Summer 2022 Bulletin

Summer 2022

bulletin CONGRATULATIONS TO BB&N’S CLASS OF 2022!

Inside this issue:

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Esteemed Faculty Tributes

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BB&N Resistance Fighters Catarina Buchatskiy’19 and Andrei Buchatskiy ’22

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Strawberry Weekend Highlights

Letter From the Head

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Director of Communications Joe Clifford, Editor

Head of School Dr. Jennifer Price shares highlights of graduation and other important developments at BB&N

Associate Director of Communications Andrew Fletcher, Senior Editor

Community News

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Lower School Closing Ceremony, Middle School Closing Ceremony, Spring Athletics, Spring Arts, Eco Bash, Lewis Bryant Celebration, and more

Features BB&N Faculty 18 Esteemed Members Bid Farewell

Tributes to Beverly Malone, Peggy Payne, Leigh Hogan, and Geoff Theobald

Faculty 24 Departing and Milestones Graduation 2022 26 The Class of 2022 moves on, Prizes Awarded, and more

War in Ukraine: BB&N’s 38 The Own Resistance Fighters

Siblings Catarina Buchatskiy ’19 and Andrei Buchatskiy ’22 help out in the fight for their homeland.

Senior Spring Project 42 Individual student projects provide unique and interesting professional opportunities.

Advancing Our Mission of 2022 Parents set Gift Record, 46 Class BB&N Fund Highlights, Bob Whitman ’43 and Bob Ganz ’43 Honored with New Archives Program Fund, and Spring Events Photos

Contributing Writers Whitney Dayton Brunet Joe Clifford Peter DeMarco Mark Fidler Andrew Fletcher Roger Fussa Sharon Krauss Galen Muskat Dr. Jennifer Price Esme Rabin Janet Rosen Kim Ablon Whitney ’91 Contributing Editors Janet Rosen Brianna Smith ’10 Alumni/ae News & Notes Brianna Smith ’10 Design & Production Nanci Booth www.nancibooth.com 781-301-1733 Photography/Artwork/Design Andrew Fletcher Amie Margolis Haddad Sharon Krauss Liz Lynch Shawn Read Adam Richins Josh Touster Susan Unger P’26, ’27 Kim Ablon Whitney ’91 Stephen Yang

Board of Trustees, 2022-2023 Officers Charles A. Brizius, Chair Jason Hafler ’00, Vice Chair Pam Baker, Vice Chair/Secretary Jimmy Berylson ’00, Vice Chair/ Treasurer Members Jake Anderson-Bialis ’98 Eliza Appleton ’09 Carmen Arce-Bowen Jennifer Winn Aronson ’92 Tamara Ashford ‘86 Abby Fung Band Alexi Conine David Deming Alexis Boyle Egan ’93 Alexandra Epee-Bounya Leslie Ahlstrand Fitzgerald ’08 Christine Gross-Loh Rachel Kroner Hanselman ’89 Lionel Harris Jeff Hawkins Freddie Jacobs Joelinda Coichy Johnson ‘07 Young Lee Marjorie Lichtenberger Tristin Mannion JK Nicholas ’85 Shep Perkins Leslie Riedel Amy Selinger Ila Shah Gillien Todd Darin Vest ’86 Adam Zalisk ’03 Head of School Dr. Jennifer Price Front cover: Members of The Class of 2022 toss their caps to celebrate graduation.

(Photography by Adam Richins— www.adamrichins.com)

Alumni/ae News & Notes

52 Alumni/ae News and Notes Engagement Events 68 Alumni/ae and Strawberry Weekend 88 Milestones

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Letter from Head of School Jennifer Price

We’re two-thirds through summer break as I write this letter, with our students, faculty, and staff hopefully gaining some well-earned rest as we get ready for the new school year to come. This summer issue of the Bulletin gives me a nice opportunity to look in both directions: bidding best wishes to the wonderful and talented Class of 2022 as they move on to their next adventures, and looking forward to an exciting school year ahead of us.

Graduation Day was picture-perfect as we returned to holding the ceremony in its traditional spot inside the Nicholas Athletic Center.

Our lineup of speakers included graduating senior Julia Shephard, who cleverly framed her speech around Malcolm Gladwell’s famous rule that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery. Lucy and Joe Chung were our parent speakers, which was well earned since their graduating daughter CC was the seventh “Lifer” in their blended family to graduate from BB&N. As Lucy joked, “Sadly, there was no ‘Buy 6, Get One Free’ ” when it came to CC’s tuition. Board Chair Chuck Brizius shared his trademark warm wishes and inspired advice for the years ahead. And I, with well-timed help from four soon-to-be graduates seated behind me—gave a “show and tell” address on one of the most essential skills for these times we live in: resilience.

Disraeli said, “We make our fortunes and we call them fate.” So take the fate that you have been blessed with by graduating from this incredible school and make your fortune—however that looks to you. Prepared for the unpredictable but amazing future ahead, embrace your curiosity and take those chances.

Lucy and Joe Chung, P’09,’12,’14,’15,’18,’19,’22 Parent Speakers --------------My hope for each of you is that you always give much more than you get. If you do so, I promise you will come to appreciate the great joy in life that comes from giving back. You’ve enjoyed a remarkable privilege to have studied at this extraordinary school.

Now, as you begin your life after BB&N, you bear a special responsibility to use the gifts that you’ve been given to make the world a better place. Commit yourself to be an active and engaged citizen of the world. We know you will accomplish great things and we look forward to following your journey. Remember that your BB&N family will always be here for you.

I’d like to share with you here a few excerpted remarks from our speakers.

Chuck Brizius, P’19,’21 Chair, BB&N Board of Trustees

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So, can we answer our own bittersweet exasperation at this day’s arrival even if it feels too late or too early? Why now? We are ready to leave BB&N because we have mastered it – or at least understand now what high school meant to us. We’ve done our 10,000 hours.

And not only do the fruits of our labors lie in senior Spectatorready artwork, science symposiums, and championship trophies, they have sprouted from our every memory of unexpected joy in our community. Those moments afforded us mastery. And I hope we will remember the way they made us feel and resolve to create more as we enter day 1,376 of our high school 10,000 hours and day one of all the hours to come.

You all have learned the importance of resilience—that spirit to pick yourself up and clean up whatever messes you might make along the way. It also helps to be among people who you know have your back, just like you have theirs. I had that today, and you’ve all been lucky to have it your entire time here at BB&N. As you enter the ranks of alumni/ae, please know that we, the faculty and staff here at BB&N, will continue to have your back, and please always be there for one another.

Julia Shephard ’22 Senior Class Speaker --------------What is clear to us is that, through their caring diligence, your teachers have influenced and inspired you in more ways than you can imagine today. Though BB&N is a small school, each of you have explored opportunities and experiences that you’ll someday discover changed your lives. And most importantly, you will leave here with an insatiable curiosity about how the world is changing and how you can contribute positively to that change. Benjamin

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Wherever your journey leads from here, as I’ve told you many times, it is my sincere hope that you engage with the world in a principled manner. I believe it’s the destiny of your generation that you will use the hard lessons you learned during your most formative years to create a legacy that leaves this country and this planet a kinder, healthier, and better place than you found it. And I hope you make some mistakes, and most importantly that you get back up after them.

I wish you the best, Class of 2022. Go, Knights!

Jennifer Price Head of School

Whichever direction you look around our campuses this summer, you see a school poised on the brink of what will be a memorable year. One of the most impactful projects for BB&N’s future is proceeding steadily on Grove Street, where construction of our new athletic campus is getting ever closer to the finish line. (See photo below.) We are tracking toward a late September opening for what will literally and figuratively be a game-changer for BB&N. Above all, these fields will be home to top-quality experiences, memories, and community building for our student-athletes. In addition, the presence of these new fields—in combination with our shared-use agreement for Watertown’s Filippello Park—will have a powerful impact on enhancing the home-school balance for our students and families.

Last year was the first full year of operation for our Teaching & Learning Office (TLO), led by our Chief Learning Officer Jed Lippard. The fruits of this coordinated focus on our B-12 academic mission are starting to appear in a very tangible way already. One area of TLO focus has been to enhance professional development opportunities for our faculty and staff. A great example of this are BB&N Summer Institutes, which sponsor faculty and staff who possess expertise that will enhance the curriculum, instruction, assessment, or school culture/management practices to lead interactive professional development workshops with their BB&N colleagues. The two taking place this summer are led respectively by Greta Farrell, our Middle School academic technology specialist, and Candie Sanderson, our community outreach and engagement

specialist. Greta held a hands-on workshop for her colleagues to learn about Arduino, a microcontroller that students can use to create programmable circuits. Candie’s sessions involve a review, rethink, and redesign of our B-12 Community Engagement framework, with involvement from students and parents as well as BB&N colleagues.

I’m grateful to both of them for sharing their expertise with our community of teachers and learners.

Innovation is the lifeblood of the TLO’s work, or as they like to describe their mission, “How can we disrupt, evolve, transform, and/or enhance teaching and learning at BB&N?” Innovation Grants have been a powerful catalyst toward sparking this sort of energy. The first round of Innovation Grants allocated last spring has already begun to yield results. For example, the grant for a pollinator garden that was awarded to a project team consisting of two teachers and two seniors has already come to life in the Upper School courtyard. (See photo below.) As the project team wrote, “By converting two sections of the US campus into a garden with native turf-alternatives and pollinator-friendly perennials, we will support biodiversity, improve soil health, reduce flooding, and provide visual interest.” I have already noticed one particularly meaningful seal of approval for the project: bees have been frequent and industrious visitors to the garden.

Lastly, I think it’s worth noting that, for the first time in two and a half years, I got through an entire letter without once using words that rhyme with either “snowvid” or “jandemic.” Let’s hope that’s a trend this coming year! I can’t wait to welcome many of you back for the first day of school just a few short weeks from now.

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Sixth Grade Closing Gathering in the gymnasium at Buckingham Street, BB&N’s Class of 2028 marked the culmination of their Lower School journey with a celebratory closing ceremony this spring.

Head of School Dr. Jennifer Price opened the proceedings by addressing the parents about the year that was. “I want to thank you for helping us to navigate the unknown,” Price said.

“We appreciate your patience and trust, and your children do as well.”

Lower School Director Anthony Reppucci also spoke, cataloguing the students’ journey through the Lower School and noting highlights from each year since they started as Beginners. Reppucci closed with a heartfelt message to the class. “I congratulate you on what you’ve achieved and what you’ve become. It’s our hope that these experiences impress on you the importance of being true to yourself, and the understanding that what you put into something is what you get out of it. Please don’t hesitate to come back and visit, you will always have a home here.”

Three members of the Class of 2028 then took the podium to speak about their sixth-grade experiences. Sarah Baker ’28 noted that at first it felt sad to be leaving Lower School behind, before realizing that she wouldn’t be leaving it behind. “I will get to keep the friends, experiences, and knowledge that we gained here.”

Oliver Song ’28 opened his remarks with a rousing “Let’s hear it for the class of 2028!” before talking about his memories from the year, touching specifically on how welcoming his classmates were to everyone, new and old students, throughout his time at the Lower School.

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And Katja Rankel ’28 talked about overcoming her anxiousness at starting a new sport, and her relief when her coaches and teammates made her feel so welcome. Rankel also noted how “each of my teachers made my classes, unique, special, and enjoyable. In many of my classes it actually felt fun to learn!”

After recognizing the grade six class representatives for their hard work and help this year, Reppucci turned to the special task of presenting certificates to the Class of 2028.

The ceremony closed with a rousing performance by the entire class. Singing the song “Better Together” from their spring musical, the students ushered in summer and bid farewell to the campus that has nurtured them for so many years.

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PICTURED x 1 x Tau Vaid ’28 receives congratulations from Lower School Director Anthony Reppucci.

x 2 x Oliver Song ’28 addresses the crowd in his remarks. x 3 x (L to R): Anna Gross-Loh, Gemma Friend, Reese Catlin, Kalista Kuemmerle, Abby Brenner, and Morgane Massard (all Class of 2028) x 4 x Alicia Jiang ’28 on flute, Ella Ross ’28 on cello, Santi Cavallo on violin at the Grade 6 Closing x 5 x (L to R): Hailey Zhao, Sophie Reynolds, Alicia Jiang, Katja Rankel, and Jone Abadie (all Class of 2028) x 6 x Ajay Shroff ’28 and Lucas Ho ’28 x 7 x Julian Foster ’28 (in front) and Santi Derrien ’28 greet their teachers. x 8 x Jack Donohue ’28, Jack Reynolds ’28, and David Zhou ’28 signing yearbooks.

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Middle School Closing Ceremony Filing into the final stop of their Middle School career, BB&N’s class of 2026 was all smiles as they processed behind the dulcet tones of Middle School Assistant Director Tony Breen’s bagpiping. Middle School director Mary Dolbear warmly welcomed the students and attendees, noting the joy she felt at being able to have everyone gather together one last time.

Speaking to the strange reality that COVID-19 created over the past two years, Dolbear noted the Class of 2026’s brilliant resilience.

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“This class has built muscles we don’t even have,” noted Dolbear. “Life in school and beyond has been challenging the past two years, and yet they have kept going. They have an impressive, admirable, built-in reserve of resilience, and courage. We celebrate this class, we see you, you’ve earned it, and we are so proud of you.”

English teacher Ethan Rossiter ’93 then addressed the crowd as the class-chosen faculty speaker, imparting a valuable piece of advice his parents once gave him. “Don’t live your life waiting for the applause,” Rossiter shared. “Do not make decisions based on other people’s approval or disapproval. Ultimately, you are the only person responsible for your actions…never overlook the power of kindness.”

Following Rossiter, student speakers Mo Marie Kouame ’26 and Lukas Wellesley ’26 offered their thoughts to classmates.

Kouame took her classmates on a retrospective journey of her years at the Middle School, noting the growth she saw in herself and everyone around her. Referencing her favorite poem, “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley, Kouame closed with the following advice: “‘You are the masters of your fate, you are the captains of your soul,’” she quoted.

“Take risks, and don’t be afraid to make mistakes. It’s time to write the next chapter of this beautiful book.”

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Wellesley used his speech to talk about a risk he took when he started playing hockey for the first time in sixth grade before he even knew how to skate. “At the first practice I realized that everyone else had been skating since they were born. But my coaches and teammates celebrated my every little victory, scoring in a practice, or being able to slowly skate backwards,” he shared. “I’ll never be the best, but it taught me to skate and helped me to build some of my best friendships.”

Closing out the morning, Head of School Jennifer Price expressed her extreme pride in the Class of 2026 before ending the ceremony with an entreaty of sorts: “I think there is too little kindness in this world right now. Kindness, it is a simple word but it means so, so much.

Please continue to be kind to one another.”

Clutching their certificates in one hand as they hugged family and friends, BB&N’s eighth grade class seemed more than up to the task.

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Brown ’26, Ellis Barnes ’26, Jack Rossiter ’26, and Mo Marie Kouame ’26 x 2 x Student-chosen speaker, English Teacher Ethan Rossiter ’93 x 3 x Lukas Wellesley ’26 addresses the crowd. x 4 x Finley Long ’26 receives a congratulations from Middle School Director Mary Dolbear. x 5 x Members of the Class of 2026 get some well-earned applause from attendees. x 6 x Alec Bailey, Salar Sekhavat, Ash Surati, Yanlong ( Jack) Li, and Alexandra Nassikas (all Class of 2026) x 7 x Erin Fisman, Cindy Qiao, Lexi Mack, and Viena Desai (all Class of 2026) x 8 x Lauren Pond, Lucy Song, and Sonja Peetz-Larsen (all Class of 2026)

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Spring Sports Wrap-Up

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Congratulations to Molly Martin ’22 for being named Gatorade’s Massachusetts Soccer Player of the Year!

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4 PICTURED x 1 x Madeline Egan ’25 blows past a defender. x 2 x Elsa Barclay ’23 throws down to second. x 3 x Matt Hirsch ’23, ISL co-player of the year x 4 x Jack Pappendick ’22 cuts down field. x 5 x Boys Crew Team on the water x 6 x BB&N Golf Team x 7 x All-Scholastic and all-ISL First Team honoree Peyton Rollins ’22 for the win! x 8 x BB&N Boys Tennis Team x 9 x BB&N’s Division C Championship winning sailing team mid race

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Coaches Cup Winners

Boys Lacrosse: Jack Pappendick ’22,

Baseball: Nick Heisler ’22

Softball: Madelyn Maguire ’23,

Golf: Jack Theobald ’22

Baseball: Matt Hirsch ’23 (Co-ISL Player of the Year), Alex Sandell ’23 (ISL Offensive Player of the Year), Daniel Talacci ’23

Girls Track: Peyton Rollins ’22

Girls Track and Field: Avery Hart ’25, Katie Lynch ’22, Peyton Rollins ’22 (All-Scholastic)

Girls Tennis: Michelle Barrocas ’22

Boys Track and Field: Cole Gaynor ’22, Peter Lichtenberger ’23 (All New-England)

Boys Track: Cole Gaynor ’22 Boys Tennis: Nathan Bornstein ’22 Girls Lacrosse: Grace Lang ’22 Sailing: Kate Constan ’22

ISL Honorable Mention

Softball: Ashley Hallice ’22

Girls Lacrosse: Madeline Egan ’25

Girls Crew: Connie Yang ’22

Boys Lacrosse: Nico Berger ’22, Henry Waisburd ’24, Jamie Weyerhauser ’23

Boys Lacrosse: Jack Pappendick ’22 Boys Crew: Angus Crafter ’22

Softball: Martha Balson ’25 Baseball: Zane Davis ’22 Girls Track and Field: Laura Cox ’22 Girls Tennis: Jasmine Xing ’24 9

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Martin’s Showcase Project Shines Light on Nuclear Energy Rising senior Gabrielle {“Gabi”) Martin ’23 was one of just 44 students worldwide whose Global Online Academy (GOA) capstone project was honored with Catalyst Exhibition Showcase recognition last school year.

Since 2014, BB&N has been one of 130 independent schools around the world who are GOA members. GOA’s Catalyst Showcase invites students to share the application of their skills to the real world in a capstone project. Gabi’s project, titled “What Is the Ideal Generation Method of Electricity?” was the capstone of her Game Theory class last fall. Gabi employed game theory to discover the best means of generating electricity while also preventing further global climate change. Her research ultimately identified nuclear energy as the ideal choice to be the dominant source of energy production.

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After three long years, the BB&N Circus made a joyous return this past May. A long-standing Lower School tradition made entirely possible by parent volunteers, the BB&N Circus welcomed hundreds of families, faculty, alumni/ae, and neighbors for food, festivities, and fun.

The theme for this year’s 69th iteration, Re-uKnighted, was inspired by the event’s hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the opportunity to incorporate knights and Medieval decor. A colorful balloon arch at Buckingham gate welcomed attendees and festive pennant streamers criss-crossed campus, drawing guests into the event to enjoy food and games, participate in the raffle, or watch stellar student performances.

The day-long festival featured bouncy-houses, obstacle courses, a petting zoo, arts and crafts, food, music, entertainment, and more. Unseasonably hot weather also made the dunk tank a popular activity for students in grades 6-8. Smiles were abundant as children and adults of all ages enjoyed the festivities and much-missed opportunity for connection.

Since the event’s inception, proceeds have supported financial aid and varying programs. Breaking from its reputation as a fundraising event, this year’s Circus (and future iterations) was purely a community-building event, with proceeds ensuring future budget for this beloved Lower School tradition. | 1 | Face-painted attendees get photobombed by Dr. Price | 2 | The bouncy house is a must at every BB&N Circus.

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Regarding Gabi’s project, GOA Membership Director Kelsey Hall wrote, “Your presentation opened with an engaging beautiful question, and your response was carefully researched, detailed, and compelling. Your project has great potential for making an impact—we hope that sharing your project on this public stage is just the beginning.”

“I hope that my generation will tackle the issue of global warming,” Gabi notes, “but it is a difficult road and time is running out.” She points out that the education aspect of projects such as hers can make a positive difference: “Because nuclear energy carries a strong stigma against it, education can help widen perspectives to make more people more open to having it be a leading part of our future solution.”

Community News College Counselor Receives Professional of the Year Award Congratulations to Sharonda Dailey who was awarded the Professional of the Year award from the New England Association of College Admissions Counselors this spring.

Given out annually to several college counseling professionals across New England, the honor recognizes recipients who are strong and ethical advocates for students and institutions, have a proven record of accomplishment throughout their careers, and demonstrate honesty, patience, thoroughness, and sensitivity in their work with students, parents, and colleagues.

“Sharonda is an amazing counselor and has already brought so much to our office and her students with her experience and incredible skills,” says Director of College Counseling Amy Selinger. “But she has also been a leader in the larger world of college counseling, and this year she was recognized for that impact. We are so proud and grateful to have her as a colleague.”

Middle School Science Knight Probes for Answers Hosting its annual “Science Knight,” the Middle School transformed into a chemistry symposium for one evening this spring. Parents, faculty, and students buzzed excitedly between eighth-graders’ booths which featured experiments and posters detailing diligentlyresearched information on a variety of subjects.

Using chemistry as a lens through which to explore questions about their world, BB&N eighth graders cherished the opportunity to share their findings with the community.

Cole Blackburn ’26 and Vartan Arakelian ’26 present on how music evokes emotions.

Second Grade Tree Project With drawing pads, iPads, and notebooks in hand, BB&N second graders visited Longfellow Park in Cambridge for their fourth and final time this spring, marking the culmination of a favorite annual project, the second-grade tree study.

For more than 20 years now this interactive project has been a favorite part of the Lower School science curriculum, one which mixes science skills, art skills, and botany into one educational and fun package. Utilizing nearby neighborhood parks, students relished the short field trips and learning about trees and the changes they undergo throughout the seasons.

“It’s a mission on helping them understand how to collect facts, organize data, and do research,” notes Lower School science teacher Carol Fine. “And they love it!” | 1 | Zane Hafez ’32 takes a photo of some foliage. | 2 | Art teacher Ashley Bartlett and Gracie Varghese ’32 work on an oil pastel

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Spring Arts Wrap-Up BB&N artists, musicians, and actors were busy this spring bringing their usual touches of magic to all three campuses. See below for some highlights.

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PICTURED x 1 x (L to R): Alexandra Fabbri ’23, Miley Chen ’25, Eva Helie ’24, and Mohammad Abdallah ’23 in the Upper School spring production of Barefoot in the Park x 2 x The Upper School art gallery was a revolving door of incredible work all year. x 3 x (L to R): Salar Sekhavat ’26, Vartan Arakelian ’26, Viena Desai ’26, Matthias Paulson ’26, and Lukas Wellesley ’26 in the Middle School Drama Festival silver medal winning production of Ever in the Glades. x 4 x BB&N’s sixth-grade production of Disney’s the Descendants: The Musical x 5 x (L to R): Cam Miller ’25, Josh Curhan ’25, Will Patterson ’25, and Allison Wang ’25 perform “Mo’ Better Blues” in a jazz ensemble. x 6 x Emma Maginn ’23 adds a finishing touch to her painting. x 7 x A student-made undersea mural at the Lower School x 8 x Charlie ChengLin Zhang ’26 works on a stencil and collage project. x 9 x Mallaika Bhatia ’24 in the digital lab in her digital photography course. x 10 x Charlie Zarrow ’28 performs on the drums at the BB&N Circus.

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1 PICTURED x 1 x Taking advantage of the Upper School’s beautiful surroundings, one workshop, Advanced Tree-Climbing, allowed students to get their feet off the ground and gain an arboreal perspective for a while. x 2 x Amelia Shaywitz ’25, Richelle Chang ’24, and Alex Adams ’24 took part in Making Art: Nature Provides Inspiration and Materials, offered by faculty emeritus Paul Ruhlmann. x 3 x Fourth-graders Kieran Patrick and Henry Song weeded invasive mint and planted species that attract bees and pollinating birds in the workshop on “Planting a Pollinator Garden.” x 4 x The Investment Club member Katie Baker ’23 explains a display’s information on ecologically sound investing.

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Community News Eco Bash Highlights Environmental Issues

by Sharon Krauss

Peeling apart a dried milkweed pod, Kieran Patrick ’30 smiled as he then watched the white fluff cocooning the crucial little brown seeds waft away on the breeze. “That was very fun,” he said to himself.

Kieran had just taken part in Planting a Pollinator Garden, one of over 30 workshops offered during the Upper School’s Eco Bash, which Fourth-Grade Homeroom teacher Christina DelloRusso’s class also attended. Sounding aghast at what he’d just learned, Kieran said, “I didn’t know that it uses fossil fuels to mow the lawn!”

In his workshop, led by Math teacher Mara Vatz, students weeded out invasive mint and planted species favored by bees, other beneficial insects, and pollinating birds.

Gesturing to the small garden behind the main building, he said, “It’s not much, but it’s a start.”

Prompting awareness and getting involved are at the heart of the annual Eco Bash, organized by the Upper School Eco Reps and their faculty advisors.

“The Bash is intended to be both fun and informative for students,” says Upper School English Department Chair Ariel Duddy, co-advisor of the Eco Reps and co-organizer of the Bash. “The school day is given over to faculty- and student-led workshops and informational displays about sustainability, the climate crisis, and green initiatives. It’s also an opportunity for us to come together as a community.”

While just three years ago Klara Kuemmerle ’19 co-led an Eco Bash workshop called DIY Hygiene Products, this spring she was back to kick off the event by giving the keynote address along with fellow Harvard student activist Jeremy Ornstein. Discussing their activism with the Sunrise Movement, among other organizations, they emphasized that the only skills students need to start volunteering are bravery and a desire to work together.

The informative speech got Anjali Reddy ’23 thinking about applications of abstract mathematics to environmental issues.

“They showed a slide that said, ‘Calling mathematicians….’ As someone who’s very interested in numbers and mathematical modeling, this was really inspiring to me,” she said.

Madeleine Brodeur ’23, an Eco Rep, said, “I have a real passion for the environment and combating climate change, and I learned so much from the speakers.

There’s so much for our community as a whole to be learning.”

Along with Sofia Khoury ’23 and Alana Kramer Gomez ’23, Madeleine ran a workshop on sustainable baking and cooking. In an informational session before the group made pancakes, they talked about meat consumption and the importance of sustainable food sourcing.

“We got all of our berries sourced locally from an organic farm, and we had vegan and vegetarian alternatives,” she said.

“Getting people involved in a workshop is a really fun way to educate them.”

Likewise, Eco Rep Max Laibson ’25 appreciated the opportunity to lead a tree-planting workshop, in which students planted sycamore seedlings in reusable little upcycled pots. “It was also not only fun and beneficial for people there,” he said, “but also for me because I got great experience as a presenter, which I really enjoyed.”

Fourth-graders, too, were able to share some of what they have learned in their year-long sustainability unit that focuses on energy, fossil fuels, and the benefits and challenges that come with our dependence on them.

“It helped us understand climate change by making a model and writing a paragraph about it,” said Emory Hassell ’30.

Indeed, their colorful trioramas, designed and built in small groups, drew quite a bit of attention from Upper Schoolers.

After Charlie Taft ’25 studied a few of the trioramas and asked the creators some questions, he said, “What a blast from the past! I was in the first group of fourth-graders who came to Eco Bash.

That experience made me care about the environment because I saw that older students cared.”

DelloRusso underscores the benefits of this cross-campus pollination among students.

“The Upper School students are always so welcoming, and the fourth-graders revel in the connections with them,” she said.

“The Eco Bash is always a highlight for the fourth-graders. It gives them an audience for their work, and it lets them see that environmental work is an ever-growing thread throughout BB&N.” Freshman Adia Smith appreciated that the Upper School devoted a day to environmental education. “People seemed really engaged, and I think that helped to inspire some to become more involved,” she said. Adia, who ran a workshop on the environmental impacts of fast fashion, says that she became an Eco Rep because it felt like the next step she should take. “I’m kind of scared for my future, so I’ve been trying to attend lots of protests and educate myself because I want to make sure that everybody has a safe future.”

After a morning of sampling the water quality of the Charles River, climbing trees, identifying birds, and concocting natural hair- and skin-care products, students had a lot to mull.

“We students are so impressionable,” said Max, “and if we can change even a small thing about how we live our lives and how we’re going to live our lives in the future once we leave BB&N, that’ll have a humongous effect on the environment.”

“And it helps other people understand,” added Neel Agarwal ’30.

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BB&N Honors Lewis Bryant The BB&N Community came together on May 22 at the Nicholas Athletic Center to celebrate the life, work, and legacy of recently retired Director of Multicultural Services, Faculty Emeritus, and DEI Pioneer Lewis Bryant and the impact he had on students, faculty, staff, administrators, and families during his 37-year career at the school. Bryant was hired as a middle school coach in 1983 by then Head of School, Peter K. Gunness. In 1985, he became Director of Minority Affairs and in 1990 that title changed to Director of Multicultural Services.

Over his career at the school, Bryant held many roles including winning coach, passionate teacher, caring advisor, wise mentor, loyal colleague, and vital source of support for all students at BB&N. In addition, he served on the Senior Leadership Team, started affinity groups such as BSAE (Brothers Seeking Academic Excellence) and SHADES (Students Honoring and Accepting Differences and Embracing Similarities), and school events that celebrated diversity, such as One School One World.

In her remarks to open the program of the event, Head of School Dr. Jennifer Price told Bryant: “You’ve left BB&N so much better than you found it, you’ve changed lives, you’ve changed the narrative, and you’ve changed the school.”

Bryant spoke to the community as well. “I stand here both humbled and appreciative of this celebration,” he said. He thanked his family, the four heads of school he worked for, his colleagues, BB&N families, and the students. “My students are the reasons I stayed for 37 years,” he said. “I want you all to know that I cherished every encounter and experience we had together—on the athletic fields, in the classroom, in affinity-group meetings, at conferences and workshops, at the many cultural events, at advisory meetings, including the occasional disciplinary committee meetings—and of course those special times in my office when we could be real and authentic and silly and vulnerable.”

Bryant shared that he learned from his parents a love of family and that mindset “extended into my work with young people and my students became my extended family.” He also said his mother instilled in him pride in his identity. “My skin color and my African ancestry was not a badge of inferiority but instead a badge of pride and resilience,” he said. “I tried to teach those same beliefs and values to my students.”

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1 Community members compiled a video tribute with messages to Bryant expressing how much his presence and leadership meant to them.

Following the video, former students Corrie Waters ’22, Peyton Rollins ’22, Kafi Harrington ’88, Geoff Pardo ’89, and Jeff Jackson ’87 joined Geraldine Hines P’95 and Simone Miles Esteves, Former BB&N Faculty and DEIG Practitioner, on a panel where they shared stories of how Bryant affected their education and lives. The panel also considered Bryant’s legacy which segued into Price announcing the creation of the Lewis Bryant Alumni/ae Award for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement. The award (see right for full description) will recognize BB&N alumni/ae’s deep and lasting commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and community engagement on a local, national, or international community.

Bryant said about his hopes for his legacy: “My message to BB&N is to continue to work to be a truly anti-racist and anti-oppression institution.

Continue to be a leader in this area in the independent school world and beyond. Continue to listen to your students and parents. Continue to believe that you can be a beacon of light.”

The event program ended in a way that even Bryant could not have planned better—with a performance from the Akwaaba Ensemble, a traditional African drum and dance group. Bryant traveled to Ghana several times with students and shared his love of Africa with the community throughout his time at BB&N. “While I could not take you back on a trip to Ghana, I could bring a little bit of Ghana back to you,” DEIG Officer Leila Bailey-Stewart said.

Community News The Lewis Bryant Alumni/ae Award for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement This award, established in May 2022, recognizes BB&N alumni/ae who have demonstrated a deep and lasting commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and community engagement, and have made a positive impact on the local, national, or international community.

The award celebrates the rich diversity of BB&N’s alumni/ae community while honoring the school’s diversity, equity, and inclusion pioneer Lewis Bryant, whose work over 37 years as Director of Multicultural Services was far-reaching, profound, and deeply important for generations of students, faculty, staff, and administrators. This award honors Lewis for moving BB&N forward in its journey to embody diversity, equity, inclusion and community engagement ideals, helping to ensure that all members of our community feel safe, included, and supported to bring their authentic selves to school every day, and to impress upon us that we are all collectively in a position to make a contribution towards diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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family at his celebration. x 3 x Bryant hugs former student and friend Elijah Osagie ’22 x 4 x A panel of Bryant’s admirers: Amanda Bryant ’95 (moderator, not pictured), Peyton Rollins ’22, Corrine Waters ’22, Jeff Jackson ’87, Geoff Pardo ’89, Kafi Harrington ’88, Honorable Geraldine Hines P’95 x 5 x The Akwaaba Ensemble, a traditional African drum and dance group

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Not only did Bev teach science; she went on to teach math, lead the BB&N/Lesley Joint Master’s Degree Program, and serve as Assistant Director of the Lower School for 7 years before being named Director in 1986.

But the pinnacle role was not, for Bev, the end. She had witnessed her impact on teachers-in-training during her tenure steering the BB&N/Lesley Program, so she decided to leave one role as Director for another: leading the BB&N Teacher Training Institute. She held the position from June 30,1994, through today, and it’s difficult—if not impossible—to quantify the effect she has had on the world of education.

You can imagine my shock when, as a writer who can veer into wordiness, I sat down to compose this tribute and found myself, in trying to describe Bev’s contributions to and impact on my life and so many others’, utterly bereft of words.

Beverly Malone—“Bev,” as many know her— is not just a BB&N “lifer,” but, in every sense of the phrase, a life-changer.

B ev Malon e

A True BB&N Treasure

by Galen Muskat

Beverly Malone, then a young graduate student studying in Cambridge, stood with her bike on Buckingham Street outside BB&N’s Brick Building, speaking with John Curtis.

She didn’t know who he was or what she was looking at.

After several minutes of conversation, she asked: “Is this a school?”

Mr. Curtis, the Director at the time, told Bev that the place she looked at was not only a school, but that it was looking for a Science Specialist.

“Can you teach science?” he wondered.

Their chance encounter in 1973—Bev’s question, Mr. Curtis’ follow-up, and his subsequent decision to hire Bev for the Specialist role—would forever change the school.

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Bev is rarely, if ever, absent from school—in the flesh, as well as in spirit. Indeed, venture into the the Bridgman House’s “seminar room,” and you will find her presence is imbued in every nook and cranny—perhaps because it used to be her family’s living room, but quite likely because the books, plants, sticky notes with “Bev maxims,” and classroom materials convey the care, compassion, and conviction with which she lives and teaches. Even when she isn’t there, then, she is.

As exceptional as BB&N is on its own, I attended the Teacher Training Institute for one reason: Beverly Malone. And I know, in speaking with other interns past and current, that I am but one of many who made a similar decision. A brief aside, if I may: I was out to dinner in Brookline in early 2020, and when I expressed an interest in enrolling in a teacher training program, I was cut off before I could give my rationale.

D E PA RT I N G FAC U LT Y My dinner companion, through a mouthful of carnitas, stated flatly: “Two words for you: Beverly Malone.”

I’d heard of Bev before during my work at the Graduate School of Education: “Oh? You’re interested in teaching? You might want to see if Bev Malone is still at BB&N,” a colleague suggested a few months prior to that Brookline outing. “The only reason I would tell you to enroll in a program here would be if Bev Malone were leading it; so I’m going to say—don’t do it, and look instead at BB&N’s program.”

I suppose legends are confirmed over plates of tacos.

That evening, I arrived home, plopped down at my desk, found Bev’s email address, and composed a nervous but excited note to her expressing my interest in the Teacher Training Institute. She responded within a day offering to schedule a meeting and connect me with other program interns. We emailed back-and-forth for several months: discussing our favorite American history books, hikes in the White Mountains, and the plants we each noticed as they leafed and bloomed that spring.

Photo above: Malone with Jay Myers ’03 circa 1990.

Do I even need to go on? That exchange typified the relationship that I would form with Bev—and the connections that I learned she had so carefully and caringly established with thousands of others, teachers and students alike. Bev sets herself apart through the very real—that is, delightfully and uncommonly human—self she brings to her every encounter, conversation, project. On the brightest days and on the hardest, Bev is always there for me; for you; for us. That quintessential Bev approach—giving yourself to others, sincerely and unconditionally—is the epitome of excellent teaching, and nobody does it more truly than Bev herself.

Photo below: Malone loved connecting with students.

Bev: you are a mentor, friend, colleague, teacher, and leader—like no other, in fact. I’ve enjoyed imagining over the past year that one of the Bs in BB&N stands for “Beverly.”

Your impact on this institution is profound—immeasurable, inarticulable. I am but one of many whose lives you have changed. But you are one, irreplaceable: the life-changing Bev Malone. Thank you for everything you have given to all of us—at BB&N, and far beyond.

As Elizabeth Azano ’95 wrote, “Bev embodies the commitment, caring, energy and love that lead us to value the BB&N Lower School so much.” Yet Bev’s legacy at BB&N is more than 49 years of service, and it will live on through the hundreds of teachers she has trained. Bev’s ways constitute their own educational philosophy, alongside those of Piaget and Montessori, and her approach to teaching is every bit as transformational.

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Peggy Payne Lifelong Teacher Extraordinaire

by Mark Fidler Ask any second grader what they want to be when they grow up, and they are likely to say athlete, astronaut, or TV star. Not many would respond “math teacher,” but that is exactly what Peggy (Liebich) Payne answered. Payne does not recall why she felt that way. Maybe it was her scienceoriented parents, an engineer and a registered nurse. Maybe it was from success helping her brother with his arithmetic homework. Anyone who knows Peggy Payne absolutely knows that when Ms. Payne wants something, nothing can change her mind. Payne chose her career at the age of eight, and the rest is history.

As a child, Peggy and her family never lived in the same home for more than five years. School was the constant in Payne’s early years, and she enjoyed school life at every level. She majored in Mathematics and Secondary Ed. at the University of Bridgeport and stayed in Connecticut, teaching math for three years at Wolcott High School. Payne finds it amusing that she was also the school’s cheerleading coach. She had no experience with that, but she laughingly 20

D E PA RT I N G FAC U LT Y boasts at being quite skilled at assessing the quality of the cheerleaders’ triangular formations. When budgetary negotiations delayed new contracts, Payne did not wait around. Knowing nothing about independent schools, she interviewed at Green’s Farm Academy, and was drawn to what she saw. She accepted a job offer, and taught there for eight years before moving on to Bryn Mawr School, an independent, all-girls secondary school in Baltimore. There, Payne observed how much more assertive girls were in a math class without boys. She became committed to giving all girls a voice in her math classes. Her final move came when she sought a change to a coed school, and a move closer to her aging parents. She landed at BB&N, where she would enrich the lives of hundreds of students over the next 28 years.

Payne wore many hats during her tenure, including faculty advisor to the Student Council, Bivouac Guide, and Tenth Grade Dean, but teaching and advising were always central to her school mission. Payne quickly earned the reputation as a funny and energetic teacher who would do anything and everything for her students. In a Faculty Profile in the Vanguard, students wrote: “Ms. Payne: 80% LOVE 20% SASS.” Payne was a straight-shooter who saw herself as a partner in her students’ success. She used humor to make her math class a fun experience.

Anyone who walked by her second-floor classroom likely saw smiles and heard laughter. They probably also heard Payne’s high-pitched and energetic voice long after traveling past her room.

Fundamental to her success was building a connection with each student.

In addition, she strove to create a safe space where students felt free making mistakes, and could learn from them. She did this long before “growth mindset” became a popular trend in education. “Humans make mistakes,” Payne says.

“Without a willingness to make mistakes, we would never learn to walk!” Extra help was also a Payne trademark. Any time she was not in class, she was usually working with a student in her office. “It’s what we do as math teachers,” Payne matter-of-factly says. Payne is that rare math teacher who was as excited about the challenge of teaching Algebra I as she was about teaching AP Calculus.

Payne knew that the foundation one builds in a first-year algebra course sets a student up for success for the rest of high school and beyond.

...in the Vanguard, students wrote: “Ms. Payne: 80% LOVE 20% SASS.”

Nastaran Hakimi ’07 said that Ms. Payne’s “support, care, and ‘tough love’ were hallmarks of the way she cared for me and many other students, and it was exactly what I needed.”

Derek Papagianopoulos ’10 said that Payne was “one of my favorite teachers at BB&N. Her ability to hold her students to an extremely high standard while also providing a caring hand is something I appreciated and still remember. She was always willing to share a laugh but also to snap the class into shape when needed!” And Taylor Richard ’14 recalls, “I remember the days of sitting in Ms. Payne’s office, trying to pull as much life advice out of her as I could. Our Principles of Precal class definitely gave her a run for her money, as it was quite a rowdy bunch, but nonetheless we all learned so much from her on top of laughing harder in that class than any other.”

Payne will miss her students and colleagues when she retires. She loved working in a department where students come first. Christine Oulton, a colleague for 22 years and Payne’s department head for eight, says Peggy Payne has “given me so much help and advice—from small things such as a good thought-provoking question to put on an assessment, to how to manage an extra lively class or best engage with a student who might be overwhelmed.” And personally, 1993-94 was my first year as Math Department Head, and Peggy Payne was the first teacher I hired. No doubt that was one of the most impactful and best decisions of my BB&N career. Current Mathematics Department Head Chip Rollinson sums it up: “Not only has Peggy been a phenomenal teacher for so many years, she has been an outstanding advisor, mentor, and community member. I have always appreciated her directness and honesty. I’ll miss her steady, thoughtful, and caring presence. I know I am not alone.”

Rollinson is not alone. Payne leaves a hole in this community, but we are thankful for 28 years of care from this one-of-a-kind teacher.

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A representative selection of voices joining Morton in bidding farewell to Geoff provides a pastiche of his contributions and his impact on the Upper School community.

A colleague once told me, “Geoff Theobald is someone who makes you want to work at BB&N,” and I couldn’t agree more. Geoff is a thoughtful and caring person who exemplifies the three tenets of BB&N’s motto—Honor, Scholarship, Kindness—especially kindness. He has always been very supportive of me as a faculty member and then department head; I know so many others have felt the same way.

I have gone to Geoff quite a bit for advice and have always walked away feeling much more confident about how to tackle whichever of the many issues we troubleshot over the years. I am incredibly grateful for Geoff’s wisdom and guidance throughout the last 12 years and will certainly miss leaning on him in the future.

– CHIP ROLLINSON, US MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT HEAD

G eof f The o ba ld Upper School Director Departs

by Sharon Krauss Director of the Upper School Geoff Theobald leaves BB&N after 12 years of leading with civility, decency, and abiding faith in the power of our community.

Known for celebrating the goodness in others, Geoff encouraged both faculty and students to be active, positive forces in the school and in the world around us, and he held himself to the same ideals. Always centering what’s best for the students in his initiatives, he also formed meaningful connections with them as a sought-after advisor to his yearly group and, at times during his tenure, as a math teacher and girls varsity soccer coach.

As dean of students Rory Morton said in his remarks to Geoff at the faculty/staff farewell dinner, “Thank you for planting the seeds of kindness and respect everywhere throughout the Upper School community. Know that even in your absence, they will continue to take root and grow—and that will be your lasting legacy.”

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The student co-presidents and I met regularly with Geoff and Rory Morton to discuss proposals voted forward by the Student Council. Geoff is an amazing listener; he makes great eye contact and doesn’t interrupt for clarification. He then gathers his thoughts and describes the domino effect of what the students proposed. He’s a master at getting kids to see that there are more people to consult and consider without making them feel that they messed up. Instead, they feel respected, empowered, and energized by their new insights.

Geoff wants them to learn and grow from these conversations. He might be the director, but he is always an educator. As Accelerated Algebra 1 teaching partners, Geoff and I frequently discussed how to reach hesitant students or help them fill in long-standing comprehension gaps.

Later, they’d tell me he was their favorite math teacher. Why? With the individual attention he gave to each and every one, Geoff made them feel heard and special.

– PEGGY PAYNE, US MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHER AND STUDENT COUNCIL ADVISOR

Geoff took a chance on me by giving me the opportunity to return to my high school alma mater, a place that has played a critical role in my personal and professional growth. His mentorship and support helped me to realize

D E PA RT I N G FAC U LT Y that not only was a career in education possible, it was also something I could fall in love with, challenging as it is. Many times throughout these first five years of my teaching, I needed support, and Geoff’s door was always open. He has a gift for unspiraling new teachers from the grips of existentialism and inspiring us to step back into the classroom with a renewed confidence that we can support and educate our students. I’ve learned that the love and care of a leader changes a place. Geoff changed BB&N for the better, and I will forever be grateful for all he did for our school and for me and my family.

– ANTHONY MOCCIA ’10, US SCIENCE TEACHER AND BOYS VARSITY HOCKEY COACH

Geoff supported faculty members in finding a healthy work / life balance. When I began working at BB&N nine years ago, my two kids were little, and Geoff helped me to coordinate my teaching commitments with their preschool schedule. Once both kids were in elementary school, affording me a longer work day, he happily helped me move into more challenging roles within the school. After I became department head four years ago, we always joked about coming up with plans 1 through 60 to meet every challenge, which taught me to be prepared and flexible. Geoff mentored me in this new position and helped me grow as a leader. I am grateful for his support and for providing me with a model of a caring, engaged parent who was able to balance his commitments to the school and to his family.

– SUZY GLAZER, US HISTORY DEPARTMENT HEAD

As so many have experienced, Geoff believes in others’ strengths, abilities, and potential for growth. In his “Ted Lasso”-like way, he puts his team first. I have witnessed this time and time again: in discussing a struggling student, he is the first to ask what motivates and engages the student; when an idea takes hold, he will immediately give credit to a colleague, even when he may have been the driving force; and since my very first meeting with Geoff, he has been the consummate cheerleader in supporting my work and my growth. We will dearly miss his humble leadership style and his eagerness to “believe” in all of us.

– DOUG NEUMAN, US COUNSELOR

Leig h Ho g a n Esteemed Elder Statesman Takes his Leave After 37 years of outstanding teaching at BB&N’s Upper School, Leigh Hogan’s retirement leaves a gaping hole in the walls of Renaissance Hall. Out of respect for Leigh’s heartfelt request that any tribute be short and sweet, a meager paragraph will stand in place of the pages of accolades that could have been written.

In his time at BB&N, Leigh had held many irons in the fire: assistant hockey and football coach, head baseball coach, Monday morning assembly organizer, advisor, history department chair, teacher of world religions, advanced placement comparative government, and numerous history classes…and the list goes on including recognition as the third holder of the Jeanette Markham Master Teacher Chair. A kind, witty colleague and teacher, and loving husband to the late Sandy Dow (former library director), Leigh leaves behind a legacy that continues to inspire students and alums. The former standout athlete at Harvard University (he still holds the baseball team’s single-season stolen base record), departs to a standing ovation as he tips his cap farewell.

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Departures Katie Gayman | 1 | Associate Director of College Counseling In her 18 years at BB&N, Katie wore many hats: Associate Director of College Counseling, Girls Varsity Soccer Coach, Grade 12 Dean, Upper School Science Teacher, and Faculty Representative on the Board of Trustees. As a coach she led her team to ISL and NEPSAC titles, and was named coach of the year for her efforts. Katie will be sorely missed by colleagues and students alike.

Martha Newport | 2 | Middle School Director of Admissions Martha seamlessly led the Middle School admissions office for 24 years, contributing in many ways to the life of the campus and school during her tenure, including committee work, co-curriculum teaching, and clubs. Martha was a caring advisor and a careful advocate for all students entering the school, and her departure from the Sparks Street campus will be noted.

Janna Kerpelman | 3 | Upper School Mathematics Janna left BB&N in 2021 after 19 years of exceptional service to the school. In addition to her contributions as a math teacher, Janna filled many roles at BB&N: coaching soccer and softball, taking on the challenging task of academic scheduler, and even directing several spring plays at the Upper School. Janna’s warm smile and thoughtful attention to her myriad roles are missed in the hallways and classrooms at 80 Gerry’s Landing.

Also Departing Sarah Abrams Grade 1 Homeroom Teacher Zoe Balaconis Upper School English Teacher Sanchali Biswas Director of Admissions Graeme Blackman ’10 | 5 | Sports Information Coordinator and Communications Tony Cai Technology Support Specialist Tammy Calise Assistant Director of Athletics Amy Carey Science Teacher and 7th Grade Advisory Leader Betty Chan Kindergarten Teacher Louisa Connaughton | 6 | Grade 4 Teacher Isabel Dau Parent Engagement and Interim Communications Manager

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Farah DiPasquale Upper School History/ Social Sciences Teacher Rachel Donnelly Upper School History/ Social Sciences Teacher Laura Duncan Upper School Library Co-Director J. Dwyer Beginner/Kindergarten Art Teacher Steven Goldman Mathematics Teacher (Lower and Middle) Stefanie Haug Middle School Counselor Camille Hoven Upper School Library Co-Director Sufia Jamal Director of Alumni/ae Engagement and Giving Nicole Kahn Middle School English Teacher Hadley Kyle Communications Web Coordinator

Omar Machado | 4 | Lower School Spanish Teacher Robin Morrow Grade 1 Homeroom Teacher Jacob Nagy Upper School Science Teacher Sinan Parson Upper School History/Social Sciences Teacher Hannah Saris Upper School Mathematics Teacher Jennifer Schreiner Kindergarten Teacher Saskia Van Vactor Lower School Integrated Arts Teacher Brian Walker Upper School English Teacher Monika Wilkinson Middle School Academic Support Specialist & Advisor Helena Wurzel Upper School Art Teacher Ben Yeo Middle School English/History Teacher

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4 Milestones 40 YEARS OF SERVICE David Strodel Upper School Science, Grade 9 Dean, and Bivouac Director

35 YEARS OF SERVICE Betsy Canaday Middle School English Teacher and Advisor

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Lynda Dugas Lower School Librarian

30 YEARS OF SERVICE Tony Arruda Lower School Facilities Lead Tony Breen Assistant Middle School Director and Middle School Latin

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Kelley Kingman Lower School Physical Education

25 YEARS OF SERVICE Leah Cataldo Upper School Science Carolyn Rose Upper School Spanish Janet Rosen Director of Stewardship and Advancement Communications

Yinong Yang Upper School Chinese

20 YEARS OF SERVICE Louise Brown Upper School Costume Designer Sharon Cumberbatch Lower School Administrative Assistant Robert Dickinson Security Associate Mary Dolbear Middle School Director Christopher Dwyer Middle School Music and Chamber Music Rigoberto Henriquez Production Cook Keith (Chef) Jones Director of Dining Services Carol Ann Loftus Physical Education Teacher Jose Marin Production Cook Alex Medina Production Cook

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CLASS OF 2022 GRADUATION Graduation returned to its traditional location in the Jack Etter Gymnasium on June 10, 2022 with one significant change–the 133 members of the Class of 2022 wore caps and gowns this year. Senior Class Speaker Julia Shephard ‘22 riffed on author Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-hour theory, comparing the hours dedicated to mastering a sport or instrument to the hours seniors spent “mastering” high school.

“What did we spend those 10,000 hours on?” Julia asked. “This stage holds a swimmer heading to the Junior Pan-Pacific Championships and a runner heading to defend her title at High School Nationals. We have the founder of community service organizations and the volunteers that support them; we have members of philharmonic orchestras and Spotify-famous singers. Students have been published in The New York Times, and others played or vaulted or threw their way to NEPSAC victory. And every student on this stage has produced a piece of work they’re proud of, artistic or academic, or inspired some younger student to go follow in their footsteps.”

For all their amazing accomplishments, Shephard pointed out that it was the ordinary moments between classmates that really mattered to the Class of 2022.

“And not only do the fruits of our labors lie in senior Specator-ready artwork, science symposiums, and championship trophies, they have sprouted from our every memory of unexpected joy in our community. Those moments afforded us mastery,” she said.

Mr. Joseph T. Chung and Mrs. Lucy Chung, the parents of Cecily Chung ‘22—and six other BB&N graduates—certainly mastered the BB&N-parent experience.

In their combined address, they recalled the many Bivouacs, junior profiles, history papers, sports seasons, sophomore debates, college applications, and graduations they participated in with their blended family. The Chungs shared how they feel BB&N most affected their children. “Your education is nothing if not preparation, but for what exactly if the only guarantee is that your lives will be full of twists and turns?” Mr. Chung asked the Class of 2022. “How has BB&N prepared you for an uncertain future?”

Peyton Rollins ’22, Hanan Shemsu ’22, and Nicole Heredia ’22

Mrs. Chung offered their answer: “BB&N brings an outsized breadth of resources, experiences, and opportunities, and an active and energetic curiosity in its students, which serves as a compass for navigating the labyrinth ahead. In a world where more seems to change than it stays the same, the only way to find your path is to keep wondering what’s behind every corner and never lose the joy of seeing the world from an entirely new perspective.”

In her final comments to the Class of 2022, Head of School Dr. Jennifer Price said, “Wherever your journey leads you from here it’s my sincere hope that you engage in the world in a principled manner. I believe that it is the destiny of your generation; that you will use the very hard lessons you’ve learned in your most formative years to leave this country, this planet, a kinder, healthier, and better place than you found it.”

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Julia Shephard ’22 address the crowd as the student speaker.

Carson Eckert, Dan Cudkowicz, Henry Grabowski, Angus Crafter, Thaddeus Foote, and Thomas Sheft (all Class of 2022) Gillian Goddard ’22 and CC Chung ’22

Jack Theobald ’22 and Declan Pflaummer ’22

Ashley Hallice, Maya Benjamin, Sophia Kennedy, Tess Bierly, Gali Levy, and Sidney Bernstein (all Class of 2022)

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Lifer Party The 23 seniors who began their BB&N careers in the earliest grades of the Lower School campus gathered once again among the swings and slides of the Morse Building playground to celebrate their journey at the school this spring. The graduates reminisced and shared stories from their decade plus at BB&N as they prepared to spread their wings for broader horizons.

Tushar Aggarwal • Olivia Bancel • Nico Berger • Sofia Chen • Cecily Chung • Helen Cobert, • Arden Conine • Kate Constan • Charlie Druker • Tristan Fitzgerald • Thaddeus Foote • Dylan Higgins • Madeleine Hung • Jack Kerrigan • Alicia Maginn • Jack Panayotou • Jack Pappendick • Jackson Rorick • Dunia Sarkis • Annie Stockwell • Charlie Ward • Katherine White • Lucian Wood

BB&N’s Class of 2022 Tushar Aggarwal Jeremy Robert Altman John Pierce Angelino Daniel Eypakchi Azimi Olivia Jeanne Bancel Michelle Beth Barrocas Ethan Beagle Talia Joy Beckhardt Maya Anne Benjamin * Nico Rowaan Berger Sydney Schwartz Bernstein Wuji Bi * Tess Bierly Nathan Samuel Bornstein Tal Breiman Howard Jack Brown Andrei Buchatskiy Brendyn Grey Burkitt Oscar Getzen Capraro * Lilly Alexandra Carter Abby Yixin Chen * Katie Ivy Chen * Sofia Eva Chen * Sun Woo Claire Chu Cecily Jade Mee Yung Chung * Nicholas James Ciaffoni Helen Grace Cobert Jack Avery Cohen Arden Knox Conine Kate Franklin Constan Shirin Touran Cooper Laura Marjorie Cox * Angus Rees Crafter Daniel Gilad Cudkowicz

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Zane Anthony Davis Anika Leela Desai Zoë Caroline Dodge Charles S. Druker Carson Alexander Eckert Kaia Choksi Eckton Tristan Andrews Fitzgerald Thaddeus Fulbright Foote Kallie Laure Francisque Anji Nikay Friedbauer * Luna Gaisford Hillary Cutler Galle Cole Smith Gaynor Gemma Patterson Gifford Gillian Heidi Goddard Charles Campin Goebel Sanya Rohitashwa Goenka Robert Theodore Goldman Henry John Grabowski Harrison Willem Grant Jackie Linton Joffe Haining * Ashley Marie Hallice Shane Daniel Hanafin Ty Camron Harding Miles Damon Hart Augustus Henry Hawk Nicholas Adam Heisler Dylan Henao A. Nicole Heredia Dylan Philipp Higgins Anjali Josephine Patil Hudson Madeleine Angelique Hung * Daniel Katz * Sophia Angelina Kennedy

Jack Kirkland Kerrigan Samuel Masters Krem * Constantine Jay Labrinos Grace Victoire Lang Gali Levy Sophie Jade Li * Ziyi Liu * Konstantin Nikolai Lukin Yelin Katherine Marie Lynch Alicia Chai Maginn * Natalie Liadan Mannion Molly Elizabeth Martin Tyler William Martin Meredith Anna McDermott Anna Robin Winifred McGrath John Dondale McNealy Adrian Aquiles Mendoza Perez * Colin Mason Jigme Michna David Jinhong Min * Elaine Mo Elijah Osagie Dhruv Padmanabhan Carlos Alexander Paris Panayiotopoulos Jack Michael Panayotou Christos James Papavassiliou Jack Nichols Pappendick Saffron Sanjiv Patel * Declan William Pflaumer Sofia Piccirillo Mario Emiliano Pinto Thomas William Porell Marielle Brooke Randall Mary Williams Randolph * Alison Miller Roche

Peyton Estelle Rollins David Ramzy Rome Jackson Alexander Rorick Dunia Alexandra Sarkis Madison Jeanne Savitz Thomas Joseph Sheft Hanan Shemsu Julia Katherine Bell Shephard * James Anthony Staknis Alexandra Stellwagen Anne Apel Stockwel Sarah Grace Sullivan Andi Sun Samantha Devine Suplee John Michael Theobald Kira (Fangze) Tian * Natalie Katherine Veson Elizabeth Mary Wade Elias Samuel Waisburd * Chloé Wallace Daniel Yuyuan Wang * Jonathan Xuyang Wang Naomi Wang Charlie Alexander Ward Corrine Ardele Waters Margalit Ruth Weitzman Mary Katherine White Lucian Philip Alexander Wood Connie Li Yang * Ella Tianyi Zhang Ruilin Zhang * • cum laude

GRADUATION 2022 Class of 2022 Matriculation List

(Colleges with students attending are in bold along with number of students attending.)

Allegheny College American University Anglo-American University Arizona State University Assumption University Babson College Bard College Barnard College Bates College Bennington College Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brandeis University Brown University Bucknell University Butler University Case Western Reserve University Chapman University Clark University Colby College Colgate University College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary Colorado College Columbia University Connecticut College Cornell University Dartmouth College Denison University Dickinson College Drexel University Duke University Elon University Emory University (Emory) Endicott College Fairfield University Flagler College Fordham University Franklin and Marshall George Mason University George Washington University Georgetown University Gettysburg College Hamilton College Hampton University Harvard University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Indiana University Lafayette College Lake Forest College Lehigh University Lewis and Clark College Liberty University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Maryland Macalester College

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PRESENTING THE CL ASS OF 2022

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GRADUATION 2022

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PRIZES AWARDED Arts

THE ARTS DEPARTMENT PRIZE The Arts Department has chosen to recognize the following seniors who have challenged themselves and have shared their passion for their chosen art form with the school community.

Tushar Aggarwal ’22 Olivia Bancel ’22 Sofiia Chen ’22 Cecily (CC) Chung ’22 Arden Conine ’22 Dunia Sarkis ’22 THE JOHN B. PETROPOULOS ART EXHIBITION commemorates a great teacher and friend. The following students were chosen to exhibit in this year’s Petropoulos show: Olivia Bancel ’22 Oscar Capraro ’22 Lilly Carter ’22 Sofia Chen ’22 Arden Conine ’22 Laura Cox ’22 Robert (Theo) Goldman ’22 Mattie Hung ’22 Sophie Li ’22 John ( Jack) McNealy ’22 Elaine Mo ’22 Saffron (Saffy) Patel ’22 Hanan Shemsu ’22 Alexandra Stellwagen ’22 Connie Yang ’22 THE DESIREE ROGERS KING FUND was created by Sherwood King in memory of his wife, a member of the Buckingham Class of 1936, who had a lifelong interest in the arts. The income from the fund is to be awarded annually to a promising student of the arts at BB&N. This award may be applied to scholarship assistance, or to after-school or summer study in the arts.

Fatmata Sesay ’23

Athletics

THE PATRICIA H. BIGGAR PRIZE is awarded to students who have achieved a standard of excellence in performance, spirit, and leadership by example throughout their athletic career.

Ashley Hallice ’22 Thomas Sheft ’22

English

THE GEORGE HENRY BROWNE ENGLISH PRIZE commemorates one of our school’s founders. A friend of Robert Frost, whom he several times invited to speak at the school, Mr. Browne was a highly esteemed English teacher, the writer of several books, and the headmaster of Browne & Nichols from 1883 until 1928.

Mary Randolph ’22 Julia Shephard ’22 THE PAUL M. JACOBS PRIZE was established by Mrs. Emilie K. Jacobs to honor the memory of her late husband, a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Buckingham. The award is given to a member of Grade 10 who has shown outstanding skill in debating.

Bradford Kimball ’24

History

THE HISTORY/SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHERS’ PRIZE is awarded annually to the senior who has demonstrated exemplary achievement, commitment, and potential in the study of history and social science.

Jackie Haining ’22

Mathematics

THE HARRY DAVIS GAYLORD PRIZE is given in memory of the former mathematics teacher to a deserving senior for outstanding work in the field of mathematics.

Julia Shephard ’22 Kira Tian ’22

Sciences

THE JEAN GORDON CAIRNIE CASTLES SCIENCE PRIZE was established in 1982 through a bequest from Mrs. Gordon C. Cairnie in honor of her daughter, Jean Gordon Cairnie Castles ’54, and is given to a graduating student who has demonstrated exceptional scientific ability in biological science.

Saffron Patel ’22 Elias (Eli) Waisburd ’22

THE CLASS OF 1933 ATHLETIC AWARD was established by the Class of 1933 and is awarded to the best all-around boy and girl athletes in the graduating class, faithful in practice, skillful in play, and winning or losing true to the highest ideals of good sportsmanship.

Thomas Porell ’22 Peyton Rollins ’22

THE JOHN H. WALTERS SCIENCE PRIZE is named in memory of John H. (Doc) Walters, who taught science from 1949 through 1989 and is given recognition for sustained enthusiasm and effort in physical science.

Harrison Grant ’22

THE NICHOLS PRIZE is given in memory of former Headmaster Edgar Hamilton Nichols to the girl and boy athletes in the upper classes who, throughout the year, attain the highest distinction jointly in scholarship and athletics.

Sophia Kennedy ‘22 Jack Pappendick ‘22

THE ARABIC PRIZE is presented to a student who has proven to be mutahamis/mutahamisa (intensely enthusiastic) for Arabic Language and cultures.

Ella Zhang ’22

THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL LEAGUE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE is presented at each Independent School League member school to that student-athlete who best exemplifies the Independent School League ideals of integrity, sportsmanship, fair play, and good citizenship while participating as a multi-sport athlete during their ISL career.

Thaddeus Foote ’22

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World Languages

THE CHINESE PRIZE is given to the student who excels in the study of Chinese.

Naomi Wang ’22 THE HELENE HERZOG FRENCH PRIZE was funded by faculty and friends of the former French teacher and is presented for excellence in French and for consistent commitment to the study of French and French civilization.

Ziyi (Zoey) Liu ’22 John Theobald ’22

GRADUATION 2022 THE JAMES ARTHUR REEVES LATIN PRIZE is presented for excellence in translation and comprehension.

Angus Crafter ’22

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THE GEORGE DEPTULA RUSSIAN PRIZE is presented in honor of the founder of BB&N’s Russian program in 1956 and is given to a student who has distinguished him/herself by excellent academic performance in the Russian language, and who has demonstrated a continuous passion for Russia and its people.

Jackie Haining ’22 THE SPANISH PRIZE is given to the student in the upper grades who excels in the Spanish language and who demonstrates interest and enthusiasm for Hispanic literature and culture.

Gillian Goddard ’22

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2 PICTURED x 1 x Thomas Porell ’22 and Peyton Rollins ’22 receive The Class of 1933 Athletic Award from Director of Athletics Chuck Richard. x 2 x Mary Randolph ’22 and Julia Shephard ’22 receive The George Henry Browne English Prize from English Teacher Ariel Duddy. x 3 x Harry Davis Gaylord Prize winners Kira Tian ’22 and Julia Shephard ’22 alongside Math Department Chair Chip Rollinson

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PRIZES AWARDED **** THE MARINA KEEGAN ’08 SUMMER FELLOWSHIP was established in the spring of 2012 by family, alumni/ae, faculty, and friends to honor the memory of Marina Keegan, BB&N class of ’08. In multiple arenas, Marina stood out as a kind, intelligent, invested young woman known for her quick wit and irrepressible energy.

This fellowship is awarded annually to one or more BB&N students pursuing projects focusing on either artistic pursuits or activist causes that reflect Marina’s spirit, talents, and ideals.

Sara Berz ’23 William Deighton ’24 Bradford Kimball ’24 THE CRAIG B. STONESTREET ’49 PRIZE was established in 1991 by family, friends, alumni/ae, and parents to honor the memory of BB&N’s respected alumnus, teacher, administrator, and coach. The prize is awarded to a student of the junior class in recognition of high scholarship, excellence in athletics, constructive influence within the school, and is to be used for travel or other personal enrichment of an educational nature.

Evelyn (Evie) Walton ’23

Citizenship

THE BARRETT HOYT AWARD was established in 1972 in memory of a student and is awarded to a senior who acts responsibly and represents his or her classmates and school with honor.

Big-hearted, curious, organized, and conscientious, this student has elevated classroom discussions, advanced the school’s examination of itself through her work on The Vanguard, encouraged connections with the broader community as a member of CELB, and forged strong friendships on- and off-campus, including with elderly individuals dealing with blindness and dementia. In any situation, she is the first to step up to listen, collaborate, and create for the betterment of all concerned.

Maya Benjamin ’22 In March 2020, when most folks were trying to make sense of the new reality of the lockdown, this individual worked with a small group of friends to create a website to help small business owners find workers who recently found themselves unemployed.

Altruistic, kind to his core, and always thinking of others and how he can help, this individual made BB&N a better place through his work with POV, Debate Club, Round Square, and many other school organizations. He leaves BB&N with a legacy of kindness and serves as a model of a compassionate, caring, and hardworking individual.

Daniel Wang ’22 THE ANNETTE JOHNSON PRIZE honors the memory of a student whose life exemplified courage and commitment to scholarship.

The prize recognizes optimism, perseverance, and dedication to the community and its ideals.

This student is a deep thinker, a language lover, and a curious young woman who embodies our school motto: honor, scholarship, and kindness. This recipient is a phenomenal language scholar with a passion for Russian culture, literature, and history and an 34

astute historical researcher whose writing and historical research demonstrate talent and skill beyond her years. As a courageous activist, she has taught and educated our community and held us accountable so that everyone at BB&N can be themselves.

Samiha Datta ’19 This student is known for his good nature and humble demeanor.

Whether serving as a Peer Tutor, Junior Guide, Senior Prefect, or team captain, his willingness to provide support, mentorship, and kindness to his peers and teammates has been appreciated by all who encounter him. His quiet nature belies a fierce competitor who possesses a genuine concern for his fellow students and community.

John Theobald ’22 THE MERIWETHER OTIS KIMBALL PRIZE established in memory of a long-ago Browne & Nichols student, honors a senior who has used his/her talents to enrich the intellectual and extracurricular life of the school.

This student enters the classroom with a smile and a warm greeting to his many friends. His cheery and outgoing personality, his easy-going demeanor, his humor, and his concern for others make him a valuable contributor to all of his endeavors, whether it be the classroom, the football field, the crew team, the wrestling team, or the jazz ensemble. He is tall in stature, kind in nature, and accomplished all-around. He embraces his love of athletics and balances it with his love of the outdoors, equally comfortable in challenging two-a-day practices as he is reading in a hammock. This recipient demonstrates that being multifaceted is not limiting but instead, expansive, exciting, and gratifying.

Thaddeus Foote ’22 This year’s prize winner is a student who was a leader inside and outside the classroom and was actively involved in so many arenas while making it look easy. Whether it was elevating the level of discussion in her classes (speaking in either English or Spanish), serving as the Co-President of two clubs while mentoring other members, serving as the Editor-in-Chief of two BB&N publications, co-creating the first BB&N Hackathon, winning debate competitions at every level, or starring in multiple plays and directing another, this senior’s many contributions have helped make her peers stronger and BB&N a better place.

Julia Shephard ’22 THE LUBETS PRIZE was established by Richard I. Lubets, Browne & Nichols class of ‘51, in memory of his parents, to honor a student who has made an outstanding contribution during her or his senior year.

Always ready with a listening ear, this student lives out our mission of scholarship, integrity, and kindness every day. Over the past four years at the Upper School, she has served as a role model for others, whether it be advocating for female-identifying science initiatives in GAINS, being a rock star in her advisory group, or leading her peers in Student Council. A shining star of humor, compassion, and thoughtfulness, she brightens every space she occupies.

Sanya Goenka ’22

GRADUATION 2022

Tireless, dedicated, thoughtful, and genuine, this senior can somehow do it all without seeming to break a sweat. A force for good, coupled with talent and dedication, she is one of those students who serves as the backbone of this school.

She is intellectually curious and wonderfully welcoming. She is doggedly curious and seeks growth in all corners of the school. She is an amazing role model for younger students and a wonderful example of the best our school has to offer.

Mary Randolph ’22

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THE DAVID R. POKROSS PRIZE was established by the Pokross children and grandchildren to honor their father and grandfather, a former trustee at Buckingham Browne & Nichols. It is awarded to the student whose commitment to people in need best embodies the ideals expressed in the Community Service Program of the Upper School.

Thoughtful and driven, this student committed himself to support communities internally and externally throughout his time at the Upper School. In serving as a peer tutor, Community Day facilitator, and speaker at the 2021 MLK Day celebration among other things, this student laid the foundation to turn his pandemic project into a thriving organization. Focused on providing free access to tutoring regardless of economic and immigration status, this student’s commitment and care empowered other students at BB&N and beyond to join him in achieving this mission.

David Min ’22 Humble and kind, this student always shared her time and talents with others. As a Sophomore Guide on campus, a volunteer at MGH, and a mentor to others through Science Club for Girls, this student’s commitment to meaningful service was nascent as a young high school student and soared to extraordinary heights during COVID. Reaching beyond her own quarantine isolation to broaden the connections of others, and focusing on the simplicity of a handwritten letter, this student grew her pandemic project to international acclaim, empowering an army of volunteers to share messages of love, hope, and joy with senior citizens across the globe.

Saffron (Saffy) Patel ’22

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PICTURED x 1 x Craig B. Stonestreet ’49 Prize winner Evie Walton ’23 with English Teacher Beth McNamara . x 2 x Annette Johnson Prize winners Jackie Haining ’22 and Jack Theobald ’22 with Dean of Students Rory Morton x 3 x Saffron (Saffy) Patel ’22 and David Min ’22 receive the David R. Pokross Prize from Grade 10 Dean Fred Coyne.

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PRIZES AWARDED THE APRIL TERUEL PRIZE, given in memory of a former student, is awarded this year to two seniors who are kind and understanding to their peers and have been active participants in the life of the school.

Kind to his core, extremely funny, and hard-working, this individual reflects the best of BB&N. As a Peer Counselor and leader of the Jewish Cultural Club, he has worked hard to support the BB&N community in a variety of ways. With a sweet demeanor, unceasing enthusiasm, and intelligent wit, he inspires each one of us to be our best selves.

Howard (Howie) Brown ’22 A leader in Crew, EMPOWER, SHADES, and an inspiration to all who seek to build a more just and inclusive community, this young woman walked to her own drumbeat as she navigated BB&N. Her kindness, compassion, and curiosity exemplified true inclusivity in myriad ways. She will be missed in multiple contexts, for she made positive contributions in the classroom, on the water, within many clubs/groups, and at marches and social protests. Her work on the BB&N Masks project will continue to make us a stronger, more inclusive community.

Corrine (Corrie) Waters ’22 THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRIZE was established by George Deptula, a former member of the faculty, to recognize strength of character, sensitivity to the needs of others, and willingness to use his or her education, talent, and time to assist those in need.

This student blends a strong sense of self with community engagement in order to build relationships and promote positive change. She does not shy away from a challenge and will always lead with direct and honest conversation. From the classroom to the track, her talents and successes inspire those around her to make a transformative difference at BB&N and beyond.

Peyton Rollins ’22 This student is empathetic, positive, and thoughtful in the classroom, on the field, and on stage. She has been a dedicated, humble, and talented collaborator and performer whose support for her fellow students in challenging conditions, both on and off camera, typified her generous and kind spirit throughout her time here at BB&N. She is a selfless, generous, and determined young woman who takes the extra step to make sure everyone around her feels seen and welcome. She exemplifies good character.

Dunia Sarkis ’22 THE HEAD’S PRIZE is awarded to those students in the graduating class who, in addition to fine scholarship, have contributed generously to friends and the school community, and whose lives exemplify the school’s motto: Honor, Scholarship, Kindness.

This student exudes warmth, faith, and kindness. Resilient and selfless, she thrives on cheering and helping others. A brilliant

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photographer, compassionate Peer Counselor, and fiercely loyal friend, she brings light wherever she goes. As she leaves BB&N after a lifetime in its community, she can say without a doubt that she has made it a kinder and better place.

Olivia Bancel ’22 When thinking about this student, the adjectives “empathic,” “hard-working,” “passionate,” and “understanding” immediately come to mind. As someone who get along with everyone, this student has made huge impacts both in and out of BB&N. A highly insightful scientist, a caring and dedicated teammate, an outstanding writer and editor, and a strong shoulder to lean on for his friends, classmates, and younger students, this student personifies all of the values and ideals that BB&N holds dear.

Elias (Eli) Waisburd ’22

DYLAN HIGGINS ’22 PRESENTS ENGLISH TEACHER ZOE BALACONIS WITH TEACHER OF THE YEAR HONORS.

GRADUATION 2022

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PICTURED x 1 x Corrie Waters ’22 and Howie Brown ’22 receive The April Teruel Prize from Grade 9 Dean David Strodel. x 2 x Head of School Dr. Jennifer Price with Head’s Prize winners Olivia Bancel ’22 and Elias Waisburd ’22

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS This year, six students were finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program: Anji Friedbauer ’22 Daniel Katz ’22 Mary Randolph ’22 Julia Shephard ’22 Elias Waisburd ’22 Daniel Wang ’22.

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In addition, Daniel Wang ’22 was selected as a winner of the National Merit Scholarship $2,500 prize and Eli Waisburd ’22 was a winner of the National Merit Vanderbilt University Scholarship.

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SENIOR SPRING PROJECT

THE WAR IN UKRAINE

BB&N’s own Resistance Fighters

by Peter DeMarco

The Instagram account’s name is “The Shadows Project,” but its posts are anything but dark. Colorful and funky, they depict everything from Crimean Sea beach-goers to Ukrainian pop stars to black-andwhite portraits of Tchaikovsky spread across scrapbook-style collages that appear cut from glossy magazines.

The account is an eye-catching ode to Ukrainian culture and history, what one might expect a bunch of Generation Z college and high-school students of Ukrainian heritage to have come up with—Catarina “Cat” Buchatskiy ’19, and her brother Andrei Buchatskiy ’22 among them.

But since Feb. 24, the day Russian invaded Ukraine, Shadows has taken on a far more serious meaning.

The students’ posts, which vary from gushy love for all things Ukraine to deeply-researched vignettes about forgotten artists, writers, and performers from the nation’s history, fly directly in the face of Russian propaganda bent on erasing Ukraine’s very identity.

As such, Shadows—whose actual address is @shadows.project—has been embraced by everyone from Vox Media to the heads of official Ukrainian state museums to warravaged citizens on the front lines as an uplifting reminder of the nation’s independence.

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their lives growing up in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, before moving to America, have become part of the Ukrainian Resistance.

away, and the longer that they [were] allowed to continue, the more it creates the basis for a territorial attack.

“It’s an interesting story,” Cat said, “because we founded Shadows over a year before the war started. We had kind of an insane foresight.”

“We actually sat down when we were founding Shadows,” in January 2021, she added, “and said, ‘We need to strengthen our historical memory in order to ensure the future of Ukraine.’”

PUSHING BACK

Andrei, who will attend the Pratt Institute’s School of Design this fall, became Shadows’ first graphic designer, helping to shape the feed’s contemporary and interactive style. He’s created lively graphical storyboards (called Instagram “carousels”) on topics such as why chimney bricks throughout Kyiv are yellow instead of red. But he’s also put together far less whimsical posts.

Cat was barely a teenager when Russia attacked and annexed Ukrainian-held Crimea in 2014, but the message that sent stuck with her. As a freshman at Stanford University in 2020 she published an essay calling for people to stop using the word Kiev, Russia’s name for Ukraine’s capital, and instead use the Ukrainian spelling of Kyiv.

Shadows, named after a rebellious 1960’s movie in which Ukrainian was spoken even though it was verboten under Soviet control, was born out of that same idea of pushing Russia back by embracing nationalism.

“Historically Russia has always said there’s no such thing as Ukraine,” Cat said. “It’s a territory of Russia.

It doesn’t have its own culture. It doesn’t have its own country. Even though we celebrated our 30th year of independence [from Soviet rule] last year, we understood that these historical myths being perpetuated from the Kremlin had not gone

This spring, as Russian troops advanced from several directions, Andrei put together a graphic to help Instagram followers in Ukraine differentiate the markings of friendly tanks from those of foes— not only for their safety, but also to help Ukraine’s army track Russian troop movements.

“It was the first one I had to do for the war. It was a like a switch for me—I knew that this was really important,” Andrei said. “I was like, ‘People are going to see this and are going to use this information.’”

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EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER The siblings vividly recall the night Russia began its attack, upending their lives. How Cat called home from Stanford in a panic; how Andrei felt like it couldn’t have been real; how their father, Igor, who is from Ukraine, kept cooking dinner as a coping mechanism; how their mother, Eveline, who is Brazilian, started crying for their old home in Kyiv.

Just nine months earlier the whole family had been in Odesa, vacationing all summer on the seaside with relatives there. When a couple of American friends visited Cat, she gave them a tour of the country, proudly showing off where she used to live, its bustling cities, and trademark warmth.

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hiding in a bomb shelter. (Their relatives were all safe at the time of this writing.)

As much as the war and their work on Shadows has brought Cat and Andrei together, they’ve nevertheless taken very different journeys this year.

Cat, who is 21, was able to take a leave of absence from college and completely throw herself into the cause. She’s spoken about Shadows at international conferences, started an online fund (www.saveua.art) to assist struggling Ukrainian museums, and helped lay groundwork for an online encyclopedia of Ukrainian artworks held across the country in case some are destroyed.

In April Stanford’s Hoover Institution, where Cat had interned, came through with $25,000 in funds to buy bomb-proof cabinets and packing materials to secure some of those artworks, and power generators for museums

to keep the lights on. Cat, who’d already flown to Poland to help relief efforts, soon found herself on a supply truck headed for the Ukrainian border.

Their destination was the city of Lviv, one of her favorite places, which just days earlier had been bombed.

“We were waiting in the line of cars [and] right past the border you can see a big sign that just says, ‘Ukraine,’” Cat recalled. “As we kept driving closer and closer…I was just getting very quiet and very emotional. The truck driver I was with turned to me and in Ukraine he was like, ‘Are you coming home?’

And I was like, ‘Yeah, I am.’ And I just start crying.”

Back in Cambridge, the last half of Andrei’s senior year, which he expected to be “worry-free,” was instead filled with constant war updates and nonstop CNN watching at home.

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His every impulse was to join his sister in Poland or Ukraine, but after discussions between the school and his family he remained at BB&N. Instead, Andrei joined Sunflower of Peace, a Boston-based charity that funds shipments of medical supplies to Ukraine, helping his father lug goods to Logan Airport, and recording and processing donation checks for the organization each week.

Punching numbers into a spreadsheet at times seemed far removed from the war. “But it’s what I can do,” Andrei said. “So, I do it.”

HOPE At his graduation this June Andrei wore a traditional, billowy Ukrainian garment called a vyshyvanka for the ceremony. So did Cat, who flew home to be with him that day.

Despite months of texting, calling, and Zooming, they said it was the

first time they really had a chance to catch up.

interview, or assess each other’s well-being with just a few words.

“We’re all very focused [on the war, so] that when you’re on a call, you usually don’t find yourself reflecting on your innermost feelings,” Cat explained a few weeks before the graduation. “I text him like once a week. ‘You alive?’ And he’s like ‘Yeah.’ And I’m like, ‘Love you.’ And that’s it.”

Their hope for Ukraine remains completely unshaken.

“You can be doing everything you possibly can…but at the end of the day we go to bed thinking, ‘There’s still a war going on.’ And that’s hard.”

There have been at least three constants for Andrei and Cat since the war began.

They remain close siblings, able to joke with each other during a joint

Despite all they have done and continue to do with Shadows and other volunteer efforts, they wish they could do even more.

“You can be doing everything you possibly can,” Cat said. “But at the end of the day we go to bed thinking, ‘There’s still a war going on.’ And that’s hard.”

PICTURED: 1 and 2: A few of Andrei’s “Shadow Project” posts, including one noting military tank markings to help Ukrainians differentiate between friend and foe.

3: Cat is interviewed after a presentation at Ukraine House Davos.

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SENIOR SPRING PROJECT

Seniors Stretch Their Wings Every year following March break, BB&N seniors embark on Spring Project, a semester-long opportunity to take classes they never had a chance to take, engage in independent study, follow their passions to new experiences, and perform meaningful work in the community.

Read on for a taste of the interesting projects undertaken by seniors this spring.

CORRINE WATERS ’22: CELEBRATING CAMBRIDGE BLACK HISTORY Corrie Waters ’22 spent her spring cataloguing Cambridge’s vibrant Black community through an archive project she designed named “We Still Here.”

The community-based project celebrates the vibrant Black community of Cambridge through memories, photographs, videos, and documents.

Waters’ project began with her own family in Cambridge, the McCree’s. Her grandfather, Ramon McCree, has lived in Cambridge for his entire life and is now 93.

Additionally, her mother, aunts, and uncles, were born and raised in Cambridge.

The project culminated in a digital archive designed for Instagram. “I felt that the digital format would allow for the project to be reached by many different people: anyone in the Cambridge community, or outside,” Waters says.

Collecting photographs, documents, and videos that are examples of ordinary life for Black Cantabridgians, Waters pieced the project together. Evidence of social gatherings, school life, or family life are just some examples of the documents Waters collected, before scanning and cataloguing digitized versions. Waters hopes the archive will be both a resource and celebration for those looking to connect with Black history in Cambridge.

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“SSP was a special time for me because I was able to take time to engage with family history already around me, but then to begin to piece together the larger picture of life as a Black Cantabridgian,” Waters says. “The story for me will always begin with my family, but there are other granddaughters like me, and stories that I want to experience and discover. My favorite part of it all was flipping

through the pages of old photo albums and seeing the younger versions of my mother, aunts, uncles, and grandparents—the versions I had never met before. I will always cherish the time I spent with the three professionals I met along the way, also, because each one gave me inspiration and advice about the field I might not have gotten otherwise.”

MAYA BENJAMIN ’22: PEEKING BEHIND THE PRESSES “This spring, I had the opportunity to peek behind the curtain at one of my favorite publications: The Boston Globe. Over the last four years, I’ve developed a passion for journalism through my involvement with The Vanguard. As I look ahead to life after BB&N, I aspire to continue writing and editing. My time at The Globe this spring reinforced my fascination with the world of news writing and made me even more eager to pursue a career in journalism.

“Through sitting in on meetings for The Globe’s business section, I came to understand how this part of the publication works from the inside.

Although all of the meetings took place virtually, the vibrancy of each discussion showed just how invested and connected each of the editors were despite their separation. Being a fly on the wall during discussions opened my eyes to how much autonomy each writer gets and the daily life of a reporter. It was such an amazing moment to see the articles they had been discussing come to life in print weeks later. I remember beaming at my phone when I got the notification that Biotech Reporter Ryan Cross’s piece about Moderna was published.

“The kindness and generosity each of the reporters showed me, not only with their time but with the wealth of advice they offered me, meant so much. Specifically, former BB&N alumna and Vanguard editor Anna Kuchment ’90 and Business Editor Greg Huang were immensely helpful in

both welcoming me into the community of business editors and sharing their wisdom.

“In addition to sitting in on meetings, I got to speak with two reporters one-on-one. The two reporters were just four years older than me and, through our conversations, quickly became people I look up to. Their unwavering passion for and dedication to journalism was truly contagious. I’ve already taken action on some of the advice they’ve given me, and hope to follow in their footsteps one day.”

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SENIOR SPRING PROJECT

ELIAS WAISBURD ’22: LIFE AMONGST THE BEES “My journey with bees began the spring of my sophomore year as I entered a new reality filled with masks, Zoom classes, and much more free time than is typical for the BB&N experience.

In an effort to take advantage of this newfound independence, I wrote a research paper that propelled me to the finals of the Massachusetts state science fair.

“After investing eighteen months of my life studying the relationship between plants and pollinators, I received a question from a science fair judge that truly resonated with me: ‘Where are the bees?’, he asked. My research had centered around bees, but I had never used live bees, only the audio recordings of them. And although I didn’t need the bees to conduct the research, the question highlighted a disconnect between theory and practice that called into question my appreciation for the broader implications of the research. I was disappointed in myself.

“So, during Senior Spring Project, I immersed myself in the bees. Last year, I founded the BB&N Beekeeping Club, and, during SSP, I helped to establish a pollinator garden completing a ‘pollinator highway’ between the biodiverse Mount Auburn Cemetery and the Charles River. Outside of 80 Gerry’s Landing Road, I volunteered my free time to the Massachusetts Audubon Society as the assistant to the beekeeper, Mel. Together, Mel and I would spend our days at the hives, monitoring and overseeing the nutrition of thousands of bees, repairing their homes, and managing the growth of their populations.

“One day, Mel and I were repopulating a hive. I could feel the weight of activity in the overnighted package of bees as we transported this entire world in our hands like Horton and Whoville.

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just physical exhaustion from working in the hives all morning, but as I went to gently lift the hive lid to release the bees, my hand slipped. The bees’ home was disturbed, and they swarmed. The sky around us immediately turned black, and I remained perfectly still as the bees enveloped us. All at once, I felt both the vast power they held over me and the unmistakable fragility of their world. In that impenetrable darkness, I found the bees.”

THADDEUS FOOTE ’22: WOODEN SHIPS ON THE WATER For his spring project, Thaddeus Foote ’22 essentially moved into BB&N’s famous wood shop as he took on the massive project of building a handmade kayak from scratch.

“There are three things that inspired this kayak project,” Foote says. “The first is my uncle, who has built several wooden boats in his life—seeing pictures and hearing stories of his projects always fascinated me. The second inspiration is my summer camp, Chewonki, where I went for many years. They had a kayak building program where the campers would spend a summer building a sea kayak and then go on a kayaking trip in their newly built vessels. I was never able to do this program but I always admired their work when I was younger. And the third piece of my inspiration is my love for the outdoors. I enjoy getting outside and in nature as much as possible and what better way to do that than to go fishing or camping in a boat that you built with your own hands!”

Woodworking teacher Anna Van Voorhis described Foote’s impressive project. “Built from a Chesapeake Light Craft kit, the fourteen-foot Wood Duck Hybrid kayak’s hull was assembled from ¼ inch Okoume marine-grade plywood using a ‘stitch and glue’

technique with a three-tone cedar strip-planked deck. The entire boat was fiberglassed as well.”

The time-consuming process demanded close attention to detail, but the outcome certainly made Foote’s hard work well worth it.

“Both the most challenging and the most rewarding part of the project was definitely building the deck. Each individual strip had to be cut and sanded to be able to fit together in a tight symmetrical pattern. Precision was extremely important during this process and as a result, mistakes were easily made. Though the work was laborious and tedious at times, I think that the end result made it all worth it. The deck was satisfying to see come together. I was in the woodshop day after day, slowly gluing a few strips at a time, watching the deck grow from a skinny center plank to a fully shaped cohesive form.”

Foote will matriculate at Middlebury College next year in the green mountains of Vermont. One can only assume there are some mountain lakes calling his name.

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Advancing Our Mission

Parents of the Class of 2022 set a Senior Parents’ Gift Record!

The Senior Parents’ Gift program is a longstanding BB&N tradition in which senior parents celebrate their children’s BB&N experiences and express appreciation to the faculty and staff by making a meaningful gift to the school.

The parents of the Class of 2022 stepped forward with their financial support of BB&N’s philanthropic priorities in an incredibly inspiring—and record-setting—way. We are thrilled and appreciative to report that this year’s Senior Parents’ Gift has raised a total of $4.87 million since July 1, 2021, far surpassing their $3 million goal.

Because of the outstanding generosity of this year’s senior parents, one of the new athletic fields at the Grove Street Athletic Campus will be named for the Class of 2022.

(See pages 2-3 for more details about this exciting project.)

Thank you to the parents of the Class of 2022! Your generosity leaves an everlasting legacy.

And a special thank you to the members of the Senior Parents’ Gift Committee, listed on the right, for their dedicated efforts:

PICTURED (below): Senior Spring Project Sign Language Class signing Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey at the Senior Farewell Dinner. (right): Senior Parents' Gift Co-Chairs Gina Foote and Charlie Gifford announce the class's record-breaking total at the Senior Farewell Dinner.

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2021-2022 BB&N Fund Highlights More than 1,600 alumni/ae, current and past parents, grandparents, faculty, staff, and friends came together in support of the 2021-2022 BB&N Fund, raising a total of $3.4 million in support of: • Area of Greatest Need • Academics • Arts • Athletics • Equity & Inclusion Programs • Faculty Support • Financial Aid See the 2021-2022 Report of Giving, to be published in early October, for additional details and highlights of the past year.

SENIOR PARENTS’ GIFT

$4.87 million CLASS OF 2022 SENIOR PARENTS’ GIFT COMMITTEE Co-Chairs Gina Foote Charlie Gifford

Committee Margaret Boasberg Eveline Buchatskiy Alexi Conine Gitika Desai Kristi Eckert Amy Goebel Linda Lin Felix Osagie and Uwa Ogbebor Frank and Kelly Panayotou Ted Pappendick and Erica Gervais Pappendick Mike Rorick Hashim Sarkis and Diala Ezzeddine Kim Druker Stockwell ’86 Meg Sullivan Christine Ward ’86 Ogden and Elizabeth White

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New Archives Program Fund Honors B&N 1943 Classmates and Lifelong Friends Browne & Nichols classmates Bob Whitman ’43 and Bob Ganz ’43 possess something incomparably rare: a close friendship since pre-school in the 1920s.

Their remarkable journey has included military service during World War II, Harvard University Ph.D.’s (both in English), and distinguished university careers.

Additionally, Bob Whitman met his wife, Professor Marina Whitman, through Bob Ganz. Now, the Whitman and Ganz names are connected in perpetuity at BB&N because this spring, the Whitman Family Foundation endowed the Robert Ganz ’43 Archives Program Fund.

The fund will support the Archives annual expenses and honors Bob Ganz’s decades of volunteer service, including voluminous class notes chronicling the school’s history and people. Before becoming a Bulletin notes reader, Marina Whitman “knew very little about BB&N.” She observes that Bob Ganz has “highlighted and personalized the contributions BB&N has made to…thousands of people who have passed through [its] doors. In doing so," Marina Whitman adds, "Bob Ganz has captured the attention of non-alumni/ae like me.”

“Bob Ganz’s contributions have been of immeasurable value to the Archives over the years, and this fund will allow us to preserve and share the rich history of our school’s community for generations to come. I’m deeply appreciative to the Whitman family for their generosity.”

At reunion weekend in May, BB&N awarded Bob Ganz the 2022 BB&N Medal in recognition of his lifetime achievements and service. See page 41 for Ganz’s comments on the award and the new Archives program fund.

Discussing the new fund, Bob Whitman calls out “how many people seem to know about Bob and [his] reporting the feelings of alumni/ae about the school,” noting, “it’s remarkable.”

The Whitman Family Foundation comprises three generations (Bob and Marina, their children, and their grandchildren), with Marina Whitman (once on the President's Council of Economic Advisers) as its chair. With this gift, the Foundation also honors Bob Whitman, who holds BB&N in the highest esteem, and hopes others will support the Archives by contributing to the new fund. “The school can only survive with the support of its alumni/ae,” Bob Whitman comments, “both in the sense of being interested in the school and financial support.”

— BB&N ARCHIVIST ESME RABIN

For more information about the Archives Program Fund or to make a contribution, contact Janet Rosen at jrosen@bbns.org or 617-800-2729.

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With the lifting of a number of COVID restrictions earlier this spring, Head of School Jennifer Price was delighted to host a number of events at her home for the first time in several years. In addition to receptions for new families and volunteer leaders, she welcomed gatherings of former and current trustees, grandparents, past parents, and faculty emeriti/ae, some of whom are pictured here. | 1 | Former Trustee Todd Harrison ‘77, P’13, ‘17, Trustee Bridget Long P ‘26, ‘28, Head of School Jennifer Price, and Former Trustee Sally Crissman ‘55 | 2 | Faculty Emeritae Carol Strasburger P'83, '85, '89 and Beth Jacobson P'90, '91 | 3 | Faculty Emeriti Dave Clarke P’86 and Bill Rogers | 4 | Former Trustees Gwill York P’10, ‘13 and Janet Storella ‘74, and Trustee Jake Anderson-Bialis ‘98 | 5 | Grandparents Mark Farbstein GP’31, ‘34, Al Rossiter P’89, ‘93, GP’26, and Hannah Farbstein GP’31, ‘34

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Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: Robert N. Ganz, Jr. 508-645-2522 robertganz@earthlink.net

Bob Ganz “This past June marked the 75th Anniversary of my Harvard Class of 1947.

Next June will be the occasion for the 80th year of my and Bob Whitman’s graduation from BB&N. Thanks to Marina and Bob Whitman for their donation in my name of funds to support the activities of the archivist whose position was established a number of years ago. Thanks also to Jennifer Price and the school for awarding me the BB&N Medal for this year. I’ve enjoyed my delvings into the school’s past and the discoveries as to what alums have been doing since their graduations.

Often their lives over the years have been quite impressive. Emerson, in his essay History, says that all history is subjective.

He might have learned that from Thomas Carlyle, the author of a notable history of the French Revolution. A number of others including Nietzsche have also understood history as mainly what we make of it rather than a compilation of facts and figures. The past that matters is this and that person’s experience of it and I particularly enjoyed finding out and forwarding written versions of the past—really, impressions— that have been vouchsafed to me.

“In April I received a request from John Constable, the son of Giles Constable— who was four years younger than me—for recollections of his father’s life and also his uncle John Constable ’44 at the school.

This request has already been emailed to other alums but I’ve chosen to begin my report by handing over this request to whomever may be able to supply stories of both Giles and his brother John ’44.

I’ve been more aware of the subsequent

How to submit a Class Note:

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lives of these Constables than of what happened to them at the school and I’ve referred to both of them in previous reports and also to their father, WG. “In 1938 the family came over from England so that the senior Constable could be the curator of paintings at the MFA. There were other students who came here from England around the same time or a bit later. These included the Peases, Roger Longrigg ’45, and both George Leake and Bryan Cooke from my class. Later WG Constable was one of the important group who went into Germany after the surrender there in May of 1945 in order to retrieve art treasures stolen from other parts of Europe and cached in Germany.

As I’ve noted in a previous report, the late John Constable ’44 became a distinguished plastic surgeon and burn specialist. He went to Vietnam during the Tet Offensive in 1968. He said that he ‘went as one of the initial team for the Committee of Responsibility to visit almost every civilian hospital in South Vietnam in order to make the first reasonably complete survey of civilian war casualties.’ He also went to other parts of the world for the same reason. The medical conditions he found, and his observations of the harm children suffered in the war, inspired his subsequent humanitarian efforts. He was an early member of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. In 1985 it was given the Nobel Peace Prize.

He was an honorary member of plastic surgery and medical societies in Egypt, France, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam. This renaissance man had many other interests as well including hepatology, the biology of snakes. He was also the longest serving leader of the Speckled Band of Boston that concerned itself with the investigative methods of Sherlock Holmes, some of which he applied in his medical practice.

Though he was in the class of 1944 at

the school, he ended up a member of my Harvard class of 1947. He had three daughters and at our 25th reunion our daughter, Claire, was a playmate of one of them at the day camp during the reunion.

His daughter Amelia graduated from our school class of ’ 78. During my current research I have been struck by how little I had known heretofore of John’s very full and beneficial life.

“John’s brother, the late Giles Constable, also had a dazzling career. He left the school to finish his secondary school instruction at Andover and then went to Harvard, graduating with an AB in 1950 and PhD in Medieval History in 1957. He taught at Harvard from 1958-1984 and became the Henry Charles Lea professor of Medieval History and a very important historian of the art of the middle Middle Ages in late antiquity, Byzantium, and the medieval west, especially in the 12th Century. He wrote more than 25 books and around 100 articles. During his last seven years as a Harvard professor, he served as the head of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC. During his tenure at Dumbarton Oaks, he vigorously resuscitated the scholarly resources and activities of that institution and also the surrounding gardens which our family enjoyed over many years.

“After his stewardship at Dumbarton Oaks, Giles became a professor at Princeton in the famed School of Historical Studies of the Institute for Advanced Study. He was a distinguished member of many important academic societies including Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Institut de France; Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei; American Historical Association; American Philosophical Society; Bavarian Academy of Sciences; British Academy; Instituto Lombardo, Accademia di Scienze e Lettere; and the Royal Historical Society.

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“His wife, Esther “Evhy,” was a writer of children’s literature. His late daughter, Olivia Remie Constable (1961–2014) was the Robert M. Conway Director of the Medieval Institute and professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. His son, John Constable, with whom I am in communications, is a professor of Botany in California.

Giles had several grandchildren. My foregoing accounts of the adult lives of John and Giles are severely pared down.

There was much more that could have been said concerning their stunning accomplishments. Since John was two years younger than me and Giles four, I have alas very little to report on their experiences at the school. John and Giles are distant relatives of John Constable the famous early 19th century English landscape painter. The scholarship of WG concerned particularly the Venetian painter Canaletto. Please send any information you have on John and Giles to the younger John at jconstable@mail. fresnostate.edu.

“I recently received another communication from Kirk Bryan ’47. His family, the Bryans, is also academically distinguished. His father was a Harvard Professor of Geology. I’ve several times noted his denominating me as the Venerable Bede for our school. The Bede (673 - 735) was the first historian of England. Concerning this gentleman, Kirk has now written as follows: ‘…You might be interested in how I came up with the Venerable Bede. It is not because I have read the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. After my father died my mother got a job working with the Geography Department and Prof.

Erwin Raisz. [ Raisz was a professor at Harvard and the father of my good friend Larry ’42.] Later when that department closed down she was in charge of the Map Room at Widener Library. At the library she met Jessie Whitehead, the daughter of Prof. Whitehead. [The philosopher Alfred North Whitehead came to Harvard in the mid ’20s. He published Science 54

and the Modern World and Process and Reality during his years at Harvard.] Jessie was a famous Cambridge character.

In her younger days she was an active mountain climber. While ice climbing at Mt. Washington in New Hampshire she fell and broke her neck. She boasted that she was one of a very few individuals who broke their necks at the end of a rope and survived. She had all sorts of stories. One about her father was his habit of reading in bed to compose himself for sleeping. He used to read the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles in a massive volume. When there was a great crash, the family knew that the massive volume had hit the floor and the professor had drifted off to sleep. Hearing this story I got interested in the author of the chronicles, the Venerable Bede.’ I remember hearing about Jessie Whitehead years ago from the Raisz’s. They were devoted hikers along the Appalachian Trail.

“Another reply to my recent report came from Nancy Ames English ’47, an erstwhile neighbor of ours in DC. ‘Dear Bob, I just got my Bulletin, Spring 2022, and want to thank you so much for your write-up of news of various and sundry characters ranging in many years of BB&N’s history. In fact I just mailed my classmate, Ann Simmons Butler, though I don’t know if she is still alive (she is listed as my class (l947)’s correspondent–and you did such a wonderful job. I’m sorry to hear you are now blind but you certainly are in touch with a lot of people and bring us all together. I was sorry to hear of Cacky Coit’s death, and yes, she did live in Paris. I saw her sister Mary in Bar Harbor, Maine, shortly before she died. I see also that my class has a reunion this spring. Mary and I were really close friends and I also went to the Unitarian Church in Cambridge. At one point my family lived up the street from the Coits on Brewster Street and my mother and Mrs. Coit were great friends, and after Mrs Coit died, Mr. Coit and Mother used to get together quite a lot ( just as friends). Reading your notes in the Bulletin took me back to all those years, including one time when Kirk Bryan asked us both (Mary and me) to go to the Saturday morning movies in Cambridge and we each tried to maneuver a way to sit next to Kirk without the other one! And

so on… I think Robert Frost lived in the other half of the Coits’ house (which was a two-family house on Brewster street) … Cheers, Nancy (Ames) English (in Bethesda MD’ I believe that Nancy’s family moved from Brewster to Berkeley Place. Russell Walton ’57 and family also lived there.

At one time the Waltons assisted in the expansion of Buckingham.

“Another person I recently heard from was Vita Epstein Poole ’66. Her mother’s family were the Harrises who for a number of generations extending well back into the 19th century owned and operated for a number of decades a brick mill making use of local clay. Our paint mill which functioned between the Civil War and the early 1880s also made use of the Vineyard’s clay. Each mill, the Harris’s and ours, built a sizable commercial wharf from which their products were shipped to the mainland.

Rumor has it that the Harrises held the rights to the colored clays extended under most of the properties in Chilmark, making it difficult for some homeowners to get a mortgage. ‘I likely mentioned in one of our email exchanges about the Brickyard that, of course, I was one of your father’s patients, and because of the Vineyard connection would receive my Rocky Mountain spotted fever injection each spring before heading to the Vineyard.

Those were the “good old days” when we only worried about wood ticks. I am old enough to have not only been a patient when your father’s practice was at MGH, as mentioned by Joe McKeigue ’63 in the most recent Bulletin, but also long before that. I assume the office was in the Back Bay but do not remember the address.

Best regards,Vida Poole Off-island Poole.’

“The most recent issue of the Bulletin includes an obituary for John Wallour from our class. I’ve had problems reaching him in recent years and was not sure that he was still alive. He went to Harvard from B&N when I did, became an architect and practiced in NY and Colorado. His last years were spent in upstate New York. He had four children, seven grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. Quite a procession of progeny. I regret that I haven’t been as remarkable as Pete White ’50 in keeping track of my classmates.

Class Notes “In answer to a query of mine concerning Pete’s father, he sent me the following ‘… my father became President of Lesley College in 1946, which later morphed into Lesley University. It began life as a “Normal School.” A normal school was a teachers college. It has expanded by building (one, a dorm, Trentwell Mason White Hall) and by acquiring various properties in the area. My father passed away in 1960, very early in life–at age 59–from congestive heart failure. We lived right next door in an apartment at 27 Everett Street, an easy several block walk to B&N when it was located on Garden Street.’ Lesley in the course of its continued expansion now owns the former Episcopalian Theological School as well as our family home at 5 Phillips Place. In fact it has spread over a very large part of Cambridge and Allston.

Soon it will replace the former ETS chapel with a library.

“The Bulletin also reported on the death of Larry Miller ’45 whom I remember clearly in my time at the school. He lived for a time in West Newton before moving to California and then to Arizona. He had a very successful career as a Mergers and Acquisitions Intermediary.

“In my most recent class report published in May of this year, there were so many obituaries of alums for me to comment on that I wasn’t able to discuss the several interesting replies that my previous report of the summer of 2021 had elicited but I will proceed to do so now. One of them was from the Hansen brothers, George ’45 and Norman ’47, thanking me for my account based on information from them of their interesting careers and that of their father, who had been the president of Chandler and Company department store. They suggested that I include in a forthcoming report some discussion of Igor Blake ’47.

“I have already discussed him at some length as well as the career of his father, Robert, who was a scholar and professor at Harvard and who began his study of Russia well before the Bolshevik Revolution.

Igor reports that his father’s letters are in Widener Library. At the prompting of the Hansens I’ve acquired more information

on Igor. A while back I was reached by Igor who knew Bronia Wheeler, mother of Lewis Wheeler ’87, when Igor and Bronia were quite young. Bronia grew up in Newport, NH. Bronia’s first love was Lewis Sibley whose family must also have lived part of the year in the same general area—in the vicinity of Exeter Academy that the Blakes also inhabited. Lewis Sibley was killed very near the end of the war. Later Lewis’s best friend at Exeter, David Wheeler, married Bronia. Bronia and David’s son is Lewis Wheeler who graduated from BB&N in 1987 “After further reading a few days ago, I’ve discovered that Igor spent much of his life shuttling back and forth between California and Newport, NH. In Newport, his family had owned a farm from near the time of Igor’s birth. In 2009 Igor was selected by the New Hampshire Tree Farm Committee as the state’s ‘Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year’ for his responsible and extensive cultivation and maintenance of timber, open fields, and apple trees. In 1957, Igor married the late Elizabeth Denton of Berkeley, CA. They were married for nearly 49 years and enjoyed traveling the world together. She established her firm, Elizabeth Denton Interiors, in 1952 and was listed in the first edition of Who’s Who in American Women.

Liz was a member of the American Institute of Interior Designers, earning the earlier AID accreditation in 1969 and the later CCIDC certification in 1993. Igor was a Division Administrator at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California.

“I’ve included in the current issue of the Bulletin some valuable exchanges that I had with Joe Mckeigue ’64 some months ago. Like Igor, Joe had a distinguished wife. Jean Sullivan McKeigue died this past March. Joe and Jean met while working as counselors at the B&N day camp. While she and Joe were parenting two children, she completed a master of teaching degree at Columbia. After she and Joe returned to the Boston area, she was appointed to the Boston School Committee. When she left to run for city council, the Boston Globe columnist Kirk Scharfenberg wrote, ‘As a parent of

students in Boston public schools, I view Jean Mckeigue’s decision to enter the council race with very mixed emotion.

Quite simply, she has been for the last four years the most effective member of the School Committee: if the schools have begun to come back, she deserves a good percentage of the credit.’ Jean completed a masters at MIT’s school of management.

Her father was William Sullivan, who founded the American Football League’s Boston Patriots team. He owned the franchise until selling it, as the New England Patriots, in 1988. Jean worked for the Patriots until she became Director of Boston College’s Office of Community Affairs. She and Joe had four children and there are 12 grandchildren. My condolences to Joe and congratulations at having had such a happy and gratifying marriage. My class report of this past March relays a discussion of some length that I had with Joe on other subjects.

“Among the interesting replies that I received after the publication of my next to last report was one from Roger ‘Lefty’ Thomas. He reminded me that in the early spring of 1943, as I was jogging around the school’s wooden track after winning the 1,000-yard race in the meet against Arlington High, Roger, then in the last year of the lower school, joined me for some congratulatory comments. Oddly this brief episode has also stayed in my mind over all these years. Lefty went on to Princeton after B&N, then came back to become a Boston lawyer. I hope in my next report to have more to say about his adult life.

“I have one more reply to comment on from a while back. In my next to last report I had mentioned that I was going to have a brief essay on Thoreau’s Walden published by the Thoreau Farm Trust. That trust is based on the shore of White Pond, the next in a chain of ponds beyond Walden.

Charles Schurcliff ’61 was moved to inform me that he had also published an essay on Walden. His many-paged article, titled The Strange Evolution of Henry Thoreau’s House: An Architectural Journey, appeared in the The Concord Saunterer: A Journal of Thoreau Studies, N.S. Vol. 28, 2020, published by the prestigious Thoreau Society. Charles sent me a copy of this 55

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interesting and learned work and we have had a number of mailed exchanges since then. His essay was inspired by a puzzling long sentence in Walden that is difficult to parse. Charles found that Thoreau was busy making his hut into a symbol of the whole cosmos. The essay is quite impressive and draws on his considerable experience in both architecture and painting. As it turns out, both Charles and I share an interest in the imaginative flights beyond flatminded realism in language or on canvas.

Since I first received Charles’ reply we have had a series of exchanges on various subjects including the history of our school.

Charles and his brother, Arthur ’60, began attending the school soon after WWII. They had been living in DC where their father, a physicist, worked for the Manhattan project. The families of each of Charles and Arthur’s parents extended backwards in Cambridge history from as far back as the 1860s. Their paternal grandfather, Arthur Sr., was a landscape architect. He helped design the Charles River Esplanade. He was a principal in the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg c. 1929.

“Their maternal grandfather was the well known portrait painter Charles Hopkinson.

Hopkinson spent his earliest years at 5 Phillips Place, his family’s home. This was, as I’ve said many times, before my parents’ home from 1950 until 1997. It boarded the eastern edge of ETS. I happened to meet Charles Hopkinson in the early 1950s just before I left Cambridge to teach at Yale. Hopkinson was born in 1869 and graduated from Harvard in 1891.

Soon after that he went to Europe to further develop his artistic skills. In 1913 Hopkinson exhibited three paintings at the famous 1913 Armory show where impressionist, post impressionist, and abstract paintings were made available to the general American public. Hopkinson painted approximately 700 portraits including ones of Calvin Coolidge, John Rockefeller, Jr., Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, EE Cummings as a toddler, and Charles Eliot Norton after 56

“In addition to Charles and Arthur’s mother, Joan ’30, these included their aunt Elinor ’28, whose enthusiastic account of theater classes taught by Dorothy Coit and Edith King I included in my last report without attribution.

“Concerning Charles himself as a landscape painter in Ipswich, he wrote me the following, ‘Off season I have painted out the same window for fifty years, hundreds of such paintings yet all different due to season, tides, time of day, weather— but also a sudden seeing the familiar scene in a new way. There are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of “statements in the scene”— who knew the scene was so voluble?—and it is a matter of picking one out, having it strike you, and going with it. The representation of this statement requires vast simplifications, subordinations, emphasis, exaggerations, and willful distortion. If I did none of this the result would be simply “realism”--a scene devoid of statement, the very scene the layman sees in the flesh —island, creek, meadow, sky —more concept than percept. He is not seeing that the creek, so light and blue, is a piece of the sky above, in the foreground and so “belonging,” or the dynamics and energy pulsing through it all, its aliveness. I… note that the aliveness comes through best when I, the painter, am racing doing the whole painting in 15 minutes flat. Now the implications are huge, nothing neatened up, whatever’s not important left blank, intricate forms such as trees generalized and simplified by a single fat brushstroke.

Now the viewer of the painting becomes more of a participant in the process, having to interpret that brushstroke as a tree and the slapdash areas of color (it’s now almost an abstract) as the scene, and he gets the whole point.

‘These quick paintings are full of ambiguity, much of it arising from the shorthand.

Somewhere I meant to say that the scene is not really the subject. As in the poem it is more of an avenue or armature or bone to be gnawed while the real subject is the process itself or the interplay between the process and subject, meaning and

mechanics. Yes, at the moment I tend to believe that the [real] subject is that interplay itself. When I exhibit such paintings I hang them apart in a grid, say four high and five across —twenty paintings of the same scene, all different, each directed toward some statement deduced from (or to my mind expressed by) the scene. I find viewers appreciate this. They get it. Now they are getting some sense of the process of painting—i.e., of seeing, decoding, and translating.’

“All three artists–Charlie, his grandfather, and Thoreau in his prose works–were mainly concerned not to merely report on external things but as it were to reach to the subject behind the subject.

“I believe that Charles and his brother, after WWII, returned to Cambridge from Washington, and became students at the school from early on. They lived on Appleton Street a block or so north from the Buckingham School of that time.

“I asked Charles to tell me something about his neighbors who went to either Buckingham or Browne & Nichols. He kindly sent me the following information.

‘Every youth in the vicinity of our fancy Appleton St area went to Buckingham or Browne & Nichols or Shady Hill…

Nat Kennedy ’61 lived two doors away from our house. (Nat’s father was Sargent Kennedy ’24, the then registrar of Harvard.) Peter Stowe ’61 lived in the house beyond him. His mother, Betty Stowe, served as headmistress at Buckingham for 10 years or so in the 1960s and helped establish the merger, per Eliot’s history. Balancing her on the other side of the block was Edwin HB Pratt, headmaster in my day. (Pratt was headmaster from 1948-1969 and brought the school up to the competitive level among prep schools that is still the case today.) Mrs. Holden, the art teacher who lived on Lowell Street and whose three children went to Buckingham or B&N, burst into the art room one day–I was in the sixth grade I think–saying “I just asked Eddie Pratt what HB stands for.” No one ever asked before, but those two initials were part of his name. Quick as a flash Pratt replied “hard boiled.” His children,

Class Notes Charlotte Pratt Sudduth ’57, Wendy Pratt Hinds ’58, and Andrew ’64, went to Buckingham and B&N as well. Still in my class was Valerie Land ’60 (her father Edwin Land had founded Polaroid, where my father worked while Arthur and I went through the first 8 grades or so before he joined Harvard’s Atom Smasher and taught a freshman seminar or two.) Three notable scientists (Lymon, Birckhoff, Miliken) were on the block as well, but Massachusetts Governor Weld took over the Lymon house. Grenville Clark, who almost was appointed Harvard President instead of Conant, was at the top of the block. Our home runs when we played at Kennedy Hill went over his fence. Three Rockefellers lived on the street bounding the block, all doing good works. Andy Leighton, business manager of B&N, lived on Kennedy Road (which had been the Carriage Way into the Kennedy Barn) so was sort of the home run line out in left field. In the house that stood between my house and Brattle lived somebody Bandler in Buckingham (my year but pre-merger) whose father had been a founder of the Hound and Horn, a literary magazine in the 1930s at Harvard. [Its readership extended far beyond just Harvard.]

(his father was at Longy School of Music).’

Most of these alums and their families lived in the area north of Craigie Street, west of Concord Avenue and east of Sparks Street.

thankfully she found space for him at a special memory care facility across town in Winthrop, where he resides and, all things considered, otherwise in good health.

“I have more to report on but feel it would be wise to save the rest of my account for the next issue.”

“Not far away, in Cambridge, are our next two subjects. Frances, Brad Wetherell’s widow, lives in an apartment on Mt. Auburn Street, not far from BB&N. She is spending most of her time sorting and seeking new homes for memorabilia from the Wetherell past. She is sending me some examples, so stay tuned! Just down the street is Ed Bursk.

Early 2022 has not been friendly to Ed:

‘Around the corner was Steve Clark ’61 (Highland), Teddy Washburn ’60, and Ambrose Spencer ’60 in my brother’s class; further afield at one end of Garden Street, Jimmy Donovan ’61 and his brother Andrew ’60, and Linda Thiemann ’61 (both in my class, her mother was acting headmistress at Buckingham, father was a professor at Harvard. Linda recently married the aforementioned Steve Clark.)

Right on Buckingham Street were Nicky Morrison (Nick’s father, Elting Morrison, was an MIT professor, American historian of technology, a military biographer, and an essayist. He was the founder of MIT’s Science, Technology and Society program). Also on Buckingham Street was John Macomber ’61. His father may have been in banking. Julie Andrews lived on the corner of Brattle and Browne St. [Her father, Dwight ’26, was in both real estate and insurance. Alan and David Tartakoff lived at the other end of Garden Street near the Common. Nobby Smith ’60 lived on Healy St behind the Buckingham School

“One of the latter, Sue, Frank Scammell’s loving widow, leads off, writing: ‘I have moved to the Traditions of Wayland, Wayland, MA, an independent assisted living facility. All goes well and I’m getting adjusted. We have sold our house [which Frank designed and built] in Orleans. The kids and grands are fine. Agape - Sue”’

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Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: Trentwell M. White 540-788-9889 trentwell@comcast.net

“Cheerful greetings and sanitations, one and all BB&Ners, from the Nifty Fifty Nanogenarians! We hope you are well and are waking up regularly, as are we. In case you are keeping a book, there are now 9 of us B&Ners left above ground of the 29 whose pictures adorned the 1950 yearbook, The Torch (plus two who left B&N before our senior year). As far as our Buckingham counterparts, now fully integrated into the hardy Nifty Fifty crew, 3 out of 13 are still with us. And, without further adieu, let’s take a peek at them and, in some cases, at the survivors of those who have departed.

“Another family survivor is Kim (Harley Park’s daughter) of Falmouth, MA: Kim, with sister Kristin, took a late spring trip to Illinois which included ‘sightseeing in Chicago and attending my niece’s high school graduation.’ Kim writes: ‘Harley is comfortable at Keystone Place, an assisted living community.’ Kim visits Harley regularly.

“Another classmate with special needs passed away earlier this year: David Neal Sibley, of Boynton Beach, FL. When I talked to him last year, he seemed chipper enough but the dreaded disease finally claimed him.

“Yet another B&Ner, similarly afflicted, is John Biggio. His wife Mary reports that

‘In the last four months [he wrote on June 4], trading in a hip as old as I am for an artificial construct that shouldn’t hurt as much. Before I could find this out for sure, I was struck by the COVID virus despite being vaccinated and totally boosted. In the process of recovering I contracted pneumonia, COVID pneumonia, which didn’t respond well to the usual antibiotic treatment and, as that was clearing up, got lashed by COVID one more time digestively and am still, now with massive antibiotics, inching my way back to good health.

The decision I’ve reached from all of this absurdity is to skip Spring next year entirely.

Despite all, I have reached my 90th birthday, something, back in the day, deep in a jungle or two, I did not think would happen. You just never know.’ [Amen, brother.]

“Haven’t heard lately from Charles Hayes who continues his quiet life at a retirement community near Winchester, VA but Mac Rohrbough, of Hingham, MA was one of two leading speakers at a special Nifty Fifty ‘Zoom’ session in the spring. ‘For fifteen years, I gave an undergraduate course on the History of the Western Movie. Today [the day of the Zoom session] you get the one semester course in 25 minutes. No exams. No papers. The only rules: You can get snacks, read the paper, or do crosswords, but no sleeping.’ Believe me, folks, all who tuned in stayed wide awake and gave Mac rapt attention as he made his really interesting presentation. An accomplished author of a number of books on the California gold rush and subsequent mining operations in the West, Mac has another book in process but remains mum when asked about publication date. Another reason to stay tuned.

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“The other speaker at this ‘Zoom’ session was David Strodel ‘78, BB&N Ninth Grade Dean, Upper School Science Teacher, and Director of Bivouac. He ‘zoomed’ in on Bivouac which was of special interest to our classmates. Thanks to BB&N staffers Sufia Jamal and Brianna Smith for making the necessary arrangements.

“Back to classmates: in response to a request for news, part-time Floridian and Cape Codder, Jim Tofias (and wife Joan) checked in with the report that his activities are ‘golf, bridge, eating, etc. My handicap index is 25.5. We are now [May] on the Cape for the summer, although at this moment we are in NJ at my son’s to attend a high school play in which one of my grandkids is performing.’

Another Cape Codder, fulltime, is Len Short, notably former Orleans ‘Citizen of the Year.’

Although he stepped back from years of productive membership on the Cape Cod Commission, he is still very much involved with local water and sanitation issues.

“Yet more in Orleans, where at the town cemetery on May 29, Jonathan Moore and wife Katie’s ashes were interred by son Charley, his three sisters, Jonathan’s eldest grandchild and many family friends.

Jonathan’s and Katie’s lives were then celebrated at a reception at the nearby Moore cottage. At the cottage, Charley found and retrieved a number of B&N photos including a football team pic which shows Jon with jacket & tie with the team: ‘Honestly [Charley pens], until my discovering this picture, I was convinced that Dad never managed a football team until he got to Dartmouth -- the note on the picture refers to him as “the best manager ever!”’

And, folks, that he was indeed!

“From Farmington, CT, John Rand wrote in February that ‘...I am doing fine for my 91 years despite my heart murmur. My daughter lives close by which gets me out once in a while.’ Beekeeper Extraordinaire and part time farmer, retired teacher, and longtime Rockport, MA resident Dave Wise 58

is still Master of the Hive, the object of his close attention currently being a single hive in his (truly eminent) domain. He reports that during the summer the nectar of the flowers is reduced of water by the bees fanning their wings and that cells are topped by wax for nutritional storage. He oversees the hive while patient wife Enid oversees him.

“Turning to our Buckingham classy classmates, the three are widespread from each other. Sallie Walsh Curtis lives in a retirement home in Pomona, CA, east of LA. She visits regularly with her two daughters in the area. Like many of her vintage, she has a few issues but otherwise is quite well. She’s thankful for having avoided COVID which has afflicted several in her community. On the other coast, Elizabeth Fleischner (Liz) Rosenman divides her time between her apartment in NYC just a few blocks from Central Park and her rural retreat in Redding Ridge, CT, traveling back and forth in her durable 2004 Volvo station wagon. The third of this delightful trio is Rosamond Hubbard (Bunny) Shillito, who had ‘no news’ to report from her home in Pittsboro, NC. “Which brings us (finally!) to the conclusion of this brief peek at the latest doings and non-doings of B&N and Buckingham’s Nifty Fifty. Your appropriately humble Class uKnighter, Pete White signs off, noting that all is reasonably well with him in northern Virginia, as well as with his understanding wife Pat and their four well-trained (like Pete) standard schnauzers.”

1952

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Gordon Lunn says, “My thanks to Jen and several members of the BB&N staff (Julie, Sarah, Caitlin, Joelinda, and Sufia) for making my 70th B&N reunion a memorable one. While the schoolmates of my decade were conspicuous by their absence on Friday night, I enjoyed the company of the ‘60’s graduates. On Saturday night, neither the ‘50’s nor the ‘60’s were at the dinner, but the Buckingham girls of ’72 welcomed me at their table for an evening of laughter and memories.

“During the Upper School tour with Peter Needham ’72 I discovered that I was a contemporary of his father Dan Needham in the Army Reserve. Several of us joined the Reserve in college , as well as being in ROTC, to obtain enlisted experience. Dan Needham was our Battalion Executive Officer and picked me to serve in his Fire Direction Center during my summer camp at Camp Drum, NY. We were just down the road from Alan Sturgis’ Division Artillery command post. My experience that summer helped me during my senior year in ROTC when we studied Fire Direction. Unfortunately, the year of my commissioning, the Army picked all the Distinguished Military Graduates to serve in the Nike Air Defense Missile program, so all my Field Artillery training went for naught. I served for 18 years (Active Duty, the National Guard of 3 states, and the Army Reserve) in the Nike program, and for the past 28 years have served the National Park Service as a docent at the restored Nike site in the Marin Headlands.

“A lot of connections, which is what Bob Ganz ’43 demonstrates in his continuing commentary in the Bulletin. I was sorry to miss him at his award ceremony on Saturday.

1953

Buckingham

Fran Chilcote states, “Well, after having a hip replacement this year, I am still kicking around. My husband, Ron, and I plan to spend the summer in our cabin in Wyoming. The aspens are growing back quickly from the fire a couple of years ago, but the pine trees will take years.”

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Tom Fitzgerald reports, I enjoyed watching my grandson Tristan Fitzgerald graduate from BB&N in June. His older brother Ronan Fitzgerald graduated from BB&N three years earlier. Tristan’s and Ronan’s classes were 100+, mine was 30.

As you can imagine, their graduations are a nice bookend experience for me which spans 69 years. I also did some teaching in B&N’s Lower School in the early ‘60s. I had time to wander through what was the high school for me. With the way it has been cut up, the classrooms didn’t register any memories, there was no Doc Walters, or Jim Ducy. All in all it was a lovely day and I was happy I could be there.”

Class Notes 1954

Buckingham

Class uKnighter: Nancy (Hoadley) Fryberger 617-924-8921 fryberger@verizon.net

PICTURED x 1 x Beth Hale Sommerlad ‘57 in Vienna, Austria. x 2 x Sherry Weinberg ‘57 with her husband in Venice, enjoying a gondola ride.

Liz Jochnick reports, at the end of March, “Margie Taylor Adams arrived in Boston for some medical procedures. Liz and her husband Adolf Jochnick hosted a lunch for her at their apartment in Ten Ten. Besides Margie and Liz, Nancy Hoadley Fryberger, Dick Fryburger, and Susan Dole ‘55 attended. A good time was had by all. In May, Liz and Adolf drove to Groton, MA, to have lunch with Mary Wild and Henry Hammond. Everyone was in good spirits, and so far, COVID free.”

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Class uKnighter: Eleanor (Littlefield) Hunter 207-420-7462 ewordsmithh@gmail.com

Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: John T. Giblin 802-382-9856 tomg@sover.net

From Mallory Slate : (FYI…Jim Duncan passed away on 07/21/2021. He attended Norwich University and graduated with a degree in engineering and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers. After he got out of the Army, he worked for big business in Massachusetts and later for Harvard University.

- Tom Giblin) “....Sugar Jim Duncan.....! I did see & talk with him....about ???? ... ten, fifteen, perhaps twenty years ago..... It was an incidental, accidental, unforgettable meeting In HahVud Squaah. He was full with enthusiasm and good vibes for his ongoing successful career with The Harvard Buildings & Grounds Department. He was some sort of “Advanced” Administrator. ....... I tried my best to recruit him for a “Strawberry” Night.... he declined, perhaps remarking that “Strawberry Night” is usually celebrated before the Strawberries are in fact RIPE.....!”

From Henry Winslow: “More seriously, at our age classmate updates are good to read, but make one wish that more could be in person. Best to all.”

various political and charitable endeavors and in particular volunteering in our local Soup Kitchen garden.

Best to all.”

From Peter Higginson: “I had a wonderfully regenerating lunch with Mel H. a few days ago and was reminded, if I needed reminding, that just as every single thing he ever chose to turn his hand to at B&N came up roses, so his life has been chockablock full of pastimes great and small in all of which he excelled–skiing (racing and teaching), sailing (racing and teaching), fly fishing (catching and eating), and support of the Episcopal Church in Boston. There have been many others but this is an encomium, not an obit.”

From Charlie Cobb: “I regret that distance has precluded my coming to reunions–but I do have many fond memories of our shared experiences.

I am completely, and almost joyfully, retired after a career in the mental health business where I employed my Ph.D.in various ways–though I have briefly considered returning after experiencing the pathological divisiveness emerging in our country.

Instead I am focusing on supporting

1957

Buckingham

Class uKnighter: Joan P. (Floe) Holdgate 508-228-2680 theislander@comcast.net

Sherry Kibbee Weinberg reports, “I met with classmate Beth Hale Sommerlad in Vienna, Austria from May 31 – June 2. We had a nice time, and went to a (mainly Mozart) concert each night.”

1960

Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: Richard M. Chalfen 857-222-9517 rchalfen@temple.edu

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Richard Chalfen reports, “It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Hugh Field on January 17, 2022, after a 15-month battle with cancer.

I can still recall the day in September, 1956, when Mr. Pratt made the announcement, ‘Next week we are going to have two students from England join us; Hugh Field will join the ninth grade and his brother Alan will join the seventh grade.’ All of us were shocked.

“Three years earlier headlines in the Boston Globe had mentioned the fact that, following the death of Stalin in 1953 and a change in Soviet policy, Hermann Field had been released from prison. Now the headlines told us that he, his wife Kate, and their two sons were leaving England and coming to live in Boston, Massachusetts.

“A week later Hugh showed up and took his place at the desk next to mine. He had blond hair and spoke with an impeccable English accent, an accent he managed to lose within one month. And thus began a lifelong friendship.

“Hugh and I found we had much in common. Both of us were hopeless at athletics and both of us liked batting ideas back and forth. Our friendship persisted over the years. Both of us struggled initially with our jobs, both of us married and divorced and married again, and throughout all of life’s trials and tribulations we continued to support each other.”

Robert Goldman states, “I was on Coastto-Coast AM with George Noory for a two-hour interview on Friday, May 13, 2022.

The interview was based on my experience in a very dangerous maximum security prison (Level III-IV; classification based on the particular state) as the head dentist.

It was an eye-opening experience. I did very extensive research on the subjects of sociopathy, borderline personality disorder, narcissism, and psychopathy in relation to my daily contacts and interactions. There is a vast difference between serving for white collar crime versus some of the most 60

heinous capital crimes a person can only imagine. There is no doubt that seeing explosive events on a daily basis goes way beyond what Hollywood portrays as well as what even the most intelligent people think they know. The American prisons are the most crowded and everexpanding facilities in the world. It is quite mind bending. I concluded that mass incarceration is a very poor description, and rather misleading. What is really needed is ‘selective decarceration.’ I dig deep into the issues relating inner city poverty, extensive crime, the surrogate family (‘prison gangs’), the drug-related deaths of a generation of youth, and a southern border controlled by gang cartels. The American prisons are the centerpiece for lost souls trying to survive, or as the ‘motto’ of La EME” (Mexicana Gangs) lives by: ‘Blood In, Blood Out’ (a gang member gets in by killing, and gets out by being killed). This is the reality of a country with the highest rate of imprisonment than any other nation in the world...and, ever expanding! The interview was a time to unravel hidden truths.”

1962

Buckingham

Class uKnighter: Katharine (Barnett) Grantham 805-640-9635 trinagrantham@gmail.com

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Dan Singal visits Green Valley, AZ with my classmate Jim Fearnside, where my wife Sarah and I were visiting Jim and his wife, Joyce. All four of us are officially retired, but still quite healthy and very active in the world. We began our visit chez Fearnside with a terrific hike up a scenic local canyon, enjoyed a remarkable lunch prepared by Jim personally (whose many talents now include cooking), followed by some enjoyable conversation and reminiscing. The Fearnsides divide their time between a condo in New Hampshire and a house just south of Tucson, while Sarah and I now live in an apartment in the heart of downtown Rochester.

“Jim and I continue to mourn the loss of Klaus von Stutterheim, also class of 1962, who died in Campe Verde, AZ, after a long bout with pancreatic cancer. Klaus

retained his love of life – and of riding his favorite horses – right to the end, and we will truly miss him.”

1964

Buckingham

Class uKnighter: Caroline Howard 617-864-4729 elizasophronia@yahoo.com Carol Whitlock shares, “I have been transferred to the Floral Department, which coincides with both my love of Botany and minuscule artistic talents. Although not working in Administration, I keep a close eye on food insecurity and what is deemed Shrinkflation in manufacturing products.

My family continues to grow with two great grand babies!

Hopefully next year, I can travel south!”

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Buckingham

Martha (Martie) Siegfried Fritz shares, “Laura Stratton ‘65, her husband, Jerry Blanchet, and I spent a delightful day together in March. Laura and Jerry live in Kent and travelled to London for our reunion.After a perfect pub lunch and leisurely conversation, we visited the newly renovated Courtauld Gallery. A very special day! Rick was sorry to miss our visit but was in Finland, where we have a house. He and I have three sons and eight grandchildren.”

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Tim Whiting MD, reports, “I am still 1/2 year in Mexico, 1/2 year in New England.

First grandchild, at last! Will Melcher is in the final stages of moving up to his self designed, partially self-built house in Cape Breton, NS. Jerry Friedman, still working on various books/TV programs, visits daughter in CT and sees Steve Michaels ‘64 when in the US.”

1966

Buckingham

Class uKnighter: Lauretta (Katz) MacColman 503-936-3799 lauretta.maccolman@gmail.com

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PICTURED x 1 x The Slammer by Robert Goldman ‘60 x 2 x Dan Singal ‘62 and Jim Fearnside ‘62 in Green Valley, Arizona

SAVE THE DATE! We look forward to welcoming our Buckingham and Browne & Nichols Golden Alumni/ae classes of 1940-1972 back to campus.

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Gail (Wallins) Plotkin 804-288-6275 gailwp@gmail.com

Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: Lawrence M. Schell lmschell@albany.edu

Alex Field writes that his new book, The Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War, will be released by Yale University Press on October 18, 2022. Gavin Wright (Stanford University) has this prepublication blurb: ‘Alex Field again overturns conventional wisdom, showing that there was no “productivity miracle” during World War II. Astute, clever, and methodical, every chapter is full of surprises.’”

1967

Buckingham Class uKnighter: Frances Atherton 510-437-1236 fatherton@jps.net

Joanna (deVaron) Reynolds 720-226-5238 jodireynolds@q.com

Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: George P. Kacoyanis 978-468-4845 gkacoyanis@live.com

Stuart DeLorme shares that he and Zach McLeod ’10 have the same birthday and worship together at Park Street Church.

1969

Buckingham

Class uKnighter: Mary (Whiston) Moura 617-308-5290 maralton@aol.com

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Marion Dry reports, “Since early in the pandemic, members of the Buckingham class of ‘69 have been meeting regularly on Zoom. Occasionally we plan ahead so we can all read a book to discuss, but for the most part we just share the stories of our lives, discuss all that is happening in the greater world, advise each other, or just chew the fat. We drop in and out as our schedules allow, cheering each other on when things are good and supporting one another when the going is rough. If you are a member of our Buckingham class and haven’t been getting the email invites, let me know and I will add you to our list (mmedry@gmail.com) Old friends are the best friends! Love you all!”

1971

Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: Thomas Blake tomblake52@gmail.com Tom Blake reports, “With sadness, I have to report the death of another prominent member of our class. Doug Stiles died on Jan. 31, 2022, after suffering a series of strokes.

I had a long chat with his sister Stephanie, who kindly provided me with the photo below. Doug and I are the two members of our class who went to Williams after B&N, so we had been in continuous touch through the past half century. We both were involved with the building and renovating business, I in Belmont and Doug in the Wayland area. He had considerable success in the ‘90s, and every time I talked with him, he was enthusiastic about a current or an upcoming project. At B&N, we were both on the wrestling team, and we would ‘run the bridges’ together before practice. Being the top two weight classes, we always practiced together, sometimes quite competitively!

We were also both in Mr. Deptula’s Russian Chorus. Doug had a great bass voice, which stood out in an all-male chorus. I also fondly recall sleepovers at his family’s house in Weston, and going down to the town center to get ice cream at Buttrick’s (which is now Dumpling Daughter). Doug always remembered to call on my birthday, since it was one day apart from his mother’s. Easy to remember that way!

“Doug was the middle of five children. He leaves his older two sisters, Stephanie and

Susan, and younger brothers Geoff ’73 and Alan ’79. Also his two grown children, Cornelia and Andrew.”

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Class uKnighter: Ethan E. Jacks ethan@mediabridgecap.com Pete Gergely shares, “I have a new going-to-bed picture book for kids (and big kids like us) due out on April 19th called Night-night, Body. It combines smoothly-sleepy rhymes from Ted Scheu (That Poetry Guy) with magical and fun illustrations from me—taking you (and your kiddos) and your tired body parts on a very sleepy trip around the world, ending in the inner-outer space of dreamland, whether you like it or not.”

1973

Buckingham

Class uKnighter: Christine Hill Smith 708-269-7147 chsmith1973@aol.com

Browne & Nichols

Mark Satterfield shares, “It’s hard to believe that four years have passed since Marian and I moved from Atlanta to Pinehurst, NC. I’m happy to report that my days are full, in a leisurely sort of way.

“Most people who live here are from somewhere else, so we’ve found it refreshingly easy to build a social life– which was something we struggled with when we lived in Atlanta. I’m a huge believer that doing things with people whose company you enjoy is the foundation of happiness. Marian and I are truly blessed with having such a group of friends.

“As you may know, Pinehurst is the nation’s largest golf resort, and will once again host the US Open in 2024. It’s interesting to live in a resort community, if for no other reason than people you pass on the street seem so happy to be here.

Definitely a different vibe than Atlanta.

“If you make it to Pinehurst I hope you’ll let me know. Marian and I would love to show you what makes this place so special

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PICTURED x 1 x Doug Stiles ‘71 x 2 x Mark Satterfield ‘73 and his wife Marian x 3 x Jon Epstein ‘73 windfoiling in Florida.

Wishing everyone all good things Mark msatt@mindspring.com 404-579-0404 Jon Epstein tells us, “Ariel and I are still in Lenox, MA, but I spend most of the academic year teaching Shakespeareacting to the MFA second-year students at the FSU/Asolo Conservatory in Sarasota, FL. Ariel works here at Shakespeare & Company and I come back and perform there most summers–this year she’s in Measure for Measure and I in A Walk in the Woods. The three boys are all busy out in the world –Wolfe’s a screenwriter, Tiger a contractor, and Ben an architectural designer. Living so much of the time in Florida, I miss the cold dearly but have time to indulge my new addiction to Windfoiling –a cool and complex new Windsurfing variant.

1974

“Jane Gair Prairie here, a few notable updates: mainly after over 30 years providing therapy as a clinical social worker in Maine, I am retiring! Hubby tried it out first last year and it seems to be a really good idea. He is enjoying building his profession as a musician full-time now.

(Find him on Facebook ‘Prairie Music,’ and

you may see him this summer busking on his hammered dulcimer in Harvard Square and other spots.) I continue my strong, long-standing interest in the mysteries of the human energy field by now practicing “distance healing” as a level three Reiki practitioner. My business name is ‘Laughing Reiki’ (insert smiling emoji here!) Dad died at age 96 last July and I have been spending weekends hanging out with Mom at the home we three kids grew up in over this past year. What a privilege. I look forward to having less pressure in my weeks after retirement, and am curious about this next adventure.”

Michael Kahn shares, “I live next to Brookline High with my wife Zsuzsa (Hungarian!), who teaches in the Classics department at BU. It’s marriage #2 for both of us. Her daughter Lili just finished freshman year at Georgetown while my twins Nina and Maia just finished their sophomore years at, respectively, Emerson and NYU/Tisch. I’ve been on the psychiatry staff at BIDMC for 30 years and mix a hospital-based outpatient practice with private practice, teaching, and some writing. I remain in touch with Marsden McGuire, Peter Low, Jere Burns, and John Decker with varying degrees of regularity.

Am hoping the pandemic is in full remission for our 50th in two years!”

1976

Class uKnighter: William S. Lawrence tadlawrence@comcast.net Heitzi Epstein states, “While life seems to be standing still during COVID, I thought I’d update folks on my family. My husband, Geoffrey, and I have been working from home these past two years, he in my old study, me in a space I have carved out of our dining room with a folding table and a standing desk. He is still an Assistant Director at the Federal Trade Commission, managing the Anticompetitive Practices shop. I am still working on my Master’s Degree in fiction writing at Johns Hopkins University, writing my novel and several short stories, and teaching art to neighborhood children in my backyard.

Our older son, Daniel, lives in NYC on 106th and Central Park West with my granddog, Luna,and practices Labor/Employment law at Epstein, Becker and Green. Our younger son, Perry, was married right before COVID (February 29, 2020) to a wonderful woman, Shanyi Gu. They live outside of San Francisco with my two grand kittens and work respectively at Facebook and Google.

My mother, Henny Wenkart Epstein, died this past November at age 93. My brother Ari ’80, and his children Judy and Noah, were able to visit her in the hospital, and

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1983 made it possible for me to speak with her and sing her Hebrew Psalms through Facetime in the days before her death.

“I’ve been in touch with Kristie McCrackis, Hilary Bok, and Katy Wheaton over the past year, and I look forward to spending time this August on Cape Cod with Ari Epstein ’80, as well as Ari Goldminz ’03 and Eve Goldminz ’06 with their spouses and children.”

1977

Sarah Kahn shares, “Artist and social worker, I teach art to populations that may not have exposure to art and the artmaking process. I am now a grandmother of two: Josie, 3 1/2, and Eli 2 weeks! It is a very honorary role indeed, and one that brings me meaning and humor.”

Class uKnighters: Ali (Gifford) Stevens aligiffordtalent@aol.com

Class uKnighters: Kevyn G. (Barbera) Fusco 781-729-5517 kevynfusco@verizon.net

Leverett L. Wing 617-285-5050 levster88@yahoo.com

Mark P. Leeds 914-610-1790 leeder60@gmail.com Jennifer (Borden) Mikell 802-863-0351 jenmikell@myfairpoint.net Sylvia Patalano Stenson says, “It’s certainly an adjustment now that the kids are grown and independent. But, as my father always said, ‘The two greatest things to give your children are roots and wings!’ I am just so thankful that they are all happy and healthy!”

Katie Goodman reports, after two years twiddling our thumbs at home, I was finally able to get back on tour with our show, Broad Comedy! What a relief and a joy.

(There might have been some weeping backstage…) And speaking of weeping, my kid went off to Northeastern this year. So tons of changes around here. Back on the road to do fundraising comedy shows for women’s health orgs in the fall, keynotes for Women’s conferences, and running our summer theater camp. Getting our pre-pandemic groove back. Phew. That suuuuucked. Hope you all are getting your grooves back too.”

August is National Make-A-Will Month: HAVE YOU MADE YOURS? After learning that nearly two-thirds of people do not have a will, BB&N partnered with FreeWill to offer our community a free, easy-to-use online resource to create estate plans.

As a BB&N education prepares its students for their future, FreeWill’s free estate planning tools provide resources to help you secure yours.

Using FreeWill’s secure online tool, you can write a will and other important estate planning documents at no cost to you in 20 minutes or less. Doing so, you can rest assured that you have created a plan to protect the people and things you love.

Scan here to start your free will today, or contact Roger Fussa at rfussa@bbns.org or 617-800-2722.

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Class uKnighter: Betsy Ludwig 44-780-176-2390 betsyludwig@mac.com Elizabeth Clay Roy shares an announcement with the community: “The Black Voices for Black Justice Fund (@ BlackVoicesOrg) recently announced that GC’s CEO Elizabeth Clay Roy will receive the organization’s leadership award! The award supports Black leaders advancing racial justice in their communities at this pivotal time.

“I’m deeply honored to accept this award on behalf of the students, teachers, and colleagues seeking to make the promise of democracy real through civics education and community participation,” Elizabeth shared. “From Harlem and Roxbury to Oklahoma City and Oakland, students are stepping into their power as agents of change, as we want every student to have that opportunity. I am thrilled to be selected alongside my fellow awardees and to support their work to advance racial justice in their respective sectors. The work for equity is in every facet of life, and this award recognizes our interdependent efforts in education, democracy, health, the economy, and the environment.”

This award will directly support GC’s work around equity, inclusion, and belonging in civics education to build civic power and agency amongst the diverse rising generation. #GenerationCitizen #BlackVoicesForBlackJustice Read more: https://generationcitizen.org/ for-immediate-release-elizabeth-clay-royreceives-black-voices-for-black-justiceaward/ Mamie Marcus shares, “Life is good. We moved to Needham and are very happy!

My daughter is a sophomore at Elon and my son is a sophomore at Dexter Southfield. I am working at Harvard Business School in alumni relations and it is great to be back by BB&N. Big congrats to Mr. Bryant! Hope everyone is doing well!

2 PICTURED x 1 x Sylvia Patalano Stenson ‘83 (center) and family. x 2 x Katie Goodman ‘86 left, on stage with her cast, finally together again.

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Class uKnighters: Keri-Anne (Gill) Laidlaw 781-620-0178 keri-anne.laidlaw@fmr.com Geoffrey Pardo 617-492-3312 gpardo1918@gmail.com

Daniel Weinreb reports, “I have been living in Durham, NC since 2014 about two miles from my sister Jenni Owen ’85. I am in touch with ’89ers Willard MacDonald, Sarah Strachan, Simon Dennis, Jon Petrow, Karen Hirschfeld, and Cornelia (Nellie) Moynihan MS ’85. Had a lovely meal with Rob Leith a few weeks ago. The BB&N leadership has been a consistent source

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of support–first Rebecca Upham and now Dr. Price–during some very hard years. Last year, after reconciling myself to the fact that chronic depression would make a career impossible, I started working as a fishmonger in a supermarket. Much to my surprise, I am happier than ever: my time is my own after work, leaving me time to cook, read, and make sculptures with North Carolina clay dug out of my yard. Judaism is a big part of my life, attending services weekly if not more often, celebrating Shabbos and learning from my Hasidic, Baptist, and Evangelical spiritual mentors. On a somber note, my father, Lloyd Weinreb, passed away in 2021. My mother, my sisters, and I celebrated him this May at Memorial Church. As my sister Lizzie Fishman ’87 said in her remarks. ‘Gladdened by our memories, we should not mourn. He is restored to us, as he was, as he is. May his memory be a blessing.’”

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M. Aldis Russell 617-694-4332 aldisrussell@gmail.com

Jennifer (Berylson) Block 617-921-4765 jenberylson@gmail.com

Derek B. Townsend 508-586-0735 derek.b.townsend@us.pwc.com

Matthew T. Griffin 617-256-0610 griffman21@hotmail.com

Class uKnighters: Sophia A. Fregosi 917-570-0481 sfregosi@hotmail.com

Melissa Dassori (Schatzberg) shares that she attended BB&N for ten years before her family left Massachusetts, and the experience stuck with her. This summer, she’s publishing her debut middle grade novel, J.R. Silver Writes Her World (Little, Brown/Ottaviano). The story was inspired by a creative writing exercise in former BB&N teacher Nancy Maher’s (Kendall) fourth grade homeroom.

Class uKnighters: Philip J. Auerbach 646-241-5340 pjauer@gmail.com

Phillip A. McCarthy 781-266-8779 phillip@phillipmccarthy.com Jacob E. Meyer 781-789-2875 meyer3030@yahoo.com Nathaniel S. Meyer 617-548-0970 nat.meyer@yahoo.com

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Rebekah (Splaine) Salwasser 617-947-8646 bekahsplaine@gmail.com Natasha Velickovic 617-480-7701 velickovic.natasha@gmail.com Amy M. (Tobin) Wilson 603-424-1081 amytwilson03@gmial.com

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Class uKnighter: Mia (Weiss) Wittels 617-835-1309 msweiss29@gmail.com

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Alexandra Sassoon shares that she married Samuel Hollander on September 12, 2021. Ali and Sam live in Brooklyn with their bernedoodle Babka. Ali is a Strategy Consultant at Control Risks and Sam is an Associate at Urban Standard Capital. “We love NYC and see BB&N alums frequently.”

PICTURED x 1 x Daniel Weinreb ‘89 x 2 x Cover of Melissa Dassori ‘94’s debut middle grade novel, J.R. Silver Writes Her World (Little, Brown/ Ottaviano) x 3 x Rachael Splaine Rollins ‘89, Julia Powell ‘97, Mindy Kaling ‘97 and Bekah Splaine Salwasser ‘97 at Julia’s baby shower

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REGIONAL RECEPTIONS BB&N was back on the road hosting Regional Receptions in Washington, DC and New York City. It was great to see alums from all decades reconnect. We were joined by Lewis Bryant, Faculty Emeritus. We hope to see you again next year!

BB&N IN DC Equinox Wednesday, April 13 Photos By Liz Lynch

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BB&N IN NYC The Raines Law Room at The William Thursday, April 14 Photos By Stephen Yang

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Weekend Highlights May 20-21, 2022 BB&N was thrilled to be able to welcome alumni/ae back on campus in person this spring for Strawberry Weekend. Over the course of a wonderful weekend, alums partook in a variety of events and gatherings including: 50th Reunion Charles River Dinner Cruise • Strawberry Night • Mount Auburn Cemetery Bird & Flower Walk • Grove St. Tour • State of the School Address by Dr. Jennifer Price • Distinguished Alumni/ae Awards • On Campus Reunion Class Dinners

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Alumni/ae Council Highlights 2021-2022 Dear Alumni/ae,

Thank you to all of our 2021-2022 Alumni/ae Council Members for their hard work and dedication this year!

Michael Abrams ’05, Los Angeles

I have the honor of serving as Chair of the BB&N Alumni/ae Council, and as the Council’s representative on the BB&N Board of Trustees. The past year has been a busy and productive one for the Council, and I’m delighted to share a few highlights of all that we have accomplished this year on behalf of alumni/ae and BB&N. •

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Through the leadership of Alix Wozniak ’10 and the Volunteer, Engagement, Governance & Stewardship Committee, we created the first-ever Alumni/ae Council bylaws that will be a foundational part of the transparent and sustainable Alumni/ae Council structure we are building for the future.

The Inclusion Committee, led by Milyna Phillips ’99, Emily Wang ’07, and Betsy Osborn ’89 P’34, ’34, provided the Alumni/ae Council with its inaugural professional development series, an opportunity 63% of us took advantage of, to meaningfully support BB&N’s antiracist journey by engaging—as lifelong learners—with that journey ourselves.

Felicia Aikens ’09, New York Eliza Appleton ’09, Virginia Kathrene Tiffany Bell ’99, Boston Maggie Brelis-Farrell ’10, Los Angeles Meredith Coburn ’03, New York Caroline Schaefer Del Col ’91, Boston Sam Duboff ’06, New York Che Edouard ’10, Boston Nastaran Hakimi ’07, Boston Kathryn Kargman Holden ’01, Boston

Salim Khanachat ’02 and Meredith Coburn ’03, along with the Student Mentorship & Support Committee, led our efforts to connect alumni/ae with opportunities to support BB&N’s core programmatic needs, including the Senior Spring Project.

Paco Irby ’77, Boston

The Alumni/ae Awards Committee, overseen by Brendan Mernin ’83, Kathrene Tiffany Bell ’99, and Ariane Schwartz ’01, brought us a wonderful slate of awardees to celebrate; and continued in their vital work to codify, clarify, and make more equitable the alumni/ae award process, including supporting the school as it established the Lewis Bryant Diversity and Inclusion Award.

Robert Krentzman ’11, New York

Alumni/ae of Color Representative Che Edouard ’10 and Reconciliation Project Representative Paco Irby ’77 were invaluable partners in helping us stay connected to the important work of the Reconciliation Project and Alumni/ae of Color Network on behalf of BB&N. We brought a robust set of recommendations to the Board regarding the ways the school can continue to better engage alumni/ae.

A huge thanks to the incredible Executive Committee for their amazing work, and to the members of the BB&N team—Julie Gray, Sufia Jamal, and Brianna Smith ’10—who were instrumental and patient partners in this work.

Please reach out if you are interested in learning more about the Council or joining our efforts next year. We always welcome new members to bring diverse perspectives, talents, and viewpoints to our work!

Joelinda Coichy Johnson ’07, Boston, Chair Salim Khanachet ’02, Boston

Mark Leeds ’83, New York Sarah Montgomery Lewis ’01 P’34, Boston Brendan Mernin ’83, New York Ed Murphy ’85, Los Angeles Betsy Osborn ’89 P’34,’34, Boston Milyna Phillips ’99, Washington, DC Jeannine Privitera ’82, Boston Laura Saltonstall ’92, Boston Scott Schlager ’08, Boston Ariane Schwartz ’01, Boston, Vice Chair Jonathan Shapira ’98, Boston Abbie Smitka ’07, Boston Emily Wang ’07, Boston Pete White ’50, Virginia

Joelinda Coichy Johnson ’07

Alix Wozniak ’10, Boston

Alumni/ae Council Chair and Trustee jcoichy8@gmail.com

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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI/AE AWARD RECIPIENTS Bob Ganz ’43 | BB&N Medal in recognition of his lifetime of accomplishments in the academic arena and his dedication and loyalty to Browne & Nichols and BB&N “Thank you for this award and for the kind words. I attended Browne & Nichols for seven years beginning in the fall of 1936.

Our class graduating in 1943 numbered about 20. After graduation from high school, we saw little of each other and by the time of our 50th most of us lived far away from Boston.

“Beginning in about 2000, I was finding it more and more difficult to scare up news from my fellow class members and so, around 2008, I decided to widen the range of my reports to include doings of BB&Ners from other classes, and activities and circumstances not only recent but from various stages in the past. Some of these episodes went back before our time at the school.

“Another kind of network I traveled along was genealogical, linking more or less current alums with their parents and earlier ancestors. I’ve found it very congenial to be ‘doing’ history, discovering connections between past and present and eliciting observations from those who participated in former events. I have enjoyed particularly the evocative stories my reports have elicited from fellow alums who I never knew or didn’t know very well.

These have made the past far more alive and significant than I would have been able to make them on my own.

“I am grateful for the wonderful help I’ve received from the school’s talented and knowledgeable staff. During my backward journeying I’ve found that the lives of many alums are quite dazzling. Hence these years have strengthened my hopes for the future.”

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David P. Fialkow ’77 | Distinguished Alumnus in recognition of his long record and many accomplishments as a venture capitalist, philanthropist, and awardwinning documentary filmmaker “Thank you to the BB&N community. I am deeply honored for the recognition and very blessed to have had the opportunity to attend Buckingham Browne & Nichols.

“So much of the craft that I have learned came from the mentorship that I received

as a student at BB&N, focusing around four major things: creativity, collaboration and friendship, think uniquely and ‘paint outside the lines,’ and tenacity. A big part of that came from the tremendous mentorship from our dear friend Armen Dedekian and the absolutely unique motivation skill sets of Jack Etter.

“BB&N has always represented a place of great people, great thinking, and endless opportunities. I am beyond blessed to have had the opportunity to be a part of this extraordinary community and thank you for this recognition.”

Laurel Valchuis ’02 | Distinguished Young Alumna in recognition of her many accomplishments in the field of sustainability, environmental causes, and food justice “Our culture has the propensity to idealize the concept of bigger-isbetter, but BB&N instilled the values and the thinking-outside-the-box mentality to thoughtfully design a different reality and implement it. Our small scale only strengthens the accountability we have to the planet and to each other.

“I distinctly recall Ms. Cranston in the English Department and Mr. Edbrooke in Latin, encouraging us to look deeper into the literature to find what motivates an author or characters, to generate empathy and understanding, to not generalize. Mr. Ruhlmann in woodworking pushed us to think of where and how the lumber was harvested and for that to be a part of our art.

“The lesson of seeing the whole picture and connecting to all the humans involved along the way is a guiding light that pushes us to make choices that benefit not only our small community, but to think of ourselves a piece of a much bigger puzzle: the planet, that needs our care, and to make choices in this regard.

“With events like what we saw in Buffalo, or the vast diffusion of responsibility corporations reflect in their actions resulting in destroying

the planet, it is the human connection that will break this cycle. I’m grateful to BB&N for instilling these values and empowering me to find a voice in my work, and I look forward to seeing other student endeavors in which these values are expressed.”

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Soren McLeod graduated from Harvard with his siblings in May.

2017

Charlotte Foote received “The Marina Keegan Award for Excellence in Playwriting” for her portfolio, “Ghost Fruit” from Yale University this May. The Marina Keegan Prize Committee has noted:

“Charlotte Foote’s beautiful play GHOST FRUIT examines the fungible boundary between the material and the immaterial; the soul and the body. Her characters, each in their own way, rebel against and fall in love with the insubstantiality of this boundary, leading all of them to painful and liberating verities.”

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Ryan Loughran shares, “I’m a month into my big summer adventure: a crosscountry road trip to explore the Pacific Northwest and be the assistant trail crew

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manager in the Kettle River Range mountains of Eastern Washington. The car (my summer home) and I made it to Washington, camping wherever I found interesting spots. I’ve met great people, went to a rodeo, biked Hurricane Ridge, and passed my chainsaw certification training. When I’m working the trails, we’re in the wilderness for eight days and I love the work! We cleared more than 750 trees and hiked over 85 miles in just the first week. Reach out if you are in the area – I’m here through August.”

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PICTURED x 1 x Nastaran Hakimi ’07, Abigail Smitka ’07, Joelinda Coichy Johnson ’07, Alumni/ae Council Chair and Trustee, and Emily Wang ’07 at the end of year Alumni/ae Council Dinner. x 2 x Zach McLeod ‘10, Soren McLeod ‘16, Nate McLeod ‘13 and Chelsea McLeod ‘08 at Soren’s Harvard Graduation. x 3 x Charlotte Foote ‘17 (upper right) at her Yale Graduation after being awarded the Marina Keegan Award for Excellence in Playwriting

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daughter Lily Carter ‘22 and friend Cary Mead White ‘81. | 2 x Ryan Loughran ‘20 exploring the Pacific Northwest. x 3 x Peyton Rollins ‘22 with her aunt Bekah Splaine Salwasser ‘97 (left) and mother Rachael Splaine Rollins ‘89 (right) x 4 x Annie Stockwell ‘22 and Kim Druker Stockwell ‘86 x 5 x Charlie Ward ‘20 and Christine Hogan Ward ‘86 x 6 x CC Chung’s six siblings, all BB&N graduates, join her to celebrate her graduation in June. From left: Ella Grimshaw ’11, Miles Grimshaw ’09, CC Chung ’22, Nathan Grimshaw ’14, Eve Grimshaw ’18, Anya Chung ’19, and Lily Chung ’15.

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Didn’t see your class year in the Class Notes section? The following classes submitted no class notes!

To share your news, visit: www.bbns.org/alumni-1/alumniae-facts/submita-class-note, or contact one of the Class uKnighters for your grade listed below.

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Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: Melvin H. Chalfen 617-864-7965 mhchalfen@mac.com

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1945 Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: George Hansen, Jr. 781-934-2946 hansen34@comcast.net

1946 1947 Buckingham Class uKnighter: Ann Simmons Butler 617-926-5315 abutler51@aol.com Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: Norman E. Hansen 207-363-3812 hansen.norman@comcast.net

1948 1949 Buckingham Class uKnighter: Johanna Larson Perry 650-344-0862 jlplcsw@earthlink.net

1951 Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: Edward H.L. Mason 925-838-7848 edmason55@gmail.com

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Class uKnighter: Peter Smith peterh.smith@icloud.com

1961 Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: C. Richard Anderson 781-334-4847 barbkohra@gmail.com

1963 Buckingham Class uKnighter: Elspeth Eustis Taylor 617-868-0727 etbost@aol.com Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: Richard J. Litner rlitner@gmail.com

1968 Browne & Nichols Class uKnighter: Peter A. Rossetti, Jr. peterrossettijr@aol.com

1970 Buckingham Class uKnighter: Cynthia Chace 781-749-2598 cborage@gmail.com Browne & Nichols Class uKnighters: Roger B. Sturgis rbsturgisjama@gmail.com

Richard E. Waring re.waring@verizon.net

1975 Class uKnighter: Brenda Gross Brendag.stahl@gmail.com

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Jeannine Privitera 617-680-9901 jpap1i4s@gmail.com

1984 Class uKnighter: Elizabeth G. Terry 617-489-1644 eterry@fas.harvard.edu

Class uKnighter: Virginia Pye 804-514-6864 virginia@virginiapye.com

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Class uKnighter: Jon R. Pressman 203-856-8879 Pressco4@aol.com

Class uKnighter: Eric S. Jacobson 610-240-4859 ericjacobson@hotmail.com

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Class uKnighters: Randi Stempler Chen 408-395-5443 teamchen@comcast.net

Class uKnighter: Sara Ciotti Bavaro 781-237-3646 sjcio@yahoo.com

Cathleen Howard Holmes 508-358-0815 chholmes@verizon.net

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Jane Coles Ryter 617-823-2550 janecoles@aol.com

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Class uKnighter: Michael W. Schnitman 781-489-5407 mschnitman@mba2002.hbs.edu

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Class uKnighters: Sumi Paek DeBenedittis 917-903-8252 sumi@benit.com

Class uKnighters Alison Koff Arnstein alison.arnstein@gmail.com

Alexis Boyle Egan alexisegan11@yahoo.com

Robert A. Cohen 203-662-0676 robert.a.cohen@wellsfargo.com

1995 Class uKnighter: Beth Myers Azano 781-864-6970 eazano@partners.org

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Class uKnighter: Jesse Needleman needlem@post.harvard.edu

Class uKnighters: Kristin Tyman Brawn 781-820-5770 kristen.l.brawn@gmail.com

Class uKnighters: Meredith L. Coburn 617-462-3565 meredith.coburn@gmail.com

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Elizabeth Howie Dank 781-504-5535 elizabethwhdank@gmail.com

Michelle M. Shortsleeve michelle.shortsleeve@gmail.com

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Adam G. Zalisk 617-285-7454 adam.zalisk@gmail.com

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Class uKnighters: Lilla Curran 617-480-7673 lillacurran@gmail.com Annie Diamond 617-548-1851 anne.diamond@gmail.com Joseph Ghory 646-696-0533 jghory@gmail.com Benjamin Grossman 917-922-9040 bgrossman@grossmanmarketing.com Alisa Ray 919-308-2794 alisa.ray@gmail.com Bradford Sohn 310-866-0001 bsohn@post.harvard.edu

1999 Class uKnighters: Kathrene Tiffany Bell 617-306-1107 ktiffany@gmail.com Michael Ellis 617-462-6075 mwalshel@gmail.com Nathaniel Bigelow Jacks 617-953-1467 nathaniel.jacks@gmail.com Carolina Samudio-Ortega 617-504-7442 carolina.lineth.ortega@gmail.com

Katharine G. Herrup 917-364-0731 kherrup@gmail.com Robert A. McManmon 617-835-9919 robertmcmanmon@gmail.com Matthew S. Slovik 617-921-0309 matthew.slovik@gmail.com

2001 Class uKnighters: Adam F. Cohen 512-461-6918 adamfcohen@gmail.com Lauren Gross laurenbgross@gmail.com Richmond Holden III 781-771-3665 richmond.holdeniii@gmail.com Andrew H. Jewett 617-320-6853 jewett.andrew@gmail.com

2004 Class uKnighter: Eyob Yohannes 617-489-6754 yohannes.eyob@gmail.com

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2005 Class uKnighter: Lindsay W. White 617-957-3502 lwillardwhite@gmail.com

2006 2008 Class uKnighter: Amy McNabb amylmcnabb@gmail.com

2009 Class uKnighters:

Rory L. Jones 617-266-2486 roryljones@gmail.com Natalie Zervas Miles 919-824-5565 natalie.zervas@gmail.com Timothy J. Parks 617-872-1002 timothy.parks@gmail.com

Matthew E. Javitch 617-332-6744 mjavitch@gmail.com

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Katherine Thorpe Kerr 617-840-5184 katherinetkerr@gmail.com

Class uKnighters: Patrice C. Ryce 781-483-3371 pcr612@gmail.com

Emily Leinbach emily.leinbach@gmail.com Carolyn Levitan 781-956-0203 levitan.carolyn@gmail.com Alison Parker 617-817-5540 ali.parker.13@gmail.com

2010 Class uKnighter: Sarah Gottlieb 508-733-5959 sarah.r.gottlieb@gmail.com

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If you would like to request a BB&N banner for a wedding photo, please email alumni_programs@bbns.org and provide the wedding date and best mailing address.

If you would like a BB&N baby t-shirt for a photo, please send us your birth announcement!

Alumni/ae Programs looks forward to including the images in this section.

Weddings & Commitments

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Alexandra Sassoon & Samuel Hollander September 12, 2021

Births & Adoptions

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Ben Grossman & Rebecca Walker Eliza Walker Grossman May 4, 2022

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Katherine Mackey & Kiernan Schmitt Penelope Jane Schmitt January 7, 2022

PICTURED Weddings & Commitments: x 1 x Alexandra Sassoon ‘11 & Samuel Hollander at their September 2021 wedding.

Births & Adoptions: x 2 x Penelope Jane Schmitt, daughter of Katherine Mackey ‘03 and husband Kiernan Schmitt.

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In Memoriam Margaret Breed Marsh ‘38 February 15, 2021 Margaret “Peggy” Breed Marsh of Concord, MA, formerly of Lincoln, MA, passed away peacefully on February 15, 2021, at the age of 100, at her son’s residence in Temple, NH. She was the wife of the late Paul Everhart Marsh and taught 6th grade at the Buckingham School from 1959-1960. Born in Boston, MA, on June 21, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Stephen Alec and Laura (Post) Breed. She is survived by her children, Alec Marsh ‘71 and wife Nicole of PA., Alan Marsh and partner John of Temple, NH, and her grandchildren: Gabriel Miller, Arabella Marsh, Jackson and Grant Marsh, as well as E. and George Marsh.

Ann Wilkinson Clapp ’45 March 11, 2022 Michael Moskow ‘51 July 23, 2022 (As this magazine was going to print, BB&N sadly learned of Michael’s passing. A tribute will appear in the next issue.)

Elliot Robert Nason ‘52 May 19, 2022 Elliot Robert “Bob” Nason. On the evening of May 19, 2022, Bob Nason, 88 years old, formerly of Newton/Wayland, MA and Naples, Florida. Loving husband to Jane (Broude). Father of Andrea Nason, her husband, Al Guden, Barbara Nason, Elizabeth Nason, her husband, Greg Galford and Robin and Douglas Stocklan.

Grandfather to Caroline, Sophie and Harrison. Great-grandfather to Mae and Mila. Bob met Jane on Old Garden Beach in Rockport, MA in 1955 while attending Harvard University. Together, they raised their 4 daughters in Wayland, MA. Bob built contemporary homes (Core Contemporary Homes/Nason Building Corp.) for almost 40 years in & around New England. They retired to Naples, Florida in 1996 & spent their golden years playing tennis and walking the beach.

Frances Fitzgerald Beer ’58 April 7, 2022 Frances passed away peacefully, with family by her side, in Toronto at age 81.

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Fondly remembered by children Jessica Runge (Arthur Cormack) and Denis McKim (Sarah Isbister); grandchildren Zachary and Zoë Cormack; and sister Katherine.

Predeceased by spouse David McKim; brother William; and parents Samuel and Roberta. Missed by nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. A devoted and accomplished teacher and scholar, Fran taught for many years at York University/ Atkinson College, and made important contributions to her fields of expertise: medieval literature, nineteenth-century women writers, and children’s literature; as well as to the Journal of Canadian Woman Studies/cf and Inanna Publications. Author of several academic and literary works, and a lifelong lover of animals, Fran was generous, determined, kind, funny, clever, modest, gentle, loving, and loyal.

Lydia Thayer ’58 February 10, 2022 Lydia, known to friends and family as Pixie, grew up in a loving home in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her parents Gordon and Lydia, and younger brother, Bruce.

Despite health issues as a child, Pixie developed a passion for reading and horses, becoming an accomplished equestrian.

She attended several private schools and graduated from Boston University and went into a career in speech therapy. Her work took her many places, most fondly to St. John’s, Newfoundland for several years.

She also traveled on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure to Antarctica, capturing its beauty in a multimedia display that she was asked to present in numerous venues. At her retirement, Pixie was a social worker for Paine Social Services in Cambridge.

Pixie met the love of her life, Edward Landreth, married and gained five step children, becoming an important figure in their lives. Pixie and Ed had a fulfilling marriage until his passing in 2001. They entertained and traveled extensively, sharing a passion for good friends, long drives and faraway places.

Pixie had a lifetime involvement in philanthropic activities, educational symposiums, spiritual explorations and selfenrichment groups, and she was always a passionate and enthusiastic participant.

Pixie never did anything halfway or halfbaked; when she did anything, she did it with all her heart. She never really retired; she just transferred her boundless energy to other pursuits.

Perhaps what defined Pixie most were her lifelong, deep connections to family and friends. Loyalty and commitment to those close to her were of paramount importance to Pixie. She will be lovingly remembered for her compassion and concern for others, as well as her everpresent sense of humor and her masterful use of the pun.

After a long, courageous battle with cancer, Pixie peacefully passed from this world on February 10, 2022.

Hugh Field ’60 January 17, 2022 Hugh Thornycroft Field, B&N class of 1960, passed away peacefully at home in Henderson, NV, on January 17, 2022, at the age of 78 after a 15-month battle with cancer.

Hugh was born in New York City on June 16, 1943, to Hermann and English-born Kate (Thorneycroft) Field. At the age of four, Hugh, his younger brother Alan (B&N class of 1962) and his parents moved to Cleveland, Ohio for Hermann’s new architectural job. During this time Hugh famously, and typically, prided himself on learning the alphabet backwards. In 1949, when Hugh was 6, Kate took Hugh and his brother Alan (B&N class of 1962) to London to live with her parents, while Hermann traveled to Europe. The details of what happened next are unclear. Ostensibly, Hermann went to Poland to attend an architectural conference. But it now appears that his goal was to search for his brother, Noel Field, who had disappeared after finding himself on the “wrong side” of the political divide during Cold War geopolitics. In the process of looking for Noel, Hermann was kidnapped in Poland and vanished. Hugh, his mother Kate, and his younger brother Alan remained in London for the next four years, not knowing whether Hermann was alive or dead.

Alan writes of Hugh during this time: “Looking like a ‘British schoolboy,’ Hugh attended school wearing his knee socks, grey flannel shorts, school blazer and beanie. He developed a lifelong passion for London buses, becoming a ‘bus spotter,’ noting down all the individual buses he could identify in his little books. Hugh loved ‘Beano’ and other comic books available for thruppence or sixpence that he would buy at the tube (subway) station on the way to school. Hugh was not adept at sports, like cricket and rugby, but excelled at school.”

Milestones Upon the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 the politics shifted. Hugh’s father was released and rejoined his family in England in1954. The family moved back to the United States and settled in the Boston area in 1956. In the fall of 1956 Hugh entered the ninth grade at Browne & Nichols, while his brother Alan entered the seventh grade. And in 1957 a third sibling was born; Alison Field, BB&N class of 1975.

Hugh graduated from B&N in 1960 and, after taking a year out, entered Harvard in the fall of 1961. He met his first wife, Carol Ann Freni, while working at John Hancock Life Insurance Company, and they were married in 1971. Their son Jonathan was born in 1973 and their daughter Cynthia was born in 1981. Hugh then began a long career as a data analyst at the Massachusetts Department of Welfare. His first marriage ended in 1981, and in 1996 Hugh married Sharon Ethel Concannon, and they moved first to Shirley, MA and then to New Salem, MA. Hugh was an avid reader and took great interest in world history, science, and politics. He was active in local events, town meetings, served on several town committees, and wrote for the local newspapers. He enjoyed singing in the local chorus and performing at the local theater, singing in the choir.

Hugh also enjoyed travel; perhaps the highlight was his trip with Sharon to South Africa to attend his son’s wedding.

Hugh is remembered as warm, fun, and quirky. Gentle in spirit, he avoided cynicism and was a friend to all. He always looked for the bright side of situations and the positive in people.

Hugh is survived by his wife, Sharon Field, of New Salem, MA; former wife and mother of his children, Carolyn Sabina Freni; son and daughter-in-law, Jonathan and Andile Field; daughter and son-in-law Cynthia and Erik Hemmer; and five grandchildren, Emelie and Juliette Hemmer, and Anna, Ethan, and Zoe Field, all of Henderson, NV; brother Alan Field ’63 and his partner Donna Wainwright of Winchester, MA; and sister Alison FieldJuma of Cambridge, MA.

Tony Hanslin ’62 May 11, 2022 Tony was born on August 7, 1943, in San Angelo, TX, to Emil and Maureen Hanslin. As a young boy, son of an Air Force flight captain instructor, Tony moved to Melrose, MA, with his brother Lars where he grew up on an old apple orchard property. He attended the local schools, graduating from Browne & Nichols in 1962.

While in high school, Tony excelled in all types of sports. He became the quarterback of his football team, a member of the crew team, and the wrestling team. After graduating high school, Tony attended Dartmouth College, where he was a member of the scull team.

Tony served six months in the U.S. Coast Guard, mostly seasick on an ice cutter. Perhaps because of this experience, and the influence of his father’s Air Force training, Tony got his pilot’s license, and maintained an interest in planes and flying throughout his life.

In 1971, Tony joined his father’s growing real estate business that had begun in Melrose, and expanded to developing New Seabury on Cape Cod, Eastman in NH. as well as Yankee Barn Homes. Upon his father’s death in 1987, Tony was able to expand the company by a large margin using new technologies to provide new barn style homes to hundreds of families throughout the United States as well as internationally. He wrote the books Barn House Styles, Room by Room, and Post & Beam Dreams with Holly Ostrander and Lisa Lemont.

Tony received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Antioch University.

This degree enabled him to fulfill his lifetime dream of counseling small family businesses. Upon retirement, Tony studied and practiced Tai chi. He became a certified boxing instructor for people with Parkinson’s disease which he enjoyed for many years.

Tony will be remembered by his friends and family as a witty individual who loved cracking jokes, and was passionate about reading, politics, his family, and his dogs.

Tony died of Lewybody disease.

Tony sincerely felt that he owed his

Friends of BB&N Richard Norcross Bentley January 13, 2022 Father-in-law of Dana Bentley P ’30, ’33, Lower School teacher. Grandfather of David Bentley ’30 and Noelle Bentley ’33 Truman Casner March 15, 2022 Former Trustee Father of E. Anne Casner ’78 Ytsjelisck Chamberlain April 9, 2022 Spouse of the late David Chamberlain ’48 Mother of former faculty member Willa Chamberlain Bodman Grandmother of Samuel Axelrod ’07, James Axelrod ’09, and Jehanna Axelrod ’13 Elsie C. Fiore May 14, 2022 Mother of Former Faculty member Peter Fiore ’76 Carole Frierdich November 17, 2021 Grandmother of Danielle Brennan ’23 and Sylvia Brennan ’24 Mark Leventhal March 15, 2022 Father of Emily Leventhal ’96 and brother of Alan Leventhal ’70 Michael McGrath March 9, 2022 Father of Anna McGrath ’22 Elaine Schuster August 1, 2022 Mother of Scott Schuster ‘75, Jodi Schuster LaBourene ‘77, Todd Schuster ‘78; grandmother of Jessica Schuster ‘04, Alexandra Schuster ‘07, and Carly Schuster ‘08 Stanley Snider April 4, 2022 Father-in-law of Gwenn Masterman Snider ’79; grandfather of Oliver Snider ’06, Annie Snider ’09, and Matthew Snider ’13

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could not believe how cozy and stunning his houses are. His use of space, truly breathtaking!”

life’s achievements, both academic, and cultural, to the two years that he spent at Browne & Nichols (1961 and 1962). A couple of days before he died, he told his sister Susu that his lifelong fascination with flexibility was due to the advice of the BB&N wrestling coach.

Surviving members include his wife, Holly Ostrander, Kirsten Baran-Glennon and Lisa Lemont, Daughter-in-law Stephanie Baran-Glennon, son-in-law Eric Lemont, first wife Irene Hanslin, son Tyler Hanslin, siblings, Lars Hanslin ’63, Laurie Hanslin, and Susu Wing.

Klaus von Stutterheim ’62 March 1, 2021 Charles Atherton ’64 May 2, 2022 Charlie was the husband for 40 years to Susan (Salayka) Atherton; loving father of Sarah Clarke and husband Sean of Rutland; and proud grandfather of Charles and Colin Clarke, who affectionately called him “Pops.” Also survived by two beloved sisters, Margaret Atherton and her husband Bob Schwartz of Milwaukee, and Frances Atherton of Bainbridge Island, WA; his niece, Toby Schwartz; four nephews, Omar, Seth, Jeffrey and Marcus Woodworth; a grandniece, Brianna; and a grandnephew, Henry.

Douglass Stiles ’71 January 31, 2022 Loving father of Cornelia Stiles Hauschildt of Brooklyn, NY, and Andrew Stiles of Denver, CO, by Carolyn Stiles. Devoted brother to J. Stephanie Stiles of Wellesley, MA, Susan Stiles Dowell of Monkton, MD, Geoffrey R. Stiles of Porter, ME, and Allan W. Stiles of Lake Mary, FL. Douglass was an architect and developer of residential properties. He received his Masters of Architecture degree from Columbia University with an additional degree from the Sorbonne in Paris, as well as his Bachelor’s degree from Williams College. He is known for his creativity.

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He was an athlete at Browne & Nichols, Cambridge, MA, having served as captain of the football team, and was The Boston Globe pick for the best private school defensive end athlete in his year. He is remembered for his athletic prowess.

Doug lived in Paris for seven years and became fluent in French. He worked in Paris as an architect with French firms for a number of years. Later, when settling in Wayland, MA, he was a board of directors member of the Weston, MA Friendly Society.

He is also remembered for his remarkable singing voice and public speaking abilities, as well as his writing and way with words.

He loved words. His words would dance on the page and he could mesmerize you with his writing.

Perhaps his most memorable quality was his sense of humor. He could bring down the house with his humor and kept everyone laughing.

Melanie Temin Mendez ’90 February 16, 2022 Melanie passed in Arlington with her loving husband Adnai and son Eli by her side. She was 49.

Melanie’s life was a source of joy for the people who had the good fortune to share it with her. And there were many–she had countless friends and admirers drawn to her wit, intelligence, and generous spirit.

Thoughtful and sensitive to a fault, she was always ready to reach out for a walk, a talk, or a good laugh, even at her own expense, and made a point of making time for the people in her life. This spirit of love and care was reflected in her commitment to equality and social justice in her community and the world around her. She made a practice of giving to those in need, whether collecting thousands of books for the Prison Book Project or stocking her glove compartment with new socks for homeless people. Her highest calling was to be a good person and she was one of the best.

Melanie was born in San Francisco and grew up in Cambridge. She spent her early years at Shady Hill School,

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, and the Cambridge School of Weston, then graduated from Colorado College and the Monterey Institute of International Studies (now the Middlebury Institute at Monterey), where she earned a master’s degree in TESOL in 2004.

A zealous reader and a library stalwart, Mel always had a book in her hand and a stack by the bed. She was an enthusiastic researcher and when something captured her imagination she dove in, developing expertise–and strong opinions!--on topics as diverse as mushrooms, nutritional chemistry, and The Simpsons. She was an accomplished photographer, with news and feature work published in local media and portraits still cherished in places of honor around her community. Her photographs, like the many letters she wrote, bear witness to her gifts for seeing the best in people and celebrating the daily magic of life.

She faced ovarian cancer bravely, with equal parts grit and humor. Warned by doctors of physical deterioration, she showed them up by becoming a Crossfit athlete. She found a bright side to her struggles, mined her pain for laughter, and in typical Melanie fashion, befriended her nurses and came to chemotherapy sessions with bags of books for their children. She repurposed her research skills to understanding cancer and joined scientific efforts to end it, participating in an NIH immunotherapy trial and finally arranging to donate her body to Harvard Medical School.

After a courageous seven-year fight, she died as she lived, with grace, strength, and love.

Melanie was predeceased by her mother Charlotte Temin. She is survived by Adnai and Eli Mendez, her father Peter Temin, her sister Liz Temin, and many dear friends whom she loved and who loved her like family.

Gus Paddock ’02 July 21, 2020

Milestones CASSIDY MURR AY ’27 BB&N is sincerely heartbroken to report the death of Cassidy Murray ’27, who lost her life in a boating accident while on vacation with her family in Aruba on March 23, 2022. Cassidy’s impact on the Middle School was dramatic, and her presence, smile, and friendship will be profoundly missed.

In capturing Cassidy’s impact on BB&N, her advisor Betsy Canaday recalled, “From the minute she walked in the door as a new student last September, Cassidy became the heart of her class. She shared kindness, humor, warmth, humility, and joy with her classmates and teachers. She made every class and every activity a better experience for everyone. She was unique in this way, and her classmates naturally gravitated to her as a quiet leader.”

Cassidy’s many incredible attributes were also shared in a letter to the community this spring by Head of School Jennifer Price.

“Cassidy’s ever-present smile, infectious laugh, and upbeat personality knit together any group she was a part of.”

“Cassidy’s ever-present smile, infectious laugh, and upbeat personality knit together any group she was a part of. Classmates gravitated to her because of her genuine kindness and quiet modesty. Her friends knew from the very first week of school that she would be a trusted, warm confidant with a great sense of fun and camaraderie.

“She was also known for taking on new challenges with a sense of adventure and joy, whether it was drama class, where she was always up for any game or scene, or playing hockey this winter for the first time—after many years dedicated to gymnastics. As her coach notes, ‘She came out of her shell toward the end of the season, happily playing against much stronger teams and just enjoying being out on the ice.’ Cassidy was also proud of her Irish heritage, which was displayed beautifully with a claddagh-ring mug and Celticcross plate that she made in ceramics class.”

Cassidy’s memory and legacy will never be forgotten. The BB&N community continues to hold the Murray family—Linda, David, and Adam—close in our thoughts and hearts.

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From the Archives

By Esme Rabin, BB&N Archivist

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2 1: Students in the main schoolroom, March 29, 1900 2: Exterior view of 20 Garden Street

Minerva Parker Nichols (1862-1949) was the first independent woman architect in the United States, and a prolific creator. From 1888-1925, she designed at least 70 buildings that spanned the continental United States. She was incredibly famous during her career—at the height of her work in 1890, she was mentioned in newspapers on average every three days. So, why haven’t you heard about her?

Architectural historian Molly Lester began researching Nichols for her master’s thesis in 2011-2012, and the research is still ongoing today. In January 2022, Lester reached out to the BB&N Archives with a question: did we have any materials documenting a school building she had designed for Browne & Nichols? I was surprised to receive the email; after all, none of the histories written about B&N mentioned Minerva Parker Nichols anywhere.

In 1896, both Radcliffe College and Browne & Nichols were rapidly expanding, and the two institutions made a mutually beneficial agreement to switch buildings. Radcliffe acquired B&N’s buildings at 11 Appian Way and 8 Garden Street, and B&N moved farther down to 20-22 Garden Street, where the school would remain for the next several decades. During the summer of 1897, the school erected a new building on the plot of 20 Garden Street. The 1898 school catalog notes the new building was “built… under the supervision of the owners from their own plans, and is therefore specially adapted to their particular needs.” According to archival materials Lester found in the

Adelaide Nichols Baker Papers at Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library (Adelaide was Minerva’s daughter), Minerva Parker Nichols was the architect of this new building. Furthermore, there was a family connection: Minerva’s husband was Rev. William Ichabod Nichols, a relative of B&N founder Edgar Nichols.

When I spoke with Lester, she told me that it’s rare to find any images or papers about Nichols’ buildings, particularly those that no longer survive. Asking about this building was a long shot: 20 Garden Street was demolished sometime after the school sold the property in 1948. Fortunately, the BB&N Archives does have some documentation of our buildings and grounds. A search through our collections yielded a number of useful materials, including but not limited to the original deed for the land, a blueprint of the property from its sale in 1948, and nearly twenty photographs of the exterior and interior of the school, some of which showed students using the space. Needless to say, both Lester and I were delighted.

When people think of archives, they often picture the archivist helping a researcher by finding and sharing materials that support their research needs. Lester’s question about Minerva Parker Nichols shows a beautiful example of the reverse: researchers constantly help to expand and deepen archivists’ knowledge of our collections and institutions. Thanks to Molly Lester, a new facet of BB&N’s history can now catch the light, and another community can remember and appreciate Minerva Parker Nichols and her work.

For more information about Molly Lester’s research into Minerva Parker Nichols, please visit the project’s website at https://www.minervaparkernichols.com. BB&N’s archival photos of 20 Garden Street are viewable in the portfolio on the site. Please reach out to the BB&N Archives at www.bbns.org/archives, or via email at archives@bbns.org.

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