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he Spring 2008 edition contained a story about the

Latin teacher legacy at Manlius Pebble Hill. It came to our attention that we missed a very important part of that legacy, Mr. Larry Leighton. One student recalled, “One of my favorite teachers was Larry Leighton, the French and Latin teacher. He was a frail individual, who smoked too much and had the harsh, raspy smoker’s cough. His classroom was on the third floor – as far as you could get from the entrance – and he would come into the classroom out of breath. Yet, he was most patient, with an obvious love for

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Table of Contents A Tradition of Service The Last Graduate Witnessing the Inauguration - An Alumna’s Experience Commencement 2009 Military Schools Past and Present Out of the Archives A Land of Used-to-Be Alumni Profile: Betty Jane Boudreau Alumni Profile: Col. John Brooks ’39C Alumni Experiences Alumni Profile: Dick Arnold ’43 HQ MPH Musicians Get Grammy Gig Korean and Vietnam War Memorial Alumni Scrapbook Alumni Notes Martha Heer Remembered The Final Word

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Reflections is published twice a year for the alumni and friends of Manlius Pebble Hill School, 5300 Jamesville Road, DeWitt, NY 13214, Phone: 315/446-2452, Fax: 315/446-7359, E-mail: alumni@mph.net, Web: www.mph.net.

the students. He did not touch as many students as the English, history, science, and math teachers; but he made an impression on me. And I still remember that Gaul was divided into three parts!” – Dean Sedgwick ’61HQ

HEAD OF SCHOOL Baxter F. Ball

EDITORS Maureen Anderson, director of alumni relations Nancy Gallery, advancement associate Susan Gullo, director of communications Susan Leahey, director of annual giving Tina Morgan, director of development

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Baxter F. Ball, head of school Fred Benedict ’58A, MPH archivist John Ellis ’67HQ Kristin Hempel, director of community outreach John Marsh ’46B Lottie Watts, alumni office intern Sondra Roberts ’91 Zach Sanzone ’00 Kenn Wynn ’70HQ

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Cover Photo: Students visit the booths of some 37 community organizations that were exhibitors at the January Service Learning Fair.

George Urist, president Peter Manolakos, president emeritus Paul Sack, vice president Josh Wells ’89, vice president Jenny Hicks, treasurer Janis Hampton, secretary Baxter F. Ball, head of school James Bright Peter Carmen Gary Carpenter Tom Cerio Jayne (Rubenstein) Charlamb ’87 Nancy Dock

Deborah Freund William Futera Gary Grossman Daniel S. Jonas Elizabeth Knox Melissa Montgomery Gary Slutzky Ruth (Villency) Small ’60 Jamie Sutphen Lydia Arnold Turnipseed Jon Verbeck Russ Andrews ’64, Alumni Association representative Mady Kudisch, Parents’ Association representative

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD Josh Wells ’89, president Russ Andrews ’64, president emeritus Bob Theis ’67B, vice president Marna (Suarez) Redding ’96, secretary Jim Amodio ’65 Rolly Anderson ’66B Steve Burchesky ’66C Tyler Cagwin ’98 Al Cicci ’60C Doug Craig ’89 Tom Denton ’65 Stuart Grossman ’56 TJ Gunerman ’05 Dan Klemperer ’02 Bryan Manolakos ’97 Claire Myers-Usiatynski ’72 John Ramsey ’59A Tom Rhoades ’59A Sondra Roberts ’91 David Temes ’97 Wendy (Harwood) Van Der Bogart ’74 Jack Wells ’60B Hilary Yeager ’95

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TRADITION

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Service By Kristin Hempel, director of community outreach

anlius Pebble Hill School (MPH) has a long and

inspiring history of service to country, to God, and to community. Founded in 1869 as St. John’s School, the ethic of service to others was even then a driving principle behind our mission. Indeed, throughout each phase of our history as a school, the combination of strong academics and active citizenship provided an important cornerstone for our community and brought the School national acclaim as a premier educational institution.

Over the years, the embodiment of these principles has evolved, reflecting the changes in American culture and society. One important facet of this broader shift was the rise of social institutions charged with protecting and providing for those most in need. As local nonprofits became more prevalent and as American citizenry became more active in addressing broader social ills, MPH, too, expanded its engagement in service through government and religious avenues to incorporate all of the secular, nonprofit initiatives in our community.

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At MPH, not only was service a virtue in and of itself, but it was also understood as the logical outcome of strong character education. In other words, MPH and its forefather schools put considerable attention on helping students develop into adults of strong moral and ethical character. An awareness of the plight of others, a commitment to be responsive to needs, and a desire to advance our community as a whole were the values MPH espoused. Under the direction of Martha Heer (1962-95), MPH formalized the character education program into what we all now know as the “5 Cs.” Indeed, confidence, consideration, cooperation, concern, and courtesy became the banner for the Lower School. Students and teachers worked together to understand the importance of and meaning behind these words. Selflessness and community engagement were recognized and altruism was applauded. Recently put to music, the 5 Cs have endured the test of time and have for all intents and purposes become the anthem of the Lower School and regularly referenced guideposts in our students’ growth. Over the years, MPH continued to explore multiple permutations of what service and character education can look like in an independent school. In addition to service projects or fund-

raising efforts spearheaded by individual students, MPH has offered a course in the Upper School on community service and has developed an active Dress Down Day program. Dress Down Days are student-sponsored occasions during the year when classmates and teachers can pay to be out of dress code. Before each Dress Down Day, the student body is educated on the charity that the monies will support. During our last accreditation process, MPH identified social responsibility as one of its top priorities for growth and began an extensive process of reviewing the programs, opportunities, and initiatives it had in place and laying the groundwork for expanding and strengthening that work. Predating this accreditation catalyst, it had already become tradition for Middle and Upper School classes to take on service projects, often forging sustained relationships with organizations and working with them over the course of three or more years. The work of the Class of 1999 raised $7,560 between 1995 and 1999 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation as part of the “Kids For Kids Wish” program. As freshmen, the Class of 2002 forged a partnership between MPH and Martin Luther King Elementary School (MLK) in which MPH students visited MLK on a regular basis to mentor Kindergarteners. This program has been

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passed down from class to class and remains an important MPH effort to this day. Penny drives and student trips have been organized over the course of several years, both to raise funds and to swing hammers, to help rebuild New Orleans after the recent hurricanes. Other regular class efforts have included adopting families for the holidays, food drives for Thanksgiving, and adopting children through Save the Children. Inspired by Zonta International, whose mission is to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy, MPH kicked off its unaffiliated version of Zonta Club approximately 20 years ago. Affectionately called the “Z Club” and redesigned with a broader mission of community service, it is one of the most popular student-run organizations on campus, with a membership of over 60 interested students. The Z Club regularly offers opportunities for students to participate in group service projects, large fundraising efforts, and several consistent service placements. Through its efforts, students have helped at local food pantries, tutored students at local schools, and raised money for organizations such as Camp Good Days and Make-A-Wish Foundation. For many years, the Z Club brought the White Ribbon Campaign Against Violence to MPH as an annual fundraising effort for Vera House. In more recent years, Dance Marathon has been Z Club’s signature event. Academic classes have also been hotbeds of service activity. Science classes, in particular, have spurred student engagement in AIDS awareness and prevention activities, environmental conservation, and recycling activities, to name a few. In 2001, a sophomore founded the Hand in Hand program to collect hats and mittens for needy families in the community. This year, students collected soccer balls and flip flops for children in Honduras. We also have organized service trips to places such as Honduras, Mexico, and New Orleans.

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Students regularly organize fundraisers and drives for a wide variety of organizations, including Francis House, Heifer International, SPCA, and Starfish International. Our Lower School students have adopted schools through recommendations from American Red Cross and now have a long-standing relationship with a school in Haiti. Indeed, at MPH, service to our community is not seen as the purview of the older students alone. Lower School students have hosted Dress Down Days for organizations such as Boys and Girls Clubs of Syracuse.

Above: Jessica Jo ’09 signs up at the community service fair. Left: Junior Phillip Kanyesigye speaks with a representative of From the Ground Up Therapeutic Horsemanship, Inc., which helps those with special needs through riding and horse-related activities.

They have written letters to alumni who are overseas soldiers and decorated bags for Thanksgiving Day distributions. They sing at local nursing homes and make placemats and create artwork for use and display at soup kitchens. Lower School students have taken strong environmental stands and created public service announcements about litter and pollution and then backed their words up with action, cleaning up local green space and challenging our community to maintain it. This year, MPH moved to create a position designed to help support these efforts. Our intention was to build upon the work already being done throughout the School, strengthening our relationship with the community and providing a clear point for contact

for community service within the School. Our results were heartening. Not only did we begin to understand the amount of engagement already present at MPH, but we also began a domino effect in which students became more vocal and confident in shaping the ideas that they had for projects. In January, we organized a service fair to increase our students’ exposure to local nonprofits. All of the students in Grades 8-12 attended, as well as the Middle School Leadership Team and faculty across all three divisions. We had over three-dozen organizations attend the event and forged relationships with many others in the process of pulling the morning together. (continued on page 7)

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primary goal of an MPH education, as indicated in our mission statement, is to help our students

“become responsible citizens in the local and global community.” Over the years, MPH has employed a variety of strategies to achieve this goal.

• Trail work in local parks • Christian Children’s Fund (2-3 per year) • Ecology class projects • AIDS awareness work (& drives) • Partnership with school in Haiti • Class volunteering at ARISE • Decorating bags for Salvation Army gift distribution

Our last Accreditation (2003) highlighted Social Responsibility as the first of the three goals for our accreditation work. Goals included: • School-wide, community service focus in March • Expand and support long-term/extended community service projects • Expand and support student initiation of community service

• Class volunteering at the Spanish Action League • Support of Eagle Scout and confirmation projects • Development of Dress Down Days (planning, etc.) • Grade level service projects (vote in 9th grade & continue through 12th) • Z Club has more than 60 student members (New School volunteering, Jewish Services Food Pantry, Camp Good Days fundraising, Make A Wish fundraising) • Three trips through Sustainable Horizons (10 days each)

Programs in place/service completed: • Adopt-A-Spot • Buddy Program • Reflections Garden • Recycling efforts

• Trips to New Orleans through Operation Southern Comfort • Arts education program in conjunction with Open Hand Theater • Penny drives, etc. in response to world/national crises (Tsunami, Hurricane, etc.)

• Composting efforts • Development of Wellness Trail • Community Service Days • Holiday gift drives • Food drives • School supply drives • Hand in Hand drives (hats and mittens) • Dance-a-thon • Singing at nursing homes • Letters to soldiers

Based on conversations with faculty and administrators in all three divisions, we are confident in providing the following estimates for annual service over the last five years:

Hours of community service: Pre-K-1st: 5 hr/student/yr @ 50 students

250 hrs/yr

2nd- 5th:

10 hr/student/yr @ 140 students = 1400 hrs/yr

6th-8th:

15 hr/student/yr @ 140 students = 2100 hrs/yr

9th-12th:

20 hr/student/yr @ 255 students = 5000 hrs/yr

TOTAL

9750 hrs/yr

• Making placements for soup kitchens • Making decorations for soup kitchens • MLK Mentoring Program

Fundraising Success:

• National Honors Society tutoring

Cash from Dress Down Days: 10/year @ $800 each

$8000

• Volunteering with Habitat for Humanity

Value of donations

$2000

• Round Up For the Ranch

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(continued from page 5) As a result of the fair, students are now refurbishing toys for children with disabilities, making a film on the Lost Boys of the Sudan, and organizing community-wide dialogues on topics such as race and religion, to name a few. The feedback from the organizations and from the students was powerful. Organizations were very impressed with our students, saying things such as, “I was very inspired with the students’ interest” or “The kids were wonderful – intelligent and engaged!” The organizations encouraged us to continue to hold this event as they felt it was a powerful and useful experience both for themselves and for the students. Students had similarly positive feedback and repeatedly asked for more time to spend talking with the organizations. Some of the students’ comments were: “I was surprised by the number of issues ‘close to home’ so to speak.” “I learned that something small can help in a big way.” “How much I wanted to volunteer surprised me.”

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“I liked that I got thinking about other people.” “I liked the exposure to causes.” “I was surprised that I actually found something that interested me.” “I learned that volunteering can teach me a skill that I want to learn.” While MPH has never required community service either for graduation or for grades, we can confidently estimate that MPH students are spending 9,250 hours/year engaged in service learning and are raising approximately $10,000/year for causes that are important to them. Our goal in all of these efforts is that they are student-driven. Our intention is to provide the support and encouragement for students to find their own voice and to understand that they are, indeed, agents in the world who can act to make a difference through the causes that move them. One option introduced this year is the “Senior Thesis Project,” in which students partner with local agencies and with community “allies” to research and

The following classes will be recognized throughout the weekend as they celebrate a significant reunion. The Manlius School and Pebble Hill Classes of: 1959 – 50th Reunion 1964 – 45th Reunion 1969 – 40th Reunion

Manlius Pebble Hill Classes of: 1974 – 35th Reunion 1979 – 30th Reunion 1984 – 25th Reunion 1989 – 20th Reunion

So, many years later, the tradition of service lives on at MPH. Our students see themselves as part of something larger than themselves and actively seek out ways to play a role in the larger community. Whether it is through charity, volunteer work, or community action, and whether it is by sharing time, talent, or coins, our students understand the impact their actions have in the larger social web and they take the steps they feel are appropriate to make that community as healthy and as vibrant as it can be.

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implement a project that will make a difference in their community, however they define it. These project ideas are vetted and supported by panels comprised of fellow students, teachers, alumni, and MPH community members in order to gather the insight and resources necessary to pull off such an undertaking. Students are asked to consider issues of sustainability and impact when planning their project and to build collaborations throughout the School and the Central New York area.

1994 – 15th Reunion 1999 – 10th Reunion 2004 – 5th Reunion

Go to www.mph.net for information regarding registration, the RSVP list, and directions to the events. Register online at www.mph.net • Look for MPH on Facebook

Clambake Weekend

2009 Friday, June 12 to Saturday, June 13, 2009

For all alumni and friends of The Manlius School, Pebble Hill School, and Manlius Pebble Hill School Claire Myers-Usiatynski ’72 Clambake Weekend Chair

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Last Graduate

By Kenn Wynn ’70HQ

Above: Kenn Wynn ’70HQ Right: Head of School Col. Hugh Irish pins an award on Kenn at the 1970 commencement.

une 4, 1970, graduation day for the final time at The Manlius School. The announcement had been made about a year earlier. The School was in insurmountable financial difficulty and its survival was only possible by means of a merger with the Pebble Hill Country Day School located nearby. The merger was to be effected in September 1970. My friends and I wondered what the last year would be like. We reasoned that with the military system falling by the wayside, there wouldn’t be much incentive to keep the underclassmen in check as we would be the last officers, attend the last OCS and the military esprit de corps would gradually disintegrate. We were right. Things were certainly different that last year. Everybody had longer hair (though still short by the standards of the day), inspections were more lax and not everybody, especially if you had rank, got up to freeze outside Farmer, Thompson or Kallet Halls in the bone chilling dark mornings of an Upstate New York winter. The Haversack had a peace sign on the cover, quotes by Bob Dylan inside and anti-militaristic pictures everywhere, thanks to Mr. Tonken, the advisor, and Danny Wallach and me, the editors. I remember coming back the week after graduation to finish it up and Mr. Sedgwick coming in the

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Haversack office to say hi. I prayed that he would not look too closely and luckily, he didn’t. Leibert D. Sedgwick was an intimidating individual. In fact, 25 years later, when I went to the Las Vegas airport to pick him up for the first Roll Call Las Vegas, I was still a bit nervous. Not too nervous, though, since during my adult life, we remained in fairly close contact, and I was fortunate to call this truly wise soul my friend.

the Phoenix, for being Head Boy. I would make the last three trips up to the stage and the saga of 101 years of an institution would be over. I thought about how many others had gone before me and how different the cadets had looked in the previous century or between the World Wars. But mostly, I thought how proud my mom and brother, himself a former cadet, would be. My world might not have been that big, but I was on top of it. I wondered if it would ever feel that good again, and I’m not sure it ever has.

Like most young folks, we were products of our time. Vietnam was still raging, but most people with a brain could see the eventual outcome by that point. It’s not that we were liberals, we were just realists.

The next day was the icing on the cake. It was everything I could imagine and more. When we won the Color Cup, Dave Walters, Bob Loss, Dave Bahner and the rest of HQ went crazy. We basked in the perfection of the moment for a few hours more as Art Manso and I walked around campus with my brother and sister-in-law and he told us stories about the time he was a student. I knew right at that moment that the experience of attending The Manlius School created a timeless bond, which was universally expressed in a shared vocabulary that all cadets of various generations understood. It was a communication borne of a commonality of experience and environment. We had all participated in a special rite of passage.

I remember the night before graduation vividly. Sitting on the edge of the grass near the road across from Suburban Park, listening to the Shocking Blue play Venus, I could clearly see the gaggle of teenage guys in jeans and hot girls in miniskirts guzzling beer and appearing to be having unimaginable fun. I was filled with mixed emotion. On the one hand, shortchanged for having missed out on a lot of that life but, at the same time filled with anticipation of my upcoming liberation into the seemingly no-holds-barred freedom of a summer with no responsibility and the excitement of what the Promised Land of College Life would be like. I felt an unbelievable sense of accomplishment. I thought about being the last graduate, the last Head Boy, and getting the last award, Commander of

I remember thinking that I wouldn’t get to come back to visit or someday show the place to my kids in celebration of a very cool time in my life, as my brother had that day. Even though the Times Were A Changin’, I wouldn’t have traded the Manlius experience for the world, and it’s a shame it ended with me.

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Witnessing the Inauguration

An Alumna’s Experience By Sondra Roberts ’91

Sondra and her father Sam Roberts

“

HANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN” inspired millions of Americans

and people from foreign lands to trek to our nation’s capital for the 2009 Inauguration. Everyone wanted to celebrate and bear witness to the swearingin of our country’s first African American President, Barack Hussein Obama, as the 44th President of the United States.

I had a heart full of the deepest anticipation and was completely prepared to endure the cold and crowds; two things that I usually forego. Since the occasion was grand, I decided to journey to Washington, D.C. on Saturday, January 17, 2009, the weekend before the actual swearing-in ceremony. A couple of the events I attended included the star-studded concert at the Lincoln Memorial; a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day reception hosted by Reverend Al Sharpton, held at B. Smith’s Restaurant in Union Station; and Governor David A. Paterson’s gala at the Smithsonian Castle.

On the morning of Tuesday, January 20, my day began with a 6 a.m. alarm sounding the prophetic tunes of gospel singer Marvin Sapp’s “Never Would’ve Made It.” After a packed train ride, followed by an intensely long line for the “Blue Gate,” I was there on the sunny front lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Surrounded by a swarm of people in awe and dedication, it was reminiscent of the days in history when activists gathered on the Mall to hear Dr. King speak about racial, social, and economic equality. Amazingly beautiful is how I describe the experience. It was indeed a great moment for me to see President Obama place his hand on the Bible once belonging to President Lincoln, take the Oath of Office, and eloquently deliver his address filled with a vision of hope and responsibility. Afterwards, the celebration began with a visit to the Rayburn House Office Building where my cousin, Congressman Donald Payne, was hosting a reception for New Jersey supporters. I left Capitol Hill feeling empowered and elated, taking heed of what our President first asked of us during his campaign: “I’m asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington… I’m asking you to believe in yours.”

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Manolakos to be 2009 Commencement Speaker Peter Manolakos

eter Manolakos, president emeritus of the Board of

Trustees of Manlius Pebble Hill School, will present the 2009 commencement address to the 65 members of this year’s graduating class.

“To a great many of us, Peter has become an icon of MPH,” says Head of School Baxter F. Ball. “He has worked tirelessly for MPH for 16 years. And while his commitment to this School may have sprung initially from the fact that he was the parent of three MPH students, it almost immediately grew into a genuine dedication to making this the very best School for all our students. He is an eloquent champion for MPH and continues to devote incredible energy to ensuring that this really is the finest school in Central New York.” Elected to the Board of Trustees in 1997, Peter became president in 2000 and served seven years in that capacity.

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He helped pilot MPH through increased enrollment, development of a new master site plan, construction of two buildings (the Mezzalingua Humanities Building and the Laurie Mezzalingua ’86 Center for Early Learning), and close to a doubling of the School’s endowment. He continues, as president emeritus, to be an earnest fundraiser for the School, serving as co-chair of Manlius Pebble Hill’s current $6 million capital campaign. That campaign – the most ambitious in the School’s history – will fund construction of a new library media center and another $2 million increase in the endowment. Vice president of Merrill Lynch, Peter joined the financial management and advisory firm in 1981. He earlier worked for a private manufacturing firm and served in military intelligence with the United States Army. A graduate of Bowdoin College in Maine, he pursued doctoral studies in philosophy at Syracuse University. A staunch believer in the importance of giving back to the community, Peter is

a former board member of the Syracuse Children’s Chorus and has long been a very active member of St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church. He is also a former president of the Syracuse chapter of the national American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA). “For a very long time now, Manlius Pebble Hill has been the beneficiary of Peter’s wisdom, leadership, and devotion,” says George Urist, current president of the MPH governing board. “I am very pleased that my son Joel and his fellow members of the Class of 2009 will hear at their commencement from a man of such great integrity and commitment.”

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From a

Former Military School

To a

Zach Sanzone, third from left, and three of his students.

Current Military School

By R. Zachary Sanzone ’00

n 1994, when my parents told me that I would be attending Manlius Pebble Hill School, one of the facts that my mother cited was that it had once been a military school. Despite the fact that I loved military history at the time (and still do) I was not swayed by my mother’s attempts to make me build an interest in the school. During my six years at MPH and for six years after I had graduated, the military past of MPH was something that I didn’t think about very often unless I was speaking to Manlius alumni at Clambake Weekend and even then I didn’t have much interest in the former Manlius School. That all changed, though, when I took a job at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, VA. Taking a job at a military school in southern Virginia was definitely a change for me. Transitioning from having attended a progressive high school like MPH to teaching at a conservative school like Hargrave had its professional challenges. It was not long, however, before I began to see many similarities that both MPH and Hargrave share, many of which I put into practice as an English teacher. Above all else, the main connection between the two is how they both share the mission of helping today’s teenagers reach their potential. After a few years at MPH, like most teenagers, I eventually shed the distain that I originally held when I began to realize the benefits that the School held in store for me. Between the time I entered the school in 1994 and when I graduated in 2000, my GPA went from Cs and Ds to As; I made magna cum laude twice my senior year. (Ironically, during those hard years, I swore I’d

never study English more than I would have to in my life. Now, I hold an M.S. in English and teach it every day). These achievements would not have come my way if it had not been for the faculty and staff that never gave up on me while I was attending Manlius Pebble Hill School. Teachers like Tom Denton, Susan Foster, and Silviana Dooher stuck by my side through thick and thin and were there to help me even when I didn’t feel I needed it. That is something that I will never forget and now, as a teacher myself, is something that I try to emulate everyday. Over the last month, several of my current and former students have been bringing me college essays, English reports, and short stories to proofread and edit for them. While it is a lot of work to do, I feel a very strong obligation to read through each piece of writing that comes across my desk – because of Tom Denton. To this day, I don’t know how my constant requests to read and re-read my own essays didn’t put him in the nut house, but each request was answered with a pleasant “yes.” I’m thankful that his patience rubbed off on me. Each year, I have several students who are always teetering on a failing grade in my class. When I work with these students, I think about the patience that Susan Foster had when she spent countless hours working with me in biology class so I could squeak by with a passing grade. She never seemed disappointed in me unless she knew I wasn’t putting forth the effort that she knew I could show. That characteristic is something that I now try to practice as a teacher. While I have a long way to go to match her persistence, I feel that I

wouldn’t have much of it myself if she hadn’t been my teacher. Being a teacher at a military school, I work with many teenagers who enroll at Hargrave with little-to-no motivation and more than enough attitude. They come here because they know that their previous academic path would not end with a college acceptance or even a high school diploma. Working with these kinds of students can be very challenging at times. In some ways, it reminds me of myself when I would get angry at Silviana Dooher, whose calm approach but firm discipline never let me have the last word with her unless it was, “Yes, ma’m, I’ll make sure I finish my Spanish work.” How she kept herself from ringing my neck is a true definition of patience and is something that I work to practice as an English teacher at Hargrave Military Academy. While Manlius Pebble Hill School and Hargrave Military Academy are two very different schools today, as someone who left MPH almost nine years ago, I can’t help but think just how much both schools have in common. Both schools do an excellent job at nurturing students’ potential by giving them the tools needed to succeed. I don’t think that I would have found the success and happiness that I have found at Hargrave Military Academy if it hadn’t been for the years I spent at MPH. I’m very proud that I attended and graduated from Manlius Pebble Hill School and that the teachers there gave me the tools I use to help the next generation of students at Hargrave Military Academy. My only hope is that I can do as good a job as Tom Denton, Susan Foster, and Silviana Dooher did for me.

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Archives Greetings Fellow Alumni! I am grateful for all the support that you have shown for our efforts to expand the collection of artifacts and memorabilia of The Manlius School, Pebble Hill School, and Manlius Pebble Hill School. Since the request for donations in the Fall 2008 Reflections magazine, all types of memorabilia items have been added to our archives. These items include: scrapbooks, Windmills, insignia, medals, yearbooks, correspondence, and even a coveted Manlius School class ring and two officer sabers. I look forward to writing a separate article on these items in a later issue. I have also been able to “win” on eBay several pieces of memorabilia that had been released from alumni estates and listed by antique dealers. These include Manlius School banners, dining hall china, insignia, and old publications from St. John’s Military Academy, predecessor of The Manlius School. Just recently, I was able to obtain a MPH ashtray and a 1952 Manlius School admission booklet compete with application forms. Along with the Alumni Office and the school’s maintenance department, I have been making an effort to clear out the memorabilia from the attic in the Knox Farmhouse. Old school records, framed campus pictures, signs, large award plaques, and boxed original Manlius School insignia have been in storage up there for over 30 years. Among the treasures rediscovered are the framed “Head Boy” photos and the original Pebble Hill School sign that hung outside the Farmhouse.

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These items will be cleaned, restored, and eventually displayed appropriately around our campus. We have our work cut out for us identifying, categorizing, and displaying this collection, but have had some help, including former faculty member Susan Loedel, who has been volunteering with the organizational efforts. Thank you! Do any former cadets remember the beautiful William Randolph Hearst ROTC trophy/plaques that were displayed at various times in Knox and Comstock Halls? These awards were considered one of the highest honors that military preparatory schools could earn and were the pride of Major General Ray W. Barker during his tenure at the School. A silversmith in Rochester has beautifully restored and repaired the first of these trophies, and it is now on display in the head of school’s office. The silversmith also confirmed my suspicion that Gorham Metal Smiths was the original creator of these masterpieces. As always, alumni are encouraged to consider donating any type of school memorabilia. Of particular interest and request is the donation or return of the individual company flags (A, B, C, and HQ) from The Manlius School and the Headquarters band drums that disappeared at the time of the closing. These would be very significant items to recover for our School’s archival collection and appropriate historical display. I look forward to hearing from you about donations or about the possible locations of any of our respective schools’ memorabilia. You can contact me at fbenedict@earthlink.net or 315/682-8395. Respectfully, Fred Benedict ’58A School Archivist

Hearst Trophy

New Reproduced Manlius School Class Rings

In the adjacent article, I mentioned that a Manlius School cadet recently donated his class ring to our archival collection. As this ring was rarely worn by the cadet, it is considered to be in pristine condition. This ring has been evaluated by a reputable jeweler and has been determined to be of original quality and could be used as a pattern for a mold to produce replacement rings. If any Old Boy is interested in replacing his lost or worn ring, or a ring deemed “unrecoverable” from an old girlfriend’s jewelry chest, please let Maureen Anderson, director of alumni relations, know. Three Old Boys have already expressed interest and, with a larger number of orders, the estimated price would be lower. This is a wonderful opportunity to replace a Manlius School treasure.

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HARRY TYTLE ’29C

A Land of By John L. Marsh ’46B

Used-To-Be

o few young people, or adults for that matter, keep scrapbooks anymore. Yet scrapbooks can be a wonderful repository of memory. At least I found it so when Harry Tytle (originally Teitel) ’29C loaned me a large, imposing red volume, perhaps 12” x 16” with the Manlius seal embossed on the cover. The title indicates that the viewer has in his possession “The National Memory and Fellowship Book.” This book was dedicated to “keepers of keepsakes” and published exclusively by the College Memory Book Company, Chicago, IL. The pages that follow are redolent of the Manlius military school life in the 1920s. To begin, there are eight pages of faculty and student signatures accompanied by what are designated “Happy Thoughts.” The latter, while they may be “happy,” are all but incomprehensible to the reader today. One plus of this section is to be found in very small photos, cut from a student publication, that accompany the “thoughts.” In other words, we know whom to hold responsible for such “Ambitions” as to win Comp (Competition) twice in a row, to ride a bike to the North people, to be a Big Butter and Egg Man. Surely interesting are photos and texts cut from Manlius publications. One of the latter depicts the cadets of Company C, who are described as the winners of the Annual Competition Drill, 1928. (That year Harry Tytle was the Cadet 1st Sergeant of the Company). Other pages are highlighted by group photos: i.e., The Manlius School’s Athletic Association, which includes Harry Tytle as “Captain of Polo.” As well, scrapbook pages include photos cut from a yearbook, one of Richard Dengler Bushnell, “Bushy,” who was a Tytle roommate and the cadet captain of Company C in 1928. This same publication preserves any number of photographs of groups that include

Tytle. The most evocative are those of Company C in formation or at drill. And because it’s Tytle’s “keepsake,” there are documents like Special Orders no. 6, dated 5 March 1928, that awarded the individual concerned a Good Conduct Medal. He also appears to have been the recipient of the Military Merit Medal and the Athletic Merit Medal. Witness a carefully preserved ticket stub for the Manlius Picture Show. Harry notes that he was caught and “soaked,” given demerits, by “the colonel”– presumably General Guido Verbeck, then the School’s superintendent. As well, a “soak” report is preserved that calls Tytle to task for “very foolishly talking out of place… (for) not knowing enough to keep his mouth shut.” But of all the photos and news clippings preserved, some of the most arresting are those of The Manlius School’s polo team, of which Harry was to become the captain. And there is even the cover of a program for the 4th Annual Manlius School Horse Show, June 3 and 4, 1927 sponsored by the School’s polo club. Prominently featured is Harry on horseback, looking very much the “lively lad” a New York sports reporter identified as one of America’s leading young polo players. Yes, the sport brought this cadet considerable publicity. It also won him a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Military College and later may have been a factor in his happy association with the Disney studios, as Walt Disney himself played polo for a time. Harry’s final year at Manlius found him taking, according to a schedule he preserved, English IV, History, Literature, English Bible, and Public Speaking. He was then a cadet 1st lieutenant, transferred from Company C to the Battalion Staff. And he was obviously visible at the School’s closing exercises on June 14-15, 1929. It was then Tytle was identified in a news story as one of

(1909-2004)

On August 19, 2004, Harry Tytle died at age 95. Mr. Tytle worked for Walt Disney for 40 years. He wrote the book, “One of Walt’s Boys,” about his many years at Disney. Mr. Tytle produced a number of the films shown on “The Wonderful World of Disney.” He also produced “Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow,” “The Proud Bird from Shanghai” (which he also directed), “The Secret of Old Glory Mine,” and “The Golden Dog.” Mr. Tytle was also a member of the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

seven cadets given certificates entitling them to commissions as 2nd lieutenants in the Officers’ Reserve when they reached age twenty-one. After finishing college, Harry Tytle went on to spend 40 years as a prominent figure at the Walt Disney Studios, and the walls of his San Diego home were crowded with memorabilia of his Disney days. But Manlius, the school at which he spent eight years, was still very much in his thoughts. To listen to him is to call to mind a “world of used-tobe,” of a School at a point in its history when the words associated with its crest – Honor/Love/Duty – had a special meaning. The world lives again in the pages of a very special scrapbook.

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Betty Jane Boudreau ALUMNA OF THE GOODYEAR-BURLINGAME SCHOOL By Lottie Watts, Alumni Office Intern

o say that Betty Jane Boudreau has done some extraordinary things in her life is an understatement. As a woman growing up in the first half of the 20th century, she pioneered many of the opportunities that women today take for granted. From rising through the ranks at Bank of New York to working on prominent political campaigns to traversing the globe, Betty Jane has done it all. At an early age, Betty Jane had an insatiable curiosity about people and places. Fascinated by explorers like Admiral Byrd, she hoped to be the first woman to reach Antarctica. Betty Jane pursued this dream with passion and, while she was not the first to visit the continent, she was the first woman to step foot in the heart of Antarctica (the McMurdo base). In the ensuing years, she has explored such areas as New Guinea, Turkey, Syria, Nepal, Tibet, India, and Lebanon. When asked about her passion for exploring, Betty Jane said, “I have had an abiding curiosity about the world we live in and was infected at an early age by the lure of the unknown.” Betty Jane did not always leave the U.S. to experience the unknown. As a woman entering the 1950s workforce, she faced a lot of “unknowns.” During that time, she rose to become head of Bank of New York’s international credit department. Over the next few decades, Betty Jane’s career took on a political

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twist, when she found herself handling public relations for the presidential campaigns of Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson. So how did a young woman from Syracuse, N.Y. become such a pioneer? Boudreau credits her family with providing her the inspiration and means to attend some of the area’s finest educational institutions. Betty Jane enrolled at the Goodyear-Burlingame School in the fourth grade because of its small classes and college-preparatory education. Goodyear-Burlingame was a local private school located on James Street. Its 1951 closure was the main reason that Pebble Hill School started to accept girls and, although over 50 years have passed, its alumnae continue to keep in touch with the MPH Alumni Office. While Betty Jane considers herself a “Goodyear Girl,” she actually graduated high school from Emma Willard. She then enrolled at Syracuse University as a political science and economics major. While at SU, Betty Jane was a member of the ski team. After graduating from SU, Boudreau did market research in Boston and San Francisco, eventually settling in New York City where she started at Bank of New York. Her professional career continued to accelerate when she left to work for the Rockefeller brothers. In her public relations role, her job was to

brief the brothers about the countries to which they traveled. Boudreau’s research into those countries fed her curiosity about the world. She also had a desire to disprove gender stereotypes. In a 1968 Syracuse Herald American article, she began telling her story about her trip to the southern hemisphere by acknowledging a polar explorer who said that Antarctica was not a place for women. “I set out to help disprove the words of that crusty old explorer,” Boudreau wrote. But providing evidence the explorer was wrong was not without challenges. The ship on which she took her first Antarctic expedition, the Magga Dan, ran aground in Winter Quarters Bay. It was stuck for 37 hours before an icebreaker was able to move it. When she finally arrived in Antarctica, she was over 10,000 miles from home, in a place where even a mild day required a parka and fur boots. Boudreau’s Antarctic trip was only one among many adventures. Whether she was exploring the world, conquering gender barriers on Wall Street, or marketing top politicians, she has always lived a very full life. Currently, Boudreau resides in her family home on Windsor Place in Syracuse and remains active in local politics and community affairs. She is looking forward to reuniting with many of her Goodyear-Burlingame friends at the May 12 reunion.

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Colonel John M. Brooks ’39C

hat do you say about a man who has served in three wars

including WWII, Korea, and Vietnam? How do you thank someone like this for his service to our country? Col. John Brooks ’39C survived the invasion of Normandy when he landed on D-Day as an infantry company commander with the 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, but lost 48 men that day.

GoodyearBurlingame Reunion Calling all Goodyear Girls (and boys!). By now, you should have received your invitation for our upcoming GoodyearBurlingame reunion on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 on the Manlius Pebble Hill School campus. If you need more details or are planning to attend, please let Maureen Anderson, director of alumni relations, know by calling 315/446-2452, ext. 136, or manderson@mph.net. Hope to see you there.

“It was the longest day,” he said. Brooks credits his training at The Manlius School with shaping his life and helping make him who he is today. He fondly remembers his geometry teacher, John MacCone, who “kept me straightened out.” Mr. MacCone’s tactics must have worked because while at Manlius, Brooks received the Order of the Phoenix as a Commander and Officer and a Companion of the Order. When asked to recall some of his favorite memories, he said that during his senior year, his C Company won the company competition, intramural shield, and academic shield. He was proud to say that to his knowledge, it was the first time that had happened up to that point. Brooks’ family is a triple legacy at our School. He, his father, and his son are all alumni. His father graduated from Saint John’s School in 1912 and his son from The Manlius School in 1970. His father was also on the board of The Manlius School for six years while John was a student. After he graduated, John went on to Rice University in Houston, Texas and then received his commission from the Army. He continued in college while serving and eventually graduated from the University of Nebraska, with a major in history and international relations. He later received his master’s degree in international relations from George

Washington University. He spent his career in the Army and eventually retired in 1966. He later worked for the University of Missouri. He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth and the Army War College, Carlisle, Pa. Today, Brooks spends his time keeping in shape and staying involved with many military organizations. He bicycles six miles each day, in addition to doing one hour of water aerobics daily. He was twice president of the Civil War Round Table in Kansas City and is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. Brooks met his wife of 61 years, Ingeborg, during World War II when the troops left Czechoslovakia and went to Germany. He decided to break the “no fraternizing” rule by dating a German woman. They eventually married after the War Bride Act was passed by Congress. “The best thing I ever did was marry that German girl,” Brooks said. They now have three children – twin daughters and a son – and two grandchildren. When asked what advice he would give today’s students, he stressed the importance of humility. “Don’t do anything with a chip on your shoulder; whatever you do, get the most out of it.”

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Alumni

Experiences

lthough students may have shared a schedule or even a room, no two had exactly the same experience. The Alumni Office welcomes school day recollections from its alumni. These vignettes provide a glimpse of life outside classes.

Tom presents Annette with a Manlius toy dog.

A Dream Date During the 1960s, teen idol Annette Funicello was at the height of her popularity. When a local Syracuse radio station ran a “Win a Date with Annette” promotion, it was no shock that many Manlius cadets jumped at the chance. To his delight, Cadet Tom Raif’s photo was drawn at random, and he found himself at the center of a whirlwind experience. Tom recalls: Along with another contest winner from Syracuse, I rode with the DJ who orchestrated the event to Rochester to have lunch with Annette. Lunch ended up being a press conference as the room was filled with about 20 press people who interviewed her while we ate. I had brought a stuffed animal from Manlius and I got up and presented it to her. There were many photos taken and she kissed me on the cheek. I didn’t wipe off the lipstick and when I got back to school my friends and I removed the lipstick print with some tape. I kept that tape for a long time! The experience was a big deal as Annette was very popular at the time. That must have been my 15 minutes of fame! Needless to say it was a memorable experience.

The muchtalked-about kiss.

– Tom Raif ’63C

Alumnus Honored at Spring Gala to Be “Head for a Day” Russ Andrews ’64 knows our School quite well, but his knowledge is about to be taken to the next level when he assumes headship of Manlius Pebble Hill for a day. Having the distinction of being both a Manlius and Pebble Hill alumnus, as well as a parent of two MPH alumni, Russ has spent many years tirelessly volunteering for the School. To recognize his service, he was honored at the 2009 MPH Spring Gala that was held in April at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino. After a touching tribute by Russ’ daughter, Rielly (Andrews) Vlassis ’97 and Alumni Board President Josh Wells ’89, Head of School Baxter Ball presented Russ with a certificate that entitles him to assume leadership of MPH on a day of his choosing. By the end of the evening, Russ had already started a list of how he’s going to carry out his duties…deciding what’s for lunch, setting the day’s dress code, and calling meetings and assemblies. The entire MPH community is eager to embrace its new “head” and looks forward to the creative way that Russ will interpret his new role. Russ also received homage from some little fans… the MPH First Grade. Each First Grader created his or her version of the Be+ pin that Russ always wears. The framed and matted renderings were presented to Russ as a token of the School’s thanks and recognition for the positive influence that he has had on all of the Manlius Pebble Hill community.

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Alumni Phonathon Connects the Generations Each year, Upper School students volunteer their time to help MPH raise money for annual giving. These young men and women are charged with the sometimes daunting task of calling alumni to update their information and ask for a donation for our School.

Phonathon bridges the decades… Laura’s and Stewart’s school day photos.

IIt’s not easy for a young person to make a call of this nature, but our students rise to the challenge with enthusiasm and maturity. The students hear many stories from alumni about their days at school and truly enjoy connecting with their predecessors. We are heartened when we hear the same from the alumni they call… “The young woman, Laura Flagg ’10, who called did a great job – cheerful and courteous – she did Manlius proud.” – Stewart Jaquay ’51HQ

Alumni Artists Participate in Gala Two of our alumni created quite a buzz at our recent Spring Gala with donations of their original artwork. Vince Albicelli ’90 who, along with his wife, owns and operates Himizu Glass Arts, LLC (www.himizuglass.com) donated a custom glass bowl, which he will create to the winner’s specifications. Matthew Allard ’01 (http://brokenlinestudio.blogspot.com) donated a wood mosaic piece that was crafted entirely out of repurposed materials. Many thanks to Matt and Vince for sharing their talent, time, and skills to benefit our School. Matt poses with his wood sculpture at the MPH Spring Gala.

Best-Selling Author Thanks MPH In her new book for young adults, New York Times best-selling author Laurie Halse Anderson ’79, a former Manlius Pebble Hill Crosby Scholarship student, offers a touching tribute to MPH and to her Eighth Grade English teacher, David Edwards. Anderson writes of the influence of MPH and Mr. Edwards on her life and career in the acknowledgments to “Wintergirls,” just published by Viking: And finally, a long overdue recognition. I was granted a scholarship to Manlius Pebble Hill School in Dewitt, New York, when I was in eighth grade. I am not sure why they gave it to me. I was an underwhelming student who spent most of her time daydreaming in the back row. Somebody, somewhere, must have seen potential in me, but it could have been a clerical error. Whatever the cause, I was given significant tuition assistance and spent the most important year of my education at that fine school. My English teacher at MPH was an elderly gentleman named David Edwards. He was near retirement after a long career spent largely teaching boys in a military academy. A more unlikely student-teacher combination cannot be imagined. Mr. Edwards taught me Greek mythology, old school style. He filled my head with the stories of gods, mortals, magic, and transformation that laid the foundation for my writing life. I am sorry that he died before I could give him one of my books. I suspect that I frustrated Mr. Edwards, because he didn’t think I was paying attention in class. But I was. I am forever in his debt for teaching me. Ms. Halse Anderson, who attended Eighth Grade at MPH as a member of the class of 1979, also sent the MPH library an autographed copy of “Wintergirls” with a handwritten inscription, which reads: “With deep appreciation to all of the teachers, students, and administrators at Manlius Pebble Hill.”

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Dick Arnold ’43 HQ

ho would have thought that having your shoes

frozen to your feet would turn out to be good luck? For Dick Arnold ’43 HQ that turned out to be a reality 65 years ago during the Battle of the Bulge, when most companies had an average of 157 men. Dick held the position of front line Combat Infantry Radio Operator, which held the highest mortality rate in a company.

The radio pack, weighing 60 lbs., was the immediate target of the enemy. To take out the pack and, thus, the man carrying it, meant to disable the company’s communications. Because of the bitter cold at the Battle of the Bulge, many men froze to death. Dick, who had to have his boots cut off his frozen feet, was able to find refuge at a nearby house while waiting for his new pair of size 12EEE boots. It was waiting for those boots, he believes, that saved his life since many of his comrades perished during that time. As former editor of The Manlius School

newspaper, The Windmill, Dick is proud to also have started a newspaper while enlisted at Fort Jackson, S.C. Below is an excerpt written by Dick, detailing his journalistic endeavors while at Manlius. Dick met his wife at the age of 14, and they have six children. Currently, he is running an educational program designed to help local schools deal with the current issues pre-teens and teens are facing, including bullying, drug abuse, and peer pressure. Dick said he decided to make this his life’s work in his “post-Manlius pledge to God.”

The Countersign Windmill

was editor-in-chief of The Windmill at Manlius in 1942-43. I had taken printing as an elective course as a sophomore in Nottingham High School in Syracuse in 1940-41. The printing equipment in the village of Manlius was the same as that of Nottingham. On my weekends, I went into town on a special pass (the envy of the entire Cadet Corps... I could ogle and be whistled at by the local teenage females because of my classy formal dress uniform) where I set the hot-lead body type via Linotype, letter-by-letter hand-picked, and composed the headline type and block-mounted Arnold in his Manlius school days. illustrations, and ran the local printer’s Heidelburg Press and his collator. Because both his assistants had been drafted into the Army when WWII started in December of 1941, and because as a military school we had a military priority for the newsprint paper itself, this combination of conditions was the only one under which our local printer could print this “non-essential” newspaper. The Windmill thus continued its (then) 30-year unbroken history as a Manlius School (and now MPH) tradition. This unusual background was the reason I was able to talk my US Army battalion’s commanding officer into excusing me from the endless cycles of basic training in the heat of Fort Jackson, South Carolina’s summer of 1944, where the same set of conditions allowed me a permanent gate pass into town to the local printers’ shop to create, write, and run the presses to print The Countersign, my Manlius-inspired newspaper. How many practice foxholes that this saved me from digging and then filling back up under the relentless gazes of heartless corporals and sergeants that beastly summer will never be known. Thanks, Manlius! A. Richard Arnold ’43HQ

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MPH MUSICIANS GET

Grammy

Gig

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jazz virtuosos Nick Frenay and Noah

Kellman are among only 30 high school students in the country who won coveted spots in the 2009 Grammy Jazz Ensembles.

In February, after soaring to the top in a massive nationwide audition process, the two Seniors found themselves in Los Angeles performing at Grammy Week events for the public and for many of the music industry’s most notable artists. Noah, at the Grammys for the first time, played piano in the Grammy Jazz Combo. It was, remarkably, Nick’s third consecutive trip to the Grammys as trumpet player in the Grammy Jazz Band. Good pals since Fifth Grade, the boys have each been selected over the years to attend highly competitive music programs and have amassed an impressive string of honors and awards. Nick, for instance, was awarded the 2008 Downbeat Magazine Student Music Award for outstanding performance by a high school jazz soloist. Noah, who has won seven individual Downbeat Awards as a pianist and composer, is also the recipient of last year’s Young Jazz Composer Award, bestowed by the esteemed American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. Together, Nick and Noah won the 2008 Downbeat Award for best jazz duo. The two give a generous share of credit

for their success to MPH and to Joe Colombo, who has taught them since Sixth Grade. “MPH helps students pursue what truly sparks their fire,” they say. “The MPH community has supported our love for jazz and provided a program that has seamlessly united academics and our passion for music.” With that comment, Nick and Noah point to precisely why, over the last decade, MPH has enjoyed a burgeoning reputation as a school where the performing arts flourish. MPH is not a performing arts school. It is a school where students’ talents and passions matter greatly, where students are supported in simultaneously pursuing excellence in academics and the arts. Nick and Noah are among the latest stars of the MPH music program, but the School has long graduated students who have gone on to professional careers in music, like musician/ composer Patrick Wolff ’98, whose Patrick Wolff Trio is based in New York City. In 1999, the School’s music program began a rebuilding process, when Head of School Baxter Ball, determined to develop a truly stellar music program at MPH, hired highly accomplished professionals to teach students from Pre-K through Upper School and launched the Suzuki Education Program in Lower School. The reinvigorated music program has produced legions of students who know the lifelong joy of hearing and making music – and some who have gone on to make music the focus of their lives.

Nick Frenay ’09 and Noah Kellman ’09

Among the latter, to name just a few, are Broadway singer/actress Carrie Manolakos ’02; pianist Andrew Carroll ’05, who preceded Nick and Noah as a Grammy Ensembles musician; and mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Sutphen ’08, now studying opera at Juilliard. Having discovered jazz at MPH, Noah credits the “talented, enthusiastic mentors” he has found here with nurturing his interest and helping him achieve his ambitions. He and Nick are now trying to “give back” by inspiring younger students to develop an appreciation of jazz. To pique their interest in music, the two Seniors are performing small jazz concerts this spring for Lower School children. The first of those mini-concerts, for Pre-K and Kindergarten students, took place in the Center for Early Learning this spring. These enormously gifted musicians insist they are far from the last MPH jazz musicians who will find success. They know the School will do for others what it has done for them. It is one of MPH’s strengths, says Nick, that it is attentive to the needs and interests of each student, “to what really captivates and inspires each of us.”

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DEAR ALUMNI: The touching letter at right, previously mailed to our Manlius School alumni, is reprinted here because it so aptly captures the signi-

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April 2009 Dear Brother Old Boy: The first time I visited The Wall was to find my roommate, Steve Haight ’67A. After I found his name and made a rubbing, I looked at all the personal mementos that lay at the base of the black granite. Pictures, flowers, unit patches, teddy bears; all manner of items left by comrades and loved ones. One that caught my eye consisted of two onedollar bills held in place by a can of beer. Written on one of the bills was:

ficance of this June’s “A debt so long unpaid and the beer I promised. In memory, with love.”

dedication of our new Korean and Vietnam War Memorial. We invite all our alumni to be present at the memorial dedication service, which will be held

We Old Boys also have “A debt so long unpaid.” Our fellow Old Boys who died in World Wars I and II have memorials that were transported from the Manlius campus and now occupy places of honor at the DeWitt campus of Manlius Pebble Hill School. We Old Boys made a pledge to remember our brothers every time we sang:

on campus during Clambake Weekend, at

“The name we bear unites us there where friends shall never part.”

11:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 13.

The Old Boys who died in Korea and Vietnam will be given their due honor at this year’s Clambake. You can be a special part of this remembrance by sharing your memories of those who died. Write us a letter; send us an e-mail, and help us pay tribute to those of our brothers who made the ultimate sacrifice. But most importantly, be at Clambake on Saturday, June 13 at 11:30 p.m. for the official dedication ceremony. To the right are two lists of names, representing those who will be on the memorial. If you have any information about anyone whose name is not listed, please let us know before the lists are, literally, cast in stone. If you would like to contribute by helping us underwrite the cost of the memorial, your gift would be greatly appreciated. We are also symbolically honoring those who served during these two wars. We would like to honor all we can, so please let us know of any other Old Boy who should be included. Share your memories; share your stories; but, most of all, please plan to share this day with your Brothers. Hope to see you there. Sincerely,

John P. Ellis ‘67HQ P.S. Memories of those KIA can be given to the alumni office or brought to the service to be shared. Please contact Maureen Anderson, director of alumni relations, at manderson@mph.net, 315/446-2452, ext. 136. 20

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Korean War KIA Donald D. Arnold ’45A Jules T. Bouckhuyt ’45 B Brice G. Cargin ’47HQ William J. O’Donnell ’46C John W. Sample ’47A Cornelius E. Scott ’38HQ Frank F. Sherman, faculty Elmer Wainman ’49PH Donald Welch ’45 B

Vietnam War KIA Donald R. Bonko ’56C Philip C. Craig ’59C Richard H. Ferguson ’63C John W. Foreman ’61C Stephen Haight ’67A Carlton Harris ’62B ?? Donald Judd ’62A Robert R. Little ’56HQ Charles Munson ’56B ?? Robert Rera ’66B John P. Roe ’61B Dee W. Stone ’60B

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Alumni Scrapbook John Lenore ’47A and his wife Dorothy at the San Diego reunion.

California Regional Reunions Manlius Pebble Hill headed to the West Coast this past October to visit with alumni in San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The first stop on the trip for Head of School Baxter Ball, President of the Board George Urist, and Director of Development Tina Morgan was beautiful San Diego. Our gracious San Diego hostess, Betty Knox, is a current MPH trustee and the widow of Manlius alumnus James Knox ’34C. Alumni who attended the San Diego event included Col. John Marsh ’46B, who is both an alumnus of The Manlius School and a former faculty member. Next stop on the journey was sunny Los Angeles where Hugh Biele ’60HQ opened up his beautiful Hollywood Hills home and cooked a feast fit for a king. He was able to catch up with friend Ed Nathan ’61HQ who came to town from Las Vegas. MPH alumnus Adam Fratto ’86 was among those in attendance and shared his experiences as a producer.

San Diego Hostess Betty Knox and John Marsh ’46B

Heading north to San Francisco for our final event, we were welcomed into the lovely home of Joan and Dick Doust ’61. There we caught up with some of our Pebble Hill alumni and enjoyed wine from the Dousts’ New Zealand vineyard.

Bob Bynum ’68, his wife Gretchen and hosts Joan and Dick Doust ’61 at the San Francisco reunion.

Host Hugh Biele ’60HQ and Ed Nathan ’61HQ catch up in Los Angeles.

Young Alumni Advisory Council Last year, Head of School Baxter Ball called upon local alumni to serve MPH in an advisory capacity. This group meets bimonthly to discuss current school issues and talk about ways to involve local alumni in the life of the School. Current alumni serving include: Kateri Allard ’04, Rielly (Andrews) Vlassis ’97, Tyler Cagwin ’98, Sarah deJong Kimmelman ’03, Kate Flocken ’94, TJ Gunerman ’05, Mark Hayes ’02, Erin (Rotondo) Horton ’92, Chris Johnson ’99, Christy Jureller ’97, John McClure ’01, Swati Murthy ’01, Fred Pollard ’96, Erin (Cropper) Roberts ’02, Philippe (Roth) Schwimmer ’92, Beth Stewart ’99, Sara (Lewis) Temes ’96, Lyndsey Weiner ’01, and Josh Wells ’89.

Christy Jureller ’97, Sara (Lewis) Temes ’96, TJ Gunerman ’05, Fred Pollard ’96, and Beth Stewart ’99

If you are interested in serving as a member of this innovative group, please contact Maureen Anderson, director of alumni relations, at manderson@mph.net.

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Alumni Scrapbook Alumni Holiday Gathering The annual Alumni Holiday Gathering has long been a hit, especially with our recent alumni. Held during winter break, this gathering attracted alumni and faculty alike who gathered at the Mission Restaurant in Syracuse to share food and drink and catch up with dear friends. This year, we had almost 80 alumni and guests in attendance.

Maureen Polly ‘05, Stefania Ianno ‘05, Erin Holstein ‘05, Alexandra Resnick ‘05, Sarah Evans ‘05, Pamela Usiatynski ‘05 and Helen Day ‘05. Theo McDonald ’04, Charlie Davis ’04, Ryan Guerra ’04.

Angie Aziz ’05, History Department Chair Peter Wozniak, Lizzie Klemperer ’05, and Mackenzie Bell ’05. Coach Ridall can’t resist giving his former player, Naji Muakkassa ’07, some soccer tips.

Claire Myers-Usiatynski ’72, Syd Silverman ’50C, Joan Silverman, Thea Stoneman, Jim Stoneman ’44B, Jack Wells ’60B, and Maureen Anderson, director of alumni relations.

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Pete Schuyler ’50A and host Andy Craig ’50C hadn’t seen each other in over 50 years.

Ada May Fearon, Bob Fearon ’45C, and Pamela Usiatynski ’05.

Philippe Roth Schwimmer ’92, John Ramsey ’59A, and Dorothy Thompson, widow of Bruce Thompson ’51C.

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Traveling from Syracuse to Florida in the wintertime doesn’t require much urging. Add a great alumni event, and the trip is complete. Thanks to the generosity of alumnus Andy Craig ’50C and his wife Jake, a crowd of alumni from all three schools gathered for an elegant dinner in Naples. The crowd enjoyed reminiscing with old friends and making new alumni connections. The next day, Maureen Anderson, Jack Wells ’60B and Claire MyersUsiatynski ’72 headed to the east coast of Florida to meet up with alumni Syd Silverman ’50C and Jim Stoneman ’44B and their wives. Syd and Jim have condos in the same building and discovered their shared past a few years back.

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Thank You to our recent reunion hosts Tri State Visits Recently, staff from the alumni office hit the road to catch up with alumni and friends in Philadelphia and New Jersey. Among those visited was Bill Bisgrove, who taught at The Manlius School and MPH from 1946-1983. Now 90, Bill spent time talking about his earlier days teaching and offered his perspective on the students of today. Helping to coordinate the visit with Bill was his former student and current pastor, Tom Crenshaw ’60A. Called out of retirement to take over the senior pastor position at a church in New Monmouth, N.J., Tom has reconnected with his former teacher. Coincidentally, it is the same church where Bill’s father was a pastor many years ago. In addition to being an alumnus, Tom also taught at The Manlius School in the late 1960s. He looks forward to attending his first Clambake this year.

We would like to thank a few very special

Heading into Pennsylvania, staff caught up with Vince Albicelli ’90 in Sellersville, Pa. In addition to their day jobs, Vince and his wife Pamela operate Himizu Glass Arts, LLC. Last, but certainly not least on the trip, was a visit with Mark McDade ’67B in Scranton, Pa., where he showed off recent pictures of his new grandson and gave a tour of the historic Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel.

and Allison and Josh Wells ’89 for hosting

volunteers who recently have gone to great effort for the School. Thank you to all our gracious California hosts, Elizabeth Knox, Hugh Biele ’60HQ, and Joan and Dick Doust ’61. Gratitude also goes to Jake Craig and Andy Craig ’50C for hosting the Naples, Fla. reunion, Patsy and Jim Moran ’56B for hosting the Rochester, N.Y. reunion, Earl and Marna (Suarez) Redding ’96 for hosting the Albany, N.Y. reunion, the Alumni Association Board Dinner. Because of your efforts, more alumni have reconnected with their classmates and new memoires have been created. Thank you!

Alumni Strategic Planning Group This past January, the Manlius Pebble Hill School Board of Trustees invited several alumni, faculty members, and friends to help draft the School’s Strategic Plan for 2009-2014. Throughout the day, breakout sessions were scheduled to address the following eight key areas of school activity: development, plant, community, faculty, alumni, finances, education, and marketing. Go to http://www.mph.net/about/strategic.cfm to view the Strategic Plan in its entirety.

Members of the alumni breakout group included Jayne Charlamb ’87, Marna (Suarez) Redding ’96, Hilary Yeager ’95, Fred Benedict ’58A, Josh Wells ’89, and Maureen Anderson, director of alumni relations.

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Goodyear-Burlingame Class of 1940

Alumnsi Note Alumni are encouraged to share “life updates” with the Alumni Office at any time. Pictures are always welcome and can be sent electronically to alumni@mph.net or by mail to MPH Alumni Office, 5300 Jamesville Road, DeWitt, NY 13214. Thank you! Manlius Pebble Hill School will release addresses or phone numbers of alumni only to another alumnus/a. If you would like to contact a fellow alumnus/a, please contact Maureen Anderson, director of alumni relations, at 315/446-2452, ext. 136 or alumni@mph.net.

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Jane Whittemore Brace ’40 lives on Cape Cod in the town of Orleans, Barnstable County, which has the highest percentage of elderly people of any county in Massachusetts. She says because of that they have wonderful services for that age group, along with great speakers, making life interesting and stimulating. Goodyear-Burlingame Class of 1941 Louise G. Bristol ’41 left Syracuse in 1946 and moved to New Jersey. She remained there for 60 years, keeping busy with six children, various volunteer jobs and lots of recreational activities. She spent many years painting, particularly water colors. In the summer, she still returns to her family cottage on Skaneateles Lake. JoAnn (Lowman) Bock ’41 writes that after her days at Goodyear, followed college. She noted that she and her Goodyear classmates all thought that after college they would do what their mothers did: get married and stay home with their children. Because of Pearl Harbor and WWII, the world changed rapidly and many of them left their hometown. Five of them remain in the area and stay in close contact. Goodyear-Burlingame Class of 1942 Beverly Ford ’42 could not attend the Florida reunion but she can attend the Goodyear reunion at Manlius Pebble Hill on May 12.

the robe she made 30 years ago for daughter, Heidi, which Heather selects to wear backstage. Eleanor Ogg Cooper ’45 gave a summary of her life since the Goodyear days. After graduating from Syracuse University, she became a fashion copywriter for B. Forman Co. in Rochester. After marriage, her life was filled by family and community service. In 1969, she was chosen to head a Junior League arts facilities committee that would oversee the building of the Civic Center. In 1974, she became cofounder of the Civic Center Youth Theatre. Eleanor was also involved with The Locktender’s Garden at the Erie Canal Museum for many years. Sarah Lombardi Pietrafesa ’45 began playing piano with the Syracuse Symphony at age 10. After attending Wellsley for two years, she attended The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, receiving her artist’s diploma. She played at the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston and was paid $15 for 15 minutes of playing! She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study piano in Paris with Lazare Levy. Sarah lived in the Sedgwick farms area where she met and married her husband Richard in 1953. Sarah played at the 100th anniversary of the Syracuse Symphony. Sarah is a member of the Professional Women’s sorority FAI and is a member of the morning music chamber group at the Everson Museum. Goodyear-Burlingame Class of 1946

The Goodyear-Burlingame School operated in Syracuse, N.Y. from 18881951. Its 1951 closing was an impetus for Pebble Hill School to become coeducational. MPH has adopted the alumni of Goodyear-Burlingame, helping to facilitate alumni contact, reunions, and other events. In this spirit, MPH is initiating a special GoodyearBurlingame alumni notes section. The alumni of Goodyear-Burlingame are invited to share their life updates with the School. Please call Maureen Anderson in the Alumni Office with your updates at any time, 315/446-2452, ext. 136. Thank you!

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Goodyear-Burlingame Class of 1945 Eunice Carpenter ’45 reports she is expecting her first great-grandchild in February 2009. Her oldest grandson, Kenniston Carpenter, is stationed in Austin, Texas with the U.S. Army with his wife Catrina. Although her twin sister Ann Pass Gourley ’44, died in 1992, she nonetheless wraps her arms nightly around her granddaughter, Heather Ann Burns, as Heather appears onstage in the hot new Broadway musical, “Billy Elliot.” Heather is a ballet dancer in the musical. How does Ann achieve this nightly miracle? Eunice says it is through

Lucia M. Albright ’46 says that her class has scattered throughout the years. In the summer, Bea, Martha, Theckla and Lucia are all able to see each other in Cazenovia. Although they don’t know where all their classmates are today, they wish they did. They all remember senior study up the winding narrow stairs. Lucia recalled Miss Edwards watchful eye as she ran up the stairs two at a time, likely late for something. Miss Edwards would say, “Two at a time?” As for those stairs, she wonders if anyone knows who painted the toenails on the Winged Victory?

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Goodyear-Burlingame Class of 1947 Lucy Tickner Couleur ’47 married John Couleur who was in the computer business which led them to leave Syracuse for Phoenix, Ariz. then Dallas, Texas and later the San Francisco area. She became a sometime sous-chef and the editor of a cookbook that was featured in Ladies Home Journal. They spent their summers in La Costa, Calif. until John’s death a year ago. Lucy is living in Scottsdale, Ariz. where her three children reside. She said, “It’s been quite an adventure for somebody who grew up thinking life ended in Buffalo. My regards to the ‘Goodyear Girls.’”

Deceased GOODYEAR-BURLINGAME Marion Bastable Burns Marion Bastable Burns passed away on October 10, 2008. Marion was born May 5, 1912, in Syracuse, N.Y. The Bastable family has been part of Syracuse for over 150 years. Marion was raised here and graduated from Goodyear-Burlingame School. She attended Syracuse University, where she was a member of Alpha Phi, and continued her education at Catherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston. After graduation, Marion went to work for the Oot Law firm in Syracuse. In June, 1936, Marion and Edward H. Burns, also of Syracuse, married. For the next 22 years they resided in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio. After Edward’s death in 1957, Marion and her two sons, Robert and James, moved back to Syracuse and Marion returned to work at the law firm, now Oot, Oot & Moore, working as a legal secretary until 1982. After retirement, Marion continued to have an active life at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Mealson-Wheels and Women’s Golden Kiwanis and was a Worthy Matron of the Onondaga Star Chapter 144, O.E.S. She was one of the founders of St. Francis Missionary Church in Brighton Towers, for which she served as treasurer. Surviving are two sons, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

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1930s Manlius School Class of 1938 Class Agent Henry A. Supplee ’38A 12100 Chancellars Village Lane Apartment 4315 Fredricksburg, VA 22407 Henry A. Supplee ’38A is retiring as Class Agent after many years of service to his fellow alumni and class. His contributions to The Manlius School alumni are greatly appreciated. John Jouett’39C of Lake Oswego, Oreg. still travels and enjoys life.

1940s Dean Picton ’40A and his wife, Bebe, renewed their wedding vows in a touching ceremony at John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, Fla. on June 12, 2008. Frank B. Harris, II ’44C, of Clark Mills, N.Y., says he and his wife have downsized over the years since 1973. After transitioning through several homes, he figures their next move will probably be a pup tent. Fred Laver ’40C, of Sun City, Ariz., hopes to meet up with Had Fuller ’66A during Had’s next visit to the area. Ted Shiro ’47B stays young with tennis, according to Gary Hawkins, who writes Sidelines for the Blethen Maine Newspapers. Ted heads out to the tennis courts each morning at Camp Androscoggin in Wayne, where he instructs kids on the game as the oldest counselor by a good margin, but he makes no excuses for age. It was his brother, Oren, who suggested he find an athletic outlet – so at the age of 45, Shiro tried tennis. “I like the fact that it’s quick” he says, now at age 80. “I can still get around. You can check with some of these 15-year-old kids”. David Slocum ’48HQ, of Avon, Conn., was reunited with the I.D. bracelet that he lost over 60 years ago while a cadet at

Manlius. Mr. and Mrs. Wray, who live in a Knox Hall apartment, unearthed the bracelet from a concrete planter and returned it to the School. After a quick polish and minor repair made by MPH’s art department chair, the sterling silver bracelet looked in remarkably good shape.

1950s Manlius School Class of 1952 Class Agent Walter W. Grahling ’52A 4731 Lada Lane Charlotte, NC 28227 E-mail: wb4ibw@juno.com Walter W. Grahling ’52A was elected master of his local Masonic Lodge in December 2008 and will serve until December 2009. He also stepped down as captain of his Shrine Parade Unit. He is still trying to find Alberto Fernandez ’52C and Guillermo Fernandez ’52C. If anybody knows where they are, please e-mail Bill at wb4ibw@juno.com. Jim Brill ’52B told us his friend of over 50 years, Steve Furcinito ’52B, passed away this year. Jim and his wife Maureen have lived in Pebble Beach since his 1993 retirement from Hughes Aircraft. Over the past 15 years, Jim has done international consulting, authored a manual for the French space agency, lived in Paris for a year and devoted four years to helping “high school drop outs” earn their high school diploma. Now he is helping to raise $3 million to build a primary school in Uganda to educate children there. Bill Sterritt ’52C donated books about Walter Anderson’s art to MPH. Bill writes, “Anderson, as you may have already learned, is often referred to as one of the most outstanding American artists in recent times. At one point there

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was a major retrospective display of his work at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. Many art critics claim him an American Van Gogh. My wife, Patricia, has visited the Walter Anderson museum in Ocean Springs, Miss. on several occasions. She is a native of Vicksburg, Miss. and an admirer of his works. Can you imagine an 11 year old Walter Anderson in tow with his mother from New Orleans to St. Johns Military Academy in Manlius NY in 1915 along with his two year older brother, Peter? What a journey that must have been. Incidentally, that was a great article in the Jan. 21, 2009 Eagle Newspapers concerning the MPH partnership with Green Lakes State Park. Keep up the good work.”

Manlius School Class of 1953 Mike Tatich ’53A, of San Diego, Calif., continues to enjoy life. He is running a web-based business selling Angus beef and other meat products. Check out his website at www.tatichspreferred.com. Manlius School Class of 1955 Class Agent William Parker ’55C 60 Merrimac Street Unit 807 Amesbury, MA 01913 E-mail: whparker@adelphia.net William Parker ’55C left for Kauai on February 2, 2009 for his annual winter getaway. “After all the snow we’ve had this winter, it will be good to get to some place warmer,” he said. George Tamblyn ’55A is grateful for good health, a busy life, and lots of family. Jack Whittaker ’55C is still working and hopes to see some “ole” classmates at Clambake this year. He is planning on dragging Ken Whalen ’55A with him. Manlius School Class of 1958 Class Agents Fred Benedict ’58A 7536 Northfield Lane Manlius, NY 13104 E-mail: fbenedict@earthlink.net

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A. Bruce French ’58HQ 1674 Coventry Road Surfside Beach, SC 29575 Fred Benedict ’58A, Class Agent, was able to get quite a few updates from his classmates! He reports… Frank Pappalardo ’58A currently practices law and lives in Fairport, N.Y. Anthony Prinzivalli ’58A retired from federal government service as an administrator of FEMA. He resides in Kaneohe, Hawaii. All classmates are welcome to visit! James R. Putnam ’58A is active as an entrepreneur in several businesses after many years of service in the North American textile industry. He currently resides in Lincolnton, N.C. Marshall R. Saperstein ’58A is the owner of European and Midtown Autoparts in Syracuse, N.Y. Marshall lives in Fayetteville, N.Y. Wendell Sears ’58A retired from federal government service and resides in Hatboro, Pa. Leo J. Curro ’58B is retired from SUNY Canton. He lives in Canton, N.Y. Ron V. Iannone ’58A retired as a full professor from University of West Virginia in Morgantown, W. Va. He is currently the director of West Virginia Public Theater. William H. Messinger ’58A retired from the aerospace industry as a manager of manufacturing and logistics. He currently lives in Purcell, Okla. Donald A. Denton ’58A retired as managing partner of Hancock & Estabrook Law Firm in Syracuse, N.Y. and currently lives in Hilton Head, S.C. John Doyle ’58A retired as the owner of a Chevrolet dealership in Webster, N.Y. and currently lives in Pittsford, N.Y. Clyde Hall ’58A retired as a public school teacher and currently lives in Willington, Conn.

Robert C. Klock ’58A currently owns a major road service business in the southern tier of New York State and lives in Binghamton, N.Y. Robert W. Swaney ’58B retired as Colonel, USAF and runs a military entertainment business in Newport News, Va. Richard Van Brunt ’58C retired from the automobile business and is enjoying golf, travel and family in Horseheads, N.Y. A. Bruce French ’58HQ retired from the hospitality industry and is enjoying golf, volunteer work and family in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Raymond C. Hartjen ’58HQ retired from the U.S. Army and is living in Leavenworth, Kan. He writes that as a Captain he commanded Troop A, 2nd Squadron (Airborne), 17th Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division in 1967-8.

Manlius School Class of 1959 Class Agent Tom Rhoades ’59A 10433 East Palo Brea Drive Scottsdale, AZ 85262 E-mail: trhoades@gmail.com Germain Bonneau ’59C e-mailed Tom Rhoades ’59A in July 2007 that he and his wife met their daughter and family in Buffalo and drove to Cooperstown to see his grandson play baseball. He decided to drive through Manlius on the way — and drove down Route 92 all the way to Cazenovia, missing the old campus completely. He saw aerial photos on the Internet and was happy to see many of the old buildings were still there. He reconnected with George Dudman ’59HQ after 25 years. Jack Hyatt ’59C is looking forward to seeing old friends at Clambake and the Class of ’59 reunion. He hopes he can remember those who lived on the second floor of Farmer Hall. He played basketball under Coach Anderson and hopes to see former players like Mert Raner ’59 and Chuck Richards ’59A.

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Bruce Fraser ’59A lives in New York City and works as a financial journalist. He has his own company, Bruce W. Fraser Communications, and a website at www.bwfraser.com.

1960s Manlius School Class of 1960 Class Agent Tom Crenshaw ’60A 156 New Monmouth Rd Middletown, NY 07704 E-mail: tomcrenshaw100@aol.com Richard Bundy ’60B sent a note saying that he is enjoying retirement in Sebastian, Fla. and looking forward to his 50th reunion in June 2010! He hopes that all who are able will make a serious effort to attend. Donn Proven ’60B wrote that he lost his beloved wife, Barbara, to cancer on November 23, 2008. Manlius School Class of 1964 Bill Boucek ’64B is a 1969 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and later earned his M.B.A. from Robert Morris University. Bill and his wife Gail live in Pittsburgh, Pa. and have four children. Manlius School Class of 1965 Class Agent Ed Telling ’65B 3938 Highland Road Cortland, NY 13045 E-mail: etelling@twcny.rr.com

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on the Korean and Vietnam War Memorial is progressing nicely in anticipation of the dedication at the Clambake. He is now the Class Agent for the Class of 1967. He is hoping classmates will share their e-mail addresses so he can keep in contact. You can reach him at dadellis@ twcny.rr.com or 315/423-1561. He also reported that his family recently celebrated the christening of Gianna Rose Pietrafesa, their second grandchild and “the most beautiful baby in the known world.” He received an e-mail from Dave Corcoran ’67, who shared the following… “Hello John: I just got your e-mail and thought I’d drop you a quick note. I don’t have any earth shattering news to report. I’m still in the fly fishing business and getting paid to do what I really like to do, go fishing. Lynn and I are trying to find a winter nest in a warmer climate that has both golf and fishing but so far we haven’t found anything irresistible. We were in the Tampa area just before the Super Bowl and in Pittsburgh for the Steelers victory parade. I was visiting Steve Burchesky ’66C and his family before heading back to Montana. I am involved with an interesting “feel good” program called Warriors and Quiet Waters, where we take returning war veterans who have suffered traumatic injuries and introduce them to fly fishing. This year we’ll have six different groups coming in throughout the summer and we’ll fish for three days, tour Yellowstone National Park for a day, and then bid them farewell. The change in their outlook on life from arrival to departure is nothing short of miraculous. Counting down to 2012. Dave ’67B.”

Manlius School Class of 1966 Class Agent Steve Burchesky ’66C 231 Thornwood Dr Canonsburg, PA 15317-3848 E-mail: steve@burchesky.com Manlius School Class of 1967 Class Agent John Ellis ’67 HQ 316 Thayer St Syracuse, NY 13210-3747 E-mail: dadellis@twcny.rr.com John Ellis ’67HQ reported that the work

Bob Theis ’67B sent in a photo of a colleague’s son who happened to use the fly fishing company of a fellow alumnus, Dave Corocoran ’67B. Dave owns Dave Corcoran Outfitters.

Don Cross ’67HQ reports he just got back from southern Sudan where he spent a month working in the medical clinic that he helped construct in 2007.

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Jim Cantrell ’67A, Linda Cantrell, Michele McDade, and Mark McDade ’67B

Mark McDade ’67B, of Scranton, Pa., visited the San Francisco area last fall and caught up with his classmate Jim Cantrell ’67A, of Calistoga, Calif. Both Mark and Jim send their best and look forward to catching up with fellow Old Boys from their era. Mark would also like to extend his congratulations to John on being named their “Class Agent” and thanks John for volunteering his time and energy for so many years. He notes that John has a wealth of Manlius knowledge and is perfect for the position. He wishes his very best to everyone. Bob Theis ’67B was happy to inform us that his daughter Alison Theis ’04 is following in his footsteps and is cochairing her 5th MPH reunion this year. Manlius School Class of 1968 Class Agent Jon Statler ’68A 432 Eggleston Rd Aurora, OH 44202-7736 E-mail: jon.statler@gmail.com Scott Eales ’68C wrote that finding the Alumni Office on Manlius Pebble Hill’s website was an amazing discovery for him. He wrote: “I attended Manlius from 1966 thru 1968. When I found this site, I looked at the photos only to find the picture of the glee club, and there I was. I left in 1968, as my family relocated to Minnesota. After college, I became a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service and had the opportunity to protect seven presidents throughout

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my career. I truly say without reservation that my foundation for this career opportunity was built upon my formative days at Manlius; Manners Maketh Man. I still have my red Manlius blanket, and am now trying to find additional photos from those days.”

Honoring our

Volunteers Each year at Clambake, MPH recognizes an alumnus/a who has contributed to the life of our School. Do you have someone you’d like to recommend? Send your nomintations and comments to the Alumni Office.

Christopher Griffith ’69C said that after graduating from Manlius in 1969, he attended the University of Denver, went on to nursing school and specialized in anesthesia. He is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) and has been practicing anesthesia in the Denver area for over 27 years. He had lost touch with Manlius until we found him. He said, “Great to hear from MPH!” Welcome back from the Alumni Office, Chris!

Send nominations to manderson@mph.net or Distinguished Alumni Award Manlius Pebble Hill School Alumni Office 5300 Jamesville Road DeWitt, NY 13214

Jon Statler ’68A and Jim Barrett ’69C met up this past March at Vail in the Colorado Rockies for a day of skiing.

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Fred Benedict ’58A

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Jay ’74 and Sara (Deming) ’74 Wason

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Claire MyersUsiatynski ’72

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Chuck Leonard ’56 PH

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Bill Goff ’59B

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Paul Clark ’52B

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Dick Doust ’61 PH

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Had Fuller ’66A

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Steve Johnson ’62 PH

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Jock Hengst ’61A

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John Ellis ’67HQ

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Charles Beeler ’54 PH

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Mike Alford ’63 PH

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Jack Wells ’60B

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The honoree will be announced at Clambake on Saturday, June 13.

Distinguished Alumni of Manlius, Pebble Hill, and Manlius Pebble Hill School

MPH. Have good memories that are now decades old, when things are measured in micros. God Bless.”

Pebble Hill School Class of 1938 Class Agent Edward S. Barnard ’38 1340 Parkwood Drive Macedon, NY 14502 E-mail: edbarnard@acmenet.net Edward S. Barnard ’38 wrote to tell us that there is no longer a 1938 Class. It’s, “Only me, the survivor.” I’m 88, live a very limited life with no car, but with my wife Betty (married 65 years). We are healthy and happy, now counting our GREAT grandkids (seven grandsons), with a baby girl expected at the end of this month. I marvel at the expansion of

Pebble Hill School Class of 1950 Class Agent Thomas Frank Dolan ’50 12340 SW Keating Dr Port Saint Lucie, FL 34987 Thomas F. Dolan ’50, Class Agent, writes… my wife, Shannon (Jami) Dolan ’67 and I reside in Port St. Lucie, Fla. One of our boys lives in Jupiter, Fla. and the other six boys are spread out in the east. Our daughter lives in Vermont. We are blessed with 15 grandchildren. We both work; Jami is an elementary teacher and also has her own gymnastic, dance and theatre program for children. She just finished starring in the musical “Nunsense” at the Lake Worth Theatre as Mother Superior (she had natural training for the role). I have acted, too, in various theatres in southern Florida and I work at Home Depot. We summer in Manlius, N.Y. and look back on our wonderful years at Pebble Hill School! Pebble Hill School Class of 1953 Class Agent Bennet Simonton ’53 1504 Alleghany Drive Sun City Center, FL 33573 E-mail: bensimo@prodigy.net Pebble Hill School Class of 1954 Class Agent Charles W. Beeler ’54 113 Stanton Drive DeWitt, NY 13214-1222 E-mail: jbcbbeeler@aol.com Charles W. Beeler ’54 wrote to see how Bill Stone ’55 was doing and we are happy to report that in September 2008 Bill was doing well. Chuck also informed us that Carl Eilenberg ’48A (the former “Voice of the Orange”) was being inducted as a Letterman of Distinction at Syracuse University.

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Nathan M. Adams ’54 retired to the Madison Valley, Mont. in 2000. He has been married since 1978 to Anneliese Pirchner-Adams. During his working career, he resided and worked in more than a dozen nations overseas, including India, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the former Republic of South Vietnam. His grandfather, Nathan Lewis Miller, was New York’s Governor from January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1922 on the GOP ticket. Jack Branin ’54 had knee surgery on March 12 and is in the process of rehabilitation. He is looking forward to playing in the Alumni Golf Tournament during this year’s Clambake.

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Tom Denton ’65 PO Box 344 Skaneateles, NY 13152-0344 E-mail: tomdenton124@gmail.com Pebble Hill School Class of 1966 Dick Bowes’66 has been in St. Louis since the 1960s and is currently working at his family’s lumber company. He has two kids, son Richard and daughter Merrilee, who is expecting his first grandchild in April. Gillette K. Hansen ’66 wrote us that three years ago she opened a stationery and gift shop, Merci for Stationery & Fine Things. She has two grandbabies, Lillian, 3, and Weck, 3 months.

Pebble Hill School Class of 1957 Richard J. Stinziano ’57 wrote us that his son, Richard F. Stinziano, was promoted to head trainer of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League in May of 2008. Rich graduated from the University of Buffalo with a doctorate in physical therapy. He resides in Verona, N.J. and has been with the New Jersey Devils organization for four years.

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Pebble Hill School Class of 1959 Class Agent Carolyn (Whittaker) Weaver 5785 Lone Star Valley Rd Auburn, CA 95602-9294 E-mail: caron@foothill.net

MPH Class of 1972 Class Agent Claire A. Myers-Usiatynski ’72 510 Fay Lane Minoa, NY 13116-1004 E-mail: cmyersu1@twcny.rr.com

1960s Pebble Hill School Class of 1960 Class Agent Ruth (Villency) Small ’60 119 Woodmancy Lane Fayetteville, NY 13066-1534 E-mail: drruth@syr.edu Pebble Hill School Class of 1965 Class Agent Jim Amodio ’65 1322 Euclid Ave Syracuse, NY 13224-1937 E-mail: jamodio@twcny.rr.com

1970s Peter Mires ’71 reports that he is retired from college teaching and is now managing a college bookstore. His real joy these days, however, is travel writing and working with secondary school geography teachers.

We received two letters recalling Joseph DeCarlo ’72, who passed away recently. (See page 40.) Greg Precopio ’72 shared the following: “I was so sorry to hear of Joe’s passing. He was a mountain of a guy with the innocence of a school boy. Once on the football field though, he was a force to be reckoned with. My sympathies go out to his family and loved ones.” James E. Schuster ’72 wrote: “I really loved the guy, and he will retain a very special place in my heart forever. His heart was as big as the moon, and he had a special way of making everyone love him – our lives were all enriched having Big Joe as a friend. You can’t think of him without smiling can you?”

MPH Class of 1974 Class Agent Wesley H. Fleming ’74 3618 Pompey Center Road Manlius, NY 131049562 E-mail: eastsidevineyard@twcny.rr.com

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Good news! I have several extra McDonald’s work applications for those of you who were planning on retiring in the next few years. Of all people to see while the market was crashing this fall, I ran into Brad Wheeler at Common Grounds in Cazenovia. Despite the battering, he was holding up well. So, Brad, can you tell me where all our money went? Hey, this year is our 35th reunion! So this is it. The big one! No more sitting on the fence. Before you need help from your nurses aid to get over that fence, join us for Clambake Weekend, June 12, and 13, 2009. Many of you are deliberating. Let me know when you decide to come and I will notify others and we will build some momentum. Come on, Jon Arnow. Come on, Mark Dobkin. Come on, Matt Murray! Come on, Dennis Poe! Come on, Alan Marcum! Let’s renew our soccer skills together! (Did we ever have any?) I’ve talked with each of you over the past five years and you’ve told me you would visit. You can do it! This is it. It’s official. Baby Boomers are allowed on Facebook. I don’t know how or when the edict was passed, but permission has been granted by our children to allow us on Facebook. I actually think we staged a coup. My daughters refused to “friend” me and their mother for over a month. They thought it was “creepy” and told us they needed time to adjust their thinking and probably their profiles. They also made us promise we would not upload any “glamour” pics. I did not have any choice. All my pics are glamorous. So, Gioia Gensini Neff, Sara Deming Wason, Wesley Henry Fleming, Wendy Mouille, Alan Marcum (and probably others) welcome you to Facebook. I promise to friend you. I always have and I always will. We could even set up a class reunion group (no risqué pictures

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please) if Alan Marcum is available to oversee such a sophisticated IT project. (Great to connect with Alan online! Such a beautiful family.) We were pleased this year to help Charlie Andrews identify a very happy looking dance partner in a picture from his high school past. Apparently, the one that got away. John Ralph is enjoying a new sales position with a large health care linen company in Syracuse. John Arnow appears in an amazing photo in the LA times in adaptive ski equipment. According to the reporter, Jon looks like a guy who has hurled himself off a cliff in a chair! (reference archive Tuesday, March 16, 2004, in an article called “The Fall Defeats the Fear.”) Trent Amond enrolled his sons Tristan (9th grade) and Ryley (6th grade) in Manlius Pebble Hill this year. It is my hope that they will continue Trent’s legacy of riding the MPH lawn mower! See, I have overcome the sin of jealousy, Trent! Our hearts and prayers go out to Chris Hancock and family in their time of loss. We will miss Stew. Chris assured me of his parents’ resiliency. It still breaks my heart. So good to hear from Frank Cochrane! Frank plans to come to the reunion this year and leaves us with this note: “It’s been a great 35 years since MPH. I remember living at Cazenovia in my senior year and that by far was my most memorable and best year at MPH. I’ve been married since 1982 to Diane and love her more today than the day we got married. It only gets better every day in every way. I’ve had two tumors, one benign (spinal) and one cancer (prostate), I guess paying me back for Cazenovia, and am doing real well. Four kids: daughters Michelle, 25, in law school, Kathleen, 22, in law school, Melissa, 19, nursing, and “little” 6’3” Frank, 16, is in high school. He plans to become a doctor. No, I am not either a lawyer or doctor. In fact, I didn’t graduate from university as I was already too full of knowledge back then anyway. I own investment businesses and, yes, I do think the Dow Jones Industrials is going to 4000 to 5000 before it decides to turn around in any meaningful way! I live in Michigan...you may remember I was from Canada... moved here when I got married. I love what I do. But I love

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my family more than anything, for they truly are my oxygen.” The Fleming family is doing well and hopes you will join them in their efforts to bring the Golisano Children’s Hospital into a reality here in CNY! The paparazzi has been unbearable ever since Wes appeared on “Bridge Street” and News 10 Now in February in efforts to promote the seventh annual Father Daughter Valentine Ball – a benefit sponsoring Syracuse’s first Children’s Hospital. The event was once again a huge success with over 650 dads and daughters and a record breaking $30K. Never waste your sorrows! And finally in the news: I heard from Kevin Johnson but I have been made aware by a covert, black-ops government agency that if I reveal any of the content of our correspondence, it will be my last alumni newsletter. In fact, I may have already said too much; I hear Black Hawk helicopters overhead. Gotta go!” Wes Fleming

MPH Class of 1975 Donna Loftus Swiniuch ’75 e-mailed the Alumni Office to say that she and her daughter Abigail (see photo taken March 2008) are heading to Ireland. Abby is 14 and in 9th Grade at Nichols School in Buffalo. Donna is planning to attend Clambake 2010 for her 35th Reunion! MPH Class of 1977 Class Agent Eric Spevak ’77 46 Cameo Drive Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 E-mail: spee228@aol.com Eric Spevak ’77 appeared on national television on December 8 with Lynne Doyle to discuss the case of Tina Meier’s daughter, Megan Meier, who committed suicide after allegedly being bullied. Eric has appeared on other national television programs , including the “Today

Show” on NBC, CNN Live, MSNBC, Court TV, ABC News and “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” to provide commentary, as well as to debate and discuss high-profile legal issues. Eric has also been quoted and interviewed in many books and articles that have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, ABCNews.com, New York Daily News, Trenton Star Ledger, Divorce Magazine, South Jersey Magazine and The Philadelphia Business Journal. Eric’s son, Marshall, is a junior at Syracuse University. MPH School Class of 1978 Class Agent Cindy (Hawkins) Turner ’78 209 Stoneridge Drive DeWitt, NY 13214 E-mail: roncindyplus2@yahoo.com Cindy (Hawkins) Turner ’78, Class Agent, wrote to her classmates from Australia… G’Day Mates! I am in Melbourne, Australia. My husband Ron is working here for about 9 months so the kids and I are staying here with him for a couple of months this Spring. We will return again during the kids’ summer vacation (which will be winter here in Melbourne – but nothing like the winters in Syracuse!). We’re having so much fun exploring the city, which we absolutely love. It does not take long to get to the countryside which is so gorgeous. We have really loved seeing the beaches (the Great Ocean Road is simply amazing!) and the farmlands and forests. We will be going to Sydney next weekend and will spend Easter in Tasmania. We have plans to see Ayers Rock and The Great Barrier Reef in June and July and will also do some other traveling around the country. Oh, and yes, we have seen koalas, emus, penguins and kangaroos (up close - so exciting!). Ron and our son Elliot went to the Grand Prix yesterday and we will all be attending an Australian Football game this week. We are very thankful to have this opportunity to be here with Ron and see the sights of the Down Under. It’s been a great experience living here; the people are incredibly friendly, and Melbourne is such a calm, safe, well-organized city with fantastic museums - and delicious food!

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The local MPH alumni in the class of ‘78 get together from time to time, and I look forward to seeing you all at the next gathering soon. No worries! (It’s the Aussies favorite saying and I love it!).

Wendy (Wayne) Mishara ’79 is still at the Public Defenders Office as director of the immigration impact unit. She has two daughters, ages 7 and 11, and lives outside of Boston.

Cheers, Cindy Turner

Chuck Parmentier ’79 is now director of personnel at the New York State Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. His e-mail address is chuck.parmentier@yahoo.com.

MPH School Class of 1979 Class Agent Philip Rothschild ’79 7 Drumlins Terrace Syracuse, NY 13224 E-mail: philrot@twcny.rr.com Laurie Halse Anderson’79 was a 2008 National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature this past November for her recent novel “Chains.” An article about her newest book appears on page 17. Ms. Halse Anderson’s earlier novels for teens and young adults have won numerous awards. In 2008, she received the ALAN award for outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature. To learn more about her, visit her website at www.writerlady.com. Maryellen (Songster) Berry ’79 was named division head (grades 2-6) at the Trinity School in Atlanta, Georgia. Sharon (Glazier) Hochstein ’79 will be receiving tenure as an instructor in the SUNY system and is consulting with an acculturation program for immigrants, teaching ESL. Her son, Yoni, attends the University of Rochester and worked in Manlius Pebble Hill’s Summer Programs last year. Mike Jachles ’79 now works in the public information office with the Broward County Sherriff’s Office after spending 14 years in broadcasting with NBC. He lives in Coral Springs, Fla., and he says he does not miss the snow. Mike would love to hear from his classmates at siren941@aol.com. Dougal McKinley ’79 has been married 21 years, has two kids and works as a school counselor in the Knox County School District in Kentucky. He can be e-mailed at mckinleyd@k12tn.net.

Melanie (Lape) Pitts ’79 reports, “My kids are older and so am I.” Mary Beth Vercillo ’79 notes with some bemusement that she is now an assistant principal at a Catholic school in Dallas, imposing discipline instead of being on the receiving end. She is also a reading specialist working with dyslexic children, as well as a full time kindergarten teacher. After years in the restaurant business, she discovered an affinity for working with kids and says that she loves her job. Her e-mail is mvercillo@yahoo.com Kris (Bortle) Zawacki ’79 has a new job and new house. After years as a corporate consultant, she is now the assistant director of Public Works in Waterford, Conn. Donald G. Miller ’79 is now a tenured associate professor of entomology at Chico State in California and reports a renewed sense of vigor. He is helping to write a paper on the mating systems in salmon and another on Gall Wasp ecology.

1980s MPH School Class of 1980 Class Agent Paula Hawkins ’80 Unit 4914 APO, AA 34037 E-mail: skaneateleslake@yahoo.com Paula Hawkins ’80, Class Agent, wrote this letter to her classmates… Greetings, Class of 1980! One more year to go

until our 30th reunion... I hope we can have a big gathering back on campus next June! John and Jennifer Sutliff marked a big milestone this last year with their 25th wedding anniversary! They celebrated with a dream cruise in the Caribbean. Remember John’s performances in “Little Mary Sunshine” and “Where’s Charley?” Happily, he remains active in community theater and most recently played the boss in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” John is working at the Knolls Atomic Power Lab; Jen keeps busy in the school libraries; daughter Sarah is now at Wagner College; and Andrew is already a high school junior.

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My family and I are finishing up our three years in Caracas. It’s been a fascinating time to be in Venezuela – a constitutional amendment abolishing term limits was just approved, so President Hugo Chavez will be able to run for reelection in 2012 – but we will not miss the periodic shortages of foodstuffs and basic supplies. (We’ve seen cycles of shortages of milk, chicken, eggs, paper towels, and coffee – I took that one personally – but it’s the current absence of toilet paper from the grocery store shelves that seems most absurd.) Our children, Seamus and Cordelia, have enjoyed their years at the international school here. I like the school so much that I spend all of my days there, too – working in the library (like you, Jen!), doing PTA work, coordinating a Latin American literature book group, running a monthly Saturday Story Time program, and organizing book fairs and book swaps and the like. We head back to the States for one year in D.C. before going on to Greece for Dan’s next assignment at Embassy Athens in the summer of 2010. We hope to make it to that reunion next June... but in the meantime, drop me a line at skaneateleslake@yahoo.com and let me know how you’re doing!

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MPH Class of 1982 Class Agent Gene Shapiro ’82 152 Brushy Hill Road Newtown, CT 06470 E-mail: gshapiro@innov-8.com Gene Shapiro ’82, Class Agent, reports the following on his classmates: Susanne (Carroll) Duffy ’82 and her husband Brian are the founders of Stronghearts, an organization dedicated to children struggling with congenital heart defects. If you’d like to read more about it, check out their website at www.stronghearts.org. Susan (Falso) Goetzmann ’82 says that she has five great kids, all boys, David, 21, at Le Moyne College; Ryan, 20, at OCC; Danny, 18, Steven, 16, and Andrew, 15, are in high school. She has lived in Skaneateles for the past 10 years. She is currently working at the Skaneateles Community Center as a fitness instructor, where she teaches classes and trains people for triathlons. Ian Leong ’82 lives in Thailand and reports things are going well. He returns to Syracuse once a year to catch up with family.

MPH Class of 1983 Class Agent Mandy (Myrus) Nestor ’83 4321 Trout Lilly Lane Manlius, NY 13104 Jenifer Holcombe Soykan ’83 10536 East Kay Gartrell Place Tucson, Arizona 85747 E-mail: jsoykan@cox.net Allison Dorr ’83 lives in Western Australia. Allison is the mother of two girls Darcy (12) and Alix (10). She is teaching at a Montessori school.

MPH Class of 1984 Class Agent Sarah (Keith) Dowling ’84 11457 Madera Rosa Way San Diego, CA 92124 E-mail: sarahdowling@sbcglobal.net

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Sarah (Keith) Dowling ’84 Class Agent wrote…“I am living in San Diego, Calif. with my husband Sheridan and children. Her son Ricky, 22, will be graduating this year from Wagner with an art degree. My daughter Hollis, 20, is studying psychology and playing lacrosse at Gettysburg. Sarah works as the senior products editor for RealAge, an online health media company working with Drs. Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz. My hobbies revolve around animals – showing her horse in jumping competitions, working as a professional pet care provider and this year will be establishing Stepping Out Stables – a charity for the rehab, retraining and re-homing of racehorses. Missing the good ole years? Miss the friend you DON’T hear about? I would love to know “what happened” to a lot of people? When I am able to get back, miss the “old” MPH… the skunk smell, the old lockers, the big green box tanning. I think of memorable quotes such as: “I am hingachgook” “McLean crossed the Patanomic” “The ahhh, Mesapotamiahhhh” I can’t make the reunion this year – for now trips back east are about lacrosse games and graduations. Sarah also caught up with some classmates, mostly on Facebook, and reports… Mark Del Popolo ’84 is living in Tampa Bay, Fla. with his wife Joan. They married in 2000. and have two daughters, Katie, 5, and Rachel, 3. Mark owns a small publishing company called Gameplan Magazine, which he and his brother Joe started after school. Mark still plays golf and lives by the 15th green of his home course. When asked what he misses about MPH, he replied: I miss nearly everything about high school, but am unable to make the reunion this year. To all that knew my Aunt Connie, she passed away two years ago from a stroke. Thomas Carver ’84 is living in Liverpool, married to second wife Jill for four years. He has four children: Clara, 12, Genevieve, 10 (from previous marriage) and twin boys Liam and

Benny, 2, with Jill. He works as an Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy and writes: I’ve gotten way too fat and don’t have time for hobbies because the kids drive me crazy… LOL. I am still lamenting that the Class of ’84 never had a senior yearbook. I have spoken to Peter and Jim a couple times, but would really love to connect to all. Hope to see you at our 25th reunion. Kimberly (Camp) Cuvo ’84. I found Kimberly on Facebook and we have chatted quite a bit. Kim lives in Easton, Pa., is remarried and has two daughters and one very cute granddaughter, Addison Rae. She is a three year survivor of breast cancer – YAY KIM! James Stern ’84 is living in Denver with wife Farah and two children, Ella, 4 and Teah, 2. He is still working as an attorney (good to know) but playing the lottery and hoping (like the rest of us). When asked of his hobbies, he writes; sitting alone and being quiet, so out of the norm around here. What happened to the Free Time? 25 years? THAT’S CRAZY. I am sorry that I can’t make the reunion. Laura Turner ’84 is living in Schenectady with her significant other, Janet. She has two children, Rachel, 16, and Sarah, 14 and works as a consultant to the NYS Office of Children and Family Services. Laura edits training curricula, monitors training deliveries and occasionally writes training curricula. She has worked in human services/child welfare for 20 years. Laura would love to hear from or about other MPH classmates! Her hobbies include cooking and reading. She remembers the camaraderie of our little class of 13 and wonders what Cliff Roth and Peter DiCaprio are up to. Laura writes: I may make the reunion if anyone else will show up.. Renee Osteyee LaPoint ’84 lives in Fairport, NY outside of Rochester. She is a single mother of three children – two boys and a girl. She travels a lot – vacationing in the summer and skiing in the winter. She is currently on vacation skiing in Switzerland. She might be able to make the reunion

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depending on kids and activities. Looking forward to reconnecting – her E-mail is shasha1@rochester.rr.com.

MPH School Class of 1985 Class Agent Jon Budelmann ’85 440 North Seward Avenue Auburn, NY 13021 E-mail: john.budelmann@verizon.net Jon Budelmann ’85 writes, “Unfortunately, I do not have much news to share. My first year as DA went by very fast. My children are growing too quickly. I hope all alumni are doing well. I would love to hear from any who remember me. I just joined the MPH Alumni Facebook. I found a large number of friends and would encourage other alumni to join in also. I hope it proves to be a good way to reconnect”. Jennifer Schutzendorf ’86 just became engaged and she and her fiancé Jason took over her mother’s art gallery business in Cazenovia in October. Some of the gallery artists have donated to MPH for auctions in the past, including Mary Padgett, Nicora Gangi and Hall Groat. Abbie Sloat Thorenson ’88 writes, “on a sadder note, my brother in-law Robert Alpert ’86 informs us that his cousin Joe Alpert ’86 passed away unexpectedly on January 28, 2009 of a heart attack. He is survived by his daughter, Victoria Alpert; his mother, Sally; and his two brothers, Dr. Samuel Alpert and Benjamin Alpert. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Joe’s family in what has been a very difficult year for them.”

MPH School Class of 1987 Class Agent Alison (Wells) Cowen ’87 21 Saint Andrews Drive Saint Louis, MO 63124 E-mail: alicowen@aol.com

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MPH Class of 1988 Class Agent Abbie (Sloat) Thoresen ’88 729 Crystal Drive Mount Lebanon, PA 15228 E-mail: asthor@adelphia.net Abbie Sloat Thoresen ’88 reports on her class: “Thanks to Facebook, I have had the chance to catch up with many MPH alumni from many different classes, including many classmates who left MPH before senior year. Joe Davoli ’88 graduated from DePaul University in 1993, and he currently lives in Syracuse with his wife Darbie and their three children, Nicholas, Olivia, and Joseph III. Some of you may remember that Joe played the violin. Joe has taken his love of music and the violin and made a career for himself as a professional musician. You can check out his website, www.joedavoli.com, for pictures, music clips, and information on upcoming bookings. Sara Tansill (deLima) ’88 graduated from Lynchburg College in 1993, and she lives in New Haven, Conn. with her husband and their two children, Kathryn and Wilson. Abigail Doyle ’88 manages the everbusy New York City location of Dinosaur BBQ. And yes, even in Harlem, they still serve “Syracuse-Style Salt Potatoes.” After graduating from SUNY Binghamton and Georgetown Law, Leif King ’88 is now living and working in Silicon Valley, Calif. with his wife and young son, Hunter. Chris MacDonald ’88 and his wife Lisa live in the Boston area with their two lovely daughters, Emily and Ashley. Regina Martine (Maresca) ’88 is also living in the Boston area with her husband Tony and their three children, Aimee, Molly, and James. Anja McNeil ’88 lives in Mallorca, Spain. Her daughter Georgia just became a big sister when baby brother Bradley joined the family.

Allison (Cunningham) Nieves ’88 is a senior technical production manager for Fidelity Investments in Marlborough, MA.

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MPH Class of 1989 Class Agent Josh Wells ’89 8330 Prestwick Drive Manlius, NY 13104 E-mail: jwells@afvusa.com Josh Wells ’89, Class Agent, collected many notes of his classmates! Greetings classmates! Our big 20th Reunion is coming up this June 12-13, 2009 – please mark the date. Many of you have already indicated your plan to attend, which should be great. Lots of news! Jim and Sara Regan Ford (aka Gladis) welcomed with joy baby Madeline Grace, on September 9, 2008. Madeline lives with her older sister, Kathryn (who made an appearance at last year’s MPH Clambake), and mom & dad in Providence, R.I., and all are doing terrific. Drew and Ali deRosa Magidoff welcomed baby girl Aleksandra Lucia, on October 2, 2008. Ali, Aleksandra and Drew, who live in Brooklyn, have already been visited by several of our classmates. Eva and Whitney Myrus and daughter Emma were delighted to welcome Alexander Wilczynski Myrus, who was born January 27, 2009, in Germany, where the Myruses make their home. Between our last column on class field trips (which prompted many of you to write) and Facebook, which seems to have really taken off with our age group (finally - only about five years after the Gen Y’s and Gen Z’s started on it), there’s ample news on our classmates. Jon Simons (aka Sime (SIME-ee)) wrote: “I can’t believe it’s been almost 20 years. It’s certainly true what they say about life passing you by.” Sime is the city administrator for the City of Easley,

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S.C.. Jon and wife Lori have two children, Jack (4) and Lilly (2). Laura Wolf-Slocum, who lives in LaFayette, N.Y. with her husband Kevin and 13 year-old daughter, recently found me on Facebook. Through Laura and a few others, I’ve since re-connected with Josh DiGiacomo (aka Crouton), Scott “Wheels” Ferris, Christi Fallon, Heather Sinn Howard, Phil Levin, Chris Randall, Hannah Roth, Stephanie Sewhuk-Thomas, Donna Blount Sherr, P.J. Solomon (aka “Squeej”), Marge Stinchcombe, and Laura Greben Westphal, plus a bunch of MPH alumni from other (lesser) classes. Many of you wrote in response to our last column on class field trips. Mark Humpleby correctly pointed out that I inadvertently omitted one notable field trip: our 5th Grade train trip to the State Capital in Albany. What a trip! You may recall that one of our parent chaperones, Portia Wells (my mom), against our official tour guide’s directive, walked into Gov. Hugh Carey’s office and walked out with the Governor, who introduced himself to everyone in the class. That little stunt earned my mom a brief detention and questioning by the Capital police. We also met Sen. Tarky Lombardi (Angel Lombardi’s uncle) and posed for a photo, reprinted here:

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Many thanks to Mark Humpleby for bringing this to my attention. Mark lives in Camp Hill, Pa., and works for Rite Aid in the corporate IT department. Here’s the coolest part of the column… You may recall from a previous column that Stephanie Sewhuk-Thomas was featured in the national news media photographed with Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick. Well, see below: Stephanie actually spent the better part of an evening visiting with Senator Obama during his campaign, but you must come to our 20th Reunion in order to hear the whole story (which is fascinating). You must also attend the 20th to learn the answers to many other questions, such as: which of our classmates has testified before a Congressional committee? Who was the famous “thirteenth juror” in the notorious Corey Arthur murder trial? Which car will Scott Ferris be driving to Clambake? And who REALLY put the whoopee cushion under Magister Laurentius’s chair? Hope to see you all soon! Be well and please keep in touch, Great Class of ’89.”

1990s [photo (l-r): 1st row: Sen. Tarky Lombardi, Angel Lombardi, Ali deRosa, Bryan Dunn, David Davoli, Doug Craig, Kim Doura, Josh Wells; 2nd row: Heidi Gregg, Jennifer Musamici (sp?), Tom Comerford, Craig Doura, Jennifer Von Schneider; 3rd row: Mark Humpleby, Dan Shepalavy, Whitney Myrus, Hallie King, Michelle Mara, Lara Greben; 4th row: Jamie Pavelchak, Matt Punches; 5th row: Michelle Mara’s mom (I think), Mrs. Allen (Tom Comerford’s babysitter), Portia Wells, Dorothy Pavelchak, Renauldo Doura, Mrs. Von Schneider, Mrs. Greben, Mr. Ron Craig.]

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MPH Class of 1990 Class Agent Anne (Keith) Nguyen ’90 11317 Swan Canyon Road San Diego, CA 92131 E-mail: akeith@san.rr.com MPH Class of 1991 Class Agent Bill Rubenstein ’91 8515 Woodbox Road Manlius, NY 13104 E-mail: wrubenstein@bsk.com

MPH Class of 1992 Class Agent Amy (Zaborny) Sutton ’92 4122 Xerxes Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55412 (H): 612-201-4618 E-mail: amypsutton@yahoo.com Amy (Zaborny) Sutton ’92, Class Agent writes a letter to her classmates… Hello Class of 1992 & other distinguished alumni. Thanks to Facebook, it has been much easier to keep tabs on everybody. Thanks all of you who joined the “MPH class of 1992” group...for those of you who have not, please feel free to join. It’s so great catching up with everyone. Nothing too new with me, I am married and living in Minneapolis, Minn. (apparently the Syracuse weather wasn’t bad enough for me) with my husband Brad and two children Benjamin and Aniella (Ella) who are four and two respectively, so I am a busy girl. Jackie Sorci ’92 is living in Syracuse with her one year old son Alex and works at S.U. as an adjunct professor teaching Italian. Ali Stewart ’92 is living in Manlius and is keeping busy finishing up school and escorting her daughter Ella to various extracurricular activities. Billy Mungoven ’92 is married and living and working in the San Francisco bay area with his wife Larkyn. John Stinchcomb ’92 is living in Toronto, working as an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. John and his wife Kristen have two adorable little ones, Piper & Jack. Jeremy Freeman ’92 was recently married and is living in Canton, NY working as a Tennis Coach at St. Lawrence University (Go Saints- SLU was our Alma Mater!) Caleb Coppola ’92 is a wonderful photographer living in Los Angeles, Cali. Check out Caleb’s work at http:// www.flickr.com/photos/seraphimc/. Nogah Sherman ’92 was married Valentines weekend to fiancé Scott

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Marshall. Phillipe Schwimmer ’92 and Tali Seinfeld ’94 were in attendance. Mazal Tov Nogah! Finally, I was lucky enough to get to spend a weekend with Shannon Cahill Power ’92 and her family, husband Lee and children Cody, Caitlyn, & Jocelyn, last May when the whole clan drove from Oklahoma City to attend the 6th annual Corndog Festival, hosted by yours truly here in Minneapolis, Minn. (there, I said it Shannon :-) It’s so great hearing from everyone. Please keep the news coming my way. Thanks everybody. Jeremy Freeman ’92 in his seven years at the helm of the St. Lawrence men’s and women’s tennis programs, has ensured that the Saints remain among the elite Division III collegiate tennis teams in the nation. Under his direction, St. Lawrence has posted a record of 118-102 and the Saints are one of the top teams in the Liberty League each year. Erin (Rotondo) Horton ’92 is still teaching 5th grade inclusion in the Syracuse City School District. She is keeping busy with her two children, Kaitlyn, 2 ½, and Patrick, who is almost one! MPH Class of 1993 Class Agent Elizabeth (Craig) Wells ’93 90 River Road Cos Cob, CT 06807 E-mail: elcwells@gmail.com MPH Class of 1994 Class Agent Tali (Konsens) Seinfeld ’94 60 Rutledge Road Scarsdale, NY 10583 E-mail: teseinfeld@aol.com Dear Class of 1994Really? Fifteen years??? That’s a bit of a shocker. In light of this impending acknowledgment of just how many years have passed since we wandered

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the grounds at 5300 Jamesville Road, I have been reflecting (get it? Our Alumni Magazine is named Reflections??? Haha!) on our time together at MPH and have remembered some interesting things…… Randy Irwin and I are birthday twins, Joel and his briefcase in Elementary School (I was not there, but stories abound- I believe there is photographic evidence!), Julie (Nudo) Zaborny’s wonderful recycling jingle: “A littler bug is someone who doesn’t recycle… bum sha-bum.. bum.. bum.. sha bum….” Who can sing the 12 Days of Christmas the loudest? Dennis! very important nightly meetings at The All Night Eggplant, solving the problems of the world and drinking far too much coffee, poor Mr. Hoke, we must have given him Jenny’s phone number everyday for months as the answer! Kirk’s backflips, Nate’s project where Naomi and Emily shot a rifle for the first time, Cara Coville’s awesome notes and drawings in French class, leaving our mark by putting our handprints on the wall of the former Student Lounge, Holly, Lisa and Brenda always together, Leslie and Wendeyu giggling uncontrollably, dances, carnivals, snowball fights, arriving late to school and hoping nobody would notice… leaving early and hoping nobody would notice… ahhh, the memories… So, what did I forget? Let me know at the Reunion!! Hope to see you there. Sarah Barter Reunion Chair

MPH Class of 1995 Class Agents Kimberly (McCammon) Pritchett ’95 6715 Stoneybrooke Lane Alexandria, VA 22306 E-mail: kjpritchett@gmail.com Toni M. Torrillo ’95 215 East 95th Street Apartment 11K New York, NY 10128 E-mail: torrillt@hotmail.com

Chris Contard ’95 lives in Aurora, Col. with his wife Ellen and their two daughters, Jordan and Eleanor. They expect their third child around April 10 (check with Chris on this). Chris works for Lockheed Martin, and after four and a half years of rotating shift work in D.C. and Denver, he finally got a job with regular human hours last January. Last August, Chris was working as a volunteer hospitality ambassador at the Denver International Airport and ran in to Jeff Fallis ’95 who was in town for the Democratic National Convention.

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Jeff Fallis ’95 attended the democratic convention in Denver last August. He caught up with friends from his home of Macon, Ga., childhood friends, and even Ted Koppel. As mentioned in Chris Contard’s note, Jeff was surprised to see Chris when he walked off the plane in Denver. MPH Class of 1996 Class Agent Marna (Suarez) Redding ’96 1457 Baker Avenue Niskayuna, NY 12309 E-mail: marnaesuarez@hotmail.com MPH Class of 1997 Class Agent David Temes ’97 100 Rockford Dr Syracuse, NY 13224 E-mail: sd.temes@gmail.com Sally (Torrillo) Fisher ’97 2119 South Geddes Street Syracuse, NY 13207 E-mail: storrillo@hotmail.com Lucie Handler, ‘97 is the temporary Customer Service Manager at the Erie Boulevard Price Chipper Store, and loving it. Tom Laney ’97 is the IT Systems Manager for NYS Department of Health in Albany, NY.

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Elizabeth (Ellis) Pietrafesa ’97 and her family celebrated the christening of daughter Gianna Rose Pietrafesa. Gianna’s proud grandfather is alumnus John Ellis ’67HQ Ben Ransford ’97 and his wife Megan welcomed their son, Linus, on October 15, 2008. Erica Rapp Wilcoxson ’97 married Jay Wilcoxson on September 6, 2008 at Belle Mer in Newport, R.I. They honeymooned for two weeks in Thailand. MPH Class of 1998 Class Agents Tyler Cagwin ’98 555 Buckingham Avenue Syracuse, NY 13210 E-mail: outsailing1@yahoo.com Ralph Torrillo ’98 204 Iroquois Lane Liverpool, NY 13088 E-mail: torrillo@hotmail.com Tyler Cagwin ’98, Class Agent, got in touch with classmate, Jackie Bunting ’98 who wrote… that she is back in Chicago, still working on her dissertation, and applying for grants to conduct fieldwork in Suriname. Her “exciting” academic news consists of a book that she coedited has just been released titled “CLS 42: Papers from the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society,” that J. Bunting is her. She also has a paper scheduled to appear in the fall 2009 issue of the Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. Currently she is just getting ready for a trip to Morocco later this month. Jackie also let us know that Jenn Denno ’98 is no longer Jenn Denno but Jenn Cisse. She was married last year to a man she met and dated while she was in the Peace Corps in Guinea back in 2002-2004, and just to keep things

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interesting, she also gave birth to a beautiful little girl on October 29. Her name is Aicha Jacqueline Cisse (the “Jacqueline” is after yours truly).They are currently living in Niamey, Niger where Jenn works as the grants and program quality coordinator for Catholic Relief Services. Rob Burstein ’98 and Dajung Chung were married on August 28, 2008 at Camp Penwood in Old Forge, N.Y. The bride is a designer with the Berry Jewelry Company in New York City. Rob is vice president of Century 21 NY Metro. Andrew Koss ’98, a Ph.D. student, is studying history at Stamford and is working on his dissertation while living in Manhattan. Kate (Monaco) Angelella ’98 lives with her husband, Ross Angelella, who sent us his insight into Kate’s professional journey… he writes… “I noticed that the MPH student-run newspaper The Rolling Stone, seems to still be in existence – the newspaper that she started back when she was in high school. She is currently working as an assistant editor at Simon & Schuster in New York City where she is acquiring and editing some very high profile books for the middle grades and young adult markets. She has titles publishing early next year that are on track to be critically acclaimed award winners and bestsellers. But you all had her first major acquisition — a newspaper for the MPH students.” MPH Class of 1999 Class Agents Mia R. Bott ’99 6 Saint Margaret Street Boston, MA 02125 E-mail: miabott81@hotmail.com Andrew Greenwald ’99 1-3-1, Minami-Aoyama #1902 Minato-ku, Toyko 017-0062 Japan E-mail: andrew.greenwald@lehman.com

Nick Roberge ’99 510 Bradford Parkway Syracuse, NY 13224 E-mail: nroberge5@hotmail.com Andrew Greenwald ’99, Class Agent writes… I have been living and working in Japan for the last two and a half years for Lehman Brothers and more recently, Nomura Securities, where I have been advising companies on mergers and acquisitions. Tokyo has been an incredible place to live and a really nice change from New York. I was very happy to be able to catch up with Mia Bott ‘99, Danielle Rutner ‘99, Alex Bearman ‘98 and Jeremy Kapell ‘98 over the holidays. I am looking forward to the Clambake! Molly Handler ’99 is a professional chef at Caprice, a French restaurant in Wilmington, N.C. Jarrett Shamlian ’99 is living in Brooklyn and working for an aerospace research and development company called Atair Aerospace, playing bicycle polo (nycbikepolo.com), and still drawing and creating as often as humanly possible. Life is good.

2000s MPH Class of 2000 Class Agents Naomi A. Ostrander ’00 1301 Valley Drive Syracuse, NY 13207 E-mail: pinkcarrots22@yahoo.com Lindsey Randolph ’00 2317 Kenwood Avenue Richmond, VA 23228 E-mail: lrandolph@vbh.org Zach Sanzone ’00 16 Church Lane Apartment 4 Chatham, VA 24531 E-mail: rzsanzone@yahoo.com

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MPH Class of 2001 Class Agents Adam Castaño ’01 541B Longshore Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48105 E-mail: acastano@alumni.princeton.edu

Claude Dallas ’00 was recently stationed in Afghanistan with the United States Air Force and reports: “Life was busy there. I helped in the rescue and saved the life of an Air Force NCO back in August when his convoy was attacked by an IED. A few months ago I was able to aid an entire downed convoy, when their main armored bus broke down. Before I left Afghanistan I was promoted to the rank of Captain and pinned on by the highest-ranking active duty member, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral (Mike) Mullen.” Claude stopped by the Alumni Office when he was on a recent leave. He is now stationed in North Dakota. Nana Hosmer ’00 lives in Asheville, N.C. and sings in the Asheville Choral Society. Nana also serves on the board of directors of the Asheville Celebration Singers. She was moved and elated on January 20th when she was able to attend President Obama’s inauguration. Jared Miller ’00 is in Hoboken, N.J. working for a company that designs TV and radio stations, the tech end of the business. He was in Beijing for seven weeks for the Olympics. It was his fourth Games. Delilah Rothenberg ’00 wrote that she is chairing the New York City Benefit for Rwandan Women on Thursday, February 26th for businesswomen in Rwanda. She traveled to Rwanda with Business Council for Peace to found their mentoring program.

Kevin Holland ’01 2 Chelsea Avenue Apartment 101 Long Branch, NJ 07740 E-mail: kevinholland@gmail.com Nicholas McGraw ’01 288 Ross Park Syracuse, NY 13208 E-mail: nickmcgraw@gmail.com Phoebe Spence ’01 1179 Boylston Street Apartment 42 Boston, MA 02215 E-mail: phoebe.spence@gmail.com Kyle Miller ’01 is a lawyer with Cahill Gordon & Reindel, LLP in Manhattan. Swati Murthy ’01 is busy with medical school but only has 1 ½ years to go. She ran into Caitlin Meives ’01 over Christmas break. Lyndsey Kelly Weiner ’01 was married on August 9, 2009 at the Brewster Inn in Cazenovia. MPH Class of 2002 Class Agents Joel Barnett ’02 551 Buckingham Avenue Syracuse, NY 13210 E-mail: jtb6@geneseo.edu Mark V. Hayes ’02 1010 Euclid Avenue Syracuse, NY 13210 E-mail: mvhayes@syr.edu Dan Meyer ’02 9 Cricket Lane Faytteville, NY 13066 Katie Swimm ’02 1014 West Wellington Avenue Apartment 1 Chicago, IL 60606 E-mail: kswimm@hotmail.com

Mark Hayes ’02 spent New Years with classmates Dan Klemperer ’02, J.D. ’02, and Carrie Manolakos ’02. Mark says he is working a lot and keeping busy with the Syracuse Crunch. He has also learned how to play racquetball.

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Eric Yager ’02 noted that after becoming an officer in the US Army and attending more than a year of training, he’s deploying to Afghanistan in support of the Global War on Terror for a period of 13 months. He will be in Information Operations, with a focus on provincial rebuilding and provincial construction, as a platoon leader. MPH Class of 2003 Class Agents Sarah deJong Kimmelman ’03 109 Dunham Road DeWitt, NY 13214 E-mail: sarahde_jong@hotmail.com Randy Shayler ’03 117 Genesee Street Fayetteville, NY 13066 E-mail: rms64@cornell.edu Carla Torrillo ’03 135 Chatham Road Syracuse, NY 13203 E-mail: crae385@hotmail.com Naomi Handler, ‘03 graduated from Nagoya Gakuin University in July 2007 and then graduated from University of North Carolina, Wilmington. She is looking into graduate programs and hopes to attend Duke University to earn her MBA. Anna Merchant, ’03 let us know that she is in Japan teaching English and occasionally doing some art. MPH Class of 2004 Class Agents Vanessa Crane ’04 123 East Chaffee Avenue Syracuse, NY 13207 E-mail: lockness14@hotmail.com

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Rebecca Mitchell ’04 229 Ambergate Road Syracuse, NY 13214 E-mail: watsongirl_2003@ yahoo.co.uk Erin Mooney ’04 411 Shuart Avenue Syracuse, NY 13203 Shelly Pal ’04 9 Balmoral Way Homer, NY 13077 E-mail: shellsnsync@hotmail.com Steve Polly ’04 4146 Barker Hill Road Jamesville, NY 13078 E-mail: mph@xyonz.com

Dania El Hassan, ’04 After graduating from Tufts University in May with a civil engineering degree, Dania decided to put on her work boots and jump right in. She has found herself working at Turner Construction on a 19-story commercial building in the waterfront area of Boston. She has enjoyed laying out the framework of the building and attempting (with little luck) to answer the question, “So what exactly do you do every day?” Dania is not sure that construction is what she wants to do for the rest of her life, so she is exploring the idea of becoming a designer or business manager, but in the meantime, she’s satisfied feeling like she earns a living the same way everyone does: through hard work.

Shelly Pal ’04, Class Agent, reported that she recently graduated from the University of Rochester where she received a degree in economics. She moved to New York City immediately after graduation and gained some valuable marketing experience at a web design company. She is currently working at National Cinemedia as a marketing research analyst and hopes to continue her career within the marketing, advertising, and entertainment industry. Shelly also on classmates:

Emma Batman ’04 In a letter from Goucher College, Emma reported she was elected to the Beta of Maryland Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. As you may know, this is the highest scholastic recognition that a college student can receive.

Hilary Nitka ’04 has been going to Syracuse University for accounting at the Whitman School of Management and working part time in the Graduate Programs Office in the MBA and the MS programs. For the summer, she will most likely end up taking classes so she can graduate early and start studying for her CPA exam. She was also accepted to a mentorship program with Deloitte, so she will be in and out of New York City a few times over the summer.

Ryan Guerra ’04 graduated with both general honors and departmental honors from John Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering on May 22, 2008. He received a B.S. in electrical engineering and a M.S. in electrical and computer engineering. He is currently working toward his doctorate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Steve Polly ’04, Class Agent, will finish his 5-year undergraduate degree in microelectronic engineering this May and has applied to the microsystems engineering Ph.D. program at RIT. He has spent the better part of the last two years working for the NanoPower Research Labs at RIT doing research on high efficiency III-V solar cells and learning all kinds of wonderful physics. He also bought a house in Rochester this past September.

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Megan Gardner ’04 graduated from the University of Buffalo last May with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. She is currently in medical school and reports “It is challenging but very exciting!” Megan lives in Tonawanda, NY.

Theo McDonald ’04 works at Space Exploration Technologies as a Propulsion Test Engineer at the test site in McGregor, Texas. He is a member of the engineering team for the propulsion system for the Dragon spacecraft that will take SpaceX astronauts to the International Space Station in 2010 and will take cargo to orbit for scientific experiments. Currently he is a controller for the actual firing of these rocket engines, but his duties extend to nearly all aspects of the operation. To learn more go to: http://www.spacex.com/dragon.php.

Brandon Oot ’04 is the district manager of Vector Marketing. Katie Perry ’04 works as a corporate marketing coordinator for a digital advertising and search optimization agency in Manhattan. In this role, she assists with all of the corporate branding and public relations initiatives. She is living in the East Village and loving it. Jessica Wallace ’04, is in her fifth year with Sollecito Landscaping and recently became a NYS Certified Landscape Professional. A graduate of Nazareth College, Jessica graces Sollecito Landscaping with artistic talents, landscaping expertise and a perky personality. She distinguished herself by achieving an exceptionally high score on the certification exam. Sollecito welcomes Jessica to the Sollecito Team of NYS Certified Landscape Professionals! MPH Class of 2005 Class Agents T.J. Gunerman ’05 4576 East Lake Road Cazenovia, NY 13035 E-mail: tjgunerman@excite.com Courtney Stewart ’05 112 Haverhill Drive Syracuse, NY 13214 E-mail: c12goalie@twcny.rr.com Pamela Usiatynski ’05 510 Fay Lane Minoa, NY 13116 E-mail: pusiatyn@butler.edu Helen Day ’05 recorded with pop singersongwriter Ben Folds Dec.14-17 for his upcoming album due to be released this spring. Helen is the soloist in her a cappella group’s winning submission, which you can view online at http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/R eleases/2008/120208.html. Erin Holstein ’05 made the dean’s list at Connecticut College for the fall 2008 semester. Congratulations, Erin! Stefania Ianno ’05 has been accepted to graduate school at Syracuse University in the field of marriage and family therapy. She starts her course of study next fall. Alexander Korman ’05 is the recipient of the Colgate University’s Dean’s Award

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for academic excellence during the fall 2006 semester. Alex is a history and theater major and spent last fall studying in London, England. Carly Montroy ’05 welcomed Taylor James “TJ” born on September 26, 2008. Courtney Stewart ’05, a member of the Cazenovia College women’s soccer team, was named the North Eastern Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer StudentAthlete of the Week for an impressive two weeks in September 2008. Andrew Wilson ’05 has been continuing his wine making, expanding into Chilean grapes and wines. He recently made a wonderful Riesling and has been experimenting with blended wines.

MPH Class of 2006 Class Agents Christine Goldman ’06 7138 Coronation Circle Fayetteville, NY 13066 E-mail: cgoldman2006@yahoo.com Sam Goldman ’06 6726 Gleason Pl Fayetteville, NY 13066 E-mail: sgoldman10@elmira.edu

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Russian in preparation for an upcoming trip sponsored by a Fulbright program. In addition to the ecological work he will be doing, he and his group will also have the chance to do anthropological studies of the Buryat people in and around the Lake Baikal region. The Buryat are an ethnic group related to the Mongols. MPH Class of 2007 Class Agent Gabe Prussin ’07 3 Morton Road Syracuse, NY 13214 E-mail: gabe.prussin@tufts.edu Leah Adelson ’07 has had a terrific year at Hamilton College studying Spanish and keeping busy in the performing arts. In one year, she sang with her college choir at Lincoln Center and in the Gilbert and Sullivan musical “Utopia, Ltd.” Leah also sings with Special K, an all girls a capella group, and dances in the hip-hop group “Heat.” But the big excitement happened in March when the college choir toured throughout Italy and performed at the Vatican during a mass at St. Peter’s Basilica! Nick Stam ‘07 received a Goldwater Scholarship through Le Moyne College. This prestigious award is given to college sophomores and juniors majoring in the sciences.

Ian Harmand ’06 5227 Pointe East Drive Jamesville, NY 13078 E-mail: mharmand@mail.rochester.edu Kiley Sotomayor ’06 7694 Mountain Ash Liverpool, NY 13090 E-mail: kasoto06@stlawu.edu Riley Carmody ’06 has been studying

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Jennifer Jordan ‘07 received an Honorable Mention for a Goldwater Scholarship through Goucher.

MPH steps into the 21st Century.

MPH Class of 2008 Class Agents Meghan Crawford ’08 24 Gillette Lane Cazenovia, NY 13035-1404 E-Mail: mcraw ford22@gmail.com

Alumni Notes

Nick Shayler ’08 117 Genesee Street Fayetteville, NY 13066 E-Mail: nshayler@gmail.com Mohammad Seraji ’08 stopped in with Lilly Schwartz, to see Baxter Ball, head of school. He had just finished playing Henderson in a play “You Can’t Take It With You”. MPH students were cast in alumnus’ play. The Armory Square Playhouse recently presented staged readings in the Coville Theater of new plays by two Central New York playwrights, including 2008 MPH graduate Mohammad Seraji. MPH adjunct teacher Donna Stuccio, in whose playwriting class Mohammad wrote “The Iranian Dream,“ directed the piece and MPH upper school students Morgan Cambs ’09 and Rachel Heagerty ’10 were cast in the play.

Faculty, Former Faculty, Staff, & Friends Frank Milliman, former math teacher and Headquarters commandant at The Manlius School, retired last May after 48 years at West Chester University. Frank lives in West Chester, Penn.

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Final Roll Call Joseph Alpert ’86 passed away suddenly January 28, 2009 after a heart attack. (see alumni notes for Class of 1986.) Herman L. Bernhard ’41A passed away March 23, 2008. Francis W. Corbett ’49A passed away February 11, 2008. Mario DeLucia ’49C passed away April 8, 2008. Joseph DiCarlo ’72 passed away November 16, 2008 from pancreatic cancer. His wife, Debbie, wrote to say that he was so very proud to have attended Manlius and to have played football there. He talked about this all the time. She said, “God Bless all of you.” Clifford Fletcher ’49A passed away January 20, 2009. Stewart F. Hancock III ’68, who led the creation of Eagle Newspapers in 1992, passed away at his home on Jan. 15. Hancock was born in Syracuse, New York, the son of Judge Stewart F. Hancock Jr. and Ruth Pass Hancock. After attending Pebble Hill School, he graduated from Deerfield Academy and went on to attend Colgate University. He was an active participant in the Central New York business and political community for his entire life and had served as a trustee of Manlius Pebble Hill School. He was a newspaperman, a husband and the father of five children, and he will be missed. Stew is survived by his wife, Kimberly; his daughters, Kolbe ’04, Annie ’05, Torrey ’07 and Mary ’11; his son, Stewart IV; his parents, Judge Stewart F. Hancock Jr ’40. and Ruth Pass Hancock, of Cazenovia; his brothers, R. James of Hopkins, MN, Christopher ’74 of Sugarland, TX, Nathaniel ’78 of Slingerland, NY, and Jonathan, of Lebanon, NH; his sister, Marion Hancock Fish ’72, of DeWitt; and several nieces and nephews. Clarence C. “Bud” Larkin, ’44A passed away January 28, 2008 in his home town of Ithaca, N.Y.

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Karl D. Malcolm Jr., ’49C passed away at his home October 3, 2008 from complications of pulmonary fibrosis and metastatic lung cancer. David H. Mills ’52C passed away on November 12, 2008. Richard Monroe ’44HQ passed away on March 13, 2008. David J. Parker ’61B, 65, of Canastota, N.Y., died unexpectedly December 4, 2008 at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse. He was born April 20, 1943 in Utica. David spent most of his life in Utica, later living in Canastota, and had lived on Quarry Road since 2005. He graduated from The Manlius School and then received a B.A. in English from St. Lawrence University. He later earned his master’s degree from Northeastern University. He was a real estate broker for 30 years and had taught English at Northeastern University for several years, as well as Albany University. David served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was a general’s aide, stationed at the Red Stone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. He was an active soup kitchen volunteer at Hope House in Utica, a former EMT volunteer with the Greater Lenox Ambulance Service in Canastota and a member of the Chittenango Rotary Club. David enjoyed music, art, photography, hiking, biking, cross country and downhill skiing, sculpting, canoeing and kayaking, rock climbing, fishing and was an avid reader. He married Sandra M. Munger on February 19, 2000, in Canastota. John E. Raymond ’32C passed away on June 16, 2008 at the age of 92. His son, Mike Raymond ’62C, wrote “After Manlius my dad went on to Cornell University. He was also a two-time winner of the Old Boys Manual of Arms while I was attending Manlius. He was an avid follower of the Manlius School’s progress. He and my mother owned and operated the Palisades Hotel on Brant Lake, N.Y. and managed numerous other resort properties during the winter seasons in Florida. He was the past president of the Ballston Spa, N.Y. Chamber of Commerce, started a USO chapter in Ballston Spa and worked as a realtor there. He had four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.” Sam Restivo ’48C born July 10, 1927, and the father of four, died in his

Jamestown, N.Y. home Sunday, January 18, 2009, at the age of 81. A Jamestown High School student, Sam spent two years in the Navy before completing high school in 1948 at Manlius Military Academy. A 1952 Grove City college graduate, Sam majored in political science and also received his social studies and French teaching certificates. Sam earned his master’s degree in 1956 from the University at Buffalo with a superintendent’s, supervisor’s and secondary principal’s certificate. His accomplishments in the Panama Central School District included the initiation, supervision and completion of $6 million worth of programs and bond referendums. He was instrumental in founding the Ashville BOCES location, and after retiring from the Panama Central School District in 1983, he served as interim superintendent of both the Forestville and Falconer school districts. He is survived by his wife Arline, two daughters and two sons. William Richardson ’48B passed away September 30, 2008. Gary F. Sargent ’64B of Wilmington, N.C., formerly of Manlius, died suddenly on October 23, 2008. He attended The Manlius School. Gary worked for the Fayetteville-Manlius School District for 10 years and was a member of the Fayetteville Masonic Club. Prior to that hew was the director of facilities at Manlius Pebble Hill and for many years, he helped with the MPH Clambake. Angelo Michael Sassani ’50B passed away on October 6, 2008. Carl F. Schenkenberger, ’60C, 68, of Kirkville, passed away on November 28, 2008. Carl was a life resident of the Syracuse area and a graduate of The Manlius School. He was a coordinator for the Security Department at St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he was employed for 22 years. Previously, he owned and operated Schenkenberger’s Meat Market. Survivors include his wife, the former Diane Hogan; one daughter, two grandchildren and two sisters. L. Bruce Thompson (SUAF-Ret.) ’51C, of Ocala, Fla., and Norway Lake, Maine, a Cold War US Air Force intelligence officer whose duties took him to stations on three continents, died Sunday, September

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21 at his summer home at Norway Lake He was 75. Born in Watertown, N.Y., he attended school in South Paris, Maine, and spent two years at The Manlius School before moving to Florida where his father started a construction company in the central part of the state. He graduated from Deland (Fla.) High School in 1951. Bruce credited The Manlius School with his decision to make a career in the military. As a young high school graduate, one of his first jobs was as a surveyor for the US Coast and Geodetic Survey team, working alone for months at a time in the mountains of Alaska. Lt. Col. Thompson was an 1955 honors graduate from the University of Florida. As an undergradate, he was assistant commander of the Corps of Cadets, Air Force ROTC and a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He later earned a master’s

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degree from Syracuse University and a master’s degree at the USC-Berkeley in Heidelberg, Germany. After graduating in 1955, his military commission was deferred for two years while he joined Kaiser Aluminum, exploring for bauxite in Jamaica, Haiti and Costa Rica. He met his future wife, Dorothy Henwood, while working in Jamaica. Shortly after being commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1958, he was assigned to a small group of specialists dealing with sightings for the Minuteman missile program. During his 28 years as an Air Force intelligence officer, he was involved in the start-up of the Star Wars missile defense program. Lt. Col. Thompson’s career included tours of duty at SHAPE (NATO) headquarters in Mons, Belgium and in Vietnam. Following his Air Force career, Lt. Col. Thompson was employed for 10 years by Science Applications International Corporation. Lt. Col. Thompson was an avid golfer.

His love of baseball led to a season of minor league baseball with the Farmington Flyers in Maine, and his involvement as a player and executive with the Golden Seniors Softball League in Ocala. Among his most prized honors: a Bronze Star, a Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal, the USAF Intelligence and Reconnaissance Division medal for Dedicated Service, and his most loved - a certificate of Devoted Service to Boy Scout Troop 55 in Holland Patent, NY. In addition to his wife, Dorothy, survivors include a son, a daughter, a sister, three grandchildren, and several beloved nieces and nephews. Arthur Torrey ’41C passed away October 8, 2008. Carl W. Warnecke ’58HQ died in December 2002 of lung cancer.

MPH L OSES B ELOVED F RIEND The Manlius Pebble Hill community was saddened by the passing November 16, 2008 of Martha Lindberg Heer, the School’s beloved former head of Lower School. Mrs. Heer, who held a master’s degree in education from Syracuse University, was a dedicated, innovative educator at MPH for some 33 years until her retirement in 1995. During her career at MPH, she served generations of children in many capacities – Fifth and Sixth Grade teacher, children’s librarian, director of admission, and, finally, head of the Lower School. “Martha was the embodiment of the ‘5Cs’ and made concern, confidence, consideration, cooperation, and courtesy the guiding principles of Lower School,” said Head of School Baxter F. Ball. “She will be truly missed. We can only hope to continue to live up to the standards she established for us.” Said one former student: “Mrs. Heer played a really defining role in my early years at MPH. I know my appreciation and fondness for her has been shared by a great many MPH students. Mrs. Heer was a warm, genuinely nice lady.” Mrs. Heer is survived by four children, three of whom are alumni of the School (Julia Chamberlain ’72, Martin Heer ’69, and Charles (Dusty) Heer ’64). She also leaves seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. In her memory, the Martha L. Heer Citizenship Award has been created. Contributions in her honor are deposited into the MPH endowment fund to support the award, which will be given annually at commencement to a senior who exemplifies the principles Martha called the “5Cs.”

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The Final Word by Baxter F. Ball, head of school

t any given time, we can point to society’s so-called

bedrock values, the basic concepts which permeate our lives and which we hold dear. The fact is, though, that values are not static. Like tectonic plates, they are always moving, slowly shifting.

Take the concept of community. When I was a boy, the neighborhood I grew up in functioned as a community. There was an overwhelming sense of collective responsibility among parents for all the kids in a four-block radius. We were all relatively free to go from one house to another, always checking to see whose mother was planning the best dinner that night or on whose family outing we could sneak a ride. I never remember worrying about my safety or fearing strangers. Over the past decade or more, my idyllic naiveté began to perish in a world growing much more complex. I saw families becoming more isolated from each other. “Neighborhood” was becoming more about geographic location and less about connections between friends. Backyard baseball games were replaced by highly organized youth sports, dance classes, and arranged “play dates.” Games like “Kick the Can” became obsolete as spontaneous play gave way to goaloriented, planned youth activities. I could not help but worry that we were slowly losing something very meaningful as we moved toward becoming a super-competitive, goaldriven, and occasionally neurotic culture. Today, I am again sensing a shift in the concept of community. Along with the country’s recent economic instability, there has been a palpable move back

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to the community values of my youth. There is a return to the focus on family, school, and faith and a discarding of concerns with the size of one’s house or wallet. Competitiveness is losing ground to the notion of helping others. I firmly believe that in hard times, people tend to pull together. Friendships become more valuable. Spending time with one’s child, discussing his or her day at school, becomes of paramount importance. Community matters more than social status or power. It is vitally important that this renewed sense of community extend to Manlius Pebble Hill. In the long run, MPH can truly succeed only if it is perceived as a place where children can safely explore their world, where they can enjoy the same kind of mutual trust and acceptance that my four-block neighborhood afforded me as a youngster. We must collectively work at creating an environment that encourages risk-taking by students while guaranteeing them a safety net. We must respect differing opinions and backgrounds while simultaneously being proud of our own. Affirming, nourishing, and supporting each member of our extended MPH family may some days be challenging. But if we are successful, our children will benefit from this more genuine sense of community. So will we all.

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Manlius Pebble Hill School

ClambakeWeekend June 12-13, 2009

2009

The annual reunion weekend for alumni of The Manlius School, Pebble Hill School, and Manlius Pebble Hill School Friday, June 12 Clambake Weekend Chair

Clambake Golf Outing Green Lakes State Park Golf Course, Fayetteville

Claire Myers-Usiatynski ’72

All alumni, former and current faculty, and friends are invited to attend Clambake Weekend 2009. The following classes will be recognized throughout the weekend as they celebrate a significant reunion. The Manlius School and Pebble Hill Classes of: 1939 – 70th Reunion 1944 – 65th Reunion 1949 – 60th Reunion 1954 – 55th Reunion

1959 – 50th Reunion 1964 – 45th Reunion 1969 – 40th Reunion

Manlius Pebble Hill Classes of: 1974 – 35th Reunion 1979 – 30th Reunion 1984 – 25th Reunion 1989 – 20th Reunion

1994 – 15th Reunion 1999 – 10th Reunion 2004 – 5th Reunion

Accommodations: Please plan early. Rooms may be reserved for the weekend at the Marriott Courtyard/Carrier Circle by May 22 (315/432-0300) and The Craftsman Inn by May 12 (315/637-8000). Alumni may call and request a room reserved for the MPH Reunion. Questions? Contact Maureen Anderson, director of alumni relations, at 315/446-2452 ext. 136 or manderson@mph.net or go to www.mph.net.

Clambake Tennis Classic Manlius Pebble Hill Tennis Courts Manlius School Barbecue Kreitzberg Family Alumni Lodge Manlius Pebble Hill School Campus Pebble Hill School Dinner McNeil Lobby Manlius Pebble Hill School Campus 70s Party (Classes of 1971 – 1975) Jay ’74 and Sara (Deming) Wason ’74 The Wason Home, 8436 Brae Leure Road, Manlius Class of 1999 Party – “Burgers and Brew” Beth Stewart ’99 , 112 Haverhill Drive, DeWitt Manlius Pebble Hill Gathering Syracuse Suds Factory, Armory Square, Syracuse

Saturday, June 13 Verbeck Memorial Service Verbeck Gravesites, Former Manlius School Campus A Conversation with the Head of School Coville Theater, Manlius Pebble Hill School Campus Dedication of the Korean and Vietnam War Memorial The Manlius Flagpole, Manlius Pebble Hill School Campus Clambake 2009 Manlius Pebble Hill School Campus Manlius School Reunion Dinner Falcone Dining Hall, Manlius Pebble Hill School Campus The MPH Alumni Party Under the Tent Manlius Pebble Hill School Campus

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June 12-13

Clambake Weekend 2009

Please check the Alumni Events Calendar at www.mph.net for more information.