Passionate Pursuits - Friends' Central School

From the Headmaster:
Dear Friends,
Friends’ Central
Directions
Fall/Winter ’08/’09
I have just finished previewing the
feature articles for this edition of
Directions, and if you can set aside the
time, I believe you will be as fascinated as
I have been by the collecting passions of
William Fordyce ’52, Joanna Schoff ’51,
Rich Ulmer ’60, Rachel Newmann
Schwartz ’89, and current student Blake
Bortnick ’13. In her introduction, our
editor, Rebecca Anderson, sheds some
light on possible motives for collecting
and provides additional examples of collectors
currently devoting time and effort
to a favorite pastime in the School’s midst
and for our community’s benefit. The
interest a collector displays in sharing a
collection is particularly gratifying to a
School that both encourages and supports
individual interests and values
connections among members of the
community.
Cover photo by Hilary Takiff Weiss ‘96.
(Left) “Festival Float of Battle at Ujikawa Bridge,”
by Katsushika Hokusai, circa 1820, from the
collection of Joanna Haab Schoff ’51.
By all accounts, William Fordyce was
a very private man, and after his graduation
he was mainly absent from our community.
In the end, though, through his
thoughtful and generous gift he returned
to the School and revealed an important
part of himself. We are moved by his
example and deeply grateful.
Sincerely,
David M. Felsen
Headmaster
CORRECTION
Our apologies to Albert Carter Pottash ’65 who
was left off of his class list in the 2007–2008
Report of Gifts.
2008-2009 Board of Trustees
Ann V. Satterthwaite, Clerk
Peter P. Arfaa
James B. Bradbeer, Jr.
Adrian Castelli
Kenneth Dunn
Kaye Edwards
George Elser
Jean Farquhar ’70
Victor Freeman ’80
Christine Gaspar ’70
Robert Gassel ’69
Edward Grinspan
Walter Harris ’75
Sally Harrison
Karen Horikawa ’77
Deborah Hull
Michael C. Kelly
Matthew S. Levitties ’85
Craig Lord
Hillard Madway
Ed Marshall ’68
Carol Mongeluzzi
Suzanne Morrison
Jeffrey Purdy
Lawrence S. Reichlin
Marsha Rothman
Jonathan Sprogell
James Wright
Barbara M. Cohen, Emerita
Joanna Haab Schoff ’51, Emerita
2008-2009 Alumni/ae Board
Mallory Floyd '96, Co-President
Aaron Selkow '88, Co-President
Rachel Newman Schwartz '89,
Vice President
Bess Collier '96, Secretary
Jeffrey Brody '98
Gail Carter Zuagar '97
Anne Dufour Clouser '50
Alice Hess Crowell '46
Andrea Deutsch '85
David Ellis '51
Melanie McCarthy Frick '94
Bill Georges '88
Ruba Habtemicael '96
Susan Kelsay '59
Peter Klein '87
Patrick Lord '90
Jane Cubberley Luce '68
Clio Mallin '96
Latifah McMullin '99
Donald Reimenschneider '52
Alexander Schall '86
Barbara Weinberg '79
Jessica Zeldin '88
Immediate Past President
Andrew Newcomb '87
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