Reunion 2011 Alumni flocked to campus to reconnect with the friends, teachers, and places that shaped their teenage years. They explored ideas in faculty and alumni seminars, collected awards for their volunteer efforts, and celebrated their shared NMH experience.
2011 Alumni Awards
2011 Alumni Citations
Each year, the NMH Alumni Association recognizes outstanding contributors for their work within their communities and in support of the school.
Shirley Vanderpool Romoser ’51: class gift chair.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Mychelle Yvette Farmer ’71, M.D. Throughout her medical career, Farmer has combined her clinical practice with advocacy for health-care policies that support adolescents and young adults. LAMPLIGHTER AWARD Barbara Tweedle Freedman ’66 Freedman has served the school in multiple capacities for decades, including the last 10 years as a member of the board of trustees. This award recognizes her dedication to NMH’s educational mission. COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD Marshall L. Horwitz ’71, D.D.S. Horwitz has been described as a man whose hobby is volunteering. His commitment to sharing his life’s work as a dentist by helping people around the world reflects the values learned decades ago at Mount Hermon. WILLIAM H. MORROW AWARD FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO NMH Richard J. Peller Since joining the NMH faculty in 1973 as a math teacher and soccer coach, Peller has served as a constant role model, encouraging each of his students to achieve a balance of academics, athletics, and participation in the school community.
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John S. McClintock ’56: class gift chair, phonathon volunteer, reunion chair, 50th reunion co-chair, co-chair of the Annual Fund committee, Alumni Council reunion advisory committee, Annual Fund committee. Craig D. Walley ’61: class secretary, 50th reunion yearbook editor, 50th reunion gift committee, author of Murder at Mount Hermon: The Unsolved Killing of Headmaster Elliott Speer (Northeastern University Press, 2004). Joseph A. McVeigh ’76: class secretary, Alumni Council, phonathon volunteer, reunion volunteer, and web liaison.
A Generous Gift Members of the Class of 1961 affirmed their commitment to NMH with a 50th Reunion gift of more than $2.8 million. The fiveyear gift included outright donations, pledges, and planned gifts, and represented a 256-percent increase over the class’s Annual Fund giving last year. Sixty percent of the class participated in the reunion gift, which will help NMH continue its tradition of providing scholarships to talented young people, supporting an exceptional faculty, and maintaining its beautiful campus on the Connecticut River.
Tracy Weil Korman ’81, P ’11, ’14: phonathon volunteer, event host, admission ambassador, strategic planning committee, Parents Fund committee, Parents Council. Dairo E. Moreno ’91: area club officer in New York and Los Angeles, Alumni Council, admission ambassador, class secretary.
ALUMNI AWARD WINNERS (front) Joseph McVeigh ’76, Craig Walley ’61, Barbara Tweedle Freedman ’66, Richard Peller with granddaughter Stella, David Hickernell ’68 (awards committee chair); (back) John McClintock ’56, Mychelle Farmer ’71, Dairo Moreno ’91, Tracy Korman ’81, and Marshall Horwitz ’71. Not pictured is Shirley Vanderpool Romoser ’51.