collection magazine - fall 2009

The Magazine of Friends Schoolof Baltimore

FALL 2009

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Baltimore’s oldest school thrives on

time-honored values and

constant renewal

From the Head of School

The celebration of Friends School’s 225th birthday merits some perspective-taking. Our Schoolwas founded in 1784, one year after the conclusion of the American Revolution and five yearsbefore the Constitution was written. Despite all that has changed since then, we have

continued to be guided by a simple truth, one that is captured in our recently adopted signature:“The world needs what our children can do.” This statement has resonated powerfully with ourcommunity because it speaks of the important work we anticipate our students will be taking on inthe world beyond our campus, and puts the focus squarely on them. Friends School is, above allelse, a student-centered place.

Some years ago Douglas Heath, a psychology professor at Haverford College, conducted extensivestudies of students enrolled at different types of schools, including public, parochial, Quaker andother independent schools. His findings showed that students in Quaker schools described theenvironment there as “caring, reflective and respectful” at asignificantly higher rate than those at non-Quaker schools.

Here at Friends, our students know and appreciate that theadults in their lives love them and are deeply invested in theirpersonal and academic success. In conversations about whatthey value most about the School, they invariably describe therelationships they’ve developed with their teachers. It is thiscaring environment, and the essential sense of safety it offers,that emboldens our students to live authentic lives.

Reflection—the second significant quality Heath identified asprominent in Friends schools—is evident in the degree of thoughtfulness and self-possession ourstudents display as they transition through their busy days. Many factors account for their equa-nimity, but one undeniable contributor is the experience of Meeting for Worship. A member of theClass of 1958 during a recent campus visit told me, “Meeting allowed me to realize that my class-mates had inner lives, which gave me permission to have my own.” What could be more valuablefor our children to take with them than the ability to still their minds and “center down” in a worldwhere silence and contemplation are all too rare.

When I ask our students how the environment at Friends differs from that of other schools they’veattended or those that their friends attend, respect is another defining element. Students value theculture of mutual respect that exists between peers and between students and teachers. One stu-dent said, “It’s almost like it doesn’t occur to us to treat each other badly. We know that’s just nothow it’s done here.”

As they are learning to respect others, our students also come to respect themselves. “I couldalways tell which were the Friends students,” a Peabody music instructor, who has worked withstudents from many local and private schools, told me. “They were the ones who were comfortablein their own skin.” The instructor eventually chose to enroll her children at Friends.

These three qualities—caring, reflection and respect—are the three sturdy pillars of a FriendsSchool foundation from which generations of young men and young women have emerged, readyto do the work the world needs of them. At a time when educators are seeking to equip studentswith “21st Century skills,” it is worth acknowledging that the core elements of our student-centeredprogram are not a new initiative, but rather are the result of our School’s practice and experienceover many years.

Happy 225th, Friends!

“Caring,” “reflective”and “respectful” areterms students at Quakerschools use to describetheir environment.

CollectionFALL 2009

The Magazine of Friends School of Baltimore

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Matthew MiccicheHEAD OF SCHOOL

Bonnie HearnASSISTANT HEAD FOR FINANCEAND OPERATIONS

Gayle L. LatshawASSISTANT HEAD FOR DEVELOPMENT

Karen Dates Dunmore ’82DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONAND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Eleanor LandauerDIRECTOR OF MAJOR AND PLANNED GIFTS

Heidi BlalockEDITOR; DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Amy LangrehrALUMNI DIRECTOR

Dena WheelerANNUAL FUND DIRECTOR

Amy D’Aiutolo Mortimer ’87SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR

Mary Pat Bianchi, Lee Kelly,Anne Homer Martin ’37, Jeanne Robin,Meg Whiteford DEVELOPMENT OFFICE STAFF

MISSION STATEMENT:Founded in 1784, Friends School ofBaltimore provides a coeducational collegepreparatory program guided by the Quakervalues of truth, equality, simplicity, com-munity, and peaceful resolution of conflict.By setting high standards of excellence fora diverse and caring community, Friendsseeks to develop in each student the spiri-tual, intellectual, physical, and creativestrengths to make a positive contributionto the world. Recognizing that there is thatof God in each person, the School strives inall its programs, policies, and affairs to bean institution that exemplifies the ideals ofthe Religious Society of Friends.

PARENTS OF ALUMNI: Please help Friends go green!If this issue is mailed to a son or daughterwho no longer maintains a permanentaddress at your home, please notify us ofthe new address by writing, or by calling410.649.3208. We —and the Earth—thank you!

Printing: J.H. Furst Co.Design & Typography: Allegro CommunicationsPhotographers: Heidi Blalock, Harry Connolly ’70,Amy Mortimer ’87, and members of the School community

Cover photo: Harry Connolly ’70

Printed on recycled paper.

FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL inside front cover

2 THE SCHOOL AT 225During an historic anniversary, Friends takes stock of its proud past while looking ahead with arenewed sense of purpose.

6 FOSTERING A CULTURE OF SERVICEOur students must complete 50-hours of community service to graduate. More often than not,they go well beyond that. This is the Friends School way.

13 ATHLETICSFive members of the Class of 2009 share how Friends’ athletics has shaped them.

14 TRUSTEE NEWSFour trustees join the Board; plus, Strategic Plan update and 2009 Employee Recognition Program.

16 DEVELOPMENT NEWSAn Archives fit for Friends; plus, a tribute to Dr. Oscar Camp, our major donor reception and goodnews for the 2009-10 Annual Fund.

20 TERMINAL PREPOSITIONS AND 50-YEAR PREPOSTERIESMartha Kegan Graham ’59 reflects on her 50th Reunion and offers this lighthearted missive toFriends’ Head of School.

21 WEAVING CHANGE IN BOLIVIALaura Resnick ’07 reports that “fairer” trade is alive and well in La Paz, Bolivia.

22 COMMENCEMENT 2009Senior Awards ceremony, Commencement and college choices for the Class of 2009.

25 ALUMNI WEEKENDFrom the fifth annual Friends School Athletic Hall of Fame to the closing Reception, this whirlwind weekend in May is a must-attend for alumni.

31 ALUMNI EVENTSThe Alumni Office hosted a trio of California receptions; plus, the annual parents of alumni gathering and something new for soon-to-be alumni: The 100 Nights Dinner.

33 CLASS NOTES

60 MILESTONES

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS inside back cover

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CONTENTS

THE BIG STORY

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1607: Jamestown settled.1620: Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth Rock.1632: Maryland founded by Lord Baltimore.1638: Slaves arrive in Massachusetts.1656: Quakers come to North America.1682: Pennsylvania founded by William Penn.1690: Salem Witch Trials1754-1763: French and Indian War.1773: Boston Tea Party1774: First Continental Congress.1775-1783: Revolutionary War1776: Declaration of Independence1781: Quaker Meetinghouse opened inBaltimore at Aisquith and Fayette Streets1784: Friends School founded.1787: Constitution of the United States signed.1792: Baltimore Monthly Meeting established.1803: U.S. negotiates Louisiana Purchase.1804: Lewis and Clark expedition begins.1805: Lombard Street Meetinghouse built.1814: Francis Scott Key pens “The Star-SpangledBanner.”1829: Baltimore Public Schools established.1840s: Friends School moved to LombardStreet Meetinghouse.1845: Edgar Allan Poe publishes The Raven andOther Poems.1846: U.S.-Mexico War (1846–1848).1848: Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery andjoins the Underground Railroad.1857: Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision rulesthat a slave is not a citizen.1859: Charles Darwin‘s Origin of Species.1861: U.S. Civil War (to 1865). Lincoln inaugurat-ed. Pasteur‘s theory of germs.1864: Eli M. Lamb appointed principal ofFriends School.1865: Lincoln fatally shot.1868: Fourteenth Amendment giving civil rights toblacks is ratified.1869: First U.S. transcontinental rail route com-pleted.1872: Friends introduces “collegiate” depart-ment for students going to college.1879: Edison invents practical electric light.1886: Statue of Liberty dedicated.1889: Park Avenue Meetinghouse built; Friends’primary and kindergarten school opened.1893: New Zealand becomes first country in theworld to grant women the vote.1896: Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson creates“separate but equal” doctrine.1899: John Gregg appointed Friends’ principal.1900: Name changed to Friends School; firstboys’ basketball game—defeats Poly 8–0.1903: Wright brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk,N.C. Edward Wilson replaces John Gregg asFriends principal.1908: Electric lighting installed in FriendsSchool.

Friends inHistory

The School at 225by Heidi Blalock

How do institutions stand the test of time? In a period that saw the worsteconomic decline in the U.S. since the Great Depression and the fail-ure, bankruptcy or merger of such venerable companies as AIG,

General Motors and Lehman Brothers, Friends School’s ability to not onlyweather tumultuous times but to thrive speaks to something even greater thanfiscal probity.

Is it the School’s values-based mission that keeps it on an even keel? Is itthe wisdom of our forebears, who have managed the School through all man-ner of crises and opportunities—from the Civil War and Edison’s light bulb, toBrown v. Board of Education and the discovery of the human genome?

Joan Thompson, a 1964 graduate and longtime Friends teacher, perhapsexpressed it best when she said, “There is something alive in this School thathas survived so many events in our nation and world. Friends endures becauseof the people who are nurtured here, who go on to help our community askthe important questions and meet the challenges of each era.”

Students and teachers do make a school, but not without supportive par-ents, especially when economic times are hard. Their desire and ability toinvest in their children’s education, regardless of hardship, sustain the Schoolas well. In his October blog, National Association of Independent Schools’(NAIS) president Patrick Bassett noted that, while data analysis was not yetcomplete, early indicators show that enrollment at most NAIS schools for2009-2010 fell within normal upward/downward fluctuation rates of 3 to 5percent as compared to last year. “Our collective outcomes have indicatedthat, at least for this year, parents committed to independent schools wouldsacrifice almost anything to keep their kids in our schools,” he says.

This has proven true for Friends. In planning for 2009–10, School trusteesand administrators, while hoping for the best, budgeted for what they antici-pated would be the worst: a steep five percent drop in enrollment, from the999 students enrolled in 2008-09 to 950. At 977 students, today’s enrollmentis stronger than expected, yet the absence of those other 22 children and theirfamilies is still keenly felt. The fact that so many families, despite financial dif-ficulties, remained at the School reminds us all of our collective responsibilityto continue to lovingly educate the children entrusted to us in order to pre-pare them for the challenges ahead.

When Friends School was established, according to the authors of the bookFriends for 200 Years, published in 1984, the “guarded education” it wasintended to provide “did not mean simply the teaching of religion in school,but rather it meant preparing the child for a way of life in which the spiritual

Three fourth graders—Ilana Wolchinsky, Tyler Rifkin and Alice Carnell—shared the officialribbon-cutting responsibilities.

THE BIG STORY


1912: Purchase of 8½ acres in West ForestPark for athletic field. First football team, firstsex education classes.1913: First May Fete held. Student governmentorganization launched.1914: World War I begins; first field hockey teamcompetes at Friends.1916: Jeannette Rankin becomes first womanelected to Congress.1918: Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes; nearly20 million die.1919: Mahatma Gandhi begins nonviolent resist-ance movement against British rule in India.1920: Women’s suffrage (19th) amendment rati-fied.1921: Friends adopts school uniforms.1924: Boys’ lacrosse begins at Friends.1925: Purchase of Friends’ Homeland campusproperty.1927: William S. Pike replaces Edward Wilsonas Friends’ principal.1928: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.1929: U.S. stock market prices collapse, with U.S.securities losing $26 billion. Friends’ PrimaryDept. moved to Homeland campus.1933: Roosevelt inaugurated, launches New Deal.1935: Edwin Zavitz replaces William Pike asFriends’ principal.1936: Friends’ High School moved to Home -land campus. School reorganized: Lower(grades 1–6) and Upper (grades 7–12) School.1937: Clubhouse remodeled to house nurseryand kindergarten classes. Gymnasium built atHomeland campus.1938: Legendary racehorse Seabiscuit earns victo-ry over War Admiral in head-to-head winner-take-allrace at Pimlico.1941: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brings U.S.into World War II.1942: More than 120,000 Japanese and persons ofJapanese ancestry living in western U.S. moved to“relocation centers.”1943: Bliss Forbush replaces Edwin Zavitz asFriends’ headmaster.1945: V-E Day. U.S. drops atomic bombs onJapanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. V-J Day.1947: Anne Frank‘s The Diary of a Young Girl pub-lished. Quakers are awarded Nobel Peace Prizefor WWII relief efforts. American Friends ServiceCommittee and its British counterpart share theaward.1950: Korean War begins (to 1953). U.S. Sen.Joseph McCarthy begins anti-Communist crusade.1952: Woodworking, mechanical drawinginstructor Roman Steiner dies after 53 years atFriends.1953: Watson and Crick publish discovery ofmolecular DNA model.1954: Brown v. Board of Education bans racial seg-regation in public schools. Friends’ EducationCommittee changes policy to allow desegrega-tion.1955: Martin Luther King, Jr., leads black boycottof Montgomery, Ala., bus system. First black stu-dents admitted to Friends School.1956: Construction of the Forbush Auditorium.Claire Walker begins teaching Russian languageclasses at Friends.1957: Russians launch Sputnik.1958: U.S. Army’s Jupiter-C rocket fires first U.S.Earth satellite, Explorer I, into orbit.

and temporal goals were unified.” This objective—to infuse education withQuaker values such as stewardship, peace, integrity, community, equality andsimplicity—is perhaps more relevant now than it was so many years ago.

The core Quaker beliefs that there is that of God in everyone, and thattruth is continually revealed, remain central to a Friends education. Themutual respect and affability that exists between children and adults on ourcampus; our School’s culture of questioning the status quo, of engaging withpeople from different backgrounds, of serving those in need and of settlinginto the silence of weekly Meeting for Worship is also imprinted in the DNAsuccessive generations have inherited over all these years.

Within those steadfast foundational structures is a second essential elementthat helps explain the School’s longevity: its never-ending process of dynamicrenewal. We have a long history of implementing thoughtful and purposefuladaptations in our programs and policies to reflect changing times. The time-line accompanying this story offers a glimpse into the surprising, often bold,trajectory of Friends’ growth and progress against our national and globalevents. Even the School’s founding, just seven years after the signing of theDeclaration of Independence, speaks to a single-mindedness of purpose thatis remarkable.

In good times and bad, Friends School remains, in the words of theSchool’s identity statement, “a vibrant, 21st Century learning community thatchooses simplicity over material possession; peaceful resolution of conflictover aggression; integrity over expedience; equality over elitism; and steward-ship of the earth as a collective and personal responsibility.” ◾

In addition to its steadfast foundational structures, there is asecond essential element that helps explain Friends School’sremarkable longevity: its never-ending process of dynamicrenewal. We have a long history of implementing thoughtfuland purposeful adaptations in our programs and policies toreflect changing times.

At the 225th Picnic,reenactors MiddleSchool LibrarianPaula Montrie andher husband John,with Cedric Charlier’13, portrayed a1784 Quaker couplewho’ve come toFriends seeking a“guarded education”for their child.

Volunteers led by FSPA event chair Shannon Samson created a delicious 225 displayout of 1,000 cupcakes!

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225th Anniversary Picnic at FriendsFamilies, alumni and employees enjoyed period reenactments andmusic by Paul Yutzy & Friends during Friends’ 225th Anniversary Picnicon September 3. Highlighting the evening was the dedication of thenew Dining Hall, after which the gathering tucked into a giant “225,”fashioned from 1,000-red and white cupcakes.

Clockwise from right: Soulful back-upsingers, teachers Shannon Johnsonand Meredith Schlow; Parker ’11 andCaroline MacLure ’13; Four FeetUnder’s William Frost ’14 and AndrewKirkpatrick ’14; Third Graders AllieMosmiller and Olivia Risser; FriendsSchool moms (l.-r.) Martha Socolar,Caroline Moore, Cathy Morgan-Dendrinos, Rosemary Gately andLeslie Greenwald.

Friends School is observing its225th all year long with festivitiesand programs that affirm theSchool’s unique traditions andheritage.

December 1, 2009 HistoricHoops: Friends Varsity/JV Girls’Basketball vs. Sidwell FriendsFriends School Gymnasium; JV:4:15, Varsity: 5:45 p.m. 2010marks the 100th anniversary ofthe first-ever Friends Schoolgirls’ basketball game, held onFebruary 26, 1910.

March 26, 2010 “Voices fromFriends: Celebrat ing 225 Years—the Oral History Project” CDRelease Party, Dining Hall, 6–8 p.m.

April 9, 2010 Upper SchoolSpring Choral Concert, featur-ing the premiere of a speciallycommissioned musical piece byaward-winning composer CarrieMallonee ’93, Auditor ium, 7:30 p.m.

April 10, 2010 Friends School225th Anniversary Gala(See back cover for details)

May, 2010 Publication of StillFriends, a commemorative maga-zine tracing the School’s past 25 years, as a supplement toFriends for 200 Years, published in1984. Read the book at friends-balt.org/225/200yearsatfriends.pdf.

Visit friendsbalt.org for more information about upcoming 225thanniversary events.

Join the Celebration!

1960: 900 U.S. military advisers now in SouthVietnam. W. Byron Forbush, II ’47 replaces hisfather, Bliss Forbush, as Friends’ headmaster.1961: U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba.2,000 U.S. military advisers now in South Vietnam.1962: John Glenn is first American to orbit Earth.Rachel Carson‘s Silent Spring is published.1963: Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers “I have adream” speech. President Kennedy shot and killed.15,000 U.S. military advisers now in South Vietnam.1964: All Friends’ classes are desegregated.Friends is first U.S. secondary school to be vis-ited by teachers from Soviet Union.

1965: Friends begins offering free community out-reach programs for Baltimore City Public Schoolstudents.1966: Friends adds new science building andgymnasium.1967: Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first black U.S.Supreme Court justice. Friends hires first full-timeblack faculty.1968: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Sen. Robert F.Kennedy are slain1969: Apollo 11 astronauts take man’s first walk onmoon.

1970: U.S. troops invade Cambodia. Friends opens aMiddle School.1973: Supreme Court rules on Roe v. Wade. VietnamWar ends.1974: President Richard M. Nixon resigns.1976: Nation celebrates bicentennial.1979: Friends acquires the School’s first micro-computer for student use.1981: Judge Sandra Day O’Connor appointed as firstwoman on Supreme Court. AIDS is first identified.Friends School Russian teacher Claire Walker is firstAmerican to receive the Pushkin Medal.

THE BIG STORY


Join us for our 6th annual

MLK Day of ServiceMonday, January 18, 2010

Friends School’s MLK Day by the Numbers:

6 number of years Friends’ has sponsored MLK Day of Service

7 number of community service activities in which Friends’ families participated during the School’s first MLK Day in 2004

133 number of Friends participants in MLK Day 2004

20 number of community service activities in which Friends’ families participated during MLK Day 2009

330 number of Friends participants who participated in MLK Day 2009

MLK Day 2010 promises to be the biggest yet!

For more information about Friends’ Sixth Annual MLK Day of Service, go to www.friendbalt.org and

click on the “MLK Day of Service” link.

Announcing the 225th Anniversary Annual Fund Challenge

In celebration of this landmark year, a challenge has been issued to alldonors to the 2009–10 Annual Fund. Every new gift*, or increased portionover a prior gift (by at least $22.50), will be matched dollar-for-dollar upto $150,000 by a member of the Friends School community.

*A gift is considered “new” if the donor has never made a gift to Friends, or has notmade a gift during the last three Annual Fund campaigns. The match portion of anynew or increased gift may not be directed or restricted by the donor.

Toward evening’s end, Head of School Matt Micciche gathered families near theentrance of the new Dining Hall for its dedication.

1983: Sally K. Ride is first U.S. woman astronaut inspace. In honor of its bicentennial, Friends pub-lishes Friends for 200 Years.1984: Friends School 200th anniversary. CORLAC (Center for Russian Language andCulture) is founded at Friends School.1989: Tiananmen Square crack-down. Berlin Wallopened; East and West Germany reunited (1990).1990: World Wide Web debuts. Hubble SpaceTelescope launched. Persian Gulf War (to 1991).Americans with Disabilities Act passed. Friendsadds Lower School addition.1991: Soviet Union dissolved. Friends expandsLower School to three homerooms per grade.1992: Bush and Yeltsin proclaim formal end toCold War.1993: Friends adds a music education wing tothe Upper School.1994: Nelson Mandela elected president of SouthAfrica. IRA declares cease-fire in Northern Ireland.Upper School launches May Senior WorkProject to combat “senior slump.”1995: Oklahoma City federal building bombing.1996: President Clinton appoints MadeleineAlbright as first female U.S. Secretary of State.1997: Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule. MotherTeresa dead at 87.1998: Europeans agree on single currency, theeuro. India conducts three atomic tests; Pakistanstages five nuclear tests in response to India’s.Byron Forbush retires after 38 years as Friends’headmaster. Jon Harris named head of school.1999: World population reaches six billion mile-stone. Tobacco companies admit to dangers of ciga-rette smoking.2000: Human genome deciphered. Supreme Courtseals Bush victory by 5–4.2001: Terrorists using jetliners attack United States,killing more than 3,000. U.S. and British forceslaunch bombing campaign in Afghanistan.2002: The Wye Oak, a “living symbol” of Marylanddating back more than 450 years, is destroyed dur-ing a storm. Lila Lohr replaces Jon Harris ashead of school. The site is preserved within astate park.2003: Space shuttle Columbia explodes, killing allseven astronauts. The United States and Britainlaunch war against Iraq.2004: U.S.’s final report on Iraq’s weapons findsno WMDs. Enormous tsunami devastates Asia.English teacher Gary Blauvelt retires after 41years at Friends.2005: Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic dam-age on the Gulf Coast. Matthew Miccichereplaces Lila Lohr as head of school. Friendsopens new Middle School, Jonathan M. CampScience & Mathematics Wing.2006: The International Astronomical Union reclas-sifies Pluto as a dwarf planet. The U.S. populationofficially reaches 300 million. Friends Schoolreceives record-breaking $1.28 million gift tofund two scholarships for Pre-K–5 African-American students.2007: Nancy Pelosi becomes the first womanspeaker of the House. 2008: Castro resigns as president of Cuba. Polarbear is listed as an endangered species. Globalfinancial markets roiled by turmoil; Barack Obamaelected president.2009: Public health emergency over swine flu.Sonia Sotomayor, first Hispanic and the third womanappointed to U.S. Supreme Court.

Friends School fosters a

culture of service that goes

beyond the classroom. The

process begins in the Lower

and Mid dle Schools, with

initiatives coordinated by

teachers, parents and the

children themselves. By the

time they reach Upper

School, our students are

beginning to think about

what types of meaningful

service they will do to com-

plete the School’s 50-hour

requirement for graduation.

More often than not, these

students go well beyond the

minimum.

This is the Friends School

way.

In the following stories,

students reveal the transfor-

mative effect one individual

can have in the everyday

lives of others. In the

process, they discover how

community service stops

being an act of charity, or an

academic requirement, and

becomes something profound

and enduring.

—Cristina Saenz de Tejada, Upper School Community Service Director, teacher andFriends parent

SERVICE


One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Notebook—or how I helped build a school with cereal boxesby Emilio Martinez ’12

When I was in seventhgrade I developed ahuge interest in

environmentalism and sustainabil-ity. By the eighth grade, I startedtaking action in various ways, bothat home and at school. Whilebrowsing through one of myfavorite websites, treehugger.com, Ifound an idea for creating note-books out of cereal box covers andprinter paper that’s only been usedon one side. With the help of my

friends I started an after-school group to make the notebooks, which we then soldfor three dollars each.

The project was well received by Middle School students and the adminis-tration. The art teachers gave us space in the art room to store all of our sup-plies and to build the notebooks. We also received financial support fromStudent Meeting for Business and from the Middle School library, which pur-chased a binding machine for us. With all this help, the initiative moved for-ward with much commitment and enthusiasm.

The following summer, my mother, a health communicator at the JohnsHopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was working on an HIV/AIDSproject in Mozam bique and invited me to accompany her. During this trip I wasintroduced to the Maro School, a training and social development center inMaputo, Mozambique’s capital, that offers life skills courses to underprivilegedstudents. Professor Alberto Mauricio Armando, the church pastor who foundedthe Center, offered me the opportunity to help teach English pronunciation tothe students, most of whom were 17 to 25 years old. He also let me lead an artclass at a local orphanage where many of the children had HIV/AIDS.

Both experiences were incredibly rewarding. When Professor Mauricio toldme about his plans to expand the Center to allow for more teaching space andadditional students, I knew I had to help. That fall, I entered Upper Schooland, with some friends, began the Recycled Notebook Club, with sale proceedsto benefit the Maro School expansion. The club met after school to make thenotebooks with supplies gathered from recycling stations located throughoutthe School. We sold the notebooks for three dollars in the Quaker Closet andat Holly Fest and other events. By year’s end, we had raised over $500, whichwe sent to Professor Mauricio to support the school construction.

Today the Upper School Notebook Club is still running. My co-heads,Beverly Lasan ’12 and Ben Lewin ’12, along with our faculty advisor, Ms.Kinder, are its core members. This year we’ll be trying something new: ratherthan give all the proceeds to the Maro School, we’ve decided that the moneywe collect will go to different causes, depending on the interests of the group.That way others can share in the experience that I had—of working toward agoal and seeing one’s ideas become a reality. ◾

This is theFriendsSchool Way

Three of the children for whom the author ledan art class at a Mozambique orphanage forchildren with HIV/AIDS.

SERVICE


As poet Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. said, “Language is theblood of the soul into which thoughts run and out ofwhich they grow.” Using language is a magical thing, per-

mitting both expression and comprehension of ideas. Exchanginginformation with others allows society to develop. If someone isunable to communicate effectively that person cannot participatein society. Millions of immigrants in the U.S. face this problemevery day. In Baltimore, many Hispanicimmigrants do not speak English. Theyhave problems with even the barestnecessities: getting a job, getting insur-ance, conversing with police and fire-fighters, and explaining emergencies todoctors. Those who came from poorercountries often have had little to noschooling, even in their native language.

The Esperanza Center in Fells Pointserves this community. Through theirTESOL (Teachers of English toSpeakers of Other Languages) program,which uses volunteers to teach English to non-Anglophone immi-grants (most of whom are Spanish-speakers), the Center assistsboth immigrants and those who have lived in the local Spanish-speaking community all their lives, yet cannot interact in our soci-ety.

I started teaching at the Esperanza Center in January 2009.Eva Jacobs ’09, who last year headed the Upper School SpanishClub, introduced me to the project in the fall of 2008; she hadworked there in the past and gave a presentation about it onQuaker Day. I chose this as my service project because I like for-eign languages and thought I would enjoy the project. I’ve beengoing back ever since.

I had never taught prior to this experience and was a littlenervous my first day, but Diana Siemer, a teacher and the Center’sESOL program coordinator trains volunteers and helped me set-tle into the program. Now every Saturday during the school year,I go to the center to teach English for two hours. During the sum-mer, I teach more often, as classes takeplace twice each weekday for two-hoursessions.

By far the most gratifying aspect ofthis project is seeing the results of ourwork. We celebrate that María got a newjob or that José, who came here just amonth ago, can now converse in Eng -lish about his weekend plans. There arefrustrations as well. English is a vastand complex language that is difficult

to learn, and the students struggle with it.Student dedication can be another problem.Some very gifted students will give up afterone or two tries when they realize that theywill not speak flawless English after a shorttime. Some will show up once but not comeagain for a month, at which point they willhave forgotten most of what they learned. It isalso difficult to keep track of so many studentswhose skills and experience vary greatly.

I have tried to raise awareness for thisworthwhile project by encouraging my friendsto volunteer and inviting them to come outwith me. This fall, I plan to hold a QuakerDay session about the Center to attract morepotential volunteers. I would also like toorganize drives for supplies that the centerneeds, such as teaching materials.

The benefits of this project are consistentwith Friends School’s philosophy of communityservice. The School first introduced me to “ser-vice learning”: the idea that community serviceis an opportunity for the steward to learn andgain understanding from the experience whiledoing good for the community. Not only have I

improved my Spanish, my communication abilities, and amultitude of other skills gainedthrough teaching, I’ve met someincredible people. ◾

Esperanza Center, 430 S Broadway,Baltimore, MD 21231;443.825.3437. Rosa Azcarate,Volunteer Coordinator; Diana Siemer,TESOL Program Director/Coordinator.

A Passion for TeachingEnglish as a Second Languageby Miles Calabresi ’11

Lois Cannon, a volunteer at the Esperanza Center,teaches English to a small group of clients.Hispanic immi-

grants who havedifficulty speak-ing English can-not participateeffectively in oursociety.

Miles Calabresi ’11

SERVICE


Shelby Strickler was deeply affected lastSeptember when arson destroyed theplayground at Stadium Place. The

Friends third grader, who lives with her familynear the award-winning GEDCO developmentproject, enjoyed spending time there, especiallyon the climbing wall.

In the weeks following the fire, a groundswellof local support to rebuild the playgroundgrew; Shelby, too, was moved to act. “Shewanted something good to come out of the lossof this green space,” according to her secondgrade teacher Cindy Burggraf.

With Burggraf ’s support, Shelby rallied herclassmates around the effort. Using talking

points and a PowerPoint presentation she made in class, she then approachedthe Lower and Middle School communities,suggesting ways that students and teacherscould contribute to the rebuilding effort.

Friends’ response to Shelby’s call to actionwas overwhelming. The eighth graders spent aday at the playground site helping with con-struction. Several Lower School classes heldbook fairs, selling each other their gently-usedbooks from home and donating the profits.Other grades contributed snacks for the work-ers and created banners with encouragingwords to titivate the building site. Shelby’sgrade, the Class of 2019, held a chore cam-paign to earn money at home. Faculty and staffcontributed, too. By May 8, Shelby and Friendshad raised $568 for the new playground.

In July, Shelby learned that her efforts had earned her the Association ofFundraising Professionals (AFP, Maryland Chapter) Outstanding YouthFundraiser award; her teacher, Cindy Burggraf, had nominated her. OnOctober 26, Shelby accepted the award at the association’s annual luncheon,held at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor. An audience of more than 700guests gave the beaming eight-year-old a standing ovation. “I was excited buta little nervous,” said Shelby of the experience.

In addition to honoring Shelby for her good work, AFP donated $250 inher honor to the Stadium Place playground rebuilding project.

In the days following the school-wide playground drive, Burggraf ’s class-room reflected on Shelby’s actions and their work together for the play-ground. “They were able to see how one person’s ideas could help positivechange begin and grow,” she says. “It was exciting to see how this efforthelped them feel connected to their community and to other children in the city.” ◾

Shelby Strickler ’19.

Children enrolled in the Middle GradesPartnership participate in a math classtaught by our own Middle School mathteacher John Watt.

The Middle Grades Partner -ship (MGP) in August com-pleted its third summer at

Friends. Founded in 2005 by theMorton and Jane Blaustein andBaltimore Community Founda -tions, MGP seeks to prepare 600academically-promising BaltimoreCity Public middle schoolers forsuccess in the city’s most challeng-ing public high schools, includingCity College and Baltimore Poly -technic Institute.

MGP draws on expertise frompublic and independent schooleducators, who jointly conceive andteach lesson plans during summerand after-school sessions. The program also makes use of inde-pendent schools’ well-equippedclass room facilities. At Friends, students from Connexions Com -munity and Hampstead HillAcademies take advantage of spa-cious classrooms and laboratoriesin the Jonathan M. Camp Scienceand Mathematics Wing. UpperSchool English teacher FeliciaWilks was once again Friends’ sitedirector and Middle School mathteacher John Watt served as anMGP instructor, teaching studentsand working side by side withteachers from Con nexions andHampstead Hill. ◾

Friends supportspublic-privateMiddle GradesPartnership

Lower Schooler Shelby Stricklerspearheads service initiative torebuild vandalized city playground

“It was exciting tosee how this efforthelped students feelconnected to theircommunity and toother children in thecity,” said teacherCindy Burggraf.

SERVICE


Uthando Doll Project

When Susan Bartolini, Friends School nurse, beganplanning a trip to South Africa last spring to visither son Philip ’06, she had an additional goal in

mind. An avid knitter, she had learned about the UthandoDoll Project through a knitter’s website. The UthandoProject (Uthando is the isiZulu word for “love”) distributesdonated handmade dolls in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa,where one-quarter of the nation’s children live. Poverty andHIV/AIDS are rampant, and as many as 20 percent of thechildren are orphans. The dolls are used for imaginativeplay and to help children with their feelings of loss andgrief.

Bartolini spread the word that she wanted to take asmany dolls as possible when she and her husband Bob leftfor South Africa in June. By the time they boarded theplane, she had with her 137 knitted, crocheted and sewndolls packed in two suitcases. Doll makers included mem-bers of the Middle School knitting club as well as adult knit-ters and crocheters from the Friends School community. ◾

Above, Philip Bartolini ’06 with local volunteers at theUbuntu Children’s Crisis Center, an orphanage and safehome in Eden vale township, South Africa. He spent asemester at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Knitting Takes Off at Lanvale

It’s 10:30 on a Saturday morning and inside Room 203½ in the LanvaleBuilding, a repurposed public school near Broadway and North Avenue, 12-year-old Travis and his friend Antoine eagerly await the arrival of the

Friends School knitters. Travis clutches the three-inch section of knitting he’salready completed, his pride evident in his smile. Antoine wants to learn, too. Heand a group of mothers and daughters standing nearby are newcomers. Withinmoments, five Friends volunteers arrive. The group exchanges greetings and soonthe familiar click of knitting needles, punctuated with quiet chatter and the occa-sional, if mild, expletive, fills the hallway. For 90 minutes, members of two very dif-ferent communities have come together to knit, sew and get to know each other.

The knitting sessions grew out of a brainstorming session between BeckyBoynton, Friends’ Service Learning Coordinator, Tim Williams, president/CEO ofthe Supportive Housing Group (and father of three Friends alumni) and CarissaCartalemi, program manager of the Lanvale Transitional Housing Program

(THP). The three organizers were seeking activities that would bring the Friends School and Lanvale communi-ties together. Lanvale is a nonprofit organization in East Baltimore that provides affordable housing and supportservices to 36 homeless families who are reuniting after separation caused by substance abuse. Its residents worktowards stable housing and employment, and many attend school for G.E.D. and career training.

“Carissa had this larger idea of focusing on skills that might lend themselves to making things that wouldsell,” said Boynton. Knitting surfaced on the list. A call went out to Friends employees to find those interested ina Saturday morning knitting experience. A core group of ten knitters with varied experience emerged, andclasses began in early May. During the summer months a Tuesday morning class was added. When SusanBartolini joined the group, she showed some of the knitters the dolls that were created for the Uthando Projectand many expressed interest in joining the effort.

By all accounts the stitching experience was a success: in just two months, 15 adults and four children learnedto knit with Friends School. The experience has created a bond and a creative outlet for members of both com-munities. Next up for the Friends-Lanvale handcrafters? Jewelry making, says Boynton. “I’ve put Carissa in touchwith two possible jewelry teachers.” ◾

For more information about the Friends School-Lanvale THP project, contact Becky Boynton at [email protected].

Dolls made by members of theFriends School community.

SERVICE

The Friends School and Stony

Run Friends Meeting communi-

ties in April broke ground on

the Friends Community Garden.

Located just inside the School’s

entrance, the 960 square foot

garden is supported by grants

and donations of time, money

and expertise, including that of

the Guilford Garden Club,

whose members designed the

garden using established

“square foot gardening” princi-

ples. The garden enhances the

School’s education program by

providing students with hands-

on opportunities to plant and

harvest food and observe flow-

ers and insects; teachers use

these experiences to foster

ongoing discussions about stew-

ardship. The garden strengthens

Friends’ community service pro-

gram by enabling the School to

provide fresh, healthy food to

the CARES food pantry in

Govans. Diane Proctor, a

Meeting member who helped

spearhead the garden project,

estimates that by late Septem -

ber about 60 bags of produce

had been donated to CARES,

with a late fall harvest to fol-

low.

Here, photographer Harry

Connolly ’70 captured ninth

graders in Deb Kinder’s food sci-

ence class working with their

first grade buddies to keep the

garden watered.

Friends Community Garden Grows!

Growing Food,Flowers forEducation,Service

Ninth graders in Deb Kinder’s food

science class work alongside their first

grade buddies.

Above: Robby Scott ’21 wan-

ders through chin-high mari -

golds. Below: Lyssa Wopat ’13

and Laila Lowery ’21.


Above: The garden provides another avenue forstructured interaction across academic divisions.Below: David Bruder ’13 helps Kaila Kurtz ’21and Quinby Sohlberg ’21 water the basil.

SERVICE


Let’s Do ItAgain!

On the heels of its successful

co-sponsorship, with Park

School, of a rehabbed

Patterson Park home, Friends’

Habitat for Humanity Club this

fall announced that they’re

doing it again. With their Park

counterparts, students will

raise hammers and dollars to

restore a rowhouse at 1151

Ward Street in the Washington

Village/Pigtown community.

Last year, Friends students

raised more than $30,000,

including in-kind donations,

for building materials. They’re

hoping for an equally strong

response from the Friends

community in 2010. (Chesa -

peake Habitat for Humanity

estimates the cost of a single

Baltimore city rowhouse reha-

bilitation at approximately

$100,000.) The Upper School

Habitat club is once again

sponsoring fund raising events,

giving corporate presentations

and painting houses to raise

donations through its

HabiPainters program.

Students are also providing

on-site labor at the Habitat

house and invite members of

the community (age 16 and

older) to join them. This year’s

Habitat build dates are:

December 12, January 9 (FS

alumni), Monday, January 18

(MLK Day), February 27, March

6, April 17, May 8. To sign up,

or for more information, con-

tact Michael Paulson at

[email protected].

On May 30, the Friends and Park School communities celebrated as Habitatfor Humanity handed the keys to the homeowners at the newly-renovatedJefferson Street houses. The dedication ceremony was a joyful occasion, withspeeches, prayers, songs and many smiles.

Above: The Quaketones performed a lively number: (l.-r.) Nate Foster '11, Sam Keamy-Minor '12, Billy Scaletta '12, David Socolar '12, Alex Young ’11, Declan Meagher '12 andEric Ritter '12.

Above: Janie Gordon and Stella Gordon-Zigel ’11. Below: Class of 2009’s MitchellAwalt and Kylie Davis were Habitat forHumanity co-heads.

Below and right: The house at 2124Jefferson Street before…and after.

Above (l.-r.): TonyBoswell ’10, HannahGartner ‘11, DanaDavis ’11, StellaGordon-Zigel ’11,Kylie Davis ’09, thenew homeownerMony etta Johnsonand her family, JohnReilly, Arielle Allen -toff ’10, MitchellAwalt ’09 andMichael Paulson.

Friends, Park Team Up forHabitat for HumanityJoyful dedication ceremony caps year of hard work


SERVICE

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Through Salsa Sales, Clean Waterfor Honduran Villagers

Each June for the past ten years, a group of some 50 doctors, builders,students and adult volunteers has traveled to Atima, a small village inthe Santa Barbara province of Honduras. They set up camp in an ele-

mentary school and, for the next eight days, provide important services to theresidents whose lives were upturned in 1998 after Hurricane Mitch destroyedvillages and devastated the country’s infrastructure, including water and sani-tation systems.

Three Friends students—Katy McConnell ’10, Charlotte Heyrman ’09 andRachael Tellerman ’09—have regularly participated in the Atima service proj-ect, organized by The Church of the Redeemer (the McCon nells and Heyr -mans are longtime parishioners). Two of the girls’ fathers, Bill McConnell andKen Tellerman, both physicians, have been involved since its inception.

The expedition comprises a medical clinic, a stove project, clothing distri-bution and a clean water project—the latter being thebrainchild of Ken Tellerman, according to Rachael. “Hewas trying to come up with ways that we could have a morepermanent and lasting effect on the village and felt thatproviding clean water would be relatively simple.” Heresearched the best purification methods the villagerscould use and, after some trial and error, came up with aworkable solution. In the fall of 2006, he suggested thatRachael start a School service club to raise money for thepurification systems. She took the idea to Heyrman andMcConnell, and the Clean Water Club was born.

The girls gathered ideas and decided that selling home-made salsa would be a good way to raise money and aware-ness of the pressing need for clean water among theHon duran poor. “We were trying to think of something thatwe all loved about Honduras that we could incorporateback into the project to sell,” recalls Katy McConnell. “Itwasn’t hard to settle on food, because luckily while we are down there we enjoysome of the best meals you will ever eat from a friend, Amelia Mendoza. Oneof her specialties is her salsa.”

For three years, the Clean Water Club has participated in the School’s serv-ice days—collecting orders and recruiting peers to prepare large batches ofthe salsa cruda (raw sauce) in the Meetinghouse kitchen. (Atwater’s, a localcafé, donates many of the ingredients.) The club also prepares several batchesto sell at Holly Fest, where their booth features background information aboutthe Honduran Clean Water project, including demonstrations of Dr. Teller -man’s water filtration system. Heyrman estimates the club has prepared andsold about 400 pints of salsa in the past two years, at $5 a pint. All proceedsare used to purchase materials for the systems.

Heyrman and Tellerman are now freshmen, respectively, at WesleyanUniversity and Washington University in St. Louis; McConnell will graduatefrom Friends in June. Not surprisingly, all three plan to continue their advocacyof the Clean Water Project. In 2010, the project will take an exciting turn, saysKen Tellerman. “We are hoping to work with someone who actually makes thefilters in Honduras so the funds will stay in the Honduran business community.”

“Being at Friends has definitely shaped my views about service,” saysMcConnell. “The fact that we were able to bring up this project, which wascompletely separate from School, and form a club, give presentations duringCollection, and fundraise on community days, is really a testament to theSchool’s commitment to service.” ◾

A finished filtersystem in a localresident's house.The filters greatlyreduce the inci-dence of water-borne illnesses.

Charlotte Heyrman ’09 (l.) translatesEnglish to Spanish for a local family.

Katy McConnell ’10 (r.) translates fornurse Mary Banks in the emergencyroom.

Rachael Tellerman ’09 helps build awater filtration system.


SPORTS

In Their Own Words: Five Students Speak About Friends Athletics

FSAA (Friends School Athletic Association) Awards Night is held three timesannually at the close of each athletic season to honor individual athletes andteams for their accomplishments. The evening’s highlight is the traditionalsenior speech, when one or more athletes from the graduating class takes thepodium to share what their Friends’ athletics experience has meant to them.Last year, five members of the Class of 2009 were asked to speak at FSAAAwards Night. COLLECTION is pleased to offer excerpts from their speeches.

On participation:“At Friends, sports are neither worshipped nor disparaged. Not everyone is aVarsity athlete, but nobody is judged by their ability to perform on the athleticfield . . . No student is ever told, they aren’t ‘good enough’ to play sports.Here, the emphasis is not on how many goals you score, or how many winsyour team has accumulated, but rather on the fact that you participated. Thisattitude is responsible for the great social experience I’ve had at Friends.”

—-Kurt Herzog ’09

On joy:“An athlete will shine by being joyful and that means by having fun . . . I canbe tired, hungry and sore at the end of a practice or game and I can still say Ihad fun. Fun is hard. Fun is attaining togetherness. Fun is realizing harmonyof purpose. Fun is how the team played or practiced that day; the assist thatwas provided for someone else to finish big on. It is the opportunity to bepart of a team, whether supporting your friends from the sidelines, or takingcharge on the field and not allowing your team to be beaten.”

—-Ryan DeSmit ’09

On dedication:“At Friends, I have seen the coaches’ dedication give a team hope when wethought all was lost. I have seen the fans’ dedication lift up a team with theircheers and the singing of ‘Simple Gifts.’ I’ll always hate to lose, but at least Iknow that losing doesn’t define a team; what that team does with a loss, andhow they move forward to prepare for the next game, is what truly defines ateam.”

—-Flannery McArdle ’09

On mentoring:“When I was younger, having older teammates as mentors helped me adjustto high school and made me feel like I was a part of something special. Now Iam an upper classman and I am proud to follow in their footsteps. As a seniorI feel so protective and proud of my younger teammates. I love watchingthem blossom in front of my eyes.”

—-Hannah Patterson ’09

On winning a championship:“This fall season was the year all the hard work paid off . . . We seniors neverwanted practice to end early because we knew this was our last soccer seasonat Friends, and we wanted to play together as much as we possibly could. Thisyear we won the championship. It was the best feeling in the world and Icouldn’t have asked for a better ending to my high school career…I’ve had anamazing education and an unforgettable athletic experience. I’ve beencoached by great coaches, played with great players and friends, and havebeen supported by a great community.”

—-Lindsay Cooper ’09

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The 2009 Varsity Girls’ Soccer Teamcelebrates after winning the BConference Championship.

Kurt Herzog ’09 heads to the goal dur-ing a spring 2009 Varsity Lacrossegame on Deering Field.

Hannah Patterson ’09 pitches duringthe Quakers’ final 2009 home softballgame.


Strategic Plan Update

The tactical phase of Friends’strategic plan continues. Basedon the recommendations pro-

posed in March by the 19-memberadvisory committee, eight standingcommittees have been formed, eachwith an action plan to guide its effortsin the coming months. The commit-tees include: Quaker Principles,Teaching and Learning, DiversityCommittee, Compensation, FinancialAid, Student Services, ServiceLearning and Marketing.

Friends constituents can look for-ward to a series of ongoing articles onthe committees’ workings that willappear in this publication as well asour new quarterly on-line UPDATE

news letter and other web-based communications.

Diversity InitiativesFelicia Wilks has been named a Diver -sity Council co-clerk. In this role shewill help coordinate efforts betweenthe Diversity Council, a parent-facultybody, and the Board of Trustee’snewly-formed Diversity Committee.With colleagues Lisa Filer, John Wattand Lisa Countess she will also workto develop a series of thoughtful com-munity conversations about diversity,and will support the School’s effortsin the critical area of recruiting facultyof color.

Wilks’ appointment to co-clerkexpands her ongoing work in thisarea. Since 2007, she has coordinatedthe School’s BEST Lead ership Pro -gram, a grant-funded initiativedesigned to ensure that students whocome to Friends under the auspices ofthe Baltimore EducationalScholarship Trust (BEST) successfullyadapt to the School’s culture and aca-demic program. She is also site direc-tor for the Middle Grades Partnership(MGP), a public-private school part-nership for motivated middle schoolstudents enrolled in Baltimore CityPublic Schools. Friends has been ahost school for MGP since 2006. ◼

New Friends Board MembersTom Brooks, an independent energy investment consultant, serves on theFinance Committee and presently has two children enrolled at Friends.

Mac Tonascia ’10 is in his 14th year at Friends. A member of the VarsityGolf team, he is also an accomplished musician and has studied piano for 13years, cello for eight years and, lately, has been experimenting with guitar. Heserves on the Development Committee.

Mark Weinman is president of The Morris Weinman Company, a commer-cial real estate development and management firm. He serves on the Buildingand Finance Committees and is the father of three Friends students.

Bill White, vice president of client development for Corbyn InvestmentManagement, serves on the Development Committee. He has one childpresently enrolled at Friends. With his wife, Blair White, he co-chaired the2007–08 Annual Fund.

Returning TrusteesJohn Baer, ophthalmologist; owner, South Penn Eye Care.Member, Quaker Mission Oversight and Finance Committeesand the Financial Aid Subcommittee. Parent of a Friends stu-dent, Quaker, attends Stony Run Friends Meeting.

Sue Carnell, retired college administrator. Vice Chair ofBoard. Co-clerks Diversity Committee; member, Committee onTrustees, Quaker Mission Oversight Committee, JointNominating Subcom mittee and Executive Committee. Parentof four alumni and grandmother of four current students.Member, Stony Run Friends Meeting.

Alice Cherbonnier, president, Allegro Communicationsand editor, Baltimore Chronicle. Member, Quaker MissionOversight, Diversity and Development Committees; Board liai-son to Stony Run Friends Meeting (member and formerClerk). Parent of an alumnus.

Alison Fass ’77, psychotherapist. Clerk, Committee onTrustees. Alumni liaison to the Board. Parent of a currentFriends student and an alumnus.

Nick Fessenden, history teacher, Friends Upper School.Member, Quaker Mission Oversight and Building Committees.Parent of two Friends School alumni. Member, Stony RunFriends Meeting.

Suzy Filbert, speech pathologist, Baltimore County PublicSchools. Co-clerk, Quaker Mission Oversight Committee; mem-ber, Committee on Trustees. Parent of a current Friends stu-dent. Member, Stony Run Friends Meeting.

Norman Forbush ’78, marketing consultant.Clerk,Financial Aid Subcommittee; member, Development, Building,Finance and Executive Committees. Parent of a current Friendsstudent. Son and grandson, respectively, of former FriendsHeadmasters W. Bryon Forbush, II ’47 and Bliss Forbush, Sr.Member, Stony Run Friends Meeting.

Wallace Gatewood, professor and businessman. Co-clerk, Diversity Committee; member, Quaker Mission Oversightand Finance Committees. Parent of two alumnae and a cur-rent Friends student.

Thora Johnson ’88, partner, Venable LLP law firm.Member, Committee on Trustees. Parent of two Friends stu-dents. Member, Stony Run Friends Meeting.

Howard Loewenberg, managing director, Signal HillCapital Group. Board Treasurer. Clerk, Investment ManagementSubcommittee; co-clerk, Finance Commit tee; member, AuditSubcommittee. Parent of two current Friends students.

Elizabeth McKennon, principal, McKennon, Shelton &Henn LLP law firm. Member, Finance and Quaker MissionOversight Committees and Audit Subcommittee. Parent oftwo alumnae.

Geraldine M. Mullan, attorney, Coventry ResourcesCorp. Clerk, Auxiliary Enter prise Subcommittee; member,Development Committee. Parent of a current Friends studentand an alumnus.

Dorothy H. Powe, director, investor relations, McCormick& Co., Inc. Board Secretary; member, Quaker Mission Oversightand Executive Committees. Parent of two alumnae.

Anne Powell, longtime Friends School volunteer. Clerk,Development Committee; member, Committee on Trusteesand Finance Committee. Parent of two alumni.

Edwin Remsberg ’83, professional photographer. Co-clerk, Quaker Mission Oversight Commit tee. Parent of two cur-rent Friends students. Member, Little Falls Friends Meeting.

Stephen Rives, teacher, St. Paul’s School for Girls.Member, Diversity and Quaker Mission Oversight Committees.Clerk, Gunpowder Friends Meeting.

Carole Schreck, researcher, CoStar Group. Member,Development and Finance Committees and Invest mentManagement Subcommittee. Parent of two Friends students.Member, Stony Run Friends Meeting.

Wanda Sitzer, customer service consultant. Member,Diversity Committee. Parent of two Friends students.

Bill Smillie, business consultant. Chair of the Board. Clerk,Executive Committee; member ex officio on all committees.Parent of two alumni.

Deirdre Stokes, college professor. Member, Committee onTrustees and Joint Nominating Subcommit tee. Parent of twoFriends alumni.

Mark Stromdahl, principal, Edmeades & StromdahlArchitects. Board Vice Chair; clerk, Building Committee; mem-ber, Executive and Finance Committees and Committee onTrustees. Parent of an alumnus. Member, Little Falls FriendsMeeting.

TRUSTEE NEWS

TRUSTEE NEWS


EmployeeRecognitionAt the eighth annual EmployeeRecog nition Awards celebrationon May 6, the School’s Board ofTrustees honored 23 faculty andstaff members for their long-time service to Friends:

TEN YEARSKen Fowler, Upper School mathematics teacherMargee Zemarel, Middle School secretary Lynne Warns, Middle School secretary Marty Woolford, MaintenanceJosh Valle ’89, Pre-K head teacher

15 YEARSCindy Burggraf, Second gradeteacherGayle Latshaw, Assistant Head ofSchool for Development Mary Logan, K/Pre-First art teacher Carl Schlenger, Upper School mathe-matics teacherPamela Zavitz, Lower SchoolAssistant Principal

20 YEARSBarbara Carew, Business Office,Accts. Receivable associate

Service MilestonesLyn Ostrov, Upper School art teacherRalph Parham, HousekeepingMargaret Richardson, Pre-Primaryassistant teacherCarol Sieck, Third grade teacherJohn Watt, Middle School mathematics teacher

25 YEARSMerilyn Brothers, HousekeepingLisa Countess, Upper School Latin,English teacherJohn Gifford, Music DepartmentcoordinatorTerry James, Middle School French,Spanish teacherAnne Martin ‘37, Alumni OfficeassistantStanley Mrozinski, MaintenanceDepartment

35 YearsEvan Gifford, Middle School artteacher

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1. Merilyn Brothers enjoys an ova-tion from her colleagues. 2. Mar -garet Richardson, pictured withBoard chair Bill Smillie, was celebrat-ed for 20 years at Friends. 3. MiddleSchool art teacher Evan Gifford, pic-tured with trustee Carole Schreck,was honored for his 35 years atFriends. 4. John Gifford (right), a 25-year honoree, caught up with oldfriend and former colleagueMeredith Brothers. 5. Fifteen-yearhonoree Cindy Burggraf with BillSmillie. 6. Smillie regales veteranLatin teacher Lisa Countess with histribute. 7. Friends trustees (l.-r.)Edwin Rems berg ’83, Alison Fass ’77,Sue Carnell and Norman Forbush ’78served beverages at the event,which was held at the ZamoiskiAlumni Center.

Production NotesReaders will notice that this issue of COLLEC -TION is in full color throughout. Formerlythe magazine was printed in two sections,one in full color and the other in two colors.Thanks to improved, more affordable tech-nologies and the availability of environmen-tally-responsible soy inks, it is now possibleto print the entire issue in color. Enjoy!


DEVELOPMENT

Major Donor ReceptionFriends School hosted a reception for its major donorson October 7. The evening featured music, courtesy ofpianist Mathew Lane P ’21, and a toast to celebrateFriends School’s 225th anniversary.

Above: Chuck and Ann Holland P ’79, ’82, ’94, Pete and JoanPartridge P ’89; left: Galen Haggerty ’00, Esther Sharp P ’00, ’13;below: Flemming and Laura Madsen P ’17 with Annual FundCo-Chair, David Todd P ’14, ’16, ’18.

Sally Leimbach ’64, P ’84, ’88,Sally Michel GP ’16, ’18.

Above: Matt Micciche P ’22, Mary and PaulRoberts P ’81, ’83 GP ’17; right: Kay and BillMcConnell P ’02, ’05, ’10.

Ellen and Mark Stromdahl P ’08.

Left: Annual Fund Co-Chair Betsey ToddP ’14, ’16, ’18, Judy Witt P ’14, SandySidle P ’11, ’14; above: George andLaura Thomas P ’06, ’08, Gordon GilbertP ’07, ’09.

DEVELOPMENT


An Archives Fit for FriendsGift from Class of 1958 makes accessible historictreasure trove of Baltimore’s Oldest School

It took 225 years, but the Friends School Archives have finally found a per-manent home. No more moving from building to building, living out ofcardboard boxes and braving the occasional basement flood. Thanks to the

Class of 1958 and professional archivist Elizabeth DiCataldo, the treasuresfrom Friends’ storied past now reside in a newly enlarged space off the mainlobby of the James L. Zamoiski ’68 Alumni Center.

The School’s first-ever customized Archive space is equipped with storageunits and professional-quality archival shelving. Such equipment not only aidsin the accessibility and organization of materials, but also ensures the pro-longed life of the School’s venerable photographs, documents, textiles and

other artifacts. An on-site workspace makesresearch and viewing materials easier.

In planning its gift to the School, the Class of1958’s 50th Reunion committee was offered a fewsuggestions, including the Archives project, whichthe group unanimously agreed to support. Theclass raised $26,542 to fund the Archives’ furnish-ing and professional storage units, according toEleanor Landauer, Director of Major and Planned

Gifts. “They viewed the project as not only significant to the future of theSchool, but also essential in maintaining its past,” she said.

Of course, creating a dedicated space for the Archives and actually creatingorder from the piles of boxes of materials are two different things. Enter Ms.DiCataldo, a full-time archivist at Bryn Mawr School whom Alumni DirectorAmy Langrehr met during a professional development workshop. “I was tryingto get some basic knowledge about organizing an archives collection,” recallsLangrehr. “After speaking with Elizabeth, I quickly realized we needed atrained professional.” DiCataldo agreed to help Friends organize its materialson a temporary basis. Over the 2008–09 school year, working one day a week,she transformed the space and, in the process, unearthed many treasures.Among the most notable:

▶Arthur Lincoln Lamb’s diploma, sent in this year by members of his fam-ily, along with printed material, photos, and a family tree. Lamb graduated in1883, his diploma is signed by Principal “Cousin Eli” Lamb, and among theteachers are Rachel and F. Emerson Lamb, as well as Thomas Sidwell. ArthurLamb later taught at Friends himself before moving over to The CountrySchool (later renamed Gilman), where he was a much-loved instructor formany years.

▶Scrapbook of Claire Von Marees Stieff, Class of 1917, filled with letters,photographs, hand-drawn invitations, newspaper clippings, and memorabiliaof her days at Friends and life in Baltimore at the beginning of the 20th cen-tury. (The Archives would welcome many more scrapbooks and photo albumslike this!)

▶Photographs, photographs, photographs. Wonderful images depict theSchool’s history. Some show students and teachers busy in the Park Avenuebuilding, and from the period of construction of the Charles Street campus’fields and buildings. ◾

In October, Friends welcomed Valerie Vanden Bossche as the School’s new part-timearchivist, working two days a month. Visitors to the Archives are welcome by appoint-ment. To schedule a tour, email Vanden Bossche at [email protected]. If you havea Friends School treasure you would like to donate to the Archives, please contact AmyLangrehr at 410.649.3208 or [email protected]. Thank you!

The Class of 1958viewed the archives as essential for theSchool’s future as well as its past.

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Notifying Friends when

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only gives us the opportu-

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Today almost 200 members

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which, within fiveyears, providedaffordable health carecoverage to well overone million partici-pants in New Yorkand New Jersey.

Dad served with theU.S. Agency forInternational Devel op -ment (AID), and estab-lished a health clinicin Lebanon. He servedas a healthcare con-sultant to the Clintonadministration, was achairman of theBaltimore-GenoaSister Cities Commit -tee, was awarded Merit

of Honor of Cavalieri by the President of Italy andreceived a humanitarian service award from the JewishNational Fund.

Over the years, his philanthropy has benefittednumerous nonprofit organizations with large gifts,especially to Friends School, the Baltimore SymphonyOrchestra, and the Hannah More School. In memoryof his younger son, Jonny, who died tragically as a pas-senger in an auto accident at the age of 17 during hissenior year at Friends, Dad’s gift to the School allowedfor the construction of the Jonathan M. Camp Science& Mathematics Wing and the establishment of theJonathan M. Camp Memorial Scholarship Fund, whichhas provided support to numerous students with financial need.

My family and I were lucky to have my father lead-ing the way, with his commitment to excellence in edu-cation, to the well-being of those less fortunate, and tothe highest quality health care for working men andwomen. His entrepreneurial spirit, tenacity and visionwere years ahead of his time. ◾

Dr. Camp is survived by his wife Lorraine P. Camp; his son Dr.Michael R. Camp and daughter Mindy Camponeschi and theirspouses; his grandchildren Nina M. Camp ’89 and Benjamin P.Camp ’00; a brother, Philip Camponeschi; and numerousnieces and nephews.

Donations in Dr. Oscar Camp’s memory may be made tothe Jonathan M. Camp Memorial Scholarship Fund atFriends School of Baltimore. Contact Eleanor Landauer [email protected] or call 410.649.3316.


DEVELOPMENT

Dr. Oscar B. Camp, 1920–2009Board certified surgeon, healthcare pioneer, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Excerpts from Dr. Michael R. Camp’s eulogy for his father, delivered at a July 9 memorial service at Friends School.

Dr. Oscar B. Camp, myfather, died at the age of 88on July 4, 2009, from a fall

at home. He was born on August23, 1920, in New York City. Hisfather, Romolo Camponeschi, wasa waiter and maitre d’ who alwaysmade sure there was food on thetable; his mother, AngelaBambace, was the first female vice-president of the InternationalLadies Garment Workers Union(ILGWU). He grew up during theDepression and attended LongIsland University, where heexcelled in academics and athlet-ics, including track, rugby andfootball. He transferred to theUniversity of Maryland, where hereceived his undergraduate degree in 1941. He thenenrolled at the University of Maryland School ofMedicine, graduating among the top in his class.

Dad served in the U.S. Public Health Service from1946–48 and then completed a general surgery resi-dency at New York Medical College. He moved toBaltimore to begin his general surgery practice, operat-ing in several hospitals in the Baltimore/Washingtonarea. He established his own hospital, Laurel General,where he pioneered the practice of pre-admission test-ing to minimize hospital stays. Dad occasionally per-formed surgery on ILGWU members who had littlehealth coverage. His mother, Angela, would tell them,“Oscar won’t charge you.” And he didn’t.

In response to his mother’s urging to provide visionbenefits to ILGWU members, Dad established UnitedOptical, Inc. Many other small and large groups signedup for coverage, including, in 1968, the City of Balti -more, and the company soon became establishedthroughout the country. Other divisions were subse-quently added—for prescription cards, a dental HMOand PPO, and utilization review—and the company’sname changed, first to United Healthcare, Inc. andlater to Spectra, Inc. When the company was acquired in2001 by United Health Group, it had 1.5 million policyholders. Its 400-plus employees, who owned over 70percent of the company through their stock options,received substantial cash payments in that acquisition.

In 1990, Dad provided financing for the start-up ofwhat became MagnaCare, a New York medical PPO

Oscar Camp with his wife Lorraine (left) and children Mindyand Michael at the 2005 donor reception to celebrate theSchool’s newly-constructed Middle School and the JonathanM. Camp Science & Mathematics Wing.

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Using IRA Transfers to Support Annual Fund:Easy, Good for the School and Beneficial to You

Every year since 2006, when a law wasenacted that allows people age 70½ tomake charitable donations directly fromtheir traditional or Roth IRA accounts,Sue Gross ’53 has taken advantage ofthis easy way to support Friends School.

“I am pleased to regularly supportFriends’ Annual Fund, and making a giftdirectly from my IRA for the last few yearshas been very convenient. It’s a simple trans-fer of funds that's fast, easy, good for theSchool and has tax benefits for me.”

The Charitable IRA Rollover Pro visionin the Pension Preservation Act of 2006 has been extended through December 31,2009. Donors have until then to transfer funds from their IRA accounts withoutincurring income tax on the withdrawal. While you cannot claim a charitablededuction for IRA gifts, you will not pay income tax on the amount.

There are two major benefits to using IRA transfers to support the AnnualFund:

◗Qualified charitable distributions can total up to $100,000 in each tax year(if your spouse has a separate IRA account, you can each contribute up to$100,000 per tax year);

◗Such distributions, subject to limitations on your itemized deductions, canbe excluded from your gross income for federal income tax purposes online 15a of Form 1040.

Although Congress has temporarily waived minimum required distributionsfor tax year 2009 as part of the Worker, Retiree and Employee Recovery Act of2008, the IRA Rollover opportunity may still provide you with an excellentopportunity to make a gift to Friends.

For more information or to request a sample IRA transfer request letter,please contact Eleanor C. Landauer at 410.649.3316 or [email protected]. Visit the website at www.friendsbalt.org/giving/planned. Thank you.

New Assistant Annual Fund DirectorMeg Whiteford has joined the Devel opment Office as Assis -tant Annual Fund Director. In her new role, she will coordi-nate the alumni giving effort to the Annual Fund. Agrad uate of Cornell University, where she received a bache-lor’s degree in hotel administration and played for theschool’s varsity field hockey and lacrosse teams, Whitefordalso earned a J.D. from the University of Maryland School

of Law. If her surname looks familiar, that’s because COLLECTION readershave frequently seen it in the pages of Class Notes throughout the years: Megis married to Tom Whiteford ’85, whose father Bill Whiteford ’57, and whosesiblings, Todd ’83 and Craig ’87 are also alumni. Meg and Tom are continuingthe Friends tradition: the couple’s sons, John ’16 and Ham ’18, are enrolled atthe School.

Suzanne Hoffberger Gross ’53

At a time when careful stew-ardship of our natural resources

is more important than ever,Friends is pleased to informdonors that Philanthropy at

Friends, the 2008-09 report onvoluntary giving, is now avail-

able on-line. To view thereport, go to:

friendsbalt.org/giving/philanthropyatfriends.pdf

Meg Whiteford

Betsey and David ToddLead Annual FundFor the second consecutive year,Betsey and David Todd will co-chair the Friends School AnnualFund. The parents of threeFriends students—Noah ’14,Samuel ’16 and Grace ’18—theTodds were heartened by theSchool community’s generousresponse to last year’s AnnualFund, despite the global financialcrisis. Friends raised $1,378,955 in2008–09, or 98 percent of its goal.For the Todds, the experience ofchairing the Annual Fund andlearning more about the School’sdevelopment efforts was gratify-ing. “We met so many familieswho, like us, feel fortunate to haveour children at Friends and whovalue the sense of community thatthe School and the parents activelywork to create,” says David.

The 2009–10 Annual Fund isoff to an excellent start, thanks inno small part to a core group ofparents, parents of alumni,alumni, grandparents, andtrustees who raised almost$100,000 over six calling nightsduring the fall phonathons. “Weare so grateful to our volunteers,”says Annual Fund Director DenaWheeler. “We couldn’t do it with-out them,”

The Annual Fund closes onJune 30, 2010. This year’s goal is$1.45 million. To learn moreabout becoming an annual fundvolunteer, contact Wheeler [email protected] or410.649.3205.


Dear Matthew Micciche, Headmaster of Friends School:

As a woman of the Class of 1959, I am concerned forthe future of your young women and their men. Ienjoyed so much seeing the growth at Friends but I

am worried that progress has dismissed some importantaspects of education. I am referencing the new buildings andprograms you toured with us in May during our 50th

Reunion. Please indulge me byreading on. [Sorry, Miss Dibert,for that terminal preposition.]

It is on the topic of values Iwish to expand, Mr. Micciche,and the education to be con-ducted in those new labs andfacilities. Where and when didthe Home Economics lab/roombecome “dismissed”? We youngwomen of the Class of ’59 learnedto do fine hand stitching, to saltlightly the spinach and boil vigor-ously, to prepare and serve a mealto the boys, and to always have three clean tea towels in thekitchen—one for the glasses, one for the dishes and one forthe faucets, so that they sparkled at the end of clean-up.Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Gorsuch were available for “privatetalks” and appropriately so, as one of the girls at her lunchtable group was heard to have boldly admitted to Frenchkissing at the drive-in. We all knew that could lead minimallyto family disgrace or a worse fate. Hats and glovesdemanded by Miss Dilworth for all off-campus trips, and ourlearned ability to bend our back legs when reaching over,gave us the lady-like appearances that would make us wel-comed wherever we might venture.

Proper table etiquette was encouraged by theStieff Silver Co., which sent a bus to take us to theirshowrooms to select our “silver pattern,” and we allproudly wore a small salt spoon pin with our specialchoice to advertise for our trousseau.

Do not take this lightly, as with this preparationand excellent academic guidance, we ladies marchedgracefully into the cultural revolution of the ’60sand cleared the way for our daughters to have morefree choices than we ever imagined possible. Ladiesthat we were, we did not have to burn our bras, butwe showed the world that we could do it all, jobsand families. We set examples for our daughters bywinning political offices, owning businesses, preach-

ing as clergy, doing library museum research,and creating art/design. We became professors,

engineers and midwives. We ran cancerfoundations. We were committed, but it wasnot easy being a modern woman, as the

“boys” took a while to join into the family lifebeyond financial support. We lived on the cusp,

with the media encouraging us through the words ofGloria Steinem and Betty Friedan, while our moth-ers were saying, “My dear, why are you doing that?”

So, Mr. Micciche, I hope that somewhere on thecampus of Friends School you offer the importanceof good manners and gracious decorum, to accom-pany the obligations to serve our communities andour families. The ladies of the Class of ’59 are stillcharming and capable. I think we are all down toone tea towel and a big roll of paper ones. The boyshave become men and are gracious to talk withabout business, the politics of the day, and theirchildren. Henry Hammond ’59 says that upon occa-sion they discuss “feelings and relationships.” Ibelieve him. Upon occasion, I set my table withStieff Rose, put the linen napkins in the rings andserve my family and friends.

We accomplished it all, and are content. We havea tremendous sense of satisfaction and we are for-ever grateful for the way in which we were preparedat Friends School to meet the challenges of ourlives. Was it really 50 years ago?

—Martha Kegan Graham ’59

P.S.: If you do consider a Home Ec. Lab, please buya large, energy-efficient, gas-operated Barbecue forthe gentlemen. ◾

ALUMNI IN FOCUS

Members of the Class of’59 (l.-r.) MargaretMurgatroyd, RosageneWeakley and MarthaKegan. All are accom-plished professionals:Murgatroyd owns anantiques store, Weakley isa nurse midwife and Keganis an interior designer,artist and occupationaltherapist. Inset: the sterlingsalt spoon she received for her trous seau, complimentsof Stieff Silver Co.

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Weaving Change in Bolivia

The El Alto Market in Bolivia, just outside the capitalcity of La Paz, is one of the world’s largest. I expectedto experience miles of stalls overflowing with goods,

with energetic vendors calling out to passers by, includingtravelers like me. The reality was quite different. I walked the

dirt streets in disbelief. Trash littered the

ground, giving off a horri-ble stench. Vendors dis-played their wares on

blankets spread across the rubble—scuffed goods ranging from hardwaretools to Barbie dolls. They looked at mewith heavy eyes, seeming not to carewhether I bought their goods. Worse, thescene lacked the hustle and bustle of ahealthy marketplace.

Artisans are on the bottom rung ofBolivia’s economic ladder—and Boliviais the poorest country in South America. One bright spot inthis difficult environment is the fair trade organizationArtesania Sorata, which makes it possible for women arti-sans to improve their standard of living dramatically whileworking at home so they can be with their children.

Diane Bellomy is the organization’s founder. In 1977, atthe age of 27, frustrated with American consumerism, shemoved to Sorata, a small town near La Paz. There, Soratanwomen taught her Bolivian weaving techniques learnedfrom their mothers and grandmothers; and she, in turn,taught them to make items like sweaters and gloves, andhelped them sell their textiles to tourists. Once there wasenough profit, she used the earnings to provide health carefor the artisans and their families, as well as educationalopportunities for the community, such as literacy classes.

Today, Artesania Sorata provides work for over 200women, and a few men. They use alpaca and wool to createbeautiful textiles, like tapestries, sweaters, and purses thatreflect the artisans’ creativity and social concerns. Most dyesare handmade out of walnut leaves, eucalyptus, carrot tops,and onion skins. Red dye is made from dead, boiledcochineals, a common South American insect.

The few artisans who are needed in the workshop dyeyarn in vats, sew tags onto merchandise, and take inventory.Artisan Eva Illanes usually works at home, but today shehas come to the workshop to give her finished weaving toBellomy and to collect her payment. A radio plays tradi-tional Bolivian folk songs softly in the background.

Illanes tells me that jobs in Bolivia are scarce. Her hus-band has a good job as a military engineer, but she seeshim only once a month for several days and says he doesn’tgive her enough money. She’d like to work more, but she

has to take care of her children; yet Illanes is happy.She laughs with Bellomy about the first sweater sheever made for Artesania Sorata. “We’re like family,”she says.

Another artisan, Sergio, does very fine work in large-sized wall hangings. “When we first started working

with him over 25 years ago, hewas living in one room with hiswhole family,” says Bellomy.“Now he’s a homeowner.” ForSergio and hundreds of otherartisans, Bellomy’s venture hasbeen a miracle, but Bellomydoesn’t think of her work thatway. “I always felt like I had to behere,” she tells me as we sit in theworkshop.

In addition to managingArtesania Sorata, now located in

La Paz, Bellomy supervises a school for the deaf and anarts workshop for orphaned children. She also runs anonprofit volunteer program that she says “will help tobring our cultures to a place of better equilibrium.”

I spent my last day in Bolivia at the workshop.Valeria, a long-time artisan, showed me how to use thecrochet needle to delicately pull a thread through theweave, and tie a tag to the thread. For several hours, Isewed Artesania Sorata tags onto alpaca gloves andthick woven hats, working across from Valeria in com-fortable silence, surrounded by shelves of lovinglymade blankets and sweaters.

In Bolivia, organizations like Artesania Sorata arerare. Many women in La Paz spend all day sellingbruised fruit for a seventh of an American dollarapiece, sitting hunched on dirty street corners, theirchildren hiding behind them or playing among trashheaps. The artisans at Artesania Sorata live a far betterlifestyle, but they’re only a fraction of the women in LaPaz. As Bellomy said, “Happiness is a way of accom-plishing.” If the impoverished women of La Paz areunhappy, they can’t accomplish a change in their stan-dard of living. “Artesania Sorata helps to empower peo-ple with a greater sense of self, which comes from thedevelopment of their creative expression. What followsis change, positive change.” ◾

Visit www.artesaniasorata.com to buy textiles or to con-tact Diane Bellomy with questions about her work or vol-unteering in Bolivia.

Laura Resnick ’07 attends Barnard College of ColumbiaUniversity. Contact her at [email protected].

A little girl and a woman model textiles created by Artesania Sorata artisans.

by Laura Resnick ’07

NEWEST ALUMNI


The Letitia Stockett English Award: MichaelMandelkorn, Alexa ErcolanoThe Richard West Clarkson Modern Language Award:Jacki LaBua, Cory YatesThe Joan Alma Eckert ’49 Award in Honor of Robert C.Richardson: Eliza GilmoreLa Société Honoraire de Français: Eliza Gilmore,Kathryn John, Jacqueline LaBua, Sarah Lewin, DavidCerny ’10, Ben Leiner ’10The Award for Proficiency and Sustained Effort in theStudy of Latin: Sam JenningsNational Latin Honor Society: Breanna Ercolano,Connor Jennings, Sam Jennings, Flannery McArdle,Bryce Schmidt, Maggie Tennis ’10, Michael Argo ’10,Katie Boyle ’10, Arielle Allentoff ’10, Tony Boswell ’10,Marion Donald ’10, Loni Fink ’10, Matt Malis ’10The Award for Proficiency and Sustained Effort in theStudy of Spanish: Eva JacobsLa Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica: Laura Borinsky,Lindsay Cooper, Kylie Davis, Sam Doyle, Katie Dunn,Eva Jacobs, Jessica Magdeburger, Bryce Schmidt,Rachael Tellerman, Cory Yates, Arielle Allentoff ’10,Abby Cheney ’10, Marion Donald ’10, Aubrey Keady-Molanphy ’10, Stephen May ’10, Kathryn McConnell’10, Esmé West ’10The Claire G. Walker Award for Excellence in theStudy of Russian: Lizzy FrostSlava: The National High School Slavic Honor Society:Lizzy Frost, Emily Keamy-Minor, Jacki LaBua, MichaelMandelkorn, Matt MosesThe Eleanor D. Mace Award for Excellence in theStudy of History: Michael MandelkornThe Eugene Denk Award for Proficiency inMathematics: Sarah LewinThe Bliss Forbush, Jr. ’40 Award for the StudentShowing the Most Growth in the Study ofMathematics: Marcie Schwartz, Nicholas LehnThe William S. Pike Award in the Study of Science:Flannery McArdle

The Award for Proficiency and Sustained Effort in theField of Art: Anna Paul, Rachael Tellerman, MitchellAwalt, Hannah PattersonThe Christopher R. McGraw ’82 Dramatics Award forAppreciation, Understanding, and Contribution to theTheater: Sallie Robinson, Emily Keamy-MinorThe Gerry L. Gomprecht Mixed Chorus Award: SarahLewinThe Award for Outstanding Contribution to the VocalMusic Program: Sallie RobinsonThe Isabel Woods Award for the Greatest Contributionto the Department of Music: Emily Keamy-MinorThe Adrian M. Cephas Award for Contribution to theInstrumental Music Program: Johari FrasierThe Friends School Digital Media Award: Bryce SchmidtThe Award for Independent Enrichment throughReading: Sarah LewinThe Friends School Athletic Association (F.S.A.A.)Award: Kurt Herzog, James Torain, Flannery McArdle,Libby NicholsThe L. Lawrence Peacock Scholar-Athlete Award: EmilyOrrson, Flannery McArdle, Kerry Townsend, CatherineRosenbergThe Bliss Forbush, Sr. Award for Spirit of FellowshipPracticed by a Senior Throughout his or her School Life:Kylie Davis, James TorainThe Award for Outstanding Contribution to QuakerValues at Friends School: Nick Lehn, Caroline GonyaCum Laude Society: Class of 2009, inducted during their jun-ior year: Johari Frasier, Eliza Gilmore, Eva Jacobs, SamuelJennings, Emily Keamy-Minor, Jacki LaBua, Sarah Lewin,Jessica Magdeburger; Class of 2009, inducted during theirsenior year: Kylie Davis, Connor Jennings, Emily Orrson,Kathleen Dunn, Kathryn John, Flannery McArdle, KerryTownsend, Charlotte Heyrman, Catherine Rosenberg;Class of 2010, inducted during their junior year: MarielleMcDonagh, David Cerny, Luisa Hallmaier-Wacker, AlexCasella, Benjamin Leiner, Margaret Tennis, MargaretReed, Ian Oxenham, James Tonascia, Emily Faber

Class of 2009 Senior Awards

Left: Upper School science teacher TomBinford presented the Award forProficiency and Sustained Effort in theStudy of Spanish to Eva Jacobs.

Right: (l.-r.) English Department chair Felicia Wilks presented The Letitia

Stockett English Award to Alexa Ercolano and Michael Mandelkorn.

NEWEST ALUMNI


Graduation 2009

Reema Sood receives her diploma fromMatt Micciche.

(l.-r.) Lizzy Frost, Mitchell Awalt

and Leah Koenig.

Legacy AlumniThe Class of 2009 included 12legacies—children or grand-children of alumni. Front row,l.-r.: Marrio Davis, MarilynHarris-Davis ’71, Henry Taylor’70, Anna Taylor, BarbaraZadek ’80, Matt Moses, ErinWeinblatt, Paul Weinblatt ’77;second row: Doug DeSmit’80, Ryan DeSmit, DuncanWalker ’78, Max Walker,Andy Cooper ’73, JakeCooper, Amy Gould John ’80;third row: Jake Trout, JerryTrout ’80, Greg Pabst, MaryStrouse Pabst ’70, ChrisHolter, Jr., Susan RussoWalker ’79, Katy John; backrow: Chris Holter ’80, DavidBall, Doug Ball ’76.

John Stokes flanked by his sister Camille’06, left, and mother Deirdre Stokes, aFriends trustee.

The Class of 2009

NEWEST ALUMNI


Class of 2009 College ChoicesAlbright College (3)Alfred University (2)Allegheny CollegeAmerican University (5)Arizona State UniversityAuburn University (2)*Barnard CollegeBates College*Bay State CollegeBennington CollegeBentley UniversityBoston College*Boston University (6)*Bowdoin College (3)*Bowie State University*Brown University (3)*Bryn Mawr College (2)Bucknell UniversityBurlington CollegeCanisius CollegeCarleton College (3)*Carnegie Mellon University (2)Case Western Reserve University (4) Champlain College*Clemson University (3)Colby CollegeCollege of Charleston (6)*Colorado College (3)Colorado State UniversityColumbia CollegeConnecticut College (5)*Coppin State UniversityDartmouth College*Davidson College*Davis & Elkins CollegeDenison University (2) DePaul UniversityDickinson College (2) Drew University (2) Drexel University (3) Earlham College (2) *Elmira College (1) Elon University (2) Emmanuel College*Emory UniversityFairfield UniversityFairleigh Dickinson University,

Madison*Fisher CollegeFlorida Southern CollegeFordham University (3) Franklin and Marshall College (3)*George Mason UniversityGeorgetown University*Gettysburg College (2)*Goucher College (2) Grinnell College Guilford CollegeHamilton College, NY*Hampshire College (2) *Harvard University (2) *

Harvey Mudd CollegeHaverford College (3)*High Point University (2)*Hobart and William Smith Colleges (4)*Hofstra University (3)Hood College (2)Indiana University at BloomingtonIthaca College (2) *James Madison University (2) Johns Hopkins UniversityJuniata College (3) *Kenyon College (2) *Lake Forest CollegeLehigh University (2)*Loyola College in MarylandLoyola University New Orleans*Lycoming College (4) Lynn University*Macalester College (2) *Manhattanville CollegeMarquette UniversityMarshall UniversityMaryland Institute College of ArtMassachusetts Institute of Technology (2)*McDaniel College (4)*Mercyhurst CollegeMiami University, Oxford (3) Middlebury College (2) *Moravian CollegeMorehouse CollegeMorgan State University*Muhlenberg CollegeNew York University (2)*Northeastern University (5)*Northern Arizona UniversityOberlin CollegeOccidental CollegeOhio Wesleyan University (5)Oxford College of Emory University (2 Pennsylvania State University,

University Park (2)Randolph-Macon CollegeRingling College of Art and Design*Rochester Institute of TechnologyRollins CollegeRutgers UniversitySaint Joseph's UniversitySarah Lawrence CollegeSavannah College of Art and DesignSkidmore College (5)*Smith College (2)*Southern Methodist University*St. John’s University, Queens Campus (2)St. Mary’s College of Maryland (5)*Stevenson UniversitySuffolk UniversitySusquehanna University (2)Syracuse University (5 Temple University (5)*The Catholic University of AmericaThe College of Wooster (4)

The George Washington UniversityTowson University*Trinity CollegeTufts University (2)Tulane University (9)*Union CollegeUniversity of AlabamaUniversity of California, Santa CruzUniversity of CharlestonUniversity of Chicago (2) University of Colorado, Boulder (2) University of Connecticut (2) University of Delaware (7)*University of GeorgiaUniversity of Hartford (2) University of Maryland,

Baltimore County (5)*University of Maryland,

College Park (14)*University of Massachusetts, AmherstUniversity of Miami (6)University of Michigan (2)University of New Hampshire (3)University of North Carolina, AshevilleUniversity of North Carolina,

Chapel Hill (2)University of North Carolina,

WilmingtonUniversity of Pennsylvania*University of Pittsburgh (4)*University of RichmondUniversity of Rochester (3)University of South Carolina (3)University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleUniversity of Vermont (6)University of VirginiaUrsinus College (2)Vanderbilt University (2)*Vassar CollegeVillanova University (2)*Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia Polytechnic Institute and

State University (3)Virginia Wesleyan CollegeWagner CollegeWashington and Jefferson College (2)*Washington and Lee UniversityWashington College (6)*Washington University in St. Louis (4)*Wesleyan University (3)*West Virginia University (4)*Williams CollegeWittenberg University)York College of Pennsylvania (2)*

(#)=students accepted*=2009 FSB graduate is attending

ALUMNI WEEKEND 2009


THE 2009 FRIENDS SCHOOL ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

COACH:Dick WattsATHLETES:Robert A. Wetzler ’49Nancy Lang Whedbee Brown ’54Anne Hoke Humphrey ’59Edie Hoffmaster Bradt ’64Joe Cowan ’64Downie McCarty ’64Frank Bond, Jr. ’69Linda Datcher Loury ’69Lynn Peddy Wailes ’74Lori Peddy Spencer ’79 *Darryl M. Coleman ’79Edward N. Kane, Jr. ’84B.J. Entwisle ’74Elizabeth Faecher Crabill ’84TEAMS:The 1944 Varsity Boys’

Basketball TeamThe 1954 Varsity Boys’

Basketball Team1984 Varsity Boys’ Wrestling Team1984 Varsity Boys’ Tennis Team1984 Varsity Girls’

Basketball Team

Alumni from near and far returned to 5114 North Charles Street during

the first weekend in May to celebrate the past, renew old ties and get

a feel for Friends School today through campus tours and presenta-

tions led by longtime faculty. The festivities kicked off on Thursday

evening, April 30, with the fifth annual Friends School Athletic Hall of

Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony. This year’s class included 14

alumni, five teams and one coach.

Lindsay Leimbach ’84, Monica Wilson ’87, Melissa Feliciano ’86 and Jonelle Woodard ’85,members of the “unstoppable” 1984 Varsity Girls’ Basketball Team, pose with theirplaques.

Downie McCarty ’64, a member of the1963 Boys’ Lacrosse team, with his award.

A recipient of the FSAA Award and theMarian B. Millard Award, Lynn PeddyWailes ’74 accepted Hall of Fame honorsfor herself and, moments later—with nieceAdele Spencer by her side—for her sister,Lori Peddy Spencer ’79, who died in April2008 of breast cancer.

David Millard (center) and RichardGochnauer (right), players on the 1944championship Varsity Boys’ BasketballTeam, enjoy the limelight.

NOMINATE SOMEONE TO THE FRIENDSSCHOOL ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME!Go to friendsbalt.org/alumni/athletichall/nomination.asp

ALUMNI WEEKEND


Above: Former faculty mem-ber Steve Balser, biologyteacher George Wright andStaige Davis Hodges ’84.Below: Bo Vaughn, son ofChris ’89 and Julie Vaughn.

Artist Sam Robinson (parent of Lehn ’05 and Sallie ’09) and Anne Nicolls Haendiges ’64unveil the portrait of Anne’s father, longtime Friends teacher and coach, Robert “Mr. Nick”Nicolls. The painting, which now hangs in the Zamoiski Alumni Center, was commissionedby the Class of ’64 to mark its 45th Reunion.

Bull RoastSome 150 alumni and theirguests enjoyed a casual familybarbecue prepared by the oneand only Milt Brown stein ’68 ofMilt’s Catering Company.Following the annual awardspresentations, many alumnitoured the campus and stoppedby the Quaker Closet to updatetheir Friends School wardrobes.

Back to theClassroom

Terry Halle ’69 with former faculty memberGary Blauvelt and, in the background, SteveBalser, Tom Buck and Randy Cooper.

Many alumni attendedmorning classes led by LisaCountess (right), DavidHeath (below left, with LynnSmith ’84) and NASA geo-physicist Greg Neumann ’64(below right), who presenteda session titled, “Why are wegoing back to the Moon…did we forget something?”

Kelly Vaughan Edwards ’99with her daughter Caile.

Former Athletic Director Pieter DeSmit

greets Frank Bond, Sr.

ALUMNI WEEKEND


Members of the Class of1979 accept their ReunionClass Giving award fromHead of School MattMicciche. Pictured are (l.-r.) Beth Zadek, NancyMarchetti, Melissa Hulse,Bill Rudow, Matt Micciche,Cam Griffith, MitchellHolland and BarbaraShulman-Kirwin.

Alumni Service Award recipient BobChristopher ’54 with his presenter,Head of School Matt Micciche.

Distinguished Alumnus Award recipi-ent Frank Bond ’69 with his presenter,former faculty member John Roemer.

NOMINATE SOMEONE TO RECEIVE THE FRIENDS SCHOOL OUTSTANDING AND/OR HONORARY ALUM AWARDS. Go to friendsbalt.org/alumni/news to access our on-line form.

Alumni Awards

ReunionClass GivingAward

Outstanding Alumnus: Frank Bond, Jr. ’69Outstanding Alumnus honoree Frank Bond ’69 asked his award presenter, for-mer Friends history teacher John Roemer, to focus his remarks on the Class of’69 rather than on Bond’s own accomplishments. Roemer recalled an episodein 1964 that “remains the most vivid moment in my life as a teacher.” Duringa class discussion on the promise and perils of the non-violent methods usedby protesters during the Civil Rights movement, Roemer posed a question tohis seventh grade history class: “Could a mass movement have been built inopposition to Hitler—or will we always revert to fear, selfish calculation, vio-lence or submissiveness in the face of world cruelty?” The next day Roemerentered the classroom wearing a faux military hat and, without warning, gavea Nazi salute and imperiously commanded: “All the Jews will stand up!” Whatfollowed was stunned silence, he recalls. “And then, simultaneously, all 20 kids,perhaps 18 Christians and two Jews—all 20 seventh graders stood up,” saidRoemer. “It has never gotten any better than that in my long life in educationand activism. Twenty seventh graders in the Class of ’69 reminded me, for therest of my years, of the human capacity to make life beautiful.”

Alumni Service Award: Bob Christopher ’54Head of School Matt Micciche presented Bob Christopher ’54 with theAlumni Service Award. Noting that the award is not given every year,Micciche told the gathering, “Every so often there is an alumni volunteerwho contributes so much to the School that we are led to recognize theseefforts with a special award.” A longtime Reunion volunteer, Athletic Hallof Fame Committee member and unofficial class secretary who keeps theSchool informed about the goings-on of his classmates, Christopher is “the‘volunteer’s volunteer,’” said Micciche, “someone who’s always willing tohelp the School in any way we need.”


Savitri Ariosa Gauthier ’64 andSuzy Katzen berg ’64 perusingphotos from the School’sarchives collection.

Ann Ramsey ’79,Barbara Shulman-Kirwin ’79 andLynn PeddyWailes ’74.

Beth Zadek ’79,Scott Loane ’79and NatalieStandiford ’79.

Anne Nicolls Haendiges ’64

and JoAnn Bradley Jones ’69.

Ozzie Cowan, Joe Cowan ’64, Peter PaulHanley ’64 and Jack Merriman ’64.

Class of 1969 mem-

bers Michelle Bosch,

Julia Frank and

Becky Boswell

Swanston.

Gala ReceptionThe annual Alumni Weekendevening reception at theZamoiski Alumni Center wasour biggest to date, toppingout at around 325 guests.Reunion classes mingledunder the tent, enjoyed horsd’oeuvres and refreshmentsand gathered for class photosbefore heading off campus totheir individual class parties.

Rosagene Weakley D’Arcy ’59, Tony Smith, Alice Woodcock Smith’ 59 and

Dan Reed ’59.

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John Pollard, Jr. ’89 and John Pollard,

Sr. ’59

Class of ’89’s Dan Griffiths, Jay Corckran, Eli Balser and Josh Valle.

Class of 2004 members (l.-r.) Dan Robertson,

Gary Williams and Kate Koppelman.

The Class of ’89’s Jen Asplen Corrigan, Chris Vaughn, Leslie BelgradFinton, Susie Schoppert Wallengren and Phil McIntyre (far right) withformer faculty member Steve Balser (second from right).

Sammie Cusack, Alex Nelson, Rob Summers, Jill Fritze, Rachel Fitz,

Throop Wheeler—all Class of 2004.

Class of 1999 members Maron Deering, Deana Carr-Davis,Chris Franzoni, Matt Sherman, Chara Johnson and Ben Pollak.

Class of 1984’s Dixon Waxter, Brad Goldbloom andThomas Goldstein.

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The Class of 1984 had greatturn-out for its 25thReunion. Front row: PaulGraves, Lynn Smith, BenWalker, Steve Carlson,Staige Davis Hodges,Edward Kane, MonzellaSaunders Owings, RobManfredi, Oya TurkmanBorovali, Eric Orlinsky; second row: KathyMacPhail Cheek, EllynWeisfeldt Margulies,Jennifer Galambos, BradGoldbloom, Greg Houston,Thomas Goldstein, PamSmith Sipher, Sally KleinFilling, Alexis Kays Rautio,Catherine Newcombe,Peter Bradford; back row:Kian Djawdan, GeorgeRussell, Lindsay Leimbach,Dan Kenzie, Sam Brody,Patrick Moran, Kim Coshnear, Devlin Back Uy, Doug Caplan, Laura McGraw-Cook, Amy Iwata Darrow, Kevin Carnell, Steve Coxe,Steve Schulhoff, Dixon Waxter, Lisa Schock, Chris Swan. Not pictured: Wade Wilson, Jon Meyers, Scott Sacks, Daryl Edwards, MarthaCraig, Dianne Richey Bauer, Tonya Brown Ingersol, Therron Brown, Bill Tarbert, Strick Bonner.

50th Reunion DinnerThe Class of 1959 enjoyed a festive dinner at the ZamoiskiAlumni Center on Friday, May 1,to celebrate their 50th Reunion.

Above: The Class of 1959 Reunion Committee presents Matt Micciche with their ClassGift—totaling $27,518. The class has designated the money be used to establish the ClaireG. Walker Fund for International Exchange for Friends School students; left: Chip Buppand Dan Reed, pictured with Head of School Matt Micciche, accept the Reunion ClassGiving award on behalf of the Class of ’59 during the Mr. Nick Bull Roast on May 2.

Front row, l.-r.: DeeGee Brandemour,Dan Entriken ’54,Evans Johnson Taylor’49, Ellie JenningsHearn ’49; back row,l.-r.: PatriciaTillinghast McCain’54, Bob Christopher’54 and Nancy LangBrown ’54.

Breakfast withthe MiccichesMembers of the Classes of 1949and 1954 gathered at the homeof Head of School Matt Miccicheand his wife Frances for a lovelybreakfast and shared stories ofthe “old days” at Friends.

25th Reunion for the Class of 1984


Alumni EventsThe Alumni Office hosted threeseparate California gatherings toconnect with our West Coastfriends. In San Diego, a smallbut enthusiastic group of alumnigathered at the Glorietta Bay Innin Coronado. In San Francisco,approximately 20 Bay-areaalumni gathered at the home ofCarrie and John Goodman ’82.In Los Angeles, about 20 alumnigathered at the home of AdamKosloff and Claire CherlinKosloff ’97.

LOS ANGELES: Claire Cherlin Kosloff ’97, Pete Levin ’97, Debbie Smith ’83 and AdamKosloff.

SAN DIEGO: Kim Goldstein Eisenberg ’94, Carolyn Alkire ’76, Sam Hatfield ’96 and Robin Behm ’75 sample the Berger’s cookies“imported” from Baltimore.

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SAN FRANCISCO: Left, Christian Gullette ’91, David Schummers ’95, Jahan Sagafi ’90 and Kristin Law; middle, CarolHarrington Fitting ’57, Mabel Miyasaki ’56; right, John Goodman ’82 and Head of School Matt Micciche.

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Above (l.-r.): Sheila Peter, Mary Logan, Tom Peter andMarie Diener-West; right, Julie Gilbert, Annual FundDirector Dena Wheeler and Pat Gilstein.

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100 NIGHTS DINNERIn March, the Alumni Association hosted anelegant dinner reception for the Class of2009 to mark its 100-day countdownto Commencement. Facultymembers, including many ofthe students’ Lower andMiddle School teachers, wereon hand to celebrate with theSeniors.

PARENTS OF ALUMNI GATHERINGApproximately 60 parents of alumni from the Classes of 1999through 2009 gathered at the Zamoiski Alumni Center inFebruary to reminisce and update one another on their chil-dren’s post-Friends paths.

(l.-r.) Above left, EllenMehring, Kyla Minton,Flannery McArdle and KerryTownsend; left, AustinLasky, Ben Gilstein, formerUpper School AssistantSusan Mund, Ryan DeSmit,Greg Pabst, Chris Holter,Kurt Herzog and KellyDayton; above, LeahKoenig, Charlotte Heyrmanand Lizzy Frost.

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’34Florence Oldham1329 Glendale RoadBaltimore, Maryland 21239

Ruth Baldwin writes, “I am 92 years oldand feeling good. I still remember mydays at Friends with great affection. Mytwo children live nearby and watch overme. I have lived in the same house for 35years, and am still enjoying Sun City, AZ.”

’36Eleanor Hatch Brooks615 Chestnut Avenue, #335Towson, Maryland 21204

Victor Bloede writes, “Greetings and bless-ings to the survivors of our class! My rec-ollections of my years at Friends Schoolare still clear and memorable. On July 17,I reached my 93rd year and still enjoygood health, minus the need for medici-nal aids. I spent over 30 years as legalcounselor for University of Hawaii’s inter-national programs in Canada, France,etc.”

’37Jeanne Wolf Shreeve writes, “I don’t moveas far or as fast as I used to, but I am stillmoving. My three children live nearby onMaryland’s Eastern Shore. My four grand-children live in Maryland, New Jersey andWisconsin. I have two great-granddaugh-ters, and the third is due in October—right around my 89th birthday!”

’46Hal “Sonny” Ness retired in 1997 from hisinsurance business and moved fromMaryland to Pawleys Island, SC. His lovefor the game of lacrosse motivated him in2000 to become a founder of the SouthCarolina Chapter of US Lacrosse. At thetime, the state had just one high schoollacrosse team; today, thanks to the effortsof volunteers like Sonny, the state hasmore than 50 teams and lacrosse is nowan official interscholastic sport in SouthCarolina’s public schools. Sonny says his

life is blessed with his lovely bride of 15years, Pam, their combined seven childrenand 13 grandchildren. His grandson,Drew Ness, a wide receiver on USC’s foot-ball team, is the fourth generation ofNesses to play lacrosse.

’47Elsie Tollefson Carter writes, “Thanks tothe Internet, I had a happy reunion inNaples, FL with my long-lost classmate(and bridesmaid!), Jane Seiler Britton. Itwas fun to visit after over 60 years! Myhusband Charles and I went to Portland,OR to see our granddaughter graduatefrom high school. What beautiful countryand mountains. My grandson climbed Mt.St. Helens while we were there. We arehappily retired and enjoying retirementliving in the Franklin Methodist commu-nity. There are so many volunteer oppor-tunities and fun things to do. Our threeother children live in Indianapolis, whichis only 30 minutes away. We have 11grandchildren and expect our first twogreat-grandchildren this summer. We cele-brated our 58th wedding anniversary inJuly.” Caroline Hopkins Hoyle writes,“Retirement living is great and I’ve madelots of new friends. My oldest son is thefinancial officer here in Pennswood whereI live and, no, he doesn’t pay my bills. Ihave nine grandchildren—seven boys andtwo girls.

’49Margaret Jette writes, “I’ve turned my liv-ing room into an art gallery, completewith halogen track lighting; a second bed-room is my art studio. I had an openingin July, with a show of 21 new smallworks, including pastels, drawings andprints. My granddaughter Erica graduat-ed from Kansas City Art Institute, wheremy other granddaughter, Sarita, ispresently in her sophomore year. Bothwon full merit scholarships, so the ‘artbeat’ goes on! Would love hearing fromclassmates.”

’51Carol Lee Fordyce May126 Shore Rush DriveSt. Simons Island, Georgia [email protected]

Jack Phillips helped organize hisUniversity of Maryland Dental School50th reunion. Of the remaining 82 mem-bers of the class, 25 percent attended theJune event. “It’s the oldest dental schoolin the United States and is number one inthe world,” he says, noting that the schoolrecently completed a $16.5 million state-of-the-art facility. As for me, in March Iwas fortunate enough to visit my son anddaughter-in-law in Tokyo, where they’velived for two years. Michael began teach-ing there after finishing college, and bothhe and his wife are fluent in Japanese.During our stay, we toured around Tokyo,visiting museums and shrines. We alsowent to the fish market at 6:30 a.m. towatch a fish auction. It was cherry blos-som time, too, and the city celebratesthose spring weeks as a festival.

’52Susanne Davis EmoryPO Box 125Glen Arm, Maryland [email protected]

Please e-mail me with your news—other-wise you’ll keep hearing about the samepeople! Fred “Buzzy” Hodous writes, “Imoved 65 paintings to and from Key

Hal “Sonny” Ness ’46.


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West, FL this spring when my wife Joanexhibited and signed her new book at aone-woman show at the Custom Housethere. The Art Historical Museum wasrecently named Best Museum in Floridafor the second year, so her two-monthshow was a big opportunity. Visitwww.kwahs.org to learn more. When notmoving paintings, I’ve won several statebackgammon tournaments.” There is alsosome sad news since I last wrote, with therecent deaths of five members of ourclass: Don Baker, Barbara BuffingtonRutherford, Kit Heinold Wilson, MiriamTollefson Stockton and Bill Toland. Theirdepartures leave a huge hole in our circleof friends. I guess we have to face the factthat we are getting older. Have younoticed how close to the beginning of theclass notes 1952 is? On a much happiernote, I have reconnected with Joan CateGrimes, a classmate of ours through theeighth grade. She now lives in Floridawith her husband Bruce. From her scrap-book, she sent me pictures of our classpicnics, classmates and teachers. Shewould like to be in touch with anyone whoremembers her. Her e-mail address is:[email protected]. At press time for thelast issue of COLLECTION, I was in the hos-pital recovering from a broken hip andfemur. I slipped and fell on the ice on ourdriveway in late January. Now, three backoperations and one hip surgery later, Ihave 24 pins and two rods in my body,holding me together. I hope everyone elseis holding together well, too.

’54Barbara Saunders Olson writes, “Our 50thwedding anniversary was on September20, 2008, but because gathering our fourkids and their families is like herding cats,we celebrated it in July 2008 with a weekon Anna Maria Island, FL, a resort areaon the Gulf, south of Tampa. Our kidsrented a beautiful multi-story home, bigenough to comfortably handle our son,three daughters, their husbands, and theirkids. It was without doubt the bestanniversary gift that I could ever imagine.We live in an active retirement communityand I play five sports—tennis, table ten-nis, pickle ball, golf and synchronized-swimming.”

’55Patricia Peake Tisdale13 Windward DriveSeverna Park, Maryland [email protected]

Lolly Schorreck writes, “Fifty-four yearsafter our class swam in the Severn duringa June Week party, our monthly

‘Luncheonettes’ group of 1955 alums(minus Pat Peake Tisdale because she wason Cape Cod) met at the same Crowtherhouse on the river. Pat Morrill, GinnyMitchell, Betsy Merrick, Iris McFaul, RobinDodd and I enjoyed reminiscing, eatingand discussing our grandkids!” It wouldseem that Dave and Roz Carlson are athome in New Hampshire infrequently.They drove across the country inFebruary, stopping in St. Louis and at theTruman Library in Independence, MO;Mount Rushmore and The Badlands, SD;Little Big Horn and Bozeman, MT, to seerelatives, and ultimately, Big Sky, MT toski. For two weeks, all of their childrenand grandchildren joined them on theslopes. On the return trek, they went toYellowstone, touring on their own andwith friends, loving every minute of win-ter in the big park. They flew to NewHampshire to touch base, flew back toBozeman to retrieve their car, and thendrove across Canada for a week beforearriving on their home doorstep onNewfound Lake, where they stayedthrough June to be with their grandkids,celebrate college reunions and preparefor a European vacation. The itineraryincluded Budapest, followed by a rivercruise from Vienna to Bucharest. Augustand October were family times inBermuda. Robert and Wynelle Seiler arein Williamsburg, VA, where they continueon their career paths—Robert is puttinghis plumbing expertise to work with apart-time position at Lowe’s and Wynelledoes interiordesign forEthan Allen.They reportthat agrandsongraduatedfromClemsonand anotheris playingcollegelacrosse.MarishaPanekRowse andJohn are

busily shepherding grandchildren to andfrom activities. John retired from his med-ical practice in 2004, while Marisha con-tinues working 30 hours a week.

’57Carol Harrington Fitting writes, “Two class-mates visited us here in San Jose, CA inMay—Carol Christopher Weiskittel andMarcia Smith Clark. As a surprise for myEast Coast friends, Mabel Miyasaki ’56 andher friend Tom Layton joined us for din-ner! Then, we three 1957 grads, alongwith my husband David, attended a 50thwedding anniversary celebration inCarmel, CA for Tom and Pat Keim Grace.This festive dinner party was hosted bythe Graces’ four children, and a mostmemorable and happy time was had byall. Tom Cleaveland writes, “First the badnews: I broke my back in November of2008. Since I was having difficulty walk-ing, Marlys and I are spending time atour lake cabin, often with our five chil-dren and six grandchildren. Now life inMinnesota is pretty good.” Tony Bryanwrites, “I received the ‘Telling the FriendsSchool Story’ booklet. I’m not happy withthe new School seal. It contains no Latin.While the window looks nice, I miss theold book as the main part of seal.” Headded, “I’m now awaiting official appoint-ment for a second five-year term as achurch co-operator.” Marcia Smith Clarkwrites, “I went on a walking tour of Italythis fall, with visits to Tuscany, Umbria,the Almafi Coast and Rome.”

’58Susan Shinnick Hossfeld12311 Michaelsford RoadHunt Valley, Maryland [email protected]

Barbara Long O’Brien writes, “Last year Iasked my 15-year-old granddaughter Erinto choose a place anywhere in the worldshe’d like to visit. Who knows how long

Barbara Long O’Brien ’58 learning to throw a boomerang on a recenttrip to Australia.

Barbara Saunders Olson ’54 and her hus-band Norman.


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I’ll be able to travel or how long she’llwant to go! Being a lover of animals, shechose Australia, with my proviso that shetell me why she wanted to go, and thenresearch the program and places to tellher parents and me what she learned.She’s an amazing photographer—as I, herfather Patrick O’Brien and my fatherDaniel Reid Long Jr. ’33 have all attemptedto be—and took about 2,000 photo-graphs. We were constantly comparingnotes on sights, angles, patterns, etc. Ourtrip far surpassed all expectations. Wespent days exploring Sydney, Queensland,Fraser Island and Cairns, feasting oureyes on the flora and fauna via kayak,canoes, catamaran, jungle, beach and trailwalking. We shared wonderful adventures,like eating bush tucker (no wigglinggrubs), holding koalas, petting kangaroosand becoming landing-strips for butter-flies, including a Blue Imperial. The tripcreated lifetime memories for each of usand an even closer relationship betweenErin and me. What a joy!”

’60Mary McElroy10 Hammond Pond Parkway, Apt 508Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts [email protected]

Michael Jackley just celebrated the birth ofhis first grandchild, Dano Lanier. He con-tinues to recover from last year’s open-heart surgery, and is enjoying retirementafter more than 35 years with the samelaw firm. Johns Hopkins University hasagreed to receive all of the items connect-ed with his father’s artistic and architec-tural talents. An example of his work canbe found if you Google “LustineChevrolet Hyattsville.” Michael has pho-tos of the family on their website,www.welcomehomefarm.net. Corni HamLingley had an enjoyable summer, with

lots of grandchildren visits. Susan DeHoffMontgomery had a nice visit toDisneyworld in January with 12 familymembers, four of whom are under the ageof seven. She says the walking would havebeen better with a magic carpet, and that“It’s a Small World” rang in their ears fordays afterward! Jeannie Downs Pohlhausagain arranged a fun luncheon whenMary McElroy visited in May. This year,the group met at Susan Mears Whiteford’shouse in Sherwood Forest, with its won-derful river-front view. Susan was a verygracious host and we all had a fantastictime. In attendance were Jeannie, MaryMcElroy, Cholly Hisle, Arlene LacherClauss, Susan Huff Schmitt, Diane HowellMitchell and Corky Smith Hoshall. Aftersome enjoyable winters in Ft. Myers, FL,Susan Huff Schmitt has decided to movethere permanently. In just ten weeks, herhouse was cleaned out, uncluttered andstaged for sale. Shell Point Village is thelife care retirement community whereSusan’s mother lived and where Susan isheaded in October. There will be a view ofSanibel Island from her window. As foryour class secretary, Mary McElroy, I con-tinue working on my beaded jewelry busi-ness, and have participated in severalcraft fairs. It’s a very steep learning curve.Right now, I’m having fun buying beadsand making jewelry, but am not selling asmuch I’d like! I’m preparing to sell mywork on Etsy.com, which is a website forhandmade crafts. Since the WellnessCommunity of Greater Boston closed inJanuary, I’ve been working on two sepa-

rate committees—one for operations andthe other for grants/fundraising—to helpestablish a new cancer support organiza-tion called Facing Cancer Together: ACommunity of Hope. It’s been veryrewarding.

’62Eleanor Blake Fuller750 Pinellas Bayway STierra Verde, Florida [email protected]

Anita Peterson Baker wrote, “I thought I’dretire after I left The World Bank, butinstead I’m teaching in the M.B.A. pro-gram at University of Maryland UniversityCollege and enjoying it very much. I stilltravel—I conducted a workshop in AbuDhabi earlier in the year, and participatedin another workshop in Panama in Junewith the U.S. Department of Commerce. Istill live in Columbia, MD with my hus-band John Lampe. If you are in the area,give me a call.” Judith Bernstein Wilsonwrites, “I have moved into a retirementcommunity and I love it. I am in much,much better health since 2007, when Ihad pneumonia with MERSA and my sonand daughter-in-law had a motorcycleaccident. Last year I had pneumoniaagain and learned that my ten-year-oldbreast cancer had metastasized to the ster-num and right lung area. Hope to bethere for our 50th in 2012!” ChrisSherman Raywood had a busy spring.(Yes, I’m going to tell you about her trav-els.) She went to England for two weeks,visiting Eastern England—York, Lincoln,Cambridge area, Norwich. She saw manywonderful cathedrals, historic houses(loved Castle Howard), Sutton Hoo andseveral burial tombs, including one at theBritish Museum containing a completeViking ship with warrior and all the won-derful gold, etc. The weather was cooper-ative this time, too. Upon arriving home,she learned that her 19-year-old grandsonwould be staying with her for some timein the summer. He was good companyand she didn’t have to make too manyadjustments. Chris went to Baltimore inJune to celebrate becoming an officialsenior citizen with her brother BillSherman ’69 and family. (I personally amnot sure that’s a good reason to celebrate,but that’s just me.) She also spent adelightful evening with Wayne Sutherlandand his wife Colette and Diana FleischerSchofield. They talked for four hoursabout life experiences, their families andFriends School. It was a fun evening.Chris feels we are all lucky to have hadthe Friends experience and a wonderfulgroup of classmates. Her summer wasquiet, although Bill and family were visit-

Friends from the Class of ’60 enjoyedlunch at the home of Dick ’53 and SusanWhiteford ’60 in Sherwood Forest, MD.Back row (l-r): Mary McElroy, DianeHowell Mitchell, Susan Mears Whiteford,Susan Huff Schmitt. Front row (l-r): ChollyHisle, Arlene Lacher Clauss, Corky SmithGibson, and Jeannie Downs Pohlhaus.

Susan Montgomery ‘60 with her grand-son Sam Modesitt at Disneyworld.


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ing for two weeks. In September, Chriswas to go to the south of France, thendrive to Bilbao, Spain and return to theUK on the overnight ferry. She will fill usin on that later. Emily Holman visitedFlorence, Italy in July and was expectingto visit the Galapagos, the Amazon, andhigh Andes in Ecuador in September withOverseas Adventure Travel. Her diocese isbeginning a new relationship withEcuador and this will allow her to seemore of the country. Barbara Ensor Sena isnot happy with the hot weather andrecord temperatures she experienced thispast summer in Arizona. She traveled toSeattle for a conference, where sheenjoyed the cool weather. She had anoth-er filly born last May, a full sister to thefilly born the previous year. Both areNRHA futurity prospects; their sire haswon over $243,000 in NRHA prizemoney, so hopefully these gals will havetalent. She is still the budget administra-tor for the town of Queen Creek, AZ,where it’s been a difficult season due tothe economic downturn. Arizona is one ofthe worst-hit states, at least out West, withjob losses and foreclosures. She is stillpushing for a “western 50th reunion,”guys—I’m sure she means AZ. Let’s con-vince her to ride one of those horses Eastfor the 50th. Linda Kardash Armiger saysthat she and Buck have had their handsfull this summer with parents. His mom is90 and her dad is 92. Both require lots ofattention and trips to and from the hospi-tals. They have spent their small amountof free time with the grandchildren, theoldest of whom accompanied them on atour of mid-Atlantic lighthouses, as well asthe wonderful Calvert Marine Museum inSolomons, MD. Their youngest daughtervisited in July from South Carolina. Theywere expecting to take in a local “BlueCrabs” baseball game and also enjoy oneof the summer series river concerts fromtheir boat. The river otters are especiallyprevalent this year and provide much

entertainment.Linda continuesher water aero-bics regimen tohelp with herrheumatoidarthritis. Thispast summerBruce Goodwinwas in Baltimore,where he gottogether withJohn Slingluff,Terry Walker andNick Nicolls atNick’s EasternShore home.They had a greattime telling old

Friends School stories. He wishes every-one the best. Summer comes and goes toofast for me. This year I’m excited to tellyou all that my daughter Meredith, wholives in Florida, gave birth in March 2009to a beautiful baby boy, Max. Needless tosay, I will be spending more time inFlorida. He has an extra kidney, so we willbe dealing with some medical issues, buthe is really just perfect. Meredith’s hus-band had to spend three months in Dubaishortly after the baby was born, as he is apilot and must take a job where he canfind it, so that has been difficult. Cliff andI will have been to Alaska on a cruise bythe time you read this. It was a birthdaypresent from me for his 70th—scary, huh?Of course, I would prefer a lot furthersouth, but it was his birthday. If you arenot receiving an e-mail from me a fewtimes a year at least asking for an update,please send me your e-mail address sothat I can include you on my list. Myaddress is [email protected]. Everyonetells me they enjoy the updates, so pleaseadd your name to the list.

’63Donna Hasslinger12 Bentridge CourtPotomac, Maryland [email protected]

Elizabeth Fetter Deegan3220 Amherst AvenueDallas, Texas [email protected]

Bill Dawe reports that he and his wifeSheila are still practicing law. Their oldestson, Bill, is married and living outsidePhiladelphia, where he and his wife bothteach kids with learning disabilities at theDelaware Valley Friends School. They’reexpecting their first child this October, aboy whom they intend to name Billy. Billand Sheila’s second son, Topher, lives inManhattan and is a vice president at

Goldman Sachs in the private equity divi-sion. Their third son, Nick, is a junior atthe University of Iowa, where he’s major-ing in psychology and is active in a choralgroup. Their fourth son, Alex, will be ajunior in high school and is interested inbecoming an artist. Bill’s mother and sis-ter now live in Iowa and they see themoften. His mom is 88 and is in excellenthealth; she’s active in their church andregularly attends yoga and jazzercise class-es. It’s been a while since Bill visited theBaltimore area, but he enjoys gettingnews about our classmates via our e-mailgroup and COLLECTION. Marge and JebFelter are really enjoying watching theirchildren as parents and being part oftheir grandchildren’s lives. Their daugh-ter Liz Felter Farrell ’88, along with her hus-band Bill and one-year-old son Jonathan,live and work (hard) on their small farmin Lyme, CT. It’s a very different life thanLondon, where they lived until about sixyears ago. They have a cow, pigs, sheepand a flock of chickens. They also do bee-keeping, sugaring and vegetable garden-ing, and they are beginning an orchard.Marge and Jeb’s son Wilson Felter ’90, hiswife Jeanne, and their children Josh, 7,Darcy, 5 and Casey, 2, live inPhiladelphia. Wilson is associate head ofGreene Street Friends School, where Joshand Darcy are enrolled. Jeanne, a coun-selor, works with troubled, disadvantagedchildren. Jeb is mostly retired, but hastaken on a new line of very importantwork—golf! Marge and Jeb grow vegeta-bles and flowers, and continue to pitchtheir tent in Maine each August. Margesays she is still doing admission work forFriends—32 years and counting. Sheinvites everyone to return to see the cam-pus and says we wouldn’t recognize itfrom our days in the 1960s. Marge alsooffered that it’s amazing how we can gofor years without seeing each other, andyet it feels so comfortable being togetheragain when we do meet. She hopes every-one will plan to come to our 50thReunion in a few years. Steve Greif spentseveral weekends this spring watching ande-mailing with his children and children-in-law about their performances in vari-ous athletic feats. He claims there must besomething in the water in and aroundNYC, where they all live. His daughterdid an Olympic distance triathlon inAustin, his son did a century bike ride(100 miles) around Lake Tahoe and thenhis daughter-in-law ran in a half-marathon in Lake Placid. All of theseevents involved fundraising for leukemiaand lymphoma. Watching them helpedinspire Steve to start training to partici-pate with his son in the Seagull Century, a100-mile bike ride in Salisbury, MD in

John Slingluff, Terry Walker, Nick Nicolls, Bruce Goodwin—all Classof ’62.


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October—so maybe there’s something inthe water where Steve lives as well. ChuckHarlan reported that for Father’s Day hisson, Chad, gave him the New York Timesbestseller Younger Next Year. Chuck recom-mends it not only for “aging” men (forwhich it was primarily written), but alsofor “gracefully aging” women. (I added‘gracefully’ as an editor’s choice.) JoanKreeger and her significant other John doa lot of sailing on the Chesapeake Bay. InJuly they spent a week exploring the bayand Chestertown, MD, on the ChesterRiver. Last spring they visited China foralmost a month, where they had anincredible time. They found China to be afriendly country, exciting, historical andbeautiful. After enjoying many meals ofevery kind of Chinese food you can imag-ine, for their last dinner in Hong KongJoan claims they almost knocked overother patrons rushing to the pizza andsalad bar at a Pizza Hut! Joan is still atour director for national travel compa-nies and recently led a group to Turkeyand Greece, including stops in the GreekIslands, Athens and Istanbul. LindaLaMonica Monk reflected that when shewas married 42 years ago in Parkton, itrained, and someone told her that it wasgood luck. She and Harrison continue toenjoy their children and three grandchil-dren and feel extremely fortunate to havethem in the area. Her mother (“89 yearsyoung”) spent much of the winter withthem and is now home for the summer,where she is surrounded by lots of family.In July, Linda and Harrison returnedfrom their annual trek to Prince EdwardIsland for some rest and relaxation, and

in May they took a river boat cruise fromNormandy to Paris. They describedNormandy as breathtaking and pro-claimed the entire trip magnifique! Whentime permits, Linda enjoys painting, crafthobbies and arranging flowers. She andGretchen Taylor did the flowers for aSherwood wedding in June, and it wasespecially fun for Linda working with sucha dear friend. Linda and Harrison havebeen blessed with fabulous children andgrandchildren, wonderful friends, and ofcourse let’s not forget that good luck thatwas promised many years ago.

’64 New Class SecretarySue Grathwohl DinglePost Office Box 56New Suffolk, New York [email protected]

’65Gretchen GarmanPost Office Box 162Solebury, Pennsylvania [email protected]

Chris Windisch Keightley reports, “My hus-band Chase and I will be moving to AvilaBeach, CA from Santa Fe, NM, whereChase will work for one more year as apsychiatrist. Then we’ll return to Santa Feand maybe he’ll retire, but probably not.He enjoys working, I suppose. I, however,am enjoying my retirement. Last year my“employment” was as a paid singer withthe Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus and

the Santa Fe Women’sEnsemble. This coming year Iwill rejoin Cuesta MasterChorale in San Luis Obispoand also the Lacey Ravens, asmall female ensemble thatsings at Renaissance fairsaround California. I hope tosee more of my year-oldgrandson Lachlan, who livesin West Sacramento, CA withmy son Keir and his wife Joy.My older son Will, a freelancewriter, will watch the house inSanta Fe while we’re away.” AsFriends School celebrates its225th anniversary, one of theevents will be a very specialAlumni Weekend. Please markyour calendars now for April29 to May 2, 2010, and makeplans to join us. I hope to seeas many of you there as possi-ble, so we may celebrate our45th Reunion and theSchool’s 225th birthdaytogether.

’66Susan Lang Yohn writes, “All is well fromGrantville, PA. I’m still ‘horsing’ aroundas much as possible and have been work-ing part-time in the same travel agencyfor 25 years. I’m also a bookkeeper for ahigh-end bridal shop in Hershey, PA. I’dlove to hear from classmates viaFacebook.”

’68Arlene Dannenberg Bowes7917 Clifton Hunt CourtClifton, Virginia [email protected]

Wink Briddell CoweePost Office Box 126Neavitt, Maryland [email protected]

Melinda Burdette writes, “In February2009 I was promoted from assistant to thepresident to vice president for develop-ment and planning at the Crow CanyonArchaeological Center in Cortex, CO. I’min my sixth year at Crow Canyon, a 25-year-old institution dedicated to advanc-ing knowledge of the human experiencethrough archaeological research, educa-tion programs and collaboration withAmerican Indians.” Steven Hesky writes,“My wife Iana and I have three children—Andrew, 26, James, 23, and Dimanna, 16.I work as a Ph.D. psychologist in solo pri-vate practice in Pittsburgh, PA. Outside ofwork, I enjoy horseback riding and golf.”In June, 2009, Arlene Dannenberg Bowes,her husband Stephen and a crew of eightraced their sloop Apparition at BlockIsland Race Week in Rhode Island, abiennial race that attracted 170 boats thisyear. You can see action photos of thecrew at:http://marinephotography.biz/search.php?searchtype=all&searchoption=all&searchtext=BIRW09%20apparition%20irc35&more=5.

’69Julia Frank9203 Linden Grove CourtSilver Spring, Maryland [email protected]

Our 40th Reunion brought an extraordi-nary number of classmates to celebrateFrank Bond, the third class member hon-ored as Distinguished Alumnus/a. Hespoke eloquently and wittily about hiscommitment to free speech, expressed inhis efforts on behalf of the Newseum, andabout his ongoing, good-natured humilia-tion at the hands of his accomplishedchildren. John Roemer, to whom our classdedicated the yearbook, attended the Bull

Susan Lang Yohn ’66, atop her horse Winsome Gucci,with her husband Jerry at the 2008 Quality Plus FordClassic Quarter Horse Show and Futurities inPennsylvania.


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Roast and later at dinnershared his always engrossingstories of his work in the civilrights movement. He nowteaches at Park School. TerryHalle and his wife WendyMcAllister hosted theSaturday night class party.Too many classmates werepresent to list them all, butTerry had the brilliant idea oftrying to locate former mem-bers who had left before grad-uation. Peter Nash, with hiswife and daughter, joined usas our “mystery guest.” Terryalso heard from JimmyBurkhardt, who was unable tocome but sent best wishes. Itwas great to see so many ofthe usual suspects at Reunion,and a special joy to see otherswho don’t come so regularly.In particular, Michelle Bosch,who hadn’t been back sincegraduation, was there. She is aprofessional photographer onCape Cod and she took manypictures of classmates andsent them around afterwards.Many of the class, includingFrank Bond, Terry Halle,Elizabeth Holman, VickyNelson Harvey, Rebecca Love,Michelle Bosch, Bill Houston and I are nowon Facebook and happy to be “friended”by those lucky enough to know teenagerswho can explain to us just how the wholething works!

’71Peter Kaestner writes, “On June 9, 2009my family and I had the honor of meetingHis Holiness, the Dalai Lama, in NewDelhi. During a 45-minute audience, wechatted, joked and listened as he dis-cussed his people’s quest to reach accom-modation with the Chinese governmenton autonomy for Tibet. He said that heremains optimistic because of the manyChinese individuals whom he hadtouched in his travels around the world.There is a magical aura about him thatleft us tingling with excitement. As weprepared to leave, we were all surprisedwhen my daughter Katie reached up tohug him. It was a spontaneous manifesta-tion of the love and peace he had impart-ed to us, and he loved it! The meetingwas a fitting climax to our exciting three-year posting in India’s dynamic capital,New Delhi.”

’72Richard Riley writes, “I am working toraise $3.5 million to transform a toiletseat manufacturing building into the newhome for the Brattleboro Music Center,which I direct. This fall my daughter Lissastarted a Ph.D. program in biomolecularpharmacology at Boston University, anddaughter Hannah entered her junior yearat the New School, majoring in psycholo-gy. I’m counting on my daughters to helpanalyze and medicate their father as hepursues his latest harebrained scheme!Meanwhile, my wife Susan continues topaint beautifully.”

’74Sally Slingluff400 Symphony Circle, Apt 252 DHunt Valley, Maryland [email protected]

Lynn Peddy Wailes writes, “I enjoyedreconnecting with classmates at our 35thReunion, as well as my sister Lori PeddySpencer’s classmates of 1979. Everyonewas so kind after her death last year. I’mstill in Andover, MA, just north of Boston,and have been married to the same won-derful man, Jay, for 27 years; we are nowofficially empty-nesters. Jessica, 23, grad-

uated from the University of Denver in2008 and has spent the last year workingas a nanny in Geneva, Switzerland, whileshe waits for the economy to recover.Taylor, 19, is completing her freshmanyear at Babson College in Wellesley, MA,where she is a member of the women’slacrosse team currently ranked in the Top10 of Division III schools. She had to sitout this season due to major knee surgerythis winter but looked forward to playingagain at full strength this fall.”

’75Roy Russell is enjoying influencing hiswife of 26 years, Robin Chase, who wasrecently selected as one of TimeMagazine’s “100 most influential peoplein the world.” Roy thinks that the abilityto influence someone regarded as highlyinfluential is excellent.

’76John Humphries1324 Salem LaneChapel Hill, North Carolina [email protected]

Keith Tabatznik has been busy travelingwith the Olympic Development Youth soc-cer teams. They went to Costa Rica inMarch, Italy in April, Germany in Mayand Bermuda in June. This fall he will beon TV covering 12 college soccer gameson Fox Soccer Channel. Mike Saxon andhis wife Annette are empty nesters begin-ning this fall, when their daughter Sarahenters the University of Maryland,College Park, where she will be studyingengineering. Their son Jacob is now ajunior at Syracuse, where he’s studyingeconomics. Stew Lyons plays in two

Mary Carroll Moore’s ’72 twelfth book, her first novel,Qualities of Light, is available on amazon.com.

Stewart Lyons ’76.


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bands, Wharf Rats (www.myspace.com/whrats) and The Fountainheads(www.myspace.com/thefountainheadsband).He also spent two weeks exploring Turkeyin April. A research team headed by JonPatz published new evidence that defor-estation in the Amazon is increasing therisk of malaria. Jon works on health risksposed by global environmental changes.

’77Sally Evans Yost writes,“This past summer I volun-teered for a week with mychurch and Habitat forHumanity to help restore ahouse in the Sandtownneighborhood ofBaltimore. It was rewardingbut much harder than Ithought. I have new-foundrespect for constructionworkers everywhere. Thatis one tough job!”

’78Natasha GaganidzeMacPherson has beenworking on theCountrywide/Bank ofAmerica merger for thepast year, managing thetransition projectsdesigned to bring the cen-tralized sales groups ofboth companies togetheronto one sales platform.

Still residing in sunny SouthernCalifornia, the MacPherson family hasnow successfully graduated a daughter,Kelsey, from high school and a son, Kevin,from middle school. Kelsey is taking ayear off before heading out to college inupstate New York. Kevin is looking for-ward to playing high school baseball.

’79Caryl Connor1539 Pickett RoadLutherville, Maryland [email protected]

Michael Stern writes, “The Stern familymoved back to St. Louis in 2007 afterspending two years in Chicago. I am stillworking for Monsanto as president of oneof the company’s US commercial divi-sions. My oldest son Josh is off to collegenext year. Jordan is our high school juniorand is captain of the hockey and lacrosseteams, while our seventh grader Samkeeps everyone happy! Karen is doinggreat and is happy to be back in school.”Stephen Pocock writes, “I live in Oaklandand make artisanal salumi (Italian forcured and prepared meat) withBoccalone. I’m bummed I missed every-one at Reunion. My kids, Henry andCharlotte, are now eight.” BarbaraShulman-Kirwin writes, “It was great see-ing so many faces at our 30th Reunion.I’m still living in Guilford, CT with myhusband Paul and our three children,Corina, 18 and off to college this fall,David, a high school sophomore, andIsabella, a fourth grader. I own ChromaGallery in downtown Guilford, where Ihave a glass-fusing studio and sell some ofthe pieces I make, including dichroic glassjewelry, fused glass plates, sculpture andarchitectural installations. I would love tosee any of you if you are passing by theshoreline of Connecticut.”

’81Dahira Lievano-Binford6223 Ridgeview AvenueBaltimore, Maryland [email protected]

Dahira here, wishing you all well asBaltimore goes through a long stretch ofsweltering weather at Class Notes presstime. As they say here, hon, “It’s not theheat, it’s the humidity.” But by the timewe’re all reading this, I’ll be wishing forthe long, lazy days of summer. Our familyof five took a fantastic trip out to NewMexico in June. Highlights included spicySouthwestern enchiladas and huevosrancheros, Santa Fe’s museums, churchesand charming shops, silver and turquoisevendors, red rock mountains near JemezSprings, a tram ride up the SandiaMountains in Albuquerque, prairie dogsand roadrunners, and tall ladders up tocave dwellings at Bandolier NationalMonument. It was wonderful! In othernews, I’m now homeschooling myyoungest son, David. This is a new chal-lenge for me, so if anyone else does this,please get in touch with me. I’m still

Jon Patz ’76 and his wife Jean with their son Jake anddog Sunny.

Mike Saxon ’76 (second from right) with (l.-r.) son Jacob, wife Annette and daughterSarah at her high school graduation.


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tutoring/teaching Spanish and French toindividuals and small groups. My studentsrange in age from four years old to adult.One of my favorite students this pastspring was Liz Wilson, John Griffith’s wife,who has recently taken a year’s leave tolive and study in Costa Rica with her kids.I wish her safety and wonderful times inTicolandia. I also still work in myMelaleuca business, a health and wellnessmanufacturing company. Thanks to LynnGoodrich Riley for sharing, “I’m still astay-at-home mom, living in Monktonwith my husband, Paul, an architect, andour three boys who are now 14, 11, and 7.With one child in each level of school, Ifeel I’m needed at home for a littlelonger, so I’m desperately holding outwhile I watch my peers get back out in thework force! I’ve been revisiting my love ofpainting and drawing. Though it’s stilltough to find (and justify) the time toindulge myself, I managed to get a coupleof works in Friends’ Alumni Art Show thispast year!” Lynn, I understand. I feel likemy parenting obligations and skills are ineven more demand as the years pass! PhilRoberts works as associate general counselat Johns Hopkins’ Homeland campus. Helives nearby and walks to work mostmornings. He reports that he often runs

into Gary Blauvelt power-walkingin the neighborhood and on theJHU campus. I’ve also bumpedinto Phil at Meadowbrook SwimClub, where two of our childrenwere signed up for swim classes.My dear friend Paula Russo hasbeen “parenting” in an invaluableway, too. She reports, “This year Ibecame the guardian of twoPalestinian boys who live in arefugee camp near Bethlehem. Imet the boys in their camp lastyear and now they are at myschool on a four-year scholarship.

This year, I was proud to see them speakto the Quaker Meeting in GreatBarrington about their volunteer work atDefense for Children International, andto hear them speak in chapel about theirlives and their hopes for peace. I’vethought about how wonderful it would beif Friends would be willing to bring a boyor girl from the camp to Baltimore. Afterall, it was my teachers at Friends whoinstilled in me a curiosity about theMiddle East and the hope of progresstowards peace there.” Andrew Toppingwrites, “I am VP, deputy general counseland co-chief compliance officer atComcast. I live with my wife Laurene andour two boys, A.J. and Alex, in the historicChestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. I’mon the board of directors of T. HowardFoundation in DC, the Harrisburg, PAChamber of Commerce, theContemporary Museum in Baltimore, andthe Preservation Trust of Christ ChurchBurial Grounds in Philadelphia.” PhilBoling still lives in West Towson and hasbeen married to Sarah for almost 22years. “We have three sons—Blake, 16,Matt, 13 and Jack, 8. I’m at ZurichInsurance managing a team ofSurety/Fidelity claim professionals. Mywife also works there—in the same build-

ing, on the samefloor! I keep busy withmy sons as a leader inCub Scouts, BoyScouts and coachingsports. We just fin-ished a vacation toCancun and try tospend as much timeas possible withSarah’s family at thebeach in Lewes andRehoboth, DE. Nextyear’s vacation isplanned forYellowstone NationalPark. I corresponddaily with Tim Goodelland I wish he andMark Lee could get

their acts together to see each other moreoften. I also hope to drop by the FriendsMeetinghouse some Sunday morning tosee what it’s like.” Mike Lurie is now work-ing at the University System ofMaryland’s central office in its Office ofCommunications, as media relations andweb manager. Elizabeth Buckinghamwrites, “I married John Owens on June 6,2008, and my daughter Erica, 11, serveda dual role as my fashion consultant andsole attendant.” Finally, friends, I’m put-ting out a plea to someone in our class toreplace me as Class Secretary, as I coulduse a break. I always feel guilty when Idon’t manage to get some news forCOLLECTION. Of course, Facebook hasbeen a great way for many of us to recon-nect. So, please contact Amy Langrehr orme if you would be willing to take myplace, even for a year or two. Thanks alot!

’83Shawn Dorman-McKenzie2117 Our LaneStevenson, Maryland [email protected]

Thomas Greenman says, “My documen-tary, ‘Fatal Promises,’ premiered inSeptember in NYC. For details andupdates, please see our website, www.fatal-promises.com. Donations are always wel-comed.”

’84Robert Spencer-Strong1257 Sandy Cross RoadBurlington, North Carolina [email protected]

Staige Davis Hodges7575 SW Copel StreetPortland, Oregon 97225

To say that our 20th Reunion was anabsolute blast is a huge understatement.Fun, laughter and memories abounded,and it was truly one of those weekendsthat comes by only a few times in a life-time. I returned to Oregon wishing that I

Jackson Roberts ’17, son of Tracey and PhilRoberts ’81, building a rocket at summer camp.

Drew Feng ’83 at Volcanoes National Parkin Hawaii.

Philip Boling ’81 and wife Sarah with their three sons Blake,16, Matt, 13 and Jack, 8, vacationing in Cancun, Mexico.


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could see my classmates on a more regu-lar basis, as it was so natural and reward-ing to pick up a conversation and con-nect. Forty-eight of us (59 percent of the82 found and invited—wow!) made it toevents over the course of the weekend,and it was touching, yet surreal at times,watching friends recognize one anotherafter so many years, and welcoming teach-ers from as far back as second grade.Many of our classmates who had not

graduated with our class attended,which added another special layer tothe experience. We loved seeing for-mer teachers who came from nearand far (Cape Cod, New York,Pennsylvania and the Eastern Shore)for our class celebration: Micki Bond(second grade), Jeannie Urban Meyer(third grade), Claire Loecher Ebeling(fifth grade), David Pines, SteveBalser, Carl Ortman, Catharine Nass,Doris Neumann, Randy Cooper,Karen Birdsong, Gary Blauvelt,George Wright, Evan Gifford, NickFessenden and Diana McGraw. Hereare a few updates, especially for thosewho were unable to be with us. InJuly, my family and I took a vacationto Seattle and we had the pleasure ofa lunch visit with Thomas Goldstein.Thomas was getting ready to do the“STP” (Seattle-to-Portland) annualbike ride. He bikes to work a few daysa week and really has his finger onthe pulse of Seattle and, I’m con-vinced, on numerous other US citiesas well! Jennifer Galambos just com-pleted her first year as the head ofthe middle school at Bryn MawrSchool and not only loves being backin Baltimore, but also loves her job!(She also has the most wonderful cat,Samson, whom I wanted to kidnap.)She bought a house in Homeland,right around the corner from Susanand Steve Schulhoff. Laura McGraw-

Cook lives in Wind Gap, PA with her hus-band Jeff and children, Clarice, 7, andNathan, 5. She is a psychologist, currentlyconsulting part-time in schools so that shecan be home with her children. Pam SmithSipher made a big move in July with herhusband and three sons—from NorthernVirginia to Indonesia, where they’ll be fora few years. It was great to see her atReunion—Pam, send updates! Chris Swan

is happilyensconced inBermuda as alawyer (actually heis a barrister andsolicitor, as hewould say in hismost charmingBritish accent) andhe and his wifeLinda are theproud parents ofthree children:Nathaniel, Shelbyand Camryn. Chris’surprise appear-ance at Reunionwas a complete kickin the pants and Ithink our 30th

should be on his home turf! Jon Meyerstravels to Bermuda for business on occa-sion, and Chris and Jon discovered theiroffices are next door to one another! Oneof the most special conversations I had atReunion was with Kim Coshnear. Kim is asocial worker, helping teens who are onthe streets in San Francisco. She workstirelessly to help them learn to care forthemselves and to get off—and stay off—the streets. I am in awe of what she doesand the calm, loving nature she main-tains. Dan Kenzie lives on beautiful LakeChatauqua in New York and is a fourthgrade teacher of special needs children. IfDan is not on the golf course, he lovesbeing out on the lake with his wife Tracyand their sons, Adam and Nick. Theywere visited in July by Peter Bradford andhis wife Morag and daughter Lily, whileen route to Niagara Falls. Kevin Carnelland his wife Tea welcomed a new son,William Alphaeus Carnell, in September2008. Sam Brody and his wife Courtneywelcomed Samuel Timothy Brody inMarch 2009. Little Sam joins big sisterCaitlin Rose, born in September 2007.They recently moved back to Baltimorefrom Annapolis. Sam is still flying forUnited, so listen closely next time whenyou are on a United flight for the namesof the pilots! Lastly, both Therron Brownand Billy Tarbert joined us—at the sametime—proving that they are, indeed, notthe same person, which had been debatedat length by many classmates. It was greatto see everyone. Thanks for a fabulousweekend!

’85 New Class SecretaryAmy Chen4916 Paseo TranquilloSan Jose, CA [email protected]

Hello, Class of ’85! I’m pleased to let youall know that I’ll be your new ClassSecretary. You can e-mail me your updatesor just find me on Facebook by doing asearch for Baltimore>Friends School>Class of 1985 if you haven’t already“friended” or e-mailed me via Facebook.I’m sure you’ve all heard about ourupcoming 25th Reunion, which is theweekend of April 30-May 2, 2010. Savethe date! I’ll be creating a Class of ’85Facebook page as well. As for me, Imoved from San Francisco (where I livedfor ten years) to San Jose with my fiancélast year. I’m working in Silicon Valley,and this past April I ran the Santa CruzHalf Marathon. I look forward to hearingall about your adventures, so don’t be shy.Send me your stories, and if you don’thave any stories to share, send me your

Chris Swan ‘84's children, Camryn, Shelby andNathaniel.

Former Friends teacher Carl Robbins with Class of ‘84’s SamBrody and Ed Kane at Alumni Weekend 2009.

Laura McGraw-Cook ’84 with her children,Clarice and Nathan.


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Twitter ID so I can follow you. (If youwant to follow me, my Twitter isamyjochen.) I look forward to hearing fromyou!

’86Charley Case writes in from beautifulAspen, CO. “I am here managing theAnnabelle Inn. The hotel was recently rec-ognized as Aspen’s #1 bed & breakfast bytripadvisor.com. We have the same ratingas the St. Regis Hotel and Hotel Jerome,both nationally recognized hotels. That’spretty cool for a new hotel like ours. Weoffer a 20 percent discount for all Friendsalumni and look forward to hearing fromyou.”

’87Shelley Coates Stein1217 S. East AvenueBaltimore, Maryland [email protected]

Kate DeVore continues to work in Chicagoas a voice coach and therapist. This Julymarks the release of her book, The VoiceBook: Caring For, Protecting, and ImprovingYour Voice. Alex Salkever has finally man-aged to escape the magnetic force field ofHawaii and gone to live in a city that isperhaps even more expensive—SanFrancisco. His wife and children decidedto accompany him, despite their doubtsabout the sanity of relocating to a placewhere average temperatures are 20degrees lower.

’88Pio Angelo Valle229 Canal RoadSouth Bound Brook, New Jersey [email protected]

Life remains great for Scott Nilson inMontréal. “My French is now très, très bien

and I knowMme. Garciawould beproud. It’sonly takenme 39 years,while my five-year-old daughter is bilin-gual after only two.” Scott extends anopen invitation to all classmates who maybe visiting the area. When he e-mailed methis summer, he was about to spend 10days backpacking in Glacier National Parkwith Burck Smith, who is seeking out newchallenges after 10 years with SMART- THINKING, the company that he co-

founded. Burck says thatdriving across the countrywith three kids in an RV istop priority. Thayer Youngand his wife Elisabeth areenjoying their newBaltimore home in Arcadia(Greater Lauraville). “Ifinally finished a master’s inenvironmental engineeringat Hopkins after many fitsand starts,” he says. “Ihaven’t quit my day job yet,but will soon be looking fora job in risk assessment.”Proud mother KimberlyHubble DeSha-Doll traveledto Houston, TX this pastMay to see her oldestdaughter GwendolynGeorge graduate from highschool. “She will be attend-ing college in Texas begin-ning in the fall. My othertwo daughters are entering

middle and high schools in the fall, so Ihave my hands full. I welcome anyone tocontact me via Facebook or e-mail ([email protected]).” Proud fatherScott Beckman and his wife Christine wel-comed child number two into their lives:Anna Caroline Beckman was born onApril 13, 2009. Scott and Christine havetheir hands full caring for her and theirson Palmer, 2. You can catch up with Scotton Facebook. He’s not shy about sharing.By contrast, Dan Moylan steadfastly resistsany temptation to join Facebook and thusprobably doesn’t realize that his Star Trekshirt in the 1979–1980 “4A” class photowas the catalyst for a lengthy string ofcomments by classmates who have recon-nected on the social networking site. Danreported that he and his wife Heidi andtheir sons Josh, 8, and Noah, 5, are alldoing well. “Proving the genius of GeorgeLucas, my boys have caught the Star Warsbug, compliments of Lego Star Wars. Mybig news is that I’ll be playing goalie foran over-35 lacrosse team this fall. I’ll sendphotos of both my moment of glory (theone save I make) and of ignominy (theseason-ending injury I suffer right aftermaking my one save).” Good luck, Dan—Imust say that I don’t miss stepping infront of 90+ mph projectiles! On theentertainment and news side, CNN pro-ducer Sara Weisfeldt spent long hourscovering the Michael Jackson story imme-diately after his death. She camped out atNeverland for most of the coverage andchatted with neighboring ranchers andfolks in town. Sara didn’t mind hangingout in the same area where the movie“Sideways” was shot. “Needless to say, wemet some interesting characters. We did

Michael Hoffman ’86, his wife Jessica and their daughterDorianna at her eighth grade graduation from Chicago'sSolomon Schechter Day School.

Charley Case ’86and his wifeToni at theirApril 2008 wedding.

Kimberly Hubble DeSha-Doll ’88 withdaughter Gwendolyn Doll at her highschool graduation.

Scott Beckman ‘88’s children, AnnaCaroline and J. Palmer.


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some live shots for CNN and some storiesand still pictures for CNN.com/CNNInternational about fans arriving fromaround the world to pay their respects.”Finally, big congratulations go to RobBerman, whose work on “The KennedyCenter Honors” on CBS earned him anEmmy Award nomination for Best MusicDirection! The category is part of theCreative Arts Emmys on September 12,2009, not the primetime Emmy Awardsshow that is televised, so you probablywon’t see Rob’s face on the nationalbroadcast, but, hey, it’s an Emmy nomina-tion!

’89Meghan Stern32 Homestead StreetSan Francisco, California [email protected]

Chris Vaughn writes that his son Bobecame big brother to Charles “Chase”Emerson Vaughn on June 12, 2009. “Iplay Megamillions regularly in search oftheir college tuition.” Plato Hieronimus isliving in Baltimore and growing his strate-gic marketing and business consultingfirm, The Selling Well(www.thesellingwell.com). He’s very excitedto have recently secured a client inNaples, FL, and is planning a businesstrip there. He also just cre-ated and performed hisfirst performance-art pieceentitled, “The Meaning ofLife is Life.” A video of thisfirst performance may beviewed on YouTube andfound easily under a namesearch. Finally, Plato reallyenjoyed seeing old class-mates at Reunion and looksforward to strengtheningthe old bonds of friendshipwhich, in this hectic worldof ours, too often fall by thewayside. Helen Fessendenreports from Washington,DC, where she is managingeditor of Congress Daily PMat the National Journal

Group. Despite the insane pace of cover-ing Congress, life is good and she ishappy to be employed. Her husbandHolger is a professor of political scienceat George Washington University, special-izing in civil wars and the UN and conflictmediation. Devoted Washingtonians both,they have just moved from AdamsMorgan to Glover Park, going down a fewnotches in hipness, but getting morespace and greenery in return.

’90Jahan Sagafi-nejad547 Page St. #6 San Francisco, CA [email protected]

Sarah Farrant writes, “I ran two marathonsthis year (Harrisburg and York, PA) andfinished both under 3:45, qualifying meto run Boston in 2010. So, Holter, ifyou’re running it again, let me know andwe can meet up! Otherwise my life is thesame, teaching English at Penns ValleyHigh School near State College, PA. Myhusband Jeff Turner and I recently cele-brated our 10th wedding anniversary.”Jason Winer writes, “After four years writ-ing and directing television pilots forABC, FOX and CBS, one of my shows isfinally going to series! ‘Modern Family’ isa ‘mockumentary’-style comedy starringEd O’Neil, Julie Bowen, Sofia Vergara, TyBurrell and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. I direct-ed the pilot and will co-executive produceand direct most of the episodes.” ChrisPittenger joined the faculty at YaleUniversity two years ago. “I am in the psy-chiatry department, where I direct theYale Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderResearch Clinic and do laboratoryresearch, along with some teaching andsome clinical work as a psychiatrist. I liveoutside New Haven in the town ofBethany, CT, with my wife Jenny Turner

and our three boys, Ian, 7, Silas, 4 andAngus, 1. I’ve been roped into joining theBethany Board of Education and am gain-ing new appreciation for how hard it is torun a school! In my free time, I try tocatch up on sleep, but rarely succeed.”Sarah Miller writes, “My big news is that Ifinally completed my Ph.D. in art historyat the University of Chicago! Now I’llspend a year turning the dissertation intoa book about photography in 1930sAmerica.” Read Carter, his wife Marci anddaughter Keely welcomed Lailah FayCarter, born in April 2009. Remember—our 20th Reunion is coming up in May2010! We will have more announcementsabout it in the coming months. If youwould like to be involved in planning,please contact me [email protected].

’91Tricia Merson Harding26 Wexcombe WayELLENBROOK, WA [email protected]

Emily Mikolayunas Rich writes, “Oliverand I welcomed our son Ezra MichaelRich in November 2008. He is happy andhealthy and keeps us on our toes. Werecently enjoyed a relaxing and memo-rable July 4th weekend with Stacey Caganand her family, and also vacationed overthe summer with Rob Lyles ’95 and familyin Nantucket. Pierre Caramazza movedfrom Boston to San Francisco three and ahalf years ago and needs some Friendsalumni to give him an invitation to visitthe East Coast, as he is finding it hard tofind reasons to return to the “home of theRavens.” He works for FranklinTempleton, where he has a lovely view ofthe Golden Gate Bridge. Marcie JonesBrennan, her husband Matthew and

Julie and Chris Vaughn ’89 with their sonsBo and baby Chase, who was born in June2009.

Emily Mikolayunas Rich ’91 with her husband Oliver andson Ezra.

Trish Harding Merson ’91 with herdaughter Halla.


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daughter Zoe welcomed a beautiful babyboy named Maxfield St. Paul Brennaninto the world in March 2009. Zoe is insecond grade at Friends, following inMarcie’s footsteps. As for me, I’ve justreturned from two weeks of caving andabseiling in Margaret River with mydaughter Halla and partner Alastair. It isone of the greatest places to go—adven-ture by day and wineries by night! Hallais in the first grade and has started hersecond season of soccer, where she isalready better than her mum. We plan on

coming home inFebruary so shecan play in thesnow for the firsttime! If anyoneis ever in thePerth area,please feel freeto give us a calland visit! If youcan’t get an e-mail to me,please feel freeto send it to meon Facebook. Ilove hearingfrom everyone.

’92Sunee Claud3369 S. Wakefield Street, # AArlington, Virginia [email protected]

Sarah Taylor writes, “I currently reside inSilver Spring, MD, while finishing up mydermatology residency at Walter ReedArmy Medical Center as an active dutyphysician. I will be stationed at Ft. Meadefor one year while my husband DaveSchwartz, a pediatrician in the military aswell, finishes an allergy & immunologyfellowship at Walter Reed. We have an 18-month-old daughter, Dylan Kate. Ofcourse, we think she’s perfect and spendas much time with her as possible. I occa-sionally see Lisa Engel Maiorana. She hasher hands full with two sweet little boys.I’d love to hear from others in the area!”

’93Elizabeth Leonard Clifton47 Collegeview Avenue, Apt. 3Poughkeepsie, New York [email protected]

Holly and Chris Baughman welcomedSamuel Roland to their family on April25, 2009. He was 9 lbs.! They are thrilledwith Sam and hope he gets to meetChris’s Friends School friends soon. DanaOppenheim Chodos writes, “My husbandMarc and I welcomed our first child,Noah Cameron, on January 31, 2009. Iam a stay-at-home mom now and I love it!Marc’s orthopedic practice is growing andwe just bought a house in La Mesa, CA. If

you are in the area, we’d love to have visi-tors.” John Miles writes that he’s enjoyingthe helter-skelter pace of under-5 socceras he coaches his daughter Ada’s team.When he’s not coaching soccer, John“coaches” his Asheville, NC-based webdevelopment company, Integritive.Keeping his business practices green, henow offers his clients 100 percent solarpowered web hosting by way of an envi-ronmentally-friendly facility in Bakers -field, CA. Check it out at www.integritive.net. “This innovative approach to clientservice is just one of the reasonsIntegritive is thriving in a down econo-my,” John says. I was fortunate that ToriKyler Steinmeier and I both happened tobe in Baltimore at the same time thisspring. We had a great visit and I canattest that her life is most definitely less

ordinary than most! Diving isnot just her lifestyle, but alsoher passion. She has highly-entertaining stories aboutworking on an enormous pri-vate yacht and the amazingdiving opportunities it hasafforded her—including thetime she unknowingly doveinto a shark feeding frenzy!With her expertise, she wasalso able to provide guidanceand information to the authorof the Lonely Planet Guide toDiving and Snorkeling in Belize.I also had a lovely time catch-ing up with Karen Hudson Burdon another recent visit toBaltimore. She is working as atherapist in Johns Hopkins’Employee Assistance Programand is really enjoying her work.She’s also enjoying owning her11-foot-wide rowhouse inFederal Hill with her husbandTravis. Thanks to everyone forkeeping in touch!

Above: Holly and Chris Baughman ‘93’sson, Samuel Roland Baughman. Below:Noah Cameron Oppenheim, son of Marcand Dana Oppenheim Chodos ’93.

Mare Hieronimus ‘93and Franny Legge ’93during a May 2009visit to Venice, CA.

Lauren Hubbard Johnson ’94 withher children, Lily and Zachary.

Arsh Mirmiran ’92 and Lauren Lemus were married inJune.


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daughter Zoe welcomed a beautiful babyboy named Maxfield St. Paul Brennaninto the world in March 2009. Zoe is insecond grade at Friends, following inMarcie’s footsteps. As for me, I’ve justreturned from two weeks of caving andabseiling in Margaret River with mydaughter Halla and partner Alastair. It isone of the greatest places to go—adven-ture by day and wineries by night! Hallais in the first grade and has started hersecond season of soccer, where she isalready better than her mum. We plan oncoming home in February so she can playin the snow for the first time! If anyone isever in the Perth area, please feel free togive us a call and visit! If you can’t get ane-mail to me, please feel free to send it tome on Facebook. I love hearing fromeveryone.

’92Sunee Claud3369 S. Wakefield Street, # AArlington, Virginia [email protected]

Sarah Taylor writes, “I currently reside inSilver Spring, MD, while finishing up mydermatology residency at Walter ReedArmy Medical Center as an active dutyphysician. I will be stationed at Ft. Meade

for one year while my husband DaveSchwartz, a pediatrician in the military aswell, finishes an allergy & immunologyfellowship at Walter Reed. We have an 18-month-old daughter, Dylan Kate. Ofcourse, we think she’s perfect and spendas much time with her as possible. I occa-sionally see Lisa Engel Maiorana. She hasher hands full with two sweet little boys.I’d love to hear from others in the area!”

’93Elizabeth Leonard Clifton47 Collegeview Avenue, Apt. 3Poughkeepsie, New York [email protected]

Holly and Chris Baughman welcomedSamuel Roland to their family on April25, 2009. He was 9 lbs.! They are thrilledwith Sam and hope he gets to meetChris’s Friends School friends soon. DanaOppenheim Chodos writes, “My husbandMarc and I welcomed our first child,Noah Cameron, on January 31, 2009. Iam a stay-at-home mom now and I love it!Marc’s orthopedic practice is growing andwe just bought a house in La Mesa, CA. Ifyou are in the area, we’d love to have visi-tors.” John Miles writes that he’s enjoyingthe helter-skelter pace of under-5 socceras he coaches his daughter Ada’s team.When he’s not coaching soccer, John“coaches” his Asheville, NC-based webdevelopment company, Integritive.Keeping his business practices green, henow offers his clients 100 percent solarpowered web hosting by way of an envi-ronmentally-friendly facility in Bakers-field, CA. Check it out at www.integritive.net. “This innovative approach to clientservice is just one of the reasonsIntegritive is thriving in a down econo-my,” John says. I was fortunate that Tori

Kyler Steinmeier and I both happened tobe in Baltimore at the same time thisspring. We had a great visit and I canattest that her life is most definitely lessordinary than most! Diving is not just herlifestyle, but also her passion. She hashighly-entertaining stories about workingon an enormous private yacht and theamazing diving opportunities it hasafforded her—including the time sheunknowingly dove into a shark feedingfrenzy! With her expertise, she was alsoable to provide guidance and informationto the author of the Lonely Planet Guide toDiving and Snorkeling in Belize. I also hada lovely time catching up with KarenHudson Burd on another recent visit toBaltimore. She is working as a therapist inJohns Hopkins’ Employee AssistanceProgram and is really enjoying her work.She’s also enjoying owning her 11-foot-wide rowhouse in Federal Hill with herhusband Travis. Thanks to everyone forkeeping in touch!

Above: Holly and Chris Baughman ‘93’sson, Samuel Roland Baughman. Below:Noah Cameron Oppenheim, son of Marcand Dana Oppenheim Chodos ’93.

Lauren Hubbard Johnson ’94 withher children, Lily and Zachary.

Back (l.-r.): Seth Niman ‘92, Carrie Niman, Andy Snyder ‘92, Wendy Knowles, DavidKnowles ‘92, Matt Miller ‘92, Susie Counselman, Mark Counselman ‘92; front (l.-r.):Arsh Mirmiran ’92, Lauren Lemus Mirmiran.


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’94Rich Santos283 E 4th Street, Apt 1DNew York, New York [email protected]

Sean Armstrong writes, “By day I’m avisual merchandiser for Adidas, workingin DC, MD and VA, and by night I am DJFace playing clubs in DC. I’ve done DJgigs in Hong Kong, Amsterdam andLondon. I also toured Germany, Franceand England with 9th Wonder and TruSchool Productions. Look me up onmyspace.com/djface.” Daryn Nakhuda writes,“We welcomed daughter Ruby LucilleNakhuda on April 30, 2009, which is myexcuse for missing our 15th Reunion. Ialso recently took over as chief technologyofficer at TeachStreet, a start-up thathelps connect students with teachers,specifically in the area of lifelong learning(yoga, cooking, languages, etc.). Busy,busy times.” Lauren Hubbard writes,“Zachary Michael Johnson was born onMay 28, 2009 and I enjoyed the summeroff with Zach and his big sister, Lily.”Bradley Zisow writes, “I have ownedBradley Images (www.bradleyimages.com)in Baltimore for over 15 years and workin photography, video and graphicdesign. My clients have flown me all overthe world to shoot weddings, mitzvahsand other events. I have another companythat shoots models and we have donework for all of the top magazines.”

’95Taylor [email protected]

Trevor [email protected]

It took nearly 15 years, but aClass of ’95 couple has final-ly tied the knot! WhitneyManger writes, “On June 20,2009, Mike Fine and I weremarried in a beautiful water-front ceremony and recep-tion at my grandparents’house in Chestertown, MD.A tornado watch during theday cleared up just in timefor the early evening cere-mony, which was followed bya gorgeous sunset. Our dearfriend Pete Gaines officiatedand did an amazing job—wethink this is his second call-ing. Between our familiesand friends, we had a solid

number of Friends School alums in atten-dance including my parents, Bruce Manger’66 and Suzie Bell Manger ’67, sister KateManger ’92, grandmother Mary CarolineBiedler Van de Weghe ’44, uncle Denny Bell’71, cousin Becky Browne Reynolds ’67, andMike’s sister Laura Fine ’99, as well as ourgood friends, Jessie Owen Kostelnik,Heath Shapiro, Taylor Smith and MaronDeering ’99. It was an incredible day andwe felt so lucky to be surrounded by ournearest and dearest. In lieu of favors,Mike and I made a donation to the HiramHolton II ’95 Scholarship Fund.” Whitneyleft out their amazing first dance per-formance—which was leaps and boundsbetter than the dance skills displayed atMiddle School mixers! Congratulations tothe happy couple. Tosca and HeathShapiro recently made a West Coast roadtrip and caught up with Geoff Sanders inLos Angeles, where they toasted the longand storied career of retired Ravens widereceiver Drew Bennett and enjoyed visit-ing many of LA’s finest independently-owned donut shops. Doug Nilson recentlymoved to Maine and writes, “I am finish-ing up my emergency medicine residency

Friends alumni feted Class of ‘95’sWhitney Manger and Mike Fine at thecouple’s June 2009 wedding. Back row (l-r): Maron Deering ’99, Jessie Owen ’95,Mike Fine ’95, Whitney Manger ’95,Denny Bell ’71, Mary Caroline van deWeghe ’44, Kate Manger ’92, Suzie BellManger ’67, Bruce Manger ’66. Front row(l-r): Heath Shapiro '95, Peter Gaines '95,Laura Fine '99. Not pictured: BeckyBrowne Reynolds ’67 and Taylor Smith’95. Inset: Whitney and Mike display thet-shirts made especially for their weddingday by Mike’s parents, Stanley & BaileyFine.

Doug Nilson ’95 with son Eli Barasch Nilson.

Josh Seipp’96 and hisson Cooper.


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at Brown and have taken a job atSouthern Maine Medical Center inBiddeford, ME. Rachel and I are still rid-ing the wave of excitement over the birthof our son, Eli Barasch Nilson, born inMarch 2009. We welcome visitors!”Andrew Gohn joined the MarylandEnergy Administration in Annapolis as aclean energy program manager andwrites, “I work to support development ofwind power in Maryland. This is really adream job for me, and I’m thrilled to beable to work on renewable energy policyand still live in Baltimore.”

’96Andrew [email protected]

Leading off with great news, Linley SmithDixon and her husband Peter are having ababy in January! Also in baby news,Janelle Milam Schmidt and her husbandMike (not the Hall of Fame third base-man) added Connor Adam to their familyon June 24, 2009. Janelle says that theirson Drew loves being a big brother.Speaking of kids, Suzanne Benson’sdaughter Isabella Voshell entered FriendsPre-Primary this fall. Now…some othernews direct from Charm City. For amonth-long stretch this winter it seemedthat everywhere I turned, I saw BrandonMaslan, Esquire. First, I saw him at aBaltimore County Bar Association eventwhere we had a few beers and reminisced,then I bumped into him out on the townin Federal Hill, and then again at afundraiser a friend of mine organized inLittle Italy (Joe Johnston ’98 was theretoo.) Brandon is practicing law for hisfamily firm and doing very well. Hespeaks to Brad Surosky often and saysthat Brad is doing great in LA. Brandonalso told me that Josh Hantman is still inDC practicing law. I also saw Atman Smithrecently and we had a good time catchingup. Atman and his brother Ali Smith ’94continue to do great work with the non-profit they founded, the Holistic LifeFoundation (www.hlfinc.org). HLF justcompleted its second year of a yoga/mind-fulness study involving fifth grade inner-city youth. The study was a partnershipwith Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ofPublic Health and Penn State’s Prevention

Research Center for the Promotion ofHuman Development. Ali says the pro-gram went so well that the research willcontinue for another two years, expand-ing the scope to include more schools. Dr.Dan Munoz continues to work like crazy inhis cardiology fellowship at JohnsHopkins and began his job as one of thechief residents of internal medicine inJuly. Edith Dietz is in her second year ofmedical school and is really enjoying herwork with patients. And, while I missed itthis year, her dad’s big event—theMaryland Film Festival—was another bigsuccess. Of course Edith’s brother, “BigTime” Bob Dietz ’99, was in town, but he’sso Big Time these days that he arrives bylimo and is ushered quickly in and out of

Emily Santos ‘96, Rich Santos ’94 and Natalie Santos Ferguson ’90 with Natalie’s daugh-ters, Drew and Charlotte, in the summer of 2009.

Above: Ismini Naos ’96 and her husbandJerry Nijmeijer. Below: Alli Coppell ’96and her husband Gonzalo Guerrero.

Jeannie Achuff ’96 and Ernest Morrowwere married in August.


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everywhere he goes by hissecurity people. I hearthat Big Time is doingwell in Chicago. Edithhung out with AnjanaJindal earlier this year,who is about to finish herglaucoma fellowship atWills Eye Institute inPhiladelphia. After that,she’s joining the ophthal-mology department atTemple University whilestaying on at Wills part-time. Gwen Armbrusterreports, “I moved back toSan Francisco, again, thispast June (I swear, secondtime’s the charm!). I amin graduate school at theCalifornia College of theArts (CCA) in their newM.B.A. in design strategyprogram and will be get-ting my degree in June

2010. I am also interning for six monthsin the strategy department at YvesBehar’s award-winning industrial designand brand identity studio called fusepro-ject (www.fuseproject.com) in downtown SanFrancisco. I love being back on the WestCoast, and am excited to finish up schoolsooner than later!” Dan Kahn e-mailed,“My wife and I went on a cruise to thePanama Canal and Costa Rica. The rain-forest was amazing and now I wish I hadtaken that class trip to Costa Rica. I alsoran into Kat Von D (‘LA Ink’ star) andhad her autograph a copy of her book.”Alec Hawley was in town in May. Edith,Alec and some of our parents had brunchtogether one day and also had a fun nightin Hampden. Alec is a landscape architectand he was, until May, living in Canada.His drive from Canada to California,where he now lives, was an epic journey;he wrote to me about some of his adven-tures on the road, saying, “The plateausof Minnesota gave way to the crazy land-scape of the South Dakota Badlands, thenon to the mountains and American flagsof Wyoming, where there was still aboutfive feet of snow! Yellowstone was also cov-ered in snow, with steam rising from thegeysers. I saw big-horned sheep, elk andsome kind of antelope.” Alec is living inSan Francisco again, the site of his famousbreakout TV role as “Mark,” the angryabusive murderer on one of those crimereenactment shows. I’ll never forget thelook in his eyes as he set fire to a Jeepand stared coolly at the wreckage. Whilein SF, he’ll continue to operate his sidebusiness selling animal pelts, syrup, rareeggs and non-ferrous metals on theInternet. (You can’t make this stuff up.)

While Alec was in town we also hung outwith Jay “Moves” Mund. “Moves” contin-ues to work at Kennedy Krieger whileattending graduate school and generallydominating Route 40. I missed a karaokebirthday party for Madeline Franklin inNew York, but got a text from Maddieduring the festivities affirming that theywere having a good time. I heard TrevorSoponis ’95 and Emily Santos were there.Maddie said she did a rendition of ourclassic “go to” Starship duet, “Nothin’sGonna Stop Us Now,” but she had to usealternate (read: lesser) talent for the malevocals. Maddie and Emily were in atten-dance this summer as Lydia Ries marriedTom O’Halloran. Cary Pirone and JeannieAchuff and her husband Ernest Morrowwere also there. Ismini Naos wrote fromNew York, “We moved from Manhattan toLarchmont in Westchester County a fewmonths ago. The move was a good one, aswe have a lot more space and the town issuper cute. I am engaged to a wonderfulguy, Jerry Nijmeijer, who hails from theNetherlands. He is a physicist and a spe-cialized optics project manager for a com-pany that designs microchip manufactur-ing machines. Jerry’s company designedthe lenses for the Hubble telescope. Thewedding will be sometime next year. Icontinue to work as a senior medicalplanner for HOK Architects and amenjoying seeing the progress of one of myprojects, a new hospital for the UniversityMedical Center at Princeton, NJ, which isset to see its first patient in 2011. I seequite a bit of Jill Meister Feldman and herhusband Art. They take the train to visitus and Jill—who incidentally is the neweditor-in-chief of GetMarried.com and thesenior supervising producer of ‘GetMarried’ on Lifetime—has been a hugehelp in the wedding planning.” AnotherNew Yorker, Jessica Lichtenfeld, wrote: “I

Mike and Janelle Milam Schmidt ‘96’s sonsDrew, 3 and Connor, born June 24, 2009.

Dan Kahn ’96 with tattoo artist and television personalityKat Von D at her book signing.

Claire Cherlin Kosloff ’97 and “Uncle” ReidCherlin ’99 show off Claire’s new daugh-ter Alexandra Lang Kosloff in Los Angelesin August 2009.

Mehul Parekh ’97 and Mather Preston ‘97at Golden West Café in Hampden.


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wish I’d been able to say that I passed theinitial test for ‘Who Wants to be aMillionaire,’ but I only got 26 or 27 of the30 questions correct, so I failed. (One ofthem was, ‘In which city does John Watersset most of his films?,’ so you KNOW I gotthat one right!) I am now manager ofaudience research at MTV, which soundsvery fancy, but I still don’t have access toBrody Jenner or Stephanie Pratt. I raninto Dee Snider in the lobby last week,though, and I saw the dude from ‘ToughLove’ (on Vh1) and his mom. On thesinging front, I recently sang Britten’s‘War Requiem’ with the Dessoff Choirsand the New York Philharmonic, conduct-ed by Lorin Maazel. That doesn’t mean alot to most people, but Maazel is one ofthe top conductors in the world today,and he’s retiring, so the ‘War Requiem’was one of his ‘send-off ’ pieces. It was

spectacular. I sat in the front row of thechorus and in front of me was a guy play-ing a VERY EXPENSIVE 160-year-oldbass, and the preeminent clarinet playerin the country was playing about threefeet away from me.” Great update fromJessica, but have to say that while Irespect the “preeminent clarinet player inthe country,” he’s no match for DanMunoz, who, in high school, switchedfrom saxophone to bass clarinet for the“good of the team.” I’d like to see “pre-eminent clarinet guy” switch instruments,ace Mr. Wright’s biology class, build anigloo worthy of local news coverage ANDplay varsity baseball. Class of ’96 keepson believing and achieving. Keep it up,all!

’97Claire Cherlin Kosloff442 1/2 S Maple DriveBeverly Hills, California 90212–[email protected]

Garrett Smith698 Green St. #4Cambridge, Massachusetts [email protected]

Hello FS ’97! Lots of good news to goaround this time. We got a long updatefrom Jennifer Insley-Pruitt, who reports,“I’m still married, living in New York andhave two adorable and perfect cats. Ienjoyed a trip to Turkey and then starteda one-year clerkship with a federal districtcourt judge here in NYC. After that clerk-ship, I will do another one with a federalappellate court judge in the SecondCircuit, current home of Sonia Sotomayor(but she’ll be out by the time I get there).Following the second clerkship I’ll proba-bly go back to my law firm, Debevoise &Plimpton, which I really like and is notlike the movie ‘The Firm’ at all—the peo-ple are lovely. But 2011 is just a bit too faraway to be sure. I recently saw EllenMorrow for the first time in three years.She’s a generalsurgery resident atStanford and isdoing great. I alsosee Ed Chen andsome of the rest ofthe Friends crewhere in NYC peri-odically. I also sawPete Levin a fewmonths ago.” AbbyOwen Perry hasvery exciting newsto share, “Jamesand I are delightedto announce thebirth of our son,Samuel Ernest

Perry, on March 20, 2009. He is keepingus busy in Providence and he’s alreadymade several trips to Maryland to visitfamily, to celebrate Lydia Ries ’96’s wed-ding and of course to attend his firstOrioles game.” Congratulations Abby andJames! I must report, however, that I sawa picture of little Sam in a Patriots onesieand I am hoping Abby can get someRavens blood flowing through him beforehe is lost to New England forever.Congrats are also in order for ChristinaCounselman Patrick, who writes, “I mar-ried Owen Patrick in October 2008 inBaltimore. Our wedding party includedmy classmates Sarah Melville, RebeccaLeonard, Christa Sterrett Gatewood andMelissa Ciesla, as well as my brother andsister, Katie Counselman ’95 and MarkCounselman ’92. Also in attendance wereclassmates Anna Maria Gapuz, ClaireCherlin Kosloff and Amit Shashidharan.”Garrett Smith just finished graduateschool and will stay in Boston doing man-agement consulting for school districtswith a small company called the DistrictManagement Council. He will be focusedon building managerial capacity at BostonPublic Schools…whatever that means!Garrett also reports that he lived withPaul Masson for six months last yearbefore Paul fell in love with KrystalBoeren, a beautiful girl from Charm City,

Ruth Draper ’97 with her partner Dana Prince.

Class of ’97 alumni celebrate at ChristinaCounselman ’97 and husband OwenPatrick’s October 2008 wedding. Back row(l-r): Amit Shashidharan, Sarah Melville,Christa Sterrett Gatewood, ChristinaCounselman Patrick, Claire CherlinKosloff. Front row (l-r): Anna MariaGapuz, Melissa Ciesla, Rebecca Leonard.

Erica Winters‘97’s son,DaveWinters, Jr.

Hugh Peterson ’97 in Alaska while filming“Ice Road Truckers” for the HistoryChannel.

Amanda Busher Lane ‘98’s twins, AubreyClaire and Graham Alexander, bornNovember 2008.


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and moved back to Baltimore and gotengaged. Paul was a fantastic roommateand he has turned into a great singer-songwriter. Marci McLachlin Morganwrites, “Apparently I love school, as I juststarted my M.B.A. at Kellogg this pastspring. I’m pursuing it part-time while Icontinue to work at US Cellular doingaccounting. So far, I’m loving the pro-gram, though it definitely is keeping mebusy and will continue to do so until thesummer of 2011, which is my target com-pletion date. Other than that, the firstyear of married life was great for Jeremyand me and we are looking forward tostarting a family AFTER I finish theM.B.A.!” Good luck with everything,Marci! Rida D’Agostino writes in, “I grad-uated from George Washington Universitythis past May with an M.B.A. (marketingconcentration) and within days closed on

a house in DC that I bought with myboyfriend Andy. It’s a recently renovated100-year-old rowhouse, much like thoseyou find in Baltimore. So now I am divid-ing my time between job hunting andunpacking.” Congratulations and goodluck, Rida! Continuing on the higher edu-cation theme, Erica Steed Winters reports,“My husband, son and I moved to Texasso I can go to nursing school. It’s a lothotter here than Baltimore.” MatherPreston has this update, “I met up withMehul Parekh for lunch at Golden West inHampden in May to celebrate our 30thbirthdays and to discuss important topicslike Matt Weiters’ promotion to theOrioles and the Ravens’ lack of a deepthreat at receiver. We also made plans fora backyard barbeque before he headed toAlaska. I celebrated my actual birthday atan O’s game with my girlfriend Anne

Charlton, Jim Nicholas, Bob Michel andMarc Pries (Anne Pries ’99’s brother.) ChrisWilson ’96 was invited but he decided togo to a parent-teacher conferenceinstead.” Chrissy Sterrett Gatewoodreports that she and her husband Kristianhave moved to Cincinnati, OH for a fewyears so that Kristian can manage salesfor the Tide brand at Procter & Gamble.She would like everyone to know that theywould welcome any visitors to take in aBengals-Ravens game. Count this Ravensfan in…though I’m a bit afraid of gettingbeaten up in my head-to-toe purple. Andnow, we move on to the West Coast dis-patches. First, Nigel Sanders writes, “Afterworking in the music business for fiveyears, I switched gears and went back toschool to get my degree. I just graduatedwith a B.F.A. in illustration and graphicdesign from Otis College of Art andDesign. I’m living in Los Angeles andworking as a printmaker and a freelanceillustrator. I see Pete Levin and EmilyHopkins all the time and love living onthe West Coast with my girlfriend and mydog.” Next, Hugh Peterson reports, “I’mstill living in LA & loving life. I spent twomonths this past year in Northern Alaskaproducing ‘Ice Road Truckers’ for theHistory Channel. It was a great experi-ence that I’m glad is over. It would getdown to 40 below (or 80–90 below withthe wind chill) regularly, but it wasabsolutely gorgeous. Oh, I also randomlymet Sarah Palin at a junior hockey gamein Fairbanks—it was too funny! I’m cur-rently a producer for a new show on ABCcalled ‘Find My Family’ that reunites peo-ple with long-lost family members (adopt-ed children with birth parents and viceversa, etc.). If you know of anyone who istrying to find someone, let me know andI’ll see what I can do. I rarely see anyonefrom Friends out here…you bunch of lazyEast Coasters!” Unfortunately, Hugh wasout of town shooting when I hosted theLA Friends Alumni gathering in March.We had a great time reminiscing aboutour Scarlet and Gray Days. Pete Levin wasthere to help me represent our class. Heis doing great and recently set up an ani-mation studio at his home, where he isbusy working on several projects. A fewweeks before the event, I had the pleasureof joining Christian Muirhead and his wifeJen for dinner at their house. We feastedon delicious risotto, but mostly cooed overChristian’s one-year-old daughterPenelope, who is absolutely gorgeous. Asfor me, my husband Adam and I wel-comed Alexandra Lang Kosloff on July30, 2009. She is perfect and we are sooverjoyed to be parents! On the profes-sional side, I just wrapped up as thesupervising producer on the second sea-

James Harlow ’98 and his wife Katie at their May 2009 wedding.

Class of ’98 members Alison Schwarzwalder, Justine Alger Forrester, Jennie Ray andSavithri Nair at Justine and husband Bill Forrester’s June 2009 wedding.


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son of Discovery/Animal Planet’s docu-series “Whale Wars,” and I encourage youto check it out. I’m very proud of theshow—it’s great. I recently marked my30th birthday with Chrissy SterrettGatewood, who traveled to LA to cele-brate and we co-hosted a great party. I amcounting down the days until Chrissyreturns to Southern California! That’s itfor this go-round. Have a wonderful falland winter everyone, and keep the newscoming!

’98Justine Alger [email protected]

Hello, ’98ers! Hope this issue finds youwell. We didn’t receive much news thistime around, but the news we did get isreally good. For one, Amanda Busher Lanewrites, “On November 9, 2008 I gavebirth to our first children, a set of boy/girltwins, Aubrey Claire and GrahamAlexander. The babies are now a year oldand doing great. I also recently took overthe job of director of children’s educationat St. David’s Episcopal Church in Wayne,PA. The job allows me to remain in the

education field, butonly work part-time, which givesme plenty of timeto stay home and bewith the babies.”Congratu lations,Amanda! You mustbe keeping verybusy. Marc Broadyreports, “I continueto face life’s chal-lenges and enjoythe blessings ofeach day. I’m stillworking toimprove the deliv-ery of [municipal]services to

Baltimore City and its residents, and alsocontinue to work with the Holistic LifeFoundation on our mission to enrich thelives of children who’ve been left behind.I am unmarried and have no children,though I do have two nieces and anephew and hope to one day be celebrat-ed on Uncles and Aunts Day. I’ve writtenletters to Congress regarding this issue tono avail.” Ed Van Wesep bought a housein downtown Chapel Hill, NC this Julyand generously offers, “I have a guestroom with an incredible bed, so anyonewanting a free vacation in Chapel Hill cancome visit.” Who wouldn’t want to enjoysome time away in North Carolina?Michael Brumfield also recently moved,returning to Brooklyn, NY after a stint inJersey City. He tells us, “I’m still playingguitar and still a confirmed bachelor.”Clearly, this is by choice only. Emily Baumand her husband Josh Burke just movedfrom Austin to Philadelphia, where Emilywill be completing her internship at Penn,so she will “finally” graduate next sum-mer. “Although we miss Austin, we’reenjoying Philly. It’s also wonderful beingso close to Baltimore.” Brett Gordonwrites, “I enjoyed a two-week trip for busi-

ness and pleasure to Shanghai andBeijing and was amazed at how muchthings have changed since I was thereonly two years earlier!” Dara Salcman isexperiencing success in the realm of busi-ness! She opened her full-time alternativehealing practice, Freehand Healing, inJanuary 2009 in San Francisco and isenjoying its growth. And then there’s thewedding news: Elena Johnson tells us shewas uncharacteristically spontaneous whenshe got married in Las Vegas in June. Herthen-boyfriend of 10 years, Tony Sideris,was working in Nevada for the majority ofthe summer and a week before Elena washeading out to visit him, they decided toget married! They had a private ceremo-ny in the mountains outside of Vegas andthen spent the rest of the weekend relax-ing. Katie and James Harlow got marriedon May 23 in a beautiful ceremony onSunset Cliffs in San Diego, followed by ahoneymoon in Kauai! Jason Anderson wasin attendance as a groomsman andJames’s brother Doug Harlow ’96 was hisbest man. And…I, Justine Alger Forrester,married Bill Forrester in June in an inti-mate outdoor ceremony at TheLiriodendron in Bel Air, MD. SavithriNair, Alison Schwarz walder and JennieRay were my somewhat non-traditionalbridesmaids/readers, and AmandaLower—recently engaged to JustinBakaian—also made the trip down fromBoston to attend. We were sorry that LisaViscidi couldn’t make it, as she and herhusband Mateo Samper were in Colombiavisiting family and celebrating their one-year anniversary. We were very lucky withthe weather and could not have been hap-pier with the way the whole night cametogether! Highlights, in addition to thepersonal and heartfelt ceremony officiat-ed by Alison’s boyfriend of four years,Paul Rebman, included an outstandingtoast by my brother Jordy Alger ’02 and anelaborate, choreographed flashmob-styledance to “Jai Ho” (“Slumdog

Sarah Alba Warner ’99 with her daughter Isabelle.Class of ‘98’s Ed Van Wesep (far left) and Brett Gordon (secondfrom left) having lunch with friends in the Selkirk andMonashee Mountains, in British Columbia.

Marc Broady ’98 (left) with Baltimore City government col-leagues.


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Millionaire”), which had been secretlylearned by about half of the guests there.It began with just the three girls dancingand then in turn, more and more of thecrowd joined in, until so many of ourfriends, family, and coworkers wereinvolved that our jaws were on the floor.What an awesome surprise—we wereblown away! We had a great time and Ionly wish the night hadn’t gone by soquickly. We followed it up with a honey-moon in St. Lucia. Since then, we havebeen taking more time to get settled inour new house in Towson, which webought this past April. Maggie Beetz isstill working as a writer and attending

graduate school. By the time of publica-tion, Maggie will also have married JesseWhyte and enjoyed a honeymoon inGreece. Hopefully we’ll hear more aboutthat next issue. We missed hearing fromso many of you this time around—hope toget more from you next time. Until then,hope you have a wonderful fall and win-ter. I’ll be in touch in 2010!

’99Rosalie [email protected]

Greetings from your new Class Secretary,Rosalie Parker! Thanks to everyone for the

information thatyou’ve sent to me,and major props toChris Condlin forkeeping us allupdated for the past10 years. Chris justgraduated fromStanford LawSchool and isspending qualitytime with his son,Nikita, 4½, who’s inthe US from Russiafor the summer,hanging out andlearning a bit ofEnglish until Chris’sjob starts this fall.Now, on to the mostexciting news—our10 year Reunion,

which was unbelievable! Our classmatesdescended onto the Friends School cam-pus from all across the country, includingCalifornia, Miami and New York. Inattendance were Sanjay Seunarine, ReidCherlin, Chara Johnson, Johanna Tassone,Deana Carr-Davis, Kelly Vaughan Edwards,Temika Britton, Matt Sherman, JakeMartin, Laura Fine, Brian Barker, BenBaker-Lee, Will Terrin, Kelly Bouxsein,Sophia Silbergeld, Becca Pollak, AmandaBates Parks, Shannon Clark Early, LuciaTreasure, Greg Binstock, Tim Sweeney,Steve Cooper, Dan Sieck, Josh Stone,Wilson Taliaferro, Ben Kennedy, JessieAdkins, Drew Shelton, Colin Tuebner,Maron Deering, Elizabeth Sampson, BenPollak, Kenny Thompson, Chris Franzoniand yours truly. We had an amazing timecatching up—it was as if time hadn’t evenpassed. Later that night at our after-partywe connected with Mary Beth Stricker,Dave Richman-Raphael and Alec Heuislerat Fletcher’s, along with members of theClass of 1994. Earlier that day, a few ofus, including Jessie Adkins, Ben Kennedy,Wilson Taliaferro, Kenny Thompson andI, went on a tour of the campus, whichhas changed immensely since we were atFriends. There’s a new Middle School, anaddition to the Math/Science building anda new “green” Dining Hall, scheduled toopen in September. I spent some time atthe Mr. Nick Bull Roast with Jessie Adkinsand her husband Bob, who are moving toSeattle, where Jessie will be starting agrad program in education at theUniversity of Washington. I also had a

chance to see BenKennedy and his wifeJennifer, who current-ly live in Minneapolis,MN. Also at the BullRoast was KellyVaughan Edwards withher husband Jonathanand daughter Caile,who was full of energyand immensely cute!Some of the otherwonderful people thatI had a chance tocatch up with atAlumni Weekend wereJosh Stone, who justmoved into a condo inInner Harbor Eastafter living in FederalHill for the past twoyears with ChrisFranzoni. He said hefinds himself at RASushi and Taco Fiestaway too much! DeanaCarr-Davis says thatAnna Carroll is

Friends gather for a group shot at the wedding of Lesley Wojcik ’00 and Dave Richman-Raphael ’99 (l-r):Warner Siebert '01, Andrew Kelly ‘00, Andy Gabriel ‘00, Joe Fleury ‘00, James Yolles ‘00, Chris Guggino ‘00,Ben Warfield ‘00, Galen Haggerty ‘00, Zach Shapiro '02 and Paul Smith.

Dave Richman-Raphael ’99 and Lesley Wojcik ’00 at their June2009 wedding.LEN SPODEN PHOTOGRAPHY


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engaged and moving to Philly to continueher ESL work, Matt Sherman is gettinginto the restaurant business with hisbrother, and Laura Fine refuses to comeback from New York (despite Deana’spleas for over five years), and instead con-tinues to pursue graduate degrees. As forDeana, she starts graduate school atUniversity of Maryland School of SocialWork this fall. Tim Sweeney has graced uswith his presence at various performancesin Baltimore and DC, in between weekendtrips to DJ in various cities all around theworld. Some of the most exciting newsthat I have to report are two FriendsSchoolers’ weddings: Dan Sieck and MaryBeth Stricker will be married in Baltimore(naturally) on October 24, 2009. The wed-ding party will be composed entirely ofFSB’ers. Will Sieck ’95 and Dave Sieck ’01will be the best men and the groomsmenwill be Matt Sherman, Tim Sweeney, GeneWilliams, Ian Mills and Brian Valle. Guesswho will be providing the flowers for thewedding? Equally exciting is that DavidRichman-Raphael and Lesley Wojcik ’00got married in Baltimore on May 9, 2009.I don’t have an exact count, but I estimatethat FSB’ers made up close to 75 percentof the non-family component of the guestlist. Dave’s brother, Matt Richman-Raphael’03 was the best man, James Yolles ’00 andBrian Valle were among Dave’s grooms-men, and Sammy Williamson ’00 andLesley’s sister, Joellen Wojcik ’13, wereamong Lesley’s bridesmaids. Dave is inhis final year of dental school at theUniversity Maryland and Lesley just grad-uated from the University of MarylandSchool of Medicine. Once Dave finishesup, they’ll be moving to Portland, OR,where Lesley will be an anesthesiologyresident at Oregon Health & ScienceUniversity. Will Terrin started medicalschool at St. Louis University in the fall of2009. Reid Cherlin, as everyone probablyknows, is assistant press secretary forPresident Obama. He was nice enough toinvite Brian Valle to hang out in the WestWing. As for Brian, who gave me so muchof the detailed information about the twoweddings, he moved to Boston in the fallto start graduate school at the Massa -chusetts Institute of Technology, wherehe’ll be pursuing a master’s degree in cityplanning. He says, “That probably soundsmore interesting than it is, but in a nut-shell, I’ll be focusing my studies on creat-ing more sustainable and equitable com-munities and cities through responsiblereal estate development. I’ll be living inCambridge with Jeremy Barofsky, who ispursuing his Ph.D. in health economics atthe Harvard School of Public Health. Imissed our 10 year Reunion, but I wasfortunate to meet up with Jeremy, Reid

Cherlin, Chris Condlin, Robert Dietz,Drew Shelton, Will Terrin and Ryan Welchin Las Vegas this past spring. From there,we went to Death Valley National Parkand camped for a few nights.” RyanWelch, who incidentally helpedZiger/Snead Architects with the design ofFriends’ new Middle School a few yearsback, reports, “I just returned from sixweeks of travel in Russia, Ukraine andGeorgia, where fellow Yale School ofArchitecture classmate Aidan Doyle and Iwere filming a documentary on late Sovietarchitecture. Several buildings of the1970’s and 1980’s USSR defy categoriza-tion. Through a series of interviews witharchitects, builders and scholars, weexplored the political and artistic impuls-es that made such works possible. I’ll con-tinue to put my Friends School Russian touse, translating over 30 hours of footageinto English to help share these amazingstories with a wider audience.” Back inFebruary, I had the opportunity to go tothe NYC Friends alumni gathering, whereI was glad to see some of our classmates,including, Laura Fine, ElizabethSampson, Charlie Achuff, Greg Binstock,Molly O’Connor and Becca Pollak. Molly isstill teaching Spanish and living inBrooklyn. She graduated from TeachersCollege in May with an M.A. in educa-tional leadership. She spent most of sum-mer 2009 in Guatemala, where she volun-teered with various schools; she also ranthe Antigua Half Marathon! CharlieAchuff continues to live in NYC and workon his master’s in library science, whichhe should finish in December. This sum-mer he volunteered at the NationalArchives downtown and at Sony Music’sarchives. He just moved into a gorgeousnew apartment with his boyfriend Adamand their 4-month-old Cavalier KingCharles Spaniel, Leroy. This past June,Amanda Bates and Shannon Earlystopped by my place for a roof party.Amanda was married last August to DevinParks, but they’ve been together since thesummer of 2000. He is a chef atCitronelle in DC. Amanda works forAgora, a publishing company in Mt.Vernon. They spent a long weekend inAugust at Charlie Achuff ’s Bethany Beachhouse with Shannon Clark Early, LuciaTreasure, Greg Binstock and JackieDuPont. It was kind of a Senior Week 10-year reunion. I had a chance to catch upwith Lucia a couple of times over the pastfew months at parties and happy hours.She continues to work at the MarylandFilm Festival, that great organization thatis headed by our classmate Rob Dietz’sfather, Jed. In other news, RebeccaClemens reports, “My husband, ClintonMikel, and I were married in June 2008;

Davida Eisenberg and my sister MaggieClemens Gorji ’96 were bridesmaids. Aftera honeymoon at Peter Island, BritishVirgin Islands, we returned to our homein San Francisco. A few months later wemade the decision to move to back toMichigan to be closer to my family, whorelocated there after I graduated fromFriends. In January we bought a five-bed-room home in Grosse Pointe, MI, lessthan a mile from my parents. While own-ing an older home comes with all theproblems you’d expect from a 90-year-oldstructure, we wouldn’t trade the characterand workmanship that define vintagehomes for the world! We both love ournew jobs. Clinton is a corporate lawyerand I work with autistic children as abehavior therapist. We spend the majorityof our free time working on decoratingour home, traveling to Kentucky to visitwith Clinton’s family and (very occasional-ly) relaxing at the yacht club. I thinkabout Friends often and hope I will beable to make the next Reunion!” I recent-ly attended Artscape with Kate Erwin andran into a bunch of other FriendsSchoolers—too many to list! She’s happyat her new position as sous chef atCorvino in Federal Hill, a great restau-rant. Go and pay her a visit, she’ll feedyou well. Emily Reeder is still living inAustin, TX after receiving a master’sdegree in water resources engineeringfrom the University of Texas. Now sheworks for an engineering consulting firmand spends her days allocating water tothe different water rights holders in thestate. Justin Sussman’s big news is that heis living in Boston with his fiancée Amy,whom he will be marrying in early 2010in Manhattan. He’s currently working foran investment bank. He says, “Life is pret-ty hectic right now with the trips back andforth from NYC for the wedding plan-ning. I’m looking forward to the upcom-ing Ravens season and hope to make afew trips back to Baltimore each month tosee some of you guys.” Ben Bodnar is in acombined residency in internal medicineand pediatrics at Yale New HavenHospital, where he’ll be for the next fouryears. John Cronin is living in Dublin,Ireland and attending business school atUCD Smurfit School of Business. I’mhoping to pay him a little visit when I goto the UK in the coming months. Watchout, John! Meagan Ciesla writes, “I justgraduated with an M.F.A. in creative writ-ing from University of Wyoming and I’mheaded to University of Missouri to startmy Ph.D. in the fall. My novella, Me,Them, Us, recently won the Iron HorseNovella Contest and will be published as asingle-author book in the fall. Nick Wilsonis living in New Haven, CT, completing



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his dissertation on the English East IndiaTrading Company. In his spare time heenjoys gardening. Lastly, some other won-derful news! Sarah Alba Warner and herhusband Chris moved to Los Angeles thispast year and also had a baby girl,Isabelle Marie Warner, who turned one onSeptember 10. She writes, “I am currentlyfiguring out the whole motherhood thingand am enjoying the fact that we livethree miles from the beach.” I don’t havemuch to report for myself. I’ve loved vol-unteering on the Friends School AlumniBoard. I am on the events committee andwe promise to continue to send happyhour invitations! I also just started up anarts committee, so stay tuned for an alum-ni museum or theatre night in the comingyear. It was really wonderful to be in touchwith so many of you, and especially see somany of you during Alumni Weekend.Until next time, stay safe, happy and mostof all healthy!

’00Samantha [email protected]

Congrats to recent law school graduatesChristina Schoppert, Katrina Rouse andKelly Swanston! Lucky for me, all threeare heading back to Charm City. Kellyand Katrina have year-long judicial clerk-

ships in the area and Chrissy will be work-ing at the Community Law Center inHampden, representing neighborhoodassociations and nonprofits to help bolsterBaltimore’s communities. James Yollesgraduated from Columbia JournalismSchool this spring. He and Laura McComb-DiPesa ’02 live in a wonderful apartmentin NYC’s Morningside Heights that hasslept many a Friends Schooler, includingJames Flinn, currently in law school atTulane. As some finish school, othersbegin. Jenna Bond-Louden wrote that afterfour years of working for President BillClinton, most recently as a speech writer,she will begin Columbia Business Schoolin the fall. Ben Warfield is moving backout to Palo Alto, CA to start graduateschool in the civil and environmentalengineering department at Stanford,specifically in atmosphere and energy.Ana Munoz is making her way throughYale Law School and spent the summerexperimenting with both coasts. She livedin New York for the first half, doing directdeportation defense at the Bronx publicdefender’s office and the second half inSan Francisco, at the ACLU immigrants’rights project. Her verdict? “I like thatNew Yorkers walk fast and get to thepoint, but the burritos are better in SanFrancisco.” Speaking of good food, EmilyHeinlein wrote that she was in France andSpain, walking the camino de Santiago,

an old pilgrimage trail across northernSpain, and eating and drinking very well!I am jealous, Emily. Mazel tov to ourmany recent newlyweds! This spring sawthe marriage of Sima Fried and TheoRobins, Mike Chapper and Sara Zager ’01,Lesley Wojcik and David Richman-Raphael’99, Liz Yeager and Peter Guianeri. That’sseven out of eight Friends Schoolers! Nextup? Craig Hollander recently got engagedto Jeni Steinhardt, a Baltimorean whonow lives in New York. Congrats! Craig isslaving away on his dissertation for thehistory Ph.D. program at Johns Hopkins,which will undoubtedly be brilliant. Lesleygraduated from University of MarylandSchool of Medicine in May and is com-pleting her intern year at GBMC. She andDave will then move to Portland, OR,where she will complete a residency inanesthesiology at Oregon Health SciencesUniversity. Sima says Andy Gabriel movedin across the street from her and Theo,and she has also seen Ed Chen ’97 twice atDunkin Donuts. I recently saw VanceTucker, Joe Fleury, Galen Haggerty andRob Lower at trivia night. Vance hadrecently been a groomsman in a weddingin Nashville and supposedly gave anamazing speech. Rob is starting graduateschool in criminal justice at University ofMaryland in the fall. Galen is growing abeard. I’m happy to report that they weredefeated in trivia by another Friends

Friends School alumni pose at the School’s entrance before the summer 2009 wedding of Liz Yeager ’00 and Peter Guarnieri ’00: (l-r)Billy Flook '00, Priya Shashidharan '00, Laurens Broekhof '00, Jon Yeager '97, Peter Guarnieri '00, Liz Yeager Guarnieri '00, KatherineRichardson '00, Craig Hollander '00, and Lynne Mied Paulsen '00.


alumni team comprised of Brian Valle ’99,Rob Travieso ’97 and me. Andrew Kelly is inthe midst of a Ph.D. program in politicalscience at Northwestern in Chicago andwill soon be a proud uncle thanks to hisbrother Mark Kelly ’97 and his wife Kari.Sasha Bergey is entering his second yearof business school at Georgetown andspent part of the summer crunching num-bers for the shrimp farming business runby Friends School alumni Guy Furman ’98and Scott Fritze ’98. Susie Peterson gradu-ated from Johns Hopkins Medical Schoolthis past spring and started her residencyin emergency medicine at Hopkins. Socross your fingers that she’s on call nexttime you’re in the ER. In other big news,she and Phil Ghassemieh ’01 are engaged.The Friends School cupid strikes again!I’m back in Baltimore to finish my lastyear of medical school after a year ofresearch in New York. Thanks, as always,to everyone who keeps in touch. Lookingforward to our 10 year Reunion in May!

’01Carrie Runde3626 Fremont Lane N #204Seattle WA [email protected]

Hello from sunny Seattle! Here are someof the recent happenings of the Class of2001. Sara Zager married Mike Chapper’00 on June 14, 2009 at her family’s homein Baltimore. In attendance from our classwere Kim Clark and Adam Green. While Iwasn’t able to attend the wedding, I didget to celebrate in Sara’s honor at herbachelorette party in Baltimore in May. Ialso got to catch up with Kim, who’s

doing fabulouslyand living inPhiladelphia.After gettingmarried, Saraspent her sum-mer working atSidwell FriendsSchool in DC,fulfilling a 150-hour internshiprequirement forher graduatedegree. PaulKritzler graduat-ed fromQuinnipiac LawSchool and isnow working forthe ConnecticutDepartment ofthe Environmentin Hartford. InAugust, Paulmarried JennyStewart, whom he

met at Lafayette College. Emma Viscidi isengaged to David Gallagher and is livingback in Boston. She just completed hermaster’s degree in public health at JohnsHopkins and is starting a Ph.D. programin epidemiology at Brown University thisfall. Yaron Miller e-mailed me this sum-mer from “somewhere in CT,” where hewas about 1,460 miles into a 2,200-milehike of the Appalachian Trail. He expect-ed to finish sometime in September, andthen planned to cross the Atlantic for a10-day vacation in France. MollyKastendieck is most likely jealous ofYaron’s European vacation, as her 10-daykayak trip in Sweden “got canceledbecause of the stupid economy.” I waslucky to host Molly here in Seattle whileshe attended a work conference back inMarch. Molly is still working in theStudent Activities Center at GeorgeWashington University in DC and has anew puppy named Ruby. Jennifer Tufarois living in Canton and is excited abouther recent acceptance into an interiordesign graduate program at the CorcoranCollege of Art and Design. She will con-tinue working in real estate developmentwhile she’s in school to “keep her foot inthe door.” Jennifer is still passionateabout film design, working on little filmshere and there and also helping out withthe Maryland Film Festival. She is happyto report that she is keeping in touch withher Friends classmates. Lauren Stone mar-ried Eric Prendeville in October andEmma Viscidi, Jennifer Tufaro and LizzieCusack were all in the wedding party.Peggy Kremen recently received anM.S.W. from NYU. She’s living in

Greenwich Village and is a social workerat a Brooklyn outpatient substance abuseclinic. She e-mailed updates on the class-mates she keeps up with: Rachel Lipmangraduated from Penn with her M.S.W.;Peggy is trying to convince Rachel tomove to NYC to pursue a social workcareer there; Rachel is looking at jobs inPhilly, DC and NYC. Christine Pappas hasbeen living in San Francisco for a fewyears and works at Schlesinger Associatesdoing marketing research. Peggy hadplans to visit her this summer. WarrySiebert moved to NYC in January and ison the front line of a company calledBranded Evolution that does on-lineadvertising. Lizzie Cusack lives in FellsPoint and is a nurse at Johns HopkinsHospital. Please continue e-mailing mewith updates about yourselves and yourfriends from the class of 2001!

’02Camille [email protected]

As usual, the Class of 2002 is doing amaz-ing things—traveling the world, earningall kinds of degrees, making importantscientific discoveries and even producingHollywood movies. With our reputation,who would expect anything less? MargaretSampson is starting her second year of amaster’s program at Purdue in sport andexercise psychology. She completed asummer internship working at a pediatric obesity clinic in an Indianapolis hospital,and found it so rewarding that she hopesto make a career out of it! She writes,“There is a definite need for weight man-agement programs here in the mid-West.”Before grad school, Margaret was in thePeace Corps in the Dominican Republic.“If anyone is thinking of joining the PeaceCorps or is planning on taking a vacationto the Dominican Republic, let me know. I

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Anita Myers ’02’s sons, Quentin andQuavion Alexander.

Sara Zager ’01and Mike Chapper’00 at their June2009 wedding.


have plenty of tips for both. Hope every-one is well!” Meg Baldwin is in her secondyear of service in the Peace Corps inSouth Africa. She writes, “My village,Phelendaba, is located in Mpumalangaprovince, which is in the northeast part ofthe country. I am close to both KrugerNational Park and Blyde River Canyon.I’m in the education program, but myservice concentrates mostly on youth andcommunity development. I’m also doingsome work in literacy and developinglibraries in two schools. I have mango,peach, paw paw and avocado trees in myyard. Yum! I’ve gotten to travel aroundsouthern and east Africa this past year,which has been incredible. One trip tookme to Rwanda, my favorite place so far. Iwill be finished with service in September2010. Anyone traveling to SA for theWorld Cup should contact me!” AnitaMyers writes, “I am currently living inAtlanta, GA with my two sons, Quentinand Quavion Alexander.” ElizabethBrannan returned to Baltimore in Januaryand started working at Hopkins Bayviewas an orthopedic nurse practitioner thissummer. She has enjoyed catching upwith various Friends School alums sincereturning to Baltimore. Jake Allen worksas a government contractor for the USArmy doing information technology atAberdeen Proving Grounds; he lives inLutherville. Dorothy Williams finishedgrad school with an M.S. in occupationaltherapy and is now a pediatric occupa-tional therapist at Kennedy Krieger inBaltimore. Arielle Goldman lives inRichmond, VA, where she works forChesapeake Design Group. Carrie Keeltyis living in DC and working in public rela-tions at Neiman Marcus in Tyson’sCorner. Does “public relations” includeoffering your class secretary a discounttoward a wardrobe upgrade? NicoleDurand is in Boston working as a softwaredeveloper. Beth Copeland is living inOregon and working for theEnvironmental Protection Agency whileshe finishes her master’s in hydrology.Ben Chodroff is living in Cleveland, OHand working for IBM in sales and strate-gy. Caki Zamoiski, who is doing marketingfor an NYC restaurant group, writes,“Amy Rouse, Katie MacLean, LauraMcComb-DiPesa and I get together regu-larly to catch up and relive good ol’Friends School times.” I met up withLaura in May on a recent NYC trip andwe chatted over omelets in MorningsideHeights, where she lives. She is workingon a master’s degree in social work atNew York University and interning at anoutpatient mental health clinic inManhattan. Anna Rubin is in London,working on her Ph.D. at University

College London. She hopes to finish atthe end of 2011. She is studying earlybrain development in mice and is inter-ested in finding genes that are importantin specifying the cell types involved inmovement control. She writes, “If anyoneis coming to London and wants to meetup, I’d love to hear from them.” KenMallott returned from China and spentthe summer in Baltimore. He will be inLondon in the spring of 2010, starting amaster’s program in translation with afocus on Chinese. Dan Grayson writes, “Ofcourse, all of life is a journey to grow as athinker and as a person, but I prefer toset more attainable goals for my summers.This past summer’s goal was to become aknown quantity at a karaoke bar. I set mysights on Razzys, a complete dive with alegendary reputation for its supportivepatrons, and now go every Wednesday.Jesse Siegel and Ken Mallott have madeappearances and Maggie Flook joined menearly every single week. Hardly high art,but there’s no feeling quite like screamingthe words to “Living on a Prayer” with aroom full of people, no? Professionally,I’ve become responsible for Tufts admis-sions’ social networking presence and cre-ated what I believe is the largest admis-sions Facebook group on the Internet.Perhaps we’ve become eclipsed since ourinception—the Internet, and Facebook, inparticular, is a fickle mistress—but mywork at Tufts appears to have led the wayfor other schools’ effective use ofFacebook. In addition to readingMaryland’s applications (that’s right, I’mreading Miss Fetter’s teacher recs!), I’ll bereading the applications from, and travel-ing to, Singapore, Thailand, Jakarta, andManila this fall. My plan, fingers crossed,is to see Kueng Srisuma when I’m inSingapore. In June, I was one of sixAmerican delegates to attend a massiveeducation event hosted by the city ofBeijing. I ate two sea cucumbers whenthere: two more than I ever had before.I’ve been doing a great deal of interna-tional travel, and have visited Panama,the Czech Republic, Israel, Switzerland,Germany and China in the last year.Domestically (mostly for work) I’ve beento Colorado, Connecticut, NYC, NewJersey, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho,Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois.Working in higher education doesn’texactly provide a lot of money, but I’mimmensely happy, learning new thingsand pleased by nearly everything in mylife.” Jason Berman just finished produc-ing his first feature film, “The Dry Land,”starring America Ferrera, WilmerValderrama and 2009 Academy Awardnominee Melissa Leo. The film is abouthow a soldier coming home from war

copes with post traumatic stress disorder.The film will debut this winter. Jasonwrites, “Look for it at the CharlesTheater, Baltimore!” Megan Richie is start-ing her fourth year as a medical studentat Penn and is almost certainly going tobe a neurologist. She writes, “A monthago, Becca Fogel Erwin and Carter Erwin’03 joined me for a weekend in thePoconos, in which we fed three largesnapping turtles, caught a baby one andcanoed the Delaware River.” As for me,your secretary, I am taking a year-longbreak from clinical medicine to doresearch on gestational diabetes with anepidemiologist at Massachusetts GeneralHospital. I hope to graduate fromHarvard in the spring of 2011 with anM.D. I love hearing from everyone, so besure to keep updating me on yourengagements, achievements and loca-tions!

’03Jessica [email protected]

It was nice to catch up with a few of you,and I am continually blown away by howinteresting and accomplished my class-mates are. I hope everyone is doing well!Please feel free to e-mail me any time.Courtney Carlson writes, “I spent the sum-mer in Montreal interning at a translationcompany before I returned to finish mysecond and final year of graduate schoolat Kent State University. Dylan Waugh hasrecently founded a nonprofit child-spon-sorship program that provides clothing,education and food for street children inNicaragua. After graduating from Williamand Mary in 2007, Dylan met with agroup of kids every day, becoming a part

Ben Pittman ‘03 and Katie Fisk ‘03(right) at Jazz Fest in New Orleans withfriend Jessica Knott.

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of their lives and serving them as a friendand mentor. Before leaving last winter, theVISEDAL Partnership was founded(VISEDAL is from Spanish words for dressme, educate me, feed me.) Now, VISEDALpays for tuition, school supplies and foodstipends for 20 young children, with localagents overseeing their academic andsocial progress. Stephen Sauder will bestarting a master’s degree in disaster andemergency management in the fall atYork University in Toronto. LilyMendelson is still in the Peace Corps inthe Dominican Republic. She’s working asa national coordinator for a country-wideinitiative called Escojo Mi Vida, whichworks with teenagers, teaching such lifeskills as self-esteem, decision-making,pregnancy prevention, AIDS, and drugand alcohol awareness. The program also

encourages the teens it servesto share the information theylearn with their peers. She’llfinish her service in Novemberand then plans to look for ajob, possibly in DC.

’04Mike [email protected]

Emma Bartlett writes, “I justgot back from a year in Paris.Nothing beats living andstudying in France and travel-ing and biking all aroundEurope. Oh wait, scratch that:a second summer in beautifulVermont to finish myMiddlebury French master’sand then teaching high schoolFrench at Baltimore’s veryown Bryn Mawr School. Theadventures never end!” LauraZager graduated from theGeorge Washington Universityin May of 2008 with a B.A. inpsychology and minor in soci-ology. “I’ve been working inplastic and reconstructive sur-gery at Mercy Hospital sinceNovember 2008 and amenrolled to take prerequisiteclasses so I can go back toschool to be a physician’sassistant. Charlie Totten beganLaw School at the Universityof Baltimore in August afterworking at a New York lawfirm for the past year. Charliealso recently worked atWhitlows in Arlington for sixmonths. Nick Colvin got a jobwith BB&T and went througha six-month leadership devel-opment training program inWinston-Salem, NC. He’s now

a corporate credit officer in the equip-ment finance headquarters in Towson.Shruti Kumar writes “I’ve been working atYale with a group of professors for a think

tank called the Yale Economic GrowthCenter. We focus on various developmenteconomics projects in Ghana, South Indiaand Peru. The twist is that with a four-year economics Ph.D. probable in thenear future after completing this pro-gram, I decided to take time to devotejust to the study of music before continu-ing on the other path. So this fall I start-ed the film scoring program at NYU, andthat’s what I’ll be doing for the next year.”Alyson Bastinelli writes, “I backpackedthrough Europe this summer, then movedto Australia in October to work andexplore through May 2010. I’m getting itall out of my system before I go broke andget a real job!” Alexandra Nelson reports,“I bought a house in Baltimore County inJuly 2008 and have been living there withroommates for a year. I am a licensed chi-ropractic assistant and have been workingfor an area chiropractor since October2008. I just registered to begin prerequi-site classes at CCBC (with Laura Zager) inorder to apply for various physician assis-tant master’s programs around the coun-try.” Alanah Webb writes, “After graduat-ing from Howard University, where Iplayed lacrosse, I’ve been doing researchin a cardiovascular biochemistry lab atJohns Hopkins Medical Institute for thepast year. I will hopefully have a scientificpublication by the end of the year. I amalso now in the process of applying tomedical school for 2010. Also, LindseySyropolous and I will be living togethersoon!” Rachel Fitz just finished her mas-ter’s degree in social work at WashingtonUniversity, where she specialized inexpressive therapy, life review and pedi-atric hospice. She lived in Washington,DC for the summer before moving toIsrael in October, where she will spendfive months working with refugees seek-ing asylum, and will also be in India forfour months doing various social justicework. She also worked at The Reef inAdams Morgan alongside her brother,Sam Fitz ’02. Vanny Khoo has been work-ing for the Maryland Department of VitalRecords for three years now and is alsoearning a master’s degree in healthcareadministration at the College of NotreDame of Maryland. Alex Broekhof fin-ished his degree in electrical engineeringat Johns Hopkins and bought a one-wayticket to Amsterdam this summer. AlexeiPfeffer-Gillett works for the AmericanFederation of Teachers and is interestedin graduate programs in conflict resolu-tion. His Friends School education musthave made an impact! Ben Barchey writes,“I just graduated from Whittier in May2009. I earned a degree in economics andwas captain of the lacrosse team—all goodthings. I’m now living in Orange County,CA, working for a wealth/financial advis-

Class of ‘04’s Laura Zager and Alex Nelson taking inan O’s game.

Charlotte Baldwin ’04 and sister HillaryBaldwin Ruley ’95 share a sweetmoment with Hillary’s daughter,Hannah.

Emma Bartlett ’04 at the Eiffel Tower during her yearof studying in Paris.

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ing firm, something for which I amextremely grateful. I am still staying close-ly connected with all of my friends fromFriends; three of my classmates are livingnearby in West Hollywood.” SamanthaSwisher is beginning her second year ofveterinary school at Tufts. She spent twomonths living in a tent and documentingthe veterinary problems with livestock inand around Limpopo National Park inMozambique. As for me, I began workingin Governor O’Malley’s office ofCorrespondence and Constituent Servicesin July, helping Maryland’s citizens solveproblems and navigate their government.

’05Brittney Bogues says, “I recently graduat-ed from Wake Forest University and amnow interning at a public relations firmcalled Swanson Communications. I planto continue working in public relationsafter my internship. My family is healthyand doing well, so I have no complaints!”Charlotte Baldwin graduated summa cumlaude from Catholic University of Americathis May with a B.A. in drama and educa-tion. “Through the Operation Teach pro-

gram, I will attend graduate school thisfall at the College of Notre Dame inMaryland while teaching fifth grade at St.Philip Neri School.” Lauren Richie writes,“I just graduated from SwarthmoreCollege this past May and I will be start-ing at the Yale School of Forestry andEnvironmental Studies to get a master’s inenvironmental management in the fall of2009.”

’06Nicole [email protected]

Natalie West spent spring semester study-ing in Grenoble, France, where she livedwith a family who spoke no English. Shetook all of her classes in French as well,and experienced the typically French phe-nomenon of academic strikes. One of herprofessors was on strike from Marchonward and her university got blockadedwith chairs, tables, shopping carts, parkbenches, etc. All in all, it was a great sixmonths of linguistic and cultural immer-sion. This past summer Natalie was homein Baltimore taking Spanish classes andworking at the Hopkins School of PublicHealth. Ouranitsa Abbas stayed inAlexandria, Egypt for ten weeks duringsummer 2009, where she got certified toteach English as a foreign languagethrough TEFL International. She alsoparticipated in a teaching internship inEgyptian Arabic courses for six weeks.Ouranitsa writes, “I mainly signed up forthe program because of the EgyptianArabic, but I’m finding that learningabout teaching English is really interest-ing for me. I prefer teaching adults toyoung learners. The students that comefor the conversation classes are all bril-liant—their English is very good and

they’re all studying to get M.A.’s orM.D.’s, etc. My accommodation was in asuburb of Alexandria that’s right on thebeach, which was wonderful. I’m verygrateful to be able to go to the beach afterclasses!” Mita Sahu spent two months thispast summer in Klerksdorp, South Africa,a small city two hours outsideJohannesburg, where she worked on aresearch project in HIV/TB at the localhospital. Mita says, “If anyone is planningto come to South Africa for the WorldCup next year, it’s quite chilly there inJune!” Carly Flint studied Swahili at Vassarfor two semesters before going to Kenyalast fall with the School for InternationalTraining. There, she continued her lan-guage studies and gained some anthropo-logical field experience. For two weeks ofher time there, Carly lived in a small townwith members of the Maasai tribe andconducted a research project on the tran-sition from their traditional religiousbeliefs to Christianity, a move that hadonly taken place in the past 15 years.Upon returning to Vassar in the spring,she won the Marilyn Swartz SevenPlaywriting Competition for her two shortplays about post-Katrina New Orleans,which she had written during her sopho-more year. Inspired to continue writing,Carly is currently delving into a longerplay about the issues she encounteredwhile living with the Maasai, such as thebenefits and drawbacks of missionary edu-cation and development. She kept a con-sistent blog throughout her travels athttp://carlyinkenya.blogspot.com/, so if you’reinterested, you can read more about heradventures! Owen Baron went to Greeceat the end of last year and is still pursuinga major in chemistry. Jeb Cook settled inat Gettysburg and soldiered through themost difficult history courses he had to

Maxx Davis ’06 receiving the MVP awardat the International Lacrosse Friendshipgames in Japan during the summer of2009.

Carly Flint ’06 in Kenya in the fall of 2008.

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Alumni Director Amy Langrehr is thego-to gal for networking alumni

First a disclaimer: Friends School Alumni Director Amy Langrehr can’tpromise she’ll find you the perfect roommate, nor can she line upyour next job interview. What she can do is connect you with fellow

grads who may have what you need—or know of someone who does.Langrehr is the “go-to” gal for Friends grads: when one person’s oppor-

tunity matches another’s need, she likes nothing better than to join the twoparties for a potentially-successful collaboration. “A big part of my jobinvolves helping Friends alumni connect with one another,” she explains.“I network with people every single day.”

These days, much of that networking occurs on Facebook. Langrehrshepherded the School’s presence on Facebook a year ago, creating the“Friends School of Baltimore Alumni Association Group” after learningfrom colleagues and constituents alike that the popular web-based socialnetwork was the way young alumni (and others in-the-know) now commu-nicate. More than 800 group members later, Langrehr has created Twitterand Facebook Fan Pages. Unlike Friends’ earlier foray into Facebook,these 2.0 versions of the booming social networks will serve all Friendsconstituents—alumni, parents, faculty, even students.

Even those who shy away from Facebook in favor of more traditionalcommunication channels can benefit from their Friends School ties by sim-ply reading Class Notes in its entirety. “That’s the best advice I can givealumni who are looking for networking opportunities,” says Langrehr.“There’s so much information in Class Notes. It’s very helpful, whetheryou’re trying to reconnect with people, find a job, or investigate a particular area of study or an interest. When you read all of Class Notes,you never know what you’ll learn.”

take for his major and also started work-ing on a radio show called “The Joshand Jeff Experience.” At the end of theschool year, he presented a paper onLord Byron’s “Sardanapalus” atGettysburg’s 2009 Celebration colloqui-um for student research. This past sum-mer, he worked at the Phillips Academy,Andover’s summer session as a teachingassistant for such courses as “GreatIssues and Controversies of the ModernWorld” and “International Relations”;he also served as a house counselor forFoxcroft Hall. Jeb writes, “It was anexhausting, eye-opening foray into theworld of teaching and it’s convinced methat I want to teach in an independenthigh school after I graduate!” TommyAdolph transferred to ITT Tech to pur-sue his love of computer programming.David Weinman now works as a firefight-er in New Market, MD at Station 15. Hisclass was the 15th recruit class of profes-sional firefighters to go throughFrederick County’s academy. He wastrained in firefighter I and II, EMT-B,Rescue Technician and firefighter sur-vival. At his January 2009 graduation,he was the valedictorian of his class of27 (cumulative GPA of 94 percent) andhad the honor of giving a speech infront of a huge crowd! Your class secre-tary, Nicole Runde, and fellow ’06erKaitlin Boswell spent the summer work-ing at Friends Summer Camp, keepingTom Randall in line and catching upwith fellow alumni staff members PatrickWhite ’03, Catie Black ’05, Anna Swicklik’07 and Kathyrn Stanley ’08.

’08Malik [email protected]

Kayla Miller performed in the DrewUniversity spring dance concert.Douglas Miller writes, “I worked in theMayor of Baltimore’s Office ofSustainability this summer, designing agreen business certification program,sustainable site development guidelinesand a “greening” plan for theBaltimore Running Festival, amongseveral other projects.”

HOW TO SHARE YOUR NEWS IN CLASS NOTES!

Please send your news to your Class Secretary or directly to theSchool (mail to COLLECTION, Alumni Office, Friends School, 5114 NorthCharles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210; or e-mail alangrehr@friends -balt.org. Please provide your contact info if we need to check facts.If you are submitting digital photos, please:

(1) Set photo size to 4” x 6” or larger, at 300 dots per inch;

(2) Set your camera to the best quality photo setting;

(3) Save photos in TIF or JPG format;

(4) E-mail photos to Friends as attachments—not in the message orin a word processing file;

(5) Provide a caption identifying everyone in the photo.

Please submit traditional photo prints on glossy paper. Note that we cannot repro duce photos from photo copies, magazines, or news -print. Deadline for next issue: Feb. 15, 2010.


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Completing a Year of History Studies, Class of ’89Visiting Scholar Program Launches into ScienceThe Class of ’89 Visiting Scholar Fund once again provided the Schoolwith matchless opportunities to enrich the experiences of our students.In 2008–2009, the History department brought three people to campuswho illustrated the diverse nature of their field of study.

Lower School students had the bounty of hearing the stories of DianeMacklin, an educator and storyteller. She gave two dynamic presentationsof African tales, incorporating instruments, movement and song. Her sto-ries entertained while interweaving a “message from the elders” of hopeand justice that transcended cultural boundaries.

Ed Burns, former teacher, Baltimore city detective, author of TheCorner and producer of the HBO series “The Wire,” addressed theMiddle and Upper Schools during their respective Collection assemblies.He held his audiences spellbound with stories about his professionalexperiences as well as his personal thoughts on how to heal the city.

Finally, Karim Nagi, a native Egyptian who specializes in Arabic cultureand music presented two assemblies—one for Middle School and one forthe Lower and Upper Schools together. His presentations includedmusic, movement and stories with an Arabic cultural perspective.

Members of the Friends School community can now view and order photos on-line through www.snapshotculture.com. Alumni Weekend,Scarlet & Gray Day, Commencement…we’ve got ’em!

Log on to www.friendsbalt.org. Go to “News & Events” and scroll downto “Snapshot Culture Photo Gallery.” You’ll have instant access to hun-dreds of photo albums. Photos you order will be delivered to your door,usually within three business days. Friends School receives 25 percent ofall revenues.

Get Friends pictures on-line!

Karim Nagi engaged PaulYutzy (left) and Felicia Wilks ina movement routine in whichsticks are tapped and twirled.

AlumniWeekend

April 29-May 2, 2010

A celebration sogrand it’s been

225 years in themaking!

For more information, go to friendsbalt.org/alumni/alumweekend

or e-mail Amy Langrehr [email protected]

Save the Date!

Connect with Friends!

Volunteer for MLK Day activities [see p. 5] or help

build a Habitat for Humanityhouse [see p. 11].


MILESTONESMARRIAGES1981 Elizabeth Buckingham and John Owens June 6, 20081992 Arsh Mirmiran and Lauren Lemus June 27, 20091995 Whitney Manger and Michael Fine June 20, 20091996 Allison Coppel and Gonzalo Guerrero March 31, 2009 1996 Jeannie Achuff and Ernest Morrow August 16, 20091996 Lydia Ries and Tom O’Halloran June 13, 20091997 Christina Counselman and Owen Patrick October, 20081998 Elena Johnson and Tony Sideris June 20, 20091998 James Harlow and Katie Kronquist May 23, 20091998 Justine Alger and Bill Forrester June 13, 20091999 Rebecca Clemens and Clinton Mikel June 7, 20082000 Lesley Wojcik and Dave Richman-Raphael ‘99 May 9, 20092000 Liz Yeager and Peter Guarnieri June 20, 20092000 Sima Fried and Theo Robins March 14, 20092001 Sara Zager and Mike Chapper ‘00 June 14, 2009

BIRTHS1984 Kevin Carnell and Tea a son, William Alphaeus, September 24, 20081984 Sam Brody and Courtney a son, Samuel Timothy, March, 20091987 Scott Oldham and Alison a son, Alec, October 20, 20081988 Scott Beckman and Christine a daughter, Anna Caroline, April 13, 20091989 Christopher Vaughn and Julie a son, Charles “Chase” Emerson, June 12, 20091990 Read Carter and Marci a daughter, Lailah Fay, April 29, 20091990 Stephanie Hesson Monaghan and Brian a daughter, Faye Elizabeth, May 15, 20091991 Emily Mikolayunas Rich and Oliver a son, Ezra Michael, November 20081991 Marcie Jones Brennan and Matthew a son, Maxfield St. Paul, March 19, 20091993 Christopher Baughman and Holly a son, Samuel Roland, April 25, 2009 1993 Dana Oppenheim Chodos and Marc a son, Noah Cameron, January 31, 20091994 Daryn Nakhuda and Brooke a daughter, Ruby Lucille, April 30, 20091994 Lauren Hubbard and Mike Johnson a son, Zachary Michael, May 28, 20091995 Doug Nilson and Rachel a son, Eli Barasch, March 20, 20091996 Janelle Schmidt and Mike a son, Conner Adam, June 24, 20091997 Abby Owen Perry and James a son, Samuel Ernest, March 20, 20091998 Amanda Busher Lane and Mike a daughter, Aubrey Claire,

a son, Graham Alexander, November 9, 20081999 Sarah Alba Warner and Chris a daughter, Isabelle Marie, September 10, 2008

IN MEMORIAM:1933 Dorothy Greer Benbow July 6, 20091937 Virgiline H. Hodges June 20, 20091938 Virginia Wooden Crocker May 6, 20091941 Carolyn Landon Parker May 3, 20091942 Helen Coale DiBlasi August 13, 20081952 Barbara Buffington Rutherford October 5, 20081952 Kit Heinold Wilson February 29, 20081952 Carol Lee David Tolzman August 27, 20091961 Brooke Janney May 11, 2009

Circle of FriendsThe Circle of Friends recognizes individualswho have made a deferred or currentendowment gift to Friends School. Thesegifts will help ensure the excellence ofFriends School in the future. It is easy to

join. Simply name the School in your will,or as beneficiary of a life insurance

policy or a qualified IRA; make a lifeincome gift, such as a charitable

gift annuity; or establish acurrent endowment gift

of $25,000 or more.

1927Howard Buffington1934Florence G. Oldham1935Ann Burgunder Greif1936Eleanor Hatch BrooksCarmian Forbush Davisand Carle M. Davis

1937Dorothy B. KrugAnne Homer Martin1938Ethel Kegan EttingerEmma Belle Shafer Wagner**and Carle Wagner

Donald H. Wilson, Jr.and Marion Wilson1941James G. KullerMary Elizabeth Jones PriceDorothy Eastwick Seaton1942Anonymous1944David R. Millard1945Harry L. Hoffman IIIand Mary Louisa Hoffman

1946Gisela Cloos Evitt1947W. Byron Forbush IIand Elizabeth Forbush

1948Anonymous1949Joseph Klein, Jrand Joan G. Klein

Shirley Cox SeagrenRichard A. Simon1950Joel D. Fedder1951Anonymous (2)1952AnonymousJanet E. Mules1953AnonymousJane Whitehouse Cohenand Howard Cohen

Sara R. KellenE. Laird MortimerViginia A. Mortimer1954Anne Black Evans1955Robert L. KrielMary Allen Wilkes1956Albion BaconJohn P. David

Clarinda HarrissRobert B. Heatonand Ann H. Heaton

Martha F. HornerMabel T. MiyasakiLinda Windsor Siecke*1957Marcia Smith Clark*J. Henry Riefle III1958Elizabeth Banghart FlahertySusan Shinnick HossfeldHenry L. MortimerJ. McDonnell PriceRonald H. RenoffFrank A. Windsorand Ann McAllisterWindsor ’60

1959Robert S. Pattersonand Barbara Patterson

Dan Reedand Claire Reed

1960Elizabeth Beatty GableDiane Howell MitchellJoseph C. RamageAnn McAllister Windsorand Frank A. Windsor ’58

1961Elizabeth New CohenJoan Yeager CromerDavid M. EvansSylvan J. Seidenmanand Sandy Seidenman

1962Mary Ellen FischerEmily C. HolmanJames B. Willis1963Elizabeth F. Deeganand Michael J. Deegan, Jr.Charles W.Harlanand Mary Dell GordonHarlan ’65

Gail Moran MilneAlice Smith ReidBarry S. Stott*1964Joseph W. CowanPeter Paul HanleySusan B. KatzenbergSally Huff LeimbachHarry D. McCartyMarilyn Miller ThomasElizabeth A. WagnerDonald H. Wilson IIIFaris L. WorthingtonPatricia K. WorthingtonCarl W. Ziegaus1965Gretchen A. GarmanMary Dell Gordon Harlanand Charles W. Harlan ’63

Frederick W. Moran1967Thomas P. LaMonicaAlan B. Rosoff1968Jay E. BoydMelinda BurdetteRobert L. MackallW. Berkeley Mann, Jr.David A. Wilson1969Louise Wagner Gibson1970A. P. Ramsey CrosbyLisa Mitchell Pittsand Toby Pitts

Carl B. Robbins1972Stuart S. HutchinsLaura Ellen MugliaJudy F. Strouse1974David R. Blumberg1975Robin E. BehmKatherine E. Bryant1976Cynthia Klein GoldbergWinston W. Hutchins1977Alison Nasdor Fassand Andrew Fass

F. William Hearn, Jr.1979Philip B. GouldJoseph Klein IIIand Judy Sandler

Cristin Carnell Lambros1980Christopher HolterAmy Gould John1981AnonymousDavid H. AlkireEileen S. GoldgeierKatherine A. HearnJames M. MatthewsDiana Price Matthews1983Louis T. HanvoerSean R. Sweeney1985Evan C. ShubinKatherine G. Windsor1988Wendell B. Leimbach, Jr.1989David HenryJason InnesGregory Moody1990William M. Rubensteinand Sandy Rubenstein

1991Sherri Shubin CohenParents, Faculty, Staff and

FriendsAnonymous (5)Nancy H. BergerDeborah and Howard M. BermanKaren Birdsong and Carl RothHeidi and David BlalockPatricia H. BlanchardGerritt H. BlauveltAnne R. BrownSharon C. and D. Perry BrownHelen E. BryantDr. and Mrs. Michael R. CampDr. Oscar B. Camp**and Lorranie Camp

John and Sue CarnellAlice Cherbonnier and Larry KrauseDavid S. Cooper, Jr.and Kryssa J. Cooper

Rebecca and Bruce CopelandAlbert R. and Margaret K.Counselman

Connie C. Covington andWally Covington III

Dr. and Mrs. Chi V. DangAnthony W. and Lynn R. DeeringPieter and Phyllis DeSmitJeffrey H. DonahueClaire K. EbelingMartha ElliottChristina B. FelicianoSusan and William FilbertSarah Finlayson andLindley DeGarmo

Lora and Greg GannJulie Fader Gilbert andGordon Gilbert

Irvin R. GomprechtAnn C. GordonVincent L. and D. Iveagh GottStanley B. and Joan GouldEsther S. HearnDavid M. HeathMary E. Scott and Gary E. HeinleinCharles O. and Ann HollandLaura HolterGrant L. Jacks andMargaret S. Jacks

Sanford G. and Ann JacobsonJoyce JohnstonDeloris JonesAdine C. KellyMichael and Narindar KellyFerne K. KolodnerCartan B. KraftEleanor and Peter LandauerGayle L. LatshawSusan P. MacfarlaneJohn and Joyce MaclayGarvin S. and Pamela M. MaffetDiana R. McGrawMary Ellen McNish andDavid Miller

Freda M. A. and Douglas L.McWilliams*

Matthew MiccicheJohn and Beverly MichelDouglas J. Miller, Sr.Sheri B. Miller-LeonettiLee S. OwenC. E. and Joan PartridgeMarylynn and John RobertsMary S. and Paul E. RobertsJean B. and John V. RussoMary Ellen and William SaterlieBarbara and Gordon SheltonDr. and Mrs. Charles I. ShubinDaryl J. SidleLisa and Alfred L. SingerJerome SmalleyLynne SmalleyWilliam SmillieTurner B. and Judith R. SmithPhillip SnyderMark C. StromdahlGerry Mullan andWilliam J. Sweet, Jr.

Audrey and John C. TaliaferroMarilyn and David WarshawskyThomas E. Wilcox

*Indicates new gift in 2009–10

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SAVE THE DATE!Friends School

225thAnniversary Gala

Saturday, April 10, 2010The Engineer’s Club

11 West Mount Vernon Place

Dinner, dancing andsilent and live auction

to benefit Friends School.*

Black tie optional.

Details to follow.Stay tuned.

*a portion of the ticket price will be tax-deductible.

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