Collection Magazine, Summer 2015

Collection The mAgAzine of friendS SchooL of BALTimore

Summer 2015

A moment in the Spotlight A cappella group Pleiades opens for Jay Leno at The Lyric

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edCamp is student-led learning at its finest

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passionate journalists raise QUAKER QUILL’S profile

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Cultivating robotiCs through after-sChool play

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FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

mAgAzine Published twice a year by friends School of Baltimore. matthew micciche Head of School Bonnie hearn Assistant Head for Finance and Operations Ashley Principe Director of Development Stephanie mcLoughlin Director of Marketing and Communications Karen dates dunmore ’82 Director of Admission and Community Outreach heidi Blalock Director of Communications Kate maskarinec Alumni Director meg Whiteford Annual Fund Director Lisa Pitts ’70 Capital Campaign Manager heidi Bichler-harris, Virginia Layfield, erica mundell Development Office Staff miSSion STATemenT Founded in 1784, Friends School of Baltimore provides a coeducational, college preparatory program guided by the Quaker values of truth, equality, simplicity, community and peaceful resolution of conflict. By setting high standards of excellence for a diverse and caring community, Friends seeks to develop in each student the spiritual, intellectual, physical and creative strengths to make a positive contribution to the world.

Recognizing that there is that of God in each person, the School strives in all its programs, policies and affairs to be an institution that exemplifies the ideals of the Religious Society of Friends.

If this issue is mailed to a son or daughter who no longer maintains a permanent address at your home, please notify us of the new address by emailing alumni@friendsbalt.org or by calling 410.649.3205. Thank you! design Mid-Atlantic Media Printing J.H. Furst Co. cover photo Jen Rynda. Reprinted with permission of The Baltimore Sun. All rights reserved.

Photography Rick Lippenholz, Justin Tsucalas and members of the School community.

Please recycle. correcTion: On page 9 of the Winter 2015 Special Edition, COLLECTION incorrectly identified Tim Hearn’s graduation year. He is, in fact, a proud member of the Class of 1978.

We regret the error.

from The heAd of SchooL In his book “Creating Innovators,” Harvard professor Tony Wagner traces the formative experiences of a sampling of social and financial entrepreneurs, groundbreaking scientific thinkers, and technology whiz kids. In the process, he explores three common qualities he discovered while studying their development: play, passion, and purpose. In recent years, an expanding body of research has confirmed what educators have long intuited — that passion is a key ingredient in powerful and enduring learning. The intrinsic motivation that accompanies genuine interest in a topic has a magnifying impact on the development of mastery and knowledge. In this edition of COLLECTION, we highlight a few examples of the passionate learning taking place at Friends and the role that passion plays in our students’ and our faculty’s growth.

I found myself in the midst of such inspired teachers and learners during the Lower School’s recent KidEd Camp (see p. 2). As two fourth graders patiently and repeatedly explained to me the proper technique for folding paper cranes, their pride in passing along this knowledge was clearly evident. Down the hall and throughout the Lower School, similar scenes were taking place, as students engaged their peers on a range of subjects, sharing their knowledge and in the process deepening their own reserves of creativity, curiosity, empathy and resilience.

Technology, ingenuity and our increasing understanding of the role that deep engagement plays in learning have led my colleagues on the faculty to incorporate greater student choice at many stages of a Friends education. Whether in the form of Upper School English and history electives, the 8th grade Documentary Project or the 2nd grade animal research project, we’ve found that when students have the added investment that accompanies real choice, they work harder, retain more information and perform at higher levels than would otherwise be the case. Wagner affirms the connection between passion and performance in “Creating Innovators,” writing that, “In more than one 150 interviews for this book — lengthy conversations with scores of innovators and their parents, teachers, and mentors — passion was the most frequently occurring word.”

It happens that one of the remarkable young innovators Wagner highlights in his book is Shanna Tellerman (pictured), a member of the Friends School Class of 1999, and this year’s Commencement speaker. In a memorable and stirring speech to the Class of 2015 and those gathered in their honor, Shanna, who is C.E.O., founder and director of Pencil & Pixel, Inc. and Sim Ops Studios, described her own journey as a learner and named the “three fears” she had to overcome to achieve her objectives: the fear of failure, the fear of taking an unknown path, and the fear of being different. Not surprisingly, it was her passion — for art, for technology, and for helping others — that gave her the strength and determination to surmount those fears and make her mark on the world. It’s exciting for all of us to imagine that every day on our campus a new generation of Shanna Tellermans are discovering, exploring, and deepening their passions, and preparing to do the work that the world will need from them.

Best wishes,

Matthew Micciche Head of School

SUMMER 2015

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6 2. Kid EdCamp is student-led learning at its finest Lower Schoolers in April shared their passions and interests during a day of student-led workshops.

10. Well Read

20. Alumni Profile

Lower School Librarian John Scott adds Newbery Award selection committee to his growing list of honors.

At Boston’s St. Botolph Club, John Mears ’67 spends a lively afternoon with poet, journalist and human rights activist Rose Burgunder Styron ’46.

12. Off to work!

4. Raising the bar “This work, at its best, reflects our core values of truth and equality by seeking diverse voices,” says Katrina Keegan ’15, the Quaker Quill’s intrepid editor-in-chief.

6. Friends School a cappella group has moment in the spotlight For one glorious night at The Lyric, the Pleiades open for comedian Jay Leno and bring the house down.

8. RoboFriends From Lower School to Upper, students are designing and engineering robots for fun and competition.

Seniors spend the month of May off-campus, participating in a range of internships.

Here’s a sampling from the Class of 2015.

22. Alumni Gatherings Friends hosted springtime gatherings in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and California

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14. Throw, swing, catch, pass!

A compendium of spring athletics captured in words and photos. Go Quakers!

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16. On Setting the Stage and

Fifth grade teacher Jeanine Bitner was “brilliant and strict,” says her good friend and colleague, Claire Ebeling.

Surpassing Expectations Board Chair Bill White and Campaign Co-chair Tim Hearn ’78 reflect on a banner year.

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circLe of friendS

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9. Coincidence? Hardly

18. Generations at Friends

The Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra includes a wealth of Friends musicians, says Sara Franklin Rollfinke.

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Kid EdCamp is student-led learning at its finest

BY JUDY SANDLER, THIRD GRADE TEACHER

it fun, call it collaborative, call it an unconference … just don’t call it a day off! Kid EdCamp returned to the Lower School in April, offering some 50 different student-led sessions on everything from story writing to bird watching, yo-yoing and Minecraft.

“It was so uplifting to witness our children moving from one session to the next with such positive energy,” says fourth grade teacher Jillien Lakatta. “This all stems from the idea that students had their own choices and felt ownership of the day.

Usually, it’s the teachers who run the show.”

Increasingly popular at educational conferences, EdCamps provide a forum for teachers to come together for informal peer-led sessions on different topics of interest. Examples from recent EdCamps include: “We Taught Sixth Graders Quantum Physics with Dance” (Miller Rothlein, Edcamp Philly 2012) and “Writing in the

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After learning chess fundamentals, edcampers get busy playing.

Quinn ’23 leads a session on drawing with charcoal.

Digital Age” (Toshi Carleton, Edcamp Leadership British Columbia 2012). Any person attending an EdCamp may sign up for a session, and all participants are encouraged to follow “the rule of two feet” by moving between sessions as their interest in a subject waxes or wanes.

Fifth grade teacher Heidi Hutchison has attended and organized EdCamps for fellow educators and felt confident the model would work well with children. In 2014, she spearheaded the Lower School’s first Kid EdCamp to rave reviews. This year, several of us, including John Scott, Andy Hanes, Jillien Lakatta and me, joined Heidi in planning the day.

Afterward edcamp organizers gathered students and faculty to reflect on the day—what worked, what didn’t work and what they’d like to explore at the next edcamp.

organizing the children into various teaching spaces over three 40-minute sessions. Our earlier Kid EdCamp had taught us valuable lessons. We knew, for example, that you can’t have 200 kids standing in front of a sign-up board all at once. This time around, Mr. Scott devised

“sometimes you have to go with the flow. you can plan it out, but sometimes — tara smith Wallace ’24 it doesn’t work.”

Because the program is student-led, the process naturally begins with the students’ ideas. We reached out to our third, fourth and fifth graders, inviting them to submit lesson plans, complete with materials and activities that would engage a class of mixed-aged, Lower School and Pre-Primary children. Once the sessions were approved and the presenters selected, the campers signed up for their top three choices and we tackled the schedule,

a system in which students attach sticky notes to blank schedule templates, and it worked like a charm.

Whether children chose to teach or attend sessions, habits of mind such as empathy, resilience, curiosity, creativity and reflection naturally come into play.

Third grader Tara Smith Wallace led a session on how to draw Marvel comics.

“At first, we didn’t know what to do, but then we turned the session into a guessing

game and it got really fun,” she says.

“Sometimes you have to go with the flow.

You can plan it out, but sometimes it doesn’t work.”

“It’s amazing to watch,” says Lower School Principal Michelle Holland, who, like most of the faculty, observed classes from a distance, keeping the focus on the children. “We try so hard to carefully craft lessons that bring these qualities to light, and here they are in EdCamp, without even trying.”

Jennifer Robinson, Assistant Director of Library and Information Services, concurs.

“EdCamp encourages student to employ critical thinking, communication and collaboration. I love the authenticity of their learning.”

Although EdCamp presents logistical challenges for the planners, it is well worth the effort. Plans are already underway for our third annual Kid EdCamp next April.

“EdCamp encourages students to take leadership roles by celebrating their passions and interests with others,” says Heidi Hutchison. “It is self-directed learning at its best ... what could be better?” FS

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Raising the bar— QUILL EDITOR KATRINA KEEGAN’S ’15 PASSION FOR JOURNALISM IS EVIDENT

“Hi! I’m Katrina, the Editor-in-Chief of the Quill. The only issue during my time in high school that did not include an article of mine was the one that came out first day of freshman year.”

Katrina Keegan ’15 (center) with assistant editor charlie Blake ’15 and online editor nina dietz ’16.

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he first two lines of senior Katrina Keegan’s bio, found on the Quaker Quill website (thequakerquill.org), speak volumes about her commitment to journalism and to her community. The talented and multifaceted writer, Mock Trial co-head and Russian linguist (more on that later) set the bar high this year for herself and her staff, and by all accounts, exceeded those expectations.

“She’s a very serious kid, and she felt it was time for an update,” says Erin Hall ’98,

Upper School art teacher and Quill faculty advisor, of Keegan’s decision to expand coverage this year from six issues to nine, all while providing readers with more in-depth coverage of Friends’ educational program.

For a special “State of Academics” series that ran in February (see below), Keegan assigned staff reporters in December to cover the major academic areas — English, math, science, history, foreign language and character education — and even deployed a team of researchers to assist in gathering necessary data.

Reflecting on the “inner world” of the Quill and her time as its leader, Keegan in April penned her final letter from the editor: “The Quill’s purpose is to teach respect: for deadlines, for commitments, for a topic, for the staff members impacted

by every decision, for the paper, for the work of journalism. This work, at its best, reflects our core values of truth and equality by seeking diverse voices. The process, however, is equally important. It is a demonstration of our integrity, community and stewardship.”

This fall Keegan will begin a gap year from the University of Chicago, where she was awarded a full-ride Stamps Leadership Scholarship for all four years, in order to participate in a National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship to study Russian language in Moldova. “I will be living with a host family and attending language classes with other students in the group of roughly 18 American program participants,” she says. “I'm extremely excited to be going.”

THE QUAKER QUILL: STATE OF ACADEMICS SERIES English: Skills Through Content Katrina Keegan ’15, Editor-in-Chief Unlike any of the other core subject areas, two English courses can have the same title, be equally rigorous and, at first glance, seem to teach nothing the same. The readings could be philosophy or watching a TV episode, the assignments could vary from poster projects to creative nonfiction, the teaching style could include silent discussions on the board and traditional lectures on grammar. This freedom makes English exciting to teach, but it also means that the value of every minute spent in class or on homework can be hotly debated. Ms. Berkeley, English Department Chair, even calls English “a discipline at war with itself.” … In order to graduate with a Friends diploma, students are required to take four full years of English, a requirement stricter than for any other discipline.

Yet no two Friends students learn exactly the same things.

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Let’s take two example students. Both took 9th and 10th grade English, reading a diverse sample of mostly novels and plays. They wrote some essays. They had class discussions. Now the paths of the two students diverge.

One reads “Hamlet,” Ibsen plays, “Frankenstein” and a variety of short stories. The other studies gender, tackles a social justice issue, makes a movie and writes personal essays. No one would disagree that the first student has had an English education. Some people, including the National Collegiate Athletic Association, would determine that most of the second student’s courses do not count as an “English” requirement. This is the joy and danger of a system like ours, which has two years of electives … read more: go to thequakerquill.org and type “SoA english” in the search box.

Foreign Language: Engaging with the World Through Languages Connor Hardy ’16, Community Section Editor The Friends Upper School requires students to take a foreign language in order to graduate, so the struggles and rewards of foreign language study are shared by students in the community. The School offers students the choice between Spanish, French, Russian and Latin … According to department chair Ms. Hand, “One cannot become a global citizen without learning to speak another language.” By studying language in school, students take the first steps towards fluency, although fluency is by no means required to complete language requirements. The individual motivation and passion that students feel or don’t feel for the language is essential to their proficiency and growth.

The language program at Friends allows students to gain language skills that have the potential to be very useful in the real world. By learning another language, students have the ability to connect to other cultures and make connections with people who may have lives vastly different from those of Friends students. Foreign language study is a way for Friends School students to expand their worldview. read more: go to thequakerquill.org and type “SoA Languages” in the search box.

Science: Keeping Up with a Changing World Kira Barrett ’16, Layout Editor The science teachers are all united under a common agreement.

History: Learning How to Learn Anna Fedder ’16, Writer The structure of history classes in the Upper School has changed dramatically over the past several years … from the typical approach of memorizing dates to a writing-based style … As a result of this change, a class can discuss the importance of United States allies during the Revolutionary War as well as in World War II in the same 70-minute class period. … In fact, since these specific names and dates can be found online almost instantaneously, the school teaches how to use the content that is written in books to think critically and gain a genuine understanding of the importance of the material … Conversations with several freshmen revealed that they generally enjoy the class, and what challenges them is the writing that they are assigned. The general consensus from sophomores is not as positive, however. They feel they are not learning as much as they did [freshman] year and it seems they are overwhelmed by the amount of projects.

Juniors are more adjusted to the amount of analytical work, and many are actually glad that history is approached more thematically, especially when they hear of the history classes of friends at other schools that require memorization. This appreciation is felt by seniors as well. Before coming to Friends, Dori Chaput ’15 had little experience regarding history, but over the past years, she has been able to gain a better understanding of the material because of the “creative liberty,” which allows her to explore a given topic more deeply. Ultimately, Dori explained, “Once I experienced a project-based history curriculum, I realized that I actually did enjoy learning about history.” read more: go to thequakerquill.org and type “SoA history” in the search box.

“It is important to be able to understand the workings of the natural world and to recognize the moral and ethical obligations associated with science and society.” … Science is different than history; new developments and discoveries are constantly occurring. It is the responsibility of the Science Department to update the curriculum correspondingly … Another task of the department is trying to balance content and skills in the classroom. A big question is, “What skills do we think a Friends School science student should leave with?”

Ms. Watts, department head, says she thinks we have the content part down, but we are still struggling with the skills half … The recommended science track at Friends is Environmental Science, Biology, Chemistry, and then Physics. However, many students diverge from this path. (About 75-80 percent of students follow the recommended track, according to Ms. Watts.) The Science Department has to make sure that regardless they are still getting the basic skills they need to go on to college science courses. There has been talk of a STEM class, where students would focus solely on science skills and do individual research. But “that is a oneman job,” says Ms. Watts, “and right now we do not have the staff.” But hopefully the department is heading in that direction. “Everybody is saying now that you don’t need to teach the content, per se,” says Watts, “but you need to get students out and teach them with real-life experiences.”

With a well-rounded staff, a strong curriculum, and numerous elective courses, the Upper School Math Department is centered on a detailed philosophy: “To learn mathematics is to learn to think.” … [T]his core idea remains the constant focus of each department member. Each teacher has their own unique style … The Friends Math Department currently follows a Calculus track, where students learn skills in 9th and 10th grades so they can learn Calc as an upperclassman…The calculus track seems to be the right choice for Friends School because it meets college standards, but it is not always the best choice for each student. That is why Friends offers several math elective courses, including Statistics, Java, Discrete Math and Finance …

Despite the varied teaching styles and numerous elective courses, students do have complaints. One sophomore complained that classes are too “algorithm based,” so students don’t understand how the problem works, only how to solve it … [A] senior declared, “I don’t think geometry is a yearlong course.” If geometry were shortened to a semester or less, the top students could get to math beyond Calculus 2. Still, there is more positive feedback for the math department than criticism. [T]he math department has proven itself through students’ successes. Friends consistently scores higher than neighboring independent schools on math sections of standardized tests like the SAT or ACT. There are also many graduates each year who go on to prestigious tech universities to study math.

read more: go to thequakerquill.org andtype “SoA Science” in the search box.

read more: go to thequakerquill.org and type “SoA math” in the search box. FS

Math: Finding the Right Track for Math Max Rollfinke ’17, News and Features Editor

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a cappella group has moment in the spotlight

BY LARRY PERL

Baltimore Messenger reporter Reprinted with permission of The Baltimore Sun. All rights reserved.

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earing black dresses and high heels, 12 Friends School students stood star-struck Jan. 22 as a comedian with thick gray hair and a cheery smile strode up to them and shook their hands in a meetand-greet room at the Lyric Opera House.

“Are you the opening act?” asked former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno. “Hi, guys.

How are you?”

After posing for photos with Leno, the students, members of Friends School’s all-girls a cappella group, Pleiades, sang for 20 minutes before a full house that included their families and friends. They drew hearty applause for their performance of songs that ranged from The Beatles’ “I Will” to Lorde’s “Royals.”

Then, they got front-row seats for Leno’s show.

“I felt so famous,” said junior Tilly Cornblatt, of Reisterstown.

How the young singers came to open for

Leno is a story about serendipity and their own talent. But it’s also a story about a student-run, self-taught group, with no faculty advisor and no place to practice, that organizes its own auditions, does its own arrangements and has flourished since its founding in the early 1990s, even as students graduate from school and the group’s membership changes from year to year.

And it’s a story about how a chance comment by Elizabeth Makris, of Timonium, the group’s lone freshman, landed the girls the biggest gig of their lives — and gave them a taste of a bigger spotlight than their upcoming Valentine’s Day performance for the school community.

Makris came home one day last fall and told her mother, Chrissey, and her godmother, Nicoletta Macris (no relation), that she had been accepted into an a cappella group. As luck would have it, Nicoletta Macris, who is public relations and marketing director of The Lyric Opera House, had been looking for an a cappella group to open for Leno, whose agent

LefT: members of the all-girl a cappella group Pleiades pose with comedian and former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno at The Lyric opera house on Jan. 22.

ToP: The Pleiades include, back row, Kira Barrett ’16, connor hardy ’16, delia hatten ’17, Kayleigh ford ’17, Julianne mcfarland ’17, emilia halvorsen ’15, elizabeth makris ’18; front row, Anna fedder ’16, Tilly cornblatt ’16, Anne marie green ’16, Allie Burrows ’17, uma Scharf ’15. (reprinted with permission of The Baltimore Sun. All rights reserved.)

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often books high school singing groups as opening acts for the comedian when he performs.

“I told her I’d gotten into the group,” said Elizabeth Makris, 14. “She said she was looking for an a cappella group to open for Jay Leno. I was like, ‘OK.’” “That’s what he wanted,” Nicoletta Macris said. “It was total serendipity.”

Now, group members dare to dream of future gigs that could help them make a name for themselves.

Junior Kira Barrett, of Mount Washington, said Leno is the group’s hero.

“He’s given us our shot,” she said.

Formed in the early 1990s, Pleiades, pronounced Plee-ah-dees, took its name from a cluster of stars known as the Seven Sisters.

“There were seven of us” who started the group, said Elizabeth Clifton, who was Elizabeth Leonard when she co-founded Pleiades with classmates Caroline Mallonnee and Elise Pittenger.

All three have chosen careers in music.

Clifton, now, 39, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., teaches music in an independent early childhood development program and last year started her own a cappella group for women.

Mallonee is a composer in Buffalo, N.Y., and Pittenger is a cellist for the Orquestra Filarmonica de Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Clifton said she had no great expectations for Pleiades, other than as a fun pastime.

“I found so much pleasure in it when I was in upper school,” she said, adding that she wouldn’t have known the group was still in existence if she hadn’t heard about them opening for Leno.

“I am so proud of you,” she wrote on Facebook.

“Pleiades remains a magnet for many Friends students.

“We all like to sing,” said sophomore Allie Burrows, of Guilford.

They also like the autonomy of the group, which is informally led by seniors like Emelia Halvorsen, of Roland Park.

“We don’t have a teacher telling us what to do,” said junior Connor Hardy, of Baltimore’s Otterbein neighborhood.

That means the group is on its honor to practice regularly, usually on Sundays at a member’s house, when they still have homework to do for school.

“It can be a little bit stressful,” said sophomore Julianne McFarland, of Roland Park.

This year, it has been even more challenging, because Forbush Auditorium, the school’s performing arts center, is closed for major renovations.

For Pleiades, “It’s a logistical challenge,” said school spokeswoman Heidi Blalock.

“It’s been a year of trying to be resourceful.”

The girls practice where they can, even under a staircase at school.

“There’s good acoustics there,” McFarland said.

“I feel like we can practice anywhere,” said Barrett.

Despite the challenges, the girls remain committed and flexible — especially junior Anne Marie Green, of Towson. She doubles as the group’s “beat boxer,” cupping her hands around a microphone during some songs and providing rhythmic vocal percussion, making noises that sound like drumbeats. She even took lessons from Burrows’ brother, James, 12, a student at the Lab School of Baltimore.

“We’re very passionate about the group,” said Burrows, who joined as a freshman. “I feel like I’m obsessed.”

They jumped at the chance to open for Leno, but not without a few cases of nerves before the show.

“I get nervous when we do convocations in front of the school,” Green said.

“I haven’t really registered it yet,” said sophomore Kayleigh Ford, of Towson.

Even Halvorsen, the senior, was nervous as the girls milled about their dressing room at The Lyric [on the night of the show], doing a last-minute run-through of the Amy Winehouse song “Valerie.”

Some were already in their high heels; others still in flat shoes and boots.

“It’s starting to sink in,” Halvorsen said, wringing her hands.

poised and lively, snapping their fingers, their voices rising and falling in harmony.

“We’re so grateful to be here,” Halvorsen told the audience.

At the intermission, one man was overheard saying to another, “Talented group of high school students, don’t you think?”

The next day, back at school, they talked excitedly about meeting Leno, their big-time debut, their plans for the future and how the experience toughened them up and brought them closer together.

“I doubt we’ll be nervous after this,” said McFarland.

They were proud of how they performed their songs.

“Are you the opening act?” asked former “tonight show” host jay leno. “Hi, guys.

How are you?”

Then they were off to meet Leno and hobnob with big names locally, like Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and his wife, Jill.

“That was crazy,” Barrett said as she headed backstage.

Halvorsen managed to take a photo with her cellphone of Leno’s back and the side of her own face.

“It’s a great selfie,” she said, “We’re friends.”

Twenty minutes later, audience members were settling into their seats, except for Green’s mother, Lynn, who regaled a reporter with the story of how her daughter jumped up on a table at age 5 and announced, “I’m going to sing you a song that I wrote.”

Her daughter being onstage at the Lyric, she said, “doesn’t surprise me at all.”

Then, the lights dimmed and an announcer said, “We’d like you to put your hands together for the Pleiades group.”

And out they came,

“We killed them,” Cornblatt declared.

As for the future, they were looking forward to their annual Valentine’s Day concert with the Quaker school’s male a cappella group, the Quaketones, as well as a scheduled upper school spring choral concert on April 9.

But they were looking to a possibly bigger future. They were already posting concert footage online.

“Now, they need to get an agent,” Blalock said.

“We hope something more comes of it,” said Barrett. “But in the meantime we’re just celebrating.”

If nothing else, said Halvorsen, it would be a highlight of her senior year, or at least until graduation.

“It’s like the perfect memory to leave with,” she said. FS

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RoboFriends top by any Friends division after school one day; chances are you’ll find groups of boys and girls, splayed out with computers and gadgets, engrossed in building and programming machines. It’s not the work of mad scientists; the students are participating in School-sponsored FIRST robotics clubs.

Short for “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology,” FIRST is an educational nonprofit that offers technology and robotics challenges, leagues and competitions designed for children in kindergarten through 12th grade, including FIRST Tech Challenge (grades 7 to 12), FIRST LEGO League (grades 4 to 8) and Junior FIRST LEGO League (grades K to 3).

“There is huge student and parent demand for robotics,” says Librarian John Scott, who, with support from fellow Lower School parents, including Sharon Beach, Katherine Jenkins, Anita Sampath, Melanie Andrews, Sheila Chamberlin, Kathleen Bogusky and Bill Mack, has been running a weekly after-school club for approximately 40 children in grades 2 through 5.

“Our club is a part of the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) and JrFLL, which provides the challenges and the structure,” adds Scott. “The students lead, most especially in the older group, and collaborate to build

STUDENTS AT EVERY LEVEL ARE DESIGNING AND ENGINEERING ROBOTS

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Lower Schoolers set up the course for their robot to maneuver.

LEGO models and attempt to program them to accomplish specific tasks.”

In the Upper School, three teams participated in this year’s Maryland FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), designing, programming and building robots for competition in a game called “Cascade Effect.” Two of the students’ robots made it to the state championships held Feb. 28 at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. Although the Friends teams did not advance in the competition, three freshmen — Imani White, Gray Blanchard and Daniel Gittelsohn — took up the gauntlet this spring and designed two robots for a June competition sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University Laboratory for Computational Science and Robotics. One of the robots (left) won first place in the “Robot Dance” category and also claimed the “Audience Choice” award.

Middle Schoolers are also getting in on the robotics action. Science teachers Andy Spawn and Ellen Weis, with support from Middle School parents, gather twice weekly during the school year, supporting students as they design and program robots to complete a variety of tasks. Like the Lower Schoolers, the Middle School

Robotics Club uses FIRST LEGO League challenges as inspiration behind many of its activities. “We purchased the rules and the materials but we’re not entering the competitions yet,” he says. “They’re having lots of fun and learning a lot, too.”

“There is huge student and parent demand for robotics.”

— John Scott Regardless of their age and abilities, Friends’ thriving after-school Robotics Clubs provide students with additional opportunities outside the classroom to problem-solve in a collaborative environment. “There’s so much involved in designing and building a robust product that can meet a set of functions,” says David Heath, listing off, “ … logistics, testing and more testing, creating the engineer notebook, budgets, outreach and service … so it draws on lots of different interests and strengths.

“And it’s fun. After all, it’s a club!” FS

Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra includes a wealth of Friends musicians: Coincidence? Hardly.

BY SARA FRANKLIN ROLLFINKE

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hat does a typical teenager do on a Sunday afternoon? Perhaps finish their homework, catch up on a favorite Netflix show or join some friends for a friendly pick-up game? If you’re a member of the BSYO, however, you will most likely be hard at work in a rigorous three-hour rehearsal, perfecting your performance of works by composers such as Tchaikovsky, Mahler and Strauss.

The BSYO, or Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra, is comprised of three orchestral ensembles, including over 200 of the MidAtlantic region’s best young musicians: The YO, or Youth Orchestra, is the most advanced group, made up of students in grades 10 through 12. The CO, or Concert Orchestra, is the middle group, with students ranging from grades 7 through 10. The SO, or String Orchestra, is comprised of young string players, age 8 to grade 6. Students audition in late spring and are required to prepare a series of scales and assigned orchestral selections as well as a solo piece of their choice.

Friends School is well-represented in the orchestras, with eight students participating.

In the YO, musicians include Bo Brand ’15, cello, Maria Park ’15, Matt Musachio ’16 and Max Jacobs ’17, violin, and Max Rollfinke ’17, trumpet. The CO includes Sam Little ’17 and Renée Audette ’18, violin, and Leah Dumaine ’20, viola. BSYO operations manager Alicia Kosack notes that while there are “a few schools with groups of four or five kids and a couple that have a few more than Friends, including Dulaney High School (11), Ridgely Middle School (9) and Towson High School (9),” Friends is near the top for student participation in the orchestras, which is notable given our relatively small size compared to these large public schools.

Preparation may be one reason for this.

Friends students begin playing an instrument in third grade and are encouraged to continue through Upper School, where they often

clockwise from top: max Jacobs ’17, max rollfinke ’17, reneé Audette ’18, matt musachio ’16, maria Park ’15, Sam Little ’17 and Bo Brand ’15. missing from photo: Leah dumaine ’20.

supplement in-day instruction from Kirsten Walsh, John Gifford and Michael McVey, respectively, the School’s dedicated Orchestra, Band and Choral Music Directors, with after-school private music lessons.

“Mrs. Walsh is very supportive, and at the same time understands in which areas I need to improve,” says senior Maria Park, who plays first violin at Friends. “Her feedback on my playing and suggestions on how to relax during auditions and performances prepared me well for the BSYO.” Sophomore Max Rollfinke views his time in the Upper School Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band, and the individual feedback he receives from John Gifford, as integral in his preparation.

He also takes music theory with Michael McVey, noting, “I often have to transpose from F trumpet to Bb trumpet, which means going a perfect fifth up on each pitch. Learning key signatures and intervals in [that] class has made this process easier.”

One unique feature of the BSYO is that it is the only youth orchestra in the nation that has

direct ties with a professional orchestra. In addition to weekly rehearsals in the spacious and modern George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, BSYO musicians participate in sectionals — rehearsals with only violins, only violas, only trumpets and so on — led by BSO musicians; they also enjoy side-by-side rehearsals with the BSO on the Meyerhoff stage as well as opportunities to participate in intensive chamber music classes and access to exclusive BSO performances.

BSYO conductors are demanding and hold high expectations for their young musicians, many of whom practice from 30 to 90 minutes a day. “The best thing about being a part of an orchestra such as the BSYO is that you get to collaborate with friends who play a diverse assortment of instruments to create something beautiful,” says Maria Park. “It’s like playing a team sport with various positions assigned to different people, except for the fact that you’re not competing against anyone — everyone’s on the same team with the same purpose: to make good music.” FS

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WELL READ: LOWER SCHOOL LIBRARIAN JOHN SCOTT ADDS NEWBERY SELECTION COMMITTEE TO HIS GROWING LIST OF HONORS

Lower School Librarian John Scott has been selected to serve on the 2016 Newbery Award Committee, a prestigious honor and what many consider the top children’s book award. Scott, who joined Friends in 2005, previously served on the selection committee for the 2010 Caldecott Medal, given to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. “After Caldecott I never imagined I would be nominated to serve on the Newbery Committee,” he shares. “This is truly one of those ‘bucket list’ experiences.” As part of his duties, Scott says he will be reading “the best and some of the worst and EVERYTHING in between” of children’s literature published in 2015. Collection spoke with Scott about his appointment, how he approaches his new duties and his enduring passion for children’s literature.

first off, John, congratulations on this latest honor. Where were you and what was your reaction when you received the news that you had been selected to the 2016 newbery Award committee?

JS: Thank you! I was in the Lower School Library late in the afternoon on Tuesday, Nov. 11. My son Robby (’21) was with me and I started shouting “NO WAY! NO WAY!” Having been fortunate enough to serve on Caldecott 2010, I simply couldn’t believe that I was selected again. I continue to feel extremely lucky that this honor has come my way. how does one become a candidate for consideration to the newbery committee? describe the process and the timeline.

JS: There are two ways to get on the Newbery Committee. It is a group of 15 – one person is appointed chair. Seven are elected by the membership of the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), a division of ALA (the American Library Association). The other half of the group is appointed. I was in the appointed group. I truly don’t know what I did to be so honored.

By your estimation, how many books will you read in the lead up to the newbery Award selection?

JS: The award is for the most distinguished book written for children in the year 2015. The age range is birth to 14 years of age. The author must be American or a legal resident of the United States. That is a HUGE amount of books to

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Librarian John Scott with author Jacqueline Woodson, whose 2015 memoir “Brown girl dreaming” was one of the year’s most honored books.

consider. From past committee members I have

confidentiality concerns I can’t put anything in

heard that the number is 400 to 500 books. I

writing. Anyone who wants to see some of the

really need to get to work if I am going to get

great titles that have been published so far this

to 400. Thank goodness summer is here!

year can come and check out titles on our “Newbery or Not?” shelves in the Lower School

Are you willing to share some of your favorite titles?

JS: I actually can’t put anything in writing about what I have read so far and what I have liked. I have talked with students and teachers who are reading with me on this exciting journey and have recommended lots of great books, but due to

Library. There are also some great blogs out there about children’s books (one by our own librarian/parent Paula Willey) and some, like Heavy Medal, a mock Newbery blog, that are dedicated to analyzing Newbery contenders.

They are fun ways to check in with what’s out there in the running for the Newbery.

how does your work on the newbery selection committee impact your work with students and faculty here at friends?

JS: I hope it’s a really rich experience for all of us.

Publishers donate the books to me and, [once I have read them] I donate them to Friends for the students and teachers. I keep feedback sheets in the books so I can hear from other readers as they enjoy the new titles. I also hope to form a mock Newbery club in the fall, with a shortlist of titles (not chosen by me as that would breach the confidentiality of the process) so that students and teachers can read and experience the rich conversation that this type of deliberation can engender. how has your experience on the caldecott medal shaped your work on the newbery Award committee?

JS: My greatest lesson from that earlier experience actually ties in well with our Quaker practices: I learned that process works. When the group gathers for thoughtful conversation and all take on the role of participant in both sharing and actively listening, a greater wisdom is achieved.

With the sheer volume of titles to consider — picture books, novels, nonfiction, poetry … most over 250 pages — you simply have to trust the group to catch all the good ones and to throw the net as wide as possible as we search for the most distinguished books of the year.

What are some of the differences and similarities between the two groups?

JS: The Newbery Group has only met once (in Chicago during the great blizzard in early February!) — and I will know a lot more about its members after I go to San Francisco for our annual conference in June — but what I can tell you about this group is that they are great readers! Every month we get to suggest two to three titles to one another. If you’ve ever had the experience of having someone recommend a book to you that was great, imagine 14 other people doing that for you each month! I have had the best reads of my life this year. Maybe it is the pressure to read nonstop, but the variety and formats of what I’ve read since the start of 2015 have been outstanding.

The Lower School has had several notable authors visit this year, among them Jarrett Krosoczka, Peter Brown, roland Smith and Jacqueline Woodson. how has your role on caldecott and newbery helped shape our visiting authors program?

JS: Well, it’s certainly made me more of a pest, that’s for sure. I used my service on Caldecott 2010 to bring that year’s winner, Jerry Pinkney, to Friends. He doesn’t do school visits but I was very persistent and won the day on that. The same for one of that year’s honorees, Pamela Zagarenski. I plan on being the same pest after the Newbery winner and honorees are announced and getting them to Friends in the coming year! Next year the Middle and Lower Schools will host the 2015 Newbery Medalist, Kwame Alexander, whose Medal-winning book, “The Crossover,” is being read widely this summer and will also be taught this fall. Tracy Thompson in the Middle School coordinated this visit and it is a huge honor to have him join us. Then, back by popular demand, Jack Gantos, a Newbery medalist and honoree will be with us in April. He spent a day working with our students in 2009.

Throw the doors wide open and let the young person know that reading is so important and you want to share that powerful experience with them. Read out loud to your readers long, long after they are able to read on their own.

Who has been your favorite visiting author and why?

JS: This year? That’s hard – they all brought such different and valuable things to our community. If I had to choose just one, I would have to go with Jacqueline Woodson, whose book, “Brown Girl Dreaming,” was the most awarded book of the year. Her work is so powerful and she spoke

so eloquently to our children. It was a highlight of my career.

how do you help choose a book for a child?

JS: I listen to the child and let them lead. I ask what they are hoping for in their next book and what made their last good read a positive experience. I give them lots of choices and encourage them to take out a couple of books and give them a try and then make a decision about what book they will go with at that moment.

What can parents do to help a reluctant reader develop a passion for books?

JS: Model the behavior first and foremost. You have to read in front of your kids. I think that taking them to the library and letting them know what reading has done for you is really important. I also think that embracing all the different kinds of reading is crucial. Audio books, ebooks, read-alouds, newspapers and magazines all count as reading.

If a child expresses interest in a particular kind of book don’t judge it. “Oh, that’s too easy” or “That’s for younger kids” isn’t going to help a reluctant reader. Throw the doors wide open and let the young person know that reading is so important and you want to share that powerful experience with them. Read out loud to your readers long, long after they are able to read on their own.

Who are some of your favorite authors?

JS: That’s too hard and I don’t want to get into trouble with the confidentiality rules of Newbery, so I will choose authors who aren’t eligible — Roald Dahl, Phillip Pullman, Lloyd Alexander, Dick King-Smith, Eoin Colfer, Mem Fox, John Flannagan … That list could go on and on — and I didn’t even get to poetry or nonfiction.

What’s on your summer reading list — for children’s and adult’s fiction and nonfiction?

JS: I will read our faculty book, “Waking up White,” by Debby Irving, but that’s it for anything adult. I have piles and piles of books in my house with many more on the way that I need to devour — very happily — this summer. If you see me at the pool I’ll be the guy in the corner with a book. At Hershey Park? I’ll be standing in line for the rides — with a book! FS

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off To Work! month-long senior projects allow students to explore career options Each May since 1994, Friends seniors have left campus to complete unpaid internships in a wide range of fields. Like our University Partnership Program, these Senior Work Projects are one more way Friends prepares students by providing them with opportunities to apply their skills and knowledge in realworld settings. Here’s a sampling of this year’s roster.

emilia roberts ’15 national museum of natural history (nmnh), Washington, d.c.

Matriculation: University of Maryland, College Park; Biology

I have always been interested in animals and nature but was never quite sure what to do with that. During my sophomore year I began volunteering at the National Aquarium in Baltimore as an exhibit guide and marine animal rescue volunteer. I chose to intern at the NMNH because I knew there’d be many opportunities to learn — not just about marine biology and birds, but also about things I know virtually nothing about, like ants! When I first arrived in the Division of Birds I was given skeletons to label. I then got my own project, researching the collection of extinct bird species for a future exhibit. This project was really cool because I got to see and touch birds that don’t exist today. My internship has opened up so many doors. I hope to maintain my connections with all the wonderful people I’ve met here.

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cole hudson ’15 Shadowing physical therapist gary Lynch in his private practice Matriculation: United States Coast Guard Academy

My friend (2015 classmate) Ben Lynch’s father is a physical therapist and l thought shadowing and assisting him at his practice would make for an interesting project. I’m curious about how the human body works and I think I’d like helping people get healthy after they’ve had a traumatic injury or surgery. Every day at the practice is different because every patient has different needs and treatment plans. Mr. Lynch has been great at getting me involved while also teaching me a huge amount of information about the human body, which, along with his patients’ stories, I will take with me.

every day at the practice is different because every patient has different needs and treatment plans.

— cole hudson ’15

emma mutascio ’15 Jemicy School, for students with dyslexia and related language-based learning differences Matriculation: Elon University; Special- and elementary education (double-major)

I have two brothers that go to Jemicy, so I have been involved with the school for a couple years. I work mostly with third and fifth grade language arts, math, science and social studies. My favorite thing has been creating relationships with the students, as well as watching the different tactics the teachers use in the classroom. (I also love being in a couple of my brothers’ classes everyday!) I have always wanted to be a teacher. This fall I’ve been accepted into a teaching-enhanced learning program at Elon called the Teaching Fellows and I’m beyond excited!

Sam messick ’15 Johns hopkins Archaeological museum Matriculation: Davidson College; Business, finance, economics

My job is to support any of the museum’s current projects by performing tasks like scanning, cataloging and translating. As a five-year Latin scholar, I have become especially interested in many of the ancient Roman artifacts and Latin inscriptions. Here (pictured) I am comparing ancient coins from our collection with xeroradiographs, a type of x-ray also in our collection. These ancient coins and other artifacts can be used as a snapshot into their original time periods, locations and cultures. As I see it, without cataloging and researching these artifacts, their significance may be lost in history. This work-study has advanced my passion for Latin and ancient history and I am very thankful for the opportunity.

Jacob Linden ’15 maryland Public Television Matriculation: NYU, Tisch School of the Arts; Film and television studies

Adrienne randall ’15 family Justice center, new York city Matriculation: Drexel University; Sociology

I learned about the Family Justice Center (FJC) by chance during a trip to New York City to visit my grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins who live there.

The FJC is a walk-in center that serves victims of domestic violence, specifically, intimate partner violence. The center provides all the services a client may need to get out or improve their situation — clothes, food, shelter options, legal services, counseling for clients and their children and much more. Many days I help the coordinator with a self-sufficiency program called STEPS, teaching clients how to use PowerPoint, create a résumé, find a job... Every single day is different. I love knowing that the FJC really, truly helps people. And as heartbreaking and serious as the clients’ circumstances are, I see a lot of smiles, and that’s my favorite part.

I’m interested in a career in film or television writing. After sending a résumé and coming in for an interview, I was invited to work in MPT’s content department under its managing director, Jay Parikh. Jay has been fantastic in giving me a wide range of experiences. I’ve sat in on producers’ meetings, traveled all over Maryland on shoots for shows like “State Circle” and “Maryland Farm & Harvest,” and have even written a couple of “one-sheets,” basically short, flowery-language grant proposals to obtain funds for future MPT projects. I wrote one for a documentary on the Baltimore Washington Monument and another on the cultural impact of transferring crops from the New World to the Old. Working at MPT has put my lofty dream job within a realistic lens, granting me an extraordinarily useful insight into the business side of the glamorous world of television.

Ben Sitzer ’15 Law firm of hyatt & goldbloom, LLc Matriculation: Fordham University; Economics

I’m interested in pursuing an M.B.A. after college. That said, a law degree is something I’m also seriously considering. My friend’s (classmate Matt Goldbloom) dad is a lawyer downtown and I wanted to take advantage of that connection. A typical day involves traveling to one of the many District or Circuit Courts in and around Baltimore, handling anything from criminal cases to traffic accidents. Afterward, we head back to the office, where I write notes to adjusters, take down information from prospective clients … whatever’s needed. My favorite part of the day is meeting new clients. Least favorite?

Calling insurance companies. Overall, I am enjoying the experience and my hard work has paid off: The firm has offered me a full-time job for the summer. FS

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AThLeTicS

SPRING Athletic highLighTS

friendS athletes challenged themselves on the fields, courts and links this spring. Following is a brief summary of their season records along with photos and some sage sporting observations from noted speakers. To view more photos go to friendsbalt.org and click the Flickr icon to view albums.

LAcroSSe

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I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church.

— Robin Williams

girLS VArSiTY:

10-4 in league play; 3rd seed, lost in I.A.A.M. B Conference semifinal to Mercy, 9-11

BoYS VArSiTY:

7-2 in league play; 3rd seed, lost in M.I.A.A. B Conference semifinal to John Carroll, 5-7

BoYS Junior VArSiTY:

6-0 in league play; defeated Archbishop Curley in M.I.A.A. B Conference Junior Varsity championship, 7-4

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You are meant to play the ball as it lies, a fact that may help to touch on your own objective approach to life.

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— Grantland Rice

4-2 in M.I.A.A. C Conference play; lost in conference semifinals to Chapelgate Christian Academy, 10-11

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TenniS

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It’s difficult for most people to imagine the creative process in tennis. Seemingly it’s just an athletic matter of hitting the ball consistently well within the boundaries of the court. That analysis is just as specious as thinking that the difficulty in portraying King Lear on stage is learning all the lines.

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VArSiTY:

1-6 in M.I.A.A. A Conference play

Junior VArSiTY:

1-7 in M.I.A.A. A Conference play

— Virginia Wade

BAdminTon

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We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.

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— Vince Lombardi

VArSiTY:

3-7 in I.A.A.M. A Conference play; finished 4th in conference

Junior VArSiTY:

Also 3-7 in league play

BASeBALL

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It’s hard to win a pennant, but it’s harder losing one.

— Chuck Tanner

VArSiTY:

9-9 in M.I.A.A. B Conference play; lost to Severn in first round of playoffs, 1-8

Junior VArSiTY:

Record, 0-14 in league play

SofTBALL

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Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first. record:

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— Frederick B. Wilcox 1-7; lost to Roland Park Country School in I.A.A.M. C Conference quarterfinals, 3-2 Friends school |

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From the Board of Trustees When We announCed the Community Phase of

Setting the Stage and our campaign goal of $23 million last November, we knew it was ambitious, but we were confident that your belief in Friends would get us there.

And we were right: Thanks to your generosity we’ve raised more than $21 million to date. To celebrate our success and provide everyone a “sneak peek” into the muchanticipated Forbush Building renovations, Friends School hosted a gathering on May 31 for the entire community.

More than 200 parents, alumni, grandparents and friends turned out for an afternoon of musical performances by our students, hospitality, fellowship and tours of our soonto-be-completed auditorium and fine arts teaching and exhibition spaces. It was a great day and a great way to re-energize our donors and inspire those who’ve not yet given to join us as we prepare for the final push. Serving as Board Chair during this exciting stage of growth and prosperity for Friends has been a great privilege and one that I will always remember. On June 30, I will complete

more than 200 members of the Friends School

community turned out on Sunday, May 31 for a “sneak peek” at the dramatic transformation of the Forbush Auditorium and fine arts teaching spaces.

Guests enjoyed light fare and libations followed by “red carpet” self-guided tours of the new spaces, and musical performances by the Middle School Apollos and Maren Helmacy ’20, violinist Maria Park ’15 and the Lower/Middle School Fiddle Club.

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my term, and Trish Backer-Miceli, a longtime Trustee, Friends parent and 1983 alumna, will become our new Board Chair. At this time, I want to thank my fellow board members who complete their service on June 30: Steve Rives, Mark Weinman, Tim Hearn ’78 and Thora Johnson ’88. At the same time, we are delighted to welcome the following new members, whose terms will begin on July 1, 2015: Madalynn Williams ’16, Charles Mallonee II, Laurel Kiser, LouAnne Smith and Steve Prichett ’87.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve and for your support of Friends School.

Bill White P’12 Chair, Board of Trustees

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FROM THE CHAIR OF SETTING THE STAGE i had Worked on several Friends School capital campaigns in the 1980s and 1990s but had been inactive for more than a decade when, in July of 2011, Head of School Matt Micciche invited me to lunch to share the School’s plans for dramatically growing financial aid endowment and reconstructing the Bliss Forbush Auditorium and Building. Much of the country was still recovering from the recession, and there was some concern about the School’s capacity to raise sufficient funds for such ambitious initiatives. Given Friends’ conservative approach to such matters, a consultant was retained and ultimately projected Friends would only be able to raise funds for one of these projects. Matt and the Board believed we could accomplish both in a single campaign; and they wanted me to help lead the effort. While, intellectually, the consultant may have been accurate at the time, the more I learned about the positive impact these two projects could have on the School from such folks as Sue Carnell, Gayle Latshaw H’12, and Byron ’47 and Betsy Forbush, the more committed I became.

I discussed the situation with my wife Joyce, who quickly reminded

me of my other time commitments and suggested that co-chairing a $12 million Friends School campaign might be unwise. Joyce understands my fondness for the School, however, so she listened to what others had to say and soon expressed her support — for the campaign and my role in it. Afterward, I called Matt to let him know: “Oh, and by the way,” I said, “Joyce agrees we should aim higher. So let’s go with a goal of $15 million.” Today, thanks to the foresight of those early leaders, and the many, many Friends School volunteers and donors who’ve participated in Setting the Stage, we have now surpassed $21 million and are still going strong. The enthusiasm for this historic effort is robust, and the benefits it will bring — in the form of a financially diverse student body, well-equipped facilities and a sustainable model for annual giving — are vital. I invite every member of this community, and especially my fellow Friends School alumni, to renew your commitment to Friends by making a gift today. Thank you.

Tim Hearn ’78 Chair, Setting the Stage For more information about Setting the Stage Campaign, behind-thescenes photos of the Forbush Auditorium. and to make a gift, go to friendsbalt.org/settingthestage.

WEALTH IS NOT GREAT, BUT “ OUR WE CERTAINLY HAVE ENOUGH — enough to share.”

— Amy and Alan Schmaljohn

Amy and Alan Schmaljohn have chosen to include Friends School in their estate planning because they say, “It is a way to help ensure that this community — which we know to be so transformational in our own and others’ lives — is accessible to students and families for years to come."

A planned gift is a great way to support Friends School while helping to achieve your financial goals.

Talk to us about the benefits of giving wisely!

Office of Gift Planning 410-649-3206 | aprincipe@friendsbalt.org friendsbalt.plannedgiving.org

BE PART OF

something bigger.

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Pre-Primary

Lower School

generATionS AT friendS Children & Grandchildren of Alumni 2014-15 edward Forbush ’21 norman forbush ’78 W. byron forbush, ii ’47

Jordan Ball ’16 george ball ’82 samuel Barber ’17 natalie Barber ’22 kathleen standiford ’81

Julian Frost ’19 lila Frost ’22 elisa shorr frost ’88

Manuel Binford ’16 dahira lievano-binford ’81 robert Blanchard, iii ’18 henry Blanchard ’24 diana fleischer schofield ’62 Benjamin Bunkley ’25 jennifer brown bunkley ’87

Matthew Goldbloom ’15 Allison Goldbloom ’18 bradley goldbloom ’84

Kyle christoff ’20 allison jensen ’88

logan hand ’17 lucy Williams hand ’80

Alexander corvera ’19 joseph Corvera ’89

eli henslee ’17 Julia henslee ’22 anne friedlander henslee ’88

Baylee desmit ’21 douglas desmit ’80 carlos domacassé ’20 anne marie rafky domacassé ’88 Joseph dye ’20 samuel dye ’22 elizabeth gohn dye ’93

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Zoë Jones-cohen ’20 Maxfield Brennan ’26 marcie jones brennan ’91 noah Klein ’19 joseph klein, iii ’79 joseph klein, jr. ’49

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Kayla Kurtz ’21 susan rugemer kurtz ’58 Ana lane ’21 nicholas lane ’27 rebecca rossello ’92 scout latshaw ’27 scott latshaw ’87

daniel Millspaugh ’17 nicholas Millspaugh ’20 rachel Millspaugh ’23 sarah johnston millspaugh ’88 Katherine Monk ’24 gage monk ’92 linda lamonica monk ’63

samuel little ’17 sarah little ’19 joan sullivan little ’82

William Mortimer ’17 Mary charlotte Mortimer ’20 amy d’aiutolo mortimer ’87 henry mortimer ’58

Julia MacGibeny ’16 lisa lott macgibeny ’85 Clarinda harriss ’56

charles ney ’21 melanie jensen ney ’85 peter ney ’85

charles Mallonee ’20 William Mallonee ’22 Audrey Mallonee ’27 Charles mallonee ’89

Alexander Prichett ’19 Zachary Prichett ’21 olivia Prichett ’26 stephen prichett ’87

Mason Marchetti ’20 Julian Marchetti ’21 robert marchetti ’81 Alexandra Miceli ’18 trish backer-miceli ’83

rebecca remsberg ’15 edwin remsberg ’83 Alice riley ’23 reed riley ’80 Jackson roberts ’17 philip roberts ’81

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Middle School

Kailie saudek ’15 Paige saudek ’22 mark saudek ’85 Jacob schindler ’17 susan bradford schindler ’83 sander schulhoff ’20 sevien schulhoff ’23 stephen schulhoff ’84 Madeleine shay ’15 nicholas shay ’18 Constance naden shay ’82 christopher shephard ’15 Paige shephard ’16 halle shephard ’18 michael shephard ’79

Upper School

Asuman smith ’25 ali smith ’94 tara smith Wallace ’24 Brayden smith ‘27 erika smith ’93 Max steinbach ’25 samuel steinbach ’86 ezekiel texter ’18 john texter ’83

elie Walsh ’23 Axel Walsh ’28 lucien Walsh ’88 Alexandra Whiteford ’16 Bo Whiteford ’21 W. Craig Whiteford ’87 William Whiteford ’57 John Whiteford ’16 thomas Whiteford ’18 thomas Whiteford ’85 William Whiteford ’57

Madison Yost ’15 Winslow Yost ’17 Kiefer Yost ’19 sally evans yost ’77 anne black evans ’54

See these pictures and many more!

Visit Friends’ Flickr page at flickr.com/photos/friendsbalt.

lucy Walker ’15 susan russo Walker ’79 duncan Walker ’78

Benjamin sherbakov ’18 elias sherbakov ’20 thora johnson ’88 Gabrielle sklar ’20 Brandon sklar ’22 ellie goldbloom ’87 Zachary smith ’19 Quinlan smith ’22 burck smith ’88 sarah smith ’20 evelyn luebbers sinwell ’54 Anthony smith ’23 Benjamin smith ’23 mary adolph smith ’82 hope haggett adolph ’43 Class of 2015 Graduates and their alumna/us parents.

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The author pictured with poet, journalist and human rights activist rose Burgunder Styron ’46.

ALUMNI PROFILE:

rose Burgunder Styron ’46

BY JOHN MEARS ’67

the st. botolph Club, 199 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston, has a long history of artistic and literary members — among them, the writers Robert Frost and T. S. Eliot. The painters Claude Monet and John Singer Sargent held early exhibitions there. And so it is fitting that poet, journalist and human rights activist Rose Burgunder Styron ’46 accepted an invitation to talk with club members, myself included, about her life and distinguished career.

She told us she became interested in poetry at a young age, although one of her earliest efforts, as a Friends School fourth grader, involved an unfortunate incident: She had brought in a poem to show her

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teacher, only to be accused of plagiarism.

Despite this unpromising beginning, Rose went on to publish three volumes of poetry — “By Vineyard Light” (1995), “Thieves’ Afternoon” (1973) and “Modern Russian Poetry” (1972) — and is currently working on her fourth.

Rose earned a B.A. in literature at Wellesley College and then studied poetry and criticism at the graduate level at Johns Hopkins. It was in a seminar there where Rose listened to a newly published writer speak about his first novel. The author was clearly very nervous during his appearance and Rose recalls he made only a faint impression on her. His name was William Styron.

After Hopkins, Rose traveled to Rome, where she had planned to complete a book on the life of Wallace Stevens and her own volume of poetry. A friend who taught at Hopkins wrote her to say she should contact the up-and-coming American writer then in Rome, the same William Styron who had crossed her path in Baltimore. He had been awarded the Prix de Rome and was residing at the American Academy’s magnificent location overlooking the Vatican. After making contact, Rose agreed to meet Bill in a basement café. She recalled her main concern was that she would not remember what Styron looked like. Entering the restaurant, she saw two men seated at a table: One was Truman Capote. Rose had little difficulty picking out her man.

Rose and Bill hit it off, although Rose made one faux pas: She agreed with Truman that Bill’s “Lie Down In Darkness” was terrific, although she had not in fact read it. Asked out for a second date, Rose searched all over Rome to find Bill’s novel, which was then still on the bestseller list.

She eventually found a copy in a plain cover at the American Library and stayed up late the night before the date to do her homework. She turned to Chapter One, then Chapter Two, only to discover that, he might be cute, but he sure can’t write.

Next morning, Rose opened to the title page, and realized that, although the book had the same title, it was by a different author. She confessed to Bill and they laughed. All was forgiven.

After two whirlwind months in the Eternal City, Rose and Bill became engaged. They drove to Paris for Christmas to join George Plimpton and Peter Matthiessen, with whom Bill had helped start the “Paris Review” months earlier.

Letters from the States received there shocked them. Trying to overcome certain family objections seemed too problematic, and despite a marvelous time in Paris they decided to part. Rose went to live in Florence and Bill remained in Rome.

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machinations, they renewed the romance and married in Rome’s Campidoglio in May. The wedding was attended by many of the leading literary figures then living in Europe. Afterward, Rose and Bill honeymooned for eight months in beautiful Ravello overlooking the Amalfi coast.

begin perhaps his best known work, “Sophie’s Choice,” which took him seven years to complete. Bill had initially begun the novel with the culminating and horrifying choice that Sophie had to make; however, after showing the first chapter to Rose, she told him that he could not start

“Bill had initially begun the novel with the culminating and horrifying choice that Sophie had to make...”

Literary friends came to visit and stay.

Bill, alas, found the setting and long walks to and from the beach so idyllic he could not get on with his new novel. Although he told Rose he hated New York, he insisted on sailing back. He knew he could write there, his desk facing a wall.

Rose and Bill remained in the greater New York area for the next 50 years, and he was able to write every day, except for the two periods when he was afflicted with crippling depression. They left the city and settled into a rural area of Connecticut, where they raised four children and interacted with what amounted to a colony of artists and writers. Their close friends included Robert Penn Warren, Arthur Miller, Mia Farrow, Richard Widmark, Leonard Bernstein, Philip Roth and their winter houseguest, James Baldwin. Every night Bill would read what he’d written that day to Rose. She would listen, then type the pages the next morning. She said her only major suggestion that Bill embraced was when he had embarked on a novel sparked by a vivid dream of an Auschwitz survivor named Sophie. At the time, he had been writing a marine novel but put it aside to

the book that way since no mother in the world would continue to read on. Bill placed the chapter where it now stands — at the end of the book.

Although not as well known as her celebrated husband, Rose has led a fascinating life as a poet, journalist, translator of Russian poetry, human rights activist and nature enthusiast. Her poetry has appeared in many periodicals, and she has contributed chapters to books written on the subjects of depression and human rights. Rose is affiliated with many organizations, including Amnesty International USA, of which she is a founding member, and the Academy of American Poets, whose annual “Poetry and the Creative Mind” evening at Lincoln Center, she has co-chaired with actress Meryl Streep.

After Bill’s death in 2006, Rose was clearing the room where he had written for several years, having abandoned the studio across the lawn, and discovered that he had been

leading something of a secret writing life.

Stored in a daughter’s childhood bureau were scores of letters from friends, admirers, mentors and literary colleagues, some with extensive discussion on their work and his.

Where, she wondered, were the letters Bill wrote that prompted these? She decided to write each correspondent, asking if any of Bill’s letters were still around. Bob Silvers, editor of “The New York Review of Books,” even included a note about Rose’s quest in the pages of that august publication. A trove of nearly 2,000 letters soon started arriving — a gift, Rose declared, when she discovered that Bill, in his letters, had detailed every aspect of their family life together, including their travels.

This led to “Selected Letters of William Styron,” Rose’s most recent book, published in December 2012. It is touching that Rose describes her upcoming volume of poems as a kind of elegy for their long marriage.

Concurrently with that project, she is also writing a memoir, which should prove as fascinating her talk to the members of the St. Boltoph Club. FS

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FriendlY Gatherings aroUnd the coUntrY This spring, Friends School alumni, faculty staff and friends gathered around the country – and close to home — to reconnect, share memories and hear about the exciting things happening at Friends today.

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Alumni and faculty members spent a fun evening reconnecting on February 10, 2015 at the Inn at Penn in Philadelphia.

1. Host Jon Sherman ’89, right, and Phil McIntyre ’89

1. Classmates and good friends Mark Merlis ’67 and Peggy Ramsey ’67

2. Laura Fine Liebman ’99, Head of School Matt Micciche and Mike Fine ’95 3. Jacob Wilcock ’03, Gant Powell ’03 and Middle School faculty member Randy Cooper

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Several local alumni gathered at the Mount Washington Tavern on November 11, 2014 to kick off the exciting year ahead!

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From top left: Ben Leiner ’10, John Levin ’00, Richard Cohen ’75, Jennifer Freeman ’79, Katie Ray ’04, Holter Graham ’90, Randall Cooper ’05, Bunny Kline ’05, Christina Forsting Taler ’05, Jordan Taler ’03, Winston Hutchins ’76, Middle School faculty member Randy Cooper, Carrie Maylor DiCanio ’98, Natalie Standiford ’79, Sarah Goldberg ’04 and Courtney Carlson ’03

On January 7, 2015, college-age alumni, along with the Class of 2015, gathered for a special event at Friends School.

Clockwise from bottom left: Sarah Emrich ’12, Autumn Walker ’12, Emilia Roberts ’15, Teagan Cook ’15, Elijah Muhammad ’12, Cinneah El-Amin ’12, Sarah Wallack ’12 and Aislynn Cook ’12

Class Notes sUre, social media is great …

But there’s still only one place you’ll find Friends School Class Notes.

In these pages, generations of alumni have shared life’s significant milestones and reminisced about their Friends School days. Be a part of the tradition.

Send your news and photos to alumni@friendsbalt.org.* * Digital images should be 1 MB or larger and sent in .jpg format.

1950 Mara Donovan Dudrow maradudrow@gmail.com

1952 Carol Lee fordyce May carollee.may@gmail.com

1952 Susanne Davis Emory vermontsue@aol.com Ken hecht emailed me with news about his family and his work. “all is well with us,” he says. “considering offspring from my wife christina’s first marriage, my first marriage and our marriage, we now have seven children, 12 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. great-grandparenthood is impressive, indeed.” ken is director of policy at the nutrition Policy institute of the University of california in Berkeley, where he and his wife share one Fte (full-time equivalent) improving, expanding and, these days, defending the federal food programs and school-based child nutrition programs. he sends warm greetings to one and all. ronnie Peacock Kamphausen also sends her best to everyone. she has been sidelined for a couple of months with foot/leg surgery. an avid swimmer, last year she set new england masters swimming records and hopes to get back to competition in the new 80+ age group. Gretchen Edwards reports, “i retired about three years ago and have made a smooth transition to this new life. my ice dancing (three times a week) keeps the bones from creaking and is a great social scene with friends who skate

together. i possibly spend my whole social security check on ice fees, two skating coaches, Pilates and anything else that keeps me going. my daughter heather and i are planning a July trip to europe with the family — both husbands and her two children. this is a fun and challenging project, that has been made easier by my daughter’s well-developed computer skills.” our mini-reunion at Joan and Buzzy hodous’ house on may 30 was everything i had hoped for. We had a delicious dinner, served in their elegant dining room, sitting in chairs from germany, under an enormous chandelier from czechoslovakia, while Buzzy sat at the head of the table in von hindenburg’s chair. the house is filled with treasures brought from all over the world, including statuary, objects d’art, stained glass plus Joan’s beautiful art work. those privileged to be there were Vivian and Charles Ellicott (all the way from new Jersey), Dick O’Connell and friend sally, Pat and Ed Butler, Brownie and Betty Pearce, Joanne Mathias Stevenson and clay and me.

1955 Pat Peake Tisdale glent24@aol.com this is the year of our 60th reunion from Friends school, and here we are, up and running and ready for whatever comes next. Ellie Johnson Dubbelde writes from seattle, “i started out here in seattle in 1964 and have moved in and out many times. everything seems to have come full circle. i’m back, mostly because of the rain and moisture. When i hit the desert in arizona, i didn’t realize that because of treatment i had as a kid (too much X-ray to remove adenoids and tonsil roots that had grown back) i can’t handle the dry weather but i do just fine in moister climates. i am remarkably well and love being back in the northwest, where i am looking forward to seeing and catching up with

my many relatives.” Bob Kriel reports, “We have moved out of our home of almost four decades, and are now living in a lovely condo on the 21st floor directly overlooking falls on the mississippi river. although the move was difficult, we are happy here. there are lots of restaurants and places to walk in our area. i can take my bicycle to the orphan drug center at the University of minnesota, where i still work part time, and also to church, where we still sing. one of the best things about this moving business is that our daughter helena has moved back into our old house and has made it her own. this arrangement was a win/win, and it also made the moving a lot more relaxed. one of the year’s high points was a trip back east where we enjoyed time with my brother’s fun family. We stayed with my niece Beth and her husband craig, which is

DaViD WhiTEfOrD ’50 shares his extensive Russian stamp collection with students in Shannon Johnson’s sixth grade Russian class and Lee Roby's Russian 4 class.

1953 This class needs a secretary.

If you would like to serve as class secretary, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@friendsbalt.org or 410.649.3205.

1954 This class needs a secretary.

If you would like to serve as class secretary, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@friendsbalt.org or 410.649.3205.

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always a great joy. We then went to Philadelphia to participate in my haverford college reunion, where we thoroughly enjoyed seeing my old friends and touring the campus. We also joined a group from our church on a trip to switzerland and southern France, tracing the roots of calvin. and we still managed to get to the lake almost every weekend during the summer! i had a close call this year. ever since medical school, i have had a problem with excessive

through march and try to be overseas at least twice a year. We may even be planning a trip to rome next year, which would be our 15th or 16th trip there!” Page Singewald Williams and i have had some grand emails going over the past 10 years since our 50th reunion. she writes that she will always be grateful to Pat fiol Morrill for tracking her down and hosting her for our 50th. she says she’s had a rough year with a significant health concern and is now in remission and

wonderful. life is busy here in British columbia as i continue to enjoy my private tutoring of grades six and eight students. i’m currently boosting one to get back on the honor roll while helping another to love math, despite some learning challenges. We have a lap pool here in our condominium complex, so i maintain my 50 laps three times a week, plus walking in an effort to control this aging process. i’m on the council here at cedarsprings, and with 159 homes on 33 acres of

Page Singewald Williams and I have had some grand emails going over the past 10 years since our 50th Reunion. She says she’ll always be grateful to Pat Fiol Morrill for tracking her down for our 50th.

sleepiness during the day. this past June, i fell asleep while driving and was awakened when my air bag deployed as a result of driving into a tree on our property. Fortunately neither i nor another person was injured as a result of the crash. i was evaluated and now have a dual diagnosis of sleep apnea and narcolepsy for which i am being treated; as a result, i have many fewer naps during the day.” Gil Cohen shares, “my news is not momentous. two of my grandsons graduated in may, one from michigan and the other from the University of maryland. my younger grandson finished his junior year at the University of maryland and was recently in rome for his semester abroad. i took my two older grandsons with me and visited him in rome in mid-april – just "Pop" and my three boys, as i call them collectively. We had an incredible time! my fourth grandchild finished her freshman year at Ucla, and my fifth finished her junior year in high school. my son is the new ceo of a furniture company that was bought out by a private equity group, of which he is a part. all is well with him. my daughter is in her 22nd year of teaching on long island, n.Y., and all is well there. Pat and i are trying to travel as much as we can while still working full time. We visit our place in Florida from september

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doing well. a trip to Poland to visit her oldest son russ had to be postponed last year, but she is going this year, and again planned to attend the annual “thanks, Jimi” (hendrix) guitar Festival in Wroclaw, Poland. last year, Wroclaw set the guinness record with 7,000-plus guitarists in town, and russ assures her that the guitar is still waiting for her. her son and daughterin-law are setting up an overnight in cracow to go to the famous Underground salt cathedral — especially interesting after reading “salt,” a book she highly recommends, while recovering from one of her surgeries. Page’s “kids” came from Poland in the fall, and they had a fine time. her precious daughter-in-law wanted to see something of texas besides big cities and highways, so they all took a road trip to the texas hill country, where anna did beautifully on her first time driving in the U.s.a. with her international driver’s license. ellie Johnson and i saw Lynn Bahlke Mills off at the Baltimore train station in may 1956 when she was on her way to join her canadian midshipman, Barry mills, for the first marriage in our class. she and i have stayed in touch over the 60 years with visits in maryland and canada, phone calls and now emails.

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park-like setting, this keeps me quite busy. Barry, of course, continues to enjoy being on a golf course as much as possible. Unlike many of you, we have enjoyed a mild winter with barely any snow. a great part of our life now is that all of our three daughters are within a 100-mile radius! even the five grandchildren are within driving distance, being spread between Washington state, kamloops, B.c. and Vancouver island. sending many thanks to Friends school for a terrific education — and special thanks to you, Pat and roz, for keeping in touch.” i caught robin Biddison Dodd on the fly as she and Paul had just returned from a Western caribbean cruise, and she was leaving the next morning for a four-day quilting retreat with her Village Quilters group. robin writes, “Paul and i took daughter robin and grandchildren sara and Frank on a cruise from Feb. 28 to march 7 to celebrate the kids’ 22nd and 21st birthdays. We visited cozumel and costa maya, mexico, roatan, honduras and Belize city, Belize. the temperature was in the 80s every day with lots of sunshine. in cozumel, Paul and i visited the tulin mayan ruins, robin visited the new Wonder of the World mayan ruins at chichen itza and the kids went fishing. We spent most of the time enjoying the beaches, snorkeling and sightseeing. the ship

had some great comics to entertain us along with two singing and dancing shows and a soft ice cream machine that one could not pass by. our trip ended at home, in towson, where it was a death-defying act to get into the house without killing ourselves on the ice.” Mary allen Wilkes writes, “i am still living and working in cambridge, mass., and fortunately enjoying relatively good health. i gave up my law practice two years ago but still sit as an arbitrator on the commercial Panel for the american arbitration association. i only take a few cases a year, but i enjoy it and i can ‘keep my hand in,’ as they say. i have loved being a lawyer for 40 years and consider myself lucky to have found such a compelling calling. otherwise, i keep busy with friends and family (i have five step-grandchildren), enjoy classical music and opera and the study of german literature. i am looking forward to a trip to germany in september, when the heinz nixdorf computer museum in Paderborn opens a major exhibition on the history of women in computing. i am one of 10 or so women featured, based on work i did in my 12 years in the computer field at mit and at Washington University in st. louis before i went to law school. i commented to a friend who is in his 80s that i thought i was too young to be a ‘fossil.’ he just looked at me ruefully and said, ‘no, you’re not.’ i guess we have reached old age.” on march 23, 2015, our dear friend and classmate, robert Seiler, lost his nine-month-long battle with pancreatic cancer. rob was an outstanding athlete at Friends, where he met the love of his life, Wynelle hudson Seiler. Wynelle and their children and grandchildren were by his side throughout his ordeal. a memorial service was held on april 11, 2015 in Williamsburg, Va. i appreciate so very much a revival of this class news column and thank all who sent return emails to my plea for news. as a last thought, several years ago, i accompanied my mother, Mary Bouis Peake ’27, to her 60th Friends school reunion. in 1987, all festivities were held in the gym, from the class photo to the dinner. i cannot recall a cocktail reception, but there may have been one. like me, many of her lifelong friends were those she met at Friends school. mother was a k through 12 graduate.

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1956 Lorinda rugemer McColgan lrmccolgan@verizon.net in response to emails and telephone calls to the class, i received the following contributions to the summer issue of Collection. Margie Crowley Wade tells me that the alumni gathering in the Berkeley city club (designed by noted california architect Julia morgan) was warm and wonderful. she says, “the class of 1956 went to dinner afterward. Paula and Parks adams came down from oregon! Mabel Miyasaki and tom layton came up from san Jose. david and Carol harrington fitting ’57 also joined Bob semple and me.” Bill Patterson says he became a greatgrandfather for the fourth time and now has two great-grandchildren in colorado, and two in smithfield, Va. When i spoke with rush Oster, he was telling me he is enjoying visits with his grandchildren. Penny Nichols Watts is very proud of her son, mick nichols, a 1975 gilman graduate, who just received a third star as head of nato’s ground forces and is stationed in turkey. he was recently married at West Point and is traveling a great deal. henry Schaufus tells me he is still playing lacrosse on sundays in the local park. John David shares, “mrs. Walker was our teacher in sixth grade. she was a great teacher but man, did she have an eye for errant behavior. one twitch and you were on her list; forced to perform at the blackboard, a subtraction of the number seven, or five or two, from 1,000. if you subtract seven from 1,000 you still have 993 to go. got the picture? it consumed hours, but just once, some of us were naughty and got away with it. she had a small farm and invited the class to visit one saturday. Four of us, florence Weiss Jeziorski, Bonnie Wright Papastamou, alex Baxter and i, wandered off from the group and discovered a small barn that was filled with bales of straw, piled into configurations that made perfect hiding places. in one of those redoubts we found an empty bottle, a relic of the time when milk was actually delivered to your doorstep in a glass bottle by, (believe it or not) a milkman. the bottle, of course, had a social benefit far beyond good nutrition: it

was the mainstay of the game, spin the bottle. Unfortunately, alex had never heard of that pastime. never mind, rocket science was not required for this event, and we three quickly explained the rules to our classmate: the one who spins the bottle gets to kiss the one at whom it eventually points — assuming a mutual interest, of course. We wore that bottle out, and alex reveled in his hard-won knowledge. the best part was that for once mrs. Walker’s all-seeing eye and infallible deportment radar failed her: no fixed stare; no blackboard subtraction. as for me, i considered the experience good preparation for reading ‘the grapes of Wrath’ in the ninth or tenth grade. as i recall it concerned the travails of the Joad family — farmers all.” Clarinda harriss has a message for any colleagues contemplating retiring, “it’s true. You will be busier than you ever were while holding down a full-time job. that said, i’m happy to announce that the venerable publishing company i’ve directed for 40+ years, Brickhouse Books, inc. — and to which i devote way too much unpaid time — will be bringing out half a dozen dynamite new books (some poetry, some fiction) by spring.” sadly, at press time we learned of the passing of Ellen Synder hale’s husband, donald hale. ellen, we are holding your family in the light.

1957 Nancy Hearn Aronson nharonson@gmail.com Carol “harrs” harrington fitting and i both have daughters living in hawaii, although on different islands. harrs was on an inter-island cruise in midJanuary when we managed to meet up for lunch in honolulu. Nancy Noble Driver’s three beautiful daughters visited in december for her husband’s birthday. she is dealing with some challenges now, a recent diagnosis of als (lou gehrig’s disease), has affected her voice but she welcomes emails and messages. Feel free to send notes to: 746 North Shore Drive, Hickory, N.C. 28601-8812. her family is very supportive and she says, “We are laughing again!” Bill hammond makes regular visits to d.c. now that wife Jean’s first grandchild is there.

1958 Susan Shinnick hossfeld shossfeld@comcast.net deepest sympathy goes out to ron renoff on the loss of his uncle. Susan rugemer Kurtz says she is still cruising along with her year 2000 Volvo. a kurtz favorite for many a year, it is a “testament to quality and loving care!” she continues to have fun with the family and grandchildren. Bill Tierney relates he has nothing of great importance to report, and says everyone’s life should be so prosaic.

Jeannie Morrill Owings is currently working on a master’s degree in theology at the ecumenical institute, which is part of saint mary’s seminary & University. her daughter molly is married to manish tiwari, who arrived here from india in June 2013. molly and manish are living with Jeannie and her husband Jim. in February, John and Susan hooper hogge, while traveling to Florida for march and april, made two stops in north carolina, visiting their daughter in raleigh, and then on to Winston-salem to take their grandson chris, a freshman at Wake Forest, out to dinner. in January they spent three weeks in hawaii. christmas was spent in Baltimore, where the whole family gathered at her sister’s. they have five grandchildren, four of whom are in college. their oldest grandson is 21 and a junior at the University of richmond. he spent the first semester this year in dublin. next are twins, age 20, a girl and boy: Bailey is a sophomore at nc state University and clay is in his second year at West Point. christopher is the youngest. says susan, “Jack and i are in reasonably good health, travel a lot and enjoy the summer in chicago. We go to the outer Banks for a week in the summer every year and take the whole family plus various family members and now grandkids’ friends. it’s a week we all look forward to. the grandkids have also grown up spending a week in Florida, which they love. now they come down on their spring breaks without their parents.

Sally Price Normile reports that she is the proud great-grandparent of four new babies — andrew, Jane, emma and Jack — two of whom live in north carolina, one in salisbury, md., and one in delaware. “i think i am much too young to be a great-grandparent!”

sally shared. Mac Price writes that his youngest grandson Justin marked his eagle court of honor on march 8 in easton, md. he also captained his varsity tennis team this spring. Justin’s brother nicholas is in his second year of pre-med at the college of William & mary and hopes to work as an emt this summer in ocean city, md. mac had a great christmas holiday with his two oldest sons in charlotte, n.c. other than a few short trips now and then, life is quiet and mostly uneventful.

Charlotte de Shields Stafford reports, “dave and i are still enjoying winters in Venice, Fla. and summers in sudbury, mass. We are very active in our church’s outreach and mission programs in both locations. much of our energy goes to eliminating childhood hunger and to education initiatives. We love to travel and last summer enjoyed a fabulous riverboat trip in France. We started in Paris, took a train to lyon and then boarded our boat to cruise on the rhone river to avignon, where we enjoyed learning about other countries and meeting new people.” Betsy Banghart Bratz writes that she is now newly and happily married to Paul Bratz. they were married on nov. 7, 2014 and honeymooned in key West. many congratulations and best wishes to Betsy and Paul! Kandi foell Slade reports that all of her grandchildren are in college. during one of the many bitter cold spells this winter, her apartment building lost utilities for three days. carl and i have just returned from Big sky, mont., with an extended side trip on the way home to san Francisco, monterey and carmel. For a week, we enjoyed 70 degree weather and then returned to Baltimore, where it was 10 degrees. soon, we are headed to snowmass, colo., with the children and grandchildren, followed by a trip this June to arizona with our family to visit some of the area’s national parks.

1959 anne Carter Bowdoin abowdoin@mac.com since the last class notes in winter 2015, i have seen Jack and Martha Kegan Graham and their son rob during our February vacation in sanibel, Fla. We met with them and Jim Bird for breakfast one morning. sadly, Jim’s wife, Jandy, passed away

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BarBara LiNDEMaNN ’60 with her

daughter Erika, at Myakka State Park in Florida in February

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Jandy was a vital part of the sanibel community, as is Jim, who continues his work on the arts council and at his church. i was lucky enough to see a few of Jim’s portraits this year. he is a talented portrait artist. martha has been doing more and more work in a very creative area of art, called “book art.” Basically, book artists turn old books into an art form. her work is in three galleries in sanibel and captiva and was also recently entered in three shows. faye Karfgin Stephens and i spent some time on the phone talking about books, which are a special interest of mine. she’s in a book club and also writes for her church bulletin. i now have a small list of books recommended by classmates. John Pollard writes that he is the director of the leadership in action Program at notre dame of maryland University.

John’s wife, hope, continues to work as the assistant director of the gilman lower school. their son John Pollard ’89 is a very successful set designer for plays and film in new York. he and his wife leslie, a costume designer, are expecting a baby boy in June. their son timothy is a systems analyst at social security, and his wife rebecca is a spanish teacher at st. Paul’s school. tim and rebecca’s daughter elizabeth hope loves to ride and competes in pony shows.

Meredith felter reports a lifechanging event, “We have had a puppy since July 2014! her name is Jodi. she’s a shaggy black and white havanese and weights about 10 lbs. she is adorable, fun and a great companion. she talks to us with a variety of dog sounds and uses her paws for communication, too!” ann Green Slaybaugh reports that her

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grandson asa Willard will be attending Friends in the fall. this makes ann and her daughters a third generation family at Friends. Karl Pfrommer writes (for the first time in 56 years!) to talk about Beta nu, a group of six classmates who have been meeting monthly for quite a few years. he says, “Beta nu is a veiled reference to Brown noser.

(Without brown noser and claire Walker, i never would have graduated.)” they are karl, John Pollard, henry hammond, Bob feild, Nick Stoer and Chip Bupp. they can be seen frequently at alonso’s, where they “ … talk about feelings and relationships. eventually we go home and tell our wives that we talk about the same things most women talk about ... yes we talk about our other classmates, too.” i would like to add here that others in the class have been part of these meetings, including Faye, ann green slaybaugh, meredith Felter and Skip Merrill. i was invited a few years ago when i was in town with Bill. i had a good conversation with henry hammond recently. he’s teaching a poetry course at Johns hopkins osher lifelong learning institute. henry also told me that his son andy is a pilot who gives flight lessons in orlando, Fla. i received a note from rosagene Weakley D’arcy saying she and her husband Frank

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were planning travel to ireland in march with their daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter. they’ll be staying with Frank’s sister in the house where they grew up. What a wonderful way to let the next generation understand their heritage! as for my news, Bill and i had an amazing trip to turkey in october. We (i) went with a bit of trepidation, because at that time, isis had recently emerged as a threat on the syrian/turkish border. however, we were completely safe with our wonderful guide, who showed us istanbul and then led us through Western anatolia (turkey’s mainland). istanbul is a modern and cosmopolitan city while the rest of turkey is more conservative. But all over turkey we found that the people were friendly and welcoming to americans. near the end of the trip we went on a balloon ride over the area of cappadocia, which is one of the most exciting and thrilling things i’ve ever done (given my fear of heights!). as for my family, my daughter Julie lives two blocks away and i babysit regularly with my two grandchildren, Viive and Bodie (short for henry Bowdoin godtfredsen). a trip to l.a. to visit my eldest daughter alice was planned for march. our next trip to foreign lands will be to Belgium and holland at the end of april on a river trip with tauck tours.

Dan reed reported that he and claire went to california for two weeks in February, visiting san Francisco, carmel and newport Beach. the weather was in the 60s and 70s, much warmer than in delaware. this spring, their son ryan reed ’95 and his wife welcomed a son, ryder douglas reed. the family lives in san antonio, texas. i would like to thank all of you who contributed your news to this issue of Collection. to all of the class, please take a few minutes once or twice a year to let everyone know what you’re doing.

1960 Mary McElroy mem2008@comcast.net Sandy Cochran writes from balmy Jupiter, Fla., that many people have had to cancel travel plans due to the bad weather up north (not much sympathy from those of us who suffered through six feet or more of snow)! sandy is now called “captain” and works as a certified professional yacht broker. his family moved to Boston before we graduated (he was 15), but we still consider him very much a member of our class. Michael Jackley is feeling much better after recovering from a long illness. he is

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involved with a couple of charities and is very active on his tenant committees. he and his wife karen have two grandchildren living in seattle.

Barbara Lindemann is happy to be back in contact with her classmates after continued correspondence from Tom Baker, Brad Meyer and Elizabeth Beatty Gable. Barbara’s son timothy was getting married at the end of may. she is active as president of the mission canyon association, vice-president of the local affiliate of Planned Parenthood’s action Fund and a docent for the community arts music association, giving music appreciation presentations to local public school fifth graders. Bicycling the beautiful local roads in california with friends as well as daily piano practice keeps her feeling young. the class lost another member last year: Mary Louisa Buchner McDonald is missed by all the class members, but especially those who were with her through all the years from kindergarten through 12th grade. We have several class members who were also “lifers” at Friends. alice Morse Mellin lives in maine, but she and her husband Peter often sail their boat south. in February their catamaran broke two rudders and Peter was stranded 200 miles out to sea from turks and caicos, so it was a little scary. he drifted for nine hours until managing to sail to Providenciales, where alice met him. they made two trips last year: to medellin, colombia and to chebeague island. in between trips, their 11 grandchildren keep them busy! Brad meyer lives just west of Boston and gave us a chilling account of the snow they received there.

Fortunately, he was able to escape to Florida on more than one occasion!

Susan huff Schmitt had Susan Dehoff Montgomery as a spring visitor again, and they greatly enjoyed the winter respite with temperatures in the 70s, while new england was buried in snow! Coyd Walker wrote in February that in nebraska, they were enjoying weather in the 70s, unlike new england with its more than six feet of snow! as for your class secretary, after exhausting work preparing for two craft fairs in november and december, followed by my annual visit with brothers on cape cod for a pre-christmas celebration, i have decided to reduce my jewelry work and other activities

this year following some health issues. i took two trips: the first trip was in march to visit friends in albuquerque, n.m., and the second was to alaska in september (rescheduled from last year). no one in the family knows the complete history of my father’s family, so i plan to research it using genealogy information from other family members and friends as well as online resources.

1961 Linda Brecht Stevens lindabstevens@aol.com recently, Pat Clouse Epifanio emailed me with a fun update. despite missing John very deeply, she is leading an enormously active life. she continues her involvement with shriners hospital as well as being the parish nurse for two episcopal churches in southwest Florida, where she follows parishioners from hospital to rehab and/or home, assisting them with acquiring needed services and serving as consultant, educator and advocate. one of the churches has a homeless outreach, seeing about 150 clients on Wednesdays, and yes, Pat is in the middle of that clinic. Joy and happiness have come to her through dressing as a lady clown in full makeup and crazy costumes. this past February, Pat, in full clown dress, had the honor of riding in the edison Parade of lights, one of the largest nighttime parades in the country. Pat, you definitely inspire us! Jackie horner Plumez’s book, “the Bitch in Your head: how to Finally squash Your inner critic,” was released in may with press coverage in magazines and on television shows, and Bucknell University will present Jackie with their service to humanity award. congratulations! What an honor for our classmate! Bob Dalsemer has retired from the John c. campbell Folk school in north carolina but remains in the area leading contra and square dances, kayaking, taking tai chi and volunteering as a guardian ad litem (court-appointed special advocate). all this follows quadruple bypass surgery last september. our best to you, Bob! i know that you are happy to have your 19-year-old son at home with you. michael and Lisa Dresser Stewart have made the best of this winter with cross-country skiing, snow hoisting, ice chipping, wood lugging

and car washing. summer will bring a welcome relief and a family reunion in cooperstown at the family homestead.

Ellie Dresser Duram ’64 will be there, but anne Dresser Kocur ’68 is busy as a realtor in denver. lisa and michael’s son stephen, who will be a senior at the Principia school in st. louis, mo., is also looking forward to the festivities. Jeannie Wright Meyer planned travel to italy this easter and this summer will visit central europe, Washington state, mexico and Quebec. she says traveling keeps her sane, what with her mt. st. Joseph students always on their iPads and iPhones during the school year. Jeannie also enjoys being grandmom to four grandchildren. Bruce Steinwald is semiretired, doing consulting work in d.c. while ronnie continues her work with Bon secours hospital. Bruce is “mostly recovered” from a ruptured quad last fall but that has not slowed him down with competitive bridge. son Peter works at a hopkins lab and is applying to med school, while son alex graduates from northwestern and will be working for Boeing in st. louis, mo. nancie and Bob Seabold have found their “paradise” in the Villages of Florida. Bob has become hooked on golf and enjoys dancing lessons. despite the aches and pains that come with the seventh decade, they are having a great time. colleen and Jim Woodcock have been married 31 wonderful years and have lived in severna Park for the past 28 years. colleen freelances as an artist and substitute teacher and also manages the business office for an irish dance school. Jim enjoys relaxing in his retirement and keeping up with their daughters in Vermont and Philadelphia, and son in colorado. Larry hanley has enjoyed the snow this year and is anxious to get to his cabin in ontario this summer. he hopes to be at our 55th reunion next year! geri and Nathan Smith are building a house near lenoir, n.c., and looking forward to being just an hour or so away from their grandson. Larry Crone is a hard one to get in contact with. he did send me a picture where he looks happy and in great shape. come to reunion, larry! i would love to hear from more of you in the next edition of Collection. how are you carol, nancy, anne, mary ellen, stran and Janice? nina, how is marty? We will be moving to myrtle Beach in June but will maintain the

same email address. Please keep in touch and make sure you mark your calendars for may 5-8, 2016 in Baltimore, when we’ll celebrate our 55th reunion during alumni Weekend. enjoy summer fun with our children and grandchildren!

1962 Eleanor Blake fuller eaerobic@hotmail.com this winter, Buck and Linda Kardash armiger spent 10 delightful weeks in summerville, s.c., a quaint suburb of charleston. everyone was most congenial. during their visit, linda needed emergency dental surgery.

Fortunately, their hostess’s son is an oral surgeon and she was seen right away, with no complications; she even received a generous discount on his services. their hosts own an eightacre plantation where linda and Buck occupied the “grotto,” which used to be the summer kitchen off the main house in 1883. the grounds had four acres of beautiful gardens, fountains, swings, ponds, antique benches, a grilling area and pool. there are three antique-filled bungalows on the property as well as a carolina “jiggle board” on the main patio, which was a must. they participated in the middleton Plantation hounds hunt season, where their daughter tara is a member and avid participant. their daughter kelly and her daughters, mackenzie and logan, also joined them for the closing meet over a five-day period. mackenzie, who is only 8, participated in the hunt for the first time. they applaud her for lasting the entire threes. non-riders followed NiCK NiCOLLS ’62 and Eleanor Blake Fuller ’62 enjoy Florida in January 2015.

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in a big hay wagon. it ended with a “give piece” music group, liquid refreshment, oysters, low country boil (shrimp, corn, sausage and red rice) and hot dogs. all is also well in maryland. in early February, Jim hammond celebrated the 42nd anniversary of his ordination in the episcopal church. in the ecclesiastical calendar, Jim’s anniversary falls on the day when mary and Joseph took Jesus to the temple for a ritual presentation. in the secular calendar, the day is known as “groundhog day.”

Jim doesn’t know what to make of it, except that Winchester, Va., did have six more weeks of winter. i, your class secretary, live in Pennsylvania when i am not in Florida, and we actually have the groundhog to which Jim hammond is referring! Barbara Ensor Sena Brizzee officially retired again in november from the city of aubrey, texas and bought a fifth wheel “toy hauler” last summer. she and her husband packed up in January and headed for Phoenix, ariz. they sold their full-dresser harley davidson motorcycle in august and got a 2002 harley heritage softail, which Barb much prefers. all their horses now have great forever homes. they also sold their tack and are now horse-free for the first time since 1986. she misses them so much but also loves the extra money, as they do not now have to pay for all the horse care and feed. lucy and Bruce Goodwin

less and less! they have two great overseas trips planned this year: the first was to south africa, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe in may. Bruce also has a business conference in Berlin in october and plans to add a trip to normandy and the surrounding area. Bruce wishes all of us a healthy 2015. Baltimore welcomed Chris Sherman raywood for christmas 2014. she enjoyed a fun and hectic time with brother Bill Sherman ’69. shortly thereafter, she flew to london for a new Year’s weekend, where she spent four days with her friend William and had a fabulous dinner at the savoy grill (a gordon ramsay restaurant) on new Year’s eve. they then went to his home in cornwall for four days and back to london for two more days, where she said the weather cooperated as it was damp but not too cold. Unfortunately, chris broke out in a terrible rash and ended up in the emergency room on new Year’s day. she did not realize she is allergic to cashmere! no more cashmere gloves and scarves for her. thankfully, it cleared up enough so that she was not miserable on the flight home. she stayed in Florida for the rest of the winter. the museum where she volunteers has been unbelievably busy, and the tours have been huge, possibly due to the cold weather being not conducive to visiting the beach. chris planned to spend easter in nice, France and then

February to Bill’s oldest daughter liz and her husband. she also got to see grant who is 2 ½ and a bundle of energy. i am still waiting for chris’ travel book to come out, but i think it may be awhile for that, so i say enjoy all your travels for a very long time, chris! Kathy and Terry Walker were finally able to do a winter getaway. they had a big family gathering and, since all of the kids were going to the in-laws for christmas, they decided to visit terry’s brother Coyd Walker ’60 in western nebraska for christmas and then go to Phoenix for the winter getaway. the eight inches of snow in nebraska on christmas day were a record, and five more came the next day. they left in zero degree weather and arrived on december 29 to temperatures in the cool 50’s. they finally got in a round of golf the next day, after a two-hour frost delay; that was their one nice day of the trip. they were checking the weather back in the mountains of Virginia, and most of the days were nicer than their winter getaway. they then took route i-20 through texas, where the weather should have been balmy; instead, they got an ice storm with temperatures 30 degrees below normal and had a day’s layover in the thriving community of Pecos, along with dozens – if not hundreds – of others. many vehicles, mostly semis, were off the road. they managed to creep out after a day of no travel and slowly work their way

Barbara Ensor Sena Brizzee officially retired again in November from the city of Aubrey, Texas and bought a fifth wheel “toy hauler” last summer. She and her husband packed up in January and headed for Phoenix, Ariz.

welcomed their fifth grandchild, son michael’s first. a baby-sized wet suit and board will soon follow for grandson ramzey. Bruce and lucy have been sneaking up on retirement. lucy is substituting less and less, and Bruce has cut back on business travel (or so he says), especially if the destinations are not interesting. he is not surprised that the phone is ringing

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a few days in arles, which is in the Provence area. she will then drive up through the loire Valley to la rochelle on the atlantic coast and honfleur in normandy, the southwest area of France. in may, she was back in Baltimore as her niece Jenny, Bill’s daughter, was getting married. it was the first time she saw her greatnephew Benjamin, who was born in

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home in two days. so much for winter getaways. John Slingluff reports that the kids and grandkids are all well; the grandkids are focused on lacrosse and baseball — ballet and tap dancing, too! his daughter Jen’s d-1 Unc women’s lacrosse team made it to the n.c.a.a. championship game and finished no. 2 in the nation. although he feels our class may not have a lot

of interest in women’s sports at the college level, especially women’s lacrosse, i disagree. to add perspective, back in 2006 or 2007 an article in one of the sports magazines about women’s lacrosse reported there were somewhere around 68,000 high school women lacrosse players in the United states. a couple of years after we graduated from Friends, there were a total of 470.

John says that any classmate who might have a granddaughter planning to go into college athletics should call him, noting, “the lead-up to any scholarship is crazy, loaded with excessive costs and little return.” John thanks you all for listening to his sermon. stephen and Carol Davidson Methven spent christmas in orlando, Fla. this year with their Florida kids and six of their grandchildren. they then rented a beachfront house in cape san Blas, Fla. for a week. two of their sons and their families joined them to ring in the new Year. carol enjoyed walking their two dogs and building fires on the beach at night. the grandkids had a blast. their oldest grandchild graduated from high school in may. the highlight so far of the year for robin and Nick Nicolls was a trip to Florida in January. they thank Eleanor Blake fuller for referring them to beautiful Pass-a-grille Beach, where they rented a darling cottage a half a block from the gulf one way and a half a block from the bay the other way. cliff and eleanor were great guides, and the nicolls’ time with them included a trip to Ft. desoto state Park, where their relatively new rescue pup, dixie, swam in the gulf of mexico.

We had many laughs as we reminisced about our youth in Baltimore during elementary and high school years. they enjoyed the area so much that they have already booked next year’s vacation. Diana fleischer Schofield advises that she is doing well. her recent lab results regarding her kidney look good, and she does not need to get a biopsy. although she has fallen a couple of times, twice over the dogs and once on ice, she is now going to a balance class at the senior center. her last fall was on the way to the balance class. she is looking forward to two week-long rug hooking workshops — one in annapolis and one in ocean city with her friends. there are four in the group going. they met six years ago in a hooking class at anne

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frED SChOLz ’63 fights the snow in

… BOB CaffEE ’63 sails the Caribbean.

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MaGGiE aND STEVE GrEif ’63’s grandsons Evan and Sam

arundel community college. larry is going to retire in June, and then they are going to seriously look at moving to delaware. the grandkids are doing great at Friends. Gray Blanchard ’18 is 15 years old, which really makes diana feel old. traveling has been high on Emily holman’s list over the fall and winter. in october and november, her fascinating journey took her on the silk road through the “Five stans,” which made her think of our ninth grade history class. she learned about the Zoroastrians, samarkand, Bukhara and khiva in Uzbekistan, also the lesser visited kyrgystan and tajikistan. in January she visited Bhutan and india, which brought more memories of our teacher, mrs. Walker. she went to the naugar cattle Fair, where she watched men buying and selling cows, camels, goats and horses and then she rode a camel for a different view. her group enjoyed tea in a small rural village, visited a local high school on republic day (when President obama was in new delhi) and saw the fog lift off the taj mahal — a truly beautiful sight. her trip culminated at the river ganges in Varanasai, where they saw and felt the veneration hindus have for their sacred river. that, and watching villagers pump water at their local wells, led emily to a lenten church project of raising $5,000 for episcopal relief & development so that another village in the world can have access to clean water. “We are

blessed to have clean, potable water in our homes,” she shares. emily also spent a week in guyaquil and Quito, ecuador with several members of her companion diocese committee, making new acquaintances and renewing old ones. she says the areas she visited were safe and that she was glad to miss a lot of the snow while she was away. don and Lane Williamson last august bought five acres, circled by 1,100 acres of conservation wetlands, and a tiny mid-century modern house in need of more than “tender loving care.” they have been at it ever since. lane has never sheet-rocked so many walls in her whole life, and don has never framed so much. they are working eight hours a day, seven days a week, having a ball and designing as they go. they still have to re-clapboard the exterior of the house and build a studio. they also planted fruit trees, perennial veggies and more last fall. they are now looking to build a small (she says “small is the operative word”) greenhouse. she can’t say they have slowed down much at 71! she sends her best to all. at this writing, Stockton Buck is in siem reap, cambodia, home of one of the world’s most amazing sites, ankor Wat, and one of the greatest tragedies — the millions killed by Pol Pot. he spent a wonderful week volunteering with operation smile in Phnom Penh. linda’s 13-year-

old grandchild Jackson came along and the experience was one of character development as he spent time helping and relating with the young patients pre- and post-operation.

Phnom Penh is rampant with inequality, political corruption and environmental degradation — not so different from what we find at home, in varying degrees. Who among us could have guessed back in 1962 how the world would look today? We have much to be thankful for and an ever more important stewardship responsibility. stockton also sends his best to all. i, your class secretary, have to say that i appreciate all of your responses and am inspired as well. cliff and i are still in Florida as cliff is recuperating from a leg injury. We still attempt to run our small business near Philly as best we can. my grandson max, in orlando, just turned 6 and is currently being homeschooled, as some of the Florida schools leave a bit to be desired. he is “mr. Big Personality” and exudes a great amount of energy in whatever task he chooses, whether it be sports or putting together the fastest lego superhero possible. one granddaughter in Pennsylvania graduated from high school this year, while the other one graduated from college. so i want to thank you all for your fun, informative and inspiring responses. if, as stockton seems to think, i carry a big stick which helped make him respond all the way from cambodia, maybe next time we can add a few more classmates to our Collection notes. as always, be happy and stay healthy. and, if you need a recommendation for a place to vacation, this is it. Just ask nick and robin!

1963 Donna hasslinger Dhassli@aol.com

Chick fetter Deegan deeganchicke@aol.com over 40 of our classmates continue to stay in touch via email. last winter we had a fascinating time keeping up to date with fred Scholz and the 100 inches of snow that fell on his home in Boston, mass. the mountains of snow in the pictures that he emailed to us were harrowing. meanwhile, Bob Caffee continued to live the dream in Florida and was sailing around the Bahamas for four months, sending us beautiful pictures of crystal clear, blue water with the sage advice, “keep shoveling!” Bob and his friend Jage north left tampa in January on his lagoon 37 catamaran. after spending some time in Bimini, they moved on to West Bay and allens cay, home of the famous iguanas, with the goal of reaching georgetown in the exumas for the annual cruising regatta and the Family islands regatta. they planned to return to the United states in may. Marge rowe felter emailed us a list of words that are often used incorrectly and began a lengthy email exchange about miss dibert’s ferocious dedication to teaching us the rules of grammar in the seventh and eighth grades, for which we all are eternally grateful. marge, Jeb felter, Donna hasslinger, Chuck harlan, Lily Kok-forbush, Trudi feinberg Cohen, Dave Phillips, Gail Moran Milne, alice Smith reid, Steve Greif, Lary Jones, frank Wing and Joan Shinnick Kreeger all chimed in with memories and poems and general foolishness.

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DiNa aND fraNK WiNG ’63 on the

Swiss-Italian border flanking their son and a family friend

DiNa aND fraNK WiNG ’63 with actor Bill Irwin in California

We continue to be amazed at chuck’s detailed memory for the funny things that happened at Friends, but the common thread throughout our conversation was the high value we placed on miss dibert’s teaching and how important it had been for the rest of our lives. in october 2014 anne Skinner White, Joane Knight Schumacher, steve, marge and donna met for lunch; and, when Pam hick hanlon was in town staying with Barbara Nolte Kearney for a busy three weeks over the christmas holidays, Pam and Barbara joined Judy Klingelhofer O’Mara, marge and donna for lunch. there is a certain feeling of comfort sitting down and talking with people we’ve known for over 50 years. We learned that marge and Jeb spent some time camping in maine again this year; anne was working hard to get her boat ready for sale and is still judging figure skating competitions. steve had recovered nicely from knee surgery and is still working three days a week; Joane has been spending quite a bit of time at the beach house and painting, and donna continues to enjoy courses and lectures for seniors in the Washington, d.c. area. We also saw a picture of anne Kay Joyner’s mother celebrating her 107th birthday, which was featured on the front page of the Baltimore Sun. marge and Jeb ran into anne at Petit louis when she was in town from Florida to join her mother for the occasion. Frank Wing and his wife,

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the sculptress dina angel-Wing, spent a few weeks in Paris and then traveled to italy to visit a friend who manages the south tirolean museum, which he started 40 years ago when Frank first began taking photos for him. their son, who speaks French fluently and now works in Boston, was able to join them near the border between switzerland and italy where Frank and dina had been married under a glacier, a spectacular setting for a wedding. Frank is busy doing various projects and creating virtual tours, including the one he did in cambridge, which can be viewed at: frankwingphoto.com. he also ran into actor Bill irwin in california when Bill was doing a play. Bill and meryl steep had hosted the Friends of Writers Premiere spring gala in new York city that Frank had photographed in 2013. tom and Debbie Blucher irwin have also been spending quite a bit of time traveling. they took a cruise to the Bahamas and went to disney World for her birthday, and later in may they toured seattle and then cruised around the Puget sound and the san Juan islands. in august they flew to rome for their 48th anniversary, cruised around capri and spent time in Venice. after they returned home, they were off to Jamaica for tom’s birthday.

We also had some news to celebrate. in February, John and alice Long Gersh welcomed the birth of their granddaughter, elodie, a half-hour before alice’s 69th birthday. alice’s

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daughter liz and her wife leilla live nearby, so first-time grandparents alice and John are looking forward to being involved in elodie’s child care. and in a surprising turn of events, Lin Parker — after negotiating his life from carefree teen years to major-hopping college years to parenting and careerhopping years to grand-parenthood and retirement years — was named acting fire chief in his town of Penobscot, maine. there are no dull moments in lin’s life. When we asked him about his approach to fighting fires, he confided his secret – “put the wet stuff on the hot stuff.” the town is safe in his hands! and finally, donna co-authored a chapter on globalization for nonprofit associations for the revised edition of the “handbook of Professional Practices in association management,” published by the american society for association executives. she has a new commitment – that this will be her last publishing effort! We are organizing several class lunches this year and hope our classmates can join us.

1964 Susan Grathwohl Dingle s123dingle@aol.com The editors would like to issue an apology for the accidental omission of the Class of 1964’s notes in the last issue of Collection.

Please read on for a full update from the past year! class of 1964, where are you? the 50th reunion of the class of 1964 was so amazing it’s taken us a year

to process. remember Brigadoon, that mysterious scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years, the subject of an unforgettable musical by lerner and loewe? our reunion was like that, only we had a whole weekend, thanks to Sally huff Leimbach, anne Nicolls haendiges and Jay Biddison, our most amazing reunion organizers. thursday night we met at a crab house in a preview gathering, causing consternation among the wait staff trying to keep up with us as we welcomed each other — avijit Chatterjee had just arrived from mumbai, india! We caught up with Greg Neumann, Savitri ariosa Gauthier and her partner doug, harry and Marilyn Miller Thomas from Philadelphia, Edie hoffmaster Bradt from arizona; Betsy Wagner from Boston, david and yours truly from new York, at a feast arranged by anne nicolls haendiges. By the end of the evening, the wait staff was taking pictures of us, there was a giant pile of crab shells on the table and newly reconnected friends had begun percolating plans for future “off the grid” gatherings. Friday night at the Zamoiski alumni center, during our formal gathering, dr. Jay Biddison presented “a space oddity,” a PowerPoint that left us all powerless with laughter, singing “Brush Up Your dibert (and the students you will wow),” with original lyrics by JsB himself. head of school matthew micciche and his wife Frances stood by, possibly marveling at how people so old in years could seem so young (or was that immature?). how awesome it was to be reunited with Dan Taylor, helen and Downie McCarty, eric and Joan Mattheiss Thompson, ruth and randy rogers, Patti Koenig Worthington, Nicholas Young, lee and Betsy Knoche Wilhelm, christine and Jack Merriman, Wendell and sally huff leimbach, Keith Korschgen, margie and Chuck Kay, mike and Laura Owen Keene, Suzy Katzenberg, mike and Ellie Dresser Duram, david and Val Cogswell Babson, and ozzie and Joe Cowan. our grand finale saturday night was at Joe and ozzie’s place (if you would refer to downton abbey as a “place”), where ken and Margot Kohn Pettijohn, Paul hanley and lee anne Quinn joined us to celebrate

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Joe cowan’s latest big win, receiving the outstanding alumni award from dr. Forbush at the 27th annual “mr. nick Bull roast” earlier that afternoon. after dinner, i, Sue Grathwohl Dingle, provided new perspectives on old class trips as the past was revisited, resolved and dissolved in laughter, topped off with a selection from my one-woman show. then Joe cowan recalled the names of our departed classmates, and we shared memories of Don Wilson, Jimmy Price, Liz Carroll Bradley, John Christhilf, Kim McGill and Gail rinehart, with a special tribute to ronnie friedberg. at just the right moment, avi stepped up and invited the class to come visit him in india in 2016! When we were young, he had the opportunity to encounter our culture — and now 52 years later, we can encounter his! the next morning for our curtain call, we re-grouped for brunch out at Betsy knoche Wilhelm’s lovely farm. sitting on the front porch in rocking chairs, watching the sheep graze on the front lawn, we imagined our twilight years, many years from now, possibly right out there on Betsy’s porch! What struck everyone was what beautiful people our classmates had become.

We had started off as those high school clichés — the cheerleaders, jocks, nerds and theatre kids, but now we recognize the inner light shining in each other. classmates deep in conversation discovered new dimensions in each other. maybe that’s a good reason for our class trip to india — to complete the circle that began back when we were cheerleaders, jocks, nerds and theater kids, from “Brigadoon” to the “most exotic marigold hotel.” so that’s pretty much what was going on between the lines at the class picture, with all of us identified — with a shout-out to the amazing spouses and partners who were such good sports that they were instantly indoctrinated into our informal hall of fame … that weekend, savitri gauthier and her partner doug Fambrough announced their engagement, much to the delight of everyone who had met doug! in october, savitri and doug were married in a private ceremony. they will celebrate in June this year with family and a few close friends. savitri says, “after our little private ceremony

in october, we went to arkansas for our first honeymoon, for about a week, where we canoed the Buffalo river (shades of thomas hart Benton), met up with friends, played around in little rock and went on a quest for quartz crystal ... We intend to have many more honeymoons.” also in october, Marianne Benson hopped on a bus from Boston to new York city to attend the first public performance of my aforementioned one-woman show, “the hollywood dreamcatcher.” in late February, marianne and husband Peter clemons also caught up with Kathy Benesch and spouse tom romer on a trip to new York to check out some art galleries. a hundred feet of snow doesn’t slow down a friend like marianne! From Paul Newbury: “i have good news and bad news to report. on dec. 15, 2014, my daughter saralinda presented us with our second grandchild, andrew. the bad news is that a month ago on a very cold thursday night, Feb. 5, 2015, the emlenton mill burned to the ground. two hundred firefighters from 50 companies bravely fought the fire in subzero temperatures all night. no one was hurt, and the cause is unknown. thus ended our 10-year restoration of this 140-yearold mill. We loved the mill and will miss it very much. We didn’t live there, so we are fine. We now find ourselves with the huge project of cleaning up the site. there is no way we can rebuild it. it was huge, and we don’t have the resources. We are dealing with numbers like 150 tons of debris (mostly metal as the wood burned) to be removed, and if we decide to fill the basements with dirt to make a park it would take 4,000 tons of dirt. We would like to keep the music venue but we are still trying to decide what to do. i’m blogging about the mill at emlentonmill.com, if you would like to know more about its stories.” sally huff leimbach reports that she and Wendell sold their townhouse in Bolton hill, and are moving on to the next phase, living full time at the ice house landing in calvert county it’s great for them, but let’s pause to remember those wonderful evenings on Bolton hill at the leimbach’s lovely home … sally is still working, commuting to Baltimore two or three times a week. her son Wel was promoted to colonel, Usmc

in september. sally writes, “Wendell and i are on the waiting list at a wonderful retirement community, shell Point Village, near sanibel island on Florida’s west coast. anyone considering a retirement community should check it out at: shellpoint.org.” thanks for the heads up, sal! so there it is, old eras ending and new eras beginning — answering the question, how can the great class of 1964 follow the world’s greatest 50th reunion? one day at a time.

Please keep in touch and check out our Facebook Page: Fs1964YB50. For updates on the india trip, contact your class secretary, and save the dates nov. 7-20, 2016!

1965 This class needs a secretary.

If you would like to serve as class secretary, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@friendsbalt.org or 410.649.3205.

1970 Lisa Mitchell Pitts lisa.pitts.bee@gmail.com Brenda Bodian informed me that she and antonia would be in italy from mid-march to mid-June, having been in the states for quite a long stretch.

Gale Pyles hunt was about to leave for a two-and-a-half week trip to turkey. i wished her bon voyage and a restful trip, as she has been doing an amazing job not only for our class reunion, but also as the national reunion co-chair for the Setting the Stage campaign. a special shout out to Beth Grill Pietrini, who will be inducted into the athletic hall of Fame during our rescheduled alumni Weekend festivities!

1971 Lucy Crosby Price hardimanprice@gmail.com Peter Kaestner is presently stationed in Frankfurt, germany as U.s. consular section chief. he sent us a link to a march 1, 2015 Telegraph U.K. article, “extreme Bird Watching: twitching in War Zones” in which he was interviewed. in the article, he tells of how he got lost in the solomon islands for two days and one night, while searching for the kolombangara leaf Warbler and how, while travelling in the caprivi strip near angola, he had “a very tense encounter with a drunken, ak47-wielding guard” who mistook him, his wife and his two daughters for poachers.

1966 Nina Lasagna Patry npatry@verizon.net

1967 Jane Thursby mejanemd@gmail.com

1968 arlene Dannenberg Bowes adbowesdmd@gmail.com a number of you are sharing your latest news on Facebook. i enjoy following Chuck Barton, Joan Boyle-Dugue, Tim Pitts, Buffy Price and Martha Brantigan Stowell. if the rest of you consider Facebook too public a venue, email me your stories before the next Collection! With a crew of 12, including our daughter, we raced our sloop, “apparition,” in the biennial Block island race Week off rhode island in June.

GaLE huNT ’70 dines at a rooftop restaurant in Istanbul with the Hagia Sophia behind her.

1969 frank Bond, Jr. fbondini.bond@gmail.com

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DaViD PLOTT ’73 gives a thumbs-up at the Pearce Ferry takeout in the Grand Canyon, Arizona.

COrKY rOBiNSON ’73 and his wife Ang

attend a state dinner at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand.

1972 Beth Peacock holcomb beth_holcomb@sarasota.k12.fl.us

1973 Sarah Schulz O’Loughlin somohopo@comcast.net David Plott writes that he continues to work as a lawyer in annapolis, but his passion for the outdoors has taken him on many multiday river trips out West. last year it was the salmon river in idaho, and in may of this year he returned to arizona to spend three weeks rowing a raft 280 miles down the grand canyon. this was his seventh grand canyon trip. earlier in may, david and his wife Judy attended their daughter caroline’s graduation from emory University. Corky robinson reports that he just celebrated his 30th wedding anniversary to ang, whom he met and married in thailand in 1985, when they were working for a humanitarian program helping to prepare indochinese refugees for resettlement in the United states. in January 2015, they were back in thailand, where corky (aka court) presented a paper at the Prince mahidol award conference, and they also were invited to a state dinner at the grand Palace. he is now a professor at the Johns hopkins Bloomberg school of Public health,

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where he teaches and conducts research on refugees, displaced persons, migrant workers and survivors of human trafficking. corky and ang’s two children both graduated from Friends school.

Yani robinson ’07 is now in seattle where he works on advocacy projects promoting awareness of risks and rights of lgBtQ people. JD robinson ’11 is in his senior year at mcdaniel college, majoring in communication arts.

Margo halle has been showcasing her dancing talents, doing the samba to raise money for the alzheimer’s association. she had been preparing for the memory Ball, which was in april, and she appreciates all of the donations from her Friends school classmates. margo moved back to Baltimore after living in new York city for years and is a co-founder of the entertainment company ram Films, inc.

1974 Sally Slingluff salslinger@aol.com i hope that everyone survived the winter without too much trouble.

Tony Greif is enjoying being a grandfather to his two 2-year-old granddaughter, maddy. he says he spoke with Erik Kniffin during the Boston blizzards and he was wondering when he would be dug out! in september i went with cheryl massey, Bill Massey’s widow, on a southern caribbean cruise. most sadly, our beloved friend and classmate David Bennett passed away in may 2015. Susan Talalay ’73 wrote to share the following memories and information about david: “it is with great sadness that i report the death

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of our classmate, david h. Bennett, on may 11, 2015. david died of cardiac arrest at his home in Washington, d.c. after graduating from Friends school, david earned a degree in architecture and landscape architecture from cornell University in 1979 and a master’s in landscape architecture from harvard University graduate school of design in 1983. at the time of his death, david was an associate principal of the firm aecom in Virginia. david traveled extensively for aecom, most recently to azerbaijan, where he developed the master landscape plan for a project that included a diplomatic academy. he led 25 projects in asia and lived in hong kong for three years beginning in 2002. one of his first projects was the landscape restoration of the mount, the historic estate and gardens of novelist edith Wharton, of which he was a trustee and founding chair of the garden and grounds committee. david was deeply committed to these projects which he continued to oversee until his death.

Natalie Shivers and i were lucky enough to stay friends with david all through our days at Friends school, up until his untimely death. david was a citizen of the world who loved travel, history, his family (and their history), gardens (large and small), his friends and his professional life. he was loved by many. a memorial service for david was held at the church of the redeemer in Baltimore on may 27, 2015, and was attended by our classmates, including Cam MacLachlan, Chuck Mitchell, David hughes, Scott Nevin, Jay Sindler, natalie shivers, Lynnette Young and your class secretary, as well as Kitty Bryant ‘75. as chuck mitchell emailed

the day after the service, “i was proud of our class that we did have a good turnout despite the unavoidable midweek work conflicts. it shows what a unique person david was to bring us all there to honor him.” our classmates wrote emails to natalie and to me that included the following comments about david: “truly tragic, a class act;” “i will always remember david for his wonderful sense of humor and his kindness;” “he was a true sweetheart — one of the gentlest people i’ve ever known.” david’s voice and endearing laugh will remain with us. as his brother Woods mentioned during his remembrance at the memorial service, “Friends school was a good fit for david.” i would add that Friends school was lucky to have the talent and humanity of david. he will be greatly missed. if you would like to send a note to david’s family, please contact the alumni office at Friends school at alumni@friendsbalt.org or 410-649-3205.

1975 This class needs a secretary.

If you would like to serve as class secretary, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@friendsbalt.org or 410.649.3205.

1976 John humphries jehriver@aol.com Keith Tabatznik writes that it has been a big year of travel, highlighted by the World cup in Brazil, where he stayed in a jungle lodge in the

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KEiTh TaBaTzNiK ’76 catches up with aNDrEa aND STEVE STuarT ’76 in Virginia.

amazon. soccer continues to be very, very good to keith, as he continues to direct the olympic development Program for boys for region 1 (east coast) and provides tV commentary. keith also traveled to his birth place in south africa, as well as turkey, germany, italy and the Uk with his soccer activities. he noted that ray Carpenter, who recently passed, was one of his best friends both at Friends and following graduation. keith was able to catch up with andrea and Steve Stuart in Virginia at the Four courts, where keith often runs into steve’s son, tim, who now works in d.c. Jon Patz reports that he is working in ethiopia for a year on a state department Fulbright scholars award. Prior to moving to ethiopia, Jon spent the fall working at the World health organization in geneva, switzerland. Cecily Morrow is in the middle of producing Volume iV of “systematic Figure skating: the spin and Jumps of gustave lussi,” a video series documenting the father of modern figure skating and his teaching methodology. cecily is also working on the last section of a book, “diamonds in the snow,” on the same subject. she is starting a film script, “emerald isle-stoney lake,” a comedy based on the real life adventures of her family’s six generations of summers on an island in canada.

Blazer Catzen writes that his oldest daughter erin is engaged. his other two daughters, hannah and nellie, are in Boston and new orleans, respectively, working at the harvard Business school and for catholic

charities as part of a two-year University of Pennsylvania fellowship. son Bert graduated in may and is living in Philadelphia working for major league Ultimate. Blazer continues to work in digital forensics, and his wife kathy is still catering and loving it.

Bryan Carpenter and family are living in Fair hill, cecil county, md. Bryan is taking graduate school courses at Johns hopkins in the division of Public safety leadership. Bryan’s wife gerry recently graduated from Widener University school of law with a doctorate in health law. his daughter linda is a professor of physics at ohio state University, specializing in string theory, and she is a recognized authority on super symmetry. his older son thomas is an officer in the United states marine corps, currently deployed. Bryan’s younger son christopher graduated from loyola University in Baltimore in may 2014 and is applying to law schools. Bryan invites any and all classmates to visit the beautiful state park where they live. With disappointment, Scott frenkil reports that all efforts to further investigate the 1684 trading post archeological site previously reported in these pages have been indefinitely halted. scott also notes that he has started a consulting business dedicated to id fraud and credit protection “monitoring.” Carolyn alkire continues her economic consulting business in carlsbad, calif., and has recently finished projects for the land and Water conservation Fund coalition and the nature conservancy. the latter required trips to monterey

MrS. DaLE fiNE rEDEN '78 with her husband Stan at their wedding

county, where she had a chance to visit monterey Bay, cannery row and John steinbeck’s home in salinas. carolyn also tries to keep track of her high school daughter’s busy schedule, and helps with her daughter’s high school show choir competitions throughout southern california. Dante Beretta passed along the news that randy cooper, the last “surviving” faculty member from the class of ’76 era, was retiring. dante continues to enjoy teaching latin at garrison Forest school, where he has been on the faculty since 1985. he assumed the duties of school archivist in 2008, helping to produce a book on the school’s history in advance of its 2010 centennial celebration.the class secretary notes that the class of ’76 Facebook site has 43 members and welcomes new members — https://www.facebook.com/groups/ FriendsBaltimore1976/ — no admission fee and no obligations. the secretary also thanks keith t. for helping shake the trees for class news.

1978 Doug Stevenson dougstevenson@hotmail.com long time no see. Your loyal, if supremely unorganized, secretary here. You may have noticed a distinct lack of class of ‘78 news the last time around. so what did it say? “this class needs a secretary who meets deadlines … doug!”? Frankly, i haven’t been able to bring myself to look for the last Collection — buried somewhere under a pile of unopened bills, compromised guitar chords and cigarette butts … ahhh, the sweet, sweet bachelor life. the good news is that you and your once-upon-a-time classmates are not much more diligent than your humble, if pre-occupied, scribe. i bring to you … ta-dah! … a smattering of news from last autumn since no one seems to have anything to say in march, when i put out the call.

First up, the former Dale fine Burgess got hitched. dale and stan reden, the CraiG DiCKiNSON '78's dog and truck get ready for a trip to the lumber yard.

1977 This class needs a secretary.

If you would like to serve as class secretary, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@friendsbalt.org or 410.649.3205.

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WaDE WiLSON '84 enjoys a visit with ChriS SWaNN '84 in Bermuda.

1986 rogers hughes EDWarD KaNE ’84 aND aLiCE BurTON ’85 speak with the Class of 2015 during Senior Seminar at Friends.

gruntiest of grunts, were married september 19, 2014. Judging by pictures of the wedding, rV adventures and overseas jaunts posted on Facebook, i think we will have to refer to her in the future as “smilin” dale Fine reden. congratulations, you two! Craig Dickinson will be making his third and final attempt to restore a 19th-century house. this one is in the Front Park section of Buffalo, n.Y. Putting children through college seemed to have got in the way of the first two projects. in order to show the world that he is serious this time, he has acquired a dog and a truck for those weekend runs to the lumber yard. craig is also celebrating 25 years in human services, working as a job developer/vocational trainer for the developmentally disabled in new York’s erie county. last, i enjoyed catching up with eric nass (loyola Blakefield class of 1978) when we had dinner down on central ave. with Tim hearn, and hope to see him again before too long. i know! dinner on central ave.!

Baltimore’s a changing place. come on through and say hi if you haven’t been here in a while. send me an email; call 202-441-9034; or visit our class page on Facebook (search for Friends school class of 1978).

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anne Burton hockett

Staige Davis hodges

Shelley Coates Stein

annehockett@me.com

sdhpdx@gmail.com

Shelley.stein@gmail.com

robert Spencer-Strong

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robertstrong@hotmail.com

This class needs a secretary.

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on april 10, Edward Kane and alice Burton ’85 joined several members of the class of 2015 for the morning’s senior seminar session. edward and alice spoke about their time at Friends and the transition to college and beyond. Presently, edward serves as associate general counsel for the district of columbia housing authority; alice is the founder and president of Burton Policy consulting, llc. Wade Wilson writes, “Chris Swan and his lovely wife linda hosted me, my wife, two sisters and my mother at their Bermuda home for a fabulous rockfish dinner on may 26, 2015. in exchange for me outfitting chris in his new Friends school hat and t-shirt, chris dressed me out in his cricket gear of hat, pads and bat. i later watched his team play cricket. alas, no fishing since the sea conditions were not favorable that week.”

1981 Dahira Lievano Binford BaltimoreBinfordBunch@verizon.net

1982 Joyce Jennings joycejen@berkeley.edu Karen Dates Dunmore says she and husband larry are both doing well. their daughter hallie will be attending Friends’ Pre-Primary next year; karen will be nearby, working in the admission office as director of admission and outreach.

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1985 Sharon Buckson Stewart

1983

ladystewart1234@hotmail.com

Shawn Dorman

see class of 1984 entry’s above about alice Burton’s presentation to Friends seniors.

dorman.shawn@gmail.com

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1988 angelo Valle gelovalle@gmail.com the long new england winter that continued into an astronomical spring fooled my body clock into thinking i had more time to gather class notes for this issue. Laura Spivak ryan saved this space from being empty

SOPhia rYaN, DauGhTEr Of Laura SPiVaK rYaN ’88, is laced up and ready to skate.

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ChriS VauGhN '89 aND raChEL zaMOiSKi '00 offer advice to the senior class at

Senior Seminar.

ELiSE PiTTENGEr rOCha ’93 and husband

Sarah KrEMEN '90 with Abigail, 3 1/2, Ethan,

Fernando recently welcomed daughter Carolina.

7, and husband Jon Aurnou

after my last-minute plea for news to share. she emailed a lovely picture of daughter sophia ryan, age 6, who started her junior ice skating career with her first competition on may 1 in Vancouver, Wash. she practices at the lloyd center ice rink, where the notorious tonya harding once trained. so, if i avoid having my daughter, who is just a bit older than sophia, skate at nancy kerrigan’s hometown rink in nearby stoneham, mass., we can avoid any harding-kerrigan parallels … laura and i hope everyone is well!

1989 Meghan Stern Cochran meghan@stern.net on april 7, Chris Vaughn and rachel zamoiski ’00 visited Friends and met with members of the class of 2015 during senior seminar. they shared their stories and spoke with students about life after Friends, including navigating the paths from college to career. Presently chris is working as in-house legal counsel at catholic relief services in Baltimore.

1990 Jahan Sagafi jahan@post.harvard.edu holter Graham continues acting, doing voice-overs and narrating audio books in new York city. in mid-June,

he will celebrate two years since his stem cell bone marrow transplant to hopefully finally rid him of his leukemia — all remission so far. in February he accompanied his wife neela Vaswani to l.a., where she won a grammy for Best children’s album for her narration of the young adult book, “i am malala,” by and about malala Yousafzi, the nobel-winning girl who stood up for education and was shot in the face by the taliban. Sarah Kremen wrote in, “my family and i will be in marseille, France for the spring and summer term for my husband Jon’s sabbatical. i am a behavioral neurologist, working at the Ucla alzheimer’s disease center. i see patients in memory clinic, and recently became the co-director of the clinical trials Program. my kids — ethan, 7, and abigail, 3½ — are definitely growing up as californians, but i’m trying to teach them about seasons, weather and lacrosse. if anyone is passing through la, email me at sakremen27@gmail.com.

1991 Jeff Dinger jeff.dinger@gmail.com

1992 David Knowles knowlesdavid@gmail.com Shana Ketron-Yacht is enjoying being 40. she saw franny Legge, Maré hieronimus, Erin Koch and Claudia Marbaix Scheidle over christmas and

met claudia’s son, axle. she also saw Franny’s kids, senaka and sahana. after three years in Portland, ore., Dabney Neblett Bowen is moving back to Fairfield, conn. with her husband and daughters, where they spent the previous 15 years. she says she liked Portland, but she has had her fill of “beards, kombucha, tattoos and bad drivers.” Elizabeth Shaum Delfosse is working very hard on her nursing degree at the University of maryland. Shawn Peterson recently turned in a great performance as a guest star on “ncis: new orleans.” his character was chased through the French Quarter and ultimately met his end in a most un-Quakerly fashion.

Marita hipolito is a social worker living in Baltimore. she says she hasn’t run into any classmates lately except for watching shawn on tV. Sasha Klevytska started the year off with a trip to amsterdam, Paris and Brussels, where she put to use all those years of French classes. then she escaped the Baltimore ice storms, going to cartagena, colombia, a beautifully vibrant, colorful, hot and windy place. after receiving her Ph.d. in neuropathology from Johns hopkins, she has been contemplating a career path outside of medical research that is still intimate with science. she recently applied to graduate school for public policy and is looking to focus on health policy. she regularly talks to Erin Koch, who has become quite the accomplished painter. sasha enjoys getting snippets of news and pictures from our class on Facebook. her mom alex sends everyone from the class of ’92 lots of love. Carla Perry Paisley co-owns mobtown doulas, a private

birth and postpartum agency in charles Village that serves the city and surrounding counties. her co-owner is Friends alumna Emily Leffler-Shulman ’94. she says working with someone she’s known since high school is as fun as it is reminiscent. carla continues to home-school her children and shuttle them from place to place, though a driver’s license looms for her 16-year-old. she is always looking for more Friends school alums to join her in local road races, so if you want to train for the Baltimore running Festival, or any distance race, she’d love to hear from you.

1993 Carrie Mallonee huebner carolinemallonee@gmail.com hello, alumni! members of the class of 1993 are scattered across the country (and abroad!), but luckily there is Facebook. i put out a call for updates and many people obliged. it is always great to hear what people are up to!

Polly Webb has been living in colorado for the last 18 years. she just celebrated exactly eight years of work at colorado state University Veterinary hospital. Elise Pittenger rocha, her husband Fernando and their daughter elena welcomed a new baby, carolina, into their family in February. elise is still living in Brazil, but says she is looking forward to a yearlong sabbatical in Virginia that begins later this year. i’ve been in touch with Elizabeth Leonard Clifton in Poughkeepsie, nY. she writes, “in June 2015, my family and i finished our stint as house fellows in

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JOE JOhNSTON ‘98’s son Eli was born in

November 2014.

KiM haMiLTON WENDEL ‘98’s daughter

Elle enjoys her first birthday.

the Vassar college dorm. now that allan is tenured, we figured it was time to buy a house, which is just two miles from campus. our year has been centered on home improvements, moving and getting the kids settled in their new schools. after living in eight different places since we got married in 2000, we are glad to finally be home!” kevin and Johanna Shear Swanson are thrilled to have adopted their second child in october. aaron was born on october 10, 2014. Emily Pelton lives in north Baltimore city with her daughter chloe, 13, and her son isaac, 10. she has continued to be busy as a doula and childbirth educator and, in october, became a doula trainer. she’s been traveling around the country (and canada!) leading doula training workshops. this summer she hopes to launch a doula agency — doulas of Baltimore! she says she loves connecting with and sometimes

working with the many Friends alumni around town. Chris Baughman is in san diego. he says, “my son sam started tee ball and i am assistant coach. i’m starting a Ymca adventure circle (dad and son thing), and we have some camping planned, including a trip to catalina island.”

Sarah Standiford sent in this update: “Jeff and i are still enjoying life in south Portland maine, though my job as deputy national field director for Planned Parenthood Federation of america, based out of d.c., means i’m on the road a lot. i enjoyed comparing epic snowfall amounts with carrie mallonee and new england friends this year!” it’s true! i braved the coldest winter yet here in Buffalo, where i live with my husband and two sons. keep in touch, class of 1993!

1994 rich Santos Richie1124@gmail.com

1995 Trevor Soponis tsoponis@gmail.com

Taylor Smith MaDELiNE fraNKLiN GrOSS ’96 and the

newest addition to her family, Violet Franklin Gross

taylor.c.smith@gmail.com

1996 andy Dale Andrew.Dale@tdameritrade.com Madeline franklin Gross sent a photo of her new addition, Violet Franklin gross. Violet, madeline’s second child, was born nine weeks early weighing 2 pounds, 7 ounces, and spent 45 days in the nicU. she is

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WiLL SaLE '03 shares a big smile with his son Walker, born in March 2015.

doing wonderfully at home now with her 2½ -year-old brother Brayden.

1997 Claire Cherlin Kosloff clairekosloff@yahoo.com

1998 Justine alger forrester jalger1@yahoo.com hello again, friends, just a quick update this time. thanks, as always, to those who took a moment to send in a note. it is always a pleasure to hear from our classmates. it was so nice to receive an email from Jesse Swain, and congratulations are in order!

Jesse and his wife, amity ching-Yee cox, welcomed baby boy rilke everett swain on July 1, 2014. soon, the three of them will be moving to claremont, calif., where Jesse will continue his work as a psychotherapist. Elena Johnson has news of a big career change. elena left her nonprofit job at the end of 2014 to start her own company, nourrie cuisine. she says, “We offer catering, personal chef and prepared food services,” which brings me flashbacks of elena in a chef’s hat and apron…maybe sixth grade halloween? of course, she was also splattered with blood then, so some things have changed. it is really cool to see her living out her dreams, and to think we knew her way back when. check out her website at: NourrieCuisine.com. similarly, i love

Kim hamilton Wendel’s update because it is so “kim!” When i think of kim, i think, of course, of her passion for horses and horseback riding, which has been the essence of kim as long as i have known her (lower school, Pre-Primary?). now, kim’s daughter elle can share that with her. elle turned one in march (“amazing how time flies”). Following in her mother’s footsteps, elle is already riding her pony, Princess, and her parents are enjoying her so much. kim adds, “horse competition season is starting, so we are super busy with [husband] tom’s vet clinic and my show season.”

Joe Johnston also writes in with happy news: “my wife Jennie hart Johnston and i are pleased to announce the birth of our son, eli hart Johnston. eli was born on november

PauL GrEENfiELD '04 and his wife Sarah Wilson at their April 2014 wedding

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GarY WiLLiaMS ’04 with his wife Christina and son Julian

15, 2014 in chapel hill, n.c. i guess that makes him an honorary tar heel. our lives have changed for the better because of eli and we feel truly blessed as parents.” as for me, i continue to enjoy teaching second grade (eighth age) at calvert school. i teach a class of 15 boys, and have two delightful sons of my own who attend kiddie calvert daycare, whom i occasionally have the pleasure of grabbing a quick hug from in the hallways. so there you have it, from the class of 1998. short, but sweet. looking forward to hearing from more of you in the fall! Until then, take care and have a great summer.

2001 Carrie runde Paddock carrie.runde@gmail.com

This class needs a secretary.

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this June will mark 14 years since the class of 2001 graduated from Friends school! it’s hard to believe so many years have passed and members of our class are living all over the world.

Charlotte Marra sends news from london where she’s been living and working as the director of a contemporary art gallery. charlotte is engaged to a Brit and is getting married in the U.k. in august! her fiancée, thomas leaman, is a marketing manager for a film distribution company. Warry Siebert sends his news from san Francisco where he lives with his wife, kathryn Blair siebert. Warry and kathryn, a fellow denison grad, married in october 2013. Warry previously lived in new York city for five years, creating his restaurant technology company Buzztable, which he sold to

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aNDrEa SMiLLiE BrOWN '04, BEN BrOWN '04 and their daughter Olivia

sysco Foods in 2013. in san Francisco, Warry works for sysco in their new hospitality technology division. heather Dow lives in hampden in Baltimore with her growing family. heather, her husband and son recently adopted another rescue dog that they found injured in a park in Baltimore. heather’s son aaron is a second grader who is doing well at st. thomas aquinas school, and he will receive his first communion this spring. heather’s husband had surgery recently to remove a tumor from his appendix, and he is undergoing treatment. they are counting their blessings and focusing positive energy on their family and rehabilitating their new dog.

2002 Camille Powe Camille.powe@gmail.com

Christopher Wright cswright@gmail.com

2003 Jessica Vanderhoff jessicavanderhoff@gmail.com Will Sale writes, “i’m thrilled to announce that William Walker sale (he’ll go by Walker) joined my wife and me on march 5! mother (kinsey, roland Park country school class of 2002) and child are both doing great. he is

MiKE LEViN '04, aLEx BrOEKhOf '04 aND JuSTiN COE '04 catch up over drinks.

slwillia@gmail.com on april 7, rachel zamoiski and Chris Vaughn ’89 met with members of the class of 2015 during senior seminar here at Friends. they shared their stories and spoke with students about life after Friends, including navigating the paths from college to career. rachel is presently working as a post-doctoral fellow at the national cancer institute.

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TiffaNY MOY '06 poses with her bridesmaids, including rEBECCa hESSELBaChEr '06 aND Sarah GEarharT '06.

big for a little guy, is changing every day and is a ton of fun.

2004 abby Seiler aseiler8@gmail.com Tommy Peter has been working in theatre in a variety of jobs throughout maryland for the past few years as an actor, stage manager, dramaturge, house manager and technician. look him up if you want to see a show! over the last several years, Charlie Bowie has been doing standup comedy and last year had the pleasure of performing in 15 states throughout the country. he has performed with nick kroll, Josh Blue and Judah Friedlander, to name a few. he’ll be touring the south through July and also just started co-hosting a podcast called “Poking the Bear.” he says life is great!

Kathleen Gorman is finishing up her second year of pediatric residency in chapel hill, n.c. and worked at a clinic in Peru this past June. Nick Silbergeld is living in Brooklyn but is moving to Panamá in June to work with a sustainable agro forestry group. as he put it, “very Friends school, right?”

When Greg russell moved to london for work in February 2013, a group decided they had to find time to go visit him and have some fun in europe. over the winter holidays, Eli Dresner traveled to london with Peter heller, Throop Wheeler, David Craine and a few non-Quakers to see greg, where he showed them some amazing sights

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and led them to some of the best meals they’ve ever had. From there they all went to Paris to celebrate the new Year and enjoy time together with wine, baguettes and cheese. alexandra Nelson is still full-time in the m.B.a. program at the University of Baltimore and expects to graduate in 2016. she and her husband mike are expecting a baby girl in early July! christina and Gary Williams welcomed their son Julian in november. Emma Bartlett is excited to share her engagement to Brian guzowski! they’ll be getting married at the end of this year and couldn’t be happier. Yana Demireva is still in Baltimore and will be graduating with

an m.a. in applied anthropology from the University of maryland, college Park in may. she also just got engaged to toby Fitzick and is looking forward to whatever comes next! Carolyn Coombs and hubby matt are living in san Francisco with their dog. she owns a classical Pilates studio in the financial district called keep it classical Pilates, where they offer private and duet instruction. if anyone is in san Francisco, they should check it out! Shruti Kumar moved to los angeles almost four years ago to pursue music after finishing her master’s in film scoring at nYU. she worked for the film composer hans Zimmer for a couple years

TiffaNY MOY '06 and husband Brian Mahoney celebrate their November 2014 nuptials.

before leaving and starting her own music production company, two right chords. shruti has worked on arrangements for many musical groups, most recently, Vampire Weekend, no doubt and alicia keys, and is trying to get more into production as well. (Pleiades, want to do a reunion album?) some of the artists shruti works with did a recent east coast tour, and she and i had a blast catching up at the 9:30 club in d.c.

DaViD WEiNMaN '06, a firefighter in Philadelphia, battled extreme cold and made national news this winter.

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Several Friends alumni gathered to celebrate the wedding of aNNiE KruGEr ’08 TO JOSh PaYNE, frOM LEfT: CaTiE BLaCK ’05, aNDrEW BLaCK ’06, ParKEr MaCLurE ’11, aNNiE KruGEr PaYNE ’08, JaCK WELLS ’08, JaSMiNE POWE ’08, aLaNa NaSLuND ’08, ELiza STEELE ’08 aND CarOLiNE MaCLurE ’13.

2005 This class needs a secretary.

If you would like to serve as class secretary, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@friendsbalt.org or 410.649.3205.

2006 Nicole runde nicole.runde@gmail.com hello ‘06ers! i wasn’t up to much over this long winter, but once spring rolled around, i was excited to see more of Kaitlin Boswell, since we started another season of kickball together in riverside Park. kaitlin is teaching kindergarten at concord hill school in chevy chase, md. and living in Fells Point. Miriam Vishniac got promoted from assistant coordinator to national coordinator at the lawyers’ committee, attended the selma 50th commemoration event and is in grad school at george Washington University for a master’s in public policy. Josh Waranch finished his first year at the robert h. smith Business school at the University of maryland

and is planning to complete his studies in the fall of 2016. he’s living in Federal hill with Tommy adolph and David ray. Tiffany Moy got married on nov. 2, 2014 in newport, r.i. to Brian mahoney! they met through work and are both graduates of Bentley University. rebecca hesselbacher and Sarah Gearhart were in the bridal party. careerwise, tiffany works as a campus recruiter at Pricewaterhouse coopers in Boston, after spending four years in the audit practice at Pwc. congrats tiffany!

David Weinman made some national news coverage in his work as a Philadelphia firefighter. he writes, “on Feb. 16 at 4:45 a.m., a fire was reported at locust medical center.

Because of the early hour and delayed notification, the fire had a very strong hold on the building and was unsafe for interior firefighting. heavy water streams were put into service from the exterior. For perspective, the ‘attack hoselines’ we normally enter buildings with are 1¾” inches thick and flow about 150 gallons of water per minute. When we use ‘heavy streams’ we are operating 3” hoses that flow up to 1,000 gallons per minute! Because

the temperature was in the single digits, the water flowing off the building instantly froze in place, creating an ‘ice castle.’ my platoon arrived at 6:30 a.m. and worked flowing water onto the structure from ladder pipes and ground guns for approximately eight hours before being relieved. luckily, our gear keeps us pretty well insulated from cold and hot alike, so i was comfortable. laboring all day makes you really feel like a fireman ... it’s the kind of work our forefathers did all the time, and it really gives you perspective. i’d take a day of work over a day sitting in the firehouse watching tV any day, and so would many of my best colleagues.” thanks, david, for your service! hope everyone has an awesome summer. i know a few of you are expecting little bundles of joy soon, and i wish you all the best!

2007 Lauren Marks lmarks617@gmail.com it’s an exciting year for the class of 2007! many reunions, marriages,

graduations and other celebratory milestones! Tim Cadet reports that he is currently working at tesla motors as the delivery experience manager for the chicago office. he is getting married in september in chicago to his girlfriend of six years. congratulations, tim! Perkins deMuth is still teaching english as a foreign language in russia and has been doing so for three years. he is excited to announce that he will be marrying his fiancée anastasia tsapina this summer. Yay for Perkins! Laura Green will be married in israel in march and then is moving back to Fells Point with her husband adam to be married again in June at the Baltimore museum of industry. i am very excited for her, as i am the maid of honor and roz Kreizenbeck, anne Laterra, holly heller, Chiara Olivi, Eileen Butler and reagan Bernatchez will also be in the wedding party. laura will be joining the Baltimore city teaching residency. Jared Kamm and i often play (and usually win!) trivia together in Federal hill, where we both live. he lives with his girlfriend allio (who is awesome!) and their soon-to-be relationship great dane puppy,

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assistant and immersing himself in the seattle music scene. You can find his music on itunes and spotify! annie Kruger Payne married Josh Payne on oct. 25, 2014. they are living in Woodberry and loving the city life! as for me, i recently returned to minneapolis for a promotion. i am excited to be back here and closer to a lot of friends i made when i first started working at general mills. thanks for sending in your news. i hope to hear from more of you next time!

2009 Lisa Koenig lkoenig@wesleyan.edu

2010 Joey Peyton jpey92@gmail.com aShLEY GELETa '11 spends some time with Izzy, a capuchin monkey, at the F&M Vivarium.

megatron. Jared is starting the m.B.a program at the University of maryland this fall. roz kreizenbeck graduated this past summer from the george Washington University with an m.a.t. in museum education. after graduation, she moved from d.c. to Boston and works as an education specialist at harvard’s Peabody museum of archaeology & ethnology, where she teaches kindergarten through 12th grade school groups and develops educational programming. in her spare time, she explores the city and spends time with fellow Bostonian Eileen Butler. alexa Williams lives in d.c., where she is marketing director for the historic howard theater in the shaw/U street area. she promotes concerts and private events across all genres — from lauryn hill and the Wailers to Joe Purdy and sylvan esso. as for me, i am enjoying getting to spend time with my boyfriend Charlie Totten ’04, and class of 2007 friends. in march, holly heller, roz kreizenbeck and i visited anne laterra in atlanta, where we talked non-stop for 48 hours, ate lots of southern food and enjoyed good drinks. cheers to a great year, class of 2007!

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2008 Jasmine Powe jasmine.powe@gmail.com Brad Kolodner is settling into his new house in hampden that he bought last summer. he recently started performing with an irish/ old-time/Bluegrass fusion band called charm city Junction. the new group is in the midst of recording its debut album set to release this summer. he is still performing and touring throughout the region with his father, Ken Kolodner ’72. if you’re in town, be sure to check out his webpage (bradkolodner.com) to catch one of his shows; or take a walk through hampden and you’re likely to hear banjo or fiddle music coming from his front porch. Sarah Gartner is living in atlanta, where she recently purchased a house with her boyfriend ari oken. she is getting her master’s in public administration at georgia state University and is a legislative intern at the governor’s office of Planning and Budget. she also volunteers weekly with Furkids, an animal rescue organization. Daniel feinberg is enjoying his Ph.d. program at the University of Washington’s school of environmental and Forest sciences, while working as a statistics teaching

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a message from Maggie Tennis: it has been five years since graduation, and so much has changed. i’ve enjoyed my role as class secretary immensely but have recently made the decision to “retire.”

i will be focused on publishing my research on Ukraine and traveling internationally, before beginning a full-time position later this summer.

Please stay in touch! Best — maggie i would like to begin by thanking maggie for a terrific job as the class secretary. Your service and support to the class of 2010 and the wider Friends school community is exemplary. so, kudos! i will be taking over as the class secretary, and i figured the best way to start is to give an update of the things i have been doing since graduating five years ago. as many of you know, i went to eckerd college in st. Petersburg, Fla., and last may graduated with a double major in philosophy and religious studies. last september, i took a job in the development office at Washington national cathedral and have been very happy in the professional world. in January, i moved to d.c., and am currently living with classmates andrew Strain and Ben Green — proving all the more that the friendships and connections we made during our time at Friends really do follow and guide us in the future.

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be spending my summer working on congenital adrenal hyperplasia (cah) at the clinic for special children. located in strasburg, Pa. the clinic serves the old order amish and mennonite communities, and handles many rare genetic disorders within the community. i’ll be developing an assay to measure adrenocorticotropic hormone levels in our patients to ensure faster and more cost-effective cah treatment. i’m also in the process of planning a trip to africa, where i will be volunteering with a lion rehabilitation program. i volunteered in F&m’s Vivarium, caring for capuchin monkeys this past year, so i’m looking forward to working with lions and elephants in Zimbabwe this september! i’m really excited for the next step in my life and wish everyone good luck in the transition to the “real world!”

2012 Lauren riley Rilelp12@wfu.edu JaMaL GrOSS '13 took a moment during a recent University of Maryland basketball game, where he serves as team manager, to snag a photo with NED fOrBuSh '21.

Please contact me and give me an update of the amazing things the rest of you have been doing since we departed Friends school. i often wonder about you guys and would love to hear from you. also, if you’re ever in d.c., get a hold of me. it would be great to grab a drink or a bite to eat. thanks so much – Joey

2011 Ashley Geleta ageleta@fandm.edu the class of 2011 has been up to some pretty exciting adventures, from graduating college, applying for jobs and even starting businesses. congratulations to everyone graduating this year — it was just four years ago we were walking across the Friends school graduation stage and now many of us have done it again.

Jason Schon and Gabriel Shaw have both accepted job offers, with Jason headed to colorado to work at the steadman Philippon research institute in the department of biomedical engineering, where his research in the field of orthopedic sports medicine will

focus on injury mechanisms, prevention and the development of new treatments and rehabilitation techniques for athletes. gabe will be staying closer to home with a position as a software engineer at Johns hopkins University. he completed his computer science degree at Unc charlotte in may. Prior to starting at hopkins he will travel this summer to thailand, Bali and korea. Etosha Lankatilleke writes to us from sri lanka, where he has started a handloom bag company with his girlfriend aparna. the couple designs the bags and uses fabrics handmade in the sri lankan countryside by women who have mastered the handloom art. it’s a way to bring sri lankan history and art to the modern era. he is also doing some neat things with nutritional supplements through a family endeavor, so be on the lookout for the moringa Powder company coming soon. check out etosha’s bag company online at apihappi.com. etosha also wrote to share an additional update about another initiative he’s helping to lead in sri lanka: “When i was attending Friends school, i was the defensive captain of

the football team and recorded over 150 tackles my senior year. our team wasn’t great; however i was pretty well trained after playing for two years at a state championship football school, st. anne’s Belfield in Virginia. anyway, here in sri lanka i am actually pioneering the sport of football. a few months before i arrived, a few american investors set up an organization to start the game in india with plans to spread to sri lanka; so i stepped in as a head coach figure. currently, we hold flag football and tackle football tournaments at universities across the country. two weeks ago, we held the first football orientation program in the war-ridden Jaffna province. six years after the war, children in Jaffna still do not have engaging sports and after-school programs. When we introduced american football for the first time, the turnout was incredible. We have guys from ages 10 through 25 who have literally hid from bombs their entire lives now playing football.” as for me, i graduated from Franklin & marshall in may with a degree in biology and public health. i received F&m’s eyler award for advanced research and will

a special shout out to Declan Meagher for helping to collect class notes for this issue! declan just got back from his semester abroad in london and hit the ground running as a theater major at occidental college. he choreographed a hip-hop dance for the college’s famed dance production and will be playing the role of aldolpho in the spring production of “the drowsy chaperone,” all the while maintaining rehearsals for various other clubs and classes. declan is looking forward to one last year at occidental college in the theater department, glee club, improv comedy troupe and dance production, but before he does, he will come home to Friends to reprise his role as director for summer stock at Friends alongside mr. mcVey. ali allen has continued to follow her passion for both language and singing, her favorite departments at Friends school. after spending fall semester in grenoble, France, she is now in madrid, spain, working with a group of students to organize a history of Broadway concert. she will return to the stage there as well.

When the Friends spanish trip passed through madrid, she had the privilege of seeing alex Schulick and Sarah Wallack at a wonderful dinner with

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four of her favorite spanish teachers, bringing her Friends experience abroad full circle! this past year, Nurisha rodriguez studied electrical engineering in ankara, turkey at the middle eastern technical University.

While there she traveled to various parts of the country, including cappadocia, where she was able to ride in a hot air balloon and visit ancient tunnels and underground cities! nurisha is now back in the states and will finish her final year at Union college in schenectady, n.Y. Dalton White had a busy junior year

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with multiple plays and shows, for which he played behind-the-scenes roles in multiple jobs and positions. he has stage managed “Bare: a Pop opera” and assistant stage managed a student production of “dead man’s cellphone.” he has also managed props for the kenyon mainstage’s productions of “Principa romantica” and “all my sons,” as well as the production of “rocky horror Picture show” by Brave Potato, the student-run drama club. dalton also delved into lighting and stage construction for “all my sons.”

congratulations to Nabil Odulate and the Bowdoin men’s soccer team, including Cedric Charlier ’13, on winning the new england small college athletic conference championship this past fall! While studying abroad, he got the chance to attend a liverpool game at anfield for the first time. he also hiked three hours up the swiss alps (and subsequently sledded all the way down!) and visited rome, where he climbed all seven hills and found all 13 ancient obelisks. additionally, he spent his spring break in Budapest, athens and dubrovnik.

2013 Sam Enokian samanthaenokian@yahoo.com

2014 This class needs a secretary.

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Milestones.

Please send all Milestones to alumni@friendsbalt.org. Deadline is August 15, 2015.

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Betsy Banghart and Paul Bratz November 7, 2014

Elise Pittenger Rocha and Fernando, a girl, Carolina February 13, 2015

1964 Savitri Gauthier and Doug Fambrough October, 2014

Johanna Shear Swanson and Kevin adopted a boy, Aaron October 10, 2014

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Dale Fine Burgess and Stan Reden September 19, 2014

Madeline Franklin Gross and Kai, a girl, Violet Franklin December 24, 2015

2006 Tiffany Moy and Brian Mahoney November 2, 2014

2007 Laura Green and Adam Kendal March 22, 2015

1998 Joe Johnston and Jennie, a boy, Eli Hart November 15, 2014 Jesse Swain and Amity, a boy, Rilke Everett July 1, 2014

2008 Annie Kruger and Josh Payne October 25, 2014

2000 Joe Fleury and Jenny, a boy, Charles Joseph March 26, 2015

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Rob Lower and Margot, a girl, Violet November 23, 2014

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Joseph Schreiber June 8, 2015

John L. Whitney and Julianne, a boy, John November 9, 2014

2003 William Case Sale and Kinsey, a boy, William Walker March 5, 2015

2004 Gary Williams and Christina, a boy, Julian Everett November 16, 2014

Alice Ebeling February 17, 2014

1949 Jane Fruechtemeyer Dillon February 16, 2015

1950 Joel Fedder April 18, 2015

1955 Robert Seiler March 23, 2015

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Elizabeth Born Little March 27, 2015

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William Tarbert February 1, 2015

Remembrance: JEANINE BITNER

BY CLAIRE LOECHER EBELING

I AM VERY SAD to report that my good friend and fifth grade teaching partner, Jeanine Bitner, died on Dec. 22, 2014. She was 94 and ended her life with her regal dignity.

Jeanine and I taught together for about 15 years. She was brilliant and strict. Some of my most cherished memories are of the adventures she and I shared.

After discovering we worked well as a team we convinced Headmaster Byron Forbush to “tear down that wall” that separated the classrooms, which then afforded us one large room. We found portable blackboards in the attic and used them as room dividers. Reading and math were taught separately; then, the dividers were opened, and both classes were conducted together.

Some of you will remember studying American history by building different cities on plywood boards. The room was filled with tools and scraps of cloth, cardboard and clay.

Each week the selected city grew as its history changed. At lunch one day a boy working on San Francisco stated that

But it was our economics unit, and the introduction of the “LOBI” system, that I suspect most of you remember.

(LOBIs were poker chips named by Michael Hesson ’89 for “Loecher” and “Bitner.”) We originally had assigned our classes a small book called “Life on Paradise Island — economic life on an imaginary island.” Afterward, however, we decided a better way to teach economics was to live it. Children applied for and got jobs around the School and earned LOBIs for their work. These could be spent on such luxuries as eating lunch outdoors or working on pillows we kept on the floor. A bank was created, and each child maintained a bank book. Somehow, The New York Times wrote about the program and the class was soon filmed by “Good Morning America.” Even Oprah Winfrey came to do a piece for the local TV station. The whole system became so complex, and yet the students learned and understood the ramifications of the banking and investing process.

A horse enthusiast, Jeanine rode most afternoons after school. She enjoyed summers in Mt. Gretna, Pa. Her children, Bob Bitner ’65 and Joan Bitner Brown ’67, graduated from Friends School and now reside in Pennsylvania.

Jeanine Bitner encouraged each of you to do your best and would not tolerate laziness. She taught many of you things about living a productive life that I’m sure you still remember. Once at a Friends School Board meeting an alumni member said, “If Mrs. Bitner hadn’t kept me in from recess to do my work most of the year, I wouldn’t be serving here today.”

“Jeanine Bitner encouraged each of you to do

your best and would not tolerate laziness.

She taught many of you things about living a productive life that I’m sure you still remember.”

“nothing ever changed” in his city. Boston, meanwhile, was growing by leaps and bounds. The next week the gold rush arrived and the San Francisco group had to work like beavers to keep up with the changes occurring there.

When Mr. Peerless became Lower School Principal he suggested we teach the history of the English language. To prepare ourselves Jeanine and I traveled all over Europe together, following the advance of the language from the Romans and Celts to the Saxon Vikings and Normans. We even purchased the course textbooks in London. As with our American history city-building exercises, weekly board constructions for this unit followed the progress of those ancient cultures.

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Joseph Klein, Jr.**and Joan G. Klein Shirley Cox Seagren Richard A. Simon

1927 Howard Buffington**

1928 Alan J. Harper** and Florence Harper**

1929 Caleb R. Kelly, Jr. ** and Adine C. Kelly

1930 William R. Kahl** Nancy Hill Salisbury** and Arthur Salisbury**

1931 Anthony G. Rytina** and Theodora R. Rytina**

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1951 Anonymous (2)

1952 Janet E. Mules**

1953 Anonymous Jane Whitehouse Cohen Sara R. Kellen E. Laird Mortimer Virginia Kelly Mortimer

Florence G. Oldham**

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Ann Burgunder Greif Harold A. Ricards, Jr.** and Eleanor Connor Ricards ’37**

1936 Carmian Forbush Davis** and Carle M. Davis** Marion S. Hayden**

Robin Biddison Dodd Robert L. Kriel Mary Allen Wilkes

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Marcia Smith Clark Carol Harrington Fitting♦ J. Henry Riefle III

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Anonymous Elizabeth Banghart Flaherty Susan Shinnick Hossfeld Henry L. Mortimer J. McDonnell Price Ronald H. Renoff Frank A. Windsor and Ann McAllister Windsor ’60

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Robert S. Patterson and Barbara Patterson Dan Reed and Claire Reed

Harry L. Hoffman III** and Mary Louisa Hoffman

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Elizabeth Beatty Gable Diane Howell Mitchell Joseph C. Ramage Ann McAllister Windsor and Francis A. Windsor ’58

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Dorothy B. Krug Anne Homer Martin** Harold A. Ricards, Jr. ’35** and Eleanor Connor Ricards**

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Albion Bacon Clarinda Harriss Robert B. Heaton and Ann H. Heaton Martha F. Horner Mabel T. Miyasaki Linda Windsor Siecke

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1963 Elizabeth Fetter Deegan and Michael J. Deegan, Jr. Charles W. Harlan and Mary Dell Gordon Harlan ’65 Gail Moran Milne Alice Smith Reid Barry S. Stott

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1975 Robin E. Behm Katherine E. Bryant

Cynthia Klein Goldberg Winston W. Hutchins

1977 Alison Nasdor Fass and Andrew Fass F. William Hearn, Jr.

1978 Norman D. Forbush Timothy R. Hearn

1979 Philip B. Gould Joseph Klein, III and Judy Sandler Cristin Carnell Lambros

Katherine Benesch♦ Joseph W. Cowan Peter Paul Hanley Susan B. Katzenberg Sally Huff Leimbach Harry D. McCarty Marilyn Miller Thomas Elizabeth A. Wagner Donald H. Wilson, III** Faris L. Worthington Patricia K. Worthington Carl W. Ziegaus

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Louis T. Hanover Edwin H. Remsberg Sean R. Sweeney

Gretchen Garman Mary Dell Gordon Harlan and Charles W. Harlan ’63 Frederick W. Moran

Christopher Holter Amy Gould John and Andrew John

1981 Anonymous David H. Alkire Eileen S. Goldgeier Katherine A. Hearn Diana Price Matthews James M. Matthews

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John H. Mears, III♦ Alan B. Rosoff

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Thora A. Johnson Wendell B. Leimbach, Jr.

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1972 Stuart S. Hutchins Laura Ellen Wilson Muglia Judy F. Strouse

Trustees Anonymous (2) Tom Brooks Nick and Brigitte Fessenden Norman Forbush ’78 Jeff Gonya Timothy R. Hearn ’78 Thora A. Johnson ’88

Barbara P. Katz Stephen Rives Daryl Sidle Mark and Sherri Weinman Bill White

Parents, Grandparents, faculty, Staff and friends Cary and Steve Achuff♦ Jeanette W. Achuff** Virginia Lee Ault** Nancy H. Berger Robert K. Berger** Deborah and Howard M. Berman Karen Birdsong and Carl Roth Heidi and David Blalock Patricia H. Blanchard Gerritt H. Blauvelt Karen Bleich Tom Brooks Anne R. Brown Sharon C. and D. Perry Brown Helen E. Bryant Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Camp Dr. Oscar B.** and Lorraine Camp Sue and John Carnell Alice Cherbonnier David S. Cooper, Jr. and Kryssa J. Cooper Rebecca and Bruce Copeland Albert R. and Margaret K. Counselman Connie C. Covington and Wally Covington III Dr. and Mrs. Chi V. Dang Anthony W. and Lynn R. Deering Pieter and Phyllis DeSmit Jeffrey H. Donahue Claire K. Ebeling Martha Elliott Christina B. Feliciano Nick and Brigitte Fessenden Susan and William Filbert Sarah Finlayson and Lindley DeGarmo Lora and Greg Gann Jeff and Ann Gonya Julie Fader Gilbert and Gordon Gilbert Ann C. Gordon Vincent L. and D. Iveagh Gott Stanley B. and Joan Gould Eleanor H. Gross** David M. Heath Mary E. Scott and Gary E. Heinlein Eleanor W. High** Charles O. and Ann Holland Laura Holter Mrs. C. Raymond Hutchins Grant L. Jacks and Margaret S. Jacks Sanford G. and Ann Jacobson Joyce Johnston Deloris Jones Barbara P. Katz

Adine C. Kelly Michael and Narindar Kelly Joseph Klein, Jr.** and Joan G. Klein Ferne K. Kolodner Cartan B. Kraft Eleanor Chisholm Landauer Gayle Layfield Latshaw** Howard and Karen Loewenberg Otis E. Mace** and Eleanor Dilworth Mace** Susan P. Macfarlane John and Joyce Maclay Garvin S. and Pamela M. Maffett W. Berkeley** and Eleanor Mann** Diana R. McGraw Elizabeth A. McKennon Mary Ellen McNish and David Miller Frieda M.A. and Douglas L. McWilliams Matthew Micciche John and Beverly Michel Douglas J. Miller, Sr. Sheri B. Miller-Leonetti Catherine G. Motz** Gerry Mullan and William J. Sweet, Jr. Lee S. Owen S. Opie Owen C. E. and Joan Partridge Dorothy H. Powe Anne and Roger Powell Helen M. Reich** Wayne and Janet Ries♦ Stephen Rives Marylynn and John Roberts Mary S. and Paul E. Roberts Jean B. and John V. Russo Mary Ellen and William Saterlie Amy and Alan Schmaljohn Carole French Schreck Esther Sharp Barbara and Gordon Shelton The Shubin Family Daryl J. and Sandra J. Sidle Lisa and Alfred L. Singer Jerome Smalley Lynne Tryon Smalley William Smillie Turner B. and Judith R. Smith Phillip Snyder Joan S. Stevenson Deirdre Stokes Mark C. Stromdahl Audrey W. Taliaferro** Norma C. Tinker** Marilyn and David Warshawsky John G. Watt Mark and Sherri Weinman Bill White Bill and Blair White♦ Thomas E. Wilcox and Elizabeth Whitney Ransome

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