Classes ending in 1's and 6's will have their reunion in the 2016-2017 school year, beginning the weekend of October 21-23. Please save the date!
CLASS NOTES Common Sense Media, which provides information about media and entertainment for children, parents, educators, policymakers, and others. In 2013, Liz appeared in the Emmynominated HBO documentary, 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus, which was produced and directed by Steven Pressman, her husband. The film tells the previously unknown story of Liz’s maternal grandparents, Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, who rescued 50 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Vienna and brought them to the United States in 1939. In addition to her husband, Liz is survived by her son David Perle McKenna and her stepdaughter Roshann Pressman. Classmate Alison Carlson writes, “I am deeply sad that our classmate Liz Perle passed away after a recurrence of breast cancer. Peter Gleick and I attended her memorial service at Temple Emanu-el in San Francisco, the city Liz called home since the late 1990s. Her New York Times obit outlined her impressive career in publishing, writing (Money: A Memoir being her most recent book), and editing; the service revealed the breadth of admiring and loving community she built during her too-short lifetime, and her uncommon energy, smarts, and humor. I’d like her classmates to know that Common Sense Media (www.commonsensemedia.org), which Liz co-founded in 2002, has created a Liz Perle Fellowship program to honor her remarkable talents and mentorship of young writers and editors. Her co-founder, Jim Steyer (my Stanford classmate), welcomes input and ideas for the program from friends of Liz. Contact jim@ commonsense.org.”
1975
From Class Correspondent Lisa Turgell Friedland: Nearly 40 Class of ’75ers gathered to celebrate their 40th reunion at
a restaurant in Manhattan. Barely a soul needed to check the photo nametags because we all looked exactly as we did 40 years ago. A bit of alcohol and the warmth of rekindling old friendships contributed to a raucous evening of story telling and memory sharing. One person admitted that he didn’t quite know what he expected but couldn’t believe how much fun he had. The next day, many of the group convened on campus to celebrate with Susan Kohlmann, who was given the Ernest McAneny Alumni Spirit Award for her outstanding work on behalf of Riverdale (see photo on page 27). And the following week, some classmates went to William Galison’s concert and raved about it. Thank you to the following classmates for being willing to join us at the reunion: Dede Arnholz, Jon Beitler, Andy Brenner, Donald Burger, Karen AdvocateConnolly, Ellen Fischer Fischer Dawidowicz, Jonathan Dorfman, Lisa Gelb Feiner, Michael Fields, Lisa Turgell Friedland, John Frumer, William Galison, Jeffrey Graham, Richard Griggs, Kenny Gronningsater; Kathryn Himoff, David Jablons, Josh Jablons, David Katz, Gerard Koeppel, Susan Kohlmann, John Kurzman, Lauren Guarino Oltarsh, Keith Outlaw, Robert Pordy, Doug Pressman, Kate Kubert Puls, Kate Riley, Briana Rose, Tony Rudie, Jeff Russell, Jeff Silberman, Andy Simon, Peter Steinman, Jeanne Straus, Denise Tennen, David Thomson, and Peter Tuchman.
are or what you are up to, please let us know and keep us up-to-date on contact information. If we don’t have your e-mail and you are willing to share it with us, please do. There has been some interest in getting together again before the 50th.
1980
Class Correspondent Dana Cantelmo submitted the following: Hi classmates, it was truly wonderful to see and hear from so many of you, near and far. Ken Fischer writes, “Great reunion at Kenny’s house.” And it was! Thanks to Ken for hosting and for sending around photos old and new! Twenty-eight (28) classmates attended, chatted, laughed, and stayed up late. We marveled at the closeness we still felt and the fun we can still have together, and we mostly credited RCS, and our very special class. Eleven (11) of us even made it to campus (which looked beautiful) and the class photo the next day. Many more made our virtual (e-mail) reunion, including Kathy Kinter Hertz, Laurie Grobman, Alex Weindling, Susan Ephron, Junko Hasegawa Arai, Julie Gartenberg, Joanne Birsch, Julie Polkes, Jill Lipton Lecar, Peter Doyle, Chris Steiner, Theo Spilka, Rob Goldrich, Penny Paul, Andy Bernstein, and Steven Bram. A lot of classmates expressed a desire to get together more often; I will help and Ken is happy to host! It’s been great seeing and hearing from all of you; please keep writing, and of course, if you have e-mail addresses of classmates that I don’t, please send them to me!
Please send your news to your Class Correspondent(S) before MAY 1, 2016. 1975 Jonathan J. Beitler jjbeitl@emory.edu Lisa Turgell Friedland lisa.friedland09@gmail.com Jeffrey J. Russell jjrussell@clearbridgeadvisors.com
1976 Daniel Easton mashfly007@aol.com
1977 Be a QUAD Class Correspondent*
1978 William McGowan bill@claritymediagroup.com
1979 Lori Tarnopol Moore dlmoore4@aol.com
1980 Dana Swinsky Cantelmo danaswinsky@me.com
Members of the Class of 1975 at their 40th Reunion.
Sorry to have missed Anahid Avakian Gregg, Andy Bodner, John Coles, Ezra Deutsch, Sharron Herman Dupler, Tom Finnegan, Kathy Lajtha, and Roger Low, who all said they wanted to join us but were unable due to prior commitments. We hope to see you at the next reunion. In the meantime, if you would like to stay in touch or let your classmates know about where you
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