Alumni Teachers Remember Teachers: Sally Bever Zwiebach, TKS ’56
I never realized how much Betty Dallery gave to us until I tried to do the same for my own students. For many years, Mrs. Dallery directed the MKA plays, and her intelligence, energy and humor remain fresh in my memory. She opened her home for cast parties and other events, as I did with my students decades later, so we got to know her personally, a rarity in those days. By selecting interesting pieces and refusing to settle for shabby work, Betty taught us to stretch ourselves creatively and intellectually. Teaching and directing are always a challenge and often exhausting, especially if you have a family, but Betty never let us see that side, although I‘m sure she experienced it. Perhaps she got as much pleasure from working with lively teenagers as I did. I hope so. From my first day of teaching in a very rough Manhattan high school, I adored my students, and I continued to do so until I retired, 30 years later. Most of my teaching years were spent at my local
1956 TKS Mrs. Carol Barnard Ottenberg 1420 41st Avenue, E Seattle, WA 98112-3804 ottenbergc@aol.com
MA Mr. Eric Jaeckel P.O. Box 20153 Boulder, CO 80308-3153 efjaeckel@hotmail.com Class agent: Dr. Lawrence Nazarian 29 Surrey Place Penfield, NY 14526-1221 LFredN@aol.com Eric Jaeckel writes that he is retired but very active in a variety of community affairs. He decided not to move to Idaho to be closer to son Brad and grandkids, now staying in Boulder County CO, where he has lived for 14 years, and visiting his Idaho family three-to-four times a year. He has two grandchildren, Avery, now age 13 and Elis is 9, and both are doing well in school and athletics. He went to Alaska last September with a Navy friend, “Awesome state, but do not visit
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in September due to rain and more rain. Skiing in CO this winter has been fabulous due to huge snowfall, we got in 40 to 45 days; not bad when you are in your 70’s with two new hips.” Larry Nazarian is mostly retired but still teaches pediatrics at University of Rochester. He and Sharon celebrated their 50th Anniversary last year with a river cruise through central Europe. They are busy with her 10 grandchildren, filling a number of roles at their church, and doing a variety of community activities.
1957 TKS Mrs. Thelma “Tam” Miller Knight 3001 Linton Boulevard, No. 201C Delray Beach, FL 518 tknight115@aol.com
1958 TKS Mrs. Diana Bethell Little 1-K Buckingham Rd. West Orange, NJ 07052-2703 littlecorp@verizon.net
high school in Glen Cove, NY, where I taught Theater Arts, Creative Writing, Minority Experience, College Prep and regular English classes at all levels and grades, to kids of all creeds and ethnicities – 150 every semester. I picked up a couple of degrees and a bunch of awards, but the greatest gift was my students. From the youngest to the oldest, they continue to enrich my life, checking in with me often. How lucky I was to have the chance to play in the fields of literature and drama that I loved, to create curriculum, to read great books and to direct musicals and plays that gave so many youngsters a chance to find themselves. I’d never have admitted it then, but I would have done it for free. (Considering my puny salary, I almost did!) Betty Dallery recently passed away, at over 100 years of age. I wish I’d thought to find her and tell her how much she influenced me, and how her spirit carried over to my kids, so many years later. Maybe she knows.
MA Mr. Henry Agens 86 Eagle Rock Way Montclair, NJ 07042-1629 hymelee@earthlink.net Mr. David Stroming 82 Halsted Drive Manchester, NJ 08759 KStroming@aol.com MKA sends deepest sympathies to Fred Kramer whose mother, Adeline Kramer, passed away on March 28, 2014, 10 days after her 103rd birthday. From Hy Agens: Many of you already know that our classmate Robert “Bob” Haney (Dr. Robert Russell Haney) passed away on March 9th at Carolinas Medical Center in NC. He was 75. Bob graduated from the University of Alberta in Canada, received his doctorate from the University of Mississippi, worked for the CIA and was also a college professor at Georgia Southern. He is survived by Sylvia (Matras), his wife of 51 years, his two sons David and Keith, his brothers Dan, Rick and Pete, and six grandchildren. We extend our condolences to his family. Dave Black wrote, “Bob was a wonderful friend, scrappy teammate and ‘had your back’ on and off the field. Never mind that he caused most of the trouble needing backup! Despite the everyday fun and