The Gryphon: The Cambridge School of Weston Magazine, Fall 2012 Issue

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T H E C A M B R I D G E S C H O O L O F W E S T O N M A G A Z I N E

Jane MouldingHead of School

Eun Lee KohDirector of Communications

Rachel StoffAssociate Director ofCommunications

Jan MinerDirector of Development

Hannah TaytslinDirector of Alumni Relations

ContributorsArlo Furst ’04Communications Specialist

Katherine FriedmanDirector of Annual Giving andParent Relations

Julia Glassman ’09

DesignerKristin Reid

The Cambridge School ofWeston is a coeducationalcollege preparatory school forgrades 9-12 and post graduatestudy. Inquiries for academicyear admission should bedirected to Trish Saunders,director of admissions, at(781) 642-8650.

The Gryphon welcomes classnotes and photographs byalumni, parents and friends.Please e-mail submissionsto [email protected]; call (781)642-8647, visit www.csw.orgor send to:

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The Head’s Message 2

News and Notes 3

Features

126th Commencement Ceremony 12

Reunion 16

Progressive Education Lab 20

Global Council 22

Alumni Profiles 24

Report on Philanthropy 2012 28

Class Notes/In Memoriam 42

Announcements 48

Global Connection: CSW Forges Sister School Relationship

with the Yihai School

Cover: Students in the “Ordering Chaos” class take on the Marshmallow Challenge, inwhich they have 18 minutes to build the tallest free-standing structure they can out of 20sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, and one marshmallow, which must be placed on top.

Above: Beechna Lee ’13, “Sleeping Forest,” Digital Collage

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Education is such a hot topic these days. Everywhere we look, someone is weighing in on how to doit, how to do it better, and how to do it right. We believe we are getting it “right” at CSW by offeringan education rooted in a deeply progressive philosophy where students are at the center. We live,however, in a highly competitive world. To be truly progressive and open to necessary change, ourgood practice must be to evaluate, question and think more deeply about what we can do better.

So what is our vision, for our next 125 years? I offer you our thoughts on several key areas:

• Teaching and professional growth and learning. As educators, we need to devote even more time tolearning about how our students learn and how we can improve as teachers and learners. We need todevote significant time to learning new approaches, refining old ones and harnessing the tools of tech-nology in ways that help all students learn better. The Progressive Education Lab, which launched thisfall, is not only training new teachers who enter the profession, but contributing to professionalgrowth of the teachers who mentor them.

• Project-based and individual learning.We must continue to place students at the center, allowingtheir passions to guide their learning, while providing deep opportunities in core subject areas andequipping them with foundational skills necessary for their lives ahead. We will continue to understandthe cognitive diversity of our learners and be open to new tools and methods available to ensure thatour students remain passionate and engaged.

• Interdisciplinary learning. Breaking down the barriers between traditional subjects is vital. The “syn-thesizing mind,” one of Howard Gardner’s “Five Minds for the Future,” places emphasis on skills thathelp students pull out concepts that can be applied in many areas, rather than one simple fact or equa-tion. During the past few years, while refining some of our long-standing interdisciplinary courses suchas Food and Culture, Dimensions of Time and Art and Idea, we have added Ordering Chaos and othercourses that bridge two seemingly disparate subject areas to show how concepts are related.

• Building communities that harness all the vital tenets of social justice. CSW’s highly developed sense ofcommunity remains vital to our core. Teaching collaboration and teamwork, as we learn to functionwithin a healthy democracy, will ensure that our graduates can work in any arena, in anypart of the world. We’re committed to remaining a school that emphasizes justice and equity in ourcurriculum, in all aspects of the resources we use. We will continue to work towards becoming aschool that fully serves and prepares our students for an increasingly multicultural world.

• Global engagement. It is important that we understand our role as teachers and learners, contributingin all ways possible to a peaceable world through highly developed skills of negotiation and conflictresolution, fluency in languages beyond our native tongue, and perhaps most importantly, culturalcompetence. In the past few years, we have added Mandarin to our curriculum, partnered witheducational institutions in Beijing and Shanghai and remained focused on increasing the diversityof our student and faculty body.

Can we sustain our focus on all of these areas? Is our vision the right vision for the future? I believethat I can answer “Yes” and “Yes,” because we have an extremely loyal alumni body, devoted parentsand determined students and teachers—a community that relishes new ideas and innovation. I hopethis edition of The Gryphon shows you CSW in action in some daring and disciplined ways. I hope youwill stay connected and do all that you can to help us sustain our vision and claim the groundas a thriving, innovative and dynamic institution.

Jane Moulding, Head of School

Jane Moulding:True Innovation in Education

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news & notes

New Dorm Opens to Students andResidential Life Faculty

Warren House, the campus's newest dormitory, openedto residential life faculty and to students in August, wel-coming 24 girls from across Massachusetts, several statesand four countries, who now call the new dorm home.

Warren House officially joins Trapelo, Aleph, and theBarn as one of four dormitories for boarding students atCSW, and replaces White Farm, the historic farmhousethat previously served as a boys’ dormitory. White Farmcurrently serves as faculty housing.

“I think Warren House is perfect for CSW because itgive us a modern and eco-friendly living space,” saidChloe Knopp ’14, a Warren House dorm leader. “I lovehaving a leadership role in this brand new dorm andbeing able to help my peers while enjoying the newbeautiful space.”

Faculty and staff celebrated the opening of the newschool year at a reception in the new dorm's commonarea and kitchen. Innovative and special features inWarren House include a teaching kitchen, a computerand group study room, a second floor roof deck forspecial events and student use, outdoor communityspace, and summer storage space for students and faculty.

Designed by Eck MacNeely Architects, Inc. andWindover Construction, the cost-effective dorm wasbuilt with sustainable and environmentally friendlyfeatures, with many green elements such as foam flushtoilets, LED lighting, and highly efficient heating andcooling throughout with individual controls. CSWalumna Jennifer Pinck ’73, of Pinck and Co. wasProject Manager.

For students in the boarding community, these aretremendous new benefits that will enable increasedresidential life programming and exceptional space forextra dinners and events during school breaks andholidays. The addition of Warren House has allowedCSW to grow the boarding enrollment.

Warren House was named after local philanthropistFiske Warren, who in 1931 originally sold a 25-acre parcelto the school that eventually became a major part of theschool's campus.

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Social Justice Day Explores Labor Practices

At this spring’s Michael H. Feldman Social Justice Day, TheCambridge School of Weston community debated and dis-cussed themes related to labor practices, consumerism, eco-nomic disparity and the world economy, and issues related towhat we are willing to pay for products.

As part of the day, the community watched “China Blue,” a2005 documentary by Micha Peled, which followed the life ofone factory worker in China. After viewing the film, theschool divided into four groups – factory owners, factoryworkers, wholesale buyers and consumers – in whichthey discussed international labor standards, World TradeOrganization compliance, as well as examined the role thatconsumers in the United States and elsewhere play into mar-ket system.

Formerly known as Law Day, Social Justice Day wasestablished in 1975 by Shirley and Roger Feldman in memoryof their son, Michael Feldman ’67. Each year, the eventexplores various viewpoints on important legal and socialjustice issues of the day and creates opportunities for studentdiscussion and debate. Students are pivotal in choosing thefocus of the day, researching and preparing materials, andeducating the CSW community about the chosen topic.

Snapshots from Summer Arts at CSW

Summer Arts completed a successful second season at The Cambridge School ofWeston. The arts program, which debuted last summer, provided opportunities forchildren ages 6 to 15 to choose from various arts courses, like painting, drawing,writing, animation and video production, dance, and the performing arts.

CSW Students raise more than $5,000for Walk for Hunger

More than 30 students from The Cambridge School of Westontook part in the 2012 Walk for Hunger in Boston raising $5,288,about $800 more than last year. Students walked nearly 20 milesthroughout the greater Boston area to help raise money forthe hungry.

Mei Swartz ’12, who lead the school’s Community ServiceClub last year, organized a CSW group to participate in the Walkfor Hunger.

“I love being a part of a community of people who are allcoming together for one cause,” Mei said. “It makes me happy tosee people from all walks of life connecting with a similar goal.Everyone is cheering everyone else on. I believe food is a basichuman right, and that it’s my social responsibility to try and help.”

More than 40,000 people walked in Project Bread’s 44thannual Walk for Hunger and raised $43.6 million. The moneywill go towards feeding hungry people at more than 450 foodpantries and food salvage programs across Massachusetts.

Back Row, from left to right: Orion Morrison-Worrell ’13,Ethan Reilly ’13, Paul Xi ’15, Vicky Tang ’14, Lexi Welch ’15,Douglas Hamilton-Grenham ’12. Front Row, from left to right:Jon Tai O’Connor ’13, Sara Kohlberg ’12, Isabella Dorfman ’13,Mei Swartz ’12. summer arts

A New Look for CSW

The Cambridge School of Weston new logo and website debutedearlier this fall, giving the school a fresh look and visual identity.Over the past year, the community weighed in on several logopossibilities and website designs, with the goal of creating a lookfor the school that reflects both the school’s history and its char-acter as it is today.

The resulting logo features a cleaner, more modern Gryphonand wordmark. The design of the website echoes the handmadecollage elements of CSW’s award-winning view book, TheInsider’s Guide to CSW. The new logo also has several versions,which allow additional flexibility for use and design, as well asadditional hand-drawn Gryphons in various colors.

The logo and website was designed by Stoltze Design, thedesigners who produced the school’s admissions recruitmentsuite. The new logo will be transitioned into all CSW mailingmaterials, campus signage, banners, and on school merchandise.

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Dance Concert is ‘Beyond Words’

The student and faculty dance concert, “Beyond Words,” in its43rd year, featured choreographed works by students and facultymembers.

More than 30 students participated as dancers or choreogra-phers, four students were featured musicians and/or composers,and students also served as technical crew and lighting designers.The choreography varied widely in style and content.

Student-choreographed highlights included Jennifer Lu ’14’spowerful solo piece, “Burning of the Flame,” based on a tradi-tional Chinese dance. The dance utilized Jennifer’s passionatephysicality and acrobatic strength. Sara Kohlberg ’12’s piece“Earth and Air,” with live vocals written and performed byDiana DeMuth ’12, explored the landscapes created by threedancers who moved together with weighted gravity and tookflight on fabric streamers that had them soaring into the upperareas the stage and over the audience.

CSW dance teacher Nailah Bellinger choreographed “WhenConsciousness Springs Forward” for nine students who movedwith emotional intensity. Dance department chair Martha Graydelighted the audience with her whimsical piece “What’s Underthe Bed?” in which students danced with air mattresses, channelinga “Muppets”-like playfulness.

Mark your calendars for this year’s upcoming concert, scheduledfor the last weekend of Mod 5, on March 8 and 9, 2013.

dance Religion Explored on Diversity Day

The Cambridge School of Weston’s Diversity Committee, headedby Lizzie Yang ’12, hosted the school’s annual Diversity Day thispast May, exploring the theme of religion.

The day began with three panelists that each identified withone of the three major Abrahamic religions. Patrick Foley,Najibia Akbar, and Rabbi Alan Ullman spoke at the panel. Patrickhas been teaching theology and history in Boston for the last 17years and joined CSW in September as the chair of the historydepartment. Najiba serves as the Muslim Chaplain at WellesleyCollege and as the Director of Youth Programs at the IslamicSociety of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury. Alan is a wellknown Torah teacher and scholar in Boston.

This year, the committee’s aims were to educate the communityon the historical and spiritual elements of various religions andhelp members of the school community reflect on the role of reli-gion or lack thereof in their own lives. The committee also aimedto prompt respectful and intellectual discussion of religion andhelp the community develop a consciousness about the effects ofaction and words on others, particularly in religion.

Acclaimed Indian Theatre DirectorDirects ‘Charandas Chor’

The Cambridge School of Weston welcomedthe acclaimed theatre director Robin Das, ofthe National School of Drama in New Delhi,India, last spring as a visiting theatre profes-sor to direct the school's spring production ofthe classic Indian play “Charandas Chor,” orCharandas the Thief.

“Charandas Chor” was written by popularIndian playwright Habib Tanvir in 1975 and isbased upon an Indian folktale. Focusing onthe adventures of a thief who cannot tell a lie,this comic morality tale draws heavily onSanskrit literary and performance tradition.CSW students incorporated elements ofAmerican culture to re-tell the story as itrelates to current American politics andmodern relationships.

Das is one of the most prominent directorsof contemporary Indian theatre. His frequenttravels have taken him to Warsaw, Poland;Canada; and all over India to direct short-termtheatre workshops. The National Academyof Music, Dance and Drama awarded himfor having a significant influence on thedevelopment of stage design in India.

Counterclockwise from bottom left: “Burning of theFlame” choreographed by Jennifer Lu ’14; “WhenConsciousness Springs Forward” choreographed byNailah Bellinger; “Head to Head” choreographedby Shari Quashie ’12; “Believe” choreographedby Nina Barresi ’14; “Africa Lives” choreographedby Alysa Thomas ’15; and “Earth and Air”choreographed by Sara Kohlberg ’12.

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differenthatsWearing Different Hats

Julie Johnstone is our new Assistant Head of School for InternalAffairs. Julie will coordinate school programs, lead administratorsin planning and addressing the needs of the community, she alsomanaged day-to-day operations during Jane’s sabbatical.

Aaron Hirsch is now Dean of Student Life. As he continues tomanage the residential life program, Aaron now assumes overallresponsibility for both day and boarding students.

Lee Koh has become our Director of Communications. Lee andher husband Jordan Mueller will continue to live on campusand work in the residential life program as dorm associates.

Mathematics teacher Agnes Voligny is now Dean of Faculty.

Visual arts teacher Tom Evans has taken on the role ofCoordinator of Special Projects as he moves our key strategicinitiatives forward by pursuing partnerships with outside entities,working with development in major gifts work, and furtherintegrating the goals and practices of our arts programs.

David Mountcastle is the new Senior Associate AdmissionsDirector and the Director of International Admissions.

Mark Santa Maria is now chair of the English department.Mark, with his wife Denise, moved onto campus this year asa dorm associate.

Jane Berkowitz, English teacher, and Nick Reynolds, historyteacher, also moved onto campus this year. Jane will continue toserve as dorm associate, while Nick takes on additional duties asresidential life faculty.

Academic Dean Sidra Smith has taken on the additional positionof Residential Administrator and will be living on campus.

Lisa Hirsch is acting chair of the Theatre department.

History teacher Rachel Hirsch has been appointed Senior PELCoordinator, leading the teacher training program CSW initiatesthis year with four news fellows.

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sportsSports Wrap Up

The Cambridge School of Weston’s boys baseball, boys and girlstennis, girls lacrosse, and co-ed ultimate frisbee teams eachenjoyed a successful 2012 spring season.

The baseball team saw tremendous growth and improvementthroughout the 2012 season. After losing eight seniors from its 2011championship squad, the team was comprised of many playersnew to the game of baseball. Accordingly, the team focused itsenergies on learning the fundamentals of the game, creating andmaintaining a positive atmosphere, and having fun in the process.CSW finished the regular season with a record of 3 wins and 7losses and narrowly qualified for the MBIL playoffs, where theylost in the first round to a very talented Brimmer and May team.Josh Zaleznik ’12 and Jason Bair ’14 were selected to the MBILAll-League team.

The tennis team had one of its most impressive seasons inrecent years. CSW finished with a 9-2 overall record, and a 6-2league record. The team had remarkable depth, with the doublesteams only losing two matches all year out of 22 possible matches.

The team had a great attitude throughout the season, and everyplayer played in and won league matches. Isaiah Krieger ’12and Sam Hoenig ’15 were named MBIL League All-Stars.

The girls’ lacrosse team saw great growth as a whole thisseason. Their stick skills, communication skills, and overallendurance improved a lot over the course of the season. CSWalso witnessed its first-ever girls lacrosse home game with atremendous amount of support and cheer from the community.There is a lot of potential for next season with a continued focuson commitment, energy, and learning to play as a team.

The Ultimate Frisbee A-team had another terrific season ledby senior captains Ben Meltzer ’12 and Matt Hamilton ’12. Theteam finished their regular season with a 9-5 record and showedamazing camaraderie during three weekend tournaments. TheUltimate Frisbee B-team showed significant improvementthroughout the course of the season, with plenty of playerspicking up a Frisbee for the very first time and quickly masteringthe basics. Their season was highlighted by an unforgettable gameagainst Pingree School’s B-team, which CSW won by the score of15 to 14.

Britney Wilson ’08 Meets the President

You could almost feel Britney Wilson ’08’s awe and enthusiasmleap off the front page of The New York Times, where she waspictured shaking hands with President Obama at BarnardCollege’s commencement ceremony last May. So, how didBritney feel on stage, beaming her familiar, mega-watt smile,when she stood toe to toe with the President of the UnitedStates? Britney says she is still gleaming from her experience onthe Barnard podium. “I got in trouble for hugging him twice,but I couldn’t help it,” she said.

Jeffrey Rosen ’12 Performsat Symphony Hall

Jeffrey Rosen ’12 was among aselect group of students to performat Boston’s Symphony Hall inMarch, as part of the 2012Massachusetts All-State BandFestival and Concert. This was thesecond year in a row that Jeffrey hasbeen selected to play in the concert.He was selected through two roundsof competitive selection process. “Iwas really excited to play atSymphony Hall again this year,”Jeffrey said. “It really was a greathonor.”

Students Win Top Marks in the AmericanMathematics Competition

Seung Hyun Kim '14 and Joseph Blackman '13 earned someof the nation's highest scores in the American MathematicsCompetition, the first in a series of tests that determined theUnited States team for the International Mathematics Olympiad.Seung Hyun earned the 7th highest score in the nation, out ofsome 40,000 test takers nationwide, and placed first inMassachusetts. He scored 140 out of a possible 150. Josephscored 108 out of 150, placing him among the top 5 percent ofall test-takers in the nation.

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Head of School Jane Moulding and Math Department Chair EvelinaGalper presents Seung Hyun Kim ’14 with an award from theAmerican Mathematics Competition for his achievement.

WELCOME NEW FACES

Associate Director of College CounselingDavin Bergquist joins CSW from theHarvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles,where he was Associate Director ofAdmission and Enrollment Management.Previously, Davin was the AssistantDirector of Undergraduate Admissionsat Tufts University. Davin received hisB.S. in public relations and psychologyfrom Syracuse University.

Julia Cornue returns to CSW as a full-time mathematics teacher. With a B.A. inmathematics and statistics fromUniversityat Albany, State University of New York,Julia is currently pursuing a master’sdegree at Harvard University ExtensionSchool in mathematics for teaching.

Greg Cummings joins the theatreteaching team. Greg worked mostrecently in New York at The AlbanyAcademies where he was arts chair andwas involved in advancement work.Greg received a B.A. from SUNYBrockport, a M.A. in Arts Educationfrom Wesleyan University and a M.P.S.in education from Cornell University.

Patrick Foley joins CSW as the newhistory department chair, after sevenyears as a history teacher and depart-ment chair at City on a Hill PublicCharter School in Roxbury, Mass.Patrick received a M.A. in teachingfrom Simmons College, and he earnedboth his B.A. and a M.A. in Ministryfrom Saint John Seminary School ofTheology in Boston. His wife is CSWscience teacher Melodie Knowlton.

Ryan Frace is also a new history teacher atCSW. Ryan was an assistant professor atWellesley College for seven years andbefore that he was an instructor atUniversity of Chicago and Johns HopkinsUniversity’s Center for Talented Youthsummer program. Ryan earned his B.A. inhistory from Penn State University, andreceived both a M.A. and Ph.D. in historyfrom the University of Chicago.

The Development Office welcomesKatherine Friedman, our new Directorof Annual Giving and Parent Relations.Previously, she was a DevelopmentAssociate for Individual Giving at theCenter for Reproductive Rights and wasa volunteer for NYC Alliance AgainstSexual Assault. Kate earned her B.A.from Syracuse University in magazinejournalism and women’s and genderstudies.

The Communications Office welcomesArlo Furst ’04 in a full-time role as thenew Communications Specialist. Arlowill also continue his work withProgressive Education Lab program asthe program coordinator and will con-tinue to coach Ultimate Frisbee. Arloearned his B.A. from Colorado Collegeand is a familiar face to many as he is analumnus of CSW.

Bill Hills returns to the CSW languagesdepartment to teach our final year ofLatin classes. Bill previously taughtLatin at CSW and at other schools inthe Boston area. Bill earned his bachelorsdegree from Princeton University and amaster degree from the University ofMassachusetts.

The Development Office welcomesBen O’Clair, the new DevelopmentAssociate. Ben’s professional experiencehas been in database management andgrant writing, and while at school hedid intern work in communications,development and admissions. Benreceived a B.A. in liberal arts fromSarah Lawrence College.

Antonio Quintero joins the languagesdepartment as a Spanish teacher.Antonio spent this past year teachingin Spain at Auxiliar de Conversacion.Previously, Antonio worked at the NewHampton School in New Hampshire asa Spanish teacher, student advisor, anddorm resident. Antonio received hisB.A. in Hispanic studies from TrinityCollege in Connecticut.

The English department welcomesMegan Schumacher. Megan previouslytaught English at Friends’ Central Schoolin Philadelphia, and has taught at schoolsin the Chicago area. Megan has a B.A. inEnglish and communications fromChestnut Hill college (Philadelphia), aM.A. in English from DePaul University,and M.Ed. in secondary education fromUniversity of Pennsylvania.

Stacey Serrette is our new AssistantDean of Student Life. She comes toCSW from the Emma Willard Schoolin Troy, N.Y., where she was a houseparent, community service coordinatorand basketball coach. Stacey lives oncampus as as a residential life adminis-trator. Stacey received a B.S. in sportsmanagement from St. John’s University.

Donnie Smith joins CSW wearing twohats: Assistant Director of Admissionsand dorm parent. Donnie was a programassociate in A Better Chance’s regionaloffice in New York City. While earninghis degree from Earlham College, Donnieworked in the school’s admissions officeand he has experience interning in severaleducational institutions.

Rachel Stoff is our new AssociateDirector of Communications. Rachelpreviously worked with CSW as asenior account manager with ReganCommunications. Rachel is the founderand principal of RP Worx, a firmdedicated to public relations and causemarketing. Rachel is a graduate ofWhittier College, and holds a post-grad-uate certificate in public relations fromUCLA,

Hannah Taytslin is our new Director ofAlumni Relations. Hannah earned anM.A. in management from CarnegieMellon University, while working as adevelopment associate at the CarnegieMuseum of Art. Hannah’s professionalbackground includes developmentexperience in the arts, education, andcorporate sectors. Hannah earned herB.A. from Brandeis University and hasa certificate in paralegal studies fromBoston University.

Thaddeus Thompson joined CSW asthe Director of Major Gifts last winter.Previously, he was the Associate Directorof Development at the Fletcher Schoolat Tufts University. He has a B.A. inanthropology and environmental studiesfrom Trinity College in and a mastersdegree in law and diplomacy from TheFletcher School.

Johára Tucker is our new Director ofSocial Justice and MulticulturalProgramming and a new dorm associ-ate. Previously, Johára was the AssistantDean of Students and history teacher atthe Pomfret School in Connecticut. Shealso lead their community service pro-gram and served as the associate directorof online communications. Joháraearned her B.A. in government fromWesleyan University and her J.D. fromNew York Law School.

Po-wei Weng joins the languagesdepartment as a new Mandarin teacher.Po-wei has taught in several Connecticutschools, including Wesleyan University,where he taught Chinese language andmusic. He earned a diploma in PekingOpera from the National Kuo-KuangAcademy of Arts (Taiwan), a B.Ed. fromNational Taichung Teachers College(Taiwan), a M.A. in musicology fromNational Taiwan University and a M.A.in ethnomusicology from WesleyanUniversity.

Michael Westfort joins CSW as thenew Director of Academic Technology.Previously, he was the Director ofInformation Services at the Academy ofNotre Dame de Namur. Michael hastwo graduate degrees in operations andinformational technology fromWorcester Polytechnic Institute and ininstructional technology from SanFrancisco State University. Michaelearned a B.S. from Rochester Instituteof Technology.

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“No single ceremony can honor or account for all that theseseniors have experienced during their time here,” said JaneMoulding, Head of School. “No single embrace can fully thankthe teachers and staff who have challenged and befriended themduring that time. No single statement can truly acknowledgeall the love, effort and devotion of parents and family.”

The senior class comes from all across the United States,from as close as Weston to as far as California, and 13 of thegraduates count their home in four other countries: China,Malaysia, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Each year, members of the senior class ask two fellow class-mates to speak on their behalf at graduation. The Class of 2012chose Eli Dalven ’12 of Arlington and Kate Scrimshaw-Hall ’12of Sherborn. The senior class also selected two faculty speakers:Awa Diop, French and Spanish teacher, and Brian Walker,English teacher.

Students also chose a group of teachers to award them theirdiplomas. It is a great honor for these teachers to represent theirfaculty colleagues in presenting the diplomas. The seniors selected:Tom Evans, dean of faculty & visual arts; Evelina Galper,mathematics; Doug Healy, history; Jane Berkowitz, English;Todd Bartel, visual arts; Awa Diop, French and Spanish;Craig Dorfman, English; Marilyn Del Donno, science; TedMunter, English and Anne Rearick, visual arts.

The class also chose LeeAnn Brash, mathematics, andTad Lawrence, science and visual arts, to read their names.

As a traditional farewell for the class of 2012, Jane closed withsome words from Nikki Giovanni, one of her favorite poets.“There is always something to do,” Jane quoted. “There arehungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people tocomfort and make well. And while I don’t expect you to save theworld, I do not think it is asking too much for you to ... sharethe happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those

126th Commencement

Under the rumble of thunder and an increasingly darkening sky,

The Cambridge School of Weston awarded diplomas to the Class

of 2012 at its 126th commencement exercises on June 8. Despite

the impending downpour, family, friends, faculty, and staff who

gathered for the ceremony cheered as 86 seniors, 58 of whom

have been at CSW for all four years, received their diplomas.

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Commencement photography by Russ Campbell Photography.Visit www.russcam.com/csw2012 for more photos.


among you who are visionary, and remove from your life thosewho offer you ... despair and disrespect.”

Brian Walker, English Faculty“We live in a time of increasing global connectedness – the worldis shrinking and forcing us closer together, whether we arecomfortable with it or not. When you get to college, you willsee more of what you experienced on CSW’s Social Justice andDiversity Days – both planned and spontaneous, intellectual andemotional. And, you will meet people who don’t look like you,who speak a different language, sing a different national anthem,and even have different heroes and aspirations.

“As a school, CSW is committed to issues of social justice.But, I’m asking you to do more than just pay lip service to aslogan. Do more than just show up when you have to. Make itmean something. Demand social justice not because it’s trendyor the flavor of the month – not because it’s a liberal idea orbecause it reflects the ideas and ideals of a particular politicalparty – but because it’s right.

“Because what we’re talking about are human beings. Humanbeings being slaughtered in the streets of Damascus and Detroitand everywhere in between. Human beings unfortunate enoughto be born too dark or too light, too Muslim or too Christian,too straight or too gay, too rich or too poor. You don’t have toleave CSW and start a non-profit. You don’t have to invent a newwidget or feed the hungry. You don’t have to go to country Yand help build a hospital or even donate to a battered women’sshelter. In truth, you don’t have to do much of anything alongthose lines. You don’t have to, but… you can.”

Awa Diop, Languages Faculty“May you always allow yourself to try, to make mistakes, tostumble, to fall, and dare I say to fail, for the action of failingdoes not make us a failure. It is an indication that something,somewhere, did not work, so it is also an opportunity to attemptto do that thing over again, but differently.

“How many times did some of us fall, before learning how towalk? How many ‘M’s’ did it take some of us to babble the word‘mommy’ with triumph? Yes, failure may be an unpleasant feeling,but it is nonetheless a process and a learning experience. Andlearning, as we very well know, is not always easy, especiallywhen we have not yet figured out how it is we learn in the firstplace. You should, therefore, respect your own unique, individualprocess, compare yourself with yourself, and appreciate yourown progress.

“Always persevere, don’t let go; hold on tight to yourself, keepyour eyes on your goals and know that there’s a long road ahead.”

Eli Dalven ’12“CSW is precious in its uniqueness. It comes from the studentshere, and an overall sense of independence, which we share. It’sthe passionate, quirky faculty, who care so much about us. It’sthrough a synergy of arts and academics, and our dedication tosocial justice. But I’ve always struggled to describe just exactlywhat CSW is, and what we do here. There’s no quick answerthat does it justice. So each time someone asks, I take a longpause to collect my thoughts.

“I’d say that we march to the beat of a different drum here,but you don’t need to be a drummer to notice that there’s adistinct rhythm at CSW, and it runs deep. You can feel it oncampus. Most of us dance to it. We start swaying and noddingour heads on day one. To me, rhythm is the lost element,quintessence, ether, umami; it’s the pulse and soul of sound.It’s beyond what and why; it’s how. Rhythm doesn’t confineitself to being merely form or function, process or product. Itis all of these things, all at once.

“Getting up for school every day for four years doesn’t seemso bad when everyone’s grooving when you get here. It mayseem chaotic and confusing when you’re in the middle of it, butwhen you step back and view the whole, a profoundly differentpattern emerges; one that challenges expectations but neverthelesskeeps the beat. We intuit the pulse of a mod; we know the feelingwhen it’s halfway over, seemingly moments after it began. Ifwe listen closely, we can hear the rhythm of the daily schedule,never duplicated, but always familiar.

“The CSW groove is layered and organic. It breathes. Itsirregularities make it beautiful, and unique.”

Kate Scrimshaw-Hall ’12“I commonly lose people I love, not to the grave, but tosomeplace new. Since I was 7 years old, my family has beencaring for foster babies. I think we have now reached 32 babies.They stay days, weeks, months, a year. They come and they goso much so that I remember things not in years but in babies.When it is time for them to leave, to go onto a more permanenthome, I know it’s for the best. I know it is right in my head, butnot in my heart. They are part of my family.

“What if we were those babies? We once were. Our parentsremember our tiny feet and little wisps of hair. But eventually

our feet grew and our real hair came in. We learned to walkand talk and turn everything upside down. We lost our teeth andour baby fat and getting sung to sleep at night. We lost thosethings so we could get new things like attitudes, and opinions,and our periods. Now, we leave behind what we made togetherat this school.

“I think CSW knows about losing things. Half of the emails Iget have ‘Lost’ in the title, or more rarely ‘Found.’ Some of themare found, but I’m willing to bet there are a few things out therein CSW-land that will never be found. Someone’s gold ring. ‘Itwas my grandmother’s. Please. Help me find it.’ An earring back.A navy blue sweatshirt with holes in the right sleeve. It wassomebody’s favorite. They are forever lost between the seats ofthe theatre or buried beneath the mud that spring brought tothe quad.

“I am strangely comforted by that. I like that a little piece ofme will always be lost here.”


After a stormy week of commencement activities, the sun shonebrightly for Cambridge School's reunion weekend, with the mainevent on Saturday, June 16. Over 120 alumni attended withfriends and family for three days of memories, laughter, and newfriendships. All classes were welcome to attend, and special eventshonored the milestone classes ending in 2 and 7.

The Class of 1962 celebrated 50th Reunion with dinner onFriday at Gibbet Hill Grill, hosted by Steve Webber ’62. Aseparate dinner for the class of 1972 was held at Cambridge'sElephant Walk restaurant. Saturday morning's festivities werekicked off with a lovely brunch hosted by Nick Kaufman ’62 ,followed by a delicious BBQ lunch on the quad delivered byRedbones. On Sunday, Jenny Rose ’77 hosted brunch at herhome to celebrate the class of 1977.

During the weekend, alumni explored the school’s archivesfrom as far back as the 1930’s, including year books, photos,and publications. Head of School Jane Moulding led a livelydiscussion about the Progressive Education Lab and what itmeans to be a progressive school today. Other events and activitiesincluded a contact dance workshop led by Catherine Musinsky ’82and dance teacher Martha Gray, a soccer game with alumniplaying current students (students won 6 to 4), recording ofalumni stories for CSW’s Story Core archives, and a greenbuilding tour of Warren House and the Garthwaite Center forScience and Art led by Jennifer Pinck ’73.

Reunion 2012

1 Bob ‘Trumbull’ Smith, Allan Jayne '69, Duscha Weisskopf ’48, Jane Moulding

2 Leonore Katz-Rhoads ’62, Kevin Rhoads

3 Eduardo Tugendhat ’72 and grandaughter Sara

4 Class of 1972

5 Bill Greuner '62, Jane Moulding, Steve Webber ’62, Thaddeus Thompson

6 Class of ’62 Story Core, with videographer Kathy Wittman

7 Conrad White ’54, Earl Darlington ’72, Peter Bridgman ’72

8 Stewart Haviland ’72, Cynthia Dillon ’72, Sunni Meyer ’72

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10 Duscha Weisskopf ’42, Janet Parker ’52

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13 Sally Schuller ’03, Betsy Cohen ’04, Rachel Fischhoff ’04

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16 Jane and Linton Moulding

17 David Valdinni ’02, Annie Bickerton ’04, Max Geller ’02, Rachel Fischhoff ’04

18 Lindsay Elms ’44, Jane Moulding, Bob Metcalf ’53

19 Jeff Brodsky ’02, Jeremy Butman ’02, Denise Chamberland

20 Polly Howells ’62, Joe Smullin ’62, Annie Bickerton ’04

21 Jane Moulding, Polly Howells ’62, Eric von Hippel ’59

22 Lloyd Tarlin ’55, John Young ’55, Tom Scammell ’55

23 David Merrick Hannon ’79 and Conrad White ’54

24 Stephen Magro ’87, David Gordon ’87, David Varon ’87, Amy Graves ’92

25 Student v. Alumni Soccer Game

26 Laurie Cormay Cowden ’82, Siri Striair ’82, Jennifer Francis ’82, Stan Henshaw ’62, Bob ‘Trumbull’ Smith

27 Judy Armell ’62, Alix Smullin, Polly Howells ’62, Joe Smullin ’62

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29 Bob ‘Trumbull’ Smith, Jane Moulding

30 Cynthia Dillon ’72, Earl Darlington ’72, Sunni Meyer ’72, Aubrey Langford ’72

31 Stephen Magro ’87, David ‘Digger’ Gordon ’87, David Varon ’87, Jeff Treistman ’72

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BOLDLY PROGRESS IVE :

The Progressive Education Labat CSW

The four PEL fellows, Sam Egilman ’07, Aspen Golann ’05,Hallie Herz, and Dana Wolfson, arrived on campus in earlySeptember and moved into their new dorm rooms in WhiteFarm eager and ready for orientation – not as high school stu-dents but aspiring teachers.

PEL is a two-year fellowship that provides a dynamic, hands-on,experiential training not typically found at traditional university-based education programs. A collaboration of four leadingprogressive schools – CSW, the Putney School in Vermont, theUnquowa School in Fairfield, Conn., and the Calhoun Schoolin New York City – PEL aims to make teacher education trulyprogressive. Like the students they will eventually teach, the fel-lows – or “PELlows” as they are affectionately called – willengage in experiential learning, risk taking, original thinking,and weave social justice into their learning.

“What we couldn’t plan for, of course, was just who theseteaching fellows would be and what they would bring to ourschools,” said Rachel Hirsch, senior PEL coordinator and historyteacher at CSW. Rachel took time off from teaching in Mod 1 sothat she could focus on overseeing the PEL program on campus.“We could not have imagined a more delightful, inquisitive, andastute cohort of future educators as we have with this group.”Each fellow is paired with a mentor teacher at each school andwill work intensively and closely with a wide range of teachersand educational programs. Science teachers Tad Lawrence andMarilyn DelDonno, math department chair Evelina Galper andvisual arts teacher and former dean of faculty Tom Evans areserving as mentors this year.

In their first year, the fellows will rotate from school toschool to learn about various topics in progressive education:integrated studies at CSW, project-based learning at Putney,the city as school at Calhoun, and museum collaboration atUnquowa. In their second year, each fellow will be offered apaid teaching position at one of the four schools.

At CSW, each fellow worked closely with a 9th grade Food

and Culture class for an up-close look at integrated studies andcollaborative co-teaching, in addition to observing classes andteaching in all disciplines. By the second week of the program,the fellows helped develop and teach a part of the Food andCulture curriculum.

PEL joins a national movement to pull teacher training intoelementary, middle and secondary schools, where fellows haveaccess to teachers and hands-on learning. Currently, a majorityof teacher training takes place in college and university-basedprograms—away from the classrooms and the environmentswhere the teachers would actually teach. Some school leadershave found that this kind of training has created a disconnectbetween theory and practice.

Aside from passion for teaching and learning, the programonly has one pre-requisite, a college degree. In preparation forthe launch of PEL, CSW connected with more than 50 collegesand universities and asked that they promote the program attheir schools. There were over 130 inquiries online, a blend ofrecent graduates and current seniors from small liberal artscolleges, large universities, a few graduate schools, and currentteachers who are looking for a unique teacher-training experiencedifferent from the work they are currently doing. The applicantshad diverse education and employment backgrounds.

“I want to continue to learn and teach in a progressiveenvironment so that I can impact my students’ educations andlives the way many of my teachers have impacted mine,” saidDana, about her aspirations after PEL. “I hope to inspire andencourage students to be excited about learning, to find strengthand confidence in their ideas, questions, and interests, and toknow that they have the opportunity and ability to continue tobe active students for the rest of their lives.”

The Cambridge School of Weston welcomed its inaugural cohort of fellows of theProgressive Education Lab (PEL) this fall, marking the beginning of the two-year teacher

education program that aims to teach and prepare future progressive educators.

Meet the “PELlows”

Sam Egilman ’07, of Foxboro, Mass, graduated in2011 from Skidmore with a bachelor of science inbusiness and management and a growing interest inthe field of education. Sam has taken on teacherassistant roles at Skidmore Early Childhood Centerand the Thacher Montessori School in Milton, Mass.,and has coached athletics at CSW. He has alsoprovided in-depth research for consulting firms andserved as a mentor for college students looking toenter the business field.

Aspen Golann ’05, of Boston, graduated fromKenyon College in 2010 with a bachelor of arts instudio art. She took a gap year before attendingcollege and studied art at Massachusetts College ofArt and the Rhode Island School of Design. She alsostudied Russian language and literature at ReedCollege before attending Kenyon College, where shewas a writing tutor and president of the college’s artclub. After graduation, she was an assistant teacherat a Montessori School in North Carolina andworked as a graphics designer at a fine arts galleryand as a designer at a design firm.

Hallie Herz, of Damariscotta, Maine, is a 2007graduate from The Putney School in Vermont, andstudied Barnard College before attending BatesCollege, where she earned her bachelor of artsdegree. While in college, Hallie developed a deepinterest in outdoor leadership and education. Shewas a member of the Bates Outing Club, leadingadvanced-level canoeing trips. She has led wildernesswhite water canoe trips in Northern Ontario, andhas taught campers river rescue, navigation, andteamwork skills.

Dana Wolfson, of Florence, Mass., received herbachelor of arts degree in environmental studies andvisual arts from Bennington College in 2011. Danawas a founder of the Bennington Sustainable FoodProject, and as a college student, she helped estab-lish a student garden, an internship program, andworked closely with the school’s dining services tointegrate healthy and sustainable foods into theirmenu options. Since graduation, Dana has immersedherself in both indoor and outdoor classrooms,working in elementary school gardens, and teachingclasses on food distribution and nutrition.



The Global Council grew out of a vision from the Board ofTrustees as they sought ways to support global engagement,a key strategic initiative of the school. They hoped to connectwith and engage leaders and thinkers from the internationalcommunity, and to help prepare our students to be activecontributors to the world. The group, composed of currentand past trustees, alumni, and global thought leaders,convened on campus for the first time last fall and will holdits second meeting in November. We spoke to current trusteeEduardo Tugendhat ’72 P’07 and former board chair JohnButman P’02, the co-conveners of the Global Council, ontheir vision for the group.

How did you become involved with the Global Council?

John Butman: This idea had been gestating for many years,developing from an exercise to define our core theme. Globalengagement is an area that I care a lot about. I wanted to beinvolved and I was part of the shaping of the council. I want tomake it known that Eduardo and I purposefully called ourselves“co-conveners,” because this council is not board-driven, nor dowe want to be seen as board-driven. We are all members of theleadership group, just as faculty, students and other alumni are,and we are all part of the mainstream.

Eduardo Tugendhat: I was part of the working global engage-ment group that tried to come up with concrete suggestions asto what global engagement truly means, and what type of pilotprogram would make sense. This group is exceptionally uniquefor a secondary school. That says a lot about the caliber andcommitment of CSW.

What are some immediate and long-term goals of the GlobalCouncil? What does it mean for The Cambridge School ofWeston?

ET: We want to use the council to build international networksand alliance, to facilitate connections within our community, toform partnerships with educators and groups worldwide, suchas our partnership with the Shanghai Theatre Academy last year.

We see this group as a platform to bring all sorts of projects andideas into reality. As [Head of School Jane Moulding] encouragedall of us to do in the past, we wanted to think bigger.

JB: The Global Council should be seen as a resource that canhelp connect students, faculty, and alumni to each other and toadditional resources all over the world. The council can be a plat-form for ideas, programmatic or independent projects. The ideaof mentoring in a specific area of expertise is high on our list. Wehope to make the Global Council directly and widely accessibleto the community. Students and other members of the communitywill be presenting proposals for our first project, and this willgive us the chance to determine the kinds of projects we willtake on. We will review this together at our next meeting inNovember. Longer-range possibilities could mean sponsorshipsfrom other partners, for instance, another study abroad to Chinaor other parts of the world. It is certainly thrilling to think ofideas to expand our reach as a leader in progressive education.

How do you plan to contribute personally to the Council andhelp fulfill one of the key strategic initiatives of the school?

ET: In my case, all my work is international. I have worked in 80countries and I usually have projects in 14 to 15 countries at onetime. I would like to help create networks and opportunities tohelp students and alumni. For instance, I can help connect studentswith resources for their capstone or for other fields of study,like a multi-disciplinary course that might have internationaldimension. Everyone on the council has a variety of experiencesand expertise. This is a place where we can challenge ideas andhave a great dialogue. We can each add something new.

How can the CSW community become more involved withthe Global Council?

JB: The Global Council is a really great way to be involvedwithout the commitment of being on a board, and without therestriction of residing locally for hands-on participation. Previously,there was no mechanism to support that type of participationwith CSW. The Council has members from all over the place

with lots of different disciplines. There iscertainly room for more people to addvalue to the Council.

ET: We want to encourage the CSWstudent community utilize the GlobalCouncil and the resources we offer.

Global Council Members

Supratik BoseHome: Cambridge, Mass. • Title: Principal,Project Paideia • Expertise: Urban designer,India/America relations, Higher Education,Technology, Business/Finance

John Butman P’02Home: Concord, Mass. • Title: Idea Platform,Inc., Global Council Co-Convener • Expertise:Writer, world-wide consultant, strategicplanning

Hannah Clark Steiman ’98Home: Cambridge, Mass. • Title: formerClinton Foundation CommunicationsManager, Clinton Global Initiative • Expertise:Writer, Teaching, International Partnerships

Tom Evans P ’06, P ’10, FacultyHome: Holliston, Mass. • Title: Faculty, VisualArts • Expertise: Progressive Education, Youth,Development, Integrated Studies

Vilnis Ezerins ‘78Home: Cape Coral, Fla. • Title: Chairman,SoftServe Software • Expertise: InternationalBusiness Development, Technology,Entreprenurism

Zach Feuer ’96Home: New York, N.Y. • Title: Owner, ZachFeuer Gallery • Expertise: Visual arts, art dealer,contemporary art

Michael Fleming ‘81Home: Beverly Hills, Calif. • Title: ExecutiveDirector, The David Bohnett Foundation •

Expertise: Social Justice, performing arts,foundation relations, education

Tanya Henderson P’13, P‘14Home: Cambridge, Mass. • Title: Public PolicyDirector, Women’s Action for New Directions• Expertise: Human rights law, gender law,civil rights

Peggy Kuo P’10Home: Taipei, Taiwan • Title: Vice President,DBTel Incorporated • Expertise: Multinationalbusiness, Telecommunications

Matt LiangHome: Boston, Mass. • Title: Professor ofMedicine, Harvard Medical School, Professorof Health Policy and Management, HarvardSchool of Public Health • Expertise:Medicine/Public Health research,teacher/mentor, science

Pattie Maes P’13Home: Cambridge, Mass. • Title: AssociateProfessor, MIT’s Program in Media Arts andSciences • Expertise:Science, Technology,Computer-based Arts and Media

Sacha McVean ’85Home: Shanghai, China • Title: ElementaryPrincipal, Shanghai American School •Expertise: International Education, world-wideAmerican schools

Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson P’14Home: East Hampton, N.Y. • Title: ExecutiveDirector of Tusk Trust • Expertise:Conservation/Environmental Education,Africa, writing/journalism

Jillian Poole ’48Home: Arlington, Va. • Title: Founder, TheFund for Arts and Culture • Expertise: CulturalExchange, Central & Eastern Europe, Nonprofits

William SunHome: Shanghai, China • Title: Vice President,Shanghai Theatre Academy • Expertise:Performing Arts, Education, Internationalist

Lori Taylor, Past FacultyHome: Cambridge, Mass. • Title: FoundingMember, Actors’ Shakespeare Project •Expertise: Arts Educator, Alternative YouthPrograms

Eduardo Tugendhat ’72, P ’07Home: Vienna, Va. • Title: Founder and CEO,Carana Corporation • Expertise: EconomicDevelopment, Global Council Co-Convener

Peter von Hippel ’48Home: Eugene, Ore. • Title: Professor ofChemistry Molecular Biology, University ofOregon • Expertise: Science, Education,Technology, Government

Linda WangHome: Beijing, China • Title: Board Chair,YiHai Real Estate Holdings Co. Ltd. • Expertise:Education, China, Philanthropist

Yi-Ming Wei ’09Home: Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. • Title: Universityof California-San Diego, Student, environmentalengineering • Expertise: Young alumni relations,environmental education

Jane Moulding (ex-officio)Home: Weston, Mass. • Title: Head of Schoolof The Cambridge School of Weston •

Expertise: Progressive Education

Q&AQ&Awith the Global Council


Seth’s original trajectory was not towards education. After graduatingfrom Yale University, he worked as an actor in Chicago. One afternoon,on his way to perform Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, he bought a usedcopy of A Documentary History of the United States by RichardHeffner to read during his long, cross-town commute on the train.He realized he didn’t know about the history of his own country. Hegot hooked and followed a gut feeling that the subject would neverbore him. He eventually pursued a master’s degree in history, a Ph.D.followed, and the rest of his journey is “history,” as they say.

When Seth began as a junior at The Cambridge School of Weston,he admits he had the awkwardness of many typical teenagers. In hiswords, he was overweight, he had acne, but his time at CSW was atransformative experience that changed his life.

“Aside from getting married and having children, going to CSWwas the luckiest thing that’s ever happened to me,” Seth said.

The school was a perfect training ground for his experience as aneducator. He was profoundly influenced by his teacher Robin Wood,whom he touts as the best teacher and mentor in his life. Robin, abeloved teacher and former theatre department chair, who died in2009, and other teachers instilled in him a willingness to contribute tohis community and to a world greater than himself for the first time.

As a professor, he finds it challenging to convey the tenets ofprogressive education to his students, but is determined to share andexemplify concepts whenever he can.

“Students are so afraid of getting the wrong answers,” Seth said.“If their major goal is not to displease the teacher, therein lies theadversarial relationship between student and teacher. I wish that Icould make students understand that there is no one right answer,and not to be afraid to ask, engage and question – the CSW way.There needs to be more schools like CSW!”

The size of Seth’s classes at Boston College range from 750 studentsin lecture halls to much smaller groups in his history classes. Seth hasasked his students to call him by his first name, which some studentshave yet to adapt to because of Boston College’s formal and traditionalstructure. He has also tried to bring the student’s guards down andto appeal to them on their own level by holding office hours in thestudent coffee shop.

“As the only middle-aged guy in the popular shop, I look so pathetic,the students see me as vulnerable, and look to rescue me by comingand talking to me, about anything really.” When Seth offered regularoffice hours to students, hardly any students showed up.

alumniP R O F I L E S

For this historian, it began with a“Documentary History of the UnitedStates,” a book that ignited his passion forhistory. Seth, now a professor at BostonCollege, is working on a new book titled“Rogue Diplomats” and balances life as apolitical and cultural historian of 20thcentury United States and father to twodaughters, including Miranda Jacobs ’15.

Seth Jacobs ’82

Sam always knew that he wanted to be a scientist. By the time he was a junior and senior at CSW,the bulk of his time was spent in independent study exploring areas of science that fascinated him.

“The Mod System really allowed me to take a hard look and explore science in whatever directionI wanted,” Sam said. “Having the opportunity and support for independent study taught me reallyimportant skills, plus I was able to have a very unusual class schedule and go nuts with them – inscience, that’s what you have to do.”

At Haverford, Sam is majoring in theoretical physics, and he may make it a double major withapplied mathematics. He recently concluded a year abroad in the United Kingdom at CambridgeUniversity where he studied both fields. For any rising senior, this was most certainly a challengingprogram. However, Sam was studying at a graduate student level.

“When I was at CSW, if you wanted to learn something, you just spoke up and asked,” said Sam.“So I had to be a little more strategic at Cambridge [University] to sneak my way into the graduate

In his Vietnam class,he coordinates visitsfrom Vietnam veteransto address and interactwith the students. Everyyear, his students say itis the best part of theclass. Their presenceenables Seth to get thepoint across that there isno typical Vietnam vet,they each have hadvaried paths and careerssince the war.“One of the wonderful

things that I learned at CSW was to be compelled to think ofthings that really matter, as opposed to the way someone isdressed, or a comparison to a list of superficial things that somany people obsess with. It was clear that there was no cookie-cutter mold of what students should look like.”

Seth encourages his students to question him, even in his areaof specialty. He is disheartened by students who spent their yearsin high school steeped in rote memorization and believe that his-

torians cannot be challenged or can have opinions as anyone else.His daughter Miranda came home earlier this year affected

and emotional after a long campus-wide discussion about raceand class that arose following the death of Trayvon Martin, theunarmed teenager in Florida who was shot and killed inFebruary. Seth recalled how his daughter had learned so muchfrom the discussion and how through these discussions, she wasable to engage, question, and openly discuss a difficult and serioustopic. He credits CSW for remaining open to the needs ofstudents and faculty and for providing a safe space where inquiryand examination is embraced.

Like his daughter, Seth also performed with the Pocket Players.And, although she is only a sophomore, he is already thinkingabout the questions he will ask her when she starts to think moredeeply about college.

“How much interaction will she have with professors thatspecialize in the fields that she’s interested in?” He said he mayneed to come to terms with the fact that most schools are notlike CSW. “Contrasted with different schools, even colleges anduniversities, it’s just hard to stack up to CSW, in the personalcare and in the genuine interest that faculty has in a student.”

“People may think I’m being melodramatic, but that’s thetruth,” he said. “And, I’m a historian now.”

Sam, a senior at Haverford College, recently wona prestigious physics award, completed a graduatelevel courses at Cambridge University, and receivedmultiple grants for summer lab exploration atHarvard University. His passion for science wasignited at The Cambridge School of Weston,where Sam began at the age of 13, after skippingthe 8th grade.

Sam Rodriques ’09



Tara’s passion for outdoor experimental education and social justice began duringher years at CSW. As a student, she participated regularly in the Wilderness Tripsduring Mod breaks and was immersed in classroom discussions about equity andjustice.

“The wilderness program pushed me to be a leader as a student at CSW,”Tara said. “The robust program stretched me, I learned real leadership abilities. Iwas hooked from that point. It was a community within a community, and it was

very innovative. I was able to be part of the greater community,but also be connected to my interests.”

Tara, an avid canoer and kayaker, spent eight years at ProjectAdventure working on outdoor course management, beforelanding at the University of New Hampshire as an assistantclinical faculty in the Outdoor Education Program and as theyouth and student programs director at UNH’s Browne Centerfor Innovative Learning.

For the past five years, Tara has taught students team buildingthrough ropes courses. She also serves as the SEED (SeekingEducational Equity and Diversity) program director. Her courseis required for outdoor education majors, and it’s not surprisingthat she works and teaches at a university with the country’s firstand longest-standing outdoor education major.

“I have long been interested in using experiential educationto look at the injustice in the world, and address real issues,” saidTara. “I believe in making educational change in our own wayand practices.”

Tara designed a dialogue-based outdoor education model.Under this model, participants discuss issues like stereotypes,sexism, ageism, and other prejudice while engaged in the game.The games help build teamwork, trust, and help create a safespace for participants to share their thoughts.

Her games include asking students to juggle objects, whilereflecting on these items as a metaphor to the issues andcircumstances that we juggle in life. She begins the discourseamong participants by asking questions such as “What are wejuggling?” and “What are we using as stepping stones?”and“Where is the balance?”

Over the years, Tara has developed diversity workshops thathave built up a true following, so much so that she found herselfbecoming the “trainer” to a cohort of colleagues on social justiceand diversity issues. She expresses a passion that she and othershave in running these workshops.

Tara recently found a way to promote the trainings that shehas developed to the greater community, through her newesteffort Social Change Training and Consulting. She can nowshare her resources and extend her expertise to other schools,individuals or companies.

“Although it is very much a side project, it made sense to havesomething to refer folks to,” she said.

Tara believes in the value of progressive education and seesa lot of parallels between progressive ed and the experientiallearning work that she does.

For Tara, creating a positive and inclusive community is atthe heart of every team building course. She said that CSW did agood deal preparing her for her career and her work in buildingcommunity.

“I’m very proud of CSW and my education. It was a reallynatural fit for me,” Tara said. “When I hear about all thediscussions about social justice on campus, it very much reflectsmy values all these years later.”

program as an undergrad. Besides, communication is really themost important thing in science.” He said he felt lucky to be inone of the few programs at the university that enables freedomto choose an area of study.

Over the past year, Sam has given lectures on quantuminformation theory using presentation and teaching skills thathe says he learned while at CSW. His experience as a TeachingAssistant in physics and other classes gave him the perspectiveon things you don’t learn from a textbook. He also credits CSWfor pointing him in the direction that he has gone in science.

“In physics, you approach a problem by thinking very hard,”Sam said. “Through the Mod System, I was able to intenselyfocus on one subject area at a time and think very deeply. Myteachers at CSW always pushed me in different directions andalthough I didn’t know what area would interest me in the longrun. The fact that sciences were very integrated with other disci-plines has stayed with me – this interest in studying a combina-tion of parallel areas, to look at problems in a number of ways.”

Sam is interested in using applied math and physics to tackleproblems in biology, sociology and even economics. The verynature of studying them requires an interdisciplinary approach.He speaks passionately about his discovery of similarities infundamental principles that crossover in each of these areas. Hewill be dedicated to identifying systems that look different butbehave the same, and move into other fields aside from physics.He says he may end up returning to Cambridge University to

further pursue interdisciplinary research in applied math andphysics, as the school has one of the best and well-knownprograms in the field of research.

The summer before Sam’s senior year at CSW, he secured hisfirst research job, wiyh the help of CSW’s alumni office andphysics department. He was placed in a Harvard professor’slaboratory, and he studied silicon meta-particles in a dye usedin MRIs, to investigate whether the dye would assist in seeingfeatures more clearly.

“That phenomenal experiential teaching in science definitelyhelped me get going on a scientific journey,” he said. Heenjoyed the hands-on laboratory work at CSW, where he builtinstruments and electric motors for the first time. He knew thathe could try anything he was interested in, just for the mere sakeof trying it.

After Haverford College, he plans to pursue post-graduatestudy, potentially at Cambridge University, and pursue a doctoratedegree in a related science. Eventually, he would like to teachand remain involved in scientific research.

“Teaching is the only way to learn something very well,” saidSam. “Because I had the formative experience with progressiveeducation, it gave me much more of a social perspective, andhelped empower me to shape who I am. It gave me a sense ofpower that I’ve needed to succeed in any educational career. Iwouldn’t trade my CSW education for anything.”

Known to her students at theUniversity of New Hampshireas “the games lady,” Tara hasspent years creating the perfectfusion of outdoor education withdiversity and cultural awarenesstraining for students and adults.

Tara Flippo ’90

“I’m very proud of CSW and my education. Itwas a really natural fit for me,” Tara said. “When

I hear about all thediscussions aboutsocial justice on cam-pus, it very muchreflects my values allthese years later.”


THANK YOU FOR CAR I NG

Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends:

The 2011-2012 year has been one of great accomplishment at TheCambridge School of Weston. I want to extend my sincereappreciation to all who made this year possible, to all who sup-ported our annual fund, special programs, and challenge grants.The Trustees, faculty and staff spent the last several years envi-sioning a future for CSW based on four strategic initiatives:Health and Wellness, Learning and Teaching, Social Justice, andGlobal Engagement. Here is a brief report on our year:

• HHeeaalltthh aanndd WWeellllnneessss:: Health and Wellness is more thanjust a curriculum or a facility, but a way of life at CSW. We con-vened groups through the year to think of ways to refine ourcurriculum, review our campus master plan, and consider thelocation for a new gymnasium. Architerra, the architectural firmthat designed our award-winning Garthwaite Center for Scienceand Art, assisted us with our work. We also looked at new part-nerships to integrate peace and justice in our academic programs,as well as ways to integrate locally grown, sustainable foods inour dining services.

• GGlloobbaall EEnnggaaggeemmeenntt:: Last fall, we launched the GlobalCouncil, an auxiliary board comprised of 20 members fromaround the world. At its inaugural meeting, the group brain-stormed ways to support international projects for our studentsand faculty. The group also identified 21st century skills thatschools will need to instill in our students to prepare them forthe global work force. Last school year, we partnered successfullywith the Shanghai Theatre Academy on the Confucius Project, alanguage and theatre program through which our students stud-ied Mandarin and studied traditional Beijing Opera. And, in thespring, Head of School Jane Moulding and our former Dean ofFaculty Tom Evans traveled to Beijing to establish a partnershipwith the Yihai School that will help us provide study abroadopportunities for our Mandarin program and professional devel-opment opportunities for our faculty.

• SSoocciiaall JJuussttiiccee:: The faculty and administration reviewedpolicies around financial aid to help increase access for all stu-dents to fee-based courses. Donors have been generous in theirsupport, and we will focus some of our future philanthropyefforts to increase the aid we are able to distribute to families inneed. This past year, the school hired a new Director of SocialJustice and Multicultural Programming to help support domesticstudents and families of color at CSW and provide additionalprogramming on social justice and multicultural issues for all stu-dents and faculty.

• LLeeaarrnniinngg aanndd TTeeaacchhiinngg:: Last year, we received a $250,000grant from the Edward E. Ford Foundation grant to establishthe Progressive Education Lab with three other independentschools. The grant had a matching requirement, and I ampleased to report that we met our first $100,000 bar on June 30.Thanks to all the “charter donors” who contributed towards thiseffort. This fall, PEL launched with our first four fellows, two ofwhom are CSW alums! In addition, we have revised our mathcurriculum and hired a new Director of Academic Technology.We have also established working groups to helps us furtherrefine our teacher evaluation system, educational partnerships,and other programs to enhance our missions. And last, one ofthe most exciting developments, especially for alumni who mayhave been boarders during their time at CSW, we just openedWarren House, our new, green dormitory, which currently hous-es 24 girls and three residential life faculty families.I hope many of you will have the opportunity to visit campus inthe coming year, to see how we are growing and thriving. In thepages ahead are the names of the many people who helped sup-port our operations and special programs this past year.

Your gifts of nearly $1.75 million were instrumental to sustainingour operating budgets and special projects. The entire Board ofTrustees joins me thanking you for your support and in takingpart in shaping the future of our school.

Anki Wolf ’67 Chair, Board of Trustees 2011-2012

Society giving reflects gifts andpledges (cumulative totals) forFiscal Year starting July 1, 2011and ending June 30, 2012.

Gryphon Society

$25,000 and above

AnonymousDiane GarthwaiteJames and Shelley Drake HawksPolly HowellsRaymond LifchezChristian Nolen and

Susan DennyKarl Sims and Pattie MaesSteven H. WebberJohn Weltman and Cliff Atkins

1886 Society

$10,000 and above

Walter and Alice AbramsGeeta and Kamesh AiyerSteven Berez and

Peggy LowensteinJian Xing Che and Shuhong ChenSean and Julie DaltonKirk and Laurie DavisDavid M. Dixon, Jr.William Elk and Sheila WatsonJiangxin Hong and Huixue YangHeather Korostoff MurrayJoseph I. SmullinAdam and Jane Stoneman SteinYong Tang and Jianjun DingNathalie and John ThompsonPeter Thorne and Katherine GrossPeter H. von HippelJohn Welch and Elizabeth Breen

Head of School Society

$5,000 and above

AnonymousGary Ardell and Laurie GladerArthur and Anne BerndtKatherine Chapman and

Thomas StembergNicholas and Erika ChristakisCharis San Antonio Cooper andDavid CooperDavid Edelman and Miriam

AdamsMagomed Gadzhiev andDzhamilat Umailova

Dr. Stephen J. and Anne Stuart Galli

Chris and Barbara GootkindMr. and Mrs. Amory Houghton Jr.Xunze Kuang and Yamei QuB. Keith and Ellen LawQuan Long and Biejia LuRichard and Rosemary McCreadyRobert H. MetcalfLarry Nathanson, M.D.Rowan O’RileyJames and Mindy

Pasco-AndersonRichard and Margie PerseDr. Bebe PoorJonathan and Amy PoorvuCharles Phillips Russell, IIRobert ScheuerElizabeth StuartEduardo TugendhatArthur and Susan VogtEric von HippelMarilyn Spinoza WeinbergWindover Construction, Inc.

Arthur Gilman Society

$2,500 and above

Melville and Rebecca BlakeAthos Bousvaros and

Margaret LotzCold Brook FundToby Dewey and Susan MorleyDonna Kargman DonaghyJ. Anthony Downs and

Jin-Kyung KimJames and Karen DurhamHeather EllisAaron and Caroline FalkDavid and Nina FialkowMrs. John A. Hadden, Jr.Roger M. HewlettBeom Jin Kim and On Mi ParkMatthew H. LiangHarry McCrackenMartha MillerJane and Linton MouldingMartha C. NussbaumMichael Pappone and

Diane SavitzkySam and Charlotte PerkinsDeborah and Arthur PressmanMarcia Stone RiesmanJohn and Victoria Rizzi

donor report

Annie Cheng ’12, Mixed Media


H OW T O R E A D T H I S R E P O R T

Each year, the Report on Philanthropy provides a listing of all thedonors to The Cambridge School of Weston for the previous fis-cal year. This report recognizes all donations made to our AnnualFund, special funds and programs from July 1, 2011 to June 30,2012. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of thisreport. Please contact the Development Office at 781-642-8645 ifour records need to be updated.

DONOR SOCIETY GIVING Markus and Laura StammSusan J. WardRichard and Patricia WatersAnki Wolf

John French Society

$1,000 and above

Andrew Jackson and MarianneJackson AdamsBenjamin AlimanskyAnonymous (3)Architerra, Inc.Brian and Julia AustinRoger C. AveryAlma Bair and Allan WeissAdrian and Laura BishopTimothy Blackman and

Amy TravisBruce P. BogertRichard and Cathy BoskeyMaggie Ziskind BrennerJohn and Nancy ButmanMartin Carmichael III and

Dr. Lisa GruenbergWilliam and Eunice CarsonChristine Marston ChamberlainDean and Evelyn CirielliJennifer Jones-Clark and Al ClarkJames and Amy CookHoward Cooper and Jane KarolElizabeth and Jack CulbertsonJoan and Ronald CurhanThomas J. DavisL. Peter DeutschEdith Lockhart Di FrancescoPatrick Dinardo and

Susan SchwartzRachael DorrR. Carl Drisko and Allie AltmanPolly EllerbeLelia Orrell EllistonVilnis A. EzerinsZachary FeuerDavid and Kathleen FischoffEdwin J. FitzpatrickFLIKMeredith Jones FountainFreiner Co.Dennis FriedlandAmy Cody and John FurstJack Gantos and Anne LowerDaniel Ginsburg and

Laura LechnerMary Lemann GoldmanBenjamin and Anne GordLise GordonJim and Kate Greer

William B. GruenerThomas L. HallSteven Hamburg and

Sarah BarkerSnowden Henry and Paula IveyAnn HerseyLisa B. HicklerSarah Jane Liberman HortonSeth JacobsL. Robert and Lisa Reich JohnsonArthur and Kate KilmurrayJohn and Joan KimballMarilyn Coburn KincaidDavid C. KluchmanCurt Kohlberg and

Allegra ManacherTony and Colleen LapinskyRob LaverdureJohn Lees and Ellen CurrenCaroline E. B. LewisHarlan Lieberman-BergDaniel Loeb and Deborah PiltchChristopher H. LutzPaul Gregory and Charlo Maurer Jo-Ann Thomas and

Megan MichalakDavid G. MugarJulianne Wright NeaversonLarry Nirenberg and

Catherine ZiehlElias P. NortonAnthony Ogilvie-ThompsonJennifer B. PinckDr. William R. PokrossRobert D. PoorSusan S. PovermanRichard and Michele PowersRichard and Karen RubenAndrés Saldaña and

Elizabeth MillerTrish SaundersRobert and Judith ScherzerSusan Schiro and Peter ManusNancy Getting SeckerSarita ShahJonathan B. SkinnerMary Ann StevensonStoltze DesignNina SusmanGerard and Mary Carlton SwopeRichardson V. TurnerEllen Schaefer VellineJoan Thompson WaltherPeter WashburnRoger WeissDr. Ruth WestheimerAlexander and Anne White

Daniel H. WolfArthur Young and Janet RicklesEllen L. Ziskind

Adolphus Cheek

$500 and above

Anonymous (2)Margaret M. BaillieJeffrey and Suzanne BarrowBruce A. BealLaura BellLutz and Gaby BethgeScott and Marianne H. BickertonSally and Carl BrotmanStephen C. Buck Karen Buck-Gilbert and

Mr. Scott GilbertJ. Samuel ChaseGary and Doris ChristelisElizabeth Coolidge and

Elisabeth SacktonMark Coté and

Joann StemmermannMark Culliton and Mary DiCiccoHenry and Christine D’AngeloJanet and Edward DeeJames Denvir and

Rangeley WallaceLisa Wood EsherickMr. and Mrs. David J. FeldmanFidelity FoundationNancy Tarlin FlescherRichard Frankel and Lisa BloomAnn Bennett GarthwaiteWill HaibleRev. and Mrs. Lyle G. HallEmily HancockGregory and Elaine HawkesKaiko Marie HayesJames and Pam Hayes-Bohanan

Kate HeatonTodd and Ann HelmusAaron Hirsch and Kristin BrownBertram Holman and

Randy FosterJames and Christianne HumphreyMichael and Sharon JacquesJane Reisman JampolisVali and Jean KahnNicolas J. KaufmanWilliam Knopp and

Carolyn LackeyPhilip and Lisa LandaRobert and Patsy LawrenceRichard Lewis and

Joanne MorrealeJianzhong Lin and Xiaoxia YuSamuel Sebaduka MbowaMichele MillonJanet M. MinerMoors and Tom MyersJoanna NelsonEric and Elizabeth OlsonSilvia Arrom and David OranMary Field ParkerGeorge Perkins and

Polly CarpenterLorraine ReFrancesca M. RiveraCharlie Rose and Carol DownsBinth RustadPhilip SadlerSteve Scrimshaw and Megan HallDr. Christopher W. SeidlerJoyce Meyers SeigelNevin ShalitKay SilberfeldStephen and Robin SmithRonney Marcus TraynorKathy Logan Tugendhat

Agnes VolignyFrank N. von HippelFaith P. WatersJonathan Weisbuch, M.D.Robert Weisskoff and

Ann Marie LindquistConrad J. WhitePeter S. and Carolyn H. WhitePeter and Robin WolfMaurice Wood and

Shelly Ziegelman Mark and Theresa Wright

Hildegarde Washburn

$250 and above

Bonnie and John AlexanderLemis and Mubeyyin AltanAnonymousDaniel Arons and Sarah ScullyKate Tuttle AsselinCraig and Elaine BargerJohn Andrew BernsteinRobert H. BirdJudith Tarlin BogageEdward M. BorgesRobin BriggsMr. and Mrs. Robert A. BrooksJohn Brouder and

Carol GreenwaldMeredith Naylor BuntingMark and Allyn CallahanWarren C. CarbergIra Carmen and Toni PutnamTom and MaryAnn CaseChesterbrook Community

Foundation Inc.John and Cynthia ClemsonGeorge and Julia CohanEmilie Speare CoolidgeRev. Earl Orlando Darlington

David N. DeinardDavid DeLong and

Susan GladstoneDavid Dove and

Leigh TiedemannThomas and Ellen DraperAndrew W. DubackSteven DubackEastern Bank Charitable

FoundationJay Eberle and Nancy KnoffSamson EgilmanDavid and Deborah EhrensEmilie S. Welles FoundationAmy FitzpatrickRobert FriesenMelissa Franklin and

Paolo GirominiMichal Ann GoldmanFred GordonJonathan C. GuestDavid and Loril GunnScott and Nikki HaasMarc and Vivian HaefeleBito HamiltonKelsey M. HendersonChristopher Hess and

Jennifer AliberChristopher H. HodgmanJohn HolleranBrian Holmes and Janet GoguenAllen E. HopperJames Gray GalleryAllan W. Jayne, Jr.Jennifer A. Borislow Insurance

Agency, Inc.Edwin M. JohnstonSerge KarpovichKim Storey and Douglas KatzPeter and Tara Keppler

Alumni Unrestricted Gifts to the Annual Fund in Fiscal Year 2011-20122011-2012 Parent Participation in the Parent Fund by class year


30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%

Dollar Amount

Year

1940s 1960s 1980s1970s1950s 1990s 2000s 2010s

100%90%80%70%60%50%40%30%20%10%0%

Dollar Amount

Year

Class of 2012 Class of 2013 Class of 2014 Class of 2015

49% 50%55%

48%

$840,000

$820,000

$800,000

$760,000

$740,000

$720,000

$700,000

$680,000

$660,000

$640,000

Dollar Amount

Year

07-08 09-10 11-12

04-05

10-1108-09

$712,360

$808,633

$770,466

$803,126$817,437

Unrestricted Annual Fund Gifts 5-Year Review


Warren and Laura KerperJean KilbourneSteve and Ceci KingSacha KnopKeith and Susan KwiatkowskiDinah LaneHope Jensen LeichterAllison V. LenkAudrey J. LenkJon LevinAlfred B. Lewis, M.D.Stephen and Janet LipkinStephen Logowitz and

Dorothea BlackLeo and Helen MartinuzziJudith Lindau McConnellDay and Hunter McDowellJordan McGintyJade McGleughlin and Sue HydeChristopher MeehanJoshua Meltzer and

Joanne HoldridgeMarc MitchellMatthew Jones MontgomeryJohn Clark Moore, Jr.Susan Brooks MorrisTill Mueller-IboldClaribel and Philip NewboldGeorge PeperDennis and Jane PiechotaJanet Axelrod and Tim PlenkThomas and Dianne RileySandra Weisberg RopperSheldon Rosenberg and

Mary-Jude DeanBecky Dennison SakellariouMalcolm and B. J. SalterGeorge and Ann Wheeler

SaundersonDea Savitzky

Freema ShapiroPriscilla Tilly ShawDavid J. SmithTrumbull SmithChristopher St. JohnMatthew and Betsey St. OngePhilip S. SternsteinEric and Elaine StilianosJohn and Sia StovallSiri StriarCarla Turner TardifThaddeus ThompsonMarcia TugendhatWendy M. Van Der BogartHoyt Walbridge, Ph.D.Stephen Alastair Wanta and

Jessica R. WolfSpencer Warncke and

Teresa BelmonteJohn and Kimberly WassMary-Lou Cohen WeismanAlissa WilsonJohn D. WrightJohn C. YoungDori F. ZaleznikFred and Carole ZayasCharles Zettek, Jr.

Friends Society

$100 and above

Robert Abbe and Elizabeth BakerAlbert and Susan AdamsJane AibelElanna AllenThomas and Carole AllenBrian and Rosi AmadorWebster AndersonMonica AndrewsAnonymousWilliam G. Ansley, Jr.

Frank J. ArabyMontserrat Brooks ArchbaldDavid Aronson and

Maureen FaganEric and Barbara BaatzJudy BaileyPhoebe BarnesAndrew and Peggy BarresiJose F. BarretoGeoffrey M. BartlettRudolf L. BenfeyTom and Carol BenjaminGrace-Elizabeth Field BergenAlan and Judith BernsteinDaniel BernsteinJoAnne Heit BertrandAnnie BickertonMike BlissJane Ira BloomBenjamin G. BollesMr. and Mrs. Stephen BookbinderDon BornEdmund A. BowlesAlbert V. Bratt, Jr.Cathy Siebold and

William BraunlinArthur M. BrendzePeter A. BridgmanGilbert and Marjorie BrodskyKathleen Brown and

Kevin WhalenChristine BrudevoldJane BurkhardtJeanne Camin and Jim AndersonRoger L. CaroRenelle CavicchiMourad Chaouch and

Alanna NelsonLiang-Yeu Chen and Yun-Wei KuoJulia Swope ChildKatherine Dillon ClarkPatricia A. ClarkRuth Ingersoll CloughEmily CobbElizabeth CohenPeter and Kym CohenRichard ColtenRoger ConradJenna CormanLaurie Cormay CowdenStephen H. CroliusAndrew CrumpRuth Miller CurwenBruce and Pamela Shanley DaubeMegan T. DavisMarilyn Del Donno and

Shawn Carignan

Mr. and Mrs. Garth F. DimonNancy DoddJonathan Dorfman and

Anne BlumbergNicholas DruarAndrew Edmonds, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Franklin G. EdwardsAlexander EgilmanJudith Ellen and Jesse TauriacSusan EnnisJesus and Laura EstradaTom Evans and Anne PriestleyJeff and Mary FarbmanShirley FeldmanKetylia FelixAngel Fernandez-Chavero and

Filomena AyalaCharles D. ForsytheHeather Chapman Turner FrazerRichard G. FreedbergWilliam FreedbergElaine Lavalle FreemanElizabeth FriedlandEvelina and Yevgeniy GalperRhys GardinerEben and Win GayAlexis S. GershwinAlan GersteinMelissa Bowen GibbonsDwight and Helaine GolannDeborah GoldmanLynn Goldsmith and

Betsy GoldmanSarah Porter GoldsteinDaniel GordonDavid "Digger" L. GordonPeter G. GosselinAmy and Martin GravesMartha Gray and Jerry CatheyDeborah and Steven GreenbergMary Grenham and Jane HamiltonHelen GrevenZenith GrossMarvin and Joanne GrossmanJames GuttmannJean P. GuytonHelena S. HalperinEdward J. HamiltonDr. Richard J. HanelinPaul Harrison and Katherine HallSusanne M. HarrisonNancy A. HaskellNancy Gersh HegyiSalt HemStanley HenshawBruce Herrmann and Erin HofferJohn Herzan

1940s $36,5501950s $48,5141960s $87,0691970s $18,4561980s $27,9751990s $10,6502000s $3,6302010s $515TOTAL $233,359

Christopher and Elizabeth HickeyThomas L. HinkleRachel Schorr HirschThomas L. HolzmanRobert K. HowerPriscilla HuntingtonJonathan IngersollShawn and Sharon JohnsonSusan B. Smullin JonesPeter JosephsonAdriana Cortese JuliaoDouglas KahnThomas and Karen KaronLeonore Katz-RhoadsSarah KaufmanJoseph and Devonia KellerDeborah KelseyJohn and Deborah KernochanIan Angus KerrHenry W. KeyesPhillip KingThomas B. KnappEun Lee Koh and Jordan MuellerDavid KohlbergWilliam C. KukerSigbert and Barbara KyddGreg Lambrecht and Lee ManuelCynthia LangRobert and Lindsey LaniganJohn Lapham and Annie HoffmanLindsey C. LawrenceJeffrey Lee and Debra Squires-LeeMatthew H. LeeGloria Welch LegvoldElizabeth F. LeighHenry Lerner and Phyllis ScherrDr. Lois LevinNancy Lindau LewisOrlando and Kelley LeybaJesse and Stacey LibertyCharles Lin and Margaret MoodyLillian LinJacob and Christine LindemanJean Lindquist and

Michael McCallumKuo-Chang Liu and

Mei-Hua ChangThomas Lotas and

Kimberly McDowellChristopher and Julie LovellSally MackTony MackJustin Mackay-Smith and

Meredith M. MackayPaul MalamudJennifer Rosenberg MalnickHelen Wright MardenTracey Marks and Michael GravitzThomas E. MartinSharon W. MastenbrookNyssa Matson-KeatsPatrick McCabe and

Caroline FisherRobert Hunter McDowellMr. and Mrs. Scott McLinnSarah Ladd MeiklejohnAmy MeneelyPhilip and Cynthia MerkleHarry C. MeserveMicrosoft Matching GiftsMichael Miller and Melissa ZieveJennifer Francis MintzerMichael MouRobert H. MoenchClaire MoiseDavid MountcastleEsther Greenleaf MurerStephen Neubert and Wendi QuestJill NevinsLai P. NganWilliam and Linda NovakMartin and Ursula NowakRobert and Megan O'BlockDavid OlemLt. Col Allison E. Palmer, USAFEsther Miskolczy PasztoryJohn and Geraldean PatersonDonna Patterson

Andrew Peccles and Robin Blackburn Streit

Karen L. PickSteve S. PiltchLinda PompaDaniel Potash and Phoebe LowJoseph and Kathleen O'Brien

PowersLouisa PutnamStephen M. RabbCatherine RamseyPiper RankineJoan Everett RealsHeather Heath ReedJackie ReizesJohn and Carol RepsherGordon ReynoldsKatherine and Craig RichardsonJames and Claudia RichterMichael and Karin RivardMichael Robbins and Iku OsekiLouis Rodriques and

Robbie BurnstineJennifer RoseGeoffrey and Lynne RosenbergJohn C. RosenthalCraig Ross and Denise NelkenJordana RossPaula RossenJohn SabelliEmanuel and Cynthia SachsAmy and Rick SandsStephen and Patricia SantosAnthony and Priscilla SapienzaEugene and Joan SavittRebecca SavittDavid S. SchafranDavid SchmittLawrence Schmutz and

Joan OustifineBernie and Trish ScozzafavaJeremy Seeger and

Kimberly ShaknisBlanche Seelmann

David T. SewallJoan ShaganJo Schein ShaneArthur SharenowHanna Sherman and Daniel SheffEd Shirley and Marge SchneiderJody ShumanJack and Nancy SieberJohn A. SimpsonMartin D. SkinnerCharles Slotnick and

Laura WoolpertNancy SmalzelFenwick SmithHoward Smith and Anne LevineMichael and Rebecca SmithSidra SmithStephen and Judith SmithWilliam and Marcia SmithDavid H. SmullinDiane SneiderTodd SostekPeggy G. K. SovekMichael and Judith SpockPeter Steven and Elizabeth SegalDouglas A. StoneMark and Eunice SullivanMarilyn Arnold and

Michael SussmanLeslie M. SwartzAugusta TalbotLloyd TarlinCaroline Parker and Luis TerceroValentine Loring TitusElizabeth A. ToupinJeffrey Y. Treistman and

Polly S. YoungDavid and Beth TrumperGail and Alain VallesWilliam and Donna VanderClockLara E. VapnekRobert VickersLydia VivanteJohn and Jane Vose


Alumni 27%

Trustees 13%

Parent Benefit 13%Other 3%

Parents of Alumni 6%

Current Parents and Grandparents 38%

Capital Giving 7%

Contributions 5%Summer Program 2%Finance and Other Revenue 2%

Tuition and Fees 83%

Endowment Contributions 2%

2011-2012 Revenue Sources 20011- 20012 Annual Fund by Constituency


ALUMNI ANNUAL FUND DONORS

Mr. and Mrs. Tom WalkerSusan Stebbins WardJohn W. Warrington, Jr.Carver L. WashburnRobert WassermanRonald Webber and

Jeanne TrubekYing Chun Wei and

Hsiu-Mien Wei HsuJeffrey Weinberg and

Betsy KirschbaumRobert WeinrebMargaret Flint WeirDuscha Schmid WeisskopfSteven and Enid WetznerMarnie Wells WhiteMargaret Hall Whitfield

Ann (Nancy) Sears WilkeElizabeth and Jesse WilliamsGail WilliamsMaurice WilliamsPerry Forbes WilliamsonAndrew WinterAdam WrightCharles Wright and Susan BrokawGlenn WrightChristopher Yannoni and

Janet PowersWenhuang Ye and Danyi ChenShimboon YoonEmily YozellGeorge and Froma ZeitlinLinda H. Zonana

Alumni Giving by Class Year

1935Julianne Neaverson

1938John Moore

1939Helen Marden

1940Bruce BogertEmily CobbRobert EhrmannPriscilla HuntingtonJohn Nichols

1941Albert BrattHam HamiltonRobert Scheuer

1942Edmund BowlesJudith McConnellMarcia RiesmanDuscha Weisskopf

1944Peter BiggsLindsay EllmsRobert MoenchRudolf BenfeyMarilyn Weinberg

1945Roger HewlettThomas KnappAlfred LewisNancy LewisSusan Lichten

1946Margaret BaillieLaura HellerSerge KarpovichHope LeichterLarry NathansonRoberta SelleckElizabeth StuartFaith WatersRichard Wheeler

1947Donald BornElaine FreemanCaroline LewisSusan PovermanValentine Titus

1948Ruth CurwenJoan EschBenjamin GoldsteinGordon GrovesChristopher HodgmanCynthia HollingsworthPriscilla ShawPeter von Hippel

1949Webster AndersonGrace-ElizabeBtehrgenKatharine BigelowEmilie CoolidgeThomas HallMary ParkerEdith SmithTerence TermanMaurice Williams

1950Robert BirdEdward BorgesRichard ColtenSonya NortonCarver Washburn

1951Horace BriggsKay IntratorElizabeth PackardAlan RubinArthur SharenowMary SwopeKatharine TugendhatMargaret WhitfieldAnn Wilke

1952Julia ChildWilliam McClellanRichard RichardsMitchell RudnickKay SilberfeldPeggy SovekPhilip SternsteinGerard Swope

1953Margery BrennerIra CarmenThomas DavisDavid DeinardAlexis GershwinSylvia HammerEsther MurerRobert Metcalf

1954Bruce BealSandra BehrensJoAnne BertrandMike BlissElizabeth EllistonAlan Gerstein

Mary GoldmanJean GuytonJoan ShaganMargaret SpierJoan WaltherConrad WhiteLinda Zonana

1955Joan CurhanDonna DonaghySusanne HarrisonNancy HaskellJane JampolisThomas ScammellAdam SteinNina SusmanLloyd TarlinFrank von HippelMary-Lou WeismanNathaniel WingLucy YarianJohn Young

1956Maria DawidoffHenry KeyesWilliam Pokross

1957Roger AveryThomas BenjaminRichard FreedbergDonald McKayNancy SeckerEllen Ziskind

1958Judith BogageJane BurkhardtHeather FrazerRoss HallThomas HinkleAllen HopperAlex NewtonGay QuereauMartin SkinnerRonald WebberRuth Westheimer

1959Judith BaileyLisa EsherickHelena HalperinSusan JonesLois LevinChristopher Lutz

Continued Friends Society ($100 and above)

Based on audited draft financials available as of 8/23/12 Pending final approval by audit committee

Till Mueller-IboldDavid PrestonJoshua RosenbloomAndrew JacksonMichael Smith

1977Alice ArmenRachel CoxDavid MassarMichele MillonElizabeth OttJennifer RoseChristopher SeidlerJody ShumanDavid SmithSarah UnderwoodWilliam WexlerMarianne Adams

1978Martin CoxVilnis EzerinsMaya AndreaGrillo MassarWilliam HoganElizabeth LeighAllison LenkNancy Marshall

1979Frank ArabyRobin BriggsDavid HannonLucy IannottiJill NevinsCatherine RamseyEdward RoseNevin ShalitRobert SternsteinGail VallesFrances Witte-HollandCassia WynerKim Zeldin

1980Philip ButlerKatherine CahouetLelia EllistonKate HeatonDavid HofmannTracey MarksPeter Mumford

1981Montserrat ArchbaldLaura BellBenjamin BollesEdith Di Francesco

David DixonJames EidelmanSarah Jane HortonIan Angus KerrChristopher MeehanLinda PompaKaiko Hayes

1982William AnsleyLaurie CowdenMary DiCiccoAbra HorneHilary InceSeth JacobsDavid KluchmanTony MackHarry McCrackenJennifer MintzerCatherine MusinskySiri StriarCarla TardifLydia VivanteMark Culliton

1983Andrew EdmondsCharles ForsytheAnthony Marill

1984Gordon Reynolds

1985Nancy DoddMelissa GibbonsTasha LennhoffDavid OlemTilo Shimada-BrandLara VapnekAndrew Winter

1986Katherine ClarkScott HaasLesley RankineErik RosengrenDavid SchafranSarita Shah

1987David “Digger” GordonMartin GravesDeborah GroheStephen MagroRobert McDowellMatthew MontgomerySuzanne Rivera

David VaronBenjamin Alimansky

1988Sacha KnopJonathan KornfeldJohn McLaughlinFrancesca RiveraDavid Tomasetti

1989Megan MichalakPeter Washburn

1990Charis Cooper

1991Jose BarretoSamuel MbowaTina Woolston

1992Dravida BockEleanor BuckStephen BuckLiam DavisMeredith FountainAmy GravesJennifer MalnickEliana MenzinMargaret WhiteAdam Wright

1993Jeff FarbmanLibby McLinn PrangLai NganJanos StoneShimboon Yoon

1994Vali KahnChristopher LathropAmy McGovern

1995Elanna Allen

1996William FertmanZachary FeuerNicole StoneAlissa Wilson

1997David CreedonAndrew Duback

Amber EsparNicholas Loss-Eaton

1998Hannah Clark SteimanPhillip KingCasey Selzer

1999Mattie EisenbergJoseph HoytWilliam KukerDarcy PoorMary Vyn

2000Jessica CaseAmanda DavisDavid FeraAriel HallKenneth JohnsonElias Norton

2001Jenna CormanMichael DoveMartha FischhoffRobin Gordon-LeavittKelsey HendersonAlexis IammarinoAdriana JuliaoKara Zabatta

2002Jeffrey BrodskyJeremy ButmanAndrew CrumpMax GellerDaniel GordonJennifer OrlinDavid ValdiniKatherine WeismanGwendolyn Williams

2003George Olesky

2004Ann BickertonLucy BickertonKathryn CaseElizabeth CohenRachel FischhoffVera Kelsey-WattsWilliam PoppMax Roseglass


David MugarJonathan SkinnerJohn SteinEric von Hippel

1960Richard FrankelRonney TraynorHarry MeserveRobert WassermanRobert WeinrebCarroll BrownleeRowley EllistonAnne SchinkLoris Bickum

1961Marc HaefeleSusan MorrisEsther PasztoryGeoffrey BartlettRuth CloughPerry WilliamsonSteve BerrienArthur KrimEsther Heitler

1962Steven WebberPolly HowellsJoseph SmullinMary PoorJudith ArmellRichardson TurnerWilliam GruenerNicolas KaufmanNancy FlescherLorraine ReBinth RustadAnn SaundersonMichal GoldmanJohn BernsteinBecky SakellariouSusan WardKaren PickJohn SimpsonRichard HanelinLeonore Katz-RhoadsStanley HenshawNancy HegyiMargaret WeirAnita SimpsonSabra LeeJohn LyonsNancy PolitzerSarah Rosen-WebbGeorge Saunderson

1963Christine ChamberlainSally BrotmanEmily HancockJ. ChaseChristopher St. JohnJonathan IngersollCharles AppletonJohn BowditchJeffrey SmithCarl Brotman

1964L. Peter DeutschEllen VellineWilliam HaibleDinah LaneRobert HowerJustin Mackay-SmithJoseph MagnetPeggy TramposchJon Fletcher

1965Walter AbramsMarilyn KincaidDaniel WolfJohn Bunting Meredith Bunting Paul MalamudClaire MoiseStephanie BealArthur BrendzeDeborah GoldmanSandra CatheySusanna ElliotSarah KindlebergerJames SimmonsRobert SimonsMeredith Mackay-Smith

1966Charles RussellMarc MitchellJohn HerzanEdward HamiltonSarah MeiklejohnLouisa PutnamHeather ReedGlenn WrightDonalee WoodNancy Crawford

1967Anki WolfFenwick SmithAugusta Talbot

David SchmittStephen RabbJames HarrisRalph Rabin

1968Arthur BerndtPolly EllerbeHoyt WalbridgeSandra RopperThomas HolzmanQuita DavisGina KaiserPaul McMahon

1969Allan JayneJonathan GuestCharles ZettekDonna PattersonJohn RosenthalRoger ConradPeter GosselinSarah KaufmanTodd SostekPatrick MoyroudRoy FarberThomas GrahamElizabeth GainesDavid Owen

1970Catherine ClarkNicholas FlandersDouglas KahnSophia ParkerJacqueline ReizesKate RotheryPhoebe WilliamsJean Lindquist

1971Kate AsselinMargot BarnetAnthony CapocciaRobert FriesenMatthew HicklerMarvin LewitonSusan ShapiroDavid SmullinRobert VickersEmily Yozell

1972Benjamin AsherJane Ira BloomPeter BridgmanChristine Brudevold

Earl DarlingtonElizabeth Drabik-FreddStewart HavilandLisa HicklerAubrey LangfordClaire LeMessurierBara LevinThomas MartinMarilee MeyerThomas OuelletteCynthia PayneRobert PoorDaniel PotashDeborah RosenkrantzJohn SabelliDouglas StoneJeffrey TreistmanNina WishengradEduardo Tugendhat

1973Mary BarnettSarah GoldsteinLillian LinChristopher LovellPhoebe LowLinda NathanAllison PalmerJennifer PinckLawrence RogovinJo ShanePeter Talbot

1974Roger CaroStephen CroliusElizabeth CulbertsonAdam GrossMatthew LeeDavid SewallSarah SpeareMarcia TugendhatWendy Van Der Bogart

1975Ellie HarrisonJoanna NelsonStephen WantaJohn Warrington

1976Doris BartonPaula Whitney BestMegan DavisAmanda HillDavid KohlbergSarah MendelsohnJennifer Mieth

Kathleen Brown and Kevin Whalen

Mourad Chaouch and Alanna Nelson

Gary and Doris ChristelisJohn and Cynthia ClemsonPeter and Kym CohenMark Coté and

Joann StemmermannAndreas Dewitz and Lilla RogersDavid Edelman and

Miriam AdamsAaron and Caroline FalkEvelina and Yevgeniy GalperLise GordonDaniel Grossman and

Sarah BansenChristopher and Elizabeth HickeyBrian Holmes and Janet GoguenJames Hullett and Eileen HeaneyTina Johnson and Timothy NevesThomas and Karen KaronWarren and Laura KerperBeom Jin Kim and On Mi ParkWilliam Knopp and

Carolyn LackeySigbert and Barbara KyddGreg Lambrecht and Lee ManuelRobert and Lindsey LaniganJesse and Stacey LibertyQuan Long and Biejia LuArmando Martinez and

Liliana MangiaficoWilliam McHenry and

Paige WilliarHank and Melinda MillerMartha MillerMichael Miller and Melissa ZieveMartin and Ursula NowakAnthony Ogilvie-ThompsonAddison and Stacey ParksRichard and Michele PowersMichael and Karin RivardJohn and Victoria RizziCharlie Rose and Carol DownsPaula RossenRichard and Karen RubenGrant and Barrie SandersMichael and Rebecca SmithPeter Steven and Elizabeth SegalYong Tang and Jianjun DingArthur and Susan VogtRoger WeissKevin Whalen and

Kathleen BrownElizabeth and Jesse Williams

Maurice Wood and Shelly Ziegelman

Charles Wright and Susan BrokawMark and Theresa WrightArthur Young and Janet Rickles

2015Gary Ardell and Laurie GladerDaniel Arons and Sarah ScullyLaura and Chris BackleyAdrian and Laura BishopAthos Bousvaros and

Margaret LotzBarbara BusheyDean and Evelyn CirielliElizabeth Coolidge and

Elisabeth SacktonHoward Cooper and Jane KarolKirk and Laurie DavisDavid DeLong and

Susan GladstoneToby Dewey and Susan MorleyDavid Dove and

Leigh TiedemannJ. Anthony Downs and

Jin-Kyung KimSusan EnnisBruce Fairless and Carol RyanRichard Frankel and Lisa BloomMagomed Gadzhiev and

Dzhamilat UmailovaJack Gantos and Anne LowerJonathan and Katherine GlassStephen and E. Libby HannaJames and Pam Hayes-BohananChristopher Hess and

Jennifer AliberSeth and Devora JacobsFrances KeenePeter and Tara KepplerMatthew Killough and

Kimberly BeckerArthur and Kate KilmurrayKeith and Susan KwiatkowskiPhilip and Lisa LandaJeffrey Lee and Debra Squires-LeeJohn Lees and Ellen CurrenRichard Lewis and

Joanne MorrealeJ. Tevere MacFadyen and

Lisa MayLarry Nirenberg and

Catherine ZiehlEric and Elizabeth OlsonGeorge Perkins and

Polly CarpenterJohn and Michelle Pless-Joseph

Jonathan and Amy PoorvuPeggy RoseGeoffrey and Lynne RosenbergChris Schaffner and Ann SussmanJeremy Seeger and

Kimberly ShaknisNancy SmalzelHoward Smith and Anne LevineGail and Alain VallesSpencer Warncke and

Teresa BelmonteRichard and Patricia WatersJohn Welch and Elizabeth BreenPeter and Robin Wolf

Faculty and Staff Giving

Diana BaruniJane BerkowitzAnnie BickertonBob BlinnSherrill BounnellLeeAnn BrashSandy BrashGustavo BrasilRhona Carlton-FossRenelle CavicchiDenise ChamberlandKaren ChiassonMarci CohenJim CookGeraldo daCostaTroy DavisMarilyn DelDonnoGabriela DiazAwa DiopTom EvansLinda FoleyCarey FosterMartha GrayGary HawleySalt Hem

Jared HillLisa HirschRachel HirschAaron HirschBen IbbetsonJulie JohnstoneMelodie KnowltonEun Lee KohJennifer KuschCarl LaCombeRobert LaverdureWilliam LawrenceAmani MarshallStephanie McMurrayAmy MeneelyJanet MinerConstance MortaraJane MouldingDavid MountcastleJordan MuellerTed MunterRandi PerreIJulie PickardMelissa PriceJen Quest-SternAnne RearickNick ReynoldsSheila ReynoldsAlison SaffordTrish SaundersBill SchirmerSteve ScrimshawSidra SmithDiane SneiderGin StanleyHannah TaytslinMatthew ThayerThaddeus ThompsonAgnes VolignyMichael WeinsteinChenyu Xu

2005Nicholas DruarZachary FallowsJordana RossJacob Sagrans

2006Jordan McGinty

2007Carra CheslinBen DuffySamson EgilmanMary GordanierAdam WolfeAlexander Wong Berman

2008Harlan Lieberman-BergGregory O'Block

2009Ella HolmanSarang Khalsa

2011Alexander EgilmanWilliam FreedbergHeather LipkinLia Ryerson

Rebecca SavittJohn AlexanderOlivia MacLennan

2012Matilda AlexanderAundre BumgardnerEleanore CarsonBrianna CusannoEli DalvenEmily D'AngeloJeffrey DinardoArielle DriskoCharlotte EnnenFredrick GootkindMolly HarrisonAdrian HoffmanMinsu KimYi-Wen LiuNariko Marvit-SuyemotoTempest McCabeBenjamin MeltzerGyoungheui OhSarah RosenbergBen RosenfeldJamie SarafanSarah SchneblyKandice SimmonsLeah StrickmanMei Swartz

Curt Kohlberg and Allegra Manacher

John Lapham and Annie Hoffman

Jianzhong Lin and Xiaoxia YuPeter MarvitPatrick McCabe and

Caroline FisherWilliam McHenry and

Paige WilliarJoshua Meltzer and

Joanne HoldridgeMartin and Ursula NowakRowan O'RileyGeorge PeperRock Pulak and Alice RushforthEric Rosen and Gwen MarcelineSheldon Rosenberg and

Mary-Jude DeanStephen and Patricia SantosLawrence Schmutz and

Joan OustifineKeith Schnebly and

Elizabeth ReadingSteve Scrimshaw and Megan HallCharles Slotnick and

Laura WoolpertMarkus and Laura StammPatricia SuyemotoLeslie M. SwartzPeter Thorne and Katherine GrossJeffrey Weinberg and

Betsy KirschbaumJohn Weltman and Cliff AtkinsDori F. Zaleznik

2013Monica AndrewsAlma Bair and Allan WeissJeffrey and Suzanne BarrowTimothy Blackman and

Amy TravisMelville and Rebecca BlakeRichard and Cathy BoskeySteve CarterKatherine Chapman and

Thomas StembergJian Xing Che and Shuhong ChenNicholas and Erika ChristakisJames and Amy CookDavid Cort and Joanna GelbandJonathan Dorfman and

Anne BlumbergJames and Karen DurhamJay Eberle and Nancy KnoffJesus and Laura EstradaRalf and Andrea Faber

Amy FitzpatrickEdwin J. FitzpatrickDennis FriedlandElizabeth FriedlandRicardo and Beatriz Gomez

SanchezBenjamin and Anne GordJill R. HalperinGregory and Elaine HawkesTodd and Ann HelmusBruce Herrmann and Erin HofferJiangxin Hong and Huixue YangJames and Christianne HumphreyHeather Korostoff MurrayXunze Kuang and Yamei QuB. Keith and Ellen LawTony Loreti and Shelley BertolinoThomas Lotas and

Kimberly McDowellRichard and Rosemary McCreadyJade McGleughlin and Sue HydeJames and Mindy Pasco-AndersonSamuel and Charlotte PerkinsRichard Perse and Margie PerseBeth Radcliffe and Terry GreeneRichard Reilly and Joanne LoomerMaryann Thompson and

Morton RosenthalEmanuel and Cynthia SachsAndrés Saldaña and

Elizabeth MillerRobert and Judith ScherzerJudy Scribner-MooreSteve Scrimshaw and Megan HallKarl Sims and Pattie MaesStephen and Eve SmithStephen and Robin SmithMary Ann StevensonEric and Elaine StilianosJohn and Sia StovallMark and Eunice SullivanRoderick Thomas and

Sandra TeareEric and Jessie von HippelJohn and Kimberly WassJohn Weltman and Cliff AtkinsChristopher Yannoni and

Janet Powers

2014Brian and Rosi AmadorBrian and Julia AustinEric and Barbara BaatzAlma Bair and Allan WeissAndrew and Peggy BarresiTodd Bartel and Talin MegherianEmilia Bohac


ANNUAL FUND DONORS

Current Parent Giving

by Class Year

2012Marianne Jackson Adams and

Andrew JacksonGeeta and Kamesh AiyerBonnie and John AlexanderDavid Aronson and

Maureen FaganWilliam Braunlin and

Cathy SieboldPierre and Elizabeth BumgardnerWilliam and Eunice CarsonSean and Julie DaltonHenry and Christine D'AngeloJack DeMuthPatrick Dinardo and

Susan SchwartzR. Carl Drisko and Allie AltmanWilliam Elk and Sheila Watson

Heather EllisJ. Shea Ennen and

Candace ClampittChris and Barbara GootkindMary Grenham and

Jane HamiltonDavid and Loril GunnSteven Hamburg and

Sarah BarkerTodd and Michele HamiltonPaul Harrison and Katherine HallJames Hawks and

Shelley Drake HawksMichelle HutnikAndrew Hyams and

Tracey HyamsAndrew Jackson and

Marianne AdamsMichael and Sharon JacquesWilliam KaiserSteve and Ceci King

Continued Annual Alumni Fund Donors

PARENT AUCTION AND BENEFIT

Auction Planning Committee

Allie Altman P’12Rosi & Brian Amador P’14Laura Backley P’15Alma Bair P’13, ’14Doris Christelis P’14Lise Gordon P’14, ’16, Co-ChairAnne Lower P’15Meg Lotz P’14

Margie Perse P’13, Co-ChairNancy Smalzel P’15

Benefit Volunteers

Bonnie Alexander P’10, ’12, ’14Evelyn & Dean Cirielli P’15, ’16Laurie Davis P’15Megan Hall P’09, ’12, ’13Chris Hess P’14Paula Rossen P’14

Alice Rushforth P’12Sarah Scully P’15Leslie Swartz P’12Sue Vogt P’15Liz Williams P’14

Benefit Supporters

We would like to thank the following businesses and membersof the CSW community for theirgenerous support of the ImagineBenefit Auction.

Geeta and Kamesh AiyerBrian and Rosi AmadorDaniel Arons and Sarah ScullyDavid Aronson and

Maureen FaganLaura and Chris BackleyAlma Bair and Allan WeissDaniel BernsteinAnnie BickertonAdrian and Laura BishopRichard and Cathy BoskeyAthos Bousvaros and

Margaret LotzKathleen Brown and

Kevin WhalenKaren Buck-Gilbert and

Mr. Scott GilbertWilliam and Eunice CarsonThomas and MaryAnn CaseKatherine Chapman and

Thomas StembergNicholas and Erika ChristakisGary and Doris ChristelisDean and Evelyn CirielliJohn and Cynthia ClemsonElizabeth Coolidge and

Elisabeth SacktonMark Coté and

Joann StemmermannSean and Julie DaltonHenry and Christine D'AngeloKirk and Laurie DavisDavid DeLong and

Susan GladstoneToby Dewey and Susan MorleyGabriela S. DiazPatrick Dinardo and

Susan SchwartzJonathan Dorfman and

Anne BlumbergR. Carl Drisko and Allie AltmanJames and Karen DurhamDavid Edelman and

Miriam AdamsWilliam Elk and Sheila Watson

Susan EnnisTom Evans and Anne PriestleyMeredith Jones FountainWilliam FreedbergJohn Furst and Amy CodyJack Gantos and Anne LowerRhys GardinerDiane Garthwaite and

Matthew LiangMelissa Franklin and

Paolo GirominiChris and Barbara GootkindBenjamin and Anne GordLise GordonMr. James Greer and

Ms. Kathleen GilliganDavid and Loril GunnSteven Hamburg and

Sarah BarkerGregory and Elaine HawkesJames Hawks and

Shelley Drake HawksJames and Pam Hayes-BohananTodd and Ann HelmusSalt HemSnowden HenryChristopher Hess and

Jennifer AliberAaron Hirsch and Kristin BrownBrian Holmes and Janet GoguenAndrew Hyams and

Tracey HyamsTina Johnson and Timothy NevesJulie Johnstone and Sue AustinThomas and Karen KaronPeter and Tara KepplerJohn and Joan KimballHeather Korostoff MurrayPhilip and Lisa LandaJohn Lapham and

Annie HoffmanTony and Colleen LapinskyJeffrey Lee and Debra Squires-LeeJohn Lees and Ellen CurrenBarry and Nancy LevyDr. Matthew H. LiangJesse and Stacey LibertyDaniel Loeb and Deborah PiltchRichard and Rosemary McCreadyAmy MeneelyRobert H. MetcalfMartha MillerMichael Miller and Melissa ZieveJanet M. MinerChristian Nolen and

Susan DennyMr. Elias P. NortonRobert and Megan O'Block

Addison and Stacey ParksJames and Mindy

Pasco-AndersonGeorge Perkins and

Polly CarpenterSamuel and Charlotte PerkinsRichard Perse and Margie PerseJennifer B. PinckDeborah and Arthur PressmanMelissa Price and Matt ThayerBeth Radcliffe and Terry GreenePeggy RoseSheldon Rosenberg and

Mary-Jude DeanPaula RossenRichard and Karen RubenAlison SaffordAndrés Saldaña and

Elizabeth MillerTrish SaundersRobert and Judith ScherzerBernie and Trish ScozzafavaSteve Scrimshaw and Megan HallDr. Christopher W. SeidlerJack and Nancy SieberNancy SmalzelHoward Smith and Anne LevineStephen and Robin Smith

Diane SneiderMarkus and Laura StammPeter Steven and Elizabeth SegalMary Ann StevensonEric and Elaine StilianosLeslie M. SwartzThaddeus ThompsonPeter Thorne and

Katherine GrossArthur and Susan VogtAgnes VolignySusan J. WardRichard and Patricia WatersJohn Welch and Elizabeth BreenElizabeth and Jesse WilliamsAnki WolfMaurice Wood and

Shelly ZiegelmanArthur Young and Janet RicklesArchiterra, Inc.Eastern Bank Charitable

FoundationFLIKFreiner Co.Jennifer A. Borislow Insurance

Agency, Inc.Stoltze DesignWindover Construction, Inc.


Lois Levin ’59Nancy LevyBernice Lewiton*Susan MacDonald and PatrickMcGowanThomas Martin ’72Day and Hunter McDowellRobert Metcalf ’53Thomas MichalakJanet MinerMarjorie Noon ’39*Celeste Nossiter ’70Michael PapponeJanet Parker ’52Marcia Riesman ’42John Rosenthal ’69Nancy Secker ’57Kay Silberfeld ’52Newlin Smith*Gregory Speiser*George St. John, Jr*Priscilla Strauss ’33*Mary Swope ’51John ThompsonClaire Steinert Thorn*Marc TiegerJudith Tieger*Eduardo Tugendhat ’72Robert Vickers ’71Hildegarde Washburn*Steve Webber ’62Mary-Lou Weisman ’55John Weltman & Cliff AtkinsRamona Wheeler ’70Conrad White ’54Doris Winder ’48Natalie WolfRobin Wood*Ellen Ziskind ’57

Provisions in a bequest or otherdeferred gift make up more than$2.35 million in projected futuregifts pledged to the school.Individuals who contributeplanned gifts to CSW are invitedto become members of thePatience Lauriat Society, an hon-orary association of individualswhose planned gifts have alreadybeen received or will somedayaccrue to The Cambridge Schoolof Weston. The society is namedafter Patience Lauriat ’46, wholeft a portion of her estate toCSW to create an unrestrictedendowment fund. Her gift to the school was her way of

acknowledging what the schoolhad taught her and had helpedher accomplish. She was the firstalumna to honor the school inthis way.

Gifted Funds

Fund for the ArtsHans and Herma BiermannScience FundDance Project FundFaculty Salary Improvement

InitiativeMusic Programs FundProgressive Education Lab Summer Arts at CSWPreston K. Munter Fund

for ShakespeareSkype Technology/Global

EngagementYouth Understanding MultimediaComprehensive Capital Campaign

Gifts In Memory

In memory of Holly Hickler by Blanche Seelmann

In memory of Robin Wood by Doris Barton ’76, Irene

DellaCamera, and Lynn Goldsmith

In memory of Roslyn Brogue Henning by Jonathan Skinner ’59

In memory of Valerie O’Leary by four Anonymous donors

Gifts In Honor

In honor of Anki Wolf ’67 by Carland Sally Brotman ’63

In honor of Aundre Bumgardner ’12by his parents Pierre and Elizabeth Bumgardner

In honor of Betsy Goldman ’01 and Dan Feldman ’04 by theirmother Lynn Goldsmith

In honor of Colton Josephson ’05 by her parents Peter and

Rebecca JosephsonIn honor of James Clark ’05 by

Catherine Clark ’70In honor of Jim Kapteyn by

James Harris ’67In honor of Lloyd Tarlin ’55 by

Betsy Tarlin, Judith Tarlin Bogage ’58, and Nancy Tarlin Flescher

In honor of Michael Taxin by Shirley Feldman

G IFTED FUNDS AND PROGRAMS

The Patience Lauriat Society

The Patience Lauriat Society rec-ognizes all constituents who haveprovided for CSW in theirbequests, annuities or otherplanned giving instruments.Realized gifts are directed to theschool’s endowment fund, unlessotherwise specified.Anonymous (6)Walter Abrams ’65 Margaret Muller Baillie ’46Thomas Benjamin ’57Arthur Berndt ’68Joanie BernhardtJohn Bernstein ’62Martha BloutMollie Boring ’43*Carl ’63 and Sally Brotman ’63John ButmanEllen Callmann ’44*Warren CarbergChristine Chamberlain ’63Jeanette Cheek*Mildred Crowell*

Robert Cunningham ’37*Joshua & Lisa DavisSherlie Dayton ’47Polly M. Ellerbe ’68Elizabeth Penn Elliston ’54Diane GarthwaiteMartha Gilson*Nancy Aub Gleason ’52Amy R. Goldstein ’70Martha Gray and Jerry CatheyGordon Groves ’48Holly Ehrich Henderson ’59Roger Hewlett ’45Elizabeth Hitz ’50Christopher Hodgman '’48Amelia Hopper*Polly Howells ’62Priscilla Huntington ’40*Caroline Huntington ’35*Jane Jampolis ’55Caroline Wood Jewett*Mary Jane Kelly ’35*Jean KilbourneDavid Kohlberg ’76Arthur Krim ’61Patience Lauriat*

Imagine Benefit a Huge Success

Last May, an overwhelming number of CSW parents, faculty and staff, and community members came togetherto support “Imagine” the 2012 Parent Benefit andAuction. The gala event raised more than $100,000 forfaculty support. The evening included spectacular studententertainment, stylish cocktails and a lively auction featur-ing the amazing talents and quick wit of Jack Gantos P’15and his assistant Allie Altman P’12. Auction co-chairs, Lise Gordon and Margie Perse, planned a fabulously successful event.


Conrad J. White ’54Rachel Schwartz ’55Beatrice Scribner ’57Ronald J. Webber ’58Helena S. Halperin ’59Lois A. Levin ’59Jonathan B. Skinner ’59Eric von Hippel ’59Anne B. Schink ’60Ronney S. Traynor ’60Arthur J. Krim ’61Nancy T. Flescher ’62William B. Gruener ’62Robert G. Guernsey ’62Nancy L. Politzer ’62David D. Stebbins ’62Sally L. Brotman ’63William W. Haible ’64Elisabeth Leyre ’64Heather H. Reed ’66Philip Y. DeNormandie ’67Melanie Friesen ’67William D. Keyserling ’67Elizabeth M. Sweezy ’67Anki Wolf ’67Sally Kingston ’68Christopher Waring ’68Nancy Williams ’68Robert S. Loss ’69Douglas Kahn ’70Robert J. Friesen ’71Rob B. Moir ’72Nina Wishengrad ’72Christopher W. Lovell ’73Stephen A. Wanta ’75John W. Warrington ’75Andrew Jackson ’76Richard Mirsky ’76Marianne J. Adams ’77Friedrich Glauner ’77Richard J. Hill ’77Jennifer Rose ’77Allison V. Lenk ’78Daniel J. Mack ’78Andrea F. Pluhar ’78Cora Wen ’78Frank J. Araby ’79Lucy Iannotti ’79William R. Rising ’79Christopher M. Freeman ’80Steven K. Hart ’80Robin L. Bailey ’81Edith Di Francesco ’84Sarah Jane Horton ’81Mark H. Culliton ’82Gordon O. Reynolds ’84Tilo T. Shimada-Brand ’85

Sarita Shah ’86Julia H. Bovey ’87Suzanne M. Rivera ’87Hilary J. Schroeder ’87David A. Varon ’87Hannah Adams Cross ’88Joshua S. Weisbuch ’88Meredith G. Weisman ’88Jonathan P. Sherman ’89Jennifer V. Hanks ’90David Quiles Guilló ’91Jessica K. Costa ’92Meredith L. Fountain ’92Daniel M. Shuman ’92Laurel D. Kirtz ’93Jamal E. Davis ’94Benjamin Wolfgarten ’94Ssanyu Nutt-Birigwa ’95Erica Hruby ’96Hannah E. Clark Steiman ’98Suchitra D. Swift ’98Mary Ramsey ’00Jenna J. Corman ’01Elizabeth S. Goldman ’01Annie Bickerton ’04Jacob Sagrans ’05Steven P. Grant ’06Cornelia Thompson ’07Harlan E. Lieberman-Berg ’08Britney Wilson ’08

CSW thanks the members of theschool’s community who havecontributed their time, energyand resources as volunteers.Parent involvement, both currentparents and parents of alumni,strengthens the CSW community.The development office also wishes to acknowledge all thealumni who stay connected andhelp CSW remain a vibrant,dynamic school. The list above is compiled in a sincere effort torecognize all volunteers for the2011-2012 school year. We regretthe instances where constituentinvolvement has not been captured. If your name is notincluded, please contact the development office for corrections.

Honoring a Milestone

Members of the class of 1962 banded together to raisenearly $100,000 for CSW in honor of their 50th milestonereunion. Over $45,000 was designated specifically to support the Progressive Education Lab – a testament toour alumni’s enduring belief in the value of a progressiveeducation. In recognition of their generous and loyal support over many years, a classroom in The Klutchman isbeing dedicated in honor of the class of 1962. Members inattendance at Reunion voted overwhelmingly to choosethe classroom in which teacher Howe Derbyshire taught.


VOLUNTEERS

Parent Volunteers

Miriam AdamsBonnie AlexanderAllie AltmanBrian AmadorRosi AmadorLaura BackleyAlma BairRobin Boots-EbenfieldValerie BrathwaiteSioux BrokawKathleen BrownDoris ChristelisEvelyn CirielliEllen CurrenLaurie DavisMary-Jude DeanShelley Drake HawksR. Carl DriskoKaren DurhamMaureen FaganAmy FitzpatrickMichelle FlowersJack GantosSusan GladstoneLise GordonDavid GunnLoril GunnJill HaiMegan HallPam Hayes-BohananChantal HealeyAnn HelmusTodd HelmusChris HessElizabeth HickeyMelanie HoenigDevora JacobsSeth JacobsLaura KerperWarren KerperKate KilmurrayJin-Kyung “Kay” KimJune KinoshitaPhilip LandaJohn LeesStacey LibertyMeg Lotz BousvarosAnne LowerAnne MackinAllegra ManacherLee ManuelCharlo MaurerMargaret Moody

Timothy NevesLarry NirenbergMindy Pasco-AndersonCharlotte PerkinsSamuel PerkinsMargie PerseRichard PerseDeborah PiltchJanet PowersLizbeth RadcliffeKathryn RapperportVictoria RizziSheldon RosenbergPaula RossenKaren RubenAlice RushforthCarol RyanElisabeth SacktonSteve ScrimshawSarah ScullyLilly SiuNancy SmalzelMichael SmithRobin SmithStephen SmithKim SoderbergDebra Squires-LeeAnn SussmanDavid SylvaLeigh TiedemannSue VogtKimberly WassPatricia WatersLiz WilliamsPaige WilliarShelly Ziegelman

Alumni Volunteers

Lydia S. Paxson ’38Marjorie Moench ’40Jennifer Hamilton ’43Arnold Simmel ’43Larry Nathanson ’46Paul E. Sapir ’46Elizabeth R. Stuart ’46James A. Biggar ’48Ruth M. Curwen ’48Christopher H. Hodgman ’48Priscilla W. Shaw ’48Doris M. Winder ’48Terence C. Terman ’49Carver L. Washburn ’50Katharine Tugendhat ’51Robert H. Metcalf ’53

Progressive Education Lab Giving Hits $100,000 Mark.

Thanks to the generous support of nearly two dozendonors and a $250,000 matching grant from the EdwardE. Ford Foundation, CSW and three partner schools andhave been able to launch the Progressive Education Lab(PEL). In June, we met the $100,000 mark in giving forPEL. The two-year teaching fellowship places aspiringteachers in the classroom, alongside experienced mentors,and provides experience-based, hands-on training not typically found at traditional university-based educationprograms.

Progressive Education Lab Charter Gifts

AnonymousPeggy Lowenstein and

Steven H. BerezSally and Carl BrotmanSheila Watson and William ElkNancy T. FlescherStephen and Anne GalliDiane Garthwaite and Matt LiangJohn F. HerzanPolly H. HowellsDavid C. KluchmanGloria Legvold

Jane and Linton MouldingWilliam R. PokrossMary A. PoorLorraine ReMarcia S. RiesmanSarah Rosen-WebbBecky SakellariouNina M. SusmanPeter H. von HippelSusan J. WardSteven H. WebberMargaret M. Weir


Class of 1962 50th Reunion Giving

Judith ArmellJohn Bernstein Nancy Flescher Michal Goldman William Gruener Richard Hanelin Nancy Hegyi Stanley Henshaw Polly Howells Leonore Katz-Rhoads Nicolas Kaufman Sabra Lee John Lyons Karen Pick Nancy Politzer

Mary Poor Lorraine Re Sarah Rosen-Webb Binth Rustad Becky Sakellariou Ann Saunderson George Saunderson John Simpson Anita Simpson Joseph Smullin Richardson Turner Susan Ward Steven Webber Margaret Weir


1940sHam “Bito” Hamilton ’41reports that at age 89 he issuffering from generalizedcorporeal decay. He hearsfrom Bob Pierce ’42 andArnold Simmel ’43 occasion-ally. His children and grand-children are all doing well.His grandchildren are in thePeace Corps, medical school,and law school.

Julie Tams ’46 writes: “Hiclassmates! Ron and I are stillwell and active, going on aboat trip up the Maine coastnext month. We now have 15

great grandchildren, most liv-ing nearby. So life is good!”

Jillian Hanbury Poole ’48writes: to “classmates andanyone who happens toremember this British warrefugee.” Since graduation,she pursued a passion for thearts, first as an actress, then asthe head fundraiser for theJohn F. Kennedy Center forthe Arts, and as the head of anorganization that sends seniorarts administrators to sharebest practices with colleaguesin post-communist countries.“Why did I do this, especiallythe last 20 years? Because of

what I learned at CSW, partic-ularly from John French. Hestressed that in life, it isimportant to do what youlove, and give what you can tomake a difference. You don’treturn favors, indeed oftenyou can’t, but what was givento you, you give to others.You pass on and share whatyou have learned. That’s whatI got out of CSW. To thosewho now share this extraordi-nary school, do considerdevoting part of your life topassing on and sharing whatyou have shared and learnedhere.”

1950sJudith Goldston ’51 writesthat great nephew, DylanThomas Parker has settled inNew York where he has beensuccessfully employed in twoseparate industries and recent-ly received his Masters fromThe New School.

Bob Frigoletto ’54 wrote totell us about a mini-reunion ofalumni from his class. Led byConnie White ’54, the groupgathered in Boston to sharememories old and new.

Carol Singer Rabinovitz ’55writes: “Mickey and I live inPlymouth, Mass. half the yearand in the winter in Florida.Pretty lucky. I am still totallyactive raising money for

Brandeis, which I love to do,not professionally any more,but as a volunteer. Hope youare all well and happy.”

Heli Spiegel Meltsner ’56’snew book “The Poorhouses ofMassachusetts: A cultural and Architectural Study,” was published in Spring 2012.

Donald McKay ’57 reportsthat his 50th reunion atOberlin in 2011 and the retirement of Barney Frank(D-MA),United StatesCongressman, and goodfriend of 45 years, remindshim that he is not getting anyyounger!

Dan Shearer ‘57 came backto campus in August for thefirst time since graduating!He toured the campus, sawwhat has changed, and sharedmemories of his time here.Dan and Debbie just celebrated50 years of marriage and bothof their children are doingwell.

Mike Koskoff ’59 writes:“Hey everyone, my daughter,Sarah, has followed up on myinterest in theater and movies.She has a movie coming outthis fall called ‘Hello I MustBe Going.’ It was the openingselection at Sundance thisyear! My role --- part of it wasfilmed in my house. You cancan find the trailer online.Hope you all are well.”

1960sAnne Barker Schink ’60writes: “Life is good. I spendtime with my daughters andgrandchildren and I am stillworking part time as a con-sultant in volunteer manage-ment. In June, I was electedto the national board of theLeague of Women Voters. Iam thrilled to be able to serve,

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partly because it’s been theprimary commitment duringmy adult life, but also becauseof a serendipitous connectionto the Cambridge School.Remember ‘comments’ on ourreport cards? Jeanette Cheekonce said of me, ‘If she findssomething that fires her inter-est, she will do very well.’ Tomy surprise when I read herobituary several years ago, Idiscovered that early in heradult life she had been a mem-ber of the national board ofthe League of Women Voters.I hope she would be pleasedthat I am carrying on the tra-dition.”

Known as Nancy while atCSW, Nancy Politzer ’62 hasbeen using the name Zinniafor about 10 years. She writesin her 50th high schoolreunion bio: “After 15 years ina wheelchair, Zinnia hit theground not quite running, butwalking fast through a seriesof adventures.” After CSW,she attended the NewEngland Conservatory,Emerson College, and LesleyUniversity, and has worked asa research assistant at severalBoston medical schools, as aspeech therapist, a headteacher in a classroom for lan-guage impaired children, andwork for management con-sulting companies and non-profit public health organiza-tions. Zinnia champions the

causes of the disabled, whoare still not as widely acceptedand visible in society as otherminorities.

Joseph Magnet ’64 was pro-filed in University Affairs forhis human rights and consti-tution making work in theHorn of Africa. Check out thearticle online!

1970sDavid Pollitt ’70 reports: “InJune of 2009, I set off fromRiviera Beach, Florida on my47-foot racing catamaran‘Shearwater’ with the intentionof circumnavigating the globe.On May 22nd 2012, I completedmy solo voyage around theworld by returning to theexact spot from which I hadembarked almost three yearsbefore – a life long goal, bornin my young years spent onthe waters off Woodshole,Cape Cod. All the ‘anchors’ of land-life had to be let go: a house sold, a successful conducting career ended. Ireturned with an even greaterrealization of my minisculepresence, a fleeting presence,on this miraculously giftedglobe – a human being evermore humbled. Future plans,now being created, call for acombining of my performinglife with my voyaging life in aone-man theatrical presentation,a ‘docushow,’ if you will. For

anyone interested you can seethe voyage just taken in writing and video on my blog:www.mangoandme.net.”

Mark Ettlinger ’71’s son Jackis a contestant on “Canada’sGot Talent.” His performanceis on YouTube.

David Holzman ’71 writes:“My cover story on‘Accounting for Nature’sBenefits: The Dollar Value ofEcosystem Services’ just cameout in Environmental HealthPerspectives, the journal of theNational Institute ofEnvironmental HealthSciences. Among other things,for this article I interviewedone of my professors atBerkeley, who is nowPresident Obama’s science andtechnology advisor.” The arti-cle can be found online.

Nina Wishengrad ’72 livesand writes in Amherst, Mass.She had a great time at theClass of 1972 reunion andwould love to be in touchwith more former classmates.Drop her a line at [email protected].

Greg Stone ’75 writes: “Ihave published a book recent-ly and I have also given aTED talk, which you can findon their website. Still remem-ber my wonderful days atCSW, Niki Crowell and

marine bio.”

Joshua Rosenbloom ’76writes: “In July I finished a sixyear stint as Associate ViceProvost for Research andGraduate Studies at theUniversity of Kansas. Laterthis month (August) I will bemoving to Washington, DC,where I will be taking a posi-tion as a program officer atthe National ScienceFoundation for the next twoyears. In addition to thesecareer changes, this Fall marksa new phase at home as ouryoungest children will beheading off for college.”

Maggie Harris ’79 dropped anote to let us know that shehas three talented children:Jude Malenda, 10, who playspiano by ear; Julian Malenda,8, who plays the viola andperforms; and Roman, 6, whoplays violin. All live in NewYork City in the Peter CooperVillage. She writes:“Cambridge School was agood place.”

1980sJonathan Alkema ’81, whohas been living in SanFrancisco since 1989, is takinga break from software devel-opment to spend time in thestudio as a metalsmith andlapidary. He enjoys makingunique pieces of jewelry for

Eric Terzaghi ’54 and his wife, Betty,played host to Bill Wasserman P’75P’78, former faculty and trustee, andhis wife as they visited New Zealandlast fall. “Eric and Betty were magnifi-cent New Zealand hosts; they have adeer ranch there. We kept in touch dur-ing our three weeks of travel, and Ericwas a wonderful mentor. This fall, Ihave been doing some fund raising forour congressman, John Tierney, andran into a familiar name from CSW. Icalled, and it was indeed Frank vonHippel ’55 of CSW. We had a fine con-versation.”

Helen Wilson ’66’s new exhibition of her paintings opened the Lori BooksteinFine Art gallery in New York earlier this month, and will run through Nov. 10.


Boston from Florida and weare currently living inWaltham, not too far fromCSW, with our cat WhiskeyJack. I was sorry to havemissed our 10 year reunion inJune, but I will hopefullymake the next one!”

John Butman, CSW past parent and trustee, sent in thisupdate on his son, JeremyButman ’02: “You may haveheard about the movie ‘Beastsof the Southern Wild,’ whichopened recently, won BestPicture at Sundance and theBest First Feature at Cannes.My son, Jeremy, worked onthe movie and also, in hiswork as writer-philosopher-social observer, conducted aninterview with the directorBen Zeitlen, which has beenpublished at The Atlantic.”Check out the article online.

Mike Golubitsy ’03 writes,“Recently completed anAudio EngineeringFellowship with the NewWorld Symphony and just gota job at the Colburn School inLA, where I’ll shortly be mov-ing for the second time.Would be happy to connectwith CSWers in the area - I’malways up for a [email protected]”

Arlo Furst ’04 wrote abouthis summer adventure: “Mysister Madeline ’06 and I

traveled to Portugal in June.We spent some time inLisbon, exploring the narrow,cobblestone streets and eatingdelicious dinners of fresh fish,pork and shrimp. We thenmade our way to the coastand visited the city of Portobefore making our way to theSouthern Algarve regionwhere we volunteered at asmall, private farm for twoweeks through the WWOOFprogram and managed to getin a fair amount of beach timeas well. It was fantastic! InLisbon, we wandered uponanother Cambridge School!We did some investigatingand found out its an intensivelanguage school. It even had aGryphon as its logo!”

Jacob Sagrans ’05 wasawarded a competitive two-year scholarship for foreignstudents earlier this year fromthe Fonds Québécois de laRecherche sur la Nature et lesTechnologies for his disserta-tion project “Connecting thenand Now: Performance andReception Histories of SelectedLate-Renaissance and EarlyBaroque Compositions.”Jacob is a Ph.D. student inmusicology at McGillUniversity in Montréal, wherehe studies under the supervi-sion of Dr. Julie E. Cumming.

In the wake of impending cli-mate change, Carra Cheslin ’07spent the summer bravingextreme heat in her new homeof Washington, D.C. Carraworks as the EnvironmentalSpecialist for the D.C.Department of Parks andRecreation and feels privilegedto have the opportunity toprovide environmental educa-tion programming to the city’sdiverse range of communities.

Ben Crowell ’08 was inCannes and wrote to let usknow that his “little movie”was screening at the festivalthere. He sent hugs to everysingle teacher at CSW forhelping him get there: “I hon-estly, would not be here with-out them.”

Sarang Khalsa ’09 writes: “Irecently received a surprisecare package from my brother,Grush Khalsa ’05, and hisgirlfriend. He had included abronze gryphon necklace thatCharlotte Fairless ’11 madeduring her capstone. I’m sohappy to wear it and haven’ttaken it off since. It’s such acool reminder of the far toouncommon high school expe-rience I was fortunate to have– not to mention I get to bragmore often about having thebest mascot ever. I hope CSWis fairing well. I really do miss it!”

Anneke Reich ’09 and MaxKennedy ’07 were cast mem-bers in Brandeis TheaterCompany’s “Ordinary Mind,Ordinary Day,” a new workadapted from the short storiesof Virginia Woolf by AdrianneKrstansky and Abigail Killeen,directed by AdrianneKrstansky and Eve Kagan,with music composed by Maxand Anneke. The show wasperformed in February atBrandeis’ Spingold TheaterCenter.

Congratulations to BreeCusanno ’12 who was awarded the Gloria GillisLynn Memorial Scholarshipto attend New College inFlorida in recognition of hercommitment to MedfieldPublic Library.

specific people and occasions,using ethically sourced materi-als and remaking old familypieces into new wearabletreasures. He thinks quite alot about Cambridge andCSW these days as his oldfamily house has recently beensold, leaving his links to oldtimes in the realms of dreams,inspiration, occasionalevenings with Marc LaRhette’81 and Facebook.

Seth Jacobs ’82 writes: “Mywife Devora and I recentlycelebrated our 20th weddinganniversary in Paris with ourtwo daughters, Miranda andSophie. Also, my third bookjust left the bindery and isavailable on Amazon and elsewhere. The title is ‘TheUniverse Unraveling:American Foreign Policy inCold War Laos.’ Hope all iswell on your end!”

Tasha Lennhoff ’85 writes:“Under my pen name TashaTurner, I am writing a book‘The Satmar Vampire’ thisyear with co-author Beth-AnnMason. It will be based on little known Jewish mythologyof vampires and takes placetowards the end of World WarII ending up in Brooklyn.Not sure when the book willcome out yet, but hopingbefore the end of 2012.”

1990sTara Flippo ’90 writes: “Inthe past five years at theUniversity of NewHampshire, I’ve deepened mywork in social justice educa-tion. This fall, I launched anew consulting business calledSocial Change Training &Consulting. I would love tohear from you if you know anorganization that would bene-fit from experiential social jus-tice training. Also, I am stillthe Youth & Student Directorat UNH’s Browne Center forInnovative Learning. I wouldlove to see some CSW Alumnitake advantage of our amazingfacility!”

Aaron Tieger ’93 writes, “InMay I graduated from LesleyUniversity with a masters incounseling psychology (alongwith Jim Hamilton ’95!) andby the time this goes to presswill have started working forRiverside Community Care inSomerville, facilitating therapygroups for clients with majormental illness and histories ofsubstance abuse and trauma.This will eventually lead to mycertification as a licensed men-tal health counselor. Also, byyear’s end, my 14th book ofpoems, Chaos Flowers, willhave been published by SkysillPress. Skysill previously pub-lished my 10th book, AnxietyChant, and I’m extremelygrateful to be working with

them again. Hello to all thepeople I’m not already friendswith on Facebook!”

Kirsten Erick Geer Wilcox’93 writes: “This fall, I amreturning to my positionteaching footwear design andconstruction at the School Ofthe Art Institute Of Chicago.Oh yeah, and I changed myname, too!”

Will Fertman ’96 writes: “Alot has happened recently. Iwas married in June to scien-tist/rockstar Dr. MindaBerbeco in a small ceremonyin Winchester, Mass. She andI now live in Berkeley, Calif.,where we eat avocados andperform experiments.”

In July, Andy Duback ’97visited campus while doingsome work in the area. Wetoured the campus and visitedsome of Andy’s old haunts,including the darkrooms,where he spent so much of histime as a CSW student. Andyis a professional photographerliving in Maine with his wife,Alison, and their two youngchildren, Evelyn, 3, and Fiona,7 months.

2000sOn August 29, 2012, MorganPeissel ’00 was one of athree-man international teamaboard the 31-foot Monzun

Belzebub II, which completedthe crossing of the infamousMcClure Strait in the CanadianArctic, the first sailboat everto achieve this feat. On this‘Passage Through Ice’ interna-tional sailing expedition,Morgan was accompanied byhis Canadian cousin NicholasPeissel, and their Swedish captain, Edvin Buregren. Thecrew has spent the last threemonths at sea sailing fromNewfoundland, Canada toGreenland, and through theCanadian Arctic to track thedepleting polar ice cap andbring awareness to climatechange. Morgan writes, “Our approach to sail across ahistorical stretch of water thathas traditionally been frozen is meant to be a clear visualexample of the extent ofdeclining polar ice.” After hisreturn to Boston in the fall,Morgan will begin to preparehis next Himalayan expedition,in quest of the elusiveHimalayan “blue bear,” one ofthe rarest subspecies of bear inthe world.

Martha Fischhoff ’01 writes:“This spring, I graduatedfrom the University ofWisconsin at Madison with anmaster’s degree in gender andwomen’s studies. Now I ampreparing for my next adven-ture. I’m moving back east toNew York, where I’ve accept-ed a teaching position in theHistory Department at theFieldston Ethical CultureSchool in the Bronx. I’mexcited about this new chal-lenge and glad to be returningto the classroom!”

Kara Langione Zabatta ’01writes: “I finally have some-thing to write in about! I gotmarried in March to the loveof my life! It seems after allthis time I am finally maybestarting to become an adult.We recently moved back to

Jim Hamilton, Jr. ’95 sent thispicture from the LesleyUniversity graduation, withAaron Tieger ’93 on the leftand Jim on the right. Hewrites: “We both received ourmasters in counseling psy-chology. All is well on mybehalf. I will be looking for aposition as a school counselorin the fall. Miss you all!”


Anna Logowitz ’03 sent this note: “I recently finished year-long sailboat restoration project. My 50-year-old wooden beetle cat (a good friend since before CSW days) is fit forthe high seas with 2,800 new fastenings and 50 percent new woodwork. In other life, I amworking towards my masters of arts in Teaching English at Smith College. I would love tohear from CSW folks!”


Marilyn

It is hard to believe that I knew Marilyn only for a brief time,about eight years or so. For me this relationship encapsulates notonly all that is special about CSW, but also that which is uniqueabout my role as head of school. I met Marilyn with the sole goalof learning more about the early history of The CambridgeSchool, but when Marilyn died earlier this year, I lost a dearfriend and advisor.

I write this tribute for Marilyn, for her husband, Robert, andfor those of you who may still remember this elegant, strong, andintelligent woman. And, perhaps even more importantly for all of us who care deeply for CSW, its history and its future. Thankyou to Christine Chamberlain ’63, alumna and trustee, who interviewed Marilyn in March 2011 and whose wonderful prose I borrow on heavily.

My relationship with Marilyn began over tea and in theWeinberg’s gorgeous home in the Sherry-Netherland Hotel overlooking Central Park, in November 2007. We talked for several hours and she showed me who she was because of thoseearly formative years at Cambridge School, as she always calledour school. Here’s what she told Christine about CSW: “Myfather chose the Cambridge School for me, with my input,because other schools we knew did not provide the type of education that I found thrilling or stimulating. I was always a little avant garde. I went to the Cambridge School for four years,and I loved every day. I ran the work program and the co-opstore. I had a ball.”

Marilyn admired John French, Hans Biermann, Thora Ludy,and her favorite, Hildegard Washburn. She recounts: “The wonderful teachers there encouraged me to find the things Iwanted. Those teachers at the Cambridge School weren’t afraid of anything.”

Stories like these flowed from Marilyn each time I saw her.Each time we met she would ask me about the finances of theschool, what kind of teachers we attracted, and the state of thebuildings and the campus. We talked a lot about what it meant to be a progressive school now, compared to what it was in the 1940s.

Since the age of 40, Marilyn had lived with tremendous painfrom arthritis. In all of my visits to Marilyn, I never saw the pain get her down, even though I knew it was excruciating and

changed her life. Marilyn was a brilliant optimist, who took careof people. Each time she called me “darling,” I felt special andknew what a wonderful friendship we had developed. I will neverforget Marilyn. Her life and learning make her an emblem of our school. Towards the end of the interview with Christine,Marilyn said:

“I think all the teachers essentially taught me the same thing:to be independent and to think for myself. The underlying questions at the Cambridge School were: ‘What do you want todo with your life? What do you want to make out of it? What do you want to learn? Where do you want to go?’ You were notpushed to get married; it was to DO something with your lifethat was important. I think I've had a good life and I attribute a tremendous portion of that to the Cambridge School.”

CSW certainly prepared Marilyn for a very successful life infinance; and perhaps more importantly it prepared her to be agenerous and thoughtful human. Farewell, darling Marilyn. You will not be forgotten here.

IN MEMORIAM

Our condolences to the familyand friends of Ann Carter ’34,who died on December 28,2011.

Our thoughts go out to thefamily and friends of HarrietNaughton ’37, who died onSeptember 23, 2011.

Our condolences to the familyand friends of Edgar “Eddie”Driscoll ’38, who passed awayon November 1, 2011.

We send our condolences tothe family and friends of RudyBenfey ’44, who died onFebruary 20, 2012.

Our condolences to the familyand friends of ElizabethFreeman ’44, who died onJanuary 30, 2012.

We send our condolences tothe family and friends ofBetsy Aub Reid ’44, whodied in February 19, 2012.Betsy, Franny ’49 and Nancy’52 all attended CSW. Theirmother Elizabeth Aub was thearchitect for the school’sTrapelo dormitory.

Our condolences to the familyand friends of MarilynSpinoza Weinberg ’44 whodied on May 20, 2012. (SeeTribute Article.)Our condolences to the familyand friends of AngelicaBodky Lee ’47, who died onAugust 18, 2012. She was themother of Matthew Lee ’74.

Our thoughts go out to thefamily and friends of Carolyn“Lynn” Frost ’48, who diedon August 15, 2012.

We send our condolences tothe family and friends ofCarol Cohen Becker ’52,who died on October 12, 2011.Our condolences to SandraMaley Caruso ’56, whosehusband Dee recently passedaway.

We send our condolences tothe family and friends ofDoug Erskine ’57, who diedon March 21, 2012.

Our condolences to the familyand friends of GeorgeEdwards ’61 who died onOctober 23, 2011.

George Kinuthia Saitoti ’63,Kenyan Internal Security minister who was to stand forthe country’s presidency, waskilled in a helicopter crashoutside Nairobi on June 10,2012. We send our condolencesto his family and friends.

Charles “Chuck” Woodard’64 passed away in July 2010.CSW apologizes for the misprint in the last issue ofThe Gryphon. We extend ourheartfelt condolences to hiswife, Lynn Woodard, daugh-ters Hannah, Rory, Sarah and son Nathaniel. Lynn isreleasing their two girls,Hannah and Rory, into thewider world, Rory to collegeand Hannah to post collegework. Sarah and Nathaniel,his children from a previousmarriage, are well with chil-dren of their own.

Our condolences to WilliamKeyserling ’67, PaulKeyserling ’70 and BethKeyserling-Kramer and tothe family and friends ofJudith “Judy” Keyserling’63, who died in February2012.

Our heartfelt condolences goout to the family and friendsof alumni James Freedman’75, who died on May 19,2012.

Our condolences to DaveHertz ’89 on the loss of hismother, Dorothea Hertz.Dorothea died on May 19,2012 in Florida.

Our condolences to the familyand friends of DedalusWainwright ’89, whosefather William died on August17, 2012.

We send our heartfelt condo-lences to dance departmentchair Martha ArmstrongGray, whose father RobertWhittle Armstrong died onSept. 5 at the age of 95. Ourthoughts are with Martha andher family.


A TR IBUTE

My Days with Marilyn:A Tribute to Marilyn Spinoza Weinberg ’44

1927-2012By Jane Moulding

The Cambridge School of Weston and the Yihai School, aK-12 school in Beijing, officially entered into a sister schoolrelationship this spring, paving the way for future studyabroad and cultural exchange opportunities in China forCSW students and faculty.The partnership underscores CSW’s commitment to

building a globally engaged curriculum that raises studentawareness and appreciation for environmental, economic,social and political issues around the world.“This relationship provides a lot of opportunities for

both our students and faculty to learn and study in China,”said Jane Moulding, head of school.Linda Wang P’13, president of the Yihai Education

Group and parent of Fredy Xin ’13, Yin Xiaofeng, Yihai’smiddle school principal, and Zhao Xiaomei, a school official, came to CSW last June to officially solidify therelationship with an agreement signing ceremony. Theschool officials from China toured the CSW campus, metwith faculty and students, and sat in on visual arts andMandarin language classes.

In the agreement, both schools committed to exploring“ways to deepen the relationship between our institutionsthrough mutually beneficial joint programs, project partnership and faculty/student exchanges in the future.”The agreement could mean that students currently

enrolled in Mandarin classes may have opportunities totravel to the Yihai School in Beijing to study Chinese language and culture. Elementary students at the YihaiSchool may also have opportunities to attend the SummerArts program at CSW.CSW began exploring a partnership with the school

during a trip to China in April. Ms. Wang invited Jane and Tom Evans, dean of faculty, to visit the school. Theytoured the campus, met with faculty and students, andattended a coming-of-age ceremony for the school’s seniorclass at the Great Wall of China.“We have been looking to build a partnership with a

K-12 school in China that values creativity in education and community, much like CSW,” Jane said. “During that school visit, we began to see a lot of possibilities.”

Global Connection:announcements

Ben Alimansky ’87

Diana Baruni, Faculty Representative

Christine Chamberlain ’63

Erika Christakis P’11, ’13, Assistant Secretary

Lysander Christakis ’13, Day Student Representative

Doris Christelis P’14, Parent Representative

Mark Culliton ’82, Assistant Treasurer

Rachael Dorr P’07, Secretary

Chris Gootkind P’12

Shelley Hawks P’12

Kaiko Hayes ’81

John Holleran

Jennifer Jones-Clark P’05

Jean Kilbourne P’05

Tad Lawrence, Faculty Representative

Rick McCready P’13

Bob Metcalf ’53

Jane Moulding, Head of School

Christian Nolen P’10, Chair of the Board

Margie Perse P’13

Deborah Pressman P’10

Sarita Shah ’86

Peter Thorne P’12

Eduardo Tugendhat ’72, P’07

Susan Vogt P’14

Eric von Hippel ’59, P’13

Raekwon Walker ’13, Boarding Student Representative

Susan Ward P’10, Treasurer

Sheila Watson P ’12

John Weltman P’12, ’13, Co-Vice Chair of the Board

Paige Williar P’12, ’14, Parent Representative

Anki Wolf ’67, Co-Vice Chair of the Board

2012-2013 Board of Trustees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Alumni volunteers are needed to help with event hosting, planning, and outreach. If you are interested in reconnect-ing with classmates by writing letters or sending emails to gather current contact information, hosting local or regional events, or helping out invarious other capacities, please contact Hannah Taytslin, director of alumni relations, at [email protected] or 781-642-8647.

CALL FOR HOSTS: The Alumni Office will be hosting Consultative Dinners in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Florida, Manhattan,Brooklyn and in the Boston area beginning January 2013. If you're interested in hosting an event for 8 to 15 people, please contact us [email protected] or 781-642-8647.

Upcoming Events

CSW PRESENTS “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM,” Nov. 1-3, 2012: The theatre department presents its Fall Main Stage Productionof Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the Robin Wood Theatre in the Mugar Center for the Performing Arts. Check the events calendar on www.csw.org for details.

ALUMNI EVENT, December 7, 2012: An alumni event hosted by Johara Tucker, director of social justice and multicultural programming, inHouston, Texas. Details to be announced. Stay tuned!

BOSTON BALLET PRESENTS THE NUTCRACKER, December 14, 2012. Join CSW alumni, faculty, and friends for a magical evening asBoston Ballet presents its world premiere of Mikko Nissinen’s “The Nutcracker” at the historic Boston Opera House. Tickets are available for adiscount at $55 each (a $81 value) and the evening includes a pre-show social hour with light bites and a cash bar. Contact Hannah Taytslin [email protected] for details.

EVENING OF THE ARTS, December 19, 2012: Join us for a celebration of the arts at The Cambridge School of Weston, featuring the End-of-Mod Art Show, the Wearable Arts fashion show, and performances in theatre, dance, and the Rock/Pop Ensemble.

BOSTON CELTICS GAME, January 16, 2013: Join CSW Alumni, Faculty, and Friends as we root for a Celtics win against the New OrleansHornets. Seats are on the promenade level, offering a clear view of the parquet floor and special access to concessions and restrooms. Tickets areavailable at a discount for $35 each ($53 value). Contact Hannah Taytslin at [email protected] or 781-642-8647.

REUNION, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Featuring special tributes to Martha Armstrong Gray, who is retiring after 45 years at CSW, and hon-oring milestone reunion years ending in 3 and 8.

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“Collage at 100,” a three-part exhibition series celebrating the centennialof collage in painting, opened at the Thompson Gallery at TheCambridge School of Weston this fall. The three-part exhibition willrun through June 16, and will highlight work from more than 100 professional artists, including the celebrated contemporary collage practitioner Michael Oatman, in the final exhibition of the series. “It is thrilling for our teaching gallery to take the pulse of

contemporary collage after its inception 100 years ago,” said ToddBartel, visual arts teacher and Thompson Gallery director. “We receivedover 500 applications for this show, and I reviewed over 3,500 works ofart. This exhibition is sure to be one of our most popular and denselyconcentrated shows.”“Strange Glue, Traditional & Avant-Garde Collage,” the first show

in the series, assembles the work of contemporary artists as it traces thetransition from traditional to avant-garde approaches to papier collé.The first show runs through Nov. 20.The second part, “Strange Glue, Collage & Installation,” will showcase

contemporary collage strategies that either border upon or require overtinstallation tactics. It will examine the work of 24 contemporary artistsas it demonstrates the connections between the flatness of collage andthe physicality of installation. The show will launch with an artist’sreception on Dec. 19, running through Feb. 22, 2013.Michael Oatman’s “Another Fine Mess,” the final show in the

exhibition, assembles the work taken from his days as an emerging artist at the Rhode Island School of Design in the 1980’s through to his monumental “maximum collages,” a term he coined to refer to hisinstallations, including work made specifically for “Another Fine Mess.”For more information on the exhibition and scheduled hours,

contact Todd Bartel, gallery director, at 781-398-8316 or [email protected].

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