1956 Thank you, Jamie! Jamie Byron has been an exceptional leader for Park's alumni over the past five years, and we are grateful for all her great work. She leaves Park this June to begin a new opportunity at The Rhodes Trust. Best wishes, Jamie!
Judith Chapman keeps dairy goats on the northwest coast of California, and uses their milk for “making lots of delicious cheese.” Bonnie Bonnet Akins tells us that after Park she went on to Milton Academy, followed by Goucher and Katharine Gibbs. After working as the assistant to the Headmaster at Park, she went on to volunteer for many organizations and serve in town government. Bonnie lives in Dover where she continues to be involved in local government. Her hobbies include music, tennis, gardening, cooking, reading, and cheering on Harvard Football!
1958
A Note About Park’s Class Year Designations Since Park's founding in 1888, the number of grades offered and the graduation year or final year have varied. The School had a ninth grade program for nearly 50 years (1967–2016) and, for all classes that graduated prior to 2016, we assigned our alumni a class year based on their Grade 9 year. Therefore, all members of pre-2016 classes are listed by their Grade 9 designation, whether or not there was a ninth grade during their time at Park. The Class of 2016 includes both the Grade 8 and Grade 9 classes who graduated that year. Beginning with the Class of 2017, Park began assigning a class year based on the eighth grade year.
1944
Jerri Godfrey Paul writes, “Not too much to say. Enjoying what is left of my life with husband, Harry Paul, in a ground floor apartment at an independent living facility in Titusville, FL. Growing tomatoes and feeding songbirds adds to our pleasure.”
1945
Class Representative Natalie Park Schutz
1948
In Mattapoisett, Vera Corverse Gibbons continues to work in real estate and enjoys her eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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1953
Class Representative Bob Bray
1955
Class Representative Buzz Gagnebin Buzz Gagnebin shared that he is now retired, and his hobbies include sailing and music. Buzz was playing his father’s tenor banjo since he could hold it, and then added a five string in 1959 when he heard the Kingston Trio. He started playing the piano in 1964 at MIT, has played the fiddle since 2000, and played in a local contradance band!
This fall, Ruth Vose shared, “I am still writing poetry. Our granddaughter is a freshman at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, majoring in classics. I am excited that my long-ago two years of Latin at Park will help me keep up with her Latin studies and classical adventures, including a dig this summer.”
1960
Roger Nott attended Park 1952– 1957 (Grade 2 to Grade 6) and shared, “I loved my time at Park and my classmates and teachers. After three years…in the Boston city schools, which were overcrowded and dismal, Park saved me. I had hated public school… [but] I loved school at Park and flourished there.”
1963
Class Representative Amy Lampert
1966
Class Representative Wigs Frank
1967
Class Representative Davis Rowley
1968
Class Representative Vicky Hall Kehlenbeck
1969
Class Representative Needed!
1970
Class Representative Anne Singer Congratulations to Paul Ayoub on several exciting accomplishments: He was appointed to serve as chair of the national Board of Governors of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, as a co-chair of the 2021 International WELL Building Institution Health Equity Advisors, was honored by the Boston Real Estate Times with its Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021, and was named by Boston Magazine as a “Top Lawyer” in the publication’s first annual list of the region’s elite lawyers. Congratulations, Paul! Natalie Ziegler is running as a Democrat for the Maryland House of Delegates. The three candidates for the two seats will face off in the primary on July 19th. Check out her website: www.NatalieforDelegate.com.
1971
Class Representative Needed!
1972
Class Representative Needed! We were very excited to learn about a recent book by David Michaelis. Eleanor, published by Simon & Schuster in 2020, was a New York Times bestseller and provides a portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America’s longest-serving first lady. Congratulations, David! Amy Usen shared, “I went to Park School in 1960. Sadly, we moved to Weston from Hancock Village, Brookline. Betsy Perry Ball was my teacher and she said I got an "A" in the sandbox….I wish I had stayed at Park.”
