Academy Magazine - November 1998

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NOVEMBER 1998

Charles Carner [411 meets with his penpals at the April 14J 1998 Celebration of the 125th Anniversary of Morgan Park Academy (see page 4}

Look again:

Hansen Hall is not quite the same (see page 16)

CADEMY MAGAZINE MORGAN PARK ACADEMY - C HI CAGO, ILLINOIS 60643

STORIES

NOVEMBER 1998

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frlPAII~ "A Day in the Life" ........................................................ 1 "What's Past is Prologue" ........ .......... ........................... 2 "What About Those Uniforms'" ...................................... 4 What A Way to Waste A Saturday ................................. 6 Do Not Open Until 2123 ................................................ 6

PHOTO CREDITS:

Alice Coller captured Charles

Carner's meeting with his pen·pals in the MPA library•••

"Just a Pile of Old Records ... " ....................................... 7 "Teenagers Will Always Be Teenagers" ...... ........... ......... 8 " Every Day Would Be About Learning" ......................... 10 Of Love Affairs and Coats of Paint ............................... 11 That Dreaded Pole ...................................................... 13

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frlPAr~ WYSE ............................................. ............................ 14 MPA's "Fabulous Five" ................................................ 14 The Writing Contest .................................................... 15 That's ABC - Not BAC ................................................. 16 From Kiss to This? ...................................................... 17

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Softball Fundamentals ................................................. 18

Barbara Tubutis ................................................................ 1

Jon Freeman ............................................................... 19

Alice Coller ...................................................................... 2

Unknown Soldier ......................................................... 20

Barbara Tubutis ................................................................ 5

frlPA IIJ of ~ Inductees ................................................................... . 21

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Cobb's Portraits Charleston, IL 61920 ..................................................... 14 Barbara Tubutis .............................................................. 20

MPMA/MPA/Loring Alumni .... ..................................... 22 Golf outing .................................................................. 22 "Salute to Excellence '99" .......................................... 23 Class of ' 68 30th Reunion ........................................... 24

frlPA~~ What's going on? ........................................................ 25 TAPS ........................................................................... 27

frlPA~f(~ Scholarships, Alumni Golf Outing, Gifts In Kind, and Restricted Giving ............................. 28 Annual Giving Fund ..................................................... 29 Salute to Excellence ................................................... 31 Alumni Dues ................................................................ 35 Annual report .............................................................. 36

CONTRIBUTORS: William Adams, Edwin Bechtel, Michael Bello, Sarah Berkey, Larry Brown, Dolores Butler, Paul Cassabon, Tony Churchill, Thomas Drahozal, Susan Fagin, David Hibbs, Thomas Malcolm, Susan Oczkowski, Sandy Williams The Academy Magazine is published by the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs.

All news items should be addressed to: Academy Magazine 2153 W. 111th Street Chicago, IL 60643 Printed for Morgan Park Academy by PrintSource Plus 12128 S. Western Ave. Blue Island, IL 60406

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Editor: Barry Kritzberg

"A Day in the Life" Celebrating 125 years of MPMAIMPA History The day dawned as gray and as thick as a Morgan Park Military Academy cadet's uniform, but the celebration of MPMA/MPA's 125th anniversary was as bright and sparkling as a cadet's brass buttons under a "front-and-center" inspection .

The day's activities on April 14, 1998, began with an event that was so foreign to the experience of most of the present MPA community that few could even spell it: reveille.

It was a proper way to begin the celebration, however, for the trumpet fanfare and flagraising was the way each day began for the cadets in the school's military days.

The theme for the day was "A Day-in-the-Life," and much of it was directed at getting a sense of what that daily existence might have been like for MPMA cadets on December 6, 1941.

The upper and middle school assembly began with a pair of vintage World War II-era cartoons, followed by a portion of Norm Nilsson's play based on MPMA/MPA's history, "What's Past is Prologue," engagingly

Fred Kaberna, in response to a question about pranks, said that the best one played on him was perpetrated by his roommate. He awoke one morning, and couldn't find his clothes. His roommate kindly suggested that he might look out the window, and there were his clothes - - strung up the flag pole!

David Jones, whose tenure as teacher and headmaster at MPMA/MPA covered the years 1958 to 1997, was asked if it were true (as rumored) that cadets used to slide down raingutters for late-night off-campus expeditions. He acknowledged that he had heard the rumors, too, but he doubted that it ever happened. Silent, simultaneous nods to the audience by Kaberna and Aitchison suggested, however, that students might have known a little more about the truth of a rumor than a faculty member.

At lunch, chip-beef-ontoast (that staple of MPMA) was served to all students, but the freshmen were required to eat in the disciplined "square-meal" fashion, while sitting at attention, and occupying "no more than two inches of that chair." performed by a cast of middleClaire Concannon (back to camera) gives the juniors The junior planners, who schoolers. The junior class then their marching orders. devised all of this rigor just so presented, in newscast format, that the freshmen might what people were likely to be talking about in 1941: the war experience a taste of military diSCipline, circa 1941, insisted in Europe, the tense relations with Japan, domestic politics that it was merely a lesson in history. The freshmen , though - but also the latest in movies, fashion, and sports. Th eir good sports about it, might think otherwise. presentation concluded with swing dance demonstration, The afternoon activities included an elaborately planned featuring Benny Goodman's "Sing, Sing, Sing." (And, for "war-game," pitting class-against-class, tent-raising contests, those who couldn't get q6ite enough of that swing music, and a baseball game (an easy victory for MPA over Luther there was a military-style ball in the evening, featuring more South). There was also a "history-mystery" game (which 1940's big band hits.) brought squeals of delight from the enthusiastic lower A panel followed - - featuring retired headmaster David school audience), a video offering, "Real Life at MPA" (about Jones and alumni from different decades: Fred Kaberna [49], the present-day life of the schools), and a time capsule, with Ron Aitchison [57], Madonna Abdishi [63], and Tisa Morris items supplied by every class.

[79] - - which fielded questions from students about "what it The highlight of the afternoon for most, however, was was like in the good old days."

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the marching competition, where upper school teacher Claire Concannon surprised all by capturing the "drill instructor of the year/l award in leading the junior class to a run-away victory.

The key to her success, quite obviously, was her secret weapon - original marching cadences:

About the day itself, junior Kinnera Bhoopal observed that "everyone was flying high and I think most people enjoyed it. I have been going to MPA since first grade, and it's the first time I learned about these things [MPMA/MPA students fighting, and even dying, in wars], and it is about time that I, and others, did ./I The sun really did chase those dark clouds away in time for the afternoon's activities, but the day ended on an appropriate note: the playing of "Taps/l solemnly echOing from an upper window of Alumni Hall (dedicated, remember, to all those who served in the armed forces) and a reading of the honor roll of names of those MPMA cadets and MPA students who gave their lives in America's wars .

West Hall burned, Blake did too!

MPMA was Army, Reveille and Marching too!

Army went and Girls came through!

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David Jones was head for years, Now we've got a new guy here!

Taps!

The Writing of "What's Past is Prologue" (or How to Cover 125 years of MPA History in a 45-minute Play)

by Norman Nilsson

The first week in February has always been the time of the Middle School play. At least it's been that way for the fourteen years that I have been at MPA as drama director. When the middle school head teacher, Tom Malcolm, suggested in May 1997 that I write a play about the 125th anniversary of Morgan Park Academy that could be performed by the middle NORMAN NILSSON school in February 1998, I at first declined.

How could I learn enough about MPA history to write a play?

Wouldn't it just be about life at a military school?

How could I incorporate our middle school girls in a play about an all boys school?

I have written comical, 15-minute plays that have been performed by our 6th graders, but a historical drama? Was this my forte?

The Fall of 1997 came, and soon I felt all the enthusiasm about the MPMA/MPA 125th anniversary coming from all sorts of groups and committees in our school.

How could I not contribute a play so that our middle school kids could be an important part of the festivities?

Upper school English teachers David Hibbs and Barry Kritzberg were very encouraging, and I began to reconsider.

I thought I'd give the historical playa try.

That sounded good to many, and felt right to me, but then reality set in.

How would this be accomplished?

I started the planning in November 1997, after having rehearsed and directed the upper school Fall play. The actual first line of the upcoming February play was not written until the first few days of Christmas vacation. Rehearsals were to begin on January 5, 1998, the first day back at school. Another deadline I had to meet was selecting the cast - a difficult feat without a script!

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mPAlI~ Casting

would flash; some traveling music would play. How about the fast musical portion from MacArthur Park, circa 1968?

The ideas came quickly: Let's have the students meet 5.5.

Norton, founder of the school, and Irene Bannister, the first matron of MPA in 1874. Her lines would be an exact quote from an 1874 MPA newspaper, regarding the number of students and types of buildings on campus. The students of 1998 could then travel to 1900 and see William Rainey Harper. How about dramatizing a scene where he convinces John D. Rockefeller to make MPA a prep school for the University of Chicago? Lets show Haydn Jones and Harry Gathering material for the script Abells answering questions from reporters. We've got to have I made some script decisions early. I would the portrayals of David Jones and Winnie Theodore as have a spirit-like character, called Morgania, who well. would magically appear and take seven MPA The writing energized ,me. I wrote one students of 1998 back in time to visit past decade at a time, and even completed major /¥,;t,I.. Sc.l. •• //J,........ decades in the schools history. As it turned "C .. Jalf1•.. . . portions in Tennessee at my parents dining out, this was the key decision for the play's "WA'ATS 'pAST room table. I would read aloud completed structure. Barry Kritzberg introduced me to IS /'A'OLo~ portions to my family. the MPA archives that he was in the midst of ''''';''':1 .of' ."f"pA) History is interesting, but I needed to organizing. He showed me copies of the have comic moments as well. I have an easier Academy newspapers and yearbooks, articles time writing in this style, and quickly added that had appeared in local newspapers and brief references to the Chicago Fire, use of a few term papers written about the history outhouses, the first girls at MPA, cadets asking of the school. I also discovered that there girls out to the big dance of 1938, wise-cracks were some videos containing movies of from the students of 1998, and the use of a MPA graduations and drills from the video of 1936 projected during the play.

1930's. The problem then became not too I gave the decades of the 1940's and 1960's to little information, but too much. the 6th grade performers. Scenes were created I made some photo copies of materials I about the 1998 students disrupting marching thought I might use, checked out the videos, and prayed for formations of a 1940's MPMA drill unit. inspiration.

Why not create a make believe scene about the Beatles mistakenly coming to the MPA campus in 1965?

The title The scripts were duplicated, and on Monday, January I wanted a strong title for the play and remembered that 5th, the first rehearsal began. yearbooks often have a theme based on a review of a past year. My good friend, Rick Samuelson, reminded me of a Rehearsing and theme used in one of our old college yearbooks. It was from performing Shakespeare's The Tempest, and it was, "What's past is The script was not entirely finished as we began our first prologue." It seemed to fit perfectly. Our MPA past is but a prologue of what is still to come. The unwritten play then at rehearsals, but we had enough to keep us busy. The young least had a title. actors, led by Meg Allison as Morgania, liked the script and learned their roles without much difficulty. By the second week of rehearsals the script was complete.

The writing of the script I wanted a serious ending for the play, and decided to I planned to visit my parents in Tennessee the day after the students of 1998 looking outward from the stage show the remainder of our vacation.

I knew that I Christmas for while all the characters from past MPA decades put a hand had better write something before I left. I had to make some on the youngsters' shoulders. The lights faded, and the MPA plot decisions then, and so I did. The people of MPA's past school song was heard. would not be able to see the 1998 visitors. Maybe Morgania We performed the play twice on February 6, 1998, and would grant permission to intervene on special occasions. were honored to do a portion of it as part of the MPA The students would travel from decade to decade, I birthday celebration on April 14. decided, by saying some magic rhyme, and that's it! "MPA Indeed, what's past is prologue. now, MPA then, take us back, remember when." Lights How does one choose a cast for a play that doesn't exist?

The answer ... write a play based on the number of actors chosen. Based on previous middle school plays, I usually involved 25 seventh and eighth graders, and 12-15 sixth graders. That's what I did for this production. Tryouts, therefore, were improvisations based on initial script ideas I had. From some of these tryout scenes came some impromptu lines that I later used as actual lines in the script.

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UVlhat About Those Unif:oPftls!"

by Barbara Tubutis and Harriet Arnold

The task of making history real to sixth grade students looms, at times, as an insurmountable task. As I was working on the comBARBARA TUBUTIS mittee for the 12Sth Celebration, I saw an opportunity to bring history closer to the students. I was able to obtain a list of alumni from the development office for the students, and they would write to these former students as part of their research on the history of MPMA/ MPA. This was more than a "pen pal" assignment. These letters were being sent to people who sat (or, in our case, lived) in the rooms that the students used every day.

Queries about school uniforms were primary for many students.

"What was the food like in the dining hall?" was a close second.

Eventually, the questions took on a more serious note. What classes did you take? What were the teachers like? What happened when you "got in trouble?"

The most serious question, asked with reverence, was "did you ever fight in a war?"

After the letters were written, the wait began. After the first week the questions started. "When am I going to get my letter? Why haven't they answered?" Finally, the first missive arrived. Thank you Joseph Grassi [43]!

"Yes," he wrote, "I was in the war, in the Pacific, against the Japanese.

Three campaigns, with the 77th division ... I have one picture of my

campus days. But remember, the campus of my era and yours are one and the same. Our hearts and spirits are in the same place." That first letter, from Mr. Grassi, gave all of us much to think and talk about.

More letters arrived. They were shared with classmates. The letters were read and reread. To keep them safe, I made copies and put them in a notebook. Many students wrote a second letter, asking even more questions.

"Thank you for your letter," Fred Koberna [49] wrote to Elizabeth Reiter, "I lived in Hansen Hall when I attended the Academy, and have many fond memories .. J was a waiter for two years, and head waiter my last two years."

Mr. Koberna also shared his memories with the rest of the school during our 12Sth anniversary celebration assembly, and Elizabeth found out she had much in common with her pen pal during lunch that day.

Jessica Zaniolo brought in her letter during the first week of December. "Read it out loud," everyone clamored.

"We were dressed each day in breeches and grey poplin shirts with a black tie," wrote Gregor J. Gentleman J r. [46]. There were the usual middle school expressions of distaste to uniforms of any kind. Then Mr. Gentleman went into detail about some training films they watched.

One, he recalled, showed a soldier "pOp the eyeball out of a Nazi." Well, that certainly got everyone's attention. Some of the boys thought that was cool. He then went on to explain about a senior who was a close friend. " ... inJune, 1943 .. .1 said goodbye to Charles Mueller. When I returned to school in September. .. Mueller was

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dead." He was killed during an infantry charge at Leyte, in the Philippines. The students began to realize that asking about the war was HARRIET ARNOI..D indeed a serious question.

"Dear Amelia" wrote Richard Duchossois [40], Across the street from East Hall, which is now a playground, was the infirmary ... We had what was called the post exchange. This is where we bought our candy ... By the time I was twenty-one, I was a captain and fighting in Normandy .. .Almost everything that I achieved in life, whether it be good or bad, I can trace back to the experiences I had a Morgan Park."

Reading the letters and rushing to the library for the old yearbooks became a ritual. The students loved looking up their guy," especially when they found candid photos. It made the busy event more real.

Mrs. Harriet Arnold and Ms. Amy Cogswell's third grade classes also wrote letters to alumni, and the children read the responses they received aloud to their classes. Upper and Middle School student volunteers took small groups to the school library's yearbook collection, and the third graders were also delighted to find out how their pen pals had looked as students or cadets, and learn more about their hobbies, school accomplishments, nicknames, etc.

One MPMA pen pal, Charles Carner [41], wrote a lengthy and detailed letter, which became a class reading aSSignment and a source of II

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MPAlI~ spelling and vocabulary words. said there were locker rooms in the Show, which was produced by On the day of the MPMA/MPA 125th basement where the school's football professional directors. He remembers anniversary celebration, Mr. Carner teams got their pep talks between that one year it was held at a magnificame to visit, and took the third halves of the games played at Abells cent movie theater, and the cadets Field across 111 th Street. Mr. Carner graders on a walking tour of the had a ball utilizing the makeup campus, sharing his memories of also told about seeing hundreds of equipment in the dressing rooms, places and people and truly bringing Culver Academy cadets get off at the racing up and down the curved iron the past to life for the students. In the 111 th Street train station and march staircases, and checking the wings, library, the class gathered around to up the hill for one of the big football flies, backdrops, and curtains of this look at Skirmishers and see photogames. theater that used to feature vaudeville The students were very interested graphs of Mr. Carner with the baseball performances. Mr. Carner also acted in how the cadets learned to take team he captained. The children were in a musical production called Brother apart and use rifles. They wanted to impressed to hear that his team won Rat, which was performed as a benefit the private school champifor Veterans of the Spanish onship and were awarded American War. gold baseballs by the Fathers' Another pen pal, Club. They were also curious Anthony Kavouris [77] to hear about the school also came that day and Guardians, a governing spoke to the students body, which held court on about how he uses math student misdeeds. Mr. Carner and problem solving skills told about meals in the in his job as a painting dining hall and contests to contractor. Another see who could hit the ceiling student was pleased to with pats of butter. At the meet and talk with her pen gym, Mr. Carner told about pal, Carol Patejdl Coston school dances like "Harvest [75], who is now the Moon," and the Junior/ college counselor at MPA. Senior Prom, and putting up Ms. Cogwell's class decorations, including items went on to do a writing from the Armory, as well as assignment in which they the enjoyable task of listenThe sixth grade class reconstructed a dormitory room from extrapolated from past and the military days for the 125th anniversary. ing to professional dance present experiences and bands auditioning to play at predicted what they hops. hear about military field exercises thought MPA might be like 125 years The students also liked the story held south of the campus in in the future. of how he got his nickname, "Omar "Macintosh Subdivision," a planned The alumni pen pal project really the Tentmaker," for attempting to development that was delayed by the gave the children a personal connecwear a cap many sizes too big for him, Depression. tion with the history of their school rather than face demerits for not Once a year, a Regular Army and they are very grateful to the being in the correct uniform at Major came to assess the quality of alumni who took time to write back inspection one day. the school'S military readiness, and in and visit with them.

Mr. Carner went with the third the spring of 1941, Mr. Carner was n graders to look at the 125th anniverselected to be the cadet in charge of sary exhibits set up by the sixth these field exercises held in the graders. He was very impressed by County Forest Preserves on 103rd their scale model of the campus in Street. His battalion passed muster, 1941, and, on that display, he pointed which meant the graduating seniors out buildings like Blake Hall and the could attend a six-week Regular Army PX, which he had described to the Summer Camp in Michigan. children. Mr. Carner and his brothers Another favorite memory that Mr. were day students, but he rememCarner talked about was being bered Hansen Hall as a dormitory and involved in the Annual Minstrel

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MPA1I~ What a Way to Waste a Saturday!

by Ron Drynan

As president of the MPA Alumni Association, I have the pleasure being involved in many fun-filled, exciting events-things like pretending to play golf at the annual alumni outing, or RON DRYNAN eating donuts at meetings.

When the Alumni Association got the call to help Barry Kritzberg catalogue and sort hundreds of photographs from the MPMA/MPA archives, I was almost as excited as I was about pretending to play golf.

Who wouldn't, after all, want to spend bright, sunny Saturday mornings in spring sorting through musty old photographs of people who attended MPMA/MPA many years ago?

It was a task which I thought would be truly boring.

What a way to waste a Saturday!

But, since Barry asked, I couldn't very well refuse.

And the piles of old photographs were huge! What we were asked to do was to identify and label original photographs by matching them up with their reproductions in yearbooks and catalogues. The task seemed daunting, a Sisphyian task if there ever was one.

I flashed back to the days when I was a student in

Barry's English class ... you want us to write about what!!!. .. you want how many pages!!!. .. single-spaced with no margins!!!. . .I didn't even read the book yet!!!

My stomach started to churn and my palms began to sweat.

And then, in typical Kritzberg fashion, he diabolically assured us that the task wouldn't take too long.

The task, from the outset, proved more fascinating than I imagined. The photos were amazing, although I confess that I often found myself reading the old yearbooks instead of attempting to match up the photos.

I was fascinated by descriptions of what the school was like back at the turn of the century, by lists of equipment each cadet was expected to have, by letters from parents, by the amount of suggested spending money each cadet should be allowed (which my son needs to see, I think!). It was fascinating, too, to see the buildings long since gone, the changes in uniforms over the years, the faces of headmasters I had only heard about.

The MPMA/MPA tradition is one to be proud of, I realized, and I was re-living it with each photograph I handled.

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DO Not open Until 2 .. 2:5 They will also find a Bulls-Knicks ticket stub from the United Center, and another ticket stub for an Eric Clap ton concert at the same venue That won't confuse them, will it?

Also included were the plastic cases from three audio tapes: the Beach BOYS, Prince, and the Pharcyde.

The actual tapes were not there, however, so that the future archaeologists might wonder what they were missing.

It might make them revert to the trickster image of MPA students. There was much about television and the movies, of course, and Princess Di, and Harry Caray, Michael Jordan, and Mother Teresa. There were representative offerings of the Tribune, News Week, and Time; there was one computer disk (without any identifying label).

There were two home-made books: one by third grade students on television programs and another by fourth grade students on Chicago architecture. But, otherwise, there were no books: no Hamlet, no Walden, no Green Eggs and Ham. Books, the future archaeologist might conclude, were too valuable to be put away for 125 years.

They might wonder about the Titanic in 2123.

"Why on earth did they put a poster of the Titanic in their time capsule?" a future archeologist might wonder.

"Didn't the TitaniC go down in 1912? Were those 1998 Morgan Park Academy students tricksters all?/I If the archeologist were astute, he might probe a little further and discover that the poster wasn't so much about the ship as it was about the award-winning 1998 movie based on the 1912 iceberg disaster in the North Atlantic.

The other items put in the time capsule- especially created by each class as part of the celebration of MPA's 125th anniversary- might be as puzzling 125 years from now (when the capsule is to be unsealed) as the Titanic poster.

Perhaps, however, the items in the capsule will give at least a glimpse into what students in 1998 thought to be important.

They will find a red, white and black warriors sweater, a pair of L.L. Bean blue jeans (properly faded and frayed), a hockey cap from the Chicago Wolves hockey team, and a . beany baby swan (with a bit of doggerel).

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1?fP/l1l~ "Just a Pile of Old Records ... "

by Barry Kritzberg

An Alumni Building Committee pamphlet, published by the Morgan Park Alumni Association in September 1926, nostalgiBARRY KRITZBERG cally declared: "It is just a pile of old records, pictures, cuts, dustcovered catalogs, newspapers, clippings, banners, flags, and miscellaneous junk that's piled up there in the tower of old Blake Hall.

But every piece of it is steeped in romance, and there, under the bell that for so many years has speeded the lagging steps of countless boys, any alumnus of old Morgan Park could lose himself for hours, forgetful of bells, meals, work, and family."

Perhaps most of the contents of the tower were destroyed by the fire that gutted Blake Hall in 1962.

But it was just such a pile of old records and miscellaneous junk that confronted me when I commenced work on the history of Morgan Park Academy, in connection with its celebration of the school's 125th anniversary.

I, too, found the pictures and dust-covered catalogs to be the stuff of romance, and have lost myself for hours in a room that has been, in its various transformations, a faculty apartment,

a library reference room, and the sense of history that helped preserve development office. It is now the this rare treasure. place, like that tower in old There is also the MPA Blake Hall, where the materials Souvenir, a scrap-book kept by for writing MPA's history are Barry W. Mumford, from 1906 being gathered. until 1908, that contains the The 1926 Alumni Buildprogram books and results of ing Committee pamphlet also several sporting events, a noted that were this to be an Thanksgiving menu from accurate history of the school, 1906, overdue book notices, it would have to include many ~ dance cards, and even tales of student life: literary demerit notices, and much, societies with their much more. harum scarum But these are, at best, merely initiations, sports coming attractions. The real history, with championthe human story of MPA, is yet to ship teams, and come. midnight expedin tions which kept the town constables worried.

Do you have a "tale of It is impossible, of course, to tell student life" that should be the entire human story of an institupreserved? tions history, but I am going to make Do you have an "MPA it my business to capture as much of Souvenir" scrapbook, photothe life of the place as I possibly can. graphs,orotherMPMA/lMPA There is, for example, an automemorabilia that might be graph book from 1880 - one useful in writing that "human hundred and eighteen years story" ofMPA? ago. It belonged to Percy Call Barry Kritzberg at Armstrong, a student at (773) 881-6700, ext. 249 (afterMorgan Park Military noons please!), or write: Academy in that first MPA decade of the schools 2153 W. 1 11th Street existence, who diligently Chicago, IL 60643 collected sometimes

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cryptic comments from his classmates, and uplifting words of encouragement from faculty and relatives. On a loose sheet of paper, neatly folded over, is a note added by his mother: Percy Armstrong won the gold scholarship medal in 1881, and was made sergeant. Perhaps it was his mother's

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111PA 1I~ Four MPA Faculty Members look back on their student days at the Academy:

66Teenagers Will Alurays Be Teenagers ..."

by Carol Patejdl Coston {l5]

I enjoyed being a student at MPA. It was a small, nurturing community which felt safe and secure. I was involved in a lot of activities which I enjoyed, and I had a lot of nice friends . It felt like home.

I felt like I belonged.

I remember my very first day at MPA. I was starting 5th grade, and I was very nervous. My teacher was CAROL COSTON Mrs. Hirshenhorn. I got glasses that year; I remember, because I couldn't see the blackboard. I also remember getting a 99 on a history test, and being pleased.

In sixth grade we read Treasure Island, and at the time, I thought it was really boring. My best friend was Sarah Spurgin, and Marguerite Lopez started at MPA that year.

Marguerite and I later became best friends.

My other best friend in high school was Sharon Mizen.

Sharon, Marguerite and I were cheerleaders together, were in plays, including Camelot and Marne, and the chorus. Another good friend was Audrey Christ, but she moved to Wheaton during high school.

One of our favorite teachers was Mrs. (Claudette) LeRose. We called her "Mama LeRose," and we'd go visit her long after we were out of her typing class. Another favorite was Mr. (Martin)Wolf. My sister and I would visit him at Peacock's jewelers (he worked there on weekends) when we were downtown.

Some teachers that I had are still here, including Larry Brown, John Torrez, and Barry Kritzberg. Mrs. Butler and Mrs. Gerlich were here then, too.

I should mention that my siblings also attended MPA; Bill graduated in 1966, and Sharon in 1977. My ex-husband, Jim, (1973) and his brother, Nick (1976) were also classmates. My godfather, Arthur Kralovec, graduated from MPMA in 1939. My mother used to attend dances in the Library with "Uncle Art," so I have some history here.

Chemistry and math were not my best subjects. I was more an English, history and foreign language type, I took both French and Spanish, and I also liked art and music. Of course, I read Walden, although I'm sure I didn't really understand what it meant at the time. Other favorite

teachers were Mr. (Martin) Grenzebach and Mr. (Earl) Irwin.

After senior year, Sharon Mizen, Marcia Dering and I went to France with Miss (Patti) Dolan. We stayed in the homes of French families in Dinard, Brittany. We were only allowed to take a bath once a week, and our teacher didn't change his shirt for two weeks. I think Marcia was always hungry because they didn't feed her much where she was living. It was a whole new experience for us.

My sister and I had a lot of mutual friends . On weekends we would go cruiSing in our parents' Cadillac sedan, which was huge, and which we affectionately called "the hearse."

You could put a lot of people in that car, and we did.

My sister was much more wild than I. Once, when my parents went out of town, she invited the whole school to our house for a party. A lot of people showed up, even though I tried to tell people there was no party. I guess it was fun, but I was too worried to notice.

Wild Sharon also would take the car and go driving before she got her license. When she got her learner's permit, I remember her driving when I was in the back seat.

That got us in trouble with Mr. Scanlon, the driver's education instructor. She also was suspended for smoking.

My first boyfriend at MPA was George Drivas. In high school, George had a brown Camero that smelled of musk oil, which was popular in the 70's. I remember one time he pulled the bow on the back of my dress, ripping the entire dress, and forCing me to wear my raincoat the rest of the day. Another boyfriend was Mark Herman, and we actually dated for many years after I graduated.

My sister went out with Tom Manos. All through high school it was a ritual to go to Greek Town for dinner after dances. Our big Greek Town connection was John Terzakis.

He drove a white Cadillac Coupe de Ville, which my mother liked. Some other friends were Tom Amelio and Marc Jones.

I have the fondest memories of MPA, mostly about my friends and doing "high school" things together.

MPA prepared me well for college, but it did not prepare me very well for the real world. My understanding of people and life was very limited, and I was very shy.

One of my most embarrassing moments at MPA was as a nymph in Camelot. My tights were falling down, but I didn't want to make a big deal about it and pull them up, so some of the cast (including my ex-husband, who happened to be

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King Arthur in the play), saw more of me than I would have liked. Another drama memory was dancing the tango in Marne with Tony Kavouris.

How did I get back here? I went to law school, but I didn't like being a lawyer. I didn't enjoy calling people to find out why they hadn't paid for their copier, and I didn't like going to court. It was too adversarial. Also, after I had children the dynamics and priorities of my life changed dramatically. So I embarked on a journey to discover what I might want to do for the rest of my life. I had thought about being a writer, but it's too solitary, and I don't have the patience. I became a real estate broker, and tried selling houses for awhile. Then I worked at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the MBA Programs office, and also in Continuing Education. Somewhere in there I took a class in child development, and contemplated getting a Masters' degree in counseling. When my father died in June 1997, I met Dave Jones at the wake. He mentioned the college counseling opening at MPA. And so I applied.

I suppose if I had my life to do over again, I would be a Singer, dancer, and psychologist. Currently, I sing in the church choir, take ballet and tap, and sometimes go ballroom dancing. There are just so many things I like to do, it's hard to decide on just one or two things.

Since I have two children at MPA Games, 5th grade, and Alexander, kindergarten,) we come to school together, and we have the same holidays and vacations. That makes life a little less complicated. I don't care what anyone says, but being a parent is a full-time job. It's nice to be able to combine parenting with work.

Coming back to MPA was certainly a little strange. I felt as if I were going backward. But now that I've been here for a while, it feels fine. My goal is to get to know the students better, and do some programs that will better prepare them for life after MPA. As far as I can see, not many things have changed at MPA. Teenagers will always be teenagers, pushing the limits, seeing what they can get away with, experimenting with adult activities. I think the smoking, drug, and alcohol problem was probably worse when I was in high school.

It seems as if the students today are more saavy about the college application process. When I went here, there was no counselor, and I don't remember anyone telling me how to choose or apply to colleges. I knew I wanted to go to California, narrowed the list to four places, and picked one ..

But I didn't realize there were so many career options, and I think the students here still limit themselves to traditional professional careers.

The students now seem more mature and worldly than I was in the 1970's. Plus, nobody drove Mercedes to school then. I rarely drove to school, and I didn't actually own my own car until last year. There was no parking lot problem in those days.

We had a dress code. When I first started, girls had to

wear dresses/skirts, and then it went to pants suits, and then nice pants. In general, the girls tried to look pretty.

Here, in somewhat random order, are other things I remember about MPA in the 70's.

The boys wore their letter sweaters.

There were student-proctors at lunch, and assigned seating for everyone.

We had "family style" dining at lunch. Some favorite entrees were chipped beef and spaghetti. The hot dogs, for some unexplained reason, were greasy.

There were cheerleaders and field hockey for girls. There were golf and football teams. I think sports were very important. It was "(Coach Warren) Jones era," and the teams were good.

The girls' locker room has been improved. There used to be one huge shower stall that was very disgusting and dirty looking, and which no one ever used then.

The dances were usually in the dining hall rather than the gym. We didn't have overnights in the gym.

We didn't have any field trips.

I think we were quieter in the halls.

We didn't have assemblies. There was no band.

Everybody in the school participated in Peanut Day, and nobody was worried about getting hurt on the street comers.

One time a group of students walked off campus to protest the firing of a teacher.

Teachers lived in Barker Hall Annex (now the Kindergarten).

High schoolers played on the playground equipment.

We never tried to go on the roof of Hansen Hall or Barker Hall.

There was a girls' lounge.

The library was arranged differently. There were no computers. There was no lower school library. Instead, there were little study rooms where some of us would go to makeout.

I only sneaked off campus once, and we went to Sarah Spurgin's house, on Lothair, and we were really scared about getting caught.

There was a Bicycle Club and a Camera Club.

We took social studies sophomore year with Mr. (Robert) Stelton.

We took biology as freshmen.

Mrs. Mary Lou Gustafson had great Spanish Club parties at her house.

Sports banquets were held at the Beverly Woods Restaurant.

There were no computers, but Larry Brown, not yet "Doctor," told us about the computers at lIT. There were sororities and fraternities.

Tests and handouts were mimeographed (not xeroxed).

Gym was not cooed. The girls had really ugly, one piece uniforms. There was a trampoline.

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"Every Day Would Be About Learning"

by Jean Doyle [79]

I came to MPA as an eighth grade student. My mother had noticed that I had way too much free time on my hands.

She sensed that J EAN DOYLE what I needed was more challenge in my life. So, one Saturday, in the summer between seventh and eighth grade, my mother told me about this wonderful school where you could learn as much as you wanted, as fast as you could. The classes were small, and the opportunities abounded. I said that it sounded like heaven to me. She replied that was good, because my entrance exam was the following Wednesday.

On my first day at MPA, I met a girl who was very snobby. She asked me personal questions about my family's finances . I was horrified, and went home in tears. I told my mother I would never return to a place that regarded people in such a light. I would be valued in my own right! My mother comforted me, and took me to a double feature movie. I don't remember what the movies were, but I do remember it was too late when we got home to really discuss the matter further. The next morning, I arose and dutifully went to my second day of MPA. The days that followed at MPA held a great deal more joy for me . I soon discovered that not everyone at MPA was like that snobby girl. I even learned that the snobby girl had her good points. But, even better, I discovered that there were many

wonderful people at MPA who truly value that which is finest in all of us. I made a few of my dearest, life-long friends that year. I also began to be interested by my classes in ways that challenged my mind. I will never in my life forget our spelunking trip to southern Indiana!

One of the most important discoveries I made in my first year at MPA was my bizarre kinship with the BAC Theater. You see, I was no stranger to that particular stage.

Beginning with my second ballet reCital, when I was six years old, and continuing until I was a senior in high school, I danced every year on that stage. During the second semester of eighth grade, Mrs. Lillian Mackal asked me and several of my friends to be on the prop crew for the high school production of MAME! It was during second semester that the theater bug bit intensely. That is the period in which those wonderful friendships flourished. During most of the first semester, I was the same disgruntled camper who never wanted to go back to the place. My mother, to throw me some ray of hope, had begged the people in charge to let me into McAuley freshman year. In 1976, there were 501 students in the freshman class at Mother McAuley.

My mom advised me that I would be attending McAuley. I had made a choice and had to live up to it.

Though reluctant to go, my freshman year at McAuley was a wonderful time. I met many people, especially through theater, who are among my dearest friends today. One of those people is my husband, Dave Bonnan! But, at school, I recognized that I was not being challenged.

Again, I threw myself at my mother's

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feet and begged her to let me go back to the Academy.

Sophomore through senior year found me happily ensconced in life at MPA. My dear friends, Sidonie Lee, Doreen Stelton, and Indre Vepstas made my return home a paradise of art and music and beauty that forever changed the way I look at the world.

My good friend from my eighth grade year, Jane Bukacek, and I hooked up upon my return, and we have completed some of the most awesome adventures of our lives together when we were in our mid-twenties. We biked through the Pyrenees one summer, Switzerland and Italy another summer, and lived a few other once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

These people, and many other students and teachers, made my education at MPA a jewel in the crown of my life.

I graduated from MPA in 1979, and went to St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Fearing that I would graduate with a degree in philosophy, and no marketable skills, I changed to William James College in Allendale, Michigan to pursue a career in art therapy. Shortly after my arrival in Michigan, the program was cut, and I ended up with a degree in philosophy, with a minor in dance. I was working in a halfway house for young adults with mental illness as a para-professional when my father, (yes, he was most definitely and amazingly on the scene throughout my tumultuous childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, but he was not the sort who would indulge my emotional flopping about the way my dear mother did and does today, bless me!) called me and told me to get a masters degree.

I thought about my father's counsel, and for some reason, recalled how I felt on my first day of kindergarten and how it occurred to me that day that to be a teacher would be so neat. No two days would ever be the same. Every day would be about learning. After having spent my undergraduate education in internships with people who had a variety of disabilities, I wanted to get a sense of what was actually meant by the term "normal." So, I came back to Chicago and completed my Masters of Teaching at National Louis University.

When it came time to do my student teaching, our professors advised us to first consider schools where we knew the principal or someone. I thought immediately of Winnie Theodore. She definitely knew me. Why, my parents were most proud, and everyone would surely remember that I received the prestigious "We'll Never Forget What's-Her-

Name Award." So, I went back to MPA and asked Mrs. Theodore if I could student teach at MPA. The rest is history! (ha-ha) I got excellent training from Donna Kosinski. Then, that year, both fifth grade teachers decided to stay home with their children. Winnie offered me a job, and, back in 1988, I moved in to Room 13. I thought I'd stay a year or two to get some experience under my belt.

I could never imagine that being back in the old place could be so exquisite.

It is very much like I imagined on that first day of kindergarten. No two days are ever the same. Every day is all about learning new stuff. I am constantly challenged to challenge the bright young people with whom I have the honor to work. I get a chance to work with the intelligent, intuitive parents, like my own mother and father. I truly love it here.

Over the past ten years, I have had many honors. I have had the honor of teaching all the children of some of the finest families it has been my pleasure to know. To watch this fine crop of humanity grow and become fine adults has been the delight of my gardener'S heart.

And then there is my strange karmic connection with the theater.

How did a lower school teacher begin directing and choreographing musicals? I'll tell you. I don't know how or why, but it's a tradition. And between my regular job (in which I try to achieve and promote mastery of elemental knowledge), and my extra curricular work (which definitely keeps my creative potential hopping), I find myself happily here at MPA, far longer than I initially ever envisioned, and to my surprise, much happier.

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Of: Love Af:f:aips and Coats of: Paint

by Claire Concannon [85]

My love affair rekindled at Bakers Square. It was there that the possibility of a renewed relationship with an old friend opened CLAIRE CONCANNON up to me.

Sometimes, it is only in retrospect that you realize how lucky you are. I spent five years, 8th through 12th grade, taking things for granted, oblivious to the special gifts and circumstances of Morgan Park Academy. It wasn't until I went away to college and met others with different experiences that I began to have an inkling of what I

had left behind. And it wasn't until that night at Bakers Square that I realized how much I would like to return to MPA. And so it began.

My meeting with David Hibbs, English Department chair, at Bakers Square was quite accidental. When he heard that I was finishing my M.A. in English at the University of Chicago and might want to teach, he suggested I interview for a position at Morgan Park Academy. Little did I know that, years before, Mr. Hibbs had predicted that I would become an English teacher and return to MPA. Yet, it doesn't surprise me now, for it was the ability of teachers to truly know their students, often better than the students knew themselves, that made me feel so at home here as a

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student. And it was this environment - one of family and of challenge that called me back.

As a student, I was innocent, and fairly oblivious to the larger world around me. My goal in school was to learn. I did not think about college, I did not worry about the "real world," and I did not know what I wanted to be. I just wanted to learn, and do well in school. Luckily for me, MPA taught me to widen my horizons a bit. I began to think that perhaps school wasn't all there was to life - but only perhaps. Teachers like Tom Malcolm and Martin Wolf, who had so clearly dedicated themselves to not only their students, but to MPA as an institution, showed what it was to have passion not the kind of paSSion found in a Michael Jordan, but the kind found in

real people. Some of my favorite memories are of time spent in Mr. Wolf's history class wondering how he could possibly find all of this so fascinating - and slowly coming to share his fascination. He spoke of people like Aaron Burr and John Jay as old friends, yet he always said he wouldn't want to go back in time to meet them if it meant giving up indoor plumbing and penicillin. He also turned his passion to the Key Club and, as a result, students argued over who would get to come in extra early to help organize Peanut Day because he convinced us all it was a holy calling.

Yet, while I respected this paSSion, and reaped its benefits, I didn't realize how unique it was. I did not think of myself as the kind of student who made friends with my teachers - they were too intelligent, too powerful and demanded too much respect. Nevertheless, I often felt that the teachers made friends with me. While the school was full of icons like Mr. Wolf, Mr. Kritzberg, Mr. Stelton, and "Doc" Brown, there was also a constant influx of young teachers eager to change the world . It was while watching these teachers and listening to their hopes about teaching that I first began to think of myself as a future teacher.

What I do remember treasuring is my relationships with other students.

In my freshman year, I was in awe of the seniors. They seemed to know so much more about life (and themselves) than I did . But, while students in other high schools experienced only persecution at the hands of the seniors, I experienced friendship. As part of the student council, I was required to attend school functions.

Alan Boyd or Ron Herbst - both then seniors - always made sure I had a ride. As a participant in school plays, I made friends and went to cast parties with people I never would have socialized with otherwise.

I was also able to form strong

friendships with people very different from myself - people who didn't do their homework, who stayed out late to party, who made me laugh in class.

I even made friends with Republicans.

In many ways, what made MPA a place where I could be happy for those years was that the people here knew me, cared about me, and yet still pushed me - not just to work harder (although Mr. Torrez's constant question marks next to "working to potential" might have had that effect), but also to be better - to take a role in the world, to formulate opinions - even if they were controversial, to try new things - even if I might not be good at them. MPA provided an environment in which I could grow up safely, and shed my innocence slowly.

It was this very safety, of course, that raised a few red flags about coming back. Did I really want to return to my high school before exploring the "real world?" Well, as I'd begun to suspect in collegemaybe the "real world" wasn't all it was cracked up to be. I decided, after all, that I wouldn't mind trying MPA from the other side of the desk.

I had no trouble preparing for the interview - I knew these people and had had years of learning the right mixture of respect and eagerness. The real challenge came in preparing for the job. I was not worried about the students - I assumed they would be like me. I was, however, worried about the teachers. I knew they were not like me. They were smarter, older, wiser, and most importantly - devoid of first names. Believe it or not, first names was one of my biggest stumbling blocks. It took me almost a full year to call anyone by one's first name and the closest I could get with Mr. Jones was to refer to him in third-person as David Jones. I was still bound by the old student taboo on use of first names. Face to face, I tried to simply not call them anything. As I settled in and began to teach I realized that in

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many ways MPA was as I had remembered it. It was still a place where teachers cared about their students, and made sometimes outrageous exceptions for even the worst of them - believing they were worth another chance. The student body is still full of life, enthusiasm, and sometimes, startling intelligence. However, it only took me five minutes on the first day to learn that these students were not like me - but the teachers were.

Perhaps I had gotten older after all.

The thing I have come to treasure most is something I did not notice as a student - although it permeated everything. And that is the way everybody here is treated, like family.

Teachers have been here longer than I have been alive. They know the school; its history and its traditions, its students and their families, its strengths and its weaknesses. Thus, while MPA continues to be a safe place, it is also, by its very nature, a place of learning and challenge. This last year has been full of many changes for the school and for many old timers these changes are threatening. And yet, a hundred coats of paint cannot steal MPA's heart, because its heart is the people here. And, as long as MPA remains true to its heart, the love affair will continue.

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Claire on stage with Chris Jones in "Mystery of the Black Abbot"

frfPAlI~ That Dreaded Pole!

by Kari Higginson Misulonas [82J

and Government, plays, etc. High school is often regarded by students in this manner. It isn't until you are an adult that you can appreciate the hard work and the dedication of the teachers during those years, and how they helped to shape your successes in life.

I have been teaching kindergarten at MPA now for ten years. The number one reason I love teaching at MPA is the wonderful faculty we have at this school! The lower school faculty, during my years of teaching, has remained a strong, close-knit group of teachers. We not only support each other professionally, but personally as well.

When I look at MPA as an adult, I also see friends and fun , just as I did in high school! But now, I appreciate the dedication of its teachers. I regard them as colleagues and role models as I continually strive to be a caring teacher who will have a positive impact on my students' learning and self-esteem.

In August of 1989, I was preparing for my first year of teaching at MPA, and ran into a favorite teacher, Mr. Martin Wolf. He asked me to drive him to the hardware store. As we were pulling out of an MPA parking space, I ran into that dreaded pole that was always right in the middle of the lot.

I couldn't believe it!

KARl MISULONAS Here I was, trying to convince myself (and my high school teacher), that I was, indeed, a teacher, but it seemed that what I really needed was a refresher course in driver's ed.

Mr. Wolf was more than kind about it, of course, and even offered to buy me an ice cream cone after the trip. It was as though I were in high school again!

When I think back to my high school years, my thoughts always drift to friends and fun. Peanut day, volleyball and tennis matches, dances, carnival day, Youth

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Carol Patejdl (Coston) [75J with her friend Sharon Mizen (left)

Jean DOyle [19] and her pa's, Sido nie Lee, ,ndice Vepsta s, and (seated) Doreen stelton

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WYSE:

DeFending State Chalnpions 路路Slip" to Second Place in 1aaa The expectations for MPA's WYSE and Bennet Kalafut (biology), while mentals).

(Worldwide Youth for Science and second place medals went to Priti WYSE advisor, Dr. Larry Brown, Engineering) team were exwas philosophical about the tremely high . second place finish. "When They were defending state you've been number one," he champions (1997) in the WYSE said, "there is only one direcAcademic Challenge, after all, tion to go, and that's down." and they swept through the There may also have been regional competition in March just a touch of complacency, of 1998 with a perfect 500 score, Brown concedes. "Perhaps I garnering eighteen of the didn't push some of the teams twenty-one medals awarded in hard enough," he added. seven categories (English, Ramesh Srinivasan, speakmathematics, physics, biology, ing for the team, said that "at chemistry, engineering graphics, first, we were disappointed, and computer fundamentals). because after winning state In the state finals (held at nothing comes close." the University of Illinois, Reema Lamba, who won Urbana/Champaign, on March sixth place in the mathematics Standing: Ramesh Srinivasan, Paul Maandig, Brad 26), however, the reigning competition, sought to put the Gramberg, Dr. Larry Brown. Brad Kaspar, Ryan Cox. Division III state champions "defeat" in a wider perspective.

Sa Iii Ginde, Dayton Williams. Seated: Ben Kalatat, were dethroned by University "Finishing second in state Mike Better, Reema Lamba, Mira Shah, Priti Madhav, is a really big accomplishment," Lab School (Urbana), last year's runner-up, by a mere 15 pOints, Parag Merai. Not pictured: Nitin Bhojraj. she said. "Even though people 498 to 483. are upset for not getting a first, I MPA's top individual honors were Madhav (engineering graphics) and think they should be really proud and won by Ramesh Srinivasan (physics) Dayton Williams (computer fundahappy for winning second."

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MPA's "Fabulous Five" Numbers fascinate and sometimes measure success - - the "sweet sixteen," the "elite eight," the "final four" - - but at Morgan Park Academy, the talk of the community is the "fabulous five."

Morgan Park Academy's "fabulous five" have nothing to do wit h basketball or championship rings, however.

MPA's "fabulous five" are those 1998 high school graduates whose admission to college just coincidentally also guaranteed them admission to medical school.

Ramesh Srinivasan was one of only sixty students (out of 750 applicants) accepted to the accelerated sixyear combined B.S./M.D. program at Northwestern University. Four others - Salil Ginde, Parag Merai, Demetrios Douros, and Priti Madhav - were accepted in the University of Illinois at Chicago Guaranteed Professional Program/ Admissions, which requires a minimum ACT of 28, or SAT I scores of 1240; applicants must also rank in the top fifteen percent of their class and be Illinois residents.

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Priti Madhav, however, had to turn down admission to the VIC/ GPPA program, for she had already accepted early admission to Northwestern.

And, speaking of numbers, that is five (11.9 percent) out of a graduating class of a mere 42, that have been accepted by those prestigious, highly competitive programs. Pretty fabulous numbers in any league.

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1?fPArb The .,piting Contest, The Lit Mag, and the Poet

by Michael Hannan

workshop. While I didn't teach English at St. Andrew's - I was the Head of the Computer Science Department - I always got invited because the faculty knew that I had taught English for twenty years and that my soul was more in tune with metaphor than with megahertz.

Last year, I made a special effort to hire an English teacher who was a writer. I found a great one, and I thought I could see the fringes of the contest taking shape. Unfortunately, family pressures were taking their toll on her, and she had to resign at mid-year.

Where does one find a teacher, especially someone who specializes in writing, in December? I lucked out. I found Joe Salvatore.

Joe came on board in January, 1998, and inherited the literary magaZine as well as full teaching responsibilities.

You can imagine my surprise, then, when he came to me in March and said that he wanted to add a dimension to the literary magazine. He wanted to invite a writer to campus to conduct several workshops, to read his work, and to have upper school students read their work at an upper school assembly. He even let me read a piece.

Joe arranged funding for the program through the Mothers' club and the contest began taking definite form.

Joe invited Barry Silesky, a poet, essayist, and biographer to campus. Barry's books include two collections of prose poems, The One Thing that Can Save Us and In the Ruins; a collection of verse, The New Tenants; and a biography of poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ferlinghetti: The Artist in his Time. He has also written a family activity guidebook, as well as articles, book reviews, and essays for The Chicago Tribune and many other publications. He is publisher and senior editor of the literary journal ACM (Another Chicago Magazine) . He has been giving creative-writing workshops for students from elementary school age to adults throughout the Chicago area since 1983. Barry, a former junior high school teacher, has also taught writing and literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 1984. Sixty MPA students participated in three workshops that focused on observing their surroundings, exploring their emotions, and developing their expression about both their external and internal worlds.

The students had one universal complaint about Barry Silesky's writing workshops: they were too short.

I can't remember whether I broached the idea of starting a citywide writing contest to the English Department the first year I came to the Academy, or whether it was my second. Regardless, other things always seemed to obtrude: we didn't have the funds, we didn't have the experience, and we didn't have the time.

MICHAEL HANNAN All of these factors had merit, of course, but not enough.

Teaching writing is just too important, and contests frequently teach more lasting lessons than do classrooms.

Perhaps because the focus is more on the task than the grade and also because contests have judges more critical than a favorite teacher and audiences more captious than classmates. Educator Alfie Kohn, I'm sure, would take umbrage at that last statement; however, neither Alfie nor the obstacles have caused me to give up the project.

I'd like to take credit for the idea of the contest, but I can't. I borrowed it from my previous school, St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Jackson, Mississippi. Mississippi has such a rich literary tradition, that a writing contest probably seems as natural to Mississippians as a three-point shooting contest does to Hoosiers. St. Andrew's contest was state-wide, but then Mississippi has less people than Chicago. I thought it better to focus on population rather than on geography.

In fact, I have had second thoughts about having a city-wide contest, perhaps an invitational one might be more prudent.

Time will tell.

St. Andrew's had worked in partnership with Millsaps College, a private college in Jackson, in the early years of the contest. Now its partner is the University of Mississippi. The original reason for the partnership was to eliminate potential bias in judging - since St. Andrew's students would also be submitting pieces - and to publish the winning pieces.

There were four categories: poetry, essay, short fiction, and other (usually one-act plays) . The writers of the top three pieces in each category received a cash prize: $300 for first, $200 for second, and $100 for third. The Millsaps English Department determined the winners, and St. Andrew's sponsored a weekend workshop which usually featured four or five writers of note, who read their work and talked about their approaches to writing. Each year, one St. Andrew's parents hosted a dinner for the visiting writers and the members of the English Department the night before the

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That's ABCNot BAC

by Kevin Aldrich Over a year ago, when I was still living down-state and was designing the new extended-day program that HeadmasterElect Bill KEVIN ALDRICH Adams had asked me for, I came up with what I thought was a nice acronym: BAC, (short for Before and After Care). It wasn't long until I learned that the Beverly Art Center had already claimed the initials. The result was probably a better name for a program for lower and middle

school students, ABC (for After and Before Care.)

The ABC program completed its first year successfully, and is well launched into the second. Parents who join the program may drop off their children up to one hour before school begins, and may pick them up as late at 6:00 p.m. ABC fills one of the biggest needs of professional working families, quality care during the time their children are not in class, while they are still at work.

Beyond the need to have their children in some safe, well-supervised environment, parents can have total confidence in the ABC program because it is staffed entirely by Morgan Park Academy faculty.

Each afternoon, students typically have a nutritious snack, play outSide, and have supervised study time. In addition, teachers plan special activities, including such things as craft projects, walking field trips to the Walker Branch Library or the Washington and Jane Smith Home or Baskin Robbins (for an unnutritious snack), or to attend at Morgan Park Academy athletic events.

Second grade teacher Beth Ferguson is the coordinator of the day-to-day details of the program.

ABC should grow bigger in the future as new families join the school and select ABC as the way they accommodate their busy schedules.

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It wasn't a volcanic eruption that blew the peak off Hansen Hall - but a lightning strike. The June 1998 lightning bolt dislodged the peak, played havoc with electriCal and computer systems, and scattered bricks a s far as the playground on the other side of Jones Bowl.

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MPArb Pro ... Kiss to This?

There is no telling where something might lead.

Imagine the reaction of adults at MPA when Mike Bechtel and three of his buddies (Hans-Peter Schmidt, Sanjay Bhojraj, and Matt Ulmenstine) came to school one Halloween, dressed as the "glam-rock" group, KISS - a band whose outrageous costumes and garish make-up make Dennis Rodman (off the basketball court, of course) seem like just the average six-foot-seven guy in the streets.

Where did it lead?

Not straight to hell, as some might have predicted, but for Mike Bechtel [94] it led to a little adventure in music.

Mike's adventure in music included, eventually, playing guitar with a band called the "Skalcoholiks," at the University of Notre Dame, writing lyrics and music for the band, producing a compact disk ("look at all this junk food") and taking the band on the road for a successful tour that included gigs in Pittsburgh, New York, and Washington D.C. The band derived its name from the Jamaican rocksteady ancestor of reggae, ska-music. "Our music," Mike explained, "is more jazz-based, improvisational, a sort of post-modern synthesis of spandex and hair-spray music, but more literate and jazz oriented. Ska was about light and dark, and we have brightened the lights and cast further shadows on the dark."

The "Skalcoholiks" were regarded as the premier band on the South Bend campus and the release of the CD, in April 1998, catapulted Mike and the others into the celebrity sphere. It also meant a lot of free beer, Mike added.

The CD sold out very quickly at Notre Dame and a review in the Observer, the student newspaper, gave the album 4 and a 1/2 stars (out of five), the highest rating ever given to a campus band at Notre Dame.

Mike wrote the lyrics and the music for the band's signature piece, "London Transport," which was used as a closer for all of their performances.

The inspiration for the piece came from a visit to London's Transport Museum, where Mike encountered an early placard that claimed that the cable car had solved the commuter crisis. "I'm targeting the idolatry of technology in this song," Mike said, "for I realized, more than ever, how our western culture incorrectly places its faith in technology as a cure-all for deeper social issues."

"The tubes are too congested," the song complains, "they're infested, I detest it; look around. They scrapped the trains for planes and cut the sky up into lanes. What a shame these guys can't fly when they're expecting snow or

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rain.

High technology progresses as high society regresses."

The seven members of the band, all students at Notre Dame (including a few brass players from Notre Dame's marching band) opted to retire at the peak of their popularity. "We decided to end it before the world ended it for us," Mike said.

The drummer retired to a Ph.D program in neurobiology at the Mayo clinic, the Singer went to law-school at Georgetown, and the trombonist went to dental school at the University of Pennsylvania.

And Mike Bechtel?

He retired to Chicago to do business consulting for the Andersen Consulting Company.

But watch out: Mike is thinking about starting a new band in Chicago, one which will get away from that electric sound, and combine the best of American folk with the best of American blues.

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Softball Fundamentals: Hitting + Pitching + Fielding 12-0 Record and ISL Title

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Morgan Park Academy's girls' time when, technically at least, the in bottom of the Sixth, however, softball team won the Independent narrowed the margin to 4-3. game could be declared a forfeit.

School League title by breezing Woodlands, to its credit, was The first two MPA batters in the through the 1998 season with a 12-0 more interested in playing than in top of the seventh grounded out, but mark in conference play. winning on a technicality. then Jill Clark doubled. She stole third "This is something the girls MPA managed two hits in the first and Coach Pariso told her to go home worked hard for and deserved," said on any pitch that eluded the catcher. inning, against a strong Woodlands coach Lynda Pariso. "We knew we pitcher, but the number two and three The opportunity came and Coach were capable of winning the conferPariso credits Jill's aggressive base hitters struck out, and no runs were ence, but the undefeated season is running with giving MPA that twoscored. something that you can never predict run cushion going into the bottom of After four complete innings, the or expect." score stood 0-0, but MPA had left ten the seventh.

The only team to challenge MPA runners on base.

With two outs and a runner first, was Woodlands Academy. MPA had MPA faced Woodlands number three Kristin Barber opened the MPA defeated Woodlands early hitter, who doubled the last in the season by a 14-4 time up.

She struck out on a high margin, but when they pitch, giving MPA the 5-3 played the second time, victory, and earning Coach the conference title was on Pariso the traditional gatorthe line, for Woodlands ade bath. had not lost since.

The team hit a lofty .460 MPA clinched the for the season, outscoring ISL championship with a 5-3 opponents by a resounding win over Woodlands, 173-37 margin. Jill Clark led which Coach Pariso the team in hitting (.545), described as "the best alland Carolyn Hahn led the around game that we team in home runs, with played all season, and it four. Sara Strasser led the couldn't have come at a Top row I to r: Coach Lynda Pa riso, Jennifer Nomanhboy, team in hits (21), runs (26), better time. It was a very and runs batted in (22). She close game from beginning Colleen Strasser, Ellen Rasmussen, Steffanie Triller, Kristin had a .477 average for the to end and the girls had to Barber, Yara Koht, Carolyn Hahn, Kristen Cooney, Athletic Director Paul Cassabon, and Scorekeeper Claire Doherty. season. fight very hard for it."

Bottom row I to r: Jill Clark, Christine Linnerud, Becca "We had many girls who It was one of those could swing the bats and Frederick, Sarah Seifert, Liz Toomey, Nina Rogers, Sara days, however, when it swing them hard," Pari so seemed as though nothing Strasser, and Jaclyn Mortimer. said. "They had a great year would go right. Coach at the plate." fifth inning with a double. Coach Pari so wanted to get her team to the The keys to the that 12-0 season, Pariso, thinking a single run might Woodlands diamond early, do Pari so said, were the fabulous Coach decide the game, sent in Liz Toomey leisurely warm-ups, and still have work behind the plate of Sara Strasser to pinch-run. Jaclyn Mortimer then plenty of time for infield and batting (who actually started out her MPA doubled her home for the first run of practice. She thought the early arrival career as a pitcher), the reliable, steady the game. Mortimer then took third would also alleviate any of those preplay of Kristen Cooney (who hit .467 on a passed-ball. The next two batters game jitters. and inspired confidence in all of her popped-up, but two walks load the The team bus was unavoidably team-mates), the take-charge attitude bases, and then Yara Koht's sharp delayed, however, and they did not of Carolyn Hahn in the outfield, and single drove home two runs for a 3-0 arrive at Woodlands h ome field until the pitching of Kristin Barber (who MPA lead. shortly before game time. But the field walked only two batters in eight Woodlands went down in order didn't look "normal." There were no games). in the bottom of the fifth, with a popbases, no chalk-lines and, strangest of It was a team that won, then, up to third and two ground-outs to all, no Woodlands team . because it was strong down the the pitcher.

Fifteen min utes before game time middle. "But we also had enough Jill Clark reached first on an error Coach Pariso called Woodlands, only depth to overcome injuries," Coach in the Sixth, stole second, and scored to learn that the park district had Pariso added, "and defense was our on an infield grounder by Nina scheduled the game at anoth er main-stay all year."

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111PA r:JT/IJA~ .Ion p.eeftlan Vlins All-City Hono.s

by William Haynes-Morrow [98] JON FREEMAN

naturally athletic to begin with, into one of the best athletes at MPA. In his senior year, for example, he led the team in hitting (.660), runs scored (30), and stolen bases (27). He struck out only twice in sixteen games. According to his baseball coach, Thomas Drahozal, "It's a combination of things. He has physical ability and mental ability, which is a major plus. He also likes baseball. He's very coachable, and he's willing to do anything to benefit the team."

Jon's selection to the all-city baseball team could also possibly benefit MPA athletes in the future . Jon's honor, Coach Drahozal believes, may also draw more attention to the often over-looked Class A athletic programs. "It could help more players get into college as well, by highlighting the MPA baseball program," Drahozal said, "Since we've had one Division I prospect from our school, it will be easier for others as well."

Josh Sinclair [98], an MPA baseball teammate of Jon's, agreed. "This will obviously benefit the team; MPA can say that one of the city's top players went to this school and that we have a good athletic program."

Jon's reaction to his all-city honor was to see it as just another challenge. "I was very excited, and looking forward to it. I was definitely a little bit nervous about it. But that's natural when you're playing against the top 140 (high school) players in the country."

Jon enjoys the success he has had in baseball, but he still feels that academics are more important in the long run.

"Education is the most important thing," Freeman said.

"You can't always count on athletics; there's always the chance that you will get hurt and never be able to play again. Education is a much more stable foundation for the rest of my life."

Jon, diligent both academically and athletically, has been able to find a balance between his various activities.

Mr. Churchill describes how this quality in Jon is applicable even to his personality; "On the outside, you see an easygoing, laid-back individual. On the inside, he has a fierce competitive streak. He balances both very well and that makes him one of the sanest persons you'll meet."

Churchill also expects Freeman to succeed in Division I athletics. "He has natural ability," Churchill said, "but the thing that makes him better than many other natural athletes is that he works extra hard to get even better. That is what will set Jon apart from the average baseball player in college."

Jon wasn't always as dedicated to sports as he is today.

When he was little, Jon recalled, he liked sports because flit was the only way I could get out of the house."

Jon Freeman [98) was the first MPA player ever selected to play on Mayor Daley's All-City Baseball Team.

The all-city team competed in a summer tournament against teams made up of the top one hundred and forty high school baseball players in the country.

This accolade comes as no surprise to his soccer and baseball WILLIAM coaches, who have been noticing HAYNES-MORROW Jon's athletic abilities since he came to MPA in first grade. As Jon's father explained: "He was exposed (to sports) early on, and he had success at it, and when you are successful, you want to keep doing it."

His high school soccer coach, Tony Churchill, remembers one of Jon's first varsity soccer games, when he was a freshman . "1'11 never forget the first time Jon scored. It was on a breakaway and he won the ball from a much larger player, took it down and scored. We won that day. The thing that impressed me the most, though, was that he wasn't intimidated at all. He just came out and played."

Jon's ability to maintain mental focus has helped him become one of the best soccer players in MPA history.

During his four years at MPA, he scored forty-three goals, shattering Chirag Dholakia's record of 32 goals set in 1996.

Jim Kowalsky, his assistant soccer coach, said that Jon was the best athlete he had since he began teaching at MPA in 1981.

"1 would say that he is a great athlete who is also coachable, and I don't think that's a very common thing."

Freeman is more interested in baseball than soccer, however. His nomination to the all-city team was only the latest in a long list of awards Jon has received while at MPA. He has been an ISL all-conference selection for three years, was named to the Daily Southtown's all-area team in 1998, and was the team MVP twice. He also received a baseball scholarship to Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Butler competes in Division I, the highest NCAA level.

Although the Mayor Daley All-Stars lost all five of its games, Jon was named MVP for the third game, after going 2 for 3, with a double and an RBI. Jon attributes his success in baseball to many hours of practice. During baseball season, Jon practices an extra fiveto-eight hours at batting cage facilities, such as Swing Town, Rip City, and Diamond Sports. Jon also did weight training and conditioning at home for two hours a day.

This dedication to baseball has made Jon, who is

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A Wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Angenette Ayo Asaju and Meg Allison were chosen to represent MPA's 1998 eighth grade class in laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington (Virginia) National Cemetery during their Washington class trip.

"It was a way of showing my respect for those who have fought and lost their lives to make this country great," Asaju said.

"As I walked down the path to lay the wreath on the tomb," she added, "I thought about the families who were told that their loved ones were not found.

Really, there is no amount of thanks or honor for what they have done for America and its people.

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Meg Allison had a more personal reason. She wanted to place the wreath at the tomb to honor her father, a Viet Nam veteran, who died in 1996.

"I know that he would want me to do this," she said, "because it would be very important to him . He lost friends [in Viet Nam] and not all of them were found and nothing could help bring about that feeling of closure ... he liked the army and this country so much that I knew he would really prize it in his heart.

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AngeneHe Ayo Asaju and Meg Allison after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington.

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MPAlIJ H. IRWIN MARTIN in 1998

H. Ip""in MaPtin [40] and Robept P. Goss [42] ape Inducted into the MPA Hall of Paine

in the Army Aircorps, 1944 The second inductee, enrolled in the Memorial Hall of Fame, is Robert F. Goss [42]. He was a well known and well liked cadet.

The first inductee, H. Irwin Martin [40] , has had an outstanding career, as well as a great deal of success at MPMA.

Robert Frank Goss was born on April 26, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois. In the fall of 1938, Bob enrolled at MPMA as a freshman .

During his four years as a boarding cadet, it became evident that Bob had many skills and talents. The best known of these is the award winning cartoon character he created named Pipsqueak, a mythical cadet. Bob drew the strip in the Academy News for 4 years. He also participated in sports (was a cheerleader with Hall of Famer Ken Saul), the Skirmisher, and countless other activities. "Let Goss do it" was frequently heard.

Once during G.I. (the schools annual military inspection by the army) Bob had to fill in for the cadet officer who had fallen ill during maneuvers in the Dan Ryan Woods. Bob 's performance was convincing, and was later told by a member of the military faculty, "you saved us!" In the summer of 1941, Bob went through Army basic training and officers school at Camp Custer, Wisconsin. On the day after graduation, in June of 1942, Bob and several of his classmates were sworn in as 2nd Lieutenants in the U.S. Army.

Here is history, in his own words:

September, 1936 was the day that MPMA was introduced into my life. I enrolled as a Freshman in Company D, and began an experience comparable to what I observed at other fine Military Academies. I have never had a reason to downgrade our school when referencing and comparing it against others. The Academy did an outstanding job in education and leadership.

The next four years were truly memorable. The culmination was being in the Honor Company, and co-captain with Bill Richards, of our 1939 championship, undefeated football team.

Upon the outbreak of WWII, I joined the Army. During my military service, I met my wife at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and raised a wonderful family of two boys and two girls, who all attended and graduated from college. After staying in the service for five years, I joined the reserves as a Major, and completed twenty years of active and reserve service, and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel on the General Staff at Presidio, San Francisco. My responsibilities were in the G-2 Section.

Bob led his platoon through basic training, but his real desire was to become a pilot. However, at five feet, eight inches, he did not meet the Air Corps minimum height requirement. Yet with perseverance, ingenuity, and a small bribe of a bottle of good whiskey, he got his transfer and began flight training in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He moved into twin engine training and eventually became a B-17 pilot.

In civilian life, I joined the Stange Company in Chicago in sales and marketing, and moved to the west coast until I was made a Vice President for national accounts in 1968, and moved back to Chicago. After four more years with the Stange Company, I resigned and moved to Arizona and started a real estate brokerage where I specialized in the sale of large parcels of land.

In August 1943, Bob married Joan Gloria Branfeld, his high school sweetheart. Subsequently, Bob was sent to air bases in North Africa, and on to southern Italy. Bob was assigned to a B17 as co-pilot, and on his 8th mission, (over Munich, Germany on Sept. 22, 1944), his plane was hit by flak. Six of the ten-crew members were able to escape before the burning bomber came apart in the air and crashed, killing Bob, his pilot, navigator, and radio operator. For unknown reasons, Bob was not wearing his dog tags on that mission. He was ultimately identified by his MPMA class ring. After relocations in Europe and England, he is now resting in the Arlington National Cemetery with his comrades, home at ROBERT F. GOSS last in the country he loved so dearly. at MPMA in 1942

In looking back at my experiences, nothing contributed more to my life than those years at MPMA. I later found that the school was still a great part of me, and I missed many of my classmates. A small reunion was held in 1970, and it became evident that there was a guardian spirit in our class that was unlike anything we had heard of in other schools, both private and public. We, in effect, became Guardians of the Spirit of MPMA, and I. we have maintained it since the first • f !.H gathering. The school has had a ~! ~ profound effect upon many, and it's H. IRWIN MARTIN at MPMA in 1940 been my pleasure to help guard and maintain that spirit we first experienced.

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To our MPMAlMPAlLoring Alumni: Plan for the Future Over the past few years, through many fits and starts, Morgan Park Academy has tried to create a planned giving program. The motivation for such efforts are twofold .

First, we are truly concerned about our Alumni. We realize that, despite one's best intentions, sometimes life circumstances change very rapidly and unexpectedly. Often when this happens, one is caught off-guard, unprepared. This is particularly true when it comes to taking care of one's loved ones in the case of a tragedy.

One of the most important issues is assuring that one maintains control of what happens to the things that one worked so hard to acquire. This entails

planning your estate to make sure your family is taken care of.

In the simplest terms, this involves proper insurance, and a will that specifies your wishes. Without these, your estate can be decimated by expenses and taxes.

Second, enhancement of the facilities and programs at the Academy takes a lot more these days.

Doing the extra things that will make the Academy as special to current and future students as it was for you requires support beyond tuition, fees, and the Annual Fund.

Today at MPA, we are still motivated by these two factors. Because of this, we are going to go forward in our

efforts to establish the MPMA/MPA/ Loring Plan for the Future.

In the next few months, we will be sending information regarding the various planned giving instruments available to help you take some of the uncertainty out of the future. We hope you will read them and utilize them as you make your plans.

If you have any questions, please call me directly at 773/881-5113.

Thank you.

Sincerely, Mich aelJ. Bello, Ph.D. Director of Development and Alumni Affairs

GolF outing winneps ape...

LeRose and LeRose!

The 3rd Annual Alumni Golf Classic was held on Monday, June 29, 1998, at the Odyssey Country Club.

It was a great success.

The winner of the 1998 Men's and Women's Championships were Michael LeRose [81] and Marie LeRose, respectively.

Proceeds go to benefit the Capt.

Gray, Claudette LeRose, Martin Wolf, Donald E. Coller, and George Wiegel endowed scholarships.

Please make plans to atten d next year's event.

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Among those attending the golf outing were: standing: Don Williams, Ron Drynan [79J, Mary Kay Driscoll, Steve Driscoll, Dave Bonnan, Mike Rogers [69J, Michael Bello, Wendy Drynan, and Robin Goss [63J. seated: Karin Nelson-Rogers, Sandy Williams, Jean Doyle [79J, Tisa Morris [79J, and Bob Theodore [69J.

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"Salute to Excellence '99" Be sure to mark your calendars for March 6, 1999.

That is the date of Salute to Excellence '99, held again at the Drake Hotel. The 1999 event marks its twelfth anniversary, and will be celebrated in its usual elegant style to a "Great Gatsby" theme. Dr. and Mrs. Richard Green are acting as General Chairpersons of Salute '99.

Richard and Carol were Chairmen for Salute '89, and have always been generous to past Salute Events.

Salute to Excellence '98 was a wonderful evening, and was hugely successful in its fund raising efforts. Attendance was at an all time high, and we are hoping to repeat the level of involvement for Salute '99. As its history has proven, "Salute" is an event requiring the talent, time, and resources of all who are willing to participate. Volunteers to the various Salute Committees are imperative to the success of Carol and Richard Green are the 1999 co-chairs of Salute

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Salute '99.

As Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and Parents of Morgan Park Academy and Alumni of Morgan Park Military Academy, you have a multitude of opportunities to contribute to Salute's success. You are invited to attend Salute as a guest of this lovely affair by purchasing one or several tickets. There is the $15,000 Raffle, as well as the ad-book program. Wherever you choose to focus your contributions, remember that all proceeds go toward ensuring continued quality education of the students of the Academy, and to the preservation of its history.

Thank you for conSidering Salute to Excellence '99 as a means of supporting Morgan Park Military Academy and Morgan Park Academy.

If you would like to volunteer to help with Salute, contact Susan Fagin (773) 881-6700, ext.

230 in the Development Office.

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Class of: 'S8

50th Reunion Several members of Morgan Park picnic time in Jones Bowl. It was a Thanks to the efforts of Guy beautiful day, and it was so much fun Rohe, the reunion was well attended.

Academy's Class of 1968 celebrated their 30th Reunion by joining on Guy and his family traveled to for the Alumni to meet each other's school Chicago from grounds over Tucson, Arizona. Also the weekend of August I, among those 1998. The attending were Susan, Sarah weekend of reminiscence and Ann Withington, began daughters of Saturday former Headevening with master, Frederic a delightful Withington. few hours of The conversation, Withingtons catching-up, traveled into photo town from swapping, Maine. and yearbook top row: Vicki Hannemann, David Jones, Rob Rosi, Howard Quinn, Bill Doyle, Gus Others in perusal on Coomis [691, Fred Schuber; middle row: Janet Wolk, Doug Rohe, Bob Flott, attendance the steps of Debbie Pluister; bottom row: Bob Crandal, Jim Slama, Sue Withington, Karen included Garith Alumni Hall.

Countryman, and Harry Olsen.

Rostoker, Mike Everyone had Rogers [69], and Marty Kelly [69]. children. The football game was a few "Remember when ... " stories to n incredible fun as well. share. Sunday afternoon was family

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What's going on?

Fred W. Heitmann [34] Chairman Emeritus and Director laSalle Bank N.A., Chicago. Past Chairman Illinois Bd. of Higher Education. Live in Northbrook, IL, with homes in Aspen and Michigan. Son Scott, 48, daughters Daryl, 50, and Sabrina, 17 months.

Married to Kathleen H. Keeping busy with speaking engagements for banks in various states in the U.S. Charles F. Everett [43] A baby girl was born March 10,1998 to our son David and his wife. That makes 16 grandchildren.

The oldest is 29, so we have all ages. The first five are through college, and two start in the fall. We spend our time between Red Wing, MN, and Hayward, WI. Enjoyed the fun we had doing the minstrel shows, marching down Michigan Avenue in the Memorial Day Parade with the crowds on the Sidewalks, and the dances and the live bands. The friends I made, I still have.

I may not see them often, but we keep in touch.

Wallace B. Mitchell [43] My wife and I have kind of "retired in place" here in Frankenmuth, Michigan - we really like living in this little town.

We do spend a lot of time in the summer at our

past 11 years. They've included Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, and many more as their clients. If anyone is in the area, please look us up to visit. Even if you're not in the area, please call to reminisce about old times. We would love to hear from you. Also, if you need a limo, give us a call!

lakefront cottage near Sturgis, Michigan.

George L. Stemmler [44] Semi-retired, doing PR and Advertising consulting work to Kranson Industries, TRI-COR PACKAGlNG, and Clinton Packaging.

Donald G. Harper [47] Attended Michigan State after MPMA. Air Force pilot 1952-55.

United Airlines pilot 19551990 (retired). That's about it!

Barry O. Coleman [49] FYI Hope the Class of 1949 attends our 50th Class Reunion in 1999! BS Pharmacy, Ark 1956, owns six pharmacies in EI Paso, five grown children, five grandchildren. Past president of West Texas Pharmacy Assn., Texas Pharmacy Assn., (1994-95).

Wife of 40 years, Barbara Coleman. Twelve year member of EI Paso independent School Board of Trustees. Active in business, professional, church and community politics.

Will attend and participate in our 50th anniversary activities, if given advance notice.

William D. Rundle [47) Regret I was unable to attend the 50th reunion of the Class of '47 last year. I was somewhere on the Danube River between Vienna and Amsterdam at the time. Did enjoy reading reports of attendees.

Philip R. Cree [48] After 40 years in South Florida, I have gone to North Carolina. Living south of Chapel Hill. Still active in aviation consulting. Enjoy a couple of overseas trips each year. I have now been on all seven continents.

Dabney W. Hoon [59] Howard and I just finished a wonderful trip around the United States, and had the opportunity of making new friends and visiting many long time friends. It was wonderful to visit our old neighborhood where I grew up (Beverly) and see the building (Loring School).

Quentin D. Buckley [49] Mr. Quinn Buckley and his wife, Eileen, have owned Presidential Limousine Service in the Palm Springs area for the

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Suzanne Von Behren [64] We were blessed with our second granddaughter this past year. Born July 1, 1997, Katherine (Katie) Ann weighed almost 10 pounds. Our other beautiful granddaughter, Suzy (8 - named for me) is a very happy big sister.

Sara Walker [66] Ashland Oregon Realtors selected me as realtor of the year.

Kaarina Salovaara [72] My husband, Jonathan Black, and I welcomed the birth of our two sons, Lucian and Adrian, almost one year ago, on March 4, 1997. I am back at work in the U.S. Attorneys Office in Chicago, prosecuting a variety of cases from the Special Prosecutions Division. I am also active in fund raising for Smith College (I graduated from Smith in 1976) and serve on the boards of Literacy Chicago and Rainbow House.

Jamison Travis Fergason [77) Licensed Private Investigator, but I am currently a stay at home mom with my son Patrick, who was one year old in November 97.

Karen H. Anderson Doornebos [83] We welcomed the

birth of our son, Remy Peter Doornebos, 7 lbs. 10 oz., 20.5 inches, born on January 31, 1998.

Kimberly J. Wilson Manson [83] My husband Dave and I celebrated our son Mitchell's 1st birthday, February 17,1998.

Kathi Kennedy [87) After 4 years of tennis at NIU, I quit playing totally up until a few months ago ... just really burned out, injured (bad left ankle) and really tired of competition. Recently I began to hit again ... no games or matches, just hitting. I got my degree in finance from NIU, didn't like it and decided to work and go back to school part time. I decided to go to Purdue for electrical engineering. I work for Ameritech as a telecommunications specialist .. .1 handle the installation of enhanced business circuits (voice/analog circuits) ... to many details to describe ... its very technical, but I like it. I bought a house and remodeled it and made a good profit on it, which I sold and then bought a better house. It has three bedrooms, three full baths, two fireplaces (one in the master) and is over 2800 square feet not including the basement. Whenever I run into people, they

Carlos Bravo [90] Happily divorced from 1st wife, has left the hustle, bustle and filth of Bronx, NYC to a calm peaceful palm tree surroundings of Irvine, California. In case you are wondering, "Yes I drove here." I am currently in the hospitality division of MAl Systems, and am a software support techniciano Says" Anybody out there just want to say hi or hook up, call me @949/ 598-6285, or email me at (carlos.bravo@maisystems.com) would be great to hear from people. Take it easy.

automatically assume that I am married when they hear that I have a house like that (like I couldn't do it on my own). If anyone wants to get a hold of me, contact my mother and leave a message. She won't give my address or phone number to anyone without my approval. Hi to Mike Wojtyla and Miss Brown.

April Preyar [88] I recently wrote and self-published a book of poetry entitled Melancholy Blue: Psalms of SOUlful Sadness. The book is

available in select bookstores in Chicago, IL, and Washington, DC. I am doing all promotion and advertisement (with the aid of friends and family) in my limited free-time between pursuing my JD at George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC, interning at the DC Public Defender Service as an investigator, and serving as co-leader for local Girl Scout Troop #3612. Those interested in purchasing a book may contact me at: adp@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu

Laresh K.Jayasanker [90] I am teaching high school history and government classes in San Mateo, CA. Matthew Segvich [90] I was working for EDS and General Motors in Michigan for 2 plus years as a Systems Engineer.

Moved back to Chicago in September of 96, and am currently an IT consultant for a small firm in Oak Brook. However, I just started my own company, which will provide IT Consulting. It's called Systems Solutions Consulting. Anyway, I just want my class to call or write me! Where's Tina Sacks or Jennifer Moro?

Mark McFarland [89] Promoted to Branch Manager of General Employment Enterprises, Inc.

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Christopher Hinson [91] Preparing to get married and enter Medical School.

Joi Bradshaw [92] I am currently in my second year of medical school at University of Illinois in Rockford, Illinois. I am planning to go into the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology when I graduate in 2000.

Deborah M. Aruguete [94] Deborah is currently choosing between four places to study for a Ph.D. in chemistry - MIT, Caltech, UC Berkeley, and Johns Hopkins. Specifically she is interested in bioorganiC and bio-inorganic chemistry. Current hobbies/beginning endeavors are winemaking (or perhaps the fine art of rendering juice undrinkable), sleeping, and avoiding marriage.

Deborah graduated in June with a BS in Biological Chemistry from the University of Chicago.

Other than studying, she whiles away her time conducting research on arsenic compounds at Argonne National Laboratory, and studying mushrooms at the Field Museum.

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TAPS

Andrew Bitta

3/28/98

Former FacultylStaff

Warren Cousins [25]

1/30/98

Alumni

Albert Duchossois [45]

8/3198

Alumni

Wayne W. Eden [47]

5/8/98

Alumni

Shirley Farmer

2/1/98

Former Parent/Grandparent

Saul Hurwich [47]

7/9/98

Alumni

Sally McAvoy (47]

2/20/98

Alumni

Louis Rathje [371

1/5/98

Alumni

Karma Shah;{96]

1/1/98

AluMni

James N. Wognum

3/16/98

Former Parent

Qorothy Hennan

8/23/98

Former Mothers' Club President

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Scholarships, Alumni Golf Outing, Gifts in Kind, and Restricted Giving SCHOLARSHIPS Claudette LeRose Scholarship Fund Mr. Leonard J. LeRose, Sr. G. Davis Boyd Scholarship Fund Mr. Earle S. Irwin Oak Lawn Rotary Club

Donald E. Coller Scholarship Fund Mr. Fred H. [64] and Mrs. Michele Montgomery Jerry and Lynn Thrall Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mazza Mr. A. Jay Thrall Mr. J. Christopher Thrall Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeffrey Thrall Mr. and Mrs. J. Randall Thrall Mr. Richard L. Weinberger and Mrs. Nancy B. Thrall Francis S. Gray Scholarship Fund Mr. Richard L. Duchossois [40] Hon. Saul A. Epton [27] Col. Alexander W. [33] and Mrs. Vivian Gentleman Mr. Gregor J. [46] and Mrs. Julia Gentleman The Kole Foundation The Martha G. Moore Foundation

ALUMNI GOLF OUTING Mrs. Madonna Abdishi [63] Mr. Ronald V. Aitchison [57] Aurelio's Pizza Franchise, Ltd. Bicycle and Fitness Boyer, Ewing & Harris, Incorporated Chesterfield Federal Savings & Loan Association Clarence Davids & Company Mr. Michael Danielewicz [96] Mr. Mark Dinos [95] Mr. David Bonnan and Ms. Jean Doyle [79] Mr. Ronald D. Jr. [79] and Mrs. Wendy Drynan Duchossois Enterprises, Inc. Founders Bank Mount Greenwood Mr. F. Morgan Gasior [81] Goss Technical Services Mr. and Mrs. David A. Jones Mr. Anthony Kavouris [77] Kean Brothers, Inc. Mr. LeonardJ. LeRose, Sr. Mathias M. Mattern, Attorney at Law Morgan Park Auto Service Ms. Tisa Morris [79] Mortenson Roofing Company, Inc. MPA Fathers' Club MPA Mothers' Club MPMA/MPA Alumni Association Ms. Michelle M. Murphy [80] Pullman Bank R.W. Collins Company, Inc. Mr. Michael H. Rogers [69] and Ms. Karin Nelson-Rogers Mr. Robert J. Theodore [69] Mr. Jerome A. [44] and Mrs. Lynn Thrall Mr. Pearson F. Williams Jr. [58]

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GIFTS IN KIND Chas. ]. Klees Golf Shop David Baptist, DDS, PC Douglas T.V. Gino's East of Chicago Harris Bank of Morgan Park Imagetec, L.P. Noral Jewelers Odyssey Golf Course & Banquets Park Cleaners PrintSource Plus, Inc. Mr. Ralph [81] and Mrs. Annette Steinbarth Villa Olivia Country Club

RESTRICTED GIVING Mr. Frederick D. [46] and Mrs. Beverly Kitch Mr. James R. [79] and Mrs. Ting-Ting Branit Mr. Donald C. [35] and Mrs. Hazel Carner Ms. Bettyann Cronander Mr. James D. Doljanin [82] Mr. and Mrs. Demetrios Gatsinos Mr. Frederick D. [46] and Mrs. Beverly Kitch Dr. and Mrs. Vasantha Kumaraiah Mr. and Mrs. Roger Lis MPA Mothers' Club Mr. Henry Rogers Mr. Michael H. Rogers [69] and Ms. Karin Nelson-Rogers Dr. John R. [51] and Mrs. Valarie Sadd Dr. and Mrs. Mahendra Shah

Annual Giving pund

The Academy Associates - ($2,500 + ) Mr. Warren Crist [63) Mr. Kenneth [63) and Mrs. Linda Mortenson Headmaster's Society - ($1,000 - $2,499) Mr. and Mrs. J. William Adams Ameritech Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Baldi Dr. Michael Davenport and Mrs. Loretta Hopkins-Davenport Mr. Jeffrey Gilbert and Ms. Malinda Steele Mr. and Mrs. Sidney C. Hamper Illinois Tool Works Foundation Dr. Sanker Jayachandran and Dr. Vijay Jayachandran Dr. Mark Reiter and Dr. Kathleen Ward Dr. William Schwer and Mrs. Mary Pat Benz The Kole Foundation , Mr. Jerome A. [44) and Mrs. Lynn Thrall Guardian Circle - ($500 - $999) Mrs. Carolyn Barber-Lumpkin Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bielinski Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Black Mr. Melvin Bland and Mrs. Valerie Jones-Bland Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred Boarden Mr. and Mrs. Brian Boyle Mrs. Maggie Brewer Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Bunn Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Callinan Mr. and Mrs. Javier Casimiro Mr. and Mrs. Norman Chappelle Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Chow Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Coleman Mrs. Carol P. Coston [75) Mr. and Mrs. James Coulas, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cuevas, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. George Dangles Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Danielewicz Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dejong Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Doherty Mrs. Tanya Downer Mr. Ronald D. Jr. [79) and Mrs. Wendy Drynan Dr. William Earman and Mrs. Linda Wolgamott Mr. Grant Everett and Ms. Martha Pacelli Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fijol Dr. Mary French Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Gintert Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Glenn, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Mahmoud Halloway

Mr. David Hibbs and Dr. Maria Hibbs Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Jones Dr. Mark Kelly and Dr. Kathleen Ward Mr. Wilbon Kelly Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Kern Kirkland & Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kuhn Dr. and Mrs. Roy Lacey Mr. and Mrs. Carl Landahl Mr. and Mrs. Mark Linnerud Dr. and Dr. Michael Linton Dr. John Lumpkin and Dr. Mary Blanks Dr. and Mrs. Ramon Manglano Mr. Mark and Mrs. Kari [82) Misulonas Dr. and Mrs. J. Keith Moffat Mr. and Mrs. Roger Nelson Neurological Surgery Dr. and Mrs. Yunus Nomanbhoy Mr.and Mrs. Hershey Norise Mr. Yemisi Onayemi and Dr. Mary Onayemi Dr. Peter Perrotta and Dr. Sharon Kraus PrintSource Plus, Inc. Dr. Ijaz Qayyum and Dr. Naheed Qayyum Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Radakovich Mr. and Mrs. Terence Raser Mr. and Mrs. Rodd Rasmussen Mr. Asif A. Sayeed and Dr. Shaheen A. Sayeed Dr. Keith and Dr. Anne Schaible Dr. and Mrs. Suresh C. Shah Mrs. Mary Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sipich Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Snodell Dr. and Mrs. Chidambaram Srinivasan Mrs. William L. Steinbarth Dr. Anita Stewart Mr. Aloysius Stonitsch and Mrs. Helen Witt Dr. and Mrs. Kannan Sundar Dr. and Mrs. James A. Sylora Mr. and Mrs. Richard Szkarlat Mr. Allan Teske and Dr. Catherine Duffy Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Venkata Uppuluri Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Vasquez Mr. George Wainaina and Mrs. Sandra Mathari Mr. and Mrs. Dan Webb Mr. and Mrs. Marion R. Webb Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zaniolo Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Zidek

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Century Club - ($100 - $499) Mr. John F. [47) and Mrs. Patricia Aberson Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Bernard Abraham Mrs. Bettina Adeboyejo Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Aldrich Mr. and Mrs. Jurgen Armbruster Mrs. Harriet Arnold Mr. Sob han Atluri and Dr. Siva Atluri Mr. and Mrs. Peter Barber Mr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Bechtel Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Bertoletti Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Better Dr. Deepak and Dr. Madhumita Bhojraj Mrs. Cheryl Bourgeois Boyer, Ewing & Harris, Incorporated Mr. and Mrs. John Bradley Dr. James Bray and Dr. Linda Janus Mr. Michael [79) and Mrs. Kelley Butler Pastor and Mrs. P. V. Chandy Mr. Gulam Chinoy and Dr. Mumtaz Chinoy Dr. and Mrs. Muhammad Chishty Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Churchill Mr. Douglas [73) and Mrs. Debora Coller Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Cooney Dr. and Mrs. Steven L. Delaveris Mr. and Mrs. George Eck, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Enright Mr. and Mrs. Richard Enright Hon. Saul A. Epton [27) Mr. James A. Jr. [73) and Mrs. Nancy Fitch Mr. KarionJ. [47) and Mrs. Doris Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gabler Mr. and Mrs. Demetrios Gatsinos Mr. and Mrs. William Gentry Mr. and Mrs. David Goesel Dr. Marlene Green Mr. and Mrs. Lewis G. Groebe Mr. and Mrs. David Hahn Ms. Candace Heppner Ms. Denise Hetherington Mr. John E. Horn and Ms. H. Elizabeth Kelley Mr. Rudolph Hurwich [38) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Jarvis Dr. Terry R. [50) and Mrs. Janet Johnson Mr. David A. Jr. [78) and Mrs. Socorro Jones Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kalafut Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Kaspar Mr. and Mrs. William W. Keefer Mr. Frederick W. [49) and Mrs. Arlene Koberna Mr. James Kowalsky and Dr. Vicki Williams

Annual Giving

Dr. Rachel Lindsey Mr. Greg Lochow Dr. and Mrs. Gopal Madhav Mr. Frank A. [42] and Mrs. Betty Major Mr. Thomas Malcolm Mrs. Polly Mallinga Mr. Michael D. [60] and Mrs. Ruth McClure Dr. Thomas Mizen [71] Mr. Robert Montgomery [72] Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Ruth [55] Moran Mr. and Mrs. John Mortimer Mr. and Mrs. William Murray Nations Bank Mr. Levon and Mrs. Claudia [78] Nazarian Dr. and Dr. Ediberto Nepomuceno Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Neill Mr. and Mrs. Ulick O'Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. George Ofori-Atta Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Outlaw Mr. William Parks and Mrs. Deborah Hubbard-Parks Periodontist & Implantologist, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Pikowski Dr. and Mrs. Leon Que Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Reidy Mr. and Mrs. Michael Robinson Mr. Michael H. Rogers [69] and Ms. Karin Nelson-Rogers Mr. William D. Rundle [47] Mr. and Mrs. Michael Salim Mr. Lauri M. Salovaara [71] Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Scales Mr. Dennis Schermerhorn Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Schneider Mr. and Mrs. William Seifert Mr. William B. [71] and Mrs. Mary Semmer Dr. and Mrs. Mahendra Shah Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shrader Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Silhan Col R. [45] and Mrs. Ruth Simonson Mr. and Dr. Ramarao Siramdasu Mr. William Springer [61] Mr. and Mrs. Juan Stroop Ms. Fara Taylor The Field Foundation Mrs. Stella Toczek Mr. and Mrs. John Toomey Mr. and Mrs. Dean Triller Mr. and Mrs. Leon Turnbough Mr. James G.Jr. [71] and Mrs. Jan Tuthill Mr. H. 1. Jr. [47] and Mrs. Nancy Vehmeyer Dr. Peter [66] and Mrs. Barbara Vlasis Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Wade Mr. and Mrs. Martin Walsh Mr. and Mrs. George R. Yaksic

Friends - ($1 - $99) Mr. Asa [44] and Mrs. Frances M. Bacon Mr. Donald M. Badziong [42] Balzekas Motor Sales, Inc. Mr. Stanley Balzekas, Jr. [43] Mr. Richard 1. Berliner [45] Mr. Steven [69] and Mrs. Donna Bunn Mr. Brian T. Bye [80] Mr. John E. [40] and Mrs. Sylvia Corrigan Mr. Philip R. [48] and Mrs Glinda Cree Mr. Robert A. [43] and Mrs. Morag Crombie Mr. Jabari DeRon [94] Mrs. Karen DeRon-Head Ms. Carmella DiSanto Dr. Gregory A. [79] and Mrs. Randa Dumanian Mr. Ronald R. Elmore [60] and Mrs. Janet Wiegel-Elmore [60] Mr. John T. [53] and Mrs. Patricia Fehlandt Mr. Randy A. [67] and Mrs. Therese Fox CFP Mr. Felix [69] and Mrs. Janet Goldberg Ms. Robin Goss [63] Dr. Bruce C. Hamper [73] and Mrs. Mary B. Wilczak Mr. and Mrs. Mark Harvey Dr. Mark [76] and Mrs. Marcia [75] Jundanian Mr. Stephen T. and Mrs. Debbie [77] Kelecich Mr. Anthony P. Laban [69] Mr. Philip A. Goddard III and Mrs. Sidonie A. Lee [78] Ms. Susan 1. Lee [70] Mr. Sedgwick and Mrs. Cynthia [80] Lewis Mr. Jon and Mrs. Marla [78] Lunderberg Ms. Patricia Martinez [78] Ms. Tina Mattera [85] Ms. Jennifer Matz [94] Mr. Shawn C. and Mrs. Amy [90] McCombs MPA Mothers' Club Ms. Mary O'Toole [81] Mr. and Mrs. leRoy Ousley Mr. Steve Petso [83] Primal Mode Inc. Mr. Lawrence and Mrs. Ellen [71] Rissman Mr. Jonathan Black and Ms. Kaarina Salovaara [72] Ms. Carrie A. Swearingen [82] Dr. and Mrs. James Tonsgard Mr. Timothy N. Troy [72]

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Mr. Theodore D. [45] and Mrs. Penelope Vlahos Rev. and Mrs. Dayton Williams Gifts in Kind Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Bello Mr. Jon J. Easton [76] Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gabler Ms. Korin Heinz Holiday Inn-Oak Lawn Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Lamb Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Lis Paperback Trading Co. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomas Mr. and Mrs. John Tubutis

Salute to Excellence Gold Society - (52,500 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Baldi Dr. Benjamin Coglianese Dr. William Earman and Mrs. Linda Wolgamott Dr. Marlene Green Mr. Alan Kaye Mr. William Stein barth [78] Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tadin Mr. and Mrs. Dan Webb Silver Society - (51,000 -52,499 ) Mrs. Anne Boyd [55] Mr. and Mrs. William H. Collins Mr. and Mrs. James Coulas, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Driscoll Mr. Ronald D. Jr. [79] and Mrs. Wendy Drynan Mr. Thomas Finnegan and Ms. Carole Klein First National Bank of Evergreen Park Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gabler Mr. Jeffrey Gilbert and Ms. Malinda Steele Dr. Jayant Ginde and Dr. Sunita Ginde Dr. and Mrs. Richard Green Dr. Kenneth W. [76] and Mrs. Maria Holmes Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Kern Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Lis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loffredi Dr. and Mrs. George Mesleh Mr. Felix Rodriguez and Dr. Donna Stockton Mr. Michael H. Rogers [69] and Ms. Karin Nelson-Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rose Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sipich Rev. Dr. and Mrs. George Thompson Mr. Mark [79] and Mrs. Jeri Wiegel Winston & Strawn Bronze Society - (5500 - 5999) Mr. and Mrs. J. William Adams Dr. and Mrs. Anil Agarwal Mrs. Brenda Asaju Dr. Terrence Bartolini and Dr. Carol Braun Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Bertoletti Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bielinski Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Black Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred Boarden Mr. and Mrs. Brian Boyle Mr. James c. Bremer and Ms. Margaret O'Brien-Bremer Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Callinan Dr. and Mrs. David D. Chube Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Coleman

Mr. Robert W. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Costin Dr. Michael Davenport and Mrs. Loretta Hopkins-Davenport Mr. and Mrs. George Eck, Jr. Mr. Edward M. Fiala, III Founders Bank - Mount Greenwood Mr. Dennis Hansen and Mrs. Janet Katschke-Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Heilman Mr. and Mrs. Claudell Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Derrick Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jacobs Mr. Steven P. Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. David A. Jones Mr. Anthony [77] and Mrs. Katherine Kavouris Dr. and Mrs. Antoun Koht Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kominiarek Mr. James Kowalsky and Dr. Vicki Williams Dr. and Mrs. Ramon Manglano Marina Cartage, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Danilo Martinez Mat Leasing, Inc. Midwest Anesthesiologists, Ltd. Mr. Robert Nabicht Mr. and Mrs. Roger Nelson Dr. and Mrs. Richard O'Young Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Pikowski Dr. Vytas Bindokas [74] and Ms. Jean Rush [74] Mr. and Mrs. Michael Salerno Mr. Asif A. Sayeed and Dr. Shaheen A. Sayeed Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sinclair Dr. and Mrs. Chidambaram Srinivasan Mr. Ralph E. [81] and Mrs. Annette Steinbarth Mr. Aloysius Stonitsch and Mrs. Helen Witt Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Vasquez Mr. and Mrs. Martin Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Marc Wells Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winter Dr. Philip Yap and Dr. Roberta Yap Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zaniolo Gala Club - ($100 - 5499) A New Dairy Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Bernard Abraham Alderman Ginger Rugai Youth Fund Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Aldrich Mrs. Margaret Allison Mr. and Mrs. Edward Apke Mr. W. S. [42] and Mrs. Marystel Appleton Mrs. Harriet Arnold

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Mr. A. Richard [36] and Mrs. Helen Ayers Mr. Charles F. [38] and Mrs. Dorothy Bacon Dr. Julian I. [34] and Mrs. Judith Barish Belhaven Health Care Centre Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Bello Bennett Auto Rebuilders, Inc. Bergman Trucking Company Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Better Beverly Art Center Beverly Books Beverly Chiropractic Clinic Mr. Kiran Bhoopal [96] Mr. Melvin Bland and Mrs. Valerie Jones-Bland Col. (Ret.) William C. [37] and Mrs. Reva Boehm Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bollacker Mrs. Cheryl Bourgeois Mr. Jerry D. [57] and Mrs. Virgina Bowden Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Brown Dr. Frank A. [52] and Mrs. Partice Burd Mr. Christopher Burke Butch McGuire's Tavern Mr. Brian T. Bye [80] Mr. J. Callaghan Cardiovascular Surgeons, Ltd. Carlson's Consulting Mr. and Mrs. Javier Casimiro Mr. R. Paul Cassabon Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Catania Mr. and Mrs. John Cater Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Chappell Mr. and Mrs. Norman Chappelle Mr. Edward Cheatham Chesterfield Federal Savings & Loan Association Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Chow Clarence Davids & Company Mr. and Mrs. PatrickJ. Clark Mrs. Alice Coller Mr. Brian [79] and Mrs. Maria Coller Ms. Ann Collins Ms. Claire Concannon [85] Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Conway Mrs. Carol P. Coston [75] Ms. Carol Coulas County Fair Mr. Walt [60] and Mrs. Nancy Craig Dr. and Mrs. George Dangles Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Danielewicz Dr. Edgar Del Castillo Dr. Steven L. [70] and Mrs. Kelley Delaveris Mr. Allen [65] and Mrs. Peggy DeNormandie Desmond & Ahern, P.c.

Salute Dr. and Mrs. Ashok G. Dholakia Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. DiCola DiCola Sea Food Diwali Group Mr. Richard L. Duchossois [40] Duchossois Enterprises, Inc. Ms. Marie Dwyer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eaton Mr. and Mrs. George Eck, Sr. Mr. C. J. [47] and Mrs. Alice Economos Eggen Design Group, Inc. Mr. Ronald R. Elmore [60] and Mrs. Janet Wiegel-Elmore [60] Mr. and Mrs. John Enright Mr. and Mrs. Richard Enright Mr. Steven Esterson Mr. Charles F. [43] and Mrs. Betty Jane Everett Evergreen Anesthesia & Pain Management Services Mr. and Mrs. William T. Faber Mr. Jorge G. [66] and Mrs. Tina Farinas Mr. Tim P. Finerty Mr. Thomas G. Fitzgerald Mr. Fleming W. Flott [45] French, Kezelis & Kominiarek, P.c.

Capt. (Ret.) George Froemke [42] Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Fruchter Mrs. Ruth Fuss Mr. Russell R. Gardner [47] Mr. F. Morgan [81] and Mrs. Darlene Gasior Dr. and Mrs. Darrien Gaston Gelber Group, Inc. George J. Dangles, M.D. George Poulos & Associates, Photographers Mrs. Mary Gerlich Mr. William A. Giannos [49] Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Gintert Mr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Giovannetti Mr. John R. [53] and Mrs. Jan Gislason Mr. Arthur F. Golden Jr. Ms. Kathi Goss Mr. and Mrs. Brian Gramberg Mr. Joseph Grassi [43] Mr. and Mrs. James Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Steven Grisko Mr. Robert [65] and Mrs. Karen Gunst H. Turner and Company, Inc. Hamilton-Bell Associates Dr. and Mrs. Michael Hannan Ms. Elizabeth Hartmann [73] Heil-Chicago, Inc. Mr. Joseph P. Henry Heritage Bank Mr. David Hibbs and Dr. Maria Hibbs Mr. Alfred [52] and Mrs. Marcia Hoffman, Jr. Hopkins, Mesleh & Hopkins, S.c.

Mr. John E. Horton Dr. and Mrs. Raffy Hovanessian Mr. and Mrs. John R. Huber Hudson's R & R Ms. Mary A. Hunter [74] Illinois Tool Works Foundation

Impressions in Stone Independent Schools Assoc. of the Central States James Egan & Associates, Ltd. Mrs. Sharon Jeffrey Ms. Robin Jesek Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson Mr. David A. Jr. [78] and Mrs. Socorro Jones Mrs. Elaine Jones Mr. Charles A. [59] and Mrs. Karen Junkunc Ms. Nicole Kaletsch Kean Brothers, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keelan Mr. Wilbon Kelly Mr. William T. [42) and Mrs. Anna Kettering Ms. Sarah C. Kim [86] Mr. Frederick D. [46) and Mrs. Beverly Kitch Dr. John I. Jr. [51) and Mrs. Betsy Kitch Dr. and Mrs. James A. Kline Mr. Frederick W. [49) and Mrs. Arlene Koberna Mr. Edward C. Kole [53) Mr. Louis J. [48] and Mrs. Virginia [49] Kole Mr. Gene Kolenda Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kosinski Kottke ASSOCiates, Inc. Ms. Jennifer Kraft [86) Mr. Arthur J. [39) and Mrs. Dolores Kralovec Mr. Donald F. Kreger [47] Mr. and Mrs. Barry Kritzberg Mr. George G. Krivsky [56) Mr. Timothy Kusek Ms. Tina Kusek Mr. William T. Kwan [49] Dr. and Mrs. Roy Lacey Lambrecht's Jewelers Lapetina & Shaker, LLC Larry's Auto Repair Laurel Motors Mr. Jerome S. [45) and Mrs. Elaine Levin Lili of Trieste Ladies Boutique Dr. Rachel Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Mark Linnerud Little Company of Mary Hospital Mr. Greg Lochow Mr. Patrick M. [53] and Mrs. Gloria Lonergan Mr. Dean Brock and Dr. Lola Lumpkins-Brock Mr. Kenneth R. [53) and Mrs. Barbara Lee Mack Mr. Walter M. Mack [43) Mr. Frank A. [42) and Mrs. Betty Major Mr. Thomas Malcolm Dr. Ana Manglano McCabe & Associates, Inc. Mrs. Tynia McCall-Burton Mr. Michael D. [60] and Mrs. Brenda McClure Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McEldowney Mr. Joseph McGovern Mr. Robert E. McGuire [48]

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Mr. and Mrs. William T. McGurn Mr. Anthony McInerney McNellis and Company Ms. Marilyn Meunier Midwest Terminal Services, Inc. Mr. Mark and Mrs. Kari [82) Misulonas Mr. Bret Schneider and Dr. Elizabeth Moncada [81] Ms. Patricia Moncada [79] Mr. and Mrs. William Morrison Mr. Robert Morrow and Mrs. Patricia Haynes-Morrow Mortenson Roofing Company, Inc. Mount Greenwood Currency Exchange MPA Fathers' Club MPA Middle School MPA Mothers' Club MPMA/MPA Alumni Association Mr. Michael Mudjer Napleton Lincoln Mercury, Inc. Neurological Surgery Mr. Jamin Nixon Mr. Robert E. Nolan and Mrs. Daryce Hoff-Nolan Dr. and Mrs. Yunus Nomanbhoy Mr. and Mrs. Hershey Norise Mr. Lawrence A. [48] and Mrs. Sheila Novak Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Neill Mr. and Mrs. Ulick O'Sullivan Mrs. Camille Odeh Mr. Eric [80] and Mrs. Joyce Odell Orthospine Center, Ltd. Mr. George J. Pappas, Jr. [55] Park Cleaners Park Properties Real Estate, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Nathu Patel Dr. Peter Perrotta and Dr. Sharon Kraus The Honorable R. E. Pincham Pizzo & Associates, Ltd. Ms. Janice Prible PRS Realtors Prudential Securties Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Pruim, Jr. Pullman Bank Q.c. Investors, Inc. R.W. Collins Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Terence Raser RDL Management Services Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Reidy Mr. and Ms. Thomas Reisel Dr. Mark Reiter and Dr. Kathleen Ward Mr. O. Richmond Mr. and Mrs. Carl Riggenbach Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rippey Mr. and Mrs. Howard N. Robinson Mr. Philip R. Rosi [55) Mr. Robert [68] and Mrs. Mary Rosi Mr. Gilbert Y. Rubenstein [29J Russell Ingram Photography Mr. and Mrs. John Rutkowski Mr. Michael P. Ryan Mr. Ronald [51] and Mrs. Georgine Sabath Mr. Jerry Sacks Saint Xavier University Mr. Jean Christopher C. Sales Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Salvatore Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schlomas

Salute Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Schneider Mr. John E. Schulze [42] Mr. Tony Seibert Mr. and Mrs. William Seifert Mr. Loren D. Sexauer [40] Ms. Laura Shallow Ms. Susan Shimmin [66] Mr. and Mrs. David Shoaf Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shrader Siding-, Inc. - Windows-, Inc. Mr. Eugene Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Silhan Col. Gene R. [45] and Mrs. Ruth Simonson Mr. Michael Sise Mr. James E. Smith [42] South Suburban Hospital Mr. William Springer [61] St. Paul Bank Corp.

Standard Bank & Trust Co. State Farm Insurance Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Stephens Jr. Dr. Anita Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Strasser Suburban Federal Savings Dr. and Mrs. Kannan Sundar Mr. Ollie Swan Ms. Martha H. Swift [52] and Mr. Dean A. Miller Dr. and Mrs. James A. Sylora Mr. and Mrs. Richard Szkarlat Mr. Michael Tadin, Jr. [94] Ms. Fara Taylor Mr. Allan Teske and Dr. Catherine Duffy Mr. M. L. Tew [48] The Ultimate Smile Mrs. Winnie Theodore Ms. Angenette Thomas Ms. Barbara Thomas Mr. George Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Thomas Mr. Jerome A. [44] and Mrs. Lynn Thrall Cecelia Tokar Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tokar Mr. and Mrs. John Torrez Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Turner Mr. John C. Tuttle, Sr. Mr. Steve Tuttle Dr. Jeff R. [70] and Mrs. Lisa Unger Mr. Spiro W. Vass [47] Mr. Peter W. [54] and Mrs. Janet Voss Mrs. Wendy Wagner Dabe [72] Mr. and Mrs. James Ware Mr. and Mrs. William Watson Dr. Linda M. Weinfield [76] Mr. and Mrs. Lennon Whitehead Mr. Michael Whitmore Mr. George E. Jr. [SO] and Mrs. Carolyn Wiegel Ms. Sybil M. Wilkes [78] Mr. Pearson F. Williams Jr. [58] Dr. LeonJ.Jr. [65] and Mrs. Kay Witkowski Ms. Maria Witt Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wolgamott Mr. and Mrs. George R. Yaksic

Mr. Warren E. [67] and Mrs. Nancy Zander Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Zidek Friends - ($1 - $99) All Jokes Aside Angelo's Leather & Fur, Inc. Mr. Robert Ballenger Beverly Area Planning Association Bill O'Hara's Sporting Goods Mr. Bradley Bothwell Mr. Scott Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bozich Mr. and Mrs. John Butler Ms. Mary Carvlin Children'S Eyecare Mr. and Mrs. Steven G. Cole Custom Travel Mr. James DeLisa Dermatology & Skin Surgery Associates Mr. and Mrs. John Dobrowolski Mr. and Mrs. John Doherty Mr. Michael Mulcahy and Mrs. Ruth J. Drynan [84] Ms. Joanne Duffy Mr. Jason Ervin [92] Ms. Ann Esse Mr. Grant Everett and Ms. Martha Pacelli Mrs. Shirley Farmer Forms, etc. by Marty Walsh Mrs. Annie Frederick Mr. J. Robert [45] and Mrs. Marilyn Gilbert Ms. Robin Goss [63] Mr. Richard Harewood Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hill J & G Builders Joe Bailly's Restaurant Ms. Ann M. King Ms. Modwene Lavin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lawden Mr. and Mrs. Douglas T. Lazo Mr. and Mrs. Luis Leja Lenox Financial Ms. Lisa Lochow Mr. and Mrs. Marc Lochow Longwood Foods Mr. and Mrs. Baudilio Lopez Mr. and Mrs. John McCarthy Ms. Cynthia Modeste Morgan Park Auto Service Ms. Alice Moseley Mrs. Sally Niehoff Noral Jewelers Mr. Kevin E. O'Hara Mr. William O'Hearn Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Ousley Ms. Lynda Pariso Patio Restaurant Paul's Upholstering, Inc. Periodontist & Implantologist Ms. Marie Poulos Primal Mode Inc. Rao Uppuluri, M.D., S.c.

Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Riha Mr. Robert L. Scardon [46] The Beverly Theatre Guild The Daily Southtown, Inc.

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The Field Group The Washington & Jane Smith Home Mrs. Stella Toczek Top-Notch Beef Burgers Mr. and Mrs. John Tubutis Mrs. Kathy Wedel Wellness Connections Wentworth Tire Service Mr. Jim Wicks

Gifts in Kind Dr. and Mrs. Ismail Abbasi Mrs. Madonna Abdishi [63] Absolute Vision Care Mr. and Mrs. J. William Adams Adelita, Inc. Adler Planetarium Astronomy Museum Alan Kaye & Associates Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Aldrich ALP Enterprises, Inc. Ann K Hair Salon Armando Vasquez Hair Design Mrs. Harriet Arnold As You Like It Catering Athletic Club at Illinois Center Bally's Total Fitness Dr. Terrence Bartolini and Dr. Carol Braun Mr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Bechtel Mr. and Mrs. LouisJ. Bertoletti Bess Friedheim Jewelers Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bielinski Big Shoulders Cafe Bill Cosby Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Black Blake Lamb Funeral Home Mr. David Bonnan and Ms. Jean Doyle [79] Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred Boarden Mr. Scott Bowers Mr. and Mrs. John Bradley Brandt Cellars International Breadsmith Mr. James C. Bremer and Ms. Margaret O'Brien-Bremer Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Brown Burgundy Bistro Mr. and Mrs. John Butler Card King Carson's The Place for Ribs Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Catania Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Chappell Mr. and Mrs. Norman Chappelle.

Chicago Architecture Foundation Chicago Bears Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Team, Inc. Chicago Bulls Chicago Cubs/Wrigley Field Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago White Sox Chicago Wolves Children's TeleviSion Workshop Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Chow Christopher John Floral Designs Clint Eastwood Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Coleman Mr. and Mrs. William H. Collins Coogan Clothiers Fine Mens Wear Cosmopolitan Service Corporation

Salute Mrs. Carol P. Coston [75] Ms. Carol Coulas Mr. and Mrs. James Coulas, Jr. Country House Restaurant Court Theatre Crate & Barrel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cuevas, Sr. Dairyland Greyhound Park Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Danielewicz Dr. Michael Davenport and Mrs. Loretta Hopkins-Davenport Deer Creek Golf Club Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Delaney Democratic National Committee DePaul University/The Theatre School Dinkel's Bakery Ms. Carmella DiSanto Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Driscoll Mr. John [79] and Mrs. Megumi Drynan Mr. Ronald D. Sr. [49] and Mrs. Jane Drynan Mr. Ronald D. Jr. [79) and Mrs. Wendy Drynan Mr. Michael Mulcahy and Ms. Ruth J. Drynan [84) Dr. William Earman and Mrs. Linda Wolgamott East Bank Club Mr. and Mrs. George Eck, Jr..

ElJardin Mexican Restaurant Eli's Cheescake World Mr. and Mrs. John Enright Mr. Grant Everett and Ms. Martha Pacelli Evergreen Racquet & Fitness Face to Face Fast Frame Felicia Davis Certified Massage Therapist Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fijol Flowers Unlimited II Fox's Beverly Pub Mrs. Annie Frederick Mrs. Kathy Fredericks Gap Kids, Midwest Regional Offices Geo-Frame Products Company George Poulos & Associates Mr. Jeffrey Gilbert and Ms. Malinda Steele Giordano's Famous Stuffed Pizza Mr. and Mrs. David Goesel Ms. Robin Goss [63) Mr. and Mrs. Brian Gramberg Mr. and Mrs. James Griffin Dr. and Mrs. Michael Hannan Mr. Dennis Hansen and Mrs. Janet Katsch-Hansen Mr. Richard Harewood Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Heilman Ms. Candace Heppner Mr. David Hibbs and Dr. Maria Hibbs Historic Pullman Foundation/The Hotel Florence Hoops The Gym Hyatt Regency Chicago

Improv Olympics Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ingram Innisbrook Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jacobs Mrs. Sharon Jeffrey Jewel/Osco John G. Shedd Aquarium Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson Mrs. Elaine Jones Mr. and Mrs. Garland Jones Jungle Jim's Playland Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kalafut Mr. Anthony [77] and Mrs. Katherine Kavouris Mr. Alan Kaye Mr. Wilbon Kelly Mr. and Mrs. William Klein Kohl Children's Museum Dr. and Mrs. Antoun Koht Mr. James Kowalsky and Dr. Vicki Williams Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Lamb Lands' End, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Langston Lawry's The Prime Rib Mr. and Mrs. Douglas T. Lazo Ms. Julie LeClair Dr. Rachel Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Mark Linnerud Little Company of Mary Hospital Loews Theatres Mr. and Mrs. Baudilio Lopez Magic Attic Club Marquette University Marshall Field's Circle of Giving Medinah Shrine Circus Dr. and Mrs. George Mesleh Mity Nice Grill Dr. and Mrs. J. Keith Moffat Morgan Park Academy MPA Development Office Mr. Robert Morrow and Mrs. Patricia Haynes-Morrow Mr. and Mrs. Andreas Mueller Museum of Contemporary Art Mr. and Mrs. Roger Nelson Dr. and Dr. Ediberto Nepomuceno Mr. Robert E. Nolan and Mrs. Daryce Hoff-Nolan Dr. and Mrs. Yunus Nomanbhoy Mr. and Mrs. Hershey Norise North Beach Leather Northlight Theatre Dr. and Mrs. Richard O'Young Oak Lawn Hilton Odyssey Golf Course & Banquets Office Max Ortigara Musicville Palos Sports Parco Foods Park Magnavox Home Entertainment Center Mr. William Parks and Ms. Deborah Hubbard-Parks Party Room Balloons Mr. and Mrs. Nathu Patel Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers, Inc. Planet Hollywood

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PRP Wines Rand McNally Mr. and Mrs. Terence Raser Ravinia Festival Mr. James Raymond and Dr. Lisa Raymond Red Wing Shoes Regal Knickerbocker Hotel Dr. Mark Reiter and Dr. Kathleen Ward Relaxation Station Mr. and Mrs. Howard N. Robinson Mr. Michael H. Rogers [69] and Ms. Karin Nelson-Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Michael Salerno Sandy's Chinese Linens & Gifts Sears Tower Skydeck Mr. and Mrs. William Seifert Ms. Susan Shimmin [66] Southwest Airlines Company Mr. Joseph Stahula State of Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Steven Stavropoulos Mr. Ralph E. [81] and Mrs. Annette Steinbarth Ms. Pamela Stephens Poindexter That's A Great Gift Sue Nahm Certified Massage Therapist Dr. and Mrs. Kannan Sundar Sybaris Pool Suites Taekwondo U.S.A. Tallgrass Restaurant Mr. and Mrs. Cruz Tatro-Mendoza Ms. Elizabeth Taylor Terra Museum of American Art Mr. Allan Teske and Dr. Catherine Duffy That Girl Boutique The Bod-Day Spa The Drake Hotel The Education Depot The Etiquette School of Chicago The Fireplace Inn The House on the Rock The Jerry Springer Show The Second City Theatre Building Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomas Titan Sports, Inc. Mrs. Stella Toczek Truefitt and Hill Untouchable Tour Vanderbilt University Dr. and Mrs. Reza Varjavand Victory Gardens Theater Vinci/Trattoria Parma Mr. and Mrs. James Ware Mr. and Mrs. Marc Wells Wheel of Fortune White Fence Farm Mr. Jim Wicks Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wolgamott WonderChiid Toys World Wrestling Federation WTTW Channel 11 Zanies Comedy Club Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Zidek Zorich Industries, Inc.

Alumni Dues Mrs. Madonna Abdishi [63] Mr. Charles C. Anderson, Jr. [63] Mr. W. S. Appleton [42] Mr. George S. Arnoldy [47] Ms. Deborah M. Aruguete [94] Mr. A. Richard Ayers [36] Mr. Charles F. Bacon [3S] Dr. Julian l. Barish [34] Mr. Richard L. Berliner [45] Mr. Joseph Bertoletti [95] Mr. AlvinJ. Bielak [3S] Mr. David L. Blake [97] Col. (Ret.) William C. Boehm [37] Mr. Dean Booras [52] Mr. Jerry D. Bowden [57] Mr. Robert E. Bowyer [46] Ms. Elizabeth A. Boyd [95] Ms. Joi Bradshaw [92] Mr. Carlos Bravo [90] Mr. Carl Brody, Jr. [SS] Mr. Robert N. Burchinal [43] Dr. Frank A. Burd [52] Mr. James Butler [S6] Mr. Robert Cook [79] and Mrs. Karen Butler-Cook [SO] Mr. Brian T. Bye [SO] Mr. Douglas Coller [73] and Mrs. Debora Coller [77] Ms. Claire Concannon [SS] Mrs. Paula Corbin [77] Mr. Frank Correll, III [S2] Mr. James c. Correll [S4] Mrs. Carol P. Coston [75] Mr. Walt Craig [60] Mrs. Ruth Crane [67] Mr. Philip R. Cree [4S] Mr. Robert C. Crist IV [70] Ms. Lisa D. Daniel [S9] Mr. John L. Daniels [75] Major Dawne Davis, USA [SI] Dr. Steven L. Delaveris [70] Mr. Allen DeNormandie [65] Mr. Grant H. DeNormandie [60] Mr. Jabari DeRon [94] Ms. Shirley J. DeSwarte [52] Mr. James D. Doljanin [S2] Dr. Joan Driscoll [70] Mr. Ronald D. Drynan, Jr. [79] Mr. Richard L. Duchossois [40] Ms. Kimberly K. Duffek [77] Dr. Gregory A. Dumanian [79] Mr. C. J. Economos [47] Mr. Ronald R. Elmore [60] and Mrs. Janet Wiegel-Elmore [60] Mr. Steven E. [62] and Mrs. Janice [62] Erickson Mr. Jason Ervin [92] Mr. Jorge G. Farinas [66] Mr. Norman B. Fleming, Jr. [49] Mr. Fleming W. Flott [45] Ms. Daniela Ford [94] Ms. Catherine Fox [91] Ms. Alexandra Friedman [76] Capt. (Ret.) George Froemke [42] Ms. Natalie Gamet [S4] Mr. Russell R. Gardner [47] Mr. F. Morgan Gasior [SI] Mr. Gerald Gately [SO] Mr. William A. Giannos [49] Mr. J. Robert Gilbert [45] Dr. Ralph W. Gilbert [42] Mr. John R. Gislason [53] Dr. Barbara Glatt [69]

Ms. Robin Goss [63] Mr. Joseph Grassi [43] Mrs. Diane Groenewold [85] Mr. Robert W. Guilford [61] Mr. Robert [65] and Mrs. Karen [65] Gunst Mr. Eric M. Gustavson [61] Mrs. Sue Hale [69] Ms. Elizabeth Hartmann [73] Ms. Wendy Heilman [S9] Mr. Conrad C. Heisner [97] Mr. Larry Herbst [SO] Mr. Alfred Hoffman, Jr. [52] Ms. Barbara D. Hoffman [73] Dr. Walter S. Hofman [SO] Mrs. Eileen Hofstetter [76] Mr. David M. Honor [67] Mrs. Dabney W. Hoon [59] Dr. Armen Hovanessian [S6] Ms. Mary A. Hunter [74] Mr. William M. Hutchins [42] Ms. Debbie Jacques [79] Mr. Laresh K. Jayasanker [90] Ms. Christine L. Johnson [97] Mr. James R. Johnson [46] Mr. David A. Jones, Jr. [7S] Mr. Charles A. Junkunc [59] Mr. Peter E. Kanaris [7S] Mr. MichaelJ. Kartsounis [91] Mr. EugeneJ. Katz [59] Mrs. Adele L. Keating [56] Mr. William W. Keefer [43] Mr. Edward A. Kelly [41] Mr. Jay Kennedy [55] Mr. William T. Kettering [42] Ms. Sarah C. Kim [S6] Ms. Lisa Kimbrough [79] Mr. Frederick D. Kitch [46] Mr. Mark C. Klein [55] Ms. Martha-Marie Kleinhans [SI] Mr. Frederick W. Koberna [49] Ms. Emily Kobilca [76] Mr. Edward C. Kole [53] Mr. LouisJ. [49] and Mrs. Virginia [49] Kole Ms. Jennifer Kraft [S6] Mr. Arthur J. Kralovec [39] Mr. Donald F. Kreger [47] Mr. George G. Krivsky [56] Mr. Gus L. Kumis [69] Mr. William T. Kwan [49] Mr. George L. Lamparter [39] Mr. John F. Lasser [33] Mr. Jerome S. Levin [45] Mr. Patrick M. Lonergan [53] Mr. Kenneth R. Mack [SS] Mr. Walter M. Mack [43] Mr. Frank A. Major [42] Ms. Patricia Mamone [SO] Dr. James M. Maragos [73] Mr. H. Irwin Martin [43] Ms. Patricia Martinez [7S] Mr. Pedro Martinez [93] Mr. John C. Mateer [57] Ms. Jennifer Matz [94] Mr. Michael D. McClure [60] Mr. Robert E. McGuire [4S] Mrs. Karen Meersman [SO] Ms. Marilyn Meunier [72] Mrs. Kari Misulonas [S2] Ms. MariaJ. Monzures [67] Mrs. Ruth S. Moran [55] Ms. Tisa Morris [79]

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Mr. Kenneth Mortenson [63] Ms. Michelle M. Murphy [SO] Mr. Douglas Muzatko [6S] Ms. Margie A. Nicholson [65] Mrs. Diane Nippoldt [77] Mr. Don W. Norton Jr. [73] Mr. Lawrence A. Novak [4S] Mr. Jerry O'Connor [59] Ms. Mary O'Toole [SI] Mr. Eric Odell [SO] Mrs. Judith Orzechowski [65] Mr. Walter H. Page [44] Mr. Henry B. Palmer [67] Mr. GeorgeJ. Pappas,Jr. [55] Ms. Priscilla Paris [SS] Mr. Richard S. Phillips [43] Mr. Richard R. Price [44] Ms. Kimberly Reed [95] Major Price O. Reinert [39] Mr. Michael H. Rogers [69] Mr. Guy D. Rohe [6S] Dr. David R. Rosi [67] Mr. Philip R. Rosi [55] Mr. Robert Rosi [6S] Ms. Angela Rosiak [91] Mrs. Julie Rudawsky [70] Mr. Edward A. Rund [61] Mrs. Nancy Runyon [74] Mr. Bentley Rutherford [S3] Mr. Ronald Sabath [51] Mr. Jean Christopher Sales [97] Mr. Jonathan L. Salmons [S6] Ms. Kim Sappenfield [S2] Mr. Robert L. Scardon [46] Mrs. Sue Schiess [69] Mr. Ralph E. Schram [33] Mr. Fred H. Schuber [6S] Mr. John E. Schulze [42] Mr. Matthew Segvich [90] Mr. Loren D. Sexauer [40] Mr. Robert Shetler [46] Mr. Clarence P. Simmons II [SI] Mr. Joseph B. Simon [46] Col. Gene R. Simonson [45] Ms. Allison Smith [77] Mr. James E. Smith [42] Mr. William Springer [61] Mr. Ralph E. Steinbarth [SI] Ms. Geraldine A. Strasser [93] Mr. Spencer R. Stuart [40] Mr. Michael Tadin, Jr. [94] Mr. Arthur C. Teichner [39] Mr. M. L. Tew [4S] Mr. Robert). Theodore [69] Mr. Jerome A. Thrall [44] Mr. Thomas L. Tiernan [4S] Dr. Jeff R. Unger [70] Mr. Spiro W. Vass [47] Mrs. Suzanne Von Behren [64] Mr. Peter W. Voss [54] Mrs. Wendy Wagner Dabe [72] Mr. William Walker [66] Dr. Linda M. Weinfield [76] Ms. Elizabeth L. White [77] Mr. Robert A. Whitfield [44] Mr. George E. Wiegel Jr. [SO] Mr. Mark Wiegel [79] Ms. Sybil M. Wilkes [7S] Mr. David Wilkinson [77] Mr. Pearson F. Williams Jr. [SS] Mr. Leon G. Winter [4SJ Dr. LeonJ. Witkowski, Jr. [65] Mr. Warren E. Zander [67J

Annual report 1997路98 Pre-audit Financial Summary (Aug. 1, 1997 - June 30, 1998)

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Assets: Cash ............................................................................................ $ 175,042 Accounts receivable ....................................................................

115,802 Pre-paid/deferred expenses .........................................................

10,459 Investments ...................... ....... ...................................................

821,545 Plant and Equipment ............................................................... ... 2,051,365 Total assets ....................................................................... $3,153,295 Liabilities: Accts. payable & accrued expenses ............................................. $ 112,996 Short term borrowing and current liabilities .............................

487,440 Long term debt & liability ..........................................................

376,059 Deferred revenue & other credits ...............................................

862,411 905,448 Endowment funds ......................................................................

Academy equity 7/31/96 ............................................................

408,941 Total liability funds &: equity ........................................ $3,153,295 Income: Tuition income ........................................................................... $3,244,677 150,246 Program fees ...............................................................................

Studen t services 35,519 (includes yearbook; drama productions) ................................. ..

Auxiliary services (includes food service, transportation, campus store) ...............

368,390 Endowment income ...................................................................

39,602 Annual giving and fund raising .................................................

255,231 Other revenue ................................... ...................................... ....

84,857 Total income .................................................................... $4,178,522

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Endowment & contributions.

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Other revenue.

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...... 77.6% ...... 13.39% 7.1% .. .... 2.0%

Total income ............................ $4,178,522 ................ 100.0%

Operating Expense

Employee compensation & benefits ......... $2,909,419 ......... 71%

Operating Expense: Employee compensation ...... .... .... ........................................... .. . $2,376,296 533,123 Employee benefits ..................................................................... .

112,255 Instructional expense ............ ... ..................................... ............ .

Student services (includes student publications; insurance; drama; commencement).......................................

43,191 Auxiliary services ........ ... .............................................................

442,164 Ge neral administration ..................... ................. ..... ...................

120,585 Adva ncement and fund raising ........... .......................................

149,271 107,999 Buildings and grounds ............................................................ ....

Utilities .......................................................................................

112,491 Computers and major projects .... ...............................................

12,542 Other operating expenses ...........................................................

44,616 Interest - expense .. ....................... .... ....... ....................................

44,509 Sub-total operating expense ........................................... $4,099,042 Net of operations .............................................................

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Instructional expenses &: services

.... 597,610 ......... 14.6%

General administration &: advancement ...... 269,856.

Buiding & grounds, utilities, projects Interest & other operating expenses.

233,032

.. 6.6% .. 5.7%

..... 89,125 ........... 2.1%

Total operating expense ................... $4,099,042 ..... . 100.0%

Total income ..................................................... $4,178,522 Total exper:1se ..................................................... 4,099,042 Net of operations ................................................ $ 79,480

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MPA Tops McAuley for Sectional Tennis Title MPA's girls' tennis team out-dueled perennial power-house Mother McAuley High School in October 1997 to win the IHSA Sectional Title.

Jaclyn Mortimer (16-2 in the regular season) easily, and almost flawlessly won the singles title without losing a single set of her three matches.

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The last MPA sectional tennis title was in 1986.

IHSA Sectional Tennis Champions, 1997: Top: Kristin Barber, Sara Strasser, Colleen Strasser. Bottom: Padma Siramdasu, Jennifer Nomanbhoy, Jaclyn Mortimer

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