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THE MAGAZINE OF NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL

RINGING IN

WINTER 2016

YEARS

PHOTO OF THE DAY November 11, 2015 Shirley Hu, Class IV, performs a piece she choreographed with her Chinese dance teacher. Thirty-four students danced in the November dance concert.

PHOTO BY LEAH LARICCIA

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IN EVERY ISSUE Letter from the Head

3 Reflections What Nobles folks are saying on campus and online

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The Bulletin News and notes

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By the Numbers From the archives

16 Sports Boys cross country makes history 18

FEATURES 26 Cover Story: 150 Years Nobles has never looked better.

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Moving Through Deep Water These grads work for the greater good.

On the cover: This tintype, made by John Hirsch, visual arts department head, is a direct positive image made on a thin sheet of metal coated with collodion and a silver nitrate emulsion. The pictured bell is the bell that was used to begin daily assembly. Tintype photography was invented in 1853.

Off the Shelf All about the books we read and write

20 Perspectives A writer and mathematician reflect 50

Graduate News Nobles graduate updates: what, when, where, why and how Nobles grads are doing

72 Archive

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Sesquicentennial Reflections THE 90TH CLASS TO GRADUATE from Nobles, the

Class of 1956, had a uniquely powerful experience here. Their compelling legacy remains on the campus in the form of the ’56 Path that runs from the top of the hill by the Castle and the Frat (which is now all faculty residences) down to the athletic facilities. The boys of the Class of ’56 built that path as a gift to the school upon their graduation. As part of the Castle renovation project, the ’56 Path was upgraded and made safe by current standards; graduates between 1956 and 2011 well remember almost tumbling down the old path, which was downright treacherous, especially in winter. I was reminded of the experience of the Class of ’56 as the school endured a sudden, traumatic loss this fall with the passing of Casey Dunne ’17 in this year that the 150th class will graduate from the school. Casey—the middle of five children in a close family—was a gem, a truly wonderful young woman, and her unfathomable departure has rocked this community and affected many people far beyond this campus. Yet I know, as did the Class of ’56, that the classes of ’16 and ’17 will also find unity and a way to leave positive legacies at Nobles.

Great communities are at their best when things are at their worst.

In the summer of 1955, Betsy Putnam, age 14, one of five children of Headmaster Eliot and Laura Putnam, passed away from cancer. The Putnams, of course, lived on the Nobles campus, and Betsy was well known and beloved here. Eliot and Laura Putnam commanded immense respect in the community, and this impacted everyone deeply. Then, in early October 1955, one of the Putnams’ sons, Arthur, age 12 and in Nobles Class VI, was playing in the woods on the Nobles campus and died in a tragic accident. The impact of such losses for one family in such a short period of time is almost impossible to comprehend. Fate, however, was not done with this community. The school also experienced an outbreak of polio that fall, leading to a quarantine of the campus for a few days; two members of the Class of ’56 were severely afflicted. When the class of 1956 rededicated the ’56 Path a few years ago, they installed a plaque with a beautiful and powerful yet understated message that I think speaks to the ages and all classes at Nobles over our past 150 years. The plaque says: “With 28 wooden steps—one for each classmate—this path was originally built by the Class of 1956 with their own hands as a gift to the school they loved, in response to the significant challenges and adversity they faced together. It endures as a symbol of their solidarity.”

We do not know yet what the legacy of Casey Dunne will be, but I am confident it will reflect the joy, kindness and wonder that she represented in the world. I know her classmates will ensure the power and permanence of her presence here and among themselves, and ultimately we will be the better for it. Nobles is a remarkable place, notable for the uniquely potent blend of empathy, fun and achievement that characterize the student experience. We are truly measured, however, in tragedy, and over the past 150 years, this school has, in fact, thrived because of our capacity to become a more caring and purposeful community in the face of such challenges.

—ROBERT P. HENDERSON JR. ’76, HEAD OF SCHOOL

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You need to find something that gives you constant reason to live your life, not just exist in it. And it has to come from your heart.

—KEITH WILFORD OF THE WILFORD MOVEMENT, A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MENTAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ATHLETES, ADDRESSING THE NOBLES CAPTAINS AND COACHES LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

October 17–18 marked the 51st Head of the Charles. The event this year was historic for Nobles crew in many dimensions. For the first time, we had four crews competing. The girls’ four moved from 66th to 18th in a strong international field of 85. The boys’ four finished second overall and were the top North American crew, beating not only every other ISL school but also every boys’ high school and club program in the country. With this performance, Nobles won the Metropolitan District Commission Cup for the best performance in the regatta by a Massachusetts high school.

—JOSH ACCOMANDO, BOYS VARSITY CREW HEAD COACH, COMMENTING ON THE HISTORIC WEEKEND AT THE HEAD OF THE CHARLES REGATTA

While Nobles students have been part of studentexchange programs and the occasional ‘school trip’ for decades, over the past 15 years, Nobles has developed a broad array of partnerships with schools and nongovernmental organizations across the country and around the world. Together each year, close to 150 Nobles students and 30-plus faculty immerse themselves in service and academic/cultural exchange programs.

—BEN SNYDER, DIRECTOR OF EXCEL, ON “A CULTURE OF PARTNERSHIP,” OCTOBER 2015 NOBLES PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER

OCT. 16, VIA INSTAGRAM: Students relieve some stress by bowling outside Shattuck. Image

by Tim Barry. #NoblemanOnline

OCT. 22, VIA INSTAGRAM: Varsity football with a strong 42–0 victory over Rivers at #FridayNightLights

There are many changes one can make, both big and small, to enhance happiness, relationships, and psychological and physical health. But when you consider the effort-to-outcome ratio, there is nothing that packs a greater punch than incorporating gratitude into your life.

—JEN HAMILTON, MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR, ON “MOMENTS OF GRATITUDE,” SEPTEMBER 2015 NOBLES PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER WINTER 2016 Nobles 3

the bulletin NEWS FROM OUR CAMPUS & COMMUNITY

Jennifer Bryan helps create structure for conversation about gender identity.

“There are people who don’t line up with the binary [of being simply male or female],” [Bryan] explained, suggesting that critical thinking is useful when examining intersecting identities of gender, sexuality, race, class, religion and other aspects of what defines a person.”

Considering the Spectrum Helping to define paradigm shift ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, Jennifer

Bryan spoke in assembly to the Nobles community. Bryan is the founder and principal of Team Finch Consultants, a group specializing in issues related to gender and sexual diversity.

“How does language affect who feels safe in the world?” queried Bryan of the

assembly highlights

audience of more than 600. She shared some of the questions she gets when she works with younger children, noting that her work takes different forms depending on the age of students.

“Can two girls get married?” ask the youngest children, or, “How do you become gay?”

When students are more mature, questions arise as to why society tends to label boys with several romantic interests as “players,” while girls become “sluts.” She acknowledged the important work that all people engage in related to individual gender and sexual identity. “We need a broad construct that is

be high, but you are

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inclusive of everyone,” she said, as she used a species of coral reef fish—who can change gender depending on environment—as a metaphor for human biodiversity. “You can’t always tell by looking at the outside who somebody is. We have a paradigm shift going on,” she told students and faculty members. “Think of identity as being on a spectrum.”

Bryan discussed the limitations for some of being required to check a “male” or “female” box on forms, and she spoke of the importance of vocabulary. “What’s the difference between being transgender and transgender queer?” she asked. “There are people who don’t line up with the binary [of being simply male or female],” she explained, suggesting that critical thinking is useful when examining intersecting identities of gender, sexuality, race, class, religion and other aspects of what defines a person.

Bryan offers information and support to educators and students who aim to create safe, inclusive learning communities for children, adolescents and young adults. Her visit is part of an ongoing curriculum related to understanding complex issues of diversity, according to Steven Tejada, dean of diversity initiatives at Nobles.

Bryan began offering special-

ized gender and sexuality consultation 14 years ago. She published From the Dress-Up Corner to the Senior Prom: Navigating Gender and Sexuality Diversity in PreK–12 Schools, with Rowman and Littlefield Education. Her conceptual and pedagogical models related to gender and sexuality in educational settings continue to evolve, keeping

pace with the profound and rapid social changes occurring every day in the culture at large.

—HEATHER SULLIVAN For more on Bryan’s approach to building values, curriculum and policy, go to http:// teamfinchconsultants.com.

Gomez Speaks on Veterans Day Gabriel Gomez is a politician who ran for U.S. Senate in 2013 and is now a private-equity investor. He is one of the few people in American history to serve as both an aircraft carrier pilot and a Navy SEAL. He is also a parent of four, including three Nobles students.

Gomez spoke at assembly for Veterans Day, which is observed every year on November 11. He explained that the date of observance comes because major hostilities of World War I ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect.

Gomez also shared the story of a young man, Paul, from Massachusetts, who became an elite Navy SEAL-T6 and, upon returning from a mission in which he nearly lost his life, completed an academic paper. Paul explained that he had promised his father to finish his degree, and the day’s engagement did not excuse him.

Gomez recognized Nobles graduates called to serve their country. He noted Max Montgomery ’14, who is in ROTC at Vanderbilt University, and Ryan Duffey ’17, who recently committed to the Naval Academy.

Gomez noted that about 1 percent of Americans voluntarily join the military, choosing to defend the liberty that Americans enjoy. “How do you thank a veteran?” he queried. “Live your life to the fullest and with intention,” he suggested. —HS

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Katie Grogan ’18, Caroline Higgins ’20 and Meghan Dunne ’21 signed three of 750 ducks.

Remembering Casey CASEY DUNNE, a member of Nobles’ Class of 2017, died unexpectedly on October 9, 2015. While at varsity field hockey practice that afternoon, she experienced an inexplicable massive brain bleed.

Teammate Charlotte Abrecht ’16 photographed Casey—exuberant, running with an American flag for her team’s spirit day—just 30 minutes before she collapsed on the field (see photo above).

Casey was a vibrant, generous and joyful member of the Nobles community. She was born on July 1 and loved the Fourth of July. She often wore bows in her hair—and she really loved ducks, earning her the nickname “Ducky” in elementary school. Since her death, she has been celebrated for her spirit and represented by what she loved.

Casey’s family members—parents Matthew and Mary, and siblings Alex ’13, Mike ’15, Meghan ’21 and Ryan—have long been part of the Nobles community.

Meghan and cousin Caroline Higgins ’20 are current Nobles students, and they invited other students, faculty and staff to help them commemorate Casey.

“It’s small—but it’s big,” said Caroline, when she and Meghan organized delivery of 750 small rubber ducks to Nobles. The girls set up a table in the Castle on October 14, inviting community members to take a Sharpie and sign a duck for Casey.

“I’m the oldest of five in my family,” Caroline said. “Our families are close, and I thought of Casey as an older sister: She loved ducks, so I loved ducks too. I still like ducks—but now I want to give

the love of ducks just to Casey.”

“Everyone loved Casey so much,” said Meghan. She told how students from Thayer Academy, where her dad is head of the history department, brought ducks to the first field hockey game after Casey died. The Nobles ducks also adorned the field. Earlier that week, Milton Academy had a blue-and-white day in her honor. Other schools and colleges throughout New England paid tribute through notes and social media, and many attended the October 17 game, which Nobles won against Thayer.

The heartbreak of Casey’s family and Nobles resonated broadly. After the Boston Globe reported on her passing, media outlets as diverse as The Daily Mail in London, Seventeen

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magazine and local television stations ran pieces celebrating her spirit as captured in the photo by Abrecht.

Casey’s close friends at Nobles invited the school community to wear ribbons and bows to remember Casey. Members of the field hockey team dressed as ducks for Halloween. “It’s so nice that so many people have commemorated her in such happy ways. It made us happy to see that Casey was so loved,” said Meghan.

Casey’s parents invited memorial donations to Achieve, a Nobles-based academic and enrichment program for low-income middle school children, for which Casey served as a tutor. In her honor and memory, Achieve’s tutoring program has since been named the Casey Dunne Tutoring Program. —HS

Firing ceramics in a wood kiln is entirely different from doing so in an electric one. Countless variables influence a finished piece: Rather than static heat, the draft, chimney and settling of the wood ash around it make it unique. Its placement in the kiln and its relationship to other pieces around it—even the type of wood and the chemistry of the fuel and its origin—all make a difference. Considerations like these are part of the complex process John Dorsey teaches his afternoon ceramics students in Nobles’ wood-firing program, which culminates in pieces they donate to grassroots hunger initiative Empty Bowls. “It’s about chemistry, physics and problem solving, but it’s also service. Everything about it makes sense,” he says.

In 2011, Dorsey’s colleague Nora Creahan led the first Empty Bowls initiative at Nobles. For 25 years, the international effort has brought people together to feed the hungry through making art. This fall, Dorsey’s afternoon students Adrianna Brown ’16, Omar Riaz ’17, Michael Reiser ’19, Liam Smith ’19 and Alara Ozguc ’20 crafted more than 70 bowls in the studio, fired them in the Makoto Yabe Memorial GreenFire kiln, and donated them. They also mentored exchange students from

Nobles’ sister school Beijing No. 57 High School and low-income students from Needham, as they made their own bowls to contribute.

Dorsey embraces all aspects of the project but especially appreciates the interdependence students learn. The labor-intensive process of firing the wood kiln, working with Buildings and Grounds to sustainably acquire good wood, planning the event with the Community Service Board, FLIK and the Parents Association, all teach students the importance of collaboration.

On Nov. 6, the Nobles community gathered to eat from and buy the handcrafted bowls, filled with soup prepared by FLIK. Donations serve as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world, and proceeds benefit the Dedham Food Pantry and 3 Squares, two organizations with which Nobles has long partnered.

—KIM NEAL

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to “be a man.” Girls and

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Luce’s Evolution ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE ALLISON LUCE’S

Foster Gallery exhibition “AEVUM SPATIVMQVE ANTIQVVM” entices with its natural lines and organic colors.

“The project is constantly percolating,” Luce says, aligning the evolutions in her mind with the changing states of nature that her art imitates.

Denmark inspired her most recent work, which has since become a five-year accumulation of 1,000 ceramic objects that reference ocean life and natural textures. She calls the ceramics portion of her installation “a reaction to the natural environment along the southwestern coast of New Zealand,” where she once served as artist-in-residence.

Luce (pictured here with Foster Gallery Director John Dorsey) arrived on Nobles’ campus in September

hoping to resolve her incorporation of video and wall drawing alongside her usual emphasis on ceramics. “In the future,” she nods across the gallery to her wall drawing, “I have a feeling I’ll look back on my time at Nobles as a transformative moment in my work.”

In turn, Luce’s presence proved essential to Nobles’ fall curriculum.

Foster Gallery Director John Dorsey applied Luce’s expertise, saying, “Allison’s work and the students’ recent explorations examine the marriage between surface and form.”

Demonstrating her own experience navigating that relationship, Luce spoke to drawing, ceramics and AP classes and brought students into her studio for tours.

—ALEXIS SULLIVAN

The morning after the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, French teacher Mark Sheeran had an idea while on his usual run. He invited students to make posters for the students of friend Cathy Guillemain in the 13th Arrondissement, and they embraced the opportunity to show their support. (Nobles has a longstanding friendship with Guillemain’s mother, Geneviève Broussous, through its cultural immersion program in Montpelier, France.) All sent their posters and messages of love and hope to the students of the Lycée Gabriel Fauré.

Guillemain’s school is near the scene of the attacks; she and her husband were out to dinner with friends when they were forced to hole up for six hours. Some of the messages Nobles students wrote to her high school students included: ■■ “You are in my heart, my brothers.

My heart hurts, and my eyes are filled with tears.”

■■ “Even the sun comes up after the darkness of night.”

■■ “Stay strong, we are with you.”

Sheeran explained the importance of our relationship with France, and provided examples, like France bankrolling the War of Independence and providing the framework for our constitution. “We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for France.

They are our strongest allies; it’s not the British because we speak English.”

Before starting the posters, he asked, “Imagine flipping the situation, what would you want from them?” —KN

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NED TALKS: IDEAS WORTH SPREADING From the science of happiness to why we do what we do, there’s a TED talk.

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) was founded in 1984 by the private nonprofit Sapling Foundation to promote “ideas worth spreading.” Early talks focused on technology and design, but the array of subjects has become as broad as the thousands of storytellers fueling this collective vehicle for ideas and discussion.

In fall 2014, School Life Council co-president and TED superfan Joelle Sherman ’15 and classmate Ryan Kelly introduced Nobles’ own version of the series at assembly. Since Sherman and Kelly graduated, Rachel Janfaza ’16, a

member of Nobles’ Peer Help Program (PHP), has helped sustain their vision: to encourage individuals at Nobles to share their stories and ideas with the school community at assembly.

Once someone proposes a topic, explains Janfaza, PHP members “help them think through it, prepare, provide a story arc, guide their speed and clarity, and ensure they are comfortable speaking at assembly to 700-plus people.”

During the past year, NED Talks have ranged from the hilarious and absurd— like 2015 grad Nick Jaczko’s senior retreat tale about being ambushed by aggressive elk—to overcoming adversity. Neha Bhambhani ’15 described growing up

helping to care for her grandparents and learning to value time with her elders.

Janfaza says, “I hope that when I come back to Nobles in 10 years, people are still giving NED Talks. They allow the community to connect in a powerful way that is different from the typical assembly. Everyone has a story.”

Assembly has always been a showcase for a variety of talents, but not everyone can channel Sam Smith or Alicia Keys. Each NED talk is a reminder that behind every face at Nobles is a lifetime of experiences that is worth sharing.

Independently, each story is provocative.

Collectively, they are an honest reflection of the Nobles community. —KN

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25th Anniversary of Upward Bound 25 Years of Helping Kids Discover the Best Version of Themselves Bound (UB) since I was 18. It was always about providing kids with the opportunity to grow and fulfill dreams—at its core, that’s what UB does.” In 2013, Edgar DeLeon ’04 achieved his own dream.

His mentor, Dean of Students Marcela Maldonado, had led the program since 2000. When DeLeon took over, Maldonado called him a “natural fit” and described him as “the son I never had.”

Twenty-five years later, UB continues to help 50 low-income students from DeLeon’s hometown of Lawrence become the first in their families to attend college, through summer classes, enrichment, support and college preparation throughout the academic year. Like the Achieve program for middle-school students, “Upward Bound has come to embody Nobles’ mission of leadership for the public good,” says Director of the Anderson/Cabot Center for EXCEL Ben Snyder. The program is entirely staffed by Nobles faculty and graduates.

Snyder reflects on the program’s history at Nobles, recalling, “In 1989, Dick [Baker] and I established a goal to reach out to the city of Boston to create partnerships.” Snyder joined with UMass Boston, which was seeking to expand its math and science initiatives,

and the Nobles–Upward Bound program was born. Snyder was inspired in part by his own father, Ben Snyder, Sr., who in 1965 founded a UB-precursor in Detroit called Horizons.

“Nobles runs the UB program, and UMass gets the grants. The Lawrence school district is in receivership and failing; it’s a really important target community with a high need for programs like this. Nobles is one of only three high schools in the country, along with Cranbrook and Northfield Mount Hermon, with a UB program,” says Snyder. “The stories of how this program has altered life trajectories are just incredible.” DeLeon’s is just one such remarkable story.

Today, nearly 400 graduates of the program make up what DeLeon calls the “Upward Bound family.” They help ensure one another’s success. “That core has always been there. It’s a language that has existed throughout the program’s 25 years; graduates well before my time still talk about it.” He attributes UB’s success to Nobles’ commitment to both material and human resources. “We could not exist and run efficiently and have the best

drama, the romance

Fantasia

Disney character ever

around the Lawrence

carpet (motorized)

dancers earned a

and the excitement.”

This Halloween, the

imagined. A motley

stage evoking delight

made the tableau.

standing ovation

Li has been playing

spirited class of 2016

crew featuring pirates

and nostalgia in

piano for 11 years;

gathered onstage

of the Caribbean, prin-

hundreds of disguised

Stepping Up

performance of their

he started when he

dressed in the garb

cesses, villains and

onlookers. Even Alad-

Kliptown Youth Pro-

traditional South

was 5.

of virtually every

clownfish pirouetted

din and his flying

gram (KYP) gumboots

African step dance.

“I’VE WANTED TO BE A DIRECTOR for Upward

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program in the state any other way. There’s nothing our kids need that they don’t get, from teachers, buildings and grounds, the day camp and Achieve. That’s a credit to our school.”

DeLeon’s holistic perspective as a graduate of both UB and Nobles guides him as the program’s director. “In ninth grade, I had a friend who said, ‘Things in Lawrence are pretty crazy. Let’s just take a summer off.’ When UB recruited at Lawrence High, part of the initial reason I came was just to get out. But my first day, I wanted to leave—I already missed what I had come from.” Although he initially regretted giving up his summer and his family’s annual pilgrimage to the Dominican Republic to visit relatives, by

after a stunning

“I work at a school that costs about $45,000 per year for a child to attend, and I ran a governmentfunded summer program for kids who primarily come from incomes of no more than $28,000 per year for a family of four. And what have I learned? That teenagers are exactly the same despite their socioeconomic circumstances: same fears, same joys, same loves. I find that comforting to know.”

Nobles grads and UB counselors Stephanie Aliquo ’12, Helen Kirk ’13, Iesha Caisey ’10, Jackie Schierembergg ’15, Justin Jimenez ’14, Brian Huynh ’14, Sophia Lesperance ’14, Abbey Anderson ’13, Vinnie Baker ’09; Inset: Edgar DeLeon ’04

the second day he began to grasp what the program was about. After meeting counselors who were Nobles and UB graduates, he says he fell in love with UB and the idea of going to college.

“I had always felt the pressure from family to be the first to go, but I never understood what that would entail. After coming to UB, I realized I could no longer coast. Teachers like [Alden] Mauck, Tilesy Harrington, [Doug] Jankey and [Nick] Marinaro pushed me academically for the first time. There was another level for me to reach.”

As a result of the adults who believed in his potential, DeLeon says, “I became the most loyal Upward Bound soldier you could possibly find, because I know

—MARCELA MALDONADO

what it did for me. At a time in a lot of high schoolers’ development when they could be easily influenced one way or another, I saw a lot of my friends influenced negatively. A couple of my friends went to jail; another passed away from an overdose. I knew where I was was important. Once I started progressing through the program, I saw the value in it. My need transcended academics.

Honestly, if it hadn’t been for Upward Bound, I don’t know where my life would’ve been, but I wouldn’t be here.”

Over the next 25 years, DeLeon wants the Nobles community to have a clear understanding of the program and the school’s impact. “We’re not just a program that exists in the summer. There

are kids in Lawrence who view this as home and as an important part of who they are.” He also wants to raise expectations of UB students and encourage them to work independently and to explore.

“Ninety-five percent of UB kids go to college; we’re doing them a disservice if we don’t prepare them. I tell them, ‘What we want from you is just the best version of you. It’s not going to happen in one summer, but it gets there eventually.’ Something positive must be going on, because technically, the grades at UB don’t count.

So why do kids continue to come? They believe in the support we have for them.

Within that structure, you see growth in their values, their confidence and what they deem important.” —KN

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Orcs of New York “You’ve seen Humans of New York,” wrote R.L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series. “How about Orcs of New York?” Humans of New York is a blog with portraits and interviews collected on the streets of New York City. The Huffington Post called its parody, Orcs, “genius.” Harry Aspinwall ’06, mastermind of the fresh Facebook version (example at right), calls it a labor of love. Nobles magazine chatted with Aspinwall about his inspiration and intention in illuminating the everyday lives of orcs, who are more commonly encountered in the pages of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

You’re showing the world a seldom-seen side of orcs. But what’s your day job?

HARRY ASPINWALL: I’m an actor and a filmmaker in New York, so I kind of will do anything creative that I can get my hands on. I make most of my living through either acting or film, visual effects, or motion graphics work.

I just had a national commercial that went out during the Democratic primary debates. It was for an accounting company called BDO. I was the CEO of this tech company, which is funny because it’s so far removed from my actual life and experience. With some friends, I have been making a Web series called “Dungeon Bros” [which is on YouTube].

Okay. Why orcs? Why now?

HA: I’ve been taking improv classes at the Upright Citizens

Brigade in New York, which is where Amy Poehler and a bunch of other people spent time. And so I was just in the mindset of combining different things together, and it was in the midst of this improv-fueled brainstorming that I came up with the idea. It immediately made sense to me. It’s taking Humans of New York, which is incredibly popular and has done so much amazing stuff—and on the other side, just orcs. Not anybody had combined those before. If someone had to do it, why not me?

With all of Tolkien’s races, why tap orcs?

HA: Orcs have been represented, especially in all of Tolkien’s writing, as kind of horrible creatures. Humans of New York has fostered a deep sense of understanding and empathy. There’s so much misunderstanding, so much negative media portrayal of orcs. I thought it was high time people got to know their neighborhood orcs and have a little bit more empathy.

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“Cold Havana Tomb. She repatriates her uncle’s remains back to Cuba and kind of comes to understand her family. I bought it to read on the train to Mordor, to go visit my own family last weekend. It made me think about a lot of things.

I’m 32. I’ve never considered where I want to be buried.”

Are you a Tolkien fan?

HA: I really loved the world that he depicted. Now that I’m a

little bit older, I think I’ve started being slightly more critical of some of his writing. It’s a lot of white men running around, being noble. I think I have a little bit of motivation in subverting that.

Your depictions of orcs are intimate. How do you capture and give birth to those images?

HA: There is a lot of genetic diversity among orcs. The theory in Tolkien is that one of the main bad guys took a bunch of elves and twisted and corrupted them and made the orcish species out of them. In my understanding of orcs, it seems like a fairly backward view. If one were to put together an orc through Photoshop, however, one wouldn’t need to line up the eyes quite so much because there’s a lot of genetic diversity, and they’re all very different shapes.

What’s your favorite in the series so far?

HA: I do like the ones that are sort of particularly aware of the way that society relates to people who are outside the norm, who don’t maybe have the kind of standard of beauty or don’t have a culture that is particularly celebrated in mainstream society. Those are the stories that resonate with me. But I like all the ones that are just about individuals. They’ve got to take care of the kids and work on relationships and figure out their identity and sexuality and things. I have a gay orc. That’s one of my favorites.

Nobles Celebrates its 150th birthday We are honored to serve as co-chairs of the sesquicentennial, and we look forward to celebrating this special milestone in the history of the school with the Nobles community.

Following are highlights of the festivities.

—CO -CHAIRS BILL KEHLENBECK (MATH FACULTY) AND BROOKE ASNIS ’90 (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ADMISSION)

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director of communications, will release In Their Voices, which will highlight the past 50 years and will be published alongside a rerelease of Richard T. Flood’s ’23 The Story of Noble and Greenough School, 1866-1966.

Music Program Director Michael Turner collaborated with Sam Forman ’95 on a new school song, “Noble and Strong.” Nobles seniors debuted the piece at assembly on November 30, 2015.

Archivist Isa Schaff compiled a timeline of Nobles history, which is in the front lobby of the school-house near the sesquicentennial banner, which hangs at the entrance.

Former Headmaster Eliot Putnam’s grandson, Jesse Putnam, wrote two stage plays about the Putnams’ children, Betsy and Arthur, who both passed away at a young age in the course of a particularly tragic year in the history of Nobles. Putnam and Todd Morton, of the performing arts faculty, directed the plays, which were presented on campus on December 19, 2015.

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On June 3, 2016, the class of 2016 will graduate as the 150th class of Noble and Greenough School. In May, Reunion Weekend will feature a full slate of sesquicentennial events for graduates.

Also in June Joyce Eldridge, senior writer and former

At a special celebration in September 2016, Nobles will mark the anniversary of the opening of the school on Founder’s Day. Also in September 2016, Foster Gallery will feature a show on Nobles during the Boston years. Archivist Isa Schaff and Director of Foster Gallery John Dorsey are co-curating the show.

In November 2016, Nobles-Milton Day will be on the Nobles campus. Athletic teams will be outfitted in “throwback” striped jerseys. (All varsity team jerseys for spring 2016, fall 2016 and winter 2016–7 will feature a sesquicentennial patch.)

Also in November 2016, we will conclude the sesquicentennial with a memorable evening celebration on campus.

A BOLD AND BRIGHT NOBLES NIGHT 2015 ON NOVEMBER 12, 2015, more than 400 graduates, parents and friends of Nobles gathered in Morrison Athletic Center to celebrate Nobles Night.

Head of School Robert P. Henderson Jr. ’76 thanked guests for coming and shared that the Be Nobles Bold campaign had surpassed $94 million.

He also announced a two-year extension of the campaign to accommodate the construction of a new library and a dramatic renovation of Baker Science Center.

Henderson thanked volunteers, including Andrea Pape Truitt ’75, who received the Richard T. Flood Award in honor of Richard T. Flood ’23, founder of the Annual Nobles Fund in 1930.

As of Nobles Night, the Annual Nobles Fund and First Class Fund for Faculty stood at more than $4 million.

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OCD Love Story

In World Premiere, Teen Mental Health Struggles Move Center Stage In July 2013, Corey Ann Haydu ’01 debuted her first young adult novel, OCD Love Story, which was chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection and earned a nomination for best fiction for young adults by the Young Adult Library Services Association. In October 2015, the stage adaptation of Haydu’s story premiered in Vinik Theatre at Nobles. The show addresses anxiety disorders through Bea, a student from Greenough Girls Academy.

Haydu, who began acting at age 8 and studied theatre at Tisch School for the Arts at New York University, says that this project has really brought together her two passions in a way she didn’t expect. “It’s been awesome. I’ve been able to come full circle.”

In print and now on stage, Haydu helps the audience begin to understand OCD and how it interferes with daily life.

When Bea meets a boy, Beck, from Smith-Latin Boys Academy, who also struggles with OCD, she struggles to develop a normal relationship. Beck’s obsession with cleanliness and working out frequently interrupts their dates, while Bea’s anxiety is triggered by sharp objects and by driving.

Haydu says that her subject material is often personal—she suffered from anxiety, she says—but that she takes a personal issue and magnifies it for her stories. She hopes, she says, that treating teens’ challenges openly might help lessen the stigma and break the shame cycle that is so common with mental illness. “You have this struggle, and then you experience shame [because of the struggle].

To interrupt that cycle is a huge thing.”

Director Dan Halperin says that working closely with graduates who were involved in theatre as Nobles students has been an inspiring part of the OCD process. E.B. Bartels ’06 and Michael Polebaum ’08, who both work at Nobles, have joined the crew as props manager and house manager, respectively.

Halperin explained that Haydu shared edits of the script with him over a period of 18 months, resulting in seven or eight versions.

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He explains that the actors have also helped shape the script.

“OCD hadn’t been actor-tested or design-tested,” he said, noting that premieres come with challenges and opportunities.

The novel version of OCD Love Story earned strong reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus. Halperin hopes that the stage adaptation will likewise get traction. “I really want this work to have a future.”

Haydu agrees. “So many plays that are done in high schools have students playing 50-year-olds. In this play, the characters are relatable to the actors and to other students.”

Haydu, Halperin, the OCD cast and a Nobles counselor hosted a panel discussion following the Friday and Saturday evening performances.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

Presidents—all graduates—leading the board of trustees since Richard M. Saltonstall’s days

621

Graduates and students who saw active service in a World War

$102,000 Amount the Noble and Greenough Corporation paid for Nickerson Castle and its grounds in 1921

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150 Championships won since Mr. Greenough began Nobles’ athletic program in 1897

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Number of address changes the school has had since its inception in one room at 2 ½ Pemberton Square

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2 ½ Pemberton Square (1866) 40 Winter Street (1867) 174 Tremont Street (1884) 44 West Cedar Street (1889) 97 Beacon Street (1892) 100 Beacon Street (1901) 507 Bridge Street (1922) 10 Campus Drive (1995)

Number of Nobles graduates who went on to Harvard within the school’s first 10 years

16 Hours of community service required of each Nobles student before graduation

Number of consecutive years to date that the girls hockey team has won the ISL championship

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Number of awards The Nobleman won from the New England Scholastic Press Association in 1992

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On the Playing Fields BOYS VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY Overall Record: 12-0 ISL Record: 12-0 (1st Place) New England: 1st Place Team at New

England Division II Championships

All-League: Nick Hunnewell ’16, Eric

Jubber ’16 and Duncan Umphrey ’17

Honorable Mention: Aidan Crawford ’16 Awards: Class of ’99 Team Award

(for the athlete who embodies the true spirit of cross country): Andrew Gord and William Wang, both ’16.

Coaches Award (to the athlete who demonstrates significant ability, improvement and commitment to the team): Eric Jubber ’16 2016 Captains: TBA

GIRLS VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY Overall Record: 8-2 ISL Record: 8-2 New England: 5th Place team at New

England Division 1 Championships

All-League: Grace Santoro ’19 and

Hillary Umphrey ’17

All-New England: Grace Santoro ’19 and Hillary Umphrey ’17 Awards: Coaches Award (to the athlete who demonstrates significant ability, improvement and commitment to the team): Clare Diaz and Katherine Paglione, both ’16 2016 Captains: Hannah McNeill, Elizabeth Paglione and Hillary Umphrey, all ’17

VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY Overall Record: 12-3-2 ISL Record: 10-2 (2nd Place) All-League: Tess Dupré ’16, Sara Falkson

’18 and Lucinda Quigley ’16 Honorable Mention: Allee Ayles ’16 and Danielle Brown ’17 NEPSAC All-Tournament: Tess Dupré ’16 Awards: Walker Cup (to the player who demonstrates a high degree of skill, love of competition and desire to play within the spirit of the game): Mariana Vega ’16 2016 Captains: Danielle Brown and Lauren Walter, both ’17

Season Highlights ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■

Boys cross country won the ISL Championship for the first time in 32 years.

They also won the New England Championship for the second straight year.

Girls varsity soccer, field hockey and volleyball all made the New England Class A tournament.

Volleyball had their inaugural season in Class A and finished 2nd in the ISL. Friday Night Lights was a huge success for the fifth straight year, as our football team beat Rivers and girls soccer defeated Thayer.

An enormous crowd came to watch a stunning victory over Thayer as girls field hockey returned to the field and honored Casey Dunne ’17.

Over 350 runners took part in the Michele Dufault Memorial 5K with all proceeds going to the “Girls on the Run” organization in Michele’s name.

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VARSITY FOOTBALL Overall Record: 4-3 ISL Record: 3-3 All-League: Ryan Duffey ’17,

Franklin Holgate ’17, Cole Tognarelli ’16 and Martin Williams ’16 Honorable Mention: Tim Barry ’16, Eddie Duggan ’19, Sam Kelly ’17 and Dan Monaghan ’18 All-New England: Franklin Holgate ’17 and Martin Williams ’16 Awards: Coaches Award (for best improvement and team contribution): Tim Barry ’16. E.T. Putnam Award (for excellence, leadership and dedication to the team in honor of the former Headmaster Eliot T. Putnam): Martin Williams ’16.

Marinaro 12th Player Award (to the player whose contributions and spirit exemplify excellence): Patrick Henderson ’16 2016 Captains: TBA BOYS VARSITY SOCCER Overall Record: 10-6-1 ISL Record: 9-5-1 All-League: Matt Ranieri and

Nick Ranieri, both ’17

Honorable Mention: Watson

Cheek ’16, Avery Gibson ’16 and Max McPherron ’17 All-State: Matt Ranieri and Nick Ranieri, both ’17 Awards: Coaches Award (for leadership, sportsmanship and skill): Sam Rowley ’16. Wiese Bowl (for contribution to team spirit, in memory of Edward Wiese ’54): Watson Cheek ’16 2016 Captains: Max McPherron and Jack Roberts, both ’17

Amy Duggan ’16 and Charlotte MacDonald ’18

Franklin Holgate ’17

Girls cross country

GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER Overall Record: 14-3-0 ISL Record: 12-1-0 (2nd Place) All-League: Jordan Bailey ’16, Caitrin

Lonergan ’16 and Maddie Mills ’18 Honorable Mention: Meg Downey and Allie Winstanley, both ’19 Awards: Ceci Clark Shield (for a player who best embodies the qualities of character and camaraderie that Ceci Clark represented): Anna Haigh ’16.

Tim Carey Award (to a member of Class I whose talent, hard work, humility,

joyfully competitive spirit and qualities of character have led most directly to the success of the Girls Varsity Soccer team, in honor of beloved mentor and coach Tim Carey): Jordan Bailey and Andie Gilmore, both ’16 2016 Captains: TBA GIRLS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL Overall Record: 15-6 ISL Record: 12-2 (2nd Place) All-League: Kate Carlton and Amy

Duggan, both ’16

Watson Cheek ’16

Honorable Mention: Katie Benzan ’16

and Charlotte MacDonald ’18

Awards: Coaches Award (to the players

that demonstrate commitment to team and exemplary sportsmanship): Annie Blackburn and Amy Duggan, both ’16. Forever Bulldog (to the players whose spirit and dedication exemplify the ideals of the volleyball program): Katie Benzan ’16 and Sophia Millay ’17 2016 Captains: TBA WINTER 2016 Nobles 17

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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LEVERETT SALTONSTALL: MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR, U.S. SENATOR AND YANKEE ICON INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD E. BYRD III ’67

(Rowman and Littlefield) Leverett Saltonstall, a 1910 graduate of Nobles, served as a U.S. Senator from 1945– 1967. He also served three terms as governor of Massachusetts and four terms as speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

His family, including Dick Byrd ’67, was determined to republish Saltonstall’s autobiography in large part, Byrd said, because chapter 8 elucidates how two senators from Massachusetts, from opposing parties and different generations— Saltonstall and John F. Ken18 Nobles WINTER 2016

nedy—could work together.

“The most sensitive and perhaps most worthwhile project that John Kennedy and I sponsored was the Cape Cod National Seashore Park,” wrote Saltonstall.

“Early in my governorship, I was amazed to learn that taking care of tourists was the second biggest industry in Massachusetts.”

Throughout the book, Saltonstall offers a window into a political life of dignity and purpose. Through photos and narrative, the reader appreciates a man who loved his grandchildren—four of whom graduated from Nobles—and was as at ease throwing the first pitch at a Red Sox game as dining with President Eisenhower.“Grandpa,” writes Byrd in the introduction, “was known as a moderate Republican in an era when that was not a contradiction in terms. He was conservative on economic and national security issues and more moderate on social issues. . . . We could use more senators like him today.”

COLD HAVANA TOMB

Cuban relatives by marriage. When a relative asks that his ashes be buried in the family tomb in Havana, Martha embarks on a journey of redemption, fueled by her husband’s suicide, her father’s death and her mother’s dementia.

Martha’s quest involves counter-revolutionaries, beaches, bribes and, for Martha, an epiphany.

Cold Havana Tomb is based on a true story. It is about transcending cultures and finding love and success, however one defines them.

BY MARK ASPINWALL ’75, UNDER THE NAME MARK A. DEAN

RULES FOR STEALING STARS

(Amazon)

In Cold Havana Tomb, Mark Aspinwall ’75 (pen name, Mark A. Dean) tells of a burial in Cuba. The story centers on Martha, a blueblood New Englander with

BY COREY ANN HAYDU ’01

(Harper Collins)

In Rules for Stealing Stars, Corey Ann Haydu departs from young adult fiction to tell a story for readers in grades 3–7. Haydu’s novel

introduces a little bit of magic here in the real world, as she shares the story of sisters with an alcoholic mother who escape to magic worlds via not one but two closets. But don’t think, dear reader, that Narnia awaits you. Haydu uses the escapes to examine the relationships of Silly and her three older sisters as they seek refuge amid secrets and dysfunction.

Rules for Stealing Stars is a “well-crafted blend of realism and fantasy,” according to School Library Journal, which gave it a starred review. Booklist calls it “a lyrical story of love and loss. . . . The way the sisters fight and love in equal measure, as well as their basic need for one another, rings poignantly true in this touching and heartwarming story, which contains a ‘tiny bit of magic, right here in the real world.’”

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THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

LOUIS BARASSI, HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE FACULTY

In the era when Noble and Greenough School was founded, Boston—the school’s original home—was already an important intellectual, cultural and political city. These five books trace some intersections of the evolution of an institution and the city in which it was born.

ONE BOY’S BOSTON, 1887–1901, SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON In this amiable and informal memoir, Morison recalls his childhood in Boston at the turn of the century. His recollections of the family household on Brimmer Street, free time spent coasting down the snowy streets of Beacon Hill and skating on the Back Bay, dancing lessons with other “pimply little boys,” Christmas tree lightings at Trinity Church, and school days at Noble and Greenough, then at 97 Beacon St., capture the attitudes and daily experience of the Brahmin elite during Boston’s Gilded Age—the era of Noble’s founding.

Morison attended Nobles for four years, and recalls “only pleasant memories… and, as evidence, a recurring dream is presenting myself at 97 Beacon St., and explaining to an astonished Mr. Greenough, that I wish to reenter his school to brush up on Latin and Greek.”

TRUSTEE FOR A CITY: RALPH LOWELL OF BOSTON, MARK I. GELFAND This insightful biography, written by my college mentor, provides a portrait of a later generation Boston Brahmin who influenced both the history of Boston and of Nobles. A graduate of the Volkmann School, Lowell helped merge his alma mater with its “hated rival” Noble and Greenough School, and later served on the board of Nobles for nearly 40 years. Like the city and school he loved, Lowell forged a healthy relationship between past and present. I often assign students the chapter “Harvard and the World” because it describes with wit and style the narrow prejudices the young Lowell later transcends as he adapts to changing social and cultural realities.

INVENTING THE CHARLES RIVER, KARL HAGLUND Fortune magazine’s observation in 1933 that “The history of Boston is biography. And the Bostonian is by all odds the city’s most striking characteristic,” underestimates the importance of the Charles River to the history of Boston. Although much has been written about Boston’s built environment, Haglund’s biography of the Charles River is unique for showing how a natural resource can be understood as “a human creation” and the result of collaborative efforts over time. In this meticulously researched and beautifully written interdisciplinary study of the river’s place in Boston’s history, Haglund, explores the

ever-evolving landscape of the Charles, and the political, cultural and intellectual forces that shaped it. The rich selection of maps, etchings, lithographs, paintings and photographs provides a fascinating visual record of urban development at the time of the school’s founding.

THE MAKERS OF TRINITY CHURCH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, JAMES O’GORMAN (ED.) According to Morison in One Boy’s Boston, “There are fashions in churches as in everything else, and it was rumored that ambitious ladies joined the ‘right’ church to meet the ‘right’ people.” Morison’s parents and grandparents left the Anglo-Catholic Church of the Advent for Trinity Church not simply because they preferred the “decidedly low” Episcopalian services. The eloquent preaching of Bishop Phillips Brooks, and the magnificent architecture and decoration of the newly constructed building in Copley Square, inspired the Morisons and other members of the Brahmin elite to join Trinity Church.

O’Gorman helps readers understand that the making of Richardson’s masterpiece was truly a collaboration resulting from contributions made by the famous architect, but also by Brooks, the decorator John LaFarge and the stained-glass window designers Sarah Wyman Whitman and Margaret Redmond.

STREETCAR SUBURBS: THE PROCESS OF GROWTH IN BOSTON, 1870–1900, SAM BASS WARNER Warner’s pioneering study explores the city’s transition from a tightly packed seaport to a sprawling metropolis during the era of Nobles’ founding—one of the most dynamic periods in Boston’s history. He explains how public transportation shaped urban development and eventually divided Boston between an old inner city of commerce and decaying neighborhoods, and a new outer city of commuter suburbs, a transition that ultimately shaped the future of the city, and of Nobles in the 20th century. The book sparked my interest in urban history when I first read it as a college student, and also encouraged my interest in the urban renewal projects underway in Boston during the early 1980s. Rereading it helped me understand the context for Nobles’ shift from an urban to suburban campus in the 1920s.

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Our Hope Lies Within Climbing Without A Rope NICK NICKERSON, SENIOR MASTER, MATH FACULTY MEMBER

“Each year, I am asked to address the community and convey what I believe to be at the very core of this institution,” said Nick Nickerson, senior master, at assembly on September 17, 2015. What follows is what Nickerson calls this year’s “attempt.”

W

e live, for the most part, lives of great continuity. Yes, we will experience highs and the occasional lows, but like the graph of a continuous polynomial function, each of our days is usually quite similar to the next day. Except when it isn’t. There are times when our world is suddenly turned completely on its head. A devastating car crash, a sudden illness, a hurricane roars through New Orleans, a terrorist attack on 9/11, and things are forever changed.

How can we prepare you for such uncertainty, such disconnectedness? Put yourself for the moment in the shoes of a Syrian child whose parent tells the child, “We have to go now. Leave everything behind. Take only what you can carry.

We have a long journey ahead.” Have you ever wondered how you would cope with such uncertainty, such upheaval?

When I chatted with Mr. [Bill] Bussey about a theme for this talk, he suggested, in the vein of our community book, A Walk in the Woods, that I tell you about some hiking trip of mine where everything went wrong. I won’t bother to tell you of the many amusing mistakes I made in my early camping days, like trying to use a poncho for a tarp. But I will tell you of the most traumatic event I ever experienced on a mountain. My friend John and I had just summited the Matterhorn. It was a glorious day,

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and after 12 hours of roped climbing, we were ecstatic; we had made it to the top. But then, on the steepest part of the descent, John slipped and fell; he had been above me, and I was belaying him from a narrow, one-foot ledge.

He fell more than 20 feet, hit the ledge, and pinwheeled out into space. I was able to hold his fall, but he was now 20 feet below me, dangling midair, with a bruised shoulder and a seriously damaged knee. It took me some time to pull him back up to the ledge I was sitting on. With the sun getting ever lower in the sky, and John unable to bend one leg or use his right arm, our reality had changed rather suddenly. The next hours were definitely not going to be similar to

At first I was quite nervous to climb without a tight, secure belay on me.

But then I had a sudden realization.

I had climbed all the way to the summit of the Matterhorn, roped up the entire way, but never once had I fallen or slipped or needed the assistance of that safety rope. The events around me had changed, but I hadn’t changed.

If I could climb up without ever really needing the rope, I could climb down without one as well. And so I did.

How do we prepare you to cope with such uncertain times that you may face in your life? It is simply this: While the events around you may be discontinuous, you are not. Your circumstances might change quite dramatically, but

“How do we prepare you to cope with such uncertain times that you may face in your life? It is simply this: While the events around you may be discontinuous, you are not.

Your circumstances might change quite dramatically, but you haven’t changed. You, deep inside, are continuous.”

—NICK NICKERSON

the previous ones. For the next day and a half, I would lower John 20 to 30 feet, he would cling to a rock or a crack, and I would carefully climb down to him unbelayed. Lower John 20 feet, climb down unbelayed, repeat, section by section.

you haven’t changed. You, deep inside, are continuous. If I could wish anything for you this year, it would be for you to develop a deeper sense of that inner self, to develop a stronger and more resilient presence inside you to help you endure

Nick Nickerson

whatever shifting ground you may experience in your life.

The school’s motto is “Spes sibi quisque,” which is Latin from the Aeneid, and which roughly translates to, “Each person finds hope within himself.” You are in charge of your destiny. Whatever circumstances you find yourself in, your best hope is that which you carry inside you. Events around you may become discontinuous and change quite rapidly, but you are, deep inside, continuous.

But where does this self-confidence, this hope, come from? How are we to best build and strengthen the inner you?

Ted Gleason, the fourth headmaster of Nobles, was an important mentor for me. He often told a story at the start of a school year that perhaps better than any other conveys the ethos of this school. I know that many of you in the audience have heard it before, but I believe that this true story needs to be shared often.

As a young boy, Ted Gleason spent his summers at a lake in New Hampshire,

and at this lake, he had a small open boat with a little outboard motor. One summer day, when Ted was just about the age of our new sixies, that outboard motor died. Not knowing what to do, Ted brought the motor to the camp’s caretaker and asked if he could fix it. Over the course of the next few weeks, with Ted eagerly looking on, this man carefully took apart all of the pieces of the outboard motor, cleaned some of them, adjusted others, fiddled with things, and then put all of the pieces back together again. And sure enough, the motor worked. It was some years later that this man finally told Rev. Gleason that that was the first and only time he had ever repaired an outboard engine, and that to this day he has no knowledge whatsoever about the inner workings of a motor. When Rev. Gleason asked him, “Well, how was it that you were able to repair the motor?” the man gave Ted an answer that he remembered for the rest of his life: “The only reason I was able to

fix that motor is because you so clearly believed that I could do it.”

Ted Gleason told that story because he understood that we often gain confidence in ourselves only after someone else believes in us first, that we seek out the hope that is within ourselves only because we are first inspired by the examples and opportunities and optimism that surround us. Self-confidence does not grow in a vacuum; it is nurtured by others.

That is what this school is about. Years later, I asked John, “Were you ever scared during our descent of the Matterhorn?” And he said, “Honestly, no.

You told me you would get me off that mountain safely, and I believed you.”

One of the most disturbing images I saw this summer was that of a Syrian father, holding up the face of his dead 4-year-old daughter to the camera, a victim of gassing, asking, “Who could do this to a child?” Between ISIS and Boko Haram and shootings in Charleston and

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Ferguson, there is a lot of hatred and ugliness out there in the world that, frankly, I don’t understand.

(I am just a simple math teacher.)

How are we to prepare you for such a jumbled, disconnected world?

But the same week that I saw the heart-wrenching image of that distraught Syrian father, I happened to catch a rerun of the movie Gandhi, and I also saw a replay of Jon Stewart’s interview with Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist for female education. And it became clear to me then that Nobles should prepare you for the real, at times discontinuous, world outside these walls by simply and intentionally being true to who we are. Critics say that we live in a bubble here at Nobles. No, we are just trying to be our continuous selves. We support one another here, we believe in and give hope to one another, we treat one another with kindness and respect and humility. We say “thank you.” We ask, “How can I help?”

We take pride in our work, we put team before self, we work hard and hold ourselves to high standards, and we aspire to leadership for the public good. Yes, it is not always like that out there beyond the walls. It doesn’t matter; allow this school to change you for the better. Develop a stronger sense of self so that as you travel the world, you can combat hatred with persistent kindness, dishonesty with unflinching integrity, racism with respect for self and others; with what you learn here, you will help solve the problems of this world. Spes sibi quisque. Our hope lies within these walls and within the values that are lived here every day. No matter what else you encounter in life, this hope will travel with you, with your continuous you. Good luck on your journey.

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In Their Voices

Finishing the Hat . . . I Mean the Book . . . I Mean, “Almost”

BY JOYCE LEFFLER ELDRIDGE

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feel a bit like composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who titled his autobiography (and a song of the same name) Finishing the Hat, as an apt metaphor for the process of creation.

Finishing the Hat details the angst and joy Sondheim experiences when writing—in his case, music and lyrics.

Similar feelings have been articulated by many iconic American authors, such as Ernest Hemingway and James Michener.

For Hemingway, the act of writing demanded “sitting down at a typewriter and opening a vein,” whereas Michener described “sitting down at a typewriter for 12 hours a day, cranking out words.”

These examples have proved helpful (or not) as I enter the final stages of writing the 150-year history of Noble and Greenough School, specifically the half-century between the 1966 centennial celebration and the 2016 sesquicentennial.

At least once or twice a week for much of the past year, people have asked, “How’s the book coming?”

Only recently, during the tedious fact-checking phase, have I flippantly replied, “Ask me tomorrow” or “I wish you’d asked me yesterday.”

But all 32 chapters are now written, and soon the project will be handed over to specialists in design, indexing, proofreading, printing, binding and embossing.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

I am immensely indebted to Bob Henderson, who offered me this project at the conclusion of my 10-year term as

Nobles’ director of communications and media relations. As a historian, a Nobles graduate and the current head of school, Bob has become the “voice in my head” as I enter the final stages of producing In Their Voices.

When Bob suggested I might want to take on one last grand project before finishing my 50-year career in journalism, communications and public relations, I reminded him that I am not a historian by training. Bob’s advice: “Just keep doing what you’ve been doing.” For a moment, I demurred. But how could I? Not only was this an honor and a privilege, it also would allow me to do what I love doing most: interviewing, researching and writing. As I analyzed my work to date at the Associated Press, United Press International, Hebrew College, Buckingham Browne & Nichols, and now Nobles, I realized that what I had been doing throughout my career was telling a good story.

And Nobles, happily, is a very good story; in fact, it has become an even better one every decade since its founding in 1866. I also wanted to create a “good read” that will hopefully resonate with older graduates and the younger set alike.

Nobles’ sesquicentennial history was just one long story, I told myself when I decided to organize the book chronologically into three sections dedicated to each of Nobles’ three postcentennial heads: Ted Gleason, Dick Baker and Bob Henderson.

I wanted to gain an understanding of such recurrent questions as: How and when did each head advance the cause of

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diversification? How did each advance academic, athletic and artistic excellence? How did decisions about new construction reflect current knowledge of energy efficiency, global warming and ecological concerns, not to mention advances in the sciences, the arts and pedagogy itself? How did added support services affirm Nobles’ promise to educate a diverse group of students with disparate needs?

My first decision was to let Dick Flood’s book remain intact as the revered tome that encompasses the first 100 years of the school’s history. That 150page opus will be reprinted and appended to the new sesquicentennial history.

BEDROCK VALUES

Nobles is a complex, multilayered entity that has endured for 150 years by dint of

impeccable, farsighted and inspired governance, passion, devotion and a historic lens used by each headmaster to build on the sine qua non of bedrock traditions: faculty-student relationships, academic rigor, service and diversification.

At the end of the day, I believe, it is the wise and compassionate governance of the school that has allowed Nobles to flourish far beyond the expectations of founding Headmaster George Washington Copp Noble.

While eternal verities remain, the social context, not surprisingly, has changed significantly during the past five decades, each era presenting its own unique responses, modifications and adaptations. The enactment of coeducation, for example, was followed by a reduction in gender stereotypes, so that male students were as welcome in the

ceramics studio as were female students in the biochemistry lab—or on the hockey rink, for that matter.

And gender awareness eventually led to more elaborate discussions about sexual identity, in which the sensitivities toward gay and lesbian orientations expanded to include bisexual and transgender identification.

Similarly, with the changing legal and societal expectations of diversification, not only has Nobles’ admission office successfully sought out students of diverse backgrounds, but the so-called black alcoves along Baker Street have also morphed into “students of color” alcoves, in acknowledgment that Nobles’ diversity has transcended the black and white population of the Gleason years and mushroomed into a panoply of Asian, Hispanic, African-American and Caucasian students today.

And even those “eternal verities” dating back to the days of 2½ Pemberton Square in Boston have evolved appropriately. As an example, the sacred status of faculty-student relationships initially extended only to coach-student and advisor-student relations. Subsequently, the circle of close relationships grew much wider, now encompassing trip leaders, affinity group and club advisors, and support service providers.

THE IMPACT OF GLEASON, BAKER AND HENDERSON

All three of Nobles’ post-centennial headmasters reflected the successes of Nobles’ Board of Trustees in fulfilling its primary obligation: to choose a new head of school whenever a vacancy arises, as it will again in 2017 when Bob Henderson steps down after 17 years as head. Once more, the Board will be expected to choose the right head for the right time in the school’s history.

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temperament matter not a whit when compared with the defining experiences and the social and intellectual climate that each was heir to. Whether known for his soothing homilies (Gleason) or his value-laden exhortations (Baker) or his rapid-fire decision-making and grace under pressure (Henderson), each head brought his own unique qualities to his particular time.

For the Rev. Edward S. Gleason, who was installed as Nobles’ fourth headmaster in 1971, his investiture as a minister, his commitment to coeducation and his belief in the Social Gospel (even prompting him to translate Nobles’ Latin motto,

And for Nobles’ current head, Robert P. Henderson Jr. ’76, his leadership positions in all areas of independent school education since his early 20s (including a previous headship) afforded him a clear, elevated vision of what Nobles could become during his tenure.

Added to this were Henderson’s fiscal acumen akin to that of a chief executive officer, his firsthand experience with racial and socioeconomic diversity issues at other independent schools, and his facility for recognizing when new structures were required to accommodate changing demographics or expanded academic programming.

“Nobles’ sesquicentennial history was just one long story, I told myself. And I decided to break up the book chronologically into three sections to reveal the talents of each of Nobles’ three postcentennial heads: Ted Gleason, Dick Baker and Bob Henderson.”

—JOYCE ELDRIDGE

Spes sibi quisque, from “Hope is within each of us” to the more inclusive “Hope is within one another”) all informed his 16-year tenure as headmaster. The same emphasis on inclusivity led him to define Nobles as “a family.”

For Richard H. Baker, who succeeded Gleason as acting head in 1986 and went on to serve as headmaster until June 2000, his impressive military background as lst Lieutenant in the storied 82nd Airborne Division during the Vietnam War was one of the defining influences shaping his concept of leadership. Also key was his humanistic/ secular approach to values and morals, and perhaps, above all else, his belief that Nobles could become the best independent school in the nation, and his indefatigable efforts to ensure that that would happen.

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SHARING THE CREDIT

Even though writing a book may seem like a solitary venture, it truly takes a village to bring the final product to fruition. Among the villagers have been two consummate fact-checkers, Archivist Isa Schaff and math teacher Bill Kehlenbeck, and resident historians Bob Henderson and Louis Barassi.

The insights of Dick, former headmaster and current English teacher, and the overview of Brooke Asnis ’90, a graduate herself who returned to serve her alma mater as director of graduate affairs and of Beth Reilly ’87, graduate, teaching fellow, history teacher, department chair, trustee and current board president, were of incalculable importance. So too was the “heavy lifting” of quote-checking, bibliography preparation, footnoting and the like provided by

two summer interns, Ben Perelmuter ’14 and Neha Bhambhani ’15.

The narrative would not have been possible, of course, without the 150-plus faculty, trustees and graduates who gave of their time in one-on-one interviews with the author. A dozen of these were interviewed and videotaped separately by former English teacher James Bride.

Immense gratitude is extended to retired photography and visual arts teachers Joe and Joanna Swayze, who donated their vast and invaluable trove of photographic art to Nobles in preparation for the sesquicentennial and the publication of its history. Many of the photos in In Their Voices were created by their artistic eyes.

I must also single out my husband, Larry, whose editorial expertise, honed during a 40-plus-year journalistic career with the Associated Press and the Christian Science Monitor, I can always rely on.

CONCLUSION

The new history, the first copies of which will be distributed to the Class of 2016 at graduation, is intended to evoke the times of those who were here, whether they were teaching, studying or leading Nobles. To accomplish this, I have attempted to re-create the sounds and sights of 10 Campus Drive during the past half century… thus the title In Their Voices.

When singer/songwriter Paul Simon reviewed Sondheim’s Finishing the Hat for the New York Times Book Review on Oct. 27, 2010, he wrote that the book’s title could be regarded as “a metaphor for that feeling of joy, the little squirt of dopamine hitting the brain when the artist… experiences artistic bliss.”

Once I finish the next stages that will bring In Their Voices into actuality, I will be awaiting with bated breath that “little squirt of dopamine,” hopefully followed by something akin to “artistic bliss.”

WHERE TO GET IN THEIR VOICES Complimentary copies of Nobles’ sesquicentennial history, which will include a reprint of Richard H. Flood’s The Story of Noble and Greenough School 1866–1966, will be distributed to the Class of 2016 at graduation, and again on Founders’ Day September 16.

In Their Voices will be distributed at the Nobles Night sesquicentennial gala in November 2016. Additional copies may be requested with details to follow.

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1866 George Washington Copp Noble founds Noble’s Classical School.

The school opens in one room at 2½ Pemberton Square.

The aim of the school will be the thorough preparation of boys and young men for admission to Harvard College as the college where the standard of scholarship actually required for admission is the highest.

— GEORGE WASHINGTON COPP NOBLE

NOBLE’S LEGACY: George Washington Copp Noble, a classicist graduate of Phillips Exeter and Harvard College, begins his Classical School with the main intention of grooming young men for acceptance to Harvard. He begins with 10 young men of wealthy families studying a curriculum of Greek, Latin, mathematics and penmanship. Within 10 years, 60 Nobles boys go on to the desired college.

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1867 The school moves to 40 Winter Street in Boston.

1874 Two daughters of Mr. Noble, 5-year-old Josephine and 1-year-old Laura, die of “scarleteria.”

EARLY GRADUATES OF NOTE George Augustus Otis Ernst (1867)

one of the first seven graduates of Nobles, founded and led the Animal Rescue League of Boston.

Percival Lowell (1872) initiated the research that led to Pluto’s discovery and argued for the existence of canals on Mars.

James Jackson Storrow (1881)

was instrumental to the founding of General Motors and the formation of the Charles River Basin.

1880 Nobles makes its first recorded appearance at an athletic event and, alongside students from the Hopkinson’s School, has its first victory at a student-organized football game against St. Mark’s.

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Guy Lowell (1888) designed the

Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the New York State Supreme Court Building.

Alexander Hamilton Rice (1894)

explored and mapped rivers throughout the Amazon Basin.

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graduate) won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work discovering an effective treatment for pernicious anemia.

Ralph Lowell (1907) (a Volkmann

graduate) founded WGBH radio and television stations while serving as the sole trustee of the Lowell Institute.

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While the primary object of the school is the preparation of boys for Harvard College, the course of study aims to lay the foundation of a liberal education.

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GREENOUGH’S LEGACY: By the early 1890s, Mr. Noble’s deafness and the school’s remote location causes an alarming decrease in enrollment. Mr. Greenough, a mathematics graduate of Harvard and the husband of Mr. Noble’s eldest daughter, Katherine, proposes the collaboration that saved his father-in-law’s school. Mr. Noble remains the beloved figurehead while Mr. Greenough handles the everyday tasks. Mr. Greenough adds an athletic program and science labs, and establishes the Nobles Lower School. Under Mr. Greenough, the school adopts the motto Spes sibi quisque, a phrase from Virgil’s Aeneid meaning “Hope for each man is in himself.”

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The school moves to 44 West Cedar Street.

James Jay Greenough joins Mr. Noble to help lead the renamed Noble and Greenough School.

1890 Albert W. Nickerson, a railroad and textile magnate, completes his Castle at Riverdale in Dedham. Frederick Law Olmsted designs the landscape.

The school moves to 97 Beacon Street.

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1898 Nobles, Milton Academy, Roxbury Latin and Volkmann form a football league.

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Mr. Saltonstall formally incorporates Nobles as a nonprofit.

The first class book, eventually called the yearbook, is published.

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[A gentleman is] a man who is too brave to lie, too generous to cheat, and who insists on doing his share of work in any capacity . . . a man who thinks of his neighbor before he thinks of himself.

—CHARLES WIGGINS II

WIGGINS’ LEGACY: Charles Wiggins II, a Harvard graduate of architecture and the former associate headmaster of Connecticut’s Pomfret School, joins the Nobles community as headmaster and immediately reimagines the school’s location and amenities. After he and the board of trustees procure the Castle and its grounds, Mr. Wiggins and his family move into a wing and refashion the late Mr. Nickerson’s land to serve the growing school. Developing the school’s moral life, Mr. Wiggins introduces the teacher-coach model, which remains central to school culture.

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An influenza epidemic delays the school’s opening for a month.

Nobles, Roxbury Latin and Milton form the Triangular School League track competition.

1911 Third Class boys George Abbot and William Otis publish the school’s first newspaper, called the 1913 Bulletin, after their own graduation year. Later that year, the same boys publish the first issue of The Nobleman.

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1919 When Mr. Noble passes away at the age of 83, George F. Fiske, A.B., is named acting headmaster until Charles Wiggins II can take over.

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While 237 grads and students serve in WWI, Nobles combines with the Volkmann School, whose enrollment had dropped due to prejudices against its German headmaster.

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1921 Nobles establishes a dramatic club.

John Richardson ’04 becomes president of the board

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1924 The Saltonstall family donates a boathouse in memory of the first president of the board of trustees.

John F. Kennedy begins first grade at Nobles.

1927 Publication of the Graduate Bulletin, now called Nobles magazine, begins.

1922 After the Noble and Greenough Corporation purchases the Castle and its grounds for $102,000 from the Nickerson family in 1921, the school moves to 507 Bridge Street in Dedham.

The school hosts a spring dance, the first official event in the Castle.

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1931 An infirmary and a larger kitchen are added to the Castle.

Nobles’ Lower School (NLS) closes, and a group of NLS parents found Dexter School. John F. Kennedy transfers there.

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Our primary goal is to produce boys who will seek responsibility. If a school can develop this sense of civic duty, using its own community as a proving ground for citizenship, then it is fulfilling its primary function. —ELIOT T. PUTNAM

W. Davis Taylor ’27 is named president of the board.

The baseball team wins its third consecutive ISL championship.

PUTNAM’S LEGACY: Milton graduate and former Harvard quarterback Eliot Putnam is hired in 1931 to teach French and coach football. In 1938, Mr. Putnam marries the headmaster’s daughter, Laura Elizabeth Wiggins, and moves into the new faculty house. When his father-in-law passes away, Mr. Putnam steps forward as headmaster and quickly sparks a 75 percent increase in enrollment by going into the surrounding community and advertising his school door-to-door. As headmaster, Mr. Putnam works to strengthen the school’s boarding culture and relationships between the teachers and students.

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The class most affected by the tragic events of the year before builds the ’56 Path.

The Wiggins House is completed and open for boarders.

1963 John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas.

1955 Betsy Putnam, Eliot Putnam’s beloved 13-year-old daughter, succumbs to leukemia. That September, four starting members of the varsity football team contract polio, and the school closes after the first football game. While the school prepares to reopen, a loose tree stump crushes 11-year-old Arthur Putnam, and he dies on the side of the Charles River.

1936

The Lawson House, formerly called “Headmaster House” and “White House,” is built in its original location.

1948 Nobles Day Camp opens for its first summer.

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1965 The school develops a public service program for students.

While America enters the Vietnam War, the school encounters contemporary waves of activism and rebellion.

1966 Nobles celebrates its centennial.

Students of the former Volkmann School commemorate their alma mater with a large stone bench on Nobles campus.

1967 Robert P. Pinderhughes Jr., Nobles’ first black student, graduates.

1968 The first lacrosse team is established at Nobles.

Nobles is “a family where one may develop the mind, the body and the spirit for a life of service.

—REVEREND EDWARD S. GLEASON

1969 Ray Nun becomes the school’s first counselor to black students.

He is succeeded the next year by Robert Pinderhughes ’67 (above).

GLEASON’S LEGACY: Reverend Gleason, known as either ESG or Ted, was, like Mr. Noble, a graduate of Phillips Exeter and Harvard. Before leading the school, Mr. Putnam calls Ted “the tall gentleman helping somebody,” as Ted always was throughout his life. As headmaster, ESG transitions the school into coeducation while emphasizing ethics and the idea of family. He reinterprets Mr. Greenough’s motto to accentuate the collective and the familial.

Helen Twiss, a French teacher, becomes Nobles’ first full-time female faculty member.

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Nobles hosts its first summer Educational Enrichment Program (EEP).

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1975 Lawrence Auditorium opens.

1987 Richard (Dick) H. Baker named head of school.

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Calliope, the school’s literary magazine, is founded.

The schoolhouse is reshaped to include Dawson Art Gallery, Gleason Hall and new offices and corridor in the former attic

Henry E. (Tim) Russell ’35 named president of the board.

The Blizzard of ’78 closes Nobles for five days.

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BAKER’S LEGACY:

Although we’ve removed the seal’s scalloped edges and standardized the Nobles blue, continuity in our seal’s design models the integrity and thoughtfulness of change at Nobles.

A graduate of Harvard and UC Berkeley, Dick Baker serves as an army paratrooper before coming to Nobles as an English teacher. As head of school, he improves the school’s infrastructure, increases the diversity of the entire school community, and refines the admission process to be more thoughtful and selective. He emphasizes experiential learning and shifts the mission statement’s emphasis from family to community. He hosts multiple all-day assemblies to discuss contemporary politics and multiculturalism. He continues to teach English at Nobles.

1991 The Upward Bound program begins.

1994 39 students participate in Yale’s Model United Nations for the first time.

Construction on Pratt Middle School is completed.

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The Nobleman wins 13 awards from the New England Scholastic Press Association.

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Frederic M. Clifford ’54 named president of the board.

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Noble and Greenough School is a rigorous academic community dedicated to inspiring leadership for the public good. —ROBERT (BOB) P. HENDERSON JR. ’76 HENDERSON’S LEGACY:

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A 1976 graduate and Dick Baker’s former student, Bob Henderson develops student services to best serve each student’s developmental and academic needs. Under his leadership, the school becomes increasingly selective.

He also strengthens the school fiscally, overseeing an endowment that has tripled in value since the beginning of his tenure. He and his wife, Ross, who also teaches at Nobles, live on campus with their sons Paul ’13, David ’16 and Patrick ’16.

Robert (Bob) P. Henderson Jr. ’76 is named Head of School

1997 21 seniors receive National Merit Scholarship Commendations.

1999 The boys soccer team wins the ISL championship for the second consecutive year.

1995 Campus streets are renamed to prevent further fire-department confusion. The school’s address is changed to 10 Campus Drive.

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The varsity baseball team wins its first ISL Championship in three decades

Nobles hosts its first Common Fire Day of community service.

A group of nine students and two teachers visit from Kliptown, South Africa, for a month.

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An issue of The Nobleman is digitized for the first time.

An extended assembly is held to discuss the possibility of war with Iraq.

For the third year in a row, the field hockey team wins the ISL championship.

Christopher (Jeff) Grogan ’74 takes over as president of the board.

2002 The Baker Science Center wins a design award from the American Institute of Architects program.

Construction on the Arts Center is completed.

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The Achieve program, an academicenrichment program for underresourced middle school students, holds its first sessions on campus.

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The girls lacrosse team wins the ISL championship for the third year in a row, and the girls soccer team wins the ISL championship for the seventh year in a row.

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The girls softball team wins the ISL championship for the second consecutive year.

Elizabeth M. Reilly ’87 named president of the board.

2011 The Class of ’56 Path is restored and rededicated.

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The school participates in the Stamp Out Hunger drive for the 12th consecutive year.

The girls cross country team wins the ISL championship for the third consecutive year.

2012 The $20-million renovation and expansion of the Castle is completed.

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2015 Nobles celebrates 40 years of coeducation.

Boston area sees record snowfall of 64.8 inches in February.

The Anderson-Cabot Family Center for EXCEL (experiential and communityengaged learning) opens.

The boys cross-country team wins the ISL championship for the first time since 1982.

The girls basketball team wins the ISL championship for the 12th consecutive year.

Nobles holds its second Common Day Fire.

2014 The golf team wins the ISL championship for the third consecutive year.

The Arts Center gains a dance wing.

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MOVING THROUGH

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George Washington Copp Noble opened his boys’ preparatory school in 1866. The work of the following graduates—fighting to beat cancer, save the ocean and, in fact, challenge crimes against humanity—might have seemed fantastical in the late 19th century. Yet using one’s gifts to become a leader for the greater good was evident even from the earliest days. Read on for more on how Mr. Noble’s small school is still changing the world.

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IAN LUNDGREN ’93 HAS A KNACK for breaking down complicated

marine biologic phenomena in ways even a tourist can understand. He is the coral specialist for the Pacific office in Hawaii of the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, but his expertise spans a wide range of scientific backgrounds above and beneath the water.

Currently working in environmental compliance and marine-resource management, Lundgren got his start in nature conservancy when he was serving in the Peace Corps in Palau, a tiny archipelago nation in Micronesia. While there, his job was to embed with local conservation officers to develop a marineprotected area plan and translate it into action. “Today, Palau is very much a leader in resource protection and marine-protected areas. And I was sort of there at the beginning of all that.” On October 28, 2015, the president of Palau signed the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act to protect 80 percent of its ocean, creating one of the largest fully preserved marine areas in the world.

But saving enormous portions of the ocean from extractive activities isn’t enough to combat the risks to marine ecology.

Climate change is driving a global mass coral-bleaching event. According to Lundgren, “Coral bleaching is a stress response . . . triggered by warmer-than-usual temperatures.” Changes in ocean temperature as small as a degree or two cause the coral animal to expel its colorful symbiotic algal food source, revealing the white limestone skeleton underneath. This weakens the coral, leaving it vulnerable to disease and starvation.

After the Peace Corps, Lundgren spent 13 years working with the National Park Service in Guam, Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2005, another mass bleaching event occurred in the Caribbean, and Lundgren recalls, “The exact time I moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands, all the corals there were bleached. . . . Approximately 50 percent of the corals died from 2005 to 2006.” He explains the relevance: “Coral reefs are the most diverse ecosystem on the planet, and as such, they provide not only ecological integrity on a broad scale, but also food resources for every community that lives near them. . . . They also provide resources for the pharmaceutical industry . . . and they protect shorelines from storms and wave energy. [Not to mention] they drive a huge industry, especially in tropical latitudes where communities’ whole economies basically depend on the tourism sector.”

The scientific approaches Lundgren takes when studying coral colonies have to be precise. Even though he prefers to wear a flowery Hawaiian shirt instead of a white lab coat, he asserts that his work is “very measurable, statistically friendly and scientifically rigorous.” He can make accurate estimates about the health of reefs based on quantitative repeatable

“ THE SIMPLE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS NO, CORAL REEFS ARE NOT DOING WELL.”

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study—a skill set that didn’t always come naturally to him.

Lundgren was a student who didn’t take a traditional academic path. “I was much more interested in having fun,” he says. After graduating from Nobles in 1993, he started at Tulane but ended up transferring to Boston College because, as it turns out, “Tulane turned out to be too much fun.” At BC he worked nights in restaurants and painted houses to put himself through school, and he graduated six years later.

His first internship, in Eugene, Ore., was in salmon habitat fishery restoration. After that, he was hooked. “I found what I liked to do, and I found that field in particular takes a good deal of intelligence and also a hell of a lot of hard work—which luckily I was good at doing—so it was a great fit for me.” Eventually, after years tracking fisheries and recovering endangered wildlife, ranging from the Florida panther to the St. Croix ground lizard, he earned a master’s of marine and environmental science from the University of the Virgin Islands.

While he was at Nobles, Lundgren went on a 30-day service and immersion trip to an orphanage in Santiago, Chile, organized by Spanish teacher Barbara Sawhill. That was the first time he had ever traveled to a nonbordering foreign country, a characteristic that would eventually align with his work later in life. “Subsequently, I’ve lived in all sorts of Third World and [developing] areas where people have much less than I had growing up.” He fondly remembers his time at Nobles, saying, “It was something that changed my life forever. . . . My older brother, Nick ’89, and I were afforded a perspective from Nobles that shaped our worldview in a way that our other brothers and sisters who didn’t go to Nobles never got. And to this day we have a different perspective, because Nobles planted that seed for us.”

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF HUMANITY

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BY H E AT H E R SU L L I VA N

THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, a series of military tribunals held by

allied forces after World War II, are the subject of Elizabeth Kopelman Borgwardt’s 800-page book-in-progress, The Nuremberg Idea, forthcoming from Alfred A. Knopf. This manuscript in turn grew out of her 480-page tome A New Deal for the World: America’s Vision for Human Rights (Harvard 2005) , which garnered three major literary awards, including Best Book in the History of Ideas from the Organization of American Historians, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Seventy years after the first of the Nuremberg Trials—where a Four-Power tribunal ruled on the fate of 22 top-ranking Nazi leaders, 12 of whom received death sentences—Borgwardt ’82 argues that Nuremberg helped crystallize the human rights idea of “crimes against humanity” and that the tribunals continue to be relevant when looking at current crises, including the Syrian refugee crisis.

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“There’s a big section on Nuremberg in the New Deal book, which had been my Stanford dissertation,” says Borgwardt. “And I didn’t really get it out of my system. When I was writing about Nuremberg for the first project, I was never able to find the book that I really wanted to read about Nuremberg—a history that would talk about the 19thcentury origins of a lot of the ideas, such as crimes against humanity, and would talk about the trial itself, how those ideas were expressed in more concrete ways and then would go on to look at the postwar afterlife of those ideas.”

She examines Nuremberg as an intersection of a long history of how victors have treated defeated states, how nations have grappled with the legal ideas underlying the trials themselves, and also how the trials act as a case study for broader notions of transitional justice: What, Borgwardt queries, can Nuremberg tell us about the interaction of politics, ideas and institutions?

“The Nuremberg Idea has two prongs to it,” she explains. “One is [examining] changes to ideas about accountability— the so-called Nuremberg defense of ‘I was only following orders’ is a creepy thing to say after Nuremberg. The second set of transformations is related to ideas about sovereignty.”

Citing a contemporary example, she continues: “If you’re President Assad in Syria, you can basically mess up the administration of your sovereignty—your sovereign authority—so badly, by doing atrocious things like attacking your own civilians, that you in essence forfeit that sovereignty, or at least a big piece of it.

And you give humanitarian rescuers a right to come in and help your civilians because you’ve messed up so badly, not just through incompetence or lack of resources, but through evil intentions and actions. Both of those developments— the accountability transformation and the sovereignty transformation—come out of Nuremberg.”

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that needs to be both forward-looking and backward-looking in order to achieve any traction. Borgwardt explains that there is a wide spectrum of responses to transgressions and atrocities, only some of which are judicial.

“In South Africa, for example, you can have truth and reconciliation commissions. You can do things like ban people from participating in politics going forward. You can exile leaders like Napoleon was after the Napoleonic wars.

Or you can grant amnesty provisions to societies collectively, or their leaders, if it’s more important to turn a page on a period of mass atrocities, but very often that comes back to bite these societies later. You could say that that happened in the United States in the wake of the Civil War. There was very little accountability.

And you have the failure of reconstruction and the era of Jim Crow and all kinds of problems that can be traced to not cleaning out the wound of accountability.

Transitional justice needs to look forward to a new era, but it also needs to look backwards enough to promote accountability. Otherwise you set yourself up for instability going forward.”

Borgwardt expects to complete the Nuremberg book in 2016, for a 2017 release. It’s not always easy to get a book contract if you want to write about ideas, she says. “People think it’s going to be too dense or pointy-headed,” she notes, and there can be a lot of pressure to dumb down ideas, which she declines to do. Validation for her efforts came when a high school student approached her after a speech and said, “‘You write about really boring stuff in a really interesting way.’ That’s been my mantra since then,” Borgwardt laughs.

“There are a lot worse missions in life than to write about really boring stuff in a really interesting way. I’ll take it.”

Borgwardt explains that her path to becoming a professor specializing in international law and human rights was anything but linear. “Judith Shklar, a mid20th-century political theorist, was really inspirational to me. I read her wonderful book Legalism: Politics, Trials, and Errors when I was in college.” It was the first time, she says, that she realized the possibility that one could have a career 44 Nobles WINTER 2016

thinking about law—not just practicing it or enforcing it.

But perhaps it started a bit earlier: Borgwardt’s father and grandfather were judges. And Borgwardt loved the Nobles classes of Dick Baker and former faculty members John Paine and Vin O’Brien. “I was a big fan of sweeping, unsupported generalities until I got to Dick Baker,” she says.

It was Paine who suggested to Borgwardt that, with her independent learning style (she took an unprecedented number of independent studies while at Nobles), she would thrive at a British university. Borgwardt headed to Cambridge for her bachelor’s and master’s, where she read modern history before earning a law degree from Harvard University and a doctorate from Stanford.

As an associate professor of history and law at Washington University in St Louis, Borgwardt has also received numerous awards for excellence in teaching. She recently delivered a series of public lectures at the University of Chicago as the Richard and Anne Pozen Visiting Professor of Human Rights. Her ability to illuminate really “boring stuff” in an interesting way has won her acclaim in and beyond academia.

When she describes, for instance, how multilateral alliances may benefit the United States strategically, even with recalcitrant or frustrating allies, her gift becomes clear.

“If you spread authority around just enough so that other nations, particularly allies, feel that they have a stake in the system, then that’s going to help advance your interests. It’s like a poker game. You can see power simply as a proxy for resources or wealth, as sets of poker chips that are static. And the U.S. has so many poker chips and Canada has so many and Russia, but it’s really more of a process idea.

“The power comes from the poker game and, sure, you want chips. But you also don’t want anybody to kick over the table. When the U.S. works together with its allies or works to persuade foes or potential foes of U.S. perspectives, then that strategy of engagement actually becomes a stronger strategy in the long term for meeting U.S. national interests effectively.”

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FAMILY AFFAIR

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BY M AUR A K IN G SC U L LY P HOTO G R A P H BY KAT H L E E N D OOH E R

PAUL AYOUB ’74, FORMER NOBLES TRUSTEE and current chair of the

Building Committee, is chair of American Lebanese Syrian Associate Charities (ALSAC) the fundraising and awareness organization of SJCRH, and he serves on the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH) board as well. ALSAC/ SJCRH is now the largest health-care nonprofit in the nation in terms of dollars raised, and it is recognized as being among the world’s leading pediatric research and care centers. Paul, who is a partner at the Boston-based law firm Nutter, McClennen & Fish, began his board service for St. Jude and ALSAC in 1992 but traces his involvement back to childhood.

“I remember going door-to-door in West Roxbury, collecting nickels, dimes and quarters when I was 7, during what was then called the ‘Teenage March for St. Jude,’” Paul recalls. “I did this for several years.”

Paul’s parents, Joe and Ellie Ayoub, were among the group who helped actor Danny Thomas, a fellow Lebanese and Syrian American, start ALSAC in 1957, and then St. Jude’s in 1962. “My father was on the original board and wrote the ALSAC bylaws with Danny Thomas,” says Paul. “He also served as president of the board of trustees for many years.

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Boston. Danny recognized my father’s humanitarian core and recruited him for St. Jude.”

Today, it costs more than $2 million each day to operate St. Jude. Eighty percent of the hospital’s budget comes from donations, yet remarkably the average donation is just $30. “Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food,” he says. “St. Jude also shares its research with doctors and scientists around the globe. So even if St. Jude isn’t in your neighborhood, our treatment protocols and research are.”

Now, love for St. Jude has reached to the third generation of Ayoubs, with Paul’s daughter, Lizzie ’12. “I always heard my dad talk about the hospital growing up, but the moment I had my own connection to St. Jude was when I was 6 and met a patient named Suzanne—a girl only a few years older than me who had neuroblastoma,” explains Lizzie, now a senior at Vanderbilt University. “I met her at a patient ice cream party. Scooping ice cream with her dad, she had a huge smile across her face, and I couldn’t help but wonder how she could be so happy knowing she was fighting to stay alive every day. Even though I only knew her for a short time, she changed my life.”

Sadly, Lizzie notes that Suzanne lost her battle with cancer and passed away when she was only 11. “I didn’t know what to do or how to feel,” she said.

“Music has always been an outlet for me, so I wrote a song called ‘Ice Cream With Suzanne.’ I spent several years singing this song at St. Jude events around the country to tell her story.”

In the process, Lizzie raised more than $15,000 selling her CD, which she donated to St. Jude.

Now, Lizzie and Paul are collaborating on a book, Inspire Me! A Father/ Daughter Book of Quotes. Slated for publication in 2016, all proceeds will go to St. Jude.

One of their favorites is from Danny Thomas, whom Paul quotes from memory: “There are two kinds of people in this world: the givers and the takers.

The takers sometimes eat better, but the givers always sleep better.”

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A GLOBAL

VISION

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BY A LEX I S SULLI VA N PHOTO G RA PH BY BEN H EI DER

Michael Morley ’75 is a local ophthalmologist committed to community service here and abroad. In addition to his work last summer as a Fulbright Specialist in Thailand, he has been active in fundraising efforts and service throughout the Boston area. He also spends one month of every year teaching and providing quality eye care to underprivileged communities around the world.

ART CREDIT

What inspired your commitment to community service?

MM: My father, who was orphaned at age 10, grew up knowing the value of a helping hand. He passed that appreciation on to me by taking me along with his church group to deliver food and services to the underprivileged. As I became specialized in my field, I decided I wanted to shake up my comfortable life by exploring the world and treating blindness in underserved countries. I hope to leave something behind that will make things better.

Please describe the unique cultural exchange you experience on your many trips teaching and performing surgeries abroad?

MM: The food, the music, the social habits, the clothing, the architecture, the dances—all of these cultural differences

are fascinating and enriching to experience. However, the cultural similarities, the common denominators that all humans share, are more interesting and more fundamentally important. Despite all imaginable cultural differences, we all share a need for connection and love and meaning in our lives.

Can you speak about your work and your experiences during your tenure as a Fulbright Specialist in Thailand last summer?

MM: I traveled as a teacher and consultant working to improve the quality and outcomes of health care in Thailand.

Beyond the extraordinary professional opportunity, it was to effect change in a large health-care system. I discovered personal opportunities for growth that had been obscured by my habits and my busyness. While living a vastly different life, I gained the freedom to think and act differently, which I hope made me a better person.

How have your multiple fundraising efforts influenced your sense of a local or global community?

MM: A friend once told me that the best philanthropic efforts are as helpful to the donors as they are to the intended beneficiaries. As I have witnessed, donors and their recipients often form communities of people wanting to engage in meaningful and beneficial projects.

Did your experience at Nobles have any lasting influence on your own commitment to medicine and service?

MM: After my parents, Nobles was the most transformative influence on my life.

It taught me the most important les-

sons—respect for others, hard work, being a team player and persistence. Nobles helped me believe that I could do something valuable and good. The privilege of a Nobles education comes with a responsibility to use that education wisely.

In addition to practicing medicine, you have also demonstrated a strong interest and talent for teaching, at Harvard Medical School and abroad in Asia. What motivates your commitment to teaching?

MM: Nobles exposed me to some teachers and coaches who changed my life—Rob Shapiro’s lessons still make my heart sing! Fred Sculco’s love for science and Dick Baker’s intensity were both formative for me. Playing lacrosse with coach Chris Arnold was just as powerful as sitting in any classroom. Just like they shared their passion with me, I like to share my love for ophthalmology with my students. In my clinic, I’m often stunned by the beauty and elegance of the human body. I’ve been fortunate, with supremely motivated students who have each developed their own energy and desire for excellence.

What do you hope your legacy will be?

MM: Professionally, I hope my legacy

will involve the improved richness of the lives of my individual sighted patients and the increased functionality of health-care organizations. Personally, Nobles will always be a part of my legacy. Alongside my old classmate and estate lawyer Kurt Somerville ’75, I am supporting financial aid at Nobles to express my gratitude to my parents and to Nobles. I hope it will give a young person an opportunity like I had.

“NOBLES HELPED ME BELIEVE THAT I COULD DO SOMETHING VALUABLE AND GOOD. THE PRIVILEGE OF A NOBLES EDUCATION COMES WITH A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE THAT EDUCATION WISELY.” ART CREDIT

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FINDING FREEDOM

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BY H E AT H ER SULLI VA N P H OTO G RA PH BY DAVI D JO HNSO N

CAT BUI ‘00 CAME TO NOBLES after attending the school’s Upward

Bound (UB) program for students from underresourced public schools. For typical UB students, the opportunities can be lifechanging—but Bui’s story is not really typical.

Long before moving to Chicago and becoming director of global HEOR (health economics and outcomes research) oncology at Astellas Pharma, Inc., Bui was a child in Vietnam.

When she was 8, Bui and her father fled their homeland, planning for the rest of the family to follow. After three years in a refugee camp, they arrived in California and, finally, settled in Massachusetts: Bui’s father promised her that Boston has the best schools in the world, and he wanted the best education for his children.

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Bui says she contemplates her youthful journey but doesn’t dwell on it. “When I was in leadership training [through Astellas], we talked about how your experiences shape you and make you who you are. Reflecting on my experience gives me purpose. It makes me more open-minded and flexible and understanding when interacting with different people.”

Now Bui is championing freedom of a different kind: access to health care.

Her field is health economics and, as she works full time at Astellas, she is completing a doctorate at the University of Texas at Austin, where she also earned a master’s in pharmacy administration. Bui’s work, she says, is ultimately about facilitating patient access to safe and effective medications. Her interest in economic development, health care and its implications began at Mount Holyoke, she says, where she studied international relations and pre-med.

“A lot of countries are struggling to develop and aren’t always thoughtful about human capital in terms of health, and I was really interested in that. I decided I wanted to go to pharmacy school, looking from a broader publichealth perspective. That’s how I ended up in what I do now—it’s international health, focused on patient access to care and medicines.”

Bui’s job takes her all over the world.

Her company’s headquarters is in Japan.

(She thanks former teacher Tomoko Graham for introducing her to sushi and Japanese culture.) She explains her role: “If you think about drug development, you have regulatory approval, you have the FDA or European Medicine Agency that are regulatory bodies that evaluate your compound for safety, efficacy and quality. The questions are, ‘Does it work? Is it safe for human consumption in a large population?’ That’s the first hurdle."

Once medicine is on the market, another hurdle remains. “You have the patient, you have the physician, you have insurance plans—and that’s just in the U.S. And globally you have different agencies that review research and the compounds that you bring to the market. So once a product is on the market,

“ A LOT OF COUNTRIES ARE STRUGGLING TO DEVELOP AND AREN’T ALWAYS THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HUMAN CAPITAL IN TERMS OF HEALTH.... I DECIDED I WANTED TO GO TO PHARMACY SCHOOL, LOOKING FROM A BROADER PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. THAT’S HOW I ENDED UP IN WHAT I DO NOW—IT’S INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, FOCUSED ON PATIENT ACCESS TO CARE AND MEDICINES.” you still have the second hurdle: how to give patients who needed the treatment access to that compound and drug. What I do is the second hurdle.

“My responsibility is to generate evidence that these agencies will evaluate and approve: ‘Okay, well it’s effective, and it’s safe. But what does that mean to my population? If I [a plan or insurance] have this on the formulary, what is the real-world outcome as opposed to the highly controlled clinical outcome?’

Then they ask, ‘What is the impact from my financial perspective to my plan or my country?’ Or is it cost-effective? This is the area that I cover worldwide.”

Working globally, Bui navigates political, financial and cultural systems of countries, each of which handles national health care differently. “I’ve learned that there really is no perfect model. The question is what is a country trying to accomplish in providing care?

The German health technology assessment looks at the benefit aspects while the UK looks at the cost-effectiveness of the new treatment compared to current standard of care. But at the same time, when you come down to making

decisions, it’s [in some way] going to be about cost.”

Right now, Astellas is in the early phase of developing a compound to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and Bui says that she feels privileged to contribute to plans that may bring this compound to patients.

Bui is excited about the future of health care and health economics.

She says that even in oncology, care is becoming personalized. “Technology can help us identify [patients for whom a certain indication might work]. We can develop drugs that actually target the specific patient populations and personalize them to their specific biology. We’re still learning—still evolving with care and research and innovation.”

She acknowledges that innovation can come at a cost, in terms of investment in research and development.

For now, Bui is focused on her role in the complex world of health care.

“What I do is to help ensure that the right patients get the right treatments— the research that I do helps to facilitate that dialogue. I think that’s important for patients.”

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Sid Eaton Jr. 503-223-7548 sidandmeg@msn.com Sid Eaton here with what I’ve been able to glean from the 15 living members of the Class of 1950.

Ned Almy writes, “Our three children, all graduates of Nobles, gave Nancy and me a wonderful 60th wedding party—all 17 members of the family were there.”

Sid Eaton shares, “The big event of our summer was the reunion of Meg’s family at their

summer home on the front dune in the coastal town of Neskowin, Ore. Forty-one folk attended from their homes in Minneapolis–St. Paul, Indianapolis, Little Rock, Portland, Ore., and Neskowin. It took four houses to accommodate the group. Such gatherings occur about once every three years.”

Alfred Montgomery Goodale says, “I’m trying hard to get Amazon to accept my second novel. The big event of my summer was the visit of my son, daughter-in-law and 4-year-old grandson, all the way from China.”

Jack Hoag writes, “We enjoyed the summer at our place on Squam Lake in New Hampshire.

Heading to Vero Beach, Fla., this winter and hoping to tour the West Coast in winter 2017.”

Dudley Hall shares, “Did not make the trip to Cape Cod this year but was fortunate to spend a week at Hilton Head with the family.”

Howard Jelleme says, “Sorry to have missed the reunion, but we did have a fantastic family barge trip in France. Robin and I just finished our harvest with the great help of my two sons and two daughters—best looking grapes yet, so hope to have some good wine from them in a couple of years. We plan to go back to Italy this spring for a visit.”

O. Stephens Leland writes, “Where did the summer go? (It is still summer here with just an occasional wee brisk in the

air.) We did get a trip to Europe, which included a day in the Colmar Valley, reliving the last campaign pushing the Germans out of France in WWII. I cannot imagine the sacrifices of those men, many of whom died, scarcely older than I was when I graduated from Nobles five years later.

What a debt we owe them.”

When reached, Richard McCabe was tending the shrubbery in front of his Cotuit house. Reports he, “Sorry we didn’t get back from Florida in time for our reunion.”

Asked about his book collection, he replied, “I’ve had to slow down on the book front. Our main focus and pleasure this summer has been watching how well our granddaughter is doing at golf.

She recently played in a tournament that helped her team raise $10,000 dollars for charity. Now we’re waiting to hear if she can earn a golf-related scholarship to college—Bowdoin possibly.”

Ed Stimpson shares, “We were still in Naples, Fla., at the time of our reunion. This summer Moira and I barged down the Seine River from Paris to Normandy. Next summer we hope to barge from Paris to Prague.”

Jim Truslow reports an upand-down health summer, but when asked about the grandson who drives an 18-wheeler, your scribe could hear his smile when he replied, “He’s great. He now owns five 18-wheelers and has four guys working for him.”

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Winston “Hooley” Perry perrydise@tampabay.rr.com After reviewing my informative literary effort in the fall magazine, which you finally received in the late summer of 2015, I should probably start my rambling with how wonderfully warm this past 2015 summer was. But knowing that you will be receiving this winter magazine issue sometime in snowladen February, I will try to keep my thoughts and writings as warm as possible. You must remember that I live in Florida where it is warm/hot all year long, which allows myself and Wink Childs ’52 (who lives on Amelia Island in North Florida) to forgo shoveling snow forever, plus it allows Wink to improve (?) his golf game year round (let’s hope), because we all know how adept Wink is at keeping golf scores.

Speaking of that, I regularly receive emails from our Kentucky “Bourbon County” Land Baron, Dudley Dumaine ’52, asking me off-the-wall questions about Noble and Greenough’s history and Eliot Putnam trivia, plus other littleknown facts and figures, which

allows me the pleasure of doing continued research about that world we were so much a part of, and which affected and directed our lives in so many different and wonderful ways. Many times, as part of my “Doodles” history research efforts, I contact Benny Taylor ’52, our in-house money chaser, who as you know keeps in regular touch with everyone, and/or Bob “Stretch” Cumings ’52, our class president, who does the same. For further consultation, I rely on Commander Peter “Benuch” Bennett ’52, who has an amazing encyclopedic memory of “who is related to, or beholden to, whom,” in addition to Lucius “Peter” Hallett ’52, who along with the help of his ever-present Apple iPad and googling proclivity, professes to know everything about anything. So as you can see, my resource material endeavors are far-reaching and impeccably and unquestionably accurate.

In addition to my lovely wife, Andrea, having had both hips replaced earlier this year, and me having had both knees replaced a few years ago, I heard that Peter Summers ’52 recently had hipreplacement surgery (one or both, Peter?), plus Peter Partridge’s ’54 lovely wife, Gretchen, had a hip replacement (one or both, Gretchen?). It seems that the replacement of hips and knees is the surgery of choice lately for our Noble and Greenough classmates.

So whom did I miss in the class?

We probably should start a bionic men’s and women’s hip- and kneereplacement club.

In what little spare time I can find, I recently read The Boys in the Boat, a nonfiction book by Daniel James Brown that was thoroughly enjoyable and has been on the bestseller list for months, especially if you at any time in your life rowed crew. I never graduated from the “Beginners Barge” years ago at school, but you betterthan-average scullers will love it.

Also highly recommended (by “Stretch” Cumings) is Citizens of London, by Lynne Olson, which tells the story of John Gilbert Winant, the U.S. Ambassador to England (and a graduate of St. Paul’s School) and the fascinating storybehind-the-story of FDR and that other famous person with the first name of Winston, who dragged us into the war in Europe, along

with the exposés of Harry Hopkins and Edward R. Murrow, plus many other well-known famous people’s names familiar to us way back then. Both well worth reading.

I had a nice long conversation with David Thibodeau ’53, our other ’53 class agent who regularly keeps tabs on everyone while trying to sweet talk y’all out of any loose change you may have lying around. Both “Tib” and his lovely wife, Connie, wisely spent some quality winter time in Vero Beach, Fla., during early 2015, just in time to work on their tans for sun-in-the-fun in New England this summer.

I received a nice email from Jimmy Bailey ’53, who was trying to track down Ted Jennings ’53, and who is thoroughly enjoying his new life in Boise, Idaho, with his children and grandchildren.

So there really is happy living

Katherine and Bo Wakefield ’53, “The 2015 Voyagers at Uluru, a huge monolith in the middle of the Western Desert. From the sunset viewing area, we watched the rock go pink then red in the angled disappearing light. Note Bo’s hat: A USMC 1960s Captain’s ‘cover’ still worn! Once a Marine–Always a Marine.”

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in the Midwest after so many years of living on the West Coast, in Clio, Calif., surrounded by beautiful golf courses.

On a regular basis I receive from Bo-Bub Wakefield ’53 all sorts of letters, postcards and promotional materials about all of the wonders of Australia that he and his wife, Katherine, encounter during their never-ending travels through that other side of the world. Their latest adventure, and accompanying handwritten storied postcard, was sent from Vladivostok, Russia, along with a Russian 50-ruble paper currency as a contribution to our next class party.

I’m not sure what the U.S. dollar exchange rate is for 59 rubles these days, but maybe, just maybe, we might be able to purchase a real good bottle of Russian vodka and collectively drain the bottle in Bo’s honor. Bo also mentioned that while he and Katherine were walking around Vladivostok one afternoon, they were almost run over by Vladimir Putin’s personal cavalcade of large black cars racing through the city.

I am still saddened after hearing the news that Everett Kiefer ’52 passed away on October 6 at his home in Orleans on Cape Cod. I, and others, had the pleasure of playing on the ’51, ’52 and ’53 basketball team with Everett, in addition to many years ago attending numerous parties together, anywhere and any time they happened to be held, many times on Cape Cod. For more information, please see my tribute to Everett in the Memoriam section of this graduate news.

With this in mind, I urge everyone of you to pay attention

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to what your primary-care doctor (or whatever medical specialists you may use) tells you to do, and/ or what pills or medicine to take, so that we can all occasionally get together to reminisce, and to talk about our children and grandchildren, and tell war stories of, and reminisce about, wonderful times past. I love you all.

Bo Wakefield and wife Katherine made an 11,000-mile Tug & Trailer voyage through Australia, which included the hi-trek over Kata Tjuta’s sacred Valley of the Winds. These are aboriginal lands and have been for as many as 40,000 to 60,000 years.

At this place is the planet’s oldest continuous living society; even today these people have not yet developed any means to hold liquid (i.e., pottery— they will find short success with animal skins and certain desert tree-bark shapes)! These Aborigines have left their ‘history’ in rock engravings (petroglyphs) and ochre rock paintings on top of older rock paintings. They have had language, but never the written word.

By developing musical instruments for song, they gave tempo to their ‘dreamtime’ (Big Bang) stories. Today they are still some of the world’s most isolated bushmen, and they maintain their isolation with AUSTGOVT support and deep wells!”

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Peter Partridge 508-548-9418 ppart767@comcast.net

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Bob Chellis 781-237-9436 bchellis@campuscontinuum.com

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Gren “Rocky” Whitman 410-639-7551 grenwhitman@verizon.net

Kit Hayden reports he’s attending monthly meetings of Damariscotta’s “Death Café” and recommends the attendance of classmates at any local chapter. “But don’t expect any immortal youngsters there,” says Kit. From John Fritts: “With the arrival of a new grandson and many visitors to our Cape Cod home, we’ve had an eventful six months. Friends and family visited every weekend, and some stayed overnight or for a few days to enjoy almost perfect Cape weather. Our season tickets to Fenway aren’t in such high demand, but there’s always hope for 2016, as we seem to say every year. Our attention has now shifted to the Patriots, Celtics and Bruins.

My wife and her twin brother turned 70 in August, so the in-laws wanted a big party. They decided on Florida and included children and grandchildren on summer break.

We all stayed at the Tradewinds Resort in St. Pete Beach, a great place for a special occasion.

I still work part-time at Waterstone of Wellesley, an assistedliving facility, driving residents to appointments and hearing about their ‘good old days.’ I catch myself

doing the same thing on occasion but enjoy their stories from the ’20s and ’30s. Amazing how many can recall events 80 or 90 years ago, and I have trouble remembering what I ate for breakfast. Hope to see you all next spring!”

Fred Wells’s much-appreciated handwritten letter to me reads, “My congratulations to Dave and Barbara Carroll on their 20-plus years of sobriety, and my thanks to them for sharing their achievement with us, a wonderful and courageous act.

I, too, am a ‘Friend of Bill,’ and have so lamented the fact that this disease—which has impacted so many individuals and families—is so often swept under the rug.

There is still so much shame connected with addiction problems. We can only hope that when the general population understands they are dealing with a physical and emotional health issue, not a moral issue, they will be more comfortable reaching out for help.”

In an earlier issue of Nobles magazine, Tim Leland reported that two Hollywood movies were in production based on the work of the investigative team he launched at the Boston Globe 45 years ago. Both films have now been released: Black Mass, which tells the story of gangster Whitey Bulger’s reign of terror in Boston, and Spotlight (the name of the Globe investigative team that Tim started), which broke the story of the Catholic sex-abuse scandal.

Bill Wiese hopes to make it for our class’s 60th reunion and the opportunity to catch up. He’s “busy in New Mexico and a bit too far away to keep up-to-date with Nobles and our class.”

Rocky Whitman (ahem, yet another “Friend of Bill”) is organizing and conducting monthly “Waterfowl Walks” at the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge during the winter.

“Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about tundra swans!”

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John Valentine 413-256-6676 jvalj1@yahoo.com David Woods writes, “Eleanor and I spent two weeks in Europe, one each in Switzerland and Spain. In Switzerland we were hosted by my freshman-year Danish roommate and his French wife in their Swiss home in Crans Montana (francophone part of Switzerland) for a few days before going on to Wengen, a beautiful Alpine town in the German-speaking part, which I got to know in the ’50s. So I was in linguistic heaven for a few days.

We then flew to Madrid where we were hosted by a couple we knew here in Washington, D.C. He worked in the Spanish embassy, and she and I met together with another Spaniard, one American and a French woman in a group of ‘cinco amigos’ where we practiced each others’ languages. To be honest, Spanish is my linguistic hell.”

Charles Wiggins called up to say there’s another Wiggins in the world, granddaughter Lynda Wiggins. God bless.

Loring Conant, with typical diffidence, writes, “I can’t imagine anyone is interested in the fact that I had the best tomato crop in many a year, that I’m progressing in

‘proficiency’ on the violin, inspired

by David Woods’s wife, Eleanor, and that I have a compulsion for night kayaking, mesmerized by the phosphorescence. I find doing scales is of great therapeutic value, blocking out the horrors on the political scene. Reading also helps.

How about All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr?”

Robert Macleod shows signs of itching to get back on his bike, declaring, “I haven’t seen much new territory since the February trip, other than sailing back on Yacht Resolution (CCA friend Bill Cook) from Newfoundland with two Nobles shipmates, Sam Gray ’55 and Ed Nelson ’68. Left St. John’s on July 27 with freeze warnings for return to Marion.

Otherwise, I’ve been mucking stalls and watering trees here. I hope to return to the Southern Hemisphere again this winter for more cycling in Tasmania and then New Zealand.”

Fred Hitz reflects, “As many of us approach our 55th college reunions, it is hard not to see that time is getting short. To delay the inevitable, I am continuing to teach at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at UVa and at the law school. It is a pleasure to see how determined this generation of students is to do something that helps their fellow men and women. Mary Buford, my spouse, is finishing a book on Wintergreen Resort near us, and thankfully we are still able to hike the Blue Ridge.”

Robert McElwain writes, “As has been my habit and need over the past 20 years, I drove up to the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont at the end of September, where I

rented a small cottage on Forest Lake in Averill. For four days I enjoyed almost complete silence, read two books, and with my son Hollis who joined me for a couple of days, viewed the supermoon and the lunar eclipse, hiked a mountain, and crossed the border into Quebec for a superb scenic afternoon excursion, reentering the United States through the top of New Hampshire and passing by all four Connecticut Lakes at peak foliage time. So much for northern New England.”

Lance Grandone forwarded the following: “Not much has changed since my last update.

Karin and I are still in good health, although I have now embarked on a serious diet change and exercise program using the Silver Sneakers program from our health-care provider and YMCA. It’s tough going, but I’m sticking to it. We are having a mini-reunion with our son and daughter. Cass just retired from Abbott Labs after 30 years and bought a house in Morrison, Colo., at 7,500 feet in the Rockies.

Susan left Rio Tinto and leaves for a three-year stint with CRC Mining in Brisbane, Australia, on October 6. We will be cat-sitting for two months because of Australia’s quarantine. Should be fun as the Maine Coon cat and our toy poodle are mortal enemies. I hope we survive! Life is good in Florida.

No hurricanes. All classmates and family are welcome to visit us. My best to all of you.”

Bill Gallagher wrote to say, “I had a particularly pleasant Nobles memory the other night when I looked at the framed drawings of my cruising sailboat. It occurred to me that this past summer was

the 20th anniversary of the time that boat sailed to Bermuda and back with almost entirely Nobles crews. The drawings, signed by all, were a gift from the participants in the outbound voyage on the Marion to Bermuda race: ’57 classmates John Damon, Fred Hitz and Bob Macleod, my brother Dick Gallagher ’58 and my son Bill Gallagher ’95.

The company was great but the winds were light. Not favorable for a heavy boat and so, well, let’s just say we were closer to last place than first place. My brother was greatly distressed. Not that we didn’t win, but that we didn’t come in last. The cook (Dick’s billet) on the last boat to finish received a special trophy and a certain degree of good-natured infamy in the social events that followed.

Once in Hamilton, we were taken under the wing of Bob Lawrence ’44 who, with Bill Bliss ’48 and their wives, had raced down on Bob’s lovely yacht, Sea Witch, arriving quite some time before us. But then everyone did. Bob’s gracious influence resulted in our getting a very well-placed dock space. He also made sure our crew was present at the sociable and collegial gatherings that accompany these events.

The trip back did not go according to script. Daughters Emily Gallagher Byrne ’87 and Hilary Gallagher ’90 flew down for the trip back, replacing Fred and Dick. My daughters’ fantasies of favorable winds, sunny days and enchanting sunsets with exotic cocktails vanished as soon as we cleared Bermuda. Nasty winds and even nastier weather set in.

The boat was built to take it. With

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Macleod and Damon aboard, I had few concerns for the safety of my three Nobles kids aboard. Bob navigated us through the weather system to greatest possible effect.

Damon was invaluable in keeping the boat’s crew in optimistic spirits and the boat in ready condition.

We made it back, of course. Clear, gentle weather came upon us a day out of Marion. I believe the crew devoured a week’s worth of provisions in 24 hours.

Whenever I see those drawings, I think of the great moments that boat brought into our lives.

And every time I do—every time—I remember that trip and the Nobles friends and family that made it so special.”

John Valentine wrote, “For a kid brought up on the wonder of the ever-changing sights of ocean and seashore, I must admit I have been swayed by the various beauty of living in the woods. In early October, the ‘giant’ moon found its way above the tree limbs and revealed a spellbinding eclipse right over the deck behind our house. Filled with fine food, we eased into our zero-gravity chairs and took in the shapes and colors that moved across the surface of the moon until it was gone. It was an extraordinary ordinary occurrence that made carpe noctem good advice.

For the rest, life unfolds its blessings in common and occasionally complex ways. Grandchildren delight us. The challenges our bright, resourceful daughters face with their spouses stir recognition, sympathy, admiration and grateful recognition that they are not ours to solve. So, facing forward, we say ‘Excelsior.’”

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Chris Morss knossos@aol.com

Peter Wadsworth writes, “In June I enjoyed attending the 2nd International Thornton Wilder Conference in Newport, R.I., compliments of classmate Tappy Wilder, Thornton’s nephew and literary executor. Aside from learning that there was much more to Thornton Wilder than his signature work, Our Town, including two Pulitzers and a National Book Award, it was great fun to catch up with Tappy and partake in a raucous Friday night dinner in downtown Newport with some of his literary collaborators. The highlight of the event, for me, was Tappy’s self-deprecating and often humorous cocktail hour discussion of how he became Thornton Wilder’s literary executor some 20 years ago and expanded the Wilder ‘empire’ by permitting, among other things, adaptations that his uncle would never have permitted, like operas of Our Town and The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and publication of pieces of his juvenilia. Perhaps we can persuade Tappy to reprise his autobiographical tour de force at a future class reunion.

David Burdoin announced his marriage on October 15 to Shem Maunes, of Cebu City, Philippines, at All Saints Church, Chiang Mai, Thailand, where David has been living for the past 11 years.

Larry Daloz writes, “As we have for the past several years, Sharon and I have spent summers in Vermont to be closer to our grandchildren who now number four. We are now back in the

Northwest for the rest of the time.

The scenery here is spectacular as we look across Puget Sound to the snowy North Cascades. Normally at this time of year their glaciers are beginning to grow again as the snow caps the high peaks. This summer, however, was the hottest and driest ever, even here in the normally wet Northwest. And instead of the usual ice and snow, we are looking at gray, bare peaks with only specks of remaining snow fields. We were told a decade ago that this would happen ‘sometime in our lifetimes,’ but we never imagined it would happen so fast.

And once gone, glaciers do not come back. A number of our plants that normally make it through the summer fine have died, and more would have if our friends had not kept watering them. It appears that the California drought is becoming the entire West Coast drought.

I am haunted by the question, ‘If it is wrong to trash the planet, is it not also wrong to profit from those who are doing it—and deliberately distorting the truth so they can keep doing it?’ One thing I have been engaged in is the divestiture movement—at both Williams and Harvard, in my case.

There is much we can do, and we are not helpless. I am happy to discuss this further with anyone who is concerned and wants to learn more or take action.”

Chris Morss writes, “Bill and Jan Russell hosted me for a weekend early in August at their house in Northeast Harbor, where Bill conducted a tour of Acadia National Park. Later he and Jan took their guest for a most enjoyable morning’s voyage on local waters. An attempt to get together

with Ben Blaney did not work, alas. Chris still spends summers in Mattapoisett, where he frequently sees Henry Batchelder and Jay Johnson ’61.”

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Whit Bond whit.bond@verizon.net Buzz Gagnebin bgagnebin@mac.com John Gibson jgib1963@aol.com This is the age of online links.

Our classmates are taking full advantage of them to give delightful reports without burdening the school with hundreds of pages added to the magazine. Wow. Steve Grant gave a superb presentation this Sept. 15 on his book Collecting Shakespeare: The Story of Henry and Emily Folger, at the Boston Athenaeum, and received great comments with links for all of us to share: https://vimeo.com/ album/3310726/video/139975245 The audio only is at: https:// soundcloud.com/bostonathenaeum/ stephen-grant-collecting-shakespeare-the-story-of-henry-andemily-folger Bill Cutler also has a superb presentation available online. He co-authored an entry on the private (independent) schools in the Philadelphia area for the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, an online resource for both scholars and general readers. Like Nobles, most of these schools are very old, some dating to the Colonial era. Some moved to the suburbs

had never discussed Lady Smith, although he had fond memories of his time in India before going to Africa, which he discussed.

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Albert Vandam arvandam2@comcast.net

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Left: Buzz Gagnebin and wife Connie ride their trikes all over Cambridge. Right: John Gibson and his wife, Irina in Scotland.

after World War I, and many went coeducational in the 1970s. They pride themselves on their academic and athletic excellence. The essay can be found at: http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/ private-independent-schools/ Buzz Gagnebin recently reconnected with a camper he counseled on MDI in 1962 named Andrew (Andy) Abbott, now a highly regarded sociology professor at the University of Chicago. Buzz is also showing his age—not—by taking up tricycling big-time and founding the Cambridge Tricycle Club, which has five members after less than a month. He rides with his wife, Connie, all over Cambridge, and they get to stop and talk to neighbors and friends wherever they ride—a great way to enjoy the scenery as well. The club is also online at cambridgetricycleclub.org.

John Gibson reports that 50 years after beginning a career as an educator (chemistry at the McCallie School in Chattanooga), and after an MS in physics and a long

career as a pension actuary, he is enjoying helping his wife teach chemistry and physics at Airline High School, in Bossier Parish, La. John’s teaching has been inspired

by Zoof, Wilbur, Mr. Eaton, Msrs Bird, Coggeshall, Putnam, Flood and Wise, and many others.

Although John was also inspired

by Square: “You didn’t do your homework? Burn!” is not allowed in a public school vocabulary these days! After years as a retirement specialist, John is still working on phased retirement. He learned of the merits of phased retirement from a former chief actuary of the Social Security Administration, Robert J. Meyers. By the way, Square (Mr. Horton) started his career as an actuary with the Met. John and Irina had a great trip to Scotland, where his grandfather, who lived with John’s family until John was in college, was a Gordon Highlander—the crack British unit famous at Waterloo, India, and Lady Smith, South Africa.

John discovered that “Popy” was in the seige of Lady Smith. Popy

Dudley Post writes, “During a rare trip to Southern California last May, I was able to catch up with two of our three expatriate classmates on the West Coast. I enjoyed dinner with our only M.D., Dan Funkenstein, in Del Mar, just north of his residence in La Jolla.

Dan is back to work after a brief retirement, in fact accompanying his wife Debey to an intensive medical workshop that weekend. I once enjoyed a summer job in L.A., but it’s easy to forget how adventurous it was back in the 1960s to relocate there permanently.

The following week I met up with Gibbs Bray at the Getty Museum near his home in Woodland Hills, where he recently moved with his family in northwest L.A. We discussed our disappointment that the former curator of the Getty, Jim Wood ’59, had died just a few years earlier. Gibbs regrets he was unable to attend our 50th but wants to make the next reunion.”

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Jim Newell 802-467-3555 newell43@gmail.com

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David Mittell damittell@gmail.com EDITOR’S NOTE: D.A. Mittell is passing the torch. Kindly contact the graduate affairs office if you’re interested in serving as your class correspondent.

A call to John Bachner found him sounding strong of voice as ever. But he and his wife, Patti, have sold their longtime home in Great Falls, Va. Their new address is 180 Reachcliff Drive, Shepherdstown, WV 25443.

Telephone: 304-870-4303.

1963 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Al Vandam ’60 and Sam Vandam ’67 enjoying a September bike ride in New Hampshire. Al was visiting Sam, who has retired in Thetford, Vt.

Jim Lehan 508-520-1373 jblehan@aol.com

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Dave Wilkinson passed away suddenly this summer from a heart attack. Dave loved life, and we, his classmates, take solace in knowing he was a happy man who lived every day to the fullest. He will be dearly missed.

Colin “Rip” Cunningham was recently voted into the Fishing Hall of Fame. This is fishing’s Canton or Cooperstown and is worldwide, with only five annual inductees. The induction took place this November.

An avid fisherman, Rip has devoted his life to this sport, and this recognition is indeed a great honor.

Jim Lehan writes that he, Bob Kretschmar, Kenny Mallory and Mark Angney recently had a great evening with Bob MacDonald, who was visiting Boston. Great food, great conversation and wonderfully foolish memories made for a great time. We hope that we can make this an annual event.

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Ned Bigelow 781-704-4304 moe9817@aol.com

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Ned Reece ned4047@sbcglobal.net Geoff Precourt writes, “So, for class notes, I’m finishing up my eighth year as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Advertising Research and as editor/Americas for the Londonbased World Advertising Research Centre. And I’m lucky enough to do that largely from my home in Ashfield, Mass. (think Northampton/

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Amherst). I don’t get to the Boston area often, but when I do, the trip usually includes a visit with my great pal Jon Canter. Last month, in fact, Will Walker came in from Provincetown, and the three of us replicated Jon’s school commute to the campus in Dedham. The only thing unchained, to this eye, was the pet cemetery that abuts the Bridge Street formal entrance.

The deeper into the woods of our youth we went, the more fields we found—fields of all kinds of sport and playing surface. So much of it seemed so alien and unfamiliar in a place that was our daily life 50 years ago. But I can only presume members of the Class of 1916 made the same observation had they visited us in 1966.”

Josh Cutler writes, “I am still working hard at my writing and teaching at the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center here in northwestern New Jersey. I would never be able to do it without the love and support of my kind wife, Diana.

What is this talk about retirement?

Where would we retire to? And what would we do? I think they are going to bury Diana and me with our boots on.

Nowadays, my writing projects include two translations [from Tibetan to English] and a biography of my spiritual teacher, the late Venerable Geshe Ngawang Wangyal, who founded this organization in 1958, the First Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center in the West.

Diana and I reside here with two Tibetan monk-scholars and try our hardest to bring the Tibetan Buddhist tradition into our American culture. I feel so fortunate to have a personal relationship with His Holiness

Left: 1966 classmates Skip Wood and “Cooch” (a.k.a. Steve) Owen, Nobles Hockey 1966, a formidable goalscoring duo the year in which they won the ISL. Right: Skip Wood ’66 and his wife, Karen

the Dalai, since I first met His Holiness with my teacher, Geshe Wangyal, in India, in 1972. We have sponsored his visits here nine times, and he guides the work and curriculum of the Learning Center.

For recreation, I still keep up my birding with a few buddies in the area. But I am planning to forgo my Annual World Series of Birding this year so I can join together with everyone for our 50th Nobles Reunion. I look forward to catching up with everyone who really seem more like brothers than classmates.”

Elliott May writes, “Last summer I sold my semi-successful check-cashing business in Medford and ‘semi-retired.’ After a few months I was bored (okay, okay, I needed the money) and became a part-time life insurance agent working with labor unions and their members. So we’ll see where that goes! On a personal note, after two divorces, I finally found ‘the one’ on Match. We actually first met 50 years ago at a party at John Goss’s ’65 house in Weston.

(John was dating her best friend.)

Six degrees of separation?”

Steve Buchbinder writes, “I am living in Newton and still practicing law in a small firm, which I founded with a partner in 1978. We have 10 attorneys and seven support staff. I handle real estate matters generally, with a specialty in zoning and permitting. In addition to several large mixed-use developments, I am also currently working on dispensary and cultivation sites and related permitting for two medical marijuana clients. Who would have thought that we would see marijuana legalized?

I have two daughters, both of whom teach, are married, and have toddlers. One daughter’s in Medfield and the other is in Durham, N.C. Being a grandparent is the best! I have been reffing high school basketball the past several years, which is a lot of fun.”

Skip Wood shares, “I’m playing way more golf than tennis these days. Later this month I’m looking forward to playing Kittansett with Pat, Cooch, and Cooch’s son Robbie ’07, who hits way, way past the old guys.”

John Martin(ez) writes, “Maybe the only advantage to

taking seven years to get through Nobles is that, if you’re lucky, the class you entered with will invite you to their 50th a year before your real 50th, the year you graduated.

Confused? Me too. But I had the great honor and pleasure of getting to spend some time with the class of ’65 again last spring. It had been 50 years since I’d seen any of those guys. And, y’know? It was a fascinating experience. Good guys, all. Like most Nobles grads. Special friends from a special time. Thanks to you all. Judy and I had a great time. And sign me up for any future Jim (Summers) tours. His generosity was a little overwhelming.

So I’m revved up and looking forward to us centennials’ halfcentury (expletive deleted) next year. Been a long time. We really were pretty lucky, weren’t we?

Anyhow, the news from this end is pretty straightforward. Judy and I got handed our walking papers at work by the kids earlier this year, so we grabbed our coats and the cat and split for our house in southwest Florida where old John was to retire. You know, spend time here in Florida, then, as the season favors the house in New Mexico, calmly go there, stopping in Dallas to go over the books, make some art, and see some pals before drifting onto the ‘other side.’

Well, let’s just say we’re still in Florida—and it’s September. The aspens are turning at the house in Taos, and the air’s clear and as cold as it is blue. It’s the time when the Pueblo celebrates the autumn solstice a few hundred feet up the mountain from our bedroom window, with rhythmic thrumming on native drums and toneful chanting carried by the thin, clear air. But

instead of being there, Judy and I are still in the Sunshine State finishing an extensive remodel of the neighbor’s house, which we bought in July. So these days, green shorts and a white T-shirt are my daily uniform, deadlines are approaching and we think we’ll like what we’ve done. Some retirement. Maybe in a month or so. Back to the fun stuff.

Stay tuned.”

Craig Barger writes, “After almost 42 years of work in the field of juvenile corrections, the last 34 with the State Department of Youth Services, I retired in April of this year. My wife, Elaine, retired from the insurance industry five years ago, and we have lived in South Easton since 1980. We have two children, Heather and Seth, and three grandchildren: Elliot, 26, Wren, 23, and Romaire, 1. My daughter lives near Syracuse, N.Y., and my son lives in Mansfield, Mass., with his wife and son. My eldest grandchild lives with my 91-year-old mother in Brookline, and our middle grandchild lives with us while attending college. I find it hard to believe that we are approaching our 50th Reunion in 2016. I hope this finds you well, and thanks for reaching out to us.”

My own notes might be these: An unexpected joy has been this gig as class secretary, whereby it became incumbent on me to reach out to classmates and gather their thoughts as we approach our 50th.

Egad, gents, the white-hairs this May sipping the magenta punch on the terrace at the Castle will be us. Go Nobles ’66! We are the Centennials. Skip sends a photo of himself and Cooch, power-scoring duo from the ISL Champion Nobles hockey team, which makes the

“We’re number one!” cheer in the James A. Roberts Rink at Milton Academy ring in my ears as if it were yesterday. Is it true that Warren Healer got that cheer going?

Fast-forward to 2016, and life in Chicago is awesome. Mary and I celebrate our 30th next April, and our Jack is a freshman at Purdue, while his brother, Fritz, is a senior and sister Gigi is in seventh grade.

These three are at the Laboratory Schools at the University of Chicago, where I am gainfully employed, albeit said gain resembles nothing fancy. (In the ad business, which was my former life, or part of it anyway, we often referred to “psychic income.” Now I know what that means.)

Rock on, Class of ’66! I hear the campus has changed much since it was us darkening its doorways, so let’s go back and case the joint. If the banister on the Castle stairway down from the lunchroom is still there, we can do time trials sliding down and none of us will beat Steve Clark, to this day the reigning master of the Castle banister slide (unless, of course, some seventh grader has beat his record...).

Drew Sullivan ’67 and his wife, Ginny at the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas

And many thanks to classmates Joe, Skip, Cooch, Pat and John, who along with my “challenge” have compiled a tidy $7,000 pledge to Nobles for our 50th. I will continue to reach out to others who might like to participate. Go, Blue! (Which in these parts is too often confused with some outfit in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Crazy flatlanders.)

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Drew Sullivan 781-461-1477 drewsull49@aol.com From Jack Mason: “It was great fun seeing Ned Simmons and his wife, Deborah, earlier this summer at Ned’s brother Wick’s birthday bash. As Ned’s manager, I am close to a deal with a sports memorabilia company. Look for vintage sports cards commemorating Ned: ‘Wild Man Simmons, legendary Marion, Mass., athlete.’ The cards will feature Ned’s classic wrestling defeat of Jim ‘Cowboy’ Crawford and his walk-off baseball slam on Graduates Day. Ned Simmons, a true sports legend.”

Steve Wellington writes, “We continue to enjoy our life in Minnesota. We connected for a day in Duxbury this summer with Eric and Betsy Pape. Last summer we fortuitously met Sam Vandam and his wife, Jane, while hiking in New Hampshire. Two weeks ago, our youngest child, David, got married in the Cascade Mountains in Washington state. We now have all three kids married and two grandchildren living closeby in Minneapolis. David has joined

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my real estate company as director of acquisitions and development. My wife, Kathy, has retired from her work as a professor at Metropolitan State University.

I continue working full-time at Wellington Management, which manages a number of commercial properties here in the Twin Cities.

My company is starting construction on a $25 million, 135-unit affordable housing project this fall after completing a 64-unit senior housing development and a threebuilding retail center this spring.

Best wishes to all. I hope to be able to attend the 50th reunion.”

From Dick Byrd: “I played golf at the Country Club with Steven “Cooch” Owen, Bob Gray and Pat Grant, all Class of 1966. I was paired with Cooch, and I think we won two bucks. I also spoke with classmate Phelps Brown, who was at his beautiful historic farm in Appleton, Maine, and Sam Vandam, who lives in Strafford, Vt. Two country boys!”

Drew Sullivan writes, “My wife, Ginny, and I visited family in Las Vegas this year, and we went to the Gangster Museum in the old downtown post office. Now it’s the archive for the history of organized crime in the evolution of Las Vegas. We ascended to the lounge at the top of the Stratosphere Tower.

I declined a bungee jump offer and instead got a neat caricature drawing with my Red Sox cap. Maybe next time.”

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Andy Lord 617-899-3948 ajliii@hotmail.com

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Peter Pach 860-267-9701 pbp06456@sbcglobal.net I’m working my way through my Sgt. Pepper year (“When I’m 64,” which I remember singing the year I was a counselor at Nobles Day Camp, when the album was new).

Nowadays, talk turns to signing up for Medicare and whether to keep working at the same old stand or perhaps starting a new chapter and move to a new location.

Leigh Seddon is busy in Vermont. He writes, “Other than becoming eligible for Medicare in January, the big news in our little house is that we are building a new net-zero solar home.

After 35 years of helping clients design and build their own solar houses, I get to do my own!

Not the easiest task—distilling down all the ideas and design possibilities that have accumulated in my mind over the past 30 years—but with the help of some architect and builder friends, we actually got plans on paper, and the house is now under construction.

While Ann and I briefly flirted with the idea of building a new house nestled along a beautiful coast or high mountain range, we realized we couldn’t leave our community of 40 years, lovely Montpelier, Vt. Aside from being the smallest state capital in the United States (and one lively little town), it is the only capital that has committed to becoming net zero for all its energy use by 2030. So we know we will fit in.”

Stew Young is upping his personal energy output. He writes, “As I approach 65, and aches and pains become more frequent, fitness has become a more important part of my life. I bought a bike and started playing tennis after 15 to 20 years. Along with more care about the balance between intake and exercise, the net result is shedding 20 pounds and two inches on my waist line.”

Steve Baker is also back on his bike, but not so much for fitness as recreational fun around his Cape Cod home. “Earlier this summer, a couple of my friends here gave me an old bike, which I reconditioned,” Steve said. “My friends and I had several fine trips along the various bike trails that exist now throughout the Cape. Some are old railroad rights-of-way, now paved, with trees arching over the trail. Each trip we found a beach or a pond at which we could stop and take a break and swim.

The weather this summer was simply wonderful. It has been more than 30 years since I rode a bike. I used to be a good rider as a kid, but now I’m rusty and a little unstable. Still, I only fell off the bike twice (fortunately onto grass at low speed and didn’t hurt anything but my ego). If anyone is into biking these days, Cape trails are quite nice.”

Planning our next steps, getting fit, and getting out and doing while we can are all part of where we are now, in addition to watching our children turn into adults and staying in touch with old friends, especially those whose fortunes have turned.

Brad Wilkinson wrote a poignant note about an old friend of his:

“Perhaps the most significant event in the past six months involves not the joys of more grandchildren, the rewards of volunteerism or the pleasures of sailing a lovely boat on the coast of Maine. No, it involves my dearest college friend.

I met him first day of orientation at Wesleyan. The bonds over the next few years grew deep, deep, deep. We were constant buddies. Later, for two or three years, he was the third partner in my marriage to Mary.

One of the most decent, sweet and honorable men I have ever met. Over the next 40 years, we saw each other rarely as he lived in California and more recently in Houston. But each time we reconnected, the instant intensity of our bond compared only with reuniting with my classmates at our Nobles Class of ’69 reunions.

Then he contracted ALS and went into hospice. I visited him four times since May, the last in October with Mary. We spent three hours at his bedside. He was suffering greatly–completely immobilized, on a respirator, unable to communicate other than nodding at the correct letter as the alphabet was recited A to Z to put together words. Mary and I chatted away with memories of years ago. His wife and two sons were in the apartment. At 4 o’clock he was undergoing routine treatment— Mary and I had our hands on his arm—when he suddenly turned white and expired.

Makes me sad beyond sad, and because of him, I appreciate every goddamn day even more and cling to those I love even tighter.”

1970 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Levy Byrd 781-449-7555 levbyrd@comcast.net

1973 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Craig Sanger 917-705-7556 craig.w.sanger@gmail.com

1974 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Kevin McCarthy 617-480-6344 kmac56@gmail.com This summer has been filled with challenges and new beginnings! I have begun a new career and find myself working as a psychiatric social worker on an inpatient unit at Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick, an outpatient clinician in Everett and a wellness consultant at the Metro Youth Services in Dorchester. Starting a new career has been exciting and rewarding. I have been able to draw support from many members of the Nobles community.

Mike Vance ’77 was able to provide a great deal of insight regarding the possible options of practice in the nonprofit sector.

Betsy Morris-Rosen ’83, a Nobles alum and graduate of the Boston College School of Social Work, has also been an inspiration and support. She was able to help me understand the importance of these next steps I am taking and how they will help me define myself within the social work profession.

Paul Ayoub with Jane, Lizzie, Marlo Thomas, St. Jude National Outreach Director and some patients at the hospital

My summer brought me the good fortune of being in touch with classmates Tom Sleeper and Seth Tower. Tom has become a Bostonian, finally moving into the city, and Seth has been working on a project for my mentor and spiritual adviser, Father James Woods S.J. of Boston College. Jan Jelleme took me for a cruise around Nantucket and sends his best. To my other classmates whom I am sure will get a chance to read this, I look forward to getting together reunion weekend for the 150th celebration.

Paul Ayoub was recently elected as chair of the board of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Paul writes, “My father was among the original group who worked with the late entertainer Danny Thomas to establish the hospital and ALSAC, which is now the nation’s largest health care nonprofit organization.”

1975 CLASS CORRESPONDENTS

Andrea Pape Truitt 609-646-5361 apape57@gmail.com Jed Dawson 508-735-9663 Jeddawson711@gmail.com Doug Floyd 781-788-0020 doug_floyd@yahoo.com Bob Richards and Joel Flaherty recently relived the glory days when they attended a Sparks concert at the Orpheum.

From Jay Riley: “It was cool to see everyone at the Friday night festivities for our 40th.

Betsy and I married in May, and she was happy to meet y’all in Weston and to catch a glimpse into our pasts! Andy and Jerry were a swell hostess and host.

It was Parents Weekend here at

Gould Academy, so we couldn’t be with everyone in Dedham on Saturday. Betsy and I had a fascinating 11-week summer cycling trip across Europe, from Belgium to Turkey, via Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Bulgaria. Some days were long and hard, and some days were blissfully long and dreamy.

We love the bikes, and we loved being back on the road, leading a life full of daily discovery. My kids are great. Thomson and his wife, Ann, moved to Charlotte, N.C.; Will lives in the North End; and Britty has stayed in Washington, D.C. Ring me if skiing at Sunday River is in your winter plans: (603) 498-5199!”

Ted Almy reports that he and Maura recently hosted their son and daughter-in-law in Simsbury for their first wedding anniversary, then headed to Oregon to mark their daughter and son-in-law’s first. “The Oregon trip included some wine-tasting, a visit to Crater Lake, a few days in Bend and a stop at Mt. Hood. Amazing country. Hard to believe a year ago we were going crazy getting ready for two weddings six weeks apart.

The first anniversary reflections and time spent with the kids were decidedly more chill! Great seeing many of you at the 40th.”

From Bob Phinney: “I am still a teacher and administrator at Dexter Southfield School in Brookline, having just finished my 35th year on the faculty. I am still teaching Latin and science, running the after-school science clubs, half-time bus monitoring (gave up driving them), director of the Clay Center for Science and

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Technology, and director of the summer Sci-Tech Camp. What’s new? Oh, they lost their only photography teacher, so I got tapped.

Yes, I am the school photography teacher this year and having a blast! I got my students up to the huge Clay Center telescope last week, and they got some awesome photos of distant galaxies, nebulae and star clusters! I tell my students it’s the biggest telephoto lens you could ever attach to your camera. My wife, Susan, still works for Johnson & Johnson worldwide, and my son, Matthew, is in New Mexico teaching/ coaching MMA and professional boxing. I enjoyed seeing so many classmates at the 40th pre-dinner.

Sorry I missed the weekend event and hope to see you all at the 45th if not before!”

1976 CLASS CORRESPONDENTS

Tom Bartlett +44 1908 647196 tom_bartlett58@hotmail.com Rob Piana 617-491-7499 robert.piana@vanderbilt.edu

1977 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Linda Rheingold licorh@comcast.net

1978 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Christopher Reynolds Cell: 800-444-0004 Home: 508-358-7757 chreynolds@comcast.net

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1979 John Almy jwalmy@comcast.net Dan Rodgers 212-423-0374 drodgers@wfw.com Dan Rodgers writes, “I was going to write about Phil Eure, but Nobles magazine beat me to it.

Just before I started to write this column, the last issue of Nobles appeared in my mailbox, complete with Phil on the cover. For those of you who took the time to read it, Phil is now the Inspector General of the NYPD. The Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD (OIG-NYPD) is an independent police oversight office that is part of the Department of Investigation and was created by the New York City Council in 2013 to investigate, review, study, audit, and make recommendations relating to the operations, policies, programs and practices of the NYPD. The goals of OIG-NYPD are to enhance the effectiveness of the NYPD, increase public safety, protect civil liberties and civil rights, and increase the public’s confidence in the police force, thus building stronger policecommunity relations. I can’t think of anyone more qualified than Phil to take on this responsibility, but I do have one complaint: Since he took over in May 2014, I haven’t had a chance to see Phil in NYC. So Phil, if you read this, please get in touch.

And in case you missed it, and I apparently did, somewhere along the line the Bulletin was renamed Nobles magazine. I liked

the old name, and if we must live with the new name, then why not at least refer to it as the Nobles Alumni Magazine? Or perhaps the acronym (NAM) is too close to sounding like some sort of bread one might order in an Indian restaurant?”

1980 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Rob Capone 781-326-7142 robcapwest@comcast.net

1981 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Kim Rossi Stagliano 203-610-1750 krstagliano@charter.net

1982 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Holly Malkasian Staudinger 914-925-2340 hmalkasian@verizon.net Julia Peters, her husband, Paul Fenn, and sons George (16) and Ivan (12) tend a farm of goats, chickens, vegetables and fruit 10 miles east of the town of Mendocino, roughly a threehour drive north of San Francisco.

She and Paul cofounded Local Power, Inc., first a nonprofit and now a consulting concern spreading Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) across the country.

First written into law by Paul when he was in the Massachusetts Senate in the ’90s, CCA enables cities and towns to depart from their incumbent electricity supplier and instead

choose their own supplier at competitive rates, while receiving a greener mix of energy, building local renewable generation, and automating cutting-edge energyefficiency technologies. George and Ivan homeschool, chop trees, tend animals, garden, build barns, kayak, and hike.

1983 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Nancy Sarkis Corcoran Cell: 781-492-5576 NLSC3@me.com I hope all of my fellow classmates had a great fall and nice holiday season. Thanks for keeping in touch. Here’s the latest news: Steve and I had a fun night out this summer catching up with Kristin Vinios Marken and her husband, Anthony. They are still in Dover with two sons in college and one in high school. We also ran into Haley Clifford Adams, Betsy Morris Rosen, Hilary Whitman Allinson, Jane Fogg and Rod Walkey ’84 at Nobles’ Back-toSchool Night.

I think we may have our first classmate with a married child!

Jacquie Lawhorne-Holder writes, “My family expanded. My daughter, Adria, married David Grey (from Massachusetts, extra bonus points) in April 2015. Her wedding was held in Old Town Alexandria, Va., at a gazebo just outside the Torpedo Factory Art Center. They are both artistic and so much fun!

Her dress was blush, and their ‘babies’ (Riley and Bailey, fourlegged) were in the ceremony. We had fun and all that attended had a blast for the weekend.”

From left: Jacquie Lawhorne-Holder ’83 and daughter Adria Grey at Adria’s wedding in April 2015; Terance Perry ’83 celebrating his 50th birthday at Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance 18th Hole; Elise Plunkett Gustafson ’87 and Brian Cullen ’88 in New York City

Terance Perry was in touch from Montana. He celebrated his 50th in style! “For years, going to the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance had been on my bucket list, so this year my girlfriend and I finally went. We had a total blast!

Great rides, food and weather.

Monterey and Carmel are such fun. I’ve attached a photo of me chumming around the 18th hole with the requisite flute of champagne. For a while before that, I had really been wanting a fast ride, so I also treated myself to an early 50th birthday present: a Guards Red Porsche! Dave Francis flew out from San Fran, and we raced up to Glacier in it in early August and had a ball. We tried to keep it under triple digits and were successful—for most of the way anyway! Dave is doing great working as a bigwig at Sony in San Francisco. He spends half of his time in London. If any classmates make it out to Big Sky, please look me up!”

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1985 Class correspondent needed

1986 CLASS CORRESPONDENTS

Heather Markey 617-365-3836 hsmarkey@icloud.com Jessica Tyler 781-934-6321 jessicaytyler@gmail.com Eliza Kelly Beaulac 703-476-4442 embeaulac@verizon.net Hello, Class of ’86! Our 30th reunion committee is already hard at work planning a great celebratory weekend May 13–15, 2016.

Save the date now!

Congratulations to Andrew Partridge and his wife, Haley, on the birth of their son, Jasper Sky Partridge!

Craig Perry writes, “Greetings, everyone! Life keeps chugging along here in Los Angeles. Conner

is enjoying second grade at his new school; Courtney is teaching history at Loyola Marymount University; and I am doing my best to get some movies made.

In fact, if things go according to plan—the way they always do, right?—I might not be able to go to the 30th reunion because I’ll be shooting a Universal movie in Atlanta. We’ll see.

This past summer, Courtney and Conner were able to spend 10 weeks in Europe, visiting friends in Italy, France and England. I was able to join them for some of the adventure.

And what an adventure it was!

At this point in his life, Conner is far more worldly than I was.

In the interim, I was at home putting the finishing touches on a movie we made in Australia called Oddball. It’s a fun family film based on a true story involving dogs and penguins. It was released this past September Down Under and did extremely well for a local production.

You’ll be able to see it here in the States soon on VOD, DVD

and streaming platforms.

Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well and I’ll do my best to see you at the 30th reunion.

Boy, it’s crazy to type that!”

Joy Densler Marzolf writes, “This summer we took a family trip to the Netherlands to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary and to check out where my father’s side of the family originated. We traveled around the country staying mostly in small towns and were able to visit many historic sites and towns where our ancestors lived before they immigrated to New Amsterdam (aka New York) in the 1600s.

We stayed in a castle and visited ancient megaliths and the famous Alkmaar cheese market. I was also very lucky to be able to see six venomous adders in the wild. (I know, only I would go looking for venomous snakes.) One thrill was galloping along a North Sea beach in the West Frisian Islands on a magnificent Frisian horse. There is nothing like it! It is amazing how the food in the Netherlands is so fresh, as the majority of it is locally sourced. Some of the best meals of my life! This is now one of my favorite countries—a land of horses, chocolate and cheese!”

1987 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Emily Gallagher Byrne 781-721-4444 egbyrne@verizon.net

1988 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

John Hesse john.hesse@me.com

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1991 Clockwise from top left: Max Farber, Amy Farber ’91, Sam Farber and Ollie Farber (front); Dave Robinson (left) and Nick Tarlov, both ’91, at Dave’s graduation from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine in June 2014; Kelly Flynn, her husband Peter Dlugosch and their two sons (ages 4 and 6); Luke Laferriere (11, far left ), Kelly D. Laferriere, Zoe Laferriere (6, center), Rick Laferriere and Max Laferriere (11, far right)

1989 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Rachel Spencer 917-921-5916 spencerw@georgetown.edu rachelwspencer@yahoo.com

1990 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Elena Weiss MacCartee 202-882-2132 eisabelmac@gmail.com

1991 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Kelly Doherty Laferriere kellylaferriere@icloud.com

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The Class of 1991 is looking forward to celebrating its 25th Reunion on May 14, 2016. Ten of us on the planning committee have already begun organizing a memorable weekend, and we look forward to seeing everyone back on campus. The 25th reunion committee members are Amy McCarthy Donovan, Amy Russell Farber, Kelly Flynn, Tim George, Greg Hoffman, Kelly Doherty Laferriere, Justine Pollock Mikulis, Molly Driscoll Santry, Danielle Coutu Silletti and Jed Stevenson.

Danielle Coutu Silletti writes, “I am living in Chappaqua, N.Y., with my husband and two daughters.

My oldest just started kindergarten, and my youngest just

celebrated her first birthday. I am a nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. I am constantly working to raise Boston fans in the land of New Yorkers; my husband sabotages me daily. Looking forward to seeing my classmates at our reunion in the spring.”

Kelly Flynn Dlugosch, her husband, Peter Dlugosch, and their two sons (ages 4 and 6) just passed the second anniversary of their move from Boston to Minneapolis, where Kelly is a sector portfolio manager at Winslow Capital, an investment firm focused on growth equities.

The family is enjoying exploring the Midwest, soaking up Minnesota’s hockey culture, and still spending time with family back on Cape Cod

each summer.

Jeff Abrams lives in Dover with his wife, Rebecca, and their two sons, Max (9) and Sam (6).

All is well.

Greg Hoffman writes, “My wife, Jamie, and I are still living in Medfield and have added a few more mouths to the litter since our 20th reunion. Rowan is now 6, Nola is 3 and Delaney is 2. We are looking forward to our big 25th reunion in May and a night out without kids!”

Amy Russell Farber shares, “I am happy to report that I might be the most frequently spotted ’91 on the Nobles campus! I now have two of my three boys at Nobles.

Max and Sam are now both in the

middle school. Max is a Fifthie, and Sam is a Sixie. They both are loving it—playing football and lacrosse for Coach Harrington and carrying on the family squash legacy. I have had a great time back on campus as a parent. It seems a bit surreal, and I have found that the more things change, the more they stay the same. I hope to see everyone in May at our 25th reunion!”

Nick Tarlov writes, “I just moved to Buffalo, N.Y., for an interventional neurology job, and I recently saw Dave Robinson at his medical school graduation. Dave is now a psychiatry resident in Boston.”

Kelly Doherty Laferriere reports, “I am enjoying life, motherhood and work in Southport, Conn. Our twin boys, Luke and Max, are now 11, and daughter Zoe is 6. Rick and I look forward to coming back to Nobles for the 25th reunion in May and to seeing former classmates as well as our nephew, Jake Doherty, who is a senior at Nobles!”

1992 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Lynne Dumas Davis 703-623-4211 LynneDumas@aol.com

1993 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Sam Jackson 978-409-9444 sambjackson@hotmail.com Hello, Class of 1993. Our notes have been a little sparse over the past couple of years, so let me know any news to share in upcom-

ing pieces. In the meantime, here are some updates from a few of us.

Liana Kretschmar McCabe writes, “Not a lot of changes for us in the past year. We moved to Seattle two years ago and love it here. I’m working as a pediatrician at Virginia Mason, and Jamie is a cardiologist at UW. Our kids, Marley (8) and Teague (6), already think they are from Seattle.

Not too much to complain about out here. We have a 360-degree view of snow-capped mountains, and we live on Lake Washington. Not a day passes when I don’t feel lucky to live where we do.

If anyone from our class comes out West, please come visit!”

From overseas, Lydia Langford sends the following: “Greetings from Berlin, Germany! I’m living here for a stretch now. No exciting news to report other than missing the good old USA. Interesting times to be here, though. Hope everyone is doing well!”

A couple of classmates send baby news. First from Marco Schiavo: “We just had our third daughter, Anna Grace, on June 6, 2015. Her older sisters are Elizabeth Michela, 4, and Sara Jane, 7.

I am an estate planning/elder-law attorney practicing in Malden, Mass., and I live in Walpole.”

More recently, Nim Shah shares: “Annie and I are proud to announce that Celeste Evelyn Shah joined us on Sept. 25, weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 20 inches long.

Our little family is now three (plus two cats). If anyone makes it out to San Diego, please reach out as I’d enjoy catching up.”

“Nothing too exciting to share,” writes Jen Silvester, “but I’m living in Westchester

County with my husband, Seth Jacobs, and two kids. I have an 8-year-old daughter, Sadie, and a 5-year-old son, Jack. I’m mostly a stay-at-home mom and avid volunteer at the kids’ school, but I do run a Circus Arts Program at a local day camp during the summer. Some things don’t change!”

As for me, Nicole and I still live in Andover, though now we have a fourth and a sixth grader! Last March, I started a new adventure with LCB Senior Living and am in the construction phase of a new community in Salem, N.H. The Residence at Salem Woods opens this spring, and I will continue on as executive director.

1994 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Annie Stephenson Murphy 415-377-4466 annie_stephenson@yahoo.com Lots of fun updates from the Class of ’94!

Serena (Mah) Seel is excited to share the news of her wedding and honeymoon. She writes, “I just returned from a gorgeous two– week honeymoon in California. We did a road trip from L.A. up to San Francisco with a lot of time at the beach, hiking, eating and drinking. Phil and I got married over Memorial Day weekend in Boston. We wanted to enjoy summer weekends in Falmouth so delayed our honeymoon until September. Phil and I met five years ago at a wedding in Germany. He moved over here three years ago, and we have been settled in NYC since.”

Lots of alums were in attendance at the wedding, including Phil Hig-

gins, Robin (Woodard) Westerberg, Heidi (Notman) Muccifori, Monica (Ramirez) Curtis, Karen Anderson, Kathryn (Lieber) Berman, Mike Ackil and Serena’s brother Tim Mah ’97.

There were some pregnant guests at that wedding who are now happy to report the arrival of their new little ones, including Heidi (Notman) Muccifori, who welcomed daughter Abigail Brown Muccifori on July 13.

Heidi writes, “Big brother Teddy is showing her the ropes.”

Kathryn (Lieber) Berman welcomed daughter Callie Jean Berman on July 21.

And Phil Higgins and his husband, Matt Smith, welcomed their second son, Lucas, into the world on July 31. Phil reports older son “Felix is thus far enjoying his role as big brother, despite having to make room in front of the camera.

I’m happily self-employed with my private psychotherapy practice in Salem and adjunct teaching in the MSW program at Boston College. I had great fun connecting with Nobles friends at Serena Mah’s wedding last spring, despite

Katie Panarella ’94 with husband Alex and son Hudson

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splitting my suit pants straight up the back in front of their horrified guests. This is 40!”

In other wedding news, Sara-Mai Conway is excited to share that she just got married to Travis Gardner on October 5 in Fort Worth at a small family-only ceremony. Afterward they headed straight to Java for three weeks of visiting the Buddhist temples of Borobudur and seeking out good surf spots. Her business, Resolute Cycling & Yoga, will open its second Austin location in November.

Katie (Helwig) Panarella sends her update: “My husband, Alex, and 17-month-old son, Hudson, and I are very happy to be back in California after three years in Boston. It’s been a busy three years, where I saw Chris Holton-Jablonski on the regular but was mainly pursuing a dual graduate degree. Chris presided over our wedding in August 2012, and his sons were our flower boys. He was also there for Hudson’s birth in April 2014!

I graduated last December from Tufts University with an MS in food policy and applied nutrition and an MPH. I started work for the University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resourc-

es, in July, as the Statewide Youth Families and Communities Associate Director of Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Program and Policy, implementing nutrition programs throughout the state of California. We live in Davis and love it here!”

1995 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Kelly Flaman kflaman@gmail.com

1996

1997 CLASS CORRESPONDENTS

Bobbi Oldfield Wegner 617-980-1412 bobbiwegner@gmail.com Jessie Sandell Achterhof 781-990-3353 jessie.achterhof@gmail.com

1998 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Dave Klivans 512-789-1905 dave.liquid@gmail.com

CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Alex Slawsby ads@alumni.brown.edu Wyeth Lynch writes, “I got engaged in May of this year to Marnie Peters. We are getting married on Oct. 25, 2015, in Pennsylvania.

Good friend and classmate Jenny (Sherman) Moloney is going to be the photographer. She did an amazing job for our engagement shoot, and we are looking forward to the wedding photos. She will be posting them on her Facebook page. Her website is jennymoloney. com. Looking forward to seeing everyone at our 20th.”

Katie Fuller wrote, “I just married the Australian love of my life, Louise Wilson, this past July 18 in Chatham on Cape Cod. We couldn’t be happier. I also just started working for both the French Government Economic Service and the French Mission to the UN in New York. I couldn’t be more excited! Otherwise, we live on the Upper East Side in New York City and are planning to move to Brooklyn very soon.”

Joe Jackson said, “I have a 3-year-old boy and a baby girl. I have been in Manhat-

tan mostly since college with a few years working abroad.

I’m at a hedge fund.”

Brian Cullinan relayed, “I am living in Wellesley with my wife, Ellie, and my two boys. Jack turns 6 in November and just started kindergarten, and Conor turns 4 in February. I am working for a pretty awesome pre-IPO venturebacked start-up called Anaplan.

Everything is great around here, but life pretty much revolves around the kids and work.”

Yantee Neufville penned, “I got married on May 24 in Boston to Malika Fair (Stanford ’01), and I’m really enjoying married life.

We had a second ceremony in Michigan on Sept. 26. All is well.”

Alex Bellanton asserted, “I earned my MBA from the University of Miami School of Business in May with a concentration in finance. I got married to my beautiful wife, Heather Mosure Bellanton, on May 23, in Miami, Fla. We were joined at the wedding by Nobles ’98 classmates Jessica London-Rand and Tisha-Nia Graham, and faculty member David Roane.

I recently transitioned from a career in education to a career in finance as a private wealth advisor at Goldman Sachs.”

Dave Klivans recently added baby twin boys, Cole and Caiden (born June 21), to the brood, totaling three kids, along with daughter, Savannah (now 3). He and his wife, Crystal, live in Austin.

1999 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Left: William, 4, Annabelle, 6 months, and Caitlin, 6 are the children of Patty (Burke) Sanchez ’96. Right: Yasmin Hamed, Kate Eisenberg, Lisa (Marx) Corn, Joanna (Aven) Howarth, all class of 2000

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Stephanie Trussell Driscoll stephdriscoll32@gmail.com

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Lisa Marx Corn lisamarx@gmail.com Kate (O’Donnell) Wyatt shared great news: “My husband, Aaron, and I welcomed a baby girl, Harper Elizabeth Wyatt, on June 4. Everyone is healthy and very happy! We are still living in South Boston.”

Kate Eisenberg married Kimberly Parr on June 20 at Stonover Farm in Lenox, Mass.

Lisa Marx married Joshua Corn on March 8 in Brookline, Mass.

Lisa and Josh live in Atlanta.

2001 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Lauren Kenney Murphy Lauren.kenney1@gmail.com Astrid Peterson Burns writes, “We are so excited to announce our son, Ellis Clark Burns, was born on Sept.

11, 2015, weighing 7 lbs. 5 oz. The whole family is happy and healthy.”

Amy (Hudson) Gaubinger writes, “This August, I married Nick Gaubinger at a very small and beautiful ceremony in Revelstoke, B.C. After living in Canada for two years, we recently moved back east to Connecticut and celebrated with many friends and family this October.”

Alex Templer, now Lexi Kendall, writes, “I am off on a new adventure. In May, I married Washington state native Owen Kendall, surrounded by friends and family. I was grateful to still have so many Nobles friends at the celebration and to continue to stay connected with so many more. The

week after the wedding, following tandem bike rides in P-town, we moved to Seattle for Owen’s residency in family medicine. I am loving it here, enjoying the outdoors, married life and consulting.”

Kevin Darcy ’01 and his wife, Erika, had a baby girl June 1, 2015, named Averie Rose Darcy.

Andrea (Berberian) Gardos writes, “Steve Gardos ’98 and I welcomed a baby girl, Lennox Lillian Gardos, on May 27.”

Gabe Abromovitz writes, “After leaving my position in Haiti, I spent a few months earlier this summer working in Nepal for an organization involved in earthquake response. I’m about to start a job in D.C. with a contractor to USAID, so I should be based in the states for the near future.”

2002 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

William N. Duffey III 617-893-1040 williamduffey@gmail.com Priya Sequeira married Austin Wong this summer in New York City. The couple met at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where they each earned an MBA. Priya shares that she and Austin love married life in NYC. Heather Summe-Aleksinas is currently a chief resident in dermatology at UMass and will graduate in June 2016. Upon graduating, Heather will join her husband and return to living full-time in New York City.

Margaret (Gormley) Donahue writes, “Our daughter, Charlotte Caroline Donahue, was born on

Margaret Donahue ’02, husband Dave Donahue and their daughter, Charlotte Caroline Donahue, at Charlotte’s recent baptism in Chestnut Hill in July

March 27, and we recently relocated to Hanover, N.H. I am working in the Development and Alumni Services Office at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and my husband, Dave, is a student.”

Samantha (Strauss) Hanman married Jonathan Hanman in October 2014. They currently live in the South End. In March 2014, Samantha started the Boston chapter of the Pink Agenda, a breast cancer research and awareness charitable foundation.

Zach Foster and wife Janie are thrilled to announce that they will be welcoming their second daughter to the world in February 2016.

While Zach reports he is loving St. Louis and professes he has fully embraced a Midwestern lifestyle, he notes, “I’ll never give up my allegiance to Boston sports despite my new home.”

Margot (Lynn) Davis and husband Zach welcomed a baby girl, Madeline Hope Davis, to the world on July 9, 2015.

Kristin Blundo is living in New York City, where she works at Indus Capital as vice president of market-

ing and investor relations. In her spare time, Kristin volunteers as coach of the Lady Harlem girls’ ice hockey team.

Courtney Weinblatt Fasciano was named head of designer curation and brand partnerships at Spring Inc., in May 2015.

Katharine Coon Hamilton married Curtis Hamilton on April 18, 2015. She shares, “The reception and ceremony were at the former house of Frank Sinatra and Roger Miller in Woodland Hills, Calif. We honeymooned on Oahu and Maui, Hawaii. Laura Bond ’02, Alex Delvecchio ’02 and Celia Reddick ’02 came to the wedding; we have been friends since we were Sixies! I still work for Springer, an academic publishing company, in the marketing department as the account development specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean. I also began working this semester part-time as a reference librarian (adjunct) at Los Angeles City College. I am enjoying living in Southern California and am looking forward to some trips back east.”

As for me, Billy Duffey, I am still living in Boston and working at CVS Health’s corporate headquarters in Woonsocket, R.I., where I recently transitioned to a new role: senior advisor, strategic marketing. In September, I joined the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Hospital-Wide Advisory Council, whose mission is to improve the quality of care for patients and families across all aspects of the BIDMC experience.

2003 CLASS CORRESPONDENT NEEDED

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2004 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Carolyn Sheehan Wintner 781-801-3742 carolyn.sheehan@post.harvard.edu

2005 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Saul Gorman 617-447-3444 saul.gorman@gmail.com Zach Cohen writes, “Thank you to the many Nobles alumni who have helped support me in launching Red Brick Craft Distillery. In other news, I’m getting married on July 2 to Emily Bray!”

Alec Phillips writes, “I am still living in San Francisco. I am single. Call me. [Face Throwing a Kiss Emoji]” Molly Boskey writes, “I got married to Charlie Pascal at the Wequassett Resort in Cape Cod this past June. We live in Boston.”

Danny Gonzalez married Xuan Nguyen on August 15, 2015.

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E.B. Bartels ebandersenbartels@gmail.com Big news! One of our classmates has helped create a tiny human!

Colby George Furcillo was born May 28, 2015, to adoring parents Tim Furcillo and his wife, Caitlin.

Congratulations, Tim and Caitlin!

Check out the photo on page 71 to see the kiddo already rocking Nobles swag.

Congratulations are also in order to Jessye Aibel: She got mar-

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There was a Nobles alumni summit at One Direction’s last North American concert to mourn Zayn’s absence and 1D’s upcoming hiatus. From left to right: Bobby Kelly ’09, Meaghan McGoff ’06, Caroline Holland ’06 and Maddy Cohen ’09

ried on September 19 on Martha’s Vineyard to her now-husband Kevin Crets. Woo-hoo!

There are now at least four Nobles grads currently at the MIT Sloan School of Management: Rachael Plitch, Alex Burns, Nick Del Vecchio ’04 and Lucy Minott.

They promised me they’d all take a photo together and submit it to the magazine eventually. I’m holding them to it.

Speaking of photos of Nobles grads hanging out together, Caroline Holland writes, “I just started working in communications for the Steppingstone Foundation. Mariel Novas and Mr. [Michael] Denning are both on our board, and a number of Nobles grads, parents and faculty members are involved with the organization. I also recently got to catch up with Meaghan McGoff, Bobby Kelly ’09 and Maddy Cohen ’09 at One Direction’s last North American concert before their upcoming hiatus. (I obviously have a picture of this blessed event.)”

See said photo above.

Courtney Stockmal wrote with some big updates: “This past year has been very busy, but also really exciting. I won a National Sports

Emmy as associate director for ‘Best Playoff Coverage’ with NFL on Fox, for their coverage of the 2015 NFC Championship: Packers at Seahawks. I spent the summer living in Vancouver, B.C., covering the Women’s World Cup, where I was written up in the Sports Business Journal for being an integral part of Fox’s broadcasts. This year I also worked as an associate director for Super Bowl XLIX, the 2015 NFL Draft, and the red carpet for both the 2015 Grammys and 2015 Oscars. I am also working the upcoming World Series for Fox and am now the youngest director at FS1, directing studio shows as well as pregame, halftime and postgame coverage.”

Becky Barbrow informed me that she is teaching math to seventh graders on the South Side of Chicago. Great stuff, and even better, Becky says she “likes it a lot.” Yay, Becky!

Being a teacher is the best.

But perhaps I’m biased, because I’m also back in the teaching game.

I’m writing these notes from my desk at Pratt Middle School. Yes, E.B. Bartels ’06 is back at Nobles as a faculty member. I’m teaching

Class VI Geography and Class V Civics (think: ’Round the World project and the Supreme Court paper—remember those, classmates who went to the middle school?), plus I’m helping with the yearbook and the Nobles Theatre Collective.

Big surprise.

Last, Brad Caswell writes, “So, as usual, I don’t have anything to report about myself, but I figured I could give some updates about Josh’s life. While he may be too humble to admit it, Josh Pollack has recently joined Teach for America in New Orleans. He is teaching math and ACT prep. While his schedule is tough, he has found time for leisure. He recently spent a Saturday night eating dinner on a levee with a man who owns a goat, and Josh says he is planning on carving out time to see Creed in theaters, at least three times in different America-themed outfits.”

Oh, one more thing! Director of Graduate Affairs extraordinaire Greg Croak (who also happened to get married this summer. Check out page 70 to see a great photo from the event) would be outraged if I failed to remind you to save the date: Saturday, May 14, 2016. You know why? That’s our 10-year reunion. Yup, 10 years. When I tell my students I graduated in 2006, back before they redid the Castle and built the Arts Center, they look at me blankly like I might as well have attended Nobles in 1906. Can’t wait to see all of you and compare eye wrinkles and gray hairs!

2007 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Greg Keches gkeches@gmail.com

Maddie Pongor ’07 married Abedin Sham (Cornell ’04) on Aug. 8, 2015, in Chatham, Mass., and have now moved to Dubai in the UAE in case any Nobles alumni are in the region and would like to connect.

2008 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Aditya Mukerjee 212-935-5637 aditya.mukerjee@gmail.com A lot has changed for Michael Polebaum in the past few months.

After two glorious years of living with Kelsey Grousbeck and Panda, he has moved to Cambridge to live with friends from college. The big news, however, is that he is now back at Nobles working in the Graduate Affairs office with Greg Croak ’06. It has been a great start to the school year, and he is happy to report that Pasta Wednesdays haven’t changed a bit.

Hagghai Kipsat writes, “I just began my second year of MBA at Washington University in St. Louis. It is going very well.

Over the summer, I interned with IBM in Chicago. It was a wonderful experience.”

As for me, I’m still in New York. I’m now working at Stripe, helping businesses accept payments online and defending our systems from would-be fraudsters.

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2010 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Holly Foster 508-404-4616 hatherly.a.foster@dartmouth.edu Iesha Caisey ’10 serves at Brooke Mattapan as the high school placement manager working to counsel and guide middle school scholars and their families through the high school admission process.

According to the school’s newsletter, Iesha joined the team because “as a successful 2006 graduate of Edward W. Brooke Charter School, I understand the importance of educational institutions that strive to educate and support students from urban areas in an academically rigorous and nurturing environment.” She is a 2006 graduate of Brooke Roslindale, a 2010 graduate of Nobles and a 2014 graduate of Union College with a degree in neuroscience.

2011 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Katie Puccio 508-446-0726 krpooch@gmail.com

2012 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Coco Woeltz woeltz@bc.edu

2013 CLASS CORRESPONDENT NEEDED

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Liz Rappaport 617-413-6070 lizrap@gwmail.gwu.edu

memoriam

2014 CLASS CORRESPONDENT NEEDED

David Arnold ’40 passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Sept. 25, 2015.

Born on July 14, 1922, David grew up in Chestnut Hill and attended Nobles for six years.

Dave “Avalanche” Arnold was a gifted skier who loved to spend whatever spare time he could on the slopes. While at Nobles he also served as vice president of the student council. Known for his dashing good looks, David could always be found at every Nobles dance.

Following his time at Nobles, David went on to Harvard and later served in the Army from 1944–1945 in the European theatre. After the war, David founded the Third Army Ski School in Germany, and then returned home. He began a successful career at Shipley Company, where he worked until the 1980s. He was a committed philanthropist serving on several boards including that of the New England Aquarium, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the United States Ski Team and the Wang Center, among others.

David is survived by his wife, Dorothy; his children, Dorrie, Wendy and David; three grandchildren, including Colin ’02 and Lindsay ’04; and two great-granddaughters.

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by Hooley Perry: I am still saddened over hearing the news that our dear classmate and friend

Everett “Ev” Duane Kiefer Jr. ’52, passed away on Oct. 6 on Cape Cod. During his four years at Nobles, Ev squeezed in a lot of accomplishments, in the classroom, in sports, and in the singing department, in addition to his many other areas of interest. Everett was captain of the ’51 soccer team, and I and others had the pleasure of playing on the ’51, ’52 and ’53 basketball team with him, in addition to his rowing crew and singing in the glee club, quartets and choir. Everett also maintained a more than passing grade in the party and nightlife department, where he was famous for his signature Western headgear, in addition to our attending numerous parties together, anywhere and anytime they happened to be held, many times on Cape Cod. It was also rumored that Ev, while babysitting his younger sister, Lynne, rather than miss a great party, would bring her along as his escort, while swearing her to strict secrecy from “the parents.” One of my greatest and most unforgettable memories hanging out with Everett was when I visited him at his Newton home and he gave me a wild and adventurous ride in his father’s 1911 Maxwell up and down the streets of his neighborhood.

After Everett graduated from Nobles, he attended Harvard College (Class of 1956), served in the U.S. 8th Army in Korea and then at-

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tended Boston University School of Law (Class of 1963). His love for Cape Cod eventually led Everett to relocate to the Cape to live for many years, utilizing his law degree at his office in Chatham, where, among other endeavors, he helped protect the local citizenry and the environment on the Cape. He would later work for the Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod for more than 18 years (many kudos to you for that, Everett) while living in Orleans for many years until his passing.

Everett is survived by his daughters, Nicole Kiefer of Raleigh, N.C., Jennifer Thomas of Crofton, Md., and Karen Wilson of Chattanooga, Tenn., in addition to his sisters Lynne Hartell of Chatham, Joan Maschkan of Baden bei Wien, Austria, and Ann Battarel of Plevenon-Frehel, France.

As only Everett could orchestrate a final tribute to his own life, he wanted to have a “Music and Remember the Happy Days Memorial Service” on the beach at Rock Harbor, Orleans, which I am told ended with everyone singing “When the Saints Go Marching In” in his honor. Then everyone retired to Everett’s favorite “watering hole,” the Land Ho Tavern in Orleans, for lots of storytelling and many toasts to a delightful individual and good friend to everyone. The following poem was part of Everett’s memorial service, which is a fitting tribute to his life, who he was, his thoughts and his delightful essence. We will all miss you, my dear friend, and many thanks for the happy times and wonderful memories.

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The Fallen Limb A limb has fallen from the family tree.

I keep hearing a voice that says, “Grieve not for me.”

Remember the best times, the laughter, the song.

The good life I lived while I was strong.

Continue my heritage.

I’m counting on you.

Keep smiling and surely the sun will shine through.

My mind is at ease. My soul is at rest.

Remembering all, how I truly was blessed.

Continue traditions, no matter how small.

Go on with your life, don’t worry about falls.

I miss you all dearly, so keep up your chin Until the day comes we’re together again.

—Author Unknown Casey Dunne, ’17, died unexpectedly on October 9. Casey was an admired member of the class of 2017 who formed strong connections throughout the Nobles community because of her warmth, generosity, and her passions for field hockey, service and the arts.

Casey played on the varsity field hockey team as a member of Class III and Class II; she also played ice hockey during her time at Nobles. For the past two springs, she took the stage in The Pirates of Penzance and Legally Blonde. She sang with middle school a cappella and Imani as a Class IV student, and was pursuing private vocal lessons this year. Early experiences

at the Boston Ballet School fostered her love of dance.

The tightly knit Dunne family raised Casey and her siblings to understand the importance of community and of giving back. Casey took part in service opportunities from a young age. Whether traveling to Bolivia or to support those closer to home by sharing her time, patience and intellect to tutor Achieve students at Nobles, Casey always sought to help others. She derived so much joy from her time with those students.

That joy illuminated everything Casey did at Nobles.

Her smile and the bow in her hair were regular parts of her field hockey uniform; with them, she lifted her teammates’ spirits. She was, in all ways and to so many, the consummate friend. While she could initially appear quiet, her humor and kindness always shone through and are profoundly missed.

Casey is survived by her parents, Matthew W. and Mary Higgins Dunne; her siblings, Alexandra ’13, Michael ’15, Meghan ’21 and Ryan; her grandparents, Anthony L. Dunne, Helene Reilly, and Judy Olin Higgins; her aunts and uncles Barbara and Bill Epifanio, Bill Higgins and Patti Kelley, Tommy Dunne and Rebecca Barry, Rich and Carrie Higgins, David and Kim Dunne, Mike and Carla Higgins (P’20), Jim and Diana Higgins, and Molly Dunne and Paul Wenersbach; and her 16 cousins, including Caroline Higgins ’20.

From the wedding of Serena Mah ’94 and her husband, Philipp Seel: James Carter (Tim’s husband), Tim Mah ’97, Phil Higgins ’94, Monica Curtis, Heidi Muccifori ’94, Philipp Seel, Serena (Mah) Seel ’94, Karen Anderson ’94, Kathryn Berman, Mike Ackil ’94 and Robin Westerberg ’94

Lisa (Marx) Corn ’00 and husband Joshua at their wedding in March

Jenny Henzi, Lisa (Marx) Corn and Margot Bloch, all class of 2000, at Lisa’s wedding this past spring

Katie Panarella ’94 and her husband Alex are joined by Chris HoltonJablonski at her wedding in 2012

Kate Eisenberg ’00 and Kimberly Parr at their June wedding

Nobles friends gathered at the wedding of Amy (Hudson) Gaubinger ’01 to Nick Gaubinger in British Columbia. Back row: Matt Wilkos ’01, Steve Gardos ’98 (with son, Ozzie), Steph (Savage) Flynn ’01, Johnny Hughes ’01, and Tracey Samuelson ’01. Middle row: Andrea (Berberian) Gardos ’01 (with baby Lennox), Sarah Courtney ’02 and Emily Kaufman ’01. Front row: Amy (Hudson) Gaubinger ’01 and Nick Gaubinger. Not Pictured: Lindsey (Marshall) Gray ’01

announcements Engagements Zach Cohen ’05 will marry Emily Bray on July 2, 2016.

Marriages David Burdoin ’58 announced his marriage on October 15, 2015 to Shem Maunes, of

Cebu City, Philippines, at All Saints Church, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Serena (Mah) Seel ’94 married Philipp Seel over Memorial Day weekend, 2015 in Boston; Sara-Mai Conway ’94 married Travis Gardner on October 5, 2015 in Fort Worth; Wyeth Lynch ’96 married Marnie Peters on Oct. 25, 2015 in Pennsylvania; Katie Fuller ’98 married Louise Wilson on July 18, 2015 in Chatham on Cape Cod;

Yantee Neufville ’98 married Malika Fair on May 24, 2015 in Boston, and had a second ceremony in Michigan on September 26; Alex Bellanton ’98 married Heather Mosure on May 23, 2015 in Miami, Fla.; Kate Eisenberg ’00 married Kimberly Parr on June 20, 2015 at Stonover Farm in Lenox, Mass.; Lisa Marx ’00 married Joshua Corn on March 8, 2015 in Brookline, Mass.; Amy (Hudson)

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Alex Templer ’01, now Lexi Kendall, at her wedding in May 2015. Pictured here with a mix of Nobles and non-Nobles friends, Lexi is flanked by Elizabeth (Besser) Novack ’01 and Lulu Miller ’01 (on her immediate right), and Meg (Curley) Nash ’02 and Elizabeth (Beedy) Wendorf ’01 (on her immediate left).

Priya Sequeira ’02 and husband Austin Wong

Gaubinger ’01 married Nick Gaubinger in August 2015 in Revelstoke, B.C.; Alex Templer ’01, now Lexi Kendall, married Owen Kendall in May 2015; Priya Sequeira ’02 married Austin Wong during the summer of 2015 in New York City; Samantha (Strauss) Hanman ’02 married Jonathan Hanman in October 2014; Katharine Coon Hamilton ’02 married Curtis Hamilton on April 18, 2015 at the former home of Frank Sinatra and Roger Miller

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Kate Coon (former Nobles faculty), Seth Coon, Curtis Hamilton, Katharine Coon Hamilton ’02, Daniel Coon ’99 and Alexander Coon ’94

Danny Gonzalez ’05 and Xuan Nguyen on their wedding day

From the wedding of Greg Croak ’06 to Libby Reynolds. L to R: Rob O’Block ’05, Matt Cambria ’05, Brendan Armour ’05, Tim Furcillo ’06, Dan Perkins ’05, Greg Croak ’06, Cam Goodrich ’03, Whitney Kelly ’06, Dan Croak ’00 and George Maley

in Woodland Hills, Calif.; Molly Boskey ’05 married Charlie Pascal at the Wequassett Resort in Cape Cod in June 2015; Danny Gonzalez ’05 married Xuan Nguyen on August 15, 2015; Jessye Aibel ’06 married Kevin Crets September 19, 2015 on Martha’s Vineyard; Greg Croak ’06 married Libby Reynolds in Seattle in August 2015; Maddie Pongor ’07 married Abedin Sham on August 8, 2015 in Chatham, Mass.

New Arrivals Andrew Partridge ’86 and his wife, Haley welcomed son Jasper Sky Partridge; Marco Schiavo ’93 had his third daughter, Anna Grace, on June 6, 2015. Anna joins sisters Elizabeth Michela and Sara Jane; Nim Shah ’93 and wife Annie announced that daughter Celeste Evelyn Shah joined them on September 25, 2015; Heidi (Notman) Muccifori ’94

Jasper Sky Partridge, son of Andrew Partridge ’86 and his wife, Haley Wedding guests at the union of Maddie Pongor and Abedin Sham included Nobles alumni from the Class of 2007, from left: Geoff Silver, Angela Murray, Ross Chanowski, Courtney Frazee (Abedin Sham, Madeline Sham), Kate Zabinsky, Allie Palmer, Liz Barry and Julia Hickey

Nim Shah ’93 and wife Annie enjoy a moment with daughter Celeste Evelyn, born September 25, 2015.

Abigail Brown Muccifori was born July 13 to Heidi Norman Muccifori ’94.

Phil Higgins and his husband, Matt, welcomed son Lucas to their family July 31, 2015. Big brother Felix has to share the spotlight now!

Dave Klivans ’98 and wife Crystal recently had twin boys, Cole and Caiden, here pictured with big sister, Savannah (3)

Ellis Clark Burns was born to Astrid Peterson Burns ’01 on Sept. 11, 2015.

Lennox Lillian Gardos, Daughter of Andrea (Berberian) Gardos ’01 and Steve Gardos ’98

Harper Elizabeth Wyatt was born to Kate O’Donnell Wyatt ’00 and husband Aaron on June 4.

welcomed daughter Abigail Brown Muccifori on July 13, 2015; she joins big brother Teddy; Kathryn (Lieber) Berman ’94 welcomed daughter Callie Jean Berman on July 21, 2015; Phil Higgins ’94 and his husband, Matt Smith, welcomed their second son, Lucas, into the world on July 31, 2015; Patty (Burke) Sanchez ’96 had a baby girl, Annabelle, who joins brother, William and sister, Caitlin; Joe Jackson ’98 welcomed a baby girl; Dave Klivans

’98 and wife Crystal recently added twin boys, Cole and Caiden (born June 21, 2015), to the brood, totaling three kids, along with daughter, Savannah (3); Kate (O’Donnell) Wyatt ’00 and husband, Aaron welcomed a baby girl, Harper Elizabeth Wyatt, on June 4, 2015; Astrid Peterson Burns ’01 welcomed a son, Ellis Clark Burns, on September 11, 2015; Kevin Darcy ’01 and wife, Erika, welcomed daughter Averie Rose Darcy on June 1, 2015; Andrea

Colby George Furcillo, son of Tim Furcillo ’06 and his wife, Caitlin, was born on May 28, 2015 and is already ready to play varsity!

(Berberian) Gardos ’01 and Steve Gardos ’98 welcomed a daughter, Lennox Lillian Gardos, on May 27, 2015; Margaret (Gormley) Donahue ’02 and husband Dave welcomed a daughter, Charlotte Caroline Donahue on March 27, 2015; Margot (Lynn) Davis ’02 and husband Zach welcomed a daughter, Madeline Hope Davis, to the world on July 9, 2015; Colby George Furcillo was born May 28, 2015 to Tim Furcillo ’06 and wife, Caitlin.

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CITY BOYS ON CEDAR STREET A group of Noble and Greenough boys gathers outside their school at 44 West Cedar Street in 1889.

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