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however. We met in graduate school at the University
of Texas at Austin.) The past five years
since our last reunion have been busy. During
that period, I co-organized two substantial exhibitions
with catalogues. One, “Inventing Marcel
Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture,”
focuses on Duchamp’s important role in modern
and contemporary art and his impact on the construction
of self and other; the other exhibition,
“Reflections/Refractions: Self-Portraiture in the
Twentieth Century,” looks at the changing idioms
of self-representation during the past century.
These projects and many others repeatedly
cause me to think back on my years at Park.
Travel to Paris to organize the Duchamp show
brought back fond memories of the 1983 trip to
France made by those of us in the eighth grade
studying French as well as the rigorous ongoing
study of the French language through our
acquaintance with M. Thibaut and his family!
I also think back frequently to the special trips
several of us had a chance to make to the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts on Tuesday afternoons
once a month when we had half-days so that our
teachers could pursue their professional development.
What magical afternoons! I particularly
recall those spent in the company of the Egyptian
antiquities.
It’s amazing to think how much impact those
ten years at Park had and continue to have,
especially twenty-five years after we received our
diplomas. “There are places I remember...”
Looking forward to catching up with everyone!!
Top: Cam Naimi, Noah Herzog
Bottom: Phoebe Gallagher,
Joshua Dalsimer, Dwight
Dunne, Nancy Venator, Mary
Kay Beuntan, Music Teacher.
Brad Moriarty
My memories of Park go from racing around at
recess in grade two to foursquare in the covered
back entryway past the old woodshop. Since then
I’ve done a number of things, rowing competitions
in school and out, working for and starting
up small businesses and, finally, back to teaching.
I married a woman I met in high school (she
would be quick to point out we were not high
school sweethearts) and watched with awe as she
gave birth to our two boys, Tucker (4.5) and
Silas (1). When Tucker was born we moved to
Milton Academy to live and work in a girl’s
dormitory. I teach physics and engineering and
am part of the faculty governance committee.
I’m looking forward to seeing some familiar Park
faces this spring.
Cam Naimi
The 25th Reunion Wow! It makes me think I’m
getting soft, because I have been living in San
Diego for almost seven years now. I have been
teaching math and science to middle and high
school students for eight years, undoubtedly subconsciously
inspired by ten formative and happy
years spent at Park. I do come “home” to Boston
for the summer, which is just one of many aspects
of teaching I enjoy. In fact, I ran into Alex Heard
on the way to Nantucket not too long ago. It was
a brief reunion as the threat of fog had him
(being the seasoned Nantucket traveler) heading
for the reliable ferry, while I risked the puddle
jumper. Hope this message finds you all well.
Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make the
Reunion, but I hope to run into more of you in
the future.
Lucy Perera Adams
Some Park School Memories:
• The fish wall sculpture in the dining room,
and all those wonderful wooden chairs — where
are they now
• The fish tank in the lobby
• The smell of curing concrete in the stairwells
• The brushed metal door handle, purple and
red doors with the safety glass
• The ceilings, which looked like string, set in
papier mâché
• The classes: Mr. Bourne’s Latin with lights out
• The wall of cut out magazine photos in the
ceramics studio
• The skeleton hanging in the science
room—what was his/her name
• See-more-show body
• Loving to watch filmstrips
• The closets (were they red) of costumes in
drama room
• The race around—and the odd end to it —with
stairs that seemed to lead nowhere
• The courtyard and the cooking from Asian fair
—seemed to always be the older students who
did that
• Banjo playing and folk songs during Morning
Meeting — Mr. Smith
22 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2009