Crimson Mor r istow n-Be a r d School M aga zi n e
MBS Strong
Taking Pride in Our Name 2015-2020 Strategic Plan Annual Report of Donors
Fall 2015
Morristown-Beard School
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Board of Trustees Michael Ranger, President Paolo Cucchi, Vice President John F. Fay, Vice President Thompson D. Grant, Jr. ’69, Treasurer Judy Taggart, Secretary Peter J. Caldwell, Headmaster Bernadette Aiello Mary-Ellen Campbell (Honorary) Shane Connell Ronald DePoalo Wilfredo Fernandez David Ferry David Gately Abbie Shine Giordano Jeffrey Gronning Paul Hawkins ’85 David V. H. Hedley ’64 (Honorary) Allan P. Kirby, Jr. ’49 (Honorary) Gail Kurz ’86 Michael Magner Michael Mariano Joseph Robillard Gilbert Santaliz Roger Schwarz, Esq. ’66 Gerald Scully Katie Simon ’85 Elizabeth Warner Elizabeth Winterbottom
Director of Institutional Advancement Betsy Patterson Director of Development Joseph Locandro Associate Director of Alumni Relations Monya Taylor ’88 News & Information Manager Steve Patchett Brand & Communications Manager Janet Burdorf Magazine Layout & Design Jaimi B. Talarico Website Manager Tiffany Zuber Archivist Dr. Alan Cooper Contributing Writers Sara K. Huneke Carol Selman ’64 Photography Kelsh Wilson Photography David Kramer ’69 Steve Patchett Tiffany Zuber Printed locally using soy based ink on 30% recycled & sustainably-sourced paper
Contents
2 Remarks from the Headmaster
20 Taking Pride in Our Name
4 MBS Moments
24 Education: A Family Business
10 Class of 2015
26 2015-2020 Strategic Plan
12 A Glimpse at Our History
33 A Program for Life: Tuttle Guides New Wellness Program in Middle School
14 Powerfully Prepared
34 An Animated Discussion with Peter Donahue 35 Love of Animals Inspires Book by Barbara Clark 37 Annual Report 56 Crimson Corner
58 Class Notes
64 You’ve Got a Friend: Lifelong School Friendships 65 In Memoriam 66 Alumni Reunion 2015 68 Alumni Moments Crimson
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Remarks From the Headmaster
Dear Friends of MBS, When visitors come to campus, they are struck by two things: the beauty of the campus and the infectious feeling of well-being that is reflected by students, faculty, and staff that embodies the true spirit of MorristownBeard School. It is an exciting time to be a part of MBS. As more and more books are published about our overscheduled, overstressed, and overloaded children, MBS is emerging as a clear frontrunner in education. This summer is no different. In July, Stanford University scholars released a heavily researched book: Overloaded and Underprepared, a text that looks at homework loads and daily schedules. Amid this swirl of confusion of what to prioritize, MBS is clear in its focus, mission, and identity: within a culture of support and collaboration, MorristownBeard School students discover and develop their individual pathways to academic success and personal fulfillment while becoming enlightened, morally responsible citizens of the world. This issue of Crimson showcases the success stories of our alumni, students, and faculty. From the humanitarian efforts of Samantha Wynn ’10 to the sustainable farming of Phil Haynes ’10 to the political and social action work of Ivanka Farrell ’10, it’s exciting to see how our young graduates are excelling in a wide range of endeavors. We also feature the creative pursuits of two MBS faculty/staff members— English teacher Peter Donahue and Assistant to the Headmaster Barbara Clark, who both published books last spring. This issue also highlights several new initiatives on campus including our Middle School Wellness Program 2
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as well as our marketing and branding initiatives designed to refine and strengthen the Morristown-Beard School brand. Marketing and Communication are a priority of our newly-adopted 2015-2020 Strategic Plan, along with Academic Program, Technology in the Classroom and the Community, Diversity and Inclusion, and Facilities and Safety. We are so inspired by the important goals we have set forth in this plan, and we are excited about our future. Creating this plan was a truly collaborative effort, and I am grateful to the many members of our community who helped us think critically and creatively as we chart our course over the next five years. As you will read in our Annual Report, it’s been a record setting year for the Morristown-Beard Fund, our annual fund. In 2014-2015, our community—including trustees, parents, alumni, grandparents, faculty, staff, and friends—not only surpassed the $1 million dollar mark again, but also set an all-time high for the Morristown-Beard Fund in terms of total dollars raised. This achievement speaks volumes about the faith and pride that our community has in Morristown-Beard School. As we head into the fall semester, I invite you to return to campus for a number of exciting events. Our Homecoming celebration and Athletic Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will both take place on Friday night, October 2nd. Join us as we honor John Hatch ’66, Carey (Scully) Strobeck ’92, Michael Betz, Jr. ’08, and Julie Guempel ’09 before our football team takes on Butler High School on Burke Field.
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In the coming year, we will also be celebrating our 125th Anniversary! We look forward to marking this historic milestone with a series of events in the spring, including our 125th Anniversary Gala celebration on Saturday, April 16th at the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange. Please look for more information about these events in the near future. The 125th Anniversary timeline in this magazine illustrates just how far we’ve come—from the earliest days of St. Bartholomew’s, The Morristown School, and The Beard School to the Morristown-Beard School we know today, with its wonderful campus, rigorous academic program, and warmly inclusive community. We truly have much to be proud of.
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With best wishes,
Peter J. Caldwell Headmaster
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MBS Moments Moving Up Ceremony & Commencement Early June was a celebratory time at Morristown-Beard School as 8th Graders participated in the Moving Up ceremony on June 5th, while seniors received their diplomas the next day. At the Moving Up ceremony in Founders Hall, 63 8th Graders received certificates and advanced from the Middle School to the Upper School. On June 6th, faculty, family, and friends gathered under the tent on Senior Circle and cheered as 106 seniors officially joined the MBS alumni family. “During our time at MBS, we learned how to think independently, creatively, and critically,” said Valedictorian Jack Lindberg ’15. “We sought out and cultivated our interests and passions. And I would say, most importantly, we learned about who we are and who we have the potential to become. As students at MBS, we gained not only academic skills, but we also learned how to strengthen our characters.” “To all of my classmates, congratulations! I’ve seen the passion each and every person here has,” said Student Government President Will Laud ’15. “I’ve seen us grow into leaders, athletes, scholars, and with unfailing kindness, I’ve seen us support each other in record numbers.”
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Dear Edwina, Jr. Building Bridges
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Totton & Crimson Night
Dear Edwina, Jr.
The School community was treated to an evening of musical comedy as the MBS Middle School performed Dear Edwina, Jr. on Thursday, May 21st in Founders Hall. The cast also gave a special performance for Middle School students that same morning.
Building Bridges
This spring, students in Dr. Christopher Payette’s physics class tested the structural integrity of toothpick bridges that they designed. As students held their breath, Dr. Payette slowly poured water into a bucket suspended from the bridges to test their load-bearing capabilities. Congratulations to Marc Tietjen ’16 for winning the best bridge design contest.
Totton & Crimson Night A Lesson in Empathy Young Scientists
The 38th annual Larry Totton Golf & Tennis Tournaments were played on May 18th at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster and were a tremendous success. More than 100 golfers enjoyed a wonderful day on the course, participating in numerous contests with opportunities for prizes along the way, including a putting contest against Headmaster Peter J. Caldwell. The event also included a day of tennis on Trump National’s Har-Tru granular surface courts. At Crimson Night, members of the MBS community enjoyed a cocktail reception, buffet dinner, and a fabulous live auction. Professional auctioneer Nick Dawes auctioned off golf trips, tickets to sporting events, and much more. Scholar-athletes Matt Karlson ’15 and Jill Burke ’15 spoke about the many lessons that they have learned by participating in MBS athletics. Many thanks to the fantastic team of parent volunteers led by Gil Santaliz, Jim Nadler, and Shane Connell.
A Lesson in Empathy
Last May, students in Dr. Patrick Horan’s Humanities 11 Honors class tried to navigate the campus blindfolded, with only a classmate’s directions to help them. The activity was designed to teach the students empathy for the visually impaired and to experience first-hand how difficult it would be to live without sight. When the students returned to their classroom after the activity, they reflected on what it felt like to be “blind,” whether they felt lost, whether they trusted their partner, and whether they had problems communicating. They also discussed the reactions of other people on campus, and why they reacted that way. As a follow-up assignment, the students assigned themselves a physical disability and wrote diary entries describing what a typical day feels like in the shoes of the disabled.
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Students in Kristen Pochomis' sixth grade science class took part in a Middle School rite of passage this spring as they donned colorful plastic goggles and rubber gloves to participate in frog dissections. The activity helped the students see, touch, and explore the various organs in the body and understand how these systems work within many other animals and within themselves.
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CMW Takes Center Stage
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Grandparents & Special Friends Day
In April, grandparents and special friends of Morristown-Beard students enjoyed a typical day on campus—without worrying about taking tests and quizzes! It was a record-breaking day, as nearly 200 grandparents visited MBS. During the annual Grandparents & Special Friends Day celebration, students had an opportunity to play tour guide for the day as they showed their guests around the campus, took them to classes, and introduced them to their friends.
CMW Takes Center Stage
The spring CMW (Contemporary Music Workshop) show featured an array of student and faculty talent, and showcased a wide variety of musical styles. The show featured talent from the Upper and Middle School, as well as special appearances by members of the MBS faculty and staff. Behind the scenes, CMW also created opportunities for students to shine in the areas of promotion as well as lighting and sound design.
Chariots of Fire!
There was plenty of pageantry and athletic drama as the Latin Club transformed Burke Field into a Circus Maximus and staged the second annual series of chariot races this May. Emperor (and Latin teacher) Michael McGrann presided over the festivities clad in a toga, and in the Roman tradition of the panem et circenses, keeping the masses content with ample food and entertainment, he offered the spectators traditional treats.
House Challenge
Every point is important in the 8th Grade House Challenge Cup— just ask the Athenians! After a long year of challenges, contests, and events, the Athenians captured the 2015 8th Grade House Challenge Cup, edging the Spartans by a mere half a point! It’s the second time in the past three years that the Athenians have won the Cup.
Strike a Pose!
On a beautiful spring afternoon, Upper School girls found inner peace on Senior Circle as they participated in a yoga workshop sponsored by the GLOW (Girls Leadership Outreach and Worth) Club. The GLOW Club is a student organization that hosts a monthly speaker series designed to empower young women, encourage on-campus social events, and inspire random acts of kindness.
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Charles Lindbergh flies over The Morristown School. Miss Beard's School founded in Orange, NJ.
The resident student fee at Beard is $1,250; the fee for day students ranged from $100 to $450.
1891 1898 1927 1933 1942 1947 Headmaster Tilghman leads Morristown ice hockey team trip to Europe.
St. Bartholomew’s founded in Normandy Park area, Morristown, NJ. St. Bartholomew’s becomes The Morristown School for boys.
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Movie star and alumna Joan Caulfield ’39 visits Beard School.
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1953 1971 1986 1991 2000-2013 2015 2016 100 Septembers published to commemorate the School centennial.
Schools merge to form Morristown-Beard School. Over a decade of building and renovation: Beard Hall, Grant Hall, Wilkie Hall, Kirby Chapel, and Founders Hall—a 630 seat performing arts center.
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Powerfully prepared
By Steve Patchett
Our students are our future—and our young alumni are mighty proof of the powerful impact an MBS education can have. As the alumni featured in this issue demonstrate, our graduates leave Morristown-Beard School exceedingly well prepared for the challenges of college and of starting a career. Just as their skills in thinking, writing, and time management set them apart among entering college students, the qualities of mind they develop here position them for professional success and personal fulfillment long after college. Passionate, hardworking, and fueled by a desire to give back, these young alumni are making meaningful breakthroughs in college and beyond. We are proud to be a part of their journey.
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Trevor Baptiste ’14
Current city: Denver, Colorado Currently studies at the University of Denver To say that Trevor Baptiste ’14 had a fairytale freshman year at the University of Denver would be an understatement. In his first season on the Division I stage, the former All-State lacrosse player from Morristown-Beard School led the University of Denver to its first ever national championship with a 10-5 win over the University of Maryland. Baptiste, who was named to the All-Tournament team, went 10-for-19 on faceoffs for the Pioneers in the championship game. The victory marked a truly transformative moment in the sport — never in the 44-year history of the NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse tournament had a non-East Coast team won the title. “It was definitely a surreal feeling to win a national championship,” said Baptiste. “As the year progressed, I saw how amazing and special our team truly is. Towards the end of the season, there was no doubt in my mind that we were going to be in the running for a national championship.” Baptiste’s accomplishments during the season were simply astonishing. He became the first freshman lacrosse player selected as a Division I AllAmerican since 2001. His 300 faceoff wins set an NCAA season record for faceoff wins by a freshman. Only three other lacrosse players have ever won more faceoffs in a Division I season. Baptiste was also named the 2015 Big East Midfielder of the Year, and earned a spot on the First Team All-Big East squad. He led the country in faceoff percentage at 72.1, and was on the watch list for the Tewaaraton Award, the lacrosse equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. “The transition to Division I athletics was definitely something that I had to get used to, but I don’t think it was too bad because of all the support I had from my teammates, my coaches, my parents, and the whole MBS community,” said Baptiste. “I could really feel it, and I am grateful to have such great people around me. My high school friends were always staying in touch, wondering how I was doing. Coach Sal (Tromonda) was truly a spark for me and helped take me to the next level. Whether it was calling me or getting me physically and mentally ready, Coach Sal, Coach (Kevin) Meany, and all of the coaches were instrumental to my success at DU.” In the classroom, Baptiste is also making a smooth transition and is particularly enjoying his business classes. He gives credit to his teachers and classes at MBS for preparing him well. “At MBS, I think the most influential classes were the ones that were the hardest — classes like AP Calculus and Pre Calculus Honors. They really taught me to work hard and stick with the material,” he said. “I also learned a lot from Mr. (Christian) Rabin’s English class. He taught me not to get caught up with answers, but to focus more on the process and the journey.” So, as he enters his sophomore year, what does Baptiste do for an encore? In the future, he’d like to “continue to improve as a lacrosse player, be a great teammate, do well in the classroom, and never lose sight of having fun.”
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Digital Politics Ivanka Ferrell ’10
Current city: Washington, D.C. B.S., Political Science, George Washington University
From the time she was a senior at MBS, Ivanka Farrell ’10 has been using new media to transform politics and drive social change in the digital age. For her Senior Project, Farrell landed a position with Bully Pulpit Interactive (BPI), a political digital advertising firm in Washington, D.C. Throughout her college years at George Washington University, she continued working at BPI while pursuing a degree in political science. Today, she is an associate at BPI, where she manages digital marketing strategy, operations and creative direction for a wide range of political and non-profit clients including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Human Rights Campaign, and LIVESTRONG. “On a daily basis, I’m surrounded by people from various backgrounds who are extremely passionate, and that’s very motivating. I’m lucky to work at a really collaborative firm,” said Farrell. “I’ve just loved seeing the company grow from about five employees in one room during my Senior Project at MBS to more than 70 employees in multiple offices today.” During the 2012 Presidential election, Farrell headed to Chicago to work on the Obama for America digital advertising team. During her six months on the campaign, she ran their Twitter ad program and managed reporting and optimization for their email acquisition and online fundraising program. Every member of the Digital Ads team was under the age of 35, with Farrell being the youngest at 19. She said she saw President Obama twice during her time there —once on his birthday weekend and once the day after his reelection. “Meeting the President for the first time was surreal,” she said. “He’s a figure we see every day on the news, in magazines, everywhere...being 16 Crimson
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less than 10 feet away from him, listening to him speak to campaign staff about his vision for the United States was incredible. I will never forget that experience.” With the 2016 election coming up, Farrell says she intends to be involved, although her work will probably be more peripheral than it was in 2012. “I don’t have intentions of being embedded on the presidential campaign, but will definitely still be involved in the election cycle through BPI’s political work,” she said. Farrell has been fascinated by politics and government from an early age, and said that many of her teachers at Morristown-Beard School catapulted her interest to new heights. “Mr. Kamil pushed me to explore why I was interested in politics and why I developed the views I held. He always asked me the tough questions, which I appreciated because they helped me solidify my views and fully understand them. Dr. Mascaro also served as a good person to bounce ideas off of. He was a great teacher to just talk about politics and explore current issues in our government,” said Farrell. “Dr. Cooper was another teacher who really solidified my interest in politics. In fact, I took his Political Theory class twice!” Farrell says her work at BPI keeps her challenged and engaged on a daily basis, and she is grateful to MBS for fueling her passion. “Morristown-Beard really brought out my love of politics,” she said. “I’m confident that whatever I choose to do, I’ll have the tools to succeed.”
Samantha Wynn ’10
Current city: Schenectady, NY B.A., Environmental Policy Samantha Wynn’s desire to help others has taken her across the world. After graduating from Union College with a degree in environmental policy, Wynn was awarded a competitive 10-month fellowship designed to encourage graduates to become global citizens through sustainable projects and social entrepreneurship. She was placed in Siem Reap, Cambodia where she worked at a small private school called The Global Child, teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) and health to poor children who would otherwise be working on the streets. “The Global Child is a very sustainable model for education,” Wynn explained. “We provide students with health care, uniforms, two meals a day, safe house, legal needs, and most importantly, $1 a day to attend school. We do this because that is what the child would be providing to the family for a full day’s work at home in the fields, selling fruit at the market, or begging for money on the streets.” Wynn said the hardest part of living and working in Cambodia was figuring out how to make a difference in a meaningful and respectful manner without overstepping cultural boundaries. “There are many non-profits in Siem Reap, but most do not have a sustainable model for development,” said Wynn. “Irresponsible volunteering and the tourism industry exploit many local Cambodians, and can undermine local people’s confidence by increasing the dependency on outside help.” She said the most rewarding part of her work was earning the respect of her students, a process that did not come overnight, but rather took many months. “My students came from situations where experience taught them not to trust everyone who comes into their lives,” said Wynn. “When my students started to come to me and ask for help or advice on things beyond what they were learning in the classroom, that’s when I knew I earned their respect. These kids have a lot of love to give, so it was really heartwarming to be able to be a good role model in their lives.” Wynn credits Morristown-Beard School for helping to instill her spirit of volunteerism. Not surprisingly, when she enrolled at Union College her very first class was Social Responsibility. She is particularly grateful to Carol McGough, former Director of the Learning Center at MBS, for helping her succeed. “I struggled with learning disabilities when I was younger,” said Wynn. “Ms. McGough helped me see my talent and pushed me to find my potential. In Cambodia, learning disabilities go unrecognized. Some of my students visibly had similar problems like I had when I struggled in class. I worked with these students in my free time to try to help them the same way Ms. McGough helped me.” To leave a lasting impact beyond her classes, Wynn also volunteered at The Siem Reap Women’s Resource Center (WRC) where she created a partnership with The Global Child. After launching a successful fundraising campaign, she organized workshops led by WRC social workers to deliver health information to school families in a culturally respectful manner.
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Although she recently returned to the U.S. to start her next adventure, Wynn said she will definitely visit Cambodia again someday. “I told my 6th graders I would return when it came time for them to graduate from high school, and I plan on following through with that promise,” she said. Crimson
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A Deeply Rooted Passion Phil Haynes ’10
Current city: Mendham, NJ B.S., Anthropology, Connecticut College
For Phil Haynes ’10, farming is far more than just a career—it’s a deeply rooted lifestyle and a powerful way to affect positive change in his community. Along with his older brother Bennett, Phil is a co-owner of Ralston Farm in Mendham and Hopewell, NJ where he farms for a growing 150-member Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Through the CSA, local families have the opportunity to buy everything from organically-grown heirloom tomatoes, rainbow chard, and butternut squash to eggs from the farm’s free range chickens or a share of the pork that Phil raises. The farm also provides fresh vegetables to several local restaurants including Jockey Hollow Bar and Kitchen in Morristown, their main partner. “We work closely with the chefs and are always sharing ideas,” said Phil. “It’s exciting to see how their creativity celebrates our food.” Bennett founded Ralston Farm in Mendham in 2011 after spending a year abroad in Thailand, where he was inspired by the sustainable agriculture movement. Phil, who felt an obligation to his brother and his community, worked on the farm during summer breaks. As an anthropology major and botany minor at Connecticut College, he studied food systems and agricultural history. Determined to learn the “scientific and responsible way of doing things,” Phil spent a semester abroad at Hayter’s Hill Farm in Australia, and later earned a livestock apprenticeship at the prestigious Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in New York. Although farming may seem like an unlikely career choice for a young man growing up in Basking Ridge, Phil’s interest can be traced as far back as middle school. At MBS, he recalls being fascinated by history 18 Crimson
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teacher Chris Teasdale’s discussion of the domestication of plants and animals, and he has fond memories of working with science teacher Bill Lamson on the 8th grade composting project. Tellingly, his science fair experiment tested whether or not people could taste the different between organic and non-organic cherry tomatoes. (They could!) Today, Phil works long, physically demanding days, but he says he gets a tremendous amount of satisfaction from being a farmer. “The tangible, sensory part of the work is very satisfying, but it’s not just physical—it’s also spiritual. I enjoy working with the animals the most. The connection you have with them really informs you about your own humanity,” he said. In the future, Phil would like to expand the livestock business within Ralston Farm, and says their newly-acquired property in Hopewell is providing new ways and new opportunities to feed the community. “We’ve gone from two acres to more than 23, we’ve hired two full-time employees, and we’re now trucking our produce to Morris County three times a week for distribution, as well as doing a farm stand on Saturdays,” said Phil. “It’s been a huge undertaking, and we’re already thinking of ways to adjust our model to make it more efficient.” He said that being a CSA will always be at the core of the business, and he hopes that his passion for local, sustainable agriculture influences the next generation. “Feeding people and seeing them enjoy your food is especially rewarding,” he said. “I’d really like to inspire young people and have them draw connections to the food that they eat.”
Lucas Fagan ’17
Current city: Zaragoza, Spain Junior at Morristown-Beard School
This year, Lucas Fagan ’17 is embarking on an educational adventure he’ll never forget — and he couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity. Fagan will spend his junior year studying in Spain through the School Year Abroad (SYA) program, where he will live with a family in Zaragoza, a city about three hours from both Madrid and Barcelona. “Learning a new culture will be different, but my classes at MBS have prepared me well to get the most out of the experience,” said Fagan. “The whole idea of living with a new family and seeing their traditions will be exciting. I’m also looking forward to touring Spain and other parts of Europe.” He first learned about the opportunity to study abroad from Aline de la Torre, the Global Studies Coordinator at Morristown-Beard School. “After speaking with her, I realized that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience a new country,” said Fagan. “Today’s world is more connected than ever before, and studying abroad gives you a multi-faceted perspective that’s very valuable.” Fagan will take classes at the SYA School in the city center, where he will study macro economics, history of the Hispanic world, environmental science, AP Spanish, English, and math. All of his courses will be taught in Spanish by native instructors with the exception of English and math, which will be taught in English by American teachers. “I think the biggest challenges will be learning the language and communicating my thoughts,” he said. “People will probably speak faster than I’m used to.” To prepare himself for the trip, Fagan spent much of the summer reading Spanish news and watching Spanish TV shows. At MBS, he has studied Spanish throughout the Middle School as well as two years of honors Spanish in the Upper School. Fagan said he has enjoyed his classes at MBS so far, and he hopes his passion for learning continues during his time in Spain. “At MBS, I look forward to going to school every day. I love it — it’s a great learning environment,” he said. “I’ve especially enjoyed 8th Grade History with Mr. Teasdale, Advanced iOS Programming with Mrs. Napholtz, and all of my math classes.” This past summer, Fagan also took a Stanford University online math course to help him further his interests. “Right now, I think I’d like to pursue math in college, but that could change,” he said. “Studying in Spain could be a life-changing experience, and I’m always open to new ideas.”
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Members of the Morristown-Beard School community know how special our School is. We hear it from current students, parents, faculty and alumni. Making sure that this is known beyond our community is important as well—not only to spread MBS pride, but also to strengthen the reputation of our School. It was with this in mind that MorristownBeard School embarked on an important two-year marketing and branding project to develop a deeper understanding of our School’s public image and marketable strengths, to use that knowledge to refine our message, to strengthen the School’s image, and to bring a new level of impact to all of our communications. Expert Guidance
Working closely with a team from Kelsh Wilson, a Pennsylvania-based consulting firm specializing in strategic communications, we thoughtfully refined our marketing and communication strategy, keeping in mind that the keys to success are consistency and impact—giving voice to a single set of messages and adopting the same visual approach across all of our communications in order to establish a more recognizable MBS brand. Kelsh Wilson helped us to understand that consistency is the very essence of a brand. Only by expressing the same set of messages over time and by adopting a coherent visual approach across our communications can we build recognition and shape a distinctive image. Achieving impact means speaking honestly to our School’s strengths, speaking directly to the concerns of our constituencies, and communicating clearly with skill and creativity. In committing to this project, we took on a considerable challenge: to identify what sets MBS apart from other schools, and to boldly communicate that in an academic environment crowded with competing messages.
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The foundation for accomplishing all of this is solid research. For the past few years, the MBS community has reflected long and hard about who we are. Our marketing and branding efforts are the product of a series of studies that date back to 2013. At that time, we had begun preparing for our New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS) accreditation, which was granted in February 2015. The accreditation Crimson
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self-study process is a lengthy and thorough one, requiring input from community members spanning all constituencies, and resulting in an extensive report on a myriad of facets of the community, from safety and security to academic programs. This self-study was well underway when we sent a comprehensive online survey to the parent community in January 2014. Conducted by Lookout Management, Inc. from London, Ontario, the survey measured perceptions and attitudes by parents about a number of aspects of our School. We know that our parents play a critical role in shaping our School’s brand and reputation in the community. The results of the survey were affirming—parents were particularly pleased with the School’s leadership, the focus on the individual student, and the strong sense of community. That same year, Kelsh Wilson conducted numerous focus groups with community members in order to gauge the School’s strengths and to begin to shape a messaging strategy that would reflect what our community already knows, believes, and experiences to be true about MBS. After analyzing all of the data that was collected, Kelsh Wilson presented their findings and recommendations to the Board of Trustees in September 2014. Finally, we were fortunate that these studies coincided with the drafting of our 2015-2020 Strategic Plan (see pg. 26), which leveraged the insights gleaned from these studies to inform our strategic choices moving forward. In fact, marketing and communication proved to be such an important strategic area that it was identified as one of the five specific strategic objectives of the plan. 22 Crimson
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Refining Our Look and Defining Our Message
Based on the recommendations from our consultants, our new tagline, “Powerfully Prepared for Learning and For Life,” will be used in marketing efforts as well as everyday communications. Our School logos received a fresh, new look from designer Jaimi Talarico. In order to encourage consistency in communication and proper use of the logos, Mrs. Talarico created a comprehensive Message Guide and Graphic Standards Guide to be used by all members of the MBS community. “We hope the MBS community will refer to these guides when writing a letter or brochure or planning a talk,” said Mrs. Talarico. “This is a helpful resource to ensure we are all speaking with one voice and one look.” This deliberate and intentional effort to clearly communicate who we are and what we do at MBS is a school-wide effort, closely managed by team members of the Office of Institutional Advancement. “Our marketing and branding initiatives will help strengthen our School’s image and bring a greater level of impact to our communications,” said Betsy Patterson, Director of Institutional Advancement. “We will work closely with all departments—Admission, College Counseling, Athletics—and all faculty and staff to assist and support them when communicating about Morristown-Beard School.” “Strengthening the Morristown-Beard School brand is one of our strategic priorities,” said Headmaster Peter J. Caldwell. “And in doing so, together we are strengthening the School’s image and reputation, positioning it for success for years to come.”
Message Map: Charting Our Story
The Message Map is a quick visual summary, displaying and connecting many of the most important ideas we aim to express about Morristown-Beard School. Our goal is simple: for every student to leave MBS powerfully prepared for learning and for life.
A Focus on the Individual
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• risk taking
embracing Ambitious Aims
• g rit and resilience • learning to lead
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united by Close Connections • a ctive engagement • d epth and meaning
• a nalytical and creative thinking • excellence in writing • e xplorations beyond the book
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Education: A Family Business Now in his fifth year at Morristown-Beard School, Headmaster Peter J. Caldwell has established quite a name for himself both in the area and in the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Just this past year, he was inducted into the Headmaster’s Association, a distinguished national organization founded in 1893, which includes just one other sitting head of school from New Jersey. The son of boarding school teachers, Peter Caldwell has been deeply immersed in the life of an independent school community since childhood, and his professional experience reflects this fundamental truth: he is a life-long educator. Peter’s work in education comes naturally to him. In fact, one could say for the entire Caldwell family that education is a family business.
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not only The Putney School ski team, but also the United States team in the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics. Peter’s brother, Tim, was a four-time Olympian.
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5. It was at graduate school that Peter met his future wife, Darcy Fernald, who had arrived to Harvard after teaching at Northfield Mount Hermon and Choate Rosemary Hall. After joining Peter at Riverdale Country School, Darcy taught English for 20 years at St. Andrew's and is starting her first year at MBS teaching Upper School English.
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At Morristown-Beard School, Peter Caldwell’s life work in education has been infused into the 2015-2020 Strategic Plan (see pg. 26) and the self-study accreditation process. He has worked to further MBS’s momentum as a school of choice within northern New Jersey. Under his leadership, the School is achieving its mission: Within a culture of support and collaboration, students discover and develop their individual pathways to academic success and personal fulfillment while becoming enlightened, morally responsible citizens of the world. Crimson
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A Message from the Co-Chairs It is with great enthusiasm that we present the 2015-2020 Morristown-Beard School Strategic Plan. On behalf of the entire Strategic Planning Steering Committee, we would like to thank all participants for their time and dedication in the development of the MBS Strategic Plan. In the end, it was the dedicated effort of the entire School community—faculty, staff, alumni, parents, students and Board members—that made this important planning process a success. The information gathered over the past year—including data from surveys, focus groups, strategy sessions, in-house self-studies and a two-day retreat led by our strategic plan consultants—provided invaluable insight in the creation of our new Mission Statement and the five specific strategic objectives of the 2015-2020 MBS Strategic Plan. On May 5, 2015, the Morristown-Beard School Board of Trustees approved the final plan that will guide our School for the next five years. This ambitious new plan focuses on ensuring that all MBS students have the opportunity to pursue the best educational experience to be had, and that they continue to learn in an engaging, stimulating and collaborative environment—one that powerfully prepares them for learning and for life. We feel privileged to have co-chaired this process, and are appreciative of the critical feedback and creative contributions from our entire School community. We look forward to seeing the implementation of this collective effort unfold over the next five years. Respectfully,
John F. Fay, P ’11, ’14 and ’20 Judy Taggart, P ’10 and ’13 Strategic Planning Co-Chair Strategic Planning Co-Chair Trustee Trustee
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I. Academic Program Objective: Over the next five years Morristown-Beard School will facilitate efforts to empower students to take ownership of their education.
Implementation: Ensure that the 21st Century skills described in the School’s Curricular Philosophy, with rigorous standards, are promoted in all areas of the curriculum Allow and encourage students to embrace appropriate risk taking as an essential component of learning and a way to develop resilience Create opportunities to foster student curiosity toward and knowledge of other communities and diverse ways of living and thinking Strengthen the School’s commitment to student self-advocacy Encourage students to collaborate effectively across all dimensions of campus life Actively assist the development of student awareness and skill in balancing academic responsibilities with personal commitments and interests
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Implementation: Establish a strategic vision and necessary structures to manage evolving technological innovations and resources Apply systems thinking as an analytic tool throughout the community and curriculum Develop an integrated computer science program Promote technological innovation through collaboration, leadership and intellectual risk-taking
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Implementation: Define diversity for the MBS community Broaden our recruitment and retention efforts of students and faculty/staff who enrich and diversify our community Analyze the curriculum and advisory program for all grades with attention to diverse perspectives Prepare faculty to understand the role of diverse perspectives in what they teach and how students learn Increase student, parent and alumni involvement in the life of the School and our outreach in the community
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Implementation: Provide a safe and secure campus that includes a solution for long-term parking as well as drop-off and pick-up Build a math and science facility that supports the newly emerging math and science curriculum and promotes sustainable practices Increase awareness and the practice of environmental sustainability within the School community and beyond Complete renovation of the athletics facility and space analysis of the dining hall and existing science area Investigate acquisition of off-site facilities to address campus constraints
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Implementation: Boldly invest and commit resources to build the infrastructure required to promote the MBS brand Clearly and consistently position and message MBS Implement an ambitious internal and external communication plan utilizing all existing and emerging vehicles Actively engage the School community as MBS ambassadors Build and strengthen external relationships to promote MBS
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A Program for Life:
By Steve Patchett
Tuttle Guides New Wellness Program in Middle School The middle school years are a time of incredible change in the lives of young people. In addition to the numerous physical changes associated with this period, intellectual and emotional development are just as significant. At the same time, adolescents face an increasingly complex social scene and academic challenges. As a student-centered institution, Morristown-Beard School focuses on fostering the skills students need to make good decisions and successfully navigate the many demands they face every day. Whether relating directly to their academic performance (such as organization skills and stress management) or making safe choices (for example, street smarts and digital citizenship), the newly-created MBS Middle School Wellness Program strives to equip students with the skills and tools they need to be successful, safe and happy. “Our Wellness Program aims to help students develop the skills and habits needed to handle the gradual increase in responsibility and independence that go hand-in-hand with the journey through adolescence toward adulthood,” said Sam Tuttle, Psy.D., who joined the MBS Middle School last fall as a guidance counselor. “I believe it is the comprehensive nature of our program that makes it effective. I have the opportunity to work with students in our workshops, teach them in health classes, as well as interact in more traditional counseling settings. I also have the chance to further develop our advisory program. In addition, we offer a number of parent coffees throughout the year on a variety of topics including homework, transitions, and development.” In the past year, Tuttle helped organize a number of workshops with Middle School students covering a range of topics including gratitude,
preventing and reducing relational aggression, gender roles, and stress management. The Wellness Program is offered to all Middle School students, with certain workshops geared toward specific grades where appropriate. “I’m so excited that Sam has joined our Middle School. He has brought a wealth of experience having developed an extensive counseling program at his previous school,” said Head of Middle School Boni Luna. “His incredible insight into the adolescent child coupled with the ability to implement new programs makes him a valuble asset and resource for our School.” Prior to joining MBS, Tuttle served as a member of the Child Study Team at The School at Columbia University. He received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Massachusetts, his M.A. from NYU, and his Psy.D. in clinical psychology from George Washington University. At Columbia, he provided individual and group counseling to students, and designed and taught the Middle Division Life Skills curriculum. Tuttle said that he has received a great deal of positive feedback from both students and parents about the various facets of the new MBS Middle School Wellness Program. He said that feedback and suggestions are essential in helping to improve the program as it moves forward. “We intend to continue to develop programs and workshops that will enhance the learning environment at MBS,” said Tuttle. “In doing so, we will remain alert for opportunities to better meet the needs of our students in a fast-changing world.”
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Now in his second year as an Upper School English teacher at Morristown-Beard School, Donahue was inspired to write a letter to his colleagues. Below is an excerpt from that letter sent to all MBS Faculty and Staff.
By Steve Patchett
As the year winds to a close, I have been reflecting on my decision to leave my previous school and apply for a job here. Is my life better? Is my teaching better?
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I thought you should know that the answer is yes, and more than anything else, you are the reason why. Today is an excellent example of everything that my move to MBS has meant for me—and I haven’t even taught my classes yet.
Morristown-Beard School English teacher Peter Donahue is a true Renaissance man. In addition to teaching Upper School English classes, Donahue is an artist, playwright, actor, director, musician, and historian. Crimson recently sat down with the multi-talented teacher to discuss his latest project—Rudek and the Bear: Volume I, a collection of his webcomics that was published this spring.
I started Period 8 with a presentation of a scene that I worked on with three students in Theater Lab. Susie Speidel not only helped me develop and clarify my goals for the club, but gave us half a period of her Musical Theater class as a performance venue. This was all made possible by Susie’s willingness to collaborate and be generous with her class time.
Peter Donahue
Q: When did you start creating your own cartoons? Who were your influences?
A: I’ve been drawing and reading cartoons since I was about six. At that age, I devoured Calvin and Hobbes and drew my own homage (or complete rip-off) called John and Joe. It wasn’t until I was an adult, however, that I became interested in graphic novels—long-form, literary storytelling in the comics medium. Besides Calvin and Hobbes, my main influences growing up were Disney and Warner Brothers animation, and European comics like Tintin and Astérix. I think you can still see the mark of all those influences on my work.
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Q: How did the storyline for Rudek and the Bear evolve—have you always been interested in World War II history? A: I think I’ve become interested in the 1920s-1940s because when I consider the world today, we’ve somehow failed to learn from that period. The economics, the propaganda, all of it. I was actually working on a Rudek and the Bear cartoon related to the Polish seizure of Galicia (a region of Ukraine) in 1920, when Russia annexed Crimea last year. Polish history is often neglected, but I feel it is key to understanding modern European history, and that is part of my reasons for setting my comics there. Q: What are the advantages of using animals to communicate the story? A: I’m a firm believer in anthropomorphism for a couple reasons. Animal characters can be universally relatable. If a character looks like a fox or a cat or a bear, the reader doesn’t have to be the same age, or ethnicity, or even gender to feel a connection to that character. Also, animal characters are already familiar to most readers, due to centuries of folklore and cultural knowledge. As a writer, I don’t have to waste time establishing a character as a crafty, insolent, charismatic rogue—I can cast a fox, and most readers would already know what to expect. Q: What’s on the horizon for you… would you like to publish another graphic novel? A: The book I’ve published is just the beginning—Rudek and the Bear: Volume I. I hope to put out future volumes of Rudek as well as three or four volumes of Żużel and the Fox. That will probably take me the next 20 years.
Then during workshop, I got to scribble all over Jenna Warner’s whiteboard. Both of our classes are in the middle of My Name is Asher Lev. We had the students look closely at Picasso’s Guernica, which is discussed in the novel. The students “read” the painting to memorize it as best as they could, and redraw it from memory. Then—to bring home the scale and energy of the painting—the students told me what details to include as I redrew the painting on the entire whiteboard. During Morning Meeting, I had the chance to read an outstanding student poem in front of the School community. Anyway—not bad for a morning's work. Being invited into your classrooms, your presentations, your brainstorming sessions have made me a better teacher. And it’s made my first year here very personally fulfilling. For the first time, I have truly felt that my two lives are becoming integrated—my creative life and my teaching life. So—thank you all, and the English department especially, for welcoming me into a teaching environment where I feel like I can be myself. And where being myself, and pursuing my creative interests, is not only welcome, but expected of me as a teacher. Peter
Upcoming Alumni & Community Events By Steve Patchett
Love of Animals Inspires Book by
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Barbara Clark leads a double life. Members of the MBS community know her as the friendly and dedicated Assistant to Headmaster Peter J. Caldwell. Outside of campus, she is a devoted animal lover and freelance writer who recently published her first children’s book, Sir Pillsbury— The Canine Communicator: A Biscuit Tale of Learning. The delightful book, intended for third and fourth graders, tells the story of Sir Pillsbury, a Labrador Retriever who senses discord in his household and devises ingenious canine means to bring the family back into harmony. “In a world overflowing with technology and devices, we must not lose sight of the importance of the human element and face-to-face communication,” said Clark, hinting at the moral of the story. The book closes with a substantial glossary and a photo of the real Sir Pillsbury of Kensington, “Biscuit.” Although Biscuit passed away more than a decade ago, his memory lives on in this new soft-cover book, which emphasizes the importance of good verbal communication. Clark said that it took more than a year to produce the book, even after the writing was completed. “Doing a children’s book is an extremely arduous process. There are so many people involved and so many pieces to the project,” said Clark, who not only wrote the book but designed it as well. The pencil drawings which help bring Biscuit’s message to life were created by illustrator Christina M. Maniet of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Clark has been a freelance writer for more than 20 years, and her love of both dogs and horses has influenced her writing in many ways. She has written horse show columns, business profiles, promotional and public relations pieces, as well as newsletter articles and fiction. She began riding at the age of 14, and spent many years of her life as an equestrian, both for pleasure and competition. She also has experience as a breeder of show horses, as well as Labrador Retrievers, and has been a guest speaker in the Equine Studies Department at Centenary College. Recently, Sir Pillsbury—The Canine Communicator was approved for inclusion in the children’s collection at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison.
MBS Homecoming Friday, October 2, 2015 Friday Night Lights Football game, Alumni Tailgate, and Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Alumni Performing Arts Concert Thursday, January 7, 2016
125th Anniversary Gala Celebration Saturday, April 16, 2016 Our School is turning 125! Please join us at the Pleasantdale Chateau to celebrate.
Y.A.R.P.! Young Alumni Reunion Party Friday, June 3, 2016 For MBS Alumni from the Classes of 2005 - 2015
MBS Alumni Reunion 2016 Saturday, June 4, 2016 Celebrating reunion class years ending in 1s and 6s. All alumni are invited! For more information, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at 973.532.7578.
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For the Fourth Year in a Row It is with great excitement and gratitude that Morristown-Beard School announces that the 2014-2015 Morristown-Beard Fund surpassed a million dollars in unrestricted giving for the fourth year in a row. This achievement is a testament to the generosity of the entire MBS community and to our collective belief in our School and its mission. We are immensely appreciative of every donor who helped us reach this tremendous milestone.
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Dear Morristown-Beard School Family and Friends, On behalf of Headmaster Peter J. Caldwell and the Board of Trustees, we are pleased to present the 2014-2015 Annual Report. As this report illustrates, the MBS community—including current and former parents, alumni, grandparents, faculty and staff, and friends— once again joined together to promote our School’s worthy aspirations with remarkable philanthropic support. For the fourth year in a row, the Morristown-Beard Fund surpassed the one million dollar mark, an important achievement for our School community. Additional support of capital projects, named scholarships and awards, and planned gifts also highlighted another record-setting year for MBS. This exceptional philanthropy fuels our School’s progress, collectively influencing many areas of the student experience—and MBS students continue to illustrate the impact of your investment in their education. Recently, fourteen students were inducted into Mu Alpha Theta, a national mathematics honor society. This accomplishment is indicative of our School’s ongoing academic ascent. Additionally, MBS students achieved significant success for their work on the stage and on the playing fields. The MBS production of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark won two notable awards at the Montclair State University Theatre Night Awards, which recognizes excellence in the production of plays in New Jersey high schools. Meanwhile, the Boys Lacrosse Team won the State Prep B Championship to cap off yet another season of success. Student achievement at Morristown-Beard School clearly signifies how your support of MBS is an investment with impact. Your thoughtful philanthropy enables our School to venture past the educational conventions of today into tomorrow’s promising academic landscape. Thanks to you, MBS continues to powerfully prepare our students for higher learning and for life. We are most thankful for your kind support, and we look forward to another year of success at Morristown-Beard School. With gratitude,
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MBS Leadership Circles
Donors who make a gift of $2,500 or more to the Morristown-Beard Fund become part of an MBS Leadership Circle and are invited to the annual Headmaster’s Reception. (Note: Matching gifts count toward giving levels.) Founders Circle - $25,000 and above A. P. Kirby, Jr. Foundation, Inc. Mr. Joseph B. Baker '65 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burke
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Fay Mr. and Mrs. David Gately Dr. and Mrs. Carl P. Giordano
J. C. Kellogg Foundation Mr. Allan P. Kirby, Jr. '49 MBS Parents Association
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Pompeo Michael and Virginia Ranger Mr. Joseph C. Robillard
Headmaster’s Circle - $15,000 - $24,999 Community Foundation of New Jersey Ron and Mara DePoalo Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Gronning Mr. and Mrs. James Kellogg Mr. Gale Metzger
Metzger Family Foundation Mr. Justin Sadrian and Mrs. Lee Kellogg Sadrian '89
Trustees Circle - $10,000 - $14,999 Mr. and Mrs. John Adelman Mr. and Mrs. Mark Angelo Mr. Ravi Chopra '97 Mr. and Mrs. Duane Connell Mr. and Mrs. Shane Connell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gregory Ms. Cassandra A. Hardman
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hatfield III Kaltenbacher Family Foundation Jimmy and Susan Kellogg Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Kellogg Mr. Herman Kurz '86 and Mrs. Gail Kaltenbacher Kurz '86 Mr. and Mrs. Al Leiter Leiter's Landing Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John O. McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Mintz Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Scully Mr. and Mrs. William P. Scully Ms. Katie Simon '85 Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Smith
Finn Wentworth '76 and Kim Wentworth William E. Simon Foundation, Inc. Mr. Kimo Winterbottom and Mrs. Elizabeth Kellogg Winterbottom
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc. Normandy Real Estate Management Mr. and Mrs. Jason Nortillo Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. O'Donnell Mrs. Kathryn Foley Rafferty '94 Mr. Andrew K. Rooke '75 Mr. C. Cameron Rooke '81 Mr. Timothy P. Rooke '85 Mr. William W. Rooke Samlyn Capital Mr. and Mrs. Gilberto Santaliz
Mr. Roger M. Schwarz, Esq. '66 Mr. Randolph P. Scully '87 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Simon Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Tatulli The Linda Sue Pfarrer Nortillo Charitable Foundation The Marks Foundation The Withington Foundation, Inc. Vanguard Charitable Wicks Chapin Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Windolf Windolf Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. James Land, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. MacCowatt Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Magner Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Magnotta II '91 Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mayer Ms. Olivia Metzger Mr. Ajay Nagpal and Ms. Debbie Mitchell-Nagpal Mr. and Mrs. Matthew O'Connor Passione Family Mr. and Mrs. John S. Pruitt Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Raimer Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Randazzo William and Debra Roth Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Mr. and Mrs. Tony Siragusa Ms. Geraldine A. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Stitt Mr. and Mrs. John H. Taylor The Fatzler Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Toohey Truist Elizabeth Warner Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Waters Mr. Charles Alan Weiss, Esq. '84 Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wesson Mr. Douglas Wetmore and Ms. Catherine Delesky Mr. and Mrs. James Wohlbruck Mrs. Frances C. Woodring '48
Benefactors Circle - $5,000 - $9,999 AIG Matching Gifts Program Mr. Stephen Boesel '62 Mr. Michael Capatides and Ms. Laura DeFelice Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chiperfield, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Criares Mr. Alex Crispo and Ms. Lori Windolf-Crispo Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeSimone Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Downey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Fagan Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Foley III
Mr. Edward J. Foley IV '89 Mr. Ryan Foley '91 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hawkins '85 Mr. Rudolph W. Herms, Jr. '54 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Irene Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Kaplan The Honorable Robert Kirsch and Mrs. Beth Kirsch Mr. and Mrs. John B. McCann Mr. Roderick McRae, Jr.
Scholars Circle - $2,500 - $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Abbott Mr. Gregory T. Adams '72 Mr. Robert Adams Benjamin and Bernadette Aiello Mr. and Mrs. Michael Aiello Mr. and Mrs. John Atkins Benevity Community Impact Fund Dr. Jagbir Beniwal and Dr. Anju Chopra Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bernstein Dr. Harold Bernstein and Ms. Patricia Foster Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bivona Mr. Adam Blackwood and Dr. Michele Blackwood Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Blake Mr. Dean Boorman and Mrs. Penelope Boorman '51
Mr. Rolf Brunner-Grande and Dr. Nancy Brunner-Grande Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Bryla Jane and Gary Buscemi Chubb & Son, Inc. Dr. Dale Cohen and Ms. Michelle Lozina-Cohen Mr. and Mrs. M. Thomas Conway Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Cook Mr. Andrew Dragoumis Mr. and Mrs. Hans Ephraimson-Abt Will and Danni Fernandez Mr. and Mrs. Thompson D. Grant, Jr. '69 Mr. and Mrs. David V. H. Hedley '64 Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Hutchinson III '84 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klingeman
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Mr. Bruce H. Adams Mr. Jon R. Appel '52 Ayco Charitable Foundation Mrs. John P. Bent, Jr. '55 Mrs. Nancy Campbell Berrang '72 Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Blanchard Michele and William I. Blanchard Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bonelli Mr. William W. Bride III '54 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Briggs Mr. Bailey Brower, Jr. and Mrs. Nancy Tasman Brower '47 Mrs. Anne Bunn '54 Mr. Peter J. Caldwell Mrs. Mary-Ellen Campbell Mrs. Barbara W. Carnrick '43 Jim and Alison Casey Mr. and Mrs. William J. Cassano Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Chuhinko '93 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cipriano Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Coleman Mr. Paolo P. Cucchi Mr. and Mrs. Harry Curtis Mr. George L. de Schweinitz, Jr. '41 Dr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Di Paolo Ms. Catherine C. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Edward Franz Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Fusco '77 Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Gambro Mr. and Mrs. William Garland Mr. Ronald B. Gorayeb and Ms. Kathleen King Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Grogg Mr. and Mrs. Leo Grohowski Mrs. Harriet S. Hart '52 Mrs. Gail Lehman Harty '59 Mr. David V. H. Hedley III '87 Howard S. Bunn Foundation Mrs. Loretta Porter James '62 Mr. Robert Jaskula and Ms. Anne Carolan Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Kabat Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Karlson Mr. Joseph S. Kay '92 Mr. Kirk Kellogg Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Kirby KPMG Community Giving Campaign Ms. Jan L. Larsson Mr. John Leung and Ms. Katherine Lee Mr. Seth Levine and Ms. Lisa Tilton-Levine Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Long Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC Matching Gifts Program
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallen Mr. Roger L. Manshel and Mrs. Lynn Manshel '57 Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Markee Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mayer Merck Company Foundation Mr. Douglas A. J. Mockett '58 Moretran Leasing Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Barry Morin Mr. and Mrs. Howard Moseson Mr. and Mrs. Allen Motley Mr. and Mrs. Michael Movsovich Mr. and Mrs. John W. Muchmore '67 Novartis Matching Gift Center Dr. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. '54 Mr. and Mrs. Brett O'Brien Mrs. Audrey T. Parker '46 Ms. Betsy Patterson Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phillips Ms. Michele Rechler Dr. Stewart Reiter and Ms. Andrea Reiter Mr. and Mrs. Brian Rothman SAD Foundation Marie and Robert Sanna Mr. Alexander Schrantz '88 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schwartz Dr. and Mrs. David C. Shepperly Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Shurts Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sit Mr. and Mrs. Laurence M. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Sokolowski Mr. and Mrs. Bradford S. Stone Mr. and Mrs. David Strauss Mr. and Mrs. Steven Tabak The Jana Fund The Kirk Kellogg Foundation The MCJ Amelior Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tone Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Toye Mrs. Caroline M. Turben '87 Dr. and Mrs. Paul Vessa Mrs. Harriet Higgins Warren '58 Mrs. Nancy Dane Wells '49 Mr. Arthur Williams IV Mr. Edward Williams and Ms. Gail Hollister Mr. Allen Won and Dr. Isabelle Degeyter Mr. and Mrs. Jon Yourkoski
Friends Up to $999
Mr. Eric W. Aanonsen Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Adam '57 Mrs. Meg Ahern Ms. Allison R. Aiello '13 Ms. Elizabeth R. Aiello '07 Ms. Kate Alderman Mrs. Sara Alders Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Alevras Mr. Peter J. Alevras '13 Mrs. Penelope Dunn Alexitch '54 Mrs. Hanna Rosenblatt Alger '52 Mrs. Nasrin Ameri American Century Investments Foundation Ms. Barbara S. Anastos Mr. Garrett R. Ancey '09 Ms. Karin Anderson Mrs. Lea Osborne Angell '59 Ms. Pamela Norman Apito '65 Ms. Kathryn J. Apolinario '09 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Armstrong Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Armstrong Dr. Gretchen D. Atwater Mr. and Mrs. Charles Austin Mr. Kenji Ayao ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Babb, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Bajak Mrs. Mary Beth Elizabeth Baker '83 Barclays Educational Gift Matching Program Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Baron Mrs. Aubrey A. Barr '85 Mrs. Tracey Barrett Mr. Joseph G. Barry '83 Dr. John Bartholomew Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bartner Mrs. Kim B. Barton '86 Mr. and Mrs. D. John Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Andrew T. Becker Mr. Gregory S. Bendelius '88 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Bendelius Mrs. Gloria Russell Benedict '57 Mr. Peter M. Bennett '71 Mr. Christopher J. Bernardon '14 Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bernardon Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Berry Dr. Janet Berthel Dr. Omar Bey and Dr. Regina Mills-Bey Mrs. Elizabeth C. Billington '49 Ms. Catherine M. Bird '83 Mr. George F. Blades '49 Mr. and Mrs. William C. Blanchard Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blum BNY Mellon Community Partnership Mrs. Mary J. Bolter '62 Ms. Helen H. Bonner Mr. and Mrs. Gary Borowiec Mr. and Mrs. Walter Borowiec
Ms. Madeleine F. Boyle '11 Dr. Owen Boynton Dr. Christina Toth Breen '95 Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bregna Mr. James H. Brennan III '77 Mr. and Mrs. John Brennan Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Bridges Ms. Brette H. Brier '13 Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Mrs. Mary W. Brown '63 Mr. Henry J. Brucker II '88 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Brucker, Jr. Mr. Andrew W. Bruen '07 Mr. and Mrs. William D. Bruen, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Bruno Mrs. Janet Burdorf Mr. Patrick J. Burke III '84 Mr. and Mrs. Darren Burns Mrs. Jane B. Burpeau '52 Mr. and Mrs. Allan Buswell Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Bylin Dr. Charles E. Cameron '65 Mr. Jovan Robert Campbell '10 Ms. Kathryn A. Cannito Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carchia Ms. Diane A. Carlin Mrs. Josephine Carolan Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Carr Mr. and Mrs. James D. Carroll Mr. James D. Carroll '14 Ms. Elizabeth Rose Carson '66 Mr. Donald Carter and Mrs. Susan Carter '75 Mr. Jeffrey Carter '11 Ms. Noreen L. Cassidy Ms. Beverly Chaplin '06 Mrs. Linda S. Chapman '59 Ms. Andrea F. Chipana Mr. Daniel D. Ciardi '00 Mrs. Deborah Ciardi Mr. Mark Clar Dr. and Mrs. Marc A. Cohen Ms. Cassandra J. Cole '67 Mr. Daniel Collins '13 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Collins Mrs. Margaret Collins Mr. and Mrs. Dominick J. Commesso Ms. Jane Conger '39 Mr. Timothy C. Connor '09 ConocoPhillips Company Ms. Jennifer L. Conway '06 Ms. Marcia Ann Corbin '62 Mr. Thomas Corbo Mr. Orlando Correa Mrs. Katherine De Young Corvaja '55 Ms. Imani Coston '10 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Cotter Ms. Kristy L. Cotter '15 Mr. Brian P. Crowe
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The average student to faculty ratio at MBS. Your gift to the MB Fund positively impacts the recruitment and retention of talented faculty, which enables MBS to maintain small class sizes, a key factor in student success.
Friends Up to $999 (Continued) Mrs. Janet Crowley Crum and Forster Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Cuomo Ms. Bayyinah Curl Ms. Claire M. Currie '06 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Currie Mr. James Cypert '64 Mr. Charles Czuprewicz Mr. Richard Dabagian Ms. Gabriella M. Daidone '12 Mr. Victor Daidone Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Dallas Mrs. Emma Joy Dana '49 Ms. Carolyn A. Daniels Ms. Heather M. Daur '96 Ms. Aline de la Torre Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. DeLaney Mr. Antony Detre and Ms. Yvette Kovats Ms. Andrea Deventer Ms. Brittany Deventer '08 Ms. Romy Dewar '07 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Diggs Mr. Adam J. Diglio '84 Mr. Larry DiNorscio and Ms. Linda Lapchin Mr. Peter Donahue Mr. Brian W. Dougherty '99 Ms. Soni Dougherty Mrs. Irene Downey Ms. Christine Downing '48 Mrs. Ann Gardiner Drake '52 Mrs. Jennifer Dubeck Mr. and Mrs. Stewart A. Dunn, Jr. '58 Mrs. Diana Baldwin Dunnan '48 Mr. Benjamin W. Dyer IV '62 Dr. Robert S. Dyer '62 Mrs. Joanne Dzama Dr. Malcolm S. Edgar, Jr. '51 Mrs. Joan Freiday Edwards '48 Ms. Cori Eggert Ms. Megan Ehrenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Don Ellerthorpe Ms. Denise Elliott Mr. Robert E. Elliott '04 Mr. Matthew C. Engel '07 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Enman Mrs. Kathleen Enteman '56 Mrs. Jeanine G. Erickson Mr. Michaele J. Esposito '66 Mrs. Roslyn Estrada Mr. and Mrs. Gary Faccenda Dr. Leona Fagan Mr. and Mrs. Milton Fantin Mr. Timothy Fell Mrs. Katharine M. Ferris '54 Mr. Chris Finn Dr. Elena Fiorica-Howells Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Fitzsimmons Mr. Liam FitzSimons
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Mr. John H. Fleming '11 FM Global Foundation Mr. Ed J. Forbes '98 Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Forbes Ms. Jacqueline Forte Mr. Jordan Frechtman '09 Mr. Halon R. Freeden Mr. Jay H. Friedel '90 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Frier Mr. Frank Fritts '90 Mrs. Eileen V. Furrer Mr. Mark J. Gabrielson Mrs. Nancy J. Gabrielson '43 Ms. Christine L. Gallagher '05 Ms. Stephanie Galvez Mr. Washington Galvez Gannett Foundation Ms. Carson E. Gannon '10 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Garrett Dr. Marion J. Gedney '49 Ms. Lauren H. Geisser '09 Mrs. Helen R. Giammattei '48 Mrs. Betsey Adair Glaeser '54 Mrs. Susan R. Glover Mr. Leonard H. Goddard, Jr. '76 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Goldberg Mr. Christopher G. Golding '05 Goldman Sachs Gives Mr. Ezra Gottlieb Ms. Foster Graesser '38 Mrs. Tobi Wobbe Graham '61 Mr. Joshua Gray '08 Mr. Zachary Gray '12 Greater Horizons Mr. James Grecco Mr. David C. Green '64 Mr. Frederick A. Greenberg '55 Mrs. Margaret Pattyson Greene '55 Mr. Bryant W. Griffin III '63 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Griffinger Ms. Julie A. Guempel '09 Mr. and Mrs. John B. Guerard, Jr. Mr. Robert Guerra '73 and Ms. Mariellen Duffy-Guerra Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gumprecht Mr. and Mrs. Abel Guzman Mr. Steven Haders and Mrs. Christine Haders '67 Dr. Gorica Hadzic Dr. and Mrs. Peter M. Hall '50 Ms. Valerie Hall Mrs. Alexandra Halsey '52 Mrs. Cynthia Hamilton Ms. Diana Hanford Mr. Timothy Hannigan Mrs. Anne DeLamater Hansen '48 Mrs. Donna Harcourt Ms. Victoria W. Harding '05 Mr. Robert Willets Hardy '50 Mr. Gene Z. Harrigan
Mrs. Lynn Harrington Mr. Ridgely W. Harrison IV '99 Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Harrity Ms. Laurie Hartman Mr. Mark Hartman Mr. and Mrs. Gary Harvett Mrs. Martha Hatch Mr. Randall L. Hauserman '66 Mrs. Estelle Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hawks Mrs. Laura S. Hay '93 Mrs. Hope B. Hazen '60 Mr. Mark J. Hebeka '92 Ms. Melissa M. Hedley '90 Mr. Peter C. Hedley '97 Mr. Robert P. Hedley '55 Mr. Robert K. Helmstaedter, Jr. '90 Ms. Kathleen M. Hemmer Mrs. Barbara Hallock Hendrick '46 Dr. Gail Heyer '62 Mrs. Anne E. Hibler '52 Ms. Melissa Hill Ms. Caroline V. Hodge '61 Mrs. Barbara Hoffmann Dr. Wolfgang Hofgartner and Ms. Christine Coster Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Hooper Dr. Patrick Horan Mrs. Gayle Chamberlin Hoyt '50 Mr. Andrew M. Hudson Ms. Sara Huneke Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Hunter Mrs. Elizabeth L. Hunter-Keller '02 Mrs. Edith Hustvedt '49 ITC Promotional Marketing Group Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Iuzzolino Mr. Nicholas Jackson Mrs. Jill D. Jacoves Mr. Lowell E. Jaeger '58 Mr. and Mrs. Sean Jago Mrs. Judith Blackmar Jahries '58 Ms. Zoe Jameson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jansen Dr. Susan E. Jennings '63 Mr. Frank Johnson '67 and Mrs. Mary Johnson Mr. and Mrs. George W. Johnson Mr. Laird R. Johnson '65 Mr. and Mrs. Allyn C. Jones Mrs. Dayle J. Jones '48 Dr. Mark C. Jones Ms. KC Hnat Joubran '84 Mr. Daniel Kagdis '06 Mr. and Mrs. Amardeep S. Kahlon Mrs. Danielle L. Kahm '92 Ms. Emma M. Kalaidjian '65 Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Kamil Mr. and Mrs. Mikhail Karbachinskiy Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kay
Ms. Annagusta S. Keating '05 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Keenan Mrs. Cathryn Kellstrom Mr. Michael Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kelson Kemnay Advisory Services, Inc. Mrs. Jody Kennard '69 Mr. Patrick Kennedy '13 Mrs. Renee Kenny Mr. Brian C. Kent '58 Mr. Winston Kentish Mrs. Susan Keppel '63 Mr. and Mrs. David Kern Mr. Charles Kientzler Mr. Arthur Kim and Ms. Christine Ku Mr. Eliot Knight and Mrs. Millicent Knight '52 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Kobak, Jr. Mr. David L. Kramer '69 Mr. Douglas Kramer '71 and Mrs. Joyce Kramer Ms. Dylan A. Krouse '12 Dr. Michael Krouse and Ms. Pamela Liebman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Lade, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jason Lafer Mr. and Mrs. Sal LaGreca Mrs. Hope H. Lampe '51 Mr. and Mrs. James Land III Dr. Jacqueline R. Landre '86 Ms. Haile Larson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Larson Mr. Justin R. Lash '94 Mrs. Bettie M. LaVallee '55 Mr. Ted E. Lawson '62 Ms. Erica A. Leasor '03 Mr. Ralph A. Lee III '87 Mr. Thomas Leedy '60 Mrs. Vaughan Leigh Mr. Joseph C. Lentini, Jr. '87 Ms. Ellen Whitney Leroe '67 Mrs. Mary R. Lester '47 Mr. and Mrs. David Levy Mr. Richard Lichtenstein '52 and Mrs. Alice Lichtenstein Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Lightbourn Mrs. Barbara N. Lindsley '56 Ms. Cynthia Lindwell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Locandro Ms. Meredith Locasto Mrs. Kristine Loeffler Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Lombardi Mrs. Marion Ahbe Lord '61 Mr. Eric C. Lorentzen '55 Mrs. Barbara Brown Lott '57 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Loughran Mr. Darren Lovelock Dr. Caro Elise Luhrs '52 Mr. Donald W. Lum '55 Ms. Boni Luna Ms. Barbara Luperi Mr. Jerry R. Lyman Mrs. Melinda Mitchell Lyon '60
Mr. and Mrs. Haskell P. MacCowatt Mr. Robert W. MacDonald '43 Mrs. Cynthia L. MacGrath '50 Ms. Lelia Mackin Ms. Ashley E. Magner '14 Ms. Kathleen Jacqueline Magner '10 Mr. Michael B. Magner '12 Mrs. Helen V. Maloney '59 Mr. Mark Mangano '07 Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Mangano Ms. Stephanie M. Mangano '08 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Mardy Mr. Lee D. Margerison '76 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Margosian Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mariano Ms. Hope Marindin '45 Mr. Thomas Markt Mrs. Natalie Marone Ms. Anne G. Marsh '49 Ms. Virginia Clarkson Martin '55 Dr. John Mascaro Mrs. Kelly Mauger Mr. and Mrs. David May Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Mayer '48 Mrs. Leigh Maynard '76 Mrs. Kelly M. Mazzei '95 Ms. Charlotte Ashley McAuley '10 Mrs. Janet McBride '44 Ms. Patricia McBride Mr. and Mrs. John McCann Mr. and Mrs. Christopher McClanahan '84 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. McClanahan, Jr. Mr. Scott McCormick Mr. Kevin M. McDonald '98 Ms. Alexandra Lucretia McDonough '10 Mr. Harry A. McEnroe Mr. Michael McGrann Mr. James P. McGrath, Jr. '60 Mrs. Dana McGuire Mr. and Mrs. John P. McHale Mr. John T. McHale '07 Ms. Lindsay J. McHale '07 Mrs. Nancy McLarin '45 Ms. Katherine A. McMains '79 Mr. and Mrs. Ian McNeill '66 Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mead, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Meisenbacher Ms. Cathy Meller Mr. Tyler J. Meller '11 Mr. Norman J. Merksamer '48 Dr. Brian Merry Mr. Jeremy Meserole Mrs. Marion Blackwell Meserole '64 Dr. Marina Milinkovic Mrs. Eleanor Milun Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mitchell II Ms. Ann Christine Monica '64 Mrs. Anne Hoffman Moore '62 Ms. Suzanne Moore '90 Mr. Henry Morgan
Mrs. Rita R. Morgan '45 Mrs. Frances F. Morse '52 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moser Dr. and Mrs. William C. Mules Mr. Tyler G. Mulvihill '05 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Nadler Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nadler Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Namar '74 Mrs. Barbara Napholtz Mr. Brian H. Neiman '10 Mrs. Carmen Pietri Nelson '44 Mr. Glen Nelson '58 and Mrs. Peggy Ann Nelson '59 Ms. Christine Nenna Mr. Stephen R. Newman '86 Mrs. Sandra L. Newton Mr. Hon Van Nguyen Nissan North America, Inc. Nordson Corporation Corporate Giving Northern NJ Orthopedics Specialists, P.A. Dr. Jeffrey C. Northup '64 Northwestern Mutual Foundation Matching Gifts Program Mr. Benjamin R. O'Connell '14 Mrs. Pamela A. O'Connor Mrs. Jennifer A. Oken '87 Mr. Okey Okuzu and Dr. Enuma Okuzu Mrs. Ann Beinecke Oliver '63 Ms. Audrey Onsdorff Mrs. Anna Pardo Mr. Darnell T. Parker '00 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Parker Mr. Steve Patchett Mr. John R. Patterson '14 Mrs. C. Ruth T. Penner Mr. and Mrs. Scott Pepper Mr. Anson Perina, Jr. '61 Mrs. Margaret Wilhelm Pfaff '47 Ms. Ida Picker Mr. and Mrs. Michael Picozzi Mr. William H. Pike '63 Mr. and Mrs. John J. Pisano Mr. John J. Pisano '12 Mrs. Kristen Pochomis Ms. Allison Postma Mr. and Mrs. James Powell Ms. Emily M. Prentiss '06 Ms. Vivian A. Pressley-Harris '80 Mrs. Ann S. Probert '56 Mrs. Wendy Pyle '59 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Quigley Mrs. Susan Quinn '52 Quintiles Ms. Lynn R. Quintrell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Rago, Jr. Ms. Christine D. Raia '06 Ms. Jillian Raia '12 Mr. Alex Ranger '13 Ms. Maggie Ranger '10 RBC Foundation-USA
Mr. Patrick Redmond '07 Mrs. Sydney Dunn Reed '63 Mr. Kenneth Reid Mr. George C. Rhys '62 Mr. Norman Riback and Mrs. Valerie Riback '82 Mr. Roger Richard Mr. Steven Rivera Mr. John D. Robertson '97 Mr. and Mrs. Russell D. Robertson Mr. William Rollinson '91 Ms. Rocio Romero-Jackson Ms. Alia Roth '10 Mr. Isaac Roth '09 Ms. Irene Rumiancew '76 Mr. Troy Rusnack Mr. James E. Rutgers '62 Mr. James Ruttman Mrs. Katharine B. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ryon Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Saburn Mrs. Laura E. Sahazizian '96 Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Salazar Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sanford Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Santucci Ms. Louisa B. Sargent, Esq. '86 Ms. Ileana N. Saros '68 Mr. Daisuke Sato Mr. Carleton E. Saunders IV '92 Mr. Glenn Schattschneider '69 Ms. Ava M. Scheininger '08 Mr. and Mrs. Brad Schenerman Mr. Robert W. Schicke II Ms. Patricia Schinto Dr. Todd Schlachter '94 and Ms. McKinne Dunn '94 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schreiber Mr. Christopher S. Scott '07 Captain and Mrs. Donald R. Scott, Esq. Mr. Bradford C. Seabury '97 Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Seabury III '54 Seal Spout Corporation Mr. and Mrs. William E. Seely, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Segal Ms. Carol Selman '64 Dr. and Mrs. Farrokh Shafaie Mr. Kamyar Shafaie '10 Mr. Mehrdad D. Shafaie '08 Ms. Emilie C. Shafto '07 Mr. George Shannon '80 and Mrs. Leigh K. Shannon '80 Mrs. Sharon Sharp Mr. Jason D. Shatz '10 Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Shauger Mr. Donald R. Shauger '12 Mr. Eric M. Shea '05 Ms. Katherine G. Sheleg '97 Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Shepard Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sheppard Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sheppard
Mr. Philip S. Showell, Jr. '48 Mr. and Mrs. David Shulman Mr. Daniel Shurts '06 Mr. Robert M. Shurts '13 Mr. Brian D. Sills '65 Ms. Jennifer Silvershein '09 Dr. Linda Sisco Ms. Rosalie Small '84 Mrs. Cary Wiedenmayer Smallhorn '56 Mr. Donald Smith and Ms. Lenore Dankulich-Smith Mr. and Mrs. Nigel J. Smith Ms. Sarah L. Somers '86 Mrs. Lois Dane Soule '55 Mrs. Dorcas Hardy Spagnolo '64 Ms. Susan Speidel Mrs. Joan St. John '48 Mr. Robert E. Stankavish '90 Dr. and Mrs. Steven Stecker Mr. Robert S. Stone '12 Mr. David Strachan Mr. and Mrs. John P. Strapp, Jr. Mr. Gregory S. Stuart '65 Mr. and Mrs. Jason Stull '96 Mr. Michael Sturgeon Ms. Jenna Sumner Timothy and Lisa Swanson Mrs. Elaine M. Taggart Judy and Peter Taggart Mr. Samuel J. Taggart '10 Mr. William Taggart '13 Mrs. Jaimi Talarico Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Tarowsky Ms. Monya A. Taylor '88 Mr. Rainey S. Taylor, Jr. The Honorable Siobhan A. Teare '77 Mr. Christopher Teasdale Mr. and Mrs. Bradley R. Thayer Mr. Christopher R. Thayer '89 The Carlyle Group Wealth Sharing Program Mr. Senith S. Thiruchelvam '14 Mr. Robb Wallace Thompson '55 Mrs. Virginia Wilson Thomson '49 Mr. George L. Tiger '53 Mr. Richard A. Tilghman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Timek Ms. Caroline C. Tobin '66 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tokash Mr. and Mrs. Steven Toth Mr. Jay H. Tracy '58 Mr. and Mrs. Roberto F. Trentini Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tribble Ms. Caitlin Trought Mrs. Priscilla A. Tucker '48 Mrs. Mary Ann Tully '60 Mr. Brad Turner Mr. John Turpin '92 and Mrs. Jill Turpin '91 Mr. Sam Tuttle
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The number of professional development programs for faculty and staff supported by the MB Fund during the last decade. Your gift to the MB Fund helps provide this important continuing education, which often manifests in new, innovative course offerings for our exceptional students.
Friends Up to $999 (Continued) UBS Mrs. Susan M. Underwood '62 United Technologies Corp Mrs. Lorelei Anne Valverde '63 Mrs. Barbara W. Van Doren '43 Mr. Bruce Van Hoven Mr. Kyle R. Vanderhoof '14 Mr. James C. VanDerpoel '79 Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Vandeveer, Jr. Mr. Keith Vassall Mr. Devin Verhoest '05
Ms. Taylor Vessa '13 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Vickers Ms. Hannah Vickers '06 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. VonderHeide Mr. Thomas Vurno and Ms. Maroa Velez Ms. Daryl Farrington Walker '54 Mr. Clarence A. Ward, Jr. '55 Ms. Bisa W. Washington Mr. Robert Watts and Mrs. Sally Wilkie Burke Watts Mrs. Barbara Dyckman Wells '46
Mr. Shaun J. Wentworth '75 Mrs. Barbara Hagaman Westbrook '47 Mrs. Carol Wheaton Mr. and Mrs. Alan White '64 Ms. Gwen L. Whiting '94 Mr. Robert W. Whitman '57 Mr. Kevin Wicki Mrs. Rita S. Willens '45 Mr. Gregory P. Williams '05 Ms. Elizabeth R. Wilson '51 Mrs. Brenda P. Winnewisser '57
Mrs. Amy B. Wolffe '78 Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wolfson Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wooldredge Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Wort '64 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Yamashita Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Yuhas Mr. Michael Zagyi Ms. Zoe L. Zisis '11 Ms. Tiffany Zuber Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Zuckerbraun
Parent Giving, by Class Class of 2015
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bartner Mr. and Mrs. Andrew T. Becker Mr. Rolf Brunner-Grande and Dr. Nancy Brunner-Grande Mr. and Mrs. John P. Bruno Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burke Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Cotter Ms. Bayyinah Curl Mr. and Mrs. Harry Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Downey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Ephraimson-Abt Ms. Catherine C. Fleming Dr. and Mrs. Carl P. Giordano Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Grogg Mr. and Mrs. Leo Grohowski Mr. and Mrs. Matthew P. Guenther Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hatfield III Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hunt Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Iuzzolino Mr. and Mrs. Sean Jago Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Kamil Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Karlson Jimmy and Susan Kellogg Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. MacCowatt Mr. and Mrs. John O. McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mitchell II Mr. and Mrs. Michael Movsovich Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. O'Donnell Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Parker Mr. and Mrs. Scott Pepper Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Rago, Jr. Marie and Robert Sanna Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schreiber Ms. Katie Simon '85 Mr. and Mrs. Tony Siragusa Mr. and Mrs. Laurence M. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Steven Tabak Mr. and Mrs. Robert Toohey Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Vandeveer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Waters
Michele and William I. Blanchard Mr. and Mrs. Gary Borowiec Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Bridges Mr. Michael Capatides and Ms. Laura DeFelice Mr. and Mrs. James D. Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Collins Mr. and Mrs. Shane Connell Mr. and Mrs. M. Thomas Conway Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Cuomo Mr. and Mrs. Mark Enman Mr. and Mrs. John Fagan Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Louis Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jansen Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Kabat Mr. and Mrs. Mikhail Karbachinskiy Dr. Michael Krouse and Ms. Pamela Liebman Mr. and Mrs. Jason Lafer Mr. John Leung and Ms. Katherine Lee Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Lombardi Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallen Mr. and Mrs. Steven Margosian Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mayer Mr. and Mrs. Christopher McClanahan '84 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Namar '74 Ms. Betsy Patterson Mr. and Mrs. John S. Pruitt Ms. Michele Rechler Mr. Joseph C. Robillard Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Saburn Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sanford Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sit Ms. Geraldine A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. William W. Stitt Mr. Douglas Wetmore and Ms. Catherine Delesky Mr. Kimo Winterbottom and Mrs. Elizabeth Kellogg Winterbottom
Class of 2016
Class of 2017
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bivona
Mr. and Mrs. John Adelman Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Alevras
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bivona Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Blanchard Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bonelli Mr. and Mrs. John Brennan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burke Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chiperfield, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cipriano Mr. and Mrs. Shane Connell Mr. Alex Crispo and Ms. Lori Windolf-Crispo Ms. Aline de la Torre Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Diggs Mr. Andrew Dragoumis Mr. and Mrs. Gary Faccenda Mr. and Mrs. John Fagan Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Frier Mr. and Mrs. David Gately Dr. and Mrs. Carl P. Giordano Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hatfield III Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hawks Mr. Robert Jaskula and Ms. Anne Carolan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Keenan Jimmy and Susan Kellogg Mr. and Mrs. David Kern Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Kirby Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klingeman Mr. Herman Kurz '86 and Mrs. Gail Kaltenbacher Kurz '86 Mr. and Mrs. James Land III Mr. and Mrs. Robert Larson Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Loughran Mr. and Mrs. David May Mr. and Mrs. Barry Morin Mr. and Mrs. James R. Nadler Passione Family Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Pompeo Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Raimer Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ryon Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Salazar Mr. and Mrs. Gilberto Santaliz Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sheppard Mr. and Mrs. Mark Simon Mr. and Mrs. William W. Stitt Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Tatulli
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Toye Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Waters Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wesson
Class of 2018
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Aiello Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Alevras Mr. and Mrs. Mark Angelo Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bernardon Dr. Harold Bernstein and Ms. Patricia Foster Mr. Adam Blackwood and Dr. Michele Blackwood Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bregna Jane and Gary Buscemi Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Bylin Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carchia Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Collins Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Cuomo Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Dallas Mr. Antony Detre and Ms. Yvette Kovats Mr. Larry DiNorscio and Ms. Linda Lapchin Dr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Di Paolo Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Downey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Friedman Mr. Ronald B. Gorayeb and Ms. Kathleen King Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Gronning Mr. and Mrs. Matthew P. Guenther Ms. Cassandra A. Hardman Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hawkins '85 Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Hutchinson III '84 Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Lombardi Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mariano Mr. and Mrs. John B. McCann Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Meisenbacher Ms. Cathy Meller Ms. Olivia Metzger Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Mintz Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Parker Mr. and Mrs. John S. Pruitt Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Randazzo
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Parent Giving, by Class (Continued) Dr. Stewart Reiter and Ms. Andrea Reiter Mr. and Mrs. Nigel J. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Sokolowski Dr. and Mrs. Steven Stecker Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Tatulli Elizabeth Warner Mr. Arthur Williams IV Mr. Kimo Winterbottom and Mrs. Elizabeth Kellogg Winterbottom Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Yamashita
Class of 2019
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Abbott Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Armstrong Dr. Jagbir Beniwal and Dr. Anju Chopra Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Gary Borowiec Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Bryla Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burke Mr. and Mrs. Darren Burns Dr. Dale Cohen and Ms. Michelle Lozina-Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Duane Connell Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Cotter Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Dallas Ron and Mara DePoalo Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Diggs Mr. and Mrs. John Fagan Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Fitzsimmons Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gregory
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Hutchinson III '84 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Irene Mr. Arthur Kim and Ms. Christine Ku The Honorable Robert Kirsch and Mrs. Beth Kirsch Mr. Herman Kurz '86 and Mrs. Gail Kaltenbacher Kurz '86 Mr. and Mrs. Al Leiter Mr. Seth Levine and Ms. Lisa Tilton-Levine Mr. and Mrs. David Levy Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Lightbourn Mr. Ajay Nagpal and Ms. Debbie Mitchell-Nagpal Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Namar '74 Mr. and Mrs. Brett O'Brien Mr. and Mrs. Matthew O'Connor Mr. and Mrs. Scott Pepper Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Michael Picozzi Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Quigley Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Salazar Mr. and Mrs. Tony Siragusa Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sit Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tone Mr. Allen Won and Dr. Isabelle Degeyter Mr. and Mrs. Jon Yourkoski
Class of 2020
Class of 2021
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Abbott Mr. and Mrs. John Adelman Mr. and Mrs. Mark Angelo Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Bajak Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Berry Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Dominick J. Commesso Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Cook Mr. and Mrs. Dean Criares Mr. and Mrs. Don Ellerthorpe Mr. and Mrs. Hans Ephraimson-Abt Mr. and Mrs. John Fagan Mr. and Mrs. John F. Fay Mr. and Mrs. Gary Harvett Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hawkins '85 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kay Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kelson Mr. and Mrs. John B. McCann Ms. Olivia Metzger Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mitchell II Mr. and Mrs. Howard Moseson Mr. and Mrs. Jason Nortillo Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Randazzo Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Scully Mr. and Mrs. Mark Simon Mr. and Mrs. David Strauss Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Waters Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Yuhas
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Aiello Mr. and Mrs. John Atkins Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Blake Mr. and Mrs. Scott Briggs Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carchia Mr. and Mrs. William J. Cassano Mr. and Mrs. Duane Connell Mr. and Mrs. William Garland Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Abel Guzman Dr. Wolfgang Hofgartner and Ms. Christine Coster Mr. and Mrs. Amardeep S. Kahlon Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Mikhail Karbachinskiy Mr. and Mrs. Jason Lafer Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Long Mr. Ajay Nagpal and Ms. Debbie Mitchell-Nagpal Mr. Okey Okuzu and Dr. Enuma Okuzu Mr. and Mrs. John S. Pruitt Timothy and Lisa Swanson Mr. and Mrs. James Wohlbruck
Dr. Marion J. Gedney Mrs. Edith Hustvedt Mr. Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Ms. Anne G. Marsh Mrs. Virginia Wilson Thomson Mrs. Nancy Dane Wells
Mrs. Millicent Knight Mr. Richard Lichtenstein Dr. Caro Elise Luhrs Mrs. Frances F. Morse Mrs. Susan Quinn
Class of 1950
Mr. George L. Tiger
Alumni Giving, by Class Class of 1938
Ms. Foster Graesser
Mrs. Audrey T. Parker Mrs. Barbara Dyckman Wells
Class of 1939
Class of 1947
Mr. George L. de Schweinitz, Jr.
Mrs. Nancy Tasman Brower Mrs. Mary R. Lester Mrs. Margaret Wilhelm Pfaff Mrs. Barbara Hagaman Westbrook
Class of 1943
Class of 1948
Ms. Jane Conger
Class of 1941
Mrs. Barbara W. Carnrick Mrs. Nancy J. Gabrielson Mr. Robert W. MacDonald Mrs. Barbara W. Van Doren
Class of 1944
Mrs. Janet McBride Mrs. Carmen Pietri Nelson
Class of 1945
Ms. Hope Marindin Mrs. Nancy McLarin Mrs. Rita R. Morgan Mrs. Rita S. Willens
Class of 1946
Mrs. Barbara Hallock Hendrick
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Ms. Christine Downing Mrs. Diana Baldwin Dunnan Mrs. Joan Freiday Edwards Mrs. Helen R. Giammattei Mrs. Anne DeLamater Hansen Mrs. Dayle J. Jones Mr. Richard H. Mayer Mr. Norman J. Merksamer Mr. Philip S. Showell, Jr. Mrs. Joan St. John Mrs. Priscilla A. Tucker Mrs. Frances C. Woodring
Class of 1949
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Billington Mr. George F. Blades Mrs. Emma Joy Dana
Dr. and Mrs. Peter M. Hall Mr. Robert Willets Hardy Mrs. Gayle Chamberlin Hoyt Mrs. Cynthia L. MacGrath
Class of 1951
Mrs. Penelope Boorman Dr. Malcolm S. Edgar, Jr. Mrs. Hope H. Lampe Ms. Elizabeth R. Wilson
Class of 1952
Mrs. Hanna Rosenblatt Alger Mr. Jon R. Appel Mrs. Jane Burpeau Mrs. Ann Gardiner Drake Mrs. Alexandra Halsey Mrs. Harriet S. Hart Mrs. Anne E. Hibler
Class of 1953
Class of 1954
Mrs. Penelope Dunn Alexitch Mr. William W. Bride III Mrs. Anne Bunn Mrs. Katharine M. Ferris Mrs. Betsey Adair Glaeser Mr. Rudolph W. Herms, Jr. Dr. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Seabury III Ms. Daryl Farrington Walker
Class of 1955
Mrs. John P. Bent, Jr. Mrs. Katherine De Young Corvaja Mr. Frederick A. Greenberg Mrs. Margaret Pattyson Greene Mr. Robert P. Hedley Mrs. Bettie M. LaVallee
Mr. Eric C. Lorentzen Mr. Donald W. Lum Ms. Virginia Clarkson Martin Mrs. Lois Dane Soule Mr. Robb Wallace Thompson Mr. Clarence A. Ward, Jr.
Class of 1956
Mrs. Kathleen Enteman Mrs. Barbara N. Lindsley Mrs. Ann S. Probert Mrs. Cary Wiedenmayer Smallhorn
Class of 1957
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Adam Mrs. Gloria Russell Benedict Mrs. Barbara Brown Lott Mrs. Lynn Manshel Mr. Robert W. Whitman Mrs. Brenda P. Winnewisser
Class of 1958
Mr. Stewart A. Dunn, Jr. Mr. Lowell E. Jaeger Mrs. Judith Blackmar Jahries Mr. Brian C. Kent Mr. Douglas A. J. Mockett Mr. Glen Nelson Mr. Jay H. Tracy Mrs. Harriet Higgins Warren
Class of 1959
Mrs. Lea Osborne Angell Mrs. Linda S. Chapman Mrs. Gail Lehman Harty Mrs. Helen V. Maloney Mrs. Peggy Ann Nelson Mrs. Wendy Pyle
Class of 1960
Mrs. Hope B. Hazen Mr. Thomas Leedy Mrs. Melinda Mitchell Lyon Mr. James P. McGrath, Jr. Mrs. Mary Ann Tully
Class of 1961
Mrs. Tobi Wobbe Graham Ms. Caroline V. Hodge Mrs. Marion Ahbe Lord Mr. Anson Perina, Jr.
Class of 1962
Mr. Stephen Boesel Mrs. Mary J. Bolter Ms. Marcia Ann Corbin Mr. Benjamin W. Dyer IV Dr. Robert S. Dyer Dr. Gail Heyer Mrs. Loretta Porter James Mr. Ted E. Lawson
Mrs. Anne Hoffman Moore Mr. George C. Rhys Mr. James E. Rutgers Mrs. Susan M. Underwood
Class of 1963
Mrs. Mary W. Brown Mr. Bryant W. Griffin III Dr. Susan E. Jennings Mrs. Susan Keppel Mrs. Ann Beinecke Oliver Mr. William H. Pike Mrs. Sydney Dunn Reed Mrs. Lorelei Anne Valverde
Class of 1964
Mr. James Cypert Mr. David C. Green Mr. David V. H. Hedley Mrs. Marion Blackwell Meserole Ms. Ann Christine Monica Dr. Jeffrey C. Northup Ms. Carol Selman Mrs. Dorcas Hardy Spagnolo Mr. Alan White Mr. Jonathan P. Wort
Class of 1965
Ms. Pamela Norman Apito Mr. Joseph B. Baker Dr. Charles E. Cameron Mr. Laird R. Johnson Ms. Emma M. Kalaidjian Mr. Brian D. Sills Mr. Gregory S. Stuart
Class of 1966
Ms. Elizabeth Rose Carson Mr. Michaele J. Esposito Mr. Randall L. Hauserman Mr. Ian McNeill Mr. Roger M. Schwarz, Esq. Ms. Caroline C. Tobin
Class of 1967
Ms. Cassandra Cole Mrs. Christine Haders Mr. Frank Johnson Ms. Ellen Whitney Leroe Mr. John W. Muchmore
Class of 1968
Ms. Ileana N. Saros
Class of 1969
Mr. Thompson D. Grant, Jr. Mrs. Jody Kennard Mr. David L. Kramer Mr. Glenn Schattschneider
Class of 1971
Mr. Peter M. Bennett Mr. Douglas Kramer
Class of 1972
Mr. Gregory T. Adams Mrs. Nancy Campbell Berrang
Class of 1973
Mr. Robert Guerra
Class of 1974
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Namar
Class of 1975
Mrs. Susan Carter Mr. Andrew K. Rooke Mr. Shaun J. Wentworth
Class of 1976
Mr. Leonard H. Goddard, Jr. Mr. Lee D. Margerison Mrs. Leigh Maynard Ms. Irene Rumiancew Mr. Finn Wentworth
Class of 1977
Mr. James H. Brennan III Mr. Thomas E. Fusco The Honorable Siobhan A. Teare
Class of 1978
Mrs. Amy B. Wolffe
Class of 1979
Ms. Katherine A. McMains Mr. James C. VanDerpoel
Class of 1980
Ms. Rosalie Small Mr. Charles Alan Weiss, Esq.
Class of 1985
Mrs. Aubrey A. Barr Mr. Paul R. Hawkins Mr. Timothy P. Rooke Ms. Katie Simon
Class of 1986
Mrs. Kim B. Barton Mrs. Gail Kaltenbacher Kurz Mr. Herman Kurz Dr. Jacqueline R. Landre Mr. Stephen R. Newman Ms. Louisa B. Sargent, Esq. Ms. Sarah L. Somers
Class of 1987
Mr. Eric W. Aanonsen Mr. David V. H. Hedley III Mr. Ralph A. Lee III Mr. Joseph C. Lentini, Jr. Mrs. Jennifer A. Oken Mr. Randolph P. Scully Mrs. Caroline M. Turben
Class of 1988
Mr. Gregory S. Bendelius Mr. Henry J. Brucker II Mr. Alexander Schrantz Ms. Monya A. Taylor
Class of 1989
Mr. Edward J. Foley IV Mrs. Lee Kellogg Sadrian Mr. Christopher R. Thayer
Class of 1990
Mr. C. Cameron Rooke
Mr. Jay H. Friedel Mr. Frank Fritts Ms. Melissa M. Hedley Mr. Robert K. Helmstaedter, Jr. Ms. Suzanne Moore Mr. Robert E. Stankavish
Class of 1982
Class of 1991
Ms. Vivian A. Pressley-Harris Mr. George Shannon Mrs. Leigh K. Shannon
Class of 1981
Ms. Julie A. Simon Munro Mrs. Valerie Riback
Class of 1983
Mrs. Mary Beth Elizabeth Baker Mr. Joseph G. Barry Ms. Catherine M. Bird
Class of 1984
Mr. Patrick J. Burke III Mr. Adam J. Diglio Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Hutchinson III Ms. KC Hnat Joubran Mr. Christopher McClanahan
Mr. Ryan Foley Mr. Robert T. Magnotta II Mr. William Rollinson Mrs. Jill Turpin
Class of 1992
Mr. Mark J. Hebeka Mrs. Danielle L. Kahm Mr. Joseph S. Kay Mr. Carleton E. Saunders IV Mr. John Turpin
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Alumni Giving, by Class (Continued)
Class of 1993
Mr. Daniel R. Chuhinko Mrs. Laura S. Hay
Class of 2002
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Hunter-Keller
Class of 2003
Class of 1994
Ms. McKinne Dunn Mr. Justin R. Lash Mrs. Kathryn Foley Rafferty Dr. Todd Schlachter Ms. Gwen L. Whiting
Ms. Erica A. Leasor
Class of 2004
Mr. Robert E. Elliott
Class of 2005
Ms. Christine L. Gallagher Mr. Christopher G. Golding Ms. Victoria W. Harding Ms. Annagusta S. Keating Mr. Tyler G. Mulvihill Mr. Eric M. Shea Mr. Devin Verhoest Mr. Gregory P. Williams
Class of 1995
Dr. Christina Toth Breen Mrs. Kelly M. Mazzei
Class of 1996
Mr. Kenji Ayao Ms. Heather M. Daur Mrs. Laura E. Sahazizian Mr. Jason Stull
Class of 2006
Ms. Beverly Chaplin Ms. Jennifer L. Conway Ms. Claire M. Currie Mr. Daniel Kagdis Ms. Emily M. Prentiss Ms. Christine D. Raia Mr. Daniel Shurts Ms. Hannah Vickers
Class of 1997
Mr. Ravi Chopra Mr. Peter C. Hedley Mr. John D. Robertson Mr. Bradford C. Seabury Ms. Katherine G. Sheleg
Class of 1998
Class of 2007
Mr. Ed J. Forbes Mr. Kevin M. McDonald
Class of 1999
Mr. Brian W. Dougherty Mr. Ridgely W. Harrison IV
Class of 2000
Mr. Daniel D. Ciardi Mr. Darnell T. Parker
Ms. Elizabeth R. Aiello Mr. Andrew W. Bruen Ms. Romy Dewar Mr. Matthew C. Engel Mr. Sean D. Kipperman Mr. Mark Mangano Mr. John T. McHale Ms. Lindsay J. McHale
Mr. Patrick Redmond Mr. Christopher S. Scott Ms. Emilie C. Shafto
Mr. John H. Fleming Mr. Tyler J. Meller Ms. Zoe L. Zisis
Class of 2008
Class of 2012
Ms. Brittany Deventer Mr. Joshua Gray Ms. Stephanie M. Mangano Ms. Ava M. Scheininger Mr. Mehrdad D. Shafaie
Class of 2009
Mr. Garrett R. Ancey Ms. Kathryn J. Apolinario Mr. Timothy C. Connor Mr. Jordan Frechtman Ms. Lauren H. Geisser Ms. Julie A. Guempel Mr. Isaac Roth Ms. Jennifer Silvershein
Class of 2010
Mr. Jovan Robert Campbell Ms. Imani Coston Ms. Carson E. Gannon Ms. Kathleen Jacqueline Magner Ms. Charlotte Ashley McAuley Ms. Alexandra Lucretia McDonough Mr. Brian H. Neiman Ms. Maggie Ranger Ms. Alia Roth Mr. Kamyar Shafaie Mr. Jason D. Shatz Mr. Samuel J. Taggart
Class of 2011
Ms. Madeleine F. Boyle Mr. Jeffrey Carter
Ms. Gabriella M. Daidone Mr. Zachary Gray Ms. Dylan A. Krouse Mr. Michael B. Magner Mr. John J. Pisano Ms. Jillian Raia Mr. Donald R. Shauger Mr. Robert S. Stone
Class of 2013
Ms. Allison R. Aiello Mr. Peter J. Alevras Ms. Brette H. Brier Mr. Daniel Collins Mr. Patrick Kennedy Mr. Alex Ranger Mr. Robert M. Shurts Mr. William Taggart Ms. Taylor Vessa
Class of 2014
Mr. Christopher J. Bernardon Mr. James D. Carroll Ms. Ashley E. Magner Mr. Benjamin R. O'Connell Mr. John R. Patterson Mr. Senith S. Thiruchelvam Mr. Kyle R. Vanderhoof
Class of 2015
Ms. Kristy L. Cotter
Faculty and Staff Bruce Adams Meg Ahern Kate Alderman Sara Alders Nasrin Ameri Karin Anderson Gretchen Atwater Tracey Barrett John Bartholomew Janet Berthel Helen Bonner Owen Boynton Janet Burdorf Darren Burns Peter J. Caldwell Kathryn Cannito Diane Carlin Harry Carr Dianna Carroll Noreen Cassidy
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Mark Clar Margaret Collins Thomas Corbo Orlando Correa Brian Crowe Janet Crowley Aline de la Toure Andrea Deventer Peter Donahue Soni Dougherty Jennifer Dubeck Joanne Dzama Cori Eggert Megan Ehrenfeld Denise Elliott Jeanine Erickson Roslyn Estrada Tim Fell Chris Finn Elena Fiorica-Howells
Paul Fisher Liam FitzSimons Catherine Fleming Jacqueline Forte Eddie Franz Hal Freeden Stephanie Galvez Washington Galvez Susan Glover Joanne Goldberg Ezra Gottlieb Gorica Hadzic Cyndy Hamilton Tim Hannigan Laurie Hartman Mark Hartman Kathy Hemmer Melissa Hill Patrick Horan Sara Huneke
Nicholas Jackson Jill Jacoves Zoe Jameson Mark Jones Ricky Kamil Cathryn Kellstrom Mike Kelly Renee Kenny Joyce Kramer Haile Larson Vaughan Leigh Joseph Locandro Meredith Locasto Kristine Loeffler Darren Lovelock Boni Luna Barbara Luperi Thomas Markt Natalie Marone John Mascaro
Kelly Mauger Heather McClanahan Scott McCormick Kevin McDonald '98 Michael McGrann Dana McGuire Robert Mead Cathy Meller Brian Merry Jeremy Meserole Marina Milinkovic Eleanor Milun Rob Mitchell Barbara Napholtz Hon Van Nguyen Pam O'Connor Audrey Onsdorff Anna Pardo Steve Patchett Betsy Patterson
Katie Pepper Ida Picker Kristen Pochomis Allison Postma Roger Richard Steve Rivera Rocio Romero-Jackson Troy Rusnack Jim Ruttman Daisuke Sato Carol Selman '64 Eric Shea '05 Kate Sheleg '97 John Sheppard Linda Sisco Susan Speidel Mike Sturgeon Jenna Sumner Lisa Swanson Jaimi Talarico
Monya Taylor '88 Christopher Teasdale Rich Timek Caitlin Trought Brad Turner Sam Tuttle Bruce Van Hoven Keith Vassall Bisa Washington Kevin Wicki Greg Williams '05 Carol Wooldredge Jeffrey Yuhas Michael Zagyi Tiffany Zuber
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The number of MBS students who participated in 75 hours or more of community service during the 2014-2015 academic year. Your gift to the MB Fund directly supports this service learning, which engages our students in their surrounding communities while teaching them life skills beyond the classroom.
Restricted Gifts Philip L. Anderson Fund Mrs. Sandra Newton
Arthur James Scholarship Fund Mrs. Sandra Newton
Susan Marie May Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Robert May
Casey Archer Scholarship Fund Anonymous (Multiple donors)
Edmund Kramer Endowment Fund Mr. David L. Kramer '69
V. Rodman Reed Scholarship Fund Ms. Susanne K. Albert '54
Paul R. Furrer Scholarship Fund Mrs. Eileen V. Furrer Mrs. Sandra Newton
Wiliam E. Lehman Lecture Series for Art & Architecture Mrs. Emily Lehman Smith '56
Ryan Fund Mr. and Mrs. John M. Egan
Kipp Sujet Scholarship Fund Vance J. Wilson
Parents of Graduates, Grandparents, and Friends Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Adam '57 Mr. Bruce H. Adams Mr. Robert Adams Benjamin and Bernadette Aiello Ms. Barbara S. Anastos Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Charles Austin Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Babb, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Baron Mr. and Mrs. D. John Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Bendelius Dr. Omar Bey and Dr. Regina Mills-Bey Mr. and Mrs. William C. Blanchard Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blum Mr. and Mrs. Walter Borowiec Mr. Bailey Brower, Jr. and Mrs. Nancy Tasman Brower '47 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Brucker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William D. Bruen, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Buswell Mrs. Mary-Ellen Campbell Mrs. Josephine Carolan Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Carr Mr. Donald Carter and Mrs. Susan Carter '75 Jim and Alison Casey Ms. Andrea F. Chipana Mrs. Deborah Ciardi Dr. and Mrs. Marc A. Cohen Mr. Paolo Cucchi Mr. and Mrs. Robert Currie Mr. Charles Czuprewicz Mr. Richard Dabagian Mr. Victor Daidone Ms. Carolyn A. Daniels Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. DeLaney Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeSimone Ms. Andrea Deventer Mrs. Irene Downey Mr. and Mrs. Stewart A. Dunn, Jr. '58 Ms. Denise Elliott Dr. Leona Fagan Mr. and Mrs. Milton Fantin Will and Danni Fernandez Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Foley III Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Forbes
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward Franz Mrs. Eileen V. Furrer Mr. Mark J. Gabrielson Mrs. Nancy J. Gabrielson '43 Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Gambro Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Garrett Mr. and Mrs. Thompson D. Grant, Jr. '69 Mr. James Grecco Mr. and Mrs. Michael Griffinger Mr. and Mrs. John B. Guerard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gumprecht Ms. Valerie Hall Mrs. Alexandra Halsey '52 Ms. Diana Hanford Mrs. Donna Harcourt Mr. Robert Willets Hardy '50 Mr. Gene Z. Harrigan Mrs. Lynn Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Harrity Mrs. Gail Lehman Harty '59 Mrs. Martha Hatch Mrs. Estelle Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. David V. H. Hedley '64 Mrs. Barbara Hoffmann Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Hooper Mr. Andrew M. Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Hunter Mr. and Mrs. George W. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Allyn C. Jones Mr. and Mrs. James Kellogg Mr. Kirk Kellogg Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Kellogg Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Kennedy Mr. Charles Kientzler Mr. Allan P. Kirby, Jr. '49 Mr. Eliot Knight and Mrs. Millicent Knight '52 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Kobak, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Lade, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Sal LaGreca Mr. James Land, Jr. Dr. Jacqueline R. Landre Ms. Jan L. Larsson Mrs. Mary R. Lester '47 Ms. Cynthia Lindwell Mr. Jerry R. Lyman Mr. and Mrs. Haskell P. MacCowatt
Ms. Lelia Mackin Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Magner Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Mangano Mr. Roger L. Manshel and Mrs. Lynn Manshel '57 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Mardy Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Markee Dr. John Mascaro Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mayer MBS Parents Association Ms. Patricia McBride Mr. and Mrs. John McCann Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. McClanahan, Jr. Mr. Harry A. McEnroe Mr. and Mrs. John P. McHale Mr. Roderick McRae, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mead, Jr. Mr. Gale Metzger Mr. Henry Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moser Mr. and Mrs. Allen Motley Mr. and Mrs. John W. Muchmore '67 Dr. and Mrs. William C. Mules Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nadler Mr. Glen Nelson '58 and Mrs. Peggy Ann Nelson '59 Ms. Christine Nenna Mrs. Sandra L. Newton Mrs. Pamela A. O'Connor Mrs. C. Ruth T. Penner Mr. and Mrs. John J. Pisano Mr. and Mrs. James Powell Mrs. Ann S. Probert '56 Mrs. Susan Quinn '52 Ms. Lynn R. Quintrell Michael and Virginia Ranger Mr. Kenneth Reid Mr. Norman Riback and Mrs. Valerie Riback '82 Mr. and Mrs. Russell D. Robertson William and Debra Roth Mr. and Mrs. Brian Rothman Mrs. Katharine B. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Santucci Mr. and Mrs. Brad Schenerman Mr. Robert W. Schicke II Ms. Patricia Schinto
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schwartz Captain and Mrs. Donald R. Scott, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Scully Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Seabury III '54 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Seely, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Segal Dr. and Mrs. Farrokh Shafaie Mrs. Sharon Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Shauger Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Shepard Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sheppard Dr. and Mrs. David C. Shepperly Mr. and Mrs. David Shulman Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Shurts Mr. Donald Smith and Ms. Lenore Dankulich-Smith Mr. and Mrs. Bradford S. Stone Mr. David Strachan Mr. and Mrs. John P. Strapp, Jr. Mrs. Elaine M. Taggart Judy and Peter Taggart Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Tarowsky Mr. and Mrs. John H. Taylor Mr. Rainey S. Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley R. Thayer Mr. Richard A. Tilghman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tokash Mr. and Mrs. Steven Toth Mr. and Mrs. Roberto F. Trentini Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tribble Dr. and Mrs. Paul Vessa Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Vickers Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. VonderHeide Mr. Thomas Vurno and Ms. Maroa Velez Ms. Bisa W. Washington Mr. Robert Watts and Mrs. Sally Wilkie Burke Watts Mrs. Carol Wheaton Mr. Edward Williams and Ms. Gail Hollister Mr. and Mrs. John A. Windolf Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wolfson Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wooldredge Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Wort '64 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Zuckerbraun
Matching Gifts, Foundations, and Corporations A. P. Kirby, Jr. Foundation, Inc. AIG Matching Gifts Program American Century Investments Foundation Ayco Charitable Foundation Barclays Educational Gift Matching Program Benevity Community Impact Fund BNY Mellon Community Partnership Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Chubb & Son, Inc. Community Foundation of New Jersey ConocoPhillips Company Crum and Forster Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund FM Global Foundation Gannett Foundation Goldman Sachs Gives Greater Horizons Howard S. Bunn Foundation ITC Promotional Marketing Group J. C. Kellogg Foundation John P. Bent, Jr. Charitable Lead Unitrust Kaltenbacher Family Foundation Kemnay Advisory Services, Inc. KPMG Community Giving Campaign Leiter's Landing Foundation The Linda Sue Pfarrer Nortillo Charitable Foundation Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC Matching Gifts Program Merck Company Foundation Metzger Family Foundation Moretran Leasing Corporation Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc.
Nissan North America, Inc. Nordson Corporation Corporate Giving Normandy Real Estate Management Northern NJ Orthopedics Specialists, P.A. Northwestern Mutual Foundation Matching Gifts Program Novartis Matching Gift Center Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Quintiles RBC Foundation-USA SAD Foundation Samlyn Capital Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Seal Spout Corporation The Carlyle Group Wealth Sharing Program The Fatzler Foundation The Jana Fund The Kirk Kellogg Foundation The Marks Foundation The MCJ Amelior Foundation The Withington Foundation, Inc. Truist UBS United Technologies Corp Vanguard Charitable Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program Wicks Chapin Inc. William E. Simon Foundation, Inc. Windolf Family Foundation, Inc.
Ahead With Confidence Dr. John Bartholomew Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Cuomo Mr. Chris Finn
Dr. Elena Fiorica-Howells Mr. and Mrs. Thompson D. Grant, Jr. '69 Ms. Lisa Swanson
Wilkie Technology Center Mr. Bruce H. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Taylor Ms. Monya A. Taylor '88 Mr. Sam Tuttle
The 1891 Founders Society was established to honor generous alumni, parents, and friends who have created trusts, bequests, or other planned gifts to benefit Morristown-Beard School. Every individual who supports MBS with a planned gift is eligible to become a member of the 1891 Founders Society. Planned giving provides an opportunity for donors to make provisions for the support of MBS through deferred gifts. Many of these planned gifts offer attractive tax benefits to the donor. Funds provided by these gifts — whether given through gift annuities, trusts, insurance policies, bequests, or other means — help ensure a bright tomorrow for Morristown-Beard School.
1891 Founders Society Susanne K. Albert ’54 Joseph B. Baker ’65 William D. Birch, Jr. ’58 Penelope Boorman ’51 William W. Bride ’54 Judith M. Burks ’51 Mary-Ellen Campbell Christopher W. Closs ’66 Jane V. Conger ’39 Emma Joy Dana ’49 Lillian L. Grant ’06 David V. Hedley III ’87 Barbara J. Hendrick ’46 Margaret H. Heyd ’58 Peter R. Kellogg Katherine I. Kelly Allan P. Kirby, Jr. ’49 Ted E. Lawson ’62
Jan Loeber Caro E. Luhrs ’52 Virginia C. Pilon ’54 Lois A. Reiss ’47 Debra Roth William M. Roth Louisa B. Sargent ’86 Ileana N. Saros ’68 William P. Scully Carol A. Selman ’64 Emily L. Smith ’56 Robert E. Talmage ’53 Courtney Taylor John H. Taylor Frank W. C. Timson, Jr. ’57 Harriet C. Warren ’58 Finn Wentworth ’76
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In Honor Of Philip L. Anderson Mrs. Sandra Newton
Pamela Beniwal '19 Dr. Jagbir Beniwal and Dr. Anju Chopra Peter J. Caldwell Mr. Dean Boorman and Mrs. Penelope Boorman '51 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Locandro Ms. Betsy Patterson Michael and Virginia Ranger William Cassano '21 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Zuckerbraun Daniel C. Ciardi '00 Mrs. Deborah Ciardi Class of 1955 Mr. Robb Wallace Thompson '55 Class of 2013 Ms. Brette H. Brier '13 John O. Crispo '17 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Windolf Windolf Family Foundation, Inc. Michael A. DeSimone '20 Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeSimone Christopher J. Gambro '10 Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Gambro Drake Hawks '17 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hawks Michael V. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Allyn C. Jones Olivia Land '17 Mr. James Land, Jr.
In Memory Of MBS Office of Institutional Advancement Team Ms. Betsy Patterson Audrey Onsdorff Mr. Robert Mead Colin Patterson '16 Mr. and Mrs. D. John Bauer Ms. Betsy Patterson John R. Patterson '14 Mr. and Mrs. D. John Bauer Ms. Betsy Patterson Jared Pine '21 Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Segal Rachel Powell '17 Mr. and Mrs. James Powell David Reiley Mr. and Mrs. John P. Strapp, Jr. Garrett M. Ryon '17 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Garrett Tyler Schicke '14 Mr. Robert W. Schicke II Juan Tejeda Mr. Robert Mead Mrs. Barbara Ann Tobin '41 Ms. Caroline C. Tobin '66 Beatriz Omana Wallis '54 Ms. Daryl Farrington Walker '54 Mr. James C. Zilinski '16 Mr. Charles Czuprewicz
William J. Baldwin, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Marc A. Cohen
Milan L. Baran '55 Mr. Clarence A. Ward, Jr. '55 Mr. John H. Burke, Jr. '43 Mr. Robert Watts and Mrs. Sally Wilkie Burke Watts Anthony Daur Ms. Heather M. Daur '96 Joan Freiday Edwards '48 Ms. Cynthia Lindwell Paul R. Furrer Mr. George L. de Schweinitz, Jr. '41 Mrs. Eileen V. Furrer Mrs. Sandra Newton Raymond Gimbernat '62 Mr. Stephen W. Boesel '62 Patrick Hall Mr. Lee D. Magerison '76 Arthur L. James Mrs. Sandra L. Newton Robert Jones '58 Mr. Jay H. Tracy '58 Anita S. Kientzler '48 Mr. Charles F. Kientzler Trina Lawson Mr. Ted E. Lawson '62 Patrick Mackin Ms. Lelia Mackin Bill McBride Dr. Leona Fagan Mr. and Mrs. Edward Franz Mrs. Eileen V. Furrer Mr. Gene Z. Harrigan
Kristine Loeffler Mr. Robert Mead
Mrs. Laura S. Hay '93 Mr. David V. H. Hedley III '87 Mr. Peter C. Hedley '97 Mr. Andrew M. Hudson Ms. Patricia McBride Mr. Harry A. McEnroe Ms. Christine Nenna Mrs. Sandra L. Newton Mr. Stephen M. Yevak Alida Ann Fatzler McRae '58 Mr. Roderick McRae, Jr. The Fatzler Foundation Allan D. Penner Mrs. Barbara Hoffmann Mrs. C. Ruth T. Penner Susan Penner '89 Mrs. C. Ruth T. Penner Lois Farrington Reiss '47 Ms. Lynn R. Quintrell Todd H. Rothpletz '92 Mr. Carleton E. Saunders IV '92 Edith Sutherland Ms. Ileana N. Saros '68 George H. Tilghman '15 Mr. Richard A. Tilghman Amelia Wilkie Mr. and Mrs. Rainey S. Taylor, Jr. Valleau Wilkie Mr. and Mrs. Rainey S. Taylor, Jr. Mr. Robert Watts and Mrs. Sally Wilkie Burke Watts Valleau Wilkie, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rainey S. Taylor, Jr. Mr. Robert Watts and Mrs. Sally Wilkie Burke Watts
Errors and Name Preferences We try very hard, but mistakes occasionally occur. We sincerely apologize if an error related to your kind gift appeared. Please let us know what we did wrong so we can correct our records. To report errors or name preferences, you may send a note to the Office of Institutional Advancement, Morristown-Beard School, 70 Whippany Road, Morristown, NJ 07960 or email advancement@mbs.net with the information. Thank you!
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Named Endowment Funds
Over the past few decades, a number of named endowment funds have been established at MBS. The principal amount is invested in perpetuity along with the School’s general endowment, while income earned is used each year to support a variety of purposes, from scholarship to building maintenance. If you are interested in learning more about any of these funds, or the requirements for establishing a named fund, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at 973-532-7517. Descriptions of several named endowment funds at MBS are provided below.
Philip L. Anderson Fund This scholarship fund was established in 1992 in honor of Mr. Anderson, Headmaster of MBS from 1974-1992.
scholarship is awarded to a deserving student who excels in math or science and requires financial assistance to attend MBS.
for an annual award given to a student who has shown outstanding talent in art. It also supports programming in the Visual Arts Department.
Casey Archer Fund Created in 2014 by Casey’s mother, Ginger Archer, in memory of Casey, this fund provides financial assistance to students with a demonstrated need.
David V. Hedley III ’87 Scholarship This fund was established by School Trustees on the occasion of Mr. Hedley’s retirement as MBS Board President. The scholarship is awarded to a boy or girl with financial need who shows particular promise and ability in expressing the qualities attributed to leaders.
John B. and Nancy J. Mordock Scholarship Fund Established in 1997, this fund provides tuition assistance to an MBS student who requires it.
Spike Billings Scholarship Established in 1997 upon the retirement of Spike Billings, who served MBS as Athletics Director and as a coach for 18 years. Funds are used at the discretion of the Athletics Director to support students receiving financial aid. Bradbury Educational Endowment This endowment was established in 1989 in honor of science teacher Frank Perrelly. The fund supports faculty needs, such as helping faculty pursue advanced degrees, attend workshops, and participate in sabbaticals. Mary-Ellen Campbell Scholarship This fund was established in 1983 by the family of Mary-Ellen Campbell. It supports tuition over four years, beginning in 9th grade, for a student who requires financial assistance to attend the school.
Hedley Family Faculty Endowment Fund Created in 2005 by David ’64 and Michele Hedley, and David Hedley III ’87, the fund exists to recognize, appreciate, and support outstanding teachers at MBS. Arthur L. James Scholarship This scholarship fund was established in 1988 to honor Arthur James, fine arts teacher, on the occasion of his 25th anniversary at MBS. The scholarship helps a student in any area of the fine arts and is based upon merit and need. Kellogg Faculty and Staff Appreciation Fund Established in 2001 by Peter R. Kellogg in memory of his mother, Elizabeth Kellogg, this fund provides grants to MBS teachers and staff.
Crimson Swimming Scholarship Established in 1992, this need-based scholarship supports students who participate in the School’s swimming programs.
A. P. Kirby Fund The Kirby Fund was established by Allan P. Kirby, Jr. ’49 to support a variety of capital and program needs at MBS.
Anthony M. Daur Memorial Scholarship Fund Established in 2006 in memory of Tony Daur, a history teacher at MBS for over 20 years, this annual award is given to a junior who embodies the spirit and ideals of the beloved teacher and coach for whom the scholarship is named.
Edmund Kramer Endowment Fund This fund was established by David Kramer ’69 and Doug Kramer ’71 in honor of their father. It provides for an award to a student who shows ability in art, especially photography. It also supports the Visual Arts Department.
Edward E. Ford Faculty Endowment This fund, which supports faculty professional development, was created through grants from the Edward E. Ford Foundation.
William E. Lehman Lecture Series for Art and Architecture Created in 1987 by Emily Lehman Smith ’56 and Gail Lehman Harty ’59 in memory of their grandfather and parents, this fund supports the lecture series on art and architecture held annually at MBS.
Paul R. Furrer Scholarship Established in 2000 by family and friends, this scholarship honors Paul R. Furrer, math teacher, business manager, and member of the MBS family for 33 years. The
Margo Booth Piper Scholarship This scholarship fund was established in 1983. It is awarded to a girl starting 9th grade who shows a strong interest, proficiency, and ability in either art or music. V. Rodman Reed Scholarship Established to honor Virginia Rodman Reed (Beard ’24), this scholarship is awarded to a deserving boy or girl who demonstrates need and whose mother or father is deceased. Robert L. Rooke Endowment This gift is part of the School’s permanent endowment, with income used annually to support School operations. It was created in 1995. Greg A. Ryan Fund Established in 2004 in memory of Mr. Ryan, an MBS teacher and coach for 10 years, this fund helps scholarship students meet costs associated with off campus school activities. Kipp Sujet ’94 Scholarship Created in 1995 in memory of Kipp Sujet ’94 by family and friends to honor Kipp’s courage, optimism and strength, the scholarship is awarded annually to a student who expresses these qualities and who has a demonstrated financial need. Tomlinson Family Scholarship The Tomlinson Family Foundation established this scholarship in 1991. Proceeds are used to help defray the cost of tuition for a financially challenged family. Voldstad Family Scholarship This scholarship was created in 2002 to provide need-based tuition assistance for a well-rounded student who makes significant contributions to MBS.
Susan Marie May Fund This fund was created in 1983 by the parents of Susan May, and it provides
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A Special Note of Thanks from Alumni Board President Caroline Turben ’87 On behalf of both the Alumni Board and the Alumni Association, I would like to sincerely thank the anonymous alumni donor whose match gift of $50,000 spurred additional alumni giving of $52,763! Please join me in celebrating this true alumni leader—a person whose inspiring act will positively impact MBS for years to come. Thank you, Alumni Friend.
Board of Trustees Advancement Committee
Thank You, MBS Alumni Board!
On behalf of the entire Morristown-Beard School community, I would like to express my gratitude to the members of the 2014-2015 Board of Trustees Advancement Committee. Each year, the dedicated individuals who serve on this important committee work diligently to positively impact our School’s fundraising, constituent relations, and marketing and communications. The impressive growth of MBS is due in large part to the philanthropic and volunteer support of our community, and the Advancement Committee plays an integral role in ensuring that this vital support continues to increase each year.
We extend a sincere “thank you” to the 2014-2015 Alumni Board for their tireless support of Morristown-Beard School. The dedicated efforts of the Alumni Board, particularly the Morristown-Beard Fund Committee chaired by Vice President Peter Hedley ’97, helped MBS set an all-time record in total dollars raised for the Fund. Additionally, the Alumni Board itself achieved 100% participation in the Morristown-Beard Fund!
Please join me in recognizing the members of the 2014-2015 Board of Trustees Advancement Committee, listed below in alphabetical order.
Alumni giving is vitally important to the growth of our School, and the Alumni Board continues to encourage all alumni to support the students of today—our future alumni—with a gift to the MorristownBeard Fund. We would like to recognize this year’s Board members, and thank them again for all their efforts.
With great appreciation,
2014-2015 MBS Alumni Board Peter J. Caldwell Headmaster
2014-2015 Board of Trustees Advancement Committee Shane Connell, P ’14, ’16 and ’17 Will Fernandez, P ’12 and ’14 David Ferry, P ’13 David F. Gately, P ’17 Abbie Giordano, P ’12, ’15 and ’17 Joseph Locandro, Director of Development Betsy Patterson, Director of Institutional Advancement, P ’14 and ’16 Gil Santaliz, P ’17 Katie Simon ’85, P ’15 Elizabeth Warner, P ’18
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VARSITY SPORTS ROUND-UP Spring 2015
Baseball
The MBS baseball team enjoyed another successful season in 2015 under head coach John Sheppard, as they posted an overall record of 14-10-2 and clinched the conference championship for the third year in a row. The Crimson advanced to the State Semifinals after defeating Dwight-Englewood in the quarterfinal round. In the Morris County Tournament, MBS posted a first-round victory over Kinnelon before falling to a strong Roxbury team. They also advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Prep Tournament. MBS was led by seniors Jeremy Westaway, Colin Waters, Dean Grogg, and Jared Gaby-Biegel as well as a talented group of underclassmen. Pitcher Pat Davis ’16 was named First Team All-Prep B, while Kevin Brophy ’16 and Max Matilsky ’16 earned Second Team Honors. Dillon Sinegra ’16 and Pat Dempsey ’16 received Honorable Mention.
Softball
The MBS softball team enjoyed a resurgence in 2015, as they finished with a solid 13-13 record, and advanced to the State Semifinals after routing Oak Knoll, 18-2, in the quarterfinal round of the State Tournament. Seeded #16 in the Morris County Tournament, the Crimson won the program’s first ever county game by defeating Parsippany Hills. In the Prep Tournament they lost a heartbreaker in the semifinals to Gill St. Bernards, 3-2. The team was led by Crimson Award winner Lindsay 56 Crimson
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Reeth ’15, who picked up First Team All Prep B honors along with Lauren Conway ’16, Hannah Guenther ’15, and Sara Seuffert ’16. Alli Esposito ’18 and Bay Naples ’17 were named Second Team All Prep B, while Christina D’Alessandro ’15 and Samantha Salazar ’17 earned Honorable Mention.
Boys Lacrosse
The MBS boys lacrosse team enjoyed a stellar season, finishing with a 17-5 record and capturing the Prep B Championship with a 9-6 win over Rutgers Prep. The Crimson advanced to the championship game of the Non-Public B Tournament before falling to Pingry, 14-8. They also competed in the Morris County Tournament as the #4 seed, and advanced to the semifinal round. The Crimson were led by three student-athletes who earned All-American honors by U.S. Lacrosse. Teddy Hatfield ’15 was named a U.S. Lacrosse All-American, while John McDonald ’15 was named a U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-American, and Matt Sefcik ’15 earned the U.S. Lacrosse Bob Scott Award for service to his team, school, and community. In addition, Hatfield was named 1st Team AllState, while McDonald picked up 2nd Team All-State honors, and Sefcik earned Honorable Mention All-State. Chris Glancy ’15, who scored his 100th career goal this season, and Thomas Rago ’15, who notched his 300th career point, also led the Crimson.
Girls Lacrosse
The MBS girls lacrosse team experienced a rebuilding year this season. Competing in a higher division in their conference, the girls faced some very tough competition. As the #8 seed in the Prep Tournament, MorristownBeard lost a hard-fought game to Princeton Day School. A highlight for the program was a 20-17 victory over Mt. St. Dominic on Senior Day. The Crimson also celebrated several individual milestones this year as seniors Jill Burke ’15 and Chelsea Kramer ’15 scored their 100th career goal, as did junior Alissa Masini ’16. Masini was selected to the All Prep B team this year. Junior Amina Rehman ’16 received the team’s Crimson Award for stepping up in a new role and being a true team player. “She is a role model for other athletes to emulate in her sportsmanship, dedication, and hard work,” said Coach Locasto.
Golf
The MBS golf team finished with an 18-6 record, and clinched the conference championship for the second year in a row. Milestone victories for the program this year included a 4-stroke win over Madison, and beating Newark Academy for the second year in a row by eight strokes. Morristown-Beard School finished fourth overall among some tough competition in the State Sectional Tournament. The Crimson finished fifth overall in the Morris County Tournament, with senior John Shay ’15 medaling and finishing in sixth place. Shay won the
NJSIAA Non-Public B title in a three-way playoff, and then shot a 77 to finish in a tie for 18th at the Tournament of Champions, tying for third in Non-Public B. Shay was named First Team All Daily Record, while fellow senior captains Brian Andrzejewski ’15 and Trip Ewig ’15 earned Honorable Mention. Shay, Andrzejewski, and Ewig were all named First Team NJAC-Liberty, while Pat Ryan ’18 was named Second Team, and Will McCann ’18 received Honorable Mention.
Boys Tennis
Despite posting a losing record, there were plenty of highlights for the MBS boys tennis team this season. The team participated in the Morris County Tournament, Prep, and State Tournaments, both as a team and as individual qualifiers. Junior Will Stitt ’16 qualified to compete in the State Tournament at first singles. Several players were also selected to the All NJAC-Liberty team, including Lucas Fagan ’17 and James Mullane ’17, who earned Second Team honors, and Ben Schreiber ’15, who received Honorable Mention. Schreiber also received the team’s Crimson Award, and was praised by Coach Michel for his work ethic and dedication to the program. “Despite battling a case of tendinitis in his wrist, he fought to the last point in every match he played,” said Michel.
Track & Field
The MBS track & field team enjoyed great success in 2015, with athletes breaking several school records and producing more than 40 personal records across all events. Halia Rosemond ’15, Lizzie Hunt ’15, Jaime Sheppard ’17, Leila Curtiss ’17, and Max Borchert ’16 represented MBS at the prestigious Meet of Champions. In the last throw of her high school career, Hunt broke the MBS javelin record with a throw of 115´. At the Group Championships, Sheppard set a new school record of 59.34 in the 400 meters while Curtiss broke the school record in the triple jump (33-08.75). Rosemond won the Non-Public B discus and shot put title this year, and also won the Morris County discus title (137-2). She placed ninth in the Penn Relays Championship of America discus competition. Max Borchert ’16, Jaime Sheppard ’17, and Halia Rosemond ’15 were named to the All NJAC-Liberty First Team, while Lizzie Hunt ’15 picked up Second Team honors, and Leila Curtiss ’17 and Alex Motley ’16 received Honorable Mention. This year also saw the emergence of team members including Imani Wideman ’16, Aidan Wood ’17, Allie Goldberg ’17, Corey Joskowitz ’16, and Graydon Vandeveer ’15.
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Class Notes Updates From the Alumni Board… Greetings! I hope you had an enjoyable summer. I’m excited to remind you that our signature fall alumni event— Homecoming 2015—will take place on Friday, October 2nd. The evening is packed with activities that celebrate Crimson pride. Our Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony kicks things off, followed by our Alumni Tailgate featuring a delicious footballthemed buffet. The Tailgate runs throughout the Friday Night Lights Homecoming Football game, so you can watch the game from the stands and grab food whenever you like. Keeping with tradition, the 23rd Kirby Mile run, sponsored by Allan P. Kirby, Jr. ’49, will take place at halftime. Please contact us at alumni@ mbs.net for more information! The MBS Alumni Association—led by the Alumni Board—is a proud, active alumni group that offers opportunities to volunteer and network. Two easy ways to get involved are the Alumni Board and the Class Agent Program. The Alumni Board engages alumni like you through events and activities that both celebrate Crimson pride and help our School continue to grow. Each year, our volunteer efforts help ensure that Homecoming, Reunion, and other events (such as the Alumni Arts Concert and the Alumni Career Panel) are resounding successes. Additionally, the Board is a great way to develop your professional network as you interact with your fellow alumni. Interested? Please email us at alumni@mbs.net! Another great way to get involved is the Class Agent Program. Class Agents help keep classmates informed of all things MBS, while also serving to update the School about the personal and professional achievements of their fellow alumni. Monya Taylor ’88 manages the Class Agent Program, and I encourage you to email her at mtaylor@mbs.net for more information. I hope to see you at Homecoming—go Crimson!
Caroline (Elias) Turben ’87 President, MBS Alumni Board
Ready to volunteer?
Need info about upcoming alumni events?
Please visit www.mbs.net/alumni or email alumni@mbs.net.
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1938 Dorothy Eisele Graesser is still in contact with classmates Peggy Tobin McKenna and Virginia Bittles Warnock, all of whom are now 95 years old.
1944 Carmen Pietri Nelson still lives in Allenhurst, NJ, and travels into New York weekly. Her fifth great-grandchild is now a year old.
1947 Mary Pennywitt Lester writes, “I finished
‘Beards’ in 1947 and have great memories of the work and fun we had there — all in wool green uniforms. They solved the clothes problem so we could concentrate on our lessons. We couldn’t wear lipstick in a uniform on campus, but would wear it when on the bus to Newark to buy Victrola records!”
1948 Anne DeLamater Hansen says she is glad to be
living in Brevard, NC, with her son and daughterin-law. Her husband, John, died in July of 2014.
1952 After living for 53 years in the same house in La Jolla, CA, Fran Ford Morse recently moved to a retirement home on the ocean called White Sands.
1954 Dr. Joseph Nye recently published his 15th
book, Is The American Century Over?, which received favorable reviews in The Economist, Fortune, Time, and other publications. Dr. Nye is University Distinguished Service Professor and former dean of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
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1963 Anne Thomas writes that, “Ten members of
the Beard Class of 1963 plus Carol Selman ’64 have reconnected on Facebook. It’s been a fun and easy way to keep in touch, and we hope that those of you who have not yet ‘friended’ us will begin by friending me. I will then give you a list of those who are also on Facebook so you can add them to your group of friends. Join us and browse our picture galleries!”
Ellie Newman Caulkins reports that her grandson, Hayden Peck Caulkins (age 10), is a junior lacrosse player and a huge University of Denver fan. He was thrilled to meet star player Trevor Baptiste '14 recently.
1955 Roland Fog, Fred Greenberg, Eric Lorentzen,
Robb Thompson, and Jay Vreeland attended their 60th Reunion. "It was great to reconnect after so many years and the barbeque, campus tours and dinner were enjoyed by everyone."
1956 Emily Lehman Smith reports that she and her
husband, Bob, are happily living in NYC. They traveled to Norway and Sweden this past summer to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
1957 Nancy Coppedge Lynn and her husband Jerry
spent the summer in Mere Point, ME. “My daughter Barbara and our two grandsons were here in July. I had lunch with Jill Constantine Carroll and her daughter Lindsey in Portland— loved catching up with her! Jill rented the cottage next door in August…great fun!”
Hope Phillips Hazen had a wonderful reunion with Julie Sage Day, MaryAnn Griffin Tully, and Susan Town at MBS in June. “So great to have time to catch up over a lovely BBQ luncheon on a beautiful day on the campus. Wish others could have been with us…maybe another reunion.” She has four grandchildren on the East and West Coasts to keep her busy, and is a stylist for Worth New York, where she will be showing the fall collection shortly. “Girls in the Class of 1960, please send me some notes for future MBS communications. You can send them to hopehazen@aol.com”. Mary Ann Griffin Tully and her husband, Mike, spend winter months in Naples, FL, where they enjoy seeing Connie Hartranft Ehrbar and Gwen Willey Howell.
1962 Loretta Porter James is looking forward to
Morristown-Beard School’s 125th anniversary next year as well as the arrival of her third granddaughter.
Ted Lawson has been busy with four organ donation and transplant organizations that have keep him going back and forth to Washington, D.C. to lobby. “For a break, I am going on a 16-day trip that starts in Istanbul and then for 10 days on the Golden Eagle Danube Train that goes through the Eastern Balkans and ends in Prague. I did the same sort of trip last year from Beijing going along the Silk Road in all the ‘Stans.’ There are so many new sights to see and the architecture is simply beautiful. If you come visit "The Prep", I am an hour away!”
Lorelei Anne Wobbe Valverde says that her grandson, Robert, finished his third year at Parsons School of Design and completed a summer internship at Donovan/Green in New York City. Her granddaughter, Zoe, graduated from Westfield High School and will attend Union County College this fall.
1964 Vin Reilly is enjoying life with a new heart. “I underwent a heart transplant at Newark Beth Israel and am feeling fine. I’ve been active with support groups there and with Mended Hearts at Gagnon in Morristown. I hope everyone is well!”
1965 Martha Root Brody reports that she has had a
very eventful year. “In January I had a complete knee replacement and quickly discovered that physical therapy is not fun, and the quickest way to rehab is the pool. Our son was married in May, and next on the agenda is our wedding anniversary of 47 years and, after that, is our daughter’s wedding in October.” In June, she attended the 50th Reunion for the Class of 1965 along with Pam Norman Apito. “It was disappointing not to see more faces, but I had an enjoyable time. I had the opportunity to eat lunch with the ladies from the Class of 1951 and Headmaster, Peter J. Caldwell. Both Pam and I attended the Alumni Association meeting and were surprised to learn how many Beard traditions have been continued with the merger.” While at Reunion, she had the opportunity to speak with Penny Boorman ’51 and discovered that they both lived on the same street in Montclair, although not at the same time. “You never know who or what you’re going to learn at a reunion!”
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Emma Kaladjian has retired from Allstate, where she worked for 25 years. Finding she was not ready for retirement, she received her CFP designation and is now doing retirement planning. She has also joined The Transition Network and is co-chair of the Chicago chapter.
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Joan McMullen writes that they sold their house in Rhode Island and relocated to Florida.
Steve O’Hearn recently celebrated his 20th wedding anniversary with his wife, Beverly. Steve and Beverly have been living in Savannah, GA for the past 19 years. They have three children: Erin (17), Lauren (15), and Stephen (12). All three kids enjoy playing travel soccer. Erin recently accepted a scholarship to play soccer at Furman University in Greenville, SC. Steve and Beverly both remain busy with their law practices.
1967 Frank Johnson, chairman and CEO of Frank
1986 Suzanne Paige is Director of Production Planning
Johnson Selections, travels to Europe at least once a year on business, and was in Germany this past April to reactivate his estates program. “I first learned German at The Morristown School, switching over from French, and as a result, was eventually able to speak both languages—a real asset in my work,” he says. “New Jersey is a market dominated by big wholesalers, and it’s not easy for a small company like mine to compete, but I have a circle of friends who appreciate my wines, and I’m always identifying new customers. Many people my age have already retired, but I’m a long way from that…I like to tell people I take my work home with me.” After presiding at high school graduation, Tom Pagano will continue as the Interim Superintendent of Red Bank Regional High School for 2015-2016. This will be Tom’s second and final year at Red Bank Regional. He will be assisting the Board of Education as they conduct their search for a permanent replacement. He hopes to return to golf on a more frequent basis after next June!
1972 After 35 years of teaching middle and high school English, Barbara Kennard is happy to be retired with her husband, Brady Millican, who taught music for 36 years. “We enjoy being with family and friends around the country and in different parts of the world. Friend me on Facebook!”
1974 Bob Namar has enrolled his daughter Ava as a freshman at MBS. She is excited to join her brother, Ray, who is in his senior year at MBS.
Elaine Conti enjoyed a wonderful, memoryfilled weekend at Reunion. “It was terrific to see friends from our Class of ’75 and other 1970s graduates. Perhaps we’ll pull off an all ’70s decade reunion next time!”
1978 Amy Chaiken Wolffe writes, “This year’s reunion
was a success! As a class agent, I ask all of my fellow classmates to please contact me or the School with your current address, email, and other contact information. We can’t invite you to events if we can’t find you! On a personal note, I am a proud grandparent! Hope everyone in the Class of 1978 had a safe and happy summer.”
1980 Warren Bobrow is a published author and
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1987 Heather Holst Knudsen is currently living in
Sarasota, FL where she is working on launching her new start-up, KidBacker, an age-appropriate crowd funding and entrepreneurial education website for high school and college students. “Carly is now 10 and will be in 5th Grade in the fall. I re-married in March 2012 to a wonderful guy named Gary. If you are ever in the area, give me a shout!”
celebrated mixologist and spirits reviewer. His three books, Apothecary Cocktails, Whiskey Cocktails, and his latest release, Bitters and Shrub Syrup Cocktails, are selling well, and he is doing book trips around the country to promote them. “I recently spoke at both Omnivore Books in San Francisco and at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden for the summer solstice. I’m scheduled to speak at the Peabody/Essex Museum in Salem, MA and my more formal writing is in the Sage Encyclopedia of Food Issues and the Oxford Encyclopedia. Far from being a household name, but working very hard to achieve something different in life. I’m following my passion. Certainly better than working in private banking!”
1983 Christine Barrett has a new job as Vice President, Director of Talent Acquisition, North America at Geometry Global. She writes, "I'm still in Chicago. Hope to see more of '83 at the next reunion in 2018!"
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for Fox Sports Media Group in Los Angeles, where she is responsible for setting up and overseeing live remote productions for national and global projects. Before that, she was Senior Manager of Production & Operations at Pac-12 Enterprises and has had posts at ABC, NBC and ESPN. For many years she was a concert producer, managing all aspects of live events and broadcast production.
Louise van der Does and Sandra Staicu were married on April 11, 2015 in New Hope, PA.
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recently moved to the Bay Area. She is celebrating her third year of business with Smashfest Queen, an endurance apparel company for cyclists, triathletes, and runners. “I’m looking forward to a mini MBS reunion with Alyssa McKeown, Sharon O’Connor Cote, and Missy Randolph Martin in wine country in January 2016!”
1999 Loryn Barnes Clark is happily living in Durham, NC with her husband, Jeff, and sons, Tyler, Noah, and Jeffrey II. “I’ve been working for the Town of Chapel Hill for over 20 years and am now the Executive Director of the town’s Office of Housing and Community,” she writes. “I stay in contact with many MBS friends on Facebook and during visits to New Jersey. Kim Depp Maguire, Gretel Oakes Merril, and Claudia Tomasello are still some of my favorite people on the planet! Wishing everyone well!” Len Zanni and his wife, Jeanne, recently relocated the family from Carbondale, CO to Steamboat Springs, CO. They have a son, Curtis (9), and a daughter, Grace (11), who keep them busy. Len is a partner in both Big Agnes and Honey Stinger and oversees marketing efforts for both growing brands. He sees fellow classmate and friend Tim Baldwin from time to time, and plans to do more with him now that they are living in the same town.
1989 Samantha Michel DePalma and her husband,
David, are preparing to be empty nesters as their daughter, Haleigh, is off to Otterbein University in Ohio for her freshman year, and their son, Christian, is starting his junior year at Babson College in Massachusetts. “My brother, Brett Michel ’86 and his children Molly (13) and Ian (10) aren’t too happy about it…they live in Randolph are very close with their cousins. The grandmother, Rosalind Westcott Michel ’58, is so very proud of all her grandchildren. We send our best wishes to all of our classmates from the Classes of 1989, 1986, and 1958!”
University with an MBA in finance. He currently lives in Seattle, WA and works in corporate finance for Amazon.
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Alexander George earned his B.A. at Skidmore College, and an M.A. at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He worked at Wired magazine in San Francisco before becoming the tech editor at Popular Mechanics magazine in New York City, where he now lives.
2006
Alan Cooper and his wife, Karla, recently welcomed a second son, Kade Ryan Cooper, who was born on June 16, 2015. Kade joins big brother Kallan, who is 3 years old.
2000 Darnell Parker is now Associate Vice President
for Student Affairs at Case Western Reserve University. His wife, Marcie, and his two sons, Grant and Mason, are looking forward to this new adventure in Ohio.
2002 Susan Stoever Zhang has been married to Xingxia Zhang for over a year now.
2003
Eriqah Foreman-Williams married James Vincent at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta, GA on May 31, 2015. Classmates from 2006 in attendance were Jennifer Conway, Molly Pribor, and Christine Raia.
2007 Matthew Engel is a licensed Certified Public Accountant at KPMG in Short Hills, NJ.
Corey Schneider reports that his start-up, The New York City Adventure Club, recently surpassed 3,000 members. The club organizes weekly events for those who want to “uncover the hidden treasures of their city and meet great people along the way.” Christopher Scott, who serves in the United States Infantry, is a medical corpsman in training at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD.
Scott Levine lives in St. Louis with his wife and four children. He operates a law firm and venture fund investing in early stage companies.
1991 Michele Muehe Landry and her husband, Derek,
2004 Alexander Paranicas graduated from Cornell
Jenna Vogel Schipper and her husband, Michael, welcomed a son, Bennett George, on September 9th, 2014. Jenna is currently a practicing nurse practitioner at Carrier Clinic in Belle Mead, NJ.
2008 Christopher Moschella recently
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“I was humbled to be awarded the Bronze Star medal for my service. I have since moved to the Washington D.C. area for an additional assignment with the Army. I hope my fellow classmates are doing well and wish them all the best.”
Shaan Patel received a 10-month internship with Morgan Stanley as a finance/investment banking intern.
2011 Nicholas Strunc recently graduated from Bates
at Bucknell University for the spring semester of the 2014-2015 academic year. Dean’s List students have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0.
College, where he majored in history. He was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2014 semester.
2012 Laura Mead completed
her junior year at Wesleyan University, where she is a forward for the womens ice hockey team. Lizzy Pellicane completed her third season as a member of the Denison University womens lacrosse team. She is majoring in communication with a minor in psychology.
2013 This summer, Brette Brier worked for an affiliate
of Under Armour, analyzing data and constructing databases as a marketing employee of the company. This fall, she will study abroad in a European Union program to analyze the political structures and culture in different EU nations. She will be based in Germany, and will visit other countries including Sweden, Greece, and Estonia. When she returns to the U.S., she will continue her studies at Connecticut College, where she is pursuing a double major in government and history. She will also continue her involvement with student government, leadership opportunities, and varsity ice hockey.
2014 Kyle Vanderhoof was named to the Dean’s List
Max Weinstein spent much of last year working for The Cambodia Daily newspaper in the capital city of Phnom Penh. He writes, “The government is rife with corruption, but the freedom of the press and the willingness of the people to talk to reporters was surprising to me. Aside from the government, the people here are really, really wonderful despite the awful history of the Khmer Rouge. There are very nice neighborhoods here with riverfront views and good restaurants, as well as less affluent but probably more authentic areas. Everything is cheap, the weather is wonderful, exotic fruits are everywhere, the roads are lawless, and amazing golden temples abound.” Max will begin classes at Swarthmore College this fall.
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Bettie (Francis-Lajara) LaVallee ’55 manjimger@gmail.com
Fred Greenberg ’55 fgwindswept@aol.com
Hope (Philips) Hazen ’60 hopehazen@aol.com
Martha (Root) Brody ’65 marwdhnd@stny.rr.com
Pamela (Norman) Apito ’65 pnorman.bes@gmail.com
Delevan Barrett ’70 del_barrett@yahoo.com
Cindy (Close) Campbell ’75 cindycampbell81@hotmail.com
Amy (Chaiken) Wolffe ’78 amywolffe1@gmail.com
Kristin (Monsen) Petry ’80 kristinpetry@gmail.com
David Moretti ’85
proskomedia@gmail.com
Sefton Stallard ’85 seftones@gmail.com
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Katherine Chester and Brette Brier are classmates and ice hockey teammates again at Connecticut College, where Katherine is a goalie. In February, Katherine and Brette competed against former Crimson teammate Allie Aiello, who plays center for Middlebury College.
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You’ve Got a Friend: Lifelong School Friendships “Tah-dah!” When Robin Reynolds Rockafellow ’55 and Peggy Pattyson Greene ’55 phone one another, the conversation opens with “Tah-dah!” “No matter where in the world we are, if we pick up the phone and hear ‘Tah-dah!’ we know who it is,” Robin said. The long-time Beard friends’ ritual started in the late 1960s when Robin’s toddler daughter would greet Peggy with—well—“Tah-dah!” “She heard it from Garfield the Cat,” Peggy said. Robin and Peggy were friends at Beard, but the friendship deepened about 12 years after graduation when they became neighbors. “I had moved from Kansas to New Canaan. Robin insisted that I join Newcomers, which I did. Robin helped me meet people and find bridge and tennis games in Connecticut,” Peggy said. Peggy soon relocated to Illinois, but the friendship continued to strengthen. Robin became godmother to Peggy’s youngest child. Years later, when Robin’s husband of 55 years died, Peggy visited from Illinois: “She keeps me supplied with hugs of all kinds,” Robin said. Robin and Peggy discussed their friendship: “When you only see someone once a year and talk on the phone occasionally, how wonderful that you know each other so well and have shared so much that you can just go forward, not needing any history,” Robin said. Many MBS friendships also deepen after graduation. Ask Lynne Saliba Moronski ’90, Dr. Lenise Cummings ’90 and Mark Weissenreider ’91. Lynne and Lenise were study buddies and part of a circle of students in the MBS library every afternoon (they were awaiting 5:30 p.m. rides home from their Dads). Lynne and Mark both sang in chorus and Mark taught Lynne how to work theater light and sound boards. Lynne and Mark were also part of a group who went to Lynne’s prom together. Fast forward a few years and the two friends were part of a group 64 Crimson
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assembled to introduce Lynne to Sean Moronski, destined to be her future husband. “After Sean and I dated for three years, I asked Mark to vet him one more time. Mark promised that I was making a good choice,” Lynne said. “Mark was a reader at my wedding and came to the hospital to hold my first baby when she was born. We get together for dinner about twice a year these days plus—we don’t remember why—for Chinese New Year,” Lynne continued. “I know I can call on him anytime for advice. He’s my closest male friend.” “Even if we don’t see each other that often, when we do, we start up again seamlessly right where we left off,” Mark added. “Our MBS friendships are our second family,” Lynne continued. A sisterly friendship defines the bond between Lynne and Lenise Cummings. “Lenise and I have long made a special effort to see one another during college breaks, between jobs, during travel to the West coast, family illnesses, the birth of my two children, and now the birth of Lenise's first child,” Lynne said. Lenise, a geriatric physician living in St. Louis, concurred: “Lynne always works with my crazy schedule when I visit New Jersey. We have seen each other in airports and hospitals,” Lenise said. “Over the years, we have discussed almost every topic,” Lynne said. “I know that I can count on her.” “Older friends see you in a ‘3-dimensional’ perspective,” Lenise said. “We spent considerable time together in school, shared the awkwardness of maturation, tested the waters of independence together and have seen new adult lives develop. We’ve been a part of each other’s special moments— like graduations and weddings. “There is no awkwardness or judgment.” Robin, Peggy and Lynne were among the many alumni who enjoyed Reunion 2015. Please return to campus for reunions and share your memories and thoughts about School friends in Crimson Class Notes or the MBS Facebook page.
In Memoriam Katrina (Trina) Leeb Debevoise, ‘44, May 24, 2015, age 88. Trina was born in Orange, NJ, and grew up in South Orange. While at Beard’s, Trina’s parents opened their home to the son and daughter of a British Naval officer, two of the thousands of children sent from Great Britain to escape World War II bombings. The daughter, Patricia Jeans McAlpine ’44, attended Beard’s for four years; Trina and the Jean’s children were lifelong friends. Trina graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College before attending the Radcliff Publishing Course. She was an editor for the Columbia University Bureau of Publications and the Commonwealth Fund, and continued to hold strict standards of proper English usage all her life. Trina married Dickinson R. Debevoise, a future U.S. District Judge, in 1951. A few years later, the couple moved to Short Hills, NJ where they raised their four children and lived for 49 years before moving to Summit. Trina enjoyed sailing and picnics with family and friends at Mere Point, ME, where her family had a cottage. After her father’s death, Trina managed her parents’ dairy farm in Gladstone, NJ. Trina was active in St. Stephens’ Episcopal Church, serving on their board and singing in the choir. She was a volunteer for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey, a longtime member of the Overlook Medical Center Twig, and enjoyed her local reading group. Trina’s husband, four daughters, two sons-in-law, seven grandchildren and three step-grandchildren survive her. Peter Lambert Knight ’44, October 12, 2014 ,age 88. Peter served in World II, enlisting in the Navy at age 17, shortly after his Morristown graduation. During the Battle of Okinawa, he was on a battleship that was struck by a Japanese kamikaze bomber and endured some hours in the Pacific before rescue. After the war, he graduated from Middlebury College then reenlisted to serve a two-year tour in the Navy during the Korean War. He worked in management with ALCOA for 35 years. With his wife Mary Belle and two daughters and a son, he lived in many places in the country before retiring to West Palm Beach, FL, Mary Belle’s hometown. There, he was a realtor with Coldwell Banker and enjoyed sailing. Peter was a 30-year member of the Navy League and was a board member when he died. Mary Belle,
his children, four grandchildren and one great grandchild survive him. Carol Lees Baldwin Mixter ’45. At The Beard School, Carol was a class officer, sang in the glee club, and played on many teams, including varsity hockey. She earned her B.A. at Mount Holyoke College. With William Baldwin, her first husband of 59 years, she had three daughters and one son. With her second husband, David Mixter, Carol moved to Vero Beach, FL in 2010. As of 2008, she had retired as president of Corporate Art Services of New Hampshire. Her daughters and their families survive her. Joan Freiday Edwards ’48, March 19, 2015, age 85. At Beard’s, Joan was president of the dance club. Joan had three daughters who, along with their families, survive her. Her husband Hal died in 1999. At the time of her death, Joan was living in Melbourne Beach, FL. Her interests included travel. Linda Beck Wilson Mihleder ’58, February 12, 2015, age 75. Linda’s skills as an equestrian and singer were recognized while at Beard. She later attended Vassar College, the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Denver. A music teacher, she was married for 23 years. Her husband predeceased her. Her brother, two step children and two step grandchildren survive her. At the time of her death, Linda lived in Hot Springs Village, AR. There, she was a member of the Village Bible Church and active in the local DAR, Tennis association, the Village Chorale plus Stonecroft Ministries and PEO, a philanthropic organization helping women with scholarships, grants and loans. William Henry McBride, former faculty, May 11, 2015, age 90. A beloved educator at Morristown-Beard School, Bill served as Assistant Headmaster and instructor in chemistry and earth science. When Bill retired in 1996, his 19 years of service with the School were recognized with the establishment of the William H. McBride Prize, given annually to a deserving graduate “whose academic vigor, enthusiasm, and curiosity serve both as an example to other students, and as a reminder of the spirit and dedication of Mr. McBride.”
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Bill’s enduring campus legacy is enduring indeed: he was a driving force behind the MBS Time Capsule project. Inspired by the 1985-86 approach of Halley’s Comet, Bill worked closely with then Student Government Association President David Hedley III ’87. With the support, advice and help of many MBS faculty and staff, the successful burying of the MBS Time Capsule took place on February 10, 1986. The capsule contained school history and memorabilia, photographs, and most meaningfully, student essays addressing what the students of the future might want to know. Before joining MBS in 1977, Bill taught at the Montclair Academy, McQuade High School, and Brooklyn Prep. In retirement, Bill continued to teach as a substitute teacher at Wall High School and tutored students in chemistry and science. Bill earned his undergraduate degree in philosophy and chemistry from Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL in 1950, and his master's degree in chemistry from Holy Cross University in 1953. Bill joined the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). He was ordained to the priesthood in 1956, and served in that capacity for the next 15 years. An active member of St. Catharine's Church, Bill sang with the church choir. Bill was predeceased by his parents, Dr. Hesser G. McBride and Alice Hooley McBride, and his siblings, Mary Alice Reider, Hesser G. McBride Jr. and John F. McBride. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife of 43 years, Regina M. Burns McBride. He is also survived by his many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and greatnephews, who, along with their friends, could always rely on Uncle Bill for guidance with a tough chemistry assignment. Crimson
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Alumni Reunion 2015 Graduates from the Beard School, the Morristown School, and Morristown-Beard School gathered on campus on June 12th and 13th to reunite with old friends and enjoy a full slate of activities as part of Alumni Reunion 2015. Activities included the inaugural Young Alumni Reunion Party (Y.A.R.P.!) on Senior Circle for graduates of the last 10 years, campus tours, an alumnae field hockey game, an art exhibition featuring the work of alumnus Jason Anderson '05, an alumni barbeque, a meeting of the Alumni Association, the Headmaster's Cocktail Party, and the Reunion Dinner and Distinguished Alumni Presentation honoring Mr. Joseph Baker '65. Thanks to everyone who returned to campus and made the weekend such a success!
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Friends of the Morristown-Beard Fund Name:
Eddie Franz
Memorable Teaching Experience:
Without a doubt, my Constitutional Law class. The students get to talk about current events and learn how to create and evaluate arguments for multiple sides of an issue or dilemma. Good to see young people taking in information and forming their own opinions, while respecting the views of others.
Jason Anderson ’05
Proudest MBS moment:
Neil Christiansen ’02
Christiansen ’02 Makes Waves in Panama
In May, Neil Christiansen’02 returned to campus to speak about Give & Surf, a non-profit educational and community development organization that he founded in Panama. With the support of a team of volunteers, Give & Surf has been able to provide hands-on assistance programs to the indigenous Ngobe people of Bocas del Toro. Christiansen said he looks forward to working with the Morristown-Beard community in the near future—including a service trip to Panama during the summer of Homecoming 2014 2016!
Jason Anderson ’05 Exhibits Artwork
Thirty students from the MBS theater program attended Disney's Aladdin on Broadway this spring and met the cast members. Kathryn Allison ’10, who made her Broadway debut in the show in March, arranged for the discussion. The performers shared stories about their experiences with the show and offered advice to the MBS students about pursuing careers in the arts. 68 Crimson
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Talented students from challenging backgrounds get the chance to join this community. I am very proud to support the MB Fund knowing that it provides financial assistance to deserving students who need some help.
Julia Sibley ’03 Delivers Cum Laude Address
Julia Pettengill Sibley ’03 is a respected authority on international politics, Russian history, genocide studies, and global health policy. On April 10th, she delivered the Cum Laude Address at Morning Meeting, tracing her career path including her most recent work with the Advancing Human Rights organization. Sibley now lives in Washington, D.C. where much of her work is devoted to Movements.org, a new platform that allows people to help protect basic freedoms.
Message to donors:
Thank you for supporting the MorristownBeard Fund like I do. Your participation— each and every year—fuels our School’s growth in the classroom and beyond.
Griffith ’14 Works with 6th Graders
Jill Griffith ’14 and four other members of the Drew University Civic Scholars program came to campus on April 9th to teach 6th graders about environmental responsibility. Griffith, a freshman majoring in economics at Drew University, hopes to minor in environmental science. As a Drew University Civic Scholar, she is part of a four-year Civic Engagement Program designed to increase her service and leadership skills while giving her real-world experience.
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“Journey—The Art of Jason Anderson ’05” was on display in the upper and lower lobbies of Founders Hall this spring, highlighting the artist’s path from art student, to apprentice, designer, and world traveler. The exhibit also showcased his emergence as “Jason Michael,” a world-class designer of handbags and leather accessories. During Alumni Reunion in June, Anderson was able to give a guided tour of the exhibit, answer questions, and speak about his artistic vision.
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MBS Students visit Broadway Alumna
When I see any student achieve something that matters to him or her. Not every student I work with becomes All-State or wins an award at graduation. It’s the little victories that happen every day that build confidence in these young people and push them to keep working for more.
Alumni Panel Discusses Arts & Entrepreneurship
The MBS Alumni Board hosted an Alumni Career Panel event for current students on April 8, 2015. The panelists, David Kramer ’69, Lindsay Barrett George ’70, Gwen Whiting ’94, and Brian Egan ’08, discussed their career paths, showed examples of their work, and spoke about the lessons they’ve learned along the way.
Support student financial assistance—and inspirational MBS faculty like Eddie Franz—with a gift to the MB Fund. You may give via the envelope found in this issue or by visiting www.mbs. net/annualfund. Thank you. Alumni Panel
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