alumni day - The Taft School

○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○alumni day○ Faculty emeriti Marion Makepeace and husband John ’38, Polly Merriman (widow of Bill’43), John Noyes, Ted Greene, Pecky Lodge, Tanny Reiff, Tom Lodge, and Neil Currie ’41dad [Scott Pierce ’49]. It’s his 50thwedding anniversary with my momthis year, so I’m going to talk with hisclassmates about what really happenedwhen he was here and find out thenature of the nickname in his yearbook,which he never revealed to us,so we’re going to find out.”Pierce was not alone in his familyties over the weekend. Three generationsof Herrlingers were spottedvisiting before the parade, and JimMoore ’74 balanced his time betweenhis classmates and visiting his lowermiddaughter Emily. “We had a greatclass,” Moore said. “It’s wonderful tosee everyone, and so many of theold masters were [at the ’74 party]:Bill Nicholson—I hadn’t seen himsince I’d graduated—and RogerStacey. I got the chance to apologizefor living down the hall from himmy lower-mid year.”“My teachers and classmates werethe most memorable part of my experience,”said Shruthi Mahalingaiah ’94from Brookline, Massachusetts, “Mr.Everett (whom I got to see at theparty), Mr. Comiskey, Mr. Potter, andBJ Goodwin…. I had time betweengraduation from med school and startingmy residency. Before too muchtime passed I wanted to reconnect withmy classmates, see how they are and Bailey and Whitney, daughters of PhobeVaughn Outerbridge ’84, help gatherballoons after the luncheon. The men of the50th ReunionClass of ’54 jointhe Old Guard. Latin teacherand baseball coachJoe Brogna ralliesthe team in itsgame against Kenton Saturdayafternoon.