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“The school aims to develop mentality, physique, and character,
but because the first two of these are menaces without the last, the greatest of these is character.”
—Joseph Dana Allen, Headmaster 1917–1949
Consistent with Dr. Allen’s guiding vision, the mission of the school is to prepare students for college and for
life by fostering learning, health, leadership, community responsibility and, above all, character. In support
of this mission, Poly Prep offers an outstanding program of academics, physical education and athletics, arts,
and other activities, guided by a strong, committed faculty, in a diverse school community, on campuses with
outstanding facilities.
Board of Trustees
Vincent J. Vigorita MD, ’68, P ’96, ’99, Chairman
John B. Madden Jr., Esq., ’72, Vice Chairman
David M. Womack P’14, ’16, Treasurer
Grace M. Sawyer P’82, Secretary
Richard Mizrack Esq., ’60, Assistant Secretary
Cynthia Capone ’88
Michael A. Correra ’87
Charles M. Diker ’52
Jeffrey S. Ferraro ’88
Susanna Furfaro MD, P’13, ’15
Karen E. Burke Goulandris MD, PhD, P’15
Richard L. Grand-Jean P’05, ’08
Andrew F. Gurley ’55
Alan M. Kantrow MD, ’65
Thomas H. Parker ’65
Editor and Writer: Shelley Ruchti
Associate Editors: Laura Butchy, Joshua Mehigan
Editor, Annual Report: Laura Butchy
associate Editor, Annual Report: Natalie Cadogan P’17
Art Direction and Design: Elizabeth di Guglielmo P’06, 08
Stephen M. Raphael Esq., ’59
Robert G. Sabbagh ’87
Richard B. Saltzman ’73
Victor M. Samra Jr., ’59
Scott M. Smith ’75
Malcolm P. Travelstead P’93, ’96
Clifford Barr Esq., ’48, Emeritus
Harry J. Petchesky ’55, Emeritus
Nathan K. Trynin ’48, Emeritus
Photography: Harold Hechler Photography: front and back cover, pages 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
Shelley Ruchti: pages 2, 3, 10, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 24.
Michelle Poiré: pages 4, 5, 6, inside back cover, back cover, pages AR1, AR4, AR6, AR16, AR17, AR19, AR21,
AR back cover.
Sandy Bornstein: pages 12, 13, 14, 15. Kim Benvegna: page 17. Launa Schweizer: pages 19, 24.
Photos courtesy of Platt Byard Dovell White Architects: page 18.
Photos courtesy of the Staten Island Advance: page 22.
Laura Butchy: pages AR2, AR9, AR18, AR cover.
Guy Devyatkin: pages AR12, AR15. Photo courtesy of Liane Dougherty: page AR13.
Poly Prep Magazine is published twice a year by the school’s Communications Office. Inquiries and submissions
are welcome. Please send them to the director of communications, Poly Prep Country Day School, 9216
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Contents
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2 Letter from the Headmaster
Message from the Editor
3 From Poly Rival to Poly Teacher
Together We Remember
4 An Evening with Friends
10 Connecting through Creativity
12
Together We Explore
12 Return to Galapagos
16 Whether Big or Small, Poly Provides Partners to
Help Learn the Ropes
Together We Grow
19
18 Have You Seen the Steel?
19 A Constructive Education by Laura Butchy
20 Two Great Poly Endeavors, Two Dedicated Poly Moms
22 Acts of Sportsmanship Garner Accolades
23 A Tribute to Teachers by Peter Siviglia ’57
Annual Report 2005–2006
Annual Report

A L E T T E R F R O M T H E H E A D M A S T E R
This year has truly been outstanding. We kicked things off in
September with An Evening with Friends—a spectacular night and
an overwhelmingly successful fundraiser for the September 11
Memorial Scholarship Fund. The event was the perfect launch to a
year that has seen tremendous student achievement made possible
by the tireless efforts of parents, faculty, and staff providing support
and guidance for our community.
I invite you to take a look at Poly’s Annual Report, included in this
magazine. You’ll see that the wonderful giving from the 2005–2006
school year has definitely spilled into 2006–2007, which has seen record philanthropy from parents, alumni,
and friends.
This publication provides a glimpse at some great student and faculty accomplishments. As always, their
endeavors surpass all expectations, and I am constantly reminded why Poly is such an incredible place to be.
David B. Harman
A M e s s a g e f r o m t h e E d i t o r
What a difference six months make! Although I visited Poly’s main
campus several times by last August, I did not officially become a
full-time employee until mid-September. As anyone who has ever
worked for a school will tell you, starting after the beginning of the
school year is a daunting task. No matter how much time you put in,
you always feel a bit behind. The phrase “hit the ground running”
doesn’t even begin to describe my first week.
Six months into my new role, the chaos continues but so does
record productivity for the Communications Office. I have an outstanding team and wonderful colleagues
that make writing for and about students, faculty, and alumni easy and enjoyable. I am delighted by the great
camaraderie shared among faculty, staff, and administration, who work together day after day to advance Poly’s
mission.
Whenever I start to feel overwhelmed, I think back to my first official piece of Poly business—attending An
Evening with Friends. Not a bad first day.
Shelley Ruchti
Director of Communications
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From Poly Rival to Poly Teacher
Jose de Jesus has experience with several independent schools,
but the former Prep for Prep student calls Poly home
Upon finishing undergraduate work at Wesleyan,
history teacher Jose de Jesus knew he didn’t want
to move back home to New York. So, he completed
an intensive two-week teacher-training program at
Collegiate School in Manhattan and then accepted
a position at Concord Academy, a boarding school
in Massachusetts. There he taught history, coached
basketball, and helped run the dorm.
“The first year was only a half-time job, and it was
really sink or swim,” he said. “The kids there were very
bright and expected a lot, which can be tough for a new
teacher. I had some really strong lessons that earned
me credit early on.”
De Jesus had planned for only a brief stint at
teaching, followed by law school, but began rethinking
things after a few short weeks at the boarding school. “I
had never planned to stay at Concord for as long as I did,
but I caught the bug early and knew that I wanted to keep
teaching. One year soon turned into seven,” he said.
Family obligations steered him back to New
York, however, when his wife became pregnant and
he learned that his stepfather was ill. As his wife’s
family was from Brooklyn, the two decided to settle
in the borough as well, and de Jesus began seeking
teaching positions near his new home. During the job
search when recruiting agency Carney, Sandoe and
Associates told him about a vacancy at Poly, his longtime
familiarity with the school made him take notice.
“I was a Prep for Prep kid at Horace Mann, and
we played Poly in sports. Poly was always around,”
de Jesus said. “I remembered that all the kids I had
encountered from Poly over the years I genuinely liked
and thought they were all smart and down-to-earth.”
One of those students was Monique Wilson ’05,
whom de Jesus had met while he was an instructor for
Experiment in International Living, a summer program
that sends high school students abroad for learning
experiences. Wilson—who would go on to win the Poly
Cup and numerous other accolades—was following in
the footsteps of her successful sisters Melanie ’96 and
Marilyn ’98 and was a standout at Poly. During one of
his interviews on campus, de Jesus was spotted by his
former summer student.
“I was walking down the hallway with Louise
Forsyth, learning about the school, when Monique saw
me,” he said. “She ran over to
me and gave me a big hug and
said, ‘Oh please hire him, I love
Mr. de Jesus!’ Then, Louise told
me that if Monique Wilson gave
me a good recommendation—
well, that was big.”
Wilson got her wish and
soon de Jesus found himself
on the faculty. In his third year
at Poly, he’s keeping a busy
schedule, serving as one of the
Form III deans and teaching World History to Form III
students, U.S. History to Form V, and an elective on the
history of Cuba to seniors. The differences between the
boarding school and country day school environments
are noticeable but not surprising, he said.
“I can’t wake up ten minutes before class anymore!”
de Jesus laughed. “I have a commute now, but that’s a
good thing because I like to use the time to think and
to plan for the day. I loved working at Concord because
at a boarding school you live with the kids, so there’s a
very close connection there. But for where I am in my
life right now, Poly is a great place to be.”
When not teaching, de Jesus helps out with
admissions events and talks to prospective families
about Poly, a task that sometimes pairs the Prep for
Prep alum with students currently in the program. He
always proves popular with the crowd and likes to talk
about an exercise he does with his classes, which he
thinks illustrates one of the most unique aspects of
the school.
“I ask students to identify when their families
came to America and from where. One time I did this
here, and we had eighteen countries represented, and
kids from four continents. Only three had families
who had come before the twentieth century—all the
rest were relatively recent. That’s rare—you just don’t
find that everywhere,” he said.
“I then ask the students to imagine sitting next to
that family member coming to America for the first
time, and I tell them ‘You are the manifestation of
that person’s dream. You are a part of that person’s
vision for the future, and that’s big. Now, what do we
do with that?’”
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An Evening with Friends
t o r E M E M B E r , t o c E L E B r a t E , t o h o n o r , a n d t o B E n E f i t
t H e P O L Y P r e P C O U n t r Y D A Y S C H O O L S e P t e M B e r 1 1 M e M O r i A L S C H O L A r S H i P F U n D
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It was a night like no
other. Poly had had
some great celebrations
before, but never in its
152 years had anything of
this magnitude ever taken
place.
An Evening with
Friends was a chameleon.
It was a night of
remembrance, a night
of fundraising for a very
worthy cause, and—quite
fittingly—a night of both laughter and tears. More
than 350 Poly alumni, parents, students, faculty,
staff, and friends gathered at Cipriani 42nd Street for
the big event on Wednesday, September 6, 2006. The
community paid tribute to Poly’s ten alumni and one
parent lost on September 11 and raised more than
$250,000 to benefit Poly’s September 11 Memorial
Scholarship Fund that honors them.
Mistress of Ceremonies and Poly parent
Rosanna Scotto P’12 opened the event with remarks
on Poly’s strong sense of community and how crucial
it was in the wake of the September 11 tragedy. These
sentiments were echoed throughout the evening,
even by New York Governor George Pataki, who
dropped in to make a brief but powerful statement
about the City’s enduring commitment to freedom.
Celebrated actress and Poly parent Meryl Streep
P’04, ’09 provided a videotaped welcome to the
evening’s festivities, and Poly’s beloved headmaster
emeritus William M. Williams offered the invocation.
Assistant head of school for finance Robert
Aberlin ’62 introduced One School Still Remembers,
the second documentary he co-produced that
this page: Bill feehan (top), headmaster emeritus Bill Williams (center),
Meryl streep P’04, ‘09 (bottom). opposite: a cappella (top), director of
alumni relations Lisa della Pietra and headmaster david B. harman (bottom).
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explores how Poly families dealt with the loss of
their loved ones.
Five years ago, the history of this country was
forever changed with the occurrence of the worst
attack on American soil in history. Through
those excruciatingly difficult days and weeks,
we found out about Poly alums, relatives, and
friends who were lost. And through that chaos
and confusion, the reality of what Poly has always
been became crystal clear. Poly is a community
that supports and cares. Poly is a community that
helps. Poly is a community that remembers.
The night’s extraordinary entertainment
included inspiring
vocal performances
by Douglas Jabara ’84,
Leah Horowitz ’97,
and Art Garfunkel,
who was accompanied
by Poly’s A Cappella
Singers for a rousing
rendition of “And
So It Goes.” The
Paul Taylor Dance
Company performed
the highly acclaimed “Promethean Fire,” hailed by
The New York Times as “simply one of the best works
choreographed by Paul Taylor.”
Leah Horowitz ‘97 Doug Jabara ‘84
The keynote speaker for the evening was Bill Feehan,
partner and co-head of Global Human Resources
Practice and executive committee member of the
board of the 9/11 United Services Group. In his
address, Feehan gave a moving tribute to his father,
a first deputy fire commissioner who lost his life
on September 11, and spoke of their mutual love
for baseball. He left the audience with words of
inspiration drawn from one of his father’s favorite
Art Garfunkel

“The extraordinary success of An Evening with Friends is a testament to the enormous
amount of love and warmth that exists throughout the entire Poly community.”
—Lisa Della Pietra ’86
expressions, “It’s always darkest before the dawn.”
It was for many of us our darkest time after
September 11, 2001. But we have before us
the dawn of opportunity. The opportunity to
remember and honor our heroes, to create
living tributes to them forged out of the everyday
actions of our lives. To take the best of their
example and to let them inspire us as we move
forward and never forget.
Scholarship recipients Sean Carberry ’06 and
Charlotte Werner ’13 spoke about the importance of
the September 11 Memorial Scholarship Fund and
those honored by it. Werner, recipient of the Joseph
Mascali Memorial Scholarship, said her promise to
Joe is to always try her best and be the best person
she can be. “Joe is always in my heart and I love him,”
she said. Carberry completed his term as the Joseph
Della Pietra Scholar in June 2006 and called it “a
great and humbling honor to represent Joseph for
four years.”
Headmaster David B. Harman awarded Stewart
Rahr ’63 the Poly Prep Headmaster’s Award for
Lifetime Achievement in honor of his significant
contributions to families of firefighters and police
who lost their lives on September 11. Rahr’s friend
and classmate Joe Siegel ’63 accepted the award on
his behalf.
As an uplifting end to the night, Poly parent and
Sopranos cast member Steve Schirripa P’10 brought
down the house with his hilarious take as the event’s
auctioneer. He first told the crowd the serendipitous
tale of how he was introduced to Poly by childhood
friend Joe Mascali, who drove him to his Sopranos
audition. Then, after poking fun at Harman for his
slight stumbling over Italian names, Schirripa helped
to secure numerous bids for the five items up for
auction.
The auctioneer also brought along fellow cast
members from the Sopranos, including Sharon
Angela, Lorraine Bracco, Dominic Chianese, Vincent
Curatola, James Gandolfini, and Michael Imperioli.
Schirripa, Chianese, Curatola, and Imperioli offered
themselves as fellow diners for the auction’s biggestticket
item—a dinner with members of the cast at
RAOs for the winning bidder and three of his or her
closest friends. This highly sought-after item went
for a whopping $15,000.
Event organizer and Poly’s director of alumni
relations Lisa Della Pietra ’86 was overwhelmed
by the spirit shared by all in attendance. “The
extraordinary success of An Evening with Friends
is a testament to the enormous amount of love
and warmth that exists throughout the entire Poly
community.”
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Andrew A. Abate ’82
Vincent P. Abate ’79
Joseph A. Della Pietra ’95
Terence Gazzani ’95
Christopher Grady ’80
Joseph J. Hasson III ’85
Mark Hindy ’91
Joseph A. Mascali P’01
William R. Peterson ’72
Lars P. Qualben ’69
Andrew Rosenblum ’74
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Assistant head of school for finance Robert Aberlin ‘62, P’00, ‘03, Judy
Siegel, Joe Siegel ‘63, Bill Feehan.
Joanne Olsen P’06, ‘09, Janice DiNaso P’07, Anthony di Guglielmo P’06,
‘08, John DiNaso P’07, Christine DiForte P’04, ‘06, John DiNaso Jr., Horace
Roccasalva P’07, Marissa Roccasalva P’07.
Hal Rose ‘74, P’04, ’09, Frank Heller P’08, Lisa Rose P’04, ‘09.
Peg Parker P’65, ‘70, ‘79, performing arts teacher Sonya Baehr, Rosalie
Friedland P’07.
Jack Riddle, Sean Carberry ‘06, Stephen Carberry P’06.
Linda Williams, headmaster emeritus Bill Williams, associate director of
development Maureen Sapega P’99, ‘03, ‘07.
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Poly faculty: Ed Ruck P’95, ‘97, Louise Forsyth P’03, Vanessa Ruck, Matt
Roventini ’92, Patti Tycenski Mastro, Ralph Herreros P’90, ‘94.
Coach Harlow Parker P’65, ‘70, ‘79, Jack Riddle, Peg Parker P’65, ‘70, ‘79.
Vicki Hasson ’88, Marilyn Hasson, Paulette Hasson P’85, ’88, Raquel
Herreros P’90, ‘94.
John Avellino ’65, Steve Ellman ’67.
Director of alumni relations Lisa Della Pietra ’86, John Regan ’86, Kimberly
Regan, headmaster David B. Harman P’06, associate director of admissions
Kristin Harman P’06, Isabel Malkin, Peter Malkin ’51.
Heather Donahue, Christy McDonough, Lauren Carnighan, Kate Happel.
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Connecting through Creativity
Form III Student’s Artwork Resonates as Powerful, Empathic
Last year in Neddi Heller’s Grade 8 art class, student
Paige Anderson was not awash in feelings of artistic
inspiration—she was a little distressed by the task
that lay ahead of her. Heller’s students were assigned
to create art inspired by Hurricane Katrina.
“I had a friend in my English class who was here
because she had to leave her home in New Orleans,”
Anderson said. “It was hard to imagine the suffering
those people went through, and I did not want to ask
my friend about it—I didn’t want to make her think
about it. I think I was able to express how sad I felt
for them, though.”
Out of that sadness Paige created a collage titled
“Hurricane Katrina” that nearly a year later is still
receiving accolades for its strong composition, as
well as its resonance with audiences as a powerfully
empathic response to tragedy.
In the aftermath of Katrina, Heller felt some
distress, as well, as she struggled with how to help
students cope with their feelings about the disaster,
which occurred only days after the beginning of the
school year.
“When Katrina happened, I wanted to help the
kids find a way to express how they felt about what
was going on,” Heller said. “I made the connection
with collage first because they were being bombarded
with images, and I wanted to help them make sense
of what they were seeing.”
Heller made a second connection to the
experience for her students by teaching the work of
prolific artist Romare Bearden, who was noted for
his richly textured collages. In all media he worked
in, Bearden commented on and celebrated various
aspects of the African-American experience.
“Bearden loved jazz music, and it figured heavily
in some of his work. New Orleans represented
jazz for our country—that element of our American
heritage is deeply rooted there,” Heller said. “I
wanted students to know the greatness of New
Orleans and thought that looking at Bearden’s work
could help them understand that and help them make
their own connections to the event and to that part of
the country.”
Heller’s students produced Katrina-inspired
collages that varied as broadly in their scope as they
did in their visual presentation.
“Some students spoke out against the
government with their art, while other pieces were
more Matisse-like,” Heller recalled. “Overall, the
work was strong, but Paige’s collage really stood out.”
Anderson employed very simple elements to
symbolize loss and displacement in her awardwinning
piece. A home floating in water, a cat, and
an uprooted tree served as important components
of the design, which has evoked powerful emotional
responses in many who have viewed it. She worked
closely with Heller to hone the paper-tearing
techniques used to create collage, and together the
two explored strategies for expressing certain ideas
through color.
Anderson was first honored with a Gold Key
award by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.
She was one of more than 200 New York–area teens
recognized as emerging artists by the Scholastic Art
& Writing Awards, sponsored by the Alliance. As
part of this, she was acknowledged at a ceremony
on April 6, 2006, at the Brooklyn Museum, and the
piece was displayed there throughout the month.
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Anderson’s award-winning “Hurricane Katrina”
“Hurricane Katrina” was then chosen as one
of only 25 student creations nationwide to be put
on display at the U.S. Department of Education in
Washington, DC, from December 4, 2006, through
January 31, 2007. Anderson and her family were
invited to attend a special reception at the White
House, where she received a private tour of the
famous residence, as well as the Capitol.
“I was really excited to get to go to Washington
for the day,” Anderson said. “I got to meet the
other students whose art was selected, and we were
interviewed by Scholastic for a video. We also saw
[British Prime Minister] Tony Blair, which was
exciting.”
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are given
out yearly, but Anderson’s work was recognized
as part of a special initiative of the Alliance,
“Kids Reconstruct with Creativity.” This project
exhibits original artwork and writing created by
young people of all ages in response to Hurricanes
Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. It is similar to a former
project of the Alliance, “ARTifacts: Kids Respond
to a World in Crisis,” started as a response to the
events of 9/11.
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Learning on the Islands: Charlie Cullen ’08, Reid Pierce ’08, Park Cannon ’09, Hillary Dalldorf ’09, Sophia Porotsky ’08, Mae Carlson ’08
T R E T U R N T O g a l a p a g o s
he first time Science Department chair Sandy
Bornstein went to the Galapagos Islands, it was the trip
of a lifetime. She had no idea she would soon be turning
it into the course of a lifetime.
In summer 2005, shortly after returning from her
first Galapagos trip, sponsored by a Williams Chair
grant, Bornstein made a presentation for the Science
Department.
Around the same time, fellow science teacher
Suzanne Wolbers was energetically pursuing travel
options for students. She found a company that runs
educational tours and took a teachers’ trip offered
over winter break. Conversations between the two
soon spurred the idea of returning to Galapagos with
students and turning the experience into a course on
evolutionary theory.
“Since Suzanne had success with the company for
her trip to Costa Rica, we started seriously thinking
about the possibility of going back to Galapagos
with students and making it a class,” Bornstein said.
“Everything we experienced during our first trips to
the islands seemed perfectly suited for the field trip
component of a course.”
And so it began—a summer elective for credit. A
first for Poly, and a first for Bornstein. While all new
courses require substantial planning, this one was
unique in both the scope of its development and the
unusual timing.
“We wanted to ensure that the students would be
ready for the trip, which meant a significant amount of
reading,” Bornstein said. “And we had to find a way to
make sure there was time enough to prepare and make
our way through the material before we set out on the
trip.”
The students began coursework in the spring
and met in the summer a few times before the July
excursion. The teachers engaged their class in
writing-to-think activities, which involve presenting
students with material slightly beyond their normal
range and then helping them implement strategies for
comprehension.
“Galapagos was for Darwin the centerpiece of his
evolutionary theory,” Bornstein said. “So, it was logical
for students in the course to know Darwin first.”
The coursework incorporated reading and analysis
of texts including a special issue of Natural History
magazine on Darwin’s work and modern evolutionary
theory, as well as Jonathan Weiner’s Pulitzer Prize–
winning The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our
Time. Bornstein thought that Weiner’s book provided
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HilLary Dalldorf—Magnificent frigates
“The most brilliant and graceful bird is the Frigatebird.
They constantly followed us on our voyage aboard
our ship, the Floreana, flying off our draft, and they
were everywhere on the island of North Seymour.
The Magnificent Frigatebird’s courtship displays
are amazing to watch, and to me they look just like
humans trying to get the attention of girls in a club.
The male Frigatebird has a huge red throat sac that he
inflates over about a 20-minute period. This enlarged
throat or gular sac shows the females who fly overhead
that the males are ‘single’ and looking for a
mate. They flap their beaks against this sac making
the strangest noise. They spread their enormous wings
(about seven feet across) and flap them strenuously.
The soaring females are looking for a male with the
‘most red’ throat or the longest wingspan.”
the perfect initiation into what the students would be
setting out to accomplish.
“The Beak of the Finch follows a husband-and-wife
research team, the Grants, who have spent twenty years
in the Galapagos observing finches in order to study
how natural selection plays itself out in the real world,”
Bornstein said. “Their observations, their study of
the environment was very similar to what we hoped
students would be doing as we hiked on the islands
ourselves.”
While still in the planning stages, the teachers
knew that they would end the course with a traditional
term paper but also wanted to encourage students to
hone their observational skills in the field. Students
would eventually record their Galapagos experiences
in a daily journal that incorporated writing and
photography.
Determining which students would get to
participate in this unique course was carefully thought
about, as well. Bornstein and Wolbers designed an
application to learn about students’ interest in the
summer elective and help narrow the field if needed.
“We knew we wanted kids connected to biology,”
Bornstein said. “We were thrilled and felt fortunate
that all the students who applied were ready for the
challenge.”
Four rising juniors and two rising sophomores
submitted applications in December 2005, and all six
were accepted for the course. Juniors Mae Carlson,
Charlie Cullen, Sophia Porotsky, and Reid Pierce and
sophomores Park Cannon and Hillary Dalldorf all
gladly met the demands of the challenging course load.
Unfortunately, Wolbers broke her arm before the trip
and was unable to attend. A friend of Bornstein stepped
in at the last minute to help chaperone the group.
The days of the trip were filled with vigorous
physical activity in addition to the nonstop educational
experiences, an aspect that added to the overall appeal
of the class, according to Bornstein.
“We went on two hikes each day and one snorkeling
trip each day,” she said. “The boat was our home. The
days were packed with activities and exploring. I know
the students were exhausted at the end of each day, but
it was definitely worth the exhaustion.”
One of the most important lessons the students
learned while in Galapagos was how conservation is
viewed as paramount among the natives and visitors
alike. The students’ guide Jorge made it clear to
them and other visitors that respecting the natural
environment on the island meant looking but not
touching. This warning resonated even more when the
group witnessed some people violating the rule.
“One day our kids saw another guide with a tourist
group walking on sand dunes where the sea turtles lay
their eggs,” Bornstein recalled. “Jorge approached him
about this, but the guide ignored him. So Jorge, along
with another experienced guide, got the offender’s
information and told him that he was going to be
reported to the Park Service. The younger guide reined
in his tour group and got back on the well-marked
trail. It really reinforced this critical message with our
students. We were there as a privilege, but preserving
the natural environment and the habitats of so many
animals comes before anything else.”
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soPhia PorotsKy—sEa Lions
“Yesterday we landed on North Seymour. it was a dry landing and we started out on a nice hike. After getting to
the top of a small cliff, we saw that two baby sea lions were waiting for us.
Everytime i see the sea lions i feel like they are posing for the camera, holding a position, craning their neck
backwards, holding still until we were done!
Today we landed on a beach on the island of Española, which again contained so many sea lions! i have
noticed that i am especially interested in sea lions.”
charLiE cuLLEn—darWinian finchEs
“On the way back we spotted many of the
famous Darwinian Finches of the Galapagos.
Our guide could easily tell what species
each fi nch was. i found this impressive considering that
there are hundreds of different species of
he first nches time on Science the islands. Department The Darwinian Chair Sandy Finches
Bornstein went have to been the the Galapagos focus of Islands, many scientists it was the and trip of
a lifetime. She had naturalists no idea she who would visit the soon Galapagos. be turning it
into the course of a lifetime. Their varying
In summer 2005, shortly after returning beak sizes from are her
first Galapagos trip, sponsored by a Williams studied Chair to show
grant, Bornstein made a presentation the for effects the Science of
Department.
rapid evolution.”
Around the same time, fellow science teacher
Suzanne Wolbers was energetically pursuing travel
options for students. She found a company that runs
educational tours and took a teachers’ trip offered over
winter break. Conversations between the two soon
spurred the idea of returning to Galapagos with students
and turning the experience into a course on evolutionary
theory.
“Since Suzanne had success with the company for
MaE carLson—LonEsoME gEorgE
“At the Charles Darwin Research Center on Santa Cruz,
we saw a tortoise called “Lonesome George.” He is the
last remaining tortoise from pinta island and he won’t mate
with the other females they provide for him that come from
the other islands—which is why he is lonesome.”
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S O M A N Y Q U E S T i O N S . . .
in the fall, enthusiastic Lower School students were treated to a slide show by Sandy bornstein, giving them a look at
some of the amazing creatures she observed on her trip to the Galapagos islands. There were so many questions posed
by curious students, she had to stay after the presentation and host a separate Q&A session.
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Whether Big or Small, Poly
The Faculty Mentor/Mentee Program began several
years ago to help new teachers get acquainted with
the culture of the school and adjust to their new
environment. And just as Poly welcomes new teachers
each year, long-time faculty member Susan Beiles
welcomed a new position this year—dean of faculty.
In this role, she has taken on the Mentor/Mentee
Program and brings to it her years of experience.
“We want the mentor to be a safe harbor,” said
Beiles. “All new teachers have an academic mentor
in their respective departments, so the idea of the
mentor in this program is to provide new faculty
with someone who can help them get to know Poly
and provide a fresh perspective for the transition—
someone with whom they wouldn’t otherwise work
regularly.”
Beiles convened with Upper School head Bud
Cox and Middle School head Larry Patton ’82 to put
together this year’s pairs. One very successful match
is veteran Poly science teacher Bobbie Swain and her
mentee, English teacher Marisa Gomez. New to Poly
and to New York, Gomez arrived just last summer, not
long before meeting Swain for an introductory lunch.
“We met at Chadwick’s—my favorite restaurant,”
said Swain. “I was looking forward to the opportunity
to get to know Marisa and talk a bit about Poly before
school began. I was glad that we got along so well.”
This was Swain’s first year to formally act as a
mentor, but she’s no stranger to providing teachers
with much-needed assistance. This is her twentyfourth
year at Poly and her thirty-seventh year
teaching, so she has definitely had time to develop
strategies for managing the various aspects of the
job—an element that figured into Beiles’s plan.
“Our approach acknowledges that not all teachers
new to Poly need exactly the same thing, so we try to
pair people based on specific needs and strengths,”
she said. “Bobbie is very outgoing and is comfortable
sharing what she knows about Poly, and we thought
that would make her a perfect fit for someone like
Marisa, who has a lot of teaching experience but was
new to our school.”
At the start of the school year, Gomez was new to the
city, but she brought 14 years of teaching experience
to Poly. She came from Trinity Valley School, a K–12,
co-ed, college prep school in Ft. Worth, Texas, so
she was already familiar with the country day school
environment. She felt at ease with Swain immediately
and thought that their relationship exceeded her
expectations.
“I have been a mentor myself, both to brand new
teachers and to experienced ones who’ve come from
another state, so I can appreciate what Bobbie is
trying to do,” Gomez said. “I understand the need for
the relationship, and she does, too. It’s great to have
someone I can go to with questions.”
The two continue to meet regularly at the scheduled
monthly meetings required of the program, and they
sneak in a quick informal meeting from time to time.
Due in part to Swain’s help, Gomez felt she had settled
in perfectly to both her in-school and out-of-school
surroundings at the mid-year mark.
“Just before winter break I became comfortable
with the routine—all of it, the parts specific to Poly
and the other New York aspects, like navigating the
subways and walking everywhere,” Gomez said.
“Upon first coming here, I instinctively felt that Poly
was a good place for me professionally; I felt I could fit
in and contribute. I would say that Bobbie has been
great support for that transition.”
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Provides Partners to Help Learn the Ropes
T
he Mansion can seem big and daunting to some
of Poly’s littlest, but teachers helped them start the
year off right by matching up youngsters with older
counterparts for a regular activity called Buddy Time.
A favorite component of the Lower School
Community Time assemblies, Buddy Time involves
students pairing off in twos for encounters designed
to build social skills. Pre-K students are matched
with first graders, and kindergarteners with second
graders. Nursery students buddy-up with others in
their class.
Teachers organize activities for these special
meetings that allow older students opportunities to
lead and encourage younger students to learn from
the big kids.
“The older children are embracing and protective,
and the younger children made to feel so special and
important,” said Kindergarten A head teacher Risa
Novikoff.
Together buddies build with blocks, read to
each other, and meet up for special holiday fun. For
Valentine’s Day, students created a friendship quilt
and made valentines with friendly messages for their
buddies. One very popular Buddy Time had students
drawing their buddies’ portraits.
The special friendships created extend beyond
Buddy Time. “Even when we are not officially
together, as they pass each other’s classroom, they
call in greetings and wave to each other as they pass
in the hallway,” Novikoff said. “The experience is
the embodiment of our work focusing on respect and
caring, and celebrating what is truly most important
in life.”
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HAVE YOU
SEEN THE STEEL?
the team working on the
lower School addition has
persevered through some
harsh winter weather to stay
on schedule. And the new
York heat won’t stop the show
either. Crews will be working
throughout the summer to
fi nish the addition in time for
the 2007–2008 school year.
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A
CONSTRUCTIVE
EDUCATION
lower School Students
Can’t Wait for the
new Addition to the Mansion—
they’re learning from It now
by Laura Butchy
As progress continues on the
Lower School construction project
and the hum of machinery greets
students on their way to school,
the work outside also plays a role
inside—it’s a teaching tool.
The flurry of construction
has captured the imaginations
of Nursery and Kindergarten
students, and teachers have
used the opportunity to develop
construction curricula.
“Both Kindergarten classes
are visiting the site, talking to the
foreman, and documenting what
they see with drawings,” explained
Kindergarten B teacher
Laurie Green.
After one visit to the
construction site,
Kindergarten B
children made
a list of what
they saw:
a cement
truck, an
excavator,
a digger,
bricks, a broken wall, a
cement bucket, rocks,
dust, dirt, a big hole,
wood, a hood on the
bucket, and a man in a
truck. The students also
made pencil drawings
of what they observed.
Though the work isn’t
audible from the classroom, they
sometimes observe the action
out the window and discuss what
they see happening and what the
workers have to know to do the
things they do.
“We visit at least once a week,
sometimes twice,” Green said.
“We work in the room to recreate
what they are seeing outside.”
In addition to drawing, Green
has had the children focus some
of their block building on the
construction. After watching the
cement mixer out their window,
the children built a cement mixer,
an excavator, and the school’s wall
out of blocks.
Kindergarten A began the
year by drawing pictures of how
they imagined the new building
will look. Activities since then
have included block building
and discussion of what the new
building will bring the students.
“We recently read A House for
Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle,” added
Risa Novikoff, Kindergarten A
head teacher. “This is a story of
how the hermit crab outgrows
his old shell and searches for a
new and larger one. The children
are very astute and were able to
compare the
crab’s need
to our own
for a larger
and more
suitable
facility to
thrive and
learn in.”
Nursery students have begun to
appreciate the construction as
well. Irwin Tawil has read quite
a few books about construction
machinery to his Nursery B class,
such as Mike Mulligan and His
Steam Shovel.
“We’ve gone to the site several
times, taken pictures, and studied
the machinery that they’re using,”
Tawil said. The class has checked
on the construction’s progress
weekly, either in person or
through the window. They’ve also
collected dirt and rocks from the
yard to use in their sand table.
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Two Great Poly Endeavors,
Both the Poly Store and Poly Archives reached milestones in 2006 —they got their own employees
Eileen Avvocato P’12 has settled
comfortably into her new role as
Poly’s first paid Store manager.
Her position, which includes
managing the Store, monitoring
attendance, and distributing
books, was created by Poly’s
Business Office last spring. The
arrangement provides Poly with a
knowledgeable employee familiar
with the school to help the Store
achieve one of its primary goals:
providing a place for students to
purchase supplies during school
hours. While her daughter only
started at Poly a few short years
ago, Avvocato’s history with the
school goes back many years—a
fact that makes her new position
extra-special.
“I was born and raised in
Brooklyn, and my brothers
graduated from Poly in the
seventies,” Avvocato said. “My
mother was always very involved
in volunteering here, and
although I didn’t go here, I always
wanted my daughter to come to
Poly. I knew when she did that I
would definitely volunteer, too.”
And volunteer she did. Prior
to holding the Store manager
position, Avvocato worked with
other moms to help get the
venture up and running.
Store cofounder and former
Parents’ Association president
Jo-Ann Kalb P’08 said there were
several objectives behind the
Store’s development. In 2005,
she and cofounder Janet Krombar
P’06 noticed that while there was
a lot of Poly merchandise available
at various events, there was no
centralized location from which it
could be purchased. Kalb then met
Avvocato, who said that if a store
was created, she would gladly
volunteer.
Another initial goal was to
provide additional funding for
student activities on campus. As
the Store has evolved into a joint
venture between Poly and the
Parents’ Association, the profit
structure has evolved to distribute
funds to even more areas. Onethird
of the Store’s profits goes
to student enrichment activities,
one-third goes to student clubs,
and one-third goes to athletics.
Always bustling with activity,
the Poly Store now resides in
room 014, across from the girls’
locker room. While Avvocato
manages the location during
the week, she often opens the
Store at satellite locations during
special events, like Homecoming.
During these times, the Store
relies on volunteers to help keep it
adequately staffed.
Avvocato said there are great
things ahead for the Store in the
coming months. She recently
completed inventory on the entire
stock and is currently turning her
attention toward ordering new
merchandise and making all of it
available online.
“It’s really exciting,” Avvocato
said. “I’ve been getting calls from
alums wanting to know if we’re
online, and I’m so glad I can say
that soon we will be!”
To learn more about the Poly Store
contact Eileen Avvocato at
(718) 836-9800, ext. 367, or
eavvocato@polyprep.org.
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Two Dedicated Poly Moms
In 2006, Ann-Marie Werner
gladly added “archivist” to her list
of titles. The Parents’ Association
Middle School vice president and
proud mother of four (Justin ’06,
Annie ’10, Sarah ’11, Charlotte ’13)
is very familiar with the school’s
ins and outs and seems perfectly
suited to the part-time position
created especially for her in the
vast and growing Poly Archives.
“I had wanted to return to
work, but most of the opportunities
I found needed a fulltime
commitment,” Werner said.
“I’m the primary caregiver for
my parents, and because of that I
really needed something flexible.
So, one day Robert Aberlin
brought up that the school needed
someone to work in the Archives
part-time, and it all came alive.
We were on exactly the same
wavelength.”
Werner’s first weeks on the
job were spent working with
Rachael Myers of the Winthrop
Group, an archival management
firm. Myers had been working in
the Archives for over a year when
Werner was brought on board, and
the reciprocal relationship the two
developed proved very beneficial.
“It has been great for me to
be able to work with Rachael.
She has been getting me up to
speed on everything we have and
teaching me how to properly treat
the materials,” Werner said. “And
because I have my own knowledge
of the school, while Rachael
shows me materials, I can actually
identify teachers and other
people.”
A lot of progress has been
made on simply getting the bulk
of Poly’s artifacts under one
roof. Currently, the materials on
campus fill three rooms. As the
archives are catalogued, they will
eventually reside in the beautiful
space designated on the third
floor of the Alumni House. In this
room, a plaque honors Patricia
Gauvey P’03, ’05, chair of Poly’s
Sesquicentennial Celebration,
who, along with Aberlin, originally
championed the idea of having a
formal Poly Archives and worked
hard to make it a reality. Werner
definitely feels like a beneficiary
of these efforts.
“Even when my kids were new
to the school, I just immediately
loved it here. The parents are
smart people with great kids,”
Werner said. “Pat Gauvey did
tremendous work to get the
Archives off the ground, and
I’m so glad I get to be a part of it.
Every day I find new treasures.”
To learn more about the Poly Archives
contact Ann-Marie Werner at
(718) 836-9800, ext. 370.
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When he’s not at Poly, Joe Calabrese ’11 throws a mean fastball for Staten
Island’s Mid-Island All-Stars. But beyond his exceptional pitching,
Calabrese made news last summer for his outstanding acts of
sportsmanship.
In the game that sent them to the Little League World Series
in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Calabrese and teammates bested
competitors from Livingston, New Jersey. As the boys from Staten
Island took their victory lap, they stopped midway through, and
Calabrese told the other team, “You guys go
first,” inviting them to lead the celebratory
run around the field and past the bleachers
full of fans. Steve Politi of the New Jersey
Star-Ledger wrote a piece dedicated to
this act and called it “as valuable as
the trip to Williamsport.”
When the All-Stars lost
their final game in the series,
Calabrese stepped in again
to console a teammate
visibly saddened by the
loss. This deed also
captured the attention
of the local press.
Poly baseball
coach Matt Roventini
’92 said he was
not surprised at
the news, as
Calabrese regularly
demonstrates good
character both on
and off the field.
“Joe is not only an
excellent baseball
player but a hard
worker and great
teammate,” he said.
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A Tribute to Teachers
Too often the obvious is
overlooked or forgotten. So,
sometimes the obvious merits
repeating.
My wife, Anne, teaches at Hackley.
I have attended her classes, and I have
a file of letters from her students and
from parents of her students thanking
her, in the case of the parents, for what
she has done for their children, and in
the case of her students, for what she
has done for them.
I tell Anne and her colleagues
that they do more for mankind in one
day than I, as a lawyer, have done in a
lifetime.
It is said that if you can’t do, you
teach. What an arrogant, condescending
concept! Teaching is doing! Teachers
are the infrastructure of our educational
system; they are the foundation of
progress. They deserve our thanks,
respect, and applause as much, if not
more so, than the captains of business
and the presidents, princes, and
potentates; for without the teachers,
there would be few of them.
The best investment a nation
can make is in the education of its
children. And one of the essential
responsibilities of the parents of those
children is to instill in them a work
ethic: to do their job, regardless of
whether they like it or hate it, as best
they can, with the goal being to do the
job as best as it can be done.
Peter Siviglia ’57
When not extolling the virtues of teaching,
Peter Siviglia is a lawyer and author. His
recent book Contracts and Negotiating
for the Businessperson: You and Your
Lawyer was published in December by
Carolina Academic Press.
Poly teachers past and present enjoyed an Evening to celebrate teaching in
november. Photo 1: Liane dougherty, Kevin roth ‘86, susan Beiles.
2: steven andersen ‘71, dorothy donovan. 3: gil feldman ‘42, Lori W. redell.
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There are still 982 reasons to give.
The Annual Fund provides essential assistance in
maintaining the tradition of excellence that has
flourished at Poly Prep for more than 150 years.
Your gift sustains all of the diverse programs
supporting Poly’s mission to prepare students
for life by fostering learning, health, leadership,
community responsibility and, above all, character.
To make a gift by credit card, please visit
www.polyprep.org/common/giving/online.asp or
call (718) 836-9800, ext. 382.
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Chairman Vincent J. Vigorita MD, ’68, P’96, ’99
Vice Chairman John B. Madden Jr., Esq., ’72
Treasurer David M. Womack P’14, ’16
Secretary Grace M. Sawyer P’82
Assistant Secretary Richard Mizrack Esq., ’60
Cynthia Capone ’88
Michael A. Correra ’87
Charles M. Diker ’52
Jeffrey S. Ferraro ’88
Susanna Furfaro MD, P’13, ’15
Karen E. Burke Goulandris MD, PhD, P’15
Richard L. Grand-Jean P’05, ’08
Andrew F. Gurley ’55
Alan M. Kantrow MD, ’65
Thomas H. Parker ’65
Stephen M. Raphael Esq., ’59
Robert G. Sabbagh ’87
Richard B. Saltzman ’73
Victor M. Samra Jr., ’59
Malcolm P. Travelstead P’93, ’96
Peg Tyre P’10
Trustee Emeritus Clifford Barr Esq., ’48
Trustee Emeritus Harry J. Petchesky ’55
Trustee Emeritus Nathan K. Trynin ’48
Headmaster Emeritus William M. Williams

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A significant indication of a school’s strength
is its ability to sustain philanthropic support.
In these pages, we have the opportunity to
recognize the generosity and philanthropy
of our alumni, parents, and friends through
the success of the Annual Fund and other
fundraising initiatives.
Thankfully, the commitment to provide
students at Poly Prep with an outstanding
independent school education continues, as
it has for more than 150 years. Support in the
Poly Prep community is strong and growing.
This support is what allows us to embrace and
uphold excellence and to chart a course for
ongoing success. For those who have served in
a volunteer capacity in a fundraising event, we
are indebted to you for your loyalty, time, and
effort.
My final words are simple: Thank you. Thank
you on behalf of the board of trustees and on
behalf of the faculty and administration that
continue to make this a great school. It is your
generosity, your enthusiasm for our mission,
and your commitment to Poly Prep—its students and their education—that makes all of this possible. For this
we are truly grateful.
Sincerely,
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The 2005–2006 school year was an
exciting one at Poly Prep. Building on
the success of our Sesquicentennial
celebration, we enjoyed exceptional
attendance by alumni, parents, faculty,
staff, and friends for Homecoming in
the fall and Special Reunion Day in the
spring. In addition to attending these
and many other festive activities on
both campuses, hundreds of parent
volunteers offered their time and
talents to assist Poly’s various student
groups and activities.
Alumni and parents also
demonstrated their enthusiasm for
Poly with generous financial support,
which shows the commitment of
our community to Poly’s mission:
to prepare students for college and
for life by fostering learning, health,
leadership, community responsibility,
and above all, character.
The true beneficiaries of this support
are, of course, our diverse and talented students. Your contributions also sustain Poly’s remarkable and
dedicated faculty, allowing our teachers to grow professionally and further develop the myriad programs and
activities that enrich our students’ education. Together, we prepare our capable students to make a difference
in an ever-changing world.
Thank you for supporting Poly Prep. Your ongoing generosity and loyalty are deeply appreciated.
Sincerely,
David B. Harman
Headmaster
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The Poly Prep Annual Fund is the cornerstone of all fundraising at Poly Prep. The Annual Fund
generates revenue that supports the operating budget, providing vital support for core activities and new program
development. Gifts to the Annual Fund support all of Poly’s diverse programs and facilities, helping us to provide
for financial aid, student and faculty programs, and improvements to campus facilities and technology.
As is true of most independent schools, tuition does not cover the full cost of educating our students.
Every year, devoted Poly parents, alumni, parents of alumni, faculty, staff, and friends support the Annual Fund,
helping to close that gap. Your gift helps fulfill Poly’s mission to prepare students for college and for life by
fostering learning, health, leadership, community responsibility, and, above all, character.
Gifts are tax-deductible, and you will receive an acknowledgment by mail from the Development Office
for your records. If you have not received an acknowledgement of your gift, please contact ncadogan@polyprep.org.
Contributions to the Annual Fund may be made via credit card, check, or stock gifts. You may make credit
card gifts online at www.polyprep.org/common/giving/default.asp or by calling (718) 836-9800, ext. 382. Checks
may be mailed to:
Development Office
Poly Prep Country Day School
9216 Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11228
Thank you for giving to Poly Prep!
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ParEnts’ association EXEcutiVE Board 2005–2006
President:
Upper School Vice Presidents:
Middle School Vice Presidents:
Lower School Vice President:
Vice Presidents At-Large:
Secretary:
Treasurers:
Jo-Ann Kalb
Devorah Fong-Rifkind, Sandy Nager
Becky McDevitt, AnneMarie Colandrea
Denise Neibel
Ann-Marie Werner, Faith Drobbin
Alberta Pitrone-Thompson
Diane Steinberg, Helen Levine
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Grade 12:
Grade 11:
Grade 10:
Grade 9:
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Grade 7:
Grade 6:
Grade 5:
Grade 4:
aLuMni association Board of goVErnors 2005–2006
Francine Jacques, Marcia Reilly
Jacqueline Charles, Beverly Kalban
Devorah Fong Rifkind
Lisa Rose, Mindy Werner
Angela Reinertsen
Marilyn Ceci
Noreen Axon, Margherita Caso
Nancy Rizzuto
Patricia Hurtado
Interim President: Steven G. Goldberg ’71
Vice President, Awards Committee: Matthew O. Walsh ’92
Vice President, Fundraising Committee: Christopher V. Della Pietra ’85
Vice President, NY Events Committee: Jason Goldberg ’94
Vice President, Networking and Mentoring Committee: John Artise ’65
Vice President Emeritus: Gilbert H. Feldman ’42
Mark Ahasic ’95 Danielle Basso ’90
William Basso ’89 Harold Bernieri ’85
Mitchell G. Bernstein ’66 Marianne Bertuna ’94
Robin Bramwell ’86 Andrew Brandman ’87
Lawrence S. Brandman ’78 Jessica Brooks ’91
Victoria DeLuca ’92 Samantha L. DiGennaro ’88
Lawrence F. DiGiovanna ’69 Jeffrey S. Ferraro ’88
Nicholas A . Gravante ’78 Gary E. Hanna ’84
Raymund Lansigan ’00 Peter S. Liebert ’53
Nadia Mastromichalis ’94 Kristerfor Mastronardi ’95
Robert G. Sabbagh ’87 Gerry I. Scher ’49
Armin M. Tehrany ’87 Vincent J. Vigorita ’68
Fred H. Werner ’54 Paul A . Zola ’53
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The Tower Society recognizes annual leadership giving by some of Poly Prep’s most devoted alumni, parents, and
friends. The Society recognizes its members for their ongoing generosity and provides them with opportunities to
develop a closer relationship with Poly. Members are recognized annually at four giving levels, based on the total amount
of gifts and pledge payments made in the fiscal year starting July 1 and ending June 30.
MEMBErshiP LEVELs
Sesquicentennial Council ($25,000 or more)
Headmaster’s Advocates ($10,000-$24,999)
Trustees’ Associates ($5,000-$9,999)
Founder’s Circle ($2,000-$4,999)
The Tower Society exemplifies the selfless leadership and dedication of those who have helped to build Poly into the
outstanding institution it is today and want to preserve and continue Poly’s mission for the future.
Thank you to our many loyal 2005–2006 Tower Society members!

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sEsQuicEntEnniaL counciL
($25,000 and highEr)
Edgar and Clarissa Bronfman
Lois Carswell
Robert Carswell ’45
Richard Cashin
Michael and Kathleen Clark
Michael Correra ’87
Stephen Ehrlich ’51
Allan Goldman
Peter Goulandris and
Karen Burke Goulandris
Everardo Goyanes ’61
Andrew Gurley ’55
Frank Heller and Cathy Duffy
Timothy and Stephanie Ingrassia
John Jordan, II
Peter and Maureen Lee
John Madden, Jr. ’72
Peter Malkin ’51
Stephen and Joanna Meringoff
Maurice Rindskopf ’34
Victor Samra, Jr. ’59
Marion Seltzer
Scott Smith ’75
William Spinelli and
Elizabeth Comerford
Joseph and Diane Steinberg
hEadMastEr’s adVocatEs
($10,000-$24,999)
Howard Aibel ’46
Paul Atanasio
Clifford Barr ’48
Joseph and Monda Bassil
David and Gail Bell
Francis Castellano ’84
Sandra Della Pietra
Charles Diker ’52
John and Janice DiNaso
John and Rose Franco
Maurizio and Tracy Gazzani
John and Kiendel Gordon
Donald and Meryl Gummer
Jeffrey Halis and
Nancy Lippman Halis
K. Eric Knutsen ’56
Arthur Levitt, Jr. ’48
Bill Lienhard and Launa Schweizer
Robert Sabbagh ’87
Steve and Laura Schirripa
Joseph and Phyllis Serino
Howard Smith, Jr. ’76 and
Pamela Smith
Vincent Vigorita ’68
Wayne Warnock and
Elizabeth Howard-Warnock
David Winder
Paul and Jeanne Zaykowski
trustEEs’ associatEs
($5,000-$9,999)
Anonymous
Robert Aberlin ’62
Christopher and Francesca Beale
Lawrence and Elizabeth Becker
Robert and Mary Belknap
Thomas Blankley ’38
Robert Chiarello ’55
Edmund Davis ’42
Christopher V. Della Pietra ’85
Lisa Della Pietra ’86
Stephen Ellman ’67 and
Martha Ellman
Vincent and Ingrid Gallo
Rita Grady
Nicholas Gravante, Jr. ’78 and
Jacqueline Gravante
John Herbert and Patricia Gauvey
Alan Kantrow ’65
Scott and Karen Langan
Peter Liebert ’53
James Louis ’56
George Malin ’57
David and Doris May
Nihad and Ghada Owaid
Harry Petchesky ’55
Gerald Pietroforte and
Margot Schonholtz
Robert Reardon ’46
Kevin and Marcia Reilly
Kenneth and Amy Ross
Richard Saltzman ’73
Anthony Scicchitano
Robert and Susan Semmens
Harold Theurer, Jr. ’75 and
Lynne Theurer ’81
Mel and Sherian Weiss
Thomas Whitford and
Beverly Lev Whitford
H. Willard Zeitz ’50
foundEr’s circLE
($2,000-$4,999)
Anonymous
Arthur Aidala ’85
Norman Alshooler and
Abigail Boucher Alshooler
Michael Anastasio ’86
Thomas and Noreen Axon
William Basso ’89 and
Danielle (Sabbagh) Basso ’90
Lynn Bergman
Kenneth Bernstein ‘79
Mitchell Bernstein
Louis and Carrie Besser
Anthony and Nancy Bowe
Lawrence Brandman ‘78
Stephen Brandman ‘81
Allen Brush ‘31
Gordon Bunsick ‘56
(In memoriam)
Anthony and Barbara Carbone
Roberto Caridi and
Jessica Grossman
Laurence Chertoff and
Rose Gasner
Prem and Kamini Cohly
Joseph Colandrea
Michael Colleton ‘56
Richard Conn ‘49
Robert Cort ‘64
Walter Cowell ‘33
Herbert Coyne ‘44
Bruce Cutler ‘66
Denise Dahldorf
Rami and May Daya
John and Linda DeAngelis
Richard Debs ‘48
Arthur Delmhorst ‘56
James and Lisa Dempsey
Howard Dicker ‘80
John Dioso and Melissa Morgan
Bruce Ducker ‘56
Jeffrey Ferraro ’88
Jacquin Fink ‘54
Eileen Finn
Eugene Flamm ‘54
Neal and Patricia Forman
Robert Fraiman ‘47
Diego Giurleo and
Susanna Furfaro
Thomas Goddard ‘59
Stuart Gold and
Michele Cardella
Stanley Goldfarb ‘61
Lewis and Dianne Goverman
Mark Greene ‘85
Ihab Khalifa and Lisa Grieco ‘82
Robert Gumer ‘72
David and Kristin Harman
Biff and Marisa Harney
John and Ingrid Healy
Raymond Herrmann, Jr. ‘38
Phillip Hogue and
Jeannette King
Howard Holtzmann ‘38
Hans and Betsy Humes
Noel and Sharon Humphreys
W. Murray and
Francine Jacques
Robert and Jo-Ann Kalb
Michael Katz ’81
Kevin and Carol Kelleher
Philip Kelly ’91 and
Danielle (Pannone) Kelly ’90
Robert Kleiger ’52
Bevin Koeppel ’43
Andrew Koven ’86
Stephen Krass ’56
Janet Krombar
Sampath and Coleen Kumar
Louis and Debbie Leone
Paul and Helen Levine
Steve Levitan ’78
Joseph and Tamra Lhota
Edward and Elena Lord
Philip and Maureen Maldari
Douglas Martin and
Suzanne O’Keefe
Estate of Kathleen Martin
Paul and Michele Mirman
Richard Mizrack ’60
Achille and Doreen Mogavero
David and Susan Noonan
Joseph and Paula Onah
Thomas Parker ’65
Douglas Patton ’79
Philip Perlman ’56
Robert and MaryAnne Petrozzo
Ramanathan and Samanthi Raju
Peter and Lori Redell
John Regan ’86
Hal Rose ’74 and Lisa Rose
James and Ellen Ross
Louis and Rosanna Ruggiero
Stephen and Maureen Sapega
Philip and Grace Sawyer
Andrew Schupak ’85
George Sherman ’41
Carla Sinatra ’86
Albert and Nadia Solecki
Frank and Jill Sorrentino
Robert Spatt ’73
Isabel Hill and David Sweeny
Bradley Thayer ’54
John and Pia Thermos
Lloyd and Alberta Thompson
Laura Torrado ’86
David and Barbara Tracy
Nathan Trynin ’48
David and Allison Womack
Glenn and Lisa Yost
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2005–2006 Annual Fund
Co-chairs
Monda Bassil
Phyllis Serino
2005–2006 Senior Gift Co-chairs:
Thomas and Beverly Lev Whitford
Christine and Vincent DiForte
The Senior Class Gift program,
established in 1980, contributes
to the Faculty Development Fund
each year. This Fund enables Poly
to send teachers to professional
development programs,
encouraging faculty members to
further their academic studies and
learn about new perspectives on
curriculum and classroom practice.
Last year’s Senior Class Gift also
supported the renovation of the
trophy room, which now provides
Poly’s accomplishments with an
impressive and welcoming home.
Thank you to our senior parents for
their support.
cL ass of 2006
Alexander Abramov
and Anna Kublanova
Joseph Aievoli, III
Norman Alshooler and
Abigail Boucher Alshooler
Steven Benfield and Sheila Patel
Salvatore and Ivy Benigno
Rhonda Boston
Edgar and Clarissa Bronfman
Carol Bryce-Buchanan
Fred and MaryAnn Cacace
John and Gina Caleca
John and Margaret Capotorto
Stephen and Susan Carberry
Timothy and Katherine Clifford
Mary Jane Coats
Lee and Elizabeth Davis
David and Regina D’Ecclesiis
Neil and Katia DeSarno
Anthony and
Elizabeth di Guglielmo
Craig and Martha Diesslin
Vincent and Christine DiForte
Michael and Joan Donohue
Francis and Liane Dougherty
Digno and Maria Duaban
Robert and Kathryn Francis
John and Rose Franco
Vincent and Ingrid Gallo
Nicholas Garaufis and
Elizabeth Seidman
Amarjit and Rabjot Gill
Paul and Susan Giovannini
Stephen Harris and Barbara Gonzo
Abigail Hastings
Albert and Dina He
Jonathan Holman
Anthony and Cathy Imperato
W. Murray and Francine Jacques
Ramiro and Vita Jimenez
Blake and Diane Johnson
Stephen and Robin Kahn
Richard and Gail Karpf
Bruce Katz
Ronald and Renée Katz
Kevin and Carol Kelleher
Laurence Kirwan and
June Anderson
Charles and Mary Krause
Janet Krombar
Sampath and Coleen Kumar
James Kunen and Lisa Karlin
Charles and Theresa LaRocca
Martin and Michelle Lassoff
Douglas and Anna Lazzaro
Peter and Maureen Lee
David and Donna Lichtenstein
Jacek and Bozena Lipiec
James and Judith Lothian
Robert Mancuso
Daniel and Valerie Martin
Douglas Martin and
Suzanne O’Keefe
Hugh McCarten and
Patricia Giovenco
Robert and Jeanne Meister
Daniel and Wendy Newman
Andrew and Joanne Olsen
Peter and Nancy Orofino
Mitch Pacelle and Laura Schnell
Salvatore and Joanne Papandrea
Robert and MaryAnne Petrozzo
William Pezzolo and
Maryellen Romano
Robert and Pearl Polifka
Joseph Prezioso
Maryann Prezioso
Andrzey and Katarzyna Radkowski
Ramanathan and Samanthi Raju
Leslie Ravitz and Debbie Dunn
Kevin and Marcia Reilly
John Rothman and Susan Bolotin
Elizabeth Savage
Harvey Schneier and Barrie Mandel
Parent Giving
Robert and Susan Semmens
Dino Sethi and Mary Kevlin
Michael and Christina Shorr
Howard and Pamela Smith
Ray and Maricruz Smith
William Swensen
Peter Tafuri
David and Barbara Tracy
Floyd and Gail Tupper
Michael and Kathy Weller
Justin and Ann-Marie Werner
Thomas Whitford and
Beverly Lev Whitford
Julius Spiegel and Suzanne Wolbers
Leonid Yagnatovsky and
Ilona Genis
Shao Wah Yiu and Yi Yun Yiu
Vinette Young
Robert and Joan Zaloom
Paul and Jeanne Zaykowski
Salvatore Zizza
70% participation
cL ass of 2007
Anonymous
Joel and Susan Barkan
David and Gail Bell
Leonard and Stella-Ann Belvedere
Charles Benanty
Lynn Bergman
Louis and Carrie Besser
Russell and Lynn Boardman
Robert and Victoria Boatti
Robert Burke and Julie Allen Burke
Benjamin Butler and
Natalie Ventzel-Butler
David and Marilyn Ceci
Lorenzo Chambers
Vikram Chandhok and Sarah Albert
Michael and Kathleen Clark
William Cullen, Jr.
Yvrose Darand
Roy and Karin DeCicco
John and Janice DiNaso
Russell D’Oench and Tani Takagi
Marc Donnenfeld and
Catherine Shannon
David Fidel and Ewa Smyk-Fidel
Anne Forward
Sheldon and Rosalie Friedland
Alisan Goldfarb
Lewis and Dianne Goverman
Inna Goykman-Baron and
Ilya Baron
Josephine Guzman-Delerme
Kenneth and Marlene Hochman
Robert Hurwitz and Carol Peterson
Colleen Johnson
Richard and Elise Langsam
John and Marilyn Lee
Paul and Helen Levine
Hilary Liberty and Joann Natoli
Edward and Elena Lord
Yitzhak and Diana Loria
Foster Maer and
Marcella Silverman
Daniel and Mary Ellen Manning
Samuel Masyr and
Ruth Greenfield Masyr
David and Doris May
Robert Mencher and
Deborah Schmieder
Arthur Miller and
Mary Rose Lee-Llacer
Roderick Morrison and
Lucy Rumack
Heidi Murray
Refael and Teresa Olya
Robert and Susan Plotz
William and Rose Putman
Ramanathan and Samanthi Raju
Paul and Wendy Rapisarda
Kevin and Marcia Reilly
Robert and Lucy Reitzfeld
Concepcion Rivera and Rosa Perez
April Rosenwach
Kenneth and Amy Ross
Stephen and Maureen Sapega
Wai-Man and Mo-Ying Seto
Nicholas and Caliopi Stratigakis
Frederic and Susan Umane
Robert and Jacqueline Weeman
Mel and Sherian Weiss
53% participation
cL ass of 2008
David Akselrad and
Jacqueline Sadow-Akselrad
Joseph and Maria Altilio
John and Pamela Amodeo
Mark Beigelman and
Elaine Devlin Beigelman
Russell and Lynn Boardman
Anthony and Nancy Bowe
Barry and Julie Brockway
Richard Buchholz and Alicia Szyffer
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Margaret Calvi
Roberto Caridi and
Jessica Grossman
Charles Carlson
John Clark and Marva Mitchell
Prem and Kamini Cohly
Vincent and AnneMarie Colandrea
William Cullen, Jr.
John and Linda DeAngelis
Anthony and
Elizabeth di Guglielmo
Jon Elmaleh and Donna Costa
David and Susan Feiner
Robert and Linda Figueroa
Eileen Finn
Foad and Homa Ghavami
Eugene and Sally Gibilaro
Bernard and Sheryl Gifford
Joseph and Barbara Gilbride
Silvia Giliotti
Alan Ginsberg
Vincent and Rosemary Giovinazzo
Richard Gluckman and Tiffany Bell
Stuart Gold and Michele Cardella
Glenn Goldberg and Lori Lash
Sheldon Goldberg and
Debra Weissman Goldberg
Johnny and Monica Green
Gary and Sherri Greenberg
Bert Halliday and
Mary Jean Farrell-Halliday
Ronald Harnisch and Mindy Trepel
John Hasty and
Nancy Havens-Hasty
Frank Heller and Cathy Duffy
Christopher and Diane Hemmes
James and Kristine Hill
Barry Holden and Nina Yankowitz
Lawrence Hurwitz
John Fahy and Jean Jarrard-Fahy
Robert and Jo-Ann Kalb
Laurence Kirwan and
June Anderson
Charles Kreines and
Rosanne Di Fazio
Lawrence Malitzky and
Caryn Gorden
Jose and Ellen Martinez
Thomas and Loretta McCole
Charles McCorkell and Esta Bigler
Michael and Jane Metelenis
Paul and Michele Mirman
Loren and Kate Munk
Robert and Sandra Nager
Daniel and Wendy Newman
Richard and Eileen Nolan
Nihad and Ghada Owaid
Nancy Owens
Spiridon and Elaine Papazoglou
Roger and Bobbi Pierce
Daniel Richman and
Alexandra Bowie
Steven Rikfind and
Devorah Fong-Rifkind
Barrington and Laura Scott
Joseph and Phyllis Serino
Joseph and Diane Steinberg
Irwin Tawil and Shereen Rosenthal
James and Sean Turner
John Turturro and
Katherine Borowitz
Martin Umans and
Pamela Levine-Umans
Robert Vaccarino
Tom and Peggy Vasilakos
Glenn and Lisa Yost
Robert and Joan Zaloom
Mariya Zamishka-Lazarev
Paul and Jeanne Zaykowski
60% participation
cL ass of 2009
Rick Albert and Anne Balaban
Daniel Alter and Mindy Werner
Phyllis Anderson
Leonard and Stella-Ann Belvedere
Peter Bergold and Sarah Hartman
Charles Boyce and
Marya Dalrymple
Steven and Amy Bronstein
Steven and Margherita Caso
Chia Kang Chen and Lan Chen
Timothy and Katherine Clifford
Steve Cohen and Sarah Hill
Steven Colandrea and
Colleen Verdi-Colandrea
Andrew Connick and
Catherine Pradie-Connick
Antoinette Cortese
Christopher Dalldorf and
Nancy Robbins
Pamela Diamond
Steven and Donna DiBlasio
Raymond Dillulio and
Lisa Interdonato
Michael and Joan Donohue
Malcolm and Virginia Dorris
Marshal Dutko and Julia Osborn
Stephen and Martha Ellman
Michael and Sandra Fiore
Robert and Andrea Florio
David and Lynn Fredrickson
Ewa Gawlik
David Gelbelman and
Svetlana Kolmanovich
Steven Goldfarb and
Cynthia Birdwell-Goldfarb
Donald and Meryl Gummer
Arthur and Evelyn Gunning
Milton and Denise Hedglin
Richard Hill and
Laurie Meadoff-Hill
Rajiv and Sonia Jain
John Fahy and Jean-Jarrard Fahy
Sam Johnson
Robert and Chara Joseph
Alex and Inara Kabba
Mel Kendrick and Mary Salter
David and Marla Kochman
Sampath and Coleen Kumar
Mark and Shui Lin Lam
Scott and Karen Langan
Charles and Theresa LaRocca
Robert and Camille Laurendi
Khieng and Milagros Lay
Douglas and Anna Lazzaro
Robert Lempert and
Susan Devine-Lempert
Paul and Helen Levine
Joseph and Tamra Lhota
Lisanne MacKenzie
David Malamut
Evangelos and Diasenou Marinakis
Richard and Vivian Marrone
Douglas Martin and Suzanne O’Keefe
Justine McGovern
Stephen and Joanna Meringoff
Joseph and Stacy-Anne Meyers
Charles Miles and
Naomi Freundlich
Kate Newman ’08
Poly has not only allowed me to grow intellectually but also emotionally. Poly introduced me to situations
and people whom I otherwise wouldn’t have met, and this really broadened my horizons and made me a
more complete person.
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Parent Giving
0
5
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2
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0
Michael Mutsakis and
Evelyn Capassakis
Charles Nafman and Sandi Fellman
Charles Nesbit and
Avy Kaufman Nesbit
Jane Novak
Andrew and Joanne Olsen
Nicolena Omansky
Joseph and Paula Onah
Rafael and Maria Ortiz
Mitch Pacelle and Laura Schnell
Scott and Lisa Parson
William Pezzolo and
Maryellen Romano
Felipa Pineda
Robert and Susan Plotz
Jeffrey Raff
Mohammed Rahman and
Maria Couret-Rahman
Kevin and Marcia Reilly
Anthony and Claire Reyes
Hal and Lisa Rose
Steven Rutter and Nancy Kalish
Richard and Connie Sciolto
Kathleen Shannon
Eli Shapiro and Marlene Zurack
Moeen and Naima Sheikh
Michael and Christina Shorr
Marc and Linda Sue Sloane
Frank and Jill Sorrentino
William Spinelli and
Elizabeth Comerford
Leonidas and Dilcia Stewart
Calvin and Cynthia Sutliff
Bundit and Catherine Tappitake
John and Pia Thermos
Felix and Anne Torres
Désirée la Valette
Kirk and Joyce VanDyck
Thomas and Isabel Wacker
Jonathan and Claudia Warner
Robert Weiss and Deborah Conrad
Justin and Ann-Marie Werner
Thomas Whitford and
Beverly Lev Whitford
Julius Spiegel and Suzanne Wolbers
Timothy and Robin Wynter-Stoner
John and Susan Young
79% participation
cL ass of 2010
Joseph Aievoli, III
Kleon Andreadis
Roy Anise
M. Anthony and Diana Baker
Sarah Bartlett
Paul and Maria Basile
Arthur and Samantha Benjamin
Steven Brescia and
Ilene Shaw-Brescia
Robert and Jenice Bryan
Cecilia Buonagura
Salvatore and Veronica Capozucca
Anthony and Barbara Carbone
Vikram Chandhok and Sarah Albert
William Choi
Michael Conley and Janie Fink
Jean Corley-Fischer
Paul and Denise Curtis
Lawrence Dacchille
Lisa Corinne Davis
Rami and May Daya
Joseph and Stacey DiPersia
Penny Fein Hart
Lawrence Fishman
Neal and Patricia Forman
John and Rose Franco
Vincent and Ingrid Gallo
Richard Gilberg and Elisa Cohen
Adam Greissman
Bulmaro and Blanca Gutierrez
Nelson Hernandez and
Sarah Torres-Hernandez
Catherine Hodes
Brian and Annika Holtan
Sidney and Beverly Kalban
William and Kathleen Kirker
Daniel Lawson and
Annie Hauck-Lawson
Yuen and Doreen Ling
Philip and Maureen Maldari
Philip and Belinda Marshall
Jose and Ellen Martinez
Mark and Helen Melamed
Denise Mendolia
John Mendolia
Alexandra Natsios
Jeffrey Raff
Peter and Lori Redell
John and Angela Reinertsen
Nicholas Scordato and Nancy Tag
Carl and Laurie Silverman
Margaret Smith
Joseph and Diane Steinberg
Lance Tarhan and Faith Drobbin
Elizabeth Vansevicius
Emily Wechsler
Luk Sun and Maureen Wong
56% participation
cL ass of 2011
Navin and Meenakshi Aggarwal
Daniel Alter and Mindy Werner
Lawrence and Elizabeth Becker
Dan Berner and
Lenore DiLeo-Berner
Ilya and Marina Bilik
Richard and Scottie Bowditch
Hillary Boyce and
Jamesetta Halley-Boyce
Peter and Monica Brown
Joseph and Dawn Calabrese
Roy and Roberta Carrubba
David and Marilyn Ceci
Michael Chen and Jackie Xu-Chen
Neville Chin
Thomas and Katherine Chin
Frank and Lenore Clemente
Bret and Misao Coladner
Christopher Cosma and
Denise Amses
Pedro and Kirsten d’Aquino
Matthew Diller and
Katherine Kennedy
John Dioso and Melissa Morgan
Michael and Anna Donahue
Alfred Doyle and
Alice Newcomb-Doyle
Jon Elmaleh and Donna Costa
Jeff and Cindy Fazio
Orville and Dawn Froome
Bernard and Sheryl Gifford
Alan Ginsberg
Allan Goldman
Susan Gurney
Biff and Marisa Harney
John and Ingrid Healy
Richard Hill and
Laurie Meadoff-Hill
Rennick Hutchinson and
Jennifer Stewart
Timothy and Stephanie Ingrassia
Brian and Brennan Kearney
Alex and Diana Klurfeld
Richard and Cynthia Loewus
Gerardo and Luciano Mazzei
Sean and Rebecca McDevitt
Scott and Barbara McGuire
Gerald Pietroforte and
Margot Schonholtz
Stephan Poppick and May Ng
Peter and Lori Redell
Steven Rifkind and
Devorah Fong-Rifkind
James and Ellen Ross
Robert and Mary Safian
Timothy Sanford and Lisa Finstrom
John Sarubbi and Cathy Sharkey
Douglas Seeley and Joanne Walsh
William Spinelli and
Elizabeth Comerford
Anthony and Michele Tagliagambe
Lloyd and Alberta Thompson
Richard Serrano and
Fenella Thornton
Oliver Trager and Elaine Beery
John and Nicole Twomey
Rachel Urquhart
Lawrence and Nancy Vido
Michael Waldman and
Elizabeth Fine
Wade and Lisa Watson
Justin and Ann-Marie Werner
Andrea Whyte
Paul and Jeanne Zaykowski
70% participation
cL ass of 2012
Anonymous
Alexander Abramov and
Anna Kublanova
Emman and Jane Agbontaen
Erik and Nadine Akhund
Gaudencio and Laura Andrade
Eileen Avvocato
Thomas and Noreen Axon
Mohamed and Jeneba Bangura
John and Susan Banta
Sarah Bartlett
Paul and Maria Basile
Mark Beigelman and
Elaine Devlin Beigelman
Hugh Bryant and Julia O’Farrow
John Burns and Carmel Corcoran
Steven and Margherita Caso
Denise Dahldorf
Maximilian Dietshe and
Wendie Winslow
Kevin Doherty and
Peggy Maher Doherty
Francis and Liane Dougherty
Lisa Friel
Richard Gilberg and Elisa Cohen
Lev and Eleanor Goldberg
Edward and Suyin Gomez
Patrick and Martha Goupit
Samuel Greenhoe and
Elise Bloustein
Brian and Stacey Haskel
John and Ingrid Healy
Scott and Toni Heller
Hans and Betsy Humes
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Lawrence Hurwitz
Richard Katz and Olivia Spence
Robert Klehammer and
Beth Skelley
W. Wilder Knight and
Gabriele Dehn-Knight
Scott and Karen Langan
Amanda Leath
Louis and Debbie Leone
Scott Luksh and Sofia Haberman
Lisanne MacKenzie
Donald and Jean McHugh
Charles Miles and
Naomi Freundlich
Albert and Jane Mobilio
Dmitriy and Yelena Nemenov
David and Susan Noonan
Paul and Wendy Rapisarda
Anthony and Claire Reyes
Scott Rosenberg and Rachael Pine
Arnold Rosenblum and
Jane Goldstone
Kenneth and Amy Ross
Louis and Rosanna Ruggiero
Valentin and Rada Sazhin
Scott and Denise Schramm
Jay Sherry and Linda Marcus
Irwin Tawil and Shereen Rosenthal
Abby and Eva Terkuhle
John and Laura Vaccaro
Thomas and Isabel Wacker
Leonid Yagnatovsky and Ilona Genis
67% participation
cL ass of 2013
Navin and Meenakshi Aggarwal
Steven and Andina Andersen
Ben and Jean Chant
Michael and Catherine Chirdo
Vincent and AnneMarie Colandrea
Christopher Cosma and
Denise Amses
Paul and Denise Curtis
Christopher Dalldorf and
Nancy Robbins
John Dioso and Melissa Morgan
Jeff and Cindy Fazio
Diego Giurleo and Susanna Furfaro
Sam Johnson
Konrad Kaletsch and
Susanna Kearney
Marsha Kendall
Jason and Joana Kliot
Lewis and Sandra Kuperman
Thomas and Annette Laskaris
Daniel Lawson and
Annie Hauck-Lawson
Bob Levitt and Jane Vlodov
Hilary Liberty and Joann Natoli
Philip and Maureen Maldari
Justine McGovern
Alvin Narin
Peter Orlowsky and Claudia Neely
Peter and Lisa Puleo
John and Angela Reinertsen
Richard and Nancy Rizzuto
Barry and Elyn Rosenthal
Robert and Mary Safian
Frances Saieva
Joseph and Phyllis Serino
William and Choi Strauss
Harold and Lynne Theurer, Jr.
Anthea Walker
Dawn-Marie Walker
Justin and Ann-Marie Werner
72% participation
cL ass of 2014
Stephen Adams and
Suzy Hsia Adams
Joseph and Monda Bassil
Lynn Brown and Sandra Brinkert
Darwin Chan and
Gennessee Allen-Chan
Laurence Chertoff and Rose Gasner
Sonia Gray
Michael Guthammar and
Patricia Hurtado
Phillip Hogue and Jeannette King
Louis and Debbie Leone
Deidre Lewis
Michael and Lauren Malafronte
David Malamut
Karl Obey and Anne Martorana
Michael and Rina Pantalony
Irvin Persue
William and Rose Putman
John Rearick and Elizabeth Schnee
Scott Rosenberg and Rachael Pine
John Sarubbi and Cathy Sharkey
Kathleen Shannon
Craig and Dawn Small
William Spinelli and
Elizabeth Comerford
Michael and Paula Stoff
Isabel Hill and David Sweeny
David and Allison Womack
83% participation
cL ass of 2015
Ben and Jean Chant
Chris Claremont and Beth Fleisher
James and Lisa Dempsey
John Dioso and Melissa Morgan
Eric and Assunta Gilbert
Diego Giurleo and Susanna Furfaro
Peter Goulandris and
Karen Burke Goulandris
Hans and Betsy Humes
Stacy Hunter
Amanda Leath
Stephen and Rebecca Lewis
Scott Luksh and Sofia Haberman
Buckley McAllister and
Beth Morrow
Achille and Doreen Mogavero
Potter Palmer and
Maggie Groening
Marcia Reid
Michael and Cindy Richardson
63% participation
cL ass of 2016
Gaudencio and Laura Andrade
Joseph and Monda Bassil
Kay Charles
David and Brooke Edgar
Lee Elkins and Jane Fosbinder
Steven and Sherryl Eluto
Ihab Khalifa and Lisa Grieco
Jose Gutierrez and Emily Berger
Bob Levitt and Jane Vlodov
Robert Littleton and Alice Cheng
Liam Malanaphy and
April Agostino
Joseph and Robin Pacheco
Patrick Smith and
Myrian Domenech
Richard Unruh and
Hollis McLellan-Unruh
Wayne Warnock and
Elizabeth Howard-Warnock
David and Allison Womack
64% participation
cL ass of 2017
Michael Asente and
Monique Luchetti
Chia Kang Chen and Lan Chen
Laurence Chertoff and Rose Gasner
Julie Fernandez
Greg Ketchum and Colleen Bailey
Michael Kimmel and Amy Aronson
Greg Kruszewski and Tara Clifford
Bill Lienhard and
Launa Schweizer
Jose Maldonado and Sharon Myrie
Buckley McAllister and
Beth Morrow
John Sarubbi and Cathy Sharkey
Albert and Nadia Solecki
Nicholas and Caliopi Stratigakis
54% participation
cL ass of 2018
Michael and Caroline Arpaia
Henry and Elizabeth Caso
Eric and Assunta Gilbert
Arthur Gorilovsky and
Anna Geykhman
Louis and Daniela Iacobucci
Steven Lefkowitz and
Jacqueline Bausch
Charyn Levy
Michael and Lauren Malafronte
Liam Malanaphy and
April Agostino
Michael and Rina Pantalony
Francis and Kelli Phillip
Peter and Hillary Ripley
Alexander Schlossberg and
Michele Masucci
David and Michele Shotts
Nicholas and Caliopi Stratigakis
Calvin and Marzenna Walden
53% participation
cL ass of 2019
Darwin Chan and
Gennessee Allen-Chan
Martin and Isobel Heath
Mark Houtzager and Prem Koster
Lisanne MacKenzie
2% participation
cL ass of 2020
Julio Acevedo and
Linda Seda-Acevedo
Steven and Sherryl Eluto
Nicholas Gravante, Jr. and
Jacqueline Gravante
Martin and Isobel Heath
Nelson Hernandez and
Sarah Torres-Hernandez
Richard Lewis and Diane Lifton
Bill Lienhard and
Launa Schweizer
Robin Merrill and JoAnna Maccario
Sean and Kathleen Mosher-Smith
David and Michele Shotts
Albert and Nadia Solecki
Jonathan Vitarelli and
Stacey Meshnick
39% participation
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Dan Dimant ‘07
Poly is important because it’s a place where I feel safe, where there
are people to help and support me. No matter what you look like,
where you come from, how much money you have, or how smart
you are, you will always be accepted.
cL ass of 1924
S. Lane Faison, Jr.
100% participation
Class of 1929
Paul Bubendey
John Granbery
John Harman, Jr.
60.00% participation
cL ass of 1931
Allen Brush
Constance Latson (Honorary)
40.00% participation
cL ass of 1932
Joseph Loughlin
16.67% participation
cL ass of 1933
Walter Cowell
Joseph DeMay
John Maguire
27.20% participation
cL ass of 1934
Class Agent:
Maurice Rindskopf
Wallace Cox
Maurice Rindskopf
Wright Travis
50.00% participation
cL ass of 1935
Albert Blanchard
Emanuel Pearlman
Henry Riecken
George Smolen
David Swanson
33.33% participation
cL ass of 1936
Class Agent:
Alfred Munkenbeck
Ely Batkin
Arthur Goat
Bruce Kubert
16.67% participation
cL ass of 1937
Class Agent: Charles Plotz
Richard Cords
Arthur Gnaedinger
Chester Heal
Edwin Latson
Charles Plotz
Joseph Wilkes
40.00% participation
cL ass of 1938
Class Agent:
Dean Hatheway
Thomas Blankley
Wilton Fritz
Preston Goodfellow, Jr.
Dean Hatheway
Raymond Herrmann, Jr.
Howard Holtzmann
Robert Hufford
Henry Kramer, Jr.
Donald Ottenstein
Arthur Rasi
William Wilcox
35.40% participation
cL ass of 1939
Class Agent:
Robert Carpenter
Gordon Bruce
Richardson Buist
Martin Haber
Charles Harris
Stanley Hirsch
David Joseph
Robert Moore
Samson Ullmann, Jr.
40.00% participation
cL ass of 1940
James Berger
Herbert Brandt
Robert Buckley
Bernard Cayne
Lynn Goodnough, Jr.
Charles Hillyer
Robert Shanley
Gilbert Stratton, Jr.
Robert Taffae
E. Martin Wunsch
Carl Zinn, Jr.
35.48% participation
cL ass of 1941
Class Agent: Henry Bobrow
Henry Bobrow
Herbert Boley
John Chew, Jr.
Arthur Christy
William de Neergaard
Willard Pearsall, Jr.
Theodore Raffetto
George Sherman
Judson Streicher
Rodman Sweeny
32.26% participation
cL ass of 1942
Class Agent:
Gilbert Feldman
Alan Bruce
Dudley Campbell, Jr.
Thomas Constant
Edmund Davis
Walter Engel, Jr.
Seth Faison
Gilbert Feldman
Melvin Fraiman
Charles Gravenhorst
Robert Kilmarx
Donald MacLaren
William Parker, Jr.
Paul Spagnoli, Jr.
Harry Van Allen
35.90% participation
cL ass of 1943
Class Agent: Russell Tilley
Alan Berk
Peggy Brown
Theodore Church
John Colligan, Jr.
George Eggers, Jr.
Richard Glickman
Stuart Hodes
Bevin Koeppel
Arthur Lazarus, Jr.
James McLellan, Jr.
Gerald Phillips
Russell Tilley, Jr.
Joseph Whelan
Arthur Whitley
34.15% participation
cL ass of 1944
Class Agent: Alan Cruikshank
Darwin Blaine
William Burdick
Richard Conroy
Herbert Coyne
Alan Cruikshank
William Dunkak, Jr.
Gordon Edwards
John Hall
John Hearn
J. Lance Hurley
Robert Jarboe
A. Harvey Jensen
Joseph L’Episcopo

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Peter McKinley
Edgerton North, Jr.
Robert Podell
Richard Sanders
Richard Sands
F. Cort Turner, III
William Wallace, III
Richard Wildermuth
56.76% participation
cL ass of 1945
Class Agents:
Donald Louria,
Bernard Spence
James Bernstein
Saul Brusilow
Robert Carswell
Bertram Conn
Robert Gintel
Kenneth Hillyer
John Kirk
Donald Louria
Robert McManus
Lewis Miller
Marvin Sears
John Weeth
35.20% participation
cL ass of 1946
Howard Aibel
Richard Brown
Roy Fidler
Donald Greenfield
Herman Hinsch
David Hume
William Kramer
George Miller
Alan Neidle
George Paffenbarger, Jr.
Robert Reardon
Richard Rhame
Douglas Wallace
C. Frederick Weymuller
George Wildermuth
35.70% participation
cL ass of 1947
Class Agent:
Roger Dickinson
Richard Berg
Jerome Block
James Blundell, Jr.
Roger Dickinson
Gerald Ente
Robert Fraiman
Peter Fyfe
Sheldon Kravitz
Howard Phillips
William Purdy
Richard Snedeker
Edward Thayer
Benjamin Young, Jr.
27.66% participation
cL ass of 1948
Class Agent: George Smyth
Richard Abouchar
Clifford Barr
Edward Barz
Jules Baum
Victor Blank
Jacob Brody
Warren Cook, Sr.
Richard Debs
Daniel Dorff
Richard Edelman
Hugo Freudenthal
Eugene Howie
Charles Kaufman
Arthur Levitt, Jr.
Ellis Mottur
John Sherman
George Smyth, Jr.
Nathan Trynin
37.50% participation
cL ass of 1949
Class Agent:
Donald Conover
Malcolm Bell
Herbert Berger
Richard Conn
Donald Conover
Homer Eckerson
William Fankhauser
Peter Fauci
H. Dana Fearon, III
Milton Goetz
Richard Greenberg
Frederick Hadad
Jay Kane
David Kramer
Paul Kravitz
Walter Leinhardt
Robert Magnus
Richard Markell
James Martin
Herbert Oestreich
Otis Pearsall
Richard Roob
John Saeli
Gerald Scher
Robert Schoepflin
Ralph Westfall
48.00% participation
cL ass of 1950
Class Agents:
Robert Briskman,
Richard Gallen
Anonymous
Robert Briskman
M. Scott Brodie
Andrew Davis
Joseph DePaola
Sheldon Frankel
Richard Gallen
Peter Guesnon
William James, Jr.
Gerard Kaiser
Donald Lindberg
C. Robert Lonshein
Philip Moyles
John Ray
Matthew Scharff
Stuart Shafer
Edward Wallach
Malcolm Young
H. Willard Zeitz
34.55% participation
cL ass of 1951
Class Agents:
Stephen Ehrlich,
Michael Lamm,
Peter Malkin
L. Davis Arbuckle, Jr.
David Bell
Harold Cohen
Stephen Ehrlich
Warren Jacobs
Samuel Laitman
Michael Lamm
Jay Levine
John Limpert, Jr.
Richard Louis
Peter Malkin
Richard Marlin
Edward Rappaport
L. Robert Rubin
Donald Weiss
30.61% participation
Nadia Ahmed ’07
There’s more to Poly than just the amazing campus and great
facilities. Really at the heart of Poly are the people that make
up Poly, from heads of departments to the maintenance crew.
Everyone matters, everyone is family, and that is evident. There is
really no better place to be with so much support and such a strong
value for community and spirit.
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cL ass of 1952
Class Agent: Donald Zarou
Anthony Besthoff
John Bissell
Edgar Blohm
Charles Diker
Frank Exline, Jr.
Donald Gross
J. Edward Hall
Jon Hammer
Peter Hanssen
Robert Kleiger
Jerome Kobre
Robert Koster
Michael Rabbino
Curtis Reis
Robert Wallace
Donald Zarou
27.50% participation
cL ass of 1953
Class Agents: Peter Liebert,
Richard Merhige,
Harlan Stone
Mark Abramowitz
Arthur Bellinzoni, Jr.
Martin Berman
Bruce Bernstein
Howard Cohen
James Crawford
William Gershell
Michael Glick
Robert Harwood
Peter Holmes
Howard Jaffe
Robert Kirschner
William Knox
Leslie Leonetti
Peter Liebert
John McNeill
Richard Merhige
Henry Salzhauer
Alan Schechter
Harlan Stone, II
Eugene Wheeler, Jr.
Paul Zola
37.93% participation
cL ass of 1954
Class Agent: Jacquin Fink
Ira Ames
Stanley Bogen
Alan Davidson
Martin Debrovner
Jacquin Fink
Eugene Flamm
Joel Greeley
Frank Grundman
Owen Hoberman
Marvin Kraushar
Byron Schriver, Jr.
William Schwartz
Leslie Silverstein
Richard Spark
Herbert Swarzman
Neil Tergesen
Bradley Thayer
Jack Wasserman
Fred Werner
William Yahr
40.00% participation
cL ass of 1955
Class Agents:
Andrew Gurley,
Harry Petchesky
George Andreozzi
Robert Chiarello
Ernest Daniels
Timothy Day
Warren Dechter
Robert Field
William Gillen
Michael Gold
William Goldsmith
Andrew Gurley
Charles Kalison
Leslie Larsen
Lawrence Lefkowitz
Philip Lille
Stuart Mackler
George Medley
Richard Perlman
Harry Petchesky
Peter Stone
Michael Sussman
David Youngblade
35.59% participation
cL ass of 1956
Class Agent: K. E. Knutsen
Michael Bradford
Gordon Bunsick
(in memoriam)
Seth Chiteman (in memoriam)
Alan Colen
Michael Colleton
Arthur Delmhorst
Bruce Denmark
Justus Doenecke
Bruce Ducker
Maurice Finkelstein
James Flug
Dennis Fox
Michael Freund
Lawrence Freundlich
Edward Fuller, II
Peter Gilbert
Peter Giustra
David Goldman
Peter Haft
H. William Hagen
Michael Heitner
Carl Hempel (in memoriam)
Rees Himes
Dennis Howie
Jerome Howie
Eugene Isola, Jr.
Charles Kaufman
John Kells
K. Eric Knutsen
Neil Koreman
Stephen Krass
Stephen Lazarus
Stephen Levine
James Louis
John Malhame
Robert Malina
George Marks
Jonathan Nahon
Landy Nelson
Eric Nielsen
Philip Perlman
Daniel Pollack
Richard Press
Anthony Purpura
Michael Rosen
Marshall Ryon
Robert Scharges
(in memoriam)
Robert Schoenemann
Daniel Schwartz
John Segal
Richard Segall
Elliot Seley
Robert Shear
Eugene Sirianni
Martin Sloate
Michael Smoller
(in memoriam)
Melvin Spanier
(in memoriam)
Michael Tappan
Malcolm Thompson
Peter Welles
Walter Williamson
Harry Yates
91.80% participation
cL ass of 1957
Class Agent: Harvey Scheff
Roger Bermas
Thomas Hunter
Michael Hyman
Robert LaFiandra
George Malin
Robert Pickens
Victor Rich
Harvey Scheff
Peter Siviglia
Thomas Swift
Tenny Wheatley, Jr.
19.30% participation
cL ass of 1958
Class Agent: Mark Groothuis
Robert Brower
Christophil Costas
C. David Elligers
Barry Feldman
Joseph Giardina
Mark Groothuis
Stephen Hersh
Edward Jeffer
Marvin Lerman
Alan Newman
Joel Pensley
Joel Pokorny
Arthur Rebell
Edward Reiss
John Sands
27.78% participation
cL ass of 1959
Class Agent: J. R. Wilson
Kenneth Cort
George Delmhorst
Thomas Goddard
Paul Kraus
David Lichtman
Victor Samra, Jr.
Leonard Sayles
Joel Schram
Norman Silberdick, Jr.
J. Ronald Wilson, Jr.
19.61% participation
cL ass of 1960
Richard Berg
Michael Groothuis
George Khouri
Richard Mizrack
A. Jeffrey Robinson
Richard Rosenberg
Martin Zuckerman
13.73% participation

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Janissia Orgill ’07
What I think makes Poly such a special place is the maintenance of 150-year-old traditions while
continually changing to adjust with the times. As my senior year draws to a close, I am really comforted
to realize that all the teachers who have watched me grow in the past have stepped up to ensure that I
am able to fulfill my full potential in college. I know that no matter where I go to college, with the strong
foundation of Poly Prep behind me, I will succeed.
cL ass of 1961
Class Agent:
Stephen Pearlman
G. Peter Bloom
Welbourne Bronaugh
Robert Coates
John Delmhorst
Kenneth Duberstein
Stephen Gold
Stanley Goldfarb
Everardo Goyanes
John Grayzel
Robert Leshner
Francis Love
Robert Meringolo
Stephen Pearlman
Edward Reilly
Allan Rosenbloom
Jonathan Sanger
24.50% participation
cL ass of 1962
Class Agent: Robert Shack
Robert Aberlin
James Blumstein
David Corwin
Henry Gardstein, Jr.
Herbert Hochman
Alan Hoffman
Peter Hummer
Delmont Irving
Richard Jensen
Kenneth Kasses
Mark Kozinn
Robert Mitchell
Lloyd Nelson
Robert Shack
Jay Springer
Edwin Wigutoff
32.00% participation
cL ass of 1963
Warren Appleman
Douglas Crawford
Larry Denmark
Thomas Fanta
Henry Fayne
James Gartenlaub
Merrick Gordon
Michael Krinsky
Peter Love
Mark Oliver
Bruce Pindyck
William Salamy
Joseph Siegel
James Steinberg
25.00% participation
cL ass of 1964
Class Agent: Eric Ruby
Jonathan Axelrod
John Carter, Jr.
Robert Cort
Elihu Estey
Gerald Fierst
Harold Handelsman
Kenneth Hertz
Daniel Leshner
Morton Levitt
Guy Parisi
Eric Ruby
Andrew Salzman
Robert Schenck
Matthew Shulman
20.90% participation
cL ass of 1965
Class Agents: John Artise,
Thomas Parker
Alan Berkeley
Harrison Bush
E. John Effinger
Roger Heymann
Alan Kantrow
Richard Kastendieck
Terry Martinson
Ronald Mason
Andrew Mogelof
Ramon Mosteiro
Thomas Parker
Joshua Polan
Richard Steinberg
Louis Vigorita
22.73% participation
cL ass of 1966
Class Agent:
Mitchell Bernstein
Andrew Benjamin
Mitchell Bernstein
Bruce Cutler
Michael David
Henry Gluckstern
David Johnson, III
Richard Lewis
John Ross
Lee Saltzman
Michael Terrin
18.87% participation
cL ass of 1967
Class Agents:
Stephen Ellman,
Frank Strafaci
Anonymous
Brian Castronovo
Stephen Ellman
Andrew Gowa
James Hennessy, Jr.
Joel Mandelbaum
Scott Miller
Lawrence Pincus
Frank Strafaci
Richard Voegele
21.28% participation
cL ass of 1968
Class Agent: Harry Ottaway
Robert Jacob
Michael Jacobs
Harry Ottaway, Jr.
Charles Rader
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Robert Plotz
Jeffrey Rifkin
Richard Saltzman
Glenn Seim
Richard Shapiro
David Smith
Robert Spatt
Kevin Walsh
22.22% participation
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Will Hochman ’10
Poly is better than other schools because it provides plenty of freedom. It’s a place where I can decide who
I am and what I want to do.
Steven Rifkin
Robert Shelala
Vincent Vigorita
12.50% participation
cL ass of 1969
Class Agent:
Lawrence DiGiovanna
Salvatore Cumella
Lawrence DiGiovanna
Andrew Dolkart
David Koven
Lester Kritzer
Howard Levine
Mark Liss
Thomas Parisi
Frederick Robin
Michael Rogers
Richard Waldron
17.46% participation
cL ass of 1970
Class Agents: Robert Arcaro,
John Ferrari
Robert Arcaro
Ronald Couri
Stephen Flores
Timothy Johnson
David Nelkin
Samuel Parker
Michael Price
Roy Rifkin
Robert Slack
James Stirn
Bruce Terrin
Andrew Wittenstein
17.91% participation
cL ass of 1971
Class Agent:
Steven Goldberg
Steven Andersen
Erik Borgen-Larssen, Jr.
Robert Colombo
Paul DuBowy
Alan Feinberg
William Golden
Michael Junsch
Martin Kafina
Lee Krantzow
David Pollack
Ronald Schachter
Kenneth Stern
Anthony Tagliagambe
Louis Vogel
16.42% participation
cL ass of 1972
Class Agent: David Lewis
Paul Gilson
Robert Gumer
Brian Holtan
John Madden, Jr.
Jerrold Newman
Joel Rush
Jeffrey Steiner
Henry Warshaw
14.55% participation
cL ass of 1973
George Brown
William Colombo
Martin Gottlieb
Philip Iracane
Kevin Kelly
Stuart Kilstein
cL ass of 1974
Class Agents: John Gallo,
Hal Rose
Frank Bernieri
Brian Egan
John Gallo
Nicholas Harris
Gary Holtan
Peter Madden
Robert Messina
John Morris
Jonathan Nagel
Hal Rose
16.67% participation
cL ass of 1975
Class Agents: Steven Froot,
Elliott Rebhun,
Harold Theurer
Michael Adesman
John Bartone
Charles Birenbaum
George Bittar
Steven Dorfman
Allen Flores
Steven Froot
William Glenn
Howard Place
Elliott Rebhun
Robert Schlossberg
Kenneth Simurro, Jr.
Scott Smith
Robert Soiffer
Harold Theurer, Jr.
20.80% participation
cL ass of 1976
Class Agent:
Kenneth Dashow
John Acierno
Henry Blom
Benjamin Kaufman

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Charles Kreines
Mark Litvack
David Nickelsen
Frank Sinatra
Howard Smith, Jr.
Peter Smith
13.43% participation
cL ass of 1977
Class Agent: Henry Camuso
David Kochman
Ronald Zraick, Jr.
3.03% participation
cL ass of 1978
Class Agents:
Lawrence Brandman,
Nicholas Gravante,
Peter Latson
Joseph Aievoli, III
Lawrence Brandman
Lawrence Dacchille
William DiConza
Frank Galtieri
Nicholas Gravante, Jr.
Steven Herman
Ward Lassoe
Peter Latson
Steve Levitan
16.67% participation
cL ass of 1979
Class Agents: Joseph Basili,
Bradley Haves,
David Kiewra
Rella Avram-Hartman
Jeffrey Bamonte
Joseph Basili
Kenneth Bernstein
Umberto Guido
Stephen Herro
Stephen Kochman
Douglas Lazzaro
Karl Obey
Douglas Patton
Mitch Prager
Kenneth Webb
17.39% participation
cL ass of 1980
Class Agents: Joseph Battaglia,
Rick Brodsky,
Richard Gravante
Howard Dicker
Marc Goldberg
Demetrius Kalamaras
Michael Somma, Jr.
5.80% participation
cL ass of 1981
Class Agent: Martin Valk
Stephen Brandman
Joseph Catalano
Frank Edwards
John Fadel
Michael Katz
John Krieger
Anthony Pfaffle
William Sprance
Glenn Stevens
Lynne (Jaycobs) Theurer
Martin Valk
Shirley (Te) Yim
12.35% participation
cL ass of 1982
Class Agent: Peter Sperry
David Biro
Cynthia (Ormsby) Doherty
Lisa Grieco
Nadine Kennedy
Lawrence Patton
James Plum
Philip Sawyer
8.97% participation
cL ass of 1983
Class Agents:
Edward Antonio, III
Claudio Caballero
Edward Antonio, III
Peter Bloom
Claudio Caballero
R. Kenneth Dupee
Gail Henderson-Belsito
Gregg Kaye
Andrew Klapper
Marc Rothenberg
13.11% participation
cL ass of 1984
Class Agents:
Jonathan Behrins,
Carol Schreiber Hanover
Ilana Amir
Robert Anderson
Jean Bernieri
Francis Castellano
Philip Culhane
Gary Hanna
Carol (Schreiber) Hanover
Jennifer (Yormak) Jones
Laurie (Greenwald) Saloman
11.00% participation
cL ass of 1985
Class Agents: Arthur Aidala,
Christopher V. Della Pietra
Arthur Aidala
Jill Applebaum Schaub
Harold Bernieri
Eric Chaikin
Christopher V.Della Pietra
Mary Jean (Bonadonna) Ely
Kenneth Fitzpatrick
Mark Greene
David Leventhal
Jeffrey Price
Andrew Schupak
Michael Vitale
14.10% participation
cL ass of 1986
Class Agents: Andrew Koven,
John Regan,
Carla Sinatra,
Laura (Caffaro) Torrado
Kenneth Ades
Michael Anastasio
Paul Blom
Mary (Picarello) Bozza Wise
Robin Bramwell
Lisa Della Pietra
Deborah (Biro) Guarna
Michael Jabara
Jacqueline Jabara-Robinson
Andrew Koven
Bryan Levell
Jennifer McAvey
Denise (Merhige) Prieto
Karen Rappaport
John Regan
Marcelle Rothenberg
Gabrielle Scarpaci
Carla Sinatra
Joy (Cybul) Stricker
Laura (Caffaro) Torrado
25.90% participation
cL ass of 1987
Class Agent:
Robert Sabbagh
Andrew Brandman
Michael Correra
Neeta Kantu
Elizabeth ( Belknap) Lionetti
Paul Milazzo
Kimberly Minarovich
Robert Nesbit
Samuel Perlman
Robert Sabbagh
Colleen Sorrentino
Sabrina Tanbara
13.20% participation
Laurel Goverman ’07
What I love most about Poly is the approachability of all faculty
members. I can talk about my work, stress, tests, or anything else
with any teacher, and I know that they are truly listening and
offering sincere advice.
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cL ass of 1993
Class Agent:
Christine Kando Szabo
Annmarie (D’Alessio)
Bommarito
Andrew Travelstead
2.86% participation
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Shane Galvin ‘09
Poly is a great environment. There is an aura of greatness that surrounds the school. It has taken over
my social life, but in a good way. I love the teachers and students, and I love to learn.
cL ass of 1988
Class Agents:
Samantha DiGennaro,
Erika Boccio Farrell
Cynthia (Cheswick) Capone
Cara Lynn Cuite
Samantha DiGennaro
Jeffrey Ferraro
Alexander Polonsky
Renato Stabile
Victoria (Hasson) Zanotto
8.53% participation
cL ass of 1989
Class Agent: Stellene Volandes
William Basso
Roseann Gallo
Meredith Honig
Aaron Matthews
Michael Pollack
Christopher Richardson
Damian Sorce
Jonathan Yormak
10.53% participation
cL ass of 1990
Class Agents:
Danielle Sabbagh Basso,
Raquel Herreros Manning
Danielle (Sabbagh) Basso
Gina Bondinello
Lee Cohen
Andrew Kunz
John Merhige
James Romeo
6.66% participation
cL ass of 1991
Class Agents: Joe Tasso,
Jim Regan
Jessica (Lasher) Brooks
Philip Kelly
Alexandra Rosenfeld
Joseph Tasso
Warren Wein
6.17% participation
cL ass of 1992
Class Agents:
Corey Modeste,
Richard Naddeo
Bridget Carson-Scala
Sarah Kaplan Browne
Corey Modeste
Richard Naddeo
Patricia Nunez Strid
Matthew Roventini
Damion Sanders
Albert Tylis
Suzanne Veronese
Deana (Di Dio)Waddell
Matthew Walsh
13.09% participation
cL ass of 1994
Class Agents:
Marianne Bertuna,
Jason Goldberg
Jaime Blanc
Monica Bocanegra
Justin Ferrelli
Katherine Greig
Corinne (Tuccillo) King
Charles Kwalwasser
Nadia Mastromichalis
Joseph Pabon
Jennine Rodriguez
11.54% participation
cL ass of 1995
Class Agents: Mark Ahasic,
Kristerfor Mastronardi
Mark Ahasic
Laura Beiles
Anthony Kalogirou
Stephen Lee
Aamir Rehman
Lisa (Ruck) Taliercio
Anne Sforzo
John Zaremba
9.41% participation
cL ass of 1996
Class Agent: Nicholas Nakos
Matthew Durando
Nathan Finkel
Catina Hatgipetros
Bryon Linnehan
Andrew McNally
Nicholas Nakos
Austin Perilli
Page Travelstead
Melanie Wilson-Taylor
9.18% participation
cL ass of 1997
Class Agent: Andrew Katz
Michael Allegretti

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David Alperin
Graham Amon
Jason Daras
Fiona Greig
Leah Horowitz
Andrew Katz
Ralph Maldari
Joshua Schwimmer
Brooke Steinberg
Jason Teich
David Yorio
12.90% participation
cL ass of 1998
Class Agents: Adam Dumey,
Shavonne Pegues
Priya Bhupathi
Courtney Buckmire
David Cerutti
Adam Dumey
Paul Gessler
Frances Messano
Shavonne Pegues
7.95% participation
cL ass of 1999
Class Agent: Dana Ferrelli
Christopher Amon
Alana Basmagy
Leslie Grinage
William Karczewski
Paul Karlin
Zachary Pytlak
Carolyn Razzano
Lauren Sapega
Katherine Sciolto
8.82% participation
cL ass of 2000
Class Agent:
Alexandra Maresca
Noah Aberlin
Mark Bhupathi
Brian Cantor
Christina Commaratto
Martha Consor
Stephanie Fox
Allen Gandler
Barry Gitarts
Johanna Gurdemir
Kristina Hernandez
Elizabeth Hornyak
Raymund Lansigan
Jean-Marie Lauria
Sara Levenson
Guy Maldari
Alexandra Maresca
Laura Miller
Lia Minkoff
Matthew Murumba
Antoinette Perrotta
Jacqueline Rignola
Jasmin Rivera
Dominic Williams
21.90% participation
cL ass of 2001
Class Agent: Eileen Ahasic
Eileen Ahasic
Marisa Benigno
Ana Calle
David Forster
Vanessa Gabb
Miguel Hernandez
Daniel Hodd
Avinand Jutagir
Emily Lam
Brian Markowitz
Tanaya Parikh
Margo Rivera
Maria Sciolto
Peter Soto
Melissa Teich
Katherine Zinsser
Dan Zuborev
15.74% participation
cL ass of 2002
Class Agents:
Hayes Humphreys,
Christian Zaino
Christine Capone
Rita Clemente
Rachel DeCanio
Alaina Everson
Ana Katherine Falchi
Joseph Gallina
Daniel Grill
Victoria Perrotta
John Razzano
Christian Zaino
8.47% participation
cL ass of 2003
Class Agents: David Herbert,
Joann Rizzo
Elizabeth Becker
David Herbert
Edward Lam
Michael Marron
Kazmira Pytlak
Susan Sapega
5.60% participation
cL ass of 2004
Frank Clemente
Daniela Gabb
David Karlin
Angela Keller
Alexander Langsam
4.90% participation
cL ass of 2005
Sara Bailin
Jasen Bell
Jonathan Chan
Rita Gallina
Kathleen Gilbride
Jonathan Hernandez
Sammy Jacobs
Laura Mumm
Rudolph Pica
Monique Wilson
8.62% participation
Louise Palmer ’15
When I first came to Poly, I thought it was a big scary school with other kids who were going to make fun
of me. But once I had been in class for five minutes, I felt like I had been there all my life. All the teachers
are fair, and they give us confidence to learn more and more each day.
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facuLt y, staff,
foundations,
corPor ations, and
friEnds of PoLy
Robert Aberlin ’62
Thomas and Carol Amon
Steven Andersen ’71
Gaudencio Andrade
Edward and Pauline Antonio
Stanley and
Maxine Applebaum
Paul Atanasio
Marie August
Robert and Veronica Bailin
Raffaela Bartone
Christopher and
Francesca Beale
Robert and Mary Belknap
Harry Bernieri ’85
Marie Bongiorno
Elizabeth Brown
Peggy Brown
Anne Bukowsky
Sylvia Buono
Edward and Ingrid Caffrey
Jerry and Barbara Capeci
Thomas and Debra Capone
Mary Carroll
Lois Carswell
Donald Casey
Stanley and Ida Chamberlin
Tock Chan
Anthony Ciccone
Sandra Clifton
Joseph and Marie Colandrea
Louise Commaratto
Thomas Cutler
John Cyran
Michael and
Eleanor D’Ambrosia
Lisa Della Pietra ‘86
Sandra Della Pietra
Raymond and Marie Dolan
Dorothy Donovan
Liane Dougherty
Paul and Marie Durando
Stuart Eisenkraft and
Marilyn Hoffman
John Elwood
Bennett Epstein
Estate of Kathleen Martin
Robert and Georgiana Fafalak
Robert Falotico
Stephen and Pauline Finger
Joseph and Camilla Flemming
James and Dorothy French
Doris Friend
Fulton Herkimer
Development Corporation
Anthony and
Maria-Elena Gabb
Maurizio and Tracy Gazzani
Paul and Connie Gessler
Gerhard and Barbara Gnaedig
Mercedes Gonzalez
Kent and Jayme Gordis
John and Kiendel Gordon
The Grady family
Peter and Eileen Griffin
Tom and Faith Grill
Catherine Guardino
Jeffrey and Paula Gural
Jeffrey Halis and Nancy
Lippman Halis
Martin Halpern and
Barbara Underwood
David and Kristin Harman
Portia Harris
John and Ingrid Healy
John Herbert and
Patricia Gauvey
J. Victor Herd Family
Foundation
Miguel and Melinda Hernandez
Noel and Sharon Humphreys
Stacy Hunter
Beatrice Hurley
Louis and Joan Indovino
Michael Jacobs ’68
Mary Janney
Jean Jarrad-Fahy
Michael Junsch ’71
Rajendra and Hattie Jutagir
John Kachadurian
Roy and Jane Karlin
Gail Karpf
Marian Kasdan
Andrew Katz ’97
Gilbert Katz
Denis P. and Carol A. Kelleher
Charitable Foundation
Javaid Khan
Diana Klemin
George Kowallis and
Arlene Lozada
Natalie Kriveloff
Albert and Ling Lam
Lands’ End Direct Merchants
James and Margaret Larkins
Edwin and Constance Latson
Hin-Ping and Wah Mei Lau
Richard Leck
Hedi Leistner
Patricia Leopold
Irvin and Lenore Levine
Leucadia National Corporation
Martin Ligorner
Marian Lockwood
Anthony Loscalzo
Daniel and Eufemia Maldari
Ellen Martinez
Katherine McCaffrey
Molly McGrath
Elaine McGregor
Richard and Jackie Merhige
Steven and Debra Meierfeld
Menaker & Herrmann
Doris Molitor
Patricia Montero
Bart Moroney and
Sabina Laricchia
Douglas Munson
Peter and Jane Mykrantz
N.S.R. Company Inc.
Alexandra Natsios
Sandra and Daniel O’Byrne
Clarence Olmstead and
Kathleen Heenan
Mark and Ann Oransoff
Harlow and Peg Parker
Larry Patton ’82
Vincent and JoMarie Pica
Robert and Joanne Pietro
John and Jennifer Pomeroy
Gerald and Barbara Popovsky
Lionel and Valerie Protain
Putnam Investments
John and Catherine Razzano
John Rearick
Lori Redell
Daniel and Peggy Ricciardi
Mary Rice
Kathleen Rienzi
Catherine Rocco
John Rocco
Richard and Kathleen Rodgers
Frank and Elaine Rubano
Ronald and Arleen Sadler
Frank and Irene Santo
Maureen Sapega
Philip and Grace Sawyer
Martin Schall
Rick Schofield
SchoolPop, Inc.
David Schweizer
Launa Schweizer
Marion Seltzer
Abraham and Marcia Sigman
Pamela Smyth
Sal Spata
Gerald Stone
Target Stores, Inc.
Irwin Tawil
Catherine Tozzi
Malcolm and
Brooke Travelstead
Dino Veronese
Charles and Anne Vickers
Rosemary Vrablic
Mary Walsh and
Deborah Hallenbeck
John Weber
Richard L. and Lois S. Werner
Family Foundation
John and Shirley Williams
William and Linda Williams
Errol and Marilyn Wilson
Gregg and Louise Wilson
David Winder
Suzanne Wolbers
Luk Sun and Maureen Wong
PoLy PrEP aLuMni
association fourth
annuaL fr ancis X.
sEssa ’40 MEMoriaL
goLf outing
101 Restaurant
Mike Abatemarco
Jamie Agoglia
George Albano
Albano Airconditioning
Aliotta Pastry Shop
Amity Oil
Michael Anastasio
Steven Andersen
Rob Anderson
Apex Brokerage, Inc.
Approved Oil Company
Areo Restaurant
George Arida
Eugene Avila
Victor Avis
Bank of America Private Bank
Phil Bartone
Joseph Bassil
Juliette Basso
William Basso
Bay Ridge Honda
Bay Ridge Saab-Suzuki
Bay Ridge Saubaru-Kia
Bay Ridge Volvo
Bay Ridge/Sunset Park
Dialysis Center
George Beisel
Berkshire Financial
Best Western Gregory Hotel
Bicitis Group
William Bongiorno
Born Yesterday Children’s
Apparel
Jim Burrell
Anthony Califiore
Michael Carey
Joseph Cartigiano
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Certified Management &
Maintenance Corp.
Charmer Industries
Louis Cicitta
Citigroup
Classic Kosher Foods, Inc.
Clem Snacks, Inc
Vincent Colandrea
Nick Coniglio
Michael Correra
Judy Crawford
Patrick Curley
Chris Cutrano
Chris Dalldorf
Dash of Class
Ken Dashow
Christopher V. Della Pietra
Lisa Della Pietra
Jaime DeNardo
DG Studios, LLC
Larry DiGiovanna
Steve Dinallo
John and Janice DiNaso
DiNaso & Sons, Inc.
John DiNaso, Jr.
Dom’s Market
Mike Donahue
William and Kris Dugan
Dwyer, Connell, and Lisbona
Dyker Heights Florist
Ecolab
El Caribe
Elefterkakis family
Ellenoff, Grossman &
Schole LLP
Empire Fuel
Joan Erdheim
Es-ca Restaurant
James Farrell
Enrico Ferdico
Anthony Ferraro
Jeffrey Ferraro
Frank Filippo
Ron Filippo
Fruit Supreme
Bill Gandella
Adam Geyer
Gino’s Restaurant
Gotham Chemical
Louis Gregorio
Guarino Funeral Home
Donald Gummer
Harbour Abstract Agency, Ltd.
Zoltan Herskovic
Howard Gordy, Inc.
Jeffrey Hwang
Insights and Solutions
Dan Jaffe
JJM Services Inc.
Joe L. Construction Corp
Juldan LLC
David Kaplan
Frank Keating
Denis Kelleher
Kevin Kelleher
Phillip Kelly
Joe LaForgia
Landscaping by Amorosi, Inc.
Legg Mason
Al Lisbona
Dominick Lodato
Edward Lord
Jeffrey Lucido
Mike Madden
Walter Maffei
Jim Magna
Charles Maigee
Philip Maldari
Manhattan Beer
Dan Marino
Mark Hindy Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Marquis Jet
Michael Towne Wines &
Spirits
Mill Basin Day Camp
Tim Moran
National In-Store Media, Inc.
New Corner Restaurant
NJ Barone Provisions
Ralph Notaro
Andrew Olsen
P.R. Plumbing
Joseph Pacheco
John Pannone
Paterno Imports
D.K. Patton
Peerless Imports
Harry Petchesky
Phoenix Beverages
Joe Pignatano
Ed Porto
Potters and Della Pietra, LLP
George Prezioso
Professional Plumbing,
Heating and Contracting, LLC
Quality Uniforms
RAM Abstract
Angel Ramirez
Reilley Electric
Ridge Iron Works
Francisco Rodriguez
Arthur Rosenbloom
Jim Ross
Rubenstein, Shenker,
Zaccarese CPA
Ed Ruck
Louis Ruggiero
Robert and Brenda Sabbagh
Robert Sabbagh, Jr.
Sage Dining Services
Vic Samara
Jody Samuels
John Sands
Frank Santo
William Santo
Louis Sarli
Jeffrey Schulman
Anthony Scotto
John Scotto
Seatide
Jay Sessa
Peter Sessa
Shurway Auto Collision
Sid Paterson Advertising
Frank Sinatra
Scott Smith
Staten Island Savings Bank
Joseph and Diane Steinberg
Joseph Stuto
Patrick Sweeney
Sweet Blossoms
Table XII Restaurant
Michael Taliercio
Vincent Theurer
Lloyd Thompson
Dominick Tortorice
Mark Tuckman
Lenord Turi
Union Beer Distributors
US Foods
Lawrence Vento, Jr.
Vincent Vigorita
A. Visconti
Walter C. Maffei, Architect
Wayne Wiseman
David Womack
Joe and Angela Yurman
Joseph Yurman, Jr.
Arturo Zitarosa
2006 PoLy oPEn tEnnis
BEnEfit
Norman and Gail Alshooler
David and Gail Bell
Anthony Besthoff
Paul Boegemann
Bridgeview Racquet Club
Frank Castellano
CBS
Frank and Lenore Clemente
Victoria DeLuca
John and Janice DiNaso
Eileen Finn
Future Stars Tennis Camps
Nicholas Gravante, Jr.
Donald and Meryl Gummer
Susan Gurney
Thomas and Barbara Iannelli
Rita Iavorone
David Kochman and
Marla Bloch-Kochman
Lanciani Jewelers
Douglas Lazzaro
Paul and Helen Levine
Frank Heller and Cathy Duffy
Peter Madden
Alexandra Maresca
Bill Martire
Richard and Jackie Merhige
Stephen and Joanna Meringoff
Steven Millerman
Howard Moore
Nike
Prince
James and Ellen Ross
Ken and Amy Ross
John and Suzie Rothman
Saddlebrook Resorts
Philip and Grace Sawyer
Joseph and Phyllis Serino
Jonathan Willens and Julia
Beardwood
Workman Publishing
Hannah Miles ’09
The class that has meant the most to me is my ninth grade history
class with Mr. DeJesus. We learned a lot about world history, but
we spent most of the classes studying the evolution of thought and
morals. It really made me step back and think about our society.
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This annual report recognizes donations made during the fiscal year July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this report.
Please report any errors or omissions to the Development Office
at (718) 836-9800, ext.382, or ncadogan@polyprep.org.
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Poly Prep Country Day School
9216 Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11228
(718) 836-9800
www.polyprep.org

Homecoming 2006

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