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The Class of 2020 Moves on Up On Friday, June 3, the Class of 2020 became members of the Upper School as they participated in the Middle School Moving-Up Ceremony. Many members of the class read a reflection about their year, and Director of the Middle School Caroline MacNichol presented the Director’s Bowl to Karina Atiegha ’20.

SUMMER

2016

DANA HALL SCHOOL: Girls Learning, Leading, Succeeding Mission Statement

A Closer Look

Dana Hall School is committed to fostering excellence in academics, the arts, and athletics within a vibrant, caring community. With emphasis on integrity, leadership, diversity, and service as well as on respect for self and others, Dana Hall provides its students with a unique opportunity to prepare themselves for the challenges and choices they will face as women and citizens of the world.

Board of Trustees 2016-17 Kristin O’Donnell Bedard ’97 President, Alumnae Board Newton, Mass. Katherine L. Bradley Head of School Sandra Lopez Burke P20 Dedham, Mass. Jenny Ceppi P14, 17 Bedford, Mass. Editorial Board Liza Cohen Director of Communications Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77, P11, 13 Director of Alumnae Relations Caroline K. Erisman P11 Former Head of School Julie Gray P07, 10 Director of Advancement Jessica Keimowitz Director of Upper School Molly Kentala Assistant Director of Communications Caroline MacNichol Director of Middle School Robert Mather P24 Assistant Head of School Nancy Rich Former Academic Dean Design Studio A Design www.studioadesign.com Photography John Gillooly jgillooly.smugmug.com Adam Richins www.adamrichins.com Printing Puritan Capital Hollis, N.H.

Warren Cross, Jr. P11 Natick, Mass.

Raquel Lachman ’98 New York, N.Y.

Kellyanne Dignan ’99 Boston, Mass.

Sarah Rueppel Monaco ’83 President of the Corporation Dover, Mass.

Jean Egan P20 Boston, Mass.

Sandra Niles P17, 19 Sherborn, Mass.

Lee Ferguson Frechette ’81, P16, 22 Wellesley, Mass. Minou Palandjian P09, 14, 17 Wellesley, Mass. William Foley P89, 91, 99 Wellesley, Mass. Shannon O’Keefe Redgate ’87, P22 Wellesley, Mass. Cheryl Forté ’69 Newton, Mass. Michael Robinson P17 Brookline, Mass. Shannah Frambes P17, 19, 22 Chair, Parents’ Association Peter Rosenberg P16 Wellesley, Mass. Secretary Wellesley, Mass. T. Alexandra Gibbs ’85 Vice Chair John Roth P19 Boston, Mass. Treasurer Wellesley, Mass. Jeffrey Hawkins P20 Chestnut Hill, Mass. Katherine Saliba ’93 Somerville, Mass. Blair Hendrix P19, 21 Wellesley, Mass. Lesley Jane Nonkin Seymour ’74 Larchmont, N.Y. Marcia Teng Ishizuka ’77 Vice Chair William Taylor P15, 18 Tokyo, Japan Wellesley, Mass. Hélène Kazanjian ’78 Chair Wellesley, Mass. Jennifer Adams Knebel ’78, P11, 13 Darien, Conn.

Senior Projects Program Dana Hall ends each school year with the Senior Projects Program. Seniors who meet the requirements are able to drop their classes the last two weeks of the year and take part in off-campus internships. From May 17–31, 67 students (72% of the senior class) spent 6–8 hours a day at their chosen project, which ranged from shadowing architects and surgeons to journalists and engineers—and even the Wellesley Police. Students kept a daily blog, read a related nonfiction book, then summarized their experience at the Senior Projects Presentations on June 2.

TOP: Stephanie Simon ’16 assisted with Tenacre Country Day School’s kindergarten class.

1: Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bruce Leslie, a patient of Dr. Leslie, Danielle Goldaber ’16 and Michelle Cummings, PA-C. 2: Molly Kellogg ’16 and Senator Elizabeth Warren 3: Jacqueline Balter ’16 learned about the lengthy domestic and international adoption process at the Alliance for Children Foundation.

Lisa Unsworth P15 Newton, Mass. Kathy Whelan P01 Boston, Mass.

4: Abigail Frechette ’16 shadowed the owner of Three Twelve Photos and took part in an engagement photography session. 5: Sarah Galligan ’16 and her charges at Doggy Dates

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6: Caterina Esposito ’16 worked with an electrical engineer to build and test an accelerometer and a drone. 7: Eugenia Lozano ’16 put her interest in architecture and design to use during her time at Schwartz/Silver Architects. 8: Kaya Reingold ’16 worked with a buyer and design assistant at Sara Campbell, and spent time in their Wellesley retail store.

On the Front Cover: In June 2016, the 16 participants (and their four young alumnae mentors) of the Girls Summer Entrepreneurship Program (GSEP) completed an immersive, 11-day program. The GSEP was one of the signature programs of Head of School Caroline Erisman’s tenure. Read more about the GSEP on page 6, and about Caroline’s legacy on page 24. Photo by Caitlin Cassis.

9: Gynecologic oncologist Dr. Anne Goodman and Raya Husami ’16

Dana Hall School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, and athletic and other school-administered programs. 8

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Volume 78, number 2

Table of Contents Messages from Caroline Erisman and Katherine Bradley 2 Class of 2016 College Matriculation List 3 Bulletin Board 4 Class Day 13 11th Annual Summer Kick-Off Open 15 Rinehart Chair: Honoring Liz Fenstermaker 16 An Open Letter to Our Alma Mater By Macy Sullivan ’16, Class Historian

Commencement 2016 20 Goodbye to Head of School Caroline Erisman 24 Six Things to Know about Former Faculty Member Matthew Stackpole 30 Reunion Weekend 31 Distinguished Alumna Award Susan Kosoff ’61 34

Distinguished Service Award Fay Armstrong ’66, Carey Blackwell Bloomfield ’66, Sarah Beinecke Richardson ’66 35 Distinguished Young Alumnae Award Monaia Jackson Haynes ’05, Jennifer Matthews ’05, Debbie Saint-Clair ’04 36 Events and Receptions 40 Class Notes 43 In Memoriam 76

Messages from

Caroline Erisman and Katherine Bradley

I would venture a guess that much of our sustained success is the result of good teamwork. Admiral William McRaven, the commander of the United States Special Operations Command, gave the commencement speech at University of Texas at Austin a few years ago. He used his experience as a Navy SEAL as a metaphor for how to most effectively face the challenges ahead. During SEAL training, the sailors are divided into boat crews. Each crew includes seven people—three on each side of a small rubber boat and one coxswain to help guide the dingy. Every day each boat crew lines up on the beach. Their goal is to get through the breaking surf and paddle a few miles down the coast. The surf near San Diego is often 8-10 feet high, and it is challenging to paddle through the surf unless everyone works together. Every paddle must be synchronized to the stroke count of the coxswain. Everyone must exert the same effort or the boat will turn over and be tossed back on the beach. Admiral McRaven’s message: in order to achieve success in the world, you need help. Everyone involved must work together. During the past eight years, it has been my greatest pleasure to “paddle” alongside the Dana Hall faculty and staff, the students, the alumnae and the parents. There is no question that Dana is a special “boat.” All of us have worked together to face the challenges that inevitably occur, and to celebrate the successes that result from good teamwork. I am certain this good teamwork will continue under the thoughtful leadership of Katherine Bradley, who will keep our “boat” steady and on course for great success. I extend my thanks and best wishes to her, and to all of the wonderful members of this community. Amor Caritas, Caroline Erisman F

Photo courtesy of Groton School

lthough the girls and our campus look different than they did when Dana Hall was founded 135 years ago, the heart and soul of the School remain the same. Dana is still a school for girls. We still value academic, athletic and artistic excellence, and we continue to focus on integrity, leadership, diversity and service. You will see evidence of these qualities on the pages in this Bulletin. We have so much to celebrate.

s I write this, I am gazing at dozens of nail holes in our walls, the remnants of our family photographs now packed away in anticipation of our move to Dana Hall. We are feeling, like many of the students new to Dana Hall in September, a great deal of excitement with just a pinch of nerves as we begin this next journey. Our uncertainty has been much alleviated by Caroline Erisman, who has been generous beyond measure in her care for us. With her professionalism, expertise, sense of humor, kindness and warmth, she has worked to help make my transition to Head of School and member of the Dana community as smooth as possible, and Matt and I thank her. When I first met Caroline, she talked about the enormous talent at Dana Hall. It’s been a joy to see this for myself when attending just a sampling of what Dana does, such as the Spring dance concert, the Middle School drama production, the Gospel Choir performance and several academic classes, and I eagerly await experiencing fully all that the girls and teachers have to share. I already know first-hand the powerful warmth and energy of Dana Hall girls, and that is reassuring for all of us, students and adults alike, who will be new in September. We will be relying on the returning girls to teach us about the traditions and culture of Dana Hall so we can feel at home as quickly as possible. One of the good things about leave-takings is that they are followed by welcomes, and Matt and I are grateful for the many we have already received. Still standing between us and Dana Hall, though, are these holes awaiting some spackle. I am looking forward to the fresh walls of Grove House, and to knowing all of you. Fondly, Katherine Bradley F

Summer 2016

Class of 2016 College Matriculation List

University of Alabama American University School of the Art Institute of Chicago Babson College (4) Bentley University Boston College (3) Boston University (5) Brandeis University University of California, San Diego Carleton College Colby College (3) Colgate University (2) Connecticut College (3) Dickinson College University of Edinburgh Fordham University Franklin and Marshall College George Washington University (2) Georgetown University (3) Hamilton College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Johns Hopkins University

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Maryland College of Art and Design University of Massachusetts, Amherst Middlebury College The New School (Parsons) New York University (2) North Carolina State University Northwestern University The Ohio State University University of Pennsylvania (2) Pennsylvania State University Providence College Quinnipiac University Reed College Roger Williams University (2) Rollins College (2) Royal Holloway, University of London Rutgers University Sacred Heart University University of San Diego

Sarah Lawrence College Simmons College Skidmore College (2) University of South Carolina University of Southern California Southern Methodist University (3) University of St. Andrews St. Lawrence University (2) St. Michaelâ€™s College Stony Brook University Suffolk University SUNY Purchase Syracuse University Tulane University (3) Union College University of Vermont Villanova University University of Virginia Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College (2)

Santa Clara University

Summer 2016

ACTIONS + ACHIEVEMENTS SAVE THE DATE INSTALLATION OF HEAD OF SCHOOL KATHERINE BRADLEY: OCTOBER 28, 2016 Join all members of the Dana community to officially welcome and celebrate new Head of School Katherine Bradley. This event aligns with Parents’ Weekend and Homecoming. Invitation to follow.

ALUMNA RETURNS AS WANNAMAKER LECTURER

CUM LAUDE SOCIETY WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS On Monday, April 4, nine members of the Class of 2016 and nine members of the Class of 2017 became the newest inductees in the Dana Hall Cum Laude Society. CLASS OF 2016 Allison Donahue Zirui Jiao Mingxuan Ju Jinjae Kim Susanna Maheras

Margot Singer ’80 came back to campus on Thursday, March 31, as the final Wannamaker Lecturer of the year. Singer is an associate professor of English and director of creative writing at Denison University as well as a published and award-winning author.

CLASS OF 2017 Alia Malek Dung Nguyen Elizabeth Spyrou Haley Taft

Adira Amidon Meredith Julian Nina Kosowsky Sophie Langlois Julia Lawrence

Yanfei Li Diana Niles Sydney Peters Madison Rivers

A FRESH FACE IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

MODEL UN FINISHES ON TOP The 2015-16 Model United Nations (UN) Team closed out another successful year. After a fall spent at local New England competitions, in January, the team traveled to New York City to compete in Columbia University’s annual Model UN conference against more than 700 delegates from 53 schools from around the world. There the team earned the Outstanding Large School Delegation Award (second place). In February, the team attended Dartmouth College’s annual conference (above) where they received the Best Delegation Award (first place). 4

On Wednesday, February 24, Head of School Caroline Erisman ceded some of her leadership duties to Rylie DeSabato ’22, who had the honor of serving as Head of School for the Day. The two spent their time leading an All-School Morning Meeting, meeting with one of Erisman’s advisees, attending a Community and Equity Council Meeting and checking in with administrators in the Advancement and Business offices.

STUDENTS HONORED WITH SCHOLASTIC ARTS AWARDS

Gold Key winning painting “Three Peaches” by Soomin Mah ’17

GOLD KEY

Victoria Alvarez ’16, Photography Jinjae Kim ’16, Art Portfolio Ye Ri Lee ’17, Painting (two awards) Soomin Mah ’17, Painting Sasha Megie ’17, Digital Art

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Jillian Campbell ’16, Photography Grace Dunne ’17, Photography Anna Dzhitenov ’20, Drawing and Illustration, Dramatic Script Allegra Florimbi ’16, Mixed Media Sinclair Imondo ’16, Architecture Yu-Fang (Evonne) Lao ’17, Drawing and Illustration, Printmaking, Painting Ye Ri Lee ’17, Drawing and Illustration Yunjai Lee ’16, Drawing and Illustration, Printmaking

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. Work is judged on originality, technical skill and emergence of a personal voice or vision. Eighteen Dana Hall students stood out from thousands of entries and received 2016 awards and honorable mentions. SILVER KEY

Jillian Campbell ’16, Photography (two awards) Jacqueline Hayre-Perez ’17, Photography Ye Ri Lee ’17, Painting, Printmaking Amera Youssef ’17, Printmaking Manxue (Michelle) Ma ’18, Film and Animation, Drawing and Illustration Soomin Mah ’17, Painting (two awards) Zhihan (Stella) Wang ’18, Drawing and Illustration (two awards) Yifan (Susie) Xu ’17, Drawing and Illustration Jin (Maggie) Zhang ’18, Drawing and Illustration

STUDENT PROJECT BRINGS SOLAR POWER TO DANA In 2013–14, students in Science Department Head John Doll’s Current Topics: Science, Society and Service course researched and proposed bringing solar power to Dana Hall, and their initiative is now a reality. Dana Hall installed on-campus solar panels during Spring Break 2016. Parents in the Class of 2016 decided to make the start-up costs (approximately $60,000) one of their three fundraising priorities for their Senior Parent Gift. They funded 32 SunPower premium efficiency solar panels, now wall-mounted on the southern side of the Shipley Center.

UPPER SCHOOL ENJOYS BREAK FROM CLASSES ON SHIP DAY

SPRING BREAK IN SOUTH AFRICA Social Studies teacher Heather Panahi, along with six other faculty members, led a group of 43 students to South Africa March 11–21 during the School’s Spring Break. “The South Africa trip helps to broaden students’ worldview,” Panahi said. “Often, westerners tend to believe that African nations are all the same: black, poor and underdeveloped. But this trip challenges these ideas and forces the participants to reevaluate their own potential biases.” Dana Hall students are pictured with students from Dana’s sister school, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, located in Meyerton, South Africa.

Ship Day is a chance for Upper School students to learn about health and wellness issues as well as enjoy a respite from classes. On March 2, Connecticut College’s men’s a cappella group Co Co Beaux kicked off the morning, followed by psychologist, performer and poet Michael Fowlin. After lunch, former American Idol contestant Casey McQuillen brought her “You Matter” tour to Dana Hall. 5

ACTIONS + ACHIEVEMENTS (CONTINUED)

DANA HALL LEADS CONVERSATION ON TODAY’S CAMPUS CULTURE On April 28, Dana Hall held the second event in its symposium series, The Forum, focusing on girls and today’s campus culture. The conversation on personal safety, power dynamics and potential risk featured panelists Dr. Diane L. Rosenfeld, J.D., LL.M, lecturer on law at Harvard Law School and Jessica Teperow, director of prevention programs for REACH Beyond Domestic Violence. You can watch the full event and access additional resources at www.danahall.org/springforum16.

SAVE THE DATE AMOR CARITAS DAY: SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 This day connects the entire Dana Hall community through service projects. Sign up to volunteer locally at Cradles to Crayons or Wellesley Brook Path clean up, or organize a service project in your area. See www.danahall.org/acd2016 for more details and to register. 6

SUMMER AT DANA: EXTRA TIME FOR LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS The Girls Summer Leadership Program (GSLP), now in its sixth year, welcomed 24 participants to campus June 25–July 1. The program provides a special setting for girls to work with high school and adult mentors to gain valuable skills and resources that they can take with them as they enter high school. The seven-day residential program is open to girls who have completed eighth grade and will enter high school in the fall. For the third year, the Girls Summer Entrepreneurship Program (GSEP) gave 16 girls first-hand experience in the evolving world of business for women in the 21st century. The 11-day program builds business acumen as well as fosters confidence, perseverance, leadership and creativity in the participants. The rising Dana Hall juniors and seniors in the GSEP enter college and the working world understanding the unique opportunities and challenges facing female entrepreneurs today. This year’s program was led by Dr. Gwen Ortmeyer P12, 16, Middle School math teacher Michele Gerdes, and Upper School math teacher and STEM coordinator Anita Lavakumar along with young alumnae mentors Aris Margosian ’12, Ashley Davidson ’15, Leonora Strobel Eckstein ’16 and Abbey Kelly ’15. Top: On the final day of the GSEP, four teams entered the “Dragon’s Lair” to present their business plans to a threeperson review board of business experts. Team Safe Stir, with their idea for a drinking straw that changes color if a beverage is spiked with one of the three drugs most often associated with sexual assault, emerged as the winner. Left: Participants, High School Mentors and Young Alumnae Mentors of the 2016 Girls Summer Leadership Program

OLYMPIC MEDALIST JOINS STAFF AT KAREN STIVES ’68 EQUESTRIAN CENTER Olympic show jumping veteran Greg Best will join Dana Hall’s Karen Stives ’68 Equestrian Center (KSEC) as a full-time trainer, beginning in May 2017. Together with his wife and children, Greg will relocate to the United States from New Zealand for six months each year to coach Dana Hall equestriennes and help them to prepare for top competitions. Best will take over for Cookie DeSimone, who has been Dana Hall’s trainer-in-residence since the 1970s. As she transitions to retirement, DeSimone will continue to work full-time through the end of December 2016, after which she will collaborate with Dana Hall on a part-time basis. “My total devotion to the health and well-being of our horses and our riders, combined with the grueling show schedule, has helped me realize that, like every athlete, I can’t play forever,” said DeSimone. “The riding program at Dana Hall has been my whole life for 44 years, and I will always be connected to it whether following results, occasionally appearing at the ring, or consulting with the staff.” Plans are underway to honor DeSimone and her legacy; those details will be forthcoming. Greg Best is most well known for his partnership with the gray American Thoroughbred show jumper Gem Twist. Together the duo earned individual and team silver medals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and placed fourth at the 1990 World Equestrian Games in Stockholm. Although he resides in New Zealand, Best spends much of his time traveling and teaching clinics all over the world. He is well regarded at Dana Hall where he has been a regular clinician over the past five years. “I’ve been coming to Dana Hall for a few years now thanks, in large part, to Karen Stives’ generosity and the enthusiastic support of Cookie, Sarah Summers and the Dana Hall students,” said Best. “I am so excited to join the community here and to help lead the equestrian program forward. Cookie will be leaving some very big shoes to fill and it is my aim to

Greg Best with Kate Stento ’11

Photo by Tracy Emanuel

honor her legacy, Karen’s vision for the program and incorporate my ideas and those of the rest of the staff to create something very special for the students at Dana Hall.” “Greg exemplifies the qualities that Karen Stives ’68 envisioned for our program, and we know she would have been very pleased with his addition to our staff,” said KSEC Director Sarah Summers ’98. “This is an exciting time for Dana Hall and its history of excellence in riding and horsemanship.” Prior to taking the official trainer post, Best will host clinics at KSEC in both August and October 2016 before starting his engagement in May 2017. In summer 2017, Dana Hall will host the Summer Training Academy with Greg Best, which will have a select number of openings for riders outside of the Dana Hall community. For more information, contact Sarah Summers (sarah.summers@danahall.org) or visit www.danahall.org. 7

DANA ON THE STAGE

THE DANA HALL DANCE DEPARTMENT PRESENTED SURGE: Dana Hall Dances on March 4 and 5. The concert featured a variety of dances in ballet, modern, jazz, tap and hip-hop. Top: Gabrielle de Weck ’17 Right, top: Gabrielle de Weck ’17, Samantha Rosenberg ’16, Madison Altman ’16 Right, bottom: Gabrielle de Weck ’17, Ryland Rich ’18, Jillian Earley ’19, Gemma Walls ’16

ON MARCH 9 AND 10 the Middle School presented Seussical, Jr., which featured 21 actresses and an 11-member student-run technical crew. Right: Front row: Emily Gardner ’21 and Maggie Noone ’21, Back row: Sophia Lindstrom ’21 and Katherine Ward ’20 Below, left: Ella Schweizer ’22, Ashleigh Chiwaya ’22, Rachel Hendrix ’21, Piper Gordon ’21, Jainah Etheart ’21 Below, right: Ellie Wellington ’21 and Karina Atiegha ’20 with the Seussical, Jr. cast

THE UPPER SCHOOL CUT LOOSE WITH ITS SPRING MUSICAL, FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL, May 13 and 14. The cast also featured male actors from Belmont Hill School. Top: Annabel Moore ’18 and Haley Taft ’16 with the Footloose cast Right, top: Meaghan Robichaud ’17 Right, middle: Brooke Kennedy ’16 (center) with Christian Dolan, William Galligan, Ogugua Uchendu ’16, Haley Taft ’16, Hannah Robinson ’17 Right, bottom: Katherine Gardner ’18, Lily Garber ’16, Brendan Pulsifer, Laura Minardi ’16

SAVE THE DATES THE FORUM: NOVEMBER 17, 2016 The Forum at Dana Hall School is a symposium series designed to examine a topic of particular relevance to girls and girls education. As a leader in girls’ education, Dana Hall School is well suited to lead an informative and thoughtful discussion on adolescent girls and these timely issues. The topic for the November Forum will be announced in late August. See www.danahall.org for details. SHE SAILS: APRIL 29, 2017 She Sails creates connections among all Dana Hall women and provides a forum to learn from each other, share our stories, and encourage one another to be bold and dream big. The She Sails 2017 featured speaker will be best-selling author, journalist and style expert Nina Garcia ’83. If you are interested in helping to plan the event or joining a panel or workshop, contact Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 at corinne.daniels@danahall.org or (781) 489-1369.

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VARSIT Y ATHLETICS

THE VARSITY SQUASH TEAM competed at the New England Squash Division B Tournament and took home the championship trophy. They finished their season 10–6, coming in second place in the EIL for the third season in a row. • EIL All-League: Sydney Soloway ’18 and Sophie Langlois ’17 • MVP: Sydney Soloway ’18 • Most Improved: Attabelle Wasniewski ’16 • Rookie of the Year: Caroline Dawson ’18

Autumn Ceppi ’17

Attabelle Wasniewski ’16 VARSITY BASKETBALL rounded out their season with an overall record of 11–7 and came in third in the EIL. The team sent two players—Sinclair Imondo ’16 and Autumn Ceppi ’17—to the NEPSAC Class B All-Star Game. • EIL All-League: Ceppi • EIL Honorable Mention: Imondo and Cassidy Musco ’18 • MVP: Ceppi • Best Post Player Award: Imondo • Coaches’ Award: Susanna Maheras ’16 10

VARSITY LACROSSE ended their season with a 7–3–3 record, coming in 5–1–2 in the EIL. The team took home second place in the league • EIL All-League: Jessica Hunnewell ’16, Attabelle Wasniewski ’16, Caroline Heiland ’16 and Alina Ryan ’18 • EIL Honorable Mention: Caroline Dawson ’18 and Chloe Kaplan ‘16 • Most Valuable Player: Wasniewski • Rookie of the Year: Sophie Habermann ’18 • Coaches’ Award: Heiland

THE VARSITY SWIM TEAM wrapped up their season with a 9–2 record, coming in first in the EIL for the eighth consecutive year. The team also won first place in the EIL Tournament and was the runner-up at the New England Division II Championships. • EIL MVP: Maddie Wallis ’17 EIL ALL-LEAGUE: • Amelia Benkert ’19 (200 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay) • Emma Benkert ’17 (200 IM, 50 Free, 500 Free, 400 Free Relay) • Brianna Browning ’19 (200 Medley Relay, 200 IM, 200 Free Relay, 100 Breast) • Lucy Hamann ’18 (200 Medley Relay, 100 Fly, 100 Back, 400 Free Relay) • Bitsie Knight ’19 (200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay) • Wallis ’17 (200 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay) NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONS: • Amelia Benkert (200 IM, 100 Fly) • Wallis (50 Free, 100 Free) • New England Championships Grace Robinson Award (top female swimmer of the meet): Wallis

SCOREBOARD Libby Frambes ’17

Melissa Klein ’18 VARSITY TENNIS was undefeated in EIL play this season (8–0) and league champions for the first time since 2007. The team advanced to the NEPSAC tournament. • Best All-Around: Susanna Maheras ’16 • Most Valuable Players: Jackie Hayre-Perez ’17 and Melissa Klein ’18 • Rookie of the Year: Audrey Lee ’19 • EIL All-League: Lee, Hayre-Perez, Maheras and Rachel O’Brien ’18 • EIL Honorable Mention: Katie Skillman ’16 and Ally Wolf ’17

ICE HOCKEY finished with a 3–2 record this season. • MVP: Sierra Root ’16 • Coaches’ Award: Lauren Merullo ’19 • Unsung Hero: Emily Clarke ’17 • Rookie of the Year: Caroline Han ’21 Above: Kat Elliott ’17 (#10) and Nadia Cai ’19 (#23)

THE VARSITY SOFTBALL TEAM came out on top as EIL Pool B Tournament champions for the second year in a row. They finished the season with a 5–4 EIL record, which earned them a tie for second place. • EIL All-League: Cassidy Musco ’18 and Stephanie Simon ’16 • EIL All-League Honorable Mention: Hailey Rohall ’17 and Annie Goldman ’19 • Effort and Attitude Award: Allie Frambes ’19 and Julia Lawrence ’17 • Rookie of the Year: Julia Donovan ’17 • Most Improved Player: Kailey Musco ’17

Hannah Doherty ’18 and her horse, Sancho

VARSITY FENCING won their third consecutive Massachusetts State Championship title, with Ally Wolf ’17 winning first in Sabre, Molly Madden ’17 coming in third in Epee and Amera Yousef ’17 taking home fifth in Sabre. The team finished their season with an overall record of 8-1.

THE EQUESTRIAN TEAM had a successful showing in Florida this spring, tying for third at Zones. At the Ocala and Wellington competitions, many riders took home top individual ribbons.

• MVP: Wolf • Most Improved: Lilly Craven ’19 • Rookie of the Year: Jorryn (JoJo) Wu ’19

• Sportsmanship: Lilly Earley ’19 • Most Improved: Elsie Coen ’16 • MVP: Haley Taft ’16 11

NEW TRUSTEES JOIN DANA HALL’S BOARD Five new trustees were elected to the Dana Hall Board at the Meeting of the Corporation in May 2016. Kellyanne Dignan ’99 currently serves as Senior Manager of Cooperative Communications at Ocean Spray Cranberries where she leads the internal and external corporate communications teams. Prior to joining Ocean Spray, Kellyanne was an Assistant Vice President at Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications in Boston. In this role, she worked with clients on crisis planning, public relations, media relations, public affairs, social and digital media and internal communications. From 2001-08, she worked as a producer for NBC, MSNBC and USA TODAY. Jean Egan P20 and her husband, Chris, founded and direct “Break the Cycle of Poverty,” a non-profit foundation dedicated to lifting families out of poverty through education. Jean has been very active with the Park Street School as President of the Parents Association and the Board of Visitors. She co-founded the Friends of the Esplanade Playspace, which created a state of the art play space on Boston’s Esplanade. Jean serves on the parent fundraising committee for the Dana Fund and was a member of the Blue and White Night planning committee. Chris and Jean have five children, including Mary Kate ’20. Eleanor (Lee) Ferguson Frechette ’81, P16, 22 is an extremely active member of both the Dana Hall Alumnae Board and the Parents’ Association. She has planned the Boston Area Alumnae Holiday Party for the past several years and played an integral role in She Sails 2012, 2013 and 2015. Lee has served on the Board at Tenacre Country Day School and is a longtime supporter and volunteer at Rosie’s Place in Boston. After working many years with Tenacre’s Admissions and Development Offices on branding/identity initiatives, she has recently accepted the job as the school’s Community Outreach Coordinator. Lee and her husband Peter have two daughters, Abigail ’16 and Phoebe ’22. Sandra Niles P17, 19 is a trustee of the Manton Foundation, a philanthropic foundation established by her grandparents, Sir Edwin and Lady Manton. She served as Vice Chair of the Dana Hall Parents’ Association from 2012-14 and as Chair for the 2014-16 term. She also served on the Head of School Search Committee in 2015. Until 2001, Sandy was head of Appraisal Services at Skinner, Inc. a leading auction house based in Boston. She is on the board of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and is the District Commissioner of the Norfolk Hunt Pony Club, a branch of the United States Pony Club. Sandy and her husband Sam have two daughters, Didi ’17 and Abby ’19. Shannah Frambes P17, 19, 22 is joining the Board as she succeeds Sandy Niles as Parents’ Association Chair beginning in the 2016-17 academic year. Previously, Shannah served as Vice Chair of the Parents’ Association. In 2014, Shannah co-chaired the “There’s No Place Like Dana” gala. She has served as a parent class rep, Middle School Vice Chair of the Parents’ Association, Upper School Chair of the Parents’ Association, member of the Sustainability Committee, member of the Parents Ambassador Program, and Vice Chair of the 2015 Summer Kick-Off. Shannah also chaired the Wellesley Education Foundation’s Grants Committee for several years. She and her husband, Brian, have four children including three Dana Hall daughters: Libby ’17, Alison ’19 and Maeve ’22.

PROGRESS REPORT: WORK BEGINS ON THE JOHNSTON DORMITORIES PROJECT JOHNSTON DORMITORIES RENOVATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Jennifer Adams Knebel ’78, P11, 13, Chair Kristin O’Donnell Bedard ’97 Dana Cole ’73 Kimberly Douglass ’72 Rebecca Rasmussen Grunwald ’73 Raquel Lachman ’98 Laurencina Farrant Lee ’86, P17 Happy Sprague Rowe ’87 Lesley Jane Nonkin Seymour ’74 Heather Wish Staller ’01 12

After months of planning, work began on June 6 to upgrade Johnston D. In a matter of a few days, the furniture and rugs in the dorm rooms and lounge were removed and the kitchen and bathrooms were gutted. The project is on schedule to be completed by the end of August when boarding students return. Johnston D will have all new carpeting, new dorm room furniture, new lounge furniture, new lighting, a fresh coat of paint throughout, a new kitchen and new bathrooms. In order to continue work next summer on the remaining three Johnston dorms, fundraising needs to continue. As of June 15, $998,456 has been secured in gifts and pledges toward a goal of $2.5 million. For information on naming opportunities or ways to support the Johnston renovation project, please contact Robin Ryan at robin.ryan@danahall.org or (781) 489-1377.

$2.5 million

Class Day The Dana Hall community gathered by The Pond on Friday, June 3, to honor Upper School student achievements of the 2015–16 school year. The annual award ceremony celebrates excellence in academic disciplines, athletics, performing and visual arts, leadership, community service and citizenship. SCIENCE

Promising Scientist Award.......................................................Chloe Kaplan ’16 Bausch & Lomb Award.........................................................Nina Kosowsky ’17 Senior Excellence in Science.....................................................Anna Billings ’16

MATH

Dana Hall Mathematics Prize.............................................. Yanfei (Effie) Li ’17 Frank S. Weinert Mathematics Prize................................Anqi (Angel) Yang ’16

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Computer Science Award........................................................ Adira Amidon ’17

MUSIC

Marguerite Finch Maxwell 1915 Awards In Music: Up-and-Coming Musician Award...........................Panipuck Bhengsri ’19 Achievement Award............................................ Zhihan (Stella) Wang ’18 Outstanding Junior Award....................................Meaghan Robichaud ’17 Outstanding Senior Award................................ Gayatri (Maria) Schur ’16 Chorus Award.............................................................Lindsay Hendrix ’19 Chamber Singers Award.............................................Brooke Kennedy ’16

PERFORMING ARTS

Dance Award........................................................................ Madison Altman ’16 Dance Award.................................................................Samantha Rosenberg ’16 Amelia Curtis Whitman Performing Arts Prize............... Ogugua Uchendu ’16 Ondy Dean Gilson ’52 Prize in Theatre............................Jacqueline Balter ’16 Jeanne Armin Award......................................................Meaghan Robichaud ’17

VISUAL ARTS

Marguerite Aldridge Putnam 1908 Prizes........................................................... Architecture................................................................. Sinclair Imondo ’16 Design......................................................................Alexandra Naddaff ’16 Drawing..................................................................Yun Jai (Laura) Lee ’16 Photography................................................................. Jillian Campbell ’16 Painting...................................................................................Ye Ri Lee ’17 AP Studio Art.................................................................. Sophia Binder ’16 Amelia Curtis Whitman Visual Arts Prize............................. Abigail Kaplan ’16 Rhode Island School of Design Book Prize.................................. Jinjae Kim ’16 Gene Scattergood Visionary Artist Award......................... Stacey Rodriguez ’16

ENGLISH

Malcolm Lloyd Prize for Most Improved Writer...................... Saki Omote ’19 Brown University Book Prize...............................................Meredith Julian ’17 John W. Cameron Book Prize........................................... Susanna Maheras ’16 Post-Lawrence Prize in English............................................... Elspeth Coen ’16

SOCIAL STUDIES

John Means Spencer Award for Student Enrichment.......Corinne Ribakoff ’17 Social and Political Awareness Award.................................Spencer Babcock ’17 John G. Schuler Award.............................................................. Nadia Myers ’17 Excellence in Social Studies Award........................................ Carolynne Liu ’16

WORLD LANGUAGES

Department Prize in French.................................................Nina Kosowsky ’17 Beryl Wilbur Prize in Vergil............................................. Elizabeth Fulham ’16 Department Prize in Mandarin...........................................Stephanie Simon ’16 Dorothy O. Farmer Prize in Latin.................................... Abigail Frechette ’16 Enrique Cuan Prize in Spanish...........................................Allison Donahue ’16 Enrique Cuan Prize in Spanish...............................................Laura Minardi ’16

FITZIE FOUNDATION AWARD........................ Amera Youssef ’17 Nominees...................................... Spencer Babcock ’17 and Kathryn Elliott ’17 KATHERINE T. GREGORY AWARD.......Sophie Habermann ’18

ATHLETIC AWARDS

Marsman Award........................................................................ Elspeth Coen ’16 Riding Cup.............................................................................Samantha Peck ’16 Dorothy M. Schirmer Memorial Award............................... Julia Moynihan ’17 Ann O’Day Sullivan Award.................................................Brooke Kennedy ’16 Scholar Athlete Award........................................................ Susanna Maheras ’16 Dana “D” Award................................................................. Caroline Heiland ’16 Dana “D” Award................................................................... Sinclair Imondo ’16 Dana “D” Award.......................................................... Katherine Markmann ’16 Varsity Athlete Award...................................................Attabelle Wasniewski ’16 Herkey Award....................................................................Jessica Hunnewell ’16 Herkey Award...............................................................................Sierra Root ’16 Helen Parker Bowlby Award..............................................Kathryn Skillman ’16 Best Athlete Award.......................................................Attabelle Wasniewski ’16

BOOK PRIZES

Bryn Mawr College President’s Book Prize............. Yu-Fang (Evonne) Lao ’17 Harvard University Book Prize........................................ Diana (Didi) Niles ’17 Holy Cross Book Prize............................................................ Sydney Peters ’17 Mount Holyoke College Book Prize..................................... Julia Lawrence ’17 Smith College Book Prize................................................ Gabrielle de Weck ’17 University of Pennsylvania Book Prize...............................Spencer Babcock ’17 University of Virginia Jefferson Book Prize..........................Wendy Gomez ’17 Wellesley College Book Prize................................................ Autumn Ceppi ’17 Williams College Book Prize............................................... Yanfei (Effie) Li ’17

LEADERSHIP AWARDS

Class of 2019.......................................................................... Amelia Benkert ’19 Class of 2018........................................................................... Deena Husami ’18 Class of 2017............................................................................ Julia Donovan ’17 Class of 2016..............................................................................Raya Husami ’16

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD.................. Sydney Soloway ’18 NAN COYLE CITIZENSHIP AWARD.Gayatri (Maria) Schur ’16 ELAINE W. BETTS PRIZE.................................Allison Donahue ’16 HELEN BURKE MONTAGUE SENIOR CUP..................................................... Gayatri (Maria) Schur ’16 1. Director of Community Service Programs Angela Macedo and Community Service Award winner Sydney Soloway ’18 2. Excellence in Social Studies Award winner Carolynne Liu ’16, John Means Spencer Award for Student Enrichment winner Corinne Ribakoff ’17, former faculty member John Schuler, John G. Schuler Award winner Nadia Myers ’17, Social Studies Department Head Eric Goodson 3. Performing Arts Department Head Kevin Groppe and Amelia Curtis Whitman Performing Arts Prize winner Ogugua Uchendu ’16 4. Head of School Caroline Erisman and Elaine Betts Prize winner Allison Donahue ’16 5. Mathematics Department Head Julie Sheldon and Frank S. Weinert Mathematics Prize winner Anqi (Angel) Yang ’16 6. Director of Advancement Julie Gray and Fitzie Foundation Award winner Amera Youssef ’17 7. Class of 2019 Leadership Award winner Amelia Benkert ’19 and Class Dean Sarah Bellvieau 8. Computer Science Department Head Cynthia Guerard and Computer Science Award Adira Amidon ’17 9. Helen Morse ’72 and Katherine T. Gregory Prize winner Sophie Habermann ’18

It Is Time To Say

Thank You! Thanks to the participation of 1,587 donors, the 2015-16 Dana Fund raised $1,613,725. Behind these impressive numbers are the parents, alumnae, grandparents, alumnae parents, faculty members, staff and friends who joined together in support of Dana Hall School. This amazing display of generosity made an immediate impact on the Schoolâ€™s students, faculty and programs. So, it is time to thank you. Thank you for providing numerous opportunities for learning and growth, for supporting dedicated faculty members who teach and care for their students, and for advancing the unique, all-girls educational experience that takes place at Dana Hall every day.

Summer 2016

DANA HALL SUMMER KICK-OFF OPEN

he 11th Annual Dana Hall Summer Kick-Off Open featured friendly competition, blue skies and high spirits. The day began with 88 golfers hitting the links at the Dedham Country and Polo Club; after 18 holes, the foursome of Brian Frambes P17, 19, 22, Sandy Habermann P18, Greg Maheras P16, 18 and David Murphy P17, 18 prevailed. In the evening 42 Middle School students, including 24 girls who will be new students in 2016-17, participated in a lively scavenger hunt. When all play concluded, golfers joined other parents, faculty, staff, alumnae and friends of the School for a festive clambake that included opportunities to purchase and win raffle items and mystery bags. Parents’ Association President Sandy Niles P17, 19 and past Parents’ Association President Georgia P14, 16 presented Head of School Caroline Erisman with a tribute book that contained farewell messages and good wishes from the Dana community. The Summer KickOff Open served as Erisman’s last official Dana event. The proceeds from the day and evening will support Dana Hall’s student financial aid program, with a portion designated for Athletics, Health and Wellness. 1. G uest enjoyed a beautiful evening at the Dedham Country and Polo Club.

2. F aculty member Graham Masiiwa, Ed Bernazzani, Patrick Keefe, Bob Ciardi P16 3. N ed Wasniewski P14, 16, Georgia Cady P14, 16, Heather Glavin Yetman ’06, Kevin Yetman 4. C aroline Breslin ’20 and Chief Operating Officer Charlie Breslin P20 5. N ew fifth graders Emma Houston ’24, Briyanna Targete ’24, Amelia Thames ’24 6. H eather and Bill Maffie P21, 23 7. C orey Thomas P21, Kwang Kim P23, Becky Kim P23 8. S abriya Targete P24 and Cybill Goldberg P21 9. C arol Suby, Greg Maheras P16, 18, Elizabeth Welch Maheras ’81, P16, 18, Director of Athletics, Health and Wellness John Suby 10. D irector of Special Events/Parent Programs Kathy Luby P09, Associate Director of Special Events/Parent Programs Kari McPartland P09, Lisa Aronson Altman ’78, P11, 16 11. R eed Chisholm P09, 13, 14, Head of School Caroline Erisman P11, F.X. Jacoby P14, John Silberstein P11 12. M iddle School students made a mad dash to complete the scavenger hunt. 13. D edham Country and Polo Club Golf Pro Jimmy Noris, Buildings and Grounds’ John Holms, T.J. Spencer, Anthony Tomasetti, and Athletic Trainer Jana Berger 14. T he winning foursome: Brian Frambes P17, 19, 22, Sandy Habermann P18, Greg Maheras P16, 18, David Murphy P17, 18

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Rinehart Chair:

Honoring Liz Fenstermaker In January, Middle School English and Performing Arts Teacher Liz Fenstermaker was honored with Dana Hall School’s Rinehart Chair. Established in 1998 with a $1 million bequest, the School’s first endowed faculty chair was created by James R. Rinehart and Molly Ford Rinehart ’50 to recognize outstanding teachers in the Humanities. In September, Fenstermaker will become the Head of Dana Hall’s Performing Arts Department, replacing Kevin Groppe P06, who is retiring. The following is an excerpt of the remarks Fenstermaker shared when she received the Rinehart honor.

t is interesting that this gift from Dana and the Rinehart family arrived as I turned 40. It’s as though the universe was making me stop, take stock of my path… and write a speech about it worthy of sharing with all of you. It is a distinctly humbling and clarifying experience. I’m told that, “What am I doing here?” “How did I get here?” and “Where am I going?” are very normal midlife questions. Suddenly, however, with this gift from the School and the Rinehart family, I was being enveloped in a “we” instead of merely an “I.” Suddenly, I was free to Head of School Caroline Erisman and Rinehart Chair recipient Liz Fenstermaker think about my path as part of a network of paths. For any of you who are at this point of your life, too, thinking about “me” as part of a “we” is really comforting. I highly recommend the shift of mindset. As I searched for ways to make sense of this path, to put forth a clear thesis about teaching and learning for you, I sifted through some of the words I once held dear – graduate school lecture notes, elementary school papers, and yes, the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. I frame my thoughts with these thoughts tonight, and hold these words once more to the light, and ask them to stand next to me. Who I am today, and what I hope to offer my students and colleagues, has an awful lot to do with who I was as a child. This may seem like stating the obvious, but I am still amazed to find that who I am as a teacher lay in unfolding the “family tree” of teachers who have influenced me. Stephen Sondheim was not my earliest teacher, but he was a most consistent companion during my teenage years. When I was 13, I saw the original Broadway production of Into the Woods, and was enraptured by The Witch, who delivered tough justice and life lessons to other wayward storybook characters.

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My teenaged years were marked by bouts of musical theater geekery, walking down to Toones, the local CD store, to pour over Follies, Company, or other musicals with similarly, mystifyingly middle-aged characters. What’s most important to know and appreciate about Sondheim is the way he can cut to the bone with a lyric; his complicated and irascible worldview often comforted me in moments of teen self-doubt or weltschmerz. I also first fell in love with enjambment, slant rhyme and rhythm because of his poetry. “Anyone Can Whistle” has always been in my top five Sondheim songs because the lyrics suggest that the difficult thing to learn in life is how to reflect, to rejoice, to create a melody of one’s own choosing. Or, as I am putting forth here, to find that we can be taught, and learn, to open our minds wide open and quiet our inner critics. Even if I’m not living up to that ideal every day, one of my goals is to be able to offer up that lesson to our girls. Incidentally, this “opening up” is also one of the chief arguments about the importance of arts education –– and I do say, without equivocation, that the argument is just and correct. I started this path as a singer and actor. Someone found out I had big lungs and thought theater camp would be fun for me. One thing led to another, and soon I found myself with a manager, a gig on a few commercials and a game show called “Child’s Play,” and a spot in Rick’s Cabaret in Philadelphia. *** I landed the first of two small movie roles. My parents kept me in school every single day they could, and they made me save all my money for college. Most importantly, they constantly reminded me I could walk away from the business side of this any time I wanted to. I often understand the girls we have at Dana who straddle school life and a pre-professional track in a field, because I see their juggling act as the same one my family and I did. That year, I met incredible people. Susan Seidleman became an early directing hero. Meryl Streep slapped me on camera. Soon, however, The Hollywood Machine came. I will spare you the details because they don’t relate specifically to my thesis, but the day came when I did look at my parents and said “I quit.” I have no idea how my parents had the vision and fortitude to support my decision even though they had sacrificed a lot of time and money and opportunities for themselves. Later, my parents also supported me in letting me spend my earnings on a degree from Smith College in theater – a degree that I’m sure some people implied, or maybe even said to them – would be useless. To them, I look around this room tonight and say, “You were wrong. We were right.” A lot of people did not understand my leaving “the business,” but they didn’t have to. It was not their story, and it was not their life. Now, this part does relate to my thesis: Being taught in some deep, unconscious way that our lives are ours alone, that we are intertwined with others but not bound in a captive sort of way, is incredibly important. It is also related to our mission at this school, founded on the notion that women should be given space to find solid footing. Amor Caritas, our

motto, does encourage us to love others, but nowhere in our motto does it mean others get to define us. When I retrace my steps, I know that this is at the heart of why I am here. The girls I am with every day are experiencing a similar turning point. Someone (well, a bunch of someones) stepped in and stepped up and helped me, and now I am with a group of people who step in and help girls who are at the crossroads of childhood and adulthood. We often talk about this aspect of our work in the abstract, but some days it is palpable. It is definitely palpable on days when I fall short, but occasionally, it is palpable when we all get it right. I became a “regular” kid again, but in a fantastic high school where the arts was really, truly valued. Marching band was huge, and it was cool. Football players were in the musicals. I had a trio of teachers those years: Pat Brady, George Boyer and Joan Barber, who helped me to be find bravery and vulnerability as a performer and who helped me to continue to love music. I had Steve Hatzai, my theater teacher, who pointed to me in spring of 1992 and said I would direct our piece for the drama festival. (Why me? Maybe the big mouth. Maybe he also had that little voice I get in my head that says, “I think she is ready.”) *** I went to Smith and got that theater degree, and there I read and read and read and fell in love with reading plays. Later, studying for my graduate degree at Lesley University, I benefited from mentors like Martha McKenna, who had herself studied with the great arts educator and philosopher Maxine Greene. Maxine Greene fired me up. She had created my credo and my battle cry long before I knew it would be. One of her most glorious passages reads: Art experiences, aesthetic experiences, are intrinsically valuable, many of us would say; they do not have to lead to further goods or measurable outcomes to be justified. Even so, it may not be too much to say that the wideawakeness, the thoughtfulness, the sense of the unexpected associated with such experiences may be precisely what are needed to stimulate the kinds of reflective practice and reflective learning all of us hope to see. Imagination, as is well known, is the capacity that enables us to… summon up alternative possibilities for living, for being in the world. It opens us to visions of the possible rather than the predictable; it permits us, if we choose to give our imaginations free play, to look at things as if they could be otherwise. So, have I lived up to Greene’s charge? Have I used what I know to help others grow? What do I do that is so special, that you have asked me to tell my story? I have to say that I simply can’t know that from where I stand; however, here are one or two things I know for sure:

• I know that a good theater production is one in which young people come alive and move and speak with authority and energy.

• I believe that young girls should feel what it’s like to be

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Rinehart Chair: Honoring Liz Fenstermaker (continued)

• I know that an English teacher often does what a director of theater does: helps others to see the world of a book, to discover the particulars and peculiarities of an author’s language.

• I know that “What did you notice?” is the best way to begin, and that the rest is all about helping readers assemble a good toolbox. ***

So, what’s next? Good question. Maybe I’ll prove my Language Arts teacher Mrs. Henninger right, and start sending out some of my stories to magazines as she predicted. Maybe I’ll write my teachers more thank you notes, or more thank you notes in general. Maybe I’ll be a more active ally to students of color at Dana. Maybe….. …But here’s where Stephen Sondheim tugs at my sleeve, reminds me that over-planning is not the way of artists (or of teaching artists). In the show Sunday in the Park with George, George Seurat is visited by the character Dot at a similar time of pause, reflection, stasis. Here’s what she tells him: Move on... Stop worrying where you’re goingMove on If you can know where you’re going You’ve gone Just keep moving on Look at what you want, Not at where you are, Not at what you’ll beLook at all the things you’ve done for me

Rinehart Chair recipient Liz Fenstermaker and Performing Arts Department Head Kevin Groppe P06

a director, designer and producer as well, to imagine both the worlds we find in plays and also a world in which they are the tastemakers.

• I know that, when teaching writing, the best thing is to give other writers the permission to make a mess, to have wandering, rambling thoughts, to throw out a wide net in hopes of catching “the big one” where thoughts are concerned. • I know we need to give young writers a little space, elbow room and one-on-one attention, to patiently assemble the best, clearest, cleanest version of that thought.

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Opened up my eyes, Taught me how to see, Notice every treeUnderstand the lightConcentrate on nowMove on Stop worrying if your vision Is new Let others make that decisionThey usually do You keep moving on Anything you do Let it come from you Then it will be new Give us more to see. Thank you for all you have done to make Dana Hall the place that it is. I am so proud to be a part of it, and I am honored to receive this chair. F

An Open Letter to Our Alma Mater

ear Dana Hall,

The Class of 2016 will never forget you. Since the first time I walked onto the Dana Hall campus as a new student in the fall of 2009, my life and many other lives in my class were changed forever. Dana Hall has given us a countless number of opportunities and made us into the women we are today. The Class of 2016 was the first senior class to enjoy the new Student Center and to have Step Sing without actual By Macy Sullivan ’16 steps, and we are the last senior class to have Ms. Class Historian Erisman as our fearless leader. Although many things at Dana are changing, the love we have for the School will always stay the same. The Class of 2016 is filled with talented actors, singers, athletes and leaders. Dana Hall has given us the chance to let our talents shine and it has given us a space to learn and grow. The Class of 2016 will be forever grateful for everything Dana Hall has done for us and everything it has given to us. This year was an extremely successful year for members of the Class of 2016. In athletics, the Varsity Fencing team won states. The Varsity Swimming team won EILs, and the Varsity Squash team came in second place at New Englands. 2016 was also a very big year for the arts. Mr. Coleman returned from his sabbatical and gave the Chamber Singers the amazing opportunity of performing with him at his TedX Talk and then ended the year with performances at the annual MakeA-Wish Gala and Fenway Park. The SURGE Dance Concert was one of the best concerts yet, and it blew the audience away. The year came to a brilliant end with Dana’s production of Footloose that left the crowds cheering. Whether it was on the sports fields, on the stage or in the classroom, Dana’s seniors soared this past year. Along with the athletic and arts victories the Class of 2016 celebrated this year, we also continued to uphold Dana’s sacred traditions with amusement and joy. The year started off with the senior class eagerly waiting to reveal their identities to their sophomores. We then reveled with the juniors, welcomed the class of 2020 into the Upper School by way of Cabaret, and had a stellar midwinter weekend. When I think of the time our class has spent at Dana, I think of neverending laughter, a contagious spirit and smiles all around. Each member of the Class of 2016 is unique and special and offers something new and different to our grade each and every day. Our class led the school in more ways than one, and we enjoyed every second of it. Although it is time for us to leave the nest, we know that Dana has prepared us well for what’s to come. Amongst the many gifts Dana has given us, the main gift we received during our time here was our amazing, supportive and unique family of sisters. The sisterhood formed in the Class of 2016 is a force to be reckoned with, and although we are all heading off to different places next year, Dana will always connect us. We are now ready to spread our wings and fly, and if we ever get lost, we can look to the moon and stars to guide us back to our sisters and to guide us back home. Sail on, sail far, 2016. I will always be sailing right behind. Amor Caritas, Macy F Summer 2016

Commencement

2016 Sierra Root, Allegra Florimbi, Tanirah Morgan

Haley Taft and Samantha Peck take time for a selfie.

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Danielle Goldaber, Grace McFarlane, Elspeth Coen, Samantha Peck, Elizabeth Fulham, Stephanie Simon, Nicole Barros, Sophia Cofelice

Head of School Caroline Erisman welcomes the graduates and their guests.

Molly Kellogg, Sophie Binder, Stephanie Yemane, Chloe Kaplan

Associate Dean of Students Kathy Hamel pins a crown of flowers in the hair of Caroline Heiland.

Shauna Kennedy receives her diploma.

Laurah Onkendi and Jocie Sullivan throw their pennies in the Pond.

“ We’ve learned to be open-minded, to be grateful, to have the courage to take risks and go outside of our comfortzones, to accept and even embrace our failures, to try our best, to listen to our hearts and stay true to ourselves, to refrain from comparing ourselves to others, to celebrate each other’s differences, and to support each other as fellow women and silver sisters.” – Gayatri (Maria) Schur ’16, in her Senior Address Gayatri (Maria) Schur was chosen by her classmates to give the Senior Address.

Sarah Galligan and Maryfrances Galligan ’75, P16

Lauren Nashawaty and Alex Naddaff

Denise Ho, Caroline Heiland, Sabrina Heffernan

“ Be your best self, put forth your best effort, and above all, be kind to yourself, to your family and friends, to strangers, and essentially, to all with whom you interact. It is easier and healthier to be a kind person, and your kindness will come back to you in many and oftentimes rewarding and unanticipated ways.” – Retiring Academic Dean Nancy Rich, in her Closing Remarks Academic Dean Nancy Rich gives the Closing Remarks.

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Faculty and graduates meet around the Pond.

Caterina Esposito, Julia Albert, Madison Altman

Head of School Caroline Erisman receives a diploma as an honorary member of the Class of 2016.

Jackie Balter receives her diploma.

Dana Hall Board Chair Hélène Kazanjian

Grace Rubin and Attabelle Wasniewski

Lee Ferguson Frechette ’81, P16, 22, Abby Frechette, Phoebe Frechette ’22, Peter Frechette P16, Jean Ferguson P81, 83, G16, 22, George Ferguson P81, 83, G16, 22

Allison Donahue and her classmates stand in appreciation for Head of School Caroline Erisman.

Courtney Skillman ’13, Katie Skillman, Hilary Skillman ’11

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“ Always, take a chance on you. Never look back and wonder, what if.” – Raquel Lachman ’98, Dana Hall’s 2016 Commencement speaker Laura Minardi, Julia Parson, Allison Donahue, Victoria (Tori) Alvarez, Hosna Seyed-Reihani, Abby Kaplan

Dana Hall Board Member Raquel Lachman ’98 gives the Commencement Address.

Olive Ju, Zirui Jiao, Avery Jeon, Anne Sinclair Imondo, Jessica Hunnewell, Raya Husami, Alexa Levin, Lily Li

Sarah Howard, Jenna Howard, Irene Hong

Nicole Barros and Caitlin Barros ’12

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Goodbye to Head of School

CAROLINE ERISMAN

In May 2016, the School community held a variety of tributes to honor the impact and legacy of Head of School Caroline Erisman and her eight years at Dana Hall School. BLUE AND WHITE NIGHT

Blue and White Night was an extraordinary event that celebrated the Dana Hall community and honored the contributions of Head of School Caroline Erisman. More than 600 parents, alumnae, alumnae parents, current and past faculty and staff, and current and past Trustees and Corporators filled the two floors of the Student Center for dinner, bidding on auction items and dancing. “The support from our community for Caroline and for this school is really something. This is quite breathtaking,” said Sandy Niles P17, 19, President of the Dana Hall Parents’ Association. Between the 100+ silent auction items, one live auction item, donations received during the evening and other sales, the event raised a total of $252,000. The proceeds from the evening will support a new makerspace room, classroom technology and the Caroline Erisman Endowed Fund for Leadership. That evening, the school community learned about two important honors for Caroline Erisman.

In a room transformed from Dana Hall’s daily eating space to a glamorous blue and white club, Chair of the Board of Trustees Hélène Kazanjian ’78 made an important announcement about the building that has become essential to the School’s community. “Caroline was the driving force behind this project. From envisioning what a new Student Center should be, to raising the needed $6.5 1. Blue and White Night Co-Chairs Wendy Murphy P17, P18 and Christa Hawkins P20 with Head of School Caroline Erisman (center) 2. Robin Morseman Geis ’61, P89 and Nancy Langford Hague ’61 3. Sam and Sandy Niles P17, 19 4. Liz Gernerd ’06, Stephanie Apstein ’06, Gary Fadden, Barbara Fadden, Annie Yonkers ’06, Molly Ristuccia ’06 5. Caroline Hack ’93 and Kate Saliba ’93

6. Jackie and Blair Hendrix P19, 21

JULY 2008

A SALUTE TO THE LEADERSHIP OF CAROLINE ERISMAN >>>

Caroline Erisman arrives on campus.

OCTOBER 2008 Caroline Erisman formally installed as Dana Hall’s 10th Head of School.

MAY 2009 SEPTEMBER 2008

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Dana Hall forms a Sustainability Committee.

Dana Hall completes the Ensuring the Legacy Campaign, raising more than $30 million for capital projects, endowment, current initiatives and the Annual Fund.

SEPTEMBER 2009

Dana Hall starts an official Facebook page, the first of many endeavors into the new and changing world of social media.

OCTOBER 2010

Dana Hall completes a two-year self study and earns NEASC re-accreditation.

SEPTEMBER 2010

Dana Hall host students from the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, beginning a successful international partnership between the two schools.

million for the project, to planning every last detail of this beautiful space and overseeing the work, Caroline led the way with her typical determination and attention,” said Kazanjian. “This building, and what it means to our community, is really the embodiment of Caroline’s legacy. I am pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees has voted to name this building The Erisman Student Center.” Former Dana Hall Trustee Jonathan Lavine P12, 14, gave an update on the Caroline Erisman Endowed Fund for Leadership, which honors Caroline’s vision to create programs at Dana Hall that inspire young women to find their voices, build their inner strength and develop the confidence and skills to lead and succeed. The endowed fund will provide income in perpetuity to support She Sails, the Girls Summer Leadership Program and the Girls Summer Entrepreneurship Program as well as any future programs that inspire leadership in Dana Hall students. “Caroline has set an high standard for this community, and for all the communities that look to this community for 1. The Dining Hall was transformed for Blue and White Night.

2. Madison Gleissner ’06, Devon Cole ’06, Tania DeBarros ’07, Mimi Stubbe ’06, Chidi Iruka ’06 3. Jonathan Lavine P12, 14 4. Gillian Dobbin ’11 and Ariel Gelb ’11 5. Joseph Cannistraro P20, Susan Cannistraro P20, Mark Burns P20, Christine Burns P20, Sandra Lopez Burke P20 6. Ronnie Chisholm P09, 13, 14 and Amy Bridges Madden ’87, P15, 17 7. P arents’ Association President Sandy Niles P17, 19 served as the evening’s MC and auctioneer.

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JANUARY 2011

The first Dana student enrolls in The School for Ethics and Global Leadership in Washington, D.C.

JUNE 2011

Students, parents and faculty begin participation in the 21st Century Athenas Study, a collaboration with the Laurel School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, that focuses on the links between stress and achievement.

In honor of Dana’s 130th year, the Distinguished Young Alumna Award is established.

OCTOBER 2011

The Board of Trustees approves a five-year Strategic Plan.

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MAY 2011

The first Amor Caritas Day is held, marking an annual community-wide day of service.

JUNE 2011

Dana Hall launches the Girls Summer Leadership Program.

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At the inaugural She Sails event, Dana Hall women learn from each other, share stories and encourage one another to be bold and dream big.

Goodbye to Head of School CAROLINE ERISMAN leadership, and indeed she has created a legacy of excellence,” said Lavine. “It is fitting that we have Caroline’s name on an endowed fund that will support these signature programs that Caroline initiated. Jeannie and I were proud to help seed this effort, to encourage other members of the community to match this amount and to establish the Caroline Erisman Endowed Fund for Leadership. I am pleased to announce that our community has met and exceeded all challenges that were set, with a total that now exceeds $649,000.” Since the evening of May 13, the Fund has grown to $782,425. 1. Head of School Caroline Erisman thanked the Dana community. 2. Janet and David Coyle P99, 05, 10

3. Asia and Jed Webber ’21 4. Buddy Bates, Connie Alden Bates ’55, Kathy Whelan P01 5. Members of the Class of 1981 6. Head of School Caroline Erisman P11 was surprised to learn that the Student Center will be named the Erisman Student Center. 7. Hélène Kazanjian ’78, Chair of the Dana Hall Board of Trustees 8. Whitney Blond P15, 15, 18, Janet Sullivan, Ariann Williams 08 2

9. Kelly Benkert P15, 17, 19, Amy Ohman P15, Richard Ohman P15

10. Ben Silberstein, Emily Silberstein ’11, Head of School Caroline Erisman P11, John Silberstein P11, Katie Silberstein

MAY 2012

The Chamber Singers win national a capella competition.

JUNE 2012

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The first Amor Caritas Award is presented. Established by Parents in the Class of 2012, the award honors an employee who has gone the extra mile, beyond regular duties, to contribute to and improve the Dana experience for students and co-workers.

The first Dana student attends classes at Tokyo Jogakkan High School, as part of a new international exchange program.

JULY 2013

SEPTEMBER 2013

Hélène Kazanjian ’78 becomes Chair of the Dana Hall Board of Trustees.

The School launches a 1:1 iPad program.

MAY 2013

The Board of Trustees approves an initiative to increase endowment by $10 million. By year’s end, the School meets and surpasses this goal, growing the endowment by $12 million.

AUGUST 2013

The redesigned www.danahall.org debuts.

STUDENTS SHOW APPRECIATION

On Wednesday, May 25, Dana Hall students had their opportunity to honor and thank Head of School Caroline Erisman. In a ceremony held inside the Shipley Center gym, representatives from each class gave Erisman a book and hand-written notes from every class member that completed the prompt, “I appreciate Ms. Erisman…. .” Each book had special significance, from the 6th graders who chose Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown ’21, to the sophomores who selected Jane Eyre, a novel with a strong heroine that they all read in Lit Comp II, to the juniors who gave Erisman How the Grinch Stole Christmas as a reminder of her 1. Students gathered in the Shipley Center gym to honor Head of School Caroline Erisman. 2. Sophie Peckler ’22, Rylie DeSabato ’22 and Anna Hamilton ’22, the 6th grade SAIL representatives, spoke on behalf of their classmates. 3. Class Co-Presidents Antonia Phillips-Beeching ’19 and Amaechinna Iwuh ’19 represented the Class of 2019. 4. Susanna Maheras ’16 and Head of School Caroline Erisman

DECEMBER 2013

A $3.5 million gift from Karen Wennberg Stives ’68 has immediate impact on School’s riding program and barn, which is renamed The Karen Stives ’68 Equestrian Center.

MAY 2014

Students and faculty plant the Dana Garden; its produce is later served in the School’s Dining Hall.

5. Gloria Revanche ’17 prepared hygiene bags for Cradles to Crayons.

JUNE 2014

The Girls Summer Entrepreneurship Program is launched.

AUGUST 2014

SEPTEMBER 2014

The first Sansueña students attend Dana Hall, part of a new exchange program with the Sansueña School in Zaragoza, Spain.

Two 21st Century Classrooms are added to the Middle School and Helen Temple Cooke Library.

NOVEMBER 2014

The first of a series of Girls Athletic Clinics is held in the Shipley Center.

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SEPTEMBER 2014

The Global Scholar’s Certificate Program is added to the curriculum.

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Goodbye to Head of School CAROLINE ERISMAN role as Cindy Lou Who in their Revels play. (At a later ceremony the seniors also gave Erisman a 2016 Dana Hall class ring and a senior class T-shirt.) Following the presentations, students celebrated with ice cream and a community service project for Cradles to Crayons; they assembled 100 hygiene packs for the organization that provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive. Erisman was a champion for Cradles to Crayons, and the School’s partnership with the organization, throughout her tenure as Head of School. 1

Susanna Maheras ’16, one of Erisman’s advisees, offered these words of thanks on behalf of the students. “Thank you for sharing with us your love of reading, for reminding us that there are great lessons to be learned in even the humblest of children’s books. Thank you for your buoyant cheeriness during morning meetings and for your incredible support as you cheered us on during our sports games, our musicals, our dance recitals and our concerts. Thank you for helping to create the vibrant, supportive and passionate community that is Dana Hall. You will be greatly missed, but there will always be a part of you here. We will of course think of you every time we look at the magnificent Student Center and every time we pass by the young, eager, glowing face of a fifth grader. “But most of all, we will think of you every time we see a girl stepping out of her comfort zone for the first time, as she boldly speaks up in class or on the stage, as she applies for that tough AP course, or as she auditions for the play, because you have so well exemplified and instilled in Dana Hall the importance of being bold and taking risks. Such an environment is what helps so many of us to emerge from Dana as confident leaders, and Dana Hall girls for years to come will have you to thank for this.”

1. The Class of 2018 gave Erisman a copy of Jane Eyre. 2. The Class of 2017 gave Head of School Caroline Erisman a copy of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. 3. Class Co-Presidents Grace Gustafsson ’17 and Alexandra Wolf ’17 represented the Class of 2017. 4. Sydney Soloway ’18 and Emily Muraida ‘17 prepared hygiene bags for Cradles to Crayons.

MARCH 2015

Construction begins on the renovation of the Dining Center and Common Ground, which will lead to a new Student Center.

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The new Student Center opens, the result of $6.5 million fundraising effort.

Dana Hall announces the addition of a fifth grade in the 2016-17 school year.

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NOVEMBER 2015

Dana Hall launches a new symposium series. The Forum: A Conversation on Girls and Stress draws more than 300 people.

A time capsule is buried in the Student Center.

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MAY 2016

Dana Hall celebrates the legacy and leadership of Caroline Erisman.

Solar panels are installed on the Shipley Center.

SAYING GOODBYE IS EASIER WHEN MEMORIES ARE SAVED IN THE ARCHIVES!

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Nancy Rich (center) with Rob Mather and Anne Sinclair, 2003-04.

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Kevin Groppe on the Bardwell stage before a performance of Urinetown, 2015

Nancy Rich (center) with Sofia Vegas Goetz ’15 and Baobao (Annie) Song ’14, 2014

At the end of the 2015-16 school year, Dana Hall said goodbye to two veteran faculty members: Performing Arts Department Head Kevin Groppe P06 and Academic Dean Nancy Rich. Both leave a powerful legacy that has influenced and impacted thousands of Dana Hall students. From countless performances on the Bardwell stage, to innovative curriculum improvements, the record of Kevin and Nancy’s work will be preserved and celebrated in the Nina Heald Webber ’49 Archives. The Archives welcome all materials –– documents, publications, recordings, photographs, scrapbooks, letters and clothing –– related to or created by Dana Hall alumnae, students and faculty. Dana Hall also is saying a qualified goodbye, with great thanks and appreciation, to Archivist Pam Kaplan P2000, who is scaling back her hours in the Archives. Going forward, please contact Archivist Dorothy DeSimone P06, P10 at (781) 489-1382 or dorothy.desimone@danahall.org. In particular, Dorothy is looking for Dana Hall yearbooks from 1952, 1953, 1961 and 1992.

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Six Things to Know about Former Faculty Member

Matthew Stackpole 1. He started his teaching career as a substitute Math/Science teacher at Boston Technical High School. After majoring in Political Science and History at the University of Connecticut, Stackpole moved to Boston and took a substitute job at Boston Technical High School, a city-wide exam school, which led to a long-term position teaching Physics. “They were either brilliant at identifying talent, or desperate,” Stackpole joked, noting his lack of experience or science background. When a friend mentioned that Dana Hall had a History teacher opening, he applied for the opportunity. 2. He once lived inside Beveridge Hall. Stackpole was a member of the Dana Hall faculty from 1969-1981; he taught U.S. History, Introduction to Political Science, AP European History and a 7th grade Social Studies course. In 1971, he married Martha and they lived above Beveridge Hall, in the space that is now occupied by Dana Hall’s Advancement Office.

3. Dana Hall Principal Edie Phelps was the best person he has ever worked for. “Edie inspired faculty and students,” said Stackpole. “She was so student-focused, and she knew everyone’s name. She was a remarkable woman.” Stackpole also is grateful to his Dana colleagues Jean McCarthy, John Schuler, Bob Randolph and Susan Ford, who took him under their wings as he transitioned from working with 2,000 boys in Roxbury to 400 girls in Wellesley. “The privilege of teaching is getting to be a part of young people’s lives at a time when so much is happening,” he reflected. “I think I learned more than I taught; my time at Dana included some of the most stimulating intellectual experiences of my life.” When Stackpole was at Dana Hall, the School considered becoming coed, and Stackpole spent a semester living in a dorm with boys from St. Paul’s School during an experimental exchange program. “I remember we explored the option seriously, but made the decision to remain a girls’ school,” said Stackpole. “It turned out to be a prescient decision, and it really bucked the trend at the time.” 4. The lure of Martha’s Vineyard ultimately pulled him away from Dana Hall. While teaching at Dana, the Stackpoles bought a 50-foot schooner, the MYA, which they lived on in Vineyard Haven harbor in the summers and chartered between Mystic, Connecticut and the island of Nantucket. In 1981, the appeal of great friends and island life brought him to Martha’s Vineyard on a permanent basis; the Stackpoles’ first child Kate was born there. Stackpole worked in Public Relations and Development at the local hospital and eventually became president of the hospital’s Foundation. As a “year-rounder,” he had a variety of jobs in fundraising and non-profit organizations, from executive vice president of a private foundation to executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. 5. He figured out a way to combine his love of the sea and history through his work on the Morgan Restoration Project. Stackpole’s father was a maritime historian and the curator of the Mystic Seaport Museum, where Stackpole grew up, living on the grounds. In 2008, he began to commute to Mystic during the week to work on the restoration of the Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaling ship in the world and the oldest commercial vessel. (The ship was built and launched in 1841.) Stackpole worked as the ship’ historian and a fundraiser for the project, which evolved from a restoration into an actual voyage. The Morgan’s 38th Voyage launched in 2014, with stops all along the New England coastline. “We used the ship to tell a new story about protecting and preserving whales,” said Stackpole, noting that 70,000 people visited the ship and countless more watched the PBS documentary about the project. “The ship is a portal into history and tells both a human story and an economic one about the thirst for energy,” added Stackpole. “It was a privilege to be part of this historic project.” 6. He has dropped anchor again on Martha’s Vineyard, but he is not slowing down. After six and half years of commuting back and forth to Mystic, Stackpole returned to his island community. He is consulting on a historic restoration of a Gloucester fishing schooner and on transitioning a former Carnegie library in Edgartown into a Cultural Heritage Center. He also serves as a Trustee on the Board of the U.S.S. Constitution Museum and the Chair of the Board of Directors of Island Health Care. “I am infamous for not having a strategic plan,” said Stackpole, laughing. “But it seems to have worked out for me.” F

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4. Fay Armstrong ’66 and Carey Bloomfield ’66 share their winnings with Harriet Groppe ’06. The Class of 1966 won the Class Participation Award for the highest participation percentage in the Dana Fund; the Class of 2006 came in second. 5. Heather Perry Ferillo ’91 and Marianne Mahaffey ’91 6. The Class of 1976 7. Patricia Wertheimer Steindler and G.A. Scattergood 8. Julia Sawabini ’73, Susan Foster Wilson ’73, Judy Luke ’73

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4. The Class of 2006 5. The Class of 1981 6. Phyllis Jansen ’61, Susan Steele Isbell ’61, Karen Slawsby Stone ’61 7. The Class of 1966 won the Class Agents Bowl, raising the most money for their Reunion Class Gift.

8. Erika Cunliffe ’81, SusanMary Broadbent Redinger ’81, Carolyn Sherwin ’81 9. Head of School Caroline Erisman gave her last State of the School address.

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5. Dakota Donovan ’11, Nicole Atamian ’11, Shannon Kinch ’11, Katie Jones ’11 6. The Class of 1991 7. Mary Ann McQuillian, Suzette Jones P95, G.A. Scattergood, Michael Frassinelli

8. The Class of 1986 9. The Class of 1961 shared their class song. 10. P hyllis Jansen ’61, Allison Brewster White ’61, Robin Morseman Geis ’61, P89, Anne Nutter Thompson ‘61 11. Sue Gibbs ‘61 and Dorinda Evans ’61 12. A lumnae attended the awards ceremony and State of the School address on Saturday morning.

13. M eg Brown Payson ’72, G.A. Scattergood, Holly Ewald ’72, Deanna Douglas 14. The Class of 1961 15. T he Class of 2011 won the Highest Attendance at Reunion award. 16. The Class of 1966

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2016 Dana Hall Distinguished Alumna:

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f you grew up in the Boston area, or raised children in Boston in the last 35 years, it is likely you can thank this year’s Dana Hall Distinguished Alumna for an introduction to the magical world of live theater. In 1981 Susan Kosoff ’61 and three colleagues founded the Wheelock Family Theatre (WFT), known nationally for its pioneering work in nontraditional casting and its commitment to making professional theater experiences accessible to all segments of the population. The WFT highlights a career and life that upholds a deep commitment to the arts, education and social justice. During her sophomore year at Dana Hall, Kosoff joined classmates in Boston to see a pre-Broadway performance of The Miracle Worker, starring Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft. Though she enjoyed these kinds of field trips and concerts in Bardwell, she did not think of herself as a “theater person.” She did have a deep appreciation for the arts, and when she arrived at Wheelock College her interest in writing soon became an interest in playwriting, specifically. A mentor encouraged her to immerse herself in theater, and Kosoff became a summer apprentice at the Cape Cod Theatre Company – Home of the Harwich Junior Theatre, eventually working as an assistant to the producer. “I wanted to write for the theater, but when you are doing theater you don’t have time to write,” said Kosoff. At Wheelock, she also prepared for a teaching career, earning a degree in early childhood education. “I think of myself as a teacher as much as I do a theater person,” she noted. “My work always focuses on creating communities, across generations, race, ethnicity, gender and sexual identity.” The Boston busing crisis of mid-1970s, when the city erupted in protests and discord in response to the plan to integrate Boston’s public schools, was a pivotal influencer in Kosoff’s career. “The city was torn up, and I saw that theater had the potential to break down the barriers that separate and isolate us from one another,” recalled Kosoff, who had been active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. When she launched the Wheelock Family Theatre, Kosoff and the other founders were committed to keeping ticket prices low and sharing productions with non-traditional and colorblind casting. “One of

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Susan Kosoff ’61 shared remarks during Reunion 2016.

the big barriers to experiencing theater is cost, so our commitment to accessibility drove our ticket prices,” said Kosoff. “We also cast people of color in roles that had been historically white, or women in roles that were traditionally performed by men.” She added that from the inception professional and amateurs worked side by side, providing valuable training for the amateurs and opportunities to the professionals to act as mentors. During her tenure with the WFT, Kosoff produced 94 main stage productions, directed 40 shows and wrote 16 plays. “We knew who we were and what we were about, and our focus never wavered from making theater accessible,” said Kosoff. To that end, WFT’s productions were shared via open caption American Sign Language from the beginning, and eventually the company became the first theater in New England to add audio description for visually impaired patrons. “We became known for trying to accommodate all challenges,” she said. This year marks Kosoff’s 10th summer on the Singapore campus of Wheelock College. She teaches two courses,

one focused on movement, the other on learning and teaching through the arts. “I’ve become quite taken with Southeast Asia, and it is great to go back and be part of that community,” she said. Though Kosoff is theoretically retired, that designation seems dubious at best. She is still coteaching at Wheelock College and remains very active with the Cape Cod Theater Company, the same place where she got her start as an apprentice. She serves on their Board and is currently preparing to direct that company’s production of On Golden Pond, which will be performed this fall. Despite these current endeavors, Kosoff does have some new-found free time, so she has been able enjoy the opera and museums more, in addition to travel, with trips to South Africa, a road trip around the United States, and of course New York, where she has recently seen the Broadway productions of Fun Home, Beautiful and Hamilton (“one of the best I’ve ever seen”). “I’m still busy, but the difference is now I’m doing things in my own time frame, and I don’t have to do anything I don’t want to do,” explained Kosoff. “It’s been delightful.” F

Carey Blackwell Bloomfield ’66, Sarah Beinecke Richardson ’66 and Fay Armstrong ’66

Distinguished Service Award:

Fay Armstrong ’66, Carey Blackwell Bloomfield ’66, Sarah Beinecke Richardson ’66 In honor of Dana Hall’s 125th anniversary in 2006, the Distinguished Service Award was established to honor an individual, couple, or group who has consistently demonstrated extraordinary commitment, dedication and service to the advancement of Dana Hall School. The 2016 recipients are Fay Armstrong ’66, Carey Blackwell Bloomfield ’66 and Sarah Beinecke Richardson ’66, who each have held a variety of volunteer leadership positions with Dana Hall and this year collaborated to guide the successful fundraising efforts for the Class of 1966’s 50th Reunion Gift. The seeds of this successful team effort may have been planted during the women’s junior year at Dana, when Armstrong and Richardson were roommates. Fast forward to the late 1980s, when Richardson, a Dana Hall Trustee, encouraged her old friend to get more involved with their alma mater. Armstrong eventually served as a Dana Hall Corporator and a member of the “Tradition Builds” Campaign Executive Committee. “I was thankful for the opportunity, because I felt and continue to feel a strong debt to Dana, for what it did for me and for what it did for many,” said Armstrong.

Alumnae Association Board President Kristin O’Donnell Bedard ’97 presented Susan Kosoff ’61 with her award.

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Distinguished Service Award continued Trustee and a Corporator. At one point, Bloomfield and Richardson served as the co-chairs of the Board of Trustees. “It was an interesting time for the School, and I was so grateful to have Carey’s co-leadership,” said Richardson. “I became involved with Dana because my family had a history of supporting our alma maters, so there was that culture in my family, in terms of philanthropy and volunteerism. I came to understand, both from my dad and my tenure at Dana, that tuition does not fully pay for any student, and that the Annual Fund was needed to cover the costs of running an organization.” Bloomfield also was influenced by a family culture of getting involved and staying involved. Her father was a secondary school teacher, and eventually became Headmaster at The Rivers School. “I grew up assuming one supports one’s school,” said Bloomfield. “I owe a enormous debt to Dana for my education. In many ways, Dana meant more to me than college. I owe my writing skills to Dana, and especially to Mrs. Pinck and Miss Post, and I have so many great Dana friendships. It was and is important to me to pay it back, and pay it forward.” She also joins Armstrong and Richardson in crediting classmate Lael Montgomery ’66, who played a significant role in getting them involved in fundraising and their class’ success. In recent years, the three women’s commitment to Dana has been more focused on leading their class fundraising efforts and Reunion planning. This

year, the Class of 1966 raised $87,729 for their 50th Reunion Class Gift, setting a Dana Hall record for a 50th Reunion gift; 32 members of the class returned to campus for the events in May. “We were at Dana at a time in our lives and in our country when so much was changing,” said Richardson. “My desire to stay in touch and stay connected with my classmates goes back to that time when everything was changing, but we knew we were prepared to go into the future.” “Now we get to see entirely different aspects of our classmates,” added Armstrong. “We have all done well in different ways.” Bloomfield noted that it is gratifying to see the School doing so well now, a sentiment echoed by her two classmates. All three indicated that their support for the School will continue to remain strong and unending. “It seems like full circle for me, from what I was given – these tools for life – to what I can give back – dollars and personal engagement with my classmates,” said Richardson. F

“ Now we get to see entirely different aspects of our classmates; we have all done well in different ways.” – Fay Armstrong ’66

Distinguished Young Alumna Award: Monaia Jackson Haynes ’05, Jennifer Matthews ’05, Debbie Saint-Clair ’04

Debbie Saint-Clair ’04, Alumnae Association Board President Kristin O’Donnell Bedard ’97 and Jennifer Matthews ’05. Not pictured: Monaia Jackson Haynes ’05

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At Reunion 2016 the Distinguished Young Alumnae Award was presented to Jennifer Matthews ’05, Debbie Saint-Clair ’04 and Monaia Jackson Haynes ’05, who are the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, respectively, of 100 Ways of Giving, a nonprofit they founded to encourage philanthropy and civic engagement amongst millenials. The Bulletin caught up with them via a series of emails to learn more about this endeavor.

Distinguished Young Alumnae Award continued 100 Ways of Giving is not your full time job. What else are you doing professionally? MH: I am an Internal Audit SOX Manager at WageWorks. DS-C: I work at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts as a Project Analyst in the Product Implementation department. JM: As 100 Ways of Giving is still in its infancy, I am currently a Marketing Consultant at Voya Financial. I’m hoping to be full-time with 100 Ways of Giving in 2017. How did the School prepare you for life after Dana? JM: Dana Hall ignited a flame in me and helped shape who I’ve become. At Dana, I learned how to critically examine world events and form my own opinions, how to lead, how to work hard and burn the midnight oil, and how to fiercely pursue my dreams. When I started college at Wesleyan University, I was well prepared academically and mentally. MH: I went to Bentley University and studied Corporate Finance & Accounting. Dana Hall gave me the academic skills and confidence to complete my degree program with honors. The analytical and organizational skills I learned at Dana Hall continue to be an asset. DS-C: I studied business management after Dana but I ended up working in Human Services for about six years at a behavioral management school. I had a different experience than many of my former classmates; I was torn between going to school for music (at that time I was ready to be a singing star) and going to school to make my family proud. I ended up choosing the latter, but felt that when I attended college I was over-prepared in a sense, feeling unchallenged at times. I think that at the end of the day, I persevered through those feelings of uncertainty because Dana instilled in us that we could do anything! Have the three of you stayed in touch since your time at Dana, or did you reconnect specifically to work on this project? DS-C: Jen and I grew closer during my junior year (her sophomore year). Being one of about 30 black girls going to Dana at that time, and both being from Boston, we naturally formed a deep sisterhood. She is and has been one of my best friends, so it seemed

natural for us to collaborate on 100 Ways of Giving. Monaia and I were also friends at Dana but, as many girls do, we lost touch once we graduated. We reconnected through this collaborative effort. JM: Monaia and Debbie are both very much a part of my Dana Hall experience and my current life, so it felt very organic to start a business with my silver sisters. We also share a passion to change the world (perhaps, another Dana Hall instilled trait!). What is your role within 100 Ways of Giving? JM: I’m responsible for navigating our “ship,” finding leads for partnership and market development and crafting our brand’s image. However, as a cofounder of a startup organization, you have to be willing to get your hands dirty! So, I also perform nitty-gritty tasks that no one loves, like coffee runs (well, I’ve actually grown to love these), phone calls, calendar management, etc. MH: I manage our bank transactions, accounting and budget management. DS-C: I ensure that all of our business operations are running smoothly, review and approve all of the organizations’ communications materials, and prospect, build and maintain partnerships with local and national government agencies. Why is an organization like 100 Ways of Giving important? DS-C: As black young women who have been fortunate to have opportunities that many people who look like us don’t, we want to see more young people of color giving back to the very communities they live in. We want to change the current perception of what philanthropy and civic engagement look like. JM: We promote paying it forward to a generation that is force-fed narcissism through pop culture. We aim to make volunteerism fun, so that it becomes a way of life, and not an obligation. What are your plans/goals for the future of 100 Ways of Giving? JM: Our immediate goal is to spark a movement of giving amongst our peers, using the most valuable currency on the planet: time. We are focused on helping as many individuals in need as we can through developmental gifts and socially-engaging volunteer Summer 2016

Distinguished Young Alumnae Award continued opportunities and events. To accomplish this goal, we’re crafting two programs that creatively offer assistance to distressed communities: Gift 100 and Help 100. (See side bar.) Does Dana Hall play a role in how you run 100 Ways of Giving? JM: At Dana Hall, I blossomed into a two-time class president and team captain. Those experiences granted me many valuable life lessons on leadership and camaraderie that I still carry with me and apply at 100 Ways of Giving. Debbie, Monaia and I often discuss how grateful we are to have had the privilege of attending a school with rich traditions and such an empowering spirit. There are several tough decisions that I had to make at Dana, in classrooms and in daily life, that have prepared me for the business decisions I have to make in my adult life. However, when we’re making major decisions together, one Dana Hall lesson that is shared amongst us all is the art of respectfully debating! MH: We often reminisce on our time at Dana Hall. It’s interesting because our personalities have not changed much, although we have gained experience. If you were speaking to current Dana students about philanthropy and service, what would you want them to know? MH: I would want them to know that there aren’t any rules when it comes to philanthropy and service. There are many ways to help others and to support their chosen cause. I would advise current students not to delay in their philanthropic pursuits and to select a cause they are passionate about. DS-C: Philanthropy is by far the most rewarding field to work in and is severely underappreciated. By paying it forward you help to make the world a better place even when the world’s current events seem to discourage us from believing so. No dream is too small. There will be difficult days, but there will be rewarding days to match. Most importantly, don’t measure your success by your experience. If you are weak in a specific area, don’t be afraid to call on mentors, friends, colleagues to ask for advice or to see if they believe in your mission enough to help support it. There is always a way, and although it’s cliché, the sky is the limit! F

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MORE ABOUT 100 WAYS OF GIVING 100 Ways of Giving’s programs and services provide various opportunities for current millennials and future young adults of color to give back and/ or volunteer within their community. Haynes, Matthews and Saint-Clair believe that changing the face of philanthropy will instill a sense of purpose and civic responsibility within the young individuals living in these communities, thus perpetuating a culture of giving amongst a group of people who are otherwise unfamiliar with the concept. The organizations’ goals include: • Targeting a growing demographic of young people who will then pass on their experiences to generations to come. • Providing data on philanthropy amongst young adults of color, where measurable data is otherwise minimal or nonexistent. • Changing the “savior” mentality of giving by redefining the look of the giver/recipient. • Being one of few organizations that promote philanthropy by young adults of color to underserved communities where people of color predominantly reside. • Gift 100: an annual gifting program where at least 100 strangers in need will be selected to receive a bucket/wish list gift from the organization. The gift will be one that creates/promotes cultural awareness, educational/business development, personal enrichment, or healthy living. The gift recipient will also be required to provide at least one hour of service to a cause that is dear to them or perform one kind act to pass on the culture of giving back and/or offering a helping hand. • Help 100: a service program that incorporates various service projects, initiatives and campaigns throughout the year. The service projects will include (but not be limited to) fun, civically engaging events/activities for millennials and young adults, service outings and partnerships with other organizations, service campaigns that address any current social issues, and fundraising events that raise money for our Gift 100 program and overall organization operation.

To learn more about 100 Ways of Giving, visit www.100waysofgiving.org, or follow the organization on Twitter and Instagram: @100WaysOfGiving.

Travel to Greece Dana Hall Alumnae Association An all-inclusive boutique tour of Greece has been created exclusively for Dana Hall alumnae and their family and friends and will be conducted by Kathryn Heuston Clark ’73, P02, a classicist from UC Berkeley and a veteran Greek guide. Limited to 14 participants, this tour is an adventure for the intellectually curious who desire five-star accomodations and farm to table cuisine. Looking Glass Tour’s unconvential approach to inside Greece calls upon notable historians and Greek residents, Maria and Kalliope Yatrakis, graduates of Vassar and NYU. The Yatrakis’ expert local knowledge assures the tour of unmatched, authentic Greek restuarants, escorted Athenian shopping and distinctive, chaperoned walks in elegant Neo-Classical Syros. Partnering with Seez Travel, the trip is scheduled for May 9–18, 2017: Athens to Syros. Optional excursions to the mainland and/or the islands may be made directly through Seez Travel (www.seeztravel.com). The price for May 9–18, 2017 Athens and Syros is €5,500 per person, double occupancy. Price includes transport in Greece, hotels, meals, entrance fees, private day sail on a traditional Greek sailing boat, private sunset cocktail party overlooking Cape Sounion at the Temple to Poseidon and all activities. 9 nights, 9 dinners, 8 lunches, 9 breakfasts, 10 tours, 4 briefings. Escorted at all times. A 35% non-refundable deposit is due September 15, 2016. Final payment is due December 1, 2016. ATHENS: Explore the birthplace of western civilization. Alumnae will have private morning briefings on the Acropolis, the Agora and Acropolis Museum while staying at The Grande Bretagne Hotel. Escorted, personal tours of the archeological sights in the morning, lunches at inviting tavernas, dining at Athens most delectable restaurants, evenings spent in a private coach touring Athens and a secluded, sunset cocktail party at the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion. Escorted shopping in the historical district of the Plaka and upscale Kolonaki district will round out the days. SYROS: Explore the Neo-Classical cultural island of Syros, staying in the 19th century Palazzo Ploes hotel in an elegant section of Ermoupoli. Guided walks through the cultural city, private coach rides through the villages, tempt your taste buds while creating Greek Mezes, investigate the oldest boat yard in Greece specializing in making traditional Greek sailing vessels and cap off your visit by embarking on a 60-foot traditional sailing boat for a private sail to Delos and Mykonos with a champagne lunch.

For more information, visit www.danahall.org/alum/greece17 or contact: Kathryn H. Clark ’73, P02 Looking Glass Tours 30-6937310123 lookingglass.syros@gmail.com

Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 Director of Alumnae Relations (781) 489-1369 corinne.daniels@danahall.org

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EVENTS

RECEPTIONS

Dear Dana Hall Alumnae and Friends, Alumnae events this past year have been tinged with a little sadness as we said goodbye to departing Head of School Caroline Erisman and reflected on all she has done for Dana while at the helm. I know many of you have felt the positive impact of her tenure and join me in wishing her all the best for the future. Looking ahead, we are excited to be planning our first ever Alumnae Reunion in Asia. It will take place in Hong Kong in early November. All alumnae are invited to attend. If you haven’t received an invitation by mid-September, please reach out to me directly so I can send you the details. Be sure to mark your calendar with the dates of Save the Date: Alumnae Events fall and early winter events, and let me know if you would like to help with any of them. If you • Sept. 17: Amor Caritas Day would like to host or plan an event in your town • Sept. 22: New York City networking event or city, contact me to see how we can make that work.

• Oct. 5–7: Class of 1956 60th Reunion on campus

Please see details on page 39 of our latest alumnae travel opportunity. Alumna Kathryn Heuston Clark ’73, P02 will lead a trip to Athens and Syros in May 2017. This is a unique opportunity and sure to fill up fast, as there are a limited number of spaces. If you have a location that you would like to visit, please let me know and I will see if I can set up an alumnae trip there in the future.

• Oct. 28: Installation of Katherine Bradley, Dana Hall’s 11th Head of School

I hope to see you at an upcoming Dana event!

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

Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77, P11, 13 Director of Alumnae Relations

• Nov. 4–6: Alumnae Reunion in Hong Kong • Early Dec.: Boston and NYC holiday parties • Jan. 6: Young alumnae event in Boston • Jan. 7: Model UN Reunion on campus • Early Feb.: Florida events

NEW YORK CITY

MIAMI

Sherry Shen ’13, Stephanie Apstein ’06, Natalia Knochowski ’06, Skylar Cruz ’02, Assistant Director of Alumnae Relations Harriet Groppe ’06, Elizabeth Noonan ’08, Jessica Freeman ’08, Madeleine MacNeil ’06

Front row: Lesli Rothwell ’76, Maria Useche ’82 Alejandra Sosa ’97, Carolina Rodriguez ’92, Suyapa Cordoba Schmid ’81, Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77. Back row: Meche Phelan ’98, Miriam Esteve ’81, Kim Exantus ’01, Annette Weber-Calderon ’81

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NAPLES

PALM BEACH GARDENS

Front row: Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77, Mary Wilson ’61, Debbie Godowin Klotz ’61, Marita Ott-Brayman ’61. Back row: Samantha Carr-Locke ’92, Mary Connor Pierce ’51, Margaret Wood ’74, Judy O’Connell Perkins ’57, P89, Jennie Ott Tracey ’56, Jane Elfers Muther ’72, Karen Stone ’61, Carolyn Peters Schoonmaker ’58, Fraser Demetree Benzal ’81, Nina Heald Webber ’49, P73, Head of School Caroline Erisman, Pamela Farrington Clayson ‘54, P77, G18

Front row: Melissa Ross Halsey ’95, Lynn Surprenant ’76. Back row: Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77, Lucy Sholley ’73, P04, Ann Woodcock Hurd ’58, Head of School Caroline Erisman, Leslie Rothwell ’76, Ty Wyatt Forbush ’58, Director of Advancement Julie Gray

VERO BEACH

BOSTON (YOUNG ALUMNAE EVENT)

Anne Downey Wallace ’74, Peggy Scott Griswold ’70, Gale Sanson Gillespie ’66, Head of School Caroline Erisman, Sue Milnes ’77, Penny Pearse Houghton Buzby ’60, Julie Henry McPartlin ’65

Courtney Tipping ’02, Kimberly Maloomian ’01, Haley Rose ’02, Emily Cohen ’02, Katy Moss ’03, Nicole Youngwirth ’03, Meredith Caruso ’02

Penny Cook Rubincam ’55, Nancy Tuttle Ivers ’53, Dawn McClure Morton ’67, Director of Advancement Julie Gray, Margaret McCraken Straw ’46, Abigail Kimball Winans ’46, P77

Front row: Lindsay Davis ’11, Caroline Sullivan ’11, Brooke Lanigan ’11, Shannon Kinch ’11. Back row: Lindsay Mullaney ’11, Mckenna Kelly ’11, Emily Schneider ’11, Catherine Minahan ’11, Nicole Welborn ’11, Sienna Durbin ’11, Adriana Alissi ’11

LONDON

SEOUL

Lunch: Aimee Laman Sutton ’87, Elsiedale Armstrong ’67, Pat Bozyan Jeffreys ’53, Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77, Lucia Palau ’87, Yu-Yu Lin ’06, Zara Bielkus ’95, Paloma Poza Cid ’96, Blanca Mendez ’88

Sarah Jung ’10, Jihye Roh ’05, Hyewon Shin ’09, Esther Hur ’09, Soojin Kim ’05

Evening: Zara Bielkus ’95, Yu-Yu Lin ’06, Natalie Weeks ’04, Arwa Yamani ’99, Asia Robinson ’01

Sara Remsen ’08, Sam Ngo ’08, Lea Tzigizis ’08, Maria Stracqualursi ’08

Alice Seo ’06, Caitlin Yoon ’11, Heather Kim ’10, Boram Lee ’11, Laura Sung Ah Kim ’11 Front row: Alice Seo ’06, Caitlin Yoon ’11, Boram Lee ’11, Laura Sung Ah Kim ’11, Alissa Yoon ’12. Back row: Esther Hur ’09, Soojin Kim ’05, Jihye Roh ’05, Heather Kim ’10, Hyewon Shin ’09, Sarah Jung ’10

Making Dana a Possibility In 8th grade, I moved to a large suburban Philadelphia public school, which put all students in “tracks” according to their testing ability. I was in the top track because of subjects I was strong in, but I was doing badly in subjects in which I was less strong. As a result, the school said I would be in the bottom track when I went to high school the following year. My parents were both educators—my mother was a 6th grade teacher, and my father was a college professor and administrator—so they indicated the school district’s policy was unacceptable and that I would be privately educated. My godparents lived in the Boston area and were quite familiar with Dana Hall. We came to Massachusetts and looked at several schools, but once we saw Dana, the decision was easy. I was at Dana from 1968–72 when the School did a temporary experiment with coeducation. A term’s exchange between Dana Hall and St. Paul’s was made in 1970, after which St. Paul’s announced it would go co-ed, and Dana announced it would stay all girls. I think there is still a place for single-sex education for girls, especially at this age. It’s the time when you’re extremely aware of the opposite sex. At a school like Dana, girls don’t hang back in class as they sometimes do when boys are around. It takes some of the pressure off of academic development. I have contributed to the Dana Fund frequently, but there is a finite amount I can give each year. If my husband and I had children, I’m sure we would have sent daughters to Dana, but we did not. In this way, I can help make Dana a possibility for other girls in the future. I hope my gift allows girls to attend who might not otherwise be able to do so, and to help ensure that the School is there for them. If others wish to designate their legacies, I certainly encourage them to do so. Scholarships are important, but so is faculty support and the far less glamorous expense of infrastructure and maintenance. I trust the School to know how to use my bequest, and to help make sure Dana is on firm footing well into the future after we are gone. —Linda Smith Janoff ’72

You can join Linda 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, please contact Anne Richter, Director of Leadership and Planned Gifts, at anne.richter@danahall.org or (781) 489-1368. 42

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Class Notes Correspondents are needed for the following classes: 1941, 1950, 1963 and 1991. If you are interested in being a correspondent for your class, please contact Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77, P11, 13 at corinne.daniels@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 note Dana Hall reserves the right to edit language. Due to the long lead time for the Bulletin, we refrain from publishing news about pregnancies. Please share your news with your Class Correspondent by October 15, 2016, for inclusion in the next issue of the Bulletin. If your class does not have a correspondent, please email your notes to corinne.daniels@danahall.org or mail them to 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, 2016. 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. We enjoy your photos, but some sent to the Bulletin do not appear in this issue because of their size or low resolution.

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

Class of 1940 Marian Selden Gagliardi 48 Greenleaf Dr. Delmar, NY 12054

Class of 1941 Correspondent needed

Class of 1942 Priscilla Wilson Bernd 5A Spring Brook Ct. Mendon, MA 01756-1334 (508) 647-0720

Class of 1943 Jacqueline (Jackie) Hope O’Leary G08 10 Longwood Dr. Westwood, MA 02090 (781) 329-8426 jaol950@gmail.com Though Nancy Erickson Murphy suffers from psoriatic arthritis, an autoimmune disease, she continues to be very active. All spring and summer, she and Cal entertained their friends and neighbors for brunch on their large patio overlooking the golf course in Sequim, Wash. In the spring, Elizabeth (Betsy) Wortley Lewis enjoyed a weekend on Cape Cod visiting her niece Emily Moeller Stearns ’07 who is studying equine science and riding with a dressage unit at the University of New Hampshire. Betsy has been blessed

with a great-granddaughter named Betsy in Milton, Mass. Perhaps we have a new candidate for the Dana Hall Class of 2032?

I recently found this wonderful photo of the Class of 1943 at our 50th Reunion in 1993. What a nice memory!

Marie Williams Petersen and I (Jackie Hope O’Leary) always keep in touch. Her daughter, Sherry Martin, is very attentive and reads to her at Daybreak Villa in Escondido, Calif. My recent literary suggestions were Emma McLaughlin’s How to Be a Grown Up and Helen Simonson’s The Summer Before the War. Hope they enjoy them. Mariette Fletcher Potvin’s news from Michigan is that her family house is still for sale. All realtors say that it only takes one buyer! Fletch’s regular cardiac rehabilitation visits have done well by her. We wish her good luck! Christine (Kiki) Benedict Garo unfortunately had an automobile accident in November in Bluffton, S.C., but is recuperating nicely thanks to her love for water therapy. She will continue teaching water aerobics this summer. Ellen Moore writes, “Hello, I’m 90! Very grateful that my parents could send me to Dana. I still write to my roommate, Betsy Davis Fillmore. I have seven grandchildren. Still live alone in my house. Daughter Lydia A. Scott lives nearby. It’s clear that Dana is thriving. Five stars!” Your Class Correspondent (Jackie) has had a busy year. Traveled to California with my son Richard in February. Visited my daughter-in-law Denise in Santa Barbara, then had a tour of the Hearst Castle. Son Bill and his wife Libby entertained me for several days in San Francisco and then Bill brought me back to Fox Hill. It was a lovely break from the winter season. This community of Fox Hill is thriving with bridge, book reviews, concerts and wonderful friendships.

Left to right back: Susan Hunt Haward, Lillian Willson Carlson, Nancy Erickson Murphy, Pat Cody Squire. Left to right front: Jackie Hope O’Leary, Joan Blake Lamplier, Marie Williams Petersen, Kitsy Wood Richardson at Reunion in 1993

Class of 1944 Patricia Dunham Oburchay 222A Shoshoni Ln., Stratford, CT 06614 (203) 383-4349 I am very sorry to report that Janet Reynolds Crandlemire passed away last year. Janet and I enjoyed many trips over the past 30 years. We traveled from Nordcapp, the northernmost point in Norway, to Yalta on the Black Sea with many places in between. Some days of the trip were the, “If it is Tuesday, it must be Belgium” kind; some were leisurely river cruises in France and Holland; and some cruises on Holland America to Greece, Alaska, Scandinavia and the Panama Canal. We were a good pair; each trip was an adventure. On our trip to Russia in the late 1970s, Intourist was still in charge of accommodations. In Moscow and Yalta, we had to share a room with strangers. They were huge hotels but overbooked! Our last trip was to Ireland eight years ago.

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We often said that we were so glad that we went when we did. I certainly wouldn’t want to do it now. Had a note from Nancy Richards Manson. We are both almost 90; it’s only a number. She has been a widow since 2013 and was married for 64 years. She has eight grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren –– all girls. Nancy’s daughter Polly lives with her. My (Patricia Dunham Oburchay) husband died in 1995. We were married for 47 years. I have two grandchildren: Sean is 34 and Meaghan is 30 –– both with successful careers. My daughter Laurie lives with me. My son Christopher and his wife Jeanine live nearby. They have three dogs and a cat. I moved to a 55+ community eight years ago. I’m still active and renewed my driver’s license recently for six years; I’m optimistic. I do limit my routes to back roads, though. If you haven’t been back to Dana recently, you should go, if possible. Several of us went back a few years ago: Janet and her sister Nancy Reynolds Beck, Jackie Flagg Little and June Feinburg Stayman. We had a lovely luncheon and a wonderful tour of campus. The library is fantastic—no excuse for not studying. When the last Bulletin arrived with that beautiful cover, I thought it was an ad for a new resort! I recently came across a catalog from the 1940s. The costs would amaze you. Board and tuition was $1,400 a year; a day student $450 a year. Uniforms were $96.50. We had four pastel shirtwaists for the spring and fall, and a navy Vermont tweed skirt, white blouses and navy blazers for the winter. Music lessons (piano, voice and violin) were $250 a year for two lessons per week. And the rules: You always had to wear a hat and no makeup! I was a day student and I felt like such a nerd if I had to take a bus with Wellesley High students on it. We would love to hear from you and let us know how you are enjoying these “golden years.”

Class of 1945 Nancy Edgehill Perry P71 865 Central Ave., # I-211 Needham, MA 02492 (781) 444-3119

Class of 1946 Linn Kneller Mix P89, G20 24 Atwood St. Wellesley, MA 02482-6030 (781) 237-0205 LTMix@msn.com

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Class of 1948

Barbara Quarles Harper 4436 Westover Pl. NW Washington, DC 20016 (202) 244-1571 harperbq@gmail.com

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

Since Ann Learnard Bowman and her husband are moving to a nearby retirement community in Hingham, Mass., she is preoccupied with selling their house and packing up, leaving no time to contribute to this column. We await a promised update in a future Bulletin. From Nancy Hamilton Landau came the news that she is now living in a retirement apartment, still in Hackettstown, N.J. She writes, “I love not having to trudge to the mailbox or worry about weeds or deer eating hostas or cooking every meal.” Rather than complaining about her need for oxygen much of the time, Nancy commented that because so much goes on and there are so many interesting people in her new dwelling she hardly notices when she’s tethered to the “Mother Ship” dispenser. Hooray for such a positive outlook on life. Flora Stafford Gill reported that she is “alive, not kicking, but moving about in slow motion.” Health problems, common to too many at our age, keep her from traveling, but her two daughters, who both live in California, visit whenever they can. Flora lives in Clarkdale, Ariz., a former mining town in the middle of the state that is known for the arts and magnificent scenery. Though a widow since 2001, Sally Cummings Goodrich calls her life “good” and understandably so as she spends time in the Bahamas in winter and in Pocasset on Cape Cod in summer. From her home base in Hingham, Mass., her trusty Subaru gets her around to bridge, art lessons, museums and functions at nearby yacht clubs. And then there’s gardening and bird watching. Sally’s family includes six grandchildren who are helpful and wonderful. I (Barbara Quarles Harper), your Class Correspondent, attended a beautiful but sad reception in April at the Sulgrave Club in Washington, D.C., to honor but say farewell to Caroline Erisman. She is leaving after eight years as Dana’s Head of School and will be greatly missed for her warm personality and many achievements at Dana. By a strange coincidence, the club was also hosting a reception for Groton, the school that will be losing its assistant head of school when she leaves to take Caroline’s place at Dana. Unfortunately, we couldn’t meet Katherine Bradley because she wasn’t there.

Mary (Maizie) Cameron Sanford ’48 died February 14, 2016. Her daughter shared this tribute: Known to many as Maizie, she was born and raised on the island of Maui until she was sent away to school in 1942. Her boarding experience started at Tenacre, but she found lifelong friendships and an exciting world of learning at Dana Hall. She went on to Smith College and even though she moved back to Hawaii, settling in Honolulu, she maintained a strong connection to the East Coast and the friends she made there. Former Dana Head of School Blair Jenkins said, “I remember [Maizie] so fondly and with such respect. I loved her stories of her mother and her getting to Dana by steamer, train and then early airplanes (tail on the ground and two props!).” After moving back to Hawaii, Maizie married Wallace (Wally) Sanford, a soil scientist, in 1957 and had three children: Claire, Allan and Jared. She served on several boards of family-owned companies throughout the years and took over as chair of Maui Land & Pineapple Company and as publisher of the Maui News after the death of her brother, Colin, in 1992. She also served on the boards of Haleakala Ranch, Hawaii Public Radio, the Maui AIDS Foundation, The Cameron Center and the Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation. Maizie’s life was a full and joyous one. She was interested in so many things, particularly the natural world and was, from an early time, an enthusiastic environmentalist and lover of animals. Her home in Honolulu always had pets, from dogs and bunnies to mice and chinchillas as well as an assortment of birds that had come to her as babies or with broken wings. She was also a gifted singer and a talented artist but spent quite a lot of her time involved with family history. As a fifth-generation descendent of three missionary families in Hawaii, she had a lot of history surrounding her. Around the time she started at the Maui News, she began writing short articles in the employee newsletter about her life on Maui, with many of them ending up in the Maui News’ centennial coverage in 2000. This won her an award from the Maui Historical Society, something of which she was very proud. While she is primarily remembered as a philanthropist and as an important figure in the business world of Maui, she is also known as being a dear friend to many.

Fiercely loyal, fun and always interested in others’ lives, she will be greatly missed. Bettie Lawrence Flash writes, “Thank you very much for informing me of Mary (Maizie) Cameron Sanford’s death. I expect to hear more of her from Smith College where we were classmates as well. There is no doubt in my mind that Maizie was a great and generous human being. I can’t remember any anecdotes about her, although we took many of the same classes. I loved my teachers there at Dana and when I graduated from college, Dana offered me a teaching position. My memory says $1,700 plus living in the dorm (room and board) as a house mother. I went to work for the NSA in Arlington Hall for $3,400. Not much money but an adventure. Dana expanded my knowledge of a wider world of music, art, theater and literature. Boston was available (French movies) as well as the Pops and glee club. Dana argued the TaftHartley Act. Sent me to the UN forum in 1948 where I heard Eleanor Roosevelt speak and was assigned to her small group on human rights.”

Class of 1949 Virginia O’Hearn Broadbent P81 88 Notch Hill Rd., Apt. 157 North Branford, CT 06471 (203) 208-1475 virginiabroadbent@frontier.com Hi, everyone, and a mighty thank you to all who responded to my plea for news. You all are terrific, and I (Virginia O’Hearn Broadbent) do appreciate you. Claire Burgin Allen and husband Jim are in the process of moving to a lovely retirement community in the Charleston area. Claire writes, “Granddaughter Emily has earned her doctorate in science education from Boston University and will be married in October. The rest of the Allen clan is scattered, busy and happy! Our middle son is currently on the board of Pine Manor working diligently to bring it back to its former excellence. The Historic Charleston Foundation is still on my agenda along with supporting the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. We feel so lucky to have lived a good part of our lives here in the ‘low country!’” Good luck with Jim’s knee surgery and may he have a quick recovery. Nancy Redway Ford writes, “We lost [my husband] Will on February 17 after he had a fall which injured his nose and ultimately affected his use of oxygen effectively. I know he is in a better place but sure do miss him after 62 wonderful years. He came to my

senior prom at Dana, so we have been an ‘item’—as the kids would say—since 1949.” On behalf of the Class of 1949, I send along our sincerest sympathies, Nancy, and hope time will heal your sorrow. Nancy shared a Dana story with me which some of you may recognize. Gillian (Jill) Ryland Farrell and Nancy were roommates. Jill told Nancy that if Nancy wasn’t going to ask Will Ford to the senior prom, then she would. It didn’t take Nancy long to say she was planning to do so. Nancy also reported that after Jill and her husband Bob moved to Essex Meadows where Nancy lives, Jill died. She had a recurrence of cancer and wanted no extraordinary efforts made. Nancy has seen Bob several times since then, and he is doing well and meeting friends at Essex Meadows, which is good. Mary (Maizie) May Donald writes that this is the summer she will be going solar. Good for you, Maizie! Susan (Sue) Marcy Leland writes, “Wish I had some interesting news as I always enjoy your column. Perhaps next time.” I hope so, Sue. Woody Mansergh keeps in touch with me on behalf of his mom, Ruth Manserge, which is so nice. He writes, “My mom is doing okay. She was in a residential care facility for about six months, then I brought her home, which she prefers. I take her to an exercise class three times a week.” Roberta (Bobbie) Brown Mosher and husband Charlie are both fine. Their son and family live in Old Greenwich nearby and they see them often. Daughter Annie and her family live in Santa Barbara, Calif., and daughter Dottie lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. They now have a great-grandchild who is 4 years old. Betsy Webster Rockett writes, “My life has become very manageable within relatively narrow parameters. I happily sold my car, gave away my suitcase and started my last support group. I knit prayer shawls for church and hats for homeless vets, and otherwise relax and enjoy all that this independent living facility offers. I’ve enjoyed learning mahjongg and play here at Waltonwood every week. I have a lovely circle of friends I eat dinner with every evening, and I am grateful for the opportunity to pray for neighbors and friends here at Waltonwood as we experience the challenges of aging and the grief of loss. Ten grandchildren are a constant source of interest to me as I follow

their careers, marriages and challenges through email and on Facebook. Four great-grandchildren are a delight I can just sit back and enjoy. I am following local Detroit news with interest. When I moved here [Detroit] from Mountain View, Calif., I was retiring from a busy career very much involved in the constant growth and development of Silicon Valley. I expected to be somewhat bored. Little did I know I would be living in the ‘burbs’ of a city attracting national attention as it rises from the ashes of mismanagement, racial tensions, loss of manufacturing and the financial straits caused by white flight. My daughter’s work in the Detroit Public Schools has brought home to me the huge challenges of a school system struggling to serve children whose daily lives are in many cases nonnourishing, unstable and insecure. It is far from boring to experience the emergence of a new Detroit and an evolving inner-city school makeover. National politics and Tigers baseball round out my field of interest. Lots to follow and talk about.” Sally Hartley Sneve writes that she and Peter spent a lovely 7-week vacation in Florida and they “had lots of family, so we had someone with us most of the time. Peter has been dealing with dementia where his memory is pretty much gone. Words escape him, but he is still able to function in many ways. Traveling was not as bad as I had anticipated; there are lots of helpers in the traveling world. I have lots of support from family and friends.” Happy to hear you are getting help, Sally. Jenna Hardy Speer writes, “Collie, my husband of almost 47 years, died on October 2, at home, peacefully. He made it to 80; I am grateful for that! My two boys have been great and multiple friends have kept life on an even keel. I am busy. Now it takes an energy bar to get me through an hour of exercise three times a week, but I don’t dare stop! This summer we had our family reunion/memorial in Manchester, Vt., where I grew up. I visited my older son and family in Maine after that. That’s almost a month in July I wasn’t in Phoenix—a good thing! Nine months out of the year, Phoenix is great, but it’s best to escape the other three months, which is what we used to do, camping.” Ginnie Sharkey Thompson writes that she and her sister have spent their first winter in 36 years in Minnesota rather than Florida. Fortunately it was a mild winter for Minnesota! “We hope to spend the summer in Duluth where we can lunch with Sally Hartley Sneve, Lisa H. Hutchinson ’48 and Betsy Congdon Mason ’50. Cheers. We live now in a retirement community in

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Rochester, Minn. My son and his wife are doctors at the Mayo Clinic. Good place to be in our old age. Always glad to hear of the Dana news.” Nina Heald Webber spent the winter in Naples, Fla. She says she has no special news “except I shall be in Nebraska, Colorado and Texas for grandchildren’s weddings. I am looking forward to these events as I love the people they have chosen. Still collecting and discarding at the same time.”

Patsy Palmer Stecher writes, “This is a photo of Emma (Lew) Lewis Thomas and me fishing on the Yellowstone River. I’m in the bow and Lew is in the stern. The colors were magnificent! Lew and I reconnected out here in LA in 1971 and have been like sisters ever since.” Patsy Palmer Stecher and Emma (Lew) Lewis Thomas fishing on the Yellowstone River

Carolyn Perkins VanDusen writes, “My sister Nancy Perkins Morrison ’46 passed away July 14, 2015. My husband Bruce passed away February 16, 2014. I miss them very much!” I (Virginia O’Hearn Broadbent) am doing well. Was very grateful for the mild winter. Am busy with four committees here at Evergreen Woods and belong to several Bible study groups. Still driving and enjoying my freedom. My kids and spouse are great. Grandchildren, likewise, in jobs, colleges and elementary schools. I want to thank my classmates very much who wrote their news for this column and all of you who contributed to the Dana Fund. Many, many thanks. I appreciate your kind words and please know I enjoy being your Class Correspondent and gift chair. On behalf of our wonderful Class of 1949, I would like to wish Caroline Erisman much happiness and good luck as she ends her tenure at Dana Hall. She has left a very strong mark on our school and she will be greatly missed. Thank you, Caroline, by honoring our class in becoming our honorary member.

Class of 1950 Correspondent needed Emma (Lew) Lewis Thomas writes, “News from Montana: Patsy Palmer Stecher and family enjoyed a fishing trip here last September. I invited the three Bozeman Dana Hall grads and spouses to a barbeque to meet her; only one got here: Abby Wheeler ’02 and her husband Matt.” Jean Butler Dean writes, “We have been blessed with relatively good health and are enjoying life. David still works part-time in cardiology. I have five grandchildren and two ‘greats.’” Molly Ford Rinehart writes, “We just added great-grandchild No. 9. All is well. Still traveling.”

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who—with the help of liberation psychology; Michele Toomey, Ph.D.; and herself—reclaimed her life. It is also a saga of caregiving and care receiving.” Polly Jane Eggleston Johnson writes, “Bo and I enjoyed a great winter in Florida and headed home to Vermont in early April. It was good to get home and see the kids and Bear our black lab. Hi to you all!” Sally Willauer Nash writes, “It’s close to impossible to get the whole family together at the same time, so we set out the bait by inviting them for Christmas in New Hampshire at the Mt. Washington Hotel. Their Christmas present to us was the photographer who came on Christmas Day.”

Class of 1951 Eleanor Fischel Ruben 67 Baskin Rd. Lexington, MA 02421-6930 (781) 862-4404 Mary Laflin Moore writes, “Still working at the Center for Costal Studies. Been there for 30 years!”

Class of 1952 Jean Harris Whitney P75, 77 P.O. Box 604 Southport, CT 06890 (203) 259-6389 jhw6389@optonline.net Rasa Gustaitis writes, “I completed a sixday hike along the California coast in June. This was the fifth such hike for me, each exploring the shoreline of a different county. After editing a magazine about the California coast for 25 years, I am glad to at last have the time for this self-indulgence. Life keeps interrupting me, so my book is not likely to be done before the end of this year, alas, but I’m learning a lot about Eastern European history in my research and that’s satisfying. When and if it’s published, I’ll certainly send a copy. Thanks for representing our class for all these years. I’m always glad to hear about classmates and the school.” Marlene Zahnke Hoerle writes, “I hope to have my book published on Amazon by the end of the year. It is entitled Riches to Rags to Riches. It’s the story of a financially rich, accomplished woman who became a financially poor, brain damaged woman

Sally Willauer Nash and family

Ruth Nicholas Poulton writes, “I have long been feeling guilty about not sending a bit of news to you but didn’t know where to start, so now the time has come. We just celebrated our 50th anniversary. Bill and I married in 1966, combining our families of seven children; we added our own three years later. It was fun. We restored a large seven-bedroom home through the years (with Bill’s building skills and my fun decorating). We had a lot of fun raising them all: school activities, skiing, camping, etc., for many years. Gradually, the kids went off to college and we gained independence, moving to a 1,400-acre ranch in Shasta County. It was Bill’s ‘first retirement’ from his 40 years as a general contractor in Los Angeles. I spent 10 years spinning and weaving wool from my flock of Romney sheep. Also got a Master’s in counseling psychology, applying my love of art into an art therapy focus working with troubled children. We moved to the Bay Area where we took up golf and had many fun-filled years with painting trips to Europe and to visit our children as they made us grandparents and greatgrandparents. We have spent many years visiting our youngest son in Hawaii with his two boys, ages 8 and 10. We now have moved to beautiful La Quinta, near Palm Springs, Calif., and are happily retired. I still enjoy painting and being a docent at The Living Desert, a source of inspiration for the botanical art I enjoy. I often think of

my years at Dana Hall, with such wonderful exposure to the East Coast and colonial history. I recently found our family arrival (Whitney) to the New World was 1626 in Boston Colony. No wonder it was so interesting to me. I would love to hear from any of our class who may be out our way.”

comes to Maine to visit and enjoy the beach and Portland. Pat’s sons pop in occasionally; the eldest Bill, from Georgia, stops by when his second daughter, a singer, has a performance in Portland. She’s put out a few albums; bachata and blues mainly. Her professional name is Rebecca Kingsley.

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“Mainly I live a quiet life in this nice beach town of 3,000 whose population quadruples come summer when half of Massachusetts and Quebec show up! Am lucky to have my health except for some arthritis, so no complaints! I do miss my former home on Mt. Desert Island, but too far to drive for visits. Time flies. I call life a ‘month of Sundays’ because it seems every time I turn around, it’s Sunday again.” Pat would love to hear from any alums visiting in the Portland area. Her email address is pmccandless13@icloud.com.

Juliet Bourne Sherwood 175 S. Corona St. Denver, CO 80209 (303) 282-9077 coloradojule@gmail.com What a nice surprise to hear from Patricia (Pat) Smith McCandless after no news for at least 10 years! When she turned 80 in November 2015, her three kids and 11 grandkids honored her in various ways. She writes, “My sons came from Georgia and Massachusetts and, along with my daughter from Connecticut, took me out to an elegant tapas restaurant in Portland, Maine, with a granddaughter joining us for cocktails. My daughter had spent months gathering memories from all my family and extended family, and presented me with a bound memory book that she titled Within Lie Memories, Wishes, Photos and Quotes About You and For You. My eldest son’s memories—stream-of-consciousness dictated en route from Europe—included about every thing/event in my life. It ran for four pages! The other son wrote a wonderful poem and my daughter included How (Much) Do I Love Thee with 50 bullets! She even contacted a few old friends I am out of touch with. It was remarkable! All very moving. I keep it on my coffee table and browse it every now and again. Made me feel that all my years have proved worthwhile.” Pat still lives in Maine, now in a small town 14 miles north of Portland. After 15 years of living in her condo, she moved last year into an over-55 community with her tuxedo cat Soxie, named after her beloved Boston Red Sox. She’s been an avid fan since her Dana days and takes the Amtrak down to Boston for a game or two during the summer. She volunteers at the local food pantry and keeps a garden plot in the town community vegetable garden. She says she’s enjoying retirement (no exotic travel) after having given up her real estate license in 2009 after 23 years in the business. “With the recession of 2007–08, I just couldn’t put up with the nonsense anymore, having been through another back in the Carter years. The ‘industry’ has changed too much. Not fun any more.” She visits her daughter Virginia and her family in Connecticut a few times a year—always Christmas—and Virginia

Inspired by our renewed contact, I’m (Juliet Bourne Sherwood) hoping to visit her this summer. And speaking of travel, with a twoweek trip driving a diesel Peugeot (loved that car!) around Germany in October 2015, I completed my “intro to Europe grandma tours” with the last two of my six granddaughters: Zelda, 22, and Flynn, 12. Previously I had taken two to Italy and two to Greece. Wonderful memories! I had two weeks back in my beloved Marseille after the girls flew back to California. Nicky Newman Rycroft writes from Arizona, “Last year, I had a hip replaced, and this year, I had a back operation. Not much fun, these brassy years. Lost my dear husband a little over a year ago and it’s been such a change in my life. Some very good and some not quite so. I will go away again this summer to Angel Fire, N.M., where it’s lovely and cool.” Patricia (Pat) Jones writes that she keeps busy as co-chair of the City Gardens Club of NYC membership committee, secretary of the House Committee at The Cosmopolitan Club and as a newly elected Deacon of her church. “Each year I say I am going to cut back and then another challenge comes along. The new Second Avenue subway is building an entrance at the end of my block, so it is a challenge to figure out how to cross the street some days, to avoid the bicyclists and the cars.” Pat enclosed her memories of two of her best Dana friends upon learning of their deaths. She thanks Anne Richter in the Advancement Office at Dana Hall who provided her with the obituaries of Louise (Jessie) James Doughty and Pam Scott Heydon. Pat writes, “Jessie passed away on June 8, 2014, at her home on Deer Point in Maine. I recently became aware of it this past fall

when I was making some outreach calls to alumni of my nursing school. One of the names I was asked to call lived on Chebeague Island in Maine, and I am sure we all remember Jessie talking about Chebeague. In the course of our conversation I asked if she knew Jessie and, in fact, she did, but thought Jessie had passed away last spring and seemed rather vague about the circumstances. I was so saddened to learn this. I first met Jessie the year before I came to Dana when she gave up her room when I came to stay during a weekend visit for prospective students. At the end of that weekend, she asked if I would room with her the next year. She was a great roommate: fun, always thinking of something interesting to do, but very kind to a very shy new senior. She insisted I try out for the choir and we usually ended each day walking into Wellesley for ice cream. On those trips, we always seemed to meet her cousin George on the wrong side of Grove Street and he would report to his mother and Jessie’s aunt that we were talking to boys off campus! Jessie and I always roomed together for the each major Reunion, and she always found something to do that was not a scheduled event but fun. Jessie graduated from Middlebury College and returned to Chebeague after graduation where she was an active community member on the Chebeague Island Council, Island Planning Board and Island Rescue EMT, to name just a few. She continued her passion for knitting, winning many blue ribbons at the Cumberland Fair. She is survived by her husband Cecil, her son Christopher and his wife, and her two daughters: Linda Larrabee and her husband Tim, and Melissa Doughty and her husband Clinton Jones. Jessie leaves 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. My contact in Chebeague said there was a wonderful celebration of her life at the Chebeague Island Methodist Church. “Pam Scott Heydon died on August 29, 2015, in San Francisco after a very brave but brief battle with pancreatic cancer. She moved to San Francisco last December to be near her sons and was diagnosed in March hardly before she had time to settle into her new apartment. Pam and I were classmates at the Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing. Imagine my surprise when I came out of the office of the director of nursing following my interview to find that Pam was the next candidate to be interviewed. We had not seen each other since graduation from Dana Hall. We were a large class, so we were divided into groups for our clinical experiences and classroom instruction, and our paths rarely crossed. After graduation, Pam was always the one to encourage

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classmates to attend Reunion and arranged for us to party later at another classmate’s home. She and I worked closely together for the big 50th Reunion. Pam, with her great organizational skills, put together our memory book, which included obtaining updated photographs and bios of more than 100 classmates. She was a skilled writer, a tough editor and a perfectionist. She always kept her sense of humor. Due to her tenacity, we had one of the highest turnouts for a 50th Reunion. The next year she joined me on our alumnae board. While her children were growing up, she was active in the Wilton school system, and a treasured member of the Wilton Crest condominium association. She loved travel and was very involved in playing tennis. She is survived by her brother Peter Scott, son Allen Heydon and his wife, son Scott Heydon and his wife, and three grandchildren. The family has established a nursing scholarship in her name with her beloved alma mater. Gifts in support of the scholarship can be made by check to CUPHSONAA, Inc. and are fully tax deductible. Write Pamela S. Heydon Memorial Scholarship Fund on the memo line and mail to 480 Mamaroneck Avenue, Harrison, NY 10528.” Martha Hinman Vaughn reports having had a wonderful photo exhibit in her hometown of Princeton with her daughter Barbara in Spring 2016. Barbara lives in San Francisco and is a professional photographer like her mom. Martha says, “It was really fun to show our work together and see how the genes show in our artwork.” Martha had a second hip replacement in November 2015 and recovered very quickly—out for Thanksgiving dinner two days later! She enclosed a photo of herself and her husband Arky that they used on their holiday greeting card. (They were too late for Christmas. Sound familiar?) Martha Hinman Vaughn and her husband Arky

Class of 1954 Phoebe Cory 277 Water St., Apt. 319 Exeter, NH 03833 (603) 778-2875 feebcory@gmail.com Anne Pike Rugh 105 Pine St. Portland, ME 04102 (207) 774-5317 asprugh@gmail.com What a great community the Dana alumnae are! I (Anne Pike Rugh) feel very lucky to be among them. Just finished reading the Winter 2016 Class Notes from the 1940s and 50s. Most of us are dealing with the same issues. The issues aren’t that much fun—hello, 80!—but reading about others’ experiences is. Try it! And then send a note about YOU for the next Bulletin; deadline October 15. A common theme for Class of ’54 this time around is ways to get through the winter. By the way, doesn’t that new Student Center on the cover of the Winter Bulletin look terrific? That was just a fundraiser’s dream when we had our 60th Reunion. Didi Kelley Manns writes, “I’m writing this from Morocco on a terrific Road Scholar trip. In two days, we will be riding camels and sleeping in nomadic tents in the desert. After 17 days, I return to Paris to meet a friend and leave shortly thereafter to spend a week in Barcelona studying its art, architecture and people.” In a follow-up email, Didi added, “We lucked out and had ideal weather for the desert experience. Feel no need to climb aboard a camel again, though the experience was memorable. We sat around a campfire and were entertained by an African tribal group (with a small stringed instrument, two drums and multiple castanet-type instruments) as the stars emerged and moon rose. Will be in Marrakech tomorrow for three nights and a night in Casablanca before a morning flight back to Paris. There is nothing like being on-site to get a feel for a country’s history.” Judy Hofer Hersey writes, “My winter passed quickly. In February, I visited a friend in Naples, Fla., then stopped on my way home in Wilmington, N.C., to see my 2-year-old great-grandson, Cody. In March, back Florida to see friends in Sarasota, followed by another week with my sweet Cody. A perfect winter for me.” My (Anne Pike Rugh) winter interlude? I succumbed to the draw of heat and spent January to April on the edge of the Intracoastal Waterway. Am selling my first

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funky trailer and have bought another, even older, in the same small community. Like us, it’s a classic: a 1959 Travelite. “Travelrite with Travelite,” says its label. Mahogany interior, it hasn’t gone anywhere since landing in Lantana, Fla., decades ago. The whole experience is a far, far cry from my family home on the rugged coast of Maine. After a morning swim in the outdoor heated pool, I walk the dog down to “the Island” (it’s really an isthmus, but nobody can pronounce that) with a book. It’s a jolly and warm change-up. Beedy Tatlow Ritchie writes, “We are now living at Indian Ridge Country Club in Palm Desert, Calif. This place is quite wonderful—no humidity; lots of flowers and lush surroundings; wildlife everywhere, like birds, ducks and egrets; no bugs; sunny days; cool nights; and friendly people from all over the country and Canada enjoying life here, too. We are learning new things— painting, pickle ball, bocce ball—and, hopefully, improving our golf games. Lots of tennis, too. Bruce is so happy he never wants to leave. But, we will go to Traverse City, Mich., this summer—by train! Can’t wait! There will be two overnights on the train traveling past wheat fields, ranches, missions, pueblos, mountains and deserts— admiring America. Going by the rim of the Grand Canyon to Flagstaff, Ariz., to Albuquerque and onto Kansas City and Chicago. We’ll remain in Michigan until the end of September when we will return to Palm Desert, how TBD. Please let us know if any of you get to either place. It would be great to catch up.” Kathleen (Kathi) Krieger Lewis writes, “After being a volunteer, teaching protocol and etiquette at Tall Oaks Classical School for eight years, I think the headmaster was afraid I’d quit. After all, how many people the age of 80 are still working? So he offered me a salary I couldn’t ignore. I guess I’m in for the duration, however long that may be. I continue to restore vintage costume jewelry, a project I find relaxing. I have been giving presentations on vintage jewelry several times a year in our area. My newest topic is amber. Ted and I have decided to remain in our home rather than relocate to a retirement community. So we have the upkeep inside and 10 acres outside, plus the wonderful vegetable garden that Ted continues to plant every year. I guess that’s enough for us in our eighties now.” Sherry Avery Irons writes, “All is well here in Charlotte. I went to Canyonlands with a group, Isings Travel, in May. My health is fine and I visit my two daughters and their families here often. I will travel to Portland, Ore., this summer to visit my other daughter and her family.”

Wonderful news from Lee Brown Billingsley: “Sixteen years ago, Jim and I learned he had prostate cancer with three months to three years to live. Little could be done. We are eternally grateful for the wisdom and care of Memorial Sloane Kettering and the miracle of modern medicine. Every treatment tried worked for him. Jim is Sloane Kettering’s senior poster boy, at least in our eyes. What a happy tale! We’re enjoying our three children and their families (eight grandchildren) in Rye and Siesta Key! Happy Birthday to all classmates who are also turning 80! Let’s celebrate!” Patty Pevear Moore writes, “I am adjusting to a new way of life without driving. Glaucoma has eliminated that possibility for me. It is very frustrating to say the least! Am sharing a cottage with one daughter. Another lives one hour away and I have a stepdaughter 20 minutes away. I get to enjoy school plays, graduations and now grandchildren’s weddings. Turned 80 in grand style and plan to celebrate all year, including with Lee Brown Billingsley and old friends this summer!” Heartfelt thanks to all who helped get this spring piece together. If you have a chance, read Caroline Erisman’s April letter to alumnae. It touches well on why Dana means so much to many of us. And let me hear from you in the fall! Emma Lewis Thomas ’50 poked a little fun at Marian (Marnie) Thomas Wood’s dog through this illustration. Emma writes, “Here’s a logo I put on a T-shirt for Marnie for Christmas. She ‘rescued’ a 75 lbs. dog that has gained weight to 85 lbs. She weighs 95!” Marnie Thomas Wood

Frances Powell Perry writes, “Still across the street looking in. Cheers!” Judith Larson Monteith writes, “Love living in Columbia. Still do a bit of design work and volunteer at the Columbia Museum of Art. Have two granddaughters: Sabrina, a freshman at the University of Rochester, and Sophia, a happy 10-year-old. Love being a grandmother.”

Class of 1955 Joanna Graf Frank 31 Main St. Stonington, CT 06378 (860) 535-0910 joannagf@msn.com Kate Pleninger Carey writes, “Sorry to have missed our 60th!” Anne Rodman Jacobs writes, “We had a super terrific Reunion in the fall. Dana went all out for us. Of course we have a great class with outstanding leaders and I do believe we truly enjoy being together at these Reunions. It was a real pleasure to sit in and even participate in some classes, meet with a very diverse group of exceptional girls, and experience a totally bright, stimulating and committed faculty. I am constantly in awe of the incredibly supportive and caring environment at every level. And I am delighted that my granddaughter is a day student. She is totally integrated with Dana, seeming to do all but sleep there (a far cry from my day student years). I love being a spectator at her sporting and other events, and even get to pick her up sometimes when she stays for evening study hall. I am still in Weston, working, trying to get regular exercise, traveling with Chuck and family, and most importantly, having fun with grown kids and plenty of grandchildren from ages 6–23.”

Class of 1956 Carol Creighton Hadley 2736 N. W. 77th Blvd., #264 Gainesville, FL 32606 (352) 377-4721 cjhadley@aol.com Hello ’56 classmates! I (Carol Creighton Hadley) am so looking forward to seeing you all at our 60th (really?!) Reunion in the fall. This celebration is being tailored just for our class. I understand the Class of ’55 really enjoyed this same Reunion plan. Wellesley in October will be dressed in fall colors and the weather should be lovely. The date has been set for October 5–7, 2016. You will be receiving correspondence from Dana about our upcoming event. Oh, and I’m told that spouses/traveling companions will be welcome. So see you there! We have a lot of catching up to do! Hugs to all! Deborah Bennett Stone writes, “My granddaughter, Emily Bennett Stone, was born to my son Jon and his wife Martha on January 12, 2016.” Elizabeth Elsemore Anderson writes, “My children’s book Maggie Goes to Maine

received the best book of 2014 award from the Dog Writers Association of America. It also received honorable mentions from the New England Book Festival and the Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival.”

Class of 1957 Judith O’Connell Perkins P89 35 Jackson Pond Rd. Dedham, MA 02026 (781) 329-1622 judyoperk@aol.com My (Judith O’Connell Perkins) husband Jim turned 80 in January, and Sarah (Sally) Ott Shoemaker and her husband Ed came to Naples for the party. It was a dinner party for old friends (i.e., long-time friends!). Also, daughter Edith (Edie) Perkins ’89 has accepted a job in California. She will leave Scholastic Publications for a job also working with educational software in Pasadena this May. Now all three of our kids are out of our time zone. Our class will have its 60th Reunion in 2017, so please mark your calendars! Caroline Stamm Plantz writes, “My husband and Dana Hall staff member Beth Sharp’s father went on eternal patrol on December 19, 2015. We are all adjusting to a new life with Ernest (Ernie) V. Plantz in heaven.”

Class of 1958 Ty Wyatt Forbush 3751 Shearwater Dr. Jupiter, FL 33477 tyforbush@yahoo.com Meeting and hearing about Dana Hall alumnae can be a very interesting experience. Ann Woodcock Hurd was visiting me (Ty) in Florida this February and the two of us attended a Dana Hall alumnae reception in nearby Palm Beach Gardens. It is not unusual these days that we ’58ers are the elders at such a gathering! What a pleasant evening we had conversing with accomplished, articulate women who graduated from Dana 20–25 years later than we, and it reinforced for us both that a Dana education is a lifelong and priceless privilege! It’s not surprising that Mary Covington writes, “New Hampshire neighbors just told me about flying back to the U.S. from London a week or so ago (in March) with 43 Dana Hall students who were returning from South Africa. My friends were impressed by this kind of program in a high school and that Dana Hall has an African

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Studies teacher (who accompanied the group). My community involvement continues on the board of, and as newly elected board president of, Electric Earth Concerts (www.electricearthconcerts.org). Musicians come mostly from New York City, but a few from other locations in the U.S., including the marvelous Boston-based Borromeo Quartet. Alumnae who live nearby would really enjoy these monthly performances in the Monadnock Region. Electric Earth also has a marvelous outreach program, taking performances to specialneeds communities and schools. And speaking of beautiful music, our town was treated to an early April concert featuring an excellent cellist accompanied by a superb pianist, both of them affiliated with the NEC. The pianist was none other than Dana faculty member Jayoung Kim!” Carolyn Peters Schoonmaker and Judith O’Connell Perkins ’57 were seated on either side of an old friend, Jim Clements, in Naples, Fla., this winter. Carolyn Peters Schoonmaker, Jim Clements and Judy O’Connell Perkins ’57

Lisbeth Kamborian writes, “This January, after finding out that an issue with my back would prevent me from teaching skiing this winter, and at the behest of my daughter, I and my pets ‘moved’ to Pittsburgh to spend the winter there. I rented a small townhouse near my daughter and her family, enrolled at Pitt (where my daughter is a professor), got a student ID, a pass for the bus, and attended classes three days a week. Through sheer luck I found myself in classes with teachers who made the courses I chose fascinating and engaging: Introduction to Islamic Civilization, Japanese Art in the Edo Period and Political Parties. On weekends, I took trips to D.C. (where I had lived for 33 years), to Ohio where I have old friends, and to Telluride to ski. Pittsburgh has an active cultural life so there were a lot of evening temptations. It also has a terrific restaurant scene. I joined a book club and a knitting circle (organized by an ex-opera singer), explored the city in my free time and found a wonderful Pilates trainer. I also kept in touch with colleagues in Boston and

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signed on with a nonprofit whose mission is to assist retiring professionals to figure out their ‘third act’ by providing classes and coaching. I’ll be part of the cadre of coaches. The end of April found me back in Massachusetts, enriched by my winter in Pittsburgh.” Ann Steele Hummel and her husband Ron’s fourth trip to Baja California has now enabled all of their offspring and grandchildren to have a personal experience with gray whales. She writes, “This February, we took Hans and his family to see the gray whales in Baja California’s San Ignacio Lagoon where they have their calves January through March. There were more than 400 whales in the lagoon. Some of the calves were small enough to be ‘baby cute,’ which I would not call the calves we played with in Marches past. Touching whales while hanging over gunwales of a small open fishing boat that, regardless of age, are much bigger than the boat is a thrill! The whales are definitely enjoying the interaction with people. The whale watching from our campground on the beach was the best ever: lots of spouting, spy hops, whales’ tails and breaching all day, not just on our morning and afternoon boat trips.” Joan Sigel Schuman has likewise been traveling and writes, “I decided this year to use travel as an antidote to missing work, colleagues and problem solving as I did my first year of retirement. And the antidote seems to have worked, as I am now happy and content in my state of retirement. An extended trip to Australia and Tasmania in January and February was beyond all expectations. The people, terrain, environmental contrasts and history of the country and its people, both indigenous and immigrant, were fascinating and replete with splendor and beauty. Ten days after returning, I was once again on my way to Naples/Pompeii, Italy, as part of a Smith College Museum of Art trip to prepare for an extraordinary exhibition from Pompeii that the museum (one of three in this country and the only one in the East) will be hosting next spring. In mid-May, I spent a week in Croatia and a week in Ireland with friends and returned in time for our minireunion on the Cape in June. I feel very fortunate to be able to travel at all, but thanks to arthroscopic surgery on my left knee, my walking is back to normal and traveling becomes an enjoyable way to continue to learn and explore the world and the way people live outside our U.S. bubble. On a personal note, my oldest granddaughter graduated from high school in June and is going to the University of Alabama in the fall. If any of our classmates have experience

with Greek life on a large university campus, I would love to hear from them as it is clearly very far removed from my experience!” My thanks to those who have chimed in and contributed to this article. Our planned gathering June 20–22, 2016, at the Lighthouse Inn in West Dennis, Mass., to celebrate our having graduated 58 years ago will certainly provide news and pictures for our next Bulletin article. I’m hoping, however, that everyone will share news of their summer with me by October 15, 2016. Enjoy yourselves and best regards. Lysbeth (Lys) Marigold accompanied daughter Skye, a Connecticut College junior, to settle her in for an enlightening spring semester in Florence studying Renaissance art. Lys Marigold and her daughter Skye in Florence, Italy

Class of 1959 Jill Spiller 45 Sutton Pl. S., Apt. 1B New York, NY 10022 (212) 421-0932 jillspille1@aol.com In a spring edition of The Sunday New York Times, photographer Bill Cunningham presented Evening Hours, and once again Susan Payson Burke and husband Coleman are featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Acquisition Fund dinner. Susan is as beautiful as ever. Hooray for Blue & White Night at Dana! My sister Susan Spiller ’64, Barbie Dana Greppin and I (Jill Spiller) joined the festivities to say farewell to Head of School Caroline Erisman. Helen Weinland’s Trinity Choir performed elsewhere that weekend. Barbie’s grandson Tucker Thomas is recovering from a skiing accident that yielded a compound leg fracture and months in an ankle to hip cast. Susan (Susie) McEldowney Canon writes, “Valerie Warner and I connected at her beautiful home in The Villages in Florida in February after not seeing each other for more than 25 years. She’s

newly remarried to a delightful fellow, John Smith, and as you can see she looks terrific!”

Valerie Warner and Susie McEldowney Canon

Lilla Stevens Willey and Susie McEldowney Canon at Amelia Island Plantation in Fernandina Beach, Fla.

on their way back home to Savannah. Such fun to get to see them and caught up. Bari Gulbransen Lovewave keeps me up to date on her busy life of potting, always redoing something on her special house in Sante Fe, broadcasting a great radio program with her astrologer husband Terran, keeping track of her three daughters’ busy families as well as Terran’s son, and occasionally sitting for their granddog, Munchkin, whom they love. She types more in a minute than I can in an hour, so she sends wonderfully newsy emails for me to enjoy. Unfortunately in November, Scott and I had to cancel a trip, which we’d looked so forward to. It had included seeing the Lovewaves in Sante Fe. So sad. Karen Detweiler Hyatt, her lawyer husband Hal, Scott and I get together at least once a year. This year we will be together at Middlebury College for Hal’s 55th and Scott’s 65th reunions. Gives us all something to shoot for. She and I chat on the phone and email, which keeps up our wonderful friendship which began in 5th grade. A true blessing. This fall, I learned how to text, hurling me into the 21st century. I can now keep in contact with friends outside the U.S., like Marty Horton Gecek who continues in her great job as the symposium director of the Salzburg Seminar American Studies Association. Wow!

Susie McEldowney Canon’s family at Easter 2016

Julia Spencer Banks writes, “Life is good on Martha’s Vineyard! Jay and I had a wonderful year celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary cruising the Mediterranean and having the whole family join us in Bermuda for Thanksgiving.”

Class of 1960 Carol Huppler Hosdale cgoldie3137@aol.com Greetings to The Best Class of the Rest Past! Thank you to those who have sent in contributions for the Bulletin. It has been wonderful to hear from so many of our classmates over the years and I—Penelope (Penny) Pearse Houghton Buzby—am very appreciative for all that you have sent in and the time you’ve devoted to creating such thoughtful letters. Since the last Bulletin, I’ve had a delightful dinner with Lynn Blanchard Ashby and her husband Benton in Atlanta. Natalie Gribbel Thomas and her husband Wayne stopped in Vero to see Scott and me

On February 17, Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 arranged a fun luncheon in Vero Beach, Fla., for Dana alums representing a crosssection of classes, several Dana staffers and the wonderful Head of School Caroline Erisman, who will be sorely missed after her departure. Since the last issue, I have heard from Daphne Branston Walter, who writes, “I’m still in San Francisco and would love to hear from any of you who are coming through. Happy to give activity and dining tips as well as book travel far and wide as I do for my Vassar pals. I have three amazing, accomplished daughters: Lisa is No. 2 at San Francisco Recreation and Park, Shelley is a senior vice president at Salesforce and Anne is a major real estate provider in the Bay Area, if any of you can afford to live here. I have four grandsons and two granddaughters and am so blessed they all live in the Bay Area. I’m still booking travel for an amazing New York City company. Check out our website: www.vwti.com. I’m also working on bridge master points to become a life master. Health and happiness to all and let me hear from you!”

Carol Huppler Hosdale has sent this: “As we all get older, it is nice to know that we have our great Class of ’60 as a reminder that there are lots of Dana friends who are scattered here and there still thinking about us. We have always been a good support team; a class of ‘sisters’ who enjoy sharing as well as listening to others. We deeply appreciate and need YOUR contributions to the Bulletin! As for me?! I am really enjoying the dance class I take. Resets my body! What are some of your passions? Let us know!” The reason Carol has so brilliantly asked you to “let us know!” about some of your passions is that she is going to be our new Class Correspondent. Her enthusiasm is so infectious and I know she will do an amazing job as she does with everything she undertakes. Please support her by sending in Class Notes for her to add to the next Bulletin, and don’t forget to thank her for taking on this time consuming job. I’ve loved doing it but need to take a step back and just enjoy what all of us do when we sit back, relax and read what our classmates have written to share with all of us. Thank you so much, Carol. I look forward to seeing what you do and I, for one, plan to send you at least a sentence or two to contribute to the 1960 Class Notes each time you ask for them. So, dear friends, this will be my last issue as Class Correspondent. I love you and look forward to reading about you all. Thank you for your support, good humor and contributions throughout the years. Thank you, also, to Corinne and her team for all of your support, encouragement and patience. It’s been such a pleasure to work with you. You are an amazing person and I will miss our interaction. I wish for each and every member of the Best Class of the Rest Past all good things, which begins with good health for you and yours. Lots of love, hugs and appreciation, Penny. Canda Manwaring Tinkelenberg writes, “I am now living in Durham, Maine, which is a small town about a half an hour from Portland; a very nice city. I have three grown sons. The oldest Will is an architect. The next one, Arthur, is CEO of a biotech start-up company, and the youngest, George, is a stockbroker. I am still attempting to be a horseback rider. (I did teach riding for a while.) This is one of my greatest pleasures. Second to riding, I like yard work and gardening. Since I live in Maine, the outside work can be limited. Then I like to sew, knit and scan a seemingly never-ending supply of slides and photos into my computer. I loved going to Dana. I think of it often. I got a great education. Made a lot of friends and got to ride. My only problem was that the powers that be

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thought we should all take after-school sports. I know they were right but I wanted to ride. I imagine most of you will remember my mother Roz Manwaring. She worked in the sports department with Mrs. Sullivan. She was still teaching skiing full-time when she was 85.”

Charlotte Cummings Carnes writes, “Dear Penny, You have been my link to Dana for years since I have made only one Reunion. Thank you for keeping me in the loop during years of grandkid sitting and now sticking close with my husband who is mildly disabled. Enjoy your leisure!”

job choices, glad tidings and celebrations. Our Class Notes are the first thing I read when a new Bulletin arrives in the mail. Thank you for being such a considerate post office mailbox mate during our years at Dana. Wishing you and your dear, sweet husband good sails and happiness!”

Anne Vaughan Stewart writes, “I’ve met two Dana alumnae in Boulder; one graduated in 1957 and the other in 1944. Hope to get a picture to Carol in the near future.”

Sally Harper Carpenter writes, “Thank you, Penny, for your many years of being our Class Correspondent. I read the column in every issue but have never contributed, so this shall be my first.”

Sally Harper Carpenter writes, “I am inspired by my Dana roommate, Susu Jeffrey’s, long letter in the Winter 2016 Bulletin. It’s great to hear from you, Susu. My life sounds totally boring compared to hers, but here’s the brief outline. After graduating from Stanford, I married Tom Carpenter, a fellow Stanford alum. We have lived in Palo Alto; San Diego; Madison, Wisc.; Wellesley; back to San Diego; and finally back to Madison where we have lived since 1975. Tom is a math professor and I worked as a financial aid counselor until retiring to care for my mother in 2003. We have two sons and two grandsons. The oldest son is a diagnostic medical imager/ artist in San Francisco, and the younger son is partner in a private equity firm in Boulder. My outside activities revolve around sports, travel, reading and the League of Women Voters. Tom and I have taken 14 bike trips in Europe and too many ski trips to count. Both sons were ski racers and now the grandsons are, too. About 15 years ago, we bought a place in the Colorado mountains, and now spend the winters there and a month in the summer. My passion is cooking and eating. Hence the need for all the physical exercise! I keep in touch with Susan Hamilton Kellas but have only seen her once in London almost 20 years ago. Time for another trip!”

Marty Horton Gecek writes, “Many thanks to Penny for her DECADES of serving as Class Correspondent for our class! It wasn’t always easy to get us to respond with news, but she stuck with it— with often amazing results. We are all most grateful! And thanks to Carol for taking on this task so that in the future we can all turn to our Class Notes and read the news from the best class from all the rest past!”

Ana Sofia Esteves writes, “Just a little note to thank you for all the years you have kept our class together and informed of the good things everyone was doing with their lives. We were together for just a few years, but thanks to you, you have kept us united far longer. ¡Muchas gracias y hasta pronto!”

Renee Brezniak Glazier writes, “My husband Irwin, to whom I was married for 50 1/2 years, passed away in January 2015. I am still living in San Antonio. My children live in San Antonio, Durham, Needham and Westford. I have seven grandchildren (six boys and one girl).” And now, as a special surprise to Penny, please enjoy these words of gratitude from her classmates for Penny’s many years as the 1960 Class Correspondent: Daphne Bransten writes, “Penny, You have been fantastic and revived my connection to Dana Hall. Now that you are finally getting some time off, maybe a trip or two? Let me know. Thanks so much for your devotion and amazing work.”

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Renee Glazier writes, “Penny, Thank you for being our Class Correspondent, and for doing this job with such ease and grace.” Carol Huppler Hosdale writes, “Dear Penny, You have been an excellent Class of 1960 Correspondent! You performed your position with patience, grace and charm. You were always encouraging, never too busy and an excellent representative of Dana’s traditions! We admired you more than you know. As I humbly accept your position as mine, I wish to express my deepest thanks to you for a job well done! I will try my very best.” Karen Detweiler Hyatt writes, “You have been nothing short of wonderful! I know the busy life you lead and that you found time to keep in touch with our classmates is so very much appreciated. Many, many thanks for all the years you devoted to being our Class Correspondent.” Sue Hendey Jenkins writes, “Thank you, Penny, for your loyalty and devoted service over so many years! Hugs and best wishes!” Ann Martin writes, “Penny, You were always a sweetie and certainly have continued that way! Thank you for your years of work for the Class of ’60!” Pamela Sexton writes, “To Penny and the Class of 1960: We all have been so fortunate to have Penny as our Class of ’60 Correspondent for ALL THESE YEARS! Thank you, Penny, for doing such an outstanding job through thick and thin! It has always been terrific to turn to Class Notes and catch up on our fellow classmates through weddings, babies and even funerals,

Anne Stewart writes, “Penny, I’m sending you an enormous thank you for all the years you have been our Class Correspondent! Enjoy your retirement!” Letitia Swortwood writes, “Penny, Thank you for keeping us up-to-date with one another for ALL these years. The 1960s seem like a long time ago. Enjoy your free time.” Natalie Thomas writes, “Pen, Thanks for your many years of devotion to Dana and for keeping the Class of ’60 alive. What would we have done without you?! Even though you bugged me every year, it was my pleasure to try to make your life a little easier in the Bulletin. You were amazing to go this long! Our visit recently was so great—just to see you again; we never miss a beat!” Canda Tinkelenberg writes, “Many thanks to Penny for her years of working on the Bulletin for our class. I always enjoy reading the Bulletin.” Kathy Knudson Wattles writes, “Dear Penny, Dana has always held a special place in my heart, but I have never been a great communicator. Thanks to you, I kept in touch over all these years and loved getting that little nudge from you. It means so much to know I still have my Dana family because you made that effort to reach out and count me in. I miss seeing you in Newport, too, but wish you the very best in your new life to come.”

Class of 1961 Susan (Sue) Gibbs gibbsie65@hotmail.com Barbara Vaughan Koun writes that husband Neil (who is hooked on boats) and she are going to take another boat trip, but not until January 1, 2017. “I have wanted to go to the Solomon Islands and Cook Islands, so we are going to the Cook Islands on our way to Sydney. And then we are picking up

the Crystal Cruise in Sydney for the Solomon Islands. Not sure what else we are going to do. It takes so long to get over there that we might want to do something else while we are in the area.” So you’ll have even more to tell us about next year. Have a wonderful trip! Anges (Tucky) Smith Harrison has the following to say about the legendary Class of ’61: “This class comprises amazing, strong women who are willing to share their stories and stand by others as they make their journeys. I believe we grow closer as friends as the years roll on!” How right she is and it’s great! When we read this, we’ll have been at our 55th Reunion and become still closer. Our Australian, Sally Saunders, wished she could also be at Reunion and writes, “I am committed to a project in Cambodia, and that is taking my travel time and budget. I am helping a rural village develop a sewing business to give people skills to earn a living and in the long term, supporting their oneyear-old school funded through an American group.” Keenie Cabell Hildreth left all the good snow in Colorado in March to go skiing in Italy. They were a group of 14 (!) who went: sons and wives, grandchildren, her exhusband, her current husband and her brother. They must have had to charter a plane. Hope the skiing met up to expectations; a fun time was had by all, I’m sure. Her pre-trip comment: “Off piste, here I come!” Keenie’s grandsons who live in Alaska are all ski racers. Our sympathy also goes to Keenie on the loss of her mother last August. I had the good fortune to meet her mother in New Hampshire in the summer of 2014, and she was an absolutely lovely lady. Tucky Massey Clark visited her daughter and family in Russia over Christmas and the New Year. She’s been to Moscow about 20 times now. This winter, she took a short side trip to Tblisi, which was very interesting and a good bit warmer than Moscow. Allison White and husband Jim celebrated her birthday in March with a weekend in Providence. “We saw a fantastic production of To Kill a Mockingbird, wandered all over town and went to the RISD art museum, which was a wonderful surprise as it was filled with gems of every genre.” She is now busy following “her” ospreys who returned in March to live in a nest atop a pole right near their house. Here is a picture of Allison and her brother in Spain that I (Sue) forgot to put in the last Bulletin.

Allison White and her brother in Barcelona, Spain

Anne Poekel McAuley is so sorry she couldn’t come to Reunion this time. She needs to stay near her husband who is in a rehab center recovering from major back surgery. But there’s no moss growing on her! She writes, “This photo was taken in Yorktown, Vir., on June 5, 2015. I composed and recreated a document of appreciation for a French captain who had come from France steering Lafayette’s recreated ship the L’Hermione. The harbor town in France had worked for 17 years on the ship. After Virginia, it sailed to Philadelphia and then New York and toward New England. I represented the American Friends of Lafayette. I am a Francophile, having lived in Paris for two years with a businessman husband, and now I give lectures telling the life story of General Rochambeau who helped General George Washington win the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. I have been a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution for 50 years and belong to the Paris chapter named ‘Rochambeau.’ My history teacher at Dana Hall helped me to study history more efficiently.”

Anne Poekel McAuley in Yorktown, Vir.

Anne Poekel McAuley after one of her lectures on the life of General Rochambeau.

Jane (Janie) Chittick had a few days in Fort Lauderdale this winter and while there, she saw Judy Kaufman Lewis for lunch. Jane was also celebrating her return to the bloom of good health. Way to go, Janie!

Jane Chittick and Judy Kaufman Lewis in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Jane Chittick

Many thanks to Janie, Ann Nutter Thompson, Robin Morsman Geis, Tucky Smith Harrison and Debby Goodwin for all their hard work on Reunion! Ann Nutter Thompson and Jane Chittick

Melissa Bradley writes from Colorado, “In June, I went on an archaeology hiking trip to northern New Mexico. We visited Bandelier, N.M., and a number of other sites, most of which aren’t on the tourist radar, but real archaeologists are usually very interested in going out with avocational folks when they can talk about their research. On the third day, we bushwhacked to several sites on a mesa top west of Espanola; no trail and loose rocks and scree up and down on both sides of the valley. The temperature was over 90. This was nothing that I hadn’t done in past years and on longer hikes, and I didn’t think much of it after I got back to the car and drank about a gallon of water.” But then she goes on to say that she ended up with a torn meniscus after that trip and had to have arthroscopic surgery. All’s well that ends well! She has a

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homestead a bit south of Colorado Springs where she has two range cattle cows and two calves. A most welcome sign of life—and the enclosed picture—arrived from Judy Kaufman Lewis. “Finally a bit of a lull for me. Time to catch my breath and time to respond to your kind request for some news for the Bulletin. Although we were not able to have all four of us together as we have often done in the past, the Murrays (Lindamel Murray from Colorado and Karen Murray from California) persevered, succeeded and happily joined me and my family to ring in 2016 in south Florida. We had quite a wonderful time ‘catching up’ with all the news of our different families; lots of reminiscing and genuine affection from over all the years and all the miles. We are all so grateful for the opportunity to continue our Dana friendships. Best wishes to you and all our classmates for an especially enjoyable 55th Reunion.”

Karen Murray, her twin Lindamel Murray and Judy Kaufman Lewis off the coast of Palm Beach in January 2016.

By the time we read this, our 55th Reunion will be a thing of the past, but I have something terrific to share here first. As most of you know, Nobuko (Enn) Shimizu Matsushita came all the way from Tokyo, which I think is wonderful. This is what she wrote to me ahead of time: “While I was at Dana, what I was doing was mostly fighting against English 2 and homesickness, and actually had no time to really make friends nor look at my surrounding people. One of the reasons why I have finally decided to come to the Reunion is to find out who they were.” Stay tuned to find out if we met Enn’s expectations! Karen (KK) Kelly Becker writes, “In June 2007, Ned and I moved back into our newly renovated house in Ponte Vedra Beach on the northeast Florida coast near Jacksonville. We had been gone for 26 years, since our careers in independent school education took us first to the New Orleans area, then to Houston, where Ned headed two schools; I taught 12th grade English at both schools, also serving as our Houston school’s communications editor. Our three daughters are all married and now have families of

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their own, so we have seven engaging grandchildren (four boys and three girls), ranging in age from 2 to 14. I still do some freelance writing and editing, primarily for the Episcopal School of Jacksonville where Ned and I met as young teachers back in 1969! I was honored to spend most of 2014 editing ESJ’s 50th anniversary history, True to the Dream, published by Grandin Hood in late 2015. A monumental undertaking, it was also a gratifying and enriching project that allowed me to reconnect with many former students and colleagues. Aside from spending time with our grandchildren, I keep busy following women’s basketball (both professional and college), reading and writing (I applied for admission to the St. Augustine Writers Conference poetry division and was accepted for both 2014 and 2015), and fundraising for Mount Holyoke (I was elected co-head class agent at our 50th MHC reunion a year ago). Best to everyone! I love reading everyone’s news in the Bulletin.” Marlene Mustard Graf’s grandson, Marcus, got married in Stuart, Fla., on May 1. His mother, Marlene’s daughter, is Ginny Osborne Ricker ’84. Mary WilsonTauson and her husband Ric attended the wedding. After that, Marlene went to Waynesville, N.C., to visit her sisters for a few days before heading north to Reunion. Marlene is just loving her life in Arizona where she does lots of gardening before it gets too hot out to do so. Life is good, she says. For those of you who don’t have email contact with us, we’ve had some great “conversations” this winter. There was a lot, of course, about Reunion, but we’ve also hashed over our Spread as seniors when there was a howling blizzard so some people had trouble getting there. Jane Newton MacDonald forced her father and brother to mush through the snow from Westborough to get to Dana. Linda Marsh wasn’t as lucky and walked from Wellesley Hills to school dressed in her Japanese costume and black wig! We also had lots of reminiscing going about the food we ate at Dana. Everybody remembered different things but all agreed that the popovers were the best. Fun. I hope even more will participate in these impromptu walks down memory lane plus chats about what we’re up to now. Sally Saunders writes, “In my senior year, I took the advanced American History course with Mr. Schuler. He was so skilled at leading us all to a conclusion. Then, when the bell rang, he would write a question on the blackboard that showed another side of the day’s question and so left us wondering. That approach to teaching really helped me

develop my ability to look at an issue from many sides. My mother told me once that I had always done that, but I know Mr. Schuler was the secret to my skills. In my career, I developed useful skills at problem identification, including finding causes and considering solutions. It made me a very successful consultant when I finally began, at age 41 and in California, to work on large organizations from the outside. And many, many times as I worked, I thought about Mr. Schuler and his questions. I still identify him as the best teacher I ever had. In 1990, I had a reputation as a consultant who knew how to develop telephone-based customer service operations. That was what brought me to Australia in November of that year. Then I was asked to return in February 1991 for a month. The client kept asking me to do more. After 19 months, I went back home to immigrate and marry an Australian. And here I remain, divorced, retired and still grateful to Mr. Schuler.” Nicki Batterson Hall and Penelope (Penny) Pearse Houghton Buzby ’60 have reconnected and hope to get together this summer since they will both be in Vermont. Sheila Carter Benger writes, “Haven’t been able to keep up with the emails that were prolific for a while, mostly because of my work schedule and also my commitments at St. Andrew’s Church in Marblehead. We are involved in many social justice issues including fair wages, sick time, immigration and now welcoming refugees to the North Shore. Been so busy this winter, nannying five days a week for now 18-month-old redheaded Iris. She lives in Marblehead and I live in Salem. Every day, rain or shine, we go for a long walk. I used to push the stroller, but now that she is walking, we walk for an hour or more. She is a dog lover, so we say hi to every dog we see, including the life-sized black lab that sits out on the sidewalk at Irresistibles. I’ve just started riding my bike again and am looking forward to another bike and barge trip in France. This time I’ll go to Provence and the Camargue. I’m going with an ‘old’ friend who was the art teacher in Wellesley when I was teaching in the elementary schools in the 1960s. Three years ago, we went with the same company, HAT Tours, to Burgundy, and before that I went with them to the Loire Valley and another trip to the Dordogne. I’ve been biking since the late 1980s, shortly after my husband died, when I won a bike at my kids’ elementary school raffle. Can’t get enough of biking! Have biked a few time with Nancy Cargill Vachon in Vermont where she lives.”

Class of 1962 Bev Holmes Prevost P92 bevhprevost@gmail.com Make a note that our 55th Reunion will be in the fall of 2017! All of us at the 50th had a ball, and those who couldn’t come wished they could have! Regarding class rings: It seems as though our class rings may have had as many perambulations through the years as we have, and several ring stories emerged for this Bulletin. Keep more stories coming for the next Bulletin! Kendra Gunn Nedjar wrote a wonderful account of removing her ring several months ago and clipping it to her key chain as she often does. She did not realize it had fallen off until she got a call from Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 that a UPS deliveryman had found it in Reading, Mass., outside the funeral home where Kendra had been. The UPS man, Justin Lefevre, sleuthed on his own and found it to be a 1962 Dana Hall ring with the initials KMG on the inside. He called Dana, spoke with Corinne who determined it was Kendra’s and called her with the UPS guy’s phone number. Kendra called, met him at a Starbucks in Marblehead, he returned her ring and she gave him a reward! An alumna reunited with her class ring, all because of the kindness and honesty of a stranger! I (Bev Holmes Prevost) write, “I lost my first ring (my parents were NOT pleased) soon after graduation. A boyfriend had it on and decided to throw a ball and it flew off into woods. Happily my parents provided another. Of course No. 2 hadn’t actually gone through Spread, etc., but nevertheless I have worn it with pride all these years. One of my daughter’s (Elizabeth Prevost ’92) friends lost hers in the Dana riding center. I wonder if it was ever found when they redid the riding center?!” Kathy Walker Denis writes, “About my onyx stone Dana Hall ’62 ring: It was slightly broken (the stone) shortly after graduation. I never got around to having it repaired. Too bad because it is lovely and I would enjoy wearing again. Why not? Thanks for mentioning it; definitely now on my 2016 to-do list.” Pam Price writes, “My Dana ring was stolen from my home along with every other piece of jewelry I then owned in the early 1980s. Some items had no sentimental (or monetary) value, but the Dana ring represented an important part of my life! I still miss it from time to time.”

Suzy Lees Pullen writes, “It’s funny you should mention the class ring. I still wear mine on occasion. It’s a really attractive ring and I love it still. No real news other than everything is going well.” Carol Cookman Ruffo writes, “My beloved ring has rested in a beautiful place since 2003. I loved wearing my ring and all the memories of Spread that it brought back. Unfortunately, I lost it at a dance at the Ocean House. It was the closing night of that great hotel. We danced on the deck to Johnny and the East Coast Rockers as we said goodbye to our beloved hotel which held so many memories for us. The hotel reopened in 2010 after extensive renovations and is just a gorgeous place to visit in Watch Hill, R.I. I know my ring is in a happy place, but I sure do wish I had it back!” More class news: Jean Borgatti writes, “I returned in February 2016 from 14 months in Nigeria. I had been teaching at the University of Benin in Benin City on a Fulbright and continuing to conduct research on traditional culture among people who live about 70 miles to the north of that city— people I have been working with since the early 1970s. Part of what I do these days is to serve as the consulting curator of African and oceanic art at the Fitchburg Art Museum in Fitchburg, Mass. Visit our website: www.fitchburgartmuseum.org.” Kendra Gunn Nedjar further writes from her beloved Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where she tries to visit family as often as possible. “My daughter Tamara, husband Mike, son Gabriel and their four cats moved back with Chakib and me this past year. This was possible as they both work from home. They wanted to be closer to family to raise their son—my grandson. It is chaotic in our three-bedroom house but I adore Gabriel. Though I quickly realized I could not be a full-time babysitter, we have worked out a nice schedule of daycare and my volunteer genealogy work at the library on Wednesdays, meeting with friends for lunches, and back by 3 p.m. when his nap is over! I have time to see him change and grow. I don’t remember having as much time with my daughter as I can now spend with Gabriel. Gabriel is the best thing that could possibly have occurred to us and in spite of the chaos in the household, that little bugger is the light of my life and I adore him.” Pam Price further writes, “Tracy Hagan Bacon and I were able to get together last summer. This year, I hope to see Diana Cunningham Bunting and Alicia AJ Banchs also. We tried last year but timing

and distance got in the way of best intentions. Last summer, I took a cruise aboard the Canadian Empress along the St. Lawrence Seaway. It was fun and educational with spectacular scenery. Great way to celebrate my 70th!” At our 50th, did anyone inadvertently pick up Pam’s class directory from around 1959/10th grade with her name, P.J. Price, on it? It was a small booklet with names, faces and home cities. She would love to have it back if found! Alice Denis, Kathy Walker Denis’s granddaughter

Kathy Walker Denis shared this about the Paris bombings last fall, but it missed the deadline for the Winter Bulletin: “Paris has indeed been the scene of terrible happenings since last January, but of course the 13th of November surpassed January by all stretches of the imagination. Slowly, Parisians are attempting to get back to quasi-normal, but vigilant of course. The average age of those who died on that awful Friday was 35 years old—the ones worldwide who always have that joyful ‘TGIF’ attitude after work every Friday, who love to laugh and get together at sidewalk cafes on the way home or go to concerts or restaurants, the next day being for most a non-workday. Our son and his wife (32 and 33) are still traumatises; he was on his way home on his bike and she knew he was riding close to several of those places. I am ever so thankful that my parents and grandparents, but also my experiences at Dana (plus four meaningful summers away from home at wonderful Camp Wohelo on Sebago Lake, Maine) still continue to enable me to grow and to learn and to think for myself. To try to keep a rock of faith somewhere in me, no matter what the trials, and there are many. To try to take all points of view into account before I form my own judgment. To remember that nonviolence and peace are the only goals that can ‘save’ humanity. (Ipse dixit Mrs. Johnston’s friend Dr. Howard Thurman, who came to Dana Hall for morning lecture/sermon a few times a year. Dr. Thurman had known Gandhi and he even helped me with my senior year paper on that amazing preMandela person.) ‘To look for the good that is in all people, even our worst enemies’ (Anne Frank). None of that is easy to

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maintain, especially in France today. My best to all of Dana. Please come see me if you are in this Ville Lumiere (City of Light)!” Carole Schieren Almond writes, “Dave and I have moved to Broomfield, Colo., to be near kids and grandkids after many years in Sun Valley, Idaho. We are looking forward to being part of our grandchildren’s (ages 4 and 7) lives and are living in an over55 community, which has lots of activities to keep us young. We will be closer to the rest of our family in Atlanta, and will continue to spend the cold-weather months in Rancho Mirage in southern California. Life is good despite the usual aches and pains!” Carole can be reached at (208) 309-1203 or carole.almond@yahoo.com.

had graduated with from high school. He had always been smitten with her and she thought of him as a good friend. Twentyplus year later, they reconnected and found a wonderful life together!”

Gretchen Cooper Pooler and Marva Wisecarver Williams

Lorel Nazzaro writes, “Bev, boy, the time does fly by! I can’t believe it was over a year ago we met in Portsmouth, N.H. Hopefully we can have another mini-reunion again. Life continues to treat me well, especially with the addition of my fourth grandchild, Giselle Nibelung. This is a recent photo of me with my three children and four grandchildren. Love and hugs!”

Bev Holmes Prevost’s family Gretchen Cooper Pooler’s daughter Jane’s wedding, March 2016

Lorel Nazzaro’s family (Lorel is second from right)

Judy Petsonk writes, “Our news is nice. Our daughter and son-in-law, Hope and Dan Levin, have bought a house in Wyndmoor, just north of Philadelphia. Our son Ben launched a career as a personal trainer. Steve is still singing with the Master Voices chorale, and Judy, after strenuous but rewarding preparations for Passover, is getting back to work on a new novel. Fond wishes to all Dana-ites.” Gretchen Cooper Pooler writes, “Each year, Buzz and I get together with Marva Wisecarver Williams and her husband Jim at their family cottage on Lake Huron. Last July, our 11-year-old grandson Cooper accompanied us. Marva and Jim brought their 11-year-old granddaughter Helena and we all had a great time, with the children becoming fast friends and sharing interests in everything. My daughter Jane was married earlier this year in Stuart, Fla. This was such a happy time for all of us! She waited a long time to meet the right person, and he turned out to be an old friend she

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I (Bev) had lots of travel this past year: to weddings back in Winnetka, Ill., D.C., LA; London for two weeks last June with my daughter Elizabeth Prevost ’92, Mike and Grace; Cuttyhunk for the summer with two weeks back in Point O’Woods where Ned was guest minister, and where I spent summers; Texas for Ned’s seminary reunion; Iowa with Elizabeth, Mike and Grace for Thanksgiving; and June was Virginia for the 50th Hollins Reunion (rooming with Dana roommate Diana Cunningham Bunting!). Meanwhile, still singing in church choir (All Saints in Worcester), nursing the failing knees and loving Ned’s retirement!

Gretchen Cooper Pooler’s grandson, Cooper, and Marva Wisecarver Williams’ granddaughter, Helena—both 11

Val Clayton Tangen writes, “JP and I were suffering from a little leak in our radiant floor heating system. About six months later, restoration was completed in the spring. A terrible, long process. Have not done much else except sit around waiting for contractors to show up! Fortunately the Pacific Northwest had an easy winter and early spring.” Eleanor Riker Crosby wrote me (Bev) to say she was grateful to Pat McGuire Berger for including Eleanor’s update for the 50th Reunion book. She said the expense of traveling and finding a place to stay discouraged her attendance. She attributes her faith to Dana’s nurturing through chapel, church and graduation at the Village Church, beginning a personal relationship with God that led to her membership in the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

The more difficult class news: Pam Pearsall’s mother died on April 2, 2016, so on behalf of all of us, we send Pam our love and condolences. Pam looks a LOT like her mom, whose name was Jean. “Jeannie” (as per Pam’s sister-in-law) was in her 90s and Pam spoke weekly or maybe daily with her, so this is a major transition and never an easy one. Pam sent some photos and some news: “I am still running Stepping Stones Clean and Sober, LLC., but it is now down to a more manageable three houses and 35 beds. I still live in my beautiful 1891 house, a pivotal home in Whatcom County where I have lived since 1981. It is about to undergo a huge, 4–5 month all-consuming reno. I still have lots of kitties (my children); the two most recent are Ember and Cuddles. I don’t do beading as much but still love crocheting and knitting, and am doing those new coloring books for stress release. I don’t travel now due to two titanium hips that set off all kinds of alarms! I did want to say hello to everyone and say I hope you are all doing well. Cannot believe this many years have gone by. The world has changed so dramatically, and this election season takes the prize—or should I say booby prize!” Pam Pearsall

Pam’s house, built in 1891, that she has extensively renovated

Pam’s cats, Ember (left) and Cuddles

Wingate Main Payne sent this news: “The only news I have is sad. Toni Carter Emery died of cancer in December 2015. After Dana, she followed her mother to Connecticut College, spending a year at Princeton in Chinese studies. She worked at the NSA in cryptography, married a coworker and went on assignment for several years to Taiwan. After a divorce, she raised two boys while attending law school. She then worked in bankruptcy and business law in Maryland and D.C. Toni loved music, tennis, sailing, knitting and being with her five grandchildren.” All best to you, Wingate. Judy Harris Preston’s daughter, Alicia Preston, writes, “I received your card. It is with a heavy heart I inform you my dear mother passed away on Nov. 15, 2014. She always enjoyed sharing stories of her beloved Dana Hall and I always enjoyed hearing them. I offer on her behalf a deep thank you for the time, friendships and memories given to her from her time there.” (I then wrote her to offer condolences and love from our class, and to invite her to share more, which she did.) “It has been a long and difficult 17 months since the passing of my mother and my best friend. If you thought she was dynamic in high school, imagine who she grew to! Here is the link to her obituary: www. remickgendron.com/m/obituaries/JudyPreston/Memories. I think this explains her best. I do have her ring! She loved it so. Dana Hall was truly a great pride for her. She fought for six years with breast cancer, never letting it stop her. Unfortunately, after managing cancer for so long, she died from a simple blood infection—but for six years, we did it right. We took amazing trips. In December 2013, less than a year before she died, we met with her doctors to inform them we were going on a road trip

for a month. We had saved up. Her doctor said, ‘I am not sure this is a good idea!’ Mom replied, ‘What? They don’t have hospitals in the south?’ So we embarked. A month on the road... and did indeed end up in a hospital in Mobile, Ala., for three days. When they released her, I had booked a hotel for several more days so she could rest. She informed me that we were 120 miles from Biloxi and there were casinos there, so forget the hotel—we were going. So we did. That was mom in all her glory. And I’m sure it surprises no one that that was what she chose. These are the stories I would love my beautiful mother to be remembered by: as a woman who simply knew how to live as if every moment might be her last. I thank you again for being part of a memory and family she held with such pride. In my mother’s love, Alicia.” (And though she has long blonde hair, to me, Alicia looks like Judy!)

Class of 1963 Correspondent needed

Jane Champlin Rowan and Carol Cookman Ruffo ’62 with Carol’s son and Carol’s newly engaged granddaughter in Naples, Fla.

Class of 1965 Susan West Ayres warren.ayres@verizon.net Susan (Sue) West Ayres writes, “Two of my sisters joined me for the Philadelphia Flower Show for the first time ever. In late March, Warren and I welcomed our fourth grandchild into the family! Being a grandparent is the best.”

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

Sisters Kippy West ’69, Susan West Ayres, Marcy West Lyman ’70 (missing is Kaatje West White ’76)

Emmy Lou Gaul Prescott, Elizabeth (Robin) Gaul ’62, Betsy Livingston Sheffer ’62, Martha Frisbie Hastings and Elizabeth (Betsy) Cookman Walston enjoying lunch in Palm Beach, Fla., in January 2016.

Jane Champlin Rowan, Emmy Lou Gaul Prescott, Jane Clayman-Lakatós and Elizabeth (Robin) Gaul ’62 in Naples, Fla.

Sarah Chase reports attending the final visit of outgoing Head of School Caroline Erisman with Washington alumnae. While no other 1965 classmates attended, Sarah enjoyed catching up with Fay Armstrong ’66 and comparing notes regarding 50th Reunions. She, too, thinks of our grand 50th Reunion as “great fun!” Shelley Carpenter Reynolds is “happily enjoying the grandma years. We have five grandchildren between my husband’s two daughters and my daughter who had a baby girl last November. We spend our time travelling to Chicago, Baltimore and Charlotte to enjoy them all. We stop along the way to see old friends and new places, or for Steve to direct a play somewhere. As long as we are healthy and energetic we’ll keep it up. But anyone visiting Cape Cod in the summer will find us still on Nauset Beach—maybe sitting with Sue Dorsey Gray or Anne Parker Stommes, who are also Cape Codders.” Catherine Kostick Ravinski writes, “Still working full-time as an administrative law

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judge for DHHS/Departmental Appeals Board in D.C. So much for retirement!” Jane Field Gore writes, “Nothing new in Princeton, which is the good news.” She still reflects on the good times we all had at our 50th and what a great job Dana did. “It was fun to catch up with classmates. Seemed as though no time had passed at all.” Paula Minnick Peterson writes, “It has been a rough year, but the good news is that I am 1-year cancer free and so grateful to be alive and well, and thankful for my beautiful loving family. Pam Palmer Everets calls to check in, too.” Paula and John spent the winter in Naples fixing up their condo in Pelican Bay and visiting with Penny Banks Peck who also is in Naples. They recently traveled to Cuba—before it is “Americanized”—and found the Cubans to be lovely, gentle people, though their country is very broken. In August, they are planning a two-week river cruise from Vienna to Amsterdam. They then head to Lugano for her 50th reunion and back to Vienna for another week. Her sons and “grands” are well and thriving. Paula is doing consulting with her bereavement work.

Class of 1966 Lael Montgomery laelmontgomery@aol.com We all got caught up at Reunion in May that we’re plum out of news! Look for new updates in the next issue. Until then, a message to all alumnae younger than us: “Don’t miss your 50th Reunion! It’s a blast!”

Class of 1967 Lucy Haward Sur lhsur@aol.com

I am still busy with my art and hope to have a basic website up in a couple of months. Been doing more landscape paintings in acrylic, and smaller botanical pieces in watercolor on vellum, just to mix it up!

Daughter-in-law Betsy, son Matt, Lucy Haward Sur, son Tony, and husband Steve on a family vacation to Mauna Lani, Big Island, Hawaii in February

It’s never too early to make your plans to be at our 50th (!) Reunion in 2017. I could use any and all input from you, so please shoot me any ideas you might have. We are going to make it fabulous! Cheers! Patricia Lavien Poras writes, “I’m happily married living in Newton. We have four children—all married—and nine grandchildren (soon to be 10)! All of the kids live in the area, for which we are very grateful; a simple family dinner totals 20! I had a very successful career in retail, traveling worldwide for national retailers, but I’ve given that up and now I’m a spinning instructor which keeps me busy. I’m looking forward to a summer at our Cape house and spending time with all the grandkids.”

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

Hi, all! Not so much news this time around, but we have had some busy classmates over the winter! Christa Corwin did a marvelous road trip through the southeast, spending a good chunk of time in St. Augustine, Fla., with friends and family. Gayle O’Brien and I (Lucy Haward Sur) both volunteered at the first TEDx speakers’ day in Natick in January; she as a speech coach, I as a lunch lady. It was fun and there were some interesting speakers. Check out the podcasts. Gearing up for the next event in 2017! My husband and I (Lucy) were fortunate enough to spend February in Hawaii and be able to share some time there with both of our sons, Tony and Matt, and Matt’s wife Betsy. Super to have us all in the same place!

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The Class of 1968 at its 20th Reunion in 1988

I (Laura Potsubay Pucher) recently learned that our classmate Sara Knox Mulvaney passed away more than five years ago. Her husband Mark writes, “Just received Sara’s Dana Bulletin. Unfortunately, Sara died July 2010. She had pulmonary fibrosis and died in her sleep. She was a gentle soul and a wonderful wife and mother.” I sent Mark a copy of the group photo above and he responded that Sara always hated that

hairstyle of hers! (Mark and I shared a good laugh over that.) I will always remember the body brace Sara wore every day at Dana. Graduation was the first time I ever saw her unfettered, and her posture was AMAZING! Diana Smith writes, “Busy year but I still managed to get in some cross-country skiing here in Weston, Mass. My husband Bruce and I moved into a smaller home a mile away from our old one. It’s a standalone home that we designed and built in a new development that’s run like a condo, so far less maintenance. I’m still working with social entrepreneurs and loving it. Our nephews just moved to Boston this year to attend Northeastern, so we are delighted to see more of them.” Diana Smith cross-country skiing in Massachusetts

Jennifer (Jenn) Oakes is enjoying retirement. The final bell on 43 years of teaching rang in June 2015 for Jenn. “We had wonderful celebrations right down to me being the grand marshal of the Fourth of July Parade—what a hoot! After 10 years of renting, Bethany and I decided to buy the condo next door, and May 1 we moved all of five feet over to the adjacent threshold!” Wendie Franks Howland says that her work as “a legal nurse consultant and life care planner has been very busy lately, with some big cases and new local and out-ofstate clients. I am retiring from the editorship of the Journal of Nurse Life Care Planning in September after eight years. Before I announced that, the association gave me their first Outstanding Volunteer Award at our national conference. I’m also the head of the certification examination item-writing committee for the legal nursing association, and continuing as the editor for the Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting. In other news, I am now sporting a pair of brand-new implanted lenses—the better to see everything with.” I (Pots) also have two lens implants, and I agree with your statement, Beans. Don’t fear cataract surgery, though the cost of all surgery these days is clearly “out of sight.”

Hilary Rosenfeld’s news is fascinating! “I’ve been teaching in the undergraduate Drama Department at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Just finished designing the set and costumes for The Wiz at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a maximumsecurity women’s prison in Westchester. I work with a group called RTA (Rehabilitation Through the Arts) that has art programs in several local prisons. The set for the show was built in Sing Sing, but the backdrops were painted in-house with the help of some of the very talented incarcerated women. I didn’t know that William F. Brown (who wrote the book of the musical The Wiz) was the father of my sophomore Debbie Brown ’70 until the musical was done on TV recently—small world! My daughter Hanna Exel graduated in May with a Master’s in art history and plans to do museum education. Life is busy, life is good!” Pat Murray is “still working full-time and trying to manage two households. Both homes are within driving distance, so I seem to get very little done at either. How much easier to move several states away rather than down the street! But my Mom and I are happy and that’s what counts. I am in the process of going through things that I have kept as fond memories but which can (and should) be used by others. A local organization is just perfect for helping those in need. Many people in our Portland, Maine, area have come here from terrible atrocities, trying to make a new life. I find it heartening to see folks who are actually dressed up for church on Sundays! I can now have good thoughts of a beautiful dress my mom once wore to church or a tweed suit of my dad’s helping someone to whom dressing for church still means something. Heck, it is good to think someone who feels simply lucky to be alive might find some joy from something that has also brought me joy.” Pam Fallon Jagla and husband Ken “cruised down the Danube in April. Our son Jack got engaged on the jumbotron at the Yankees/Red Sox game last September, and now we are readying for a wedding in Oregon this fall. Still wintering in Costa Rica. We have a nice ranch on the beach— great surfing! If anyone wants to travel in Costa Rica, get a hold of me.” Kathy Benton Harris retired in January from her interim CEO position at Banner Health. Judging from all the travel shots and happy horse photos posted on Facebook, Kathy is enjoying this latest assignment. Julie Morrill Abbot welcomed another grandchild on April 23. “My daughter

Danica gave birth to Lincoln Lester Reed. He was 7 lbs., 12 oz., and arrived with two pushes!”

My multi-part essay, Canaries in the Coal Mine, details the official policies of neglect and segregation that have devastated large

Congratulations to all the grandmothers among us. I’m (Pots) looking forward to seeing pictures of your adored and adorable grandkids at our 50th Reunion in the spring of 2018. As soon as we know when, I will send a save the date. Please do “friend” me on Facebook. Now that I’m living alone (divorce pending), it’s great to keep in touch with the very best girlfriends I know.

swaths of the city and contributed to extreme rates of homicide, drug addiction and generational poverty. I also just finished a memoir manuscript called Embracing the Dragon: A Parent’s Journey to Reclaim Hope, which chronicles how my use of alternative healing successfully reversed the impact of my son’s cystic fibrosis. Anyone know a great agent or publisher? I have two wonderful sons, Gus (28) and Russell (23), a delightful daughter-in-law (Katie), and a precious 17-month-old grandson (Camden Russell). I’m still in touch with Melanie Choukas-Bradley and Catherine Cornell, but would love to hear from other classmates! I live in Baltimore and am reachable via email (LBeane123@gmail. com) or Facebook.”

Harriet Dubin Strauss and husband of 43 years, Steve, vacationing in the Dominican Republic

Lindsay Beane

Class of 1969 J. Mara DelliPriscoli jmara@travelearning.com Deborah Yard Orazem mello.debby@gmail.com Margaret Olmsted writes, “I have been living in Los Angeles for 31 years. I worked as an acupuncturist and retired a couple of years ago, but I still see a few patients. I also teach and study tai chi. My school offers residential summer trainings in Washington if anyone is interested in learning tai chi (www.taichifoundation.org). I’ve been married 32 years and my husband is a retired attorney. We have a son, age 25, who has a good job doing IT work and lives nearby with his girlfriend. Life is good. Hope life is good for all my old classmates whom I have not seen in a very, very long time.”

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One of Andrea Higgins Bierce’s highlights was that she and her husband, Sandy, spent Easter weekend in Portland, Ore. “Our youngest, Jenny, moved there to work with Nike, and our daughter Cameron and her husband Jon joined us from San Francisco. Portland is such a fun city with fabulous food. We were missing our son Alex and his fiancé Kaitlin.” Andrea Higgins Bierce and her husband Sandy at Multnomah Falls near Portland, Ore.

Ann Elisabeth (Betsy) Bass betsybass52@gmail.com Emily Ecker eecker@gmail.com Hello classmates! Though we didn’t hear from a lot of you this season, we trust that your lives are going well. We look forward to receiving any photos or updates from you throughout the year. Lindsay Beane writes, “I recently launched a new website (www.LindsayBeane.com) to share my writings on Baltimore City, where I have worked in public health for 20+ years.

Sandy and Andrea in Portland

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Emily Ecker writes, “I have a lovely granddaughter, Avalon, named from the book Mists of Avalon. We call her Ava. She lives in California, so I am appreciating the technology of FaceTime. Of note: Employees in California pay into a ‘disability’ plan that is used for family leave. Mothers get one month before due date and three months after at 60 percent of income. The father gets two months family leave. Now that is quality family care.” Emily Ecker with granddaughter Ava

Missy Hoagland had the most interesting news. After travelling in Thailand, she was headed to Quebec to learn French, and then awaiting assignment as an MSF (Doctors Without Borders) volunteer. Nancy Plum writes, “The weekend of Reunion was the weekend of district championships for mixed doubles in our area, for which my 8.0 team qualified.” Marta and Dean with artist Ezio Gribaudo

Durinda Wood writes, “Katherine King ’71 and I met up for a fundraiser dinner for the Liberty Hill Foundation, which is a progressive foundation that helps with community outreach in southern California.”

Nina Dodge writes, “I am deep in my sustainable energy work with some great reach ambitions for 2016, today working on revamping my CV as I’ve been pressed into some consulting by colleagues here in D.C. Good news but needs some adjusting! My heart remains in my policy advocacy, which will remain a major focus.” Annette Waterman Brodie writes, “My husband and I love living in Boston. When not working, we visit our daughter Erica, her husband and beautiful grandson, Jack, in San Francisco, and our son Tyler who designs trains in Berlin, Germany.”

Gwen Hamlin writes, “I stressed for six months at the folly of even thinking about getting a boat again, but once Tackless Too was ours and the hard work began to reveal her true self, I have had no regrets. She is a 44’ St. Francis catamaran. The photo is of me in the hammock with my dog Ginger aboard the new Tackless Too. A rescue dog on a rescue boat!”

Katherine King ’71 and Durinda Wood

Marya Kayeum writes, “In April, I went on an awesome trip to Thailand and Ankor Wat with my sister Nina Kayeum ’75 and my niece Trina.”

Class of 1972 Barbara (Barb) Tomlinson Harman b49harman@gmail.com Barbara (Barb) Tomlinson Harman writes, “To the Class of ’72: It’s not too early to plan for our 45th Reunion that will be on campus April 28–30, 2017. Those who would like to help plan our Reunion, please contact Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 at corinne. daniels@danahall.org or (781) 489-1369. Hope to see you there!” Lucy Gelb writes, “Florida residents. Family well.”

Gwen Hamlin and Ginger on her second home, the Tackless Too

Dean Loehr Verner writes, “Marta Hallett came to Lubbock, Texas, from New York in April to attend the opening of an exhibit of one of her authors, Ezio Gribaudo, a famous contemporary Italian artist. Her company published his book Ezio Gribaudo: The Man in the Middle of Modernism. We had a wonderful time remembering our times together at Dana Hall.” Dean Loehr Verner and Marta Hallett at art show in Lubbock, Texas

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Nina Kayeum ’75, Marya Kayeum and Marya’s niece Trina at Angkor Wat

Class of 1971 Barbara Lee Monahan barbmonahan52@comcast.net Toddy Torrance Turrentine toddyturrentine@gmail.com We certainly lead busy lives! Unfortunately, only Gail O’Neill Caulkins and I (Toddy Torrance Turrentine) planned to go to Reunion. Regrets included personal health reasons, partner’s surgery, competing charitable events, being out of the country and conferences. And Barb Lee Monahan’s son Tim got married on Mother’s Day in California!

Class of 1973 Judith (Judy) Luke judy.luke@comcast.net Greetings, Class of ’73! Nancy Everts Rodriquez writes, “Our daughter Sarah turned 18 in June and in September she’s off to New York City for college. She’ll be going to Pace University and plans to continue her lifelong love of ballet at studios in the city. She’s very excited and we are so proud of her. If anyone has any tips on making the adjustment to an empty nest, let me know! My husband Paul continues to work in marketing and, as a musician, has two bands going, with gigs throughout metrowest Boston. I love having music in our lives. I work part-time

at a preschool/children’s center. Can you believe I’m back to toddlers and runny noses? But I really enjoy it. It’s a nice little escape to the simpler things. I also enjoy spending time on photography, a favorite hobby of mine. I continue to see Leslie Bragdon Vieth every week or so for coffee, which is a joy! My best to all our classmates. I really enjoy our occasional connections through email and Facebook.” Kathryn Heuston Clark writes, “Seems hard to believe that for the last five years, I’ve been sharing my time between my home near New York and Syros, Greece, a most beautiful Greek island overlooking Mykonos, Naxos and Paros. When I’m not on the island, my partner of the last three years and I are sailing on his boat. Last year, we sailed to 23 islands and two countries in 35 days. I’m still writing and finally seeing results in the real world! Wishing the very best to the Class of ’73!” Editor’s note: Kathryn will be hosting an alumnae travel opportunity to Athens and Syros in May 2017. You can read all about the trip on page 39. Margot Ellis returned from a 10-day, twocity, four-lecture tour in the spring. Her book, Americans in Paris, tells the story of an influential group of American architecture students who attended the Ecole des BeauxArts and went on to design and build many of our nation’s most recognized buildings and monuments. In Washington, D.C., Margot spoke at the District Architecture Center for a joint AIA/ICAA presentation as part of AIA D.C. Design Week. The lecture was offered for LU credit to those in the profession. That was followed by a talk at the Chevy Chase Club. In New York, Margot was honored to speak at the historic National Arts Club on Gramercy Park. The tour finished with a lecture at the General Society Library for ICAA. Margot writes that her lunch with Lisa Maxwell was a highlight. “We met in Little Italy for a quiet, extended conversation and barely scratched the surface.” In May, Margot headed to San Francisco and in June to Chicago. When asked and sponsored, Margot travels to present her book. She hopes to see all along the way. When not traveling, Margot teaches yoga at LA Fitness and saw her youngest child Miles graduate in May. He is headed to the University of Arizona Honors College. Margot’s oldest daughter Madeleine lives in Brooklyn and is an instructor for Soul Cycle. Daughter Natalie is coming up on her third year living in England and currently works for Cambridge University Press.

Cheryl Kilberg writes, “I spent a few weeks trying to see what it would be like to be ‘retired’ and became bored very quickly, so I am delaying retirement.” Cheryl is still consulting and worked for a client in London in July at the Aviation Show in Farnborough. She knows how to have fun! Cheryl writes that they are looking to eventually retire in Phoenix, adding “Chicago has really become less desirable after 43 years of brutal winters and now police brutality, which is all over the news. Loving our three golden retrievers and looking forward to hearing what everyone else is up to.” Susan Foster Wilson writes, “Not too much news! We are still living in Manchester, Mass. Our son was married last September in Marblehead. Judy Luke attended and it was a beautiful day. Now hoping for a grandchild sometime soon! Can’t believe we could possibly be old enough!” Margaret Boles Fitzgerald writes, “We’ve crossed into the sixth decade. Much happiness and good health to all. Special thanks to our Class Correspondent!” Julia Sawabini has really enjoyed working various freelance jobs. Already this year she has done billing for three psychologists, career coaching for a few re-launchers, admin work for the Philadelphia Police Foundation and a jury consulting firm, and most recently spent the weekend bottling gin as her nephew launches his new Empire Spirits Project gins. Most fun though is getting on the phone and speaking with Dana Hall classmates. Julia says thanks for taking her calls even when you didn’t recognize the phone number.

Class of 1974 Kate Hirsch Koller rkoller@snet.net I (Kate Hirsch Koller) started a family a little later in life and am therefore just now facing the empty nest in August. I’ve actually had quite a full house over the last couple of years, as my oldest daughter, Selina, has been working in finance six miles from our house and living at home. She will be heading to Switzerland in the fall to either go to graduate school or to work. Simultaneously, my younger daughter, Julia, will be going off to college, so it’ll suddenly be a very quiet house! (I also have a son, Neal, who will be a college senior next year.) My husband Reto and I are looking forward to traveling more.

However, I can’t go too far for too long because my 94-year-old mother (whom I just took to Europe to visit her 95-year-old sister!) lives nearby. My schedule is still very full, and I have to admit that I’m a little anxious about the empty nest. After 24 years of raising children, it’ll be quite a change! Leslie Stecker Dumont writes, “Bill and I are happy empty nesters in North Andover. I’m a director with PAREXEL, a pharmaceutical services company, and Bill is with National Grid. Sarah Dumont ’13 (now 21!) wrapped up her junior year at Gettysburg, majoring in psych. Emily Dumont ’14 (20) wrapped up sophomore year at Hamilton, majoring in biology, and is a goalie on the varsity soccer team. Everyone is doing great. Cheers to all.” Marion Jackson Fear writes, “I am dividing time between clay sculpture, gardening, training the poodle puppy Zuzu, filling in occasionally at our shop (Now You’re Cooking), and major decluttering of generations of stuff! Mike and I are looking forward to the wedding of our eldest, Charlie, and his darling Heather in September 2017. Our youngest, at 25, Sam, will be attending Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in the fall for a graduate degree in industrial design. Hugs and best wishes to all.” Candy Kosow Gold writes, “It was a big day in my Broadway world when my play, Eclipsed, was nominated for six Tony Awards including Best Play, which means—as a producer on the show—I just received my first individual Tony nomination. As I watched the nominations on TV in the spring and they read the name of my play, one of my very first thoughts was: Bardwell Auditorium! It was amazing to me, that in a moment that was so personal and so filled with emotion, I reflected back on Brigadoon, Revels and lots of other theatrical seeds that were planted at Dana Hall. Thank you, Class of ’74. You are inspirations, one and all.” Susan (Susie) Barringer writes, “I’m enjoying hearing of all your stories and also remembering our shared years together. I’m in Papua New Guinea, land of the unexpected! What a place. I’m doing nurse training and outreach work in tuberculosis care for an Australian outfit called Burnet Institute. So fascinating to be in this new world—lovely people and a truly remarkable land. It’s what I love. I turned 60 last year, feeling pretty great, settling into these older years and myself. Warm wishes to all!”

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have the best turnout ever (from an attendance and donation perspective)!

Catherine Hosley Vouwie chv79@hotmail.com I (Catherine Hosley Vouwie) saw Melissa Garvan in Charleston in March. She and I always have a lot of laughs and love to compare notes on the many challenges of running a small business.

Anne Zeiser Patralia and Kristen Houser Rivers in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Betsy Winans Carothers, Kelly Hynes McDermott and Joy Haywood Moore

Class of 1976 Lynn Surprenant lynnsurp76@gmail.com Martha Soper writes, “My wedding was on October 17 at the Concord Country Club in Concord, Mass. Suz Grubman Hayes made the trip from California to the wedding as did Margarita Queralt Mirkil! It was so fun to have them there. My husband’s name is Tom Wilson and we live in Concord with four boys between us: ages 33, 31, 26 and 23! Tom runs a small boutique consulting firm called The Wilson Group.” Martha Soper and her husband Tom

Suz Grubman Hayes, Carol Novick and Diana Donnelly in New York City

Class of 1977 Kelly Hynes McDermott P04 khmcdermott@comcast.net A big “hello” to the Class of ’77. Do you believe we’re coming up on our 40th Reunion next spring?! Start making plans to come back to campus for what promises to be a fantastic Reunion. We’re hoping to

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Speaking of fantastic Dana Hall reunions, Anne Zeiser writes, “Last fall, I was at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, held at a wonderful lodge in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. I was there to sit on panels, present workshops, and learn about the natural history films and conservation initiatives of National Geographic, PBS, Discovery and the BBC. I carved out a morning to see the park by raft on the Snake River, which was truly stunning. But even better, I had lunch and spent the afternoon with Kristen Houser Rivers, whom I hadn’t seen in the 38+ years since we graduated. Thanks to Facebook, we found each other a few years ago. We were in Greylodge our frosh year and bonded over our love of horses. Lots of life has happened to us both over that span of time, and we did some major power talking to get caught up. It was wonderful sharing news of our kids and our respective ‘Pauls.’ (Both of our husbands are named Paul.) Her kids are very artistic (dance and music); mine is an engineering geek. Kristen gave me a mini tour of Jackson Hole and of the impressive arts center, where her daughter Hannah danced for years. I’d love to go back to the area for a more leisurely trip with my family. We talked about the fact our 40th is not too far off!” Another great mini reunion was had in April with Joy Moore and Betsy Winans Carothers and me in Medfield, Mass. I (Kelly Hynes McDermott) had hosted an Ellie Kai clothing party at my house for Betsy, who’s an Ellie Kai consultant; it was a lot of fun and successful. Then we met up with Joy for dinner afterwards. We had a terrific time catching up and it made me even more excited to see everyone at Reunion next year. Our get-together also reminded me that we wouldn’t have had this opportunity to be friends if it hadn’t been for Dana Hall, which helped forge and nurture these wonderful relationships.

Betsy is enjoying being an empty nester for the first time this year. Her daughter Emily left the nest to attend Trinity College and play lacrosse there, which she loves. Betsy reports that, “Chris is graduating from Yale this year as a former national champion on the Yale Crew team and has decided to postpone his job at JPMorgan until January to try out for the World Rowing Championships in The Netherlands in August. Charlie is enjoying his first job in financial planning at Northwestern Mutual Financial in Chicago since graduating from U Denver last year.” Joy is also adapting nicely to her recent quiet household since her daughter Amanda Moore ’11 moved into Boston and launched her career at TJX companies in Framingham, Mass. Son Christopher continues to thrive in the arts/restaurant industries in San Francisco. Joy has been super busy as the associate vice president of alumni relations at Boston College. She’s as ebullient as ever, which I’m sure she carries with her during her frequent trips far and wide with BC to keep those BC Eagle connections alive and well! Our class seems to be in the sweet spot for having kids graduating from college as Mia de Bethune writes, “Dean and I are happy to now have two college graduates. Nick graduated from Bard in May 2015 and spent the summer in Mexico. He and his sister are now both living and working in the city. Julia has been hired by the editorial staff for Beth Kobliner Company, which researches financial literacy. Prior to that she was a freelance radio producer for NPR on various shows including Studio 360 and Playing on Air. It is hard to believe she is now 26. Nick is working ‘in the family business’ as he says, having followed his dad and his sister who have both done writing, research and producing for Verizon in their media department. Odd to have two such grown-up children all of a sudden. I continue to teach at NYU and have a small but thriving psychotherapy practice. My exciting news is having done two art/writing residencies at Catwalk Institute in Catskill, N.Y., in the last two years. In addition to

working on some fiction writing, I collaborated with a group of other artists/ creative arts therapists to create large woven sculptures in the environment. Having grown children is not so bad after all when it enables you to do your own thing. Dean and I look forward to selling our big house in New York soon and moving (probably) back to New England.” It’d be great to have you back in New England, Mia! Mia de Bethune’s Fence at Sunset from residencies at Catwalk Institute in Catskill, N.Y.

Bring on the amazing redheads as Erica Lewis Nashan writes, “Last year, I spent five months away from our home in Georgia, researching and designing a community healing arts project for the Virginia Beach Community Development Corp. Working with veterans and families who were coming out of homelessness was a real joy. I learned a lot about how all forms of art used to engage the creative process are increasingly being incorporated as therapeutic treatment in the medical field, and as a tool in housing to empower communities! Son Andrew (26, a graduate film student at UCLA) and daughter Eolyne (23, SCAD sound design graduate) are working together on a short film called Ojos Tristes. I’m visiting them this spring in LA to help score the film and visit my parents who have retired to southern California. Daughter Roselyn (19) is studying TV producing at SCAD in Atlanta where my husband James teaches. She’s looking forward to joining her siblings on the West Coast to join our production team called 4Redheads Studios. Husband James had two well-received solo exhibits of his paintings and photo collages this winter at the Cochran Gallery in Georgia. We launched our new production company in May; check out www.4redheadstudios.com. Can’t wait to share more of what we’ve all been creating together! P.S. You may have seen my aunt Marian (Marni) Thomas Wood ’54 featured as one of the guests at She Sails 2015. My mom, Emma Lewis Thomas ’50, enjoyed a fun visit from our classmate Corinne Corrigan Daniels when she travelled to Montana while mom was on her ranch last summer. I’m still in touch with Lisa Glickman and Anna Antoniades Lycouris. Hope all of our classmates are doing well!”

Erica Lewis Nashan on Tybee Island, Ga., with son Andrew, daughters Roselyn and Eolyne, and husband James Arnold

Thanks to everyone who wrote in. Let’s keep stoking the fires for our Dana Hall Reunion next spring!

Class of 1978 Lisa Aronson Altman P11, 16 laltmn@comcast.net Dana Peters Frizell is excited to tell us about her first book, One Week, that came out in October. Great job! She also did some traveling to Australia and met up with Jean Kropper in Sydney. They enjoyed Thanksgiving together, Australian style. Sadly, our class lost a silver sister in November. Suzanne Pilskain passed away after a long and valiant battle with Huntington’s disease. After Dana, she went on to Smith College where she played rugby and earned her Bachelor’s in government in 1982. Following several years of working at E. F. Hutton in Boston, she moved to Amherst, Mass.; worked for Jennings, Ryan and Federa in Northampton, Mass.; and was married to Michael Malone of Amherst for 14 years. Suzanne was well known for her gardening expertise and creativity as well as her devotion to and care of her wild and crazy dogs. Suzanne will fondly be remembered for her great generosity in volunteering even as she struggled with Huntington’s disease, her wicked tennis backhand, endless enthusiasm for rugby and traveling, her astute political savvy, devotion to the Boston Red Sox, and her fierce family loyalty. Her warm, bright smile and beautiful green eyes left an indelible impression on all who knew her.

position of associate justice for the Massachusetts Superior Court. She brings to the bench nearly 30 years of experience in public service and private practice handling the types of criminal and civil cases heard by the Superior Court. Hélène was unanimously confirmed in May and will fill the seat vacated by the Honorable Patrick F. Brady. Congratulations! As for me, Lisa Aronson Altman, this time is very bittersweet. My daughter, Madison Altman ’16, graduated from Dana in June and is headed to Union College in the fall. I have loved watching my two girls (Alexis Altman ’11 finished up her first year in the graduate program for a Master’s in social work at Boston College) go through Dana experiencing all the wonderful traditions, sense of community and challenging academics. It really is a great place.

Class of 1979 Lynn Phillips Hernandez lynn.hernandez@comcast.net Lynn Phillips Hernandez writes, “I continue to enjoy my ‘job’ of babysitting my granddaughter Ella, and was able to take some time off to spend a few days in St. John with my husband and daughter C.C. for her spring break from college. I headed north to Georgian Bay, Ontario, in June and will return home for my daughter Sarah’s wedding in August.” Kate (Mary) Hewlett writes, “Looks like several of us are starting to deal with the loss of one of our parents. My dad died in January, and while expected it is still a strange feeling not to be able to pick up the phone and talk to him. Sandra White, Sally Baker, Susan Tyler Monahan, Alison (Chee Chee) Fisher-Collins, Cindy Cross Boyle and I attended the reception for Rachael Silin Perkin’s mother’s death in March. A somber occasion but also a nice way to show support for one another. On a happier note, we are planning a mini reunion in western Massachusetts this October. Classmates, please think about coming as the last mini reunion was terrific.” Anna Throne-Holst writes, “Sorry I haven’t been the best at keeping in touch, but thought I’d share the information around my run for Congress in NY-01. Hope all is well with you!” (You can learn more about her campaign on her website: www.annathrone-holst.com)

Suzanne Pilskain

Some amazing news coming out of our class is nomination by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker of Hélène Kazanjian to the

Karen Shapiro writes, “I’m happy to report that all is great. I was in Italy in May, and then sightseeing in the Alps in June. I also returned to eastern Europe at the end of

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July. My parents are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary at the end of August. Quite an accomplishment! Happy to report that they are well, as are my sisters. Best to all my classmates.” Katherine (Kathy) Davidson Lobo writes that she changed jobs this year, so now she is a teacher of ESL at Newton South High School. For April vacation week, she joined a friend for the start of the Camino de Santiago walk, an ancient pilgrim path in Spain. She is very involved with professional organizations that support English language learners. She is president of MATSOL, the Massachusetts Educators of English Language Learners, and she is involved with conference planning for TESOL, the international organization for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. In July, she visited Australia to see family and friends (she lived in Queensland for five years). Her son Chris is a freshman at UMass Amherst and her daughter Maria has graduated and is working in Melbourne, Australia. Home is still Arlington, Mass. Louise MacColl Jones writes that she continues to enjoy working for Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School as their alumni director, having served in this role for 14 years. Her daughter Frances (24) is living in St. Louis and working for an advertising agency, and her son David (20) is currently a freshman at DePauw University, following in his sister’s footsteps. Louise writes, “It is great being connected to so many ’79 classmates via Facebook.” Elizabeth (Zebby) Whiting Dube writes, “My daughter is doing a gap year participating in the study abroad program with Up With People that started in July. My husband and I met when we were in Up With People way back when. Some of the countries she will be traveling to and doing community service in are the U.S., Mexico, Sweden, Finland and Estonia. That is all before Christmas. We will find out in the fall where she is going in the second semester. We are so excited for her. Maybe she will be traveling near some of our classmates. The program has a show in each city they travel to also. Check out their website and then check out a show: www. upwithpeople.org. Hey classmates, where is our next get-together? I’m in!” Linda Sloane Kay writes, “I was part of a Dana alumnae panel on March 29, which was held in downtown Boston. About 25 people showed, and it was great meeting both younger graduates and many that I didn’t know from my years. I spoke briefly about my career at Century Bank and working in a family business. It was a worthwhile event.”

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Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 and Marina Palmerio in Florence, Italy in April 2016

Class of 1980 Melissa Brown Moore mbm@ibl.bm Kristin Keefe writes, “Loving Austin, Texas. I took a position as director of palliative care at Seton. Anyone want to visit?” Tracey Sotir Ramsey writes, “David and I have four children. Our oldest three are in college––senior, sophomore and freshman–– while our youngest is a junior in high school, so college tours were on the spring agenda! I had a wonderful visit with Pamela (Pam) Schwartz Cohen the last time she was out east. Best wishes to our classmates!” Carol Crowdus Barbour writes, “I had lunch with Suzanne (Suzy) Harris Verchick in New York City in early April. She has two boys in college.” Carol Crowdus Barbour and Suzanne Harris Verchick

Class of 1981 E. Fraser Demetree Benzal efbenzal@yahoo.com Linda Lynch writes, “Living in Newton with husband Kevin and our three kids. I think of Dana classmates often! I’m sorry to have missed our Reunion this past spring!”

Class of 1982 Anne Morton August guinvere@hotmail.com Hi, everyone! I (Anne Morton August) have a whole bunch of news from you all, so I’ll get right to it:

Louise (Lou) Lowry Workmon writes, “My daughter Julia is on an all-girls high school robotics team (Girls on Fire) sponsored by First Robotics. They came in second in a regional competition and won first place at State. They are moving on to Worlds. It is student-led and the mentors are there to answer any questions, but the girls do all of the work. They are so smart! The other neat thing is that you don’t have to have any technical expertise to join the team. Either the mentors or other students will teach them what they need to know. I love all the ‘real world’ experiences they are getting.” Linda Perry Kimbrell and her husband Tom

Linda Perry Kimbrell checked in from Ivins, Utah, (or Deer Isle, Maine, perhaps!) and sent this great picture of herself and Tom. Linda writes, “In 2013, Tom and I sold our eco-lodge in Panama and moved to Ivins, Utah, in the southwest corner of the state in the desert. I am ‘semi-retired,’ no longer teaching full-time, but I still tutor and do independent college counseling, which I love. Beyond that, I play a lot of golf and pickle ball (my new favorite sport). Tom and I spend our summers in Deer Isle, Maine. I keep trying to connect with Lisa Sotir in Maine, but so far the best we have been able to do is talk on the phone about it! Last fall, I began trail running with my husband Tom who has done it for years. On April 8, I raced in the Zion100. I did the 100K course—winding up, around and down the gorgeous mesas just west of Zion National Park. It was my first ultramarathon and a truly tremendous experience! The terrain was quite challenging and the 62-mile course had more than 7,200 feet of elevation gain. Needless to say, I was pretty tired when I crossed the finish line after 19 hours and 25 minutes on the trail! In early March, I decided to make the run more meaningful than just a middle-aged woman pursuing her own running goal, and I asked my women friends (from pre-Dana years until the present) if they wanted to make a pledge for my fastest miles covered to Girls on the Run. GOTR is a great organization with chapters worldwide; check it out at

www.girlsontherun.org. I credit Dana Hall (the school, the teachers and my friends there) in part for my confidence and success as a woman in this world. I hope the more than $2,500 we raised for GOTR will help other young women build confidence and reach their goals. I hope to make it to our 35th Reunion next year!” Kristin Cassady Kos’ daughter Zaria will be attending Colorado State in the fall. Rachel Simeone writes, “After a long stretch on the West Coast, I decided to return closer to home. In November, I moved to New York City. I’m living on the Upper West Side and I am loving being back in the city.” Marjorie (Marge) Goodyear checked in from Colorado: “Hello, everyone! I’m living happily in Colorado with two dogs, a bird and a pig! No wonder I’m single, right? I’m retired from my profession as a PA-C and race bikes for fun! If anyone comes out this way, let me know. I’ve got lots of room.” Susan (Sue) Gibbons Gray writes from Bermuda, “Jonathan and I are working and playing hard! We are very fortunate as our company has bounced back from the recession. This allows us to enjoy some time off in the winter. We have been visiting the Abacos for the past three years on our boat and love it! Hopetown, on Elbow Cay, is our base. Our youngest daughter Emily graduated from Boston University in May. Annabelle is at home in BDA working for PWC. We are all busy preparing for The America’s Cup in 2017! If you’re a sailing fan, it will be the place to be.” Karen Tobasky Garb is busy wrangling her two teenagers, Jason and Michael. “We’re doing the college search for my junior son, Michael. College campuses have much better food choices and athletic facilities than I remember. My other son will be entering high school in the fall! This is my seventh year teaching preschool and I really love it! Preschool teaching is the perfect job if you live with two teenagers!” Tracy Raymon Marcano and I (Anne) have developed a great friendship on Facebook. She writes with pride of her former students, who are now becoming teachers themselves: “This year, three of my former students from my 20-year career with inner city youth have sought me out and told me of their success. I am a teacher of middle school students with severe behavior disorders, so this is a very huge deal—although everything that every teacher anywhere does each day is a huge

deal. One kid, Queen, is actually a kindergarten teacher for the same demographic. She is taking up every award and accolade in her first year of teaching, and had me come and teach at her school for a day. My name badge read ‘Inspiring Teacher.’” Tracy’s former student, Queen, sent me this amazing testimonial: “She is my former 7th grade teacher. Because of her unconditional love, I am an awesome teacher today!” Here is a wonderful photo of Tracy and Queen. Tracy Raymon Marcano with her former student Queen

I (Anne) am currently suffering through a kitchen renovation. By the time you get this Bulletin in the mail, it will be over (I hope). Steve and I went to Oaxaca, Mexico, in February and had a wonderful time. Here we are at the Monte Alban Zapotec ruins.

Melanie Rogers Regner and Krysia Gallagher celebrated their 50th birthdays with a girls’ trip to Arizona.

Jenny Kagan had an exhibition this summer at the Viaduct Theatre in Dean Clough, Halifax, England, about her parents’ escape from Lithuania and their survival during World War II. Jenny used “music, projection and built environments to draw audiences into a narrative that is both personal and universal and to provoke our own feelings about survival, memory, light and dark.” You can read more about the exhibition at www.out-of-darkness.co.uk and read her parents’ incredible story at www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Maria Fernanda La Riva with two of her books

Anne Morton August and her husband Steve in Oaxaca, Mexico

In closing, I would like to say that our entire class sends out love and encouragement to our friend Heather Cameron Ploen and her family. We are counting on seeing Heather at our 35th Reunion in April!

Class of 1983 Laura Lavit Elmore lauralelmore@yahoo.com Krysia Gallagher has been living in Colorado for the past 20-plus years, now in the Boulder area with her husband David Mangham and their 10-year-old daughter Lilly. Krysia is a freelance graphic designer, works in the arts community, in schools and for the Copper Mt. Ski Team. They spend their free time in the mountains and travel often, including visits to family in Boston and Vermont.

Maria Fernanda La Riva has been busy as an author and life coach. She can be contacted at www.mariaflariva.com. She writes that her book, Ask and You Shall Receive, has been a No. 1 bestseller in India, Germany, France, Canada and the U.S., and her book, Mommy Why Do You Want Me, is on its way to be a best seller. She is excited that two—possibly three—more books will be coming out this year! Melanie Rogers Regner lives in Clayton, N.C., and is a partner in a wealth management group with Morgan Stanley in Raleigh. Financial planning and asset management is her specialty. She and her husband Steve are empty nesters as their daughters are in school at the University of South Carolina and Campbell University. They spend time on the North Carolina coast and traveling when the girls are not in school. She hopes to make it to another reunion sometime soon!

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Class of 1984 Leah Morris jmorrisfamily@comcast.net I (Leah Morris) have been fortunate to receive news without sending out any requests! That may be a first for our class, but if this should become a trend, I will be very grateful. The timing of this Bulletin’s due date could not be more perfect since Pamela (Pam) Plunkett Schiattareggia and her husband stayed with us in the spring and in what can only be called a spontaneous and perhaps irresponsible moment, we pulled out our yearbook and provided hours of entertainment to all present. Even now, the kids are still asking questions. Karen Middelton writes, “Many of us are having a significant birthday this year. Jennifer (Bissy) Hopkins McCaleb had a 50th birthday party at the Twisted Pine Brewery in Boulder, Colo., on February 27. It was the same week as my (Karen) own birthday and it was fun to celebrate ‘the big one’ with other Dana alumnae! Bissy had a great group of friends from all through school, work and life. She had high school friends from Ward, Colo., and a bunch of us came from her Dana Hall days. Bissy is a massage therapist/Reiki master/medium in Boulder. She and Chris have been together for 25 years, and are very happy with their pack (two dogs, two cats, a parrot and fish). Kimberley (Kim) Heath ’85, Tara Theisen Emch ’85, Mary Alden Allard and I (Karen) were on hand for the party. Kim flew from Boston to Albuquerque to pick up Mary and drive the six hours to Boulder. Mary, as you may know, had a lifethreatening fall from a horse 18 months ago and is considered a walking miracle. She is doing very well and has made an amazing recovery. She, her husband and 11-year-old son live in Estancia, N.M., where she teaches English at Mesalands Community College.

“I (Karen) live in Aurora, Colo., where I have been running NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado for almost three years now, and I also teach political science online. My daughter Zoe is in 2nd grade. I hope everyone else enjoys this year and the ‘big’ birthday. I am grateful to Bissy for pulling us together.” Separately, Nikki Gallitano Corrigan sent a picture from a surprise birthday party her husband Jim organized in her honor. Happy Birthday, Nikki, and to everyone else!

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We sadly just learned of the passing of our fellow classmate Aloris Query-Erlenmeyer. She died peacefully on June 10, 2015. Upon hearing the news via our Dana Hall Class of 1985 Facebook page, many of our classmates remembered Aloris fondly. She is remembered as brilliant, kind, friendly and willing to help anyone. She will be missed. Aloris QueryErlenmeyer

Lisa Guarente Hillinski, Cornelia (Coco) Wheelock Birmingham, Nikki Gallitano Corrigan, Susie Powell Bost and Leah Morris

Class of 1985 Christina Whiting Dougherty cswdougherty@comcast.net Lisa Iagatta LIagatta@yahoo.com Kimberley (Kim) Heath lives in Chelmsford, Mass., where she works in technology security. Tara Theisen Emch lives in Evergreen, Colo. Kim and Tara were roommates in Greylodge in 1982–83 when they were sophomores. Here is a photo of the two of them at Jennifer (Bissy) Hopkins McCaleb ’84’s 50th birthday party.

Class of 1986 Katharine Allen kra135@psu.edu Belkis Suazo deCastro belkisdecastro@gmail.com Katherine Koumantzelis Copeland copelandkk@gmail.com

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

Kimberley Heath and Tara Theisen Emch

Kimberley Heath ’85, Jennifer (Bissy) Hopkins McCaleb, Mary Alden Allard and Karen Middelton at Bissy’s 50th birthday party.

and has already received significant praise from major literary critics. This is Oonagh’s 10th book-length literary translation. You can learn more on her website at www. oonaghstransky.com or www.clippings.me/ stransky.

Oonagh Stransky recently translated Pope Francis’s first book since being elected Pope. Her translation of The Name of God is Mercy was used for the Penguin Random House publication, distributed in the U.S., Canada and Philippines, and by Pan Macmillan for distribution in the UK and Commonwealth. The book was released worldwide on January 12, 2016, with an event in Rome with actor Roberto Benigni,

Laurie Switzer writes, “All’s well here in Leucadia, Calif. Daughter Phoebe will be in second grade in September 2016 in Spanish immersion. 2016 also marks my 12 years as director of volunteer programs at the USS Midway Museum—the No. 1 visitor destination in San Diego, according to Trip Advisor.” Lisa Crounse writes, “Can you believe it? It is reunion time again. Lots of us are wrapping up our 25th college reunions, and now our 30th Dana Reunion is just around the corner. That baby who was in my belly last time is now a walking talking being who will hopefully be in attendance. Hopefully you will be, too.

Interested in helping with Reunion planning? Volunteers are needed and it is a fun way to re-connect before Reunion. Please contact Director of Alumnae Relations, Corinne Corrigan ’77 Daniels at (781) 4891369 or corinne.daniels@danahall.org if you can pitch in.”

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

Class of 1989 Sarah Burgess Gregorian sbgregorian@gmail.com Hello again, my faithful readers! The news that’s fit to print: Sarah O’Leary writes, “I worked in the Boston Marathon bunker in Framingham on the intelligence side of the house. I also went to an international conference on transnational crime and terrorism in May in Waikiki, Hawaii, and I moved out of Southie to Belmont.” Heather Hopkins writes, “I’m still living in Washington, D.C., and am training for my 11th Marine Corps Marathon this fall and hanging with my awesome shih tzu Rufus. I started a new job. (I, Sarah, am inserting part of the press release from her company about her new job): “Sierra Nevada Corporation announced a strategic addition to its Washington, D.C., office, bringing aboard Heather Hopkins as senior director for government relations. Hopkins brings to SNC more than 15 years as a strategic communications and government relations leader, having served in senior positions at the White House, on Capitol Hill for the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and at the Pentagon, including tours in Iraq. Hopkins is responsible for coordinating SNC’s engagement with the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government, the company’s growing communications efforts and other external initiatives.” Congratulations, Heather! Edie Perkins shares some exciting news: “After 13 years at Scholastic, I got a new job. I’m leaving New York City and moving to Los Angeles. Very excited for a new

adventure but sad to be so far from my friends, my parents and the Northeast. I’ll be doing marketing at Age of Learning/ ABCMouse.com, an educational software start-up. My second week on the job I’ll be headed to China, where I’ve never been— and can’t wait to go! Other news: I ran the Boston Marathon and I saw the wonderful Sarah Burgess Gregorian while I was passing through Natick. I even gave her a hug. I had dinner with Lori McCarthy Sommerville and Karen Levitt a few months ago. It was so good to see them. Karen is killing it as a stylist.” Tanice Thomas Gonzalez writes, “Hey, Dana chicks! I hope this note finds everyone well. My family and I are still living Richmond, Va., and we are doing great. My ‘baby’ Julian finished up his sophomore year of college. Did I just say that out loud? As long as people continue to mistake me for his big sister, I’m good, right? Jay and I will celebrate our 11th wedding anniversary in May. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long since I last visited Boston; we flew up there the weekend after we got married in 2005. Crazy! I was so excited to finally see Jhumka Ghosh and Margaret Dobrow. The last time I saw Jhumka was while I was on a business trip to Baton Rouge about six years ago. And it’d been about 13 years since I’d seen Margaret, so it was quite the reunion! Jhumka and I were both in Vegas (unplanned) during the same weekend only two weeks later, so we had to make the most of that time, too. How do you go from six years apart to randomly seeing each other twice in two weeks? So far, 2016 has been good to us! I’d absolutely LOVE to see more of you, so hopefully that will happen sooner than later. As for me, I’m still working full-time as a SAP business process project specialist for a chemical company. I’ve been there for 11 years and counting. Although this year in particular has been extremely light, I travel for work fairly often. My trips are usually to Houston, St. Louis and Brussels, but on occasion I travel to Chicago and Singapore as well. If any of you are in those areas, let me know! In my spare time (imagine that), I love being a Thirty-One independent senior consultant. I have an awesome team of women and I absolutely love what I do, so if you are ever in need of super cute totes, purses, thermal, travel or home organizational items, please make sure you give me a shout! My website is www.tanicelovesbags.com and my contact info can be found there. Until next time ladies, take care and lots of hugs!”

Tanice Thomas Gonzalez, Margaret Dobrow and Jhumka Ghosh

Tanice, Margaret and Jhumka with Jhumka’s kids Aria, 14, and Vivek, 12

Melanie Davis Manning writes, “I am currently working for a company that specializes in conversions of existing buildings to residential rentals in the Wall Street area. I am also working on my Master’s in real estate at NYU. My daughter Jada graduated from high school in June, and is deciding if she is going away or staying in New York City for college. My son Devan will be a senior at Dean College (Franklin, Mass.) in the fall. He is majoring in theater, and plans to go to graduate school after graduation.” I (Sarah) am loving living in Newton. We’ve been here almost a year now; time that has FLOWN by! My boys have adjusted well, and I have one in every school: elementary, middle and high. Luckily they all have different start times so it’s not a mad dash out the door every morning. I hope to see some more of you this year! Until next time! Sarah Maier Friedewald writes, “I am now the medical director of the Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Saw Sarah O’Leary at the USC/Notre Dame game!” Priya Patil writes, “While visiting the twins’ 103-year-old great-grandmother in Chicago, we saw the dinosaurs at the Field Museum. The kids loved it, and as they are at the tailend of potty training, they were naturally fascinated by the petrified dinosaur dung! Priya Patil’s twins

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Class of 1990 Jana Friedman Brown jana_f_brown@yahoo.com Word from Carrie Essex is that her family’s Dana legacy will continue. Her daughter Natalie has been accepted at Dana for enrollment in Fall 2016. She will begin her experience in the seventh grade. “It’s been fun and nostalgic,” writes Carrie, “to be back on campus and see how much has changed and yet how much has stayed just as I remember it. It will be so interesting to experience Dana again through the eyes of a parent.”

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Class of 1992 Rachel Bebchick Naggar rnaggar@gmail.com Hi, everyone! All is well in New Jersey. Seeing the Kent Place girls in their white dresses always brings me back to our graduation 24 years ago. 24 years ago! While most of us see each other on Facebook daily, it would be so great to hang out in person, so make plans to attend Reunion next spring. Plus I want to put in requests for Reunion Weekend group climbing lessons from Allison (Alli) Rainey, personal training sessions with Heather Dunn Rand, a science seminar with Erica Oransky Lockwood and more from our fantastically talented class. Nicole Rutberg DiResta writes, “I attended a Dana event recently and caught up with Amy Dahm ’93, which was great. If anyone else is in the D.C. area, I would love to see you as well; these events are a great opportunity to connect. As always, it is wonderful to be able to see what is going on with everyone’s life over Facebook, so keep up those pictures and updates.” So great to hear from Tima El-Jamil. She shares, “Not much has changed on my end. I’m still living in Beirut, Lebanon, working a professor at the American University of Beirut and practicing in clinical psychology on a part-time basis. I have a 5-year-old boy named Keyan. We are bearing the country’s unstable situation for now, but hope to see my kid one day studying and working in the U.S.!” Shari Twidwell writes, “Hi, everyone! Life here in California putters on! By the time you read this, I will have (god-willing) given

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up another job, which will bring me down to two. Hallelujah! We in the swimming world are gearing up not just for another season of lessons, but also for the Olympics, which always bring a special sort of spirit to what we do. I’ve started a blog and a series of e-books on teamwork, and when they’re ready for consumption, I’ll get a link out to everyone. As I wrap up the job I’m leaving, I look forward to the time it will free up so that I can work a bit more on writing. I am as impatient as ever for it all to happen. I was on O’ahu in Hawaii recently and had the opportunity to speak with the team behind Solar Impulse, which is an amazing zero-fuel plane that is making its way around the world. A few key players live in Switzerland, and I am now working on a plan to divert my annual Europe trip over to Geneva for a quick visit with them to see what else they’ve learned at that point in their adventure. Perhaps I’ll get to see Monica Cuan, too? One never knows...” Molly Biehl Abbruzzese writes, “My family moved to Lakeland, Fla., in November. Before leaving Georgia, we raised the final monies needed to build a fully-integrated playground for children of all capabilities. We did this in remembrance of our daughter Ada, who passed away at the age of 4 in 2013. We made some national news circuits and hopefully brought more awareness to special needs children with and without known syndromes.” We are all very proud of you, Molly! Molly Biehl Abbruzzese and her family

Heather Dunn Rand writes, “Our four years in Bangkok have come to an end, but I’m really happy to report we are returning to Plymouth, Mass., for a few years. I recently passed my personal training certification and started my own freelance training business, which will be handy for wherever in the world we are sent to after that. I have absolutely loved helping women here, in particular in pre-natal clients, and to achieve health and fitness goals. I recently began running half-marathons, and took every chance to experience them in exciting places like Bangkok, Cambodia and Laguna Phuket! I can’t wait to hit the roads and

trails in America, and would love to go anywhere I hear my Dana sisters are running, too.”

Melissa Gallin’s children Max (3) and Julia (7) visiting their grandparents in Venice, Italy

Class of 1993 Amelia Margolis Silogram7@gmail.com Zoe Timms zoevjtimms@gmail.com Elise Morrissey writes, “I married Joseph N. Russo IV on December 5, 2015, in New York City. Liz Leyne, Viviana Andrade, Zoe Timms, Fabiola Aurelien and Amy Dahm attended the festivities. Joe and I live and work in Manhattan and are immensely happy! You can read our love story and see more photos from the wedding in the Vows section of The New York Times!” Elise Morrissey and her husband Joseph

Dana girls at Elise’s wedding

Oya Bangura writes, “I graduated from LIU Post on May 6 with a BFA in theatre with an acting emphasis. My second daughter turned 1 in April and my partner received a heart transplant December 2015 after almost four years on the transplant list.”

Jennifer Ritsert Erickson writes, “Here’s a recent picture of my family. My boys are 8 (Owen) and 10 (Tyler). My mom is doing great at 73! I’m still teaching 6th grade English and social studies in Brockton. I love it! I’m also the fundraising coordinator for Tyler’s football team, the Brockton Raiders.” Jennifer Ritsert Erickson’s family

Oya Bangura and her older daughter

Oya’s younger daughter

Amy Dahm writes, “Am still in D.C. Had a great birthday lunch with Marianne Mahaffey ’91, who recently moved back to the area with her son Max. Mingled with fellow Dana alumnae at the D.C. reception at the Sulgrave Club with Archana Poddar ’96 and Nicole Rutberg DiResta ’92 to say a fond farewell to Caroline Erisman. Enjoyed attending Elise Morrissey’s wedding and dancing the night away with Zoe Timms, Viviana Andrade, Liz Leyne, and Fabiola Aurelian in December 2015.”

Tiffany Talbert Joyal writes, “Hi ’94! All is well here. Frank and I were married in May 2015 and are enjoying being newlyweds. My son Jared headed off and is in his first year at UMass Dartmouth, so it’s been quite a lifestyle-changing year. I hope everyone is well.”

Class of 1994 Elisabeth Morray morray@gmail.com

Tiffany Talbert Joyal at her son Jared’s high school graduation

Elisabeth Morray writes, “My family has set down roots in Natick, where our three kids (Isabelle and Julien, both 9, and Alec, 7) are keeping life interesting for us! I continue to work for Harvard Vanguard’s Copley practice, and also maintain a small private practice in the Back Bay. I recently connected with Vivian Chih on Facebook and was thrilled to find her after all these years! I hope everyone is well and hope you will send me your notes, updates and photos for the next issue!”

Class of 1995 Caryn Byrnes Anderson carebear102106@gmail.com Dustina Bennett dustinabennett@gmail.com

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

The Morray Family: Alec, Jeff, Isabelle, Elisabeth and Julien

Class of 1997 Kristin O’Donnell Bedard kristinbedard@gmail.com Lisa Brown lisab@cape.com Heather Russo heatherjean23@hotmail.com Katherine (Katie) Zwick is reporting from Santa Cruz, Calif., where she, Geoff and their two cats now live! “The Class of ’97 is getting ready for our 2017 Reunion already, and I created a Facebook group just for us so we can get our nostalgia on. I continue as the Santa Cruz clinical director of The Lotus Collaborative, an eating disorder recovery center. I am also an adviser/ consultant to the San Francisco branch and its staff. I also see outpatient clients in my small private practice. In September, I’ll be heading to the A.K. Rice Institute for the study of social systems’ big conference in Chicago, called Dialogues III, where I’ll be presenting some original theoretical work entitled, ‘With memory and desire? Inquiring into the unexplored dynamics of prior/special/dual relationships in conference and organizational life in the 21st century.’ I’m looking at the contemporary shift in American popular culture towards more grassroots, matrix-based power, the importance of prior/special/dual relationships both historically and currently in ‘getting ahead’ in any community, work or family relationship, and the reasons that perhaps group relations theory and practice, in addition to leadership and business theory, has had difficulty embracing the relevance and impact of special relationships in the study of group dynamics in the here-andnow. This is a pet theory of mine, and this is the second time I am lucky enough to present on it to my peers and colleagues in the international group relations community. Kinda dorking out about it. We live in onebedroom cottage on the west side of Santa Cruz and began our hiking/camping season of monthly trips in the spring. We’ve visited Henry Coe Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, Mount Rainier National Park, Yosemite National Park, then somewhere in August and somewhere in October. This year, by the way, is the centennial anniversary of the National Park Service! Can’t wait to see many of you in 2017!” Tania D’Alberti writes, “My husband and I welcomed our son, Tate, last August. I am taking a year off work to stay at home with him, which is going by quickly! We are living in the D.C. suburbs, and looking forward to showing Tate his mom’s native Massachusetts at our next Reunion.”

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Tania D’Alberti’s son Tate

The Class of 1997 will be celebrating their 20th Reunion this upcoming April! Please contact Director of Alumnae Relations, Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 at (781) 4891369 or corinne.daniels@danahall.org if you want to help plan your class Reunion activities.

Maria Phelan writes, “Life is good and I am loving it! I have been working hard and also sharing as much time possible with my kids, Clementina (6) and Alejandro (4). They grow too fast! I want to enjoy every single second! I still live in Key Biscayne and have the pleasure of sharing my everyday life with numerous Dana alumnae. I had the opportunity to visit Dana Hall in February with my husband for the first time since graduation (almost 18 years, OUCH!). It was an AMAZING experience. It was literally ‘a walk down memory lane.’ I felt so fortunate to have spent my high school years at that magical place and also to see how our school keeps growing and evolving. Thank you ALL for making such wonderful memories that I still carry with me. Kisses to all!”

Class of 1998 Ruchira Kumar ruch.kumar@gmail.com Jane Monti Young jane@chaseyounggallery.com Guida Estrela Mattison guidaemattison@gmail.com Guida Estrela Mattison writes, “Hello, everyone! We were happy to welcome our daughter, Scarlett Spina Mattison, on July 12, 2015. Jack (4) is a doting and helpful big brother. I am back at work at the Nashoba Brooks School teaching health and wellness to girls in grades 4–8 as well as being the secondary school placement coordinator. We also have Jack at the Nashoba preschool, which is a lot of fun. Hope everyone is having a great summer!”

Maria Phelan’s family

Tai Casagrande writes, “I’m doing well. I’m still working as a veterinary cardiologist in Connecticut, but have also started my own mobile business in Massachusetts (Casagrande Cardiology, PLLC). I am loving it so far! I also enjoy periodically meeting up with Guida Estrela Mattison and Laura Huebner for tea.”

Brussels, Belgium, to establish an analyst team in our office there. Hoping to get my anti-money laundering certification by the end of the year and expand further in the world of compliance! Cheers to everybody and let me know if anyone is visiting Hawaii sometime. My whole family lives there permanently since 2004, so it is now considered home!” Lisabeth Jorgensen writes, “Hello, Class of 1998! I moved to Syracuse, N.Y., at the end of 2015 to live with my fiancé, Steve. We are getting married this December! Looking forward to tying the knot with fellow alums Guida Estrela Mattison, Annie Pappas Hagerty and Cerise Henzes by my side! Other than that, I can’t complain! I work with a great team at a legal non-profit that is based in Albany, N.Y., but allows me to work in my own satellite office in Syracuse since my move. Steve and I met in Albany, so we travel there quite a bit to visit friends. Since he’s also from the Boston area, traveling to visit our families is super convenient as well. Would love to see any former classmates if you pass through Syracuse! We have a spare bedroom and live in an apartment right downtown. Hope all is well with you all.” Anne Pappas Hagerty writes, “I am still living in Savannah, Ga., with my husband James and kids Christian (6) and Charlotte (4). The kids are busy on a swim team, and with soccer and horseback riding. I opened a second interior design studio and retail store in Bluffton, S.C., this spring (in addition to my store in Savannah, Ga.). Life is busy, but we’re enjoying the slightly slower pace of life in the south and on the coast. Would love to catch up with any Dana girls if you head down this way!” Jaymie Duffey Cybak and Meghan Hamel-Scangas Carchide

Guida Estrela Mattison’s daughter Scarlett Guida Estrela Mattison, Tai Casagrande and Laura Huebner with Guida’s daughter Scarlett

Guida’s son Jack with his sister Scarlett

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Yumi Numata Leahy writes, “Aloha from Philadelphia! I think it will be my first time for Class Notes as I’ve been moving around a lot for the past several years. After graduating from college, I went on to live in Maui, Hawaii, and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, before returning back to the East Coast and landing in Philadelphia where my husband is originally from. I am currently working as a business analyst and compliance specialist for Dun and Bradstreet in their European division of Global Compliance Solutions. Recently I had the opportunity to visit

Jaymie Duffey Cybak writes, “Meghan Hamel-Scangas Carchide and I recently volunteered for the Last Call Foundation Boston Marathon viewing party. It is a foundation created in memory of fallen Back Bay Firefighter Michael Kennedy. The mission of the Last Call Foundation is

to provide funding, education and research to advance the safety needs of the firefighting community. Anybody interested in learning more about Last Call can visit www. lastcallfoundation.org. Also, if you are a runner looking to run for a charity, Last Call has many opportunities to run for the foundation, including the Falmouth Road Race and the 2017 Boston Marathon. Meghan’s son Trey is wearing the Last Call hat in the picture.” Meghan’s son Trey

clothing from companies that I feel good about to share with all of you: companies that either have very strict standards for the working environments for their manufacturing overseas or companies that manufacture under the strict standards of the U.S.; home-based small batch clothing collections (often parent designed and created) as well as growing companies who show a dedication to social responsibility through specific outreach programs. We have an opportunity to create value in fashion and make informed decisions about fair treatment and chemical exposure. I hope you’ll take this journey with me. Find out more and visit the collection at www. pipandsqueaks.com.” Jessica Lynch’s company, Pip & Squeaks

Marie-Sophie Grimsditch writes, “We welcomed our baby boy, George, in October 2015.” Marie-Sophie Grimsditch’s son George

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

Class of 2001 Hannah Leung writes, “Since graduation, I did a French program in Strasbourg, France, for a year and came back to Hong Kong and worked for seven years. I then went to INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, to get my MBA; worked at Credit Suisse in Zurich, Switzerland; then rejoined JPMorgan four years ago as a private banker in Hong Kong.

Class of 1999 Brooke Anderson brookeanderson81@hotmail.com Amanda Coyle FitzGerald amandaecoyle@gmail.com Jessica Lynch writes, “Now that the kids are in school, I am able to focus on a new project. I am pulling together cool children’s

Renee Clayton renee.clayton82@gmail.com

Class of 2002 Courtney Tipping cmtipping@gmail.com Katherine Lafferty katherine.lafferty@gmail.com Shayna Padovano writes, “Hello, silver sisters and the entire Dana Hall community! I am currently living in Washington, D.C., and working for PricewaterhouseCoopers as a management consultant for the U.S. Department of State. I am still pursuing my love of acting and I have recently been cast in an understudy role as Hedda in Hedda Gabler at the Studio Theatre. I am also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies where I teach public speaking and presentation skills. Sending my best wishes to all!” Joan Steele writes, “I’m still appreciating my 2009 relocation to Sacramento, Calif. Since the move, I’ve completed my Master’s in 2014 in education (higher education leadership) from California State University in Sacramento. As a graduate student, the compilation of my Dana Hall boarder days, work history in social services, and my Pitzer College residence hall experiences motivated me to focus my thesis on residential life and students’ retention rates. Now as a (Ed.D.) doctoral student at The Gladys L. Benerd School of Education at The University of the Pacific in Stockton, I’m specializing in student affairs. I intend to complete more research on students’ housing and residential life options, retention, and recruitment strategies. I’ve recently been awarded the Hilga G. Lister Scholarship and I’m gleefully celebrating the completion of my first year of doctoral school.” Joan Steele with her Master’s

Meche Phelan ’98 and Kim Exantus in Key Biscayne, Fla. in February 2016

Kaitlin Barry Pellerin writes, “Our daughter Nora celebrated her first birthday in April. Big brother Liam, 3, is crazy about her! David and I bought a house in Bradford, Mass., last year and love the community. I also enjoy freelance writing and consulting for public relations.”

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Kaitin Berry Pellerin’s children Liam and Nora

Courtney Tipping takes on the Boston Marathon a second time for the Boys and Girls Club of Charlestown

Brandice Murphy writes, “In January, I completed the accelerated nursing program at New York University. I am so excited to be starting my nursing career as an oncology nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City! I’m loving life in Brooklyn, and often see Alda Leung ’03 and Jerrica Pope ’04.” Chrisanthi (Chrissy) Makkas writes, “I got married to Jonathan Waters in June 2015 in Boston, and I have our Dana classmate Emily McGraime Cronin to thank for the love connection. She and her husband Dan introduced us, thinking we’d make a good match, and they were right. Emily, of course, was in attendance for the big day, as were fellow Dana girls Kat Lafferty and Laura Morgon Stratton. More recently, after a long house hunt, Jon and I got an offer accepted on a little house in Natick and are excited to move in this summer. On the work front, I’m still at Rue La La and just got promoted to content editor, so all in all things are good!”

The Class of 2002 will be celebrating their 15th Reunion this upcoming April! Please contact Director of Alumnae Relations, Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 at (781) 4891369 or corinne.daniels@danahall.org if you want to help plan your class Reunion activities.

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in children and families and resilience. My doctoral research and interests is in mental health prevention and promotion programming delivered to children and adolescents virtually. I will be completing my postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital Developmental Medicine Center, with clinical and academic appointments in the Department of Psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. I am looking forward to remaining in the Boston area and starting this exciting new life chapter!”

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

Amanda LaSane Ali williwatwat07@yahoo.com

Jazmin Kirby JLK21287@aol.com

Donna DiDomenico djdidome@gmail.com

In the last Bulletin, we were unable to include this photo, captured by Leah Morris ’84, of Alexa Gambal on a climb in the Grand Tetons in August 2015. Enjoy!

Elizabeth Stuka Rose elizabeth.stuka@gmail.com

Alexa Gambal

Megan Birmingham Wolf gave birth to her daughter, Madeline, in August 2015. She runs a nutrition counseling and consulting private practice in New York City. Her first cookbook, Great Meals with Greens and Grains, came out in May 2016. Kathryn (Katy) Glavin Moss had her second child, Morgan, in May 2015 (her older son Colton is 3). She works in HR as a recruiter at Ameriprise Financial and lives in South Boston. This winter, she got together with some other Dana girls: Megan Wolf, Nicole Youngwirth and Becca Flint D’Elia (and their babies Madeline and Nolan!). The kids loves playing together as they are all close in age.

Emily Ostroff is a second-year student in the North Bennet Street School (NBSS) Preservation Carpentry Department, where Melissa Gallin ’92 is the director of institutional support.

Dana girls at Chrisanthi (Chrissy) Makkas’s wedding

Shihori Asako writes, “I have moved from Tokyo and now I reside in Nagano, Japan. My new address is 543-2 Nojiri, Shinano machi, Kami Minouchi, Nagano 389-1303, Japan.”

Class of 2005 Elizabeth (Lizzy) Pond elpond@gmail.com Caroline Ross rosscae@gmail.com Madeline Wolf, Nolan D’Elia and Morgan Moss playing together in matching outfits

Maxine Kantor writes, “I graduated with my doctorate in clinical psychology from William James College with a concentration

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Michaela Barry Curran writes, “I am excited to announce my husband and I had a baby boy, Patrick, this March. Baby and I are moving to the Boston area this year while my husband is deployed to Kuwait with his army unit. We are excited to spend

time with friends and family, and to be back in Boston during this time!”

nephew Aslan is now a year old, so I hope to take him outdoors soon! I’m sad I missed Reunion this year but all of my vacation time is reserved for an August backpacking trip in Iceland. (*”

Elise Droste and her son Grant

Summer Sterling and her nephew Aslan

Michaela Barry Curran’s son Patrick

Emily Lowell writes, “Hi, everyone! I am living in Los Angeles. I recently transitioned from an interior design firm for celebrity homes (Adam Hunter Inc.) to my own design company. I was lucky to have a very Dana year. I was maid of honor three times, two weddings being our fellow silver sisters Regina Caballero and Lucie Swinnerton. Regina was married outside of Dresden, Germany, and Lucie in Mount Martha, Australia. If anyone is in the LA area, drop me a line. I would love to host.” Victoria (Tori) Phung Shulman writes, “Last August, in the heart of Boston, Ben (Thayer Class of ’05) and I got married. We were surrounded by our closest friends and family; Roxana Chiu was a bridesmaid and Lizzy Pond officiated our ceremony. Some of our Dana guests included other members of the Class of 2005: Michaela Barry Curran, Katie McCully Murphy, Carla Fleisher, Jess Ngo, and Becca Housman, and Annabel Revers ’18. I hope all is well with everyone!”

Jacquelyn V. Smith writes, “This past October, I got married in Savannah, Ga. Abby Chandor ’08 and Margaret Carvey were two of my bridesmaids. Ashley Haydock, Marina White and Gaby Goldbaum ’05 were also in attendance. My husband Tyler and I still live in New York where I work as an editor at Business Insider. I’ve actually had the opportunity to work on stories with some of my Dana Hall classmates who work in PR! Hope to see or hear from more of you soon!” Jacquelyn V. Smith and her husband Tyler

Class of 2006 Summer Sterling slsterling@live.com Summer Sterling writes, “Life in Richmond, Vir., is going well. I spend free time doing outdoor sports and visiting one of the many local breweries. I also try and go up to D.C. to see friends and family. My

Ellen Carabetta writes, “My fiancé David and I are getting married in September in Cape Cod, and we are very excited to celebrate with some silver sisters on the beach in Wellfleet over Labor Day weekend. We purchased our first home in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore about a year ago and are finally feeling settled into our first row home. Things at work are as busy as ever but I am loving every day here at Under Armour. If you are ever in the Baltimore/D.C. area, please stop by and I’ll show you a good time in Charm City!” Christin Caplan writes, “I am still living in Brighton with my husband Scott and dog Snowy. I continue to teach at dance studios and schools in and around the greater Boston area. I also started consulting at Nashoba Valley Olympia/Colonial Figure Skating club as an off-ice specialist and choreographer. Unfortunately I was not able to make it to Reunion due to recitals. I hope to catch up with everyone soon!”

Dana girls at Victoria (Tori) Phung Shulman’s wedding

Chidinma Iruka chidiiruka@gmail.com

Elise Droste writes, “I’m really bummed I missed all of the Reunion festivities. But Matthew and I hope to bring our rambunctious toddler, Grant, to Boston this summer to visit friends and family. The highlight of our last trip was a play date with Annie Yonkers and her son! This past year, we purchased and renovated a condo and made the move from New York City to Jersey City. We’ve fallen in love with the burgeoning art and music scene in the family friendly downtown area. I’m especially fond of the boutiques; we love to shop local! There’s even an abundance of dog parks for our energetic border collie/ husky pup. There’s something for everyone, so if you’re in the area, stop on by! I’d love to catch up!”

Dana girls at Jacquelyn and Tyler’s wedding

Natalia Knochowski writes, “Most recently, I ran (and finished!) the Boston Marathon in April! It was a wonderful and totally surreal experience—especially when running through Wellesley and seeing how everything has changed. Otherwise, I’m still living in New York City and enjoying my job as the associate marketing manager at Family Circle.”

Mary-Caitlin Hentz writes, “I’m still living in Los Angeles and getting married in the fall. I am also doing freelance book editing while working on writing a pilot of my very own.” Sarah Jones writes, “I have been living in Boston and am working as a child and family clinician/art therapist at The Home for Little Wanderers. I love what I do and after a few long years of building clinical hours, I

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almost have my ATR (Certified Art Therapist) and LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) credentials. I am excited to attend more Dana events in the area! I hope everyone is sailing far with love and happiness. Best wishes!”

Class of 2007 Melissa Blake (508) 653-8309 Hilary O’Haire hilaryeo@gmail.com Agnes Beckmann beckmann.agnes@gmail.com Hey there, Class of 2007! I (Agnes Beckmann) was shocked to realize that our 10-year Reunion is coming up in just a year. Can you believe it?! It doesn’t seem real that nine years ago we were taking finals and searching for a white dress to wear at graduation, but so it is! Save the date: April 28–30, 2017, for our 10-year Reunion! And now for the updates:

Jim also writes that he has created photo albums from Arielle’s pictures and asks for any favorite photos we may have. Please send photos to me, and I will forward them to Jim and Linda. Please remember to email your updates to me or Hilary (email addresses above). We look forward to any and all news from you! Looking forward to seeing you at Reunion! Charlotte Miller set out this April to hike the Pacific Crest Trail: 2,600 miles and a 5-month long journey. She previously hiked the Appalachian Trail! Mariana Ley was married this past winter.

Cassie Newburg writes, “Hello, ladies! Hope everyone is doing well. Quick update on me: I graduated from medical school in May and moved down south to Dallas to start my residency in emergency medicine. Still very much in touch with my silver sisters and looking forward to reading everyone’s updates!”

Vanessa Brown graduated from University of Chicago Law School in May.

Hilary O’Haire is getting married in August in Portsmouth, R.I.!

Jacquelyn Maggiore jemaggiore@gmail.com

As for me (Agnes), I’m still living, working and studying in Vienna, Austria. I’m working on my Master’s in psychotherapy (Gestalt therapy, to be specific). My time as a U.S. teaching assistant for English was over at the end of May, but I’ll continue working for an organization which supports people with mental illnesses in daily life here in the city. If any of you end up in this neck of the woods, please get in touch! I would like to take a moment to include a message from Jim and Linda Da Costa. Jim writes, “I wanted to let you know that I’ve been speaking with Dana Hall about Arielle Da Costa’s Memorial Fund. As you know, each year, Dana Hall raises money in Arielle’s name for a memorial fund to provide financial assistance for students who wish to participate in Dana Hall’s spring travel programs. I wonder if you and some of Arielle’s other friends would like to make a contribution. A contribution, regardless of amount, would be helpful in keeping this memorial fund active well into

the future. If you are interested, donations can be sent (note that online donations are not available) to: Arielle Da Costa ’07 Memorial Fund, c/o Dana Hall School, 45 Dana Rd., P.O. Box 9010, Wellesley, MA 02482-9010. Linda and I greatly appreciate any support, regardless of the amount, that you would like to provide to this memorial fund in memory of Arielle. Our fondest regards, Jim and Linda Da Costa.”

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Class of 2008 Jessica Freeman (617) 964-3397

Jacqueline O’Leary jacqueline.oleary2@gmail.com Yin Ling (Nicole) Suen nicolesuen0119@gmail.com

Class of 2009 Emily Soukas emily.soukas@gmail.com

Class of 2011 Emily T. Knebel eknebel@vet.upenn.edu Katie Jones katie.jones@student.gcd.ie Emily T. Knebel writes, “I’ll be in Philly this summer doing research as an NIH scholar. I’m so glad I’ve been able to hang out with Olivia Rabe, Jessie Isaacs and Miriam Stulin while here. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make Reunion (because of finals) so I’d love to see some silver sisters passing through or visiting Philly!” Hadley Pierce writes, “I’m still living in South Africa. I’ve been working as a ranger at a safari lodge for six months now. I’m moving to Botswana to get some more qualifications over the next six months, but then I will be back in South Africa and always welcome Dana Hall visitors!” Emily Schneider writes, “After doing as much as I could to stay at the University of South Carolina for a ‘victory lap,’ unfortunately it was time to move on from college life. That was when it hit me that I need to find something that I love to do with my degree. Harder than it sounds! So I turned to my love of yoga and completed my yoga teacher training in November, becoming a certified instructor. This allowed me to take time to figure out what I wanted to do next and also allowed me to stay in my college town without actually having to take classes. Once that was over, I moved back home to Boston in January and am currently working as the operations manager for Ame and Lulu in Newton. I love it and can’t wait to see where life takes me next!” Alexis Altman writes, “I wrapped up my first year of graduate school at Boston College’s Graduate School of Social Work. My little sister, Madison Altman ’16, graduated from Dana in June and is heading off to Union College in the fall!”

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Emaline Surgenor emaline.surgenor@gmail.com

Eleanor Giovanetti ellie.giovanetti@me.com

Candace Taylor ctaylor5@conncoll.edu

Savannah Raiten savannah.raiten@maine.edu

Class of 2010 Paige Walker walkerp.10@gmail.com

Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Academic Council Grad School Panel recently featured Alejandra Baez. Alejandra will be enrolling in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York. She will be

pursuing a Master’s in international affairs with a human rights and humanitarian policy concentration and Latin America regional specialization. As a Pickering Fellow, Alejandra has a contract with the State Department to enter the Foreign Service upon receiving her Master’s and to serve at least five years as a Foreign Service officer. Margaret Palmer met up with Jacqui Bloomberg, Upper School Latin teacher, for tea in Edinburgh, Scotland, in early May. Margaret graduated from the University of Edinburgh in June.

Class of 2015 Abigail Kelly Aokelly97@gmail.com Luyang (Grace) Liu luyangliusx@gmail.com Rebecca Ohman becky.ohman@verizon.net Haley Present haleybpresent@gmail.com Ning (Jessica) Xie jessicaunique21@hotmail.com

Class of 2016 Nicole Barros nicolebarros31@gmail.com

Margaret Palmer and Upper School Latin teacher Jacqui Bloomberg

The Class of 2012 will be celebrating their 5th Reunion this upcoming April! Please contact Director of Alumnae Relations, Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 at (781) 4891369 or corinne.daniels@danahall.org if you want to help plan your class Reunion activities.

Class of 2013 Madeline Schneider madjulsch@gmail.com

Class of 2014 Sidney Bowden bowden.sidney@gmail.com Emily Kelman emilykelman@gmail.com Emily Martin emartin2495@gmail.com Ashley Rohall aer@rohall.com

Elspeth Coen elsie.coen@gmail.com Allison Donahue alliegirl929@aol.com Amanda Fontana amandalfontana@gmail.com Sarah Galligan sarahgalligan9@gmail.com Lillian Garber lfgarber@barringtonp.com Abigail Kaplan amkaplan101@gmail.com Nina Langan ninalangan@icloud.com Alexa Levin alexalevin11@gmail.com Katherine Markmann katherinem22@gmail.com Seyedeh-Hosna Seyed-Reihani hosna.reihani@gmail.com Macy Sullivan macyswain4@gmail.com

Gabriela Reichlin greichlin@suffolk.edu Emily Martin emartin2495@gmail.com

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In Memoriam 1930 Evelyn Schumacher Seeley 11/9/15

1933 Frances Brown Allen 3/22/16

1946 Audrey Harris DeMuth 4/8/16

1935 Mary Beardsley Fenn 9/11/15

1947 Elvia (Elle) Hanson Goggin 10/26/15

1938 Sarita Bennett Lapham 2/28/16

1948 Ann Davis Connor 12/26/15

1940 Joan Rothwell Mortimer 1/10/16 Mary (Kay) Leonard Rosenquest 11/28/15 Alice Carey Weller 3/1/16

1941 Jean Wilson Sullivan 12/14/15

1944 Janet Reynolds Crandlemire 7/15/15

Nancy Eaton 12/15/15 Mary (Maizie) Cameron Sanford 2/14/16

1950 Rachael (Ray) Thompson deRham 2/8/16 Barbara Noble Messinger 9/25/15 Jane Keating Taylor 2/5/16

1942 Meredith Brown Alden 1/31/16

1951 Barbara Marsh Jones 10/14/15

Cherry McDonnell Lawrence 3/3/16

Virginia (Ginger) Owen Schoder 3/24/16

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1956 Rosario Ferre 2/18/16 Linda Hawkey Gluck 2/8/16 Janet Healer 12/23/15 Carolyn Nason King 4/8/16

1962 Antoinette (Toni) Carter Emery 12/13/15

1975 Elizabeth Sinderbrand 5/20/16

1977 Catharine (Cate) Stratton 2/16/16

1985 Aloris Query-Erlenmeyer 6/10/15

2003 Sophie Coppedge 2/4/16

DANA HALL SCHOOL: Girls Learning, Leading, Succeeding Mission Statement

A Closer Look

Warren Cross, Jr. P11 Natick, Mass.

Raquel Lachman ’98 New York, N.Y.

Kellyanne Dignan ’99 Boston, Mass.

Sarah Rueppel Monaco ’83 President of the Corporation Dover, Mass.

Jean Egan P20 Boston, Mass.

Sandra Niles P17, 19 Sherborn, Mass.

TOP: Stephanie Simon ’16 assisted with Tenacre Country Day School’s kindergarten class.

Lisa Unsworth P15 Newton, Mass. Kathy Whelan P01 Boston, Mass.

4: Abigail Frechette ’16 shadowed the owner of Three Twelve Photos and took part in an engagement photography session. 5: Sarah Galligan ’16 and her charges at Doggy Dates

9: Gynecologic oncologist Dr. Anne Goodman and Raya Husami ’16

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