,000 nurses, home health aides and therapists working from more than 170 offices in 18 states.

David has multiple family ties to MFS. One of five siblings who attended MFS, he is also the cousin of Caitlin Baiada ’06 and Emma Baiada ’10, and uncle of prekindergarten student Katie Kirchhoff.

In his remarks, he focused on three main themes.

Think Big—“Be passionate about something,” said Baiada. “It will probably take some time to find what it is.”

Work Hard—“Once you find your passion, nothing gets done without hard

work,” said the former MFS soccer star.

“In order to accomplish what you are passionate about, you’ve got to put in the time.”

Show Love—Baiada emphasized staying in touch with family, even during the very busy college years. “Call home,” Baiada said forcefully. “There is no one in your life who will provide you with the same support and attention and the unrelenting love than the people right across from you [family members in the audience]. You have to call home in order to get that.”

Baiada received a B.A. in Economics from Cornell, where he also played varsity soccer and football. After college, he initially worked for Diamond Management and Technology Partners as an analyst associate in its Chicago offices. Next, he earned his M.B.A. in Health Care Management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he co-founded the Family Business Club. Baiada values travel as part of his life-long education and has visited 45 states and 35 countries. His fluent Spanish and proficient Italian are partly a result of spending six months traveling in South America to immerse himself in the culture and improve his Spanish, and of studying in Padua, Italy his junior year at Cornell University. He also recently traveled to South Africa during the FIFA World Cup to experience the emerging country and the fans visiting from many nations for the quadrennial tournament.

David and his wife Mindy, who reside in Center City Philadelphia, hosted the Class of 1995 reunion at their home on Alumni Weekend.

15

2010 Alumni Weekend

Alumni Awards Each year MFS alumni return to campus to reunite with their classmates and to learn more about what’s new at their alma mater. It is also a time to honor those who have contributed to their community using skills that were fostered during their years at Moorestown Friends School.

Above: Young AlumnI Award winner Meruka Gupta Hazari ’00 with family Top Right: Alumni Association Clerk Naoji Moriuchi with Service Award winner Connie Muldowney Bottom Right: Former Headmaster Alan Craig and wife Mary attended the Dinner Among Friends. Craig had connections to all three award winners.

16

Alumni Awards

Young Alumni Award winner Meruka Gupta Hazari ’00, with parents Navin and Renu Gupta and husband Vivek Hazari.

Meruka Gupta Hazari ’00 • B.A., New York University • M.S., Drexel University

Young Alumni Award

Aspiring Physician Displays Resilience Meruka Gupta Hazari’s path to becoming a physician is an inspirational tale of resilience. The Class of 2000 graduate was awarded the Young Alumni Award by the Alumni Association at the Dinner Among Friends. The award recognizes recent alums, within 10 years of their MFS graduation, for outstanding achievement or notable community service. In Hazari’s case, both apply.

Hazari is on course to earn her medical degree at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2011. This will fulfill a goal she has had since her time at MFS, when it was clear she wanted to pursue a career in medicine. However, the road to this goal was lined with unforeseen challenges.

Soon after enrolling at New York University as an undergrad, some troubling symptoms that had started in adolescence finally resulted in a diagnosis for Hazari. She had multiple sclerosis.

She initially struggled to come to terms with the diagnosis and was constantly dealing with allergies to medications, fevers and chills, and body aches.

“It was hard for me to deal with as

an 18-year-old,” she said. “I didn’t get as much out of college as I could have.”

At first, she questioned her goal to become a physician, and whether or not she would be capable of making it, and lost confidence in herself. “After losing precious time to self-doubt, I finally realized that I have one life, and there was only one way I wanted to live it,” Hazari said.

With the help and support of family and friends, she is well on her way to becoming a physician. She says it was definitely not the path she had envisioned, but she has learned that it’s not about the ultimate goal, it’s about enjoying the ride. She notes that, “I allow myself to have bad days, but know that they are not the defining moments of my life. I stopped allowing MS to define who I was, and instead, use it as a way of discovering who I am.”

While still an undergrad, she did clinical research in maternal and fetal medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She took a break from school in 2004-05 and expanded her work with the Greater Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Multiple

Sclerosis Society as an information and referral specialist. She was a featured speaker for the first Philadelphia Pediatric MS Support Group and at the Society’s Readathon Banquet.

After the year off from school, she then moved on to complete an M.S. in biological science from Drexel, followed by acceptance into medical school.

In thinking back to her time at MFS, a few former teachers came to mind. “[Former English teacher] Doc LaVia influenced my love of thinking,” she said of LaVia, who passed away months after his 2000 Commencement speech.

“He inspired us to think beyond what was on paper.”

She also cited current Math department chair Michael Omilian. “He’s somebody I look up to a lot,” she said of Omilian. “He helped you to see the practical side of things, how to logically approach problems – something we do a lot in medicine.”

Finally, Gupta credited former Physical Education Teacher and Girls Lacrosse Coach Heidi Brunswick. “She helped me get through a lot and brought out self-confidence in me,” said Hazari.

“I also learned a lot about teamwork, something that is also very important in medicine.”

A talented student at MFS, Hazari was a member of the National Spanish Honor Society and Cum Laude Society, and was involved in a host of other activities. She played tennis and lacrosse, was part of Agenda Committee, was a yearbook editor and represented the school at the National Association of Independent Schools People of Color Conference.

Hazari currently lives in Piscataway with her husband Vivek.

Alumni Awards

17

Connie Muldowney with her two grandchildren, Fiona Kennedy Muldowney and James William Kennedy Muldowney. Her son James “Huck” A.S. Muldowney, IV ’90, an Assistant Professor of Medicine and cardiologist at Vanderbilt University, and his wife Nancy Jean and family live in Nashville.

Service Award

Thrift Shop Manager is 2010 Service Award Winner MFS Thrift Shop Manager Connie Muldowney was honored with the Alumni Association’s Service Award on Alumni Weekend for 34 years of service to the school as a volunteer and as manager of the Thrift Shop.

Her vision for the Thrift Shop has helped to grow an asset to the community and source of revenue for the school. “It’s another giving choice for people,” said Muldowney of the Thrift Shop. “I look at it as found money for the school.” After working as a volunteer for 14 years, Muldowney was hired by the school in 1990 to run the Thrift Shop. The shop has moved several times in the last three decades from Roberts Hall to the rear of 113 E. Main St. to its current location on Chester Avenue near the train tracks. The shop has continued to cover its expenses and consistently contributes a sizable gift to MFS annually.

Running a thrift shop operation requires a variety of skills, most importantly people skills. Muldowney

18

Alumni Awards

relates well to volunteers of all ages – from students who come to the Thrift Shop as part of their community service to MFS grandparents.

“Our volunteers work very hard to achieve our goals by giving their time,” said Muldowney. “Everyone who has stepped through that doorway to volunteer has made a difference.”

It is a tribute to Muldowney that her volunteers are very loyal: many of her volunteers have been working at the shop for years, often long after their children or grandchildren have graduated. Some travel long distances to do so, like alumni parent Valerie Bush, who drives up from the Atlantic City area. Even if Thrift Shop volunteers move out of the area, they are sure to stay in touch.

MFS Gift Acknowledgment Coordinator Sue Giacchetto, an alumni parent who has worked at the shop for many years, watches Muldowney do her work with great admiration.

“Connie is like an ambassador for

the school to the community. She is so caring. The school means an awful lot to her,” said Giacchetto, who also has seen first-hand how well Muldowney works with the shop’s numerous volunteers.

“She makes everyone feel important.

Everyone has a different niche and she finds that niche whether it’s sorting clothes or working the front desk.”

With the rise of Ebay and online auction/marketplace websites, Muldowney has stayed on top of the latest changes in the industry, posting items on Ebay and keeping abreast of pricing changes. “There is a great deal of research that goes into pricing items,” she said.

Ultimately it is the smiles and social aspects of the job that she enjoys most. “I love getting up in the morning and coming to work,” she said. “There’s always a laugh here…you leave with a smile.”

Christian Hansen ’50 • B.A., Haverford College • M.D., University of Pennsylvania

The late Chris Hansen ’50 (left), 2010 Alice Paul Merit Award winner, pictured with legendary Social Studies Teacher G. Macculloch “Cully” Miller.

Alice Paul MeritAward

The Late Chris Hansen ’50 Honored with Alice Paul Merit Award On Alumni Weekend, Dr. Christian M. Hansen was awarded posthumously the Alice Paul Merit Award in honor of his lifelong, distinguished record of medical missionary work in the Americas, Africa and the Middle East.

Dr. Hansen died on February 3 from bone-marrow disease. He is survived by his wife Alexandra Cole Hansen, children Amy, Max, Jonathan and Nathaniel, four grandchildren, and generations of children around the world who were helped by his healing touch.

“Chris Hansen truly embodied who we want our Moorestown Friends graduates to be – combining a tough mind and a tender heart,” said Head of School Larry Van Meter ’68. “I had the good fortune, after becoming Head of School, to meet Chris. He came back to visit with our students on the brink of the Iraq War, to warn them of the terrible consequences of that war for children in that part of the world.” The school was able to notify Dr. Hansen of the honor in January.

Growing up in a conservative household, he credited coming to MFS at age 15 with making him more aware, and moving him to become a Quaker.

He was greatly influenced by the teaching giants of his era at MFS, including Wilbur Carr, Chester Reagan, Harley Armstrong, Herm Magee and David Richie.

He studied at Haverford College and subsequently received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. As a resident in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, when he began treating the urban poor, he first saw the relationship between poverty and disease. He proceeded to join the U.S. Public Health Service and worked with native Americans in the southwest and Midwest and also spent time in Turkey working as a physician to Peace Corps volunteers.

He also worked in Boston, and Mississippi, where a lifetime highlight was meeting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Hansen was a civil rights activist and he and his family spent two years living in a trailer in the previously all African-American community of Bayou Mound, LA. In 1968, Hansen traveled on an American Friends Field Service Committee trip to Nigeria and Biafra to

investigate health problems, visiting hospitals and refugee camps in the midst of strife. With a team of two others, he uncovered the famine taking place there and helped to bring it to the world’s attention.

He brought his family back to the East Coast in 1969, where he worked in community health in Trenton, New Jersey, and joined the faculty of Rutgers University Medical School.

In 1970, he received Haverford College’s “Haverford Award for Service,” for those who best reflect the college’s stated concern that knowledge be applied to socially useful ends, and in 1994 received an honorary doctorate in sciences degree from the college, for his work in the community and around the world.

He served for many years as a consulting pediatrician for the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services and was an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the Robert Wood Johnson University Medical School in New Brunswick, where he introduced medical students to child welfare issues, including abuse and neglect. Dr. Hansen’s autobiography In the Name of the Children: The Life Story of a Pediatrician to the Poor, was published in 2005.

In the 1990s, with the help of Headmaster Alan Craig, Dr. Hansen led an MFS community drive to collect stuffed animals for children in Haiti. He came back to MFS to speak with students many other times in the course of his career, including the Cum Laude banquet in 1972.

Alumni Awards

19

Retiring Director of College Guidance and English Department Chair Katy Rinehart (second from right) was honored at the Dinner Among Friends.

Also attending (from left) were her brother Jud Ramaker, husband Timm Rinehart and mother Jean Ramaker.

Katy Rinehart • B.A., Hampshire College • M.A.L.S., Wesleyan University

English and College Guidance: The Perfect Mix for Katy Rinehart Director of College Guidance and English Department Chair Katy Rinehart retired in June after spending 16 years at the school.

She arrived at MFS in 1994 after 14 years at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. While her husband Timm was beginning his new job in admissions at Temple University, Katy Rinehart was mulling her next career move when a fortuitous meeting (for her and for MFS) occurred.

“I was still working as an area admissions rep for Hampshire in the fall of 1993 and made a school visit to MFS,” she said. “(Then Director of College Guidance) Mary Williams asked what I was going to do now and I jokingly responded that I would love to have her job.”

Soon after her visit, Williams was appointed Upper School Director. By the next fall, Rinehart had been hired by MFS as Director of College Guidance and was also asked to teach two Upper School English courses. “The school took a huge leap of faith and (former

20

Headmaster) Alan Craig must have sensed my enthusiasm for literature,” said Rinehart. “I knew college guidance and I learned everything from the high school side from the ground up. I had no assistant. I did it all.”

By 2000, she was also serving as Chair of the English Department. “I was blessed with a wonderful department faculty…very intelligent, really committed people,” she said.

As enrollment grew at the school, juggling both jobs became increasingly difficult. However, in 2002, Margaret Van Meter was hired as a College Guidance Counselor. “My life changed so much for the better when she came on board,” said Rinehart. “No one understands the challenges of college guidance better than Margaret…she was an invaluable partner.”

When pushed, Rinehart will admit that it was in the classroom where she was happiest. “The students I’ve taught have been such great kids who love reading literature, and I’ve had some remarkable writers,” she said. “And we

had such a good time together…a day didn’t go by when one of the kids didn’t make me laugh.”

“Katy has a passion for literature,” said new English Chair Debra Galler.

“She is walking, breathing evidence of the relevance of studying literature: she applies Shakespeare’s language to everyday life in a way that shows her students and colleagues that what we are studying is not archaic, but vital.”

Rinehart has moved to Sonoma County, CA where she is planning for many outdoor activities and challenges.

An avid runner, she will participate in a series of races along the Pacific Coast.

She intends to hike the Sierras with her husband and has her sights set on climbing Mount Whitney. She also has not ruled out a return to teaching once she gets settled in her new location.

Katy and Timm Rinehart have two children: Kelsey, a Middlebury College graduate who lives in the San Francisco area and works in online media, and Dan, a recent Temple University graduate now living and studying in Spain.

Retiring Preschool Teacher Patricia McEwan (second from right) was honored at the Dinner Among Friends.

Also attending (from left) were daughters Shannon McEwan Manigrasso and Sarah McEwan Berton, husband Jim McEwan and daughter Meghan McEwan.

Patricia McEwan • B.A., Kean University

Patricia McEwan Provided Foundation to Many MFS Students Preschool Teacher Patricia McEwan retired in June after 14 years at MFS. Hired as a prekindergarten teacher, after one year she moved to preschool, where she spent the remainder of her career. Teaching at the early childhood education levels is quite challenging and preschool is often the child’s first educational experience. “You become a guide to help families adjust and welcome them into a larger school community,” said McEwan The veteran teacher, a graduate of Newark State Teachers College (now Kean University), came to MFS in 1995 after serving as principal at St. Mary’s School in Bordentown and as Director of the Lakeview Childcare Center in Hamilton, the largest provider of child care in Mercer County.

The mother of three daughters, it was the educational path of her oldest daughter Shannon that prompted her return to teaching. “When Shannon received her teaching certificate, I realized how much I missed teaching,”

said McEwan, who, prior to her administrative positions, had worked as a long-term substitute in several areas of the country – her husband Jim was in the U.S. Navy.

A wonderful example of McEwan’s impact on her students occurred two years ago. Former student Alexandra Friedman ’09, now enrolled at American University, focused her college application essay on how McEwan guided her through uncertainty about making it across the monkey bars over the span of a few weeks on the MFS playground. She wrote: “Learning to swing on the monkey bars might not seem like a big deal, but to me, a five-year-old, it was like climbing Mt. Everest… As I was completing this essay, Mrs. McEwan sent me an e-mail telling me how proud of me she was after watching me score the first goal in my state quarterfinal playoff game. She said ‘I recognized your talent even in prekindergarten!’ Little did I know that Mrs. McEwan and the yellow

and blue set of monkey bars would be such an important part of my childhood.”

“That’s one of the wonderful things about working at MFS,” said McEwan.

“Upper School students still come back to give me a hug.”

McEwan felt well supported in her role teaching the youngest MFS students.

“There is a deep appreciation for early childhood education at MFS,” she said.

“My work was valued by administrators and colleagues and there are so many opportunities for professional development. There is an expectation for excellence and that raises the bar for us.”

Preschool Assistant Melanie Gfeller worked together with McEwan for five years. “She not only wanted to teach the curriculum, but to teach the students to be good people,” said Gfeller. “What I admired most was that Patricia always continued to learn and find better ways to teach…even up to the last week of school. She’s an amazing person and an amazing teacher. We’ll miss her.”

McEwan and her husband James, who live in Bordentown, look forward to more sailing on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire and spending time with their three grandkids, all of whom are local.

21

Class Notes

The Class of 1960 gathered for its 50th reunion luncheon on Alumni Weekend. Standing: Deanne Cutler Dorn, Thomas Brunt, Christian Sweeny, Harold Goodman, Richard Manchester, Procter Lippincott, Warren Littlefield, Len Shapiro, Tom Stackhouse, Virginia Branin Schelbert. Sitting: Kris Ries Brunt, Elizabeth Fiume Hosey, Toby Goldstein Needleman, Sheila LeBow Gross, Chrystine Tyler Kavalunas, Hildegard Schmidt-Lorbach, Nancy Taylor Goodnough, Valerie Werst Emerson.

1934 J. Bayard Brunt, Jr. welcomed the arrival of his 13th and 14th great-grandchildren this year: in March, Hadley Sarah Brunt, the granddaughter of Peter Wheeler Brunt ’62; and in June, Naomi Grace Moriuchi, the granddaughter of Fred ’65 and Caroline Brunt ’66 Moriuchi and daughter of School Committee member Naoji Moriuchi ’94.

1952 Our sympathy goes to Carol Hunsicker McLean who writes: “My husband, Cliff, was diagnosed with cancer in August 2008. We had just come back from a fantastic family Caribbean vacation cruise. He died April 23, 2009 four days after his 77th birthday. We had been married 52 years.”

1959 Charlotte Stiles Borg is enjoying retired life with family and friends in Medford.

She writes: “It was fun to get together 22

Bill Archer ’61 and his wife, Eileen, at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the Acropolis in Athens. with ‘old’ classmates at our 50th reunion.”

1960

See reunion photo above.

1961 Bill Archer and his wife Eileen spent this past summer traveling. In June, the Archers visited Greece to attend the wedding of Eileen’s cousin. In August,

Class Notes

1965

See reunion photo.

Beverly Boogar Lovejoy writes: “It was wonderful seeing so many classmates at our 45th reunion in early May. Bygone days and faces once again come into sharper focus. It was an afternoon rich with remembering and reconnecting.

Many thanks to the organizers.”

Beth Reagan Preston writes: “Still a nurse in the recovery room at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center – The Class of 1965 gathered at the Head’s Reception on Alumni Weekend. Sitting: Martha Spangler Garrigues, Letitia Raymond Kelley, Linda Stevenson Kimball, Roslynne Novack, Hal Coxson, Fred Moriuchi and Mary Beth Schultz Hempel.

Standing: Linda Hyatt Lee, Frances Wheaton Lambert, David Giffen, Howard Wildman, Merrill Weiss, Carlyle Hill, Bob Metzer and Rolf DeCou.

but retirement is looking pretty good. My kids amaze me and grandchildren are a treat – get some if you don’t have any!”

1966 Ellen Doak Winslow writes: “Joe Jaczko and I have dated nine happy years. We visited Cape May in July and stayed at the Queen Victoria B&B. Other trips over the summer were to North Carolina, D.C. and West Virginia. Debbie Ohler Bowman spent five days here in May! I often meet with Judy Ostrov Edell and Roz Novack ’65.”

1969 Laurence J. Kotlikoff’s proposal to fix the financial system was published in The New York Times on April 25 and was entitled “Take the Money Out of Banks.” He is an economist at Boston University and the author of numerous The Class of 1970 at The Greenleaf on Alumni Weekend. Sitting: Cookie Forsythe, Miriam Fisher Schaefer, Rebecca Roberts, Judy Benner Cope, Wendy Scott, Ellen Forsythe, Barbara Gardiner. Standing: Larry Hinds, Peter Douglas, Mike Raymond, Mike Yuritch, Susan Lubarr Giffen, Doug Landis, Lucy McKeon, Mary Lou Mitchell Esparza, John Caughey, Stanley Shedaker, Robert Ward and Linda Van Name.

Banking.

they travelled down the Danube River.

reunion where they caught up with

1970

At the end of the trip, they headed to

Elizabeth Fitzwater Nixon ’52, Ann

Sherbourne, England to attend the

Fitzwater Rathjen ’57, Elizabeth Archer

wedding of Bill’s grand-niece – two

Hawks ’58, Holly Archer Crawford ’58

weddings on the opposite ends of

and Katharine Archer ’60.

Europe! In July, Bill and Eileen went to Nags Head, NC for an Archer family

books, most recently Jimmy Stewart is Dead: Ending the World’s Ongoing Financial Plague with Limited Purpose

See reunion photo at left.

1971 Judy Greenfield Faulkner received an honorary doctorate from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where she had

23

Class Notes

Kathryn Shelley-Barnes ’78 and her husband, former English teacher, Kim Barnes.

Class of 1975 alumni at the Greenleaf. Left to right: David Alexander, Allison Barclay Young and Rade Musulin.

previously earned a master’s degree. In addition, she serves on the university’s computer science department Board of Visitors. Judy is the CEO of Epic Systems Corp. in Verona, WI. Francie Bobbe Pearce attended a brunch in celebration of women’s athletics at the College of William & Mary. The brunch was to honor her former boss, Millie West, the architect of growth and success of Willliam & Mary’s women’s athletic program. The late Mary Joy Archer ’49, former lacrosse coach at William & Mary was fondly remembered by one of the speakers.

1973 Richard Lappin writes: “In one of those funny twists of fate that we’ve all learned to expect in life, former English teacher Richard Tyre has moved in at my mother’s assisted living community.

We’ve had dinner with him several times – he’s as interesting and offbeat as ever.

He lectures to the community, and I 24

Sollie Pinkston Miles ’80 and George Stransky ’80 at the Head’s Reception on Alumni Weekend. The official Class of 1980 gathering is slated for the spring of 2011. think they are confounded by him as we

Abigail Jungreis writes: “Am still at

were in sophomore and junior English.”

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt after 22 years

1975

See reunion photo above.

– amazing!”

Class Notes

Alumni from the Class of 1985 gathered at the Greenleaf on Alumni Weekend. Left to right: Kevin Wise, David Lee, Elizabeth Ahrens Whann and David Sufrin.

Steve Walsh ’83 in Afghanistan.

Moorestown High School. I also run workshops for teachers who want to become AP teachers and score the AP exams.”

1980

See photo on page 24.

Latin Times magazine recently announced that Reverend Maria Serrano Pierre has received the 2010 Latina The Class of 1990 celebrated their 20th reunion at the Head’s Reception on Alumni Weekend. Sitting: Angie Giacchetto Keough, Robyn Kjar Kurilko, Emma Hardwick, Heather Weisband Azoulay, Mayuris Pimentel with her daughter, Sofia Alicea.

Standing: James “Huck” Muldowney, David Buckman, Jason McLaughlin and Adriana Romero Melendez.

1978 Kathryn Shelley-Barnes writes: “My sister Sue Barnes ’62 moved to assisted living in Florida. Having become guardians of my sister Margaret several years ago, my husband, Kim, and I lost

her to H1N1 and complications just after Thanksgiving. Although we are more free to travel, her absence leaves a big gap in all of our lives. I continue to teach Advanced Placement literature in a high school very much like

Movers ‘N’ Shakers award. In addition to being featured in the magazine cover story, she was recognized at several celebratory events, including the Florida State Fair. Maria currently holds an executive position at The Pascall Company, where she focuses on professional career coaching and worklife synergy programs. She also serves as spiritual director of the Esperanza Interfaith Center in Tampa.

25

Class Notes

Heather Weisband Azoulay ’90 and her daughters Zandra and Brooke.

1992 Kelly Moorman writes: “I bought my first home last year and I am enjoying Class of 1990 alumni gathered in Jamaica for Emma Hardwick’s wedding. From left: Melissa Greenfield Serlen ’90, Ashley Hardwick ’89, Emma Hardwick ’90, Jason McLaughlin ’90, Angie Giacchetto Keogh ’90 and Anastasia Ackerman ’90.

1983 Steve Walsh is in Afghanistan aiding in the reconstruction of the country as a civilian engineer. So far, Steve has designed and covered construction on three police stations; six runways; ten control towers; three aircraft hangers; twelve field hospitals; two power generation plants; fifteen mess halls; eight self-serve laundries; miles of perimeter lighting and a large amount of troop housing.

1985

on July 4, 2010 in Runaway Bay, Jamaica. Angie Giacchetto Keogh was the Matron of Honor. Also in attendance were Melissa Greenfield Serlen, Ashley Hardwick ’89, Jason McLaughlin and Anastasia Ackerman.

Heather Weisband Azoulay writes: “In addition to practicing law, I started a supplementary career as a professor teaching law to business majors at Rowan University. Matthew and I are living in Delran with our two daughters,

See photo on page 25.

Zandra, who is nine, and Brooke, who is

1988

familiar faces at the reunion. Please keep

Barbara Johnson writes: “My son Alex is two and one-half now and talking up a storm! He adores birds particularly. I am still working at the Office of Management & Budget and my husband now works as a manager in the Department of Energy.”

1990

See reunion photo above.

26

Emma Hardwick married Terje Hansen

six. It was wonderful seeing so many in touch!”

1991 Raj K. Guharoy writes: “My wife Sruba and I welcomed the birth of our second child, Siona Chloe Guharoy, on January 14. Kai, our first child, and Sio are keeping us busy. I continue to work in emergency medicine in Houston, TX.”

being a homeowner. Also, I graduated from West Chester University in May with a Master’s of Social Work and Certificate in Gerontology. My research project has been funded through the Hartford Foundation and may be published. I have been working with older adults for the past five years as a Protective Services Care Manager and Nursing Home Transition Care Manager.

Additionally, I am a weekend social worker at a nursing facility. My dreams are coming true and I have been truly blessed. MFS gave me the encouragement, foundation and education to succeed and aspire for greater things. Thanks so much!”

1995

See photo on page 27.

Helen Pettigrew Partridge and Sarah Bagnall Farrow recently met up in Boston. Helen is the producer of NECN Business, a live nightly business broadcast on New England Cable News in Boston. Sarah is Assistant Director of Academic Affairs for Boston University in London.

Class Notes

Helen Pettigrew Partridge ’95 and Sarah Bagnall Farrow ’95 in Boston.

1996 Ariadne Moore-Linsell writes: “My

The Class of 1995 gathered for Alumni Weekend. Front: Helen Pettigrew Partridge, Katie Brunt, Clare Henke Consavage and Rebecca Ayers Danheim. Back: Lee Porter and Scott Brick

husband David and I moved to Charleston, WV in March of this year to pursue my career as a state archaeologist.

Shortly after our move, I gave birth to our second son, Aleksi, who joins his older brother, Nikolai. So far, we love it here and wish we had made the move sooner!”

1997 Proud parents Meg Parrington Hollingworth and her husband Anthony welcomed baby Emma Louise Hollingworth into the world on April 18.

Mom, Dad and baby are enjoying every minute together.

1999 Brody Adam Olds was born to Jenna Kashmer Olds and Adam Olds on October 19, 2009 in Newark, DE. Jenna reports that he is perfectly healthy and enjoys playing with his Mommy all day long. The Olds family resides in Pike Creek, DE.

Class of 1997 friends with their babies: Esther Horowitz Steinberg and daughter Sophie, Meg Parrington Hollingworth and daughter Emma and Sarah Weiss Domis and son Carter.

St. Patty’s Day baby, Geo Katsikis, was born to Mara Cutler Katsikis and John Katsikis on March 17. Geo enjoys his walks through Moorestown and the MFS campus and hanging out with his buddy, Brody Olds, whenever possible.

Emma Louise Hollingsworth, daughter of Meg Parrington Hollingworth ’97 and her husband Anthony.

2000 Blair Dickinson was married to Ryan Schroeder on June 6 in Killington, VT. At the wedding ceremony, Blair was given away by her brother, Brent Dickinson ’03. After graduating from 27

Make a Gift Online to the Annual Fund for MFS

Clark Marion Fitzgerald, son of Kristin Bromley Fitzgerald ’97, and Tucker Mason Rutherford, son of Ryan Rutherford ’99.

Alumni recently gathered in Avalon. Pictured left to right are: Ryan Rutherford ’99, Bree Rutherford, Ryan Winkelspecht ’98, Tara Winkelspecht, Seiji Moriuchi ’98, Jessica Glaspey, Kristin Bromley Fitzgerald ’97 and Doug Fitzgerald.

2006 David Fischer graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Haverford College this May. He is also the 2010 recipient of the David Olton Award for Student Achievement in Psychology. This award honors a senior Geo Katsikis, son of Mara Cutler Katsikis ’99 and John Katsikis.

MFS, Blair attended Dartmouth College, Georgetown University and Drexel University College of Medicine. She is currently a pediatric resident at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. Her husband, Ryan also attended Drexel University College of Medicine and is a family medicine resident at Abington Memorial Hospital.

2005 At a July wedding in Elmira, Larry and Margaret Van Meter and classmates Luke Van Meter and Cornell Woodson bumped into each other. Luke, a Haverford grad, has just completed an internship at The Red Cross through the

who has done exceptional work and shows great promise in psychology.

Sean Lee is working as a field assistant in an ongoing UCLA study on whitefaced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica.

Lucinda Newbill graduated with a B.A. in Classics: Culture and Society and

Jenna Kashmer Olds ’99 and Adam Olds and their son Brody on Mother’s Day.

Philosophy from Bryn Mawr College this May. She was the recipient of the Milton C. Nahm Prize in Philosophy.

MFS Community Former Science teacher Thomas Tenney wishes he and his wife, Margaret, could have been at the MFS festivities this past year. He is still working on Mark Twain.

He wishes the best to all.

Philly Fellows program; Cornell is entering his second year in Teach for America in Atlanta, having graduated from Ithaca College.

28

Class Notes received after August 27 will be printed in the next issue of Among Friends.

Luke Van Meter ‘05 and Cornell Woodson ’05 in Elmira, NY.

Visit www.mfriends.org and click on “Support MFS”

Camden Scholars Luncheon June 4, 2010 Current and former Camden Scholars gathered at the Camden Scholars Luncheon on June 4. Front: Keyanah Freeland ’10, Edwin Barrera ’10 and Cynthia Martinez-Hayes ’89; Middle: Director of Camden Scholars Program and Science Teacher Tina Corsey, Alaetra Combs ’09 and Lucinda Newbill ’06; Back: Julian Austin ’91, Brian Turner ’98 and Huy-Tuan Pham ’03.

Scenes from the 225th Anniversary Convocation...

A special surprise flyover thrilled the crowd...especially the young students!

State Senator Diane Allen with Head of School Larry Van Meter and second graders Kayla Patel and Christian Tomasco. Senator Allen was a special guest and provided congratulatory remarks and a Senate proclamation to the school community. Her husband Sam is a member of the MFS Class of 1957. They are the parents of Sara Allen Davenport '92 and Leeds Allen '94.

Chinese teacher Kathy Wang instructed the crowd how to say "Celebrate 225 years" in Mandarin Chinese.

NAIS Vice President for School Information Services and MFS trustee Mark Mitchell ’86 shared memories and remarks.

To view photos of the 225th Anniversary Convocation, visit mfs.smugmug.com and click on “General.”

29

In Memoriam Title

Richard D. Abrams ’71 Phyllis Brown, mother of David Pogran ’74 and Amy Pogran Roman ’84

the late Anna Lippincott ’47, the late Ellis Lippincott, Jr. ’39 and the late Gertrude Lippincott ’39

Manly Y. Brunt, Jr., husband of Jacklyn Bray Brunt ’54

Patricia Stackhouse Lowrey ’46, Sister of Asa Stackhouse ’57, Thomas W. Stackhouse ’60 and the late Kendal Stackhouse ’48

Edward Flintermann ’36, brother of the late Peter Flintermann ’36

Marjorie W. Vail McCone, former teacher and coach

Clark R. Dickinson, father of Blair Dickinson Schroeder ’00 and Brent Dickinson ’03

Dr. Paul Mecray, Father of Sally Mecray Opel ’53 and Paul Mecray, III ’56

John D. Geary, former faculty member, father of Jill Geary Patterson ’86 and Jan Geary Michaelree ’87

Wesley M. McGowan, father of Daniel McGowan ’67

Robert Gray, former School Committee member David Harden ’46, brother of the late Robert Harden ’44 Mary Wheeler Grimes ’41, sister of Elizabeth Wheeler Shoemaker ’38, the late Letitia Wheeler Raymond ’32, the late Janet Wheeler Brunt ’34 and the late Virginia Wheeler Coe ’35 Katherine Tyson Haupt, former School Committe member, mother of Richard Haupt ’67 and Samuel Haupt ’74 Robert Lippincott ’60, son of the late Robert Lippincott ’34, nephew of Florence Lippincott ’44,

Helen Warrington Roberts Perry ’33, sister of Kenneth S. Roberts ’38, Margaret Roberts Voorhees ’42, Evelyn Roberts Nichols ’43 and the late William H. Roberts III ’37 Walter M. Stobbe, father of Kristen Stobbe ’08 and Michael Stobbe ’09 Nancy Carr Stricklin ’48, daughter of former math teacher, the late Wilbur “Toddy” Carr Margaret Palmer Thurler ’36, sister of Madeline Palmer Burbanck ’31 and the late Edmond W. Palmer ’39 Richard R. Wood, Jr. ’49, brother of Anne Wood ’44 and the late Rebecca Wood Robinson ’41

Editor’s Note: Full obituaries will no longer be published in Among Friends, but may still be found on the MFS website. “In Memoriam” will list the passing of the following: alumni; immediate family of alumni (father, mother, child, spouse, sibling); current parents; current and past faculty and staff; spouses, partners and children of current faculty, staff and administration; current and former trustees; and spouses and children of current trustees. Notices will include any of the deceased’s relatives who are MFS alumni. To locate full obituaries on the MFS website, click on the News section of the site and select “Among Friends Extras” in the submenu. Alumni that do not have access to the Internet may contact Director of Marketing and Communications Mike Schlotterbeck at 856-914-4434 to request that a hard copy of an obituary be mailed to your home.

30

Congratulations Class of 2010!

Darius Adibi - Case Western Reserve University Julia Applegate - Dickinson College Emma Baiada - University of Pennsylvania Tyler Bard - American University Edwin Barrera - Camden County College Alison Barton - Yale University Alissa Beckett - McDaniel College Nathan Berkowitz - Boston University Samantha Blatt - Syracuse University Ryan Brancato - Rutgers University Gianya Breland - Wesleyan University Eric Brown - Boston University Conor Callahan - Seton Hall University Krystina Carpenter - Roger Williams University Monica Chelius - Duke University Sean Cohen - Oberlin College Meagan Connelly - Roger Williams University Colleen Convery - Virginia Tech University James Crudele - George Washington University Stephen Decker - Dickinson College Phillip Dorsey - Princeton University Philip Dwyer - Villanova University Christopher Elias - Elizabethtown College Robert Engel - Lehigh University

Michael Eni - Lehigh University Edward Fernandez - Lehigh University Clara Fischer - Barnard College Alyssa Fox - Rutgers University Keyanah Freeland - Columbia University Dominique Gnatowski - Drexel University Jillian Gonyea - Syracuse University Shawn Gupta - Carnegie Mellon University Geoffrey Guthe - Ithaca College Meredith Jensen - Texas Christian University Samantha Kay - Syracuse University Nicholas Kelleher - Ithaca College Benjamin Lasserre - Brandeis University Katya-Denae Lilley - Smith College Sarah Madamba - St. Joseph’s University Claire Maddocks - Widener University Eric Maertin - Hamilton College Lauren Mannion - Villanova University Jacob Montgomery - Harvard University Heather Moore - Connecticut College Joshua Myers - Amherst College Daniel Obaisi - Drexel University Brooke Oki - George Washington University Nicolette Olivieri - Moravian College

Nicole Respond - Drexel University Robert Rinaldi - George Washington University Victoria Rodgers - Virginia Tech University Andrew Rosenbach - American University Michael Rossini - Gloucester County College Kathryn Schlechtweg - Dickinson College Christopher Schultz - Drexel University James Schultz - Prescott College Alexandra Shaffer - Muhlenberg College Benjamin Smith - University of Vermont Samantha Smith - Drexel University Andrew Smyth - Lehigh University Justin Spencer-Linzie - Springfield College Justin Stark - University of Miami (FL) Timothy Stoeckle - High Point University Arianne Taormina - University of Pennsylvania Alexander Timber - New Jersey Institute of Technology Tej Trivedi - New York University Gijs Verbaas - Erasmus University, Rotterdam Jessica Walker - Northeastern University Emily Watts - Northeastern University Elizabeth Waxman - Dickinson College Joseph Wittman - Villanova University Jordan Zaid - George Washington University

Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Cinnaminson, NJ Permit No. 81

110 East Main Street Moorestown, NJ 08057-2949

Happy 225th Anniversary!

Alumni children, alumni faculty and staff and alumni trustees gathered for a photo on the Middle/Upper School steps at the conclusion of the 225th Anniversary Convocation held on September 14. National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) President Patrick Bassett and MFS trustee and NAIS Vice President for School Information Services Mark Mitchell '86 were featured speakers.