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Fall 1988 MKA Alumni News

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THE MON T CL AI R K I M B E R L E Y ACADE MY

Alumni


Contents

Editors

Report From The Principal / 1 Com m encem ent Awards / 4 Notes Around MKA M 6 Alumni News / 11 Class Notes / 16

Christie Austin Judy Polonofsky Virginia Montemurro

Photographic Credits W.L. Bill Allen, Jr. William Bullard Robert Rosin ’88 Steve Tober

1987-88Alum ni Association Council Stephen Barral ’80 Martin Brayboy ’80 Margaret Crawford Bridge ’65, Vice President Curtis E. Brunner ’78 Martha Bonsai Day ’74 Stephen T. Dodd ’79 Fay Taft Fawcett ’52 Anne King Franges ’56 Mary Crawford Fry ’64 Robert H. Gardner ’78, Treasurer Geoffrey Gimber ’75, Vice President Robert A. Hoonhout ’71, President Gail Tomec Kerr ’52 Jane Lugaric ’78 Peter McMullen ’77 Oscar Mockridge ’55 Blake O ’Neill ’82 J. Dean Paolucci ’73 Robert Post ’77 Linda Horowitz Rosier ’60 Ellen Wahl Skibiak ’73, Vice President Charles Small ’58, Secretary Cynthia Mann Treene ’54, Vice President Albert Van Eerde ’73 Frances R. O ’Connor, Principal Christie Austin, Alumni Director Judy Polonofsky, Director of External Affairs

Alum ni News Advisory Board Robert A. Hoonhout ’71 Austin C. Drukker ’52 Member: Council for Advancement and Support of Education National Association of Independent Schools Alumni Presidents’ Council of Independent Schools Published twice yearly by: The Montclair Kimberley Academy 201 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07042 (201) 746-9800 Notice of non-discriminatory policy as to students: The Montclair Kimberley Academy admits students of any race, color, and national or ethnic origin. Entered as third class matter at Montclair, NJ 07042 Design: The Gemini Studio, Montclair, NJ Front Cover: The Centennial Class Top Photo: Roman Klufas, David Devejian, Jen Brawer, Rich Cunningham. Center Photo: Nicole Gray, Jennifer Rabke, Jody Booth. Bottom Photo: The Windolfs: James ’82, Lori ’78, Jack, Hillary ’88


Report From The Principal It is a rare an d w onderful

educators. It requires a

m om ent when fa te benevolent­

generosity o f sp irit fo u n d in

ly sends the right person to the

few people, the w isdom o f

right place a t the right time.

Solomon, the strength o f

The M ontclair Kim berley

G andhi an d the warm th an d

Academy has enjoyed ju s t such

hum or o f W ill Rogers!

a happy circum stance from

D uring her four-year tenure,

1984 to 1988 under the Board

The M ontclair Kim berley

presidency o f Susan H. Ruddick.

Academ y w as cited as a Center

The p a st fo u r years have been

o f Excellence fo r the teaching

a tim e o f challenge an d

o f reading an d the language

growth fo r the Academy. The

arts. We m ade trem endous

B oard has been fa ced with

strides in developing a cur­

fin d o u t how a particu la rly

com plex an d dem anding

riculum based on the latest

difficu lt m eeting went, the

issues: the need fo r better

fin din gs in education, bu ilt a

honest excitem ent over the suc­

alcohol a n d drug education,

new athletic field, renovated

cesses o f a student, the am use­

AIDS an d its ram ifications,

the M iddle School an d com ­

m ent a t the crazy situ ation s

changes in the tax laws, the

m issioned an architect to

th at arise in schools, the

threatening shortage o f

renovate an d expand the

friendship an d the ever present

teaching candidates, a spate o f

P rim ary School. Susan has

encouragem ent have been a

new research on the develop­

been the inspiration in our

m ost rew arding p a r t o f m y jo b

m ent o f the hum an m ind.

fu ndraisin g which brought to

as Principal. We are fortu n ate

the school approxim ately a

th at Susan w ill rem ain on the

o f Trustees o f an independent

m illion dollars a yea r in each

B oard continuing her strong

school is an unsung hero. This

o f the last tw o years. She has

support o f the Academ y as it

volunteer positio n requires

surely left her m ark on MKA,

strives to fu lfill its dreams.

da ily contact w ith the Prin­

a n d her accom plishm ents are

cipal, m ultiple evening

mind-boggling. We w ill a ll

meetings, hours o f fu n drais­

m iss her—bu t no one more

in g conferences w ith lawyers,

than I. The quick visit on the

architects, counsellors an d

w ay back from aerobics to

The President o f the B oard

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Frances R. O ’Connor P rincipal


Board o f Trustees My final official assignment is to introduce three new trustees— Sharon Gray, A ustin K oenen, and R obert Kramer—and my successor M argaret Crawford B ridge as President of the Board of Trustees. In many ways Margaret needs no introduction as she has served the Alumni Association so capably for many years. Margaret Bridge is an alumna of The Kimberley School, class of 1965, the University of Rochester and Seton Hall Law School. She is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Essex County Bar Association. She is a director of Delta Management Systems, Inc. of River Edge and was formerly a director of Standard Tool & Manufacturing Company and the Junior Achievement of Northern New Jersey, Inc. She and her husband, David, are the parents of three MKA stu­ dents: David ’91, Allison ’93 and Michele ’96. Sharon Gray has served as Finance and Communications Vice President of the Parents’ Organiza­ tion of The Montclair Kimberley Academy (PAMKA). She and her husband, Jack, co-chaired the Gift Club and Parent Phonathons. They have two children, Nicole ’88, who is entering Yale in September, and Jake, 3. Sharon, a new Board member at the Montclair Art Museum, is co-chair of the 75th Anniversary Special Events Committee. She is also a Board member of Parents Place Inc. and a member of the Junior League. Sharon received a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Minnesota. Robert Kramer has been an Advisory Trustee for Annual Giving for the past two years. He is a graduate of Princeton and is the Vice President of General Automa­ tion in Wayne. He and his wife, Frances, the new PAMKA Ways and Means Vice President, are the parents of two current MKA stu­ dents, Michael ’91 and Lesley ’96.

James ’88 is a freshman at Rice University. Austin Koenen and his wife, Kathleen, are the parents of two current MKA students: Erin ’89 and Austin ’94. Karestan, who graduated in 1986, attends Wellesley. Austin graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at An­ napolis and Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He is a Managing Director at Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. and is chairman of the Municipal Securities Division of the Public Securities Association. He is a trustee of Hurricane Island Out­ ward Bound School and has served as President of the Pequannock Township Board of Education. R obert A. H oonhout joined the Board in October 1987 when he became President of the Alumni Association. Bob graduated from Montclair Academy in 1971, Lafayette College and Seton Hall Law School. He was Treasurer of the MKA Alumni Council for four years. Bob maintains a law practice

Trustees, Back row L to R: President Margaret Crawford Bridge ’65, Robert Kramer, Robert Hoonhout ’71Front Row: Sharon Gray, Austin Koenen

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in Montclair where he is the Assis­ tant Township Attorney. He and his wife, Kathy, have three children, Eric, Blake and Julia. Current MKA parents A ustin D rukker ’52 and R onald Tobia were elected to their second terms. Janies A. C ourter ’59 continues as an Advisory Trustee. The new officers for 1988-89 are Margaret Bridge, President; Austin Drukker and Ronald Tobia, Vice Presidents; Joan Arboit Ainbinder, Secretary; and Jack Cussen, Treasurer. The close of the academic year ended the terms of three Board members with long and distinguished careers as trustees. R ichard H atzenbuhler was MKA’s first Parent Phonathon Chairman (with his wife, Marilyn), then served two years as an Ad­ visory Trustee for Annual Giving, followed by two terms as a regular trustee. His focus was development and finance and he most recently served as Auxiliary Operations Chairman and Treasurer. Jack W in d olf headed the highly successful MKA Tomorrow! capital campaign and for many years chaired our golf outing at Baltusrol. In his nine years as a trustee, Jack served on develop­ ment and finance, was Treasurer and retires after two years as Nominating Chairman. The accomplishments of Aubin Zabriskie Am es are chronicled in the Alumni pages. Suffice it to say that in her 14 years on the Board, three as President, she has done more for MKA than most do in a lifetime. These three retiring trustees represent 31 years of service to our school and MKA is forever in their debt.

Susan H. Ruddick President


Within These Halls “It was a wonderful century” is the way Dr. Frances O ’Connor, MKA Principal, described the 100 years chronicled in W ithin These Halls, the newly published history of MKA. The book covers the found­ ing of Montclair Academy in 1887, The Kimberley School in 1906 and Brookside in 1925. Robert D.B. Carlisle was commis­ sioned as author by the Board of Trustees in the spring of 1987. He devoted the next year to gleaning material from the school archives, interviewing alumni and former personnel of the three schools, organizing, sifting, evaluating. The result is a 124-page history encom ­ passing 100 years of anecdotes, photographs and information. To celebrate the publication of W ithin These H alls and bring the Centennial to a close, a champagne reception was held on June 10 in the William Avery Barras Library. Guests were treated to a medley of Irving Berlin songs rendered by the Mastersingers, led by Nixon Bicknell. They concluded with the MKA school song, whose second verse contains the phrase used for the title of the book. Susan Ruddick hosted the occa­ sion as one of her last—‘but one of my happiest—duties as outgoing President of the Board of Trustees. She introduced Rob Carlisle, who entertained the group with a clever poem of “Cougar-el” (“a home-grown form of doggerel”), thanking those w ho had helped with the project. He added that in the course of do­ ing the book, he “came to realize these were remarkable institutions!’ As they spoke, sunshine streamed through the library windows. One could gaze out toward a New York City skyline that had changed considerably since the days when cadets once stood on that very same site—then the porch of Bradley House—in the Junes of decades long before. Susan Jones

So alive...the story of people who have walked these halls and lived and learned here...of so many people w ho loved young people. It is a book with heart. Fran O ’Connor It revived and freshened some wonderful memories. It reminded me of many things I had forgotten and told me a lot of things I never knew. It’s a fine book on a fascinating subject.

The book is an academic festival overture of sentimental journeys... told with a skilled author’s eye for fun...There has been triumph and tragedy in the history of MKA and it’s all there in W ithin These Halls. Don Mulford ’35 The M ontclair Times

Dallas Townsend ’36

Author Rob Carlisle autographs book while Jean Pine, publisher D avid Ruiter, Fran O 'Connor and Susan Ruddick look on.

Arthur Schlobohm, Marilea Schlobohm, Rudy Deetjen ’50 and Patty Deetjen

(Editor’s note: Susan Jones, an MKA parent and former Alumni Director, did the research for the book.) To order Within These Halls, see inside back cover.

Don M ulford '35, Penny Mulford, MKA Business Manager Jim Kolb, Howard Van Vleck ’22.

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Commencement Awards

ETHEL M. SPURR AWARD for cooperation, responsibility, service and citizenship J ill Tobia

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD for positive action which shows unselfish concern for the larger community beyond school Javier Salabarria

RUDOLPH H. DEETJEN AWARD for athletics and academic achievement H enry Nakamura

Commencement Scenes

The Brothers and the Sister: Ray ’84, Debbie 8 7 and Andrew Cheung 8 8

MARJORIE WINFIELD EASTER AWARD for sportsmanship, self-discipline and behind-the-scenes service Lauren Aquino

BUD MEKEEL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP for a worthy senior M elissa M addox

MARJORIE WINFIELD EASTER AWARD for sportsmanship, self-discipline and behind-the-scenes service R ebecca C orris

RUDOLPH H. DEETJEN AWARD for athletics and academic achievement K im berly Ray

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Jen Rabke, James Petretti, Negi Ahkam i


THE BARRAS ENGLISH PRIZE K im berly Uddin MODERN LANGUAGE PRIZE IN FRENCH Amy Harris MODERN LANGUAGE PRIZE IN SPANISH Dara Goldman LATIN PRIZE Atul Sharma ’89 SOCIAL STUDIES PRIZE N icole Gray THE NAZARIAN MATHEMATICS PRIZE David Devejian THE WILLIAM H. MILLER SCIENCE PRIZE Robert Rosin FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS PRIZES ART: Rebecca Corris MUSICAL-VOCAL: Sang Mi Batoff Christopher Kruse THE MONTCLAIR MUSIC CLUB MEMORIAL AUDITION SCHOLARSHIP FOR VOCAL PERFORMANCE Sang Mi Batoff THE THOMAS MICHALAK INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AWARD Lauren Aquino THE MARILYN FADEN THEATER ARTS AWARD Karen Gilman PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PRIZE David Haight

Karen Rimmele, Darius Goore, Meg Wight

KLEIN AWARDS FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ATHLETICS AND SCHOLARSHIP GRADE 11: Ayana Goore David Ames GRADE 10: Fay O’Neill Bryan Lonsinger GRADE 9: Erin O’Neill Mark Politan THE G.A. DOWNSBROUGH SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP Christopher Kruse THE JAMES D. TIMMONS SCHOLARSHIP Jennifer Rabke THE MARGARET JENKINS OSBORNE PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE Craig Stark THE FRANK “PONCHO” BROGAN 72 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Elizabeth V isceglia ’89 THE ELIZABETH O ’NEIL FEAGLEY CREATIVITY AWARD Amy Jo D ix ’89 SENIOR ART EXHIBIT AWARD Rebecca Corris THE AL STAPF AWARD FOR ATHLETICS D ouglas Cussen HEADMASTER’S AWARD Alec Schwartz, Craig Stark RED AND BLACK SOCIETY Matthew Braun ’89 Joshua Raym ond ’89 VARSITY SOCIETY Ayana G oore ’89 Peter DeCandia ’89 ORGANIZATION OF BLACK STUDENTS LEADERSHIP AWARD AND SCHOLARSHIP Alyson Beasley, Melissa Maddox NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS N icole Gray, D aniel Horn Jam es Kramer, Robert Rosin NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR OUTSTANDING NEGRO STUDENTS Darius Goore

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NATIONAL HISPANIC SCHOLAR AWARDS PROGRAM Javier Salabarria THE DARTMOUTH CLUB BOOK AWARD E lizabeth V isceglia ’89 THE YALE SECONDARY SCHOOL BOOK AWARD G eoffrey K rouse ’89 THE SMITH COLLEGE CLUB AWARD E lizabeth C row ell ’89 THE RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEDAL Lana Kang ’89 THE MONTCLAIR SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS AWARD Carl Chapm an COLLEGE WOMEN’S CLUB OF MONTCLAIR SCHOLARSHIP Anne Fetherston NEW JERSEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL WOMEN’S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR K im berly Ray THE CUM LAUDE ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETY Negi Ahkami Aim ee Picchi Jennifer Rabke Susan Bartlett Karen Rimmele Jody Booth Jennifer Brawer R obert R osin Andrew Cheung Javier Salabarria Alec Schwartz N icole Gray Larissa Sokoloff Meryl G riff Andrew Sorger Amy Harris Craig Stark D aniel Horn Jill Tobia Robert Jeffrey Christopher Krus K im berly Uddin H illary W indolf Cindy Noah FACULTY SCHOLAR AWARDS GRADE 11: Cari M cAskill Ju lie Uhm E lizabeth V isceglia GRADE 10: Claire Acher E llen G ilson Stephanie Stark GRADE 9: Dara M armon K alidah McMorrin Tonia W alker


Faculty Farewells MARION LOESCH: THE FIRST VOICE OF MKA From farewell speech by Jim Kolb In August 1969, Marion Loesch joined the Kimberley School as the morning switchboard operator. Since then Marion has been the “first voice” of our school—a very important first voice, that carries with it the basic image of a caring, considerate and cooperative organization... Marion came before most of us, and through the years came to know each of us as individual members of the annual crop of “newcomers!’ She could translate a call or decipher a piece of incoming mail...and manage to get the message through to its proper recipient. On “snow days” each winter, Marion would...advise parents, students and our own staff and faculty members on the school’s statu®; on conditions of weather and roads, and which busses were running and which were not. And there are many of us who came to rely on Marion for countless admin­ istrative chores. Her eagle eye made her a champion proofreader for Dr. O’Connor, Fran Ferlauto, and the Alumni Office. She could bang out a critical memo or letter on the antique typewriter that came to rest at the reception desk. Parents relied on Marion to get forgotten lunches, gym shorts and blazers to their youngsters in the classrooms. Each month the Business Office had Marion clip managers’ budget status from balance sheet printouts. The Admissions Office relied heavily on Marion each February to assemble and dispatch enrollment and re-enrollment contracts. ...So to Marion we extend our sincere thanks for her outstanding service to the school and our very best wishes in her retirement.

Marion Loesch

JEANNE JONES: LIFE AS ART From farewell speech by Vivi Greenspan ’ 'In all my classes I try to infuse the students with the excitement found in the arts. I want them to know about great art and artists, understanding that artists are involved with their times not only reflecting it. The interaction o f ideas between art, music, literature and politics, science and commerce should become apparent to the students . ’ ’ ...Jeanne has strong principles; she is brave and tough; but she is also full of humor and self-knowledge which allows her to accept others without compromising her own standards. In her classroom she creates the atmosphere and vitality of the artists’ studio. She challenges the students but is encouraging and accepting. She has room for the pedestrian student as well as the one who marches to a different drummer. The work produced is exciting, creative and disciplined. The students may start from a common exercise but their solutions are unique and personal. What is especially remarkable is how much time outside of regular classes students spend in the studio. I have seen Jeanne help her seniors photograph their portfolios in the courtyard. They are out there on bright winter days, braving the cold, to take perfect pictures to send off to col­ leges. Jeanne wants work of the highest calibre to represent MKA and she wants her students to be proud of; their work. Her letters of recommenda­ tion for these same seniors repeat this attention to detail. Scorning empty phrases, she precisely describes the particular qualities of the students and their work.

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The yearbook is another example of this attention. Jeanne supports the editors as she does her art students. She sets high standards and gives them the responsibility so that they can have the credit for their accomplishment. ...Imagine a class of seniors who really worked hard to absorb the great movements of art from prehistoric times to the present. The major force in the class was four 18-year-old boys who adored Jeanne. They came in every day to make her tea; they would fool around one minute and have a straight-faced discussion of erotic Greek vases the next. With great love and wisdom, Jeanne captured their hearts and minds, and they really knew their art history. In all these teaching situations, what distinguishes Jeanne is her oft-stated feeling that she learns more from the students than they do from her.

DAVID DOSTER: HEART AND MIND By John Noble Among several appropriate characterizations of David Doster, “thoughtful” stands out. The OED defines this word as “given to thinking” “full of thought” “reflective!’ In these terms, David occupies a very special place at the Academy. Of course, one thinks of his teaching of mathematics. The witness of his students to his excellence is clear: “It’s scary. He knows so much. But he’s such a good teacher!’ One also thinks of David in connec­ tion with Latin and Greek and classical studies, the fathers and doctors of the church and medieval theology. David is a thoughtful person. Most of his peers in the Upper School regard him as the preeminent intellectual among them.


Faculty Changes He is an incisive, clear thinker. In a discussion, whether one is supporting his point of view or quite the opposite, the clarity and consistency of his ideas provide a sound basis for the resolu­ tion of things. One is confident that he will not be stumbling over unexpected misdirections and illogic. David’s in­ cisive and clear thinking is facilitated by his practice of an important princi­ ple: “When one has nothing to say, one ought not to say it.” In another place, “thoughtful” is defined as “considerate,” “kind,” “giv­ ing thought for others’ feelings.” Aside from his reputation as a gentleman, David is clearly the teacher required by a shattered self-confidence adrift in TA3G. His image as a kind and con­ siderate teacher make the rigors of his classroom not only bearable but much to be sought after. The point is not to avoid him as a teacher, but to be sure that one has him. David Doster began teaching at the newly-merged Academy in September 1974. He has helped countless students and colleagues to understand the meaning of “thoughtful.” This September, the Choate-Rosemary Hall faculty and students will have this singular opportunity.

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Scott N. White, the new Director of College Guidance, began working with the Class of 1989 in the spring. Scott graduated from the George School, received a B.A. in psychology from Swarthmore College and a Master of Education in counseling from Harvard University. Scott comes to MKA from the McBurney School in New York City, where he was Director of College Guidance and Admissions. He had previously been a Director of Admis­ sions at Oakwood School and Bard College. Our new counselor is an avid athlete with a specialty in wrestling: he had an undefeated season at the George School which earned him the Griscum Award, and was on the varsity team at Swarthmore. We are delighted to welcome Scott and his wife, Leighan, to MKA! A1 Van Eerde ’73 has been named Dean of Students. As such, he will ex­ pand student activities in addition to overseeing discipline and heading the Executive Committee. A1 came to MKA as an eighth grader and graduated in 1973- He returned in 1977 and since then has taught science, introducing oceanography, astronomy and geology courses. He also coaches the water polo team. In addition, A1 ac­ tively represents students and faculty on the Alumni Council. Bob Hemmeter has a new role as Dean of the Faculty. He advises Mr. Webster, provides feedback from the faculty, and fills in for the headmaster when he is off campus. At the Primary School, Anita Cole announced that Lyn Vlaskamp is leav­ ing to teach at Friends Seminary in New York City and that secretary Carol Eddy is moving to Florida. Bar­ bara Gordon will work on her Ph.D. full-time, Sue Gurtman is returning to her family full-time, and Diane Boyer will concentrate on her interior design business and work on her architecture degree at Pratt. Donna Carrara is transferring to the Middle School. At the Middle School, Head Jim Burger welcomed Holly Jervis ’83, who will teach Spanish, replacing Jill Potter, who graduates to Upper School Spanish. Doris Schroeder has

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Scott White, Director o f College Guidance

and math, and Jane Smith is on a maternity leave. Sue Cote will become Director of Guidance and Health, K-12, at Kent Place School. Upper School Head Dick Webster announced that the English depart­ ment and Academy News were losing Sarah Spieldenner, who will return to her alma mater, Friends Seminary in New York City. He wished good luck to Martha Tomlinson as she looks for new horizons in computers and to Maggie Gat as she stays in education. Janice Moser will teach computer skills in Pennsylvania. Melanie Lauer is getting married and moving to Con­ necticut and Anita Di Pietro and her family are moving to California; Finbar O’Kane is leaving to teach closer to his home on Long Island. Tom Dugan will spend the next year travel­ ing in Europe and writing. Rosemary Steinbaum is on a maternity leave to be at home with her second son.


Sports 1988-Cougar Spirit The past year produced many fine athletic performances, but it was especially highlighted by some stellar participation in state and invitational tournaments by a few MKA teams. The fall season saw the football team qualify for the first time to play in the Parochial B North football state playoffs. Though the team lost the game, its perfor­ mance was inspirational for MKA and for the prep ranks as the team played admirably against over­ whelming numbers and odds. Both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams played into the finals of MKA’s invitational holiday tournament, and both teams finished second. The ice hockey team capped an extremely fine season by finishing first in the B Division of the National Conference of the New Jersey Interscholastic Hockey League, thus earning the right to play for the Gordon Cup. The team also won the New Jersey Independent School Division II State Championship. The boys’ and girls’ fencing teams had very fine seasons, with the girls again undefeated in dual meet competition. They won the overall state championship for the fourth straight year. On the way to that championship, the girls won their district tournament; they also earned another victory in the prestigious Santelli Tournament. These excellent performances, among many fine ones, enabled us to add more banners to the rafters of the “Dome!’ George Hrab

COUGAR DAY One day in March, Dr. O ’Connor surprised MKA by traveling to all three campuses to introduce a colorful new cougar mascot. Accompanied by the bandaged “old” mascot, varsity and JV cheerleaders, the new cougar led students in favorite school cheers. A spirited day, “what?”

Jim Garino '88 was voted the best goalie in the state.

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The girls’fencing team won its eighth State Tournament Team Championship in nine years.

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BOYS’ SOCCER: 7-10 MVP W ayne E lliott Unsung Hero D avid Am es GIRLS’ SOCCER: 8-4-3 MVP Ju stin e M cBride Coach’s Award Marta Branca Ju stin e M cBride Unsung Player Fay O’N eill WATER POLO: 3-4 MVP Eric R ichardson Offensive Player Jam ie Kramer Defensive Player Sandy M acDonald FIELD HOCKEY: 7-8-2 MVP Kim Ray Coach’s Award Jenny Rabke Sue B artlett Most Improved M eredith M cGowan GIRLS’ TENNIS: 6-6 MVP J ill Tobia Coach’s Award Pam P ogorelec CROSS COUNTRY: 5-8 MVP V incent Nadal Coach’s Award D an H orn Josh Raym ond

Cougar Day

FOOTBALL: 6-3 MVP M ichael Sw eeney Coach’s Award Jam es P etretti Offensive Lineman D ou g C ussen Offensive Player Bryan L onsinger Defensive Lineman Todd Van Siclen Defensive Player Jason Spiotta CHEERLEADING MVP Judy A inbinder Coach’s Award Lauren Charlton Amy H arris Special Recognition Anj ali Bhatt K risty M amchur VOLLEYBALL: 8-9 Coach’s Award Dara G oldm an Most Improved Marta Branca GIRLS’ BASKETBALL: 11-6 MVP Kim Ray Unsung Player Kate H natow Most Improved Kim K ohlm an BOYS’ BASKETBALL: 4-14 MVP Bram Z eigler Coach’s Award Josh H oltz Craig Schneider SWIMMING COED: 3-10; GIRLS: 2-2 MVP Scott M arshall Coach’s Award R ebecca C orris M aggie G om ez Most Improved G eorge Hrab SKIING: 30-18 MVP Steve M anning Luke Sarsfield

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Coach’s Award N oah G oldm an ICE HOCKEY: 15-5-2 MVP Jim G arino Bryan L onsinger Coach’s Award D avid Am es D avid A ustin BOYS’ FENCING: 12-3 MVP D arius G oore Coach’s Award Josh Abbey GIRLS’ FENCING: 15-0 MVP Lana Kang Coach’s Award N icole Leonard BASEBALL: 7-10 Coach’s Award Jim G arino H enry Nakamura Eric R ichardson GIRLS’ LACROSSE: 6-8-1 MVP Jenny Rabke Coach’s Award M elissa M addox Ayana G oore BOYS’ LACROSSE: 8-9 Offensive Player D avid Am es Defensive Player D oug C ussen Coach’s Award R ich Cunningham GOLF: 6-8 MVP A ndy Sorger Coach’s Award M eredith M cGowan SOFTBALL: 11-7 MVP Kate H natow Most Improved Pam D ’Am ato Coach’s Award Kim Ray BOYS’ TENNIS: 16-6 MVP W ayne E lliott


From The Office o f External Affairs —Annual Giving “ Let’s Make It Their Century,” MKA‘s 1987-88 Annual Giving Campaign, ended June 30 w ith a total of $397,000 raised. The $350,000 goal was surpassed with an 11% increase. For details see MKA’s Annual Report this fall. —A Blast From the Past” was a huge success! On Saturday night April 16, the Upper School gym was the scene of PAMKA’s event of the year—a rock and roll sock hop where everyone “ rocked around the clock” to Phil Dirt and the Dozers. A raffle of fabulous 50’s and 60’s items in addition to a raf­ fle for an MKA tuition brought the evening’s proceeds to $23,000.

—One of the priority goals iden­ tified by the Board o f Trustees in their recent long-range plan was to provide the right physical facilities for MKA’s athletic program. Cur­ rently, effort and money are focused on completing the new playing field at 40 Upper Mountain Avenue. Construction began in January 1988 and w ork is pro­ gressing on schedule. It is hoped that the field will be ready for use this fall. If anyone is interested in making a contribution to help complete the field, please send your gift to “ Friends of the Field” in care of the Office of External Affairs.

Site Cleared.

Director of External Affairs

Sandy Lonsinger, Coach, with Trustees Larry Gaydos and Ron Tobia checking the progress o f the field.

A very special thanks to co-chairmen (left to right) Pat Wahl, Connie Cain and Merley Boshart—our own Pink Ladies!

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George Hrab, Athletic Director, and Herb Berman, Project Manager (at easel), explain­ ing plans fo r the fie ld a t an inform al gathering a t 40 Upper Mountain.


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MKA hosted a regional conference of the Alumni Presidents’ Council on April 21, 1988. APC is a support and training network for volunteers and professionals in independent school alumni relations and development. The conference attracted alumni association presidents and dedicated volunteers, and alumni and develop­ ment directors from 40 schools who shared coffee and conversation—and their publications—throughout a day filled with brainstorming sessions and workshops. APC directives in hand, MKA’s Virginia Montemurro, Assistant Director of External Affairs, and the staff worked out the logistics of the day so successfully that the APC coordinator, Sally Everett, wrote, “You provided a setting in which the delegates could happily focus on the task at hand, while aware that they were in the midst of a thriving independent school community.” MKA Alumni Association President Robert A. Hoonhout ’71 welcomed guests, and Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’54 gave a brief history of the school. Prin­ cipal Fran O’Connor was the keynote speaker. Her speech on changing demographics was, in the words of Penny Marshall, APC Vice President for Program, “...informative, inspiring, and fun to listen to. All that, with demo­ graphics in the title, is the sign of a gifted speaker.” Dr. O’Connor spoke about the effects of the two-income family, the transient family, and the minority population on independent schools. “...The paucity of volunteers is unbelievable. What it means is that we have to restructure. We are never going to be able to run our non-profit organizations without volunteers.” She talked about the year 2000 and what school will be like 10 years from now. “My guess is that most day schools will open at 7 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. with programs and adult supervision all the way through...Many student activities will be placed on the weekends so that parents can attend...We will see fund­ raising go to finite projects.” The day brought advice and inspira­ tion to those who attended and letters of praise and thanks to MKA.

A lum ni Association President Robert Hoonhout '71 welcomes guests.

Robert D. Zenker, past Alum ni President o f The Peddie School, leads workshop '‘Building a Strong Alum ni Board. ’’

' 7 was deeply impressed by MKA... The level o f excellence MKA has achieved is wonderfully obvious! There is vision, creativity and challenge in your faculty, your programs and in your leadership.” fea n McBain Director o f Development Paramus Catholic High School

“Thank you, your staff, faculty and students fo r an exceptional day. The reception, luncheon and organization was truly notable, the APC seminars were very informative, and (Dr. O ’Connor's) talk topped it all. A rewarding experience.’' Irene Bernhart Director o f Alum ni Relations Professional Children’s School

Between sessions: Student host John Sorger '92; William Rowling Director o f Development a t Rutgers Preparatory School; Jean McBain, Paramus Catholic High School.

Listening to Mastersingers a t luncheon, L to R: Lili Geehr, APC Board Liaison; Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’54; Anita Cole, Head o f Brookside; Ned Perry, APC Vice President.

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Career D ay Career Day provides an oppor­ tunity for alumni, parents, and friends of MKA to speak with Upper School students about their careers. In informal dialogue, they discuss their jobs, education and training, answer questions and offer advice. Students ask questions both practical and philosophical. This year’s Career Day on February 23 was organized by Alumni Chairman Ellen Wahl Skibiak 73, Suzanne Saldarini, Director of Student Services, and the Alumni Office. P=MKA parent, F=faculty relative.

CAREER DAY SPEAKERS: Performing and Fine Arts Josep h Z eigler P Theater Administration L isbeth B agnold Art Conservation Suzanne D u ff Writing D an a J e n n in g s F Publishing A ustin D rukker ’52 P Photojournalism M ichael Yam ashita ’67

Peter McMullen ’77

Jane Lugaric ’78

Stephen Barrai '80

Suzanne Saldarini, Director o f Student Services

Austin Drukker ’52

Pamela Ruddick ’82

Michael Yamashita’67 speaks with faculty members Lynn Benediktsson and Bill Bullard

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Interior Design D en n is R odano P Real Estate Development G eorge Kram er ’54 Investment Management Stephen Barral ’80 Banking Pam ela R uddick ’82 Jonathan Sandler ’82 Law R obert H oonhout 71 Trial Law R obert G ardner 78 Civil Engineering H oward G reenspan F Engineering Physics Edward N ugent P Military C ol. Jam es K olb P, F Sports Administration P eter M cM ullen 77 Market Research K athleen M anko R osenberg 74 Medical, Pharmaceutical Advertising Jane Lugaric 78 Medicine Dr. N aom i G robstein Genetic Counseling J u lie P otter F Clinical Psychology Dr. M argaret W hite P Community Service Em ily D uH am el ’81x Language C hristine Laks Schm idt F Education Barbara Rabuse F

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Senior Breakfast Welcome, New Alumni! The MKA Alumni Council held its annual Senior Breakfast on May 3 to welcome the Class of 1988 into the ranks of the Alumni Association, and to introduce its goals, responsibilities, events and privileges. Dr. O ’Connor presented each senior with a giftlia laundry bag with the MKA logo and each classmate’s signature—and the entire school’s best wishes.

The Four Musketeers: Jason Spiotta, Danielle DeVita, Doug Cussen, Jim Garino

Dr. O ’Connor offers best wishes and a gift— a laundry bag with every senior’s signature. Noah Goldman, Jason Spiotta and Jody Booth search fo r signatures.

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Karen Muenster helps to distribute gifts.

Senior break: Karen Rimmele, Kim Ray, Alec Schwartz, Andy Stratmore

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Aubin Zabriskie Ames ’54 To Receive Distinguished Alum ni Award

The criteria for the Distinguished Alumni Award state, “The recipient should have achieved distinction in some field of endeavor, or through outstanding character or dedication been of special service to humanity!’ This year’s recipient is not an either/or; she has achieved both. Aubin Zabriskie Ames has spent her life in community service as a volunteer. She has done so with such distinction that she has already been recognized by her peers: she was the first recipient of the Sustainer of the Year Award from the Junior League of Montclair-Newark. A life-long resident of Montclair, Aubin graduated from The Kimberley School and from Smith College. For more than 20 years, ' while raising her family, she has held major offices and committee chairmanships in community organizations.

Kimberley was still a girls’ school when Aubin became involved in its Alumnae Association. She was its President and a member of the Board of Trustees when Kimberley and Montclair Academy were contemplating the merger, and provided thoughtful guidance during that tumultuous time. She also became the first President of the combined Alumni Association, forging a new organization from the two disparate groups. During the 14 years Aubin was a trustee of MKA, she sat on and chaired innumerable committees that met morning, afternoon, and night. It fell to her, as President of the Board in 1978 when Principal Richard Ward Day died, to carry out a long-range plan and guide an interim head while searching for a permanent replacement. “That the school prospered and grew during these critical years was in no small measure due to Aubin’s dedica­ tion. . .and to her remarkable ability to unify the Board, administration, faculty, students, parents, and alumni in pursuit of her goals” according to former Board Presi­ dent James Vandermade, ’35. With a relentless eye for the budget, she

has also been chairman of develop­ ment and finance committees, and is tireless as a fundraiser. Her philosophy is simple: “It is our privilege, our challenge and our responsibility!’ In addition to her commitment to MKA, Aubin has been President of the Smith College Club of Mont­ clair and a class fund agent, and a board member of the Educational Consortium for Cable Television. She is a trustee of the Florence and John Schumann Foundation, a trustee of the Montclair Visiting Nurse Association, and President and trustee of the Montclair Foun­ dation. Last spring she was ap­ pointed a trustee of the Montclair Public Library by the mayor. Aubin and her husband, Lincoln Ames, have three children, all educated at MKA: Heidi ’81, Mark ’86, and David ’89. The MKA Alumni A ssociation-^! and the Class of ’54—are delighted that the 1988 Distinguished Alumni Award honors Aubin Zabriskie Ames, the quintessential volunteer. Cynthia Mann Treene ’54 Distinguished Alumni Award Committee Chairman

F rom T h e A lu m n i A s s o c ia tio n

Many thanks to these retiring m em bers o f the Alumni Council for their years o f com m itm ent and service to MKA: C u rtis B ru n n e r 7 8 , M ary C raw ford F ry ’62, J a n e L u garic 78 , O sca r M o ck rid g e ’55, and C h a rles S m a ll ’58. Robert A. H oonhout 71 President

Y our B e q u e st will help MKA’s future. Have you made your will? Have you included MKA? The following wording is suggested for a bequest: “I give and bequeath the sum of $____________to The Montclair Kimberley Academy 201 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ 07042 to be used for its general purposes!’

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Distinguished Alum ni A ward To all alumni, parents, trustees, faculty, staff and friends of The Montclair Kimberley Academy:

1989 N omination F orm Information on Nominee:

The Distinguished Alumni Award Committee is hereby accepting nominations for the recipient of the 1989 Distinguished Alumni Award. The recipient should have achieved distinction in some field of endeavor, or through outstanding character or dedication been of special service to humanity. Race, creed, sex or contribution to the school should have no bearing on the choice of recipient. The purpose of the Distinguished Alumni Award is “to bestow recognition and appreciation for outstanding achievement.” This award will be a meritorious reflection on the school and will provide inspiration and en­ couragement for our young people. It is hoped that the recipient Will come to MKA and address a gathering of alumni and of students. You may nominate more than one alumnus/alumna. There will be one Distinguished Alumni Award recipient each year; all nominations will be maintained in con­ fidential files for consideration in following years.

NAME __________________________ :_________________ CLASS____ ADDRESS ____________________________________ _______________ TELEPHONE__________________________________________________

Please use a separate paper to state the case for your nomination, giving sufficient information to establish the person’s qualifications. Include, in as much detail as possi ble, the following: career and/or volunteer information; awards, achievements, honors; personal data. Submitted by: NAME ----:____;__ f_________________ ,________________ CLASS____ ADDRESS _________________________________________________ TELEPHONE______________________ _________ .

Detach and m ail to: The Montclair Kimberley Academy, Alum ni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, N f 07042

Alum ni Association Council B allot Election for Alumni Council members will be held at the Annual Meeting of the MKA Alumni Association on September 24, 1988. Meeting place will be at the Upper School Library, Lloyd Road, Montclair, New Jersey. Time 11:00 a.m. If you do not expect to be present at the meeting*** please sign the proxy below and return it to the Alumni Office, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, New Jersey 07042. Upon election of the proposed slate of nominees,* the Alumni Council for 1988-89 will consist of the following: TERM EXPIRING 1989 Stephen B anal ’80 Martin Brayboy ’80 Robert H. Gardner ’78 Robert A. Hoonhout ’71 J. Dean Paolucci ’73 Albert Van Eerde ’73

*The Nominating Committee proposes the following Alumni Association members to serve on the Council: Geoffrey Gimber ’75 Gail Tomec Kerr ’52 Paul McFeeley ’76

Blake O’Neill ’82 Ellen Wahl Skibiak ’73 Cynthia Mann Treene ’54

The undersigned hereby appoints Robert A. Hoonhout ’71 Proxy to vote FOR______AGAINST______ the election at the annual meeting to be held September 24, 1988 of the proposed members of The Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Council as set forth in the Fall issue of the Alumni Magazine.

TERM EXPIRING 1991 Geoffrey Gimber ’75 Gail Tomec Kerr ’52 Paul McFeeley ’76 Blake O’Neill ’82 Ellen Wahl Skibiak ’73 Cynthia Mann Treene ’54

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The following persons presently on the Alumni Council have been nominated to serve as officers of the Alumni Association for 1988-89- These officers will be elected by the Alumni Council at its annual meeting on September 24, 1988:

TERM EXPIRING 1990 Margaret Crawford Bridge ’65 Martha Bonsai Day ’74 Stephen Dodd ’79 Fay Taft Fawcett ’52 Anne King Franges ’56 Peter McMullen ’77 Linda Horowitz Rosier ’60

President.............................................. Robert A. Hoonhout ’71 Executive Vice President............................... Robert Post ’77 Vice President..........................................J. Dean Paolucci ’73 Vice President................................... Ellen Wahl Skibiak ’73 Vice President................................... Martha Bonsai Day ‘74 Secretary .............................................. Geoffrey Gimber ’75 Treasurer.................................................. Robert H. Gardner ’78

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Editor’s Note

TKS Mrs. Jonathan Chatellier (Alice Vezin) 16 West Elm Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096

As those o f you in classes that have secretaries already realize, we are now using only one m ailing each year to obtain news. News gathered by the one official m ailing w ill be in the FALL magazine. SPRING m agazine Class Notes are taken from reunion, holiday, and phonathon news, the fla p on the A nnual G iving rem ittance envelope, and the “G rapevine” on the inside back cover. Although the news m ight seem "old,” we have fo u n d that m ost people love to read news whenever. This tim e lapse is unavoidable, as the processing o f Class Notes fro m secretary to A lum ni Office to classmates to secretary to A lum ni Office to typesetter to printer covers a 14 to 16 week period! Please remember that you can send a note to your class secretary or to the A lum ni Office anytime. To those o f you whose class has no secretary, bow w ould you like to volunteer? The jo b has been sim plified to the p o in t that you w ill probably fin d it downright enjoyable! It is no exaggeration to say that the position o f class secretary, like that o f class agent and reunion chairm an, is absolutely essential to the vitality o f the school. Please consider it.

14 TKS Mrs. H enry W. Jones (Elizabeth Prentiss) 254 Ivy Street, Wallingford, C T06492 After working on the Erie County committee to nominate George Bush for President, Alexandra Costikyan Jew ett had dinner with the Vice President in December. He sent her an autographed picture of the two of them! She spent five weeks in Pompano Beach last winter and will spend summer in Eden, NY. She has three children, 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grands!

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TKS Mrs. Sam uel Meek (Priscilla Mitchel) 88 D oubling Road, Greenwich, CT 06832 Jeanne Engel Van Breda K olff sold her house in Chatham, Mass, and now is a resident at the Methodist Country House in Greenville, Del. Her sister Marguerite Engel Herring ’21 is there also and a niece lives nearby. Jeanne misses Cape Cod and her friends but is making new friends and “gradually adjusting to the new lifestyle.” Our condolences to the family of Marian Tichenor Dow. MA Dr. Edward Seymour do Bryan, 415 Lynwood Blvd., Nashville, TN 37215

19 MA No Secretary Herbert Baer enjoys the California leisurely pace and is trying to conquer Spanish “which seems to be on a par with English around La Jolla. Wonder why I used so much of my student days at MA on Latin instead of Spanish!”

Memories I enjoy reading about coed MKA and think back to the Armistice of 1918 when most of us boys in our military uniforms celebrated in New York and were hugged by the girls. One asked me what the MA stood for on my overseas hat. She did not know I was just a student at the Academy so I replied, “Machine Artillery,” and was hugged again! —Herbert R. Baer ’19

Souvenirs I spent two productive years at Montclair Academy as a boarder. I still have Roget’s Thesaurus received in English ’22 and Les Miserables for Modern Languages, same year. Also a gold football earned in 1921 when we beat East Orange! —Sam uel S. Scott ’22

22 TKS No secretary Horticultural activity keeps Gertrude Smith W ister busy: her gardens in Swarthmore, the Scott and Lyler Arboretums, and the American Rhododendron Society. MA No secretary Samuel Scott sees Bob Ward and George Beach at Princeton meetings. In the summer of 1987, he went over on the QE II and spent three weeks with a trip through England and Scotland. Sam writes, “In 1925 I drove across the country with my family in an open Lincoln. This January, my wife and I repeated the trip in her new Lincoln. Quite a difference in comfort and in the condition of the roadway!” Howard Van Vleck’s gardens were featured in the April issue of Garden State Home & Garden magazine. In addition to stunning photographs of his home and grounds, the article extolled the ’’breathtaking Renaissance garden,” described Howard’s landscaping philosophy and offered his gardening tips.

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MA Mr. Richard E. Kleinhans 190 Scribner Avenue, S. Norwalk, CT 06854

24 TKS Mrs. Philip Taylor (Helen Patrick) 590 Palm Circle West, Naples, PL 33940 Our condolences to Edith Keys Stoney on the death of her husband, Richard. MA No secretary The Fifth Annual J.E. Wiedempayer Achievement Award was presented to a deafblind graduating student at Perkins School for the Blind in June, in honor of our own Distinguished Alumnus, Joseph W ledenmayer.

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TKS No secretary Howard and H elen Raymond Halligan moved to a retirement community in Williamsburg, Va. in 1986. They are there from October to June and spend the summer months at their house in Dorset, Vt. Both daughters live on the West Coast and their son lives in Connecticut. They have five grandchildren. MA No secretary Gustave W ledenm ayer planned to celebrate his 80th birthday with a party in Vermont and a trip to Switzerland and Germany. He sends warm regards to classmates and MKA.

26 TKS No secretary Julian and Julia Hawkins M iller are fortunate that their children and seven grandchildren live near Pittsburgh so they see them often. They keep in touch with her eldest sister, Elizabeth Hawkins W ilson ’23, who lives in Brunswick, Maine. Her other sisters, Cynthia Hawkins Hahn ’23 and Grace Hawkins Saunders ’27x, are deceased. Julia hears from Georgia Chalfin Foresman at Christmas time and reports that she and her husband, Don, live on the Cape and have numerous grandchildren; the youngest went off to college this year.


MA It. Cmdr. Alden W. Sm ith Penury Priory, Temple, NH 03084 H elen and Howard Kimball Halligan divide their time between Virginia and Vermont (see TKS ’25).

27 TKS Airs. Paul M acdonald (Louise Russell) 35 Bank Street, New Canaan, CT 06840 Thanks to all of you who responded to my letter. Hearing from classmates is what makes this job fun. H elen Dayton Masson has moved to a retirement home in Atlanta to be near her daughter Martha and 15 other family members! Martha and her husband bought Helen’s house in Florida and they all plan to use it for vacations. Hat Towry Rydstrom wrote that she had had a visit in Denver with P riscilla Douglas Polklnghom who brought her up to date with the recent activities of Betsy Butterworth Gordon and H elen Underworth Gamble. Hat, D ot Ayres H olt, Eda Bainbridge Kolbe, Resa Darius Hayes, Gretchen Eshbaugh Engel and I were all at the Gasparilla Inn in Boca Grande, Fla. last March. Bob Engel had quite a harem but took it all in stride; we never stopped talking. Resa keeps busy with hospital work and is on the library board in Cambridge, N.Y. She and Dick by now will have celebrated their 60th anniversary. Eda works for her church’s thrift shop, serves on the Altar Guild and plays a lot of bridge. Bill and Mary Adele Halsey B ell ’31 have moved to Eda’s retirement place in Naples, Fla. Dot plays the piano accompaniments at church and volunteers at the hospital. Gretchen and Bob are moving into a lifecare facility right in Southbury, Conn, where they’ve lived for years. I do a fair amount of church work—the reception desk and library are my regular jobs—and I’m on the Peace Task Force. My son Ron has almost completed his second book; the first was published last spring. I send all you ’27 members lots of love. Louise MA Mr. Eugene Speni 85 U ndercliffRoad, Montclair, NJ 07042 Retired lawyer Alexander Hehmeyer lives in Chicago and Westport, Conn. He and his wife, Sheila, frequently travel to London (home of daughter and three grandchildren) and San Francisco (home of son and two grand­ children). Another daughter and two grand­ children are in Chicago. He is a trustee and chairman of the Mid-West Advisory Board of the Institute of International Education, best known for administering the Fulbright program.

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TKS Mrs. Gordon Bowen (Barbara Newell) 50 Forest Avenue, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 Mary Roome Copp was widowed in 1974. She has two sons and a granddaughter. She has

worked in New York and New Jersey, does a great deal of babysitting, and is active in the Episcopal church in South Orange. MA No secretary Congratulations to N ew ell Wotton and his wife, Jane, who celebrated their golden wed­ ding anniversary in February! “It is great to hear the progress MKA has made over the years,” writes Newell. “Our greetings to all.” Alvin Sloan, whose wife Helen died last year, was married in February to Susan Lisowski, a former teacher, now registered nurse. Alvin has retired from a motion-picture theater business. Joseph Doremus was forced to sell his home in Towaco to make room for a highway! He has moved to Bradenton, Fla.

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TKS Miss Charlotte H. Pitch, Box 45 24 Cape B ial Lane, Westport Point, MA 02791 “EVERYBODY ELSE goes places and does things,” writes Harriet Laffey Files from Louisiana, “and here I sit, looking out upon the flowering crabapple, dogwood, and great cascades of wisteria. I still (rap wood) work three afternoons a week with Trail Blazer Library System—an inter-libtary system whose functions are rapidly being taken over by com­ puter.” Katharine Meeks went on a five-week trip to Florida to visit family and attend a gradua­ tion. She drove from South Carolina to Sarasota with a friend and then went to Naples. “Good to get away and have a change of scenery...and then get out of that humidity and back to earthquakes!” MA Mr. Robert D orrill 42 Godfrey Road, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 This last year Ted H olm es has been Acting Director of the University of Maine Press, which publishes scholarly, and sometimes other, books. He teaches part-time in the university’s Honors Division, for which he conducts a cross-discipline seminar, a twosemester sampling of “the Great Books,” and from time to time, small tutorials. He drives 24 miles a day to work, does his own “such as it is” housework, and harvests dead trees for fuel, "frvo daughters and their families live in Maine, one in Iowa. Homer W hitmore ’26 sent fond accolades to the Alumni Office recalling Robert “Peanuts” D orrill. Homer wrote, “He was a great friend and advisor to me, my late brother John “Jack” W hitmore and my late brotherin-law Charles Pembroke.”

30 TKS Mrs. Paul Christner, Jr. (Esma Currier) 31 Aubrey Road, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 From Patricia Laurence Cone: “As ’Pat Cone’ I spend hours helping to keep the Studio Playhouse running (now in its 50th season). As ’Patricia Clapp’ I write what is euphemistically termed ’young adult literature’ very successful­ ly, thank you. As ’Gran’ I take enormous

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delight in my large family which includes 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. I still live in the friendly old house where Cones have lived for 75 years, companioned by a daf­ fy cat. Life is very good indeed!” Marjorie K ieselbach had a show of her paintings in Bemardsville last spring. She notes that the town is undergoing a great population change but some Montclair friends are still there. Our condolences to T. Ramsey and Elizabeth Gracy Kenny on the death of their son, Frederick ’60x. (See TKS ’34) MA No secretary An article in the June, 1987 New Yorker (yes, The New Yorker) did a page on Harold Dem arest and his bamboo-importing business as part of a piece on the ultimate fishing rods. Harold, semi-retired, imports Tonkin cane from China for fly rods, slalom poles and display/decoration. He spends two days a week in the downtown New York office of the Small Business Administration as a volunteer counselor in the SCORE program.

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TKS Mrs. Jerome Drew (Jesse Taylor) 1076 S. E. St. Lucie Blvd., Stuart, EL 34996 Eleanor Vreeland McKnight, a widow for 12 years, has two children and six grand­ children living nearby in New Jersey. She spent Christmas 1987 in Florida with her oldest son Bill and three grandsons. Eleanor also has a year-old great-grandson! MA No secretary Retired since 1972, Stephen Bartholom ew plays tennis three times a week. He is President of the Board of the House of the Holy Com­ forter, a home for the elderly in West Orange. A grandson, Ell Slyder, attends MKA (Class of 1994!) and a granddaughter, Allegra Slyder, will start in September.

32 TKS Mrs. W illiam McCahill (Frances Elliott) 3114 Russell Road, Alexandria, VA 22305 It was wonderful to hear from so many of you! Mary Harrsen Van Brunt wrote that son Pete and his wife were expecting a baby in late May. Vital statistics in our next edition! Mary’s grandson Tim Rasic is on the wrestling team at Taft; granddaughter Carolyn Rasic recently played Achilles in a Greek play at Brearly. As Mary wrote, “Wouldn’t Miss Jordan and Miss Waring have loved that?” Traveler Anita Schwarz Beam on wrote just before her annual visit to the Virgin Islands. Last August she and daughter Sandy visited Nova Scotia and New England. Anita planned to visit Disney World and Epcot in April and tour the national parks in June. Both Anita’s daughter and son Kim, an organist and choir director, live near her in Pennsylvania. My appreciation to both Audrey Ayres Burgess and Lucy Fields Haskins for supply­ ing Marge D oody’s address in Lincroft, NJ where she’s living with a niece. Now once


W elcome T o O u r N ewest A lumni T he C lass O f 1988

C ollege P lacement D ecisions Jonathan Fairchild.................................................................. Drew University Negar Ahkami ................................................................. Columbia University Anne Fetherston .................................................... University of Notre Dame Lauren Aquino.................................................................. Lake Forest College James G arino.................................................................................ConnecticutCollege Simon Auld ........................................................................Gettysburg College Karen G ilm an.................................................................................MuhlenbergCollege Susan Bartlett....................................................................... Lehigh University Michael Ginsburg................................. Syracuse University Honors Program Sang Mi Batoff........................................................................ Hamilton College Gretchen Godwin .............................................................. Skidmore College Alyson Beasley....................................................................................... TempleUniversity Mimi G o e l................................................................................... NorthwesternUniversity Kirsten Beck................................................................................................PaceUniversity Dara Goldm an............................................... Columbia University Jennifer B lu m .......... ...............................................................Kenyon College Noah G oldm an.......................................................... University of Rochester Jody B ooth...................................................................................Smith College Darius Goore ..........................................................................Duke University Marta Branca................................................................................. University of Delaware Nicole Gray..................................................................................................YaleUniversity Jennifer B raw er................................................................................. ColumbiaUniversity Meryl G riff............................................................ University of Pennsylvania Amy Canter .................................................... George Washington University David Haight ...................................................................Muhlenberg College Carl Chapman ..........................................Massachusetts Inst, of Technology Amy Harris..........................................................................................PrincetonUniversity Lauren C harlton.........................................................................William SmithCollege Joshua H oltz........................................................................ Lehigh University Andrew C heung..........................................................................................YaleUniversity Daniel H o rn ........................................................................ Brown University Yuna Choi.................................................................. Mount Holyoke College Robert Jeffrey....................................................................................... WilliamsCollege Rebecca C o rris..................................................................... Hamilton College Erik Jespersen ............................ Connecticut College Richard Cunningham............................................................Alfred University Lisa Kang...................................................................Juilliard School of Music Douglas Cussen...................................................... Western Maryland College Alexander Kloubek..........................................Fairleigh Dickinson University David Devejian....................................................... Johns Hopkins University Roman Klufas.................................................... Pennsylvania State University Danielle DeVita......................................................................Skidmore College James K ramer..............................................................................................RiceUniversity Maria D olorico..................................................................... Hartwick College Christopher Kruse.............................................................................. DukeUniversity Wendy Dorner........................................................California State University Bernadette L e e .................................................................... Moravian College Wiemi Douoguih............................................Washington and Lee University Nicole Leonard.................................................................... Hamilton College Crystal E lliott................................................................................University of Maryland Alexander MacDonald............................................College of the Holy Cross Wayne Elliott..............................................................................................ClarkUniversity Melissa M addox............................................................................. GeorgetownUniversity

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Dennis Manalo.................................................................. Columbia University Justine McBride.................................................................. Brandeis University David McGrath.....................................................................................WhittierCollege Sophia Mohuchy................................................ University of South Carolina Karen Muenster................................................................Susquehanna College Jennifer M unson....................................................Ohio Wesleyan University Henry Nakamura ................................................................. Lehigh University Michele Naumann ................................................................... Pace University Cindy N oah........................................................................ Syracuse University Susan Park .......................................................................... Bucknell University James Petretti..............................................University of Southern California Aimee Picchi............................................................ Eastman School of Music Sarah Picchi.......................................................... Georgetown University Lauren Polonofsky ...................................................... University of Vermont Jennifer Rabke ..................................................................... Brown University Kimberly R ay ...................................................................Universityof Virginia Eric Richardson........................................................ Allegheny College Johnny Richardson ........................................................... Morehouse College Karen Rimmele.................. Boston College Karen Robinson........................................................ University of Bridgeport Victoria Rollins......................................................................................... Hood College Emily Rosenberg........................................................ St. Lawrence University Wendy Rosenblum........................................................\fashington University Robert R osin......................... Cornell University Andrea Safirstein..............................................................Vanderbilt University Javier Salabarria..................................................................................... OberlinCollege Mark Sapienza .................................................. Franklin and Marshall College

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Mary Savage.....................................................................................GoucherCollege Craig Schneider...............................................................Syracuse University Alec Schwartz..................................................... University of Pennsylvania Jason Schwartz...............................................................Columbia University Jonathan Schwartz............................................................. Emory University Richard Schwartz.................................................................................CurryCollege Lauren Shanahan...............................................................Colgate University Kevin Silen.........................................................................................BostonCollege Hayley Silver.........................................................................TUfts University Larissa Sokoloff.................................................................Harvard University Andrew Sorger ................................................................ Colgate University Charles Sorkin ................................................. . vnJniversity of Pittsburgh Andrew Spett.........................................................................Pace University Jason Spiotta.......................................................Western Maryland College Craig Stark ...................................................................... Harvard University Andrew Statmore..........................................George Washington University Michael Stawnychy...............................................................................VassarCollege Barbra Stockel..................................................... .. .! 'University of Vermont Randy Stockel........................................................... University of Vermont Howard Tasch.................................................................Syracuse University Jill Tobia.........................................................................Columbia University Kimberly Uddin .................................................................. Oberlin College Todd Van Siclen................................................................................. HobartCollege Tamara Von Ohlen ............................................................ Hartwick College Margaret W ight.................................................................Cornell University Hillary Windolf...................................................... Northwestern University Francine Wormley........................................................................... LafayetteCollege


again Marge will receive Kimberly mailings— welcome back Marge! Audrey wrote shortly after the primaries in New Hampshire. She had had the thrill of see­ ing her son, Frank Ihpper (a member of the New Hampshire legislature), interviewed on TV. Audrey lives at Westhampton Beach, L.I. Lucy says she and Hap are proud grand­ parents of five, ranging from teenagers down to a new baby boy. They now raise Christmas trees instead of Guernsey cows since the state has taken their farm for public land. It was also good to hear from Olga Ness Ramsay at Christmas. She lives in Chatham. I expect tour-guiding in Washington to keep me busy until mid-June, when Bill and I will head for our camp in Maine where we’ll have visits from our nine grandchildren (ranging from one college-bound down to a one-yearold) and their parents. We are booked in September for a 2 3-day trip to the Orient— China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bali and Bangkok. How about some news from you silent ones? Frances MA Dr. Jam es A. Rogers, Apt. 205 921 Seagrape Drive, Marco Island, FL 33937 Happily retired after 44 years with the Selective Insurance Co. of America, Branchville, N.J., Ross Roe has enjoyed wintering for 11 years at Lake Worth, Fla. where he can keep an eye on the rich and famous. He has five grandchildren—all in college!

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TKS Mrs. Thomas Shaughness (Ruth Powers) 6428 Barfield Drive, Dallas, TX 75252 Samuel and Shirley H enderson Jones, married for 52 years, spend winters in Harbour Island, Bahamas, spring and fall in Old Saybrook, Conn., and summers on their boat along the Maine coast. MA Mr. W illiam J. Thompson 415 Claremont Ave. #2E, Montclair, NJ 07042 Reunion chairman: The Rev. Cedric Jaggard 5225 N. Marlborough Drive Milwaukee, WI 53217 Helen and Henry Doremus have spent six months in Vero Beach, Fla. and six months in Shelburne, Vt. since his retirement from the University of Vermont. He and Fred Stickel take fishing trips in August to Labrador or Quebec for char (native sea runtrout). Fred still practices law every day as he has for 47 years; he has seven children and 13 grandchildren. The 50th reunion at Princeton a year ago reunited Stickel, Dave Stanley, Charles Roh and Chet Fairlie ’32x. Helen and Dave Stanley are traveling this year: to their daughter Margaret’s wedding in Seattle in May, Lake Placid in July and August, and Norway in September. Elly Wood traveled to Squaw Valley in December and broke two bones in his leg— spent five days in the hospital and received four steel pins which were to stay 12 weeks! The summer of '87 he and Sue spent a longplanned five weeks in England and Scotland. They hoped to visit their son Chips and family

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TKS Mrs. D avid H aviland (Barbara Spadone) 10 CrestmontRd. Apt. 2D, Montclair, NJ 07042 Caroline Thom pson Lathrop and sister Anne Thom pson Knapp ’41 went to Burgun­ dy and the Loire Valley, France, in May. In June 1987 John and Caroline Lathrop traveled to Norway and the Inner Hebrides. Their daughter Mary Lathrop W ill ’74 made them grandparents in March with the birth of Dun­ can Forbes Will IV. Bill and Betty O’Gorman D ixon will be moving in the fall to a new condominium at Kip’s Ridge on the Montclair-Verona line—a big change, but still close to family and friends. It is with deepest sympathy that we express condolences to Jean Berry Walton and Elizabeth Gracy Kenny ’30. Jean’s husband, J. Hunter Walton, died sud­ denly in March. The service was at First Con­ gregational Church, Montclair. Elizabeth’s son, Fred Kenny, died in February. His father-in-law, Rev. George Bean, delivered the service in the same St. Luke’s Church, Montclair, where he had married his daughter and Fred. Both funerals were very amply attended due to their many dear friends and families. On a much happier note, we enjoyed seeing both the Kennys and Waltons this past winter in Naples. It is delightful how many Kimberley friends come to Naples regularly including Karl and Jean Marquardt and Howard and Nan W illiam s Brundage ’41. C.Archer and Terry Bull Sterling own a home there and one in New Hampshire for the interim springs and falls. We regretted very much missing a winter buffet at the farm of Ralph and Marjorie At­ water Crane. (We were dashing for the autotrain to Florida.) We note with joy that Ralph is feeling much better. Barbara MA Dr. WalterJ. Sperling Fearrington P.O. Box 192, Pittsborough, NC 27312 Howard Reid, who divides time between Bronxville and Boca Raton, notes he has “about 15 pounds over 1934, less hair, and a rotten 18 golf handicap.” His wife “won’t quit” as an interior designer. Son Scott, a VP at Chase, spent five years in England and returned with an earl’s daughter. “Now there are three Lauras—mother, daughter, and daughter-inlaw.’’ Marston Ames’ daughter B etsy ’78 will be married in September.

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TKS Mrs. Stewart Carpenter (Josephine Fobes) 4 LaSalle Road, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Jean Black Jennings has lived in Oregon for 15 years, a widow for eight. Her daughter and two children (8 and 6) live nearby. Jean goes east every June to see other grand­ children: three have graduated from prep schools; 3-year-old twins and their sister, 9, are

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in Massachusetts. Jean plays a lot of tennis, skis, and enjoys a volunteer job in the admis­ sions office of the local community college. Last March she cruised around the tip of South America—the Straits of Magellan, Cape Horn and the Falkland Islands. “I would love to have written a history paper for Miss Henney about this trip!” Barbara Littlejohn, having just returned from St. Martin where her ‘‘Yorkie’’ was the only dog allowed at Oyster Pond, reported that she was enjoying full days of volunteer work, travel, and lengthy lunches with good friends “mostly male!” MA No secretary Eddy Palmer still practices gastroenter­ ology; “Jeanne does most of the work on our active farm.” Their two MA sons (Thomas ’67 and Jonathan ’69) are thriving (artist and veterinarian). He wonders if anyone else also remembers Mr. MacVicar—? Beaver Strassburger heard from John Graham, who now lives in Texas.

36 Mrs. W Kent Schmid (Josephine Murray) RD 1, Box 623, Mason’s Island, CT 06355 Beaver ’35x and Marguerite Pentlarge Strassburger have been enjoying life on Cape Cod since 1976. They were in Montclair last fall for Beaver’s 50th reunion from MHS. The Consummate Environmentalist: After seven years battling for a “bottle bill” for Con­ necticut, D oris K eller Hamlin and group won! She also served seven years on the Town of Litchfield Conservation/Wetlands Commis­ sion, and two at the state level. She was Presi­ dent of the Litchfield Garden Club and of a home for children. Doris has a new idea to combat solid waste and throwaways. So far The New Yorker magazine, The New York Times, and Sm ith­ sonian are all behind her. “My doings sound so dull,” she writes. “Believe me I am really trying to turn the world around a little bit.” Elizabeth Howe Glaze’ big news is that they are finally grandparents! Son Larry and his wife Joanna had a son in February. The proud grandparents look forward to his visit at Manasquan in August. Though she misses all Kimberley friends out in Kansas, last summer Patricia Soverel McGee saw Kent and Jodie Murray Schmid and D oris Keller Hamlin in Connecticut and Mary Ayres Schweppe in Maine; this winter saw Jean W inpenny Manley in Florida; and talked with them all at Olive Cawley Wat­ son’s in New York in April! Charlotte Altemus Patton missed the 50th reunion with many regrets. “Betty Rhoades McCabe shared her wonderful photos... Everyone looked wonderful. God bless! I’m sad to report the death of my brother John last November. He had so many Academy and Kimberley friends...My love to all.” Our con­ dolences to Charlotte. “It hardly seems possible to be coming up on 70 years,” writes Olive Cawley Watson. “However, I have a husband of 47 years, 6 children and 13 grandchildren (two are fresh­ men at Brown University). Greenwich has been home for 40 years; North Haven, Maine, sum­ mers...Three of us from ’36 were in Antigua at the same time this winter—Evie Van Wie Penick, Celia D egolyer McGhee and me.”


Our condolences to the family of Betty Surbrug Goins. MA Mr. W. Kent Schmid RD 1, Box 623, Mason's Island, CT 06355 Dallas Townsend, who has been teaching broadcast journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse Univer­ sity, is thinking of moving to Florida. “Our greatest acomplishment,” he writes, “is four children and ten grandchildren deployed up and down the East Coast—all of them growing rapidly.” (See box)

The Golden Years Dallas Townsend ’36 was feted during a gala reception at the Museum of Broadcasting in March for the 50th anniversary of the CBS “World News Roundup.” Other celebrations included a special Sunday “Newsmark” program and a public discussion at the museum with other “Roundup” anchors Douglas Edwards, Robert Trout and Bill Lynch. Dallas anchored the pro­ gram longer than anyone, for 25 years (1956-61 and 1963-82). He covered every political convention from 1948 through 1980. Dallas received the Montclair Academy Outstanding Alumnus Award (now Distinguished Alumni Award) in 1971.

37 TKS Mrs. Charles Leavitt (Virginia Kracke) 93 Stonebridge Road, Montclair, NJ 07042 Ruth D uff Eager is embarking on her fifth two-year term as President of the Mountainside Hospital Auxiliary, which makes her also on the Board of Trustees ex officio. Ruth has had an admirable career of community service. Recently the Eagers have enjoyed visits from their sons Robert and Bud and their families. Their fourth grandchild, Barbara Ann Eager, ar­ rived in May.

is a superb docent at the Montclair Art Museum. The Youngs’ son John is the co-creator, writer, and executive producer of a new TV series on ABC called “China Beach,” which concerns 1967 Vietnam. Tibbie Caldwell Soper has been busy setding the estate of her sister Mary. Tib reports that middle boy John came back the middle of September after 11 years in Alaska and is taking teacher training courses at Southern Connec­ ticut U. Curt and Margaret Richards Chapman planned on a two-week geology tour to Alaska with Cal Tech in June, Colorado and Montana later. From May to October, they are mostly at their summer home in New Hampshire. Teppy H olton Sjolander had lunch with Ellen Drewes Studdiford in the spring. They share a lively interest in things scientific and “outdoorsy.” Tep saw granddaughter Mindy graduate from Franklin and Marshall in May. Jean Hamlin Noyes left the Montclair home in which she was born and raised to move to Plano, Texas—near Dallas—where her son Rick lives. We’ll miss Jean; ’37’s ranks in Montclair are dwindling. Ruth R ussell Gray shuttles between Watchung, N.J. and Eustis, Fla. Ruthie, a member of the bar in both states, is rejuvenated since her hip replacement surgery three years ago. Frannie M ontgomery is settling into her new home in Berkeley Heights, N.J. but is keeping her ties in Summit. Jane Rinck sold her house in Pine Beach and moved to Pawlet, Vt., where she is building Dream House No. 2. She has founded a bell choir, conducts and arranges much of the music. Over the winter Sally Bausher L ittlefield made three trips to Florida: visited Tac and Sally Jennison Riter on Longboat Key and dined with Lois and Dallas Townsend ’36. Sal visited Bermuda over Easter and plans to join a Smithsonian tour to Yorkshire in August. She has an enchanting little granddaughter in Massachusetts. Your secretary has been recuperating from hip replacement surgery. After recuperation, she and Charlie have great hopes of a trip to China. The local contingent of 1937 continues to meet for lunch almost monthly. We would be overjoyed if any classmates coming to Mont­ clair would join us. Our mini-reunions are stimulating, and we laugh a lot! Virginia MA No secretary

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Ruth D u ff Eager '37 Peggy K lotz Young went to Washington, D.C. in March in pursuit of art treasures. She had a great dinner and overnight with Betsy Townsend McFadden. Peg went to Charleston, S.C. in April for their Festival of Houses, which is run by Sally Young Schertzer’s daughter, Kitty Robinson. Later Peg join­ ed the Montclair Historical Society’s bus tour to Williamsburg. When she stays home (!), Peg

TKS No secretary Congratulations to Ann McNair Bushnell and Dr. Nelson Scharadin on their wedding. Best wishes! Mary Ames Poor is enjoying her retirement from teaching, but keeps busy as superinten­ dent of her church’s Sunday School—more than 200 children! Evelyn D w yer Van Sciver is Chairman of the Board of the Van Sciver Co., a real estate firm in Bay Head. For each house sold, the Van Sciver company is donating 8100 to Clean

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Ocean Action, a group dedicated to saving the New Jersey shore and ocean. Shirley Jones Durbin moved from a house into a condo in La Jolla, Cal. She now has four grandsons. Bernard and Barbara Bailey H oey keep busy on Hilton Head with civic activities, in­ vestments, church, tennis, genealogy and con­ certs in addition to golf. She got a glimpse of Evle Van W ie Penlck when she was visiting P olly O’Gorman M orrison (both TKS’36) on the island in March. Barbara also saw Audrey Carroll McBratney ’50 in Beaufort on a plan­ tation tour. Barbara and Bernie also travel to other resorts to play golf. Their son Richard is chief economist and managing director of Drexel Burnham Lambert. He and Nancy, Alice, 14, and Benjamin, 10, live in Wilton, Conn. MA No secretary Reunion Chairman: Mr. Robert Buckalew 10 Hawthorne Road, Essex Fells, NJ 07021 After years of successful business endeavors in real estate development and chemical com­ panies, Arthur D ixon, Jr. has yet one more project: He is president of Fulcrum Industries, real estate developers in Palm City, Fla. Both daughters Judy ’67 and Barbara 7 0 graduated from Kimberley.

39 TKS Mrs. fo h n Rauch Jr. (Jane Wilson) 8115 Spring M ill Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46260 Saul and Cornelia Carswell Serota have lived in rural Virginia (Marshall) south of Washington for the past 10 years. They raise Angus cattle and two horses on 200-plus acres. Cornelia keeps busy as “farm manager” and teaches twice a week for Literacy Volunteers, teaching English to a Cambodian woman. Joy O’N eil Banta, now a widow, lives in Jupiter, Fla. She is active in the Catholic Church as a Eucharistic minister and in the prayer group. Many children and grandchildren live in Virginia. A year ago Joy had a family reunion in New Jersey and saw cousins Sheila Feagley Jam es ’43 and Ann Feagley W lttels ’45 and brother Hayden O’N eil ’46. “Natural­ ly there was plenty of talk about the good, good school days at Montclair Kimberley Academy!” Jack and I saw Ralph and Betty Perry G leason on the way home from the Hilton Head Heritage Golf Tournament in April. They went to the Masters before that! Jane MA Mr. Charles McGinley 1911 W. Magic Place, TUcson, AZ 85 704 It was good to hear from BUI Marchese whose name was inadvertently omitted from our 1987 column. Bill is a superior court judge in Paterson, NJ. He sees Jack Schultz regular­ ly. Jack, a prominent surgeon in Paterson, lives in Franklin Lakes. Ralph Heintz reported in from Los Altos, Cal. He is officially retired from SRI-Intl, but works in mechanical music, writing articles, restoring music boxes and corresponding with other collectors around the world. Ralph says that his grandchild count is up to seven and it


is a major accomplishment just to remember their names. Chuck McGinley and his wife, Tere, visited old friends in San Francisco last fall. In April, they visited the Philippines mainly to see Tere’s mother. The McGinleys met in Cebu in 1952 during Chuck’s first foreign service assign­ ment. Bruce Swenson, now in Dallas, looks forward to joining all of the above at our 50th reunion next year! Chuck

40 TKS Mrs. Charles V. Cross (Barbara Armstrong) 2306 Cardinal Dr., Point Pleasant, NJ 08742 Our sympathy to Mary Chapman Shearer on the loss of her father, John Chapman '15, and to Marilyn Gates Crandell on the loss of her mother. Joan Bayne W illiam s took an exotic trip to Hong Kong and China, then to India to attend a wedding. She sold her house in California and is happily in Maine; daughter Matti and her husband Chris are nearby. Most of the clan came for Christmas, except for Bruce and Charlton who appeared via the Peter Jennings TV program on Christmas Eve. Frances Johnson Ames’ daughter Betsy ’78 will be married in September. Frannie will travel to Yorkshire, England, in early August with Sally Bausher L ittlefield ’37. I had mini-reunions with Nancy Schoonmaker Heidt, H elen Keenan Thatcher, and Nancy Taylor Craw. The Heidts spent a month at Dataw Island in February, then went to Florida. The Craws skied in Vermont and Utah. The Ocean County Leader did a half­ page feature about Nancy—her portraits, ceramics, pottery, Oriental paintings, photography—and her 35 years as an art teacher. Her latest project is a book on nutri­ tion, seven years in the making. My own life is quite mundane, fitting in golf between church activities. Sis Underwood Gregory hopes to come to the New Jersey Shore soon. Barbara MA No secretary Though Jeanne and Frederick Little have lived in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for 30 years, they still operate Old Londonderry Workshop in Vermont. They hope to phase out that inven­ tory after 38 years in business and retain the shop buildings which they own next to their house there. Fred has been on the Board of Directors of Pine Crest Preparatory School for 15 years and was made an honorary alumnus in 1986.

41 TKS Mrs. Jam es P.C. Hyde, Jr. (Enid Griswold) 5402 D uvall Drive, Bethesda, MD 20816 Our condolences to Mlml Smith Almy on the death of her husband, Chuck, last August. Bill and Eleanore Strohm Leavitt had luncheon with Mimi in California on their way back from a wonderful trip to Australia and New Zealand and report that Mimi

looks wonderful. Kay Campbell Tlernan flew to Denver from Florida in February to check out their first grandchild, daughter Kathy’s son. Kay’s husband, Marty, retired; they will spend the summer in Chatham. Their sons live in Massachusetts—Tom married, Bob single. MA Mr. D avid Baird, Jr. 9 Parkway, Montclair, NJ 07042 Lewis Townsend and his wife, Ann, founded The Trust for Museum Exhibitions (in Washington,D.C.), which organizes and circu­ lates art exhibitions internationally. Lewis retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 1981, after serving for 29 years in eight countries. He occasionally works as a consultant with the Department of State, but spends most of his time on the trust. In March they went to Mex­ ico for a two-week vacation after an intensive business trip to Kuwait, Vienna and Warsaw to look into exhibition possibilities. Dick Carrie has retired and moved to Florida after 40 years of commuting to New York, of which 30 years were at Seventeen magazine. He visited Perry Swenson before settling in Ponte Vedra Beach.

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TKS Mrs. Robinson V. Sm ith (Joan Trimble) 16 Marshall Terrace, Wayland, MA 01778 Jean Jeffers H ill, though retired, still teaches on a substitute basis. She also went back into Bed and Breakfast, “which is fun.” Anyone going to Pawtucket can reach her through B&B of Rhode Island. MA No secretary Ted Etherlngton keeps in touch with Mont­ clair through brother Roger ’41, and fellow trustees of the Schumann Foundation. He also does some “Boardsitting” (ADP). The Etheringtons split their time between Hobe Sound, Fla. and Old Lyme, Conn., and they’ve taken to cruising—‘the easy way to see the world’s edges.” “I am delighted to have seen Nancy and Bruce Swenson (in Santa Fe),” writes Jim Ritchie, “and Marty D w yer’s daughter Didi Brooks. ...All of my five children and seven grandchildren are either in Santa Fe or Midland, Texas, to which I go every other week. Going back to Montclair for sister Con­ n ie R itchie DuHamel’s (’46) girls’ weddings keeps us constantly on the road.” After years of world-wide business travel, B ill Walker travels now at a retirement pace. He enjoys golf and visiting children and grand­ children, is considering a move to Carolina where they lived in the 60’s. Bill is still going to Nova Scotia duck-hunting “and still trying to fool the trout.”

43 TKS Mrs. E.B. R uffing Jr. (Joan Sweeney) 125 Westview Rd., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Tlsh Robinson Fallor and husband retired and built a house in Port Orange, Fla. last year. They love the beach and don’t miss Wisconsin

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winters at all! TWo of their daughters got mar­ ried this winter and all the six children were together again. MA Mr. Jam es Mackey 213 Geneva Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07206 Ted O lcott, elected councilman for the city of Summit, achieved the elusive and rare ‘hole in one’ on the seventh hole of Baltusrol’s upper course—July 19, 1987! After 40 years with Sterling Drug, the last 14 as head of technical services, A1 Soria retired. A1 invites any classmates in the Albany area to look him up—for a game of golf and some tale-spinning. Dick Angus and his wife had dinner with John Henry and his wife. John has just retired as a senior partner in a law firm specializing in litigation, labor, business, and probate law. He and his wife, Barbara, have three children— Ann, a nutritionist in New Hampshire; Jonathan, at Ohio State Law School; and Tim, an investment officer in Philadelphia. The Henrys are moving to Mt.Desert, Maine, where they’ve had a summer home for 20 years. Unfortunately we have lost an old friend: John Ebner died last August while on vaca­ tion. Our condolences to his widow Marion. Personal news: I took early retirement in 1982 from a 25-year job at a resin plant (Ashland/Textron) in Newark, since then work the grounds at the Suburban Golf Club in Union. As a hobby, I write poetry for the American Poetry Assn, and for Vantage Press. Mack

44 TKS Mrs. Nancy Heydt Green 99 Belvidere Road, Falmouth, MA 02540 Some good news and some bad news from Janet Harris O’Toole. While walking to work (“Baby Gold Jewelry—a fun job”) she fell and fractured her wrist, which kept her out of commission for six months. Good news is two extended trips to Bermuda visiting son Richard and many friends, and a planned return in July. She and John plan to attend his 45th reunion at Holy Cross in June. Betty Specht writes about Christmas with Louisa, now 8!4, and Diana, 2 Vi. What memories she brought back talking about youngsters pretending to believe in Santa Claus in order to perpetuate the myth! Betty has sold her “Bread and Chocolate” shop and the whole building of seven shops and eight apart­ ments. Betty has worked so hard for so long and now wants more time to devote to her young family. Bob and Janice Mount Shruhan moved to Orient, Long Island (“more New England than New England’’) from New Hampshire in 1986, and love it. She is still “a nut on boats” and was out scraping paint on her 22 ft. Catalina sailboat when I called her in March. She races competitively and is on the Orient Race Com­ mittee. Bob is active in the historical society and in the antique business. Mary Smythe Coley has a small private practice in child and adolescent psychiatry at her home in West Hartford, small because of local zoning laws. At the Institute of Living mental hospital she cares for patients not well enough to come to her home. Mary’s son Chris, a physician, and Diane, an endodontist, have produced the “incredible” year-old Alexander.


Daughter Sue is studying at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston; her husband Joe is in Harvard Medical School. Peter Coley is a stockbroker with Drexel, Burnham in Boston. I caught Connie Soveral Gattle at home in Lake Park, Fla. on a Sunday morning. Tom has a chain of bedding and bath shops, six in Florida and, I believe, two in North Carolina, and is thinking of opening one on Cape Cod. Much of the Gattles’ time is spent driving from shop to shop—‘...an adventure. We take all the back routes and poke around on the way.” This winter they were unable to visit Steve and Bet­ ty Deyo Garner in Vero Beach, as they had the two previous years. Connie said Betty looks wonderful and plays tennis daily. I went to Harbour Island, Bahamas, in late February, to spend three weeks with my parents. After a few blissful days, Mother fell and broke her hip, and after taxis, launches, air ambulances, the hospital in Nassau, more am­ bulances, and a Learjet, we arrived at Moun­ tainside for Mother’s hip surgery. Mother, Father, dog Suzie and I all survived, and Mother is making good progress. I’m back at work at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Nancy MA Mr W interford J. Ohland Box 137, R.D. #3, Blairstown, NJ 07825 Robert Angus is still farming in Iowa and South Dakota. He would like to touch base with any alumni engaged in farming. Supporting two tuitions out of four with five more years to go, Lawrence Soule asks, “Who can retire at this rate?”

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TKS Anne Feagley Wittels (Mrs. Jerome L.) 2116 Via Alam itos Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 Leigh Berrien Smith and Proc have moved to Vineyard Haven near their children and five grandchildren in Massachusetts. She reported having seen Petey Hoffman Reade ’47, who also lives on the island; Nancy Nevins D’A njou, who lives in Connecticut; and Rudd Trimble Kenvin. Leigh called Josie Murphy Rayermann for the first time in 37 years, and they “had a good chat.” Florence (Pete) Lamborn Peters says husband Landon, with an investment advisory firm in Princeton, doesn’t miss the NYC com­ mute. Their children and grandchildren are all doing well. Pete keeps occupied with favorite volunteer tasks, enjoys tennis and gardening. Sue Ailing M iller sent a New York Times clipping about the wedding of daughter Darcy (publisher of Chief Executive magazine). Tony has a 15-minute stroll down Central Park South to Fifth Avenue where he’s a VP with the Council for Aid to Education. Sue is the col­ lege advisor at the United Nations International School. Judy Shearer Thrabull moved to Winter Haven, Fla. two years ago. Their son, daughter, and Bob’s mother all live in Florida. Judy reminisced about the reunion we had—she, Nev, Josie and I—20 years ago! Pat Driver Shuttleworth is still glowing over their trip to Australia in 1987 to see the America’s Cup races. She is busy with the Historical Society and her big project is a book

on the 1938 hurricane, as this is its 50th anniversary year. “All the kids are fine, no one married. Mother, 85, is doing well.” Roger and Rudd Trimble Kenvin have moved back East to Arlington, Va. Roger took early retirement to devote himself to writing, taught in London for April and May, and they traveled for a month. Bill and Barbie Creighton Ulbrand are fine; she still sells Avon (for 25 years!); daughter Lynn, husband and their daughter Jamie have moved to Staten Island. Josie Murphy Rayermann has been busy with family: her mother, 97, has not been well; oldest son Patrick has been in Germany so his wife and baby daughter have been staying with Josie. Younger son, Richard, the Naval aviator, was stationed aboard the U.S.S. Constitution during “the troubles” in the Persian Gulf in 1987. When the ship returned to the U.S., Josie’s husband, Ed, sailed back on it from Pearl Harbor to San Diego (something male relatives are allowed to do). My sister Sheila Feagley Jam es ’43 and I had lunch with Anne Gerhauser Buchbinder in Chicago. Anne is about to launch a new real estate business. As for the Wittels: Jerry was made a VP of The Aerospace Corp. Daughter Laura lives in Portland, Ore.; son Steve is in San Luis Obispo. I was appointed to the Board of Thistees of the Palos Verdes Library District, and had to run an election campaign (successful) when that term ended. So now I’m a public servant. I’m also a trustee of the Museum of Neon Art in down­ town Los Angeles. I held a bang-up 60th birth­ day bash over the Thanksgiving weekend—15 of us at a hotel in South Coast Plaza with fami­ ly flying in from all over the country! In April Betty Specht ’44 and daughters visited her cousin three blocks from here. What a treat! We hadn’t seen each other since 1944—what an amazing experience to feel all the years fall away. Keep the cards, letters, phone calls—and visits—coming! Anne MA Mr. Robert Nebergall 610 South Second Street, Wilmington, NC28401

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TKS Mrs. George Shoemaker (Elizabeth Smith) 11 High Point Terrace, Scarsdale, N Y 10583 Abby Keebler Ryan confessed to “a little bit of nostalgia for Kimberley friends” when she joined Eleanor Helm Ketcham and Andy Schneldew ing Walker at the wedding of Connie R itchie DuHamel’s daughter Betsy ’78x at the Montclair Golf Club. All looked “pretty svelt and vital.” Abby expressed appreciation to Connie and H eidi Ames Troxell for the red-carpet treatment on her visits to Montclair. She looks forward to grandchidren, traveling, and pursuing worthwhile causes. ... Speaking of Connie, The New York Times announced the engagement of her daughter Emily ’81x. By the time you read this, the planned June wedding should be a happy memory. Nancy Rudd Wahlberg and Mike enjoy the good life in Lakeville, Conn.; both are enthusi­ astic gardeners. Sister W eezle ’47 and family live nearby. Nancy ends, “Still enjoy being

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head of Tbwn Civic Beautification Committee and walking and seeing M.’s three grand­ children (with parents).” From Joan D enney Carlisle: “The birth of the MKA history, W ithin These Halls, is im­ minent. Husband Rob, author, is putting the finishing touches on his effort, and proof­ readers and publisher cross the threshold with some frequency. The book traces the begin­ nings of Montclair Academy, The Kimberley School, Brookside and MKA, bringing the reader to the present. Included are 107 inter­ views with faculty (current and former) and many alums. It contains approximately 150 il­ lustrations.” A vote of thanks is hereby extend­ ed to Rob for what sounds like a super job! Love to you all. Liz MA No secretary

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TKS Mrs. D avid Hannegan (Louise Rudd) 301 Concord Road, Carlisle, MA 01741 Well, friends, I misunderstood the deadline, so missed the last issue. Reunion was terrific! We missed you who couldn’t make it; you missed a grand “catching up.” There were 12 of us plus a few brave husbands: Joan Cook, Andy and Katy Watt C angelosl, Ed and Petey Hoffman Reade, Patty Cox M ansfield, Kathryn Crowell, Dave and Cindy Youngman Adams, Bar Nash Hanson, Jim and Jay Smith Hague, Teeny R edfleld Sander, Walt and Lila Rappaport Landau, Bill and Anne Staudlnger Abels, and W eezle Rudd Hannegan. I’ve heard that at a reunion, after five minutes, everyone looks the same. It’s true! Teeny, Bar, Cookie and I stayed at the Redfields’. Patty was at her old home on Fuller­ ton Ave. next to St. Luke’s. Mrs.Redfield looked wonderful—such nostalgia to be in that house again! We heard Dr. O’Connor speak at reunion luncheon and had a guided tour of the Lloyd Road facilities afterward (it looks good!). Petey and Ed were returning from Maryland after the arrival of their second grandchild. The Redfleld contingent walked to Gordon Place and environs in the afternoon and the Fawcetts (Fay Taft ’52) were kind to let us tour #9 (my old home). Then down Glen Road past the old Ritchie and Harrison houses with a stop to see Mrs. Youngman, who was delighted to see us. The dinner at the Golf Club was even more fun than lunch. Think of all the parties, dinners and dances we went to in that lounge! Standy and Bill, Lila and Walt plus the local husbands joined us. One of the perks of being co-chair of re­ union is that you have an excuse to call classmates. I had good chats with Midge B ethell Cross (she and Court went to Bermuda), D ede Loasby Eisen (her daughter was coming to visit), Cyn Overton Blandy (she and Gray went to Florida to visit daughter Robin) and Nancy H ollenbeck (except she gave me the sad news that she has lymphoma). 1 must say she sounds on top of the situation and says her golf game is still good* Several people sent photos which were passed around at dinner along with “oldies” brought by some of us there. Jay and Bar took pictures of the day and kindly sent some


around. (Jay is a professional photographer and has a wicked sense of humor in “doctoring” photos!) Regular news: Janet H eller is a freelance writer in Baltimore, contributing regularly to "Museum & ArtsAVashington” and "The Sunpapers.” Son Claude graduated from U. of California at Santa Cruz and is a furniture maker and would-be writer. Son Thomas is at Boston U. and daughter Kate is a technician at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Court and Midge B ethell Cross love living in New London, N.H. on Lake Sunapee. Court is semi-retired, allowing him to tinker with his antique cars—they have driven across the country in 1913 and 1911 Pierce Arrows! Both enjoy tennis and cross-country skiing and their seven grandchildren. Kathryn Crowell wrote after reunion say­ ing 40 years seem like nothing—amen! Her mother died in November, we’re sorry to hear. Kathryn has eight nieces and nephews and by now a fourth “great!’ She teaches in South Am­ boy, N.J. It was wonderful that Katy and her hus­ band of six months came all the way from Michigan for reunion. They moved into their new home in June and in August Katy’s daughter Leslie was married. Son Griff and his wife live in Greenwich, daughter Cyni is in Portland, Ore. Sue Harrison Schumann and Ford were moving back to Scottsdale with the race horses (eight) so couldn’t make reunion—her telegram was in the last Alumni News. She anticipated a quiet Yule with only two offspring coming. My letter to Joan Scheld came back stamped “Return to Sender—Deceased!’ This is sad news; does anyone have any information or know someone who could verify this? Ed and Petey Reade fill their “retirement” with church work, tennis and golf. She was ordained a eucharistic lay minister last year in the Episcopal Church. Their first grand­ child, Elizabeth, was born to John and Masumi Reade in Japan. Daughter Kate produced the second, Sarah, just before reunion. Son Ned teaches art and coaches sports at Trinity Pawling School. Cindy Adams went to Florida in February with daughter Susie and her three, and hoped to ski in March. In addition to travels to Sanibel, Bermuda and golf camp in May, she still has her 10-year-old plant business—and five grandchildren. Bob, Teeny and the Hansons cruised on the Sea Goddess from Rioto Buenos Aires, then Teeny took her parents to Longboat Key for a two-week visit. Then and Bob plan a trip west to see their California kids; they have nine grandchildren. Patty has been in real estate for 10 years. Husband Peter chairs the English department of Noble & Greenough School. Son Peter is music director of Adventures in Music in Boston and of Harvard’s Hasty Pudding. (Dave and I saw Peter at a show preview.) Son Jeffrey and his wife are in Connecticut; son Tim is at MIT in the Graduate School of Architecture, and daughter Pamela is an ’88 graduate of Mt. Holyoke. Dave and I are busy in theater, as usual, but as Dave “changed careers” a year ago, he is now a professional actor and announcer on stage, radio, TV and commercials—having a ball! I’ve done mostly community theater. Son Dave was married last August in Oregon and from there we went north and east via the

Canadian Pacific. I love to hear all the news, and as class secretary, I get it first. Keep it up! Weezie * Ed. Note: Nancy H ollenbeck died in June. Our condolences to her family. MA Mr. D. Chase Troxell 20 Fax H ill Lane, Short Hills, NJ 07078 Cole Sheehey sends “a fond hello to all my former classmates” from Minnesota, where he has lived for 25 years. He has been with the Hennepin County court system for 23 years, seven as a deputy sheriff. In Montclair, John Helm was elected to his second term as President of the Board of Trustees of the Visiting Nurse Assn. He also volunteers in several other community organizations. The fortieth reunion brought out Frank Driver, Sam Hakim, Joe Hammond, Dan Isles, Alan Kessler, and Chase Troxell. None of them has changed a bit. Bob Donbleday is a professor of social science and director of cultural affairs at Rockland Community College in New York. “About once a year I drive by the Academy, but it just makes me feel old,” he says. Bob got his degree from the U. of Michigan and then spent a carefree period in Korea. Graduate work and instructing at N.Y.U. from 1955-63, then St. Johns as an instructor and finally, in 1965, Rockland. Plans to hang it up in a few years. Married; no children. Hobbies: “rare coins, astronomy and staying alive!’ Richard Hehm eyer is an actor—stage, TV, commercials. Hamilton College, army service in Panama, then drifted into radio, later ad agency writing, producing, finally acting and announcing. Hawks everything from Ford to Melsterbrau. Married, with one son, 26. Frank Driver offered that Tony Rooke is living in Johannesburg, so any classmate who happens to be driving by should, etc. He also mentioned that Andrew Davlin raises abalones on the West Coast (Abalone Unlimited, Inc., in Morro Bay-Scome visit! 805/343-2800”). Ichthyological notes from all over. Chase

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40th REUNION SEPTEMBER 24 TKS Airs. Stanley M iller (Frances Lane) 7740 Chablis Street, Boca Raton, FL 33433-3024 Reunion chairman: Mrs. Vincent Colandrea (Maurine Palmer) 58 Canfield Road, Convent Station, NJ 07961 Julie La Zier Noyes lives on a boat in Mystic, Conn., is busy with bridge and work, has six grandchildren. Kay Kidde’s literary agency, Kidde, Hoyt & Picard, is “humming along!’ She spends August at Westhampton Beach and enjoys weekends there all year long. Had a great trip to Hawaii in January. All five of Maurine Palmer Colandrea’s children are married. When she’s not visiting them and four grandchildren, Rine takes care of her mother, 90, plays duplicate, or travels with her husband.

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Henry and Anne D udley Gill see Jane Redfleld Forsburg ’52 and Bob in Maine in the ski season and at the Dedham Club for ten­ nis or golf. Anne sees P riscilla Travers Ryan and Patty Cox M ansfield ’47 at Wellesley College functions. The Gills have a grand­ daughter, 2, Sarah’s daughter; their son is a broker for Shearson in Boston. MA Mr. Jam es A. Swan 600 N. Grove, Eustis, FL 32726 Reunion chairman: Mr. Richard Sandler 70 Devon Road, Essex Fells, NJ 07021 Don Bren hopes to be in the Montclair area during the week of reunion and looks forward to seeing others!

49 TKS No secretary Congratulations and best wishes to Mary Anne Nebergall B liss and Richard Denny on their wedding! Ruth Lleder has been Mayor of Sun Valley since 1981. She was appointed to the position from the City Council, and was elected twice, in 1982 and 1986. In addition to presiding over a city staff of 100-plus, Ruth runs Nothing’s Impossible, her own advertising/marketing/guest services business. Sounds like Ruth single-handedly runs Sun Valley! MA Mr. Richard M. Drysdale P.O. Box 217, Bay Head, NJ 08742

50 TKS Mrs. E. Alden Dunham, 111 (Louise Green) 73 Brookstone Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540 Barbara Palmer W hite and Joe are thrilled to be grandparents of identical twin boys. They have enjoyed visits with their son Palmer (Duke ’87) in Japan where he is teaching English. Their son David is a sophomore at Vanderbilt. Pat Ford Lago and family have been living in Santa Barbara for 10 years. Husband Manuel is retired but keeps busy with engineering at the U. of California; Pat volunteers in the schools. Oldest son Marco studies architecture at Cal Poly State: Paul, 17, is in high school. Barbara Crowln Lovell is a partner in Coach Stop Saddlery in Bedminster, N.J.; daughter Kimberley was married in May. A big year for the Dunham family. I spent two months in spring ’87 in Kathmandu, Nepal with daughter Carroll. Last fall Abbeville Press published The Hidden H im alayas with text by Carroll! She runs a three-month pro­ gram called Sojourn Nepal for young people who want to experience a third world country and do some trekking. (Write or phone me for more information.) Alden is already back on tennis courts after hip replacement in May ’87. In June ’88 double graduations: youngest son, Robert, from Princeton; oldest, Ed, from Rutgers Law School—one of only two his year admitted without bachelor degrees. Louise


MA Mr. Rudolph Deetjen, Jr Northgate Road, Mendham, NJ 07945

51 TKS Mrs. Eric Stroh (Gail Robertson) 350 Provencal Road Grosse Pointe Farms, M I 48236 Just before Christmas, Linda Herbert had a great visit with June Crowe Cronquist, and reports June and her family are fine. In Wisconsin, A lice Cleaves Lewis works for a firm that designs sailboat hardware and outfits America’s Cup boats! She writes, photographs and does video work for them. Brownie is a member of Archaeological Rescue, which “preserves Wisconsin’s historic and prehistoric past!’ Children: Sam, married (daughter, 1); Alice in college; Charlotte in Chicago; Kathy with airline in Australia. ’’Robert has retired but not me,” writes Diane Stoney Moore. She works part time in an antique store, does historical guiding, and is an officer with “Daughters of the British Em­ pire!’ Diane’s father died in February; our condolences. MA Mr. Ernest F. Keer III, P.O. Box 1030, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742 Frank Fiore just retired after 30 years with Metropolitan Life. He was a senior account ex­ ecutive, now plans to do consulting on employee benefits. Frank and his wife, Susie, live in Cincinnati with two children—three are on their own! They have a house on a Ken­ tucky lake. Mark R. Hanschka is an obstetriciangynecologist with the Kaiser Health Plan of Oregon, “helping women stay healthy and have no more children than they want!’ The good doctor devotes his extra time and money to environmental organizations. Fast track: After the Navy and three national powerboat racing championships (1953, ’54, ’59) Dick O’Dea started a business selling rac­ ing engines and boats. As he continued to race in Europe and the States (another champion­ ship in ’61), the business grew to importing and manufacturing, and had customers world­ wide when he sold part in 1987. In 1979 Dick was elected to the American Power Boat Association Honor Squadron, the highest honor in the U.S. (usually given posthumously). A specially built O’Dea boat brought the world outboard record back to the U.S. in 1984. Dick’s daughter Jennifer is in 7th grade at MKA. Robert Lieder joined the family business— Beach Electric, later merged with Fishbach and Moore—after Dartmouth and the Marine Corps. In 1963 as head of Beach, Bob put in the lighting at Giants Stadium. He was sent to Hartford, then to California in 1982 as Ex­ ecutive VP of F&M, lived in Pasadena. He went into institutional investment with E.F. Hutton in 1985, is now retired and building a home in Sun Valley. Bob and wife Lucy have three children: Michele, 25; Nicholas, 24; Jessie, 23. Thank you to this new class secretary for volunteering—Christine K eller’6 l.

“Willy” Hinds Brookside School lost a revered friend when William G. Hinds died at 96 in February. Known to thousands of children as “Willy,” Mr. Hinds worked at Brookside School from its founding in 1924 until his retirement in 1965. For 40 years he drove the school bus and served hot lunches and ran the kit­ chen for summer camps. ’’His was a one-man operation, and his energies seemed indefatigable,” says former teacher Leigh Berrien Smith. When “Willy” retired, it took two Wednesday morning assembly periods for him to tell his life story! He had left his native Barbados at the age of 12 as a stowaway on an English cargo ship. After several years at sea as a cabin boy, Willy was educated at St. John’s Monastery in Grenada, Spain. He served as a seaman during World War I for Great Britain aboard dangerous ammunition catgo ships. After the war he became an interpreter for Lever Brothers Co. and then the Royal Mail Steam Packing Company. His travels took him around the world from Europe to the Far East and Australia—he could speak seven languages! The seaman came to shore and became a naturalized American citizen in 1920. He worked for the Alice Foote Restaurants of New York and studied nutrition at the School of Dietetics at Columbia University. Years later, in retirement, he and his wife, Elsie, ran a catering business in Montclair. Willy Hinds helped to found the mission that became St. Peter Claver Church where he was one of the most revered and respected parishoners “...offering advice and consultation freely on any subject to all listeners.” We will miss him. Notes from the eulogy and recollections o f Leigh Berrien Sm ith '46

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TKS Mrs. Edward C. Fawcett (Fay Taft) 9,_Gordon Place, Montclair, NJ 07042 Our class owes a great big thank you to Babs Pendleton D onnell for her heroic efforts in arranging our unofficial reunion last fall. Anne D wyer Milne has been elected Senior Warden—the first woman to hold that positionHin their local Episcopal church. Con­ gratulations! Anne and Norm’s son Walter was married last April. MA No secretary The M ontclair Times did a profile on Rob Evans for his years of volunteer work with the Ambulance Unit. Rob is the owner of Budget Print Center, and appears regularly in musical and theater productions.

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After 30-odd years of “slugging it out for Kidde, Inc. all over the map,” John Kidde has taken an office in Upper Montclair where he deals with a variety of investment projects. His 11-year-old son Jonathan (the fourth of six sons!) begins MKA this fall in 7th grade. Austin Drukker is still in the newspaper business, but now in Morris and Warren coun­ ties instead of Passaic—he sold The Herald News to “one of those newspaper tycoons” three years ago. Austin shares an office for per­ sonal business in Upper Montclair with John Kidde, across the street from Rob Evans. Join them, anyone? Austin’s younger two children are at MKA and “love it!’ Two of his three older boys are getting married this year.

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TKS Mrs. Thomas Burgin (Lolly Penick) 328 Fairway Road, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 From Margaret McVay McCombs: “This is our 20th year as Alaska residents and we wouldn’t trade it for anyplace!” Husband Jack is a retired clinical psychologist...Children: Katy, a CPA; Mary, in law school; both married. One granddaughter, 3. Margaret is a real estate broker in Fairbanks—‘Life is great in Alaska!” Jaquelin Ambler Cusick had a two-week plus trip to England, planned to take all three boys to Bermuda in June. She was to display some watercolors in a show in June. Suzette Armitage W hiting has been doing corporate teaching for the American Red Cross, Princeton Chapter. She and Steph M iller Gray took a spring trip to Williamsburg. Our condolences to Juliet Stoney Johnson on the death of her father. MA Mr. John Wade 2 Pullm an Avenue, Elberon, NJ 07740 Howard B eilin was the featured plastic surgeon on a “20/20” program on plastic surgery for men last December. He was also in Life, Esquire and Penthouse concerning his cricitism of Michael Jackson’s excessive plastic surgery! Bob Coningsby’s four sons are out of col­ lege and in business with him in Ft. Lauder­ dale; daughter begins college this fall. Two sons are married, another will be married in August. One granddaughter, “needless to say, beautiful!” Bob and his wife, married 32 years, travel a lot, spend time at their home in North Carolina, and ski each winter in Colorado. He has seen Howie B eilin on TV “giving facials!’ As VP of Minnesota Valley Engineering, Art Ramee travels frequently to Asia and Australia. He and wife Cherry live in Connecticut; daughters Leslie and Lisa are in college. Congratulations to Philip Fradkin on his wedding! On a recent trip east, he had dinner with Judy and Dave C onnolly and John and June Hayward Foster ’54. Phil teaches an ad­ vanced nonfiction writing class at Berkeley and has become a book publisher (Redwood Press). Two of his own books will be published next spring: Sagebrush Country: Land in the Am erican West (Knopf) and Downwind: An Am erican Nuclear Tragedy (University of Arizona Press). “Shades of William Avery Barras!” Another Californian is much in the news, as a crusader in health care. Robert Weinmann, M.D. was elected VP of the Union of American


Physicians and Dentists, the country’s largest trade union for physicians. He. edits and publishes Nightletter, a newsletter commenting on the politics and economics behind health care policies. He does freelance newspaper col­ umns “on the free-wheeling politics and finan­ cing” of HMOs, PPOs and other prepaid plans. The neurologist, past President of the American Medical EEG Assn., lectures fre­ quently on such “lively” topics as brain death. “However...wife Diana, beeyootifiul daughter Paige, and sons Paul and Dana are doing well!’

54 IKS Miss Georgia Carrington 38 Silverspring Lane, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Jacqueline Kaveny Cestone is the founder and President of the Livingston Community Hospital Women’s Auxiliary, and is on the Board of Trustees of Morristown-Beard School where her youngest son is a junior. Older two children have graduated from college. Tllly-Jo Beatty Emerson travels a lot for an organizational consulting business. Son Ken is a banker; Cathy ’81 a store manager in D.C.; Libby in junior year in Bogota, Columbia. Lois Dawn Ramhurst Ballmann has lived in North Dakota for 20 years. Husband, Everett, teaches at Minot State U.; Lois is a nurse; daughters Ann and Laura are in college. Our condolences to Lois, whose brother died in March 1987. Felicity Ferguson Morse, has given up her sewing business to assume new grandmother and daughter roles: both daughters had little girls and her mother lives nearby in Massachusetts. Felicity and Reg return to Mont­ clair often as daughter Carolyn and family are in West Orange. Our sympathy to the family of Mary Lee Bonnell C ollins, who died in April. MA Mr. Santo DeStefano 336 Madison Avenue, Paterson, NJ 07524

55 TKS Mrs. Susie Forstmann Kealy 232 E. Walton Place, Apt. #2E, Chicago, IL 60611 Carol Cloke W lldhaber has been with a shopper’s paper for 10 years. She loves being grandma to her daughter Deb’s children, 5 and 2. Son Pete, 25, is a mechanical engineer. My son Ryan and I visited Carol in San Diego in April! Lynn Homeyer Ramshaw reports that both sons are at the U. of Florida Medical School and Tracy attends the community college. Lynn is Deacon’s Assistant at St. Benedict’s Church in Plantation. Leigh Eberstadt Brenza owns her own travel agency. Oldest son, Lin, graduated from Chicago Law School; Karl, in MBA program at Columbia, is engaged; Amy is a junior at Cor­ nell and Andy is in 6th grade. Great surprise to hear from Toni Hetherington Lovejoy! She is remarried to a retired Marine colonel. Toni is the financial ad­ ministrator for a travel agency. Son John, a financial planner, is married. Mimi, 27, is the mother of Tbni’s two grandchildren, 4 and 2. Blair, 20, is a sophomore in international studies.

I have been busy with studies at the Art In­ stitute and hope to start freelance work for designers soon. Daughter Victoria will go to Kent School, Conn, in the fall. Have a good year! Susie MA No secretary Michael Cohen and his wife (of 24 years) live in Oakland, Cal. where he practices pulmonary medicine. “I try to pass on Mont­ clair Academy learning and studying habits to my children,” he says. Son is at U.C./Davis; daughter at Boston U., another daughter in high school. Marilyn and Paul N ejelski have just com­ pleted a three-year certificate program in theological studies at Georgetown U. She is ex­ ecutive director of Women Judges’ Fund for Justice; he is an administrator of the U.S. Tax Court. Their daughter Nicole is at George Washington U.; son Stephen graduated from high school in June. “Would be nice if we could get together for a good jam session,’’ writes Bob Louer, recall­ ing the first Dixieland Band at MA, the Flop House Five of Jim Addy, Larry Martin, Keeton Arnett, Daryl Smith and Bob Louer. All Bob’s children have been active in music— Robert III, 25 (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy): Karen (Douglass); James (U.S.M.M. Academy); and William (in h.s). Bob is a chemical engineer at Hoffmann LaRoche. '

footsteps of St. Paul. Daughter Carolyn is a chef at the Grand Bay Hotel in Fla.; Susan works with Sotheby’s in New York. Betsy Beatty Sanford is Assistant VP in commercial lending at Somerset Trust in New Jersey. In August she will marry Brett Boocock, who is Director of Admissions at Pingry. Our best wishes! Betsy’s son Richard teaches at Friends Academy and Andrew is with Chase, both in New York; and Lindy graduated From Tilton School, N.H. in May. MA Mr. John Clapp 3 Fox Hollow Rd., Spring Lake Heights, NJ07762 In addition to his own pediatric practice, Larry Nazarian is a clinical professor of pediatrics at the U. of Rochester School of Medicine. His wife, Sharon, has rejoined the ranks of nursing. Doug graduated from Yale in May and moves on to Duke Law School. Steve is at Lehigh and Sarah is beginning the college search. Larry returns to Montclair often to visit his mother and brother Barry ’62. The Rochester, N.Y. Democrat & Chronicle did a profile on Eric Jaeckel as a volunteer cross-country ski patroler and assistant director of Genessee Valley Nordic Ski Patrol—‘a new and very exciting athletic experience.’’ Eric, marketing manager in Comstock Foods Div. of Curtice Burns, still plays the piano and enjoys tennis and fly fishing.

56 TKS Mrs. Lawther O. Sm ith (Linda Lovell) 30 Water Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18901 The U. of Vermont has many of Ann DeVausney H allow ell’s family: sons Ned and Chris are undergraduates, and Ann is working on her master’s in political science and is a graduate teaching assistant as well. She had an article about “Women in Town Government” published in Rural Sociology. Husband, Rob, has his own direct mail business, and their daughter Jessica is politically active in Boston. After selling their 16-year-old publishing company to Harper & Row in 1986, Rupert and Gill Brisbane Ingram “retired” to Sanibel Is., Fla. where they are active in the nature conservatory and sailing. Daughter Vin­ ca, married Nov. ’86, is expecting her first child. Hillary, 18, will attend Tift’s Museum School this fall. The family spends the sum­ mers in Massachusetts. Also dividing time between North and South are Alvin and Molla Kaplan Reisbaum of Wyckoff and Boca Raton, where golf is a big interest. Molly keeps the empty nest active with volunteer work and her stationery business, Pretty Papers. Janet Rodman K oskoff has a son still at home, but David has married a fellow com­ puter major from Montclair State and lives in Montville; Pam is in New York. Janet works full time at Knoll Pharmaceutical, volunteers with the local first aid squad. No first aid was needed for John and Jane Crawford Lyons and family when they skied in Colorado last winter, even though one of the Florida-raised daughters had never seen snow before! Jane visited her daughter Debbie in Korea where she flies Chinook helicopters. Bob and Betsy Hasbrouck Cole had a fascinating trip to Greece, following in the

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57 TKS Miss Linda B aldanzi 2 Greenview Way, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 News received too late for spring Alumni News: Cathy McCrane Keating says ‘Hello’ to everybody. She and her husband and two children live on the Rhode Island shore— reminds her of her home on Barnegat Bay. Cathy does free-lance writing for trade journals. Nina Carter Lynch was sorry to miss reunion—she had an Episcopal Diocesan con­ vention. She works part-time at Trinity College (Hartford). They have two children out of


college and living in New York (Lancy, Trinity ’84 and Carter, Denison ’87). Whitney is a high school junior and Philip is in 8th grade. They escape to a house in Woodstock, Vt. whenever possible. After earning her nursing degree from Col­ umbia, Peggy Meyers spent many years as a nurse practioner in Appalachia. She has taught at the Yale Nursing School. Joan K eller Leggett is very happily remar­ ried. Her husband makes state-of-the-art weather instruments. Vondamae Nary Houston has changed her first name to Felonia. But is she still the same old “Von” ?? Marilyn Leet Ray is working on her Ph.D. in law and public policy at Cornell. Her hus­ band is a lexicographer full-time now; no more college teaching. Georgia Sherman Glick’s son is a freshman at Harvard, where her husband teaches at the Medical School. An antique shop called the White Elephant keeps Banylou Mearln Rea flying all over the country appraising estates. Best wishes to Bama McNeill Steinman, who was married in February to Peter Whitney. Her daughter Gigha, 15, qualified forthe U.S. Dressage Federation Nationals and Heather, 14, for the U.S. Pony Club Jumping Nationals. The Whitneys’ four horses keep them very busy breeding, riding and com­ peting. Bama is finishing her second term as secretary of the Data Processing Management Assn., Daytona Beach. Judy Slifkin Kaplan sells real estate and works part-time with the handicapped. Where are D ottl and Dona Case, Judy Goldfarb, Barbara Hughes, M olly Nitzert, Mary Schaeffer, and Roberta Steward? Please write if you know of these lost class members. Linda Our condolences to Lynne Kenny Scott on the death of her brother Frederick ’60, and to Jean Bonnell G oodrich on the death of her sister Mary Lee Bonnell C ollins '54. MA Mr. Edward T. O’Brien, Jr Box 1906 N aval A ir Station, FPO New York 09560-5004 Steve Freifeld informs us that his son Ted was accepted at Wharton School and his daughter will be touring the country perform­ ing on a synchronized swim team. All I can say, Steve, is keep working. John Allen has returned to seminary to get his doctorate and found fellow classmate Pro­ fessor John Higgins as his mentor. John thinks it is nice to be back in school. Life in Bermuda is hectic with only two psychologists on board. Daughter Kathy will attend the U. of Maryland next fall. We are going to England for the month of August. I look forward to hearing from you. Ted

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30th REUNION SEPTEMBER 24 TKS Mrs. Ralph Perry III (Helen Bryant) HC-60 Box 1150, Tolland, MA 01034

Reunion chairman: Mrs. W illiam Weiant (Joan Eberstadt) 542 Little Silver Point Road, Little Silver, NJ 07739 Jerry and Nancy Adams Scherer enjoy their 42’ cruiser along the New England coast in the summer and in Florida in the winter near their second home in Stuart. Married daughter, Debbie, is a federal fund trader at Conn. National Bank. Other daughter, Elizabeth, graduated from Georgetown in May. The Scherers see a lot of Lee and Margie Brown Vulgaris who live in a lovely house in Marion, Mass. Nancy wrote that Mel and Mary Ann Lawrence Decker are now proud grand­ parents of an adorable little boy. Gail Garaar Jacobus teaches American history at Kent Place School, and husband, Jake, is senior VP with Shearson. Their son Randy graduated from Dartmouth and works in Minneapolis; daughter Kathy studies art at Parsons School of Design, and Julie is a high school senior. George and Lockey Harvey Welch live in Stockton, Cal.; sons Greg, 21, and Eric, 20, are in college nearby. Lockey has changed careers from a music therapist to the coordinator of the Senior Peer Counseling Center, which trains “seniors” (55 + ) to offer supportive counseling to others. Lockey loves her job and still finds time to actively volunteer with Hospice. Husband George is Director of Social Services at their hospital. Lockey hopes to attend our 30th in September! Mike and Betsy Cole Castner are in Miami where he is with Northern Trust Bank and she is manager of training and development at Coulter. Betsy received her master’s degree in education in May. They went to China in June ’87 as part of a People to People delegation. They met with Chinese educators to compare notes—a very exciting experience! Daughter Liz is a senior auditor at Gilette in Boston and son David does market research in Connecticut. Louise Alford D illon has started her own business in Ho-Ho-Kus, “La Jonquille Studio.” Louise designs French mats using watercolor washes or marbleized paper panels for art galleries, frame shops and interior designers— and mail orders! Jack is still in insurance and their daughter Holly is a sophomore at Ithaca College. Pam is a high school senior and Jim, a 6th grader, is already aspiring to become a litigating attorney! Roy and Betsy Barney Gill live in a suburb of Philadelphia. He is with Certified Calibra­ tion Labs and she works for Kelley Temporary Services. They have bought land in the Ozarks of Missouri and hope to win the lottery so they can move out there. Good luck! Betsy’s youngest son Jim and his wife have two children, Katarina, 2, and Carl, 1, who has Cerebral Palsy and has taught the family what loving is all about. Betsy’s oldest son Richard and his wife had a boy, Ricky, in March. Ralph and H elen Bryant Perry have been remodelling a house for a year in Avon, Conn, and still commute between Avon and a sum­ mer house in Tolland, Mass. Son Chris is a top salesman with Minolta Business Systems in Boston and Ashley is a senior at Skidmore College. Hope to see you all at our reunion on September 24th! Helen MA No secretary

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Reunion chairman: Mr. M artin Rosen, 6 Shoshone Trail, Wayne, NJ 07470 After 25 years in the home furnishings business, Michael Gennet left Sealy, Inc. and became President of SMY Media last October. (SMY Media is one of the largest media buying services in the country.) Michael, his wife, Melanie, and Joshua, 15, and Alexandra, 12, moved from Florida in 1985 after 15 years and have totally renovated an old house near Lake Michigan on the North Shore of Chicago—‘a very happy life in the Midwest.” Howard Levine is Executive VP of Nigbee Assc. in Connecticut. His wife Susanne teaches at Greenwich Academy; Jonathan is Williams ’89 and Jennifer, Bowdoin ’91. Belated condolences to the family of Robert Crisp.

Testimonials Congratulations on your 100th birthday and so many years of giving students the same quality education that was given to me by such wonder­ ful teachers as Mr. Miller, Munson, Murdy, Shores, and others... —M ark Hanschka ’51 .. .College and graduate school were good but the MA years really shine! Those formative years with Marnell, Brogan, Hemmeter, Kerner and Spoor were truly special! —Ken Stufko ’63

59 TKS Mrs. Robert P. Sumas (Deana Rogers) 4 E. Greenbrook Rd., No. Caldwell, NJ 07006 Marybeth Bass Lareau worked as a copywriter and supervisor at major New York ad agencies for years. Now she’s a marketing consultant and freelance copywriter for large corporations, specializing in new product development. She was divorced in 1984. Marybeth has kept in touch with B etsy Evans Manchester and her family in Acton, Mass. “As we all know, Joan McConnell is teaching in Florence when she’s not traveling the rest of the world.” Marybeth spent a weekend with Judy Beram McConnell. Judy has a lovely duplex in an old Charlestown, Mass, townhouse. “Her daughter Nell is going to NYU and has become a true New Yorker!” Also in New York, Lily Solm ssen Moureaux continues to work in photography for UNICEF. She and her husband, a physical therapist, have moved to Pelham Manor. MA Mr. Benjam in Fischer 26 Delta Blvd., Palisades Park, NJ 07650 David Ramsey chairs the Public Works committee of the Chatham Borough Council, to which he has been re-elected since 1982. He is a former President of the New Jersey Jaycees and has been a trustee of the Minisink Club in Chatham. David, CLU, is an insurance broker.


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TKS Airs. Em ily S. Danson (Emily Stark) 130 Old Stone Bridge Rd., Cos Cob, CT 06807 Carroll Tlcrnan, assistant store manager at the Maine Audubon Society, spends her spare time with crafts, reading and gardening. Son Gerry is a freshman at Waynflete School. John and Susan Conroy LaCasse are also in Maine “but miss the hustle and bustle of New Jersey.” Son Jeremy is at Berkshire School, Peter is in junior high. The Governor of Vermont appointed Nancy Howe Metz to the post of Commissioner for one of the state’s nine environmental districts. Nancy has an M.S. degree in resource manage­ ment administration and has worked as a re­ gional planner. She and her husband, Charles, an architect, formed the New England Steward­ ship for Salmon of the Atlantic (NESSA) and tour Quebec and New England teaching about the effort to restore the species to the rivers. John, A lison Kern Stltzer, and kindergar­ tener Leigh live outside Washington, D.C. and commute daily to office or school. Alison is a group director in financial services for the U.S. General Accounting Office. April to November weekends find them on board their sloop in the Chesapeake. New York M agazine did a feature on Sally Minard’s new advertising agency, Lotas Minard Patton Mclver, in February. LMPM represents national package-goods companies and bills more than $13 million. Sally was also quoted in a New York Times article, “Why All Those People Feel They Never Have Any Time”! Dave and Sheila Albright Hogan are general partners and managers of a resort in the White Mountains of Arizona. Son Don owns a landscape company; Patty is at Arizona State; Frank and Nancy are busy with school, sports and scouting. Rob and Linda Horowitz Rosier have lived in North Caldwell for 19 years. Rob is busy in the graphic arts/book manufacturing business. Son Richard, 21, is a junior at Lehigh; Jeffrey, 18, was awaiting college decisions. Linda writes, “I was pleased to be asked to serve on the MKA Alumni Council—it was a funny feel­ ing to walk back through those front doors and come face to face with a painting of Miss Spurr. The library is much larger now...” MA Mr. George A. Bleyle, Jr. 2259 Weir Drive, Hudson, OH 44236 Judging by the response to my request for news, the creative writing talents of my classmates are obviously latent. George

61 TKS Miss Christine Keller 1702 Church Street, Galveston, TX 77550 Many thanks to Judith Poor as she “retires” as class secretary! We wish her luck in her new home in New Hampshire. Harold and Nancl Goldman D eutsch have been in Florida for 17 years. She is busy with her store which specializes in children’s books and educational toys. Stacy is at U. Penn, Alison at 'Vile.

Trish Shupik Liftman’s daughter Rachel is also a freshman at Yale. The Littmans moved last year to Wisconsin—to 40 acres in rolling wooded hills about 25 miles west of Madison, where son Josh attends school. Trish is finishing up a Ph.D. dissertation in sociology for the U. of Pennsylvania. Joe and Margaret Mayes Boyd are beginn­ ing to feel settled in Chatham, N.Y. Joe is recouping beautifully, Peggy skis and plays tennis; Duncan is 14, Andrew, 11.

TKS Ms. Sharon Livesey 12 Gorham Avenue, Brookline, MA 02146

MA Mr. Robert Tyler Root III 24 Wiedemann, Clifton, NJ 07011 “O’Neills lead YMCA to Squash Title” read the headline as Steve and Jack O’NeUl ’68 led the Montclair Y team to the Northern New Jersey Squash Racquets Association A/B league team championship in April. John Lowy lives and works in The City. His firm, Lowy & Chemis, specializes in securities and corporate law, mergers and acquisitions.

Reunion chairman: Mr. Andrew Abrams 435 Lenox Place, Maplewood, NJ 07040 This was a big year for Douglas Lackey: his wife delivered two new sons—Bryan and Jonathan—and Doug published two new books: The Ethics o f War and Peace (PrenticeHall) and Ethics & Strategic Defense (Wadsworth). Bronson Van Wyck writes that cotton and rice farming is making a small comeback which is healthier than a quick ’turnaround.’ His son, Bronson Jr. is a 9th grader at Groton. Ken Stufko decided the 25 th anniversary of MA graduation would be an appropriate time to write. He and Gail recently celebrated their 20th anniversary; daughter Sandra will enter Rochester Institute of Technology, Cheryl enters high school. Ken is national sales manager for Lermer Packaging, a recently LBO’ed manufacturer.

62 TKS Mrs. C. D. Creed (Barbara Bywater) 1769 Forest View Avenue Hillsborough, CA 94010 Mary Jane G illispie Knapp is Minister-atLarge for the Upper Ohio Valley Presbytery. They live in Wheeling, W. Va.; Jennifer is six and in school. MA Mr. Lawrence J. Magnes 3222 Lexington Road Lexington, K Y 40206-2714 Now living in Hong Kong, Bob Schmitt is marketing manager for Digital in the Far East. His job calls for extensive travel throughout the Orient with a heavy emphasis on China. “If the 19th century belonged to Europe and the 20th century to the U.S.,” Bob writes, “then the 21st century surely belongs to the Far East. The pace of life, the dedication to hard work, and the emphasis on quality educa­ tion is something to behold.” The Schmitts’ third daughter, Kristiane, was bom in 1986. Richard Rosenblum , selling life insurance in the Marlton, N.J., area, is a licensed NASD representative and received the WTCF designa­ tion in 1986. Remarried and living in Miami, Leslie Zuckerman states, “This is a commuter mar­ riage. My wife works in Ashville, N.C., where we have a second home, so much of the weekend is spent in transit...it seems to be working out fairly well.” Leslie is a partner in the law firm of Kramer & Zuckerman and a principal in the FDR group, which specializes in employee benefits, financial and insurance planning. In Louisville, Ky., Larry Magnes recently opened Magnes Communications, a firm specializing in the creation and production of radio and television commercials. His latest campaigns were for Louisiana Power & Light, the Kentucky Dept, of Tourism and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

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Reunion chairman: Mrs. Kinrad Michelson (Ann Fairlie) 31 Bellevue Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 MA Mr. Bronson Van Wyck P.O. Box T, Tuckerman, AR 72473

64 TKS Dr. Deborah Pines 2540 D South Walter Reed Drive Arlington, VA 22206 Randl W hite McGinnis is looking forward to having days to herself, as her youngest starts first grade. She’s got four kids in four different schools and runs them to sports, music, dance, etc. She’s president of Bucknell’s Assn, for Arts, and invites anyone with kids ready for college to visit her at Bucknell. Lynn Sanders Plzzirusso says life is plod­ ding smoothly. Her teenagers offer sparkle (son has earring, daughter’s in love). Her husband thinks it’d be easier to move than to remodel the kitchen! Barbara Mahler Markussen’s daughter graduated salutatorian and is at Cornell. Her son’s a high school freshman. Carl, Barbara’s husband, has decided to retire from the Air Force after 20 years; she’s glad to stay put for a while. Barb works in the bookkeeping depart­ ment for the Assn, for Retarded Children. H elen Jean H eller N oey is struggling “in a very sick Alaskan economy.” Steve’s building boxes for people leaving town and she’s runn­ ing a construction company “that only repairs the old stuff.” John, 12, and Ann, 8, are her small triumphs. After 20 years of upheaval, Sherry Newcomb H auffs life is “an oasis of calm.” She’s painting watercolors and trying to write a book. She’s Garden Club program chairman and chair of the art committee of the Southern Vermont Art Center. Sounds wonderful! She’s heard from Kathy Schultz-Ambrose and Roberta Llberman-Rogoff (may we too?). M issy Keyser Sandberg has a 6’2” son in college and is feeling old. Her daughter is 15. Missy’s squeezing in acting—has been in thril­ lers, children’s shows and musicals this year.


Toni Dul W ellem eyer said hello trying to pass on a card to Debby D ickson who seems to have disappeared. If anyone knows where Debby is, please let me know. Susan Herbert Kyle, aka Pembroke, made Newsweek (June 1, ’87) as a council member of the Boston Museum of Fine Art. She sent a sample of her work—an illustration for a text­ book about families—and an interesting article about her work as a picture research consul­ tant. (For a copy, drop me a line.) • Sorry my annual plea was a tad lugubrious. I am happy to report that my husband got a job, so it’s back to the business of learning how to be married. „ ,, . Debbi MA No secretary John Sheldon is a judge of the Maine District Court. He and Kathy have a two-yearold son, Jimmy. After spending seven years in Kentucky, Robert Eliezer moved back east to become Bryant Division general manager for Westinghouse Electric (20 years with WE). His daughter, 6, and son, 2, live with their mother in Kentucky. Bob recently completed a reproduction of the 1958 Chevy he drove dur­ ing his MA days. “It really brings back the memories!”

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Mrs. PE. Madsen (Betsy Ridge) 58 Chestnut Street, Boston, MA 02108 Lucille Russomanno D eboissezon has lived in Hong Kong for three years and will move to Santiago, Chile in September. She has two sons—Xavier, 6, and Jean-Paul, 3For the last four years Sari Gombos McLaughlin has been VP and Editor-in-Chief of Kase Publications, which publishes Just For You, a general-interest magazine distributed free to hospital patients around the country. Sari fs working on a novella titled Uncondi­ tional Love. She and Leo celebrated their 15th anniversary in June. Dave and M errill Adickes Rich have lived in New Hampshire for 17 years and have two children, Becky, 14, and Ben, 11. They have a Shaklee business and run a small dorm for four girls of Brewster Academy. Merrill, the founderdirector of the Wolfeboro School of Ballet (ballet, aerobics and creative movement), choreographs musicals for the local high school and Brewster. MA Mr. R. Victor Bernstein 40 W. 77th St. Apt. 4E, New York, N Y 10024 Michael Fink is a builder/developer of residential and commercial projects and a director of the Builders Assn, of No. New Jersey. He is chairman of the educational and research Foundation for the Preservation of the American Dream. Our condolences to Gregory and Joseph Hare on the death of their father.

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TKS Mrs. W illiam E. Crawford (Francine Onorati) 421 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02115 My response from the class was not over­ whelming, hence the shortness of text. (Ed.

note: plus severe pruning due to limited space.) Johan and Alina Seborowskl Andersen moved four weeks before Christmas across the street from where they were living. At holiday time they were in the midst of redecorating and were unable to get to the mantel to hang the stockings! Lots of news from Terry Appenzellar Hauberg. Robert, Terry and Greta (12, 5’5”) spent Thanksgiving in Mississippi. Robert treks to Dallas frequently and we are advised to watch the headlines for indictments in bank fraud cases, brought to fruition by Robert. Christmas was spent in Martha’s Vineyard—26 people, including Terry’s mom, sister and aunt from England. Terry is doing marketing for Computer Sciences Corp. (a systems integra­ tor), after 15 years with the government. Terry’s account is transportation, primarily FAA, so she is learning about air traffic control, weather, and radar communications. I saw Suzy Cadgene and Doug Nelson in Boston last summer when they came for a Red Sox game. They spent an incredibly active Christmas between the two families. Unfor­ tunately Suzy’s letter had to be cut but it con­ cludes, “I see no reason...why Christmas should not be a winter Olympic event at least on a par with a triathlon!’ Back in New York they have been renovating their apartment. The last issue featured Madden Harkness. In addition to her spring show in Germany, she is showing in Santa Monica and in Chicago. Her work is fabulous and I hope she will have a show in the East so we on this coast can see it in person. I continue with my real estate development work in Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and Cape Cod. Bill has just returned from a fiveweek photography trip to Vietnam and Cam­ bodia. As a director of the Neighborhood Assn, of the Back Bay, I have been involved in many development and fundraising activities. Son Charlie will be in fourth grade and Faith starts kindergarten in the fall. Francine MA Mr. John F. Hawley 1402 Washington Street Holliston, MA 01746-2215 Peter Orgaln writes from Vermont: “...From individual therapy to business train­ ings, I have the privilege of aiding people in discovering their potential. My dear friend, Bob Hemmeter, first sparked my lifelong in­ terest in what it means to discover your best and pursue it!’ After 14 years of marriage, Emily and Fred Gurtman “took the plunge” arid proudly an­ nounce the birth of Stephanie in January. Fred is chief of dermatology at The Diagnostic Clinic, a 60-physician medical center in Largo, Fla. His hobbies include high school and college basketball officiating, tennis, running, and gourmet eating! Gail, Larry Guerke, Bradley, 5, and Lisa, 3, moved to Washington, N.J. When not in Vermont skiing or on Long Beach Island, Larry is a senior analyst with McCann Health Care in Morristown. He adds that his father, who taught at MKA in the 1970’s, still resides in Cedar Grove. Robert Brandt is a senior associate at the New York architectural/engineering/planning firm Haines Lundberg Waehler (HLW). A cur­ rent project is a new Japanese high school to be built in Westchester. Bob is particularly grateful to Dr. Frances O’Connor, current Prin­ cipal, and former headmaster Phil Anderson

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TKS Ms. Margot Escott 2980 Kings Lake Blvd., Naples, FL 33962 Judy D ixon owns a fitness center (indoor and outdoor tennis courts, racquetball courts and a Nautilus) in Amherst, Mass. She has two adopted children: Selin, 8, from El Salvador and Mariah, 5, from Georgia. Wayne and Vicki Donald Augustine and son James, 7, live in Connecticut. Vicki is a pre-school special education teacher. Jenny Penick Young’s husband, John, is the executive producer and co-creator of the ABC series on Vietnam, “China Beach!’ (His mother is Peggy K lotz Young ’37.) MA Mr. Craig C. Perry 119 East 84th St., Apt. 6C New York, N Y 10028 Howard Zuckerman has a private law practice in Morristown. He and Judi have one son, David, 6.

68 20th REUNION SEPTEMBER 24 TKS Ms. Avie Claire Kalker 5805 Birchbrook #202, Dallas, Tic 75206 Reunion chairman: Mrs. Barry N azarian (Nancy Plummer) 722 Valley Road, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Joyce Dowden Scott wrote that she and John live in Franklin, N.J. and have two children, Mark, 3, and Sarah, 2. When Mark was an infont Joyce earned a degree in nursing and passed state boards to become a registered nurse. She works part-time as a labor and delivery nurse—‘I love the field and can’t im­ agine working in any other area but maternal/child health!’ Last January Angela Steggles Nevius gave up her job of 15 years as state sales manager for Heublein, Inc. to stay home with “pride and joy” Hunter, bom in June 1987. She married her old college sweetheart in 1985. They live in Fair Haven, N.J., three miles from the ocean. Avie Claire Kalker is working on a TV news feature show, “Passionate People,” which she and her cousin co-produce for syndication. Avie continues to appraise, write, teach and lead decorative arts tours to England. (Avie sent copies of two articles on appraisals which appeared in The Texas Woman’s News. Unfortunately space is too limited to repro­ duce them. —Ed.) All of the above hope to attend reunion! MA Mr. Burton M. Webb Box 29, Free Union, VA 22940 Reunion chairman: Mr. Edward T. O’Neill 345 Park Street, Upper Montclair, N f 07043 His sister Janet ’75 sent word that Chris Kluge, his wife Monica, and daughter


Carla are enjoying the “quieter” side of New Jersey in Newton. Chris works for Artistic Identification Systems.

Photojoumalist Rick Smolan ’68x conceived and edited the acclaimed series, A D ay in the Life o f_______ A D ay in the Life o f Am erica was at the top of the bestseller list for 45 weeks and climbed again when Russia was published. Rick also edited the books on Australia, Ganada and Japan. He has photographed seven Time magazine covers and done features for The N ational Geographic.

69 TKS Mrs. Charles Gildea (Lynn Ebrhardt) 46 E. Saddle River Rd., Saddle River, NJ 07458 Congratulations to Annette Colston Saviet on the birth of a second child in June ’87. Michelle joins sister Elyse, 3. David and An­ nette are both still at CBS in New York, having survived cuts and layoffs. David works on music shows and she is a writer in network radio news. Mac and Barbara Fox MdWilliams are now settled In Pinehurst, N.C. No pollution and no traffic! Barbara is working in the public school systems, and Mac is renovating the house. Morgan and Phyllis IaObuche Rawlins have moved to St. Croix, V.I. and love it so much they have decided to stay longer and rent out their home on Long Island for the summer. Phyllis is exploring business opportunities in St. Croix. Nice! Anne Lavoy Guerra’s husband, Bob, runs two radio stations. One does a weekly show called “Country Music’s Top 10” and Anne is on the air Saturday mornings. She also co-hosts a live Sunday show, “Countryline USA,” and her guests have included Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Ronnie Milsap and Dolly Parton! Anne and Bob have two children, 5 and 2. She ran into Patty Benner in Santa Monica, and Patty was expecting child No. 2 in January. My husband Chip and I and son Brian, 13, became certified scuba divers in February; daughter Kristin, 12, will take the course next year. Lynn Our condolences to Ellen Hare on the death of her father. MA No secretary Charles Levin is “thoroughly entrenched” in the retail carpet and Oriental rug business as President of Sandler & Worth, an 18-store chain in N.J., N.Y. and Connecticut. He is married; son Josh is 8. Garrett Grainger is director of personal computer systems at Diversified Services/ Budget Rent-A-Car. His wife, Lynn, is a tennis pro; daughter Tebbi, 17, is off to college; Travis, 14, and Amanda, 9, are tennis stars; baby Christopher arrived last September. The M ontclair Times announced the engagement of M ichael W esson. After St. Lawrence, he received his M.D. at the U. of Virginia, now is a physician in radiation

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TKS Ms. Leslie Bryan 844 East M omingside Drive, NE Atlanta, GA 30324 I expected a lot more mail from all of you than I actually received! H eidi Sanders Bryan wrote from New Canaan, Conn, where she lives with husband Will and their three children. (Ed. note: Heidi sent a photo of four classmates—Anne McIntyre Graves, Susie Buttel O’Brien, Liz Conzen Zellner and H eidi and their combined nine children. We regret very much that because it was in color and not clear, it could not be reproduced in the Alumni News.) Pamela Yu and her husband have recently moved from Houston to Austin, where they are establishing new practices in psychology and enjoying the wide open spaces after many years of city dwelling. After 12 years in Germany,- Madge Huber Henning has moved back to the States with her two children. Madge, in Bethesda, would love to hear from any classmates in the Washington area. B etsy Kimball wrote from Boston where she recently graduated from Northeastern Law School and passed the bar exam! She works for the Massachusetts equivalent of the Environ­ mental Protection Agency in the wetlands pro­ tection program. She hopes that her club, Beantown, will win the national rugby club title for the third year in a row—‘Age and cunning will triumph over youth and skill!” The big news from Pat Vilas Brown, now living in Kirkland, Wash., is the birth of Rachel in June 1987. Pat decided not to return to her job as nurse and surgical assistant and instead chose full-time motherhood. Pat wrote that Rachel was “well worth waiting for!” In Atlanta, husband Bruce Maloy and I are trying to juggle the demands of two lawyer careers with the demands of raising Whitney, 3. Full-time, live-in child care is the only solu­ tion. I had a Martha’s Vineyard reunion in May with Heidi, Anne, Susie, Betsy, Kim Kolbe (living in New Jersey and working as assistant to the head coach of the New York Giants), A lison Smith Hitesman, and Karen Braeder Connlff. We had a wonderful time, stayed up till 3:30 a.m. talking. Kim and I have had wonderfully coincidental schedules which have put us at Heidi’s house on the same night two years in a row. I hope we can establish a tradition. Speaking of tradition—our 20th reunion is coming up. Let’s all watch for dates and make a good showing! Leslie MA Mr. G arrets. Roosrna 30 Cottage Lane Upper Saddle River, N f 07458 As associate engineer technician for Avantek in Silicon Valley, John (Jay) Coward helps design microwave oscillators. Jay enjoys California, especially the central cost climate, but “will always miss the East Coast which I consider ’home! ” Our condolences to Roger Cole on the death of his father.

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71 TKS No secretary Brenda Madison has been pursuing an acting career in Los Angeles for two years. She’s been in two soap operas (“Santa Barbara” and “The Young and the Restless”) and hopes to get a series. In addition to working and auditioning, Brenda sings and plays keyboard for live and studio projects and has written music for a theater production and an as-yetunreleased film. “Aside from missing the seasons—and my family—back East, I’m having a ball!” Steven and Susan von H o f f m a n n Tompson live in Chatham, N.J. with their twins, Steven and Christopher, 1. Susan—a part-time marketing director at Prudential—H is expecting another child in October. MA Mr. Jam es Bryan Jr. 56 D evil’s Garden, Norwalk, CT 06854 Scott Purvis and his wife had a son, Austin, in March. Jeffrey Levin has joined Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives in New York, and specializes in taxation law. Our condolences to Herbert H. Tate, Jr. on the death of his father. Judge Tate, a former Montclair Academy trustee, was a retired Superior Court judge, cultural affairs attache in Pakistan, and assistant minority leader in the New Jersey Assembly. He was described as a “legend” for his accomplishments on behalf of civil rights.

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TKS Mrs. Linda Finney W illiams Box 1446 Gleglen Ave., Nantucket, MA 02554 Dr. Patricia Silver (Robin) is about halfway through a radiology residency at Hackensack Medical Center—‘All well otherwise.” Thcey Phillips, married in May, is an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs in New York. Tacey graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Williams. After a stint as a stage and TV actress, she earned an MBA from Columbia. Her husband is also an investment banker. Our condolences to D enise Coats on the death of her father. MA Mr. Steven Schottenfeld 500 East 83rd St. Apt. 76, New York, N Y 10028 Believe it or not, John Kaplow proposed to his fiancee Ellen via a skywriting plane over a crowded beach! They were married in May, 1987. John is an account executive for Image Innovations, a commercial video production company. John Sperling has one year left of his surgical residency at Monmouth Medical Center where he is a captain in the U.S. Air Force. John and his wife, Margaret, have three children, 1, 2, and 3. John enjoys camping and hiking in his spare time which with three kids and a residency must be nonexistent! Craig M aginness is a partner in a law firm in Colorado where he is when not on the ski


slopes with wife Ellen. He is a trial lawyer involved in general commercial litigation and cases involving natural resources. He occa­ sionally plays jazz piano and keyboard in a rock band. Sam W eiss reports from Spring Industries, a New York textiles manufacturer where he, as Director of Development, is responsible for acquisitions and new business. Sam and wife Judy have two boys, 5 and 2, whom Sam usually beats at tennis. Bruce Usher teaches 7th grade social studies in New Hampshire where he also directs the varsity track program. In his spare time Bruce motorcycles—probably to keep up with his 17-year-old track stars! Bruce and wife Marion have two children, 8 and 9. Ken Kreski practices internal medicine in St. Louis. He and Mary Ann have two boys, 1 and 3. Ken’s hobby is still ham radio even 20 years later! Ken credits the threat of Mr. Mansuy giving a refresher course on matrix algebra as the major impetus for him to write. Only kidding, Mr. Mansuy! Bruce Pollack is V.P. for mergers and acquisitions at Maxicare Health Plans. Bruce and wife Mary have two boys, 1 and 3. They live in California where Bruce enjoys scuba diving and bicycling. Like California wow! Let’s all surprise Bruce and Mary at their house for Christmas! Mike Vitale is a partner in a St. Louis law firm which means, as he puts it, he gets to “order all the secretaries around.” Mike and wife Andrea met on a blind date. They have a 1- year-old baby girl who orders Mike around. John Troxell reports that his position as a research mathematician at Exxon began from his having started a small gardening business where he often pondered the quantitative aspects of growth prediction and forest yield modeling. This led him to study forestry, statistics and eventually to Exxon. John notes his Academy French comes in handy on business trips; in fact, he even teaches a statistics course in French! He and his wife, Gersony, live in Long Branch. Chris Schultz met wife Julie on the beach when sharing a summer house with Mike Cassatiy and Steve Schottenfeld. They are now the proud parents of a baby girl. Chris works for Murdoch Magazines as International Advertising Director overseeing 16 offices worldwide. He plays tennis with Steve and has occasionally won a game or two. Terri and Steve Schottenfeld and their 2- year-old daughter live in N.Y.C. although the child’s toys have forced them to begin looking for a home in New Jersey. Steve is Executive V.P. of advertising and merchandising for Dean Floor covering, co-operator of the floor store departments of Rickel Home Centers.

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TKS Mrs. Michael F. Moreno (Martha Del Negro) 750 Woodward Rd., No. Providence, R I 02904 Nanci H ollerith is proud aunt to her brother Rich’s two boys and godmother to one. “No one in my class ever writes any news?!” she laments. MA Mr. Gregory Lackey 165 Chickahominy Trail Medford Lakes, NJ 08055

Responses to my letter were most enthusias­ tic, and not just about having a reunion party. Everyone seems to have a genuinely good feel­ ing for the Academy and their classmates. I would like to encourage the remainder of the class to mail in a word or two so that everyone can share in your whereabouts. Otherwise, how would we know that... Peter Redpath runs down Wall Street in Fort Meyers, Fla. as VP for Raymond James and Associates. Peter, his wife, and two sons live on beautiful Sanibel Island where Peter just finish­ ed building a new home. When Peter reclines in the sunshine, he wonders how... Tim M iller can handle the harsh winter in Scituate, Mass. Tim relocated last year from Arizona with his wife Jody and son Chet to work for Boston Edison. Next time Tim js in town he should call... B ill Kovacs about that reunion party. Bill didn’t know until now that he has volunteered to be chairman of the party committee. He lives in Essex Fells with his wife Karen and children Lauren, 5, and Billy, 2. Bill puts his industrial engineering degree and MBA to good use managing the family manufacturing business. When he mails out that party infor­ mation, he won’t forget... Peter Stollnsky and wife Peggi live in San Jose, Cal. Peter is a VP of the direct marketing group at Dataquest, Inc., a subsidiary of Dun and Brads treet. He would like to know if anyone else from the class has settled on the West Coast. One classmate Peter won’t see... jogging to work is Malcolm O’Hara. As a partner in an upstate New Tbrk law firm, Mai has settled into the small town life, doing a litde running, playing golf and competing in a statistical baseball league with Dave Brandley. Dave is married with one son. Earlier this year Malcolm enjoyed a skiing vacation in Aspen with Rudy Schlobohm ’74, also married with one son. When we all get together Malcolm will want to share notes with... fellow attorney Jeffrey Klndler. Jeff has moved from his clerkship with Supreme Court Justice William Brennen to practice law at Williams and Connolly, where he consoles his boss’s losing ways at the Oriole ballpark with victories in the courtroom. After work Jeff maneuvers his way through the D.C. traffic to his home in Bethesda, Md. to relax with his wife Sharon and son Joshua, 2. He should keep a lookout for... Jeff Carrie, who is a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Jeff has been stationed in Knoxville, Tenn., but is in the process of relocating to the FBI office in New York City, where he can look up... B ill Breen in Brooklyn. Bill teaches jour­ nalism at the City University of New York and contributes feature articles to many New York area newspapers and magazines. Bill has kept in close touch with Rick Goldblum and Allan Cox ’74, but sent no news, which is old news to... Dean Paolucci, who is thankful to be relieved of this thankless task! Dean and wife Patricia live in a new residence in Clifton. Dean is VP/Sales for Concurrent Technologies, a NYC-based software company specializing in economic forecasting and modeling. Dean spends his leisure time traveling, playing golf, attending Giants, Jets, Devils and Nets games, and supporting local charitable organizations. Very active for MKA from the class are Dean and A1 Van Eerde, both on the Alumni Council. A1 was just named Dean of Students at MKA! Robert Jackson is a Thistee. (He was also named an Honorary Thistee for the New

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Jersey Pops Orchestra.) It would be nice if people could send in their own address to MKA instead of their parents’ address. We would appreciate ANY address for the following: Steve Beckelman, Jim Crooks, Hugh Crowther, Henrik Lerche, Chris Sodom a, Jeff Cunningham, and Timothy (Itorf) Taylor. Greg

Barbara Bonney ’74x has become an international opera star, singing lyric coloratura soprano roles to critical acclaim in Europe and the U.K. Her Sophie in “Der Rosenkavalier" was widely praised and can be seen on a video made at a Covent Garden performance. Barbara will make her formal debut as Adele in “Die Fledermaus” at the Metropolitan Opera on December 30: She made an unscheduled debut there in the spring as Najade in “Ariadne auf Naxos” for James Levine, with whom she had recorded the role. That per­ formance was telecast on PBS on April 27. Though her home is in Sweden, Barbara grew up in Montclair, attended Kimberley and was active in the music of the First Congregational Church under Saundra and Nixon Bicknell. Now she records for Deutsche Gram­ mophon and is booked for years.

74 TKS Mrs. Bogue Wallin (Bonnie McBratney) 39 Sum m it St., Philadelphia, PA 19118 Seton D aly Beckw ith was featured in February in a New Ybrk Times article about the plusses/minuses of living in Hoboken. Because of the lack of quality services (schools, etc.), the Beckwiths are moving back to Montclair! Anne Johnson Silva, a rising star in inter­ national banking at Philadelphia National Bank, makes frequent jaunts to mainland China. Peter and Leslie Aufzien Levine are expecting their first child in August. She wrote that brother Jonathan is a freshman at Princeton, Merry (Meredith ’79) and Lisa ’76 are fine and living in New Jersey. New boys in town: Congratulations to Martha Bonsai Day on the birth of Neal Bonsai Day in May, and to Mary Lathrop W ill for Duncan Forbes Will IV in March! MA Mr. Anthony M. Celentano 3 Conduct Street, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 Katherine and M ichael Adams are expect­ ing their first child in July. Meanwhile Michael has already given birth to a magazine, Invest­ m ent M anagement Review, which has 45,000 readers in the U.S., Japan and Europe. Colleen and Carl Oberg had a daughter, Tara, in December. Rudy Schlobohm ’s first baby, Karl Scott, arrived last October. Daddy bagged the NYC commute after ten years, and enjoys the 10-minute drive from Upper Montclair to his


office in Springfield. Rudy was elected to the Board of Trustees of Planned Parenthood Essex County. Robert Pow ell is VP and general manager of AMA of New York/Newjersey, an environ­ mental consulting firm based in Edison. He and his wife, Kathleen, relocated to New Jersey from Marietta, Geoigia. Bob observes that his new job—analyzing air samples with an elec­ tron microscope and high-tech accessories— has made his talents come full circle. “I had left the lab environment in 1984 when I was managing a major research lab at the U. of Pennsylvania...The quote under my senior photo in M.A.’s Yearbook 87 reads “Do you have an electron microscope on campus?” which was a question posed to campus representatives during the hunt for a college. Little did I know that my naive interest would turn into such a great challenge for me now.” Owen Davis, M.D., completed his fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at Harvard in June and has joined the faculty of Cornell University Medical College.

75 MKA Mr. D avid Soule 214230 M eadowvale Drive, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada L2E 5W 7 New boys in town: Congratulations to Jill and G eoffrey Gimber on the birth of their second son, Jon, in January; to Mary Ellen and Sean B oyle on the birth of Owen in February; to John Sanders on the birth of John Sasscer Sanders, Jr. in February; and to Jeffrey and Debra Mahler Matthews on the birth of Christopher in April. Bruce Alder left his nine-year banking career—VP of commercial credit for Meridian Bank in Allentown—to return to the MBA pro­ gram in health administration at Temple U. in Philadelphia in January. Several MKA alumni attended his December wedding: Dallas Gordon, Jim Giarrusso, Bob Cunniff ’81, Wayne Alder ’81. Nora and Howard Johnson built a new home in Hanover, Md. near Baltimore. They are expecting their first child in August. Anna Crawford is an attorney in Hartford and her husband teaches religion at Trinity and Yale. B ill Baker received a D.V.M. from Kansas State U. in May and practices at a large animal clinic in Fort Lupton, Co. He and his wife, Tina, have two children, Flynn, 6, and Kate, 4, and also raise Dalmations. Joshua Farber is studying squid migration patterns off Malta as a fellow with the Mediter­ ranean Institute of Oceanography. Anyone planning a visit to Amish country is welcome to call Jeffrey Schiffm an for a tour. He and his wife and two-year-old son live in Lancaster; he works for WLPA/WNCE. John and Karen K elley M oriarty are renovating a Victorian home in downtown Haverhill, Mass. She works for Northland Corp. marketing estate properties throughout New England. In Sag Harbor, N.Y., Sally Thom pson started a secretarial service and works part time at Sotheby’s International Realty. “Call if you’re in ’The Hamptons! ” Catherine Haviland Schafer, a corporate finance attorney in Princeton, was elected President of The Venture Association of New Jersey, which provides support and guidance

to entrepreneurs and investors. Wendy W eiss is an assistant professor at the U. of Nebraska, Lincoln, where she teaches weaving, printing and dyeing. She did a textile and wood outdoor installation called “Prairie Missile Site: Silent Silo” for the Central Time Zone Sculpture Symposium in Lincoln—a sculpture based on research relating to the 1,000 missile silos in the Midwest. Janet Kluge W iggin enjoys the slower pace of Cincinnati, where she teaches preschool at an independent school. She and Jim have a year-old son, Jay, and are expecting a second child in September. Paul Zukerberg has a small law practice specializing in litigation and civil rights issues in Washington, D.C. on K Street, N.W. and an office in Alexandria. He wonders if any ’75 classmates are in the area?

76 MKA Mrs. Paul McFeeley (Laurie Hoonhout) 6 Elizabeth Road, Upper M ontclair NJ 01043 Dr. Charles Read 3115 Carroll Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 Thanks to those who wrote. As we get older more milestones are obtained—several classmates had the excitement of having children this past year. Eve Wood had a son, Benjamin, in January. She lives outside Philadelphia and is complet­ ing her residency in psychiatry. She intends to begin a private practice. Rob Pariseau, who works for Mass Mutual in Tampa, and his wife, Sadie, had their second son in January. Rob wrote that he would attend Brad Scott’s wedding this spring, although Brad did not confirm the feet. Susan Stanton is working on fundraising for the MegaCities Project in Seattle, Wash. Frances M ills’ wedding last October was a great MKA event. Susan Stanton, Dale Frederick, Mary Lou Guttman, Dr. Julie B ellet, Sara Close, Robin Towner, Dr. Janet Nagel Scheel, Liz Bruns Johnson, John Urga, and H illary Hoffman attended. Hillary was married in January. Present were Frances M ills, M etiner Klmmel, Matt Troxell, and again Dale Frederick and John Urga who seem to be making the wedding curcuit. Mr. Nevins wrote that his son Ted Nevlns III has been in Tokyo with Lehman Bros, since August ’86 and has been traveling throughout the East. According to his sister Lisa Godlewski ’79, Frank Gerald is finishing his doctorate in ar­ chitectural history at the University of Venice. He has a design company in Milan which designs and manufactures lamps and home accessories. The M ontclair Times announced Robin Towner's engagement. She lives in Santa Monica, Calif., where she is a story editor for an affiliate of Paramount Pictures. Robin is a member of Actor’s Equity and is VP of the U.C.L.A. Scuba Diving Club. The wedding will be in California in October. The Times also announced Ana Rincon’s wedding. Ana is the assistant director of international trade and investments for the City of New York. Ward and Lisa Kruse D annem lller and daughters Beth and Laura Kay have moved to Georgia where he works for Hertz Corp. Lisa is

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returning to teaching. As for me, I’m continuing to wallow in the Washington D.C. environs where I have at least three more years of subspecialty training in critical care medicine at Georgetown. I recent­ ly bought a home and my spare time is spent having my credit cards flattened out at Hechinger’s home improvement department. Chip

77 MKA No secretary Many thanks to Bev Hall for her con­ scientious work as class secretary! We wish her good luck in her new endeavors. A volunteer is needed to replace her—please call the Alumni Office (201/746-9800). Pat Cane works with the New Jersey Legislature—‘the life of a civil servant!” In her spare time she frequents local theater and ballet, and works with environmental organizations. Pat took her first trip to Europe, to Belgium, in February.

Pat Cane ’l l Donna Crews was one of 14 graduates of Initiative Newark II, a 14-week leadership development program sponsored by the Newark Collaboration Group and the CORO foundation, a national nonprofit institute for leadership. The Star-Ledger carried a picture of Donna in its January article about the program. Michael Werksman missed reunion because of the birth of his second son, Joseph. Matthew, 3, is “a clone of his father,” accor­ ding to momma Elena. Michael manages to enjoy life with golf, cooking, Yankee spring training down the road, and his Harley Davidson—he even made Florida history with it when he was the first person to ride on the newly completed link of 195!

H O C K E Y GAM E Saturday, D ecem ber 17, 1988 4:30-6:30 p.m . MKA Alumni vs. Montclair High Alumni^

Montclair Ice Rink


Also In Florida, Marty Cohn is sorry he missed reunion. His son John is two; Marty is a senior account exec at an advertising agency in Miami. Our condolences to N ellie Matjucha on the death of her father.

Sm iling fo r photographer/faculty member George Hrab a t Homecoming last fa ll, 10th reunion o f 1977 L to R: Steve Cowles, Paul Hastaba, Dave Jones, Robert Hubsmith, Andy Read

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Street!” She was looking forward to a trip to Europe in June. Christine “found” D ebbie Mann—listed as lo st|iin Queens! After two years in Southern California (LA), David Peckman has become a complete convert to the West Coast. He is a VP and marketing director for the First Interstate Bank of California. He invites old friends visiting the Coast to give him a call. Kerry McGill, a Lehigh graduate, is a CPA with Coopers & Lybrand. He and his bride live in Bloomfield. Peter Scialli wrote from Charlottesville, where he was completing an internship at the psychiatric facility of U. VA. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology this spring from Fairleigh Dickinson U. After completing his B.A. at Hobart College (“Lacrosse Capital of the World”), Kevin Berkowsky moved to Boston to pursue a master's degree in media management and television production (Emerson College, ’85). Kevin did a three-year stint as a sportswriter/ producer at WCVB-TV—Boston’s ABC affiliate— and has been a studio manager for Wang Laboratories’ corporate Satellite Television Network, WANG-TV, for two years. “With my roots still in New Jersey, I enjoy rooting against all New England sports teams here, during baseball, football, hockey and basketball seasons. Warm wishes to the entire MKA family!”

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Reunion chairmen: Miss Lori W indolf 32 The Crescent, Montclair, NJ 07042

MKA Mrs. Shawn Mahieu O rtiz 4308 Cowan Place, Belcamp MD 21017

Mr. Robert H. Gardner 3 Kathleen Court, Wayne, NJ 07470 Lisa Farlie Bannerot switched jobs to become a media supervisor at Saatchi & Saatchi, advertising agency, in New York. “The funny thing,” she writes, “is that I worked at Saatchi prior to J.W. Thompson so I’m now back home. I’m even working for my original boss.” She will celebrate her fifth wedding anniversary in September. The M ontclair Times announced the engagement of Elizabeth Ames to Richard Abramowitz of Teaneck. She is a personal shopper with At Your Service at Bloomingdales in New York. Lisa Cowles was promoted to manager of sales support for affiliate sales and marketing at the A&E Cable Network. She lives in Glen Ridge. Pamela Bolton returned in April iron Nairobi, Kenya, where she coordinated a community based health project. Before that she lived briefly in rural Haiti working with a similar project until expatriate staff were withdrawn due to civil unrest. Pam graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1987 with a master’s in international public health. After receiving her Ph.D. in environmental medicine from New York University in October 1987, Anne Hochwalt became a staff scientist at Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals in Norwich, N.Y. John Phillips, Jr. lives in New York and works in the corporate finance department of Drexel Burnham Lambert. C hristine Nigro Newbold is also in The City, installing new systems to keep Shearson Lehman Hutton “on the cutting edge of Wall

Mr. Jack Brink 943 North Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30306 Engaged: David Dnnnigan and Karen O’Connor ’80. Steve D odd will be their best man in November. Constance Tam ell is engaged to Edward Sullivan of Maryland. She graduated from Boston College and is a credit analyst with 'famell Company in Secaucus. Amy Shull is engaged to Joseph Finnerty Jr. of Baltimore. Amy graduated from Hampshire College, received a master’s degree in painting from NYU and is on the editorial staff of Premiere magazine in New York. Lee Ann Perrino Brensinger, married last August, just earned her second certificate in teaching (high school English), and hopes to begin working on a Ph.D. in English. Sally D e Plro received a master’s in business education from Indiana University in May. Larry Duca, Jr., graduated from UMDNJ Dental School in 1987 and practices general dentistry with his father in Clifton. Craig Bartlett is a second-year student at UMDNJ—School of Osteopathic Medicine. He is “keeping his grades at acceptable levels...and practicing that Wednesday golf game!’ He set up a charity run that attracted 100-plus runners, with a softball game later that pitted a team of Special Olympians against medical students. Most degrees award: Laurence Principe, a NSSF Fellow at Indiana University, received a Ph.D. in chemical research and a master’s in history of science. After a trip to Europe, he will attend Johns Hopkins with a fellowship for a Ph.D. in history of science and alchemy. Laurence graduated from the U. of Delaware with a B.A. and B.S. magna cum laude.

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Most exotic award: David Stockel has enrolled at the U. of Guam (as in island) for an MBA in finance. He hopes to graduate in 1990; in the meantime, “I am digging the climate, the new culture, and the beautiful women!’

The 79ers a t Homecoming: Dave Stockel, Steve Dodd, Tony Barnes Don and Sally D ’A lessandro are living in L.A. for one year while Don completes his orthopedic training in sports medicine. He’s working at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic helping to take care of the professional sports teams in L.A. Billy is 3, Tommy, 1. Tony and Tina Celentano M ullen had their first child, Kathleen, in April 1987. Tina graduated from Fordham U. in 1984. Jean and Ed Mason became parents in February with the birth of Sarah, “healthy, happy and great fun!’ Louise Sperling has moved to Arlington, Va., and works with VM Software in Reston. Barbie Kluge works for Bellcorp in adver­ tising. She has reportedly developed a new interest in fishing and spends many weekends in search of new watering holes. After several years of designing satellites at Hughes Aircraft Research Center in California, Dan K iselik has relocated back to New Jersey and opened up an advertising agency special­ izing in direct marketing. Dan has been nominated for the upcoming edition of Who's Who in California. He reports that Bryan Gordon has been happily married for two years and works in the real estate investment group of Smith Barney in New York. Bryan’s wife Jill is a resident at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Marc McCloud lives in Newark and works at Picatinny Arsenal as a contract specialist. Dave Fernald works there also as an engineer. Marc gets together with Bob Paige and Mark D onatiello whenever possible. He plans to pursue an MBA. Mark D onatiello graduated from North­ eastern in 1984 with a B.S. in chemical engineering. He married his prom date, Nancy Fasso, in 1986, and they expect their first child in August! Lisa G odlewski is VP of the Manhattan Expedition Inc, a construction consulting firm, and lives in New York. She keeps in touch with Leslie Coleman in Hoboken and Stephanie Andreanl who is studying in Switzerland. Warren Busch is attending culinary school, a long-term interest. Just before their wedding, Shawn Mahieu and her fiance had dinner with Lori and Kenny Dioguardi. Ken has been promoted to captain and is stationed in Germany. The Dioguardis plan to do lots of traveling before they come back to the States in 1990. Shawn writes, H got married in a military wedding, to Capt. Carlos Francisco Ortiz, Esq. We had our reception at the West Point Officers’ Club and went to San Francisco and Mexico on our honeymoon. Mexico was a


disaster—we were robbed at gunpoint by a bandito and we became violently ill!’ Bruce Eng and Gardner Sem et attended the wedding. Shawn received a master’s degree from NYU in May 1987. Mr. Mahieu ran into Chet Juall who is still working on cars. Our condolences to Ippolit Matjucha on the death of his father.

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MKA Mrs. M artin Garvey (Pam Eastman) 120 Tenth St. 5E, Washington DC 20003 Estelle Osofsky, recently certified as a New York State school psychologist, works at Shield Institute in the city and is pursuing a Ph.D. in psychology at Columbia U. Estelle graduated from Boston U. and received a master’s in psychology from Columbia. India Hayes fenced in the international circuit in France in April. She is on the U.S. Olympic squad, ranked 14th. When not fencing, India works as an assistant manager in claims at Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Sean Jones was traded to the Houston Oilers from the L.A. Raiders in the spring draft pick. John Wood, a lieutenant in the Air Force at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, is a B-52 co-pilot. He graduated from Miami U./Ohio. John will marry Dana Doucette of Atwater, Cal. in August.

81 MKA Miss Shelagh Daly 330 North M ountain Avenue Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Miss Karen M amell 25 Alden Circle, West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Engaged: Karen Shelby and Timothy Anderson. They will be married in August; she will enter Tufts Dental School and he will continue law studies in Boston. Stacy Ballen will marry Mitchell Stier in August. Stacy, a graduate of Brandeis U., received a J.D. in May from George Washington Law School. Janls Joseph Ritter works for an executive search firm in the city while her husband is at New York Medical College. Margaret Schumann was in their June wedding. Janis received a B.A. in English and an M.S. in education from the U. of Pennsylvania. Emily DuHamel Brower is the manager of research in funding and development at Cove­ nant House in Manhattan. Kate Baker M iller reached several mile­ stones: son Samuel was born in October 1987 and she received a master’s degree in biologi­ cal anthropology at the U. of Michigan in May (B.A., Oberlin in classical archaeology and biology 1985). The summers of ’88 and ’89 will be spent on Ph.D. research on chimpanzee behavior at the Detroit Zoo. Also in Michigan, Robert Cunniff finished a master’s degree in geology at Michigan State U. He begins work for Mobil Oil in Houston this summer as a production geologist. Jerem y Wood will begin a Ph.D. in political science at the U. of Michigan in the fall. Pamela Berkowsky received an M.A. in

law and diplomacy in May from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Rifts). She was awarded a prestigious Presidential Management Internship Fellowship and will thus spend the next few years working at the Pentagon and the State Department in Washington. The PMI program was established in 1977 by President Carter to attract outstanding men and women to the federal service. Jam es Habron was appointed a junior foreign service officer with the State Depart­ ment in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Cornell. George George and his wife, Debbie, also moved to Washington where he works at the White House with the Secret Service. Paul Amirata, completing his second year of law school at Hofstra, was looking forward to working at a real estate law firm in New York this summer. He wrote that his brother Ed '82 was too busy to write because he is studying medicine at Rifts U. Christine Margitich became a tenured teacher at Saugerties (N.Y.) Junior High School. She planned a recital at Westminster Choir College in Princeton in July, and hoped to return for graduate work in voice performance in ’89. The Colgate alumni paper pictured Dede Swanson “...among the New York socialites and internationally known designers.. .at the Costume Institute gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art!' Christa McGill ran into Mr. and Mrs. Rabke and Mr. and Mrs. Hammond on spring break in Naples, Fla. After a six-year stint in the Midwest, Eric Wong returned to New Jersey and works as a credit analyst in commercial real estate with First Fidelity Bank. Griffis/Blessing, Inc. has grown into a 14-person real estate office specializing in Colorado Springs, writes lan G riffis. G/B is involved in commercial and residential brokerage, manages 300-residential units and ten office buildings, and has consulting contracts for the planning and development of college housing and expansion. ‘'The West is best” he says, “Come to Colorado!’

From the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Tom Robbins wrote, “It is interesting living next door to the paradoxes of life. My best to all!’ Betsy Lewis lives in a brownstone about 10 blocks from Tom. She works as an informa­ tion consultant at Price Waterhouse. Philip Ehrlich lives on nearby Riverside Drive. After graduating from Macalester College in St. Paul in ’86, he sold advertising for Scholastic, Inc., now works for Gannett selling space in USA Weekend. Janine Garland works as a programmer for Ricoh Corp. in West Caldwell. She saw D oreen Wong Rearick ’83 who now lives in Lexington, Ky.! Janine also spoke with Diana N olle D ietch ’83 who lives in Maryland. A1 Salamone is working at his grandfather’s business in Paterson, according to Paul Amirata ’81. Several former area lacrosse stars, including MKA’s own B illy Hall, played for the New Jersey Arrows in a short-lived outdoor profes­ sional circuit of six teams. (Coincidentally, another Arrow was Michael Webster, son of Upper School Head and varsity coach Richard Webster.) Math teacher/sports fan Judy Nesbit happily reported that Billy teaches junior high math in Connecticut when not playing lacrosse. Joseph Klapper is entering his third year at Hahanemann College of Medicine, Philadelphia. Mary Rachael Hayes married Reginald McDaniel in April, and is competing for a spot on the 1988 Summer Olympic fencing team. She works as a physical therapist in Darby, Pa. Her sister India ’80 and cousin James Habron ’81 were in the wedding. Our condolences to Annette Matjucha Hovland on the death of her father.

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5th REUNION SEPTEMBER 24 MKA Miss Anne Rowland 54 Melrose Street, Boston MA 02116 Class agent: Mr. Kevin W ilkins 95 Heller Way, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

82 MKA Miss Nicole Anastasiou Oak H ill Road, Clifton, NJ 07013 Mrs. Stephen Barral (Angela DeCandia) 240 9th Street, Apt. 14, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Engaged: J. Blake O’N eill will marry Alexandra Crowther of Essex Fells in Septem­ ber. Dina Steinberg will marry Jean-Michel del Amo of Vincennes, France in August (wedding in Summit, N.J.). She is studying psychology at the Institut Catholique, Paris. Christopher Tortorelio will marry Bridget Giancaspro in July, with Jam es Paone as best man. Chris works as a computer programmer/ analyst with UPS Information Services and attends NJIT part-time for his master’s in computer science. D aniel Perera began Babson College’s MBA program and is “finding it more than a little challenging!” He is engaged to be married in August; his fiancee is in law school at Boston College. Steven Eisner wrote from New York that he’ll be married in November and moving to Arizona in January.

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Reunion chairmen: Miss Kristine H atzenbuhler 64 Afterglow Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 Mr. Don Cussen 16 Francisco Ave., West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Thanks to the upcoming reunion, many classmates have written and even called me in order to catch up on news and to contribute their own. One call came from Columbus, Ohio, where Peter Renwick is now working for Shearson Lehman Bros. He began one week before the crash, so it has been exciting and challenging for him. A lison Lochhead called from Amherst, Mass, where she is in graduate school studying geology. Jennifer Rosenblatt is also in school, studying to be a certified alcohol counselor while she works as a counselor at an adolescent out-patient drug/alcohol clinic in Paramus, N.J. Hopefully, we’ll see her in her new 1988 Honda Prelude! Garry Merkle’s fiancee, Heather Carlton, wrote that they are planning to marry in May, 1989. They live in Baldwin, Long Island, and Danny Carson will be Garry’s best man. “Another one bites the dust” was how Andy


Voss expressed Bunker (Walter) D avis’ pending marriage, which was scheduled for June. Hopefully when you read this, the wed­ ding will have been a great event, especially with Andy being the best man. Andy works for Grey Advertising in Manhattan, but takes time out to play ice hockey with Paul Nigro and Mike Eisner. Octavia Loyd is living in Paris. Sung Won Lee lives in West Orange, N.J. while he works as a trader in stocks and bonds and money markets. He is also engaged, to Leiza Whittemore, whom he met at Carnegie Mellon. No wedding date is set yet. Sung plans to pursue a law degree at NYU this fall. Sung says that Larry Green also plans to go to law school, at Stanford, but he currently works as an admin­ istrator at a congressman’s office in San Francisco. G eoffrey Habron, awaiting assignment for the Peace Corps, spent two months in the Virgin Islands this winter, studying marine life in an internship for the National Park Service. Kerry Rod is living in her own apartment on the Upper East Side, and doing well in an upper level management position at Saks Fifth Avenue. Look forward to reunion—I’m sure Kris and Don are doing a great job organizing it! Please remember that if you would like addresses of our classmates, you can just write the Alumni Office. I hope to see all of you very soon! Anne Our condolences to John Matjucha on the death of his father.

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MKA No secretary Class agent: Mr. Larry Rosen 6 Shoshone Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 Thank you to Maria Rabb as she “retires” as class secretary! We have enjoyed her clever annual pleas for news and interesting columns. Any volunteers to replace her, please call the Alumni Office (201/746-9800). Cathy Humphrey, captain of the Temple U. fencing team, had a 10-4 overall record. Susan Bacot received the Wallace Bradley Johnson Prize at Hamilton College’s Class and Charter Day, for writing the best one-act play produced at the college. Maria Rabb won the Arlene E. Gorton Cup at Brown U. The award is presented to a member of a women’s varsity team who con­ sistently displays the ideals of sportsmanship and fair play. Maria, whose crew won its first Eastern Intercollegiate Championship and set a course record in doing it, medalled in all four years. Maria has also won a coveted Fulbright fellowship to study environmental science in Hungary next year. Congratulations! At Hobart College, Donna D el Gaizo won the Elizabeth White Humanitarian Award, as the “person most promising in a humanitarian career!’ Donna worked with retarded people at a developmental center in Geneva, N.Y., and at a camp on the Jersey Shore last summer for children with mild disabilities. She plans to get an MSW and do counseling. Lisa Gibson graduated from Denison, where she was senior class co-governor and an admissions interviewer, as well as active in the choir. Kirk Royster graduated from American University, School of Communications. Joseph

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Klapper is entering Mt. Sinai College of Medicine, New York City. D orothy Stark graduated sum m a cum laude in philosophy from Harvard, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received the Hoopes Prize. She plans to travel in Europe, teach math at the MKA Middle School, and pursue doctoral studies in philosophy.

The MKA contingent a t Brown University L to R: Jennifer Bowser, Dave McCants, Loren Miller, Nancy Castro, Rohina Gandhi, Erica Lubetkin. F: M aria Rabb. Absent fro m photo: Sylvie Schrader, Alex Lee, Michael Rosenblum, Janet Dix.

Robert Cottingham, MKA Class of 1984, has earned a place on the U.S. Olympic Fencing Team. Ranked #1 Sabre in collegiate fencing, Bob won this year’s NCAA and Eastern championships and helped Columbia University to its second consecutive national title. In addition to fencing a full collegiate season (he graduated from Columbia in May with a degree in history), Bob “sparred with the best” at the New York Fencer’s Club and improved his stature by competing in national and international tournaments. Last summer he competed in the World University Games and was fifth at the Pan American Games. Injured last fall, he was five month behind in training and did not enter the Olympic trials until March. He has a long summer of preparation before competition in Hungary in August and two weeks training in Hawaii prior to the Games in Seoul. The New York Times and Sports magazine (March) have done feature articles on Bob and the winning team—‘Columbia’s Other Amazing Streak!’ The Times noted that Bob was introduced to the sport by his sister Paige '79 after a chance meeting with the MKA fencing coach Carmen Marnell, who wondered if her brother would be interested in trying something new between football and lacrosse seasons! Bob Cottingham, at 22, is the youngest member of the sabre team. “My goal!’ he says, “is to compete in four or five Olympics. Most fencers hit their peak in their mid-30’s. So I figure I should make the team in 2004!’ MKA wishes him well in 1988!

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From Maria: Chris Nem etz writes, “Had a blast last summer (1987) in Washington, D.C. as a Congressional Intern, which forced me to get a haircut. Still a philosophy major at Connec­ ticut College. Almost had a heart attack when I encountered freshman Pat Coyle ’87!’ A xel A llgeier spent the summer of ’87 in Brussels working at IBM, then toured Europe with two friends. Scott Schwartz, an interna­ tional affairs major at Lafayette College, spent last summer at the U. of Salamanca in Spain. At school he is on the executive council for his fraternity, president of the Lafayette chapter of the National Political Honor Society, and stu­ dent rep. for curriculum planning for the col­ lege. Scott plans to get a master’s in Latin American and Caribbean studies. D oug Busch studied molecular biology at the U. of Colorado and will begin medical school at the U. of Chicago this fall, to become a proctologist. Judy Brown is also headed for med. school. Parts of her senior thesis on genetically transmitted diseases will be published in various scientific journals. Bryn Fleming spent the ’86-87 school year in Florence, enriching her major of Italian literature. From time to time she met up with David Rento, who was also studying in Florence. Dave is majoring in economics. Cam Fleming took a junior semester abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland, and then spent some time living in New York City investigating insider trading at Goldman, Sachs. Notes on the lighter side: Alex Lee finished 20th at the National Fencing Championships in March, despite the fact that Brown’s fencing team is only a club sport and receives little coaching—in fact Alex was the sabre coach! Alex is also training for the ’88 Olympics—in synchronized swimming, to the tune of “Tiptoe through the Tulips!’ Heather Gibson, meanwhile, is training to be an astronaut for the next space shuttle mission. Joe Leonardi says he’s become a Hari Krishna in San Francisco and invites all his friends to visit, maybe even “stay awhile!’ I hope you are all doing well. Take care! Maria


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MKA Miss Patti McConnell 131 H armon Cove Ibwers, Secaucus, NJ 07094 Class agent: Miss Loren M iller 1055 River Road, Apt. 5606Edgewater, NJ07020 Ilene Saul spent the spring semester at the London School of Economics, then took a month off to travel through Europe. While at Columbia U., Ilene has been establishing a career in television: She has worked for MTV, ABC News, and several feature films. She has directed a few University plays and produc­ tions and the social segment of Columbia’s first video yearbook. Michael Lane, majoring in political science and psychology at Skidmore, has made the Dean’s List for the past three semesters. D ee Disbrow is studying landscape ar­ chitecture at Rutgers. At Bucknell, Mickey Mohuchy is in the top five in the 100-freestyle event on the men’s swim team. Roger Brown has played varsity lacrosse for three years and is president of the Afro-American Society and an RA. He is major­ ing in international relations. Terry Presby is a member of the Social Ser­ vices Organization (for voluntary community service) at Lake Forest College N igel Vass spent his spring “Sea Project” for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy as a deck cadet aboard LGN Aries, a.k.a. Starship Aries, in drydock in Nagasaki, Japan. He had lots of time to explore the country and eat fish, fish, fish and rice

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MKA Miss Sherry Ahkam i 37 Virginia Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07012 Miss M ary Louise Neary 27 Warren Place, Montclair, NJ 07042

Class agent: Miss Megan Cole 11444 Lost Thee Way North Palm Beach, PL 33408 Rob D’A lessandro was one of three former Cougars on the Bucknell lacrosse team this spring (with Dave Fehnel ’84 and Roger Brown ’85). Rob made the dean’s list. Andy Murgio will graduate from Dart­ mouth in three years—the spring of ’89! He hopes to go to architecture school. According to her brother Paul ’81, Adrienne Amirata is completing her second year at Penn and working in Montauk this summer. From Stacy Sarna: “I’m choreographing three pieces for a show, and I'm dancing in Boston!’

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MKA Miss Laura Baczko 102 Highland Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042 Miss Ida Boodin 338 North M ountain Avenue Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 News from the first year out: Janet D lx will have an essay published as one of the best 100 essays in the country in a book called The H arvard Independent’s Best o f College Essays'. Evan W ittenberg is playing baseball for Swarthmore College, where he is photography editor of the Phoenix (newspaper). At The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, Kurt H llberth’s day “starts at 0600 hours and ends around 2400 hours!’ Meredith Saflrstein qualified as a ski in­ structor at Colgate U. this past winter. She volunteers for Big Sister, Big Brother, a group of students who help the underprivileged children in Hamilton. She pledged Gamma Phi Delta sorority. Lisa Resotko, a chemistry major, pledged Kappa Alpha Theta at Bucknell U. In the news: Victor Chi is a staff reporter for the sports section of the school newspaper

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Alvin Sloan and Susan Lisowski C. Lloyd Fischbeck and Muriel Bruns Gibson Ann McNair Bushnell and Nelson Scharadin Mary Anne Nebetgall Bliss and Richard Denny Josephine Reilly Brown and G. Barnes Stevenson Philip Fradkin and Dianne M. Brent Bama McNeill Steinman and Peter Whitney Nancy Howe Clark and Charles Metz Michael Fink and Susan Klages Tacey Phillips and James Carroll Howard Johnson and Nora Ryan Bruce Alder and Deborah Knotts Grant Hubley and Dinah Minot Hillary Hoffman and Hank Fandel Ana Rincon and Jonathan Gold Andrew Pedersen and Constance lx Kerry McGill and Jean Siebold Peter Brandow and Laurie Caldwell R. Bruce McBratney Jr. and Julie Allen

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at Northwestern. He Is also a sportscaster for the campus radio station WNUR, and hosts his own 90-minute show, “Sports Break” every week on his dorm radio station. Sabino and D ennis Rodano are on the lacrosse team at Lafayette University. They— and N ico Sumas —pledged Kappa Delta Rho. Debby Cheung is very happy at Yale where she played intramural basketball and also volunteered at a homeless shelter. She will spend the summer studying in Japan. Back in his native Italy, Andrea Borio has been very busy in his last year of high school. He spends one night a week at the local plane­ tarium and is on the school soccer team. He says, “Italian soccer is quite different from the American game!’ He went to Florence on his senior class trip where he met with Mr. Hemmeter and the MKA trip. Though happy to be home, Andrea misses “all the fun of last year!’ Laura Baczko is on the Georgetown U. year­ book staff as year-in-review editor. Meg Allen, also at Georgetown, is goalie on the girls’ var­ sity lacrosse team. Meg was named to the first team at the Maryland Colleges Tournament— the first year she ever played goalie! B etsy O sgood is very happy at Stanford U., enjoying the beautiful California weather. She is involved in the Stanford Democrats, does community service and is taking guitar lessons. This summer she is going to Latin America for 6-8 weeks with the Amigos program.

88 Class secretary: Miss Karen Muenster 125 Country Lane, Clifton, NJ 07013 Mr. Jam es Petretti 13 Otis Place, Verona, NJ 07044 Class agent: Mr. Alec Schwartz 87 Heller Way, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Editor’s Note: We regret that we had to shorten much news of family accomplishments due to limited space.

Lee Ann Penino and John Brensinger Aug. 1987 Mark Donatiello and Nancy Fasso Oct. 1986 Julie Mancusi-Ungaro and James Napoli May 21, 1988 George George and Debbie Gross Oct. 1986 Emily Du Hamel and Montgomery Bower June 25, 1988 Janis Joseph and Albert Ritter June 25, 1988 Mary Rachael Hayes and Reginald McDaniel April 30, 1988

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