CONTENTS | Winter 2017
departments
2 3 4 30 34
Letters
54 60 64
In Memoriam Remembering Those We Have Lost
68
End Note Why I Teach by Harriet Blanchard
features
Remarks from the Headmaster On Christian & Elm News about the School Alumni Association News Classnotes Profiles of Howard Morrison ’61, Co-founder, Verdant Kitchen; Jamie Lee Curtis ’76, actress and children’s book author; Michael A. Lerner ’76, screenwriter; and Ken Kennerly ’83, sports impresario
10
Gap Year? What You Need to Know An Interview with Dr. Allyson B. Bregman
12
Remembering Edward Albee ’46 A Reminiscence by Kenneth G. Bartels ’69, P ’04
14
Life in Pro Sports Alumni Demonstrate a Passion for Endurance
22
Cuba: Through the Lens of the Humanities, Arts & Sciences A Faculty Perspective
Scoreboard Fall Sports Wrap-up Bookshelf Reviews of works by James P. Lenfestey ’62, Jamie Lee Curtis ’76, Maria Semple ’82, and Alyson Richman ’90
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 “Jungwook” 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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