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Student News<br />
Alumni News<br />
Run for <strong>Rivers</strong>:<br />
Marathon 2009<br />
Growing up in Ashland,<br />
Ian Greenblatt ’04 was a<br />
perennial fan of the Boston<br />
Marathon. While not a longdistance<br />
runner himself, Ian saw<br />
his own passion for soccer and lacrosse<br />
mirrored in the runners’<br />
dedication to their sport. He was<br />
as enthusiastic a fan along the race<br />
course as he was on the balconies<br />
of Haffenreffer and Benson Gymnasiums,<br />
where he watched <strong>Rivers</strong>’<br />
basketball teams run the floor.<br />
After his untimely death in an<br />
automobile accident less than a<br />
month after his <strong>Rivers</strong> graduation,<br />
Ian’s family established a scholarship<br />
fund to support <strong>Rivers</strong> students<br />
who shared Ian’s dedication<br />
in the classroom and on the athletic<br />
fields.<br />
This year, <strong>Rivers</strong> is fielding a<br />
team to run the Boston Marathon<br />
to raise money for the Ian Andrew<br />
Greenblatt ’04 Scholarship Fund.<br />
“This is a great way to help grow<br />
the fund and keep Ian’s memory<br />
alive,” said his mother Stephanie<br />
Greenblatt. “We’re thrilled so many<br />
from the <strong>Rivers</strong> community are<br />
running or walking, volunteering,<br />
or supporting the runners and the<br />
fund,” she said. She has also recruited<br />
friends and family members<br />
who are runners for “Team Ian.”<br />
New York City Reception<br />
About 30 <strong>Rivers</strong> alumni living and working in the New York City area<br />
gathered this fall for a reception at Club Metropolitan at Arbitron, Inc.<br />
Alumni Association President Charlie Abrams ’88 welcomed the lively<br />
group and encouraged continued involvement with the <strong>Rivers</strong> community,<br />
while Head of <strong>School</strong> Tom Olverson updated them with some of the current<br />
achievements and future goals of the school’s strategic plan. <strong>The</strong> reception was<br />
organized courtesy of Pierre Bouvard ’79, president of sales and marketing<br />
at the international media and marketing research firm Arbitron.<br />
Head of <strong>School</strong> Tom Olverson<br />
and David Olverson ’02<br />
Elissa Hintlian ’99, Becca Roblin ’99,<br />
David Snider ’99<br />
Charlie Abrams ’88 and<br />
Brian Snerson ’86<br />
Above: Tim<br />
Ward ’03, Dave<br />
Olverson ’02,<br />
Grady O’Gara<br />
’03, Carolyn<br />
Bass ’01<br />
To participate in any way, contact<br />
Chris Martin at c.martin@rivers.<br />
org or 339-686-2230. Contributions<br />
to the fund may be mailed to the<br />
Alumni Office at <strong>Rivers</strong> or made<br />
online at www.rivers.org, click<br />
on “Giving.” Write Greenblatt<br />
Marathon in the comments field.<br />
18 • Riparian • Spring 2009<br />
Melissa Greenberg ’00 and<br />
Ricki Askin ’00<br />
Jared Gerstenblatt ’93, Leigh Gerstenblatt,<br />
Tracey Kaplowitz ’93, Kevin Reilly ’93
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