CONTENTS | Fall 2016
departments
features
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Letters
52 56 60
In Memoriam Remembering Those We Have Lost
64
End Note An Accidental Activist by Monte Frank ’86
Remarks from the Headmaster On Christian & Elm News about the School Alumni Association News Classnotes Profiles of Miles Spencer ’81, Co-Founder, Innovadores Foundation; Ronna Chao ’85, CEO of Bai Xian Asia Institute; StoryCorps alums Dr. Vanessa Brown ’87, Robin Sparkman ’87, and John White ’87; and Brooklyn artist Kari Cholnoky ’06
“Not of an age, but for all time” Musings on the 400th Anniversary of the Bard’s Death
10
Yes to Success Young Eisner Scholars Find Success at Choate
14
National Parks: America's Epic Classrooms James Kaiser ’95
20
Energy’s New Moment Alumni on the Cusp of the New Energy Sector
Scoreboard Spring Sports Wrap-up Bookshelf Reviews of works by Jack Macauley ’70, Joshua Kendall ’77, Katherine Marsh ’92, and Alex Moazed ’06
Choate Rosemary Hall Board of Trustees 2016-2017 Alexandra B. Airth P ’18 Kenneth G. Bartels ’69 P ’04 Samuel P. Bartlett ’91 Peggy Brim Bewkes ’69 Michael J. Carr ’76 George F. Colony ’72 Alex D. Curtis P ’17, ’20 Borje E. Ekholm P ’17, ’20 John F. Green ’77 Linda J. Hodge ’73, P ’12 Ryan Hong ’89, P ’19
Brett M. Johnson ’88 Vanessa Kong-Kerzner P ’16, ’19 Cecelia M. Kurzman ’87 Gretchen Cooper Leach ’57 James A. Lebovitz ’75, P ’06, ’10 Kewsong Lee ’82 Patrick J. McCurdy ’98 Robert A. Minicucci ’71 Tal H. Nazer P ’17 Peter B. Orthwein ’64, P ’94, ’06, ’11 M. Anne Sa’adah Henry K. Snyder ’85
Life Trustees Charles F. Dey P ’78, ’81, ’83 Bruce S. Gelb ’45, P ’72, ’74, ’76, ’78 Edwin A. Goodman ’58 Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. ’57, P ’84 Cary L. Neiman ’64 Stephen J. Schulte ’56, P ’86 Edward J. Shanahan P ’92, ’95 William G. Spears ’56, P ’81, ’90
Editorial Advisory Board Judy Donald ’66 Howard R. Greene P ’82, ’05 Dorothy Heyl ’71, P ’07 Seth Hoyt ’61 Henry McNulty ’65 Michelle Judd Rittler ’98 John Steinbreder ’74 Monica St. James P ’06 Francesca Vietor ’82 Heather Zavod P ’87, ’90
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