Fall 1997 MKA Review Magazine

COVER Nien Cheng, exemplar and inspiration to students and faculty at MKA 3§|r her moral courage, practices tai chi. See “From the Headmaster” and the lead articl^ bout Ethics at MKA.

CONTENTS From the Headmaster 1 From the Board of Trustees / 2 | o Kimberley With Love / 3 Ethics at MKA / 4 No||s Around MKA m9 Commencement Awards JR 2 Cougaf iports/ 14 Athletic Hall of Fame v 16 From, the Alumni |||||>ciation / 17 1997 Distinguished Alumni Award H | Class Votes / 20

REVIEW EDITORS Christie Austin Judy Polonofsky

PHOTO CREDITS Christie Austin Biggs Photography Phil Cantor Tucker Greer David Hollander Susan Jones Debbie Kozak Shawn Michael Lowe Charles E. Pason, AT&T Linda Stark Published twice yearly by: The Montclair Kimberley Academy 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042 9 7 3 / lW 0 0 FAX: 973/783-5777 http:Pwww.mka.inter.net Entered as third class matter at Montclair NJ 07042 Design: Gemini Studio, Inc., Montclair NJ Printed on recycled paper Member: Alumni Program Council of Independent Schools (APC)W Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) ■ N ew Jersey ^ ^ S ia tio n of Independent School# (NJAIS)

The MKA Alumni Association is an organization of all men and women who have attended the Upper School.

8|s purpose is to make known to MKA the ideas, interests, and concerns oBS alumni and to inform alumni of the accomplishments and objectives of MKA. The Alumni Council is the governing Board, a representative group elected at the Association’s annual meeting to sponsor events and activities linking alumni with their alma mater.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COUNCIL 1997-98 Karin Strom Aiello ’68 Joseph H. Alessi ’68 Lisa S. Aufzien ’76 Andrew J. Blaia’78, Vice President Robert Nottingham Jr. ’84 Erin Cuffe Crawford ’74 Holly Jervis Felber ’83, Executive Vice President Susan Cole Furlong ’78 Edward G. Healey ’77, Treasurer Jennifer Jin e s Ladda ’84 Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76 Mark McGowan ’85 Peter S. McMullen ’77, President Lauren Moses ’98 Kristine Hatzenbuhler O’Connor ’83 Doreen Oliver ’92 Eric F.S. Pai ’79 Marc Ponzio ’99 Joshua H. Raymond ’89 Sabino T. Rodano ’8MJJ| Scott Rumana ’83 Anita E. Sims-Stokes ’79 Patricia Shean Worthington ’74, Secretary Pefer R. Greer, Headmaster Judy Polonofsky, Director of External Affairs Christie Austin, Alumni Director Peter Perretti ’72, Assistant Director External Affairs

ADVISORY COUNCIL Lori Windolf Crispo ’78 Martha Bonsai Day ’74 J. Dean Paolucci ’73

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1997-98 Martha Bonsai Day ’74 Paul G. Edwards George W. Egan Andree (Penny) Finkle John E. Garippa, President Linda TjgGarippa A. Lawrence Gaydos Ronald E. Gennace, Vice President Peter R. Greer, Headmaster Alice M. Hirsh Josephine D. Martone Peter S. McMullen ’77 J. Clarence Morrison, Vice President Anne E. Muenster-Sinton, Secretary Michael L. Rodburg Rudolph G. Schlobohm ’74 Newton B. Schott Jr., Treasurer Jolinda D. Smith David L. Turock Terence D. Wall Walter L. Zweifler

ADVISORY TRUSTEES Margaret Crawford Bridge ’65 Edwin J. Delattre Austin V. Koenen Sr. Barry W. Ridings ’70 Herbert H. Tate Jr. ’71

HONORARY TRUSTEES Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’54 Susan H. Ruddick James S. Vandermade ’35

From the Headmaster

jn ^ e a r Members of the MKA Community, The lead article in this issue of Reviewhas to do with the teaching and learning of citizenship at: our MKA: theoretical study of ethics and the practicing of good habits that lead to good character; selected study of our country’s founding documents; and education in public discourse and logic. It is an important article and I ask you to take the time to read it and to understand the kind of MKA community we are attempting to form and nurture.

Dr. Delattre also reports that at a White House dinner about seven years ago, Nien Cheng was asked why sh V had resisted and had not made false confessions. She replied, “You see, Lam not good at bowing down before bullies.”

Nien Cheng’s, ordeal became a New York Times bestseller, Life andDeath in Shanghai(1986). Several of our students and most of our faculty and staff h a v a p read this book. I encourage you to read it. Nien Cheng has visited MKA and spoken brilliantly about today’s China. She has ¿Iso hosted MKA students at her home several times and discussed her seven years in #1 Detention House in Shanghai.

The cover photos' of this issue are extraordinary. The series of photos was taken by my son Tucker of Nien Cheng practicing tai chi outside her apartment complex in Washington, D.C. in May 1997. Nien Cheng has becom e MKA’s friend and one of its most respected exemplars. As you might know, Nien Cheng was imprisoned in solitary confinement by the Communist Chinese for seven years. Ethics scholar Edwin Delattre has described her ordeal in this way:

Nien Cheng’s story of courage and self-mastery is one example of the significant texts read by our students * and faculty. In this way and in so many other ways, we aspire to do what Jesse Stuart wrote about in the 1949 book, The Thread ThatRunsSo True. “To make a generation of the greatest citizenry America had ever had.” He was convinced that each teacher had to do his or her share and that “each teacher was responsible for the destiny of America.¡gP

...Manacled, tortured, hemorrhaging without medical care. When her clothes became rags, her captors threw her daughter’s clothes in her face to tell her they had killed the girl. Nien Cheng gave no false confessions. When the Communists released her, she refused to leave prison. Because they had not proved her guilt, she demanded an admission of her innocence. Instead, two great, burly guards threw her into the street.

Please read about our attempts in this lead article.

Dr. PeterR. Greer Headmaster

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From the Board o f Trustees master’s from theHj|iversity of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University. David gerved on the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees and, because of his extraordinary background, a special technology committee at MKA. He and his wife Nancy are the parents of two children at MKA: Joy, in second grade, and Hope, in Pre-K.

R etirem ents The Board joins me in thanking the following for their service to MKA: M ich a el L . R odbu rg

P e te r J . B ru ck joined the Board of Trustees in 199^ H Peter served on the Student Life, Buildings and Grounds, and Long-Range Planning committees as a m eS b er and in an advisory capacity.

D avid L. Turock

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H - I look forward to serving another year as President of the Board of Trustees of The Montclair Kimberley Academy, I thank my colleagues for their continued; support and hard work and extend a warm welcome to MKA’s new Trustees.

R ob ert A. H oon h ou t ’7 1 started on the Board in 1987 i|fs President of the Alumni Council and then was elected as a Trustee in 1991- Over the years, Bob served on the Bylaws, Educational Policy, Student Life, Development, and Long-Range Planning committees.

He also was a member of the Executive Committee and Committee on Trustees.

A spppial thank-you to Jodi Smith, Chairman <ffl the Committee on Trustees, and members Linda Garippa, Ron Gennace, Alice Hirsh, Jo Martone, Peter McMullen, and Newton Schott for their outstanding work in the nomination procesjg Michael L. Rodburg and David L. Turock were elected new members of the Class of 2000. E l e « d to serve a second term,.® the Board were Paul G. Edwards, Linda T. Garippa, and J. Clarence Morrison. Jodi Smith was elected togerve a third taSsaHi

N ina W ells has served on the Board since 1995. She was a member of the Student Life and Educational Policy committees.

R onald L. Tobia joined the Board in 1985 and has served MKA ever since. Ron was Chairman of the Development Committee, and served on the Executive and Finance committees and Committee on Trustees.

Advisory Trustees for another year are Margaret Crawford Bridge Blip Edwin J. Delattre, Austin V. Koenen, Barry W. Ridings 70, and Herbert H. Tate Jr. 71.

As we approach the coming school year, our focus will be on increasing faculty endowment and the further development o f a new gymnasium that will serve both the Middle and Upper School. As always, we recognize that our primary goal is to produce well-rounded students grounded in an ethics-based education.

W elcom e New Trustees M ichael L. R odburg is the Managing Director of the Lowenstein handler law firm in Roseland. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Michael,|| member c^the New Jersey and Federal Bar associations, is an expert in Environmental Law and has had numerous publications and presentations dealing with environmental issues. He has served on the Buildings and Grounds Committee of the Board of Trustees™ Michael and his wife, Elba, are Bo-Chairmen of the Golf and Tennis Fall Classic at MKA. They have a son, Scott, in the sixth grade, and mdaughter, Jill, a 1996 graduate.

JobnE. Garippa President

The Montclair Kimberley Academy Foundation Board of Trustees 1997-98 President - John E. Garippa Vice President - Ronald E. Gennaq^g Vice President - J. Clarence Morrison Treasurer - Newton B. Schott Jr. " Secretary - Anne E. Muenster-Sinton

D avid L. T u rock is founder and chairman of Intellicom, Inc. in Westfield. Davie® expertise jsiin research and development in the te||con 11nunicatons field. He h asB P hJD . and®masjf|§'s degree in psychology from Rutgers University, an engineering

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he Montclair Kimberley Academy is honored to announce the school’s first Charitable Remainder Trust planned gift - a magnificent gift of one million dollars from Olive Cawley Watson, Class of 1936.

moving them from place to place while carrying out her role as the spouse of one of America^ most powerful executives. She confesses to a distaste for public speaking. Family discussion was something else, however. Olive followed the practice c!f the Kennedy family of “talking about something important” at dinner.,' A frien llo f the Kennedys, she had visited them oftenH during the summer, and thought they were “such a caring and loving family.” This was one o f the reasons she always wanted a large family of her own. Together the Watsons skied, ¡sailed, and traveled all over the worl<M- each child often contributing a day to the log of a trip.

Mrs. Watson, widow o f the legendary IBM chairman, Thomas J. Watson Jr., recalls her years at The Kimberley School as “a joyful experience.” She began Kimberley in fifth grade, “and the friends I made I’ve had forever.”

She keeps in touch with her ‘36 classmates and occasionally they visit or travel together.

It is Mrs. Watson’s gratitude for a kindness at Kimberley which prompted her planned gift. She attended school during the Depression, with her grandmother paying the tuition. When her grandmother died, Olive would have been unable to continue, but Miss Waring and Miss Jordan, Co-Principals, let her attend for free.

When Thomas Watson Jr. served as Ambassador to Russia under President Carter, 1979 to 1981 (he had spent time in Russia during the war as a pilot for LendLease), Olive brought life and “fun” to the ambassador’s residence. Her memoirs; of the experience, From Russia with Love, were published in 1982tf*i;

“Kimberley was so kind to take me for the years my family were unable to pay the tuition,” she says simply.

“I had so many happy years there for free.”

When asked about her favorite memory, Olive - now a serene grandmother of sixteen - says simply, “I couldn’t choose. I’ve had the most wonderful life anyone’s ever been privileged to havg^M

Her gift follows an example set by her husband. Tom Watson sponsored someone through college, extracting a promise that someday he would do the same. Today that someone has sponsored several deserving students through college. It is a way of giving back fopffl| fortunate chance in life.

Olive Cawley Watson’s Charitable Remainder Trust, is a vehidg for planned giving which provides income during the donor’s lifetime, then is gifted to a designated institution. The Montclair Kimberley Academy^Mature financial security is guaranteed by such donors, whose vision and wisdom extend beyond the immediate needs of the school. The donors arrange bequests, establish trusts; and make gifts to th^H Academy’s Pooled Income Fund. For further information about Planned Giving, or to inform MKA that the sfflool is in your will,please «ntact the Office of External Affairs, The Montclair Kimberley Academy, 201 Valley Road, Montclair NM 07042, or call 973//46-9800.

In the years following her graduation from Kimberley, Olive Cawley worked as a Powers model and married the son of the IBM founder. She raised a family of six children and accompanied her husband visiting IBM offices all over the world.

Olive exhibited her own managerial expertise in orchestrating the movements o f this large family,

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B rookside students help bag cornflakesfo r the Community F ood B an k o f N ew Jersey, one exam ple o f comm unity service by M KA students. Brookside received the Budding S pirit A w ard from the F ood B an k in “recognition an d celebration. ” I t was the th ird y ear B rookside first, second, an d th ird graders participated.

Ethics at MKA have beenpelebrated in six issues of our ethics publication, MoralConversations: TalkingLife Seriously.

TheMontclairKimberleyAcademyhas been receiving national, even international, recognitionfo r our program in ethics and theformation o fcharacter.

Threefaculty memberstell whythe explicit teaching o f ethics issp distinctive and importantatMKA. Theyals& explain how ethics is one leg o fa three-legged frameworkfor educating our students to be worthy citizens.

Since Kimberley, Academy, and MKA students have always been expected to be kind and thoughtful, one might inquire about the rationale for an ethics program, as well as its foundations and distinguishing features. Headmaster Peter Greer stated in the first issue, “We have dedicated ourselves to ‘pushing back against the age’ that believes ethical judgments are simply o n l§ own judgment, that all moral views are of equal worth and stature, and that old-fashioned ethics must be disregarded.”

The Philosophy Linda Stark First graders, discussing “An Ethical Question from Dr. Greer,” agreed it would f|e the “right thing” tpjjhare a seat with an unpopular fg iie n t o n ^ l u s j They talked about how. hard it i s » do the right thing when your friends don’t agree with y S . You have to have co u rag e and in tegrity.

To understand the complexities of public moral issues, we Jit MKA relieve that students must first understand private decency, which we term our seven character expectations: respect,friendship, responsibility, courage, self-mastery, justice, and wisdom.

Middle School students have shown resp on sib ility for others by volunteering at Toni’s Soup Kitchen and sharing gifts with children at Isaiah House.

We teach,our students that to enjoy a full andlg Nourishing life,, they must want to form good character, and to do so, they should cultivate the intellect by reading, writing, reflecting, and talking about the virtues. In classroom discussions, students respond to the challenges of skepticism, cynicism, re la tiv is t and indoctrination. However, anyone who works with young people knows that theoretical discussions d ffm t always “take.” A student may skillfully analyze the nuances. of respect in a piece of literature and then be disrespectful in the cafeteria.

Students must not only form good habits, but also practice them daily.

The Earth Club at th^ mppehttehoblfhas supported Pedalsifor Progress by collecting and repairing ¡more than 100 used b icy | ® for needy people in Central and South America. The clu||advisor commented, “This deals with two problems at once: recycling of solid waste and helping others,” two exemplary forms of resp ect.

ThesS|are glimpses int^MKA’s tri-campus com m itm ent to our renowned pjtfgram of ethics and character formation. More than 100 similar lessoflS&and activities

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MKA’s p ro g ram is d istin ctive b ecau se o f th e focu sed com b in ation o f cultivation o f the intellect (stu d yin g, read in g, w ritin g, talking about eth ics and c h a ra cte r) and th e cultivation o f good habits (p ra cticin g good actio n s an d com m u n ity se rv ice ).

“Community promoting ideas” are not “extras” but are woven into the fabric of everyday life at MKA. We often refer to Dr. Thomas Lickona’s trilogy: the head, the heart, and the hand. “Good character consists of ...habits of the mind, habits of the heart, and habits of action. All three are necessary for leading a moral life; all three make up moral maturity.” {Educationfor Character, 51J

Dr. Steven Tigner, a' J m entor to M K4s^M program o f ethics, teaches facu lty the im portance o f The D eclaration o f Independence.

Our students learn that there is a strong relationship between good character and integrity, being “whole.”

Having integrity - an element on our MKA seal - means behaving the same in public as in private. If you ask an MKA student about integrity, you will probably hear about Plato’s tale of “Gyges’ Ring,” which has the power to make a person invisible. A Brooksider might tell you that integrity means, ?D o the right thing, even when no one is looking.” Our goal is to integrate head, heart, and hand, so that students are able to act wisely when they are facing temptations.

The Facu lty M ust Study, Too Our program also excels because of MKA’s commit­ ment to faculty study, which ensures its continued momentum. As Dr. Greer stated in Moral Conversations.; “:..For faculty to engage students in frequent, explicit, and useful moral ’con versations^ [they] must themselves participate in studying, writing, reading, and talking about ethics.” For five years MKA has supported summer ethics workshops for faculty and administrators on all three campuses. In particular, parents Carol and Terry Wall have supported the summer workshops and “Wall Fellows,” faculty who devote additional time to sharing id e S with others.

The 35 participants in the 1997 seminar read Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and J.O . Urmson’s scholarly commentary, and they are pledged to invite a-jgolleague to observe an actual ethics lesson drawn from the summer study.

Our program draws strength from the widespread commitment of MKA families. Parents are the primary ethical teachers, and their involvement remains crucial.

To engage parents in a partnership with the MKA faculty, Dr. Greer has run several series of seminars on how parents can help young people become morally literate. Parents share some of their children’s video clips and readings. More than 200 parents have participated in the past three years.

We have been particularly fortunate in our close connection with valuable mentors. Dr. Steven Tigner; from the University of Toledo has been our inspiration for four summers; he has guided us through Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Kant, Mill, and M e S firt. We revere him not only for his scholarship but also for his vast array of teaching ideas and relevant videotapes. Under his guidance, we have organized a series of resource notebooks for each of the seven character expectations, accessible on each campus. Dr. Tigner’s seminars also afford us ample opportunitife'l to confer on practical ways to translate theory into classroom, athletic team, or advisor group activities. Other national mentors include Dr. Alicia Borinsky and Dean Edwin Delattre of Boston University, and Dr. Carson Daly of Notre Dame.

We continue to be inspired by f| en Cheng, author of Life andDeath in Shanghai.

Our program has also been e n ric h ^ through participation in the Jefferson Seminar, a conference of teachers and administrators from MKA and Bancroft School in Worcester, Mass. This dynamic conferJgre, which is alternately hosted by the two schools, explores

M iddle Schoolfacu lty m em bers L in da Stark an d Tom Cooper com pare notes a t the 1 9 9 7 Jefferson Seminar, a conference exploring the theoretical fram ew ork an d p ractical application ofeth ics program s.

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Citizenship Core Curriculum DavidFlocco Our Citizenship Core Curriculum, heading into its third year, is integrated into classrooms, K-8, and a series <§f course| A a two-year requirement of all freshmen and sophompres. An' .optional semester course is offered for juniorsljind seniors. Inherent in the curriculum is the study of: • America’s founding documents and the key principles upon which our country was built; • a study of effective and ineffective leadership, including the responsibilities which come with leadership positions; • character development through a study of ethics and moral philosophy; • logical; thought and the importance of developing the ability to: make logical decisions in our everyday lives;

N ien Cheng, author o f Life and Death in Shanghai, is an inspiration an d exem plar to M KA students a n d facu lty studying ethics. She is shown here speaking to parents, faculty, an d students a t a 1 9 9 5 PAMKA Lecture Series evening.

• the importance of service to others, including a community service requirement as part of the course.

the theoretical framework as well as practical applications of our similar programs in ethics.

Discussions this year were led by Dr. Ronald Herzman from the State University of New York (G en ^ co ).

The first Jefferson Seminar, in 1996, prompted an article published by the Washington Times.

The Founding Documents part of the course focuses on key American fÿocuments and their importance, both yesterday and today. We study TheDeclaration o fIndependence, selections from TheFederalistPapers, and the United States Constitution. The documents are more easily understood through Dr. Steven Tigner’s masterful annotation of the 18th-century prose in which they were written.

We are excited about the success o f our program.

Moral Conversations has received national attention from Peter Relic, Executive Director of NAIS, and Dr. Robertraoles of Harvard, a key scholar in character education, A page of the magazine has been reprinted in Character, published by Boston University. One » e m b e r of;'¡our faculty, David Flocco, is writing lesson plans in ethics and character for teachers in high ^cho#i#;sponsored by the Edison Project.

TheDeclaration o fIndependence'^ analyzed with specific attention paid to the notion of natural and individual rights. Federalist #10 and #51are studied to understand government’s role in society and the protection of those rights. Landmark cases heard in the U.S. Supreme Court are studied to analyze the Constitution and how it protects everyone equally.

The “nuts|and bolts” of the Constitution are learned in ouffiFoundations of the American Heritage” course, taken during sophomore year. Application of the Constitution takes place in the Citizenship course, with a heavy emphasis placed on the theme o f justice and its evolution from the founding era, through DredScott to Brown and beyond.

Thus the entire MKA community is “talking” lif e « seriously. Our commitment to character education has permeated our livelfat each grade level and in every discipline. Explicit lessons occur daily, and£?teachable Im m e n ta are seized in advisor groups, in the hallways, and on the fiejfflk MKA’s K-12program is distinctive because o fthe carefully craftedframework. Ethics and theformation o fcharacterare one segment; the othertwo are a grounding in our nation’sfoundingprinciples and documents, and a grounding inpublic discourse (includinglogic andpublic speaking and writing^S*

Leadership Effective leadership skills are taught through discussions of the five C’s o f effective leadership: jfonviction£Consistency, competence, clarity, and the intangible, charisma. Onelmust also'-, have a “moral worthiness to lead.” Ideas such as civic responsibility and the development o f strong moral character are discussed as a way to improve leadership skills.

Strong readers such as John Marshall, Abraham Lincoln,

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and Susan B. Anthony are used to illustrate examples of effective leaders.

Com m unity Building Susan Bruder

E th ics an d M oral P h ilosop h y “To have a good life, yoOTmust lead a good life. To lead a good life, you must want to lead a good life.”

These words were spoken by Dr. Greer as he talked to our students during the ethics portion of the course.

The importance and relationship of ethics and moral philosophy with citizenship lies in its direct application to the everyday lives of each one of us - the theory and practice. We start with a lecture on MKA’s framework for developing strong moral character, by explaining to students the difference between ethics (the way we ou gh t to act), morals (the way we actu ally act), and values (what we d esire). Students are challenged throughout this unit to analyze their everyday lives and the decisions they make that not only affect them, but those around them.

The Primary Campus is our MKA students’ first community experience, and one thatrastablish.es thè basis for lifelong habits of kindness, responsibility, and fairness. Here, the formation of good character means that each member of the community actively Contributes toward making our school H place where people can and do make a difference.

Specific virtues such as friendship and courage are studied through characters like Forrest Gump and extraordinary people such as Ruby Bridges and Jackie Robinson. The value in this unit lies in the direct and logical applicability to each student’s daily life.

Simple acts of kindness are an integral part o f f l everyone’s day. A second grader quiedy calls a halt tp the floor hockey game, allowing a teacher to safely cross the gym floor. Teachers and children hold doors open for each other. “Thank you’s” are communicated via cc:mail. A staff member shares the latest pro basketball scores with a cluster of students at lunch time. Admissions applicants visiting classes are paired with student hosts for their stay, a highly coveted act of consideration.

It means that we have a Common Purpose and a school song to bring us together. We participate in annual traditions, including the fall Community Gathering and the spring Maypole Cerèàiony, More important, it means that every day, in ways great and small, our community members practice the t e n e t » of what it means to lead a good life.

Logic and Public D iscou rse Logic and public discourse is a difficult topic to teach adolescents, perhaps the most difficult of all the units. At the same time, however, 57 percent of students surveyed felt that it is the most interesting unit covered throughout the course. Through debate and public presentations, the ability to speak and listen effectively is the focus. The goal is to emphasize and instill in students the importance of writing and speaking clearly, eye contact, and mastery of a subject that you can share with those around you.

Students in the class grade each other’s presentations, which forces them to critically analyze the elements of style taught. All of this leads to increased awareness of communication in our world and challenges students to discuss the issues that command the world’s attention.

After hearing an African tale about three friends whojBB together,- share the hardships of a long journey, aÉghild announces to his class, “They’re just like us. W e’re all friends in Pre-K!” There is time in everyone’s day for a moment of reflection, a moment of caring.

W hat is Fair? W hat is Ju st?

What is fair? What is just? First graders learn about examining all sides of a story through the perspective of the wolf in “The Three Little Pigs.” They not only study the issues, but develop and perform a play which puts the wolf on triaFind' lik s the entire school to serve as jury.

The ultimate goal of the Citizenship Core Curriculum is that students finish sophomore year with a broad understanding of their roles as citizens and continue to take part in promoting community and community service activities as a matter of second nature.

Developing a moral compass to guide the growing Conscience, Pre-K students engage in an activity called “The Right Thing,” to explore everyday issues in the life of a child. What would you do if there were four hungry friends, but only one cookie on the p ia te c i

Plaque in th e K im b erley S ch ool L ib rary Kimberley believes in the honor system as a way not of standardizing behavior but of instilling the principles of respect, loyalty and high personal integrity and of establishing values which will influence the student throughout her 0Sie. Kimberley has faith in each student’s! ability to uphold the regulations of the school and to conduct herself in a manner worthy of these responsibilities. Giftofthe Classof1956.

Discovering that community means friends working together cooperatively is underscored by the fall kindergarten theme, “Communication.” The children learn that the Primary Campus is an entity much greater than the sum of its parts and that each person has the responsibility of an important job to do.

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Within each classroom, children depend pn each other in ways, that engender trust and responsibility to see jobs and projects through to completion. Fair classroom rulq| are developed by teachers and students in concert. They are poste||for all to see.

Third g ra d e« are even expogjfd to their first formal l S o n s about dermxxacy, and go on to develop class .'■Constitutions^B Perhaps the Campus Garden P rSect is the most telling story of character and community. Inch by inch, row by row, the B co n d grade carefully planned and planted a plot of land on the back field. Lemons of caring and. sharing continued through a eolefepring.

Sturdy plants, carefully tended by all, grew to harvest.

Now the garden se-rveslljH legacy,- destined to be passed on to meh y e a ® new crop of second graders.

A legacy to r e m in d » that kindnesSfairness, and responsibility, practiced by all, help our MKA Community grow.

MKA an d th e E d ison P ro ject The uniqueness of .MKA's theoretical approach and practical application of ethics and character development has attracted the national Edison Project, a private educational management company. MKA has been asked to consult, develop, and supply materials (lesson plans, articles, teaching ideas) to begin the Edison Project’s citizenship curriculum.

The Edison Project was founded in 1992 to operate schools either in partnership with public schools or as charter schools in a variety of coiSnunities, offering a variety of educational designs. There are currently 21 schools chartered all over the country educating 7,000 students - largely funded by private investment.

It is headed by Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., a former president of Yale University.

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The public-private partnership aims to “reinvent education” in the public schools.

1 9 9 7 Fou n d ers’ Cup Aw ard At the year’s final faculty meeting in June, Alumni Council member Lori Windolf C rispo’78 presented the Founders’ Cup to Karlin Newman, Upper School faculty member, as most representative of MKA’s tradition of teaching excellence.

Karen is particularly admirMi for her rapport with students. One student wrote, “This teacher is incrediblyinspirational and unbelievablydedicated. She is perhaps the busiest teacher at the Upper School and always seems to have students waiting in line to see her. As busy as she is, she will always make time to see a student and help him or her with their questionllr problem.|£fc Karen - who has been called “a warrior of work ethic”- teaches all levels of English, including the difficult and extensive Senior Seminar. An outstanding advisorkshe also counsels students on theji f(dlegei|s'savs. ^ parent wrote, “She em it^ u ch tireless joy everytime one s ® her...What amaidgane is the quality of everything she gives back, whether comments on a finished paper or grade reports, or advice in ;B)ne-on-one conference.”

Karen w l * founderBf the W o g fei’S Issues GroupHnd serves as Campus Rffiource Liaison and faculty rj&pntor.

A lum ni C ouncil m em ber L ori W in dolfCrispo 7 8 presents the 1 9 9 7 Founders’ Cup to facu lty m em ber K aren N ewm an.

This “quiet and shy” te a ^ e rB n d friend was also nominated this year by ajprm er MKA student for Williams College's prize' honoring excellent sej|>ndary school teaching.

T h S s the fifth year of the Faculty Cup Award, honoring thei lteig tradition of outstanding teaching at Montclair Academy, The Kimberley School, and MKA.

Notes Around M KA • Congratulations to Upper School faculty member Geoffrey Branigan, who was one of three teachers from across the nation chosen by the Amherst College graduating class of 1997%» receive a new "Jjhward. Branigan received the Phebe and Zephaniah Swift Moore Award saluting extra­ ordinary teaching at the GeojjreyBranigan secondary school level! The award was a weekend at the Amherst commencement, special ceremony, an honorarium, and a certificate paying tribute to his teaching.

At the final faculty meeting of 1996-97, John Garippa; President of the Board of Trustees, thanked the faculty, staff, and administration for an outstanding year, and praised their dedication and hard work.

Dr. Peter Greer, Headmaster, likewise thanked the MKA community for “the smoothest year-ever.” He said farewelland thanks to departing faculty and wished them well in their new endeavors: Sang Mi B atoff ’90, M arie C araglian o, B a rry C en tan n i 7 7 , C h ristop h er C unningham , M avis D ouglas, C arter Fran k , M arita K leissler, P ieter K ooistra, D avid Love, S arah Love, B rian Ludwig, H elen M olina, Sandra N ovak, W illiam O’L eary, B everly O’M ara, P atricia S an toro, Am y Selinger, A nita Stoll, T onia W alker ’92, B rook W h ittem ore, Suzanne Z u rch er. He wished Ju d y O ren t a happy retirement.

He was nominated and presented for the award by his former MKA student, Chad Brown ’93- Branigan has taught history, been a peer leader advisor, and mentor to students since 1988.

Ju d y O ren t from retirementspeech by Cbarlaine Charlton Judy’s ability to work with people, keen organization and management skills, and understanding and ability to relate to the clientele, made her an excellent teacher and a natural for the job of [Math] Department Chair. She excelled at handling complicated problems and worked tirelessly to coordinate the K-12 math­ Judy Orent ematics program....Juggling the roles of mom, teacher, and friend, her wisdom and poise...was a lesson for all, for she has always been the ultimate professional working woman.

• Athletic trainer Richard Bolmarcidljlwas selected ® 'a volunteer athletic trainer at the U.S. Olympic Training Center at Lake Placid,Slew York:• Upper School science teacher Richard Rodin was selected to the SEA Experience Program in Oceanography at Woods Hole. He spent part o f the summer at sea aboard a sailing ship doing oceanographic research.

• MKA was awarded a certificate 'of merit for outstanding proficiency in the American High School Mathemafess Examination.

• The MKA Mock Trial Team won the Essex County Mock Trial Competition, beating arch-rival Montclair H|g]h Scho4|; after two weeks o f competition among 13 public and private Schools in Essex County.

Students served as attorneys, witnesses,¿and jurors while trying the criminal case.

W ithin These Halls and On These Fields • Congratulations to Upper School teacher James Wilson, who was invited to Dallas, Texas, to give a conference about his research on French authors writing about the Spanish Civil War. It was sponsored ■by Borders Bookstore and a group called the Casa de España.

The MKA team was Composed of students Ben Aronson, Tahirah Cooper, Jen Fink, Danielle Gitkin,; Mike Napolitano, David Newman, Mayur Saxena, Atif Siddiqui, Mike Singer, Meena Untawale, and Emily Zackin. They were coached by faculty Spsmber Pieffl Kooistra and attorney Philip EKerg.

Wilson was also the bilingual voice on an audio cassette and helped write the phonetic exercises for the series “Echanges” - an international textbook for teaching French using more phonetic ^ased activities.

Now his voice rings not just at the Upper School, but in schools and universities throughout Canada!

• Middle School faculty member Joan Grevatt was interviewing a little..candidate to enteJfourth gradMif When she asked him why he wanted to come to.

MKA, file said it was because it was m type;,g>f ribbon s c h o o l.®

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Chester E. Finn Jr., educational scholar, professor, and author, gave the spring PAMKA Lecture Series address, “The State of Education in America.” Finn is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, which focuses on K-12 reform issues, and is a fellow at the Hudson Institute. He discussed charter schools, the voucher system, and educational standards in America.

Ju n io r Fen cin g Buildingpn its tradition as a powerhous§:pf fencing, MKA has expanded the fencing program to the Middle School. Jfnder the guidance o f varsity fencing coach J im Powers, 54 students: from the 5th-8th grades signed up f<t§ fencing this spring. After the students showed continued interest and attendance, 40 new sets of uniform and equipment were purchased, the gift of the Parents’ Association (PAMKA).

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The program is held every afternoon for 45 minutes, and most of the participants are 5th and 6th graders.

The hope is that these students will eventually feed into the Upper School fencing teams.

The strong legacy of fencing at MKA has produced national, international, collegiate and even Olympic champions dyer the last two decades. Last year’s girls’ foil team, TP96, won the 12th State Championship for the school. This year sophomore Liza Boutsikaris was the top female fencer in New Jersey and placed 14th nationally.

F irst grader M ice H atfeli proudly told President B ill Clinton she was a student a t The M ontclair K im berley Academ y during a visit to the W hite House.

“L ifetim e”students who attended MKAfro m kindergarten or fir s t grade a n d th eir p a rents were honored by a special breakfast a t H eadm aster Greer’s hom e in fu n e . They are, top to bottom , le ft to right: Steven Raab, foB n Edwards, M axim illian Chitra, Gregory D ecter, fe jfre y Luk, M elissa Schlachter Middle: B rett Colaiac| | | | Robert Streit, Pam ela Saxena, K ate E delstein (front), D ana Tyson (rear), S u n il Ayyagari, A bigail /d z || Front: Renee D elphin, Latha Ballern, Yasm in M ahal, Gene G urkoff K ira E bling

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H ighlights o f 1 9 9 6 -9 7 : G ran d p aren ts’ D ay

B rookside students p lay ed “Bitty B asketball” a n d “Bitty B aseball” after school, com plete w ith uniform s an d trophies fo r everyone. They p layed in age leagues, a n d facu lty m em ber R álph P acifico trained parents to be coaches. “Coach P ” - who devoted an incredible am ount o f tim e to the program s - was referee.

Grandparents a n d specialfrien d s do classroom activities w ith their B rookside hosts.

More than 300 grandparents and “special friends’M visited the Primary School Campus in November for MKA’s first Grandparents’ Day. After time in the classroom for a joint activity and meeting the teacher, everyone attended an assembly. Third graders in Madame Marguet’s classes demonstrated a French lesson, and phys ed. students; under Ralph Pacifico, demonstrated ball control and movement with scarves. At the end, all students Pre-K-3 - sang, and third graders played the historic Kimberley bells.

• Congratulations to Primary School faculty member Ralph Pacifico, who was named Essex County Coach of the Year for his outstanding success with MKA’s varsity baseball team. He did this in addition to coaching “Bitty Basketball” and “Bitty Baseball” after school in the winter and spring. Ralph has been named Director of Intramurals and Children’s Sports Programs.

C ultural E xch an ge Señor and Señora Arizpe of the Escuela Internacional in Mexico brought a group o f 23 students for a visit to MKA in April. The students, who stayed with MKA families, attended Middle School classes, visited museums, and toured famous sights in Manhattan. At an assembly at the end of their visit, the Mexican students narrated the history of their country and demonstrated folk singing and dancing.

“It was a grand day,” says Barbara Rabuse Dolven, Head of Campus for the Primary School, “a happy mix of the enthusiasm .of youth and the joy of the visitors.”

liv in g T h rou gh M odem H istory The exchange visit of Lithuanian student Arnoldas Pranckevicius was enhanced by the visit in April o f his mother, Algiamantha Pranckeviciene, who teach eS| English in Lithuania. She spent a week at MKA and a week at Montclair High Schob»ftffering a unique view of modem history. - She also accompanied MKA’s junior class on their field trip to Washington, D.C.

Señora Iliana Barocio Arizpe is the owner, founder, and director of the private school in Mexico City. In June, 21 students and three faculty members from MKA made an exchange visit to Escuela Internacional. They, too, stayed with host families to better observe the culture of another country.

Mrs. Pranckeviciene discussed her personal experiences of her country’s move to independence, its culture and its place in modem Eastern Europe. She began to teach at a time when the Communist governments viewed English with great suspicion, and her husband® a victim of Stalin’s purges, was sent to a Siberian gulag.

The visit was the inspiration of MKA parent Frank Lawatsch, who serves as Vice President of the Montclair Board of Education, and who had hosted Arnoldas as an exchange student. Dr. Robert Sinner coordinated the visit.

Señor a n d Señora A rizpe

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Commencement Awards

RUDOLPH H. DEETJEN AWARD for athletics and academic achievement A bigail Love B lair D ore

ETHEL M. SPURR AWARD for cooperation, responsibility, service andilitizenship Elizabeth B ram b illa Je ffre y Luk

BUD MEKEEL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP for a worthy senior Je n n ife r Fink

MARJORIE WINFIELD EASTER AWARD for sportsmanship, self-discipline and fjehind-the-scenes service Je n n ife r P latt

THE ROBERT C. HEMMETER MEMORIAL AWARD for intellectual curiosity, love of b w k s and sports, and enthusiasm for living E llen S tem

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD for positive action which shows unselfish concern for the larger community beyond scho'o'l' • D evasena V allabhaneni

Cum L au d e 1 9 9 7 : Front: Dr. Charles A. (C hip) R ead Jr., 1 9 7 6 M KA cum laude graduate, pulm onary specialist a t Georgetown University M edical School, an d speaker a t this y ea r’s cerem ony; Jejfrey Luk, D avid Reichstein, Em ily O ’D ell, M eena Untawale. Second row, seated: D an iel Brindley, Justin Sarm a, Lauren Ferstandig, Gene G u rkoff Standing first row: Jen n ifer Brown, Jen n ifer F ink, A m anda Dickey, E llen Stem . Top row: A bigail Love, B lair D ore, D avid Gurtman, D evasena V allabhaneni

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Awards Night THE BARRAS PRIZE IN ENGLISH Abigail Love MODERN LANGUAGE PRIZE H FRENCH Ellen Stem MODERN LANGUAGE PRIZE IN SPANISH Jennifer Fink THE NAZARLAN MATHEMATICS PRIZE Justin Sarnia THE WILLIAM H. MILLER SCIENCE PRIZE Jeffrey Luk THE G.A. DOWNSBROUGH SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP Abigail Love THE MARGARET JENKINS OSBORNE SCIENCE PRIZE Gigi Paralkar ’98 Parag Butala ’98 THE HISTORY PRIZE Ellen Stem Blair Dore THE JOHN RABUSE HISTORY AWARD Michael Napolitano ’98 FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS PRIZES Music-Vocal: David Reichstein Communications: George Saj Dance: Jen n ifer Brown THE MARILYN FADEN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THEATRE ARTS Acting: Elizabeth Brambilla

THE ELIZABETH O’NEIL FEAGLEY CREATIVITY AWARD Kirstin Knowles ’98

THE DARTMOUTH CLUB BOOK AWARD Richard O’Brien ’98

THE MAESTRO THOMAS MICHALAK INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AWARD Jennifer Platt

THE YALE SECONDARY SCHOOL BOOK AWARD Parag Butala ’98

THE JAMES D. TIMMONS SCHOLARSHIP Dana Tyson

THE MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE BOOK AWARD Emily Zackin ’98

HEADMASTER’S AWARD Renee Delphin David Reichstein Jonathan Zweifler

THE SMITH COLLEGE CLUB BOOK AWARD Lauren Moses ’98

KLEIN AWARDS FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ATHLETICS AND SCHOLARSHIP GRADE 12: Dana Tyson Brett Colaiacovo GRADE 11:

Rachel Roth Matthew Bucciero

GRADE 10: '

Liza Boutsikaris Alan Davson

GRADE 9:

Danielle Greer Kevin Koenig

THE RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEDAL Richard O’Brien ’98 THE MONTCLAIR SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS AWARD Renee Delphin FACULTY SCHOLAR AWARDS GRADE 11: Parag Butala Richard O’Brien Kate Scelsa GRADE 10:

Allegra Love Bridget Love David Newman Mayur Saxena

GRADE 9:

Aaron Feigenbaum Tzipporah Kertesz Anna Labowsky

HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT PRIZE Marie Corris THE FRANK “PONCHO” BROGANB’2 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Lauren Moses ’98 RED AND BLACK SOCIETY Alena W eller ’98 Michael Napolitano ’98

Faculty m em bers C hristine an d P eter Ebling, in caps a n d gowns, a n d their M K A fam ily, L to R: Peter, an incom ing freshm an, graduate K ira ’9 7 , an d M atthew ’9 5.

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1997 PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS SEMIFINALIST Abigail Love

1996-97 COUGAR ATHLETIC AWARDS AND HONORS SPRING 1 9 9 7

CHC=Colonial Hills CcmferencÄJ NUSsNeS I f lsey Independent Schools

21 -9 •NJSIAA North Jersey State Champions CHC Champions Ledger QaSffli of the Year Ralph Pacifico BASEBALL

WINTER 1 9 9 6 -9 7 BOYS’ BASKKTBAI.I.KM7 Brett (M B B I ovo ’97 Tri-Captain, @o-MVP, 2nd Team Colonial Div.^p^C^»; Alex Tarshis ’97 Tri-Captain, ®§-MVP, 2nd Team Colonial Div., Cl 1C Jeremy Traster ’97 T^^Sptain, HM Colonial Div., CHC GIRLS’ BASKETBALL AKggail Love Dana Tyson Dài^M unoz Rachel Roth Div., Ci IC :

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VOLLEYBALL 9-6 A|||e Huang

Michael Thwaite

Jay Tobia Severin Wirz

Robyn Pmzansky

SKI RACING Davi®. Gurtman Emily Winsett Neil. Grabowskv WRESTLING 1-10 ^ e n e S irk o ff Michael Halchak David Lutz

SOFTBALL 17-10 Br&oke Travis

’97 Star Ledger 1st Team All-County, 1st Team CHC£ 1st Team NJSIAA All-Parochial, 2nd Team NJSIAA All-Groups Dana Tyson ’97 2nd Team CHC. ;.

Vanessa Carmona 1 ^ Star Ledger 2nd Team All-County, 1st Team CHC : Patricia Chin-Sweeney ’99 MIP Josi Hausman ’99 ErieàpSerock ’99 ¡Slftijp tain ■ ■ Coach’s Award Ariana Lamb M l MIP Kate Wolf

Co-Captain Co-Captain MIP Co;iBj||Award

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NJSIAA Prep B Division Championship NJSIAA Parochial B Championship ’97 Captain, Coach’s Award mm MVP, NJSIAA Parochial B All-S Team AU-CH§|§ ’98 MIP E p NJSIAA Parochial B All-Star, Is All-CHC

GOLF 12-3 Blair Dore Claudio K a w S d

, -’97 Co-Captain, Outstanding Leadership Award '97 Co-Captain, Outstanding Leadership Award

BOYS’ FENCING 2-8 Jeffrey Luk Benjamin !’•isluszny * tSeverin Wirz üíjffiHBranson

GIRLS’ FENCING Keri K nov^ ^ M Kate É f p a H Liza B o tit»aris

Kenneth Thorson

gM j| bfain, NJISAA All-Prep, All-Star Team '97 MVP, NJISAA All-Prep., All-Star Team NJISAA All-Prep HM '9| MIP

Elizabeth Lieb Judith Phruksaraj Ldaei ri Paralkar SWIMMING 7-1 Marie Corris

Leon Shade

13-9 •97 Co-Captain, HM Colonial Div., CHC ’97 BgSSpjptain, HM Colonial Div., C H (B HM Colonial Div., CHC '98 ^ H S J ’s: Award, 2nd Team Colonial

ICE HOCKEY 1-22 Jake McKee Adam Wartski Edwards Hayes Kyle Torjussen

’97 Captain, MVP, CHC 1st Team Pitcher ’98 CHC 1st Team Pitcher ’98 Coach’s Award, CH§jj2nd Team Infielder ’98 Star Ledger 2nd Team OF All-Essex County, CHC 2nd Team Outfielder ’98 Star-Ledger 1st Team Outfielder AllEssex County, CHC 1st Team Pitcher

Brett Colaiacovo Matthew Bucciero Michael Halchak

Chad Dinzes David Kreizer

Captain ’97 Ilgptain, Coach’s Award '00 MIP ’00 NJSIAA Freshman/Soph.

Tójimament - 2nd, Sabre ’oo NJSIAA Freshman/Soph.

T ou rnâm es- 1st, Foil '00 NJSIAA Freshman/Soph.

Tournament - 3rd, Epee

GIRLS’ LACROSSE 4-12 j& sley Berry Tracey Klank Abigail Love Yasmin Mahal Devasena Vallabhaneni Amy Filippone Niamh Hughes Allegra Love Bridget Love

Captain h '98 /Captain '99 MVP; nJ I i AA Tournament -ffig fb il NJSIAA State Tournament S||L NJ State Champion U nder^^H 14th nationwide, Junior Olympics MIP

BOYS’ LACROSSE Jayme Calirano .

Steven Raab

S lSA A B Division Championship 99 • ’97 Tri-ffiptain ’97 Tri-Captain, MVP',- NJILL Rizk

David Steinfeld Michael Thwaife .

Jonathan Zweifler Craig Fleishman

’97 Rizk Division 2nd Team ’97 MIP

’97 Tri-Captain ’97 ’97 ’97 ’99 ’99 ’99 ’99

MVP, HM Stars Division CHC Tri-Captain Tri-Captain Spirit Award C b aate Award MIP 1st Team Stars Division CHC 2nd Team Stars Division CHC

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BOYS’ TENNIS $ 4 1 Reujlgn Atlas Michael Napolitano Philip Mazo Joshua RamoJaGg

’97 g§|Sg!ptam 'M EraigBptain, MIP ’99 MVP '97 Raptain .

'98 Çciach’s Award, 2nd PlaceMhO lb.

NJISAA,CHC Honorable Mention '99 MIP

mm Tri-Captain

HM NJILL Rizk Division

’97 Captain ö l| i Captain '9 9 MIP 1| | jpaptain, Coach’s Award

TRACK & FIELD (Club) Gene Gurkoff ’97 Tri-Captain Elizabeth Lieb w m Tri-Captain Danielle Singer ’97 Tri-Captain Alan Davson V . M Bgsach’s Award aS m MVP Danielle Greer '00 MIP Anna Labowski

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Thanksgiving Day Game: Going fo r Six in a Row Not since 1926 has MA/MKA maintained such a sustained dominance over the Minutemen. The 1996 game at Newark was a thriller, with the @©ugars rebounding from a 19-to-0 deficit at halftime to win in overtime. Many of litdijfaith left at halftime, only to miss one of the greatest comebacks in the: history of the rivalry.

This year Coach Ralph Pplifico’s team is favored to win, but Newark will no doubt come to Montclair charged up and determined to steal a game. The Cougars’ 1995 victory at MKA attracted ||huge crowd, which the Star Ledger estimated at 2,000 people. The number may have been inflated a bit, but the crowd was huge and loud. Come this year to make the crowd even louder and bigger.

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HE GAME is Thanksgiving Day at Van Brunt Field (10:30 a.m.) and this year MKA seeks to maintain its winning streak over arch-rival Newark Academy. It will be the 78th meeting between the two schools in football. The first contest was in 1899, as far as alumni records indicate.

Did you play in or cheer at the game? Bring your sons and daughters and show them an old-time football rivalry that belongs to you.

Meet MKA’s New D irector o f Athletics “MKA’s athletic program is in the best shape of any I’ve ever encountered,” says Dr. Mark Boyea, who took over the helm of MKA athletics in July. “I’m grateful to Sandy Lonsinger for leaving a program with such a splendid foundation and terrific staffing. He’s been wonderful with- all the time and help he’s given m e.”

Boyea, who was a college basketball c||kch for 10 years, will coach MKA girls’ basketball. He intends to use his position as Athletic Director for staff development, leadership, ethics, and public relations “to create a set o® on d itio& toljerve the coachfesiso they can best facilitate performances!®

Arriving at MKA from his position as Commissioner of the Washington, D.C. Catholic Athletic Conference, Boyea brings expertise in sports leadership and coaching development. He hopes to create the best program of its kind in the country, a program involving “the bestpractices in sports science and basic foundation in ethics.”

He thinks of himself as a steward of MKA’s athletic tradition. Alumni and parents are welcome - wantedto be a part o f the program, and Boyea says, “I will always listen.”

“You can be successful competitively without compromising values,” he says with an infectious smile, noting that MKA’s academic program in leadership and ethics is “a huge reason” why he came to the school.

“It’s part of the school’s entire culture.”

Observing that MKA’s coaching staff is “the equivalent of some small co lle g e s* Boyea will try to inspire the coaches to long-term orientation. For his doctoral thesis on “The Foundations of Sport Leadership” at the University of Maryland, Boyea studied 2,000 coaches.

He found that those with long-term, high-level success had one shared principle: they had® commitment to playing at mhigh level of excellence day after day, and their winning was a result. The mark of greatness is to play at the level of potential; winning, like good Character, is a by-product of good actions.

“W hat I teach - i f used properly - w ill help our student-athletes perform in any aspect o f their lives, 2 0 -3 0 years from now.

Dr. Mark Boyea, Director o f Athletics*

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Jo y and Insight: A thletic H all o f Fam e II

1 9 9 7 A thletic H all o f Fam e Inductees:P hilip D onlin ’5 4 (football); Shada Demjen Overton ’44, representing her fath er, W aldem ar L. D eetjen ’12 (all-arou nd athlete); K im berly Charlton ’9 0 (fencing); R obert C erfolio ’80 (baseball)) ¡If

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heir sports were different and thejjp competed during different eras, but th|§four athletes inducted into the 1997 MKA Athletic Hall o f Fame in May had several things in cornmonMn extraordinary lev®* of achievement, commitment to excellence, ffimility, and gratitude for the support of family and coaches.

The doctor continued, “Sports fosters another important concept — that is, that the gifts bestowed upon us within pur bodies are finite.-..I suggest to each one of you strongly, that you use them wisely,” i The Awards Luncheon on Saturday was enhanced by the participation of presenters selected by the inductees. Faculty member George Hrab again was a superb master of ceremonies at the luncheon. He was also presenter to his former student Rob Cerfolio.

Former coach Tom Boutsikaris presented the award to Kim Charlton. Jeanmarie and Matthew Donlin gave moving speeches in giving the award to their father, Phil Donlin. Rudy Schlobohm ’74 gave a touching speech about the Academy and his great-uncle Waldemar Deetjen T2, whose daughter, Shada Deetjen Overton ’44, responded.

They shared their thoughts with students and faculty at an assembly on Friday. Philip Donlin ’5%spoke about the lessons gleaned from a lifetime spent in coaching ^ ‘adversity is a challengepdefeat is an attitude”). Kim Charltongii, who was introduced by her Cougar coach Ellen Iverson, told «¡»hit the frustrations and challenges of collegiate fencing while fighting the university for team funding.

Rob gerfolio' ’803now a cardiothoracic surgeon, drew p a ra lle l between athletics and medicine.

More than excellence in athleti<Mwas celebrated at the Athletic Hall of Fame. In the words of Ro|®erfolio, “Thisylchool helped nurture the fundamental building blocks that make a person successful: character, honesty, perseverance, diligence, self-confidence, and... a competitive spirit.”

“I believe ath lg§f|l| like any other discipline feuch as ’ music or' art or a d ^ m ic H allows one to dedicate himself to a goal,” he said. “It blends the body with the mindt M i c h e s us that ’hard work leads tc|f% victory’...and it nu rture^Blf-confidence. I believe that self-confidence 11 theraornerstone of success, because it allows bite’s mind to help control one’aem otions. ' In sports and in surgery it allows'one to perform fine and gross ¿motor skills under pressuM ” ’

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From the Alumni Association F ro m th e P resid en t he Alumni Association had a productive and enjoyable year. Homecoming, Career Day, “A Night With the Devils,” and our Winetasting at the beautiful Van Vleck House and Gardens received great support from alumni, the MKA community, family and friends.

Throughout the year, Alumni Council members are privileged to work on both the Distinguished Alumni and the Founders’ Cup (teaching excellence) awards committees. The enthusiasm for these awards from students, parents, teachers, administrators, and alumni is tremendous. We are confident that our selections are a genuine reflection of the consensus of the MKA family.

Dr. G reer presents his g ift to departing seniors - a laundry bag w ith the class photo, ■

Upper School English teacher Karen Newman was awarded the Founders’ Cup at the year’s final faculty meeting in June [see story in Notes Around MKA]. We hope that you will attend Homecoming on Saturday, October 18, when we will present the Distinguished Alumni Award to Peter Funk ’39 at the luncheon.

S en ior B reak fast: Y o u r A lm a M ater N eeds Y ou The MKA Alumni Association welcomed the Class of 1997 with an ad in their yearbòok and the Senior Breakfast in April. Peter McMullen ’77, President, explained the role of alumni in the life of the sci Utah —.

On behalf of the Council, I would like to thank and extend our gratitude to departing student representative Jeff Gurtman (off to Cornell) and to Jay Hanus ’68 (who served two years); Sara Close Crowther ’76 (six years);-and Rudy Schlobohm ’74 (seven years) for their service to the Alumni Association.

Alumni Director Christie Austin, Assistant Director of External Affairs Peter Perretti ’72, and Ginger Kriegel, Director of Career Services, explained their link with alumni and described the services their offices provide.

Continuing a much-anticipated tradition, Headmaster Peter Greer presented his gift to departing seniors, a laundry bag with the class photo.

Finally, the Alumni Association was pleased to make a gift to MKA for faculty compensation endowment, in appreciation for what has been given us in the past and to support the future, PeterS. McMullen ’77, President C areer D ay Alumni returned to school in March to share their advice and expertise with Upper School students at MKA’s annual Career Day. Their discussions ranged from the practical (looking for summer jobs) to the philosophical (quality of life i their profession).

Susan B acot ’84 G regory Jack so n ’72 Paul Jo sep h so n ’83 Jen n ifer Jo n es Ladda ’84 V ictor Lupi ’8 4 P eter McMullen ’T7-' M elissa C ohn P ap rin ’78 P eter P erretti ’72 Ruth P erretti ’79 D ennis R odano ’87 M atthew Rodano ’89 L arry R osen ’84 Alec Schw artz ’88 Anita Sims-Stokes ’79 M ichael Y am ashita ’67

Video P roduction C om m unications Law Law Engineering Sports A dm inistration E n trep ren eu rsh ip Education Fash ion and M arketing Banking T ranslation M edicine C om m unications “U ndecided” Photography

1 9 9 7 C areer D ay speakers. Standing L to R: M atthew Rodano ’89, Susan B acot 8 4 , Gregory Jackson ’7 2, D ennis Rodano 8 7 , M ichael Yamashita ’67, Jen n ifer Jon es Ladda 8 4 , P eter Perretti 7 2 , Larry Rosen 8 4 , Victor L u pi 8 4 , Ruth Perretti 7 9 , P aulJosephson 83.F ron t: A nita Sim s-Stokes 7 9 , A lec Schw artz 8 8 , an d Sabino Rodano 8 7 , Career D ay Chairm an. M issing from p h oto: M elissa Cohn Paprin 7 8 an d P eter M cM ullen 7 7 :

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The Van Vleck H ouse a n d Gardens p rov id ed the setting fo r an elegant social event.

N eal D ay; P eter M cM ullen 7 7 , A lum ni Association President; an d M artha B onsai D ay 7 4 .

W in etastin g U n d er th e W isteria The gardens were in full bloom and the evening was balmy at the third alumni winetasting event, held at the beautiful Van Vleck House and Gardens in May. Hosted by the Alumni Association, the social this year was enhanced by a raffle and trendy cigars.

More than a hundred alumni, faculty, and friends sampled wines and enjoyed music by faculty member Rich Reiter. Next year’s social is already booked for May 9, 1998.

Susan C ole Furlong 7 8 an d Joseph Alessi ’68, Chairm en o f th e A lum ni C ouncil W inetasting Comm ittee.

Andy B lair 7 8 an d E ric P ai Asp

P at Shean WorthinctormfiM a n d Lisa A u fden 7 6

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1997 Distinguished Alumni Award

P eter V. K. Funk ’39

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he Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Association is pleased and honored to present the 1997 Distinguished Alumni Award to Peter V. K. Funk ’39, one of the world’s great lexical semanticists.

publishers. He founded Faith Today, “one of the few truly religious ecumenical magazines. Some of the leading writers in the world wrote for us.” They later merged with what is now Harper/Collins. When - with a large family of seven children - he decided he needed a more stable income, Peter worked on Wall StreetPnd wrote at 4:00 in the morning and “on trains, planes, evenings and weekends.”

Peter is known internationally for his “Word Power” column in the Reader’s Digest. He has spread the joy of words to millions o f people; one editor calculated that since 1962, 10 billion pairs of eyes have read his feature.

Peter has also written nine books (novels, autobiography, vocabulary development books), a TV movie, and six vocabulary audiocassettes. He has invented educational toys and designed software programs.

He began writing “It Pays to Increase Your Word Power” in 1962. Peter and his wife, Mary, are also responsible for the Russian and Canadian editions, and formerly the Japanese version. They also co-authored a book and an au d iotap ^ S

“My background is saturated with words,” Peter says.

“I must have had a dictionary for a pillow.”

Peter’s novel MySixLovesbecame a Paramount Pictures’ film starring Debbie Reynolds and Cliff Robertsor# “It’s a perennial on TV,” he notes. An offbeat autobiography, High Spirits, captured their family experience on a farm “when none of us knew anything about farming.’^H e co-wrote Guidebookfo r theNewChristian.

The grandfather who founded Funk & Wagnalls published trade and reference books and originated various encyclopedias. The dictionary published in the 1880s gave scientific words their due for the first time, says Peter, and the LiteraryDigest, the first news magazine, became the prototype of all those to follow.

Peter’s father, a poet and lexicographer, had “a life-long excitement about words,” pioneered vocabulary­ building techniques, and often used his children as), j “Saturday morning guinea pigs for his vocabulary tests.”

Along the way, Peter has run marathons and is ab’o ul to becom e ordained as an Episcopal priest. He and Mary who celebrate their 55th anniversary this year - have seven married children and 16 grandchildren.

He gives a last thought: “Though Montclair Amdemy was a small school somehow existing in the midst of the devastating economic depression of this1930s, it gave me an amazingly rich education with high standards. The Academy prepared me for not only a demanding college curriculum but also a demanding career. How gratifying to see MKA continuing this superlative tradition)”®

Peter attended Montclair Academy from first grade through 12th, learning under the “inimitable” Mr. Monson, Mr. Miller, and William Avery Barras. He graduated from Princeton in 'absentia, after joining the U.S. Marine Corps during the early stages of World War II. His Princeton senior thesis (he was a biology major) involved a medical research project, which he later learned led to an important medication used for burn victims.

- ChristieAustin, based on letterfrom PeterFunk

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Class Notes Editor s N ote W e use one “official” yearly mailing to obtain news, which appears in the FALL M KA Review.

SPRIN G magazine Class Notes are taken from reunion, holiday, and phonathon news, newspaper clippings, the flap on the Annual Giving remittance envelope, and the “Grapevine” on the inside back cover.

Although the items might seem “old,” we have found that people.l'ove to read news whenever.

The time lapse is unavoidable,® the processing o f Class Notes from secretary to Alumni Office# to classmates to secretary to Alumni Office to designer to printer covers a 14- to 16-week period! Please remember that you can send a note to your class secretary or to the Alumni Office anytime. W e keep ongoing files for each class.

T o those o f you without a . 1i'vsecfeta,ty, how would you like to yplunteer? T h llo b has been simplified to the point that you will nroba ro SPf find it most enjoyable! The position o f alumni class secretary, like that o f class agent and reunion chairman, is absolutely essential to the, . vitality o f the school.

Please consider it.

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22 MA Our condolences to the family o f Robertson D. Ward. “Bob” Ward attended MA from seventh through 12th grade, and received a war memorial scholarship to Princeton, from which he graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. He was a partner in J.H . Whitney &

Co., one o f the first venture capital firms. (One ¡early venture was to bankroll “Gone W ith the W in d .jl Bob lived in Short Hills and devoted much time tdfiommunity service: he was chairman o f the Board o f Overlook Hospital, 9 trustee o f St. Barnabas Hospital, and treasurer o f the New York Histori®! Society.

Long in touch w i g his alma mater, just last year Bob provided recollections o f life at MA in the Twenties for the Review and an Upper School display.

2 4 ---------------------------------------TKS Our condolenclsjto the family o f Marian Shultz. Molly lived her entire life in the family home, Evergreens, on Claremont and North Mountain avenues in Montclair, which she bequeathed to the Montclair Historical Society.

The 21-room mansion was,built by her grandfather in 1896 and remains representative o f turn-of-the-Tcentury architecture and furnishings.

An article in the M ontclair Tim es noted that Molly was involved in community affairs and in the family business long before that was common for women. SfSspent 30 years as an officer and president o f Shultz & Co., and was among the foundefsipf the Whitney Museum o f Art in New York:*'®’

26 TKS Many thanks to Julia Hawkins Miller for her tour as class secretary, which resulted in many interesting columns. In her “farewell” note, Julia wrote, “Miss Waring and Miss Jordan remain very clear to my memory...and other names such as Miss Gallie, Miss Flannery, Miss Gates. And Williams and Dillard.”

She writes that her sister, Elizabeth Hawkins

Wilson ’23, is “in great shape” at 92 and lives in Brunswick, Maine. She takes Bowdoin students in to board.

MA Homer W h itm ore’s 90th birthday was noted in columns o f two newspapers in Rochester, N.Y. One called him “the youngest-looking 90-year-old we’ve encountered” and said he hosted his party for some 200 people with much grace and flair. One column even noted that he graduated from Montclair Academy in New Jersey, and mentioned his distinguished wartime career.

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2 8 --------------------------------------TKS Our condolences to the family o f Barbara Newell Bowen. Barbara - who served as class secretary for many years - was an active volunteer in Inurch and community. She volunteered for 39 years at Community Hospital in Montclair.

MA Joseph W ard Doremus wrote to congratulate his brother Henry Doremus ’33 and Fred Stickel ’33 for their continuing close friendship and similar life goals.

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Honoring the Master “T ed H olm es is the only creative w riting teacher I ever h a d m smwas q u alified to team MB ¡B a tive w riting an d h e was a very exciting teacher. ” Stephen King Congratulations to Academy alumnus Edward M . Holmes ’29, who received the ultimate teaching compliment: a scholarship fund named for him at the U n iversit® f Maine. The fund was endowed in his h o n o 9 by legendary novelist Stephen King: Edward Holmes taught English at the University o f Maine from 1956-1917, and as Emeritus Professor,®|S lecturer in the Honors Program until 1995. One newspaper called him “literary grandfather to a whole generation o f Maine writers. ” One o f those writers was Stephen King, of whom Ted sayslp'He was a good craftsman when he started. He giylls me a great deal of credit for helping him, but, I mean, it wasn’t difficult. And he wrote and wrote and wrote.”

Holmes’ own writing includes a novel, three eollectio® of'short stories, two w o rjl of literary criticism, and years o f magazine articles. He wasn’t published until after he was 40. The Bangor D aily N ews noted, “As with many who grew up during the Great Depression, Holmes had to defer his pursuits o f writing.”

Ted recalls that he always had an interest in narrative writing, and that back in the 1920s as editor’&f Montclair Academy’s On Bounds magazine (tide from the days as a military school), he caused ’’stormy” aSkisternation when he changed it from news to a literary magazine. Ted was also managing editor o f the 1929 Ye Yearbooke. He majored in English at Dartmouth and later earned a Ph.D. at Brown University.

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TKS M rs. P atricia Laurence Cone 83 Beverly Rd., Upper M ontclair N J 07043 It has been interesting to hear from people after a long time!

Lillian W right Huntley sent greetings to classmates, and some recollections: “I remember in third grade a heated argument J.C . Van W ie and I had while we were playing house with our Teddy bears about whether or not our Miss Carroll was the most beautiful teacher in the world....

“I suspect one reason I did well in Kimberley was because I lived less than a block from Miss Gallie, Miss Kinsman, Mr. and Mrs. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Studdiford, and Miss Flannery. Consequendy I had a holy terror of being caught out after the 5 o’clock study hour.. ..When we were about 15 ffpne o f us would sneak o ff to the drug store at recess to buy candy. That was put ah end to shordy.

“May Day was something we all looked forward to. Kimberley was a great school and I ’m sure it still isHHj Dorothy M insch Hudson reported a current trip to Turkey, “one o f the most fascinating countries I ’ve ever visited. The scenery was beautiful, people friendly.” She also cruised the coastline in a “goulet.” P atricia MA M r. C. Irving P orter B ox 2 7 5 0 Q uaker R d., Unity M E 04988 Harold Demarest just completed 10 years as a “Score” volunteer business counselor with the Small Business Administration in NYC. His specialty is international trade. Harold remains active in private business as well.

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Eileen Halligan Forman said she wallowed in nostalgia when she read W ithin These H alls and sent it to various members o f her family. She says, “There are two things that I do that make sense at our stage o f the game: study something and volunteer for something.

Exercise and bridge are good too, and more important, keeping in touch with a stilllgrowing and far-flung family who are surprisingly interested in their roots.”

Jesse Taylor Drew, now moved to Alexandria, V a B ia s a fantastic computer on which she is writing her memoirs for her “grands,” who have never heard o f the milkman or the lamplighter.

Zaida Jones Dillon and her husband have moved from Beaufort, S.C. to San Diego, Calif., to be near their daughter in “a villa with a view™ She advises, “Move sooner, not later.”

Adele Halsey Bell is enchanted wjfh her dachshund and still plays some golf. She summers in Little Compton, R.I. Anne Hodgson M cBrair remains busy with her church work despite some health problems.

She has 13 grandchildren; “some are stepgrands but they are like my own.” She wrote, “I admire your efforts and time for our alma mater.”

Our condolences to Barbara Donaldson Stout on the death o f her husband last year.

Eleanor Vreeland M cKnight writes that her grands and great-grangjs keep her young.

Nancy H olton Bartow’s daughter gave her a surprise birthday party. Friends came from all over and presented her with a memorable album. She still travels to faraway places with her Winterthur group. N ikki

“It is not often at our age that we meet people we wish we had known since the beginning.” : Iren e B urbank F rell 3 1 , host o f an M KA reception in Florida, in a letter to H eadm aster P eter G reer

MA D r. Jam es A. Rogers P. O. Box 5 18, N orm andy B each N J 0 8 739

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David Stanley writes, “Helen and I have a busy retired/recreational life, but spend :a^f fair amount o f time going to doctors. Who doesn’t at our age? I do volunteer work for Hospice o f Northern Virginia.”

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TK S Mrs. W illard D ixon (Betty O ’G orm an) 8 K ip s Ridge, M ontclair N J 0 7 042 Bob and Jean Berry Bush enjoyed a Mediterranean cruise on the Seabourn in the fall o f ’96. Bob has sold his houSgin Dallas and is happy to be back in Montclair where he grew up. They spent the month o f March in Naples, Fla., where they saw Arch and Terry Bull Sterling and Lib Gracy Kenny, who was nearby enjoying visits from her family.

Barbara Spadone Haviland writes o f her Naples vacation in February where she had visits from son Peter and daughter Barbara who adore it. She enjoyed the company o f Arch and Terry Sterling as usual but says, “I veryBuch regret not reaching Dell Halsey Bell ’31, sister o f my best friend Kay Halsey Hutson, now deceased. There was a picture o f Dell at the Headmaster’s Alumni Reception hosted by ' Albert and Irene Burbank Frell ’31 in Naples this winter.

“I also missed Jack and “Izzy” Schroeder. All their children attended TICS or MA with all o f ours. I hear they are well and playing lots of golf there in Naples. I hereby send them my love.

“Moving to Quogue, L.I. after Ralph died in 1990 has proved to be a good plan,” writes Margery Atwater Crane. “It is very lively even after summer people go home and my family likes to get together here where they used to vacation as kids. M y house is small but has six bedrooms. Come see me! I’m right across the street from the cemetery; sign says Quoguemire.”

Sandy (Augusta) Sanborn Goennel tells of volunteer work at the Darien Book Aid Plan, headquartered in the Darien Library.

Applications are taken, orders filed, and books packed and sent to countries such as Namibia and Zimbabwe, 76 in all, and to prisons in the United States as well. This fills a need for books in English were there are few or none.

Our condolences to the family o f Elizabeth Yallalee Dominick, whose obituary was spotted in the New York Times|||s Bill and I [Betty O ’Gorman Dixon] made a spring trip to California and Oregon to visit family members and to welcome a new great­ grandchild. He is the sixth Willard Dixon, each with a different middle name, in as many generations over the past 150 years in the Dixon family. A very special “photo op” for the four first sons present. Time marches on!

Betty MA Our condolences to the family o f W alter J. Sperling Jr. Walter served as president o f the Medical Board at Mountainside Hospital and as a Trustee o f the Montclair Academy Foundation:' He also was president o f the Montclair Academy Alumni Association. His six children all attended the Academy or Kimberley: W alter J. Sperling III ’67, Jean Sperling Catherwood ’68, John ’7.2, Douglas ’73, David ’75, Louise ’79. Walter was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Welcome to Our Newest Alumni The Class of 1997

Al-Amin, N aim ah .................................................... RutgersUniversity Chung, Leo ............... Stevens Institute o f Technology Colaiacovo, Brett ....................................Tufts University Aron, N i n a ............................................................Columbia University Atlas, R e u b e n ............................................................. VassarCollege Corris, Marie ........... Fairleigh Dickinson University Awerdick, M e g a n ....................................................Barnard College Decter, G reg o ry ......................... University o f Vermont

Irving, M a r k ...............................Georgetown University

Sidman, L isa ....................

Lustbader, L a u re n .................................................... Lehigh University

Jacobs, Dana .............Stevens Institute o f Technology

Lutz, A d a m ............................E. Stroudsburg University

Kasule, Ja m illa h .................................Rutgers University Kawecki, Claudio ........................University o f Miami

Ayyagari, Sunil ....................................Skidmore College

Dellechiaie, Lauren .................................Smith College Kelly, Devon ........................... University o f San Diego Aziz, Y a s e e n .............................................................. RutgersUniversity Delphin, R e n e e ..............................................................YaleUniversity Klank, T r a c e y ..................University o f Massachusetts Ballem, L a t h a ............................................................RutgersUniversity Dickey, A m a n d a .......................Georgetown University Barlekamp> J e ffr e y ................................................... Boston College Dore, Blair ............................................. Amherst College Bellapianta, Christopher Ebling, Kira .............. Hobart W illiam -Smith College ........................................ Hobart W illiam -Smith College Bequillard, Alfredo ..................University o f Michigan

*Edelstein, Kate ................................... Lafayette College

Krishana, Puja ................................... Rutgers University Leichtner, A ly s o n ....................... Pepperdine University Lieb, E liz a b e th .....................................Bowdoin College Love, A b ig ail.................................... Princeton University

Edwards, John ................................... Lehigh University Luk, J e f f r e y ...........................................Amherst College Berry, L e s le y ............... Hobart W illiam -Smith College Felice, J o s e p h .................................New York University Bhandari, B h a v n a ...............................................Wesleyan University Ferstandig, L a u re n .........................................Middlebury College Bollettino, Vjolca ..............................Boston University Fink, Je n n ife r......................University o f Pennsylvania Brambilla, Elizabeth

........................ Skidmore College

Brindley, D a n ie l.......................W heaton College (111.)

Chaykin, A lexan d er................University o f Vermont

Nelson, Geraldine . . . .Rennselaer Polytech Institute Ness, E r i n .................................M iam i University, Ohio

.......... University o f Arizona ,. .University o f Wisconsin

O ’Dell, Emily ......................................Brown University

Sweetwood, J u l i e ..........

Tarshis, Alex ..................

Taylor, J a m i e ..................

Petrolle, L a u r a ................................................................ YaleUniversity Taylor, Keri J o i .............

Phruksaraj, Judith . . .George Washington University Tennessee, H o l l y ..........

Platt, Jennifer .................................Connecticut College Thwaite, M ic h a e l..........

Posluszny, B e n ja m in .......................................Hampshire College Traster, Jerem y ...............

Gurkoff, Gene .......................Northwestern University

Ragnauth, F a le e n a ....................... Seton Hall University

Vallabhaneni, Devasena

Reichstein, David .................................Amherst College

Wartski, Adam .............

Ring, Alexis ............................................. Barnard College Saj, G e o rg e ....................................... Bucknell University

W insett, E m ily ...............

Yamner, Lisa ..................

Sarma, Justin

Zweifler, Jonathan . . .

Holz, B r ia n ............................................................. Lafayette College Huang, Alice ............................University o f Michigan

Chitra, M a x im illian .................................................Elmira College Irie, H aruko-Jeanette...........British Degree Program

.......... ................... Penn State ............... Brown University .......... University o f Florida

Goberman, Karen . .Marymount Manhattan College

Herlihy, Jason ....................................Colgate University

. . .University o f Michigan . . .University o f Michigan

Marron, A lexandra.................................................Barnard College Stern, E l l e n ....................

McKee, Jacob ...................................... Lehigh University Streit, Robert ...............

Raab, S te v e n ...........................................................Lafayette College Travis, B r o o k e ...............

Racioppo, J u l i e .................................................HampshireCollege Tyson, D a n a ..................

Raeburn, Sacha ....................................Simmons College Untawale, Meena

Brown, Je n n ife r ........................................................... Tufts University Gurtman, David ............................Middlebury College Brummell, A le a ......................................................Spelman College *Gurtm an, Je ffre y .................................................... CornellUniversity Califano, Jayme ....................................Lafayette College Cerino, N ic h o la s ......................... Seton Hall University

Mahal, Yasmin ......................... Washington University

Singer, D an ielle.............

Steinfeld, D a v i d ..........

.................................. Dartmouth College

Saxena, P a m e la ............................ University o f Chicago Schlachter, Melissa .......................Muhlenberg College

* Alumni children

,. .University o f Wisconsin .............Howard Univeristy .................. Drexel University .............Middlebury College .University o f Pennsylvania ............... Lehigh University . .University o f Richmond .......... Columbia University Jo h n s Hopkins University ................Boston University ......................... Bates College .............Middlebury College . .Northwestern University

35 — TKS M rs. Stew art Carpenter (Josephine Fobes) 4 L aS alle R oad, U pper M ontclair N J 0 7043 Our condolences to the family o f Helen Strong Oechler.

MA M r. Jo h n G raham 7 5 R iver R anch D rive, B an dera T X 7 8003 Welcomeipo new class secretary John Graham, who wrote from Texas, “At our age, everyone’s main interest seems to he ' grandchildren.” He has four, two boys and two girls, ranging from one in third year o f law school to an eighth grader. B o h n no;tes|“‘Not many can boast o f an affiliation with both Kimberley and MA, as I can: I went to il?

Kimberley for ffflt and second grades (192224). M uch later I was at the Academy from ||30-35.'”

Our condolences to the family o f Philip R. Warner.

Eddy Palmer is still practicing medicine, “fo rk in g too hard, too long,” But he writes, “As M r. Monson would have said, ’You want me to cry?”’ H e wonders, after 62 years) who pulled Mr. Head’s chair up to the top o f the flagpole?

36 TKS M rs. W. K en t Schm id (Josephine M urray) 9 B randon Lane, Bishops Cove M y w biC T 0 6 3 5 5 Headmaster Peter Greer, D ir e c t« o f External Affairs Judy Polonofsky, and Alumni Director Christie Austin visited Olive Cawley W atson at her lovely home in Greenwich in June, to thank her for her very gen ero Sg ift to MKA. [See article and photo in the front o f the magazine.]

She was animated in f e r recollections of’ Kimberley and her lifelong class friendshipsjBi MA M r. W. K en t Schm id 9 B randon Lane, BishopjjC ove M yjm C T 0 6 3 5 5

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loves her retirement home in Needham, near V ;S.q'h Bill and his family.

Ruth wrifes that she plays a lot o f golf and had her first holfijin-one - what a thrill! She has joined several art museums and goes on trips with them, and was looking forward to the Rodin-Mhghelangelo exhibit in Philadelphia in June. S i e continues to be® five in environmental groups, fighting to keep their lakes unpolluted. She also took a macrobiotic cooking course and reports it is too difficult to pursue but the food is very good.

In April Ruth Duff Eager finished 12 consecutive years as president o f the Auxiliary o f Mountainside Hospital - 16 years total as president and 34 years asHvolunteer. The Auxiliary gave her a party in April. She had received the Florence F. Schumann Award in December for her volunteer service; Virginia Kracke Leavitt and Teppy Holton Sjolander were among the standing-room only crowd.

Ruthie certainly earned this honor with her work and devotion to Mountainside.

Teppy is pleased with her progress after hip Surgery in 1996. She reported walking three miles a day with the new hip and was working hard to increase sfidurance. She is planning to move, perhaps within the year, to Kendal, a retirement community in Pennsylvania where her sister, Nancy Holton Bartow ’31., now lives. She says the decisions on what to take, what to live without, are difficult. Teppy has a new great-grandson, Ryan, who has had two successful operations on a heart defect and will have a third when he is two. She reports he is very cute!

Teppy also visited Ellen Drewes Studdiford in Montclair. Ellen was our science, biology, and chemistry teacher at Kimberley. She is now 92 and frail in health, but her mind is as sharp as ever.

I spoke with Betty Roberts Williams in Virginia Beach, Va. She wishes classmates would come by and see her, especially in spring which is so beautiful there. Her son Mark and his wife live in the house with her, but she says she has plenty o f room. She was looking forward to going to Vermont in July to see family members and old friends.

Janet Gaylord Newsome writes from Kingston, Canada, that they are both well and planning to travel.

A cheery note from Jean Hamlin Noyes in Plano, Texas, says all’s well with her.

Curt and Margaret Richards Chapman stayed in New Hampshire this winter. They enjoy and are well cared-for in their condominium community there.

Jane Rinck does all kinds o f community and church work in Vermont. She says they merged five Episcopal churches in 1996. Jans|j| also gardens, writes, explores with her Welsh Corgi, Al, and works at the violin.

Betsy Townsend McFadden writes from Bethesda, Md., that this has been a stay-athome, do-nothing year, although she does do lots o f interesting things around Washington, including delivering Meals-on-Wheels two or threMtimes a month. Betsy is happy that her daughter Diana lives nearby and they do things. together. Son Peter teaches English in Mexico and daughter Pam and her family live in North Carolina. Betsy occasionally p M h e r brother,

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Lewis Townsend ’41 and his wife in D .C. Bill [William Young ’28] and I [Peggy Klotz Young] continue to enjoy life at the Village at Duxbury. In fact, we like it so much that I became president o f the Residents’ Association in May. We.plan to invite the residents to a picnic at our house in Manomet in August, a repeat o f a successful day last year.

W e also look forward to seeing Bill?|( sister, Sally Young Shertzer, her husband and daughters there. Sally and Leonard come north from Alabama where Sally plays a lot o f golf and bridge. They had a wonderful trip to Italy last fall. Peggy

The Visit “I visited my old friend in Montclair, Ellen Drewes Studdiford - who taught us science, biology, and chemistry at Kimberley. At 92, she is housebound, having broken both hips and two ribs at various times; she also has macular degeneration which makes reading difficult. Two helpers live with her - one, a young teacher. Ellen may be frail in health but her mind is as sharp as ever.

She has a wonderful sense o f humor.

“In reminiscing about her early days at Kimberley, she recalled all the rented rooms she had lived in - the locations, number o f rooms, etc. At various times she had lived with Mile. Pons, the Lower School French teacher. She even remembered things about me I had forgotten. Truly, her memory is better than mine.

“Someone comes regularly to read to her and fellow Unitarians bring her flowers. But she noted there are not many o f her friends living. I wish I lived nearer so that I could see her more. Ellen is one o f the many reasons I am glad I went to Kimberley.

“I was amused at her telling about Miss Waring [Kimberley School founder and first headmistress]. W hen Ellen was first married, she and her husband had an apartment in New York. Miss Waring wanted to know if it got enough sun and various other things about its location.

She finally persuaded Ellen to move back to Montclair because other teachers in the past were often late commuting from New York! In those days, Ellen said, you did what Miss Waring told you to.”

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MA Our condolences to the family o f Granger Bierwith.

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position o f director o f the church school at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Newtown Square, Pa. Maty oversaw nearly 400 children and youth and served on several committees and programs. “This by no means says this «-y e a rold will sit back in her reading chair and vegetate.” She is involved in two soup kitchens in Philadelphia, tutors5fi|iildren in a homeless mission to get them ready for kindergarten, and will audit Bible study courses this fall!

MA Ken Cosgrove is still working part time; “still married to the same girl. All five sons are married and productive o f children and dollars.”

“I wish I could tell Mr. Barras how much he meant to my future life.”

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TKS Jo y O ’Neil Banta is still working with Mexican migrants and loving it. She writes that she enjoys reading family news (Hayden O ’Neil ’46, Anne Feagley W ittels ’45, Sheila Feagley James ’fS§) in the M KA RevieuK MA M r. C.R. Lyle I I 168 M ountain Rd., P. O. Box 3 9 4 Ja fjrey Center N H 0 3 4 5 2 -0 3 9 4 ' Onlyggfew writers this year. Chuck M cGinley writes from Tucson: “Thanks to the intervention o f my dear wife Teresita, I am pleased to report that I successfully underwent a quintuple heart bypass surgery last August, and have now resumed my old routine o f daily walks, gardening, reading, visiting old friends from foreign-service days, while keeping in touch with my three daughters and their families.”

Chuck and Teresita will celebrate their 43rd anniversary in December.

Peter Funk has a year to go for ordination in the Episcopal church. He is the eldest o f his group - “a father-figure, they call me, which is fun.” He is assigned to a small multicultural church as pastoral assistant. Peter is still doing the U .S., Canadian, and Russian editions o f ’Word Power.’ “Mary and I work together.

She’s become a lexical semanticist p a r excellence.

A novel churning around in my mind. Hope to get some work done on it this summer.”

From Ted Van Burén: “Jean and I still dividing our time between North and South eight months here and four in Greenwich^>ft» ’condominiumized’ at both. Children and grandchildren scattered, but find it’s relatively easy to entice them to visit Florida during the winter.” They are doing some traveling; China, South Africa, Italy. “The golf course gets longer and more difficult íá M year, but am still trying.”

Ted sent a notice o f the death o f Elwood Carter, after a long bout with Parkinson’s.

Our condolences to his family.

Bruce Swenson and his wife, Nancy Tiernan Swenson ’42, had the pleasure o f attending a presentation in Dallas by the head o f Sothebys,

Dede Dwyer Brooks, who is the daughter o f old friend M artin Dwyer.

A1 Pels and I are neighbors about 20 minutes away, and we and our wives get together to dine out every so often. Both families were in the Caribbean this “spring.”

A1 and Betty get in a good bit o f land mileage, what with children and grandchildren in New Jersey and in two different New England states.

The Lyles get to save on gasoline; our son and family are in Keene, just a few miles away.

This class doesn’t know what retirement means. It seems that all o f us are as busy as ever. In my case, it’s preparations for Art Walk, a week-long event in Keene where those who paint or sculpt exhibit in store windows and [are] present as school classes come around to talk with the artists. Have a good year! B u d

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TKS Mrs. A lfred D . W illiam s (Joan Bayne) 1 0 Foxglove Court, Yarm outh M E 0 4 0 9 6 In January I spent a day with Helen Keenan Thatcher at her “showcase” condo in Sarasota.

No wonder she is happy there! It is in a golfing complex and our lunch at the club was constandy interrupted by friends stopping by to visit or make plans. Her paintings and miniatures are lovely and she also transcribes music as a volunteer.

Emily Meeker Cunningham wrote in February as she was recovering frompneumonia.

Her daughter Elizabeth has two children and writes novels. Daughter Ruth belongs to a group “The Anonymous 4 ,” which performs medieval music. I wish I had known they were here in Portland twice. This spring they were in Australia. Emmy’s son.© newly married. He raises blueberries in Maine, which brings Ray and Emmy here in the summer.

Frances Johnson Ames came to Maine on her National Trust tour and we went together to Squirrel Island. She planned a trip to Northern Italy with Helen Jones Gordon ’42. Last year she canceled her Bryn Mawr trip because o f the illness o f her grandson, but her Christmas card photo shows him thriving.

Jack and Jean Downes Fisher have sold their house in Brevand, N .C ., but are living in Hilton Head. Visiting children and grands in Louisville, Scottsdale and Seattle keeps them on the move.

Last summer I saw Kay M ay Condit Degman ’39 and Betty Perry Gleason acthe lake in Maine. The summer camp we went to in the 1930s and 40s had its 90th anniversary. I keep saying it was my 90th reunion S l o t quite but getting closer.

Several people wrote about the news o f Brent Girdler’s (’44) death. His sister Jean Girdler Grinnell was able to see him in San Francisco where her daughter and family are also.

Bobbie Kluge Deming is back on the East Coast in Simsbury, Conn., near family and friends after the death o f her husband.

Jo W att Clark has completed a three-year heirloom-grade quilt. It is one o f a 15-year quilting project she considers an enjoyable hobby. Her husband also produces heirloom,

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professional-quality products with his woodworking skills. Their only unmarried son is betrothed to “a petite young lady - a combination lawyer, harpist, and F.B .I. agent.”

The whole clan sounds multi-talented.

Nancy Taylor Craw teaches gardening at the Brielle town park to 42 schoolchildren ten months a year. She spends some fall time at Basin Harbor, Lake Champlain, Vt., and winter time in Ponte Vedra, Fla. Alice Greey M ann works as program administrator for Wimberly House Ministries in Waynesboro, Ga. This is a community center with programs to help meet diverse needs within the community “in an interfaith, multi-racial context. I t f i slowly coming alive and has the potential to be o f great benefit in this rural Georgia town.” Alice’s first great­ grandchild was born in February - a little girl. ' She sends fond greetings to classmates.

Anne Cochran Beeler is in Italy, but I highly recommend The Cuckoo s Nest, written by her daughter, Suzanne Freeman. It is a young adult book which has been purchased for reprint in paperback and is under consideration for a literary award. Baynie

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TKS Mrs. Jam es F . C. H yde Jr . (E n id Griswold) 5 4 0 2 D u vall D rive, Bethesda M D 2 0 8 1 6 Our condolences to Nancy Williams Brundage on the death o f her husband, Howard.

MA M r. D avid B aird Jr. 9 Parkw ay, M ontclair N J 0 7 042 In November D ick Sanborn navigated a 44foot ketch sailing vessel over 3,000 miles across the Atlantic, from Cadiz, Spain, to Tenerife in the Canary Islands o ff Africa to Antigua in the W est Indies! He writes, Seriously thinking o f calling it quits with this type o f activity:!!,,C Charles Holmes announced his first grandchild, Miles Tremaine Bräutigam, born in February to daughter Elizabeth.

Howard Dodd writpjMOn the way to Florida in April, Dale and I stopped to see Dotty and Howard Parker. As you recall, Howard - to whom we dedicated our yearbook - was at our 50th reunion. He taught English aj: the Academy for over three years, until 19’4'1 when he was called into active duty in the ' National Guard as a lie u te n a n t He never left the service and retired as a colonel. He and Dotty look great and are sharp and as interesting as ever. I think that Howard is the oldest surviving MA teacher.”

“Then we drove to Vero Beach and had lunch with Betty and D ick Carrie and Joy and Jim Prescott. It was interesting that the three offiTiepresented what is known as ’the Little Three’ o f colleges: Amherst (Dick), Williams (Howard), and Wesleyan (Jim)!”

M elbourne, F la., A p ril 1 9 9 7 : H ow ard D odd ’41 (left) stopped to see his A cadem y facu lty m em ber H ow ard P arker a n d his wife, Dotty. The Class o f 1941 dedicated th eir yearbook to P arker an d he attended their 5 0 th reunion in 1991.

55th REUNION O C TO BER 18 Reunion co-chairm en: M r. a n d Mrs. Joh n F. Kelsey Jr . (E lsie Luddecke) 8 2 W est Road, Short H ills N J 0 7 078 TKS Mrs. Robinson V. Sm ith (Joan Trim ble) 1 6 M arshall Terrace, W ayland M A 01778 Grace Aldrich Andersen took her two youngest granddaughters to the Galapagos Islands last summer. In February her four granddaughters, daughter, son and daughter-inlaw joined her in Switzerland to ski - although Grace says she was unable to ski as she needs a new hip.

Joan Trim ble Sm ith has been on the road painting, in Maine;; Tuscany, Italy; and Cayman Brae. She and Rob teach a course at Bendey College called “The Visual Arts Today” and she does field trips for other professors.

MA M r. R ichard L. Charlesworth 121 Cherry B rook Rd., Weston M A 02193 Hope and Jim Ritchie have moved into a new house in a lovely location overlooking Santa Fe. New to the southwest, however, are Claire and Sandy Brown who have relocated to Scottsdale. They intend to spend summers in New England.

Our condolences to Fred Calder on the death o f his wife, Mary.

New homeowners in Vero Beach are Dan Emerson and David and Anne Reppert Lewis ’43, who have joined Sam Hall in that popular Florida location. Jim Prescott and I [Richard Charlesworth] were also in Vero for an extended vacation. Reunion potential? D ick

Mary Batt Taylor reports a new grandson, born in'June 1996 to son Kenneth and his wife, Patricia. She and Arnett celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in January.

Congratulations!

Sheila Feagley James is now living in San Francisco. She received her master’s degree in education from the U. o f Hawaii in August 1996, and is, once again a museum docent (her eighth museum) at the San Francisco Museum o f Modern Art. Gloria Carnrick Ewing lives in North Ft. Myers, Fla., where she plays tennis four times a week and golf once. Her son and family live in South Ft. Myers and her brother in Naples.

Letitia Robinson Failor lives in Port Orange, Fla. W e send our condolences to her on the death o f her husband, Bob, in March. He leaves six children and six grandchildren.

I [Lucile Mason] as a volunteer organized and managed a successfid capital campaign to raise $90,000 for the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens o f Montclair, to build a two-story carriage house. I also taught a serilplof five lectures about the fundamentals o f fundraising at the tv; Adult School o f Montclair this spring. Lu cile MA M r. R ichard R Angus 3 8 H inchm an Avenue, D enville N J 0 7 8 3 4 Ted O lcott wrote that his daughter Nancy and her husband, in their 40s, had twins last year, a boy and a girl, Matthew and Millie.

They live in California. Ted and Marion, his second wife, now have 11 grandchildren between them. He has just completed his second “retirement” - this time as councilman in Summit after nine years, the last as president. “Now at 71, I’m going to really retirppne writes. ' Ted sent the news o f the death o f Pat Blake Hill, Percival Hill’s wife. Our condolences.

Condolences too, to the family o f Richard R. Fuller.

44 MA M r. W in terfordJ. O hland 4 A h ler’s Lane, Blairstow n N J 0 7 8 2 5 Our condolences to the family o f Samuel Brent Girdler. Brent, a graduate o f Yale’s School o f Engineering, established the Solano Steel Co. and later the Solano Rail Car Co. in OrovillewSSlif. He restored, owned, and operated historic private railroad cars, including the “Minneapolisfflslub” from the old Empire Builder streamline train and the Napa Wine Train. He also restored antique Rolls Royce and was chief judge and a national director , o f the Rolls Royce Owners’ Club. Brent was also active in other preservation efforts, in the Orovnleipity Council, and in the Masonic Lodge.

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Peter Blakney, husband o f Mary Burton Blakney, replied for Mary who had a stroke a few years ago. Although writing and talking are difficult, her comprehension is great. “W e are both involved in The Heard Museum, Mary on the Board o f Trustees....We play duplicate bridge once a month, go to the symphony every other week and out to dinner almost every night.” They have crossed the country three times in their trailer. One son lives in Virginia, one in Massachusetts, and one near them in Phoenix.

Ann Gerhauser Buchbinder says, “Bob and I finally realized a dream to go to Moorea and Tahiti, and our dream didn’t let us down. Am finally setding into life in Arizona.” .

Her son Miguel and wife live in Connecticut.

John and Kathryn Teaze Clark went to the MKA reception in Naples, Fla. last winter.

“Didn’t know anyone, but enjoyed meeting the Headmaster. Our chidren are all doing really well, as are our grandchildren. After being ’dog-less’ for a year, I can’t stand it much longer, so will look for a couple small ones this summer.”

Eric and Anne Reighley Ferguson divide the winter between Connecticut and Florida.

“Can’t be away from the grandchildren too long. Our kids love Nantucket so we all congregate there in August.”

Roger and Rudd Trimble Kenvin had a wonderful trip across the Pacific to Australia on the Q E2. Other travel plans have been waylaid while Roger undergoes disc treatment.

They hoped to get to New Hampshire this summer.

Florence Lamborn Peters and Landon are still in Princeton but now in a condominium, which they “have not regretted one minute.”

He has retired and she is learning to say no to volunteer work. They spend time at their house on Martha’s Vineyard and have children and grandchildren in both places. They often see Kimberley connections Lorna Peters Garron ’53, Ruth Ransom Wilson ’51, and her sister Pat Lamborn Kolbe ’44.

Josie Murphy Rayermann is still involved in the garden club, activities which include talks and field trips in addition to active weeding.

She and Ed spend time in their house in Sedona, Ariz., and see the Kenvins frequently. Son Patrick and family are in D .C .; son Richard and family in Texas.

Pat Driver Shuttleworth reports the upheavals o f having her mother, now 94, enter a nursing home and subsequent work fixing up her large old house for rental. “Ted is otherwise busy as a village trustee and treasurer o f the local wildlife refuge. I am busy with the Historical Society, church, and garden club, and am on the library board. Our quaint little library will celebrate its centennial this summer.

Daughter Daphne is still in D .C ., son Teddy splits time between Florida and Quogue, and son. Wes and wife are in Ridgefield, Conn.

Sister Daphne Driver McGill ’52 and husband Bob, who live in Williamstown, Mass., spent the winter in San Francisco and Sonoma.”

Procter and Leigh Berrien Smith still enjoy Martha’s Vineyard. She wishes more 45ers would be in touch. Leigh is an unfailing S p o tte r” o f articles about MKA alumni in the Boston papers.

Included in the get-in-touch category are

Nancy Nevins D ’Anjou, who always sends holiday greetings; Cynthia Carswell Blair; Mike Van Winkle Morehouse; Nancy Brown Prachar, now living in Hemiston, Ore.; Jeanne Talbot Sawutz; Barbara Bumsted Shand, who expects to travel abroad; and Jane Bamford Taylor, who is still living at Pines Lake.

Wittels family news is: last summer’s trip in northern waters and Iceland, where the sun set at 11:30 p.m. was marvelous! W e spent Thanksgiving in San Francisco with our daughter, my sister Sheila Feagley James ’43 and David, and one o f their sons. In June Jerry and I will attend the Ojai Music Festival; in July I have a solo exhibit o f large-format photographs. Our children are fine; our grandson a delight!

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Our condolences to Constance Ritchie DuHamel on the death o f her husband, Notley.

Connie will move to their home in Little Compton, R.I. Our condolences also to the family of Marilyn Magnus Larner. Marilyn, who came to the 50th reunion last year with her husband Chester, had a lifelong interest in education.

Her last position was as teaching fellow coordinator at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

architecture there. Janet and Dick both served on the Executive Board o f the Baltimore Film Forum, “a worthy local institution that lately expired among the thousand points o f cultural bankruptcy, The rest o f the news will wait for reunion, beginning Friday evening, October l H W e hope to see you a ll there!

MA Reunion co-chairm en: M r. Joseph H am m ond 2 9 5 N orth Road, K innelon N J 0 7 405 M r. A lan Kessler 15 Rockledge Road, M ontclair N J 0 7042 Robert E. Doubleday writes that his wife had a liver transplant in 1996. “I urge everyone to sign an organ donor card.”

Chase Troxell writes that he’s been able to contain his passion for downtown law and has moved the family to the Cape for more relaxed year-round living, with only a day or V; two a week in N YC to remind him what he’s missing there.

Eugene Miltenberger will be out o f the country and miss reunion. M ilt has five grandchildren: one boy, four girls.

W e’ll see the rest o f you at reunion on October 17 and 18!

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TKS M rs. Stanley M iller (Frances Lane) 3 6 7 8 SW 2 7 th A ve., D elray B each FL 3 3 4 4 5 Janet Mason is semi-retired, working three days a week as contributing editor o f L ife M agazine. As a volunteer, Janet helped with the successfiil capital campaign for the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens’ carriage house.

MA D r. P eter B. Law rence 4 8 0 2 C arnage PL, W ilson N C 2 7 8 9 6

MA M r. R ichard H . D avis 3 5 M ill Glen Rd„ Upper Saddle R iver N J 07458

Our condolences to the family o f Rodney Edward Leach.

Richard Macksey sent along alumni (see ’47 class notes) and family news. In a long letter to the Alumni Office, he wrote that “the major publishing event o f the year was the appearance o f Virginia Hamilton Adair’s (’2 9jp first book o f poems, Ants on the M elon, noting that he had put it in an exhibit o f 100 years o f authors’ first books he did for the Johns Hopkins University Library.

Dick divides teaching time at Johns Hopkins between the School o f Medicine and Arts & Sciences. He is involved in curricular revisions to include basic humanistic issues (medical ethics, cultural anthropology, etc.) with basic science courses. He is editing a series for the Cambridge U. Press called “Literature, Culture, Theory”; 20 volumes so far, five in production. His wife continues to publish French translations; their son Alan recently married. In May they were o ff to Italy, where Dick was to teach a five-week course in the Alps.

50th REUNION O C TO BER 18 TKS Reunion co-chairm en: Mrs. D avid H annegan (Louise Rudd) 3 4 M onadnock D rive, W estford M A 0 1 8 8 6 M iss Jo an Cook 3 8 C andlew ood Road, Box 401 Ipsw ich M A 0 1 938 Cynthia Youngman Adams, Katherine W att Cangelosi, Joan Cook, and Barbara Nash Hanson will be a class agent team for our reunion gift.

Janet Heller has been writing about architecture and cultural politics, “with several^ lively pieces in the B altim ore Sun,” according to Richard Macksey ’48. She recendy made a tour o f the new Eastern Europe to review

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“Several years ago I was delighted to see that Latin had made its way back into the MKA curriculum. For my generation it is hard to separate the experience o f that language from our encounter with Mr. Monson, who was for those o f us fortunate enough to have known him surely the model o f a great teacher. He taught us the rewards o f struggling with texts, but he taught a great deal more: he gave us some sense o f an alien culture that had shaped our own; he showed us that language - our own as well as a foreign one - mattered more than we ever suspected; he instantly saw through our evasions and pretensions^' used wit instead o f a cane, and still cared enough to make us care.

“As the yearbooks used to say: Forsan et haec olim m em inisse iuvabit. ” R ichard M acksey ’4 8 Professor, John s H opkins University

49 TKS “Our ’hopscotching’ history has opened many doors to new experiences and friends,” writes Nancy Eavenson Copp, now back home in Indiana. She reports, “Big-time golf, European trips and six granddaughters (two o f them twins), and a grandson on the w a y .S MA Our condolences to the family o f Roger A. Hansen.

Chase and Clark McKercher Simms are happily semi-retired in the Berkshire/Taconic hills. He tutors nearby, and works with “very able” Royal Thai Scholars to help them improve English skills. He is also working on a first novel.

50 --------------------------- — TKS Dick and Audrey Maass Lewis have become.Florida residents (Naples), and spend their summers in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, since their three children and five grands live there.

Dick “lobsters” 35 traps with a son-in-law,, s® . they eat a lot o f fresh lobster. This summer Dick and Audrey were going to Ireland to play golf; he in a pro-am tournament, she, in a “spouse’s” tournament.

MA M r. Rudolph D eepen Jr .

1 N orthgate Road, RD 2, M endham N J 0 7 945 Our condolences to Frederick Magnus on the death o f his sister, Marilyn Magnus Larner ’46.

Cliff and Mary-Anne Treene Evans are happy to report that Pam, husband Dennis, and three boys have returned from Barcelona and are now in Vancouver, Wash. S f u n to have them back in the same time z o n S ’ Stuart

is national sales manager for LA Fox T V and his wife ,Monica is a news reporter; “Needless to say we stay abreast o f all sporting events and newiv” They have two sons and a daughter. Leisa and Rick are in northern California in real estate development. They have the oldest and youngest grandkids. Eric, 11, was to join the Evans in June in New England and attend the wedding reception o f C liff s nephew Eric, son o f C.Y. M ann Treene '54.

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TKS M rs. L loyd M arentette ( G ail Robertson) 4 7 6 L akelan d A ve:, Grosse P ointe M I 4 8 2 3 0 Our omdolene.es to Nancy Ehrhardt W hite on the death o f her husband, Pat. They were married just two years ago.

From the Alumni Office: W e are sorry that Fay would like to “pass on the pen” but thank h.er for faithful, delightful columns over the years. Please let Fay or theJpffice know if you would like to volunteer as Class Secretary.

MA M r. Ernest F. K eer I I I 4 5 9 Club D rive, P. O. Box 1030 Bay H ead N J 08M ^k“, .

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9 4 6 8 N o. Florence Rd., Pittsburgh PA 15237A

R olan d E m etaz ’5 0, M ary-Anne Treene EvansfmO, an d C liff Evans 5 0 m eet after 4 7 years, the result o f a chance tour to M t.

St. Helens.

The W riting on the W all While touring the visitor center at M ount St. HelengpWashington, C liff and Mary Anne Treene Evans ’50 noticed a graphic attributed to U SDA Forest Service representative Roland V. Emetaz.

They “figured that there could not be more than one around, so we asked the Forest Ranger in charge i f he knew where he could be located® The ranger said Emetaz had retired B i t that he was located in Vancouver, Washington, and gave the Evans his phone number.

“W e called the number and asked the person answering to think back 47 years jsince our last contact and could he be the guy that sat next to me in study hall snacking on carrots and celery long before it became popular....He admitted it was he: ' W e set a date to meet for coffee the next morning. He said he would be easy mb spot - he still had a crewcut. He was right. He was at Starbuck’s when we arrived, 1950 Octopus in hand. W e had a Baost enjoyable meeting trying to cover those -i 75§ftars.”

Roland had worked summers at Gifford Pinchot National Forest (home o f Mount St. Helens) while attending PentjBtate, and after required military service, was attached to Gifford Pinchot. He was the spokesman for the Forest Service in the aftermath o f the eruption and was quoted in the media often, thus his name on the Visitor Center wall.

Our only news is our adorable grandMbg Maggie. Ned and I did have a funjlurprise visit from W ain Koch Maass in Nantucket last fall. W ain and Bill bought a place in Florida and are enjoying retirement. Fay

Fay T aft Fawcett writes, “I was delighted to hear Babs Pendleton Donnell has agreed to be our Class Agent and we all know she will do a fine job. W ho wants to be the next Class Secretary, because I am resigning? All one has to do is write news o f the class once a year. The Alumni Office even mails your letters.”

The Donnells have a new grandchild, Liam James, born to son Calvin in March. Jim Donnell is retiring in September.

Gail Tom ec Kerr’s daughter, Susie, filled me in on her family’s activities. Susie lives in Hoboken and commutes to midtown Manhattan where she is a portfolio associate specializing in healthcare stocks. Gail was in Florida when I called, visiting her mother.

I wish I had a mother in Florida. Gail and Dave’s son Rob ’83.1s getting married in October in Connecticut. Rob and his fiancee live in Seattle. David Jr. ’77, who lives in Short Hills, runs the family business with Dave.

His children are now 5 and 7.

The senior KerSrecently visited Bob and Jane Redfield Forsberg in Massachusetts, along with Ray ’49 and Carol Burton Biggs.

Carol and Ray were visiting the east coast from their home in <§alifornia.

Nancy Booth Kelly travels often buying for their store in Nassau where her three sons also work. She had a brief visit with Skipper Gilbert Moran in Baltimore. Gail reminded me that Skipper’s husband Clark was in the Kerrs’ wedding, way back when.

I called Jane Redfield Forsberg, my longtime ice skating partner at the Montclair G olf Club, to tell her I now roller blade. The phone went dead. (Gail had more to say on that subject; she said I|e would S i c me when I became a vegetable.) Jane has a new grandchild, David Andrews, born in February, the third child o f son Bob and his wife, LaurieHThe others are Abigail, 3, and Peter, 1 1/2. Daughter Kristen and Mark have a daughter Allison, also 1 1/2.

Mrs. Redfield lives-jin a retirement village near Jane.

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TKS Margaret Olds Richards brought M KA upto-date “in anticipation o f our 50th reunion in 200 3 .” After 14 years’ service in the CooperHewitt Museum Library, she married Ben ■ Richards in 1991, where he finished his career with Exxon as assistant counsel general. They moved back to the Northeast in 1996, to their “country house” in Darien - ten minutes from Ben’s gster’s, twenty minutes from his sailboat. and her son Alex Luchar’s family in Rowayton.

Alex, the first o f her four sons to marry, has two sons and another child expected. Margaret writes®the role o f ’grammie’ suits me just fine.” Ben has two daughters and two granddaughters, balancing the genders.

MA Cherry and Art Ramee have moved to Singapore. He is V P o f M V E [Minnesota Valley Engineering], for whom he has worked for ten years. He says it’s a great place to live and they plan lots o f travel in Asia.

Peter Cockshaw sold their house o f 24 years and moved to W est Chester, Pa. He continues as president and C EO o f Communications Counselors, Inc. Philip Fradkin writes, “After threatening to visit me for a number o f years, our class president Dave Connolly finally made it out here. I initiated Dave into various California rites, including hugging a redwood tree. For those o f you who don’t believe it, I have the photo to prove itM|® Robert Weinmann was recently featured in a new book, W hen D octors Jo in Unions, by Grace Budrys, Cornell University Press, 1997. Bob’s union for doctors is singled t t t as the most successful in the country. He has appeared with Charles Osgood on “The Osgood File” (CBS Radio News), and is regularly featured in the news about reforms in medicine.

Our condolences to the family o f George M. Cohen. George was a senior partner in the law firm Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, with a specialty in international transactions and the financial activities o f foreign banks in the U.S. He worked in Brussels and Paris for six years.

A speaker and writer on banking and securities issues, George was included in N ew York M agazine s 1995 list o f the 100 Best Lawyers in New York. He was active in Scarsdale community service, particularly the United Way. George is survived by his wife, Susan, and four children.

54 --------------------------------------TKS M iss Georgia Carrington 3 8 Silver Spring Lane, R idgefield C T 0 6 8 7 7 It was good to catch up with Jean Olmstead WItherington, who has recently become addicted to genealogical research. She says, “Through the Internet I have found distant cousins o f my husband’s and also mine. I even found an ancestor on the Mayflower.” Maybe someone will get all o f us back to Adam and Eve so we can just call everyone “cousin.”

Janet Cook Phillips sent quite an update.

Daughter Janet ’85 was married in 1995 and she and her husband are in Bahrain with a baby boy, as o f December 1996. Charles ’81 and his wife (also a 1995 wedding) are in Summit. In 1996 the youngest son, Doug, was married in Texas and the couple live and work in Dallas. The eldest son, John Jr. ’78, and his wife and two children have just moved to Montclair (and the children are entering MKA in the fall!), so the Phillips have two out o f four living nearby. John has retired and he and Janet plan to travel more and improve their golf scores.

Speaking o f traveling, Lynn Towner Dodd has had some fantastic trips, from nearby Connecticut to visit children, to the West Coast, to St. Thomas, and to Kenya on photographic safari! She even went on a balloon ride over the plains at dawn. When Lynn first joined the group in London, she met Kerwin Kipp Mayers, known as Kerry, Kimberley Class o f 1960!

A surprise phone call from Adrianne Onderdonk Dudden came the news that Alexis is engaged! Adrienne remains extremely busy and successful as a freelance graphic artist, and she and Arthur travel as much as possible.

They had a gathering in the fall o f ’96 to celebrate 135 years!

Maree Callahan Currey continues to work for a travel agency and uses as many o f the perks for which she can find time. Daughter Lynne is now living in Manhattan, and Kathy and family are still in Virginia.

Last summer I headed to France for a day at the French Open and many days o f Paris by foot. In Toulouse Lee W ood Audhuy met us and joined us for a wonderful five days hiking in the Pyrenees. O n from there to Provence for a week o f vigorous biking with a group; yes it IS hilly!,iBack for a few days with Lee who is on half-sabbatical trying to finish up all that research and paper writing once and for all!

As for me, I have retired. Can’t wait to “do my own thing,” whether it is to play more racquet sports or work on more houses for Habitat or work on trails with the Sierra Club or count seals in the Antarctic...or just read!

G eorgia

55 TKS M rs. Susie Forstm ann Kealy 2 3 2 E. W alton Place, A pt 2E , Chicago IL 60611

The biggest news is that Diana W hittaker became Mrs. John Peabody and they are happily living in a new house in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

Cecily W ilson Lyle spends winter ihpnths in France to see friends and family - daughter’s family and two grandchildren. She was joined

by Bruce and Nancy Joyce Buckley.

Diana Donlin M ell is based in Kiawah, S.C. She returns to Montclair to visit her mother every few months. She also visits three sons and a grandchild.

T o n i Hetherington Lovejoy is in Mesa, Ariz.

She and her husband visit their six grandchildren, scattered in different states.

Carol Cloke Wildhaber is also enjoying a new grandson and being newly retired.

Carol Hanschka Traenkle writes from the Boston area that her husband retires this year and she’s playing tennis, golf, singing, skiing, and “grandparenting.”

The family o f Leigh Eberstadt Brenza had a busy year with son Lundley’s marriage. As Jim has retired, they have enjoyed trips up the Mississippi, to the Greek Islands; and Berlin.

Another offspring is in med.school, one in the third year at Boston U., and the last is raising a family and working on Wall Street.

I, Susie Forstmann Kealy, have enjoyed a long trip through six countries o f South America and now plan to stay home awhile and get back to my painting. M y daughter works at Tiffanys in N YC and my son is a chef at the Hyatt in Chicago.

The class seems to be in a happily retired state! Susie

56 TK S Mrs. Laurther O. Sm ith (Linda Lovell) 3 0 W ater Crest D rive, D oylestown PA 18901 One o f the benefits o f having a successful class reunion is the increased response for the alumni news.

Molla Kaplan Reisbaum really enjoyed her first reunion in 40 years. Son Michael and his wife Vicki were expecting their first child in May, elevating Molla to grandma status. Her daughter, Emily, is a N YC attorney, living in Brooklyn with her husband Scott, a writer.

Molla’s son Jonathan is also living and working in the area. In addition to her Pretty Papers stationery business, Molla has now launched into a real estate career with Coldwell Banker.

Carol Barnard Ottenberg has been on the go as a field interviewer on a national health survey for U .S. Public Health systems in the northeast. She and Simon visited some Swiss relatives in Europe where Mme. D ’Auria’s French training proved very valuable for keeping the conversation going.

Janie Goodwillie Swann had a big move since reunion from her “dark trailer” classroom to a huge classroom in the Epstein School’s new Middle School. Recovering from the move, Janie spent a week with friends in an adobe in the historic section o f Santa Fe. She continues to work for Wells on the Alumnae Award Committee. Son Jody lives in Adanta, renovates houses, and has a lighting

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landscape business called “Southern Lights.”

Eliza, a recent graduate from Cornell Law School, plans to complete the Mass. Bar Exam and begin a clerkship in Wilmington.

While dividing her time between Sanibel, Fla., and Newbury, Mass., Gillian Brisbane Ingram had her daughter Hillary and husband, Lamar, and grandson Taylor living in the guest wing o f their Sanibel home. Gill included a picture o f Taylor, his happy mom, and beaming grandmother. Gill spent a month with her mother in Roseland en route north.

She Is/working on a presentation for the national Audubon Society to promote the restoration o f the Everglades. She sees Sarita Van Vleck occasionally and they “share memories o f Carrie and news o f the family^’ Phil Pratt (Carrie’s husband) recendy visited Gill and appreciated seeing the reunion pictures o f the dedication o f the bench in the Van Vlecks’ garden.

Sally Bever Zwiebach still enjoys teaching English and theater at Glen Cove H .S., although she’s discontinued directing activities.

In addition to writing a book during a year’s sabbatical, Burt and Sally have been visiting Florida, London, and Orvieto, Italy. Both sons, Mike and Peter, were included in the Italian visit. Peter, a recent Duke Law grad with honors, works in N YC for a labor law firm, and Mike, an Amherst honors grad, is working on a Ph.D. at U.Cal Berkeley. Sally’s mom, an active 91, still lives in her Kearny house. Sally’s letter was her first since our 20th reunion and she adds, “I no longer feel guilty about not writing,” , Jane Crawford Lyons was sorry to miss reunion, but did catch up on news while visiting Janie in Adanta. Her son Andrew had just been awarded the volunteer o f the year award for Project Uplift( a program similar to Big Brothers)*?: Toby is a detective in the Sarasota County Sheriff s Dept., and Debbie is an assistant DA in Fayetteville. Jane and Jghn enjoyed a fifteenth anniversary trip to Ireland and a ski club trip to Italy.

Jane extended an invitation to 56ers for a reunion in Florida, perhaps in a few years when more people have retired. “Early November isaq'sually beautiful and rates would be off-season. Sarasota is beautiful and interesting and close to Epcot, etc.” Sfaftifefrj willing to look into local lodging if there’s , enough interest. This northerner thinks it’s a great idea!

Carol Cooper H en ry ’s son Charlie works as a business manager for his father, Bill, in both the Dedham and Cape Cod hospitals. Billy has moved fronaLA to N YC and is involved in editing films. He was one o f the three main editors o f “The First Wives’ Club” and has worked on “City Slickers II” and “Just C ause.® Annie is finishing up her master’s in sports psychology and is living in California. She has left synchro swimming after ten years; she swam with five o f the Olympic gold medal winners.

Carol included a special thank-you for the hard work o f our reunion team, Gail, Betsy, and Janie.

Peter and Gail Zabriskie W ilson have enjoyed an extended visit from Peter, Karen, and young Peter, who have moved from Telluride to New Canaan. Anne and Toby and

two boys are still in Telluride, and Bonnie and Sarah call Connecticut home. Theiyhol# ‘ fam il^K g together for Christmas in Colorado for the first time in five years. Gail also included a post-reunion wrapup: “H alf o f the Class o f ’56 (i.e. 15 o f the 30 we had addresses for - Jane Barkley, Joan Englander, Judy Martell and Shirley Smith are still ’lost ) managed to make it to our 40th reunion last October. Judy Lindeman made the supreme effort and flew in from Hawaii.

Joann Weisser Salomon, w h o S we had T H O U G H T wits lost, turned up. Nini de Jurenev arrived on tape. It was a great gathering, though also a bittersweet day?! Bitter because o f the sudden death that week o f Bette Beatty Boocock’s wonderful husband Brett. Many of us went to Basking Ridge for his service and to be with Bette, before coming to MKA. Bitter also because we were feeling the loss o f Carrie as we met in the Van Vlecks’ garden to dedicate a bench in her memory.

“We reminisced about our Senior Prom (we got Bob and Betsy Hasbrouck Cole and Bill and Carol Cooper Henry, who had actually been there as dates in 1956, to take a few turns around the terrace for our cameras!). Being together turned out to be more meaningful to all o f us than we had imagined. W e missed the rest o f you. MKA provided tburs o f the ’old Kimberley’ (now the Middle School), lunch at the Upper School (Academy), and a gala dinner at the Montclair G olf Club. It was a very special time.

“W e are pleased and proud to share with you that oiirj40th reunion gift totaled $2,270!

Sixty percent o f the class contributed, and seven members who had never given before made a donation. T o each and every one o f you, our heartfelt thanks for your outstanding participation and generosity. MKA is grateful too!”

News from frequent and not-so-frequent writers is always welcome. L in da MA M r. E ric Ja eck el 4 3 2 E astbrooke Lane, Rochester N Y 14618 Editor’® note: The following news was inadvertendy omitted from the spring Review magazine. Apologies to Class secretary/ Reunion Chairman Eric Jaeckel.

O n Saturday, October 26th we celebrated our 40th reunion from good old Montclair Academy on a beautiful, sunny, warm fall day at the newElpper School. In attendance, five special guys who graduated in 1956: Marlene and Seth Barton from the Trenton area, Gerri and John Clapp from the Jersey Shore, Mike Sucofif from the Boston area, Paul Fierstein from Englewood, and yours truly from Rochester Bpstate New York).

Our three doctors (physicians) all had medical conflicts but wished us well: Larry Nazarian, Bob Fischbein, and Peter Saltzman. I talked briefly with Dick Hobbins in Jackson, Wyoming; Scott Harden in Nantucket; and Don Courter in Gillette, N .J. Scott Harden later wrote that he was in the process o f becoming single after 28 years of married lif|P He runs a tanker brokerage cdqlpany, Nantucket Chartering, on the island.

Later: Hello, I moved again to a condo (no grass cutting, no maintenance, no roof repair); address above. Time does fly. M y son, Brad, is now age 25. I’m still wroking for Blue Cross and Blu^Shield o f Rochester, long-term care division. E ric ■

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TKS Ms. L in da B aldan zi ,2 Greenview Way, U pper M ontclair N J 07043 MA Class agent an d reunion chairm an: D r. E dw ard T. O ’B rien Jr. 3 3 7 6 F ern cliffLanW C learw ater F L 3 6421 See you at the reunion!

58 --------------------------------------TKS Mrs. Judson Breslin (W endy Worsley) 4 4 L ake D rive, M ountain Lakes N J 0 7 0 4 6 Best wishes to Don and Betsy Cole Clelond on their wedding. Betsy sent news from Miami o f the birth o f her first grandchild, Heather, to son David Sobel and his wife in 1995 (another was due in June 1997); the death o f her mother, Margaret Cole; and Betsy’s achievement o f a Ph.D. in human and organizational systems from the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif.

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MA D r. R obert R. H aney W 0719 W oodside Place, Leesburg VA 2 0 1 7 5 haneyrr@ erols. com Great to hear from Jack Roth who reported in from Hamburg, N .J. Jack’s wife Rita has a great ice cream store at Lake Mohawk, and his son Lt. James Roth, U SC G Academy ’91 - a chip-off-the-old-block (“looks just like Jerry”) 'is stationed in Miami on Caribbean patrol duty.

Jerry is “semi-retired,” working in the classical section o f Tower Records in Paramus. He recalls both basketball team and chorus anecdotes, and invites us to visit and expand our cultural horizons. Jack still has his incisive sense o f humor, something that’s not always - easy after serving in al#sj|happy time and place.

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has a new career in real estate sales. She serves on two interfaith boards addressing homelessness and other urban problems. Her daughter Nell, 29, is a writer in Minneapolis; step-children Karl, 27, is in London; and Rachel, 25, is in Boston.

Sigrid Lund Tanberg has lived in Florida since 1972, currendy Tarpon Springs. She works for employee benefits/human resources for the county government.

Deana Rogers Sumas and daughter Tamie Sumas Burke ’85 spent a week in London together. This was a great visit as Tamie lives in Ohio. Deana’s son Nico ’87 is finishing his M BA at Northwestern and is engaged. Deana travels with her husband, Bob, all over the U.S. on busines|$|ji Lily Solmssen Moureaux is finishing her master’s degree in library science. She has a wonderful job at the New York Public Library, as associate head o f the preservation reformatting lab. She microfilms documents such as the Nijinski Diaries. Lily and her husband do a great deal o f sailing and enjoy exploring the shores o f Long Island Sound.

Betsy Marshall Hood lives in Portland, Maine, where for 14 years she has had her own practice specializing in in-depth psythotherapy.

She rides horseback, skis, and enjoys art. Her son Chris is a senior at Haverford and daughter Abby is a sophomore at M t. Holyoke.

From Harriet Fischer Stanphill: “After graduating from M t. Holyoke in 1 9 6 3 ,1 worked as a computer programmer for Mutual Benefit Life. After three or four pleasure trips to Denver, I finally decided it would be cheaper to live there than commute! I found employment as a programmer for the City and County o f Denver. James and I met and were married in 1970; our daughter, Kim, graduated from Colorado State in 1994. James, a retired USAF Major, is now a retired math/computer science teacher. W e enjoy our home (which we designed in 1970), traveling, cruising, hiking, and skiing. W e invite anyone who is lucky enough to get to Colorado to visit us!”

MA Class secretary a n d agent: M r. M ichael B aker 1 0 H ighland D r., N orth C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 Kent Miller checked in MKA’s W eb page from Tulsa, Okla., where he works for Medical Specialties o f Tulsa, Inc. Richard Feinsod’s daughter Jennifer was married to an MKA alumnus, Christopher Nemetz ’84, in Mays; Chris is.assistant music director at W H T Z FM (Z-100) and Jennifer is college promotion manager at Geffen Records.

William Marriott wrote that both o f his sons have graduated from college. Darren graduated from Drexel U. and is a self-employed network programmer; Donald, who graduated from High Point U., N .G , is a tennis pro there. Bill has recently joined with four other lawyers to form a new firm in Sea Girt - Marriott, Casagrande, Callahan & Perri. He notes: “Mike Baker has promised to arrange a golf outing around our 40th. I’m getting ready now. I need tojlg|i

60 TK S Best wishes to our story-of-the-year bride and groom Emily Stark and Jay Clott. Emily and Jay had dated in junior and senior high school (they even went to the prom together), went their separate ways, then 37 years later - she divorced, he widowed - found each other. It seems Emily was working at Bloomingdales in Florida and in processing a customer’s credit card, noted the name and remarked, “I used to know someone named Clott.” The customer turned out to be Jay’s sister-in-law; she told Jay, he got in touch, and a year later, this May, Emily and Jay were married.

Interestingly, they both have a daughter named Melissa. Emily’s daughter is a senior at UPenn; her son Chris Danson, 24, works for Andersen Consulting. Jay’s Melissa is 29, married, a lawyer; his son Jonathan, 26, works for Pru Securities. Emily and Jay live in Boca Raton, Fla. Sheila Albright Hogan still owns and manages the 27-unit Lake o f the Woods resort in Lakeside, Ariz. Son Don owns a landscaping company in Tempe and helps at the resort; Patty has her own business in Hermosa Beach, Calif.; Frank attends Mesa Community College; and Nancy has finished freshman year at Arizona U. in Flagstaff.

MA Class secretary a n d agent: M r. George A. Bleyle 2 2 5 9 W eir D rive, H udson O H 4 4 2 3 6 orion @gwis. com Through- a happy chain o f events [see above], Jay Clott married Emily Stark, his sweetheart from the Kimberley school. They will divide their living between Florida in the winter and Connecticut in the summer.

Peter Lima says his mountain/recreational bike business in Racine, W is., would be better if the snow weren’t So deep, so he’s contemplating a move to warmer climates. His wife, Pat, is still teaching special ed to elementary school kids. Stay tuned.

Fenton Purcell is still running his water treatment/environmental business in Paterson.

His two eldest daughters Aimee and Susan, the twins, are entering Harvard Business School and the U. o f Chicago Ph.D. program, respectively. His youngest daughter is a student at Rutgers.

George Bleyle is driving the Airbus A 320 for United. For the past 18 months, he has served as an A 320 flight instructor and check airman, ’’which means I get to fly with new A320 captains and first officers (co-pilots) during their initial 25 hours on the airplane. I think next year at this time my seniority might permit a move up to the Boeing W 7 ” writes George.

“I f only seniority went by height.”

Cheryl and Phil Leone continue to operate the Leone Associates Pathology Lab inGastonia, N .C . He reports that all is well with his family.

Larry Rudbart is still operating the New York Sash and Door Co., in Fairfield, N .J. He has one son in the Navy and another helping Dad run the busineSSu»''

Peter Brach is an asset recovery officer for the Standard Charter Bank in New York City.

That’s a fancy Wall Street term for getting money from deadbeats who don’t pay. (Just in fun, Pete!) He reports that his family is fine; he has a daughter, 14, and a son, 12.

Jim Donald spent many years working as a sales representative for airlines that, almost without exception, seemed to disappear: Eastern, Pan American, National, and U.S. Africa. Jim lives in Montclair and is working as a consultant.

John Franz is a successful urologist in Pittsburgh. He says the Government’s attempts to construct a perfect medical system are only serving to make matters worse. He’s been spending long hours with his practice, but expected to have another physician join him this summer, easing the workload considerably.

M ark Kirschner is an attorney and partner with Jones, Day, Reavis, and Pogue, an international law firm. Marc is the coordinator o f the New York office o f business practices and o f bankruptcy and reorganization. Marc has four children: Jeff, 31, is a school teacher in Chicago; Pam, 28, is a bond trader in NYC; Philip, 16, attends high school in New York; and Diana, 13, is a seventh grader, also in New York.

John Marston, retired from the N .J. Forestry Service, put plans to move to Hawaii on hold.

They will remain in N .J. until his wife decides to retire from County work. John reports that his daughter has returned from her three-year teaching post in Tokyo and now lives in NYC working for a travel agency; his son graduated from Virginia Tech and is living in Virginia.

Hugo Barth suffered a stroke about 18 months ago, and has had to give up his mortician’s business. He has difficulty both with speaking and mobility. He has three sons aged 22, 23, and 25, who are assisting in keeping the business going. I’m sure Hugo would like to hear from classmates; call the Alumni Office (201-746-9800) for his address. George

Shortly after the move their son Ian was married. They have a grandson, 3 , son Ip Kerry and Brian Beard, and another on the way.

Their youngest, Christopher, is pursuing religious studies and working in NYC. MA M r. D avid L. B rack 12 P on d View Lane, T itm ville N J 0 8 560

62 TKS Mrs. C. D. C reed (B arbara Byw ater) .

1 7 6 9 Forest View Avenue H illsborough CA 9 4 0 1 0 MA M r. Laurence J . M agnes P. O. Box 6087, Louisville K Y 4 0 2 0 6 -0 0 8 7

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TKS Ms. Sharon Livesey T albot 12 G orham Avenue, B rooklin e MA 0 2 1 4 6 Teena M cConnell donated to the MKA archive several beautiful photographs taken during her career with New York City Ballet, including one by legendary photographer Richard Avedon. Teena has addressed MKA students about performing arts careers at Career Day. MA M r. Bronson Van W yck A rrow head Farm s, Tuckerm an A R 72473

61 TKS Ms. C hristine K eller 1702 Church Street, Galveston T X 7 7 5 5 0 M ina Lund Davis, “lost” in alumni records for years, found MKA via the school’s W eb site.

Mina, who lives in Tarpon Springs, Fla., has been working for six years as a paralegal in the Pinellas County Attorney’s Office in Clearwater. She enjoys golf in her spare time, and would enjoy hearing from classmates.

Peggy Mayes Boyd is doing well with chemotherapy treatment. Duncan, 23, is working full-time and attending night school, and Andy, 20, is attending college. Joe has retired from Pfizer but works full time for New York State. They love living “upstate” in Chatham.

John and Daphne Bethell M cCarthy moved into a new home overlooking Clear Pond in Falmouth, Mass, last November. They miss old friends in Washington, blit love the Cape and are building an accounting practice.

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Ju d y a n d A rthur Gurtm an ’63 w ith th eir M KA sons Jeffrey 9 7 (w ith boutonniere) a n d M arc’9 0 a t graduation. Jeffrey was presiden t o f the Student C ouncil an d gave the 1 9 9 7 Com m encem ent w elcom ing address. H e also served two years as student rep. to the A lum ni Council.

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TKS Class secretary a n d reunion chairm an: Ms. M argot Escott 2 9 8 0 Kings L ake B lvd., N aples F I 3 4 1 1 2 escott@ naples.net Looking forward id seeing everyone at reunion!

MA The brothers Hare are states apart but in a similar state o f affairs, each with three sons progressing along: Greg Hare’s o ln p jso n , Matthew, is off to graduate school pursuing his interest in music.

Middle son David is a pre-med sophomore at Perm State, and Tim is finishing high school I where they live in Hazelton, Pajjgi Joe Hare (and Elizabeth, an MKA faculty alum) reside in Massachusetts. Their sons are Jamie, 10; Ned, 14, a freshman at Hingham H .S. who plays a game foreign to his father lacrosse; and John, 18, who was admitted Early Decision to Williams and named a||| National Merit Finalist. Joe reports the business he started in Boston in 1991 (Hammond): has grown to five offices, and, if all goes well, may help offset the tuitions S n to cornel

MA Reunion chairm an: M r. Joseph M arino.

19 0 South M ountain A ve., M ontclair N J 07042 Class agent: M r. C raig Perry 3 4 6 7 Pinestream Road, A tlanta GA 3 0 3 2 7 See you at the reunion!

Reunion in Berm uda. M em bers o f the Kim berley Class o f 1969, L to R : Phyllis LaT ouche Rawlins, Lynn E hrhardt G ildea, B arbara Fox M cW illiam s, Toni D eLorenzo Siliski, an d N in a Szot Boral.

68 TKS Ms. A vie C laire K alker 5 8 0 5 B irchhrook #202, D allas T X 7 5 2 0 6 Class agent:?

M rs. N ancy Plum m er Gordon 9 Two Bridges Road, Tow aco N J 0 7082 Angela Steggles Nevius is president of Garden Keepers, Inc., a gardening business she and a friend started in 1996. They design, plant, and maintain estate gardens and perennial gardens, and Angela reports business is great.

Our condolences to Dawn Geannette Cordo on the death o f her mother, Susan Capehart, who was nurse at the Academy during the Sixties.

The legacy: Stephen Edelstein ’6 5 an d daughter K ate ’9 7 a t h er graduation from M KA in Ju n e.

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66 TKS M rs. W illiam E. C raw ford (Francine O norati) Beacon Street, Boston M A 0 2115 MA M r. A lan J . B alm a 2 9 Gentry D rive, F a ir H aven N lWffiiQd

daughter Kristin, who is a senior at Vanderbilt.

Admiring congratulations to Lisa Schultz Vanderlinde, M .D ., who graduated from Medical School o f the U. o f Rochester in June.

D octor Vanderlinde has begun a residency in internal medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital o f the U o f R. Best wishes, Lisa!

I’d love to hear from a few more classmates for the next issue. Lynn

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TKS Mrs. Charles G ildea (Lynn E hrhardt) 4 6 E. Saddle R iver Rd., Saddle R iver N J 077458 A few o f us had a wonderful reunion this May in Bermuda. After two years o f planning a trip with our spouses, we finally made i B see photo!

One o f the highlights o f our trip was accidentally running into Toni at the beach!

Toni and John were in Bermuda for a medical convention and had no idea we were also there.

Luckily they were able to join us for the last two days o f our trip. It was non-stop reminiscing....

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MA A March issue o f the A tlanta Business Chronicle did a lengthy piece about a start-up business by investment banker John Lally. He is a principal in the new company, New Image Orthodontic Group (N IO G ), formed in 1996 by his firm Resurgens Capital & Investments Inc. Goldman, Sachs & Co. invested $25 million in the deal, which consolidates orthodontic practices. John is quoted extensively throughout the article.

7 0 ---------------------------------------TKS Ms. Leslie Bryan 8 4 4 E ast M om ingside D rive, N E A tlanta GA 3 0 3 2 4 Deborah von Hoffmann Lanzone writes that her husband, Dale, is president o f International Public Art-Marlborough in NYC, and his assistant, Meredith Fisher ’89, is an MKA graduate! (Small world.) Deborah is still in Washington, working on the Hill with the Resources Committee, “so we commute back and forth on the weekends. Actually, it’s great fun and gets me back to Montclair quite often.”

Pat Vilas Brown works part time as an RN/family education instructor teaching childbirth education, but her “trtie avocation” is being a mom to three daughters: Rachael, 10, in fourth grade; Matthea, 7, in first grade; and Hannah, 4, in preschool. Pat volunteers in the girls’ classrooms* “and as other moms can relate to, I spend many hours in the car getting them from musie lessons, chess club, sporting activities, etc.” She and Randy have been “tagteam parenting” for 10 years, coordinating their work schedules, so they haven’t needed daycare.

Congratulations to Karen VanderhoofForschner, who has written the definitive

book, Everything You N eed To Know A bout Lym e D isease an d O ther T ick-B orne D isorders [John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997]. She donated a copy to the MKA library. Karen also received an award from the National Institutes o f Health in May for her multi-year campaign to promote awareness.

MA M r. V. Jam es Castiglia 3 L ark Lane, O ak Ridge N J 07438 James Brothers spent last year on active duty with the US Atlantic Command, Norfolk, supporting operations in Bosnia and disaster relief. Having received his 20-year letter from the U .S. Army, he can officially retire. He continues to do archaeology in Virginia; his most recent was the testing o f “Love’s Quarter,” a slave site in Brunswick, Va., for consideration on the National Register o f Historic Places.

James also worked on the oldest archeological site in the Americas, Cactus Hill, south of Petersburg.

Gordy Sussman by e-mail comments, “Life iswonderful 1,000 miles from the belly o f the beast. Son Paul is 13, daughter Mae Rose is 10, and life gets stranger and stranger. Check out www.paddlers.com and see what I ’ve been up to for the last 24 years.

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TKS Ms. Sydney Johnson Petty 5 H u ll Avenue, A nnapolis M D 2 1 4 0 3 Our 25th reunion was a success. Some may think that only four in attendance would make it less than that, but they would be seriously underestimating the incredible joie de vivre of Nanette Utech Thomas, Brenda Madison, Kiesy Strauchon, and Sydney Johnson Petty.

W e had a lovely day, and it was a beautifxil sunny day at that. Kiesy and I brought along our old pal Peter Wells, whom some o f you will no doubt remember. He lives in California and sees Libby Mills Durkee from time to time. I also was able to recognize two o f the Academy boys from ’71 (their table was much better attended than ours) - Phil Mancusi-Ungaro and G eoff Close. It was great to see them, too.

It was really great to see our math teacher, Judy Nesbit, who sat with us. Did you know we were her first class at Kimberley?

I hope we get more people in future reunions, because it’s really fun to relive the past a little and to see how everyone is doing. In a nutshells Nanette is skillfully running a houseful o f six children with husband Joe Thomas; Brenda is writing songs and designing tiles in Los Angeles; Kiesy is dividing her time between bookkeeping and library work in Port Townsend, Wash.; and I ’m working part time as a proofreader for the District Court o f Maryland and hill time as a mom to,piy spunky little boy Thomas, 5.

Monique Mustacchi sent her regrets that she didn’t attend reunion, but she was away in France at the time. It seems she reestablished contact with an old boyfriend from college days and they were married in January!

She writes, “H e’s from la Bretagne (Brittany)...and his profession is quite unusual.

He is a professional astrologer!...We had lost touch with each other for 23 years and reestablished contact when he found me again through the French MiniTel-Internet system and bingo! W e found that we were soulmates after all and the rest is history. W e decided to marry after having visited each other’s prospective countries. W e were married in a civil wedding in Montclair, but I’ll be moving to France this June to remarry him in a charming French cathedral by the ocean in a small town in Brittany. W e will be shuttling back and forth for a few years.” [The Alumni Office has her addresses if classmates would like to contact Monique.]

Heartiest congratulations... As for the rest of our classmates, please stay in touch. After all, magical things sometimes happen when you revisit old friends. Sydney MA Class agent: M r. Jo h n Guttm ann 5311 Locust Ave., Bethesda M D 2 0 8 1 4 Congratulations to Louise and Kevin Basralian, who joyfully announced the birth o f their sons, Luke and Charles, in April. The twins weighed in at almost seven pounds and six pounds, respectively.

Our condolences to the family o f Johan Thorbecke.

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Glenn V eit lives in the vicinity o f Chapel Hill, N .C. He is married with one daughter.

The Veit family has a farm and Glenn recently started his own law practice in Hillsborough.

He plans to attend reunion.

Dr. Joe Doerr lives in Massachusetts near the Rhode Island border. His home is on a river, which he uses for his boat. Joe and M ary Ann have one child and are expecting,a second this fall. Joe will be at the reunion.

John Kaplow, Wylie Royce, Pete Perretti and respective spouses had dinner together in February; a good time was had by all. All plan to be at the reunion.

W ith much sadness, MKA j i S learned o f Ron Racioppi’s passing. Ron died o f cancer a few years ago and is deeply missed by his family, friends, and classmates.

See you on October 18 in the old halls and fields.

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TK S M rs. D av id K ilnapp (B arbara Peto) 15 Fairw ay Lane, P em broke MA 0 2359 Class agent: Mrs. D arcy W itt Z onino 9 7 0 A m ble Road, Shoreview M N 5 5 1 2 6 Reunion chairm an: Mrs. L in da Finney W illiam s B ox 1 4 4 6 6 S. Pasture Lane, N antucket MA 02554 W e’re saving the news for reunion, so please attend!

MA M r. Steven Schottenfeld 11 W oodjield D rive, Short H ills N J 0 7078 Class agent: M r. Tim W allace 4 8 3 R idgew ood A ve., Glen Ridge N J 0 7028 Reunion co-chairm en: M r. P eter P erretti Jr. 7 9 F airv iew Avenue, Verona N J 07&44 M r. Chris Schulz 2 4 2 8 1 Rue d e Gauguin Laguna N iguel CA 9 2 6 7 7 Daniel Prescott, who is senior VP at Dean W itter in St. Louis, invites any classmates or friends in St. Louis to get together.

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Gloria and Malcolm O ’Hara have a son born in April named Malcolm Drew O ’Hara II after his father, who had died two weeks before.

Congratulations and condolences.

McCounsel The N ation al Law Jou rn al published a lengthy “In-House Counsel” profile and interview with Jeffrey Kindler I s who is senior VP and general counsel to McDonald’s Corp. McDonald’s js the world’s largest food service company, with 21,000 restaurants in more than 100 different countries.

Jeffrey, who received degrees from Tufts U. and Harvard Law School, once clerked for U .S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan. Hlppecialized in civil and criminal litigation for a law firm and was senior counsel for litigation and legal policy at General Electric before joining McDonald’s.

He now oversees 89 lawyers at headquarters in Oak Brook, IL, and 19 internationally. As part o f his training, Jeff had to spend a week in a McDonald’s restaurant learning operations, and in March attended the company’s hamburger University, where franchisees are trained!

Je ff is quoted in the article, “The customer orientation is the unifying theme o f [the] corporate culture. But I should say that people have more fun at this place than in most corporate cultures...You can’t take yourself too [seriously when your corporate spokesperson is a clown.”

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Mrs. E rin C ujje C raw ford 102 Buckingham R oad hjtdpper M ontclair N J 0 7043 Phil and Anne Johnson Anspach have moved to a new home in a suburb o f Philly. They have a 2-year-old, Mark, who keeps them very busy.

I was so happy to have a phone call from Suzan Yentema Bierley. She is busy with her little girl, Brittany. It was so good to rehash some old times.

Lisa Schwarz is participating in a major research project toward a cure for Type I diabetes, and hopes “to have some ’real news’ within the next few years.’| H Leslie Aufzien Levine’s daughter Rachel is entering MKA this fall in the fourth grade.

Leslie is looking forward to seeing more o f Martha Bonsai D ay and Pat Shean Worthington, who also have children in MKA! Ann MA Class secretary a n d class agent: M r. Rudolph Schlobohm 78 M ontclair A ve., M ontclair N J 07042 Jennifer and Henry Williams happily announce the birth o f daughter Mackenzie in March. John Blondel is the godfather.

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M r. D avid Soule 12 0 Linden Avenue, Verona N J 0 7 0 4 4 Class agent: M r. P au l Z ukerberg 1901 W yoming Ave. N W #75 W ashington D<SJ20009 Best wishes to M alcolm Hall and Christine Hamilton on their wedding last October. She is a facial/dental surgeon. According to sister Ginny Hall ’79, Malcolm and his “harem” (two daughters and wife) love their new home in Darien, (Sronn.

W hip Hubley broke a long silence to write that he is married to film producer Dinah M inot and has three children, Molly, Ella, and Ben. The Hubleys recently returned to California after spending nine months in Australia where Whip starred in the new T V .ijsJfeS “Flipper,” as the search an|§g$|§l||N sheriff.

T im Breen writes from Maine that h£fe.% coaching tennis at North Yarmouth Academy, “drawing on my fond memories o f playing under ‘B u ff Hemmeter in the early^m at M KA.”

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Eugene D ’Altrui checked in via the Internet; he works with Novartis Pharmaceutical!; in Summit, lives in W est Orange.

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Class secretary a n d reunion co-chairm an: M r. A ndrew Pedersen 2 6 F a ir H aven Rd„ F a ir H aven N J 07JJ04 Reunion co-chairm an: Mrs. C herylD ’A lessandro M cM ullen 14 5 Rensselaer R oad, Essex Fells N J 07021 Class agent: M r. R obert H ubsm ith P. O. B ox 32 5 , M aplew ood N J 0 7040 Our 20th reunion is fast approaching and we hope everyone is planning to attenJ|.;Classmates have been checking in from.all over: Ronald Spivak is hosting and starring in a seri/ISof Broadway Pops concerts with the Colorado Springs Symphony, and will be singing next year with the Walla Walla Symphony and other major orchestras. His new play, M erlin Redux, is in pre-production in New York.

Douglas Mahler is teaching dental implantology to dentists at New York University Dental-School.

Bruce Sanders, who lives in Flemington, N .J., works for Wickstead Design Associates.

Patricia Cane Donahue has begun substitute teaching while awaiting official certification from the N J . Dept, o f Education. She hopes to teach earth science. Pat adds, “M y husband and I recently lost one o f our [adopted] sons.

His mental illness was such that he was too dangerous...to remain in our home. This tragedy has deeply scarred us....However, we learned a lot during our struggles to help him and we Gontunue to support other parents and organizations in their efforts. I have recently been named to the executive board o f the New Jersey Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption and have been asked to consider managing a regional office for the Assn, for Treatment and Training in the Attachment o f Children.’’^ Mel and Bev Hall Hildebrand and three daughters have moved back to their ranch in Sheridan, Wyoming, where Mel will start his dental practice (Big Horn Dental Health) and Bev will get back to h&MgiSSa Leslie and Donald Baldyga live in West Milford, N .J. He works at Adultcare Center o f America in W est Orange.

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Ms. P am ela Zeug 2 5 0 M ercer ST., C 418, N ew York N Y 10012 M r. Law rence Garrigan 6103 Ox B ottom M anor D rive Tallahassee F L 3 2 3 1 2 Class agent: Ms. M elissa Cohn Paprin 2 0 0 E ast 71 St., N ew York, N Y 10021 Thanks to MKA’s new W eb site, another “lost alum” surfaced. M arc Lippmann writes from Hampton, N .H .: “Hi! Nice to be back in touch after, oh, 19 years or so. Shortly after graduating from MKA I became a serious computer geek; still no cure in sight, although in my copious free time I just opened a Southwestern restaurant. This has turned out to be a wonderfully efficient way to zero out both my bank accounts and my secret stash o f free time, but it’s a lot o f fun.”

Headline o f a press releaseSNation’s First Online 401 (k) Participant Investment Advisory Service Names Former Schwab Executive as Vice President, Marketing.” David Peckman joined the San Francisco firm 401k Forum, Inc., whose W eb site offers professional, individualized investment recommendations.

David had been instrumental in the founding o f Schwab’s 401k services; before that, he spent six years at the Bank o f California.

From overseas comes e-mail from Curt Brunner, saying he received an e-mail from Bill Transue, who is working for software distribution for railways, etc. (“still playing with trains”). Curt says that Lisa and D ick Rento had their third child, first boy, Joseph.

His own children, Stefan, 6, and Simone, 5, Both love swimming (!). Curt plans to attend his 15th reunion at Duke this fall and the 20th at MKA next year. The Merrill Lynch Capital Fund named Kurt Schansinger its senior portfolio manager in June 1996.

Donald and Lila Uskokovic Vidger announce a new baby, Graham, in June 1996, joining sister Madeleine, 3. Lila is a clinical psychologist in private practice.

7 9 --------------------------------------Mrs. Carlos O rtiz (Shawn M ahieu) 2 1 6 3 G ilbride Rd„ M artinsville N J 0 8 8 3 6 D r. Ja c k B rink 1 2 9 0 Beech Valley Rd„ A tlanta GA 3 0 3 0 6 Ginny Hall wrote from Seattle with news of all the Hall siblings. She says, “The Pacific Northwest is wonderful. I ’ve been out here for nearly 10 years and love it! Now i f I could only get 360 days o f sunshine to grace the area, I’d be in Heaven.. JMi| Ginny was channel-surfing and stopped on “Unsolved Mysteries” for a few minutes. “Next thing I know,” she writes, “ I’m watching Collette Peters talk about her strange experience with ’Men in Black’ when she lived in NYC.

She now is a-professional ice skater living in southern C alifornia^Si Patty Green Geisel moved to Park City, Utah, from Pennsylvania.

Anthony Barnes moved from Washington, D .C . to Atlanta in June ’96 “to escape academic medicine at Howard University for a single­ specialty group practice in urology. Still. . adjusting to the South, but I guess I could stay here for awhile:” Anita Sims-Stokes was appointed to the board o f the N .J. State Opera.

Judy and Eric Pai and sons have moved into the house on Park and Wildwood in Montclair built by David Fernald’s great-grandfather.

80 M ary L. Cole, Esq. 2 8 Cayuga T rail, O ak Ridge N J 0 7438 Class agents: M r. M artin Brayboy 6 4 W hetstone Road, H arw inton C T 06791 Ms. Ju lia R uddick M eade 51 Avon Road, B ronxville N Y 10708 Congratulations to Robert Cerfolio for his induction into MKA’s Athletic Hall o f Fame.

Dr. Rob gave an utterly outstanding speech to the students at an assembly the day before, interweaving the lessons o f athletics and medicine and family.

John W ood, a major in the U.S. Air Force, flies the E-4B, a military version o f the Boeing 747. He and his family moved to Omaha, Neb., in February; their children are Maggie, 5, and Keith, 3.

Tony Bowser still works in Kuwait, but while on leave in New York ran into Doug Chang, who works with documentaries, and Fred Coles, who has his own law firm in East Orange.

Susan Greenbaum Gross sends hello to classmates. She gave birth to a baby boy in January: “Now the challenge o f a lifetime begins!”

Retired Super Bowl champion Sean Jones was profiled in the April issue o f Registered Representative magazine, not for his football prowess, but for his business expertise. The piece called him, “literally, a leader o f the pack,” noting that Sean’s financial services firm, Amaroq Financial Services, takes its name from the Eskimo word for lead dog. “One dog

A n M KA w edding: B ack row , L to R: P eter Gibson ’82, P atrick Eng ’82, Scott Rum ana 8 3 , Jen n ifer Jon es L ad d a 8 4 , P eter D ancy 8 2 , Betsy B acot A igner 8 0 , M argaret Johnson ’9 7x, Scott B artlett ’5 2x, facu lty m em ber P at D ancy, C. Y. M ann Treene ’5 4 (partially hidden), Trish M cG rath G riffin 84x. F ron t: Susan B acot 8 4 , groom A ndrew Wilson, bride Laura D ancy W ilson 8 4 , H olly Jerv is P elber 8 3 , D on F elber 84x. in a pack always leads,” Sean is quoted as saying, “and scopes out the terrain for others.”

That is what Sean does in devising investment strategy for clients.

Sean will also become a studio analyst for T N T ’s “Pro Football Tonight.”

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playground systems. She plays rugby with the Fighting Docs men’s/women’s club teams at Bethesda Naval Hospital and continues studying tae kwando.

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Ms. Cheryl M cCants 8 W illow dale Court, M ontclair N J 0 7042

Best wishes to Adam and Pamela Berkowsky Shapiro on their wedding. They were married in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, in May, with Steve Chambers and Rosanne Pennella present, Rosanne as maid o f honor. Pam, who has been special assistant to the Undersecretary o f the Navy, joined the office o f the Secretary o f Defense in June. She graduated magna cum laude from Princeton, was a Fulbright Scholar in Geneva, and received a master’s degree from the Fletcher School o f Law and Diplomacy.

Her husband is a clinical professor o f otolaryngology at Georgetown U. School o f Medicine.

Howard and Laura Reisch Itzkowitz are happy to be back in New Jersey. They moved to Manalapan in January.

Cathy Emerson was pursuing opportunities in construction management while selling

Superbowl champion Sean Jones ’80 on his retirement after 13 years in the NFL: “I want to be remembered as a guy who didn’t stand for the status quo. I stood up for the players I played with [as the youngest union player rep in Raider history at 23]- but I was a fair person and a fair player who didn’t look at the game with tainted eyes insofar as just looking at things [as] players do. I also tried to look at things as management did.

“And on game day, I think there was no fiercer competitor in terms o f wanting to win a football game than I was. I took my job very seriously. I f I could impart one thing to the young players, I wish they’d take things a little more seriously and respect the game a little bit more/nj[ T he Boston Sunday G lobe, May 10, 1997 Note: Sean Jones was inducted into MKA’s inaugural Athletic Hall o f Fame in 1996.

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Robert Welsh is engaged to Suzanne Conners o f Cedar Grove. He is a graduate of Ohio U. and works in NYC with McLarens Toplis, Inc. An October wedding is planned.

Tom Robbins and his wife are expecting their second child at Homecoming time.

See you all at reunion - hear the rest o f the news then!

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M rs. D on ald F elber (H olly Jervis) H 2 2 2 G rand St., H oboken N J 0 7030 Class agent: K ristine H atzenbuhler O ’Connor 3 1 3 Sm ith M anor B lvd., W est Orange N J 0 7 052 Janine Marnell Wishnow is still teaching fourth grade in Walnut Creek, Calif., “and

loving it!” She and her husband also have a coffee roasting company in San Francisco that is doing well - “so keep drinking coffee!”

Lilias and Anders Skilbred live in the mountains outside o f Boulder, Colo. He flies 737s for United Airlines.

Scott Rumana is working toward the November election- asja candidate for Passaic County Freeholder. “For those people still residing in Passaic County, your support would be gready appreciated.”

Toby Bizub is engaged to be married to Katie Parsells; an October wedding ¡^planned (news from sister S u ffen 89).

Holly Sobel Armitage reports the addition o f Dionna to the family in January 1996. Karthe is 3 1/2. Holly has been at home full time for about a year and a half.

Marci Reiss Berger announced the birth o f her son, Reiss Martin, in November. She was a bridesmaid at Laura LaCorte’s wedding in September and saw Andy Voss and Dan Carson there.

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Class secretary a n d c/a& agent: Mrs. T odd L ad d a (Jen nifer Jones) 168 G ates Avenue, M ontclair N J 0 7 042 Class agent: Mrs. A ndrew W ilson (Laura D ancy) ¿ 0 0 West 60th St., Apt. ?C-H N ew York N Y 10023' ^ >AI<8ongratulations and best w ish » to our brides and grooms!

Andrew and Laura Dancy Wilson’s April wedding was a veritable M KA reunion (see photo). Holly Jervis Felber ’83 was matron o f honor; Jennifer Jones Ladda and Sue Bacot, who introduced them, were in the wedding party. As Andrew is from Sydney, Australia, they had anotheSpSeption and spent two weeks Down Under as part o f their honeymoon. They live on the Upper W est.

Side, NYC, and Laura has her own business, Brushworks, Inc., as an agent for European textile studios. Last year shc.competed in her first triathlon and her .first N YC Marathon.

(Laura often sees Dennis Goldstein, Marci Cullum ’85, and Ritu Thamman ’Ji;d running in Central Park.)

Another MKA wedding: Christopher Nemetz married Jennifer Feinsod, daughter o f Richard Feinsod, Montclair Academy Class o f ’39. in May. Mark Nemetz ’87 was best man ||r his brother, and Richard Cosgrove was a groomsman. Douglas Busch attended from Boulder, Colo., and Thomas Hochman came for the weekend, traveling 23 hours from Korea, where he is teaching English at a university. Chris and Jennifer live in N Y^^H where h * s assistant music director at W H T Z FM (Z -l 00) and she works at Geffen Records.

B S w ish es» Angela and Marc Klein, who were married in Dallas in September. Axel Allgeier was a groomsman. The flower girl was Catherine Nash, Angela’s, goddaught4|)and the daughter o f Craig Nash ’70. Small world.

Marc has worked at ThompsoMi ^ Knight.

P.CsIln Dallas fpr ab o u ® x ipsais,practicing labol&nd employment law.

Nicholas and Maja Kastler DuBrul’s wedding in Saint Wolfgang, Austria was featured in Martha Stewart’s Living wedding edition, winter 19M . Tlplsmall town near Salzburg, where M aja had spent summers in her grandfathirs house, was the scene for a traditional Austrian wedding, complete with ioompah band, g old haben (gold-hatted women who escorted them through the village to church), and dancing in the town square. Maja is an art historian. ^Congratulations to our mamas and papas: ' T im ’85 and Donna Del Gaizo Bizub are proud parents o f a new little boy, Joseph Timothy, born in September 1996.

M T and Darrin O ’Neill had a son, Kevin, in May. Their daughter Galen is a year and a half.

M T is a full-time mom and Darrin sells advertising/marketing programs for the pharmaceutical industry.

Super congratulations to Diane Ridley, M .D ., who finished a fellowship at ColumbiaPresbyterian, NYC, in obstetrical nesthesiology in June. She completed the regular anesthesiology residency in 1996. The fellowship allowed Diane to do a bit ofiS# traveling this year for professional meetings » le w Orleans,.BermudaMFlorida. As o f the writing, he was interviewing for a faculty position in a hospital.

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a Master o f Architecture from UPenn in 1993 and married Catherine Ramsden in May 1996.

They moved to London in July 1996, and he expects to take the qualification exam in architecture in the U K and in the U.S? within the next year.

Catherine Hunter e-mailed from St. Louis, “I have moved for the sixth time in five years.

Still with NationsBank, working bn the integration o f Boatmen’s Bancshares corporate folio in Saint Louis. Sorry I missed the reunicM” M att Hendrian lives in Raleigh, N .C . and works for Midway Airlines.

Bruce Redpath hung up his cleats a couple years ago and is now working for Smith Barney in Philadelphia.

Craig and Elyse Decker Fenerty welcomed a second child, Hannah Rose, who joins big brother Conlan Lewis.

Karestan Koenen is the recipient o f a meritorious scholarship for her academic work at Boston U. She is working on a master’s in psychology.

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M r. D ennis Rodano 3 Byron Road, N orth C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 Mrs. Joy Booth-Roussel 5 5 0 9 Camp Street, N ew O rleans LA 7 0 1 1 5 Reunion co-chairm en: M r. Sabino Rodano 3 Byron R oad, N orth C aldw ell N J 0700s6

Class agen^BL A lexis P olonofiky Z ebrow ski 4 9 N ewm an, Verona N J 0 7 0 4 4

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Best wishes to Kevin and Merri Ray Collins on their wedding. She is recruiting coordinator at Ernst & Young, NYC. Michelle Kessler was made director o f public relations for Prada, an Italian fashion house) based in Milan. She works out o f the NYC office, “too busy for a hffifband, but I love it!”

Roger Brown writes from Washington, “Married life goes on and business life goes. on.

Generally, I write international tax law for a living [for U.S. Dept, o f Treasury], and enjoy running, biking, karate, and m iisiqgal

Best wishes to our brides and grooms: Gabrielle and Robert Powell were married by her godmother, Attorney General Janet Reno, and Sam Smith, American Bar Assn. Secretary.

Gabrielle is an attorney in the Public Defender’s Office; Rob is attending Cardozo Law School.

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investigator on the California Appellate Project.

They live in Manhattan.

Rich Stanton married June Raegner in May, and after a three-month around-the-world trip, he will begin an M BA at Columbia this fall. Mark Ames ’86 was best man; David Ames ’89 was an usher. See photo o f the MKA contingent at the wedding.

Michelle Brantley checked in for the first time since graduation. She has bachelor’s degrees in Spanish and in mathematics, and is working on a master’s in human resources.

She has worked for M C I Telecommunications in Dallas for four years. Michelle plays tennis and has won several tournaments in the area;-.she also teaches Sunday school and sings in the church choir.

Andrea Borio sent an e-mail. He is now a nuclear engineer and is attending a Ph.D. course at Polytechnical School o f Milan, Italy.

He is planning to attend reunion!

Meredith Safirstein Bergmann is a manager o f the education and outreach department for Medicaid members at Oxford Health Plans, which has one o f the largest enrollments in the metropolitan New York area. Her husband Marshall is a computer consultant for Intuitive Products Inti; they live in the West Village, NYC. Dennis Rodano has a new job, working with Electronic Data Systems in Morris Plains.

He implements Mastermoney/Visa check programs. Dennis is engaged to be married to Geralyn Whelan in November.

Wayne Marston will also be married in November, to Catherine Tompkins. Glenn Cademartori will be best man. Wayne is a loan officer with Infinity Mortgage Corp. in Morris Plains.

Congratulations to Andrew Friedman, who graduated from Georgetown University Law Center. He works in N .J. Governor Whitman’s administration in the Department o f Law and Public Safety, and lives in Manhattan.

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Lisa Kang is working at Young Concert Artists, a small non-profit organization with a mission to seek young, talented, emerging concert musicians and promote their careers.

She is also finishing her second master’s degree, in arts administration from Teachers College, Columbia U.; Lisa’s bachelor’s and master’s o f music were completed at The Juilliard School with a major in piano. “Being at Columbia is a great deal o f fun,” she writes. Last year she ran into Kim Uddin and took a class with Andrew Sorger.

Nicole Gray has begun a master’s in African studies at Yale, and hoped that studies would take her to Tanzania during the summer.

Alyson Beasley is cruising along through her MBA/Law program at Temple U., but took time out from finals in May to play in the Philadelphia Sport and Social Club’s recreational football league championship game with Alec Schwartz. Their team, Fourth and Long, capped an undefeated season with a lastsecond touchdown.

After a summer in Brazil as an A M IGOS leader, Jennifer Rabke will begin Harvard Medical School.

M ay w edding reunion, L to R : D av id Weston ’8 6, Sabino Rodano ’8 7, M ark Ames ’8 6, bride Ju n e Raegner Stanton, groom R ichard Stanton ’8 7, D avid Ames ’8 9, G ordon Green, ’87, Austin D rukker ’5 2.R ear: M eredith Safirstein Bergm ann ’8 7, H eid i Am es ’8 1, Carolyn Stanton C alnan ’81, Betsy Stanton Santarlasci ’79.

Gretchen Godwin will graduate from NYU in December with a master’s in journalism and mass communication. She’s still working as a communication specialist with Aon Consulting, NYC. Michael Ginsburg is engaged to S t® & Hannula; a summer wedding was planned.

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Ms. Suellen B izub 2 4 7 West 87th I I , 6D , N ew York N Y 10024'\ M r. Louis Lessig 2 5 1 6 Jacqu elin e D rive, C 25 W ilm ington D E 19810 Class agent: M r. Josh Raym ond 4 W hite O ak Rd., R oseland N J 0 7068 Best wishes to our brides and grooms: Alessandra and Peter DeCandia, classmates at U. New Hampshire, were married in early June.

Mark Strobeck, David Ames, and Geoffrey Krouse were in the wedding; other MKA alumni attended. Peter was made Assistant VP in the listed trading department at Smith Barney last year. Double congratulations!^-.* Erin and Girard Ruddick were married in Rhode Island, with his father Perry Ruddick ’54x serving as best man. Both bride and groom graduated from Colgate U. Girard works at M C I Telecommunications in Atlanta.

Jennifer and David Austin were married in New Orleans. A large M KA contingent traveled to the festivities (see photo), including best man David Allen, who came from Africa. The Austins - classmates at Northwestern U. - have moved to Durham, N.C&jwhere “Dr. J ” (Jen) has begun her resiliency at Duke Medical Center and David is a consulting engineer.

Congratulations to Scott Holwitt, who passed the Missouri Bar and has a new job in St, Louis as well as a fiancee.fe|They will.be. married in September.

Daniel WeinerBsl engaged to April Zambellj Dan graduated from Washington and JeffersonS

An A pril w edding in N ew O rleans brought together groom D av id Austin ’89, Jim C arino ‘88, A ndrew W einer ’8 9 (back), M ichael H unter ’8 9, best m an D avid A llen ’8 9 (who cam e from A frica), Greg Sullivan ’8 9, D av id Am es ’89, Chris L eber ’8 9 (back), an a P au l Tiranno ’8 9.

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Louis Lessig is clerking with a judge in Camden, as a “gatekeeper” for trial and arbitration.

Charry Godwin works for Fleishman Hillard, an international PR firm where she is in media scrvicesl producing satellite media.

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N ick Graziano joined Smith Barney after graduating from Duke in 1995 with a B.A. and M.B.A. Nick is an associate in the financial entrepreneurs group, investment banking division. He lives in the West Village, NYC, with M att Calder and Ken Gattie.

M att Calder graduated from Lehigh U. in 1996 and ¡S working as an options trader on the floor o f the American Stock Exchange.

Ken Gattie works as an analyst at Merrill Lynch in the corporate strategy division and hopes to go to business,school next year.

Cheryl Rizzo is assistant company manager for two Broadway shows, Present Laughter and The L ast N ight o f B a lly h o o -S e.ck them out!

She is still assisting a'Broadway producer and trying to schedule in a few manager/business classes. You c ^ S o run into her in downtown NYC; she lives in Greenwich Village.

Danielle Bergamo’s engagement to Robert Alviggi was announced in the p'aper. She received a B.A. in journalism from Lehigh and a master’s in elementary education in May from Fairleigli Dickinson U. Lorelei

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Ms. Ja m ie Lents j§i5 Taylor D rive, West C aldw ell N J 0 7 0 0 6 Ms. D ara M arm on 5 1 8 E ast 80ii§: ‘jf§;eet, 5F> N ew York N Y 10021 dara. m arm on @lgtna. com

Brothers a n d the sister: Krishna V allabhaneni ’9 0, D evasena V allabhaneni 9 7 , an d Raghuveer V allabhaneni 9 3 a t h er graduation fro m M KA. It seems that the way to get people to respond to pleas is to provide an e-mail address. Letters appeared from around the world.

Joe Bauman wrote that he is moving from Florida, where he attended the U. o f Miami.

After a brief stint playing with Orca and dolphins in their tanks at the Miami SeaAquarium, Joe put his B.S. in marine science and biology to use at a genetic lab in Miami. But Joe, pining for the winter in New Jersey, will return to pursue a Ph.D. at Rutgers in computational molecular biology, fa.k.a. bioinformatics, a.k.a. genome informatics.”

From Capitol Hill, Joe Fiordaliso writes he is working for Senator Bob Torricelli, “doing most o f the advance work for events the senator attends.” Joe started working with Torricelli when he was a representative. Joe has also had his hands on some legislative issues, including animal welfare and the environment.

According to Joe, Balaji Gandhi lives about ten blocks away, and they meet up every now and then.

From Boston: Caitlin Barile graduated from Emerson College with a B.F.A. in production management, and still has the theater in her blood. In 1996 she was “production chaperone for Joseph a n d th e A m azing Technicolor D ream coat”while the show played in Boston.

She is now the house manager at the Emerson Majestic Theater and the administrative assistant to the president o f the Mass. Advocates for the Arts, Sciences'; and Humanities.

Adam Lerner extends an invitation to anyone in the Class o f ’91 to “giv^tading a whirl.” He and some associates have founded Block Trading, a securities trading firm in Boston, where Adam is director o f marketiiql and communication. He is, also a senior associate at Treacy & Co., a strategy consulting and principal investment firm.

Lance Lieberman has been teaching English in Shizuoka, Japan, a two-year experience after his graduation from C .W . Post with honors.

“It’s been an outstanding, wonderful experience,” he reports, “in a very interesting country full o f tradition.”

Globe-trottingGene Mazo moved to 'CMibridge after graduating from Columbia U., “to run an institute at Harvard called the Project on Economic Reform in Ukraine.” It provides advice on privatization and economic jSform to governments in Eastern Europe.

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Gene gallivanted during the summers to write for the L et’s Go series o f travel guides: he did the L et’s Go Germany and planned to work on the Eastern Europe guide this summer. Part of the itinerary includes a ride on the TransSiberian railroad. He will begin graduate school at Oxford University this fall as a Rotary Scholar.

In his travels, Gene ran into Steve Most ’90 in Wisconsin. Steve is beginning graduate school in psychology.

Wendy DiStefano graduated from Georgetown U. and is in her third year o f medical school. She will do her clinicals in NYC. M att Blesso’s older brother, John ’89, has written and had published a book entitled O ff to a B ad Start. There was a book party and reading in Chelsea in late March. Among those attending were Seth Traum and his sister Juliet ’89; also from ’89 were John Boeckel, Mike Hnatow, Michael Hunter, Chris Leber, Christine and Paul Tiranno, Greg Sullivan, Wendy Weiss, and David Zweifler. Cheryl Rizzo, Mike Mark, and Marc Gurtman were envoys from the Class o f ’90. Pat Uhm, Ulysses De La Torre, and Prateek Bhatia were there, too, and we all had a good time exchanging war stories about work, commuting, and life after college.

In March Marc Hauser phoned fro ^ H j Northwestern U. Law School to announce he is engaged to his girlfriend o f several years, Leslie Scolnick. The wedding is scheduled for April 1998.

Jaime Napolitano attends veterinary school at th e ® , o f Penn.

Frequently, I run into Ronnie Krishana at random places around New York, although hie tells me he really lives in Boston. Jai Mirchandani and Venu Angara are often seen in his company.

Jordan Holtz is raising reptiles in Boulder (“four roommates and 45 pets”) and is attending the U. Colotado/Boulder. D ara

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M r. E nrique N eblett ;j| 7 Columbus A ve., M on tclair N J 0 7 0 4 2 Class agent: Ms. Alison Raym ond 4 W hite O ak Road, R oseland N J 0 7068 Reunion co-chairm en: Ms. T am i Safer 101 West 9 0 th St., #22D , N ew York N Y 1 0 0 2 4 M r. Joh n Sorger 2 2 8 South M ountain A ve., M ontclair N J 0 7 0 4 2 Ms. A nne M arie Verdiram o 19 Centre Ave., Secaucus N J 0 7 0 9 4 Joseph Adler received an Sc.B in computer science, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, from M IT , a n d a master’s o f engineering in computer science and electrical engineering.

Congratulations on the dual degrees and honors! He is working in management consulting with the Mitchell Madison Group in Cambridge.

Anne Marie Verdiramo has completed her third year toward her B.S.N . degree at Fairleigh Dickinson U., where she is achieving honors and has been inducted into the national nursing honor society. She is an executive board member o f the Student Nursing Assn. Anne Marie spent the summer in the surgical intensive care unit at the Mayo Clinic, Minn.

She is looking forward to seeing everyone at reunion.

Lisa Groudan and Tam i Safer are roommates in NYC. Lisa works for the CBS media department; Tami is a customer service rep. with her father’s textile business.

Cheryl Sinner, who received a B.A. in linguistics from the College o f William and Mary, has completed her first year in the speech pathology master’s program at the U. o f Virginia. She works as a research assistant in the field o f neurogenic communication disorders.

See you all October 18!

9 3 ----------Ms. R enee M onteyne 10 Lookout P oin t T rail Totowa Borough N J 0 7512 M r. B rian W echt 51 Glen Cove, Pom pton L akes N J 0 074 4 2 Class agent: Ms. Lisa Gittlem an 3 4 W inderm ere Rd., Upper M ontclair N J 0 7043 Congratulations to those who graduated in the college class o f 1997. News o f a few, from early newspapers and proud parents: Solomon Steplight received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from U. Penn. He will stay in Philadelphia with his own business, American Communications Network, which provides telecommunications services to businesses.

Renee Monteyne graduated cum laude with a B.S. in marketing and human resources from Boston College. She was a member o f Golden Key honor society and “W ho’s W ho o f College Students.” Renee is working with Putnam Investments in Boston.

Jennifer O ’Dea also graduated from B.U ., with a B.S. in occupational therapy. This fall she will start her affiliations for occupational therapy at a Boston area hospital for mental health, then in the winter will be in a Colorado Springs, Colo., hospital to complete her affiliation in physical dysfunction.

Stephanie O ’Brien graduated from Hobart/William Smith with a B.A. in English and minor in education. She spent last fall in the Dominican Republic “studying espanol”- and teaching English in Haitian communities in the D . R. Stephanie hopes to do some travel photography out west and then land a job in fashion photography at a magazine.

Kelly D i Stefano graduated from Georgetown U. and is beginning medical school.

Laura Caprario graduated from Yale with a B.S. in biology. She will begin a master’s in epidemiology at the Harvard School o f Public Health this fall. Laura was the senior section

editor o f the Yale Banner, the yearbook. She spent last summer studying French theater in Paris and doing research in neuroscience at Brigham and W omen’s Hospital in Boston, Chad Brown received a bachelor o f arts in history from Amherst College. It was Chad’s excellent nomination o f MKA faculty member Geoff Branigan that resulted in Mr. Branigan’s receiving Amherst’s first special prize for extraordinary teaching at the secondary schools level, one o f only three nationwide.

Nancy Nugent transferred to Caldwell College in 1994, where she made dean’s list, and will graduate next spring with degrees ip criminal justice and comd||nications. In the fall o f ’96, she interned with Shadow Broadcast Services, putting together the traffic reports you hear on New York radio stations. This spring she interned with the N .J. State Police, “observing everything from criminal investigations to arrest processing to report writing. It looks like it just might be the Police Academy for me in a year.”

Vassar College conferred bachelor’s degrees on Lisa Gitdeman, who majored in English, and Claire Kaltinick, who majored in economics. Claire received the Catherine Lucretia Blakeley Prize for a study in international economic relations.

Michael Castine received a B.S. from U. Michigan with a double major in cellular and molecular biology a W biopsychology/cognitive science. He is attending med. school at U M D N J.

94 Ms. M onica Fern an d 16 0 Cheyenne Way, W ayne N J 0 7470 Ms. Rosemary M onteyne 10 Lookout P oin t T rail Totow a Borough N J 07512 Class agent: M r. Joh n S a ro ff 6 7 Eagle Rock Way, M ontclair N J 0 7 042 Congratulations to Jo n Accarrino, who graduated from Ithaca College a year early!

He had enough credits to skip senior year, and graduated a television-radio major with a 3.6 G.P.A. Jon, whose concentration was in multimedia, designed the daytime set graphics for M SN BC last summer. He also worked on the C D -R O M S for the N BC T V movies A steroid, The Odyssey, and P an dora’s Clock.

Over the holidays, he “put the final touches” on the video jukebox in the N BC store in NYC. Jon is staying on in Ithaca as a freelance' multimedia and graphic artist.

Dana Fiordaliso spent last fall in Washington, D .C. interning for Congressman Donald Payne. In the spring, she was elected social chair for T ri Delta sorority. She will serve as VP o f the senior class at Ohio Wesleyan. This past summer Dana had an internship with Senator Bob Torricelli.

Lisa Ramos took a semester off from Bowdoin College, and will study this year in either Chile or Argentina. She is an English/Spanish double major.

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Melissa Arcoleo has transferred to Barnard College o f Columbia U., and lives in Manhattan. A psychology major and economics minor, Melissa will apply to graduate programs in organizational and industrial psychology.

David Steinberg is doing well at Tufts U. and is VP o f Theta Chi fraternity. He is applying to both law and business schools, “which I plan to attend simultaneously.”

9 5 ------------------— M s.R ita Papaleo 31 Fem w ood Terrace, N utley N J 0 7 110 rep968@ nw u. edu Ms. Shan-Shan Yam 11 5 -5 2 B lack O ak Lane, Kinnelon N j 0 7 4 0 5 Class agent: M r. A dam Schrager 121 Christopher St., M ontclair N J 0 7042 Well, the Class o f ’95 has been keeping itself busy. It’s been great hearing from all o f you.

Thora W estock transferred this spring to Susquehanna U., where she plays varsity lacrosse. She loves her new home. This fall, Thora will study in Vienna, Austria, at The Institute o f European Studies. She often sees Rich Sutter and Nick Stephenson on camp®,!®# and reports they are doing well. Nick pledged Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity last spring. Rich is captain o f the men’s lacrosse team.

Jennifer Goldman is social chair o f her sorority, Sigma Delta Tao, at the U. of Rochester. Jen will be studying abroad in London next spring semester.

Kori Pirouz has been having a great time at H , Penn. He stayed and worked in Philadelphia this summer. Over spring break, Kori worked with Habitat for Humanity in Georgia for a week. He sometimes sees Vanessa Mizzone on campus and reports she is doing well.

Elena Brown is majoring in history at Boston College. She was traveling to France for a few weeks this summer.

M atey Shapiro is having a great time -it Ithaca College, where she is a sociology major.

In fact, she stayed there over the summer to work in the Admissions Office, giving tours and taking classes. She sometimes sees Jon Accarrino ’94 around campus.

M att A ccarrino^ now a student at The Culinary Institute o f America at Hyde Park.

Anthony Digilio called me from my Big Ten rival, Qhio State U. He has only good things to Say about his time at school, and was staying over the summer to take classes.

Steve DiPasquale wrote to say that “things are going well on the Main Line.”' He is manager o f the men’s basketball team at Villanova and gets to travel with the team.

Watch for him on TV! Alex Joerger has been extremely busy at Georgetown S . He made varsity footpafll as a freshman as well as the traveling team for the fall o f ’95. He didn’t play this past year because he volunteered for the Georgetownsponsored tutoring program to the D .C.

school district. He Was; also accepted to the Disciplinary Review Board. Besides taking six classes, Alex works for the security division onii; campus. During winter break, AlegSHanzy Herrera, and Gina Maggio traveled to Lima, Peru, on vacation. Alex, a Spanish major, will study at the U. o f Sevilla, Spain, h ffu n io r year.

I often sefeiAlon Terry and Glenn Jeffers o i i f campus. Alon is an economics/international studies double major at Northwestern. He played varsity soccer again last fall for the Wildcats.

Glenn, a journalism major, writes,'for The D aily N orthwestern or sports. He had a primary role in the play, “The Colored Museum,” with the African American Theater Ensemble. Glenn did an outstandingjpb in his performance. He interned at the Chicago Tribune this su m m llsB I hayjabeen having a great time at Northwestern. I traveled with the football team and the Wildcat Marching Band over winter break to the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. Also, I danced for 30 H O U RS straight for the NU Dance Marathon. W e raised over $415,000 for the G us Foundation, a pediatric brain tumor research«®undation.

I also see Larissa Lury ’9 6 and Alan Hawes ’96 on campus. Both Larissa and I performed with the university symphonic band in an offcampus concert, which was fun. Larissa was also a writer for the well-known student-written musical, WAA-MU. Next year, I, too, will be studying at the U. o f Sevilla for my junior year abroad. R ita

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Fancy M eeting You Here Headmaster Peter Greer and his wife, Terry, were at Georgetown University with their t h w grandchildren over spring break. Dr. Greer was playing catch with one grandson when Clay Irving ’95 walked by. As they talked, Alex Joerger ’95 and his parengajoined them. As they left this group, the Greers walked into Jennifer Blanes ’92 and her brother Justin Blanes.’J!5, who attends Wesleyan U niversity. . D r Greer reports, “All thes®tudents were flourishing and praised MKA for their preparation.’’ ; ;

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Ms. Tanya. Barnes 7 M elrose Place, M ontclair N J 07042Ms. D ebbie H aight 1 jip D eW itt A v fi B elleville N J 0 71 1 0 9 Wlass ageni^M M r. L ee 5 4 H am ilton A m , Kearny N J 07032 So what’s t h e y lass o f ’9)(§up to? U Kelli Kessler writ®*that all is well in Colorado. She had a great season as the third

highest scorer on the women’s varsity lacrosse team (43 g o a ls ji4 assists,|H hat tricks). She planned to spend next semester abroad in Mexico.

Shauna Wreschner is busy with her own column in the newspaper called “Faces in the Crowd,” a segment on Hamilton College’s T V show, and a position on the crew team. She plans to spend this next year as a publicity intern in the Career Center.

She is not the only one hitting the airwaves.

Lauren Klein and Jessica Bruder are both disc jockeys on their college radio stations. Jessica is a member o f Amherst’s Ultimate Frisbee team and the snow boarding club, as well as teaching English to kids at a local high school.

Lauren teaches a class on international relations, being leader o f Harvard’s Outdoor Program. She planned to spend her summer trekking through Alaska doing research for the student-run travel guide L et’s Go. As for the rest o f the Boston crew, Roberta Monteyne sends love from Boston College, where she is enjoying life with her two sisters.

W hen we last saw Malini Sahu, she had signed her life away to become a doctor; she now writes that she is a secretary (secretary o f her -•^EgSdiat is).

Jill Rodburg had an “amazing first year” at Boston U. She joined the symphonic phorus and the choral society, and moved to an offcampus apartment with a friend. Josh Lite is loving the big lights and big city o f Boston, and his pal Mike Reiter at a not-too-far Worcester Polytech visits him every once in awhile when he can get away from the toil that engineering demands.

At Clark Iffll Dawn Dolden was a diver on the women’s diving team.

Further west in Massachusetts we arrive at the beautiful purple rolling hills, where Amish Shah writes he is having a blast at Williams.

The active student body and 40-page chem. labs keep Amish on his toes. He even studied chemistry at Williams over the summer on a fellowship.

Up north where snow is more than just another four-letter word, we run into Jacob Elberg , where he has carved a niche for himself into the country’s oldest college daily newspaper, The DarfOTtfzMjgiNearby is the U. New Hampshire, which Kirsten Fraser is beginning this fall after spending a year in Sweden as, dHS nanny.

Adam Brin has been busy working as a ¡Hbmputer consultant ttBrow n.

Going south to North Carolina, home o f Duke U., we all know that Allison Connolly has spent coundess hours developing an incredible web page with awesome MKA info.

Be sure ^ c h e c k it out.

In out nation’s capital, we find Hoyas Beth Noell and Nicole Kamine hanging out together at Georgetown. They spent their first year together as roommates and had an awesome rime. Beth was a member o f the newspaper and the outdoor club.

Further north and tgjjg^we hit Pittsburgh, Pa., where Sharif Siddiqui spent his first year as a member of the Carnegie Mellon so.eger team.

A busine|| m ajorBhariffinds life at C M U even more than he hoped fb« p g B & mate Asumini Kasule is enjoying the rigors o f engineering. -

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H[See ’95 column for news o f Larissa Lury and Alan Hawes.]

Back to good old New Jersey. Lee Vartan a t ;' Princeton, when he is not imploring us for money, is busy with the parasailing team and as a big brother in the Big Brother/Big Sister program.

Joon “Bug” Choi is taking 20 science classes at Rutgers, which he now attends after having successfully graduated from M KA in November.

0oon had a nice private graduation ceremony in the lounge.)

In NYC, Debbie Haight sees Nick Marantz every once in awhile in the dorm elevator, since they live in the same building at Columbia.

Occasionally Racquel Booth is also spotted on the campus, since she is across the street at Barnard.

W e’re sure the rest o f you had a very happy and successful first year away from home. Let us know what you’re up to, and you can be in our next ’9 6 jjjritimn. Tanya an d D ebbie

97 ------------ — Ms. Jen n ifer P latt 9 0 4 Pom pton Ave., C edar Grove N J 0 7009 Class secretary an d agent: Ms. Jen n ifer P in k 1 5 4 U pper M ountain A ve., M ontclair N J 0 7 0 4 2 Welcome, Class o f 1997, to your own alumni column!

Trustee W alter Z w eifler, R oberta Z w eifler, an d son Jon athan ’9 7 a t Commencement. Son D avid Z w eifler ’8 9 could not attend; he h a d a new assignm ent in H ong Kong.

Class agent!secretary Jen F in k an d class secretary Jen P latt a t the Senior B reakfast.

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1955 Diana Whittaker and John Peabody 1958 Betsy Cole and Don Clelond 1960, I960 Jay Clott and Emily Stark 1971 Monique Mustacchi and Phillippe Dhellemmes 1975 Malcolm Hall and Christine Hamilton 1981 Pamela Berkowsky and Adam Shapiro 1984 Laura Dancy and Andrew Wilson 1984 Maja Kasder and Nicholas DuBrul 1984 Marc Klein and Angela Vaiser:- n 1984 Christopher Nemetz and Jennifer Feinsod 1985 E. Merriman Ray and Kevin Collins 1986 Sharri Ginsburg and Jeffrey Freedman 1986 Christopher Russell and Catherine Ramsden 1986 Damon Zeigler and Amy Donovan 1987 Robert Powell Jr. and Gabrielle D ’Alemberte 1987 Richard Stanton and June Raegner 1988 Hayley Silver and Adam House 1989 David Austin and J ennifer Malinowski 1989 Peter DeCandia and Alessandra Sottossanti 1989x Girard Ruddick and Erin Read

1996 February 13, 1996 May 18, 1997 January 1997 October 1996 May 25, 1997 April 12, 1997 Summer 1995 September 1, 1996 May 17, 1997 Janua^25TTs|l^B May 25, 1996 May 18, 1996 November 2, 1996 December 28, 1996 May 25, 1997 April 19, 1997 April 12,,1997 June 7, 1997 ' September 14,1996

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1922 Robertson Dwight Ward 1924 Marian Shultz 1928 Barbara Newell Bowen 1932 Albert E. Wallwork 1933 Edith Egleson Bower 1934x Elizabeth Yallalee Dominick 1934 Walter J. Sperling Jr. 1935 Helen Strong Oechler 1935 Philip R. Warner 1937- Granger Bierwith 1939 Elwood H. Carter Jr. 1943 Richard R. Fuller 1944 Samuel Brent Girdler 1946 Marilyn Magnus Larner 1946 Rodney E. Leach 1949 Roger A. Hansen 1953 George M. Cohen 1971 Johan R.Thorbecke

May 30, 1997 December 17, 1996 June 1997 July 20, 1996 April 9, 1997 May 17, 1997 February 1997 April 22s 1997 December 155/19 9 6 March 22,11997 Summer 1996 April 17, 1996 January 25, 1991^8 June 4, 199Jig September 16, 1996 March 1B 1997 January 15, 1991^8 December 1996

F acu lty , F o rm e r F acu lty , an d T ru stees Susan Capehart Oscar Maynard Walter J. Sperling Jr. David H. Seeley Chris B ellapian ta p in s Cum Lau de ribbon on Jen n ifer Brown.

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K 997June 22, 1997 February 1997 June 29, 1997

MKA Bulletin Board Wanted Alumni and parent volunteers are wanted to share advice and experience with current students and alumni.

Career Services - A networking referral service to advise recent MKA alumni on internships, resumes, jobs, career paths. We particularly need advisors in financial areas such as banking and technology, and summer internships.

Bank of Community Resources - Share expertise with students in the classroom on all three campuses, be it hobby or profession. All fields welcome, especially technology. We particularly need mentors to help with 8th grade science projects - all kinds of science.

Call Ginger Kriegel at Career Services, 973/5094870

Thanksgiving Day Game 10:30 a.m. on Van Brunt Field.

At home this year. The Cougars are going for six in a row. Come cheer and see your friends and former faculty at this classic.

Swimming Records MKA is researching swimming records for a record board to be installed by the pool this fall.

If you have any information about what may be a school record time for any of the standard interscholastic swimming events for either men or women, please call 973/509-7939.

DON'T FORGET Homecoming • Reunions October 18,1997

M K A C h airs

Wonderful gifts or graduation presents! MKA chairs are antique black with maple arms and bear the official MKAIggi in gold. Each chair sells for $225; a rocking chair version is available for $250. Please add $20 for shipping and handling.

Your order must be accompanied by a check made payable to The Montclair Kimberley Academy.

Send to: The Alumni Office, MKA, 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 0704.2.

Are You Lost? Moved? Married? Awarded?

Please send news, photos, and/or address changes to the Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042, call 973/746-9800, or e-mail caustin@ m ka.pvt.kl2.nj.us

Alumni T-Shirts Proclaim your proud heritage as you jog around town! The Alumni Association has a few timeless T-shirts available. The shirts are $ 10 plus $3 each postage and handling from the MKA Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042.

Please make checks to MKA Alumni Association.

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1 9 9 7 Com m encem ent

October 18

November 10-13

Alumni Phonathon

November 27

Thanksgiving Day Game vs. Newark Academy 10:30 a.m. at MKA on Van Brunt Field

December TBA

Alumni Hockey Game

January 9

A Night With the Devils New Jersey Devils vs.

Atlantic Division Rival Tampa Bay Lightning

February 27, 28 March 1

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Dates To Remember Homecoming, Reunions

Winter Musical, Upper School

March 11

Career Day

April 30

Senior Breakfast

May 9

Athletic Hall of Fame Alumni Social at Van Vleck House & Gardens

1998 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD*!OMINATION FORM N O M I N E E _ ___________________________________________ CLASS_________ A CH IEVEM EN TS

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Detach and mail to: The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, N J 07042

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD CRITERIA T o all alumni, parents, trustees, faculty, staff and friends of The Montclair Kimberley Academy: The Distinguished Alumni Award Committee is hereby accepting nominations for the recipient o f the 1998 Distinguished Alumni Award.

The recipient should have achieved distinction in some field o f endeavor, or through outstanding character or dedication made a special contribution to humanity.

Race, creed, sex or contribution to the school should have no bearing on the choice o f recipient.

The purpose o f the Distinguished Alumni Award is “to bestow recognition and appreciation for outstanding achievement.” This award will be a meritorious reflection on the school and will provide inspiration and encouragement for our young people. It is hoped that the recipient will come to M KA and address a gathering o f alumni and o f students.

You may nominate more than one alumna/alumnus.

There will be one Distinguished Alumni Award recipient each year; S nominations will be maintained in confidential files for consideration in following years.

NOMINATION FORM FOR MKA ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME ® O M IN iJ| _____________________________________________IjpLA SS______________ SPO RTS______________________________________________________________________ A C H IEV EM EN TS____________________________________________________________

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TE LE PH O N E _____________________________________________________________________ Detach and mail to: The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, N J 07042 MKA A TH LETIC HALL O F FAME AWARDS CRITERIA The Montclair Kimberley Academy Athletic Hall o f Fame was founded to honor those who have made telling contributions to the school’s athletics. Its purpo^is to perpetuate the memory o f those persons who have brought distinction, honor, and excellence to Montclair Academy, The Kimberley School, The Brookside School, and M KA in athletics.

1. Nominee must have been an outstanding varsity athlete, coach, Athletic Director, trainer, or major contributor (financial and/or participant) at MA, TK S, Brookside, or MKA. and/or brought distinction to the school through related and subsequent athletic accomplishments.

2. Student nominees must haveiattended MA, TK S, Brookside, or MKA for at least two years, and have graduated from MA, TK S, Brookside, or MKA. Student nominees maffl have graduated at least five years prior to the year o f nomination.

3. Nominee must have conducted his or her life in keeping with school standards and in ways which reflect positively on MKA. 4. The nomination can be a posthumot®award.

5. Nominees may nominate themselves, be nominated by alumni or others.

6. Each year, a minimum o f one qualified male and one qualified female will be selected. Nominations will be kept on file for subsequent years’ review.

7. A team may be inducted.

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Our three beautiful campuses, our fine buildings, our playing fields - all are, to a great extent, legacies left to The Montclair Kimberley Academy by former benefactors. The way each benefactor chose to offer a gift varied, but the impact was the same: a wonderful school that is financially strong, that brings honor to the community of Montclair, and that provides excellent education for some 1,000 students today.

The H eritage S ociety recognizes those benefactors who have made plann ed gifts to MKA. Members

of the Heritage Society enjoy the personal gratification of advancing the education of future generations of students. They also enjoy the financial benefits which flow from sound investment and estate planning, including increased spendable income, an immediate tax deduction, reduced estate taxes, and reduced capital gains taxes on appreciated assets.

Charitable Bequests, Charitable Remainder Unitrusts, Charitable Remaifider Annuity Trusts, Charitable Lead Trusts, Gifts of Real Estate: these are all examples of planned gifts that make one eligible to join the Heritage Society.

In recent issues of The M KA Reviewyoxx may have noticed articles on alumni who have chosen to make a planned gift to MKA. If you would like more information about making such a planned gift to MKA, please return the response form below to The Office of External Affairs, MKA, 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042. If you prefer, telephone Judy Polonofsky, Director of External Affairs, or Peter Perretti 72, Assistant Director of External Affairs, at 973/746-9800.

I am interested in making a planned gift to MKA. Please contact me.

I have already named MKA as a beneficiary in my will, or have made arrangements for another type of planned gift. Please contact me.

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Hom ecom ing • Reunions • October 18, 1997 - alsoThanksgiving Day Football Gam e vs. Newark Academy At M K A on Van Brunt Field, 10:30 a .m .

Scenes from Commencement, left to right: H eadm aster Peter Greer an d Honorary Trustee A ubin Z abriskie Ames *54 robe for Commencement ’9 7 ; H olly M cCrary-Tennessee 9 7 ; M ark Irving andAlyson Leichtner 97.