Fall 2009 MKA Review Magazine

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T he M o n t c la ir K im berley A cad em y MISSION STATEMENT The Montclair Kimberley Academy is a Pre-K-12 coeducational day school with an exceptional college preparatory program unified by the concepts of our school motto: Knowledge, Vision, Integrity.

An MKA education is defined by the following commitments: KNOWLEDGE: To cultivate a love of learning in each student To develop independent and autonomous learners To establish a foundation of academic excellence VISION: To engage each student intellectually and personally with the world To graduate students who will excel in college and in their lives beyond MKA To recognize complexity and value empathy INTEGRITY: To strengthen each student’s intellect, character, and confidence To promote each student’s full and active citizenship and leadership To secure a life-long sense of honor through academic, athletic, and artistic achievement With traditions dating back to 1887, MKA was formed by the merger of Montclair Academy, Brookside School, and The Kimberley School in 1974.

REVIEW EDITOR Debbie Kozak, Director of Communications and Marketing ASSISTANT EDITORS Diane Lundy, Class Notes Secretary Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76, Alumni Director Judy Polonofsky, Director of Special Events and Projects CONTRIBUTORS Eli Bildner’ll Cynthia Darling Monica Elmore Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76, Alumni Director Thomas Nammack, Headmaster Maria Gilmartin, Linda Larkin, Chuck Olsen, Jane Smith, Randall Svane

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CONTENTS From the Headmaster: There’s Music in the A i r .................................1 Trustee News: A Letter from the President............................ 3 Around MKA: The Blue and Green B a s h .............................. 5 Career D ay ...................................................... 6 Cougar Pride Day .......................................... 8 Graduations and Commencement.................10 Music through the Campuses: Brookside S chool............................ . . . . .2 The Middle School C horale........................ 9 The Middle School B a n d ...........................12 The MKA Strings Program ...................... 21 The Upper School Chorale........................ 25 The Upper School B a n d ............................ 36 The Beat Goes On .................................... 40 Student News: Awards and Accolades .................................13 CumLaude ............................................ , ..15 Breakfasts for Lifers and Seniors .................16 House Cup and May Term .............................17 Cougar Sports ...............................................18 The Class of 2009 ........................................ 22 Faculty News: Founders’ C u p .............................................. 24 Faculty Professional Development Initiative 26 Tech Institute................................................ 27 In Memoriam................................................ 28 Faculty Accolades........................................ 29 Farewells and Welcomes.............................. 29 Alumni News: Letter from the President.............................. 30 Distinguished Alumni Award ...................... 31 From Classical to J a z z .................................. 32 Athletic Hall of Fame .................................. 34 MKA on the Road: in Florida.........................37 in Montclair .............................................. 38 and Washington D C .................................. 39 Klank Klassic................................................ 40 Class N o te s.................................... H

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There’s Music In The Air Four years ago, after I had attended both the Middle School spring choral and spring band concerts, the connection among all of the components of the music program at MKA became clearly evident to me. I watched and listened to those Middle School performances with a growing sense of awe and pride as the impact of great teaching, real talent and a lot of hard work was revealed. Not only could I see and hear what Middle School music teachers Linda Larkin and Maria Gilmartin had accomplished with students in grades four through eight, but many of the performers also brought with them a foundation of confidence, discipline and musical literacy established at Brookside by music teacher and this year’s Founders’ Cup recipient Jane Smith.

That connection between the campuses is also evident among the more than sixty young musicians in the MKA strings program, directed by Dimitri Hadjipetkov, whose annual concert at venues such as Carnegie Flail and The New Jersey Performing Arts Center offers a wonderfully compressed showcase of developing talent and musical expression from the very youngest student musicians to the oldest.

By 8th grade, our musicians in band, chorus and select singing groups are in launch mode for an Upper School program distinguished by the highest standards of musicianship. Randy Svane’s leadership of the Mastersingers and the chorus has challenged our students to perform complex and beautiful works often accompanied by a small orchestra of professional and student musicians. This year’s spring choral concert with a visiting female choir from Leipzig provided our student singers with a thrilling and rich performance experience. Great teachers move students as fast and as far as they can go. Concert band and jazz band director Chuck Olsen and assistant director Donald Warren do just that as they instruct and inspire their students. When the jazz band performs at the All School Gathering each fall, no one can sit still.

Our music teachers have a common gift, and it is the ability to work with the student in the moment and develop a vision of just how far each student can go over time. These teachers operate in the most powerful teaching dynamic: one in which the teacher

coaches the student, hears and sees the student incorporate what’s just been learned, adjusts the student’s technique again, and the feedback cycle of instruction, performance, response keeps unfolding.

At our concerts, I can literally hear and see our students grow, while they are surrounded by the skill levels from which they have come and to that which they aspire.

Our music program reveals a great deal about what MKA does best and why our concerts almost always end with an audience delighted and on its feet. You will find out more about our music program in the pages that follow, and you will also read of the many ways in which our trustees, parents, faculty, students and alumni are also working in concert to give their best effort to our school on a daily basis. I look forward to another year of great performances in the classrooms, and on the fields and stages of the school, and invite you to join us whenever you can.

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On any day at Brookside, the Middle School and the Upper School, visitors can hear the sounds of music and song emanating from practice rooms. In this issue we explore MKA’s award-winning music program through the campuses - a program that starts with learning to play the recorder and moves through bell ringing, concert band, jazz band, a strings program and large and small chorale groups. The program is distinguished by a talented and dedicated faculty whose enthusiasm lays the groundwork for a lifetime love of music among many students. In the pages that follow, they share details of both their programs and their philosophies.

M u sic frf S ‘ 'rccfcsicfe Through the centuries music has spanned cultures to express emotions, to communicate, and to celebrate. As we prepare our students for the 21st century, we continue to weave a connection to the past and present through music. Today, singing and making music on rhythm instruments, xylophones, handbells and choirchimes continues to affirm, fulfill and delight our primary school students.

The Brookside music program incorporates current research that confirms a direct correlation between learning, cognition and training in the arts. Lessons are created to integrate brain-targeted learning by interpreting rhythms, studying the recorder and reading handbell music.

Primary School music students learn the skills they will require to study, perform, and listen critically to music, together with a focus on the aesthetic appreciation and enjoyment music offers. They study, perform and develop a critical and discerning ear for music that we hope will enhance their enjoyment and satisfaction for the rest of their lives.

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Unique to the Primary School are the Brookside Bellringers. Skills that are necessary to ring handbells and choirchimes are taught on a spiral throughout the grades from Pre Kindergarten on. In Third Grade, students become accomplished in ringing patriotic songs, spirit songs, holiday music and the school song, Oh, MKA. They play in front of large audiences for concerts, the All-School Gathering and Closing Exercises, as well as at Senior Care as a part of the community outreach program. Performing in front of a large audience gives the students a tremendous sense of accomplishment and a feeling of pride personally and professionally.

MKA’s character expectations that ask students to be responsible, respectful, friendly, confident, temperate, fair, informed and honest are touched upon every time students come to the bell tables. They are required to care for their music, fold their gloves and arrange their bells and chimes after each class, rehearsal and concert. They learn to share their bells because of the necessity to change keys with each new piece. Most importantly, they learn to perform as a team and to work together to produce an aesthetically pleasing sound that supports one another rather than competes. They learn to listen to each other to produce a beautiful sound. The knowledge that they have supported the voices of over a thousand people at our All-School Gathering creates a lifetime memory, and our Brookside children seem to always do it with poise, panache and charm!

Jane Smith, Brookside Music Teacher

A Letter from the President This has been quite a year for our economy, our country and for our Board as we continued our commitment to advance the initiatives set forth in our Strategic Plan and can now look forward to the imminent implementation of the Chinese language and 1:1 Laptop programs. Additionally, we have developed four Trustee Governance Dashboards in the areas of Enrollment, Athletics, College Counseling and Academics. These dashboards will help us, as a Board, identity, gather and analyze the data we need to govern the school as effectively as possible.

Over the past two years, every member of the Board has been gracious when asked for help. No one turned me down when asked to Chair a Committee or a sub-committee or to take on a specific task. I believe this speaks volumes about our Board. I would particularly like to thank Committee Chairs Elisa Spungen Bildner (Student Life), Denise Wagner (Committee on Trustees, Retreat and Annual Giving), Philip McNeal (Development), Michael Johnson (Strategic Planning) and Eric Pai (Educational Programs and Policies). A new policy on Committee Chair rotations stating that chairs will be rotated after four years of service was designed to give our hard working chairs a rest and to focus on Board leadership and development. With this in mind, I have two special “thank yous” for two Trustees who have shown exemplary leadership for the past four years: Rick Jenkins ’77 joined the Board in 2004. A year later, he was asked to Chair our Building and Grounds/Facilities Committee. Rick is a dedicated Trustee and an exemplar for other alums. He has also served on the Executive Committee, Committee on Trustees, Strategic Planning and Finance.

Michael Frasco joined the Board in 1999, and chaired the Building and Grounds Committee from fall 2002 until Rick took over in 2005. In fall 2005, he became Chair of Finance and the Treasurer of the Board.

Michael took this responsibility seriously and watched over our finances as if they were his own.

He has also served on Committee on Trustees, Strategic Planning, Technology, Executive Committee and countless subcommittees.

Starting this fall, it is my pleasure to announce that Tim Bozik will serve as Facilities Chair and that Steve Milke will serve as Finance Chair.

Trustees volunteer their time, treasure and talent

Alice Hirsh with Headmaster Tom Nammack

because we love our children and have a deep passion for MKA as an institution and for the education our children receive here —I thank each of them for their dedication. You can find out more about our Board members and the committees they serve on by visiting the “About MKA” section of the MKA website at www.mka.org.

I would like particularly to acknowledge the work of three trustees who have ended their service as full Board members: Peter McMullen ’77, began his service to MKA on the Alumni Council in 1987 and joined the MKA Board of Trustees as Alumni Council President in 1996.

When that term ended two years later, he immediately became a regular Trustee and has served on virtually every committee, including chairing Buildings and Grounds, and serving on the Development, Student Life, Strategic Planning, and Educational Policy committees over the past 22 years. He always gave us wise counsel, looking for ways to move the school forward and took a strong interest in our athletic program, our fundraising and development efforts, and first and foremost, the success of our students. A regular at Student Life Committee meetings, Phonathons and Career Days, we will always be grateful for the deep concern and dedication that Peter has shown to MKA and cannot thank him enough for all of the hours he has devoted as a trustee, parent and an alum.

Dan Placentra, who left the Board last summer, first

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served in 2004 as an Affiliate Trustee for Buildings and Grounds, becoming a regular Trustee in 2005. Bringing a plethora of ideas and enthusiasm as chair of the Student Life Committee, Dan also served on the Finance, Facilities, Strategic Planning and Development Committees.

We appreciate the energy and time that he gave to MKA, and are grateful for the ongoing support that Dan and his wife Claudia give as they continue to be involved in MKA. Dr. David Turock joined the Board in 1997 and was involved in almost every aspect of MKA during the past twelve years. He brought great intelligence and a renowned technology background to his work, Ken Barrett together with a deep concern for the students and kindness to one and all. David served on Finance, Development, Strategic Planning, Educational Programs and Policies, and of course, the Technology Committee. As founding Chairman of that Committee in 2001, he quickly developed it into a valuable part of the Board. Simply put, David was the driving force behind the school’s progress in technology over these last 12 years. Without him, we would not have done nearly as well as we have in our decision-making and implementation of many key technology initiatives. We are grateful that David has agreed to serve as an Advisory Trustee this year.

I would also like to welcome two new Trustees to the Board: Ken Barrett, who served as Affiliate Trustee on Development, is Managing Director of Onex Real Estate Partners, a private equity group. A graduate of Princeton University, he is a member of the Princeton Football Association and the Ivy Club. He and his wife Joan have three daughters, Paige ’09, Devon ’10 and Kendal ’14.

Michelle Harbeck, who served as an Affiliate Trustee on Educational Programs and Policy, received a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College and a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University.

Michelle has been active in her local community and with PAMKA for many years. She and her husband Peter are the parents of MKA graduates Gregory ’06 and Page ’09 and of David ’15.

With best wishes, Alice Hirsh

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Alice Hirsh with Director o f Special Events Judy Polonofsky

The Blue & Green Bash

Steven Milke, Beth Milke, Michael Freizo, Michelle Freizo, Lydia Turner and Rob Turner enjoy each other’s company at the PAMKA Spring Fundraiser. Steven and Michael are both members o f the Board o f Trustees.

PAMKA President Alex Nolan and husband Michael peruse the program.

A spirited display o f auction items.

Sotherby's auctioneer Hugh Hildesley.

Trustee Eric Pai '79 and his wife Judy bid at the live auction.

Left to right: Angela Frasco, Rob Bilder and trustees Denise Wagner and Elisa Spungen Bildner at the event.

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Once again, Career Day offered current juniors and seniors a rare glimpse into some traditional and not so traditional career paths. Fifteen alumni took time out of their busy schedules to share their experiences with students, and the brief bios below give a taste of not only the tremendous opportunities this day provides, but also the remarkable successes enjoyed by so many of our alumni.

Career Day 2009

Journalism: Jim Windolf ‘82 is a writer for the Vanity Fair magazine and website. He writes on many topics, with an emphasis on popular culture, and is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Sunday Book Review. He has also published pieces in The New Yorker, one of which was included in the 2008 anthology, Disquiet, Please! More Humor Writing from The New Yorker, and wrote the cover story for Rolling Stone's annual comedy issue last year.

I signed up for the Secret Service and Journalism lectures, and I learned a lot about the professions that I did not know before - the passion each speaker visibly displayed when discussing their experiences was pretty inspiring. Andrew Kiman, ’09 Radio Broadcasting: Jeff Schiffman ‘75-An adjunct professor of Mass Communication at York College of Pennsylvania, Jim oversees sports broadcasting for WSBA and ESPN 1440 and has covered stories such as Cal Ripken’s record breaking consecutive games in 1995 and the Baltimore Ravens Superbowl in 2001." It was great to be back walking the halls of MKA after over 30 years. I enjoyed interacting with students who are so enthusiastic about their education."

Sports Administration: Peter McMullen ’77 and David Steinfeld ‘97 - Peter has been involved in the administrative/business side of sports with the New Jersey Devils organization for 20 years and this was his 20th Career Day presentation! Because of his interest in sports management, David was Peter’s student host at the 1997 Career Day, and now works with his mentor as a financial analyst!

Pyschology: Andrea Safirstein ’88 provides family counseling and treats patients of all ages from the chronic, mentally ill to the “worried well.” She is an assistant professor in psychology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University and a clinical supervisor at Teachers College Center for Educational and Psychological Services.

The United States Secret Service: George George ‘81 is the Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, Philadelphia, PA., providing physical protection for the President, Vice President, former Presidents, foreign heads of state and major presidential and vice presidential candidates.

"I enjoyed speaking to the students - they had great questions and enthusiasm. I had a wonderful time, and it was so nice to be at MKA again - it seemed as though the clock had been turned back 28 years!"

Je ff Schiffman met with his host Dana Paolucci.

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Law: Jake Elberg ’96 and Lee Vartan ’96 Classmates and fellow Harvard Law School grads, Jake and Lee are now both Assistant United States Attorneys for the District of New Jersey.

Entrepreneurs Under 25 (yearsold) in the United States.”

The invitation to participate in Career Day was especially welcome. Talking to the students who participated, it was clear they are eager - and well prepared - to make a substantial and positive impact on the community after graduation. Their maturity, intelligence, and genuine interest is a testament to the MKA experience. Jake Elberg

Music: George Hrab ’89 has written and produced five CD’s, published a book, performed for a President (Clinton), shared Jared Cook addresses a class. the stage with countless musicians, from his own Philadelphia Funk Authority to Frank Zappa, and produces “the Geologic Podcast,” a weekly podcast that features humor, sketches and skeptical commentary.

Medicine: Rosaline Akhami Whitworth ’85 has worked as a dermatologist since 1999. She treats patients of all ages with a variety of skin disorders, and also performs cosmetic procedures such as botox and laser surgery.

Finance: Peter DeCandia ’89 and Jared Cook ’01Peter has worked for Citigroup for the past 15 years.

He is currently a Director in Equity Sales/Trading, where most of his customers are large multi-national companies. Jared joined Merrill Lynch last year. He helps families coordinate their financial affairs and retirement plans and helps businesses with cash management and insurance needs.

Entrepreneurship: LeRoy Watkins ’99 is the founder and President of Boston-based MyBike. Over the past three years, MyBike has grown into the nation’s leading provider of outdoor bike advertising.

BusinessWeek named LeRoy one of the “Best Young

Digital Advertising and Marketing: Polly Lieberman ’89 is the VP, Business Development and Advertising Sales at Buzzd, a location-sensitive city guide and social network developed for mobile phones. Polly has spent the majority of her career building digital properties and developing innovative advertising programs for Fortune 500 companies.

I thought Career Day went really w ell.. .The speakers I heard clearly love their jobs and are excited to share what they do. For me, that's really what it's all about.

Lily Walter ’09 Special Effects: Jeremy Selenfriend ’96 studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and freelanced for several years until he was successful enough to open up his own studio.

From there, he creates bizarre characters, monsters and aliens for film, television and stage.

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Last year, there were approximately 220 Middle School students in grades 4-8 who were involved in the chorale program. We begin in September preparing music selections in three and four-part harmony for the Winter Concerts. September is also the month for auditions of the two select choirs, “Chamber Singers” and the formerly known “Girls’ Choir”. Last year, the turnout for these auditions was so large, especially in numbers of boys who were quite exceptional singers, that the “Girls’ Choir” was converted into a co-ed choir named the “Cougar Choir.” The month ends with rehearsing and then joining all choirs in grades 5 - 8 to sing together at the All-School Gathering.

After preparing for our Winter Concert program in December, we begin the new year with preparations for an octet to perform an a capella harmonic rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the annual Middle School Student-Faculty Basketball Game. We schedule rehearsal times to learn harmonies and hold rehearsals in the gym where the performance is held in order to test out the acoustics, find pitches and have the students hear one another.

Our preparations for the Spring Concerts and the Music in the Parks Festival begin during the winter season. Last year, we held rehearsals in the morning at 7:00 a.m. After a trial run of this schedule in the fall, the students unanimously voted to keep the morning rehearsal schedule in the spring rather than go back to afterschool rehearsals. There were several benefits to this: a higher quality of work was learned, there wasn’t a conflict with sports practices and games, and we realized that we were really only coming to school twenty-five minutes earlier than usual and beating the carline! Each student only had five or six rehearsals, since there were sectional rehearsals for sopranos, altos, tenors and basses.

Two weeks after our Spring Choral Concert that takes place in late April, the Cougar Choir and Chamber Singers compete with other high schools and middle schools from the tri-state area in the Music in the Parks competition at Six Flags Great Adventure. Last year, Chamber Singers came in 1st place with an Excellent Rating in their division and Cougar Choir came in 1st place with an Excellent Rating in the Treble Choir division. There were three individual awards given from the entire 900 students participating from high schools and middle schools together - Overall Jazz Soloist, Overall Vocalist, and Overall Student Accompanist. Two of those awards were given to high school students, and the Overall Student Accompanist award was presented to MKA seventh grader Bobby Borbone.

Every year that passes, I am impressed by how much the students accomplish in music with their busy lives consisting of schoolwork, homework, sports practices, games and rehearsals in preparation for performances. They are genuinely an outstanding group of dedicated hard­ working young people.

Maria Gilmartin, Middle School Chorale Teacher and Interim Fine and Performing Arts Chair ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Graduations & Commencement 2009 Third graders, it is very difficult to say goodbye to you. You are a special, unique class. Your passion, enthusiasm and spirit will echo through Brookside’s halls in the years to com e... I have watched you grow, not only in height, but also in intellect and creativity ... and I know you will face new adventures with zest.

Ginger Kriegel, Head o f Primary School

Imagine how extraordinary the world would be if there were a few million people who had gone to school at Brookside her than a few thousand. You are part o f a very special group ofpeople v, those who have gone to school here, and like them you will find that not really hard to leave Brookside; it’s just not possible for Brookside to ve you.

Thomas Nammack, Headmaster We send our children to a school like MKA because we value education...

But, we also send them here so they can become the kinds o f young people who sit before us today ... These students have a moral compass that guides them. These students, our children, embody those MKA Character Standards we hold dear. They not only know the meaning o f words like temperance, friendship, honesty, they know what it means to strive fo r those standards in how they conduct their lives each day.

Dr. Randy Kleinman, Head o f Middle School

We are part o f a powerful generation o f future leaders who CAN be the change we wish to see.

MKA;s Middle School has given us the framework and direction we need to positively impact the world, but it is us—the individuals—who will actually make change happen. We possess the skills required to be leaders and make the world a better place.

Lizzie Amato, 8th Graduation Speaker

I think o f Middle School as an oasis - a place where growth is nurtured and people are renewed. More than any other part o f school the Middle stands alone, and it is where the character o f school is truly o f the students’making rather than anyone else’s ... You shape the world o f Middle School -yo u r interests and your dramas drive daily life ... You are ready for high school because you have met the challenges here so well.

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This is a special class on stage today; w e’ve lead this school to new peaks o f surging school spirit and, probably because we admittedly aren’t the most intimidating group o f seniors, a warm & fuzzy sense o f community. People have noticed. This is a class that has proven itselfwilling to pour its everything into anything it takes on ... because they are genuinely good people, armed with compassion. They are brilliant but balanced, gifted but grounded, and that’s what makes me so proud o f all o f them and so humbled to be one o f them.

Giri Nathan ’09, Commencement Speaker This afternoon we have comfortable temperatures and plenty o f sunshine—a beautiful day fo r a beautiful class. In many ways, you have provided the warmth and the light at the Upper School during your time with us, especially this year. Yours will be a lasting legacy o f kindness, compassion, achievement, andfriendship fo r all classes to follow. You will be rememberedfo r your dedication to your school, your devotion to each other, your commitment to your endeavors, and your enthusiasm fo r life and all o f its possibilities.

Dr. David Flocco, Head o f Upper School

Seniors, what a fine day it isfo r our school when we can welcome such as you into MKA’s fam ily o f distinguished alum ni... You have learned and you have earned skills, judgment, experience, knowledge and expertise that go fa r beyond what it takes to graduate from high school or to successfully undertake college. You are ready to fulfill the most challenging aspect o f MKA’s Mission Statement—you are prepared to recognize complexity and to value empathy.

Thomas Nammack, Headmaster

We know each other. We are a family. We have changed this school, this year, fo r the better. We are spirited and successful, and closer than ever. And so, when we leave today, I want each o f us to carry the image o f a perfect circle. The one that we built with each kindness, each house event, each dance party in the locker lounge, each homecoming game, each draft o f the Junior Thesis, each walk up to the schoolfrom Walden... each and every moment that we shared together.

Jane Stanton ’09, Commencement Speaker

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7 & e A s f/o fo ffe S ' c A a a f ¿ ÿ e & r s .- 7 & e Students attending the MKA Middle School have the option, starting in 4th grade, to learn any of the concert band instruments and participate in the band program. In grade four, they select an instrument that appeals to them and begin to learn how to play it in after school group lessons, as well as participating in a full band with their fellow fourth graders during the school day. These students learn the basic skill set needed to perform on their chosen instrument, how to read and play music, how to work together to create a performance and performance etiquette.

In grades five through eight, we continue to build on the basic skills learned in fourth grade. Each year, the music is a little more challenging, students leam new skills on their instruments, improve their collaborative work skills and they leam the fine art of communication through music as they play in grade-level bands.

In seventh and eighth grade, the two grades combine to form a large concert band of about 50 or so members. In this band, students perform challenging works in preparation for moving on to the Upper School Concert Band. All of the Middle School bands perform at both our Winter and Spring Band Concerts, as well as participating in the Music in the Parks Festival each year at Domey Park in Allentown, PA. Last year, the 4th grade, 5th grade and 6th grade band each received an ’’Excellent” rating in this competition, while the 6th grade band and the combined 7th and 8th grade band came in first place, the latter also winning the highest “Superior” rating.

Luther King luncheon, showcasing tunes written and/or performed during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s lifetime.

Another highlight for the band is their annual spring performance with the Upper School Jazz Band. This popular event takes place in the Upper School Dining Hall, which is decorated to resemble a jazz cafe. Both bands perform individually until the last number when they combine for a final culminating tune. As with the concert bands, the jazz band also successfully competes in the Music in the Parks festival. Last year they received an “Excellent” rating, came in first place and 7th grade Jazz Band guitarist Jake Kleinbaum won the coveted overall Jazz Band Instrumental Soloist Award among all competitors that day.

It is my hope that all of the students who go through the Middle School band program come away with an appreciation for all kinds of music and the stories it can tell, as well as an appreciation for the hard work, both individually and collaboratively, that goes into making a successful performance.

Linda Larkin, Middle School Band Director

The Middle School also has a Jazz Band open to students in grades six through eight by audition.

Students who are accepted into the program are required to take private lessons to augment the rehearsal time allotted during the school day. Each year, this Jazz Band performs for the entire Middle School, plus parents and friends at a special Martin

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Student Awards & Accolades Commencement Awards

History Prize Catherine DeKeizer

The Rudolph Deetjen Award fo r athletics and academic achievement: Francisco Mayer and Kelly Froelich

12th Grade Community Service Award Kaan Yarar

The Marjorie Winfield Easter Award fo r sportsmanship, self-discipline, and behind-the-scenes service: Jane Stanton

Fine & Performing Arts Awards Visual Arts: Guy Kozak John Philip Sousa Band Award: Daniella Mendez Louis Armstrong Jazz Award: Brandon Bost Vocal Award: Larissa D’Andrea and Jennifer Wade Glusman Communications: Joanna Capela Dance Award: Elizabeth Ahlborn

The Robert C. Hemmeter Memorial Award fo r intellectual curiosity, love o f books and sports and enthusiasm fo r living: Giri Nathan

Marilyn Faden Award for Excellence in the Theatre Arts Drama: Marta Garibaldi Musical Theatre: Dana Paolucci Technical: Laura Ovadia

The Peter R. Greer Character Award fo r the habits o f truthfulness, honesty, kindness, and promotion o f mutual trust andfriendship: Brian Purcell

Health & Physical Education Prize: Kaan Yarar

Senior Awards Night

The Bud Mekeel Memorial Scholarship: George Benavente

The-Ethel M. Spurr Award for cooperation, responsibility, service and citizenship: Blair Bell

Barras Prize in English Miriam Grossman Modem Language Prize in French Emma Shepard Modem Language Prize in Latin Miriam Grossman Modem Language Prize in Spanish Joanna Capela Nazarian Prize for Mathematics Giri Nathan William H. Miller Prize in Science Giri Nathan Downsbrough Science Scholarship Mary Labowsky Margaret Jenkins Osborne Prize for Excellence in Science Catherine DeKeizer Future Engineers Award Nathalie Cernasov

The James D. Timmons Scholarship: Rachel Weller

Scott M. Johnson Memorial Award: Isidra Myricks The A1 Staph Award: J.T. Todd MKA Varsity Award: Christopher Holt Michael Lewis Fracisco Mayer 12th Grade Klein Awards: Paige Barrett Armand Amico 12th Grade Mary K. Waring Scholars for 2008-200 (A and A-): Alyse Amato Miriam Grossman Giri Nathan Olivia Shepard Head’s Awards: Carly Abramson Michael D’Andrea Michael Dunn Olivia Shepard MKA Review ♦ Fall 2009

Awards for Underclassmen

Additional Accolades to Members of the Class of 2009:

The MacVicar Prize: Matthew Palmisano and Laura Polding

Congratulations to:

John Rabuse History Award: Shaylin Schundler

Mary Labowsky and Giri Nathan, both winners of 2009 National Merit Scholarships.

The Frank “Poncho” Brogan Memorial Scholarship: Rosa Wahlers

Katie Davis for being named an AP Scholar with Honor, and Kristy Ashmawy, Nathalie Cernasov, Mary Labowsky, Giri Nathan, Lily Shepard and Chris Stavitsky for being named AP Scholars.

The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal: Laura Polding The John Rabke Memorial Award: Jake Perl

Paige Barrett and Jane Stanton for being named to the 2008 National Field Hockey High School National Academic Squad.

The Elizabeth O’Neil Feagley Creativity Award: Chelsea Strickland

Emily Naranjo for being named an NJSIAA ScholarAthlete.

Community Service Awards Grade 11: Michelle Espitia, Erin Furlong, Julie Reiter, Chelsea Strickland Grade 10: Roma Desai, Brittany Nauman, Tara Polizzi, Claudia Pepe Grade 9: Devin Geyelin, Rebecca Strickland

Lily Shepard and Michael D’Andrea for being named NJSIAA/ETS Scholar Athletes.

Klein Awards Grade 11: Laura Placentra, Kevin Clark Grade 10: Kerry Fusco, Kyle Duca Grade 9: Kim Kirnan, Stephen Piela Faculty Scholar Awards Grade 11: Laura Polding, Alexa Franco, Jake Perl Grade 10: Sarah Cuneo, Meredith Moran, Elese Lau, Lauren Morisseau Grade 9: Lauren Martin, Hope Dancy, John Mallock, Allison Sweeney Avery Barras Distinguished Scholars for 2008-2009 (All As) Grade 11: Laura Polding. Elana Stern Grade 9: John Mallock, Lauren Martin, Devika Patel Mary K. Waring Scholars for 2008-2009 (A and A-) Grade 11: Alexa Franco, Burke Kusnierz, Joseph Mallock, Sarah Moses, Marion Nammack, Zachary Opperman, Jake Perl, Margaret Phillips, Laura Placentra, Emilie Schurenberg, Alexa Semonche, Rosa Wahlers Grade 10: Sarah Cuneo, Julie Emra, Alexa Minion, Meredith Moran, Christopher Pepe Grade 9: James Cockey, Yanick Couture, Trevor Freed, Dylan Parker, Allison Sweeney, Jordan Walters

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Ryan DiMartino and Molly Hereforth for being named Essex County Scholar Athletes.

Emma Shepard for being selected as the 2009 Youth of the Year from the Boys & Girls Club of West Orange.

Nathalie Cernasov who placed 9th in the state in the French Level IV exam, and seniors Giri Nathan who placed 5th in the state and 8th nationally, Mary Labowsky who placed 7th in the state and 10th nationally, Olivia Shepard who placed 9th and Emma Shepard who placed 10th in the state, in the French Level V exam.

Miriam Grossman who received a cum laude designation in the national AP Latin contest.

And finally, to approximately one quarter of the class of 2009 who were awarded Merit Scholarships (non financial aid-based) from over forty colleges. Many of these students received awards from multiple institutions. Colleges bestowing significant merit awards included The University of Chicago, The George Washington University, Pratt Institute and Muhlenberg College.

Cum Laude Twenty three seniors from the Class of 2009 were inducted into the Cum Laude Society on April 20.

Luke Sarsfield, MKA Class of 1991 and a VicePresident at Goldman Sachs gave the address.

“There is no doubt in my mind that MKA ranks right up there in the top echelon of all high schools nationally,” he commented. “So, to excel at such a rigorous and academically challenging institution is an achievement of substantial merit and something you should be extremely proud of.” He went on to offer the students the following guidelines for their

future: “Don’t rest on your laurels, as impressive as they are ... Knowledge is more than the simple accumulation of facts ... There is no substitute for live, face-to-face personal interaction ... Take a risk, and don’t be too fearful of failure ... Always do the right thing .. .and have fun.”

In addition to the students, faculty members Dr. Louise Maxwell, Upper School History Department Chair, and Mr. Stephen Valentine, Upper School Assistant Head of Campus, were also inducted.

Back row l-r: Rachel Weller, Nathalie Cernasov, Michael D ’Andrea, Kelly Froelich, Christopher Stavitsky, Betsy Ahlborn, Andrew Stern, Emma Shepard, Ryan DeMartino, Miranda Saylor, Melissa Wong. Middle row l-r: Ryan Tumelty, Kristy Ashmawy, Giri Nathan, Madeline Frank. Front row l-r: Alyse Amato, Miriam Grossman, Paige Barrett, Katie Davis, Lily Shepard, Katie DeKeizer. Missing from photo: Mary Labowsky and Philip Reisen.

ATTENTION MEMBERS OF THE CLASSES OF 2008 AND 2009 Catch up on the news, see old friends and visit with teachers at the

Young A lum ni W inter L uncheon Come back to school when you’re home for winter break!

Tuesday, January 5,11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. in the Cougar Dining Hall RSVP to lmcfeeley@mka.org

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Lifers

The Class of 2009 had the largest number of “lifers” of any class to date. Twenty-eight students and their parents began a busy day, which also included Commencement rehearsal and the Prom, with a special breakfast at the Headmaster’s home.

Back rowfrom left to right: John Phillips, Jane Stanton, Colin Humphreys, Michael D 'Andrea, Charles Bozik, John Meyer, Ryan Tumelty, Philip Reisen, Hannah Jimenez. Middle row: Melissa Wong, Katherine Phillips, Carly Abramson, Jeffrey Magid, Brandon Bost, Emma Shepard, Guy Kozak, Lily Shepard, Giri Nathan, Rachel Weller, Alyse Amato. Front row: Katie Davis, Paige Barrett, Bianca Roses, Morgan Booker, Page Harbeck, Ashley Krones, Blair Bell. Missingfrom photo: Jill Shakoor

Senior Breakfast Once again, Senior Breakfast represented the official transition for the Class of 2009 from being current students to members of the MKA Alumni Association. Council member Jessica Simpson ’99 gave the welcome, and the tradition of giving T-shirts from the Council and a laundry bag from the Headmaster was continued.

The ever-popular ritual o f signing T-shirts.

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Bradley Wins The House Cup For 2009!

There was jubilation on Van Brunt Field as Bradley secured the House Cup after a year's worth of intense competition. Events had ranged from cardboard boat racing in the Upper School pool, to faculty-student Jeopardy and karaoke competitions, to a penny collecting competition that raised over $500 for the Valerie Fund. The year’s events culminated with final competitions held at a House Field Day in late April.

Finishing their classes early, the entire Upper School dressed in their house colors - went out to Van Brunt and fought for points in a number of fun and exciting games. Going into the day, Bradley and Walden were within eighty points of each other, but it was the Bradley Bears who won in the end. They celebrated their victory with a House Dinner and got to see their house's name engraved on the cup and their achievements recorded in school history.

May Term This year, seniors enjoyed two new May Term options: those with an interest in the capital markets, who successfully completed an Economics Honors class, were able to sign up for a program that introduced them to aspects of the financial world, including how to analyze financial statements, how to trade stocks, options trading and a mock investment contest. Together with their economics teacher Tom Carroll, they also enjoyed six outings to New York to meet with investment and hedge fund managers and to hear their insights first hand.

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Those with wanderlust were able to take advantage of the school's first trip to China. Led by history teacher David Hessler, the students spent ten days traveling the country by train, exploring its tradition and culture - often off the beaten tourist track. Highlights of the trip included seeing 5th century Buddhist carvings, martial arts demonstrations and experiencing a calligraphy lesson. You can find out more on the students blog at http://blogs.mka.org/china/

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2008-2009 Cougar Athletic Awards & Honors

Winter

Congratulations to Brian Purcell ’09, Captain o f the Ice Hockey Team and recipient o f the MKA Winter Captain’s Award.

Boys’ Basketball Head Coach: Tony Jones (9thYear) Record: 6-18 Frankie Mayer ’09 - MKA Most Outstanding Player Award; Honorable Mention, Hills Div. CHC Kevin Clark ’10 - Honorable Mention, Hills Div. CHC Girls’ Basketball Head Coach: Tony Lambert (6thYear) Record: 10-15 Shannon Byrne ’09 - MKA Cougar Paw Award Kelly Froelich ’09 - MKA Girls Basketball Award Ashley Bishop ’l l - Honorable Mention, Hills Div. CHC Blair Landolfi ’l l - Honorable Mention, Hills Div. CHC Lauren Morisseau ’l l - Honorable Mention, Hills Div. CHC Boys’ Fencing Head Coach: Kerry Verrone (5thYear) Record: 2-7 Michael Dunn ’09 - MKA Coaches’ Award Everett Glenn ’l l - MKA Most Improved Player Award Girls Fencing Head Coach: Kerry Verrone (5thYear) Record: 8-2 Olivia Shepard ’09 - MKA Most Valuable Player Award; Div II North American Cup in Atlanta Winner; Earned “B” Fencing Rating; 3rd Team All-State, NJIFA; 3rd Team All-State, Star Ledger Christine McIntosh ’10 - MKA Most Valuable Player Award; Placed 4th in NJSIAA State Individual Championship; 2nd Team AllState, NJIFA; 3rd Team All-State, Star Ledger Zelina Williams ’ 12 - MKA Rookie of the Year Award

Ice Hockey Head Coach: Gary Kramer (1st Year) Record: 6-19 Jack Merriman ’09 - MKA Cougar Award Nicholas Pepe ’09 - Honorable Mention All Central Red Div., NJIHL; MKA Coaches’ Award Brian Purcell ’09 - 2nd Team All Central Red Div., NJIHL; MKA Most Valuable Player Award; Brian Saling ’09 - Honorable Mention All Central Red Div., NJIHL; MKA Ice Hockey Players’ Player Award; 3rdTeam All-Essex County, Star Ledger Girls’ and Boys’ Indoor Track Head Coach: Tom Fleming (9thYear) Laura Placentra ’10 - NJSIAA NP B Pole Vault Champion; MKA Pole Vault record holder Sheridan Watson ’10 - NJ Prep Shot Put Champion; MKA Shot Put record holder Hallie Earle ’12 - MKA Best Indoor Performance Award; MKA 55m record holder Boys’ Swimming Head Coach: Patrick Collins (1st Year) Record: 2-3 Jeffrey Zak ’09 - MKA Most Valuable Player Award; 2ndTeam 200 Free All-Essex County, Star Ledger Girls’ Swimming Head Coach: Patrick Collins (1st Year) Record: 4-2 Alexa Burzinski ’ll - 3rdTeam 100 Fly All-Essex County, Star Ledger Katie Goulder ’12 - MKA Rookie of the Year Award Wrestling Head Coaches: Neal Picillo (13thYear), Nate Burroughs (4thYear) Record: 2-21 Chris Holt ’09 - MKA Coaches’Award; Honorable Mention All-CHC James Connell ’10 - Honorable Mention All-CHC Kenneth Tortoriello ’ 10 - MKA Coaches’ Award; 2ndTeam All-CHC Michael Oropollo ’10- MKA Most Improved Player Award; 2ndTeam All-CHC Dominic Leone ’12 Honorable Mention All-CHC

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Congratulations to Frankie Mayer ’09, Captain o f the Baseball Team and recipient o f the MKA Spring Captain s Award.

Baseball Head Coach: Ralph Pacifico (18thYear) Record: 21-8 Congratulations to Coach P on being named 2009 Colonial Hills Conference Hills Division Coach o f the Year and to the team who were 2009 NJISAA Prep-B State Champions; 2009 Colonial Hills Conference Hills Division Co-Champions; 2009 NJSIAA Non-Public North B State Champions Ryan DeMartino ’09 - Capt.; MKA Co-Most Valuable Player Award; 1st Team All-Prep B; 1st Team Hills Division,CHC; 3rd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger Frank Mayer ’09 - 1st Team All-Prep B; 1st Team Hills Division, CHC Thomas Picillo ’09 - MKA Cougar Award; Honorable Mention All-Prep B; Honorable Mention Hills Division, CHC Michael Ruzich ’09 - Capt.; MKA Co-Most Valuable Player Award; 1st Team All-Prep B; 1st Team Hills Division, CHC; CHC “Co-Player of the Year”; 2nd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger Taylor Sutton ’09 - 1st Team All-Prep B; 1st Team Hills Division, CHC; 3rd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger Andrew Zage ’09 - Honorable Mention All-Prep B; Honorable Mention Hills Division, CHC Eric Cirangle ’10 - 2nd Team All-Prep B Pat Livesey ’10 - 2nd Team All-Prep B

Softball Head Coach: John Odell (3rdYear) Record: 19-8 Congratulations to Coach Odell on being named 2009 Essex County Coach o f the Year, Star Ledger and to the team who were 2009 NJSIAA Non-Public North B State Champions; 2009 NJSIAA NonPublic B State Champions Molly Herforth ’09 - Capt.; MKA Coaches Award; 2nd Team Hills Division, CHC; 2nd Team All-Essex County,Star Ledger; 2nd Team All Non-Public, Star Ledger Daniella Mendez ’09 - MKA Coaches Award Andrea Huelsenbeck ’10 - 1st Team Hills Division, CHC; 3rd Team All State, Star Ledger; 1st Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger; 1st Team All NonPublic, Star Ledger Devon Keefe ’10 - 2nd Team Hills Division, CHC; 2ndTeam All-Essex County Laura Placentra ’10 - 2nd Team Hills Division, CHC Jessica Stofik ’10 - Honorable Mention Hills Division, CHC Ashley Bishop ’l l - Honorable Mention Hills Division, CHC Tess Meyer ’12 - MKA Rookie of the Year Award Boys’ Lacrosse Head Coach: Paul Edwards (7thYear) Record: 3-13 Kyle Duca ’l l - MKA Most Improved Player Award Jack Strain ’l l - MKA Most Improved Player Award; 2nd Team All-Waterman Division, NULL Patrick Karole ’12 - MKA Most Promising Newcomer Award; 2nd Team All-Waterman Division, NJILL; 3rd Team All-Essex County, Star Ledger; New Jersey State Freshman Player of the Year; Star Ledger Craig Schweitzer ’12 - Honorable Mention AllWaterman Division, NJILL Girls’ Lacrosse Head Coach: Alise Shuart (1st Year) Record: 3-15 Paige Barrett ’09 - Honorable Mention All-Stripes Division, NJGLL Page Harbeck ’09 - Capt.; 2nd Team All-Prep B; Honorable Mention All-Essex County, ECCA Jane Stanton ’09 - Capt.; MKA Coaches Award Kerry Fusco ’l l - MKA Most Valuable Player Award; 1st Team All-Prep B; 3rdTeam All-Essex County,

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2nd Team 2nd Singles, Hills Division, CHC Christopher Stavitsky ’09 - Honorable Mention Hills Division, CHC Shaun Champaneria ’ 10 - Capt.; MKA Coaches Award; 1st Team 1st Singles, Hills Division, CHC; 3rdTeam All-Essex County, Star Ledger Matthew Dumoff ’10 - Capt.; MKA Most Valuable Player Award; Individual 3rd Singles Prep Tournament Champion; 2ndTeam 3rd Singles, Hilis Division, CHC Brandon Kwan ’l l - Honorable Mention Hills Division, CHC

ECCA; 1st Team All-Stripes Division, NJGLL Natalie Lutz ’l l - MKA Most Improved Player Award Skylar Zlotnick ’11 - 1st Team All-Prep B; 2nd Team All-Essex County, ECCA; 2nd Team All-Stripes Division, NJGLL Girls’ Track & Field Head Coach: Tom Fleming (10thYear) Record: 3-4 Erin Spain ’10 - Capt.; MKA Most Valuable Track Athlete (400m and 800m); 400m Prep-B Champion; 2ndTeam All-Essex County (800m), Star Ledger Hallie Earle ’12 - MKA Most Valuable Track Athlete (100m and 200m); 100m and 200m PrepB Champion; 100m and 200m CHC Champion; 3rd Team All Non-Public (200m), Star Ledger

Golf Head Coach: Jeff Beer (3rdYear) Record: 11-6 Congratulations to Coach Beer who was named 2009 Colonial Hills Conference Coach o f the Year

Boys’ Track & Field Head Coach: Tom Fleming (10thYear) Record: 4-3 Michael D’Andrea ’09 - Capt.; MKA Most Valuable Field Athlete (Shot Put and Discus); Shot Put Prep-B Champion John Meyer ’09 - MKA Most Improved Track and Field Athlete (Javelin); 3rdTeam All-Essex County (Javelin), Star Ledger Kanu Uwakaneme ’10 - Javelin Prep-B Champion

Joseph Mallock’10 - Capt.; Honorable Mention All-CHC Christine Silen ’10 - Capt; 1st Team All-CHC Matthew Kraus ’l l - MKA Most Improved Award Stephen Piela ’12 - MKA “Vardon Award” (for low stroke average); 2009 Colonial Hills Conference Tournament Champion; 1st Team All-CHC

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Angelo Amato ’05 received Monmouth University’s Bill Boylan Award for the student athlete who “demonstrates the traits of leadership, sportsmanship, scholarship and athletic ability.” A member of the men’s soccer team, Amato was named the Northeast Conference (NEC) Defensive Player of the Year.

Chisako Sugiyama ’05 was named a unanimous selection to the 2009 Tennis All-Big Ten Conference team - her third straight All-Big Ten honor. Currently ranked 62nd in the national singles rankings, Chisako recently completed her fourth straight 20-win campaign (20-12) and holds

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a dual-match record of 14-6 at the top two positions (8-2 Big Ten). She earned her conference-record sixth Big Ten Player of the Week accolade on Feb. 3 and became the University of Michigan's all-time singles wins leader with her 101st career victory on April 9.

Alex Gephart ’06 was recently named Captain of the West Point Lacrosse Team for the ’09-T0 season.

Alisha Prystowsky ’07 was named First Team AllIvy League playing Softball for the University of Pennsylvania.

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7 ê r \ t y e ^ r s O r »______________________ As you walk down the hallway, heading into the Dr. Peter R. Greer Arts Wing, beautiful sounds can be heard echoing from the music rooms. One sound sure to stop people in their tracks is that of a Beethoven symphony or a Vivaldi concerto played by the Upper School String Orchestra.

In 1999, when Director Dimitri Hadjipetkov was appointed to oversee the fledgling Strings Program, there were only around 30 students enrolled in all three campuses. Now, a decade later, the program has more than tripled. According to Dimitri, as his students call him (his last name is simply too hard for many to pronounce), “When I started at MKA in 1999, the Strings Program had about 20 students in the Middle School, five at Brookside, and five at the Upper School. Orchestra, or ensemble, did not exist whatsoever. Currently, we have close to 100 students on all three campuses, including 32 at Brookside, about 40 at the Middle School and 25 at the Upper School. There has been a dramatic growth in the Strings Program.”

Katie DeKiezer ‘09, a member of the Upper School String Orchestra for four years, explained, “Each year, more people seem to be more interested in it, which is really great.” Seth Bynum, class of 2011, who was new to MKA last year, said, "Dimitri is an excellent director, and makes strings fun and more interesting than previous the strings program I was in at my old school.”

One of those differences is explained by Dimitri himself, “I think we do not have the traditional high school orchestra mold in terms of our repertoire. While many other high school orchestras play lighter and more popular pieces, such as movie scores and pop pieces, we study mostly classical pieces from the standard repertoire, philosophical works with deeper meanings, and which have withstood the test of time.

Many works that we play are in their original versions as they were intended to be played by professionals, and treat the orchestra like they are exactly that.”

Dimitri works to instill a sense of appreciation for the music that is played by his students.

“My goal is to make learning a classical piece of music fun, and in the future, I am hoping that all my students will have a deep appreciation and understanding for classical music,” he said. Members of the program clearly feel this. According to Seth Bynum, “after being in the strings program here at MKA, I think I would like to continue playing the viola after high school, and beyond."

One of the most exciting things about the program was its annual performance at New York’s Carnegie Hall, which offered students from Pre-K to seniors an opportunity to play on a world-famous stage. However, as the program has grown, a major change of venue was necessary. “As the program grew we were in need of a bigger hall,” notes Hadjipetkov, “With traffic, the Carnegie Hall concerts often tended to be a very hectic experience for many families, and also didn’t allow as many people as we would like in the MKA community to see them. This year, we are experimenting with NJPAC's beautiful Victoria Theatre, which is perfect in terms of size and also closer to home, which will allow many more people to come see our incredible concert.”

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T he M ontclair Kimberley A cademy Extends Best W ishes to the C lass of 2 0 0 9 Carly Abramson*......... University of Michigan Larissa D’Andrea............................MuhlenbergCollege Page Harbeck............................. Trinity College Gokul Krish................. Georgetown University John Meyer..........................................DavidsonCollege Henry Seifter.........................................DrewUniversity Elizabeth Ahlbom..................... Boston College Michael D’Andrea...................................BostonCollege Molly Herforth................................................... Ashley Krones ..Southern Methodist University Amanda Munyon....................................UrsinusCollege Jill Shakoor ....Indiana University at Bloomington Stevens Institute of Technology Mary Labowsky*....................................... YaleUniversity Alyse Amato................................... GeorgetownUniversity Katherine Davis..................................HaverfordCollege Isidra Myricks..................................... HamptonUniversity Emma Shepard............................ GeorgetownUniversity Armand Amico..... Loyola College in Maryland Catherine DeKeizer............................................ Rebecca Hirsch.................................... FordhamUniversity Alexandra Legregin.......... Muhlenberg College Emily Naranjo.................................... AmericanUniversity Olivia Shepard.......................................DukeUniversity Universityof St. Andrews (Scotland) Christopher H olt..................................... LehighUniversity Graham Anderson..............................................

Michael Lewis................................................... Michael Nardella.................................... BostonCollege Jane Stanton........................................ BostonCollege Indiana University at Bloomington Ryan DeMartino.................................. FordhamUniversity Colin Humphreys...............................................

Washington University in St. Louis Giri Nathan......................................... PrincetonUniversity Christopher Stavitsky.... University of Chicago Kristy Ashmawy.......... University of Michigan Robert DeVita......................................... LehighUniversity University of Maryland, College Park Maria Liberti.......................................LafayetteCollege Laura Ovadia...............................................BardCollege Andrew Stem................. New York University Paige Barrett....................................... PrincetonUniversity Danielle Donatiello*.......................................... Nicholas Jean-Baptiste........................................ Samantha Mack........................................ RiderUniversity Dana Paolucci*...................................... ColgateUniversity Taylor Sutton............................... MuhlenbergCollege Manhattanville College Jeffrey Magid........................................... .........

The George Washington University Blair Bell...................................................SmithCollege Nicholas Pepe................................NortheasternUniversity Vanessa Swantic........ Northeastern University Hana Jimenez......................,.... Oberlin College Laura Dudek........................................SkidmoreCollege University of Maryland, College Park John Phillips, III*................................ Gap Year George Benavente................................ FordhamUniversity Daniel Sweeney.............................................

Michael Dunn................. University of Chicago Madeleine Kahan.................................... TulaneUniversity John Martin............................................ BostonUniversity Morgan Booker........................................TrinityCollege Indiana University at Bloomington Katherine Phillips...............................................

Lindsay Kass........................................ SyracuseUniversity Georgina Ellison................................. AmericanUniversity „ Francisco Mayer.............................MuhlenbergCollege Brandon Bost........................................... DrexelUniversity University of Colorado at Boulder William Thomas............................... ColoradoCollege Jeremy Kaufman.......... University of Delaware Thomas Mazzeo............. Seton Hall University Charles Bozik..................................................... Philip Femano, III.................................. RutgersUniversity Thomas Picillo........................................... RiderUniversity Jeffrey Todd.................... Clemson University Andrew Kiman................................... VillanovaUniversity The George Washington University Madeline Frank...................................SkidmoreCollege Brian McDonough.............................DickinsonCollege Rachel Pitman...................................... BrandeisUniversity Ryan Tumelty..................................... BostonCollege Samantha Brazill..................................... BostonUniversity Jessica Frankl..................................................... Guy Kozak......................................................... l Daniella Mendez............... Cedar Crest College Supriya Prakash.................................................. Maximilian Wait............................................

Rhode Island School of Design John Merriman.......... University of Richmond Indiana University at Bloomington Barry Buren.......................Syracuse University The George Washington University University of Maryland, College Park Kelly Froelich............................................ DukeUniversity Shannon Byrne..................Providence College Brian Purcell.........................................StonehillCollege Emelil Walter............. University of Richmond Kristin Calandra................................................. Jonalyn Gagliardi..........University of Delaware Philip Reisen...........................................OberlinCollege Rachel Weller................................................

Fairleigh Dickinson University Marta Garibaldi...........................................BardCollege University of Maryland, College Park Jennifer Robbins....Franklin and Marshall College Jennifer Wade Glusman.....................................

Joanna Capela........................................BarnardCollege Bianca Roses........................................................ Chanya Winograd............New York University University of Washington Leah-Grace C erf...................................AmherstCollege University of Maryland, College Park Melissa Wong................................................

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Michael Ruzich....... The College of New Jersey Muhlenberg College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kaan Yarar.............University of Rhode Island Brian Saling............... Phillips Exeter Academy Aaron Chae...................... New York University Lyndsey Griffin...................................... RutgersUniversity Andrew Zage...................Syracuse University Madeline Santoro...............................................

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Caroline Clark.......................................... UnionCollege Pennsylvania State University, University Park Jeffrey Zak...................... Providence College T he M o n t c l a ir K im b e r l e y A c a d e m y Johns Hopkins University Michael D’Alessandro....................................... * denotes child of an alum Miranda Saylor......................................BarnardCollege 973-746-9800 * www.mka.org Seton Hall University Alexandra Guccione............................... LehighUniversity

Founder’s Cup 2009 Brookside music teacher Jane Smith was named the 2009 recipient of the Founders’ Cup for Teaching Excellence. Presented annually by the Alumni Association, the Founders’ Cup is based on nominations from parents, students, alumni and peers and honors a full-time faculty member who exemplifies the highest levels of teaching and who contributes to the well-being of the entire MKA community both in and out of the classroom.

Jane Smith has taught music at MKA for twenty-five years, beginning her career at the Middle School before moving to Brookside.

In presenting the award, Founders’ Cup Committee Chair Lori Windolf Crispo ’78 commented, “In thinking about this year’s nominee, I know her feelings are always positive, supportive and confident because those traits are mirrored in what she says and what she does each day. She is a whirlwind of uplifting energy. She is so confident in the abilities of each of her students that they all seem to rise naturally to meet her high expectations. And she is a consummate professional in class and outside of class.”

Crispo went on to quote from some of the nominations received on Smith’s behalf.

One parent had written, “She holds the kids to the highest standards imaginable, and in doing so, helps them stretch beyond their wildest dreams... She communicates joy to all - from the obvious joy she takes in her job to the joy in finding each child’s hidden talent and bringing it to the forefront.” And a faculty member echoed similar sentiments, “She is a great friend and mentor, a superior teacher and an outstanding human being.”

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The MKA Chorale and Mastersingers are noted for their challenging, as well as wide-ranging repertoire. Past performances have included such choral masterpieces as Mozart’s.Coronation Mass and Requiem, Beethoven’s Mass in C, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, Schubert’s Mass in G, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, and Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols and Rejoice in the Lamb. These works are often performed with proper instrumentation, so as to provide students with the complete experience of how they were originally performed.

The Upper School philosophy is quite simple. Students need to be exposed to the great works of music, just as they are to the great works of literature. There is a reason that music by Mozart, for example, has lasted for over two hundred years.

When students spend several months of the year delving into the intricacies and subtleties of such music, they often come away with a profound love of, and deeper understanding for, these timeless works of art.

Schola, Philipp Amelung sang the baritone solos while I conducted the orchestra and combined choirs. A record audience of over 300 attended this gala event.

For the MKA students, this was a remarkable opportunity to sing with a choir from one of the most musical cities in Europe. They were able to observe and try new choral techniques as practiced by the German choir, and benefited from direct contact with a noted German conductor who shared his knowledge of performance tradition as practiced by middle European choirs. In addition, many friendships were formed between MKA host students and members of Schola Cantorum. For our students and the German students, saying goodbye at the end of the week was accompanied by more than a few tears.

Randall Svane, Director

Two years ago, while traveling in Germany, I was invited by Philipp Amelung to attend a rehearsal of Schola Cantorum Leipzig, a world-renowned girls’ choir from Leipzig, Germany. I was so taken with the choir’s singing, that I immediately invited them to come to the US and work with our choir at MKA. Two years later, after hundreds of emails and telephone calls, all the pieces fell into place and Schola arrived for a 12-day US tour. The centerpiece of this tour was a five-day stay at MKA. The 35 members of the choir took part in joint rehearsals and a concert on April 29, which featured the REQUIEM of Gabriel Faure. The director of

The Montclair Kimberley Academy is pleased to announce the appointment o f Sarah Rowland as Director o f Admissions and Financial Aid. An experienced independent school educator and administrator, Rowland has been Director of Admission and Financial Aid at the Purnell School, Director of Enrollment Management at South Kent School, CT, Director of Secondary School Placement at Far Hills Country Day School, Director of International Programs for the Association of Boarding Schools in Washington, DC, and a self-employed consultant to schools and families. In the past year, she served as the Annual Fund Director at MKA.

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Faculty Professional Development Initiative What does it really mean, and what does it really take, to be an “exceptional teacher”? Already renowned for commitment to ongoing faculty professional development and innovative curriculum design, MKA took this fundamental question as the starting point for an innovative look at faculty observation and evaluation.

Guided by the principle that “MKA teachers are committed professionals, and they deserve to participate in an authentic, collaborative, selfevaluation process that continuously revitalizes them and supports their learning,” a committee of faculty and administration, led by a chair from each of MKA’s three campuses, spent fourteen months of “hard work, commitment and inspiration” developing a model for professional growth that they believe can be transformative to teaching at MKA. “In looking at successful evaluation models, we reached out to schools and corporations throughout the country and throughout the world.” Explains committee co-chair and Middle School math department chair Deborah Gordon, “We also studied the works and research of Charlotte Danielson and the words of Patrick Bassett, and we spent a lot of time with our teachers, asking them to reflect on their own teaching and consider ways in which their skills could be developed.”

“What was particularly striking,” notes co-chair and Assistant Head of Upper School Stephen Valentine, “was that when we asked our committee to share their most vivid memories of a “transformative’H evaluation or observation experience, not one of them mentioned receiving any feedback in a classroom setting that had led to profound professional growth.” Designing a tool that is as effective for a primary school teacher as it is for a high school teacher comes with its own challenges, as Valentine explains, “While it is simple to say that everything we do at MKA is for the benefit of our students, to articulate how well we demonstrate the effects of salt on ice to a first grader compared to how effectively we teach advanced calculus to a senior is not so simple. What we had to do was envision what excellence might look like in an environment that really nurtures it.”

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What was needed, the committee concluded, was a seismic shift away from the traditional annual short-term goal writing effort to an ongoing, threeyear Professional Development Plan based upon guided self-reflection. With extensive input from faculty, a comprehensive Lifelong Learners’ Rubric was developed to help teachers identify areas of accomplishment as well as areas in which they would like to improve. Along with allocating time and space for frequent reflection and constructive conversation with students and colleagues, the process requires all faculty to participate in the Independent School Educators Network NING, which allows for additional support and growth through interaction with a network of other professionals.

A detailed timetable for professional development goals for teachers in grades Pre-K-5 and 6-12 was provided, as were prompts to assist them in looking, reflecting, planning and acting. In developing personalized Development Plans, faculty can select from six major categories of teaching varying from “Using assessment to plan instruction and improve student performance” to “Contributing to the learning culture of the community as an effective professional,” all designed to provide them with a better understanding of how they impact and support students and their learning both within and outside the classroom. “I truly believe,” says Head of Primary School and committee co-chair Ginger Kriegel, “that this group of educators who hadn’t worked together or known each other that well before, have created an evaluation process that is completely innovative and truly transformative.”

“We hope our faculty seize this opportunity to truly get better, to have the courage to be true colleagues, to think honestly about their teaching and to try something new.” Concludes Valentine, “and we believe that we have built a system that will allow us to attract and retain some of the best teachers in the country.”

Tech Institute The combination of MKA’s new faculty professional development plan (see accompanying article) and the impending student laptop initiative for September 2010, led to faculty registering in unprecedented numbers for MKA’s Technology Institute - four days of summer in-service training in technology organized by Director of Curriculum and Professional Development Karen Newman that was led, not only by their peers, but also by students from the Student Laptop Leadership program who served as mentors and even facilitators.

Over 70 teachers signed up for two workshops - the first, “Developing Continuous Conversations with Students to Support Learning,” gave faculty the opportunity to leam how to use old and new technology tools in new ways to allow students to better understand and take responsibility for improving their own learning. The second workshop, “Facilitating Collaboration to Enhance Learning,” focused on how technology can provide excellent tools for student collaboration, and also examined assessment information that teachers can collect from those collaborations. Said Upper School History teacher and Ethics Coordinator, Kerry Verrone, “It was a way for faculty to be students - and leam from students!”

Designed to offer faculty opportunities for “learning by doing,” faculty explored a broad range of tools, such as Moodle, Twitter, del.icio.us, Google tools, Voice Thread, iMovie and other iLife09 tools that have the potential to take collaboration to a new level of productive, engaging learning. With the integration of pedagogy and technological practices, MKA teachers headed into the summer inspired. As Laura Doto stated, “Engaging in the Tech Institute while the curriculum and activities from the school year are still fresh in my head, and before I’ve done the concrete planning for next year, really prompted some creative ideas. It got me thinking and brainstorming about how and when I could effectively utilize different tools and/or media into my classroom.” If the creative energy evident in these workshops is any indicator, MKA’s community of learners will be heading into the new 1:1 laptop initiative eager to take on new projects and new challenges!

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In Memorium

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MKA remembers two special women

Anita Cole

Marilyn Faden

In her obituary in the Observer-Tribune, Anita B. Cole, the former Headmistress of Brookside who died on May 24, 2009, was remembered as “A petite, fiery dynamo.” Similar sentiments had been echoed eighteen years earlier at a 1991 reception in honor of Cole’s retirement after ten years of leadership at Brookside. Ginger Kriegel, the senior faculty member at the Primary School campus recalled, “Through the door at Brookside came a then designated Interim Headmistress, a little lady from Pingry ... an impeccably dressed, absolutely captivating woman. The lilt of her laughter resonated through the halls. Her endless energy and enthusiasm soon had the faculty and children spellbound ... We had a friend as well as a leader.” In remembering Cole today, Kriegel added, “She touched the hearts of all who knew her through laughter and a great sense of humor!”

From her days at Kimberley, commencing in 1966, until her retirement from MKA in 1987, Marilyn Faden’s name was synonymous with grand theater at MKA. As former teacher Nixon Bicknell so aptly described in his speech written to commemorate Marilyn’s retirement, she literally “built the theater and acting program at MKA from scratch. She built the tradition of productions culminating in the musicals that has become so well known to the community.” Marilyn passed away on June 11th, and upon receipt of an email blast to alumni containing the sad news, many immediately responded and told of how Marilyn’s teachings and thoughtful guidance provided them with life skills for which they are eternally grateful. Lisa Godlewski Westheimer ’79 wrote that Marilyn was “one of the driving forces of my education at MKA.” George George ’81, a member of the U.S. Secret Service, had his first public speaking class with Marilyn; “she gave me the basic tools to help prepare me for the many briefings and meeting that I give these days.” At the service for Marilyn, MKA alumni and colleagues of Marilyn’s in attendance learned a bit more about her extraordinary life (she entered Hunter College at 14-years-old), and her love and devotion to her family.

Her early jobs heralded an amazing professional career in theater and the entertainment field, where she honed the many skills from which hundreds of MKA students benefited during her tenure.

A lifelong educator, reader and tennis player, Cole played an important role in Brookside’s history and MKA send its condolences to her children, Pam and Robert and to her two step-grandchildren, Bonnie and James Finlay.

MKA sends its heartfelt sympathy to Marilyn’s husband Bernard, her daughter Barbara, sister Marcia Pundyk and niece and MKA alumna, Joanne Pundyk Goldberg ’87.

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Faculty Accolades: Congratulations to Upper School Assistant Head Stephen Valentine, whose second book Everything But Teaching: Planning, Paperwork, and Processing has recently been published to glowing pre-press reviews. “Once in a while, you read a book that absolutely nails it,” said bestselling author and consultant Edward Hallowell. “Stephen Valentine knows teaching through and through. ... I urge anyone who cares about schools, students, learning, or teaching to read this gem of a book.”

In addition to his role at MKA, Valentine is a published poet, including work in the anthology Red White and Blues: Poets on the Promise o f America (2004, University of Iowa Press) and a documentary filmmaker, whose film "Somebody Loves Me: The Life and Music of Prentis Richardson", won Best Documentary at the Nolita Film Festival in New York City and a Director’s Choice award at the Park City Film Music Festival.

Congratulations to Upper School F&PA teacher J.C. Svec. He directed his play, A Play on Words, with a largely MKA student cast as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity in New York and then had another play accepted for performance in the prestigious Strawberry One-Act Festival, also in New York. Thousands of plays from around the country are submitted for consideration, and only 40 are performed. Finally, "You Couldn’t Pay Me Enough", Svec’s a short video made with MKA

Farewells & Welcomes MKA Congratulates: Jean Della Ventura, Business Office (Accounts Payable) who retired in June after 33 years of service.

Says “Farewell and Thank You ” to: Kim Covello (2 years), Coy Dailey (1 year), Maria Daly-Vails (1 year), Frances Della Penna (12 years), Carol Fink (1 year), Tracy Foster (12 years), Aligia Giuffra (5 years), Julia Kameron (3 years), Brian Kelly (7 years), Peggy Kenrick (6 months), Becky Markley (7 years), Jennifer Oppenheimer (1 year), Kate Papay (3 years), Robyn Ritter (1 year), Toni Schott (13 years), Mona Sinclair (3 Vi years), Lois Zimmer (2 years), John Zurcher (21 years) and Suzanne Zurcher (14 years).

students for the 2008 Encore Weekend, was honored with a Bronze REMI in the Entertainment/Film & Video Category at the 2009 Worldfest in Houston. (Ed’s note: We apologize.

The 2008 Encore Weekend recipient of the Deetjen’s Greatest Award was "The Complete History of America" and not "Postcards from the Edge" as originally reported in the Spring issue of this magazine.)

Congratulations to Middle School Band Director Linda Larkin who was singled out at the Music in the Parks Festival. Dr. Steven Katzenmoyer, one of the day’s judges, paid particular tribute to her work, saying: “Your dedication and commitment is to be commended. I hope that you are a resource to other music teachers in your community, because it is obvious that you run a very successful program.”

Congratulations to the MKA Middle School as a whole for an accolade received from nationallyknown child development specialist Dr. Michael Thompson: “Ever since I began working with The Montclair Kimberley Academy, I have been impressed by its proactive approach to the socialemotional lives of middle school children. The school has put in place a number of model programs for boys and girls on friendship and bullying, as well as a comprehensive program in sex education. These kinds of programs are, in my mind, essential for middle school students.”

Welcomes Back: Christian Ely - Middle School Drama Nancy GratzB Middle School Math Jessica Sarfati - Kindergarten Brian Stem - Middle School Science

And Welcomes: Thomas Carroll - Upper School Economics Aasim Cunningham '03 Assistant Athletic Director Christina Dodge - Upper School Biology Alicia Fessenden - 3rd Grade, Brookside Amanda Wallace Filoso ’98 - Kindergarten Susan Ying-Chu Kramer - Upper School Chinese Erin Morales - Annual Fund Director Gary Pacheco - Middle School Math Doreen Pema - Administrative Assistant, College Counseling Office Katie Schroder - Middle School Spanish Jodi Smith - Primary School Counselor MKA Review ♦ Fall 2009

From the Alumni Association President Dear Fellow Alums, The past school year seemed to fly by in record time. I was away for much of it as my business took me to the Texas-Oklahoma border to install a pipeline under a river —a project that turned out to be one of life’s amazing challenges. I’ll never complain again about hitting rock or roots when drilling in good old NJ, as that is a piece of cake after hard and sticky Texas clay that is the nemesis of both excavation man and drill bit!

In my absence, the Council accomplished much, pulling off a wonderful new event on March 11th entitled “Night at the Museum.” Notable about this event and its origination and planning was the leadership role taken on by the youngest alumni on our Alumni Council. This group wanted to do something new that had a wide range of appeal agewise, and the evening drew a great crowd of alumni and friends representing classes from 1954-2004.

The ability to network and socialize, as well as view galleries containing great artwork, was a winning combination.

Florida and Washington D.C receptions in February and April once again linked regional alumni, and proved as popular as ever. As always, the accomplishments of our alumni that come to light at these events are a source of great pride for our alma mater. If you would be willing to host a reception in your area, contact Alumni Director Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76 (lmcfeeley@mka.org) and she’ll research whether there are enough alumni in your location to make an event work.

The Council once again voted on both the Founders’ Cup recipient and the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award (DAA) recipient in the spring and you can read more about them in this magazine.

Our new DAA is a wonderful endorsement for the value of an MKA education and the rewards of hard work and enterprise, and this year’s Founders’ Cup recipient, an MKA faculty member for over 24 years, was overwhelmed at being chosen as a teacher “extraordinaire,” after being nominated in glowing terms by parents and students alike.

Five new members have joined the Alumni Council and we will we kick off the year with our annual opening dinner meeting at the Headmaster’s home in September. Our hope is to continue the Council’s mission of keeping alumni connected to the school as the years go by. Alumni are what make schools like MKA rich with tradition, and we should never forget how we all benefited from the generosity and wisdom of alumni that came before us.

I wish you all a wonderful fall season and hope you’ll visit our interactive MKA website when you can (www.mka.org), to keep up-to-date on all things MKA as well as upcoming alumni events like the rescheduled Golf Outing on Thursday, October 8 and Homecoming 2009 on Saturday, October 24th. I hope to see many of you there!

Best regards, Dan Carson, MKA Alumni Council President

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2009 Distinguished Alumni Award In recognition of his extraordinary services to, and successes in, the legal and corporate worlds, the MKA Alumni Council is proud to present the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award to JeffKindler, Montclair Academy Class of 1973.

promoting diversity in recruitment and hiring practices, in the career development and retention of women and minority attorneys and in attempts to diversify the law student population.

Named to the 2009 TIME 100 Finalists list, Jeff Kindler is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer, the world’s largest research-based biopharmaceutical company.

In July 2006, Kindler was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer Inc. As CEO, he has led the company’s transformation to a more diversified and less bureaucratic organization and, most recently, announced Pfizer’s $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth through which the company aims to become the world’s premier biopharmaceutical company.

Following Montclair Academy, Kindler graduated from Tufts University summa cum laude and received a law degree from Harvard magna cum laude, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He began his legal career as an attorney at the Federal Communications Division and later served as law clerk to both Judge David Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Kindler practiced civil and criminal litigation, first as an associate and then as a partner at the Washington, D.C. law firm, Williams and Connolly. He then joined the General Electric Company as Vice President for Litigation and Legal Policy where he was in charge of the company’s major litigations and investigations.

Subsequently, he joined McDonald’s Corporation as Executive Vice President and General Counsel.

At McDonald’s, he established a pro bono legal services program that became a model for many other organizations. His activities in support of diversity and community involvement have, over the years, earned him recognition from groups as diverse as Outward Bound and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.

At McDonald’s, Kindler was named President of Partner Brands, with management responsibility for Boston Market, Pret a Manger, Chipotle Mexican Grill and other restaurant brands.

Kindler joined Pfizer in 2002 as Executive Vice President and General Counsel and was named Vice Chairman in 2005 with responsibility for Pfizer’s Legal and Corporate Affairs Divisions (which included Philanthropy, Government Relations and Communications). In those capacities, Kindler implemented one of the most innovative legal diversity programs in the country,

Kindler serves on the Boards of Trustees of Tufts University and Ronald McDonald House Charities, in addition to being a board member of the Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Catalyst, as well as serving as ViceChairman of the Kennedy Center’s Corporate Fund and the Chairman of the U.S. - Japan Business Council.

The 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient JeffKindler Hj then and now!

That “Scoop” Kindler has enjoyed such a distinguished career will be no surprise to his peers. Graduating first in his class, he was extremely involved in extracurricular activities.

He was editor of the student newspaper, editor of the Yearbook, and a regular participant in theatrical performances. “I was very focused on politics, journalism and the news when I was at the Academy,” notes Kindler, “and the lessons I learned there have proved incredibly valuable over time. In the years since, my interests in writing, journalism and current events have remained very prominent.” Kindler retains some ties to Montclair as his parents still reside on Upper Mountain Avenue, and he is in contact with classmates Tom Galligan, (“We used to study together by telephone almost every night.”) and fellow lawyer Steve Beckelman. “I certainly feel as though I got an excellent education,” Kindler concludes. “Some of the many great teachers I remember include Nicholas Childs, Bob Hemmeter, Nixon Bicknell and Phil Stackpole—but there were many others.”

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From Classical to Jazz: Our Alumni Shine Susan Wechsler Rose, The Kimberley School • ' •l ■' M Class of 1959, is well mtmSm known to those who M m I follow and enjoy the arts m &É in New York City. A iff* |H B current trustee of Carnegie Hall and The Juilliard School, Mrs. Rose has been a patron to numerous young musicians, and she and her husband, Elihu, are philanthropists to various New York institutions.

In addition, Mrs. Rose is herself an accomplished pianist who has given many public performances and has recorded three classical CD’s.

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Can you tell us a bit about yourself?

I grew up in Clifton, NJ, and after attending The Kimberley School, went to Smith College to major in History. I then went on to receive a master’s degree in teaching social studies from Teacher’s College, Columbia University. When I got married after graduation, I went back to the love of my life, which was playing the piano. I started giving private recitals in my home, and my friends began to ask me to teach their children, so I taught private piano lessons for twenty years and continued to be a serious student myself. (Editor’s note: Susan still practices for two hours a day.) I have been married to Elihu Rose for forty-four and a half years, have three wonderful daughters of whom I’m very proud, and seven grandchildren!

What are your earliest memories o f becoming interested in music?

My earliest memory is of my mother playing Chopin waltzes when I was about three years old, and I remember her playing beautiful music from then on.

Growing up, I loved classical music and studied the piano privately.

Did your experiences at TKS prepare you fo r a career in the musicfield either as a performer or as a patron?

While Kimberley didn’t prepare me for a career as a musician (the only musical activity I was involved in

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at school was singing in the Glee Club!) it did prepare me for my role as a patron in the arts. TKS taught me to be a confident person and to have belief in my instincts and my skills of evaluation. The school instilled a sense of responsibility and the importance of giving back to the community, and I have been able to apply these traits when evaluating the mission or worthiness of an institution or a performer.

Are there any teachers or classes at TKS that you remember particularly well?

Mrs. Anthony who was my history teacher and from whom I learned my love of history.

What has been the highlight o f your musical career?

I have performed at the Weill Hall in Carnegie Hall twice, in the Library of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Centre and at Julliard, and have also performed duets with a partner in concerts that we give every two years, but the real highlight for me has been recording three classical CD’s. I worked very hard on those and am very proud of them.

What has given you the most pleasure as a patron o f the arts?

The donation of the Rose Museum at Carnegie Hall and my relationship with the archivist there has been very special. Knowing how much the museum adds to the experience of all who attend gives me tremendous pleasure. I also really enjoy being able to make a difference in the careers of young artists that will allow them the freedom to perform. One of my endowed gifts has been to a summer internship program in the Smith College music department. I stay in touch with all those young women, one of whom, for instance, was an economics major before her internship and is now an assistant conductor with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra! I have been a trustee of Carnegie Hall and the Julliard School since 1989 and greatly enjoy my work with both.

What would be your advice to a young musician today interested in pursuing a career in the field?

My biggest piece of advice would be not to practice, practice, practice, but to become a full, fully educated human being and to nurture all of your senses A that will then come out in your playing and expressiveness.

Dan Blake, MKA Class of 1999, has been featured as a composer and performer throughout the US, South America and Europe. In 2006 he received ASCAP’s Young Jazz Composer award for his debut album “The Party Suite” and, in the same year, won the 2006 John Lennon Songwriting Contest’s Grand Prize. In 2008, Dan received CUNY’s 2008 Fierstein Talent Scholarship for excellence in composition and his compositions have been performed by music luminaries Duo Diorama, redfish bluefish ensemble and The Kenners, while he himself has recorded or performed with Herbie Hancock, Danilo Perez and many others.

How did you first become interested in music?

One of my earliest memories is of sitting on my mother’s lap singing with her. Both my mother and grandmother were talented artists and musicians, and I was always encouraged to enjoy music. I took private saxophone lessons, attended summer arts camps, took music theory classes at Montclair State and eventually played in area youth jazz programs. I was very fortunate to grow up at a time when there were a lot of educational initiatives going on in the music field. I will always remember hearing a blues piece when I was in 6th grade and my teacher asking me to play the scale. It was the first time I had the opportunity to improvise, and I can remember the feeling of excitement and freedom. I knew I wanted to do that again!

How were you involved with music at MKA? Having started at MKA in the 7th grade, and playing in the Middle School Jazz Band, I got to the Upper School and soon realized they didn’t have a jazz program there. The Band Director Barry Centanni (MA ’77), who I thought the world of, was a classical percussionist and was very supportive when I asked if I could start a jazz group. It started as a club in my freshman year - we would rehearse for 30 minutes before sports practices, and I got some of the band members involved. By the time I was a senior, Dr. Greer would have us play at school events. It was a great way for me to get some early leadership experience.

Tell us about your career in music.

After MKA, I did a 5-year joint degree at Tufts and the New England Conservatory studying child development and jazz saxophone, and then stayed on in Boston for a couple of years working as a professional musician, teaching private lessons and teaching general music in a South Boston inner-city charter school, which was a challenge! I released my first album in 2006, but felt the need to expand my creative outlook beyond jazz and to focus on my composition skills, so I returned to school to get my MA in composition from Brooklyn College. I’m now studying for my Ph.D. in composition at The

Graduate Center, City University of New York. I still teach and I still perform many different types of music in many different venues, and currently curate an experimental music series in Brooklyn, “The Defacto Series.”

What is it like being a professional musician today?

I feel very fortunate to be part of this generation of musicians.

Because of the gradual demise of the record labels, we only have ourselves to answer to. I can move from playing chamber music to traditional jazz to experimental electronic music. I publish my own music and frequently collaborate with an eclectic variety of musicians on a variety of projects at the same time. I always remind myself what a privilege it is to be able to work with something that serves a purpose in life beyond the material, to contemplate what is deeply meaningful to me. It is my life’s work to convey this sense of truth and purpose through my music.

Who do you rememberfrom MKA ?

The first person I think of is Boyd Herforth, a really wonderful teacher and a wonderful musician. I took his BC Calc class in my senior year and was extremely challenged by the material. Mr. Herforth had a really creative and idiosyncratic teaching style that I found to be very effective, and you could see that he really cared about mathematics in a very deep way —that passion really touched me and stayed with me. I also think of George Hrab who taught my first class on my first day as a freshman! At first I was a little intimidated by his intensity, but then I realized he was really brilliant - with a marvelous sense of humor - and he was another great musician! And David Hessler, who I’m still in touch with, became the Jazz Band advisor after Barry Centanni, left and really supported me. We would go to concerts together, and he still comes to my gigs! It was wonderful for me to see how music fit into and impacted these teacher’s lives, and later, I realized what stellar teachers MKA had. I felt my undergraduate experience was pretty easy compared to MKA! And finally, what has been one o f the highlights o f your performing career so far?

I recall with fondness a concert I gave in Boston a couple of years ago with another musician who I love performing with, and my grandmother, who is not well, was there. She has always given me such encouragement, and I knew she loved my music, so it was very special.

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Athletic Hall of Fame Terry Detorie: Coach Extraordinaire

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Friends and fans of Terry Detorie and Tony Bames: Please consider joining us at the Reunions Dinner on October 24 to help them celebrate as they are formally inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame.

“September ‘09 will mark 19 years since I was Ion the MKA campus. For me, ^ Uà it was a sad day in June 1990 when I left the place I called home for 12 years. If I could mm have, I would have retired a “Cougar.”

Montclair Kimberley was JE* my family; the students were my “kids,” and the faculty and staff were my teachers. MKA helped me to grow professionally, emotionally and personally. What I am today is a result of my early experiences at Montclair. The colleagues I worked with and the young women I coached were some of the finest people I have ever known. When I began teaching and coaching at The Bryn Mawr School, I would use former MKA players and coaches as role models, as examples for my student athletes. It was my small way of honoring their legacy.”

Terry Detorie’s coaching record and the extent of her involvement in sports throughout almost every year she was at MKA is nothing short of astounding. She coached girls’ soccer from 1979 until 1989, and had winning seasons all but one year. From 1979 until 1990, Terry coached girls’ basketball; her teams won the State Prep Championship in both 1983 and 1989.

Many of her players excelled under her tutelage, one example being Judy Brown of the 1983-84 team who garnered All-State “A” Division recognition, along with making the Prep Star Ledger 1st Team. From 1979 until 1988, Terry was the girls’ softball Head Coach, and 1983 saw that year’s team take home the State Prep Championship as well. In 1984, the softball team went 12-3, the school’s best record ever to date, with the team averaging 15 runs scored per game, while yielding only 4 runs per game to the opposing teams. That same ’83 team saw 4 players make AllState “A” Division, no small feat for a small school like MKA. Prior to coming to MKA, Terry received her Bachelor of Science degree in physical education, cum laude,

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from Salisbury State College in Maryland in 1977.

She then got her master’s in education in secondary and physical education at Towson State University, Maryland, in 1987. From 1978 -79, Terry was an assistant field hockey coach at Towson, and was an assistant women’s basketball coach there in ’84-’85.

During her tenure at MKA, along with her many coaching positions, she was also coordinator of physical education and health; class advisor; physical education and health instructor for grades 9-12; advisor to students in grades 9-12; instructor of an exercise physiology and anatomy course, as well as another science course; and, in her role as an American Red Cross instructor, taught classes in CPR and First Aid from 1982-1991.

Terry has worked at The Bryn Mawr School in Pennsylvania since 1991, where she continues to coach and has continued her proud record of dedicating herself to excellence in women’s sports.

While coaching girls’ softball at Bryn Mawr from 1994-2001, her team won the AIS League Championship in both 1997 and 1998, and was AIS Tournament champion n ’96, ’98 and ’99. She is the consummate coach and mentor to student athletes, and MKA is all the better for the many years, and cheers, she gave to many students who remember her as a tough taskmaster, an inspirational coach and a dear friend.

Anthony Barnes ’79: Athlete Extraordinaire The consummate scholar-athlete, Anthony “Tony’ Bames wowed spectators during his MKA athletic career, playing varsity football and basketball all four of his high school years, and running track three of those four years. He also excelled as a varsity lacrosse player in his senior year, seemingly gifted and talented at every sport in which he tried his skill. But, more important than statistics, goals scored, baskets netted and points earned, Tony was known for being the epitome of a “team” player, executing each move or play with tremendous heart and determination. He was a shining example to both teammates and younger MKA athletes, and his skills and demeanor made a powerful impression on his coaches and opponents alike. “I have fond memories of the MKA community: friends, students, teachers...even parents that supported me in many different ways and made the whole experience of being an MKA student-

athlete special.” Notes Tony, “While I enjoyed participating in sports at MKA, I also felt curiously ‘responsible’ for bringing respect and credibility to MKA athletics from the outside, at a time when they were not greatly emphasized by the school. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to participate and contribute.”

Despite a broken ankle in his senior year at MKA, playing in only 5 and one quarter football games and missing the start of the basketball season (Tony recalls precisely the amount of games he missed — another sign of a truly devoted player who was deeply troubled at having to let his teams down), Tony went on to make All State Prep Division in both sports, and finished as a top-ten scoring leader in the county/state in football. (He had achieved this status in football in his junior year as well, scoring with infamous running, receiving, punt return and interception return prowess.) He then proceeded to wrap up his senior basketball season as captain, and only the second 1000-point career scorer in the history of the school; a key player on a team deemed one of MKA’s best to date, with its 17-6 record. A proud Coach Rabke remarked, “Tony capped a brilliant career by reaching the thousand point mark. This achievement is especially significant because he is a team player.

With 999 career points, he passed to David, rather than taking the shot himself. He also had the added disadvantage of missing the first five games of the season while recovering from an ankle injury.”

Tony’s speed and agility were ever-present during his three years on the track team. He competed in the 100, 200 and 400 (and respective relays), high

jump, long jump and shot put. He rarely, if ever, finished out of medal contention in individual events, and won the majority of events that he entered.

After picking up lacrosse in his senior year, he received the game ball after a very competitive match, evidencing a new skill quickly and easily honed by a master athlete.

After MKA, Tony attended the University of Virginia where he majored in chemistry. He matriculated to medical school at Howard University College of Medicine after completing his junior year. He is currently a genito-urinary surgeon (urologist) in solo practice in Atlanta since 1998. Prior to going into private practice, he spent three years (1993-96) as Assistant Professor of Surgery/Urology at Howard College of Medicine/ Howard University Hospital. Tony remains active in the professional community, having served as president of the specialty society (Atlanta Urologic Society), as Chief of Surgery (2003-04) and now Vice Chief of Surgery at two different Atlanta hospitals. Tony married Dawn Wilson in 2008 and MKA congratulates the couple who welcome their first child in September 2009.

Save the NEWDate!

Due to all that June rain, the Annual Alumni Association Golf Outing will now take place on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at the Montclair Golf Club.

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Join fellow alumni for a day on the links followed by cocktails and dinner with MKA Founders’ Cup recipients.

Sign in 11:30 a.m ., Lunch at noon, Tee-off at 1:30 p.m.

Evening cocktails at 6:30 p.m.

For information and to rsvp, contact Alumni Director Laurie McFeeley at lmcfeeley@mka.org or register online at www.mka.org

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7&e fa/p/rer S'oAeef The MKA Upper School Concert Band program is designed to give the instrumental music student an opportunity for performances in a developed, organized and complex ensemble. The art of music and ensemble performance requires development of many skills. As the teacher, I can point out places that they need to be more together or more in tune, but it is only through repetition and experimentation that each student will experience the difference and the satisfaction of a solid performance.

Students in the band (and there were 67 of them last year) work on basic playing skills, through a daily routine of scales, long tones, dynamic and rhythmic drills. After the initial warm up and technical work, we move onto ensemble work through the preparation of musical pieces with the goal of performing these works in various venues through out the school year. I try to choose music that is challenging to the most dedicated musicians but not overwhelming to the younger less experienced player.

In addition to the Concert Band, there is an Upper School Jazz Band that rehearses one night a week and that, similar to the Middle School Jazz Band, is open through audition, and we also have an enthusiastic Pep Band. Venues for our musicians include Pep Band performances at all the MKA home football games, a Jazz Band performance at the MKA Gathering and Cougar Pride Day, a Winter and Spring performance in Weiss Auditorium with the Concert and Jazz Bands and a

performance of the two bands at the “Music in the Parks Festival and Competition. Last year we were extremely successful at this competition. Both the Concert Band and the Jazz Band came in first place with an “Excellent” rating and the Concert Band went on to win the Overall Band Award covering all divisions. In addition, Adam Zerihoun ’10 received the Overall Jazz Soloist Award that day.

Through the process of daily rehearsals, students begin to recognize the value of discipline and repetition in learning and ultimately begin to understand the learning process itself in a new way. Through ensemble performance, they experience the satisfaction of working through problems as a team and the importance of flexibility and compromise in this process.

Students participate at the different levels according to their interest and abilities, learning that all parts, both large and small contribute significantly to a complex finale.

Chuck Olsen, Upper School Band Director

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MKA On the Road: The last six months saw MKA host alumni receptions in venues old and new. In early February, we returned to the Quail Valley Golf Club’s Boathouse in Vero Beach for an extremely successful event, and then traveled to Palm Beach the next day for a cocktail party at the beautiful home of Sally Alice Unkles, TKS Class of ’60.

Palm Beach hostess S ally A lice Unkles ’60 with Zandi Nammack.

Jenny Petrin D oolittle ’60 with Headmaster Tom Nammack

Dan Emerson ’42 and his wife P a t with D ick Charlesworth ’42 and his wife Ann.

Bette Carrie, (mother o f J e ff C arrie ’73) Joan Wallace Bryant TKS ’57 and Barbara M alcolm (mother o f E llen M alcolm ’65).

Bob Cole with Henry Doremus M A ’33.

Ann and Lee Beard ’51 with Jake Jacobus ’54.

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On March 11, following their support of Career Day, the Alumni Council sponsored “A Night at the Museum” a new event hosted at The Montclair Art Museum. The evening proved to be extremely popular, drawing over 70 Alums from a wide variety of classes who enjoyed mingling and viewing a Wyeth exhibit.

Pau lM cFeeley '76, B illy O ’Connor, Joe Sulivan ‘77 and D avid Greenbaum ’82.

1954 Kim berley classmates Tily-Jo Beatty Emerson, Aubin Zabriskie Ames and C. Y. Mann Treene.

Council members and event organizers Jessica Simpson ’99, Jaclyn Latzoni ’00 and M ichael Braun ’01.

Alison P la tt Silverman '99, K laudia Pyz ’98, Julian Rinaldi, Jessica Simpson ’99 and Sylvia M osser '99.

Class o f2002friends: E m ily Santangelo, Stephanie Platt, E rin Culbreth and G il Kruger.

Andrew M urphy ’01 with classmate and newly elected Alum ni C ouncil member, Jared Cook ’01.

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April 2 then saw a return to the Hotel George in Washington DC, coinciding with the MKA Junior Class trip to that city.

Once again, this proved to be a popular reception

Lew is Townsend ’41 and his wife Ann

M K A s D irector o f Development G eoffBranigan with Rebecca Grunfeld '98 and Brian Donahue '94.

P a u l Zukerberg and John Sanders from the class o f 1975 enjoy catching up.

Current Headmaster Tom Nammack and form er Headmaster Peter Greer sport their bow ties.

M K A H istory teacher C arol Spencer enjoys meeting ’68 classmates Jean Sperling Catherwood and M aggie Johnson Sliker.

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3rd Annual Klank Klassic

Tom Beach '04, M ark Fortunato '03, Rob Fortunato ’08, C harlie Gephart ’08 and B rian M cFeeley ’08

Saturday, June 6th was brilliantly sunny and provided the perfect backdrop for MKA’s 4th Annual “Klank Klassic” alumni lacrosse game. A very popular event that celebrates the life of Coach William “Noll” Klank (1948-2003), this year was no exception, with some 40 alumni and current team members gathering and assigned to teams based upon their graduation year ending in either an “odd” or “even” number. The game was exciting from the first face-off, and a thrilling goal by the blue “odds” team tied things up with only seconds to go in regulation. In sudden death overtime, the blue team pulled out the “W.” Scoring for the blue team were Armand Amico ’09, Mark Fortunato ’03, Phil Petrucelli ’03 and Nick Ogden ’lOx (2). Scoring for the white team were Peter Dancy ’82, Rob Iverson ’84, Charlie Gephart ’08 and Cameron Brazill ’12. Goalies Rob Fortunato ’08 and Craig Schweitzer ’12 matched saves in the goal. Noll Klank’s son Matthew was on hand with daughter Ashley to cheer the players on as all fondly remembered his dad - a wonderful husband, father, friend and MKA coach.

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It’s the opening night of a three-day music festival at the Meadowlands. On a large outdoor stage with towers of lights, banks of speakers, bouncers in front and roadies behind, a young group of musicians are about to perform in front of their biggest audience ever. For four MKA students, this was the perfect end to their high school band career.

Dubious Pastry, comprising 2009 classmates Brandon Bost (drums), Becky Hirsch (bass), Guy Kozak (lead guitar/backup vocals) and John Meyer (keyboard/vocals) had been a frequent and popular entertainer at MKA events such as Book Fair, Cougar Pride Day and Upper School club fundraisers and had gained a large and loyal MKA following.

Exposure to MKA’s music program helped the four develop a unique sound of their own. Friends from 3rd grade at Brookside, the group (three of whom were both Middle and Upper School Jazz Band members) formed in 8th grade, began playing their original compositions at local venues during their high school years, and recorded their first CD in 2007. Making it to the finals of The Break Contest East 2009, a multiple round battle of the bands, Dubious Pastry joined 40 others (from an initial pool of over 160) to battle it out at the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park for a place on stage at the Bamboozle Festival at the Meadowlands in May. Such was the support of the MKA administration for the group that an MKA “fan bus” was organized for the event. While not

selected for Bamboozle itself, the judges called the band back to the Stone Pony to compete again for a slot at the Hoodwink Festival, the opening night of the Bamboozle weekend that features bands performing cover songs from favorite artists.

Winning this contest, Dubious Pastry not only got to perform in front of their largest audience ever, (covering the works of their favorite band, Radiohead) but also found out that one of their original compositions had been selected as one of only 14 tracks on The Break Contest 2009 Compilation CD. While the future of the band may be uncertain as the members head off to college , they can look to the example of fellow MKA alumni Chris Watts ’04 and Gerry Griffin ’05, whose band, Sexy Heroes, was one of those selected to play on the main stage at the Bamboozle Festival itself.

Alumni Awards 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award Nomination Form NOMINEE _ CLASS _ ACHIEVEMENTS _ (Please include additional information or resume on a separate sheet.)

Submitted by: NAME CLASS ADDRESS TELEPHONE _ Detach and mail to: The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07042 or email lmcfeeley@mka.org NOMINATION FORM FOR MKA ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME NOMINEE CLASS SPORTS _ ACHIEVEMENTS _ (Please include additional information or resume on a separate sheet.)

Submitted by: NAME CLASS ADDRESS TELEPHONE _ Detach and mail to: The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07042 or email lmcfeeley@mka.org 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 o f the 2010 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 bearing on the choice o f recipient.

The purpose o f the Distinguished Alumni Award is “to bestow recognition and appreciation for outstanding achievement.” This award will be a meritorious reflection on the school and will provide inspiration and encouragement for our young people. It is hoped that the recipient will come to MKA 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 each year; all nominations will be maintained in confidential files for consideration in following years.

MKA ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME AWARDS CRITERIA The Montclair Kimberley Academy Athletic Hall o f Fame was founded to honor those who have made telling contributions to the school’s athletics. Its purpose is to perpetuate the memory o f those persons who have brought distinction, honor, and excellence to Montclair Academy, The Kimberley School, The Brookside School, and MKA in athletics.

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

• 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 o f nomination.

• Nominee must have conducted his or her life in keeping with school standards and in ways which reflect positively on MKA. • The nomination can be a posthumous award.

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

• Every other year, a minimum o f one qualified male and one qualified female will be selected. Nominations will be kept on file for subsequent years’ review.

• A team may be inducted.

C la s s N o t e s Editor’s Note The deadline for news for the FALL Review is June 1 and the deadline for the SPRING issue is January 1.

News can be||ubmitted at any time in response to the Alumni Office annual mailing, on the back of Annual Fund remittance envelopes, via mail or email to the Alumni Director (lmcfeeley@mka.org), the Editor (dkozak@mka.org) or your Class Secretary. We keep ongoing fdes for each class and welcome photographs in digital or hard copy.

If your class does not have a class secretary listed, please consider volunteering for the position! It is a great way to re-establish contacts with old friends, does not require a great deal of time and is essential to the ongoing vitality of the school.

Thank you.

MA - Montclair Academy TKS - The Kimberley School MKA - The Montclair Kimberley Academy

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Memories from Ruth Russell Gray ’37 (E d ito r’s Note: Upper School D irector o f Student Services Joan Weller had the pleasure o f meeting Ruth Russell Gray ’37 in Flo rid a over spring break, and Ruth shared some o f her memories from her days at Kimberley.) .. .The two principals of Kimberley, when I attended, were Miss Jordan and Miss Waring. I think Miss Waring was Miss Kimberley Waring.. .1 started in the first grade at 33 Plymouth St. I graduated in the class of 1937. My two brothers, incidentally, both attended the Academy.

My older sister also attended Kimberley.. .1 remember having “Shop” out in a separate building just off the tennis court. I also remember a Miss Thorbum, who taught singing, and I came home from school one day and told my mother that Miss Thorbum said we really sang through our eyes.. .Where Kimberley is located today used to be the Montclair

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Athletic Club, where I used to swim. I do remember playing field hockey there before it belonged to Kimberley...

TKS We send out deepest sympathies to the family of Lousie Stauffen Barnard who died on|f§i February 27, 2009.

MA We send our heartfelt condolences to the family of Robert Snedecor Ringland who died on March 9, 2009.

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M rs. Stewart Carpenter (Josephine Fobes) C rane’s M ill, Apt. 249 459 Passaic Avenue West Caldw ell, N J 07006

M rs. W illiam Young (Peggy Klotz) The Village at Duxbury 290 Kingstown Way, Apt. 253 Duxbury, M A 02332

Our best wishes go to Jodie Fobes Carpenter who is recovering from a stroke she had in July of 2008. She and her husband, Stewart, have moved into the nursing area of Crane’s Mill.

Peggy Klotz Young reports: Margaret Richards Chapman writes that that she doesn’t drive anymore (neither do I). She has to ask to be taken to the store —very cramping, so she postpones! Ruth Russell Gray took a trip this past summer with a friend visiting the Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Transylvania and spent one afternoon at a Black Sea resort. Ruth writes: Visiting these countries helped straighten out my knowledge of geography. It has taken me a year and a half to get back to playing golf (only 9 holes now) after my major heart surgery last year. Getting old is not for the elderly!!

TKS M iss Charlotte Fitch 24 Cape B ia l Lane, P.O. Box 45 Westport Point, M A 02791

\31 TKS M rs. A lbert F re ll (Irene Burbank) 580 Adm iralty Parade Naples, F L 34102

2 TKS We send our deepest sympathies to the family of Jean Ferris Anderson who died on February 13, 2009.

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Our heartfelt condolences go to the family of Jeannette Bell Winters who died on July 11, 2008. Jodie Fobes Carpenter was kind enough to tell us of the sad news.

MA Mr. John Graham 1129 K in g ’s Ranch Road Bandera, T X 78003

L3 6 TKS M rs. Josephine M urray Schmid 501 E. Campus Avenue, Suite Office Chestertown, M D 21620-1600

Janet Gaylord Newsome reports: I have two new great grandchildren, Gray McGuinness, bom on May 5, 2008 and Ella Price, bom on February 4, 2009. Grandson Eric Lemoine is a student in theater school in Paris. He already holds a business degree. I have lived in a senior’s residence in Ottawa since July of 2005, almost four years.

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We send our deepest sympathies to the family of Shirley Noyes Lathrop who died on March 2, 2009.

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\43 TKS Miss Lucile G. Mason 142 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, N J 07042-2350

\44 65th REUNION OCTOBER 24, 2009 MA Mr. WinterfordJ. Ohland 39A Cambridge Court Lakewood, N J 08701-6225

Our sincere condolences go to the family of Barbara Porter Anderson who died in December 2007. Barbara’s daughter-in-law, Karen Shelby Anderson ’81, was kind enough to pass along the news. Karen writes: Barbara married Robert Anderson in 194lH and raised 4 children in NJ, NY and CT. They retired in 1972 and moved to the British Virgin Islands where they enjoyed sailing and just living at the beach. They returned to Florida in 2000, and Bob passed away in 2001. It is a tremendous coincidence that my mother-in-law and I graduated from the same school - and my children used to enjoy asking us if we were good friends in high school.

\4 0 TKS Mrs. Alfred D. Williams (Joan Bayne) 15 Piper Road, Apt. K310 Scarborough, ME 04074 Summer Phone Number at Belgrade Lakes (May-September) is 207-495-2617 Class agent: Mrs. Iris Flournoy 900 Hollinshead Spring Road, G203 Skillman, NJ 08558-2066 We send our heartfelt sympathies to the family of Mary Chapman Shearer who died on December 30, 2008.

m TKS Mrs. James F.C. Hyde Jr. (Enid Griswold) 5402 Duvall Drive Bethesda, MD 20816-1872 MA Mr. David Baird Jr. 9 Parkway Montclair, N J 07042 Class agent: Mr. Lewis Townsend 2801 New Mexico Avenue, Apt. 303 Washington, DC 20007-3913 LTownsned23@yahoo.com

m MA Mr. Richard L. Charlesworth 27 Whipple Farm Lane Falmouth, ME 04105 diknan@maine. rr. com

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MA Mr. Edward S. “Ted” Olcott 23 Argyle Court Summit, N J 07901 mertedolcott@yahoo. com

Janet Mason ’43 and Lucile Mason ’48 at the Reunion Dinner in October 2008. Janet celebrated her 65™ reunion from Kimberley and Lucile, her 60 .

Janet Mason and Lucile Mason ’48 are celebrating their ninth year of successful fundraising for Pushcart Players of Verona, an Equity touring theatre company which presents original musical productions at schools in the tri-state area as well as in schools all over the United States.

Gloria Evans Dodd sends this update: Bill and I had another great winter at our winter home in La Quinta, CA. The weather is always beautiful: warm (72 - 85 degrees and only 13% humidity). As usual, we have lots of visitors, friends, family and Bill’s clients.

We anticipate seeing all of our combined families in Nantucket this summer when they visit us. Bill’s grandkids range from 4 to 16 years. They all love sports: soccer, tennis, basketball and lacrosse. My grandkids are all in their early twenties. Two are in law school, one is in grad school in the humanities, and the fourth in is grad school for film and media.

Bill and I are well (crossing the fingers) and enjoying golf. Bill hasn’t retired as yet, and I am busy serving on the PG Chambers School Board for multiply handicapped children in Morris County, and as Board President for the Mountain Estates Homeowners Association in La Quinta. We really enjoyed seeing Lucile and her sister at the reunion last year.

Peter Hofstra sends the following update: .. .My regret is that I spent only one year at Montclair Academy, and it was good for me and to m e.. .1 am now an Arkie. We have lived in Rogers, AK for 29 very pleasant years. For most of the time, we lived out on the shores of Beaver Lake, which is 75 miles long and very lovely, but 3 years ago, moved into Innisffee Retirement Community.

Northwest Arkansas defies most views on Arkansas, because it is a very modem, prosperous, wealthy area, 75% of which is inhabited by immigrants. This is the location of 3 of the largest companies in the country Walmart started here in Rogers, Tyson Foods, the largest protein company in the world is located 10 miles south, and JB Hunt, the country’s largest trucking company is 5 miles south. If there are any MKA alums in the area, I would be glad to hear from them...

45 TKS Anne Feagley Wittels (Mrs. Jerome L.) 3970 Sepulveda Blvd., #403 Torrance, CA 90505 wittels@socal. rr.com Anne Feagley Wittels writes: First of all, we would like to extend the sympathies of our class to Katie Teaze Clark whose husband, John Clark, died in September 2008.

I received a brief (but welcome!) greeting in December from Peggy Odell Overholser and Ed, but no actual news...

Rudd Trimble Kenvin, on the other hand, called in February to give me the latelg She and Roger changed plans, she told me. “We were going to sail to Europe on the QE2 9 | New York to England, Scotland, Ireland and New York - but are now going to leave in mid-April for Chicago, Washington, and Alexandria for five days, Fredericksburg, to Roger’s sister in New Haven and then to Boston for 4 to 5 days to see daughter Heather including a joint mother/daughter

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birthday bash, then New York and back home to California”. (All this by land movement, you understand, as they aren’t supposed to fly.) Whew!

Leigh Berrien Smith keeps in touch with many classmates, e.g. “messages from Jane Hagan Farno and Anne Reighley Ferguson; chats with Rudd, Sue Ailing Miller and Sally Du Bois Moberg who is planning on being in the Sacramento, CA area in June for a family wedding; Pat Driver Shuttleworth who had an unfortunate fall but still keeps up with painting and piano playing; an actual inperson visit with Pete Lamborn Peters who lives in Princeton but was visiting in Vineyard Haven last summer; and conversations with the daughters of Jeanne Talbot Sawutz and Judy Shearer Turnbull who like being in touch with their moms’ friends.” And she is looking forward to a 60^ college reunion in May. Whew!

Katie Teaze Clark writes in late May that her daughter “left Sunday after a v isit.. .our eldest son is here now helping.. .and Charlie and Doug will come late April, so I’m not so lonely when they are here.’!'

As for me/us, much is the Same; my health news is still “So far, so good.” We still keep busy. Jerry is still playing tennis and clarinet, and I’m still making art, folding origami and knitting. We still attend concerts near and far-ish. The new news is that, after more than 45 years in our 3-level house, we moved to a single floor condominium in July of 2008. Our condo - not a retirement community but for over 55’s - is but 15 minutes from the old place, so we still keep up with old friends and are now making new ones. We’re happy here - don’t miss the house one bit and, except for still unpacking boxes, which, like bunnies, seem to reproduce in the night - we are content.

Whew!

(Ed. Note: The Alumni Office only recently learned o f the passing o f Katie Teaze Clark’s husband, John, and we send our sincere condolences to Kathryn and her family.)

MA Mr. William B. Grant, 7330 Westmoreland Drive Sarasota, FL 34243 grantwb@tampabay. rr. com

\4 6 TKS Eleanor Helm Ketcham writes: Abby Keebler Ryan, Hyla Ames Troxell, Andrea Schneidewind Walker and Nancy Rudd Eddy are dear and admirable friends -S ll of

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us well and working to stay that way. Wish I did have more info on my other classmates.

MA Dr. Peter B. Lawrence 4802 Olympic Lane N #D Wilson, NC 27896-9148

Museum names Learning Center after longtime contributor (Ed. Note: The following are excerpts from an article in the November 6, 2008 issue o f The Brunswick Beacon about Edward Hayden O ’Neil, MA ’46).

Hayden O’Neil, a longtime contributor to the Museum of Coastal Carolina, was honored by the museum foundation Saturday as they renamed the museum’s lecture hall in his honor...The museum began from simple questions - people wanting to know what kind of fish they caught and what kinds of shells were on the beach.. .O’Neil said the museum also helped a once-divided Ocean Isle Beach community come together....

O’Neil and community members volunteered countless hours, dollars and effort to build the museum, which displays and exhibits only things found in the Coastal Carolina area.. .Scott Kucera, executive director of the Ocean Isle Museum Foundation, said O’Neil and his wife [Pat] have been instrumental in the development of both the museum and the planetarium, and continue to be vital to the foundation.. .At the dedication ceremony, O’Neil said...

“The opportunity to serve the museum and the planetarium has been a blessing to m e.. .1 want people to understand that, as I give, I receive.”

mm TKS Mrs. David Hannegan (Louise Rudd) 49 Canterbury Lane Lakeville, CT 06039 weezieh@sbcglobal. net

148 TKS Mrs. Sibyl Lewis Lotterle P.O. Box 3254 Hayden Lake, ID 83835-8148 sibstoml)icehouse. net

We send our deepest sympathies to the family of Marylou Bianchi Schaffer who died on January 15, 2009.

MA Reunion Chair: Mr. J. Henry Leonhard 51 Fromm Court Mahwah, N J 07430-2957 We send our sincere condolences to John Schaffer whose wife, Marylou Bianchi Schaffer, died on January 15, 2009.

149 60th REUNION OCTOBER 24, 2009 TKS Reunion Chair: Mrs. June Costikyan Cronin june@costikyan. com Jane Lockwood Scovil reports: Dick and I have lived here (FL) for 50 years, raised 2 daughters and a son. We have 6 grandsons and 2 granddaughters. One lives here with her mother, Beth, in their own home. Beth and I each have a horse, and I pasture board 12 additional horses. The beautiful stable adjacent to our property has lovely trails, and we can ride for hours or trailer off to other public facilities. We are no longer in the plant business, but sell hay and maintain pastures. We love company, and the door is always open to old friends. You all come!

June Costikyan Cronin writes: I am still gainfully employed in my family’s business, Restoration by Costikyan. You may have seen our green “Costikyan” trucks that travel from Florida to DC to New York and Boston.

Fortunately, two sons, Phillip and Clarke, are the head honchos of our New York and Florida divisions. I oversee all small museum period and antique carpet projects.

My daughter, Priscilla, is the manager of Stark Carpet Outlet in Norwalk, CT. My son, Peter, is very active in homeopathic and holistic cures.

Jane Hinton Smith reports: Harwin and I have begun looking at “retirement” places, but not too seriously as we love our location so much. We would find it very hard to give up the fun of living by a pond. Best wish to the Class of ’49 at reunion - Sorry we can’t be there.

Marilyn Vander May Ostendorf recently moved from Bonita to South Pasidena, CA and says hello to all of her classmates of ’49.

MA Reunion Chair: Hon. Peter Perretti, Jr. Our heartfelt condolences go to the family of Christopher Russell who died on May 16, 2008.

Class Notes • Fall 2009

Philip Fradkin ’53 - Writing the West (Editor’s Note: Philip Fradkin has ju st completed his twelfth book, the subject being the California Coast, and is ju st beginning a biography o f artist Everett Reuss. The following are excerpts from an article in the March 2009 issue o f the Williams College Alumni Review.)

nominated me for a MacArthur Fellowship, what they call a ‘genius grant,”’ Fradkin says. More than a decade after Stegner’s death, Fradkin had received the greatest sort of approbation from the “dean of Western writers”—a man who won both the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and a National Book Award...

While researching the papers of his latest subject, Wallace Stegner, author Philip Fradkin was surprised to come across a file with his own name on it at the University of Utah archives. The two met briefly in the late 1970s when Fradkin, then an editor for Audubon, interviewed the legendary Western writer and conservationist for an article in the magazine. They maintained a correspondence for years afterward. Inside the folder, Fradkin found some of his own letters along with another written by Stegner—one that Fradkin never knew existed. “I didn’t realize he

The biography Fradkin finally published, Wallace Stegner and the American West (Alfred A. Knopf, 2008; University of California Press, 2009), turned out to be far more than just an overview of a writer’s life, since Stegner’s influence so greatly transcended his published works...At times, Fradkin says, Stegner’s legacy as a writer and conservationist were one and the same, “especially in his nonfiction, in the sense that it gives a wonderful description of the landscape of the West and the need to preserve it.”

\50 TKS Class agent: Mrs. Richard Lewis (Audrey Maass) 4551 G ulf Shore Blvd. N, Apt. 804 Naples, FL 34103-4601 rdlew@aol. com MA Mr. Rudolph Deetjen Jr. 12 Ledge Road, Cottage 74 Blue Hill, ME 04614 rudyandpatti@qwi. net Class agent: Mr. Jay Bitting 299 River Edge Drive Chatham, N J 07928-3104 Rudy Deetjen writes: With the incoming tide at Boca Raton, FL comes news from Alan Werksman. He graduated from Bowdoin and Rutgers Newark Law School, practicing in New Jersey until ’77. He and his first wife had 3 sons, and Alan remarried in 1976 acquiring 3 more offspring plus 3 stepchildren, then adults. The group has produced 17 grandkids. He and Arlene moved to Florida in ’77 where he continued in law until ’07 (50 years). He writes, “...

Since then, we have been doing a lot of touring in our motor home and have been to the four comers of the country, including most of our national parks and seven weeks in Alaska.” While living in New Jersey, he played a lot of golf, narrowly missing the state championship in ’56. Right now, they are planning summer RV (’09) travels to cover NC to ME, hoping to visit old friends and family along the length of 1-95. Do give him a ring if you’d like to catch up. (Tel. #561-393-8272)

51 TKS Mrs. Lloyd Marentette (Gail Robertson) 93 Glen Avenue, Llewellyn Park West Orange, N J 07052

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MA Mr. Ernest F. Keer III 459 Club Drive, PO. Box 1030 Bay Head, N J 08742-1030

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our international parish (60 nationalities!) and being part of the international community that the Hague is, means never a dull moment.. .We are looking forward to celebrating our 50^ anniversary in May...

TKS Mrs. Clark Moran (Martha Gilbert) 8011 StraujfRoad Baltimore, MD 21204-1834 mmoran@iopener. net

We send our deepest sympathies to the family of Charlotte Niese Dufford who died on January 30, 2009. Patsy Eddy Ford, who was kind enough to notify us of the sad news, writes: Her brother, Al, is a retired Episcopal priest and active in our church in Brunswick.

Wain Koch Maas writes: Bill and I have been visiting with Bob and Jane Redfield Forsberg who are in Sarasota, FL in the month of March. Sarasota is very close to Venice where we are. All is well here except that I wish my golf game was better.

MA Mr. Peter Cockshaw 1264 Oakmont Court West Chester, PA 19380-6836 pcockshaw@comcast. net

MA Class agent: Mr. Charles Sage 435 Welch Avenue Ames, IA 50014-7302

\53 TKS Francesca Cole Van Duren sends this update: I graduated from Manhattanville College in 1957. I spent my junior year in France (Tours & Paris) which prompted me to try to minor in art history on my return, but an appendectomy in Fall made the powers that be say I had to drop that. What didn’t get dropped was the romance that had begun in Paris with a Dutch guy.. .we finally got married in 1959. In those days, it had to be preceded by studies, work, military service and a letter a day (each of us!) except for the four months Frank spent in the US in 1958 to get to know my background and get engaged.. .We have 5 marvelous children (4 live here and 1 in California),' all of whom have marvelous spouses and ditto children (12 total).. .1 was a stay-at-home mom by choice enjoying the many requests for translating and interpreting and using my French -Starting with a Belgian French speaking mother-in-law!...We are active in

54 55th REUNION OCTOBER 24, 2009 TKS Ms. Georgia Carrington 38 Silver Spring Lane Ridgefield, CT 06877-5604 carrego@aol. com reunion chairs: Aubin Zabriskie Ames aubinames@live. com Janet Cook Phillips janetcphillips@comcast. net C. Y. Mann Treene cywtreene@aol. com Georgia Carrington sends the following update: Sad news came from Vicki Wendt West-Peek of the death of her beloved husband Walter on Friday, April 17th. They were about to celebrate their 9th anniversary.

Prior to this Vicki had sent news of her trip last summer when she and her son, Christian, traveled through most of Scandinavia. Vickie writes, “We flew to Stockholm and then sailed on after three days.” They stopped at Helsinki, Copenhagen, Oslo, Scrabster, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland, Quebec City, Montreal and then home. “We did hit

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Janet Cook Phillips ’54 (L) enjoys the graduation o f her grandson John Phillips III, together with son John Phillips II, MKA class o f 1978, daughter-in-law Laura and granddaughter Meg, MKA ’10. the Ice Bar in Copenhagen - everything was ice, and we were dressed up in warm coverups and gloves - our drinks were served in glasses of ice. An ice pilot boarded the ship in Copenhagen and stayed with us to Greenland. We had icebergs on both sides of the ship. Christian has picked out a restful trip for this fall.. .fly to London and then sail through the British Isles and disembark in Le Havre for three days in Paris and then home.

The younger grandchildren come by frequently. Since their birthdays are so close, I gave them a joint birthday party.. .we had a carnival - ponies, clowns, big blow-up bouncy things, balloon guy, tents, and a great banner to go across the driveway.” From the rest of her news, Vicki sounds as though she is able to see her sons and grandsons quite often, and they are all doing well. She had a bunch with her at Christmas, “so it was a bit of a madhouse,” but I think Vicki thrives on the activity! [The Montclair Kimberley Academy joins in sending its sincere condolences to Vicki.]

Aubin Zabriskie Ames, writes that she is now living in Cedar Grove in a townhouse, “opposite the Mills Reservation...this house is perfect for me. Have 5 grandchildren, and another expected in early September - all are wonderful! Hyla [Ames Bauer ’81) and Boris and their two girls live in NYC; Alicia and Mark (Ames ’86) and their son and daughter live in Pacific Palisades, California; and Tanya and David (Ames ’89), their son and the baby on the way live in Scituate, MA. None just around the comer, but we do keep in good touch, and that’s what I like about visiting NYC, Calif, and Mass - great places!”

And from Barbara Hobart Valbuena comes news of her older daughter, Teresa’s marriage in Columbia, MD, to Max Duke, who is with Military Intelligence at Fort Meade, MD. The “wedding was fantastic. The ceremony was held outside in the garden in the sun followed

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by a gourmet dinner. Teresa looked so happy.

Max was beaming. The guests were almost all military with their wives. Julian and I are delighted.” Max may be transferred to Hawaii, Rome, or Pearl Harbor, but they do not know yet. Teresa’s son is trying to decide which college he will choose. “Vivian is still with Merrill Lynch in Melbourne. She and David visited us for four days in February.

There is a chance she will be able to return to NYC in several months. David is CFO of the Hunger Project in NYC. Julian is doing well but he tires easily. I have become a member of the Cooch’s Bridge Chapter of the DAR in Delaware and am still active with the Delaware Society of the Colonial Dames.”

Barbara continues to attend lots of art openings and exhibits in museums in Delaware and nearby Philadelphia.

Gael Seton Habernickel reports: “Duke and I just returned from a golf club outing to Hawaii (our first visit) and a 50th wedding anniversary celebration with our four girls, their husbands and kids. We are spending more time in Vero, FL, now in our newly constructed house. Sold Ridgewood and bought a pied-a-terre in NYC. Sons-in-law are still at Haband, though it’s under new company management. See Kimberley grads here, most recently Fluffy (Fergusson Winner) and Betsy Hasbrouck Cole (hosting some Kimberley gals - she’s good at that!). Hope to see Dorie Krebs Barnard, and hear from Jake Jacobus and Gail Garnar Jacobus ’58. Life is so full and blessed!”

Had a nice talk with Nell Fisk Hamlen the other day. She still spends her winters in Aiken, SC, surrounded by horse country, and then in the late spring, she heads back to her wonderful home in VT where she still runs a B and B for “horse folks.” She says to let people know that Jake Jacobus has been most helpful to her in these economic times; he doesn’t have all the answers,, but he is sure

working at it! I hope to get up to VT sometime this summer to see Nell again, and she hopes that our Reunion gathering will be a large one!

As for me, I am pretty much involved in the same activities I have been. For exercise and fun, I play tennis and paddle tennis with people who seem to be getting younger as I am getting older. The bulk of my time is spent trying to keep the notes, from the different organizations for which I have to write them, in their proper spots. All of a sudden there are notices to be sent from church, from AmeriCares one day, housing repair project, from the Ridgefield Relay for Life, from the Food Pantry and from the Special Olympics, and I am sure that some go in the wrong pile! Life is busy and full, and I feel lucky to be able to do what I can.

Thanks to those who sent news, and I hope to see many of you in the fall. Georgia Felicity Fergusson Winner reports: Time marches on. Donn should be a great grandfather by September. I will have 2 granddaughters graduating from college.

We’re getting older but don’t feel like it thank heavens.

MA Class agent: Mr. Sheldon Buck 51 Cornell Road Wellesley, MA 02181-7408 sheldon. buck@comcast. net reunion chair: Donald Karp dkarp95667@aol. com George Kramer sends the following news: Mostly retired from building homes and apartments. Son Lawrence (Kramer ’78) now runs the business. Currently Chairman of the Philatelic Foundation, NYC; Vice President of the ARC of Bergen and Passaic Counties; and Vice President of The Daughters of Miriam Home for the Aged. My

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living in the area, Harry and I pretty much stay around here.

Nancy Prescott Ward (Kinnelon, NJ): Bob and I celebrated with participation in the Half Marathon at the Baltimore Running Festival.

Son Rob and his wife Caitlin ran it; Bob and I walked it. I achieved my goal of finishing and not being last!

Larry Nazarian ’56 and his wife Sharon on a tour o f the Nordic countries in last summer. interests are bridge, golf, dancing and cooking.

Stuart Lasher writes: My oldest grandson, Jonathan, graduated from Wharton in May of 2008 and is currently living and working in NYC. My second oldest grandson, David, graduates from high school in June of 2009 and is currently waiting to hear from colleges. He is interested in engineering. We have 12 grandchildren in total - ranging from

2l23!

Hobart Van Deusen reports: Although I went to MKA for 10 years, my parents sent me off to Blair Academy for my last 2 high school years. Have been very active at Blair and am present Class Representative, President of Alumni Board of Governors and member of Blair’s Board of Trustees. I’m also working on my 5 5 ^ Blair reunion in June, but am looking forward to the 55^ at MKA to see my classmates.

Our sincere condolences go to Bryant Barnard whose mother, Louise Stauffen Barnard ’27, died on February 27, 2009.

55 TKS Mrs. Cecily Wilson Lyle 432 Wright’s Neck Road Centerville, MD 21617 ceci@dvm.com MA Mr. Lawrence Martin RO. Box 1058 Lexington, VA 24450-1058 martin@intelos. net Class agent: Mr. Robert Brawer 131 East 66th Street, Apt. 10C New York, N Y 10065-6129 rereadclassics@aol. com

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56 TKS Mrs. Carol Ottenberg 1420 41st Avenue, E Seattle, WA 98112-3804 ottenbergc@aol. com Carol Barnard Ottenberg sends this update: This was the year of the Big 70 birthday for many, with celebrations of all kinds. In a phone call, Janet Rodman Koskoff (Pinebrook, NJ) reports: I spent my birthday with my daughter in central New Jersey, an#we went to the Philadelphia Flower Show - 1 love to garden. She has two children, ages 5 and 16 months. It’s fun to see them, and fun to get home.

Gail Zabriskie Wilson (Greenwich, CT): Everyone was in Maine at some point during the week of my August birthday, and we celebrated several times, including a family kayak paddle on Casco Bay. In the spring, Peter, and I took a Viking river cruise through the Netherlands to see the spring tulips with my sister Aubin Ames (’54).

Lilia Emetaz McDonald (Eugene, OR): We took an Alaska cruise from Seattle. On my birthday, we were in Victoria BC and had high tea at the famous Empress Hotel. I am still active with the Univ. of Oregon “Daisy Ducks,” a women’s booster club with the athletic teams, making cookies and holding potlucks.

From Meredyth Clark Graham (Media, PA): My 7 0 ^ was spent with the immediate family at a local restaurant - we all wore black and white. Both of our daughters live close by which always makes for easy gettogethers.

A call from Julia Schou Estes (Marietta, GA): We had a family birthday party after church and before a backyard pool swim.

With four children and ten grandchildren

Linda Cole LeStage (Attleboro MA): I enjoyed a special birthday biking/hiking trip in the Cotswolds with my college roommate.

We stayed in B&Bs along the way, and the English weather was perfection for ten days.

I’m gardening, playing tennis, walking and doing that hateful strength training trying to stay even!

Henny Nelson Skeen (Wayland, MA) reports: My family gave me a surprise cocktail party on Martha’s Vineyard last summer for my 70 . This happened hot on the heels of finishing a house addition there.

We’re pleased to have extra space for visits from children and grandchildren.

Carol Van Brunt Rasic (New York, NY): Janko and I celebrated our birthdays and 40^ wedding anniversary by going to Prague for a week. We are delighted with our first grandchild, Sofia. Her father, Tim, and Janko are now partners in their architectural firm.

Betsy Hasbrouck Cole (New, Canaan CT) writes: We were in Vero Beach FL for the winter and did see Betsy Beatty Matlack and Lou. Lou is quite a chef, and Betsy still has that winning smile! I called Nini de Jurenev in Santa Fe to wish her a Happy 70 . I saw Henny Nelson Skeen and Linda Lovell Smith at a Wheaton function.

In a letter Nini de Jurenev (Santa Fe, NM) writes: Have been enjoying taking the Master Gardener course with co-op extensions. The classes are definitely PhD. Level, and I had to try to retrieve my Kimberley chemistry and biology from 55 years ago. I’m still being the community activist trying to stop 10,000 cars a day from funneling through my neighborhood from sub-divisions they are building nearby.

Molla Kaplan Reisbaum (Wayne NJ): OK, so what’s my life at 70§§ Busy, fun and interesting. I am a full-time realtor. My husband is semi-retired, works enough to stay out of trouble and no, I am NOT home for lunch! I see Joann Weisser Salomon on a regular basis. It’s hard to believe that we graduated fifty-three years ago. I look at my children and tell them that I am too young to have children this old!

My mother, Louise Stauffen Barnard ’27, died in February at her retirement home in Gladwyne PA. The entire family had been with her two months earlier tlfiflebrate her

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58 TKS Mrs. Diana Bethell Little 1-K Buckingham Rd. West Orange, N J 07052-2703 littlecorp@verizon. net MA Mr. Henry Agens 86 Eagle Rock Way Montclair, N J 07042-1629 hymelee@earthlink. net

Lily Solmssen Moureaux ’59 in Brazil.

(Photo credit: Daniel SteidldB® 100th birthday. On a brighter note, I have rediscovered the pleasure of English handbells - 50 some years after learning to ring them at TKS. [Ed. Note: The MKA community sends its heartfelt sympathies to Carol and her family.]

MA Mr. Eric Jaeckel P.O.Box 20153 Boulder, CO 80308-3153 efjaeckel@hotmail. com Class agent: Dr. Lawrence Nazarian 29 Surrey Place Penfield, N Y 14526-1221 lfredn@aol. com Larry Nazarian writes: I have been keeping busy with editing Pediatrics in Review, seeing patients with the pediatric residents in their clinic at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and teaching clinic8Bf pediatrics to medical students and residents.

In addition, Sharon and I spend a lot of time with our 9 grandchildren, 7 of whom are in the Rochester area. We had a marvelous time touring Denmark, Sweden (Sharon’s grandparents all came from Sweden), Finland, and Norway last summer. Our 50th reunion was so much fun, I can’t wait for the 55th!

57 TKS Mrs. Thelma “Tam” M iller Knight 3001 Linton Boulevard, No. 201C Delray Betich. FL 518 tknightll5@ aol. com MA Class secretary and agent: Dr. Edward T. O ’Brien Jr. 3376 F em cliffLane Clearwater, FL 33761-1411 eobl0726@msn.com

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Mr. David Stroming 82 Halsted Drive Manchester, N J 08759 KStroming@aol. com First of all, we all thank Frank Sachs for his brilliant and generous inspiration to reprint and distribute to us copies of the June 1958 Montclair News, the school newspaper of that time. I sat down and read the whole thing from front to back. I was amazed at what I’d forgotten and what I didn’t know.

Thanks, too, to Mike Chodorcoff for carefully preserving, in near-mint condition, his original copy, which Frank used for the reprint.

When the sentimental side of Alan Michael Chodorcoff is mingled with his impish impulse to amaze and surprise and generally shake things up, some terrific moments ensue.

Consider, if you will, the party to celebrate Mike’s 50th birthday on November 13, 1990.

Mike and Jean Urtnowski, his lady of several years, stepped before the gathering of their relatives and friends and made the announcement that they were getting married immediately. Right there and then. Now. They each turned a hundred and eighty degrees, and, before a properly empowered official (judge), exchanged their wedding vows. How can you ever forget yot^H anniversary when it’s on your birthday!

After graduating in 1962 from the University of Bridgeport, Mike did a hitch in the National Guard and then worked in the trusts and estates department of the National State Bank of Newark. Wanting the get into sales, he decided to go into the life insurance business. He worked for the Marks Agency, a general agent in NYC, concentrating on Life and Disability.

Mike left there ity 972 and, with several other insurance associates^ formed Scheduler & Chodorcoff based in New Jersey. They specialized in employee benefits: group health, life, disability, dental, etc. In 1985, through a merger, the company became Shechner, Lifson, Ackerman and Chodorcoff and was based in

Millbum, N.J. Mike left the company in 1994. For 10 years, he was an independent consultant with Tribute Company of Wayne.

He’s now associated with Benefit Foundation of America. Mike and Jean remain active.

“I’m not looking to retire anytime soon,” says Mike. “I still enjoy what I call the ‘thrill of the sale||J From his first marriage, Mike has two sons: Bill and Brian, and adopted Jean’s daughter Maria, who has a 1 1/2 year old son.

A golfer, Mike is a past president of the Mountain Ridge Country Club and also was president of the Foundation for Diabetes Research.

Mike says he enjoyed his two years at Montclair Academy, especially being an important part of the very successful baseball team (18-1 record for two years). “Life is good” he says. “No complaints. Besides, I’ll be winning the lottery soon!”

Well that’s a wrap. Until that time, keep punchin’.

Hy Agens (Editor's Note: We apologize fo r reversing the names in the captions under the ’58 Academy Homecoming photos in the spring 2009 edition o f the Review. Page 42 features Jack Roth and wife Rita. The class picture on page 43 is o f Jerry Roth and his wife Rosalie.)

59 50th REUNION OCTOBER 24, 2009 TKS Class secretary and reunion chair: Ms. Jarvis Reilly Nolan 15612 ViaMarchena San Diego, CA 92128-4420 jarvisno@aol. com Susan Wechsler Rose writes: On October 23, the evening before the reunion, I invite allj classmates to dinner in my apartment. Look forward to seeing you then! (Editor’s Note: you can read more about Susan on page 32.)

Karen Shaver Wesley reports: I moved from Chicago to Baltimore to be near my daughter and her 17-month-old little girl my only grandchild! Much appreciation to Jarvis for keeping us up to date.

Lily Solmssen Moureaux reports: I am working with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), New York Resettlement Office and Refugee Youth Program. I am doing a photo-reportage of their excellent activities and am also involved in their Saturday Tutoring Program for these students.

It was so moving to accompany 10 refugees to Washington, DC on Inauguration Day January 20, 2009. Ajoint IRC Refugee Youth Music program in collaboration with Carnegie Hall, Juillard and The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie was just completed and a

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marvelous concert was given at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. It is meaningful to be involved with this program as I had worked with my late husband, Ghislain Moureaux in the refugee camps in Vienna, Austria and Southeast Asia. In 2004, you may recall, I had a photo exhibition on the “Rescue and Resettlement of Disabled Refugees” in the MKA library.

I am just back from Brazil and had an excellent trip! I visited family who used to grow coffee there. Due to our Global Warming, this is no longer possible.

While there, I did a photo reportage on their Environmental Program which they run for children and adults. Best to everyone, Lily Elizabeth Garretson Vanderbilt reports: We retired from NJ in 1996 —Jerry from Mobil Oil Corporation, and me from pre­ school teaching, and moved to Austin, Texas where our daughter and family are located. I have been active here in Austin Newcomer’s, Assistance League of Austin, Hope Presbyterian Church and many card and supper clubs. We usually travel annually to California to see our son and his family in Southern California and to Kaui to our timeshare for R&R. We try to take one cruise a year - recently went to the Panama Canal.

We have lived in Norway, Newfoundland (Canada), Taiwan and many states. We have 3 grown children, and 3 grandchildren. We really enjoy the people and the climate here and do not miss NJ or the winters at all!

MA Reunion chairs: Michael Baker mabpills@gmail. com Barry Meisel bameiselmd@aol. com Barry Meisel reports: I am so looking forward to the 50*^ reunion. I loved the 45^ although only a few of us were there. It is always good to see the guys you last saw when you were 17 or 18. In so doing, we still feel like kids. My wife, Gloria, and I are still working: she is a professor and librarian at Westchester Community College, and I am just doing gynecology now part time. I no longer do deliveries or get up in the middle of the night. In OB GYN, that is like being retired. Gloria and I are married for almost 42 years, and our three children are all married, and we now have 6 grandchildren ranging in age from 6 months to 6 years. We just came back from a ski trip in Utah with some of the kids and grandkids. To see my 6-year-old grandson ski from the top of the mountain is the greatest thrill. It is even better to be able to spend a solid week with them. We plan on taking some of the others to Napa Valley this summer. Best to all, Barry

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60 TKS Class agent: Mrs. Mary Anne Coarsen Doty 21 Juniper Drive Queensbury, N Y 12804

61 TKS Mrs. Winifred Sage Wilson 13819 Vidal Place, NE Albuquerque, NM 87123-4729 wmsw98@msn. com Class agent: Mrs. Suzanne Scannell Hardy 47 Bartlett Parkway Winthrop, MA 02152

62 TKS Mrs. C. D. Creed (Barbara Bywater) 1769 Forest View Avenue Hillsborough, CA 94010 bcreed@truckerhuss. com We send our heartfelt sympathies to Nancy Haviland Hutchinson whose brother, Peter Haviland ’64, died on March 27, 2009.

MA Dr. John J. Farrar PO. 114 2069 Warren Creek Road Ovando, M T 59854 sharknose@starband. net Lana Noone, widow of Byron Michael Noone, sent in an update related to Byron’s memory for the Review. A print of a painting of Byron, wife Lana and daughter Heather was displayed at the Smithsonian Institute’s Hirshhom Museum on April 27, 2009. It was originally unveiled at the NJ Vietnam Veterans Educational Center in 2005. During the Hirshhom Program, Byron was recognized posthumously. A poem he wrote was published in “Global Mom: Notes From a Pioneer Adoptive Family”, by Lana Noone, with Byron, Jennie and Jason Noone (Gateway Press, 2003). Global Mom tells the story of a “pioneer” international adoptive family. In 1975, Byron and Lana Noone adopted their daughter, Heather, who tragically died, and then their daughter, Jennie, from the Vietnam Babylift. Four years later, they adopted their son, Jason, from Korea. The book’s message is one of hope.

“We were a ‘pioneer’ adoptive family, living in suburbia. We raised our children when there were no adoption camps, few role models, and many societal challenges. We thrived, and so will you,” Mrs. Noone says.

Byron will also be recognized by Lana in her upcoming TV interview for “Family Comes First,” to be broadcast on Verizon Fios and Telecare in July, 2009. Throughout his life, and during his battle with brain cancer

(Byron passed away in June, 2002), Byron never forgot his years at the Academy, and kept in touch with as many fellow alumni as possible.

63 MA Mr. Bronson Van Wyck Arrowhead Farms 2141 Highway 224 East Tuckerman, AR 72473

64 45th REUNION OCTOBER 24, 2009 TKS Mrs. Lynn Ritter Henneman ’64 M ariner’s Cove 3920 Mariner's Way, Unit 321 Cortez, FL 34215-2529 lhennema@tampabay. rr.com Barbara Mahler Markussen sent this mpdate: I am still enjoying retirement, and am just as busy as when I worked. My husband has retired from the United Nations and is busy updating our home (which was built around 1820). I go down to Pennsylvania about once a month to visit with my 3 grandchildren (Greta is 6; Duncan is 3; Lana is 1). In December, I went on a Danube River cruise and visited the Christmas markets along the river. It reminded me of the wonderful times I spent in Germany when my husband was stationed there with the Air Force.

Lynn Sanders Pizzirusso writes: Our first granddaughter arrived on September 7, 2008 - Elliana Marie Pizzirusso. Our daughter, Jenny and her husband, Matt, joined us in Alexandria, VA for the Christmas holidays to visit Ellie and our son, Jamie and his wife, Kimberley - gotta love her name.

MA Reunion chair: John Benigno johnbenigno@hotmail.com John Benigno reports: In addition to working as a realtor, my fine art photography has been collected in the past year by the Historical Society of Philadelphia; the photo archives of the Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM; and the Presbyteria Historical Society. (Editor’s Note: Congratulations to John who was awarded the Plastic Club o f Philadelphia’s Ziegler Prize fo r his photograph “Moth Orchid II. ”) We send our deepest sympathies to the family of Peter Haviland who died on March 27, 2009.

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65 TKS Ms. Marilyn “Lyn ” Schultz Blackwell 3779 Center Road East Montpelier, VT 05651-4103 lblack@ezcloud. m m Marilyn Schulte Blackwell sends the following news: Merrill Adickes Rich reports: Last spring, my boyfriend, Russ, and I took a wonderful trip to Germany and saw the Alps! It was fantastic! This year, I have switched to teaching 3rd grade at Sculptor Charter School and love it! I am also going to graduate school part time in Educational Leadership at UCF. Son Ben teaches Physics at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, MD and daughter Becky continues to enjoy working at Publix supermarkets as a bagger extraordinaire. If you come to Florida, stop by for a visit!

Best wishes to all.

Margie Bartholomew Burris writes: Since real estate has forced me into a temporary retirement, I have gladly been spending time with my seven grandchildren ranging in age from 13 years old to 7 months old. They are spread outg Charlottesville, Nashville, and San Francisco. Gordon and I will spend the summer traveling to them and other faraway places. My Dad, at 94, is still living in his home in Essex Fells) God love ‘m.

Sally Poor Owen sends this update: My husband and I are living in Breckenridge, CO, where we retired last July. After 15 years as a reading specialist teacher, I am subbing part-time. My husband has gotten back in the hotel business part-time after running several Holiday Inns, among other jobs. We have two children, Scott, 35, and Heather 28. This April, Scott is to be married in Auckland, NZ to a Kiwi he originally hired at the Breck ski area. They currently live there after she found

Moth Orchid II, a photograph by John Benigno ’64 was winner o f the Plastic Club o f Philadelphia s’ Ziegler Prize. it would take a year to get a visa. Being married should solve that problem, and they hope to eventually move to the States.

Heather, on the other hand, is engaged to be married this July after being with her fiancé 5 years. So, we’re finally getting them off our hands. (Just kidding.) It’s a busy year to say the least, but a happy one.

My sister, Joan (Poor Clarke ’66), lives with her husband in Aurora, CO, a suburb of Denver. She continues to work for the Cherry Creek School System. Her husband, Larry, is a realtor. Their oldest son, Nathan, is a professional tennis instructor at a sports club and coaches the girls’ team at a private school in Aurora, and son, Chris, works in NYC as a stockbroker. Their youngest son, David, has his own business as a handyman.

And finally, Susan DeBevoise Wright tweaks our memories: I’m sitting here sorting through my Kimberley album inherited from my mother. She faithfully clipped every article from the Kimberley Kourier. The June

1965 issue reports on our graduation ceremony. Do you remember the speaker?

According to the lead article, Dr. W. E. Parks, President of Simmons College, addressed the role of education in the era of “rapid social change” that was affecting the status of women. Clairvoyantly, he told us that the goal of being “a housewife with a happy family” was fast becoming passé. At this rate, I will not get moved. After 30 years advising students at Dartmouth, I’m retiring. Jim will step down as president after Commencement.

He came to Dartmouth to teach history in 1969 and has never left. We’ll live in Sunapee, a half-hour south of Hanover. As for the future, I hope to learn much in the next stage of my education.

MA Victor Bernstein reports: Michael Fink and I met up at Wesleyan University over Memorial Day Weekend, which happened to be Michael’s 40™ Reunion and my son Benedict’s Commencement weekend. Of course, Michael and I are both too young to

Susan DeBevoise Wright TKS ’65 - Leaving a legacy at Dartmouth (Information provided by the May/June Dartmouth Alumni Magazine) Dartmouth’s 2009 Commencement ceremonies were the last to be held under the presidency of college President James Wright and his wife Susan. Susan left TKS to attend Vassar, and after a spell working as an elementary teacher, moved to Hanover in 1978, where, from 1980-83, she worked as the Assistant Director of Career Services at Dartmouth, coordinating the Women-in-Business Program. After receiving a master’s from Stanford, she returned to Dartmouth in 1984 as assistant dean of the college and married James Wright. In addition to holding that title for nine years, Susan worked as a class dean and held a variety of coordinator positions in which she advised international and minority students and presidential scholars. From 1998 until last fall, Susan held what she calls “a dream job” as director of the Kenneth ’25 and Harle Montgomery Endowment, which brings distinguished lecturers to campus. Susan says that being Dartmouth’s first lady helped her grow personally and professionally, and when asked how she would like to be remembered, said simply, “ That I made a difference for students. I hope that’s it. ” [MKA wishes Susan and James every happiness in their retirement at their new home in Sunapee, New Hampshire.]

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Renowned novelist and Montgomery Fellow Joan Didion and Susan DeBovoise Wright ’65 at Dartmouth in October 2008.

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be there for these reasons, but such is life.

Michael, at least, looks like he should be at his 30 ^ Reunion, at most. I had not seen Michael in probably something like 20-25 years. We had a short but great time, not merely reminiscing, but even speaking about our present endeavors. Michael is deeply involved in affordable housing, and I am head of Manna Energy Ltd., working on a Clean Development Mechanism project, with the UNDP as advisors, in Rwanda, initially.

While I live in New York City, and Michael is in South Jersey, and since I do not plan to ‘reunion’ with Michael and my son every 5 years, we plan to get together sooner rather than later. As an aside, my father was with us in Middletown, and he also enjoyed seeing Michael whom he, too, has known for (can it be?) five decades, and, of course, he enjoyed seeing his grandson Benedict graduate with high honors and as the recipient of the Butterfield Prize—kind of like a headboy/girl prize. (I had to get that in somehow!)

Arthur Brown sends this update: Ten years ago, my wife, Betty Ann, and I moved to Cape Cod after 25 years of living and teaching in Wilmington, DE. We have two sons, Nick and Matt, who have blessed us with six grandchildren - five boys and a lovely little girl. Life has been more than busy for us —traveling, fishing, golfing and writing and although retirement beckons, we will probably work for a couple more years.

We seldom go south anymore, but when we do, we will stop by at the school. 1 have many fond memories of classmates and such teachers as Messrs Brogan, Mamell, Kemer, Hemmeter and Van Brunt.

66 MA Mr. D. Carter Fitzpatrick 70 Eastern Vista Sedona, AZ 86351-9085 fitzlaw@sedone. net

Michael Labowsky, MA ’67 at the graduation o f his youngest daughter Mary, MKA ’09

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Class agent: Mr. A. Craig Cameron 11 Bay Point Drive Ormond Beach, FL 32174-2203 ccameron@cameronhodges. com

67 TKS Ms. Margot Escott 1818 Imperial G olf Course Blvd.

Naples, FL 34110-1010 MA Class agent: Mr. Craig Perry 3467 Pinestream Road Atlanta, GA 30327 Craig.perry@rutherfoord. com

68 TKS Ms. Avie Claire Kalker 10 Knolls Road Williamstown, MA 0126ÎÈË& akalker@aol. com We send our deepest sympathies to Maggie Johnson Sliker whose mother, Katherine Addison (“Kiki”) Johnson, died on January 21, 2009.

MA Mr. Burton M. Webb Box 29 Free Union, VA 22940 bmw@freeunities. com

69 40th REUNION OCTOBER 24, 2009 TKS Phyllis La Touche Rawlins 11 Penobscot Road Natick, MA 01760 Phyllis LaTouche Rawlins sends the following update: It is always great to locate “lost” classmates, and this year two have been found - Ellen Hare and Christine Tiernan. I caught up with Ellen at my college reunion last spring. It was great to see her and catch up on her news. Ellen wrote: “It’s been a nostalgia explosion for me since my 35™ college reunion last May! Really fun to be totally reconnected with my wonderful freshman roomie as well as a few others I enjoyed so much waaay back when...

I am living on a sweet little lake in Denville, NJ - no motorboats allowed.. .very tranquil.

I try to get into the City to visit with NY friends/old neighbors as much as possible. I lived there from ’76 to ’87. Several of them are still in theater, so it’s a treat to get in to shows they’re involved in, new play readings, etc. I am working for a Manhattan based relocation company that handles international transferees. I assist the corporation with families that are NJ bound. My son, Liam

(17 in June), my chocolate lab, Luke, and I are doing well and are more than ready for the bloom of Spring! We’ll be seeing the little sunfish and kayaks out any day now.

DOES ANYONE KNOW where Marilyn Cowing (Dulin) is? Annette Colston (Saviet)? Others? I would love to know.”

From Christine Tiernan this note: “So happy to receive all the news. Amazing! I’m writing you from India where, for many years now, I have run an NGO Art program for underserved orphans and other children... have a great 40™ Reunion!” You will find photos of Christine with her students under the “About Us” and “Art Programs” sections on the NGO website. Here is her biography as listed: “Christine Tiernan MA, ATR, LPAT is the founder and director of ArtSeva.

She has worked with homeless children in California, India and Nepal. Christine has practiced art therapy and counseling for thirty years specializing in family sorrow, bereavement, medical art therapy and “Art as Prayer.” In the 1970’s, Christine studied sacred art traditions in South Asia. She has taught spiritual art practices at retreats with Ram Dass, Stephen Levine and Wayne Muller. Christine teaches at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.” I highly recommend a visit to her website. It is very impressive!

Shelley Brightman Walchak writes, “I did change jobs and I am working for the Colorado State Library as the Public Library/Community Programs Senior Consultant. It’s quite a switch to be working in downtown Denver across from the Capitol after being in rural southwest Colorado.

Denver is a really nice size city with lots of great things happening. Florian and I had a “granddaughters’ weekend” in April, hosting our 2, 3 and 5 year old granddaughters! In June, another grandbaby arrives, but we don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy. By the way, I visited Angela Steggles Nevius a few years back in Pennsylvania. She was busy with her two sons and family life.”

Susan Lowry has spent most of her professional life working in non-profits, either in direct service or management roles.

Right now, she is the Grants Director for Philadelphia Youth Network, which is focused on improving workforce preparedness and increasing educational options for Philadelphia youth, particularly low-income,Sinority teens. She will be spending next year in Arizona and working primarily remotely from her temporary location.

Virginia Munson Vassalio writes, “Russ and I are still enjoying Kentucky and are seeing more of it because we are going to book fairs and craft fairs selling our books, (visit www.crazyduck.com) We now have thirteen

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grandchildren. Only three are girls - And, we have three sets of twins as grandchildren! In between many other things, I have been working on genealogy. I’ve traced Russ’s family back to the 1700’s in Sicily and have expanded my family’s lines. Now I am trying to coordinate information from various family members into one coherent story line of our family since the 1600’s.”

Chris Hannon has been at Smith College since 1991 and is the Assistant Director of Libraries. She enjoys the job and says living in Northampton is great.

Susan Schadler will be spending the fall semester at Oxford and in London.

Christine Wakefield looks forward to her annual fishing trip in the wilds of Alaska.

Although she does not hunt, she did comment that the bear population has exploded to the extent that the bears are now killing the baby moose since there are not enough salmon and berries to feed on. She usually returns to California with freshly caught salmon and halibut.

Lisa Schultz, a pathologist, is on the Board of Directors of the Myocarditis Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving awareness and understanding of myocarditis through education, outreach and the funding of grants for scientific research.

She is currently actively involved in writing educational materials for medical professionals and the lay public.

Barbara Havfiand Brogan sends this note: “Having the best time reading up a bit on everyone’s lives! I am living in a humble old waterfront neighborhood justgitside Annapolis, Maryland on a creek off the Severn River. If you bought a newspaper subscription with the Washington Post in the early 1900’s, you could buy these lots for $1.00 a piece.. .would that we had been there then! I have been working part time with the “Info-Babes” for our local library system for about five years. Bob (Brogan) and I are still together after 34 years. He keeps moving forward and now works with Adobe Systems, Inc. Our two boys are out of the area, one with family in Atlanta and one in Pittsburgh at Graduate School. We have our first new little granddaughter (hard to get used to that one, but I am embracing it). Life changes keep on “cornin’,” and we keep on “hummin’.”

I was very sorry to learn the sad news that Barbara Haviland Brogan’s brother, Peter Haviland ’64, died in March after a short illness. Jim and I spend the summer on the same island in the Thousand Islands that the Haviland family has summered on for generations. Peter spent his summers there as well, and we always enjoyed his company.

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Peter was a great musician and played for all the Round Islanders at our Sunday afternoon gatherings at the Post Office. He will be sorely missed by so many who knew him on Round Island. [MKA sends its sincere condolences to Barbara and her family.]

Jim and I visited Barbara (Haviland Brogan) and Bob Brogan in Annapolis last fall. We had a great time at the Boat Show and the Navy/Pittsburgh game and then took a special side trip to see Andy Goddard at her Bar/Restaurant “Andy’s” in Chestertown, Maryland. “Andy’s” is a very special venue with great food and great music. If you go, be sure to check out the beautiful portrait of her over the bar!

I have just returned from the trip of my lifetime to Tanzania in East Africa. Family members (mostly from the UK) gathered in Dar es Salaam to celebrate my cousin’s 50™ birthday, and from there we went on to Zanzibar and Tanga. One cousin and I continued on for six days on safari to Arusha, Lake Manyara, the Serengeti, and the Ngorongoro Crater. The safari was beyond my wildest imagination. I would do it again in a heartbeat!

We are still missing four classmates...Marilyn Cowing Dulin, Ann Callaghan, Aimee Lawlor Gaynor and Elizabeth Simonson. If you have any leads as to their whereabouts, please let me know!

MA Class secretary and reunion chair Dr. Edward A. Griggs Jr. 1218 Williams Drive Shrub Oak, N Y 10588 Reunion chair: Alan Hirsh ahirsh@lamartcorp.com Ed Griggs writes: ... I saw Ian Naismith, my former Latin teacher, in Ormond Beach, FL last summer. He and his wife, Elaine (nee Deehan), the sister of Greg Deehan ’68, Gary Deehan ’68, and Alan Deehan ’77, all Academy grads, retired there a few years ago. From there, I drove to Weston, FL, where my sister Joyce (Griggs ’82), another alum, lives. On a small world note, my daughter Claire, who will graduate from Northwestern U. in June and begin law school at American U. in August, had a roommate last year whose father is the cousin of Robert Glicksman, one of my classmates. I understand that Bob is practicing law in Kentucky.

Neal Prescott writes: Living “the way life should be” here in Maine. Managing the Synthetic Rope Manufacturing Co I started in 1991 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. (www.novabraid.com) Signe and I will celebrate our 35™ anniversary this year. Our son, Brigham, and daughter, Lindsay, are

both working in Boston, but often return on summer weekends to ride our sailboat, Dancer, at Christmas Cove.

Kevin Gosner is the head of the history department at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

70 TKS Ms. Leslie Bryan 844 East Morningside Drive, NE Atlanta, GA 30324-5223 lbryan@dsckd. com Class agent: Ms. Kim Kolbe 38 Kent Drive Roseland, N J 07068-3707 Leslie Bryan sends the following news: Anne McIntyre Graves writes that she is looking forward to her summer and a return to Nantucket. Her daughters, Whitney and Erin, are living and working in New York, and Austin is home with Anne and Otto.

Barbara Dixon reports that the publishing industry has been hard hit by the economic downturn, but she is staying busy with her design referral service and working on two design books.

When last I heard from Madge Huber Henning, she had just returned from a week of rebuilding with the Presbyterian Church in New Orleans. Madge, to no one’s surprise, can now cut and lay tile with the best of them! Madge reported that she had reconnected with Julia Haines on Facebook.

I, too, got to talk with Julia —a wonderful conversation.

Says Alison Smith Driscoll, “My wonderful husband, Richard Driscoll, and I are very happy together as we approach our second wedding anniversary. We love Wilmington, Delaware, where we moved after marrying.

My son, JP, now lives in San Francisco, where he is involved in theatre. He works in finance, and I, as a holistic health and healing practitioner, specializing in Ayurveda.” Some of us, at our 2006 gathering on the Vineyard, got to see Alison in her beautiful wedding dress —a nice treat. From the Boston area, I heard from Alison Boochever Sawyer: “My news is all good! I have a son about to graduate from Pomfret School, and he has been accepted early decision to The School for International Service at American University in Washington D.C.! I enjoy a great life in the western suburbs of Boston in a great antique colonial house built in 1850.1 work in the Back Bay of Boston and love it! I have seen Alison Smith Driscoll, Betsy Kimball and Winnie Hentschel from time to time in Boston, and none of them has changed at all!”

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Barbara Sloane ’65 wrote from New York that things were a bit crazy but she was happy to have a job —and in this economy, we would all have to agree.

Debbie von Hoffmann Lanzone is presumably doing well after the “regime change” in D.C. I’m sure she enjoys being f e c k in the majority in her Congressional job.

I am looking forward to seeing Heidi Sanders Bryan this summer - the whole family tries to get together for at least one weekend on the Vineyard. We had tried to meet up in April when Heidi went up to help her parents, but my work interfered. By the time you read this, assuming all goes according to plan, Bruce and I will have hosted our daughter, Whitney’s, wedding on October 10 in Atlanta. The role of Mother of the Bride is an interesting one - and very different from what I recall when I was the bride! So, to all of you, it is always wonderful to hear from you, and let’s plan another gathering soon!

MA Mr. V. James Castiglia 3 Lark Lane Oak Ridge, N J 07438-9171 vjc@vjamescastiglia. com Class agent: Mr. Peter Webb Mile Slip Farm 48 Mason Road Brookline, NH 03033-2203 pwebb@winerbennett. com Congratulations to Barry Ridings, Vice Chairman of US Investment Banking at Lazard Freres & Co, who was honored by the American Jewish Committee Financial Services Division at their National Human Relations Award Luncheon held at The Pierre Hotel in New York City on June 3.

71 TKS Miss Philippa Bowles 162 WoodruffAvenue Brooklyn, N Y 11226 bowlesphilippa@hotmail. com MA Mr. Anthony Vitale 10 North Wood Avenue, Apt. 601 Linden, N J 07036 Tony. Vitale@TVOD.com Our sincere condolences go to Robert Kovacs whose mother, Joan Wright Kovacs, died on April 30, 2009.

We send our heartfelt sympathies to Sydney Johnson Petty whose mother, Katherine Addison (“Kiki’) Johnson, died on January 21, 2009.

72 TKS Ms. Barbara Flessas 140 Lorraine Avenue Upper Montclair, N J 07043 akisister@aol. com Ms. Deborah Peck, Esq. 128 Victoria Bay Court Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418-5764 d cp ll @hotmail. com Class agent: Mrs. Linda Finney Williams Box 1446 6 South Pasture Lane Nantucket, MA 02554 czarina@nantucket.net Barbara Flessas updates: My son Nick (David ’05) graduated from Yale University this past May. Next year, he will be a teacher

with Teach for America. I dan’t believe this is happening so soon in my life! I am still slogging away at being a lawyer, but am jealous of my fellow Kimberley classmate, Amy Nussbaum Mack, who recently wrote and told me that she retired from the law, has moved to Washington, and intends to go to graduate school to study ethics. My son, Ian (David ’06) is a junior at Amherst College and will be studying in St. Petersburg, Russia this summer along with his classmate, Princeton junior Andy (Davis ’06). I think it’s cool that those guys will be together.

Amy Nussbaum Mack writes: After 20 years of living and practicing law in New York City, I moved to Washington State in January, 2009 to join my “significant other” and to be closer to my son and his family.

We’re renting ¡»house on Vashon Island, right on the beach, with a gorgeous view of Puget Sound and Mt. Rainier. I’m planning to pursue a Master’s degree in bioethics. My son, Jeremy, was married to Lauren Goldstein in 2006, and they have a son Jayden William, bom October 17, 2007. After living near San Francisco for more than 2 years, they relocated to San Diego in March of 2009.

Any MKA alums who are in the Seattle/Tacoma area are welcome to come visit. My email address is landt_nyc@yahoo.com Susan Huang writes: As most of you have already experienced.. .life is hectic with a four-and-a-half year old. Both Tony and I are still actively involved in the church and other non-profit foundations, and I recently joined the HSBC Investor Funds Board as an Independent Tmstee. We had a WONDERFUL, though extremely short, visit with Linda Finney Williams last September while we were in Nantucket. A happy and healthy 2009 to all!

MA Class agent: Mr. Peter Perretti 86 East Bracebridge Circle The Woodlands, TX M382-2542 perretti@sbcglobal. net Peter Perretti sends this update: Kathy and I are doing well. We lived through Hurricane Ike, which was very scary, and we went without power for five days, but we were very fortunate compared to many people around usHwe had no damage and no harm.

I love my job at The John Cooper School.

Teaching economics this year is especially challenging. Can anyone please explain if, in fact, markets are rational? My father is hanging in there, living most of the year now at Longboat Key, FL with mom. They see Montclair area friends and some folks mom went to school with in Oak Park, Illinois.

Andy Abramson '71 with daughters (l-r) Lauren ’01, graduate Carly ’09 and Heather ’01. Carly was Alumni Council Student Representative fo r her junior and senior years.

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In December, we saw Mike Cassatly and Bob Newman in Florida. Bob is lawyering out of CT, and be and his wife, Erica, own a Gymboree. Their two young daughters are well. Mike is retired from his oral surgery practice and spending a lot of time on church related activities. For example, he was in Kenya this January working to arrange a micro financing project inside Kenya. His and Stephanie’s two daughters, Sarah and Hannah, are in high school. We also saw Tim Wallace and his wife, Cathy. Eldest daughter Kate (Wallace ’02) is living in Alaska - 1 forget what she is doing there. Studying photography for one thing, working too. Tim is happy as can be, earning a living with Public Relations and has taught himself the guitar, and he is excellent. Last summer in Maine, I saw his band perform, and they were great! He even dragged me up to sing with them (and his daughter, Jenny), so I could relive Sebastian and the Hubcaps memories.

We’ve also seen Bill and Erin Cuffe Crawford ’74 in the past year. Daughter Kelly is quite an athlete and is in her middle school years. Dave DeBell is well, with children just about all grown up. Henry Talbot and wife Alena are now the proud parents of a daughter and a son - once again, we played together in the Montclair Member Guest where we continued our tradition of embarrassing ourselves. Lou Gioffre is well; he has his homes in Ocean Grove and Hackensack and makes great music with Geoff Bart and Ernie Buccini (I’ve heard a bit of it, and it is phenomenal). It’s fun to see Michael Wolff ’71 on TV, commenting on his new book about Rupert Murdoch. And to think we knew him as student council leader, or whatever it was he was. I saw Barry Nazarian ‘62 last summer at Earl’s house, and he is looking great and is just as fun as ever. Barry rides with Earl (Perretti ’74) on the same bike team in the Montclair area.

Earl is still winning races, daughter Maddie is in high school, and Frances is off to college this fall. Saw Chris Schulz last December.

He lives in Naples, Florida now, and is publisher of the Naples and Sarasota magazines. Chris is playing a lot of tennis and recently took up golf. Daughter Danielle graduates from college this spring, son Nick is in middle school.

My sister, Ruth ’79, runs the Blue Line at Polo and also is proud co-owner of Ruthie’s restaurant in Montclair, best barbecue in the states that belonged to the Union in the Civil War, and better than most southern joints. I should know, because Ruth and Eric came to visit us in Texas for a week to do barbecue research. We ate so much barbecue that I turned into a sausage for two weeks. Ruth wisely practiced moderation.

If guys want to email me with info, I’d love to hear from them.

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Dana Paolucci ’09 stands with proud dad and form er Alumni Association President Dean Paolucci, MA ’73.

73 TKS Ms. Susan Read 38 College Circle Staunton, VA 22401-2375 MA Mr. Gregory Lackey 138 Paupukkewis Trail Medford Lakes, NJ 08055-1310 gregory. lackey@usps.gov Class agent: Mr. Thomas C. Galligan 504 Main Street New London, NH 03257-7818 tgalligan@colby-sawyer. edu We send our sincere condolences to William Kovacs whose mother, Joan Wright Kovacs, died on April 30, 2009.

35th REUNION OCTOBER 24, 2009 TKS Class agent and reunion chair: Ms. Erin Cuffe Crawford 102 Buckingham Road Upper Montclair, N J 07043-2307 erincrawford@verizon. net Reunion chair: Martha Bonsai Day Sunset 5652@aol.com Susan Ridgway writes: Hap and I are enjoying our second year of retirement at our ranch in Northern Wyoming. It is beautiful every day where the wildlife keep us amused and our horses keep us busy.

is happy to be a part of a great company and strong corporation during the current, difficult economic times. Brian and his family have lived in Bergen County since 1989, and have been in Haworth since mid1995. Brian’s wife, Marilyn, spent many years as a real estate attorney, but changed careers some years back, and is thoroughly enjoying teaching social studies to sixth and eighth graders in the Fair Lawn School system. Brian’s oldest daughter Katherine is a junior at Wake Forest University, his second daughter Maggie is a senior in high school and son Owen is in the seventh grade. Brian hopes to make Homecoming and his class’s 35th reunion in October.

MA Mr. Rudolph Schlobohm 7 Sutton Place Verona, NJ 07044 rudyschlobohm@gmail. com Anthony Celentano writes: I am my ninth year at Pope John XXIII High School in Sparta (Sussex County), NJ where I am the Director of Academic Computing Services. I also do some counseling with students.

Musically, I keep active with my church job as Director of Music at the Presbyterian Church in Succasunna where I play the organ and direct two choirs. In my free time, I dream about what I will do in my free time!

Ben Thompson writes: It’s been interesting connecting with former classmates, including Danny Beirne, Anne Johnson, Barbara Bonney and Dirk Buikema through Facebook. Our oldest child heads off to college in the fall. We just don’t know yet where that will be. All is well in the hills of Massachusetts.

Brian Thomas is in his 10th year with Johnson & Johnson’s Consumer Products business. He is the Financial Controller, and

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Class agent: Mr. Paul Zukerberg 1790 Lanier Place NW Washington, DC 20009-2118 pzuk@speakeasy. net

Mrs. Paul McPeeley (Laurie Hoonhout) 238 Devon Road Essex Fells, N J 07021 lmcfeeley@montclairkimberley. org

Lucie Du Hamel reports: ... Iam still living in New Canaan, CT with my two children, (6th and 10th graders). I am taking my daughter, Anna, and niece, Grace (Betsy DuHamel’s [‘78] youngest), both 10th graders, on a trip to Tanzania in the early summer that is being organized by a friend from RI. It is a humanitarian outreach program helping in an all girls’ school, Masaai village and local hospital. It will be an experience of a lifetime. You can read more about it a t . I also keep in touch with and see Katie Grover, Janet Kluge Wiggin and Anna Crawford .. .all of whom are GREAT!

Class agent: Dr. Charles Read 1918 N. Daniel Street Arlington, VA 22201-4110 readca@gunet.georgetown. edu

Jim Friedlich is living in New York City and Woodstock, NY with his wife, Melissa, an artist, and their 14-year old son, Max. Jim is a partner in a private equity fund that owns a collection of media and entertainment properties including a video game company, a music company, a magazine publisher and a market research firm. He keeps in touch with Janet Kluge Wiggin and Whip Hubley and would love to hear from Bud Johnson.

Howard Johnson reports that he is currently working as an IT consultant in DOD related projects. On a sad note, Howard’s mother, Katherine Addison (“Kiki”) Johnson died on January 21, 2009. [The MKA community sends its sincere condolences to Howard.]

We send our heartfelt condolences to Catherine Haviland Schafer whose brother, Peter Haviland ’64x, died on March 27, 2009.

Nicholas Eastman writes: After being out of work for awhile due to health issues, it’s good to be back working, currently at an inpatient psychiatric hospital with children who have been victims of neglect and/or abuse. Thankfully, it’s humbling work. Also watching my two kids, Kate (15) and Ben (12) grow up in this world that feels so foreign from the one I inhabited before they were bom. They’re both navigating their lives well with the help of smart brains and strong soccer skills. Both are in the Gifted and Talented Program at their respective schools (I know, I think they must have received their smarts from their Mom, too.), and Kate plays for a nationally ranked soccer program.

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Alumni Director Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley reports: It was terrific to see brothers Chip ’76 and Andy Read ’77 at MKA’s Washington, DC alumni reception in April. Chip is incredibly busy in his roles of Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Adult Critical Care and Director of Fellowships at Georgetown University Hospital. Andy is an attorney with Jones Day, litigating on matters focusing on antitrust, securities and contract matters out of his DC office. Chip, Andy, current faculty members George Hrab (he’s still teaching and mentoring students!), Carol Spencer and I had dinner after the DC event. It was fun hearing Chip and George reminisce about the year Chip taught at MKA and the two became colleagues - just prior to Chip’s enrolling in medical school. I have also been in touch via email with Janet Nagel Scheel. Janet is another distinguished physician, serving as Medical Director of Pediatric Transplants and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatric Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Hopefully we’ll never require Chip and Janet’s expertise, but how lucky we are to know them should the need arise. I corresponded last May with my MKA homeroom buddy Dave Minchin (we both had Mr. Kemer) after many years, and he and his wife, Amy, will definitely be at our class’s 35th reunion in 2011. Dave loves living in Charlotte, NC where he owns and runs a couple of businesses in the chemical field.

Frank Godlewski is well and living in Essex Fells; he enjoys getting out to MKA functions in our area and steadfastly volunteers at my Alumni Phonathons. Thanks Frank (and Hilary Hoffman Fandel, Dave Hughes, Paul McFeeley and Lisa Aufzien too!). Paul and I continue to end up in stitches multiple times each year when we see Dave, Warren Waters, Darcel DeVito Collins, John Urga, Hilary and a great crew of fellow alums from surrounding classes. I’ve connected with Greg Mancusi-Ungaro and Hal Goodtree on Facebook; Greg and his family adore living in Marblehead, MA where Greg is an avid sailing competitor and actor in local theater. Hal and wife, Lindsey, live in Cary, NC where daughter Jill was a JV cheerleader in the last school year and daughter Emma competed in Level 4 gymnastics. Hal plays bass and sings lead vocals in a terrific jazz band Blled A Fifth o f Blues. He’ll have to serenade us at our next reunion weekend. As

for pur family, our youngest Brian (McFeeley ’08) completed his freshman year at Amherst College in May and is a member of the school’s Div. Ill lacrosse team. Our oldest son, Rob, graduated from Wake Forest University in May 2008 and has returned to Wake to get his master’s in education. Please drop me a note or email and tell me what you and yours are up to.

Our deepest sympathies go to Raymond Knox whose father, Horace Knox, died on June 5, 2009.

77 Mr. Andrew Pedersen 1 Washington Avenue ; Rumson, NJ 07760-2013 andrewpedersenSigiaol. com Class agent: Mr. Robert Hubsmith 16 Warren Road Maplewood, N J 07040-1814 Eric Mund reports: All is welHThe kids like the new town. (Eric and his family now live in Mountain Lakes.) I see Rob Hubsmith’s parents in church a lot. Jeff Evans owns a Restaurant/Inn in Searsport, ME and is married with kids. I’m still road racing. Braking deep into a turn a 190 mph is still fun. My kids are turning into track rats. Kind of cool.

Marcy Irwin Pope, who holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts, exhibited her work at the T.W. Wood Gallery at their Graduate Exhibition in February.

Jason Apter recently opened two not-forprofit Jewish Funeral homes in Dover, NJ and Cedar Grove, NJ. (From the 12/(08/08 edition o f New Jersey Jewish News): The new Apter endeavor, a 501(c)(3), is housed in already established funeral homes and offer rates that are 30-40% lower than other funeral homes. In addition, Jason and his partner donate $500 from every funeral to the community as a gift in the name of the deceased.

We send our deepest sympathies to Linda Haviland Conte whose brother, Peter Haviland ’64x, died on March 27, 2009.

78 Ms. Pamela Zeug 250 Mercer Street, D502 New York, N Y 10012-1150 pzeug@downinggroup.com Class agent: Ms. Jane Lugaric Burkhard 299 Crown Road Kentfield, CA 94904-2711 janeburkhardimcomcast. net

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Graduate Danielle Donatiello with her dad Mark, MKA class o f1979.

Congratulations to Alex Adams and wife Mirja who welcomed twins Bianca (71bs. 5 oz) and Kristian (71bs. 3 oz) on June 4th. The twins join proud big sisters Sophia (9 yrs.) and Fiona (6yrs.)

79 30th REUNION OCTOBER 24, 2009 Dr. John Brink 1246 Beach Haven Rd. Atlanta, GA 30324-3842 drjack2020@aol. com Class secretary and reunion chair: Mrs. Carlos Ortiz (Shawn Mahieu) 2163 Gilbride Road Martinsville, N J 08836-2235 csaortiz@optonline. net On April 14, James Johnson, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the NYU Brennan Center for Justice, was presented with the National Leader for Justice Award that the center received in acknowledgment of its advocacy on behalf of democracy.

Ed Mason reports: Our oldest, Sarah, currently a junior at Wake Forest, did a fall semester abroad in the UK and is looking forward to the Spring back in NC. Twins Emily and Teddy both commited, sign their NLI’s and will be playing Division I lacrosse next year, Emily at Quinnipiac and Teddy at Bryant. Jean and I are well and are somewhat amazed to “sort o f’ be empty nesters come September. Regards to all.

Lisa Westheimer performed her “Take a Wish” project on Saturday, May 2nd as part of the opening of Uncharted Territory at the Harvard Printing Company at 540 Central Avenue, Orange NJ.

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Former Varsity Lacrosse Players Kent Walker ’80 and Peter Dancy '82 , pictured with their sons, current MKA students Harrison and Ryan, coached MKA’s 3 - 5 ™graders this past spring.

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Mary L. Cole, Esq. 1 Ferrous Court Chester, N J 07930 Mary_Cole@wellsfargois.com

Cheryl McCants 7 Holly Court Bloomfield, N J 07003-3004 cmccants@eimpactconsulting.com

Class agent: Mr. George Reimonn, Jr. 199 Winter Street Hopkinton, MA 01748 George@cadso. com

Thomas Robbins 6 Bradford Terrace Newtown Square, PA 19073-190

Our heartfelt sympathies got go to Hamilton Bowser whose sister, Rebecca Bowser Lowenthal ’83, died on January 20, 2009.

We send our deepest sympathies to Marshall Lee Shearin, Jr. whose stepfather, Water I. McCoy, died on February 15, 2008.

81 Class agent: Mrs. Laura Itzkowitz (Laura Reisch) 37 Nottingham Road Manalapan, N J 07726-1834 howardandkaura@optonline. net Karen Shelby Anderson sends this update: I live near Manchester, NH with my husband of 20 yrs, Tim, and 2 daughters (3 dogs, 3 cats and some fish). Emily is 16 and Shelby H 13. My stepson, Max is 27. I have been Chief Dentist for the NH Dept, of Corrections for the past 11 years. Life is relatively quiet here; I am always struck by the traffic and speed of everything when I visit in Montclair. I would be happy to hear from old friends - memories flash back as I watch my daughters negotiating their way through middle and high school, (Ed Note.Please see TKS ’38 fo r more from Karen.)

Peter Edge was recently featured in The Montclair Times having been appointed to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of Investigations, one of the two highest ICE posts in New Jersey, after serving as the agency’s acting director of congressional relations during the transition between the Bush and Obama administration.

In his new position, Edge will oversee investigations into the transnational narcotics trade, white-collar crimes and cross-border gang activity.

Our heartfelt sympathies go to Douglas Moxham whose mother, Mary F. Moxham, died on March 20, 2009.

We send our sincere condolences to Christopher Shearin whose stepfather, Walter I. McCoy, died on February 15, 2008.

\83 Ms. Amy Felber Trapp 229 Cardinal Road M ill Valley, CA 94941-3618 amy@jhevents. com Ms. Maureen Towers Natkin 5 Riverview Road Irvington, NY 10533 motowers@aol.com

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Class agent: Mr. Walter J. Davis 66 Oakwood Drive New Providence, N J 07974 davisteam@comcast. net We send our deepest sympathies to the family of Rebecca Bowser Lowenthal who died on January 20, 2009.

We send our heartfelt condolences to Kevin Wilkins whose father, Walter Wilkins, died on January 23, 2009.

84 25th REUNION OCTOBER 24, 2009 Class agent and reunion chair: Mrs. Jennifer Jones Ladda 110 Glen Rock Road Cedar Grove, N J 07009 jjones@dmjadvisors, com Class agent: Mr. William Stone 99 Larch Road East Greenwich, R I 02818-2205 bstone@outsidegc. com Reunion chairs: Ed Conlin edfconlin@yahoo. com. au Rob Iverson rob@privateflightgroup. com Matt Colagiuri writes: Life in San Francisco is treating me well. I can’t believe I’ve been here over two years already! 2008 was an incredible year for me and my artwork. I was exhibited in NYC for the first time and have been picked up at a gallery in Paris! They’ve already brought (and sold!) my work to London, and I am currently creating work for an art fair in Germany.

2008 also saw the launch of my website www.matt.colagiuri.com. I hope everyone is well, and I am hoping and planning to see many of you in October.

Bryn Fleming Mulligan has been having fun on Facebook with Wayne Weil, Joe Leonardi, Julio Dolorico, Maria Rabb, Susan Fehnei Ferrara and Dennis Goldstein ’83. I am taking Arabic classes, raising three beautiful boys, ages 13, 1! 'and 10 and traveling with my husband, Tim. I am also and active CERT volunteer with the local police department, and maybe training for my 6^* marathon.

Claudia Ocello updates: In 2008,1 won an award from the Education Committee of the American Association of Museums for Excellence in Practice - 1 can’t believe I’ve been working in museums for over 20 years!

It was great to be recognized by my peers with this achievement and award.

However.. .nonprofits are not doing well in these economic times, and I - along with many museum colleagues across the USA got laid off last fall. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade - so I started my own museum consulting business. Check out my website at www.museumpartnersconsulting.com; I’m doing great! I also teach at Seton Hall University, will present at a mutual conference and will soon be a published author.

\85 Class agents: Mr. Jeffrey Schackner 1435 Lexington Avenue, Apt. 3E New York, New York 10128 jeffrey.schakner@citi. com Mrs. Alexis Polonofsky Zebrowski 33 Glen Road Verona, N J 07044-2603 Mmzebo 7@mac. com Congratulations to Terry Presby who was married to John Frederick Magee on November 10, 2007.

Victoria Mollard Forte reports: Since leaving the corporate pharmaceutical world, I’ve been writing for a pharmaceutical agency close to home, which is Denville in Morris County. I am loving my mini-commute. My twins, William and Veronica, are 3 now. They are cute, smart in their own ways, and headstrong as the day is long! They go to school in Mountain Lakes and love it. Getting out the door in the morning is a real scene.

I’ve often wondered how people work full tim S n d raise children, Now that I’ve been working full time with a family for six months I am still wondering! So is my husband I suspect. That’s all for me!

Greetings toEll.

\86 Ms. Sherry Ahkami P.O. Box 3187 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 shirin@lajollaspine. com Ms. Jennifer Remington-Knodel 44 Hamilton Drive East North Caldwell, N J 07006-4629 jenremknodel@aol. com Class agent: Mr. Patrick Sweeney 1750 Scarlett Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15241-3140 p_sweeney @ml.com We send our deepest sympathies to the family of Victoria Manchester who died on February 24, 2009.

Mr. Dennis Rodan^M 14 Wayland Drive Verona, N J 07044-2331 rodanod@verizon. net Class agent: Mrs. Lynne Y. Krest (Lynne G. Yellin) 7408 East Main Street Lima, NY 14485 LynneGY@aol. com Our heartfeltpondolences got to Jennifer Bowser Gerst whose sister, Rebecca Bowser Lowenthal ’83, died on January 20, 2009.

\88 Ms. Susan Bartlett Rankin 721A Liggett Avenue San Francisco, CA 94129-1478 srankin@microsoft. com

Terry Presby M agee’85 and husband John Magee at their 2007 wedding.

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Class agent: Mrs. Hillary Johnston (Hillary Windolf) P.O. Box 35 New Vernon, N J 07976 hillaryjohnston@mac. com

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89 20th REUNION OCTOBER 24, 2009 Mr. Louis Lessig 158 Thunder Circle Bensalem, PA 19020-2148 llessig@brownconnery. com Class agent: M r Josh Raymond 303 Kensington Lane Livingston, N J 07039-8254 jraymond@trenklawfirm. com Reunion chair: Polly Lieberman pollylieberman@gmail. com Congratulations to Louis Lessig who was married to Megan Kinnear on May 10, 2008.

Louis became a partner at the law firm of Brown & Connery, LLP in Westmont, NJ on January 1, 2009. He was selected for the third year in a row as a speaker at the 62n^ Annual Society for Human Resource Management Conference & Exposition.

Congratulations to Deborah Hemsley Schultz and husband, Keith, who welcomed Jenna Elizabeth on October 17, 2008. Jenna joins sisters Emily (10), Lauren (8) and Jillian (3).

Michael Hnatow writes: I have 2 daughters, Alison (10) and Ashley (8) and am living in Pennsylvania, and everything is great. Kate (Hnatow Richard ’90) and Meg (Hnatow ’94) are also great.

Geoffrey Krouse writes that he was made a partner in the law firm of Smith Anderson in the fall of 2007.

Class agent: Mr. Luke Sarsfield 400 Chambers Street, PI York, N Y 10282 luke.sarsfield@gs. com Dara Marmon reports: Gene Mazo, always educating himself, “successfully defended [his] Ph.D. in 2008 at Oxford University, and, at 35 is.. .happy to report that [he is] finally finished with... “formal” education. Gene and his wife, Gwen, have a little boy, Max, who turned two in February. Check out the little one at: http://www.fhckr.com/photos/12019502@N08/ Jamie Lenis has recently returned to New Jersey, Bergen County, to be precise, after living nearly ten years in Boston. In May of 2009, Jamie married Kenneth Shattuck.

Jessica Lerner Halprin reports: My husband and I just finished designing and building our “green” home complete with geothermal heating and solar energy in Woodbridge, Connecticut. We moved in one week before I gave birth to our first child, Gabrielle Grace who weighed in at 9 lbs., 9 oz. I’ll soon be returning to work and a promotion to counsel for RBS Americas in Stamford.

Facebook also helped me get in touch with Marci Iuliani Young who lives with her family in Orange, CT, just one town over from us.

Dara comments: I post the Alumni Letter on Facebook, and all I get are two emails? So much for people saying “Dara, why aren’t you on Facebook?” I am. So is MKA. Send news any way you wish.

92 90 Class secretary and agent: Ms. Meredith McGowan Zengo 383 Middlesex Road Darien, CT 06820-2518 mczengo@aol. com Ms. Lorelei Muenster Leia9sioux@aol. com Naveen Ballem reports: I am married to Priya Zarine Ballem, and we have a one-yearold son, Nikhil Arun Ballem. I moved back to NJ to join my father in his surgical practice in Montclair.

91 Ms. Dara Marmon 127 East 30th Street, # 15A New York, N Y 10016 wackohead@nyc. rr.com

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Mr. Enrique Neblett 718 Ainsley Court Durham, NC 27713 enrique. neblett@gmail. com Ms. Tamar Safer 816 Chippewa Trail Franklin Lakes, N J 07417 tsafer5400@aol. com Class agent: Ms. Anne Marie Verdiramo 2030 South Street, Unit D Philadelphia, PA 19146-1365 amverdiramo@gmail. com Enrique Neblett reports: After living in the mountains of Colorado for many years, Laura Mamchur now lives on the ocean in Portland, Maine. Laura obtained her master’s in anesthesia from Georgetown University in 2007 and works as a nurse anesthetist. She also teaches yoga and is active in the yoga community. Laura writes: “Life is good, and I try and live by the words ‘If you can, then you m u st.||M

Alison Krouse Morello is now living in Tampa, FL, where she and her family moved from NYC in 2006. She writes: “We welcomed a son, Luca Giorgio, on April 6, 2009 - he is a love, and his big sister Eva is in love with him!” Alison is currently home with the kids and reports that she is writing her first children’s book about nutrition and healthy living!

As for me, I have just completed my first year on the psychology faculty at UNCChapel Hill. It’s been a whirlwind year relocating to North Carolina, starting a new job, and, most importantly, becoming a first­ time father. Our daughter, Maya Grace, was bom last June (2008). To add to the excitement, I survived a national championship and have had no trouble claiming my identity as a Tar Heel fan. Every now and again, I am in touch with Sharon Moe (formerly Most) who resides nearby in Raleigh with her husband and daughter. She tells me that she occasionally runs into Christopher Burchell who also resides here in NC with his family.

Tami Safer sends the following news: Scott Weiner recently left Barclays Capital to join Apollo Global Management, also in NYC, as part of their new opportunistic commercial real estate platform.

Melissa Roedel Johnson is pleased to announce the birth of Stella Madeline Johnson, who was bom on December 17, 2007, and is getting so big already. Owen loves being her big brother, and they are adorable together!

Jim Cirello and his wife, Justine, are pleased to announce the birth of Lucas Craig Cirello, bom in October 2008.

Jenna Blanes Componovo moved to Pittsburgh, PA with husband Roger and daughter, Angelina, in August 2008. Jenna launched two small businesses: MPoC Consulting-marketing and business management consulting for small to mid­ sized medical practices, and FitBizNetwork, a company providing the support, training and tools individuals need to uncover and maintain their own healthy lifestyle.

Congratulations to Alexis and Cliff Finkle who welcomed Skylar Dougherty on March 9, 2009.

93 Ms. Renee Monteyne 10 Lookout Point Trail TotowaNJ 07512-1612 monteyne@yahoo. com Class agent: Mr. Damien Vena 385 Grand Street, #L906 New York, NY 10002 venad@yahoo. com

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Andrew Wolf ’93 and wife Melanie at the 6 ^ Annual Scott M. Johnson Memorial Fundraiser in NYC. Andrew Wolf writes: The 6™ Annual Scott M. Johnson Memorial Fundraiser was held on May 16, 2009 at Mason Dixon in New York City. This year’s event was again an enormous success. Many MKA alumni came out to support the cause and remember our good friend Scott.

94 15th REUNION, OCTOBER 24, 2009 Class secretary and reunion chair: Ms. Dana Fiordaliso Martin 102 East 9 ^ Avenue Conshohocken, PA 19428-1504 difiordaliso@yahoo. com Class agent: Mr. Jason Awerdick jasonawerdick@gmail. com Dana Fiordaliso Martin sends the following news: Jaime Bedrin and Scott Dodd are parents to Henry Asher Dodd. Henry arrived 10 days early oh March 1st. They report that they are both exhausted and elated!

Sisters Lisa Ramos-Hillegers '94 and Ingrid Ramos '92 attended the 6tfl Annual Scott M. Johnson Memorial Fundraiser this past May.

Jodie Cabe Farrell and her husband, Mike, opened a 36-seat wine bar called Old Vines, located in Kennebunk, Maine. They serve small plate style food along with wines by the glass and beer by the bottle. The web-site is www.oldvineswinebar.com.

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Elizabeth (Liz) Osur was married in December to Pedro Marcal at The River Café in Brooklyn. Jillian Lutzy and Chris Giampapa ’93 attended the festivities. Liz has been working for the last two years for a multi-strategy hedge fund covering the consumer sector, and is still living on the Upper West Side.

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Austin Koenen writes: After graduating from Duke, I accepted a job at Lehman Brothers in NYC. In 2006,1 was moved to London. In 2008,1 was relocated again to Hong Kong. In the fall of 2008, Nomura International purchased Lehman’s Asian and European Operations. I am still at Nomura in Hong Kong, and enjoying life in Asia. Please keep in touch.

Kim Fischer-Elber is the mother of two wonderful children, Sophie, age 2, and Jaiden, age 1. She has taken a leave of absence from the psychology doctoral program at Rutgers University in order to spend time with her family. In addition to parenting, Kim teaches French part-time to children, ages 4-6.

Rita Ross and her husband, Steve Bruner, welcomed their first child, Sophie Kobrin Bruner on March 5, 2009. They reside in Brooklyn, NY. Congratulations to Tabish Rizvi who was married to Maliha Ahmad on May 23, 2009.

Their story was featured in the May 31, 2009 edition of The New York Times wedding section.

We send our deepest sympathies to Elizabeth Manchester whose sister, Victoria Manchester ’86, died on February 24, 2009.

Class agent: Mr. Matthew Drukker 660 Washington Street, Apt. 26A Boston, MA 02111 mdrukker@yahoo. com Tana Shah sends this update: I attended the University of Chicago for undergrad. I then went to medical school and residency in New Jersey, and now I will be starting a 3-year fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology in at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. I also got engaged recently and am looking to set a date for our wedding!!!

96 Ms. Tanya Barnes tbames@fas. harvard, edu Ms. Erica Hirsch 10 West 15th Street, #902 New York, NY 10011 ehirsch 77@yahoo. com Class agent: Mr. Lee Vartan 700 First Street, Apt. 17P Hoboken, N J 07030 ldv@alumni.princeton. edu Jeffrey Phruksaraj writes: I was married to Linda Pua on November 21, 2006. I’m working with Sonny Krishana at a medical tourism company called Med Journeys sending patients abroad for medical treatment. I purchased a home in Union, NJ last December.

Skylar Dougherty Finkle, daughter o f Alexis and C liffFinkle '92

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recently came in first place in Brisket at the Best of the Best invitational in Douglas GA, beating out over 50 of the best teams in the country. We should have our website up and running in the next few weeks. localsmokebbq.com. For now, you can check out www.lostnationvt.com/fatangeF. We will deliver anywhere in the state.

Elizabeth Osur '94 and Pedro Marcal at their December 2008 wedding at The River Café in Brooklyn, NY Congratulations to Stacey Honstedt Polanskyj and her husband, Peter, who welcomed son Damian John on June 27, 2 0 0 || Damian joins big sisters Cassie (5) and Maddie (3).

97 Congratulations to Kate Edelstein who was married to Brendan Corcoran in June 2008.

Lauren Ferstandig (the groom’s cousin) was the maid of honor, and Marie Corris was also in the wedding party.

Congratulations to Steve Raab on his marriage to Lauren Berkheimer (whom he met at Lafayette) last May. Steve reports: .. .we just opened a BBQ catering business in Red Bank named Local Smoke BBQ. We started out as a competition team named Fat Angel BBQ and quickly became one of the top teams in the Northeast. We got a nice write-up in New Jersey Monthly and we

Amy Urband writes: I recently moved to Brooklyn from Bozeman MT. 1 am currently a TeacherCare provider and au pair, for Danielle Singer Zackman’s bundle of joy, Sydney! After telemark, downhill and Nordic skiing through winter days and teaching at a Montessori Preschool, my activities are now based on the weather at Central Park and NYSC’s in all the 5 boroughs. No more driving to work in snowstorms - 1 go underground now! Everyday is an adventure, so live, laugh and love. Oh, and it’s been AMAZING reconnecting with the MKA crowd after being in MT for the past 15 years of my life. Great friends bring true happiness.

98 Class secretary and agent: Ms. Gemma Giantomasi 48 S. Park Street, Apt. 708 Montclair, N J 07042 gemmagiantomasi@gmail. com Ms. Lauren Moses laurenmoses3@yahoo.com Congratulations to Klaudia Pyz who reports: It’s been great reconnecting with some old high school friends over the last few years. I recently got engaged to my boyfriend of a year, Julian Rinaldi, and we are planning to get married in the summer of 2010. Currently, I am working at Deutsche Bank but will be leaving in the fall to pursue my MBA. Hope to see everyone at some more alumni events!

Congratulations to Angela Mulligan who is engaged to Greg Knapp. A September 2009 wedding is planned.

99 10th REUNION, OCTOBER 24, 2009 Class Secretary and reunion chair: Ms. Sandra Tritt 27 Cross Street Montclair, N J 07042 stritt@mka. org Class agent: Mr. Alexander Holz 605 East 14fh Street, Apt. 2C New York, N Y 10009 alexbhlz@gmail. com

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Congratulations to LeRoy Watkins who is engaged to Jennifer Gagnon. A June 2010 wedding is planned.

Igor Alves sents the following update: I completed my Masters of Science in Global Affairs at Rutgers University’s Division of Global Affairs in May 2008, and my thesis paper on “green marketing” and “corporate social responsibility” was recently published in the Journal fo r Global Change and Governance. I am currently working as a 2010 Census Partnership / Media Specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau, NY Region. I am also Director of Marketing at 24horas - a Portuguese daily newspaper. I recently co­ founded a multimedia production company with my younger brother Yuri, DreamPlay Productions, which is slated to co-produce a feature film to be shot in New Jersey early 2010.1 have been a Board Member at the American Red Cross of Northern New Jersey for the past 9 years, and am looking for inkind office space in Newark for the chapter...

I am also interested in founding a “co­ working space” in Northern NJ, if I can attract partners and resources... I currently live in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

Congratulations to Rich Eytel who was married to Kristen King on February 21, 2009. Rich adds: I’m still teaching Seamanship and Navigation at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis and am going for my masters.

Elizabeth Wolf received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine this past spring from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. She is excited to return to the east coast for an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at NYC Veterinary Specialists and Cancer Treatment Center.

David Fox was accepted to the MBA program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and started in August. David graduated from Hamilton College in 2003 and has been living in Washington, DC and doing environmental remediation for URS Corp. since graduation from college.

00 Mr. John Garippa 8157 Madison Lakes Circle South Davie, FL 33328 Ms. Anna Labowsky 5 Highview Court Wayne,, NJ 07470-6271 anna_labowsky @yahoo.com Class agent: Ms. Jaclyn Latzoni 58 Burnham Parkway Morristown, N J 07960 jaclynlatzoni@yahoo. com Lauren Hooper starred in the indie film "King of Paper Chasin'' - an Official Selection of HBO's New York International Latino Film Festival that had its world premiere screening in Manhattan this August.

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I t’s an MKA fam ily affair! Upper School Director o f Student Services Joan Weller with daughters Alena, MKA class o f1998 and Rachel, a graduate o f the class o f2009, and son Dan, MKA Middle School science teacher and member o f the MKA class o f2001.

Lauren Hooper '00

01 Ms. Dana Pisacane 219 East 89^ Street, Apt. 4e New York, N Y 10128 dana.piscane@gmail. com Class agent: Ms. Lindsay Braverman 340 East 34^ Street New York, N Y 10016 Ibravermanl @gmail. com Danielle Claudio has lived in Manhattan since 2001 and graduated from Barnard in 2005. After working for the French Institute/Alliance Française, she has been working for the New School for several years. She was recently promoted to the Assistant Director of Special Events.

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Dr. Ramasamy Nathan and his wife Easwari with their son, 2009 graduate Giri and daughter Nithya, MKA class o f2003.

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Class Secretary: Ms. Melissa Fortunato 40 Holton Lane Essex Fells, N J 07021 melissa.fortunato@gs. com

Ms. Judith Ferreira 819 Clifton Avenue Newark N J 07104-3211 jferreir@pratt. edu

Ms. Emily Santangelo 27 Woods Road Little Falls, N J 07424-2010 emiyannesantangelo@gmail. com

Class agent: Ms. Melanie Braverman 484 South Parkway Clifton, N J 07014-1243 mel. braverman@gmail. com

Class agent: Ms. Lauren Tortoriello 112 Heller Way Upper Montclair, N J 07043-2512 lauren. tortoriello@gmail.com

Denise Sarkor reports: My World Bank / IFC consultancy ended at the end of February, but I managed to get hired full-time within the organization as an Investment Analyst covering the Caribbean Financial Markets. I moved to Trinidad (where I am based) at the end of February and began working here on March 2nd (my birthday!)

Heather Day, who recently completed her master’s degree in classics at the University of Maryland, created an innovative Facebook Aeneid with a fellow student that went on to become a huge hit on the Rutgers University Classics Department Blog. “Many undergraduates termed it “genius,” noted the Department, who were so impressed with the work that they featured an interview with the pair. To read more, visit or simply google “Facebook Aeneid.”

Congratulations to Melissa Fortunato who recently became engaged to Michael Slomienski. The two both attended Boston College but did not meet until working together at Goldman Sachs. They are currently working and living in London. A Fall 2010 wedding is planned. Emily Santangelo sent us the news.

Kerry Bishe appeared in the February 25™ episode of ABC’s “Life On Mars” an d l^B waiting to see if a pilot show will be picked up this fall.

04 5th REUNION OCTOBER 24, 2009 Ms. Kate Santoro 364 Highland Avenue Upper Montclair, N J 07043-1123 santorok@lafayette. edu Class agent: Mr. David Endo 205 East 95^ Street, Apt. 24M New York, N Y 10128m david. k. endo@gma.il.com Reunion chairs: Jessica Bishop jbishl0@ gmail. com Hal Garrity hal.garrity@gmail.com Drew Jennings drew.k.jennings@gmail. com

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Chris Torioriello cri0407@gmail.com

05 Mr. Manav Lalwani 132 Blue Heron Drive Secaucus, N J 0094-2391 201-617-5312 mlalwani@princeton. edu Class agent: Mr. Edmund Kozak 17 Summit Street Glen Ridge, N J 07028 973-748-7016 ekozak@comcast. net Nick David graduated from Yale University in May and will be a teacher with Teach for America this year.

We send our heartfelt sympathies to Peter Boyle x whose father, Dennis Joseph Boyle, died on May 16, 2009.

06 Ms. Natalie Azzoli 60 Lloyd Road Montclair, N J 070f42-l 729 nat6888@dol. com Class agent: Ms. Angela McCaffrey 93 Rensselaer Road Essex Fells, N J 07021 angelamccaffrey@aol. com

William Wagner ’06 Named a Scholar in the Nation’s Service A recipient of Princeton’s Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence for the second year in a row, William Wagner, and a Woodrow Wilson School major, was selected as one of five students to be a member of the 2009 undergraduate cohort of the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative by The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

All Princeton juniors are eligible to apply for the SINSI competitive program designed to encourage and prepare exceptional students seeking to pursue careers in the U.S. government. Selected students spend their final three semesters in college completing their majors along with courses in public policy, developing a familiarity with career opportunities in the federal government and spending the summer after their junior year in a federal government internship.

Already proficient in Farsi and Spanish, Wagner hopes to combine his passions for law and international relations in a career at the departments of State or Justice, and spent the year learning Arabic and taking part in the Woodrow Wilson School policy task force at American University in Cairo. He interned at a U.S. embassy in the Middle East this summer, and is preparing for his senior thesis in foreign policy towards the Middle East, particularly Afghanistan.

organization run by Yale students in New Haven that offers small, low-interest loans and technical assistance to aspiring entrepreneurs in the New Haven community.

Ian David is a junior at Amherst College and studied in St. Petersburg, Russia this summer along with MKA classmate, Andy Davis.

We send our heartfelt condolences to Dennis Boyle whose father, Dennis Joseph Boyle, died on May 16, 2009.

Eli Bildner and Liz Bershad ’07 are CEO and Co-Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer respectively of Elmseed Enterprise Fund, a microcredit non-profit

It was a mini-reunion fo r 2005 classmates Sam Reisen, Jerry Griffin, Joe Walter and Ed Kozak as they posed with their graduating siblings Phil, L yndsefffily and Guy.

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07 Mr. Brian May 22 Bayard Lane Mahwah, N J 07430 bmay88@gmail.com Class agent: Mr. Harry Raymond 120 Ridgewood Avenue Glen Ridge, N J 07028-1121 hraymond@mail. Colgate, edu Owen Jennings will have a paper published in The McGill Journal o f Medicine, an international, peer-reviewed publication. A sophomore philosophy major at Dartmouth College, Owen was one of 11 Dartmouth

Andy Davis ’06 with sister Katie ‘09.

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Liliuokalani, The Last Queen of Hawaii “When you think of Hawaii, you probably think of beautiful islands, pineapples, and hula dancers. But did you know that Hawaii has a long and rich history? Before it was part of the United States, Hawaii was an independent country ruled by kings and queens. The last Queen of Hawaii was a proud woman named Liliuokalani. This is her story.”

Blair Bell '09 surrounded by her parents Andrea Rich and Alvin Bell and older brother Trevor '07. students to receive funding for a First-Year Summer Research Project. His paper is entitled: “The American Emergency Department: How Delivering Routine Care in the Emergency Department Affects Providers’ Perceptions of Quality Care and Professional Satisfaction.”

Owen also recently penned an article, “Sober in the Animal House,” that was published in the May 15, 2009 issue of The New York Times. http://well.blogs.n3dimes.eom/2 OO9/O5 / i 5 /sob er-in-the-animal-house/#more-3799 Blair Dodson has been accepted to the undergraduate business school at UVA this semester. Sarah Thompson ’75 wrote in to tell us the news.

Peter Nolan was one of three members of the Kenyon College soccer team to receive an All-Ohio Academic award from the Ohio

Collegiate Soccer Association. To be eligible, student-athletes had to hold at least a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average, while starting in at least 50% of their team’s games.

Nolan, a defenseman, played a key role in holding its opponents to an average of just 1.36 goals per game.

08 Ms. Cara Placentra 125 Upper Mountain Avenue Montclair, N J 07042 caraduck@aol. com Class agent: Mr. Matthew Metzger 707 East Saddle River Road Ho-Ho-Kus, N J 07423 metzgermd@gmail.com

So runs the jacket copy for Liliuokalani The Last Queen o f Hawaii, a new Scholastic Young Reader’s book written by John MacGregor. John, who used his MKA junior year history thesis as the basis for the book, dedicated it to his former MKA teachers and coach: “To Ken Bishe, David Hessler, Dr. Louise Maxwell, Dr. Denise Brown-Alien and Gillian Branigan who taught me to appreciate the importance of history.

And to Ralph Pacifico, who taught me to appreciate the importance of hard work.” John is a pitcher for the Vassar baseball team.

Alayjah Watson has been inducted into nationally recognized honor societies for outstanding academic performance during her first year at the University of Southern California. Watson was invited to join Alpha Lambda Delta, received an invitation from

Three past PAMKA Presidents saw their children graduate this year. From left to right, Peggy Santoro (2004-06) with daughter Maddie, Laura Phillips (200204) with son John and Shelley Phillips (2006-08) with daughter Katherine.

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the National Society of Collegiate Scholars from the Dr. Thomas Kilgore Honor Society, a USC organization for African-American students and from Phi Sigma Theta.

Johnny Borbone, who achieved Dean’s Honors in his freshman year at Connecticut College, spent the summer conducting original research into Sandpiper Bot: Simulating Avian Flight in an Autonomous Robot, a proposal that was selected by the College for their prestigious Keck Undergraduate Science Program and for which he received a 2009-10 Keck gpjtt,.

Marriages 1985 Terry Prebsy to John Magee 1989 Louis Lessig to Megan Kinnear 1991 Jamie Lenis to Kenneth Shattuck 1994 Tabish Rizvi and Maliha Ahmad 1994 Elizabeth Osur to Pedro Marcal 1996 Jeffrey Phruksaraj to Linda Pua 1997 Kate Edelstein to Brendan Corcoran 1997 Steven Raab to Loren Berkheimer 1999 Rich Eytel to Kristen King

November 10, 2007 May 10, 2008 May 2009 May 23, 2009 December 2008 November 21, 2006 June 2008 May 2008 February 22, 2009

In Memoriam 1927 Louise Stauffen Barnard 1927 Robert Snedecor Ringland 1933 Jean Ferris Anderson 1935 Jeannette Bell Winters 1937 Shirley Noyes Lathrop 1938 Barbara Porter Anderson 1940 Mary Chapman Shearer 1948 Marylou Bianchi Schaffer 1949 Christopher M. Russell 1953 Charlotte Niese Dufford 1964x Peter Haviland 1983 Rebecca Bowser Lowenthal 1986 Victoria L. Manchester

February 27, 2009 March 9, 2009 February 13, 2009 July 11,2008 March 2, 2009 December 2007 December 30, 2008 January 15, 2009 May 16, 2008 January 30, 2009 March 27, 2009 January 20, 2009 February 24. 2009

09 Ms. Jane Stanton 240 South Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJWP042 jrs670FSSjaim.com Class agent: Mr. Brian Purcell 89 Davis Avenue Bloomfield, N J 07003 prephockey98@aol. com

Faculty, Former Faculty, Staff and Trustees Anita Cole May 28, 2009 Marilyn Faden June 11,2009 Alan Warden March 22, 2009

Marta Garibaldi carries the traditional red rose at Commencement.

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Welcome to MKA’s newest Class Agent Brian Purcell and Class Secretary Jane Stanton.

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COUNCIL 2009 -2010 Alexandra Aldea ’95 Keshia Trotman-Amaldy ’92 Geoff Branigan, Director of Development & External Affairs Michael Braun ’01, Network Vice President Lindsay Braverman ’01 Daniel Carson ’83, President Jared Cook ’01 Erin Culbreth ’02 Mitchell Decter ’94 David DeMatteis ’95, Secretary Clifford Finkle ’92 Angela Garretson ’94 Dionne Gronde ’01 Jonathan Hirsh ’95 Jaclyn Latzoni ’00 William Martini ’98 Cheryl McCants ’82 Laurie Hoonhout McFeeley ’76, Alumni Director

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Dennis Rodano ’87, Treasurer Jessica Simpson ’99 Richard Stanton ’87 Lee Vartan ’96 J. Kent Walker ’80 Jay Wecht ’83, Executive Vice President ADVISORY COUNCIL Lori Windolf Crispo ’78 J. Dean Paolucci ’73 Joshua Raymond ’89 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2009-2010 President Alice M. Hirsh Vice President Michael V. Johnson Vice President Eric F.S. Pai ’79 Treasurer Steven C. Milke Secretary Karen A. Dias-Martin MEMBERS Joesph V. Amato Merrick G. Andlinger Kenneth W. Barrett Elisa Spungen Bildner Timothy J. Bozik Daniel B. Carson ’83 Michael P. Frasco

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