1970 PETER P. BLANCHARD III, cofounder with his wife Sofia of Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, received the 2017 Place Keeper Award from the Foundation for Landscape Studies in New York City in recognition of converting Greenwood Gardens into a public garden. The foundation’s website defines a “place keeper” as a land steward who possesses the sensitivity and management abilities needed to make an existing, publicly accessible landscape flourish.
1972 DR. JOSEPH COSTABILE writes, “Sorry I couldn’t attend our Class’s 45th Reunion. It was a drill weekend at my Navy Reserve Center, and I was covering the medical clinic. Hope you had a great Reunion.” DR. STEVE NAUGHTON writes, “Difficult to describe in words the emotions I experienced during
Reunion Weekend. Reconnecting with classmates, some I hadn’t seen in 45 years—priceless! Another fantastic Hillside Campus tour led by Miller Bugliari ’52, followed by a three-and-a-half-hour dinner with football teammates that seemed to last five minutes. The following day brought a tour of the current campus, a great lunch, an incredible dedication ceremony for Miller, and jointlyheld class parties in the evening. The older I get, the more meaningful these experiences become.”
1973 RICHARD KURTZ, a painter whose playful style combines pictorial characters with hand-written aphorisms, is relocating from Santa Fe to southern California. He was profiled in the April/May issue of THE Magazine, which covers arts and culture in Santa Fe, and will have a one-man show at Belote’s Studio 354 in Oakland, CA this October.
Share your memories To commemorate four decades since the first women graduated from Pingry, we would like to include in the Fall 2017 issue a variety of memories, anecdotes, and experiences from women who attended the School. We invite you to include your voice and share a few of your school memories—no need to whitewash, since we realize that the transition to co-education is not always a smooth one. You might consider the following questions as you reflect—but feel free to share along other lines: What were the circumstances that brought you to Pingry? How would you describe Pingry’s adaptation to a coed student body during your years as a student? What was a memorable school event/activity for you, perhaps one that specifically pertained to female students, or in which female students played a significant role? How would you describe your connection with faculty, administrators, and peers? If you are interested in sharing a memory, please submit it to Editor Greg Waxberg ’96 by August 31: gwaxberg@pingry.org or 131 Martinsville Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.
Credit: Clayton Porter
Richard Kurtz ’73 in his studio. Dr. Steve Naughton ’72, Jack Van Wagner ’72, Greg Hewett ’72, John Maher ’72, Eric Fowler ’72, and Dr. Bobby Cunningham ’72, P ’22.
David Zenker ’72, 1971-72 AFS student Heikki Hurri ’72 from Finland, and Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20, ’24 at Miller’s home.
Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20, ’24, Rick Raabe, Jr. ’75, and Rad Lovett II ’78 met up in Jacksonville. SUMMER 2017
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