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The Park SchoolFall Bulletin 20102 Around ParkPhyllis Ong RetiresFaculty UpdatesNi Hao! Chinese in Grade VI4 New TrusteesCaroline ScherneckerVincent ChiangDana Weiss Smith6 Graduation 2010Graduation Address: Adetola Olatunji ’04Class of 2010 Graduation Speakers: Brittani Jones andHannah Oettgen16 Learning Science at Park18 Preparing for a Yearlong Review of Park’s ScienceCurriculum22 Park Alumni ScientistsSusan Mabrey Gaud ’61Douglas Boynton Quine ’65Lora Fleming ’71Rick Berenson ’73Nina Frusztajer ’79Elizabeth Wiellette ’85David Shaff ’87Ijeoma Uzoma ’9935 Reunion 2010Class of 1985 25th Reunion Biographies43 Alumni NotesAlumni Service Award 2010: Robert F. Kenerson ’53Alumni Achievement Award 2010: Joseph F. Kahn ’80

Sheika Luc Nicole Maddox Allison Raabe Kimberly Rothrock Nicole Siverls Mally SmithFaculty Updates 2010R E TI R E M E NT S :Phyllis Ong Grade II Teacher 1993–2010D E PART U R E S :Rebecca Abrams Grade I teacherJane Carney Assistant Head for Finance &OperationsMegan Carney Permanent SubstituteRachel Costello Spanish TeacherJeannie Hahn Kindergarten TeacherChris Hartmann Math TeacherChris Lindsay Technology SpecialistSiobhan Quigley Annual Fund DirectorMario Rubio-Ospina WoodworkingAmy Salomon Grade IIEmily Sweany Kindergarten AssistantJorge Vega Technology SpecialistNi-hao! Chinese in Grade VIThere’s no question that currentand future Park students willbe living in a world where beingable to communicate successfullyacross cultures and languages willbe an essential skill. Over the pastfive years, growing numbers of ouralumni have begun to learn Mandarin,either in secondary schoolor college.When school opens this September,a section of 9 sixth-graderswill start their elective study ofMandarin, which is a challenginglanguage for native English speakersto learn. Park has beguna partnership with the GreentownYuhua Qinqin School, a privateelementary/middle school inHangzhou, China, to facilitateexchanges, initially with facultyand ultimately with our Grade IXMandarin students. The Chinesetrip (planned for 2014, when thecurrent sixth-graders are in GradeIX), will be modeled after thebeloved trips to Europe that beena highlight at Park for more than20 years.CHANGES:Sarah Bourque Grade III Associate Teacher,joins Betsy Platt’s class as Pre-K Assistant TeacherMarshall Neilson Technology Specialist,returns from sabbaticalAlan Rivera French & Spanish Teacher,returns from sabbaticalAPP O I NTM E NT S :Giovanni Bradley-Campbell After-SchoolProgram TeacherKung-Yi Chang Math TeacherBA Chinese Culture University, Taiwan; MEdBoston UniversityMulian Chen Mandarin TeacherBA East China Normal University, Shanghai; MEdHarvard Graduate School of EducationLiesl Gilman Grade IV Associate TeacherBS Skidmore College; MA Wheelock CollegeCyndi Guerard Technology SpecialistBA University of Massachusetts; MA MarlboroCollegeDean Laabs Woodworking TeacherBM Lawrence University; MM New EnglandConservatorySheika Luc Grade II TeacherBA Amherst College; MS Bank Street Collegeof EducationNicole Maddox Science TeacherBA Wellesley CollegeAllison Raabe Grade I TeacherBA Providence College; MA Smith CollegeKimberly Rothrock Assistant Head for Finance& OperationsBS Boston College; MSA Boston CollegeNicole Siverls Kindergarten TeacherBA University of Michigan; MS Bank StreetCollege of EducationMally Smith ’01 Kindergarten Assistant/After-School Program TeacherA George Washington UniversityThe Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 3

EW T R U S T E E SCity for Time Warner’s publishing department,and studied graphic design atThe Pratt Institute and the Parsons Schoolof Design.Caroline ScherneckerAs transplants in Boston, Carolineand her husband, Fred, were unfamiliarwith the primary education optionsin the area. (She was born in North Carolinabut grew up in Connecticut, and hehails from Madison, Wisconsin). Whenlooking for the right school for their firstchild, Lily, they soon realized that Park’smission and educational environmentexceeded their hopes. “We were thrilledto find a community that offers such arich tapestry of individuals and experiencesfor our children,” Caroline recalls.“And, we have grown to appreciate thatthis is a family school. As parents, Fredand I receive as much from the Park communityas our children do.”Caroline’s first experience in the Bostonarea was as a boarding student at DanaHall School in Wellesley. After graduatingin 1985, she returned to her Tar Heelroots and attended the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). Carolinemoved back north to work in New YorkIn 1991, at a mutual friend’s wedding,Caroline met Fred, who was living in Newtonafter attending Harvard College.Eventually, despite a clash of Carolina Bluevs. Crimson, Caroline moved to Boston tomarry Fred and worked as the art directorat Reebok. After Lily was born, Catie ’17soon followed, and Caroline left corporatelife to pursue freelance graphic design.Caroline remains involved at UNC-CHsitting on the Board of Visitors and theWomen’s Leadership Board. When herdaughter Lily joined the Park School Classof 2014 in Kindergarten, Caroline joinedthe Parents’ Association, first as a libraryvolunteer. She served next as a Class Rep,then as the Class Rep Coordinator, cochairof fundraisers and community serviceprojects, and as an advisor to the P.A.“I’m honored to be serving the communitynow as the president of the Parents’ Association,and am looking forward to mytwo-year term on the Board of Trustees,”she says.Vincent ChiangWhen Vinny and his wife, Susanne,looked at independent schools,The Park School was the only one theyconsidered. “In our minds, Park reallydistinguished itself. Its commitment toacademic excellence, a diverse community,as well as a child-focused approach tolearning really resonated with what wewanted for our children’s educationalexperience,” says Vinny. All three of theirchildren, Molly ’15, Grace ’17, and Aidan’20, are now Park students.Born in Virginia, Vinny moved to Massachusettsat age 5, after a year in Taiwan,and has remained ever since. Followinggraduation from Weston High School,Vinny attended Harvard College and theUniversity of Massachusetts MedicalSchool. He completed his residency inpediatrics and fellowship in pediatric4 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

emergency medicine at Children’s HospitalBoston, which is where Vinny andSusanne met while she was working as asenior communications officer in the publicaffairs department and at the Children’sHospital Trust.Currently, Vinny is chief of inpatientservices for the Department of Medicineand associate chief of the Division ofGeneral Pediatrics at Children’s HospitalBoston. He is actively involved in medicaleducation and serves as the associateprogram director of the pediatric residencyprogram and the director of medicalstudent education at Children’s.Clinically, he divides his time working inthe emergency department and on theinpatient general pediatric units. Healso serves on the editorial board of theJournal of Hospital Medicine, is co-editorof the textbook Comprehensive PediatricHospital Medicine, and is a member ofthe American Academy of PediatricsSection on Hospital Care.At Park, Vinny has served on the Board ofTrustees’ Diversity Committee and is astanding member of the Springfest cleanupcrew. He looks forward to increasinghis involvement as a trustee.Dana Weiss SmithBorn and raised in Los Angeles, California,Dana made the trip east forcollege and has made Boston her homeever since. She graduated with a BAfrom Tufts University and a MEd from theHarvard Graduate School of Educationwith a concentration in children andadolescents at risk. Since then, she hasdevoted her time as an employee andvolunteer to area nonprofit organizationswhose missions focus on improving thequality of life for Boston’s youth.Having worked at the Boston CommunityCenters, The Prevention Center, BostonHousing Authority, and as director ofoperations for the Boys & Girls Clubs ofBoston, Dana brings to Park’s Board awealth of experience and knowledgeabout children and the issues they facetoday.In addition to serving on Park’s Board,Dana is involved with several area nonprofitorganizations and affiliations,including Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston,Facing History and Ourselves, and theBoston Women’s Antipoverty Initiative.Not only is Dana a Park School parent,but she is married to a Park alumnus,Robert Smith ’74. Dana and Robert havethree children: Madeleine ’09 and Ryan’11, currently students at Noble andGreenough School, and Jackson, who isin Grade IV at Park.The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 5

— Class of 2010 —GRADUATION 20106 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

2010GRADUATIONADDRESSby Adetola Olatunji, Class of 2004Each year, an alumnus/a with six years of post-Park experience addressesthe graduating class. Following this Park School tradition, Adetola Olatunjisaluted 19 ninth-graders at the 122nd graduation exercises in June. Adetolajoined the Class of 2004 as a short, shy sixth-grader, but found her voice inJanice Allen’s chorus for eighth- and ninth-graders and established a GradeIV and V dance club with classmate Liz Wilsker. She carried her passionfor singing and dancing to Milton Academy and Princeton University,where she sings with the Princeton University Gospel Ensemble and servesas the artistic director of the Black Arts Company. Adetola is a pre-lawstudent — studying political economics with minors in both African studiesand Spanish — and she plans to pursue international law after graduatingin 2011.Good morning! To the trustees, Mr. Katz, faculty, staff,alumni, students, and their families, thank you so much forinviting me here. It is truly an honor to have been given theopportunity to speak with you this morning, and I am humbled tohave been chosen to share with you some of the experiences I havehad in the past few years. And most importantly, to the Class of2010, congratulations to you on such an amazing accomplishment!You made it, and we are all here because we are so excited to celebrateyour wonderful achievements thus far. I have a few hopes foryou especially by the end of this speech: first of all, that you rememberat least 30 percent of it. Don’t even worry about it, though; I’ll try tokeep this interesting. But more importantly, I hope that as youreflect on the past three, four, or even 11 years for some of you, youThe Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 7

What the Ninth Grade willTake and Leave BehindAsher BohmerI am taking a large plaster head that stillisn’t dry and new-found self confidence.I am leaving behind my kid sister, Isobel.Annalin CarrollI am taking my independence and goodmemories. I am leaving behind my 11years at Park.will learn something meaningful from hearingmy words today that you can take withyou as you move on to the next stage ofyour lives.Let’s start off with what I’m sure will bea memorable image for all of you. The yearwas 2000; the place was the sixth-grade hallwayon the third floor. The time was about7:55 a.m. The outfit. . . sometimes I shudderto even think about it. . . black dress shoes(with the straps across the foot), white socks,black dress pants, and a bright pink buttonup. Oh, and let’s not forget the cornrowbraids and pink bubbles in my hair . . . ohgoodness. Let’s just say I was trying to make astatement. . . that’s classy though, right?But all jokes aside, I entered my first dayat The Park School as a new kid with onlyone mission: to get good grades. Growing upin a Nigerian household where excelling wasthe only option, my mindset upon enteringmiddle school did not anticipate the need ordesire to be involved in anything other thanacademics. Now, don’t get me wrong, I neverforgot how grades are still very important.But as I look back, I can say I have this wonderfulinstitution to thank for exposing me tothe importance of extracurricular activities.Although I entered middle school thinkingthat grades were the only thing that mattered,“While here, my teachers encouraged me to find my voice,and with the help of their kind encouragement, I did.”the exposure that The Park School gave me tovarious sports and performance activitiesshowed me not only how much fun theycould be, but also how crucial they would beto my growth in the long run.For me, Park School was an opportunityto experience so many new things for the firsttime. While here, I tried everything from therecorder, to soccer, even knitting club! Somewherealong the line, I found that sports andthe performing arts would combine to be aperfect fit for my passion and talent. While atPark, I was exposed to one of my first soloopportunities in Ms. Hillmon’s seventh-gradechorus. I also had the opportunity to leaddance club for the fourth- and fifth-gradersalongside one of my best friends at the time,Liz Wilsker. Singing and dancing are still twoof my biggest passions today, and I am sograteful to have found these passions while Iwas here, passions that to this day help me tostay sane in the midst of a rigorous academicenvironment at Princeton.As for sports, I tried quite a few, but Ifound basketball to be my absolute favorite.8 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

Phoebe ClarkI am taking a better understanding ofthe world and those in it. I am leavingbehind that skid mark on the gymfloor from tripping over my own feet.Daniella ColomboI am taking confidence and maturityfound through my leadership ofHelping Hand. I am leaving behind theamazing teachers who have helpedme become who I am through theirencouragement and belief.Annie GoodridgeI am taking my Park “P”! I am leavingbehind the memory of falling on myface in the gym.Defense was definitely my specialty in thegame; because I was so little, I had to be waymore aggressive than the rest to be successful,though. I guess it showed in the nickname Iquickly earned among my teammates: “LittleLion Addie.” You might be wonderingwhether I was that girl who would accidentallyscratch her teammates during loose ballsand hustle plays. . . guilty! It was that serious. Iplayed all through my Park years and evenwent on to play through my high school yearsat Milton Academy. However, I found thatafter Milton, my only basketball-related roleneeded to be in front of the television screenwatching the professionals do the game ofbasketball justice. However, I will never forgetthe moments I shared with my teammatesand the lessons of discipline and work ethicthat I am still able to apply to my life today.I know that for many of you, extracurricularactivities played a big role in your ParkSchool experiences, from the soccer team toStudent Council, from jazz band to OneWorld Club, now called Pangaea. I want toplead with you to remember these activitiesthat you invested so much time in while here.I will guarantee you that in high school, yourinvolvement in extracurricular activities willbe what helps you to stay sane. In all honesty,when school gets difficult, and it will if it hasnot already, you will appreciate the outletsthat you have built for yourself while inschool here. They are what teach us teamworkand leadership skills and make us morewell-rounded people. Most importantly,though, over time your involvement in theseactivities will be an important indication ofhow much you have gained out of high school,when you eventually seek to move on yetagain to the stage of life after your soon-cominghigh school experiences: COLLEGE.And maybe you didn’t have the opportu-The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 9

Emily HoytI am taking with me Lilybet MacRae andall the colors on my palette in paintingclass. I am leaving behind the colorsgreen and white.Emily JacobI am taking Omni Ball. I am leavingbehind TOTAL Day.Brittani JonesI am taking with me the independence tomake my own decisions. I am leavingbehind the voice to inspire others to dothe same.2 0 1 0 G R A D U AT I O N AWA R D STHE ELLEN FOWLER AWARD FOR CITIZENSHIPAsher Charles Smith BohmerEmily Abase JacobTHE ISABELLA T. GROBLEWSKI ARTS AWARDAlexandra Nicole WayeTHE HEAD OF SCHOOL’S AWARD FORACADEMIC EXCELLENCEEmily Anna HoytTHE CURTIS E. SMITH ATHLETIC AWARDMichela Nora ThomsenTHE JOHN T. SPICER AWARD FOR UNIQUE SERVICELillian Elizabeth MacRaeGilad David Gamson SecklerThe Joan Crocker Award for Community ServiceEACH YEAR, theParents’ Associationpresents this awardin honor of formerPark parent JoanCrocker, who exemplifiedthe kind ofdevotion and steadfastzeal this awardrecognizes in itsrecipients.ROMA HOYTnity to try that new sport or join that excitingclub that you always wanted to. Even if that’sthe case, don’t think it’s too late to startsomething new. High school will be a wholenew experience where you will have thechance to start again and discover a new partof your personality while remaining true towho you are. But regardless of whether youtry baseball for the first time or continue thetheater background you started early in yourPark years, I urge you to continue to investtime in these passions because you will be somuch better for it.Besides what I learned outside of theclassroom, I cannot go without mentioningsome of the lessons I learned while inside theclassroom doors. The Park School blessed mewith some of the best teachers I have everhad. Mrs. Lucey, Ms. Baker, Mr. Kellogg, Mrs.Aldins, and Mr. Amershadian (to name afew) were instrumental in pushing me to settlefor no less than a mindset of excellence.They also taught me to understand that myopinion was just as valuable in conversation asthe next person’s, and to never allow my perspectivesor dreams to be overshadowed. Ithink about the wonderful teaching that Ireceived at the Park School every time I amcalled upon to speak in a small classroom setting.When I first entered Park, I was one ofthe shyest in the bunch, but people who havemet me more recently in life would be surprisedto hear that. While here, my teachers“When you leave this place, remember thelessons you learned about high standards,teamwork, independence, friendship, respect,love, and trust.”10 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

Lilybet MacRaeI am taking Emily Hoyt. I am leavingbehind my favorite time of the day:recess!Mackenzie MillsI am taking my backpack. I am leavingbehind my sisters and my mom.Hannah OettgenI am taking the confidence that Ineed to go to my next school. I amleaving behind my MorningMeeting seat.encouraged me to find my voice, and with thehelp of their kind encouragement, I did. Itwas about discovering the type of person Iwas and expanding my comfort zone, as theclassroom setting was just another opportunityfor me to be myself. I was pushed tospeak up more, to work with my classmatesand learn from them, and to use all availableresources to make it.I bring up the role of teachers in my lifeto remind you to reach out to the teacherswho have dedicated their lives to helping youreach the next level in life. That resourcenever goes away; especially the blue M&Ms inMr. Katz’s office that I hear you love. Knowthat your teachers still care and will still bechecking up on you long after you graduate.Believe me. But a resource only works when itis in use. When you leave this place, rememberthe lessons you learned about high standards,teamwork, independence, friendship,respect, love, and trust. As corny as it maysound now, these lessons that have beeninstilled in you will be what sets you apartfrom the rest as you continue on your journeyin high school, but only if you remember touse them. Please do.In addition to using the resources thathave been made available to you, I also urgeyou to refuse to allow limits to be placedupon you. As much as it sounds cliché, don’tlet anyone tell you that you can’t do something.I’m sure that students as bright as all ofyou will have high expectations and goals foryourselves. As you strive for new levels,thoughts of doubt might come as you thinkabout a class that you want to take, a newhobby you want to pick up, a career path thatyou want to explore, or a traveling opportunitythat you want to look into. It’s easy to notpursue something out of fear, or out of playingit safe.But you know what? It takes courage totake a risk and challenge yourself in ways noone expects from you. You are lucky becauseyou have already been exposed to so manyopportunities that most people your age haveyet to experience. So all I am asking is thatyou continue to take advantage of the edgethat you already have. Aim high, and that’sexactly where you will go. You have learned somuch and built so many friendships and connectionsthat will last you a lifetime, but onlyif you make sure those connections last. Iwant to encourage all of you to work to keepthe love that I can tell you all have for eachother. I’m just saying that you are quite thedynamic bunch, and if you can remember tokeep each other in mind as you move on tothe next level, you will be so much better forthose sustained relationships.Don’t forget where you came from, thestandards that you have set for yourself, orthe people who helped to mature into thepeople who you are today. I am confident thatif you continue to be aware of your educationthus far and keep reaching high, there isabsolutely nothing that you as individuals andas a group cannot achieve. I look forward tohearing about you excelling in all of yourendeavors.Thank you so much for taking the timeto listen to my words, and again, congratulations—youdid it!“Don’t forget where you came from, thestandards that you have set for yourself, or thepeople who helped to mature into the peoplewho you are today.”The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 11

Charlotte RossI am taking the sportsmanship andleadership Park has taught me. I amleaving behind my Park uniform.Gilad SecklerI am taking my people skills. Iam leaving behind the spit thatI emptied out of my tromboneonto Mr. Lyons’ rug.Grif SeeleyI am taking my yearbook. I am leavingbehind an exclusive T-shirt available inthe Park Plaza for only $20. You shouldbuy one!ClassGraduationSpeaker:Brittani JonesGood morning, everyone. Iam honored to speak onbehalf of my class, the Class of2010. Just two weeks ago, I waswalking through the cafeteria andwas pulled aside by Ms. Lucey. Shebrought me to a corner table andtold me to sit down. Instantly, Ithought I was in trouble. But thenshe had this huge grin and said,“Brittani…” and I started yelling,“YES! YES! I WOULD LOVE TO!” Thekitchen staff looked at me from thekitchen and probably thought somethingbad was happening since Iwas so loud. Oops.Ms. Lucey looked at me and said,“Do you even know what I’m goingto ask you?” At that point, Ithought about it and concluded thatI was getting trouble for something,although I wasn’t quite sure why.But turns out that I was right, andshe was, indeed, asking me to be[one of] this year’s graduationspeakers. (And yes, Mom, that meansthat those times staying after schoolweren’t to meet Ms. Barre, or to fixan essay, or to set up for the dance;I was really meeting with Ms. Luceyand Ms. Fries. SURPRISE!) That beingsaid, I am here speaking in front ofall the faculty, parents, alumni, currentstudents, and of course, myfavorite, the Class of 2010!I began my years at Park in2000, starting in Kindergarten, makingthis my tenth year. Ten yearsseems like a long time, but it hasgone by in a blink of an eye. As studentshave come and gone from ourclass, we have created a wonderfuland unique grade. This is why wewill never be forgotten. Our grouphas such a variety of personalities,from quiet ones to some who arealways enthusiastic, and those whohave transitioned from one end ofthe spectrum to the other.We’ve all had our share of transitions,and the results are what yousee here today. No matter what kindof change, I can say one thing: Weare all in front of you as youngadults getting ready to depart. Youhave all witnessed our growth andmaturity, and we thank you for themany lessons you’ve taught us. Wethank you for giving us the opportunityto make and mold who we havebecome today, and for showing uswhat the world has in store. I knowthat we want to do great things inthe future, so I can assure you thatthis will not be the last you hearfrom our class.Mr. Rivera told us that this yearwould fly by us, but I never actuallythought it would. I never thought itwould feel like just yesterday when Iwas walking into the School, anticipatingthe day that we were leavingfor Stump Sprouts, Europe, or evenSix Flags. These are all the thingsthat have brought us closer andhave given me the opportunity toreach out to each of the studentsyou see sitting here behind me.One thing that I will take withme as I make my departure fromPark is what I have learned throughoutmy journey here. The curriculumfor each year isn’t just a mound ofinformation that one has to eventuallybe tested on—it is much more.Often teachers say, “The course youwill be taking this year will be usefulto your later years in highschool, or even college,” and theymean it. I’m now beginning tounderstand the concept of just howwell Park prepares students for thefuture; each subject gives an individualstudent a chance to ruminateupon the lessons and morals thatcome out of each of the courses.For instance:Kindergarten: It was the simplethings like etiquette, holding thedoors for others, sharing, and mostimportantly NOT being greedy andeating each other’s snack!Grades I-III: Learning how tohelp the environment and preservethe rainforest; to become ecofriendly;acknowledging the goodand caring things that other studentsdo, and report it for recognitionin front of the class.Grade VI-VIII: Learning how tomanage money and finances withthe House Project; being creativeand gathering a collection of poemsthat represent us for our PoetryAnthologies.Finally, Grade IX: The last year atPark puts together all the lessonsone has learned from youth. It’s the12 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

Barbara SinghakiatI am taking all the skills I have developedas a writer. I am leaving behindthe most amazing track team ever.Padraig SullivanI am taking the memories of severalPark plays. I am leaving behind thestage on which I performed them.Nyle Thomas-AndrewsI am taking sincerity. I am leavingbehind simplicity.N E X T S C H O O L S F O RT H E C L A S S O F 2 0 1 0year to reflect upon all that youknow and to take the opportunity tobe a leader of the School. It givesyou a chance to make changes forthe future. But above all, it was animportant time in our lives becauseit allowed us to display the maturityand the skills we’ve learned tobecome great leaders.You can never be sure where lifewill take you, or what it has in storefor you, but there is one thing thatI know will never happen. Thereisn’t another place that I can callhome like I can call Park, or a placethat I will stay for 10 whole years.That is a very special thing that onecan never forget about Park. It alsomakes it hard to forget being a studenthere, since I’ve been here forso long. But, with the lessons I’velearned during my time here and thememories I have created, I cannever forget Park or even begin tocompare it to another place, consideringall that it has done for me.Being yet another member of myfamily to graduate from Park, frommy mom, my uncle, my manycousins, to now me—it has trulybeen an honor. It’s amazing to knowthat they, too, had the same ceremonyand have come out to supportme and congratulate me on my successat Park. However, it doesn’t endhere. Since my brother is going tobe here at Park, the torch has nowbeen passed down to him. The bestthing of all is to know that I havepaved the way for him. Park hasgiven me the opportunity to beindependent and to make decisionson my own—to become a leader. Iwant to continue to use this and toguide others in some way, being arole model. I plan to do great thingswhen I get old, but I will never beable to do these things withoutstopping first to remember where itall came from: one little place that Ican call home—Park.Asher BohmerWellesley High SchoolAnnalin CarrollBeaver Country Day SchoolPhoebe ClarkSt. Paul’s SchoolDaniella ColomboMilton AcademyAnnie GoodridgeThe Winsor SchoolEmily HoytPhillips Academy AndoverEmily JacobMilton AcademyBrittani JonesBoston Trinity AcademyLilybet MacRaePhillips Academy AndoverMackenzie MillsBeaver Country Day SchoolHannah OettgenBoston University AcademyCharlotte RossMilton AcademyGilad SecklerNewton North High SchoolGrif SeeleyCommonwealth SchoolBarbara SinghakiatThayer AcademyPadraig SullivanThe Cambridge School of WestonNyle Thomas-AndrewsBoston College High SchoolMichela ThomsenThe Rivers SchoolAlex WayeDana Hall SchoolThe Park Bulletin | Fall 2009 13

Michela ThomsenI am taking the knowledge I gained frommy work-study job. I am leaving behindmy smile.Alex WayeI am taking my love for music. I amleaving behind my echoing voice.ClassGraduationSpeaker:Hannah OettgenHello, everyone. I rememberwhen I was in sixth gradeand I decided to come to Park. Ididn’t realize it at the time, butthat was one of the best decisionsI have ever made. Park has done somuch for me as a person and for myeducation. I have become a betterreader, writer, mathematician,linguist, scientist, artist, actress,and singer.There are countless things thatmake Park unique that I will neverforget. I will always rememberMorning Meeting and the momentof silence—my favorite part of theday. I will remember having mygrandparents with me at school theday before Thanksgiving and takingthem to all of my classes. I willremember singing “Children GoWhere I Send Thee” at Yule Festival.Everyone in the school knows all ofthe words and the hand motions,and all the alumni come down tosing. I know that I will be one ofthose alums next year.In seventh grade, I remembergoing to Project R.E.A.S.O.N. Wehiked Mt. Monadnock, slept in cabins,and played with the dogs,Moose and Kofe. In eighth grade,we had a blast during our day inBoston. The day before that, weswam in the coldest pool water everafter cleaning up Jamaica Pond.Ninth grade has been an especiallygreat year. We have become soclose as a grade, and I will neverforget any of you; I know we’ll stayin touch. We have all had so manyleadership opportunities. Whether itwas leading clubs, being captains ofsports teams, or being TOTAL Daycaptains, we have all taken advantageof those opportunities. Goingto Spain was another unforgettableexperience this year, and the 10 ofwho went together become closerthan we ever were. We all tried lotsof new things, had a great time,and learned a lot. Almost right afterreturning from Spain, we jumpedinto our work-study jobs. It wasreally strange to be away fromschool for a month, but it was anincredible experience.And then there are the littlethings about ninth grade, like gettingM&Ms from Mr. Katz’s office atbreak, or at 8 in the morning! Iremember taking swimming lessonsduring P.E. in, once again, reallycold pool water. I remember saying,“Hi, I’m Hannah, and I’m runningMorning Meeting today.”One of the best things aboutPark is the amazing faculty. Duringmy years at Park, I have grown as astudent, and my teachers have allbeen there to support me and helpme do well. None of us would behere right now, ready to graduate,without all of our teachers.So, I want to say thank you toeveryone at Park who has helpedmake our years here so amazing. Ialso want to thank all of our familyand friends who are here to supportus today. Although I am going toanother school next year, Park willalways be an important part of mylife, and I will come back to visitall the time!Finally, I want to congratulatethe ninth grade because soonwe will be graduates of The ParkSchool. Thank you.14 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

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LEARNING SCI16 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

ENCE AT PARKark’s youngest students in Pre-Kindergartenare eager scientists: observing the naturalworld and the change of seasons, producingice crystals in winter, and growing seeds inthe spring. The Kindergarten classroomsare equally full of life—hatching monarchcaterpillars in the fall and baby chicks in thespring. But formalized science classes beginin Grade I.First-graders are excited to venturedown the corridor to Brian Cassie’s LowerDivision science room. He capitalizes on thechildren’s fascination with the world aroundthem and introduces them to an inquirybased,hands-on science program thatbegins by looking at the trees on campusand culminates in a study of the ecology ofAmerican rainforests, which complementsthe Grade I social studies curriculum.When students reach the UpperDivision science labs, they are introduced tothe scientific disciplines of earth science,physics, and biology, and begin to develop afoundation of scientific skills: observing,hypothesizing, analyzing, inferring, anddrawing conclusions.In 2010–11, Park’s Science Departmentis undergoing a periodic review toassess both the quality of teaching and thecurricular content. In the review process,every topic and unit will be considered.Some may get expanded and some may bedropped. You can read more about this comprehensiveevaluation in a piece by ScienceDepartment Chair Karen Manning.The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 17

Preparing for a Yearlong Reviewof Park’s Science Curriculumby Karen Manning, Science Department ChairThe Review ProcessR E V I E WReview and assess currentscience program in gradesK–IX at Park.R E S E A R C H• Articulate philosophythrough trying to answer“big” questions.• Benchmark other schools.• Assess what resources areavailable to us (conferenceproceedings, findings,other surveys, etc.).D E V E L O P• Develop a K–IX scopeand sequence.• Adopt or adapt curriculummaterials for gradeleveluse.• Create a professionaldevelopmentplan forfaculty.R E P O R TDescribe the findings of thisprocess in a report.I M P L E M E N TOnce implementation begins,we will continue to evaluatethe effectiveness of thesechanges, and make changesas necessary.• Research effective andappropriate assessmentand evaluation strategies.18 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

This summer, Park’s science facultymet to outline the challenging butexciting process that we are aboutto begin to review our approach to teachingscience across the grades.As we began planning for the review,it became apparent that we were limitedin our understanding of what otherschools were doing and of the currentthinking regarding science education. Weunderstood that it would take a hugeamount of time, effort, and expense(which were all in short supply) to gatherthe information we needed. So, wedecided to hire a consultant to assist uswith the process.We wanted someone who was intimatelyinvolved in education, was familiarwith different types of schools, andhas developed curricula at the local andnational level. While this seemed like atall order, Jerry Katz said he knew justthe person for the job.Jerry contacted Carolee Matsumoto tosee if she might be interested in taking onthis project. Carolee, a third-generation< After creating a “cloud” in the lab, KarenManning answers questions about condensationfrom her sixth graders.Japanese American, brings enthusiasmand experience leading technical assistance,curriculum development, and leadershipdevelopment to projects across theUnited States and the world. She is currentlyworking with the National ScienceFoundation and the Watershed IntegratedScience Project at UMass Boston, andshe is an advisor for public television scienceprograms at WGBH. At Park, Carolee’srole will include helping to facilitatediscussions and encourage us to think“globally,” as well as helping us connectwith key resources throughout theprocess.What intrigued Carolee was ourprocess. Instead of taking our existingcurriculum and comparing it to a state ornational standard, then adding or eliminatingtopics to meet those standards, wedecided to take a really novel approach.We are starting with a completelyblank canvas —or, to use a sciencemetaphor, an empty Petri dish. We wantto design a science curriculum that wouldbe state-of-the-art in both approach andcontent without worrying about time,budget, or space limitations. Of course,these constraints will eventually have tobe considered, but to generate reallyinnovative thoughts, we wanted to stripaway all of the typical limits.Before we can lay out a “scope andsequence” for the curriculum, we need toarticulate a philosophy that will guide usthrough the process. We plan to generatethis philosophy be answering some big,fundamental questions:Getting to Know the Park School Science TeachersK A R E N M A N N I N GScience Department ChairHow long have you been atPark?I have been teaching here for 10years, since 2000.What grades do you teach?Sixth- and seventh-grade science.What turned you on to science?I have always loved the ocean andwanted to become an oceanographerat a very young age. I used towatch all of the Jacques Cousteauspecials on TV when I was young,which I think inspired me to followthis path. My high school biologyteacher also encouraged me to pursuemy love of the ocean.What do you remember aboutlearning science in school?One of my most vivid memories wasfrom a fifth-grade science class,when we were exploring the senseof taste. We were blindfolded and asample of a powder was put on ourtongues, and we had to figure outwhat it was for ourselves —insteadof just being told about it. I wasamazed that when we put the samesubstance on different parts of mytongue, it tasted completely different,depending on what spot ittouched. Who knew that yourtongue could sense food differently?What is your favorite lesson thatyou conduct with Park students?I have several favorite lessons, and,perhaps not surprisingly, almost allof them involve edible labs. In particular,I love the “Taste Tectonics”lab where we use graham crackers,frosting, and fruit roll-ups to simulatetectonic plate interactions. Itactually is quite effective in modelingwhat happens at those plate boundaries.The simulations we do withGrade VI modeling different partsof the digestive system are prettygreat, too!What do you hope Park studentstake away from your scienceclasses?I hope my students maintain theirsense of wonderment—always.Ihope they continue to be curiousand to ask questions. I also hopethat they begin to understand howto approach finding answers totheir questions and that they learnhow to explain phenomena in theirown words.The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 19

What science is worth understanding today andtomorrow?What should science learning look like?How and where does science thrive?What evidence demonstrates students’ sciencelearning?At this point, our goals include:• Developing a coherent philosophy ofscience learning across grade levels;• Working toward common studentoutcomes of knowledge, skills, andhabits of mind;• Reviewing what and how we teachand measuring that against our ownaspirations and best practices;• Identifying existing areas in the curriculum,schedule, or facilities thatwarrant improvement to achieve thegoals effectively.The Science Department met severaltimes over the summer for initial brainstormingsessions. Once school begins,we will meet monthly with Carolee andJerry Katz. We will begin the process witha review of what currently is taught atPark, includes an assessment of currentfacilities, equipment, and other resources.Next, we hope to articulate a philosophyfor using some of our responses to the“big” questions. In the research phase, wewill examine science programs at otherschools and examine resources such asconference proceedings or surveys to helpevaluate current the best practices in scienceeducation. By the end of the year,our goal is to have developed a consistentand coherent scope and sequence for scienceeducation at Park for Grades Kthrough IX. This will be an evolvingprocess. We will implement new strategiesand content based on the findings ofour work. Going forward, we will evaluatethe effectiveness of these changes, andmake adjustments as necessary.All in all, 2010–11 will be an excitingyear for science at Park. Stay tuned tolearn what we learn about ourselves andour recommendations for the program!It is my fondest hope that everystudent will leave my class everyday with something that theyjust cannot wait to share withtheir family.—Brian CassieB R I A N B E AV E RHow long have you been atPark?Sixteen years. My first year was[Head of School] Jerry Katz’s secondyear, September 1994.What grades do you teach?I teach physical science to Grade VIIIand biology to Grade IX.What turned you on to science?I’ve always loved science, so it ishard to pinpoint any one thing.Throughout my life, I’ve spent a lotof time outside in nature, hiking,backpacking, and canoeing. Muchof my love of science (particularly lifescience and earth science) is connectedto my love of being in thewoods. But life science is not theonly science that I love; I’ve alwaysenjoyed physics and mechanicalthings as well.What do you remember aboutlearning science in school?Taken as a whole, my science educationwas very uneven. I had somegreat experiences, but not consistently.Some teachers were inspiringand skillful while others had goodintentions, but failed to teach well.And, as we all know, the teachercan make all the difference, regardlessof the topic.I have only murky memories ofelementary school science until fifthgrade with “Mr. Nick.” He was thefirst male teacher that I had, heloved math and science, he was afan of baseball and sports, andevery day, it seemed, he organizedsome sort of game during recess.These things made all the differencefor me. Mr. Nick introduced me tomodel rockets and showed me howto make videos of experiments.Pretty primitive stuff perhaps, butfifth-grade science was a milestonefor me.What is your favorite lesson thatyou conduct with Park students?I don’t have a favorite lesson per se.I am, though, fascinated by allthings DNA: the history of the discoveryof its form and function, howit works in a cell, genetic engineering,and current research—includingwork with stem cells. This is more ofa “unit” than a “lesson” and featuresa series of cool experimentsthat include the extraction of DNAfrom strawberries.What do you hope Park studentstake away from your scienceclasses?That science is important and thatscience is for everyone.B R I A N C A S S I EHow long have you been atPark?This year is my 10th at Park School.What grades do you teach?Grades I, II, and III.20 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

What turned you on to science?I have been passionately interestedin science for as long as I canremember. My earliest recollectionsare of searching for and then raisingthe caterpillars of black swallowtails,monarchs, and cecropia moths, so Iguess lepidoptera probably turnedme on first.What do you remember aboutlearning science in school? Anyfavorite stories to share?I took science for the first time in thesixth grade, but it is my seventhgradescience class I remember mostvividly. My teacher was a real meanieand my whole year of life science,my favorite scientific field, wasdreadful. When I got to high school,I had biology again in 10th grade.Yea! Except for the fact that myseventh-grade teacher transferredto the high school and was now myscience teacher. Good grief. SomehowI survived.What is your favorite lesson thatyou conduct with Park students?My favorite classes are right at thestart of Grade III, in September andOctober, when my students and I gooutside and watch the skies over thePark School campus for migratinginsects and birds. We make predictionsbased on the weather, but wenever know what we are going tofind. One day, we saw 1,400 monarchs[butterflies] fly over Park. Thatwas the highest count from anyschool in the country that year.What do you hope Park studentstake away from your scienceclasses?It is my fondest hope that every studentwill leave my class every daywith something that they just cannotwait to share with their family.H E AT H E R O F F E NHow long have you been atPark?I am starting my third year at Parkthis year.What grades do you teach?All of Grade IV and V science andone section of sixth-grade science.What turned you on to science?My father encouraged me to takethe science electives my elementaryand middle schools offered. In fifthgrade, I was able to take coastalecology and “starwalk” (astronomy)classes, which were wonderful. Inseventh grade, I reluctantly agreedto take an elective chemistry classand after the first day, I loved it!That pretty much sealed my love forall sciences.What do you remember aboutlearning science in school?I don’t remember much science fromelementary school, other then studyingdinosaurs in the second grade.My middle-school science years arewhat have stuck with me the most.I remember growing beautiful,turquoise blue copper sulfate crystalsin seventh grade and raising brineshrimp babies in eighth grade. Mylab partners and I tried to namethem all! By the end of the lab wehad a list of about 250 names.What is your favorite lesson thatyou conduct with Park students?Hard question! I love teaching aboutconstellations to the fourth-graders,helping them to find the ‘pictures inthe sky’ (a nice tie-in to Greekmythology, too!). The fifth-gradersthink its cool learning how to light abulb with one wire and a battery.And, in sixth grade, it would probablybe singing “The Bloodmobile”song by They Might Be Giants as thestudents, dressed as red blood cells,walk though a giant model of theheart, picking up and dropping offoxygen.What do you hope Park studentstake away from your scienceclasses?I hope by the time they move to theUpper Division, my students feel preparedfor their future science classes.Many of my classmates growing upwere intimidated or overwhelmed byscience. But, science is all around usand is what makes the world turn;if my students understand andappreciate that, I have succeeded asa teacher.R E B E C C A R E G E RHow long have you been atPark?I’m beginning my sixth year.What grades do you teach?Seventh-grade earth science andeighth-grade IPS (Introduction toPhysical Science).What turned you on to science?I always loved it in school. I hadgreat teachers growing up, and theymade me love science. I enjoy learningabout how things work, andwhy things happen the way they do.What do you remember aboutlearning science in school?I remember making acetylsalicylicacid—Aspirin—when I was intenth-grade chemistry, and thenresearching its properties for areport. It was my first true chemsynthesis lab, and I enjoyed thework immensely. I still love chemistry,particularly synthesis labs.What is your favorite lesson thatyou conduct with Park students?I have a lot of favorites. In seventhgrade, it’s probably making “fossils”or the “graham cracker plate tectonics”labs that we do. In eighthgrade, I love the sludge lab; it’s challenging,but it provides a chancefor students to design their ownexperiment and plan their ownwork, thus testing their knowledgeby the practical application of skillsalready learned. The students trulyappreciate what they accomplish bythe end.What do you hope Park studentstake away from your scienceclasses?I hope they gain a curiosity aboutthe world around them and thatthey learn to question how thingswork. One of the best things thatkids can take away from a scienceclass is the ability to challengeknowledge constructively. Withoutthis type of questioning, many scientificdiscoveries would never havebeen made. After a year with me, Ialso want my students to be able toexplain what they know. I’m knownfor returning homework papersmarked up with “WHY???” and“EXPLAIN!!!” in the margins.The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 21

A L U M N I S C I E N T I S T :SUSAN MABREY GAUD ’61Susan, as an 8-year-old Park School student, anda more recent shot fom last year.Susan and her sisters, Sally ’62 and Nancy ’65, attendedPark before going to The Winsor School. In high school,Susan discovered her penchant for science, oftencoming in on Saturdays to do extra work and find outmore. She majored in chemistry at Connecticut College,received a PhD in physical chemistry from NorthwesternUniversity, and spent several years as a postdoctoralassociate at Yale. In 1978, one of Susan’sroommates learned that Kraft Foods did ‘real’ research(not just recipe development) and was hiring PhDs forits Research & Development Department. A few yearsafter joining Kraft, she received an MBA in financefrom Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.Her scientific work at Kraft included research in dairyand soy proteins, starch structure-function relationships,lipid chemistry, and fat replacement technology.Susan also managed a broad range of research departments,from Physical Chemistry to Food Science toIngredient Technology, Biotechnology and AnalyticalChemistry, and was responsible for several strategicprograms until her retirement in 2007. She continues toserve on Northwestern’s Industry Advisory Board, is ascience advisor to Carthage College, and serves on theboard of editors of a peer-reviewed management journal.Having hung up her lab coat for the time being,Susan is now playing more tennis and serving as aconsultant to a wide range of nonprofit organizations,including a music festival, an art group, and a charterschool. She lives in Evanston with her husband, HenryGaud, a fellow chemist whom she met at Yale. Theyhave two grown children, Emily and Henry, who bothlive in Colorado.I’m sure there was some geneticpredisposition for my becoming ascientist. My father was a doctor,a physician at Mass. GeneralHospital and an early adopter oftechnology. Once I had takenWinsor’s tenth-grade introductory scienceclass—one term of physics, oneof chemistry, and one of biology—Iwas hooked. (I’ve even remainedfriends with Judy Fellows, my wonderfulphysics teacher who took us onfield trips to collect pinecones from theWellesley campus. She taught usingthe eye and ear—the physics of seeingand hearing—to explain fundamentalprinciples.) I discovered that I wasgood at math as well and loved thechallenge of equations, both mathematicaland chemical.I knew that I wanted to study scienceand major in chemistry in college.My father looked through ConnecticutCollege’s course catalog and encouragedme to go there when he saw thatthere were a number of full professorsin the chemistry department. I thoroughlyenjoyed Connecticut andcontinue to value the liberal arts educationand the many friendships Imade, but it was an eight-weekorganic chemistry class at Dartmouthone summer that inspired me to go tograd school. Coming from a single-sexschool and college, I was unfamiliarwith the gender disparity in the sciences.At that time, it was harder forwomen in co-ed schools to break intoscience. When I began the program atNorthwestern in 1968, it happenedthat because of changes in eligibilityfor military draft deferment my classwas one-third women, and that out ofour class of 39, 11 of the 13 womenwent on to receive their PhDs.My experience in grad school andat Yale was wonderful. My professorsat Northwestern and Yale had alreadybeen elected to the National Academyof Sciences, so they were under lesspressure to publish. They were verydedicated teachers and excellent mentors.(Of course, there weren’t anywomen professors for many, manyyears—I never had one in all my yearsof training!) Northwestern’s philosophywas that all graduate studentsneeded to be teaching assistants(T.A.s) in order to earn their degree.The mantra was, ‘No matter whatyou’re doing, you’ll have to do someteaching.’ To be honest, I wasn’t wildabout it at the beginning. I had been alittle shy, and there I was in front ofmy peers all the time, giving seminars.In fact, it was a real confidencebuilder. Eventually, I loved teaching,and was a T.A. all through graduateschool and during my postdoctoralyears.Enhancing my post-college experiences,while studying small peptidesand proteins and how cholesterolaffects the cell wall membrane, I waslucky to do collaborative work withseveral universities throughout theU.S. I always thought I would becomea university professor, and although Iinterviewed for a number of teachingpositions, I found my niche in industryinstead.In 1978, I became a research scientistat Kraft, studying the clottingproperties of milk. At that time, thecompany was known for high-moistureproducts like cheese and mayonnaise,which had more room for error andspoilage. One goal was to increase theefficiency of cheese making and capturemore protein in the product. Thatfirst year, I felt I really paid my dues asone of the few PhDs on staff. Afterdoing experiments all day, we had towash up all the glassware because thelab supply company was on strike!Leaving the ivory tower for industrywas a bit of a culture shock inother ways as well. When I firstarrived at Kraft, I had to adjust toworking an 8–4 job. I had grownaccustomed to the flexibility of academia—Icould play tennis at two in theafternoon and work until midnight inthe lab if I wanted. At Kraft, I workedon the company’s schedule. And thenthere was getting used to the hierarchyand a very generous budget. In gradschool, I had a lot of autonomy, butbuying a $400 balance was a majorexpenditure. At Kraft, we did have tojustify every purchase, but therewasn’t much scrutiny unless it had avery high price tag. The companymade sure we had state-of-the-artfacilities and were rarely denied a reasonablerequest.22 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

A L U M N I S C I E N T I S T :DOUGLAS BOYNTON QUINE ’65Doug started at Park in the middle of Grade II when hisfamily moved to Boston, but he spent third grade inCalifornia where his philosopher father, Professor W.V.Quine, was at Stanford while on sabbatical from Harvard.When the Quines returned to Boston the followingyear, Doug attended Park for four years, graduatingwith his Grade VIII class*. After half a year of travel inEurope and a semester at Middletown High School inConnecticut, he graduated from Roxbury Latin School.At Princeton, Doug studied biology, then worked atThe Rockefeller University as an acoustical consultantouglas BoynIbefore going to Cornell University to earn a PhD inneurobiology and behavior in 1979. In 2008, to parallela series of international conferences recognizing thecentennial of his father’s birth, Doug co-edited twobooks (with Harvard University Press) of his father’sout–of-print papers and unpublished work from thefamily archives. Early this year, after a 22-year career inengineering postal systems, Doug took early retirementfrom Pitney Bowes. Having lived in Nova Scotia, NewOrleans, Illinois, Florida, Virginia, and Albuquerque,Doug and his wife, Maryclaire, returned to their NewEngland roots, settling in Bethel, Connecticut, in 1993.Doug and Maryclaire enjoy traveling immensely; theyhave visited all 50 states, and this summer’s trip toGibraltar makes 52 countries. Their children, Alexander(Oberlin ’07) and Victoria (Hampshire ’10), have beguntheir independent lives.* Over Park’s 122-year history, the number of grades offered and thegraduation year have varied. For many years, Grade VIII was the yearof graduation; others graduated when VI or VII was Park’s final year.Also, it was never unusual for some students to leave Park beforethe year of graduation. During the last 43 years, Park has offered aGrade IX program as the final year. The School therefore assigns to itsalumni a class year based on the Grade IX year.The Thrill of Innovation and Researchenjoy understanding how existingthings work and inventingnew things. As a child I readvoraciously and pestered everyonefrom winemakers to telephonerepairmen for details ofwhat they were doing and why. Mycuriosity and love of independentlearning continues to this day.At The Park School, Mr. Meadowsintroduced me to the study of science,the experimental method, and the ideaof bringing order and sense to randomassortments of facts. Since then, mypassion has been to explore emergingtopics. Through my high schoolresearch project at Massachusetts Eyeand Ear Infirmary (polarized lightinducedHaidinger Brush illusion),summer work at Fruitlands Museumsin Harvard, and my independent studyprogram at Roxbury Latin School(heart surgery and artificial heartvalves at Massachusetts General Hospital),I discovered the thrill ofDoug with the Honda Civic hybrid purchased with his32 patent awards.The value of education is to prepare oneto discover new things, to solve problems,and to become a continuous learner.research and independent study. AtPrinceton, research for my undergraduatethesis revealed the ability of barnowls to detect shifts in sound pitch(which might help them find prey)and resulted in my first refereed scientificjournal article in the Journal ofComparative Physiology. As anacoustical consultant at The RockefellerUniversity, I measured the environmentalacoustics of naturalenvironments in Maine, New York, andPanama, helping to explain differencesin animal vocalizations in differenthabitats. My doctoral research at Cornellin animal behavior required developingnew equipment to uncover thehoming pigeons’ ability to hear 10octaves below human hearing. (Suchinfrasounds can travel very long distancesand might have value as navigationalcues.) My postdoctoralresearch on hearing changes in multiplesclerosis revealed unexpected pitch(frequency) and loudness (amplitude)channels in hearing system.Following my postdoc in Halifax,we moved to New Orleans and enjoyed24 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

the local culture. At Tulane MedicalSchool, I learned to do microsurgery ina frog’s ear (my first real experiencewith anatomy) and recorded nervepulses from the eighth (hearing) nerve.I also developed a new undergraduatecourse in psychology called ‘SensoryWorld of Animals’ at Tulane University.As microcomputers were justemerging, I developed some neurophysiologicalsoftware tools with colleaguesand even started a businesswith my wife to meet the need foraffordable computer supplies. Thatentrepreneurial experience continuesto be valuable.When a former colleague invitedme to join his research group at theIllinois Natural History Survey, I hadthe thrill of working with emergingDoppler weather radar (NEXRAD)systems to detect birds and warn aircraftof threats aloft. While bird strikeswere a significant and expensive problemthen, the work was underappreciatedat the time. But 21 years later,when US Airways Flight 1549 had tomake an emergency landing on theyears later, I was offered a job at MartinMarietta, which was diversifyinginto postal automation. As a scientist,problem solver, and software manager,I was privileged to participate in theemerging delivery point automationprogram for mail that would result inhuge time and cost savings comparedwith manual sorting.Later, I moved to Pitney Bowes tobecome program manager of the postalbarcode sorter business. Within a fewyears, I was named the first-ever“product guru” for digital documentdelivery, including electronic bill presentmentand payment. This positionlaunched me on a intensive inventioneffort which has resulted in 32 issuedton Quine ’65patents for improvements in suchDoug ‘at work’ in personal protective equipment.Hudson River after colliding with aflock, bird strikes —the aviation termfor birds hitting a windshield of aplane or getting sucked into an enginefan—are now a common topic of conversation.It was gratifying that ourearly work laid the foundation forsome solutions being implementedtoday.As a lifelong stamp collector (Ibought my Scott International StampAlbum for 30 cents at a Park Schooltag sale), I recall the moment in 1982that a brief article in Linn’s StampNews about postal barcodes onenvelopes captured my imagination. Idiscovered envelopes with handwrittenaddresses had a very high error rate.When I reverse-engineered the failurepatterns, I realized that when thepostal optical character readers failedto read illegible addresses, theysearched further afield and sometimesencoded the return address, whichdirected the envelope back to thesender. My volunteer research won anumber of awards in the philatelic(stamp collecting) community. SixHigh school photograph on a valid personalizedpostage stamp that Doug helped develop.diverse fields as environmentally sensitiveexpiration dates (i.e. ice cream), e-mail address correction, multimediabusiness-to-employee communications,paperless checks, and voting by mail.After the anthrax letters disrupted mailservice in 2001, I was called upon formy scientific and problem-solvingskills to help develop a portableanthrax detection system. That effortled to three issued patents, having theDepartment of Homeland Security designatethe system as a “Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology,” and myproviding mailroom security solutionsfor seven years.It is now time to begin planningCareer 9.0—my next big project.Throughout my life’s journey, I’ve beendiscovering that the value of educationis to prepare one to discover newthings, to solve problems, and tobecome a continuous learner.The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 25

A L U M N I S C I E N T I S T :LORA FLEMING ’71Lora’s memories of Park are from the Kennard Roadcampus, where she spent Grades I–VI. After Park, Loragraduated from Milton Academy and was a member ofthe last “official” class at Radcliffe. In college, shemajored in Hispanic studies, but was an “undercover”premed student. She earned a master of science degreeat Imperial College London University, and thenreturned to Boston for a joint MD-MPH degree fromHarvard Medical School and the Harvard School of PublicHealth. She completed her residency in social familymedicine at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, N.Y., anddid a postdoc in occupational/environmental healthwhile working on her PhD in epidemiology from theYale Schools of Medicine and Public Health. For thepast 21 years, Lora has been the only occupational andenvironmental medicine physician and epidemiologistin South Florida. When she’s not teaching at the Universityof Miami’s Medical or Marine Schools, she’s in thefield researching the health effects of harmful algalblooms (red tides), microbial pollution of marine waters(from feces in the water), or health risks and behaviorsof workers in the U.S. Her daughter, Aleja, who graduatedfrom Wellesley College in May, confessed to hermother that she “hates people but loves rocks,” andhas begun her own PhD in geosciences at MIT/WoodsHole Oceanographic Institute. In January, Lora plansto say goodbye to Miami to direct the newly createdEuropean Centre for Environment and Human Healthin Cornwall, England.Iam so lucky —there’s not a daywhen I don’t learn somethingnew. Environmental and occupationalmedicine are fascinating.I can’t wait to learn more —especially from my colleagues.If you want to experience lifelonglearning, just assemble an interdisciplinaryteam of diverse and enthusiasticstudents and researchers!As the only board-certified occupationaland environmental medicinephysician and epidemiologist inMiami, I get involved with many projectsand serve on many teams. As theco-director of the University of MiamiOceans and Human Health Center(rsmas.miami.edu/groups/ohh/), andthe associate director of the FloridaInternational University/University ofMiami Advanced Research Cooperationin Environmental Health Program(http://arch.fiu.edu/), I work in theareas of marine and freshwater toxins,microbial pollution of recreationalmarine waters, environmental humanhealth, and epidemiologic issues.Sometimes I’m reminded of how,when I was in third grade, I couldn’tread. I was having a very hard time inschool, but my teachers and parentscame together with strategies to helpme. To coax me through third gradescience and my first project studyingmeal worms, my father wrote a poemfor me: A meal worm is not a realworm, but a bug…ugh! My teachers atPark correctly diagnosed and helpedwith the treatment of my dyslexia,which was far-sighted for the times.My family supported that fortuitousintervention with teams of teachers,tutors, and phonics instruction, whichhelped me become a good student andan avid reader. At Park, we got toknow our teachers in many differentroles as well. I loved studying Latinwith Mr. Bourne, but I also knew himas a terrific shop teacher, mountainclimber, and environmentalist. Parktook a “liberal arts” approach to education,which has served me well. Butit may be the social skills (shakinghands, being truthful, and playing wellwith others) that have carried me thefurthest!I love putting multidisciplinaryresearch teams together, thenapproaching a single problem frommany points of view. For example, as aphysician and epidemiologist studyingmicrobial pollution (“poop”) of recreationalmarine waters, I have had theprivilege of working with and learningfrom researchers and students who areenvironmental engineers, biostatisticians,microbiologists, physical andbiological oceanographers, marinebiologists, and environmental publichealth professionals. It can take a fullyear (or more) to go from an idea topublishing our research—especially ifthere are 15 people writing the papertogether. But we learn so much! Collaboratingin a team with multiplepoints of view helps uncover newquestions and, ultimately, newanswers. The more diverse perspectives,the better.To make this kind of team work,you have to be able to admit when youdon’t know something, and be willingto ask very, very basic questions.Often, I’ve seen my fellow scientistspretend to know the answer to a question,but in an interdisciplinary team,that doesn’t fly. One time, I was presentingour findings from a study ofoceans and human health at a nationalconference. I kept mistakenly saying“cephalopods,” but my colleague, theoceanographer and marine biologist,26 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

would shout out the real name, “copepods.”It was humbling, but an effective(and amusing) demonstration ofhow we all worked well together.Working with various colleagues,I have created educational materialsconcerning the human health effects ofmarine and freshwater natural toxins,and performed research in ciguaterafish poisoning, red tides in Floridalooking at brevetoxins, and cyanobacterialtoxins. Currently, I am involvedin a federally funded study of thehuman health effects of aerosolizedred tide toxins (mote.org/niehsredtidestudy/) and in a study of the possiblehuman health effects of microbial pollutionin recreational beach waters. Inanother interdisciplinary group, I amexploring the health disparities, morbidity,and mortality of U.S. workers(rsmas.miami.edu/groups/niehs/niosh/),as well as issues involving the effectsand prevention of tobacco-relateddiseases. As the medical director ofthe Florida Cancer Data System(fcds.miami.edu/), Florida’s incidentcancer registry, I work with researchersand students to promote work in cancerepidemiology and prevention, andin health disparities in Florida. I alsoact as a consultant in occupational andenvironmental medicine and epidemiology,both locally and internationally,and I serve on a number of university,state, and national task forces andcommittees.This fall, I will begin to wrap upsome of these projects as I prepare tomove across the Atlantic for a newchallenge: directing the new EuropeanCentre for Environment and HumanHealth (ECEHH). Cornwall lies in thesouthwest corner of England and is aneconomically depressed, but fantasticallybeautiful, area. In addition tolooking at the environment and humanhealth, the ECEHH is designed to stimulatethe region’s economy by fosteringstrategic partnerships with local businessesand organizations, and todecrease health expenses by encouraginglocal people to become more physicallyactive by getting outside. TheCentre is an initiative of the PeninsulaCollege of Medicine and Dentistry,which is itself a joint entity of the Universitiesof Exeter and Plymouth, theBritish National Health Service, and issupported by the European Union. TheECEHH will focus on three key themeswithin the environment and humanhealth field: chemicals—includingpharmaceuticals and nanomaterials—in the environment; climate, oceans,and human health; and clinical photo-biology, which studies the affects ofUV light on the skin. I’m excited bysome of the novel approaches that wewill be taking. For example, ECEHHwill be an active partner of theNational Health Services’ new BlueGym Program (bluegym.org.uk/). Theprogram encourages people with costlychronic health conditions (such asdepression, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovasculardisease) to interact safelyand healthfully with the marine environment,improving not only theirown physical and mental health, buthelping the environment as well. Ultimately,in these times of great environmentalchange and uncertainty, wehope that the Centre will help makeCornwall a model of sustainable andbeneficial environmental health thatcan be exported to other countries andpopulations around the world!The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 27

A L U M N I S C I E N T I S T :RICK BERENSON ’73Rick Berenson ’73Richard Berenson graduated from Park in 1973, PhillipsExeter Academy in 1976, Harvard College in 1980,and Harvard Business and Law Schools in 1984. Hehas worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, McKinsey &Company, and for a long string of technology startupcompanies. Today he runs Venzyme Catalyst, LLC,(www.venzyme.com) a virtual incubator that organizes,launches, and consults to life-sciences companies.He served as founding co-chair of the Park SchoolAlumni Committee in the early 1990s and on the ParkSchool Technology Advisory Committee from 1999 to2004. His two children, Daniel ’06 and Alice ’09,attended Park from Kindergarten through Grade VIII.If I call myself a technophile, it’sbecause I caught that bug atPark. In seventh grade at theold, yellow Upper School building,Mr. Merrill taught a sciencecourse so hands-on and engagingthat it would be banned today forsafety reasons. He burned magnesiumover a wooden desk (it blazes purewhite and drips a white liquid ash!),put out explosive phosphorus for us tosee pop, and poured liquid quicksilver(mercury—highly poisonous!) ontoour individual blocks of dry ice tofreeze so we could later melt it in ourhands. Best of all was Mr. Merrill’safter-school rocketry program. Wemade rockets out of black gunpowder,match heads, rolled-up notepaper, andmasking tape. I was totally hooked!We moved to Goddard Avenue formy eighth-grade year, and I had IPS(introductory physical science) in whatis now the Middle Division scienceroom. I was so enthusiastic that inone experiment on the heat expansionof different liquids, we ran the datacollection way past where we weresupposed to stop … and managed tocreate a flaming volcano out of ouralcohol test tube.Ninth-grade biology wasn’t soexciting, and while I loved my tenthgradephysics course (pass-fail: drop aball in a randomly positioned cupfrom 10-feet away using only a sliderule to calculate where the ball wouldgo), chemistry in eleventh grade completelyturned me off. I didn’t take sciencemy senior year in high school. Incollege, I took math and computercourses and one engineering course,but not a single science class: Imajored in economics and focused onpolitics. I became a Town Meetingmember in Brookline and wasappointed to chair a committee on theFinance Committee. Luckily for me, Iended up as the only politico in a collegerooming group who all went on toget PhDs in science. Nonetheless, Iwent on to attend law and businessschools, intent on running for officewhen I graduated.Toward the end of graduateschool, I came to realize that if I weregoing to change the world, it probablywasn’t going to be through politics.There were just too many people withdifferent ideas (most of them not verygood) to make progress practical. Personalcomputers were just coming out,and high-tech seemed to be the future.So I decided to focus on business ingeneral and technology businesses inparticular.I started in software —manufacturing,artificial intelligence, and ultimatelyIT strategy. I formed my firstcompany in 1988; it was a cool softwareidea that ultimately floppedbecause I didn’t really know what Iwas doing. So, I tried again. Since thenI have become CEO or COO of 10 differentstartups and joined the boardsof many more. All of them haveinvolved technology. Recently, all arein the life sciences.I have come to believe that thebest way for me to make a differencein the world is to help bring great newmedical technologies to patients; theonly way to do this in our system isthrough companies. My work isgreat fun. It exposes me to amazingdiscoveries. It lets me collaborate withbrilliant and sometimes stubborninventors, asking scientific questionsin different ways than they mightbecause I need to find out if a discoveryis useful in the real world. Itrequires that I learn new science andtechnology all the time and learn itwell enough to explain it to others.It forces me know how to work withthe regulatory process, with healthinsurers, with physicians, and withinvestors. But most importantly, itgives me a chance to make every daya community-service day.Today, I am working with companiesthat may have a cure for cancer(a little disk doctors would put undera patient’s skin to make the patient’simmune system attack the cancer),that may change how diabetes istreated (a new, ultra-fast insulin thatwill make an “artificial pancreas”practical), that may make every doctoras good as Gregory House (softwarethat knows all of medicine and canconsult on diagnosing unusual diseases),and that may change how wedo heart surgery (a miniature inchwormrobot that crawls in through asmall incision and “walks” on the outsideof a beating heart).At Park, I learned to love scienceand to take risks—but smart risks.Both of my children have nowattended Park, and both like science.Their science education at Park wasmuch safer than mine (thank goodness!),but it was wonderfully effectivebecause of the same kind of engagingand enthusiastic teaching that I had. Ihope all Park science students, past,present, and future, have a chance tointernalize this kind of inspiration andmake a big difference in the world.28 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

Although Nina Frusztajer attended Park for sixth gradeonly, she has remained a loyal member of the Class of1979. After graduating from Concord Academy, shestudied chemistry at Duke University and earned amaster’s in nutrition from Columbia University, whereshe studied the epidemiology of hypertension andconducted peer-reviewed published studies on the relationshipbetween nutrient intake and stress. In medicalschool at George Washington University, Nina continuedto specialize in the interaction of nutrition andlifestyle and the onset of disease and overall wellbeing, followed by postgraduate training and medicalpractice in internal medicine and pathology. She cofoundeda private weight-loss practice in Boston andopened a center in Palo Alto, where she lived for fouryears while co-authoring The Serotonin Power Diet. In2007, Nina moved back to the East Coast to resume herpathology practice and now works at Strata PathologyServices and a local community hospital. She lives inLexington with her three children, Catherine (8), Zeno(7), and Hugo (5), and hopes that they find school aschallenging, hip, nurturing, exciting, and bright as sheremembers Park to be.A L U M N I S C I E N T I S T :NINA FRUSZTAJER ’79Science—particularly chemistry—hasalways beeneasy for me. It was thepuzzles that drew me in.At Concord Academy, I hada terrific teacher, GaryHawley, who introduced me to chemicalequations, and I was hooked. Myfather, who was an electrical engineerturned-entrepreneur,encouraged meto pursue science in college, “becauseyou can always study liberal arts onyour own!”I’m so glad I followed hisadvice. By the end of my freshmanyear, I knew I was meant to studychemistry. Organic chemistry and biochemistrywere ways to solve puzzlesthat had answers in real life; for me, itNina Frusztajer ’79didn’t get much better than that.After college, I set off for Salvador,Bahia, in Brazil to work on three public-healthstudies. We were examiningthe impact of high-sodium diets onblood pressure, an infectious diseasecalled Chagas Disease, and drug abusein the local population. Although mymother is from Brazil, I was unfamiliarwith the culture and was eager toexplore the field of world health. Ihadn’t realized the impact that cultural,economic, and social factorshave on public health and, after sixmonths, I concluded that it was morethan I wanted to tackle. I decided tofocus on a more discreet goal: the diseaseprocess itself.The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 29

After earning a master’s in nutrition,I began my medical career ininternal medicine because I was interestedin the overall health of mypatients. But I soon discovered thatprimary-care medicine is filled withmanagement issues: filing worker’scompensation claims, medical compliance,screening protocols, and socialfactors that cannot be addressed inbrief office visits. Realizing that Iloved the science of medicine, I turnedto pathology.A pathologist is a doctor’s doctor—puzzle solving at its best. My wholeday is filled with science, looking intoa microscope and diagnosing a widerange of diseases in every organ systemof the body. Is this biopsy benign,suspicious, or malignant? Are themargins clean? Did the surgeon getthe whole mass? What kind of canceris it? How big? Is it aggressive? I needto understand what the clinician sawand what the course of treatment willbe. I enjoy the collaboration with cliniciansand other pathologists knowing Ican have a positive impact on manypatients’ lives.When I first began working as apathologist, I missed nutrition. In2000, I started a private weight-losspractice with MIT scientist JudithWurtman and became a certified professionallife coach focusing on wellnessand stress reduction, as well as ayoga instructor. One of my passions inthe field of nutrition and health—reversing and preventing weightgained as a result of antidepressants—stemmed from our weight loss-practicein which many people had put onpounds from antidepressant use. In2007, Judy and I co-authored a bookbased on Judy’s research and our clinicalexperience that offers a scientificapproach of using food’s positive effecton brain chemistry and appetite toreverse the well-documented weightgain side effect of antidepressants.While I loved helping my clients loseweight and lead more efficient,focused, and relaxed lives, I wasalways most energized by the scientificaspects of nutrition. It was time toreturn to pathology and the intellectualaspects of medicine and health.Now, I’m following my own adviceand trying to live a balanced life. Iwork three days a week as a pathologist,which gives me time to be withmy kids and continue to work innutrition and wellness. I’m active onour Serotonin Power Diet Facebookpage, and I communicate directly withreaders of our book and the media. InJuly, I served as a guest expert onWebMD.com’s “Depression Community.”It’s equally gratifying to help aperson on antidepressants who hasgained 95 pounds as it is to identify atumor and determine the best treatmentfor that patient. Both are solvingpuzzles with real life benefits based onthe chemistry and science that I havealways enjoyed.My whole day is filled with science,looking into a microscope and diagnosinga wide range of diseases in every organA L U M N I S C I E N T I S T :ELIZABETH WIELLETTE ’85In Kindergarten, Elizabeth remembers taking a magnifyingglass out to the playground at recess to look atants. Although she nearly set fire to a pile of leaves,the smoke also kindled her love for science and discovery.Following 10 years at Park, Elizabeth graduatedfrom Milton Academy and earned a BA in chemistry atSwarthmore College. At Yale University, she researchedfruit fly genes for her PhD in molecular biophysics andbiochemistry. Coming out of graduate school, Elizabethwas very interested in looking at the differentiation ofcells, particularly the combinatorial effects of molecules.Returning to Boston for postdoctoral research atMIT’s Whitehead Institute, Elizabeth made her name asa zebra fish researcher, examining molecular interactionsthat determine what happens to cells in earlybrain development. In 2005, she joined Novartis Institutesfor Biomedical Research, where she is now aresearch biologist. Elizabeth and her husband, BrianKelley, live in the South End with their 7-month-oldson, Owen, (pictured above).system of the body.Elizabe30 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

I love the scientific process.And it really is the same process thatwe learned in eighth grade. . .In eighth-grade IPS at Park, wedid experiments with openflames that I’m sure I couldn’t donow in my state-of-the-art facilityin Cambridge. We meltedwood! Mr. Atkinson had us heatwooden coffee stirrers until they disintegrated,and then conducted experimentsto figure out what the elementswere. It was so cool to be asking questions,doing experiments, gettingresults, writing them in our lab books,and figuring out the implications.Exactly the practice I rely on still.I love the scientific process. And itreally is the same process that welearned in eighth grade—only now theexperiments can run for several years.At Novartis, I work at the very earlieststages of the drug-developmentprocess, pursing basic research toidentify new potential therapies. I’mpart of a team of researchers that isworking to understand the underlyingmolecular basis of diseases. In the traditionalpharmaceutical companyapproach, scientists usually specializein targeting a disease, such as canceror diabetes. Our approach is moreakin to an academic model, where westart by studying the foundation of thedisease. Disruptions in commonmolecular networks can lead to manydiseases. For example, the Wnt pathwayis involved in cancer and boneloss, and the Hedgehog pathway isimplicated in skin cancer, brain cancer,and the regeneration of tissue. Mydepartment, Developmental andMolecular Pathways (DMP), searchesfor drug-responsive nodes in these keygenetic pathways. The goal is to identifynew drugs that act on these nodesand thereby change the course of thedisease.While we are given tremendouslatitude as researchers, I’m aware of aclear distinction between industry andacademia. When I was a graduate student,we asked, “What’s the interestingquestion here?” with the understandingthat someone else would thinkabout practical applications later.At Novartis, we always have thepatient in mind, and constantly askwhether the science that we are doingis making a contribution to the discoveryof a new therapy. There are manyaspects to finding a new drug: biology,chemistry, understanding the patientpopulation, and navigating the patentlandscape, to name a few. This complexityrequires extensive collaboration,making teamwork and goodcommunication essential parts ofmy job.But it is working at the lab benchand following the same scientificprocess that we learned in Grade VIIIthat makes me happiest at work. Whatgets me out of bed every morning isvery immediate: there’s new data waitingfor me when I get to the lab!th Wiellette ’85The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 31

A L U M N I S C I E N T I S T :DAVID SHAFF ’87My job requires an immersion in sciencefrom the moment I step foot in the hospitalto the moment I leave.A member of the Class of 1987, David was an “almostlifer,” attending Park from the first through the eighthgrades. He then joined several of his Park Schoolclassmates for high school at Belmont Hill. From there,David headed north to Dartmouth College where hestudied biology and competed internationally as alightweight rower. After college, David was acceptedinto the University of Massachusetts Medical School.However, he was granted a one-year deferral frommedical school in order to return to Belmont Hill toteach Introductory Physical Science (IPS) to the eighthgraders and biology to the tenth graders. Althoughstaying at Belmont Hill was a tempting possibility,David travelled to Worcester to study medicine. Hecompleted medical school but not before marryingfellow med student and Natick native Heidi Salsbury.David served his residency and fellowship at theMassachusetts General Hospital where he trained tobe a cardiac anesthesiologist. Currently, he is a seniorstaff member at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts.David and Heidi make their home in Needham.They have two children, Rebecca (6) and Adam(4), who are looking forward to their first year of ParkSchool this fall!The human body is a simplyamazing machine. We aremade of organs and tissues,each masterfully designed toperform a function. Whencoordinated, these organsand tissues work together to producelife —unless something goes awry.Unfortunately, through aging, injury,or genetic predisposition, we all haveor will experience an illness or “malfunction”in the machine. Happily,through extensive research, physicianshave learned a great deal about thefunction of our bodies, and have discoveredmedications and techniques torepair and even prevent disease.I consider myself fortunatebecause I go to work every day to helpfacilitate the healing process comfortablyand safely. As a cardiac anesthesiologist,I care for patients who haveproblems with their heart: coronaryartery disease, heart valve disease,heart rate and rhythm issues, or evendiseases of the main artery of the body,the aorta. My first responsibility is toprepare these extremely ill people forsurgery. Preparation begins with athorough and often frank discussion ofthe plan. Topics include the types ofprocedures I will perform, the potentialside effects of the anesthetic, and acandid conversation about outcomes.No matter how long I do this job, it isalways difficult to tell someone theymay not survive the procedure.Preparation involves placingcatheters in the patient to deliver medicationsand fluids. Once these medicationsare given, the patient isrendered unconscious so that he or sheis not aware of the surgery during theprocedure. Surprisingly this is the easiestpart of my job! More difficult iskeeping these sick patients alive duringthe operation. Based on scientificliterature and experience, I carefullychoose the proper medications andtechniques to achieve this goal. Eachcase is as individual as the patients forwhom I care. There are no instructionsor recipes to follow. While this variabilitymakes the job more difficult, itis one of the things that attracted meto cardiac anesthesia. Each case is anopportunity to assess a situation andto act on that assessment.Anesthesia can be stressful attimes. They say that anesthesia is“hours of boredom interrupted bymoments of terror.” Most of the time,cases proceed smoothly. However,when a critical event occurs, I haveonly moments to rectify the situationbefore harm befalls the patient. In thatregard, my responsibilities are similarto that of a pilot. There is a lot ofactivity at the beginning, the middleis (hopefully) smooth, and there arecritical moments at the end.My job requires an immersion inscience from the moment I step footin the hospital to the moment I leave.Even in my formative years, I wasnaturally drawn to science class. Formany, elementary-school science classconjures memories of tedious measurementsand dreary lab work. My experience,however, was very different. Ifound comfort among the beakers andtest tubes of the science lab while otherspreferred math or language classes.A substantial reason for my appreciationof science was the enthusiasm andcreativity with which my Park Schoolteachers introduced a subject I nowpractice every day.Two examples immediately jumpto mind when I reflect on my scienceexperience at Park. The first involvedengineering in the sixth grade. Ms.32 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

Russell challenged us to build thestrongest bridge possible using onlytape and paper. While some teams(including my own) designed great,complex structures that could barelysupport their own weight, the bestdesign was a simple piece of paperaffixed to the edges of adjacent tables.Less is more —an important lessonthat is just as applicable in my currentjob as it was in the sixth grade.The second example involves aclass called IPS (Introductory PhysicalScience) taught by Mr. Schiffris. Mr.Schiffris was not a typical scienceteacher; he was not concerned withmemorizing equations. Rather, hetook a more unconventional approachto education. In addition to teachingscience, Mr. Schiffris was known tohold Morning Meetings where hewould encourage the student body tomeditate and breathe through theireyelids. However, his greatest contributionto my scientific education wasthat of process. He was rarely concernedwith the right answer focusedinstead on the process of arriving atthe right answer. This essential educationalnugget proved useful in mysubsequent scientific career.A L U M N I S C I E N T I S T :IJEOMA UZOMA ’99Ijee Uzoma is a fourth-year graduate student in theDepartment of Pharmacology at Johns Hopkins Schoolof Medicine. She attended Park School from Kindergartenthrough Grade IV and graduated from MedfieldHigh School. Ijee studied biology at Tufts and went onto a post-baccalaureate research program at Yale University.She expects to graduate from Johns Hopkins in2013 and plans to return to the Boston area for herpostdoctoral fellowship.AIjeoma Us far back as I can remember,I enjoyed my science classesabove all. This is not to say Ihad burning questions aboutthe universe or the desire todo research. I simply enjoyedlearning about biological processes inthe body, diseases, and other naturalphenomena. At Park, we were exposedto these subjects early on in our education.I remember loving science withMr. Jones, where we learned how HIVinfects the body and how differentorgan systems function. In college, Imajored in biology, but up until senioryear my relationship with science wasalmost exclusively via textbook. Icredit a very persuasive professor, Dr.Theoharis Theoharides, for my transitioningfrom purely academic scienceto hands-on research. His formativecourse in pharmacology gave me theopportunity to work on a smallresearch project in his laboratory atTufts Medical School. It’s fair to say IThe Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 33

didn’t have any groundbreaking findings,but I began to gain some basiclaboratory skills: the ability to interpretdata and ask critical questions.Following my undergraduatedegree, Dr. Theoharides encouragedme to apply to post-baccalaureateresearch fellowships with the hope thatI would become hooked on researchand commit to pursuing a PhD. I wasambivalent about a career in biomedicalresearch, even during my postbaccalaureate fellowship. I wasn’t surehow many more disastrous days in thelab I could handle. As a rookie, it’seasy to ruin an entire day’s work withone small pipetting error or a misplaceddecimal point. One of the firstthings a newbie to research is told isthat 90 percent of science doesn’twork, so get used to the disappointment.After several years of lab experience,I can balance the frustration offailed experiments and incorrecthypotheses with a love of the scientificprocess and the unique ability toanswer complex biological questions.I am currently working on myPhD in the Department of Pharmacologyat Johns Hopkins. My lab is partof the Center for High ThroughputBiology, where we develop semi-automatedtechnologies that allow forupwards of thousands of experimentsto be performed in parallel. Thisenables us to address bigger questionswhose exploration has been limited bytraditional approaches. My project isfocused on characterizing specificchemical modifications that occur onhuman proteins, resulting in changesin their activities. The human bodycontains somewhere between 20,000and 24,000 unique proteins that arethe workhorses of the cell. When proteinsare mutated, damaged, or disregulated,a host of diseases may result.One major goal of my laboratory is toprofile the complement of human proteinsto better understand how theyare all regulated and organized inorder to gain insight into how theyinteract with one another to executecritical biological functions. With aclear understanding of the fundamentals,we can then identify which genesand pathways are involved in particulardisease states. To study thousandsof proteins simultaneously, my labhas developed a human proteomemicro-array that contains about17,000 individually purified humanproteins that are spotted and immobilizedonto single glass slides. We canthen incubate our human proteomemicro-arrays with DNA, RNA, otherproteins, enzymes, or drugs to understandhow these interactions mightoccur in a cell.If someone had told me six yearsago that I’d be on a path to become abiomedical researcher, I would haveentertained the notion, but doubtedhow I would get there. Thankfully,Park instilled self-confidence that hasallowed me to pursue my passion,despite having no clear road map toreach the goal.It still amazes me that only a fewyears ago the closest I had come tobiomolecules was our eighth-gradeCampbell biology textbook! At thetime, the dogma of DNA→ RNA→protein seemed so abstract. I love thatI am now able to get my hands dirtyand clone DNA to produce protein.Following grad school, I’ll have tochoose between a career in academiaor industry. Either way, I’ll have theopportunity to become a principalinvestigator and run my own lab. Myscientific curiosities have evolved intoan exciting journey. Although I haveno idea how it will end, I am happy tosay it started at Park.I can balance the frustration offailed experiments and incorrect hypotheseswith a love of the scientific process.34 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

Alumni from the classes ending in “5” and “0” came backto Park from far and wide on the Saturday of Mother’sDay Weekend to celebrate their reunions. The festivitiestook place in Park’s newly renovated library, where alumni had thechance to both see something new and walk down memory lane.Head of School Jerry Katz, Alumni Committee Co-Chair JohnBarkan ’85, and Director of Alumni Relations Eliza Drachman-Jones’98 all spoke briefly to the assembled crowd before photos andvideos commenced. The party finally broke up when alumnideparted for further revelry at their class-specificdinners off campus. Many thanks to thedozens of reunion volunteers who helped tomake Reunion 2010 a memorable event for allwho attended. We look forward to seeing the“6s” and “1s” next spring!1.Top to bottom: 1. Quinn Spear ’53;2. Christina DeVaughn ’90enjoying her visit back to Park;3. Lulli Ateneh ’00 gets into thePark School spirit2.3.Ali Burnes Balster ’90, Sadia Shephard ’90, and Sadia'shusband, Andreas Burgess, share a laugh.2010The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 35

1.Members of the Classes of 1950–1959 celebrate a special Park Reunion atFaulkner House1950s ReunionAlumni from the Classes of 1950–1959 returned to Parkin May for a very special event. With the help of a robustReunion Committee, dozens of Park graduates convenedon campus, some seeing one another for the first time in more than50 years! On Saturday, guests gathered and sang a rousing renditionof the Park School song at a luncheon at Faulkner House.After lunch, alumni met for a tour of the Brookline Music School,better known as Park’s Kennard Road campus.Bob Kenerson ’53 was honoredwith the Alumni Service Award forhis dedication and service to theSchool, much of which wasdisplayed with his involvementorganizing the 1950s Reunion.5.2.3.Top to bottom: 1. Debra Smith Roberts andJean Snedecker Hughes ’53;2. Charley Faulkner ’50 andTony Winsor ’51 look at picturesfrom their days at Park;3. It’s all smiles for Alfred Gray ’54and Peter Wetherbee ’53Left to right: 4. CharleyFaulkner ’50 and GeneBoehne ’52; 5. RuthKenerson, Bob Kenerson ’53,and Peter Wetherbee ’53catch up on old times;5. Former classmates reuniteover lunch4.6.36 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

5.Former Headmaster Bob Hurlbut helps Bill Sullivan ’75 celebratehis 35th Reunion6.7.1.Top to bottom: 1. Ben Wolbach ’90 andHannah Wolbach catch up with RichKnapp ’90; 2. Amit Bansil ’00; 3. JenniferHershfang ’85 and Jess Greenfield ’85Top to bottom: 5. Jill Kantrowitz Kunkel ’90;6. Jamie Folsom ’85 and his son enjoy some time in theclassroom; 7. Rachel Levine Foley ’85 catches up withRob Madden and Melissa Daniels Madden ’852.3.Class of 1980 classmates Stephen Conkling, Marc Abbott, and David Mandell celebratetheir 30th ReunionThe Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 37

Class of 1995. Zac Johnson, Nashan Vassall, Julie Hume Talmage Gordon, Lilla Curran,Sara Leventhal Fleiss and Diana Potter celebrate their 15th Reunion.2.Class of 1990—20th Reunion. From top: John Collins,RichKnapp, Lars Albright, Ali Burnes Balster. Second row: JillKantrowitz Kunkel, Ben Wolbach, Sadia Shephard, ChristinaDeVaughn. Bottom Row: Sarah Osteen, Gigi Saltonstall andNancy Felty McKinney.Clockwise from left: 1. Dick Beckwith ’51and Sherburne Reidy Worthen ’51;2. 1995 classmates Julie Hume TalmageGordon, Lilla Curran, and Sara LeventhalFleiss; 3. Kyrieh, the daughter of ChristinaDeVaughn ’90 having a great time in therenovated Park School library; 4. AdamGreenberg ’85 and John Barkan ’851.3.Ben Hindman ’99 enjoys a laughThe Class of 2000 celebrates their 10th Reunion. Top row: Mike Kavanagh, Max Realeand Spencer Bush Brown. Bottom row: Josh Hall, Caroline Goldsmith, Amit Bansil andDavid Kehlenbeck.4.38 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

The Park School Class of 1985Twenty-Fifth Reunion BiographiesWhitney Wood BylinI am very sorry to miss the 25th Reunion. Ithas been great seeing all the familiar names ine-mails, and I just wish I could be there in personto see the faces. I live in Palm Beach, Florida,with my husband, Eric (whom I met in 1989!),and our two boys, Alexander (7) and Johnny (4).We moved here 10 years ago from New York sothat Eric could open up an office, and we werepleased to find out that there are many peopleunder 65 in the neighborhood. But even better,being 40 in this town is like being 20 in Boston —we will be “juniors” for a good decade more.When we moved here, I kept my job as aproducer and director for a New York-based documentaryproduction company and continued totravel to New York or elsewhere when necessary.I have made films on a wide variety of topics,including ancient and survival cannibalism,archaeology, medical innovations, wildlife conservation,and natural history. I feel lucky that Ifound a job that combined my love of travel andmy interest in writing. Before starting my careerand after graduating from Brown, Eric and I tooka year to travel around the world. That experiencereally shaped my interests and eventuallyled to my job as a filmmaker. My work has alsotaken me all over the world — from the Outbackof Australia to film saltwater crocodiles toEcuador to film struggling climbers; from Zimbabweto film sick elephants to Uruguay to interviewsurvivors of the famous plane crash in theAndes that resulted in heroic feats of survival. Ilove interviewing people, learning about differentworlds, and then trying to figure out a way toexplain it all in film and narration. After havingour second son in 2005, I cut way back on worktravel and focused more on writing and developingprojects. I am now focusing my work onwildlife conservation films and spending moretime on the kids because I am all too aware ofhow quickly it goes by. I am on the board of thePalm Beach Zoo and help them produce films ontheir international and local conservation projects.I am also developing a film on an elephantsanctuary that will be built near where we live.We are lucky to live in a place that is warmmost of the year. Our kids have a much differentlife than I did in Chestnut Hill. They surf allyear round, they know how to bait a hook andfish by themselves, and seeing snow is a onceortwice-a-year treat. We do make sure to getthem on skis at least once a year, and we spend alot of time in the summers visiting family in NewEngland. The only drawback to living here isthat I am not closer to family and friends, but Ido stay in touch with Nancy [Baker Cahill] (whois even farther away in L.A.!), and occasionallyI get to see old Park friends who visit Palm Beachin the winter, including Diana [Walcott] andMissy [Daniels Madden]. I wish I could be thereon the 8th. Enjoy, and I hope to see many of youover the next few years.Jamie FolsomClass of 1985—25th Reunion. Top: Rachel Levine Foley, Adam Greenberg, GretchenWeissman. Bottom: John Barkan, David Ball, Jen Hershfang, Abbott Lawrence, Jess Greenfield,Melissa Daniels Madden.It’s wonderful still to be so close to friends youmade a quarter century ago. It’s a sign of ourcollective good taste in my book, as is the choicesome of us have made to put down roots in theBoston area. Of course, it’s great to have the oldkid network in far-flung locales, too: San Franciscoand Nanshan [China], to name two.After Park, Boston Latin School, VassarCollege, and Southern France, I spent a year asa teaching intern at a N–9 school on GoddardAvenue in Brookline. I split the remaining yearsbefore 2010 between careers in foreign languageteaching (first locally, then with the Peace Corpsin Guinea, West Africa), and technology, as aprogrammer, trainer, and manager.My wife, Beth, and I live in West Roxburywith our boy, August, who will be 1 just beforeour reunion in May. Looking forward to it!Elisabeth Morse GiovineWhile I attended Park only for one year, it wasan important and memorable year for me. Everyoneat Park welcomed me into the community onthe first day and made my transition there soeasy. I was able to make friends easily becauseeveryone was so incredibly kind and friendly. Iam sorry to miss the reunion, as I would love toreconnect with all of my classmates.After Park, I returned to Seattle with myfamily and completed high school at LakesideSchool. I attended the University of Virginia(class of 1993) and then moved to New YorkCity, where I worked in investment banking forMorgan Stanley and then Allen & Company.I earned an MBA from Stanford in 1999 andthen moved to Los Angeles. In 2001, I marriedTom Giovine and we now have three children,Dylan (age 6), Piper (age 5) and Cosimo (age3.5). We live in Pacific Palisades. If anyone livesin Los Angeles, I would love to reconnect, or ifyou are visiting, look us up!!Jennifer HershfangHow to sum up 25 years? I don’t have anythingto share in the handsome husband and cutekids department (let me know if you happen tofind them!), but the rest of life has kept me busyand happy.My career path has been totally serendipitousyet, in retrospect, surprisingly coherent. AfterThe Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 39

P A R K S C H O O L C L A S S O F 1 9 8 5 2 5 T H R E U N I O N B I O G R A P H I E SMilton, I studied international relations at Brown,with vague aspirations of living in Washingtonand becoming a diplomat. After Brown, I movedto Japan to teach English for a year, loving it somuch — and being so embarrassed to be told that Isounded like a seventh-grade girl — that I opted tostay a second year to study Japanese full-time. Ireturned home with only two firm ideas aboutmy next job: it wouldn’t be in New York and itwouldn’t be at a bank. So off I went to Manhattanto work for Lehman Brothers, helping coordinatewith their Tokyo and other Asia offices. Ijumped at the chance to work for Japan’s nationalbroadcaster at its United Nations bureau, whereI learned a lot about diplomacy and developed ahigh tolerance for cappuccino. Harvard LawSchool came next, after which I knew one thing:I would not return to New York. So off I went towork for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & HamiltonLLP’s New York office, in the Latin Americapractice. I left Cleary to take my current job as alawyer at the Treasury Department, working oneconomic and financial sanctions. Not a diplomat,but living very happily in Washington and workingon fascinating matters of national security andforeign policy.Along the way were any number of terrificinternational trips with my sister. Just one highlightwas being on safari in Botswana and watchinga tiny baby elephant trip and fall on its head(it was fine, if a bit embarrassed). So many otherhighlights, including seeing Gretchen Weissmanjump into a lake, fully clothed, about 45 minutesbefore her own wedding ceremony (for whichshe showed up lovely and on time). I look forwardto seeing all of you at the reunion (or inD.C., if you’re here).A.T. HoweI moved out to San Francisco about eight yearsago. I currently work in sales at Diageo here inS.F. I was married to Sherri Shaffer (whom I metout here about six years ago) in New Orleans onOctober 11, 2008. Finally, we just had a son,Andre, on March 3, 2010, and are managing—like all new parents—on very little sleep, but veryhappy to have a new member of the family.Nathan LamontI am a freelance web developer for small- andmedium-sized businesses (recent projects includeNational Endowment for Democracy’s site andDeval Patrick’s site). I live in Roslindale with mylovely wife, Chrissy. In our spare time, we performin non-professional local theater (where wemet), which is great fun. In my professional life, Ioften think of Mr. Smith, who was responsible forintroducing me to computer programmingthrough his “KidStuff” project. I distinctly recallmanaging to perplex Mrs. Williams with a complicated-lookinghandwritten page of code, amemento I have kept all these years. In my theatricallife, I will never forget Mrs. Kellogg’s productionof Twelfth Night, where our scene changeswere set to contemporary hits such as CarlySimon’s “You’re So Vain” and Kool and theGang’s “Celebration.”Abbott LawrenceI have always enjoyed reading the 25th Reunionupdates, but it is still with great shock this year Ihave been asked for mine. After Park, I went toGroton and then Harvard. I majored in history,which I think was directly the result of my enjoymentin studying the Second Punic Wars withMr. Conway and taking three years of historywith Mr. Cunningham.Next I moved to Hong Kong, where I wasintroduced to realities of the working world in thewaning hours of the British colony. Much to theamusement of anyone who has ever had to proofreador grade my papers, I got a job editing (andwriting) stock research reports. (Thank you Mrs.Haskell!) Pretty much since that time, I haveLeft: A.T .Howe married hissweetheart, Sherri Shaffer, inNew Orleans. Right: MelissaDaniels Madden, Diana Walcott,and Rachel Levine Foley celebrateat the 25th class party atAllandale Farm.been involved in investment research. I movedback to Boston for a several years before I wentChicago to attend Kellogg Business School. Afterwards,perhaps not shockingly, I moved back toBoston again, where I still am.Shortly after business school, I met my wife,Amanda, who is an architecture professor. Wecurrently live in Jamaica Plain about a mile fromthe school with our two kids, Amos (4) andEstelle (18 months). One of the many joys ofbeing a parent has been an excuse to revisit myown memories of childhood. When I think ofgrowing up, almost all experiences involve Parkin some way: a decade of carpools with Brognas,Butterworths, etc., getting in trouble repeatedlywith Mrs. Williams, playing kill the carrier andwearing the exact same costume in three consecutivePark plays.I am looking forward to seeing classmates atthe reunion and hoping my children have anequally positive educational experience as theygrow up.Melissa Daniels MaddenI really cannot believe 25 years have passed by soquickly. My fondest memories of Park all includethe friends that I made. I will never forget the40 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

P A R K S C H O O L C L A S S O F 1 9 8 5 2 5 T H R E U N I O N B I O G R A P H I E Splayground and playing house under the tree,falling off the top of the slide and chipping myfront tooth, the tire swing, the smell of the concretestairwells, art projects, the house project(that my Dad basically built!), the sugar cookiesbefore recess (YUCK), May Day, feeling like agymnast at Gym Shows, The Harvest Fair… andmore….After Park I went to Nobles and then on tothe University of Vermont. After college, Iworked in marketing, and then went back toschool for my master’s degree in education. I thencombined the two and worked at Scholastic inNew York selling pre-K curricula to teachers.During graduate school, I came back to Park andtaught with Ann Kopp in Grade III. I loved beingback at the school after so much time. I realizedwhat a unique place Park is and how committedthe teachers are. Through my work on theAlumni Committee at Park, I have reconnectedwith so many wonderful people. I love being apart of such a dynamic and fun group. I am nowmarried to Rob Madden and live in Wellesley. Wehave three energetic, busy, and sweet boys. Life isbusier and more tiring than I could have everimagined. But we love being parents and laughingour way through both the challenging days andthe enjoyable ones! Our oldest is in Kindergartenthis year at Park and is thriving. He is very firedup for the Dining Room next year in first grade. Ihear the food is MUCH better than it was backin the ’80s… I feel very fortunate to be able tocome back to Park each day as a parent and experienceit again in a whole, new way.I really enjoyed working on the ReunionCommittee this year and getting back in touchwith some great people that I have not spoken tosince Park! Please e-mail me and let me knowhow you are doing.melissadmadden@comcast.netKatrina NewburyMaking up for past transgressions,namely not sending timelynotes for previous Park Bulletins, Iwill attempt a recap of life since1985. Here goes. . . AttendedNobles with Missy Daniels Madden,Rachel Levine Foley, and StephanieStamatos, then Mount HolyokeCollege [not with Missy and co.],followed by Harvard UniversityExtension School for a Certificate ofMuseum Studies and, finally, a masterof science from the University ofDelaware/Winterthur Program in artconservation. Living the requisitenomadic existence of the conservator, Imoved from DE to CA to MA to GA toVT to MA and worked in various capacities as apostgraduate fellow, intern, assistant and associateconservator in both regional lab and fine artmuseum settings. Presently, I work at theMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston as the Saundra B.Lane Associate Conservator [of paper and photographicmaterials] and live in Waltham with mydearest bookbinder husband, Richard Lamb, andtwo children, Gillian (born February 2008) andBenjamin (born January 2010).Fond memories of Park include: The YuleFestival and Mr. Hurlbut’s rendition of theBoar’s Head song; art classes with Ms. Hale andMs. Gallo; consuming A LOT of Ritz crackersand milk in the cafeteria at the beginning ofrecess; being one of the lucky ones to spend11 years [?!!] - nursery through ninth grade—at171 Goddard Ave.Diana WalcottI have always looked forward to reading the 25thReunion bios in The Park Bulletin, and now that itis my turn to write one, I realize how daunting itis! After enjoying 11 years at Park, and walkingto school for the majority of those years, Iattended boarding school at Tabor Academy andthen moved on to Denison University. In myjunior year of college, I was fortunate to be ableto take a semester abroad and attend the Universityof Sydney. I was away for most of the year,exploring Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. Itwas quite an eye-opener, considering I had nevertraveled alone, or much outside of the U.S.During my senior year, I started to think aboutwhat I wanted to do with my life after college.It became clear how my teachers had influencedme and that I loved working with children.The place where that all began wasat Park.I applied to the Intern Program at Park and wasluckily accepted right before graduation! Iworked in the Pre-Kindergarten and Transitionprograms, as well as helped in the AdmissionOffice and coached field hockey. This transitionback to Park was one of opportunity, but mostlyof coming home and connecting to a communitythat was a huge part of my life. Working side byside with my former teachers, using their firstnames instead of “Ms. or Mr.,” learning fromthem in a new way, walking the halls and relivingmemories, all of this made my first job experiencean incredibly special one. The Alumni SteeringCommittee was created at this time, whichbecame a wonderful way for me to reconnectwith people, having been away for many years.After my internship at Park, I decided tointerview where I did my work-study in ninthgrade, The Apple Orchard School. I was hired toteach 3-year-olds and work in the After-SchoolProgram. I absolutely loved working with childrenon the farm, but also missed my experiencein the Admission Office at Park. I was fortunatethat a job became available as the director’s assistantand director of parent activities, where Iwas able to combine all the things that I love:connecting with people and children, admissions,development, and event planning. Seventeenyears later, I am still loving every minute of it!I look forward to catching up with many ofyou at the reunion.Left: Katrina Newbury with husband,Richard Lamb, and their children,Gillian (born February 2008) andBenjamin (born January 2010).Right: Dana Welshman Studley withdaughter River Studley ’16The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 41

P A R K S C H O O L C L A S S O F 1 9 8 5 2 5 T H R E U N I O N B I O G R A P H I E SDana Welshman-StudleyAt this point, I have spent 22 of my 39 years atPark… AMAZING! As always, Park feels likehome to me. My cousin Tracy runs Park’s After-School Program, my daughter, River, is in thethird grade this year (she will be performing theMay Day dances in two weeks), and my mom,Pat Zifcak, was here until two years ago, whenshe decided to retire to spend more time atchurch. She is a deacon in the Episcopal Dioceseof Massachusetts. This is my 15th year as ateacher in the Physical Education department atPark, I am the head advisor for the ninth grade(they just recently went to Europe and completedtheir work-study jobs), I am a faculty advisor tothe yearbook committee, I coach varsity fieldhockey (we were undefeated this year), sixthgrade girls’ basketball, and varsity lacrosse, and Iam the pool director in the summer. My husband,John, and I are about to celebrate our 18th weddinganniversary in July, and things are great! Weown 11 pets, including cats, dogs, a guinea pig,and two Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs. We live inBrockton, and we vacation in Maine as often aswe can —yes, the animals come, too. All is wellhere at Park. Many things are still the same, butwe are keeping up with the times and learning alot as we go.Row Hard No Excuses, which we took to severalfilm festivals, including one in Boston where wescreened at the Coolidge and Brattle Theatersand saw several old Park School friends andteachers. I still work on documentaries at night,but won’t likely start another feature-length projectuntil my daughter finishes pre-school.Speaking of which, after a lengthy kindergartensearch for Otis (made difficult by a lotterysystem in the city), we were assigned to a newChinese immersion school on Haight Street anddecided to go for it. It has been a remarkablefirst year, and we are consistently impressed bythe community’s enthusiasm. It’s exciting tohelp shape a school from the beginning.These days, I am still in close touch withJamie, Sam, Gretchen, and David Wiborg, alldear friends. I am sorry to miss the reunion andlook forward to hearing others’ news. I alwaysliked our class and truly enjoyed my experienceat Park.Luke WolbachIn typical fashion, I’m attempting tosqueeze something in just before thedeadline. If you’re reading this now, itmeans someone was kind enough toinclude it, despite the late hour. Nonetheless,Sam Potts’ e-mail to the class (titled“Attention Park School people whose e-mail Istole from an e-mail Jen Hershfang forwardedto me”) has inspired me to share a little newsfor our 25 th Reunion (or, as Sam put it, the“You’re Turning 40 Reunion”).I live in San Francisco with my wife, Alex,and two kids, Otis (6) and June (4). Alex grew upin the Bay Area and hasn’t developed a NewEnglander’s appreciation for bone-chilling coldweather, so for now, there is no imminent moveback to the East Coast. It’s been established thatthe kids can cheer for the Giants, except whenthey play the Red Sox. So far, so good. Mybrother, Ben, lived nearby in Sonoma County foreight years, but now manages a farm with hiswife in Cohasset. My sister, Anna, lives in Marinwith her husband and two young kids, so we gettogether often. It’s a real pleasure.I am a documentary filmmaker, though morerecently by day, I edit commercials for skin-careproducts. One of the larger endeavors of my 30swas to make a feature-length film with my father,Left: Luke Wolbach with wife, Alex,and two kids, Otis and June. Right:Mark Simmons and David Ball catchup with friends at the 25th classparty at Allandale Farm.42 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

Alumni Notes1933Ruth Crocker Young has moved to anew retirement community knownThe Woodlands in Lebanon, NewHampshire. Ruth now has three greatgrandchildren, all under 2 years old.1938Class RepresentativePutty McDowellpbmcd2@verizon.net781-320-19601947Renny Little enjoyed watching his sonBob Little (Park’s athletic director),daughter-in-law Kathleen, and grandchildrenCaitin and Erin do an Irish jigat the annual family “Little Talent”show last summer. “Bob was a littlewinded at the conclusion, but held uphis end pretty well with the girls.”1950Class RepresentativeGalen Clough812-477-24541953Class RepresentativeBob Brayrbray@thebraygroup.com617-696-8673Margaret “Sally” Casey enjoys beingback “home” in Chestnut Hill. Shesays it’s “hard to believe it’s almost ayear since I left Connecticut. Hope todo better this coming year connectingwith Park classmates.”B E C O M E AClass RepresentativeStay in touch with old friends!Gather class news for the Bulletin!Help plan your reunion!Want to learn more?Please contact Eliza Drachman-Jones ’98Director of Alumni Relations617-274-6022 or alumni@parkschool.org1955Elizabeth Dane is still happily splittingher time between Red Lodge,Montana, and Tucson, Arizona. Shetells us “the lure of Montana after 12years in Helena drew us back forsummers.” Elizabeth has four grandkidsliving smack in the middle ofMontana growing up with a lifestyleas far from Brookline as one couldimagine. “Periodically I bring one ofthem to the East Coast to seeextended family and to enjoy theocean. What an experience it is toshare these ‘firsts’ with them. My husband,Pat, collects Central Americanfolk art, while my life revolves aroundplaying the recorder with severalgroups for the local farmers’ market,summer festivals, nursing homes,really any group that asks us to play.Assorted volunteer activities, lusciousMontana garden, accessible mountainsin both locales, make for anunending array of pleasures.” Elizabethwould enjoy catching up withold classmates, and welcome visitorsto either Red Lodge or Tucson.1957Ruthie Chute Knapp’s book, WhoStole Mona Lisa?, published by Bloomsbury,was released on Aug. 31, 2010and has been selected by the JuniorLibrary Guild as one of its featurednew children’s books.1960Peter F. Dickson is still working forIRS (35 years) and playing churchorgan (30 years) and has no plans toretire anytime soon. “I have a 10-yearolddaughter,” he explains. Peterwishes his class a “Happy 50thReunion!”1961 50th ReunionClass Representative Needed!Read about Susan Mabrey Gaud’scareer in science on page 22.1963Class RepresentativeAmy Lampertaslampert@gis.net617-232-4595In 2009, Nathalie Saxton De Perezwas creating and constructing kilometermarkers in the Dominican Republic.They were a commissioned workfor the town hall of San Juan de laNathalie Saxton De Perez ’63 poseswith one of her kilometer markers inthe Dominican Republic.Maguana in the south west part of thecountry, middle of the Island of Hispaniola.The largest ceremonial Circleof the Taino People in all the Antillesis located in this area, and the mayorand others are trying to put it on themap. Thali says, “Now I’m in Brooklineas part of a care team for my95-year-old aunt and would love totouch base with any of my classmatesfrom Park.”1965Read about Doug Quine’s career in scienceon page 24.1966Class RepresentativeWigs Frank610-964-80571967Class RepresentativeE. D. RowleyDRowley@hammondre.com617-469-04431968Class RepresentativeVicky Kehlenbeckvkehlenbeck@rc.com781-235-2990Mark Zamcheck tells us that 2010“has been a wild year so far.” His oldestdaughter, Doria, just graduatedHampshire College. In August, sheset off for the Tel Aviv Zoo for aseven-month internship. Her youngersister, Kyle, just returned from a fourmonthinternational studies programThe Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 43

in India. She plans to graduate HampshireCollege next year. He goes onto say, “Tracks from my most recentalbum ‘Drawing From Life’ havestarted generating a following on theInternet radio station, Jango.com.The music is an experiment in crossingnew-age and jazz piano in a completelyimprovisational setting.” As ofJuly, the global fan count was over5,000 and growing quickly. Check outMark’s tracks at: www.jango.com/music/Mark+Zamcheck”1971 40th ReunionClass Representative Needed!Read about Lora Fleming’s career inscience on page 26.1973Class RepresentativeRick Berensonbarbara@berenson.info617-969-0523Read about Rick Berenson’s career inscience on page 28.1974Class RepresentativesRodger Cohenskiboy@mindspring.com508-651-3981Margaret Belljames_bell65@msn.com617-267-4141Shady Hartshorne updated us withthe news that about a recent vacation.“My wife, Laurie, and I recently gotback from a Swim Trek vacation inthe Cyclades Islands in Greece. Weswam about 4 km per day sometimesalong the coastlines of islands andsometimes going from island to islandin open water. We went to Schinoussa,Koufonissi, Naxos, andParos.” Early in the summer, PollyHoppin wrote, “We’re looking forwardto having everyone together inAugust — after a trip to Nicaraguafor our oldest (Emma Thomas ’06)and me, a few weeks for ElizaThomas ’11 at her beloved summercamp in Maine, and a trip to CostaRica for my husband, Bobby, who ison the board of a new nonprofitbased there (good choice of a board toT H E A L U M N I S E R V I C E A W A R DROBERT F. KENERSONCLASS OF 1953Established in 1999, the Alumni Award for DistinguishedService is presented annually at graduationto an alumna or alumnus of The Park School fordedicated service to the Park community. BoardChair Kevin Maroni presented the award on behalfof the Alumni Committee.Bob Kenerson, who this year begins his42nd year in the private practice ofpsychiatry and psychoanalysis, is a graduateof The Park School, Wellesley High School,Dartmouth College, Boston UniversitySchool of Medicine, and Harvard MedicalSchool, where he trained in psychiatry andhas been on the clinical teaching staff forover 40 years. In 2010, he and his wife,Ruth, who have four children and six grandchildren,will celebrate their 44th weddinganniversary.Bob’s dedication to The Park School andits alumni body is genuine and inspiring.A graduate of the Class of 1953, Bob andhis late brother, Ted, who was a member ofthe Class of 1952, were students at Park’sKennard Road campus. Bob’s love for Parkhas never been about the campus and buildings,however; it’s always been about thememories of growing up, about classmatesand their families, and about teachers andcoaches. His intense interest in education isa reflection of his fascination with humandevelopment. He views psychotherapy andpsychoanalysis as a personal re-education.The Class of 1953 is one of The ParkSchool’s most loyal and connected classes.Over the past decade, the class has celebratedits 50th and 55th Reunions, eachattended by 11 of the 12 remaining classmates—arare and impressive accomplishment.Bob has served as a leader not only forhis class, but also for all alumni of his era,bringing them together both on and offPark’s campus. Most recently, Bob was thecatalyst for a special Reunion Weekend forthe members of the Classes of 1950 to 1959(see page 36). He led a committee of 10alumni from the 1950s who personally contactedmore than 200 alumni to promote thespecial gathering. Off-campus, Bob hasdemonstrated his passion for Park by helpingto keep classmates connected to each other.He is the one who spreads the news when aclassmate—or sibling, or spouse of a classmate—isill or has reached a major career orfamily milestone. Bob is always quick towrite a heartfelt note or to make a personalphone call.The Alumni Office has learned a greatdeal from Bob, as he has extensive experienceas a trustee at Cardigan MountainSchool in New Hampshire, and as an activealumnus of Wellesley High School and DartmouthCollege. He has profound understandingof the unique joy that comes fromremaining connected to one’s schools andformer classmates. Bob serves as a memberof the Alumni Engagement Task Force, asmall group that meets annually to advise theAlumni Office on how best to engage withthe men and women who attended Park.We are grateful for Bob’s many years ofthoughtful and dedicated service to bothalumni and the greater Park School community,and we know his future service to Parkwill continue to unite and inspire all of us.44 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

e on!) We take Emma back for hersecond year at Swarthmore College atthe end of the month . . . This hasbeen a new and exciting phase for allof us. I’m still enjoying colleaguesand environmental health projects atthe Lowell Center for SustainableProduction at U. Mass., though foundationfunding continues to be constrainedand adds a level of stress tothe work that I hope will resolvesoon. It’s been such a treat to reconnectwith some old Park friends aftertaking the Facebook plunge afew months ago!”1975Class RepresentativesColin McNayfivebear@mac.com617-731-1746Bill Sullivan978-568-13031976 35th ReunionClass RepresentativeTenney Mead Covertenney.cover@verizon.net781-329-54491977Class RepresentativeSam Solomonsa.solomon@verizon.net781-784-03851978Class Representatives Needed!Erin Marcus is blogging at the HuffingtonPost. “Take a look at what Ihave been working on at www.huffingtonpost.com/erin-n-marcus-md”1979Class RepresentativesSarah Solomonsallysolomon@alumni.neu.edu617-354-5951Lalla Carotherslcaro@maine.rr.com207-829-2283Nina Frusztajer updated us on arecent vacation. “I just got back froma trip to Orlando, where the highlightswere not Magic Kingdom andthe other parks where we spent minimaltime, but the gigantic pools withwaterfalls and tunnels and poolsidehot tubs that we used as late as 9 p.m.Plus, we had time to hang out withmy parents with whom we went, soall around it was very, very fun!”Nina is working three days a week asa pathologist, enjoying her kids (8, 7,and 5 now), and learning guitar forabout eight months now. “I can muddlemy way through Beatles, SherylCrow, Eagles, Tracy Chapman, andeven a few measures of some Kinkssongs. I’m a long way from live performances,and I’m certainly nevergoing to switch professions, but it’sbeen really fun! I am also hooked onCore Fusion, which is this greatpilates-type/yoga intense core conditioningthat is the most efficient andeffective exercise I’ve ever done.”Christopher Lamont spent summervacation on North Haven, Maine.“Nice swimming quarries on Vinalhaven!The ocean was a bit coldwhere I was, but nice to swim in aftera good run!”Read about Nina’s career in science onpage 29.1980Class RepresentativeSusan Schorrsusaneschorr@gmail.com207-829-6082Andres Hurwitz is still living andpracticing law in Southern California,and was lucky to work on a case withSusan Schorr, who is in Maine. Hetells us that “it was good to catch up,and Susan was gracious enough topick up the baton as our new ClassRepresentative.” Andres was inBoston in June to celebrate his parents’50th anniversary, which was atreat. “However, I wasn’t able tomake it to the 30th Reunion; maybenext time.”1981 30th ReunionClass RepresentativesMatthew Carothersmcarothers88@yahoo.com508-785-0770Alex Mehlmanamehlman@yahoo.com781-461-85102010–11 Park Alumni Achievement Award: J O S E P H F. K A H N ’ 8 0This award is given annually to the alumnus/alumna who exemplifies The Park School’svalues and educational mission through distinctiveachievement in his or her community orfield of endeavor. This person’s leadership andcontributions have made a meaningful impactand inspire our current students and alumni.Joe Kahn is a lifelong journalist with a successfulcareer that has led him across the globe and back. Heis currently the deputy foreign editor at The New YorkTimes. Prior to returning to New York City, Joe servedas the Beijing bureau chief for the Times from July2003 to December 2007. Joe’s expertise is equallywide-ranging: He has covered international economicsand trade, as well as Wall Street.His work has brought attention to a variety ofimportant world issues. In 2006, Joe and his Beijingbasedcolleague, Jim Yardley, won the Pulitzer Prizefor International Reporting for their “ambitious storieson ragged justice in China as the boomingnation’s legal system evolves.” At a time where mostjournalists were writing about where China’s legalsystem was headed, the pair covered the legal systemas it exists. In 2004, Joe won a Robert. F. KennedyJournalism Award for his series of stories on laborconditions in China’s export factories. In 1994, whenJoe worked as a city desk reporter and foreign correspondentfor The Dallas Morning News, he was partof a team of reporters awarded the Pulitzer Prize forInternational Reporting for their stories on violenceagainst women around the world.Born in Boston, Joe attended Park from 1978to 1980 and graduated from Harvard College in1987 with a bachelor’s degree in American history.In 1990, he received a master’s degree in East Asianstudies from the Harvard Graduate School of Artsand Sciences.Joe plans to be at Park in the fall to accept thisaward in person and to speak with current studentsabout his career in journalism and living overseas.The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 45

ASPCA volunteer counselor Mary Sarah Baker ’87 with oneadorable puppy.Nicole Barrick ’87, Mary Sarah Baker ’87 and Richard Leigh-Pemberton ’87 had a great evening at the MSCPA’s PartyAnimals benefit in Boston on July 15, 2010.plans to run the NYC Marathon aspart of the ASPCA’s inaugural teamand hopes to finish the race beforesundown! Kate Milliken got marriedin December 2009 and successfullyconceived a honeymoon baby! Shewrites, “We’re expecting a son in September,and we are headed to cowboycountry in July … Phoenix, Arizona,where my husband, Tyler, works forAmerica Express.” Kate will continueto run her video production companywhile juggling motherhood. “If anyoneknows anyone in Phoenix, let meknow!” Greg and Annamary BurtonThompson are proud to announcebaby girl Catherine “Cate” Judith KayThompson, born on July 12, 2010 at7 pounds, 8 ounces, 20 1/2 incheslong. Godmother Mary Sarah Bakeris very proud, too!1982Class RepresentativeAllison Nash Maelemael@msn.com617-332-0925Jared Mazlish has lived Breckenridge,Colorado, for the last 20 years.“For the first 15 years, I competedprofessionally on the big mountainextreme skiing world tour, then fiveyears ago I started a ski company.Originally, we made powder skis, butit has grown to offering everythingfrom a skinny mogul ski to the widest“superfat” powder ski on the market.The name of my company is “Fatypusskis” at fat-ypus.com. Two yearsago, Jared got married, and now heand his wife, Darcy, are expectingtheir first child in August. Congrats,Jared!1983Class RepresentativesElizabeth Livens Freemanllivens@hotmail.comElizabeth Mottemott@fenn.org978-369-6009Laurie Kohn tells us that she is leavingGeorgetown Law School after 12years there as a professor and directorof the Domestic Violence Clinic. “I’llbe starting at George WashingtonLaw School in the fall as the directorof the Family Law Clinic. My boysare 6 and 3—and they keep thingsactive, interesting, and LOUD!”1984Class RepresentativeAnne Collins GoodyearACG610@gmail.com703-931-90161985Class RepresentativeRachel Levine Foleyrlfoles@aol.com781-559-8148Read about Elizabeth Wiellette’s careerin science on page 30.1986 25th ReunionClass RepresentativesMark Epkermepker@beaconcommunitiesllc.com781-326-4299Jay Livensjlivens@sloan.mit.edu978-318-0866Jonathan Segal recently directed hissecond feature film, “Norman,” apowerful coming-of-age drama centeredaround a self-aware and darklyfunny teen who’s just trying to handlehis daily existence. The film stars theAcademy Award-nominated RichardJenkins, Dan Byrd (“Cougar Town”),Emily VanCamp (ABC’s “Brothers& Sisters”), and Adam Goldberg(“Saving Private Ryan”). “Norman”also features an original score andsongs from acclaimed musicianAndrew Bird. The film is currentlyon the film festival circuit. Forupdates, info, and photos check outthe movie’s Facebook page at facebook.com/pages/NORMAN-themovie1987Class RepresentativesMary Sarah BakerMary.Sarah.Baker@gmail.com617-566-3848Geoffrey Glickgmglick@aol.com508-893-8912Mary Sarah Baker tells us “life inN.Y.C. continues to offer constantexcitement and new experiences.”Last August, Sarah moved acrossCentral Park to the Upper East Sidein Manhattan and took a new job asgeneral manager of the Danny KayeTheater on East 68th Street. “There isnever a dull moment in the performingarts! On the weekends, I volunteerfor the ASPCA as an adoptioncounselor for dogs and cats, as well asa new member leader at Marble CollegiateChurch.” On Nov. 7, SarahRead about David Shaff’s career inscience on page 32.1988Class RepresentativeLiza Cohen Gateslgates@digitas.com617-267-6184Jordan Kimball updates us all theway from West Africa. “Workingthroughout the Upper Guinea forestecosystem to promote transboundarybiodiversity conservation in key protectedareas. The forests here in WestAfrica are unique and full of immensebiodiversity resources. Our team isfocusing on sustainable livelihoods(community forestry, beekeeping, ecologicalsylviculture [forest cultivation],agroforestry, private-sector alliances,and understanding and enforcementof forestry and wildlife laws) as astrategy to conserve biodiversity. Liv-Christina McGinnes McCormick and John McCormick with their beautiful family.46 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

ing in Freetown, Sierra Leone, sinceNovember 2009 has been most interestingfor the family. We still managean organic family farm in Guinea,where we produce honey, peanuts,millet, hot peppers, eggplants,bananas, peas, and various fruits.We’ve also launched a small-scalepoultry operation for egg production.Living in this part of the World hastaught me a great deal about thetremendous beauty of West Africa, aswell as the great struggle and challengesthat humanity faces —civil conflict,political imbalances, foodinsecurity, loss and degradation ofecosystems, and the burgeoning forceof climate change.”1989Class RepresentativesDahlia Aronsondahliabeth@yahoo.com617-734-3026Ian Glickibglick@aol.com617-264-7198Rebecca Lewin Scottrebecca.scott@earthlink.net781-772-1946Rob Colby recently moved toChapel Hill, North Carolina, to workat UNC-Chapel Hill’s Ackland ArtMuseum, as the coordinator of academicprograms. Aside from keepingbusy teaching university classesthat come to the Museum, Rob isenjoying life south of the Mason-Dixon line.1990Class RepresentativesZach Cherry561-659-1022Alex Rabinskyarabinsky@hotmail.com773-645-4381Keisha Powell is very proud toannounce that her daughter, BrittaniJones ’10, graduated from Park inJune. She adds, “my son Myles willbe attending his first year at Park thisfall, in Kindergarten—Class of 2020!My husband, Shawn, and I are veryproud of them!”1991 20th ReunionClass Representatives Needed!Proud mom, Keisha Powell-Burgess ’90celebrates daughter Brittani Jones’sgraduation from Park this spring.1992Class Representatives Needed!Louise Baker married Rich Lee onMay 15 at Desconso Gardens in LaCanada, California. Many of Louise’sPark School friends and family wereat the wedding: Laura DahmenMerriman, Vanessa Kerry, formerfaculty Sally Baker and Wanda HollandGreene, Nancy Baker Cahill’85, and Mary Sarah Baker ’87.Louise wore her mother’s weddingdress from 1968! Louise and Rich livein Atwater Village, about 10 minutesfrom the Cahill family. Diana Birkettnow lives in Seattle and leads the publicpolicy and government relationsteam for a health-care company calledGroup Health. Diana tells us that ithas been “fascinating work during thehealth reform debate and now thatwe’re implementing the new law andhoping to see some positive results.”In addition, Diana was married thissummer and headed to Europe for abike trip around Italy and Corsica. “Ido miss Boston, but Seattle is a wonderfulplace to live, despite the rain,with a great community and amazingmountains and views and spacearound it to explore. Best to everyonein the Park family!” Laura DahmanMerriman and her husband, Zac,welcomed their second child, Alex, onApril 27. “He now joins his olderbrother, Drew (2), in a plot to makeour house as chaotic as possible.”Laura also recently had the joy of seeingsome of her Park classmates: “Igot to celebrate Louise Baker’s marriageto Rich Lee with her andVanessa Kerry in Los Angeles. It wasa beautiful and fun wedding! And, IKeisha’s kids continue The Park School tradition: daughter Brittani Jones ’10 withher brother, Myles Burgess ’20 who enters Kindergarten this fall.REUNION2010CELEBRATE!CELEBRATE!REUNION 2011Saturday, May 710 th 2001 30 th 198115 th 1996 35 th 197620 th 1991 40 th 197125 th 1986 50 th 1956If you are interested in helping to plan your reunion,please contact Eliza Drachman-Jones ’98Director of Alumni Relations617-274-6022 or alumni@parkschool.orgThe Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 47

also got to spend some time withElizabeth Sandman, who came outto help me after Alex arrived.”1993Class RepresentativesJessica Ko Beckjessicako@gmail.com917-691-3540Jaime G. Quirosqstips@yahoo.com617-522-3622Alison Rossalross@gmail.com646-528-4248Clark Friefield just graduated fromthe MIT Media Lab and is starting aPhD program at the B.U. biomedicalengineering department this fall.Andrew Scott is starting a new job atTufts Medical Center and the FloatingHospital for Children in Bostonas a pediatric ENT surgeon. He willbe specializing in cleft lip and palatesurgery, vascular birthmarks, andhead and neck procedures.1994Class RepresentativesAlan Bernalanbern@tulanealumni.net781-326-8091Aba Taylorabtaylor829@gmail.com617-361-63701995Class RepresentativesLilla Curranlillacurran@gmail.comLilla Curran “had a fabulous timecatching up with other members ofthe Class of ’95 as we assembled tocelebrate our reunion. Julie HumeTalmage Gordon, Dan Wilson,Nashan Vassall, Alex Henry,Diana Potter, Sarah LeventhalFleiss, and I gathered first in thelibrary at Park, and later, around adinner table at The Met Club inChestnut Hill. We wined, dined,reminisced, and laughed with oneanother, while also acknowledgingthe swift passage of time. Theevening was a happy success. . . lookingforward to our twentieth!” “Sincegraduating from Columbia,” writesWill Dick, “I have started workingas director of business developmentat Tom Chappell (of Tom’s ofMaine)’s new business, RamblersWay. We offer a line of 100% American-made,all natural and sustainablelightweight and comfortable woolclothing. Take a look at our website:ramblersway.com.” Tod Hynes is startinga company called XL Hybrids thatconverts existing fleet vehicles intohybrids. He’s working with a team outof MIT and already has demonstrationvehicles on the road and customerslined up for this fall. Tod alsoteaches a course at MIT called“Energy Ventures” and loves connectingwith people interested in energyand the environment.1996 15th ReunionClass RepresentativesNick Brescianick_e_pockets@hotmail.com781-646-4229Merrill Hawkinsmerrillhawkins@gmail.comKatayoun Shahrokhikatayoun_shahrokhi@yahoo.com781-483-2113Kathrene Tiffanyktiffany@gmail.com617-306-1107On June 12, Rob Higgins was marriedto Julie Cumming (a Tuck classmate)in Newport, Rhode Island.Charlie Simpson and Rob Weyman’95 were both there to help us celebrate.It was a great day!” Liz Privesis in her fourth year teaching at BingNursery School, a child-centered, playbasedlaboratory school for youngchildren at Stanford University. Lizteaches in the nursery school programfive mornings a week and in the programfor 2-year-olds two afternoons aweek. Liz says, “I’m enjoying living inSan Francisco with classmate JuliaKung and across the street from mybrother, Todd Prives ’92. LaurenHendrick Sutton has lived in the BayArea for three years and currentlylives in Oakland with her husband,Patrick, and daughter, Nora, who wasborn Oct. 3, 2009. She adds that“Park classmate Merrill Hawkinscame West for a visit last summer!”1997Class RepresentativesSarah E. Robbatsarah.robbat@gmail.com781-259-1170Sarah Conwaysarah.r.conway@gmail.com617-524-3075Suzanne McManmonsuzymcmanmon@gmail.comSarah Conway still lives in Bali,Tod Hynes ’95 poses with one of his XL Hybrids; his new company converts existingfleet vehicles into energy-efficient hybrid cars.Lauren Hendrick Sutton ’96 and Merrill Hawkins ’96 on the Golden Gate BridgeSarah Conway ’97, Chloe Lewis ’99 and Anna Lewis ’97 take in a beautiful sunsetin Cape Town, South Africa.48 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

N O M I N A T I O N S S O U G H T F O RTHE PARK ALUMNIACHIEVEMENTAWARDThis award is to be given to the Park alumnus/alumnawho exemplifies the School’s values and educationalmission through distinctive achievement in theircommunity or field of endeavor. This person’s leadershipand contributions have made a meaningful impactand inspire our current students and alumni.To nominate a Park alumnus/a for this award, pleaseinclude your nominee’s name, class year, profession,and reason for nomination. All submissions must bereceived by December 1, 2010 to be consideredfor the 2011 award.Send nominations to alumni@parkschool.org or ThePark School Alumni Office, 171 Goddard Avenue,Brookline, MA 02445Thursday, May 20On an unseasonably warm May evening, more than50 Park alumni and their guests met on Yawkey Way forthe Annual Alumni Night at Fenway Park. WithJon Lester on the mound, the Red Sox beat the MinnesotaTwins 6-2. Our group enjoyed seeing “WelcomePark Alumni” displayed on the Jumbotron, munching onCracker Jacks, and reconnecting with old friends.Indonesia, but has been traveling agreat deal for work and fun. Shewrites, “In April, Anna Lewis and Imet in Cape Town, South Africa for avacation with Chloe Lewis ’99. Wehad a fabulous adventure whichincluded time in Cape Town, KrugerNational Park, and the Nkomazi,where Chloe was working forTRIAD Trust, an NGO serving localleaders and their communities in theareas hardest-hit by HIV/AIDS.”Sarah goes on to tell us that while inBoston in June, she bumped intoAshley Hall, Becca Sullivan, AnnaSullivan ’95, Katherine McManmon’95, and Ladd Thorne ’96 at abar in the South End. “It was great tosee them and catch up; everyone isdoing well.” Katharine Jose left herposition as politics editor of the NewYork Observer to start a new journalismventure called Capital (capitalnewyork.com).Lennie Larkin isabout to finish hiking the entireAppalachian Trail. Danielle Miley iscurrently interning with the UNDPEnergy and Environment unit inPhnom Penh, Cambodia, and willreturn to the Yale School of Forestryand Environmental Studies this fall.Kelly O’Reilly is writing for NBC’sfashion blog, “The Thread,” andproducing Taxi TV fashion segmentsin N.Y.C.1998Class RepresentativesLydia Hawkinslydiahawk@hotmail.com508-362-8225Meg Lloydlloydy5@hotmail.comSarah Swettswett.sarah@gmail.com617-794-8164Adam Cohen moved back to theBoston area to head up the EastCoast work for his company, PioneerGreen Energy: pioneergreen.com.Cindy Doseretz writes in with excitingnews that she was married in Mayto her college sweetheart, MatthewArenson. “We met at the first footballgame of the season our freshman yearat the University of Michigan andhave been together ever since. Wewent to French Polynesia for twoweeks on our honeymoon.” ClairePasternack tells us that, “after eatingmy way through Paris during a post-Harvard graduate fellowship year, Iembarked on a career in education. Idecamped to Los Angeles andtaught 8th- and 9th-grade English andFrench at the Harvard-WestlakeSchool for four years. I also coachedthe Middle School Debate Team andwrote curriculum for a new Debatecourse. Former Park intern RonnieCodrington-Cazeau, now MiddleSchool Head at Harvard-Westlake,was my fabulous boss and mentor.”This fall, Claire will start a one-yearmaster’s in policy, organization, andleadership studies at the StanfordUniversity School of Education,where she plans to focus on educationalleadership. On Aug. 28, at theBoston Public Library, Claire marriedher sweetheart of over seven years,Brian Goldsmith. “Several close Parkfriends—Jonathan Tucker, AshleyWhite-Stern, Abbie Johnson, andAnna Deknatel —were in attendance,”she reported. Brian begins hissecond year at Stanford Law Schoolthis fall. Claire says, “After years oflong-distance dating, Brian and I arethrilled to live not only on the samecoast but in the same house in PaloAlto.” Prior to the wedding, JonathanTucker crashed Claire’s bacheloretteparty in N.Y.C., which included fellow’98 park alums Anna Deknateland Abbie Johnson.1999Class RepresentativesElizabeth Weymanyman14@aol.com781-237-5957Susanna Whitaker-Rahillys.w.rahilly@gmail.comColin M. Arnoldtanker223@gmail.comEarlier this year, Chloe Lewis wasliving in a rural region of SouthAfrica, working as the director ofHealth education for the TRIADTrust, an HIV-education nonprofitbased out of Boston (triadtrust.org).Chloe says, “It was a pretty spectacularfour and a half months. We gotsome great press on our program/work recently, in The New YorkTimes and WBUR, and ESPNcovered us as a World Cup feature.TRIAD works in the Nkomaziregion, in the MpumalangaProvince of South Africa, which isabout five hours east of Johannesburg.The area is estimated to havethe highest infection rate of HIVamong adults anywhere in the world(65%), and joblessness is around70%, so the area is very, very poor.Despite these conditions, the peopleare wonderful and the landscape isgorgeous! I really valued being inSouth Africa and the work I wasdoing — and continue to be involvedThe Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 49

IN MAY, LOREN GALLER RABINOWITZ ’01 graduated as apre-med major from Harvard. In June, she was crowned MissMassachusetts. Loren decided to enter the competition atthe urging of Michelle Hantman (Miss Massachusetts 2000),who suggested that the goals of the Miss America Organizationwould fit with Loren’s commitment to academics andpublic service. In addition, there are many scholarshipopportunities for the contestant, including the AllmanScholarship, which is specifically for students accepted at orattending medical school. Loren says, “As Miss Massachusetts,I have committed my year to charity work and publicservice. In addition to doing appearances at events acrossthe state, I’ll also be working to promote Miss America’snational platform, the Children’s Miracle Network, whichraises funds for the medical treatment of nearly 17 million children annually.” Be sure to tune inin January, when Loren heads to Las Vegas to compete for the national title.with — over there.” Chloe is nowworking in Wyoming, leading backpackingtrips for teenage girls for thesummer, before heading to ColumbiaUniversity for a master’s in publichealth in the fall. Alex Goldstein isserving as the communication directorand spokesman for Governor DevalPatrick’s reelection campaign in Massachusetts.He says, “While burningthe midnight oil and overdosing oncampaign pizza, I’m loving everyminute of it and looking forward to abig victory in November!” On May29, a gorgeous sunny day, MaeganScott married Joshua Faden, whomshe met at American University in2007. The wedding was held outsidein a public garden on in Maryland,where they currently reside. Maegan’ssister, Kristen ’03, served as her maidof honor and sang with her father atthe service. The newlyweds vacationedin Kauai for two weeks andthen headed back to work in D.C.Congrats, Maegan! Speaking ofWashington D.C., David Cavell willbe starting at Georgetown Law in thefall. Liz Stahl just received an impressivepromotion and has become thedirector of Integrated Marketing atthe record label Eleven Seven Music.Following a trip to Israel this summer,she will be making the move fromN.Y.C. to L.A. to start her new position.Classmate Kasia Chmielinskiis another recent arrival in Los Angeles.She has joined a tech start-upin the financial space as a productmanager. Please send any recommendationsabout L.A. to her atkasia@thekasia.com. SusannaWhitaker-Rahilly is returning toBrooks School for another year ofteaching history and coaching basketballand lacrosse. She recently boughtan apartment in the South End andruns into neighbor Margaret Gormley,who ran the Boston Marathonthis spring, as did Lindsay Segar.Lindsay was awarded her master’sdegree in psychology this spring, amajor accomplishment on the road toher doctorate.Read about Ijee Uzoma’s career in scienceon page 33.2000Class RepresentativeJessica Whitmanwhitman.jessica@gmail.comLuanna Bessa is about to enter herfourth year in the counseling psychologyPhD program at the University ofTexas, Austin. “I am also taking afilmmaking class, which is excitingbecause I’ve always loved the arts. I’mlooking forward to beginning my dissertation;my research includes issuesof identity and transition, trauma andresiliency. In particular, I am interestedin underserved and marginalizedpopulations. I will be a therapistat the Austin V.A. this fall.” Ali Hendrenis heading to George MasonUniversity for a two-year master’s ofscience program studying environmentalscience and policy.2001 10th ReunionClass RepresentativeBenjamin Bullittbbullit@gmail.com 617-734-88412002Class RepresentativesAlejandro Alvaradoaalvarado@wesleyan.edu617-364-2290Alex Lebowalexlebow@gmail.com617-965-3161Alejandro Alvarado is working atInvestor Group Services, a privateequity-consulting firm in Boston. Hecontinues to master the art of tennis.Gabrielle Emanuel graduated fromDartmouth College with a major inhistory and a minor in brain sciences.She is moving to Mali for a year on aLombard Postgraduate Fellowshipand the Colby Scholarship. She willbe working on issues of water accessand water purification. WillFaulkner writes, “I am currentlydoing a two-year master’s in LatinAmerican studies at Tulane Universityin New Orleans (can’t seem toleave the place, too much good food, Ithink).” He is interning this summerwith FINCA International, a microfinanceorganization. “A team of us areJoin the conversationand find other ParkSchool Alumni ONLINEBecome a fan of “The Park AlumniAssociation” on Facebook by going towww.facebook.com/parkschoolalumsFollow us on Twitter attwitter.com/theparkschoolma50 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

working this summer with FINCAEcuador, a commercial bank affiliatedwith the program, carrying out asocio-economic survey of clients todetermine the range of programeffects on clients.” Farrell Frankelmoved from Colorado to Brookline inFebruary. She is working as a therapeuticmentor at Arbour Counselingin Alston. Pino’s Pizza continues to bea stomping ground for her and therest of the Class of 2002. SamHawkins is a project engineer forSea-Dar Construction in Boston. Hehas aspirations of returning to Parkand rekindling the spirit of GregCope’s “Bafana Bafana.” Lee Rotenbergis spending the year in Tel Aviv,Israel. Julia Spiro is an assistant to anagent at United Talent Agency in LosAngeles. Hidde Tonegawa is currentlyworking for DeNA Co. Ltd inTokyo. Soon he is moving to SanFrancisco to head up its marketingdivision for the smart phone market.After a short pursuit of a semi-probasketball career in Europe, MattWeinberg moved to Washington,D.C. to live with Nathan Kellogg.Matt works as the coordinator of governmentrelations for the U.S. TravelAssociation, while Nathan teachesreading to middle-school-aged specialeducation students.2003Class RepresentativeDiana Rutherforddrutherford@berklee.net617-731-43742004Class RepresentativesMolly Lebowmlebow@tulane.edu617-965-3161Steven Foxsteven.fox@richmond.edu617-983-0208Gabe Saltzman ’05 and friends posefor the camera on a service trip toRwanda this summer.Anne Wernikoff and Annabel deBraganca are currently spendingtheir summer in Paris and then willbe senior-year roommates at GeorgeWashington University.2005Class RepresentativeLily Bullittlily_bullitt@yahoo.com617-734-8841Daly Franco writes, “Although it’sbeen five years since I graduated,Park still remains in my heart! Currently,I am entering my junior year atBarnard College of Columbia Universityin N.Y.C, where I have been pursuingmy love for neurons as aneuroscience and behavior major(with a concentration on behavior).This summer, I’ve been doing neuroscienceresearch with my adviser (aprofessor at the College). Thisupcoming fall, I will serve the Collegeas an upper-class (wo)man R.A.”Gabe Saltzman is a junior at TuftsUniversity and just got back from anincredible service trip in Africa. “Iwent with a group of 20 studentsfrom Tufts to a youth village inRwanda. We stayed and worked atthe Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village.Agahozo means ‘where tears are dried’in Rwanda’s native language, Kinyarwanda,and shalom means ‘peace’in Hebrew. The village is for Rwandanorphans from the genocide whoare in the most need from all differentvillages throughout Rwanda. Weworked on building stadium seatingfor a soccer field that will be inauguratedin quite the grand fashion: theRwandan national team will comeplay against the students. The village,which works in a similar system to anIsraeli kibbutz because of draught andno means of planting sheaths of grassand cultivating the seeds, had to planteach blade of grass (it was an incredibleamount of work!) by hand. We atethree times a day with the kids (agesfrom 15-20) and went into their classroomsand participated in servicework with them; we went to helpbuild a mud house for an HIV-positivewoman in the community wherethe gated village is located.” Gabelearned a great deal on this trip. “Ihad been many times to impoverishedplaces in the world and have done afair number of service trips to SouthAmerica, where my mother is from,but never have I seen poverty to suchan extreme degree.” Gabe goes on tosay that he first learned and performedcommunity service and was amember of Helping Hand. For moreMiddle Division Head Jon Ross Wiley with his wife, Sahar,daughter, Soraya and son, Zia.Jenny Walton Burke ’91 brought her kids, Phoebe and Peter.Alumni Volunteer DaySaturday, April 24ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY IN APRIL, alumni, families, andfriends gathered in Concord for the second annual Park VolunteerDay at Gaining Ground. This organization relies onthe help of hundreds of volunteers to grow 20,000 pounds oforganic vegetables and fruit, which is donated to area mealprograms and food pantries. It was great day of planting,tilling, watering, and giving back to the community. Join usnext April in Concord as we continue our tradition workingwith Gaining Ground!The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 51

C O L L E G E C H O I C E SJacob AduamaNortheastern UniversityScott MahoneyBowdoin CollegeLuisa AlvarezBoston CollegeWilliam ManessBoston UniversityNigelie AsseeDePauw UniversityJack ManziUniversity of PennsylvaniaAri BenjaminOberlin CollegeJacob ModestGeorgetown UniversitySascha BercovitchHarvard UniversityGabe MurchisonYale UniversityJacob BrandtHarvard UniversityOlaitan OladipoBrown UniversityElizabeth CabotFranklin & Marshall CollegeOlamide OlatunjiHarvard UniversityElyssa CarlsonUniversity of New HampshireNicholas ParkerColumbia UniversityLouisa CarrollHartwick UniversityEmily PolkBrown UniversityNicholas CarterUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstAnna PorterUniversity of VermontJonathan ChauTrinity CollegeJames PossUniversity of California, Los AngelesGreg CorradoUniversity of RochesterArielle RabinowitzHarvard UniversitySkylar CruzSpelman CollegeDanielle RabinowitzHarvard UniversityElisabeth DaltonMcGill UniversityJacob RomanowYale UniversityMark EaglesfieldUniversity of St Andrews (Scotland)Nelson SantryDartmouth CollegeMelanie FinemanBrown UniversityElse SharpVanderbilt UniversityRebecca Freeman-SladeWellesley CollegeJulia ShepleyUniversity of Colorado at BoulderWilliam FubiniBates CollegeMolly SinsheimerSkidmore CollegeCamilla GolestanehSanta Clara UniversityEmily SummitGeorgetown UniversitySamantha GreenbergGeorge Washington UniversityIsabella TerhorstDartmouth CollegeSarah HackneyUniversity of Texas at AustinAlexandra Turner-OwensThe New SchoolErin HaggertyMarist CollegeKaveh VeyssiTufts UniversityJulia HermannUniversity of St Andrews (Scotland)Harris WilliamsBoston CollegeJames HoaglandTufts UniversityBenjamin WilskerUniversity of EdinburghNatalie HunterWesleyan UniversityNina WolpowUniversity of PennsylvaniaGrant JonesHarvard UniversityMollie YoungMiddlebury CollegeAlexander JundanianHobart and William Smith CollegesAlexa ZilberfarbClaremont CollegesAnna LauWilliams CollegePlease note that the above list, compiled by the Alumni Office, does not include all members of the Class of 2007. Alumni not appearing on this list are eitherpostponing attending a college or university in the fall, or have not submitted their information to our office. Please call the Alumni Office at 617-274-6022 with anychanges or additional information. Thank you.Tyler Dillard ’09 and Miranda Haymon ’092010 classmates: Peter Woolverton, Ryan Simhauserand Gilad SecklerEmily Jacob ’10, Carter Smith ’09, andAnnie Goodrich ’10Ice Cream SocialWednesday, June 16More than 20 recent graduates returned to Park’sFaulkner House patio for a night of fun, friends, andice cream! We had a great turnout from Park’s newestalumni, the Classes of 2010 and 2009.Cary Williams ’09 and Mercedes Garcia ’09Alex Barden ’09 and Padraig Sullivan ’1052 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

Next Schools forDeparting Members of theClass of 2011Quinn McCarthy BeaverDanny BenettAdam CarlsonTarun ChallyAlex CharlesAlec CoverBen DalyHadley EdieCatharine HempMatthew JohnsonRyan JohnsonTroy JosephDanielle KimAlexis KellyEmma MehlmanIsabel MeltzerKaleigh MentzerCaroline MuggiaHenry MuggiaBernardo PaciniCarter RoseRyan SmithAllie TearneyJamie ThorndikeDedham AcademyCommonwealth SchoolBuckingham Browne & Nichols SchoolBuckingham Browne & Nichols SchoolThe Lawrenceville SchoolThe Rivers SchoolThayer AcademyNoble and Greenough SchoolMoses Brown SchoolGroton AcademyThe Rivers SchoolAmerican School of ShanghaiBuckingham Browne & Nichols SchoolBoston Latin SchoolPhillips Academy AndoverNewton South High SchoolBuckingham Browne & Nichols SchoolNoble and Greenough SchoolNoble and Greenough SchoolBelmont Hill SchoolDover-Sherborn High SchoolNoble and Greenough SchoolThayer AcademyGroton Schoolinformation on Gabe’s trip and theAgahozo-Shalom Youth Village,please contact him at gabriel.saltzman@tufts.edu2006Class RepresentativeMcCall Cruzmccall_cruz@yahoo.com617-442-17472007Class RepresentativesThomas Copethcope@mxschool.edu617-552-5662Benjamin Schwartzben.schwartz@gmail.com617-566-56262008Class RepresentativesMarielle Rabinsrabinsms@gmail.com781-431-8668Manizeh Afridimanizeh252@yahoo.com781-449-4340This summer, Mia Ferguson and herfriend, Blake Alessandroni, started acompany called Wolfeboro Bay WaterSports, providing water-sports instructionand coaching on Lake Winnipesaukein New Hampshire. “WeClasses of2011, 2010,2009, 2008Save The Date!Yule FestivalandBagel BreakfastFriday, December 17, 20109:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.The Park School Dining Roomerve people of all ages and levels. Weare very excited to share our passionfor water sports with everyone whovisits the lake. We coached one visitingPark family just last week!”2009Class RepresentativesMercedes Garcia-Orozcobenzgirl727@aol.com617-361-6928Cary Williamsxocarebearxo327@aim.com617-696-3663In September, Tyler Dillard entered ayearlong exchange program in Japan.Trace Smith graduated from BurkeMountain Academy in June 2010 andwill be going to ski for Dartmouth infall of ’11. In the meantime, he willcontinue to train hard at Burke, racearound the world, and study statistics,African history, and French literature.2010Class RepresentativesAnnie Goodridge617-522-3901Gilad Secklergiladseckler@gmail.com617-244-7588Michela Thomsenmichelathomsen@hotmail.com781-251-6699The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 53

Former Faculty MemberPhil Gambone Portrays Gay,Lesbian Americansby Kate LaPine, Director of CommunicationsIn his new book, Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans(University of Wisconsin Press, 2010), Philip Gambone tells44 authentic stories of 44 authentic gay and lesbian Americans. Oneof his subjects, the writer Randall Kenan, notes that most people havea “monodimensional” view of African Americans, much the same asthey do for Queer Americans (LGBTQ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Transgender, and Queer/Questioning). Fellow writer Dorothy Allison,another subject in the collection, concurs, “We are complicatedand enormous.”“I love telling stories,” says Phil, smiling. We are sitting at a surprisinglycrowded Starbucks in Brookline Village on a hot summer day.I want to hear from Phil about the recent release of his book, and howit came to be. In the introduction, he writes,Stories. Haven’t they always helped us to learn who we are,whoever we are? Stories both anchor us in reality and inspire ourimaginations and dreams. They remind us where we have beenand hint at where we are going. Stories allow us to discover thecommon humanity in all people. Other stories initiate us into theculture of our tribe: This is what it’s like to come from our people,to belong to our people. Stories give us vital information. Theyhelp us to make our own story stronger. They save lives. (p. 4)Phil then proceeds to tell me the story about a collection of stories:In the spring of 2007, a New York publisher contacted Phil whileconsidering a series. He explains, “They called me because of an earlierbook, Something Inside: Conversations with Gay Fiction Writers, whichappeared in 1999.” This project would be different in three ways: notjust men, not just fiction, and not Q&A, but written profiles. “I said‘Yes!’” Phil tried to identify individuals who were successful or importantin his or her own field. He sought geographical and occupationaldiversity, ethnic and racial diversity, religious and ideological diversity,and generational diversity,with participants aged 19–84.Geography proved difficultbecause urban spaces havecreated ‘gay culture,’ and sothe book is heavily skewedtoward cities. However, Phil’ssubjects hail from bothcoasts, Chicago, Texas, NorthCarolina, and Florida.That first summerPhil Gambone caught up with theentire Wilsker clan, including Becca ’00,Ben ’07, and Liz ’04.was filled with interviews.During the following year, hemanaged to squeeze in moreinterviews between his busy teaching schedule at Boston UniversityAcademy. “But a year into the project, with the economic downturn,the publisher let my editor go, and then dropped the project.By that time, I had become passionate about doing the book, so Ienlisted a literary agent who put me in touch with the WisconsinUniversity Press.”Switching to an academic press mid-course necessarily changedthe expectations for the book. “They had more constraints,” Philsays, “and could only commit to a book with 120,000 words. In all, Iinterviewed 102 individuals, but we had to whittle the list down bymore than half.” Profiles in this first volume include Kate Clinton,Barney Frank, Hilary Goodridge, Gene Robinson, and David Sedaris.The book captures each of the 44 subjects in a moment in time.“It is not intended to be a definitive biography,” Phil elaborates.“I try to give a sense of setting, context, and what each person’s workis about. I have a talent for getting people to relax and talk aboutthemselves.” To prepare for each interview, Phil immersed himself inhis subject’s work. “I really did my homework,” he admits. For everyinterview, which typically lasted one to two hours, Phil prepared10-20 hours.No doubt, Mr. Gambone’s former students will recall their teacher’shigh standards. For 26 years, Phil shared his enthusiasm and curiositywith Park School students in English, Latin, and social studies classrooms.Since 2004, he has been a member of the Humanities Departmentat Boston University Academy, where he now teaches all sectionsof freshman English and a seminar in Chinese literature (in translation)to seniors. Phil dedicated Travels in a Gay Nation to his students (collectively)“and hopes that everyone —gay or straight—will find storiesthat will inspire them.”54 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

In July, Sadia Shephard ’90 married Andreas Burgess.When Louise Baker ’92 married Rich Lee in May, a large Park School contingentgathered for the celebration. L-R: Rebecca Kellogg, Laura Dahmen Merriman ‘92,Vanessa Kerry ‘92, Rich and Louise, Sally Baker, Wanda Holland Greene, NancyBaker Cahill ‘85, and Mary Sarah Baker ‘87.Former Faculty NewsClearinghouse, which he co-foundedin 1994. Former students and otherPark School friends in the area cancatch Bob on CCTV: he hosts a programabout volunteer opportunitieson Channel 9 at 4 p.m. on the fourthFriday of each month.Weddings1990Sadia Shephard and AndreasBurgessJuly 24, 20101992Louise Baker and Rich LeeMay 15, 2010In September, former HeadmasterBob Hurlbut was presented with a“Leading Role Award” by CambridgeCommunity Television (CCTV) tomark his many years in service to theyouth of Cambridge. Since retiringfrom Park in 1993, Bob has been theexecutive director of the CambridgeCommunity Foundation, which hassupplied funding to dozens of Cambridge-basedyouth initiatives. Beyondwork and enjoying his family, Bobmost values his volunteer work withthe Cambridge Senior VolunteerPat Zifcak attended her 34th May Dayin 2010. Her granddaughter, RiverStudley ’16, was performing as a thirdgrader.“It reminded me that I taughther mom (Dana Welshman-Studley ’85)the May Pole Dance and she, in turn,taught River. Park for us is truly a familyschool.”1994Jen Berylson and Jonathan BlockJune 26, 20101996Rob Higgins and Julie CummingJune 12, 20101997Reid Diamond and SarahHildebrandJune 24, 2010Paul Naddaff and Ursula AugustJune 19, 2010Josh Zweig and Jacqueline SmithOctober 17, 2009This summer, Jen Berylson Block ‘94and Jon Block celebrated their honeymoonin Tanzania!1998Caitlin Connolly and Kate KolesSeptember 4, 2010Cindy Doseretz and Matt ArensonMay 29, 2010Alex Kehlenbeck and Kate NielsonAugust 28, 2010Claire Pasterneck and BrianGoldsmithAugust 28, 2010Former Park teacher Phil Gambone sent us two photos from Boston UniversityAcademy’s graduation in June. Here, Phil is flanked by the four Park alumniwho graduated from BUA in 2010. L-R: Jonathan Chau ’07, William Maness ’07,Phil Gambone, David Spierings van der Wolk ’07, and Benjamin Wilsker ’07.1999Maegan Scott and Joshua FadenMay 29, 2010Rob Higgins ’96 and Julie Cumming ontheir wedding day in Newport, RhodeIsland in June.The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 55

Births1985A.T. Howe and Sherri ShafferAndre HoweMarch 3, 20101987Annamary (Burton) Thompsonand Greg ThompsonCatherine “Cate” Judith Kay ThompsonJuly 12, 20101992Laura Dahmen Merriman andZac MerrimanAlex MerrimanApril 27, 20101995Dan Friefield and Leila AbolfazliCaleb FriefieldJune 23, 2010Sara Leventhal Fleiss and Peter FleissSolomon FleissMarch 7, 2010A.T. Howe’s son, Andre, was born in March.Greg and Annamary Burton Thompson ’87welcomed baby Catherine Judith KayThompson in July. She is called “Cate.”Alex Merriman was born in April to Zac andLaura Dahmen Merriman ’92.Dan Friefield and Leila Abolfazli, proud parentsof Caleb, who was born in June.Sara Leventhal Fleiss ‘95 and Peter Fleiss’s newson, Solomon.In MemoriamD. Chadwick Braggiotti ’27February 2, 2010Brother of Rama Braggiotti ’25Victor BurgAugust 5, 2010Father of Hal Ebbott-Burg ’03, Lily Ebbott-Burg ’08, and Simon Ebbott-Burg ’06Marion ConnollyJune 10, 2010Mother-in-Law of Alison Connolly andgrandmother of Caitlin Connolly ’98 andBrianna Connolly ’01Frederic Crocker ’29May 2, 2010Brother of Homer Crocker ’27, RichardCrocker ’41, Ruth Crocker Young ’33, andfather of Ellen Crocker ’65Benjamin Gardiner ’35January 23, 2010Elizabeth GoldsmithMay 28, 2010Grandmother of Nia Lutch ’97 andAlex Lutch ’02Marian HaffenrefferJuly 15, 2010Mother of Beth Haffenreffer Scholle ’74and grandmother of Liza Scholle ’10MacDonald HalseyMarch 23, 2010Father of Comfort Halsey Cope, father-inlawof Greg Cope ’71 and grandfather ofEliza Cope ’04, and Thomas Cope ’07Richard “Dick” HaskellJuly 11, 2010Husband of Betty Haskell, father of MaryMartell, and grandfather of Jack Martell ’15Susan H. McVeighMarch 23, 2010Mother of Katharine (Tina) McVeigh ’74and Alice McVeigh Mayberry ’75Allene L. RussellMarch 22, 2010Mother of Katherine Russell McCurdy ’69,Allene Russell Pierson ’74, and LauraRussell Malkin ’75Joseph C. SegarSeptember 1, 2010Father of Andrew Segar and grandfather ofLindsay Segar ’99 and Hilary Segar ’03David B. Stone ’42April 12, 2010Brother of Robert Stone ’37, Galen Stone’35, and Henry Stone ’51, and father ofDavid Stone ’98Steven Trustman ’78March 25, 2010Brother of John Trustman ’70 and LaurieTrustman Senger ’7256 The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010

In April, the School hired photographer andformer parent Michael Lutch to capturePark’s campus from a helicopter. The result?A spectacular view of 171 Goddard Avenue!

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