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Princeton Strong Pages 9-18 Princeton’s Health Care History Explored in Open Archive Program . . . . . 5 Council Takes Another Look at Goals and Priorities . . . . . . . . . 19 The Poetry of Mystery: Watching Dark Passage in a Dark Time . . . . . 24 Princeton Festival Goes Virtual . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Davis Overcomes Injuries to Star for PU Baseball . . . . . . . . 29 Led by Senior Group, Hun Girls’ Lax was Poised for Big Spring . . . . . . . . . 32
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Princeton Professor Pivots To Develop Life-Saving Ventilators Temporarily abandoning DarkSide-20k, his research into the dark matter of the universe, Princeton University Physics Professor Cristiano Galbiati in mid-March went to work to create ventilators for coronavirus patients. Less than two months later, on May 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Galbiati’s Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM) for use under the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization. The MVM is currently moving into production stages, soon to be generating 50 ventilators a day. Since dark matter, a mysterious invisible substance, is much more complex than ventilators, Galbiati quickly realized that he and his international team of physicists studying dark matter had the expertise and could mobilize the network of support needed to address the worldwide shortage of mechanical ventilators, which are vital for the survival of COVID-19 victims suffering from lack of oxygen. “We needed to pivot and do something for the good of our people — and forget about our research,” Galbiati said in a phone call Tuesday from Milan, where he has been in lockdown with his family for the past two months. “This time we needed to apply our research for the health of the people.” He described “a very stressful period” in Milan two months ago as the coronavirus was spreading in Italy. “I was locked down,” he said. “I called a friend of mine whose family had made a big donation to a hospital where they were fighting the pandemic. He told me the hospital’s order for ventilators had been canceled because of shortages and couldn’t be filled.” Galbiati also talked with his brother, an emergency room doctor, who reported that his hospital was also in need of ventilators. “The sense of crisis was very deep,” Galbiati told Symmetry Magazine. “We were in utter disbelief. It’s something that I never thought I would experience in my lifetime.” Galbiati and his team used their experience in working with technical gases and control systems, and their collaboration has grown to include about 400 scientists from about 100 institutions in nine countries, with Italy, the United States, and Continued on Page 7
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Princeton Looks to Reopening — With Restrictions Princeton continues to see decreases in the daily numbers of positive COVID-19 cases, as social distancing remains but restrictions are gradually lifted throughout the state. As of Tuesday, there have been 17 deaths, seven additional probable (not tested) COVID-19-related deaths, 164 confirmed positive cases, and 80 individuals recovered and released from isolation in Princeton, according to the Princeton Health Department. Princeton Health Officer Jeff Grosser emphasized the focus on long-term care facilities, where most of the COVID-19-related deaths in Princeton have occurred. As of May 18, the New Jersey Department of Health reported 47 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and seven deaths at Princeton Care Center, and 19 confirmed cases and six deaths at Acorn Glen. “Another large step forward in the battle against COVID-19 was announced by the New Jersey Department of Health in a recent Executive Directive signed by the Commissioner of Health requiring every long-term care facility to verify that they have developed disease and outbreak plans for testing staff and residents by
May 19,” Grosser said. “Facilities must amend outbreak plans to include COVID-19 testing; and plans must be implemented by May 26.” The directive also includes re-testing within three days for individuals who test negative. “The Princeton Health Department has been advising long-term care facilities on the importance of testing staff to ensure that asymptomatic staff are not spreading the virus among such a vulnerable population,” Grosser added. The Health Department has been working with businesses, nonprofits, and schools in beginning to discuss plans leading to reopening. Starting last week, the Princeton Health Department has been using volunteers, college interns, and parking enforcement officers to assist with extensive contact tracing. “Contact tracing is a fundamental activity that involves working with a client who has been diagnosed with an infectious disease to identify and provide support to contacts who may have been infected through exposure to the patient,” Grosser wrote in an email. He continued, “This process prevents
“ODE TO BLUEBERRIES”: For week four of our Community Comes Together campaign, we invited local youths to send in a poem . Daniel, age 8, penned this ode to one of New Jersey’s most popular fruits . See the Town Topics website and Facebook page for more submissions for this week . Next week’s project will feature recipes .
further transmission of disease by separating people who have (or may have) an infectious disease from people who do not. It is a core disease control measure that has been employed by public health agency personnel for decades.” In his daily coronavirus briefing, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Tuesday, May 19 a total of at least 149,013 COVID-19 cases in the state, with 1,055 new positive tests in the previous 24 hours. The reported COVID-19-related death toll was at least 10,586, with 162 new deaths reported. Murphy noted that the daily numbers of new cases, deaths, and hospitalizations continue to drop and that the lifting of restrictions will continue. Auto dealerships and bike shops are permitted to open May 20 with social distancing restrictions, he said. State and county parks are now permitted to reopen with restrictions and nonessential retail businesses may offer curbside pickup. Plans are in place to open beaches this weekend, with social distancing guidelines. Murphy described Continued on Page 7
Madeleine Albright Reflects On Memoirs As She Entertains Online Audience Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright offered wit and wisdom, anecdotes, and insight on a wide range of topics Friday evening in a conversation with Anne Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America and Princeton University professor emerita of politics and international affairs. The Princeton Public Library (PPL)sponsored virtual benefit was attended by more than 500 people. Albright, who is on a book tour to promote her latest memoir, has established several additional careers since she stepped down as the first woman secretary of state in 2001 at the end of the Clinton administration. She is a professor of diplomacy at Georgetown University; a six-time New York Times best-selling author; a business entrepreneur, as chair of the Albright Stonebridge global business strategy group and founder of Albright Capital Management investment advisory service; and is also continuing her service as chair of the National Democratic Institute and as a member of the U.S. Defense Department Defense Policy Board. Continued on Page 8
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AN EARLIER PANDEMIC: An emergency hospital was created in the Green home on Stockton Street, near where Trinity Church is located today, during the 1918 flu pandemic. This photo is among the historic documents to be shared in the Open Archive program being presented virtually by the Historical Society of Princeton on May 27. (Courtesy of Historical Society of Princeton)
Princeton’s Health Care History Explored in Open Archive Program During the influenza pandemic a century ago, Princeton suffered its share of losses. By the time the two-year crisis subsided in 1920, some 300 cases had been reported, and about 20 residents had died, according to the Historical Society of Princeton (HSP). The town had no medical
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But, epidemiologists warn, it’s impossible to discount com or mailed to: the possibility that in 1918, Witherspoon Media Group Princeton simply got lucky.” PO Box 125, Kingston, NJ 08528, Because of World War ATTN: COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER I, the campus was already “This Open Archive pro- “a l m o s t u n r e c o g n i z ab l e Please include your first name gram will have a more struc- as an institution of higher and age with each submission. tured format than previous Continued on Next Page ones, because it is being broadcast so we can’t feature quite as many documents as usual,” said Schwartz. “But we’ll be narrowing it down, focusing on what we have in Qualified Retirement Retirement Plans Plans and and Accounts Accounts our collection from the first Qualified Qualified retirement retirement accounts include include 401(k) and and other other employerCARES sponsored retirement retirement few decades of the 20th cenQualified accounts 401(k) employer sponsored Coronavirus (COVID-19) News: Act plans and and Individual Individual Retirement Retirement Accounts Accounts (IRA’s). 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education, as almost all of the old college routines had changed,” the stor y continues. The eating clubs had been closed, the Daily Princetonian had suspended publication, and the football team played only an informal schedule. The flu arrived in September 1918, when a young man enrolled in the Navy paymaster’s school on campus reported sick with an upper respiratory infection. He was diagnosed with flu and placed in isolation, but the disease spread. “By midOctober, beds were lined up in the corridors of McCosh Infirmary,” Bernstein wrote, “and President John Grier Hibben 1882 made the field house available to isolate some 200 of the most serious cases.” Princeton’s lack of fatalities was unique in comparison to other schools. “Fiftynine University of Michigan students, in contrast, died of the flu that fall,” the story reads. “At Dartmouth, one faculty member, five students, and 10 soldiers stationed on campus died. Two died at Harvard, although it had instituted a partial quarantine.” S t u de nt s a nd s old ier s were not allowed to leave campus, but some of their parents found ways to see them. “Many of the parents came to watch a freshman parade in which John Marshall Harlan ’20 — who would go on to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court but was then the student commander of Goodrich’s naval unit — led a group around campus singing Princeton fight songs. In line behind him was Adlai Stevenson ’22, who wrote later that afternoon to his mother back home in Bloomington, Ill., ‘I feel sure that the ‘flu’ is not half as bad here as there.’ ” The first cases off campus, in the town of Princeton, that required hospitalization were sent to Trenton. “An emergency hospital was created in the Green home on Stockton Street, near where Trinity Church is today,” said Schwartz. “The house was fitted out with 20 beds. During the epidemic, over 100 persons were hospitalized at some time or other in this Board of Health emergency hospital. Of those who were hospitalized, only six died.” The Open Archive focused on the history of health care in Princeton was already on the HSP roster when the current COVID-19 pandemic hit. Usually held on the second floor of Princeton Public Library, where those in attendance can examine the historic items and documents up close, this digital presentation will be different. “We can’t have as much, and our focus won’t be as broad as we originally planned,” said Schwartz. “But we have nar rowed down our focus, and there is still a lot to see and a lot to learn about.” To register for the program, visit princetonhistory. org. —Anne Levin
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“I’m establishing a vegetable garden and am bringing home some lettuce from the Morven Plant Sale.” —Janet Nikolovski, Princeton
“I am doing all container plants, because I live in a townhouse where it’s all patio. So, it’s a color scheme of foliage with reds and greens and all that. I am very much looking forward to the Prince Tut grasses and something called bitcoin, which I bought just because I like the name.” —Jill Barry, Yardley, Pa.
Ashley: “The usual: herbs, tomatoes, zucchini; and I bought red hydrangeas here at Morven. So, that’s my experiment.” Rachel: “I am planting everything — foxgloves, echinacea, knockout roses; then herbs, lettuce, basil.” —Ashley Formento with Rachel Herr, both of Princeton
“Here at Morven, our demonstrations gardens will be a Victory Garden, so we’re planting lots of vegetables and we’ll also have a riot of colorful flowers that will be blooming, hopefully, for our Morven programs if we’re allowed to open again. At Riverside Elementary School, where I am the garden educator, we’ve been planting every garden bed with lots and lots of vegetables that we will be donating to all of the families who need extra food in our school system, as well as for donation to the Arm In Arm food pantry.” — Louise Senior, Princeton
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Canada leading the way. “When the moment came, we were ready to pivot our attention to the problem of developing mechanical ventilators and to put to use in that context the collective talents of the collaboration,” said Galbiati, as quoted in a press release from the Princeton University Office of Communications. Mojtaba Safabakhsh, a m e cha n ic a l eng i ne er at Pr inceton Plasma Phys ics Laboratory (PPPL) with expertise in implementing designs and parts, volunteered as part of the initial team. Safabakhsh noted how many people came together in such a short time, providing “refreshing points of view” and “a great service to humanity.” PPPL Communications Director Larry Bernard emphasized, “The real heroes are the scientists, doctors, and engineers around the world who designed the device, procured the parts, and produced and distributed them. The work they did was exemplary. Ours was a small but important part of a much larger effort that is helping fill a need around the world.” The MVM ran with just oxygen and electricity and was made with easily manufactured off-the-shelf parts. “A project like this has never been done before, on this time scale,” said Galbiati. “It would not have been possible under normal circumstances, but everyone was determined to have it move fast. The sheer will and determination of every-
one involved made this so successful.” The hardware and software designs will be publicly accessible, so versions of the MVM can be made anywhere in the world. “It’s in our DNA to collaborate acros s borders and in real time as particle physicists,” said Galbiati. “it is important to see that while the virus is spreading around the world at the speed of jets, the research is speeding at the speed of the internet. And if there’s one way that the virus will be defeated, it’s if the research can prevail.” Arthur McDonald, 2015 Nobel laureate in physics, who was a Princeton professor in the 1980s, is leading Canada’s involvement in MVM. “It has been wonderful to work with such a highly skilled and very motivated group of scientists and engineers,” he said. “Everyone has been working hard on this because they see it as a way they can use their skills to help out in this worldwide crisis. We are very grateful for the contributions by our team members and for all the external support that we have received.” Galbiati stressed the added value of this project in fostering international cooperation and lifting morale during a dark time. “Initially there was a lot of anxiety in Italy, a lot of bad feelings about the way the European Union had treated Italy,” he said. “It was very good for all of our people, all of our researchers, to see there were so many friends in the United States and Canada who were ready to go out on a limb
for us. It was a very good feeling. Our friends in the U.S. and Canada coming to the rescue lifted the spirits of many, many people and showed that real research can be very helpful when it is international and without borders.” Galbiati added that he is looking forward to being able to travel again and return to Princeton, where he is scheduled to be teaching a physics class in the fall, either in person or online. He applauded the support that Princeton University has provided to research projects like his. “I feel good about giving back to society some of the support that society has given me for my basic research,” he said. “That’s w h at b a s i c r e s e a r c h i s about, being able to pivot to the needs of society from one minute to the next. I don’t think industry would have been able to shift so quickly, but as people who are studying the most advanced branches of science, we’ve shown that we can do it very effectively. This has been a very interesting experience for me.” —Donald Gilpin
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this as the first stage in a multi-stage reopening plan. The NJDOH announced Tuesday a total of 6,018 Mercer County residents who had tested positive for the virus, with 422 COVID19-related deaths in the county. On Monday the Mercer County Correction Center reported that eight inmates and four staff members had tested positive for COVID-19. The NJDOH has designated the facility as being in “outbreak” status and the Correction Center will be required to take direction from the NJDOH and the local health officer. Inmates who have tested positive have been quarantined and employees who have tested positive are on leave. All inmates are being tested for COVID-19, and health officers anticipate a significant number will test positive. Contact tracing will occur. There have been no COVID-19-related deaths at the jail. As of Tuesday, Mercer County has relocated its appointment-only, drive-up testing site for COVID-19 from Quaker Bridge Mall in Lawrence to the parking lot across from the County Administration Building at 640 South Broad Street in Trenton. The change was made in anticipation of the mall opening for business in the near future. The county, in collaboration with its health care and municipal par tners, w ill continue to operate appointment-only, walk-up
testing sites in Trenton and Hightstown. Actual numbers of COVID-19 infections, locally and statewide, probably surpass confirmed case numbers because of testing backlogs and residents who have not been tested. For more infor mation, visit princetoncovid.org or covid19.nj.gov. —Donald Gilpin
Police Blotter On May 6, at 5:37 p.m., a resident of Spruce Street reported receiving an iPad from FedEx. The victim did not order it and soon after a man knocked on the door and asked to take the iPad. The victim did not give it to him and the suspect left in a personal vehicle. On May 6, at 5:32 p.m., a resident of Leigh Avenue r e p or te d t h at s o m e o n e gained access to her bank debit card and made 17 unauthorized purchases totaling $500. On May 6, at 11:33 a.m., victims reported that one of their vehicles parked in their
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Throughout the conversation, Albright demonstrated that one of her most powerful attributes is humor. “I never thought of myself as being funny,” she said. “I was a serious child, but I did discover that I had a sense of humor and I did try to deploy it in a number of ways. I do think it can disarm people.” Albright, who was celebrating her 83rd birthday on Friday, explained the origin of the title of her new book, Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir, which she wrote before the current pandemic. “But the title is so apt right now for what’s going on,” she said. “The most famous thing I ever said is ‘there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.’ It was so famous it ended up on a Starbucks cup.” Albright graduated from Wellesley College, “a women’s college where we had all the leadership roles.” She got married three days after her graduation, and later decided she wanted to go back to graduate school for a Ph.D. “The people who criticized me the most were other women,” she said. “I think we’re very judgmental about each other. They would say things like ‘Why aren’t you with your children instead of in the library? ’ and ‘My hollandaise sauce is so much better than yours.’ And I thought women needed to support each other.” Despite her love of politics and foreign policy issues, it never occurred to Albright, born in Czechoslovakia the daughter of a professor and diplomat, that she could become secretary of state. She was late in starting her career, af ter raising her three daughters — “I didn’t have a real job until I was 39 years old” — but quickly got involved as Senator Edmund Muskie’s chief legislative assistant; then on the Michael Dukakis presidential campaign, where she first worked with Bill Clinton;
then on the National Security Council with her former professor Zbigniew Brzezinski during the Carter administration. As a member of the transition team as the Clinton administration took office in 1992, she expected to be offered a job, “maybe assistant secretary of state for Europe,” but was surprised when she was appointed ambassador to the United Nations. Four years later, when Secretary of State Warren Christopher stepped down, she was even more surprised to be under consideration for secretary of state. She recalled, “Somebody at the White House said ‘a woman can’t be secretary of state because the Arab leaders will not deal with a woman,’ but the Arab ambassadors at the UN got together and said ‘we’ve had no problem dealing with Ambassador Albright. We’d have no problem dealing with Secretary Albright.’” She described her reaction when she heard she was to be appointed secretary of state. “I didn’t believe it until I was,” she said. “I freaked out.” She recalled her doubts as she waited in her pink bathrobe for the phone call from Clinton. “You inspired a generation,” said Slaughter, who served as the first woman director of policy planning for the State Department under Hillary Clinton. “It’s hard to overstate the impact Secretary Albright had. It was an earthquake for women like me who wanted to be in foreign policy who had never known a woman as America’s top diplomat.” In her new book, Albright noted, she focuses on the 21s t cent u r y, af ter s he moved on from the state department. “I’ve always tried to make whatever I’m doing more interesting than what I’ve done before,” she said. She noted the importance of continuing to learn and using her knowledge and experience in new fields of endeavor. “What I show is how one thing leads to another,” she said. “And what
I’m learning in one thing I transfer to another. I can actually see how things fit together and I hope the book tells a story in terms of what you can do with your knowledge and experience. ‘Retire’ to me is an insult. I want to do other things with what I have learned.” She emphasized that business and politics must work together, as she discussed some of her work over the past 20 years. “Public and private, political and economic change go together,” she said. “Economic development is a part of a functioning democracy. People want to vote and eat. Democracy has to deliver all the time.” Prompted by Slaughter, who praised her earlier memoirs and her career for the way they humanized the position of secretary of state and government service in general, Albright continued with tales about her life in government and business. She told about her friendship with Robert Redford, who kissed her once, and “I’m still waiting to exhale”; about being mistaken for Mother Teresa once on a plane when a man asked her to bless him; about her extravagant collection of pins; about performing skits at the meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional forum, where one year she dressed up as Madonna to sing “Don’t Cry for Me Asean-y” and the next year teamed up with the Russian delegation and came out singing “Yevgeny, Yevgeny, the most beautiful sound I ever heard.” “Having fun is important,” she said. “You have to be able to have a functioning relationship with the people that you deal with, put yourself into their shoes and also mix the serious things with some of the personal things and have a sense of humor. The humor really does help.” Albright for the most part avoided any direct references to the current president and his administration, but many of her inferences were
clear. “Being in the government is a team effort,” she said. “And I think a lot of what one does is figure out who you’re working with, finding out how the team works together, and actually have a decision-making process of some kind.” She continued, “This is the essential part: to respect the views of those who are sitting around the table. The decision-making process is something that’s essential to a democracy. An authoritarian leader does not care what other people think. A democratic leader understands the system and wants to hear what other people think who are helping him make decisions, and in our case members of Congress who have been elected to do it.” She stressed the importance of multilateralism and collaboration. “Partnership, that’s what’s needed to solve this problem.” The PPL event was supported by the Phyllis Marchand L eadership L ect ure Fund and Labyrinth Books. —Donald Gilpin
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vice estimates that the inva- the tree is tall enough that sive emerald ash borer is on won’t kill it by eating a few track to kill over one million leaves.” trees in the 90-square-mile In fact, they will probably Sourland Mountain region last long enough to protect within the next few years. the next generation of seedThe Conser vancy’s staff lings. and ACT volunteers urge all To learn more about the Nonprofit Offers Kits residents, land managers, ACT program, to purchase To Help Restore Forest and municipalities to help Five-foot metal fences are #KeepTheCanopy by helping or donate a $10 a tree kit, appearing all over the Sour- to replace this generation of or to request a free tree kit visit www.sourland.org or lands. Last week, residents ash trees. call (609) 309-5155. planted almost 200 persim“Approximately one-third mon, shadbush, and tulip of the Sourland Region is priSpirit of Princeton Virtual poplar trees in their yards vately owned, so homeownthroughout the region and ers can provide critical habi- Memorial Day Ceremony Although the Spirit of protected them with deer tat by simply choosing native Princeton’s Annual Memofencing as part of a new pro- plants for their landscaping,” gram by the Sourland Con- said Carolyn Klaube, Sour- rial Day Parade, originally scheduled for Saturday, May servancy. land Conservancy’s Steward- 23, has been canceled, the “The Ash Cr isis Team ship Program coordinator. organization will commemo(ACT) developed this idea “Reducing the size of your rate the holiday with a virtual as a way to raise awareness yard will reduce your water wreath-laying ceremony on of the over one million trees consumption and lawnmow- Monday, May 25, at 11 a.m. being killed by the emerald er emissions – and planting The community will be able ash borer in this area,” said is fun.” to tune into the service on Marylou Ferrara, Sourland Each tree kit includes one Conservancy trustee. “Due native sapling, 5’x6’ length Facebook and see the wreathto COVID-19 we can’t hold of heavy-duty metal fencing, laying ceremony, featuring large plantings on public and a metal stake. Currently, Spirit of Princeton co-chair lands, so we’re offering native the selection includes tulip Kam Amirzafar and a memtree kits to region residents. poplar, magnolia, redbud, ber from the Princeton Fire This is not a fundraiser; we persimmon, red oak, and Department and the Princjust want to give everyone shadbush. These trees have eton First Aid and Rescue the opportunity to connect coevolved with the native an- Squad. For those unable to with nature and help restore imals – some rare and endan- catch the event on Facebook the forest – even while we’re gered. Humans will benefit, live, a link to the ceremony will be posted on the Spirit of all in quarantine.” too, from the fruits, flowers, Princeton website or it can be The New Jersey Forest Ser- birds, and butterflies, not to viewed at a later time on the mention the clean water and Facebook page. oxygen that each tree will This annual salute to all provide. those who have served the “Each kit includes 5-foot- nation will be back in real tall fencing to protect the life in May 2021. While COsapling from deer herbivory. VID-19 may have thwarted This is really, really impor- the parade, it has in no way tant. You need to protect dampened Spirit of Princanything you plant from deer eton’s commitment to the herbivory,” Klaube contin- community. ued. “There are about ten No decision has been made times more deer than our yet as to Spirit of Princeton’s To: ___________________________ forest can support. 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Curriculum Affiliate instructors and seasoned professionals who teach the intensives. Hip-hop, tap, jazz, and modern dance will also join the offerings this summer for the first time. “Summer is a great time for students
to begin or continue learning these dance forms from our world-class instructors,” said Kaplowitz. “Students love these classes and they need to be offered all year long.” For more information, visit princetondance.com.
thanks to Princeton Music Lessons! Jonah Tolchin ( g uitar) and Kevin Clifford (drums) are working professional musicians who know that music has the power to change lives. They provide a Princeton Music Lessons unique learning experience Guitar and drum lessons for children and adults that are now offered virtually via goes beyond technical profiZoom, FaceTime, or Skype ciency. Their private lessons empower students not only as musicians but also as human beings. Through compassionate expertise, they help students identify their natural abilities and teach them how to make their voices heard through an instrument. It is never too late to discover the gifts that are eagerly waiting to be shared with the world! For more information, visit princetonmusiclessons.com, email musiclessonsprinceton @ gmail.com, or call (609) 439-6978.
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Princeton Speech Language & Learning Center
As we settle in to our new normal of social distancing and virtual schooling, Princeton Speech Language & Learning Center (PSLLC) is here to help you with speech language therapy, executive functioning services, social c o m m u n i c at i o n g r o u p s , psychological services, and academic tutoring via teletherapy. In addition to our high q u a l i t y, i n d i v i d u a l i z e d treatment programs, Princeton Photo PSLLC proudly offers nuTogether or apart, photog- merous specialized interraphy is the ideal activity to ventions to assist in these inspire and get your creative juices flowing. At Princeton Photo Work s hop, we’ve been hard at work to figure out how to respond to the new reality with ingenuity, imagination, and creativity and we’re uncovering opportunities we might never have unearthed without the swift kick in the rear we’ve all gotten over the past months. Our popular classes, including Photography Basics, Photo Editing, Video, Portrait Photography, Color & Composition for Photographers, Black & White Photography, Private Instruction and more are successfully converting to fully interactive remote classes. We’re especially excited a b o u t R e m o te S u m m e r Photo C amp. T he chal lenges of reimaging this high-touch teen experience have propelled us to create entirely new experiences.
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Your favorite Palmer Square businesses are eager to serve you simply, safely and efficiently! convenient & contactless curbside pickup • quick, local delivery online shopping & virtual appointments • local & national shipping virtual classes & workshops including our Girls’ Night In Series
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Call our Princeton location at 609.683.4200 Email us at tgoldsmith@hamiltonjewelers.com Shop online at www.hamiltonjewelers.com We can deliver, ship, or offer curbside pickup Curbside pickup is now available, Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm.
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Wildflour Bakery/Cafe
Wildflour Bakery/Cafe is entirely gluten free! We’re located in a cozy neighborhood spot in the heart of Lawrenceville — 2691 Main Street (also known as Route 206) near the corner of Gordon Avenue. Now offering contactless ordering and pickup. Please use our online menus to
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Millhill Child & Family Development, in partnership with United Way of Greater Mercer County, will present a series of personal narrative essay workshops to students via Zoom. These workshops will assist students seeking scholarships and get them ready to write their college admission essays. The essay writing workshops will be provided to the Trenton PEERS and the Next Generation Community Leaders (NGCL), which are two of Millhill’s key Youth
THE NATURAL WORLD: Wildlife takes center stage in a summer series of webinar presentations by Mercer County Park Commission Naturalist Department. Visit mercercountyparks.org for more information.
Naturalists to Host Virtual Summer Lectures
Starting Thursday, May 21, the Mercer County Park Commission Naturalist Department will present online programming focusing on wildlife that affects our lives, even in an urbanized environment. These programs are free; registration is required. These one-hour webinars will be presented by naturalists from the Park Commission and researchers from the Conserve Wildlife Foundation in partnership with the Wildlife Center Friends and funding provided by PSE&G. Programs are suitable for teens and adults. The Virtual Summer Lecture series will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. and conclude with a Q&A session after each program. Participants will be able to submit questions in advance of the program to krypkema@mercercounty.org. Questions can also be asked through the chat feature in the webinar. To join these programs, visit
mercercountyparks.org for the links. Thursday, May 21 features Protecting New Jersey’s Pollinators; Tuesday, June 16 – Living with Urban Coyotes; Thursday, July 16 – Wild New Jersey: Nature Adventures in the Garden State; and Thursday, August 20 – Bats: Creatures of the Night. Park Naturalists have also coordinated age-appropriate activities parents can do at home with younger children, provided at https://mercercountyparks.org/assets/ Family_Activities.pdf. Conserve Wildlife Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and conservation of New Jersey’s endangered and threatened wildlife and their habitats. Wildlife Center Friends is a supportive partner of the Mercer County Wildlife Center, a facility of the Mercer County Park Commission. To learn more about future programming opportunities, visit mercercountyparks.org or conservewildlifenj.org.
an initiative to prepare high school students to develop the language and written skills they will use in preparing college essays and seeking scholarships, as well as to encourage them to gain confidence telling their own stories. Debbie Meola, a journalist and college coach, uses a creative writing process where students identify their strengths, recognize their values, and admit challenges that they have had to overcome to reach their person-
how to write and tell their own stories in a compelling and confident way – demonstrating their resilience, character, and strength as a young leader. The Trenton PEERS (Performing, Educating and Engaging about Responsible Strategies) is a year-round le ad e r s h ip pro g r a m for Trenton high school students that prepares them to become PEER educators, graduate high school on time and advance to postsecondary pathways. The
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Essay Workshops Offered E n g a g e m e n t P r o g r a m s . al goals. In completing the program provides peer eduTo Help Millhill Students The workshops are part of workshop, the youth learn cation, mentoring, and col-
lege planning to more than twenty students each year. The New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI), the statewide grant making program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) awarded Millhill, and nine other organizations across the state, a NGCL three-year award to h a r n e s s t h e e n e r g y, knowledge, and idealism of young people ages 14-21 to prepare them to become future leaders. The Trenton NGCL Team, Team Trenton Standing Tall, consists of 15 young leaders from Trenton.
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Reconnecting Reading Intensive 1-3pm Grades 3-5
Academic Enrichment 9am-12pm Grades K-12
ACT Prep 1-3pm Grades 10-12
Executive Function for the Virtual Age 1pm-3pm Grades 6-10
We are excited to offer our Summer Study program virtually this year. We look forward to reconnecting with your child.
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Y WCA Pr inceton has n a m e d Tw a n d a “ Ta y ” Due to demands created into contact with someone Walker as its new executive by the COVID-19 pandem- that has tested positive. ic, Princeton Council is takC ou n c i l wom a n L e t i c i a Labyrinth and the Library director, effective June 1. A search committee coming another look at its list Fraga said that a priority posed of YWCA Princeton’s of goals and priorities for should be making everyone Continue on Livestream Labyrinth and the Library B o ard of D ire c tor s a n d this year before making a aware of the assistance and final decision on what is re- resources that are available livestream events continue senior staff unanimously alistic to pursue, and what to those who need them, with talks on Wednesday, selected Walker for t his to defer. T he gover n ing since not everyone has ac- M ay 2 0 at 6 p.m . a n d position. She will succeed body is planning to bring cess to social media. Lam- Thursday, May 28, also at Judy Hutton, who is retirback the list as a resolu- bros suggested putting that 6 p.m. The presentations ing after serving as CEO for tion and vote on it again at i nto t he com mu n ic at ion are a collaboration between 14 years. its next meeting, which is plan to discuss how to get Labyrinth Books and Princeton Public Library. Tuesday, May 26 at 7 p.m. to the next level. A n t h o n y G r a f to n a n d “Our priorities have He alt h Of f icer Jef f rey c h a n g e d w i t h t h e p a n - Grosser talked about the Yaacob Dweck ’s May 20 demic hitting us,” said Mu- nu mber of u ninsured or talk is titled “Inky Fingers: nicipal Administrator Marc under-insured residents in The Making of Books in Dashield at the Council’s town seeking health care E a r l y M o d e r n E u r o p e .” May 11 v ir t ual meeting. for ch ildren. T hat, plus Grafton is professor of hisDashield has asked direc- the huge increase in de- tor y and the humanities tors of different gover n- mand for services due to at P r inceton Un iversit y, m e n t a l d e p a r t m e n t s to the virus, has made hav- while Dweck studies the rev isit goals and pr ior i- ing a local clinic in town a Jews of the early modern ties established early in priority. “We could do it at period. Grafton’s books inthe year, he told Council. a relatively low cost, and clude Footnote: A Curious Among the issues created have tremendous impact,” History; Christianity and by the pandemic are the he said. “It’s all about the the Transformation of the moving of confidential ma- walkability. The access to Book, and World Made by terials from the police de- medical care is a real prob- Worlds. Dweck is the auTay Walker partment to the municipal lem for a lot of individuals thor of The Scandal of the Walker holds a master’s court, and improving tech- working multiple hours of Kabbalah: Leon Moderna, nology to accommodate the the day. It’s difficult to get Jewish Mysticism, Early de g re e i n publ ic h e a lt h from St. Joseph’s Univernumber of issues that must them over to the hospital in Modern Venice. L ara Freidenfeld s d is - sity with a concentration in be dealt with remotely. Plainsboro.” cusses her book, The Myth maternal and child health, Mayor Liz Lempert menThere was also mention of the Perfect Pregnancy: and has over 20 years of tioned reviewing the regu- of having an urgent care lations that businesses in center established in town. A History of Miscarriage exp er ie n ce i n nonprof it town may encounter when Lambros said interest had in America at the May 28 management. She has prethey are cleared to reopen, been expressed by an ur- livestream. A historian of viously served as a deputo make sure some flexibil- gent care provider before health, reproduction, and ty state registrar for the ity is built in. Councilwom- the v ir us took hold, but parenting in America and New Jers ey D epar t ment an Michelle Pirone Lam- they have not gotten back the author of The Modern of Health, and as an early : Menstruation in childhood and health serbros talked about parking to her. Councilwoman Mia Period th -century America, Fre- vices administrator at Cam20 space requirements, and Sacks said she knew of a idenfelds will offer a histor- den County Head Start. what is needed to change prov ider t hat was interical perspective on how the A s e xe c ut ive d ire c tor, from one allowable use to ested in opening an urgent common and natural phe- she will be responsible for another. “We’re looking at care center in Princeton. what other types of regula- G ros s er s aid t he healt h nomenon of miscarriage is leading all efforts around tions we can change to help department would be able often experienced. She of- planning and developing To: ___________________________ streamline the processes to partner with an urgent fers a reassuring perspec- organi zat ional prog ram t ive on early preg nancy ming, overseeing the finanthat exist right now,” she care center in some fashFrom: _________________________ Date & Time: loss and ______________________ ways for miscarsaid. ion. “It’s a plus,” he said. riage to be more effectively Here is aPresident proof of your scheduled to run ___________________. “We could work something Council Davidad, acknowledged by women, said that get- their Cohen referenced re-envi- out.” Please check it thoroughly andLempert pay special attention to the following: families, health care sioning the use of streets, ting an urgent care center providers, and the mater(Your check mark will tell us it’s okay) curbs, and sidewalks to ac- up and running by the end nity care industry. commodate social distanc- of the year was doubtful, � Phone number Fax Address � Expiration Date thenumber idea might be�worth ing, especially in light of� so restaurants that want to deferring until the followkillman H have outdoor dining. Other ing year. goals mentioned included Lemper t asked Council H urniture training and maintaining members to take another Quality, Inexpensive a n ad e q u ate nu mb e r of look at the issues they have people doing contact trac- been working on, and get New & Used ing to contain the coronavi- back to Dashield with how Furniture rus outbreak, and ensuring much progress has been MODIFIED BRIDGE there is adequate housing made on them, breaking CONSTRUCTION HOURS and resources to socially them up into what can still Extended Hours Saturday isolate or quarantine those be accomplished this year Tues-Fri 9:30-5 • Sat 9:30-4 who have either tested pos- and what cannot. 212 Alexander St., Princeton itive for the virus, or come —Anne Levin 609-924-1881
cial integrity of the organization, and ensuring the proper maintenance of its facilities. She will lead the senior management team and work closely with them on all efforts to maximize resources, human, financial, and facilities. “I am grateful to be retiring with confidence that YWCA Princeton will thrive under new leadership, new ideas, and a new century of eliminating racism and empowering women,” said Hutton. YWCA Princeton continues to serve the Mercer County community with virtual programming and resources. Visit ywcaprinceton.org for more information.
Share My Meals Needs Funds By Memorial Day
Since the onset of the COV ID -19 cr isis, S hare My Meals has been distributing more than 300 m e a ls to m ore t ha n 60 families each day. But it is not enough. The pandemic is creat ing a dire sit uation for those in need. The nonprofit says it must raise $2,500 by Memorial Day. Share My Meals is a nonprofit organization of volunteers, working to al-
lev iate hunger and food waste through the distribution of reclaimed meals from corporate cafeterias, schools, universities, and restaurants to people experiencing food insecurity in Princeton. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses to close, Share My Meals shif ted to a new model, partnering with Princeton restaurants and purchasing meals for the cost of goods. Donations directly and i m m e d iately h elp S hare My Meals to deliver fresh healthy meals to the hungr y communit y in Princeton. The link to the Gofundme Share My Meals page is: gf. me /u /x2n h6n. G if ts are tax-deductible. D o n or s c a n r e c e i ve a free Shelter in Place family photo session complim e n t s of p h o to g r a p h e r Tamara Gillon (limited to donors in the Princeton, Montgomery, Skillman, and Hopewell area). The photo session is a safe, no-touch ar t is t ic p or t ra it s e s s ion taken through a glass door or window of a home. For m or e i n for m at i o n visit www.sharemymeals. org.
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Hopewell Borough on Loss of “Amazing, Kind” Betty Wold Johnson
To the Editor: The Hopewell Borough family lost one of its own as Mrs. Betty Wold Johnson passed from this earth on Tuesday, May 5th. She was 99. She will be missed, immensely. Anyone fortunate enough to have known Mrs. Johnson was blessed indeed. She was an amazing, kind, astute, generous and brilliant woman — and one that had a way of making everyone around her feel respected, important, welcomed. She was as interesting as she was interested. Her quick and curious mind and wit enabled fantastic and charming conversation. She would remember and later recall the most minute details of a conversation because when you were with her, she was fully present, fully engaged, completely interested in the story or the plan or the project in discussion. Later, she would add to and improve that idea or project, because she didn’t stop thinking about it. She didn’t surrender her attention until the idea or project was perfected, or the problem was resolved. Mrs. J’s kindness and down-to-earth presence was legendary, and appreciated. She loved Hopewell Borough and we loved her. She was “our” Mrs. J. She loved life and she lived it to the fullest. To Mrs. J, spending time with her neighbors was one of life’s greatest joys. She was one of us. She had her “regular” table at Rose & Chubby’s (now Aunt Chubby’s), she would attend community events, she might weigh in on an issue affecting the Borough, and she was always, always, interested in improving “home” and the world around her. She taught us about community because she lived the highest principles that define community every single day. Mrs. Johnson’s generosity was also legendary. Most of the famous landmarks in Hopewell Borough were born from that generosity, usually anonymously. She preferred to help improve the town rather than her own image because that’s just who she was. She respected our history and she helped us augment our character, our landscape, and our traditions, one improvement at a time. There are too many improvements to count — and she would hate it if we tried — so we won’t. But we know, and we will remember, that so much of what we love about Hopewell Borough —so much of what is showcased in our landscape and displayed in our interactions with each other — is made possible, or made better, because Mrs. J was here. Mrs. Johnson reminded us of who we are through her actions and with her kindness. It’s up to us now to protect and preserve that investment. If we take care of each other, take care of and maintain our public places, and always remember to respect each other, we’ll continue her legacy. We will miss our friend, and we will carry her in our hearts, always. HOPEWELL BOROUGH
To the Editor: I have been promising myself that I would write this letter to the editor for the past two years. Long before that time, I had found that Wednesdays were my favorite days of the week as THAT was the day I received Town Topics and within those pages would be an article by Stuart Mitchner. Although Town Topics is, by any definition, a smalltown publication, I dare say that no other newspaper in the country can boast having a writer as talented as Mr. Mitchner. His most recent article on Walt Whitman [May 6] would be my Exhibit A if I were proving my case. But my sense is that I am — through this letter — merely stating what the Town Topics readership already knows and would readily endorse. We are, as a community, simply lucky to have him, as is Town Topics. So, please consider this letter as a huge shout out and hearty “Thank you” to Mr. Mitchner for the hours we have spent reading his columns over the years. GERALD SKEY Emmons Drive
With Renewable Energy, Town Is Doing Its Part Towards a More Sustainable Planet
To the Editor: There seems to be a lot of confusion about Princeton’s program to aggregate the town’s electricity purchases. This program provides both a lower rate and electricity supply with renewable energy content (50% for all, 100% for those who choose that option). Let’s be clear: when Constellation purchases renewable energy credits (RECs) from a solar or wind developer in the local grid (aka PJM), it is promoting the installation of renewable energy projects by providing additional revenue so that project investors can recapture their capital outlay over a 15- to 25-year term. Every kilowatt-hour of electricity that a wind or solar project generates — at zero emissions — and puts into PJM is a kilowatt-hour not generated by coal or natural gas. That means cleaner air, not just for you, but for the entire region as well. Perhaps you’ve read the news: renewable energy will produce more electricity in the United States this year than coal will. You should be proud of Princeton for doing its part to move us toward a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable planet. TOM LEYDEN Prospect Avenue
This Memorial Day, Acts of Generosity Serve as Outpouring of Community Spirit
To the Editor: For as long as most of us can remember, Memorial Day in Princeton has been commemorated with the annual Spirit of Princeton parade down Nassau Street featuring veterans, Scouts, Little Leaguers, drum brigades, and fire trucks ending with a ceremony in front of the Battle of
Get Ready ready to Ride! ride! We’re celebrating National Bike Month! Five times in May we’ll hand a $25 Whole Earth gift card to a randomly chosen cyclist who rides to our store to shop. We look forward to returning to our usual Random Acts program next year when we’ll once again be out in town distributing multiple gift cards from Princeton businesses. In the meantime, please support the businesses that have been part of Random Acts and that support biking in our town: Terra Momo • Nassau Street Seafood • Blue Point Grill Yankee Doodle Tap Room • Nassau Inn • Miya Table & Home Triumph Brewing • Homestead Princeton Princeton Tour Company • Kopp’s Cycle bent spoon • small world coffee • LiLLiPiES Princeton Record Exchange • Olives • jaZams Princeton Family YMCA • Tico’s Juice Bar greendesign • Labyrinth Books • Hinkson’s Local Greek • Town of Princeton Olsson’s Fine Foods • Jammin’ Crepes Princeton Soup & Sandwich
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Princeton Monument. It’s a heartwarming outpouring of community spirit. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we sadly are unable to celebrate Memorial Day this year in the traditional way, but we can still take the opportunity this holiday weekend to mark the occasion by honoring and giving thanks to all the men and women who have fought for the liberties and freedoms we enjoy today. This year we show our love of community and care for one another by listening to our health officials and heeding their advice. Although some restrictions are slowly being loosened, the virus is just as contagious as it was several weeks ago, and we all have a responsibility to protect the health of those around us. Nurses, doctors, first responders, grocery and pharmacy workers, and all on the front lines of this pandemic are making tremendous sacrifices. Each of us should honor their efforts by taking the threat of COVID-19 seriously, wearing a face covering when in public, and practicing social distancing. On Memorial Day we are reminded of the many challenges that our country has overcome in the past 250 years. Today we are faced with a different kind of battle, but we can gain strength from knowing that in times of crisis, we have a history of stepping up to meet our shared civic duty. We see it in our Princeton community every day: neighbors helping out neighbors, landlords giving breaks on rents, crafters sewing masks, residents donating to housing and food relief efforts, shoppers supporting our local restaurants and retailers, and all of us following the guidance of health officials to take the necessary steps to reduce the spread of the virus. For this Memorial Day, these quiet acts of generosity serve in their own way as a heartwarming outpouring of community spirit. LIZ LEMPERT Mayor
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Longtime Princeton Resident Disappointed That Many People Are Not Wearing Masks
To the Editor: Joe Small and I have lived in Princeton for 50 years, as of June 2020. I have always been really happy that we landed here, except I must now say, that as of today, I am not so sure. Because I guess that the Golden Rule no longer applies during this novel coronavirus crisis. We don masks every time we go past our driveway and plan to be out and about. It seems that our neighbors in Princeton do not act in the same way. We were out today, and I would say that 95 percent of the people we saw were not wearing masks, and 0 percent of the young people! What a great disappointment in this so-called enlightened community. Shame! Is it that I care more about you than you care about me? I am truly appalled. Please tell me I’m wrong. ALICE K. SMALL Hawthorne Avenue
Expressing Need for Accurate Data On Energy Source, Cost, Availability
To the Editor: Recent letters critical of Council action on a future source of energy for all Princetonians do not provide the kind of information needed to make the right decisions. What appears to be missing is accurate data on where renewable energy will come from, how much it will cost, and how much will be available over a period of time. We know gas and nuclear power plants supply 94 percent of the electricity used in our state. Measuring the amount of energy used per person over a long period of time, say five years, can provide a rate of consumption for calculating future energy needs. That figure can be used to estimate how much energy must be generated in the future. How much of it will be renewable, where will it come from, and how long will it be available? The flow of energy over time and space can be shown and configured in such a way by physicists as to provide a profile of New Jersey’s energy future. Data obtained can be scientifically verified. Decisions to be made will be closer to the truth and less controversial - maybe. LOUIS SLEE Spruce Street
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The Poetry of Mystery: Watching “Dark Passage” in a Dark Time
icture a poet who makes a living writing thrillers. He’s on the run in San Francisco, having been falsely convicted of murder, and his face is all over the papers. Escaped Killer On the Loose. A rich, beautiful, sympathetic woman who followed the trial and has good reason to believe he’s innocent gives him shelter in her deluxe apartment overlooking the bay. That night he flags down a taxi driven by a friendly, worldly, wise-cracking cabbie who immediately recognizes him. The cabbie knows of a genius plastic surgeon who can give the poet a new face that very night for $200. “Not only that,” says the cabbie, “this guy is a bit of a dark poet himself, he can mend your mind while he’s fixing your face.” The first thing the doctor asks the poet is “What sorta face do you want?” He has a gallery of possibilities. “I could give you middle period T.S. Eliot. Or I could do early Robert Frost.” “Nah,” says the poet, “How about Humphrey Bogart? Can you do a good Bogie?” “Sure, all the time. Everybody wants to be Bogart, but I thought you were a poet.” “I make a living writing thrillers,” says the poet. “I thought the cabbie told you. Anyway, Bogart is a poet.” “Funny, now that I think of it, you talk just like him,” says the doctor. “You’ve got his voice.” “So do you, doc. Everyone should sound like Bogart at three in the morning. That’s what I want to hear as the drug kicks in. I want a film noir mood. Voices speaking soft and low. The sound of coffee and cigarettes, sheltering in place while the world goes mad.” “Right, but when you’re going under, you want poetry. I usually say a few words. To see folks through. Something mildly hypnotic. Sounds like you don’t want clarity. You want to mask the meaning. Give it a touch of mystery. Just the thing to be hearing as you flow down into darkness. Wallace Stevens always works. Like ‘Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird’ — by the fifth blackbird, you’re on your way. Now... just close your eyes.” But the poet has a line in mind. It’s the line that began the whole adventure, it’s been obsessing him, like an itch he can’t scratch. “You know ‘Mending Wall’ — ‘Something there is that doesn’t love a wall —’” “There’s a masked line if ever I heard one. What’s the something? And why the double talk? Is it does or doesn’t? It’s a strange poem.” The hypodermic needle flashes in the light. “That line, what is it, ‘Before I wear a mask I’d like to know what it was keeping in or keeping out.’ Well, here goes —.” The poet’s plotting out a new thriller based on that line of Frost’s about the neighbor “with a stone in either hand ...
moving in darkness....” Too late, he’s submerged in the doctor’s black coffee Bogart voice, swirling down the dark spiral, “something there is that doesn’t love a mystery ... a dark movie on a lockdown afternoon that sends the pandemic groundswell under it...” Yes. that’s it, that’s where it all began. — Locked down, self-quarantined, sheltering in place behind drawn shades, my wife and I have been watching films touched with the poetry of mystery, of crime, of femmes fatales and private eyes, shadows and light, dark corners a n d d ark p as s ag e s. New or old, made in the 1940s or 1950s or the 1990s and 2000s, these films and series add mystique to our daily lives in a time of masks and menace. For the older movies, we look for a mixture of feedback and information in Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward’s Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style. The contrast between the detached language of the various contributors and the mayhem and murder r unning through the subject can be downright comical, or when the language diverges from the spirit of the action, merely frustrating. The entry on a family favorite like Dark Passage (1947) reduces it to “an interesting film that carries its basic premise too far. The exclusive use of the first person pointof-view camera for the first half of the film is somewhat unsuccessful in invoking the physical existence of a protagonist.” Summing up, the writer declares that Dark Passage “ultimately lacks much of the internal structure of human weakness and fatalism central to the complete film noir.” The “complete noir!” — as if that were some kind of standard when the nature of the thing is that’s it’s never complete, never really solved or clarified, always trailing clouds of uncertainty — like the time we’re living and dying through in the spring of 2020. Hoping for a response closer to the spirit of the film, I turn to Pauline Kael’s 5001 Nights at the Movies, and find her arrogant dismissal of a
“Bogart-Bacall bummer ... an almost total drag,” because “with his head bandaged, Bogart can’t do much except nod appreciatively while Bacall feeds him through a glass straw. In moments of stress, she dilates her nostrils; he’s so trussed up he can’t even do that.” It was Kael’s “trussed up” travesty of Dark Passage that inspired this column’s opening fantasia on the film noir classic Delmer Daves made from the novel by David Goodis. Being Bogart The studio heads at Warners were understandably peeved at the notion of investing a small fortune in the highest paid male star in Hollywood (Bogart averaged $450,000 a year), for a picture in which his face is not seen for the first hour; and even then all you can get for your money is 20 minutes of the white -masked v ictim of the plastic surgeon’s handiwork (“The artist in me wishes he could see what a nice job I’ve done,” says Dr. Coley, “ but I never w ill.” ) . Again, I have to quote from the same entry in the Film Noir volume: “Audience identification is weakened” by the fact that the character’s “voice and narration is so easily recognizable as Bogart’s.” T h e r e for e w e k n ow what he really looks like all along. “A less well-k now n actor or less identifiable voice might have been better suited to this visual premise.” But what matters is knowing it’s Bogart all along, that’s the whole point, the beauty of vicariously seeing through his eyes and speaking with his voice brings us closer to film noir oneness with the actor right up to the moment Dr. Coley’s white towel descends on his /our face seconds before the drug is injected; it’s the essence of intimate cinematic submersion. The Goodis Version The plastic surgery sequence alone deserves a place in the Film Noir Hall of Fame, with almost every word of dialogue taken directly from the novel. What makes the scene so powerful, however, is the cinematography of Sid Hickok, the direc-
tion of Daves, and Houseley Stevenson’s portrayal of a doctor who had perfected his own “special technique” — before he was kicked out of the Medical Association. When Bogart’s character admits some apprehension about the operation, Dr. Coley tells him “We’re all cowards. There’s no such thing as courage. There’s only fear, the fear of getting hurt. And the fear of dying. That’s why human beings live so long.” Goodis puts the apprehension into words, with the stress on face: “He kept his eyes closed. Then things were happening to his face. Some kind of oil was getting rubbed into his face, rubbed in thoroughly all over his face and then wiped off thoroughly. He smelled alcohol, felt the alcohol being dabbed onto his face. Then water running again. More clinking of steel, more cabinet drawers in action.... He decided it was impossible for Coley to change the face so that people wouldn’t recognize it .... He decided there wasn’t any sense to this, and the only thing he would get out of it was something horrible happening to his face and he would be a freak for the rest of his life. He wondered how many faces Coley had ruined.... He felt a needle going into his face. Then it went into his face again in another place. It kept jabbing deep into his face. His face began to feel odd. Metal was coming up against the flesh, pressing into the flesh, cutting into the flesh. There was no pain, there was no sensation except the metal going into his flesh.... With every minute that passed something new was happening to his face.” “Too Marvelous” iven the star-power-for-the-ages of the actual Bogart-Bacall off-screen romance, it’s worth noting a key change in the music the couple bonds to. In the novel, Bogart looks through her record collection, noticing “a lot of Basie. The best Basie. The same Basie he liked.” After looking approvingly through titles like “Swinging the Blues” and “Lester Leaps In,” Bogart puts “Texas Shuffle” on the turntable. The music “clicked with the fact that he had a cigarette in his mouth, watching the smoke go up, and the police didn’t know he was here.” The record was still playing when Bacall came back into the room. “She smiled at him. She said, “You like Basie?” “I collect him.” But that was before San Quentin. In the film, their song is Jo Stafford singing “Too Marvelous,” a choice Goodis surely approved of, as have generations of filmgoers, whether in the movie houses or at home, “sheltering in place.” For more about Goodis, see “On the Streets of Philadelphia — Discovering the Noir Universe of David Goodis,” in Town Topics, Nov. 26, 2014. —Stuart Mitchner
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KEEPING PATRONS ENGAGED: A scene from the Princeton Festival’s production of “Madame Butterfly,” which streams on June 7 at 1 p.m., during the first week of the organization’s busy online season. (Photo by Jessi Franco Designs)
Pr inceton Fe stival G oe s Vir tual To Pre sent 2020 Season
Of the various rosters of virtual events currently offered by local arts organizations, the Princeton Festival’s is among the most ambit ious. T he recent ly released schedule of “Virtually Yours” — performances, poetry readings, podcasts, discussions, and ar tists’ videos — covers the month of June, which is when the 2020 festival would have taken place if a worldwide pandemic hadn’t caused its cancellation. “Our patrons are used to this time period,” said
Artistic Director Richard Tang Yuk in a phone call from his native Trinidad, where he has been sheltering since March. “I thought, rather than spread this out over several months, why don’t we just try to curate something and do it during the time people are used to seeing us?” T he long lis t of f ree, s t re a m e d event s b eg i ns Monday, June 1 with Princeton Festival artists singing selections from The Sound of Music, and continues through the week with art-
ists’ videos, a podcast on “Women in Music,” a lecture by Tim Urban on “Why We Love Opera,” a WWFM broadcast of the Concordia Chamber Players, an organ recital by Matthew Middletown, and a Princeton Festival performance of the opera Madame Butterfly. The next three weeks are similarly varied. Once it became clear that the COVID-19 crisis was a serious threat, Tang Yuk and colleagues formed a special task force. “They were looking at reports every day as
ally Yours” will include the launch of an opera workshop series with Kyle Masson, a broadcast of The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra, a performance of Mozart’s opera Le Nozze di Figaro, a live musical theater revue, a recital by pianist Rachel Cheung, and several other events. The final offering is a streaming of the opera The Flying Dutchman, on Sunday, June 28. As for the future, starting with summer 2021, Tang Yuk has two possible scenarios in mind. “Of course, we don’t know what the situation will be, and they are saying a vaccine is a year to 18 months away,” he said. “So it’s not only a question of can we produce something, but it’s also got to be something the community is comfortable coming out in public to see. One possibility is that we get into Miller Chapel (on the Princeton Theological Seminary campus) or another place in Princeton, and do a production as we normally do. The second possibility is to do a performance in a tent big enough for the performers to do social distancing, and then stream it to our audience. We’ll have to make a decision in the fall. The festival may look a little bit different than usual. But every arts organization is thinking about planning ahead and having contingencies.” For a full schedule of “Virtually Yours,” visit princetonfestival.org. —Anne Levin
Wilma Theater Announces Pass Program for 2020/21
Philadelphia’s Wilma Theatre has announced a new program that provides audience members flexibility and peace of mind about when
and how they return to their theater after the COVID-19 health crisis. The company has launched WilmaPass, a fourticket package that can be used at any time during their upcoming 2020/21 season. This pass invests in their coartistic director cohort and resident HotHouse artist community. For a limited time, audience members can purchase a four-ticket WilmaPass for only $100. These special tickets are good for any performances when the Wilma next opens their doors after the COVID-19 pandemic. WilmaPass holders will be able to use their tickets at any time, in any combination, next season. “With this pass, you’re showing your commitment to the Wilma, not to a specific night or production, but to our art, to the performers and artists you’ve grown to love, and to the value of theater in our city,” said Leigh Goldenberg, managing director of the Wilma. “Each winter, I purchase a CSA (community supported agriculture) share from local farmers, ensuring they have the funds to plant the seeds to provide me with food throughout the summer. Likew ise, we are asking our audiences to invest in us now so we can grow and create throughout the coming year, and deliver artistic work when we are ready.” No set dates have been announced, but the company is committed to present the regional premiere of Will Aubrey’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, the world premiere of James Ijames’ Fat Ham, and Jacke Sibblies Drury’s Fairview. For more information, visit wilmatheatre.org.
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we got closer and closer to June,” he said. “In March, we realized we weren’t going to be able to do the festival this summer. Not everyone had canceled their summer festivals at that point, but it became clearer to us that we weren’t going to be able to do it. I always remind people that rehearsal starts at the beginning of May. So we made the decision at the beginning of April to cancel the physical season.” Tang Yuk recalls the ensuing few weeks as “a winddown period.” He had to contact all of the ticket buyers and major donors, one by one, and send personal messages to all of the artists, managers, and production staff. “I started thinking about what we were going to do, and the idea just gradually evolved,” he said. “What if we reached out to some artists and asked them to make videos for us? And then lecturers, too. It gradually came together. When I thought we had enough content, I started to think about what to call this. ‘Virtually Yours’ just seemed right.” Artists who were to have been per for m ing at t he Festival this summer were happy to provide videos for the virtual season. “I have to say, every single artist we reached out to for a video agreed to do it, and they were all enthusiastic about it,” Tang Yuk said. And of course, we’re paying them. Donors had already given us money for the season. It was important to have one-onone conversations with them [donors], which I did to let them know what we were thinking about,” he said. “No one was surprised. They all expected it.” The second, third, and four t h weeks of “Vir t u -
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TRASHED ART CONTEST: From left, “Spectral Chamber,” “Sun,” “Two Fossil Forms,” and “Consumption Confusion” were featured in the TrashedArt 2019 Contest. Presented by the Mercer County Library System (MCLS), this year’s TrashedArt Contest was held virtually, with a reception and awards ceremony to be held Thursday, May 21 on the MCLS’ Facebook page. The MCLS will host a Vir- opportunity for artists to Virtual TrashedArt Contest Reception, Awards Ceremony tual TrashedArt Reception meet virtually and share
Due to the continuing health and safety concerns sur rounding coronav ir us ( COV ID -19 ), the Mercer C ou nt y L ibr a r y S ys te m (MCLS) is closed until further notice. E-books, audiobooks, streaming media, and digital resources are still available 24/7 online. In light of these events, the Library System’s TrashedArt 2020 Contest was held virtually through its website. The contest celebrated Earth Day by encouraging patrons to turn ordinary trash into extraordinary art.
to honor the participants of the TrashedArt 2020 Virtual Contest on the MCLS’ Facebook page on Thursday, May 21, at 8 p.m. Winners will be announced in both adult and student categories. First, second, and third place winners will be determined based on the number of votes each piece received from those who voted on the MCLS’ website. Each winner will receive a certificate of achievement for the first-ever TrashedArt Virtual Contest. The Virtual TrashedArt Reception is a great
stories about their artistic process, their inspirations, and their hopes for the future. It will also connect artists with those who love art in the Mercer County community. Once the winners have been announced, TrashedArt 2020 Virtual Contest artists will have the opportunity to discuss with the public and fellow artists interesting topics like techniques used in plarning and origami. For more infor mation, visit www.mcl.org.
The Princeton University Art Museum and the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Visual Arts at Princeton present Contemporary Conversations: Artistic Practice in Response to the Present with multimedia artist Cristóbal Martínez, chair of the Art and Technology Program at San Francisco Art Institute, on Thursday, May 21 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom Webinar. Martínez will discuss his practice as a member of the indigenous artist collectives Postcommodity, Radio Healer, and Red Culebra, and the lessons that interdisciplinary, collaborative, and socially engaged art can offer in the context of the present moment in a discussion with Mitra Abbaspour, the Art Museum’s Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. The conversation will be introduced by Martha Friedman, director of the Program in Visual Arts in the Lewis Center. This virtual event is free and open to the public, and information, Zoom link and registration are available at artmuseum.princeton.edu. In addition to chairing the Art and Technology Program at the San Francisco Art Institute and working as an award-winning artist, Martínez is a published scholar. In 2003 he founded the artist-hacker performance ensemble Radio Healer, and in 2009 he began working in the interdisciplinary and internationally acclaimed artist collective Postcommodity. In 2018 he co-founded, with post-Mexican composer Guillermo Galindo, the experimental electronic music duet Red Culebra. Martínez has dedicated his life and career to interdisciplinary
work as an artist within the aforem ent ione d g roups. Martínez aspires to make poetic and idea driven art that re-imagines sites of contest, controversy, conflict, and consequence into places of (joint) curiosity. The artist describes his work as providing the grounds for transformative experiences that reveal the incongruences embedded within places, memories, amnesias, behaviors, knowledge, beliefs, ideologies, assumptions, choices, philosophies, relationships, and worldviews. Mar tínez has exhibited work in numerous national and international museums, exhibitions, and festivals. In 2015 he completed his Ph.D. in rhetoric, composition, and linguistics at Arizona State University. “We want to highlight the voices of the artists most direct ly impacted by or working in response to the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Abbaspour. “Our aspiration is to engage these artists in dialogues about their practice in such a way that offers insight into the role of art in the contemporary moment.” “As a member of three indigenous ar tist collectives and a program leader at SFAI, Cristóbal’s voice represents a number of the communities most impacted by the pandemic,” adds Friedman. “We feel this will be a powerful conversation, especially for our students, and will hopefully provide mutual benefit to the artist as well.”
public events at the Princeton University Art Museum, visit artmuseum.princeton. edu, and, at the Lewis Center for the Arts, visit arts. princeton.edu.
ACP In Conversation With Artist Mira DeMartino
The Arts Council of Princeton continues its In Conversation series with Mira DeMartino and Timothy M. Andrews on Tuesday, May 26 at 7 p.m. This curated series of discussions is designed to celebrate and connect those who make art and those who love art. Visit artscouncilofprinceton.org to link into the free conversation via Zoom. Over a decade ago, awardwinning sculptor Mira DeMartino developed a technique of sculpting she calls AlumnixArt, consisting mostly of hand-hammered aluminum. Using this technique, she explores the area of modern spirituality and challenges viewers to connect with their potential of self-empowerment through art. DeMartino will be in conversation with Timothy M. Andrews, art collector and major supporter of the Arts Council of Princeton’s Artist-in-Residence program. This program is part of the Arts Council of Princeton’s apART together initiative, created to provide virtual programming in order to stay creative and connected during this time while people are physically distancing. Visit artscouncilofprinceton.org for more information.
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SAVE, A Friend To Homeless Animals Shelter Finds “Forever” Homes for Dogs and Cats
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or t h o s e w h o h ave love d a comp a n ion animal, the bond is deep and true. It could be that special dog, now grown old, you knew as a puppy. Or the kitten you watched play all day, now content to catnap the hours away. Both are still such a valuable and loved part of the family — whatever their ages.
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Achenbach joined SAVE three years ago after a previous career in the pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on project management, team leadership, and relationship building. As an animal lover (she received her first dog, a little poodle, on her 5th birthday) and a SAVE donor and adopter, she was familiar with the nonprofit organization’s mission and long history. Now, nearly 80 years old, SAVE was founded in 1941 by veterinarian Dr. Cornelia Jaynes — the third female graduate of Cornell Veterinary School — and Emily Myrick. The goal was to rescue stray dogs and cats, shelter them on Dr. Jaynes’ farm, provide spay/neuter services, and ultimately find them new homes. After Dr. Jaynes’ death in 1969, her farm at 900 Herrontown Road was bequeathed to SAVE to further the cause of animal welfare. Over the years, SAVE’s mission, with a focus on six core programs —rescue, shelter, health and welfare, spay/neuter, adoption, and humane education — has not changed. It continues to focus on the rehabilitation and successful placement of treatable and adoptable animals, and to build, foster, and strengthen the humananimal bond. Expanded Space “I love thinking about Cornelia Jaynes,” says Achenbach. “I’d love to go back and have a conversation
with her. I’d want her to know we are still doing her work, and I think she would be pleased that we are taking care of her legacy.” As increasing numbers of animals came under SAVE’s purview over the years, the n e c e s s it y for e x p a n d e d space became apparent. Animals needed to be outside of their cages, with dog runs, and cats needed modern rooms, with perches and space for toys, litter boxes, etc. In addition, the original building was in disrepair, notes Achenbach, and “literally falling down.” Wit h t he s e ne e d s up permost, in 2006, SAVE merged w it h Fr iends of Homeless Animals, an organization founded in 1998 that had purchased property in Skillman for a shelter. The merged organization was renamed SAVE, A Friend To Homeless Animals, and it is now the largest shelter for companion animals in the greater Princeton region. “They had the property. We had the animals,” explains Achenbach. The property, located at 1010 Route 601 in Skillman, included the historic James Van Zandt House, an Italianate mansion built in the 1860s. The house was in complete disrepair, and part of the merger agreement stipulated that it was to be fully restored. It now serves as SAVE’s administration headquarters. Comfortable Quarters In addition, a new shelter
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freshmen normally do. The way he went about his business, the way he went about his work, the way he attacked the weight room was literally like no other player we’ve had.” Davis’s actions continued to speak volumes when he showed up to every Ivy weekend to support his teammates while he was out of school. Surgery repaired his shoulder, and he trained on his own to return to form for 2017. But that season only lasted eight games before he was injured in a collision after tracking down a fly ball in a game at Maryland. After passing out later that night, it was discovered that he had suffered a ruptured spleen. He required six pints of blood as doctors worked to save him. “It was touch and go for a while, he’d lost so much blood,” said Bradley. “They were really trying to save the spleen and they couldn’t get it to stop. He was in the hospital for a week or 10 days.” Missing the remainder of the season, Davis was able to play that summer close to home for the Bristol (Conn.) Blues of The Futures League, a college baseball summer league. “That was one of the most fun summers of my life because I had the opportunity to do something on a daily basis that I hadn’t been able to do in so long,” said Davis. “It taught me that I could overcome a lot and it taught me that I have an incredibly strong network of people that I can rely on in incredibly difficult times. It also instilled in me a deeper gratitude in me when I get to step on the ball field.” While Davis was grateful for the opportunity to be on the field, his recovery wasn’t complete. He was still dealing with some of the mental affects that stemmed from his serious injury. “I never considered that I wouldn’t play again,” said Davis. “That was kind of non-negotiable for me. I figured if I was going to make it through healthy enough to walk around, I was going to make it through healthy enough to play again. I’m so thankful for the doctors in [Washington] D.C. who got me healthy enough to walk around and then I was going to take care of the second part. Once I got back, there was a lot of doubt. I struggled early on in that summer with the Blues with a lot of doubt and fear.” Davis kept envisioning another serious injury and was scared before every play. He worked with sports psychologist Sean-Kelley Quinn at the Moawad Consulting Group to overcome those fears. He was on the field and made it through an entire season in his third year at Princeton. “I’m grateful to Coach Bradley for sticking with me during that time,” said Davis. “It would have been easy for him to push to the side a player who struggled so much in his career and instead Coach Bradley continued to trust in me and believe in me. Through a lot of difficulties he continued to have faith in me
and I’m grateful for that.” Bradley is only one part of a support system that helped Davis get back to lead the Tigers in runs scored while making 33 starts in his sophomore season. “The network of people, whether it be my family or my teammates at Princeton or other people involved in Princeton athletics, anyone involved in the baseball program that I’ve been able to rely on,” said Davis. “And I attribute it to hard work and everything like that. I also attribute it to a lot of the research that I’ve done and a lot of the seeking out knowledge that I’ve gone about doing. If you want to play baseball at a high level, if you want to do anything at a high level, hard work is a prerequisite. The people who are able to overcome obstacles or set themselves apart, are people who are going to get knowledge and go out and research and find the best ways to do things and might be new or risky or might be unpopular sometimes.” Davis found Driveline Baseball in Seattle, a data-driven baseball training program, that next summer and honed his skills before playing backto-back seasons and showing its benefits when he had his best season as a Tiger last spring. “He had a chance to play ball that summer and came back last year and had a very good year for us,” said Bradley. “The leadership that he displays every day with what he had to fight through and everything he had to do is unparalleled in my career here at Princeton.” Not only was Davis a leader on the field for the baseball team, but he also represented the squad on the Varsity Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for three years and served as VSAAC president this year. Davis is proud to be a part of the group that implemented No Tiger Too Tough, a program that connected students to mental health resources and encouraged those needing them to seek help. “It was an experience that I was incredibly grateful for to be able to connect with other student-athletes and connect with the athletics administration,” said Davis. “I was grateful to the athletic administration how they handled that committee. Molly Marcoux Samaan, our athletic director, was present at the majority of our meetings. I’d like to think we accomplished some good things for the student body and the athletic community as a whole.” Now Davis is at home preparing to bounce back from another lost season that is out of his control. He’s been working with his father, ESPN Anchor Rece Davis, to be ready for his next chance on the diamond. “We’ve got a barbell and weights and been lifting in the garage and my dad and I have been throwing,” said Davis. “He’s been throwing me whiffle balls and bottle caps that I’ve been hitting to try to develop some tools there, not
BATTLING BACK: Princeton University baseball player Chris Davis displays his batting form in a game last spring. After dealing with a series of injuries early in his career, outfielder Davis emerged as a key contributor for the Tigers, hitting .281 in 2019 as a junior and leading the Tigers in slugging percentage with a .407 mark. With his final season getting cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Davis is headed to Duke University as a graduate student in its Fuqua School of Business and will be playing for the Blue Devil baseball program. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) only bat speed or some of the training I’m doing with underloaded or overloaded bats and some of contact quality stuff. The bottle caps are small and move around a bunch and they’re hard to square up. You get creative. It’s been a good opportunity to work on some different things training wise.” Next year Davis will be playing for Duke, a path that former Princeton teammate Ben Gross used to go from a 34th-round pick in 2018 to a 10th-round selection in the Major League Baseball draft last year. Davis will petition the NCAA for two years of eligibility at Duke after losing one season to his spleen injury and now a second to the coronavirus pandemic before he hopes to continue his playing career at the next level. “It’s been a goal of mine ever since I was a little kid, ever since I started playing ball, to play professional baseball,” said Davis. “That goal is honestly a big part of what got me through a lot of the obstacles I faced in my Princeton career, having that goal and that desire to play professional baseball. I would love to get the opportunity to do that. I’ll do everything in my power to be able to make that a reality.” Getting another season or two of college baseball and the chance for pro scouts to see him in a Power Five conference should benefit Davis. While he doesn’t have stats that jump off the page, he’s shown professional potential and ambition over two full seasons at Princeton. “He’s a guy that I would like to think has earned the right because he’s such a high character kid that an organization would be lucky to have him, to bring him in and let him play for a couple years and see what he’s capable of doing,” said Bradley. “Worst-case scenario, you have a kid to move into front office work, development, anything, because he’s that type of personality.” It will be hard to overlook Davis because of his persistence. Despite all his setbacks, he is grateful for his Princeton career, even if it
looks so far like nothing he would have envisioned. “The facts of the matter are this has been the journey, the lot that I’ve been dealt, and I know that anything I’m going to do to succeed will come from my ability to make productive that lot I’ve been given,” said Davis. “To accomplish that goal that I’ve still got of playing professional baseball, and do-
ing so successfully for a long time, that’ll be a heck of a story if I’m able to do it. It won’t just be a story about me, it’ll be more of a testament to the people who supported me along the way. I think it’ll be a great story when it’s all written. It’s certainly a unique story already. I think it’ll be a great story when it’s all said and done.” —Justin Feil
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top senior female athlete; the William Winston Roper Trophy awarded to the top senior male athlete; the Art Lane ‘34 Award given to recognize athletes for selfless contribution to sport and society; the Class of 1916 Cup awarded to the Princeton varsity letter winner who continuing in competition in his or her senior year achieved at graduation the highest academic standing; the Class of 1967 PVC Citizen-Athlete Award presented by the Princeton Varsity Club for selfless and noble contributions to sport and society; and the Marvin Bressler Award given to a member of the Princeton family whose support of the University’s student-athletes and coaches embodies a belief in the lifelong lessons taught by athletics as a complement to the overall educational mission. Additional program details, including award finalists and broadcast information, will be shared later this month. Log onto PrincetonVarsityClub.org for up-todate banquet information.
The Princeton University Athletics community will come together to virtually honor the Class of 2020 and their accomplishments and lasting impact as part of this year’s modified Gary Walters ‘67 Princeton Varsity Club Awards Banquet. The Department of Athletics will host this virtual program on May 28 with the broadcast beginning at 8 p.m. As par t of this vir tual celebration, awards will be presented in recognition of athletic excellence, academic achievement, and service to the community and pay tribute to student-athletes, distinguished alumni, and suppor ters of Pr inceton Athletics. The awards that will be given during the event include the Otto von Kienbusch Award to honor the PU Women’s Hockey
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Senior forward Carly Bullock was awarded the Elizabeth English Trophy, which goes to the member of the squad voted by her teammates to be the most valuable player. The award is given in honor of Elizabeth English ‘75, whose efforts helped to establish women’s ice hockey at Princeton. Bullock, a 5’7 native of Eden Prairie, Minn., put together a 30-goal season, one of only two in the nation in 2019-20, becoming the fifth Tiger in program history to reach that number and the first since 2004. In bettering her previous seasonbest goal total by six and assist total by two with 30 goals and 24 assists, Bullock ended up fifth in program history with 95 goals and sixth with 159 points. She was one of three finalists for the ECACH’s Best Forward award and earned first-team All-Ivy and firstteam All-ECAC recognition as the Tigers went 26-6-1. Senior defenseman Claire Thompson was the recipient of the Patty Kazmaier Award, given to the senior member of the women’s ice hockey team who has made the greatest contribution to the program during her career and best exemplified the following characteristics: loyalty and devotion to Princeton women’s ice hockey and determination and perseverance under adverse conditions.
SPECIAL EFFORT: Princeton University field hockey player MaryKate Neff controls the ball in a game last fall. Rising senior midfielder Neff and rising senior goalie Grace Brightbill are giving back in a unique way in the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sue Perles ’75, a former Princeton field hockey Announces Team Awards player and CEO of Special Olympics Alaska, was looking for Following a season that a way to keep her athletes engaged and thought of coming saw the Princeton University up with a fitness video and reached out to her alma mater. women’s hockey team post Neff and Brightbill volunteered and made a 13-minute video a program-record 26 wins, that was shared with the Special Olympics Alaska’s Facebook a first ECAC Hockey tourpage. “I really wanted to do this well, so we put a lot of effort nament title, and an NCAA into thinking about which exercises would translate,” said tournament berth for the Neff as quoted on tigershelping.princeton.edu. “I found that second consecutive year, the PU Hockey Assistant Coach there really weren’t many at-home workouts for Special Olymprogram has announced its To Work With U.S. U18 Team pics athletes. That made me even more passionate about what annual team awards. Princeton University wom- we were doing, because I recognized that the video could have (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) en’s hockey assistant coach an immediate impact.” Melanie Ruzzi has earned a place behind another bench tween the U.S. and Canada, six years as associate head A Legacy of as well, having been named and the IIHF U-18 Women’s coach. Craft For Our She has been involved an assistant coach with the World Championship. “I am incredibly thankful w it h USA Hockey since 2020-21 U.S. U18 team. Community As part of her role, Ruzzi to (women’s national team 2006, and has served as Since 1985 will help coach the U.S. team director) Katie Million and one of the coaches for USA during the Women’s Nation- ( A m er ic a n D evelopm ent H o c k e y ’s D e v e l o p m e n t al Festival, an event used to Model manager) Kr isten Camp. In addition, Ruzzi has 609.683.1034 select the U-18 and U-22 Wright from USA Hockey been the director of the USA PDGUILD.COM help select team rosters, the U-18 as well as USA U18 Head Hockey’s multi-district camp Select Series, an event be- Coach Katie Lachapelle for for the Rocky Mountain and inviting me to be a part of Pacific Districts since 2017. this staff,” said Ruzzi as Joi n i ng t he P r i nce ton quoted on the Princeton staff this past winter, Ruzzi sports website. helped guide the Tigers to a “I look forward to coach- 26-6-1 overall mark as they ing the ver y best young set a program record in wins women in our sport from on the way to claiming their throughout the country and first ECAC Hockey tournaam anxious to get to work ment title while making the preparing for the World NCAA tournament in backChampionships.” to-back seasons for the first Ruzzi, a former star for time in program history. t h e P r ov i d e n c e C ol l e g e Ruzzi was one of two new women’s hockey program assistant coaches this past who captured Hockey East season, along with CourtHonorable Mention honors ney Kessel, under third-year as well as national all-aca- head coach Cara Morey. demic accolades during her “Coach Ruzzi is one of the college years, began her best coaches in our game,” coaching career at Amherst said Morey. College in 2005, where 3 Gutter Protection Devices that Effectively Work! “I’m so happy she’s getting she acted as an assistant this opportunity to showcase coach for two seasons for her talents on the internaFree estimates! All work guaranteed in writing! the Division III program. tional stage. She is a strong, From 2007-11 she was an female role model who will Serving the Princeton area for 25 years assistant coach at Harvard bring tremendous insight b efore ret ur n i ng to her and knowledge of the game alma mater Providence for to the USA U18 Team.”
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Mariana Lopez-Ona started from day one of her career with the Princeton High girls’ lacrosse team in the spring of 2016 and ended up tallying more than 300 goals over the next four seasons. Heading to the University of Michigan last fall to join its Division I women’s lacrosse program, things didn’t come so easily for Lopez-Ona. “The college game is just so much different and faster,” said Lopez-Ona, a 5’9 midfielder. “There is a lot more work involved in bringing it up to that level. W hen you start playing outside of the high school realm, it is just a shock when you first get there.” In dealing with those challenges, Lopez-Ona found she was able to lean on her teammates. “One of the most beneficial things is that it is somewhat different from high school because everyone is so insanely supportive of each other,” said LopezOna. “You are all going through t he r u n te s t and tough coaching together and you are basically living together. If you are having a bad day at practice, your teammates are there to pick you up.” Former PHS teammate and star goalie for Michigan, Mira Shane, also helped to pick up Lopez-Ona’s spirits. “I talked to Mira a lot throughout my fall about practices and everything; she was really, really helpful,” said Lopez-Ona. “I was insanely lucky to have someone like that, she helped me through the adjusting and all the typical freshman stuff like getting used to the team, the college experience, the coaches and everything.” Buoyed by that support, Lopez-Ona threw herself into a role as a backup,
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scoring one goal in three appearances as Michigan went 5-1 before the 2020 season was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Any time you are on the bench, you want to be on the field but I think the bench energy is so much different than in high school,” said Lopez-Ona. “You are there to give all of your teammates support in everything so even when you are on the bench you feel like you are contributing. You are helping everybody, you are making your teammates feel better. The bench is really fun, someone will run down the line after a goal and everyone is cheering. Someone comes off the field for a break and you are there to support them and to tell them they are doing amazing and to keep it up.” Making her college debut in a 10-8 win over Jacksonville on February 9, LopezOna experienced some butterflies in her stomach as she got on the field. “Before the Jacksonville game, I was freaking out; we had our final team meeting before the game and I was going back to my hotel room with one of the seniors who is really good friends with Mira and knows my sister [ for mer Penn la x player Emilia] as well so she was always super nice and helpful to me,” said Lopez-Ona, who was credited with a shot in the victory. “S he help e d c a l m m e down. The game was nervewracking. It takes a little bit to get rid of that freshman feeling and then it just feels like you are playing with all of your best friends because everyone is so supportive.” Two weeks later, LopezOna notched her first career goal, tallying late in the second half as Michigan defeated Colorado 20-7. “We were up by a little bit and I went on; I was in the attack position when I am typically a middie because one of our attackers had gotten injured,” recalled LopezOna.
“I hear one of the coaches in the background saying ‘get one, get one.’ I was so nervous because I was thinking oh God, they expect me to perform here. I cut and someone fed it from behind and after I shot it I fell over and tripped a little bit on the defender. I fell into one of my teammates. I was really happy but all I remember is literally not being able to control myself because I was like flying and then I was oh my god, I have to drop my stick and all of these things. After that, it was I want to get in and do more.” But as the 13th-ranked Wolver ines were get ting ready to play at Cincinnati on March 13, Lopez-Ona and her teammates learned that they were not going to get the chance to build on their early success. “We were just about to have our pregame walkthrough practice and then we were going to get on the bus and drive to Cincinnati,” said Lopez-Ona. “Our coach texted the captains and said we are going to have a meeting in 10 minutes. Our coach walks in and immediately it was just silence because everybody can see in her face that she is insanely sad and then we found out that the season was canceled. It was very sad for me because I wanted to finish out the year and make sure I had my time with my teammates to keep getting comfortable and keep being a part of the community. It was more sad for the seniors because this was the end of their trip. It was so very sad to see everyone’s reaction.” Back home in Princeton, Lopez-Ona has been doing some training with older brother Johnny, a former PHS lax star, and Emilia to keep sharp. “Working out is a little bit difficult because there is no weightlifting or anything,” said Lopez-Ona. “Johnny and I have been using some really old dumbbells that we found in the attic. I have been trying to run
outside, it is doing as much as you can now. I can do wall ball and shoot at nets. We have our old stuff that we haven’t used in a while. My sister is around to play with me.” Although she is not around her Michigan teammates, Lopez-Ona is still in touch with them. “We had a few full team Zoom sessions in the beginning and now we are doing smaller things,” said LopezOna. “I am a midfielder so all of the midfielders and the mid-
die coach will have a Zoom talk. I have been talking to the other freshmen a lot. With all of the new technology it is not too hard to stay connected but it is weird to think that I would still be there right now.” O n c e L op e z - O n a g e t s back to Ann Arbor, she will have a fresh perspective regarding things, both on and off the field. “I will just have a greater appreciation for college as a whole; I dreaded going to class sometimes,” said Lopez-Ona.
“Playing college lacrosse, you have to do run tests and you have to do conditioning; those parts are tough and you miss the people cheering you on through all of it. You miss the feeling of ‘wow, I just ran that 1,000 yards’ or whatever and you are doing it all together. When we come back, it is probably going to be different. Going through this whole situation, no matter what, everyone is going to use every moment to make the most of it.” —Bill Alden
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MAKING STRIDES: Mariana Lopez-Ona heads up the field last year in her senior season for the Princeton High girls’ lacrosse team. This past spring, Lopez-Ona made her debut for the University of Michigan women’s lacrosse team, tallying one goal in three appearances for the Wolverines as they went 5-1 before their season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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feel terrible for the rest of them but you feel particularly bad for the seniors.” When the rest of the Hun players ultimately return to the field, Hickey believes they will bring a greater sense of urgency. “There is that quote, distance makes the heart grow fonder; that is something that a lot of these girls are going to feel,” said Hickey. “I talk to them a lot about when you step on the field, forget about everything else in your day, this is your time to get some energy out. I am hoping that they will understand that even more. Tracey Arndt [Hun Co-Director of Athletics] and I were talking; I played lacrosse at the college level [at Rutgers] and she played field hockey at the national level for the U.S. team. She says, even for me, sometimes you don’t realize how much you loved it until it is taken away. For kids to experience this at a younger age, there are positives that can come out of it. You talk to any college athlete and they would say I would do anything to step back on the field and go to practice. This is something we can all use to motivate ourselves next year.” —Bill Alden
STICKING TOGETHER: Hun School girls’ lacrosse player Allison Cowan goes after the ball in a game last spring. Senior star Cowan and her classmates were poised for a big finale before 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hun players have remained connected through Zoom and Instagram as they have worked from home. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Janelle Connevey Morris Janelle Connevey Morris of Princeton, New Jersey, passed away peacefully on May 17, 2020 at the age of 93. She is reunited for eternity with her beloved husband of 72 years, Mac Glenn Morris, and their beloved daughter Patricia Morris Harris, who preceded her mother in death exactly one year earlier. Janelle was born in Breckenridge, Texas, on August 19, 1926 to John Lawrence Connevey, an oil company superintendent, and Virginia Nell Connevey, née Sutton, and had two sisters, Maxine and Madge. Janelle was raised in Tuleta, Texas, a suburb of Beeville, by her father and stepmother, Mary Alice (Mamie) Connevey, née Underwood, surrounded by love and laughter, and enjoyed many travels with Maxine by her side to New Mexico and Colorado. Janelle met her husband Mac, a Marine bomber pilot, when he was assigned to Chase Field Naval Air Station in Beeville shortly after returning from service in the Pacific during World War II. They were married at her home in Tuleta on July 27, 1946 before moving to Princeton, New Jersey, in 1947, where they raised their four
children. Their life together was marked by an immense love for one another, enjoyment of every moment spent with their children and grandchildren, a wonderful circle of friends, and annual road trips out West. Many happy days were enjoyed by the Morris family and their treasured friends at Clearbrook Farm in Princeton, where Janelle and Mac raised their family. They purchased Clearbrook Farm, originally the country home of Moses Taylor Pyne, in 1962 and Janelle found great joy in making the house a home by renovating, painting, and wallpapering it herself. Janelle’s hospitality knew no bounds and Clearbrook Farm quickly became synonymous with a place of celebration and joy, hosting church gatherings, large Thanksgiving dinners for family and friends, plays that Janelle wrote, and Davidson reunions for hundreds of alumni. Janelle opened her home and her heart to all, treating strangers as friends and friends as family, always cooking for a big crowd, entertaining guests around the piano, and creating traditions at Clearbrook that have been carried on for generations.
Janelle was known for her contagious laughter and sense of humor, her unconditional kindness and warmth, her Texas pride, and her heartfelt love of music. As a natural creative, she enjoyed staying up all night sewing clothes, curtains, and outfits for her grandchildren. She had a deep knowledge and admiration of Southwest Native American jewelry and developed lifelong friendships with local artists. This later inspired her career as a buyer, sharing their craft with the Princeton community. She found beauty in everything — in the people she met, the clouds in the sky, the flowers in her garden, and through music and verse. She laughed easily and often, mainly at herself. She valued her faith and was a proud deacon of the Nassau Presbyterian Church. Most of all, Janelle loved her hero, Mac Morris, and their marriage was a love story that continues to inspire all who were lucky enough to know them. Janelle Morris is survived by her son Steve Morris of Cleveland, Ohio, daughter Janelle Thibau and husband Eric of Potomac, Maryland, son John Morris and wife Suzy of Princeton, New Jersey, and son-in-law Ed Harris, Pat’s loving husband, of Perkasie, Pennsylvania. She is also survived by her 13 adoring grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Janelle’s name to Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey. Arrangements are under the direction of Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton, NJ.
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eton University postdoctoral international students. She was very involved at Trinity Church in Princeton, serving as reception desk volunteer, One Table Cafe waitress, and rummage sale volunteer. The pride and joy of Carol’s life were her children and grandchildren. She was their biggest supporter and cheerleader! She especially enjoyed all of the wonderful vacations they all took together over the years. Carol was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Ed, and her parents Theodore and Eleanor. She is survived by her children Kim (Ron) Payne, Ed (Trish) Weiss III; grandchildren Ryan, Kevin, Rees, Landon, Riley, and Griffin. She is also survived by her sister, Gloria Knight. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, a celebration of Carol’s life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Carol can be made to Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540. Carol’s family would like to thank her “sister” friends, neighbors, and caregivers Ginny Scala and Joanne Prospero for all of their love and support. They would also like to thank Dr. Konner, Dr. Jewell and the entire Memorial Sloan Kettering team for their excellent care during Carol’s seven-year cancer battle. Arrangements are under the direction of Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton, NJ.
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Jane Gregg Schowalter passed away in Princeton on May 14, 2020, from complications associated with dementia. Jane lived in Princeton for nearly 50 years, with a 15year interval in Champaign, IL, between 1989 and 2003. Jane was born on April 6, 1929, in Milwaukee, WI, to Scranton and Violet (Durand) Gregg. She graduated from Whitefish Bay High School near Milwaukee and received a BS degree in sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. While living in Madison she met her future husband, William Schowalter. They were married in 1953. In 1957 the couple moved to Princeton and shortly thereafter had the first of their three children, all of whom were born in what was then known as Princeton Hospital. When their children were young Jane became involved in community volunteer activities. They centered on the schools her children were attending and ranged from room mother to committee and officer positions at parent-teacher organizations for Nassau St., John Witherspoon, and Johnson Park Schools. She was also active as a volunteer to the Princeton YWCA, serving as a member of the board. She was Chair of the Pearl Bates Scholarship Fund and of the Princeton Youth Tennis Foundation.
As the children grew older, Jane’s volunteer interests shifted to the field of healthcare, primarily through the Auxiliary of The Medical Center at Princeton. In that era the Medical Center’s primary fundraising effort was an annual community event known as the Princeton Hospital Fête. She had increasingly large responsibilities for the Fête, ultimately serving as co-chair in 1976. A lasting contribution to Princeton healthcare was her conception and realization of a Patient Support Program, along with her membership on the Board of Trustees of The Princeton Medical Center. Jane’s work at the Medical Center provided an opportunity for her to interface with the Family Service Organization of Princeton, of which she was a member of the executive committee. Because of her husband’s affiliation with Princeton University Jane also contributed her talents to University-related activities. Most notable of these are services as vice president of the University League and as a member of the Auxiliary to the Isabella McCosh Infirmary of Princeton University. Jane’s deep involvement in the Princeton community was recognized in 1986 when she was chosen to receive the Gerard B. Lambert Award, a recognition presented annually by the United Way for community service. The next phase of Jane’s contributions to healthcare began in 1989 when her husband accepted a position at the University of Illinois and they moved to Champaign, Illinois. Soon after their arrival she was hired as a teaching associate in the University’s Department of Community Health. This led to Jane taking students on hospital visits to learn what it is like to be a patient in a hospital. She essentially transplanted her Princeton patient support experience into the consciousness of students, many of whom would become nurses or medical doctors and spend their careers caring for people in hospitals. In 2003 Jane and her husband returned to Princeton. She reconnected with Princeton friends and made many new ones, joining The Present Day Club and re-joining the Auxiliary of the McCosh Infirmary. Beyond Princeton, Jane’s favorite place to be was her vacation home on Martha’s Vineyard. That is where summers were filled with the presence of children and young grandchildren, and off-season time was savored by Jane and her husband alone. A description of Jane’s life would not be complete without mention of her warmth and natural affinity for people. She thrived on personal interactions and was equally engaging whether hosting functions in her home for Princeton or Illinois faculty members, undergraduate engineering students, or the co-founder and CEO of Sony. In addition to her husband Jane is survived by her three children, Katherine Schowalter (and Richard) Lesch of Scarsdale, NY, Mary Raser of Rancho Santa Fe, CA (whose husband Jeffrey predeceased Jane), David (and Beckley) Schowalter of Holden, MA, and eight grandchildren, Stephen, Elizabeth, Charles and Jack Raser; Jackson, Clara and Dylan Lesch; and Timothy Schowalter.
Donations in memory of Jane can be made online at https://allerton.illinois.edu/ donate-to-allerton/ or by check made out to Allerton Park/University of Illinois Foundation and mailed to Allerton Park, 515 Old Timber Road, Attn: Ms. Jan Gill, Monticello, IL 61856. In either case the gift should be specified for restoration of the room of Jane’s uncle, John Gregg Allerton. A private burial service will be held at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton. A celebration of Jane’s life will be scheduled at a future date. Arrangements are under the direction of Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton, NJ.
Mark William Durand A longtime resident of Skillman and Princeton, NJ, Mark William Durand, age 60, died March 19, 2020 at his home. Mark was born in 1959 in Camden, NJ, to parents William and Dorothy (Drummond) Durand (both deceased), and was raised in Somerdale, NJ. He graduated from Highland Regional High School in Blackwood, NJ, and received a BS in Zoology from Duke University, an MS in Biological Sciences from Dartmouth College, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He joined Bristol Myers after graduating from business school and was involved in many key transactions, including the merger with Squibb Corporation. He was a highly accomplished executive in the pharmaceutical industry for almost three decades, with leadership roles in several companies. He also believed in giving back to his community and volunteered at several nonprofits. Mark had a great sense of humor and loved spending time with family and friends. He doted on his daughter and encouraged and supported her in all her endeavors. He was a passionate and talented tennis player and would play at any opportunity. An avid basketball fan, he never missed an opportunity to watch the Duke Blue Devils. He loved animals, including his two dogs, and spent many hours walking them in Princeton, NJ, and surrounding parks. He had an exceptionally keen wit and could always be counted on to pen a witty limerick, poem, or doggerel for any occasion. Mark could always be counted on to support family, friends, and colleagues, and he will be remembered for his wonderful smile, the twinkle in his eye, and his humanity and kindness. He will be dearly missed. Mark is survived by his beloved daughter Serina Durand, his former wife, Gianna Sabella, and several cousins, nieces, and nephews. Because of coronavirus restrictions, a memorial service may be planned for a later date.
Judith Ceccoli Colnaghi died after multiple medical challenges on May 9, 2020 at Merwick Care and Rehabilitation Center in Plainsboro, NJ. She lived in Princeton, NJ, for many years but also lived in Ewing, NJ, and San Diego, CA. Ms. Colnaghi was born on April 6, 1942 in Scranton, PA, to Louis and Anita Bartoli Ceccoli. She is predeceased by her parents and her brother Louis E. Ceccoli. She is survived by her nephew Louis G. Ceccoli and her sister-in-law Carol Ann Ceccoli both of Peckville, PA, and very dedicated friends. Judith grew up in Olyphant, PA, graduating with honors from Olyphant High School. She received her BS degree in psychology from Penn State University, State College, PA, and a MA degree in public administration from Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ. Judith was a devoted, generous, and loving daughter, sister, and aunt and a loyal and caring friend who will be deeply missed. Even with a major medical challenge during her entire adult life, Judith was an accomplished, inde-
may support Judith’s vision by sending a contribution in her memory in care of The Judith Ceccoli Endowed Navajo Graduate Scholarship Fund to The University of New Mexico Foundation, 700 Lomas Blvd NE, Two Woodward Center, Albuquerque, NM 87102 or through the secure website: www.unmfund.org/fund/ceccoli-scholarship-fund/. Arrangements are under the direction of Mather-Hodge Funeral Home in Princeton, website: www.matherhodge.com. A memorial remembrance will be held at a later date.
Denise Hodgins Call October 27, 1942 – May 10, 2020
Denise Hodgins Call passed away peacefully on Mother’s Day, May 10th, at her home in Princeton, New Jersey. Denise lived her life to the fullest as a mother to four, grandmother to 13, loving wife, friend, and renowned artist. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Denise was the daughter of Catherine Costello Hodgins and James Hodgins. She graduated from West Catholic Girls’ High School and Cabrini College in Philadelphia. Denise continued her studies doing post grad-
uate work at the University of Pennsylvania. Her love of books and writing led her to become an English teacher at Marylawn of the Oranges Academy in South Orange, NJ. Denise’s impeccable memory and voracious reading habits landed her a spot on the show Jeopardy! In 1994, Denise married Steve Call, whom she loved dearly. Steve and Denise traveled the world together and threw fabulous dinner parties, sharing their love of gourmet food and wine with their many friends. After retiring from a career at Exxon in aviation fuel sales, Denise enrolled in duCret School of Art, where she began her next career as an artist. Denise painted all over the world, but created the majority of her masterpieces from her home in Bayse, VA, where she skied and played golf with her many grandchildren. In her final years, Denise sailed the Queen Mary with her granddaughter Morgan and could often be found at the Museum of Natural History, the Met, or Alice’s Tea Cup in New York City with her granddaughter Reagan. She was an avid fan of her grandchildren’s athletics and could be spotted at many lacrosse games and rowing regattas. Denise was a member of the Nassau Club, Springdale Country Club, and a friend of the Institute for Advanced Studies. Denise will be missed by many and is survived by her husband Steve, her children Caitlyn Parker (Steve), Mairin Kuligowski (Jeff), Edward Gilhooly III (Sheryl), and Bevin Walsh (Tim), and her 13 grandchildren.
Diana S. Deane Diana passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, April 25th. She had lived in Pennington, NJ, for many years prior to her retirement from the Glenmede Trust Company. Diana was born on October 7, 1953 in New York City to Betty and Everett Deane, Sr. She grew up in Sunnyside Queens and spent many long weekends in Terryville, Long Island, at the family’s country home. Diana attended Garden School growing up and went on to Mount Holyoke College. Upon graduation, Diana later received a Master’s in Business from Harvard University and her Law Degree from Duke University. Diana honed her considerable skills by first joining private law practices which included two very prestigious firms, Shanley & Fisher and Drinker, Biddle & Reath. She completed her career concentrating on wealth and estate planning at New Jersey National Bank and Glenmede. She retired from Glenmede in 2008. Diana loved the Arts and gave generously of her time to support local charitable causes. She was an active fundraiser for her alma mater — Mount Holyoke College. At the time of her death, Diana was the president of the Mary G. Roebling Foundation and the Roebling Musical Scholar Fund. She was preceded in death by her parents and is survived by a brother (Everett, Jr.), sister (Kathleen), and nieces Lisa Lynch (Ryan) and Kelsey Tardiff along with a grandniece (Chloe) and grandnephew (Benjamin). Diana’s beloved Golden Retriever, Wilson, has already been adopted. Diana enjoyed a large circle of friends in the tri-state area
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who will miss her indomitable spirit. Due to the COVID-19 virus, funeral and memorial services are pending. Diana had requested to be interred near her parents at the Moravian Cemetery on Staten Island. Anyone wishing to make a donation in her memory should make it to Mount Holyoke College through their website mountholyoke.edu and then to Giving to MHC.
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pendent, self-sufficient, and resourceful woman. She had a well-respected career as a management consultant with over 25 years in State government for the Departments of Labor, Human Services, and Treasury. She was a member of the local chapter of Mensa and the Nassau Club of Princeton. She was active in both AGA (Association of Government Accountants) and ASPA (American Society of Public Administrators). She traveled extensively through the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Middle East, and Mexico and loved to winter in San Miguel de Allende. Through her travels she studied languages and architecture and collected paintings and artifacts that were displayed in her home. She was an insatiable reader, consummate intellectual, researcher of “the best,” exuberant about life, an avant-garde interior decorator, and creator of a beautiful ambiance. She added elegance and color to everything she touched, enjoyed Sunday football, and loved beagles. Judith was an avid contract and duplicate bridge player and played at local clubs in Princeton and West Windsor regularly. She was instrumental in teaching and encouraging some of her friends to play as well. The educational inequities of Native American Indian youth have been Judith’s lifelong concern. To that end she created as her legacy “The Judith Ceccoli Endowed Navajo Graduate Scholarship Fund” to support Navajo students at the University of New Mexico enrolled in the School of Medicine and School of Law who have demonstrated a commitment to assist their community after graduation. You
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Barry Edward Kaftanic, formerly of Princeton, NJ, died suddenly on April 27, 2020 at Park Place Center in Monmouth Junction, NJ. He was 67 years old. Barry grew up in Metuchen, NJ. He attended RCA Institute in Cherry Hill, NJ, and worked in the computer industry in New Jersey and then California. He moved back to Princeton when his worsening Multiple Sclerosis made it too difficult for him to live on his own. Born November 25, 1952, Barry was the son of the late Harriet and Edward Kaftanic of Princeton, NJ. He is survived by his daughter, Amber DePasquale and her husband Ed, of Cherry Hill, NJ; his son, Justin Kaftanic and his fiancée Elizabeth Aitkin, of Cherry Hill, NJ; his sister, Linda Meuse and her husband John, of Princeton, NJ; three grandchildren, Olyvia, Edward, and Kathryn; and former wives, Toni Carter of Cherry Hill, NJ and Laurie Kaftanic of Monterey, CA. Burial at the Princeton Cemetery was private. Arrangements are under the direction of the Kimble Funeral Home, Princeton, NJ. Extend condolences and share memories at TheKimbleFuneralHome.com.
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TIMBER RIDGE Stunning totally renovated modern farmhouse with 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths located in desirable Timber Ridge. From the crisp white Hardi plank exterior to the striking black Marvin windows this home embraces sophisticated simplicity inside and out. Beautiful wire brushed, natural white oak engineered floors run throughout the home. The open floor plan creates a well-balanced entertaining environment combining the spacious family room with wood burning fireplace, expansive kitchen with an abundance of counter space and Bosch appliances and dining room with walls of windows. An airy laundry room is conveniently located off the kitchen. For more tranquil personal space relax in the front living room next to a cozy fire. The right wing of the home has a luxurious master bedroom suite with dual walk-closets and a spa like bathroom. In addition, you~ll find another guest suite that can double as a private home office. Upstairs are two generously sized en suite bedrooms with high ceilings.This property truly has it all.Welcome home!. $995,000
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Nestled in magnificent Bucks County.Across its rolling hills and open fields are stunning gentlemen’s farms, picturesque small towns, and plenty of wineries in the heart of Council Rock District, all within an easy commute to Princeton, NYC, and Philadelphia. The house also comes with rooftop solar panels, a geothermal system for heating and cooling,radiant floors,a cistern for collecting and reusing water, and a security system with cameras. ADDITIONAL 2 ACRE BUILDING PARCEL AVAILABLE. $2,395,000
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LAWRENCE TWP. We are pleased to present this stately center hall colonial in Lawrence Township. Located at the end of a cul-de-sac, with a partial brick facade, this house offers every creature comfort and amenity. Freshly painted, the volume-ceilinged entry foyer opens to the formal living room on one side and the dining room on the other. Straight ahead, the chef’s kitchen, adjacent and open to the family room, will quite simply knock your socks off! Whether you are hosting a Super Bowl party or a family gathering, this space will soon become the gathering place for everyone and everything. Architectural features such as wall display niches, designer tile fireplace surround, and a second staircase make every day living a breeze. Cooking in the eat-in kitchen is really fun, with lots of storage space, custom wood cabinets, granite counters, and top-of-the-line appliances. Check out the skylight for extra light, and the cozy sitting area! On this level, the private study is perfect, with built-in desk and cabinets. This one-of-a-kind office will be just what you need to make working from home something you actually want to do! Upstairs, the MBR has a walk-in closet and ensuite bathroom, of course, and the additional 3 bedrooms are bright and airy. A finished basement provides the perfect place for rainy day activities, and even has a full bath. $595,000
PRINCETON DON”T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY to live in Princeton, with world-class schools of every level, off-the-charts McCarter Theatre, the wonderful University Art Museum, exciting Princeton Arts Council, unbelievable concerts in Richardson Auditorium and local venues, independent bookstores, athletic facilities, and more! This colonial house has bright and spacious rooms, with easy access to the backyard. Eat-in kitchen/family room encourages conversation and hanging out with the chef, and it’s not every day that you have a living room that easily accommodates two pianos! On a wonderful street with no added cars -- a quiet, sweet cul-de-sac! $750,000
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202 S State Street, Newtown PA. 18940
Only Four of Ten units remain in this stunning, AIA award winning Hillier Designed, luxury condominium project. Located in the heart of historic Newtown Borough, each unit boasts it’s own unique floorplan with high ceilings, a paneled lobby, radiant heat, noise canceling windows, terraces and the ability to customize most options to suit your individual design requirements. This project is the first residential multi-family structure of such quality built in this market. While the words luxury and quality are often overused, this building was designed as if it were located on Rittenhouse Square or Central Park. Be a part of this amazing project. Enjoy a lifestyle that embraces the finest in modern building design in the midst of a quaint historic setting. Prices from $1,050,000-$1,300,000
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