bulletin Spring 2018
Events Calendar A pr i l Tuesday, April 17 BB&N in Washington D.C. Reception Thursday, April 19 BB&N in New York Reception
May Saturday, May 5 Circus Lower School Campus, Cambridge Friday, May 11 Celebration of Rebecca T. Upham 5-6:30 PM, Nicholas Athletic Center Friday, May 11-Sunday, May 13 Strawberry Night & Reunion Weekend Upper School Campus and Harvard Square, Cambridge
J une Wednesday, June 13 BB&N in Boston Networking Reception
Community News 2 MLK Jr. Luncheon, Middle School
Features
BB&N Community honors 14 The the incredible 17-year legacy of Head
the Archives: Former Upper 26 From School science teacher Sandy Wagner
of School Rebeca T. Upham
recounts the origins of the B&N Outings Club Faculty Profile: 28 Former Brian Staveley
Advancing Our Mission 30 Faculty Chair/Instructorship
Recipients Recognized, 100 Knights ‘til Graduation Alumni/ae Challenge
Alumni/ae News & Notes 32 Alumni/ae News and Notes
Alumna 43 Distinguished Award Receptionn
45 BB&N in Boston 47 BB&N in Los Angeles 49 BB&N in San Francisco
54 Former Faculty News Milestones 56
For more information about alumni/ae events and programs, visit www.bbns.org/alumni For more information about School events, visit www.bbns.org/news-events
Interfaith Pilot Program, Distinguished Alumna Award, Winter Sports, Upper School Musical, Fourth Grade Renewable Energy Study, Spotlight on the Arts, and more
Director of Communications Joe Clifford, Editor Associate Director of Communications Andrew Fletcher, Senior Editor Communications and Website Coordinator Hadley Kyle, Editor Contributing Writers Joe Clifford Cecily Craighill Davis Andrew Fletcher Janet Rosen Al Rossiter Audrey Wallace Kim Ablon Whitney ’91 Contributing Editors Cecily Craighill Davis Kate Radlauer Janet Rosen Katie Small Alumni/ae News & Notes Cecily Craighill Davis Laura Kandziolka Kate Radlauer Tracy Rosette Design & Production Nanci Booth www.nancibooth.com 781-301-1733 Photography/Artwork/Design Andrew Fletcher Eric Nordberg ’88 Shawn Read Joshua Touster Adam Richins
Board of Trustees, 2017-2018 Officers Bracebridge Young Jr., Chair Charles A. Brizius, Vice Chair Erica Gervais Pappendick, Vice Chair/Secretary Bob Higgins, Vice Chair/Treasurer Members Leslie Ahlstrand ’08 Jeff Barber James T. Berylson ’00 Agnes Bundy Scanlan Tim Cohen Karen Donovan Diala Ezzeddine Mary Beth Gordon Christtine Gross-Loh Jason P. Hafler ’00 Katherine Kargman Holden ’01 Freddie Jacobs Kenneth W. Lang Peter K. Levitt ’84 Bridget Terry Long Tristan Mannion Stevie Olson Leslie Riedel Emma Sagan ’10 Matthew Sidman ’90 Stephen Spaloss Janet M. Storella ’74 David J. Thompson ’85 Charlotte Wagner Fan Wu ’98 Head of School Rebecca T. Upham Front Cover:
Head of School Rebecca T. Upham and her dog Leo celebrate with students at this year’s Saturday Knight Lights event. (Photography by Joshua Touster http://www.joshuatousterphotography.com) Correspondence may be sent to: Office of Alumni/ae Programs (alumni_programs@bbns.org or 617-800-2721) or the Office of Communications (communications@bbns.org or 617-800-2403), 80 Gerry’s Landing Road Cambridge, MA 02138-5512
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