TheNob<strong>le</strong>sBul<strong>le</strong><strong>tin</strong>Nob<strong>le</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Greenough</strong> <strong>School</strong>Winter 2009–2010EditorJoyce Leff<strong>le</strong>r EldridgeDirector of CommunicationsAssistant EditorsJulie GuptillAssistant Director of CommunicationsLauren BergeronCommunications specialistDesignDavid Gerratt/DG Communicationswww.NonprofitDesign.comPhotographyBrooke Asnis ’90Lauren BergeronJoyce L. EldridgeAm<strong>and</strong>a Fied<strong>le</strong>rJulie GuptillJohn HirschLeah LarriciaBob MooreKim NealJoe SwayzeThe EditorialCommitteeBrooke Asnis ’90Kate CoonJohn Gifford ’86Ti<strong>le</strong>sy HarringtonBill Keh<strong>le</strong>nbeckSarah SnyderA N E W T R A D I T I O N : Looking to the future with a keen appreciationfor the richness of the past, the school has established the Nob<strong>le</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Greenough</strong>Archives. Under newly named archivist Isa Schaff, the Archives will col<strong>le</strong>ct <strong>and</strong>display pictorial <strong>and</strong> written documentation of the institution from its 1866founding to the present.We will henceforth be reprin<strong>tin</strong>g pictures that lack identification. The groupabove is presumably one of the first, if not the first, groups of fema<strong>le</strong> boarders in theearly 1980s. Can anyone help with names? P<strong>le</strong>ase write joyce_eldridge@nob<strong>le</strong>s.edu.The Nob<strong>le</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Greenough</strong> Bul<strong>le</strong><strong>tin</strong> is publishedthree times a year for graduates, past<strong>and</strong> current parents <strong>and</strong> gr<strong>and</strong>parents, students<strong>and</strong> supporters of the Nob<strong>le</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Greenough</strong><strong>School</strong>. Nob<strong>le</strong>s is a co-educational, nonsectari<strong>and</strong>ay <strong>and</strong> partial boarding schoolfor students in grades seven (Class VI)through 12 (Class I). Nob<strong>le</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Greenough</strong>is a rigorous academic community thatstrives for excel<strong>le</strong>nce in its classroomteaching, intel<strong>le</strong>ctual growth in its students<strong>and</strong> commitment to the arts,ath<strong>le</strong>tics <strong>and</strong> service to others.We mistakenly misidentified Holly Casner ’79 as Holly Goldsmith Starr ’79 in theSummer issue of the Bul<strong>le</strong><strong>tin</strong>. We regret the error <strong>and</strong> have reprinted the Class of 1979’s30th Reunion photo below:For further information <strong>and</strong> up-to-theminutegraduate news, visit our websiteat www.nob<strong>le</strong>s.edu.Letters <strong>and</strong> comments may be e-mai<strong>le</strong>d toJoyce_Eldridge@nob<strong>le</strong>s.edu, Julie_Guptill@nob<strong>le</strong>s.edu or Lauren_Bergeron@nob<strong>le</strong>s.edu.We also welcome old-fashioned mail sentc/o Nob<strong>le</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Greenough</strong> <strong>School</strong>,10 Campus Drive, Dedham, MA 02026.The office may be reached directly bydialing 781-320-7014, 7264, or 7267.© Nob<strong>le</strong> & <strong>Greenough</strong> <strong>School</strong> 2009Back Row (L to R): David Vogel, Tom O’Brien, Tim Mansfield, Fiona Jarrett Roman, Nancy PrattHur<strong>le</strong>y, Holly Char<strong>le</strong>sworth Casner, Jim Morse, Dan Corcoran. Midd<strong>le</strong> Row (L to R): Bruce Weber,Patsy McCormick DiGiovanna, Donna Gi<strong>and</strong>omenico Murphy, A<strong>le</strong>x Childs Smith, Vicki Palmer Chase,Phil Rueppel, Joe Sel<strong>le</strong>, Virginia Aldous Emerson, El<strong>le</strong>n Hatfield Towne, Tom Elcock, Phil Eure, DanRodgers. Front Row (L to R): Scott Lel<strong>and</strong>, Bill Bliss, John Stimpson, Charlie Dow, John Almy,Harrison Mil<strong>le</strong>r.
C O N T E N T SW I N T E R 2 0 0 9 – 2 0 1 02 10 26F E A T U R E S2 THE REVISED MISSION STATEMENT BUILDSON NOBLES’ HISTORY AND ARTICULATES ITS ASPIRATIONS.Grads <strong>and</strong> current students ref<strong>le</strong>ct values <strong>and</strong> exceed goals.10 THE BULLETIN EXAMINES THE HUMANITIESFOLLOWING EARLIER EXPLORATIONS OF THE SOCIALSCIENCES AND SCIENCES.From archeological digs to exchange trips to Japan, studentsprobe cultural, literal <strong>and</strong> literary sources.26 OUR EXPATRIATE GRADUATES TAKE THE NOBLESCOLORS TO GREAT BRITAIN WITH A CERTAIN PANACHE.Some went for study or business <strong>and</strong> stayed;some met <strong>and</strong> married; all feel at home.D E P A R T M E N T S31 Theatre Review35 Keeping You Up-to-Date40 Window on Nob<strong>le</strong>s42 On the Playing FieldsIn Memoriam44 G.K. Bird Jr. ’3947 Bryan Moses Baker48 Graduate Affairs Update50 Class Notes29 EVEN BEFORE JULIE AND JULIA (CHILD),MARY BETH ROCCO ’86 STARTED A CELEBRITY RECIPE BLOG.Antique cookbook provides fodder for how theatrical stars of past century dined.33 A FUSION MUSICIAN WITH GLOBAL ANTECEDENTSCOMPOSES IN REMOTE SECTION OF CALIFORNIA.Kit Walker ’69 brings jazz, Indian culture<strong>and</strong> sounds of nature to his work.