Fall 1998 MKA Review Magazine

THE MONTCLAIR KIMBERLEY ACADEMY

C over Award-winning faculty member Geoffrey Kranigan and student Jessica Natal stand on the beginnings of ¡Sfjnew gymnasium, symbolizing the growth of academics and athletics at MKA. SeaRFrom the Headmaster” and the lead article on the evolution of the Long-Range Plan.

C ontents From the Headmaster 1 From the Board of Trustees ~ Challenge and Success 3 Notes Around MKA 7 Cougar Sports 11 Athletic Hall of Fame III 15 From the Alumni Association 16 Distinguished Alumni Award 19 Class Notes ¿0 R eview E ditors Christie Austin Judy Polonofsky CONTRIBUTORS Debbie Kozak Peter Perretti ’72"; P h o t o C redits Christie Austin Phil Cantor Anthony Cuneo Jeff Goldman David Hollander Susan Jones Dan Katz Debbie Kozak Peter Perretti Trenton Photographers Published twice yearly by: The Montclair Kimberle^Academy 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042 973/746-9800 . FAX: 9WT83-5777 httpWwww.mka.inrar.net Entered as third class matter at Montclair NJ 07042 Design: Gemini Studio Mac., Montclair N1 Printed on recycled paper

The MKA Alumni Association is an organization of all men and women who have attended the Upper School. Its purposes to make known to MKA the ideas, interests, and concerns of 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 spoEor events and activities linking alumni with their alma mater.

A l u m n i A s s o c ia t io n C o u n c il 1998-99

Karin Strom Aiello ’68 Lisa S. Aufzien ’76 Andrew J. Blair ’78, Treasurer Robert ffbttingham Jr. ’84 Erin Cuffe Crawford ’74 Lori Windolf Crispo ’78 Crystal A. Elliott ’88 Ho$fj|syi§ Felber ’83, Executive Vice President Susan Cole Furlong ’78 Lisa R.Gittleman ’93 Jennifer Jones Ladcla ’84 Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76 Mark McGowan ’85 Kristine Hatzenbuhler O’Connor ’83, President Eric F.S. Pai ’79 Joshua H. Raymond ’89 Andrew D. Rod ’79 Sabino T. Rodano ’87 Vice President Scott Rumana ’83 Anita E. Sims-Stokes ’j a B Patricia Shean Worthington ’74, Secretary Alexis Polonofsky Zebrowski.’85 Peter R. Greer, Headmaster Judy Polonofsky, Director of External Affairs Christie Austin, Alumni Director Peter Perretti ’72, Alumni Assistant Director of Core Curriculum A dv isory C ouncil Martha Bonsai Day ’74 Peter S. McMullen S B J. Dean Paolucci ’73

B oard O f T rustees 1998-99 Paul G. Edwards, Vice President George W. Egan Andree (Penny) Finkle John E. Garippa, President Linda T. Garippa A. Lawrence Gaydos Mary Ellen Gray Peter R. Greer, Hfeidmaster Alice M. Hirsh, Secretary Peter S. McMullen W g j J. Clarence Morrison, Vice President Anne E. Muenster-Sinton Kristine Hatzenbuhler O’Connor ’83 Michael L. Rodburg Rudolph G. Schlobohm 74 Newton B. Schott Jr., Treasurer Jolinda D. Smith David L. Turock Terence D. Wall H on orary T rustees Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’54 Susan H. Ruddick James S. Vandermade ’35 A d visory T rustees Margaret Crawford Bridge ’65 Edwin J. jiielattre Austin V. Koenen Sr. (in memoriam) Barry W. Ridings E 0 Herbert H. Tate Jr. 71 Member: Alumni Program Council of Independent Schools (APC) Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS) MKA complies with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws.

From the Headm aster

Playing marbles at Cougar Pride Day.

Dear MKA Community, An Advisory Trustee and friend, Dr. Edwin Delattre, influences m e once again with an important play on words. In a speech he gave a few years ago, Dr. Delattre talked about the different ways that a school (or an individual, for that matter) deals with “success”:

m ound of dirt. The m ound presages the building of an additional gymnasium that will be com pleted in November 1998. This new gym, w ith adjoining lppker rooms, m akes it possible for MKA toB ieet the increased dem ands of its com prehensive athletic, physical edu catio 9 and outdoor education p i® |a m s.

The fact of building this gym signals enorm ous confidence on the part of the Trustees in the future of this school and alllof its programs.

succeeding with success, fa ilin g at success The MKA community is currently riding an unprecedented crest of success. But w e could easily fail at this time at apparent success. All w e w ould have to do is becom e lazy and arrogant, to stop thinking about ways to improve our services to children. We could ignore the responsibility w e have to provide for both the current students and the MKA students w ho follow - as was true of those w ho built buildings and contributed other funds of w hich w e are the recipients.

The faculty m em ber and student symbolize the truly © »standing faculty at MKA and their unusual and, productive relationships with their m idents. We are rem inded that facülty of this cBafity must be pensated well above the average & our competitors.

We m ust also be equipped financially to recruit topnotch replacem ent teachers and -staff from all over the nation each year. O ur students and parents deserve no less.

We refuse to fail at success:. We are very aw are of and continue to be focused on the reality that w e earn otir reputation every day in the ways w e teach, administer, coach, greet people, keep our buildings and grounds, succeed with college placements, and hold the entire school community to traditional standards.

G ood planning m akes for good schools. Our 1995 Trustee-led planning effort started with the premise that w e w anted MKA to be recognized as one of the top ten day schoolman the nation. T hefcom m itte^i ' identified several areas in the program, the plant, and endow -m ents thal^ffieded im provem ent if MKA w e r a jl to be a truly excellent school. (You’ll read m ore about that in the lead article.) We are m aking steady progress in each area, and the m om entum is building.

We are proud of outf5efforts on behalf of our teachers and students. It takes all m embers of the MKA Com­ munity to make sure w e continue to succeed at success.

O ur cover photo provides a strong signal as to w here p ur MKA is at this point in time in relation to how we are dealing with our current extraordinary success as a place of learning - as a place w here parents entrust their young to caring-and talented adults imthe classrooms, on the stages, in the h a llS and on the athletic fields - and as a place to w atch our fide alumni can point with deserved pride and loyalty. This photo also signals w here w e m ust go now to sustain our enviable m omentum. Look at the proud student and talented MKA faculty m em ber posing on top of a

With gratitude,

Dr. Peter R. Greer Headmaster 1

From the Board o f Trustees Committee, and on the Awards and Networking com ­ mittees. Kris, a graduate of W heaton College and Seton Hall School of Law, is the legal administrator for the New Jersey office of Latham & Watkins. She is past President of the Junior League of Montclair-Newark. She and her husband, Michael, have a daughter Kelsey, 3-

Peter S. McMullen

Mary Ellen Gray

Retirements The Board joins me in thanking the following for their service to MKA:

Kristine Hatzenbuhler O’Connor ’83

As I begin another year as President of the Board of Trustees of The Montcjair Kimberley;Academy, I thank all w ho served with me this p ® t year. As you read this issuelgf the Review, especially “.Challenge and Success,” you will see the progress w e have m ade on the Long R angaPlan.

Martha Bonsai Day ’74 served on the Board from 19921998. Her w ork as Chairman of the Educational Policy Committee and guidance involving the travel policy for this school was invaluable.

Ronald Gennace joined the Board in 1992 and served on m any conmdttees, including the Executive Com-mittee, Committee on Trustees, and Educational Policy. He was V icijPresident of the Board for two years. Ron was a devoted and tireless w orker on behalf of MKA, as well as serving as school doctor for several years.

Many thanks to Jodi Smith, Chairman of the Committee o n Trustees, andi%emb^rs P aH Edwards, Ronald Gennace, Alice Hirsh, Anne Muenster-Sinton, and Newton fsh o tt for their outstanding w ork on the nom ination ptfllpss.

Josephine Martone com pleted two years as President of The Parents’ Association (PAMKA) in June. Under Jo ’s leadership PAMKA not only raised unprecedented funds for the school, but also becam e a m ore streamlined organization and produced a Mission Statement. As a Trustee, Jo served on the Educational Policy Committee.

Peter S. McMullen W was elected to Kerve a three-year term , Class of 2001., Elected B serve another term w ere George W. Egan, A. Jean (Penny) Finkle and John E. Garippa.

Advisory Trustees for 1998Mj| are Margaret Crawford Bridffl ’6 5 ffipan Edwin J. Delattre, Barry W. Ridings ■ 0 , Herbert TatB ’71,Bnd Austin V. Koenen in memoriam.

Walter Zweifler served on the Board from 1995-1998.

Walter was a loyal supporter of MKA for many years, and as a Board m em ber served on the Finance Com­ mittee, Investment Sub-Committee, and the Auxiliary Operations Committee.

W elcom e New Trustees Peter S. McMullen 7 7 is Executive Vice President of the New Jersey Devils. He graduaffid from B i|ton,G ollege School of Management with a B.S. in marketing and hum an resSarces. Peter, lip. the Alumni Council since lfl?7B §iyed on the Awards and Fundraising committees, and as President these, past two years. He was a m em ber of the S tpjent Life: Committee of the MKA Board as well.

He and his wife, MKA classmate Cheryl D ’AlesSandro, have twcfijdiildren, Elise and Peter Jr.

In the coming school year w e will see further progress on the Long Range Plan. This fall w e will dedicate our new gymnasium at the Middle School. This $1.5 million state-of-the-art facility will serve the needs of the Middle and U pper School students. The strength of our school is further evidenced by the fact that these funds w ere raised in one year’s time. My congratulations for this aB om plishm ent are extended to Linda Garippa, Trustee Chairman of Development, and the entire Board o h Trustees for their ongoing exam ple of leadership.

Mary Ellen Gray is the new ly elected President of the Parents’ Association and, in this capacity, brings the parents’ perspective to the Board. Mary Hllep. retired as an Executive Vice President of Midlantic Corp./PNC in 1996. §|is graduated from Vassar College and Columbia University School of Bmliness with a master’s in Business PollpS She chaired the slp£es'sfulH998 PAMKA Spring Fwidraiser, and the PAMKA Committee on the Statement of P u rp o ^ S She and her husband David are the parents iff two children at MKA: ttia rlfs, in fourth grade, and Anthony,{.a freshman.

We will also continue to put an em phasis on increasing our faculty com pensation endow m ent so that w e can attract, train, and hold the finest teachers.

JohnE . Garippa President The Montclair Kimberley Academy Foundation Board of Trustees 1998-99

Kristine Hatzenbuhler O’Connor ’83 is the incoming P re sid e n t)f the MKA Alumni Association, Ilf w hich she has'bjgen ajH «ibeF ;sinee 1990.K h e has served as secretary, chairman of C arftr Day and the Bylaws

President ®ohn E. (garippa . ~; Vice President - Paul G. Edwards Vic||President - J. Clarence Morrison Treasurer - Newton B. Schott J r..

Seat:!ary - Alice M. Hirsh a

Challenge and Success

A highlight o f thefestivities o f Cougar Pride Day in April was Groundbreakingfor the new gym at the Middle School. John Garippa, President ofthe MKA Board o f Trustees, thanked supportersfor their great efforts, and William Farlie, Mayor o f the Township o f Montclair, spoke on the approvalproceedings ana the importance of MKA to Montclair. Left to right: Dr. John McMullen, Jacqueline McMullen, and Peter McMullen 77 representing the McMullen Family Foundation; seniorfaculty member Ken Gibson, MKA attorney andparent Barbara Fox, Trustee Newton Schott, and Dr. Mark Boyea, Director o f Athletics.

S eason ed b y m ore th a n a cen tu ry o f ex p erien ce, en rich ed b y a d iv erse p ast, en jo y in g a gratifyin g p erio d o f grow th in a cco m p lish m en t and rep u tation , T he M ontclair K im b erley A cadem y stan d s tod ay at a p articu larly au sp icio u s p o in t in h isto ry . P lan s fo r th e future ca ll fo r th e sc h o o l to co n tin u e its tra d itio n o f ex c e lle n c e in its trad ition al v en u e, am id field s an d bu ild in gs th at sp ea k o f h erita g e an d co n tin u ity , w h ile em bracing th e fu tu re.

N ew to n B. S ch o tt J r v T ru stee C h airm an o f th e Long R a n g e P lan n in g C om m ittee 1995

Many schools faced with the challenges of limited space w ould look for a large parcel of property in the country and build an entirely new ffiiool. Not The Montclair Kimberley Amdemy. MKA is committed to staying in Montclair - w ithout in any way limiting our students’ experiences and opportunities.' MKA Siust continue to improve w hat it has at its three Montclair campuses.

Thus, in 1995, a Trustee-led Long Range Planning Committee, under the direction of chairman Newton Schott, spent several m onths pulling together the b esllt1, ideas for the continuing health of MKA. The actual process had begun two years before that, with the participation of all facets of the MKA community in information-gathering of educational and f a c i l it i e s needs. These specifics and a list of projects w ere given to a renownecgsarchitectural-planning organization, The Hillier Group of Princeton, which painstakingly took all the data, conducted its ow n surveys and on-site evaluations, and developed several plans. This exact planning mitigates against ad hoc building and ensures ’’ financial good sense.

At MKA w e expect our students to learn content that matters, think creatively, m ake thoughtful choices, and plan their time well. It’s a challenge. The school’s Trustees and key administrators also are expected to come to creative and thoughtful decisions concerning use of time and space in this bustling, busy, fully engaged community of learners, musicians, actors, writers, and athletes. It’s a challenge.

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The Trustees agreed on an all-encompassing plan for future developm ent oi the school. 'Ijip plan ha^, three major components: program, plant, and endowment.

N ew R esearch in S cien ce A new science lab at the U pper School was com pleted this summer,: specifically designed to enhance the teaching of »a, new course, “Introduction to Research in Science.” Under the direction cSfaculty m em ber Dr. Albert Leger, the year-long course will introduce students to the w onders of scientific research and give them the proper skills to execute an independent research project. Leger, a Harvard graduate w ho received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University, was formerly a research scientist at the American Museum of Natural History in |lie w York. It is the hope that this course will eventually lead to MKA having participants in the W estinghouse Contest.

Program Program enhancem ents included the intelligent use of tsSm ology on all three cam pustf:|m d im plementation of the unique and heralded Citizenship Core Curri­ culum. The Citizenship Core Curriculum requires faculty to engage in serious and consistent' study of ethics, our Founding Documents, and public discourse and logic Because the heart of a school is its program, these enhancem ents w ere addressed first, so that now they are fullflin place and benefiting every student.

The technology program has given almost every classroom access to the w orldwide information net­ w ork and to other classrooms on the three campuses.

MKA’s -state-of-the-art Distance Learning Center at the Upper School provides access to teaching sources at other schools, universities,®)!' lab sites. Just this last year, a phfsics class “visited” a NASA windtunnel research site in Tennessee. Other students and a faculty m em ber took a college-level course in Chinese from a professor at Boston University. This year, the distance-learning courses will be art and architecture, taught by two faculty m em bers at Boston University.

The first sem ester offers “Learning to See,” teaching basic concepts of visual analysis and applying t h ||e concepts to art throughout history. The second course will study the Parthenon both as classic architecture and as the core of all aspects of Greek culture.

P lant The Long-Range Planning Committee determ ined that a num ber of improvements w ere necessary to MKA’s aging plant, including renovation of the science labs, refurbishm ent of the Vandermade Art Studio and the Deetjen Drama Lab, significant repair of the swimming pool, a new gymnasium, and ongoing upgrades at all three campuses.

1996 saw the dedication of the new John E. Garippa FamilyHnd the E.E. Ford Foundation Chemistry Room at the U pper School. This sum m er saw com pletion of a new science lab designed to enhance the teaching of a new course' “Introduction to Research in Science.”

Middle School science labs have b een renovated, and one is how equipped to teach elements of marine biology.

“The new l-abs give us m ore space for organized w ork,” says Jennifer Zagariello, chair of the Middle School Science Department, “as well as m ore efficient w ork space for each student. This gives us greater variety in lab experim entation and m ore flexibility in content and process.

The U pper SchocOpool has also b een renovated and boasts new scoreboards, touchpads, and record board in addition to costly m echanical underpinnings. It was re d e d ic a te d lp t fall in a special Pool Ceremony at Homecoming. The swim team has b een m ost successful and is growing under the coaching of David Flocco. W hen funds are available, MKA will complete a new locker room.

The Distance Learning Room brings in lecturers and professorsfrom across the United Statesfor inter-actvmlearning classes, .

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The m ost ,obvious sign of MKA’s steady forward m ovem ent is that construction has begun on the new gymnasium located on the Middle School campus. The gym will incorporate a two-station teaching space for physical education, as well as a facility for basketball, volleyball, wrestling, and fencing - all to be shared by Middle and U pper School teams. The gym, fully equipped for both teaching and spectator sports, will incorporate folding bleachers, wall padding, a drop­ dow n net to create two teaching stations or practice courts, a climbing wall for the outdoor education program, and a scoreboard and public address system.

It is expected that the gym will be com pleted late this fall, ready for the w inter sports season. [See speech by student Jesse Natal for the impact this gym will have on the life of the students.]

Technology is in use on all three campuses. Here, MKA “Web master” Bill Stites teaches a student at Brookside on the computer.

T he L esson s o f H istory U pper school fisto ry teacher Geoffrey Branigan, on the cover of the Review representing MKA’s outstanding faculty, has received several awards for his teaching. The latest was in June, during com m encem ent cerem onies at Princeton University. Geoff was recognized as one of four Distinguished Secondary School Teachers in New Jersey. The aw ard came with an honorarium for Geoff and a donation of $2,500 to the MKA library.

W hy a N ew G ym Now? Junior Jessica jfatal, on the cover of the Review representing students, spoke eloquently of the need for m ore athletic space during the groundbreaking cerem ony on April 18.

Although I can’t exactly speak for every athlete in the school, I can give you a glimpse into my world and how much this gym is. going to help me and some of the students who are in my situation. I live about 20 to 30 minutes away from here. I get home after practice sometimes as late as 8:00 to 8:30, followed by a quick dinner, a shower, and a Conversation with my mother.

Now by this time it’s almost 10:00. After this, have to startpn my homework. It is a real struggle to do my best work on a night like this.... especially attending a school as demanding as MKA. [Sometimes!; I’ll fall asleep because I’m so tired, or sometimes not even be able to fall asleep because I have so much on my mind about the*1 next day. The point I’m trying to make is... it’s. 1 incredible stress.

Last year Geoff received a similar aw ard from Amherst College, as one of three teachers in the; nation saluted for extraordinary teaching. ■ He also received recognition from Tufts .and the University of Chicago - all from nominations sent by his former MKA students.

Geoff graduated from Jfotre Dame and received an M.A. from NYU. At MKA since 1988, he is currently chair of the history departm ent and a m em ber of the Academic Programs Committee.

In addition to teaching honors and A P ^ B o ry , politics, and humanities courses, he has g b en a football coach andH lvisor to the Student Council. lie has.also w orked with Peer f Leadership and Amiggs de las Americas.

This new gym is going to open up so many doors for us, because we will get home a lot earlier an d | our evenings will more often be spent doing our best work, spending time with family and getting some rest. All this is vital in order for me as an athlete and a student to do my best.

Geoff has led backpacking, canoeing, m ountaineering and cycling expeditions in the U.S, andS|b*$ad for the MKA Summer Wilderness School, amwadvises the outdoor leadership program. I le js know n for “The .

Locke Project,Ain w hich students create their ow n demonstrations (plays, songs, fairy tales,. videotapes from courtroom and jail) of how they understand John lgf>cke’s th eo ri^ ^ B

Another thing this gym will! help out with is more space. This means that students will be t i g s to receive more quality practice time. Each athlete will be able to improve on individual skills that they might not have been able to do before.

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It is no secret that costs of living in this area are inordinately high, and may seem insurm ountable for young w om en and m en fresh out of college or graduate school'. The MKA salary levels have m oved steadily higher in recent years, and the Academy is gaining ground in com parison with other similar schools, but that is not enough. These splendid professionals must receive m ore appropriate salaries and deserve, as well, m onetary help with their continuing education. The planning committee designated endow m ent growth specifically for faculty salaries and professional developm ent.

B uilding th e E ndow m ent In the last two years, the Parents’ Association o h MKA, PAMKA, donated an extraordinary $175,000 to the Faculty Compensation Endowm ent Fund.

“Recognizing the faculty as the single most important asset o f MKA, ” says Jo Martone, President of PAMKA 1996-1998W the Parents’Association was eager to direct the majority o f its fundraising profit to securing and enhancing fa cu lty salaries. PAMKA is pleased that it has been able to make worthwhile contributions to the Faculty Compensation Endowment Fund. |

Obviously teachers comprise only half of the academic team. Eager, able students comprise the other half.

MKA is committed to offering its program to those talented students w ho wish to attend regardless of their families’ ability to pay the tuition. Thus the MKA plan for the future includes the need for endow m ent specifically to provide increased sums of student financial aid.

E ndow m ents Now MKA® ready to turn its attentg§n to the third com ponent of the plan, endow m ents - especially for our faculty.

MKA and its predecessors have always nurtured imaginative, energetic teaching, responsive to individual learning styles;* Our outstanding faculty is an MKA hallmark. “These faculty sparkle,” states Headmaster Peter Greer. “They make a difference every day. W hat is

MKA started as an excellent trio of schools. Today, as a single academic institution, it is stronger than ever in its history. That is so because MKA keeps planning for the future, and m akes those plans reality. Year by year, MKA is m eeting its challenges creatively - and successfully. MKA is here - in Montclair - and it’s here to stay.

the motivation that brings them into teaching? We guess that it is a clear understanding o f the importance o f their work with young people."

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Attracting teachers to MKA presents no real problem, because the quality and reputation w the school are well known. Keeping those teachers is another matter.

In Memoriam Austin V. Koenen

At the time of his death, Austin was a well-known Wall Street banker and public finance specialist who was chief executive of the China International^«!

Capital Corporation, an investment banking com pany ow ned by the Chinese Governm ent and Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter & Company.

The Montclair Kimberley Academy community is saddened by the death in Beijing, China, of Austin Koenen on May 2 , 1998 .

While the financial w orld will rem em ber Austin as a successful banker, the MKA community remem bers him as a m an of integrity, secure in his convictions, his loyalties, and his compassion. Austin always did the right thing at all times, regardless of the Consequences, as he served the Academy for over a decade.

Austin served on MKA’s Board of Trustees from 1988 until the present and was President from 1 9 9 ^ 8 9 4 . He and his wife,. Kathy, are parents of three MKA alumni, Karestan ’86, Erin ’89, and Austin V., Jr. ’94.

John Garippa President, Board o f Trustees

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N otes Around M KA Ev M artin

At the final faculty m eeting of 1997-98, John Garippa, President of the Board of Trustees,' thanked the faculty for an outstanding year of accomplishment, achievement, and recognition.

from retirement speech by Christine Ebling Ev [retiring from teaching kindergarten for 19 years at Brookside], you have taught me a great deal about : friendship, courag^yinner strength and patience. Just as a shared artichoke slowly reveals its heart, time and effort turn acquaintanceships into friendships. That’s how it is with people. Y ov® gently, slowly peel the layers off one by one, rew arded through the process in small ways.

Headm aster Peter Greer thanked departing faculty and w ished them well in the next stages of their careers: Susan Bruder, Jean ette C haffee, C arol C iuffardiB loom , Carl C ole, K aren C op p ee, E dith Levy, T heresa O rlandi, M ichael R asner, Trudi R odin, Linda R oth sch ild , N ico le Stein, V ictoria W heeler, Jan ies W ilson . He also w ished bon voyage to those retiring faculty and staff w ho w ere saluted by their peers.

R ichard F lem in g

Tim Sabum

from retirement speech by Richard Sunshine

from farew ell speech by Charlaine Charlton

“Rich,” as everyone knows him, rose from the ranks to becom e the Assistant Director of Maintenance.

Rich was the helper behind the scenes setting u p every event from Homecoming to the New Parents’ Dinner, and helped to fgchestrate the ongoing m anagem ent of repair and building on MKA’s three campuses.

In 1991, w hen he was appointed H ead of Caraphs, Tim’s charge was to restore confidence in the school community, to create a stable environment, and to redirect the creative energies of a Caring but beleaguered faculty. Tim m ade a num ber of'-leadership decisions, encouraged hfimest communication, listened, advised, encouraged and supported the short and long-term goals. We w orked together to codify and darifyu academic policies,; to tighten academic .standards, and to ensure a cohesive, dynamic, revitalized curricultfth....

He was and remains a role model, mentor, and ■ personal inspiration. For the students, he;Has always given his all, both th ro u g b iS tn e tough Hve and thoughtful sensitivity.

B ettyrose Schw ier-H etzel

from retirement speech by George Hrab Betty came in the m iddle of the year, 1984-85, as a chemistry teacher. I got my first inkling of her professionalism, sharp intellect, wit and com passion in listening to her first citations at Awards Night. She was obviously someoneKif excellence and commitment. In a few years she was co-chairing, then chairing, the science departm ent. Her ability to lead w ithout dominating, to guide without stifling, to encourage and motivate w ithout dem eaning - that ability is unsurpassed,,and appreciated and cherished by colleagues and students alike. Witness the level of voluntary enrollm ent in higher-level science courses because of her leadership of the departm ent. Bettyrose, w e ’ll miss your fairness, your wisdom, your expertise, and your constant support, understanding, and love.

By the end d f four years with Tim, so m uch had changed that w e dared to undertake the quest for BlueRibbon status. I will never forget the m om ent the U pper School fa S lty voted to apply for this award.

This was a vote m support for th e jjp p e r School leadership, an acknowledgm ent of the s lp d growth and perform ance of the faculty and staff since 1 9 9 ^ ^ and a.symbolic mcMient. for th<|§e of us w h ^ g a v e always loved and believed in the institatiagas The > designation of the U pper § i^ H )l as a Blue Ribbon School is Tim Sabum ’s legacy to MKA. It. is the tangible result of his role a ® n outstanding leader.

We w ish him all the b e lt in his new position as Headm aster at Saddle River Day School.

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W ithin These H alls and On These Fields • MKA students had an impressive showing in the recent National French Qdnff’st. Of 232 students' entered iff the Level 3 exam from New Jersey, MKA sophom ores Aaron Feigcnbaum, ReWgca Leffler, Jessica Schneider, and N e li v Bollettino placed third, fourth, fifth, an d tenth respectively in the' state.

Feigenbaum and I.efller’s"scores w ere sufficiently high to place them eighth and ninth in the entire nation. :

Dr. Ronald Herzman, eminent medieval scholarfrom SUNY/Cortland, gave two seminars at MKA this year, including Genesis 27-32 with the Jefferson Seminar group. This summer, Dr. Herzman and his SUNY colleague Dr. William Cook presented Dante's Divine Comedy to 40 people, including MKA faculty members, a Trustee, and two visiting teachers, in a week-long seminar.

MKA juniors Mayur Saxena, David Newman, and Amy Gabel placed third,, fourth, and ninth in the state of 135 entries in the Level 4 exam.

• Parag Butala ’98 received a 1998 Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, one of only 181 graduating seniors from aeréis New Jersey to be so honored.

“The MKA French teachers are very proud of their sludents,’’ says Deborah Jennings, chair of the foreign languages department, “m any of «whom have w orked hard ... since the fourth grade at MKA. Clearly, a combination of the school’s excellent program and the individuals’ hard w ork is producing very capable students.”

• Junior David Newman was selected as a Governor’s S ||o la r for the 1998 session of the G overnor’s School on Public Issues at M onmouth University.

• Anthony Cuneo, chair of the Departm ent of Fine and Performing Arts, and several of his MKA students had works exhibited over the summer at Aquifer Gallery in Bamegat, N.J. The show, “Teachers - Work in Progress,” had paintings and photography by Cuneo, Ehimare Akhabue, Caitlin Coopersmith, Keri Knowles, Madeline Normile, Maggie Parker, Lauren Pincus, and Kate Scelsa.

• The National Council of Teachers of English gave MKAH Upper School literary magazine, Stylus, an E x cellen t rating. There w e re 776 entrants in the competitive program; no prep school was ranked higher than MKA.

This fall, the exhibition space by the Weiss Arts Center will feature a “Greatest Hits” show of student w ork from the 1997-98 academic year.

• U pper School students involved with the making of. the Fine and Performing Arts D epartm ent’s latest movie, “Prime Time: America,” this spring, w ere themselves in front of a camera. A professional video crew hired by M&M Mars interviewed them on the merits of a new candy - giving them not only free test B l i p but experience in being on-camera for a professional production.

Academic Dean! incoming Head o f Campus Charlaine Charlton presents an MKA sweatshirt to Supreme CourtAssociate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. O’Connor, thefirst woman to serve on the Supreme Court, m. '¿roup o f MKA juniors on April 12 in what was reportedly a highlight o f the 1998 Womjington, D.C. trip.

• Faculty Inembers Linda Bollettino and Peter Perretti presented a paper on “Moral Education in a Diverse Society” at a conference sponsored by the Kenan Ethics Program at Duke fM versity.

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Headmaster Peter Greerpresents the emblem o f TheJefferson Seminar to Headmaster Ted Sharp o f the Bancroft School. Thisyear MKA hosted the seminar, an annual workshop studying “moral literacy” that alternates between the two schools. Faculty members Donna Blanes, Linda Bollettino, David Flocco, Patty Forbes, Laura Nietzei, Peter Perretti, and Linda Stark represented MKA.

Students practicefor Opus III, the third annual strings recital in May. There are now 41 stringplayers spanning elementary, middle, and upper grades; o f these, 26 study in MKA’s after-schoolprogram. Opus III featured 26 violins, 3 violas, 6 cellos, 4 basses, and 2 guitars in smallgroups and large ones, beginners and advancedplayers.

• The Ravina String Quartet perform ed a benefit concert for the MKA scholarship program in May at the Union Congregational Church in U pper Montclair. The quartet, under the direction of renow ned violinist Oscar Ravina, includes Margaret Zufall Roberts, director of the strings program at MKA; French horn player William Kuyper; and cellist Qiang Tu. Among the works played was the “w orld ds§>ut” of Randy Svane’s “String Quartet No. 1.”

• Faculty m em ber Randy Svane, music director for MKA, had a perform ance prem ier of his Concerto fo r Strings at the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina in Florence, Italy. He received a PAMKA Faculty Trust Grant to attend the prem ier and w ork with the conductor and players. Another piece, Q uantum Flight, received excellent reviews in the Star Ledger and Classical New Jersey for its prem ier by the Colonial Symphony. O ther “debuts” w ere slated for Ireland and Santa Fe.

This, year’s them e was Global Diner: Foods of the World. Student® researched, wrote, and illustrated the topic, and sent their projects as gifts to/Children of similar ages in foreign schools. W hen MKA students received packages of writing and artwork’ back, they conducted research into the c o » trie s and w rote thank-you notes tp their new friends.

Paintbrush-Diplomacy was founded 25 years ago by the parents of Laura Lemaire, an MKA fourth grade teg ^^r,. to encourage s tu d e n ^ B to: understand and appreciate the many .. cultures of the world. It now extendsHo 500. classrooms around the globe..; Mrs. Lemaire is the East Coast coordinator, with respbnlibility; for presenting w orkshops and developing educational materials and curriculum guides.

P ain tbrush D ip lom acy Holding art from Australia, Israel, Japan, Romania, Thailand, Turkey, and the Philippines, fourth graders display the results of their participation in Paintbrush Diplomacy, a non-profit program w hich brings children from around the w orld together through writing and art.

The artwork of MKA student Jordan Littlefield was selected for Paintbrush D igom acy’s perm anent collection. It traveled th ro u g h o S the country before exhibition at the International Children’s Art , Museum: Thejsntire Middle School celebrated ^ 9 accom plishm ent with a “Jordan Littlefield Day,” serving treats and presenting a slide of hjfcartwwk at an assembly.

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• Junior Dan Blake was selected, to play principal tenor sax in the New Jersey Region 1 Jazz Ensemble. Fourth grader David Billig, “discoveredfjjby Middle Schcjll music teacher Louise Wohlafka, was c h o se || toffing in the Children’s Chorus at the Met at Lincoln Center. His starting perform ance reportedly will be “Tosca.”

• Earth watch: Twelve U pper School students and five adultsispent spring break on an environmental studies trip to Belize, studying tropical rain forest ecology, Mayan ruins, and the ecology of the second-longest coral reef in the world. Organized by Programme for Belize, a private conservation group, the MKA students added a community aspect to the trip by taking books and stationery for a local school. They raised funds at MKA for conservation in Belize and a local zoo by selling T-shirts and collecting students’ loose change, with the aid of :a parking m eter in the hall.

• From Zhou Xiaoyang, professor at Boston University w ho taught a college-level Chinese course via distance learning last year: “I am very happy to. have had such a l l l at opportunity, t<ateach your exG *gnt sjgidents 1° this past year.,. Francesca De la Torre, Anna Labowsky, Dana M e ra n u sa n d Tahirah Cooper are the most intelligent, hard-working students I have ever taught.

Their great interest in Chinese language, their .quick response in learning, and their wonderful personalities ileflect the high’academi(®}Uality of The Montelair Kimberldp Academy. Teaching at MKA was a very rewarding experience for m e.”

This was MKA’s first trip to the tropics. Opportunities for student international travel now include trips to Mexico, Quebec, Greece, and Ireland.

• The Freshman Class donated m ore than $200 to the Hum an Needs Food Pantry, a non-profit organization in Montclair.

for learning, her warm sense of hum or, and h e r deep understanding of children at a particularly challenging age. “The students becom e learners... and thinkers...in her classroom because they are being taught by som eone w hose approach to life is al, a fellow learner,” reads one nomination.

This “golden teacher” also has such organizational skills that in addition to tireless comments on student papers and insightful communication with parents, she edits Moral Conversations, the new sletter o f .

MKA’s ethics and character program;, and the Middle School Literary Review.

T he F ou nd ers’ Cup

“’To w hom m u c h ll given, m uch is expected,’” the honoree w rote in thanks to the Alumni Association.

“The support that the MKA community gives the faculty inspires us all to reach within ourselves and devote our best to our students. The Founders’ Cup Award...is g m em o rab le celebration of your appreciation and respect. As in the tale of GygesMl Ring, w hat w e do often seems invisible and unnoticed. Your efforts give the community a venue to share innumerable personal tributes.”

At the year’s final faculty meeting, Lori Windolf Crispo ’78, ongM htlf of the Alumni Association, presented the Founders’ Cup to Middle- S ch o o l: faculty m em ber Linda Stark “to honor MKA’s tradition of excellence in teaching.”

Linda, w ho tea'ehes seventh grade humanities, was honored for her dedication to teaching, her passion

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Sports N otes • Junior Liza Boutsikaris received the Award o | Excellence at the State Fencing. Cham pionships “For Exemplary Display of Sportsmanship, Ethics, and Integrity.”, .

• Sports Illustrated magazine profiled freshm an second basem an Lauren Stefanchik in its June 22 issue in “Faces in the Crowd.” Lauren stole 73 bases in 73 attempts, batted .696 as the Cougars’ leadoff hitter, and scored 60 runs. MKA finished 21-5 and Lauren, a straight-A student, was a first-team all-state selectio® i|i

T he B oys o f Sum m er

R ep rin ted co u rtesy o f SPORTS ILLUSTRATED J u n e 2 2 , 1998. C opyright © 1998, Tim e In c.

Faces in th e C row ed. A ll rig h ts reserved.

This June, 25 alumni baseball players from the classes of 1989-95 camcrback to challenge the MKA Varsity to the second Alumni-Varsity game. There w ere enthusiastic fans, real umpires, and pizza after the game. Two parents of alumni 'and two current parents coached their respective teams. “I got to w atch the gam e,” says MKA coach and organizer Ralph PacificoMj happily. “It was neat.”

• The MKA baseball team played a special game vs.

Morristown-Beard at storied Doubleday Field, Cooperstown, N.Y. on May 30. Several parent® and 13 players w ent from MKA. The teams traveled together and toured the Hall of Fame on Saturday morning, then played the exhibition gam e that afternoon. MKA won, 8-3. Coach Ralph Pacifico and coach John Sheppard from Mo-Beard w orked on this for three years.

Alumni reportedly loved the redone field and w ere im pressed with the construction of the new gym. For: the record, the “old guys” beat thgfVarsity, 7-(^H

• Apologies to Sasha Kramer, w hose nam e was inadvertendy omitted from the list of Colonial Hills Conference aw ardees in the last Review. Sasha, a m em ber of MKA’s 13-5-1 Girls’ Soccer team, was aw arded Honorable Mention. The good news is that she did this in her freshm an year, so MKA can expect three m ore years of her outstanding play.

C ougar P ride On April 17, Cougar Pride Day brought together hundreds of students, parents, faculty, and fans to the Middle School fields in a tri-campus celebration of MKA athletics. Coordinated by PAMKA, Brookside families staffed games, Middle School and U pper School students helped with tilinics, and U pper School classes' sold food and drinks. Fans sporting official regalia cheered Cougar varsity softbaffi baseball, and lacrosse teams in their games.

Johannes Trapp, an AFS student in 1995-96, played on the German National Team at the Lacrosse World Games this summer. Johannes learned to play lacrosse at MKA under coach Noll Klank. On his return to Germany, he and a fie n d - another AFS student/, started a team, the Cologne “Indians. ” This summerJohannes stopped in Montclair and visited his MKA hostfamilies before the games at Johns Hopkins University.

One event of great pride was the Groundbreaking cerem ony for the new gym. Another highlight was the faculty, from all three campuses, w ho not only helped run games and clinics but w ere good sports to be dunked with the toss of a ball.

Bookstore managers Bernice Belverio andJanine Michaels show MKA fan supplies.

Little Big League: More than 160 children played baseball this summer at MRA’sfirst Little Big League instructional baseball camp. It was run by Ralph Pacifico, MKA varsity coach and the 199WStar Ledger Essex County Coach o f the Year. The camp ranfor two one-week sessions. Coed and open to area students in grades 1-9, the camp offered intensive baseball skills training and daily lecturesfrom visiting coaches -plus daily BBQ lunches, hats, and T-shirts.

Little fans watch a dunking.

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Com m encem ent Awards

ETHEL M. SPURR AWARD for |Koperation, responsibility, service and citizenship G em m a G iantom asi

RUDOLPH H. DEETJEN AWARD H p fr athletics and academic achievem ent P eter T iboris

MARJORIE WINFIELD EASTER AWARD foflsportsm anshipsselfdiscipline andM ehind-thescenes service Lauren M oses

R achel R oth

THE ROBERT C. HEMMETER MEMORIAL AWARD for intellectual curiosity, l§ve of books and sports, and enthusiasm for living Parag Butala

BUD MEKEEL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP for a w orthy senior A n th on y l\d u

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD for positive action which shows unselfish concern for the larger community beyond school E m ily Z ackin

CUM LAUDE CLASS OF 1998 Seventeen seniors were inducted into the Cum Laude Society in a formal ceremony in the Library. Faculty member Bettyrose Schweir, herselfa member, gave a moving and inspiring address.

Top roigs Parag Butala, Richard O’Brien, KateScelsa, Devon Wagner. Third row: Matthew Hays, Anastasia Lambert, Bobby Ndu, Gemma Giantomasi. Second row: Roanlene Fernando, Lauren Moses, Martha Reiter, Kristen Connolly. Front row: Monica Manginello, Leigh : Guarinello., Alena Weller, Emily Zackin. Notpictured: Daisy Muñpz^M

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Awards N igh t THE BAKRAS PRIZE EM ENGLISH D aniel Strader Alena W eller MODERN LANGUAGE PRIZE IN FRENCH Kate Scelsa MODERN LANGUAGE PRIZE IN SPANISH Lauren Moses

THE MARILYN FADEN AWARD ¡€>R EXCELLENCE IN THEATRE ARTS Acting: Laura Sharp Karson St. John Technical: M ichelle Lee Jesssica Schwartz THE ELIZABETH ( J n EIL FEAGLEY CREAHVITY AWARD Amy Gabel

THE DARTMOUTH'CLUB BOOK AWARD .

Mayur Saxena ’99 THE YALE SECONDARY SCHOOL BOOK AWARD David Newman ’99 THE MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEcffl BOOK AWARD Amy Gabel ’99

THE NAZARIAN MATHEMATICS PRIZE Richard O’Brien

THE JAMES D. TIMMONS SCHOLARSHIP Alena W eller

THE WILLIAM H. MILLER SCIENCE PRIZE Parag Butala

HEADMASTER’S AWARD LaTanya Bennett D anielle Gitkin

THE GA. DOWNSBROUGH SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP Emily Zackin

KLEIN AWARDS FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ATHLEHCS AND SCHOLARSHIP GRADE 12: D aisy Munoz Richard O’Brien

THE SMITH COLLEGE OMJB BOOK AWARD Amrita Mallik ’99 THE RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSHTUTE MEDAL Ehimare Akhabue ’99

THE MARGARET JENKINS OSBORNE SCIENCE PRIZE Gemma Giantomasi

GRADE 11:

Emily Berman M ichael Latzoni

THE HISTORY PRIZE Parag Butala

GRADE 10:

Courtney K nowlton Kevin Koenig

THE JOHN RABUSE HISTORY AWARD M ichael Napolitano

GRADE 9:

Craig H irsh Lauren Stefanchik

FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS PRIZES Visual Arts: M. Caitlin Coopersm ith Music - Vocal: Monica M anginello Alena W eller Instrumental: Aneeta Saxena Comm unications: D anielle Gitkin Dance: Omni Kitts

HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCAHON DEPARTMENT PRIZE Garret Bedrin THE FRANK “PONCHO” BROGAN 72 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP David Newman ’99

THE MONTCLAIR SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS AWARD Leigh Guarinello FACULTY SCHOLAR AWARD¡ 8 GRADE 11: Amy Gabel Amrita Mallik David Newman Mayur Saxena GRADE»:

Aaron Feigenbaum Deborah Katz Tzipporah Kertesz Anna Labowsky Rebecca Leffler

GRADE 9;

Margaret Dziadosz Steven Jacobs Jonathan Leifer Lauren Stefanchik Louis Waldman

It’s a W onderful Life ‘‘Lifetime”students who attended MKAfrom kindergarten orfirst grade and their parents were honored at a special breakfast in June at-the home o f Headmaster Peter Greer.

They are, top to bottom, left to Standing - Jessica Schwartz, Keñ Tilton, M att Bucciero, Priscilla Pellecchia; Michael Napolitano, Anastasia Lambert, David Uslan, Aneeta Saxena.■ Center*: LaTanya Bennett, Alena Weller, Martha Reiter, ApttTSgifott, ' ~ Christine Paschal Front: Olivia Kaplan, Whitney DeLear, Angela Mulligan, Ken Knowles. Absentfrom picture: Courtney Distefano.

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1997-98 COUGAR ATHLETIC AWARDS AND HONORS CHC=Colonial Hills Conference NJIS= New Jersey Independent School

SPRING 1998 BASEBALL 23-6 Matthew Bucciero

WINTER 1997-1998 BOYS BASKETBALL 5-nw g Andrew1Scura '98 5®^®pfain, MVP, Honorable Mention CHC Hills Divisibm Ehimare Aka me ’99 SSBraaSh’s Award GIRL’S BASKETBALL Erika Bickoff Daisy Munoz Rachel Roth JessicaSlatal 'Candiffl Watkins

Michael Halchak Leon Shade Pete Tiboris

'98 Tri-Captain, Honorable Mention CHC H i® Division ¿98 Tri-Captain, 2nd Team Hills Division CHC, WNBA Sportsmanship Award '98 Tri-Captain, ECADA Scholar Athlete, NJSIAA S cjp tir Athlete K m ! 2nd Team State Prep ’00 1st Team Hills Division CHC, 1st Team State Prep

Kenneth Thorson Matthew Waldman Edward Hayes Kyle Torjussen SOFTBALL 21-5

ICE HOCKEY 3 - ^ f l Edward m m Coach’s Award Gaiy Murphy ’99 MVP ’99 ■Captain Kyle TipjlJssgn- '' VOLLEYBALL fc-13 Mic: ■Ik; l.ee Martha Reiter Again Celmerowski

Lesleigh Gennace Allison Wolf

'98 lPif||&E|ain - ’98 Bffippaptain All-State Team

Vanessa Carmona Laura Schräger

SWIMMING Boys Richard ©ferien BOYS’ FENCING 7^3 Parag Butala Jared DeMatteis

Girls 6-1 ’98 glaptain Rachel Weary Jessica Nelson ’98 C a p ta in ,^ n d i's Award ’01 All-State 2nd Team Sabre Lauren Stefanchik

GIRLS’ FENCING 7-4 Keri KnowdeiM ’98 Captain Liza Boutsikaris ’■ :'P0 All-State 1st Team Foil, NJSIAA Sportsmanship Award in Fencing Stacy Weijlieb ’99 All-State ;§rd Team Foil SKI RACING Lauren Pincus Neil Grabowski WRESTLING 12-2 Michael Halchak David FoxW FDavid Lutz Marc Stozip" ..

GOLF 8-4 David Kreizer

’98 Captain : ’98 fep tain

CHC Co-Champions ’98 Tri-Captain, 2nd Team All-Prep, 1st Team Catcher CHC Hills Division |pffi Tri-Captain, 2nd Team All-Prep, 1st Team Infield CHC Hills Division ’98 Tri-Captain, 1st Team All Prep ’98 2nd Team All-Prep, 2nd Team Outfield CHC Hills Division, ECADA Scholar Athlete ’98 2nd Team All-Prep, 2nd Team Pitcher CHC Hills Division ’98 1st Team All-Prep, 1st Team Pitcher CHC Hills Division S K I Honorable Mention All-Prep, Honorable Mention Infield CHC Hills . Division ’99 2nd Team All-Prep CHC Champions NJISAA B Division Champions ’98 Senior All-Star, 2nd Team IB CHC Hills ’» D ivision ’99 1st Team All-Prep, Honorable Mention All-Essex County, 2nd Team Infield CHC Hills Division ’00 1st Team All-Prep, 2nd Team All EssexCounty, 1st Team Pitcher CHC Hills Division ’00 1st Team All Prep, 2nd Team All Essex Countv.Wst Team Infield CHC Hills Division ’00 2nd Team Outfield CHC Hills Division ’01 1st Team All-Prep, 2nd Team All-Essex p^ountvMUst Team Designated Hitter CHC Hills Division ’01 S it Team All-Prep, 1st Team All-Essex County, 1st Team Infield CHC Hills Division, 1st Team All-State ’98 Co-Captain, MVP, 2nd in NJASIAA Parochial B Tournament, All-State Team

GIRLS’ LACROSSE 2-13 Stefania Lambusta IfeCo-Captain, 1st Team Prep All-Stars Angela Mulligan ’98 Co-Captain Jenevieve Duron B fttfe a c h ’s Award Niamh Hughes *09 2nd Team Prep All-Stars Courtney Knowlton © 0 Most Improved

Captain’s, Coach’s Award, 2nd Team CHC ii j|§ L b s .

2nd Team C H C * 1 3 |j l S f H Honorable Mention CH®|@ 175 Lbs, ’99 Captain, Coach’s Award 2nd Team CHC -« 7 1 Lbs.

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BOYS’ LACROSSE 7-11 Daniel Strader J§8 MIP Jason Kidde ’99 MVP, Honorable Mention NJILL Rizk Division; 2nd Team Division 2 AllState MichaelroîSoni ' «jp/Captain Atif Siddiqui ! ’00 2nd Team NJILL Rizk Division; 2nd Team Division 2 All-State BOYS TENNIS 8-8 Matthew Hays Frank Kunzier David Newman Mayur Saxena

gIPTri-Gaptain ’9.8, Tri-Captain ^ g -MW Tri-Câptain iltliD -M V P

BOYS’ TRACK AND FIELD 0-7 A ntm ny Ndu ’98 Captain Alan Davson ’ MVP

The Girls’Softball team Wlj^ .Golonial Hills ConfijiSpje£ champions and NJSIAA B Division champions, with a record offims1). ■

GIRLS’ TRACK AND FIELD 3-4 Erika Bickoff ’, i. ..C^^^fCaptain Danielle Greer H R MVP

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A thletic H all o f Fame III In the MKA’s third celebration of excellence, three athletes and a team w ere inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in May. The event was a joyous reunion of faculty, coaches, family, friends, and classmates, and of warm reminiscences of the joy of sport.

“It was a bit of magic,” said inductee Laura Marnell Garvey ’78.

Faculty m em ber George Hrab, now a legend himself for his. incisive, witty, and moving speeches, was master of ceremonies. Peter McMullen 77, President of the Alumni Association, w elcom ed guests, and Trustee Alice Hirsh spoke on the pride of the school at the success of its students and alumni.

The 1998Athletic Hall o f Fame: Standing, hockeyplayers Darrin O’N eill ’84, Blake O’N eill ’82, Colin O’N eill ’82, Anders Skilbred ’83, Jason O’N eill ’85x, Doug Colwell ’83, coach Tom Preville, Charles Shulman 84, John Towers ’84.

Many of the athletes spoke to the students at an assembly the day® efore as well, giving lessons of athletics - competitiveness, unity, heart - from those w ho played on the same fields.

Sitting: Laura Marnell Garvey ’78, hockeyplayers Robert Welsh ’8 2 and Anthony Del Gaizo ’82, and Georgia Carrington ’84.

Father-daughter team: Former Athletic Director Carmen Marnell, who was inducted into the first Athletic Hall o f Fame, and Laura Marnell Garvey ’78. Laura is MKA’s all-time basketball point leader - male orfemale.

Dr. Mark Boyea, Director o f Athletics, makes presentation to Alden Dunham IV, who accepted the award on behalfo f hisfather, Alden Dunham ’49.

Co-captain Blake O’N eill ’82, Sandy Lonsinger, and Headmaster Peter Greer spoke at a student assembly the day before the awards luncheon.

Lonsinger, coach andformer Athletic Director, modeled a vintage Cougar hockeyjersey as presenterfor the 1982 hockey team.-

Georgia Carrington ’54, who played and coached tennis, paddle, and other racquet sports, shares a moment o f reflection.

miiycaptain Anthony Del Gaizo ’8 2 recounts the thrill o f victory and the lessons o f defeat on behalfo f the 1982 hockey team. Behind him are coach Tom PrevilUB, John Towers ’84, and co-captain Blake O’N eill ’82.

Master o f Ceremonies George Hrab

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From the A lum ni A ssociation From th e P resid en t

Student A lum ni The MKA Alumni Council has been enriched for the past five years by the contributions of student representatives. The students offer valuable insight into the life of the school and take alumni perspective

What a great year! From Hom ecoming/Reunions in the fall to our social in May at the Van Vleck House and Gardens, your support and enthusiasm for our school has been inspirational. Thank you!

Middle School Humanities teacher Linda Stark received the sixth annual Founders’ Cup Award at the final faculty m eeting in June. The Founders’ Cup is presented annually by the Alumni Association to recognize MKA’s strong tradition of teaching excellence. Each year faculty m em bers are nom inated by students, parents, teachers, and administrators.

Lauren M oses ’98

“Being a student rep. on the A lum ni Council connected me to several generations o f MKA alum ni. MKA became much more than my high school) it was a living and breathing epic o f lives whose paths crossed.”

On behalf of the Alumni Council, I w ould like to thank and extend our gratitude to departing student representative Lauren Moses ’98 (off to Duke!) and to D oreen Oliver ’92 (w ho served one year); Ed Healey ’77 (eight years); and Joe Alessi ’68 (nine years) for “giving back” so devotedly to their school. Though I am retiring after 10 years on the Council, I shall be pleased to continue to serve alumni through the Board of Tmstees.W e are fortunate that Kris Hatzenbuhler O ’Connor ¡13 is our new president.

Lauren Moses, w ho graduated in June with the Class of 1998, contributed enorm ously to the Council. In two years, she missed only one meeting. She gave thoughtful opinions and enthusiastically m ade calls several nights at Alumni Phonathon.

Lauren received the Marjorie Winfield Easter Award at Commencement, “for sportsmanship, self-discipline, and behind-the-scenes service.” She also graduated Cum Laude and received the M odem Language Prize in Spanish. Lauren was an Academy Guide and served on the Academic Program Committee and as president of the Spanish Club for two years. She also played with the band - all the while taking the m ost rigorous academic load of honors and AP courses.

Finally, We are proud of the various gifts that w e have made, particularly to the faculty com pensation endow m ent, in appreciation for w hat w e have received and for w hat students continue to receive - teaching excellence.

We look forward to seeing you at Homecoming and Reunions on October 3.

Lauren will attend Duke University as an Angier Biddle Duke Scholar, one of the m ost prestigious merit awards in the country. The scholarship includes four years’ tuition at Duke and a sum m er at Oxford University.

Peter S. McMullen ’77 President

The next alumni listen intently to speeches ait the Senior Breakfast.

Seniors study their classphoto on the MKA laundry bag, the Headmaster’s traditional farewellgifi.

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Seniors andfaculty member Bettyrose SchwierHetzel look at the Class o f1998photo.

S en ior Breakfast: J o in th e Crowd The Alumni Association welcom ed its new est members with an ad in the yearbook and the Senior Breakfast in April. Peter McMullen 77, President, spoke about the joys, privileges, and responsibilities of being alumni and their importance to the school. Alumni Director Christie Austin and Assistant Director of External Affairs Peter Perretti explained their offices’ “link” with alumni.

The seniors thanked their class advisor, Deb Cabrera, with a gift, then Headm aster Peter Greer presented his traditional gift to departing seniors, a laundry bag featuring their class photo and the MKA Career Services number.

C areer D ay Y ou Can G et T here From H ere From “Glamour, Politics, and Tips for Survival” in the art w orld to perennial favorites such as law, medicine, and engineering, topics intrigued and challenged U pper School students at Career Day. Sixteen alumni returned to MKA this spring to offer advice, expertise, and practical suggestions on their professions.

Student host M att Hays ’9 8 andJohn Doers; M.D., 70

Victor Lupi, Ph.D., ’8 4 and Michael Eisner ’83

A joint project of the Alumni Council, Alumni Office, and U pper School administration^ Career Day is a chance for students to ask W hat It’s Really Like in a given career from som eone w ho w alked the same halls.

Meredith Fisher ’89 Life in the Art World Judith Gurtman, Parent of Alumni Clinical Psychology Janine Garland ’82 Computer Science Dawn Geannette Cordo ’69 Education Victor Lupi ’84 Engineering Andrew Rod 79 Entrepreneurship Suellen Bizub ’89 Fashion Development Raymond Knox 76 Financial Careers Investment Mgmnt/Actuary Michael Eisner ’83 Diane Haines ’63 Journalism, Publishing Jennifer Jones Ladda ’84 Law John Doerr 70 Medicine Robbin Gordon Cartier 77 Music Peter McMullen 77 Sports Administration Ilene Saul ’85 TV, Video Production Anita Sims-Stokes 79 None of the Above Co-chairmen

Journalist andpublisher Diane Haines ’63

Mark McGowan ’85 Sabino Rodano ’87

Classmates Suellen Bizub ’8 9 and Meredith Fisher ’8 9 are reunited.

Student host Sarah McCormack 98 and Dawn Geannette Cordo ’68

Producer Ilene Saul ’8 5 watches her video with the class.

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Career Day co-chairman Mark McGowan ’85, right, asked his boss to speak at Career Day - Ray Knox 76.

Judith Gurtman, Ph.D., parent o f two alumni, drew a crowdfor Psychology.

W inetasting, V intage 1998 A drizzly rain didn’t dam pen spirits at the Alumni Association’s fourth social event at the flower-bedecked Van V l|ek House and Gardens in May. More than a hundred alumni “m ingled,” saw favorite faculty and old friendsK am pled wine, and listened to music by alumna Robbin Gordo if d irtier TiffS* The event was organized by the Alumni Council under chairmen Andrew Blair 78, Susan Cole Furlong » 8 , and Lisa A ufzien|ll|. Next year’s social is already planned for May 8.

Randi Pickelny Rod 82, Andy Rod 79, Warren Busch 79, Amy Busch.

Greg Sullivan ’85, Greta Sullivan, Ed Conlin 84

Daniel Timmons 80, Janet Timmons, andJudy Polonojsky, Director of ExternalAffairs

Faculty members Myra and George Hrab, Eric Pai 79, Judy Pai

Projmsional musician Robbin Gordon CartiamiMm lm ed her mtrp.

David Hughes 7 6 chats with Peter McMullen 77, President o f the Alumni Association

Alumni Council members Lisa Auffi'emitE andJosh Raymond 89 prepareprize tickets.

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Alumni Council member Karin Strom Aiello ’68 and Gabe Aiello ’6 8 prepare their donatedgift basket. They re-met at MKA at their 25th reunion and were, married a year later!

1998 D istinguished Alum ni Award

J u stice R obert L. C lifford ’42

The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Association is proud to present the 1998 Distinguished Alumni Award to an alum nus w hose career has m ade a difference to every citizen of New Jersey - Robert L. Clifford, Class of 1942.

they w ould call a legend in his ow n time - William Avery Barras,” he told the Star Ledger. “Anybody wlvcW w ent to Montclair Academy in the late ilOs and early ’40s had to be im pressed with him .”

After the Academy, Clifford enrolled at Lehigh Univer­ sity, but left to join the Navy during World War II. He served as a gunnery officer on an attack transport in the Pacific theater. He returned to fcHhigh and received a B.A. in 1947, p |lo w e d by an LL.B. degree from Duke University School of Law in 1950. After a'clerkship with Supreme Court Justice William Wachenfeld, Clifford practiced trial law for 20 years. He received the Trial Bar Award in 1970. Governor William Cahill appointed him Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, then in 1972 as Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies^the largest departm ent in state government. Cahill appointed Clifford to the Supreme Court in 1973-

Justice Clifford served 20 years as a trial lawyer, 44 m onths as a m em ber of the Governor’s Cabinet, and 2 H years as Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, in “one of the longest and m ost distinguished careers in the Court’s history,” according to a tribute in the Rutgers Law Review by Associate Justice Daniel J. O ’Hern.

While on the Court, Clifford authored m ore than 150 signed majority opinions, “countless other per curiam opinions, and m any priceless and pungent dissents.”

But it is his clarity of m ind and “delicious wit, both in dissents and concurrences,” that was Clifford’s trademark, according to the N j. Law Journal. “It dem onstrates a mastery and brevity of language, and an annoyance for sloppily written, imprecise laws.”

Clifford contributed to the law as literature. He edited other justices’ opinions with an “aw esom e” mastery of grammar.

'Clifford received the William J. Brennan, Jr. Award irfil 1996. Though retired, he currently serveff^R lhairm an of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct and as “sage” for a Morristown firm.

“Added to his brilliant m ind is personality of great diversity,” states Justice O ’H earn’s tributd|’ Clifford i s ^ H gifted pianist and an expert in baseball lore. “Bob Clifford was indispensable to the lifejqf this 'Cfiirt, not just for hissiood hum or and, piercing wit, b u t for his enduring contributions to the style'and substance; of-its w ork.”

“In so many ways, his editorial comments brought me up short and forced m e to rethink the structure of my ' opinions,” wrote Justice O ’Hern.

Robert Clifford credits an Academy m aster with his flair for writing and proper usage. “W hen I was at Montclair Academy, my English teacher there was som eone w ho

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We use one “official” yearly mailing to obtain news, which appears in the FALL MKA Review.

SPRING magazine Class Notes are taken from reunion, holiday, and phonathon news, newspaper clippings, the flap on the Annual Giving remittance envelope, and letters o |flf e-mail to the Alumni Office.

Although the items might seem “old,” we have found that people love to read news whenever. The time lapse is unavoidable, as the processing of Class Notes from secretary to Alumni Office to classmates to secretary to Alumni Office to designer to printer covers a 14-16-week period! Please remember that you can send a note to your class secretary or to the Alumni Office anytime. We keep ongoing flips; for each class.

To those without a class secretary, how would you like to volunteer? The job has been simplified to the point that you will probably enjoy it immensely. The position of alumni class secretary, like that of class agent and reunion chairman, is absolutely essential to the vitality of the school. Please consider it.

MA Our condolences to the family of Theron H. Butterworth, retired health educator.

Condolences, also, to the family of Robert Munoz, a retired petroleum geologist. His widow, Jimmy Morris Munoz ’26, is still living in Lajolla, Calif.

TKS Miss Charlotte H. Fitch, Box 45 24 Cape Bial Lane, Westport Point MA 02791

19 With all the revived interest in the Thomas Edison historical site, it is interesting to note that Theodore Edison T6, son of the famous inventor, attended Montclair Academy from 1909-1916. The yearbook says he was a mathematician and tinkerer himself:.

TKS Our condolences to the family of Marion Hopkins McDonald.

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TKS Our condolences to the family of Grace Holihan Speer. She is survived by her son, Judge John K. Speer Jr., and two grandsons.

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TKS Condolences to Jimmy Morris Munoz on the death of her husband, Robert Munoz ’23.

They were among the Academy/Kimberley’s earliest married alumni.

MA The Rochester, N.Y. Transit Authority put veteran rider Homer Whitmore’s name on Bus #612 for Memorial Day. Homer, a great favorite, invited the regulars to his 91st birthday fete in December.

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TKS Mrs. John E. Holt (Dorothy Ayres) The Arbors, 403 West Center St. Manchester CT 06040

The New York Times Book Review (February 1, 1998) featured a lengthy review by Virginia Hamilton Adair of a book of selected poems by Harvey Shapiro. Virginia received extra­ ordinary recognition for her own book of poems, Ants on the Melon, last year.

Dorothy Minsch Hudson attended the christening of a great-grandson in Chapel Hill, N.C., then spent two weeks in Arizona, where she visited two classmates from Smith and stayed at a ranch near Tucson. She “birdwatched” and added 54 new birds to her life list. She was spending three months this summer in Cape Cod. MA Belated condolences to the family of William Kohlins.

30 TKS Mrs. Patricia Laurence Cone 83 Beverley Rd., Upper Montclair NJ 07043 Chara Church Phillips wrote that she has two children, seven grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren “who quickly became as dear to me as my own,” and ten great-grandchildren.

They are scattered over four states but they see each other fairly often. Chara says she’s in fairly good shape for 86. They stayed at home in the retirement community in Lakewood, N.J., this winter as her husband had a fall. “He is doing well at 92 and still goes to his plant a couple days a week.” Chara continues to paint off and on, and writes poems and short stories “nothing publishable but great relaxers.”

MA Mr. C. Irving Porter Box2750 Quaker H ill Rd., Unity ME 04988

Geraldine McBrier Williams 7 6 (seated) will celebrate her 100th birthday in December. She is shown with her daughter Nancy Williams Brundage 41 (standing, center), granddaughter Geraldine Brundage ’7 4 (nght), and greatgranddaughter Carrie Lynch, ¿Laughter o f Louise Brundage Lynch ’65.

Granddaughter Geraldine Brundage wrote, “We call her Gamma. She lives in a retirement community in Naples, Fla.; her hearing is notgood but her mind is sharp. She remembers Miss Waring and Miss Jordan from Kimberley. Gamma was working on a word game when we visited. She likes to sit by herselfto do them because, she said, “some o f the otherpeople cheat and try to copy my answers. ”

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Our condolences to Irving Porter on the death of his wife of 67 years, Belle Smith Porter. Irv reports that he is doing well.

The MKA physics class used William Cook’s seminal book, The Road to the 707, in studying the physics of wind tunnels. They also had an “interactive lesson” with the Ames Research Lab in Tennessee, part of NASA, via MKA’s ' distance learning setup.

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Nancy Holton Bartow wrote that she lives in a retirement community and is “still enthusiastic about a lot of things.” She does a weeky stint at the Brandywine River Museurh and planned to go to Italy in October on a Po River trip. (She also allowed that “I do not have a computer and don’t even want one and what is more, I can’t think that it would enhance my life....at times I feel like a dinosaur.”)

Mary Adele Halsey Bell’s news was spotted

by Leigh Berrien Smith ’45 in their college magazine: Dell still plays bridge and golf. She has had eight holes-in-one since 1967, the last one last year. She spends the summer in Little Compton, R.I., the rest of the year in Naples, Fla.

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TKS Mary Harrsen Van Brunt still hears from a few Kimberley classmates, including Mary Turnbull Barfield, Suzanne Warriner Monell, Frances Elliott McCahill, and Joan Williams Seely.

Joan Williams Seely celebrated her 84th birthday on Easter Sunday with her family, which includes four great-grandchildren.

Audrey Ayres Tupper Burgess writes, “I noticed only one name in ’32 class notes in the last Review, so here is another: Glenn Tupper, my grandson in Arizona, made me a proud great-grandmother. I still live in Westhampton Beach [N.Y.] and love it.”

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sounded upbeat and strong over the telephone.

The one of her three sons who lives nearby helps her a lot, so she is still in her own home, where he was mowing the lawn as we spoke.

Jean Berry Bush and her husband have moved to Westwood, Mass. They enjoyed a May cruise to the Greek Isles, up the Adriatic , Sea to Dubrovnik, and a final three days in Venice.

Barbara Spadone Haviland writes that her family “now numbers twenty souls including old Grandma.” She writes too of her time in Naples, Fla., chasing tornadoes and having lovely times with Arch and Terry (Arlyn Bull) Sterling.

And I, Betty O ’Gorman Dixon, beg to report that all respondents concurred in my memory that it was “Warren” who was our favorite cocoa and cracker server. Betty

Margery Atwater Crane writes, “People wonder what winter residents of a summer colony do all winter. It’s a whirl of activity: I belong to the Women’s Club, the Garden Club, and I work at the Quogue Library and also the thrift shop at St. Mark’s Church. The mayor put me on her Cultural Committee which keeps busy staging benefits (we had the Whiffenpoofs this spring!). Quogue has its own theatre group and there is one in Easthampton which is also good. So when summer comes, I am ready to sit on the porch and watch my family racing about.”

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TKS Mrs. Stewart Carpenter (Josephine Fobes) 4 LaSalle Road, Upper Montclair NJ 07043 Jessica Roberts Gilmour has been married 56 years to C.M. Gilmour, a retired lawyer. He wrote that she is comfortably ensconced in a nursing home and was looking forward to her 80th birthday in July.

Ruth McCord Alexander goes to Arizona (Tucson) for the winter months, but wrote that they return to Vermont for a month at Christmas. She hoped to see Jodie McNair Schutt and Kay Richards Delancey this summer.

MA Mr. John Graham 75 River Ranch Drive, Bandera TX 78003 Our condolences to the family of Allan Benz.

36 A History Question The Montclair Academy yearbook was called Ye Yeare Booke from 1900 until 1935. In 1936 it became Octopus with absolutely no explanation for the name change. It remained Octopus until 1962, when it became Yearbook 75, Yearbook 76, and so on, dating from the 1887 founding, but causing no end of grief (1962=75,1973=55 etc.).

With the merger things became simplified, and it became a simple yearbook, albeit with a theme (the 1976 yearbook was Genesis, 1977 was Evolution, 1985 was Once Upon a Time, 1989 was Reel Lift). In 1994 the MKA yearbook became Tracker and so it is today.

Does anyone know the origin of the Octopus name? Please call or write the Alumni Office (973-746-9800) or MKA, 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042,

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TKS Mrs. W. Kent Schmid (Josephine Murray) 9 Brandon Lane, Bishops Cove Mystic CT 06355 Jean Winpenny Manley wrote she was expecting her fourth great-grandchild; the others are five, three, and two years old.

For her 80th birthday, Olive Cawley Watson took her six children with their husbands and wives to France, where they were on two barges going south from Dijon for a week. Then she was to spend the summer in North Haven, Maine, where the whole family have homes?'“a very happy few months to look forward to. ”

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TKS Mrs. William Young (Peggy Klotz) The Village at Duxbury 290 Kingstown Way, Apt. 253 Duxbury MA 02332 Editor’s note: Sincere apologies to the class for incorrecdy designating the year of your graduation in the last issue of the Review.

Margaret Richards Chapman writes that though winters in New Hampshire are long, she and Curt stay healthy. They visit children and grandchildren in Connecticut, and at Christmastime there, they had a lovely visit with George and Janet Gaylord Newsome. The Chapmans have four grandsons.

George and Ruth Duff Eager were about to leave for St. Croix with son Bud and his family. She was looking forward to vacationing with two granddaughters as life has been mostly male-dominated! Ruth volunteers at Mountainside Hospital at the information desk and in the recovery room, and has gone back on the Auxiliary Board as a committee chair.

Ruth Russell Gray took a Caribbean cruise with her sister-in-law for the third year, and particularly enjoyed Trinidad. She has started playing golf again. Ruth continues to be active in environmental groups and immigration issues; she planned to be in Washington this, spring to lobby for immigration reform. She sent a photo taken in 1961 on Teppy Sjolander’s front steps - no one of us has changed a bit. [Ed.- Unfortunately the photo would not reproduce well but we agree with Peggy’s comment.]

Sally Bausher Littlefield spent the winter in her residence in Tequesta, Fla. Shealso has an apartment in Needham, Mass., near her son Bill and family. Sally went on an Elderhostel trip to New Orleans and there visited Helen Hodgson McLellan; she also planned trips to Arizona and Scandinavia., Sally is most enthusiastic about Elderhostel trips. She reports that Sally Jennison Riter, whose husband Tac ’36 died last year, is doing well.

Sally’s son Bill Littlefield is host of National Public Radio’s “Only a Game” and has collected favorites in a book, Keepers [the news from Leigh Berrien Smith ’45].

A special treat was the response from Helen Hodgson McLellan who has been in New Orleans environs since l® v and hasn’t been seen or heard much from since then. Sadly, her

Welcome to Our Newest Alumni The Class o f 1998

Leon Shade............... University of West Virginia Michael Napolitano...................... Boston College Kathryn Levy................................ Colby College Rahfee Barber...... California Institute of the Arts *Danielle Gitkin.......................................... IthacaCollege Laura Sharp......................... Connecticut College Anthony Ndu................................ Union College Laquan Majette.........................................RowanUniversity Rebecca Grunfeld.................... Emory University Garrett Bedrin.........University of Massachusetts Michael Singer........................................SyracuseUniversity Richard O ’Brien......................... Amherst College LaTanya Bennett...................................... BostonCollege Leigh Guarinello...............University of Virginia *Monica Manginello .......Georgetown University Sharon Skettini.............. University of Wisconsin Gauri Paralkar........................................... BostonUniversity William Martini................................GeorgetownUniversity Marc Berger............................................... IthacaCollege Michael Halchak........ Johns Hopkins University Cara Smith............................................ WesleyanUniversity Christine Paschal...................................... RutgersUniversity Sarah McCormack Anmol Bhandari....................................VillanovaUniversity Matthew Hays......................................ColumbiaUniversity Karson St. John.........................................EmoryUniversity Pretar Passe ................... Hobart and William Smith Colleges Erika Bickoff.............................................. IthacaCollege Andre Hines............ University of Massachusetts Daniel Strader...... University of New Hampshire ....... University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jessica Holloschutz Leslie Morgado............................................DrewUniversity Matthew Bucciero.....................................LehighUniversity Kenneth Thorson......................................LehighUniversity Priscilla Pellecchia.............................GeorgetownUniversity Lauren Moses..............................................DukeUniversity Parag Butala.............................................. BrownUniversity ........................... George Washington University Peter Tiboris............................................ CornellUniversity Lauren Pincus........................... Skidmore College Angela Mulligan..................... Colorado College Kristen Connolly.............................. MiddleburyCollege Kelli Jenifer............................................DouglassCollege Kenneth Tilton.........................................BostonCollege Klaudia Pyz........................ New York University Daisy Munoz........................................ColumbiaUniversity Daniel Kabler.................. University of Vermont Tahirah Cooper..................................... SpelmanCollege David Uslan...........................Indiana University Martha Reiter..............................................ClarkUniversity *Caitlin Coopersmith............................ SkidmoreCollege Olivia Kaplan............................................. IthacaCollege Devon Wagner...................... Rosemont College Sheronda Richardson Joshua Daniels........................................ SyracuseUniversity Omni Kitts.............................................. RutgersUniversity Matthew Waldman..............................ColumbiaUniversity .................... New Jersey Institute of Technology Whitney DeLear............................... MuhlenbergCollege Mason Gross School for the Arts Elana Walker.............................. Barnard College Harry Robinson............................ Union College Kirsten Knowles............. Evergreen State College Chad Dinzes....................University of Maryland Amanda Wallace.................................. WheelockCollege Rachel Roth............................................ BrandeisUniversity David Kreizer........................................SkidmoreCollege Courtney DiStefano..............................AmericanUniversity Alena Weller.........................................WesleyanUniversity Gregory Rusciano.....................................RutgersUniversity Erik Dreke.............. Bergen Community College *Frank Kunzier.................................... GettysburgCollege Oliver Winsett....................... St. Anselm College Aneeta Saxena............................. Barnard College Lynn Fernando................University of Michigan Anastasia Lambert................. Dartmouth College Daniel Wolfe...................... SUNY- Binghamton Kate Scelsa..................... Sarah Lawrence College Joshua Frankfort..............................NortheasternUniversity Stefanaia Lambusta.................... Drew University Emily Zackin.......................Swarthmore College April Schott...............University of Rhode Island James Larsen.......................................... FordhamUniversity Dashiel Fryer................................ Cooper Union Jessica Schwartz............................. Ithaca College Lesleigh Gennace....................................SyracuseUniversity Frank Lawatsch.... University of New Hampshire * Alumni children and grandchildren Andrew Scura........................................VillanovaUniversity Michelle Lee .............................................BostonUniversity Gemma Giantomasi....University of Pennsylvania

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husband, Donny, died in May 1996, but Helen has kept busy with various projects. She is cochairman of the Altar Guild at Trinity Episcopal Church, one of the busiest Episcopal churches in America; she enjoys the book group in Junior League Sustainers; and playing and teaching bridge. Helen has three grown children who live nearby, a great joy. Her sister, Anne Hodgson McBrair, lives in Verona, N.J., so Helen does get to see friends in Montclair occasionally.

George and Janet Gaylord Newsome have moved to a condo in Kingston, Ontario, and like it very much. One daughter lives in France, the other in Connecticut.

Jean Hamlin Noyes recently went to an unusual Monet exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art. She was looking forward to a visit from son Worth and his wife during the summer.

She also went to a wonderful song recital by Barbara Bonney ’74x, daughter of Janet (Audrey) Gates Bonney ’42. Janet’s chief claim to fame (she’s even in Ripley’s “Believe It or N ot’’) is that she revived a chicken by CPR! Janet lives in Maine but Jean chats with her by phone.

Our sympathy goes out to Betty Pierce Harding, whose husband, Dick, died in March.

Betty has two sons, two daughters, and 10 grandchildren.

Teppy Holton Sjolander writes from her new home in Kennett Square, Pa., “What a traumatic experience is moving. I’m glad all that is behind me!” Her sister, Nancy Holton Bartow ’31, also lives at Kendal and was a great help as was her daughter, Chris, ¡fleppy is happy in her new home - did you know Kennett Square is “the mushroom capital of the world”?

Sally Young Shertzer’s husband, Leonard , died in April in Montgomery, Ala., where they live. Sally is my dear sister-in-law. Bill and I will miss Leonard gready. He was a charming and delightful gentleman. He and Sally met in the Navy during WWII; Leonard was a Pearl Harbor survivor and Sally was a WAVE. I am looking forward to Sally’s summer .visit with us in Manomet, Mass.

Barbara Vondermuhll writes from St. Petersburg, Fla., that she has been doing lots of fun things lately. She would welcome visitors or phone calls from classmates. (Call me or the Alumni Office.)

Your secretary keeps busy as president of the Residents’ Association here at The Village at Duxbury. The job is not arduous thanks to warm support from residents and staff.

If you enjoy reading these notes, please.plan to send me your news next time! Peggy

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TKS Bernie and Barbara Bailey Hoey have been living in a retirement village at Hilton Head for two years, after 12 in th w own home at the Plantation. Their son Richard is chief economist of Dreyfus; granddaughter Alice is a financial analyst with a bank in Charlotte; grandson Benjamin has finished freshman year at U. of Wyoming.

Our condolences to the family of Dorothy Hanau Frost.

MA Ken Cosgrove reports five sons, all married, 15 grandchildren, and a handicap of 12.

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Legacies: Edward W. Matron 39 has two granddaughters who graduatedfrom MKA, Alexandra (Ali) Matron ’9 7 and Monica Manginello ’98. He ispictured here with Monica this June.

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The three eighth graders - Joan Schille, Joan Ailing, and Anne -Thompson - went on to graduate with the class of 1941.

Joan Ailing W uerth writes, “We are enjoying the challenge of having our 16-year-old grandson, Peter Rice, stay with Jack and me for the next two years. He is attending our outstanding Blue Ribbon school here in Martha’s Vineyard. We invited him here to help hinj^ridge the transition from life in Q p ta Rica to life in th esis.A . He is thoroughly enjoying the experience. We celebrate our 50th in July!fi^| Barbara Harrison Christie moved from Albuquerque, N.M., to Boise, Idaho last year.

Our condolences to Helen Hanau Breen on the death of her sister, Dorothy Hanau Frost ’38, and to the family of Alice James Waker.

Enid Griswold Hyde is lecturing and running a lot of art and architecture trips for different museums in 1998 - one to France to visit pilgrimage churches; two trips to Spain to see the Guggenheim Museum in Bilboa; and two trips to California to visit the new Getty Museum. She writes, “Last fall I spent a wonderful few days in Fontainebleau with Peggy Wright Dorland, who spends half of every year there in a lovely home opposite the chateau. Peggy’s two daughters live near Paris.

My daughter and youngest son and their families are now living nearby in Washington, D.C., back from years abroad, and one continues to live in Seatde, probably forever.”

Enid Griswold Hyde ’41 (Right) visited classmate Peggy Wright Dorland in Fontaine­ bleau, France lastfall.

MA Mr. David BairdJr. 9 Parkway, Montclair NJ 07042 Siby and Perry Minton continue to be active at the Arboreum in Arcadia, Calif. Siby leads tours and helps to maintain four historical buildings; Perry does newspaper publicity and leads tours at Santa Anita Depot, one of the old buildings. They went on a cruise to Mexico, plus a trip to the East Coast to see relatives.

Middle son Keith was married last year; eldest son Jeff and Karen had a second son and moved to Virginia. Youngest son Dan teaches English literature in a nearby high school.

Bette and Dick Carrie enjoy plenty of tennis, golf and sunshine in their new home in Vero Beach, Fla. Last year they cruised through the Panama Canal a a more luxurious trip than my first transit on LST 914 in WWII.” The biggest news is the arrival of their first grandson.

Bruce Cornish took an Elderhostel program to Glacier Bay, Alaska, “learning more about this natural feature than most boat travelers.” , , He has been elected president of the Resident Council at John Knox village, a retirement center with 2000+ residents. David

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Sarah Burton Nelson, M.D. continues a private practice in psychiatry 20 hours a week. She remarried at age 70 to Bernard Makowsky but retains her name. She writes, “I love my life, my husband, my three children and four grandchildren.” Daughter Maria Burton Nelson is the author of three books, the latest being Embracing Victory - Life Lessons in Competition and Compassion. Sarah noted that she was one of the first Bellringers in the picture from 1937 in the last issue - “How I enjoyed that at the time!”

MA Mr. Richard L. Charlesworth 121 Cherry Brook Rd„ Weston MA 02193 Ann and Dick Charlesworth are well and active with “sailing, more golf, less tennis, and no more skiing.” They divide time between Vero Beach, Maine, and Weston. They have four daughters and a seventh grandchild on the way,.

Our condolences to the family of Richard Boegehold. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and two grandchildren.

George Connell wrote to say that former classmate Pierce Wade died some time ago. He understands that A1 Kaplus is also deceased; can anyone verify this for Alumni Office records?

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TKS Class secretary and reunion chairman: Miss Lucile G. Mason 142 North Mountain Ave., Montclair NJ 07042 Maty Johnson Addison is looking forward to reunion. Their oldest son, William Jr., was appointed secretary of the Senate of the Maryland Legislature in January. Their daughter Deborah Holland was named VP and general manager of WLTX TV-19 in .

Columbia, S.C. Arnett and Mary Batt Taylor have moved to Fairfield, Calif., near their daughter, son, and three grandchildren. As Arnett suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, he is in the health center in their retirement home community.

Letitia Robinson Failor wrote that Dick and Betty Brown Ward visited her in Florida in late February. “We hadn’t seen each other in over 30 years, so we had much to catch up on and not enough time.”

Our condolences to the family of Gloria Carnrick Ewing.

I hope to see you all at our special 55th reunion. Lucile MA Mr. Richard R. Angus 38 Hinchman Avenue, Denville NJ 07834 Reunion chairman: Mr. James Mackey 213 Geneva St., Elizabeth NJ 07206

book called 20th Century Summit tor the City of Summit, N.J. centennial in 1999.

Our condolences to retired civil engineer Randall Gritzan on the death of his wife, Beatrice “Beebe” Bogardus Gritzan. Their daughter Linda is VP of Corestates Bank, daughter Patricia is a lawyer, and son Ken is in charge of actuaries at Coopers & Lybrand, Boston.

Condolences, ajfirto A1 Soria on the death of his wife of 46 years last year. A1 spent three weeks this winter with friends in Hilton Head and Myrde Beach, and looked forward to ‘ spending time this summer with son Peter and his wife in Pennsylvania. A1 retired in 1988 after 40 years in pharmaceutical research with Sterling Drug, first as a chemist, then as head of special services. He says he had to give up skiing when arthritis set in and he is now a golf nut! He would-like to hear from Academy friends “who remember that little boy with an Italian accent.”

Ann and J. Robert (Bob) Brown have six grandchildren, ages 17 to seven. He sold a small company upon reaching 70 and now they enjoy do-it-yourself projects and motor trips to Florida in the winter. A couple of years ago they celebrated a 50th wedding anniversary in Wilmington, N.C. with Jean and Bill Burker.

They met Bill Moodie there. Bob sees Tom Adair frequently at the Dunworkin Club in Montclair.

Ted Brohl sent a copy of his sixth book of poetry to the Alumni Office - “all because of retirement!” He and his wife celebrate their 50th anniversaty this year.

Joan and Harvey Weeks have a several-year saga of looking for retirement places.adThey waited for three years for a place in New Mexico, then the deal fell through. After considering four places in Oregon, they chose one just as the big flood ojw 996 arrived; moving plans were cancelled. Last September a new place opened a mile from where they lived in Long Beach, Wash. They are happy at last.

Harvey got a copy of the ’43 yearbook from the Alumni Office and “wallowed in nostalvifl^B We heard from an “X,” Anderson Donan, who sent his CV. Andy served in the Navy as pharmacist’s mate in WWII, then went on to become a doctor at Temple U. He was in family practice from 1953 to 1991, mostly in Pennsylvania, in addition to hospital and institutional work. Married for more than four decades, the Donans have four children.

He’s been an amateur sailor for 50 years and active in several sports, including competitive fencing.

Helen and I (Dick Angusjjspent Christmas week in Colorado with our daughter. I was invited to the dedication of the site of the 50th anniversary of the breaking of the sound barrier. My company, Reaction Motors in Denville, N.J., built the engine that- rook the plane p.ast the speed of sound. I worked at Reaction from 1956 to 1967 as a lab technician in their chemistry and materials lab while the company manufactured the engine for the X-15 airplane. Dm

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Audrey Brown Robinson now has four grandchildren - Haley, Robinj/fiarah, and Schuyler, with a fifth due in September.

MA Mr. WinterfordJ. Ohland 4 Ahler’s Lane, Blairstown NJ 07825

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Nancy Nevins D ’Anjou’s Christmas card arrived with warm words but short of hfe own specifics. ' Ann Gerhauser Buchbinder sent regrets at having missed reunion, but she and Bob were leaving to spend her 70th in Mallorca.

“How did we get to be septagenarians so quickly! Not fair w h S y o u feel Ip inside.

Winters are great in Arizona, but the desert is a bit harsh. Mountain lions, coyotes, and javalinas in the backyard on occasion. Good thing I love animals?|*fS Last year Proc and Leigh Berrien Smith enjoyed seeing Saugerties, N.Y. with Ge’oVge and Jeanne Sawutz, en route to visiting Son and family in the Berkshires. Lately she enjoyed seeing Eleanor Helm Ketcham ’46; they golfed together. Ellie and Jack vacation regularly on the Vineyard.

Leigh recognized many of the Upper School students pictured in the last ReviewSs they had been “hers” at Brookside; she even recalled the hockey players on the award-winning 1982 team! Leigh says that she and Anne Reighley Ferguson were in Grade 1 together a || ^ Plymouth Street, and that she and Babs O ’Donovan White ’42 were in the same college dongi same floor, one year.

Nancy Brown Prachar e-mailed her input.

She likes living in Oregon^especially the weather;IWexas was the pits-.f BrownM Siow working8part time in her daughter’s computer '■feif|in®| and playing bridge. She has two grandchildren, ages 13 and 16.

Katie Teaze Clark had just returned from San FranciSlo to see their youngestSKgug, and his new home. He ¡^studying for his masters and teaching ESL. Daughter Casey is working at DuPont and her twin? Charlie, worksrfor the Nature Conservancy. Their eldest; Craig, keeps on with his ham radio bookstore;: Katie had

two lovely dinners with John and Midge Seidler Tilton - “It’s nice to have someone to talk over old times with!”

Roger and Rudd Trimble Kenvin enjoyed a 32-day cruise to the South Pacific, 20 of which were at sea. “It would have been perfect except the PacifiiMSlftot pacific. ” After two days at home, Rudd was off with daughter Brooke to Iowa to visit other daughter Heather and familjgThe Kenvins were also going on a month’s trip by QE2 to England and Paris, seeing family and friends en route home. .

Pat Driver Shuttleworth was in the throes of cleaning out her mother’s house in nearby Quogue, having a yard sale, filling a dumpster, etc. Her mother, 95, is in a nearby nursing home. Pat is active in the Quogue Historical Society, which is marking the 60th anniversary of the 1938 hurricane by publishing Volume II of Hurricane Stories, “all new, all new pictures; the book will be twice the size of the one we did in 1988.”

Josie Murphy Rayermann says 199JE-98 was not the best of winters; both she and Ed had pneumonia. They are thankfully recovered and were looking forward to soaking up the sun at their place in Sedona. Their son Patrick and family live in the D.C. area; he, just promoted to Lt. Colonel. Son Richard and family visited twice, the latest a surprise for her birthday.

Speaking of which, Judy Shearer Turnbull called to wish her a happy one.

Jt®y and Bob, both well, enjoyed a recent cruise to Bermuda (“Bob nkpicruises a lot!” according to Judy). They have also done some Elderhosteling.

As for the Wittels family, a busy year. Jerry continues tennis, clarinet, andjfpmputer projects including music composition and turning camcorder shots of the grandchildren into “films.” Both children are fine, and our second grandchild, Annie, was born last October. I keep busy with writing, painting, and photography. I had solo exhibits in 1997 and 1998. Anne

A Woman of Science Kimberley alumnae who still get the Montclair Times were delighted to learn that our former biology and chemistry teacher, Ellen Drewes Studdiford, was one of four women honored in 1998 by a group called the Montclair History Projejst.

Ellen waà-honored for her contributions in science at a gathering to kick off Women’s History Month in March. We are proud to have been among her students!

Ellen did many things after teaching at Kimberley, including being active in UNICEF in Montclair schools every October, in the Consumers’ League of New Jersey, and as the first woman president of the Unitarian Chiirch.

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MA Our condolences to Kenneth Hanau Jr. on the death of his sister, Dorothy Hanau Frost ’38.

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TKS Nancy Rudd Eddy loves living on Cape Cod and is busy with extensive gardens, golf, and civic beautification. She plans to take aj ■>*. community college course to help write her life story. Arthur built a room for her to collect art projects, memorabilia, etc. K ‘my space for work and play.” They took off for England in June to visit friends, then rented a cottage in Cornwall for two weeks. She won a week’s stay on Peaks Island, Maine in August and will see Joan Powell Adams at their college reunion in October. Son Theodore is a VP in investment banking in NYC. MA Dr. Peter B. Lawrence 4802 Carriage PL, Wilson N C 27896

Sic transit gloria mundi Frank J. Groten Jr. ’46 co-edited a Latin text entitled Res Publica Conquassate, Readings on the Fall o f the Roman Republic (Wayne State University Press).

It has been called “a rich quarry for historians, linguists, and cultural anthropologists....This treasure trove is made y&sily accessible by the notes and glossary incorporated in the text.”

Frank, who received a Ph.D: from Princeton, taught at The Hill School for 30-plus years. He is now an adjunct lecturer of classical languages at Albright CollegiSW

Frank inscribed a copy of the book to MKA: In Memoriam: Claude Wilmot Monson and William Avery Barras, inspired and inspiring teachers o f Latin 'and English respectively.

(Yes, Latin is taught at MKA, beginning in seventh grade, through AP Latin at the Upper School.)

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TKS Mrs. David Hannegan (Louise Rudd) 34 Monadnock Drive, Westford MA 01886 I feel I should start the column with “Dear Ones/’ I’m so used to communicating with you that way! I am on a high from seeing and/or hearing from so many at reunion. A couple of corrections from the last alum issue: 1) I didmt list Bar Nash Hanson in the column ;(but she was in the photo) 2) Janet Heller wasn’t listed as missing from the picture (but she -was in the column) 3) Katy W att Cangelosi was part of the reunion gift committee, but, of course, was missing from that photo.

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Also, I’m still picking up our mini-yearbook to read about all of us. What a gift - really! (By the way, I got my ride in a hot-air balloon in May while visiting Dave and Penny and the grandsons in Boulder.)

While in Florida we had a visit from Gray and Cyn Overton Blandy and hooked up with Tom and Peggy Soucek Weissenborn for dinner one night. I also saw Peggy other times. The Blandys do a lot of family-visiting - to Naples, Fla., and Virginia, and to see Cyn’s sister, Pat, in Vermont. They planned to be in England in July, a week in Oxford sponsored by Gray’s 50th reunion at Williams.

Peggy and Tom do likewise and they also have a show dog who takes them on that circuit periodically.

There was a mini-reunion at Teeny Redfield Sander’s on Longboat Key in April [see photo].

Cindy Youngman Adams, Comer Fisk Polak, and I had a great time. Comer’s life revolves around the golf course and her computer. She and Ben find their retirement years “truly golden.” In May, Comer was one of nine friends to take part in an international golf tournament, this year in St. Croix. Her children are in Paris, Charlotte, N.C., and Conn.; she has five grands.

The Adams have a great family gathering every summer on Lake Champlain - same house many of us visited years ago.

Teeny had lots of family visiting in Florida and was looking forward to more in Hartwood over the summer. She’s going to London in the fall with sister Jane Redfield Forsberg ’52 and Bob, then she and Bar Hanson will tour Portugal and Spain. Teeny and I connected in May when I joined her and her mother (96) at North Hill for lunch.

Herb and Bar Nash Hanson moved in December to Reno, Nev. Anne Staudinger Abels has our sympathy on the death of her mother. Many of us remember her well from dancing school; a fine lady. Annie is still thankful she beat her bacterial pneu­ monia, often fatal. Bill is well, still working, and spends his free time in the garden. Son Dave will be married in October in Dallas with all the family there.

I talked with Jeannie Frey Drake and learned of a happy weekend she and Bill had with Peter and Patty Cox Mansfield in Cataumet. Had a long letter from Sue Harrison Schumann just before she and Ford were heading to Old Snowmass for the summer. Daughter Kristy, who is doing well, will go too, and four horses and six Corgis! Sue and Ford had a trip to Alaska in June and hoped to connect with some of us New Englanders when they visit son Mark on the Vineyard in August.

Here’s a thought: This Christmas write and/of%end a card to at least five classmates ....cheers! Weezie MA Andrew Davlin is- “'still financing aquaculture businesses around the world, managing the World Aquaculture Fund, and writing The Davlin Report, an analyst’s report on the aquaculture industry.”

D. Chase Troxell writes, “Wife, three children, seven grandchildren, house on a bay

off Chatham Harbor in Cape Cod for as long as the nor’easters and hurricanes let us keep it.

Lawyering in Massachusetts and New York City. Sorry to miss the 50th.”

The Kimberley Class o f’4 7 had suchfun at their 50th reunion that some classmates met again in Longboat Key in Aprilfor a mini­ reunion. L to R: Cindy Youngman Adams, Aubin (Teeny) Redfield Sander, Louise (Weezie) Rudd Hannegan, Comer Fisk Polak.

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TKS Mrs. Stanley Miller (Frances Lane) 462 SW 27th Ave., Delray Beach FL 33445 Cordelia Ettl Clement writes that she is looking forward to reunion.

Helen Montgomery Drysdale writes, “From teenage apprentice at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Mass., to director of advertising and PR at the La Jolla Playhouse, to professional photographer, I have enjoyed an extraordinary range of activities. I have been privileged to have photographed Ginger Rogers (over a 30-year period), her mother Lela, Howard Duff, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Marge and Gower Champion, Burt Lancaster, Vincent Price, etc. Documentary, still work, too, from coast to coast, covering drug addiction, children with AIDS. What a world. ..Have touched bases with Janet Mason and Kay Kidde. Now they are two very bright, talented ladies of 1948.

My best to alLi,<w* Kay Kidde’s second book of poems, Sounding for Light, was published in May by Linear Arts Press: Anne Dudley Gill writes she has lost touch with New Jersey friends since moving her mother nearby to Massachusetts. Her mother is 97 and failing. Ann sees Patricia Cox Mansfield ’47 as she helps with Wellesley dlumnae projects. Anne enjoys skiing, sailing, and “grandchildren care and nurturing.”

See you at reunion!

MA Reunion chairmen: Mr. Richard Sandler 70 Devon Road, Essex Fells NJ 07021 Mr. Richard Kimm 5069 Pine Valley Dr., Fayetteville N Y 13066

Our condolences to the family of class secretary Richard H. Davis.

A1 Murray hopes to make reunion. He and his wife, Pam, live happily in Naples, Fla., after he retired as sales rep for Jostens Ring company (“sold quite a few rings at MA over the years”).

He also retired as an NCAA Collegiate Basketball official after 42 years. He stays active in Naples playing softball and golf, walking the beaches, and umpiring high school softball and basketball games. As Pam is.a flight attendnt, they do a lot of traveling, both internationally and to see family on each coast.

A1 writes that his old basketball teammate A1 Hudson passed away a few years ago.

The reunion crew has found many “lost” classmates and is planning a great 50th reunion.

Don’t miss it.

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MA E. Alden Dunham’s son and namesake accepted inauguration into MKA’s Athletic Hall o f Fame on behalf of his father, who had had hip replacement surgery. Alden writes, “All this hoopla brought back many memories, including Mr. Coursen, the music teacher who used to lead assemblies by having us sing all the old favorite college songs as well as our own alma mater.” Alden still knows all the words.

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TKS Audrey Carroll McBratney is involved with the Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital, church work, and singing in Sweet Adelines. She gets news of TKS ’50 a n d B l from Gail Robertson Marentette ’51, who makes an annual stop en route to Florida.

MA Mr. Rudolph Deetjen Jr. R R 1 Box 405 FLerrick Road Brooksville ME 04617 In February, Cliff and Mary Anne Treene Evans celebrated the 50th anniversary of their first date, in Hawaii. He writes, “Some simple math tells you our 44 years of marriage began in 10th grade while students at TKS and MA. Three children and eight grandchildren later, we’re still having fun - just a little more slowly!”

Bill Ricketts writes from Houston, “Just continue to march, running my own little efetepany. My wife, Dagmar, and I do a lot of traveling, combining business and pleasure. My primary distraction is ocean racing friendllSkye 51 .jjfl From the Amherst alumni magazine: After 38

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years of practicing orthopedic surgery in the Bay Area, George Weilepp saddled up and retired to the Lone Star State. He and his wife, Peggy, built a home beside a golf course in Tyler. Though out of the operating room, George stays involved as a consultant on orthopedic surgery for the board of Medical Quality Insurance, which draws him as an expert witness to Houston and Dallas - similar to an attorney arbitration board. George spent 1991-92 in Washington as a congressional intern, an advisor on medical matters. His two children followed his footsteps: Annie is a plastic surgeon and Steve a physical therapist.

From Rudy Deetjen: “Patty and I are happily moving to the Blue Hill area of Maine, site of family and camp activity over the years. Leif and Christina are there, in custom homebuilding and travel business; Cliff and Kim are in architecture and interior design in Boston.

We hope someone: else will step up to help with class news and ’50’s Big 50th. 2000 is just around the corner!”

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TKS Mrs. Lloyd Marentette (Gail Robertson) 4 7 6 Lakeland Ave., Grosse Pointe M I48230 On the way to Florida, we saw Dick and Lisa Landon Hewitt in Williamsburg, Va., then had a very nice evening with Bruce and Audrey Carroll McBratney ’50 in Beaufort, S.G. In March, Nancy Ehrhardt White and her daughter, Nan, came to see us in Boca Grande.

Nan is a horticulture expert and is adorable.

The two Nancys then went to Arizonaifer ten daysvc-i Linda Herbert, now retired, still lives in Anaheim, Calif. She visited family in New England for the holidays; they had 14 inlhes of snow Christmas Eve, ■ Bob and Suzie Bailey Twyford are enjoying their condo near Tremblant. Dave and Joan Jacobus Miller visited this winter and they all loved the skiing and eating French food: The Twyfords’ daughter, Holly, an actress, just received a McArthur award. The Millers have a new farm in Maine where they will be spending E rn e since they both have retired from teaching.

They also love to travel, Jane Gassaway Bonner is lb;^®|poking after her mother and Bob’s m o th s playing tennis, enjoying friends and family, and working.

Ted and Miriam Eustis Irwin are busy visiting various children and grandchildren, and going on a cruise which includes St. Petersburg.

The children of the late Laura Ives Gailly de Taurines all live and work abroad, having been raised in Paris. Charles is in Paris; Christoph©, and his wife have a son and live in London; Leila and her husband live in Austria and have three boys, »ages 1, 3, and 5.

Anne LaBastille’s lastest book, Woodswoman III, has been such a succje-ss there was. a second reprinting, and Anne was opening new markets in Vermont and New Hampshire. Last year was spent in aa blur of book signings, book fairs, readings, news interviews, wrapping,

shipping, and distributing books.” She also gave lectures in Guatemala dnd at St. Lawrence University.

On the way north in April, we stopped at the McBratneys’ and had a quick glimpse of Tommy and Judy Frost Costikyan. They spend much time on the golf course and look wonderful.

Lloyd and I had a wonderful winter. We’re going Out West in August and to Singapore for Christmas. Gail MA Mr. Ernest F. Keer III 459 Club Drive, P.O. b M 1030 Bay Head NJ 08M 2 Sarah and Francis McCrane met with Sue and Ernie Keer in mid-May for a mini-reunion on the Eastern shore of Maryland. “Mac” recently retired as executive director of the U.S.O. of Hampton Roads, Va. He had retired earlier from the U.S. Air Force as a colonel after twenty years of flying. Mac flew 221 combat missions in' Vietnam and was attached to the Admiral’s staff during several joint allied NATO matieuverSdn the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters. He received the Outstanding Public Service Award from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff! The McCranes now live in Virginia, volunteering, golfing, and enjoying their children and five grandchildren.

Ernie has almost retired from the insurance Ijjdustry and divides his time between Bay Head, Bermuda, volunteer work, golf, Sue, and ten grandchildren.

On his visit to Bay Head, Mac caught up with Patty and George Lucas, David and Gail Tomec Kerr, and Austin Drukker, who came down for a round of golf. [News sent by Sue Keer, per Mac’s delegation. - Ed.] Mark Hanschka has retired from active practice of obstetrics and gynecology, but will be volunteering at Planned Parenthood and the Population Institute. They have moved to a resort community in central Oregon at the foothills of the Cascades near Mt. Bachelor, so they will enjoy trav§j§ng and outdoor activities.

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8011 StrauffRoad, Baltimore M D 21204 Class agent: Mrs. James Donnell (Barbara Pendleton) 9468 No. Florence Rd., Pittsburgh PA 1523*/ Many classmates came to the 45th in October, a gri|at turnout for a non-reunion year. It was great catching up on old times and new travels, »grandkids, etc. Many thanks to Fay Taft Fawcett for her Sunday brunch. I also must include two patient husbands, Ned Fawcett and Jim Donnell.

Good lucktto Jean Fairgrieve Granum on her new life.

Wain Koch Maass loved reading about reunion and seeing the pictures. She had a

mini-reunion with Jane Redfield Forsberg in Florida and Georgia this spring. All Wain’s family are doing fine; she was looking forward to summer in Vermont.

Anne Dwyer Milne is a very busy lady. She works for the N.H. Episcopal Diocese links to companion cities Quebec and Limerick, Ireland. She is also a trustee of the Currier Gallery of Art. She was off to China for another visit.

Winters in Montclair and summers in Nantucket are “boring,” says Fay Taft Fawcett.

(Fay, I’ll take a trip to Nantucket!)

Yours truly spends allyeat in Baltimore, but I did have a Vassar ’56 mini-reunion in Portland, Ore. The Northwest is beautiful, and I had excursions to the gorges, Mt. Hood, etc. I ran into Daphne Driver McGill’s Vassar roommate, who told me Daphne and Tiger are inveffjng in a winery and have an apartment in San Franciscffpsi Remember, ladies, I like to travel and Nantucket and San Francisco look pretty good to me. Keep me posted. Skipper MA Joseph Solimine took early retirement from college teaching.

Austin Drukker welcomed his seventh grandchild in April - that makes four girls and three boys. Daughter Kiki ’94 graduated from reallege in May and will work in NYC. Austin has taken up golf with a vengeance.

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TKS Patsy Eddy Ford’s son Doug returned from Bosnia to be married on their lawn overlooking Casco Bay last August. He is with Physicians for Human Rights in Tuzla, on the^Croatian coast; Patsy wrote they visited them in April.

She announces a first grandchild born to Andy and wife.

MA Reunion chairman: Dr. Howard Beilin 105 East 73rd St., New York, N Y 10021 Fred Porter tried retirement, but returned as a fire protection engineer and incendiarism investigator - this time as “consultant.”

Robert Weinmann was the cover subject for an article, iR |ig h t in the Crossfire,”' in the AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) magazine.

The article was about the battle over health care. Bob, “a medical maverick, published a ■ newsletter for 13 years that did muckraking on dealmaking....In 1977, for example, he exposed double billing at Stanford University Medical Center.” Bob is president of the country’'¡UteS largest doctors! union, the Union of American Physicians and Dentists.

Philip Fradkin’s latest book, Magnitude 8: Earthquakes and Life Along the San Andreas Fault, will be published in September by Henry Holt.

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TKS Ms. Georgia Carrington 38 Silver Spring Lane, Ridgefield CT 06877 There was a reunion of sorts when Adrienne (Tookie), Lynn, CY, Aubin, Janet, and Maree arrived at MKA to be sure that I wasn’t a disgrace to the Class o f ’54 as an inductee in the Athletic Hall of Fame. They will never know how much I appreciated their rearranging schedules and commitments so they could come to the ceremony and luncheon and support me in place of my non-existent family.

Catching up on news was a special treat!

Janet Cook Phillips’ family is spread from Montclair to Bahrain. Babysitting for nearby grandchildren conflicts on occasion with golf.

Cynthia Mann Treene as usual is on the go running one function or another; this time it was the flower show.

Maree Callahan Currey never changes travel agent and traveler extraordinaire! She’s full of enthusiasm and great stories about her family.

Aubin Zabriskie Ames now heads the Montclair Foundation and was preparing for a meeting with the Van Vlecks to discover more history of the house and gardens, all of which were exquisite even on a gloomy, rainy evening [at the Alumni Winetasting]. I am over­ whelmed at all that Aubin has accomplished for the school and the town over the years.

Lynn Towner Dodd continues to be involved with the Foundation, as well as preparing for daughter Debbie’s August wedding. She travels when she can. Son Peter ’80 and Julie are very involved in tennis and paddle here in Greenwich.

Then Adrianne Onderdonk Dudden came all the way from Philadelphia! She continues to be a sought-after graphic artist while Arthur lectures, writes, and is a visiting professor.

Daughter Alexis, who was married last fall and completed her dissertation this spring, will be an assistant professor at Connecticut College.

A note from Barbara Hobart Valbuena said daughter Vivian and her husband are in NYC but have a cottage in Carmel, N.Y., so maybe Barbara will stop by en route some day. She and Julian had an exciting evening of opera, ending with a post-performance dinner with Plácido Domingo and Veronica Villarroel.

Talked with Leslie Bunce, nearby in Rowayton, who still works as an accountant.

She had a rough winter healthwise but has resurfaced at last. She occasionally visits nieces in northern New England.

Also talked with Lee Wood, who was in the process of moving to a smaller house near Toulouse. She had finally submitted her dissertation, a huge burden lifted. Well done!

Leslie had suggested I call Nell Fisk Hamlen in Vermont, so I did. Caught her between care of her horses and playing with her new golden retriever. She was also between trips, some with Elderhostel to Alaska and Arizona (which she recommends), some with the Smithsonian or Nature Conservancey. We may talk her into joining us next winter when we at long last get

to Africa and the animals. Nell runs a very small B-and-B in Vermont.

Paul and Patty Dennison Moser have been in Tulsa for 30 years now. One daughter’s family, including two grandchildren, are nearby, and the other is in Kentucky. Paul and Patty had a fabulous ecotour of Brazil with birdwatching daily.

I’ve had a great year of being retired - had a few “call backs” to fill in for one thing or another at Greenwich Academy - but largely I’ve set my own schedule, playing tennis and paddle and volunteering at AmeriCares for their one-day housing blitz. Assembled a team of 23 women and one man and we spent May 2 sprucing up a home in Bridgeport. What a fabulous experience to do with friends. I have done it with kids, but this was really special.

Thanks to all of you who checked in one way or another; let’s get together; we can always compare aches and stiff joints. Georgia MA Sheldon Buck celebrated his 40th reunion at MIT and his 39th wedding anniversary (with Diane Draper Buck) in June. He has been working at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory/Charles Stark Draper Lab ever since graduation.

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In Maine I saw Diana Whittaker Peabody in her new house. She’s also active in local outdoor life and house renovations.

Jeff and Carol Hanschka Traenkle took a Baltic Sea cruise. She has “five and a half’ grandchildren. Cousin Cecily Wilson Lyle visited me in Chicago in November. She winters in France, visiting daughter, grandchildren and friends, and planned to rent a house in Vermont near Nancy this summer.

Leigh Eberstadt Brenza has had two weddings. The youngest of four, Andy, graduated from Boston XJ. in June; Karl, the oldest, is on Wall Street and has two children.

Leigh, in the travel business, travels a lot with husband Jim. Dick and Marilyn Walrath Elliott have had a difficult time, but both are in remission from various cancers.. They have sought advice in California. They enjoyed trips to Charleston, New York, and Chicago to see their sons. Our prayers are with you, Marilyn and Dick.

I enjoyed a trip to South Africa in March and am spending the summer at home in the new duplex, fixing up a roof garden, with tennis and local trips. Susie Barbara Ives Riegel sent news of her own and sister’s (’51) families. After years of arts projects in the community and consulting (“Superstars

in Education” for the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce) and fundraising for the Hill School, Barbie is senior consultant for external affairs at Winterthur Museum. She is also Sotheby’s first associate in Delaware. Husband Jerry retired; he is an automotive historian and collects classic cars. Their youngest daughter Alexandrine was married in May. Oldest daughter, Laura, and husband live in Colorado; Ashley and husband have two children, 4 and 6 months; son Dicky graduated from Columbia Business School and has a son, Richard IV. MA Paul Nejelski retired in February after almost nine years as a U.S. Immigration Judge. Their daughter Nicole was married at St. Alban’s School chapel in April; Ellen and Larry Martin came from Virginia for the wedding. Paul and Marilyn will celebrate their 33rd anniversary in October, and they plan to write a book on the music festivals of Austria, “with plenty of onthe-scene research.”

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In March Betsy spoke with Betsy Beatty Boocock who was meeting Linda in Vero Beach, Fla., while they all visited friends. Betsy and Bob have just purchased a home there themselves. At home Betsy keeps busy with the Stephen Ministry at church, the garden club, and grandchildren.

Molla Kaplan Reisbaum’s granddaughter turned one in June, and Vicki and Michael are expecting another in October. Molla is still a super salesperson for Coldwell Banker in Bergen County, and her stationery business, Pretty Papers, is “humming along.” (Her notepaper was pretty sharp.)

Janie Goodwillie Swann still teaches 6/7 grade at Epstein, with 8th grade history on tap for next year. She produced “Wizard of Oz” this spring as a successful fundraiser for the school. Her son Jody is in intellectual property law in Adanta, “living in a ’fixer house,’ the mother of them aU.!,'Eliza is clerking for a judge and headed to a corporate law firm in NYC. Ann DeVausney Hallowell was appointed to the Vermont Senate in May 1997 and has finished her first legislative session as a Senator from Chittenden County. “The political seed must have been planted during my Kimberley years.” Anne and Rob planned to spend time with their three grandchildren this summer, and were to realize their dream of climbing Mt. Adams in Washington with a guide. Anne

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Simon and Carol Barnard Ottenberg are back in Seattle after a wonderful year in D.C. Carol worked “bi-coastally? on a national health survey for the Public Health Service, and was in Conn, in May. Carol is taking tennis lessons and finds “it’s getting harder to think and hit the ball at the same time!”

Nini Dejurenev has been planting her garden (26 veggie beds, flowers and trees) in New Mexico, and painting in oils. Her mother, who also attended TKS, is 94 and still going strong.

Lilia Emetaz McDonald still swims a half a mile daily. She’s involved with the “Daisy Ducks,” a U. of Oregon women’s group supporting the school’s different sports teams; they make cookies for home matches and pot luck dinners for away games. Watch for an upcoming article in Sports Illustrated about the Daisy Ducks. Lilia’s also been busy with a LWV project. John is still regional manager of AAA, enabling the McDonalds to sample some trips. Elizabeth received her Ph.D. in botany from LR of British Columbia; she and husband Jim have a land consulting business. Malcolm, having graduated from Seattle U. in criminal justice, was married in September. John Andrew is in the computer field.

Bart and Henny Nelson Skeen enjoyed a trip to Ireland with her brother Frank and his wife; they visited the southern coast with a chef who had owned a restaurant in the area. The Skeens have settled in from their move back to Wayland, Mass. Since Bart is president of East Chop Beach Club, they were spending most of the Hmmer on the Vineyard. Andy has moved to Boston; Peter and his family are in Vermont and will introduce his two boys to skiing this winter.

Peter and Gail Zabriskie Wilson head to Telluride, Colo, for their skiing with Anne, Toby, and two kids. Peter, Karen and little Peter stayed with the Wilsons while house hunting in Conn.; another baby is due. in the fall. Gail and Bonnie traveled to England last fall together - “I had never taken-a' trip alone with any of our kids, and we had a great time!”

They are renovating their Maine home. In April they enjoyed a two-week visit from Australian friends, and showed them D.C. and Williamsburg.

Empty nest syndrome didn’t materialize for Don and Linda Cole LeStage; they see their children often and use Orleans year-round.

Daughter Julie and Jay have two children, Graham, 1, and Abigail, 3. They live just south of Boston. Gregg and Julia live in London while he finishes his dissertation/Ph.D. at Oxford; their firsff’ghild will have been born when this appears. Don and his two brothers continue in the family jewelry business; both ffinda and Don’s mothers are living and reasonably well.

Larry and I and his father, our favorite traveling companion, are heading to St. Petersburg, Russia, and Sweden and its islands in August. Larry surprised me for the big 60 by smuggling in the kids -Breen and David from their new nest in Calif, and Scott from NYCfor a Vineyard weekend supposedly just visiting my parents (still in their home and going strong at 90). They all had a grand timesstaying

hidden while planning a festive dinner party, complete with enlarged old family pictures.

On the subject of the BIG 60,Janie Swann’s family was planning (her words) “a not-nifty 60th” in Nantucket this summer. Anne Hallowell’s three kids gave them a 60th party attended by Simon and Lynne Kenny Scott. I think Gail Z. Wilson said'it;best, “I’m not happy about turning 60 this year.” Linda.

MA Mr. Eric Jaeckel 432 Eastbrooke Lane, Rochester N Y 14618 Richard Hobbins recendy joined the board of directors of the Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust. The organization is dedicated to providing affordable housing for people who work in the valley, but, due to inflated real estate values, are unable to afford a home.

Larry Nazarian is making an impact on his chosen profession, contributing to a national pediatrics study.

Seth Barton has retired again, this time from,,; BAC Killam. He is a regional director, American Society of Highway Engineers, and co-edits a newsletter for their north/central section. Seth sorts eyeglasses, by prescription, for the Lions Club, which sends eyeglasses worldwide - most recently they sent 10,000 to Mexico. He sponsors an 8-year-old girl in Ecuador, Last year the Bartons toured Alaska extensively; this year, the British Isles. They have two grandsons.

I have been in the National Ski Patrol for 11 years in the Rochester area. I also mentor (am friend to) an individual who has a mental illness through a program called COMPEER. Let’s hear from others). Eric

57 TKS Ms. Linda Baldanzi 2 Greenview Way, Upper Montclair NJ 07043 N ina Carter Lynch sent a photo taken at the beach of handsome extended family. Daughter Laney has two children; Carter has three; Whitney has become a CA girl in San Diego; son Philip works in NYC. Nina and George spend as much time as possible at their house in Woodstock, Vt. MA Class secretary and class agent: Dr. Edward T. O Brien Jr. 3 3 7 6 FemcliffLane, Clearwater FL 36421 John Hardman “got tired of working” and in 1989 moved to Great Falls, Va., for a little more elbow room and more relaxed pace of life.

They made extensive renovations to the house, including the addition of a music room where they are restoring and installing a large Wurlitzer Theater pipe organ. Daughter Laura ’94 graduated from Vassar College in May. Don Coursen writes, “My family and I are alive and well in Broken Arrow, Okla., yjjhere I am continuing in my teaching career of 34 years. I’ve taught in Virginia, Nfjj| and Maryland, and spent the last 14 in Okla. Kris

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TKS Mrs. Judson Breslin (Wendy Worsley) 44 Lake Drive, Mountain Lakes NJ 07046 Betsy Cole Cleland writes the year has been filled with a promotion, move to California, and buying a new home. She is responsible for the employee and organization development department of Beckman Coulter, with 11,000 employees: worldwide. Betsy loves being a grandmother; David’s girls Heather and Anna are 3 and 1.

Betsy Barney Gill hoped to move into a new house they started building last year in Pagosa.

They closed their business in March. The Gills “have adopted a 1-year-old dog who is helping us cope with the fact that our youngest son, Jim, needs a kidney transplant.”

Louise Alford Dillon writes that after living in Ridgewood, NsJ. for 20 years} she and her husband have moved to a beautiful home in Sun City, Georgetown, Texas, near one of their daughters. Their eldest daughter is married and lives in Manhattan; their son is a junior at U. Coiorado/Boulder. “Yall come see us in T exas!”

“Wow - 40 years. Seems impossible,” writes Sally Braddock Boyce. She and Ed were married last March,Jl.and life is wonderful.”

They live in California. Her daughter Betsy graduated from Northeastern U. in June.

Nancy Adams Scherer: “Wish I could see each and everyone. Have a fun reunion and I’ll think of you.”

MA Glass secretary and reunion chairman: Dr. Robert R. Haney 40719 Woodside Place, Leesburg VA 20175 haneyrr@erols. com Stephen Heller writes, “Thank God, my children are all graduated - Sean, a chiropractor; Josh, M.D., a psychiatrist, and his wife an orthopedic surgeon. My wife of 35 years died, I ¡¡|n’t enjoy retirement. I retired from dentistry and now do it as a volunteer nearby.” He planned to be in Brazil in Aprffl^H

Merrill and Cynthia Hooton Magowan live happily in California. They have three very accomplished sons, Charles, Tom, and Douglas, and three grandchildren. Their two oldest sons are married and all three live nearby.

The Magowans love to travel, and Cynthia is “what is referred to as a community leader serving on assorted bqards of directors, raising money, etc.” Her particular favorites are KQED, public TV and radio, and Planned Parenthood.

Susan Wechsler Rose married Elly after graduation from Smith; she also earned a master’s from Teachers College at Columbia.

She raised three children and taught classical piano for 17 years. Two daughters are married and the oldest has a baby boy. Susan’s piano playing is immortalized on CDs. Jerry and Betsy Garretson Vanderbilt have lived all over the world, thanks to the Navy and then 31 years with Mobil Oil. Now settled in Texas, they have three children, including Cathy who is married and lives in Texas and a son in California who is married with two children.

MA Class secretary and agent: Mr. Michael Baker 10 Highland Dr., North Caldwell NJ 07006 Finn Caspersen, chairman of the board and CEO of Beneficial Corp., is often in the news as spokesman for the consumer financial services industry in both media and legislative arenas. He has been active in statewide civic initiatives, such as chairman of the Coalition for Better Transportation and co-chair of Prosperity New Jersey. Finn, who graduated from The Peddie School, Brown, and Harvard Law School, is Trustee Emeritus of Brown, chair of the board of trustees of Peddie, and chairman of Harvard Law School Dean’s Advisory Committee. Finn’s civic-mindedness has been recognized with numerous awards and honorary degrees. Also an international sportsman, Finn is chairman of the U.S. Equestrian Team and thrice a member of the Four-in-Hand National Championship Team.

He was the first recipient of the CombinedDriving Horseman of the Year Award.

59 TKS Ms. Jarvis Reilly Nolan 15612 Mia Marchena, San Diego CA 92128 jarvisno @aoJ.com Marianne Doran Steinhacker received two promotions: to grandmother of Morgan Marianne, thanks to son David, and to Dean of the College of Mathematics and Professional Studies ’at the University of Maine at Augusta, She wrote that the “professional studies” (businessSfinandal services, public administration, health info » tern s, etc.) take the largest part of her^sponsibilities,,; Excerpted from Jarvis Reilly Nolan’s class letter (part of which was in the spring Review): 30

Double legacy: Stephanie Gitkin ’8 7 and Danielle Gitkin ’9 8 at Commencement 1998.

They are the daughters o f Merrill Gitkin ’59x.

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TKS Congratulations to Sally Minard, who in April received a Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications. The awards recognize “distinguished women in film, newspapers, magazines, advertising, books, broadcasting, and public relations.” Sally is founder of Lotas, Minard, Patton Mclver advertising agency.

Sheila Albright Hogan’s son Don helps her run the family resort in Arizona, Lake of th ev Woods. He was married last May. Her oldest daughter had a baby girl this spring; son Frank works full time; Nancy is a junior at Northern Arizona U. MA Class secretary and agent: Mr. GeorgeA. Bleyle 2259 Weir Drive, Hudson O H 44236 orion @gwis. com Spotted in the New York Times, the wedding of Mark Kirschner’s daughter Pamela in April at the Pierre in New York.

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TKS Ms. Christine Keller 1702 Church Street, Galveston TX77550 Mina Lund Davis is jogging around town in an MKA alumnae T-shirt. She also found a “lost” alumna, Beth Reilly Garifalos.

Our condolences to the family of Margaret Mayes Boyd. Peggy was one of the first women programmers for IBM in New York.

She leaves her husband, Joseph, and two sons.

MA Mr. D avid L. Brack 12 Pond View Lane, Titusville NJ 08560

62 TKS Mrs. C. D. Creed (Barbara Bywater) 1769Forest View Avenue Hillsborough CA 94010 MA Mr. LaurenceJ. Magnes P. O. Box 6087, Louisville K Y 40206-0087

63 TKS Ms. Sharon Livesey 81 Grand $%, #5, New York N Y 10013 Betsey Thresher Scharlack is going back to schonhSo that she can teach high school history. Ever the learner, just like her father who reported adventures learning about Native American tribes in the southwest. Her oldest,

graduated from college, is emigrating to NYC; her younger son is ensconced in a bijou apartment on Beacon Hill.

Faroll Hamer adopted a boy from Russia awhile ago who is now four. She and Jay are in D.C. Jay is writing a novel while she keeps at her landscape gardening.

I have moved to NYC, live in a loft, and am both teaching business communication at Fordham U. and learning to paint. My son, following in my traditon, is doing things his own way, most specifically rejecting the college route. So at 20 Sam is in the East Village learning to be a chef with the dream of starting a collective restaurant with good working-class food. Wjharon MA Mr. Bronson Van Wyck Arrowhead Farms, Tuckerman AR 72473 Harvey Cohen writes that their eldest son, David, and his wife have started their own law firm. They live nearby in La Mesa, Calif, with the Cohens’ “two beautiful granddaughters, 6 and 3.HM iddle son David, married in October 1997, is finishing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Youngest son Joseph is in graduate school in psychology and plans to go into practice with Harvey - “such joy!”

64 TKS Dr. Deborah Pines 1788 Paper M ill Rd., Meadowbrook PA 19046 From Lynn Ritter Vernon; So much has changed in my life over the course of last year. Curious to know if others also had significant happenings, I made some calls. I enjoyed talking with classmates: Cindy Smith Gaw loves living in Marietta, Ga., just outside Adanta. Both sons, T.R. and Colin, live nearby. Husband Kevin does a lot of traveling and Cindy accompanies him occasionally. Cindy’sjnom is still in Glen Ridge and still active on the golf course. I flew to Adanta last year to Cindy’s surprise “milestone” birthday party. We bad a great weekend reminiscing; she hasn’t aged a bit.

Joe and Lynn Sanders Pizzirusso’s daughter graduated magna cum iaude, is a pre-K through 3rd grade teacher, and is engaged to be married.

Their son graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude and will attend George Washington U. Law School in the fall. Lynn said their January trip to Beijing, China, was truly incredible. They live in Memphis and she was looking forward to seeing her sisters, Heidi [Sanders Bryan ’70] and Debbie-JSanders Lewis ’6pl, their kids, and brother Bruce ,’77 on Martha’s Vineyard in July.

Linda Brennan Hyman says life is delightfully peaceful. She teaches preschool *n Chatham, N.J.; son Michael works in the family business with dad, Jeff. Daughter Carrie works for EDS in Bedminster. They spend most of the summer at their N.J. shore home.

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wedding anniversary this September. Her daughter Laura is active in humanitarian aid efforts in Belarus; daughter ChristinaKst got her driver’s license. Judy loves New England.

Barbara Mahler Markussen is;:stacks supervisor at the RPI library. Daughter Kris is in Boston, a bank auditor; son Jeff is finishing a master’s in geology at the LI, of Alaska, Fairbanks. Barbara|isummer vacation was to help Jeff drive from Fairbanks to New York.

I, Lynn Ritter Vernon, sold my fourbedroom home in the hills of New Jersey - a year oslloset and attic cleaning, painting, and fixing. I got ISob transfer and moved to Maryland, outside Baltimore. The best thing about Maryland is my fiance, Frank Henneman. Frank and I are planning a September 26th informal wedding overlooking Chesapeake Bay with our eight children as witnesses.::: We enjoy visiting cMdren (Shelby, Skye and Ty) and grandchildren (2 and 4 months), and stepchildren. Frank’s three children live nearby.

MA Hon. John Sheldon P. O. Box 96, Paris ME 04271

65 TKS Mrs. James Wright (Susan DeBevoise) HC61, Box 221 Quail Drive Etna N H 03750 The Sunday Star Ledger did a lengthy article in March about EMILYS List and “founding", mother” Ellen Malcolm. Formed in ft>85s the “fundraising army” now has 45,000 members, among the most generous of political benefactors. The group ¡sgcredited with helping elect 42 House members, six senators, and three governors.^EllenBapictured with a number of their framed photographs in her Washington office.

MA Victor Bernstein is VP and general counsel of Loral Skynet, a satellite services business in Bedminster, N.J. He lives in NYC with his wife, Gail Landisjjfjis daughter Laura, 15, and son Benedict, 12.

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TKS Mrs. William E. Crawford (Francine Onorati) • 421 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02115 Francine Onorati Crawford’s son Will finished his freshman year at Yale; h e f t,, daughter Faith was ¡a’jfresjiman at the Winsor School in Boston. Katie Estes, daughter of Noel Thorbecke Estes ’66, is, in Faith’s class.

MA Mr. D. Carter Fitzpatrick |f ¡9Bell Rock Plaza, Sedona A Z 86351

Class agent: Mr. Craig Cameron 11 Bay Point Drive, Ormond Beach FL 3217a

TKS Ms. Avie Claire Kalker 5805 Birchbrook #202, Dallas TX 9if206

Many thanks to Alan Balma for his contributions as class secretary, and welcome to Carter Fitzpatrick, who. volunteered H pick up the pen.

John Hawley Jr. has moved to San Jose;;*1:■> Calif., where he will teach Latin at the Harker School. Daughters Emma and Elmora will attend. Clairilvill continue her business with Partylite Gifts marketing candles and accessories,'

Class agent and reunion chairman: Mrs. Nancy Plummer Gordon 90 Two Bridges Road, Towaco NJ 07082 nancygordon@aoLpjom

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MA Mr. Joseph Marino 190 South Mountain Ape., Montclair NJ 07042 Class agetimjBl Mr. Craig Perry 3 4 6 7 Pinestream Road, Atlanta GA 30327 .

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Nancy Plummer Gordon’s oldest son, Christopher, and his wife, Ruth, are about to make her a grandmother - “very exciting.”. She says, “I think we’re going to have a great turn­ out at our 30th!” Nancy’s husband, Michael, is setting up her Web page in time for reunion.

MA Mr. Burton M. Webb Box 29, FreeJjnion VA 22940 Reunion chairman: Mr. Joseph Alessi 18 Hamilton Drive East North Caldwell N J07006 The August 1998 National Geographic magazine cam era lejjgthy article on “Indonesia’s Plague of Fire]” Mike Yamashita was the photographer. He and the writer spent a month last October tracking the burning that “poisoned Asian skiesS; Mike’s photos taken through the smote, and weak light are amazing.

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TKS Mrs, Charles Gildea (Lynn Ehrhardt) 4 6 E. Saddle River Rd., Saddle River N J07458

I can’t believe we are finished with college. tuitions; what a great feeling. Our daughter KristiffJust graduated from Vanderbilt §§. and will work in Austin, Texas - someplace new to visit. Son Brian lives and works in NYC, but his hours are so incredible we rarely get to see him.

Nina Szot Boral’s daughter Alicia is engaged to be married and planning a spring wedding.

She is working on a master’s in finance at Pace U. The Borals’ son Andrew graduated this spring from M.I.T. with a major in math and economics. Nina and Andrew celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary in April’.

Andy Goddard not only sent news, but put me on her monthly music schedule. She was off to Hawaii for vacation and coming back in time for her 25th college reunion - “guess our 30th MKA reunion is just around the corner.”

Andy occasionally sees Grant Huber, who lives nearby. Sydney Johnson Petty ’71 also stops in to visit. Andy’s Web site is cool.

Anne Lavoy Guerra e-mailed from Nashville.

She’s doing “afternoon drive at Arrow 104.5 Rock & Roll hits from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, so I’ll never really get old!” She co-produced and Is. marketing the Nashville Voice Over Professionals CD, which showcases talent for commercials,Jqtc. Bob’s show, New Music Nashville, is on 260 radio stations. Son Christopher is entering 10th grade, and Elizabeth, 7th. Lynn MA Garrett Grainger recendy accepted the VP of information services, CIO position at Dixon Ticonderoga in Heathrow, Fla. “Remember the #2 yellow pencils in school,” he writes. Their first grandchild, Madeline, arrived in January.

They have two children in college - one at UF

O ne Digital Day journalists around the globe one day last July.

Their mission: to depict stories of how this Sjahy chip - a square of silicon the size of a . fingernail - has transformed our human culture forever. The team turned in. over 80,000 photographs, which were narrowed down to the 200 which appear in the book.

Rick Smolan ’68x Photojournalist and media visionary Rick Smolan ’68x donated a ®>py of his latest book, One Digital Day [Times Books, 1998], to the MKA library. The book illustrates “How the Microchip is Changing Our World,” and was a unique project designed to make people aware of the thousands of Microprocessors we unknowingly encounter .ettfery day.

Rick, creator of the award-winning Day in the Life photography books and the bestseller 24 Hoursjn Cyberspace, sent 100 photo-’' '

“When people hear the sub-title of the book, they assume the book, is filled with static photos of people sitting in front of computers«says Rick. “Instead the photos focus oh capturing the human face of this technology....We aimed for a visual time capsule. This technology is not simply a Western or North American phenomenon but a global one, affecting rich and poor alike.”

CNN did a TV special’on the “Making of ( fnajpigital Day” in May. There a i ^ t Web site for the book, www. intel. com/onedigitalday More than three million copies of Rick’s Day in the Life books are in print, and one of them, A Day in the Life o f America, spent more than a year on the New York Times BSseller List. His From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback gamed international

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recognition as the first illustrated book ever to include an interactive CD-ROM disc.

Rick’s company, Against All Odds, also produced Passage to Vietnam (1994), which won numerous awards, and 24 Hours in Cyberspace (1996), “a global portrait of the human face of the on-line revolution.” It appeared as a cover story in US News & World Report. The project’s Web site was inducted into the Smithsonian Museum’s permanent archives.

“An event at Montclair Academy that triggered my interest in photography,” says Rick, “was a summer I spent traveling around South America with my history teacher. I purchased my first 35mm camera on that trip and developed a real passion for taking pictures. The following year...[on] a junior year abroad program, I lived with a Spanish family in Barcelona. It was during that year that I did all the photos for the yearbook and school paper and from then on I was hooked. ”!C:' Rick and his wife and collaborator Jennifer Erwitt live in California.

to be a veterinarian, one at UCF for medical systems management - and one left at home who is 10.

David Robb Cralle writes, “I took early out from government two years ago. Since retiring, I’ve been leading gay and lesbian adventure tours around the world. My life partner, David, and I have purchased an apartment in Paris and will gravitate that way, away from Washington.” ■' Our condolences to William Frost on the death of his mother, Dorothy Hanau Frost ’38.

Like Father, Like Sons In the late 1960s, Montclair Academy sported some very good varsity soccer teams. O ne of them (1967) was undefeated and had only one goal scored against it all year; it was one of the best teams in New Jersey. Ian Naismith was the coach and Alan H irsh ’69 was the goaltender.

In 1997, The Montclair Kimberley Academy varsity soccer team, composed of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, went 12-5. The goaltender was freshman Craig Hirsh, Alan’s son. Although only a fresh­ man, Craig received league honors and state All-Prep honorable mention. Brother Bret, a sophomore, was a defender on the team.

W ith no players lost to graduation, look for an exciting soccer season at MKA!

A legacy: Frank Kunzier ’6 9 at graduation with his son Frank Jr. ’98.

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I am writing this on my sister-in-law Heidi [Biyan Sanders] ’s birthday, and since I didn’t send her a card - Happy Birthday. Heidi and Will and kids are in Plano, Texas. The Sanders and Bryan families had a joint Christmas last year on the Vineyard, great fun for all. The group includes three cousins the same age (my Whitney, Heidi’s Kate, andEny brother Jim’s Maggie), so it’s good to get thein together.

Thanks to Anne McIntyre Graves for her annual Christmas card with a great photfo of her three kids. Anne and I are among the longest-married folks in the crowd. Both of us will have been married for 23 years by the time you read this.

One of the good things about living in Atlanta is that some of you call when you are changing planes on your way elsewhere. I had a voice mail from Marcia Rickenbacker on her way home from Florida.

Debbie Von Hoffman Lanzone wrote from Washington where she maintains her half of the commuting marriage; Dale is in New York.

They had returned from a business/pleasure trip to Italy with Deb’s mother. The business aspect included an art exhibition in Florence by an artist Dale represents, Beverly Pepper. The Lanzones spent Christmas in Baja, Mexico on a deep sea fishing adventure.

I had a long, wonderful note from “Julie-ah” Haines (she’s now using her beautiful given name for real). Julia is in Philadelphia with her partner, Rose, Rose’s nephew, and a foster son two teenage boys! Julia is teaching at two Quaker schools, one of which is the Friends School Haverford, where Julia’s father, grandfather, and great-grandfather sat in Meeting.

Julia, who teaches harp, gave a concert at Bard College of her piece, “Thunder: Perfect Mind, a setting of a Gnostic Gospel.” While discovered 53 years ago, the words are dated back 2,000 years and it is | | t in the feminine voice. Julia worked on the piece for six years and presented it at the 50th anniversary of the celebration of the discovery of the texts at Haverford College in 1995. “That was exciting,” Julia says, “as I was presenting it to the scholars who actually translated th J 9 | work. I am working on a recording of it..^ ^ B One of her harp pieces is included in a CD compilation called Faces o f the Harp.

Bruce; Whitney, and I stay busy in Atlanta; though we’ve been traveling more than usual - white water rafting in Idaho; London and Paris; a conference in Austria. Whitney graduated from elementary school - more traumatic for me than for her! She will start junior high at Paideia, an independent school notable for the fact that teachers sport tiedye and Birkenstocks and are known by their first names. Certainly different from Kimberley:On a somber note, my mother died in 1997®' and I thank you all for your kind thoughts and remembrances. Julia’s mother has been quite ill, but has given Julia an opportunity to visit with Susie Buttel O’Brien whiletin New Jersey. Leslie

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TKS Ms. Sydney Johnson Petty -?5Hull Avenue, Annapolis MD 21403BÊ I saw Kiesy Strauchon last fall in Port Townsend, Wash. She tooHpie to a beautiful old-growth forest in the Olympic Mountains and introduced me to the ancient art of mushrooming. We had a |p i|.t time in the woods collecting Chanterelles; a great time cooking them and eating thgfta for dinner later.

I appreciated Libby Mills Durkee’s lovely Christmas photo of her family. Also Nanette Utech Thomas wrote with news of her clan. Conrad, 20, is moving to California; Charles is an 8th grade honor student; Meghan, 5, is doing kindergarten and all kinds of activités; the youngest, Shannon, is akeadj|l|| computer literate, thanks to her older sibs. “As you can see,” Nanette writes, “I love being a mother. IW Phillippe and Monique Mustacchi Dhellemmes visited with Nanette on their way to France. He is a professional astrologer and did Shannon’s chart!

Please stay or get in touch. Sydney MA Class agent: Mr. John Guttmann 5311 Locust Appi, Bethesda M D 20814 Kevin Basralian was heard on a New York area radio station on May 10 as part of a panel of urologists discussing the new wonder drug Viagra. O f course, |p> MA grad has ever beÉJ. in need of such a substance! .

Jonathan Golding writes, “Hello to everyone, since I’ve been out of touch since the reunion.

Many of you met wife #2; well, we divorced later, but the better news is...I have two fantastic daughters attending prep school here (Tallahassee, Fla.).. I’ve been working in risk management of criminal justice liability cases for the State of Florida, so I actually use my Spanish, German, and Jamaican patois (as i n | Dr. Blair and Mr. Hart could see me now). ISve become a certified Mediator and am back in school at Florida Statevfif an MPA. My latest project is opening several restaurants with my dad and brother, Jon’s Tropical Cafe. Guy Della Penna and I have not y e^S ig h t other in the same town at the same time. Craig Cameron ’66’s firm does defense work for my State agency. If you’re in Florida, give me ji call or visit the Cafes.”

72 TKS Mrs. David Kilnapp (Barbara Peto) 15 Fairway Lane, Pembroke MA 02359

Class agent: Darcy Witt Zonino 970Amble Road, Shoreview M N 55126 Amy Nussbaum Mack works for a litigation firm in Manhattan specializing in landlordtenant tfratters'. Her son, Jeremyfe a member of the class of 2001 at Brown U. Deborah Peck Phillips, Jack, and children Catherine, 5, and Virginia, 2, are moving to Florida to follow “two unbeatable offers.” Jack will vfork for her father training to head a national construction business of assisted living centers. Debbie will head a gifted and talented private lower school outside Fort Lauderdale, her eldest daughter being the benchmark for the 6-to-9-year-old class studying subjects usually taught in high school. “Our 25th reunion was fabulous,” she writes. “It was great to siee old friends and renew our ties again. I hope to see you at our (gulp) 30th.”

MA Class agent: Mr. Tim Wallace 483 Ridgewood Ave., Glen Ridge NJ 07028 Many thanks to class secretary Steven Schottenfeld for his years of interesting class news: He wishes to pass on the pen.

News from MKA insider Peter Perretti: Harlan Gibbs can be seen on a CBS affiliate in Los Angeles as the station’s medical reporter.

A classmate was watching the tube in an L.A. hotel room when lo and behold, there was Dr. Harlan reporting on something. Harlan looks healthy and happy and has dyed his hair white.

Congratulations, Harlan, on a neat job.

Nelson Nappi works, for systems integration for IBM. He and his wife, Penny, live in Andover, N.J. and are avid skier^H

Elizabeth O’N eill Perry 7 2 hugs her daughter Caitlin Coopersmith, who graduated in June with the < lips o f1998.

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TKS Mrs. Michael P. Moreno (Martha Del Negro) 31 Lasalle Drive, Providence R I02908

Besides working as an art director in film, Marilyn Modny Gregory has been painting portraitston the side, “besides lovingly restoring an 1830s farmhouse in Mendham, N.J.HH Ellen Wahl Skibiak thoroughly enjoys life as mom to Allie, 5. Ellen is Board President of Allie’s pre-school, The Children’s House.

Susan Read writes, “I may not make it back to reunion, since Mom sold the house and moved to Charlottesville, and the family has gotten larger with the arrival of Sam. [Melissa is 6.] Best wishes to all.”

MA Mr. Gregory Lackey 138 Paupukkewis Trail Medford Lakes NJ 08055

Chtssagen^U Mr. Rudy Schlobohm 78 Montclair Ave., Montclair NJ Reunion chairmen: Mr. Thomas Galligan Jr. 693$ Old Kent Dr., Knoxville TN 37919 Mr. Zach Richardson 1699 SW 20th Ave., Boca Raton FL 33486 MA Congratulations and best wish® to Claudia and Jeffrey Carrie on their wedding. Jeffrey writes, “I now have two daughters, Jessica, 11, and Christina, S.^H Congratulations to Thomas Galligan Jr., who in July became Dean of Law at the U. of STennessee- Knoxville: 'Tom, professortdf law at Louisiana State U. and executive director of the Louisiana Judicial College, won the LSMLaw School’s “Favorite Professor Award” six times.

He graduated from Stanford L’., the U. of Puget Sound (nowiSeatde U.) School of Law, and earned the L.L.M. from Columbia in 1986.

He and his wife, Susan Stokes Galligan ’74; have four children - Patrick, 13; Sarah, 11; Aisling, 8; and Jennifer, 6.

Classmate Peter Andry Rives is also a professor: The good doctor teaches Family Residency at the U. of Louisville, Ky. Extracurriculars include Porsche Club, violin sole® and American Saddlebred horses. He and his wife have four daughters: Amy, entering 5th grade, and triplets Lauren, Emily, and Caroline, entering 1st. He sends''“Greetings from KenmckyCfor the reunion.

Dwight Ford checked in from Bethesda, Md. He is a program manager for Coastguard Systems in the systems integration group.

William Kovacs writes, ¡“Looking forward to seeing people at the reunion.”

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Geraldine Brundage sent photos of herself, mother, and sister with her grandmother Geraldine McBriar Williams T6, who will celebrate her 100th birthday in December. [See Class of 1916 notes.] Geraldine owns a candy store in Old Lyme, Conn, called The Chocolate Shell. She has just earned her Master of Religion at Hartford Seminary with a concen­ tration in lay ministry.

Congratulations to Bill and Erin Cufle Crawford on the birth of Kelly in February.

MA Class secretary and class agent: Mr. Rudolph Schlobohm 78 Montclair Ave., Montclair N J07042 castlecompany@ibm. net Look for Peter Berinato in a small but memorable role in “The Day Lincoln Was Shot,” a made-for-TV movie which premiered in April on TNT. (“Not enough to make Whip Hubley ’75 eat his heart out, but I’m working on it.”) If you visit the state of Virginia, you can find Peter’s face plastered all over posters promoting The Big Game “Virginia’s newest lottery nonsense.” Peter enjoys freelance acting and modeling in addition to his “markedly less enjoyable” full­ time job with the state. His wife and son are doing fine.

Long-lost Dan Bierne has been found in Minneapolis, Minn. He will be married in October to fiancee “Rebecca” in Winchester, Va., whom he met ten years ago. “We’re now ready to make a real commitment,” he says.

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Mr. David Soule 120 Linden Avenue, Verona NJ 07044 Class agent: Mr. Paul Zukerberg 1901 Wyoming Ave. N W #75 Washington D C 20009 From Ralph LaSalle: “We moved to New Zealand in 1994 to build a MDF (medium density filmboard) plant for Rayonier. We are as far south as you can go without being in the South Pole, but it’s great. Like stepping back in time about 20 years. The kids are talking Kiwi now!” Ralph found the MKA Web site and said it was nice to see pictures of the old place.

Mark and Lori Pink Blackburn have four children, Stefanie, 16; Elizabeth, 11; Cindy, 6,. and William, 1. They moved to Vero Beach in June. Lori is a psychotherapist, but has taken a year off after the birth of Billy. She will reopen practice after setding in Vero. ’ Ken and Nathalie Humbert Rockhill’s third son, Langston Alexander, was born in October and in November they moved to Chapel Hill, .

N.C., where he is with Carolina Capital Markets.

Anne Thomas is a senior analyst with Patricia Seybold Group, a software industry analyst group in Boston, Mass. She is also editor-inchief of a monthly technical newsletter called Distributed Computing Monitor. Anne and her partner Matthew share three dogs, and are “into in-line skating, snow and water skiing, and PRO Rally auto racing.”

Christine and Malcolm Hall live in Darien, Conn.; children Madison, 11, and Chelsea, 8, are involved with soccer, lacrosse, school, friends, “you name it!”

John “Sean” Boyle sends greetings from the Jersey Shore.ty Life is good. Two jobs (one per spouse) keep everyone on their toes. My 10year-old son told me I should start to dye my hair in order to even the gray - what has happened here, folks? Actually, I’m glad I still have hair.”

Congratulations to William Baker, who became a diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners this year, with a beef catde specialty. According to the press release, “To qualify to sit for the extensive, two-day exam, a veterinarian must complete either a residency program or six years of clinicajH practice. Case reports, education records, and references must pass review before permission to take the examination is granted.” Bill practices at the Hyannis (Neb.) Veterinary Service. He and bis wife, Tina, have four children.

Congratulations to Theodore Reiss, M.D., ’75, who received the Directors’ Scientific Award at Merck Research Laboratories. The award is the highest honor the company bestows on scientists, and its purpose is to recognize out­ standing scientific accomplishments of great importance to Merck and society.

Only 48 scientists have been so honored in 47 years.

Ted - senior director of clinical research, pulmonary-immunology - guided the research project team that led to the company’s successful asthma program and discovery of Singulair (R). He is also clinical assistant professor of medicine and adjunct professor of physiology at UMDNM Ted received a B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.D. from Vanderbilt University.

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Mrs. Paul McFeeley (Laurie Hoonhout) 238 Devon Road, Essex Fells NJ 07021 Class agent: Dr. Charles Read 1918 N. Daniel St., Arlington 144 22201 “Big sisters Isabel, 8, and Zelda, 2, are having fun with their new baby brother, Theodore James Rosen, bom in January,” writes Julie Bellet. “We call him ’Teddy.’”

David and Diane Dale Riley are proud to announce the birth of triplets in July 1997-:.

Two girls and a boyipi Alison, Megan, and Willliam. Multiple congratulations!

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Pat Cane Donahue has changed careers and is now a middle school science teacher. “As a dear friend reminded me, I may not be able to adopt another child but at least this way I can have dozens of them!” Pat sits on the board of directors and executive committgpof the New Jersey Foster Parents Association. Their Nicholas, 10, is doing well. “We have been able to reverse all but about one year of the damage he suffered in the orphanage; he’s just like any other third grade kid...”

Leslie and Don Baldyga had their third child, David, in January. He joins Matthew, 8, and Lauren, 3.

Bev Hall Hildebrand takes care cffiLeah, 5, Kelley, 4, and Libby, 3, and does bookkeeping for Mel’s dental practice. They have a small “ranch” (chickens, ho'rSps; three dogs^Sats) in Sheridan, Wy., just outside Yellowstone. Sister Ginny ’79 reports it’s simply gorgeous country.

Also out West, Sue Moreau Lovell writes, “It was a lot of fun reading about our class reunion and I am sorry I wasn’t able to attend.

Becoming parents of triplets last summer has Eightly hampered our ability to travel. I just wanted to let everyone know that the five oMuL(myself, husband Lynn, and Neil, Eric, and Emily, 10 months) are doing very well....

Needless to say, I am not working outside the home right now.” Lynn works for the USDA as an engineer and Sue reports he is«a great dad.

She sent a photo of three beautiful babies and their smiling mother.

Ron Spivak continues to perform his series of Broadway history symphony pops concerts, which he wrote and directed. He was to do one in May in Walla Walla, Wash, starring Broadway veteran Carol Woods and opera singer Juliana Janes-Jaffe, conducted by Yaacov Bergman.

Bob Nebb sent his “very first bona fide e-mail to the old school.” He reports that life is rewarding in Texas. His wife, Carol, purchased a hUlth food store and restaurant in Lubbock named Well Body Natural Foods. Bob’s practice of law “has taken on new jiby.

Parenting is a blast as w el|f Our son Ben will be able to drive with a permit this fall; he is nearly 15 (they start driving young in Texas). Unlike his dad, Ben is a standout in tennis and baseball (.666 batting average). The girls are Hannah, 11, and Abigail Rose, 6.” Bob suggests a 21st reunion on-line.

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June. Our condolences to Michael on the death of his father.

Stephen Cowles was promoted to group creative director at McCann Relationship Marketing, responsible for creative work on Marriott Hotels, UPS, and Delphi Automotive Systems. He has won numerous advertising, awards, including CliosHjNews spotted by fraternity brother Paul McFeeley ’76 in their Susquehanna U. newsletter.].

There was also a strong turnout for the spring winetasting party at the Van Vleck estate with Peter Valentine, Keith Ridings, Pete McMullen, Chris Brenner, Dave Pinkham, Ed Healey, and Jason Apter catching up on the latest news. Peter Adubato and I went to a Devils playoff game and bumped into Dave Hughes, Joe Ciccolini and Ed in the gold circle bar between periods. I also literally bumped into Stu Carr on the street in New York. Stu navigates his sidewalks the same wavm feS sidestepped opposing football teams 25 years ago. Andy

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Ms. Pamela Zeug 2 5 0 Mercer St., C418, New York N Y 10012 Mr. Lawrence Garrigan 6103 Ox Bottom Manor Drive Tallahassee FL 32312 Class agent: Ms. Jane Luguric Burkhardt 299 Crown Road, Kentfield CA 94904 Reunion chairmen: .

Mr. Andrew Blair' 17 Trowbridge Dr., Randolph NJ 07869 Ms. SusaniCole Furlong : \ 325 (Westmont Rd., Cedar Grove NJ 07009 sjurlohjg@dvc.com

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Melissa Cohn Paprin was named #1 Mortgage Broker in thaHTSA for the. second year in a row. She has received great press from Crains and Mortgage, Originator magazinsSM Melissa built a commercial horse farm in Bridgehampton, up and running in March.

Just to keep fully busy, she was champion of Long Island in Adult Amateurs for 1997.

Pamela Lalli Richmond has put her teaching career on hold to raise their two-year-ol'd son, but she manages to do private tutoring and run play groups. They are active in the Short Hills

SkiiGiufeAi The rest of the news will be revealed at reunion. .Don’t miss it!

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Naomi Freundlich has two-children, Hanna, 6 1/2, and Glara, 3 1/2. Naomi woffc as a : freelance writer for magazines, mostly about biotechnology and science-.,;, Andrea Meschkow is taking time off from traditional work to do painting and take art classes inPiermont, N.Y. “I took a lot of art classes at Bennington, so I’m trying to develop it.”

Ted Fall moved to the Rochester, N.Y. area and loves it. He receently saw John Butler ’78 and met his fiancee.

Ginny Hall sent lengthy news of all the Hall siblings. 1.Ginny has made a job switch; after 16 years in the banking/finance industry, she took her financial skills and combined them with a passion, education. She is the Dean (“they use this word rather than ’director’Ss) of Business and Finance for Pierce College in Lakewood, W ashg|ust south of Seattle. “A curious phenomenon is that it’s made me long for getting back into school myself. I plan to pursue an MBA or a master’s in something...

Furthermore, it’s made me long for my K-12 alma mater, memories, and friendships;.”/ ^ Lisa Godlewski Westheimer writes, “This 7 year I decided to try and give a financial boost in the form of two small need-based MKA scholarships open to students previously denied financial aid by the narrowest of margins. Any fellow ’79 classmates interested in participating? Look me up when your’re in SoHo next.”

Shipping Line in the past year, in Florida and Canada.

Christine Margitech Janis is professor .of music at Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash. Daughter Elena Elizabeth is almost 2.

Heidi Ames is engaged to Boris Bauer, a photographer whom she met through work.

Heidi, who graduated from Duke, is the associate style editor of Conde Nast Traveler magazine. They plan a fall wedding.

Catherine Emerson has entered a master’s program at American U., Washington D.C., in organizational development. She likes being a full-time student again, eventually to market herself as a skilled facilitator/trainer. “Still single and loving it!” Cathy writes.

Her daughter now 2, Laura Reisch Itzkowitz is “getting ready to enter the world of pro­ fessional performing again.”p|>he has started out with a small chorale and soon will begin more vigorous auditioning. They are happy to be back in New Jersey.

Wayne Alder and friends recently started their own law firm, Seiden, Alder, Rothman & Petosa, P.A., with offices in West Palm Beach and Boca Raton, Fla. They plan to open an office in Miami by year’s end. They specialize in legal malpractice, corporate and marine liability defense, and computer year 2000 issues.

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Mr. Thomas Robbins 6 Bradford Terrace, Newtown Square PA 19073

Class agents: Mr. MartinBray boy 64 Whetstone Road, Harwinton C T 06791

Class agent: Mr. Jonathan Sandler 5 Black Oak Road, Wayland MA 01778

Ms. Julia Ruddick Meade :)fol Avon Road Bronxville N Y 10708

Wendy and James VanDyk have lived in San Diego for six years and love i'h He is a major account executive with Konica U.S.A., having previously been with Minolta Corp. James was hoping to regain contact with ’82 alumni through MKA’s Web site.

Congratulations to Sharon and Anthony Del Gaizo on the birth of Anthony in January.

Dad was a witty and eloquent-speaker on behalf of the 1982 Hockey Team as they were inducted into the MKA Athletic Hall of Fame in May. , t Co-captain Blake O’Neill likewise represented the team well at an Upper School assembly the day before.

Susan Post Schlachtenhaufen announced the birth of John Jlfpgy in March.

“Training for fencing is much more difficult with responsibilities of family and work,” writes Mary Rachael Hayes McDaniel. She was holding on to a national ranking of 5th and working inward 4th. She and Reggie crossed the 10th anniversary mark; sons Cameron and Houston are 3 and 5.

Welcome, alumni children!

Stefan and Betsy Bacot-Aigner are proud parents .of a baby boy, Christoph Bacot, born in January.

John Benedict announced the birth of Max Reed in February, joining Samantha, Jake, and Miranda.

John and India Hayes Larrier had a son, Arrin, who joins sister Sydney, 2.

Charles Davis is assistant director, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, at SmithKline Beecham R & jj| H e and his wife, Carina, have two children, Christopher, 5, and Aaron, 3. Charles received a Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell in 1990.

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Rene teaches languages at the MKA Middle School; Paul is. with Chubb Ins. Group.

Juris Blodnieks, in operations development, opened two new offices for Latvian American

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Class secretaries: Ms. Amy Felber 2841 Sacramento St., 301 San Francisco CA 94115 Ms. Maureen Towers Natkin 127 West 96th Street, 71), New York N Y 10025 Class agent: Kristine Hatzenbuhler O ’Connor 159 Fells Road Essex Fells NJ 07021 Reunion chairmen: Mr. Scott Rumana 6 Linden Road, Wayne NJ 07470 Ms. Holly Jervis Felber 73 Oxford St., Glen Ridge NJ 07028 Congratulations to Doug Colwell, Anders Skilbred, and Craig Sudol who were inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame as members of the 1982 Ice Hockey Team. Both Doug, who works for General Dynamics in Burlington, Vt., and Anders, a United Airlines pilot living in Boulder, Colo., attended the awards luncheon in May. Congratulations also to Arsen Zartarian, who has been named associate counsel to the Newark Public Schools. Arsen writes that he plans to start work on a collection of short stories entitled, “A compendium of cynical and disillusioning, yet highly probative and entertaining, tales of education, family, politics, corporate life, sex, religion, and ice hockey goaltending.” [Sounds like his own review.]

Best wishes to Katie and Toby Bizub on their wedding. ’Twas a family/alumni affair: In the wedding party were Tim ’85 and Donna Del Gaizo Bizub ’84 and Suellen Bizub ’89.

Charlotte and Tom Cole had their third child, Blake, in January.

Ronald DeMatteo is a fellow in surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering, NYC. He received his M.D. degree from Cornell and his B.A. from Johns Hopkins U. Phi Beta Kappa. Ron and his wife, Allyson, live in Manhattan.

Suzanne Snygg shortened the “lost alumni” list by reporting the whereabouts of Meg Paisley Massie. Meg, in Lynchburg, Va., has three lovely boys and is finishing up her practicum for her graduate degree in family counseling.

Suzanne also reports that after graduating from Yale, Lisa Neary spent time in San Francisco, then returned East to get a law degree at Seton Hall. Suzanne herself is in San Jose, Calif. “Despite floods, fires, landslides, and earthquakes, life is great. I have an interesting job, a bit of travel, and wonderful family and friends.”

Jeffrey Hochberg checked in via the Web site to say he’s in Pembroke Pines, in South Florida.

Gary Powell (“no wife, no kidsMwrites that he enjops living in downtown Detroit and“ teaching coujlis on multimedia production.

He is actively involved with the fraternity Omega Psi Phi, and was president of Minorities in Media.

Carmela DeCandia is beginning a predoctoral internship in clinical child psychology at Children’s Hospital in Boston, and will be a clinical fellow of the Harvard Med. School department of psychiatry/psychology.

Karen Hammerstroem Novotny reports two daughters, Lauren, 3, and Jennifer, 1. She sends best wishes for reunion.

Holly Sobel Armitage writes, “I am working very little [lawyer] and enjoying my two wonderful daughters, Kathe, in preschool, and Fionna, a toddler.

Garry Merkle, father of Matthew, 6, and Brandyn, 4, was expecting Baby #3 in July.

News of Bill Hall came from sister Ginny ’79. Bill is a broker in Denver. He’s maintained his passion and excellence for lacrosse through coaching for a high school team in Denver. Bill “loves living in the milehigh city”and recently bought a house in Litdeton, Colo.

The Great Alumni Connection: Nancy Cambria, in public relations at Haverford College, interviewed a Haverford senior about a wonderful Watson Fellowship he’d won to study golf around the world. “I asked him how he ctune up with this rather unorthodox proposal for the fellowship, and he started talking about his experience in several country clubs in Northern New Jersey. A light bulb went off in my head, and I said, ’You’re not from MKA, are youjt” The student was John Sarofr ’94, and Nancy dutifully sent her press release off to MKA. Nancy, after several years as a journalist in South Jersey, has been in Philadelphia with Haverford for two years and still does freelance feature writing.

Freeholder Scott Rumana thanks all the MKA family for their support in last year’s election and will shake your hand at reunion!

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Class secretary and class agent: Mrs. Todd Ladda (JenniferJones) 110 Glen Rock Road, Cedar Grove NJ 07009 Class agent: Mrs. Andrew Wilson (Laura Dancy) 181 Long H ill Road, Apt. R5 Little Falls NJ 07424

Pamela Dwyer-Alcaide sent in “new name nety&ddress” put no details.

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Matthew and Alexis Polonofsky Zebrowski had a second son, Matthew Mark, in June.

Brother Ty is 2. Alexis will join the Alumni Council this fall.

“Life gets more interesting as we age,” writes Roger Brown. He is still practicing international tax law with the Dept, of the Treasury in D.C., but he took a nine-month leave of absence to pursue a master’s in taxation from NYU. Roger reports that Chris Smith is pursuing a Ph.D. at the U. ofWisconsin g fH e is getting better with age.fln Chris himself wrote from “the fog-shrouded hinterlands of Packer Country.” He received an M.A. in television/cultural studies from Wisconsin in December 1997 and is staying there for the Ph.D. He published his first academic article, on hip-hop culture and global capitalism, in Social Identities, a journal sponsored by the Centre for the Study of African Economics, U. of Oxford. Chris was looking forward to seeing MKA friends in April.

Congratulations to Mark McGowan, who was promoted to VP of Fixed-Income Sales at Nomura Securities Inti. He won the club championship at the Montclair Golf Club in 1997. Mark is active with the Quarterback Club at Lehigh and Alumni Council at MKA (co-chair of Career Day). “Most important,” he writes, “I am a proud father of my beautiful 3-year-old daughter, Taylor Jessica!”

8 Best wishes to Andrew and Ritu Thamman Watson. Their wedding was immortalized in the Sunday “Vows” column in the New York Times in April. She looked beautiful. Dr. Ritu is a cardiology fellow at the U. of Pittsburgh Mediqa| Center and he is a surgical resident there. They met as medical student/fellow at Columbia.

Welcome, alumni children: Andrew and Laura Dancy Wilson welcomed their first child, Charles Darvall, in June.

Bryn Fleming Mulligan also had a boy, Colin Gerard, last September. “That makes two beautiful boys.”

Laura and Larry Rosen had their first child, Matthew Saul, in March. “All doing very well!” he reports. Dr. Larry, appropriately, has a private practice in pediatrics in Old Tappan, N.J.

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David Schwartzbard started a new job as an account officer in corporate banking at the Bank of Nova Scotia in March.

Paul Colatrella is a VP of Bayerische Vereinsbank (of Germany) in NYC. He recently com plegl his M.B.A. at Fordham U. Heartfelt condolences to Karestan Koenen on the death of her father. Karestan and David Soliz were married in a smaller-than-planned ceremony later that month. She is in her final internship for a Ph.D. in medical psychology at Cornell Medical Center, NYC. 8

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Mr. Dennis Rodano 137 Washington St., Apt. R3 Morristown NJ 07960 Mrs. Joy Booth-Roussel 5509 Camp Street, New Orleans LA 70115 Congratulations to our brides and groomsiF • Peter and Laura Baczko Andrews were married in the Georgetown U. Chapel. Meg Allen Coyle was matron of honor, Suzie Criqui was a bridesmaid, and Laura’s brothers Stephen ’92x and David ’94x were groomsmen. Meg and Patrick Coyle did readings. Pam Fawcett Hynes was a guest. Laura graduated from Georgetown and received an M.B.A. from U. Michigan.

Robert and Mina Kang Kim were married in April. Mina, who graduated from Wellesley ■ mbllege, received an M.B.A. from Fordham U. in May. She was a telecommunications analyst at a New York .brokerage company before moving to Singapore.

Roger and LaRhonda Foster Boone were also married in April. LaRhonda, who graduated from Emory LHworks fpr IBM in S o m e ^ M ^ N.J. Glenn Cademartori, with new place of employment, is living again in Hoboken. After working as account supervisor of an advertising agency, Glenn has moved to the client side as director of marketing for the Meadowlands Racetrack. He is engaged to Kristin Bronkovic, whom many of us met at reunion; they plan a June 1999 wedding.

Deborah Rosen sent news;pf additions to the MKA family: Bruce and Marla Gross Lerman had their first child, Alelxander Jacob, in April.

Deborah has become an aunt, to nephew Matthew, son of her brother Larry ’$S m | Cindy Johnson and Peter Lippe got engaged the weekend after reunion and were planning a June wedding at Bucknell U., where she attended college. Cindy is an attorney in. New llrsey with the law firm Cullen & Dykman.

Bob and Allison Bernstein Stanton were married insjuly 1994. They were introduced their senior year of high school by Elizabeth Pruyn Mandel. Until recently, Allison was one oftheijjost,” but our 9th-grade biology teacher, Mrs. Straten, bumped into her at a

benefit dinner and brought her address to the Alumni Office. Allison received an M.S.W. from Columbia U. and is currently a licensed social worker providing psychotherapy to adolescents in a private school S8 well as '■ working per diem at a psychiatric hospital as a therapist clinician.

Allison is still close with Carla Tamburro, who lives in Minneapolis, Minn. Carla, with a maste® in art education from the Minnesota, teaches elementary art at a local public school.

Deb Chun e-mailed that she finished her OB/GYN residency from Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara in June 1997. Shfe decided to stay within the Kaiser system and is practicing at KP Baldwin Park in southern California (San Gabriel Valley). Deb lives in Pasadena.

I recently joined Global Sourcing Service LLC in Manhattan. GSS is a start-up venture providing greater efficiency to direct marketing companies. I will be working-on setting up the operations end of the business .■ ’lease keep the news coming! Denm&M

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Ms. Karen Muenster Spiotta 5 9 Long H ill Road, Long Valley NJ Mr. James Petretti 219 Otis Place, Verona N J07044 Class agent: Mr. Alec Sehipartz • 1803 Pine Street, 2R, Philadelphia PA 19103 cmcalec @imnetcom. com Reunion chairmen: Andrew andJill Tohia Sorger 1 *CMiridge Driv'e:'#31m Verona N J 07044 Best wishfes to our brides and grooms:' Gregory and Tiffany Garretson RickerWellman were married in Ocho -Rios, Jamaica.

Miffany works in Cleveland, Ohio.

Best wishes also to Paul and Kimberly Uddin Leimer. Kim is-*a 5th/6th grade cluster leader and teacher at the Lynn (Mass.) Community Charter School.

Jody Booth saw Natalie Page ’89, Amanda Roth ’89, and Amy Harris ’90 (“all with new last riames’^ a t a: wedding shower for Judy Ainbinder ’89. Jody reports all are happy and healthy. Jody also volunteered to be a speaker at Career Day - “if there’s everj^Sfor an actress with great food and wine knowledge, from working as a waitress'at Gramercy Tavern, one of N Y C ' best.”

Congratulations to Jonathan Schwartz, who graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in May 1997. Dr. Schwartz has finished his internship in medicine at!!lGabrini Medical Center, NYC, and has begun a radiology residency at Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC. Congratulations to Alyson Beasley, who c<3i|i|jeted a combined JD/MBA at Temple U. School of Law and Temple U. School of Business and Management. Alyson did her undergrad woik at TemplfPtoo, with a double m ajlpin political science and African

American studies in the university honors program. Tiffany works for the Center for Community Nonprofit Organizations, which provide legal services to non-profits.

James Garino is now the youngest General Manager in pro sports. He has a new job managing the Corpus Christi Icerays, a firstyear new team in the Western Professional Hockey League. Jims who was VP of the New Mexico Scorpions in Albuquerque (and top corporate salesman in the entire League), has Boved to Texas. Jim promises m uilSB excitement and media coverage; even his phone number ends with PUCK. Negi Ahkami had an art show, “Emerge,” at Studio Ze in NYC this summer. One of her oil on denim Works was featured on the show flyer.

Spotted in an April New York Magazine-. A list of the winners of Competition 906, which asked entrants for unappealing e-mail subject headings.: Henry Nakamura was given an Honorable Mention for “JURY DUTY** FILE ELECTRONICALLY AND NEVER MISS OUT A G A IN !® On the subject of electronic communications, an “X,” Roger Graham,Jfeund the MKA Web site and checked in. He moved with his family to Texas during Middle School, and is now an industrial engineer for Boeing Aerospace in IIoustorBjh subcontract for NASA. Roger writes “paperwork to allocate and build ^MKnaut training space suits.” • Class Web guru Alec Schwartz is engaged.

“A Mayil999 wedding is planned. We have a location, a caterer,- a rabbi, and a ministersounds like the beginning of an off-color joke.”

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Arivederci: Alumni Director Christie Austin Mecondfrom right) visited With Philip Allen, former Head o f the Upper School, and his wife, Judy, former Alumni Diwetor, in Rome this ■ spring. David Allen ’89 (left) was in Roms f t between assignmentsfor United Nations World Food Relief. Phil Allen is Headmaster o f St. Stephek’sJSilhool, an independent school there with an international student body. Judy has a thriving business locating apartmentsfor foreigners in the Eternal'Gity.

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Class agent: Mr. Josh Raymond 4 White Oak Rd., Roseland NJ 07068 Daniel Murphy was often heard on the radio as the voice of Bloomberg during the spring uprisings in Indonesia. Based in Jakarta, Dan is lead reporter and head of the Bloomberg office there.

Sarah Lane Sproha switched jobs and is a financial analyst for a prominent real estate firm in NYC. Beth Webster is the marketing coordinator for the Washington, D.C. office'-of the Boston Consulting Group. She is pursuing a master’s in organizational development at Marymount U. in Arlington, VJBBeth will be married in September in Baltimore, Anya Buenger to be maid of honor.

David Austin has begun a full-time M.B.A. program at the U. of North Carolina’s KenanFlagler Business School at Chapel Hill. He will continue to work part time as an environmental engineer with Strategic Resource Systems.

Heartfelt condolences to Erin Koenen on the death of her father. Erin graduated from Georgetown U. Law Center in May and passed both the New York and New Jersey Bars. She is an assistant district attorney at the Manhattan DA’s Office.

90 Ms. Lorelei Muenster 490 Fillmore Street, Apt. 1 San Francisco G4 94117 ellesiotix@aol.com Ms. Meredith McGowan 333 East 65th St., Apt. 3F, New York N Y 10021 Best wishes to our brides and grooms.

Lori and Brett Zbar were married in Washington, D.C. in April. Both are graduates of Yale, and Brett graduated in June from Harvard Medical School. He is an intern at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Robert and Pamela Pogorelec Hess were married last September; they graduated from Lehigh together. Her brothers John Jr. ’87 and Jason ’93 were groomsmen.. Pam, whose degree was in economics, is a fixed-income financial consultant with Barra, Inc., NYC. Richard and Michelle Santoro Lomuscio were married in Morristown. She works at HarperCollifls publishers, NYC. Emily Ertel married Bruce Nisbet, a ’93P" I Haverford graduate, in a private ceremony last August. They were looking forward to a social wedding in June. They live in the suburbs of Philadelphia, and Emily is in her last year at U. Penn for her master’s in psychiatric nursing.

Meridith Dorner Gansler has be'enliving in Hoboken, N.J. for three years. She is a financial analyst for Merck-Medco Managed Care in Montvale, andgis working toward her M.S. part time at Stephens Institute of Technology. Meredith married Andrew Gansler in February. Kristy Scanlan was one of her bridesmaids; Stephan Stark was in attendance.

Stephan Stark has completed, course work for a master’s in psychology, and is a certified hypnotherapist. He lives in Richmond, Va., where he works as a counselor at Chamberlayne House, a residential psychiatric facility for troubled youth.

Stephanie Stark received her J.D. from Wake Forest U. School of Law in May. As a first-year student, Stephanie was designated a Wake Forest Law Faculty Scholar and awarded a merit scholarship for the remainder of her law studies. She will take Va. and N.C. bar exams and do a federal judicial clerkship in Greensboro, N.C. Both Starks send fond regards to friends and faculty at MKA. Clarissa Hart is finishing a master’s in public health (M.P.H.) with a concentration in environmental health at San Diego State ti??*'' She works full time for a bio-tech company in San Diego, and likes to scuba dive, hike, play tennis, and travel.

Danielle Bergamo-Alviggi is pursuing a teaching position as an elementary school or special-education teacher to use her certification as teacher of handicapped. She and her husband live in Annandale, N.J. Rich and Paula Kovanic Spiro moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., where she is pursuing a doctorate in public health and he is a resident in neurosurgery at the U. of Pittsburgh.

Meredith McGowan is working at ABN AMRO Inc. as a domestic equity institutional research salesperson in NYC. Merle Pear has relocated to NYC from Adanta. She continues to manage the BMW event initiatives for Advantage International Marketing.

Margaret Irwin has been living in Portland, Maine for the last few years. She earned a teacher’s certificate and master’s degree in Spanish at the U. of Maine this May. She teaches at South Portland High School.

Brittany Lee is the fashion and retail manager of Civilization Magazine, a magazine about contemporary culture, and was looking forward to attending the men’s collections in Florence and Milan this summer.

Claire Acher’s photo appeared in the June issue of Life magazine as part of an article called “Redefining Beauty.” The high-fashion photographer wanted to publish images of people with albinism to make a statement that a unique appearance is something to be celebrated. Claire was also asked to be an extra in the Rolling Stones’ video, “Anybody Seen My Baby,” which aired last September. In her spare time, Claire has been writing a fantasygenre novella, creating Web sites, and teaching English as a second language on a volunteer basis.

David Becker sounds happy managing the fast pace of NYC. He works for Time Equities, an aggressive real ¡estate and investment company in the city.

Regina Chi also lives in NYC. She is an international equity analyst for a buyside company, and manages a small portfolio for the firm. She enjoys the traveling which takes her to Germany, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia.

Regina mentioned that Jill Porter is completing her second year at Harvard School of Architecture, David Choi is working at

Bankers Trust Asset Management in NYC, and Steve Manning has returned from the Far East to work in NYC for Monitor Consulting company.

Josh Ford is the festival coordinator for the Washington, D.C., Jewish Film Festival at the historic D.C. Jewish Community Center.

He is also responsible for the general cultural arts programming. Josh was preparing for the Armin Mueller-Stahl retrospective, and was looking forward to going to the Jerusalem International Film Festival this summer.

Ji-Young Ahn works for the Department of Justice as an asylum officer in the U.S., based in Lyndhurst, N.J. Ji-Young travels domestically and internationally for immigration purposes, and to process refugees abroad.

Ellen Gilson Voth teaches elementary music at a school district in Ithaca, N.Y. Ellen also accompanies several voice students at Ithaca College.

Lorelei Muenster is an animal rights activist for the national organization, “In Defense of Animals,” at their headquarters in San Francisco. She worked on their shelter reform action committee in NYC for two years, and continued studies through a post-bac program at NYU. Lorelei i f involved in myriad activities, from investigating satanic animal sacrifice in southern Texas to helping organize protests of animal testing and the fourth annual “No Kills” conference in California. Meredith and Lorelei

Herr married Dr. Douglas Mailly this summer.

Alison attended as maid of honor. Maude works as a clinical data coordinator at Acer/Excel iffljCranford.

Ronny Krishana e-mailed that he is with Andersen Consulting in Boston.

High above Cayuga’s waters', Ian Ross studying for a master’s degree in landscape architecture at Cornell. He worked in Jackson, Wy., over the summer. The firm Ian worked at designs “public plazas, trailheads in Yellowstone [National Park], and a master plan for a new town structure on the west side of the Tetons.lJ Entrepreneur M att Blesso has left the banking world to become the co-founder of National Analyst Training Corporation, “a company dedicated to designing and delivering analytical training to banks and securities firms.”

As a random aside, I have started a new job in New York. E! Entertainment Television frin the office next door, and Melissa Fitzgibbon ’92 works at the network in the sales department. Dara

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Ms. Jamie Lenis 25 Taylor Drive, West Caldwell NJ 07006 Ms. Dara Mannon 518 East 80th Street, 5F, New York N Y 10021 dara. marmon@lgtna. com Camilla Galesi finished her first year at Washington and Lee School of Law in Lexington, Va. The cows outside her window provide some distraction from all the studying she has to do. Over the summer, Camilla traveled through Europe in a law program. One of her professors was Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Another lawyer, Jessica Lerner, graduated from Seton Hall Law in May, with a concentration in environmental law. After taking the bar, Jessica will clerk for a judge in Passaic County. While in school, Jessica worked at a regional EPA in NYC. She is still in touch with Jacqueline Kearney, who teaches fifth grade in Paramus, Jackie received a master’s in math education this summer.

Wendy DiStefano got engaged in November 1997 and was married this June. Both Wendy and her husband, Edward Champey, are in their third year of medical school, and will both be applying for residencies in surgery for July 1999. It was a DiStefano alumni wedding: Kelly ’93 was maid of honor, Carrie ’94 and Courtney ’98 were bridesmaids, and Ken ’96 was a groomsman.

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Saurabh Agarwal completed his third year of med. school at Boston University. Saurabh has started rotations and will complete his M.D. in 1999.

David Aronow earned a master’s in ch em iS H engineering in May, and was to marry his college sweetheart in August.

Bianca Soprano lives in Soho and has finished her second year at New York Law School. Over the course of the year, she served a clerkship in the criminal division of the Manhattan Supreme Court, as a legal intern at a corporate law department, and as an associate with a big law firm over the summer.

She was elected Chief Notes & Comments editor of NY Law School Journal o f Human Rights. Best of all, Bianca starred as “E l s ’ in the law school’s trial of Adam and Eve. She writes, “I was acquitted on two counts: solicitation of Adam and contempt of GodS’& j “Life is good and very busy,” writes Alison Schwartz, who is always on the move with Pilobolus Dance Theatre. This spring, it was Detroit.

Keshia Trotman earned a master’s in public health from theEl. of Michigan. Congrat­ ulations, Keshia!

Cheryl Sinner completed year II at the Curry School of Education, UVA, where she is pursuing a master’s in speech pathology.

I, Enrique Neblett, work as a CotaisSlor for Prep For Prep, a nonprofit'serving NY(||ij|S| youth. I hope to begin an advanced degree in clinical psychology soon. For awhile I was a

member of the Collegiate Chorale and once shared the stage at Carnegie Hall avvitii former faculty member Barry Centanni ’77. I am now a baritone in the Great Day Chorale, a singing group whose mission is to preserve the Negro Spiritual art form. Enrique Adrienne Phillips ’92, who has finished her second year at the Brown University School of Medicine, had a special article published in the magazine of the Student National Medical Association. “A Summer in Cuba - More than Just Salsa and Cigars” recounts Adrienne’s experience on an internship studying HIV/AIDS in Cuba, which reports the lowest HIV/AIDS rates in the world.

“Having completed a microbiology course...it was timely to see these diseases in a clinical setting,” she wrote. “Now I have faces and personalities to match the diseases making them unforgettable’.-?-'® Adrienne’s experientid*culminated with participation in an international conference.

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Ms. Renee Monteyne 10 Lookout Point Trail Totowa Boroujpmmij QJ0L2 Mr. Brian Wecht Kent School, Kent CT 06J57 Class agent and reunion chairman: Ms. Lisa Gittleman 34 Windermere Rd„ Upper Montclair N J07043 Lisa Gittleman went from writing press releases to editing them. She works as an associate editor at PRNewswire in NYC. Class reunion chairman Lisa has been appointed to the MKA Alumni Council as well.

Scott Johnson works as a private banker for the Bank of New York. He graduated from T rinity College.

Jordan Safirstein finished his first year at Chicago Medical School.

Laura Caprario is working on a master’s degree in cancer epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. She takes piano lessons at the Boston Conservatory and is the pianist for the Harvard Faculty Club.

Jeremy Kahn, who received a B.A. from Duke in psychology/marketing, works in international trade with O.CI Inti, in Englewood O K s, N.J. Jeremy was twice an All-American fencer and the 1996 NCAA champion.

Thomas Page is beginning Tulane U. Law School in New Orleans.

Renee Monteyne lives, in Massachusetts working for MS Research as a human resource associate.

Cory Schuman joined Americorps in Portland, Ore., and works with a field team of 10 people.« 1 get to work outdoors every day

doing environmental and educational volunteer work,” she writes, “and am having one of the hi --t years of my life.”

From Jennifer Wahl, who earned a degree in early childhood education from Boston College: “I absolutely love teaching 3rd grade, especially geography. It’s strange to hear myself be called ’Miss Wahl’ by 20 nine-year-olds. I now know what a pain we all were in 3rd grade.”-,

94=------- — Ms. Monica Fernand 160 Cheyenne Way, Wayne NJ 07470 Ms. Rosemary Monteyne 10 Lookout Point Trail Totowa Borough NJ 07512 Class agent: Mr. John Saroff 67 Eagle Rock Way, Montclair NJ 07042 Our heartfelt condolences to Austin Koenen on the death of his father and namesake, Austin V. Koenen, former President of the Board ofTrustees..

Congratulations to those who graduated from college this year. News of a few, from press releases, newspaper clippings, and proud parenfe«||| Gregg Tully graduated from Tufts U. summa cum laude,LSJii Beta Kappa, and received the Churchill Award for Environmental Studies.

Greg is doing environmental work in Aspen, Colo.

Elizabeth Osur, who graduated early in January 1997 from Johns Hopkins (B.A. in economics), works in corporate credit rating for Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. She lives and works in NYC. Rosemary Monteyne graduated from Boston College with a degree in sociology and general education. She is a member of two national hosior societies. Rosemary plans to pursue a N.J. State teaching certificate.

Eugenie Go transferred from Barnard to Columbia College and graduated with a major in art history. Genie works for fashion designer Mark Eisen, who,is probably best known for his Urchin Collection line.

Paul Agarwal graduated from Columbia U. with a B.S. in industrial engineering. He works for a management consulting company in NYC. Kiki Drukker graduated from Connecticut College in May and works at the Bank of New York in Manhattan.

Laura Hardman graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in English and the award for journalism.

One-liners- from the Montclair Times. Laura Clemente received a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan, and Michael Dore received a B.A. in English from Amherst College.

Rebecca Strenz will graduate from Montana State U. in January 1999. She plans to travel for a few weeks then return to Bozeman, »hopefully to purchase a business,” Candace Messinger graduated from Princeton summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. She received a B.A. in psychology. While at Princeton, she played rugby and was a resident advisor and peer educator for eating concerns.

Candy now works in private asset management at Goldman Sachs in NYC.

Golf Around the World John Saroff '94 has an endless summer before him. John, who graduated this year from Haverford College, is the recipient of a prestigious Watson Fellowship - an annual award given to 60 college seniors to travel to foreign locales and study a particular subject over the span of a year.

John, an observer of several Northern New Jersey golf clubs during his adolescence, will travel to Scotland and South Africa to study the socio-economic and cultural boundaries of golf: how it is perceived in different cultures as both the great leveler of rich and poor or the great divider.

“In Scotland [golf] is considered an everyman’s sport, and St. Andrews is a municipal course,” he says. “In South Africa, all of the golf is played by whites in exclusive clubs.” John has observed how the same sport can divide people both players and caddies - by wealth, gender, social status, and ethnicity.

John, who majored in history at Haverford, interned at the U.S. Golf Association headquarters and museum last summer. On the fellowship, he will caddie, work in pro shops, work the business end, and play as many courses as possible. ....jfrom press release by Nancy Cambria ’83, who works in the Office o f Public Relations at Haverford College. They discovered they both were MKA alumni when she interviewed him.

Alumni siblings Garret Bedrin ’9 8 andJaime Bedrin 9 4 at Commencement.

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95 Ms. Rita Papaleo 31 Femwood Terrace, Nutley NJ 07110 rep968@nwu. edu Class agent: Mr. Adam Schrager 121 Christopher St., Montclair NJ 07042 Matt Drukker is co-eaptain of the Williams College sailing team. He had a summer internship at Sandler O ’Neill in the World Trade Center, NYC. Bobby Reif, majoring in environmental studies at Lehigh, is a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He sends his best to fellow football and baseball teammates.

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Ms. Tanya Barnes 7 Melrose Place, Montclair NJ 07042 tbames@fas.harvard.edu Ms. Debbie Haight 115 DeW itt Ave., Belleville NJ 07109 deh27@columbia.edu Class agent: Mr. Lee Vartan 54 Hamilton Ave., Keamy NJ 07032 In our second year of college the Class of 1996 has been really busy working on old projects and starting new ones.

At Northwestern U., Larissa Lury, a theater major, has been involved in many campus productions including Sweeney Todd, Orpheus Descending and Waa-Mu. She has started her own comedy troupe called Spank and is working on Acts o f Love, an adaptation of works

by Salman Rushdie. She was an intern at the American Place Theater, NYC, this summer.

Sharif Siddiqui had another stellar season on the soccer field as a stopper/center defenseman at Carnegie Mellon U. He is a business administration major, concentrating in finance.

This summer he joined the Wall Street crowd as the youngest summer intern at Merrill Lynch.

Another CMUer, Asumini Kasule, worked on the “bouncing valve” project at Diesel Technology as a materials engineering intern this summer. On campus, she is treasurer of the East End Youth Project, and tutors children in math and reading.

Shauna Wreschner spent another year working as columnist for “Faces in the Crowd” at her school newspaper. She expanded her role in media by becoming a reporter for Hamilton’s television news show. Shauna also completed her first season on a varsity boat for women’s crew.

The Class of ’96 continues to make itself known at Brown. Susan Pellecchia completed a successful season with the women’s rugby team. Next year, she is making us all jealous by spending the entire year in Bologna, Italy.

Teresa Wells is a business economics and modern American history major at Brown.

Teresa worked for Congressman Donald Payne (whom we all remember from our junior trip to Washington) this summer. .

Jill Rodburg, a history major at Boston U., is traveling to London for a psychology and social policy internship. Setting her eyes on graduate school in public health, Jill spends several hours a week volunteering at a daycare center near cam piS where she worked full time this summer.

Nicole Kamine adds to the international scene as a French major with a minor in Italian and art history. She planned to work as an English tutor on the Italian Riviera this summer, and next spring will work on French in Paris.

Allison Connolly, a computer science major at Duke, is also part of the study-abroad group. She will spend next year in a certain part of Asia; the specific country is being kept under wraps.

Despite the extensive travel plans of the class, Francisco Clavijo wins the award for frequentflyer mile accumulation. As an international studies major at Penn State, Francisco spent last semester in Puerto Rico. He will go to Spain in the fall and other parts of Europe. Between flights, he is a double major in psychology and labor & industrial relations, as well as a member of several multicultural organizations.

Dawn Dolden, majoring in communications and culture and minoring in elementary education at Clark U., hopes to get her master’s of education by 2001.

Liz O’Brien begins student teaching in the fall. She is a math/science major with a concentration in elementary ed.

Jake Elberg returned to Dartmouth for a summer term after spending the spring quarter in Washington as an intern for NPR. He will regain his duties as news editor of the D and as ©brother in Psi Upsilon fraternity.

Barry Janay, at Rollins College, Fla. has a major in political science. He is social director for his fraternity and an intern with Lucent Technologies.

Mike Reiter was also an intern at Lucent this summer. At Worcester PolyTech, Mike was on rotation for the varsity baseball team. They had a successful season overall and won their conference tournament.

Lee Vartan was elected as a senator of Princeton’s student government and is dedicating his efforts toward fundraising for the student body (deja vu). Also an academic giant, Lee has been accepted to the exclusive Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, where he plans to receive a degree in public policy.

Continuing a tradition of community service, Julie Peterson volunteers at a camp for kids with AIDS at James Madison She is a sports management major with a minor in businfefc " Tashie Murphy is a member at Union of both the softball and dance teams. She is also a sister of Gamma Phi Beta sorority and soon-to-be membership VP and pledge director.

Lauren Klein is a member of Harvard’s varsity water polo team and is music director of the campus radio station. She was to spend the summer in beautiful San Francisco working for Dr. Dobb’s Journal, a magazine for

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software developers, and finish her EMT certification while training for the New York Marathon.

Her classmate Tanya Barnes spent half the summer working in Washington with a civil rights lobbyist, then returned to New York to work with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Business is in the hearts and minds and plans of many. Jon Gogick is a business and marketing major at Lehigh. JefFPhruksaraj spent last semester interning with a financial consultant at Merrill Lynch, where he plans to return in the fall as an investment banking intern in the World Financial Center. He is making a complete shift to New York as he transfers to the Stern School of Business at NYU and (we hope) finds an apartment. An economics major at Union College, Ben Parker will combine business and travel as he studies economics in Belgium this fall. He worked at Sun America mutual funds in the interim.

A couple transfers to the Boston area: Brian Beldotti transferred to Tufts U. and Victoria Capalbo to Boston College.

Roberta Monteyne will be operations manager for Boston College Student Agencies'^, this fall. She spent her second summer at Hoffman LaRoche in the medical needs department.

We heard from Joelle Critchfield, who has gone through several majors at Brigham Young U., but is setding on dietetics pre-med.

She lives off campus in Provo, Utah, loves it, and does a lot of running - even a 10K. Joon Choi saH things are going well at Rutgers, and he is planning a double major in computer science and biological psychology.

Racquel Booth has been working in the alumnae office at Barnard and worked on the Barnard reunion this summer.

At Brown, Adam Brin is majoring in anthropology. He is also working as a Web master for an experimental education group there.

Anisha Khanna has transferred to Drew U. from Smith College, and so far has been on the dean’s list every semester. She was inducted?

Priscilla Pellecchia ’9 8 and sister Susan ’9 6 at CommencemehmH

into Beta Beta Beta, the biological honors society. Anisha is majoring in economics and minoring in chemistry.

Debbie Haight was elected president of the Society of Women Engineers for the 1998-99 school year. She was spending the summer in NYC, working for Columbia. “I am the personal coordinator for the new student orientation program (NSOP). NSOP makes the schedule and all publications for the 1,900 incoming first-years and 350 student volunteers who help with orientation.” Debbie is majoring in biomedical engineering, and possibly minoring in material science.

Erica Hirsch, a politics and government major at Ohio Wesleyan, gets the prize for the MKA Neat Story. She called the Career Services number which she found on the laundry bag given to us at Senior Breakfast, and ended up with an internship in Dr. Greer’s office this summer! Tanya and Debbie

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Ms. Gemma Giantomasi 5 Kensington PL, Roseland NJ 07068 Glass agents: Gemma Giantomasi, Michael Halchak, Omni Kitts, Angela Mulligan, Lauren Moses, Michael Napolitano, Bobby Ndu, Alena Weller Welcome, Class of 1998, to your own alumni column!

The Brothers and the Sisters: Scenes from Commencement

Richard O ’Brien 98 with sisters Elizabeth 9 6 and Stephanie ’93-

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Ms. Jennifer Platt 43 Brookside Terr., North Caldwell N J07006 Class secretary and ager&pt# Ms. Jennifer Fink 154 Upper Mountain Ave., Montclair NJ 07042 Meena Untawale was a floor rep. for the University Housing Council at Columbia U. She sees classmates Ali Marron, Alexis Ring, and Megan Awerdick, who go to Barnard across the street. Meena hopes to organize a Mock Trial team.

David Steinfeld keeps busy at Penn State playing club soccer and lacrosse..

Greg Decter planned to spend a month in Spain this summer, to study Spanish and experience the culture.

Jonathan Zweifler was spending his summer in Chicago working at Playboy Enterprises in their new medias department, dedicated to designing and maintaining their Web site. (No centerfold?) Jon thanks MKA for, “providing me with an education such that I could pursue a job as competitive as this.’^ H At Lehigh U., Lauren Lustbader served on the Student Hosting committee for freshman recruiting. She was-rilso photographer for the yearbook, Blair Dore received The writing prize for freshmen at Amherst, and after a great year in french, has decided on a double major in English and French ¡news;sent by proud French department chair Ms. Jennings].

At Brown, Ellen Stern works in the Women’s Center and staffs the AIDS/HIV hotlini,?';Through Students for Choice, Ellen worked on a newsletter,, escorted at a nearby Planned Parenthood, helped form a government action committee, and helped register people to vote.

I, Jennifer Platt, returned jtp MKA this February to play in the pit orchestra for < |||g g § for You. I saw Liz Brambilla and Debbie Haight 9 © n the audience. At school, I play in the Kamel Kwintet - Hfetudent brass quinteH volunteer in an after-school 4H club, and am active in Amnesty International. Jen a n d ftS m

Michael Napolitano ’9 8 is surrounded by sisters Ann 90 and Lauren 92x. Michael President of the Student Council and a “lifetime”MKA student, gave the welcoming address at Commencement.

Ken Tilton 98, right, with brother Stephen ’8 4 and sister Margaret 91.

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1999 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD NOMINATION FORM NOMINEE

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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD CRITERIA To 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 of the 1999 Distinguished Alumni Award.

The recipient should have achieved distinction in some field of endeavor, or through outstanding character or dedication made a special contribution to humanity.

Race, creed, sex or contribution to the school should have no b ea rin S n the choice of recipient.

The purpose of the Distinguished Alumni Award is “to bestow recognition and appreciation for outstanding achievement.” gjlhis award will be a meritorio^^B reflection on the school and will provide inspiration and encouragement for our young people. It is hoped that the recipient will come to MICA and address a gathering of alumni and of students.

You may nominate more than one alumna/alumnus.

There will be one Distinguished Alumni Award recipient .ëiyh year; all nominations will be maintained in confidential filr|s>for consideration in following years.

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TELEPHONE_____________________________________________________________ Detach ™d mail to: The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ oj|f)42 MKA ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME AWARDS CRITERIA The Montclair Eimberley Academy Athletic Hall of Fame tpljsrfounded to honor those who have made telling contributions to the school’s athletics. Its purpose is to p erp e tu » the memory of those persons who have brought distinction, honor, and excellence to Montclair Academy, The Kimberley School, The Brooteijde School, and MKA in athletics.

1. Nominee ^Ust have been an outstanding varsity athlete, coach, Athletic Director, trainer, or major contributor (financial and/or participant) at MA, TKS, Brooksidqyor MKA and/or brought distinction to the school through related and subsequent;,athletic accomplishments.

2. Student nominees must have attended MA, TKS, Brookside, or MKA for at least two years, and have graduated from MA, TKS, Brookside, or MKA. Student nominees must have graduated at least five years prior to the year of 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 posthumous award.

5. Nominees may nominate themselves, be nominated by alumni or others.

6. Each year, a minimum of one qualifi|U male and one qualified female will be selected. Nominations will- be keptjbn file for subsequent years’ review.

7. A team may be inducted.

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FrancesJohnson Ames ’40, former President o f the MKA Alumni Association, wasfor manyyears an economic analystfor Standard Oil of New Jersey. She is theparent o f two MKA alumni and the widow ofMarston Ames ’34, who served on the Academy Board o f Trustees.

highlighting alumni w ho have made planned gilts to MKA and thus joined the Heritage Society. Frances Johnson Ames of the Class of 1940 has m ade a gift through MKA’s Pooled Income Fund. Her thoughts: “Making a planned gift to MKA’s Pooled Income Fund has served several purposes for me. It is a thank-you for my Kimberley education, w hich becam e the backbone of my later educational experiences. Secondly, it has given m e a sort of proprietary interest in an institution to w hich my family and I have devoted a lot of time and energy in the past. Finally, it was a smart financial move. Not only did I get a charitable deduction to low er m y taxes, but I receive a nice increase in m y income. You can’t go w rong on that!”

The Heritage Society recognizes benefactors w ho have m ade planned 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 tax eS and reduced capital gains taxes on appreciated assets.

The Pooled Income Fund, Charitable Bequests, Charitable Remainder Unitrusts, Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts, Charitable Lead Trusts, and Gifts of Real Estate are all examples of planned gifts that m ake one eligible to join the Heritage Society.

If you w ould like m ore information about planned gifts to MKA, please write the Office of External Affairs, MKA, 201 Valley Road, Montclair NJ 07042. If you prefer, telephone Judy Polonofsky, Director of External Affairs, at 973/746-9800.

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