Spring 2018 Journal

JOURNAL PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL Spring 2018

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“Smile!” Two of our esteemed Alumni Award Recipients are from the class of 1978. This photo, found in our archives, includes Barbara Griffin Cole and Robert C. Whitlock with members of their eighth grade class.

FEATURES

IN EVERY ISSUE

3 A History of Princeton Day School

in 12 Stories

15 News and Events

38 Aligning Physical Space with Mission

19 Arts Notes

42 Alumni Achievement Award

30 Faculty Notes

A Reimagined Shepherd Commons and a New Greenhouse

Robert Whitlock, Jr. ’78

44 John D. Wallace ’48 Alumni Service Award Barbara Griffin Cole ’78

46 Outstanding Young Alumni Award

24 Sports Notes 32 Former Faculty News 36 Board of Trustees News 41 Alumni News

Christopher Campbell ’03

57 Class Notes

48 Athletic Hall of Fame

88 In Memoriam

Davon Reed ’13

89 Snapshots Spring 2018 Journal Volume 56/Number 1

Cover: Head of School Paul Stellato is surrounded by 12 long-serving and beloved faculty and staff members who will be retiring at the end of this year. In the back row, from left to right: Eamon Downey, Ann Wiley ’70, Donna Zarzecki, Paul Stellato, Chris Hart, Paula Kampe, and Barbara Walker. Seated, from left to right: Andrea Schafer, Lee Rosenberg, Hank Bristol ’72, Deb Sugarman, Betsy Rizza, and Susan Reichlin. Cover photo by: Corbin Gurkin and US photography teacher Thatcher Cook Editor: Kathryn Rosko, Director of Marketing and Communications Designer: Christine Cantera, Art Director Contributing Writers: Kathryn Rosko, Linda Maxwell Stefanelli ’62, Evan Thomas Class Notes and Former Faculty News Editor: Ann Wiley ’70 Photography: Christine Cantera, Nancy Erickson, Matt Pilsner, and Laurie VanSant

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LETTER FROM

Paul J. Stellato, Head of School

The Baby Boom.

As the Second World War ebbed, this remarkable generation grew and blossomed into full flower. Through the decades that followed the close of that war, it shaped our nation’s course and secured its prosperity. Its members – now somewhat grayer, considerably wiser, and unlikely to slow down any time soon – are turning from the work of a lifetime to pleasures of more personal pursuits: caring for their parents, preparing for their children’s weddings, spoiling their grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and traveling, writing, consulting, and reading the stacks of books that clutter their tables and nightstands. And so it is at Princeton Day School, as a host of veteran, influential, accomplished faculty will retire at year’s end.

Twelve senior members of our school’s faculty have shared with me their plans to retire in June from Princeton Day School. The roster is daunting: Hank Bristol ’72, Eamon Downey, Chris Hart, Susan Reichlin, Betsy Rizza, Lee Rosenberg, Andrea Schafer, Bill Stoltzfus, Deb Sugarman, Barbara Walker, Ann Wiley ’70, and Donna Zarzecki.

Having taught, advised, coached, and inspired thousands of students, they leave behind a legacy unrivaled in our school’s 53-year history. Their absence will be keenly felt. I feel it now.

Consider the impact of a group whose years of service on our campus reach into the hundreds (303, by my count); whose guidance, care, and direction have enriched the lives of thousands (I won’t hazard a guess) of students, parents, colleagues, and friends of our school; and whose influence on the course and culture of our school can be measured in her unbridled prosperity, her national reputation, and her unwavering optimism. They are the proud parents of 16 Princeton Day School alumni: doctors, lawyers, adventurers, scholars, entrepreneurs, and one member of our school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Two of them – Ann Wiley ’70 and Hank Bristol ’72 – were present at our school’s creation, arriving on the first day – ever – of classes at Princeton Day School. Eamon Downey arrived six years after the school’s founding and concludes his career as its third-longest-serving faculty member.

Think of these iconic programs – the Operetta, the 8th grade musical, Peer Group, 8th grade self-portraits, Ethics and Religion – and summon the names those who lead them: Andrea Schafer, Deb Sugarman, Donna Zarzecki, Susan Reichlin, and Bill Stolzfus. Before becoming an iconic program, STEAM was first the vision of Lee Rosenberg.

Imagine the good fortune of a child moving from 3rd grade with Betsy Rizza to 4th grade with Chris Hart; imagine that child’s grateful parents. Consider for a moment the pleasure of reading Macbeth or Hamlet – or almost anything – with Barbara Walker.

Committed as we are to the opportunity of hiring the next generation of faculty, I cannot help but think of our first head of school, Doug McClure, who was charged with a seeming impossible task: making a lasting marriage of two reluctant partners, Miss Fine’s School and Princeton Country Day School.

At the start of his 16-year tenure, in a letter he wrote to the school’s first board chair, Harold Dodds, Doug McClure penned a line whose central idea has become a school hallmark; he wrote: “Although we are a new school, a young school, our advantage over our peer schools is entire. All of them will hire teachers, but Princeton Day School will do something different, something that will endure: it will build a faculty.”

Build a faculty. As the wisdom of that founding vision is embodied in all 12 of them, so it will be renewed by the men and women who return in September, 2018. So it will be refreshed by colleagues new to our school. We are fortunate to be able to turn to them all.

Splitting a box of Kleenex with me as she shared her decision, one of these dear colleagues reminded me that she did not begin her Princeton Day School career as a legend. A young teacher new to independent schools, she intended to stay just a couple of years, before beginning a different career in another field. What she found – as have her departing peers – is what all the great ones have found on the Great Road: a home, a community, a sense of true purpose and meaning, and the work of a lifetime.

Paul J. Stellato

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XXX Hank ’72

Bristol by

Byx

Beth Yakoby

Middle School History Teacher

Staring deep into a watercolor painting of

pastel hues, I behold waves crashing violently along a jagged coastline of moss-covered boulders. Nestling further back among conifers, a Maine home provides the idyllic vacation spot. The painting is the work of the Reverend Henry (Hank) Bristol II ’72, and either he or his wife Susan could have easily designed the house. The two met studying architecture in graduate school at the University of Virginia.

A man of multiple talents—artist, architect, sailor—to name only a few, Mr. Bristol has served Princeton Day School as a 7th and 8th grade history teacher for just over a decade and spearheaded the Middle School squash program. For five years, he coached our squash teams. But if asked about his greatest interest, Mr. Bristol would undoubtedly and affectionately reply, “Fatherhood.” He and Susan are the proud parents of three PDS alumni: Clark ’06, Rachel ’09, and Benjamin ’13.

Mr. Bristol found his second home in Room 122 and, just as within the walls of a home, warmth and compassion have permeated his classroom. Mr. Bristol cares about not only his students’ academic growth but also their emotional wellbeing. It is only proper and fitting that when interacting with his pupils, he wears his heart on his sleeve. When I asked students for their thoughts on Mr. Bristol, I received a wide-range of responses: “Mr. Bristol is always calm, and he provides strategies for different learners,” “He teaches a topic like it is a story,” “He is soft-spoken, but when he speaks it’s deliberate and powerful, and he has intelligent humor,” “Mr. Bristol is so cool; he wears totally weird sneakers for the grade eight versus faculty basketball game,” “Mr. Bristol really gets into the Gettysburg Mini-Course Week, like really gets into it.”

Having witnessed Mr. Bristol in action as a guest in his classroom, I have come to appreciate two hallmarks of his history lessons: they come complete with rough sketches covering the chalkboard, providing visual enhancements of study topics, and they somehow unwaveringly include a mention of Bowdoin College, Mr. Bristol’s alma mater.

More importantly, his lessons reflect his acute awareness that students acquire knowledge in different ways. Indeed, Mr. Bristol successfully meets the needs of all learners by varying his lessons. One distinguishing component of Mr. Bristol’s classes is that they involve an interdisciplinary approach to the past. For example, his 7th grade students create detailed drawings of the thirteen English colonies and put them on display so that others can learn about the geography of our nation’s early years. His 8th grade pupils adore their project on the Roaring Twenties in which they explore their individual passions while at the same time learning about the life and culture of the United States during the 1920s.

For me, Mr. Bristol has been far more than a colleague.

He has been a close friend and confidant. With a gentle and compassionate heart, he has a sixth sense for knowing when a co-worker could use supportive and loving words.

He offers wisdom and logic to help others gracefully face life’s complex challenges. This is an innate gift that he has developed further with his recent appointment as a Deacon at St. David’s Episcopal Church, allowing him the official title of Reverend Hank Bristol II. Indeed, Princeton Day School has benefitted greatly over the years by Mr. Bristol as he sailed through his threefold role: student, parent, and educator. He will be deeply missed by the whole PDS community but particularly by Middle School students and faculty, his extended family.

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Eamon

Downey by

Howie Powers ’80 History Department Chair

1972 was a momentous year for the United

States. In February, President Richard Nixon travelled to China; in March, the Godfather was released, and in June, Republican party operatives were arrested for breaking into the Watergate Hotel. In late summer, the last U.S. ground forces left Vietnam, Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky, Bob Barker hosted the first “Price is Right,” and Eamon Downey taught his first class at Princeton Day School. The year finished with President Nixon’s reelection and the initial broadcast of HBO. For many, perhaps, it is hard to pick out the most critical events of that fateful year, but for Princeton Day School the arrival of a young Irishman from Long Island was the beginning of a very successful partnership.

Eamon first came to Princeton as a highly recruited runner who went on to earn 12 Varsity Letters, and is still the two mile record holder at the University. Cross Country Captain and Track All American, Eamon is a member of Princeton University’s all Century Cross Country/Track & Field Team.

Despite being an English Major at Princeton, Eamon began his PDS career as a history teacher in the Middle School under David Frothingham and Pete Jacques. His early career revolved around his students and his running. Eamon continued to grow as a very competitive long distance runner with a 2:27 NYC Marathon, but his favorite event was the half where he recorded a 1:07 finish (5:06 minute miles, ouch).

Now, while many know Eamon as a runner, it was Carlos Cara who shared another sports story from the 1980s.

“A bunch of us would play pick-up basketball in the boys’ gym. Eamon never went in for rebounds, nor did he do a lot of dribbling. I can’t remember him running around, for that matter. Instead, he would stand way back, further than the three point line used today and call for the ball. When he got the ball he would pump fake, bend his knees, and let go of a high arching shot. The ball would take flight and if it didn’t hit the rafters, or go over the backboard, he would 5 out of 10

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times hit the rim, and 1 out of those 5 times make a basket!

In fact his skills were so renowned, and so impressive he was christened Downtown Downey.”

But it is cross country where Eamon made his mark as the longest serving Varsity inducted into the PDS Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. Dave Freedholm, his assistant for many years, has fond memories of Eamon driving both his athletes to new heights and their golf cart to new racing trails.

While Eamon meshed well with the tweens of Middle School, in the 1980’s he became drawn to the Upper School, which led him to Colross, where, at the time, history offices were located and classes were held. Eamon taught across the curriculum from Western Civilization, to U.S. History, to Political Science classes. Over the years he was consistently found leading his students in his classroom and working with them individually in Shepherd Commons. Eamon’s dedication to his charges was noteworthy and set a standard for student care. As he entered the Upper School he also became the longest serving club advisor when in 1983 he took over the Model UN team from Gary Lott (and where his team spent an extra two days in Washington, D.C. snowed in by a blizzard). While the records are a little cloudy, we do know that “Our Dear Leader,” as his students call him, has led this year’s team to two Outstanding Delegation awards at conferences with more than 150 schools in attendance.

Finally we must honor his service as the school’s longest tenured History Chair (1989-2006), following in the steps of his mentors Anne Rothrock and Gary Lott. He guided the department from one height to the next and made it a bedrock of PDS’ academic excellence. He led its focus beyond a western history approach to add more perspectives and more disciplines.

His Athletic Hall of Fame plaque said it all: “low drag, high performance, long distance” words that describe both his running, but more importantly, his teaching. Eamon is one of the foundational rocks upon which PDS was built. An amazing record of service.

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Chris

Hart by

Tarshia Griffin-Ley

Middle School HumanitiesTeacher

When my family and I received confirmation that

our daughter, Adayliah, would be entering Kindergarten at PDS and that I would also be teaching at PDS, we were elated. Though joining this dynamic institution was a personal accomplishment, it was also a challenge; a new environment meant that I had to prove myself worthy of my position. My first year at PDS was much like a first year for any teacher anywhere, except that here at PDS, I had Chris Hart as my unofficial mentor.

During my interview, I gathered two essential qualities about Chris Hart (whom I have come to call simply, yet affectionately, Hart): 1) she is forthright, and 2) she is genuine.

So naturally when I had a query or concern, Hart was the first person I sought out. Even beyond school-related issues, Hart was someone that I confided in about my personal troubles.

For instance, knowing that she would have sage advice to offer, I revealed to her my concerns regarding my health, as I was troubled by the reappearance of a lump found on my chest. Any other respected colleague would have consoled me and pointed me in the direction of the best specialist, but not Chris Hart.

She resolved to go with me to the doctor.

This potentially somber occasion would require missing a day of school, and given our newfound friendship and considering that people would assume that we were merely committing an act of truancy, we devised a plan for Hart to call out sick while I would take a personal day. We agreed that Chris was to meet me at my house in Trenton. In this way, we would be less likely to be found out, and we could simply walk to the station to catch a New York-bound train to my appointment at NYU’s Cancer Center. Immediately upon setting out on our trek to the Trenton train station, our attention was drawn to this incessant honking that rose above the cacophony of the rush hour traffic.

We reeled around expecting to answer a lost driver’s questions or witness an obnoxious driver’s temper tantrum, but instead Chris was identified by a PDS parent, earnest in his attempt to greet her. Busted! (Really, what were we thinking?! Hart had been a staple at PDS for at least 20 years at that time, so that’s

at least 640 pairs of parent eyes that could recognize Chris Hart in a line-up… blindfolded.) We laughed it off and assured the parent that we were not just playing hooky, which the parent reassured us was none of his business either way.

Giggly and incredulous, we resumed our journey. This chance encounter proved to be a catalyst for a temporarilycarefree existence en route to the medical center. With some of the anxiety lessened, we rambled about the city until my appointment. When we finally got there, Hart had managed to assuage my fears and make me hopeful because, no matter what, I would not have to bear it alone.

From that day on, Hart and I became our own rendition of The Odd Couple, celebrating holidays together, attending each other’s families’ events, and becoming the friends that we are today. Though over the years we have become more of an unlikely trinity or a quirky quartet, adding more friends into the fold, no matter the number in the circle. Chris Hart is forever at the center, knitting us together with more than just humor but with her ability to empathize, to be honest, and to inspire.

At first glance, one might mistake Hart’s affable demeanor as flippant, disruptive, or even gimmicky, but she is anything but those things. If you or your child have been blessed with being serendipitously placed in Mrs. Hart’s class, then you know firsthand of the magical, transformative experience that Chris Hart gifts every child and parent in her care. Chris Hart’s magic is that she is there on each of her students’ journeys, just as she is on mine, every step of the way, helping them to become more of who they fully are and to overcome barriers they didn’t think they could cross. I have had the benefit of being one such recipient. And though it brings me some sorrow that Chris will not be there in the Lower School when I make an impromptu visit or need to borrow something for my class, it is a delight to have worked beside her and a true honor to be able to call Chris Hart my friend. And who knows, maybe in her retirement, we will actually get to play hooky and deliberately plan something fun.

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Susan

Reichlin

by Jody

Erdman

Director of the Anne Reid ’72 Art Gallery

For the past three decades, Susan Reichlin, a talented teacher and artist, has made remarkable accomplishments to the arts at PDS and to the thousands of middle school students she has taught. Susan’s great strength and what sets her apart is her ability to really care, to listen, and to make meaningful connections. She has a deep dedication to the arts and she loves to share that passion with everyone. For Susan, commitment to her students is essential. She truly believes each student is an artist and every child leaves each grade more certain of that belief themselves. Their four years of Middle School is not complete until Susan has fostered their path for success as they enter Upper School.

The highest quality of her teaching, according to her colleague Middle School art teacher Karen Stolper, as well as parents, is that Susan is dedicated, committed, and caring. She knows how to encourage each student as an individual and give valuable support. She is able to have them take ownership of their work by being both gentle and strong at the same time. Susan commits fully to knowing and engaging all of her students and advisees and she gets the best out of them. Susan has also displayed these qualities in the past few years in her tenure as Chair of the Visual and Design Arts Department.

Thanks to Susan, Princeton Day School has its own Permanent Collection, a remarkable and massive student art collection that extends throughout the entire school. Decades ago she conceived of this lovely way to honor our students, and it sets our school apart. As a result, one of the first things visitors notice about Princeton Day School is the volume of student art, which is beautifully curated by Susan and her friend and colleague Upper School architecture teacher David Burkett, and displayed in the

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Campus Center, in hallways, offices, and on the walls in Colross. These drawings and paintings are remarkable, and the quality of work she achieves with her eighth grade selfportrait class would make an arresting exhibit in our art gallery. The Permanent Collection is the epitome of Susan’s success and illustrates the importance she places on teaching young children and honoring their work as individuals. This is one of many ways her students proudly take ownership of the halls and feel that everyone is valued.

If you’ve ever gone on a school trip with Susan you will know that she spends months in preparation. If she’s taking her students to a museum, she’ll focus on the most relevant exhibit, study that exhibit intently, and bring back that knowledge. She’ll collect volumes of books and videos to share with her students to make sure that they know everything about the exhibit weeks before they get there. She asks great questions of them. Susan ultimately helps the students understand the importance of why they are there as they open their eyes to art and culture. Her trips are unforgettable.

We, her friends and colleagues at PDS, have been fortunate to have Susan with us for so many years. She’s inspired and impacted our students for decades and carved their paths in the arts. Her dedication to her craft and to each student gives them respect and dignity. She has excelled at making them both confident in their artistic abilities and effective stewards of the arts for life. Thank you, Susan, for advancing Middle School arts and for lighting the path forward.

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Betsy

Rizza

by Margie Wallace Gibson ’84 Third Grade Teacher and Director of Service Learning

It’s a fall day on the playground. The

Rizzaronis (clan name for Betsy Rizza’s 3rd graders) are tossing a football, swinging on the monkey bars, and dragging branches from the meadow to fortify a structure.

Off to the side there is an additional scene: two Rizzaronis and Betsy between them, leaning in, listening and looking from one to the other. This scene is a moment capturing Betsy at her most authentic. She is masterfully empowering her students as they debate an issue about who deserved to have the pencil. Betsy is the patient mediator, assuring each side will feel like a winner despite the outcome. How easy it would have been for Betsy to make a decision and tell the two to let it go or move on, but that’s not who Betsy is. Betsy is not a “let it go” kind of person in the classroom or outside of it. Betsy holds onto moments until they’re made right.

This ‘hold on ‘til we make it right’ attitude is only one of the countless reasons students, colleagues, friends, and family, adore Betsy. Her students understand how much she is devoted to them and, in turn, they revere her. Whether she is moving the masses to the bathroom before a field trip or she is rearranging everyone’s spot at the lunch table, her Rizzaronis hang on her every word and follow her every step.

With a heart that’s overflowing, Betsy is empathetic, kind, gentle, and optimistic. Betsy has a gift. She finds the flickering light in each child who passes through her doorway. When she identifies this spark, she gently kindles it through love and kindness to grow into a full-blown twinkling flame. Her students are empowered to dream big and, in turn, hundreds of parents are reassured that their children are indeed priceless treasures.

Betsy is remarkable in how well she knows her students and how astutely she can define their personalities. I had a moment just recently when I was curious about one of her students. “Oh, she’s 8 going on 43,” she commented.

What an apt description that immediately shed light on an

interaction I had experienced with the student. Whether she is sharing about a personality or she is informing me about her student’s academic abilities, Betsy is in tune with each one of her charges. It’s almost uncanny what she knows and sees in them.

Betsy, in all aspects of her life, thinks through every moment, considers the players involved, the details of a situation, the possible outcomes and the inevitable what if ’s. She is meticulous in making notes, making a list, and ‘checking it twice.’ Attending to the minutiae is invigorating to Betsy. Assigning children into groups for some is a tedious process; for Betsy it’s a chance to give her students an opportunity for success. Betsy will be the one to call me several hours later asking, “Are we sure those two in the same group makes sense?”

So what will it be like without Betsy in our LS hallways?

The hallways will be a bit quieter and dimmer. A little playfulness will disappear. If anyone wonders who authors the notes from a lonely sled who is missing its owner, or from a pair of boots who need their humans, spoiler alert: Betsy is the anonymous author. Her cards with clever quips or funny thoughts are always delivered at just the right moment. Betsy’s laugh is infectious and spontaneous. She starts to giggle and others happily join.

On the flipside, the hallways will also miss a calm; regardless of how keyed up her Rizzaronis are, Betsy appears unflappable as she maintains control of any classroom situation or handles the nuances of an Imagine the Possibilities schedule. When something might seem a bit awry, she’ll optimistically claim, “there’s a poem in there somewhere.”

Betsy has no airs about her. She will never realize what a profound mark she’s left on PDS. For those of us she leaves behind, her humility, her generosity of spirit, and her open, loving, kind ways will be her legacy. While Betsy will forever be part of our hallways, her sparkle will be deeply missed.

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Dr. Leon

Rosenberg by

Carrie Norin, PhD

Upper School Science Teacher

When Dr. Leon Rosenberg stepped foot into

Princeton Day School in the spring of 2014, it was not his first visit. His daughter, Alexa, had walked these halls over a decade ago, inspired by a faculty with whom he would soon be collaborating. That day, Lee was contemplating coming to PDS as the school’s first scientist in residence.

His tenure at Princeton University as a senior molecular biologist and professor was coming to a close and yet he was not ready to stop teaching. Armed with lectures recounting his distinguished body of research as well as an updated version of his Genes, Health, and Society class now tailored to high school students, he found a way to give back to his daughter’s alma mater. That contribution alone would have been sufficient, however, in those four years, as testament to Lee’s ambition and drive, he went above and beyond and was responsible for making significant improvements to the PDS science department.

We met that spring day in a small library conference room and chatted about biology and genetics, our teaching philosophies, and the PDS culture. We immediately hit it off; it was a great conversation and the beginning of a strong friendship. That fall, he began a new chapter of his career as scientist in residence at Princeton Day School.

Lee demonstrated his talents in the classroom by sharing first-hand observations of his accomplished scientific career in the dynamic field of genetics. He and his students would have debates about the ethics of genetic testing, the facts about GMOs, and the potential consequences of gene editing. He quickly became known by the PDS community as he engaged students and faculty attending his lunch lectures with captivating stories of real children, real genetic disorders, and real scientific discovery.

Lee became a mentor to me. He supported me in my developing career at PDS, sharing advice and advocating for me. In turn, I was able to show him the ropes, help him navigate the gauntlet of PDS technology, and share

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some ideas about hands-on instruction. Lee and I both felt strongly about the direction of the science department and we had numerous conversations about interdisciplinary instruction, inquiry models of science education, and team teaching. In fact, we practiced what we preached by guest lecturing in each others’ classes over the next few years.

When a sudden departure left the position of Science Department Chair open, Lee was the obvious choice for the interim replacement. At once, Lee had the opportunity to instill real change and stepped into his new role effortlessly.

After all, leadership came naturally to him; he had served as Dean of the Yale University School of Medicine and as President of the Pharmaceutical Research Institute at Bristol Myers Squibb. Lee fought hard for the science department, understanding what was working well and what needed improvement. He made dramatic changes, bringing in accomplished teachers, and enabling us to discuss what drove us: our teaching philosophies and how to best educate students.

Perhaps Lee’s most influential work at PDS was his recent spearheading of the interdisciplinary STEAM initiative. The STEAM committee was tasked with designing state-of-theart curriculum as well as beautifully reimagined classrooms by which to further enhance the student experience at PDS. His team worked swiftly to offer exciting new courses, including robotics, engineering, and computer science.

The fresh look of the center, as well as its substantive programming, speaks to Lee’s passion of moving Princeton Day School into the future.

As Lee moves on to the next big thing, we at PDS are grateful that he shared his spark of enthusiasm and love of scientific discovery with us. Dr. Leon Rosenberg will be truly missed by his students, colleagues, and those who have not yet walked these halls of Princeton Day School, for his impact on our community will certainly be everlasting.

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Andrea

Schafer by

Cindy Peifer

Middle School Humanities Teacher and DaVinci Coordinator

When Andrea Schafer retires at the end of

the year, it will take a magician to fill her shoes. Whether dancing, directing, or teaching new movements, those shoes are never still. This master of music understands children, and she has in common with them energy in abundance.

Over her 20 years at PDS, she has captured her students’ creative energy in performance after performance, pushing her charges to accomplish things they never knew they could do, and bringing one audience after another to its feet.

The Lower School Holiday Concert is a work of art to which every LS teacher contributes, and which has been largely staged and directed by Andrea. Whether it was the angelic Kindergarteners or the more “sophisticated” 4th graders, she managed to get them into the right places at the right time to offer their holiday songs from around the world to packed houses.

Along with the 4th grade teachers, Andrea has produced approximately tenty 4th grade operettas. She has choreographed them all with amazing results. One chord on the piano brings each student to attention. Whether the students are portraying the Peanuts gang, the Muppets, or fairytale characters we all know and love, she has the students singing and dancing expertly around the stage.

Fourth grade parents have been known to laugh and cry at the same time when they see what their children have accomplished.

Along with Tomasz Rzeczycki and the help of parents, Andrea has facilitated The Players Circle for Lower School students. Here, students who study music outside of school can play their instruments for an audience that fills the LS Music room. Young pianists, violinists, and others gain confidence and poise as they entertain other students, parents, and faculty.

Although most people know Andrea from what they see happening on the stage, she is a busy teacher behind the scenes. She knows and cares about each student in the Lower School and follows up on any concerns. As an individual who teaches everyone in the division, she has probably written about 500 comments per year. And while most teachers struggle to get their comments in on time, Andrea, an extraordinarily organized person, is always finished early.

Many of us remember Andrea and her husband Peter performing Polish folk dances for us in past years. These days she is also likely to be found country line dancing or salsa dancing with friends. From time to time she has brought in another family member, her parrot, Milo, who sings and talks to the students, to everyone’s delight.

At the end of the school year, Andrea helps the children shine at the final closing assembly. It is a time to celebrate the year in words and in music, as well as a time to celebrate those who have served the school but are leaving for new opportunities. This year, we will wish Andrea herself the best as she and other beloved Lower School teachers depart.

For some time now, she has said that she would “graduate” with her daughter Mary, and she is true to her word.

Andrea will not be letting any grass grow under her feet during retirement. She will continue giving harp lessons privately, have more time to enjoy horseback riding, continue her yoga routine, and explore books on mindfulness. She will have a new golden retriever to keep her company, and it is a given that she will pick up lots of new hobbies.

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Bill

Stoltzfus by

Dave Freedholm

Upper School History and ReligionTeacher

In conversations about teaching with Bill

Stoltzfus, a certain phrase cropped up often. This phrase often preceded Bill’s observations and went this way – “In my world …” To me, this formulation reveals something very essential about Bill as an educator - that is, over his nearly forty years at PDS, he created a unique environment for learning that was completely and essentially his own. I think it is safe to say that there never was or will be a teacher at PDS like Bill Stoltzfus.

And, of course, I mean this in the best way possible.

Those students who entered “Bill’s world” entered into a space where texts were primary. In Bible class, students immersed themselves deeply in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, reading closely with an eye toward history and meaning. In Ethics class, students plowed their way through great thinkers such as Aristotle, Hume, Nietzsche, and Kant.

In Ancient Greek Thought, students grappled with historians like Herodotus and philosophers like Plato. As students read these seminal texts, Bill asked them to reflect carefully and personally on their relevance to questions that were at once intellectual and deeply personal. In class, Bill often used Socratic methods of engagement and loved to design exercises that challenged students to see the complex connections between ideas and events. One of the most famous examples of this was the ever-entertaining game he designed called “Blob.”

Above all, Bill was always a teacher of the utmost principle, as one would expect from a scholar of religion and ethics. To his credit, Bill often stood firmly on his principles in matters of conscience, but was the first to embrace others once disputes or disagreements were settled. As someone who has known him for nearly a quarter of a century, I can say there has been no truer friend to his students and colleagues than Bill. That was an essential part of the world at PDS that Bill created.

Over the years, “Bill’s world” would come to include a large variety of activities outside the classroom. In his early time at PDS, Bill was a dean in the Middle School, dealing with the

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occasional disciplinary issue, a role that he quickly extended to consideration of large-scale issues of justice and honor in the classroom. He was a coach for 27 seasons in a variety of sports from tennis to Middle School softball, once famously reassuring his young (but somewhat naïve) players, who were on the wrong end of a lopsided score, that the reason their opponents weren’t stealing bases was because they went to a Catholic school. In recent years, Bill was co-advisor to the Spokesman, providing sage advice to our sometimes muckraking journalists. Bill also chaired the Religion Department at PDS, helping to spearhead the effort to bring a wider religious perspective to our class offerings. In a good faith effort to pioneer travel experiences for our students, Bill went with me on the first PDS trip to India. The summer before he and I went by car and foot to the source of Ganges in the Himalayas, braving high altitude and our inadequate preparations to literally set our toes into the glacial water that springs forth from the glacier. All of the things Bill did at and for PDS were done from the great depth of caring, love, and integrity that was part of his world.

Part of Bill’s world too were the many family, friends, and colleagues he had at PDS. Bill’s mom, Janet, was also a religion teacher and a leader at PDS. His three sisters (Susan, Rebecca, and Winnie) graduated from PDS and his aunt, Winifred, taught at Miss Fine’s. His daughter, Amelia, graduated from PDS in 2016 with a cohort of compatriots known as the “Hopewell girls,” who are friends to this day. His wife, Allison, once taught Middle School math at PDS and would go on to be his longtime partner and support. Bill’s many colleagues at PDS, especially in the History department, benefitted greatly from his wisdom, support, and compassion.

As we bid him a fond farewell, I think it safe to say that we all are tremendously grateful for being included in “Bill’s world” here at PDS. Bill is sui generis, one of a kind, and these halls won’t see his like again.

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Deb

Sugarman by

Stan Cahill

Upper School Theater Teacher and Artist-in-Residence

Directly across from my office is Room 152: Deb’s Room. At first glance, it is an unremarkable room. Its white walls and whiteboards are always empty. The tables are pushed to the side and the shelves are half-filled with mismatched items...

In the center of the room, there sits a circle of chairs, maybe a few cubes.

Waiting.

Those of us who work in the theater know that it all starts with the circle. Maybe it stems from our earliest beginnings, huddled around the campfire for warmth with nothing more than an urge to share stories.

There is an undeniable potential in the circle of chairs that sits in Room 152.

Daily, a steady stream of excited young artists rush past my office through the door to find their seat in that magic circle. For eleven years, I have seen this happen three, four times daily. Sometimes more. Strange noises emerge from that room. And rising above that barely-controlled mayhem is the unmistakable laugh of Deb Sugarman.

Don’t be fooled. Deb does not give that laugh up easily.

One has to earn it. You see, her laugh is a response that has been honed after years in the trenches. Sleeves rolled up, fingernails dirty with paint, dye and strange adhesives, no one can dig into a joke like Deb. It’s in her blood. Literally.

Deb’s bloodlines run straight to Curly and Moe Howard.

When you get a laugh out of Deb, you know you’ve earned it. And, daily, I hear our young artists earning that laugh bit after bit, gag after gag, moment after moment.

Department Chair, Dean, Whitlock Award Winner, Master Baker of Birthday Cakes, Deb has spent the last eight years designing costumes for Upper School productions. I’m always a little nervous when she steps into the rehearsal room to take some costume notes—like her students, I wait for the laugh. It tells me that I’ve nailed a moment, a bit, a gag. I don’t always get it. But at some point, Deb will find me in the back of the house, touch me on the shoulder to let me know “It’s Gonna Work.”

Deb is the one who makes this stuff look so easy. Eighty cast members are no problem for Deb; in fact, there’s always room for one more. For 17 years, Deb has created a home in the theater. A safe place. A home where any child, no matter how shy or flamboyant, can try on a new identity. A safe spot to land when everything else has fallen apart.

And that laugh.

She knows. She wasn’t teaching kids how to act. She wasn’t teaching kids how to perform or to become a character. All along, she’s been teaching kids how to be Themselves.

For Deb, there’s always been room for one more. Yearly, she has given us the gift of yet another batch of fearless young artists, ready to stand in the middle of the stage and shout into the darkness, “I’m here. This is my story.”

It’s been an absolute joy to work alongside such a gifted teaching artist and storyteller.

And I will be sure to keep that circle of chairs set in the middle of Deb’s Room. Be sure to stop by some time— because, as Deb knows, there is always room for one more.

Did I mention that laugh?

I have grown to rely on that laugh. Along with Deb’s numerous titles over her 17 years at PDS, including

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Barbara

Walker by

David LaMotte

Former English Department Chair

Take a stroll down to the lower level of the Arts

Atrium and read Barbara Walker’s beautifully written tribute to her husband Jim, the words etched into the glass of the window that looks out onto the courtyard and the sculpture placed there in Jim’s memory: “While students come and go—a natural cycle within other natural cycles—there must be points of permanence, emblems that enable and inspire what comes next.”

Teachers come and go, too. Between them, the Walkers account for more than 50 years of devotion to PDS (add Barbara’s 18 years to Jim’s 35). I can’t imagine a richer, more permanent legacy than the people, both students and colleagues, whom Jim and Barbara have mentored and inspired over all those years, including me.

Barbara came to PDS in 2000, already a master teacher, having spent many years teaching at Steinert, the gifted and talented program of Hamilton High School East, and having won numerous awards for outstanding teaching and distinguished service. Right from the start, Barbara became a nurturing presence, both through her teaching in the English classroom and her coaching of students in Speech and Debate and in Mock Trial.

Barbara and I were officemates for a couple of years, so I got to overhear her meeting individually with her students. She held them rigorously to account, but always with a warmth, encouragement, and lightness of heart that called to mind Tracy Kidder’s observation, in Among Schoolchildren, that “a good teacher can give a child at least a chance to feel, ‘She thinks I’m worth something. Maybe I am.’”

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and impressively than Barbara Walker. She confesses to being a “closet medievalist,” and the list of NEH seminars, workshops, and summer institutes she has attended over the years— on topics ranging from Beowulf, to Dante’s Commedia, to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, all the way up to Lahiri’s The Interpreter of Maladies— still takes my breath away.

Robert Frost once said, “A good teacher begins by loving his subject and ends up loving his students.” Barbara’s exploration of literature and art in her own learning led her to develop, over the years, some of the richest courses in PDS’s extraordinary collection of Upper School English electives, courses that exposed students to the great works of Medieval and Renaissance literature, juxtaposing them with contemporary works in truly innovative ways.

In bringing her personal exploration of literary history back to the classroom to share so creatively and passionately with her students, Barbara has truly lived the closing lines of Frost’s “Two Tramps in Mudtime,” to which she would now and then refer: My object in living is to unite My avocation and my vocation As my two eyes make one in sight.

Only where love and need are one, And the work is play for mortal stakes Is the deed ever really done For heaven and the future’s sakes.

You have seen those lines brought to life if you have ever been fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of Barbara, transformed outwardly and inwardly, and most convincingly, into Chaucer’s Wyf of Bathe, ambling toward the Canterbury of her classroom.

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Ann ’70

Wiley by

Marie Shock

Former Assistant to the Lower School

Ann and I met while working at the U.S. Tennis Association’s Education and Research Center on Alexander Road in Princeton. A small office with mostly women, our group bonded as we weathered tennis conferences in New York City at a tired Roosevelt Hotel where roaches sometimes partied on toothbrushes. I left there in 1983 and made my way to 650 Great Road. Ann followed in 1986, or we could say returned, as she’s a graduate.

We started working at PDS as young women and leave as retirees. We went from railing about McEnroe to navigating Medicare. During those 30 years, we’ve celebrated birthdays, Christmases, and shed tears together as parents have passed.

We commiserated on the ups and downs of school life.

Whenever I went to Colross, I’d stop by her office and most every day Ann stopped by mine on her way to lunch.

Sometimes I’d join her longtime lunch table partners but often there wasn’t enough room at that big table. We’d laugh or grumble depending on the day.

While at PDS, Ann became the font of knowledge about everything PDS; those who’ve come and gone, parents and alums. I knew that if I needed a start date, graduation year, or most any PDS fact, she had it in her database. I call her Wileypedia. She’s a stickler for accuracy and can spot a mistake in an instant.

As we know, she’s kept a countdown to retirement on her phone and knows exactly how many days left she has to work. I teased her with my countdown last year and she begged me to wait another year — no way! I had to be the one leaving first, just like the old days.

From her light-filled office on the second floor of Colross, Ann can observe people coming and going. She’ll leave that cozy place to join the growing group of local PDS retirees.

She’ll lallygag over lunch, become even more active in her church, go on more mission trips to Haiti, hit the gym daily, or travel to Iceland for a few weeks. She’ll talk about the “good old days” on Great Road where lifelong friendships were formed.

I’m sure you’ll see Ann’s picture here in the Journal smiling with friends while gathering facts for her own personal database. Old habits die slowly. I’ll be in those pictures with Ann and we’ll be recounting the many adventures we had at PDS; from challenging projects to the everchanging cast of characters passing through the halls. Ann’s beginning days at PDS turned into years then decades. She leaves behind a strong work ethic and the determination to always get her facts right. Her successor will have big shoes to fill but Ann is ready for another pair, or so her countdown clock says!

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Donna

Zarzecki by

Tom Quigley, Upper School English Teacher and Peer Group Faculty and Jill Thomas, Health and P.E. Teacher and Peer Group Faculty

Generations of wandering Middle School math

students found their way into her poster-filled classroom assuming perhaps that they would just be balancing equations and solving for x—only to realize her real lessons involved empathy and fairness and doing the right thing when no one was looking. And for those eighth graders who surmised they might be able to slide by somehow, Donna Zarzecki, dean of the 8th grade for fourteen years, turned out to be an unrelenting sheriff with bullet-blue eyes and a couch that felt sometimes like jail.

For close to three decades, this educator, mentor, advocate, and dear friend has embodied the saying, “You will get out of this exactly what you put into it.” On behalf of all the students, parents, colleagues, staff, and administrators Donna has worked with and connected to during her munificent career, we feel honored to thank her and wish her immense joy and luck as she moves on from PDS and continues to give all to her three children (Matt ’96, Michael ’97, and Kari ’98, her two grandchildren, her friends, and her communities.

Donna has also left her mark on the iconic Peer Leadership Program in the Upper School developing student leaders, and, more importantly, helping young adolescents blossom into better people. The lessons she has shared really represent the core values of the person Donna is: family, trust, fairness, loyalty, and spirituality. Donna will be the first to say that while the Peer Leadership Program at PDS is for the freshmen, it’s the seniors who take away the most from their experiences in the year-long journey. For twentyfive years, the connections these seniors have made with her moved beyond the classroom, from Camp Wayne to Fairview Lake. Through gingerbread houses, sweatshirts, skits, ropes course evenings, and skating parties, Donna’s photographic focus has captured the magic and essence of Peer Group as well as her impact on the program—one of her favorite parts of Princeton Day School.

Peer Leaders Donna Zarzecki, Tom Quigley, and Jill Thomas

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News and Events

Cymbals Honor

STEAM in the Lower School

The 2017 issue of Cymbals, Princeton Day School’s literary and visual arts magazine, won the American Scholastic Press Association’s top honor, First Place with Special Merit again this year. Read the issue at www.pds.org.

The Lower School has launched an interdisciplinary 7-week STEAM course for students in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. Each grade meets for one hour once every cycle for 7 weeks, and each course has a new theme. The 3rd grade enjoyed their STEAM course based on “The Wild Robot” by Peter Brown, who visited Princeton Day School in 2016 as a visiting artist from our Imagine the Possibilities program. Using their iPads, the students were able to use block programming as well as basic programming to make their Edison robots move on pencil-drawn maps. The students also created “Scribblebots,” simple robots that are individually designed and built to draw with fixed markers.

Middle School students and faculty gather with guest speaker Shirley Satterfield (center)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., students in all three divisions at Princeton Day School participated in special programming on Friday, January 12 to celebrate the legacy of Dr. King with special assemblies and service projects.

“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Da Vinci in the Middle School

The Da Vinci Program is a unique and innovative program in the Middle School that offers students a block of time each week to devote to a non-traditional class of their choosing, such as robotics, sustainability, coding, or service learning. Each student takes courses that they choose in which they take risks, explore individual passions, develop new interests, and use multiple disciplines to solve problems and create original solutions. In short, the Da Vinci program aims to engage students as the captains of their own learning.

Hour of Code

Students from all three divisions had the opportunity to come to a special Hour of Code Open House Event in the STEAM Center in December. The STEAM Lab was organized into activity stations where students could watch demos and learn about Lego and Vex Robotics, 3D printing projects, coding, and Arduino projects. The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in more than 180 countries. According to their website, there were more than 150,000 events registered for Hour of Code this year.

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News and Events continued Renowned Speakers Come to Campus

Willie Perdomo Princeton Day School welcomed award-winning poet, author, and educator Willie Perdomo to campus for a day of presentations and discussions on Tuesday, November 28. The author of The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon, Mr. Perdomo worked with Upper and Middle School students in Spanish, Poetry, and Literature classes.

MS History teacher Victor Cirilo with Willie Perdomo (right)

History Department Chair Howie Powers’80, Yaa Gyasi, English Department Chair Karen Latham

From left to right: Zeytun West ’18, Dr. Cornel West, Paul Stellato, and US English teacher Anthony McKinley

Anne Rothrock Lecture: Yaa Gyasi Yaa Gyasi, author of the critically acclaimed novel Homegoing, visited campus in February and spoke to Upper School students as this year’s Anne Rothrock guest lecturer. English Department Chair Dr. Karen Latham noted, “Ms. Gyasi’s visit coincides with the launching of the newly designed Senior Reading Intensive, a second semester English course for seniors.”

Dr. Cornel West At the School’s annual Black History Month celebration held in February, author, philosopher, and activist Dr. Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, gave the keynote speech.

Dr. Michael Massimino Princeton Day School welcomed Dr. Michael Massimino, NASA Astronaut and Professor at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, to campus in January to present an assembly to our Upper School students and work with a smaller group of students in our STEAM Center.

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Pioneers in Science Lecture: Drs. Peter and Rosemary Grant

Princeton Day School was honored to welcome two pioneers in the field of evolutionary biology to campus for the annual Pioneers in Science in February. Drs. Peter and Rosemary Grant, a married couple and both emeritus professors at Princeton University, are best known for their legendary 40-year study in the Galapagos Islands monitoring the finch populations first observed by Charles Darwin.

From left to right: Science Department Chair Jason Park, Peter Grant, US Science teacher Carrie Norin, Rosemary Grant, and Rohan Narayanan’18

Diwali

In November, the Princeton Day School community came together in the Fox Room to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights. In an event that was coordinated by the Community and Multicultural Development Team (CMDT) and the Upper School India Club, more than 100 members of our community, from the Lower, Middle and Upper Schools, came together to learn more about the holiday.

Lower School Science Fairs

During two days this winter, our budding scientists from our Lower School shared their experiments and research in the annual Science Fairs. Students, faculty, and parents had the opportunity to view the impressive science projects on topics ranging from egg shell geodes, to art robots, to slime, to potato batteries, to robots and volcanos.

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The Annual Princeton Day School Halloween Parade

Middle School Mini-Course Week

Mini-Course Week, one of the year’s most popular Middle School events, took place from February 12-15. Mini-Course Week is a signature PDS program of interdisciplinary and experiential education that provides a wonderful learning opportunity for our students, with immersion courses like Farm Week, Gettysburg, and new this year, “In Your Own Backyard.”

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Arts Notes

The Anne Reid ’72 Art Gallery Arts Council of Princeton 50th Anniversary Exhibition

1. Princeton Day School Visual & Design Arts Faculty Exhibition

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A Quiet Defiance: The Women’s War in Mali

3. Charles Bryan and Diana Weymar 4. Lindsay Feuer, Carrie Norin, and Madelaine Shellaby Adaptation: an Exploratin of Scale

5. Grace Lin

Imagine the Possibilities Guest Artist

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Arts Notes continued

Girls Like That The Upper School Fall Play

On October 26, the Upper School fall play, Evan Placey’s award-winning “Girls Like That,” premiered to the Princeton Day School community. The play explores a now familiar adolescent reality—a photo of a schoolgirl that goes viral and sets off rumors and toxic behavior—in an honest, unsparing way. At the opening night performance, the School was honored to welcome social activist Monica Lewinsky to the stage to join Hi-Tops Teen Council Coordinator Caitlin Bradley and Ella Baseman ’18, who appeared in the show, for a post-show discussion about the themes explored in the play.

Head of Upper School Jason Robinson noted that the reason for presenting “Girls Like That” is “all in the service of a larger goal—to raise our consciousness and to stimulate an important conversation about vulnerability, self-image, cyberbulling, gender, relationships, feminism, double standards, and the difficult work of building a healthier culture for our children and our society.” Upper School students also had the opportunity to discuss the themes of the play in Advisory Meetings.

Bat Boy The Upper School Musical In February, the Upper School presented the Spring Musical, “Bat Boy.” An OffBroadway cult hit, the musical is based on a story in The Weekly World News (really).

With a book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming and music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe, this musical is a comedy/horror show about a half boy/ half bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. The cast had the chance to, ahem, stretch their wings, and were outstanding.

Random Acts of Comedy The Middle School Play

“Random Acts of Comedy,” an original and hilarious romp through the world of physical gags, wordplay, and slapstick shenanigans conceived and directed by MS theater teacher Deb Sugarman, premiered in the McAneny Theater in December.

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Photos from the Annual Lower School Holiday Concert

Photos from our Upper and Middle School Winter Concerts

RISING STARS OF PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL On the stage, on the field, or in the classroom, these students shine!

Congratulations to…

Michelle Leung ’18 and Naveen Bhatia ’18, our National Merit Scholarship Finalists.

Kyra Hall ’18, for presenting at the IgniteSTEM Conference at Princeton University about her experiences studying for a semester at the Island School in Eleuthera, the Bahamas.

Brendan Bucceri ’19, for participating in advanced training in underwater robotics for the U.S. Navy Sea Cadet Corp, and being invited to compete in the 2018 International SeaPerch Challenge.

Michelle Leung ’18 and Naveen Bhatia ’18

Tommy Bocian ’20, for participating in the 2017 Waksman Institute Summer Experience (WISE) at Rutgers University, and having his scientific research focused on the DNA sequence analyses of genes from a plant published.

Carly Feldstein ’20, for conceiving of Accounts of the Holocaust, a project that is envisioned as a new way to tell the stories of Holocaust survivors through the use of an online graphic narrative platform in order to preserve the memories of the Holocaust in a modern way.

Our Scholastic Art & Writing Award Winners: Nineteen students from Princeton Day School won a total of 40 writing awards.

Upper School: Bryn Aprill ’19, Sofia Bae ’18, Tommy Batterman ’18, Alec Berger ’19, Anjali Bhatia ’21, Sara Chopra ’18, Sanjana Dugar ’18, Walter Emann ’19, Jake Harris ’19, Hallie Hoffman ’18, Nate Jones ’18, Anisa Lateef ’18, Jessie Lin ’21, Julia Parks ’19, Hannah Su ’20, Emily Trend ’18, Samantha Vareha ’19. Middle School: Jacqueline Chen ’22, Divya Sharma ’22.

Scholastic Writing Award Winners

Thirteen students from the Upper School students were awarded 30 Scholastic Art Awards in Photography and Architecture and Industrial Design.

Photography: Nina Ajemian ’19, Alec Berger ’19, Sophia Cohen ’20, Emma Dries ’18, Maggie Laughlin ’19, Michelle Leung ’18, Audrey Liang ’20, Declan Rourke ’19, Vibhu Singh ’19, Rebecca Tang ’19. Architecture and Industrial Design: Giulia Gerschel ’19, Chris Klein ’19, Matthew Keunne ’19, Declan Rourke ’19.

Scholastic Arts Award Winners

Carly Feldstein ’20

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Our New Members of Mu Alpha Theta: Congratulations to the newest members of Mu Alpha Theta, the Upper School math honor society.

Middle School Science Olympiads: In January, the newly formed Middle School Science Olympiad Team competed in the Camden County College Regional Tournament for the opportunity to move on to the state competition. Congratulations to our medalists:

Mu Alpha Theta: From left to right in photo: Manas Sood ’18, Helen Mehreteab ’19, Morgan McNulty ’19, Salina Kumar ’19, Seshu Bhaskar ’19, Daniel Tang ’19, Nina Kanamaluru ’19, Jacob Tharayil ’19. Not Pictured: Raina Kasera ’19, Iheanyichi Inyama ’18, Zachary Newman ’18, Pranav Pulakkat ’19.

Nikhil Gandhi ’22 and Milan Shah ’22 came in 3rd for Hovercraft Sarina Hasan ’22 came in 3rd for Optics Ainsley Wang ’24 came in 4th for Towers Eli Soffer ’22 came in 5th for Solar System

Model UN Team: The Princeton Day School Model United Nations Team has had a banner year, participating at some of the most competitive conferences in the country. The team recently competed in The Johns Hopkins Model UN Conference in Baltimore and won the coveted “Best Large Delegation” trophy. The team also traveled to the Yale Model UN Conference in New Haven, and won a large number of Outstanding and Best Delegate awards, also capturing the trophy for “Best Small Delegation.”

Some of our Model UN Team members with their accolades from the Johns Hopkins Conference. From left to right, standing: Matan Blitz ’21, Chris Kiel ’18, Rahul Bhatia ’18, Kate Bennett ’18, Emma Dries ’18, Katie Jain ’21, Julia Chang ’20, Harjap Sing ’20, Vinay Rao ’21. Kneeling from left to right: Vivek Kasubaga ’18, Lex Decker ’18, Eyal Yakoby ’20

Princeton Day School Chess Team The Princeton Day School Chess Team has been a formidable competitor at many tournaments this year. Some highlights include winning first place in the New Jersey Primary and Elementary Championship; and competing both on campus at the monthly PDS tournament and at the Kasparov New York City Championship in January. The championship team of Winston Ni ’23, Eric Wu ’24, Albert Ming ’22, Kai Shah ’22, and Dodge Martinson ’22 competed against more than 1500 players and won the 4th place team in the Junior High Championship section in New York, and in Princeton, in the K-1 section, a team of eleven players took the first team plaque. In December, at the 2017 Greater Princeton Champion, 1st grader Ethan Fede scored a 1st place trophy as part of the K-1 team. Ten players also competed in “closed,” the section for over 1000 players, and Rowan Field ’26 placed fourth in the Future Masters section for players rated over 1200.

Some of our Chess Team members with their trophies at the New Jersey Primary and Elementary Championship. From left to right, Rowan Field ’26, Eric Wu ’24, Adrien Cristian ’25, and Shaan Srinivas ’26 SPRING 2018

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Sports Notes

Sports News Highlights Jill Thomas Inducted into New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame Congratulations to Coach Jill Thomas who was inducted into the New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame on January 28 in a ceremony at the Mercer Oaks Country Club. Jill has been the Varsity Girls Lacrosse coach at Princeton Day School for 20 years, where she has coached more than 100 teams and has 500+ career wins. Her lacrosse teams have won five Patriot League Championships, a Mercer County Championship in 2010, and MCT Runner-up in 2011. Jill has been awarded Coach of the Year honors from the Princeton Packet, the Trenton Times, and the Trentonian multiple times. In 2009, she was named the Town Topics of Princeton’s Top Coach among Female Programs. She also served as an All-American Committee Member for NJ South from 2008-2012. Most recently, Jill has had the honor of coaching the PDS girls lacrosse team to three straight Prep B State Championship titles in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Many of Jill’s colleagues and players came to celebrate her Hall of Fame induction at the ceremony.

Jill Thomas

Harry Rulon-Miller ’51 Inducted into New Jersey High School Hockey Hall of Fame Harry Rulon-Miller ’51 was inducted into the New Jersey High School Hockey Hall of Fame at a ceremony on April 15. Harry worked at Princeton Day School from 19612014, where he served as head coach of the varsity ice hockey team from 1968-1981. After graduating from Princeton Country Day School, Harry played ice hockey at Princeton University and was captain of the 1958 team. In addition, he earned All-Ivy honors and was the team’s leading scorer in each of his three seasons with the Princeton Tigers.

After graduating from Princeton, he played amateur hockey for the Princeton and St. Nick’s hockey clubs and for the Garden State League. Harry also ran several early U.S.A. Hockey coaches clinics and enjoyed instructing at hockey schools during the summer. In 2014, the annual Princeton Day School invitational ice hockey tournaments were named in Harry’s honor.

Harry Rulon-Miller ’51

Our Recruited Athletes Madison Mundenar signed a Letter of Intent to play Division I Lacrosse for St. Bonaventure University beginning next year. Coached by Jill Thomas at PDS, Madison is a 3-year varsity starter attack and midfield player. She was selected as All Prep First Team by the Trentonian and Trenton Times. Coach Thomas reports that Madison’s record to date is 173 goals, 75 assists, and 248 total points.

This just in!

Kate Bennett ’18 will play lacrosse for Dartmouth College.

Nic Petruolo ’18 will play ice hockey for Union College.

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Luke Franzoni signed a Letter of Intent to play Division I Baseball for Xavier University beginning in the fall of 2018.

Coached by Brian Dudeck at PDS, Luke is a 4-year varsity player and starting shortstop. He was selected as All State Prep B as well as All-Non CVC Area Team by the Trentonian last year. A strong all-around athlete, he has also played basketball and soccer for PDS.

Donovan Davis will be playing soccer for Elon University beginning in the fall. Donovan was named 1st team All Prep State, and he and his team were the NJISAA State Champions in 2016. Coach Ollie Hilliker said about his player, “Donovan is a hard-nosed competitor who we have relied on in our midfield for the last three years. He’s gritty, tough, and gets the job done when it’s needed. We’ll miss him.”

Madison Coyne will play soccer for George Washington University next year. Madi was named 2018 Mercer County Prep Player of the Year and is a three-time Mercer 33 honoree.

As captain, she led her team to four consecutive Prep State Championships during her years at PDS. Coach Pat Trombetta noted, “Madi is a strong leader and the backbone of our defense.

She has been a mainstay on our team that has achieved so much.

We are so thankful for all she has done for PDS soccer.”

CJ Uche will play soccer for Bucknell next year. CJ was named 1st team All Prep State, and was on the 2016 team with Donovan Davis that nabbed the NJISAA State Champion title.

Coach Hilliker noted, “CJ is a quiet leader who raised our level from the first time he stepped on the field with a PDS uniform.

He’s a great young man who is a pleasure to coach.”

Grace Barbara will play soccer for Princeton University next year. Grace is a two-time Mercer 33 honoree and was named top goalkeeper in Mercer County during 2016.

Damali Simon-Ponte will play soccer at the University of Delaware in the fall. Damali was the leading scorer as a junior for Princeton Day School and one of the top assist leaders in New Jersey in 2016.

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Sports Notes continued Princeton Day School Announces New Varsity Boys Basketball Coach PDS is pleased to announce that Doug Davis, who will teach History in the Upper School, has been appointed as the next Head Coach for Boys Varsity Basketball. Doug is a 2012 graduate of Princeton University where he played on the Men’s Basketball team and holds the record as the second leading scorer in the program’s history.

Doug comes to PDS from The Berkshire School in Massachusetts where he taught History and English and coached the varsity boys basketball team. Prior to being on the faculty at Berkshire, Doug played professional basketball in Germany.

PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL

LEGACY ATHLETES Children of Alumni Playing an Upper School Sport:

Emily Cavuto ’20 Elizabeth A. Dawson ’21 Vanessa A. Devin ’21 Danielle R. Gershen ’18 Kyra F. Hall ’18 Maisie Henderson ’21 Alex M. Hollander ’21 Matthew Kuenne ’19 Rebecca Kuzmicz ’18 Maggie J. Laughlin ’19 Gibson P. Linnehan ’21 Drew C. McConaughy ’21 Eric I. Quirinale ’19 Maya F. Shah ’21 Claire E. Szuter ’18 Annabel M. Thomas ’20 Luke Zaininger ’18

J.V. Volleyball V. Field Hockey, Girls Lacrosse V. Soccer, Girls Lacrosse V. Golf V. Field Hockey, V. Girls Lacrosse J.V. Girls Tennis, V. Girls Ice Hockey V. Cross Country, Girls Lacrosse J.V. Boys Ice Hockey, Boys Lacrosse V. Girls Soccer V. Volleyball, V. Girls Soccer V. Boys Ice Hockey, Boys Lacrosse V. Boys Ice Hockey, Boys Lacrosse J.V. Boys Ice Hockey, Baseball V. Skating V. Skating V. Girls Ice Hockey V. Cross Country, V. Fencing

Fall Sports Roundup Prep B Champions

Girls Varsity Soccer 12W – 6L – 1T Varsity Award — Madison Coyne ’18 Coaches Awards — Rebecca Kuzmicz ’18, Sophia Miranda ’21

The Girls Soccer team had another solid season earning the NJISAA Prep State Title in a tie with Essex County Tournament Champions Montclair Kimberly. The team also had big wins over local prep schools Hun and Peddie and gave Steinert, eventual Mercer County Champions, all they could handle in a 1-0 setback in the MCT quarterfinals.

Our team had 11 wins by shut-out and only allowed 16 goals over 19 games.

With just two seniors on the roster, the team looks forward to continued success next year.

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Shore Coaches Invitational and a hard fought 5th place at the Prep State Championships. The highlight of the season came at the Fall Classic Invitational in October where their 5th place finish in a very competitive field was the highest finish for PDS Boys Cross Country since 2010.

Boys Varsity Soccer 11W – 6L Varsity Award — CJ Uche ’18 Coaches Awards — Diego Garcia ’18, Donovan Davis ’18

Each and every player on the Varsity team contributed towards the team’s 11-6 record this season, a terrific accomplishment considering a schedule that was tougher than ever. Of note was a highly contested game vs. the #1 ranked Pennington team where the players showed the real heart and fight that they have inside them. The boys were able to show adaptability, confidence and determination all season.

Varsity Field Hockey 12W – 6L Varsity Award — Elizabeth Brennan ’18 Coaches Awards — Val Radvany ’19, Gwen Allen ’19, Sasha Sindhwani ’19 The 2017 field hockey season was a successful one that kept us in the competitive ranks among teams in the Prep leagues, Pennsylvania and Mercer County. The team finished with an overall record of 12-6 and a 2nd place finish in the NJISAA Prep B league. The team outscored their opponents 70 goals to 31 and posted 8 shut-outs. Coach Heather Farlow said, “Although we will miss our seniors, we have a relatively young team and we look forward to competing for a Mercer County and Prep league title next year.” Juniors Gwen Allen and Val Radvany have signed to play field hockey at the college level for Lafayette and Michigan State, respectively.

Varsity Cross Country 4W – 3L Varsity Award Boys— Kevin Dougherty ’20 Varsity Award Girls— Alex Hollander ’21 Coaches Awards — Tommy Batterman ’18

The 2017 Cross Country team continued to improve and become more competitive. They finished with a 4-3 dual meet record. The team shone brightest, however, in the larger Invitational and Championship meets. The team finished with a very strong 9th place at the prestigious

Girls Varsity Tennis 9W – 3L Varsity Award — Tarika Kumar ’18 Coaches Awards — Emma Dries ’18, Grace Marshall ’20

Varsity tennis had another excellent season, and a strong second place finish in the Mercer County Tournament was the highlight of the season. The ten team wins included key victories over Hopewell, Blair, Hill and West Windsor Plainsboro South. The doubles team of Arya Jha ’18 and Tarika Kumar ’18 won 1st doubles at the MCT, while Emma Dries ’18 and Giulia Gerschel ’19 took the 2nd doubles title.

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Winter Sports Roundup Boys Varsity Basketball 12W – 13L Varsity Award — David Coit ’19 Coaches Awards — Luke Franzoni ’18, Freddie Young Jr. ’21 Coming into the season, the Boys Varsity Basketball team needed to replace two 1000-point scorers and two additional starters from last year’s team. A tough task was made even more difficult by injuries to key players. Despite this, and an ultra-competitive schedule, the team notched an overall record of 12W-13L, and advanced to the semifinals of the Prep State Tournament. The team posted impressive wins over Doane Academy, Princeton High School, and Solebury School, and watched as David Coit ’19 scored the 1000th point of his high school career.

Girls Varsity Basketball 5W – 16L Varsity Award — Bridget Kane ’18 Coaches Awards — Kate Bennett ’18, Madi Coyne ’18 Our Varsity team faced adversity in the form of injuries and illness from the beginning of the season, but overcame it all to finish strong in the end. The team also faced a challenging schedule, and the overall record does not reflect the hard work, dedication, and commitment that the girls put toward becoming a better basketball team throughout the season. The team was anchored by Seniors Bridget Kane, Madi Coyne, Ryan Robinson and Kate Bennett; and Brooke Smukler ’19 and Maggie Amaral ’20 continued their improvement, providing strong physical play. Season highlights included breaking Trenton Catholic’s (#1 team in the state) impenetrable press, an impressive showing against Prep B Champions Stuart Country Day, and a win over West Windsor Plainsboro South in the final game of the season.

Varsity Fencing Boys 5W – 6L Girls 0W – 9L Boys Varsity Award — Charlie McClatchy ’18 Boys Coaches Award — Rohan Narayanan ’18, Brian Rowntree ’18 Girls Varsity Award — Hannah Rafferty ’18 Girls Coaches Award — Nina Kanamaluru ’19, Sarah Prilutsky ’18 Under the leadership of senior Hannah Rafferty, the Girls Fencing Team scored some notable victories this season.

Most noteworthy were their results in the NJISAA Prep State Championships in February where the Girls Epee team placed fourth, and the Girls Foil team of Kaveena Patel ’19, Nina Kanamaluru ’19, and Sarah Prilutsky ’18 placed first. In addition, Prilutsky captured the silver medal in the Foil event and Rafferty won bronze in Epee.

The boys had particularly impressive wins over the perennially tough St. Benedict’s team, winning by just one point. The Prep State Championships gave the boys’ team a chance to shine. The fourth place overall finish was rooted in successful placement of weapon squads: 4th in Foil, 3rd in Sabre, and 2nd in Epee. Our best results for the boys were a silver medal in Sabre for Jacob Tharayil ’19 and a gold medal for Foilist Christopher Kiel ’18.

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Boys Varsity Ice Hockey 17W – 8L Harry Rulon-Miller ’51 Varsity Award — Eric Sherman ’18 Coaches Awards — Ryan Lisk ’18, Russell Friedman ’18

Varsity Squash 3W – 11L Varsity Award — Connor McIntyre ’19 Coaches Awards — Dylan Sakaria ’19, Ryan Nuemann ’19

This year’s team faced the program’s most challenging schedule ever. The guidance and leadership of seniors Ryan Lisk, Brian Frister, Russell Friedman, Nic Petruolo, Boris Gorelenkov and Eric Sherman are a big reason for the success the team had. December’s 1-0 victory over then #1 Delbarton gave the Panthers arguably their most important win in program history. The Panthers capped off their regular season play with a memorable 3-1 victory over arch-rival Lawrenceville in front of an over-capacity crowd at McGraw rink. To top things off, the team finished with an impressive 5-1 record in the MidAtlantic Hockey League (MAHL) to secure 2nd place.

Our Varsity Squash team had a milestone year performing well at Pretty Brook Club, and placing 3rd in their division at the United States Squash High School National Tournament in Philadelphia. This was the first time the team attended the National Tournament, and it was a great way to start! We played 12 regular season matches and enjoyed key wins over Hun, Poly Prep, and Blair with some narrow losses to squash powers Delbarton and Lawrenceville.

Girls Varsity Ice Hockey 9W – 13L –2T Varsity Award — Gia Massari ’20 Coaches Awards — Emma Latham ’18, Sam Dwyer ’18 After losing eight players from last year’s roster, the team brought in five freshmen, including a new starting goalie in Jillian Wexler ’21, and relied on our returning players to play bigger roles on and off the ice. The team played a very competitive schedule, which pushed them to continually improve. Finishing as runners-up in the HRM Invitational at PDS in December, the team set a goal to make it back to the State Prep B Final which we accomplished, ultimately losing to the more experienced Morristown-Beard. The growth of this team in their ability to compete against tough opponents was exemplified in the three-game series vs. Rye Country Day: first a loss, then a tie, and finally an overtime win in the WIHLMA league playoffs in Pittsburgh.

Varsity Volleyball 4W - 4L Captains Award — Clara Love ’18 Coaches Awards — Kelsey Lane ’19, Elisabeth Berman ’19 Varisty Award — Elsie Wang ’19 PDS Varsity Volleyball had a great season in every respect, achieving goals set back in the beginning of the year. PDS has been flirting with the top spot in the league for the last few years, and to challenge the perennial favorite Shipley was a top goal. To accomplish this at home on senior day was the highlight of our season. The team faced Shipley again in the league championship game and came up just short of winning the league title. Next year, the team looks to improve on what they believe was one of the best PDS Volleyball seasons in recent memory.

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SCHOOL LIFE

Faculty Notes

Trixie Sabundayo and family

Margie Gibson, Paul Stellato, and Jeanne Crowell

Announcing Our Next Head of Upper School:

Stepping into New Roles:

TRIXIE SABUNDAYO Head of School Paul Stellato announced that Trixie Sabundayo will serve as Princeton Day School’s next Head of the Upper School, effective July 1, 2018.

Currently in her 14th year at Marin Academy — a 9-12, coeducational day school of 410 students in San Rafael, California—Sabundayo serves as Chair of the English Department, where she has distinguished herself as a teacher, advisor, mentor, and coach.

Committed to the enhancement of student experience beyond the classroom, Sabundayo was also appointed by her Head of School to be Diversity Council Chair, Interim Dean of Equity and Inclusion, and Dean of the Sophomore class.

A Baltimore native, Sabundayo attended Bryn Mawr School and matriculated at Johns Hopkins University.

While at Johns Hopkins, she played varsity field hockey and varsity lacrosse. In 2002, Trixie was awarded a master’s degree in English from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College.

Prior to her long, successful tenure at Marin Academy, Trixie taught at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, and Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. She and her husband, Josh Frechette, are the proud parents of two children, Teaghan and Quinlyn.

MARGIE GIBSON, JEANNE CROWELL, and STAN CAHILL

Two long-serving members of the Princeton Day School community have taken on new roles this year. Third Grade teacher Margie Wallace Gibson ’84, who was previously the Lower School Community Service Coordinator, has now stepped into the newly created role of Director of Service Learning, overseeing community service and service learning in all three divisions. And in the Admission Office, Jeanne Crowell, who has served many roles in the office, most recently as Assistant Director of Admission for grades PreK-8, is now serving as Associate Director of Admission.

In addition, Head of School Paul Stellato announced in February that, beginning in September, the arts faculty will be arrayed in a single department called the Fine and Performing Arts and Design Department, and that it will be led by Stan Cahill, who will carry the title of Director of Fine and Performing Arts and Design. Mr. Cahill currently serves as Upper School Theater Artist-in-Residence, and has directed numerous award-winning productions at Princeton Day School—both regionally and nationally—as well as earning the title of “Outstanding High School Theater Program” from Stage Directions Magazine.

In his new role, Mr. Cahill will work closely with Stan Cahill coordinators who will oversee three areas: fine arts and design, music, and theater and dance. Mr. Stellato also announced that Mr. Cahill will serve as a member of the School’s Leadership Team.

JASON ROBINSON Appointed Headmaster of St. Albans School for 2018 Academic Year Head of School Paul Stellato announced earlier this year that Jason Robinson, Head of the Upper School and Assistant Head of School for Academic Life, was appointed Headmaster of St. Albans School in Washington, DC. His appointment is effective in July.

During his five years at PDS, Mr. Robinson has led a series of ambitious school-wide efforts, including a new academic schedule and an integrated core curriculum program for all ninth graders. He was also a member of the highly successful STEAM task force, and has advanced curriculum work across departments and divisions.

Mr. Stellato noted, “A favorite of Upper School students, parents, faculty, and his leadership team colleagues, Jason has proved a resource for all, listening carefully, guiding skillfully, and leading confidently.

Princeton Day School will miss him a great deal.”

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Upper School Science Teaching Fellow Thomas Pettengill had a research paper published by SpringerVerlag titled “A Natural History Model of New England Salt Marsh Die-Off.” The paper was published by the academic journal Oecologia, a journal focused on ecological sciences, and on PubMed, a leading website for published research.

Lower School Librarian Jenny Mischner recently presented at three conferences about her work with students in creating green-screen book talks: The Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC), the American Association of School Librarians Conference (AASL), and Stuart Country Day School’s “Lead Like a Girl” Conference.

Middle School Humanities teacher and Miss Fine’s Center Director Tara Quigley, MS Humanities teacher Amy Beckford, US Technology Coordinator and history teacher Lauren Ledley, and Global Studies Coordinator and history teacher Maria Shepard presented at the 2017 OESIS (Online Education Strategies for Independent Schools) Conference in Boston in the fall. Mrs. Quigley and Ms. Beckford presented a class entitled “Global Competency Matrix Across Middle School.” Mrs. Quigley also served as part of a Think Tank discussion on Defining Cross-Curricular Skills and Going Inter-Disciplinary, in which she was able to explain how this skills approach

has spread beyond the Humanities department. Ms. Shepard and Ms. Ledley presented on the topic of “Cross-Curricular Competencies Across the Traditional Spectrum,” and spoke of using technology to connect the traditional classroom to the real world.

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Professional Development Accolades

Upper School science teachers Carrie Norin and Charles Alt both had book reviews published in the Quarterly Review of Biology—incidentally, published back to back.

Dr. Norin reviewed Evolution, Fourth Edition by Douglas J. Futuyma and Mark Kirkpatrick and Dr. Alt reviewed Evolution Now by David Penny.

Director of Wellness Dr. Candy Shah Serves on Mayor’s Task Force

Dr. Candy Shah, Princeton Day School Director of Wellness, was invited to be a part of the Planning Committee for a Mayor’s Summit on Student Stress in Princeton organized

by Mayor Liz Lempert. The task force includes representatives from Princeton University, Trinity Counseling, Corner House, two members of the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Committee, Mayor Lempert, Steve Cochrane, and representatives from each of the four area high schools. The Committee has met regularly since the fall, and has worked to increase awareness through local articles about teen suicide in the local papers. Dr. Shah added, “We plan to provide programing this spring, summer and fall for the greater Princeton community—teens and parents— to have frank discussions about the stress, anxiety and dangers of mental illness.”

14 Faculty Attend NAIS People of Color Conference A group of fourteen PDS faculty members, as well as six students, had the opportunity to attend the National Association of Independent Schools’ (NAIS) People of Color Conference and Student Diversity Leadership Conference in the fall. Anthony McKinley, US English teacher and chair of the Community and Multicultural Development Team (CMDT), shared that this year’s conference—the 30th thus far—”allowed our faculty and students to lean into discomfort, listen, share, reflect, and grow, all with the objective of strengthening the Princeton Day School community.”

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Former Faculty News Former Assistant to Lower School Marie Shock (right) with former heads of the Lower School Cindy Peifer and Dina Bray

Steve Bailey, former Upper School computer teacher, wrote: “Heather and I continue to enjoy our retirement in Montpelier, Vermont. Highlights of the last year include a hike to the bottom (and back up!) of the Grand Canyon last March, where we camped for two nights. It was strenuous but beautiful! Our biggest trip, however, was to visit John Baldwin and Kate Winton in Taipei, Taiwan. We saw them just a few weeks before their return to the U.S. from their teaching jobs there. We also managed to fit in side trips to Hong Kong, Cambodia and Vietnam, where we saw former US English teacher, Tuan Phan back in his native country.

Heather and Steve Bailey visiting with Kate Winton and John Baldwin in Taiwan

“In August, we did our now-annual backpacking trip with our children, Dave ’98 and Melissa ’00. This time we hiked on the Pacific Crest Trail in central Washington. It was an adventure, as we had to alter our trip due to forest fires in the vicinity, but we all got out safely.

“In June we are planning on hiking to Machu Picchu via the Salkantay trail, which is said to be much less crowded than the Inca Trail.”

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Helen Bodel, former Middle School Latin teacher, wrote: “Now into my seventh year of retirement and still reveling every morning as I take long sips of sweet, creamy coffee, do the NYT crossword, and consider the benefits of walking two short blocks to the Putney General Store! My son, Michael ’99, and his family live just five county miles north of town where they grow vegetables and hops on their Vermont land, and where I spend lovely hours with my grandchildren, now five and seven. Always grateful to offer hospitality to folks from home, I thoroughly enjoy seeing PDS alums and faculty who pass through Putney, just 80 miles north of Hartford, and look forward to future visits! Just let me know when you on your way up to The Northeast Kingdom!”

Kay Haartz Cortelyou, former Upper School math teacher wrote: “I am currently in Houston, Texas with my son and two granddaughters. Kip and I continue to live in northern Virginia.

I do long-term substituting now that I have ‘retired.’ I recently purchased another show horse that I am excited to start showing in the spring. In April, I am going on a horseback riding safari in Botswana. We are fortunate to remain active healthy and happy.

We enjoy connecting with friends and students from PDS; enjoyed attending 50th anniversary party last year.”

Former chair of the English Department Nicole Furlonge’s new book, Race Sounds, The Art of Listening in African American Literature, is scheduled to be published in May by the University of Iowa Press.

Tracey Gates, former Alumni Director, is “happy to report that I am now certified as a Life and Wellness Coach. I am thrilled and inspired by this new calling and consider it a privilege to help people stop just existing and start living. I love to partner with people wherever they are on their life journey and help them realize new possibilities.”

Cover of Nicole Furlonge’s new book, Race Sounds, The Art of Listening in African American Literature

Patrick Gavin, former Middle School history teacher, has moved to Minnesota.

Bryce Hayes, former music teacher, is “happy to report that I received tenure and a promotion at James Madison University, where I am now an Associate Professor of Music. In addition, I was recently awarded Distinguished Professor for the College of Visual and Performing Arts. I continue to be deeply involved in music making, with two choirs, undergraduate and graduate teaching responsibilities, and music directing our main stage musicals (always reminds me fondly of my time in the PDS theater— break legs in Bat Boy!). I’m also working on my 200-hour yoga teaching certification as well as completing a section-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Best to the PDS family!”

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Bryce Hayes, former Upper School music teacher Luke Hensel, former athletic trainer, wrote: “Updates from the Hensel family – my wife Chelsey and I completed the Outer Banks Marathon this past fall. I’m signed up for my first Ironman – Maine, in August – where she will beat me again, no doubt.

“In other news – I’m excited be the first Licensed Athletic Trainer to be hired by Scranton Orthopedics, who recently merged with Coordinated Health. I’ll be working as a physician extender with the only fellowship trained sports medicine surgeon there.

“Also, I’d like to highlight that our farm in the Poconos is still doing well and growing. We also have a newly finished suite that serves as an Air BnB as well. A complimentary stay is open to any of my former, fellow PDS staff, students, and faculty – you all know who you are! I hope to get back for an Alumni Weekend at some point.

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“In late May, early June, I joined an Adventures Abroad trip called the Untouched Pacific; (Honolulu) Kiribati, Marshall Islands (Majuro), Niue, Tuvalu, Micronesia and Nauru, and Fiji. In September I joined another of AA trips seeing Portugal, Madeira, and some of the Azores (Sao Miguel, Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge, and Terceira).

“In July, my friend, Bonnie Hutton, and I finally took a Namibia trip we’d been planning for at least 10 years. Driven by an incredible guide/driver, we spent four weeks circumnavigating the country, visiting the San (bushmen), Damara, Herero and Himba peoples. We also saw the Kalahari Desert, the red sand dunes and blackened trees of Sossusviei, Epupa Falls, ghost towns (Luderitz), Windhoek, and Swakopmund. Spent several days in posh Etosha lodges. We saw meerkats, desert horses, baby warthogs, and lots of different kinds of antelope.

“I don’t do Facebook, but my phone number’s the same as it’s always been.”

Kathy Jamieson, former Director of Admission (among other things...), is currently the Head of the National Cathedral School but has announced that she will be leaving at the end of the 20182019 school year.

“Social media is great for getting updates, but nothing beats getting a physical copy of the PDS Journal and being able to unplug and leaf through all the updates and news. I especially enjoy the frequent dissertation that is printed by a young Mr. Powers.”

Bonnie Howarth Hunter, former Upper School English and Lower School computer teacher, reported, “Some tweaks in my life, but mostly the same as previous years. I’m comfortably ensconced in a two-bedroom duplex at Windrows Retirement Village, active in many of their weekly activities as well, maintaining one 10 x 10 Gray Garden plot. I’ve continued ushering at McCarter and Richardson and have added patronage at Richardson, New Brunswick NJSO as well as the Kimmel Center in Philly. One big change is that I didn’t teach at PDS this summer, the first time in about 35 years.

“Seeing my kids became much easier this year. In April, Jennifer, her husband Marcelo and son, Jonny (age seven), moved from Brazil to South Miami, FL, only to be welcomed by Hurricane Irma a few weeks later.

“My son and family still live in Middlebury, VT where Jeff teaches and Jess works online for Crush. Jessica and Jeff brought Aldo (age two) to NJ for Thanksgiving.

“Last year I saw the five Stands, Caribbean Islands, Copper Canyon (during Day of the Dead) and the Canadian Arctic. Can’t do many long hikes uphill, but cobblestones & jungles are still manageable.

Kathy Jamieson (front row, second from right) with her family, including Katie ’96 (front right), Annie ’99 (back left) and Molly ’04 (front, second from left) Carol Koiro, former athletic trainer, wrote: “Well, after surviving Hurricane Irma down here in Florida, my husband and I made the long drive to NJ where I competed in the Atlantic City Ironman 70.3 and qualified to compete at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Port Elizabeth, South Africa this September.

This also allowed me to be recognized as an Ironman 70.3 Bronze All-World Athlete. I continue to work as a PA at our local Trauma Center, where unfortunately, there is no shortage of work for us!”

Lila Lohr h’00, former Head of School, wrote: “I’m enjoying being the Interim Head of my own school, Garrison Forest, in Baltimore and next year am headed back to California to be the Interim Head of Marin Country Day School (my eighth interim). When SPRING 2018

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Former Faculty News continued I came to PDS, I followed Archer Harmen, a legendary interim head, who decades ago predicted how much I would love serving as an interim head of many schools. I still love being in touch with so many former PDS friends: including Carlton Tucker, Matt Levinson, Diane Rosenberg, and Bev Gallagher. With fond memories of my years at PDS.” Louse Topp McClure, former Lower School music teacher, wrote: “I taught music and strings at PDS from 1972-1992. I still love teaching privately from home, and I’m still learning a lot! In addition, I teach orchestra and string lessons at Princeton Friends School and volunteer in a small strings program in inner-city Trenton.

“I have become the new director of the NJ Suzuki Workshop, a July weekend for students of violin, viola, cello, and piano. We offer group, enrichment, and masterclasses, chamber music, and this year, a try-it-out class on double bass.

“Our daughter graduated from college and is gainfully employed in NYC, but we STILL don’t have much free time. Both my husband and I play in a local orchestra, and I play in bands for English and contra dances.”

Judy Michaels, former Upper School English teacher, wrote that she has “enjoyed returning to PDS for art gallery exhibits, particularly the faculty show, and catching up with colleagues. I gave a presentation on poetry this past fall in St. Louis at the annual convention of the National Council of Teachers of English. I have been chosen to serve a three-year term on NCTE’s awards committee for children’s poetry, which includes submitting reviews of new poetry books and verse narratives, making recommendations to various university library collections, and helping run the yearly convention awards lunch and presentations by the winning writers. Many of the writers brought to PDS by Bev Gallagher for Imagine the Possibilities have won these awards, including last year’s poetry winner, Marilyn Nelson.” Judy continues to speak on ovarian cancer panels as part of curricula at medical schools in Newark and New York, for the national program Survivors Teaching Students. She gives poetry readings, often with her critique/performance group, Cool Women, serves as a Geraldine R. Dodge poet, and presents on poetry at schools and conferences.

She wants to recommend Sarah Blake’s (Sarah Maloney Schoenholtz ’02) new poetry collection, Let’s Not Live on Earth. And she also reported she heard from Katherine Powell Roman ’93 who was playing the lead in Ibsen’s A Doll House in Philadelphia.

John Ora, former head of the Middle School, sent greetings to all.

He wrote, “After almost a decade as head of a school in the Bay Area, I am returning to the East Coast this summer as Interim Head of School for The Long Ridge School in Stamford, CT. I am excited to be back in the area again and will be sure to stop by PDS to see old friends.

“On a separate note – if you enjoy following retail level politics, PDS alumnus Gabriel Debenedetti ’08 is now a national political reporter for Politico. You may remember him as MS Science Chair Sylvia Strauss-Debenedetti’s son, Gaby. I came across an article of his by accident and, noticing the byline, figured out it was him.”

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Tom Palma having fun with his twin grandchildren

Tom Palma, former Upper School science teacher, wrote: “Original plan: winter in Naples, FL; summers at the Jersey shore. Then my son’s twins were born and the opportunity for us to do daycare two days a week.

How could we resist? We are enjoying guiding their growth in skills and language. We do get away for a few weeks to enjoy the FL warmth!”

Michelle Ruess, former Communications Director, wrote, “Moving back to New Jersey after restoring an 1878 brick townhouse in Mill Hill section of Trenton. Come see the finished product on the holiday house tour in December!”

Cindy Shapiro Stadulis, former Business Manager, announced that her daughter, Meghan Shapiro ’08, will be married in October.

Carlton Tucker h’13, former Head of the Upper School, wrote, “I continue to remain busy, and happily so, in Bristol, RI. We have two graduations this June: Michael ’14 from Stanford and Caitlin ’18 from Moses Brown. I continue to do some work at Moses Brown in Providence and mentor aspiring school leaders through the UPenn Educational Leadership program; a number of PDS faculty have done this program.

“In the fall, former interim and acting Head of School, Sandy Bing h’87 and I ventured to Washington, DC for a wonderful PDS alumni gathering. Lots of fun seeing former students from across the ages.

“This past winter, I was crossing the Brown campus and by complete chance ran into PDS’ Scott Bertoli and Chris Devlin. The PDS boys’ ice hockey team had played RI’s Portsmouth Abbey the night before and they were on their way to Worcester, MA to play Worcester Academy later that afternoon. A small world! It also was fun to watch via the internet the exciting PDS vs L’ville ice hockey game, which PDS won.

“This spring I’m looking forward to returning three times to PDS: (1) Moses Brown vs. PDS girls’ lacrosse game (April 22nd).

(2) Alumni weekend, where I have the privilege of introducing Christopher Campbell ’03 as the Young Alumni Award winner.

(3) PDS’ graduation. There are too many wonderful faculty who are retiring this year to say goodbye to.”

Rob Tuckman, former school counselor, sent an update: “After leaving PDS at the conclusion of 2017, I spent the summer traveling, enjoying the beach and some much needed family time.

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“Reconnecting with treasured friends from my high school days as an exchange student in Sweden, I celebrated the 70th birthday of one of my Swedish sisters atop the Empire State Building during an eclectic five-day stay in New York City in June. From a beautifully restored townhouse in Bed-Sty as home base, we alternated between sampling neighborhood restaurants and traversing the city, feasting on the Klimts at the Neue Gallery, raising the average age of the crowd at the Brooklyn Brewery in Williamsburg, exploring the full length of the High Line, and joining the Rock Steady boxing community at Gleason’s Gym.”

Judy Williams, former Lower School teacher, wrote: “Charlie and I have had another busy year in retirement. In February of 2017 we joined our daughter, Christina, on a fabulous six-night safari in Kenya. Seeing animals in their real habitat probably ruined all future visits to zoos for us. The experiences simply cannot be compared. On that trip we also spent time in Lugano, Switzerland where we had lived for four years. In August of 2017 we took a month-long trip out West. One highlight was a three-night white-water rafting trip on the Snake River. We also spent time in Telluride and in Denver with our daughter, Austin, and her family.

In November of this year Austin and Jason had a third baby, a little boy named Charlie. Charlie joined his sister, Stella (5) and his brother JJ (3).

Kate Winton, former Upper School English, wrote, “At the end of two fabulous years of teaching in Taipei and exploring SE Asia, John (Baldwin, former Upper School math) and I spent the summer traveling the silk road of Uzbekistan, hiking and sleeping in yurts in Kyrgyzstan, and circumnavigating the natural wonders of Iceland. Back in Seattle, John has returned to the Northwest School as math department head, and I split my time between helping recent immigrant students navigate the college process, being a court-appointed mediator for the King County Courts system, and working to launch The Downtown School: A Lakeside School, due to open fall 2018. It has been great to be in the same city as eldest daughter, Erin ’08, and Kate’s father, but we miss Kelsey ’10 in NYC, and other family and friends on the East Coast.”

“As I write this, my husband Charlie and I are in Tanzania volunteering at the Rift Valley Children’s Village. 90 children call this place home. They live in homes with a ‘mama’ and one or two volunteers. School-aged children walk to the local school every week day. Our ‘job’ is to help children with their English. When we leave here we will spend a week in Switzerland before heading back to Bridgehampton. Between trips I keep myself busy with volunteer organizations and life at the beach.”

Mary Williams, former Upper School English, shared: “The home of renowned author-illustrator Ashley Bryan on Little Cranberry Island, Maine is a collector’s paradise of toys, paintings, and friends of all ages who flow through this magical space with gifts and good will. It was my great privilege to be invited to the welcome table for lunch in September.

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In November, after the rush of the start of school, I joined Newtown Therapy and Wellness Center (www.newtowntherapy.com) as a psychotherapist. My practice is very similar to the work that I was doing in the schools, as I continue to support and work with kids, young adults, adults and families on a whole range of challenges. I will be continuing to coach lacrosse this spring for PDS in my final season as a high school lacrosse coach (24 years in total). I then look forward to joining the ranks of parents on the sidelines as I watch my sons in college and my daughter in high school at PDS (on the fields and on the stage).”

Nancy Young, former Director of the Annual Fund and Director of Alumni Relations and Special Events, wrote, “Hap and I continue to enjoy our retirement adventure in the Rocky Mountains where there is never a dull moment. In addition to immersing ourselves in the mountains on a daily basis, I do manage some volunteer work – pro bono development consulting, advancement committee at Vail Mountain School, and lots for Vail Club 50, a group we liken to ‘high school without the homework’ that plans seemingly endless winter and summer sports and social activities for those in the 50+ age group. Our seven grandkids are not far away and the oldest is off to college next year. Life is good!”

Nancy and Hap Young enjoying retirement in Colorado

Mary Williams (front right) enjoying high school friends in New York City SPRING 2018

LETTER FROM THE

Chair of the Board of Trustees

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Every issue of the Princeton Day School Journal abounds with news of the school today. We all read with delight about the remarkable accomplishments of our students and faculty, including the accolades picked up by our Model UN Team and Chess Team, the news of our recruited student-athletes, and the professional achievements of faculty like Coach Jill Thomas and US Science Fellow Thomas Pettengill.

We also get a view of what is to come, reading about the School’s plans to renovate Shepherd Commons and build a new greenhouse. Last summer we transformed our Upper School math and language classrooms surrounding the vibrant new STEAM Center. Their bright colors and brilliant technology have energized everyone experiencing, or even just passing through, those spaces. The coming summer’s renovation of Shepherd Commons and the history and English classrooms promise to bring a similar new dynamism and light for our teachers and students. The new greenhouse, too, will support our vital programs in plant biology and sustainability.

However, the Journal also reminds that our school’s strengths are deeply rooted in the past. Of course, that story is told in every issue in Class Notes that illuminate the rich lives our alumni lead once they leave the Great Road. This particular issue also features the Alumni Award recipients and Athletic Hall of Fame honoree, a roster that amply illustrates how this school nurtures excellence in so many forms in ways that last a lifetime. Davon Reed ’13 is a model of achievement in scholarship, sports, and community service, and Chris Campbell ’03 has flown to the top of his field as a Marshall Scholar at Cambridge and a test pilot and leader in the U.S. Air Force. I am thrilled to see both Barbie Griffin Cole ’78 and Robert Whitlock ’78 honored this year (as past board chair and current board member, respectively). Surely both found their inspiration to become architects here at PDS, but I believe that their time here also bred in them a strong commitment to this community that gave them so much when they were young.

This issue of the Journal also celebrates our long-serving faculty who are now retiring: Hank Bristol ’72, Eamon Downey, Chris Hart, Susan Reichlin, Betsy Rizza, Lee Rosenberg, Andrea Schafer, Bill Stoltzfus, Deb Sugarman, Barbara Walker, my own classmate Ann Wiley ’70, and Donna Zarzecki. Whether alum, current parent, or student, most of you reading this issue will have had your lives touched by these people, whose years of service add up to three hundred and three, and who have taught thousands of us. Nothing can be a stronger testimony to the strength of a school than the loyalty and wisdom of its faculty, exemplified by these teachers who are now choosing to launch on the next great stage in their life’s adventure. We are all so grateful to them for all they have done to make Princeton Day School what it is today.

While our campus continues to grow and shine, and we are making the essential investments we need to support our mission, our long story is defined by the contributions of people, past and present: our faculty, staff, parents, and students. We celebrate them now, and look to the future with the strong optimism that years of such success can breed.

Rebecca W. Bushnell ’70

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oard of Trustees Rebecca W. Bushnell ’70, Chair Thomas B. Harvey, Vice Chair Mark E. Thierfelder, Treasurer Cynthia O. Linville, Secretary/Parliamentarian Ashley Aitken-Davies Deepinder S. Bhatia Marc C. Brahaney Kun Deng J. Christopher Dries Georgia (Robin) B. Gosnell Carol Herring Eleanor V. Horne Dinesh Jain Lynn Dixon Johnston Karen Law Oye Olukotun Shari Phillips David L. Richter Lorraine Sciarra David R. Scott Paul J. Stellato Mark A. Tatum Lucy Englander van den Brand ’78 John C. Wellemeyer ’52 Robert C. Whitlock ’78 Barbara Griffin Cole ’78 Trustee Emerita Marilyn W. Grounds Trustee Emerita Betty Wold Johnson Trustee Emerita Herbert J. Kendall Trustee Emeritus Samuel W. Lambert III Trustee Emeritus Edward E. Matthews Trustee Emeritus Andrew M. Okun Trustee Emeritus John D. Wallace ’48 Trustee Emeritus

Ashley Aitken-Davies

Deepinder S. Bhatia

Marc C. Brahaney

Rebecca W. Bushnell ’70

Kun Deng

J. Christopher Dries

Georgia (Robin) B. Gosnell

Thomas B. Harvey

Carol Herring

Eleanor V. Horne

Dinesh Jain

Lynn Dixon Johnston

Karen Law

Cindy Linville

Oye Olukotun

Shari Phillips

David L. Richter

Paul J. Stellato

Mark A. Tatum

Mark E. Thierfelder

Lucy Englander van den Brand ’78

David R. Scott

Lorraine Sciarra

John C. Wellemeyer ’52

Robert C. Whitlock ’78

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Kathryn Rosko

Aligning Physical Space with Mission: A Reimagined SHEPHERD COMMONS and a New GREENHOUSE Princeton Day School is always striving to balance deep tradition and true innovation. The goal is to commit both to the longstanding traditions that have made this School great for more than 50 years, and to provide entirely new experiences and opportunities for learning for our students. Physical space and facilities serve to inform these goals, as evidenced by the creation of the new Upper School STEAM Center last summer, which has not only energized our science, technology, engineering, art, and math curricula but also our students and faculty in the process. As our faculty continue to search for new ways to approach teaching and learning through interdisciplinary studies and project-based learning, Head of School Paul Stellato and our Board of Trustees ensure that the facilities at PDS align with these goals by working to create groundbreaking designs that promote creativity, collaboration, design thinking, and problem-solving.

With that mission in mind, two new projects are slated to begin this summer on campus. The first will be a complete renovation and reimagining of Shepherd Commons, the hub of the 9th grade activity on campus, and the current home to our Upper School English and History classes and offices. Among the most visible spaces on campus, Shepherd Commons will be redesigned to support and enhance the new multi-faceted 9th grade program. The second capital project planned is the creation of a new greenhouse that will serve as the cold and inclement weather classroom for the entire PDS Garden program, serving students in all three divisions. This Greenhouse will also serve the biology and ecology programs in the Middle and Upper Schools providing a perfect location for hands-on experimentation.

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A rendering of the renovated Shepherd Commons

SHEPHERD COMMONS The renovation of Shepherd Commons, a key destination on campus named after the legendary English teacher Anne Shepherd, is envisioned to further enhance the new 9th grade program, which was recently reimagined to include a universal core curriculum that provides a common, foundational experience for all freshmen. This core curriculum includes a strong focus on the enduring relevance of the liberal arts and the traditional academic disciplines, as well as a drive to explore connections through a number of interdisciplinary courses. Another element of the PDS freshman year experience is Peer Group, a program where carefully selected seniors work with dedicated faculty members to mentor freshmen through their first year in the Upper School. It is a popular peer-mentoring program that highlights the School’s commitment to both community, and health and wellness.

The newly renovated Shepherd Commons will be the natural setting for this unique 9th grade program.

The renovation plans for the Commons include an expansion of the open area that will be used for class meetings, small group work, faculty meetings, homework, and socializing. This open space will be well utilized for weekly 9th grade class meetings as well as the special seminars that are part of the core curriculum. In

Shepherd Commons is a hub of activity on campus

addition, all the classrooms will be thoroughly updated and outfitted with new whiteboards, LED screens, and state of the art walls to control sound in each room. Two of these classrooms will serve as “double classrooms” to accommodate larger groups. The Writing Center and office of the Freshman dean will be renovated, as well, and the addition of more windows will lead to greater visibility from both within and without.

Throughout the entire Commons, there will be newly installed skylights, updated lighting, and fresh carpeting, leading this space to become a true showcase of the Upper School experience: a favorite spot for our 9th graders and faculty, as well as a key destination for our Admission tours and open houses.

THE GREENHOUSE Princeton Day School’s Sustainability Program is nationally recognized and celebrated, growing exponentially over the span of decade, and winning such awards as the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon School Award, the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed’s Gold-Level RiverFriendly Certification, and most recently, the Eco-Schools Green Flag Award along the way. The program continues to grow, making great use of the School’s organic garden and outdoor classroom, and expanding curriculum into all three divisions.

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Plans for the new Greenhouse

The current greenhouse is only large enough for plants. The new one will serve as a meeting space for an entire class.

Though the School currently houses a small greenhouse located across from the Upper School science classrooms, it is only large enough to store plants and not able to serve as a meeting space for an entire class. The new Greenhouse was conceived in order to allow the garden program to thrive as it moves indoors between November and March.

In addition, the new Greenhouse dovetails perfectly with the School’s commitment to interdisciplinary learning and the new STEAM curriculum. By providing a new space for our students to study topics like hydroponics and plant cells, the new Greenhouse offers opportunities for our students to literally get their hands dirty learning about plants, biology, and ecology in a way not currently available. The new space also offers faculty the opportunity to broaden their project offerings, helping students make engaged connections across different disciplines. Research continues to show that hands-on, experiential and interdisciplinary projects deepen learning and retention for students.

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The Greenhouse will have a space for a full class of 16 students and two faculty; a specimen plant collection for science study; active ecology and biology experiments; seedling growth; and the overwintering of certain school plants. It will be approximately 46’ x 14’ and include ventilation and fans, tables for plants, and work tables and stools for students.

A primary force behind the new Greenhouse, as well as the sustainability efforts at PDS, is Liz Cutler, longserving Upper School English teacher, and the School’s Sustainability Coordinator. In honor of Ms. Cutler’s efforts on behalf of the School, as well as her vision and zeal regarding sustainability, the Mehrberg Family donated the funds to build the Greenhouse and it will be named on behalf of her son, Isaac Cutler-Kreutz.

Plans on both projects will begin during the summer of 2018 with plans for completion at the start of the 20182019 academic year.

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GREETINGS FROM THE

2017/2018 Alumni Board

Alumni Board Greetings from Your Alma Mater, Happy spring from the Great Road! This has been another incredible year for Princeton Day School, and there are more opportunities than ever for alumni to get involved.

Pay a visit to the Alumni section of the website to hear podcasts featuring fellow alumni working in a variety of fields. These are brought to you by the Professional Development Committee of the Alumni Board, and Lylah Alphonse ’90, Peter Bordes ’81, and Eric Dunn ’75 are our first interview subjects.

Lucy Englander van den Brand ’78 President

You can help the school unlock a $50,000 challenge gift by making a gift to the Annual Fund on May 11 as part of our second annual PDS Day of Giving. Our goal this year is to improve on the success of last year with 350 gifts in one day.

This year’s Alumni Weekend (May 18 & 19) celebration features some exciting additions to the schedule that will provide ample opportunity to visit campus and learn more about the PDS of today. Consider attending the Taps and Trucks Alumni Family Picnic, the STEAMinar, or the sustainability event led by English teacher and Sustainability Coordinator Liz Cutler. Register early! Space for some of these events is limited.

I hope to see you on campus in May to reconnect with old friends and faculty.

Warm regards, Lucy Englander van den Brand ’78

Paris McLean ’00 Vice President

Michael T. Bracken ’98 Beth Geter-Douglass, PhD ’82 Maria Tardugno Aldrich ’99 Allissa C. Crea ’06 Scott J. Feldman ’93 John L. Griffith, III ’99 Taylor Hwong ’88 Patrick McDonald ’06 Cameron Linville ’09 Justin Revelle ’03 Joseph P. Rogers ’09 Julie Roginsky ’91 Arianna Rosati ’88

Barbara Rose MFS ’64 Scott E. Rosenberg ’04 Linda Maxwell Stefanelli MFS ’62 David Straut ’74 Lisa Warren ’71 Kaylie Keesling Director of Alumni Programs & Giving

Amy M. Gallo ’03 Director of Annual Giving Initiatives SPRING 2018

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Alumni Achievement Award by linda maxwell stefanelli ’62

Robert Whitlock, Jr. ’78 Reshaping the Skyline, Revitalizing the City

The stylish high-rise towers designed by Rob Whitlock have altered the skylines of Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing, Jakarta, and New York. More than impressive landmarks, they have also transformed the life of the city center by creating vibrant new spaces for people to work, live, shop, and unwind.

An award-winning architect, Mr. Whitlock is a principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, known for his innovative design of “supertall” buildings and mixed-use developments. His projects enhance the urban experience by addressing such issues as overcrowding, pollution, sustainability, and quality of life.

“Today, architecture and urban planning go hand in hand,” he says. “As we design some of the tallest buildings in the world, we’re also thinking about how to make discrete, comfortable, humanly-scaled pedestrian environments.”

The Marina Bay Financial Center in Singapore, for which Mr. Whitlock was honored with the 2011 MIPIM Asia Award and the 2012 FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Award, is a prime example.

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ventilation and elevators, as well as sky terraces and gardens that distribute cool air. A subterranean mall offers retail and dining options and connects to the subway system.

“You’re designing a city within a city,” he says. “Once you have more than one building, you start to create spaces between them, so there’s a sensitivity to the urban environment and pedestrian movement. There’s also an expanding understanding of what makes people happy and productive in a workplace environment. If you’re able to hang out in a plaza and have a cup of coffee with a couple of people, it’s more likely you’re going to be exposed to something you hadn’t thought about than if you’re just sitting at a desk next to the same person you’re talking with all the time.”

Mr. Whitlock explains that while New York City zoning laws limit mixed-use buildings, in Asia it is common to have office, apartment, hotel, and observation deck components stacked on top of each other. “So there’s a process of establishing distinct requirements for each of those uses while simultaneously harnessing the synergies,” he says. “Within the mixed-use context, the projects keep reinventing themselves, either by virtue of where they’re located or the way uses are recombined.”

Presently, he is working on a 528-meter tower in Beijing that will be among the tallest in China and a 475-meter skyscraper in Chongqing. Some of his other far-flung projects include Dongjiadu, a new mixed-use development in Shanghai that is connected by elevated greenways to a park along the Huangpu River, and Jakarta’s largest exurban development, Bumi Serpong Damai. Both Wheelock Square, the tallest building in Shanghai’s Puxi district, and the Singapore Exchange Center have received prestigious awards. The 40-story Hysan Place,

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built in the densest part of Hong Kong, is the first LEED Platinum building on the island. It balances retail and office space with multi-story rooftop gardens that allow the prevailing breezes to pass through and improve the air quality of the surrounding neighborhood. Closer to home, he designed the award-winning Espirito Santo Plaza in Miami that includes banking, hotel, and residential spaces.

Although he was never pressured to pursue an architectural career, Mr. Whitlock enjoyed a childhood that proved to be excellent preparation—his father was the School’s legendary industrial arts teacher, Bob Whitlock. “My father had a wood shop set up in the basement and from the time I was four years old, we’d be making door stops on the jig saw to give relatives for Christmas. So making things has always been a part of my life,” he says. He inherited a love of historic houses from his parents and, with his wife Roby, has renovated eight houses since 2000. “On weekends, I utilize all the woodworking skills I learned from my father and Andy Franz (former PDS shop teacher). I call it sawdust therapy.”

“On weekends, I utilize all the woodworking skills I learned from my father and Andy Franz. I call it sawdust therapy.”

– Rob Whitlock

Bob Hillier ’52 was the first practicing architect the younger Whitlock met and he still remembers the impact.

“He was an almost mythical figure, he might as well have been wearing a cape!”

Mr. Hillier, an Alumni Achievement Award recipient himself in 2007, says, “Some sixty-plus years ago, at Princeton Country Day School, I met Bob Whitlock, Senior. He was a newly graduated shop teacher and I was a fifth former, excited about creating a carving board, the first project for the term. Some 15 years later, Bob drafted me to help him create an architectural program for Princeton Day School students. During planning sessions in the Whitlock home, there was this young teenager listening in. That younger Whitlock eventually joined KPF, perhaps the most prominent firm in the world in the design of skyscraper buildings. Today he is acknowledged as a leader in the design of this important building type.”

“I was fortunate to have the opportunity to sort of reinvent my self when I came to PDS in eighth grade,” Mr. Whitlock says. “Suddenly I had associations with all these fantastic people and it was just a different way of looking

at the world.” Those ties remain and were expanded in 2016 when he joined the School’s Board of Trustees.

“Rob and I quickly became friends when we started at PDS together,” says classmate Bob Cottone. “Over the years, I’ve admired how gracefully and calmly Rob handles challenges, his strength of character, his unassuming personality, and his ability to be very persuasive but in a subtle manner. Rob’s brilliance has shone brightest during his professional career, and his humility and sense of place has allowed him to flourish without exploiting others.

In fact, he has become a mentor and invaluable partner at his firm, contributing substantially to its success, both technically and at the organizational level. It is very rare for an individual to ascend to the pinnacle of their profession and make others around them better, rather than leaving them in their wake.”

Mr. Whitlock earned a B.S. from the University of Virginia and his M. Arch. from Columbia, then took a position with a former professor in an office above Carnegie Hall, doing residential renovations and additions.

One day he bumped into a friend who worked across the street at KPF and urged Mr. Whitlock to stop by.

“I went over at lunch one day and it was like landing on another planet,” he says. “Ninety percent of my exposure had been on small projects. I had never focused on skyscrapers or big commercial projects. I was captivated.”

He quickly submitted a portfolio and was hired. “I work with really wonderful people. It’s a collaborative environment, a design-focused firm.”

He recently finished work on 111 Murray Street in New York, a 792-foot tower enclosed with two curved glass shells that wrap around 59 floors of luxury apartments.

He says he wanted a simple and elegant silhouette against the Lower Manhattan skyline and was “inspired by the sweeping curves of 1950s Dior fashion.”* Although the building is seven times higher than the one it replaced, it occupies only 40 percent of the site, allowing for more public space. The interior boasts a unique rounded corner design that eliminates the need for corner columns, maximizing floor space and creating uninterrupted views.

Mr. Whitlock’s enthusiasm for his work is clear. “Even after all these years, I still love it,” he says. “It’s been interesting and exciting. You really have the opportunity to shape cities and to create vibrant places for people to be happy and to thrive.”*

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John D. Wallace ’48 Alumni Service Award by linda maxwell stefanelli ’62

Barbara Griffin Cole ’78 Cultivating a Landscape for Learning

as a result, my time as Board Chair was one of the most profound experiences I have had.”

When Barbie Griffin Cole joined the Princeton Day School Board of Trustees in 2000, she had two children in Lower School and another just shy of his second birthday.

As she juggled her new responsibilities with those of a working wife and mother, she says one of her biggest concerns was simply, “How do I find a babysitter so I can actually go to these meetings?”

By the time she stepped down from the Board 17 years later, all three of her children had graduated from PDS and she had served on fifteen critical trustee committees, headed a record-breaking capital campaign, and, for the last five years, led the School through a remarkably productive period as Board Chair.

“I loved every minute of it,” Ms. Cole says. “ My time on the Board was incredibly rewarding. I feel very fortunate to have been able to contribute to this school, which has meant so much to my family and me. I developed lasting friendships with remarkable people both on the faculty and Board. But at the heart of this, I think, is the enormous respect I have for (Head of School) Paul Stellato, and the great team we became. I honestly believe we emerged as better leaders and people through our work together and,

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Under Ms. Cole’s leadership, PDS flourished on all fronts, from an innovative redesign of curriculum and facilities to a surge in applications and financial aid. She encouraged collaboration and created an environment where imaginative ideas could be converted to reality.

“She’s the first to see the challenge, the opportunity, the process, the path, and the ultimate outcome of an issue,” says Mr. Stellato. “She knows how to ask a good question, she knows what to look for, what’s important, and what needs to be left to the side. She has an ability to get to the heart of the matter and then to invite others in. Working closely with Barbie over a number of years and in a variety of situations, I learned a great deal about the power and reach of our school.”

The most visible of the projects completed during Ms. Cole’s tenure, and the one she found most rewarding, is the STEAM Center. The process involved not only a total gutting and redesign of Upper School classrooms in a mere 12 weeks over summer break, but the creation of a new interdisciplinary curriculum for science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.

“The Faculty Committee was charged with developing a program for the Center at the same time the Board’s Core

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Facilities Committee was working with architects to design the space,” she says. “I was truly impressed by the faculty who seized the opportunity to think about new ways of interdisciplinary teaching in a state of the art space, all within a very tight time frame. The enthusiasm, energy, and momentum they created was infectious for all of us, and is a model for future planned projects in other areas of the School. I was inspired by the devotion and passion displayed by the administration and faculty to create entirely new opportunities and experiences for our Upper School students. A perfect example of what makes PDS so special.”

STEAM Committee Chair and Scientist-in-Residence Lee Rosenberg says, “Barbie teamed with Paul in 2014 to see to it that STEAM was at the top of the School’s priorities for new academic activities, then she embraced the idea that the space and program be rushed to completion. Her commitment to and advocacy for the new program was important to everyone involved.”

Ms. Cole understands the School and the community it serves from several perspectives and has a deep respect for its history and traditions. She attended PDS as a member of the Class of ’78 with her sisters, Cynthia Griffin Ferris ’81 and Sarah Griffin Thompson ’83, who now teaches in Lower School. Her mother, Barbara Griffin, set an example as a PDS trustee from 1973 to 1979 (and, we suspect, resolved many of Ms. Cole’s babysitter issues).

A PDS parent for 22 years, Ms. Cole gained valuable insight through her children, James ’08, Zeeza ’13, and George ’17. Her Board tenure actually overlapped the entire school career of her two youngest who say, “We loved that my mom was so involved with the School and felt very lucky that we got to spend our time at PDS with her in the hallways. We’re so proud of her. Her generosity, thoughtfulness, ingenuity, and passion for the faculty, staff, students, and families at PDS truly inspire us and we’re thankful for her profound impact on the School.”

“She has an ability to get to the heart of the matter and then to invite others in.”

– Paul Stellato

Growing up, Ms. Cole much preferred building mud houses and villages along the stream that ran through her parents’ farm to dressing dolls, but she did not get hooked on architecture until her sophomore year at Princeton University.

After completing her undergraduate and graduate degrees there, she worked in New York before launching her own architecture firm in Hopewell. Today, she lives with her

husband Chris on another farm where she can indulge her love of gardening and still get her hands dirty.

“I’ve designed a whole series of very elaborate perennial gardens and a vegetable garden. I love horticulture. It’s my yoga. My kids accuse me of loving my plants more than them,” she laughs.

That passion was an asset when Ms. Cole spearheaded the school’s first-ever Campus Master Plan for its 106-acre site.

“I thought it was really important to look at the site in its entirety and to come up with a 10-year vision,” she says.

“There is a danger of becoming very myopic in the way one solves problems and addresses needs. I feel that it is critical to think holistically about how current decisions might impact later work. So I urged us to develop a thoughtful approach to prevent us from being forced to come up with band-aid solutions later. The Master Plan is a shared vision for the School that allows for phasing so we know where we are and where we are going. We may never be able to do all we’d like, but at least the plan reminds us to think about the campus as a whole and as its own ecosystem.”

“That’s stewardship in its finest sense,” says Mr. Stellato.

“Barbie sees herself building on what came before and ensuring that those who succeed her benefit from her careful stewardship of this facility, of this campus, and its program and people.”

Ms. Cole finds she is still learning from PDS. Struck by the way students and teachers are constantly being tested, evaluated, and challenged, she determined to expand her own comfort zone. “This notion of constantly trying to improve, both institutionally and personally, that’s what we as a Board were trying to do,” she says. “I learned how to be a better Board member, a better citizen, and just a better friend from Jack (Wallace ’48, Trustee Emeritus). He has done so much for me and this school, so to be awarded this honor in his name is extraordinarily meaningful.”

Although Ms. Cole will no longer come to PDS for parent/ teacher conferences or chair Board meetings, she will continue to contribute her expertise as a Trustee Emerita and co-chair of the current capital campaign. As she leaves one role for another, she wants to assure parents that while much of a Board’s work is done behind the scenes, “Trustees are really working hard to do what we believe is right and best for your kids—every day.”

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Outstanding Young Alumni

Award

by linda maxwell stefanelli ’62

Christopher Campbell ’03 Speeding Toward His Goal at Mach 2

know how it’s going to perform,” he explains. “They need to make sure that it meets strict engineering specifications and that it functions safely in flight so they bring it to us.”

Major Campbell supervises approximately 750 engineers and 10 test pilots who develop a program that will enable the plane to reach its full potential. They calibrate avionics at the maximum altitude and air speed, measure loads at maximum G forces needed for tight turning, and fine-tune the weapon delivery systems.

As Chief Experimental Test Pilot and Assistant Director of Operations for the 461st Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base in California, Major Chris Campbell spends much of his time on the ground with a crew of engineers, perfecting the intricate avionics of the country’s newest stealth fighter jet, the F-35 Lightning II. Once all the adjustments are made, however, he straps into the cockpit alone and pilots one of the world’s fastest aircraft on its maiden flight.

“The flying is fantastic,” he says. “To be able to take these jets up to over Mach 2 and spin them and put them out of control so we can demonstrate how they maneuver is really fun, quite the thrill.”

That thrill is embedded in his DNA but Major Campbell emphasizes that test pilots are not the risk-takers glorified on screen. “When a new airplane’s designed, it can barely do more than take off and land because the designers don’t

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“The engineers come up with a safe plan and then they turn it over to the pilots,” he says. “Our job is to be the first folks to fly that new technology, which is very cool, but it’s very much a safe program. The jets are instrumented with all sorts of sensors and telemetry so we’ve got a control room with about 30 people on the ground, monitoring the plane and the flight to make sure everything is within limits and progressing as we expected. And when it inevitably runs into problems, because the systems are all new, we have a team of folks who work together to solve the problems.”

A love of flying has propelled Major Campbell since he was a fourth grader and attended Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. “I thought it was the best thing ever,” he says, and he decided right then to become an astronaut. Tempering his enthusiasm with typical thoroughness, he researched his options and realized the military offered the best opportunities and, just as essential, a set of values he could embrace.

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“I felt it was an important and good mission,” he says. “The military’s humanitarian and security work may not be widely known, but I think it has a big impact on the U.S. and the world. I thought this was a really worthwhile thing to pursue.”

In preparation, he got his pilot’s license at 17 and flew a small Cessna out of Doylestown Airport. After graduating from Princeton Day School, he entered the Air Force Academy and received a B.S. in aeronautical engineering with a minor in Japanese language. Since joining the Air Force in 2007, he has been recognized with some of its highest honors, enjoyed a wide range of educational and cultural opportunities, and served in postings from Japan to Jordan. Last year, he took a giant step toward his ultimate goal when he was selected to represent the Air Force as an astronaut nominee. Although he was not chosen for the program at that time, he says, “I definitely have that option still open.”

Former PDS math teacher Sarah Latham is not surprised that Major Campbell is so close to realizing his dream.

“He threw himself 110% into anything he did,” she recalls.

“He had a vision and there was no deviating from that: he wanted to be an astronaut. He wasn’t competitive with others, but with himself. He’s got a heart of gold and would be there for anyone who needs help. He certainly had his moral compass straight.”

Bianca Gersten ’03 agrees: “The great thing about having Chris as a classmate was that he was kind and sensitive in addition to being brilliant. That’s a rare combination for teenage boys, and was greatly appreciated by me as the only girl in our senior math class! He was always a friendly source of assistance.”

“To be able to take these jets up to over Mach 2 and spin them and put them out of control . . . is really fun, quite the thrill.”

– Chris Campbell

Based on his academic record at the Academy, Major Campbell was awarded a Marshall Scholarship from the British Government that enabled him to study at the University of Cambridge for two years and earn an M.S. in control engineering. After more training in the U.S., he spent two years with the 13th Fighter Squadron in Japan. “I fell in love with the Japanese culture,” he says. “It’s just such a pleasant place to live, with people who are so different from Americans.”

Then in the spring of 2014, he was deployed to the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan and flew the first American combat missions against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. “My perspective was somewhat unique because I was watching the threat develop,” he says of his unit’s early arrival in the area. “Reading the translations of the local news was really motivating because we were hearing horrible things about what was happening to families and what ISIL was doing to the local population. I think it’s really important to realize the military doesn’t make decisions in a vacuum. It was interesting to be ‘down range’ and see all the different perspectives come together and result in logical decisions.”

That August, Major Campbell’s squadron supported air drops of food, water and medical supplies to an estimated 30,000 Yazidi refugees stranded on Mt. Sinjar and then took out enemy checkpoints to clear an escape route for them. “It really put things into perspective because at that point, I had been in training for a long time and it felt like it was all worthwhile for that mission,” he says. He flew 37 combat sorties and helped secure essential infrastructure in Haditha and Mosul, and destroy enemy positions in Kobani.

To date, Major Campbell is most proud of his work on a joint project between the Air Force and NASA known as the Automatic Integrated Collision Avoidance System. “It’s so clever and so precise that it recognizes the point at which a pilot cannot react to a dangerous situation, then automatically takes control away and safely recovers the aircraft,” he says. “It provides a safety bubble around the jet that makes it very, very hard to actually crash.” The technology has been successfully demonstrated in the F-16 and he hopes it will become available for commercial aircraft in the near future.

Throughout his years in the service, Major Campbell has earned an impressive number of degrees, awards, medals, and flight hours. He was the top officer in his class at EuroNATO Joint Test Pilot Training in Texas and in 2016 earned an M.S. in flight test engineering from the USAF Test Pilot School, along with awards as the top pilot and top officer in the course. His decorations include the Air Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal, and Combat Readiness Medal.

Major Campbell may well reach the stars one day but meanwhile he is happily exploring new challenges here. His career is proceeding at warp speed, and last May he and his wife became instant parents when they adopted a two-yearold girl from China. “It’s been an exciting journey,” he says.

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Athletic Hall of Fame by linda maxwell stefanelli ’62

Davon Reed ’13 A Playmaker On and Off the Court

Five years ago, Davon Reed was playing Prep B basketball in Princeton Day School’s lower gym. Today, he is covering the polished courts of the National Basketball Association as a point guard for the Phoenix Suns. His exceptional athletic talent combined with his natural leadership, determination, and a strong set of personal values all contribute to his success.

His achievements will be highlighted on May 19 when he is inducted into the PDS Athletic Hall of Fame.

Ironically, Mr. Reed first came to the attention of PDS coaches as a football player. They had heard of a Fisher Middle School star who was also a great student and a “pretty good basketball player.” Once they saw the eighth grader’s skill on the court, however, they knew he had something special and wasted no time making use of his talents after he chose to attend PDS. Before Mr. Reed even started classes, he played for the school in a very competitive summer basketball league where he quickly earned the respect of the older players and coaches.

“I’d never had an incoming freshman play with our varsity team but I knew Davon could handle it,” says Paris McLean ’00 who coached him in basketball and football. “In our first game, I called a time-out, and as the players were going back on the court, Davon stopped them, huddled them together, and began going over strategy. And I thought, ‘Wow! This guy really knows what he’s talking about.’ Davon’s a team player; he’s humble, thoughtful, and a tireless worker.”

Mr. Reed also made an impact on the varsity football team but he says, “I loved football for sure, but I’ve always been a basketball player. My mom and I joke about it. As long as she can remember, I always said I wanted to play in the NBA.” He was a three-time captain of the basketball team, scored his 1,000th point six games into his junior year, and recorded 2,103 career points. Among other accomplishments, Mr. Reed was elected a Peer Group Leader and co-founded the PDS JOURNAL

Black and Latino Student Union to offer support to minority students.

“I chose PDS over other schools because it just felt like a good fit overall and I thought I’d try it for at least a year,” he says.

“Once I got there, the experience was something new to me. It was definitely a challenge but it was something that I kind of fell in love with from the beginning, and I didn’t think about transferring after that.”

“He worked incredibly hard for everything,” says Jill Thomas, physical education teacher and Peer Group advisor. “As a Peer Leader, you really saw the true Davon. He was generous of heart, generous of soul, generous of spirit. When he came onto this campus, he had a presence; he knew what he wanted to do and he took all the necessary steps to achieve it.”

Mr. Reed spent the August before his sophomore year at the Hoop Group Elite Future All American Camp, then under the direction of Joe Gallo ’99 who, after watching Mr. Reed play, called Mr. McLean to ask, “Do you know who you have here?

You have one of the best players in the country! Start expecting calls.”

The first came that summer from Virginia Commonwealth University, offering Mr. Reed a full scholarship. His exposure on Team Final, a highly regarded travel team, accelerated the process and he received similar offers from no less than 30 top colleges and universities, including Harvard, University of Connecticut, Wake Forest, Xavier, and University of Miami.

“It was definitely something new to me and it actually humbled me, just the fact that I was going to be able to go to college for free, the college of my choice,” he says. “In hindsight, I made two good decisions, to go to PDS and Miami. I think it ultimately came down to what felt the best to me: the whole situation, the coaches, the academics, location, just different

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opportunities. I’m not one to follow other people, I try to blaze my own trails and do it my way.

At Miami, the 6’6” Mr. Reed was a versatile swingman, a “3-and-D” player, focused on perimeter shooting and defense, and was ranked among the top ACC players in five statistical categories. He was a Dean’s List student and graduated with a degree in sports administration and double minors in communications and marketing. He was the recipient of the 2017 Skip Prosser Award, presented to the top scholar-athlete in ACC men’s basketball.

He served on Miami’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, volunteered at a local homeless shelter, and was a pen pal and mentor for elementary school children, yet he says, “There’s so much more that you wish you could do.”

Davon Reed ’13 PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL Varsity Football – 1 year (sport discontinued after 2009 season) Varsity Basketball – 4 YEARS

Last June, all his dreams hung in the balance as he watched the NBA draft with his family and friends. “Ah, man,” he sighs. “It was definitely an anxious and nerve-wracking night for me. Although I believed in myself, there are a lot of moving parts going through the pre-draft process. You hear the professionals say you’re projected not to be drafted and your agent’s telling you another thing. You have so many different voices that you never really know.”

2,103 career points

His doubts evaporated when the Phoenix Suns called his name early in the second round. He left for Arizona the next day and signed a four-year contract. He enjoyed a promising summer league showing but in August, he tore his left meniscus and spent the next four months in rehabilitation.

2011–2012, 2012–2013 All-Area Player of the Year

To test his readiness for competition, Mr. Reed was assigned to the Northern Arizona Suns, the Suns’ affiliate team, and played his first professional game on January 2. He made his long-delayed NBA debut with the Suns on January 14 and set about making the most of his abbreviated rookie season. “I’m just trying to get my trust back in my leg and get back in the swing of things,” he says.

2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2012–2013 Varsity Basketball Award

When asked what he might do—many years from now—when his NBA career is over, he says, “I hope to be able to say that I made a difference in people’s lives, but I definitely want to be involved in the game of basketball. It’s been a part of my life for so long and opened a lot of opportunities for me so I definitely want to give back to the game and be a part of it even when I’m finished playing.”

Mr. Reed’s childhood dream is coming true and he wants others to experience the same success. “I’d just like to say, for anybody that’s looking to follow their dream, there’s not anyone who can stop you if you put the work in and stick to your goal.”

1,000 points at PDS midway through junior year 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2012–2013 Co-Captain 2009–2010, 2012–2013 Mercer County Final Four Tournament 2011–2012, 2012–2013 Prep B Finals 2012, 2013 NYC Big Apple Invitational, 2012 MVP 2012–2013 NJ Prep B Player of the Year 2013 PrimeTime Shootout Invitational Tournament Champions 2012–2013 ESPN ranked 3rd best in NJ, 18th nationally at shooting guard position 2012–2013 McDonald’s All-American candidate

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI Varsity Basketball – 4 years Ranked fourth in school history in games played (131), fifth in minutes played (3,679), seventh in three-point makes (202) and 16th in scoring (1,343) 2017–Ranked sixth in ACC play by shooting 85.7 percent from the free throw line and 10th by shooting 40.4 percent from three-point range 2017 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Third Team 2017 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Team 2017 Skip Prosser Award presented to the ACC’s top scholar-athlete in men’s basketball

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Phoenix Suns 2017 – SPRING 2018

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2017 Thanksgiving Alumni Games UPCOMING EVENTS

2018 Alumni Weekend – May 18 and 19 at PDS (please see schedule on page 56)

RELIVE • REUNITE • RENEW • RECONNECT

Mens’ Hockey

November 25, 2017

thanksgiving games Alumni returned to campus to participate in games of soccer, basketball and hockey!

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Regional Gatherings

New York City Regional Gathering

New York City area alumni were invited to reconnect at the Century Club.

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3. Barbara Walker, Kalyn Altmeyer ’13, and Peter Powers ’12.

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Regional Gatherings

Washington d.c. Regional Gathering

Washington-area alumni were invited to reconnect at the home of Dafna Tapiero Fleischmann ’87.

Christopher Bonnaig ’11 is greated by Paul and Maureen Stellato

Nina Santiago, Jeremy Kuris ’91, and Kevin Capinpin ’92

Barbara Spalholz ’74, Wendy Frieman ’74, and David Straut ’74

Allison Gilbert Kozicharow ’70 and Marjorie Shaw ’70

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Kate Murdoch Kern ’82 and Susannah Goodman ’82

Michael Reed ’03, Michael A. Fragoso ’02, Carlton H. Tucker h’13, and Krishnan Vasudevan ’02.

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ALUMNI WEEKEND

Schedule of Events

Friday, May 18 GOLD GUARD REUNION LUNCHEON Invitation Only

REUNION RACE FOR ANNUAL FUND DONORS

11:00 a.m.

TRIUMPH BREWERY (138 Nassau Street, Princeton) All alumni who have made their Annual Fund gift this year are welcome to kick off Alumni Weekend at Triumph Brewery in downtown Princeton. Reunion Race winners will be announced at the event. (Free for all Annual Fund donors)

BEHR HOUSE (Across the Street from Lisa McGraw ’44 Skating Rink) Our distinguished alumnae/i who are celebrating their 50th reunion and beyond are invited to a luncheon hosted by Head of School Paul Stellato and his wife Maureen.

8:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 19 MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE 10:00 a.m.

MATTHEWS ARTS WING COURTYARD Please join us for a Quaker-style ceremony honoring alumni, faculty, and former trustees who have passed away during the past year.

TAPS AND TRUCKS: THE PDS ALUMNI FAMILY PICNIC 12:00 p.m.

EXPLORING THE GARDEN AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH LIZ CUTLER 2:00 p.m.

GARDEN CLASSROOM Learn about our sustainability programs and what makes PDS a Green Ribbon School with long-time English faculty member and Sustainability Coordinator Liz Cutler.

ALUMNI AWARDS AND ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME RECEPTION AND CEREMONY

COLROSS LAWN Reunite with classmates to enjoy local food trucks from Nomad Pizza, My Four Suns, and Jammin’ Crepes. Beer and soft drinks will be served, and the PDS playground will be available for the amusement of younger guests.

5:30 p.m.

STEAMINAR WITH CARLOS CARA, CHARLES ALT, AND JONATHAN TATKON-COKER

THE REUNION PARTY • With a Special Salute to Our Retiring Faculty

2:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

UPPER SCHOOL STEAM CENTER Experience what it’s like to be a PDS student today in this interactive class. Attendees will complete a lesson in our brand new Upper School STEAM Center led by current faculty members.

UNDER THE TENT BEHIND COLROSS All alumni and friends are invited to come celebrate with our milestone reunion classes (classes ending in 3s and 8s) for an evening of delicious food and drinks, live music and dancing. We will toast retiring faculty members including Hank Bristol ’72, Eamon Downey, Chris Hart, Susan Reichlin, Betsy Rizza, Lee Rosenberg, Andrea Schafer, Bill Stoltzfus, Deb Sugarman, Barbara Walker, Ann Wiley ’70 and Donna Zarzecki.

50th REUNION DINNER 7:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.

UPPER SCHOOL BOULEVARD – Inside the Main Entrance

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CAMPUS CENTER Please join us for a cocktail reception and ceremony to celebrate our distinguished alumni who are being honored for their outstanding achievements.

Class Notes If a class correspondent is not listed, please send your notes to Ann Wiley ’70 at awiley@pds.org.

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Phyllis Vandewater Clement 2375 Range Avenue, #157 Santa Rosa, CA 95403 707-823-0925 (Home) pvanclement@gmail.com (Email)

Not much news here, except that I was interested to hear from Louise Russell Irving that the old Miss Fine’s School building is now the Borough Hall. It’s good to get some Princeton news. Bob and I are fine, but, of course, as the youngest in the class; I’m still only 94!

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Marjorie Libby Moore 90 Woolsey Court Pennington, NJ 08534-1428 609-730-9515 (Home)

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Lucy Law Webster 19 Church Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 607-437-0887 (Home) lucylawwebster@gmail.com (Email)

I am very healthy and excessively active. For example, yesterday I went to choir practice in the Presbyterian Church next door at 9:15 and then sang in the choir from 10 to 11:30, then went to our coffee hour for about 40 minutes. In the afternoon I attended a political meeting in the Town Hall where an excellent young man, Gareth Rhodes, spoke on why he should be the NY 19th Congressional District Democrat candidate for our next effort to unseat the Republican incumbent, John Fasso.

Clutching the calling card of Gareth Rhodes, I then returned to our church chapel where there was a meeting of some 80 people to discuss the civil rights issues of the 1950s under the title, “Driving While Black.”

I spend a lot of time on voluntary work for the current US world federalist organization, see www.globalsolutions.org, and a bit of time with my two youngest grandsons and related personal matters. Lukas Fognel Webster is now at Bard College in Berlin, and Oskar is a seventh grade star at soccer and at all STEM subjects.

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Donata Coletti Mechem 49 Marcela Avenue San Francisco, CA 94116-1471 415-665-8225 (Home) doe@mechem.org (Email)

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Anne Carples Denny 2101 Cedarfield Lane Richmond, VA 23233 804-474-8960 (Home) andenny56@gmail.com (Email)

Hilary Thompson Kenyon wrote, “My sister, Hope Thompson Kerr, and I spent 12 days in mid-November traveling to Cuba with 17 others with Grand Circle, as we have to travel with some kind of a Foundation Group.

We, plus our leader, drove in our bus from Camaguey to Havana, stopping along the way to visit many towns and interesting sites. We visited school children, ranches, art and pottery studios, watched dancers and acrobats, listened to singers and musicians, attended concerts and drove around Havana in old 1950 Chevys! We walked around parks and areas around many monuments. We visited a tobacco factory and watched cigars being made. We hit golf balls on the only course in Cuba! Everyone was very friendly — Cubans plus many visitors. On the way back from Havana, we stopped in the Orlando area to visit my son, Bill. There we spent two days enjoying Disney World with all its rides and exhibits. We’re off to Churchill, Manitoba in 2018 to see polar bears!”

Hilary Thompson Kenyon ’53 and Hope Thompson Kerr ’53 enjoying their trip to Cuba Hope Thompson Kerr sent this account: “Cuba was so like here in the USA that there is really nothing that different except knowing that it is a Communist country. So we did not have daily news about home — no papers, little TV, CNN and no cell phones etc. It was nice and peaceful.

The people were all nice. There were many tourists from all over the world. We saw plenty of music groups, dance, people on farms, stores, medical clinics and we spent time in different schools. We were there for 12 days going from the east of Cuba to Havana — stopping for three or four days in different areas. I have quite a number of friends who have been to Cuba in the last year. We all enjoyed seeing and learning about a close neighbor of ours.”

News from Caroline Savage Langan: “We enjoy the condo we occupy and our neighborhood. We can walk to the rail station and take the train to Boston. We’re on the Fitchburg line. We have four grandchildren, two in Concord and two in Harvard, MA (two boys, two girls). The eldest grandchild, a boy, will start soon to look at colleges. I returned to Wheaton College last May for our 60th reunion. It was nice to see classmates but I missed many who had passed away.”

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Joan E. Kennan 3143 O Street, NW Washington, DC 20007-3117 202-342-2118 (Home) joankennan@gmail.com (Email)

Anna Rosenblad wrote from the south of France, “I’ve stopped driving as the traffic is getting worse every year. Too many people!” I’m happy to say that she continues to paint her wonderful, whimsical creations. Her Christmas card this year was of the 500-year-old olive tree in her backyard with a little elf swinging from its branches.

Judy Gihon Leppert wrote that she and her husband Bill have moved from Wheaton, IL to rural St. Charles, IL, and that they have four great-grandchildren with two more on the way! She said that her older sister, Jane (Gihon Shillaber ’53), still sees Nancy Shannon Ford occasionally on the Princeton golf course.

Your correspondent stays active with ESL tutoring and her involvement with the Georgetown Village, an “Aging-in-Place” village that provides volunteer services enabling seniors to remain longer in their homes. This, and walking my wonderful Labrador Retriever who makes me get out and walk no matter what the weather.

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L. Chloe King 5 Stonehaven Drive,#217 South Weymouth, MA 02190 781-660-5191 (Home) 781-898-8312 (Cell) Lchloek@aol.com (Email)

Merriol Baring Gould Almond wrote, “After a heartwarming family celebration for my first cousin’s and my nearly simultaneously 80th birthdays and an enjoyable family Christmas, Doug and I flew from New York to Abu Dhabi to start a cruise that stopped at Dubai, UAE; Muscat in Oman; three ports in India; Columbo, Sri Lanka; Phuket, Thailand; and Singapore. From Singapore we flew back stopping in Northern and in Southern California to visit two of our children, so when SPRING 2018

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we returned to Connecticut we’d reached home by encircling the globe. Back to our current administration... There have been dark periods in our history before. Do you remember watching the McCarthy hearings on black and white TV screens gathered in the Glee Club room during our junior year? I hope we will emerge from these crises successfully as well.

Perhaps that will be clearer by the time this appears.

Mary Tyson Goodridge Lund wrote that she is living in San Diego and would love to have any of us visit her. She hopes our classmates are well. “We are getting old. Is 80 the new 60?

How fortunate can each of us be to be alive and kicking? Love to all.”

Alice Marie Nelson wrote that she is very busy preparing for a concert she will be singing on May 9th at the National Opera Center in New York City. “It is a look back on my 60 years of singing opera with videos and photos to augment the sung arias. Lots of work, but enjoyable too. Still doing Pilates and Boot Camp (including boxing!).” Good luck, AMN, with your concert....enjoy it!

L. Chloe King, your forever class secretary, is in Florida (Feb/Mar) enjoying lovely, warm weather. It’s a joy to be away from New England at this time of year. Golf is on hold while I am the 24/7 caregiver for Mary Lou who is recovering (since Nov. 1) from hip replacement surgery followed by complications.

We look forward to being on golf courses in NE this summer. Laura Travers Pardee and I are looking forward to seeing Jeanie Crawford in Sarasota in March! Please send more news next time!!! Best wishes to everyone...

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Charlotte Cook, Ph.D. 1133 55th Street Sacramento, CA 95819-3911 916-739-8918 (Home) ccook@csus.edu (Email)

Greetings dear classmates – below you will find wonderful reflections on being part of this world for 80 years, and expressions of gratitude for our longevity, grandchildren, and new experiences.

Rosemari Rubino Marshall, an anesthesiologist, described a parallel career in advocacy, which she continues today: “Through the San Diego Medical Society Foundation’s Project Access, I recruited specialists to volunteer care for the needy. With a colleague I started a nonprofit, Physician Advocates for Vets, which recruits volunteer retired physicians who meet individually with vets to guide them toward understanding of their health issues, and taking charge of their healthcare. I sit on the Alliance Healthcare Foundation that provides grants to the underinsured and diverse communities.

I was appointed by presidents Clinton and Bush43 to the inaugural US-Mexico Border Health Commission.

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medicine: co-chairing the first AMA Women Physicians Advocacy, and establishing a women physicians’ advocacy initiative at the CA Medical Association. Locally I mentored individual women from medical student to professional practice, in many venues.”

Rosemari concluded, “The joy of my life is our family, especially eight heavenly gifts, disguised as grandchildren. At the peak of my life gifts sits my husband, and very best friend, Joe Marshall.”

Molly Wade McGrath summed up her prevailing state of mind these days in one word: grateful. She included among her blessings: “good health, a dear husband who is also healthy, living in a city (NYC) full of challenge and diversion, parks to walk in, friends to share them with. In a profound way, I feel safe here.

Norman and I live partly in Manhattan and partly in the country; I feel safer in the former, amidst caring neighbors and friends. Though I hate the noise sometimes, I love the buzz of city life, of children’s voices in the hallways of our building, of people coming and going, of having everything I need in the way of material and spiritual comfort so nearby.

“Just recently I have begun to realize that I am getting really old. I forget sometimes, but am reminded when it seems everyone in a subway car is leaping up to offer me a seat. I have ARMD (Age Related Macular Degeneration) but injections every eight weeks now keep my vision stable. Otherwise I’m just stiff getting up from sitting or lying down. It takes me a minute to get in gear, but then I’m fine.

“I could go on about the gift of time that I now enjoy without deadlines or too many commitments, about our adorable granddaughter who is the light of my life, but perhaps this is enough for now.”

Carol Harris Bradley highlighted two most enjoyable aspects of her current life: First is family. “I adore being a grandparent, also being a parent, of course, but without the challenges of having to mold character or arrange destiny. Just enjoying our offspring, listening, and cheering them on is such a treat – no lectures on manners, overseeing homework assignments, or worrying about late hours. I rejoice that our relationships are warm and cordial and that they all actually want to be with us and seek us out.

“Secondly, I am also finding a new sense of peace, which is wonderful. I no longer rise to every occasion or fight every battle. More and more I live in the moment and enjoy each day to the fullest without worrying about what is ahead or how I flubbed up in the past.

“My biggest challenge is physical movement.

Arthritis is gaining on me, I have had three surgeries on my right foot in two years, and another hip replacement looms.

“We downsized 20+ years ago and now live in a condo on a quiet private road with fantastic neighbors who enjoy being together and helping each other out. I am currently serving on the Board and am in charge of landscaping, a real hot button issue that keeps me on my toes and makes my juices flow!”

Tidbits from other classmates:

Margy Pacsu Campbell has been seeking out young relatives and museums to take possession of some historic family treasures that are unwanted by younger generations. She has achieved much success, for which she is very grateful.

Cicely Tomlinson Richardson’s meds for her Parkinson’s keep tremors at bay, so she is still able to drive and work part-time, which enables her to do many things she enjoys.

Betsy Thomas Peterson has had a hip replacement that she described as “wonderful,” and she is looking forward to a third rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, and another trip to Mexico!

She is helping with the care for her sister, Jane (Thomas Fenninger ’38), who is 96. Her concluding comment, “I count my blessings every day.”

Inge Birkholm is grieving the loss of her sister, and regrettably does not anticipate any more overseas travel.

A somber note: Hobey Alsop Hinchman is seriously ill, according to her Dave’s Christmas card. I’m sure Hobey and Dave would appreciate our holding Hobey in our hearts and prayers.

Until next time, my best to all of you! Charlotte

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Susan Smith Baldwin 93 Webster Road Shelburne, VT 05482 802-383-8583 (Cell) susiebaldwin108@gmail.com (Email)

Ros Webster Perry replied to a note of inquiry and concern after the California and Pacific Coast forest fires. “We’re all fine, no damage. We were evacuated for the Thomas fire for 10 days in December, disrupting our Christmas plans. We spent part of the time with our daughter, Angela, and her family, in LA, away from the smoke and ash, so that was lovely! Life was just getting back to normal when the mudslides hit Montecito. It’s not near us, on the opposite side of the city, but it was a truly horrible event, which is affecting everyone in Santa Barbara with shock and sadness. There is grief and a long recovery ahead.”

Must be heartbreaking to experience so much devastation. We send best wishes for recovery to all those hit by natural disasters, including our Mother Earth herself.

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Nancy Hudler Keuffel 1329 West Indian Mound Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 248-540-8024 (Home) 586-481-7043 (Cell) acornnhk@aol.com (Email)

Many of us are looking forward to our 60th Miss Fine’s reunion in May. Sadly, our dear classmate, Ann Lea Fries, will not be there.

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In the past few months, as we are scattered from England to California, we have communicated via email and kept each other apprised of our good news and sad news.

Suzy Scarf Webster, living in Oxford, England, encourages us all to visit this wonderful university town.

Faith Wing Bieler lives in Vermont and loves it. She especially enjoys her trips to our National Parks as well as to England. She sees Sally Tomlinson and Laura Johnson Waterman who live close by. Faith teaches yoga and enjoys sports — even thinking of going dog sledding with her grandson.

Linda Mullaly Masten lives in Carmel and is busy as a lawyer/CPA. She and her husband Ric bought a house near Suzy in England.

They are very active in the Carmel Presbyterian Church where she has been an Elder, Clerk of Session, and held national offices as well as having built enthusiasm for the choir, which will sing in Honolulu in October. Ric sings bass and Linda is still singing soprano. Choral singing is therapeutic!

Bev Ward Docter’s youngest daughter, Catherine, fought stage four metastatic melanoma for three and a half years, but passed away in September after having been at the best cancer centers in the country.

Steve and Bev live in a large retirement community in Palo Alto. Bev is an active tennis player and a docent at the Stanford University Museum.

One of their granddaughters is in medical school in Philadelphia, which we hope will bring Bev east!

emails flowing. At the moment we have about 14” of snow in Michigan, which Gerd and I will be leaving shortly to go play golf in New Zealand. Looking forward to birdies – both kinds!

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Ann Kinczel Clapp 5 Farview Road Baltimore, MD 21212 410-464-9471 (Home) AnnClapp@hotmail.com (Email)

Abby Pollak and Helen raved about a two-week Rick Steves’ walking tour of the Dalmatian Coast, etc. followed by R&R in Padua and dining in Paris.

A 10’x20’ painting by Bill Conlon (husband of Jean Schettino Conlon) has been donated

by IBM to the US State Department to be installed at the new embassy in Moscow!!! They will attend the ceremony.

Wendy Yeaton Smith finished third in her Rhode 19 in the Ladies Crocodile Race at the Manchester Yacht Club.

Susan Stevenson Badder has retired AGAIN. Nan Nicholes Goodrich continues to travel and welcome new grandchildren.

birthday. Various of us have hosted these reunions in Maine, Vermont, Lake Placid, England and the Vineyard. This time we returned to Princeton to visit our old haunting grounds together. The new PDS campus and curricular offerings are spectacular enough to make some of us wish we could start all over, while others remain perfectly happy to have left all that behind.

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been a star at Miss Fine’s and went on to be an amazing business woman in charge of much of the development of Liberty Science Center as well as a trustee of PDS.

Every year that we get together, our attachment to each other as individuals and as a group grows deeper. Imagine ongoing friendships that began more than sixty years ago — and for some of us as much as ten years earlier than that on the swings and seesaws of Miss Mason’s playground.

Our friends’ old phone numbers and dogs’ names, we remember them! Now we share the many joys and accumulating losses of growing older, as well as our deep concern for the country and commitment to taking action to preserve the best of it for our kids and grandchildren.

As for current delights, my family has just returned from the best 75th birthday celebration I could ask for: a week of SCUBAdiving on the Dutch Antilles island of Bonaire, courtesy of my wonderful husband Frank. Son, Dean, and I have been diving for decades, though I had a bit of rust to shake off after a long hiatus. Ten-year-old grandson, Bodhi, and daughterin-law, Sally, completed their certification course on the island so that we could all dive together (sans Frank who luxuriated on our seaside patio).

Three generations of us — from the kid to the crone — highfiving each other down under and marveling at the sights (an enormous green moray, parrot fish munching on coral heads, and much more). Magical and moving.

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Sue Frank Hilton and her MFS 1960 gathered in Colross on the PDS campus in front of the portrait Polly Busselle Bishop 145 Goody Hallett Drive husband Dick are active of Miss Fine: Back row: Penny Hart Bragonier, Carol Garrigues Scofield, Eastham, MA 02642 people. This spring they will Martha Thompson Eckfeldt, Louise Scheide Kelly, Sally Hagen Schmid.

207-266-9066 (Home) be traveling to Greece. When Front row: Caroline Godfrey Werth, Harriet Gaston Davison, Nancy mahalabishop@gmail.com at home in Naples, Florida Davis Sachner. Seated: Eileen Baker Strathnaver (Email) Sue is busy with Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church where Julia Cornforth Holofcener 1960 she is serving her third term as a Deacon 11408 83rd Lane North and her husband is Clerk of the Session. Sue Penelope Hart Bragonier West Palm Beach, FL 33412 is also a docent at The Baker Art Museum.

68 Beacon Street 908-217-0327 (Cell) Her mother, at age 103, lives nearby. Her Boston, MA 02108 holofcenerltd@comcast.net (Email) son, Eric, is a filmmaker in Hollywood, CA 617-742-0093 (Home) Many thanks to Fiona Fein Morgan and and son, Jonathan, is a lobbyist and policy 617-823-1150 (Cell) Nancy Smoyer for their wonderful work as class program executive for affordable housing in Pbragon@gmail.com (Email) correspondents for many years.

Washington, DC. There we are in the Colross living room at PDS Fiona Fein Morgan: “I am still happily inLisa Fairman Heher is taking her granddaughbeneath the portrait of Miss Fine, sure that we volved with Wells College and have just been ters to Washington, DC in the spring. The eldest, look younger now than she did then. Well, at reappointed to the Board after a term-limitsAlessandra, is a junior in high school and lookleast not as formidable. (Susie Behr Travers required year off. If you know college-bound ing at colleges. Lisa is very busy with women’s and Mary Jane Burbidge Hayes aren’t in the students who want a co-educational, liberal arts groups in Maplewood as well as with her church. photo but joined us later.) education in a beautiful location with the kind Her real love is her garden, and she is waiting for We gathered at PDS for the beginning of of low student-to-teacher ratio that many of warm weather to dig in! our nearly-annual reunion weekend since us enjoyed, tell them to check out wells.edu. I Nancy Hudler Keuffel, your correspondent, Sally Hagen Schmid invited us all to Florida spent a wonderful January week alone in Paris loves hearing from you all. Please keep the in 2002 to celebrate our collective sixtieth where I saw museums, operas, dear friends, old SPRING 2018

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haunts, and walked for miles and miles. At the end of the month, Harvey and I went to Cuba for a week on a trip organized by the Peters Valley School of Craft and Cuba Educational Tours, a company that works with organizations. We found the country fascinating and the Cubans we met were warm and welcoming in every way. I’m still taking classical guitar lessons and after almost ten years can see that I might actually play something I’m not embarrassed by before too long. It continues to be a revelatory educational experience unequal to any other I’ve had.”

Julia Fulper Hardt: “As long as leading a wildly interesting life isn’t a prerequisite for the Journal, I can report on the day-to-day joy of being mentor for Annie Jain, Tucky Ramus Gray’s wonderful daughter, as she begins her career with us at Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty. I had lunch with her and Tucky this past week and I loved that hour. It reminded me just how significant those ties established in the second decade of our lives are.

I am keeping promises to real estate clients now, but am not taking on any new business.

“Fulper Pottery continues to keep us connected to our roots. The Curator of the American Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum solicited our help this past year with research for a book (a companion piece for a recently donated collection of American art pottery).

Our grandfather’s pottery will be one of few honored with a full chapter in that book, scheduled for publication next fall.

“Bill continues to enjoy working for Princeton.

Our sons, wives, three grandsons and one granddaughter (in Yardley, PA, and Belmont, MA) light up our lives. That generation of husbands/ fathers is absolutely inspirational, completely engaged and enormously energetic. Josh, armed with his MBA, is a Senior Director at Brother Office Machines, which requires a couple of trips yearly to headquarters in Japan. Ben, with a Ph.D. in Geology (Paleo-Climatology, to be precise), is a research scientist at MIT, charting human activity’s impact on climate...yes, Mr. President, the evidence is unequivocal.”

Elise Dennis Chase: “A quick note as I am dashing between various tasks clearing out and updating our upstairs Northampton apartment for a new tenant (a dear friend) to move in at the end of January. Chip’s son, Colin, had lived there for three and a half years but has just bought and moved into a house in Turners Falls, where he will live with his DEAR sevenmonth-old daughter, Jackie.”

Nancy Smoyer: “Life in Fairbanks goes on as normal, but part of my January trip this year was not! I spent the first two weeks in Sicily studying Italian again. Then I went on a twoweek tour to Saudi Arabia, which left me with mixed emotions. I’ve enjoyed traveling in Arab countries (Egypt and Morocco) because they are friendly and welcoming. As always, the best part was talking to the people, but it was difficult with the women because in most every situation, all I could see was eyes. They seemed pleased, even anxious to talk with us, even when my first question was, are you looking forward to driving JOURNAL

(YES!) and then tactfully, how do you feel about wearing the veil. Most were not happy about it, but saw no other options. Conversations with men were more difficult and were almost all with foreigners (other Arabs) or men who had lived abroad and so seemed comfortable speaking to women. The country itself is large and dry (and very safe) and we spent several hours almost every day driving through it.”

Lucia Norton Woodruff: “Our daughter, Kate, and family’s house was flooded in Houston by Harvey. The silver lining was to see how people pull together in a crisis. Heartwarming. Now the family has a long slog in a nice but small rental while they build a new house. Lots of change in our lifetime!”

Julia Cornforth Holofcener: “Following an interesting trip with my sister, Jo (Cornforth Coke ’55), to Italy from Milan to Rome in two weeks, I went to the Isle of Wight for the unveiling of a casting of Larry’s Faces of Olivier at the Apollo Theater. Then off to London for the re-unveiling of his Allies sculpture (Churchill and FDR on Bond Street), as Westminster Council had renovated the area where it is located. Lots of press and photos! Great fun!

“Back in West Palm, a maquette (1/4 life-size) of Allies was showcased at an exhibition of Churchill’s paintings at the Society of the Four Arts.

“Reality returned and I helped my sister move in 15 degree weather from one home to another in Chattanooga. Lots of picture hanging, rewiring of lamps and assembling bar stools and bedside tables. I plan on spending the most humid months in Florida with her, although I now have learned that Chattanooga is pretty humid as well. At least that’s the plan!”

Cherry Raymond: “I am living in a spiritual community that is trying to reinvent itself as a ‘sufi eco-village.’ I am thinking of moving one more time, either back to Concord or to Amherst (where Trudy lives), or Northampton (where Tibby lives). There’s a wild possibility of migrating to a mountain-high, lakeside expatriate community in Mexico, because of low cost of living a temperate climate. It has appeal, but I seem wedded to the USA. Yes, I sign petitions, but am pretty convinced nothing can pull us out of the 6th extinction.

“As for me, I am taking a terrific writing course whose structure is proving felicitous and productive. I’m a servant to an invisible surprising process and grateful to share stories that are mine to tell. I am missing Cary, Trika, yet grateful that so many of our tiny class still haunt the earthly halls. Isn’t it great that PDS can boast a Robert Mueller? = Integrity!”

Sheila Long: “Life at Transfiguration Monastery continues to be challenging and educational. My brother, Nick, gave me his old smartphone at the end of the summer, so I have been learning how to send text messages, take pictures, find my voicemail, avoid accidentally touching the wrong spot on the screen, and simply answer the phone when it rings. Having a child on the premises might have helped, but I’m gradually getting the hang of it.

“The summer also saw the arrival of a new, efficient wood-burning furnace, made in Poland.

Fortunately, the furnace company continues to send an affable, retired technician to try to problem-solve and I am getting an education in heating and plumbing.

“On October 8, our oldest sister, Sister JeanneMarie, died peacefully at the age of 91, after seven years of TLC at the nursing home of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Scranton. It is an extraordinary facility where everyone, including the aides and housekeeping staff, is treated with respect. As prioress, I had to take care of 95% of the ensuing practical details, many of which struck me as surreal, compared with the simplicity with which people die in my French community. It was a steep learning curve in American Catholic funeral customs.

“Alongside the weight of my responsibilities as prioress, I love the freedom of being able to create, experiment and try new things. For Christmas this year, I made a ‘3 Kings Soap,’ with a goat-milk soap base, turmeric for gold and essential oils of frankincense and myrrh, and after Christmas, a roll-on sleep-aid with oils of lavender, rosemary and frankincense.”

Cynthia Weinrich: “Elise and her husband Gary and I, joined by Tibby (who drove down from Massachusetts for the occasion!), had a great lunch get-together here in NYC a couple of weeks ago. Was fun to catch up and talk about news and life and all sorts of things — a mixture of memories, the now, and possible futures.

“I’m excited and heartened about the high schoolers’ crusade for sensible gun laws. Who would have predicted this sudden, and apparently determined, upwelling? You never know in life, do you?”

My (Polly Busselle Bishop) news: My winter occupations revolve around volunteer activities, one of which is a fabulous Lifetime Learning Program at our library here on the Cape. Twice a year, we put on innumerable diverse courses, 22 this time. This winter I’ve organized speakers on the Korean War, the tenets and history of Buddhism and my favorite (I fought to do it for five years as it was deemed too depressing), Mental Illness: Bipolar Disorder, Dementia and Alzheimer’s, Personality Disorders and Substance Abuse. It’s reality, unfortunately.

I conceived a workshop on the need to take charge of one’s aging and the conversation we must have with ourselves and our loved ones to address and take responsibility for our optimum aging and possible life-limiting illness: emotionally, factually and legally. I’m doing the workshops with two wonderful women from Hospice and though the groups are small, it’s so important to make plans and take the opportunity to choose our own path before someone else has to.

Other things keep me busy: my passion for tennis, writing articles for an online magazine in Bequia, other stuff with kids and theaters, playing with Sophie, my black Lab. And then to Maine in May to be with Don, who’s in love with that area and has become a wonderful painter.

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Susan Mathews Heard ’62 with her greatniece, Addy Mae Anderson

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Susan Shea McPherson P.O. Box 506 Hyannis Port, MA 02647 508-775-1368 (Home) suebear3@gmail.com (Email)

What a wonderful surprise to hear from Lillemor Warnhammer: “Hallo from Lillemor Warnhammar Axell, AFS student from Sweden. I just want to tell you all that the year at Miss Fine’s, and with the wonderful Walker family, is one of my most cherished memories. I now live in Toronto and have children and grandchildren in Toronto, Denver and Gothenburg, my hometown. We spend a lot of time travelling between them. Thanks for the memory. Love, Lillemor.”

Susan Mathews Heard sent such a great photo of her red headed great-niece! “My great-niece, Addy Mae Anderson is now two-and-a-half and has my red hair! Since we don’t have children, that’s such a treat for me. She and her parents visited us last year at our timeshare in Palm Desert, where she swam like a pro. She now is learning to play the violin we gave her for Christmas. She and her family — mother Megan (my brother, Rusty’s, daughter), an attorney for the Federal Government, and her father Alec, in his fifth year of Ob/Gyn residency at the University of Michigan Hospital, move to Bangor, Maine in July, along with her new sibling, where Alec will join an Ob/Gyn practice.

“When we’re not thinking about this young treasure, we are enjoying our new home at a retirement community in Pasadena, which we love. Bruce and I co-chair the Dining Services Committee, and we both have additional responsibilities as well. Most importantly, we’re among fascinating and fun people. The only cooking I do is making sugar water for our hummingbirds! I continue my commitment and volunteer work at the Colburn Music School in Los Angeles and am also on the board of a young and small opera company in Los Angeles.”

Cindy Brown is on the move: “I leave for NZ next Tuesday (2/12). It will be two weeks seeing the north and south islands with a small group and then three days on my own

“Over last Labor Day weekend one of my granddaughters was married in Bucks County and I enjoyed a visit with Linda Maxwell Stefanelli and Tony in her lovely house in Pennington that shows another of her talents besides writing those great articles in the PDS Journal — interior design!”

Wolfie, grandson of Susan Shea McPherson ’62, with red hair, eating a molasses ginger cookie from his Aunt Sandy’s bakery Susie Shea McPherson (your class correspondent for the Journal) just spent a long weekend in Washington, DC with my grandson, Wolfie Bear, and his family; what a fun time we had. In May I head to Bruges, Belgium because of the photos I’ve seen make it look fascinating; to Ireland (County Cork) to visit the cooking school my daughter, Sandy, went to; she now owns a bakery; and then to see Polly Dickey Cockburn ’66 (Win Dickey’s sister) in London. I had a great visit with all Win’s kids, two grandchildren and husband late fall in Salt Lake City and Denver.

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Alice Jacobson 2924 NE 21st Avenue Portland, OR 97212 503-528-8489 (Home) alice_jacobson@comcast.net (Email)

Kathy Sittig Dunlop sent a Christmas letter which summarized their activities for the year.

She and Richard started 2017 on a Seabourn cruise, which took them to the Falkland Islands and Antarctica where they kayaked and walked among many varieties of penguins. They also travelled through the fiords of Patagonia and saw amazing scenery. Their “every day” life in Orchid, Florida includes walking their 10-year-old French bulldog, Emmy; singing with their church and the Treasure Chest Chorale; attending Community Bible Study; playing golf; exercising and being the leader of the Orchid Book Club. Additionally, she mentors a young boy named Alejandro and spends a lot of time with her sister, Sig. They spend a good deal of time with their daughter, Allison, her husband Brian, and their granddog, Lola. Kathy attended two 50th college reunions last spring: one was at Hollins

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in Wellington (where I hear one can get blown away). I am looking forward to the beautiful landscapes, exotic plants and birds, and am fascinated by recent research with DNA and structures as evidence that there are descendants of settlers on the islands from distant places many thousands of years before the arrival of the Maori from Polynesia, some with red hair!

Bonnie Grad Levy ’63 and Kathy Sittig Dunlop ’63 reminiscing recently in Orlando, FL

Kathy Sitting Dunlop ’63 and Bonnie Strong Berge ’63 visiting at a botanical garden outside of Johannesburg, South Africa College where she went for freshman year and made lasting friends; the other was at the University of Pennsylvania — from which she graduated. In August, they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a trip to South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. While in South Africa, she had an excellent visit with Bonnie Strong Berge in Johannesburg. She also saw Bonnie Grad Levy when Bonnie was in Orlando for a conference.

Bonnie’s son, Sam, was the cinematographer for Lady Bird. Fortunately, Hurricane Irma did not cause damage to the Dunlop’s home, but it did devastate much in the area. In late September, Kathy had her left knee replaced.

Four weeks after surgery, she was back on the golf course! Kathy is very interested to know what people are reading. She loved In Between Time by Maria Duenas, Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult, and The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See.

Pamela Sidford Schaeffer and family celebrated her daughter, Jacqueline’s, 40th birthday in January, and Pam wondered “How can she be 40 if I am only 27?” She and Leonard have a major project, the landscaping of their home in Los Angeles. “When we moved in 12 years ago, the landscape architect thought our house should be the little house in the woods, and she planted 50 redwoods, all sizes. They are dying in droves all over Southern California so they are being removed. Now we have a lot more sunshine blazing down on our little house in the field.” The Schaeffers are organizing a 50th wedding anniversary celebration. They are bringing together their son, daughter, and close nephew and their families, and in June will be yachting in the Cyclades Islands with a brief stop in Athens. Pam closes with the reminder, “I am still only 27!”

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A note from Sally Campbell Haas told of a bike ride in the fall along the Danube from Passau to Vienna, followed by a train to Budapest and a bike ride around Lake Balaton.

When she wrote in February, she added that it has been a mild winter in Colorado, and she was hoping for more snow.

Laurie Rogers and her husband Bob will travel to Barbados in mid-March to escape the dreary East Coast winter. She is also going to Park City, Utah with six women friends. She and Bob hope for a longer trip in October, and they are planning that now. Laurie’s sister, Cath, suffered a stroke last spring, and Laurie has been spending a good deal of time with her and with her husband who has Parkinson’s. It is so difficult to watch people you care for struggling with physical limitations. Laurie, Pam, and I have tried to see all the movies nominated for the major Oscars, and we have done quite well.

All three of us are pulling for Three Billboards to win best picture.

Andy Updike Burt said that she realized that it will be five years since our 50th high school reunion. She has fond memories of it, especially of Pam’s party! She is very much involved in climate justice and filmmaking, and she is enjoying being a grandparent. As previously reported, she has invested in a 2005 Classic Airstream that she has set up as an AirBnB in their woods. She would love to have classmates come as her guest. “Snow Goose” sleeps four comfortably. (A note from your class scribe: Maine in the summer sounds great as I write this toward the end of February in snow covered, iced-in Portland!)

Sharon Stevenson Griffith wrote that she has had a good year; her husband Chuck, and their offspring are in good health and mobile. They spent the winter in Vero Beach, Florida. This past fall, they took trains from New York up to and across Canada with stops in Montreal and Toronto and finally spending six days in the Canadian Rockies. Once they arrived in Seattle, they rented a car and drove for another two weeks to Glacier National Park, Yellowstone, Arches, and Bryce Canyon. It was “…a beautiful trip. We thought we should see America’s beauty before the glacier is melted and the area is given over to oil and gas concerns.” In June, the Griffiths are headed to Italy, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Slovenia.

Sharon and Chuck visited Kathryn Kilgore.

Subsequently, I heard from Kathryn.

Her partner of 26 years, Larry Estridge, unexpectedly died last April, three days after they were married. Kathryn wrote, “He was a wonderful sculptor and a wicked good musician, too.” He had thyroid cancer, but he was doing well. He died of an unexpected stroke, probably caused by chemotherapy.

She wrote, “This was horrible and it also left me with his three studios (one in Utah) full of his work in progress, models of sculptures, drawing and paintings, and huge machinery to make sculpture out of metal, plus about 50 years worth of recordings of all sorts of songs he wrote and played and sold; I mean he was JOURNAL

get here?’ What a fantastic country. It should be on everyone’s list. I hope everyone is doing what she wants and has a great 2018.”

Kathryn Kilgore ’63 and Sharon Stevenson Griffith ’63 reminisced this past winter extraordinary. Also a wonderful friend and partner and adventurer so we struck off in 20 or so directions, accumulating experiences…and junk.” On behalf of all of us in MFS ’63, allow me to extend condolences. We will hold you close in our thoughts. Kathryn has quit being a journalist and gone back to writing poetry.

Currently she is working on a long series of poems, which she has begun to edit. She lives in Key West, and Sharon told me that she escaped most hurricane damage.

I am doing well, although this has been a difficult fall and winter for AJ and me. She fell and broke her wrist and ankle, and she also had eye surgery. This meant that we have had to cancel three trips: Croatia and Italy in the fall; Maui in March, and China in May. Of course, those places will be there, and we will get to them in the future. Other than being Nurse Ratched, I have little to report. I did end my 12year career as an Executive Coach, and I am now fully retired. My mother liked to quote Bette Davis, “Old age is not for sissies.” I understand what she meant, and like Pam, I am not even old! I am not 27, but maybe 47… Thanks to so many of you for answering my call for news!

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Barbara Rose 2C Brookline Court Princeton, NJ 08540 609-937-1700 (Home) 609-937-1700 (Cell) barbarabrose@me.com (Email)

While some of us are battling the mid-winter blahs others continue with their globe-trotting escapades. It seems Linda Conroy Vaughn is still on the move. I assume she stops from time to time to do her laundry in SF before taking off on the next travel leg. She related, “I am now in Thailand, heading to Bali. I’m on the Oriental and Eastern Express from Bangkok to Singapore. Yesterday we passed over the bridge on the River Kwai. The OE is just magical and everything I hoped it would be. I feel as if I should be waving a cigarette holder with feathers in my hair. It’s that era.

“2017 was a disastrous year for so many Californians, but for me I had some travel experiences I would never have imagined. I had the opportunity to go to Iran and Oman as well as a couple of the Stans: Kazakstan and Kyrgyzstan. In the fall I went to Japan and kept asking myself, ‘Why did it take me so long to

Happy to hear from Jane Budny Conrad that she has been on the move, too — a different sort of move. “We have downsized to a 55+ community. Purging from the house that I was born in took most of the year. We are settling in and glad not have to shovel snow and clean a pool. We traveled to Budapest. Our fourth granddaughter arrived in July. A fifth is due in the spring...another girl. All is well. Was glad to have done the Women’s March!!”

It might appear that Cary Smith Hart is too busy at home to hop a plane to somewhere.

She wrote that “[she] continue(s) to love grandparenting, walks, birding, book clubs, travel and volunteering as a reader to children.

What a fortunate person I am! My newest endeavor is serving on the board of a wonderful nonprofit impact investment firm, MCE Social Capital, which aims to help the poorest of the poor, mostly women and families in rural areas all over the globe. I’m having to relearn geography among other things! Gary and I are ready to roll out the red carpet for anyone brave enough to visit Sacramento!” Never been to Northern CA and would definitely knock on your door, Cary, if ever I have the chance.

My travels took me to Boston last week to celebrate the one-year birthday of my youngest grandson, Henry Hare, and visit with two of my three children, Katherine Hare and Hobie Hare ’93.

Back in Princeton, two days ago I had the privilege of touring the new Upper School STEAM center at PDS. It is an amazing space with an astounding array of state-of-the-art technical equipment, including a computer room beautifully furnished with something like 19 Apple monitors. In the main work room there’s a laser printer as well as numerous other machines offering diverse functions I don’t know how to describe. Every child in the ninth grade comes once a week to this space to learn and expand their creative talents through a curriculum known as STEAMinar. I urge you all to visit https://www.pds.org/academics/ steam-initiative to learn just how incredibly significant this new initiative is at PDS. There are plans to create a STEAM program in the Middle School next year. Wish I could enroll!

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Margaret Woodbridge Dennis 11115 Fawsett Road Potomac, MD 20854-1723 301-983-9738 (Home) hotyakker@gmail.com (Email)

Elise Rosenhaupt Noble wrote that she enjoys reading Class Notes so she feels she should contribute: “Tom and I spent the fall and much of the winter working on our daughter, Kate’s, campaign to become the first full-time mayor of Santa Fe. You’ll have to write me or Google Kate Noble to find out how the March 6 election turned out. I’ve honed my skills as an editorial surgeon, cutting letters from her supporters to the local paper’s tight word limit. Patrick, our

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Peggy Woodbridge Dennis reported: “Last September’s trip to Mexico City was cancelled at the last minute due to the earthquake.

Instead, we flew to Sacramento, helped our son wind up his job with Americorps, and spent a pleasant week hiking in and around Yosemite, Mono Lake and Lake Tahoe. We are scheduled to make the same trip to Mexico for the Earthwatch project at Xochimilco in March, with fingers crossed.

“I am hunkering down writing a book.

Don’t know if anything will ever come of it.

Otherwise, I keep busy with issue advocacy.

Bicycling: I finished a two year stint working to rewrite my county’s Bicycle Master Plan, and we just got started on a shared use recreational path under our major electrical power line. I also work to liberalize laws for archery hunting for deer (the plague of the D.C. suburbs) in our close-in neighborhoods. And political advocacy: get to know and work with your local officials. They are the most important people for our everyday lives. That’s why I am excited to support Elise’s daughter, Kate. Let’s hear it for exciting young, Democrat and progressive women candidates!”

Sally Gilbert wrote, “Not too much news to report. But one piece is delightful. My daughter, her husband and their now 14-month-old son have moved here! We get to take care of him two mornings per week and other unscheduled times. It is a wonderful gift. (Wish our other grandson lived nearby instead of Chicago. We don’t see him enough even with Facetime.)

Other bits: working part time at the TLT Group, tutoring middle school kids in reading, singing but not enough, feeling my age.”

Barbara Putnam said, “I have a new part time job — Deputy Registrar of Voters for the Town of Litchfield, CT. I spend two mornings a week in a basement office where thousands of cards with names, addresses, signatures, party affiliations are stored in ancient file cabinets.

It’s like stepping back into the 20th century.

There is a computerized system that the Secretary of the State maintains, so we have parallel, redundant records. This happens also in my other administrative part-time job for a local foundation. We keep both digital and paper records of everything. The fact remains that paper is much more durable and reliable as a historical record; digital is easy to store and update, but it’s also ephemeral. My third part-time job as a yoga instructor is much less about record-keeping and much more about being present to my students. It balances out the other two.

“I’m cutting back on my market gardening this summer and just planning to grow what we eat.

I so look forward to the fresh food from the garden!

“Husband Bob is well and fruitfully occupied with local politics and the local Prevention Council. Daughter, Emma, is still box office manager at the American Repertory Theatre in Harvard Square, living with long-time boyfriend, Jesse. They recently rescued a dog who is the center of their attention.”

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Peter E. B. Erdman 700 Hollinshead Spring Road, Apt. D100 Skillman, NJ 08558-2038 609-759-3362 (Home) PErdman700@comcast.net (Email)

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David C.D. Rogers 1602 Tuckers Lane Hingham, MA 02043 781-749-9229 (Home) drassoc53@comcast.net (Email)

Shepherd Roberts and wife Celia are “hibernating” in a large house on a farm in a Pennsylvania retirement community.

Previously, your scribe had caught Shep “breathing heavily” after taking one of Celia’s dogs (a little Maltese) on an agility run. After three agility championships, the dog is retired too and has become a “wonderful companion.”

Rowland (Burnie) Burnstan Jr. still misses flying and “always will” and is surrounded by lots of grandchildren (“interesting and sometimes trying”). He and his wife work out every other day; it has made a “huge difference.”

Dr. Paul Roediger is enjoying his second year in his Foulkways retirement community where he runs the 20-man woodworking shop, sings in the chorus, and is active in the local Episcopal church.

As for your scribe, David Rogers, I have always adhered to the “consultants’ dictum” of “you never get paid for cleaning your office.”

Upon retirement in January 2016, I faced a monumental office cleaning job of disposing of files of research materials. We postponed our usual winter sojourn on the west coast of Florida and hunkered down in chilly New England. However, Louisa and I are having a fine time. We have cut back on long travels and are concentrating on short overnight trips for now. We hope to get to the U.K. in the fall for a reunion with our British relatives.

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son, has been teaching Wilderness Medicine in Hawaii, and is due back home around my birthday (the big one). Yesterday I was explaining something unusual someone had come up with to our seven- year-old grandson, using too many words, when he piped up, ‘You mean thinking outside the box, Nana.’ We know how fortunate we are to have our family all nearby.”

John D. Wallace 90 Audubon Lane Princeton, NJ 08540 609-921-2257 (Home) njnb1@aol.com (Email)

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Michael P. Erdman 20 Pond Lane Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 610-528-5148 (Home) 610-608-8665 (Cell) mperdman57@gmail.com (Email)

For those reading these Notes, you have to understand the Princeton Country Day School was very small in our day. I remember the entire student body went over 100 our 5th Form (8th grade) year and this included 1st thru 6th Forms (4th grade thru 9th grade).

Our graduating class in 1950 included 13 students!!

We fortunately have nine surviving and we hope to hear from all of them in the near future.

They are: Tom Duckworth, Michael Erdman (reported last issue), David Flanders, Nick Hubby, Arthur Merritt, Bruce Raymond, Nat Smith, Dick Stillwell, and Henry Urbaniak, who is reporting to you herewith:

Henry S. Urbaniak, Jr. wrote, “After leaving PCD, I went to Lawrenceville School, then Princeton University and The University of Pennsylvania Medical School. My education continued with a residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA and two years of military life in Germany. I spent the rest of my professional life in and around Providence, RI, until I moved to Naples, Florida, where I have been a resident since 2007.

“I still return in the summer to my home in Barrington, RI, where I practice orthopedic medicine on a limited basis in Pawtucket.

“Greatest pleasures include my wife Debbie, family, friends, professional activities (limited) and golf. Debbie is also a golfer, much better than I, but we both play a lot here in Florida.

Then too, food and wine aren’t bad!

“I continue to work in my profession (orthopedic surgeon) and, at 82, that is wonderful. My best professional accomplishments center about helping the numerous patients in my life. Reaching 82 and being physically active is truly a miracle, partly made possible by the advancements in medicine over the past 82 years.”

I (Michael) would like to hear from others in our class via email at mperdman57@gmail.com or phone at 610-608-8665, a cell that catches up to me in Vero Beach, Florida or Edgartown, MA, when I’m not home in Bryn Mawr, PA.

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Edwin H. Metcalf 23 Toth Lane Rocky Hill, NJ 08553-1010 609-921-2386 (Home) ehmet@comcast.net (Email) SPRING 2018

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Philip Kopper 4610 DeRussey Parkway Chevy Chase, MD 20815-5332 301-652-2383 (Home) publisher@posteritypress.com (Email)

Don’t call me Pollyanna — in our Sixth Form production of The Devil and Daniel Webster, I played Mr. Scratch, Satan himself — yet I have the pleasure to report that my surviving classmates say life is good and they are damned glad to be enjoying it at four score years and counting.

Peter Bauer, in farthest Vermont, exclaimed, “This has been the most exciting time of my life :-)))!” (typojies his).

Bob Hillier closed his epistle: “I’m happy to just keep on working, because it’s fun.”

John Wellemeyer is sending his sons off to college and has signed on as a PDS trustee for another term, two proofs of faith in things to come.

Bauer lives twenty miles from Canada in Enosburg Falls, “The last place on the left, where the snowplow turns around,” whence — such is his vehicular abundance — he gets about by motorbike, dirt bike, motorcycle, Arctic Cat ATV, Subaru, truck, pickup and Tesla. Also by cross-country skis and a windsurfer, in season. His former wife lives nearby, their son and half the grandkids not far away, their daughter with the other half in California.

Active on behalf of good causes, Pete’s foci include lowering Chicago’s murder rate and preventing more school massacres, in part via his website www.educationsolutionsphb.info.

His primary goal is “To Slow Climate Change NOW!!!” Peter predicts, “If major actions do not occur this year… all species on Our Planet will be dead by 2028.” A dire forecast darkens his exciting times.

Stellar architect Bobby Hillier, my most faithful correspondent over the years, and his wife/ partner Barbara had long since merged their alpha firm with another world-shaker, and downsized as Studio Hillier on Witherspoon Street. During the hiatus Barbara earned a master’s degree in architecture finally — after thirty years as a licensed architect. Their daughter, Jordan, graduated magna from Penn “and is now studying, guess what, architecture.”

Bob’s son, JB, a long-time teacher and progenitor of three Hillier grandchildren, has become a contractor himself, in Vermont.

Meanwhile, Bob continues to conduct graduate seminars at PU, to publish Princeton Magazine, and to design small developments around town.

His year’s “most exciting” credit: an honorary doctorate from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Congrats, Dr. Hillier.

Wellemeyer is in fine fettle. As reported before, he labors in PDS’s behalf as a trustee and chair of the finance committee. Completing a sixyear term, he signed on for another three. His twin sons, Douglas and James, went from PDS to Lawrenceville, and at this writing linger in JOURNAL

a certain limbo to await the fateful decisions of strangers: college admissions committees.

John said his trustee service is payback for a debt of gratitude. Arriving in 1949 from a Louisiana public school, “PCD was a shock,” a high challenge academically. “The first year was a real struggle for me, but the teachers… helped me overcome the deficiencies in my early education.” Bravo PCD teachers!

Tracked down by phone, Sherwood Smith sounded glad to renew old school ties and share his vita. After years of teaching, at PCD and then at Chapin nearby, he went to Vermont in 1972 and stayed. A bachelor, he enjoys reading, hiking and fishing in season, weather permitting. Yearround he can be found at Baskets Bookstore in Brattleboro, which he manages with his sister, Jane ’61, who goes south in winter.

Archaeologist Bucky Shear acknowledged (also by phone) that he has taken emeritus status at Princeton. Formerly the director of major digs in Athens, the professor now spends his time writing up the unearthed fruits of previous labors. His latest volume, bylined T. Leslie Shear Jr., was Trophies of Victory, the Public Buildings of Periklean Athens.

Rens Lee, according to online sources, is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a think tank based in Philadelphia, which in turn identifies him as president of Global Advisory Services, Inc., a consulting firm within power-lunching distance of Washington’s hubs.

Rev. Tom Kerr, long since retired as rector of Immanuel Church in Wilmington, DE, appears (per cyberspace sources) to have done God’s work in interesting and progressive ways. A canon in the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, he has served organizations that support economic equality and sexual/gender nondiscrimination.

For myself, a proudly aging husband, father and grandfather, I’m doing fine. While many of us old guard progressives fear for the republic, we have become addicted to the morning papers and nightly news. I find myself naming PCD as my alma mater in a transparent excuse to brag about a younger alum who may do more than any other individual to save our democracy from itself: Robert Mueller ’59, of course. Bravo PCD for nurturing the man of the probity, intelligence and skill to unravel the serpentine plots of Russians who sought to weaken our democracy’s fabric, undermine her institutions and skew our presidential elections in order to defeat a candidate they feared.

Posterity Press rolls on, at a slower pace. We just released a faceted memoir, Incidents in a Life, by Mark Pascal Schlefer, who flew bombers in World War II, practiced law, and launched the Freedom of Information Act, which won him commemorative kudos from Senator Bernie Sanders. Now 95, Mark trundles on in — you guessed it — rural Vermont. Next we will tackle an intriguing account of the discovery and restoration of a “lost plantation” on St. Croix, the erstwhile paradise now struggling to recover from last fall’s devastating hurricanes.

Publishing memoirs and family histories in fine small editions has become a tougher trade in these times of digital proliferation with new arsenals of computers and printers encouraging folks to DIY. The ubiquitous “autocorrect” programs — satanic devices — have made everyman his own editor as they approve any word that appears wright [sic] anywhere in the dictionary but change words they don’t happen to know, like my surname. Likewise print-on-demand (POD) machines spawn books in tiny editions — even single copies — so long as they are printed on a paper stock of the vendor’s choice in a size that suits the machine and then bound in “perfectbinding” (a misnomer). This all encourages amateur writers to not engage an editor (a collaborator that every journalist and seasoned author values!) but to “edit” their own work, an approach as well-advised as a lawyer arguing his own case or a surgeon removing his own gallstone. Digital technology enables vast quantities of stuff to be published cheaply and fast while doing for literature what text-messaging has done for the art of conversation…. End of rant! Thanks for reading. Hope to write again come fall.

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Kenneth C. Scasserra 3161 NW 107th Drive Sunrise, FL 33351 609-598-1776 (Home) kscas@hotmail.com (Email)

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Fred M. Blaicher, Jr. 710 Manatee Cove Vero Beach, FL 32963-3728 772-231-0046 (Home) fritzblaicher@yahoo.com (Email)

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Guy K. Dean III 11 Lemore Circle Rocky Hill, NJ 08553-1007 609-921-6356 (Home) guydean@verizon.net (Email)

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Robert E. Dorf 410 Walnut Avenue Grand Junction, CO 81501 970-471-1067 (Home) dorfb@outlook.com (Email)

It was great connecting with most of you in January, and even though we’re up to date, don’t forget to connect with me so I can let the rest of the world know how you’re doing. I would still like to hear from Chris, Danny, Hugh, Dudley, and Moke. I know you’re getting the Journal, so ’fess up and contact one of us.

Larry Estey wrote, “Life here in Maine over the last five years or so, since you last asked, is pretty much the same and damned good. We’ll probably look to make a move to Portland (Maine) within the next few years, as aging in place here is problematic, and it would be nice to make the move while we can still enjoy a new challenge. Elizabeth and I are in good health.”

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“Had a fruitful career at Brown, emerging with a PhD in French and a grad student wife.

Began working at URI, but was laid off after four years. Knocked all around the country trying to get back into the teaching biz, and finally did by taking a job at the University of New Mexico, where one of my housemates had a house. Required commuting from Providence, where my wife and daughter lived, to ABQ. Spent the next decades moving back toward them, parachuting twice into department chairs at Central Missouri and Western Illinois.

“When my wife came down with ovarian cancer, she was at UConn directing Women’s Studies, they offered me a trailing spouse position. She died eight years later. I retired the next year, and fell in love with, and married, an old friend (of Sue’s and mine) who had helped me through the worst thing in my life.

“I am living a full retirement, volunteering for various crackpot organizations in the Providence area, and enjoying our renewed correspondence.”

John Cook has never been at a loss for words.

“Bio you ask? I just retired from M&T Bank after 52 years in the business. It took me to Europe, South America and all around the US. I found it to be a very interesting business after I started running a meaningful piece of it.

However, it never seemed to get in the way of doing what I wanted to. You’d vomit if I told you that I now run a foundation that supports Ivy Club, spend time with the Princeton hockey coach, or play plenty of golf to where I have shot my age a dozen times in recent months so I won’t share such mundane non-exploits with you. I have yet to save the world, but I will try to make a small contribution by carefully recycling my used metals, glass and plastic and walking down to the point on our place in Maine to reduce my carbon footprint.

“I’m heading upstairs now to punish myself on my elliptical machine for being the wiseass Frank Gorman thought I was. One day Gorman pulled my brother, Steve ’59, aside and said, ‘You better start behaving yourself. Do you want to end up like your brother, John?’ Steve thought about that for a second and blurted out he would like nothing better to be like his brother. I think that led to 100 ‘I will not talk in class’ on the blackboard in neat cursive. Were we abused and scarred for life? No way, we grew up fast and took things in stride because we were a very cool class.”

It’s always good to hear from Dave Smoyer: “All’s well with Mary and me. I lead an easy life, but don’t get bored. Still care a lot about sports — spectating avidly, watching a lot of Harvard athletic events, always rooting against them, usually going home disappointed in the results.

Come see us if you are in the Boston area — that would be fun.

“We do catch up with Peter Moock every so often. All the best to everybody.”

John Stein now has a lot of time to correspond: “I am now retired from a life of good works, the best of which was to serve as an aide-decamp to Marlene Young as she elevated the National Organization for Victim Assistance to prominence in crafting rights and services to those struck down by crime or war or hurricanes or any other disaster. She not only nurtured the growth of the new field, she endowed it with passion, sophistication, and professionalism. It was a fun ride, especially after we got married in ’86.

“My kids from my first marriage have done wonderfully well in the literary world (in NYC, of course). Anna has done very well as a literary agent (a number of her clients have won awards) and better still, found a lovely Irish immigrant in some online dating deal, and the two have a fabulous reconstructed home in Brooklyn (reconstructing is what Geoff does) plus two smart, sweet, gorgeous daughters, now five and three.

“My son did well at the publishing house of Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (some of his books also took awards) until he left to become the editor of The Paris Review, and ran it much in keeping with the heritage of its first editor, George Plimpton, until Lorin’s recent retirement. He’s on to other things now with his smart, beautiful partner Sadie, who’s carving out a nice career as a nonfiction writer.

“I don’t mean to sound sexist in my comments on the really good looks of my female kin – Lorin and Geoff are also kind of pretty.

“I do nothing these days but hone my lassitude with my laptop here in my lap, natch, curled up with The Post and The Times. Gone are my days on the slopes, my pickin’ country music tunes, my cigs, and, sadly, my cocktails. After a strange collapse and a couple of days in the ER, some years back, the doc gave me a nice chat on exiting with the casual aside, “you know, you can’t drink anymore.” So ended my long romance with gin, not with a bang but a whimper. Or maybe it was a bang, then a whimper. It’s been good.”

David Kamenstein has been busy: “Both Carol and I have been kept full-time busy on a couple of fronts. Unfortunately, my daughter’s husband passed away about five years ago, leaving our then two-year-old grandkids without a father.

We spend a lot of time trying to fill the void and, while no one could fill his shoes, the kids are terrific, happy and well adjusted.

“On the other front, we have been very active helping our son expand his business. He has retail stores that sell ice cream, which he manufactures, candy, baked goods toys and novelties all in a highly designed, entertaining retail environment. His website is www. sloansicecream.com. He was the reason we got the flu. He just opened a store at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas and, while there, we went to check his stores in California, where flu is rampant. By the end of the year there will be 18-20 Sloan’s stores in Florida, California,

Nevada, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Sloan also supplies the winter White House, Mar a Lago Club, with ice cream.”

Although Vern “Jimmy” Hagenbuckle didn’t graduate with us, he is pictured with us in our 1st Form year and was nice enough to send the picture around for all of us to try to identify.

Only one mystery person remains. Jimmy wrote, “I had a successful career teaching visual arts and retired as a Professor Emeritus from St. Petersburg College. My wife Jan and I live in Clearwater, Florida and are both active as painters. ‘Painting is one of the few things in life which youth holds no advantage.’ – David Salle.”

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Ed Benson chimed in when prodded: “My life in forty words. Had an undistinguished senior year in college, so joined the Navy in 1963, to find myself. The Navy proved to be a great place to do that and, by blind luck, I barely avoided being sent to Vietnam.

John Davison is still actively selling real estate in NYC and was kind enough to send around the online copy of our spring Junior Journal for our graduation year. Great pictures and articles.

Thanks, John.

As for me, Bob Dorf, no real changes in my life. I have semi-retired but still maintain a desk in downtown Vail and occasionally walk the hundred yards to the lift and get a couple of hours of skiing in, but I have to admit, the stainless steel shoulder and knee get colder fast, and I don’t ski like my mind remembers.

Neither do I play hockey as fast as my mind does, but I still get on the rink a couple of times a week. I even took my skates to Mazatlan, Mexico last fall. They have a small rink, and they don’t care if you have a helmet, or if you play a little while the public skates and the figure skaters are on the ice. A little different than Baker Rink, but exercise all the same.

I play with a Canadian when I can, and we usually play in shorts and a tee shirt. I try to spend about four months a year there, and would encourage any who want join me; we have lots of room in a house on the first fairway and a block from the beach. Wife Patty, kids, and grandkids all doing well and growing fast.

Next week, I am taking my oldest grandson, Jamie, to visit Middlebury, coincidentally on the same weekend as the alumni hockey game, so what the hell, throw the blades in and embarrass myself there as well. I’ll report on it later. I was hoping to meet up with Tim Carey,’57, but he can’t get out of the Boston snow…. ( Just returned from my Alumni Hockey game and took home the award for being the oldest to ever play in the game there.

Great playing with kids who know position and where the game is going. Not like the beer league. Great time.)

Stay in touch.

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James “Tim” Carey, Jr. 245 A Chestnut Avenue Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 781-801-2490 (Cell) tim_carey@nobles.edu (Email)

Greetings to the Class of 1957 from your almost 76-year-old correspondent! Is that possible? Seems like a few days ago we were playing with marbles under the trees across the street from the school. And Morgan Shipway was showing us that on crutches he was more adroit than most of us were on two legs.

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I tried to get more responses from classmates, but heard back from only a few. One of the people I did hear from was not even in our class, Peter Moock ’56. I have a feeling that there may be a reference to me (in the Class of ’56 notes, thanks to Bob Dorf ) and my daughter, Edie, a singer/songwriter who has crossed paths with Peter’s son, Alistair, also a singer/songwriter. Peter has a place in Boston, and we are hoping to get together with him and David Smoyer PCD ’56 who has moved back to Jamaica Plain where he lived during the time we both taught at the Roxbury Latin School.

Heard from a few folks in the class:

Joe Wright started out his note with the truism that “at our advanced age…..no news is GOOD news.” He added that, “I continue to live in Toronto where we have been for 42 years, 43 at the end of March. I am still married to Betsy, 50 years and counting, with smiles, in April. We spend three months in Siasconset each year and two plus months in Boca Grande in Florida to dodge winter. We are very lucky!”

“Adam Hochschild and his wife Arlie moved from San Francisco to Berkeley six years ago to be closer to their two grandchildren, who spend a night or two a week at their house.

Adam’s eighth book, Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 19361939, was published in 2016. He continues to teach a writing class at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. His oldest son, David, is a member of the California State Energy Commission and was one of those representing the state at the recent Bonn follow-up conference to the Paris climate accords. Sadly, Washington DC’s position on climate change is quite different from Sacramento’s.”

From Andy Harris and Pony (Harrison now) Fraker, two who have put off retirement, I got the following:

“I (Andy) am a little slower than my classmates, but I finally retired this month ( Jan, 2018). It was hard to give up my passion for teaching global health at Oregon Health & Science University. I had knee surgery in October and am now back into biking, hiking and skiing, far healthier activities than administrative duties.

On another subject, I’m grateful to have Robert Mueller ’59 as the special counsel investigating Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election.”

“So finally I (Pony) am going to join Tim and others’ exalted rank and retire from full-time teaching and administering, first at Princeton (16), then Minnesota (12) and now at Berkeley (22) after 50 years....hard to believe! I will come back part-time, but on my own time, to do some spot teaching and to keep working on a few research projects — a possible new book on ‘aesthetics and the city’, to summarize my 10 years of teaching as a Guest Professor in Sweden; and to participate in phase two of the EcoBlock project in Oakland, which was just singled out by Scientific American as one of the 10 most transformative ideas about how to combat global warming in 2017.”

Congratulations on that accolade.

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“Molly and I plan lots of family, travel, tennis (I got a new left knee...amazing no pain) and perhaps renewing my watercolors.”

I (Tim) continue to enjoy this retirement gig.

I have to admit that I was apprehensive at the prospect, but events have evolved, and I have the time to do a variety of things that were not possible when I was working: volunteering at Children’s Hospital and at a small local school for Boston city kids, helping them make the transition to high schools in the area, public, Catholic and independent. Finally lots of sports photography, not like Neil Leifer of Sport’s Illustrated, but as a rank amateur, having so much fun. Here is a photo I got at last week’s Women’s National Collegiate tournament held at Harvard!

I know that Bill Morse will like this one!

Best to everyone and to those who did not write back, hope you will do so the next time I contact you.

conversation with the guy who was the Tiger mascot with Chris putting his head practically into the Tiger’s mouth. R.I.P. Chris.

The big news in the Toby Knox household is that we downsized in the fall, moving from Shelburne, Vermont to a smaller abode in South Burlington, Vermont. As many have experienced, the weeding out, donation process and deciding where articles would go that would not fit into the smaller place was all encompassing. On the bright side, our son, Andrew, who is a professional comedian with Second City in Chicago, made his network television debut in February, playing the role of a detective in “Chicago P.D.” on NBC.

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Roger Budny 7005 SE Pacific Drive Stuart, FL 34997 772-419-8004 (Home) budny@comcast.net (Email)

Class of ’59 Home of the Brave

Gracie Doyle, freshman at Princeton, former student of Tim Carey ’57 and awesome player

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Toby Knox 122 Fairway Drive South Burlington, VT 05403 802-985-3191 (Home) toby@tobyknox.com (Email)

Frank Bushnell checked in from Texas indicating that he is “Alive and well. No happenings of note here in Waco.”

Sandy Kirkpatrick and his wife Jeanie will be recognized on March 7 by the Manatee Community Foundation in Bradenton, FL with the Lifetime Spirit award. According to the event’s invitation, the award is “to celebrate the people who have tirelessly dedicated themselves to giving.” Congratulations to the Kirkpatricks.

Your class correspondent recently had the pleasure of talking by phone with Joe Wright, PCD 1957, and Chris Wright’s older brother.

For years I wondered what happened to our classmate. For those who may have wondered the same thing, I learned that Chris graduated from UNC Chapel Hill and Wharton Business School and was briefly married to one of the Johnson and Johnson heirs. He ultimately ended up in San Francisco and was an inventor of the digital postal meter (a la Pitney Bowes) and the machine which made the drum sound on the Moog Synthesizer. Sadly, he took his own life in 1996. My mother referred to Chris as being ubiquitous (a word I had never heard before), and it certainly was appropriate. Chris was a barrel of constant energy and knew everyone in Princeton. At a football game in Palmer Stadium, I recall seeing Chris having a

Colonel “Frosty” Seder’s Marine Corps career emphasized a love for flying – primarily in the cockpits of F-4 Phantoms, F/A-18 Hornets and TA-4F Skyhawks, and including more than 400 hours in O-1 Bird Dogs as a FAC(A) in Vietnam. He flew almost 7,000 accident free flight hours over the span of a 31-year career (6,175 in fighter and attack aircraft) and completed 500 combat missions and more than 800 combat hours in one tour in Vietnam.

He received the following Combat Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Single Mission Air Medal, 43 Strike/Flight Air Medals and a Certificate of Commendation for successfully landing a clean F-4 with a stuck left landing gear. He commanded a F/A-18 Hornet Squadron, a Hornet Group and was Assistant Wing Commander of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. In 1971 Frosty participated in the first Marine Corps operational F-4 Phantom carrier cruise aboard USS America and has 309 carrier landings. He was recognized as the Marine Corps Aviator of the Year in 1980. In retrospect – “vivid proof that you have to grow old but you don’t have to grow up!”

Captain Stephen Cook U.S. Navy: Steve wrote, “Right after Princeton we went to Montana to grow wheat but the draft board got me anyway.

Spent six months at Rutgers agricultural school then relented and entered the Navy Flight program in October 1967 as a cadet. Got my wings in June 1968 and was lucky to go back as an instructor to Pensacola, FL; I had a 1000 combat free flight hours over the Gulf of Mexico and my plane got hit only once (by a student in the gunnery run). Also proud to have the same number of takeoffs as landings.

“While waiting for a night launch, my wing man and I decided we were as smart as our flight surgeon and goaded each other to go to medical school. We prepped for medical school at Pensacola Junior College with a year of night school. When we both got into med school, the Navy transferred us into the Medical Corp and were lucky to go through school and residency on active duty (with NO debt).

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“I am proud to have served in the Navy but more thankful to my country for giving me my career. The Navy was very, very good to me.”

Parade, which I have been in every year, with one of my dogs pulling a small cart. Last year’s theme was ‘Go West Young Man’ so I made the cart look like an old covered wagon with a sign that read, ‘Go West Young Puppies’.

“Just after Labor Day, I had the pleasure of spending a couple of hours with Rob Carrick over lunch on the patio by his home in Ouray, CO. We caught up on news about our respective lives and enjoyed watching a couple of mule deer amble through the neighborhood.”

Captain Nixon Hare, USMC: Nixon did officer infantry training at Quantico followed by flight training at Pensacola. Nixon was a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO). The RIO sits behind the pilot and manages the battlefield and mission execution. The RIO also monitors the missiles and directs the pilot in terms of range of the weapons. The Intercept plane often engages in dogfights.

Captain Robert Mueller, USMC: Bob served in the Vietnam War earning the Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V” for heroism and the Purple Heart Medal. He was a platoon commander who served with distinction, receiving the Bronze Star, the Combat Action Ribbon, two Navy and Marine Commendation Medals, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.

In April 1969 he received an enemy gunshot wound in the thigh, recovered, and returned to lead his platoon until June 1969. He eventually became aide de camp to 3rd Marine Division’s commanding general.

Other news:

Joe Coffee reported from Troy, PA that he is still playing softball with a travelling team.

Steve Cook is playing hockey twice a week in West Palm Beach, FL.

Walter Smith wrote, “Last summer was the twelfth summer Libby and I spent in Silverton, CO. I work in the Olde Tyme Photo Parlour, dressing people in vintage costumes, taking their photo, and printing it as if it were done in the late 1800s or the early 1900s. It isn’t always that one can be paid for having as much fun as I have.

“This old silver mining town of about 600 residents has a funky little Independence Day

1960 classmates Alex Patton, Davy Davis and Pepper Pettit at the Princeton/Harvard lacrosse game last year

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Karl D. Pettit III 6079 Pidcock Creek Road New Hope, PA 18938-9313 215-598-8210 (Home) karl.pettit@comcast.net (Email)

Last spring at this time Alex Patton, Davy Davis and I attended the Princeton-Harvard Ivy Lacrosse Game. Because Alex and Davy are both Harvard alums and I a Princeton alum… the game had great appeal. More significantly however, Davy and I competed against each other in the Princeton-Harvard lacrosse game 50 years ago, which I am proud to say Princeton won! In fact, my Princeton lacrosse team was undefeated in the Ivies that year (a rare accomplishment for any Ivy League team…).

The three of us are trying to schedule a mini get-together this spring or summer along with Jonny Howland; so, I’ll let you know if that ever materializes. Aside from this, I’ve been in periodic contact with Murad (Fred) Sayen and Brock Putman, both of whom are doing well.

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Peter H. Raymond 547 East Street Dedham, MA 02026-3060 617-365-0236 (Cell) peterh.raymond@gmail.com (Email)

Walter Smith ’59 in the Silverton, Colorado 4th of July parade.

I am sorry to report that not a single classmate answered even one of my 538 pleas for news; well, I was warned that this classcorrespondenting business is a challenge.

Fortunately, I am a whiz at writing fiction, so here’s stuff I made up for this edition. Object to my characterizations? What do you expect of ...lessee... 2018-1961... a 57-year old memory bank?

Hank Tomlinson noted that he and Peter Kirkpatrick have been salesmen for at least the

last thirty years, Peter selling ad space for trade journals covering golf, skiing, and bicycling until his company eliminated many jobs, including Peter’s. The two had been meeting for many years at summer and winter trade shows, Hank enjoying Peter’s great attitude and sense of humor. “He’s the kind of guy,” Hank wrote, “who’d rather laugh than moan about bad news or anything else. I recently met up with Peter in Denver’s Outdoor Sports/Ski & Snowboard Annual Show. He’s now working for a charming publication called Skiing History, put out by the International Skiing History Association.” Hank has worked as an independent manufacturer’s rep for about 35 years, selling ski and outdoor products to retailers big and small. “My plan, he stated, “was to pull the plug this past December 31. A former boss convinced me not to, but, by god, this will be my last. So I like to think of Peter and me as the Walter Mittys of our class, except that we got to live the dream; meanwhile, Kathy and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary last summer. My four 20-somethings, all gainfully employed, thank goodness, are doing well. My oldest, Annie, 28, was married in November in Santa Barbara to Phil Adams, whom she met at a speed-dating evening at the Cornell Grad School Commons!”

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“After residency and fellowship in Spine Surgery I came back to Bethesda Naval Medical Center and ran the spine service until leaving active duty in July 1985. I was in Beirut in 1983 when they bombed the embassy as part of the Multi National Peace Force. I stayed in the Navy Reserves while in private orthopaedic practice in New Brunswick, retiring from the reserves as a Captain in 2006, just before Desert Storm.

Peter confirms Hank’s report, first stating. “Vera and I have a granddaughter — named Paige — she is now two!” before detailing his work life with, “I am now helping to raise money for skiinghistory.org, which preserves and expands understanding of the sport’s colorful history.

We publish Skiing History magazine six times a year. Fun!”

Pete Katzenbach fired this email note: “My news is that I certified as a yoga teacher this past fall. Spent a month at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, MA. That’s it, for now, at any rate.” And when I whined about being inflexible, Pete replied, “Brittle Peter, we rocks can be inflexible, but that can change with the correct incentive.” As has been said to me “I want to be able to bend down and tie my shoes when I am 95.” Why I started yoga? I was told by a VERY experienced yogi I greatly trust that Princeton Center for Yoga & Health is one of the best yoga studios he has taught in. So there’s a tip for the stiff !

Our peripatetic geologist Richard Reynolds sent two wonderful photos I hope will accompany this piece — from his summer kayaking in the Arctic. He is loathe to write much for publication (but acknowledges hypocrisy in his great interest in news of others. I am working on him, I promise), but I can report that questions to him about rocks or the ground in general will be rapidly and thoroughly answered, as he did regarding a boulder excavated nearby and plopped into the corner of my lot — I wanted to know all about it, and why Kentucky, where my daughter lives, has such a varied landscape. Maps! History of thousands of millennia! He’s amazing.

Anyway, Richard and his wife Mary did get in some Christmas cross-country skiing despite lots of barren slopes, and enjoyed a visit from LA-based daughter, Allie, who coaches surfing and works weekends with inner-city kids. Of

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course, being who he is, Richard discovered, to his groan (“Aaarrggghhh”), that she lives atop a major fault. In sharing danger, he traveled to southeast Greenland and reported, “Many bright highlights, one of which was the 20-meter sailboat built in the mid-1990s in the Netherlands on the design of a Baltic cargo barque. Sturdy, with a true mariner at the helm.

Good thing, too, as we did hit a few bergs.” He also reflected on the status of some three billion year-old rocks (stable, motionless) as well as on rapidly retreating glaciers. His final note: “The 54-hr pitch, yaw, rock ’n roll crossing of the Denmark Strait across the Arctic Circle on to NW Iceland was a good and sobering reminder that some places are still remote and ask for a little bit of patience.”

Icebergs on Richard Reynolds ’61 travels

The barge Richard Reynolds ’61 traveled on After noting his pleasure on seeing classmates at reunions, Tom Chubet announced his plan (which by press time should be enacted) to retire after 45 years in the brokerage business.

His son, John, is doing very well as an agent for Town Realty and recently purchased a house in Brooklyn with his wife Mev. They have two girls, ages two and a half and one. Son, Charlie, lives with his wife Kelly and his two boys (ages five and two and a half ) in nearby New Rochelle. “Carolyn and I,” Tom stated, “look forward to spending more time with them all and traveling to somewhere warm where I can get a drink with an umbrella in it!.”

Roddy Pratt fulfilled the adage, “If you can think of nothing to write, write that.” He emailed, “Sorry, Pete, Nothing to add this year.

Pleased to hear how the school is thriving! Best to all.” Remarkable, isn’t it, how a report of nothing is a better report than nothing?

I don’t know what’s hitting our class, but Richard Longstreth is proving retirement a JOURNAL

craze, writing, “I am about to retire after 42 years of teaching, most of them at George Washington University. It does not seem like a long time until I meet former graduate students who are well advanced. I take great satisfaction in having many students who have made a significant contribution to the fields of architectural history and historic preservation. I still have one, a very exceptional Ph.D. student with whom I will continue to work for at least two and a half years, which will be a pleasure and a good way to wind down. No rest for the wicked, however, in terms of research and writing. Will soon start editing a book derived from papers delivered at the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy’s annual meeting held at MoMA last September. Am also working on a book of my own; I think it will be my 12th. Without teaching responsibilities, my wife and I will have more time to spend at our place in the Adirondack High Peaks, extending our stay to four months. Heaven.” Sounds like respite well deserved.

Randy Hobler announced the death of his 94-year-old mother last May — “a very sad time for us.” Life goes on, though: “Earlier in May,” Randy continued, “my girlfriend, Alexa, and I went to France for the first time since 2000, again visiting the two French families in Brive-la-Gaillarde with whom I had stayed with the Experiment in International Living in 1963. I’m also continuing to work on my book about my experiences in the Peace Corps in Libya, and have written 73,000 words so far. It’s a collective memoir for which I’ve interviewed 58 fellow Returned Peace Corps Volunteers so far and included all their wonderful stories.”

This should prove to be a great record of at least one good thing the Boomers did.

Father John Sheehan doesn’t mess around. You want news; you get a three-page, illustrated Christmas newsletter. Here are some excerpts: “I arrived in Amman in February, spent four months getting used to things, back to the US for five weeks to get rid of more stuff — and back to Amman, where I am Pastor of the English Language Church, with six sites for which I was responsible for Mass. In the works was a plan to create a Filipino chaplaincy, and with the assistance of the Jesuits, that came to fruition in July. The Filipino priest assuming that responsibility is now in charge of three of those Mass sites, taking into his chaplaincy at least 60% of what had been ‘my’ congregation.

and Confirmation classes, training sessions for Lectors, Altar Servers and Eucharistic Ministers, and have a monthly ‘Ask Father John’ session.

For several months I taught a class to mostly refugees in voice production and singing, with a January performance. Most had never sung before, and all are singing in English. I have several people preparing for Baptism or entrance into the Church, and have done a couple of Baptisms at the Jordan, where the other John did his baptizing. (I do NOT wade into the River Jordan but rather use a font provided on the shore.) English is not the first language for about 80% of my congregation, and my First Communion class includes students from Spain, Ireland, Austria, Croatia, and America. Since February 2017 I’ve lost 40 pounds, will probably do a concert in the spring, and am wrestling with Arabic in my free time. Arabic is winning, but I have not given up.”

OK. I can’t make this stuff up.

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John F. McCarthy III 25 Brearly Road Princeton, NJ 08540 609-924-3926 (Home) 609-731-1287 (Cell) jack@mccarthyllc.com (Email)

John Baker’s album, The Peace Worshippers, an acclaimed collaboration of Indian music and folk songs from Europe, received a Gold Medal (the highest award possible) from the Global Music Awards. The Global Music Awards are given annually to the industry leaders in the music world. Congratulations, John!

Craig Battle wrote, “I moved back to Princeton in 1976 and, after time on Wall Street, started my own investment banking firm here in Princeton in 1982. I have been married 47 years to Anne Morgan (Battle) ’67, who grew up in Princeton, and we have two sons and three grandchildren.”

John Gaston, Rick Delano, Rod Myers, Rick Eckels and I had our annual weekend minireunion in Miami South Beach.

“So I say Mass on Saturday at one church, on Sunday at another, teach First Communion

The annual PCD 1962 mini-reunion: from left to right: Rick Delano, Jack McCarthy, Rick Eckels and Rod Myers. Seated in front: John Gaston

1963 Father John Sheehan ’61 (left) with his fellow priests in Amman and as Father Christmas at right.

John A. Ritchie 7302 Durbin Terrace Bethesda, MD 20817-6127 301-564-1227 (Home) jhnritchie@yahoo.com (Email)

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Donald E. Woodbridge 64 Depot Hill Road Amenia, NY 12501-5817 845-373-7035 (Home) maderacito@yahoo.com (Email) William E. Ring 2118 Wilshire Boulevard, #336 Santa Monica, CA 90403 310-600-2015 (Home) mwmaverick@gmail.com (Email)

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Deborah V. Hobler 1342 Rialto Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93105 805-682-4896 (Home) 805-314-8490 (Cell) dvhobler@cox.net (Email)

In the interest of collecting information to share in our Class Notes, I used two “plea” techniques with my dear classmates, to get them to write me something about their lives.

The first plea was a provocative visual scene: a photo of Miss Shirley Davis. And I wrote underneath: “Miss Davis wants YOU to write something for the class notes. DO IT!”

This approach elicited many email responses, but no news. Rather, many classmates wrote me, “She was a cool lady with gravitas but she scared me then, and she still scares me now.”

I guess she scared the news out of everybody.

So I tried my second plea technique; one of playing on people’s sympathies. I shared what it’s been like to live in Santa Barbara since early December; with the huge Thomas Fire, the biggest fire ever in California.

The view from my house was thick with smoke and ash fell for two weeks, we all had to wear masks when we were outdoors; then basically stay indoors or get out of town; my

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The view from Debbie Hobler ’66’s house during the devasting CA fires this winter and, “protecting my Buddha on the front door step.” car was fully packed to evacuate; thankfully, I did not have to. Then less than a month later, we experienced devastating mudslides in Montecito after a huge rain storm. Again I was safe, but had numerous friends who were not. Two natural disasters in less than two months has been unbelievably challenging to everyone who lives here. Well, my second sympathy plea worked better than the first. I received some class news. Thank you, ladies.

I was so happy to hear from Hannah Blakeman. She left New Jersey in 2009, with her daughter, Virginia, who just had received her BS from Rutgers, and was pursuing graduate studies in psychology, and her son, John. Hannah landed in South Carolina. Soon after John married his girlfriend, Jen, from high school days, and they soon presented Hannah with two beautiful grandchildren: a girl, Jessie, in 2010 and then a grandson, Arlington, in 2011. Virginia completed her MSW at USC, but found, like her brother and sister-in-law, that jobs were hard to come by in South Carolina. SO the whole family trekked back to New Jersey, a family at a time, beginning in 2015, with Hannah returning in 2016. Virginia, now a licensed social worker, has started a private practice.

Hannah and Virginia will be settling into a townhouse in Belle Mead in March.

Congratulations on coming back home! Hopefully Hannah will share her latest artwork with us Hannah Blakeman ’66’s son and his family in the future?

There’s a theme of lifelong education with many of our classmates, Signorina Katherine Becker, who’s been attending UNC-Ashville’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, has now mastered the Italian language. During Christmas vacation, Katherine made her 11th trip to Italy — the first without an Italian speaker at her side! Congratulazioni per il tuo successo! Her 70th birthday wish is to go to Sicily. (Where she can make offers in Italian

In Rome, Italy, Katherine Becker ’66’s penny for her thoughts no one can refuse.) And to keep herself in good spirits she’s also taken Italian wine courses at one of Asheville’s finest wine shops. And in case you didn’t know, Asheville is now the official “Beer City” in the USA. “Classmates, if you love a beer or a glass of wine at the end of the day on a porch, come visit me. I will have a rocking chair for y’all.” Sounds like a fine place to drink to me!

Sally Harries Gauldie continues her world travels with Jack and her family. Christmas was spent with son, Steve, and his family in Boston, then New Year’s with Dave and his family in Toronto. The first week of February, the Gauldies are flying down to Grand Cayman for nine days of R&R, celebrating the end of Jack’s treatments for cancer. Sal is happy to report that all tests are now clear for Jack. I am beyond pleased to hear that good news. Then at the end of June the whole Gauldie family will travel to Scotland, where they will show two of their grandkids where the kids were born, and then in September, a trip to Italy, which may include cooking lessons. Maybe at our next reunion, Sally can cook some Italian dishes while Katherine provides the wine and beer?

In an issue of the Mercer County Community News, an online paper, in September, there was a terrific article titled “Lawrenceville Author Margery Cuyler Reflects on Career after 50 books.” I read stories about our Ms. Margery I had not heard before: that she was “acting out” a lot while in junior high school so her parents moved her to Miss Fine’s School.

Hey, isn’t that why we all ended up there?

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a 38-ft. boat with another couple and sailed to a few of the islands. With lots of sun and wind, it was a nice break from the snowy winter here.

The destruction from the two hurricanes was widespread, but the people are making a valiant effort to recover.”

Margery reported that she shaped up at MFS, but I do believe all of us have stories to prove otherwise. After college graduation, Margery lived on the Greek island of Kos for six months, and became interested the holistic theology of Eastern Orthodoxy and eventually converted, as did her husband Jan. Returning to Princeton, she wrote her first book for Henry Holt, titled, Jewish Holidays. I couldn’t figure that topic out since her conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy, but she explained that she was dating a rabbi at the time. The book got published, the relationship broke up. Our dear Margery, as you know, has gone on to write more than 50 children’s books.

Phenomenal woman!

Margery’s oldest son, Thomas Perkins is a school learning specialist in Boston, while studying for a master’s degree in clinical social work and psychotherapy. And Tim Perkins is an architect working as a designer for Rollman Architecture in Brooklyn.

Galey Bissell Sergio-Castelvetere reported that she and Max are still living in Mexico for six months a year, and the other six months in San Clemente, CA to be near their two grandchildren, son and daughter-in-law. Galey is still painting and teaching English in public schools in La Paz; and she reported, “Of course working out at my local gym.” Bravo! Who is still bold enough to work out?

I may have written earlier that Kirsty Pollard Lieberman and her husband Allen moved to Conifer, Colorado, to be close to their sons. Kirsty loves the Colorado air and the magnificent mountains. She works as securities and insurance counsel at the Great-West in Denver. Her daughter, MacKenzie, is presently living in Dusseldorf, Germany. A long time dog lover, Kirsty and Allen are parents to three dogs (Bassett Hound, Great Pyrenees and a German Shepherd) AND a cat who keeps them amused, occupied and broke with veterinary bills. As an owner of two older cats, I understand that “broke” part, as I feel I have paid my vet’s kids’ college tuition for years!

Sally Behr Ogden has been on the move again.

She along with her new beau and partner are settling into her Millbrook home, inhabited also by three dogs, a cat, her son’s 26-year-old cockatiel, and a pair of doves. Should we ask people to bring their pets to our next reunion?

All her kids joined them for Christmas; and Sally wrote that Oakley (38) lives in Denver, where she practices as a family therapist; Nick (34) runs a successful real estate holding company in Nashville, and has been married for a year and a half to a Vanderbilt classmate, and Lacey (29) who owns a small farm in Ocala, FL, where she trains her three horses. She is one of the top amateur riders in the country, and her goal is to try out for the Olympics.

Sally wrote, “I am so proud of all of them, they are focused and loving what they do.”

For the last three years, Sarah Jaeger has been dealing with an unexpected turn in her life and career as a ceramicist. She asked me to share this with the class. She developed a neurological disease which compromises her strength, balance, ability to walk, and more recently, JOURNAL

Julia, a physician, said she’s in her “last year, now anticipating retirement next December.

I’m studying French in anticipation of a trip to Provence in April.”

Phoebe Knapp Warren, a sculptor, reported that she’s having a solo show at the Missoula (Montana) Art Museum in the new Artpark, opening in April.

Sarah Jaeger ’66 with artwork at the Archie Bray Foundation her speech. Her condition prevented her from working and creating her beautiful clay pots, and she wondered if she would ever get back to it.

Last fall, The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, which Sarah has been involved in since her first days in Helena in 1985 as student, trustee and donor, offered her space in their visiting artist studio. Surrounded by the company of artists and clay materials, she found that she could hand build earthenware pots, using new techniques. The ability to work and create new ceramic works has filled her heart, as you would suspect. She also engaged in community classes at the Bray’s Education Center, situated in a new two story building, but one without an elevator.

Since her classes were on the second floor, it was a major challenge for Sarah to get up the stairs.

Always one for taking action; she spearheaded a fundraising plan called “The Bray Accessibility Project,” raising funds for the elevator and other accessibility items for the building, which she explains has been a transformative experience for her. She wants everyone without regard to physical limitations to be able to partake in the community classes. Not surprisingly, Sarah has used her personal experience to not only improve her life but the lives of other ceramic artists.

Anyone interested in contributing to Sarah’s Bray Accessibility Project should go online to archiebray.org.

Finally, we extend our deepest condolences to Andrea Hicks, the Hicks’ family and Lindsey Hicks ’70 on the loss of Lindsey’s husband Ezra Swerdlow.

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Susan Fritsch Hunter 12 Fatima Drive Bethany, CT 06524 203-393-9349 (Home) 203-206-6402 (Cell) ares543@comcast.net (Email)

Our classmates continue to send news of the interesting events in their lives.

Julia Lockwood wrote, “We just got back from a week in the British Virgin Islands. We rented

Pam Erickson MacConnell recently spent time in Macon, Georgia, helping her daughter, Sarah, and her family move to a larger house across town. “I spent 10 days painting, packing, sorting and unpacking,” Pam wrote. “I know for sure I’m getting too old to paint large rooms ever again. I have officially hung up my brushes and bequeathed my favorite ladder to my daughter.”

Pam says her grandchildren, Audrey, five, and Connor, 20-months, are “the light of my life.

They call me ‘Bella’ as I really dislike the names Granny, Grandma, etc.”

Pam wrote nostalgically of the Class of 1967’s 50th reunion at PDS. “Everyone who missed it should know that it was wonderful to renew friendships and start new ones. The memories crowded around us as we walked around the PDS halls. We swore we could hear Phoebe Knapp laughing, Faneen Murray cracking a joke and Mrs. Baker telling us to be a little quieter. What a fabulous weekend it was.”

Pam reported that she made eight quilts last year and has made three more this year, including one for the child of the MacConnell’s 1995 exchange student. “John and I will be going back to Madrid in May to see Tomas and his family. We can’t wait!”

Pam Erickson MacConnell ’67’s daughter, Sarah, joins her husband Justin Schanck with their two children, Audrey, 5, and Connor, 20 months

Pam Erickson MacConnell ’67 made a quilt for the third child of the MacConnell’s 1995 exchange student from Spain

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Susan Fritsch Hunter ’67 and Mary Young Bragado ’67 met up in Carmel, CA in November 2017 to attend a performance of the Monterey Symphony, conducted by Max Bragado-Darman, Mary’s husband The Hunter family had a wonderful trip to California this past November to visit daughter, Joycie, in Oakland. During the weeklong visit, we traveled to Carmel to attend a performance of the Monterey Symphony, conducted by Max Bragado-Darmon, husband of Mary Young Bragado. After the concert, we joined Mary and Max and symphony friends and officials at a dinner at a local restaurant. We also joined Mary for breakfast the next morning.

Our daughters continue to thrive. Joycie enjoys teaching middle school in Oakland, while Becky is doing environmental work in Seattle, WA. Lauren Collier continues to successfully combine her career as a nurse practitioner in adult mental health with raising her very active Cameron Collier, and talkative grandson of Susan two-year-old Fritsch Hunter ’67, son, Cameron. celebrates his second Lauren, birthday in January along husband Ryan with his mother, Susan’s and Cam live in daughter, Lauren Collier Kingston, MA.

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Sophia Godfrey Bauer 50 Hopedale Dr North Kingston, RI 02852 860-707-5649 (Cell) candsbauer@att.net (Email) Mary Hobler Hyson 1067 Wolf Hill Road Cheshire, CT 06410-1732 203-272-1294 (Home) bassett7750@cox.net (Email)

As we move along to celebrating our 50th reunion, there are some tidbits of news to share.

“Sia Godfrey Bauer wrote, “I will keep this short as I grew up with the axiom that no news is good news. Charles and I are enjoying retirement, Rhode Island, and our family. We are fortunate to have two healthy and vibrant children and two active and healthy grandchildren. Our son lives in New York City and our daughter and her

In response to a Christmas letter I sent to Lisa Lawrence, she added some amusing news. “While you have been through ‘normal’ demonstrations of life cycles, I have been noting the oddest and most irrational thing: I have been gaining energy! It actually shocks me to look in the mirror now and see a face full of wrinkles. But, there is no doubt that they ARE there and not on decline! Ha Ha. “Were we not just climbing those wonderful old stairs at Miss Fine’s . . . yesterday? Were we not only moments ago juggling books and attitudes to make it to the next class? Didn’t we get dressed up for class dances . . . with BOYS only a week ago? I must have slipped on a banana peel in a poppy field ‘cause I missed a beat there somewhere. Then again, I did move to the Land of Enchantment (New Mexico). . .

“Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it back to Princeton for our 50th. However, I am sure reunions will be a blast. Just still to be alive will be a hoot! Something to holler about!”

Connie Sayen Ban continued to add info for the class to enjoy. “Vladimir is retired and we have been lucky enough to travel quite a bit.

Next week, my daughter, Sasha, and I will go to the Galapagos! It is a trip for the ‘active and intrepid’ person. Not sure if I qualify on those two counts, but I am so excited and grateful to travel with my daughter! I continue working with children and families through my ‘Early Birds’ program in Princeton. It is a privilege and a pleasure to spend time with the families.

I am the music and movement teacher at the little school where I spent the last 40 years as a teacher of 3-4 year olds. This work has taught me so much about what it is to be human.

Both the beauty and the imperfections, but mostly the beauty! The natural world is more than ever a source of joy and inspiration and comfort to me. I simply am grateful . . . What else can I say? For my family and friends; for good health and happiness in sharing this beautiful earth with all creatures. We still live on The Great Road. I hope that any classmate who wishes to stop by while in town for a cup of tea, a glass of wine or a shot of schnapps!

Vladimir makes his own!”

Rick Ross was very keen on learning more about a new center at PDS. “I had the opportunity to tour the new Upper School STEAM center at PDS (science, technology, engineering, arts/architecture and mathematics) located in the area adjacent to Packard’s office. It is an impressive addition to the school’s interdisciplinary teaching core. I recommend a tour if you visit the school. Work continues to occupy the mind, and too much time (aren’t there less pressing things to do at this point?) so thoughts of retirement swirl

about. No reason to work, other than to see some matters through, and not leave long-time clients to others — some go back nearly 40 years (that long? OUCH!). Took some time over the holidays to visit Scottsdale, AZ, for some golf and warmth: 50° F and the flu were the reality. I correspond with Lisa Lawrence who sent a lovely Christmas gift from her collection of art. Looking forward to our 50th reunion in May and hoping many will attend.”

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family in Connecticut, so none of them are next door, but all close enough that we see them and get a good ‘dose’ of time with the family. We enjoy taking classes at the University of Rhode Island, being near the water and travelling (a trip coming up in March to Spain). I look forward to our reunion and hope to catch up with everyone there.”

Your secretary’s big news is we now have five grandsons!

Peter, grandson #5 for Mary Hobler Hyson ’68 In closing, I hope you all will consider coming to our reunion. The temporary list of classmates include: Faron, Punky, Rick, Connie, Mary, Linda and Beth.

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Susan Denise Harris 801 Ocean Boulevard Isle of Palms, SC 29451 203-517-7656 (Cell) susandeniseharris@gmail.com (Email)

Bev Bevis Jones wrote, “In November, shortly before Thanksgiving, I got an email from Rick Judge who was moored in Stuart on his 38’ sailboat, Freedom, with his wife Louanne, and wanted to get together. Rick makes his home in Hopetown, Bahamas but comes to Stuart every year to stock up on provisions. Louanne lived in this area before so it was a great spot for them to spend some time. Having just read in the PDS news that classmate Ed Cole had moved to Lake Wales, a couple of hours away, I contacted him and invited him to come over for dinner and surprise Rick. It was a great reunion and we enjoyed a wonderful meal in downtown Stuart and reminisced about our high school days together. Ed is retired and is playing a lot of golf, and like me, is single.

Ed drove back to Lake Wales, but I had the chance to go out for a short sail with Rick and Louanne on Saturday. We all pledged to make it to the 50th reunion. It was a real treat to get together with those guys.”

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George Bristol Schmucker, grandson of Will Sayen ’65 and Betsy Bristol Sayen ’69; and son of Marlee Sayen Schmucker ’02 and Grant Schmucker ’02 Laura Lamar Seabaugh sent greetings to all.

She wrote, “Max and I are enjoying our recent retirement and living in the beautiful Sonoma Valley wine country. We are grateful to have survived the devastating October 2017 wild fires in our area. We are active members of a beautiful historic church in Kenwood, and balance long walks and visits to the gym with wining and dining and sightseeing trips around this gorgeous area. Keeping busy with art, writing, volunteer work — the usual. Life is good. 707-533-0184.”

Lucia P. Ballantine “retired from full-time ministry in fall of 2015. In the fall of 2016 I moved to Concord, MA where I now live. I am in the third half of my life, as I imagine it, which includes writing stories, parables and screenplays as well as assisting here and there at parishes that need me. My hips have needed attention; one replacement in 2017 and the next in 2018. Thank God for Medicare!! I look forward to hiking treks in the future. One daughter is married and lives in Portland Oregon. The other daughter is partnered with Julian and lives in New Orleans.

Would love to see anyone who passes through the Boston area. I look forward to the 50th reunion, God willing.”

Stan and I (Susan Denise Harris) moved into our new home on Isle of Palms, SC in October and we celebrated Stan’s 70th birthday here in November.

Bob Rathauser and his wife Debra attended the party along with family and friends who thought Bob was my hired bartender as he took to the task like a pro. Bob has recently decided on a more exciting second career. He wrote, “I am officially a student at the School for Tourism in Israel, Tel Aviv branch. Today was the first day of classes. Assuming all goes well, I’ll be able to sit for the exam in November 2019, after which I’ll be a certified tour guide (including 60 university credits).”

Wendy Lawson-Johnston McNeil ’70 with her newest grandchild, Samantha Johnston McNeil

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Ann M. Wiley 124 Traditions Way Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 609-403-6152 (Home) 609-902-8132 (Cell) awileyemail@gmail.com (Email)

Wendy Lawson-Johnston McNeil is a new grandmother. “Samantha Johnston McNeil came on to the scene on February 10th. Tucker, Jennifer, Madeline and Samantha are a happy family of four.”

Jack Kilgore wrote: “I continue to run a private art gallery in New York (www.kilgoregallery. com). In the past several years my taste has evolved from 17th century Dutch and Flemish painting to late 19th and early 20th century European works. More material and an interesting learning curve. We sell to institutions and private collectors and have placed paintings in over seventy museums; five works to the Orsay in Paris. Lots of fun, but a very inefficient business! My wife Kim has taken up Court Tennis (Real Tennis). This is a medieval game first developed in Italy.

There are ten courts in America, a handful in Australia, and quite a few more in the UK. Very complicated game and she plays (and sometimes wins) tournaments. She just came back from competing in Australia. Our daughter, India Lake, is 16. She goes to school in New York and is a pop singer. She is in the process of producing a studio record of original songs. They are being mixed now

Sue Denise Harris ’69 and family celebrating her husband’s birthday JOURNAL

Wendy Lawson-Johnston McNeil ’70 (center) with her family and, hopefully, when you read this, some may be on Spotify! Long process and a competitive business, but she is working hard to succeed at it. Hopefully, she will support us in our old age, which for me, is fast approaching. Hello to all of our fellow classmates!”

Hooray, I (Ann Wiley) will be retiring in June!

By the time you read this, I will have spent a week with two friends exploring Savannah, Beaufort, SC, and Charleston. Plans include having lunch with Wendy L-J McNeil.

We extend our deepest condolences to Lindsey Hicks on the loss of her husband Ezra Swerdlow.

Richard Kane ’70 and Bob Sullivan ’70 at the home of Butch Cassidy in Cholla, Argentina during a fly fishing trip this past winter

At Bob Sullivan ’70’s art opening for his landscape painting exhibition at The Nassau Club were (from l to r) Meg Brinster Michael ’70, Kathy Burks Hackett ’75, Barbara Sullivan ’66, Bob Sullivan ’70, Martha Sullivan Sword ’73, Molly Sword McDonough ’75, Katie Poole ’71, Jan Baker - former faculty, and Rett Campbell ’70. Ann Wiser Fries ’70 and Bill Schluter ’70 also attended the opening, but missed the group photo

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Blythe Anne Kropf 4343 East Soliere Aveue Apt. 2097 Flagstaff, AZ 86004 917-763-4923 (Cell) blythekropf5@gmail.com (Email) Thomas C. Worthington 4355 Brook Avenue South Saint Louis Park, MN 55424-1011 952-927-9828 (Home) worthington_tom@yahoo.com (Email)

Bill Flemer reported the following: “I just got back from Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, where Will, Matt and I (mostly they) built an 18’ 6” Wilderness Guide wood-and-canvas canoe, in the same shop where I built a 14’ one for Will three years ago. The boys really got into the process, and the boat is beautiful. The filler material we rubbed into the canvas has to cure for a month or two, then there will be lots of sanding, priming, varnishing, more sanding, painting, more sanding, painting... to get it ready for the water. Our hope is to take it, and the other wood-and-canvas canoes we have, on a guided trip down the Allagash in northern Maine, if not this fall, maybe next.” A note to anyone in the Princeton area, Bill has several musical performances around town over the next several months. Send him a note.

Vicky Willock: is still having fun selling companies and enjoying a warm California winter. She encourages anyone visiting San Francisco to look her up!

Rick Kramer, in stark weather contrast, can only type his laments about the cold. “All is well, just a bit too cold this year. Lots of snow and a few -25 degree days. Can’t even put up the sign ‘Gone ice fishin’ when it gets that cold, just too darn cold!”

Melissa and I made a brief escape from the “bold north” of Minnesota by taking a week long sailing trip out of Key West.

On a sad note, we mark the passing of our classmate David Stark. David passed away on September 22 last fall in Evergreen, Colorado.

David was a good-hearted man with an inventor’s drive and a brilliant mind. We will miss him.

Please keep sending me your notes, via email, text, etc. And, if you are ever in Minnesota, please look us up!

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Virginia Myer Kester 909 Lincoln Street Madison, WI 53711-2164 608-257-2161 (Home) 608-347-7442 (Cell) ginny.kester@gmail.com (Email) Needs Correspondent

Ginny Myer Kester wrote in her farewell as Class Correspondent: “My son John married Nicole Nelson this past December in Madison Wisconsin. One of the highlights was his dance with my 94-year-old mother Fefa Myer.

Needless to say, the tears (of joy) were flowing!

A mini-1974 reunion in Paris with, from left: Stanley (husband of Diana Roberts), Diana Roberts, John (friend of Mackenzie Carpenter), Mackenzie Carpenter, Amy Stanley, and her husband, Craig.

John Kester, son of Ginny Myers Kester ’71 was married this past December In January, I took a long delayed trip to Ecuador to attend a Spanish immersion school in Cuenca and then on to an eco-tourist lodge in the Amazon Basin. The entire trip was well worth the wait!

“Sorry not to have heard from anyone this time around but realize I was very late in sending out a reminder. Thanks to everyone for your news over the years!

Ed. Note: Many thanks to Ginny for serving as Class Correspondent. If you are interested in becoming Class Correspondent, please contact Ann Wiley ’70 at awiley@pds.org.

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Cassandra L. Oxley 171 Pine Hill Road Boxborough, MA 01719-1915 978-264-4938 (Home) 978-270-1057 (Cell) cassandra.oxley@gmail.com (Email)

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Polly Hunter White 2224 Carlow Drive Darien, IL 60561-8458 630-234-1691 (Cell) pollyhwhite@aol.com (Email)

Terry Ward wrote, “On 15 December 2017 I underwent a total knee replacement on my left knee. I put it off as long as possible, but the joint had been problematic since my 20s. Rehab of a knee replacement has a number of steps to it and eight weeks out, I am right on target with my recovery. With two hip replacements already adorning my body, I am acquiring a lot of titanium.

“I look forward to a trip back to Princeton on 10 March 2018 to celebrate the life of Marie Sturken, who died a month ago, 96-yearsyoung. Marie is the mother of Marita PDS ’75, Carl PDS ’73 and Barbara ’70. Carl Sturken and I have been friends since 1962 and he was instrumental in getting me to apply to and come to PDS. I am so glad he did that for me.

“Best to the rest of ’74.”

Diana Roberts wrote, “Stan and I lucked into a free apartment in Paris for two months this winter. Mackenzie Carpenter came to visit for a week, staying in a nearby AirBnB. Amy Stanley just happened to overlap both visits when she came to teach in Paris for two months.

Polly Hunter White wrote, “Over the summer I went back to Princeton to see Evelyn Turner Counts and Palmer Uhl. The three of us get together at least once per year and often twice a year. It was fun reconnecting with both Evelyn and Palmer. They are both doing well and still living in the area. Palmer is in Princeton and Evelyn in Lawrenceville/Lawrence Township.

“Also while in Princeton, Loreen Volpe and I reconnected after not seeing each other since our PDS days. Thanks to Facebook we initially reconnected and then in person when I was in Princeton. It was wonderful to visit with Loreen. We enjoyed sharing our news and catching up with each other.

On Friday, February 23, 2018, James ( Jim) Wittke was married to Mary Jane Douthat in Flagstaff, Arizona. Congratulations Jim. We wish you and Mary Jane a long and happy life together.

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Yuki Moore Laurenti 464 Hamilton Avenue Trenton, NJ 08609 609-394-1065 (Home) Laurentijy@earthlink.net (Email) Mary Sword McDonough 111 North Main Street Pennington, NJ 08534-2206 609-737-8435 (Home) 609-468-5437 (Cell) mollyswordmcdonough@yahoo.com (Email)

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and my youngest is a kindergarten teacher in Harlem. My girls and I are planning a big trip this summer to Croatia and Tuscany, so stay tuned for pictures!” (Sandra notes: Sorry I got it wrong; confusing STEAM with STEM….

Good thing I’m not a professional editor!)

Sandra Benson Cress 3215 SE Salmon Street Portland, OR 97214 503 388 2686 (Home) sbcress@aol.com (Email)

Hello, Happy Class of ’77 campers! Thanks so much for responding to my haranguing with some updates from your lives from Australia and beyond! As we get close to middle-age (because we’re all going to live to be 120, right?) it’s great to see how our lives are shapeshifting….into empty-nesthood and (ack!) grandparent-hood. And, even, retirement?

First up, Alex Zaininger wrote, “How quickly the time has come around! And how little has happened in a year. Not much to report on my front. Amely and I have settled into emptynesthood with a vengeance! Still plenty of working but with a reasonable amount of travel squeezed in — mainly to see kids (UK) and parents (Princeton and Germany). I am looking forward to visiting Princeton in late March and again in late July. Would love to catch up with anyone that is around then. And of course, we are still waiting for visitors here in Sydney!”

Mathieu Roberts wrote, “The entire reunion experience was wonderful, and I can’t thank enough people like Rob Mc, Julia P, Livia W and all the other people who worked hard to put together a great experience for us out-oftowners.

Randy Melville ’77 and his wife hiking in the rainforest on St. Kitts From Randy Melville: “All is great on my end, in fact we just got back from a two-week vacation in St. Kitts.”

Ted Stabler added: “Last spring Martha and I moved from the DC area to southwest Colorado. My home-office view is of horses in our neighbor’s pasture and snowy mountains in the distance. Mule deer graze our backyard daily and bald eagles perch in our riverside trees. Last fall we also hosted Kerin Lifland, who was driving through the Four Corners area on a college tour with his teenage son and daughter. Somehow we didn’t think of snapping a picture! Any classmates planning an escape to the San Juan Mountains or Utah’s canyon country are welcome to visit us in Bayfield.”

“I’m very much enjoying life, and it’s hard to believe that my daughter, Sophie, is now 18, in her last year in high school, and off to college next year. She is interested in sustainability, and will be interning for an environmental lawyer this spring.

“On a professional note, another documentary film, for which I shot various sequences, is having its premiere at SXSW (South by Southwest in Austin, TX) this March called The World Before Your Feet. If anyone is curious as to what I do exactly (and to be frank, I’m not really sure either), you can check out my company’s rebooted website… majesticmpt.com.

Another website, mathieuroberts.com should be online in April, which will have more personal work.”

Sarah Williams Goldhagen contributed: “No idea what you want, but . . . I am amused and completely psyched to be in touch with my PDS buddies after so many years. Missed the reunion because it was the same week that my new book, Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives, was published

by HarperCollins. After the publicity for WtYW died down, my husband Danny and I ‘kidnapped’ our 17-year-old son, Gideon (he was a willing hostage), and traveled around the world for six months. Completely mindblowing experience that included New Zealand, Chile, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, and more. Now we’re back in New York City and happy to be sleeping in our own beds.” (I, Sandra, will note that Sarah wrote on Facebook that Gideon has chosen Middlebury for college.

Lovely place!)

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Kerin Lifland ’77 with his children From Lisa Yokana: “OK, you asked and I’m on vacation this week so here goes: just to correct the last Class Notes I am the director of Scarsdale High School’s STEAM program (science, technology, engineering, art and math).. It’s a three-year sequence of courses that I have designed and now teach with a young tech teacher. We teach design and making and give students a process to solve real, messy problems. We are about to move into our new 4000-square foot Design Lab, which contains woodworking and digital fabrication tools as well as electronics and robotics. I teach things like physical computing and entrepreneurship, and work with students to design and fabricate adaptive tools for the disabled in our surrounding communities. I am very involved in the Maker/Design Thinking community and also instruct an online course for Harvard’s Graduate School of Education on Thinking and Learning in the Maker Centered Classroom. I’m happily married to my best friend, whom some of you met at our reunion last year, Blake Auchincloss, and we live in Bronxville, NY. My two daughters are also teachers. My older one teaches yoga nearby

Christy Black ’77 with her children, Gillian Carling and Graham Carling Christy Black wrote, “SO MUCH STRESS!” Christy is signed up for RideLondon on July 29th, the 100-mile bicycle ride through and around a traffic-free London. She is psyched, other than the 100-mile part. Anyone in London July 30-August 6, let her know at christina.black50@gmail.com.”

Anne Dennison Fleming: “Have been traveling and just got back last night We have been scoping out a place in Florida for the nasty month of February for next year and possibly the future. I can Anne Dennison Fleming take my business with her husband Steve in anywhere and Florida New England winters are tough even though we are skiers!! I can’t find any good photos of Lolli and me but here are a couple of thoughts. I am loving being in the wellness business with my sister, Lolli!

If you are looking to make a change in your health, friend me on Facebook and see what we are up to! And a quick word about our kids, we have one off the payroll, living and working in Vermont for startup craft spirit company Stonecutter Spirits, based in Middlebury, and our youngest is a junior studying languages at St. Lawrence. It is such fun to see everyone’s news, especially as we enter the truly emptynester stage of life. Xo” From Alexis Arlett Kochmann: “Hi Sandra!!

How’s the empty-nest? It’s been a hard adjustment! We were always a trio and now we keep having to say goodbye at the end of every visit or vacation. I hate it! It’s been a busy year.

My brother, Brad, moved to San Francisco two years ago and I try to visit several times a year.

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This last visit I had the pleasure of spending some time with Tammy Pachter at Moss Beach. The amazing thing about our close childhood friends is that many years can pass, but when you reunite the years slip away and you’re just old friends again!

Our son, Nick, was not enthralled with Syracuse and made the decision to quickly switch to American University. Aside from politics, Washington DC is actually a wonderful city and we are very pleased at not taking our life in our hands on the drive to Syracuse in the middle of the winter.

Sarah Rothrock Rickel ’77 (center) with her daughters

Alexis Arlette Kochmann ’77 and Tammy Pachter ’77 catching up in California “I finally got organized and bought some of Claire Treves family olive oil from their gorgeous villa and olive estate outside Rome.

What a treat!! With a baguette and some cheese you can close your eyes and feel the Italian sun!

And it was so fun to see her again too! (I use exclamation points too often....) (Editor’s note: Claire’s olive oil really is special — I’ve sent it out as gifts, and it was a HUGE hit!)

“I am continuing my work with Warrior Canine Connection who brings together service dogs for our brave men and women veterans who suffer from PTSD or are mobility-impaired and I am the Princeton Liaison for Habitat for Humanity.

We are beginning building in the Witherspoon Jackson neighborhood in downtown Princeton.

“I enjoyed the SHRED 10; wish I could say I kept it up permanently but I thank Annie Dennison Fleming for her motivation and healthy lifestyle coaching!!!

“Lastly, I attended the service for Beth Johnson Nixon’s mom. A moving service for a mom who I fondly recall always being in a good mood.”

Clooie Sherman wrote, “Sandra, nothing to report! All is well with me and Deborah.

I continue with my Handy Admin business (since 2003) and Deborah with her acupuncture practice here in Seattle. I’m planning a big family reunion in May in Massachusetts. Life is good in the Northwest. Not much else to report!”

Harold Tanner: “Well…I am almost halfway through a four-year sentence…I mean, term… as chair of the Department of History at the University of North Texas. Administration has its interesting points and unique challenges (I’ve got a department of over 30 professors and lecturers, M.A. and Ph.D. programs, and thousands of undergraduate students to manage). It leaves relatively little time for research and writing, but I did attend the Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity in East Asia in June 2017, where I talked about the prospects for U.S. foreign policy in East

Sarah Rothrock Rickel ’77 working with NYSB dancers

Asia in the Trump era (scholarly comments delivered in deadpan Jersey accent available on YouTube). Interestingly, my take on President Trump and his administration was very similar to the analysis of a Russian political scientist who was on the same panel! My daughter will graduate with her Ph.D. in Environmental and Resource Economics from Michigan State this spring.”

Livia Wong McCarthy shared: “Okay, okay, I give up. Really, not much to report but here goes…Livia works at Princeton University in alumni affairs and was pleasantly surprised that Thomas Ettinghausen stopped in to say hi from Abu Dhabi when he was in town.

She also hopes to see Hendrik Gordenker in Tokyo when she travels there in March.

I can also report that Holly Burks Becker was Delia’s assistant varsity field hockey coach at Lawrenceville and that Holly did a tremendous job coaching the team to capture the 2017 Triple Crown by winning the state championship, the Mercer County title and the Mid-Atlantic Prep League. Sorry PDS.”

Rachel Abelson Hickson wrote, “I have lived in Maryland since 2002. I continue working as an Evaluation Specialist for one of the country’s largest school districts, conducting educational research, evaluation and assessment activities.

I am also a program section chair for the American Educational Research Association.

My husband continues as Assistant Head of School at Sandy Spring Friends School. In my recreational time I continue to study music and I play concert percussion in a number of large bands. I also love to cook. I don’t have a lot of connections to PDS these days, but I continue to be in touch with a few of my PDS classmates and teachers.

“My two daughters are the interesting ones these days. Meredith (28) will graduate in May with her MD from University of Michigan.

She will find out in March where her pediatrics residency will take place. In addition to wanting to practice critical care pediatrics in the US, she has been very involved with international health, as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, then as an NIH fellow in Uganda. She is publishing a couple of papers this year on her Uganda research on the effects of malaria on child development. Jess (24) completed her M.Ed. in June and teaches English as a

Second Language in a Maryland Title 1 public elementary school. My mother Fay Abelson, who was a PDS mom for ten years, died in May 2017 following a brief illness. She was 94. My brothers ( Joe ’73 and Danny ’76) and I held a memorial service for her in Princeton, where my parents lived for 60 years. Rachel Abelson Hickson: rhickson731@gmail.com.”

Sorry for your loss, Rachel.

From Quinn McCord: “Hey all, not any huge changes this year. Mary and I got hit with the flu last week and got knocked down hard by it.

Getting ready to hit the big 60 this year and counting down to retirement and the RV trip around the country we should have taken after college graduation. We were so worried about not having insurance and no income…..alas we are making plans to maybe do a week in each of the 49 states RV accessible. Five more years can you believe it??? Does not seem that long ago we were roaming the halls at PDS. We love living at the beach in Delaware and each day off is like a vacation for us. Empty-nesters for a while now, we are enjoying all the time we missed because of my job. I have actually been to a few weddings on (gasp…..) a Saturday and family events on holidays. Dover Downs Casino is actually closed on Christmas day.

(Did not have a Christmas off for almost 30 years.) Love this job! Mary working from home for Cigna Insurance and Quinn, Jr. teaching a class at La Salle about virtual reality and computer stuff ? Patrick still in Flagstaff AZ, enjoying the snow. Spoke to my mom yesterday who still lives in Savannah GA. She has been retired from PDS as she said, ‘A very long time.’

Hope everyone is having a blast and stop by to see us if you get to Delaware.”

Steve Farr and his wife Kate are basking in the glories of empty-nesthood and reveling in the not-tiptoeing-around-in-their-own-househood with eldest, Emily, in DC working for NOAA; middlest, Zander, ski bumming in Breckenridge and youngest, Savanna, booking it at Hood College in Frederick, MD. Steve started a new job at Maryland Coastal Bays Program in October, before embarking on a decadent December departure for a bluegrass festival in Mexico and a flagrant February foray in Hawaii. Oh, and he got hearing aids in January. “In short, life is groovy on the Maryland Eastern Shore and beyond.”

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Julia Penick Garry shared: “Here’s a picture of my son, Matthew, and his girlfriend Miya at the University of Michigan Law School prom.

Matthew is a first year and enjoying law school and Ann Arbor.

Miya is a grad student at UCLA in something very theoretical having to do with dance.

My other son, James, is a musician in Nashville, playing mostly bass and some guitar, and loving it. I Matthew Penick, son of continue my work Julia Penick Garry ’77, at a consulting firm, and his girlfriend, Miya finding time for some skiing this winter but mostly nose to the grindstone. I still live in the Princeton area so call if you are in town!”

As for me, Sandra Benson Cress, Crazy times…I thought 2017 was topsy-turvy, and 2018 looks to be at least as chaotic. The big news is our impending move to Barcelona this year – husband Doug is moving the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) offices from Geneva to Barcelona – a wonderful step-up for us – weather-wise, language-wise, and culturally. No idea how or when, but by the time the PDS Journal arrives in your mailbox, we should at least have an apartment picked out! I expect full relocation to be incomplete until September, due to daughter, Lauren, being in her first year at Connecticut College, and wanting to give her the chance to come ‘home’ to Portland for the summer. Meanwhile, I’m completing a Certificate in College Counseling, and hope to be able to use my newly-minted credential to help European students better navigate the opaque American college application process. Right now, I’m a volunteer counselor at Lauren’s high school here in Portland, and am wrapping up singing with the Trinity Cathedral Choir (Had an AMAZING summer tour with the choir – we sang at Notre Dame in Paris and a week at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London last July/August). Have shared the ups and downs of first-year emptynesting with Lex and others on FB…it’s like cutting off a limb, letting them go...but seeing what a great fit Conn is for Lauren makes it all worthwhile. AND, she and some of her Conn choir-mates are joining a Master Chorale to perform Mozart Requiem at Carnegie Hall this spring, so we’re all excited about that!! I’m also planning a 90th birthday celebration for

Sandra Benson Cress with her husband and daughter at Parents’ Weekend JOURNAL

my mother in Rome and Lago Maggiore – Bensons and spouses and children will gather from two continents, and if we don’t kill each other, will have a wonderful celebration!!

Finally, want to send our condolences to Beth Johnson Nixon for the loss of her delightful mother. I have many fond memories of fun sleepovers at the Johnson farm on Pretty Brook, as well as their house in Bar Harbor. Mrs. Johnson was one of those special moms who always kept it real. Graceful, charming, sporty.

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Thomas R. Gates 211 Penn View Drive Pennington, NJ 08534 609-730-0277 (Home) 609-731-6556 (Cell) tomgates60@gmail.com (Email) Nora Cuesta Wimberg 535 South 2nd Avenue Galloway, NJ 08205 609-418-0190 (Cell) nlazz@mac.com (Email)

Brian Trubee wrote, “Not too much to report in Seattle, rainy season is upon us, so outdoor activities are limited. My wife Amy is now the GM of the Seattle Yacht club. What sounds like a prestigious position is actually more akin to herding cats and managing internecine squabbles between all the type A club members.

I don’t know how she does it, but she’s good at it and the members really like her. My sons are both out of the house; the younger, Phil, is going to school in Israel at IDC Herzalea, and Robert is living in Cambridge, England and is in the Air Force, traveling all over Europe. I’m planning on working another three years in the Fire Service. I still enjoy the work, but all of this working nine days a month is just killing me. We have a motto in the fire service: ‘We eat ‘til we’re tired, and then sleep ‘til we’re hungry.’

Unfortunately, I won’t be attending the 40th year reunion; we have a family get-together that weekend. So, instead of spending time with the ones I love, I’ll be seeing family.”

Mike (Wally) Walters wrote, “Still living in Tampa FL, coaching my twin boys’ soccer team. Next year they will enter high school and play football. My oldest is the kicker for the FB team and the goalie for the soccer team.

Very nerve racking as a parent of those two positions. Tums is my favorite vitamin!! Still enjoy teaching at an alternative school and

vacationing at our place in Myrtle Beach. Love the beach and I try to play golf at both Tampa and MB. If ever in the area, give me a shout.

Hope to see you at our 40th.”

Robyn Ultan wrote, “There really is nothing new under the sun here. The best I can do is tell you that the Jewish choir I sing with, Sharim v Sharot, will be performing Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia on Wednesday March 21st. That I am excited about! Hope you are doing well and staying warm.”

Sue Fineman Keitelman wrote, “My news is that my oldest son, Jordan, is engaged (to his ‘nice Jewish girlfriend’); Becky is dating a ‘nice Jewish’ boy; Paul is (hopefully!) finishing his business degree this summer and continues to be an avid cyclist; and Matthew is in his third year at the University of Virginia. He moved into his apartment the day after the white supremacist rally. I drove with him and it was scary going there. With Matthew reassuring me, we ended up walking around the downtown area. It was quiet, and the shops were open. My friend’s son is an R.A. in one of the dorms; they were put in lockdown until all was clear. Also, (on a different note) in case anyone is interested, our classmate, Bethlin (Scout) Thompson Proft, is still running her environmentally friendly, sustainable farm in Dorset, Vermont, and looks to be doing well! You can read about it on their website, somedayfarmvt.com. There is a photo of Bethlin (whose been going by “Scout” since PDS, (nicknamed by Clooie Sherman ’77) wearing all denim with her white, long ponytailed hair and looking exactly the same except for her hair color!”

Tom Gates wrote, “Tracey is a certified Health and Wellness Coach and loves the work. She feels it has been her calling forever. I have a new left hip, and living without pain is really fun.

Son, Ren, and his wife Jenna love Portland, OR, and daughter, Sheridan, is recording/performing and living in Music City. All is well, thankfully.

Looking forward to May with all of you!”

Allison Iams wrote, “All is well in my neck of the woods. I keep busy with freelance writing, taking creative writing courses and substitute teaching. The newest and most meaningful thing I have taken on is teaching literacy classes to low income women at Rosie’s Place in Boston. The women are wonderful, they hug and kiss me at the end of every class — something I most definitely do NOT remember doing at PDS, thank heavens! The three kids

Winter with some of Melanie Thompson Fauchet’s 15 Kids, (yes, 15!) “We were together for the holidays celebrating family.”

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Suzanne Vine wrote, “When my daughter started a job in Providence RI, I seized the opportunity to help her move in and to get together with Ann Warner ’79 who lives just outside Providence. Sabrina Barton flew up from Austin, TX for our mini-reunion.

The three of us spent a weekend catching up, laughing, and going out for some terrific dinners and brunches, etc. Let’s just say that the ‘etc.’ included some antics like karaoke and watching Steven Cragg’s videos (and then texting him at a very late hour to tell him how hard we laughed). I’m still living in Amsterdam, and enjoying life in Europe. I’m looking forward to a visit here from these gals and from anyone else who is up for an adventure.”

A mini-reunion in RI: Sabrina Barton ’78, Suzanne Vine ’78 and Ann Warner ’79 Sabrina Barton, PhD. Wrote, “I still live in Austin, Texas. One husband, one son. Workwise, I’ve gone from English professor, to nonprofit worker, to looking for an enjoyable (aka low stress) next thing. Zanne already wrote about our rendezvous in Providence, RI. I’ll just add that it was the first time any of us has tried karaoke and we weren’t too shabby...once we figured out how to hold the mic correctly: not vertical. Sibling update: Adam Barton ’80 is in CA designing and building beautiful houses, and Jessica Barton ’77 is in MA working to expand pediatric mental health screening. See you in May.” Ann Hunter Lepkowski wrote, “This is my third season volunteering with the maple sugaring program at MSU’s (that’s Michigan State University for those outside of the mitten) Tollgate Farm and Education Center.

Tollgate has 160 acres of farmland and fields surrounded by forest where we have our lines set up. Tollgate is part of the extension program in Michigan and it offers educational programs and camps, among many other things, to children from preschool through high school.

It is a place very close to my heart for a variety of reasons. I am one of the sole women with a great group of men. It allows me to be in the woods as I do mostly maintenance and repair and sap collection, drive a gator and produce an amazing product from start to finish. I highly recommend this for anyone close to a place that offers this. I also recently completed the Master Gardener program here and am earning some of my volunteer hours toward my certification doing the maple sugaring. I love to be in the woods, seeing deer, birds and other wildlife; it feels like home.”

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are all giant, racing around doing their twentysomething whatevers. They keep us laughing.

Love to all in the great Class of ’78!”

Ann Hunter Lepkowski ’78 with maple sugaring friends Greg Morea wrote, “2017 was the year of the Great American Eclipse, so all Barbara and I needed to do was pick a location to view it since it was ‘viewable’ from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. We made a wonderful driving trip out of it, visiting several Revolutionary War battlefields in North and South Carolina as well as our old home state of New Jersey, and we ultimately viewed the eclipse from Columbia, South Carolina.”

Their son, Joseph and his wife Alicia have been married for three years, and recently there was an addition to their family. No, Barbara and Greg are not grandparents, at least, not exactly. “The addition is a very hyperactive, adorable rescue dog named Bunk, who appears to be part yellow lab, part hound, and mostly a ton of energy.” Rebecca, their daughter, has two snakes: Urdnot Wrex, Battlemaster and Urdnot Grunt. Anyone know Mass Effect?

To round out the menagerie, Rebecca still has her wonderful rescue doggie, Bryn, short for Brynhild, a Viking shield maiden/Valkyrie, “an appropriate name for the dog of a young woman who wishes SHE was a Viking.”

Barbara and Greg Morea ’78 on their solar eclipse adventure Nancy Chen Cavanaugh wrote, “Hope everyone is doing well! I began 2017 with some sad news.

My father, Nai Yuen Chen, had not been doing well since January and ended up in the ICU on March 20. He fought hard for 10 days and we lost him on Thursday March 30, 2017 in Arlington, TX. I was able to fly there about a before he passed, so my sister, Tory ’84 and I were both with him at the end. He was 91 years old. A nice obituary and a ton of pictures are available on the funeral home website: http:// obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/ obituary.aspx?n=Nai+Yuen-Chen&lc=2348&pid =184781022&mid=7351980.

“On a happier note, I’m still keeping myself busy volunteering at the local library and taking ballet lessons. In fact, my dance has generated a little job for me. I am now a dance assistant for a class of 3 to 4-year olds. It’s more work than you’d think, HaHa!”

Barbara Vaughn ’78 with one of her pieces of art from the Marine Debris series in her San Francisco show Barbara Vaughn wrote, “I had a busy fall with shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Abu Dhabi. Barbie Griffin Cole made a surprise appearance at the San Francisco opening with her son, James Cole ’08! Hope to make it to our reunion in May and catch up with everyone.”

James Cole ’08 and his mother Barbie Griffin Cole ’78 at Barbara Vaughn ’78’s art opening Nora Cuesta Wimberg wrote, “Since my last Journal entry our son, Jovan, turned 18, went to San Antonio to Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base, graduated from Boot Camp, continued Jovan Wimberg, onto Security Forces son of Nora Cuesta Technical School, Wimberg ’78, graduand now he is home ated from Boot Camp and full-time at the and Security Forces 177th Air Fighter Wing by our home. Technical School He will be there for the next few months and in September starts full-time at college. We are very blessed that he has decided to serve his country in the Reserves, and go full-time to school to study criminal justice. (Sr. and Mrs. Cuesta are in heaven looking down on him and have huge smiles on their faces.)

“On another note, I learned that Mrs. Priscilla Grindle, my Italian teacher at PDS and my parents’ close friend, was living at an assisted living facility, so I decided to look it up and visit her. She is as beautiful as ever with the blue twinkle in her eyes. How happy she was to see me after years of writing to one another, but not having seen each other in 35+ years.”

Former faculty member, Priscilla Grindle and Nora Cuesta Wimberg ’78 SPRING 2018

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Martha Lewis Hicks PO Box 205 Marshfield Hills, MA 02051 508-846-6173 (Cell) mhleta@aol.com (Email) Catherine White Mertz 67 Rybury Hillway Needham, MA 02492 781-449-4993 (Home) 339-225-0835 (Cell) cathywhitemertz@gmail.com (Email)

Greetings, Class of ’79. Time marches on, yielding its losses and rewards. We are being touched more frequently by the losses of parents, beloved faculty members and schoolmates, but also experiencing the joys of growing generations as we ourselves become mothers- and fathersin-law, grandparents and great aunts and uncles, all the while connecting and reconnecting with old friends. It is in the spirit of celebration and reflection that Cathy White Mertz and Martha Hicks (with reporting by stringer Evan Press) share this most recent news.

Doug Fein: “Debbie and I have been in Chapel Hill for five years and really love it. I miss my parents in Princeton, but otherwise I prefer life here. After we moved, I went to UNC for a year and got my Master’s in Public Health, but didn’t do anything with it despite the fact that it was an absolutely great year. I then went on staff at UNC in radiation oncology for two years and left in October 2016. For the past year and a half, I have been doing locums (filling in for docs on vacation) across the state of NC. Debbie retired after we moved and really loves it. She is very involved in several volunteer organizations that keep her busy. I ran my 40th marathon in November — can’t do it like I could 10 years ago!”

Chris Price had very happy news to report!

“Mibs (Milbrey Southerland) and I were married 11/25/17 at the University Chapel, followed by a reception at the Present Day Club

(remember dancing school?). Chris Horan was in attendance, as were PDSers Dana Stewardson ’80, Liza Stewardson Connolly ’80, and Carrie Stewardson Thornewill ’83. Mibs and her sister, Margot, grew up on Western Way in Princeton and are both Stuart alums. Mibs has a son, PJ, and a daughter, Charlotte, joining my three boys Everett, Jordan, and Cheney. She and I are thrilled to have found one another and to have been given a second chance at love and happiness.” Chris and Mibs live in New Providence, NJ, but feel the pull of Princeton and foresee moving back in a couple of years. They spend as much time as they can in Falmouth, MA, and North Haven, ME. Congratulations!

From David Weiner: “Living in Rockville, MD. My son is enjoying his second year at Boston University, taking up International Relations. I continue to work developing new ideas and technology in the drone industry.

Established a not-for-profit soccer academy for disadvantaged youth, the mission of which is to help get these kids into college, and also established a semi-pro U26 soccer team.

Spending my summers in Westport, MA. Had the privilege of getting together with Scott Green and Hazard Zenzie. Would like to hear from classmates! Cheers!”

Evan R. Press umps hundreds of college and high school baseball games in the Houston, TX area. He also has approximately 17 other parttime jobs. His daughter, Hartley, is a flourishing freshman at Trinity University in San Antonio, and his 16-year-old son, a sophomore in high school and likes Xbox.

Muna Shehadi Sill lives in Wisconsin with her husband Mark. She is still writing fiction, but no longer for Harlequin. Her son, Jason, is in Brooklyn, personal-training for rent and interning at a sound studio. Alec is a sophomore at Skidmore, into theater, comedy, philosophy, and French.

Cathy White Mertz: “I continue to enjoy my temporary retirement, though the longer it lasts, the less temporary it feels! Our son, Noah, graduated from Wesleyan University in May 2017, and is now living abroad and teaching in a French high school in Toulouse, helping students in their final year prepare for their English language baccalauréat.

As I write this, I am recovering from a wonderful whirlwind visit with him, exploring his world in the Midi-Pyrenees.

Now that I’m an unemployed empty-nester, I have plenty of time and headspace to regroup and figure out what’s next. I’ve gotten as far as volunteering at the local hospital, joining a book group, brushing up on my French, focusing on health and well-being, and catching up with friends. Speaking of which, it’s almost time to start counting down to our 40th reunion, so get Chris Price ’79 following his marriage to Milbrey ready!”

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After Martha failed to garner much of a response in a Facebook request for alumni news, Evan Press took it upon himself to shake the tree via group text. Apart from a few complaints about blowing up all of our phones, his work yielded these results. Thanks, Evan!

Harriette Brainard is living in Princeton near her two daughters, both of whom are working in NYC. “One of my sons lives in the Catskills, is an organic grower, and is building his own house from the ground up. My other son is at Middlebury. I am launching a consulting business, working as a journalist, launching a website, and am a founding board member of C Change, a climate change organization in Princeton. I’m also involved in Transition of Trenton and interviewing for opportunities in the area and NYC. I am also a grandmother of a beautiful baby girl, who is incredibly adorable!”

Two of our classmates found, via Evan’s group fact-finding text, that they share a common love for the town of Oneonta, NY. Though Sarah Woodworth-Gibson is still living in Annapolis, MD, and enjoying a bit of boating and paddle boarding in her spare time, she recently completed a project as part of the renovation of downtown Oneonta, where Leslie Macleod Lamb owns a real estate title company, Catskill Mountain Abstract Corporation, not far from Hartwick College.

Ben Dubrovsky ’79 and his family Ben Dubrovsky reported that he and Alice still live in Lincoln, MA with two cats and two kids. “Sarah is going to Northeastern next year, and Becky will be a junior at LincolnSudbury High School. The cats continue to pull all the levers of power. It’s been fun recounting to Sarah stories about our Senior Project term — i.e., the tacit acknowledgement that last-term seniors tend not to focus on regular classwork.” We would like to express our sincere condolences to Ben, whose father, Jack Dubrovsky, passed in January.

Laura Farina has been living, working and playing in Washington, DC for some time, practicing entertainment and sports law with a small international firm representing producers, broadcasters, athletes, and talent.

Adjunct professor since 2014 in the graduate program in sports industry management at Georgetown, she has been teaching sports law and the Capstone course. Laura also taught media and sports law classes recently in Derry, Northern Ireland, and Doha, Qatar.

“After losing my beloved flat coat retriever/ border collie mix, Seaver, in 2016, I adopted another similar mutt from a South Carolina high-kill shelter. I named him Thor after Noah Syndergaard. Greatest joy of 2017: my

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The PDS Class of 1979 would like to offer our sincerest condolences to Kate Jeffers Goldfarb and Jim Jeffers ’77 on the passing of their mother, Janet Jeffers, in March of 2017 at the age of 84. Mrs. Jeffers contributed much to the town of Plainsboro as a teacher, gardener, and founding member of the Plainsboro Free Public Library.

Caroline Hartshorne ’79, Laura Farina ’79 and Suzanne Vine Drucker ’78 met up for lunch at PJ’s Pancake House last summer.

We would also like to offer our thoughts and sympathies to Jake Nunes, whose father, Geoffrey Nunes, passed in September, and Jeff Hudgins, whose father, Wayne Winfield Hudgins, passed in April.

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Laura Farina ’79 and Rob Farina ’00 on Christmas Day 2017 great-nieces, Scarlett and Sloan, the daughters of Rob Farina ’00. Someday schools will be offering them dual scholarships!” Laura gets to NJ regularly to visit friends, among them Caroline Hartshorne and Suzanne Vine Drucker ’78. “I love being in touch with the current adventures of many of you on Facebook and recently sharing middle and high school memories, and photos of Blairstown, great teachers, etc. I’ve also done a lot of marching in the past year, and trust in PCD alum Robert Mueller to uncover the truth. Happy 2018 to all!”

My general query of favorite PDS memories and/or advice you would give to your younger self yielded these responses:

Adam Gibson: “Since I attended PDS for only two years, I can’t compare mine to the many memories of the K-12 crowd. But one event that sticks out in my memory is when Sandy Bing busted Stephen Carter and me for smoking outside the gym. We heard, ‘OK, guys, you’re caught,’ as we frantically stomped our cigarettes before he rounded the bleachers.

I related that to him at our 35th. He chuckled.”

When he’s not sneaking a smoke behind the bleachers, Adam’s mind-blowing home design work for Adam Gibson Design for Living continues to garner accolades, including the Best of Houzz for the fifth consecutive year. He adds the following message. “Damn you, Evan Press, for putting me on a group text!”

Cynthia Tregoe Richetti said, “I have many PDS memories I could share, all of which involve wonderful people and classmates. But the advice I would whisper to myself would have been ‘Never subtract from your character to add to your popularity.’ Life is so much easier and happier and more fulfilling when we are true to our values and listen to our conscience.

I wish I had had more insight and confidence to do that in seventh-ninth grade.”

Nick DeCandia is excited to become a firsttime grandfather to a baby boy, who is expected to arrive in June 2018. Congratulations to the proud grandpa-to-be and the DeCandia family!

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Karen Polcer Bdera offered this advice to her younger self: “The cool kids are just as scared as you are. Stop worrying so much.” Amen.

Suzanne Albahary D’Amato 16 Maiden Lane Bedford, NH 03110 603-472-5667 (Home) suzannemndamato@yahoo.com (Email) Karen Kelly 43 White Pine Lane Princeton, NJ 08540 K2pk@comcast.net (Email)

It’s no surprise here that we are always grateful to those of you who submit your updates periodically to the Journal! So, keep your news and memories of your PDS days rolling in to us. It’s always great to hear what our classmates have been up to throughout the years. Besides using email, you also can submit news and photos to us through the “Princeton Day School Class of 1980” Facebook page.

Colorado cousins: (from left) Kat, daughter Abby Stackpole McCall ’80, and her cousin, Emma, daughter of Amy Stackpole Brigham ’80, are relaxing hearthside in Colorado Amy Stackpole Brigham wrote, “I am living in Princeton, selling real estate for Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s and (my twin sister) Abby Stackpole McCall is living in Pennington and working at The Lawrenceville School! We each have three kids. I have three girls: Mackenzie (age 20), Molly (age 23), and Emma (age 25). Abby has two daughters, Annie (age 22) and Kat (age 24). Her son, James (age 18), attends Hun.

“Four of our girls are living out in Colorado together. Kat and Annie are ski instructors at Breckenridge Ski Resort, and Emma and Molly are on the other side of the Rocky Mountains working at the C Lazy U Ranch in Granby. They are having a blast! My youngest, Mackenzie, is a freshman at the University of Vermont and will be joining her sisters at the ranch this summer. All is well with us.”

Virginia Ferrante-Iqbal ’80 with her husband Manzar, daughter, Alexandria, and son, Marcus Virginia Ferrante-Iqbal updated us on her family’s recent move: “After living in Darien, Conn., for 20 years, while raising two children, my husband Manzar and I moved to Chicago in 2016 for his job as a steel trader at Sumitomo. I enjoy the wonderful museums and great food in the city. I continue to run my medical illustration business (ferrantevirginia. myportfolio.com) and recently have started painting pet portraits as well. Our daughter, Alexandria (age 24), is in consulting with P.W.C. in San Francisco. Our son, Marcus (age 22), will be graduating this spring with an electrical engineering degree from Drexel University.”

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Camie Carrington Levy 2212 Weymouth Street Moscow, ID 83843-9618 208-301-0203 (Cell) camie@palousetravel.com (Email) Kirsten Elmore Meister 1004 Tasker Lane Arnold, MD 21012 410-647-5432 (Home) kmeister5@yahoo.com (Email)

Doug Bailey wrote from “the Left Coast, where I had a great lunch with Marcus Maryk not so long ago, then went off to spend six months working in Norway and enjoying Scandinavian life. Now settled back in California, living by the beach in Aptos, and teaching archaeology and anthropology at San Francisco State. Alex (now 26) is living in LA doing health coaching and Hannah (18) is studying theater. Spent Thanksgiving in the UK with my mom (92 and going strong).

Sarah Sword Lazarus wrote, “Kids are both graduated from Concord Academy and Sam’s in a BS/MS program in computer science at Northeastern. Molly is on a gap year, and then headed to Scripps College in the Claremont Consortium. Ken and I, and the three doggies, are back in Concord, working hard to pay for it all! I continue to sing a cappella with a mixed group called The Works; we’ll be performing in Princeton this spring!

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Matt Kohut shared that there has been a “whole lotta moving going on. I came back to the Princeton area in mid-2016 after a dozen years in DC, and let’s just say the timing worked out well in light of subsequent events.”

Joe Pagano recently wrote to say that he and his wife, Amy Richter, left Annapolis, MD for Grahamstown, South Africa, where they’re teaching at an Anglican seminary.

A mini-1981 reunion: Kirsten Elmore Meister, Sarah Burchfield Carey, Debby Burks Southwick, Rosalind Hansen and Sarah Sword Lazarus I’ve also been in touch with Chris LaRiche, who works as a psychiatrist specializing in addiction treatment. His practice was in Miami for many years, but he’s in the process of relocating to Los Angeles.

Kevin Johnson ’81 and Mark Goodman ’81 at a Bruins game Scott Egner reported that his daughter, Josie, recently scored her first goal in hockey, and that he is “getting older by the year.”

On October 6, 2017, Tracy Thompson was sworn in as Counsel to the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice, NJ Office of the Attorney General. Tracy keeps in touch with Sherri Benson Small, who is now a minister.

Tracy attended Sherri’s first sermon and said it was great!

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Lorraine M. Herr 9S021 Skylane Drive Naperville, IL 60564 847-525-3576 (Cell) LHerr@herr-design.com (Email)

This fall in New York City, I reconnected with classmate Deb Jordan-Levy, an educator who teaches near Columbia University. It was a wonderful experience to see Deb and all the intervening years melted away. In late 2017, I accepted a new role as the Sales and Operations Director for the Kohler Signature Stores in Detroit, Minneapolis, Kansas City and Milwaukee.

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Noelle Damico 325 Main Street, Apt. 3B White Plains, NY 10601 revdamico@gmail.com (Email) Rena Ann Whitehouse 1309 South 92nd Street Omaha, NE 68124 770-845-1577 (Cell) renawhitehouse@hotmail.com (Email)

From Rena Whitehouse: Greetings Class of 1983. Yes, it’s a year that ends in an “8,” so that means a milestone reunion is on the calendar for us this year, and it’s number 35. Quite a shock really. Hope to see as many of you as possible this May at our Reunion. Let’s get a great turnout working!

I’ve been in Omaha, NE for the past two and a half years and it’s been a pleasant experience — an extremely livable city with a great foodie/craft cocktail scene as well as a vibrant music and arts community. We miss being closer to family and friends and are working on the next opportunity.

Eager to see where we land.

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Tracy Thompson ’83, AAG, at her swearing in as Counsel to the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice, NJ Office of the Attorney General.

From Carrie Stewardson Thornewill: “We are heading to Hawaii and Maui for a few weeks and very excited since we have never been there. Life is still good out here on the island but getting away for a bit is key! Our son, Wes, is 13 now, I can’t believe it. He’s a great kid!!”

Yaakov (Kenny) Menken wrote, “I am now serving as the Managing Director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, the largest Rabbinic Public Policy organization in America. We ‘articulate and advocate for public policy positions based upon traditional Jewish thought: coalitionforjewishvalues.org.

In personal news, my eldest, Zvi, will marry Devorah Krycer on March 11!

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Edward J. Willard 214 Lynchburg Road Pilot Mountain, NC 27041 336-401-6360 (Cell) tcwillard@mac.com (Email)

Suzanne Lengyel is grateful to still call Adrienne Spiegel McMullen one of her closest friends even though they only see each other for a few short hours every year.

Suzanne Lengyel ’84 and Adrienne Spiegel McMullen ’84 enjoying time together at Le District, NYC at holiday time 2017.

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Lynch W. Hunt, Jr. 771 Mayflower Avenue Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 609-851-5521 (Home) 609-851-5521 (Cell) lynchhunt@alumni.upenn.edu (Email) Marisa Petrella 122 Nicole’s Way Morrisville, PA 19067 609-462-3101 (Home) 609.462.3101 (Cell) sales4metoo@msn.com (Email)

Kathryn Jennings wrote, “Ran into John Hartmann a few times last spring — he ended up ordering a colored pencil drawing of a scarlet tanager from me. Have been drawing birds ever since. I am working on a series of shore and songbirds native to Cape Henelopen, DE, having spent last summer in Lewes, DE. Shortly after returning home, I started working for Local Greek restaurant in Princeton. We are having fun and it’s a huge success.”

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Mollie Roth 1666 East Cindy Street Chandler, AZ 85225 202-280-5887 (Cell) mollie.roth@pgxconsulting.com (Email)

Alan Yang’s daughter, Alexis, is working on publishing her first novel. The entire family, Alexis and Jordan (girl/boy twins, 15 years old) and Avery (girl, 10 years old) went down to DC for the March for Science. Although it rained on them, Alan thought it was important to get the kids involved in activism, especially these days. He visited Italy (Venice and Rome) for the first time and spoke at an industry conference called B2B Online; he’ll be speaking there again this year. They live on Long Island in Head of the Harbor, NY, along with three dogs (Snickers, Teddy and Jack), three guinea pigs (Oliver, Farley and Jack) and two saltwater reef tanks. “Yes we are animal lovers.”

From Davis, CA, Steve Anderson wrote that the family — wife Jen and kids, Liam (10) and Lucy (12) — recently returned from their second international trip (the kid’s first international trip was in 2015 to Costa Rica), a week in La Paz Mexico and the southeastern Baja peninsula (Cabo Pulmo). Amazing! Steve and Jen remain happy East Coast transplants in CA. He wrote, “I arrived in 1989, married in 2004, having met Jen at Rad Roberts’ wedding in Stehekin Washington! After getting my PhD from University of California-Davis in Ecology,

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Maintaining PDS social ties, Scott West fosters “electronic” friendships with a handful of our classmates. “I also occasionally, by that I mean ‘year jumps,’ see Jonathan DeRochi and Suzy Franz Murphy, Kelly Bencze Lake, Steve Utaski, and a few others. I am fortunate to have remained friends with Scott Haveson, so much so that we play together in his Member/Guest Golf tournament at his club in Seattle. One year, we made a ‘beverage’ meeting with Steve Utaski. It was awesome to catch up and revel in past/present. It’s a yearly event in which we battle to win our flight and do some fly fishing on the Yakima. My wife willingly sends me off each August . . . I feel fortunate to maintain friendships from the past, even electronic. I wish everyone great strides in life.”

Staying close to home, Pamela Bye-Erts opened her own small business toward the end of 2017, High Bridge Farmer’s Market and Grocery, which “supports our local farmers and micro-businesses (such as honey, jam, and soaps made by local county residents) by providing a charming indoor sales space that’s open seven days per week. Check us out at highbridgefarmersmarket.com or see us on our FB page.”

1986 classmates: Liz White Meahl, Kelly Noonan O’Shea and Christi Curtin McCarthy Liz White Meahl still lives in Portland, Maine with her husband Pierre, “but our two kids are one foot out the door. Actually, Jack. is two feet out the door as a freshman in college, but nearby so we see him pretty often. My daughter is a junior in high school and plans to head to college the year after next, but not eager to stray too far from home. We take that as a compliment! I have been working in a public elementary school for 20 plus years, yet my position was cut this past year! I am able to maintain a half-time role supporting technology and math in that same school, and my afternoons are spent in one of our middle schools as the afternoon secretary. Being in a middle school, with a very diverse population, has been eye-opening and refreshing, too.

“Life feels busy, always nice to visit with my mom and sisters as often as possible, stealing weekends away with Pierre, time with Portland

friends, always love hosting visitors (Portland is a great place to visit!), and of course the periodic throwback visit with PDS friends! Last spring met up in CT with Kelly Noonan and Christi Curtin in what has become an almost annual gathering at this point!

“Jenny Hawkes got married in Maine in 2016.

How I wish I had a photo of her peeking into the church moments before the ceremony.

Priceless. Beautiful. Many fun Princeton blasts from the past.”

I, Mollie Roth, continue to scuba dive as often as possible, and travel in general, in spite of living in the desert, Phoenix, AZ. After a decade of being away from law I am trying it again, as compliance counsel for a medical device company, but run a conference and coalition focused on the microbiome on the side. Lunch and hiking are a regular occurrence with Abby Hurowitz Davis’83 and I am in touch with Kat Song frequently, who still lives in Washington, DC, and naturally threaten Eric Tamm’s life whenever the opportunity arises.

Eric Tamm ’86 with his family last summer in Block Island Speaking of which (whom?), Eric Tamm reported that life these days is all about the kids. “My wife Nara and I have two girls, Alexis (14, in eighth grade) and Cassidy (12, in seventh grade). We’re living in Princeton Junction and the girls go to one of the middle schools in West Windsor. Both girls are active in lacrosse, field hockey and sailing, while Alexis also plays basketball. I’ve been coaching her travel basketball team the last few years and love it. This spring it looks like both of them will be playing on four lacrosse teams, which will mean LOTS of time shuttling them to various practices/games/tournaments. But at least they’re going to be playing on the same teams, unlike last year when Nara and I often had to split up and drive one to a tourney in North Jersey while the other was going to games in South Jersey.

“On the work front, after 20+ years in banking I’ve been working in the startup/small business world. It’s been an interesting adventure, and am hoping the two that I’m working with now will turn into something long-term. We’ll see.

Nara transitioned from independent contractor to full-time employee for Accenture in 2017; it was great opportunity for her. All of this does create a big of a whirlwind household, but it’s been a fun time.

“I’ve gotten to see Mark Burman and Brian Thorner over the last year when they’ve been in town, and the three of us, along with Alan Yang and some other friends are planning to get together for a long weekend in June at North

Carolina’s Outer Banks for a collective 50th birthday celebration. Still boggles my mind that we’re all hitting this milestone! I hope everything is well with you, and if you or any of our classmates are ever back in Princeton I’m always up for getting together for a drink!”

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I did three years of fieldwork on Maui (19972000) studying introduced Axis Deer, and I am on the Board of Ecology Project International (Ecologyproject.org), sending high school kids to do hands on conservation work alongside scientists from Yellowstone to Costa Rica to the Galapagos. Jen is an RN now running her own business as a Doula, supporting laboring moms through childbirth.”

From Washington, DC, Carol Lynn Trippitelli wrote, “I’ve been here since 2001 where I work as a psychiatrist in private practice and also do some teaching of medical students and residents at Georgetown University Hospital, which I truly enjoy. Although I do not have children, I’m fortunate to have a close relationship with my 13-year-old niece and 16-year-old nephew who are growing up quickly and add dimension to life!

Rad Roberts: “Even injury, it seems, has its gifts. Last year, I went from leaping climber to bedridden, independent to dependent, painfree to hobbled, in the blink of an eye. Then, following surgery to repair my hamstring avulsion, I went trending, slowly, slowly upward. So how was this a gift? I was given the opportunity to visit a place, a life-state, of dependence, of slow and deliberate motion, of a world where it takes far more time and effort to do simple things like go to the bathroom or get something to eat, than ever before. I can empathize with those who endure this all the time, and I see my own fate years from now, if I live to old age. I was given new time with old friends. Steve Utaski brought lunch and good conversation. He’s thriving in film, fatherhood, and flying his kite board, apparently unaware of our impending half century mark.

Steve Anderson took me to dinner with his two sweet kids. He loves family life, financial planning, and nature conservation philanthropy.

We laughed over simple things and took his kids to see a half a million bats pour out from under the freeway at sunset, flying up into the night in a great, black river of life. Bats picked off flying insects, hawks picked off stray bats, and the cycle of life continued. As the weeks passed, I went gradually from crutching to walking, to jogging, to running, and to rock climbing and snowboarding at full strength. I am grateful for the love and support of family and friends, for good healthcare, and that I was only visiting that place of disability. As I leave, I will try to bring the thoughtfulness, empathy, and gratitude I found with me, and I will try to be mindful of those who find themselves there for one reason or another and cannot leave.

Eventually, most of us will return to a state of dependence, like infants, along the way to our own ending. In the meantime, let us live as best we can and help others to do the same.”

Andy Smith reported: “I’ve been mostly on the West Coast since PDS, and have lived in the San Francisco Bay area for, OMG, 21 years. I have been in tech that whole time, and I am now working on a number of blockchain startups, so when you hear about ‘out of touch Silicon Valley people,’ just think of me. My wife Jennifer Aaker (a great person who wanted more from life than the name Smith had to offer) and I have twin boys, Cooper and Devon (15), but we lucked out and finally got a girl, Téa Sloane (12). The boys are dangerously

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Lambros Xethalis agreed, “Good to see I am not the only one with a late start on fatherhood.

My son is just a few months over two now.

Recently adding a puppy was a little much.”

Collins Roth wrote, “I still wake up surprised that I am living in Germany. My eldest (Bella) just turned 16, making her legal to drink. I wish I could go back to the simple days of face plants into cakes at parties!”

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Andy Smith ’86 and his family close to college age, which is where I am most days, but only mentally. I have lost regular touch with too many people, but spent some great time with Tom Thompson in Manhattan not too long ago, and my old landscaping business partner, Jon DeRochi and I are in regular touch as he continues to dream up wild entrepreneurial adventures, and he flatters me by asking me for marketing and branding input.

Cleis Nicolich Murillo wrote, “Not much is new with me. My 28-year-old Bianca lives in North Jersey and works in the city. My 18-yearold Brielle is at University of Connecticut as a freshman. I am in my 21st year of teaching, and for the past 16 or so years I have taught elementary Spanish in Edison. After all the trouble I gave our teachers, who would have thought I would become one! I don’t know what else is at all interesting!”

Cleis Nicolich Murillo ’86 with her two daughters

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Sofia D. Xethalis 1953 Shore Oak Drive Decatur, IL 62521 217-422-5648 (Home) 217-454-3345 (Cell) sxethalis@yahoo.com.au (Email)

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Mike Lingle 1504 Bay Road, Apt. 2405 Miami Beach, FL 33139 917-882-8397 (Cell) mikelingle@gmail.com (Email)

Katy, Jake and I (Mike Lingle) are happy in Miami. Jake just celebrated his first birthday — where he accidentally face-planted into the cake. He’s looking forward to a second birthday party that he will enjoy more.

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wife Ali and I reside with our three daughters (Annabelle - 14, Lilly - 11, and Kate - 8). I am still a bit baffled that you will be celebrating your 30th reunion this May! When I left for Hotchkiss in 1985, I opted to repeat ninth grade so I am officially not celebrating my 30th until 2019 (which makes me younger than you, right?). I have no idea if the timing of the reunion will work with the family schedule, but if I can find a way to swing through town, I will! I love seeing all of your names and hearing your latest news. Be well and be in touch if your travels ever bring you to the North Country, aka the Adirondacks.”

Christian Friese Robinson ’88 with his wife Inga and sons, Bennett (12) and Tim (10) Christian Friese Robinson explained his new last name: “When I got married I liked my wife’s last name (Robinson) better than my own (Friese) and took it on. I am very sorry to say that I cannot take time off to come and join you at the 30th reunion. It would be tremendous fun, but as a teacher I just have no say in the timing of my vacations! So you see that I have made your language not only my passion but also my profession. Lots of love to all of you from Ahrensburg, a small town very close to Hamburg, Germany” Kari Moradoff Schulsinger wrote, “Life is great in NY. Right now freezing in Jackson Hole, still attempting to ski. These emails remind me of our high school ski trips, oh my. Will try to get to the reunion for a bit. The schedules of a 12- and 15-year-old tend to dominate. Great to hear from everyone.”

Chris Moody wrote, “Greetings from the Old Country! Sorry that I won’t be able to make it in May — our elder daughter has Big Exams in May/June that are keeping us all close to home. Will be thinking of you all, have a blast! I had a 30-year reunion with my English high school last summer that was terrific fun — I swear we kind of look the same as we did back then — sort of.”

Elizabeth Hare has a request for our upcoming reunion: “I’d like to suggest a really big cake, maybe the greatest cake of all time — certainly, the hugest — with someone, or maybe every American, jumping out of it for our 30th. Organizers, please take note.”

Doria Roberts PO Box 8461 Atlanta, GA 31106 404-874-3779 (Home) doriaroberts@yahoo.com (Email) Lauren B. F. French Stout 965 South Morgan Street Meadeville, PA 16335 lfrench@allegheny.edu (Email)

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Deborah Bushell Gans 103 Bilboa Drive Jupiter, Florida 33458 561-799-2463 (Home) 561-252-4501 (Cell) debgans@yahoo.com (Email)

Greetings from Debby! Sorry it has been a while. While I don’t believe anyone has ever snail mailed me an update, just in case you get the urge, please note my new address above.

Rebecca Dickson Moeller wrote. “Ethan and I got married on October 7, 2017 at my parents’ house in Princeton. It was amazing (and appropriate) to be surrounded by so many PDS friends.

“Ethan and I are living in NYC and he’s the founder of Nsena VR, a startup that creates VR training for law enforcement and corrections organizations.

Featured left to right - front: Dan Helmick ‘90, Rebecca Dickson Moeller ’90, Arielle Miller Levitan ’90, Edith Roberts Baronian ’90, David Carugati ’90, Jake Dickson ’98 back: Matthew Dickson ’93, Ben Hohmuth ’90, Rodrigo Philander ’90, Ethan Moeller ’90, Jason MacRae ’90, Lucas Altman ’90

Jeb Trowbridge said, “It’s been a long time since I have seen or spoken to many of you (Facebook doesn’t count, right?). Anyhow, I am writing from Queensbury, NY, where my

“Dan is still happily living in Montclair with his husband and three beautiful daughters.

Sadly, he’s raising Aly to be a PDS rival as she’s enrolled at Montclair Kimberly, but we love her anyway.

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“Edith, Ara ’91 and their daughters are living in Georgia and she’s teaching and coaching middle school students.

had time to miss anyone, the magnificent Aly Cohen stopped in Newport Beach to have lunch while en route to LA. I now know the remedy to the aches and pains of moving is a great meal with a dear old friend that makes you laugh until you cry!

“David and his husband Jose got married in the fall of 2015 in Lambertville. It was great to catch up with Adrienne Wong, Andrea Beagel, Mike Parker and Greg Rowan there (in addition to Edith, Arielle and David, who I see regularly.)

“We see Ben Hohmuth and his family frequently — they live in Lewisburg, PA where he and his wife both work at Geisinger Hospital.

“Rod and his family live in the Bay area.

“Jason MacRae is in Seattle working for Amazon.

“We went to Lucas and Ana Altman’s beautiful wedding in August 2016. Lucas is still in NY and working at the MLB Network. We caught up with Zach Gursky who’s living in Marion Station, PA with his family.”

As for me (Debbie), I continue to love my work as a professional photographer (thank you Mrs. H for igniting my passion)! I have photographed hundreds of Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, including Deb Klein Geller’s son in New Jersey. Currently, I am shooting the photos for a cookbook that will be published by Simon and Shuster at the end of 2018. My most notable achievement has been helping my son, Benji, reach his potential. He was diagnosed with autism at three-years-old and we were told to keep our expectations low. Fast forward a decade and he has become a local celebrity. An article I wrote about his Bar Mitzvah went viral (it can be found on Kveller.com by searching Debby Gans)! At the end of 2017, his story was named one of the most inspiring stories of the year. In addition, Benji and I gave a TEDx talk about our journey that can be found on You Tube (if you watch it, it will be apparent that he is clearly the more confident public speaker, LOL). If any of you find yourself in Florida, I’d love to catch up!

1991

Aly Cohen 1 Big Barn Road Cranbury, NJ 08512 917-273-4573 (Cell) alycohen@yahoo.com (Email)

Fanya Stansbury Gallo wrote, “My husband and I relocated our family to Southern California during the fall of 2017 and we haven’t stopped smiling. Before I

Mason, age two and Matthew, age one, sons of Fanya Stansbury Gallo ’91

Dahlia, daughter of Jeremy Kuris ’91

From Jeremy Kuris: My wife Nina Santiago and I welcomed our daughter, Dahlia, in December. She was born at the same DC hospital as her mom.

She loves being visited

by Nina’s cousin, Jen Santiago.

As for me, Aly Cohen, I moved my rheumatology/integrative medicine practice to Princeton to be closer to my son who is a fifth grader at PDS. I’ve been doing quite a bit lecturing on the health effects of harmful, everyday chemicals....and recently just signed with Oxford University Press to write the consumer text, Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World, due out in 2019! I am still working on creating a national, online curriculum on this topic, which will be accessible to high Aly Cohen ’91 and Fanya school students Stansbury Gallo ’91 having fun in CA nationally.

practice. As an ICF-certified transformational coach, she works with people seeking a more intentional, less reactive life. She supports clients in building the lives they want and navigating personal and professional transitions to align with their values and innate gifts.

She’d love to hear from you; drop her a line at juliesimoncoach@gmail.com.

From Jessica Varga: “I’m not sure how many of our class will know or remember that my mom worked at PDS, and would occasionally give tarot readings to several of my friends in her office. She taught me how to read tarot cards as a kid, and while I never knew it in high school, about 10 years ago I realized that I had some psychic ability. I decided to develop that gift and have had a successful intuitive counseling practice for the last seven years. Five years ago, I married my best friend and the love of my life, Colin McKay. He’s a musician and he taught me to play the electric bass. Our duo is called Mystic Twang, and we play music at a few different venues around New Jersey, which is something I never dreamed I could do.”

1994

Cynthia Shafto 9948 Robbins Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90212 310-498-1064 (Home) Cynthia.678@icloud.com (Email)

1995

Melissa Woodruff Mccormick 257 South State Street Newtown, PA 18940 215-550-6596 (Home) mwoodruf99@yahoo.com (Email)

1992

1996

Judson R. Henderson 5073 Province Line Road Princeton, NJ 08540 609-751-1519 (Home) 609-651-2226 (Cell) jhenderson@callawayhenderson.com (Email)

The Alumni office has learned that Edward Li received the Young Alumni Award from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

He also became a tenured professor in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of New England College of Pharmacy. He is a board certified Oncology Pharmacist, and has testified at the FDA Advisory Committee on breast cancer treatment drugs.

Sharon Thomas Haber 1675 York Avenue, Apt. 20L New York, NY 10128 212-722-8793 (Home) ziggythomas@hotmail.com (Email)

1993

Darcey Carlson Leonard 1702 Swift Circle. #303 Midlothian, VA 23114 757-634-4432 (Home) darceyva@gmail.com (Email)

After living in the Washington DC area for the past 17 years, Jason Powell and his family recently moved to the East Bay outside San Francisco. People have asked if they moved for a job, and his response is they moved because he hasn’t worn a winter jacket since last winter.

Still settling in but loving every minute of it!

Julie Simon closed out 2017 with a trip-ofa-lifetime, a month in China and Tibet. She’s excited for 2018 and growing her coaching

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“Arielle, in addition to raising her three amazing kids with Victor and working in private practice, has founded Vous Vitamins, a personalized online vitamin company.

Stephen J. Nanfara 5 Pegg Road Flemington, NJ 08822 908-310-9724 (Home) 908-310-9724 (Cell) nanfara@yahoo.com (Email)

1997

Ellyn Rajfer Herkins 6 Anvil Court Marlboro, NJ 07746 732-970-8122 (Home) ellynrajfer@gmail.com (Email) Mandy Rabinowitz Plonsky 245 West 14h Street, Apt. 8A New York, NY 10011 609-937-6348 (Cell) mandyplonsky@gmail.com (Email)

Ellyn Rajfer Herkins wrote, “This September we welcomed our baby girl, Hannah Alayna.

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2003

Allison Marshall 1717 North 35th Street, Apt. 9 Seattle, WA 98103 202 375-9559 (Cell) amarshall220@aol.com (Email)

Ellyn Rajfer Herkins ’97 with her family Her big brother, Ari, loves her and can’t wait until she is big enough to play with him. I was lucky enough to enjoy a slightly extended maternity leave, which was wonderful!

On March 1st, I returned to work as an Assistant Prosecutor at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office; entering my 13th year with the office.

1998

Giovanna Gray Lockhart 415 Greenwich Street, Apt 3G New York, NY 10013 917-545-2575 (Cell) gray.giovanna@gmail.com (Email)

1999

Joanna Woodruff Rominger 836 South Broad Street Lansdale, PA 19446 jbw1980@gmail.com (Email)

2000

Natasha Jacques Nolan 35 Pine Street Roswell, GA 30075-4819 609-647-6982 (Cell) nnolan@gigisplayhouse.org (Email) Sapna E. G. Thottathil 4127 Bayo Street Oakland, CA 94619 510-604-2357 (Cell) sapna.thottathil@gmail.com (Email)

2001

Carolyn Yarian Morgan 223 East 61st Street, Apt 2G New York, NY 10065 609-638-7249 (Home) 609-638-7249 (Cell) carolyn.morgan2012@gmail.com (Email) Wilson H. Weed 707 10th Avenue, Apt 225 San Diego, CA 92101 808-859-1629 (Cell) wweed1@gmail.com (Email)

2002

Needs Correspondent

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Hard to believe it’s been 15 years since we graduated; I hope everyone is getting excited for the reunion in May! In December, I got engaged to my boyfriend of five years, John D’Ascenzo. We both attended Bates College, and reconnected years after graduation while on a ski trip to Colorado. In addition to busying myself with wedding planning, I’m still at Amazon building new content experiences in advertising, specifically focused on mobile video. My work has fortunately brought me to New York City a couple times this past winter where I had the opportunity to catch up with classmates Morgan Weed, Alyssa Briody, Katie Weber and Emily Hamlin.

Ben Johnson wrote, “Wonderful news, Megan and I are expecting a new roommate this June.

Busy time as I’m still working at DRL (Drone Racing League) and we have seven events this year including races in Vegas, Munich, Nice and Saudi Arabia. We’re actively building sponsors and partners, but great progress two years in. Megan is still Broadcast Producer at the CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor working crazy hours. All things wonderful with us, hope you’re all well!”

Steve Dool wrote, “I recently moved to London where I’m in grad school at LSE, finishing a book about men’s footwear that will be out in 2019 and sleeping much more soundly knowing that now there is at least an ocean in between me and Bianca Gersten at all times.”

Jon Headley wrote, “I am continuing my career with American Express and was recently relocated with them back to the US from Mexico; currently now based in New York (our headquarters).”

James Ramos wrote, “Since the last Journal, Sebastian turned two!

His personality grows each day and he is such a ham.”

Sebastian, son of James Ramos ’03 Eleanor Oakes wrote, “A big and very busy year opening Darkroom Detroit, a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to increasing photography access and education in Detroit. We opened in September, 2017, with a very successful fundraising campaign (thanks to all of you who donated!!).

We’re now on our way to further building out our facilities, including one of the only community darkrooms in the state of Michigan.

Can’t wait for Mrs. H to come visit :) I’ve also had the pleasure of working with Joe Highland (father of Michael), in creating the Detroit to Kabul Youth Photo Exchange Program that will be starting this spring. I managed to

see Alyssa Briody and Katie Weber for a fall NYC sleepover with Katie’s beautiful baby girl, had a holiday walk with Emily Hamlin, our significant others, and adorable dogs, and Nick Perold and Al Alsup were just over for dinner on Sunday. So I guess we’re officially adults now?”

Michael Highland wrote, “On November 1st my daughter Zoe Elena was born! She is now a healthy, happy four-month-old baby who enjoys sucking her thumb and gazing at LA’s diverse flora. My wife Chrissy and I are starting to feel like ourselves again which is a welcome relief from the bizarre Zoe, daughter of altered state which Michael Highland ’03 comes with caring for a newborn. The video game I spent the last four years working on, Sky, is finally coming out this spring, so keep any eye out for it on your iPhones and AppleTVs.” Elizabeth Kazmierczak Moore wrote, “Greetings from beautiful Buffalo! I can’t believe it’s been 15 years since we all stood on the lawn of Colross embarking on our individual journeys into the unknown. I find myself now on quite a different road since I last checked in from the mountains of Colorado. 2017 brought about some huge changes: Justin and I got engaged, I finished my nursing degree, joined him for his OB residency in Buffalo and began a job at Oishei Children’s on labor and delivery. All of this ended up being quite apt, as our first baby is due at the end of May. We hope to finish our time here in the next couple of years, and move back to the slower pace of the West.

My passion to move midwifery forward in the US is still very much the fire in my heart, and I continue to fight for more transparency and safety in practice, particularly for out of hospital birth. It is my hope that once life slows down a bit, I will continue on in my education as a CNM. Sending everyone warm wishes, and hopes for continued success and happiness!”

Ken Miller wrote, “Hey everyone! Jess and I continue to live in Yardley. She’s finishing up her masters in Regulatory Affairs at Temple and still works at JNJ. I’m hitting my ninth year at FS Investments and am spearheading our recently announced transition of partners from

Amy Gallo ’03 and her family visiting Mickey and Minnie this past December

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Blackstone to KKR. Hope everyone is doing well — looking forward to catching up at the reunion. Can’t believe it’s been 15 years...”

Katie Weber and her husband John Patteson ’02 bought an apartment in Brooklyn last summer. They love their new home near Prospect Park.

Erich Matthes wrote, “All is well up in Wellesley. I recently finished a research leave and am enjoying being back in the classroom.

Conferences and talks this year have taken me to NOLA, San Diego, DC, and Aspen. Henry turns three in June and is full of energy. He loves running around outside, pretending, and cooking.”

2004

Needs Correspondent

2005

Hilary C. Richards 193 Spring Street, Apt. 2F New York, NY 10012 609-915-6651 (Cell) hilarycrichards@gmail.com (Email)

Hannah Howard said, “2018 is a big year for me. My first book, a memoir called Feast: True Love In and Out of the Kitchen comes out on April 1 (available on Amazon). It’s my story of falling in love with food, working my way through restaurants, and recovering from an eating disorder. In June, I’m graduating from Bennington’s Creative Writing MFA program, and in September, I’m marrying an amazing man name Anthony. All my best to everyone!”

Rajiv (Pudi) Mallipudi is more than halfway through his internal medical residency and eagerly awaits to become an attending physician.

He also takes great pride as the assistant captain of his ice hockey team, and aims to take his team to the finals again. In his spare time, Pudi is still mentoring first generation college kids through America Needs You, and is still writing fitness articles and personal training his new clients.

He is beyond pumped for his next vacation where he will hit the beaches of Costa Rica and then Cancun with his friends!

Jessica Burns Caravella and her husband Chris have a new addition to their family!

Harrison Dugald Caravella was born on November 9, 2017. Mom and dad are overjoyed!

2006

PDS alums celebrate Charlie Hamlin ’06 (center) and Courtney Burke’s wedding, from left: Madeleine Rosenberg ’06, Matt Weinstock ’06, David Blitzer ’06, Dan Rathauser ’06, Emily Hamlin ’03, Jacob Waters ’06, Jeff Moll ’06, Mike Sarvary ’06, Zach Cherry ’06, Neil Sharma ’06, Kevin Smith ’06, Ram Narayanan ’06, Sam Hamlin ’08, Becky Gallagher ’06, Annaliese Rosenthal ’05.

2007

Nina Crouse 31A Jay Street Cambridge, MA 02139 ninacrouse@gmail.com (Email) Vishal Gupta 58 East Springfield Street, Unit 3 Boston, MA 02118 609-658-4768 (Home) vishgupta2@gmail.com (Email) Alexandra Hiller Rorick 10 Downing Street, Apt. 4L New York, NY 10014 609-658-2961 (Home) 609-658-2961 (Cell) ali.rorick@gmail.com (Email)

Vishal sent the following news:

Maddie Ferguson Makoid is excited to share that she is pregnant! They are expecting in late June 2018.

30,000 creators use H’s platform (called The Hub) to connect with other creators and with brands. Brands use the Hub to find creators to shoot content for their socials, look-books, and websites.

Greg Francfort continues to spend his days eating food and talking about it for Bank of America. He recently traveled across coasts for a weekend to hike the foothills of San Francisco with fellow classmate, James Cole.

Mike Olorunnisola is living in South Philly (Go Birds!) and is working as a software engineer for Nuix. He is always looking to hoop if any PDS alumni are down in Philly!

On February 3rd, Mike Shimkin and girlfriend, Jesse, welcomed their daughter, Ella, into the world. All are happy and healthy living in NYC.

Aniella Perold and her husband, Haisam Hussein, welcomed baby, Nadim Hussein Perold, into the world on July 26. As of this writing, his accomplishments include two very sweet front teeth and one transatlantic trip to meet the South African Perolds.

Allie Crouse is living in Denver and loving her job at Education First.

Vishal Gupta is in his first year of his internal medicine residency at Boston Medical Center and is enjoying it very much.

This season, Hannah Epstein ’08 (right) was a part of the first ever all-women crew in the history of NFL Films

2008 Jessica Burns Caravella ’05 and her husband Chris with their son, Harrison

Jacob M. Fisch 601 Pembroke Avenue, Apt. 714 Norfolk, VA 23507 609-731-2540 (Cell) mendyman@gmail.com (Email)

Tessica Glancey 1601 18th St NW, Apt 814 Washington, DC 20009 215-534-6406 (Home) 215-534-6406 (Cell) tessicaglancey@gmail.com (Email)

James Cole lives in Sausalito California (just across the bridge from San Francisco). He works in San Francisco with a small team of eight people. James started a company called H Collective – it’s a community of creators (photographers, models, videographers). Over

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claims running long distances is the only way to maintain his weight in a city with such great food.

Savannah Hecker is planning on moving to Austin, and her puppy had his six- month birthday.

Adrienne Esposito lives in Old City, Philadelphia. She is the manager at Bella Boutique in Princeton and loves living near her PDS friends in Philly.

Ahead of our class’s ten year reunion this spring, some members of the 2008 gathered in Hopewell over Christmas break to catch up. Pictured here: (from left to right) Erik Hove (fiancé of Alex Mayer and current PDS Lower School teacher), Brody Sanford, Kevin Shannon, James Cole, Alexa Maher, Tess Glancey, and Hannah Epstein.

Emma Morehouse and husband Marshall Hatcher are expecting their first child in June.

Wishing them all the best during this exciting time!

Adi Kulkarni is in his final year of medical school at Robert Wood Johnson and applying for residencies in internal medicine. He currently lives in New Brunswick and is back in Princeton often, so if you are in town, send him a message.

2009

Ashley Smoots 2201 St. Clair Drive NE Atlanta, GA 30329 267-987-9448 (Home) 267-987-9448 (Cell) asmoots@gmail.com (Email) Vinay Trivedi Flat 15 Walsingham St Johns Wood Park London, NW8 6RG United Kingdom 267-229-2425 (Cell) vt1090@gmail.com (Email)

2010

Alexandra W. Feuer 6656 Germantown Avenue, #204 Philadelphia, PA 19119 609-240-1706 (Home) 609-240-1706 (Cell) awfeuer@gmail.com (Email) Needs Correspondent for fall 2018

Sheridan Gates is “following my dream and living in Nashville, where I am pursuing a career as a recording artist. I have three singles out now that are available wherever you listen to music and have three more coming out soon. I am also going on a house concert tour this spring/summer 2018. You can follow me at sheridangatesmusic.com.”

James Fuhrman is beginning Year 2 of his Hoboken journey. Taking advantage of the running path along the Hudson River, Jim has been training for a marathon in the fall. He JOURNAL

Alexandra Feuer lives in Philadelphia with her boyfriend, Joe. She graduates in May with her MSW from U. Penn and is working towards a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training certification.

Adrienne and Alex love going to concerts in Philly!

Ethan Geltzer was recently spotted at the Electric Factory in Philly. He is also living in Old City. One of Ethan’s clients, SMLE, was Grammynominated for best remixed recording.

Alex recently came across a song by another one of Ethan’s clients on Spotify. Too cool!

Over the winter, Alex ran in the Ugly Sweater 5k in Philadelphia with Tara Glancey and Elizabeth Yellin. How long is it going to take for all of the PDS Class of 2010 to take over Philadelphia? Open invitation!

Ed. Note: Many thanks to Alex for serving as Class Correspondent for the past seven years!

She needs to take a break, so we are looking for a volunteer to take over the position of class correspondent for the Class of 2010. Please contact Ann Wiley ’70, editor of Class Notes if you are interested.

drama, The Night Shift. In 2018, Nicole began working for Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why as a Writers’ PA, and is looking forward to the greenlighting of a third season!

From Alex Zink: “I graduated from Cornell last May with a degree in architecture. I loved my time at school but after five years of hard work I was ready to move on. This past summer I had some time to travel after graduation. My favorite trip was traveling to Ghana for two weeks to help build a sustainable girls’ school that I had designed with classmates from college. I was very impressed with the level of development of buildings in Ghana, especially in the large cities of Accra and Kumasi. The people were also very friendly and spoke good English since Ghana was once a British colony. The school project is ongoing and I hope to go back to Ghana in the next few months. After my summer travels I moved to Boston to work for Payette Architects. The firm has about 150 people and specializes in academic science and healthcare design. I have learned a lot so far about how to design research labs as well as construction management. Outside of work I have enjoyed playing softball and volleyball with coworkers and friends. I also like being close to New Hampshire and Vermont so that I can ski and skate.”

Janie Smulker is teaching Pilates in NYC. I’m sure you can find her class by Binging “Pilates NYC.” Rui Pinhero won $32 in HQ and took some 2012ers out “on the town” (NYC) to celebrate!

2011

Svitlana I. Lymar 1031 Lalor Street Hamilton, NJ 08610 609-977-1042 (Cell) silymar@syr.edu (Email)

2012

Rachel Maddox 58 Fieldcrest Avenue Skillman, NJ 08558 908-829-4230 (Home) 609-571-7998 (Cell) 2012 classmates celebrating (l to r): Eric Powers, Rachel.Maddox@conncoll.edu (Email) Rui Pinheiro, Caitlin Dwyer (on floor), Cara Hume, Annie Nyce Peter Powers, Emily Janhofer and Paul Zetterberg 9 Brookside Avenue Eric Powers wrote in with one hand: “I broke Pennington, NJ 08534 my collarbone hosting Garret Jensen’s bachelor 609-558-2453 (Cell) party ski trip. He made me a sling. Hope the annienyce@gmail.com (Email) wedding is less painful, HaHa! By the time this Peter F. Powers comes out, I’ll be a 150% healed. Apparently 364 3rd Avenue, #13 what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. Then New York, NY 10016 you’ll see, you’ll all see. I also went to a museum.”

609-658-8799 (Cell) From Shannon Towle: “Hi all! Next week I am peterfpowers@gmail.com (Email) moving to Lima, Peru! Once I’m there I’ll have Since graduating from the University of a Peruvian phone number, but until then we can Southern California’s School of Cinematic stay in touch via FB Messenger. Hit me up if Arts in 2016, Nicole Keim has been pursuing you find yourself in Lima!” her career in the entertainment industry.

Callie Schneider is, according to my Last year she worked on season five of House mother, “up to no good [HaHa].”

Of Cards and season four of NBC’s medical

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Leah G. Falcon 136 Bouvant Drive Princeton, NJ 08540-1224 609-279-9774 (Home) 609-558-3887 (Cell) lgfalcon04917@gmail.com (Email) Robert S. Madani 209 Berwyn Place Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 609-771-0912 (Home) 609-240-9420 (Cell) robert.s.madani@gmail.com (Email)

It’s hard to believe, but the Class of 2013 is coming up on our first reunion. I am sure that many of us are looking forward to the chance to see each other. Social media is a great way to stay up to date with where everyone is, but nothing beats getting to see each other in person.

Daisy Mase is currently working as a paralegal at a non-profit legal office called Philadelphia Legal Assistance. Daisy works in the housing unit, which helps to prevent homelessness by providing free legal services to people facing mortgage and tax foreclosure. She is looking forward to attending law school after obtaining some real-world experience. Daisy is also looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion.

Ben Weiner currently works for the NFL Network. As a part of the NFL original content group, Ben has gotten the opportunity to shoot documentaries and commercials with NFL players that were featured during Pro-Bowl and Super Bowl week.

I, Bob Madani am excited to report that as of February 6th, I passed the final section of the CPA exam. I also am looking forward

to the beginning of summer and the end of Deloitte’s busy season.

I have enjoyed reaching out to the members of the Class of 2013 and if anyone wants to send me an update for the next issue of the Journal, send me an email at the above address.

2014

I then transitioned to a part-time role with the company while attending school fulltime, performing trend analysis and predictive analytics for their Worldwide Transportation team. In November I ran my first half marathon in Syracuse and in March, I will be traveling to Hong Kong and Macau with my girlfriend.”

Rory E. Finnegan 31 Sutton Farm Road Flemington, NJ 08822 908-782-5892 (Home) 908-391-9303 (Cell) ref8af@virginia.edu (Email)

2016

Mary G. Travers 31 Elm Lane Princeton, NJ 08540 609-466-0104 (Home) 609-216-3244 (Cell) mary.travers@tufts.edu (Email)

Helen Healey 25 Springdale Road Princeton, NJ 08540 609-613-3983 (Cell) helen.healey97@gmail.com (Email)

2015

Grace Lee 67 Bridle Path Belle Mead, NJ 08502 908-280-0006 (Home) 847-387-9129 (Cell) gracelee6666@gmail.com (Email) Caroline R. Lippman 13 Aqua Terrace Pennington, NJ 08534 609-737-3235 (Home) 609-651-0771 (Cell) crlippman@gmail.com (Email)

Zach Golden wrote, “In January I celebrated my one year anniversary of working at Johnson and Johnson, specifically in their Supply Chain. I spent the first half of 2017 working full-time, taking a semester off from school.

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Kathryn T. Cammarano 6 Hunters Ridge Drive Pennington, NJ 08534 609-610-4340 (Cell) camm1217@aol.com (Email)

Peter W. Klein 15 Planters Row Skillman, NJ 08558 609-218-1350 (Cell) pklein@nd.edu (Email)

2017

Abigail Atkeson 201 Wertsville Road Ringoes, NJ 08551 609-213-7427 (Cell) abigail.atkeson@gmail.com (Email) Tyler A. Birch 10 Moselem Springs Court Skillman, NJ 08558 609-619-1727 (Cell) tbflyers@gmail.com (Email)

Rebecca Segal wrote to the Alumni Office that she is enjoying her freshman year at Syracuse University.

Alumni Weekend 2018 • May 18 & 19 REGISTER ONLINE Visit: http://www.pds.org/alumni-weekend It’s going to be a great weekend with lots of activities for all.

If you have questions, please contact Kaylie Keesling at kkeesling@pds.org.

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Letters to the Editor

Editor’s Note: In the Fall 2017 Journal, we featured a photo in the “Snapshots” titled “Princeton Day School, Class of ‘XX?” We asked our readers to help us identify the students in the photo and what they were doing, and received some great responses.

Past parent Kathleen Towle writes: That is the class of 2015! I see Nikki van Manen, Sara Dwyer, Sabrina Matlock, along with many others and possibly my son, Kevin Towle, at back right!

Middle School Theater faculty Deb Sugarman shares: I got it! Caroline Lippman right in front gave it away. [T]he group of kids posed in Greek tableau at the Battlefield is the class who did Oklahoma for their 8th grade musical: the class of 2015!! What fun!!

Former faculty member Sybil Holland clears up the confusion: The photo on the final page of the Fall PDS Journal is one that I took of the 5th grade in the spring of 2007 (I believe) at the end of our study of the ancient Greek culture. Students were in costume because we had put on a series of Greek plays. I gave an enlarged version of this image to Jamie Atkeson, then Middle School dean, to hang in his office….

I am quite sure that you will hear from the students in this photograph. We piled into a school bus one spring afternoon and drove over to this well known spot where we remained just long enough to capture ourselves in this realistic setting.

This was, to the best of my knowledge, only done this once, so there can be no confusion.

In addition, the School received a letter from Terry Ward ’74 ruminating on the passing of faculty member Peter Sears. Here is an excerpt: Peter was my advisor when I attended PDS for my junior and senior years of high school. They were great years, really, and Peter was certainly a large reason for that. We seemed a mismatch at first: me, a new, uncertain lad from JOURNAL

Pennington, he the cool-cat Californian English teacher with a legion of believers, but he was a great advocate for me, a true friend. And his Modern Poetry English class was revelatory to me. He showed me a way in to the wonderful world of poetry and I never looked back, as I have enjoyed poetry in so many ways throughout my adult life. In so doing, he also helped me to forge a connection with my own mother, who prior to my stint at PDS, had been trying for years to get me to like poetry!

I didn’t see or hear from or of Peter for some time after my college years, until, honestly, he cropped up among the former faculty who communicated via this Journal. So, thanks, very much for that extensive and regular feature in the Journal.

I saw Peter last in 2012 when I was living in Sag Harbor, NY and he was visiting relatives in nearby East Quogue, NY. We had beer and lobster rolls at the American Legion in Sag Harbor and a wonderful day of reminiscing about the Class of 1974. He remembered, with fondness, most of the class.

How I will miss his irreverent, witty humor and his warm loving soul.

“My Time May Come Any Time” by Peter Sears My time could come any time.

I talk with my friends about this.

I like what they say about your time coming.

There is a train, they say, And if it stops for you Then you have to board.

Here’s what they say about baggage: You may carry a bag, but you can’t have anything in it.

The bag is not for looks, it’s to hold on to.

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In Memoriam The school has learned of the passing of the following members of the Princeton Day School community.

We wish to extend our deepest sympathies to their families and friends.

Atsu Apedo Father of Esther K. Apedo ’20 Leslee Atiram, former Lower School teacher Mother of Zak Atiram ’04, and Max Atiram ’08 James Aversano, Jr. Father of James Aversano III ’89 Joseph A. Baicker Father of Steven Baicker ’76. Karen Baicker ’78, J. Keith Baicker ’78, and Kate Baicker ’89 Thomas S. Barrows Father of Katherine Barrows Dadagian ’83, and Anna Barrows Beakey ’86 Louise Bristol Mother of Elizabeth “Betsy” Bristol Sayen ’69 (William Sayen ’65), Henry “Hank” P. Bristol II ’72, Sara Bristol Ritchie ’75, and Lee “Chip” H. Bristol III ’75; and Grandmother of Margaret “Marlee” Sayen Schmucker ’02 (Grant Schmucker ’02), Elizabeth Sayen ’03, Clark Bristol ’06, Rachel Bristol Arnold ’09, and Benjamin Bristol ’13 Charles Brower ’02 Son of Walter J. Brower ’62 Nai Yuen Chen Father of Nancy Chen Cavanaugh ’78 Wayne Douglas Father of Deidre Hunt Douglas ’84 Allison Cook Elston ’48 Sister of Constance Cook Moore ’50

Stacy Valdes Lorenceau ’67 Sister of Midge Valdes ’70; Stepsister of Douglas Mackie ’60, Cynthia Mackie ’73, and David Mackie ’77 Henry H. Matelson Father of Bennett Matelson ’88, and Sara Matelson Taylor ’90

Marion R. Salkind Mother of Suzanne Salkind ’86, and James Salkind ’88 David Stark ’71 Marie Sturken Mother of Barbara Sturken Peterson ’70, Carl Sturken ’73, and Marita Sturken ’75

Dean Mathey ’43 Dean Mathey, Princeton Country Day School Class of 1943 passed away on November 5 in New York City.

He was 89. He was the eldest son of Princeton Day School founder and benefactor, the late Dean Mathey, Sr., and also was pre-deceased by his brothers—MacDonald ‘Don’ Mathey ’44 and David ’47. After PCD, with his brothers, he attended Deerfield Academy and Princeton. An accomplished athlete, he captained the soccer, ice hockey, and tennis teams at Princeton Country Day, feats he would Dean Mathey, front and center, PCD ’43 repeat at Deerfield. With his brother, Hockey Team Don, he won the Interscholastic Doubles Championship of the United States. He was inducted in 1999 into the Princeton Day School Athletic Hall of Fame. Mathey will be remembered as a devoted, enthusiastic friend of Princeton Day School, supporting initiatives from the renovation of his family home, Pretty Brook Farm, and the Lisa McGraw ’44 Skating Rink, to the annual fund and need-based financial aid. When his health permitted it, he often would travel to PDS to watch the boys ice hockey games and tennis matches.

Ann Lea Fries ’58, former Trustee Mother of Lea Lea Erdman Marshall ’82 (Thomas Marshall ’82) and Lynne Erdman O’Donnell ’85; and sister of Thomas Lea ’63

Kurt Mislow Father of Christopher Mislow ’70

Larnice Shannon Mother of Zaneta Shannon ’95

William Hatzell Husband of Gail Lyman-Hatzell ’69

Donald P. Moore Father of Kirk Moore ’72

Ezra Swerdlow Husband of Lindsey Hicks ’70

Mary Ellen “Melon” Johnson Mother of Hallett Johnson ’70, Mary Johnson ’72, Livingston Johnson ’75, Beth Johnson Nixon ’77; and Grandmother of Courtney Johnson ’01, and Steward Johnson ’08

Mary “Polly” Byrd Platt ’49 Sister of Alice Byrd ’52

Margaret “Peggy” Frantz Wellington ’42 Mother of John Myers ’64, Sally Myers ’69, and Fairlie Myers ’74; Stepmother of Irene Wellington ’74 and Sarah Wellington ’85; and sister of Sarah Frantz Latimer ’45

Charles Gordon Lennox ’43, 10th Duke of Richmond

Uwe Reinhardt Father of Dirk Reinhardt ’90, Kara Reinhardt ’92, and Mark Reinhardt ’96

Alison Barlow Loats ’76 Sister of Francine Barlow Bryant ’71

Gerhard Puchner Father of Heidi Puchner Malik ’88

Sanford Zeitler Father of Barbara Zeitler ’81

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Snapshots Giants of the Institution Retire circa 1994

Though it is with sadness that we announce the retirement of twelve of our long-serving and beloved faculty members in this issue of the Journal, it is instructive to note that Princeton Day School bid farewell to another group of legendary faculty before—and yet managed to survive.

In 1994, the following group of faculty retired from PDS: (from left to right) English and Religion teacher Janet Stoltzfus (12 years at PDS, and mother to Bill Stoltzfus), Lower School teacher Pat McCord (19 years), Director of Development and Director of Public Relations David Bogle (16 years), English teacher Anne Shepherd (47 years!) and Head Librarian Kathleen “Bunny” Webb (21 years). This group of school leaders was revered during their time at PDS and their names still resonate within the school community today (the campus hub Shepherd Commons and the annual David C. Bogle Award for the Pursuit of Teaching Excellence leap immediately to mind).

Princeton Day School is committed to both celebrating the memory of our esteemed faculty who have enriched the institution and to creating space for our new faculty to thrive.

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