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Dana Bulletin SUMMER 2019

ON THIS PAGE: Students, parents, alumnae and faculty joined to sing the Alma Mater at She Sails on April 27, 2019. See other highlights from this event on page 28. ON THE COVER: With pennies in their hands, Kayla Dines ’19, Maria del Mar AlvarezZorrilla ’19 (first row), Carissa Dragat ’19, Panipuck Bhengsri ’19 (second row) and Jillian Earley ’19 (third row) lead the Class of 2019 to The Pond to begin their Commencement ceremony. See more from Dana Hall’s 138th Commencement Exercises on page 25.

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EDITORIAL BOARD

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Katherine L. Bradley Head of School

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Liza Cohen Director of Communications

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Lauren Goldberg Director of Middle School

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Nia Jacobs Academic Dean

Adam Richins www.adamrichins.com

Jessica Keimowitz Director of Upper School

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Molly Kieloch Assistant Director of Communications Robert Mather P24, 26 Assistant Head of School Heather Glavin Yetman ’06 Director of Alumnae Relations

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Table of Contents A Message from Head of School Katherine L. Bradley....................... 2 Class of 2019 College Matriculation List................................................ 3 Bulletin Board............................................................................................ 4

Class Day.................................................................................................... 21 The More You Put In, The More You Get Out Remarks from Jenkins Chair Honoree John Doll...................................... 22 A Note of Appreciation By Brooke Bossert ’19 and Jojo Wu ’19 Senior Class Historians............................................................................... 24 Commencement 2019............................................................................... 25 She Sails 2019............................................................................................. 28

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Reunion Weekend..................................................................................... 33 No Limits on the Pursuit of Her Passions 2019 Distinguished Alumna Honoree Edie Perkins ’89............................ 38 Personalized Generosity Distinguished Service Award Honoree Cheryl Forté ’69 .......................... 40 Never Passing Up an Opportunity 2019 Distinguished Young Alumna Honoree Candace Taylor ’09............ 41 Events and Receptions.............................................................................. 42 Class Notes................................................................................................. 47 In Memoriam............................................................................................. 84

A Message from

Head of School Katherine L. Bradley W

hen I reflect on the most recent school year at Dana Hall, I recognize that many of my personal highlights can be characterized as inspirational. Our community reached “peak inspiration” at She Sails in late April, when we gathered together to learn from each other, share our stories and encourage one another to be bold and dream big. (You can see highlights from the event on page 28.) I felt motivated and hopeful from the very first moments of the day, when I looked out at the gathered alumnae, students, parents, faculty and staff, many of them moved to tears by our Chamber Singers’ soaring rendition of “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” I saw a packed room, full of women eager to discover, articulate and achieve their goals for health and well-being with Kathy Whelan P01, who led a session entitled Nine Steps to a Healthier You: Strategies for Lasting Change. I was lucky to attend the Beyond the Ballot Box: A Civic Engagement Playbook session, where I heard Courtney Caruso ’02 and other alumnae panelists speak about getting engaged with politics without letting partisanship muddy the waters. At events like She Sails and Reunion, which took place during the same weekend (page 33), it is easy to draw direct connecting lines between our current students and the women they will become as alumnae. Today’s members of our championship Model UN team (page 13) are tomorrow’s activists, lawyers and diplomats. Our Peer Education leaders might be the next social workers, therapists and clergy members. The students who work so hard in AP Biology could be future health care professionals and groundbreaking medical researchers. The girls who commanded the Bardwell stage this year may soon find acclaim and professional success in the entertainment industry. These parallels are easy to see, and they provide me with an enormous sense of pride.

Whatever path they choose to take, I hope all of our students take cues from the members of the Class of 1969, who celebrated their 50th Dana Hall Reunion this year. This impressive class was a powerful presence throughout Reunion Weekend; many class members served as She Sails panelists or contributed to sessions in meaningful ways. They also showed amazing leadership in their fundraising efforts, both in their participation and dollars raised for the Dana Fund. I was delighted to spend the Saturday evening of Reunion Weekend with them, as they gathered for a class dinner at Grove House. Clearly, these are women who know their own minds. When it came time to take the official class photo, they initially seemed determined to pose inside the house, despite the space and lighting challenges, citing concerns about the cool weather. It was a slightly chaotic scene, but before the photo shoot went completely off the rails, Susan Dangel ’69, an award-winning television and film producer, deftly convinced her classmates to head outside, where more space and natural light made for a much-improved photo. And that is Dana Hall at its best – strongminded women working together to achieve a better outcome. I’m grateful to these women, and all of our dedicated alumnae, who continue to serve as role models and mentors for our students, and sources of inspiration for us all. F Head of School Katherine Bradley welcomes alumnae, students, parents, faculty and staff to She Sails 2019.

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Class of 2019 College Matriculations

American University

George Washington University (2)

Purdue University (2)

Amherst College

Georgetown University

Rollins College

Babson College

Gettysburg College

Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Bentley University

Universidad Iberoamericana

Santa Clara University (2)

Boston College (2)

University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

Skidmore College (2)

Boston University (3) University of California, Los Angeles Carleton College Colby College Colgate University College of Charleston University of Colorado at Boulder Colorado College (2) Columbia University (2) University of Connecticut

Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey Johns Hopkins University Katholieke Universiteit Leuven King’s College London Lehigh University Loyola Marymount University University of Maryland, College Park University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2) Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

University of St. Andrews Syracuse University (2) Temple University University of Texas, Austin Texas Christian University Trinity College (3) Tufts University Tulane University Union College Vanderbilt University

Dartmouth College

The New School – Parsons School of Design

Denison University

New York University

University of Virginia

Drexel University (2)

Northeastern University (3)

Wake Forest University (2)

University of Edinburgh

Northwestern University (2)

Waseda University

Elon University (2)

University of Pennsylvania

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Fairfield University

Pennsylvania State University

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

University of Findlay

Princeton University

Yale University

Fordham University

Providence College (2)

Villanova University

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TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES ENRICH GLOBAL EDUCATION Durning March break, two groups of Dana students travelled internationally. Social Studies teachers Mary Cameron and Alexandra Siemon led a group of 18 students to Athens, Delphi and the Peloponnese in Greece, while World Languages teachers Nicole Wellington and Jacqui Bloomberg took a group of 12 Latin students to Rome, Pompeii and Tivoli, Italy. Andrea Siame ’20, Nancy Park ’20, Eliza Glass ’21, Sophie Lagarde ’21 and Keyani Nelson ’20, spent their break at Colegio Sansueña in Zaragoza, Spain. While there, the girls attended classes, lived with their host sisters who came to Dana Hall in the fall, and explored Barcelona and Madrid. In April, the 7th grade took its class trip to Philadelphia and the 8th grade headed to New York City for a weekend of learning, exploring and class bonding.

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DANA HALL ARTISTS BRING HOME THE GOLD The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program is the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the United States. Students submit works in a number of categories including photography, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and mixed media. Entries are judged on originality, technical skill and emergence of a personal voice or vision. Sixteen Dana Hall students stood out from thousands of entries and received awards and honorable mentions. GOLD KEY

• Helen Hogge ’19, Fashion, The Puffer Jacket • Yanchen (Dora) Lu ’24, Painting (2), Winter Oak and Back in Time • Laura McHugh ’21, Photography, Elm Bank • Chia Lien (Charlene) Tsai ’20, Painting, Dissatisfaction • Shada (Bink) Vijitkasemkij ’20, Drawing and Illustration, Squished

SILVER KEY

• Yanan Dai ’20, Painting, Hmm? • Kayla Dines ’19, Photography, Bubble • Xu (Molly) Han ’21, Photography, Marlowe • Abigail Houston ’21, Photography, Greenhouse • Lu, Painting, Coming Home • Yang (Annie) Xu ’20, Printmaking, The Creation of Fire

HONORABLE MENTION

• Elena Carmichael ’20, Drawing and Illustration, Playing Dress Up • Wenxin (Echo) Chen ’20, Drawing and Illustration, Two Sailors in the Thai Tea Sea • Angeline Da Silva ’19, Drawing and Illustration, Lucky Cookie • Saaniya Desai ’19, Photography, After Work • Han, Photography, Layers Of Thoughts • Zixin (Cindy) Huang ’20, Printmaking, Fox and Fire • Lu, Photography, Apothecary’s Antiques • Nell Simister ’20, Photography, Circular Windows • Tsai, Drawing and Illustration, Mountain Folds

Yanchen (Dora) Lu ’24’s painting Back in Time earned her the competition’s highest honor: a Gold Medal. “It’s awesome to be recognized for my hard work and efforts,” Lu said. “This award gives me an extraordinary opportunity to learn from and open my eyes to artwork on the national level. I get to be a part of a community of young artists, and learn and exchange experiences with them.” Lu was recognized at the National Ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June, along with Visual Arts Department Head Michael Frassinelli, who was one of three educators awarded a two-week residency in upstate New York. Dora Lu’s Gold Medal winning painting, Back in Time

SHIP DAY TURNS FOCUS ON STORIES OF RESILIENCE Every February, Dana Hall Upper School students participate in Ship Day, a day outside of the regular class schedule dedicated to exploring health and wellness issues. For the first time, Middle School students joined in some of the day’s activities. Keynote speaker Jen Schultz, accompanied by her speech-language pathologist Jenna Muri-Rosenthal, shared the story of Schultz’s traumatic brain injury sustained while golfing. Alumnae Neha Sahni Gaur ’04, Tania DeBarros ’07, Molly Hentz ’09 and Caroline Lyons ’12 spoke to Upper School students about their personal stories of resilience, which included overcoming anxiety, depression, ADHD and type 1 diabetes. After lunch, Candace Taylor ’09 led two dance parties to reinforce how physical activity is an important part of whole-body wellness.

Neha Sahni Guar ’04, Tania DeBarros ’07, Director of Athletics, Health and Wellness John Suby, Molly Hentz ’09, Caroline Lyons ’12

Candace Taylor ’09 leads a dance party for Middle School students.

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ACTIONS + ACHIEVEMENTS (CONTINUED)

CUM LAUDE INDUCTION CELEBRATES ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT On April 22, eighteen students from the classes of 2019 and 2020 were inducted into the Cum Laude Society. The organization honors scholastic achievement at the secondary level, and Dana Hall inducts its new members annually each spring. CLASS OF 2019

CLASS OF 2020

Amelie Brown Saaniya Desai Alison Frambes Tzu Hsein Huang Katherine Phillips Antonia Phillips-Beeching Maria Sedunova Weiting Wang

Elena Carmichael Yanan Dai Zixin Huang Sabria Liddell Abigail Litvak Nancy Park

Fiona Stewart Sarah Syed Nicole Taylor Yang Xu

GIRLS SUMMER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM Now in its ninth year, the Girls Summer Leadership Program (GSLP) welcomed 26 participants to campus June 22-28. The program provides a special setting for girls to work with nine high school mentors and two young alumnae mentors to gain valuable skills and resources that they can take with them as they enter high school. This year, GSLP welcomed back Deena Husami ’18, who attended the program in 2014 and served as a high school mentor in 2017 and 2018, and McKenna McLean ’17, who served as a high school mentor in 2016 and 2017 and a young alumnae mentor in 2018. The seven-day residential program is open to girls who have completed 8th grade and will enter high school in the fall. Top: Young Alum Mentors McKenna McLean ’17 and Deena Husami ’18 Bottom: GSLP participants take on a team challenge.

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COMMUNITY EVENT ADDRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT GIRLS AND STRESS On May 2, Dana Hall hosted The Forum: A Conversation on Girls and Stress. Panelists Robin Cook-Nobles, Ed.D., director of Wellesley College’s Counseling Service at the Stone Center; Christina Dolce, Psy.D., NCSP, clinical and educational psychologist at McLean Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School; and Renée Spencer Ed.D., LICSW, professor at the Boston University School of Social Work, shared recent research findings and discussed practical strategies to help parents, teachers and students devise methods to perform well in the classroom while also mitigating stress. Watch the full event at www.danahall.org/springforum19.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MOVING UP On Friday, June 7, the Class of 2023 became the newest members of the Upper School as they participated in the Middle School MovingUp Ceremony in Waldo Auditorium. Many members of the class read a reflection about their year, and Director of the Middle School Lauren Goldberg presented the Director’s Bowl to Iniye Atiegha ’23.

THIRD ANNUAL DAY OF COMMUNITY LEARNING EXPLORES MLK’S LEGACY

Two of the Green Team tri-heads, Kate Phillips ’19 (left) and Jocelyn Yu ’20, led “Is Dana’s Trash Environmentally and Socially Just?”

On the Tuesday after the country celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dana Hall recognized his work with the third annual Day of Community Learning. The day’s theme, Bending the Arc: Examining Injustice and Seeking Solutions, focused on drawing connections between the life and legacy of King, and solutions to the ongoing social justice issues that exist in this country and around the world. This year, the day expanded to include Middle School students and faculty. “Including the Middle School was crucial because the earlier we provide students with opportunities to become more conscious of their own identities and aware of their social responsibilities, the more likely they are to realize their ability to make an impact,” said Director of Community, Equity and Inclusion Erica Ramirez. “This day is a designated time for students to pause and recognize their own role in dismantling systemic injustice and have a critical mind about issues that are important to them.” Fifty-five student and faculty presenters led 32 workshops, with a broad range of titles that included Examining the Struggle for Equal Rights Through Famous Works of Art; 21st Century Social Justice; Affirmative Action: What’s all the Fuss About?; Empathy over Enmity: the Power of Understanding; R. Kelly and the Dehumanization of Black Women; and How to be an Upstander.

FOOD ALLERGIES AND PET HEALTH INSPIRE ENTREPRENEURIAL DREAMS The 2019 Girls Summer Entrepreneurship Program (GSEP), in its sixth year, gave eight rising Dana Hall juniors and seniors first-hand experience in the evolving world of business for women in the 21st century. The program, which ran from June 17-22, builds business acumen as well as fosters confidence, perseverance, leadership and creativity in the participants. This year’s program featured young alumnae mentors Emily Clarke ’17 and Hailey Rohall ’17, who each facilitated one team of four students. Program highlights included trips to Harvard Innovation Labs, Boston’s Innovation and Design Building and Bentley University, including a stock market simulation in the school’s Trading Room and an overview of entrepreneurial sustainability with a tour of the nation’s only solar-powered student arena/hockey rink. GSEP participants in Bentley University’s The program culminated in a Shark Tank-style business plan competition called the Dragon’s Lair, where the two teams presented their plans to a panel Trading Room of judges that included Katie Murphy ’05, who is a marketing manager at New Balance.The first team presented The Allergenie, which is a portable, wearable device that can prevent allergic reactions. The second team shared Health Hound, which has a mission to improve pet health and nutrition by providing a convenient way to fulfill a pet’s needs through a veterinary-approved personalized meal plan. After tough deliberations, the judges awarded The Allergenie team first place.

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ACTIONS + ACHIEVEMENTS (CONTINUED)

RECENT WORKS FROM ALUMNAE AUTHORS Attention alumnae authors: Do you have a recently published book? Maybe an older title we haven’t heard of but should have in our Alumnae Authors Collection? The Helen Temple Cooke Library would love to add your title to its shelves. Contact Archivist Dorothy DeSimone at dorothy.desimone@danahall.org or (781) 489-1382, or visit https://danahall. libguides.com/alumnaeauthors to see the many works we currently own. The following titles by alumnae were recently acquired by the library: • Sapphire & Planet Zero by Christina Blake ’18 • Sugarloaf: The Mountain’s History, Geology and Natural Lore by Melanie Choukas-Bradley ’70 • Wish of Pentacles: A Supernatural Love Story by Wren Hazard ’79 • Moments that Mattered by Pamela Hull ’55 • Knock Knock: A Life by Suzanne McNear ’77 • The Diminished by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson ’04 • Supercharged Living: A Woman’s Guide to Plugging into the Power of God by Jane Pierotti ’60 • The Tale of Elske by Cynthia Voight ’59

TAKING ON STEAM IN GRADES 5-12 On February 25, Middle School and Upper School students participated in school-wide STEAM special programming. Students broke into advisory groups and participated in hands-on mini engineering Kaili Poirier ’26 and Karen Chen ’19 challenges focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. The challenges ranged from building—constructing a table of newspaper, tape and cardboard to support a heavy dictionary for 60 seconds—and coding to paper circuit designs. In the Middle School, a group of seniors visited the 5th grade class where the younger girls demonstrated coding for a small rolling robot, then together, the pairs problem solved to get their robot to the finish line of a maze.

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Lynn Harwell P24, Sloan Harwell, Noor Harwell ’24, Melissa King and the Dana Dragon

CURRENT FAMILIES WELCOME NEW FAMILIES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MIXER In May, newly enrolled Middle School families were invited to the Middle School Mixer. Girls enjoyed pizza, bingo, a photo booth and a candy bar, and parents were treated to a talk by Social Studies Teacher Eric Goodson P24, 25 who highlighted the history of Dana Hall. Bingo winners were awarded Dana swag and all girls went home with a pair of Dana Hall School sunglasses.

NEW TRUSTEES JOIN DANA HALL BOARD

WELCOME, BECKY KIMBALL!

In May, the Dana Hall Board of Trustees said goodbye to retiring trustee Lesley Nonkin Seymour ’74. The following new trustees were elected to the Board at the annual Meeting of the Corporation. Gretchen Cook-Anderson P23 is an awardwinning global marketing executive for IES Abroad, one of the largest providers of academic study and internship programs abroad for U.S. college students. Through her own consultancy, Global Divercity, Gretchen is a public speaker and provides intercultural communications, multicultural marketing and diversity consulting to organizations in and near urban centers. Gretchen and her husband Thomas Anderson have one daughter at Dana and twin boys who are 2019 graduates of Belmont Hill School. Gretchen sits on the boards of Belmont Hill School, the civic education nonprofit Facing History & Ourselves, Boston community nonprofit United South End Settlements (USES) and the Needham Diversity Initiative. She remains involved with her alma mater Spelman College and has a master’s in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University. Marlous Lagarde P21, 23 is very active in the Parents’ Association as Class Rep for the Class of 2023, chair of the Faculty/Staff Appreciation Committee, and volunteer at Blue and White Night. She and her husband Michel have two daughters currently attending Dana Hall and a third daughter who will start this fall. Marlous has a B.A. in Marketing from the European University of Antwerp and brings an international perspective as a Dutch native who has lived in eight countries. She formerly worked in advertising. Bill Marth P24 has been global president and CEO of North America and Europe at Heritage Pharma Holdings Inc. since April 2018. He has served as president and CEO, as well as chairman of the Board of AMRI (Albany Molecular Research, Inc.) as well as president and CEO of Teva Pharmaceuticals Americas. He also held various positions within divisions of Bristol Myers Squibb. He is a pharmacist and serves on various public and private boards and committees. Bill holds a B.Sc. in Pharmacy from the University of Illinois and MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management. Bill and his wife Judy have one daughter at Dana and a younger son.

Becky Kimball, Director of Athletics, Health and Wellness

This summer Dana Hall School welcomed Becky Kimball as the new Director of Athletics, Health and Wellness. Previously the Butler Director of Sport Performance and Fitness and Assistant Professor of the Practice at Wellesley College, Kimball is passionate about athletics and committed to cultivating an innovative and diverse student-athlete experience. She officially started in the role on July 1.

“Becky’s experience as a director, faculty member and coach at the Division I and Division III collegiate levels will be an asset in this mission-critical area of Dana Hall’s program,” said Head of School Katherine Bradley. “She draws a direct line from athletic opportunities to teaching the lessons of character, teamwork, sportsmanship, integrity and confidence, and her commitment to excellence in health and wellness education will serve our students and faculty well.” At Wellesley College, Kimball oversaw the rapid growth of a sports performance program that includes strength and conditioning for Wellesley’s 13 NCAA Division III varsity programs as well as campus-wide fitness and wellness initiatives. “I am thrilled to be joining the Dana Hall community as the Director of Athletics, Health and Wellness. I look forward to continuing the long-standing commitment to these three areas of school life, as well as to bringing new initiatives and ideas that further empower Dana Hall students to become strong leaders and confident human beings,” said Kimball. “Through a collaborative team approach, I am confident we can use athletics, health and wellness as a springboard to substantial positive growth.” Kimball has presented on the national and regional level on topics related to sports performance and women’s leadership, including at the National Strength and Conditioning Association Massachusetts State Clinic in April 2017 and at the Women Leaders National Convention in 2016. She joined Wellesley after spending a year and a half as a Strength and Conditioning Coach at Bates College. Prior to her appointment at Bates, Kimball had a six-year tenure as Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach and Fitness Coordinator at Division I Southern Illinois University. Kimball holds a B.S. in sports medicine and health fitness from the University of Southern Maine and a master’s in applied exercise science with a concentration in strength and conditioning from Springfield College. She enjoys an active lifestyle of golfing, running and sprint triathlons, as well as a variety of recreational team sports. Kimball will reside on campus with her spouse and two children. Summer 2019

VARSIT Y ATHLETICS

Abigail Houston ’21

IEA Equestrian Team

The EQUESTRIAN TEAM had a busy spring competition schedule. In April and May, the team competed at Grazing Fields Farms in Bourne, Mass., and took home many top honors. April 28 results: • Gwen Field ’21 – 1st place in 1.10m jumper • Amelia Thames ’24 – champion of Child Adult Special Hunters out of 13 competitors, winner of Bit o Straw Child/Adult Special Hunter Classic • Ariadne Dogani ’22 – 2nd place in .80-.85 jumpers • Abigail Houston ’21 – multiple class winner, reserve champion of the .80-.85 jumpers and reserve champion of the .90-.95 jumpers • Perry Young ’25 – winner of the MHJ Children’s Pony medal • Eliza Demler ’25 – champion of the Children’s Pony division • Ainsley Hornblower ’25 – champion of Outreach Children’s Adult Equitation and reserve champion of Outreach Children’s Adult Hunter • Kaitlyn Marth ’24 – champion of Long Stirrup Hunter • Meredith Rippert ’17 – reserve champion of Bit o Straw Child/Adult Special Hunter Classic • Johnston D House Director Grayson Arango – reserve champion of Child/Adult Special Hunters out of 13

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May 5 results: • Aylin Hamzaogullari ’24 – champion of Outreach Equitation and reserve champion of Outreach Hunters • Demler – reserve champion of Outreach Hunters • Thames – champion of the Children’s Hunters • Marth – class winner in the Long Stirrup Hunters Later in May, the team gave out its spring season awards: AEL Equestrian Team • Sportsmanship Award: Laura McHugh ’21 • Most Improved Rider Award: Jane Kehoe ’19 • Most Valuable Rider Award: Ariadne Dogani ’22 IEA Equestrian Team • Sportsmanship Award: Abigail Houston ’21 • Most Improved Rider Award: Laura McHugh ’21 • Most Valuable Rider Award: Grace Thames ’20 Below: AEL Equestrian Team

SCOREBOARD Vietta Kuntz ’19

Ali Frambes ’19

The VARSITY SQUASH team finished the year with a 4-9 record. In the EIL, they came in 2nd with a record of 2-3. The team placed 11th at the New England Squash Tournament B. • EIL All League: Eliza Glass ’21 •E IL Honorable Mention: Jilly McAvinn ’19 and Mimi Brown ’19 •M ost Valuable Players: Vietta Kuntz ’19 and Glass •M ost Improved Player: Abigail Houston ’21

India May ’19

Lauren Merullo ’19 ICE HOCKEY went 4-6 this season and 3-3 in the EIL. • Most Improved Player: Amica Fontijn-Harris ’20 • “Selke” Two-way Player Award: Paige Gallenberger ’20 • “Lady Byng” Sportsmanship Award: Lauren Merullo ’19 • Rookie of the Year: Anna Sullivan ’24

Lia Flenniken ’19

VARSITY SWIMMING AND DIVING ended its season with an overall record of 6-5 and an EIL record of 3-3, coming in 2nd in the EIL. The team took 2nd place in the EIL Tournament and came in 5th place at New England Division 2. At the diving championships, Lia Flenniken ’19 finished in 5th place. Additionally, Head Coach Alden Derr was named EIL Coach of the Year. • Most Valuable Swimmer: Ellie Bacon ’23 • Rookie of the Year: Kayla Balsam ’22 • Most Improved Swimmer: Zoe Yuen ’21

VARSITY SOFTBALL had a season record of 5-9, with a 5-3 record in the EIL, coming in 3rd. • EIL All-League: Ali Frambes ’19, Caira Mathieu ’19 and Callaway Sheedy ’19 • EIL Honorable Mention: Eliza Glass ’21 and Ava Regan ’21 • Rookie of the Year Award: Ava Clay ’22 • Unsung Hero Award: Erin Carney ’20 • Coaches’ Award: Annie Goldman ’19

Kelly McGucken ’19

VARSITY TENNIS ended its season 4-6 and 3-5 in the EIL. The team came in 5th place overall. • EIL All-League: Vietta Kuntz ’19 and Casey Seidner ’19 • EIL Honorable Mention: Ashley Joyce ’20 • Leadership Award: Vietta Kuntz ’19 • Unsung Hero Award: Kelly McGucken ’19 • Grit Award: Joyce Summer 2019

VARSIT Y ATHLETICS SCOREBOARD CONTINUED VARSITY FENCING had an overall record of 10-2 this season. They took 5th place at the Mass. State Championships.

Lilly Craven ’19

• Rookie of the Year: Yudi Wang ’25 • Most Improved Player: Sophia Bililies ’23 • Most Valuable Player: Shayna Tribush ’21 VARSITY LACROSSE went 7-9 this season, going 5-4 in the EIL and earning a 3rd place finish.

Katie Soucy ’19

• EIL All-League: Caroline Breslin ’20, Mimi Brown ’19, Bitsie Knight ’19 and Lauren Merullo ’19 • EIL Honorable Mention: Lauren Copeland ’20 and Camille Steiger ’20 • Rookie of the Year Award: Gabby Cannata ’21 • Dragon Award: Katie Soucy ’19 • Coaches’ Award: Merullo

The VARSITY BASKETBALL team ended the year 2-16 with a 2-11 record in the EIL, coming in 8th place. • EIL Honorable Mention: Casey Seidner ’19 • NEPSAC All Star: Seidner • Most Valuable Player: Catey McCarron ’20 • Leadership Award: Amaechinna Iwuh ’19 • Coaches’ Awards: Lauren Copeland ’20 and May Young ’21 Amaechinna Iwuh ’19 12

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BACK IN BLUE AND WHITE It hasn’t been long since Amanda Feldman ’12 took her Commencement walk around The Pond, but this familiar face was back on campus this Amanda Feldman ’12 spring as an assistant coach for the Varsity Softball team. We caught up with Feldman to hear about all she’s done since leaving Dana and what it’s like to back on Maple Manor Field. What have you been up to since graduating from Dana Hall? After graduating from Dana, I attended Trinity College in Connecticut. During my two years at Trinity, I was a pitcher on the varsity softball team. After my sophomore year, I decided to return to my favorite city and finish up my undergraduate years at Boston University where I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. Since graduating from BU, I’ve kept busy working full-time in account management as a business analyst at a healthcare analytics company, got certified as a barre instructor and teach at the Pure Barre Wellesley and Newton studios, and found a love for running! I completed my second marathon in the spring (both Boston!) and have been training for the Chicago Marathon in October. What does it feel like to be back at Dana as an employee? Oh, it’s been fantastic to be back! It feels like just yesterday I myself was a Dana student and player on the Varsity Softball team. Seven years have gone by way too fast! I’m at a point in my life where I can relate to the girls because I was in their shoes not all that long ago, but have had experiences in college and the professional world that allow me to share some advice and look back and reflect on how much my time at Dana meant to me. All of that being said, many umpires think I am a player. I think it comes with the territory of being only 5’1”! What’s been your favorite part of coaching? Being a member of the Dana softball family again. From watching the girls learn and grow every day as players and young women, to having the ability to give back to a program and sport that was such a big part of my life, to coaching alongside Dr. Doll (and Coach Elwell!) who taught me so much as a player and now as a coach, I love everything about it. Being a part of a team shows us how to rally behind our teammates, and teaches us to find and share our passions with others. It gives us the opportunity to be motivated by our own personal successes as well as by the successes of those around us, but to never settle. It reminds us every day is a chance to work hard, to appreciate the ups and downs of the process with the support of our teammates, and to have a whole lot of fun while doing so!

USING THEIR VOICES Throughout the 2018-19 school year, be it on the stage, in a classroom, or in front of peers or adults, a number of Dana Hall students made their voices heard in various ways.

DEBATE TEAM

NATIONAL RECITATION AND MONOLOGUE COMPETITIONS Ano Chikunya ’19 won the school level of the national recitation contest, Poetry Out Loud, and represented Dana Hall at the regional semifinals in March in Boston. She also competed in the August Wilson Monologue Competition. She took first place in the Boston regional finals and traveled to New York City in May to compete at nationals on Broadway.

The reinvigorated Dana Debate team competed in five tournaments across the northeast this school year. River Mallick ’20 placed in the top 10 in the Varsity Division at Suffolk University Law School in November and again at Boston Latin Academy in February.

STUDENT ENTREPRENEUR Junior Jessie Schwartz ’20 started Epic Rose, which sells hand-painted apparel and donates 100% of the proceeds to food allergy research. Schwartz herself suffers from a severe food allergy and wanted to use her designs to increase support and raise awareness.

MODEL UN

TEDX TALK Novia Nguyen ’21 spoke at a TEDxYouth event in November. She shared her journey through navigating her different identities as a first-generation Vietnamese American, and how that led her to understand those personas are three parts of her whole self.

In December, the Model UN team cochaired St. John’s Preparatory School’s annual Model UN Conference. Five hundred and seventy students from across New England attended the conference, which boasted 17 committees—one of which was Middle School-specific. This was the first time Dana Hall has participated as chairs in a conference of this size. In April, the team was awarded Best Large Delegation (1st place overall) at the annual Dartmouth College Model UN conference, along with three individual first-place finishes by Brooke Bossert ’19, Sophia MiettinenGarrett ’19 and Nicole Taylor ’20.

AISNE CONFERENCE In October, Dana Hall sent a group of faculty and staff members to AISNE’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion conference. Among the highlights: a panel of 10 students from different independent schools, including Brittney Smith ’19 and Sophia Shaikh ’19; the panel was facilitated by Director of Community, Equity and Inclusion Erica Ramirez.

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TURF FIELD PROJECT ON TARGET FOR FALL 2019

Varsity Field Hockey Captain Lindsey Gilfeather ’20, Varsity Field Hockey Captain Mary Kate Egan ’20, Chief Financial Officer Charlie Breslin P20, outgoing Director of Athletics Health and Wellness John Suby, Head of School Katherine Bradley, the Dana Dragon, Assistant Head of School Rob Mather P24, 26, Varsity Lacrosse Captain Camille Steiger ’20, Varsity Lacrosse Captain Lauren Copeland ’20, Varsity Lacrosse Captain Caroline Breslin ’20

On May 29, Dana Hall School officially broke ground on the Turf Field Project, with a ceremony that acknowledged the importance of the project and the generosity of the donors who made it possible to turn a vision into action. “We’re making a strong statement – right here on Grove Street, for all to see – that Dana Hall is a school that takes athletics seriously,” said Head of School Katherine Bradley. “And I can say with certainty that this turf field will benefit all students, not just the ones who wear the cleats and mouth guards. Sports are community builders, especially in a school setting. They allow us to express spirit and pride. As we work to support a unified Dana community, sports will continue to play a critical role.” The Turf Field Project is directly tied to the aspirations of the Vision 2025 strategic plan (see page 16), fulfilling many of the ambitions laid out in the plan’s five themes. The field will provide student-athletes the space and place to be both competitive and collaborative, while reaffirming the School’s commitment to attracting and retaining students with an interest in competitive sports. At the ceremony, Bradley announced that the spectator sideline of the new turf field will be named the Suby Sideline, in honor of outgoing Director of Athletics, Health and Wellness John Suby, who retired at the end of the school year. “As he has throughout his tenure at Dana Hall, John has been an advocate for the turf field, bringing his usual brand of enthusiasm and passion to this project,” said Bradley. “Whether he was advancing

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our renowned Health and Wellness curriculum, encouraging excellence in our student athletes, or growing school spirit through his work with the Crew and the Boosters, John has been a tireless cheerleader for Dana Hall.” The $1.8 million project includes moving Middle Road approximately 80 feet to the left to make room for the field, and creating a new stone wall entryway that will serve as the official entrance to the School. Parents of the Class of 2019 raised funds to support this part of the project. At press time, the School needed $630,000 more for the field. The work will continue all summer so the field will be available for play at the start of the 2019-20 school year. If you would like to support or learn more about the Turf Field Project, visit www.danahall.org/turffield19 or contact Chief Advancement Officer Christie Baskett at (781) 489-1371.

NEW ENTRYWAY AND TURF FIELD LEAD DONORS $100,000+ • Lawrence Best P21 • Todd Copeland and Katherine Koumantzelis Copeland ’86, P18, 20, 23 • Christopher and Jean Egan P20 • Bill and Judy Marth P24 • Parents of the Class of 2019 • Marc and Mary Lou Seidner P19, 20 $50,000 – $99,999 • Wes and Mish Atamian P25

In progress: The new stone entryway on Grove Street

• Steven D’Angelo P21 • Robert and Theresa Wadsworth P06, 12 $25,000 – $49,999 • Anonymous • Eric and Brooke Brown P17, 19, 22 • Michel and Marlous Lagarde P21, 23 $10,000 – $24,999 • David and Susan Elliott P14 • Derek Redgate and Shannon O’Keefe Redgate ’87, P22 • Jessica and Michael Stanton P22 • Jonas Svedlund and Elizabeth Record Svedlund ’90, P22

Turf Field lead supporters Wes Atamian P25, Kathy Koumantzelis Copeland ’86, P18, 20, 23, Todd Copeland P18, 20, 23, Marlous Lagarde P21, 23, Jean Egan P20, Eric Brown P17, 19, 20, Brooke Brown P17, 19, 20, Michael Stanton P22, Elizabeth Record Svedlund ’90, P22, Jessica Stanton P22

As of July 3

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STATUS REPORT: VISION 2025

VISION

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When the Board of Trustees approved the Vision 2025: Enriching and Extending the Dana Difference strategic plan in October 2018, Dana Hall School immediately began to implement the timely innovations and initiatives that will shape the future for the School. See vision2025.danahall.org for the full version. Progress has been made in all five themes: TEACHING AND LEARNING THE DANA WAY • The Teachers’ Learning Collaborative is a new structure for formal conversations regarding teaching and learning, providing time for personal reflection and building connections between colleagues and departments. • Preliminary work on a daily schedule that better aligns Middle School and Upper School • Rethinking long-established uses of time inside and outside of the classroom, with focused conversations about the efficacy of homework • A new Middle School math curriculum from the CPM Educational Program provides a direct path into Upper School courses and an excellent range of pre-algebra and algebra courses; in the second year of CPM, all 7th and 8th grade math classes will be leveled in a new way, focusing on a “best fit” approach rather than gradelevel sectioning to ensure that students have the best possible options to prepare for Upper School. • A reexamination of the role of Upper School exams FINANCING THE FUTURE • Renewed emphasis on parent participation in the Dana Fund, leading to 85% parent participation — 32% over last year • A feasibility study assessed the Dana Hall community’s capacity for a capital campaign; work is now underway to begin the early phases of that effort.

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VISION 2025 E PLURIBUS DANA: MANY BACKGROUNDS ONE COMMUNITY

PLACES, SPACES AND FACILITIES: ARCHITECTING THE DANA EXPERIENCE

• Training for the Board of Trustees to develop a common language and better understanding of the issues of community equity and inclusion (CEI)

• New outdoor paddock and riding ring, named the Cookie DeSimone Riding Ring, at the Karen Stives ’68 Equestrian Center

• The Middle School ALANA group, an affinity group for students of color, meets bi-weekly to explore racial-ethnic-cultural identity development as well as a variety of topics connected to equity, social justice, microaggressions, privilege, and other issues of interest to the students.

• Refurbished seats in Bardwell Auditorium, along with sanding and refinishing the floors, painting the halls and replacing the carpet runners

• Dana All is an alliance group that is open to all students in the Middle School; it is a space for students to ask questions and learn more about issues that impact the LGBTQ+ community and allies.

• In summer 2019, the installation of a new turf field (see page 14)

• CEI-focused professional development experiences for faculty and staff, including a Courageous Conversations workshop with True Story Theater and Dr. Eddie Moore’s 21-Day CEI Challenge, which asked participants to pick one investment each day to further their understanding of power, privilege, inclusion and equity as it pertains to Dana Hall, their work, or their personal growth • The Families of Students of Color Collaborative (FSCC) provides programs that foster communication and increase awareness of community, equity and inclusion. • Events and initiatives that focus on bringing day and boarding students together

• Johnston Dorm renovations include new kitchens, flooring, lighting, furniture and updated bathrooms, as well as new landscaping.

• A new stone wall entryway will serve as the official entrance to the School. • Long-term facilities focus: Classroom Building ROOMS WITH A (POINT OF) VIEW: ENHANCING RESIDENTIAL LIFE • Third of four Johnston Dorm renovations completed, with the final dorm to be renovated in summer 2019 • New software to modernize and improve the checkout and permission systems for boarding students • Greater variety of weekend activities to enhance the experience of boarding students and deepen connections between boarding and day students • The Head’s Council (a group of senior boarding students and senior day students who have elected to board in their senior year) focused on increasing understanding of the relationship between boarding and day students. • Improved event-access for families of boarding students via use of technology

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DANA ON STAGE ...A FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT! The Upper School debuted its spring musical, A Chorus Line, on May 17 and 18 along with actors from Belmont Hill and Roxbury Latin. Top to bottom: Carys Cadwalader ’22, Kate Phillips ’19, Evie Happel ’22, Elena Carmichael ’20 Ainsley Bonang ’21, Aimée Coleman ’22, Kate Phillips ’19 Izzy Longo-Lehman ’19 Ashleigh Chiwaya ’22 and Carys Cadwalader ’22

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Annie Jr., the Middle School spring musical on March 6 and 7, helped us remember that no matter your situation, the sun will come out tomorrow. Top: Mae Goodson ’25, Lea Liebisch ’24, Natalie Drago ’25, Noor Harwell ’24, Jordan Weller ’24 Top right: Sophia Bililies ’23, Gray Goldberg ’25, Mercedes McLaughlin ’23 Bottom right: Arden Murray ’24 and Iniye Atiegha ’23 Bottom left: Margy Eno ’23, Ilyssa Yan ’23, Alice Maffie ’23, Lisa Sun ’25, Noelle Bardorf ’25

DANA HALL DANCE PRESENTED ITS ANNUAL DANCE CONCERT, Verve, on March 1 and 2. Students from all levels of the Upper School dance program performed works in modern, contemporary, ballet, jazz, hip hop and tap along with advanced Middle School students.

Ilyssa Yan ’23 and Hallie Zhou ’23

Nathalie Martin-Nucatola ’20 and Jillian Earley ’19

Amel Guillory ’21, Daniele Musni ’21, Haninah Forrest ’21, Shayna Rothstein ’21

Francesca Gesell ’19

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Thank You! Thanks to the participation of 1,794 donors, the 2018-19 Dana Fund raised $2,249,333.

Wow!

Inside those big numbers are some real reasons to celebrate. Parent participation reached 85%, which is 32% higher than last year. Alumnae participation also improved, to 24%, up 4% from last year. From the parents of the Class of 2019 who raised their sights to commemorate their daughtersâ€™ last year at Dana, to the continued loyalty of the members of the Moon & Stars Society, to the dedicated alumnae who marked milestone Reunions with significant gifts, donors stepped up and demonstrated the strength and power of a true community effort.

Dana Hall is a better place because of YOU.

Class Day

The Dana Hall community gathered by The Pond on Friday, May 31 to honor Upper School student achievements of the 2018-19 school year. The annual award ceremony celebrates excellence in academic disciplines, athletics, performing and visual arts, leadership, community service and citizenship. 4 SCIENCE Promising Scientist Award................................... Yifan (Coco) Zhang ’22 Bausch & Lomb Award...................................................Nicole Taylor ’20 Senior Excellence in Science..................................... Jorryn (JoJo) Wu ’19 MATH Dana Hall Mathematics Prize...............................Panipuck Bhengsri ’19 Dana Hall Mathematics Prize........................................ Abigail Niles ’19 Frank S. Weinert Mathematics Prize.............Victoria (Vietta) Kuntz ’19 COMPUTER SCIENCE Computer Science Award.............................................. Abigail Greely ’19 MUSIC Marguerite Finch Maxwell 1915 Awards In Music: • Up-and-Coming Musician Award................ Imo-Xiaotong Gong ’22 • Achievement Award............................................Maca Paez Romo ’22 • Achievement Award............................................... Miyu Tanigawa ’21 • Outstanding Junior Award...........................................Nancy Park ’20 • Outstanding Senior Award........................... Pin-Yu (Karen) Chen ’19 • Chorus Award.....................................................Ashleigh Chiwaya ’22 • Chamber Singers Award..........................................Sophia Shaikh ’19 PERFORMING ARTS Dance Award......................................................... Jillian (Lilly) Earley ’19 Ondy Dean Gilson ’52 Prize in Theater...... Antonia Phillips-Beeching ’19 Jeanne Armin Award.....................................................Alison Nauen ’19

5 ATHLETIC AWARDS Marsman Award.............................................Larissa (Laura) McHugh ’21 Riding Cup................................................................. Abigail Houston ’21 Dorothy M. Schirmer Memorial Award........................ Ava Sweeney ’22 Ann O’Day Sullivan Award ......................................... Kaitlyn Soucy ’19 Scholar Athlete Award.................................................Alison Frambes ’19 Dana “D” Award........................................................ Lauren Merullo ’19 Dana “D” Award................................................................ Jillian McAvinn ’19 Dana “D” Award............................................................ Lucia Garber ’19 Varsity Athlete Award....................................................Caira Mathieu ’19 Herky Award............................................................. Elizabeth Knight ’19 Herky Award.................................................................. Casey Seidner ’19 Helen Parker Bowlby Award...................................Amaechinna Iwuh ’19 Best Athlete Award.........................................................Amelie Brown ’19 BOOK PRIZES Bryn Mawr College President’s Book Prize...............Xinyao (Tori) Li ’20 Harvard University Book Prize..................................... Abigail Litvak ’20 Holy Cross Book Prize........................................................ Sarah Syed ’20 Mount Holyoke College Book Prize.......................... Yang (Annie) Xu ’20 Smith College Book Prize.............................................. Fiona Stewart ’20 University of Pennsylvania Book Prize.................. Elena Carmichael ’20 University of Virginia Jefferson Book Prize................ Maya Darville ’20 Wellesley College Book Prize......................................Katherine Ward ’20 Williams College Book Prize............................................... Yanan Dai ’20

VISUAL ARTS Marguerite Aldridge Putnam 1908 Prize • Photography..............................................................Saaniya Desai ’19 Amelia Curtis Whitman Visual Arts Prize....... Chia Lien (Charlene) Tsai ’20 Rhode Island School of Design Book Prize................ Kayla Terzioglu ’19 Gene Scattergood Visionary Artist Award.....................Helen Hogge ’19

LEADERSHIP AWARDS Class of 2022............................................................Ashleigh Chiwaya ’22 Class of 2021.......................................................India-Rose Goldberg ’21 Class of 2010...............................................................Xinyao (Tori) Li ’20 Class of 2019.................................................................. Sofia Esposito ’19

ENGLISH Malcolm Lloyd Prize for Most Improved Writer....... Dawnya Green ’21 Brown University Book Prize................................ Lindsey Gilfeather ’20 John W. Cameron Book Prize...................... Caroline (Cali) Johnston ’19 Post-Lawrence Prize in English.................................Maria Sedunova ’19

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD......................... Lia Flenniken ’19

SOCIAL STUDIES John Means Spencer Award for Student Enrichment............................................. Yang (Annie) Xu ’20 Social and Political Awareness Award..........................Sophia Shaikh ’19 John G. Schuler Award................................................. Lia Flenniken ’19 Excellence in Social Studies Award............................... Anna Ferrazzi ’19 WORLD LANGUAGES Department Prize in French............................. Gabriella Casagrande ’19 Beryl Wilbur Prize in Vergil..................... Antonia Phillips-Beeching ’19 Department Prize in Mandarin........................................Leah Sager ’21 Dorothy O. Farmer Prize in Latin...........................Lindsay Hendrix ’19 Enrique Cuan Prize in Spanish....................................Amelie Brown ’19 FITZIE FOUNDATION AWARD NOMINEES.................................................. Maya Darville ’20 Xinyao (Tori) Li ’20* Abigail Litvak ’20 KATHERINE T. GREGORY AWARD NOMINEES.............................................India-Rose Goldberg ’21 Novia Nguyen ’21 Allison Sibold ’20* * Denotes winner

NAN COYLE CITIZENSHIP AWARD...................... Angela Hsu ’19 HELEN BURKE MONTAGUE SENIOR CUP....................................... Kayla Dines ’19 ELAINE W. BETTS PRIZE............................. Jillian (Lilly) Earley ’19

1. Chamber Singers Award winner Sophia Shaikh ’19, Director of Choral Music David Coleman P22, and Chorus Award winner Ashleigh Chiwaya ’22 2. Dana Hall Mathematics Prize winner Pani Bhengsri ’19, Mathematics Department Head Alden Derr, Frank S. Weinert Mathematics Prize winner Vietta Kuntz ’19, and Dana Hall Mathematics Prize winner Abigail Niles ’19 3. Elaine W. Betts Prize winner Lilly Earley ’19 and Head of School Katherine Bradley 4. Former Social Studies Teacher John Schuler and John G. Schuler Award winner Lia Flenniken ’19 5. Bryn Mawr College President’s Book Prize winner Tori Li ’20, Mount Holyoke College Book Prize winner Annie Xu ’20, Academic Dean Nia Jacobs, Wellesley College Book Prize winner Katherine Ward ’20, Smith College Book Prize winner Fiona Stewart ’20, and Harvard University Book Prize winner Abigail Litvak ’20

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The More You Put In, The More You Get Out Remarks from Jenkins Chair Honoree John Doll John Doll is the sixth recipient of the Blair Jenkins Faculty Chair for Math and Science, an honor that commemorates the retirement of Dana Hall’s ninth Head of School and honors teachers who have demonstrated extraordinary skills in the classroom and steadfast commitment to Dana students. Doll is the outgoing Science Department Head and Head Coach for Varsity Softball; in the fall of 2019 he will join the faculty of his alma mater, Moses Brown School in Providence, R.I. The remarks he shared at the Board of Trustees dinner on January 25 are excerpted below. John Doll in the classroom

lair Jenkins was kind enough to hire me in the spring of 2005, and I can’t tell you how appreciative I am to receive an award named in her honor. Blair displayed a selfless devotion to community. She threw herself into every aspect of Dana Hall, and in word and action she demonstrated her personal belief in those around her. The love she showed for her calling and the individual attention she lavished on every student were the embodiment of Amor Caritas. In the long hours she invested, and in her commitment to follow her heart – even if it wasn’t 100% rational, and even if it meant making more work for herself — she embodied the principle that the more you put in, the more you get out. The more you put in, the more you get out is as close as I come to a creed. I’ve tried to let it guide me at every step of my professional and personal life. *** Throughout my life I’ve been fortunate enough to have had mentors who embodied the same principle and who helped shape who I am. My mother selflessly devoted her life to me, doing what I now know were hours of thankless work to create the childhood I had, where I could let my imagination and curiosity run wild, where I felt anything was possible and the entire world was mine to explore. My father’s passion for learning and his drive for excellence in all that he did set the tone for who I have sought to become. My father grew up in a depressed lead mining community in the Ozarks. Growing up in a house made from a modified Sears and Roebuck chicken coop that lacked indoor plumbing or electricity, my dad rightly saw education and hard work as his only avenue to change his life, and he was keenly aware that he had no margin for error in what he was trying to accomplish. Though he remains the smartest man I’ve ever met, it was his single-minded effort as much as his mathematical ability that enabled him to gain a scholarship to KU, go on to get his Ph.D. from Harvard, get tenure by age 28, and eventually teach for 25 years at Brown University. 22

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Yet for as inspirational as his work ethic was, it was his motivation that made the biggest impression on me. He fundamentally wasn’t working to get ahead. He wasn’t trying to get a big house or a nice car. He was working because he loved it. He couldn’t wait to solve the next problem or uncover the next idea. He invested himself because he was doing exactly what he loved. This is something I came to understand as he would come home each afternoon for two hours to help me practice my baseball, before heading back into work after dinner for more hours in the lab. This is something I saw as, even in failing health, he pulled himself in each day to teach his freshmen Chemistry class. Teaching wasn’t a burden to be gotten through; it was a cherished act of giving back. It was helping someone else to find the opportunity that had been so important in his own life. This notion of putting your love for others above your own interests has remained with me. As an adult, I have been fortunate enough to learn from mentors of all ages, and as was the case with my parents, the greatest lesson I have taken away was the notion that what you put in is what you take out. I’ve taken that lesson from watching the meticulous care of my undergraduate and graduate advisors in the way they approached their research and teaching. *** The same can be seen in any teacher here. I cannot say how thankful I am to work in a community where giving all that you have each day is the norm. Where administrators work tirelessly to create meaningful experiences for students and likewise show a willingness to press pause in a hectic schedule to create a day where we are able to listen to student voices. Together we have nurtured a community where no one bats an eye when a teacher works to create and facilitate a service project bringing together our students with elementary kids in an underserved community, then returns to campus and, rather than collapsing, spends her evening offering AP Physics help in the Student Center. Or an assistant coach ruptures an eardrum before the championship game, but doesn’t mention a thing until after we win, because she doesn’t want to distract the team. I am privileged to work with individuals who are a daily inspiration. Some of the biggest lessons I’ve learned about the power of investing yourself have come from the students, athletes and families with whom I’ve worked. They are the young woman who turned the disappointment of being cut from the softball team as a 6th grader into the motivation to pursue her pitching, the toughness to endure setbacks and injury as a program grew around her, and the talent and fire to lead her team to the first championship in 20 years and the league MVP in her senior year. It’s from her family who taught me lessons how to care for my own child, and help him productively navigate setbacks. It’s from the young woman who took her classmates and teammates under her wing, showing how to be tough, by staying in the game after getting smacked in the elbow by an errant swing, but also showing them how to be kind and caring by devoting her time to guide, mentor, and support them first as a captain and then as a coach. *** I continue to learn from my students, friends John Doll with his wife and Middle School Science and Math Teacher, Lesley Doll, and son, Ryan and colleagues each and every day. I hope that in some small way I am able to reflect the light of their enthusiasm for others to see. I hope that by investing myself fully in everything I do, from racing a bike, to coaching a team, to developing a class, I can help to inspire my son, my students and my community to find what you love, and to live for it — regardless of whether it’s easy, regardless of whether it’s conventional. Because life is too precious not to give everything you have to what you love. F

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A Note of Appreciation

By Brooke Bossert ’19 and Jojo Wu ’19 Senior Class Historians

Dear Dana Hall, You will forever remain in the hearts of the Class of 2019. From the Middle School moments to the Upper School years, Dana Hall has given us countless opportunities to learn, lead and succeed as extraordinary women and responsible citizens of the world. Whether it was the 9th grade Cabaret that strengthened our bond and proved we are a talented class, or 10th grade Senior-Sophomore that immersed us in the sweetness of sisterhood, or junior year Revels that further demonstrated our creativity and intimate bond, or even the most exciting tradition of all and the culmination of our bond and sisterhood during our last winter here — there were always moments that we can look back on to remind us of the good old days when we have laughed, cried, and grown together. The Class of 2019 will be forever grateful for all these wonderful experiences and memories that Dana Hall has offered us. Senior year was an extremely successful year for the members of our class. Academic-wise, we had new members of the class inducted into the Cum Laude Society. In athletics, we had seniors commit to sports teams at colleges and universities, continuing to demonstrate excellent sportsmanship in the future. Seniors on varsity sports teams, from volleyball to swimming to equestrian, showcased their contributions and leadership in being the captains, winning awards and working with the teams to earn brilliant places in various tournaments and championships. 2018-19 was also a very big year for the arts. Members of the senior class played important roles in The Laramie Project in the fall, and the success of the annual March dance concert, VERVE, displayed that the seniors were an integral part of the dance community. Many members also demonstrated their musical talent at the annual School of Music Honors Recital. The year came to an outstanding end with Dana’s production of the spring musical A Chorus Line that left the crowd cheering. Whether it was in the classroom, on the sports field or on the stage, the Class of 2019 soared this past year. Not only do we have diligent scholars, impressive athletes, incredible actors, and talented artists and musicians, we are also surrounded by sophisticated thinkers and speakers whose abilities shined in different clubs. Members of the Model UN team voiced their strong opinions in conferences with peers from all over the country; writers for the Hallmanac shared with the Dana community all the latest updates and fun stories; and editors and contributors of Mirage brought together another exceptional edition of the literary magazine that was praised by everyone in the Dana community. The Class of 2019 was able to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to our passions and achieve the absolute best in every aspect. Our class is ambitious, diverse and caring. The 88 of us came from different cultures and backgrounds, and no matter which year we started at Dana, we embraced each other and grew like a family. We have always supported each other throughout our journey here, whether it was hugging, congratulating or crying with each other during the college process, helping each other out in all the preparations for the traditions, or coming together strongly to bring back our Senior Skip Day. We had fun laughing together and sharing stories in Student Affairs and dorms, chasing each other down in the hallways during The Game, and simply being each other’s dearest Silver Sisters. The sisterhood formed in the Class of 2019 is unbreakable, and although we are all heading off to different places next year, we know that this special bond will always connect us. We know that, as we are about to embrace the next journey to the greater future, we can always rely on each other. To the Class of 2019 — sail on, sail far, we will be sailing right behind.

Amor Caritas, Brooke and Jojo

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Antonia Phillips-Beeching, Lindsay Hendrix and Anna Ferrazzi grab a pre-Commencement selfie.

Commencement

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Assistant Head of School Rob Mather P24, 26, Head of School Katherine Bradley, Chair of the Dana Hall Board of Trustees Marcia Teng Ishizuka ’77, Dana Hall Trustee Lesley Jane Nonkin Seymour ’74, Director of Upper School Jessica Keimowitz, Director of Athletics, Health and Wellness John Suby

Annie Goldman and Francesca Gesell

Nana Yaa Forson

Maeve Frambes, Shannah Frambes P17, 19, Alison Frambes, Brian Frambes P17, 19, Elizabeth Frambes ’17, Cole Frambes

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Hui (Julia) Ran, Claire Randolph, Abigail Roth, Margo Sarandopolis

Senior Class Advisor Kathy Hamel helps Brittney Smith with her crown.

Ellis Hargadon gives two thumbs up.

Maria Longo ’79, P19, Isabela Longo-Lehman, Janet Lehman P19

“ You are about to begin the biggest, most exciting journey of your life. You are about to seek your independence for the first time as young women in a world that has changed in some gigantic ways, and that has, in some ways, not changed enough. You are about to take your intelligence, your energy, your book learning, and put it out into the world and see how it works. You are about to learn the impact that a highly educated, independent woman can have on the world today.” Commencement speaker Lesley Jane Nonkin

– Commencement Speaker Lesley Jane Nonkin Seymour ’74 Seymour ’74

Amaechinna Iwuh receives a congratulatory hug from Math teacher Bethany Kent.

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The Class of 2019 celebrates.

Saida Canales and Lia Flenniken toss their pennies in The Pond.

The Class of 2019 heads toward The Pond.

Outgoing Director of Athletics, Health and Wellness John Suby delivered the closing remarks.

Isobel MacKinnon

Kayla Dines and Anne Jacobs ’55, G19

Panipuck Bhengsri, Brooke Bossert, Brycie Bowser, Mimi Brown, Yunyi (Nadia) Cai

“ Our community is built on a form of kindness that will propel us into the unknown and help us forge new relationships and paths in any direction we turn. These moments and memories that we made at Dana are something that can offer us solace and allow us to fall back on reassuringly, especially in foreign environments that line our future paths.” – Student Speaker Tzu Hsien (Charlene) Huang Tzu Hsien (Charlene) Huang was chosen by her classmates to give the student address.

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SHE SAILS 2019

“ This day is all about aspiration and inspiration, which form the underpinnings of Dana Hall’s optimistic future. For me, I am deeply inspired by what I see here right now, as I look out at all of you. As Dana Hall’s 11th Head of School, I stand here with the support of the women who came before me. From Helen Temple Cooke and the Eastman sisters, to Allnah Johnston and Edie Phelps, to Barbara Powell and Ann Bekebrade, both of whom are here with us today, I draw strength and motivation from their examples of leadership and vision. Time and again, our Dana Hall School history turned on moments when these smart women evolved their aspirations into action.” – Katherine Bradley, Head of School

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1. M ore than 700 alumnae, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends attended She Sails 2019. 2. Head of School Katherine Bradley 3. N ew student Alana Roberts, Brimmer Mather ’26, Paige Wheelan ’26, Kaili Poirier ’26, Claire Patterson ’26, Finley Guenther ’26 4. Noelle Bardoff ’26 and Jennifer Bardoff P26

SHE SAILS BY THE NUMBERS

700+ 1

alumnae, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends that attended She Sails

PANELISTS

14 countries represented by attendees who traveled to be part of She Sails and Reunion weekend. That list includes China, England, Hong Kong, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Monaco, Peru, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and United Arab Emirates

750 care kits

18 panel topics

24 states represented by attendees who traveled to be part of She Sails and Reunion weekend

72 volunteers,

assembled for Dignity Matters, a non-profit organization that collects and supplies feminine hygiene products, bras and underwear to women and girls who are homeless or otherwise in need

led by two dedicated Parents’ Association Event Co-Chairs: Becky Cole P22, 24 and Kristen Erdlen Curtin ’86, P22

1. M arissa Lorusso ’09 was a panelist on Inside the Life of a Writer. 2. F ormer Performing Arts Department Head Kevin Groppe P06 with his student, Annika Noelle ’05, who was a panelist on Lights! Camera! Create!

3. J acquelyn Smith McKee ’06 was part of the Dream Big! Transitions and Next Steps panel. 4. T he candy bar was a popular afternoon stop. 5. F ormer Head of School Caroline Erisman P11 and former Director of Advancement Julie Gray P07, 10 6. A lexis Altman ’11, Jen Carey ’10, Carlann (Lannie) Smith Welch ’73 and Alison Farlow MacKinnon ’79, P19 were panelists on Making a Difference: Careers in Mental Health.

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“ Living in Johnston A, with friends from Spanish Harlem to Saudi Arabia, Taiwan to Venezuela, Spain, Bolivia, Pakistan, Texas and California—Dana Hall was truly a global classroom. What I couldn’t begin to know then, was that these friends and what I would learn here — a place where I would discover my own voice — would shape so much of my work.” – Keynote speaker Zoë Timms ’93, founder of the Women’s Education Project

1. The Chamber Singers performed “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”

2. Laura Moore ’74 led a session called It’s Your Mess, But It’s Not Your Fault! 3. She Sails Student Co-Chairs Audrey Lee ’19 and Jurnee Peltier ’19 4. Participants packed the room for the Joy of Cooking panel. 5. Hannah Hoar ’09 was part of the Dream Big! Transitions and Next Steps panel. 6. Zoë Timms ’93 gave the keynote address. 7. Diane Sabatini ’79 was a panelist on Lights! Camera! Create! 8. N ew student Claire Chenard, Anna Gardner ’23 and new student Maya Boyne visit with one of the panelists from At Your Service: Dogs Changing Lives for the Better. 9. I n support of the She Sails community service project, attendees sorted products for Dignity Matters, a local non-profit organization that collects and supplies feminine hygiene products and underwear to women and girls who are homeless or otherwise in need.

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1. A lyson Glavin ’10, Lauren Littlechild Seele ’00, Deborah Saint-Clair ’04 and Jennifer Matthews ’05 were panelists on Kick Some Glass: Empowering Entrepreneurship for Women.

7. L isa Chamberlain Schimmel ’78, Deborah Goldberg Williams ’84 and Andrea Hoadley Nix ’71 were panelists on By the Numbers: Finance 101.

2. K athy Whelan P01 led Nine Step to a Healthier You: Strategies for Lasting Change.

8. B eyond the Ballot Box: A Civic Engagement Playbook panelists Marynee Pontes ’12 and Karen Middleton ’84

3. E mily Cohen ’02 and Sophia Geffen ’09 were panelists on The Impact of Science and Medicine in Health. 4. E llie Reinhardt ’09, Nathalie Sanchez Coleman ’06, Director of Upper School Jessica Keimowitz 5. I nside the Life of a Writer panelist Christina Blake ’18 signed copies of her novel. 6. A s part of a sustainability project, May Young ’21 and Eliza Glass ’21 made signs to encourage the reduction of food waste.

9. C ybill Goldberg P21, P25 (right) led a session called Cultivating Calmness, Clarity & Connection: A Path to Living Life Authentically. 10. C hrista Waegemann ’04 and Holly Todd ’74 were panelists on She Sails Away! Living and Working Abroad. 11. E ugenie Kwan ’06, Susan Eschweiler ’74 and Nina Schatz ’11 were panelists on Designing a Career in Architecture.

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100 YEARS AGO: A LOOK AT 1919 On June 4, 1919, the United States Congress passed the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. What was life at Dana Hall School like a century ago? The Nina Heald Weber ’49 Archives offers a glimpse into this important era.

Helen Temple Cooke circa 1918 The leader of Dana Hall School was a Progressive and a strong advocate for women’s suffrage and empowerment. She and her sister Mabel were Massachusetts state delegates to the National Convention of the Progressive Party in August 1912 in Chicago that nominated Theodore Roosevelt for president. Miss Cooke was listed as one of 15 women who wrote the statement on the Convention pamphlet “… to the Women of the United States” urging “votes for women.”

Artwork from 1919 Class Book The first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight (New York to Paris) took place on June 15, 1919. This art piece at the front of the 1919 Class Book illustrates the novelty of air travel. Grove House circa 1918 Grove House was only five years old in 1919 and stood isolated from the main Dana Hall campus. From this house Helen Temple Cooke had a clear view toward what she called “The Mountain,” where she would later buy a home for her “retirement.”

Le Cercle Marguerite members Le Cercle Marguerite was a Dana Hall club formed in 1918 by members of the Classes of 1918, 1919 and 1920 to raise funds for the education of a French teenager whose father was killed in the War (later known as World War I). Here they pose in their school uniforms, known as “Peter Thomsons,” for the 1919 Class Book photo.

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archives Dorm room picture (undated) The student who lived in this room was a member of the Class of 1921. Note the photo of a loved one in military uniform on her dresser. The War (later known as World War I) was still a fresh memory in 1919. Also note the exposed electric wires connecting the table lamp and bare bulb on the wall. Even as late as 1925 only half of American homes had electricity. Sports Day 1919 outside of Dana Main Classes competed against each other in several sports, including basketball, field hockey and military riding. The victorious classes received silver trophies.

Located in the Helen Temple Cooke Library, the Archives can provide rich context to our shared history. The Archives accepts all materials of historical pertinence — documents, recordings, photographs, scrapbooks, letters and clothing — related to or created by Dana Hall alumnae and faculty during their time at the School. Please contact Archivist Dorothy DeSimone P06, P10 at (781) 489-1382 or dorothy.desimone@danahall.org.

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1. The Class of 1969 sang their class song. 2. Thea Narten ’99, Maria Eugenia Abiti ’99, Donna Corrigan P07, Doug Corrigan P07, Vanessa Banchero Picasso ’99 3. Edie Perkins ’89 received the Distinguished Alumna Award. Read more about Edie on page 38. 4. Emily Soukas ’09, Maria Fernanda Perez ’09, Candace Taylor ’09, Caroline Sykes ’09, Alena Horton ’09

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1. Class of 1969 at She Sails 2. Jennifer Helliwell Stoner ’79 and Tamara Lingos ’79 3. Former faculty members Linda Samuels P93, Dwin Schuler P84 and John Schuler P84 4. Class of 1969 at their Saturday night class dinner 5. Cheryl Forté ’69 received the Distinguished Service Award. Read more about Cheryl on page 40. 6. The Class Participation Award went to the Class of 1974, which had the highest participation in the Dana Fund.

7. Class of 1979 at She Sails

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1. Emily Ostroff ’04, Katie Minetti ’04, Emma Woodward 2. Deborah Albert ’79, Lynn Phillips Hernandez ’79, Claudia Dorr ’79, Kate (Mary) Hewlett ’79, Elizabeth Whiting Dube ’79, Jennifer Helliwell Stoner ’79, Tina Lynch Fiertz ’79 3. Emily Dumont ’14, Heather DeNoble ’14, Ashley Rohall ’14, Jessica Lin ’14, Emily Martin ’14 4. Elise Goldsboro ’99, Rob Mather P24, 26, Marlena James ’99 5. Class of 1994 at She Sails 6. The Class of 2009 sang their class song.

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1. Libby Moseley Edwards ’74, Tapley Allen Sheresky ’74, Louisa Brown Troubh ’74, Susan Guild Roddy ’74, Kate Hirsch Koller ’74, Leslie Stecker Dumont ’74, P13, 14 2. John Schuler P84 and Edie Perkins ’89 3. Susan Eschweiler ’74, Betsy Jackson Fear ’74, Holly Richardson Todd ’74 4. Class of 1999 at She Sails 5. Audrey Lee ’19 (right) presented the Distinguished Young Alumna award to Candace Taylor ’09. Read more about Candace on page 41. 6. Madeline Surgenor ’04 and former faculty member Marie Dunnell 7. Class of 1974 at the Friday night All-Alumnae Dinner 8. Tina Lynch Fiertz ’79, Sally Baker ’79, Alison Farlow MacKinnon ’79, P19, Elizabeth Whiting Dube ’79, Claudia Dorr ’79

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1. The Class of 1994 sang their class song. 2. Class of 1979 at the Friday night All-Alumnae Dinner 3. Class of 1974 at She Sails 4. Class of 1994 at their Saturday night class dinner 5. The Class of 1969 won the Class Agents Bowl, raising the most money for the Dana Fund. 6. Members of the Class of 2014 celebrated their 5th reunion at the Bell in Hand in Boston. 7. Class of 1989 at She Sails

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No Limits on the Pursuit of Her Passions 2019 Distinguished Alumna Honoree

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s a natural athlete, Edie Perkins ’89 has never shied away from a challenge. So it’s not surprising a life-changing cycling accident hasn’t slowed this 14time marathoner down one bit. If anything, it has only allowed Dana Hall’s 2019 Distinguished Alumna to rise to the challenge even more. After Dana Hall, Perkins attended Antioch College in Ohio where she majored in international studies. Upon graduating, she lived and worked in Latin America, teaching English and volunteering at an international human rights organization. Ask any of her former classmates and they’ll tell you Perkins was always passionate about the power of education and its potential to make a positive impact on the world, so it was no shock that when she returned to the U.S., she began a career in educational publishing. After six years in Boston, she moved to New York City to work at Scholastic, where she remained for 13 years in a number of different positions. Her final role was vice president of International Product Development where she helped the company build a suite of digital education programs that were sold internationally. In 2016, she was recruited to work at a company in southern California. The access to the outdoors and free-spirited culture suited her perfectly, and the timing was right in her personal and professional life. “I had been in New York City for a long time and things were changing at Scholastic,” Perkins said. “I’d helped to build up the business, and it was stable and running well, so it was time for a new opportunity.”

Outside of work, Perkins had gotten into running in her early thirties. She discovered she actually had Judy O’Connell Perkins ’57, P89, Edie Perkins ’89 and Jim Perkins P89 after Edie some talent in the sport, she said, and in her fifthreceived her Distinguished Alumna Award ever marathon, which happened to be the Boston Marathon, she came in 25th. Due to an injury, she eventually shifted into cycling, a passion which only intensified upon moving to Los Angeles. “The cycling here is incredible; there are mountains everywhere,” she said. “In New York, I had to spend an hour and a half traversing Brooklyn and then Manhattan” before she could see anything other than concrete. One day in L.A., she headed out on her bike… and everything changed. On April 20, 2017, Perkins was hit at full speed by a driver blinded by the sun. She broke 11 ribs, had multiple spinal fractures in her neck and upper back, and was instantly paralyzed from the chest down. Her recovery was “brutal,” she said. “I had to 38

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re-learn how to do everything, from sitting up and relying on my arms to move my body, to cooking, cleaning, bathing and driving a car. It was my recovery where I was really put to the test.” Once the reality of her paralysis sunk in, Perkins thought back to the disabled athletes she’d seen in the marathons she ran. That’s when she decided to be like them and not let this tragedy get in the way of her athletic pursuits. “As soon as I was well enough to leave the hospital, I sought out handcycle clinics and learned to ride,” she said. She completed her first race—a half marathon—four months after getting out of rehab. Less than a year after that, she became the first woman to complete the New York Marathon as both a runner and a handcyclist. She’s now on a national women’s paracycling team competing in races around the country. Ask Perkins about future goals and she has a laundry list. She’d like to combine her passion for sports with her background in marketing and her new existence as a disabled athlete. Since sports were such an important part of her youth, she wants to do the same for children with disabilities and find new opportunities for them to participate in athletics. She’s also helping remove the stigma around disabilities one child at a time. Perkins loves to visit local elementary schools where she reads a favorite book about a kid with a disability. She then tells her story and opens up the floor for questions. She laughed as she recounted the questions asked by young children, things “most adults would never ask,” she said, but it’s all part of her goal of bringing awareness to living with a disability. Additionally, Perkins wants to connect those with new spinal cord injuries to resources and opportunities—or as she puts it, “help them navigate a really awful time.” She told the story of being in her second rehab facility and watching two men wheel in. “It was the first time I saw people comfortable in a wheelchair and was I like, ‘oh my God, they’re so cool,’” she said. “They talked about their lives and how they’d had families, gotten married and had kids after being disabled. They both had jobs and led these fulfilling lives. They were really inspiring and hopeful.” For her, one of the most helpful parts of these conversations was asking the practical, day-to-day questions, like how you get in and out of your car or how you take your wheelchair apart. Now that she’s mastered these things, she wants to pay it forward and help others as the men she talks about helped her.

“ The Dana community has been incredibly supportive and helpful. Getting that support is definitely a huge motivator and something that keeps me going and feeling good, and this award was definitely part of that.” –– Edie Perkins ’89

At the She Sails and Reunion lunch in April, Perkins collected her Distinguished Alumna Award, which honors an alumna who has demonstrated outstanding distinction in her field of endeavor and serves as an inspiring role model for current students. She was touched that so many of her classmates came to Spring Reunion to celebrate her honor. “One of the things that’s been so amazing is the support I’ve gotten from so many reaches of my life,” she said. “The Dana community has been incredibly supportive and helpful. Getting that support is definitely a huge motivator and something that keeps me going and feeling good, and this award was definitely part of that.” Summer 2019

Personalized Generosity Distinguished Service Award Honoree

Cheryl Forté ’69

heryl Forté has been a loyal and generous supporter of Dana Hall for decades, and her devotion to the School can only be matched by her general humility. When notified that she had been selected to receive the 2019 Service Award, which honors an individual, couple or group who has consistently demonstrated extraordinary commitment, dedication and service to the advancement of Dana Hall School, her initial response could be paraphrased as, “Why me?” More comfortable working behind the scenes than out front and center, Forté is an unassuming but determined supporter of the School and other organizations that inspire and engage her. After a turn in the early 1990s as a Corporator, Forté joined the Dana Hall Board of Trustees from 2008 to 2017, serving on the finance, facilities, trustees membership, advancement and audit committees. She joked that she has been told she is the only person in the history of the Board to enthusiastically volunteer to be on the audit committee. “Finance and audit are in my wheelhouse,” she noted. As of 2017, Forté is again a member of the Corporation; she also became a member of the Helen Temple Cooke Society when she included Dana Hall in her estate plan. Forté’s motives for supporting Dana Hall are simple and direct. “It starts with appreciation for the invaluable education,” she said. “Of course you had to leave the Dana Hall campus and go out in the real world to recognize that. We were also really lucky to be at Dana during the Edie Phelps years because she prepared us so well. I also believe in the importance of all-girls education, which is as valuable today as it was back then. And, I’m very grateful for the lifelong friendships that I developed at Dana.” The 2006 death of classmate Janet Amriati Grimes ’69 changed the way Forté connected with the School. Forté and three of her classmates established The Janet Amriati Grimes ’69 Endowed Fund to support Dana’s community service program. “That was the first time I got involved at Dana in a really personal, engaged way,” Forté explained. “Janet was one of my closest friends at Dana, from the time we were freshmen all the way through. She was really good at staying in touch and keeping a large contingent of our class connected. Losing Janet rocked us. I talked to her on the phone at least once a week. She was so connected and loyal to the School.” The service component of the memorial fund is a very personal tribute to her friend. “We wanted to do something in her memory, and we very immediately zeroed in on the fact that Janet was really one of the first members of our

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class to take on off-campus service projects, like heading into Boston to the Harriet Tubman House and volunteering there,” Forté said. “This type of service wasn’t as common in the late 1960s. And Janet stayed involved in similar activities later on when she lived in New York.” In additional to her deep affection and commitment to Dana and her classmates, Forté also is dedicated to making a difference in the Boston community, frequently sharing her knowledge of finance and audit with nonprofit organizations, including MSPCA/Angell and World Music/CRASHArts. She is a former board member of Fort Point Cultural Coalition, Teen Voices, Franklin Square House Foundation and Mass. Maternity. “We learned about the importance of service while we were at Dana, and it’s something I’ve done ever since,” Forté said. “A lot of my recent volunteer work has been in the cultural nonprofit sphere and animal welfare. My most gratifying work has come from volunteering with organizations that create opportunities for girls, women and families.” In 2018-19, Forté joined the Class of 1969’s 50th Reunion planning and class gift committees, helping to lead her class to significant numbers in attendance, dollars raised and participation in giving. The Class of 1969 had 24 members attend Reunion; they raised $69,550 for the Dana Fund, with a 40% participation rate. The class celebrated their achievements at their milestone reunion in April, with Forté right in the middle of the fun and festivities, quietly leading the way.

Never Passing Up an Opportunity 2019 Distinguished Young Alumna Honoree

Candace Taylor ’09

he arts have always been a part of Candace Taylor’s life. From a tiny 3-year-old in the dance studio for her first lesson to performing in every musical and play at Dana Hall, Taylor has lived her life in the stage lights. “I did everything you can possibly do at Dana,” she said, “and that’s really how I’ve continued to live my life. I never see an opportunity as too small to take part in.” At Connecticut College where Taylor majored in dance, her love of the art form and her passion for Latin American studies collided and led her to apply for a Fulbright research grant. After graduation, she lived in Nicaragua studying the history of the country and the stories of individuals there, using her research to create a dance piece. Shortly after, she came back to Boston, then relocated to New York City where she worked in operations but missed the creativity that came from artistic pursuits of her past. After a career renegotiation, Taylor began teaching dance fitness classes full-time, which opened up a window to work in operations for 305 Fitness. Recently, she connected with a fellow alumnus from Conn College and joined his dance company while also working to support him as an associate choreographer. She hopes to work on Broadway in the near future, she said.

she was a student—though she admits she was “young and not focusing on that,” she said—she wants to do her part to make her presence known, especially to the students of color on campus, she said. “I want to let them know what life looks like after Dana Hall.” Taylor was incredibly honored to be named the 2019 Distinguished Young Alumna, she said, especially since her nomination came from a fellow classmate. “Every woman I know through Dana Hall is impressive, so to be honored in that pool of human beings—really talented, really steadfast, committed, hardworking, loving individuals… wow, period.” The Distinguished Young Alumna Award is presented annually to a young alumna (graduated in the last 15 years) who personifies the school’s motto, Amor Caritas. The honoree will have demonstrated outstanding distinction by giving back to her community and providing an inspiring role model for students.

As she continues to chart her own course, she’s often reminded of her formative years at Dana Hall. From English classes where Taylor recounts Julia Bucci and other “encouraging English faculty who believed in my voice and really encouraged me to continue to develop that” to Eric Goodson and Heather Panahi in the Social Studies department, she speaks of Dana Hall as having “such a lasting impact on who I am and how I’ve chosen to live my life.” For Taylor, it’s never been a question of if or when she would give back to her alma mater. “I don’t imagine there will ever be a time in my life that I don’t feel like I want to be directly involved in what’s happening,” she said. While she doesn’t remember seeing many alumnae on campus while

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Please check the alumnae events calendar on www.danahall.org/alumnae for upcoming events and details.

ALUMNAE & FAMILY EVENT AT DANA HALL

Maddy Carroll Murray ’02; Courtney Fawcett ’02; Bettina Chiu Janco ’02; Alexa Hall Holian ’92; Mary Kate Switchenko Boehm ’06; Lisabeth Jorgensen ’98; Eliza Brown Cowan ’99; Marynee Pontes ’12; Lee Ferguson Frechette ’81, P16, 22; Lisa Aronson Altman ’78, P11, 16; Morgan Bettex Aronson ’00; Jillian Riley ’00

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VERO BEACH, FLA.

Chief Advancement Officer Christie Baskett; Director of Community, Equity and Inclusion Erica Ramirez; Emily Arencibia ’15; Sara Doyle James ’87; Miriam Esteve ’81; Annette Weber-Caldeton ’81; Alex Weber Altuve ’83; Head of School Katherine Bradley

Betsy Winans Carothers ’77; Julie McPartlin ’65; Ty Wyatt Forbush ’58; Head of School Katherine Bradley; Maggie Heck Frazer ’59; Gale Sanson Gillespie ’66; Peggy Scott Griswold ’70; Sue Milnes ’77; Abigail Kimball Winans ’46, P77; Anne Downey Wallace ’74; Anne Poekel McCauley ’61. Not pictured: Stuart Tilt ’74.

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BOSTON NETWORKING EVENT

Kate Saliba ’93; Lee Ferguson Frechette ’81, P16, 22; Abby Frechette ’16; Joanne Saint-Louis Butterfield ’82; Diane St. George Whitney ’78

Lizzie Mullen ’11, Whitney Reimann ’11

Laura Tomasetti P22, Katie McCully Murphy ’05, Allison McPartland ’09, Manon Palandjian ’09, Meredith Caruso ’02

Manon Palandjian ’09, Sophie Langlois ’17

Stephanie Wolf ’14, Jessica Lin ’14, Emily Martin ’14

ALUMNAE/PARENTS FLOWER ARRANGING CLASS AT DANA HALL

Back row: Kristen Erdlen Curtin ’86, P12; Kathy Koumantzelis Copeland ’86, P18, 20, 23; Leah Morris ’84, P23; Lisa Aronson Altman ’78, P11, 16; Heather Foley Adams ’89, P23; Head of School Katherine Bradley; Carrie Essex ’90, P22. Front row: Elizabeth Record Svedlund ’90, P22; Lee Ferguson Frechette ’81, P16, 22; Director of Alumnae Relations Heather Glavin Yetman ’06

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WASHINGTON, D.C.

Nicole Rutberg DiResta ’92, Amy Crolius ’92

Lee Arrowood ’85, Sarah Jones ’06, Summer Sterling ’06, Social Studies Teacher Alexandra Siemon

Wren Manly ’11, Ainsley Lundie ’11

Ann Ardery ’71, Fay Armstrong ’66, Assistant Director of Alumnae Relations and Young Alumnae Giving Stephanie Meyer, Head of School Katherine Bradley, Chief Advancement Officer Christie Baskett, Heather Hopkins ’89, Sarah Jones ’06, Beth Shapiro Lewyckyj ’77

Cindy Harvey ’90, Nicole Rutberg DiResta ’92, Liz Leyne ’93

Ainsley Lundie ’11, Marlena James ’99, Sarah Jones ’06, Assistant Director of Alumnae Relations and Young Alumnae Giving Stephanie Meyer, Head of School Katherine Bradley, Board of Trustees Chair Marcia Teng Ishizuka ’77, Anne Nutter Thompson ’61

ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION SENIOR BRUNCH AT DANA HALL

Back row: Lee Ferguson Frechette ’81, P16, 22; Abby Frechette ’16; Elizabeth Fulham ’16; Ashley Rohall ’14; Dusty Bennett ’95; Lisa Aronson Altman ’78, P11, 16; Liz Welch Maheras ’81, P16, 18; Ailish Maheras ’18. Front row: Caroline Johnson ’15, Samantha Rosenberg ’16, Sally Dent ’15, Taylor Houston ’12, Sophie Habermann ’18, Deena Husami ’18

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Social Studies Teacher Alexandra Lee Ferguson Frechette ’81, P16, 22; Siemon, Brooke Kennedy ’16 Carol Crowdus Barbour ’80; Wendy Higgins Chambers ’80

Nicole Atamian ’11, Emily Soukas ’09, Charlotte Peck ’09, Avery Loeffler ’11

Kehinde Ellis ’12, Caroline Lyons ’12, Victoria Robichaud ’12, Meaghan Robichaud ’17

Sarah Drory ’15, Emily Arencibia ’15

Christopher Norwood ’63, Chief Advancement Officer Christie Baskett

Caroline Lowe Brown ’48, Ann Tarlov Barbul ’58, Elizabeth Eastwood ’69, Jill Spiller ’59, Pamela Lasher Hull ’59

Carol Crowdus Barbour ’80, Rose Killelea ’10

Kimberly Kjellman ’11, Nicole Atamian ’11, Avery Loeffler ’11

Don Chambers, Board of Trustees Chair Marcia Teng Ishizuka ’77, Nobu Ishizuka, Wendy Higgins Chambers ’80

Judith Mueller ’05, Natalia Knochowski ’06, Stephanie Apstein ’06

Hannah Van Winkle ’99, Head of School Katherine Bradley, Raquel Lachman ’98, Jennifer Adams Knebel ’78

Adrienne Koepke ’03, Marissa Grey ’05, Social Studies Teacher Alexandra Siemon, Rose O’Neill-Suspitsyna ’96, Erica Wyner ’00

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Sending a Message The occasion of her upcoming 50th Dana Hall Reunion has given Nancy Karp ’70 a reason to reflect on the role the School has played in her life. “I appreciated the experience of living with different people and sharing space,” said Karp, who lived at Dana Hall for three years as a boarding student. “I learned skills to help me coexist with a variety of people, which really helped when I got to college. I didn’t have that extra pressure or angst about what it was like to live with people or go down the hall and do your own laundry.” She also is grateful for the education she received, and the faculty members who served as role models and sources of support. “The experience at Dana was very personalized,” she said. “Faculty and staff knew you, knew your needs, and they worked to meet those needs. It was very easy to get involved in a lot of new opportunities, whether that was in learning, volunteering or athletics.” Nancy Karp ’70

Karp also has been thinking about her classmates. She characterized her class as close, while acknowledging there were different friend groups and cliques, which have largely disappeared with the passage of time and the advent of social media. “I’ve been to almost every Reunion, and a core group of us work together to get everyone to come,” she explained. “In the last 10 years, many of us have connected on Facebook, and it’s become a nice community, even with people I didn’t know well during our time at Dana. We now know each other and see our common interests. We’re a very supportive group.” Karp made a provision for Dana Hall in her estate plan because she values education generally, and specifically a Dana Hall education. As she explained, “Dana Hall can serve as an important starting place for a lot of girls to become good women. I know that it’s really expensive, no matter what your economic situation is, so if I can help with that, I should. I’m also sending a message to my peers and fellow alumnae that I believe it’s an important thing to do. I am hoping they might think ‘maybe I could do that, too’.” How would she convey that important message? “If you can look back on your experience at Dana and remember the difference it made in your life, even if it was just a small difference, this is your opportunity to make that difference for somebody else.”

You can join Nancy Karp as a member of the Helen Temple Cooke Society. It is as simple as naming Dana Hall School as a beneficiary in your will or estate plan. For more information about Dana Hall’s planned giving opportunities, contact Director of Major and Planned Gifts Anne Richter at anne.richter@danahall.org or (781) 489-1368. 46

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Class Notes Correspondents are needed for the following classes: 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1966, and 2002. If you are interested in being a correspondent for your class, please contact Director of Alumnae Relations Heather Glavin Yetman ’06 at bulletin@danahall.org or (781) 489-1369 to learn more. Being a Class Correspondent is a wonderful way to keep in touch with your classmates and help share news and announcements with the Dana Hall community. Please share your news with your Class Correspondent by October 15, 2019, for inclusion in the next issue of the Bulletin. If your class does not have a correspondent, please email your notes to bulletin@danahall.org or mail them to Class Notes, Alumnae Relations, Dana Hall School, 45 Dana Rd., Wellesley, MA 02482. All notes are due to the Alumnae Relations Office no later than October 30, 2019. Photograph submissions are welcome; however, in order to run a photo, it must be high resolution. That is, it must be at least 300 dpi at a 4x6 inch print size. If it takes up more than 1 MB of memory, it is probably high enough resolution. Please do not embed pictures in text. Please note Dana Hall reserves the right to edit, format and select all materials for publication to accommodate news from nine decades of classes. This includes photos that do not appear because of their small size or low resolution. Due to the long lead time for the Bulletin, we refrain from publishing news about pregnancies.

Class of 1939 Enid White Holmes 160 Kendal Dr. Apt. 210 Webster Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 463-6033

Class of 1943 Jackie Hope O’Leary G08 10 Longwood Dr. Westwood, MA 02090 (781) 329-8426 jaol950@gmail.com Christine (Kiki) Benedict Garo writes her husband, Lucien, was diagnosed with AML, a lethal leukemia. After months of chemo, transfusions, etc., the cancer is now in remission which is considered a miracle. They plan to summer in Bethesda, Md., and return to their S.C. villa for the fall and winter as usual. In the meantime, two of Kiki’s grandsons have married and Lou’s youngest granddaughter is about to graduate from the University of Virginia. They feel blessed for all the happy outcomes, and we are all happy for them. Marie Williams Petersen chatted with me, your correspondent, regarding our memories. Marie came to visit me in East Brewster the summer of our junior year at Dana. We had sung in a Gilbert and Sullivan production of H.M.S. Pinafore as sailors. One evening, we were surprised to see Tom Scott, the famous musical composer, knocking on our door to invite Marie out for the evening. My mother was shocked that a 40-year-old man would ask a 15-year-old girl out. She hastened to dismiss him! We love our memories. A recent call to Newfield House in

Plymouth, Mass., revealed the sad news that our former class president Norma Jean Edgehill Fleming had passed away in December 2018. Norma was my best friend from 7th grade and a bridesmaid in my wedding. We all pray for her and her family’s grief. Nancy Erickson Murphy and her husband Cal were entertained by their entire community in Sequim, Wash., on his 100th birthday. It was a fabulous dinner party. Nancy avowed, “Everyone loves my husband!” Betsy Wortley Lewis writes, “My great-grandchildren—12 and 14 years old, a girl and a boy—recently traveled to Washington, D.C. Their most exciting adventure was riding the electric scooters around the mall. Not for me, thank you!” Fox Hill Village keeps us very busy. Thanks to Winifred Post’s English class, I am enjoying writing in a scribes’ course. Recently I reviewed A Gentleman in Moscow for our book club. Don’t miss reading Amor Towles’ multi-dimensional, wonderful novel. In May, I was ringing in a bells concert, and there was a large choral concert in which I sang. I also play the piano. Life is never dull.

Class of 1944 Patricia Dunham Oburchay 222A Shoshoni Ln. Oronoque Village Stratford, CT 06614 (203) 383-4349

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Class of 1946 Linn Kneller Mix P89, G20 24 Atwood St. Wellesley, MA 02482-6030 (781) 237-0205 LTMix@msn.com Peggy Smith Pratt writes, “Since I grew up in Vermont, it’s nice to be living here again, near my sister, Betsy Smith ’51. I enjoy seeing my daughter, Karen Pratt ’72, as well as my other Dana friends when they visit me. My children—who live nearby—get together with me to celebrate special occasions, and attend plays and musicals. Shelburne Museum is a favorite of us all!”

Class of 1947 Bobbie Quarles Harper 4436 Westover Pl. NW Washington, DC 20016 (202) 244-1571 harperbq@gmail.com Anne Hilton DeCesare lives in a condo in Atkinson, N.H., with people of all ages and with lots to do with Boston, the ocean and the mountains nearby, which good health allows her to enjoy. She plays bridge, goes to an exercise class regularly, quilts and helps with friends who are not as fortunate as she is. Anne’s family is a large one and scattered around the U.S. in California, Texas, South Dakota, North Carolina, Florida, Maryland and New Hampshire plus one in Belgium. Anne has traveled a lot but is limited this year to visiting family. Recent joys have been seeing her 17 (!) great-grandchildren, several of them when they were only a few weeks old.

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Words of wisdom from Betty Brown Klein who wrote that her life hadn’t had many recent changes. “Abrupt ones are usually not welcome and gradual daily ones to be expected at the advanced age of almost 90.” Betty continues to live with her youngest daughter in Kalispell, Mt. She occupies her time with light housework, cooking, puzzles, reading, bridge and nagging the plants both inside and out. Travel is limited to a week in Maine and a week in Florida with occasional jaunts to Spokane. She’s very excited about soon being a first-time great-grandma. Three of her grands were May graduates with advanced degrees: two from Harvard (law and architecture) and one from Boston College in a subject she can’t pronounce let alone comprehend. Betty declares, “Life is good.” An amazing fact that few if any other classmates can equal, Betty and I, your Class Correspondent, have been friends since we first went to kindergarten together in Wellesley, Mass., some 85 years ago. Mary Ann (Peanuts) Thayer Makepiece has lived in Little Compton, R.I., for 30 years. Her two sons are nearby, and she also has three grandsons and a greatgrandson. Peanuts still drives around town and to Garden Club meetings but admits that her energy diminishes as the years roll by, as they do for us all. Why the nickname Peanuts? It was given to her in the 4th grade when she was the smallest in her class and has stuck ever since. Your Class Correspondent, Bobbie Quarles Harper, maintains an active life but at an increasingly slower pace. A misbehaving knee has knocked out her tennis but a twice weekly exercise class saves her from being a couch potato. So do her four—soon-to-be five—greatgrandsons who all live within an hour’s drive from her. She admits that boys are great but she does want a girl and potential Dana student in her family. Both last year and this Bobbie has joined pilgrimages to WWI and WWII sites in Belgium and France followed by a week in England visiting friends connected to Canterbury Cathedral where she had been a trustee. Sand, wet towels and family fill her summer house on Cape Cod, a great joy except for its eroding beach.

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spring in Vermont.”

Collette (Tookie) Johnson Taylor 20252 Millbrook Dr Abingdon, VA 24211-6868 (207) 967-2352

Vee Henry Achey says, “I think I told you my husband of 58 years, John, died last November. We had a family burial service and reunion at our beloved Lake George in May.”

Class of 1949 Ginger O’Hearn Broadbent P81 88 Notch Hill Rd., Apt. 157 North Branford, CT 06471 (203) 208-1475 virginiabroadbent@frontier.com Greetings from North Branford, Conn. At the time of writing, spring has finally arrived and it is beautiful. The flowering trees are especially pretty this year as are the tulips and daffodils. It is a beautiful time of year. Very little news this time—a first for the many years I (Ginger O’Hearn Broadbent P81) have been your Class Correspondent. I hope it is because I was late in contacting you. I am the chair of the Evergreen Woods (where I live) Employee Scholarship Committee and we are very busy. We are in the middle of our annual fundraising campaign and interviewing 24 of our scholarship candidates. We have read their applications, held 20-minute interviews for each one and are preparing to award the scholarships for this coming fall semester. Forgive me and I promise to do better next time. Norma (Billie) Fisher has wonderful plans for travel and writes, “Not really any different news... same old, same old! Still playing golf and walking. Took a break in May for a week in Switzerland (visit with friends and back Memorial Day weekend) just in time to do laundry and then fly to Bergen, Norway, to board a small ship which took four of us up to the Arctic Circle with stops in between. Sailed back into London but didn’t hear from the queen about tea! Hope you are well and enjoying life—and thanks for the ever present request for news!” Thank you, Billie, and hope you enjoyed your travels! I heard from Nancy Redway Ford. She is fine and says she has no new news, but she is busy and doing well. She is involved at Essex Meadows in Essex, Conn., where she lives. Debby Phillips writes she has been talking to Emmy Eckhart Ogden a lot. Emmy and Julie (Emmy’s daughter) are busy taking trips here and there! Debby said “I don’t have anything to report as I have made no decision to move. Just enjoying

Betsy Webster Rockett writes that she wishes she could be at our 70th Reunion. “I have a new apartment, #242, at the same street address. It is a newly redone apartment with a lovely view and it is quiet, which I very much appreciate. We are all well, weathering the challenging Michigan weather. New great-grands make it nine in all; healthy, happy kids I naturally find adorable. I’m on the Resident Council Board for a two-year term. My main responsibilities are to welcome new residents and to relay resident concerns to management. Most concerns center around food, which shouldn’t surprise anyone who lives in a senior living community.” Just received word from Bobbie Brown Mosher who has been in California visiting her daughter Annie. She says both granddaughters play water polo, which Bobbie says is “exciting competition.” From there, Bobbie went on to visit her other daughter Dottie (named for her good friend Dottie Wilkins Howes) and her family in Salt Lake City. She will see her grandson Peter there. I (Ginger) am looking forward to seeing Bobbie when she gets back. Bobbie lives in Stamford, Conn. I had a wonderful chat on the phone with Emmy Eckart Ogden after she got home from a visit to Philadelphia with her daughter Julie. They were visiting Emmy’s granddaughter who is 18. I hope to catch up with Emmy who lives in Cos Cob, Conn. Joan Felton Cross and I were at the annual Dana Hall Corporator Meeting in May 2019. Always fun to see her there. She said she has been in touch with Louise (Petey) Berke Wulff who said she is planning to be there for our 70th Reunion October 2 & 3. It is with much sadness that I received word Eleanor Percy Holcomb passed on November 22, 2018, and Joan Hadley Lena passed away on April 17, 2019. Also, Bobbie’s husband passed this past February. I attended his lovely military funeral at the Stanwich Congregational Church in Greenwich, Conn. On behalf of the Class of 1949, I send condolences to the Holcomb, Lena and Mosher families. That is all for now. Hope to see you at our

70th Reunion in October. More news about it to follow.

Juliet (Bami) Bourne Sherwood 175 South Corona St. Denver, CO 80209 (303) 282-9077 coloradojule@gmail.com

Class of 1950 Correspondent needed Mary Cullens Murdoch’s daughter, Molly, shared the news of her mother’s passing in February. “I am writing to let you know that my mother, Mary Murdoch, passed away at the end of February. She had very fond memories of Dana Hall. We always heard about her basketball prowess!” Molly included her mother’s obituary: Mary Cullens Murdoch died peacefully of complications from Alzheimer’s disease on February 27, 2019, in her home at Princeton Windrows. She is a graduate of Dana Hall School and Wheaton College in Massachusetts. A standout student-athlete on Wheaton’s varsity basketball team, Mary also sang in the a cappella group Wheaton Whims. She met Bill Murdoch in Boston while teaching third grade at the Tower School in Marblehead, Mass. They married in 1958. They lived together in Pittsburgh; Fairfield, Conn.; and Baltimore; before relocating to Princeton in 1968. Mary spent 70 summers at her family’s wilderness retreat on the French River in northern Ontario. She and Bill welcomed family members and guests to the beauty and tranquility of island life where they were surrounded by fresh water and Canadian wildlife. Mary Cullens Murdoch in 1970

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I (Juliet Bourne Sherwood) received sad news from my Dana Hall roommate Valerie Roehder Florstedt that her husband Gunther died December 26, 2018, at their home in Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J. The couple has two daughters, Jamie Goddard and Stacy Waniga; and grandchildren Jessica and Stephen Goddard, and Rachel Waniga. Val is still living in their home and continues her volunteer activities and bridge playing.

Joan Phillips Eddy with her grandniece’s fiancé Ryan Badowski

Joan Phillips Eddy has news she claims is not very exciting but I beg to differ. She recently had her second cochlear implant and thus is now “bilateral. It is taking a while for the old brain to adjust to the different sounds,” she writes, “but in time hopefully I will have near-perfect hearing. It is truly amazing how far technology has come to help the hard of hearing.” Her 2017 move to Georgia turned out to be a poor decision (depressing weather, horrendous traffic and she never made any close friends). In June 2018, she moved back to Tucson and is now very happy to be back in her same apartment and realizes how much she loves Arizona. At Christmas, her grandniece Shelby got engaged and is planning a destination wedding in Hilton Head, S.C., for May 2020 which Joan hopes to attend! Shelby’s fiancé Ryan Badowski, “an attractive, personable young man,” came to Tucson recently on business and surprised Joan with a call to take her to dinner. “We had a delightful evening, as you can tell by the photo attached! I told all my friends here at ‘the home’ that I had a date with a 23-year-old!” Joan sends warm greetings to all her Dana classmates.

Pat Jones’s life in New York City remains busy, although she’s gradually cutting back on committee activities, eliminating one thing annually. “I feel it is time for the young people to take over and I just go and enjoy events,” Patti writes. She remains deacon at her church and continues helping with “church school,” taking the younger children to the main sanctuary during the adults’ sermon to help them learn about participation in a church service in a small way, have a snack and perhaps do a craft. “Most have already attended Sunday School so they are a little restless when it is time for the sermon,” she says. She enjoys attending luncheons with the Sustainer group of the Junior League and events at The Cosmopolitan Club and The City Gardens Club, all of which provide many interesting lectures and activities. Pat hopes all is well with her Dana classmates. “This year has been a good one for our family,” writes Jean Speare Canellos. She and her husband were honored by the establishment of a new Harvard Medical School professorship in both their names to acknowledge his contributions in cancer research and treatment, and her 43 years of volunteerism as a founding member of the Friends of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. “Every year has been a pleasure,” Jean says. Shortly thereafter, they were deeply touched to be named to the Boston Celtics Heroes Among Us award. At each game an individual or group is recognized for community contributions. “Imagine what an adventure it was to walk to center court together and have our picture circling on the jumbotron above!” Jean says. She and her sister Diane Speare Triant ’64 met Ariann Williams ’08, the Celtics manager of community engagement, who turned out to be a Dana alumna, so they had an unexpected mini Dana reunion. “The final joyous event to report is that our youngest son, Andrew, got married June 1 to a lovely woman whom we have already grown to love! It was a happy family occasion for us and our other two sons, Peter and George, and George’s wife, Pamela Brown, and their 7-year-old daughter (our only grandchild). With my warmest wishes to all our classmates for good health and happy times.” “A voice from Canada!” began a welcome and first-ever note from Martha Jo Breithaupt in Toronto, where she taught kindergarten and first grade for 34 years and has been retired for 26. “You asked

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how the days go by,” she writes—“all too quickly!” She enjoys walking, the opera, ballet, theater and taking various classes at the nearby Glendon campus of York University. She’s on her church’s altar guild. She was looking forward to summer and visits to friends’ cottages. “Not very earth-shaking, but lots of good memories and I’m thankful for each day,” Martha writes. Toni Susman Sonet had time for a few snippets. She writes, “Spent a few months in Bali again this winter, our 10th time. It’s a happy place, a psychological second home. It’s wonderful taking a complete break from my New York City life (NPR on the phone but no TV). Still doing Zumba, auditing at Hunter, going to lots of theater and Bafta screenings. Feel lucky.” And I (Juliet), at age 83, spent a month in September/October in Nepal mountain biking! (The trip caused me to miss our 65th Reunion.) A former Nepali student I taught at the American Language Center in Kathmandu in the early 1990s, Sunil Sharma, founded the YakRu, the world’s highest mountain bike race in 2013, and invited me to come and see it. Unfortunately, the race in the high and remote Manang district was cancelled due to heavy monsoon rains that caused landslides blocking the only road to the race area for months. But it was a happy change for me as I got to spend eight days with four much younger cyclists, riding a bit myself and seeing some regions I hadn’t experienced before, though this was my fifth trip to this magical land. I spent lots of time visiting Sunil’s family while we were in Kathmandu at his guest house during Dasain, Nepal’s most important holiday. At the end of my time in Nepal, I visited Sunil and his wife for three amazing and oh-so-different days in Singapore (from water buffalos to skyscrapers!). I flew to Nepal and back by myself.

Class of 1954 Phoebe Cory 188 Jones Ave Portsmouth, NH 03801-5516 (603) 778-2875 feebcory@gmail.com Anne Pike Rugh 105 Pine St. Portland, ME 04102 asprugh@gmail.com

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Usually a letter will come in that kicks off putting this Class of ’54 piece together. This spring it was from Jane Lynch Pereira. Apologizing for “no news,” she then took time five days away from deadline to describe what she and her husband are going through: “The tossing and packing are still going on, then it is unpacking and tossing the paper and boxes. Both of us agree now: our Marshfield house was such a perfect place for us, except for the steep driveway. The snows of 2015 pushed us to move. I do know a number of seniors who are still in their homes, struggling to get through the days with tasks they can no longer do. It is a tough call.” When I asked Jane about her recovery from pneumonia, she writes, “I haven’t done PT for weeks. Been focused so much on the confusion here. I actually miss it.” Now that warms my heart— missing PT. I, Anne Pike Rugh, agonized through selling my home of 44 years in 2015 and am not really finished yet. I merely dumped too much stuff somewhere else. Mary Alice Bauer Wilson and husband are doing it now. She writes, “We are waiting for a cottage to become available in the Lathrop Community in Easthampton that matches our needs. We’ll put our house on the market in early April and, should it sell before we have a place, we’ll become serious guests at (daughter) Beth’s place in Vermont.” Update: “The ‘for sale’ sign went up on Thursday, realtors began bringing clients on Friday (since Bill and I had to be out of the house for three hours each visit, we began the Valley Bakery Tour which we assumed would last a month). By Tuesday, we had had 14 visitors, four offers and lots of muffins. Within a week we had ‘best and final offers’ and had accepted one.” It’s hard work and emotionally draining, despite the muffins. All those memories! Many of us know it well. Some still have it ahead. Carol Reeves Parke has another approach: “This year my hardearned lucre is being spent on two expensive low-flush, universal-height potties (and one matching pedestal sink) to replace a potty upstairs and a beige set in my downstairs lavatory I’ve disliked since the day I bought the place 15 years ago. Not to mention a new dishwasher to replace the 1993 one that’s been here through at least three owners; it croaked last week.” She adds, “I’ve been helping some less fortunate (and younger) friends with serious health issues. It’s made me

more grateful than ever for getting to this stage in life with comparatively few of my own, but also making me determined to cull the inside of my house while I can. I’m hoping not to leave some kind of archival mess to my girls ‘down the road,’ so to speak. Oh, one piece of good news: My oldest grandson, Ben, will have received his Ph.D. in psychology from Wheaton by the time the summer issue is out. Terrific guy.” Martha Cook Hall and husband have moved, too. “Bill and I are finally moved in to our apartment in New York City. We overlook Central Park and are a block away from Lincoln Center. Lots to still do as moving into an apartment from a house where we had lived for 21 years is lots of work. We lost our youngest daughter to colon cancer in November which was very sad. She was not married. 53 years old. Still grieving. If any classmates end up in New York City with a little time to spare, we would love to see you. My number is (212) 362-3164.” Lynn Jenkins Brown writes from their home on Dataw Island in South Carolina that she and Eric are doing their best to confront the necessity to move. Lynn writes, “We’re just not ready but we’ve got to consider busy kids with little time, torn by choice if we should need them. A rotten, guilt-ridden place for all.” From Ann Jones Dunipace: “How can the many years since our time together at Dana have flown by so quickly? After Ken’s career teaching engineering and mine working in dental research and graduate teaching, we are both happily retired and living in a wonderful retirement community here in Indianapolis. We are blessed to have both our children (Judy, an anesthesiologist, and Steve, a captain for United Airlines) as well as our three grandchildren close by. While, like the rest of us, we are not exempt from the ‘challenges’ of older age, overall, life is good. Best of all, we are still able to spend summer months in our Maine vacation home. I do so enjoy the news from classmates in the Dana Bulletin!” Eva Chittenden Patten writes from Bozeman, Montana, “It is possible I will come to Reunion in October. My niece lives nearby, a close friend just moved to the area and a childhood pal is not too far away. Have never made it to a Reunion but it’s a real possibility this time.” Regarding Reunion, earlier this year Pam

Farrington Clayson said, “Count me in—that’s a great time of year for our Reunion!” And she added some family news: “2018 was a good year: I was blessed with my first great-grandchildren. Jenny Clayson Rapp ’77’s two sons each had their first: a boy in July for Alex (Fletcher Rapp); in October, a girl for Andrew (Scarlett Rapp). My granddaughter Coco Clayson ’18 graduated from Dana and is now at Elon, but what a great experience she had! (Seven years and she loved it all!) In the spring, she and two friends spent six nights with me here in Naples. That was a treat! My dachshund Honey and I are resting up! I love going back to Dana and seeing the campus and visiting classes. Hopefully we’ll have beautiful fall weather then!” In January, Elizabeth (Bunny) Philippi Millikin wrote, “Reunion sounds good to me! My usual conflicts with that date are no longer.” Then in April, responding to my plea for the Bulletin, she wrote, “I’ll think of something.” Well, here’s what she sent half an hour later. I can think of no better pitch for you all to come to Reunion. Bunny writes, “It is quite amazing and wonderful how strong a bond is formed with schoolmates, especially later on in life when we have all been through the wringer in one form or another and can understand and sympathize with others about troubles and the struggle to get through. Life is certainly a leveler! How fortunate we are to have one another!” After three mystery calls from Slinger, Wisc., and no name, no message, I thought to check my Dana list. Yup, Anita Smith Hauske. They had just gotten back from Florida and were flying to Denver the next day. Their daughter, her husband and grandchildren are there and there was a school event; they visit twice a year. She said my spring letter was going into the round file with many others until she noticed my Florida address. She and Tom spend the winter in Boca Grande and she thought I might be close enough to get together. East and West Coast aren’t all that far apart in Florida, so we plan to do it next season. It was a hurried call, but I did learn that she and Tom knew each other in high school; they are healthy, been married for 59 years, she loved Dana Hall best in its “creaky old building” format, and that she races her 16-foot flat-bottomed skow on Big Cedar Lake in the summer. “I, too, love hearing from our classmates,” writes Beedy Tatlow Neiner. “The notes all bring back happy memories to me.

Here’s my nutshell news. The new year of 2019 brought my first grandson, Charles Jackson Ritchie IV, into the world on January 10! Very exciting and, of course, he is adorable, with fast moving legs, bound to be a star lacrosse player like his Dad. We hope to get to New York City soon to see young Charles, our son Chad and Katherine. Laura Ritchie, at CBS, and AJ, our 4-year-old granddaughter, continue to thrive in Beverly Hills while Hank and Meredith Ritchie, the newlyweds, are living in Bethesda, Md. On April 25, we left for France and the 75th anniversary of Normandy. It’s been on my bucket list. Meanwhile we continue to enjoy life here in paradise playing golf, pickleball, taking art classes, and meeting new friends from all across the country and Canada. We are busy nonstop and are loving it! At the end of June, we flew to Seattle and took an Amtrak across the northern U.S. to Chicago. From there we drove to our lake cottage in Traverse City, Mich. Life is good.” Fran Powell Perry writes, “My news is that I have found Toni Suor Connolly through bridge. We have been in class together and recently played together in Wellesley. A great game and good fun with a classmate as well. Hoping Fall Reunion will be well attended with old bags of ’54. Cheers!” Patty Pevear Moore and daughter Cindy had lunch with Helen (Lee) Brown Billingsley and her daughter Ann in late April. “The girls are both photographers and sometimes work together.” Patty says she “spent Thanksgiving in St. Petersburg, Fla., at my daughter Sandra’s house. This winter I was in Vermont; loved all the snow! Looking forward to more time there over the summer and perhaps a camping trip to Maine and a visit or two to Rhode Island to see my brother. My 19-year-old grandson Will flew up from Florida to surprise me for my birthday. Found him on my doorstep in a large cardboard box. Best present ever!” On April 27, Patty attended a lovely memorial service for Mary Field (M.F.) Sadtler Barrett ’55. Mary died in November. Looking ahead, she’s “hoping for a trip to Ireland with my daughter Cindy in the coming year! That’s all my news for now!” Sue Smith Pratt writes, “I am not certain that I could answer the question posed in the Winter Bulletin (how much of you is still the person you were back then), but it made me think back to our teachers at Dana and the education they gave us.

Many were memorable and particularly Miss Post. Her diminutive stature and physical habits were initially distracting but what a power house! She taught me how to write and awakened my life-long interest in the English language and literature.” Earlier this year, she was in Marin County, Calif., “spending part of the winter with middle son and his family, attending grandsons’ baseball, tennis, etc. activities. A special treat was going to the Indian Wells tennis tournament.” Marka ReQua Burnett wrote the following about Tulie and I was stunned. Who of us didn’t love her? “I am very sad and sorry to let you know that Priscilla (Tulie) Willis De Vogue died at home on her farm in Indiana in August 2018. Do you remember her wonderful sense of humor and great laugh? And how she could be so glamorous when she got dressed up, but then she also didn’t mind how she looked when she had on overalls and a baseball hat? I first met Tulie at Dana Hall in Sanborn. We had a wonderful group in that house and I have happy memories of living there. Tulie and I were roommates senior year. We stayed very good friends from then on. We lived relatively near each other in Illinois, and did lots of things together. Then we roomed together in an apartment in New York City and had jobs until 1959 when I got married. Then she got married. Our children are like cousins. She leaves three beautiful daughters, three sons-in-law, and nine grandchildren! They are spread out and with home bases in Paris; Washington, D.C.; and Chicago. Please, if you would like to make a donation in memory of Tulie, send it to Dana Hall.” As with most of us, my (Anne’s) images of Tulie are limited to a singularly sunny teenager wearing either a pastel cotton dress—spring and fall—or grey skirt; blue blazer in winter. Thank you, Marka, for a richer picture. Wish I had known Tulie in all those later roles. Marka also had a tale involving Page Blackmore Oberlin. Marka writes, “Many years ago, I signed up for a painting class in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The class was being taught by a good friend of my daughter Eugenia’s mother-in-law, so I joined it. Eugenia is my youngest daughter, and she now works in the photography department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since the class was in a resort area, I asked Tulie to come down, too. The surprising thing was that the place, which was so attractive with such good food, was right on the beach at Pawleys Island, and was owned

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and run by Page! We three went out for dinner one night to celebrate, not only because of seeing each other again, but also because it was Page’s birthday. It was a wonderful coincidence and I am still amazed by all the things Page has done.”

and life events.” I like it better than ‘news.’ Please, keep it coming. Thanks to all who do.

Sherry Avery Irons writes, “In 2011 after my husband Blake passed away, I moved from our home of 50 years to Charlotte, N.C., to be close to two of my three daughters. I enjoy being near several grandchildren and visit my other daughter and her family in Portland, Ore., yearly. I like Charlotte and my condo overlooks a lake with mallard ducks, fish and turtles. There are lots of activities in the community I live in. I particularly enjoy swimming and the Christian gathering held each week. At 83, I still love to travel! I’ve been to South Africa (a favorite place), two European cruises and went to Israel last year. In 2020, I’m planning to take a special cruise on the Danube River with my three daughters. Unfortunately, I’m unable to make it to the 55th Reunion in October but look forward to catching up with you all in the Dana Hall Bulletin or by phone: (704) 643-2169.”

Susan Bartow Christie P.O. Box 945 East Orleans, MA 02643 (508) 255-0712 schristie91@comcast.net

Sherry Avery Irons on her travels

Edith (Didi) Kelley Manns writes, “I don’t really have anything different to say except that this year, besides my usual city fixes to Paris, I have combined one with a trip to Russia and will combine another with a trip to Tuscany, sponsored by the American Farmland Trust. Talk about contrasts! I am also just back from an amazing trip to Colombia.” Didi and I (Anne) plan to drive down from Maine together for the October Reunion. That trip clearly doesn’t measure up to her others, but we had an awfully good time when we did it for the 60th. Several have been gracious in saying how much they enjoy reading the 1954 column. Some apologize for not having news. ’Til now, I haven’t been able to figure out how to express this: We don’t really need ‘news.’ Didi writes, “What we want is the Class of ’54 sharing their past and present thoughts

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First of all, thank you to Judy Currier Braunfeld for agreeing to serve as our Class Correspondent over the past couple of years! She is relinquishing her title and responsibilities in order to free up more time to care for her husband Peter. We certainly understand her priorities and look forward to seeing her at Reunion 2020. Let us welcome Sue Bartow Christie, residing in East Orleans, Mass., on Cape Cod, who has volunteered to take on the role. Her contact information is above! Please send her any news about yourself, your life and your interests. We know that classmates read our Class Notes, following with interest the activities and pursuits of our ’55 sisters. Sheila Slawsby Kowal has been in touch with several ’55ers during the past few months and here is her account of some of these conversations. She says, “I have appreciated so much the chance to visit with them!”

Crawford Pike and Sherry Hill Martin have been working on a montage of photos from our 2018 Reunion to send to the rest of us. Thanks to them all! Maurene Golden has re-settled in Rockport, Mass., where she lives near her younger brother Terry. As you know, she was a practicing attorney in Medford, Mass., for many years. Her new address is 58 Main St., Rockport, MA. Phone number is (978) 546-9481. At last report, her email address was maurene.golden@comcast.net. Notes and cards would be especially welcome! Catharine (Dixie) Wilder Guiles lives at The Highlands, a retirement community in Topsham, Maine. She is involved in a French conversation group, and at least one other (book) club. In her “spare time,” she listens to books on a device provided by the National Library Service for the Blind. Recently, she has been interested in Mexican history. She told Sheila that she has a stack of catalogues with titles that are probably of interest, but she hasn’t had time to check them out. Dixie travels, sometimes with a friend, but has been able to make her way solo around airports and other public places despite her difficulties with vision. She spends her summers at a family place in Blue Hill, Maine. Dixie, you are showing us the path to sustainability!

Linda Schwartz Rosenbaum joined us at Reunion in October. She has disabling issues that require her to use a motorized scooter. This device enabled her to navigate with the rest of us when we visited Dana’s campus. How inspiring to know the priority she places on being with us as much as she can. Aided by Mac, her husband of many years, she transports her scooter from place to place. She lives in two places, spending most of the winter in Boca Raton, Fla., and the other half-year in the Boston area. One of her sons recently moved to Boca Raton with his wife and she hopes that they will stay in the vicinity. Her other son, Jeffrey, has had the spectacular career of being a clown for the Shriners. Linda, we so admire your grit!

Sherry Hill Martin continues to manage her Airbnb business, with three cottages for rental in Falmouth, Mass. These cottages would be delightful places to spend some time! She travels to Florida as well as northern New England to visit relatives. She is deeply involved with the Woods Hole Cantata Consort, a group that presents two concerts in August. One of her responsibilities involves producing a fundraiser to support this enterprise. She also adds her tenor range voice to their performances; for additional musical involvement, she plays ukulele with another ensemble. In June, she planned to travel to Nova Scotia for a family graduation. Sheila and Sherry often talk by phone (hands-free for Sherry) while she is driving her car back and forth during frequent trips to Wellesley. Sherry will take on another responsibility in the near future: co-president of her Smith College class. Way to go, Sherry!

Caroline (Sukie) Campbell Knott and her husband Robert spent a couple of weeks during the winter months in Hawaii. Their destinations included the Big Island and Oahu, providing relief from the weather in Maine. Sukie, Cathie

During a January 2019 conversation with Tara Collins Holbrook, Sheila learned that Tara was delighted by her experience at Reunion in October. During a tour of the campus, she saw the climbing wall in the Shipley Center. As Tara put it, “Dana

has it all!” She added, “It’s not your grandmother’s Dana Hall.” She enjoyed visiting with classmates, and made a point of sitting with different people during our meals together. After Reunion, she spent a few extra days on Cape Cod with Sherry Hill Martin and Ann Gordon Bain in one of Sherry’s cottages. Tara’s son has moved to Denver proper from one of the western suburbs. Sheila hopes to see Tara during one of her trips to the area. (They have been able to visit a couple of times in the past.) Nancy Newton West has recovered nicely from her cardiac surgery earlier this year. She is spending her customary time in Florence, Italy, where she has spent so many springs during past years, sometimes with our Dana Hall classmates as visitors. So glad that she has rallied. In typical fashion, Nancy remains confident and curious, finding ways to continue to serve her community and be there for her family. Gail Nicholas Schneider has settled in to her new home in Easton, Conn., after living on Chesapeake Bay for 30 years. One of her daughters lives near her, and Gail is enjoying being near her family. She too has recovered from heart surgery and we are glad to know that she is on our team planning our next Reunion for October 2020. Gail, we look forward to keeping up with you. Sheila Slawsby Kowal writes, “Four addresses in 10 months: In May 2018, Blake and I sold our home, wanting to scale down a little. It was time. As our architect, he had designed this home’s remodel in 1998 and we enjoyed living in our Denver neighborhood for 20 years. Good news and bad news! Our house sold so quickly that we had zero time to get rid of any possessions, so we put everything into storage. With no plans to move anywhere else, needing a place to stay, we rented an apartment on the 15th floor of a high-rise in one of Denver’s ‘happening’ neighborhoods where we enjoyed a terrific view of Pike’s Peak when we weren’t appreciating the local restaurants and proximity to shopping and a movie theater. It felt like an ideal urban existence, for a while. Several months in, we realized that 1,200 square feet of living space (with everything we owned stored about 20 miles away) was unsustainable. This past November, we found and purchased a patio home in a development that we had looked at several years earlier. A better space for us for the future, not to mention one that could accommodate our possessions (until

we ‘Kondo’ them during the coming year). Blake, still the architect, visualized our new home as one with ‘more light’ and designed another remodel! We moved out of our home on February 28, 2019, and planned to re-occupy the space at the end of May. Believe it or not, we are living in a suite hotel, about 15 minutes away from our home, accumulating points while we enjoy the breakfasts provided, housekeeping services and a place away from the dust and chaos of construction. You can imagine how glad I will be to settle into our new home. I feel as though we have been tacking to our destination, one that we could not have foreseen when we began the process of relocation. Taking that first step seemed to set us on this course!” Dale Miller Frehse writes, “It’s not every day that two Dana alum who are 24 years apart meet serendipitously and become friends, but that’s exactly what happened to us, me and Sally Baker ’79. I am an associate member of the Reformed Church of Bronxville, and have been volunteering at their Coming Home program for six years, and Sally began volunteering three years ago after meeting the founder at a week-long Women’s Leadership Intensive at the Omega Center. It was during a casual conversation after about a year that we discovered our special connection. Coming Home is a program for returning citizens who are dealing with re-entry issues after having been incarcerated for a number of years, sometimes decades. They come to the Reformed Church every Wednesday for dinner, for new relationships with the many volunteers participating, and for help in reentering a new world. Each participant is assigned a mentor who helps in developing new goals and working on solving everyday problems he or she faces. I have been a mentor twice and have many new friends from this program, and Sally was a mentor her first year and is now a volunteer member of the Leadership Team that designs and runs the program for the participants. This experience has been profoundly moving and expanding. To get to know and journey alongside people whose lives have been so extraordinarily different from ours, from childhood to adulthood, is extraordinary. Learning about all that they have survived, and seeing them beginning to flourish, is indescribably inspiring and moving. At a time when so much emphasis is on what separates, it is nice to be reminded of the shared humanity that binds us together.”

Class of 1956 Carol Creighton Hadley 2736 N. W. 77th Blvd., #264 Gainesville, FL 32606 (352) 377-4721 cjhadley@aol.com Whitney Peters Keen writes, “Fred and I made a major trip last summer: Russia. We cruised to St. Petersburg and Helsinki, Finland, and then went on to England to visit my sister Elsiedale Peters Armstrong ’67. England was very hot and dry—dry fields of wheat and an abundance of red currants. My sister Carolyn (Coke) Peters Schoonmaker ’58 died April 2 after a long standoff against cancer. She was with the family for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and lived life fully to the end. Fred and I are spending this summer more quietly. We’re visiting friends who have a place in Bermuda for a week, spending a week in the Berkshires and also a week in Maine with a visit to Barbara (Barrie) Eastwood Schultheis ’56 on the way home.” See the Class of 1957 column for news about Jennie Ott Tracey.

Class of 1957 Judy O’Connell Perkins P89 830 Swallow Pt Naples, FL 34105-7426 (781) 329-1622 judyoperk@aol.com As of this writing, it’s May 1 and I’m (Judy O’Connell Perkins) in Dedham, Mass., where it’s about 45 degrees and drizzly. My husband and I returned last week from sunny Naples. Our daughter Edie Perkins ’89 returned, too, for her Dana 30th Reunion. (Remember seeing those older ladies who returned for their Reunions...?) We attended the Saturday lunch, which was for all Reunion classes, guests and for those attending She Sails. It was a great event held in the gymnasium of the Shipley Center—the building containing squash courts, a large swimming pool, a very professional looking workout room, offices and an enormous gymnasium. I’m sure there was more that I didn’t see. It is an amazing sports complex with playing fields just outside. The Reunion lunch was in the gymnasium.

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For me, it was wonderful to see the people I talk to so often in the Alumnae Relations Office, to meet those on the Alumnae Council, some of the Dana Trustees, and to meet Katherine Bradley, Head of School. Jim and I saw so many of Edie’s classmates whom we had met at least 30 years ago. It was a special event for us, too, (and for my sister Jeannette O’Connell Muzima ’63), because Edie received the Distinguished Alumna Award. You may remember from earlier Class Notes about her bicycle accident. She has continued to amaze us with her good spirit and determination. When I wrote Class Notes in April, she was about to enter the New York Marathon in her handcycle. She finished in 2 hours and 43 minutes and was the first woman to do it both as a runner and as a handicapped person. See page 38 for more about Edie Perkins ’89. This is a big year for many of us now either as octogenarians or about to be. Hard to believe…and where did the time go?! A big wish for a happy healthy year to all (and please send a note and picture if you have one for the next Dana Bulletin!). Sally Ott Shoemaker writes, “Last October, the Ott sisters—Jennie Ott Tracey ’56, me, Nancy Ott Bills ’60 and Marita Ott-Brayman ’61—learned of the sudden death of our younger brother Henry and found ourselves in St. Paul, Minn., arranging a memorial for him. Henry was a member of AA, and going to local AA meetings and gathering with his AA friends was of paramount importance to him. We decided the most fitting plan would be to hold the event in Henry’s favorite restaurant where he and a group of his AA friends had breakfasted together every Thursday for more than 20 years. We did our best to plan something meaningful for all who would attend, all but a handful of whom were strangers to us. But as the afternoon unfolded it became a time that grew more meaningful for us than perhaps it was for the others there. The number of attendees was close to twice what we expected. The outpouring of stories about Henry’s loyalty, kindness and generosity; his sense of humor, love of dogs and music was overflowing. We were lifted up by the love in that room and by the kindness of strangers. And so, in this way, an afternoon of remembrance also became an unexpected and surprising gift from the youngest of the Ott siblings to his four older sisters.”

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Class of 1958 Mary Ty Wyatt Forbush 1211 SW Shoreline Drive #2206 Palm City, FL 34990 mwforbush@yahoo.com The seasons roll on and I (Ty Wyatt Forbush) very much enjoyed reconnecting with Head of School Katherine Bradley and meeting Christie Baskett, the new director of Advancement, in Vero Beach, Fla., this March. It’s inspiring to hear the new initiatives and successes on campus these days. I encourage you to notice and attend any Dana Hall receptions in your area. I have also been able to share memorable times this past season in Florida with Merle Cosgrove, Ann Woodcock Fralix and Louisa Okie McKown. Lindsey Hall Huddleston writes, “After spending January and February at my beach condo on Lido Key in Sarasota, Fla., and escaping the winter vortex in Chicago, I spent a week in Arizona visiting Illinois friends. I was planning to visit Florence, Italy for six weeks to celebrate my granddaughter’s 18th birthday on April 26 and her graduation from the International School on June 1 (the same day we graduated from Dana Hall but 61 years later). I plan to join a Chicago friend in London in May for a master gardener week-long garden tour including the Chelsea Flower Show. As my inspirational son said to me, ‘Mom, if not now, when?’ What a gift that was!” We have a much-admired historical author in our class. Tamsen Evans George attended an American Revolutionary War Conference in Williamsburg, Va., earlier this year for information and inspiration to complete a historical biography of William Eustis (1753-1825). This has been a project of hers for nearly 10 years, having once been the executive director of the Shirley–Eustis House in Boston. Tamsen will hopefully find a publisher or self-publish, if necessary. Her ongoing discovery of unexpected letters has revealed William Eustis to be a very complex character, and the book will reveal aspects of social history at that time that greatly influenced his personality. Stay tuned for the book’s publication! Heads up! Martha Reeves, who is an autobiographer, storyteller and sometime humorist, will present a one-woman show entitled “Chicken Pot Pie and Other Personal Challenges.” I certainly hope that

this issue of the Bulletin arrives in time for New York City alumnae to get tickets and go to the United Solo Theater at Theatre Row on 42nd Street in New York City for Martha’s 6 p.m. performance on Sunday, October 13. Martha Reeves

Pattye Dobra Field writes, “A busy year for our family. We decided our years dictated it was time to downsize to a one-story home just 1.8 miles down the road. We miss our marsh view but are loving our new home and wooded backyard. Our bluebirds have followed us and are now nesting and awaiting their first clutch! I will soon start my 9th year devoting my time to rescuing our diamondback terrapins as the moms come in to lay their eggs (they nest and we re-nest in protected areas and release as they hatch). We had an awesome recordbreaking 2018 season, releasing 2,594 hatchlings into the marshes! Fast forward to 2019. On January 19, we celebrated our oldest grandchild’s beach wedding in Tampa, Fla. Also a cherished 79th mini celebration and memory for me. Best ever birthday gift! Also exciting for us: Our youngest granddaughter was accepted by SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design) so she will be close by. Wishing all a fun-filled summer! Please make note of our new address: 18 Franklin Creek Road North, Savannah, GA 31411.” On a very sad note, Carolyn Peters Schoonmaker passed away on April 2 in Naples, Fla. She was a revered and faithful participant in almost all class gatherings and Reunions, including our Outward Bound experience in 2009, to show her affection for and appreciation of Dana Hall. In honor of Coke, Elise (Woody) Irving Tucker distributed a lovely sentiment to some of us that seems very appropriate as we encounter the inevitable loss of classmates/friends in the future: You can shed tears that she is gone . . . or you can smile because she has lived. You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll

come back . . . or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left. Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her . . . or you can be full of the love you shared. You can turn your back on tomorrow and try to relive yesterday . . . or you can be happy because of yesterday. You can cry and close your mind, feel empty because she is gone . . . or you can do what she’d want: cherish her memory, appreciate life, smile, love and live on. Rosemary McGowan Phillips writes, “My beloved husband Anthony (Tony) died on December 10, 2018.”

Class of 1959 Jill Spiller 45 Sutton Pl. S. Apt. 1B New York, NY 10022 (212) 421-0932 jillspille1@aol.com What a pleasure it was to attend an April book launch brunch for Pamela Lasher Hull, whose recent book Moments that Mattered was recently published. She read from the book, and then responded to questions and comments. The book urges us to pause, remember and reflect; these are ordinary stories that affect us. Pamela became a writer at age 60 after a career as an interior designer. She writes, “We understand differently as we age; (as young adults) we had a direct path to follow. Today it is hard to be a parent with so many paths for kids to follow… It’s overwhelming and terrifying.” In a way, Moments that Mattered is a continuation of the thinking in her previous book, written after her husband died, SAY YES! Flying Solo After Sixty. Jill Spiller and Pamela Lasher Hull

Barbie Dana Greppin and Ernie have adopted a labradoodle puppy whom they have named Mandy. Barbie was recently at a meeting and when she arrived home, the phone rang and it was Julie Spencer

Banks who was also at the meeting and the recognition light bulb came on afterwards! Julie, whose husband Jay recently died, is living near Barbie in Westwood, Mass., at Fox Hills where she and Jay relocated after leaving their home on Martha’s Vineyard. We have a 60th Reunion coming up, and the dates to be at Dana are October 2 & 3. Please plan to attend. And please volunteer!

Class of 1960 Carol Huppeler Hosdale cgoldie3137@aol.com Carol Huppeler Hosdale writes, “Greetings to The Best Class of All the Rest Past!” It is always a pleasure to connect with you. I enjoy each contribution, every photo and all your thoughts. Our class was always special, and still is. As the years go by, memories and friendships are even more important. I am fortunate to have a healthy, joyful family. We are far apart but do get to visit. Still teaching exercise, planning senior activity day trips and keeping quite active. Please feel free to call me for a chat! (203) 431-7912.” Natalie Gribbel Thomas writes, “I have my first Dana legacy now: my great-niece (Hadley Gribbell ’25) is at Dana and loving it! After Wayne’s double knee replacement last year, we are now moving into a retirement community in Pennsylvania, but still keeping New Hampshire and Georgia. Life will be much easier with fewer responsibilities! It’s about time, huh? Thanks for keeping us updated!” Barbara Reed Evans says hello and sends her best wishes to the Class of ’60! Jean Howell, daughter Kitty Epperson and granddaughter Mary Murphy

Jean Howell writes, “Livin’ la vida buena in Arizona since 1970 with a brief intermission in Minneapolis. I love Minnesota and New England, but this gal’s got sand in her shoes. I lost my gentle husband, Rudy Knauer, on New Year’s Eve

2017. Life’s different and I stay busy, connected and engaged with my involvements in the Smith Club of Phoenix, the Phoenix Ivy Council and a local mental health advocacy. And then there’s my fabulous family: three kids, nine grands and one great-grand. I wonder if I’m the first ’60 to become a great-grandmother? Marty Horton Gecek writes, “I continue to be very content living in beautiful Salzburg—great location in the middle of Europe so travels to nearby countries are very easy. Two things keep me occupied and happy. First, my two daughters Sandy and Heidi and their families. Sandy and Rudi live in an alpine village near Innsbruck with two boys ages 9 and 6, while Heidi lives a two minute’s walk up the road (how lucky is that?) with Patrick and 11-year-old Matteo. I am still involved with the Salzburg Global Seminar, organizing one American Studies symposium each fall. In September 2019 it is called “The Changing Role of the Media in American Life and Culture: Emerging Trends.” We are expecting a wonderful mixture of participants from China, Russia, Palestine, Senegal and Mexico—and many European countries in between. I lucked into a job at the seminar right after college and have never looked back; grateful that I was in the right place at the right time! Thanks again Carol for your dedication to the best class of all the rest past!” Bonnie Bottger Helms writes, “I am one of those delinquent classmates from 1960. I love reading about our friends but never seem to get around to writing. So here goes: Husband Skip Pohl and I moved from Pacific Palisades, Calif., five years ago. We loved our home, the weather, the cultural life of Los Angeles and our work, but the traffic drove us out, so we moved to Fearrington, N.C. (near Chapel Hill). I loved this area from my graduate days at Duke and we found a fabulous retirement center, Galloway Ridge. We’re very involved in the life of the community, have made several new friends, and enjoy cultural events nearby at UNC, Duke and Raleigh. We are traveling a lot while we can: last year to New Zealand and Australia, Jackson, Wyoming and the Grand Tetons, San Francisco, Italy (the Dolomites in the north and Rome) and Athens. This year sees us in Hawaii, the western area of France, Alaska and India (our fourth trip). I hope to see two Dana classmates soon: Bari Gulbransen Lovewave in Santa Fe when we go out for the opera festival in the summer, and Marty Horton Gecek if we return to Vienna in December for Christmas, which we have

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done several times in the past. Thanks to our years at Dana, seeing former friends is always fun. We can pick up where we left off as if no time has gone by! Thank you, Carol, for keeping track of all of us. You’re doing a terrific job!” Nancy Ott Bills sent us a great Bulletin contribution! Nancy writes, “Dan and I left Nantucket a little more than a year ago and have built a new house in Newport. We’ve not gone far, and are still on an island, but this one has a bridge to the mainland. Our son Hank Alexandre and his wife Cory Parker Alexandre ’86 have recently moved to Tiverton, R.I., about a half hour away. This is particularly nice for us since our oldest daughter is in Rome and our youngest in Portland, Maine. That’s it in a nutshell.” See more news about Nancy in the Class of 1957 column. Penny Pearse Houghton Buzby writes, “Greetings to the Best Class of all the Rest Past! My wonderful husband Scott had a mild stroke in January while we were in Connecticut for his nephew’s inauguration as governor of that state. All in all, quite an experience. We have adapted to a more sedentary lifestyle, but he’s such a sport. He gets in the golf cart and drives himself to the workout room several times a week and becomes stronger each week. We are looking into stem cells for his arthritic knee, having read good reports about this way to avoid surgery on a 90-year-old. I send love and wishes for good health and all good things to you all.” Barbara Fulton Loughman writes, “Bob and I still live in Wolfeboro, N.H., on Lake Winnipesaukee. One advantage of living on a lake is lots of visits from friends and relatives—during the summer, of course. I am still a partner in the same law firm where I have worked since 1980. I have reduced my schedule somewhat over the last few years, taking a lot of time off during the summer and time during the spring and fall to travel. My clients are New Hampshire school districts and a couple of towns. Along with one assistant, I am the Wolfeboro branch office for my firm, so no commute. Thanks to email and cell phones I can work no matter where I am—not an entirely good thing. The work is generally interesting and I like the clients, so I am in no hurry to retire. You know you are getting old when people start asking when you are going to retire, and already old when they ask why you haven’t yet retired! We travel a bit—usually to somewhere warm during the winter, and to England in the spring and fall where we

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have a daughter and grandson. Since four or five days is long enough for a parental visit in a typical small English house, we usually go from there to some place in Europe, our favorite places being Venice and Croatia. Our other three children and five grandchildren are in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Florida and California, so some traveling to see them as well. Our son Jeff recently started a small business, Pepper Princess, making various flavors of pepper jelly—all delicious, of course. He also remodels and renovates houses. Our daughter Sam teaches autistic children, Susie teaches preschool and Liza is a global marketing communications manager. As to Dana alums I see, I spend a lot of time with my sister Mary (Taffy) Fulton ’64. I visit with Wendy Wood Holt ’59 a couple of times a year. She has been one of my best friends since 10th grade. I also have run into our classmate Natalie Gribbel Thomas in the supermarket of all places. If anybody else is in the Wolfeboro area, get in touch, please.” Ann Reeves writes, “I am still living in West Redding, Conn., with my main squeeze of 27 years, Bill Swanson, a retired electrical engineer who worked a bit on the Hubble telescope and many other interesting projects. We’re a little creakier than before, but we try to stay in shape with weekly Qi Gong classes, which have made a huge difference in our flexibility and joint health. We have learned that when we practice daily, even for 15-20 minutes, it has an incredibly positive impact on our joints for the whole day. I am now working only a day a week in my psychology private practice, and I still find it very fulfilling. After much deliberation, with 25 years of weekly visits under our belts, Bill and I decided that it was time for us to stop our prison ministry at the Danbury Federal Prison Camp. We miss it, but it was time to move on. My big news is that I plan to go to Greenland for a month in June, helping my daughter with a major project, a documentary film about climate change and the melting of the ice caps and glaciers. I hope to learn a great deal about Inuit culture and family life while we’re there. I remain so grateful for the wonderful two years I spent at Dana Hall: the friends, the teachers, the sports, the musical opportunities, the camaraderie, lime rickies in town, Seiler’s, Miss Post, Apple Brown Betty, Mr. Schuler’s Far Eastern History course, my quintet of friends senior year, and my beloved roommate and lifelong friend Elizabeth (Dixie) Pierson Rainey whom I still miss every day.”

Susan Gordon Hobbs writes, “Charlie and I are living in Wake Forest, N.C. We live a block and a half from Chris and Lisa Hobbs. Their son Hunter is 10. Lauren Hobbs entered high school in the fall, runs cross country and played soccer in the spring. Caroline is a freshman at UNC Charlotte. She enjoys her roommates and the sorority she has joined. Page and Pam Hobbs live about 45 minutes away in North Raleigh. Their daughter Chandler just graduated from Wake Country Community College and has been accepted at NC State University in Raleigh. Their son Hunter graduated from UNC Wilmington and has a job in Raleigh with a computer company. Kate and Jake Hobbs live in Virginia Beach, Va., with their mother. Kate plays soccer and coaches 8-year-olds. Jake is in high school. Last summer, he went to Germany with his German Club from high school. He got his driver’s license in December. Charlie and I are very blessed to have such a wonderful family.”

Class of 1961 Sue (Gibbsie) Gibbs gibbsie65@hotmail.com See the Class of 1957 column for news about Marita Ott-Brayman. Our official class scholar and sleuth, Dorinda (Dindy) Evans, tells us that “my article about the painted fraud in the White House is going to be published by a scholarly journal in England. This concerns the British artist, William Winstanley, who copied Gilbert Stuart’s portraits of George Washington, circa 1800, and was asked to pack a full-length original by Stuart that was on loan to him. It had just been purchased from its owner by the committee to decorate the White House. To make a long story short, Winstanley operated as a confidence man who befriended and used both Hamilton and Washington, among others. As might be guessed, he packed the best of his copies instead. It has taken several years to gather the evidence to prove this, and I’m delighted it turned out well.” Well done, Dindy! She and her daughter had a delightful trip to Greece from the end of March to the beginning of April and she writes, “We were really struck by the brilliantly blue sky and seemingly total lack of pollution. The abundant wildflowers in Greece were fabulous. The countryside, outside of Athens, and the snow-capped mountains were more beautiful than I had remembered.” Dindy is off to China again this summer to teach art history.

Penny Pyne Mott with daughter Dia (right) and her ex and his current wife

Penny’s three grandchildren

Lydia (Penny) Pyne Mott recently enjoyed a good, old-fashioned, cruel Maine winter (in Damariscotta). “I have to admit this was a particularly awful winter. Snow followed by rain followed by extreme cold and then the cycle repeats its self. This has been a major ice year. I’ve had to call my plow guy not to plow me but to sand from the storeroom door to my garage because I have not been able to get to my car without skates and I can’t drive in my spikes and chains crampons. Now some melting is occurring from the bottoms of the frozen snow piles and it’s causing flooding. My garage has flooded but nothing I can do about it. Can’t get out my front walk cause the piles on both sides of it have produced about 6” deep water. Thank heavens I have the storeroom door which is in the sun and melts fast. The road has been sheer ice even with being treated all winter. Such fun!” She went to her daughter’s in late March to oversee her granddaughter’s sweet 16 birthday party that was held for her at a venue near her home complete with music, dancing and teen food (sliders, chicken tenders and tacos). “This celebration is new to me and seems to—at least in her area of Westchester County, New York—replace the debutante party of my generation. Anyway, it was fun and best of all I didn’t have to pay for it. To illustrate how very different my granddaughters are, Ella doesn’t want a party, she wants a sweet 16 trip to Bora Bora. She’s into saving the planet; hope she doesn’t change except maybe somewhere closer than Bora Bora.” By the time we read this, Penny will be wilting from the heat.

Sue Steele Isbell is still on the go all the time and tells us, “Bob and I have been on the move since February visiting our girls and grandkids in Nashville, Tenn., and Portland, Ore. Have seen community productions of On Golden Pond and Annie with lots of stage time for our thespians. Then there was state basketball and club soccer. Next up, the Outdoor Decathlon Championships in Birmingham, Ala., followed by a high school graduation in Nashville. We savor sharing the kids’ successes in what they love to do.” Cindy Childs Over says, “The news is short and sweet. In February, Dick and I traveled to Los Angeles and San Diego to celebrate Dick’s 88th birthday with his three children, one grandchild and three great-grandchildren. We were wined and dined. It was a week of celebrating. In addition, Dick’s grandson and wife had their first child, which makes four greatgrandchildren for Dick.” We seem to be quite the class of travelers. No moss growing on us! Bettina (Nicki) Batterson Hall and her partner Sam have been to Columbia, South America, on a birding trip recently. They saw well over 300 species and loved it. According to the picture, Nicki looks happier than she’s ever been! The picture was taken at 13,000 feet in the mountains and they saw a hummingbird that lives only in that place. Back home, they are overwhelmed with all kinds of projects. Nicki Batterson Hall and partner Sam on a birding trip to Colombia

Jane Chittick responded to my nagging and wrote from the paneled upstairs room of the Alchemy Restaurant in Edgartown, Mass., which she loves. You can guess why! She writes, “I am spending a fun winter on the island with my little bonkers rescue dog from rural Mississippi: Gracie. Walks all over town and the beaches getting pats and cookies from the town hall and secondhand store employees, and finds scraps the seagulls overlooked. Think: one big scavenger hunt. I finished a tell-all Edgartown Ponzi scheme and wiretapping book that is almost entirely true, but

cleverly disguised characters: for example, Dick becomes Skip and me (Jane) becomes Janet... get it? Jane-T! It won’t go anywhere but it was fun and I have a sequel in progress. In May, a friend and I planned to go to Tuscany just outside Florence and then a few days in Rome. I spent the summer of 1963 there studying (ha!) at the university of Firenze, having (the first day in Europe) just met Jean-Bernard on the train from Paris to Florence. Although we divorced years ago, and he lives in Provence, we remain very good friends and talk a couple of times a month and see one another. Our son Jean-Christophe lives in Stamford, Conn., and his oldest Madeleine is 16, Nicolas is 12 and Gavin is 10. Me? Despite mastectomies and various other issues, I still think I’m an adorable 25-year-old with nothing but fun and good times ahead (emphasis on ‘adorable’). I’m a riot and loving life and good memories and friends as the Class of ’61!” Sounds like our Janie. Jane Chittick with Gracie on the Vineyard

Have heard from, Karen Slawsby Stone who writes, “As the months pass, we really welcome spring in southwest Florida. As a born and bred northerner, the cooler weather of winter is a fabulous break from the previous sweltering months. Now it’s hot with lower humidity, but true ‘oven roasting’ is ahead. Jim and I are fairly housebound and have been for a couple of years. Our battle with two types of cancer continues. At this point he’s stable. I’m now sitting in the physical therapy facility where the goal is to improve the underutilized muscles in his arms and legs. A number of you have been in my position so you know how this goes. At 86, Jim is a fighter. Thank goodness. Over the summer I’m going to continue to organize my art studio so I can get started. For any number of reasons, I just haven’t gotten to it. Very anxious to get started again. My soft pastels and oils await. Painting, or just about any passionate pursuits, puts one in a zone that’s similar to a runner’s high. In other words, it’s your own space. I miss that. Grandchildren are doing well as are our great-grandchildren. Of course the kids are fine, too!

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I’ve been out of touch with my Dana friends and miss you all so much. Looking forward to a relaxed luncheon and I’ll do my best to get in touch.” Did you Florida people all get together for a nice luncheon? Sounds it. Luckies! Carolyn Grande Harder writes that she spent her winter in Ranch Mirage, Calif., for the seventh year in a row. She said it was great to golf, hike, walk and participate in lots of events without having to worry about snow, sleet, hail and cancellations. Those can for sure wreck a good time in Winchester, Mass., in a good New England winter. Marlene Mustard Graf in her fascinator borrowed for the occasion at the Fountain Hills Tea Room

Marlene Mustard Graf enjoying an ice cream in Arizona

Marlene Mustard Graf has also had a warm snowless winter in Fountain Hills, Ariz. She’s been golfing a lot, singing in a choir and being quite social. A large group has gone to a swanky, newly opened tea room in town, equipped with old teacups and saucers instead of the regular dime-a-dozen china. Marlene donated a lot of her grandmother’s old china to be used there. When she moved from her enormous house to an apartment, she had to do some weeding out. While at the tea room, the women all wore borrowed fascinators. Until recently, she’s spent just about every waking minute doing just about everyone’s tax returns. More power to you, Marlene! Just looking at that stuff turns my stomach. She writes, “My whole family will fly and drive to Wellesley in May for the ribbon cutting at Babson College for the Centennial Park opening on campus where the huge globe has been moved from its obscure location behind the old map building and all the international flags from the library entrance will now be placed around the globe. In front of the globe will be unveiled

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the statue of Roger W. Babson as he was on Founders Day in 1919. Mary WilsonTauson and Ric will also be there.” Speaking of Mary Wilson-Tauson and Ric, they arrived in Florida last November and have had a good winter there. They’ve had lots of visitors, both family and friends. Mary tells that now that she’s largely retired she decided to run for the ‘Big Board’ at the Landings where they live. Each of the 12 villages has its own board, and then there is the comprehensive board representing 1,200 units. It should be interesting and get her mind on something else now and then. I also imagine they’d be happy to have a very knowledgeable lawyer on the board. Stay tuned for the next chapter. Our sympathy to Linda Smith Margold on the loss of her husband last year. She writes, “Apologies for not being in touch for a while. It was last May 7 that I lost my wonderful husband. I am very fortunate to have a loving family and friends for support at this time. I will try and be a better reporter in the future.” We know you’ve had a rotten year, but hope we’ll hear more in the future. And a blast from the past, which proves that nagging can really produce results! Marita (Boppy) Ott-Brayman has surfaced and wrote in late April, “Hal and I are in Hatfield, England, about to visit a grand-niece in her first year at St Andrews. We took a two-week cruise to Lisbon, flew to Luton to avoid Heathrow and will board a proper train to get to Scotland tomorrow. We’ll be here for another week trying to see old friends, see a play and eventually fly Norwegian Air back to Florida to rest up before the summer begins. Sister Nancy Ott Bills ’60 has moved off of Nantucket after 35 years and moved to Newport. The four sisters planned to convene mid-June to honor our brother Henry who died suddenly last fall. After that, the summer is already filling up with visits to Maine, Aspen, Vermont and finally a P. G. Wodehouse convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. I knew you’d want to know.” You bet we do! Carolyn Harris celebrated her 75th birthday in California visiting old friends and colleagues out there. She also went out to get away from the wet, cold, Cape Cod winter and unfortunately had a whole week of rain. In sunny California! She had a great time seeing people and playing golf in spite of the lousy weather. Her big wish to play the Tahquitz Creek Golf Course on the day she turned 75 was realized and, miracle of miracles, that was the one day it

didn’t rain. Otherwise she’s been spending a lot of time reading various biographies of Winston Churchill, John Adams, Andrew Jackson and watching Kenneth Clark’s Civilization. She’s also taken good time in April to watch the Red Sox “play the kind of baseball that enabled them to spend 86 years never winning a World Series.” But history is THE thing. The Sox will be fine when they pull themselves up by the bootstraps.

Carolyn Harris and buddy Lon playing golf in California to celebrate her 75th birthday

Anne Poekel McCauley in Colonial dress talking to Lake Wales fifth graders

Once again, Anne Poekel McCauley has come through with the latest from her world. She was one of the bunch that had a lovely Dana lunch on the beach in Vero Beach, Fla., in honor of Head of School Katherine Bradley. Anne said of her, “She thoughtfully had each of us introduce ourselves and mention one lovely memory of Dana. My happiest moment was being onstage and playing St. George, who killed the dragon, during the Revels festivities. Since my husband Dick’s job took us to Hong Kong for seven years, I was delighted to learn that Mandarin is now being offered at Dana Hall.” She then went on to tell us, “As a 50-year member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a lecturer, I recently spoke to a local 5th-grade class in the town of Lake Wales, Fla., where my husband Dick McCauley and I now live. The teachers called the event a Boston Tea Party celebration since the same British tea was enjoyed by students and the mayor of the town of Lake Wales.” Anne seems to be quite the

expert on the Revolutionary War! Also, don’t you love those corkscrew ringlets? Wonderful, Anne, and thanks for your input. She sends her best regards to everyone in the Class of ’61. On the home front, all is going along fine here. I (Sue Gibbs) am always telling everyone that earth-shaking news is most definitely not necessary so I’ll report on what, to me, is sort of run-of-the-mill. I had a trip to southern Denmark last November with a Danish friend and the only thing that was a bit frustrating was that the daylight disappeared too fast so we couldn’t see any more of the beautiful landscape. We drove from the northern town of Fredrikshavn where our overnight ferry came in, down along the west coast of Jutland past sand dunes and the North Sea. Took a short ferry ride to the little island of Fanø and drove a bit along the wide, endless beach. The trip back north to the ferry was all on highways as we had to catch the boat. In January, I drove to southern Sweden to visit good friends there. One day we walked the length of a huge sandspit, which is only open for walkers from Nov. 1 to Feb. 1 as it’s both a sanctuary for nesting shore birds and for seals most of the year. That day there weren’t very many hikers and when we got to the end, there was a huge pile of seals basking on the sand and swimming past us in the ocean. This sandspit looks uncannily like the Cape in aerial photos but in very miniature format. I’m sure this might sound exotic to many (it being in Scandinavia) but it’s now pretty normal to me. They were fun trips. Otherwise, the Oslo winter wasn’t very severe but what was severe was the horrific ice on all the sidewalks and streets. I plodded along in what I call my “Mt. Everest crampons” that look awful but did a fantastic job of preventing a broken bone or two. No passersby thought I was out in my ballet slippers! They must be the same ones Penny has—very feminine. Many thanks to everyone who’s contributed and once more, we’d love to hear from and about the rest of you who seem to think you have nothing worth saying. You do! I think it’s great that we all have such good contact after all these years. Let’s keep it up. Happy late summer/fall to everyone! Ann Nutter Thompson writes, “We travel to many countries to see the world, but too often we forget how much there is to see right here in our own country. I am just back from Bentonville, Ark., the home of Sam and Helen Walton and Walmart. I encourage everyone to visit Alice Walton’s

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Am enjoying springtime in Washington now with all the azaleas and dogwoods.”

Class of 1962 Bev Holmes Prevost P92 bevhprevost@gmail.com I (Bev Holmes Prevost) bring you some significant news which I received via long calls with a very, very sad Judy Wickwire Nadal who told me her dearest friend and our classmate Katherine Zens Twombly died April 4, 2019, just shy of her 75th birthday (April 16) at her daughter Gretel’s home in Burbank, Calif., after battling leukemia for several years. Judy shared Kathy’s obituary; here are some highlights: Kathy was a West Falmouth, Mass., artist who was born in New York; raised in Waban Village of Newton, Mass.; and began in childhood her lifelong love of and expertise in painting. After Dana and then Skidmore, she spent a year living in Tokyo studying art and art history prior to several months in Kerala, South India. She received an honor’s degree in fine arts and american studies from Southhampton College in 1967. She made set designs (take note, Mary Griswold!) both for the Charles Playhouse Children’s Theatre and then in New Mexico, returning to Marion, Mass., in 1970 and from there attending/ commuting to Orson Wells Film School in Cambridge. She moved to the Cape in 1976, quickly becoming active with the Falmouth Artists Guild and later in 1988 was named to the Falmouth Arts Council. She and her husband had daughter Gretel Twombly and then son Misha (Michael P. Twombly). She was best known for her determined and successful work, begun in 1987, to save from demolition Highfield Hall (in 1994, an already 116-year-old mansion) for the town of Falmouth. Fair winds to you, Kathy, and comfort and healing to you, dear Judy. Pam Pearsall writes, “Really don’t have much new news. Still working with Stepping Stones Clean & Sober—my 15th year. The demand for sober housing is huge and I relish every success story; I wish there were more. Still living in my 1891 Victorian home and still loving all my rescue kitties. Using abstract painting as a way to deal with this sad state of the world’s affairs. Reminds me of art classes at Dana Hall. Ms. Cheney, I think her name was… If you are out this way this summer, stop on by. My email is pamsnet1@gmail.com.”

Diana (Lee) Corbin replied to my request for Class Notes suggesting I check her Facebook page as it summed up what she’s been doing and wow, it’s most impressive and interesting and fun! From Lee’s Facebook page: “I have had the most amazing week in the Dominican Republic, serving in an underserved community. Not only have we helped Batey Libertad, we, all Yalies and friends of Yalies, have had our own week of growth, love, and sense of community amongst ourselves and the local people with whom we’ve worked hand-in-hand. Yale Alumni Service Corps is a most viable organization. Without their sponsorship, the folks on this trip (and other trips) might never experience the camaraderie we develop in such a short period of time. One week of our lives serves a needy community for a lifetime. And this is how we spent our day today. More construction, I painted an 8’ giraffe, chopped down an old tree, made trash bins, primed the wall we built earlier in the week, stuccoed the garden wall, and visited the Vaudou’s home where the walls were covered with Haitian religious paintings.”

Lee Corbin with Dahlia/Dahli, her English Cream Golden Retriever

Lorel Nazzaro writes, “I don’t have any news to report, only that life is good in Maine where I continue to grow vegetables, make pesto, play my violin (on farms, boats, islands and mountain tops) and enjoy my grandchildren. Please let me know of any Class of ’62 get-togethers in Maine or New Hampshire!” Lorel Nazzaro

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Grandchildren Sybile and James Jerome

Lorel Nazzaro and her husband Jack with their five grandchildren

Kathy Walker Dennis writes, “All’s well here, save for numerous creaky joints and knees that cringe when approaching staircases—and then our memories that decide to fail just when we need to pinpoint important stuff! Major frustration there! I guess the best memory therapy is to be a serious bridge player. Alas I never learned, neither on 5th Avenue nor in Willard. The photos below are the loves of my life. When is our next 1962 fun time?” Then Kathy and I (Bev) were in touch about the tragic fire at Notre Dame. At exactly the same time that I wrote her thinking about her, she wrote me, so of course I (and she agreed) called that a perfect example of the sneaky Holy Spirit! Kathy Walker Dennis’s granddaughter Mathilde Pouliquen

Granddaughter Alice Denis

Betsy Gagliardi Tobin and her husband Tod Grandson François Pouliquen, Mathilde’s brother

Val Clayton Tangen writes, “Not much news here except that to celebrate our 75th birthdays and 55th anniversary, we planned to take a river cruise in May from Budapest to the Black Sea. Goes on the Danube through (along the borders of) Hungary, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. Never been to eastern Europe before but seems like a good time as things are quite quiet there now. Also, we got a new puppy in January. Another Portuguese water dog and she is quite the ticket. Just full of it! At least she will keep me out and running! And maybe help me to live another 15 years! Picture is of her doing the pre-wash cycle on the dishwasher.” Val Clayton Tangen’s new puppy

Betsy Gagliardi Tobin writes, “No special notes from me. Spent our first ‘full’ winter in New Hampshire. Enjoyed cross-country skiing and a fun snowy week with our whole family at our place: sledding, skiing, skating. Then off to Florida for five glorious weeks. Very good for the soul. Pure R&R.”

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Bev Holmes Prevost writes, “As I reported in the last Bulletin, our daughter Marnie accepted a wonderful job as director of Education and Experience at the Worcester Art Museum. Their house in New Jersey sold, her husband Matt joined Marnie and Timothy, and we all are still in our house while Matt continues to look for a new job (he’s a lawyer). Marnie loves her new job and seemingly they love her and she is working very hard! Timothy (6, 1st grade) loves his school, right across the street from us. We have been to many open houses getting a sense of the different areas of Worcester and surrounding communities so they are able to choose a house! We are all attending All Saints Episcopal Church here in Worcester. Ned and I continue to offer what voices we still have in the choir, and Timothy is a member of the Prelude Choir. Marnie and Matt are both good choristers but holding off for now! Ned and I have season tickets for two terrific venues in Worcester: Hanover Theatre for Broadway-type shows, and Mechanics Hall and Tuckerman Hall where Music Worcester brings superb classical and choral musical works to the city. We get together with lots of friends and family across the state and beyond, including Betsy Gagliardi Tobin and her husband Tod, though not often enough! At Christmas our Iowa family—Elizabeth Prevost ’92, Mike (both history professors at Grinnell College), Grace (7, 2nd grade) and Sophie the spaniel—joined in the chaos here for 10 days. We had a wonderful time and are now planning and getting dates together for our time on Cuttyhunk together! We, the whole family, also had a fabulous time at Hilton Head in February at a beautiful condo I won (!) at Blue & White Night last April. A Dana family donated it for the auction and in the middle of a concert that Ned and I were attending, I kept raising my online bid and then became the highest bidder! I would urge everyone to support the School like that whenever there is an auction, especially if bidding online is part of it! We have also been the huge and happy

beneficiaries of a discovery made through DNA research discovering wonderful family connections. I know Kendra Gunn Nedjar has done lots of family research and probably many of you have as well. Our lives are now even more blessed. I hope I have not missed anyone’s submissions. I do have a new address for Betsy Gagliardi Tobin: 28 Barn Owl Overlook, Grantham, NH, 03753. I welcome any updates of your own or of another classmate. We are missing a bunch of correct emails and have several lost classmates. And for those of you without email, my contact information in addition to my email above is Bev Holmes Prevost, 6 Brookshire Road, Worcester, MA 01609; (508) 756-6508 (home), (847) 436-6507 (cell) and (508) 992-1938 (Cuttyhunk). So no excuses for not sending me news! Everyone loves hearing about each other. You can send news to me any time and I will file it away for the upcoming Bulletin.”

With grown families and retirement (at least partial), many of us have more time to travel. My husband and I (Susan West Ayres) spent a week exploring Florida (the Everglades and the Keys) in February. It was too hot and humid for us Northeasterners, but it was an interesting experience as we had never been to Florida. We loved the blue/green ocean and the lush and colorful foliage. Burgess Ahrens Dole writes, “We’ve spent the past four years settling into life in Essex, Conn., having moved back from Vermont. We’ve had two lovely trips, one to Sweden and one to Norway. One son got married to a great gal and they live in Brooklyn, N.Y. The other son lives with his wife in Gypsum, Colo., and has twin children who just turned 6. My husband has been ill but we persevere and are loving life in Essex. I play lots of paddle tennis and enjoy our Brooklyn son’s many visits north to visit us in Connecticut.” Burgess Ahrens Dole with her husband

Bev Holmes Prevost’s family at Hilton Head: Ned, Elizabeth ’92, Marnie, Timothy, Grace, Mike, Bev, and Matt

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Class of 1964 Susan Belmer Kollet-Harris skharris@rcn.com

Class of 1965 Susan West Ayres warren.ayres@verizon.net First, condolences to the family of Clare Coey Newbury who passed away unexpectedly in October 2018. Clare had been a neighbor of mine in Wellesley, a close friend and a member of the Ingraham Road/Grove Street bicycle brigade (those of us who rode our bikes to school).

Clotilde Luce has been spending “way too much time in airports,” but on a recent jaunt, she met up with some “30 other baby boomers, for a week touring schools [in Vietnam], raising money for poor rural families and single mothers raising children with disabilities. Many in the group, like myself, had marched against that war, and among the most active are two guys who fought in the war and have since been helping rural children born with birth defects, sadly some attributed to napalm and Agent Orange, still in the water. I was so impressed with the Vietnamese staff at COV (Children of Vietnam) and with the school for kids with special needs, funded by the charity. So ‘we’ raised more than $145,000 for COV and I could see firsthand how the money is very well spent.” On her way back from Vietnam, she stopped in San Francisco to catch up with Pam Palmer Everets. Clotilde writes, “She is really talented. Her apartment and studio are full of light and there are works on paper and easels, and paintings on huge canvases. I now follow

her on Instagram to keep up with the art production. Pam is always a great guide when I pass through San Francisco. This time she took me to a remarkable show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Back in South Beach, I am still involved with the Miami Design Preservation League. We survived an attempted hostile takeover and a lawsuit, but the judge saw through it and we have come out stronger, managing to help save Little Havana from corrupt mass demolitions, as one example. I never made it on the Dana swim team, so am not really prepared for sea level rise, ha!” Clotilde Luce and Pam Palmer Everts at SFMOMA

Paula Minnick Peterson doesn’t have any special news except that they have downsized to one home again. She writes, “Sold our condo in Naples, Fla., and our condo in Water Mill, New York. Hopefully we are somewhat settled.” As she wrote, she was on a 10-day trip to Eleuthera in the Bahamas with one of her sons and his family. Amy Schwammberger Sexsmith is still involved in real estate, having just reinstated her license in Rhode Island. She continues to split her time between Rhode Island in her little condotel (225 sq. ft.) and her winter quarters on the West Coast. She is looking into trying other areas (Florida, Arizona or Mexico), so let her know if you have some suggestions. Her daughter just relocated to Princeton, N.J., and she plans to spend some time there, especially since she is starting to teach her 10-year-old granddaughter how to play tennis—Amy’s obsession. The Tennis Channel is her default TV setting and as she wrote, she was on her way to Rolland Garros International Tennis Hall of Fame. Amy Schwammberger Sexsmith

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Many of us will be attending our 50th college reunions this year, and like me I am sure you all wonder, how did this happen?! Sarah Chase is looking forward to hers at Wells. She also reminds us that our 55th Reunion at Dana will be coming up in Fall 2020 so that is another watershed date to keep in mind.

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a much-needed respite! Had lunch in Stuart, Fla., with Candy Norton Hitchcock and had a lovely visit with her dear husband Fred as well. As far as I can tell we are both well. I continue into my third year as a deacon at the Wellesley Hills Congregational Church; much work, but thoroughly enjoyable. I also continue volunteering for Family Promise Metrowest. I’m still painting botanical watercolors, and also landscapes in both acrylics and oils. I exhibit through NESBA, Wellesley Society of Artists and The Creative Art Center in Chatham. Please contact me with your news so it’s not all about me! Lucy Haward Sur with her husband Steve in Stuart, Fla.

Lucy Haward Sur lhsur@aol.com Way back in January, Linda McIntosh, Elliott (Lee) Hall Overall, Margaret (Peggy) Ford and I (Lucy Haward Sur) got together for dinner at Sweet Basil’s in Needham. Lee opted out of the photo, but she was there!

Meanwhile, check out Wendie (Beans) Franks Howland’s Christmas photo of her and Howey with their grandkids Emily, Hannah and Liam. Plus a new family photo and adorable selfie of me (Pots) with my 10-month old grandson in my daughter’s Harlem apartment. I love that they’re 15 minutes away from Riverdale (longer if I can’t find street parking!).

Wendie Franks Howland and Howey with their grandchildren

Laura Potsubay Pucher with her daughter and grandson

Lucy Haward Sur, Linda McIntosh and Peggy Ford

In March, several Dana classmates were at our house for a baby shower for my daughter-in-law Betsy. Gael O’Brien and Lee were there. Missing were Linda and Jane Axelrod (knee surgery).

Lucy’s first grandchild, Harrison William Sur, born May 9 to her son Matthew and his wife Betsy

Class of 1968 Laura (Pots) Potsubay Pucher laurap.riverdale@gmail.com

Gael O’Brien, Lucy’s sister Cynthia who attended Dana for a year in 7th grade, and Lee Hall Overall

Immediately following this event, my husband and I took off for Vero Beach where I took a great painting workshop and Steve played golf—and we got

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Last year we celebrated our 50th Reunion. I’m still basking in the happy glow of seeing so many classmates. I keep you all close at hand, in framed group photos on my coffee table. (I live alone so we chat, often!) I’d especially like to hear from those who were M.I.A. in Wellesley in May 2018. Please email to share updates and photos of your travels, loved ones, family events and personal achievements so the rest of the class can enjoy your news in the next Bulletin. If you’re not on Facebook and just want to say hello to this aging, loyal amanuensis and class booster, gimme an ‘e’ at laurap.riverdale@gmail.com.

Nancy Haaren wrote to say that she and Bob spent two weeks in Japan visiting Bob’s son and wife who live there, an “awesome trip to ‘off the beaten trail’ places,” Nancy writes. She added these extras: Pam Benepe has her first grandchild. Spoke to Cornelia Beardsley Murphy. She and her husband live in Suffield, Conn., near her two daughters and grandchildren. I hope this note finds each of you as busy as you want to be; as well-traveled as pocketbook and calendar allow; as rejuvenated by your latest medical intervention as science and 21st century technology can offer; as kissed and hugged by grandkids, pets, husbands, partners and friends as heart and laugh lines can possibly stand; and as content with home, work and hobbies as yoga, exercise, the arts, nature, good cuisine and deep sleep can deliver. Wishing you all sustained good health. Namaste!

Class of 1969 Anne Maxwell Dewez afmdewez@gmail.com Vicki Willson Quinn vquinn1@gmail.com What an amazing 50th Reunion! If you were able to attend, thank you for making the effort. If you were not able, we hope the following will help give you an idea of what we experienced, and entice you to travel and attend in the future. We will be planning more opportunities to get together. Maybe a reunion to celebrate our reaching the 70-year marker! To the Susies (Dangel and Stratton), Julie, Anne, Mara, the Cheryls (Forté and Ryder) and Polly, what an amazing amount of effort you gave to help make the ’69 Reunion so very special. The weekend began Friday with a fabulous art show, with wine and cheese reception, where Janet Alley McClure and J. Mara DelliPriscoli exhibited. Later we were treated to a delicious dinner hosted by Cheryl Forté and Jean Reif McDonough at a home in Chestnut Hill, giving everyone an opportunity to mingle informally and catch up. Twenty-four of us attended the weekend and the years just seemed to melt away as we shared stories and interests. Anne Maxwell Dewez and Mara traveled the farthest, with Anne coming over the Atlantic from Europe and Mara crossing the Pacific from Jakarta, Indonesia. Several classmates traversed the Eastern Seaboard all the way up from Florida as well.

inspiring her. I was wishing that my parents, especially my dad, were still alive, as I would love to have shared again how truly grateful I feel to have been able to experience all that Dana had to offer me growing up. Mid-morning, several of our classmates were panelists for breakout sessions. Vicki Willson Quinn shared her journey with commercial lending on a panel composed of women working in finance. Susie Dangel, a producer for WGBH, and Debbie Newman, who worked with Sony Corporation, presented on the entertainment panel. All panelists were open to helping young Dana women get their start and many students in attendance were leaning forward taking it all in. What a wonderful opportunity for the students to meet possible mentors and gain inspiration to the possibilities. Very powerful!

Vicki Willson Quinn on the Finance 101 She Sails panel

Cheryl Ryder, Anne Maxwell Dewez and Janet Alley McClure

J. Mara Delli Priscoli at the Alumnae Art Show

Saturday the school presented She Sails with an incredibly robust and inspirational program. The keynote speaker, Zoë Timms ’93, spoke of her school program for young women in India. Zoë gave so much credit to Dana for educating and

At the delicious luncheon, Cheryl Forté received the richly deserved Distinguished Service Award! Congratulations, Fred! Then our ’69 classmates had the chance to belt out our class song. Later a tour of the Helen Temple Cooke Library and Nina Heald Webber ’49 Archives, time-traveling with scrapbooks, old photos and displays of our uniforms! What a time we had identifying classmates in the candid photos. If the school no longer looks exactly as we remember, these articles prompted very vivid memories! Even the gym uniforms were there (as I write I am actually scrunching my nose!). That evening, our classmates enjoyed a lovely dinner on the lawn with Head of School Katherine

Bradley with more reminiscing and reconnecting.

Martha Dorsey Harrison, Kippy West, Cheryl Gowdy, Susie Dangel and Sally Bullard Steck

Finally, Sunday morning a few of the ’69 classmates met in Beveridge Hall for the Memorial Service, celebrating and remembering an unbelievable number (too, too many) of our classmates. Alumnae who passed away during this past year were also remembered. Cheryl Ryder and Mara planned a moving service. Cheryl played wonderful (heavenly) Beethoven and Bach, and Mara delivered a personal reflection on life and death. Betsy Eastwood, Anne Maxwell Dewez, Susan Clatworthy and Debbie Newman read passages during the service. Many tears and also the sounds of laughter were shared as we remembered our dear friends, who departed much too soon. Finally we enjoyed a farewell brunch, traveling down through the tunnel to the Dining Hall. What a hoot! It was time to be homeward bound, with many hugs and promises to plan other opportunities. Thank you to the Reunion Committee who helped rally our classmates to donate a final count of $69,550 with 40% participation. The ambitious goal was set and met, matching our graduation year of ’69. Very impressive! Compared to the 50th Reunion classes in the last 10 years, the Class of 1969 was the second highest in total dollars raised with gifts to the Dana Fund. As significant, we surpassed our previous high participation rate of 36% at our 25th Reunion. Our class was in a tight race with the Class of 1974 right to the very end this year when that class managed to beat ours in terms of participation by a slim margin. We (Deb Yard Mello Orazem and J. Mara DelliPriscoli) both have truly enjoyed reconnecting with you all as your Class Correspondents. We feel that this should be a “relay position” where we pass the baton or torch every two years. And so, Anne Maxwell Dewez and Vicki Willson Quinn have graciously volunteered. Was it

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Peter, Paul and Mary who sang “Don’t Let the Light Go Out” or Paul McCartney who sings “Do It Now”? Class of ’69 is strong and we have much collective history and future doings to share! The next Bulletin due date will be in mid-October. Please start to gather your thoughts and send them on to Anne and Vicki as they come up. Marie Andersen-Whitehurst writes, “Although I am retired from clinical social work, I still work at my gem and mineral store and teach crystal healing classes. Still married to the same wonderful guy for 46 years. Would love to hear from you.” Nan Seley Efrein writes, “In 1979, I fell into Zen practice and became a dedicated student of Charlotte Beck, the founder of the San Diego Zen Center, for more than 30 years. After years of study I moved to Prescott, Ariz., to help Charlotte to run a smaller group Zen center there. Zen practice and raising my two sons are the most important focus in my life. It is truly astonishing what one can find out while staring at a wall in stillness and silence for 10 hours a day throughout many long retreats over many years under the direction of a superlative Zen master. How you live your life changes. No one else can simply tell you the truth. You must find it for yourself.”

Nan Seley Efrein and her significant other

Class of 1970 Betsy Bass betsybass52@gmail.com Emily Ecker eecker@gmail.com Thank you to all that sent in your stories and photos. And mark your calendars for our 50th Reunion in April 2020! There are plenty of ways to help make it a great time for all. If you like using Facebook, please join our group. Search for “Dana Hall Class of 1970.”

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So valuable to not only ‘see’ and experience a little of another culture but to get a glimpse of how we are seen by others... most especially in this time. We and our families are well and are enjoying these years. Both of us still treasure and value the gifts Dana provided, especially our reinforced values and friendships. Looking forward to our 50th!” Melanie Choukas-Bradley and Betsy Childs Gill

Betsy Childs Gill invited Melanie Choukas-Bradley to give a talk about her new book, The Joy of Forest Bathing, at her local library in Norfolk, Conn., in February. The two classmates, who had not seen each other in almost 50 years, teamed up the next day to lead a forest bathing walk in the Great Mountain Forest, a pristine 6,000-acre woodland preserved for posterity by Betsy’s father and grandfather. The two vowed to attend our 50th in 2020! Joanne Christy Graydon writes, “After a very long and stormy winter, spring has arrived in Manitoba. The gardens are thawing and spring clean-up is underway. Calving is nearly done and farmers are preparing equipment for seeding. But lately my thoughts are about Dana Hall’s 50th Reunion for the Class of 1970. I’m saving up for the trip back east to join the celebration! Volunteer work in my small rural community continues and my passion for exploring pottery is neverending. Our four granddaughters are growing too fast in many ways. Technology is so much a part of their daily lives but on family days at the farm, they leave their devices in the house. They are old enough to explore on their own with Sadie, the Border collie, following close by. There are bales to climb, animals to visit and plenty of room to play. Camping season is around the corner and I’ll be parked in a seasonal site this year. And once school is out, the two oldest granddaughters will be spending time with me. We’ll have days at the pool or the lake and days at the farm to cut the grass and tend to the vegetable gardens. Grandparenting is wonderful! Facebook has been a wonderful resource to re-connect with classmates! I enjoy reading of your adventures and look forward to seeing you all in person! Together again in 2020!” Barbara Bogdasarian Haydon and Marya Kayeum write, “One of our favorite adventures to-date was going to Morocco.

Barbara Bogdasarian Haydon and Marya Kayeum in Morocco

Barb and Marya at a market in Tangier

Andrea Higgins Bierce writes, “In February, we celebrated our grandchild’s first birthday (Blake)! In March, we visited Santiago and Patagonia, Chile, with our two daughters, Cameron and Jenny. It was fantastico, as they say. The photo is taken from the Patagonia Camp, which we would highly recommend.”

Andrea Higgins Bierce and husband Sandy with their two daughters Cameron and Jenny in Patagonia, Chile Celebrating their grandson Blake’s first birthday with Blake’s parents, Alex and Kaitlin Bierce

Nancy Karp writes, “This fall I enjoyed one of my favorite retirement activities: traveling! My trip to Peru with a childhood friend was an amazing experience. Two days in Machu Picchu were a highlight but the sights, sounds, colors, tastes and people we encountered all around the country provided special memories that will last a lifetime. I highly recommend it. If anyone happens to travel to Cape Cod this summer, please give me a call. Classmates, speaking of traveling, it’s not too soon to start making travel plans for Reunion next year.” Nancy Karp at Machu Picchu

Nancy with a Peruvian llama

schedule in time with our grandchildren in Maine.”

Tia and Kevin’s family at Harriet’s wedding

Nancy Powell writes, “I retired on January 1 this year and moved to Port Townsend, Wash., to join an intentional community called The Port Townsend EcoVillage. Miraculously, a friend of mine helped me buy the only house that was for sale in the village and I am beyond happy with the house, the community and the town. My two passions in life are carpentry and gardening, and the village is basically a huge playground for me with endless projects in both areas. The community is multi-generational and includes 30 adults and 11 children. It is biking/walking distance to town but feels very rural. I feel incredibly fortunate to have landed here!” Nancy Powell gardening at her new house in Port Townsend, Wash.

Tia Pinney with daughter Harriet at Harriet’s wedding

Harriet (Tia) Pinney writes, “On August 18, 2018, our youngest child and only daughter, Harriet Groppe Prince ’06, married Josh Prince in the best wedding ever. The bride was beautiful, the location was perfect and the party was terrific. Her brother Nathaniel (long hair) is getting married this coming September—the pressure is on! Kevin retired from Dana a couple of years ago and is busy acting and directing with numerous community theater groups. I am still working full time for Mass Audubon at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln. I love my job and have no plans to retire, but I do

Class of 1971 Barbara Lee Monahan barbmonahan52@comcast.net Toddy Torrance Turrentine toddyturrentine@gmail.com

Class of 1972 Barb Tomlinson Harman b49harman@gmail.com Thanks to our contributors of news this month. If you are reading this and did not receive an email asking for news back in April, that means I (Barb Tomlinson Harman) do not have your email or I have an inaccurate email. You can always directly

email bulletin@danahall.org with your news. Our first grandchild was born in January in Denver to my son Charlie and his wife Dana. Having a granddaughter is the best! Had a nice get together with Robin (Whitney) Ashley Vose who is busy with visits to her grandson and granddaughter in New York City, beekeeping, piano, and her son’s wedding in New York City this summer. She and I took a jazz piano class together in New Haven a while ago and we still share that interest. Always an inspiration. I sent the news to students of Lenore Engdahl (Joan Davol Popkin and Martha Jewett) that she had passed June 19, 2018, at 100 years old. I remember her kindness and sense of humor, she introduced me to P.D.Q. Bach! She left Dana after we graduated and joined the piano faculty at Boston University. She concertized at Carnegie Hall in the 1980s and taught into her 90s. Linda Smith writes, “My husband David Janoff and I retired to Williamsburg, Va., in 2017 and we love it here. My father died last year at 97, so our family responsibilities are finished and it is just the two of us. We have begun to travel again and spent part of January on a Windstar cruise down the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica and Panama. The highlight of the trip was the final day at sea, going through the Panama Canal. We re-read David McCullough’s The Path Between the Seas before the trip, and a guide on board added to our enjoyment and appreciation as we went through the locks.” Alison Taggart-Barone writes, “I’ve retired from the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy as their photo editor, but continue my work as the volunteer photo editor for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area while I reconnect with my art photography past. I’ve lined up two small shows so far and the future is bright. My husband of almost 40 years and I have an ambitious travel schedule this year: Oregon, Alaska, India/Cambodia and perhaps Italy to finalize our dual citizenship (due to his family’s history). With all this travel, it definitely helps to have a son in the business. If you want an excellent trip planner with a specialty in individually styled hotels and excursions, call Audley Travel and ask for Jeff Barone!” Diane Denman Moxness writes, “Mike and I are still in Alaska and doing a fair amount of traveling. Last spring, we walked the West Highland Way in Scotland. This May, we plan to walk about 100 miles along the Hadrian’s Wall path and St. Oswald’s Way in Northumberland,

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England. Got to keep doing those long walks as long as the knees hold out! We also spent several weeks in northern Ethiopia this January. We did a several-day walk to a rural community and took part in the Orthodox Christian celebration of TimKat. Fascinating and uniquely Ethiopian. Last year while in New Orleans for JazzFest, I had lunch with our classmate and my first roommate at Dana, Daphne Main. Fun to connect after so, so many decades!” Pam Swift writes, “I’m retiring from my role co-directing a creative arts summer program after 29 years and working for a children’s theater company for close to 40 years. Kim Douglass makes retirement sound wonderful. She’s been traveling and hiking with Dana classmates among other things and I’m looking forward to doing much of the same, learning Spanish, seeing friends I haven’t seen in ages—Kim for one—and definitely not sitting in front of a computer for hours at a time.” Lucy Gelb writes, “We happily avoided winter down in Ponte Vedra. My son Matt married Ellis in Charleston last May. Right now, the three of us are on a trip to the beautiful Sonoran Desert in Tucson.” Cyndy Dietel Krieger writes, “My one and only daughter, who I love to bits, recently moved in with me here in Philadelphia! She had been out in Seattle doing high-end cosmetics sales (Dior and Chanel) for the past three years. Very expensive town and a serious schlepp to get home. Missed the East Coast and bagels! We are having a glorious time! Our schedules allow us to have the apartment to ourselves for a portion of every day which makes for very good roommates! She is such a delight and am thrilled that her idea of the best time is snuggled up with me in my bed watching movies or crazy reality TV! Second son Harry is in full entrepreneurial mode! He and a partner have developed a cannabis device that has just received investors and they are moving forward full throttle. He’s also developing a clothing line for concert-goers, has a firm in Miami doing the design and marketing, and they’re about to go into production in China. All the while being a corporate finance guy at Priceline! Isn’t it wonderful when your children are going great guns? My mom is struggling with vascular dementia at the age of 88, but my dad is unbelievable! Has all his marbles and is physically going strong at the ripe old age of 91! I will say, though, watching the parental units get older and more infirm is some

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tough stuff. I am blessed with four fabulous siblings and we really work at supporting each other and our folks. So lucky!” Susan Hay Peterson Patrick, CEO of United Way of Missoula County, has been named the U.S. winner of the U.S. State Department’s 2019 Professional Fellows Program Alumni Impact Award. The award recognizes alumni of the Professional Fellows Program who have made exceptional contributions to their communities. Since 2014, Susan and United Way have hosted several Professional Fellows from Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam. She traveled as a Fellow to Cambodia in 2014 and 2017, and to Thailand in 2017, teaching and speaking about nonprofit management, governance, fundraising, planning, evaluation and leadership. Congratulations, Susan!

Class of 1973 Judy Luke judy.luke@comcast.net Greetings from Boston! I just got back from a quick visit to Charleston where I caught up with Susie Foster Wilson and her husband Bob. Susie and Bob head to Charleston each spring for their annual escape from Massachusetts. Always fun to catch up. Susie will be back in Chatham for the summer. Susie writes, “I am now a grandmother! Yikes. Granddaughter Caroline was born on Christmas morning. So I’m off to yoga so I can keep up with her in the years ahead!” Cheryl Kilberg Solomon writes that Karin Baldwin Quayle and her husband met her in Phoenix last November and they had a fabulous time. In less than two years, Cheryl will be moving to Phoenix permanently. Cheryl notes, “I can honestly say that I have had enough of Chicago winters... This last one was especially brutal! On the to-do list for this year is understanding our healthcare options with Medicare. Where did the time go that we now qualify for Medicare in 2020? Hoping all of you are healthy and semi-retired. See you at the next Reunion!” Margot Ellis continues her lecture circuit. In February, she spoke to the Southeast Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) in Atlanta at the gorgeous Robuck & Company antiques showroom specializing in French furniture,

which was the perfect backdrop to her lecture. From there, Margot continued on to West Palm Beach and a wonderful reunion with Lucy Sholley who kindly attended her lecture for ICAA Florida in the restored historic 1916 Palm Beach County Courthouse. Margot hopes to resume travels during next fall’s lecture season and into 2020. She has presented to 12 of 15 ICAA national chapters and is still working on scheduling with the Ohio and Lake Erie Chapter in Cleveland, Ohio; Utah Chapter in Salt Lake City; and Northwest Chapter in Washington State.

Class of 1974 Kate Hirsch Koller rkoller@snet.net Wow, I don’t know where to begin! To those of you who attended Reunion (there were 29 of us—the most of any Reunion class!), you know what I’m saying. We were treated to an amazing She Sails program, along with a lovely dinner at Dana (catered by an alum) on Friday, and an intimate class dinner on Saturday evening. There was lots of catching up, reminiscing and more laughter than imaginable! It was a lot of fun! Kudos to our classmates who participated in She Sails. Based on what I experienced and input from other classmates, they were all wonderful. Many thanks to these ladies: Susan Eschweiler, Lizz Branson Fabel, Candy Kosow Gold, Laura Moore and Holly Richardson Todd. During our Saturday night dinner, we went around the room and everyone was given the opportunity to talk about their Senior Project (although it seems a Senior Project was optional), February Week, their experience at Dana and some of the faculty that influenced them, and how Dana played a role in their life since graduating. It was a beautiful and bonding evening for all of us. I think we all realize that whether we were friends at Dana or not, we are all connected in a special way forever. Believe it or not, the momentum is already building for our 50th Reunion! Numerous times over the weekend, I heard someone say, “Why isn’t so-and-so here?” If you didn’t attend this year, you were missed! It was suggested that everyone who attended this year be responsible for convincing another classmate to attend our 50th. I thought it was a great idea. I know we’ve already re-established contact with several classmates from whom we haven’t heard in a while. Also, it was suggested that we

bring back some of the faculty that were at Dana during our era. And thanks to 46% of our class, we won the Reunion award for the highest class participation! Many, many thanks to our Reunion fundraising committee who did a fabulous job: Marion (Betsy) Jackson Fear, Eunice Murray, Holly Richardson Todd and Anne Downey Wallace. I know some of you received late-night and last-minute appeals via text to make a donation online (numerous classmates have a healthy dose of the competitive spirit!) and you responded, which put our class on top! Thank you to everyone who participated. At this point, we’ve donated almost $45,000, although that amount could increase before the close at the end of June. Thank you to all who attended Reunion and made it so special. And for those that weren’t able to attend, we look forward to seeing you at the 50th!

Class of 1975 Kyle Fake kylewfake@gmail.com Sandy Wood-Prince Collins writes, “The Class of ’75 thread has been amazing to read. So many interesting things went on before I came along. You all were truly creative and adventurous! But when I did arrive at Dana in ’72, I felt very welcome, thank you. True to form, this online recollection/conversation our class is having years later shows that our class members are as warm, supportive, hilarious, smart and brave as heck as ever. Favorite Dana memories from my first year, sophomore year, include group riding lessons with Hilary Huffard, Anne Baker, Amy, Jennifer and Widdy Shaw, among others. That year, Sandy Caron ’73, my long-suffering “Secret Senior,” taught me to have a sense of humor about myself. Second year, lived atop Lathrop with a new junior named Sandra Douglass Hambley. We got along famously and are still great friends. Across the hall on Lathrop’s third floor was Faith Arnold Larson and new junior Doyline Williams. Between the Stones and The Isley Brothers, there was plenty of music and dancing going on up there that year. I think Faith got her homework done somehow—I’m sorry, Faith! Favorite teachers had to be Miss Post and Ms. Arsenault. Theater at Dana with Mrs. Armin was special, and I will treasure the memory of being in The Prime

of Miss Jean Brodie with Hillary Bailey Smith, Michele Smith, Sam Stecker, Becky Armin, and many others, even the Nobles and Rivers boys. Saw the New York Dolls one weekend in Cambridge with Shou Shou Kashanchi and others in our platform boots (hers were much cooler). Senior year in Johnston A with Svea and Scott Fraser with fellow seniors Robin Teszler, who gave great makeup tutorials, and Cheryl (Cher-Bear) Yung Rousseau, (a good friend to this day, as well, happy to say)! While I was in New York City for Senior Projects, there was a fire at Johnston A; Sandy Douglass Hambley, by then a day student, rescued my entire record collection as soon as she could, removing all the albums and laying them out on her mother’s front lawn to dry. I still have most of those albums (my daughter and her friends listen to vinyl!), will be forever grateful that no one was hurt, that Sandy went to all that trouble for me and successfully saved the records, and that during the drying time her mom allowed what looked like a glam-rock yard sale in front of her lovely Wellesley home. Many more memories, but enough about me. My very best to all you ladies.” Susan Lewis Dumais writes, “I have been residing in New Hampshire for most of my years since Dana. I did live on Nantucket for about a year in my twenties. Needless to say, life was very different—good different—on the rock! In New Hampshire, I married and had three incredible children. Currently, my grandchildren total is four. However, I expect that to change in the next few years as my youngest, Ben, got married in June. My life has taken some interesting twists and turns. I’m currently living with a man who happened to be the first boy I ever kissed at the tender young age of 13! All in all, life has been good in the Granite State.” Margi Hoar Hopkins writes, “Last year was a rough one; there is no way to sugar coat it. I’m still recovering. My husband went through treatment for lung cancer— and survived. So far he is cancer free. Though he is missing a lobe of his lung and experiencing the many side effects of chemotherapy, which may never resolve, he is here and I am so grateful! Meanwhile, my mom lived nearby in hospice care. She lingered for 2 1/2 years with every conceivable thing wrong with her little body as her mind remained sharp and her will kept her here. Who knows why. A friend said, ‘Peggy is hanging onto St.

Pete’s gate with her fingernails!’ She finally passed last November at age 99. Can you imagine living that long? Not me. My shelf life is 90, at which time I invite the closest person to push me off the nearest cliff. Mom’s death was a relief, but came with all the things grief brings. Though I had been praying for her physical insult and pain to stop, the actual death was surprisingly hard. All of the above is common in our age group, so if you are not experiencing something similar, someone you know assuredly is. Reach out! The friendship and love that poured my way was extraordinary. Barb Frost sent us the sweetest package from Arizona, which included delicious local treats and most importantly bourbon! Love you, Barb! On the upside, I have one perfect, adorable grandson. My three children are thriving in their lives. My husband recently designed and patented fender flares for his Chevy Avalanche truck and is selling his invention to collectors of this model like hot cakes. Boy, has it helped us with medical bills! And while my art business is not exactly making money, my reputation is growing. I continue taking commissions, compete and exhibit my work with a big show this September in Cincinnati, In the Tradition of Audubon. I will be exhibiting alongside 100 top wildlife artists from all over the country. A total of 6,000 square feet of space with nothing but North American wildlife! I have three pieces completed and one more in the works. Check out pepperportraits.com. Go to my blog if you are curious. Love to all! Please get in touch!” Robin Teszler writes, “I’m just starting to sell some digital artwork as well as pottery pieces!” She lives in Greenville, S.C. Wendy Chambers writes, “Totally overwhelmed with life in Toronto and the horrible flooding three hours north that threatened the entire community. I landed in Toronto 34 years ago as my greatgrandfather traveled from Louisville to fish with Dr. Kelly of Toronto and built a log cabin, “allowing” the ladies to attend while the men fished and hunted. I raised two girls mostly on my own. Laura, the eldest, is a nurse at MGH where she co-founded Caring for a Cure. Perhaps the many times she was tucked into her car seat while I volunteered at the Junior League had some effect? My younger daughter, Leigh, loves her work as a teacher north of Toronto. In my spare time, I have gone back to school to study floral design.”

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Christine Bell writes, “My husband of 39 years and I still live in Melrose, Mass. I’ve been working as support staff at one of the research centers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for almost 15 years and am still liking it. I work full-time but flexed my time so that I only work a four-day week and on Fridays I get to babysit for my grandchildren.” Debbie Wexler Dombrowski writes, “I miss being younger again but I don’t miss school. I love my service mobility dog Lilly, chocolate chip cookies and jokes. If you know a good joke, tell me. Here’s one for you: What sort of shoes do frogs wear? Open toad sandals!” Virginia (Ginny) Edwards writes, “Thank you Kyle for reaching out to our class. It’s been a real treat to learn what many of you have been up to all these years. Long story short, after college and art school, I shifted from fine art and got a master’s in graphic design in the Bay Area. Loved living and working there for many years. While at Apple, I traveled often to New York and then decided to make the move. I had a fascinating career working on all sorts of big juicy projects, but having married late and wanting to have a child I realized I no longer wanted the travel and politics, so I started renovating apartments in New York City and houses in East Hampton. My daughter Sophie and I moved to East Hampton full-time eight years ago. She’s off to college next year at Wesleyan, so I’m pondering what’s next. I’m grateful to be healthy and live close to the ocean in a wonderful community, but I’m done with winter, so I’ll probably start splitting time between here and Marin County. Who knows?! I have fond memories of my two years at Dana Hall, you all, the Scattergoods and Matthew Stackpole.”

Ginny Edwards with her daughter Sophie Griffin in Mexico

Liz (Giz) Flory Williamson writes, “Please keep the memory of Liz Lackey and her family in your thoughts. I can’t imagine how her husband and other son

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and the remaining Lackey family have been coping these past few years. I keep checking for trial info to be present for a few hours in support of Liz and her family.” Donna Hall Bradford writes, “Good morning from Kansas City, Mo. I have so enjoyed reading everyone’s stories. I have lived in many states since graduating Dana; after undergrad, MBA and several jobs, we finally landed here in the Midwest. I really miss the East Coast and the kids. Upon graduation, they all chose to live in more progressive areas. I have three children, all married and now I have two grands. Two of my children have doctorates; one is on fellowship at Harvard, the other at UCSB. One child is in Tampa. We travel a lot. I am still working; chief operating officer/ CFO for a large homeless shelter in Kansas City. It is a new experience and a very rewarding position. I suspect this is my last job before retiring which, by the way, I hope to do in the next few years. I enjoyed my time at Dana and have fond memories. I have been in contact with Robin Teszler, my roommate junior year, and I enjoy seeing Sue Lewis on Facebook. I am planning to attend to our 45th and look forward to seeing everyone.” Calista (Christie) Harder writes, “I’m still living in Shelburne, Vt. I’m a massage therapist and still love it. I’m studying a new body work technique called Trager. Easier on my body. Lots of rocking and moving the client and myself. So much fun and completely different from traditional stress relief massage. I’m finding the 60s a whole new chapter—more calm and reflective. I’m working on cleaning out my house after 25 years. So fun and amazed at how good it feels to unburden myself of things accumulated over all these years. My daughter Elsa, 25, is in California trying to figure out her next step. My son Ian, 28, is in Chicago, a fourth-year med student at Northwestern. He’s looking at orthopedic surgery. So I feel my kids are really and truly off and away and my husband and I are just back to being ourselves together. Big news: My siblings and I were contacted last fall from a half-sister we didn’t know we had. Tricia is 10 years younger than me. She is lovely and I feel so lucky to have a new sister. Wow, life continues to be so interesting and joyous. Wishing you all the best. If you are in northern Vermont, get in touch: (802) 324-8815.” Lisa (Salz) Salisbury writes, “I bought a horse and am enjoying participating in his training. Ceramics is getting really fun and

I start this week at a domestic violence shelter as a volunteer. Life sure is good away from the corporate world!” E. Laura (Libby) Foley Coleman writes, “I’m in San Francisco and enjoyed meeting up with Elizabeth Cotton last year after our last round of emails. We share professional ties and Dana roots which is a lovely, fun combination. Not much is new for me except our daughter started college; it is exciting to hear about new trends in economics, education, etc. This summer she’ll work with high school students in a local and under-resourced neighborhood to engage around architecture/aesthetic spaces and sustainability practices. My heart goes out to Liz’s family and all the loved ones of friends we’ve lost in our small band of wonderful classmates. I’m grieving now for my husband’s friend’s loss of two children in the Sri Lanka bombing. It is so difficult to struggle with inequity, unfairness, loss, meaninglessness, hatred… We all are in touch with these struggles starting at the beginning of human time. Loving, clear-minded reflection and actions toward purpose and love sustain us, I think. Anger is important, too, as a way to learn more, forge new possibilities and connection. If Liz’s values/spirit/ convictions could reach even more people with a program at Dana Hall it would be wonderful. Let’s keep the ideas alive here to see what we can create together? This year, my husband and I have joined local conversations regarding white fragility and classism/ageism/sexism/ethnicism/ regionalism everywhere inside and outside of us. There is so much growth and learning we can foster and share in to make different things happen going forward. I’m glad our Class Notes and conversation continues. Heartwarming to have current news from you (Kyle), Bear, Donna, Curry, Hillary and Calista! I wanted to send this photo from Greens in San Francisco of Amanda North ’74, Susan Eschweiler ’74 and me just before dinner on a Friday night in May. Fun to catch up with our ’74 friends, too. Susan presented at She Sails this spring and Amanda presented a couple of years ago.” Laura Coleman, Amanda North ’74 and Susan Eschweiler ’74

Melissa Garvan writes, “Hi, gang, from Charleston, S.C.! All is going well here working away and playing hard whenever I can! I guess a few of you have been to Charleston recently and I’m afraid I missed messages. I would love to grab a coffee or whatever next time. Loved my time at Dana Hall and still value many friendships. Hope this finds you all in happy and healthy spirits! I know our next Reunion is 2020.” Laura (Dodo) Ellis writes, “Both my daughters are getting married in 2019. It’s an exciting, joyful time. My younger daughter Alice, an investigative journalist, is marrying an Irishman who’s a psychologist. They live in London. My older daughter Frances, a writer, is marrying an English teacher. They’re completing a year of graduate study at St. Andrews in Scotland before returning to the U.S. We all get together in Santa Fe and Maine when we can.” Jean (Curry) Glassell writes, “My big news is that I have two sons who both graduated from college on Mother’s Day weekend! Thank goodness both schools are in Texas. The older walked on Friday, May 10, at 2 p.m., and then we all piled into the SUV and drove five hours to Fort Worth and the next day my youngest walked at 2 p.m.! As for myself, I still enjoy working in the health and wellness industry, and have been involved in energy psychology and healing for the past 18 years. Only a few months ago I decided to put my home up for sale and this was not so easy to do. As you all know, this is a major change and yet I sense I am turning over and beginning a new page of my life—a new chapter—and moving forward into another completely new adventure. ‘Sell, Trade or Trash’ is one of my themes for 2019. In order to downsize, this is a must. I so look forward to seeing all of you in Boston and on campus next year! Is there anyone who would like to co-host a dinner party or cocktail party with me the night before the festivities get started? It would be fun to have three or more of us herding all the kittens to join in on our Reunion. Let’s have a blast. Love to you all.” Julie Warner writes, “Sadly there really isn’t anything new in my life. I am still working as a nursing director in a small rural hospital on the eastern shore of Virginia, which isn’t even attached to Virginia at all. If anyone drives from New York or New Jersey to the Outer Banks, they drive right by me. Feel free to stop in!

I found Faith Arnold Larson once and we had a great chat but I can’t find her again. I’ll keep trying.” Hillary Bailey Smith writes, “It’s funny how we are getting to that place in our lives where we are thinking about our final living place. So much to consider. I am consumed with health care and making sure I will be near good medical services. One-floor living and lots of culture. And like-minded athletic fools like me. My news is the same as always. Hoping to catch up with a lot of Dana friends this summer. Still working on Venice: The Series Season 6, and will be shooting up in Boston this fall on Beacon Hill Season 2. Sending lots of love!” Kyle Fake writes, “Nan Patterson informed me that Sara Myers Gormley’s husband died last year. Please hold her in your prayers and hearts. I will be traveling to Cary, N.C., in June to visit my piano teacher from Dana Hall, Brenda Bruce. I can’t wait. She was an integral part of my life at Dana. As well, Curry Glassell and I have committed to get together in Houston in May!” Kimeri Brown Lowell writes, “I am a Waldorf kindergarten teacher in Colorado. This is my 13th year. Nancy Alexander’s daughter is getting married in May in Denver, so I will be seeing Nancy, Laura Ellis and Nancy MacDonald soon.”

Class of 1976 Lynn Surprenant gsurp@yahoo.com

Class of 1977 Liz Browning Riley lizriley09@gmail.com Betsy Winans Carothers writes, “I am now spending about 7-8 months in Vero Beach and then heading back up to Cape Cod for about four of them. In June through September, I am on the Cape. My mother Abigail Kimball Winans ’46 and father live in the Sea Oaks Community right next to classmate Sue Milnes. My mom is now 90 and doing great. Sue and I got together with Anne Downey Wallace ’74 and roommate from Dana, Sarah Bryan Severance ’74, to play golf. Sarah is moving down to Vero. It will be great fun having her here. Life in Vero is busy. I do

play a lot of sports, like tennis, golf and pickleball, but I also work with teaching second graders at least one day a week, and I am on a few different boards at my club. I also have a thriving stationery business down here which keeps me busy and am always looking to further my photography love with selling my enlarged prints to home decor stores or doing grandchildren photo shoots. Life is good and we do love living here. We love visitors!” Sue Milnes, Anne Downey Wallace ’74, Sarah Bryan Severance ’74 and Betsy Winans Carothers

Debra Meyer Dreyfus writes, “It has been a great year! I turned 60 in January and celebrated with all my kids except Charlie. It was a great time! My son Charlie is engaged to Danielle Levy. They recently moved to London for his job at Gerald Hines Interests. My daughter Lisa got married to Dr. Richard Robbins. They have decided to live in Houston! Lisa does marketing for LVMH and three of their champagne brands. My daughter Jessica and her husband Colin Bozarth had their first child, a son, Remy Oliver Bozarth. I am loving being a grandmother. My son David and his girlfriend Kait McGann Ludwin live in Atlanta. He does M&A at Sun Trust. Basically, it has been a fun-filled year with an expanding family. I feel very fortunate.” Kelly Hynes McDermott with daughter Courtney McDermott Gill ’04 and grandson Pearce Sumner Gill

Kelly Hynes McDermott writes, “We’ve recently joined the ranks of grandparenthood with the arrival of our grandson, Pearce Sumner Gill. Courtney McDermott Gill ’04 and Matt welcomed Pearce into the world on February 3 (Super Bowl Sunday!). We feel very blessed and grateful to have this new little one in our lives to love. He is

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such a joy. Courtney and Matt will be moving from New York City to Scituate this spring which of course we’re over the moon about. We’ll be making lots of trips to the South Shore, which is only 45 minutes from Medfield. Our new names are LaLa and PopPop unless Pearce comes up with his own special version! I’m embarking on an exciting new chapter in my career. I’m transitioning my own marketing consulting firm to joining Ball Consulting Group, LLC, a vibrant and successful strategic communications firm located in Newton. I’m thrilled about this growth opportunity to join their team as account director. I’ll transition my clients over while managing several new accounts. Ball serves a variety of industries including healthcare, technology, retail and nonprofits where we specialize in internal and external communications programs and crisis communications. It’ll be great to leverage my experience from running my own marketing consulting firm to working together with such a seasoned group of PR professionals in a boutique setting. I guess you could say I thrive on new challenges! I continue to be an active volunteer with the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston to help in their mission to empower underprivileged girls and young women in the Greater Boston area through mentorship programs. The power of mentorship is an amazing thing to see in action and how it literally can change the lives of both big and little sisters. Like many of us, I turn (ahem) 60 this year and have an ever-pressing desire (and need) to keep active between tennis, yoga, pilates and basically anything fitness-related. I’ve even taken up playing pickle ball, which seems to be taking the country by storm. My husband Scott is doing well and our boys, Dillon and Jack, are thriving out in San Francisco. Jack is roommates with Charlie Carothers, Betsy Winans Carothers’s son. It’s funny how the circle of friendship works, isn’t it? I’m looking forward to getting together with Betsy on the Cape this summer for some fun in the sun, and it’s always a kick reconnecting with Joy Haywood Moore for dinner or a glass of wine on a fairly regular basis. I’m grateful to Dana Hall for giving me the opportunity to not only get a great education but to foster these lifelong friendships. As for summer plans, Scott and I are looking forward to doing some traveling in July to visit the boys in California along with a Yosemite adventure with the four of us, then off for a family vacation in Chatham in August. I can’t wait to spend time with our growing family

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where the almost-1-year-old Pearce will be with us all at the beach for the first time. How things have changed in one year! Sending my best to all my classmates for a wonderful and healthy summer, and look forward to keeping in touch.” Kim Smith Simmons writes, “I am enjoying being a grandmother three times over, continuing with nonprofit executive leadership and organizational development, which I have enjoyed for almost 30 years now, and I am excited to be getting married to Henry Tatum in June 2020 after becoming a widow in 2012. I also enjoy spending my free time traveling and volunteering on boards that afford me the opportunity to direct my skills, passion and lifetime interests in areas of social justice, and youth and family development. My 34-year old son Corey graduated from Roxbury Latin, then played basketball for the College of William and Mary. He has since married (Krystal) and they now have a 4-year-old son, Corey, Jr., and a 15-month-old daughter, Aubrey. Their family resides on the Belmont Hill School campus in Belmont where Corey enjoys teaching middle school students Latin, Greek and history, and coaching football and basketball. My 29-year-old son Remington (Remy) also graduated from RL, and went on to play basketball for the University of Pennsylvania and later received his MBA from Bentley University. Today, Remy lives in Boston with his wife (Tori) and their 2-year-old son, Mason. Remy is a college scout for the Boston Celtics, and the general manger for the Celtics “D” League, the Maine Red Claws.” Natasha Davison Lilley shares, “I am currently on the producing team for a phenomenal new original musical The Prom playing on Broadway now at The Longacre Theatre. I am also an associate member of The Broadway League (governing body for Broadway). After many years as a performer (Cats, Fame, Beauty and The Beast, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) preceded by a career as a television producer, writer and host (WCVB, Metro media, WSB, CNN, Manhattan Cable), I landed as faculty at University of Texas College of Fine Arts. My passion is shifting paradigms for representation of women on stage and screen (women with agency who solve their own problems and don’t need being rescued). Thus, I began producing developmental workshops of new musicals that did just that. The Prom is one of those musicals, a love letter to classic Broadway

musical comedies but with a lot of heart and a message of building community even if you disagree. I’m very proud of bringing this kind of narrative to the stage and representing women in an empowered way. I’m sure Dana Hall had something to do with that! I’m also senior producer for a soon-to-be-launched national talk show and on the Emmy-winning producing team for a feature-length documentary currently in production. I have two beautiful daughters. Claire Lilley is an actress in New York City who made her OffBroadway debut in the starring role in Spoolie Girl in the fall and made her television debut in Orange is the New Black. My younger daughter Alexis Lilley is a freshman musical theater major at the University of Utah. My husband and I have a home in Austin, Texas, but I’m in New York City frequently.” Ellen Partridge Pulsford writes, “Cam and Kim welcomed Luna Nicole Pulsford on February 27! Taylor and Kevin continue to keep busy with Sam (4) and Wyatt (2). Spencer continues to enjoy life on St. Thomas. His knowledge of the waters and lore around USVI and BVI is tremendous. Glen and I are proud of the kids and love our lives! (And I finally get to knit girly items!)” Ellen Partridge Pulsford’s granddaughter

And to conclude, happy 60th everyone! I (Liz Browning Riley) have decided that I am taking two years to celebrate this. The first year of this celebration started when I turned 59 in September. I decided to call this my “platinum year” since I was born in ’59 and turned 59! And now I have another year to celebrate: turning 60. I started the celebration by going to Japan with a couple of friends. What a beautiful country, even though the cherry blossoms were just starting to bloom. We had a great time and I would love to go back again. I plan to spend my 60th in California with my daughters and their families. I can’t wait! I am finding retirement very fulfilling with travel to see my girls and trips for me as well as volunteering. I am still on the

CATCO Theatre Board and am now serving on the Hilltop Preschool Board. Both groups work with the arts and education, both of which are my passions. I recently joined the Women’s Board for the Franklin Park Conservatory and the Columbus Women’s Chorus. I really haven’t sung much since college, but I have really enjoyed getting back into it. I don’t have the high notes like I used to have or the breath control, but I still have that joy of music! As many of you see on Facebook, I have my beautiful grandson Emmett who turned one in April. What a joy it is to see his smile when we FaceTime. My heart just melts. My friends told me that you get a little stupid with your grandchildren and I am following that path! I am trying very hard to honor their request not to put the names of their children on the web, so all my grandchildren on Facebook will just be LouLou’s Little Loves! I hope you have a wonderful summer! Enjoy our big year!

Class of 1978 Lisa Aronson Altman P11, 16 laltmn@comcast.net Dana Peters Frizell and Julia (Jewels) Blagden

Dana Peters Frizzell reports that 2018-19 has been full of more exciting travels! In September, she did a fabulous river boat cruise down the Rhine, starting in Amsterdam and ending in Basil, Switzerland. She writes, “This was definitely one of my all-time favorite trips!” In March, she hit Las Vegas for a week. April had her in Barbados for her nephew’s wedding. Her first destination wedding and thanks to Jewels, she knew how to dress for the weather! In October, she’s headed to Scotland with the same group she did the Rhine trip with spending a few days in London. Scotland and London are actually the last two destinations on her bucket list, so in 2020 she’s going to start re-visiting some of her favorites and already has a cruise to Alaska (again with the same group) booked. Every trip she takes, she comes home with an idea for another book. She’s still working on her third book now, with a fourth, fifth and sixth in the works. She writes, “When I’m not traveling, you

can find me in my writing room!” This past week she spent a great afternoon with Julia (Jewels) Blagden! She was up visiting family and came over this way with her niece and nephew. Dana writes, “It was awesome having a couple of hours to catch up! And, of course, we had to reminisce about the Blizzard of ’78! It was so great to see her!” Jennifer Adams Knebel has wonderful news to share. She writes, “Emily Knebel ’11 graduated from U Penn’s veterinary school in May, moving shortly thereafter to begin her residency and a Ph.D. program at the University of Missouri and, somewhere in between, getting married in Jackson Hole to her college sweetheart. Sister Laura Knebel ’13 (who is working at Gartner in Washington, D.C.) and classmate Miriam Stulin ’11 are bridesmaids. Excited to get to watch all the fun!” Daphne Pinkerson has a documentary film, One Nation Under Stress, that recently premiered on HBO. She has been producing and/or directing documentary films for the past 30 years. This film is the latest in a series of films for HBO about the effects of the economy on working people. One Nation Under Stress is currently playing on HBO, HBO On Demand, HBO Go and HBO Now. On Saturday, April 27, Dana had its bi-annual event, She Sails. It was a day of wonderful panels (many hosted by alumnae) and gathering together as a wonderful community. Class of ’78 was well represented! Julia Blagden, Lisa Chamberlain Schimmel, Peggy Smith Liversidge and I (Lisa) attended. It was so great to see everyone. This year’s Reunion was also held during this weekend and Peggy’s company, Kitchen Chicks Catering, provided the delicious food. I was there, and the food and presentation was amazing! As for me, Lisa Aronson Altman, I just can’t seem to stay away from Dana volunteering whenever asked. My daughter Alexis Altman ’11 is a licensed certified social worker and working at a residential school for at risk youth. She was a panelist at She Sails (very proud mommy moment). Madison Altman ’16 is a junior at Union College and is studying abroad this term in London.

Class of 1979 Lynn Phillips Hernandez lynn.hernandez@comcast.net See news about Sally Baker in the Class of 1955 column. Lynn Phillips Hernandez writes, “I attended our 40th Reunion in April along with 22 other classmates. Two of those classmates came from abroad to join in the festivities. Tina Lynch Fiertz flew in from England, and Claudia Dörr traveled from Germany. It was fun to reconnect with them as well as Debbie Albert, Cindy Cross, Elizabeth (Zebby) Whiting Dube, Sarah Gurley-Green, Susan Tyler Monahan, Jennifer Helliwell Stoner, Alison (Bonnie) Farlow MacKinnon, Jean Haffenreffer Resetarits, Sally Baker, Kate Hewlett, Victoria Tomkins Heydari, Debbie Black, Tamara Lingos, Kathy Davidson Lobo, Diane Sabatini, Rachael Silin Perkins, Barrie Fee Sanders, Lauren Kelly Smith, Cindy Nager Goodwin and Trish Garland. Our class was well represented in the Alumnae Art Show as Beth McCabe, Alison Farlow MacKinnon and Kathy Davidson Lobo each had beautiful works displayed. The class of ’79 was also represented at She Sails by Diane Sabatini and Alison Farlow MacKinnon who joined other alumnae panelists to share the experiences they’ve had in their careers as an executive movie producer and mental health counselor, respectively. It was a wonderful weekend reminiscing as well as learning about what everyone is doing now. Lastly, a very big thank you to all of you who gave a gift to the Dana Fund.” Rachael Silin Perkins, Tina Lynch Fiertz, Diane Sabatini and Susan Tyler Monahan

Karen Shapiro writes, “We had a fairly easy winter. I was able to spend time with my family in Arizona for 10 days. Fortunately, we missed two very big snowstorms here. Perfect timing! I was recently honored for my work serving the elderly. I have now been a certified elderly health care advocate for 15 years. I continue

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to serve as a town meeting member in Needham and have been volunteering in local and state election races. This spring we will go to England and France for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. This should be fascinating and moving.” Janet Wakana Moore writes, “Unfortunately, I missed the Reunion. I am doing great. I still work at Dartmouth College but have a slightly different role, which has made things interesting again. I also now work 90%. I love having every other Friday off. I have been enjoying my two new hips. It is so nice to be pain-free. It is a new lease on life! I don’t take things for granted anymore. I have been doing a lot of bike riding and started doing gravel rides. These are bike rides on mostly dirt roads, so lots less traffic and beautiful scenery in New Hampshire/Vermont where I do them. My son is 16 and now drives, so no more being a chauffeur, which frees me up a ton. Thus, life is good. I hope everyone else is doing well.” Janet Wakana Moore

Lisa Partridge Ramsbottom writes, “Wildcat called last weekend! My son works there and my daughter had the weekend off from work, so we convened on skis for the mountain’s final day of a season that lasted 185 days! Otherwise, I am working a lot as an associate broker with Keller Williams Realty still. Additionally, I focus on private real estate transactions, design-build projects as well as staging. My why is serious and bold, especially now that it’s all on me after a lifetime of marriage. I’m enjoying my in-town house in the Stone Bridge neighborhood of Tiverton, Rhode Island: a 1900s house I gutted and renovated. Perhaps I’ll see some Dana Hall friends at a summer soiree here in New England!” Kathy Davidson Lobo writes, “I walked along the Camino do Santiago from Sarria to Santiago, a distance of about 115 km, for five days during my April school vacation. I was featured as a Northern New England Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NNETESOL) Members

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Spotlight. I participated in the Dana Hall Reunion Alumnae Art Show, and I got to catch up with Dana Hall teacher Jean McCarthy with whom I studied China for the first time. I went on to study Chinese language, first traveled to China in 1982, went as a one-for-one exchange student from Philadelphia to sister city Tianjin to study traditional Chinese paining for a year and a half, later lived in Hong Kong for three years. Now my daughter, having completed a six-month Fulbright in Xian, is now into her second year of one of China’s ‘one belt, one road’ scholarships to earn her master’s degree. It all can be traced back to Ms. McCarthy’s classroom!”

Maria Febres-Coredero de Orellana writes, “I’m still living in Guayaquil, Ecuador. My family is getting bigger every year. I have seven kids (two were my late husband’s but they grew up with me so I considered them as my own) and 12 grandkids. I’m a widow and although I thought I would never ever be as happy again, I met Pablo with whom I’m really happy. I went to visit Dana with him last November and walked the whole campus. It’s even prettier than before and I was very proud to show him everything. So many beautiful memories! I’ll be looking forward to reading what everyone is doing and seeing the pictures of Reunion. Four of my daughters went to Dana and I hope my granddaughters will go there, too.”

Kathy Davidson Lobo with former faculty member Jean McCarthy

Vicki Tompkins Heydari writes, “It was great to see everyone at our 40th and catch up! I am working as a design manager/ senior interior designer for a design-build company in Medfield: Mitchell Construction Group. I have been there for seven years and enjoy the work and people. My youngest son Andrew is in college and my older boys, William and Cameron, are launched and working in Boston. I keep in touch with Lisa Cheren Bilbo, Katina Athans Engle and Debbie Black and have lots of Facebook friends from Dana.”

Vicki Tompkins Heydari and Debbie Black

Susan Sykes writes, “Just returned from an appearance in the Netherlands and getting ready to go to Croatia for a TV appearance. My English TV video filmed at my club in Turtlepoint, Pa., by Hooked on the Look Barcroft Media now has 261 million views. That’s so crazy. Sorry I missed the Reunion.”

Maria Febres-Coredero de Orellana with her seven children, including Dana alumnae Alejandra Garcia ’00, Estefania Orellana ’01, Leonela Garcia Febres-Cordero ’02 and Mariuxi Orellana Febres-Cordero ’07

Class of 1980 Melissa Brown Moore mbm@ibl.bm I (Melissa Brown Moore) love when a few classmates’ notes trickle in, providing some much-needed fodder for our class and the Bulletin. I have two daughters in college and my boys are now in the cities of London and New York, my eldest working in private equity and my second following a creative track in advertising and art. It is an honor to receive the occasional phone calls asking for advice and the wish to have their mom visit. Still based in Bermuda and welcome any visitors, or if you find yourself in the Aspen Valley, give me a head’s up as I find myself spending more time with extended family in the small town of Carbondale. Heather Hodgson DePaola writes, “Our family visited northeast Arizona on spring break, a 1,500 mile loop starting and ending in Phoenix. We travelled in a 17’ campervan painted with the San Francisco skyline. Our amazing adventure included a Pink Jeep Tour in Sedona, a snowstorm in

Flagstaff, a bike tour along the Grand Canyon’s South Rim, a raft float on the Upper Colorado, a trail ride in Monument Valley, and we even stood on a corner in Winslow, Arizona! We explored Jerome, Tuzigoot, Montezuma Castle and Well, Walnut Canyon, Meteor Crater, Antelope Canyon, Four Corners, Canyon de Chelly, the Painted Dessert and Petrified Forest, and more. Mckinlee earned more than a dozen Junior Ranger badges. Sure is tough being back home and not seeing amazing scenery at every turn. Hope to catch up next year!” Heather Hodgson DePaola’s daughter Mckinlee in Monument Valley

in Italy this September as Wendy is an extremely talented travel designer. I also finished a complete remodel on my house and joined a national Arabian horse rescue group. We save on average 150 purebred Arabians annually from ultimate slaughter in Mexico by fundraising for their bail and rehoming them out of kill pens in the southern U.S. I still ride and enjoy my quarter horse on the Cottonwood Bosque trails along the Rio Grande River. I’m looking forward to the next Reunion.”

Class of 1981 E. Fraser Demetree Benzal efbenzal@yahoo.com

Class of 1982 Anne Morton August guinvere@hotmail.com Lots of news this time around; thank you so much for sending updates!

Margot Singer writes, “I’ll be joining the rest of you empty-nesters in the fall as our son Rafi heads off to Davidson College, joining his sister Micaela who will be heading into her senior year at the University of Michigan. Sorry to all social media friends who are sick of my posts about my two speedy runners’ latest PRs; four more years of track ahead! I am looking forward to a sabbatical next year, likely to be spent mostly in front of my computer, writing something new. In other news, my novel, Underground Fugue, was recently short-listed for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. And I am happy that Carol Crowdus Barbour’s lovely daughter Katherine is now a Denisonian; it’s been so great to reconnect. I hope to see other Dana Hall connections here in Granville, too!”

Gail Williamson Flowers, her husband Ken and Margo Smith-Rush met for lunch “on our way to visit our girls who both live in Brooklyn. I’ve started seedlings inside and planted a few peas outside, getting ready to do a lot more planting soon!” Gail’s garden is the stuff of legend. If you’re not Facebook friends with her, you’re missing out on her amazing agricultural setup in Waltham.

Laura George Power notes that change is in the air, post-empty nest. They are moving (in the neighborhood) and all systems are go. Can’t wait for the next chapter!

Margo Smith Rush, Gail Williamson Flowers and Ken Flowers

Cheri Salmon Wyatt wanted to share her new email address with everyone. You can reach her at CheriWyatt13@yahoo.com. Dianne Appel-Niemi writes, “2018 was a transformative year for me as I adjusted to empty nesting and reconnected with several friends from the past including Wendy Higgins Chambers. I am looking forward to joining her boutique tour group

Karen Tobasky Garb writes, “I’m at that boring stage with one son finishing his sophomore year at RIT, the other son finishing junior year at Newton South, and the third fur-son, a cute dog named Tucker, that isn’t going anywhere! Still loving teaching preschool (my 10th year). Love spending time with my parents. We had a big party for my dad’s 90th in January! My husband and I are starting to talk about selling the house and moving—but where? Warm? Cold? Discuss!”

Kristin Cassady Kos writes, “Katie graduated college last May and is now working on getting her dog training certification. She has a degree in animal behavior. Zaria is finishing up junior year at Colorado State University and is planning on going on to get a master’s in conservation genetics. I am volunteering at Tufts Wildlife Clinic and The Sato Project. Basil is still working for Beth Israel. We are thinking of moving back out west.” Jill Hinckley Spaulding writes, “I’ve really enjoyed seeing and hearing from my Dana Hall classmates over the years! I can’t believe we’re all in our fifties! High school was so long ago, but when I think of my Dana classmates, it brings me right back to being a teenager! As for adulthood, it’s busy for me. I’ve loved being a matchmaker and I’m starting a new business called Make Your Match. It’s going to be a community of matchmakers and love coaches giving advice to singles embarking on their search for love.” Kathy Braverman Andrews writes, “Still living in Atlanta. Can’t believe I have been here for 32 years. I work at Atlantic Capital Bank with a great group of people. My husband is a charter school consultant. My oldest son Danny works at UPS. Kenny is finishing his sophomore year at Auburn. Erin is finishing 8th grade and will be going to the Girls Summer Leadership Program at Dana Hall this summer. I am so excited she will experience a little bit of Dana Hall.” Lou Lowry Workmon writes, “My son Ben is 23 and graduating from UNCG (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) in May with a major in international business and German with a minor in economics. He is planning on going back to UNCG for grad school. My daughter Julia will be 19 in June and did not want to pursue college, so she is working at Inmar in their returns facility here in Rural Hall, N.C. I am still with Inmar; I hit 29 years in March. One of my coworkers and I have worked together for most of those 29 years! I planned to visit Greece at the end of May and was looking forward to seeing all the stuff we studied in Greek class with Mr. A (former faculty member Jim Aisner).” Beth Yaghooti Collis writes, “Living in Columbus, Ohio. Our daughter graduated from college last spring and is working in Washington, D.C., as an assistant media producer at the Council on Foreign Relations. Our son is a junior at the

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College of Wooster and was studying in Geneva, Switzerland, this past term. We planned to travel to meet him, and will visit Geneva, France and Barcelona. Been married almost 27 years! My husband and I closed our law firm this year and joined a 650-person national firm. Did not ever think I would want to be in a big firm, but I’m enjoying the people, camaraderie and having young associates to help with my work! While I have been fortunate to have a job, I look forward to slowing down a bit in the future. We sold our house last year and moved into the ‘city.’ We love the smaller space and are saving our money to be able to travel more. Life is so short. Can’t believe it’s been 35 years since we were at Dana Hall. Those were still the best years of my childhood and I have so much respect and admiration for my classmates. Keep up the great work, all.” Joanne Saint-Louis Butterfield writes, “I don’t have too much to report. Samantha graduated from Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles, Henry is at Washington College playing baseball and Graham is a sophomore at St. Mark’s. I’m still at Derby and work in secondary school placement. Love helping the 8th graders find the right-fit high school, many of whom have applied to Dana. Still in Hingham. It’s always fun getting together with Dana classmates and attending alumnae functions. It’s great to see that Dana graduates continue to be smart, strong and interesting woman!” Susan Gibbons Gray writes, “Had a great catch-up with Sally Hildreth when she visited Bermuda a couple of weeks ago. Annabelle is living in Bermuda and working at PWC. Emily is living in Boston and working at Rue La La. Jonathan and I will celebrate our 30th anniversary in July! We will spend some time this spring and summer on our boat, traveling up the East Coast starting from Florida in mid-May.” Cynthia Ewing Miller writes, “I retired from my psychology practice last fall. Been busy managing family monkey business. My husband and I will be in Chicago a few times this summer visiting the grandkids (stepdaughters). Golf is the focus after family. Annual trip to Bermuda beginning June, across the pond later in the summer to hit the links. I will be one of those adult children who goes on a cruise with their mother this fall. My how life has changed.” Tina Gross Kruczynski writes, “I’m in my fourth year at MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association as program/account

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manager. I really enjoy working with the MIT community. My son Nick is a sophomore at Pomfret School in Connecticut, which has brought back many memories of my time at Dana and the private school world. He is a boarder, which is a whole new world for me. My daughter Eliza is a junior at Quinnipiac University, majoring in broadcast journalism and aspiring to be a news anchor. Chris and I are empty-nesters still living in Natick, Mass., after 20 years. I really enjoy going to Dana alumnae events and reconnecting with classmates, and especially getting together with Jennifer Beecher Cooper and her family.”

Jennifer Beecher Cooper and Tina Gross Kruczynski in May 2018 celebrating Jennifer’s son Ted’s graduation from BC High

As for me (Anne Morton August), my brother-in-law Larry Sudlow, whom some of you knew, died of malignant melanoma on April 30, 2019. It is a cruel, devastating disease. Please make sure you are having regular dermatologist appointments. In happier family news, son Sam has spent several months on the road, recording and touring with his band The Ultra. They will be playing in the Boston area all summer. They’re on Spotify, YouTube and iTunes! Steve and I will be having our 30th anniversary in January 2020 and are starting to plan a trip to England. Our grandson Niko will be starting kindergarten at Tenacre in September 2019. He will overlap with Shannon O’Keefe Redgate ’87’s youngest daughter who will be in 6th grade. The world is small! Thank you all for keeping in touch! I hope everyone stays happy and healthy in 2019.

Class of 1983 Laura Lavit Elmore lauralelmore@yahoo.com Ana Esteves lives in Puerto Rico and is going to be in the Boston area more frequently when her daughter starts at Boston College in the fall. She is a proud mama and loving the fact that she can visit

Boston more frequently. Reach out to her if you have kids in the area. Merri Zieman Gutfleish says hi. Page Franson had a great time at She Sails, found it as inspiring as ever and connected with Stacey Arbetter ’81. Lisa Glazer has her first child going to college in the fall, too. Kerry Nordstrom Giza’s youngest daughter will have graduated from The George Washington University by the time the Bulletin goes to print. She will be going to grad school at the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Social Work starting in the fall. My (Laura Lavit Elmore) oldest graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in May. I stay busy sculpting and keeping up with my youngest, who will be a boarder at The Hill School in the fall. Abby Fligor has gotten back into horseback riding and not just for a vacation! She is half leasing a Bavarian Warmblood named Girlie who lives at Eleazer Davis Farm in Bedford, Mass., and intends to compete in an event or horseshow this summer. It will be the first time since she was at Dana!

Class of 1984 Leah Morris P23 jmorrisfamily@comcast.net For those in attendance, our 35th Reunion proved fun! It coincided with She Sails, an exciting and spirited celebration of Dana Hall alumnae who come together every other year to share their life’s experiences and expertise with the girls and others in our community. Our classmate, Karen Middleton, served on a panel discussion entitled Beyond the Ballot: A Civic Engagement Playbook which, sadly, I missed due to a prior engagement. It is truly an amazing day and I always leave feeling joyfully inspired by this newer Dana Hall tradition! That evening, Kristin Crowder Dollan hosted an intimate dinner for our class at her home and on Sunday morning, Melissa Cross Bowser and I (Leah Morris) attended the Memorial Service. On a less upbeat note, our class has experienced some sadness in the last year. Nicola Gallitano Corrigan passed away in June after a courageous battle with cancer. Nikki is survived by her loving husband of 16 years James M. Corrigan, her beloved daughter Sophia C. Corrigan of Wayland, her devoted parents George and JoAnne (DeMarco) Gallitano of Waltham, four siblings and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. As described in

the June obituary, Nikki loved life and lived life to the fullest. She will forever remain in the hearts and minds of those who loved her. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in Nikki’s memory to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. While I was not aware of this when I saw Lori Brown Hulak briefly, her husband Jon recently passed away. The obituary reads, “Jon Hulak, the beloved husband of Lori B. Hulak and loving father of Emily and Zoe, entered into rest suddenly March 1, 2019. Expressions of sympathy in his memory may be made to the National Audubon Society.” Nicole Wayne Berman’s home in Springfield, Mass.

my interiors obsession, thrifting vintage art and objets, and decorating this 120-yearold farmhouse. We welcome visitors!” Please continue to contribute updates and pictures so that our Class Notes are lively!

Class of 1985 Christina Whiting Dougherty cswdougherty@comcast.net

Lee Adams Huth’s black lab puppy, Mae

Lisa Iagatta LIagatta@yahoo.com Christina Whiting Dougherty writes, “I am very happy to announce that Lisa Iagatta was named as president, CEO and chairwoman of the Board of Directors for ISITC. She will serve as the next chair of ISITC through 2020. Most recently, Lisa served as vice chair for the 2017-18 term and has served as a co-chair on ISITC’s Reconciliation Working Group since 2012. Congratulations, Lisa!”

Chadapah (Fah) Snidvongs was on a whirlwind trip through Melbourne and met up with Lisa Olszewski for a drink and catch-up! Lisa said it was great to see her! Lisa Olszewski and Fah Chadapah Snidvongs

Nicole’s poodle puppy, Pippa

Nicole Wayne Berman writes, “Greetings from western Massachusetts! I think this might be my first Class Note or at the very least, my first in decades. Two years ago, I moved to the beautiful Pioneer Valley to join my fiancé, Jonathan Berman. This past December, with a scant four days’ notice, we eloped! We were married at Springfield City Hall by a feisty and fabulous Latina justice of the peace. (Good thing I married a feminist because the girl power was strong!) We were joined by some friends, and later by Jonathan’s family, to celebrate at our favorite local Chinese buffet. Although I dearly missed my late parents, I couldn’t have asked for a better day. Jonathan is a CPA with a firm in Springfield and we live on a farm in nearby Ludlow (exit 7 on the Pike). I’ve gained three brilliant and beautiful stepdaughters, ages 20, 18, and 15 who live with their mother and visit on vacations. Am presently not working due to chronic migraines, but keep busy obsessively following politics, raising 9-month-old Pippa poodle, and indulging

treatment. In addition, she and I will be going for certification in the next few months to become a volunteer therapy team in the community. Also, I was so fortunate to see C. Hanna Jonklaas Buckley ’84 last May. She came up from Georgia and spent a few days with me before she headed to Maine. We had a wonderful time together, catching up on both past memories and life today.”

Kimberlee Wertheim Strome’s children with Beth Bronstein Best’s daughter in Palm Beach, Fla.

Kimberlee Wertheim Strome’s children spent a fun afternoon together with Beth Bronstein Best’s daughter in Palm Beach, Fla., this past December. It is always extra special when our own children bond with our Dana Hall friend’s children! Lee Adams Huth writes, “This has been a year of bittersweet transition for our family. My husband and I became emptynesters as our youngest daughter, Kailey, entered into her freshman year in the nursing program at East Carolina University in North Carolina. Our oldest daughter Kendra is completing her sophomore year in the University of Maine Honors Program in pre-vet/animal science. Thankfully both are happy and doing very well. In turn, our empty-nest experience led us to getting a black lab puppy, Mae, who is now a year old. Mae has not only become a member of the family but she has been incorporated into my psychotherapy practice, using animal-assisted therapy in

Susan Aschheim Levine writes, “After four years as a high school counselor, I have moved back to middle school! I love this age group. I am still in Bethesda, Md., right near Washington, D.C., so if anyone is visiting, look me up! I recently discovered through Facebook that Angela GalindoOliver’s daughter is at Elon, the same place my oldest is a freshman. Hopefully we will run into each other. My junior daughter is starting this whole process, too. Good times. I also have a 7th grader, so no empty nest for a while. Life is busy but happy.” Missy Reynolds Williamson and Macy Kingsbury de la Guardia had a quick visit in New York City last summer, and laughed and reminisced about their time at Dana!

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Class of 1988 Dana Tannenbaum Cahoon dbcahoon@mac.com Nicole Hickman James nicolejames228@gmail.com

Missy Reynolds Williamson and Macy Kingsbury De La Guardia

Kimberlee Wertheim Strome, Lexi Schilling Gibbs, Michele Silin Kelsey and Beth Bronstein Best all happened to be on Nantucket the same weekend last summer and had a mini-reunion!

Kimberlee Wertheim Strome, Lexi Schilling Gibbs, Michele Silin Kelsey and Beth Bronstein Best

We are getting so excited for our 35th Reunion coming in 2020!

Class of 1986 Katharine Allen kra135@psu.edu Katherine Koumantzelis Copeland copelandkk@gmail.com Belkis Suazo deCastro belkisdecastro@gmail.com See news about Cory Parker Alexandre in the Class of 1960’s notes.

Class of 1987 Lisa Crounse lisacrounse@mac.com Laurie Switzer lswitzer@hotmail.com

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Heather McPhee hmmcphee@yahoo.com

Saturday night class dinner at Gregorian Rugs

Class of 1989 Sarah Burgess Gregorian sbgregorian@gmail.com The Class of 1989 on campus during Reunion Weekend

Hello, women! What a fantastic and super fun Reunion we all had! It was great to see so many of you, and those who couldn’t make it were missed! We will hopefully see you at the next one! I know April is tough for many of you, so perhaps we can organize something on our own at a better time. The party was at my husband’s store, Gregorian Rugs, and it was the perfect venue. Erin Weinberg Oatley, who wasn’t able to attend this year, has promised to return for the next one with her band. She saw the pictures and astutely noticed that it must have great acoustics (which I can confirm it does!). Heather Foley Adams did a wonderful job with the food and decorations, while I contributed the Jell-O shots and wine. Edie Perkins was honored with the Distinguished Alumnae Award at the luncheon on Saturday. She is truly an inspiration to us all and positively radiant! So great to see and catch up with her. She has plans to be back in the Boston area this summer, so try to connect with her if you’re around. Also, as always, for those of you in the Los Angeles area, please visit her there! She has started a new job in education publishing and is happy to have a flexible work schedule.

Penny Spillios Courtin, Lori McCarthy Sommerville, Jamie McIver, Hally Mix Mundel and Justine Richards Tanice Thomas Gonzalez and Sarah Burgess Gregorian

Sarah Grant Graham, Edie Perkins, Hally Mix Mundel, Justine Richards and Heather Foley Adams

Cristi Egenolf is a family medicine doctor in New Hampshire where her practice, Derry Medical Center, continues to grow and add offices around the state. Her son Evan is a junior at Walnut Hill School in Natick where he loves the performing arts community, and her twin sons are freshmen swimming all-stars in Santa Barbara where they can swim outdoors year-round. Zack is a competitive swimmer and Travis is on the water polo team. It was great to catch up with her at She Sails and at the Reunion dinner party.

My (Sarah Burgess Gregorian) oldest son, Jack, is a senior at Newton North and has recently decided to attend Loyola Maryland in the fall. We have been to Baltimore twice now and have been lucky enough to see Tracey Clark Gill both times. She has a thriving real estate business, but April is her busiest season so she was sadly unable to come to Reunion. Jack and her 10-year-old son Graham have hit it off, so Tracey is looking forward to having a new babysitter less than a mile away, and Jack is looking forward to having a place to eat home cooked meals and do laundry! That’s all the notes I have for now, my faithful readers. If I missed you this time, then please make sure to write to me the next time I pester you for notes!

Class of 1990 Elizabeth Record Svedlund P22 ersvedlund@gmail.com Miranda (Randy) Simon writes, “I just moved home from Connecticut where I had lived since April 1, 2007. I loved living in New Haven and I miss it very much. Sadly, I moved back because my mom who is in tremendous physical shape is losing short-term memory and she is my best friend as always. I married my husband, Jack, in Lenox, Mass., on Sept. 9, 2017. We were supposed to elope but my mom figured it out, and she and my step-dad Gilbert Woolley were able to attend. This was before he died in January 2018. Of course, I had to invite my father and step-mom, too, and wound up having two maids of honor, so eloping did not exactly work out as planned. It was wonderful! Currently, I am working as a social worker/ therapist in Quincy with adults and adolescents. Teens these days! Wow, for those with kids, it’s not like it was when we were teens, or maybe? You’ll have to enlighten me at the next Reunion! I am happily living with my husband in West Roxbury near the Newton line.” Cynthia Harvey writes, “I am still with the Department of State and am currently learning Greek full-time in preparation for my next assignment as public affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in Athens (starting in September 2019). I’d love to see friends from Dana who may be passing through, so please let me know if your travels bring you to Athens in the next three years!” Emily Record is living in Menlo Park, Calif., with her husband and two boys. She makes several visits to Boston as well as

Lima, Peru (where her husband is from) a year. Shoot her an email if you ever find yourself in northern California or Peru: erecord47@gmail.com. Carrie Essex’s second daughter, Claire, will be attending Dana Hall next year! Claire will be joining her sister Natalie at Dana. Fun fact, my (Liz Svedlund) oldest daughter Annika is in the same class as Carrie’s oldest daughter Natalie. I (Liz) moved back to the Boston area about three years ago and now live in Wellesley. My oldest of four daughters, Annika, is a freshman at Dana Hall. It is so wonderful and crazy to be back on campus with Annika. In April, Annika and I attended She Sails at Dana. It was such a great event listening to many inspiring alumnae! I had the opportunity to listen to Jana Friedman Brown talk about her life as a freelance writer, editor and screenwriter (The Divide)—it was amazing. I train with Melissa Gross McCray every Monday and Wednesday. Melissa has been very busy opening a new store Pop91 in downtown Wellesley as well as running her online business of beautiful home and personal accessories. Check out her store at curated-shop.com. Next year is our 30th Reunion. I hope to see many of you on campus. And I would be thrilled to host anyone from out of town. Please contact me with class updates or if you need a place to stay for our upcoming Reunion.

Jana Friedman Brown, Carrie Essex and Elizabeth Record Svedlund at She Sails

Christine Domingo McKay writes, “I am an extremely proud mama of two girls and the assistant director of an early learning center. We live in northern New Jersey just outside of New York City. My oldest, Corinne, will be turning 18 and am proud to say she will be attending University of Pennsylvania Nursing School in the fall! Cassidy is 13 and is in 7th grade; I’m actually going to her Honor Roll Breakfast tomorrow. What can I say—they both take after their mom. Life has definitely been a roller coaster and I’ve done what seems a million different things along the way, but I wouldn’t change one tiny detail! I am

happy to say that after all these years, Mardi Luttrell Fourreau is still one of my dearest friends, she is after all godmother to my daughter Corinne. Can’t wait to find out about everyone!” Christine McKay’s daughters Cassidy and Corinne with their dog, Pixie

Jana Friedman Brown writes, “I had a wonderful time reconnecting with Dana Hall and Class of 1990 friends at She Sails. Seeing Liz Record Svedlund and Carrie Essex, it was as if no time had passed. Hoping to see many more friends at our 30th Reunion next year. I continue to work as a writer and editor. We spent 2018 showing our feature film, The Divide, at festivals.”

Class of 1991 Robin Crowder Durawa rcdurawa@msn.com Stephanie McIntyre writes, “I have been living in Ashland, Mass., for more than six years and am a project manager at Dell EMC in Hopkinton. I am also in the process of getting my MBA through Simmons and have quite a lot on my plate! Some fun things I have done recently are skydiving over the Arabian desert in Dubai and scuba diving every chance I get in each new place I visit throughout the world. I haven’t been on social media except LinkedIn for a while now and feel like I am completely out of touch with everyone’s lives! Would love to reconnect with my alums! My cell is (781) 298-1606 and my email is steph33496@aol.com.” Dina Stonberg is still plugging away as a consultant to nonprofits and public health entities. She writes, “I live with my husband and daughter (9 years old) as well as two puppies. My consulting projects are actually very interesting and most notably include a very large arts organization in Philadelphia, the largest syringe services program in the country, the new safe injection site (the first legal one in the U.S.), and Philadelphia’s only

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rape crisis center. I feel really lucky to do what I do—helping nonprofits to do what they do better, stronger and more efficiently while raising the money for them to make an impact in their community. I just got back from a civil rights journey with our synagogue to Alabama (Selma, Birmingham and Montgomery) and Atlanta. I am now working with one of the women I met in Selma on their commemoration of the 55th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in March 2020. We are working to record the stories of my friend who was a child on the marches for freedom from Selma to Montgomery as well as the other footsoldiers who were children when they marched. It’s a very exciting project! Megan Doll Crump and I are still in touch, not as frequently as we would like, though. I also discovered that a beloved colleague, Cynthia Jetter ’70, is also a Dana Hall alumna. That was really fun to discover! I love hearing her stories about her time at Dana. Did you know Dana students used to wear uniforms?!” Dina Stonberg’s daughter

Abbey Deitel doesn’t have too many changes to report. She is still living in Boston. Her daughter Harper will start at BB&N as a beginner this fall. She continues to travel every chance she gets. Her family is headed to Spain this summer and looking forward to catching up with a few Dana friends in Madrid. Adriana Ramirez-Torres writes, “I am living in Pompano Beach. I am dedicated to fitness and I am on Instagram and Facebook as @momof4transform. I also launched my weight loss line called MO4T on Amazon, so I am pretty excited about helping many women and men lose weight all around the globe. I hope you are all great!” Lisa Reade visits Amy Sarkis every chance she gets. Lisa reports that Amy has four cats and she loves visiting her. Lots is changing for Maura Cornelius Burger. Her family is making the great exodus south to Florida at the end of July. Warren retired from Wall Street in January and they are ready for a change! She is

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starting a freelance position with an advertising company and looking for a new office in Florida to continue esthetics. Her girls are now 11 and 13 and are not happy about moving. Both girls will miss New York, as will she. They are already planning weekends for New York visits. Margaret Sama Resto writes, “My husband, daughter and I just got back from a wonderful trip to Paris, Nice, Monaco and Venice. We are so saddened by the damage to Notre Dame this spring, but so grateful we have been fortunate enough to see it before the fire. My daughter, now 14 years old, was so moved when she heard about the fire she called me from school to tell me. I wish we lived closer so my daughter could attend Dana Hall, but I just couldn’t part with her to let her board so she will have to know it through all my stories. I’m hoping to make it to Wellesley sometime soon so I can show her our old stomping ground. Hope the class is well. I enjoy seeing a lot of you on social media!” Jennifer Baker writes, “I’m connected to a lot of Dana Hall classmates through social media and I’ve seen a bunch of you in the past few years, but for those of you who don’t know, I decided to have a baby on my own and it was the best decision I’ve ever made. Jackson just turned 5 years old, is heading to kindergarten in September and is an amazing little boy. As for work, I jumped the fence from being a marketing director over to being a marketing analyst and am now research manager for an advisory firm. I also work on a side gig after Jackson goes to bed so I don’t have much time for anything else! I bought a house last year and we are settling in to our new community. We are loving it so far.” Jennifer Baker with her son Jackson

Thank you for your updates, ladies! This network of 1991 graduates is special and I hope I will continue to hear from you bi-yearly with even your small, cherished moments. It is a thrill for us to get a glimpse of your lives. My (Robin Crowder Durawa) son will follow his sister to Phillips Exeter Academy in the fall, so my husband and I

will officially become empty-nesters. I am looking for a hobby to keep me from crying my face off and I am already apologizing to my puppy for the extra affection he will have to endure next year. If you are not receiving my emails, please reach out to me at rcdurawa@msn.com.

Robin Crowder Durawa’s son Will enjoying play time with students at Gogar Primary School during their service trip to Kenya

Class of 1992 Rachel Bebchick Naggar rnaggar@gmail.com Beth Hostage Peterson writes, “All is well with my family here in Malvern, Pa. I can’t believe it but my oldest, David, will be a high school graduate and attending Virginia Tech in the fall. My kids are currently 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 but birthdays are coming fast. Erik and I are great—just trying to keep up with life. Anyway, my parents are great and I see them whenever I can. I am truly blessed. Love to you all!” Celena Evans emailed, “I recently became a real estate agent with Keller Williams Atlanta Perimeter. If you know anyone thinking about buying, selling, leasing or investing in real estate, please refer them to me. In the fall, I began representing Rodan + Fields skincare. I’m continuing to leverage my 20 years of corporate work experience as an independent strategic business consultant. The girls only have a few more years with us so I want to treasure every moment! I am enjoying the new adventures and the added flexibility to chart my own course.”

Class of 1993 Amie Margolis Silogram7@gmail.com Zoë Timms zoevjtimms@gmail.com

Noelle Lorraine Williams is proud to announce that she has served on a committee at Rutgers University to commemorate Frederick Douglass’ visit to the Plane Street Colored Church in Newark and she also designed the monument for it. Way to go, Noelle! Ariana Karsan Carroll writes, “Eleven years strong living in Ashland, Mass., with my husband Dave, our two daughters (Ava, 8 and Marisa, 11) and our dog Marley. Such a great community of families here! Life is busy with the kids’ activities and in between we’ve ventured off to some fun vacation spots like Mexico, Utah, South Carolina and Florida! It was great to see everyone at Reunion last May, and lucky to see Katerina Karpouzis Antonopoulos in between our busy schedules since she lives in Ashland, too.”

the Liberty Science Center in April. They had a blast and got to sleep in the Lion Guard exhibit. They thought waking up at 6:30 a.m. to the sounds of animals from the African savannah was quite the experience! Zoë Timms writes, “Following a twoweek retreat in India, I was extremely honored to give the keynote at She Sails. Mark, Tate (4.5) and Pippa (2.5), my parents and Mrs. Solar (featured in my speech) all sat front row. Women’s Education Project is turning 17! We support almost 400 students in India in their higher education and careers. Our 25th Dana Reunion put us back in touch with so many friends. If anyone comes to New York City, let me know, as I am happy to host a mini-reunion.”

Amy Dahm writes, “After over a decade in the Foreign Service serving as a U.S. diplomat, I left the State Department and have been doing some rare disease advocacy work and writing. I currently live in Washington, D.C., with my beloved pup, Sam. This past February, I enjoyed speaking at my alma mater, The Wharton School, on leadership to legendary leadership guru Professor Stew Friedman’s class.” Amy Dahm with her dog, Sam

Zoë Timms’s son Tate

See Class of 2019 notes for more news about Amie Margolis.

Zoë’s daughter Pippa

Class of 1994 Elisabeth Morray morray@gmail.com

Marisa, Dave, Ava and Ariana Carroll

Class of 1995 Liz Leyne writes, “I’ll be taking a one-year hiatus from the Department of Defense to be a National Security Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School starting in August. Looking forward to reconnecting with Dana friends in the Boston area!” The Carroll family dog, Marley Livia Levis’s daughter Ellie at The Watershed Institute in Pennington, N.J.

Livia Levis-Ruiz writes, “I have so far survived my second year as a co-leader of Ellie’s Brownie troop. They are a curious and outdoorsloving group, so we have been working on a lot of science badges—bugs, the water cycle and astronomy—as well as hiking and camping skills. Their first camp-in was at

Amie Margolis writes, “I am in my fourth year working in the Advancement Office at BB&N. I am enjoying working with former Dana Hall Director of Advancement Julie Gray, who joined our team last summer. I continue to reside in Watertown, Mass., with my son, who is turning 6 years old on May 4. We will be sailing on to a new living situation this fall—stay tuned! I don’t get to see any Dana alums in person often, but it is wonderful to have such a strong network of silver sisters on Facebook. Our connection to each other has grown stronger and stronger over the years.” Carrie Davis writes, “I live in Los Angeles, my husband and I have almost 7-year-old boy/girl twins and I am chief communications officer at Live Nation Entertainment.”

Caryn Byrnes Anderson carebear102106@gmail.com Dustina Bennett dustinabennett@gmail.com

Class of 1996 Tracy Spiegel Fox tracy.foxcraft@gmail.com Katharine Sidell Morton mortonkam@gmail.com

Class of 1997 Kristin O’Donnell Bedard kristinbedard@gmail.com Lisa Brown lmclennanb@gmail.com Heather Cochrane Russo heatherjean23@hotmail.com Faith Donovan Floyd writes, “I am currently working to complete my second

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bachelor’s degree (BSN) at Western Governors University. I work for the Orlando VA Medical Center. I am loving my nursing career. I also am loving my mom career.” Faith Donovan Floyd

professional front, starting April 30, I joined MetroWest Legal Services, a legal aid based in Framingham, as their staff attorney for victims of crime. I litigate civil matters related to my clients’ victimizations and am practicing in the areas of immigration, family law, housing, employment, education, consumer rights and governmental benefits. Hope all of you are doing well. Please feel free to contact me at lisabeth.jorgensen@gmail.com to coordinate an adult or kid meet-up!”

Erica Wyner ericawyner@gmail.com Jaye Lacey Pearlman Centor and husband Josh, joined by big brothers Gabe (8) and Luke (4), welcomed Layla Reece Centor to the world on December 29, 2018. She writes, “We are continuing to spread our roots in Pittsburgh, Pa., though always stop by Truly Yogurt when we come home to visit!” Jaye Lacey Pearlman Centor’s sons Gabe and Luke meet their baby sister, Layla

Class of 1999 Brooke Anderson brookeanderson81@hotmail.com

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Amanda Coyle FitzGerald amandaecoyle@gmail.com

Ruchira Kumar ruch.kumar@gmail.com

I (Amanda Coyle FitzGerald) had a great time seeing everyone who was able to make it out for our 20th Reunion! Those who made it to She Sails had great things to say about the program and Dana in 2019. It was so fun to reconnect with old friends and pick up like it was 1999! We missed all who were unable to make it and hope to see you at the 25th!

Guida Estrela Mattison guidaemattison@gmail.com Jane Monti Young chaseyounggallery@gmail.com Guida Estrela Mattison writes, “My family and I are living in Concord, renting for now as we look for our next house. Jack is finishing 1st grade and Scarlett is wrapping up her first year of preschool. Both kids are at Nashoba Brooks School where I continue to teach health and wellness to girls in grades 4-8 as well as coordinate secondary school placement for our 8th graders. I also wanted to take this opportunity to give a huge shout out to the team at Dana who puts together She Sails! I have been several times and it seems to get bigger and more inspiring each year. A bunch of us were there: Lisabeth Jorgensen, Tai Casagrande (all with our mothers in tow) and Ruchi Kumar. Not only was it great to catch up with our own class, it was also Reunion and I loved connecting with my former students and friends from the Class of ’99 (Elise Goldsboro ’99 and Marlena James ’99)! Such a treat! I highly recommend attending the next She Sails in the spring of 2021!” Lisabeth Jorgensen writes, “I am living with my husband and 16-month-old daughter Grace in Natick Center. Having commuted from Medford to Dana Hall for seven years, I still cannot believe that it now only takes me eight minutes to get to She Sails and Reunion events and to the Alumnae Council meetings! On the

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Class of 2001 Renee Clayton renee.clayton82@gmail.com

Class of 2002 Correpondent needed

Class of 2003 Donna DiDomenico djdidome@gmail.com The Class of 1999 at their 25th Reunion

Elizabeth Stuka Rose elizabeth.stuka@gmail.com Katie Quayle married Forrest Maclean in Sundance, Utah, on August 18, 2018. Katie’s best friend from Dana, Alex Oh, came all the way from Singapore to attend the wedding.

’99ers during Reunion Weekend

Class of 2000 Jillian Riley jillianmriley@gmail.com Caroline Sayia cwdale@gmail.com

Katie Quayle on her wedding day with husband Forrest Maclean and Alex Oh

Class of 2004 Jazmin Kirby jazminlechekirby@gmail.com Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka tlubicznawrocka@gmail.com Elise Valerio O’Hara elise586@gmail.com

Heather Glavin Yetman’s two sons, Brooks and Cooper

See news about Courtney McDermott Gill in the Class of 1977 notes.

See the Class of 1970 column for news about Harriet Groppe Prince.

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Lizzy Pond elpond@gmail.com

Agnes Beckmann beckmann.agnes@gmail.com

Caroline Ross rosscae@gmail.com

Hilary O’Haire hilaryeo@gmail.com Kat Adams and Abby Coyle Caponetti at Kat’s wedding in Summer 2017 in Vermont

working at the Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City so my Saturdays are usually filled with teaching children’s ecology and other science classes. It’s fun but I’m bummed it makes me miss events like our Reunion. OKC has wonderful food and lots of sun, so I enjoy the city a lot. This past October I got married in OKC to my college sweetheart, Matt. Kat Taketomo was my maid of honor! Matt and I have an alien-looking cat named Ivan the Terrible, who we love very much, even when he’s living up to his namesake. Hope all are well!” Lily Christman with her husband Matt on their wedding day

Class of 2008 Jacquie Maggiore jemaggiore@gmail.com Jackie O’Leary jacqueline.oleary2@gmail.com

Kat Taketomo and Lily Christman

Yin Ling (Nicole) Suen nicolesuen0119@gmail.com

Class of 2006 Chidi Iruka chidiiruka@gmail.com Summer Sterling slsterling@live.com Summer Sterling writes, “In April I traveled to Guatemala for two weeks—my first trip to Central America—where I enjoyed hiking up volcanos, a coffee farm tour, Easter festivals and relaxing near Lake Atitlan. I recently left my position with L.L.Bean to pursue a new opportunity abroad. I am moving to Taiwan in August to teach English for HESS International Education Group. I look forward to traveling around Asia next year.” Heather Glavin Yetman writes, “We welcomed Cooper Brock Yetman to our family on April 6. Brooks is enjoying being a big brother!”

Nicole Suen writes, “I am working as a management consultant at Baringa Partners in the UK and had my MBA graduation on May 8, 2019. I am very excited to have my whole family here, including Chloe Suen ’00 and Lesley Suen ’10. I went to New York to see Renee Wong ’08 in March and had a blast. Hope everyone is doing well and please let me know if you visit London!”

Candace Taylor cltaylor1019@gmail.com

Molly Hentz lives in Williamsburg with her kitten, Penny, with whom she is shamelessly obsessed. She’s wrapping up her second year of grad school—studying nutrition and food studies at New York University—and is headed to Bali this summer for a raw food training where she’ll be exploring health, healing and human connection as it is created and sustained through the foods we eat and the ways in which we eat them. This past year, she’s hosted a few full moon gatherings for close friends and women in her community (Emily Soukas and Gracie Deale came to one!) and receives great joy and fulfillment coming together in intentional community like that. She hopes that this will become a regular offering for her and is excited to see how it all ties together with her schooling and expertise. Remain curious and follow along on Instagram at @HumblHabits.

Lily Christman Peppers writes, “I hope everyone who attended the 10-year Reunion had a wonderful time. I am still

Rachel Langer lives in Boston and is in her fifth year at Codman Academy Charter School where she is the director of

See Class of 1953 notes for news about Ariann Williams.

Class of 2009 Emily Soukas emily.soukas@gmail.com Emaline Surgenor emaline.surgenor@gmail.com

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Development. She’s loved growing in her role and is enjoying the challenge of managing a capital campaign, strategic plan and annual fund alongside her team. In December, she received her MBA from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, focusing on social impact and leadership and organizational transformation. After two years of night classes and homework-filled weekends, she’s excited to have some more free time to get involved in other local nonprofits and organizations, something she definitely credits to Dana’s emphasis on community service and giving back! Manon Palandjian is still living in Boston and working for Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation. She recently transitioned from her marketing and client services role into an assistant asset manager position. In her new role, Manon oversees a number of portfolio assets in Seattle, New York, New Jersey and North Carolina. She recently ran the Boston Marathon on behalf of Scholar Athletes, an organization she is deeply passionate about. Manon continues to play volleyball a few times a week, and stays actively in touch with her silver sisters Margaux MacNeil, Heather Cabot, Maddie Renner and Savannah Gillespie. If anyone is in the Boston area, please reach out to Manon. She loves connecting with silver sisters of all ages!

the forefront of innovation. She will miss California and her Sunday workouts and brunch with Naimah Muhammad, but she is very excited for a new adventure in North Carolina. She has an offer from Disney to return after school, but she is also exploring other options such as consulting. If anyone is planning on applying to business schools, Lucy is happy to share her experience! Emily Soukas is still in New York City working for Urbanspace where she runs pop-up food and retail markets and foodhalls. She created an alpine ski-themed food hall called The Lodge at the Bryant Park Holiday Shops this past winter, and recently won a proposal with the City of New York for an outdoor kiosk program at the newly developed Hudson Yards. Emily has enjoyed sharing a wall with Aparna Sud this past year (best roommate ever award)! She regularly sees Candace Taylor and enjoys running into and hanging out with Molly Hentz, Emily Greenwald, Amanda Rosen, Stephanie Fox, Katharine Sweeney, Charlotte Peck, Gracie Deale, and Sophie Voorhees Troper. She also is still in daily phone contact with Caroline Sykes and Savannah Gillespie because that’s what silver sisters do! Emily has enjoyed getting involved in local government with participatory budgeting through the New York City Council and her local community board. A future elected official run is definitely in her future! Stay in touch at @themightym09.

Class of 2011 Katie Jones katie.jones@student.gcd.ie Emily Knebel eknebel@vet.upenn.edu The Class of 2011 is achieving great things this year! Congrats to Nina Schatz, Alexis Altman, Sienna Durbin and Catherine Minahan for speaking at She Sails this spring! Sail on, ladies. (* Alexandra Spiliakos writes, “I’ve spent the past two years working as a content developer at HBS Online, writing online business courses for a global audience. This fall I’m excited to start my MBA at Boston College. Go Eagles!” Kendall Cross writes, “My younger daughter Myla Mae Armstrong turned one last fall on October 4. We celebrated her first birthday with a party that many Dana Hall alumnae attended including family members and classmates who live in the Boston area: Amy Cannistraro, Dakota Donovan, Catherine Minahan, Lindsay Mullaney and Lexie O’Connor attended. I am so grateful to all who came to celebrate with us, making it such a fun and memorable day.”

Class of 2010 Cat Blakelock blakelockc@gmail.com Manon Palandjian crossing the finish line at the 2019 Boston Marathon

Molly Richard moved from Boston to Nashville, Tenn., last year to work towards a Ph.D. in community research and action at Vanderbilt University. She’s spent the last six years doing social justice-oriented research and she’s excited to be back in school. Bachelorette parties and conferences are big in “Nashvegas” so she expects to see many of you come through. Let her know when you’re in town! She’s at @mollykr. After nearly two years at The Walt Disney Studios working in technology innovation, Lucy Sosa will be pursuing her MBA at Duke University this fall. At Disney, Lucy briefed movie studio executives on emerging technology such as the blockchain, helping the company stay on

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Aly Chase Glavin alyson.glavin@gmail.com

Kendall Cross with her two daughters Myla and Kaylee and her mother Kristin Mastrodicasa Cross ’85

Paige Walker walkerp.10@gmail.com

See the Class of 1978 notes for news about Emily Knebel and Alexis Altman.

Edie Leghorn was fishing for Alaskan king salmon in May. She and her friends were fishing from a boat off of Kruzof Island in southeast Alaska with the volcano Mount Edgecumbe in the background. Edie Leghorn

Class of 2012 Eleanor Giovanetti ellie.giovanetti@me.com Savannah Raiten savannah.raiten@maine.edu Mikhaila Waldman graduated from the Tuft’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine with an M.S. in animals and public policy in September 2018. Mikhaila is currently the co-owner of the Critter Casting Animal Agency. Her interest started after her German Shepherd, Silas,

was cast in the movie The Man Who Killed Hitler and then the Bigfoot starring Sam Elliott. Silas plays Aidan Turner’s dog in 1943 Nazi Germany hunting Hitler. Mikhaila was invited to participate in the Q&A following the Boston premiere of the movie. She was alongside Academy Award-winner Doug Trumball and director/writer Robert D. Krzykowski plus other cast and crew. Melissa Grip ran the 2019 Boston Marathon as part of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute team. Melissa Grip at mile 15 of the 2019 Boston Marathon

Ning (Jessica) Xie jessicaunique21@hotmail.com

Ryland Rich richryla@grinnell.edu

Class of 2016

As a member of Dickinson College Women’s Squash Team, Rachel O’Brien played a key role in securing their thirdplace at the Second Annual Pennsylvania Cup. She was also a member of the Dickinson Women’s Tennis Team this past spring.

Abby Frechette abbysfrechette@gmail.com Abigail Kaplan placed fourth in Skidmore College’s Business Plan Competition, winning a $2,500 prize to start her business.

Class of 2017 Julia Moynihan juliamoynihan10@gmail.com Hannah Jaques, who is attending the University of Rochester, has just declared her double major in public health and history and her minor in legal studies. In addition, Hannah will be running the Rochester Flower City Half-Marathon! Be sure to wish her luck!

Class of 2013 Madeline Schneider madjulsch@gmail.com

Class of 2014 Emily Kelman emilykelman@gmail.com Emily Martin emartin2495@gmail.com Gabriela Reichlin greichlin@suffolk.edu Ashley Rohall aer@rohall.com Stephanie Wolf stephaniewolf96@gmail.com Lucy Maloney was profiled in How I Got the Job for the Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management website on her investment analyst position with Cambridge Associates.

Class of 2015 Luyang Liu luyangliusx@gmail.com Rebecca Ohman becky.ohman@verizon.net Haley Present haleybpresent@gmail.com

Rachel Lawrence, studying at Clark University, has just declared her major in community, youth and education and her minor in women and gender studies. She’s currently spending lots of her time helping in Worcester classrooms working hands-on with students and she loves it! Julia Moynihan, a student at Fairfield University, has just declared her major in finance and minor in business analytics. She also found out that she will be spending her Spring 2020 semester abroad in Sydney, Australia. She’s excited to travel across the world, and even more excited to study in the same country as her old classmate and dear friend, Hilary Present! Eva Willard-Bauer, who’s attending Union College, has just started an exciting new internship though Union College’s Geology Department. She’s been researching a Mohawk River tributary called the Hans Groot Kill and conducting water sampling to have baseline data as well as conducting enterococcus bacteria sampling. Eva is looking forward to sharing her research at Union’s Steinmetz Day as well as the Mohawk Watershed Symposium.

Class of 2018

Zoe Lillis directed NYU’s Spring MainStage performance of Love Song for her theater troupe. She also started an internship with the Manhattan Theatre Club, working at their Broadway theater for the American Broadway premiere of INK (imported from England). Anna Park was the only freshman to be elected onto the NYU Model United Nations Executive Board as secretary. She also released her first single, Sunrise, on Spotify and Apple Music. Christina Blake published her debut book, Sapphire and Planet Zero, on Amazon and Barnes & Noble! Sapphire and Planet Zero is a fantasy/romance novel aimed for young adults about a 16-year-old girl who saves the world with the help of her charming ex-boyfriend and humorous talking cat. She has been working on this manuscript since she was 12, and after more than half a decade, she is proud to release it into the hands of the world. The best way to support this young author is to buy her book and leave a review! See Class of 1954 notes for news about Coco Clayson.

Class of 2019 Saida Canales scanales2001@gmail.com Audrey Lee audreyyelee@gmail.com Pani Bhengsri pani.bheng@gmail.com Kat Menendez interned with BB&N’s Office of Advancement this spring for her Senior Project. While there, she worked with former Director of Advancement Julie Gray P07, 10 and Amie Margolis ’93.

Caroline Cohen ccohen926@gmail.com Jennifer Jung jennyhyjung@gmail.com

Summer 2019

In Memoriam

Former Faculty she recorded for MGM and performed throughout the U.S. She taught at Dana Hall School, Boston University and privately at home, most recently in Natick, Mass. Lenore requested no funeral services and that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Civil Liberties Union.

Former Head of School Blair Jenkins, former Board Chair Hélène Kazanjian ’78, former Head of School Caroline Erisman P11, former Board Chair Rebecca Rasmussen Grunwald ’73, Head of School Katherine Bradley, former Board Chair Happy Sprague Rowe ’87

Former Academic Dean Nancy Rich was featured in the Natick Local Town Pages for her month-long photography exhibit at the Wellesley Public Library in March. AFLOAT was also shown at Natick Town Hall during May and June, and will be at the Marion Art Center in October. Rob Ayres, former Chief Operating Officer, passed away on April 30. After completing a five-month consulting assignment with Dana Hall, Rob was appointed COO in July 2002 and served in that capacity until June 2012. In addition to his responsibilities in the Business Office, he was also an advisor to students in the Upper School and coached various soccer, ice hockey, and golf teams. After leaving Dana Hall, Rob remained closely connected to the School, serving as a Corporator as well as valued member of the Faculty Jug Band.

Former School of Music Director Peter Gharibian died peacefully on December 8, 2018, from complications of a brain tumor. His wife Jane shared the following about Peter’s life: “Peter started music lessons at age 18 enthusiastically, but soon discovered he was not interested in the life of a traveling musician. His older brother gave him his life savings so that he could come to the U.S. and study classical music at the New England Conservatory. Mrs. Phelps hired him as director of the School of Music and head of the Music Department, and brought him on campus with our family of three children in 1970. We lived on campus for 18 years. Most know that Peter played both basketball and soccer on the Syrian National teams and competed with them. He was a star. When our children were playing soccer, he was aghast at the level of refereeing and became a certified licensed referee. He was in constant demand for college, high school and tournament play. Peter’s memorial service was lovely and very well attended. He had a devoted number of friends and followers, and was greatly admired and esteemed here.” Peter Gharibian

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Alice Stephens Schneckenburger 12/15/2018

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Norma Edgehill Fleming 12/18/2018

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Anita Walker Franks 9/3/18

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Lorraine Erskine Garland 12/28/2018 Nancy Munro-Parry 2/12/2019

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Frances Henes Hill 2/28/2019

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Claire Clark Bennitt 5/5/2019 Joan Hadley Lena 4/17/2019 Ruth Daniels Metcalf 1/9/2018

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Mary Cullens Murdoch 2/27/2019

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Beverly Beck Sears 5/28/2019

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Harriet Hyde Mauck 5/16/2019

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Susan Warren Rich 1/25/2019

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Carolyn Peters Schoonmaker 4/2/2019 Rob Ayres with his son Eliot Ayres, Dana Hall technology support specialist

Lenore Engdahl, former School of Music faculty in the 1970s, passed away peacefully the morning of June 19, 2018. Lenore was born in Minneapolis, the daughter of Swedish immigrants Walfrid and Augusta Engdahl. Playing the piano was her life;

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Mary Wakefield 3/6/2019

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Katherine Zens Twombly 4/4/2019

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Mary Achenbach 2/16/2019

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Marie Hickey 4/23/2019

A Closer Look Senior Projects Program

At the end of May, 78 members of the Class of 2019 headed out into the working world to get a taste of post-graduation life through the Senior Projects Program. The projects were as wide ranging as students’ interests, with seniors shadowing legislative aides, elementary school teachers, architects,

orthopedic surgeons, police officers, dog trainers, speechlanguage pathologists, artists and many more professionals. Students must propose their project, find an off-campus mentor, keep a daily blog about their experience, read a corresponding book, and create a display and oral presentation.

1. Ali Nauen ’19’s project at the Huntington Theatre Company exposed her to the ins and outs of how a professional theater is run. 2. Kaitlyn Soucy ’19 loves sports and Boston, so she chose to work at the Fenway Store, across the street from Fenway Park, where she learned about running a successful business. 3. B y shadowing obstetrician/gynecologist Audra Meadows MD, MPH at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Jurnee Peltier ’19 explored a variety of women’s health issues and what it is like to work in a hospital setting. 4. A t the Japan Society of Boston, Saki Omote ’19 worked with Executive Director Matt Krebs to study how non-profit organizations contribute to the field of cultural communication between countries.

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Amor Caritas Day: September 21 See www.danahall.org/acd2019 for more details and to register.

Fall Reunion: October 2 & 3 Classes of 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964

Middle School Admission Open House (grades 5-8): October 3

Upper School Admission Open House (grades 9-12, boarding and day): October 20

Family Weekend: October 25 & 26

Athletics Admission Open House (grades 5-12): November 19

Dr. Lisa Damour: April 2, 2020 Author Dr. Lisa Damour will work with students and faculty during the day, and hold an evening program for parents and the public.

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Blue & White Night: April 4, 2020 Spring Reunion: April 24-26, 2020 Classes of 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015