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FROM DONALD M. AUSTIN, HEAD OF SCHOOL
Lisa Grider Director of Institutional Advancement EDITOR
Debra Marr Director of Communications ASSISTANT EDITOR
David Beckman CONTRIBUTORS
Hannah Beck Elaine Brodie Ted Gilbreath Stacey Kaplan-Layton
Jessica Lubow Alexandra Mahoney Evan Nisenson ’99 Candice Powell-Caldwell
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chairman David D. McGraw ’77 Secretary Jane Wilf Vice Chairs Kim Hirsh ’80 William Bloom Jeffrey Kaplan Patricia Budziak Larry S. Wieseneck Samuel W. Croll III ’68 Suzanne Willian Scott L. Hayward
Bringing the Community Together
Trustees Lauren Hedvat ’01 Marika Alzadon ’89 Gigi Loh Donald M. Austin Joshua Nadell Maria Rice Bellamy ’85 Samir Pandiri John H. Bess ’69 Mark Rosenbaum Lawrence G. Cetrulo ’67 Tiffany Taylor Smith Lara Coraci-Basile ’88 Glenn A. Waldorf ’90 Mary Ellen DeNoon Patrick B. Wang Cuong Do Betsy Zimmerman Anjali Gupta
Addressing Post-Election Challenges The impact of the recent election continues to reverberate throughout the Newark Academy community. By virtue of its location in one of the nation’s most
Emeriti K. Kelly Marx ’51 Louis V. Aronson II ’41 John L. McGraw ’49 Paul Busse ’38* Robert S. Puder ’38* Robert Del Tufo ’51* Gary Rose William D. Green ’69 William T. Wachenfeld ’44 William D. Hardin ’44*
diverse states, as well as by choice, our school is characterized by a diversity of race, religion, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, and, of course, of opinion
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and political persuasion. Within this global microcosm,
President Glenn A. Waldorf ’90
we strive to foster in our students tolerance, respect for
Amanda Addison ’06 Gillian Javetski ’07 Michele Chiles-Hickman ’86 Lauren Kaplan ’09 Daniel D. Cronheim ’72 Jennifer Mandelbaum ’11 Brett Finkelstein ’05 David Mazzuca ’03 Giulia Mercuri ’10 Jacqueline Lipsius Fleysher ’93 Ed Pursell ’02 Rebecca Moll Freed ’94 Justin Garrod ’93 Jed Rosenthal ’93 Kumar Ghafoor ’10 Alex Senchak ’02 Pete Gruenberg ’81 Evan Sills ’03 Shannon Hedvat ’03 Brian Silver ’09 Lauren Jacobs-Lazer ’98 Andrew Somberg ’07 Joelle Tutela ’90
others, and the scholar’s open-mindedness that enables them to consider an argument from all sides.
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Emeriti Leo Gordon ’69 Lance Aronson ’74 Jeffrey Silverman ’82 J. Richard Beltram ’41* William Stroh ’48* John Bess ’69 Richard Watson ’50
We also have an obligation to help our students understand unfolding events in the nation outside our walls and their role as citizens in it.”
Newark Academy Office of Institutional Advancement 91 South Orange Avenue Livingston, NJ 07039 Telephone: (973) 992-7000 Fax: (973) 992-8962 Email: dmarr@newarka.edu Website: www.newarka.edu *Deceased
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