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F E A T U R E S
15 The Food Issue Meet Eight Members of CA’s Own Food Network by Gail Friedman
When English teacher Cammy Thomas wanted a native Italian speaker to read Dante’s Inferno to her Literature of the Infernal class, she turned to CA’s chef, Sal Porfino.
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A Baking Engineer: Kristen Coniaris ’95 The Scholarship of Food: Catherine Down ’05 CA’s Celebrity Chef: Anita Lo ’84 Renaissance Woman: Tryna Van Dusen Fredregill ’63
D E P A R T M E N T S
A Sweet Life: Catherine Kemp ’94 2
Getting Out of the Kitchen: Daphne Hays ’81 Food Fighter: Michael Sandler ’92 Hospitality in His Blood: Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli ’01
Message from the Head of School
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Letters
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Campus News
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Alumnae/i Profiles Susan Davis Treadway ’63 Sam Davol ’88 and Leslie Taylor Davol ’87 Isabelle Carlhian ’72 Polly Hunt Mendoza ’95 by Nancy Shohet West ’84
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CA Bookshelf
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Faculty Profile Mark Engerman
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Athletics 2011 Spring Highlights Profile: Henry Thorne ’77 by Gail Friedman
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Arts Q&A: Andrew Casner ’03
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Class Notes
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In Memoriam
27 Eyewitness to Disaster A Firsthand Account of Japan’s Tsunami by Ben Mirin ’06
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30 Building Luke’s Skywalker by Gail Friedman
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