Dana Hall Winter 2017 Bulletin

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Reunion Weekend APRIL 28-30, 2017

Classes celebrating a milestone reunion: ’67, ’72, ’77, ’82, ’87, ’92, ’97, ’02, ’07 and ’12 WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS Friday • Archives Open House • Student home games: lacrosse, tennis and softball • Special 50th Welcome for the Class of 1967 • “Dinner by the Bite” Reunion Welcome Reception for all classes • Individual Class Reunion Gatherings/Dinners Saturday • She Sails 2017! See details inside the Bulletin.

• Dragon Camp (child care for children 3+) • Alumnae Art Show Wine and Cheese Reception • Young Alumnae Champagne Toast in SPREAD rooms • Traditional Reunion Banquet and Alumnae Awards Sunday • Alumnae Memorial Service

For information about the weekend schedule, accommodations and how to help plan your class activities, visit www.danahall.org/reunion17 or contact Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 at (781) 489-1369 or corinne.daniels@danahall.org.

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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 Association Newton, Mass.

Kellyanne Dignan ’99 Boston, Mass.

Katherine L. Bradley Head of School

Sandra Niles P17, 19 Lee Ferguson Frechette ’81, P16, 22 Sherborn, Mass.

Wellesley, Mass.

Minou Palandjian P09, 14, 17 Wellesley, Mass.

William Foley P89, 91, 99

Sandra Lopez Burke P20 Dedham, Mass.

Jenny Ceppi P14, 17 Bedford, Mass.

Warren Cross, Jr. P11 Natick, Mass.

Editorial Board Katherine L. Bradley Head of School Liza Cohen Director of Communications Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77, P11, 13 Director of Alumnae Relations Julie Gray P07, 10 Director of Advancement Nia Hays Academic Dean Jessica Keimowitz Director of Upper School Molly Kentala Assistant Director of Communications Caroline MacNichol Director of Middle School Robert Mather Assistant Head of School Design Studio A Design www.studioadesign.com Photography Adam Richins www.adamrichins.com Printing Puritan Capital Hollis, N.H.

Jean Egan P20 Boston, Mass.

Wellesley, Mass.

Cheryl Forté ’69 Newton, Mass.

Shannah Frambes P17, 19, 22 Chair, Parents’ Association Wellesley, Mass.

T. Alexandra Gibbs ’85 Vice Chair Boston, Mass.

Jeffrey Hawkins P20 Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Blair Hendrix P19, 21 Wellesley, Mass.

Marcia Teng Ishizuka ’77 Vice Chair Tokyo, Japan Hélène Kazanjian ’78 Chair Wellesley, Mass.

Jennifer Adams Knebel ’78, P11, 13 Darien, Conn.

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

Shannon O’Keefe Redgate ’87, P22 Wellesley, Mass.

Michael Robinson P17 Brookline, Mass.

Peter Rosenberg P16 Secretary Wellesley, Mass.

John Roth P19 Treasurer Wellesley, Mass.

Katherine Saliba ’93 Somerville, Mass.

Lesley Jane Nonkin Seymour ’74 Larchmont, N.Y. William Taylor P15, 18 Wellesley, Mass.

Lisa Unsworth P15 Newton, Mass.

Kathy Whelan P01 Boston, Mass.

Raquel Lachman ’98 Brooklyn, N.Y. The Dana Bulletin is published twice a year by Dana Hall School. Notification of change of address may be sent to Dana Hall School, Advancement Office, 45 Dana Road, P.O. Box 9010, Wellesley, MA 02482-9010.

On the Front Cover: This fall, Dana Hall welcomed new Head of School Katherine L. Bradley (center) and a new fifth grade class. Read Bradley’s remarks from her Installation on page 17, and learn more about life in the fifth grade on page 22. Photo by Adam Richins.

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.

A Space for Creativity and Innovation Dana Hall’s new makerspace located in the basement of the Upper School Classroom Building opened in Sept. 2016.

The project was funded with proceeds from last May’s Blue & White Night. A makerspace is a physical location where people gather to share resources and knowledge, work on projects, network and build. Students and faculty are using the new space for self-directed learning, with tools and raw materials that support invention.

Art, technology, engineering and design classes all utilize the space, including Anita Lavakumar’s Principles in Engineering, Michael Frassinelli’s ArtLAB and Cyndi Guerard’s Middle School technology classes.

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A Message from Katherine L. Bradley........................................................ 2 She Sails: Inspiring Dana Hall Women....................................................... 3 Bulletin Board............................................................................................. 4 Parents’ Weekend and History in the Making: The Installation of Katherine L. Bradley................................................... 17 The Class of 2024 Arrives at Dana Hall................................................... 22 Former Faculty Profile: Catching Up with Rachel Wood.......................... 25 Alumnae Focus: Always a Maker – Emily Ostroff ’04............................... 26 Pan-Asia Reunion.................................................................................... 28 Class of 1956 Celebrates 60th Reunion................................................... 30 Message from the Director of Alumnae Relations.................................... 31 Events and Receptions............................................................................ 32 Class Notes.............................................................................................. 36 In Memoriam............................................................................................ 72

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any events in education are gratifying, but few more so than visiting with an adult who was once one’s student. Over Thanksgiving I had the chance to see a student of mine from many years ago. She is now the mother of two, a beloved public school science teacher, and an engaged member of her community. I first met her when she was in seventh grade, the smallest member of her class, always up to mischief in the hallways and never working In December, Head of School Katherine L. Bradley traveled to New York City to celebrate the holidays with area up to the potential I knew she alumnae. See more event photos on page 32. had. She ended up being my student each year in grades 9-12, in both English and Latin classes, and by the time she headed off to university, I knew she would do great things, and she has.

Most days this fall at Dana Hall I have met prospective students in the Admission Office, and what I love to see is the sense of possibility in each girl. What does she have that she can develop into making the world a better place? And who among our teachers will be the ones to notice that quality and help her to develop it?

And in the hallways, I see our girls, who are in the process of growing and developing their voices and their talents, and I hear from them how Dana teachers are guiding them and inspiring them. All of our teachers tell me that the one thing they’d never change about Dana Hall is its being all girls. They know that an all-girls school, and ours in particular, develops the sort of powerful, thoughtful, motivated women that the world needs today.

I had the pleasure of being in the midst of several alumnae gatherings this fall, and I have heard the remarkable stories of the paths our Dana girls have taken after graduation: a woman who was so inspired by her dance teacher at Dana Hall that she now owns her own dance studio in Hong Kong; a former Model U.N. member who is now in graduate school, preparing to enter the Foreign Service; a woman dedicated to her students at a Montessori school; a woman engaged in a post-doc fellowship looking at cell mutations as part of breast cancer research; a woman who is an editor of a magazine; a woman who has established a foundation to help HIV-positive people; a woman who has established her own powerful public relations firm; an investment banker, an author, a publisher. The range is wide.

Among our alumnae are also those whose winding paths have led them away from their professional lives so they can focus on their families, or who have left seemingly high-powered jobs for ones they feel are genuinely high-impact. Dana has taught its girls that the right course is the one that fulfills each person’s potential, and I am deeply proud to be on a journey with so many women who truly are stars.

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SHE SAILS: INSPIRING DANA HALL WOMEN SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2017 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M. DANA HALL CAMPUS She Sails: Inspiring Dana Women 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 event is intimate, interactive and inspiring, and the format includes speakers, panel discussions, workshops and networking opportunities. We have much to learn from one another.

PARTICIPANTS

Dana Hall students, alumnae, parents, faculty and staff

CONFIRMED SESSIONS She Sails will feature session tracts with focused content for current students and alumnae in various stages of life, education and careers. This list represents sessions confirmed as of January 1. Please consult www.danahall.org/shesails17 for an updated list, full descriptions and panelist bios.

Banking and Finance In this session you’ll hear about careers, opportunities and fun in the world of finance, and learn some basic survival tips from dynamic and successful Dana Hall women.

Biomedical Engineering The intersection of science and technology is fascinating; learn more from alums working on the front lines.

OPENING SPEAKER

Susan Clatworthy ’69, senior vice president of the Retail Division, CHANEL

CLOSING SPEAKER Kate Spencer ’97, comedian and writer

Environmental Concerns: Water From clean oceans to potable tap water, find out what is being done to ensure the sustainability of this most precious resource.

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Fashion and Design Turn your design skills into a successful business. Hear from high-end shoe and handbag designers/ entrepreneurs and a specialist in scenic design and prop styling.

8:30 am.........................Registration

Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers Changing Lives Meet some monkey helpers and their recipients virtually through engaging videos.

International/Global Business Our world is getting smaller, and many of us do or will work for a global employer. What skills are needed to succeed in an international arena?

Irish Step Dancing Come for the history and culture behind this ancient art; stay for a demonstration and lesson!

Law: A Seat on the Bench You’ll hear from women working in different areas of law about their experience and their passion for justice and human rights.

Marketing and Communications The panelists who work in this diverse and exciting industry will explore how to remain authentic and do good in the fast-paced 21st century world.

Photography: Business and Making Your Own Book Everyone has a camera in her pocket. Learn how to turn your best snaps into something more.

Wired Careers in the Digital Age Find out how women are using technology to grow their professional pursuits.

Women in the Music Industry From singers and songwriters to technicians, women are everywhere in the music industry; hear some stories of real life in the music world.

7:30 – 8:30 am.............. Breakfast Former Faculty Breakfast 9:00 – 10:00 am............Welcome and Opening Speaker 10:15 – 11:15 am..........Session #1 11:30 am – 12:30 pm.......................Session #2 12:45 – 2 pm................. Lunch and Closing Speaker 2 – 3 pm......................... Networking Community Service Project Hosted Gatherings for Women of Color and LGBTQA

REUNION

If your class year ends in a 2 or 7, She Sails will take place on Saturday of your Reunion Weekend.

See www.danahall.org/reunion17 for specific Reunion details.

BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION

#SheSails17 on Twitter and Instagram; look for Facebook Live coverage on April 29.

All community members will receive an invitation in the mail or via email. For updated information, conference details, schedule and registration: www.danahall.org/shesails17

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ACTIONS + ACHIEVEMENTS

THE FORUM: A CONVERSATION ON GIRLS IN THE DIGITAL AGE AMOR CARITAS DAY More than 180 members of the Dana Hall community took part in this year’s Amor Caritas Day on Saturday, Sept. 17. Volunteers cleaned up the Brook Path walking trail in Wellesley; sorted and prepared clothes, toys and educational items for children and families in need at Cradles to Crayons; and played bingo with patients at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, led by Catherine Minahan ’11. Above, Angela Hsu ’19 and Isabel Torre Medina ’19 sort and clean shoes at Cradles to Crayons.

SAVE THE DATE THURSDAY, MAY 4 The Forum Consult www.danahall.org for details and up-to-date information.

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On Thursday, Nov. 17, parents, faculty and community members gathered in Waldo Auditorium for the third installment in Dana’s symposium series.

The event examined the use of technology in girls’ lives, specifically as they navigate adolescence, and focused on specific issues and best practices for parents, who are not digital natives like their daughters. Liz Paushter, department head for academic technology and Upper School English teacher, moderated the event that included guest panelists Dr. Mark Kline, clinical director at The Human Relations Service, and Dr. Jill Walsh, social media and education consultant and lecturer of sociology at Boston University.

A video of the discussion and subsequent Q&A session is available at www.danahall.org/forumfall16.

A NEW SOUND IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL New to this year’s Middle School curriculum is Ukulele Ensemble.

Jennifer Ashe meets with the 7th and 8th grade musicians twice a week and instructs them on ukulele basics.

The students are learning how to read music and play a melody on their ukuleles as well as play chords and harmonize songs.

SAVE THE DATE MONDAY, JUNE 12, DEDHAM COUNTRY AND POLO CLUB Featuring golf, tennis and an evening celebration Consult www.danahall.org for details and up-to-date information.

SAVE THE DATE SUNDAY, JUNE 18– WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28

Girls Summer Entrepreneurship Program Consult www.danahall.org for details and up-to-date information.

SENIORS TAKE STEPS TO ENSURE ACCESS TO CLASS RINGS When it came time to designate their Senior Class Gift, the members of the Class of 2017 knew immediately where they wanted to focus their energy: class rings. According to McKenna McLean ’17, chair of the Senior Class Gift, the girls came up with the idea during their debrief after Midwinter.

“Most of the Midwinter tradition at Dana Hall is a secret, but one openly known fact is that it’s the time when members of the Junior Class receive their class rings,” McKenna said. “Dana class rings are known for being expensive, so our solution to help lift some of the financial burden was the Ring Fund.”

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With strong support behind this initiative, the seniors reached 100% participation in giving to their class gift. “Any Dana girl you ask would be able to tell you that their class ring means a lot to them, but it truly does mean something different to each girl,” McKenna said. “For some, it’s a reminder of the treasured tradition; for others, it makes girls feel like they will always have a connection to other Dana girls—their silver sisters. But no matter who you ask, everyone will say their class ring is something that they cherish and intend to keep. The Class of 2017 not only wanted to help our own silver sisters, but generations of Dana girls to come.”

If you are interested in supporting the Ring Fund, contact Director of Advancement Julie Gray P07, 10 at julie.gray@danahall.org or (781) 489-1371.

Above: Kat Elliott ’17 compares her class ring with Margaret Mullen Baldwin ’56, who was on campus for her 60th Reunion in October 2016.

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ACTIONS + ACHIEVEMENTS (CONTINUED) NATIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS RECOGNIZE DANA’S EXCELLENCE Twenty-five Dana students and graduates qualified for the Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar Award by receiving scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.

Jacqueline Balter ’16 Amanda Fontana ’16 Alexandra Naddaff ’16 Nicole Barros ’16 Elizabeth Fulham ’16 Lauren Nashawaty ’16 Campbell Brown ’17 Jacqueline Hayre-Perez ’17 Diana Niles ’17 Chilton Cabot ’17 Britney Ho ’16 Sydney Peters ’17 Janice Chan ’16 Yue Hua ’17 Madison Rivers ’17 Natalie Ciardi ’16 Jessica Hunnewell ’16 Stephanie Simon ’16 Sophia Cofelice ’16 Julia Lawrence ’17 Elizabeth Venditti ’16 Elyanna Coutracos ’16 Chen Liu ’16 Allison Donahue ’16 Grace Mcfarlane ’16 Fourteen Dana students and graduates qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by receiving an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

Elizabeth Spyrou ’16 Emily Fenn-Smith ’16 Yanfei Li ’17 Attabelle Wasniewski ’16 Eliza Mushinski ’16 Caroline Heiland ’16 Yifan Xu ’17 Yuzhe Pang ’17 Jaeeun Jeon ’16 Anqi Yang ’16 Samantha Peck ’16 Nina Kosowsky ’17 Kyle Reingold ’16 Lingxuan Li ’16 Fifteen Dana graduates qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by receiving an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

Anna Billings ’16 Mingxuan Ju ’16 Dung Nguyen ’16 Elspeth Coen ’16 Jinjae Kim ’16 Sophia Rubin ’16 Caterina Esposito ’16 Carolynne Liu ’16 Maria Schur ’16 Sarah Galligan ’16 Susanna Maheras ’16 Samantha Valone ’16 Zirui Jiao ’16 Alia Malek ’16 Gemma Walls ’16 Eight Dana Hall students were recognized as Commended Scholars by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Commended Scholars place among the top five percent of more than 1.6 million students who took the 2015 PSAT. Adira Amidon ’17 Nina Kosowsky ’17 Sydney Peters ’17 Campbell Brown ’17 Julia Lawrence ’17 Hilary Present ’17 Meredith Julian ’17 Molly Madden ’17

SAVE THE DATE SATURDAY, JUNE 24–FRIDAY, JUNE 30 For girls entering ninth grade in fall 2017 Consult www.danahall.org/gslp for details and up-to-date information.

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REVELS 2016 On Friday, Dec. 16, the Dana community gathered to watch the Class of 2018 perform their version of one of Dana’s most time-honored traditions: Revels. Revels was first performed on Dec. 10, 1921, with faculty, friends and students from all of Helen Temple Cooke’s schools: Pine Manor, Dana Hall and Tenacre. The show celebrates the Winter Solstice, the holiday season and the start of Winter Break.

Revels features a medieval play written by former Dana English teacher Constance Grosvenor Alexander. Each year, members of the community—some dressed in period costumes or holiday attire— enjoy the juniors’ interpretation of the play. The junior class makes Revels their own by adding pop culture references to the well-known skits. The Class of 2018 did not disappoint as they showed off their talents in acting, singing and dancing. The Mummer’s Play featured familiar faces from High School Musical, and Timmy almost made it inside the banquet. Almost.

At the play’s conclusion, students and faculty exited Bardwell Auditorium behind bagpipers and headed to the Erisman Student Center for more revelry and tradition cake.

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DANA ON THE STAGE THE UPPER SCHOOL PRESENTED Marie Antoinette in November.

The play allowed the drama students the chance to dig deeper into conversations about women and leadership.

Top: Annie Xu ’20, Meaghan Robichaud ’17, Anna Dzhitenov ’20 Right, top to bottom: Greta Gordon ’20, Anna Kalvelage ’19, Isabel Medina ’19, Zoe Lillis ’18; Katie Gardner ’18; Toni Phillips-Beeching ’19

IN NOVEMBER the Middle School presented Alice in Wonderland and put their own stamp on a classic work. For the first time, a student assistant director worked on the production.

Left: Rylie DeSabato ’22 Right, top: Nina Webber ’21, Carys Cadwalader ’22, Ellie Wellington ’21 Right, bottom: Emma Beardsley ’22, Claire Maxwell ’21 Bottom: Ashleigh Chiwaya ’22, Emma Beardsley ’22 and the Alice in Wonderland cast

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NEW PERSPECTIVES: TEACHERS SHADOW STUDENTS TO GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHTS What does a day in the life of a Dana Hall student really feel like? That is one of the questions administrators and faculty members are hoping to answer with the knowledge gained in the Faculty Shadowing Program. Beginning in 2015, Upper School faculty members have volunteered to shadow an advisee throughout her day, taking in classes, meals, meetings, study time and extracurricular activities.

“This program is a response to the 2013 results from the 21st Century Athenas: Aligning Achievement and Well-Being Study,” said Director of the Upper School Jessica Keimowitz. “We wanted a way to learn more about the student experience, as we continue to examine and discuss pace of the day, homework and expectations – from family, teachers and self – as they all relate to the well-being of our students.”

To date, 10 Upper School faculty members have spent a day shadowing one of their advisees, who spanned all grade levels and represented a mix of day and boarding students. Certain themes proved true across most of their experiences. Faculty members reported that breaks and changes in the day, such as Conference Period, Study Hall, Chorus, lunch, were important.

“I felt exhausted at the end of the day, but the kids didn’t seem as fatigued as I felt,” said Library Director Stephanie Donahue.

Many faculty members were surprised by how much moving around from class to class, or class to activity, the students had to do. “The transitions were dizzying,” noted Social Studies teacher Eric Goodson. Teachers also observed the very different class cultures from one period to the next, that meal time seemed to be the primary social time of the day, and that iPads did not appear to be a major classroom distraction.

Upper School teachers will continue to shadow students and report their impressions throughout this school year. Keimowitz said the information collected will help the faculty continue to review homework policies, the daily schedule and teaching practices.

Upper School Librarian Maggie Davidov (right) spent an entire day with her advisee Mary Hong ’18 during the 2015-16 school year.

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VARSIT Y ATHLETICS SCOREBOARD

Julia Moynihan ’17

Abby Durfee ’17 VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY had a 5–11–2 record this fall, coming in 5–4–1 in EIL play. The team took 4th place in the EIL.

VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY finished its season with a 6–1 record. The team placed 3rd in the EIL, with runners Abby Durfee ’17 and Alli Sibold ’20 taking the top two spots at the EIL Championship, respectively. The team came in 2nd at NEPSAC, with Sibold coming in 6th overall.

• EIL MVP: Durfee • EIL All League: Sibold • Most Valuable Runner: Durfee • Unsung Hero: Natalie Bilyew-Conn ’17 • Most Improved Runners: Nanneke Nicholas ’19, Vietta Kuntz ’19 and Megan Duckworth ’20

Maya Stevenson ’17

VARSITY SOCCER ended its year 4–11–2, with an EIL record of 3–6–1.

The team was 7th in the EIL. • EIL All League: Michaela Joyce ’18 and Maya Stevenson ’17 • All League Honorable Mention: Julia Donovan ’17 •M ost Valuable Player: Joyce •R ookie of the Year: Lexi Seidner ’20 •M ost Improved Player: Jane Murphy ’18

THE INTERSCHOLASTIC EQUESTRIAN TEAM rode to victory at home and away this fall. At Dana Hall, the team held its first home show of the year on Saturday, Nov. 12. The Upper School team won and qualified for regional semi-finals, and the Middle School team placed third. Jacqueline HayrePerez ’17 won the Golden Horseshoe Award for sportsmanship. In October, Annie Revers ’18 placed 2nd on Quax in the Pessoa/US Hunter Seat Medal Final at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, and alumna Jacquie Maggiore ’08 competed at the Washington International Horse Show and captured the WIHS Adult Amateur Hunter Championship on her horse Contina.

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• EIL All League: Kat Elliott ’17 and Julia Moynihan ’17 • EIL Honorable Mention: Meredith Julian ’17 and Ava Reagan ’21 • Pioneer Award: Daniela Nashawaty ’19 and Rose Denommee ’19 • True Grit Award: Moynihan • Dragon Award: Elliott

Effie Li ’17

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL had an impressive regular season, finishing 14–2 overall and 8–2–0 in the EIL. The team was named EIL co-champions and headed to the NEPSAC Class B tournament as the 5th seed. While they made it to the NEPSAC quarterfinals, they were dealt a tough loss to Pomfret School.

• EIL All League: Casey Seidner ’19, Alicia Agosto ’17 and Libby Frambes ’17 • EIL Honorable Mention: Coco Clayson ’18 and Alexa Orent ’20 • Most Improved Player: Cassidy Musco ’18 • Best Overall Award: Agosto • Team Most Valuable Player: Effie Li ’17

PROGRESS REPORT:

JOHNSTON D RENOVATIONS COMPLETE

$2.5 million

At the end of August, boarding students moved into the newly renovated Johnston D dormitory. The girls were delighted by the updates, which included 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 proceed with work in the summers of 2017, 2018 and 2019, fundraising needs to continue. As of Dec. 31, 2016, $1.06 million 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.

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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

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TIMELY TOPIC: EXAMINATION OF GENDER AS IT RELATES TO DANA HALL SCHOOL In response to changing definitions of gender, Dana Hall has taken a number of steps to provide community education and forums for discussion around issues related to gender and sexuality diversity. In Winter 2015, the School convened the Transgender Task Force, comprised of students, Middle and Upper School teaching faculty, Student Support and Administrative staff and members of the Administrative Team. The work of the Task Force is grounded in the School’s mission; looking at inclusion of transgender students is part of preparing students for what lies beyond Dana Hall.

“At the ground level, this is about helping our students be their full selves at Dana Hall, so we are working on inclusivity in terms of race/racial identity, ethnicity, nationality, religious beliefs, different abilities, etc.,” said Director of Upper School Jessica Keimowitz. “This is also about the core identity of our girls and their families.”

The Task Force met four times and presented to the Board of Trustees in May 2015 and to faculty and staff in June 2015. “We quickly realized we need to start smaller and work our way towards bigger picture questions about policies and practices,” said Keimowitz, noting that Dana is working with evolving and expanding outside resources – women’s colleges, peer schools, recommendations from both the National Association of Independent Schools and National Coalition of Girls Schools. “We are all working on the same issues, which present huge questions, particularly for single-sex institutions,” noted Keimowitz. “There’s an opportunity here for Dana Hall to be a thought leader on the topic.”

“ When we look at our mission, which charges us to prepare our students for the challenges and choices they will face as women and citizens of the world, this means developing cultural competencies with many different people – including transgender people.”

– Jessica Keimowitz Director of Upper School

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Small but important changes, such as replacing bathroom signs on single stall bathrooms to reflect all genders and adding gender identity to the employee non-discrimination policy, already have been implemented. Education is a top priority in this effort, so all members of the Dana community can use common language, understand why this is important and become more comfortable with and informed about this issue. Dana Hall has partnered with Dr. Jennifer Bryan, founder and principal of Team Finch Consultants, which provides knowledge and support to educators who strive to create safe, inclusive learning environments. Bryan has held training sessions with the Board of Trustees, Administrative Team, faculty/staff and students, with a focus on gender and sexuality diversity.

She is scheduled to meet with students again in Winter 2017 and plans are in the works to schedule a time for parent education.

The Task Force and the Board of Trustees continue to work on these issues, particularly as they relate to the School’s guidelines and policies. “When we look at our mission, which charges us to prepare our students for the challenges and choices they will face as women and citizens of the world, this means developing cultural competencies with many different people – including transgender people,” said Keimowitz. “All of this work is important to do, regardless of the potential policy discussions.”

INSPIRATION FOUND: ONE TEACHER’S SUMMER TRIP TO ATHENS By Mary Cameron In December 2008, Vernon and Deborah Ellinger P09 established the Kleio Fund, which provide grants for professional development and travel by Dana Hall Social Studies Department faculty members. Mary Cameron, who teaches Western Civilization and U.S. History, used the funds to travel to Greece and shares an account of her experience during the summer of 2016.

ATHENS, GREECE -- If you haven’t been there, you probably hope to. At least, it makes the list of places you’d like to visit. Even President Obama squeezed in a tour of the Parthenon on his last official state trip to Europe last fall. In an age when Western Civilization is often viewed through a lens of its abuses, the glistening marble of this 2,400-year-old temple to Athena and the ruins of the civic buildings on the slopes of the Acropolis below it still draw us. The ancient Greeks fascinate us because they brought bronze and marble to life in View of the Athens Acropolis sculpture and designed columns so perfect in proportion from the Sin Athena that we persist in imitating them. But, perhaps even restaurant rooftop more, they amaze us because they wrestled with and wrote about the very same issues that underlie our most contentious debates today: the costs of security and war, political conflict between classes, the ideals and hazards of democracy, and the nature of individual virtue.

I spent two weeks in Athens last July, thanks to the generous Kleio Fund, established by Dana Hall parents whose daughter’s choice of study and career was inspired by her history classes here. After four years of teaching the Western Civilization course at Dana, the Greek Studies on Site Program felt like a pilgrimage for me. During three hours each morning, before the high heat of the day, the six other attendees and I took a masterfully guided walking tour of a major historical Mary Cameron at the Parthenon site and its adjacent museum with Georgia Sermamoglou, the program director.

It was thrilling to see the actual art pieces that we study closely in our classes at Dana Hall. The larger than life-size Artemision Bronze Zeus (or Poseidon), mercifully—for us—preserved by shipwreck during its original delivery from the fate of repurposing to which most ancient Greek bronzes succumbed, was hauled up from the bottom of the sea only in 1928. It fills a long gallery in the National Archaeological Museum with an imposing presence. The human-figured god is poised at the very moment of hurling his weapon, only the weapon is missing—was it a thunderbolt or a trident?

Afternoons we sat around a broad seminar table in a room with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, just the seven of us with our texts—Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Politics—and a University of Virginia philosophy professor who eruditely led our exegesis by posing questions. For three hours at a stretch each day, we discussed arguments written 2,300-odd years ago about how one can live an ethically good life and establish the best government. These questions are as pressing in today’s world of large republics as they were in the small city-states of Greece thousands of years ago.

Evenings in Athens were magical. The search for dinner each night was a pleasure in itself, with countless restaurant choices and the promise of famously delicious Greek food. My favorite was the Sin Athena rooftop garden with its full view of the golden Acropolis, the Parthenon suspended in the night sky above the limestone cliffs and the dark slopes of the Areopagus, above the old city with its winding, shop-lined streets and tourists. In its enduring frame, this iconic structure evokes ideas that inspire and confound us today as intensely as they did the ancient Greeks: excellence, perfection, virtue and justice.

The program of travel and study in Greece was one of the most formative professional development experiences in my two decades of teaching. It’s exciting to refine my curriculum and enrich my classes at Dana Hall with the knowledge and firsthand understanding that the opportunity continues to afford.

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HAPPY TRAILS, COOKIE! On Nov. 9, 2016, members of the equestrian community gathered at the Karen Stives ’68 Equestrian Center (KSEC) to say goodbye to Head Trainer Cookie DeSimone, who is retiring after 44 years at Dana Hall School. At the event, KSEC Director Sarah Summer ’98 announced that Dana Hall has established the Cookie DeSimone Equestrian Fund. Gifts to this fund will be designated for a new outdoor riding arena in Cookie’s name as well as for future renovations and enhancements to the Karen Stives ’68 Equestrian Center. To date, $765,000 have been raised for the fund. Cookie retired from full-time work in December 2016, but she will continue to collaborate with the KSEC on a parttime basis. In May, Olympic show jumping veteran Greg Best will join the KSEC as a full-time trainer.

“ Cookie’s wealth of knowledge extends far beyond the right corner of Dana Hall’s indoor ring, where I am convinced she has spent 90% of her life. Not only is she a wonderful teacher, she is an exceptional horseman and just as good a business woman: a combination that is often difficult to find. She is the most organized person I have ever met. Somehow she can take 40 horses to a horse show, handle all of the entries with ease, make sure that everyone is where they need to be, and still get invoices out the next week. I honestly can’t remember a single time in the past 13 years that I have seen Cookie stressed out. How DOES she do it?”

– Jacquie Maggiore ’08

Top to bottom: It’s not just the humans who will miss Cookie.

Daisy Foregger ’20, Hannah Doherty ’18, Lily Foregger ’18, Grace Thames ’20, Isabella Eldridge ’19 KSEC Director Sarah Summer ’98, Cookie DeSimone, Head of School Katherine Bradley Jacquie Maggiore ’08 honors her trainer.

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“ This place is in her blood and I think we can safely say this hasn’t been a job for Cookie—this has been a life’s work. She has transformed this program from a hack barn to a nationally acclaimed equestrian facility. She saw the back barn, middle barn and shed row built (and then torn down), the Larson Arena built and the new barn built and the renaming from DHSRC to KSEC. She has produced countless phenomenal horsewomen and riders. But more importantly she has, in a way, raised generations of young people. She has gone above and beyond for every single one of her students and genuinely enjoys following them as they grow up. She takes pride in their riding accomplishments, but she takes even more pride in their accomplishments in life.

The proof is in the generations of students that she has taught who come back and bring their kids for her to teach.”

– Sarah Summer ’98, Director of the Karen Stives ’68 Equestrian Center

Top to bottom: Cookie DeSimone and Deirdre DePrisco Radler ’85 KSEC Instructor and Special Programs Coordinator Lauren Blacker, Cookie DeSimone, KSEC Director Sarah Summer ’98 Kate Stento ’11 and Julia Stento ’17 Praise and presents for Cookie

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History in the Making: The Installation of Katherine L. Bradley

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On Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, Katherine L. Bradley was officially installed as Dana Hall School’s 11th Head of School. The installation took place during Parents’ Weekend Convocation and kicked off a weekend of special activities for students and families.

Bradley addressed the assembled group of students, faculty, staff, parents, alumnae, trustees and special guests. The following is an excerpt of her remarks.

When I was named Dana Hall’s 11th Head of School last fall, I immediately realized that the School would be welcoming me at the same time it welcomed a new fifth grade. My journey at Dana Hall would be linked to the journey of those 14 young students, and I began to think about my own experiences in the 5th grade and the kind of girl and student I was at that time.

When I was in 5th grade, my parents enrolled me in the local private school. I liked the school – I even enjoyed wearing a uniform – and I was pleased that I had friends who liked reading as much as I did. I was big into Louisa May Alcott, the mid-19th century author of Little Women, and others were, too. My 5th grade teacher made sense out of math for me. And science was fascinating because it was based entirely on hands-on experiments. So all went well that year and the next.

When I got to 7th grade, though, I came up against a dragon I could not slay: the Latin requirement.

I struggled under the patient guidance of Miss Epstein all year long, sometimes managing to eke out good marks, but more often than not earning mediocre or failing grades. I know I’m not misremembering or embellishing this, because I have my yellow 7th grade Latin folder in my office. It includes, for example, a quiz with a red F at the top and Miss Epstein’s note, “Kathy (yes, I was in my “Kathy” phase of life), I know you can do better than this.”

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As the final exam approached, I was not passing the class, so my mom asked a friend of hers who was home on maternity leave to tutor me. I remember her sitting with her newborn lying across her lap, teaching me how to transform active Latin sentences into passive ones. In the end, I passed the exam, so Miss Epstein gave me a passing grade for the course because of my hard work.

Over the summer, Miss Epstein got married, and as Mrs. Rosenberg she taught me 8th grade Latin. Things didn’t go too much better, and I often sat in class wondering how my classmates could translate the stories so well when I barely knew what the words meant, let alone what order they went in. Once, someone in my group said about a passage, “It’s easy – as long as you remember how the subjunctive works.” My reaction? “The subjunctive? Did we learn that?” So off I went to Mrs. Rosenberg for yet another extra help session.

1. Katherine L. Bradley, Dana Hall’s 11th Head of School 2. C arrying the flags that represent the countries of Dana Hall students, the Class of 2024 leads the procession at the Installation of Head of School Katherine Bradley.

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At the end of 8th grade, Mrs. Rosenberg was leaving the school, and so was I, and in a conversation with her I apologized for being a bad student. She looked surprised and said, “But you’re not a bad student. You work hard and you keep trying. You just don’t get Latin right now, but someday you will. And besides, being kind is more important than knowing Latin.”

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I felt confident I wasn’t ever going to “get” Latin, because I was heading to an arts school that didn’t require any language other than English, and they didn’t offer Latin at all. You can imagine my relief.

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But lo and behold, four years later, at the University of Michigan, I was faced with a two-year “foreign language” requirement. After trying various approaches to meet this requirement, which is a separate story, I decided to sign up for Latin 101, the lowest level, hoping that my middle school Latin would help.

It didn’t.

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But somehow, in the intervening years, my brain and I had changed, and I found my inner Latin scholar. I took Latin all that year, worked hard, absolutely loved it and knew I had found something that was truly “me.” At the end of the year, the department suggested I skip a year, so I did, and I decided to major in Classics, studying not only Latin but also ancient Greek. I spent hours and hours in my apartment and in the library, trying to master as much of both languages as I could. After I graduated from college, I took four more years of Classics courses in graduate school because I enjoyed it so much. Prior to coming to Dana Hall, I taught Latin and Greek for 30 years, I read Classics in my free time, and I loved planning my courses during summer vacations.

Also because I found it fun, I have published in the field, worked 1. Runners at the start of the Dana Dash 2. Richard Blond P15, 15, 18 helps out daughter Lilah ’18.

3. Hélène Kazanjian ’78, Chair of the Dana Hall Board of Trustees, welcomes guests at the Installation of Head of School Katherine Bradley.

4. Ashleigh Chiwaya ’22, Dora Lu ’24, Anna Gardner ’23, Iniye Atiegha ’23, Fiona Smirl ’23 and Eleanor Bacon ’23

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5. Alli Sibold ’20 and Abby Durfee ’17 lead the way for Varsity Cross Country.

6. Middle School Co-Presidents Ella Earnest ’21 and Ellie Wellington ’21 7. The Dana Dragon shows her spirit at the Pep Rally.

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grading AP exams and helped to write the SAT subject test for Latin.

I came a long way from being baffled by the subjunctive.

Yes, I had a passion for Classics. For me, my commitment to the study of Classics equated to the hours an intense athlete spends, for example, alone in a gym shooting free throws, or juggling a soccer ball; or how much time a dedicated dancer spends in the studio, long after class is over. When you spend hours working on the thing you love, it doesn’t feel like work at all, if feels like you.

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In these first few months on Dana’s campus, I have learned, both first-hand and from conversations with my faculty colleagues, that Dana girls are unique, curious, spirited, willing to try lots of different interesting things, truly care for one another and are deeply engaged in their school community and in our larger society. Some of you have already found the thing or things you love. Perhaps it came with the satisfaction of solving a challenging math equation, or finishing a cross country race with a personal best time, or finding just the right morning light to capture a photo with your camera.

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Many others of you are yet to get there, and I hope my story of later-in-life academic discovery shows you that your timeline is perfectly okay. There is no expiration date by which you must discover what you truly love, and, in fact, that may change over the course of your lifetime.

Also in my conversations with faculty here, I have discovered that their passion, their sense of what makes them who they are, is teaching girls. I have spent my entire professional life in schools, and I can tell you that this group of educators thinks about the craft of teaching and the purpose of teaching more deeply than any other faculty I’ve known.

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1. C elestino DePina P20, Nina DePina ’20, Camille Steiger ’20 and Holly Steiger P20 work on a science lab.

2. Effie Li ’17 (#7) celebrates with Varsity Volleyball teammates.

3. Briyana Targete ’24, Amelia Thames ’24 and Avery Mather ’24 4. A nnabel Moore ’18 and Katie Gardner ’18 share a scene at the Performing Arts presentation.

5. Abigail Henry ’19 and Francesca Gesell ’19 dance at the Performing Arts Presentation.

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6. Rose Denommee ’19 7. V ice Chair of the Dana Hall Board of Trustees Marcia Teng Ishizuka ’77 introduces Head of School Katherine Bradley.

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When I hear the word rigor (a Latin word), the Latinist in me recalls that it means stiffness, or inflexibility, as in rigor mortis, so when we speak of learning and discovery and understanding, I find the notion of “academic rigor” not only antiquated, but antithetical to what we are trying to accomplish in schools. I much prefer the Latin word that means liveliness or activity or force: vigor. And academic vigor is what I see Dana Hall teachers engaging in. They are not only enthusiastic about their specific areas of study, but they are also specialists in teaching girls, these girls, and inspiring them to find their own strengths and to discover their own voices.

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Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of introducing a panel of current students at Dana Hall’s Open House for prospective students and their families. In their own words, these students reinforced my early impressions of this community. One senior said, “The passion that oozes out of these teachers makes learning fun and meaningful. Their passion inspires me to pursue my passions in life and in college.” Another senior described the Dana Hall learning environment as one that “cultivates positive thinking, hard work, and passion.” She went on to say, “I am not trying to say Dana is easy, because it is not, rather it has challenged me in some ways that I never thought were possible, but it is one of those places where challenge is good and challenge is seen in a positive light.”

Dana Hall is a school that puts significant emphasis on leadership, and with good reason. There are the well-known qualities of leadership that are so critical to success both in school and beyond: communication, decision-making, collaboration, conflict resolution, problem solving and understanding differences. To me, part of leadership means knowing when and how to ask for help, and recognizing that in most instances you cannot succeed alone.

From their very first days on this campus, our students are taught to advocate for themselves and seek help when they need it. At the Admission Open House, a current sophomore said, “Dana Hall is a 1. The 7th/8th Grade Chorus, Upper School Chorus and Chamber Singers sing “Ensuring the Legacy,” an original song by Director of Choral Music David Coleman.

2. Kate Phillips ’19, Kaylah Jacobs ’20, Anna Ferrazzi ’19, Toni Phillips-Beeching ’19, Amaechinna Iwuh ’19, Vietta Kuntz ’19 (front) show their spirit at Friday Night Lights.

3. Chidera Nwachukwu ’18 and Deena Husami ’18

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4. F. Warren McFarlan P84, former Dana Hall Board Chair, trustee and corporator, delivers the closing remarks.

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place where it is easy for a quiet girl to find her voice. A nervous girl to find confidence. At Dana Hall, everyone hopes you will fly. The whole community is rooting for you. Support systems are in place to help you succeed. But no one is ever angry if you fall.”

Dana’s teachers are like Mrs. Rosenberg, who, despite my struggles, somehow kept that small ember of Latin study burning in me long enough for it to reignite in college. And perhaps they even surpass the kindhearted Mrs. Rosenberg, because they place equal value upon kindness and academic excellence, and they work hard to ensure our Dana Hall students are able to achieve success in both.

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So here I am again, in a new school, and I can’t help but think I have come full circle from the middle schooler who struggled mightily with the Latin subjunctive and so enjoyed reading Little Women.

Josephine, or Jo, March is the teenaged protagonist in Little Women, and the next two books of the trilogy are about her as an adult – and about her students, because she has become the head of a school.

I like that Dana Hall is a school where students and faculty and parents and alumnae find joy in hard work, where successes are celebrated, and where difficult challenges are put forth and met. I appreciate that this is a school that values kindness, where good citizenship is important, and where advocacy, both for self and others, is taught and practiced. And I like that our School’s motto, Amor Caritas, embodies both kindness and Latin.

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There are few occasions when we all gather in one spot, so I want to use this moment to thank all of you for making me feel so welcome at Dana Hall. Your thoughtfulness, care and generosity have been apparent in every aspect of my transition and the transition of my family. I am honored to join the ranks of Dana’s previous Heads of School and to carry on their legacy of leadership. I look forward to building the future of Dana Hall with you.

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1. Friday Night Lights 2. The Shipley Center gym is packed for Homecoming.

3. C ampbell Brown ’17 (#22), Maddie Palandjian ’17 (#23) and Katie Soucy ’19 celebrate a Varsity Soccer goal.

4. All-School Co-Presidents Jackie Hayre-Perez ’17 and Autumn Ceppi ’17 5. S ruti Ramaswamy ’19, Stella Wong ’18 and Michelle Ma ’18 perform during “Ensuring the Legacy,” an original song by Director of Choral Music David Coleman.

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Tamara Nikuradse consults with Molly Rapp ’24 and Madeline Blessing ’24, as they work on constructing a structure to protect an egg.

The Class of 2024 Arrives at Dana Hall Even the briefest encounter with Dana Hall’s 14 fifth graders leaves a lasting impression. They are joyful. Intellectually curious.

Uninhibited. Mind-blowingly enthusiastic. Tight knit. Caring.

Spirited.

And history-making. For the first time since Dana Hall officially split with Tenacre Country Day School in 1972, fifth graders are members of the Dana Hall student body. This inaugural class, led by founding teacher Tamara Nikuradse, is exploring an innovative curriculum and taking advantage of the pillars of a Dana Hall education.

The fifth graders cheer on their friends in sixth grade at the Solar Car Races.

“We have an excellent program in sixth grade, which we felt we could extend to a fifth grade,” said Director of Middle School Caroline MacNichol, recalling the two years of preparation that led up to this school year. “Having grades 5-8 is not uncommon in middle schools, and it provides nice opportunities for pairing classes.” The Admission process was competitive; Dana Hall had 33 applications for the Class of 2024 and accepted 14 students, and had a 100% yield rate – all 14 enrolled.

“I must give kudos to the Admission Office, because this is a phenomenal class,” said Nikuradse. “They really care about each other, and operate almost as a family unit. They are hard working and they like to challenge themselves. They are comfortable and secure, so they can be themselves and take risks. They are so curious; they always have questions!”

Nikuradse came to Dana from Milton Academy, where she spent five years teaching fourth and third grades. In January 2016, she started working on the fifth grade curriculum, meeting regularly with MacNichol and Learning Specialist Lucy Hampton, and consulting with all of the Dana Hall department heads. The resulting program is broad-ranging and challenging (see sidebar), though Nikuradse is mindful of respecting the pace of childhood. “I don’t give homework on the weekend, because I want these students to enjoy being 10 and 11 while they can.”

A day in the fifth grade classroom might include a unit on the history of writing – from cave art, to pictographs, to cuneiform – or a hands-on archeological dig. Students might finish a science lesson on natural selection and then get to

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know a Mystery Reader, as adults in the Dana community regularly stop by to read and answer questions. “We have the luxury to go where the students want to go,” noted Nikuradse.

As equally important as the academic lessons are the life skills the girls are gaining. “They are learning to advocate for themselves and express their own concerns,” noted Nikuradse.

“We spend time on executive function skills like organization and time management.”

As the Admission Office prepares to fill the next fifth grade class and double the size of the Class of 2024, Nikuradse hopes these 14 fifth grade pioneers will carry the special experience of this year with them throughout their time at Dana, and beyond.

“I want to make sure they love school,” she said. “And that they become life-long learners, who are forever reading, traveling and curious.”

Poppy Sager ’24 and Madeleine Reinhardt ’24

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER? At the end of every week, fifth grade teacher Tamara Nikuradse (Ms. Nik, as she is known to her students) gives her students a “Check In” to determine if the fifth graders are grasping some of the concepts they have covered during the course of the week.

Some sample questions (and answers) are listed below. How would you stack up?

1. What was Pangaea?

2. The formula for volume is_________.

Below: Many fifth graders play on Middle School athletic teams, and they all take Physical Education twice a week, which sometimes includes time in the spin room.

The fifth grade conducts a shoebox dig as part of their Archaeology unit and records the items they dig up in each layer of “earth.”

4. The process by which layers of deposits or dirt form in a particular order is known as_________.

5. What do B.C.E. and C.E. mean?

Answers: 1. Pangaea was the supercontinent. 2. Volume = length x width x height. 3. Niche. 4. Stratigraphy. 5. B.C.E. means “Before Common Era” and C.E. means “Common Era.”

Left: The fifth graders are frequent and enthusiastic tetherball players.

3. The role of an organism in its habitat is called_________.

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CELEBRATE A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP IN THE DANA HALL ARCHIVES

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Helen Temple Cooke presents the Field Day trophy to Lois Snyder, Class of 1914

Alnah Johnston with students, 1948

Blair Jenkins (right) at the Admission Open House, 1997

Patricia Wertheimer greeting a child in Common Ground (date unknown)

Edie Phelps and Posie on the bus departing for the Saint Paul’s School semester, 1970

When Katherine L. Bradley became Dana Hall’s 11th Head of School, she joined an exceptional group of women who have led Dana Hall with strength, vision and distinction. From Eastman to Erisman, the legacies of these trailblazers can be studied and celebrated in the Dana Hall Archives, which is home to images, remarks, letters, business papers and other artifacts related to Dana’s past leaders.

The Archives welcome all materials – documents, publications, recordings, photographs, scrapbooks, letters and clothing – related to or created by Dana Hall alumnae, students and faculty. Please contact Archivist Dorothy DeSimone P06, P10 at (781) 489-1382 or dorothy.desimone@danahall.org.

Dorothy is specifically looking for 1990 commencement weekend programs (Baccalaureate, Class Day, Commencement); the Bulletin for February 1957; Yearbooks for 1945, 1952 and 1953; and Hallmanac September 1978.

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Former Faculty Profile Catching Up with

Rachel Wood When Rachel Wood joined the Dana Hall faculty in 1987 as a member of the English Department, she also served as the advisor to the Hallmanac, Dana’s student newspaper, and the advisor for the Students of Color Club (the predecessor to SHADES). She soon became Head of the Diversity Committee, working with both students and faculty on issues related to racial, ethnic, social and cultural diversity. In the fall of 2001, she had just returned from a year-long Congdon Sabbatical. She was transitioning from her role as Head of the Diversity Committee to that of Spiritual Life Advisor, a position she had been in less than two weeks when the September 11th attacks took place. “The first thing we did was organize an amazing candlelight vigil in the courtyard,” she recalled. “It was such a powerful, spiritual experience.” Now with the benefit of 15 years of hindsight, that moment, and the part Wood played in it seems almost prescient, as Wood continues to seek opportunities to share spiritual support and guidance via a variety of outlets.

“ Look at all the women who have come through Dana Hall, who are now out in the world doing great things.

It’s amazing!”

– Rachel Wood

A long-time resident of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Wood is active in that community’s vibrant art scene. While she was still teaching, she started painting with watercolors. After leaving Dana, she joined a newly formed group called The Time Project, which encourages artists to develop one project each year. The artists meet monthly to challenge each other, and themselves. “The group has really helped me grow as a painter and develop my art,” said Wood. She also is very involved in Buddhist life and is a Tibetan Buddhist lama. She volunteers with RIM, the Refuge Immigration Ministry, and visits U.S. ICE detainees at a detention center in Boston, offering spiritual support. She has even performed a few wedding ceremonies. “It’s an amazing thing to be able to do,” she said, noting that her ceremonies are spiritual, not religious.

Though her current pursuits are quite different from her 17 years teaching English to Dana Hall students in 9th, 10th and 11th grades, Wood recalls those times with great affection. “The English Department was very collegial, and we were able to develop a strong curriculum,” Wood said. She remembers joining Judith Solar’s literary society field trips for students to hear readings with poets and authors Toni Morrison, Billy Collins and Maya Angelou. “We taught strong classes where students could be confident; we wanted them to learn to write and express themselves and be excited about English,” she said.

Wood is still a big proponent of women’s education, and specifically single-sex education for girls. “Without boys, girls have time to breathe and develop confidence,” she noted. “They don’t censor themselves, and they are not distracted by the static of a co-ed environment.” She has attended several Dana alumnae events in recent years, including She Sails 2015, and is in touch with many of her former students and advisees. Those continued connections validate her appreciation for the School and its mission, as she noted, “Look at all the women who have come through Dana Hall, who are now out in the world doing great things. It’s amazing!”

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Emily Ostroff ’04 and the historic shed she restored in Grand Teton National Park

Alumnae Focus Always a Maker: Emily It had been a number of years since Emily Ostroff ’04 had been on the Dana Hall campus. She was getting a tour of the new makerspace in the basement of the Classroom Building, and she was slowly walking through the room, admiring the myriad equipment scattered throughout: 3-D printers, woodworking tools, soldering guns, bins of bits and pieces— all waiting for students to get their hands dirty and make.

“I would have loved something like this when I was in school,” Ostroff said. “I joke that I spent all of high school in the darkroom. It was one of the few places I felt I could really create.”

While a Dana student, Ostroff was a three-season athlete, playing hockey, lacrosse and soccer, but creative pursuits were where she truly excelled. She loved photography class with Mary Ann McQuillan as well as working as a library page, especially when she got to cover new books. She’d learned bookmaking at summer camp, she said, so she felt especially equipped to handle the task.

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Ostroff ’04

Ostroff spent the fall of her junior year in Colorado at the High Mountain Institute where she stayed in rudimentary cabins with no electricity and only a wood stove for heat, and students were responsible for cooking all meals.

After graduating from Dana in 2004, Ostroff’s path went in many different directions. She taught English in Costa Rica, interned at Boston Children’s Hospital, went on a Habitat for Humanity build and worked at a summer camp. After receiving a degree from Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., she spent two years at City Year on their civic engagement team. She also worked with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps for a year, with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, and taught ski instruction at Blue Hills Ski Area and at an adaptive program in New Hampshire. But she was always drawn back to inherently hands-on, creative outlets.

Growing up, Ostroff had a neighbor who attended North Bennet Street School (NBSS)—something that had caught her attention from an early age. “When I was trying to figure out

what to do next, I knew I wanted to work in a field where I was active,” she said. Her gigs with Habitat and in state parks had given her a taste of the construction industry as well as a passion for preserving historic buildings. This is what led her to the preservation carpentry program at NBSS in the North End of Boston.

The two-year program gave her exposure to many aspects of carpentry. Ostroff’s class began by tuning-up and de-rusting tools, after which they learned carpentry processes by hand before getting to work in the machine shop. “It’s pretty amazing what you can do yourself,” Ostroff said. She repaired windows for the Peabody Essex Museum, tore apart an 18th century home with two different additions, and repaired a pilgrim house at Plimoth Plantation.

Her crowning achievement was landing an internship in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming working on the historic homestead complexes of Mormon Row. Among the highly photographed barns, “there’s this shed,” Ostroff said, “so of course, they say, ‘we’ll give this to the intern.’ But it ended up being one of my favorite things that I did.”

“ I hear people say they want to get dirty, work with their hands and build something they can see. Let’s do something with that.”

The building was falling apart, so she lifted it up, poured new foundation blocks, gave it a new floor and replaced the siding, the sills and the roof, which included repairing shingles that had been chewed on by elk. “It was a tiny but all-encompassing project,” she said. “It was this 6-foot-by-8-foot building, but I was so proud of it.”

– Emily Ostroff ’04

Now, as a recent NBSS graduate, Ostroff is looking how best to apply the skills she acquired at the vocational school. While in school, she was pleasantly surprised to find people who were willing to be helpful, but has said it’s a little different out in the real world—especially for a female.

“As a woman coming in, you have infinitely more to prove,” she said. “You’re representing more than yourself in a way.

And maybe part of what’s scaring me now is that I was always taught I should be able to do everything… I feel like there’s more riding on it—being a woman in the trades.”

She’s not sure where she will land, but Ostroff is confident her extensive volunteer management background, combined with her training in the trades, will lead to something great. Ostroff hopes to draw on the desire of so many to volunteer, and find a way to combine that with a training program for effective volunteer placement, specifically in construction-related organizations like Habitat for Humanity.

“I hear people say they want to get dirty, work with their hands and build something they can see,” Ostroff said. “Let’s do something with that.”

See more about Dana’s new makerspace on the inside back cover of this Bulletin.

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Pan-Asia Reunion

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More than 70 alumnae from all over Asia attended the first ever Pan-Asia Alumnae Reunion in Hong Kong on Nov. 4 and 5, 2016. The reunion events consisted of a Welcome Reception on Friday night, Reunion Lunch followed by She Sails Asia: Inspiring Dana Women on Saturday, and, to cap it off, a Hong Kong Harbor Dinner Cruise on Saturday night, complete with class songs and ring taps!

One of the highlights for attendees was watching the video made by current faculty and students especially for the attendees.

The event was Head of School Katherine L. Bradley’s first time experiencing a Dana Reunion. She was proud of the long-lasting effects of Dana on these remarkable women, and she was inspired by both the stories and the joy of the alumnae she met.

The next Pan-Asia Alumnae Reunion is scheduled to take place in five years, November 2021.

Head of School Katherine L. Bradley (center) on the Harbor Cruise Left: Mary Webb Kelly ’68, Sylvia Cheung ’05, Yan Yin Lau Lai ’07, Serene Yiu ’06 Right: Sirikwan Watchara-Amphaiwan Poksawad ’98, Soraya Vongvadhanaroj Sorakraikitikul ’97, Oracha Chiaravanont ’00, Pimpat Yomnak Wongprasat ’98, Ayako Kajiwara ’95, Somsarin (Joy) Thavikulway Nasongkhla ’95 Janice Yeung ’03, Casey Gallagher ’03, Sylvia Cheung ’05, Yan Yin Lau Lai ’07, Serene Yiu ’06, Nicole Suen ’08, Charmaine Lee ’01, Lina Chan ’06, Carol Chu ’08, Lesley Suen ’10

Reunion Lunch

(Standing) Hannah Leung ’98, Nicole Suen ’08, Hye Won Shin ’09, Ning Wan ’09, Lesley Suen ’10 (Seated) Alice Seo ’06, Nina Lan ’09, NaWei Vivi Yang ’09, Tomomi Sato ’11, Carol Chu ’08, Hazel Cheng ’08

(Standing) Yoon-Ju Choi ’95, Jenny Chu ’89, Hee Yoon Choi ’88, Pamela Chee ’88, Monica Lam ’87 (seated) Grace Lee, Daisy Lee, Mary Webb Kelly ’68, Cina Farrant-Lee ’86

(Standing) Lina Chan ’06, Sylvia Cheung ’05, Charmaine Lee ’01, Chloe Suen ’00 (Seated) Serene Yiu ’06, Brenda Hsu ’07, Lily Letts Weiss ’00

(Standing) Pimpat Yomnak Wongprasat ’98, Chloe Suen ’00, Somsarin (Joy) Thavikulwat Nasongkhla ’95, Pauline Yam ’92, Henrietta Chu ’91, Soraya Vongvadhanaroj Sorakraikitikul ’97 (Seated) Oracha Chiaravanont ’00, Porchanok Sawoasang ’99, Alisa Dechavas ’99, Sirikwan WatcharaAmphaiwan Poksawad ’98, Ann Kulthida Santatiwat Techasarin ’97

(Standing) Teresa Wong Kam ’81, Anne Suwanathat Kasemset ’71, Dewi Soegiarto Andriansyah ’99, Josephine Widjaja ’98, Marcia Teng Ishizuka ’77, Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 (Seated) Dumrong Kasemset, Ya-Jen Chang P19, Feng-Tsang Chen P19, Head of School Katherine L. Bradley

Singing the Alma Mater at Reunion Lunch

Pan-Asia Reunion

Harbor Cruise

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Official class photo

Class of 1956 Celebrates 60th Reunion During three fall days in October, 22 members of the Class of 1956 returned to the Dana Hall campus in celebration of their 60th Reunion. The class had a special dinner in Bardwell Auditorium’s Oak Room, met with Head of School Katherine L. Bradley during a Grove House lunch, organized a class meeting, heard from current Dana Hall faculty members on a range of academic topics, and held a memorial service to honor their deceased classmates.

Members of the Class of 1956 gather for their class meeting.

Barrie Eastwood Schultheis ’56 meets with students in Eric Goodson’s Making History course.

Left to right, Barrie Eastwood Schultheis ’56, Linda Lasher Chandler ’56, Margaret Mullen Baldwin ’56, Hailey Rohall ’17 (front), Stephanie Daley ’18, Gemma Carr-Locke ’18 (front), Whitney Peters Keen ’56, Ally Wolf ’17, Sally Darmody Cregan ’56

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Assistant Director of Alumnae Relations Harriet Groppe ’06 takes Anne O’Neil Dauer ’56 and Barrie Eastwood Schultheis ’56 for a ride, with student tour guides Lily Rashes ’20 and Ryland Rich ’18.

Call to classes celebrating their 55th, 60th, 65th or 70th Reunions: You are always welcome to attend Dana Hall’s spring reunion, but recent classes that have reached these milestones have enjoyed a special fall Reunion, which allows for a customized schedule that best suits the needs and interests of the class. If your class is approaching its 55th, 60th, 65th or 70th Reunion year, please contact Assistant Director of Alumnae Relations Stephanie Meyer (stephanie.meyer@danahall.org or 781-489-1367) to discuss options and help plan a meaningful event.

Message from the

Director of Alumnae Relations After more than a year of work re-envisioning the Alumnae Association Board, I am pleased to report that we are on the verge of creating our new structure for alumnae association leadership.

Whether you were at Dana for just one year or are a “lifer,” you are a member of the Alumnae Association. We have a few honorary members, too: former Heads of School and teachers. The Alumnae Association is a very large and diverse group of people. Diverse in age, where they live, where they grew up, their stage-of-life, career, further education, socio-economic status and gender. Our diversity is what makes our group so strong and vibrant!

The officers and committee members who will form the new Alumnae Association Board, which will be called the Alumnae Association Council, will be representatives of the Alumnae Association. Their job, as representatives of YOU, will be to advise the School on initiatives that directly impact YOU – Dana alumnae.

The four new Alumnae Association Council committees, determined by an ad hoc group of alumnae consisting of former Board members and new volunteers, are Engagement (Events), Communications/Social Media, Fundraising and Nominating. Young alumnae (15 years out or less) will be represented on all committees.

The new Council will meet fewer times a year and in sync with the School’s Board of Trustees meeting schedule, and will take a leadership role in our flagship events for all alumnae: Reunion and She Sails, our biennial leadership conference.

I am so grateful to all alumnae who have served faithfully and generously on Alumnae Association Boards in the past. All the work they have done to represent the greater Alumnae Association should not be underestimated. In particular the dedication and leadership of former Board Presidents is an example of our motto: Amor Caritas. I thank them all very much for their service.

Look for further updates about your new Alumnae Association Council in the next few months.

On a personal note, this will be my last message as Director of Alumnae Relations in the Dana Bulletin. I will be leaving Dana at the end of March to start a new job in Switzerland. It is an exciting opportunity for my family and me at this time.

Dana alumnae, and I mean YOU, are amazing; you have taught me more about leading a meaningful life and focusing on what matters than I could ever have imagined. I am deeply grateful. The good news is that, as an alumna, I will continue to be connected to you through the Dana alumnae network, and I look forward to hearing your news, supporting you in your endeavors, and seeing you at events and reunions.

Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77, P11, 13 A Love Note to all Class Correspondents…

Thank you for all you do for your classmates and for Dana Hall. Twice a year you diligently reach out to all your classmates asking for news and photos. We know they don’t come pouring in right away! You gently ask again, send postcards, remind and often pick up the phone and make a call. Your outreach efforts are greatly appreciated; you help to keep your classmates in touch with each other.

Thank you for your editing skills and attention to deadlines. The Bulletin editor and staff could not do their work without you. Class Notes are lively and fun to read; the photos bring old friends’ updates to life. You comfort classmates, and remind them about Reunion.

Thank you for being a Class Correspondent. Whether you’ve held this volunteer role for 5, 10 or 50 (!) years, we hope you feel our gratitude. Our Class Notes section would not be the most popular section of the Bulletin without YOU! Winter 2017

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Dear Dana Hall Alumnae and Friends, Many of our recent events have provided alumnae the opportunity to meet our new Head of School Katherine L. Bradley. For Katherine, these events are a chance for her to begin to get to know our diverse alumnae community. At large receptions and smaller gatherings, Katherine has invited alumnae to speak with her and tell her their story. If you are able, please attend an event in 2017 to get to know Katherine, share with her your Dana memories, and let her know what matters to you.

Have you heard how amazing She Sails is? It happens every other year, and this year it will take place on Saturday, April 29. You are not going to want to miss it! It is a fabulous day with many impressive alumnae speakers and panelists – you will be inspired! Details can be found on our website and on page X, and I encourage you to make your plans now to attend She Sails 2017.

Save the Date: • March 29: Alumnae reception in Washington, D.C. • April 28-30: Reunion 2017 • April 29: She Sails: Inspiring Dana Hall Women • July: Alumnae and Parent Reception on Cape Cod Please check the alumnae events calendar on www.danahall.org/alumnae for more events and details.

Red Sox 2016

Let me know if you’d like to host an alumnae event in your home, town or city. We are always looking for new venues and new ways to make connections in our vast network of Dana alumnae.

Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 Director of Alumnae Relations

More than 20 alumnae and their families and friends attended the Red Sox vs.

Minnesota Twins game at Fenway Park on July 21, 2016. Go Sox!

Amor Caritas Day

Faculty member Angela Macedo, Catherine Minahan ’11, Leadership Gifts Officer Robin Ryan, Connie Orcutt P19, Alumnae Relations Director Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 at Boston’s Healthcare for the Homeless Program

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New York City Networking Event

Ama Sowah ’99, Kianda Addo ’95, Devika Murray Bacchus ’95, Hannah Van Winkle ’99

Jessica Freeman ’08, Liz_Noonan ’08, Candace Taylor ’09, Victoria Robichaud ’12, Rose Killelea ’10

Joy_Barson ’70 and Audrey_Appleby ’70

Pacharapan Sattabanasuk Roehrl ’88, Wendy Lowe Pryce ’95, Devika Murray Bacchus ’95, Judith Hart ’76, Katie Jones ’11

Siara Sutton ’10 and Jessica Freeman ’08

The event’s featured speakers: Wendy Lowe Pryce ’95, Rachel Simeone ’82, Hannah Van Winkle ’99

New York City Holiday Party

Liz Noonan ’08, Jessica Freeman ’08, Anne Capener ’11

Kate Hirsch Koller ’74, Kim Rossetter Higgins ’73, Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77

Carlotta Gordon Gladding ’65, Laura Potsubay Pucher ’68, Jill Spiller ’59

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

Kelley Carens Sanders ’86, Lily Sanders, Jamie Renick Elias ’81

Katie Jones ’11, Nasira Haque Ewing ’04, Andrea Coyle ’10, Abby Coyle Caponetti ’05

Japera Mchunu ’13, Makara Bey ’12, Kehinde Ellis ’12

Victoria Robichaud ’12, Alejandra Baez ’12, Head of School Katherine L. Bradley, Maddie Naylor ’12

Elise Morrissey ’93, Head of School Katherine L. Bradley, Dana Cole ’73

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Boston Holiday Party

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Katherine Figueroa ’10, Libby Green ’10, Cat Blakelock ’10 Julia Hurley ’10, Ainslie Lundie ’11

Christa Corwin ’67, Stefanie Faro ’11, Lexie O’Connor ’11, Lucy Howard Sur ’67

Beth Stuka Rose ’03, Patricia Rotter Barabas ’59, David Barabas, Katie Grape ’03, Kristina Maus ’03

Miriam Stullin ’11, Rachel Hamilton ’12, Taylor Blacker Bernstein ’04, Lee Ann (Weatherly) Parker ’04

Neha Sani Gaur ’04 and Courtney Caruso ’05

Former faculty member Rachel Wood and Jen Matthews ’05

Alexis Altman ’11, Taylor Houston ’11, Lisa Aronson Altman ’78, P11, 16 Alison McPartland ’09, Associate Director of Special Events/Parent Programs Kari McPartland P09, Alena Horton ’09, Director of Special Events/Parent Programs Kathy Luby P09

Joanne Saint-Louis Butterfield ’82, Lexie Gross, Tina Gross Kruczynski ’82, Lisa Iagatta ’85

Lexie O’Connor ’11, Stefanie Faro ’11, Kendall Cross ’11, Alexis Altman ’11, Catherine Minahan ’11

Carey Blackwell Bloomfield ’66, G24, Head of School Katherine L. Bradley, Lee Ferguson Frechette ’81, P16, 22

Heidi Shenker ’90, former faculty member Nancy Rich, Elizabeth Record Svedlund ’90

Amory Hunnewell ’83, P17, Head of School Katherine L. Bradley, Ariann Williams ’08

Catherine Lafferty ’08, Casey Quinn ’08, Aparna Sud ’08, Aleana Horton ’09, Ariann Williams ’08, Atiyyah Sabir ’10, Michelle Lafferty ’09, Catherine Kellogg ’08, Caroline Tipping ’08

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Gretchen Hurxthal Moran ’51

The Importance of Pursing a Passion When I attended Dana in the 1950s, I recall the rickety old building, the small classes, the performances in Bardwell and the team sports we played in the old, non-regulation size gym. Dana was a unique place for me, and I loved being in an all-girls environment. I was good at sports, where I loved the camaraderie of the basketball and hockey teams and everything about the experience from the songs on the bus to the encouragement we gave each other as teammates. My only regret is that I never took art at Dana.

After Dana, I pursued art at the college and graduate level and have worked in acrylics, clay, wood, fabric and many of the needle arts. Art is my passion, but close behind are horticulture and the culinary arts. I shared my love of art through my work as an art therapist and now take pleasure in my association with fellow artists and being able to continue working in various media.

My husband is a devoted alumnus of Dartmouth Medical School and has been an active volunteer for many years. It has given him great satisfaction to support the place that played such a significant role in his career. His example encouraged me to join the Helen Temple Cooke Society.

In making Dana Hall a part of my estate plan, I want to support the education of girls. There are many places in the world today where girls do not have any access to school or opportunities; it is such a crime. I want to help make sure that Dana Hall remains strong. I hope my bequest will support the Visual Arts Department, as an expression of my passion for art.

– Gretchen Hurxthal Moran ’51

You can join Gretchen 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.

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Class Notes

Correspondents are needed for the following classes: 1945, 1950, 1952, 1963, 1990 and 1991. If you are interested in being a correspondent for your class, please email bulletin@danahall.org to learn more. Being a Class Correspondent is a wonderful way to keep in touch with your classmates and help share news and announcements with the Dana Hall community.

Please share your news with your Class Correspondent by April 15, 2017, for inclusion in the next issue of the Bulletin. If your class does not have a correspondent, please email your notes to bulletin@danahall.org or mail them to Class Notes, Alumnae Relations, Dana Hall School, 45 Dana Rd., Wellesley, MA 02482. All notes are due to the Alumnae Relations Office no later than April 30, 2017. Photograph submissions are welcome; however, in order to run a photo, it must be high resolution. That is, it must be at least 300 dpi at a 4x6 inch print size. If it takes up more than 1 MB of memory, it is probably high enough resolution. Please do not embed pictures in text.

Please note Dana Hall reserves the right to edit, format and select all materials for publication to accommodate news from nine decades of classes. This includes photos that do not appear because of their small size or low resolution. Due to the long lead time for the Bulletin, we refrain from publishing news about pregnancies.

Class of 1938 Alice Shepard Cary writes, “Still alive and almost lively. I was in Japan in August visiting family and friends.”

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 1943 Jacqueline (Jackie) Hope O’Leary G08 10 Longwood Dr. Westwood, MA 02090 (781) 329-8426 jaol950@gmail.com Thanks only to the telephone, these Dana notes are forthcoming.

Marcie Williams Petersen recently lost her younger brother Lawson, of whom I (Jackie Hope O’Leary) have fond memories. Unfortunately, my call to her came on moving day. Marcie was to move closer to her daughter, Sherry.

Christine (Kiki) Benedict Garo and her husband Lucien left Gaithersburg, M.D., for Hilton Head in September only to meet Hurricane Matthew and so were evacuated. Kiki is still recuperating from an automobile accident but is grateful for therapy and her water aerobics, which she continues to teach. The Garos journeyed to Orleans on Cape Cod this summer for a wedding. They felt their trip was too brief.

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Elizabeth (Betsy) Wortley Lewis traveled vicariously through her daughter who took a two-week backpack hiking trip to the Grand Canyon. Betsy and I shared seven years of Dana and Smith College together, and hope to attend our Smith 70th Reunion in May 2017.

I (Jackie) had a joyful summer! It started late in June with parties and greeting Cape Cod folks again—and the work of making the house operative, the gardens beautiful, etc. But the heat came, suddenly, and often prohibited the golf game or even the late swim. Yoga kept me on track, however. My children insisted on a big celebration for my 90th birthday. It was a fete at the Oyster Harbors Club with 65 friends and family. My cup did overflow. [Editor’s note: A photo of Jackie and her family celebrating her birthday can be found in the Class of 2008 section.] There were golf and bridge games in September, and October found me back at Fox Hill. Where did the summer go?

Please write, call or email me of your woes or joys.

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

Class of 1945 Correspondent needed Rose Sun Tchang writes, “Last year I wrote my memoir just before I turned 90.”

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

Class of 1947 Barbara Quarles Harper 4436 Westover Pl. NW Washington, DC 20016 (202) 244-1571 harperbq@gmail.com Nancy (Apple) Appel Baler is “happy and loving life” despite having lost her husband of 60 years. She lives in an apartment in Boston with a daughter, one of her five grown children. Taking advantage of the many cultural activities nearby, including the symphony and museums, is one of Apple’s joys. Another is sculpture. She creates hand-built (no wheel) ceramic pieces, primarily portraiture or subjects from nature.

Upon retirement from teaching in Monterey and Salinas, Calif., Flora Stafford Gil moved to Clarkdale, Ariz. She is ensconced in Cottonwood Village, an independent retirement community known for its breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains. Flora does have some health problems that put life in “slow motion.” Though she no longer travels, her two California-based daughters visit whenever they can.

Life at Wake Robin in Shelburne, Vt., agrees with Sally Patrick Johnson. She’s involved in an annual Junk Sale, which her retirement community realizes great benefit from, even though there are no clothes for sale—only junk. In her earlier years, Sally worked in book publishing in New York, but was lured back to Vermont where her heart has always been. Her son and his wife have given her three grands.

Nancy Hamilton Landau has moved to a retirement apartment still in Hackettstown, N.J. She is loving “not having to trudge to the mailbox or worry about weeds or deer eating hostas or cooking every meal.” Her health is good considering she must be on

community at this ancient age!” Wonderful news, Vee. So happy to hear from you.

oxygen a lot of the time. However, Nancy hardly notices being tethered to the “Mother Ship condenser” because so much is going on and she’s engaging with so many interesting people.

My phone call to Barbara Drake Lobrano interrupted her drinking a Pepsi, eating a cookie and watching a TV cooking show.

She is a divorced widow happily living in a former school building transformed to apartments for the elderly in Westport, Conn. Her four children and nine grands are hither and yon. In former years, Barbara’s life included lots of travel, but since 9/11, plane travel has lost all its appeal.

Since her husband’s death in 2006, Carol Price Swedberg has been living alone in an old house needing repair that she shares with two dogs and four cats in Moultonborough, N.H. Of her seven children, three sons live nearby. Her family also includes 15 grandchildren and two great-grands. Since she doesn’t drive, Carol is a homebody who still uses a rotary phone. In preparation for colder weather, she already has two cords of firewood in readiness.

Save the date: Oct. 4–6, 2017. Why? Our 70th (ouch!) Reunion will be on the first weekend of October. That’s great news because we will be at Dana when school is in session. We can have a block of (discounted) rooms in a nearby hotel with free shuttle service to campus. We will have a meal with the new Head of School. We will experience student life—so different from ours. We will have an unforgettable time together. You must come!

Class of 1948 Collette Taylor 20252 Millbrook Dr. Abingdon, VA 24211-6868 (207) 967-2352 Joan Landers O’Connell’s daughter Ann O’Connell writes, “I have enclosed a picture of two Dana Hall graduates taken May 14, 2016, at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. On the left is Dr. Margot Singer ’80, associate professor of English.

On the right is Joan Landers O’Connell.

Joan’s granddaughter, Ellen Toth, was a member of the 2016 Denison graduating class. Margot was Ellen’s senior writing project advisor. Both Margot and my mom shared fond reminisces of their times at Dana Hall. It was a fun ‘small world’ meeting!”

Margot Singer ’80 and Joan Landers O’Connell

Margaret Macdonald Smith writes, “The years speed by here at the proverbial old folks home. I keep in touch with Mary Lyons Harberg and Barbara Rich Anderson.”

Class of 1949 Virginia O’Hearn Broadbent P81 88 Notch Hill Rd., Apt. 157 North Branford, CT 06471 (203) 208-1475 virginiabroadbent@frontier.com We had another beautiful fall in New England. The varying colors of reds, oranges and yellows were beautiful once again this year. It was such a pleasure to drive around and take them all in.

Virginia (Vee) Henry Achey writes, “Fortunately, three years ago, I decided John and I should move to a continuing care community since he was using a walker and having difficulty getting around. In September 2013, we moved to the highly rated Well-Spring Retirement Community here in Greensboro where we lived in an ‘Independent Living’ twobedroom apartment for 1 1/2 years until John needed more care than I could give him there. He was then moved to the Rehab Unit, where he received intensive physical and occupational therapy, and later to the Skilled Care wing where he is now living. Once he is dressed and in his motorized wheelchair, he can go anywhere within the community as well as to off-campus events, to which Well-Spring provides transportation. I now live in a wonderful one-bedroom ‘Garden Home,’ which I love! John and I talk every morning and have lunch together most days. I participate in many activities such as chorus and handbells, and have served as an officer on three committees. I am currently serving as assistant secretary of the Residents’ Association. Living here frees me to be able to attend such events as one granddaughter’s wedding in Colorado and another’s graduation from high school in Wyoming. I am truly blessed to be alive, well, and in this wonderful city and

Carolyn (Randy) Cushman Stratton and Bob “are still happily ensconced in The Woodlands, a retirement home in Lebanon N.H., just across the river from our old farm/home in Hartland 4 Corners, Vt. As my brother Charlie is still living there, we go back often. Along the way, we often travel, explore, re-acquaint ourselves with the meandering back roads of Vermont. At this time of the year, with leaves aflame, our mini-journeys are exceptionally pleasurable. We enjoy life here as many of the inhabitants are either associated with Dartmouth College or are retired professors from other institutions. This makes the dining room conversation active, topical and often intriguing. Although we miss the excitement of living overseas (eight countries in total), the sorting through old photographs and slides (hey! remember slides?) brings back many memories, especially of Thailand and South America. Hasta la vista, amigas.”

I had a nice chat with Jane Fisher. She is busy and doing well.

Nancy Redway Ford writes that she “had a such a wonderful trip this summer to see my daughter in Seattle. Her eldest son who is doing a master’s degree in music (clarinet) at Ohio State was home. We saw him while he was studying and playing at the Icicle Creek Music Festival and went to a concert there. The only other news is that our youngest daughter’s 14-year-old daughter Sophie was inducted into the National Honor Society last spring when she was in 7th grade.”

Emily (Emmy) Eckart Ogden’s daughter is now living in Guilford, Conn., near where I am, so I hope to get together with her soon for lunch.

Sarah (Sally) Hartley Sneve writes that “Northern Minnesota foliage was beautiful, too, but it’s all gone now. We have the dark green of our wonderful white and Norway pines to contrast with the snow in the winter. Had lunch with Virginia (Ginnie) Starkey Thompson last month. She was up from Rochester, Minn. I have too much garden to take care of properly. Growing mostly weeds. I need help. I need a new knee, too. Great to be 84. But I’m still playing tennis twice a week. Doing pretty good. We are still playing first bounces.”

Sounds pretty good to me, Sally.

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Jennifer (Jenna) Hardy Speer writes that she saw Priscilla (P.K.) Kelley Sadler and John briefly this summer in Brunswick, Maine. Jenna “had non-invasive spinal surgery to grind away a disc that was pressing on the nerves to my legs, making them very weak. Now I will have eight weeks of physical therapy to get the strength back in my legs. This fall, I flew down to North Carolina to visit my younger brother and much of his family who live in and around Chapel Hill. My older brother met us down there. We used to go down twice a year but haven’t been down for two years now so I am eager to see them. My older brother is 89 and still kicking! As usual my younger son, Jim, and his family were here for two weeks at Christmas time and Chuck and his family will be down in April for a week. I do love family visits! Otherwise I’m exercising, walking the dog, and still enjoying gardening and friends. It’s just a little harder to get around, but I’m sure I’m not alone in that.”

I did call Jenna and she sounds terrific— her usual happy, upbeat self.

Class of 1952 Correspondent needed Bette Ann Reed Bicknell writes, “The Class of 1952 has lost a very special friend and I am truly saddened. Jean Harris Whitney was our Class Correspondent for 64 years and worked diligently to get any scrap of information from classmates to publish in the Bulletin. Recently we had fun emailing back and forth with news of our families and how the golden years were treating us. Thank you, Jean, and rest in peace. There will never be another you.”

Jean Harris Whitney in 1952

Nina Heald Weber is in Naples, Fla., for the winter. I am sure we could find her either on the golf course or tennis court.

I (Ginger) continue to enjoy living at Evergreen Woods. I have many friends and am on four different committees: chairing one and secretary of two others. There are many activities including yoga, balance and exercise classes, several Bible study groups, music and lectures and on and on. Never a dull moment. My kids are well and happy, so life is good.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year!

Maizi May Donald is still living in her house in Acton, Mass., and writes, “I’m still in my too-large house but not ready to give it up yet. Put solar panels on the garage, so I’ve got to see that going solar really saves on electricity! Starting in on the Salvation Army Christmas effort, which is always a challenge but worthwhile!”

Class of 1950 Correspondent needed

Class of 1951 Eleanor Fischel Ruben 67 Baskin Rd. Lexington, MA 02421-6930 (781) 862-4404

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Class of 1953 Juliet Bourne Sherwood 175 S. Corona St. Denver, CO 80209 (303) 282-9077 coloradojule@gmail.com I’m sorry to report the passing of two of our classmates: Barbara (Bobbie) Levine Meyers and Barbara Fuller Gallagher.

Bobbie Levine’s son David and Barbara Fuller’s husband Phil contacted me and were kind enough to write the following informal obituaries for the Bulletin.

Barbara Levine Meyers died at age 79 on April 2, 2015, in the San Francisco Bay area where she had lived for 30 years. She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Nachum; son David Meyers of Belmont, Calif.; and daughter Gayle Meyers Cooper of Jerusalem, Israel; as well as four stepsons. Her four grandchildren were ages 3 to 11 at the time of her death. Barbara was born in Leominster, Mass., and moved to Wellesley, Mass., with her parents while attending Dana Hall. She graduated from Radcliffe College (Harvard) in 1957 and later earned a master’s degree in social work from Columbia University. She married Nachum Meyers in 1965 and raised her family in Tenafly, N.J., before moving to California in 1984. After

working as a social worker, she managed a number of businesses ranging from restaurants to screen printing and culminating in a series of medical imaging centers. Later, she administered a fellowship program for journalists at Stanford University. Throughout her life, she applied her social work skills to helping youth and adults, taking in several foster children and volunteering in schools and synagogues in her community. Barbara loved to entertain, hosting large numbers of friends and family for picture-perfect celebrations of holidays and special occasions. She was an avid reader and enthusiastic patron of classical music and Broadway show performances.

Barbara Fuller Gallagher was born and grew up in Denver, Colo. She attended Kent School for Girls for high school, but left for Dana Hall in her senior year because there were only three girls in her coming senior year at Kent. After Dana Hall, Barbara graduated from Scripps College in Claremont, Calif. She then moved to Washington, D.C., where she became a computer systems analyst with a federal agency. We met there and married in 1962, and she resigned from her professional position to be a housewife and mother. Our first child was born in Monterey, Calif., where I was at school.

Our second child was born in Maryland, our third child in Bangkok, Thailand, and our fourth back in Maryland. During these years, she was active in school and community affairs, and tended to become the president of every organization she was involved in. She was president of our co-op kindergarten, president of the PTA, president of our Parish Council, and influential in many other community organizations here in the Columbia, Md., area. When our children were approaching college age, Barbara decided it was time to go back to work and our agency welcomed her back enthusiastically. She continued her impressive career in government service. When our children were safely launched, we both retired and spent some very nice retirement years traveling and enjoying grandchildren. Barbara died in February 2010. She often spoke fondly of her time at Dana Hall.

My (Juliet Bourne Sherwood) appeal to classmates to write about any little thing (my example was that I had recently cleaned out my refrigerator) brought few results: “Nothing pertinent” from Joanie Friborg Gram and “Hope you are well… we are, too,” from Valerie Roehder Florstedt.

Ann Loomis Jesse and her husband Henry have happily relocated to their mountain-view condo here in Denver, where we enjoyed celebrating our July birthdays at dinner together. Ann visited her Smith College roommate in Seattle for a weekend getaway during the fall.

I (Juliet) spent a glorious few days in July on Colorado’s Grand Mesa with my hiking group, discovering myriad varieties of wildflowers. Stops at the Aspen Music Festival and Vail Dance Festival on the way home were lovely.

In November, Martha Hinman Vaughn and her husband Arky embarked upon a Mediterranean cruise from Monte Carlo to Barcelona with a stop at my beloved Marseille. They planned on a few extra days in the south of France. All this in spite of Martha having taken a tumble from her bicycle, which fractured her sacrum a few weeks before the cruise. When I talked to her in the fall, armed with pain medicine and high spirits, she promised to take it easy.

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 The timing never seems just right for getting these notes in, but it’s fun once I get started. How about a line or two from you about what’s going on? Special thanks to you who responded. I can’t be the only one who loves hearing from/about classmates. As for 80, e-i-g-h-t-y, eighty— it doesn’t easily trip off the tongue, does it—but some of us are making a celebration of it. You, too?

Gabriella (Gay) Dreher DiVirgilio writes from her lakeside home in Forestburgh, N.Y., about her friendship with Loretta Swit—you know: Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on M*A*S*H! What fun! Gay writes, “We met some 20 years ago as she performed leading roles at the Forestburgh Playhouse, the oldest summer playhouse in New York State. Last year she stayed with me while performing the role of Daisy in Driving Miss Daisy. This photo of us was taken after her last performance. Loretta is a vegan and cooks up a storm. She can

memorize eight long pages of script in about an hour’s time. We share a hobby in that we both paint—acrylics. She’s lots of fun and remembers everything you say, including telephone numbers. I am in good health, have two sons who remain single and are very nice to me. Am thinking about moving to Florida to live year-round. I love living here—it is only a two-hour drive to New York City, and I go to Broadway shows, the opera, etc.—but life is easier in Florida during the winters. Come December, I am usually somewhere else.

This year it will be the Pacific Coast visiting a sister who lives in Bellingham, Wash., and another sister who lives in West Linn, Ore., and then an old Dana Hall friend, Jutta Von Behring Reese ’53, in Oakland, Calif.”

Gay Dreher DiVirgilio with her friend, actress Loretta Swit

Caroline Bassett Wilkinson replied from her home in Oxford, Ohio, with a very happy description of her 80th birthday celebration, first telling me about what I know many of you have experienced: “My life has changed as my husband Scott passed away unexpectedly in March of 2015. As I’ve mentioned before, he had many years of illness. It was truly a blessing for him, but a shock to all of us at the time.

There has been so much to do since his death: paperwork, trying to get things changed and resolved in the house, etc. My three—Caroline, Elizabeth and F. Scott— have been such a help to me. All live on the West Coast, so my trips take me in that direction most of the time. I had a wonderful 80th birthday celebration last spring. I flew to Portland, Ore., and visited my daughter Elizabeth for a few days.

From there, we drove to Seattle where we met my other daughter Caroline and her husband Bart. We stayed in the city overnight and the following morning visited the Dale Chihuly Glass Museum and Gardens—a place all of us wanted to see. It was amazing. My doctor here in town says Dale Chihuly’s things are candy for the brain. I have to agree. From there we drove to Bellingham, Wash., where my son lives with his wife Hilary and his 5 1/2-year-old adopted daughter Jayda. I’m having such fun with a granddaughter for me to spoil! I never thought that would happen! We took a ferryboat to Vancouver Island and stayed at the Empress Hotel in

Victoria. What a lovely city that was. I’ve been there once before, but this was special since it was with my whole family and it was my birthday! What a beautiful spot it is. So you see, I’m still active and busy.”

Having recently taken a two-week trip west—eight National Parks!—I (Anne) understood Caroline’s pleasure. What an amazing country, and so different for these Maine eyes. Here are the parks we visited: Rocky Mountain, Arches (twice, it was so awesome), Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Sequoia and King’s Canyon. The last two were in California in the Sierras. I was on my way to a grad school reunion at the Asilomar Conference Center on the Monterey Peninsula.

Among those reunion-ing was Patty Sykes Treadwell. She and Dick drove down from their home in Ross. We both had gone to the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration after college. The Stanford alumnae from that graduate year went on a terrific three-day West Coast program to celebrate over a dozen of us turning 80 as well as our enduring friendships. It included such a good presentation by the director of the John Steinbeck Center in Salinas that I finally began to read Steinbeck again, this time with enormous pleasure. As one who had a stubborn habit of resisting anything on a reading list, I am grateful for the rediscovery. Check out that center! Patty and Dick had another reason to celebrate: Dick has responded remarkably well to months of treatment for pancreatic cancer, and they were enjoying a “chemo-free” hiatus.

Anne Rugh with Patty and Dick Treadwell at Pebble Beach, Calif.

Susan Smith Pratt writes from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, “Quite amazing that most of us are now 80 years old—and we are facing the challenges of aging. Have recently sold my family home of 80 years, the downsizing and moving was a major undertaking but it is done! Happiness is having a healthy 18-month-old granddaughter.”

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surprise 80th birthday party for me here at The Village at Duxbury. He sang ‘Some Enchanted Evening’ (all three verses) with the band, which brought many to tears.

There were 44 guests, including my nephew, his wife and their darling 15-month-old daughter from California. It was lovely to see people I had not seen for a long time. It was really a fun evening!”

After an entertainingly salient paragraph about local and national politics which I cannot include, Carol Reeves Parke writes from Richmond, Va., “I’m back from a lovely week in Connecticut at the height of the fall colors, bracketed by a weekend at Conn College (I’m on the alumni board for another year and a half) and a high school alumni day in Greens Farms, Conn.

I do love getting back to New England!

I’m also putting in new railings outside and in as I’m intending to age in place for as long as I can. Like everyone else, I’m trying to stave off the inevitable. Yoga helps.”

Class of 1955 Joanna Graf Frank 31 Main St. Stonington, CT 06378 (860) 535-0910 joannagf@msn.com Jean Bottomley Borden writes, “I had open heart surgery on June 7, 2016, and am recovering very well. Looking forward to catching up with Sally Hart Sheehy ’54 before long.

Class of 1956

could be a Dana student again? So much more is being offered in classrooms today—so exciting. And: no more uniforms. You could wear your jeans—and makeup! As this will be included in the Winter Bulletin, I wish you all a Happy New Year! I look forward to hearing from you via email, written note or phone.

Judith Singer Bercuvitz writes, “I just realized I should comment on Reunion for the Bulletin: Within such a small group, I was lucky to have my junior-year roommate, Linda Lasher Chandler, and my roommate from Cornell, Ruth Blatt Merkatz, both with us at Reunion. The art show of work by various classmates was very good. I just want to mention a specific item, a children’s book published by Elizabeth (Betsey) Elsemore Anderson, which I was able to purchase for our youngest granddaughter. I would also like to mention that an inordinate amount of conversation covered the many ways in which we broke the rules. We laughed about it, but the fact remains that we had very little, if any, psychological counseling, and there are now three and a half staff positions in that area! I’ll leave it to others to describe the enjoyable activities that were planned for us, but I would like to mention the terrific work of Corinne Daniels and her team.”

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Sarah Ott Shoemaker writes, “A highlight of the summer was a visit to Judy O’Connell Perkins’ wonderful garden in Dedham, with our flower-loving 5-year-old granddaughter Rosemary in tow. Judy had invited her to come and pick flowers, and Rosie was excited and delighted. When we arrived, Judy had a pair of scissors and a little bucket with water all ready for Rosie, and she took her through the garden, patiently teaching her how to cut long stems and guiding her to good choices.

Rosie had a bucket full of posies to bring home for arranging. They were the centerpiece for a tea party with aunt Jennie Ott Tracey ’56 later in the afternoon.

Carolyn Bonner Womack writes, “I retired from my full-time job in August and am enjoying the freedom. I have lived in Nashville, Tenn., for almost 50 years and now can take advantage of more of the numerous things there are to do here.”

Class of 1958 Mary Ty Wyatt Forbush 3751 Shearwater Dr. Jupiter, FL 33477 tyforbush@yahoo.com

Class of 1957 Judith O’Connell Perkins P89 35 Jackson Pond Rd. Dedham, MA 02026 (781) 329-1622 judyoperk@aol.com

Carol Creighton Hadley 2736 N.W. 77th Blvd., #264 Gainesville, FL 32606 (352) 377-4721 cjhadley@aol.com Oh, dear classmates, how I (Carol Creighton Hadley) wish I had been there!

Our 60th Reunion! I have received reports that everyone had a really good time.

Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77, who arranged everything, was right on the money when she suggested the small Reunion format exclusively for our class. Hopefully future 60th Dana Reunion celebrations will also enjoy the same positive experience. For those of us who did not attend, I hope we will see lots of photos. I am so looking forward to seeing the Reunion Yearbook that is being put together.

I wish you well and hope to cross paths someday!”

Louisa Okie McKown, Mary Covington, Carolyn Peters Schoonmaker, Ann Woodcock Hurd, Joan Sigel Schuman, Ty Wyatt Forbush and Betsy Kamborian

Dinnie Hay Fortuin with her eight grandsons on a family trip to Africa

Diane (Dinnie) Hay Fortuin writes, “Just sending a snap to illustrate my biggest adventure lately. I traveled with family, including the pictured eight grandsons, to Africa this summer. As you can imagine, it was amazing and a wonderful bonding experience for us all. After safari, we decompressed in Zanzibar, which was a deeply moving education on the history of slavery. The boys are fascinating and such a new world for me, having three daughters!

We missed you when nine of us (Mary Covington, Ty Wyatt Forbush, Ann Woodcock Hurd, Betsy Kamborian, Linda Wennberg McCabe, Louisa Okie McKown, Janet Barton Mostafa, Joan Sigel Schuman, and Carolyn Peters Schoonmaker) gathered June 20–22, 2016, in West Dennis, Mass., to commemorate having graduated 58 years ago. One would have thought that we’d never been separated in terms of conviviality. Janet and I even had the opportunity to be roommates again! Everyone enjoyed hearing about the happenings in each others’ lives and sharing feelings and opinions on matters that concern us all.

One day the majority of us took a boat out

of Chatham, Mass., and had a guided nature tour of not-normally-accessible North Monomoy Island. And with Betsy’s local knowledge, we dined well and visited an expansive lavender garden. Should we ever have such a repeat mini-reunion, please try to come. The caring, sharing and support are inexplicable. For sure, we are still a with-it, spry and cognizant group of ’58ers!

Alice (Lally) Barnes Freeman writes, “The reunion in West Dennis sounds wonderful. Wish I could attend, but Santa Fe is a long way from there. I got a call from Bari Gulbransen Lovewave ’60 who lives in Santa Fe also. We hope to get together for our own ‘mini-reunion’ soon.

I also want to let everyone know that I now have a website for my art (www.lally.com) in case anyone is curious about my work.

Ward and I are still loving life in the Southwest U.S. After living most of our lives in New England, it’s lovely to have so many new places to explore. Hope some classmates will come and see this beautiful area and stop by to visit us. Love to all my Dana classmates. Hope everyone is well and enjoying life.”

Travel is always enjoyed by many, no matter what time of year. I know Ann Woodcock Hurd has twice been a crewmate on board Holly Gebelein Hobart and Ken Creighton’s boat, Sea Bear, docked in the harbor in Seattle, Wash. This past summer, Ann joined Holly and Ken when the boat was in British Columbia. In May, Merle Cosgrove went to Nepal and did some horse trekking in the Upper Mustang Region, which is near the Tibetan/Chinese border. Tamsen Evans George took yet another lucky grandchild to Scandanavia in June, and Ann has also made recent trips to Machu Picchu and South Africa. I think she gets the “Busiest Bee” award of the year!

See the Class of 2012 notes for news of Anne Steele Hummel.

I’d love to share trips that others of you classmates may take, provided you are willing to share them with me. Please keep your news coming in 2017. Hope that your holiday season was joyous and that the New Year will be a very happy, healthy one for all.

Nancy Ginter was lucky to be able to attend the Pennsylvania Conference for Women in early October. Lesley Jane Nonkin Seymour ’74, a Dana Hall Trustee, was a keynote speaker. Nancy met with her following her “very well-executed breakout session” and sent a selfie of themselves. Nancy thinks they “are both far more attractive than this, but—it is a selfie!” Lesley was named No. 4 in the 2009 Most Powerful Fashion Editors list

by Forbes Magazine.

Nancy Ginter and Lesley Jane Nonkin Seymour ’74

Susan (Susie) McEldowney Canon and Michael left Osprey Village on Amelia and have settled in Fleet Landing in Atlantic Beach (last move!). She saw Valerie Warner Smith and her new husband, John Smith, in her beautiful new house at the Villages.

Once again, a beautiful photograph of Susan Payson Burke and Coleman at the 125th Anniversary Celebration of the New York Botanical Garden dinner dance was in The New York Times Style Section.

Pamela Lasher Hull’s current book, SAY YES! Flying Solo After Sixty, is now available in e-book and paperback on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. She pleads for paperback purchase! This is neither guide nor manual, but an evocative work on taking one’s life to another level of adventure and pleasure in our later years.

For marrieds and singles. Any word on social media would be welcome!

On the opening page of the Summer 2016 issue of the Dana Bulletin was a photograph of three gnarly hands with Dana rings. The hands belong to Barbie Dana Greppin, Susan Spiller ’64 and yours truly!

Celie Marsters Griffiths writes, “My husband died from cancer March 28, 2016.”

Class of 1959

Class of 1960

Jill Spiller 45 Sutton Pl. S., Apt. 1B New York, NY 10022 (212) 421-0932 jillspille1@aol.com

Carol Huppeler Hosdale cgoldie3137@aol.com

listening to books on Audible.com.

Although I read articles, newspapers and magazines daily, I thoroughly enjoy listening to books. One of my most recent favorite books was Mao’s Last Dancer, the autobiography of Li Cunxin. I learned a great deal about the development of Communism in China as well as the true story of Li becoming a world-renown ballet dancer. I have always loved to dance, and to this day, dance is a great deal of who I am. I loved my days of dance classes at Dana, and thoroughly enjoyed dancing in our musicals. All for now!”

Pamela Perez Sexton writes, “Everything in Montpelier is pretty much the same: beavers in the two back ponds, deer, groundhogs, foxes and even a bobcat! Our news is with our grandchildren. Our two oldest granddaughters, Chandler and Anna, both graduated from high school and are now settled into their respective dorms.

Chandler is at Tulane University while Anna is at University of Washington with a roommate from China! All other grandchildren doing well, too. Our daughter Kara and family drove from College Station, Texas, to New Orleans for Tulane’s move-in weekend. Kara made sure they went to Preservation Hall one night. I asked Kara if perhaps this might have been boring for her daughter Katerina, age 9.

Kara said not at all. In fact, after the performance, Katerina went up to the jazz players and delighted them with, ‘I play the violin and if I knew you were going to be so good, I would have brought my violin so I could play with you!’ The audacity!”

Pamela Perez Sexton’s grandchildren Chas and Katerina in New Orleans Granddaughter Katerina before her school play, Seussical the Musical

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Marty Horton Gecek writes, “Oh my, time is moving on. It is now 50 years since I arrived in Salzburg and began work at the Salzburg Global Seminar. Who would believe it? I feel very lucky that I continue to be involved in this wonderful institution.

The recent symposium that I organized was called ‘Images of America: Reality and Stereotypes’ and was attended by 62 individuals from 25 countries. Most were university professors of American Studies, but also practitioners such as an NPR executive and two American diplomats.

There were incredibly interesting discussions including the Russian, the Chinese and the Middle Eastern view(s) of America. On the personal front, my daughters Heidi and Sandy gave me three little grandsons—Matteo (9), Jonas (6) and Marco (3)—who are a real joy (and sometimes a challenge!). If any classmates get to Salzburg, please let me know! I would be pleased to give a tour of Schloss Leopoldskron where the Salzburg Global Seminar is located. It is also the home of The Sound of Music, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year.”

Mary Akin Horton writes, “Dear Class of ’60, I retired from work on Dec. 30, 2016.

I am planning to move to a senior residence in Boca Raton, Fla., within a year or so. I look forward to the change, meeting new friends and some well-needed relaxation. I think about our wonderful years at Dana Hall with great fondness, and send my love to all of you!”

Ann Reeves writes, “As I write, the sunlight is drenching through the golden autumn aspens and forest green pine trees.

Bill and I are in Larkspur, Colo., a rural town near Colorado Springs where Bill’s son Chris, daughter-in-law Debbie and adorable 19-month-old twin girls Haley and Mia live, so it’s playtime. Next week, we will stay with my daughter Betsey and her 2 1/2 year old Hazel, who just moved to Boulder where Betsey, an artist and composer, accepted a tenure-track position as an assistant professor. It’s so great that these three little cousins are only a year— and less than an hour of driving—apart now. Everyone reading this will understand the joys of grandparenting, even as it is very different from the other six, who are older. I’m no longer able to pick them up, and playing elephant on my hands-andknees on the hardwood floor is no longer fun. Two weeks ago I was in Ross, Calif., with son Andrew, his wife Genny, and their 13-year-old twins Molly and William and their 5-year-old Chase. Aside from the joy of being with them and attending various games and practices, I was able to have

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lunch with Elizabeth (Dixie) Pierson Rainey’s sister, Sally, who also lives in Berkeley. She gifted me with a handcrafted silver pendant with an etched Rowan tree that Dixie wore for years nearly every day—an image that spoke to her deeply. Now I wear it every day, continuing the deep connection that we had from our junior year at Dana until she died in 2014. Closer to home, it is wonderful to live near Charley, Karen, Pearson (10) and Coco (7). We spend considerable time at games and matches of various sorts: soccer, Little League, basketball, tennis and lacrosse. Bill and I live in a more rural area, in Redding, Ct., with a heavy patch of woods and rolling, rocky parkland so the kids love to come up the ‘country’ where they learn that bugs, dirt and animal noises at night are really okay. Bill retired as an electrical engineer five years ago and spends time reading, taking care of our property, flower arranging, and doing innumerable favors for everybody. He can fix anything! I am winding down my practice of clinical and school psychology, but am still working a day a week. My interests and capabilities have shifted as my lifelong interests in alternative forms of healing and spirituality are now a much greater part of the way I work. I teach mindful-based stress reduction, have developed a nature-based all-day (or 2-day) retreat using the elements of nature and much personal time, and use meditation, visualization, poetry, nature and positive psychology strategies in my practice. Last year, I earned a certificate in positive psychology in a very intense and valuable six-month course. I use these techniques professionally and personally every day.

Having taught neuropsychology in the past, studying positive psychology has seamlessly brought many of my interests and background together. Bill and I are in our 24th year of weekly prison ministry meetings with the women in the Danbury Federal Prison Camp, and we have learned and gained much more than we have given.

We also enjoy weekly Qi Gong classes together, which have helped contributed greatly to our flexibility, mobility, inner strength and spirituality. Dana Hall remains my favorite school I have attended, and I remain grateful both for the deep friendships I gained as well as the teaching of moral character and academic excellence. I was a late bloomer and I am quite confident that not one of my Dana teachers ever imagined I would or even could obtain a Ph.D., and I am equally confident that I would never have been able to achieve it without my Dana preparation. I love being a member of the

‘Best Class of the Rest Past!’ And, without actively knowing it, Amor Caritas was a guiding principle in my family and my greatest gift from Dana Hall. Love and Charity. What more is there? I would love corresponding with any of you and my email address is acreeves@optonline.net and my website is www.annreevespsychology.com.”

Marilyn (Mamie) Sanders Beard ’60 is still in Reno, Nev., doing “lots of traveling, volunteer work and general play.” In regards to a family trip last summer, “Got Ben to come out and spend three weeks this summer. We all went to Yosemite.

Husband Tom and I did the old fogeys’ hikes while the kids, who swore they were in super shape, did the biggies. Ha! After two days, neither Sara nor Ben could walk; had to revert to spending a lot of time in the hotel bar. But hey, we did have fun!”

Kathleen (Kathy) Knudson Wattles

Class of 1961 Susan (Sue) Gibbs gibbsie65@hotmail.com First and foremost, a report on our fantastic Reunion: All of you who were there know how wonderful it was and those of you who didn’t make it really missed out. It seems to me that the older we get, the closer we get. The years are just peeled away and the shared experiences of our years at Dana are stronger than ever. There was much laughter punctuating all our tales of life at and after Dana. In the evenings, we all congregated in Tucky Smith Harrison and Karen Slawsby Stone’s room, sprawling on the beds, sitting on chairs, stools, the floor, anywhere to hash over the day’s events and tell stories. Just like it was in someone’s dorm room 55 years ago! Once again, a big thanks to Jane Chittick for wrangling us a great deal on the hotel rooms we stayed in. And thanks to Ann Nutter Thompson, Robin Morsman Geis, Tucky and Debby Goodwin Klotz for an excellent job of arranging it all. Our class dinner at Ken’s was very good and certainly a trip down memory lane.

We were so very proud of our Sue Kosoff who was awarded this year’s Distinguished Alumna Award, and about whom there was an article in the Summer Bulletin. Well done, Sue, and well deserved!

Tucker (Tucky) Massey Clark writes, “I missed most of the weekend, but loved being with all of you who made it to dinner at that blast-from-the-past Ken’s. Great choice! What an interesting, kind, funny, smart group of women! I immediately recognized most of us; it took a minute longer for a few. As someone said, the smiles are always a good clue. And there were lots of smiles. Now I’m looking forward to our 60th. Happy to have been with you all.”

The highlight of Reunion was having Enn (Nobuko Shimizu Matsushita) with us all the way from Tokyo. What a treat! You may remember that I said in the last Bulletin to stay tuned to find out if we met Enn’s expectations. I do believe we did! She had a wonderful time and was not disappointed. Sue Steele Isbell brought her yearbook with her and finally found out after 55 years what Enn had written in Japanese in it. It turned out to be what most of us wrote to each other but in very formal Japanese, which amused Enn no end. Thank you for coming, Enn! We loved having you there and expect you to come again.

While on the subject of Enn, I’m sad to report that she broke her kneecap this summer—a painful experience—and is still working on rehab for it. But that didn’t stop her from hosting Nancy Ducette Farris in her home in September for three days. Nancy had a terrific time and loved seeing Tokyo, traditional Japanese theater and Enn’s family.

Another person who really came a long way for Reunion was Carole Morrisey Jaffa—all the way from Alaska. It was so good to see her again after all these years.

Life in the frozen north seems to be agreeing with her.

Wonderful to have Nancy Langford Hague back, too. It was as if all those years had never passed, and we took up just where we left off.

More reflections on Reunion came from Bettina (Nicki) Batterson Hall: “Pictures are great because they bring us back to a specific moment, and in that recognition unleash a flood of associated memories of sights, sounds, snips of conversation and even smells (onion rolls, although our table did not feel that this year’s were up to par

of the ones of old!). I went home with the feeling that we are an amazing, talented, diverse and caring class. How good is that!

Looking forward to the 60th. Take care all and be well.” From Allison White: “Memories of the warmth, joy and laughter can only increase the ‘legend’ factor of ’61.

Thanks so much to all who worked hard to put on that amazing show, and to everyone from near and far who made it a grand success. To those who couldn’t make it, we missed you and hope you’ll be at the 60th!

Dear people are becoming dearer with every passing year.” And from Tucky Smith Harrison: “We may have graduated 55 years ago, but all who were at our Reunion will agree that our Dana experience just gets stronger and more vibrant as time goes by. And aren’t we all enriched because of it? I treasure the invisible web of friendships that continues to grow with each passing year. Our many and amazing accomplishments notwithstanding, our legacy is that we still stand strong and together, and can say ‘I’ve got your back.’ We are legendary! I loved being with you all, sharing the ‘party room’ with Karen and missed those of you who were not with us. Be there next time.” (By the way, Tucky kept us in stitches in our nightly meetings in the party room telling fantastically funny stories.)

A very jolly bunch at Allison White’s lunch in August.

On Aug. 18, 2016, Allison White hosted a mini-reunion lunch at her house in West Falmouth. We were still all fired up after the big Reunion in May and there were 11 of us who turned out for the grand event.

Everyone brought something to eat or drink, but Allison provided the most, plus the venue, and did all the work. Those present were: Allison, Carolyn Harris, Dindy Evans, Debby Goodwin Klotz, Linda Marsh, Phyl Jansen, Tucky Massey Clark, Nicki Batterson Hall (drove up from Connecticut), Marlene Mustard Graf, Mary Wilson-Tauson and me (Sue). A few others really wanted to come but had other plans that day. Sheila Carter Benger was on the roster, but because of broken ribs had to opt out at the last minute. More on Sheila later. We had a really fun day, ate ourselves silly and

yakked away till late afternoon. Thanks again, Allison!

Mary WilsonTauson with her old uniform

Back to Sheila Carter Benger: On her bike trip this summer to Provence and the Camargue, she took a spill off her bike and broke six ribs plus had a punctured lung.

Ouch! No wonder she had to cancel the lunch. She was missed. She’s now almost back-to-normal but still feels the soreness some. She’s still very busy at her church and has recently worked on a big rummage sale that brought in a lot of money. They have also sponsored a woman and her 2-year-old who are asylum seekers from Haiti—found them an apartment and are helping with various other social services.

It’s very time consuming but she loves it.

She is still nannying and writes, “Then I have cute Iris, who makes me smile constantly. It takes lots of time out of my week, but every minute is just so much fun and that just makes my life so joyful.” Iris is now 23 months and able to climb into her highchair and crib herself so Sheila didn’t have to cope with that when the ribs were at their worst.

Nicki Batterson Hall, our inveterate hiker, says she’s reached a big goal and writes, “Here’s a small snippet of news that is of low importance to the world, other than it makes me smile. I finally reached my goal of climbing all the New Hampshire mountains over 4,000 feet (48 of them). It’s a New England thing to do for hikers here, so now I join the ranks of that ‘lofty’ crew. Attached is a photo of me on my last mountain, Bondcliff.” Nicki may not think it’s such earth-shattering news but I, for one, think it’s terrific.

Congratulations, Nicki!

Nicki Batterson Hall on top of Mt. Bondcliff

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Mary Wilson-Tauson writes, “Third edition of my book, Family Law for the Paralegal: Concepts and Applications (Pearson), came out last spring. Ric and I cruised the coast of Maine for three weeks in August aboard our ketch SVOBODA and while on a casual walk in Bucks Harbor happened on Marita (Boppy) Ott out in her sister’s front yard! We then enjoyed a three-week trip to Oahu and Maui in late August/September hitting all the major historical and cultural sites as well as many spectacular beaches (all while dodging two hurricanes!). Have made a couple of brief trips to Marlene Mustard Graf’s adorable new cottage on Otter Pond, N.H., while enjoying our ‘little boat’ on Lake Sunapee.

We should all hire Marlene as our decorator. She has a real touch and gets work done in a flash! This fall I enjoyed playing surrogate grandmother to my grandnephew Robert Gardiner Wilson V (better known as ‘Scotch’) attending his athletic and other events at what we all knew as Governor Dummer (now Governor’s Academy in the interest of political correctness, I guess!). This is my first year without teaching and I am planning to head south to Ft. Myers on November 1 after visits from witches and goblins! Classmates are welcome!” A small P.S. here: Ric unfortunately had quite a fall recently, so the move to Florida is put on hold for a while while he heals.

So to Marlene Mustard Graf: After finally selling all her various properties in New Hampshire and vehemently declaring that she’d never again set foot in New Hampshire, and that she was now going to become a permanent Arizona resident, she ended up buying a delightful little house practically in Otter Pond in Georges Mills, N.H.! She’s finally realized that Arizona is terribly hot in the summer! Mary WilsonTauson is right; she’s done a great job of fixing it up. I had dinner with her and a bunch of her local friends there in October to get rid of leftovers before she headed back to Arizona next day. She ended up with more leftovers than when she started out! It was a really nice evening.

August found us having one more—and even more mini—reunion when Carolyn Grande Harder invited Mary WilsonTauson, Marlene Mustard Graf, Phyl Jansen and me to a delicious lunch at the Winchester Country Club. Carolyn was on a trip to Maine at the time of Allison’s lunch, so we compensated! Fortunately we had our own room as the noise level of our talking and laughter would have irritated other diners. Another good time.

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Marlene Mustard Graf, Carolyn Grande Harder, Sue Gibbs, Mary Wilson-Tauson and Phyllis Jansen at the Winchester Country Club in August.

Once again I had lunch in Maine with Penny Pyne Mott and Sue Pratt Sherman, this time at Penny’s home. We were given the completely, totally Maine version of lobster salad, which consists of pure lobster meat on top of some lettuce leaves. Oh boy! Not hard to choke down!

Penny writes, “My summer’s major event was lunch with Sue Pratt Sherman, husband Rick and Sue Gibbs. Oh, and we included my brother Riv, a sculptor, and wife Surran. I mostly hang out with my yorkie, Rivy. He’s named after my brother cause they both yap a lot. Of course he’s much sweeter—the dog that is. Survived another Maine winter, although last one wasn’t bad. The summer was a hot one and I spent late summer obsessing about my well running dry. It didn’t, but I really need something to obsess about, so says my daughter. I go to the gym twice, maybe three times, a week, but seem to exercise my mouth far more than my arms, legs and ‘core.’ Have a couple of buddies—also widows—and we ‘do’ lunch and/or dinner often. Visited my daughter Dia and family in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., fairly often, especially for holidays and birthdays. More now that the grandkids are becoming older and easier to relate to. Allie is 13, Ella is 11 and Richie is 8.”

Sue Gibbs, Penny Pyne Mott and Sue Pratt Sherman at Penny’s in Damariscotta, Maine, for lunch.

Sue Pratt Sherman and husband Rick are in the process of downsizing and are moving to the Tucson area from Silver City, N.M. They were in the process of having their New Mexico house shown while we were guzzling lobster. Hope it’s worked out well.

Our great traveler, Barbara Vaughan Koun, has plenty to do. “Well I have no big news but in case all of you do not know, Neil bought a hotel in Apalachicola, Fla., in 1983, completely restored it with other investors and after many, many years, we now see this unique forgotten coast of Florida thriving. Not too many places like it anywhere. However, we are getting older and now have it for sale; it is called the Gibson Inn. It is close to Tallahassee, Fla., with beautiful beaches and right on the Gulf, best oysters anywhere, but a long drive for us from Naples. Hopefully some couple will buy it and enjoy the area as we have. In the meantime, I will be leaving soon for the Apalach Seafood Festival and my bartending duties. As I get older, my tips diminish. What does that say? On another note, we are going to Tasmania in January. We will also go the Solomon Islands. I love to visit WWII places.” As you know, Barbara asked if anyone had any suggestions about what to see or do in either of these places and Sally Saunders has saved the day. She’s spent a lot of time in Tasmania and knows the place well. Jane Chittick has also come up with two Australian friends who know Tasmania (where do you not have friends and connections, Janie?!). So Barbara and Neil will be all set. Good, ol’ Class of ’61 comes to the rescue!

Our favorite art historian, Dorinda (Dindy) Evans, spent another summer teaching session in China, this year at the university in Qingdao. She said that Qingdao is supposed to be the leastpolluted city in China, but that the pollution was horrible. When she and the other professors were on a day trip to a local mountaintop, it was actually a beautiful day, but the city itself was wrapped in a polluted fog. The American professors were treated as VIPs sometimes, as when they were given the best seats at a movie theater. They passed up the opportunity to eat squid burgers while they were there but did eat popcorn! Dindy is now working on an article on the artist William Rimmer for the Art Bulletin. In November, she went to England for a few days to do more research on another artist.

Never a dull moment for Dindy.

I (Sue) spent the usual six weeks in the New Hampshire area in July/August and had such fun seeing everybody. It’s especially good for me to keep the contacts going since I live so far away and can’t just drop in on someone. Then I was back in October to see the foliage again. I was not disappointed. It was beautiful despite dire predictions that it wouldn’t be up to par this fall because of the hot, dry summer.

Thanks to all of you who have contributed here! Sometimes it seems as if it’s the same people all the time, so to those of you who are withholding news, please do join in!

There will always be a new chance.

Sally Saunders writes that she was very sorry she couldn’t come to our 55th Reunion because she’s thinking of saving time for our 60th. Good!

Sally Saunders

Ann Nutter Thompson writes, “I am so happy to report that our son Rob was married on the 27th of August to Sarah Dilworth from Wayne, Pa. Rob has best described the wedding as ‘magical.’ They met at Hobart William Smith College and now live in Washington D.C., so we are lucky enough to see them fairly often.”

Julia Clymer Lloyd writes, “Great Reunion! Thank you!”

Class of 1962 Bev Holmes Prevost P92 bevhprevost@gmail.com Anne McClanahan Bourne did not have time for an actual update this time, but thinks the 2017 Fall 55th Reunion sounds interesting! She is very involved in church and choral activities.

Pamela (Pam) Pearsall writes, “Nothing much has changed. I’m trying my hand at painting: intuitive painting. It is a slow process. Something I loved doing at Dana Hall; however, I moved more into knitting, crocheting, then beading in 1990. Now I need something soothing for my blood pressure. Wonder when the ‘soothing part’ will kick in. LOL. Took a three-day retreat on Whidbey Island the last weekend of July and that kick-started my setting up an art studio in the basement of my garage apt. I was always impressed by Diana Cunningham Bunting’s artwork at Dana and really enjoy seeing her postings on Facebook. I am enjoying learning and that’s what it is all about. My goal is to set up my huge collection of children’s crafts, books, beads, etc., in a space in the main house basement so I can have kids’ crafting birthday parties again. Haven’t done them for a few years and enjoyed it when I did.

On Fridays from 1–4 p.m., I open my home to anyone who wishes to come visit to do beading or needlework. It’s a pleasant

way to get ready for the weekend. Am in a huge reno mode for my 125-year-old home, along with making my little garage space more suitable for the advancing years. My 10 rescue kitties keep me busy and well cuddled. I have a queen-sized bed to accommodate myself along with anywhere from 4–6 of them on any given night. Eight furries are indoor/outdoor, one is partially feral and one totally feral.

Tally scratches on the window behind my couch when she is ready for some food.

She just returned after a six-month absence. Of course I’m dying of curiosity as to who fed her so lovingly during all that time because she looks very healthy. My mom passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 2, 2016. I so miss our daily chats.

Just entered our 13th year of running Stepping Stones Clean & Sober housing.

We are now down to three houses with approximately 30 beds. It keeps me involved and busy, which is a good thing.

Can’t believe it is 55 years already. I do not travel—hips have been replaced and now knees are screaming for help—but I’m too busy to go through that process just now.”

I (Bev) had a wonderful, unexpected catch-up with Elisabeth (Betsy) Gagliardi Tobin on Oct. 12. We were messaging each other on Facebook, and we somehow stumbled into a “live” messaging with each other! (We never did figure how we did it, but were thrilled!) She was hoping to send in news, though is so incredibly busy that she hasn’t, but I can tell you some of what she shared: “My husband Tod retired at the end of last year and we bought a condo in a beautiful community called Eastman in New Hampshire in July. In early August, I fell on a trail going down to the lake and broke my tibia. Unfortunately it takes a long time to heal: three months in a cast (two full, this one just above the knee.) Two weeks to go and then I get to try to walk again. I will get there!” Betsy went on to tell me that six weeks earlier her daughter (41) had been diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and had a single mastectomy the day before. She said the prognosis is very good, and that her daughter and son-in-law were staying with Betsy and Tod for the upcoming recovery time (their three children were with son-in-law Matt’s family.) I am sure Betsy will appreciate all our thoughts and prayers for her and for her daughter. That’s surely something we can always do for each other.

Katharine (Kathy) Walker Denis writes from Paris: “We here are pretty well, all things considered, Dieu merci. If we don’t include various indications that the years are beginning to weigh much more heavily

in the balance, and despite busy family life with the ups and downs of our dear children and theirs, plus our own.

Otherwise, France in general and Paris in particular have had a tragic last 12 months.

Terrorism in many forms is latent, springs up anywhere, anytime—and so tolerance, of course, is descending to all-time lows, with lack of it bringing suspicion and isolation to all-time highs. The French presidential election is next May (every five years) and we witness incessant squabbling among the would-be candidates on all sides. The parties are right now attempting to establish primaries here (first time). But it seems to be proving quite inappropriate, so far. Yet after the disasters of the past four and a half years, we’ll see! At the time of my writing, Thanksgiving is not far, so I give countless thanks ahead of time that Dana Hall brought me close to all of you!

My gratitude and deep appreciation for those three years grow endlessly.”

Gretchen Cooper Pooler writes, “First, I want to express the sorrow I felt when I read about Judy Harris Preston passing away. She will always be a big part of me, even though we lost touch. She was my first roommate in Playhouse and we wrestled with homesickness, challenging schoolwork and normal teenage angst together. She was also my last roommate when we lived in Rutland and we truly bonded after that. She was exactly as her daughter Alicia stated in her posting—full of life, ready to take on new and exotic experiences, strong-minded and very funny! She was truly a human dynamo wrapped in a petite package! I will be contacting Alicia soon, but wanted to share my sadness with our class. On a different note, I, too, lost my original Dana Hall class ring. It was the summer of ’62, I was taking a Red Cross Senior Lifesaving course at the lake and it just slipped off my finger and was down in the deep, nowhere to be found. My parents were generous and knew how much the ring meant to me, so they ordered a second one—initials and all!

I still have it, wore it for years and years, but not recently. Those three years at Dana were among the most formative, memorable and eventually happiest years of my life!”

Judy (Kos) Koslowski Kirsten writes, “I am looking forward to our next Reunion. I still live in San Diego, happily enjoying the wonderful climate with my husband of 48 years. Our children and grandchildren live in San Francisco, so we commute a lot!

Elder care issues dominated my recent life.

We were lucky to have four parents live into their eighties and nineties, but the

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responsibilities were overwhelming at times. We are looking forward now to a little more freedom to travel.”

Susan (Suzy) Lees Pullen writes, “Went on a 10-day trip in August with my ex-husband (and friend) Wes to three national parks: Zion, Bryce Canyon and the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. We also visited the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, where we stayed for three nights and volunteered in Dogtown! It was a magical time and we had a ball. I have wanted to go to Best Friends for years.

Finally got there and want to go back and stay longer next time. The weather was very hot, but sunny and clear. It was 108 degrees when I landed in Las Vegas, but that didn’t matter. The national parks are a must-see for every American. I have a new kitty, Annie, from our Humane Society.

One and a half years old, solid black with orange eyes, full of life and a great companion. My sisters (Tonie from Raleigh, N.C., and Phoebe from California) and I went to the mountains for three days in September and again we had wonderful weather for hiking, taking photos and relaxing. It was just wonderful being together. That’s it in a nutshell!”

Julie Braucher Pierce writes, “This is just a ‘hello.’ I feel fortunate at this moment that I have nothing to report. Enjoying some great travel, the grandkids, reading as I always do, and occasionally getting carried away with a Netflix series. My favorite exercises are walking and swimming. I eat healthy foods, vegetarian, supplemented with desserts. I am a Buddhist and I go to the Catholic Church sometimes (a habit I picked up in Central America during the ‘troubles’). And I love telling stories about the good ol’ days like all old farts do.”

Loren Nazzaro writes, “What an amazing summer! My garden overflowed with vegetables and flowers. I caught some great waves and played my violin. I am now looking forward to beautiful Costa Rica.

Health, peace and happy times to all!”

Susan (Susie) Gail Kaufman writes, “My news is relatively routine but luckily so. Jay and I celebrated 50 years together and had the joy of taking our two daughters and our five grandchildren to Italy. We find our lives full because of dear friends and family as well as work and volunteer activities that enrich us. I have just joined the Tufts Medical School program as a mentor introducing first-year medical students to the challenging process of interviewing medically ill patients with a humane

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orientation. What a privilege for me to be this ‘old’ and still feel there are worthwhile ways to use my professional skills. Dana was such a crucial time for our intellectual and emotional growth, and I remain grateful for the friendships and learning experiences that informed me in so many important ways. I would love to see classmates if you are on Martha’s Vineyard or in Boston. When we visit our daughters in Santa Monica and Glencoe, Ill., it would be wonderful to see Dana friends. Please be in touch.”

Jensine (Sine) Dodge Allyn writes, “It’s about time that I checked in and gave a little bit of news about our family. Denny and I were married 51 years ago (seems like yesterday) and have raised a daughter and son. Joanne is a physical therapist and Keith a mechanical engineer. We spent most of our married life in Vermont, where Joanne lives, and Keith is in Rutland, Mass., not far from you, Bev, in Worcester!

They have blessed us with five wonderful grandkids. Joanne’s son, Will, goes to the University of Utah and daughter Kate is loving Castleton University in Vermont.

Keith’s first son, Jack, is at Norwich University in Vermont; second son, Davis, is a sophomore in high school and Emmy is in 6th grade. Denny and I are currently at our winter home in Green Valley, Ariz., where we’re busy with tennis, bell ringing, bridge and lots of other fun stuff. We feel like we’re at camp! Summers we go back to Vermont. We’re so lucky to be in good health.”

Kendra Gunn Nedjar writes, “My daughter, her guy and my fabulous grandson will be moving out and into their own home sometime within the next month. They bought a house in Melrose about a mile from here and have been having work done on it while it is empty. I will admit that the house will seem a little empty without them here and I will miss my grandson immensely, but can see them often so it’s going to be nice to get back to a more normal pace here. I have managed to make several trips to Nova Scotia this year and that has been so nice. On one trip I ticked off one of the items on my bucket list. I have always wanted to learn to do stained glass things and did in August. A friend teaches foil and lead stained glass classes and when she found out I had always wanted to learn, she gave me two days of private lessons. So I had 12 hours of classes and love it. I have bought several of the items necessary for working with glass and plan on doing some on my own as soon as the house is back to normal. Other than that I am the same, enjoying playing Words

With Friends, doing genealogy, and going to lunch now and then with people I enjoy.

It’s always SO good to hear from all of you who wrote, including Sine for maybe the first time! The rest of you, try for the next issue? My Hollins’ 50th reunion in June was wonderful—and especially so because of the chance to really catch up with Dana roomie and fellow Hollins alum Diana Cunningham Bunting via car rides to/ from airport and to/from Hollins, rooming at reunion, and spending the bookend nights at her lovely home in Virginia where I also got to see Si and their eldest, Elizabeth. All lots of fun, lots of laughs and lots of memories! Diana is still riding and painting, and had just opened her new gallery, which I also got to see. She and other artists had a special gallery room at the reunion! Makes me very much look forward to our Dana 55th next Fall 2017!

Did not have an email from her, but did receive a terrific phone call from Isabel Loperena Carreras who is still in Miami, still in charge of the family services’ choir at her church where they have just ordered a new piano for the choir space; Isabel is thrilled! She is still singing, still playing the piano and still playing her guitar. Her two sons, Gabriel and Danny, are both in Miami. Lucky, lucky, lucky you, Isabel! She keeps up with Betsy English, and she sounds just the same! It was lovely to catch up! When I asked how she is dealing with our ‘advancing age,’ she said “I am thankful we’re here, full of good memories.” She also shared a great quote her father always told her which he attributed to Cervantes: “Where there’s music, there’s no evil.”

My summer was all about family together and being with friends, mostly at Cuttyhunk but also again at Point O’Woods. Back in Worcester by midSeptember, then down to New Jersey for grandson’s birthday. We are still in choir, active in our Episcopal church, and anticipating our next family time: On Thanksgiving Day with daughter Marnie, her husband Matt and our grandson Timothy with her in-laws and family in Danvers, and then over Christmas, here in Worcester when our Iowa daughter Elizabeth Prevost ’92 comes with husband Mike and our granddaughter Grace as well as Marnie, Matt and Timothy.

Like Pam who is not believing it has been 55 years, my Ned said to someone on the phone the other day, “Bev and I will be 80 in 8 years...” Eeek! WHAT? HOW?! I am grateful for my days, for my friends, for my dear husband and family, and for Dana and

all of you. Hope your holidays are happy, healthy and safe, and mark your calendars for Fall 2017 and our 55th Reunion!

Kristin Bergfeld writes, “This year, I am celebrating the 30th year of my company, BERGFELD’s Clearance Services – Estates and Hoarding. When we were at Dana 55 years ago, I had no anticipation, formal training, plan or vision that I would ever find my calling in creating this unorthodox public service company. I am indebted to our Dana Headmistress ‘Mrs. J.’ I vividly remember my college prep conference with her in that room up the steps and to the right as you entered the Classroom Building. She recognized my learning style is kinesthetic or tactile far more than through printed page. She saw that I flourished in projects, concerts, social causes and my music, and advised me to apply to only Sarah Lawrence and Bennington colleges because they did not have written, time-pressured exams; instead, in-depth exploration and immersion in projects that inspired me. I applied to both Sarah Lawrence and Bennington, and received early admissions. I immediately felt at home with each, eventually choosing Sarah Lawrence where I received a fabulous education, wrote many papers on all manner of topics, explored things that interested me, and always drawn to be ‘outside the box’—IF there is a box at all. Recently, in honor of the anniversary of my company, I was interviewed about ‘How did you get into this business?’ In it, I recalled how we sent our Dana uniform dresses, skirts and blazers to a hospital in Haiti after we graduated. Remember that? Look at the YouTube video on my website at www. bergfelds.com. You can even see the letter of thanks we received in August 1962 from Haiti. Much love to all of us. See you at our 55th Reunion!”

Ann Gulliver Flinn writes, “I enjoyed a very special two-week painting trip to northern New Mexico from midSeptember to Oct. 1. A small group of women met in Albuquerque and spent time in Taos, Chimayo, Ghost Ranch near Abiquie, and Santa Fe tracing some of Georgia O’Keefe’s passage through this territory, visiting collections of her work, taking in the Santa Fe art scene, museums of Indian arts and culture, and enjoying the spectacle of a fierce landscape in which one can read the history of the earth. We painted en plein aire on all kinds of sites daily. The highlight was Ghost Ranch, a 20,000-acre preserve owned now by the Presbyterian Church, where workshops in writing, spiritual, poetry and art, etc., are

held. I will have many additional paintings to develop beyond the dozen or so I began out there, and hope that the trip is just the beginning of deeper exploration into glorious landscapes I have yet to see.”

Class of 1963 Correspondent needed

Class of 1964 Susan Belmer Kollet-Harris skharris@rcn.com An article about Susan Hamant Hou appeared in the April 25, 2016, edition of the Chicago Tribune: “Susan Hou, M.D., who altruistically donated a kidney to one of her patients and later received a lung transplant, was among the organ transplant patients who were honored April 21 during Loyola University Medical Center’s 25th annual Candle-lighting Ceremony. Twelve years to the day after her donation, Dr. Hou herself became an organ transplant patient, receiving a donated lung to treat a life-threatening pulmonary disease. Dr. Hou, who lives in River Forest, Ill., is believed to be the only transplant physician in history both to donate an organ and receive an organ transplant.” You can read the full article at www.chicagotribune.com.

Susan is the 2009 recipient of the Dana Hall Distinguished Alumna Award.

still in touch with Mr. Schuler and his wife, and we will try to meet up this winter as they migrate to Florida to see family.”

When east, she sees Pam Palmer Everts.

“We try to get to art exhibits—or at least a wine bar—when we’re both in New York.

As a subscriber to every Florida Grand Opera season, I attribute much of my appreciation for vocal brilliance to our unforgettable, energetic, fun, slightly ‘bad boy’ choir director, but what was his name?

Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols and Brahms’ Requiem are forever in a microchip, embedded in my brain, so thanks.”

Clotilde Luce

Susan E. Dorsey Gray writes of an Aug. 24, 2016, gathering at the Daniel Webster Inn, “We had lots of fun! Talked about families, grandkids, travel and yes, we touched on politics! At the time of taking this photo, Candy was just back from Philadelphia as a Massachusetts delegate to the Democratic National Convention. And of course we talked about getting together again down the road.”

Class of 1965 Susan West Ayres warren.ayres@verizon.net Jean D’Atri Hendry retired from Raytheon in December 2016.

April Moran Newland writes, “Just busy selling fabulous properties across the Caribbean and traveling around the world including Tibet, Burma, Bhutan, Bali, China, Peru, and many other places—and working on several other major developments. Life is good in the warm and sunny Virgin Islands!”

Clotilde Luce, always energetic and young at heart, signed in as a “Millennial in Miami Beach”—caught up still, as she was at Dana, in politics. She is excited to be writing again, this time for Modern magazine, published out of New York. She has worked previously with the editor who says “yes to not-super-mainstream stories from my travels. My favorite destinations for architecture and civilization in the city continue to be France and Portugal. I am

Front row: Susan Dorsey Gray, Candy Warshaver Glazer, Shelley Carpenter Reynolds and Leslie Sleeper Olanoff. Back row: Penny Banks Peck, Carlotta Gordon Gladding, Julie Tennant Sargent and Anne Parker Stommes

Class of 1966 Lael Montgomery laelmontgomery@aol.com

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Class of 1967

Nancy Wills Keteku

Lucy Haward Sur lhsur@aol.com The Class of ’67 starter Reunion committee met Oct. 26, 2016, at my house to brainstorm for our BIG reunion!

Christa Corwin, Gael O’Brien, Linda McIntosh, me and Robyn Ryan from the Dana Hall Advancement Office all enjoyed wine, dinner and catching up—as well as sharing ideas about our Reunion. Sarah Burg Lanza and Susan Cook Bennett will be joining us, too, and I hope many more! Wait ’til you all see the fun stuff leading up to April 28–30!

We want to encourage all of you to pick up the phone and call a couple of classmates who you would love to see, or at least email them to encourage them to build Reunion into their spring travel plans and calendar!

Who did you room with? Play sports with?

Who did you skip Glee Club or French Club with? Carpoolmates? I’m talking about you, Cappy and Sandy! You get the idea. And for our artists in the Class of ’67, there will be an alumnae art show and reception on Saturday of Reunion Weekend.

Meanwhile, I (Lucy) continue to paint both botanical art in watercolor, and landscapes in acrylic and oil. I just need a little adjustment time between working on different mediums! Just finished a terrific botanical workshop with Martin Allen, over from the U.K.

Class of 1968 Laura (Pots) Potsubay Pucher laurap.riverdale@gmail.com Our 50th Reunion may still be months away, but we have had mini reunions a-plenty! I had get-togethers with Jean Dolan Colao and Tony in Easthampton, Mass., and with Nancy Wills Keteku in New York City where she shared the happy news that she and Willie are now grandparents of boy-girl twins by their son Yaw and his wife in South Africa. In 21st century style, she showed me the photos on her iPhone while we strolled through the gardens at Wave Hill.

Jean Dolan Colao and her husband Tony

Two of Marty Reese Bryan’s grandchildren

Another grandchild, this time a girl, for Cynthia True Bagley. After 14 years in Dunbarton church, Cindy is now senior pastor at the UCC in Keene, N.H. Good luck with the Save the Steeple campaign; here’s hoping you can preserve Keene’s iconic spire.

Kathy Benton Harris, Marilyn Benson Wiinikainen and Wendie (Beans) Howland got together in Yarmouth, Mass., for lunch and reminiscence in October.

Kathy Benton Harris, Marilyn Benson Wiinikainen and Wendie (Beans) Howland

Deborah Emerson Pinkham, June Lovelace Davis and I (Pots) met up in Providence to share a few meals and a drive through Barrington. Deb gave us a guided tour of the Culinary Museum at Johnson and Wales University where she had worked for a decade. A Victorian wedding cake model that Deb had helped create was on display, along with cookware through the ages, food brands, meal prep and even a few restaurants. Who knew the first diner was in Providence? The museum is unique and our guide was the best.

June Lovelace Davis, Laura (Pots) Potsubay Pucher and Deborah Emerson Pinkham

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Marty Reese Bryan with her daughter and two other grandchildren

I hope that each of you will organize your phone photos before our 50th Reunion.

Let’s prepare for a DH 1968 show and tell of our homes, children and grandkids, pets, work or retirement, pursuits (the things I used to call hobbies, before reading Jane Austen), downsizing and redecorating, travels and such. I’m looking forward to walking around the Pond in a white dress and sensible shoes. It’s my dream to have the outdoor ceremony that we missed in June 1968. Oh, how it poured!

Best wishes to all for a safe winter!

P.S. Closing on a personal note, my daughter Jane (Tally) Pucher left her position as an indigent criminal defense attorney for the Bronx Defenders after five years. She recently joined the Innocence Project in New York City and is also an adjunct professor at Benjamin Cardozo Law School. Very proud mama, am I.

Class of 1969 J. Mara DelliPriscoli jmara@travelearning.com

Bobbie Thompson-Tonis had dinner with her BFF from Dana, Ann Stutz Chapman ’69. Bobbie and husband Ken had returned from a month in Aruba, where they’ve been visiting since 1988.

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was the most unique: “I have four grandkids and none were born in U.S. Twin boys adopted from Thailand. [Their daughter] Liz lives in Australia, so [the grandkids] Zoe and Everett have dual citizenship.”

Deborah Yard Orazem mello.debby@gmail.com Thanks to the following classmates who wrote to share their news. Janie and I (Deb) are excited to hear from everyone. It sounds as though our Class of ’69 is also eager to hear what we’ve been up to as we

turn 65 (how is this possible?!) and transition into the next stage of our lives. I hope you will continue to send me your news. If you missed this Bulletin, email me please and I’ll include it in the next issue.

We want to hear from every single classmate, even if it’s just your email address.

Dick, Missy Cary Curran, Anne Evans and Eric at the Sun Gate at Machu Picchu.

Missy and Dick at daughter Meg’s wedding

Missy Cary Curran responded immediately. Thank you, Missy! “After retiring as the head of telecommunications for L.L.Bean, I threw myself into parenting, projects and volunteer work with a vengeance. Having had my last baby at 40, I still had school-age children to run to practices, drama costumes to sew, charity auctions to chair and organizations to lead, in between weekend trips to Sugarloaf. After a break of 30 years, I began teaching skiing again (for 12 years), specializing in terrified adults who had never skied. After our kids flew the coop, we sold our ski condo and surprisingly I don’t miss it a bit. My projects included putting our genealogy on Family Tree Maker, joining the Mayflower Society, sewing T-shirt quilts for our kids and their friends, becoming a Master Gardener, and most recently keeping bees here at our home in Falmouth, Maine. My current passion is volunteering at Portland Adult Education where 2,000 students from 80 countries are trying to learn English. What a challenge! Each spring, we team up with my Dana roommate, Anne (Missy) Myers Evans, and her husband Eric for a VBT tour, either biking or hiking through various parts of the world. I see Missy often as they have retired to Hanover, N.H., where we often go for Dick’s Dartmouth and Tuck reunion events. Our oldest son,

Cary (34), lives close by and continues to cook in the upscale part of the Portland food scene. Last summer, our eldest daughter, Meg (27), got her M.D. from Tufts, wed her beau from Bates, matched to Maine Medical Center for residency in family practice, and is living in Portland.

Our youngest daughter, Lane (25), is currently in her second year at Albany Medical College, aspiring to be a surgeon.

My husband of 28 years, Dick, is the CEO of Spinnaker Trust, a private bank and investment management firm that he started in 2001. Other Dana alums I have seen include Christine Hansen and Betsy Bass ’70 who both had places at Sugarloaf, and Clarissa Barker ’67 and Becky Farnum who are both lawyers in Maine. I was shocked and sorry to read about Lucy Lincoln ’67, my ‘Senior’ with whom I had reconnected a few years back.”

Kate Field writes, “I went from Dana to Yale, and after that spent a couple of years working on rare and endangered plants in Massachusetts. I then went to graduate school, thinking I’d study rare plants, but somehow ended up in my professional life as a molecular microbial ecologist. I’m now a college professor at Oregon State. The professional accomplishment of which I am most proud is coming up with a way to determine the source of microbial contamination in water (i.e., poo in the water—did it come from a leaking septic tank, runoff from a dairy, birds?). I got a patent for that, and my method is now widely used around the world. I fell in love with Oregon while doing a Ph.D. at the University of Oregon. Never thought I’d get to come back, but after a postdoc in Indiana, where my daughter was born, her dad and I got jobs at Oregon State in Corvallis. Unfortunately my first marriage ended in divorce, but I have two great children (Leila, 29, and Mick, 25). I am very lucky that both are in Corvallis. I did marry again to a kind and brilliant man, but that ended too soon when he unexpectedly died from a heart attack three years ago at age 59.” Katie, we send our condolences to you. The very sad part of great love is the letting go. Kate continues, “These days I’m more interested in education than in research. I direct a research-based undergraduate major, and also have a major grant from the USDA to start bioenergy/bioproducts educational programs at the K–12, undergraduate and graduate levels. I also direct four USDAfunded multicultural scholars programs, which provide significant scholarships to first generation and underserved minority students. For fun, I garden and sing in a

women’s chorus, and occasionally play guitar and banjo in various local performances. I also am a bicycle commuter and hike with my little dogs.

Probably we are all thinking about changes related to aging. I just signed up for Medicare—sigh. I need to downsize, but my son is currently living with me while he goes to OSU, which gives me a nice excuse to put it off. I can no longer do martial arts and backpacking, and I became lactose intolerant about three years ago (so hard to give up cheese!). In fact I have jumped all over the latest food fads, as I can no longer eat gluten either. I feel like a walking cliché, or someone from California... heh.

Anyway, would love to hear from anyone! I have spare bedrooms, too, at least until I bring myself to clean up my stuff and the stuff left over from two marriages, and move into a small, easy-to-take-care-of house with a nice garden and no deer eating it. That’s my future plan.” Katie, you are not alone in this thinking, but how to downsize a lifetime? It’s not for the faint of heart!

Katie said she hired help twice and has more to do. In my case, my daughter came and helped sort out, basically a truckload, but I still have more that must go.

Joan Stoddard Perry writes, “I have been in Montana since 1994, having moved west in 1971. I lost my hubby of 30 years in 2004 to ALS and I went back to work selling oriental rugs.” We send our best wishes to you, Joanie. Such a sad loss after so many happy years together. The good news is Joan wrote that she “met my new sweetie in 2008 and he introduced me to golf. We live in Carefree, Ariz., for six months, and Missoula, Mont., the other six. My true passion is my grandchildren. I have two biological living right here, Asa (11) and Indie (5). Ten other grandchildren fill my heart. I also spend my time on my spiritual growth, meditation, hiking, biking, dance, some fishing and lots of golf.

We travel a bit and are off to New Zealand this winter and back to Scotland this summer—this time with Asa. My goal is to enjoy every day and I feel tons of gratitude for this sweet life.” Amen to that, Joanie!

She is also hoping that our 50th will have very high attendance, and will go if others commit, too.

Emily Fields Karakashian writes, “After a career in human resources at Bank of America and the University of California, I retired in 2014. Since then, I’ve been focused on volunteering with an amazing nonprofit called White Pony Express. Our goal is to help end poverty and hunger in our county by sharing the abundance that exists all around us with people in need.

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We have a tremendously successful food rescue program and a Free General Store that provides new and like-new clothing and children’s toys and books for free in delightful events we call Mobile Boutiques.

Please check out our website: www. whiteponyexpress.org. Our hope is that other communities will start similar programs and we will gladly share all of our resources with you, if you’d like to give it a try. My husband, Greg, and I have lived in Walnut Creek, Calif., for more than 30 years. It’s a beautiful community near San Francisco. We have two grown sons, Vince and Nikos. Vince married his college sweetheart, Nikki Fitzgerald, and they live near us in Walnut Creek. Nikki is in human resources at Habitat for Humanity and Vince is co-principal of the Meher Schools (where he and his brother went to pre-school and elementary school). Our younger son, Nikos, is a fourth-year medical student and busy interviewing for residency programs. My tagline in our yearbook was ‘we’re waiting for Godot.’ I can’t quite remember what I meant by that; perhaps that I was waiting to find true meaning in life, and I’m grateful to say that I have. Over the years I’ve learned that ‘real happiness lies in making others happy’ (Meher Baba). With warm regards to you all!” Well said, Emily!

Polly Morgan Timken writes, “Still volunteering at the Historical Society in Bridgewater, Vt. Dividing time between Vermont, Connecticut and Florida.

Married 37 years, two married sons and one granddaughter. Interests include visiting museums, snow shoeing, kayaking.” Polly took our invitation to be succinct with naming her passion and focus, so for those who did not respond to our letters, you can see that it isn’t that hard to just jot a sentence or two. Come on, classmates!

Elizabeth (Betsy) Bruhwiler writes, “The biggest news I have is that we moved to Delaware in 2012 just before Hurricane Sandy. We had lived in Mantoloking, N.J., in my family’s home that we had since my Dana Hall days. It was right on the water and very near to the beach. Almost all of Mantoloking was destroyed by Sandy—and fires after that—and my home was one of them. Such a tragedy! So many people lost everything, as I would have had I not just sold the house. I am so very lucky. I thank heavens every day! The lighter side is that we are retired and loving it. We stay busy every day and get to travel as we wish. I have three grandchildren and they fill me with such joy. My grandson is 20 and a sophomore at Northern Colorado

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University majoring in criminal justice with a minor in business. He hopes to be a police officer like his mom and stepdad are.

My daughter is a CSI; just like on TV, but as usual, it involves a lot more work. I also have two granddaughters, 9 and 7. Their mom is a special education teacher and very busy. We spend as much time with all of them as we can as one daughter lives in Colorado and the other lives in Maine. I remember always being called by my last name, Bruhwiler, all the time at Dana.”

Debbie Day Barnes writes, “A quick synopsis: My family, consisting of husband, daughter and son, moved to Maryland in the 1980s. I have been training horses in all different modalities since I left Dana Hall and teaching skiing in the winters. I am now retired and live on my own little farm in Gettysburg, Pa. My daughter lives in Australia with my two grandchildren and my son lives in Seattle and works for Backroads Active Travel Company. I spend my time doing volunteer work at a local nature preserve and staying active in biking, hiking and swimming.” Debbie grows blueberries and works at a place called Strawberry Hill!

Kristin Olson phoned, which was amazing. It was great to hear her voice and have a real conversation. Thank you, Kristin! She writes, “So the simple news is: After Dana Hall I went to Europe, graduated from Colorado College in 1973, worked in Mexico, and in 1976 to 2001 was the physical director of the Ashram Healthort in the Malibu hills of California.

I spent years in Canyon de Chelly riding with my father and family, becoming deeply connected with a large Navajo family and the mustangs; I worked privately in southern France for a family for a month each spring for 10 years; travelled to India 4 or 5 times before 1985, and recently returned to India in 2010 and 2013 both for Khumb Mela and personal pilgrimage. I’ve been fortunate to be able to travel a good amount, and this May took a rather short pilgrimage, 150 miles, walking on the Camino de Santiago. I have lived in Palm Springs since 1997. I founded my own Urban Yoga Center in 2001 and we are still going along. Not a business for money but thoroughly for love. I have a Teen Yoga Program for physical education credit and this semester we have 30 kids taking the course for 60 units of P.E. credit.

Yes! Fabulous for the future. For 10 years I taught HIV/AIDS yoga as a provider for the Desert AIDS Project; under the Ryan White Act in 2013 I was invited to start a public Sunnylands yoga program at the Annenberg Center. We started with six

folks and hit 200 last year. I teach at the Bhakti and Shakti fests in Joshua Tree, work privately, and have my studio with 12+ teachers as well as myself. I must say, 2016 has been so challenging. The timing of this blurb is appealing to me after spending both weekends at Desert Trip with the legends of rock and roll: Bob Dylan, the Stones, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters and The Who. It was a superb blast and set off all sorts of memories of my life. Does anyone recollect which Beatles song it was that we played at our graduation? Walking with flowers in our hair, down to the Pond filled with floating flowers? I know I helped find and choose it, but I’m not sure which song it was. The Beatles were slightly taboo at that time. 1969 was a powerful year: we graduated, Woodstock, our astronauts landing on the moon, the Vietnam War, active and expansive... Please come visit me in the desert. Love to hear from anyone. Thank you for the memories, the adventures, the friendships.” Kristin can be reached through her website at www.urbanyoga.org.

Kippy West writes, “I am married and living in Connecticut (both for many years now). Our three children are grown and through college. Our oldest daughter is married, and lives and works in New Hampshire. They have a 1-year-old daughter, our first and only grandchild at this point. We are delighted to be grandparents! Our second child (daughter) is working for The Women’s Bakery in Rwanda. Take a look at their website: www. womensbakery.com. Very exciting things going on there! Our son is working for a land conservation organization in Connecticut, so at least one child is relatively nearby. After working in banking for 19 years and then at IBM for another 15 years, I am now retired. The transition has been more challenging than I expected.

Having read the Encore book you mentioned and having participated in an Encore program at the University of Connecticut, I am now involved on our town’s Parks and Recreation Commission as well as helping out with a project for a local arts council. All in all, though, with child rearing and full-time work behind me, I have also lost my focus and am struggling to find one for my ‘golden years.’”

Kristina (Kris) Hansen Wardwell sent in the following news. “After 39 years at Goodwin Procter (seven as a paralegal and 32 as an attorney), I retired at the end of the year. Somewhat bittersweet, but the commute alone was reason enough to retire. My new project is to whittle away 30 years of clutter in our Dover home and

figure out where we will land when we downsize. My husband and I still have our house on Martha’s Vineyard (Chappaquidick), but we don’t see that as an ideal year-round location. Our daughter Leslie is married and lives in Brookline Village. She has a Ph.D. in microbiology and works for a life sciences venture start-up in Cambridge. Our second daughter, Annie, lives on Beacon Hill and is a teacher in Belmont. She will be getting married in Maine in July. I have much to be thankful for and much to keep me busy as I ease into retirement.”

Cheryl Ryder writes, “The consuming passion is getting it all done, whether it’s assignments in handiwork, music, valuation, hardcore reading or chemistry, plus keeping tabs on 17 nieces and nephews (like remembering their birthdays, ha!).

I’ve juggled a lot in the past year, including a 9-month stint as acting music director at Boston’s First Lutheran Church in Back Bay (fun but demanding) and I even learned a bunch of new music for organ and for chorus. Focus: Music of course. As one example, my group Canto Armonico, which combines current university/ conservatory student singers with young professional choral musicians, had a two-week tour in central and eastern Germany in September, presenting Reformation-era music to very enthusiastic audiences. We hiked, toured castles and abbeys, and enjoyed both German cuisine and driving fast on the Autobahn. I directed some of the concerts and a German colleague did others. We’re already invited to come back. To your questions: Yes, I taught an undergraduate music course at Harvard, but only for one semester about 10 years ago, and some years before that, got a master’s degree there. Most of my time at Harvard has been spent in the chemistry department as either laboratory administrator for groups as large as 25 or as special projects administrator, and I retired in the fall in order to spend more time with music. I also got an MBA at Boston University just before turning 50 and won the business plan competition there for a nanotech startup that’s still in operation. Just before starting the BU program, I helped found the early music ensemble Blue Heron, now in its 18th year; we never thought it would still be going strong, but it is! So you can see that although science is important, music is what ultimately matters. Lucy DeGozzaldi is who I see at every Wellesley College reunion. I am in touch with a few classmates: Cathy Buch, Daisy Means, Caroline MacDougall, Lucy DeGozzaldi, Debbie Sonich, Ann Stutz

Chapman, Nan Ritter Lewis, and Natalie Clark Teichman, and Perry Ehrgood Latshaw on Facebook.

Sarah (Sally) Ralston writes, “I went to Penn Vet under the combined degree program, so got my VMD in 1980, Ph.D. in 1982 studying control of feed intake in—what else? Ponies. First job was at Colorado State University School of Veterinary Medicine (where I had gotten a master’s in Zoology between graduating from Penn undergrad and vet school; that topic was herd behavior in horses). Long story: I loved Colorado but accepted a position in the Department of Animal Science at Rutgers University in New Jersey in 1989, where I have been ever since. Research has focused on wide variety of topics in equine nutrition. I helped develop Purina’s Equine Senior and Nutrena’s Safe Choice, now having fun with NMR-based metabonomics with a colleague in Princeton. Finally got promoted to full professor two years ago and am planning on retiring this summer!

I’ll still consult, do research and lectures, but there will be more time for the fun stuff, like riding and spending time with my husband removed from the outlandish politics of academia. I got married in 2008 after a long engagement; my first, his third.

He has two daughters and four grandkids, to which I am Faux Ma. We have three horses and four cats on his five-acre property on the edge of a state park and I am leasing a 4th horse (RU Prodigal Son aka Hank) to Delaware Valley College riding program. Couldn’t bear to sell him but he is just too much horse for me at this stage of my life: 16 hands+ and very athletic and enthusiastic about everything!

A student riding Sarah Ralston’s horse, Hank, who is currently leased to the Delaware Valley College riding program.

I have gone back to Brazil to lecture every two or three years since the mid-1980s.

Once they discovered I could do that in Portuguese I became very popular. Did a three-month Fulbright Scholar Exchange in central Brazil in 2014. That was quite the experience. Proudest moments?

Completing the Old Dominion 100-mile Endurance Race in 2000 on a mare I had

bred out in Colorado (I had her sire and dam). Also knowing I have helped improve the nutrition of old horses, young horses and everything in between with some of my research and knowing I have made a real positive impact on the lives of many of my students (I am a first year and preveterinary advisor). I would dearly love to find Susie Roosevelt. Actually had a very vivid dream the other night that she showed up at my house! I correspond with Kathy Solomon occasionally. She is out in Oklahoma—still barrel racing horses quite successfully! Other than that I have lost touch with most others. Love the new barns at Dana! I clearly remember the dingy old one with straight stalls!”

Sarah Ralston and her husband Bill visiting a childhood friend in Campinas in 2014

Julie Herzig Desnick writes, “While my only son was finishing up college at Yale, I embarked on a new academic career. I decided to indulge my passion for learning and used my degree in architecture to segue into the field of ancient Greek archaeology. I traveled through Greece to more than 100 ancient sites as a student at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, spent several summers working on an excavation of a Greek colony in Selinunte, Sicily, and completed a master’s in art and archaeology at the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU. At the same time, I served on the Board of Directors of the Archaeological Institute of America. My interest in the ancient world has taken me around the world from the Mediterranean and India to Southeast Asia looking at the roots of eastern and western civilization.

The experience has greatly enriched our family life and opened many new doors.”

Marie Andersen-Whitehurst writes, “I have been married 44 years to the most wonderful guy. I am retiring from being a clinical social worker. I have a gem and mineral store. I am interested in metaphysics, spirituality, holistic healing, hypnotherapy and energy work. I am six years post-uterine cancer. I live in Greensboro, N.C. Sending peaceful loving wishes to all.” And then she added the following. “By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was

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not there before.” -Edwin Elliott. You can visit Marie’s website at www. marieandersen-whitehurst.com. Thank you, Marie, for writing and closing the Class of ’69 news with such a bookend!

Thanks to all those who emailed news for this issue of the Bulletin. Hopefully hearing from these classmates will inspire more of you to email! We want 100 percent participation. When you have a moment, email us and we’ll include your news and photos in the next Bulletin. Most of us lived together for four years and became a family away from our families. Then we dispersed like dandelion seeds to the distant corners of the earth. Let’s make this just the beginning of our dialogue for the Class of ’69!

on a graduate certificate in adult education.

I am not a teacher (business background) but want to know how to design classes/ workshops for adults. I am presently taking an online course that I really dislike but will finish in the spring. Then we’ll see what’s next? For those I haven’t told, I have two amazing daughters, seven grandchildren and no husband. I have been on my own since 1997 and really loving it.

Live back on territory after traveling around for many years. I retired in 2010, which I also love. Will see you at the 50th!”

Pat Schindler

Judith Mattoon and husband Tom Conn at Butt Lake in northern California

Susan Lirakis writes, “Last summer, I won Best in Photography at the League of New Hampshire Crafts Fair exhibit, Living With Crafts, at Sunapee State Park. I also placed first in the Jack Parfitt Annual Open Juried Photography Exhibit in September.”

Class of 1970 Ann Elisabeth (Betsy) Bass betsybass52@gmail.com Emily Ecker eecker@gmail.com Nancy Bianchi Miller celebrated the marriage of her son Bill and daughter-in-law Joanna. It was a joyous occasion. Susan Parker and her husband were there and coincidently the date fell on their 39th anniversary.

Jim, Nancy Bianchi Miller, Bill, Joanna, Andrew, Michelle and Ava

Mercy R. Russell received her doctorate in education. Congratulations, Mercy!

Patricia (Pat) Schindler writes, “I received my M.S. in higher education and student affairs administration from SUNY Buffalo State in May 2016. It took me longer than usual, but as always, I finished.

The stole I am wearing in the picture was presented to me by the Western Consortium for New York State which recognizes students from one of the Iroquois tribes (Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora or Cayuga) who graduates from a SUNY college. In my case, the symbols on the scarf indicate my level (master’s) and my clan (Beaver). I am now back at SUNY Buffalo State working

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Michelle Dunn Morgan writes, “My son Jesse got married in our backyard in July. Jesse is an artist and so he and his bride created all the decorations, the altar and the photo booth themselves. It was a wonderful fun time and the weather was perfect.”

Daughter Kathleen, bride Molly, son Jesse, Michelle Dunn Morgan, husband Jay and daughter Merideth

Katherine (Kim) Millett is writing plays in Denver: “I’m still in the writing/music/ law business in northern Illinois, with two going on three grandchildren and a 93-year-old wonderful mom.”

Judith Mattoon writes, “I went on a special camping trip with my family in northern California. Tom and I camped with four generations. We are now great-grandparents!”

Susan Lirakis with her award-winning photograph

Joanne (Jo) Christy Graydon writes, “The grandchildren love to come to the farm! We have plenty of things for them to learn, but most importantly how to appreciate nature within a simpler lifestyle.

Our woodstove is keeping us warm these days as fall slowly leaves a skiff of frost every morning. Sending hugs to the Class of 1970!”

Audrey Appleby writes, “In July I sang in Paris at Autour de Midi... et minuit. It is a charming jazz caveau around the corner from the Moulin Rouge and across the street from the cafe where Amelie was filmed. I performed with my jazz quartet, featuring Ludovic De Preissac. All the hard work learning French at Dana Hall has its rewards! I introduced each song in French, and sang my originals and jazz standards in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. I then performed again in October in New York City at Cafe Noctambulo, an intimate downtown supper club. I performed my original songs and theater piece show. Many of my Dana Hall classmates came, including Patricia McMillen who flew in from Illinois!”

Audrey in Paris for her show with her jazz quartet

Patricia McMillen writes, “I attended Audrey Appleby’s wonderful new cabaret show, ‘Ladies Cheap Cocktails,’ on New York’s Second Avenue in October. It was wonderful to see her pack—and rock—the house with a terrific band, hilarious yet touching lyrics, and a beautiful presentation style. I sat with Allyson Bailey Muriello and Jenny Dunning, who both looked great and were having a fun day in New York City. After the show I stayed until the wee hours with Audrey, some of her family members and a few other interesting New Yorkers, then walked back to my sweet little room at The Jane Hotel on the Hudson River.”

Wendy Higgins Chambers ’80 pictured with her sister Andrea Higgins Bierce at the graduation of Katie, Wendy’s daughter, from Boston University

Class of 1971 Barbara Lee Monahan barbmonahan52@comcast.net Toddy Torrance Turrentine toddyturrentine@gmail.com Marjorie (Margie) Lindgrove writes, “News from Williamsburg, Va.: Chris, Sonya, Milo, Elliott (5) and Violet (2) have moved to Michigan, leaving me 700 miles from grandkids. Of course Jeremiah, Lisa, Kate (12) and Sarah (10) are still in Atlanta.

I now need at least 10 hours to see any of my babies! I don’t like it but they are all happy and doing well. I will get back to volunteering at a local elementary school and just touched base with Chris and Sonya’s former neighbor who volunteered her two cuties when I need a ‘grammy fix!’

I’ve moved from my house into a townhouse and am keeping myself busy making it ‘home.’ I’m off to the Catskills

and then Haddam, Conn. I was in Michigan for a week or so in January and then Panama City in February. Sometime in between that, I’m desperate to see my Atlanta family. Kate and Sarah are growing into such wonderful young ladies that I don’t want to miss any more than I have to, being so far away. The time is fast approaching when they won’t have much time to hang out with Grammy. Anyway, after that, I’m open! I’ve got a ton of sewing projects and will of course make jewelry to match. Anytime you find yourself near ‘The Burg,’ give me a call—we’ll have fun!”

Margaret (Lark) Dangler Leonard writes, “I don’t mean to ignore your plea for news! I’m just not in the habit of chatting as an alumna. But I will say I have never loved being alive quite as much as I do now—in my 60s. This is a well-kept secret! All your memories are there, all the people you have ever loved, and yet each new day keeps coming with its freshness, its unfolding. I am so grateful to be on the planet. You ask of reading? I am thoroughly enjoying David McCullough’s writing at the present. The Wright Brothers is one of the best books I have ever read, and The Greater Journey is also full of insights. He writes with such care to detail and such appreciation for the courage of other humans. I feel enriched and uplifted by his work. Be well! And greetings to all our class. We will frolic next Reunion!”

Kate Boyd Dernocoeur writes, “I do have news! After a year of intensity and seven months ‘gestation’ at the publisher (Falcon), my latest book was released in the fall. A Worthy Expedition: The History of NOLS recounts the first 50 years of this amazing institution, which has changed tens of thousands of lives through leadership and wilderness skills education.

It came to 388 (!) pages, and has 250+ gorgeous photos of the worldwide presence of NOLS (aka National Outdoor Leadership School). I hope everyone buys a copy (www.nols.edu/store, look under ‘publications’). Autographs are free! Also, probably more exciting was the news my daughter actually passed the bar exam on the first try and is now very happily working as a public defender in Memphis.

Life is good!”

Not much news from Toddy Torrance Turrentine: “So glad my son is back from the Persian Gulf, where he was stationed on the carrier Harry S. Truman. I have gone on the board of the New Canaan Nature Center, where I have started a

hiking group, and continue to be actively involved with the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut and Yale School of Management Alumni Association.”

And finally, most of you know that our own Hollie Mottus-Bendewald passed away.

So many of us expressed our sadness, and our admiration and love for her, in emails, and we sent flowers to her family, coordinated by Kate Boyd Dernocoeur.

Here is the letter her family sent: “Dear Friends and Family, It’s with great sadness that we share the passing of our beloved Hollie Mottus-Bendewald. About 15 months ago, she was diagnosed with cancer and fought valiantly. The last month went very quickly, however. She had family at her bedside and went peacefully at The Haven, hospice care in New York City. I sat bedside for a week, taking notes about her life. If you’re receiving this, then you were important to her and she wanted you to know it. For many of you this letter will be catching you off guard. It’s knocked the wind out of all of us. Hollie was just 63 and had so much more to give. Hollie is survived by her siblings Jane and Allan Mottus; her step-children Andrea Bendewald-Rouse, Mitch Rouse, Anna Bendewald and Mason Bendewald; and her four grandchildren Strummer and Tennessee Rouse, and Jem and Julia Bendewald. Thank you for your prayers and thoughts during this difficult time.

With love, Hollie’s Family.”

And this email to Barb Bolton: “Barb, I’m Hollie’s sister. The flowers sent by you and Hollie’s sisters from Dana Hall were beautiful. She would have loved them and been very touched. She so enjoyed attending Dana Hall and renewing friendships at the school and Reunions over the years. It was a very important part of her life, which my brother and I acknowledged yesterday at the memorial, and the flower arrangement showed what a beautiful bond she had forged with all of you. Last year when she was recuperating from her surgery, she mentioned the Maine Reunion and had some concerns she might not be able to attend. I know how much my reunions with my friends mean to me, so I told her she had time to heal and she’d go to Maine. As spring progressed, I knew she wouldn’t be able to go and we shared our boarding school experiences and talked about how what a gift it was to reunite with old friends. My brother Allan, her stepchildren

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Andrea and Mason, and I thank you all for remembering Hollie with the beautiful flower arrangement. Best, Jane Mottus.”

Hollie Mottus-Bendewald

Finally, from Sally Weber: “Moments and memories are the true gifts.”

Class of 1972 Barbara (Barb) Tomlinson Harman b49harman@gmail.com Jim and I (Barb Tomlinson Harman) hiked Olympic National Park in Washington, and biked the carriage trails in Acadia, Maine, this August in spectacular weather. We visit Colorado often to see our son and his wife, and our daughter, who both live and work in Denver.

Lucy Gelb writes, “Forty-five years? I can’t believe it.”

Susan Kelleher Reiser writes, “Bob, the same guy who met me in his Volvo for Dana dates, and I, celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary on July 1, 2016. We have three grown sons and are raising our 5-year-old granddaughter—it’s a busy life.

Bob is a clinical psychologist practicing in Marin County in his specialty, bi-polar disorder; check out his books! Our sons are all involved in business and computers.

Evan is a senior project manager at Twitter.

Luke, a senior at Dominican University, is interested in business and has set up a mobile tanning business with a partner.

Spencer, another computer whiz, is still trying to find a good fit but has given us a granddaughter who we love so much! Dana days seem so far away, but when I see one of us on Facebook or Twitter, it all comes back in flashes as if it was yesterday. I’d love to see all the Dana alumni of 1971–72: Sheila Glover, Mimi Buckley Morton, Debbie Adams, Jane Dudley and any other women in the Bay Area. Let me know if you’re interested in a get-together lunch!”

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Class of 1973 Judith (Judy) Luke judy.luke@comcast.net News from Lucy Sholley: “Ted and I moved to West Palm Beach, and despite the fact that we’re in a red state, we mostly love it. I’ve been ghostwriting memoirs for the last six years, a perfect occupation for me since it combines my love of writing and my natural snoopiness. My daughter Lizzie O’Keefe ’04 is getting married this fall and we adore her husband-to-be. Hope everyone is well and happy!”

Cheryl Kilberg Solomon writes, “We are retiring in four years in Phoenix! Bought a home in the lovely PebbleCreek community. After what will be a total of 47 years in Chicago, it is time for sunshine and a better quality of life. In the meantime, we go back and forth to our new home and we’re enjoying all that the community has to offer.”

Susan (Susie) Foster Wilson sends her best to all ’73ers, adding that she is “still doing many of the same things! Playing sports—tennis, some golf, and paddle, bridge, (sounds so old!) and doing interior design projects for friends/family/clients.

We go to Chatham on the Cape lots of long weekends all year, and longer in the summer. Bob and I still live in Manchester, north of Boston, having down sized three years ago. We are fortunate to have our two children, Sam and Amelia, nearby and doing well!”

Class of 1974 Kate Hirsch Koller rkoller@snet.net Last spring, I (Kate Hirsch Koller) asked everyone to tell me about their 60th birthdays.

[Editor’s Note: Due to an error by the Dana Hall Advancement Office, not all of your responses appeared in the Summer 2016 issue. They are printed below.]

As an update, I celebrated mine in July and was shocked when my children threw me a surprise party! It was a “girls only” party, as my kids know that my girlfriends mean everything to me. The only male attendees—my husband and son—did a

terrific job bartending and keeping the ladies happy! It was a great evening and a fun way to usher in the new decade! Also, we are now officially “empty nesters” and are loving it! The next few months are jam-packed with weekends away, activities with friends and day trips. All of the activities we’ve put off for years are now appearing on our calendar and we couldn’t be happier. Of course, it also helps that our kids all seem to be in a good place. Our oldest daughter is studying for a master’s in international relations in Switzerland, our son is a senior at UConn and our youngest daughter is a very happy freshman at Gettysburg. So that’s my quick overview and now it’s your turn! Let’s hear about what’s going on in your life.

Additionally, I noticed there are quite a few classmates for which we have no email address. It would be nice to include them in these emails. If you have their address, could you please forward it to me (with their permission!)?

Patricia (Frizz) Belfanti Marty Graulty Berntsen Leslie Borns Katharine Brainard Susan Heitmiller Busch Cynthia de Castro Liz Sleight Deupree Anna Knipe Donahue Cilista (Lissie) Eberle Maria Febres-Cordero de Orlandini Marybeth Ferrant Fitzgerald Barbara Goldman Linda Gould Kimberly Grove Valarie Ifill Shirley James Jones Sue Carpenter Kinniburgh Lisa Kuo Jean Liu Pam Grosvenor Mongan-Taylor Jill Robbins Amy Lyster Roberts Victoria Smith Miranda Wong Mary Fish Arango writes, “As of this writing, I am just about to make a trip from Oregon to Massachusetts to visit my daughter, Grayson, who is house director of Johnston D at Dana Hall. In the spring of 1972, in the very same apartment, I explained thunder and lightning to a 3 year-old Kimber Felton and rocked her to sleep. I am excited to see Dana in this new

light and thrilled by Grayson’s experiences there. Last year, I met up with Char and Larry Hansen, dorm parents in Johnston A during our junior year (see photo). At home, in retirement from teaching at a California boarding school, I am teaching dog agility and therapy dog classes here on our mini-farm, and doing professional photos of families and dogs. In a bid to outrace a breast cancer recurrence, I am fiendishly getting in shape for the first time in many years and have joined the local Y to swim 100 laps a day. I had little idea how much I would love it. Peter and I are getting daily experience in riding mower maintenance, fruit tree pruning and extending the life of the garden.”

haven’t had in 20 years! During September and October, we were traveling to watch Emily in goal for the varsity soccer team.

By the time you read this, Kate Hirsch Koller and I will probably have met up at Gettysburg during Parents’ Weekend. As for me, I’ve started swimming competitively again. Now that I’ve ‘aged up,’ I’m the youngest in my age group. To my surprise, after my first meet, I am ranked in the top four in New England in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 37.2.

This is bringing back some great memories and aches and pains that I recall all too well! But I am loving it. It’s been nice to bump into Martha Everson, Candy Kosow Gold, Sally Morton and Deborah Babson. Cheers to all and wishing you all the best!

Mary Fish Arango with her daughter Grayson Arango, Johnston D house director Kate Hirsch Koller, Leslie Stecker Dumont, Sarah Dumont ’13 and Julia Koller at Gettysburg Parents’ Weekend

Larry and Char Hansen with Mary Fish Arango

Martha Everson writes, “As I sit waiting for my pre-op appointment for a new hip, I realized how at 60 things can change overnight. It was by far the last thing I expected from my summer of physical therapy. I thought it was some pulled muscle and it would be get better—ha!

Arthritis caused a tear and it’s just getting worse; I feel like I just joined the geriatric crowd. They say it’ll be the best thing you do and you’ll be better than ever. Well, ladies, enjoy life everyday because we do take our health and mobility for granted.”

Leslie Stecker Dumont writes, “Our oldest, Sarah Dumont ’13, is a senior at Gettysburg and Emily Dumont ’14 is a junior at Hamilton. Both are very happy.

Bill and I are enjoying being empty nesters.

No kids and no dog allows flexibility we

Dawn Bursk writes, “I can totally sympathize with the turn 60 has on your body. I’m having disc problems in my neck and back. On the upside—and it is an upside—I’ve relocated to Alexandria, Vir., after a divorce, with my daughter who is a special needs student. My brother lives nearby. Ironically, this is where I learned to ride a tricycle a long time ago. Fortunate enough to be working as a reading teacher in Fairfax public schools. Would love to meet up with anyone in the area!”

Tapley Sheresky writes, “So sorry to hear about all the ailments. Hope for quick healing for everyone. My life is calm—at the moment, anyway. Commuting up to my mom on Boston’s North Shore all the time. She is 90 and totally healthy, just lonely for sure. My kids are good: Kenny (27) just starting a new job at Morgan Stanley in New York City and Lucy (22) living at home along with her 80 lb. dog who joins our two, and is working at Club Monaco in Greenwich, Conn. Upon occasion, there’s a group of us who gather for dinners, so if anyone is around, come join us!”

Tapley Allen Sheresky, Sarah Bryan Severance, Libby Moseley Edwards, Kate Hirsch Koller, Louisa Brown Troubh, and Bonnie Block Levison

Lisa Repp Parsons writes, “It just doesn’t seem possible that we have reached 60! My Bob completely surprised me last November by gathering the entire family from all over the country up at our cabin in Vermont. It couldn’t have been any more special—and little did we know that just one month later, Bob would succumb to the pancreatic cancer he had been living with over the prior year. So my life was turned upside down, as many of yours has been, as well. Perhaps Kate’s notion of reinvention is a common phase once one hits this place in time. I have no clue where my journey takes me from here, but I do know that I have an amazing family and amazing friends who are at my side. I am continuing my yoga teaching and my dog therapy work. Oh, and just today I took my first ever golf lesson! One thing for sure, I won’t be letting any moss grow under me! I have one child in San Fran, one in Wyoming, one in Colorado, two in Brooklyn, and one in New Hampshire!

Sally, I know Dana Faber well. You are in incredible hands and fingers crossed that this latest protocol works its magic.

Sending hugs to everyone!”

Laurie Goldstein writes, “I join you all in feeling my 60 years and having experienced all of it. Lost my sister in 2009, married in 2013, finally bought a house in northern California this year, which has been life transforming. I’ve not had a real home since leaving my childhood home for boarding school. I’m experiencing greater joy and fulfillment. I transitioned from the entertainment industry to become a transformational life coach, and from there I have been able to truly embrace a connection to my higher purpose. I Skype with clients all over the globe as well as in-person and am grateful for each one. I still write scripts and dabble in movies, but coaching feels like the best fit of any job I’ve ever had. My biggest challenge is

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working in health and wellness. I’ve had issues and scares—gained and lost weight and struggle the most with bouts of vertigo and tachycardia; both come and go but there is no cure for either. I’m grateful that all else is okay. I had a breast scare and am being watched, but with focus and along with a meditation practice I’m definitely in a positive healing track. Love hearing about everyone. Keep the updates coming!”

Margy Little Moremen writes, “I had a brain tumor, have facial nerve damage, lost hearing in one ear, and always only had one eye. But I feel blessed! And I’m actually in really great health. 60 is the bomb! I’m living in Portland, Maine, now and I’m the director of institutional research at the University of New England. I love my job and get to spend weekends with my dad, who lives in Brunswick. My two boys are up and grown. My oldest has two boys of his own and they live in Georgia, where I lived for 25 years. My youngest, who is 28, is an aviation engineer with the Coast Guard.

I miss them both and wish they were young again. Oh well. I’m happy and healthy.”

Lesley Jane Nonkin Seymour writes, “I am reinventing as well, but just in the job area. More Magazine was shuttered last February, leaving 1.5 million amazing readers up for grabs. I’m creating an online community called www.kindred.community where we will basically bring More 3.0 to life with events, retreats and intimate gatherings to discuss things that matter. I hope you will all join and add your inspirational voices. I have never been an entrepreneur but am happier than I have ever been by no longer having to put on my work costume every morning or commute to New York City through the ice and snow. I’m on the last leg of getting my master’s in sustainability at Columbia as well. My son JJ has finally found his nirvana as a junior software designer and Lake is finishing up Colby and looking to apply to dental school. I’m amazed at all the transitions we are making together and hold all of you dear in my heart. We still have a big home just outside New York City, so you are always welcome to park yourselves if you are visiting the city.

Happy to hear from you all.”

Candy Kosow writes, “Great minds must think alike because Carol Struckmeyer, Lauri Fine and I gathered for a longplanned lunch in New Hampshire.

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Remembering the past and thinking about the future were much discussed, as were travel plans. It is really interesting and heartfelt to hear about everyone’s individual stories about life at 60. I, for one, would like to hear more of these stories—in person, if possible. You are all super inspiring women.”

Carol Struckmeyer, Lauri Fine and Candy Kosow

Catherine (Birky) Birkinbine writes, “I have had two hip replacements due to arthritis. I had them done in Portland, Maine, by a guy whose patients flock to him from all over the country: Dr. George Babikain. Walking with a walker for a week, then a cane for a few, is very humbling. I was admitted to Maine Medical on a Monday at 6 a.m., then home by noon the next day. I call it ‘drive-by surgery.’ I never made it to Reunion but am glad to read about all of you. If you are ever in the Brunswick area of Maine, call me at (207) 522-8347 and we can chat.

Good luck to you all and take good care.”

Betsy Jackson Fear writes, “Greetings from Maine! I’ve been busy making and showing my ceramic sculpture while Mike keeps the kitchenware shop running; going on 17 years! Our eldest, Charlie, is a newly minted middle school teacher in Bath and is engaged to be married to a local girl, Heather, in September 2017. Sam is in a master’s program for industrial design at Savannah College of Art and Design. Mike and I have embarked on major renovations to our 1799/1984 house. We feel like we are on a runaway train! But being in the countryside with the sheep grazing and our own chickens, a poodle and two cats keeps us happy.”

Ann Simson Watkins writes, “I am learning a lot about the last stages in life by dealing with both my parents and my husband John’s parents who are all in their 90s and having different needs. They’ve had wonderful, long lives. A wise Dana classmate told me to just show up when I

can and do the best I can to make their lives better. With my parents in Florida and me in Connecticut, it is very difficult at times. (Note to self: Live near at least one child by the time I reach 80!) That isn’t an issue right now as my older son, John, has moved home again after completing his second master’s degree—an MBA this time from the University of Rochester in June.

My middle son, Tom, is in Philadelphia with his girlfriend, but her parents live in Connecticut so we see them often. My youngest, David, is a senior at Skidmore and I feel too old to have a college student and have been counting down tuition payments for a while. My hubby, John, commutes weekly to Virginia for work after spending 30 years commuting daily on the train into New York City. His plan was to try it for two years and it has now been four years. The work is challenging and rewarding, but we do think about life after commuting. When he decides to stay home, I have plenty of home maintenance projects to keep him busy. Recently, I was the treasurer at our yacht club for two years and continue on the Board, but have scaled back the amount of volunteering I do as the eldercare needs have grown.

Thank you, Kate, for keeping the community going. At 60, I really appreciate the connection that women have with each other; know that it sustains me every day and am glad I don’t have to wait five years for the next Dana visit with everyone.”

Leslie Shields Lundgaard writes, “My life continues to be based around family. My husband Per and I (married 25 years!) live with my 90-year-old mother in Delaware in the house I grew up in. She is in great health and fun to be with. Both of our boys are in college: the oldest, Peter (23), graduated from York College of Pennsylvania in sports management.

Benjamin (21) is at Virginia Tech and is playing high-level D1 soccer. Per continues to teach but wants to retire. I continue to work at the University of Delaware and we welcomed a new president in June, so it’s been busy. Have to get everyone through college before retirement. Our falls are always spent traveling to soccer games (both boys have played all through college) and we have developed ‘extended families’ through the other soccer parents we have met over the years. I travel to New York City a few times a year, so a reunion-type get-together would be fun.”

Amy Short Nicholson writes, “I have always loved reading everyone’s adventures and never have added mine since I didn’t think I had anything exciting to add.

However, turning 60 has made me realize how lucky and enriched my life really is, so here goes nothing… I haven’t really stayed in touch with my Dana gals except for a few followings on Facebook. I’ve lived in Florida now for 37 years and have worked at the same hospital (different roles) for all those years. I’m currently RN clinical manager of the Outpatient Surgery Department, which encompasses eight different arenas of pre- and post-op for Cardiac Cath, Vascular Intervention, Transfusions, PreAdmission and main O.R., with a staff of 45. Definitely keeps me on my toes! I’ve been married to Bob for 22 years. I have one daughter who has two children (8 and 10 years old) and four stepchildren who have 11 children between them, ranging from 6 weeks to 20 years old. That’s 13 grandchildren in all! We’ve been lucky enough that my daughter and family live 20 minutes away, but now sadly are moving to Charleston, S.C. Now we’ll look forward to the road trips to Charleston. Our other children are scattered in Florida (Tampa, Jacksonville, and the youngest son and family right across the street!). My husband is retired and stays active with Florida’s Master Naturalist and Master Gardener programs, and of course the honey-do list. He and my daughter surprised me with a threegeneration photo shoot (including a pampering makeover) and evening wine bar party for my 60th! I was confused as it was held on my husband’s birthday (five days before mine) and when I saw family, thought it was for him. Then I saw my nurse friends and realized: They got me good! After thyroid surgery two years ago for thyroid cancer, I’m happy to say we’re healthy but getting slightly creaky. Loving the sunshine, beautiful beaches and involvement with the grans. It’s weird to think retirement can be on my horizon. I’d love it to be sooner as opposed to later. Dana sure brings back wonderful memories and I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything!”

Amanda (Mandy) North writes, “Latest from me is that I’m in the process of re-envisioning my company, Artisan Connect. It became clear that as a start-up we were not going to be able to make the kind of social impact I set out to achieve.

So I’m considering a number of options of where we go from here. But in the meanwhile, I’m not working for the first time—perhaps ever! Kind of loving this more relaxed way of life and especially enjoying the many things that San Francisco has to offer but I never had time to do before. I continue to travel. Just back from 10 days in Guatemala, which is a greatly misunderstood country. Yes, there is abject poverty, but also beauty and lovely people. And please note that I have plenty of room for visitors, so come on by!”

Janet Parker Nuyen writes, “I am still teaching. One more year then retirement!

Our family is all well. Michelle and Carolyn are here in Seattle, Laura lives in New York City and Matthew is in Scottsdale. Even with our distance we see each other several times a year. We just had dinner with Eunice Murray and her husband Mark who are visiting Seattle. It was a thrill to see her and catch up! Please reach out to me if you come our way. Best to all and my thoughts for those who have recently experienced loss. This getting older is not for the faint of heart.”

Delight (Sarah) Smith Peterson writes, “I have been hesitant to write as my past six months has been difficult. Out of the blue with no real symptoms, my husband of 31 years was diagnosed as having advanced/ aggressive bone cancer and died within three months. It was a crisis filled period and the end came quickly. We had moved just two years before from our home of 30 years in Seattle to Richmond, Va. Gene had gotten a wonderful career opportunity.

I am so grateful that he ended his life in a position and with an organization he loved.

Now I am getting my feet back on the ground and re-figuring my life as a single person. I have a son in the area (26) and a daughter (23) back in Seattle. I plan on staying in Richmond for the next few years as I like the community and have developed some close relationships. Now that I am on the East Coast, I have enjoyed seeing Leslie Shields Lundgard several times a year. I am enjoying hearing from everyone and hope I may make it to a Reunion or connect up with those in the area.”

Margaret Wood writes, “My husband and I are in the process of leaving Naples, Fla., to move to West Dummerston, Vt. Back to

our roots so to speak, after being in Florida for 14 years, eight of which my mom was alive for here. No regrets but ready to move back to New England and familiarity.

I’m hoping to reconnect with more Dana classmates once I’m settled back in Vermont. I still hold our special bond as sacred, thinking of all the ‘growing up’ we did together.”

Elizabeth (Lizz) Branson Fabel writes, “My working life used to be sitting at a desk five days a week until 2010 when both my husband and I were moved out, either wholly or to part-time status, almost at the same time. Yikes! It’s been a scary but rewarding experience turning our hobbies into businesses! Funny how things seem to fall in place when they have to. I love to see people’s eyes pop when I tell them that I bake 300 loaves of bread each week for farmers’ markets, and my husband is a hang-gliding instructor who spends each winter in Arizona (I get to visit!). Check out The Bread Lady on Facebook (www. facebook.com/thebreadladybakes) for lots of fun pictures.”

Lizz Branson Fabel at a bread tasting

Lisa Hansen Burditt writes, “It is so much fun to read everyone’s messages. It feels like we all just saw each other at the 40th Reunion. Sixty seems like such a surreal number to apply to myself, but I survived my January birthday last year.

Being 60 is all about friends and family for me—with a healthy dose of travel thrown in! I threw myself a weekend party at our house in Rhode Island inviting friends we met 30 years ago and still ‘party with’ three or four times a year. Despite a snowstorm, most made it.”

Hope Swift Baker writes, “I am still working full-time and then some, but I am

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lucky that it is one of my passions: boats, sailing and cruising to cool destinations plus all the endlessly interesting things involved in running a small business. I will be celebrating my 30th year in business next year (I started my charter yacht vacation agency in 1987), which is pretty darned cool. I am a Gemini, so I have more than one passion that I am lucky enough to be involved in. I also have a job on the side as a choreographer for a kids’ musical troupe (www.freelanceplayers.org), and I am in a band, www.blackstonerun.com (Americana/folk/bluegrass), which meets once a week and plays a few times a year at private parties, coffeehouses and open mic nights.”

Eunice Murray writes, “For my 60th birthday, I enjoyed a lunch with Nancy Alexander ’75, a girls’ night out with close friends, and a wonderful evening out with Mark as well. I didn’t want to take any trips as Mark and I were enjoying our last months with our Bernese mountain dog, which included a big snowfall that Brodie enjoyed immensely. I’m now finally in Bernese puppy search mode; the house is far too quiet and fur-free. I traveled down to Vero Beach, Fla., to house/dog-sit for my sister and talked Sally Morton into joining me for a long weekend. We enjoyed a lunch/mini-reunion with Anne Wallace, Libby and Ann Belinkof. As with all our Dana class gatherings, it was so much fun just catching up with each other, especially at the beautiful setting of the Riomar Beach Club! I’m always so impressed with what everyone’s doing in their lives.”

Anne Downey Wallace writes, “Betsy Carothers ’77 and I played in a golf match against Sue Milnes ’77—our club against hers. It was fun to have the Dana connection in little Vero Beach, Fla.!”

Betsy Winans Carothers ’77, Sue Milnes ’77 and Anne Downey Wallace ’74

Ann Thomas Caner writes, “My husband Tony and I have been living in Barrington,

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R.I., for the past 30 (gulp) years. Tony works for a Boston commercial real estate company and I have been involved in interior design, working on both commercial and residential projects, for most of my career. Right now, I’m working part-time for a decorator and I love my flexible schedule. We are fortunate to still have a family homestead in Chatham on the Cape (summer rental, anyone?) and we also spend a lot of time at our cabin in New Hampshire in the middle of nowhere. We have two children, Baird and Emily. Baird (29) and his new wife Hannah recently bought a house nearby while she attends law school. He is a headhunter for a company that specializes in placements in the bio and clean tech fields. It’s great to have them minutes away. Daughter Emily (24) recently moved to Boulder with her boyfriend because they wanted a change of scenery, and we learned recently that she landed a job as a project manager at an ad agency, so she’s as happy as can be! Tony and I are figuring out what our next chapter will be as empty nesters. In fact, we have a realtor coming by to talk about putting the house on the market. Not sure what town we’ll move to yet, so we are just testing the waters for right now, but we are going to stay within an hour of Boston until we retire. We are having fun checking out possible communities. I’m loving this stage in my life and am so grateful for my family and friends! I remember all of you guys and our Dana days fondly and realize at 60 that age truly is a number—a number that I plan to ignore completely. Best wishes to all!”

Eastern Point in Gloucester, Mass., and we were so thankful to have a beautiful day for the occasion.”

Nancy Alexander writes, “As I write this, I’m just back from a glorious peak foliage weekend in New Hampshire. My sister Liz and I climbed Mt. Washington in record time. Pretty good for a couple of old ladies.

All is well here in Kensington, Md. My husband of 32 years is now retired and the kids are all grown, so it is time to open up that next chapter of our lives. We will be doing a bit of traveling this winter and finishing up some construction projects in our home. The kids are great: Sarah is an ICU nurse in Baltimore and is also in school full-time for her second master’s degree to become a nurse practitioner, Nick is in real estate and Ian is in his third year of an engineering major at Northeastern University. I am a frequent flyer between Baltimore and Boston, as many family members are still in New England. I stay in touch with several Dana Hall classmates and often see Eunice Murray ’74 for lunch dates. I am so grateful for excellent health and my wonderful family and friends as I approach my 60th year. Didn’t we all just turn 18?

How the decades do fly by. Hope the rest of you are well.”

Nancy Alexander climbing Mt. Washington

Class of 1975 Catherine (Cathy) Hosley Vouwie chv79@hotmail.com Cathy Hosley Vouwie with her daughters Kirsten (bride) and Sarah (maid of honor)

Catherine (Cathy) Hosley Vouwie writes, “In late September 2016, we celebrated the marriage of our eldest daughter, Kirsten, pictured with me and youngest daughter, Sarah, who was the maid of honor. The wedding took place on

Donna Hall Bradford writes, “Busy year ahead for me. I went to India in October 2016 for my daughter’s ring ceremony.

Second daughter got married November 5, 2016. Another wedding in Kansas City in June 2017, then back to India for wedding in November 2017. I said to my husband, ‘It’s all about keeping the checkbook flush.’

Son already married, so after this round we are done. Had planned on a 60th birthday celebration but will have to make it 61. Oh and like most of us I work full-time. Yikes.”

Laura Ellis writes, “I have been living in New Mexico for 26 years. My two daughters live in New York City and London. I’m a painter and show my work in galleries in Santa Fe, Maine and not far from Dana Hall at the Page Waterman Gallery in Wellesley. Hope to see many of you at a Reunion some day!” You can visit her website at www.lauraellisart.com.

Kyle Fake writes, “I’m still living in Houston and taking care of dogs and old men (!) with some copy editing on the side.

I celebrated my 60th with a trip to the Grand Canyon in December with my 22-year-old son, John Seydler. John is a political science major at the University of Houston and destined for politics.”

Kyle Fake with her son John Seydler

Class of 1976 Lynn Surprenant lynnsurp76@gmail.com Lisa Maini writes, “Lynne Parker Gallego, her sister Janet Parker Nuygen ’74 and I enjoyed a lovely summer afternoon at Kathy (Kat) Alden’s home that sits on Hospital Cove in Cataumet, Mass. Lynne and her sister were traveling from Florida and Seattle to visit their mother, and Kat, who lives in Pennsylvania, was celebrating 40 years of summers on Cape Cod. I lost my mother four years ago and relocated from Charlestown, Mass., to Falmouth, Mass., to care full-time for my 89-year-old father.”

Lisa Maini, Kathy Alden, Lynne Parker Gallego and Janet Parker Nuygen ’74

Many thanks to Lynne and Kat for organizing our get-together. In classic Dana style, Kat’s two daughters (Kristin Hoy and Jasmine Leitzel) helped host the event and served up a delicious spread.

Kat’s beautiful granddaughter Mari Hoy was also visiting and we all enjoyed watching her play. Kat’s summer home sits on a hill overlooking Buzzard’s Bay and is within a stone’s throw of a private beach (perfect for clamming and crabbing!). It was built in 1890 and Kat was kind enough to give us a tour of the grande dam. Sadly, Kat’s mother passed away in May 2016 and she is now preparing her home for sale.

Any takers? To paraphrase an old saying, “Yesterday’s joys are tomorrow’s memories.” Wishing you all the joys and memories that await you.

Melisa Stern writes, “My daughter Natalie (15) and I were among the many volunteers both this year and last at Dana’s Amor Caritas Day at the Cradles to Crayons Giving Factory in Brighton, Mass. It was so much fun and a great way to give back.

It would be wonderful if more alums could join us next year! We also attended Dana’s night at Fenway Park in July. We had a great gathering and alumnae photo op during the 7th inning stretch. It was a rather intimate gathering at our 40th Reunion. Diane Furman Ross, Kathy Alden and I had a good time catching up over lunch. Upstairs, the Dining Center is essentially the same, but the Pit no longer exists downstairs!”

Class of 1977 Kelly Hynes McDermott P04 khmcdermott@comcast.net

Joy Haywood Moore and Cathy Waite Sullivan

It is with great sadness that I write this installment for the Winter Bulletin. Our dear friend and classmate, Cathy Waite Sullivan, lost her fierce battle with cancer this past October. Joy Haywood Moore sums it up best by reflecting: “My

remembrances of a 45-year friendship with Cathy Waite Sullivan are too numerous to recount in this column. However, I can share with you—as many others experienced—that Cathy was a spirited, competitive, sometimes fiery, and always generous and kind-hearted soul. May her children, Kelly, Ashley and Chad be strengthened by their mother’s love and courage, and may she eternally rest in peace.” I know we all extend our prayers and thoughts to Cathy’s entire family. We will forever remember her courage and feisty spirit.

Ellen Partridge Pulsford’s grandchildren, Sam and Wyatt

On another note, Ellen Partridge Pulsford reports, “2016 started off with a fourth (!) hip replacement (following second dislocation in December 2015) and then a cardiac event—yes, ladies, a heart attack really does present as a horrible, severe pain in your left shoulder! Fortunately, I had excellent care, and with the love and support of my family and friends, I was able to regain strength and resume working as an oncology nurse in mid-May. I have a greater sense of empathy for my patients who experience fatigue and nausea. Oh my!

We had a busy summer and on August 31, Taylor and Kevin welcomed Wyatt James Loughnane to our family. Sam (2) loves being an older brother and is very sweet with his brother. They live nearby, so Glen and I get to spoil the boys often. Cam and Kim are busy pursuing their careers. Cam continues to do well at Savant and Kim has taken on the position of reading specialist at a local elementary school. She started this school year off with her room and programs themed around Harry Potter.

They traveled in England, Ireland and Scotland this summer, which gave her added inspiration. Spencer has moved full-time to the Virgin Islands, living on St. Thomas. He is a captain on charter boats (both big and small) and loving the life.

Last winter he lived on a 57’ sailboat, but this year Spencer has digs on land. Glen and I continue to keep busy but have also found time to relax and enjoy family,

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friends and time both in Ipswich and on Cape Cod. We plan to get to Florida a few times this winter, and of course St. Thomas, too! I send my love to each of you and hope to see you all in April at our Reunion!”

Anne Leone Ludwig continues to inspire with her extraordinary works of art. Anne shares, “In May, Dana Visual Arts Department Chair Michael Frasinelli organized a special exhibit of former students taught and inspired by G.A. Scattergood-Moore. It was the 10th anniversary of his retirement from Dana and he also turned 75! I was so happy to see so many alumnae again and spend time with Scatt, Matthew Stackpole and others.

My husband Dan Ludwig and I live in Massachusetts, but we spend half the year in Brooklyn where our son Ellis LudwigLeone (composer) and daughter Madeline Ludwig-Leone (artist) live. In September and October, I had an exhibition in Berlin, Germany. Below is an image of a new painting, Cenote Azul #16. I’m really looking forward to Reunion! Please come, everybody!”

It looks like Liz and I (Kelly) will both have a busy wedding-planning year, as my daughter Courtney McDermott ’04 is getting married in September 2017. Such an exciting time! My husband Scott and our two sons, Dillon and Jack, are all doing well. It’s challenging to get the family together at times, with Courtney in New York City, Dillon in San Francisco and Jack in Boston, but they live in great cities for us to visit. We still treasure our summer vacations down the Cape where we can all get together as a family. My marketing consulting practice continues to expand, which leaves me feeling energized and grateful. It was fun celebrating Krista Kambourian Baldini’s visit to Boston with a dinner with Dana friends at Barb Kelly’s house over the summer. We enjoyed wonderful conversations about our lives, families and shared lots of laughs about Dana Hall memories. Looking forward to having many more of these conversations at Reunion!

Kelly Hynes McDermott, Krista Kambourian Baldini, Rebecca Jackson Stoeckle, Ellie Lowell, Cathy Cushner Edelstein, and Barbara Kelly Anne Leone Ludwig’s painting, Cenote Azul #16

Elizabeth (Liz) Browing Riley writes, “I’m still teaching third grade in inner-city Columbus schools. I serve on the Board of Directors for CATCO, the regional theater company in Columbus. The children’s program, CATCOisKids, is where my heart is filled. The actors put on productions for children but also work with many schools in the Columbus area. My third grade students are learning English Language Arts Standards through acting and writing. It is really wonderful to watch my kiddos working in this program. Both of my daughters, Katie (28) and Meg (25), are engaged and will get married in 2017.

So you know what I will be doing over the next few months. Everyone is well and happy. I love reading and catching up with everyone. I hope to see you all at Reunion.”

See Class of 1974 notes for a photo of Betsy Winans Carothers and Sue Milnes.

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Mark your calendars, ladies, for the weekend of April 28–30 for our 40th Reunion! It’ll be terrific getting together with everyone, live and in person! Check the Dana Hall website for updates. Get psyched and be there!

Class of 1978 Lisa Aronson Altman P11, 16 laltmn@comcast.net Correction: In the Summer 2016 issue of the Bulletin, Suzanne Pilskaln’s last name was misspelling in the Class of 1978 notes column and in the photo caption. The Alumnae Relations and Communications staff at Dana Hall wish to apologize to Suzanne’s family for this mistake.

Class of 1979 Lynn Phillips Hernandez lynn.hernandez@comcast.net Lynn Phillips Hernandez writes, “My family and I started our summer by celebrating the adoption of my granddaughter Ella by her ‘forever daddy’ Chris, and we continued the celebration in August when Chris married my daughter Sarah. It was wonderful to see Tena Blease Goen and her husband Andrew when they came from New Hampshire to join in the festivities.”

Lynn Phillips Hernandez and Tena Blease Goen

Alison Fisher-Collins writes, “Not much to report except that my gallery is all online now, no brick and mortar. We closed the galleries in the Berkshires, Boston and Aspen. As busy as ever and it’s better this way. I can be anywhere for business and don’t have to show up at a location for gallery hours. Love just traveling to my clients! The way of the world now!”

Take a look at The Iris Gallery at www.irisgallery.net.

Karen Shapiro writes, “Warm wishes to all my classmates. I am happy to share that I had a fine summer, spent time with family and traveled with friends. We recently celebrated the wedding of my beautiful niece in Vermont, and the event was a wonderful gathering for family for the happy weekend. I returned to Israel in November, and recently spent a week in Washington, D.C., at a conference for the Jewish National Federation Women’s Leadership. Locally, I remain active as a volunteer ombudsman for seniors in nursing facilities, a hospice volunteer and am taking several classes through local higher learning institutions. Learning at our age is the best—it’s learning for learning, with no tests or grades. I love it!”

Sally Edwards Cashman writes, “Here is our Arizona update: My husband Andy and I have been renovating a house in Scottsdale over the past year—a labor of love indeed and yes, we are still married, ha ha. Twenty-nine years now! Our youngest son Bradley (21) has been a musical theater actor and singer, and he is currently at sea with Norwegian’s Seven Seas Navigator.

He will enjoy traveling to 48 countries and doing what he loves, returning to the states in May. Bryce (25) graduated from law school this May from American University, and has a new marketing job with Noble as he awaits the results of the bar exam. His specialty is intellectual property and he speaks fluent Russian. An interesting combo! Andy continues to work in the food business here in the valley and I have made my home in the residential real estate business with Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty for the past several years. We have a team of very special people and we love what we do. For anyone looking for a warm winter home or planning a move to the west, visit our website at www.cashmanpartners.com. Our two Aussies, Boris and Cooper, keep us busy. They are energetic and love to swim.

We love living here and send our East Coast friends a pocketful of sunshine!”

Sally Edwards Cashman

Jean Kropper ’78 and Katherine Davidson Lobo

New Balance Outdoor Track Nationals in the one-mile championship race last June in a time of 4:42. And I have a new novel, Underground Fugue, forthcoming from Melville House Publishing in April 2017.

Stay tuned for where you can source the book if interested.”

Class of 1981 Marina Palmerio writes, “I have decided to stay in Florence, Italy, for another year before a move back to the U.S. If any DHers are planning a trip to Italy this year and happen to be in Florence, I would love to meet up.”

Stephanie Watts completed her year-long fellowship at the Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy at Boston University in the fall. She will then embark on her new role as design team lead of a new corporate social reporting curriculum for MBA students at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. But mostly she’s just crossing her fingers that her son will get into Harvard early decision.

He’s a senior at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Mass.

E. Fraser Demetree Benzal efbenzal@yahoo.com

Class of 1982 Anne Morton August guinvere@hotmail.com We send our sympathies to Jennifer Beecher Cooper and her family, whose mother passed away unexpectedly this summer. Jennifer sent this photo of herself and Tina Gross Kruczynski at the Dana Hall Red Sox event.

Jennifer Beecher Cooper, Jennifer’s husband Gordon and Tina Gross Kruczynski

Class of 1980 Melissa Brown Moore mbm@ibl.bm Dear classmates, Slim pickings this time but lovely to hear from the classmates below:

Elizabeth (Beth) Leahy writes, “I’m heading out to sea today from Mystic, Conn. The boat is 64’ with four crew.

We’ll first sail to Bermuda, then to St. Maartin, then fly home for Thanksgiving.

Looking forward to the long sail.”

Katherine Davidson Lobo writes, “I spent a month in Australia visiting family and friends. I was able to catch up with Jean Kropper ’78. We had lunch at the art museum that overlooks the Sydney Opera House one day. All is well with me. I continue to teach ESL at Newton South High School in Newton, Mass., and I love it. School is in full swing now, so I am busy with that. I also continue to teach parttime at Brandeis University.”

Wendy Higgins Chambers writes, “Me and a dear friend just completed our second Avon39 Walk to End Breast Cancer in New York City. It’s the distance of a marathon on Saturday and a half marathon on Sunday. An incredible and sometimes grueling two days. Many of the training prep walks were done with Judy Riker Wiley and her two black labs. Couldn’t have done it without them. We randomly connected with a solo walker who has a 10th grader at Dana: Karen Dines.

Small world.”

See Class of 1970 Notes for a photo of Wendy.

Margot Singer writes, “On the braggingrights front, I’m proud to report that my daughter, Micaela DeGenero, is a first-year student at the University of Michigan where she is running varsity cross country and track (Go Blue!). She won the 2016

Jennifer Mathews writes, “I’m happy to announce that I have accepted a position as interim head of school at Coastal Studies for Girls. Coastal Studies for Girls is a super groovy marine science and leadership semester school for 10th grade girls. The school reminds me of all the things that I love about Dana Hall only condensed into a small farmhouse, a 30-foot yurt, and situated on a spectacularly beautiful 600-acre oceanfront land preserve in Freeport, Maine. Our students do science as tough as any Mrs. Samuelson could dish out while having a blast living for a semester on the coast of Maine.”

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I (Anne Morton August) have moved to Deerfield, Mass., where Steve is the new head baseball coach, college counselor and admissions officer. I have left Simmons and am now at Eaglebrook School in their Development Office. Please contact any of our Reunion planners if you have any questions about our 35th Reunion in April!

Hope to see you all next spring!

Elizabeth (Beth) Yaghooti Collis writes, “You will not believe who I saw in November! Peter Gharibian lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., and performs locally with a violinist from the Phoenix Symphony.

Here he is performing at my dad’s independent living community. He’s doing great. We got to talk about our years at Dana like it was yesterday.”

an early college. My daughter, Arielle, is thrilled to be at Wellesley. We are thrilled for her, too. The campus is beautiful, which we just discovered. It’s funny but I never visited it when I was at Dana. It was great to retrace some steps down Central and Grove. She loves Wellesley’s traditions, including step singing, which brought back wonderful memories. If anyone from Dana is in the south Florida area, I would be happy to show you around our sunshine and warm sands. I can be reached at jschaech@med.miami.edu.”

Maryam Montague’s nonprofit, Project Soar, was recently featured in the CNN Films documentary, We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World. You can learn more at www.projectsoarmarrakesh.org.

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family in beautiful Rhode Island over the summer and had a fun, surprise visit from Ellen Weintraub Dudley and family! She was in our class only for grades 7 and 8. I love keeping up with everyone as Class Correspondent and via Facebook. Wish I saw more of you all in person.

Aimee Laman Sutton writes, “I’m doing very well. I’ve been living in Cheshire, England, for the past 17 years with my husband John and our 9-year-old daughter Sofia. I love being a mom and delight in my daughter’s English accent! I see Lucia Palau regularly as she lives in Surrey. I met with her to watch the tennis quarterfinals at Wimbledon and enjoyed a beautiful day.

I travel often to the U.S., where I see Liz Castro ’90, and to the Philippines. I love Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77’s visits to London and hearing about Dana Hall. I will try to make Reunion as I would love to see everyone!”

Christina Whiting Dougherty cswdougherty@comcast.net Lisa Iagatta LIagatta@yahoo.com Mr. Yaghooti, Beth Yaghooti Collis, her sister Zahra Yaghooti McTammany ’83 and Mr. Gharibian

Class of 1983 Laura Lavit Elmore lauralelmore@yahoo.com

Class of 1984 Leah Morris jmorrisfamily@comcast.net Greetings, Class of ’84! As you may imagine, I was delighted to receive news from Judy Gurin Schaechter without so much as a request (thank you, Judy!). You are all invited to write early and often as your contributions make my job easier and dramatically improve the content of our class column.

Judy Gurin Schaecter writes, “My husband Roberto and I just got back to Miami Beach this week from settling our two kids into their own little ‘dorm nests.’

That is, we are now new empty nesters, as my 18-year-old and 16-year-old (early surprise!) have gone off to college. My son, Jonah, is in the Berkshires at Simon’s Rock,

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See Class Notes for 2011 for a photo of Kristin Mastrodicasa Cross ’85.

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

Class of 1987 Lisa Crounse lisacrounse@mac.com Laurie Switzer lswitzer@hotmail.com Hello, classmates! Looking forward to seeing everyone in the spring! In the meantime, my husband Rob and I (Laurie Switzer) are enjoying San Diego. As a founding staff member, I am proud to say the USS Midway Museum is now No. 6 of the top 10 museums as listed on Trip Advisor! Robert, Phoebe and I make at least one trip back east each year. We visited with Jenny Smith Wieting and

Lucia Palau and Aimee Laman Sutton on “Murray Mound” at Wimbledon

Kelly Shea Lyden writes, “Leslie Solomon Reitman, Kristen Angelis Monahan, Clarissa Holden Hawk and I got together in October in Miami. Girls’ trips are the best! At Ali Frydman’s request, we had rum punch. Long chats, lots of laughs and some shopping, too. It was so great that we hope an annual getaway becomes a tradition, and that others will be able to join in on the fun.

Any suggestions for our next location? My daughter, Shea, will be going to high school next year. It’s hard for me to believe she’s the same age I was when I met all of you! She’s attending RICE in Burlington, Vt., but has made a plea for Dana. Stay tuned! We had a terrible winter (which for a ski town means too warm and no snow).

Several ski races were cancelled because you can’t ski on grass. If global warming trends continue, maybe some of you can help me invent grass skis. I work with the Nantucket Film Festival, which takes place every June. Any local film buffs should come check it out! This year we

highlighted a film called Life, Animated about a family’s struggle to pull their son back from autism using Disney animated movies. It’s a must-see. Hope to see you all (including you, Sparky!) at Reunion.

Lucia Palau writes, “I’m doing well living in Surrey with my husband, Dikkie, and three children: Lucia (19), Josefina (16) and Bart (12). I have the best memories of Dana Hall and I am very lucky to have Aimee Laman Sutton and Blanca Mendez ’88 close by. I also love Corinne’s visits when she gets all the Dana alumnae together. It’s great to meet so many lovely women and a special highlight was meeting Paloma Poza Cid ’96, Roberta Poza Cid ’88’s little sister. I saw Erika Baquerizo ’88 and family in December 2015. Our children met each other and really hit it off, and our girls have seen each other this past summer. This year I was fortunate to see Kim Brown, Kira Jacobs and Cathy Won. It was really wonderful to see them and catch up on our lives. I’m really hoping to make Reunion and see everyone else!”

Elisa Bass Bauman writes, “I look forward to hearing about many Dana sisters. I am working at a summer camp again, my seventh summer here, in the New York Catskills. It is called Camp Chipinaw. My oldest son Jared has been touring colleges as he is now a senior. My younger one began high school in the fall and has toured with us to get a very early head start.”

Kimberly Donald reports that daughter Sofia has started high school! She shared, “I am the executive director of a HORIZONS academic enrichment program. The summer is busy, but thankfully things will settle down in the fall. I have worked exclusively in the field of education and served as a teacher, director of a voluntary desegregation program, interim assistant principal and diversity coordinator; I just can’t seem to tear myself away from academia!”

Katja Ollendorff has made the transition over the past few years from advertising to surface pattern design. She says it’s been a fun, challenging and very rewarding change. Check out her website at www.katjaollendorff.com.

Examples of Katja Ollendorff’s surface pattern designs

Nancy DiMauro Greene was also kind enough to share her news: “In April 2016, Nancy joined Land, Carroll & Blair PC as a principal. Her practice focuses on business litigation, employment law, women-owned businesses, start-up business and those businesses in transition from family to legacy business. Nancy has made it her mission to inspire, educate and empower business owners. She has a series of legal tips YouTube videos and a new release law book coming in February 2017.

When Nancy’s not practicing law, she’s spending time on her horse farm with her husband and two teenage boys, and writing fiction as Nancy DiMauro.”

Kristin Thomson married Kwyn Bader.

They live in New York City.

picture of Brad, Juliana and me from this summer. We were in South Bend to visit our friend Digger for his 75th birthday party. In addition, we were in Dallas for the USC/Alabama football game, and had dinner with Liz Feltenstein Perez, her daughter Carlyn and husband Joe. It was great to catch up with her. Hard to believe its been more than 25 years since we were in school together, but with tools like Facebook, it was like we’ve never lost touch with each other. Hope everyone has a wonderful winter! Cheers!”

Dana Tannenbaum Cahoon with daughter Juliana and husband Brad Liz Feltenstein Perez and her daughter Carlyn, and Dana Tannenbaum Cahoon and daughter Juliana

Kristin Thomson and her husband Kwyn Bader

Class of 1988 Dana Tannenbaum Cahoon dbcahoon@mac.com Nicole Hickman James nicolejames228@gmail.com Heather McPhee hmmcphee@yahoo.com Dana Tannenbaum Cahoon writes, “This year has been a great year. My daughter is a 3rd grader, on a U8 girls hockey team, and spending time traveling to visit grandparents and godparents. Here’s a

Stephany Coakley writes, “This year I was honored and privileged to be the sport psychology consultant for the Army track team participating in the 2016 Warrior Games at the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Warrior Games is an athletic competition where injured, ill and wounded service members from all branches compete in eight sports.

For our service members, it is empowering to be able to compete, and for me, professionally, it was one of the most rewarding experiences that I have had.

Working with our soldier-athletes was so inspiring I can’t wait to do it again in 2017.

This year I also had a chance to see Nancy Kaaz twice: once in D.C. for a quick visit and recently I was in Boston for work and hung out with Nance and her family.

Sara Thibault Morrison writes, “My son Landon started 5th grade at the Charles River School and is loving it. He still is

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completely into soccer, so that takes up a good deal of time but it is fun. My daughter, Sommer, just began kindergarten at Charles River, and it has been amazing to watch her take on this new challenge and succeed with a huge smile on her face.

Shocking news: My husband Scott is the Dana JV soccer coach and having a blast!

The team has its best record in the last few years; very proud of him. Who ever would have thought Dana would be so intertwined in my life after all these years?

I am great, still academic coaching and working with many Dana girls. Last spring, I completed my first ever Spartan Race! It was 5.6 miles of crazy, fun obstacles. Can’t wait to do the next one. Anyone want to join me?!”

Sara Thibault Morrison after completing a Spartan Race

Class of 1992 Rachel Bebchick Naggar rnaggar@gmail.com Hi, everyone! This April is our 25th Reunion year! I (Rachel Bebchick Naggar) am going to let that sink in for a bit. Wow! There will be lots of fun things planned, so I hope to see you there! All is well in New Jersey, kids are growing way too fast, work is busy and life is good. As I write this, we just closed the books on another successful Team Sheila fundraiser year, raising $35,784 for Greater NYC Susan G. Komen. Team Sheila was No. 6 in top teams for raising funds to run breast cancer out of town. We have raised more than $100,000 in total over the years. It was a fantastic day and I thank all of you for your love and support.

Rachel Bebchick Naggar pre-race with her children Mia (9) and Gabriel (7) and her parents Les and Sheila Bebchick. Rachel’s husband Eric was waiting for them at the finish line.

Amanda Martin Johnson with her boys, Tucker and Brody

Class of 1989 Sarah Burgess Gregorian sbgregorian@gmail.com

Class of 1990 Correspondent needed

Class of 1991 Correspondent needed

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Ashley Lentz writes, “Lots of changes for me this year. I left my faculty position in plastic surgery at the University of Florida and moved back home to Daytona Beach to join my dad in private practice at Lentz Plastic Surgery. We moved into a new home the day before Hurricane Matthew hit Florida. We survived the storm and this fall were in the midst of major clean-up!

My three boys—Stokes (10), Rucker (9) and Jackson (8)—are doing very well and adjusting to their new life. It is really great to be home with family and old friends. I continue to run a cleft lip and palate mission trip to Honduras twice a year, and it brings me great joy to give back to these underserved individuals and their families. We are always happy to accept tax-deductible donations for our mission trip. You may check out our team at www.interplastsouth.org.

Ashley Lentz’s sons Stokes, Jackson and Rucker Ashley Lentz on one of her cleft lip and palate mission trips to Honduras

Isabel de Antunano Cortina emailed from Mexico and asked me (Rachel) to share the following: “Life has been pretty generous with me and my family in the past few years. I currently work at APAC, the largest non-profit organization for cerebral palsy patients throughout the country. I am the director of rehabilitation and medical services, and I can tell you that serving others is my thing. I am devoted to my young children—Cristobal (19), Lucia (16) and Jeronimo (9)—and to all my patients. Life is turning with age much easier. My husband left four years ago. I thought our family life was going to be bitter and no longer fun. It took me a while to recover. I did love him very much, and would have liked to stay together, but since that was no longer possible I had to learn to love him differently. Recovering from the loss and rediscovering life without him was a challenge that needed all my strength. I certainly had to grow and let him go freely, but my broken heart had a positive impact on me. I started taking life in a simpler way and enjoying being alive with all possibilities at hand. My children are part of my recovery and I now thank him, my ex-husband, for the opportunity of letting me know who I could become after him. I have learned many lessons, some that I hold onto and some that I left behind with no resentment. I am grateful for the friends that are no longer here, the ones that stood by me and the new people that are just arriving; I am happy now. I wanted to share with you what has been going on lately now that I’m ready to talk about it,

since the Dana year—and you—are also something I want to keep in my heart forever. I wish you the best and I hug you from the distance.”

Isabel de Antunano Cortina with her children Cristobal, Lucia and Jeronimo

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Class of 1996

Amelia Margolis silogram7@gmail.com

Tracy Spiegel Fox tracy.foxcraft@gmail.com

Zoe Timms zoevjtimms@gmail.com

Katharine Sidell Morton mortonkam@gmail.com

Zoe Timms writes, “Zoe, Mark and brother Tate welcomed Pippa on September 22. Our WEP students in India were especially happy she is a girl and expect a visit soon!”

Jennifer David Connolly writes, “We bought a house and got kittens! Enjoying life here in Sonora, Calif.”

Zoe Timms’ children, Tate and Pippa

Jennifer David Connolly and her children in front of their new house

Class of 1994 Isabel de Antunano Cortina at work at APAC

Nicole Rutberg DiResta writes, “Had a great time with my family this summer in Cape Cod and was able to spend some time with Alexa Hall Holian. Not sure which set of girls had more fun: us or our daughters who were treated to a makeover.

Received the invite for Reunion and I am looking forward to seeing everyone.”

Alexandra (Alexa) Hall Holian writes, “I’m still in Wellesley, busy with the kids and all the wonderful crazy insanity that they bring. I had the chance to meet up with Nicole Rutberg DiResta and her family down the Cape this summer as well as Kristin O’Donnell Bedard ’97 and her family. Looking forward to seeing everyone at Reunion and She Sails this spring!”

Nicole DiResta and Alexa Hall Holian met up down the Cape last summer

Elisabeth Morray morray@gmail.com Rose Battista Chiacchierarelli writes, “I am happy to share we had our third child, Gioia, in July! She joins her two older brothers, Mattia and Elia, 12 and 8.”

Rose Chiacchierarelli’s third child, Gioia

Jennifer David Connolly’s children show off their new kittens

Class of 1997 Kristin O’Donnell Bedard kristinbedard@gmail.com Lisa Brown lmclennanb@gmail.com Christine Cisneros Lagos writes, “I have been working at Babson College for the past three years and I am currently in the MBA program there. My daughter just turned 13, which is so hard to believe as that is around the age I started at Dana!

My son is 10 and they both keep me very busy with all their sports and activities.”

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

Heather Cochrane Russo heatherjean23@hotmail.com Kate Spencer writes, “Just wanted to share some exciting news. I recently sold my first book, a memoir, to Seal Press, an imprint of Hachette Books. Here’s an excerpt of the official announcement: ‘In a world rights deal, Stephanie Knapp at Seal Press bought Kate Spencer’s memoir, The Dead Moms Club. Holly Root at Waxman Leavell Literary, who brokered the sale, said the book is an ‘honest’ and ‘irreverent’ take on the author’s experience losing her mother to pancreatic cancer. Root said that in the book Spencer, a journalist and comedian, offers ‘tips for readers also going through the ‘mother of all losses.’’”

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Class of 1998

Slater Page. We moved to Holliston into a 289-year-old farmhouse in June.”

Ruchira Kumar ruch.kumar@gmail.com Guida Estrela Mattison guidaemattison@gmail.com Jane Monti Young jane@chaseyounggallery.com Mira Mohsini writes, “I started a new job in September at the University of Akron, Ohio, as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and Classical Studies. I got my Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.”

Yumi Numata writes, “Still living in Philadelphia and working for Dun & Bradstreet in their Global Compliance Line of Business as a senior team leader and product manager. I am supporting products to help businesses with their third party due diligence screening for domestic and foreign business. Had chance to go to Belgium to meet a team there and am looking forward to other opportunities.

Family still in Maui and celebrated my great aunt’s 101st birthday when I visited her in June. Grandma Numata turned 90 this fall, so I went home to see family.”

Class of 1999 Brooke Anderson brookeanderson81@hotmail.com Amanda Coyle FitzGerald amandaecoyle@gmail.com

Meghan Fitzgerald Monaco writes, “I have been working at Endicott College in Beverly, Mass., for nine years, where I’m currently the assistant dean of admission. I married Christopher Monaco in December 2015 in Chatham, Mass. Jessie Sears Villatoro and Erica Wyner from Dana attended the wedding. I visit Dana every spring to discuss the college admission/ recruiting process with aspiring college student-athletes. I’m always reminded of our days at Dana and can’t believe how much has changed on campus. Hope everyone from the Class of 2000 is doing well!”

Meghan Fitzgerald Monaco and her husband Christopher on their wedding day

Chen Yang writes, “Chloe Suen comes to Beijing often, and was actually at the hospital on the day of my second son’s birth. That was Oct. 3. Chloe was in Beijing for the National Day celebrations in China.

Cecile Dominguez was in Beijing as well.

She was here with President Duterte on the most recent state visit to China. It was wonderful seeing both of them.”

Danielle Bennett Bober writes, “I’m working as a nurse at the Brigham and have two awesome kids: my son Bennett, whose namesake is my maiden name, and daughter Charlotte.”

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

Angela Herring Page with her two children

Angela Herring Page writes, “We had a baby boy on Aug. 4: Cecil

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Jessica Sears Villatoro’s son Lawson

Morgan Bettex Aronson and her husband Craig welcomed their son, Maxwell (Max) Parker, on Sept. 9, in Boston.

Morgan Bettex Aronson’s son Max

Jillian Riley was recently promoted to assistant attorney general in the Environmental Protection Division of the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General. She is living in Ipswich with her husband, Joey.

Chloe Suen writes, “Hello, silver sisters! I am currently back in my hometown of Hong Kong and running my family’s charitable foundation which promotes Chinese arts and culture. We operate an art museum here called Sun Museum and it’s been a wonderful journey. I would be delighted to show you around when you’re in town! Sail on!”

Chloe Suen

Erica Wyner ericawyner@gmail.com

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Craft Beer is right on Route 20 in Sudbury, so anyone who is local please come in and say hi! The most exciting thing to happen this year, though, was welcoming our first baby into the world! Our son, Lawson Sears Villatoro, was born on June 27!”

Danielle Bennett Boder and family

Jessica Sears Villatoro writes, “I am still teaching in Wayland. My husband, Gustavo, started a new venture and opened a craft beer store in Sudbury. Sudbury

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Class of 2003

Renee Clayton Renee.clayton82@gmail.com

Donna DiDomenico djdidome@gmail.com

Class of 2002

Elizabeth Stuka Rose elizabeth.stuka@gmail.com

Katherine Lafferty katherine.lafferty@gmail.com

Class of 2004

Courtney Tipping cmtipping@gmail.com

Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka tlubicznawrocka@gmail.com

Abigail (Abby) Wheeler writes in: “I have some super exciting news! I have been working as a Title 1 teacher at Ridge View Elementary in Montana for several years.

This school just received a Title 1 National Award due to our assessment scores on the SBAC. While test scores aren’t the only way to assess student success, it’s exciting that my school has been honored with this award, and that we’ve demonstrated high academic achievement and a strong commitment towards academic excellence.

I completed my master’s degree in curriculum and instruction this year!”

Jazmin Kirby JLK21287@aol.com

Haley Rose shares that she is celebrating four years working for herself as an independent publicist. Her Boston-based company, HRPR, has opened a number of the area’s leading restaurants, two of which have landed on Bon Appetit’s 50 Best New Restaurants list, and Haley also counts fitness brands and special events among her clients.

Karen Kruger Schur and her husband Jordan are proud to the announce the birth of their son and second child, Mason Schur. Taylor loves being a big sister!

Karen Kruger Schur’s children, Taylor and Mason

Amanda Dunwell Brown and her husband Jason promoted their little girl, Mandela, to a big sister on May 29, 2016. Welcome, Maximus Warner Brown! They are happily adjusting to life as a family of four.

Amanda Dunwell Brown’s children, Mandela and Maximus

Elise Valerio O’Hara elise586@gmail.com

not necessary for me to wear day-to-day.

Andrea (Ande) Reisman is in Nepal on a Fulbright U.S. student research grant doing fieldwork for her doctoral dissertation in sociology on the effects of male migration on gender equality. She’s mostly based out of the low-lying plains in Chitwan District, but has a comparative piece in the mountains in the spring. She’s writing from the Himalayas right now where she’s trekking with the only womanowned trekking company (called 3 Sisters) in Nepal with all female guides, a company which is helping create space for women in Nepal’s male-dominated tourism and trekking industry.

Jerrica Pope was married on Aug. 20, 2016, to Thomas Kelly (Berkshire School ’03). They met at Hartwick College. They currently reside in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Jerrica Pope and her husband Thomas on their wedding day

Christa Waegemann in the cemetery in Baghdad where 19th century explorer Gertrude Bell is buried

Christa Waegemann writes, “I have been directing a local humanitarian organization in Baghdad, Iraq, for the last 10 months. It has been an exciting and challenging experience. My organization is doing projects where we distribute food to IDPs, right now with a focus of those fleeing Mosul from ISIS. We also are providing psychosocial care to children who escaped ISIS and are quite traumatized from all they experienced. I have now accepted a new job and will be leaving Baghdad and moving to the north of Iraq (Dohuk and Erbil) to run a French organization that specializes in providing surgeries and medical assistance to hospitals there. I was honored to speak to Mrs. Siemon’s Middle East class (via Skype) about my experience.

I admit it’s hard to explain what living here is like. I am one of the only expats who has been able to go around Baghdad like an Iraqi and have seen parts of the city very few in recent years have. In the photo of me below, I had to wear a head scarf/hijab because I was in a bit of dangerous neighborhood that had experienced protests the day before at the Turkish embassy across the street; I needed to ‘blend in’ for security reasons. I should note, after 10 months in Baghdad, this was my first time wearing the headscarf and is

Kaitlyn Patterson writes, “2016 has been a big year for me. I married a phenomenal artist and overall amazing human in April, a man named Cody Barnhill. That same month, I sold my debut novel, The Diminished, to Harlequin Teen. It will be published in early 2018. Cody and I honeymooned in Scotland and came home to adopt a retired greyhound name Valhalla.”

Katharine (Katie) Minetti continues to enjoy working in development and has taken a new job as a leadership gifts officer at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Amy Griffin moved back to Wellesley last summer after finishing two master’s degrees at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., and as a fellow at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. Her research focus is in the history of decorative arts and museum exhibition methods. For the next year, she is working as a curator and raiding the olde-timey gift shop at Old Sturbridge Village. Come visit!

Emma Murphy writes, “My news is I’m working for Vistaprint doing UX research.

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And, I got engaged in September to Drew, a software developer I met at Vistaprint. This photo of us is from a trip we took to Portugal days after Drew popped the question.”

Class of 2006 Chidinma (Chidi) Iruka chidiiruka@gmail.com Summer Sterling slsterling@live.com

Emma Murphy and her fiancé Drew

Class of 2005 Elizabeth Pond elpond@gmail.com Caroline Ross rosscae@gmail.com On Sept. 10, 2016, Roxana Chiu celebrated her marriage to RP Thompson in downtown Boston. It was a beautiful day and a wonderful, loving celebration.

Among the attendees were maid of honor Bettina Chiu Janco ’02, bridesmaids Tori Phung Shulman and Lizzy Pond, and guests Michaela Barry Curran, Amanda Gibbons, Katie McCully Murphy, Ali Tritman Luckey, Carla Fleisher, Kara O’Keefe, Becca Housman and Prae Dechavas (all the way from Thailand!).

Dana girls at Roxana Chiu’s wedding

Rebecca Simpson writes, “So many things happen in a year! My boyfriend Chris and I bought our first house in Westport, Mass., this past spring and it’s quite the fixer upper. An opportunity arrived for us to rescue a very big puppy, so we brought Quincy home to us over the summer.

Lastly, I am now both a full-time classroom teacher and the part-time art teacher for a severe-profound special needs school in Dartmouth, Mass.”

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Sarah Jones writes, “I took off to D.C. and am currently an art therapist and professional counselor at a D.C. public school. I spend most of my days playing and making art with school-aged boys who need more therapeutic support with emotional self-regulation. Please connect with me if anyone is ever in D.C.: sarahpearljones@gmail.com.”

Gabrielle Redner writes, “I’m living in Newton, cooking with a private chef, and taking prerequisite courses for a nutrition program which I hope to start in the fall of 2017. I’ll apply to several programs in the Boston area. I’m hoping to get some clinical nutrition experience between now and then. So, it’s study, study, work, work for me—and bicycling around and enjoying Boston when I can! I’m hoping to go out dancing as often as time allows, so if anyone’s interested they can feel free to let me know.”

Katherine (Katie) Wadsworth writes, “I moved to London two years ago to pursue my MBA at London Business School. After graduating this July, I started a new job as the lead of the project management office at Farfetch, an e-commerce business that is the online destination for luxury fashion.

My job takes me to Portugal every now and then where our tech team sits, and my husband and I are making the most of our free time traveling across Europe as much as we can. If anyone is ever on this side of the pond, they must visit!”

Harriet Groppe writes, “After an amazing three years working in Dana’s Alumnae Relations Office, I made the very difficult decision to relocate to Austin, Texas, with my boyfriend Josh and our dog Bodie. I will miss the campus and all the wonderful people, but I am so glad I got to plan our 10-year Reunion before I left. Thanks to everyone who was able to come; I had a great time! Please let me know if anyone is in the Austin area and wants to meet for drinks and tacos!”

Christin Collins Caplan writes, “My husband Scott and I bought a condo in Newton. I continue to teach dance classes at MIT, BU, and studios and schools in Sudbury, Lexington, Boston and Brookline.

I am also now a choreographer and consultant for the Colonial Figure Skating Club and USAG gymnasts. I was thrilled to celebrate alongside Bridget Roche Mongeau and Ashley Davis ’07 at Elle Carabetta Brick’s wedding. I hope to see more fellow silver sisters soon!”

Allison (Allie) Levy writes, “After spending my childhood in independent schools, going to Dana for seven years and living 15 minutes from home, I decided to really stray from my comfort zone professionally. For the last three years, I’ve been working all the way out in Concord, Mass., in Concord Academy’s Advancement Office. I am currently the co-director of annual giving and love seeing Dana girls on CA’s campus for various athletic events.

Since meeting boys was always a challenge at an all-girls school, I’ve held on to my high school boyfriend, Tyler, and we are excited to be moving into our first condo in Arlington, Mass. Since Harriet has moved out to Austin, I am in the market for some new old friends, so please let me know if you are local and want to hang out. I had a blast reconnecting with Dana girls at our Reunion this year!”

Ellen Carabetta Brick writes, “Lots of highlights of 2016! I got married in Wellfleet on Cape Cod over Labor Day weekend and got the opportunity to celebrate with some silver sisters, including Bridget Roche Mongeau and Christin Collins Caplan. The weekend leading up to the big day was a blast, filled with karaoke in Provincetown, cocktails at our favorite bars and a BBQ at my parents’ house with all of our favorite people. David and I were excited to have travelled to Thailand in January for our honeymoon.”

Class of 2007 Agnes Beckmann beckmann.agnes@gmail.com Hilary O’Haire hilaryeo@gmail.com Hello, dearest silver sisters! Let’s start with the unbelievable: On April 28 and 29, we’re all invited back to campus as it’s been 10

years since we were dressed in all white throwing our pennies into The Pond!

Hoping that the Class of 2007 will be there in large numbers repin’ that black and gold! As for what your classmates have been up to, on to the updates!

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Charlotte Miller is currently living in New Hampshire with her significant other Ryan, their dog Lily and cat Pandora. After a summer of hiking 1,000 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail through California and Oregon, she celebrated the wedding of her Dana roommate Megan Heimann as her maid of honor on Martha’s Vineyard this past fall!

Jacqueline O’Leary jacqueline.oleary2@gmail.com

Megan Heimann and her husband Sam on their wedding day

Megan Heimann is currently living in Baltimore, Md., in graduate school at Johns Hopkins. She lives there with her new husband Sam Richard and their fur babies Addy, Pedro and Charlie. She was married on Oct. 8 on Martha’s Vineyard. A representative from the Wood Elves of Mirkwood, Legolas, was in attendance as well as fellow 2007 Dana alumnae Alexandra Leith, Sommer Thomas and Charlotte Miller.

Christina (Tina) Margiotta writes, “I got my M.S. in management from Simmons in December! Officially a grad school alum! I hope you’ve all been well and I’ll see you in the spring at Reunion!”

As for me (Agnes Beckamnn), I’m still living in Vienna, working, studying, singing in a choir and going for runs with my pup (who isn’t so much a pup as an old man at 11 years). I’ve got plenty of space for guests for anyone who finds themselves on this side of the ocean! I hope these notes find you well, that you’re chasing your dreams, surrounded by love and laughing often!

had the chance to reunite with many of my Dana Hall best friends for a weekend at Abby Chandor’s family’s wonderful home in Kennebunkport, Maine. We had an absolute blast and plan to make it annual!

Jessica Freeman JAFreeman22@gmail.com Jacquelyn Maggiore jemaggiore@gmail.com

Nicole Suen nicolesuen0119@gmail.com Jacqueline (Jackie) O’Leary is entering her second year at Dunkin’ Brands in Canton, Mass., where she works in marketing, managing digital media strategy and execution for Dunkin’ Donuts (U.S.).

This summer she sadly ended her 4-year roommate streak with Jacquie Maggiore, though she has been enjoying time in her new condo in South Boston and happy to be living with new roommate and lifelong friend, Catherine Kellogg! This summer also marked a special O’Leary family milestone, celebrating her grandmother, Jackie Hope O’Leary ’43’s, 90th birthday with lots of family in Osterville, Mass.!

Jackie Hope O’Leary ’43’s 90th birthday party, which was celebrated with many friends and family, including granddaughter Jackie O’Leary

Nicole Suen writes, “I relocated to the UK for work in November. Please let me know if any DH girls ever visit or if you live in the area. My email is nicolesuen0119@gmail.com. Miss you all!”

Jacquelyn (Jacquie) Maggiore writes, “It has been a crazy fall so far, including attending three weddings in a row and celebrating my 27th birthday! I got my real estate broker’s license last winter and I am working at my family company where we have been super busy with new projects, including a 60-unit mixed-use development called Wakefield Station. I have continued to train and compete at Dana Hall’s Karen Stives ’68 Equestrian Center and enjoy my relaxing, early morning rides before work with my horse, Sophie. This summer I spent a lot of time in Falmouth and also

Catherine Kellogg, Jacquie Maggiore, Abby Chandor, Emily Cotter, Colby Blake, Jackie O’Leary, and Taylor Barrett in Kennebunkport, Maine

Seo-Hyung Lee writes, “I came back to Korea in the fall after studying abroad in the states for 13 years. I got a new job in Korea! Hope everyone is doing great.”

Wing Yiu Chu writes, “Still having a lovely life in Hong Kong, but I miss you all.”

Abigail Chandor writes, “I have left the fashion industry to get my master’s in elementary education and creative arts at Lesley University. My program’s focus is arts integration and arts-based learning strategies. I’m excited to finish classes in the spring and start my practicum next fall!”

Annah Nelson-Feeney writes, “I’m still at Accenture and really enjoying it there and learning a lot. I’ll be headed to APAC for my next project and am very excited to return to Asia for work!”

Caroline Tipping writes, “Since I last checked in, I’ve moved back home to Boston and have been having so much fun being back in the city. I currently am working at Athena Health with Maeghan Oberoi-Smith ’03 and Krissy Taft ’10 and I’m absolutely loving it! I have my standing Saturday shift working at my family restaurant, The Boston Sail Loft; both of my sisters—Meredith Tipping ’04, the general manager, and Courtney Tipping ’02 work there as well. Hope everyone is doing well. Be sure to stop in for a cup of chowder if you have a chance!”

Annmarie (Annie) Wazer writes, “I run marketing for a fashion tech and retail insights company, Stylitics. This fall, I got engaged to Hayden Haas from Shaker Heights, Ohio. We’re getting married next

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September in Kennebunkport, Maine!

Hayden and I live TriBeCa in New York City. We love exploring our neighborhood and taking daytrips to the Hudson Valley (we got engaged upstate in Hudson, N.Y.).

Hope everyone is doing well!”

Annie Wazer and her fiancé Hayden after getting engaged in Hudson, N.Y.

is still very close with all her Dana friends and happy that some were able to make it to the birthday party. She loves and values the closeness she and her Dana friends share, and she can’t wait for them to all move back to Boston so that they can get together more often. Kendall has a number of family members who attended Dana Hall, including her mother, aunts and cousins. Kendall and her mother love that they can share the bond of silver sisterhood together, and they really hope that one day Kaylee will be able to do the same!

Kendall Cross, her daughter Kaylee, and Kendall’s mother Kristin Mastrodicasa Cross ’85

Catherine Kellogg recently hit her two-year mark at Turbonomic (recently rebranded from VMTurbo), where she works closely with both the marketing and sales teams as a senior program manager.

This past summer, she moved in with one of her oldest and closest Dana Hall friends, Jackie O’Leary, in South Boston.

Catherine was excited to attend the graduation of her youngest sister, Molly Kellogg ’16, from Dana in May.

Class of 2009 Emily Soukas emily.soukas@gmail.com Emaline Surgenor emaline.surgenor@gmail.com Candace Taylor ctaylor5@conncoll.edu

Class of 2010

Shannon Kinch writes, “I have had such a great year! I am enjoying work and horse riding at Dana every Tuesday night. I will be showing in Ocala, Fla., again in February. I just bought myself a new car! I hope everyone is doing well.”

Paige Walker walkerp.10@gmail.com

Anastasia Kourtis is excited to attend Boston College Law School this coming fall.

Class of 2011

Catherine Minahan writes, “So excited to have made a career transition and be working at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) in Boston’s South End. My senior year at Dana Hall, I was able to spend two weeks interning at BHCHP as part of my Senior Project. I look forward to a senior from the Class of 2017 joining us at BHCHP this spring!”

Katie Jones katie.jones@student.gcd.ie Emily T. Knebel eknebel@vet.upenn.edu Kendall Cross’s daughter, Kaylee, celebrated her first birthday this past summer on July 30. It turned out to be a great day. Kendall

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Alexis Altman writes, “I am embarking on my last year of graduate school at Boston College for my master’s in social work. I am working at Franciscan Children’s Community Based Acute Treatment (CBAT), which is an intensive, short-term acute residential unit for children and adolescents ages 4–14 who are experiencing behavioral and emotional difficulties. It is a great learning experience and I am getting a little bit of everything! Hope all is well with my silver sisters!”

Class of 2012 Eleanor Giovanetti ellie.giovanetti@me.com Savannah Raiten savannah.raiten@maine.edu Katherine Higgons writes, “Having recently graduated from Tufts University, I took the summer off to travel. My dad and I went to Central Asia for a three-week tour through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in late August. While I was looking forward to trying new foods, seeing aspects of traditional cultures and visiting monuments along the Silk Road, I never expected to meet people connected with Dana Hall.

When I realized I was going to be in Almaty, Kazakhstan, I reached out to an old Dana friend, Saltanat Sultangazina.

Luckily she was visiting her family in Almaty at exactly the same time I was there! We caught up over traditional Kazakh foods and toured the city and surrounding area. We only got to hang out for two days, but it was great to see each other again and catch up. During the rest of the trip, my dad and I travelled through Central Asia with a group of 13 other people. One lady, Anne Steele Hummel ’58, and I got along very well. One night when we were discussing our old high schools, Anne and I found out that we both went to Dana! We discussed our high school experiences from different eras at the same campus; reminiscing over Bardwell, sports and our times in Wellesley, Mass. It is great to see how small the world is, to see old friends and to meet other Dana Hall alums!”

Saltanat Sultangazina and Katherine Higgons in the mountains above Almaty, Kazakhstan

Class of 2014 Sidney Bowden bowden.sidney@gmail.com

Gabriela Reichlin greichlin@suffolk.edu

Emily Kelman emilykelman@gmail.com

Ashley Rohall aer@rohall.com

Emily Martin emartin2495@gmail.com

Stephanie Wolf wolfste@sas.upenn.edu

Class of 2015 Katherine Higgons and Anne Steele Hummel ’58 met while traveling through Central Asia

Abigail Kelly Aokelly97@gmail.com

Haley Present haleybpresent@gmail.com

Luyang Liu luyangliusx@gmail.com

Ning Xie jessicaunique21@hotmail.com

Rebecca Ohman becky.ohman@verizon.net

Class of 2016

Class of 2013 Madeline Schneider madjulsch@gmail.com Claudine Humure is a senior at Wheaton College. She is studying to know how to best work with amputees and provide them with prosthetic devices.

Nicole Barros NicoleBarros31@gmail.com

Nina Langan ninalangan@icloud.com

Elsie Coen Elsie.Coen@gmail.com

Alexa Levin AlexaLevin11@gmail.com

Allie Donahue alliegirl1929@aol.com

Kat Markmann Katherinem22@gmail.com

Amanda Fontana amandalfontana@gmail.com

Hosna Seyed-Reihani Hosna.Reihani@gmail.com

Sarah Galligan SarahGalligan9@gmail.com

Macy Sullivan Macyswain4@gmail.com

Lily Garber lfGarber@barringtonb.com Abby Kaplan Amkaplan101@gmail.com

Claudine Humure and former Academic Dean Nancy Rich

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In Memoriam 1938

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Frances Edwards Godfrey 10/2/16

Emmajane DeLong 8/26/16

Andree DeMers Michels 6/7/16

Vera Rogers Lane 6/27/16

Louise (Ann) Keckeley Campbell 1/22/16

Valeria Wilkinson Sprinkle 2/8/15

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Susan Strong Wayne 5/27/16

Margaret Cox Smith 3/18/15

Eleanor (Lee) Abbott Pierson 6/12/16

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Barbara Bakewell Mustard 7/26/16

Elizabeth (Barcher) Gee Threshie 10/3/16

Susan Eichler Supriano 12/26/15

1971 Hollie Mottus Bendewald August 2016

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Priscilla Wilson Bernd 11/8/15

Barbara Smith Dunlap 2/18/15

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Margaret Underhill Doherty 7/17/16

Gillian Ryland Farrell 2/11/16

Janice Lumbert Pelzel 2/10/15

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Janice Crimmins Meagher 10/7/16

Catherine Waite Sullivan 10/21/16

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Suzanne Davids Kenworth 5/5/15

Lizabeth (Liz) Reichter Camire 8/5/16

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Ann Seeley 8/13/16

Jean Harris Whitney 8/18/16

Tsega (Mimi) Firdu 8/22/16

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Nancy Edgehill Perry 8/13/16

Marion (Bunny) Bigelow Bianchi 9/26/16

Barbara Groner Spicer 8/14/16

1943 Gloria Rhodenizer Sanders 4/8/15 Patricia Cody Squire 7/15/16

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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 Association Newton, Mass.

Kellyanne Dignan ’99 Boston, Mass.

Katherine L. Bradley Head of School

Sandra Niles P17, 19 Lee Ferguson Frechette ’81, P16, 22 Sherborn, Mass.

Wellesley, Mass.

Minou Palandjian P09, 14, 17 Wellesley, Mass.

William Foley P89, 91, 99

Sandra Lopez Burke P20 Dedham, Mass.

Jenny Ceppi P14, 17 Bedford, Mass.

Warren Cross, Jr. P11 Natick, Mass.

Editorial Board Katherine L. Bradley Head of School Liza Cohen Director of Communications Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77, P11, 13 Director of Alumnae Relations Julie Gray P07, 10 Director of Advancement Nia Hays Academic Dean Jessica Keimowitz Director of Upper School Molly Kentala Assistant Director of Communications Caroline MacNichol Director of Middle School Robert Mather Assistant Head of School Design Studio A Design www.studioadesign.com Photography Adam Richins www.adamrichins.com Printing Puritan Capital Hollis, N.H.

Jean Egan P20 Boston, Mass.

Wellesley, Mass.

Cheryl Forté ’69 Newton, Mass.

Shannah Frambes P17, 19, 22 Chair, Parents’ Association Wellesley, Mass.

T. Alexandra Gibbs ’85 Vice Chair Boston, Mass.

Jeffrey Hawkins P20 Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Blair Hendrix P19, 21 Wellesley, Mass.

Marcia Teng Ishizuka ’77 Vice Chair Tokyo, Japan Hélène Kazanjian ’78 Chair Wellesley, Mass.

Jennifer Adams Knebel ’78, P11, 13 Darien, Conn.

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

Shannon O’Keefe Redgate ’87, P22 Wellesley, Mass.

Michael Robinson P17 Brookline, Mass.

Peter Rosenberg P16 Secretary Wellesley, Mass.

John Roth P19 Treasurer Wellesley, Mass.

Katherine Saliba ’93 Somerville, Mass.

Lesley Jane Nonkin Seymour ’74 Larchmont, N.Y. William Taylor P15, 18 Wellesley, Mass.

Lisa Unsworth P15 Newton, Mass.

Kathy Whelan P01 Boston, Mass.

Raquel Lachman ’98 Brooklyn, N.Y. The Dana Bulletin is published twice a year by Dana Hall School. Notification of change of address may be sent to Dana Hall School, Advancement Office, 45 Dana Road, P.O. Box 9010, Wellesley, MA 02482-9010.

On the Front Cover: This fall, Dana Hall welcomed new Head of School Katherine L. Bradley (center) and a new fifth grade class. Read Bradley’s remarks from her Installation on page 17, and learn more about life in the fifth grade on page 22. Photo by Adam Richins.

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.

A Space for Creativity and Innovation Dana Hall’s new makerspace located in the basement of the Upper School Classroom Building opened in Sept. 2016.

The project was funded with proceeds from last May’s Blue & White Night. A makerspace is a physical location where people gather to share resources and knowledge, work on projects, network and build. Students and faculty are using the new space for self-directed learning, with tools and raw materials that support invention.

Art, technology, engineering and design classes all utilize the space, including Anita Lavakumar’s Principles in Engineering, Michael Frassinelli’s ArtLAB and Cyndi Guerard’s Middle School technology classes.

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Reunion Weekend APRIL 28-30, 2017

Classes celebrating a milestone reunion: ’67, ’72, ’77, ’82, ’87, ’92, ’97, ’02, ’07 and ’12 WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS Friday • Archives Open House • Student home games: lacrosse, tennis and softball • Special 50th Welcome for the Class of 1967 • “Dinner by the Bite” Reunion Welcome Reception for all classes • Individual Class Reunion Gatherings/Dinners Saturday • She Sails 2017! See details inside the Bulletin.

• Dragon Camp (child care for children 3+) • Alumnae Art Show Wine and Cheese Reception • Young Alumnae Champagne Toast in SPREAD rooms • Traditional Reunion Banquet and Alumnae Awards Sunday • Alumnae Memorial Service

For information about the weekend schedule, accommodations and how to help plan your class activities, visit www.danahall.org/reunion17 or contact Director of Alumnae Relations Corinne Corrigan Daniels ’77 at (781) 489-1369 or corinne.daniels@danahall.org.

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