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THE MAGAZINE OF NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL
RINGING
IN
WINTER 2016
YEARS
PHOTO OF THE DAY
November 11, 2015
Shirley Hu, Class IV, performs a
piece she choreographed with her
Chinese dance teacher. Thirty-four
students danced in the November
dance concert.
PHOTO BY LEAH LARICCIA
contents
WINTER 2016
Ian Lundgren ’93 dives in.
IN EVERY ISSUE
Letter from the Head
3Reflections
What Nobles folks are saying
on campus and online
2
4
The Bulletin
News and notes
15
By the Numbers
From the archives
16Sports
Boys cross country makes history
18
FEATURES
26Cover Story: 150 Years
Nobles has never looked better.
40
Moving Through Deep Water
These grads work for the greater good.
On the cover: This tintype, made by John Hirsch, visual arts department
head, is a direct positive image made on a thin sheet of metal coated with
collodion and a silver nitrate emulsion. The pictured bell is the bell that was
used to begin daily assembly. Tintype photography was invented in 1853.
Off the Shelf
All about the books
we read and write
20Perspectives
A writer and
mathematician reflect
50
Graduate News
Nobles graduate updates:
what, when, where, why and
how Nobles grads are doing
72Archive
Nobles
letter from the head
WINTER 2016
Sesquicentennial Reflections
THE 90TH CLASS TO GRADUATE from Nobles, the
Class of 1956, had a uniquely powerful experience here. Their compelling legacy remains
on the campus in the form of the ’56 Path that
runs from the top of the hill by the Castle and
the Frat (which is now all faculty residences)
down to the athletic facilities. The boys of the
Class of ’56 built that path as a gift to the school
upon their graduation. As part of the Castle
renovation project, the ’56 Path was upgraded
and made safe by current standards; graduates
between 1956 and 2011 well remember almost tumbling down the old path, which was downright
treacherous, especially in winter. I was reminded of the experience of the Class of ’56 as the
school endured a sudden, traumatic loss this fall with the passing of Casey Dunne ’17 in this year
that the 150th class will graduate from the school. Casey—the middle of five children in a close
family—was a gem, a truly wonderful young woman, and her unfathomable departure has rocked
this community and affected many people far beyond this campus. Yet I know, as did the Class of
’56, that the classes of ’16 and ’17 will also find unity and a way to leave positive legacies at Nobles.
Great communities are at their best when things are at their worst.
In the summer of 1955, Betsy Putnam, age 14, one of five children of Headmaster Eliot and
Laura Putnam, passed away from cancer. The Putnams, of course, lived on the Nobles campus,
and Betsy was well known and beloved here. Eliot and Laura Putnam commanded immense
respect in the community, and this impacted everyone deeply. Then, in early October 1955, one
of the Putnams’ sons, Arthur, age 12 and in Nobles Class VI, was playing in the woods on the
Nobles campus and died in a tragic accident. The impact of such losses for one family in such a
short period of time is almost impossible to comprehend. Fate, however, was not done with this
community. The school also experienced an outbreak of polio that fall, leading to a quarantine
of the campus for a few days; two members of the Class of ’56 were severely afflicted. When the
class of 1956 rededicated the ’56 Path a few years ago, they installed a plaque with a beautiful and
powerful yet understated message that I think speaks to the ages and all classes at Nobles over
our past 150 years. The plaque says:
“With 28 wooden steps—one for each classmate—this path was originally built by the Class
of 1956 with their own hands as a gift to the school they loved, in response to the significant challenges and adversity they faced together. It endures as a symbol of their solidarity.”
We do not know yet what the legacy of Casey Dunne will be, but I am confident it will reflect
the joy, kindness and wonder that she represented in the world. I know her classmates will
ensure the power and permanence of her presence here and among themselves, and ultimately
we will be the better for it. Nobles is a remarkable place, notable for the uniquely potent blend of
empathy, fun and achievement that characterize the student experience. We are truly measured,
however, in tragedy, and over the past 150 years, this school has, in fact, thrived because of our
capacity to become a more caring and purposeful community in the face of such challenges.
—ROBERT P. HENDERSON JR. ’76, HEAD OF SCHOOL
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Nobles is published three times
a year for graduates, past and
current parents and grandparents,
students and supporters of Noble
and Greenough School. Nobles is a
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You need to find something that gives
you constant reason to live your life, not just
exist in it. And it has to come from your heart.
—KEITH WILFORD OF THE WILFORD MOVEMENT, A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MENTAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING
PROGRAM FOR ATHLETES, ADDRESSING THE NOBLES CAPTAINS AND COACHES LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
October 17–18 marked the 51st
Head of the Charles. The event
this year was historic for Nobles
crew in many dimensions. For
the first time, we had four crews
competing. The girls’ four moved
from 66th to 18th in a strong
international field of 85. The boys’
four finished second overall and
were the top North American crew,
beating not only every other ISL
school but also every boys’ high
school and club program in the
country. With this performance,
Nobles won the Metropolitan
District Commission Cup for the
best performance in the regatta
by a Massachusetts high school.
—JOSH ACCOMANDO, BOYS VARSITY
CREW HEAD COACH, COMMENTING
ON THE HISTORIC WEEKEND AT THE
HEAD OF THE CHARLES REGATTA
While Nobles students have been part of studentexchange programs and the occasional ‘school
trip’ for decades, over the past 15 years, Nobles
has developed a broad array of partnerships with
schools and nongovernmental organizations
across the country and around the world. Together each year, close to 150 Nobles students and
30-plus faculty immerse themselves in service
and academic/cultural exchange programs.
—BEN SNYDER, DIRECTOR OF EXCEL,
ON “A CULTURE OF PARTNERSHIP,” OCTOBER 2015
NOBLES PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
OCT. 16, VIA INSTAGRAM:
Students relieve some stress by
bowling outside Shattuck. Image
by Tim Barry. #NoblemanOnline
OCT. 22, VIA INSTAGRAM:
Varsity football with a strong
42–0 victory over Rivers at
#FridayNightLights
There are many changes one can make, both big
and small, to enhance happiness, relationships, and
psychological and physical health. But when you consider
the effort-to-outcome ratio, there is nothing that packs a
greater punch than incorporating gratitude into your life.
—JEN HAMILTON, MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR, ON “MOMENTS OF GRATITUDE,”
SEPTEMBER 2015 NOBLES PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
WINTER 2016 Nobles 3
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NEWS FROM OUR CAMPUS & COMMUNITY
Jennifer Bryan helps
create structure for
conversation about
gender identity.
“There are people who don’t line up
with the binary [of being simply
male or female],” [Bryan] explained,
suggesting that critical thinking is
useful when examining intersecting
identities of gender, sexuality, race,
class, religion and other aspects of
what defines a person.”
Considering the Spectrum
Helping to define paradigm shift
ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, Jennifer
Bryan spoke in assembly to the Nobles
community. Bryan is the founder and
principal of Team Finch Consultants, a
group specializing in issues related to
gender and sexual diversity.
“How does language affect who feels
safe in the world?” queried Bryan of the
assembly highlights
audience of more than 600. She shared
some of the questions she gets when she
works with younger children, noting that
her work takes different forms depending on the age of students.
“Can two girls get married?” ask
the youngest children, or, “How do you
become gay?”
When students are more mature,
questions arise as to why society tends
to label boys with several romantic
interests as “players,” while girls become
“sluts.” She acknowledged the important
work that all people engage in related
to individual gender and sexual identity. “We need a broad construct that is
be high, but you are
don’t go your way—
what you do then. The
year veteran of the
not to labor in silence.
getting the part in the
critical moments are
buildings and grounds
up to you.”
department, received
Moments that Matter
day of classes follow-
Know that you’re part
play, the spot on the
Head of School Bob
ing retreats. He said,
of a broader experi-
team, the grade in that
Henderson welcomed
“Your days will be full,
ence with everyone
class—the measure
One to Count On
dalgo Holland award.
students for the first
and expectations will
else. When things
of your character is
Dylan Satter, nine-
This recognition is
the 2015 Cora Hi-
inclusive of everyone,” she said, as she
used a species of coral reef fish—who can
change gender depending on environment—as a metaphor for human biodiversity. “You can’t always tell by looking
at the outside who somebody is. We
have a paradigm shift going on,” she told
students and faculty members. “Think
of identity as being on a spectrum.”
Bryan discussed the limitations
for some of being required to check a
“male” or “female” box on forms, and
she spoke of the importance of vocabulary. “What’s the difference between
being transgender and transgender
queer?” she asked. “There are people
who don’t line up with the binary [of
being simply male or female],” she
explained, suggesting that critical thinking is useful when examining intersecting identities of gender, sexuality, race,
class, religion and other aspects of what
defines a person.
Bryan offers information and support to educators and students who aim
to create safe, inclusive learning communities for children, adolescents
and young adults. Her visit is part
of an ongoing curriculum related
to understanding complex
issues of diversity, according to
Steven Tejada, dean of diversity
initiatives at Nobles.
Bryan began offering special-
ized gender and sexuality consultation
14 years ago. She published From the
Dress-Up Corner to the Senior Prom:
Navigating Gender and Sexuality Diversity in PreK–12 Schools, with Rowman
and Littlefield Education. Her conceptual and pedagogical models related
to gender and sexuality in educational
settings continue to evolve, keeping
pace with the profound and rapid social
changes occurring every day in the culture at large.
—HEATHER SULLIVAN
For more on Bryan’s approach to building
values, curriculum and policy, go to http://
teamfinchconsultants.com.
Gomez Speaks on Veterans Day
Gabriel Gomez is a politician who ran for U.S. Senate in 2013 and is now a private-equity
investor. He is one of the few people in American history to serve as both an aircraft carrier pilot and a Navy SEAL. He is also a parent of four, including three Nobles students.
Gomez spoke at assembly for Veterans Day, which is observed every year on November 11. He explained that the date of observance comes because major hostilities of World
War I ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice
with Germany went into effect.
Gomez also shared the story of a young man, Paul, from Massachusetts, who became
an elite Navy SEAL-T6 and, upon returning from a mission in which he nearly lost his life,
completed an academic paper. Paul explained that he had promised his father to finish his degree, and the day’s engagement did not excuse him.
Gomez recognized Nobles graduates called to serve their country. He noted Max Montgomery ’14, who is in ROTC at Vanderbilt
University, and Ryan Duffey ’17, who recently committed to the
Naval Academy.
Gomez noted that about 1 percent of Americans voluntarily
join the military, choosing to defend the liberty that Americans
enjoy. “How do you thank a veteran?” he queried. “Live your life
to the fullest and with intention,” he suggested. —HS
bestowed annually
tion. Head of School
to help out when it
for the students as
on cello and Kristen
notes of Pachelbel’s
upon a staff member
Bob Henderson said,
counts the most. He
well as its employees.”
’16 on violin, took the
Canon, they cata-
who contributes to the
“Dylan is the person
is a tremendous asset
Lawrence stage, they
pulted the crowd
community through
[Director of Buildings
for the school, and he
Sister Act
threw listeners for a
into a winding pop
excellent work,
and Grounds] Mike
loves and appreciates
When the Adams
loop. After opening
odyssey mashing
character and dedica-
McHugh depends on
this place for all it does
sisters, Frannie ’17
with the soothing
up chart-toppers by
the bulletin
Katie Grogan ’18, Caroline Higgins ’20 and
Meghan Dunne ’21 signed three of 750 ducks.
Remembering Casey
CASEY DUNNE, a member of Nobles’ Class
of 2017, died unexpectedly on October
9, 2015. While at varsity field hockey
practice that afternoon, she experienced
an inexplicable massive brain bleed.
Teammate Charlotte Abrecht ’16 photographed Casey—exuberant, running with
an American flag for her team’s spirit
day—just 30 minutes before she collapsed on the field (see photo above).
Casey was a vibrant, generous and
joyful member of the Nobles community. She was born on July 1 and loved
the Fourth of July. She often wore bows
in her hair—and she really loved ducks,
earning her the nickname “Ducky” in
elementary school. Since her death, she
has been celebrated for her spirit and
represented by what she loved.
Casey’s family members—parents
Matthew and Mary, and siblings Alex ’13,
Mike ’15, Meghan ’21 and Ryan—have
long been part of the Nobles community.
Meghan and cousin Caroline Higgins ’20
are current Nobles students, and they
invited other students, faculty and staff
to help them commemorate Casey.
“It’s small—but it’s big,” said Caroline,
when she and Meghan organized delivery
of 750 small rubber ducks to Nobles. The
girls set up a table in the Castle on October 14, inviting community members to
take a Sharpie and sign a duck for Casey.
“I’m the oldest of five in my family,”
Caroline said. “Our families are close,
and I thought of Casey as an older sister:
She loved ducks, so I loved ducks too. I
still like ducks—but now I want to give
the love of ducks just to Casey.”
“Everyone loved Casey so much,”
said Meghan. She told how students
from Thayer Academy, where her dad is
head of the history department, brought
ducks to the first field hockey game
after Casey died. The Nobles ducks also
adorned the field. Earlier that week,
Milton Academy had a blue-and-white
day in her honor. Other schools and
colleges throughout New England paid
tribute through notes and social media,
and many attended the October 17 game,
which Nobles won against Thayer.
The heartbreak of Casey’s family
and Nobles resonated broadly. After
the Boston Globe reported on her
passing, media outlets as diverse as
The Daily Mail in London, Seventeen
artists from Taylor
tory and Boston Youth
using your body in a
strings, the Adamses
with football games or
Power of Language
Swift to CeeLo. The
Symphony Orchestra.
different way; there’s
hope to encourage
musicals. “Everyone
Students for Gender
classically trained duo
“Playing music in any
lots going on besides
others to branch
wants to be part of
Awareness (SGA)
has played for years
form helps your mind
pulling a bow,” says
out—to come check
a community that
presented a thought-
with both the New
and your soul, and
Kristen. By introduc-
out orchestra and
supports one another,”
provoking video in
England Conserva-
builds character. It’s
ing the playful side to
dance concerts, along
Kristen adds.
which men and boys
EMPTY BOWLS
magazine and local television stations ran pieces celebrating her spirit
as captured in the photo by Abrecht.
Casey’s close friends at Nobles invited
the school community to wear ribbons
and bows to remember Casey. Members
of the field hockey team dressed as ducks
for Halloween. “It’s so nice that so many
people have commemorated her in such
happy ways. It made us happy to see that
Casey was so loved,” said Meghan.
Casey’s parents invited memorial
donations to Achieve, a Nobles-based
academic and enrichment program for
low-income middle school children, for
which Casey served as a tutor. In her
honor and memory, Achieve’s tutoring
program has since been named the Casey
Dunne Tutoring Program. —HS
Firing ceramics in a wood kiln is entirely different from doing so in an electric
one. Countless variables influence a
finished piece: Rather than static heat,
the draft, chimney and settling of the
wood ash around it make it unique. Its
placement in the kiln and its relationship to other pieces around it—even
the type of wood and the chemistry
of the fuel and its origin—all make a
difference. Considerations like these
are part of the complex process John
Dorsey teaches his afternoon ceramics
students in Nobles’ wood-firing program, which culminates in pieces they
donate to grassroots hunger initiative
Empty Bowls. “It’s about chemistry,
physics and problem solving, but it’s
also service. Everything about it makes
sense,” he says.
In 2011, Dorsey’s colleague Nora
Creahan led the first Empty Bowls
initiative at Nobles. For 25 years, the
international effort has brought people
together to feed the hungry
through making art. This
fall, Dorsey’s afternoon
students Adrianna Brown
’16, Omar Riaz ’17, Michael
Reiser ’19, Liam Smith ’19
and Alara Ozguc ’20 crafted
more than 70 bowls in the
studio, fired them in the
Makoto Yabe Memorial
GreenFire kiln, and donated
them. They also mentored
exchange students from
Nobles’ sister school Beijing No. 57
High School and low-income students
from Needham, as they made their own
bowls to contribute.
Dorsey embraces all aspects of the
project but especially appreciates the
interdependence students learn. The
labor-intensive process of firing the
wood kiln, working with Buildings and
Grounds to sustainably acquire good
wood, planning the event with the
Community Service Board, FLIK and
the Parents Association, all teach students the importance of collaboration.
On Nov. 6, the Nobles community gathered to eat from and buy the
handcrafted bowls, filled with soup
prepared by FLIK. Donations serve
as a reminder of all the empty bowls
in the world, and proceeds benefit the
Dedham Food Pantry and 3 Squares,
two organizations with which Nobles
has long partnered.
—KIM NEAL
gave spontaneous
spontaneous impres-
questions and
Where’s Earl?
Mountain Institute.
Mangy as Earl was,
word associations for
sions of what it means
generate discussion
David Henderson ’16
While on the trip, his
the affection he earned
what it means to them
to “be a woman.” Led
around gender
had the crowd rolling
group developed an
taught Henderson the
to “be a man.” Girls and
by Helena Jensen ’17
stereotypes and
as he gave his NED
inexplicable attach-
benefits of putting
women responded in a
and Mikki Janower
expectations to pro-
Talk about backpack-
ment to a deer skull
others first, even if you
parallel video, giving
’16, SGA hopes to raise
mote positive change.
ing with the High
they dubbed “Earl.”
don’t see the beauty in
the bulletin
Posters for Paris
Luce’s Evolution
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE ALLISON LUCE’S
Foster Gallery exhibition “AEVUM
SPATIVMQVE ANTIQVVM” entices
with its natural lines and organic colors.
“The project is constantly percolating,”
Luce says, aligning the evolutions in her
mind with the changing states of nature
that her art imitates.
Denmark inspired her most recent
work, which has since become a five-year
accumulation of 1,000 ceramic objects
that reference ocean life and natural
textures. She calls the ceramics portion of
her installation “a reaction to the natural
environment along the southwestern
coast of New Zealand,” where she
once served as artist-in-residence.
Luce (pictured here with Foster
Gallery Director John Dorsey) arrived
on Nobles’ campus in September
hoping to resolve her incorporation of
video and wall drawing alongside her
usual emphasis on ceramics. “In the
future,” she nods across the gallery to
her wall drawing, “I have a feeling I’ll
look back on my time at Nobles as a
transformative moment in my work.”
In turn, Luce’s presence proved
essential to Nobles’ fall curriculum.
Foster Gallery Director John Dorsey
applied Luce’s expertise, saying,
“Allison’s work and the students’
recent explorations examine the
marriage between surface and form.”
Demonstrating her own experience
navigating that relationship, Luce
spoke to drawing, ceramics and
AP classes and brought students
into her studio for tours.
—ALEXIS SULLIVAN
The morning after the November 13
terrorist attacks in Paris, French teacher
Mark Sheeran had an idea while on his
usual run. He invited students to make
posters for the students of friend Cathy
Guillemain in the 13th Arrondissement,
and they embraced the opportunity
to show their support. (Nobles has a
longstanding friendship with Guillemain’s
mother, Geneviève Broussous, through its
cultural immersion program in Montpelier, France.) All sent their posters
and messages of love and hope to the
students of the Lycée Gabriel Fauré.
Guillemain’s school is near the scene
of the attacks; she and her husband were
out to dinner with friends when they were
forced to hole up for six hours. Some of
the messages Nobles students wrote to
her high school students included:
■■ “You are in my heart, my brothers.
My heart hurts, and my eyes are filled
with tears.”
■■ “Even the sun comes up after the
darkness of night.”
■■ “Stay strong, we are with you.”
Sheeran explained the importance of our
relationship with France, and provided
examples, like France bankrolling the
War of Independence and providing the
framework for our constitution. “We
wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for France.
They are our strongest allies; it’s not
the British because we speak English.”
Before starting the posters, he asked,
“Imagine flipping the situation, what
would you want from them?” —KN
what they value. The
by the Peer Help
makes them unique by
do congratulated No-
all and were the top
gram in the country.
story was one of the
Program (PHP). The
speaking at assembly.
bles crew on a historic
North American crew,
With this performance,
NED Talks (modeled
series is meant to
showing at the 51st
beating not only every
Nobles won the Met-
on the popular TED
encourage everyone in
Boys and Girls
Head of the Charles
other ISL school, but
ropolitan District Com-
Talk series; see story
the Nobles community
in the Boat
Regatta. The boys’ four
also every boys’ high
mission Cup for the
on page 9) facilitated
to share a bit of what
Coach Josh Accoman-
finished second over-
school and club pro-
best performance by
Rhys Drout ’18
Frannie Adams ’17
NED TALKS: IDEAS WORTH SPREADING
From the science of happiness to why
we do what we do, there’s a TED talk.
TED (Technology, Entertainment,
Design) was founded in 1984 by the
private nonprofit Sapling Foundation to
promote “ideas worth spreading.” Early
talks focused on technology and design,
but the array of subjects has become as
broad as the thousands of storytellers
fueling this collective vehicle for ideas
and discussion.
In fall 2014, School Life Council
co-president and TED superfan Joelle
Sherman ’15 and classmate Ryan Kelly
introduced Nobles’ own version of the
series at assembly. Since Sherman and
Kelly graduated, Rachel Janfaza ’16, a
member of Nobles’ Peer Help Program
(PHP), has helped sustain their vision: to
encourage individuals at Nobles to share
their stories and ideas with the school
community at assembly.
Once someone proposes a topic,
explains Janfaza, PHP members “help
them think through it, prepare, provide
a story arc, guide their speed and clarity,
and ensure they are comfortable speaking at assembly to 700-plus people.”
During the past year, NED Talks have
ranged from the hilarious and absurd—
like 2015 grad Nick Jaczko’s senior retreat
tale about being ambushed by aggressive elk—to overcoming adversity. Neha
Bhambhani ’15 described growing up
helping to care for her grandparents and
learning to value time with her elders.
Janfaza says, “I hope that when I
come back to Nobles in 10 years, people
are still giving NED Talks. They allow the
community to connect in a powerful way
that is different from the typical assembly. Everyone has a story.”
Assembly has always been a showcase
for a variety of talents, but not everyone can channel Sam Smith or Alicia
Keys. Each NED talk is a reminder that
behind every face at Nobles is a lifetime
of experiences that is worth sharing.
Independently, each story is provocative.
Collectively, they are an honest reflection of the Nobles community. —KN
a Massachusetts high
one of the top-two
sculling HOCR 2015
Key Emotions
ond Piano Concerto. He
a dream of mine
school. The girls went
ISL schools this year.
Boys Varsity Crew
Pianist Victor Li ’17
said, “It’s a staple of
to play this piece
from being nearly two
Nobles entries in the
events, and both crews
gave a dazzling
solo piano repertoire
because it encom-
minutes down on the
double sculls repre-
delivered highly cred-
performance of the
and one of the most
passes so many of the
top-two ISL schools
sented our first-ever
itable performances.
third movement of
famous concertos. It’s
emotions that music
last year to being
participation in elite
Rachmaninoff’s Sec-
always been
has to offer—it has the
the bulletin
25th Anniversary
of Upward Bound
25 Years of Helping Kids Discover the Best Version of Themselves
Bound (UB) since I was 18. It was always
about providing kids with the opportunity to grow and fulfill dreams—at its
core, that’s what UB does.” In 2013, Edgar
DeLeon ’04 achieved his own dream.
His mentor, Dean of Students Marcela
Maldonado, had led the program since
2000. When DeLeon took over, Maldonado called him a “natural fit” and
described him as “the son I never had.”
Twenty-five years later, UB continues to help 50 low-income students
from DeLeon’s hometown of Lawrence
become the first in their families to
attend college, through summer classes,
enrichment, support and college preparation throughout the academic year. Like
the Achieve program for middle-school
students, “Upward Bound has come to
embody Nobles’ mission of leadership
for the public good,” says Director of
the Anderson/Cabot Center for EXCEL
Ben Snyder. The program is entirely
staffed by Nobles faculty and graduates.
Snyder reflects on the program’s
history at Nobles, recalling, “In 1989,
Dick [Baker] and I established a goal to
reach out to the city of Boston to create partnerships.” Snyder joined with
UMass Boston, which was seeking to
expand its math and science initiatives,
and the Nobles–Upward Bound program was born. Snyder was inspired in
part by his own father, Ben Snyder, Sr.,
who in 1965 founded a UB-precursor
in Detroit called Horizons.
“Nobles runs the UB
program, and UMass gets
the grants. The Lawrence school district is in
receivership and failing;
it’s a really important
target community with
a high need for programs
like this. Nobles is one of
only three high schools in the
country, along with Cranbrook and
Northfield Mount Hermon, with a UB
program,” says Snyder. “The stories of
how this program has altered life trajectories are just incredible.” DeLeon’s
is just one such remarkable story.
Today, nearly 400 graduates of the
program make up what DeLeon calls
the “Upward Bound family.” They help
ensure one another’s success. “That core
has always been there. It’s a language that
has existed throughout the program’s 25
years; graduates well before my time still
talk about it.” He attributes UB’s success
to Nobles’ commitment to both material and human resources. “We could not
exist and run efficiently and have the best
drama, the romance
Fantasia
Disney character ever
around the Lawrence
carpet (motorized)
dancers earned a
and the excitement.”
This Halloween, the
imagined. A motley
stage evoking delight
made the tableau.
standing ovation
Li has been playing
spirited class of 2016
crew featuring pirates
and nostalgia in
piano for 11 years;
gathered onstage
of the Caribbean, prin-
hundreds of disguised
Stepping Up
performance of their
he started when he
dressed in the garb
cesses, villains and
onlookers. Even Alad-
Kliptown Youth Pro-
traditional South
was 5.
of virtually every
clownfish pirouetted
din and his flying
gram (KYP) gumboots
African step dance.
“I’VE WANTED TO BE A DIRECTOR for Upward
program in the state any other
way. There’s nothing our kids
need that they don’t get, from teachers,
buildings and grounds, the day camp and
Achieve. That’s a credit to our school.”
DeLeon’s holistic perspective as a
graduate of both UB and Nobles guides
him as the program’s director. “In ninth
grade, I had a friend who said, ‘Things
in Lawrence are pretty crazy. Let’s just
take a summer off.’ When UB recruited at
Lawrence High, part of the initial reason
I came was just to get out. But my first
day, I wanted to leave—I already missed
what I had come from.” Although he
initially regretted giving up his summer
and his family’s annual pilgrimage to the
Dominican Republic to visit relatives, by
after a stunning
“I work at a school that
costs about $45,000 per
year for a child to attend,
and I ran a governmentfunded summer program
for kids who primarily
come from incomes of
no more than $28,000
per year for a family of
four. And what have I
learned? That teenagers
are exactly the same
despite their socioeconomic circumstances:
same fears, same joys,
same loves. I find that
comforting to know.”
Nobles grads and UB counselors Stephanie Aliquo ’12, Helen Kirk ’13, Iesha Caisey ’10,
Jackie Schierembergg ’15, Justin Jimenez ’14, Brian Huynh ’14, Sophia Lesperance ’14,
Abbey Anderson ’13, Vinnie Baker ’09; Inset: Edgar DeLeon ’04
the second day he began to grasp what
the program was about. After meeting
counselors who were Nobles and UB
graduates, he says he fell in love with UB
and the idea of going to college.
“I had always felt the pressure from
family to be the first to go, but I never
understood what that would entail. After
coming to UB, I realized I could no longer coast. Teachers like [Alden] Mauck,
Tilesy Harrington, [Doug] Jankey and
[Nick] Marinaro pushed me academically for the first time. There was another
level for me to reach.”
As a result of the adults who believed
in his potential, DeLeon says, “I became
the most loyal Upward Bound soldier
you could possibly find, because I know
—MARCELA MALDONADO
what it did for me. At a time in a lot of
high schoolers’ development when they
could be easily influenced one way or
another, I saw a lot of my friends influenced negatively. A couple of my friends
went to jail; another passed away from
an overdose. I knew where I was was
important. Once I started progressing
through the program, I saw the value
in it. My need transcended academics.
Honestly, if it hadn’t been for Upward
Bound, I don’t know where my life
would’ve been, but I wouldn’t be here.”
Over the next 25 years, DeLeon wants
the Nobles community to have a clear
understanding of the program and the
school’s impact. “We’re not just a program that exists in the summer. There
are kids in Lawrence who view this as
home and as an important part of who
they are.” He also wants to raise expectations of UB students and encourage them
to work independently and to explore.
“Ninety-five percent of UB kids go to college; we’re doing them a disservice if we
don’t prepare them. I tell them, ‘What we
want from you is just the best version of
you. It’s not going to happen in one summer, but it gets there eventually.’ Something positive must be going on, because
technically, the grades at UB don’t count.
So why do kids continue to come? They
believe in the support we have for them.
Within that structure, you see growth in
their values, their confidence and what
they deem important.” —KN
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people to rise out of
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communicate while
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Orcs of New York
“You’ve seen Humans of New York,” wrote R.L. Stine,
author of the Goosebumps series. “How about Orcs
of New York?” Humans of New York is a blog with
portraits and interviews collected on the streets of
New York City. The Huffington Post called its parody,
Orcs, “genius.” Harry Aspinwall ’06, mastermind of
the fresh Facebook version (example at right), calls
it a labor of love. Nobles magazine chatted with
Aspinwall about his inspiration and intention
in illuminating the everyday lives of orcs,
who are more commonly encountered in the
pages of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
You’re showing the world a seldom-seen
side of orcs. But what’s your day job?
HARRY ASPINWALL: I’m an actor and a filmmaker
in New York, so I kind of will do anything creative
that I can get my hands on. I make most of my living through
either acting or film, visual effects, or motion graphics work.
I just had a national commercial that went out during the
Democratic primary debates. It was for an accounting company called BDO. I was the CEO of this tech company, which
is funny because it’s so far removed from my actual life and
experience. With some friends, I have been making a Web
series called “Dungeon Bros” [which is on YouTube].
Okay. Why orcs? Why now?
HA: I’ve been taking improv classes at the Upright Citizens
Brigade in New York, which is where Amy Poehler and a
bunch of other people spent time. And so I was just in
the mindset of combining different things together, and
it was in the midst of this improv-fueled brainstorming
that I came up with the idea. It immediately made sense
to me. It’s taking Humans of New York, which is incredibly popular and has done so much amazing stuff—and
on the other side, just orcs. Not anybody had combined
those before. If someone had to do it, why not me?
With all of Tolkien’s races, why tap orcs?
HA: Orcs have been represented, especially in all of Tolkien’s
writing, as kind of horrible creatures. Humans of New York has
fostered a deep sense of understanding and empathy. There’s so
much misunderstanding, so much negative media portrayal of
orcs. I thought it was high time people got to know their neighborhood orcs and have a little bit more empathy.
“Cold Havana Tomb. She
repatriates her uncle’s
remains back to Cuba and
kind of comes to understand
her family. I bought it to
read on the train to Mordor,
to go visit my own family
last weekend. It made me
think about a lot of things.
I’m 32. I’ve never considered
where I want to be buried.”
Are you a Tolkien fan?
HA: I really loved the world that he depicted. Now that I’m a
little bit older, I think I’ve started being slightly more critical
of some of his writing. It’s a lot of white men running around,
being noble. I think I have a little bit of motivation in subverting that.
Your depictions of orcs are intimate. How do you capture and
give birth to those images?
HA: There is a lot of genetic diversity among orcs. The theory
in Tolkien is that one of the main bad guys took a bunch of
elves and twisted and corrupted them and made the orcish
species out of them. In my understanding of orcs, it seems
like a fairly backward view. If one were to put together
an orc through Photoshop, however, one wouldn’t need
to line up the eyes quite so much because there’s a lot of
genetic diversity, and they’re all very different shapes.
What’s your favorite in the series so far?
HA: I do like the ones that are sort of particularly aware
of the way that society relates to people who are outside
the norm, who don’t maybe have the kind of standard
of beauty or don’t have a culture that is particularly celebrated in mainstream society. Those are the stories that
resonate with me. But I like all the ones that are just about
individuals. They’ve got to take care of the kids and work
on relationships and figure out their identity and sexuality and things. I have a gay orc. That’s one of my favorites.
Nobles Celebrates its 150th birthday
We are honored to serve as co-chairs of the sesquicentennial, and we look forward to
celebrating this special milestone in the history of the school with the Nobles community.
Following are highlights of the festivities.
—CO -CHAIRS BILL KEHLENBECK (MATH FACULTY) AND
BROOKE ASNIS ’90 (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ADMISSION)
NOV.
2015
DEC.
2015
JUNE
2016
director of communications, will release In Their Voices,
which will highlight the past 50 years and will be published alongside a rerelease of Richard T. Flood’s ’23 The
Story of Noble and Greenough School, 1866-1966.
Music Program Director Michael Turner collaborated
with Sam Forman ’95 on a new school song, “Noble and
Strong.” Nobles seniors debuted the piece at assembly
on November 30, 2015.
Archivist Isa Schaff compiled a timeline of Nobles history,
which is in the front lobby of the school-house near the
sesquicentennial banner, which hangs at the entrance.
Former Headmaster Eliot Putnam’s grandson, Jesse
Putnam, wrote two stage plays about the Putnams’
children, Betsy and Arthur, who both passed away at a
young age in the course of a particularly tragic year in
the history of Nobles. Putnam and Todd Morton, of the
performing arts faculty, directed the plays, which were
presented on campus on December 19, 2015.
SEPT.
2016
NOV.
2016
On June 3, 2016, the class of 2016 will graduate as the
150th class of Noble and Greenough School. In May,
Reunion Weekend will feature a full slate of sesquicentennial events for graduates.
Also in June Joyce Eldridge, senior writer and former
At a special celebration in September 2016, Nobles
will mark the anniversary of the opening of the school
on Founder’s Day.
Also in September 2016, Foster Gallery will feature
a show on Nobles during the Boston years. Archivist
Isa Schaff and Director of Foster Gallery John Dorsey
are co-curating the show.
In November 2016, Nobles-Milton Day will be on the
Nobles campus. Athletic teams will be outfitted in
“throwback” striped jerseys. (All varsity team jerseys
for spring 2016, fall 2016 and winter 2016–7 will feature
a sesquicentennial patch.)
Also in November 2016, we will conclude the
sesquicentennial with a memorable evening celebration
on campus.
A BOLD AND BRIGHT NOBLES NIGHT 2015
ON NOVEMBER 12, 2015, more than 400 graduates, parents and friends of
Nobles gathered in Morrison Athletic Center to celebrate Nobles Night.
Head of School Robert P. Henderson Jr. ’76 thanked guests for coming
and shared that the Be Nobles Bold campaign had surpassed $94 million.
He also announced a two-year extension of the campaign to accommodate the construction of a new library and a dramatic renovation of
Baker Science Center.
Henderson thanked volunteers, including Andrea Pape Truitt ’75,
who received the Richard T. Flood Award in honor of Richard T.
Flood ’23, founder of the Annual Nobles Fund in 1930.
As of Nobles Night, the Annual Nobles Fund and First Class Fund
for Faculty stood at more than $4 million.
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OCD Love Story
In World Premiere, Teen Mental Health Struggles Move Center Stage
In July 2013, Corey Ann Haydu ’01 debuted her first young adult
novel, OCD Love Story, which was chosen as a Junior Library
Guild selection and earned a nomination for best fiction for
young adults by the Young Adult Library Services Association. In
October 2015, the stage adaptation of Haydu’s story premiered
in Vinik Theatre at Nobles. The show addresses anxiety disorders
through Bea, a student from Greenough Girls Academy.
Haydu, who began acting at age 8 and studied theatre at Tisch
School for the Arts at New York University, says that this project
has really brought together her two passions in a way she didn’t
expect. “It’s been awesome. I’ve been able to come full circle.”
In print and now on stage, Haydu helps the audience begin
to understand OCD and how it interferes with daily life.
When Bea meets a boy, Beck, from Smith-Latin Boys
Academy, who also struggles with OCD, she struggles
to develop a normal relationship. Beck’s obsession with
cleanliness and working out frequently interrupts
their dates, while Bea’s anxiety is triggered by sharp
objects and by driving.
Haydu says that her subject material is often
personal—she suffered from anxiety, she
says—but that she takes a personal issue and
magnifies it for her stories. She hopes, she
says, that treating teens’ challenges openly
might help lessen the stigma and break the
shame cycle that is so common with mental
illness. “You have this struggle, and then you
experience shame [because of the struggle].
To interrupt that cycle is a huge thing.”
Director Dan Halperin says that working
closely with graduates who were involved in
theatre as Nobles students has been an inspiring part of the OCD process. E.B. Bartels ’06
and Michael Polebaum ’08, who both work at
Nobles, have joined the crew as props
manager and house manager,
respectively.
Halperin explained that
Haydu shared edits of
the script with him over
a period of 18 months,
resulting in seven
or eight versions.
He explains that the actors have also helped shape the script.
“OCD hadn’t been actor-tested or design-tested,” he said, noting
that premieres come with challenges and opportunities.
The novel version of OCD Love Story earned strong reviews
from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus. Halperin hopes that the stage
adaptation will likewise get traction. “I really want this work to
have a future.”
Haydu agrees. “So many plays that are done in high schools
have students playing 50-year-olds. In this play, the characters
are relatable to the actors and to other students.”
Haydu, Halperin, the OCD cast and a Nobles
counselor hosted a panel discussion
following the Friday and Saturday
evening performances.
ART CREDIT
by the numbers
10
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Presidents—all graduates—leading
the board of trustees since Richard
M. Saltonstall’s days
621
Graduates and students who saw
active service in a World War
$102,000
Amount the Noble and Greenough Corporation
paid for Nickerson Castle and its grounds in 1921
MORE
THAN
150
Championships
won since
Mr. Greenough
began Nobles’
athletic program
in 1897
80
7
Number of address
changes the school has had
since its inception in one room
at 2 ½ Pemberton Square
60
2 ½ Pemberton Square (1866)
40 Winter Street (1867)
174 Tremont Street (1884)
44 West Cedar Street (1889)
97 Beacon Street (1892)
100 Beacon Street (1901)
507 Bridge Street (1922)
10 Campus Drive (1995)
Number of Nobles
graduates who went on
to Harvard within the
school’s first 10 years
16
Hours of community service
required of each Nobles student
before graduation
Number of consecutive years to date
that the girls hockey team has won the
ISL championship
13
Number of awards The Nobleman won from the
New England Scholastic Press Association in 1992
sports
On the Playing Fields
BOYS VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY
Overall Record: 12-0
ISL Record: 12-0 (1st Place)
New England: 1st Place Team at New
England Division II Championships
All-League: Nick Hunnewell ’16, Eric
Jubber ’16 and Duncan Umphrey ’17
Honorable Mention: Aidan Crawford ’16
Awards: Class of ’99 Team Award
(for the athlete who embodies the
true spirit of cross country): Andrew
Gord and William Wang, both ’16.
Coaches Award (to the athlete who
demonstrates significant ability,
improvement and commitment to
the team): Eric Jubber ’16
2016 Captains: TBA
GIRLS VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY
Overall Record: 8-2
ISL Record: 8-2
New England: 5th Place team at New
England Division 1 Championships
All-League: Grace Santoro ’19 and
Hillary Umphrey ’17
All-New England: Grace Santoro ’19
and Hillary Umphrey ’17
Awards: Coaches Award (to the athlete
who demonstrates significant ability,
improvement and commitment to
the team): Clare Diaz and Katherine
Paglione, both ’16
2016 Captains: Hannah McNeill,
Elizabeth Paglione and Hillary
Umphrey, all ’17
VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY
Overall Record: 12-3-2
ISL Record: 10-2 (2nd Place)
All-League: Tess Dupré ’16, Sara Falkson
’18 and Lucinda Quigley ’16
Honorable Mention: Allee Ayles ’16
and Danielle Brown ’17
NEPSAC All-Tournament: Tess Dupré ’16
Awards: Walker Cup (to the player
who demonstrates a high degree of
skill, love of competition and desire
to play within the spirit of the game):
Mariana Vega ’16
2016 Captains: Danielle Brown and
Lauren Walter, both ’17
Season Highlights
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Boys cross country won the ISL Championship for the first time in 32 years.
They also won the New England Championship for the second straight year.
Girls varsity soccer, field hockey and volleyball all made the New England
Class A tournament.
Volleyball had their inaugural season in Class A and finished 2nd in the ISL.
Friday Night Lights was a huge success for the fifth straight year, as our football
team beat Rivers and girls soccer defeated Thayer.
An enormous crowd came to watch a stunning victory over Thayer as girls field
hockey returned to the field and honored Casey Dunne ’17.
Over 350 runners took part in the Michele Dufault Memorial 5K with all proceeds
going to the “Girls on the Run” organization in Michele’s name.
VARSITY FOOTBALL
Overall Record: 4-3
ISL Record: 3-3
All-League: Ryan Duffey ’17,
Franklin Holgate ’17, Cole Tognarelli ’16
and Martin Williams ’16
Honorable Mention: Tim Barry ’16,
Eddie Duggan ’19, Sam Kelly ’17 and
Dan Monaghan ’18
All-New England: Franklin Holgate ’17
and Martin Williams ’16
Awards: Coaches Award (for best
improvement and team contribution):
Tim Barry ’16. E.T. Putnam Award
(for excellence, leadership and
dedication to the team in honor of
the former Headmaster Eliot T.
Putnam): Martin Williams ’16.
Marinaro 12th Player Award
(to the player whose contributions
and spirit exemplify excellence):
Patrick Henderson ’16
2016 Captains: TBA
BOYS VARSITY SOCCER
ISL Record: 9-5-1
All-League: Matt Ranieri and
Nick Ranieri, both ’17
Honorable Mention: Watson
Cheek ’16, Avery Gibson ’16 and
Max McPherron ’17
All-State: Matt Ranieri and
Nick Ranieri, both ’17
Awards: Coaches Award (for
leadership, sportsmanship and skill):
Sam Rowley ’16. Wiese Bowl
(for contribution to team spirit, in
memory of Edward Wiese ’54):
Watson Cheek ’16
2016 Captains: Max McPherron and
Jack Roberts, both ’17
Amy Duggan ’16 and
Charlotte MacDonald ’18
Franklin Holgate ’17
Girls cross country
GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER
ISL Record: 12-1-0 (2nd Place)
All-League: Jordan Bailey ’16, Caitrin
Lonergan ’16 and Maddie Mills ’18
Honorable Mention: Meg Downey and
Allie Winstanley, both ’19
Awards: Ceci Clark Shield (for a player
who best embodies the qualities of
character and camaraderie that Ceci
Clark represented): Anna Haigh ’16.
Tim Carey Award (to a member of
Class I whose talent, hard work, humility,
joyfully competitive spirit and qualities
of character have led most directly to the
success of the Girls Varsity Soccer team,
in honor of beloved mentor and coach
Tim Carey): Jordan Bailey and Andie
Gilmore, both ’16
2016 Captains: TBA
GIRLS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL
Overall Record: 15-6
ISL Record: 12-2 (2nd Place)
All-League: Kate Carlton and Amy
Duggan, both ’16
Watson Cheek ’16
Honorable Mention: Katie Benzan ’16
and Charlotte MacDonald ’18
Awards: Coaches Award (to the players
that demonstrate commitment to
team and exemplary sportsmanship):
Annie Blackburn and Amy Duggan,
both ’16. Forever Bulldog (to the players
whose spirit and dedication exemplify
the ideals of the volleyball program):
Katie Benzan ’16 and Sophia Millay ’17
2016 Captains: TBA
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF LEVERETT
SALTONSTALL:
MASSACHUSETTS
GOVERNOR, U.S.
SENATOR AND
YANKEE ICON
INTRODUCTION BY
RICHARD E. BYRD III ’67
(Rowman and Littlefield)
Leverett Saltonstall, a 1910
graduate of Nobles, served as
a U.S. Senator from 1945–
1967. He also served three
terms as governor of Massachusetts and four terms as
speaker of the Massachusetts
House of Representatives.
His family, including Dick
Byrd ’67, was determined
to republish Saltonstall’s
autobiography in large part,
Byrd said, because chapter 8
elucidates how two senators from Massachusetts,
from opposing parties and
different generations—
Saltonstall and John F. Ken18 Nobles WINTER 2016
nedy—could work together.
“The most sensitive and
perhaps most worthwhile
project that John Kennedy
and I sponsored was the
Cape Cod National Seashore
Park,” wrote Saltonstall.
“Early in my governorship,
I was amazed to learn that
taking care of tourists was
the second biggest industry
in Massachusetts.”
Throughout the book,
Saltonstall offers a window
into a political life of dignity and purpose. Through
photos and narrative, the
reader appreciates a man
who loved his grandchildren—four of whom graduated from Nobles—and was
as at ease throwing the first
pitch at a Red Sox game
as dining with President
Eisenhower.“Grandpa,”
writes Byrd in the introduction, “was known as a
moderate Republican in an
era when that was not a contradiction in terms. He was
conservative on economic
and national security issues
and more moderate on social
issues. . . . We could use more
senators like him today.”
COLD HAVANA TOMB
Cuban relatives by
marriage. When a relative asks that his ashes be
buried in the family tomb
in Havana, Martha embarks
on a journey of redemption,
fueled by her husband’s
suicide, her father’s death
and her mother’s dementia.
Martha’s quest involves
counter-revolutionaries,
beaches, bribes and, for
Martha, an epiphany.
Cold Havana Tomb is
based on a true story. It is
about transcending cultures
and finding love and success,
however one defines them.
BY MARK ASPINWALL ’75,
UNDER THE NAME
MARK A. DEAN
RULES FOR
STEALING STARS
(Amazon)
In Cold Havana Tomb, Mark
Aspinwall ’75 (pen name,
Mark A. Dean) tells of a
burial in Cuba. The story
centers on Martha, a blueblood New Englander with
BY COREY ANN HAYDU ’01
(Harper Collins)
In Rules for Stealing Stars,
Corey Ann Haydu departs
from young adult fiction to
tell a story for readers in
grades 3–7. Haydu’s novel
introduces a little bit
of magic here in the real
world, as she shares the
story of sisters with an
alcoholic mother who escape
to magic worlds via not one
but two closets. But don’t
think, dear reader, that
Narnia awaits you. Haydu
uses the escapes to examine
the relationships of Silly
and her three older sisters
as they seek refuge amid
secrets and dysfunction.
Rules for Stealing Stars
is a “well-crafted blend of
realism and fantasy,” according to School Library Journal,
which gave it a starred
review. Booklist calls it “a
lyrical story of love and loss.
. . . The way the sisters fight
and love in equal measure,
as well as their basic need for
one another, rings poignantly
true in this touching and
heartwarming story, which
contains a ‘tiny bit of magic,
right here in the real world.’”
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THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL AT
THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
LOUIS BARASSI, HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE FACULTY
In the era when Noble and Greenough School was founded, Boston—the school’s original
home—was already an important intellectual, cultural and political city. These five books
trace some intersections of the evolution of an institution and the city in which it was born.
ONE BOY’S BOSTON, 1887–1901, SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON
In this amiable and informal memoir, Morison recalls his childhood
in Boston at the turn of the century. His recollections of the family
household on Brimmer Street, free time spent coasting down the
snowy streets of Beacon Hill and skating on the Back Bay, dancing
lessons with other “pimply little boys,” Christmas tree lightings at
Trinity Church, and school days at Noble and Greenough, then at 97
Beacon St., capture the attitudes and daily experience of the Brahmin elite during Boston’s Gilded Age—the era of Noble’s founding.
Morison attended Nobles for four years, and recalls “only pleasant
memories… and, as evidence, a recurring dream is presenting myself
at 97 Beacon St., and explaining to an astonished Mr. Greenough,
that I wish to reenter his school to brush up on Latin and Greek.”
TRUSTEE FOR A CITY: RALPH LOWELL OF BOSTON,
MARK I. GELFAND
This insightful biography, written by my college mentor, provides a
portrait of a later generation Boston Brahmin who influenced both the
history of Boston and of Nobles. A graduate of the Volkmann School,
Lowell helped merge his alma mater with its “hated rival” Noble and
Greenough School, and later served on the board of Nobles for nearly
40 years. Like the city and school he loved, Lowell forged a healthy
relationship between past and present. I often assign students the
chapter “Harvard and the World” because it describes with wit and
style the narrow prejudices the young Lowell later transcends as he
adapts to changing social and cultural realities.
INVENTING THE CHARLES RIVER, KARL HAGLUND
Fortune magazine’s observation in 1933 that “The history of Boston
is biography. And the Bostonian is by all odds the city’s most striking
characteristic,” underestimates the importance of the Charles River
to the history of Boston. Although much has been written about
Boston’s built environment, Haglund’s biography of the Charles River
is unique for showing how a natural resource can be understood as “a
human creation” and the result of collaborative efforts over time. In
this meticulously researched and beautifully written interdisciplinary
study of the river’s place in Boston’s history, Haglund, explores the
ever-evolving landscape of the Charles, and the political, cultural
and intellectual forces that shaped it. The rich selection of maps,
etchings, lithographs, paintings and photographs provides a fascinating visual record of urban development at the time of the school’s
founding.
THE MAKERS OF TRINITY CHURCH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON,
JAMES O’GORMAN (ED.)
According to Morison in One Boy’s Boston, “There are fashions in
churches as in everything else, and it was rumored that ambitious
ladies joined the ‘right’ church to meet the ‘right’ people.” Morison’s
parents and grandparents left the Anglo-Catholic Church of the
Advent for Trinity Church not simply because they preferred the “decidedly low” Episcopalian services. The eloquent preaching of Bishop
Phillips Brooks, and the magnificent architecture and decoration of
the newly constructed building in Copley Square, inspired the Morisons and other members of the Brahmin elite to join Trinity Church.
O’Gorman helps readers understand that the making of Richardson’s
masterpiece was truly a collaboration resulting from contributions
made by the famous architect, but also by Brooks, the decorator
John LaFarge and the stained-glass window designers Sarah Wyman
Whitman and Margaret Redmond.
STREETCAR SUBURBS: THE PROCESS OF GROWTH IN BOSTON,
1870–1900, SAM BASS WARNER
Warner’s pioneering study explores the city’s transition from a tightly
packed seaport to a sprawling metropolis during the era of Nobles’
founding—one of the most dynamic periods in Boston’s history. He
explains how public transportation shaped urban development and
eventually divided Boston between an old inner city of commerce
and decaying neighborhoods, and a new outer city of commuter
suburbs, a transition that ultimately shaped the future of the city, and
of Nobles in the 20th century. The book sparked my interest in urban
history when I first read it as a college student, and also encouraged
my interest in the urban renewal projects underway in Boston during
the early 1980s. Rereading it helped me understand the context for
Nobles’ shift from an urban to suburban campus in the 1920s.
perspectives
Our Hope Lies Within
Climbing Without A Rope NICK NICKERSON, SENIOR MASTER, MATH FACULTY MEMBER
“Each year, I am asked to address the community and convey what I believe to be at
the very core of this institution,” said Nick Nickerson, senior master, at assembly on
September 17, 2015. What follows is what Nickerson calls this year’s “attempt.”
W
e live, for the most
part, lives of great
continuity. Yes,
we will experience highs and
the occasional lows, but like the graph of
a continuous polynomial function, each
of our days is usually quite similar to the
next day. Except when it isn’t. There are
times when our world is suddenly turned
completely on its head. A devastating car
crash, a sudden illness, a hurricane roars
through New Orleans, a terrorist attack
on 9/11, and things are forever changed.
How can we prepare you for such uncertainty, such disconnectedness? Put
yourself for the moment in the shoes of a
Syrian child whose parent tells the child,
“We have to go now. Leave everything
behind. Take only what you can carry.
We have a long journey ahead.” Have you
ever wondered how you would cope with
such uncertainty, such upheaval?
When I chatted with Mr. [Bill] Bussey
about a theme for this talk, he suggested,
in the vein of our community book, A
Walk in the Woods, that I tell you about
some hiking trip of mine where everything went wrong. I won’t bother to
tell you of the many amusing mistakes
I made in my early camping days, like
trying to use a poncho for a tarp. But I
will tell you of the most traumatic event
I ever experienced on a mountain. My
friend John and I had just summited
the Matterhorn. It was a glorious day,
and after 12 hours of roped climbing,
we were ecstatic; we had made it to the
top. But then, on the steepest part of
the descent, John slipped and fell; he
had been above me, and I was belaying him from a narrow, one-foot ledge.
He fell more than 20 feet, hit the ledge,
and pinwheeled out into space. I was
able to hold his fall, but he was now 20
feet below me, dangling midair, with a
bruised shoulder and a seriously damaged knee. It took me some time to pull
him back up to the ledge I was sitting
on. With the sun getting ever lower in
the sky, and John unable to bend one
leg or use his right arm, our reality had
changed rather suddenly. The next hours
were definitely not going to be similar to
At first I was quite nervous to climb
without a tight, secure belay on me.
But then I had a sudden realization.
I had climbed all the way to the summit of the Matterhorn, roped up the
entire way, but never once had I fallen
or slipped or needed the assistance of
that safety rope. The events around
me had changed, but I hadn’t changed.
If I could climb up without ever really
needing the rope, I could climb down
without one as well. And so I did.
How do we prepare you to cope with
such uncertain times that you may face
in your life? It is simply this: While the
events around you may be discontinuous, you are not. Your circumstances
might change quite dramatically, but
“How do we prepare you to cope with such uncertain times
that you may face in your life? It is simply this: While the
events around you may be discontinuous, you are not.
Your circumstances might change quite dramatically, but
you haven’t changed. You, deep inside, are continuous.”
—NICK NICKERSON
the previous ones. For the next day and
a half, I would lower John 20 to 30 feet,
he would cling to a rock or a crack, and I
would carefully climb down to him unbelayed. Lower John 20 feet, climb down
unbelayed, repeat, section by section.
you haven’t changed. You, deep inside,
are continuous. If I could wish anything
for you this year, it would be for you to
develop a deeper sense of that inner self,
to develop a stronger and more resilient
presence inside you to help you endure
Nick Nickerson
whatever shifting ground you may experience in your life.
The school’s motto is “Spes sibi
quisque,” which is Latin from the Aeneid,
and which roughly translates to, “Each
person finds hope within himself.” You
are in charge of your destiny. Whatever
circumstances you find yourself in, your
best hope is that which you carry inside
you. Events around you may become
discontinuous and change quite rapidly,
but you are, deep inside, continuous.
But where does this self-confidence, this
hope, come from? How are we to best
build and strengthen the inner you?
Ted Gleason, the fourth headmaster of
Nobles, was an important mentor for
me. He often told a story at the start of a
school year that perhaps better than any
other conveys the ethos of this school. I
know that many of you in the audience
have heard it before, but I believe that
this true story needs to be shared often.
As a young boy, Ted Gleason spent his
summers at a lake in New Hampshire,
and at this lake, he had a small open
boat with a little outboard motor. One
summer day, when Ted was just about
the age of our new sixies, that outboard
motor died. Not knowing what to do, Ted
brought the motor to the camp’s caretaker and asked if he could fix it. Over
the course of the next few weeks, with
Ted eagerly looking on, this man carefully took apart all of the pieces of the
outboard motor, cleaned some of them,
adjusted others, fiddled with things, and
then put all of the pieces back together
again. And sure enough, the motor
worked. It was some years later that
this man finally told Rev. Gleason that
that was the first and only time he had
ever repaired an outboard engine, and
that to this day he has no knowledge
whatsoever about the inner workings of
a motor. When Rev. Gleason asked him,
“Well, how was it that you were able to
repair the motor?” the man gave Ted an
answer that he remembered for the rest
of his life: “The only reason I was able to
fix that motor is because you so clearly
believed that I could do it.”
Ted Gleason told that story because
he understood that we often gain
confidence in ourselves only after
someone else believes in us first, that
we seek out the hope that is within
ourselves only because we are first
inspired by the examples and opportunities and optimism that surround
us. Self-confidence does not grow in
a vacuum; it is nurtured by others.
That is what this school is about. Years
later, I asked John, “Were you ever
scared during our descent of the Matterhorn?” And he said, “Honestly, no.
You told me you would get me off that
mountain safely, and I believed you.”
One of the most disturbing images
I saw this summer was that of a Syrian
father, holding up the face of his dead
4-year-old daughter to the camera, a
victim of gassing, asking, “Who could do
this to a child?” Between ISIS and Boko
Haram and shootings in Charleston and
perspectives
Ferguson, there is a lot of hatred
and ugliness out there in the world
that, frankly, I don’t understand.
(I am just a simple math teacher.)
How are we to prepare you for such
a jumbled, disconnected world?
But the same week that I saw the
heart-wrenching image of that
distraught Syrian father, I happened to catch a rerun of the movie
Gandhi, and I also saw a replay of
Jon Stewart’s interview with Malala
Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist for
female education. And it became
clear to me then that Nobles should
prepare you for the real, at times
discontinuous, world outside these
walls by simply and intentionally
being true to who we are. Critics
say that we live in a bubble here at
Nobles. No, we are just trying to be
our continuous selves. We support
one another here, we believe in and
give hope to one another, we treat
one another with kindness and
respect and humility. We say “thank
you.” We ask, “How can I help?”
We take pride in our work, we put
team before self, we work hard and
hold ourselves to high standards,
and we aspire to leadership for the
public good. Yes, it is not always like
that out there beyond the walls. It
doesn’t matter; allow this school to
change you for the better. Develop a
stronger sense of self so that as you
travel the world, you can combat
hatred with persistent kindness,
dishonesty with unflinching integrity, racism with respect for self and
others; with what you learn here,
you will help solve the problems of
this world. Spes sibi quisque. Our
hope lies within these walls and
within the values that are lived here
every day. No matter what else you
encounter in life, this hope will
travel with you, with your continuous you. Good luck on your journey.
In Their Voices
Finishing the Hat . . . I Mean the Book . . . I Mean, “Almost” BY JOYCE LEFFLER ELDRIDGE
I
feel a bit like composer-lyricist
Stephen Sondheim, who titled
his autobiography (and a song
of the same name) Finishing the Hat, as an apt metaphor for the process of creation.
Finishing the Hat details the angst
and joy Sondheim experiences when
writing—in his case, music and lyrics.
Similar feelings have been articulated by
many iconic American authors, such as
Ernest Hemingway and James Michener.
For Hemingway, the act of writing
demanded “sitting down at a typewriter
and opening a vein,” whereas Michener
described “sitting down at a typewriter
for 12 hours a day, cranking out words.”
These examples have proved helpful (or not) as I enter the final stages
of writing the 150-year history of Noble
and Greenough School, specifically
the half-century between the 1966
centennial celebration and the 2016
sesquicentennial.
At least once or twice a week for
much of the past year, people have
asked, “How’s the book coming?”
Only recently, during the tedious
fact-checking phase, have I flippantly
replied, “Ask me tomorrow” or “I
wish you’d asked me yesterday.”
But all 32 chapters are now written,
and soon the project will be handed
over to specialists in design, indexing,
proofreading, printing, binding and
embossing.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
I am immensely indebted to Bob Henderson, who offered me this project at
the conclusion of my 10-year term as
Nobles’ director of communications and
media relations. As a historian, a Nobles
graduate and the current head of school,
Bob has become the “voice in my head”
as I enter the final stages of producing In
Their Voices.
When Bob suggested I might want
to take on one last grand project before
finishing my 50-year career in journalism, communications and public
relations, I reminded him that I am not
a historian by training. Bob’s advice:
“Just keep doing what you’ve been
doing.” For a moment, I demurred. But
how could I? Not only was this an honor
and a privilege, it also would allow me
to do what I love doing most: interviewing, researching and writing. As I
analyzed my work to date at the Associated Press, United Press International,
Hebrew College, Buckingham Browne
& Nichols, and now Nobles, I realized
that what I had been doing throughout
my career was telling a good story.
And Nobles, happily, is a very
good story; in fact, it has become an
even better one every decade since
its founding in 1866. I also wanted to
create a “good read” that will hopefully resonate with older graduates and the younger set alike.
Nobles’ sesquicentennial history was
just one long story, I told myself when
I decided to organize the book chronologically into three sections dedicated
to each of Nobles’ three postcentennial
heads: Ted Gleason, Dick Baker and
Bob Henderson.
I wanted to gain an understanding of
such recurrent questions as: How and
when did each head advance the cause of
Joyce Eldridge in the archives
diversification? How did each advance
academic, athletic and artistic excellence? How did decisions about new
construction reflect current knowledge
of energy efficiency, global warming
and ecological concerns, not to mention
advances in the sciences, the arts and
pedagogy itself? How did added support services affirm Nobles’ promise to
educate a diverse group of students with
disparate needs?
My first decision was to let Dick
Flood’s book remain intact as the revered
tome that encompasses the first 100
years of the school’s history. That 150page opus will be reprinted and appended to the new sesquicentennial history.
BEDROCK VALUES
Nobles is a complex, multilayered entity
that has endured for 150 years by dint of
impeccable, farsighted and inspired governance, passion, devotion and a historic
lens used by each headmaster to build on
the sine qua non of bedrock traditions:
faculty-student relationships, academic
rigor, service and diversification.
At the end of the day, I believe, it is
the wise and compassionate governance
of the school that has allowed Nobles to
flourish far beyond the expectations of
founding Headmaster George Washington Copp Noble.
While eternal verities remain, the
social context, not surprisingly, has
changed significantly during the past
five decades, each era presenting its own
unique responses, modifications and
adaptations. The enactment of coeducation, for example, was followed by a
reduction in gender stereotypes, so that
male students were as welcome in the
ceramics studio as were female students in the biochemistry lab—or on the
hockey rink, for that matter.
And gender awareness eventually
led to more elaborate discussions about
sexual identity, in which the sensitivities toward gay and lesbian orientations
expanded to include bisexual and transgender identification.
Similarly, with the changing legal
and societal expectations of diversification, not only has Nobles’ admission
office successfully sought out students
of diverse backgrounds, but the so-called
black alcoves along Baker Street have
also morphed into “students of color”
alcoves, in acknowledgment that Nobles’
diversity has transcended the black and
white population of the Gleason years
and mushroomed into a panoply of
Asian, Hispanic, African-American and
Caucasian students today.
And even those “eternal verities” dating back to the days of 2½ Pemberton
Square in Boston have evolved appropriately. As an example, the sacred status
of faculty-student relationships initially
extended only to coach-student and
advisor-student relations. Subsequently,
the circle of close relationships grew
much wider, now encompassing trip
leaders, affinity group and club advisors,
and support service providers.
THE IMPACT OF GLEASON,
BAKER AND HENDERSON
All three of Nobles’ post-centennial
headmasters reflected the successes
of Nobles’ Board of Trustees in
fulfilling its primary obligation: to
choose a new head of school whenever
a vacancy arises, as it will again in 2017
when Bob Henderson steps down
after 17 years as head. Once more, the
Board will be expected to choose the
right head for the right time in the
school’s history.
A close study of Ted, Dick and Bob
has revealed that differences in style or
perspectives
temperament matter not a whit when
compared with the defining experiences
and the social and intellectual climate
that each was heir to. Whether known
for his soothing homilies (Gleason) or
his value-laden exhortations (Baker)
or his rapid-fire decision-making and
grace under pressure (Henderson), each
head brought his own unique qualities
to his particular time.
For the Rev. Edward S. Gleason, who
was installed as Nobles’ fourth headmaster in 1971, his investiture as a minister,
his commitment to coeducation and his
belief in the Social Gospel (even prompting him to translate Nobles’ Latin motto,
And for Nobles’ current head, Robert
P. Henderson Jr. ’76, his leadership positions in all areas of independent school
education since his early 20s (including a previous headship) afforded him
a clear, elevated vision of what Nobles
could become during his tenure.
Added to this were Henderson’s
fiscal acumen akin to that of a chief
executive officer, his firsthand experience with racial and socioeconomic
diversity issues at other independent
schools, and his facility for recognizing
when new structures were required to
accommodate changing demographics
or expanded academic programming.
“Nobles’ sesquicentennial history was just one long
story, I told myself. And I decided to break up the book
chronologically into three sections to reveal the talents of
each of Nobles’ three postcentennial heads: Ted Gleason,
Dick Baker and Bob Henderson.”
—JOYCE ELDRIDGE
Spes sibi quisque, from “Hope is within
each of us” to the more inclusive “Hope
is within one another”) all informed his
16-year tenure as headmaster. The same
emphasis on inclusivity led him to define
Nobles as “a family.”
For Richard H. Baker, who succeeded Gleason as acting head in 1986
and went on to serve as headmaster
until June 2000, his impressive military
background as lst Lieutenant in the
storied 82nd Airborne Division during
the Vietnam War was one of the defining influences shaping his concept of
leadership. Also key was his humanistic/
secular approach to values and morals,
and perhaps, above all else, his belief that
Nobles could become the best independent school in the nation, and his
indefatigable efforts to ensure that that
would happen.
SHARING THE CREDIT
Even though writing a book may seem
like a solitary venture, it truly takes
a village to bring the final product to
fruition. Among the villagers have
been two consummate fact-checkers,
Archivist Isa Schaff and math teacher
Bill Kehlenbeck, and resident historians
Bob Henderson and Louis Barassi.
The insights of Dick, former headmaster and current English teacher,
and the overview of Brooke Asnis ’90, a
graduate herself who returned to serve
her alma mater as director of graduate
affairs and of Beth Reilly ’87, graduate,
teaching fellow, history teacher, department chair, trustee and current board
president, were of incalculable importance. So too was the “heavy lifting” of
quote-checking, bibliography preparation, footnoting and the like provided by
two summer interns, Ben Perelmuter ’14
and Neha Bhambhani ’15.
The narrative would not have been
possible, of course, without the 150-plus
faculty, trustees and graduates who gave
of their time in one-on-one interviews
with the author. A dozen of these were
interviewed and videotaped separately
by former English teacher James Bride.
Immense gratitude is extended to
retired photography and visual arts
teachers Joe and Joanna Swayze, who
donated their vast and invaluable trove
of photographic art to Nobles in preparation for the sesquicentennial and the
publication of its history. Many of the
photos in In Their Voices were created
by their artistic eyes.
I must also single out my husband,
Larry, whose editorial expertise, honed
during a 40-plus-year journalistic
career with the Associated Press and
the Christian Science Monitor, I can
always rely on.
CONCLUSION
The new history, the first copies of
which will be distributed to the Class
of 2016 at graduation, is intended to
evoke the times of those who were here,
whether they were teaching, studying or leading Nobles. To accomplish
this, I have attempted to re-create
the sounds and sights of 10 Campus
Drive during the past half century…
thus the title In Their Voices.
When singer/songwriter Paul Simon
reviewed Sondheim’s Finishing the Hat
for the New York Times Book Review on
Oct. 27, 2010, he wrote that the book’s
title could be regarded as “a metaphor
for that feeling of joy, the little squirt of
dopamine hitting the brain when the artist… experiences artistic bliss.”
Once I finish the next stages that will
bring In Their Voices into actuality, I will
be awaiting with bated breath that “little
squirt of dopamine,” hopefully followed
by something akin to “artistic bliss.”
WHERE TO GET IN THEIR VOICES
Complimentary copies of Nobles’ sesquicentennial history, which
will include a reprint of Richard H. Flood’s The Story of Noble and
Greenough School 1866–1966, will be distributed to the Class of 2016
at graduation, and again on Founders’ Day September 16.
In Their Voices will be distributed at the Nobles Night sesquicentennial
gala in November 2016. Additional copies may be requested with
details to follow.
ART CREDIT
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OF NOBLES HIST
1
1866
George Washington Copp Noble
founds Noble’s Classical School.
The school opens in one room
at 2½ Pemberton Square.
The aim of the school will be the thorough preparation of boys and
young men for admission to Harvard College as the college where the
standard of scholarship actually required for admission is the highest.
— GEORGE WASHINGTON COPP NOBLE
NOBLE’S LEGACY:
George Washington Copp Noble, a classicist graduate of Phillips Exeter
and Harvard College, begins his Classical School with the main intention of
grooming young men for acceptance to Harvard. He begins with 10 young
men of wealthy families studying a curriculum of Greek, Latin, mathematics
and penmanship. Within 10 years, 60 Nobles boys go
on to the desired college.
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There’s nothing like a timeline to help us
remember how busy we’ve been over the
past 150 years! On the next few pages,
we soar through our long history—
highlighting changes in leadership, the
transformation of our campus, and bits
from students’ lives, alongside some major
events and evolutions in our school’s
history. We look to our past as we shoulder
into our future, remembering Dr. Seuss’
saying “They say I’m old-fashioned, and
live in the past, but sometimes I think
progress progresses too fast!”
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1867
The school moves to
40 Winter Street in Boston.
1874
Two daughters of Mr.
Noble, 5-year-old
Josephine and 1-year-old
Laura, die of “scarleteria.”
EARLY
GRADUATES
OF NOTE
George Augustus Otis Ernst (1867)
one of the first seven graduates
of Nobles, founded and led the
Animal Rescue League of Boston.
Percival Lowell (1872) initiated
the research that led to Pluto’s
discovery and argued for the
existence of canals on Mars.
James Jackson Storrow (1881)
was instrumental to the founding
of General Motors and the
formation of the Charles
River Basin.
1880
Nobles makes
its first recorded
appearance at
an athletic event
and, alongside
students from the
Hopkinson’s School,
has its first victory at
a student-organized
football game
against St. Mark’s.
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1884
Starting with a move
to 174 Tremont
Street, Nobles begins
its frequent moves
around Boston.
Guy Lowell (1888) designed the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
and the New York State Supreme
Court Building.
Alexander Hamilton Rice (1894)
explored and mapped rivers
throughout the Amazon Basin.
George Minot (1904) (a Volkmann
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FROM 1866-TODAY
graduate) won the Nobel Prize
for Physiology or Medicine for
his work discovering an effective
treatment for pernicious anemia.
Ralph Lowell (1907) (a Volkmann
graduate) founded WGBH radio
and television stations while
serving as the sole trustee of the
Lowell Institute.
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LEADERSHIP
CAMPUS
STUDENT LIFE
MAJOR HISTORICAL
EVENT OR EVOLUTION
OF THE SCHOOL
While the primary object of the school is the preparation of
boys for Harvard College, the course of study aims to lay the
foundation of a liberal education.
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—JAMES JAY GREENOUGH
GREENOUGH’S LEGACY:
By the early 1890s, Mr. Noble’s deafness and the school’s
remote location causes an alarming decrease in enrollment. Mr.
Greenough, a mathematics graduate of Harvard and the husband of
Mr. Noble’s eldest daughter, Katherine, proposes the collaboration
that saved his father-in-law’s school. Mr. Noble remains the
beloved figurehead while Mr. Greenough handles the everyday
tasks. Mr. Greenough adds an athletic program
and science labs, and establishes the Nobles
Lower School. Under Mr. Greenough, the
school adopts the motto Spes sibi quisque,
a phrase from Virgil’s Aeneid meaning
“Hope for each man is in himself.”
1889
1892
The school moves to
44 West Cedar Street.
James Jay Greenough joins Mr.
Noble to help lead the renamed
Noble and Greenough School.
1890
Albert W. Nickerson,
a railroad and textile
magnate, completes his
Castle at Riverdale in
Dedham. Frederick
Law Olmsted designs
the landscape.
The school moves to
97 Beacon Street.
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1897
Mr. Greenough begins Nobles’
first official athletic program.
1898
Nobles, Milton Academy,
Roxbury Latin and Volkmann
form a football league.
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1913
When Mr. Greenough passes away from cancer at age 51, Mr. Noble
finds himself unable to manage the school on his own. Richard
Saltonstall, a Nobles graduate and parent of students enrolled at the
time, saves the school by creating and leading a board of trustees.
Mr. Saltonstall formally incorporates Nobles as a nonprofit.
The first class book, eventually called the yearbook, is published.
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[A gentleman is] a man who is too brave to lie, too
generous to cheat, and who insists on doing his share of
work in any capacity . . . a man who thinks of his neighbor
before he thinks of himself.
—CHARLES WIGGINS II
WIGGINS’ LEGACY:
Charles Wiggins II, a Harvard graduate of architecture and the
former associate headmaster of Connecticut’s Pomfret School,
joins the Nobles community as headmaster and immediately
reimagines the school’s location and amenities. After he and
the board of trustees procure the Castle and its grounds, Mr.
Wiggins and his family move into a wing and refashion the late
Mr. Nickerson’s land to serve the growing school. Developing the
school’s moral life, Mr. Wiggins introduces the teacher-coach
model, which remains central to school culture.
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An influenza epidemic
delays the school’s
opening for a month.
Nobles, Roxbury Latin and Milton form the
Triangular School League track competition.
1911
Third Class boys George Abbot and William Otis publish the
school’s first newspaper, called the 1913 Bulletin, after their own
graduation year. Later that year, the same boys publish the first
issue of The Nobleman.
1919
When Mr. Noble passes
away at the age of 83,
George F. Fiske, A.B., is
named acting headmaster until Charles Wiggins
II can take over.
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1918
The school moves to 100 Beacon Street.
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Charles Wiggins II
named headmaster.
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An association of
graduates forms.
While 237 grads and students
serve in WWI, Nobles combines
with the Volkmann School,
whose enrollment had dropped
due to prejudices against its
German headmaster.
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1915
1917
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The first student
council meets.
1921
Nobles establishes
a dramatic club.
John Richardson ’04
becomes president
of the board
LEADERSHIP
CAMPUS
STUDENT LIFE
MAJOR HISTORICAL
EVENT OR EVOLUTION
OF THE SCHOOL
1924
The Saltonstall family donates a
boathouse in memory of the first
president of the board of trustees.
John F. Kennedy begins first grade at Nobles.
1927
Publication of the Graduate Bulletin,
now called Nobles magazine, begins.
1922
After the Noble and Greenough
Corporation purchases the Castle
and its grounds for $102,000 from
the Nickerson family in 1921, the
school moves to 507 Bridge Street
in Dedham.
The school hosts a spring dance,
the first official event in the Castle.
1926
1931
An infirmary
and a larger
kitchen are
added to
the Castle.
Nobles’ Lower School
(NLS) closes, and a group
of NLS parents found
Dexter School. John F.
Kennedy transfers there.
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Noble and Greenough
defeats Milton
in football for the
first time.
ART CREDIT
1964
Our primary goal is to produce boys who will seek responsibility. If a school can develop this
sense of civic duty, using its own community as a proving ground for citizenship, then it is
fulfilling its primary function. —ELIOT T. PUTNAM
W. Davis Taylor ’27
is named president
of the board.
The baseball team
wins its third
consecutive ISL
championship.
PUTNAM’S LEGACY:
Milton graduate and former Harvard quarterback Eliot Putnam is hired in 1931 to teach French and
coach football. In 1938, Mr. Putnam marries the headmaster’s daughter, Laura Elizabeth
Wiggins, and moves into the new faculty house. When his father-in-law passes
away, Mr. Putnam steps forward as headmaster and quickly sparks a 75 percent
increase in enrollment by going into the surrounding community and advertising
his school door-to-door. As headmaster, Mr. Putnam works to strengthen the
school’s boarding culture and relationships between the teachers and students.
1943
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After Mr. Wiggins' passing,
Eliot T. Putnam is named
head of school.
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1941
Following the strike on Pearl Harbor, America enters
World War I. America’s involvement, including gas
rationing, the 18-year-old draft and parents serving
abroad, causes a significant drop in enrollment: 384
graduates and students see active service in the war.
1956
1961
The class most
affected by the
tragic events
of the year before
builds the ’56 Path.
The Wiggins House is completed
and open for boarders.
1963
John F. Kennedy is
assassinated in Dallas.
1955
Betsy Putnam, Eliot Putnam’s beloved 13-year-old daughter,
succumbs to leukemia. That September, four starting members
of the varsity football team contract polio, and the school
closes after the first football game. While the school prepares
to reopen, a loose tree stump crushes 11-year-old Arthur
Putnam, and he dies on the side of the Charles River.
1936
The Lawson House, formerly called “Headmaster House”
and “White House,” is built in its original location.
1948
Nobles Day Camp
opens for its first
summer.
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The Charles River floods part of campus.
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Crew coach
Lawrence Terry
accompanies three
former pupils
representing the
United States at
the Olympics in
Germany.
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Construction on
the Richardson
Gym is completed.
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1965
The school develops a public service
program for students.
While America enters the Vietnam War,
the school encounters contemporary
waves of activism and rebellion.
1966
Nobles celebrates its centennial.
Students of the former Volkmann School
commemorate their alma mater with a
large stone bench on Nobles campus.
1967
Robert P. Pinderhughes
Jr., Nobles’ first black
student, graduates.
1968
The first lacrosse team
is established at Nobles.
Nobles is “a family where one may develop the
mind, the body and the spirit for a life of service.
—REVEREND EDWARD S. GLEASON
1969
Ray Nun becomes the school’s
first counselor to black students.
He is succeeded the next year by
Robert Pinderhughes ’67 (above).
GLEASON’S LEGACY:
Reverend Gleason, known as either ESG or Ted,
was, like Mr. Noble, a graduate of Phillips Exeter
and Harvard. Before leading the school, Mr. Putnam
calls Ted “the tall gentleman helping somebody,” as
Ted always was throughout his life. As headmaster,
ESG transitions the school into coeducation
while emphasizing ethics and the
idea of family. He reinterprets Mr.
Greenough’s motto to accentuate
the collective and the familial.
Helen Twiss, a French teacher,
becomes Nobles’ first full-time
female faculty member.
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Hockey players from Nobles and
Milton Academy spend spring
break touring Scandinavia.
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1971
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Robert A Lawrence ’44 becomes
president of the board.
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Gleason hires Clement Fugh,
the school’s first black teacher.
1972
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Reverend Edward S. Gleason
named head of school.
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A fire breaks out on
the fourth floor Round
Room of the Castle.
Nobles hosts its first
summer Educational
Enrichment Program (EEP).
1975
Lawrence
Auditorium
opens.
1987
Richard (Dick)
H. Baker named
head of school.
1977
The Nobleman
wins first place in a
Columbia Scholastic
Press Association
competition.
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1984
Calliope, the school’s literary
magazine, is founded.
The schoolhouse is reshaped
to include Dawson Art Gallery,
Gleason Hall and new offices and
corridor in the former attic
Henry E. (Tim) Russell ’35
named president of the board.
The Blizzard of ’78 closes
Nobles for five days.
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The middle school coeducates
with the arrival of 32 girls.
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Coeducation begins in
September with 84 girls
joining Classes I through IV.
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1982
Robert K. Morrison ’49
named president of the board.
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Construction is completed
on the Eliot T. Putnam Library.
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1974
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Robert P. Bland ’58
named president
of the board.
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MAJOR HISTORICAL
EVENT OR EVOLUTION
OF THE SCHOOL
of schoo
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Noble and Greenough School is a rigorous
academic community that strives for
excellence in its classroom teaching,
intellectual growth in its students, and
commitment to the arts, athletics and service
to others. —RICHARD (DICK) H. BAKER
EVOLUTION
OF THE SEAL
BAKER’S LEGACY:
Although we’ve removed the
seal’s scalloped edges and
standardized the Nobles
blue, continuity in our seal’s
design models the integrity
and thoughtfulness of change
at Nobles.
A graduate of Harvard and UC Berkeley, Dick Baker serves as an army
paratrooper before coming to Nobles as an English teacher. As head of
school, he improves the school’s infrastructure, increases the diversity
of the entire school community, and refines the admission process to be
more thoughtful and selective. He emphasizes experiential learning and
shifts the mission statement’s emphasis from family to community. He
hosts multiple all-day assemblies to discuss contemporary politics and
multiculturalism. He continues to teach English at Nobles.
1991
The Upward Bound
program begins.
1994
39 students
participate in
Yale’s Model
United Nations
for the first time.
Construction
on Pratt
Middle School
is completed.
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1989
1992
The Class of 1989 is
the first to graduate
having completed a
community-service
requirement.
The Nobleman wins 13 awards from the
New England Scholastic Press Association.
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The girls crew team wins the U.S. Rowing
National Championship Regatta.
Frederic M. Clifford ’54 named president of the board.
Noble and Greenough School is a rigorous academic
community dedicated to inspiring leadership for the
public good. —ROBERT (BOB) P. HENDERSON JR. ’76
HENDERSON’S LEGACY:
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A 1976 graduate and Dick Baker’s former student, Bob
Henderson develops student services to best serve each
student’s developmental and academic needs. Under his
leadership, the school becomes increasingly selective.
He also strengthens the school fiscally, overseeing an
endowment that has tripled in value since the
beginning of his tenure. He and his wife,
Ross, who also teaches at Nobles, live
on campus with their sons Paul ’13,
David ’16 and Patrick ’16.
Robert (Bob) P.
Henderson Jr. ’76
is named Head
of School
1997
21 seniors
receive National
Merit Scholarship
Commendations.
1999
The boys soccer team wins
the ISL championship for the
second consecutive year.
1995
Campus streets are
renamed to prevent
further fire-department
confusion. The school’s
address is changed to
10 Campus Drive.
ART CREDIT
LEADERSHIP
CAMPUS
STUDENT LIFE
MAJOR HISTORICAL
EVENT OR EVOLUTION
OF THE SCHOOL
2006
2004
The varsity baseball
team wins its first
ISL Championship in
three decades
Nobles hosts its
first Common
Fire Day of
community service.
A group of nine students
and two teachers visit
from Kliptown, South
Africa, for a month.
2001
2003
An issue of The Nobleman is digitized for
the first time.
An extended assembly
is held to discuss the
possibility of war with Iraq.
For the third year in a row, the field hockey
team wins the ISL championship.
Christopher (Jeff) Grogan ’74 takes
over as president of the board.
2002
The Baker Science Center wins a
design award from the American
Institute of Architects program.
Construction on the Arts Center is completed.
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The events of
September 11
affect the Nobles
community.
The Achieve program, an academicenrichment program for underresourced
middle school students, holds its first
sessions on campus.
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George K.
Bird IV ’62 is
named president
of the board.
2007
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The Morrison
Athletic Center
(MAC), including
Rappaport
Gymnasium,
is completed
and dedicated.
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2009
Nobles’ alpine ski teams take home
ISL championships—the boys for the
second consecutive year and the girls
for the seventh consecutive year.
The girls lacrosse team wins the ISL
championship for the third year in a
row, and the girls soccer team wins
the ISL championship for the seventh
year in a row.
2010
2013
The girls softball team wins
the ISL championship for the
second consecutive year.
Elizabeth M. Reilly ’87
named president of
the board.
2011
The Class of ’56 Path is restored and rededicated.
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The Athletics Hall of Fame
is inaugurated.
The school participates in the Stamp Out
Hunger drive for the 12th consecutive year.
The girls cross country team wins the ISL
championship for the third consecutive year.
2012
The $20-million renovation
and expansion of the
Castle is completed.
ART CREDIT
LEADERSHIP
CAMPUS
STUDENT LIFE
MAJOR HISTORICAL
EVENT OR EVOLUTION
OF THE SCHOOL
2015
Nobles celebrates 40 years of coeducation.
Boston area sees record snowfall of 64.8
inches in February.
The Anderson-Cabot Family Center for
EXCEL (experiential and communityengaged learning) opens.
The boys cross-country team wins the ISL
championship for the first time since 1982.
The girls basketball team wins the ISL
championship for the 12th consecutive year.
Nobles holds its second Common Day Fire.
2014
The golf team wins the ISL championship
for the third consecutive year.
The Arts Center gains a dance wing.
ART CREDIT
MOVING
THROUGH
DEEP
WATER
George Washington Copp Noble opened his boys’ preparatory school in
1866. The work of the following graduates—fighting to beat cancer, save
the ocean and, in fact, challenge crimes against humanity—might have
seemed fantastical in the late 19th century. Yet using one’s gifts to become
a leader for the greater good was evident even from the earliest days. Read
on for more on how Mr. Noble’s small school is still changing the world.
IN HIS ELEMENT
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BY B E N H E I D E R | P H OTOGRA PH BY MA RCO G A RC I A
IAN LUNDGREN ’93 HAS A KNACK for breaking down complicated
marine biologic phenomena in ways even a tourist can understand. He is the coral specialist for the Pacific office in Hawaii
of the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, but his
expertise spans a wide range of scientific backgrounds above
and beneath the water.
Currently working in environmental compliance and
marine-resource management, Lundgren got his start in nature
conservancy when he was serving in the Peace Corps in Palau, a
tiny archipelago nation in Micronesia. While there, his job was
to embed with local conservation officers to develop a marineprotected area plan and translate it into action. “Today, Palau is
very much a leader in resource protection and marine-protected
areas. And I was sort of there at the beginning of all that.” On
October 28, 2015, the president of Palau signed the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act to protect 80 percent of its ocean, creating one of the largest fully preserved marine areas in the world.
But saving enormous portions of the ocean from extractive
activities isn’t enough to combat the risks to marine ecology.
Climate change is driving a global mass coral-bleaching
event. According to Lundgren, “Coral bleaching is a
stress response . . . triggered by warmer-than-usual
temperatures.” Changes in ocean temperature as small
as a degree or two cause the coral animal to expel its
colorful symbiotic algal food source, revealing the white
limestone skeleton underneath. This weakens the coral,
leaving it vulnerable to disease and starvation.
After the Peace Corps, Lundgren spent 13 years working with the National Park Service in Guam, Florida and
the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2005, another mass bleaching
event occurred in the Caribbean, and Lundgren recalls,
“The exact time I moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands, all the
corals there were bleached. . . . Approximately 50 percent
of the corals died from 2005 to 2006.” He explains the
relevance: “Coral reefs are the most diverse ecosystem
on the planet, and as such, they provide not only ecological integrity on a broad scale, but also food resources for every
community that lives near them. . . . They also provide resources
for the pharmaceutical industry . . . and they protect shorelines
from storms and wave energy. [Not to mention] they drive a huge
industry, especially in tropical latitudes where communities’
whole economies basically depend on the tourism sector.”
The scientific approaches Lundgren takes when studying
coral colonies have to be precise. Even though he prefers to
wear a flowery Hawaiian shirt instead of a white lab coat, he
asserts that his work is “very measurable, statistically friendly
and scientifically rigorous.” He can make accurate estimates
about the health of reefs based on quantitative repeatable
“THE SIMPLE
ANSWER
TO YOUR
QUESTION
IS NO,
CORAL REEFS
ARE NOT
DOING WELL.”
study—a skill set that didn’t always come
naturally to him.
Lundgren was a student who didn’t
take a traditional academic path. “I was
much more interested in having fun,”
he says. After graduating from Nobles in
1993, he started at Tulane but ended up
transferring to Boston College because,
as it turns out, “Tulane turned out to be
too much fun.” At BC he worked nights
in restaurants and painted houses to put
himself through school, and he graduated six years later.
His first internship, in Eugene, Ore.,
was in salmon habitat fishery restoration. After that, he was hooked. “I found
what I liked to do, and I found that
field in particular takes a good deal of
intelligence and also a hell of a lot of
hard work—which luckily I was good at
doing—so it was a great fit for me.” Eventually, after years tracking fisheries and
recovering endangered wildlife, ranging
from the Florida panther to the St. Croix
ground lizard, he earned a master’s of
marine and environmental science from
the University of the Virgin Islands.
While he was at Nobles, Lundgren
went on a 30-day service and immersion
trip to an orphanage in Santiago, Chile,
organized by Spanish teacher Barbara
Sawhill. That was the first time he had
ever traveled to a nonbordering foreign
country, a characteristic that would
eventually align with his work later in
life. “Subsequently, I’ve lived in all sorts
of Third World and [developing] areas
where people have much less than I had
growing up.” He fondly remembers his
time at Nobles, saying, “It was something
that changed my life forever. . . . My older
brother, Nick ’89, and I were afforded a
perspective from Nobles that shaped our
worldview in a way that our other brothers and sisters who didn’t go to Nobles
never got. And to this day we have a different perspective, because Nobles planted
that seed for us.”
THE
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
OF HUMANITY
T
BY H E AT H E R SU L L I VA N
THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, a series of military tribunals held by
allied forces after World War II, are the subject of Elizabeth
Kopelman Borgwardt’s 800-page book-in-progress, The
Nuremberg Idea, forthcoming from Alfred A. Knopf. This
manuscript in turn grew out of her 480-page tome A New Deal
for the World: America’s Vision for Human Rights (Harvard
2005) , which garnered three major literary awards, including Best Book in the History of Ideas from the Organization of
American Historians, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Seventy years after the first of the Nuremberg Trials—where
a Four-Power tribunal ruled on the fate of 22 top-ranking Nazi
leaders, 12 of whom received death sentences—Borgwardt ’82
argues that Nuremberg helped crystallize the human rights
idea of “crimes against humanity” and that the tribunals continue to be relevant when looking at current crises, including
the Syrian refugee crisis.
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“There’s a big section on Nuremberg
in the New Deal book, which had been
my Stanford dissertation,” says Borgwardt. “And I didn’t really get it out of
my system. When I was writing about
Nuremberg for the first project, I was
never able to find the book that I really
wanted to read about Nuremberg—a
history that would talk about the 19thcentury origins of a lot of the ideas, such
as crimes against humanity, and would
talk about the trial itself, how those ideas
were expressed in more concrete ways
and then would go on to look at the postwar afterlife of those ideas.”
She examines Nuremberg as an intersection of a long history of how victors
have treated defeated states, how nations
have grappled with the legal ideas underlying the trials themselves, and also how
the trials act as a case study for broader
notions of transitional justice: What,
Borgwardt queries, can Nuremberg tell
us about the interaction of politics, ideas
and institutions?
“The Nuremberg Idea has two prongs
to it,” she explains. “One is [examining]
changes to ideas about accountability—
the so-called Nuremberg defense of ‘I
was only following orders’ is a creepy
thing to say after Nuremberg. The second set of transformations is related to
ideas about sovereignty.”
Citing a contemporary example, she
continues: “If you’re President Assad
in Syria, you can basically mess up the
administration of your sovereignty—your
sovereign authority—so badly, by doing
atrocious things like attacking your own
civilians, that you in essence forfeit that
sovereignty, or at least a big piece of it.
And you give humanitarian rescuers a
right to come in and help your civilians
because you’ve messed up so badly, not
just through incompetence or lack of
resources, but through evil intentions
and actions. Both of those developments— the accountability transformation and the sovereignty transformation—come out of Nuremberg.”
Transitional justice, defined as
both judicial and nonjudicial measures
implemented by societies to redress
legacies of massive human rights abuses,
are also worth contemplating because
of the unsettling mix of law and politics
that needs to be both forward-looking
and backward-looking in order to achieve
any traction. Borgwardt explains that
there is a wide spectrum of responses to
transgressions and atrocities, only some
of which are judicial.
“In South Africa, for example, you
can have truth and reconciliation commissions. You can do things like ban
people from participating in politics
going forward. You can exile leaders like
Napoleon was after the Napoleonic wars.
Or you can grant amnesty provisions to
societies collectively, or their leaders, if
it’s more important to turn a page on a
period of mass atrocities, but very often
that comes back to bite these societies
later. You could say that that happened in
the United States in the wake of the Civil
War. There was very little accountability.
And you have the failure of reconstruction and the era of Jim Crow and all kinds
of problems that can be traced to not
cleaning out the wound of accountability.
Transitional justice needs to look forward
to a new era, but it also needs to look
backwards enough to promote accountability. Otherwise you set yourself up for
instability going forward.”
Borgwardt expects to complete the
Nuremberg book in 2016, for a 2017
release. It’s not always easy to get a
book contract if you want to write about
ideas, she says. “People think it’s going
to be too dense or pointy-headed,” she
notes, and there can be a lot of pressure to dumb down ideas, which she
declines to do. Validation for her efforts
came when a high school student
approached her after a speech and said,
“‘You write about really boring stuff in
a really interesting way.’ That’s been my
mantra since then,” Borgwardt laughs.
“There are a lot worse missions in life
than to write about really boring stuff
in a really interesting way. I’ll take it.”
Borgwardt explains that her path to
becoming a professor specializing in
international law and human rights was
anything but linear. “Judith Shklar, a mid20th-century political theorist, was really
inspirational to me. I read her wonderful book Legalism: Politics, Trials, and
Errors when I was in college.” It was the
first time, she says, that she realized the
possibility that one could have a career
thinking about law—not just practicing it
or enforcing it.
But perhaps it started a bit earlier:
Borgwardt’s father and grandfather
were judges. And Borgwardt loved
the Nobles classes of Dick Baker and
former faculty members John Paine
and Vin O’Brien. “I was a big fan of
sweeping, unsupported generalities
until I got to Dick Baker,” she says.
It was Paine who suggested to
Borgwardt that, with her independent
learning style (she took an unprecedented
number of independent studies while at
Nobles), she would thrive at a British university. Borgwardt headed to Cambridge
for her bachelor’s and master’s, where she
read modern history before earning a law
degree from Harvard University and a
doctorate from Stanford.
As an associate professor of history
and law at Washington University in
St Louis, Borgwardt has also received
numerous awards for excellence in
teaching. She recently delivered a series
of public lectures at the University of
Chicago as the Richard and Anne Pozen
Visiting Professor of Human Rights. Her
ability to illuminate really “boring stuff”
in an interesting way has won her acclaim
in and beyond academia.
When she describes, for instance,
how multilateral alliances may benefit
the United States strategically, even with
recalcitrant or frustrating allies, her gift
becomes clear.
“If you spread authority around just
enough so that other nations, particularly
allies, feel that they have a stake in the system, then that’s going to help advance your
interests. It’s like a poker game. You can
see power simply as a proxy for resources
or wealth, as sets of poker chips that are
static. And the U.S. has so many poker
chips and Canada has so many and Russia,
but it’s really more of a process idea.
“The power comes from the poker
game and, sure, you want chips. But you
also don’t want anybody to kick over
the table. When the U.S. works together
with its allies or works to persuade foes
or potential foes of U.S. perspectives,
then that strategy of engagement
actually becomes a stronger strategy in
the long term for meeting U.S. national
interests effectively.”
A
FAMILY
AFFAIR
P
BY M AUR A K IN G SC U L LY
P HOTO G R A P H BY KAT H L E E N D OOH E R
PAUL AYOUB ’74, FORMER NOBLES TRUSTEE and current chair of the
Building Committee, is chair of American Lebanese Syrian
Associate Charities (ALSAC) the fundraising and awareness
organization of SJCRH, and he serves on the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH) board as well. ALSAC/
SJCRH is now the largest health-care nonprofit in the nation
in terms of dollars raised, and it is recognized as being among
the world’s leading pediatric research and care centers. Paul,
who is a partner at the Boston-based law firm Nutter, McClennen & Fish, began his board service for St. Jude and ALSAC in
1992 but traces his involvement back to childhood.
“I remember going door-to-door in West Roxbury, collecting nickels, dimes and quarters when I was 7, during what was
then called the ‘Teenage March for St. Jude,’” Paul recalls. “I
did this for several years.”
Paul’s parents, Joe and Ellie Ayoub,
were among the group who helped actor
Danny Thomas, a fellow Lebanese and
Syrian American, start ALSAC in 1957,
and then St. Jude’s in 1962. “My father
was on the original board and wrote the
ALSAC bylaws with Danny Thomas,”
says Paul. “He also served as president
of the board of trustees for many years.
My father was a lawyer in the Boston
area. He came to know Danny in the
early 1950s when he asked him to
perform a benefit for an organization
looking to operate a summer camp
in Plymouth for inner-city kids from
Boston. Danny recognized my father’s
humanitarian core and recruited him
for St. Jude.”
Today, it costs more than $2 million
each day to operate St. Jude. Eighty
percent of the hospital’s budget comes
from donations, yet remarkably the
average donation is just $30. “Families
never receive a bill from St. Jude for
treatment, travel, housing or food,” he
says. “St. Jude also shares its research
with doctors and scientists around the
globe. So even if St. Jude isn’t in your
neighborhood, our treatment protocols
and research are.”
Now, love for St. Jude has reached
to the third generation of Ayoubs, with
Paul’s daughter, Lizzie ’12. “I always
heard my dad talk about the hospital
growing up, but the moment I had
my own connection to St. Jude was
when I was 6 and met a patient named
Suzanne—a girl only a few years older
than me who had neuroblastoma,”
explains Lizzie, now a senior at Vanderbilt University. “I met her at a patient
ice cream party. Scooping ice cream with
her dad, she had a huge smile across her
face, and I couldn’t help but wonder
how she could be so happy knowing she
was fighting to stay alive every day. Even
though I only knew her for a short time,
she changed my life.”
Sadly, Lizzie notes that Suzanne lost
her battle with cancer and passed away
when she was only 11. “I didn’t know
what to do or how to feel,” she said.
“Music has always been an outlet for
me, so I wrote a song called ‘Ice Cream
With Suzanne.’ I spent several years
singing this song at St. Jude events
around the country to tell her story.”
In the process, Lizzie raised more
than $15,000 selling her CD, which she
donated to St. Jude.
Now, Lizzie and Paul are collaborating on a book, Inspire Me! A Father/
Daughter Book of Quotes. Slated for
publication in 2016, all proceeds will
go to St. Jude.
One of their favorites is from
Danny Thomas, whom Paul quotes from
memory: “There are two kinds of people
in this world: the givers and the takers.
The takers sometimes eat better, but the
givers always sleep better.”
A GLOBAL
VISION
M
BY A LEX I S SULLI VA N
PHOTO G RA PH BY BEN H EI DER
Michael Morley ’75 is a local ophthalmologist committed to community service here and abroad. In addition
to his work last summer as a Fulbright Specialist in
Thailand, he has been active in fundraising efforts and
service throughout the Boston area. He also spends one
month of every year teaching and providing quality eye
care to underprivileged communities around the world.
ART CREDIT
What inspired your commitment
to community service?
MM: My father, who was orphaned at age
10, grew up knowing the value of a helping hand. He passed that appreciation on
to me by taking me along with his church
group to deliver food and services to the
underprivileged. As I became specialized
in my field, I decided I wanted to shake
up my comfortable life by exploring the
world and treating blindness in underserved countries. I hope to leave something behind that will make things better.
Please describe the unique cultural
exchange you experience on your
many trips teaching and performing
surgeries abroad?
MM: The food, the music, the social
habits, the clothing, the architecture, the
dances—all of these cultural differences
are fascinating and enriching to experience. However, the cultural similarities,
the common denominators that all
humans share, are more interesting and
more fundamentally important. Despite
all imaginable cultural differences, we all
share a need for connection and love and
meaning in our lives.
Can you speak about your work and your
experiences during your tenure as a Fulbright Specialist in Thailand last summer?
MM: I traveled as a teacher and consultant working to improve the quality and
outcomes of health care in Thailand.
Beyond the extraordinary professional
opportunity, it was to effect change in a
large health-care system. I discovered
personal opportunities for growth that
had been obscured by my habits and my
busyness. While living a vastly different
life, I gained the freedom to think and
act differently, which I hope made me a
better person.
How have your multiple fundraising
efforts influenced your sense of a local
or global community?
MM: A friend once told me that the best
philanthropic efforts are as helpful to the
donors as they are to the intended beneficiaries. As I have witnessed, donors and
their recipients often form communities
of people wanting to engage in meaningful and beneficial projects.
Did your experience at Nobles have any
lasting influence on your own commitment
to medicine and service?
MM: After my parents, Nobles was the
most transformative influence on my life.
It taught me the most important les-
sons—respect for others, hard work, being
a team player and persistence. Nobles
helped me believe that I could do something valuable and good. The privilege of a
Nobles education comes with a responsibility to use that education wisely.
In addition to practicing medicine, you
have also demonstrated a strong interest and talent for teaching, at Harvard
Medical School and abroad in Asia. What
motivates your commitment to teaching?
MM: Nobles exposed me to some teachers
and coaches who changed my life—Rob
Shapiro’s lessons still make my heart
sing! Fred Sculco’s love for science and
Dick Baker’s intensity were both formative for me. Playing lacrosse with coach
Chris Arnold was just as powerful as
sitting in any classroom. Just like they
shared their passion with me, I like to
share my love for ophthalmology with
my students. In my clinic, I’m often
stunned by the beauty and elegance of
the human body. I’ve been fortunate,
with supremely motivated students who
have each developed their own energy
and desire for excellence.
What do you hope your legacy will be?
MM: Professionally, I hope my legacy
will involve the improved richness
of the lives of my individual sighted
patients and the increased functionality
of health-care organizations. Personally, Nobles will always be a part of my
legacy. Alongside my old classmate and
estate lawyer Kurt Somerville ’75, I am
supporting financial aid at Nobles to
express my gratitude to my parents and
to Nobles. I hope it will give a young
person an opportunity like I had.
“NOBLES HELPED ME BELIEVE THAT I COULD
DO SOMETHING VALUABLE AND GOOD.
THE PRIVILEGE OF A NOBLES EDUCATION
COMES WITH A RESPONSIBILITY TO
USE THAT EDUCATION WISELY.”
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P H OTO G RA PH BY DAVI D JO HNSO N
CAT BUI ‘00 CAME TO NOBLES after attending the school’s Upward
Bound (UB) program for students from underresourced public
schools. For typical UB students, the opportunities can be lifechanging—but Bui’s story is not really typical.
Long before moving to Chicago and becoming director
of global HEOR (health economics and outcomes research)
oncology at Astellas Pharma, Inc., Bui was a child in Vietnam.
When she was 8, Bui and her father fled their homeland, planning for the rest of the family to follow. After three years in a
refugee camp, they arrived in California and, finally, settled in
Massachusetts: Bui’s father promised her that Boston has the
best schools in the world, and he wanted the best education
for his children.
Bui says she contemplates her
youthful journey but doesn’t dwell on
it. “When I was in leadership training
[through Astellas], we talked about
how your experiences shape you and
make you who you are. Reflecting on my
experience gives me purpose. It makes
me more open-minded and flexible and
understanding when interacting with
different people.”
Now Bui is championing freedom of
a different kind: access to health care.
Her field is health economics and, as
she works full time at Astellas, she is
completing a doctorate at the University
of Texas at Austin, where she also earned
a master’s in pharmacy administration. Bui’s work, she says, is ultimately
about facilitating patient access to safe
and effective medications. Her interest
in economic development, health care
and its implications began at Mount
Holyoke, she says, where she studied
international relations and pre-med.
“A lot of countries are struggling to
develop and aren’t always thoughtful
about human capital in terms of health,
and I was really interested in that. I
decided I wanted to go to pharmacy
school, looking from a broader publichealth perspective. That’s how I ended
up in what I do now—it’s international
health, focused on patient access to care
and medicines.”
Bui’s job takes her all over the world.
Her company’s headquarters is in Japan.
(She thanks former teacher Tomoko
Graham for introducing her to sushi
and Japanese culture.) She explains her
role: “If you think about drug development, you have regulatory approval, you
have the FDA or European Medicine
Agency that are regulatory bodies that
evaluate your compound for safety,
efficacy and quality. The questions are,
‘Does it work? Is it safe for human consumption in a large population?’ That’s
the first hurdle."
Once medicine is on the market,
another hurdle remains. “You have the
patient, you have the physician, you
have insurance plans—and that’s just in
the U.S. And globally you have different
agencies that review research and the
compounds that you bring to the market. So once a product is on the market,
“A LOT OF COUNTRIES ARE STRUGGLING
TO DEVELOP AND AREN’T ALWAYS
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HUMAN CAPITAL
IN TERMS OF HEALTH.... I DECIDED
I WANTED TO GO TO PHARMACY
SCHOOL, LOOKING FROM A BROADER
PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE.
THAT’S HOW I ENDED UP IN WHAT
I DO NOW—IT’S INTERNATIONAL
HEALTH, FOCUSED ON PATIENT
ACCESS TO CARE AND MEDICINES.”
you still have the second hurdle: how to
give patients who needed the treatment
access to that compound and drug. What
I do is the second hurdle.
“My responsibility is to generate
evidence that these agencies will evaluate and approve: ‘Okay, well it’s effective,
and it’s safe. But what does that mean to
my population? If I [a plan or insurance]
have this on the formulary, what is the
real-world outcome as opposed to the
highly controlled clinical outcome?’
Then they ask, ‘What is the impact from
my financial perspective to my plan or
my country?’ Or is it cost-effective? This
is the area that I cover worldwide.”
Working globally, Bui navigates
political, financial and cultural systems
of countries, each of which handles
national health care differently. “I’ve
learned that there really is no perfect
model. The question is what is a country
trying to accomplish in providing care?
The German health technology assessment looks at the benefit aspects while
the UK looks at the cost-effectiveness
of the new treatment compared to current standard of care. But at the same
time, when you come down to making
decisions, it’s [in some way] going to be
about cost.”
Right now, Astellas is in the early
phase of developing a compound to
treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML),
and Bui says that she feels privileged to
contribute to plans that may bring this
compound to patients.
Bui is excited about the future of
health care and health economics.
She says that even in oncology, care is
becoming personalized. “Technology
can help us identify [patients for whom
a certain indication might work]. We
can develop drugs that actually target
the specific patient populations and
personalize them to their specific biology. We’re still learning—still evolving
with care and research and innovation.”
She acknowledges that innovation can
come at a cost, in terms of investment in
research and development.
For now, Bui is focused on her role
in the complex world of health care.
“What I do is to help ensure that the
right patients get the right treatments—
the research that I do helps to facilitate
that dialogue. I think that’s important
for patients.”
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1950
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your classmates to share.
1940
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
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1942
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Putty McDowell
781-320-1960
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Sid Eaton Jr.
503-223-7548
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Sid Eaton here with what I’ve been
able to glean from the 15 living
members of the Class of 1950.
Ned Almy writes, “Our three
children, all graduates of Nobles,
gave Nancy and me a wonderful
60th wedding party—all 17 members of the family were there.”
Sid Eaton shares, “The big
event of our summer was the
reunion of Meg’s family at their
summer home on the front dune
in the coastal town of Neskowin,
Ore. Forty-one folk attended from
their homes in Minneapolis–St.
Paul, Indianapolis, Little Rock,
Portland, Ore., and Neskowin. It
took four houses to accommodate
the group. Such gatherings occur
about once every three years.”
Alfred Montgomery Goodale says, “I’m trying hard to get
Amazon to accept my second
novel. The big event of my summer was the visit of my son,
daughter-in-law and 4-year-old
grandson, all the way from China.”
Jack Hoag writes, “We enjoyed
the summer at our place on
Squam Lake in New Hampshire.
Heading to Vero Beach, Fla., this
winter and hoping to tour the
West Coast in winter 2017.”
Dudley Hall shares, “Did
not make the trip to Cape
Cod this year but was fortunate to spend a week at Hilton Head with the family.”
Howard Jelleme says, “Sorry
to have missed the reunion, but
we did have a fantastic family
barge trip in France. Robin and
I just finished our harvest with
the great help of my two sons
and two daughters—best looking
grapes yet, so hope to have some
good wine from them in a couple
of years. We plan to go back to
Italy this spring for a visit.”
O. Stephens Leland writes,
“Where did the summer go? (It
is still summer here with just
an occasional wee brisk in the
air.) We did get a trip to Europe,
which included a day in the
Colmar Valley, reliving the last
campaign pushing the Germans
out of France in WWII. I cannot
imagine the sacrifices of those
men, many of whom died, scarcely
older than I was when I graduated from Nobles five years later.
What a debt we owe them.”
When reached, Richard McCabe was tending the shrubbery in
front of his Cotuit house. Reports
he, “Sorry we didn’t get back from
Florida in time for our reunion.”
Asked about his book collection, he replied, “I’ve had to slow
down on the book front. Our main
focus and pleasure this summer
has been watching how well our
granddaughter is doing at golf.
She recently played in a tournament that helped her team raise
$10,000 dollars for charity. Now
we’re waiting to hear if she can
earn a golf-related scholarship to
college—Bowdoin possibly.”
Ed Stimpson shares, “We were
still in Naples, Fla., at the time of
our reunion. This summer Moira
and I barged down the Seine River
from Paris to Normandy. Next
summer we hope to barge from
Paris to Prague.”
Jim Truslow reports an upand-down health summer, but
when asked about the grandson
who drives an 18-wheeler, your
scribe could hear his smile when
he replied, “He’s great. He now
owns five 18-wheelers and has four
guys working for him.”
1951
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Galt Grant
781-383-0854
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1952 & 1953
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Winston “Hooley” Perry
[email protected]
After reviewing my informative
literary effort in the fall magazine,
which you finally received in the
late summer of 2015, I should probably start my rambling with how
wonderfully warm this past 2015
summer was. But knowing that
you will be receiving this winter
magazine issue sometime in snowladen February, I will try to keep my
thoughts and writings as warm as
possible. You must remember that I
live in Florida where it is warm/hot
all year long, which allows myself
and Wink Childs ’52 (who lives on
Amelia Island in North Florida) to
forgo shoveling snow forever, plus
it allows Wink to improve (?) his
golf game year round (let’s hope),
because we all know how adept
Wink is at keeping golf scores.
Speaking of that, I regularly
receive emails from our Kentucky
“Bourbon County” Land Baron,
Dudley Dumaine ’52, asking me
off-the-wall questions about Noble
and Greenough’s history and Eliot
Putnam trivia, plus other littleknown facts and figures, which
allows me the pleasure of doing
continued research about that
world we were so much a part of,
and which affected and directed
our lives in so many different and
wonderful ways. Many times,
as part of my “Doodles” history
research efforts, I contact Benny
Taylor ’52, our in-house money
chaser, who as you know keeps
in regular touch with everyone,
and/or Bob “Stretch” Cumings
’52, our class president, who does
the same. For further consultation, I rely on Commander Peter
“Benuch” Bennett ’52, who has
an amazing encyclopedic memory
of “who is related to, or beholden
to, whom,” in addition to Lucius
“Peter” Hallett ’52, who along
with the help of his ever-present
Apple iPad and googling proclivity, professes to know everything
about anything. So as you can see,
my resource material endeavors
are far-reaching and impeccably
and unquestionably accurate.
In addition to my lovely wife,
Andrea, having had both hips
replaced earlier this year, and me
having had both knees replaced a
few years ago, I heard that Peter
Summers ’52 recently had hipreplacement surgery (one or both,
Peter?), plus Peter Partridge’s
’54 lovely wife, Gretchen, had
a hip replacement (one or both,
Gretchen?). It seems that the
replacement of hips and knees is
the surgery of choice lately for our
Noble and Greenough classmates.
So whom did I miss in the class?
We probably should start a bionic
men’s and women’s hip- and kneereplacement club.
In what little spare time I can
find, I recently read The Boys in
the Boat, a nonfiction book by
Daniel James Brown that was
thoroughly enjoyable and has been
on the bestseller list for months,
especially if you at any time in your
life rowed crew. I never graduated
from the “Beginners Barge” years
ago at school, but you betterthan-average scullers will love it.
Also highly recommended (by
“Stretch” Cumings) is Citizens of
London, by Lynne Olson, which tells
the story of John Gilbert Winant,
the U.S. Ambassador to England
(and a graduate of St. Paul’s
School) and the fascinating storybehind-the-story of FDR and that
other famous person with the first
name of Winston, who dragged
us into the war in Europe, along
with the exposés of Harry Hopkins
and Edward R. Murrow, plus many
other well-known famous people’s
names familiar to us way back
then. Both well worth reading.
I had a nice long conversation with David Thibodeau ’53,
our other ’53 class agent who
regularly keeps tabs on everyone while trying to sweet talk
y’all out of any loose change you
may have lying around. Both
“Tib” and his lovely wife, Connie,
wisely spent some quality winter
time in Vero Beach, Fla., during
early 2015, just in time to work
on their tans for sun-in-the-fun
in New England this summer.
I received a nice email from
Jimmy Bailey ’53, who was trying
to track down Ted Jennings ’53,
and who is thoroughly enjoying
his new life in Boise, Idaho, with
his children and grandchildren.
So there really is happy living
Katherine and Bo Wakefield ’53, “The 2015 Voyagers at Uluru, a huge monolith in
the middle of the Western Desert. From the sunset viewing area, we watched the
rock go pink then red in the angled disappearing light. Note Bo’s hat: A USMC 1960s
Captain’s ‘cover’ still worn! Once a Marine–Always a Marine.”
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in the Midwest after so many
years of living on the West
Coast, in Clio, Calif., surrounded
by beautiful golf courses.
On a regular basis I receive
from Bo-Bub Wakefield ’53 all
sorts of letters, postcards and
promotional materials about all of
the wonders of Australia that he
and his wife, Katherine, encounter
during their never-ending travels
through that other side of the
world. Their latest adventure, and
accompanying handwritten storied
postcard, was sent from Vladivostok, Russia, along with a Russian
50-ruble paper currency as a contribution to our next class party.
I’m not sure what the U.S. dollar
exchange rate is for 59 rubles
these days, but maybe, just maybe,
we might be able to purchase a
real good bottle of Russian vodka
and collectively drain the bottle
in Bo’s honor. Bo also mentioned
that while he and Katherine were
walking around Vladivostok one
afternoon, they were almost run
over by Vladimir Putin’s personal
cavalcade of large black cars racing through the city.
I am still saddened after hearing the news that Everett Kiefer
’52 passed away on October 6 at
his home in Orleans on Cape Cod.
I, and others, had the pleasure
of playing on the ’51, ’52 and ’53
basketball team with Everett, in
addition to many years ago attending numerous parties together,
anywhere and any time they happened to be held, many times on
Cape Cod. For more information,
please see my tribute to Everett
in the Memoriam section of this
graduate news.
With this in mind, I urge
everyone of you to pay attention
to what your primary-care doctor
(or whatever medical specialists
you may use) tells you to do, and/
or what pills or medicine to take,
so that we can all occasionally get
together to reminisce, and to talk
about our children and grandchildren, and tell war stories of, and
reminisce about, wonderful times
past. I love you all.
Bo Wakefield and wife
Katherine made an 11,000-mile
Tug & Trailer voyage through
Australia, which included the
hi-trek over Kata Tjuta’s sacred
Valley of the Winds. These are
aboriginal lands and have
been for as many as 40,000
to 60,000 years.
At this place is the planet’s
oldest continuous living society;
even today these people have
not yet developed any means
to hold liquid (i.e., pottery—
they will find short success with
animal skins and certain desert
tree-bark shapes)! These Aborigines have left their ‘history’
in rock engravings (petroglyphs)
and ochre rock paintings on top
of older rock paintings. They
have had language, but never the
written word.
By developing musical instruments for song, they gave tempo
to their ‘dreamtime’ (Big Bang)
stories. Today they are still some
of the world’s most isolated
bushmen, and they maintain their
isolation with AUSTGOVT support
and deep wells!”
1954
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Peter Partridge
508-548-9418
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1955
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Bob Chellis
781-237-9436
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1956
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Gren “Rocky” Whitman
410-639-7551
[email protected] Kit Hayden reports he’s attending monthly meetings of
Damariscotta’s “Death Café” and
recommends the attendance of
classmates at any local chapter. “But don’t expect any immortal
youngsters there,” says Kit.
From John Fritts: “With the
arrival of a new grandson and
many visitors to our Cape Cod
home, we’ve had an eventful six
months. Friends and family visited
every weekend, and some stayed
overnight or for a few days to enjoy
almost perfect Cape weather. Our
season tickets to Fenway aren’t
in such high demand, but there’s
always hope for 2016, as we seem
to say every year. Our attention
has now shifted to the Patriots,
Celtics and Bruins.
My wife and her twin brother
turned 70 in August, so the in-laws
wanted a big party. They decided on
Florida and included children and
grandchildren on summer break.
We all stayed at the Tradewinds
Resort in St. Pete Beach, a great
place for a special occasion.
I still work part-time at Waterstone of Wellesley, an assistedliving facility, driving residents to
appointments and hearing about
their ‘good old days.’ I catch myself
doing the same thing on occasion
but enjoy their stories from the
’20s and ’30s. Amazing how many
can recall events 80 or 90 years
ago, and I have trouble remembering what I ate for breakfast. Hope
to see you all next spring!”
Fred Wells’s much-appreciated
handwritten letter to me reads,
“My congratulations to Dave
and Barbara Carroll on their
20-plus years of sobriety, and
my thanks to them for sharing
their achievement with us, a
wonderful and courageous act.
I, too, am a ‘Friend of Bill,’ and
have so lamented the fact that this
disease—which has impacted so
many individuals and families—is
so often swept under the rug.
There is still so much shame
connected with addiction problems. We can only hope that when
the general population understands
they are dealing with a physical and
emotional health issue, not a moral
issue, they will be more comfortable reaching out for help.”
In an earlier issue of Nobles
magazine, Tim Leland reported
that two Hollywood movies were
in production based on the work
of the investigative team he
launched at the Boston Globe 45
years ago. Both films have now
been released: Black Mass, which
tells the story of gangster Whitey
Bulger’s reign of terror in Boston,
and Spotlight (the name of the
Globe investigative team that Tim
started), which broke the story of
the Catholic sex-abuse scandal.
Bill Wiese hopes to make it
for our class’s 60th reunion and
the opportunity to catch up. He’s
“busy in New Mexico and a bit too
far away to keep up-to-date with
Nobles and our class.”
Rocky Whitman (ahem,
yet another “Friend of Bill”)
is organizing and conducting
monthly “Waterfowl Walks”
at the Eastern Neck National
Wildlife Refuge during the winter.
“Everything you’ve ever wanted
to know about tundra swans!”
1957
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
John Valentine
413-256-6676
[email protected]
David Woods writes, “Eleanor and
I spent two weeks in Europe, one
each in Switzerland and Spain. In
Switzerland we were hosted by
my freshman-year Danish roommate and his French wife in their
Swiss home in Crans Montana
(francophone part of Switzerland)
for a few days before going on to
Wengen, a beautiful Alpine town in
the German-speaking part, which
I got to know in the ’50s. So I was
in linguistic heaven for a few days.
We then flew to Madrid where
we were hosted by a couple we
knew here in Washington, D.C. He
worked in the Spanish embassy,
and she and I met together with
another Spaniard, one American
and a French woman in a group of
‘cinco amigos’ where we practiced
each others’ languages. To be honest, Spanish is my linguistic hell.”
Charles Wiggins called up to
say there’s another Wiggins in the
world, granddaughter Lynda Wiggins. God bless.
Loring Conant, with typical
diffidence, writes, “I can’t imagine
anyone is interested in the fact that
I had the best tomato crop in many
a year, that I’m progressing in
‘proficiency’ on the violin, inspired
by David Woods’s wife, Eleanor,
and that I have a compulsion for
night kayaking, mesmerized by
the phosphorescence. I find doing
scales is of great therapeutic value,
blocking out the horrors on the
political scene. Reading also helps.
How about All the Light We Cannot
See, by Anthony Doerr?”
Robert Macleod shows signs
of itching to get back on his bike,
declaring, “I haven’t seen much
new territory since the February trip, other than sailing back
on Yacht Resolution (CCA friend
Bill Cook) from Newfoundland
with two Nobles shipmates, Sam
Gray ’55 and Ed Nelson ’68. Left
St. John’s on July 27 with freeze
warnings for return to Marion.
Otherwise, I’ve been mucking
stalls and watering trees here. I
hope to return to the Southern
Hemisphere again this winter for
more cycling in Tasmania and then
New Zealand.”
Fred Hitz reflects, “As many
of us approach our 55th college
reunions, it is hard not to see that
time is getting short. To delay
the inevitable, I am continuing to
teach at the Frank Batten School
of Leadership and Public Policy at
UVa and at the law school. It is a
pleasure to see how determined
this generation of students is to do
something that helps their fellow
men and women. Mary Buford,
my spouse, is finishing a book on
Wintergreen Resort near us, and
thankfully we are still able to hike
the Blue Ridge.”
Robert McElwain writes, “As
has been my habit and need over
the past 20 years, I drove up to the
Northeast Kingdom of Vermont
at the end of September, where I
rented a small cottage on Forest
Lake in Averill. For four days I
enjoyed almost complete silence,
read two books, and with my son
Hollis who joined me for a couple
of days, viewed the supermoon
and the lunar eclipse, hiked a
mountain, and crossed the border
into Quebec for a superb scenic
afternoon excursion, reentering
the United States through the top
of New Hampshire and passing by
all four Connecticut Lakes at peak
foliage time. So much for northern
New England.”
Lance Grandone forwarded
the following: “Not much has
changed since my last update.
Karin and I are still in good health,
although I have now embarked on
a serious diet change and exercise
program using the Silver Sneakers
program from our health-care
provider and YMCA. It’s tough
going, but I’m sticking to it. We
are having a mini-reunion with our
son and daughter. Cass just retired
from Abbott Labs after 30 years
and bought a house in Morrison,
Colo., at 7,500 feet in the Rockies.
Susan left Rio Tinto and leaves for
a three-year stint with CRC Mining
in Brisbane, Australia, on October
6. We will be cat-sitting for two
months because of Australia’s
quarantine. Should be fun as
the Maine Coon cat and our toy
poodle are mortal enemies. I hope
we survive! Life is good in Florida.
No hurricanes. All classmates and
family are welcome to visit us. My
best to all of you.”
Bill Gallagher wrote to say, “I
had a particularly pleasant Nobles
memory the other night when I
looked at the framed drawings of
my cruising sailboat. It occurred
to me that this past summer was
the 20th anniversary of the time
that boat sailed to Bermuda and
back with almost entirely Nobles
crews. The drawings, signed by
all, were a gift from the participants in the outbound voyage on
the Marion to Bermuda race: ’57
classmates John Damon, Fred
Hitz and Bob Macleod, my brother
Dick Gallagher ’58 and my son Bill
Gallagher ’95.
The company was great but the
winds were light. Not favorable for
a heavy boat and so, well, let’s just
say we were closer to last place
than first place. My brother was
greatly distressed. Not that we
didn’t win, but that we didn’t come
in last. The cook (Dick’s billet) on
the last boat to finish received a
special trophy and a certain degree
of good-natured infamy in the
social events that followed.
Once in Hamilton, we were
taken under the wing of Bob Lawrence ’44 who, with Bill Bliss ’48
and their wives, had raced down
on Bob’s lovely yacht, Sea Witch,
arriving quite some time before
us. But then everyone did. Bob’s
gracious influence resulted in our
getting a very well-placed dock
space. He also made sure our crew
was present at the sociable and
collegial gatherings that accompany these events.
The trip back did not go according to script. Daughters Emily
Gallagher Byrne ’87 and Hilary
Gallagher ’90 flew down for the
trip back, replacing Fred and
Dick. My daughters’ fantasies of
favorable winds, sunny days and
enchanting sunsets with exotic
cocktails vanished as soon as we
cleared Bermuda. Nasty winds
and even nastier weather set in.
The boat was built to take it. With
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Macleod and Damon aboard, I
had few concerns for the safety of
my three Nobles kids aboard. Bob
navigated us through the weather
system to greatest possible effect.
Damon was invaluable in keeping
the boat’s crew in optimistic spirits
and the boat in ready condition.
We made it back, of course. Clear,
gentle weather came upon us a
day out of Marion. I believe the
crew devoured a week’s worth of
provisions in 24 hours.
Whenever I see those drawings, I think of the great moments
that boat brought into our lives.
And every time I do—every
time—I remember that trip and
the Nobles friends and family that made it so special.”
John Valentine wrote, “For
a kid brought up on the wonder
of the ever-changing sights of
ocean and seashore, I must admit
I have been swayed by the various
beauty of living in the woods. In
early October, the ‘giant’ moon
found its way above the tree limbs
and revealed a spellbinding eclipse
right over the deck behind our
house. Filled with fine food, we
eased into our zero-gravity chairs
and took in the shapes and colors
that moved across the surface
of the moon until it was gone. It
was an extraordinary ordinary occurrence that made carpe noctem
good advice.
For the rest, life unfolds its
blessings in common and occasionally complex ways. Grandchildren delight us. The challenges our
bright, resourceful daughters face
with their spouses stir recognition, sympathy, admiration and
grateful recognition that they
are not ours to solve. So, facing
forward, we say ‘Excelsior.’”
1958
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Chris Morss
[email protected]
Peter Wadsworth writes, “In
June I enjoyed attending the 2nd
International Thornton Wilder Conference in Newport, R.I., compliments of classmate Tappy Wilder,
Thornton’s nephew and literary
executor. Aside from learning that
there was much more to Thornton
Wilder than his signature work, Our
Town, including two Pulitzers and a
National Book Award, it was great
fun to catch up with Tappy and partake in a raucous Friday night dinner
in downtown Newport with some
of his literary collaborators. The
highlight of the event, for me, was
Tappy’s self-deprecating and often
humorous cocktail hour discussion of how he became Thornton
Wilder’s literary executor some 20
years ago and expanded the Wilder
‘empire’ by permitting, among other
things, adaptations that his uncle
would never have permitted, like
operas of Our Town and The Bridge
of San Luis Rey, and publication of
pieces of his juvenilia. Perhaps we
can persuade Tappy to reprise his
autobiographical tour de force at a
future class reunion. David Burdoin announced his
marriage on October 15 to Shem
Maunes, of Cebu City, Philippines,
at All Saints Church, Chiang Mai,
Thailand, where David has been
living for the past 11 years. Larry Daloz writes, “As we
have for the past several years,
Sharon and I have spent summers
in Vermont to be closer to our
grandchildren who now number
four. We are now back in the
Northwest for the rest of the time.
The scenery here is spectacular as
we look across Puget Sound to the
snowy North Cascades. Normally
at this time of year their glaciers
are beginning to grow again as the
snow caps the high peaks. This
summer, however, was the hottest
and driest ever, even here in the
normally wet Northwest. And instead of the usual ice and snow, we
are looking at gray, bare peaks with
only specks of remaining snow
fields. We were told a decade ago
that this would happen ‘sometime
in our lifetimes,’ but we never
imagined it would happen so fast.
And once gone, glaciers do not
come back. A number of our plants
that normally make it through the
summer fine have died, and more
would have if our friends had not
kept watering them. It appears that
the California drought is becoming
the entire West Coast drought. I am haunted by the question,
‘If it is wrong to trash the planet,
is it not also wrong to profit from
those who are doing it—and
deliberately distorting the truth
so they can keep doing it?’ One
thing I have been engaged in is the
divestiture movement—at both
Williams and Harvard, in my case.
There is much we can do, and we
are not helpless. I am happy to
discuss this further with anyone
who is concerned and wants to
learn more or take action.” Chris Morss writes, “Bill
and Jan Russell hosted me for a
weekend early in August at their
house in Northeast Harbor, where
Bill conducted a tour of Acadia
National Park. Later he and Jan
took their guest for a most enjoyable morning’s voyage on local
waters. An attempt to get together
with Ben Blaney did not work,
alas. Chris still spends summers in
Mattapoisett, where he frequently
sees Henry Batchelder and Jay
Johnson ’61.”
1959
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Whit Bond
[email protected]
Buzz Gagnebin
[email protected]
John Gibson
[email protected]
This is the age of online links.
Our classmates are taking full
advantage of them to give delightful reports without burdening the
school with hundreds of pages
added to the magazine. Wow.
Steve Grant gave a superb presentation this Sept. 15 on his book
Collecting Shakespeare: The Story
of Henry and Emily Folger, at the
Boston Athenaeum, and received
great comments with links for all
of us to share: https://vimeo.com/
album/3310726/video/139975245
The audio only is at: https://
soundcloud.com/bostonathenaeum/
stephen-grant-collecting-shakespeare-the-story-of-henry-andemily-folger
Bill Cutler also has a superb
presentation available online. He
co-authored an entry on the private (independent) schools in the
Philadelphia area for the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, an
online resource for both scholars
and general readers. Like Nobles,
most of these schools are very
old, some dating to the Colonial
era. Some moved to the suburbs
had never discussed Lady Smith,
although he had fond memories
of his time in India before going to
Africa, which he discussed.
1960
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Albert Vandam
[email protected]
1959
Left: Buzz Gagnebin and wife Connie ride their
trikes all over Cambridge. Right: John Gibson and
his wife, Irina in Scotland.
after World War I, and many went
coeducational in the 1970s. They
pride themselves on their academic and athletic excellence. The
essay can be found at: http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/
private-independent-schools/
Buzz Gagnebin recently
reconnected with a camper
he counseled on MDI in 1962
named Andrew (Andy) Abbott,
now a highly regarded sociology
professor at the University of
Chicago. Buzz is also showing his
age—not—by taking up tricycling big-time and founding the
Cambridge Tricycle Club, which
has five members after less than a
month. He rides with his wife, Connie, all over Cambridge, and they
get to stop and talk to neighbors
and friends wherever they ride—a
great way to enjoy the scenery
as well. The club is also online at
cambridgetricycleclub.org.
John Gibson reports that 50
years after beginning a career as
an educator (chemistry at the McCallie School in Chattanooga), and
after an MS in physics and a long
career as a pension actuary, he
is enjoying helping his wife teach
chemistry and physics at Airline
High School, in Bossier Parish, La.
John’s teaching has been inspired
by Zoof, Wilbur, Mr. Eaton, Msrs
Bird, Coggeshall, Putnam, Flood
and Wise, and many others.
Although John was also inspired
by Square: “You didn’t do your
homework? Burn!” is not allowed
in a public school vocabulary these
days! After years as a retirement
specialist, John is still working on
phased retirement. He learned of
the merits of phased retirement
from a former chief actuary of
the Social Security Administration, Robert J. Meyers. By the way,
Square (Mr. Horton) started his
career as an actuary with the Met.
John and Irina had a great trip
to Scotland, where his grandfather,
who lived with John’s family until
John was in college, was a Gordon
Highlander—the crack British
unit famous at Waterloo, India,
and Lady Smith, South Africa.
John discovered that “Popy” was
in the seige of Lady Smith. Popy
Dudley Post writes, “During a
rare trip to Southern California
last May, I was able to catch up
with two of our three expatriate
classmates on the West Coast. I
enjoyed dinner with our only M.D.,
Dan Funkenstein, in Del Mar, just
north of his residence in La Jolla.
Dan is back to work after a brief retirement, in fact accompanying his
wife Debey to an intensive medical
workshop that weekend. I once enjoyed a summer job in L.A., but it’s
easy to forget how adventurous it
was back in the 1960s to relocate
there permanently.
The following week I met up
with Gibbs Bray at the Getty Museum near his home in Woodland
Hills, where he recently moved
with his family in northwest L.A.
We discussed our disappointment
that the former curator of the
Getty, Jim Wood ’59, had died
just a few years earlier. Gibbs
regrets he was unable to attend
our 50th but wants to make the
next reunion.”
1961
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Jim Newell
802-467-3555
[email protected]
1962
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
David Mittell
[email protected]
EDITOR’S NOTE: D.A. Mittell
is passing the torch. Kindly
contact the graduate
affairs office if you’re
interested in serving as
your class correspondent.
A call to John Bachner found
him sounding strong of voice as
ever. But he and his wife, Patti,
have sold their longtime home
in Great Falls, Va. Their new
address is 180 Reachcliff Drive,
Shepherdstown, WV 25443.
Telephone: 304-870-4303.
1963
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Al Vandam ’60 and Sam Vandam ’67
enjoying a September bike ride in New
Hampshire. Al was visiting Sam, who
has retired in Thetford, Vt.
Jim Lehan
508-520-1373
[email protected]
graduate news
Dave Wilkinson passed away
suddenly this summer from a heart
attack. Dave loved life, and we, his
classmates, take solace in knowing
he was a happy man who lived
every day to the fullest. He will be
dearly missed.
Colin “Rip” Cunningham was
recently voted into the Fishing Hall
of Fame. This is fishing’s Canton
or Cooperstown and is worldwide,
with only five annual inductees. The
induction took place this November.
An avid fisherman, Rip has devoted
his life to this sport, and this recognition is indeed a great honor.
Jim Lehan writes that he, Bob
Kretschmar, Kenny Mallory and
Mark Angney recently had a great
evening with Bob MacDonald, who
was visiting Boston. Great food,
great conversation and wonderfully foolish memories made for a
great time. We hope that we can
make this an annual event.
1964
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Ned Bigelow
781-704-4304
[email protected]
1966
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Ned Reece
[email protected]
Geoff Precourt writes, “So, for
class notes, I’m finishing up my
eighth year as editor-in-chief of the
Journal of Advertising Research and
as editor/Americas for the Londonbased World Advertising Research
Centre. And I’m lucky enough to do
that largely from my home in Ashfield, Mass. (think Northampton/
Amherst). I don’t get to the Boston
area often, but when I do, the trip
usually includes a visit with my
great pal Jon Canter. Last month,
in fact, Will Walker came in from
Provincetown, and the three of us
replicated Jon’s school commute
to the campus in Dedham. The
only thing unchained, to this eye,
was the pet cemetery that abuts
the Bridge Street formal entrance.
The deeper into the woods of our
youth we went, the more fields we
found—fields of all kinds of sport
and playing surface. So much of it
seemed so alien and unfamiliar in
a place that was our daily life 50
years ago. But I can only presume
members of the Class of 1916
made the same observation had
they visited us in 1966.”
Josh Cutler writes, “I am still
working hard at my writing and
teaching at the Tibetan Buddhist
Learning Center here in northwestern New Jersey. I would never be
able to do it without the love and
support of my kind wife, Diana.
What is this talk about retirement?
Where would we retire to? And
what would we do? I think they are
going to bury Diana and me with
our boots on.
Nowadays, my writing projects
include two translations [from Tibetan to English] and a biography
of my spiritual teacher, the late
Venerable Geshe Ngawang Wangyal, who founded this organization
in 1958, the First Tibetan Buddhist
Learning Center in the West.
Diana and I reside here with
two Tibetan monk-scholars
and try our hardest to bring the
Tibetan Buddhist tradition into
our American culture. I feel so
fortunate to have a personal
relationship with His Holiness
Left: 1966 classmates Skip Wood and
“Cooch” (a.k.a. Steve) Owen, Nobles
Hockey 1966, a formidable goalscoring duo the year in which they won
the ISL. Right: Skip Wood ’66 and his
wife, Karen
the Dalai, since I first met His
Holiness with my teacher, Geshe
Wangyal, in India, in 1972. We
have sponsored his visits here nine
times, and he guides the work and
curriculum of the Learning Center.
For recreation, I still keep up
my birding with a few buddies
in the area. But I am planning to
forgo my Annual World Series
of Birding this year so I can join
together with everyone for our
50th Nobles Reunion. I look
forward to catching up with
everyone who really seem more
like brothers than classmates.”
Elliott May writes, “Last summer I sold my semi-successful
check-cashing business in Medford and ‘semi-retired.’ After a few
months I was bored (okay, okay, I
needed the money) and became
a part-time life insurance agent
working with labor unions and
their members. So we’ll see where
that goes! On a personal note,
after two divorces, I finally found
‘the one’ on Match. We actually
first met 50 years ago at a party at
John Goss’s ’65 house in Weston.
(John was dating her best friend.)
Six degrees of separation?”
Steve Buchbinder writes, “I am
living in Newton and still practicing
law in a small firm, which I founded
with a partner in 1978. We have
10 attorneys and seven support
staff. I handle real estate matters
generally, with a specialty in zoning and permitting. In addition to
several large mixed-use developments, I am also currently working
on dispensary and cultivation sites
and related permitting for two
medical marijuana clients. Who
would have thought that we would
see marijuana legalized?
I have two daughters, both
of whom teach, are married, and
have toddlers. One daughter’s
in Medfield and the other is in
Durham, N.C. Being a grandparent
is the best! I have been reffing high
school basketball the past several
years, which is a lot of fun.”
Skip Wood shares, “I’m playing way more golf than tennis
these days. Later this month
I’m looking forward to playing
Kittansett with Pat, Cooch, and
Cooch’s son Robbie ’07, who hits
way, way past the old guys.”
John Martin(ez) writes,
“Maybe the only advantage to
taking seven years to get through
Nobles is that, if you’re lucky, the
class you entered with will invite
you to their 50th a year before your
real 50th, the year you graduated.
Confused? Me too. But I had the
great honor and pleasure of getting
to spend some time with the class
of ’65 again last spring. It had
been 50 years since I’d seen any of
those guys. And, y’know? It was a
fascinating experience. Good guys,
all. Like most Nobles grads. Special
friends from a special time. Thanks
to you all. Judy and I had a great
time. And sign me up for any future
Jim (Summers) tours. His generosity was a little overwhelming.
So I’m revved up and looking
forward to us centennials’ halfcentury (expletive deleted) next
year. Been a long time. We really
were pretty lucky, weren’t we?
Anyhow, the news from this
end is pretty straightforward. Judy
and I got handed our walking papers at work by the kids earlier this
year, so we grabbed our coats and
the cat and split for our house in
southwest Florida where old John
was to retire. You know, spend
time here in Florida, then, as the
season favors the house in New
Mexico, calmly go there, stopping
in Dallas to go over the books,
make some art, and see some pals
before drifting onto the ‘other side.’
Well, let’s just say we’re still in
Florida—and it’s September. The
aspens are turning at the house
in Taos, and the air’s clear and as
cold as it is blue. It’s the time when
the Pueblo celebrates the autumn
solstice a few hundred feet up the
mountain from our bedroom window, with rhythmic thrumming on
native drums and toneful chanting
carried by the thin, clear air. But
instead of being there, Judy and I
are still in the Sunshine State finishing an extensive remodel of the
neighbor’s house, which we bought
in July. So these days, green shorts
and a white T-shirt are my daily
uniform, deadlines are approaching
and we think we’ll like what we’ve
done. Some retirement. Maybe in a
month or so. Back to the fun stuff.
Stay tuned.”
Craig Barger writes, “After
almost 42 years of work in the field
of juvenile corrections, the last
34 with the State Department of
Youth Services, I retired in April of
this year. My wife, Elaine, retired
from the insurance industry five
years ago, and we have lived in
South Easton since 1980. We have
two children, Heather and Seth,
and three grandchildren: Elliot,
26, Wren, 23, and Romaire, 1. My
daughter lives near Syracuse, N.Y.,
and my son lives in Mansfield,
Mass., with his wife and son. My
eldest grandchild lives with my
91-year-old mother in Brookline,
and our middle grandchild lives
with us while attending college. I
find it hard to believe that we are
approaching our 50th Reunion in
2016. I hope this finds you well,
and thanks for reaching out to us.”
My own notes might be these:
An unexpected joy has been this
gig as class secretary, whereby it
became incumbent on me to reach
out to classmates and gather their
thoughts as we approach our 50th.
Egad, gents, the white-hairs this
May sipping the magenta punch
on the terrace at the Castle will
be us. Go Nobles ’66! We are the
Centennials. Skip sends a photo of
himself and Cooch, power-scoring
duo from the ISL Champion Nobles
hockey team, which makes the
“We’re number one!” cheer in the
James A. Roberts Rink at Milton
Academy ring in my ears as if it
were yesterday. Is it true that Warren Healer got that cheer going?
Fast-forward to 2016, and life in
Chicago is awesome. Mary and I
celebrate our 30th next April, and
our Jack is a freshman at Purdue,
while his brother, Fritz, is a senior
and sister Gigi is in seventh grade.
These three are at the Laboratory Schools at the University of
Chicago, where I am gainfully employed, albeit said gain resembles
nothing fancy. (In the ad business,
which was my former life, or part
of it anyway, we often referred
to “psychic income.” Now I know
what that means.)
Rock on, Class of ’66! I hear the
campus has changed much since it
was us darkening its doorways, so
let’s go back and case the joint. If
the banister on the Castle stairway
down from the lunchroom is still
there, we can do time trials sliding
down and none of us will beat
Steve Clark, to this day the reigning
master of the Castle banister slide
(unless, of course, some seventh
grader has beat his record...).
Drew Sullivan ’67 and his wife, Ginny at
the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas
And many thanks to classmates Joe, Skip, Cooch, Pat
and John, who along with my
“challenge” have compiled a tidy
$7,000 pledge to Nobles for our
50th. I will continue to reach out to
others who might like to participate. Go, Blue! (Which in these
parts is too often confused with
some outfit in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Crazy flatlanders.)
1967
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Drew Sullivan
781-461-1477
[email protected]
From Jack Mason: “It was great
fun seeing Ned Simmons and his
wife, Deborah, earlier this summer
at Ned’s brother Wick’s birthday
bash. As Ned’s manager, I am close
to a deal with a sports memorabilia company. Look for vintage
sports cards commemorating Ned:
‘Wild Man Simmons, legendary
Marion, Mass., athlete.’ The cards
will feature Ned’s classic wrestling
defeat of Jim ‘Cowboy’ Crawford
and his walk-off baseball slam on
Graduates Day. Ned Simmons, a
true sports legend.”
Steve Wellington writes,
“We continue to enjoy our life in
Minnesota. We connected for a
day in Duxbury this summer with
Eric and Betsy Pape. Last summer
we fortuitously met Sam Vandam
and his wife, Jane, while hiking in
New Hampshire. Two weeks ago,
our youngest child, David, got
married in the Cascade Mountains
in Washington state. We now
have all three kids married and
two grandchildren living closeby
in Minneapolis. David has joined
graduate news
my real estate company as director of acquisitions and development. My wife, Kathy, has retired
from her work as a professor at
Metropolitan State University.
I continue working full-time at
Wellington Management, which
manages a number of commercial
properties here in the Twin Cities.
My company is starting construction on a $25 million, 135-unit
affordable housing project this fall
after completing a 64-unit senior
housing development and a threebuilding retail center this spring.
Best wishes to all. I hope to be able
to attend the 50th reunion.”
From Dick Byrd: “I played golf
at the Country Club with Steven
“Cooch” Owen, Bob Gray and
Pat Grant, all Class of 1966. I was
paired with Cooch, and I think
we won two bucks. I also spoke
with classmate Phelps Brown,
who was at his beautiful historic
farm in Appleton, Maine, and Sam
Vandam, who lives in Strafford, Vt.
Two country boys!”
Drew Sullivan writes, “My
wife, Ginny, and I visited family in
Las Vegas this year, and we went
to the Gangster Museum in the old
downtown post office. Now it’s the
archive for the history of organized
crime in the evolution of Las Vegas. We ascended to the lounge at
the top of the Stratosphere Tower.
I declined a bungee jump offer and
instead got a neat caricature drawing with my Red Sox cap. Maybe
next time.”
1968
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Andy Lord
617-899-3948
[email protected]
1969
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Peter Pach
860-267-9701
[email protected]
I’m working my way through my
Sgt. Pepper year (“When I’m 64,”
which I remember singing the year
I was a counselor at Nobles Day
Camp, when the album was new).
Nowadays, talk turns to signing up
for Medicare and whether to keep
working at the same old stand or
perhaps starting a new chapter
and move to a new location.
Leigh Seddon is busy in
Vermont. He writes, “Other than
becoming eligible for Medicare
in January, the big news in our
little house is that we are building a new net-zero solar home.
After 35 years of helping clients
design and build their own solar
houses, I get to do my own!
Not the easiest task—distilling
down all the ideas and design
possibilities that have accumulated in my mind over the
past 30 years—but with the
help of some architect and
builder friends, we actually got
plans on paper, and the house
is now under construction.
While Ann and I briefly flirted
with the idea of building a new
house nestled along a beautiful
coast or high mountain range,
we realized we couldn’t leave our
community of 40 years, lovely
Montpelier, Vt. Aside from being
the smallest state capital in the
United States (and one lively
little town), it is the only capital
that has committed to becoming
net zero for all its energy use by
2030. So we know we will fit in.”
Stew Young is upping his
personal energy output. He
writes, “As I approach 65, and
aches and pains become more
frequent, fitness has become a
more important part of my life. I
bought a bike and started playing
tennis after 15 to 20 years. Along
with more care about the balance
between intake and exercise, the
net result is shedding 20 pounds
and two inches on my waist line.”
Steve Baker is also back on his
bike, but not so much for fitness as
recreational fun around his Cape
Cod home. “Earlier this summer,
a couple of my friends here gave
me an old bike, which I reconditioned,” Steve said. “My friends
and I had several fine trips along
the various bike trails that exist
now throughout the Cape. Some
are old railroad rights-of-way, now
paved, with trees arching over the
trail. Each trip we found a beach
or a pond at which we could stop
and take a break and swim.
The weather this summer was
simply wonderful. It has been
more than 30 years since I rode
a bike. I used to be a good rider
as a kid, but now I’m rusty and a
little unstable. Still, I only fell off
the bike twice (fortunately onto
grass at low speed and didn’t
hurt anything but my ego). If
anyone is into biking these days,
Cape trails are quite nice.”
Planning our next steps,
getting fit, and getting out and
doing while we can are all part
of where we are now, in addition
to watching our children turn
into adults and staying in touch
with old friends, especially those
whose fortunes have turned.
Brad Wilkinson wrote a poignant
note about an old friend of his:
“Perhaps the most significant
event in the past six months
involves not the joys of more
grandchildren, the rewards of
volunteerism or the pleasures
of sailing a lovely boat on the
coast of Maine. No, it involves
my dearest college friend.
I met him first day of orientation at Wesleyan. The bonds
over the next few years grew
deep, deep, deep. We were
constant buddies. Later, for two
or three years, he was the third
partner in my marriage to Mary.
One of the most decent, sweet
and honorable men I have ever
met. Over the next 40 years,
we saw each other rarely as
he lived in California and more
recently in Houston. But each
time we reconnected, the
instant intensity of our bond
compared only with reuniting with my classmates at our
Nobles Class of ’69 reunions.
Then he contracted ALS and
went into hospice. I visited him
four times since May, the last in
October with Mary. We spent
three hours at his bedside. He
was suffering greatly–completely
immobilized, on a respirator, unable to communicate other than
nodding at the correct letter as the
alphabet was recited A to Z to put
together words. Mary and I chatted away with memories of years
ago. His wife and two sons were in
the apartment. At 4 o’clock he was
undergoing routine treatment—
Mary and I had our hands on his
arm—when he suddenly turned
white and expired.
Makes me sad beyond sad, and
because of him, I appreciate every
goddamn day even more and cling
to those I love even tighter.”
1970
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Levy Byrd
781-449-7555
[email protected]
1973
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Craig Sanger 917-705-7556
[email protected]
1974
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Kevin McCarthy
617-480-6344
[email protected]
This summer has been filled with
challenges and new beginnings! I
have begun a new career and find
myself working as a psychiatric
social worker on an inpatient unit
at Leonard Morse Hospital in
Natick, an outpatient clinician in
Everett and a wellness consultant
at the Metro Youth Services in
Dorchester. Starting a new career
has been exciting and rewarding. I have been able to draw
support from many members
of the Nobles community.
Mike Vance ’77 was able to
provide a great deal of insight
regarding the possible options of
practice in the nonprofit sector.
Betsy Morris-Rosen ’83, a Nobles
alum and graduate of the Boston
College School of Social Work, has
also been an inspiration and support. She was able to help me understand the importance of these
next steps I am taking and how
they will help me define myself
within the social work profession.
Paul Ayoub with Jane, Lizzie, Marlo Thomas, St. Jude National Outreach Director
and some patients at the hospital
My summer brought me the
good fortune of being in touch
with classmates Tom Sleeper and
Seth Tower. Tom has become a
Bostonian, finally moving into the
city, and Seth has been working on
a project for my mentor and spiritual adviser, Father James Woods
S.J. of Boston College. Jan Jelleme
took me for a cruise around Nantucket and sends his best. To my
other classmates whom I am sure
will get a chance to read this, I look
forward to getting together reunion
weekend for the 150th celebration.
Paul Ayoub was recently
elected as chair of the board
of ALSAC, the fundraising and
awareness organization of St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital. Paul
writes, “My father was among
the original group who worked
with the late entertainer Danny
Thomas to establish the hospital
and ALSAC, which is now the nation’s largest health care nonprofit
organization.”
1975
Andrea Pape Truitt 609-646-5361
[email protected]
Jed Dawson 508-735-9663
[email protected]
Doug Floyd 781-788-0020
[email protected]
Bob Richards and Joel Flaherty
recently relived the glory days
when they attended a Sparks
concert at the Orpheum.
From Jay Riley: “It was cool
to see everyone at the Friday
night festivities for our 40th.
Betsy and I married in May, and
she was happy to meet y’all in
Weston and to catch a glimpse
into our pasts! Andy and Jerry
were a swell hostess and host.
It was Parents Weekend here at
Gould Academy, so we couldn’t
be with everyone in Dedham on
Saturday. Betsy and I had a fascinating 11-week summer cycling
trip across Europe, from Belgium
to Turkey, via Luxembourg, France,
Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Bulgaria. Some days were
long and hard, and some days
were blissfully long and dreamy.
We love the bikes, and we loved
being back on the road, leading a
life full of daily discovery. My kids
are great. Thomson and his wife,
Ann, moved to Charlotte, N.C.;
Will lives in the North End; and
Britty has stayed in Washington,
D.C. Ring me if skiing at Sunday
River is in your winter plans:
(603) 498-5199!”
Ted Almy reports that he and
Maura recently hosted their son
and daughter-in-law in Simsbury
for their first wedding anniversary,
then headed to Oregon to mark
their daughter and son-in-law’s
first. “The Oregon trip included
some wine-tasting, a visit to
Crater Lake, a few days in Bend
and a stop at Mt. Hood. Amazing
country. Hard to believe a year ago
we were going crazy getting ready
for two weddings six weeks apart.
The first anniversary reflections
and time spent with the kids were
decidedly more chill! Great seeing
many of you at the 40th.”
From Bob Phinney: “I am still
a teacher and administrator
at Dexter Southfield School in
Brookline, having just finished
my 35th year on the faculty. I am
still teaching Latin and science,
running the after-school science
clubs, half-time bus monitoring
(gave up driving them), director
of the Clay Center for Science and
graduate news
Technology, and director of the
summer Sci-Tech Camp. What’s
new? Oh, they lost their only photography teacher, so I got tapped.
Yes, I am the school photography
teacher this year and having a
blast! I got my students up to the
huge Clay Center telescope last
week, and they got some awesome photos of distant galaxies,
nebulae and star clusters! I tell my
students it’s the biggest telephoto lens you could ever attach
to your camera. My wife, Susan,
still works for Johnson & Johnson
worldwide, and my son, Matthew, is in New Mexico teaching/
coaching MMA and professional
boxing. I enjoyed seeing so many
classmates at the 40th pre-dinner.
Sorry I missed the weekend event
and hope to see you all at the 45th
if not before!”
1976
Tom Bartlett +44 1908 647196
[email protected]
Rob Piana
617-491-7499
[email protected]
1977
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Linda Rheingold
[email protected]
1978
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Christopher Reynolds Cell: 800-444-0004
Home: 508-358-7757
[email protected]
1979
John Almy
[email protected]
Dan Rodgers 212-423-0374
[email protected]
Dan Rodgers writes, “I was going to write about Phil Eure, but
Nobles magazine beat me to it.
Just before I started to write this
column, the last issue of Nobles
appeared in my mailbox, complete
with Phil on the cover. For those of
you who took the time to read it,
Phil is now the Inspector General
of the NYPD. The Office of the
Inspector General for the NYPD
(OIG-NYPD) is an independent
police oversight office that is part
of the Department of Investigation and was created by the New
York City Council in 2013 to
investigate, review, study, audit,
and make recommendations relating to the operations, policies,
programs and practices of the
NYPD. The goals of OIG-NYPD
are to enhance the effectiveness
of the NYPD, increase public
safety, protect civil liberties and
civil rights, and increase the public’s confidence in the police force,
thus building stronger policecommunity relations. I can’t think
of anyone more qualified than Phil
to take on this responsibility, but
I do have one complaint: Since he
took over in May 2014, I haven’t
had a chance to see Phil in NYC.
So Phil, if you read this, please get
in touch.
And in case you missed it,
and I apparently did, somewhere
along the line the Bulletin was
renamed Nobles magazine. I liked
the old name, and if we must live
with the new name, then why
not at least refer to it as the
Nobles Alumni Magazine? Or perhaps the acronym (NAM) is too
close to sounding like some sort
of bread one might order in an
Indian restaurant?”
1980
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Rob Capone 781-326-7142
[email protected]
1981
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Kim Rossi Stagliano
203-610-1750
[email protected]
1982
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Holly Malkasian Staudinger
914-925-2340
[email protected]
Julia Peters, her husband,
Paul Fenn, and sons George (16)
and Ivan (12) tend a farm of
goats, chickens, vegetables and
fruit 10 miles east of the town
of Mendocino, roughly a threehour drive north of San Francisco.
She and Paul cofounded Local
Power, Inc., first a nonprofit and
now a consulting concern spreading Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) across the country.
First written into law by Paul
when he was in the Massachusetts Senate in the ’90s, CCA
enables cities and towns to
depart from their incumbent
electricity supplier and instead
choose their own supplier at
competitive rates, while receiving
a greener mix of energy, building
local renewable generation, and
automating cutting-edge energyefficiency technologies. George
and Ivan homeschool, chop trees,
tend animals, garden, build barns,
kayak, and hike.
1983
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Nancy Sarkis Corcoran Cell: 781-492-5576
[email protected]
I hope all of my fellow classmates
had a great fall and nice holiday
season. Thanks for keeping in
touch. Here’s the latest news:
Steve and I had a fun night out
this summer catching up with
Kristin Vinios Marken and her
husband, Anthony. They are still
in Dover with two sons in college
and one in high school. We also
ran into Haley Clifford Adams,
Betsy Morris Rosen, Hilary Whitman Allinson, Jane Fogg and Rod
Walkey ’84 at Nobles’ Back-toSchool Night.
I think we may have our first
classmate with a married child!
Jacquie Lawhorne-Holder writes,
“My family expanded. My daughter, Adria, married David Grey
(from Massachusetts, extra bonus
points) in April 2015. Her wedding
was held in Old Town Alexandria,
Va., at a gazebo just outside the
Torpedo Factory Art Center. They
are both artistic and so much fun!
Her dress was blush, and their
‘babies’ (Riley and Bailey, fourlegged) were in the ceremony. We
had fun and all that attended had
a blast for the weekend.”
From left: Jacquie Lawhorne-Holder ’83 and daughter Adria Grey at Adria’s wedding in April 2015; Terance Perry ’83 celebrating his 50th birthday at Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance 18th Hole; Elise Plunkett Gustafson ’87 and Brian Cullen ’88
in New York City
Terance Perry was in touch
from Montana. He celebrated his
50th in style! “For years, going
to the Pebble Beach Concours
D’Elegance had been on my bucket
list, so this year my girlfriend and I
finally went. We had a total blast!
Great rides, food and weather.
Monterey and Carmel are such
fun. I’ve attached a photo of me
chumming around the 18th hole
with the requisite flute of champagne. For a while before that, I
had really been wanting a fast ride,
so I also treated myself to an early
50th birthday present: a Guards
Red Porsche! Dave Francis flew
out from San Fran, and we raced
up to Glacier in it in early August
and had a ball. We tried to keep
it under triple digits and were
successful—for most of the way
anyway! Dave is doing great working as a bigwig at Sony in San Francisco. He spends half of his time in
London. If any classmates make it
out to Big Sky, please look me up!”
1984
CLASS CORRESPONDENT NEEDED
1985
Class correspondent needed
1986
Heather Markey
617-365-3836
[email protected]
Jessica Tyler
781-934-6321
[email protected]
Eliza Kelly Beaulac 703-476-4442
[email protected]
Hello, Class of ’86! Our 30th
reunion committee is already hard
at work planning a great celebratory weekend May 13–15, 2016.
Save the date now!
Congratulations to Andrew
Partridge and his wife, Haley, on
the birth of their son, Jasper Sky
Partridge!
Craig Perry writes, “Greetings,
everyone! Life keeps chugging
along here in Los Angeles. Conner
is enjoying second grade at his
new school; Courtney is teaching
history at Loyola Marymount
University; and I am doing my
best to get some movies made.
In fact, if things go according to
plan—the way they always do,
right?—I might not be able to
go to the 30th reunion because
I’ll be shooting a Universal
movie in Atlanta. We’ll see.
This past summer, Courtney and Conner were able to
spend 10 weeks in Europe,
visiting friends in Italy, France
and England. I was able to join
them for some of the adventure.
And what an adventure it was!
At this point in his life, Conner
is far more worldly than I was.
In the interim, I was at home
putting the finishing touches on
a movie we made in Australia
called Oddball. It’s a fun family film based on a true story
involving dogs and penguins. It
was released this past September
Down Under and did extremely
well for a local production.
You’ll be able to see it here in
the States soon on VOD, DVD
and streaming platforms.
Anyway, I hope everyone is
doing well and I’ll do my best
to see you at the 30th reunion.
Boy, it’s crazy to type that!”
Joy Densler Marzolf writes,
“This summer we took a family
trip to the Netherlands to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding
anniversary and to check out
where my father’s side of the
family originated. We traveled
around the country staying mostly
in small towns and were able to
visit many historic sites and towns
where our ancestors lived before
they immigrated to New Amsterdam (aka New York) in the 1600s.
We stayed in a castle and visited
ancient megaliths and the famous
Alkmaar cheese market. I was also
very lucky to be able to see six
venomous adders in the wild. (I
know, only I would go looking for
venomous snakes.) One thrill was
galloping along a North Sea beach
in the West Frisian Islands on a
magnificent Frisian horse. There
is nothing like it! It is amazing
how the food in the Netherlands
is so fresh, as the majority of it is
locally sourced. Some of the best
meals of my life! This is now one
of my favorite countries—a land
of horses, chocolate and cheese!”
1987
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Emily Gallagher Byrne
781-721-4444
[email protected]
1988
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
John Hesse
[email protected]
graduate news
1991
Clockwise from top left: Max Farber, Amy Farber ’91, Sam Farber
and Ollie Farber (front); Dave Robinson (left) and Nick Tarlov,
both ’91, at Dave’s graduation from the University of Southern
California, Keck School of Medicine in June 2014; Kelly Flynn,
her husband Peter Dlugosch and their two sons (ages 4 and 6);
Luke Laferriere (11, far left ), Kelly D. Laferriere, Zoe Laferriere (6,
center), Rick Laferriere and Max Laferriere (11, far right)
1989
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Rachel Spencer
917-921-5916
[email protected]
[email protected]
1990
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Elena Weiss MacCartee
202-882-2132
[email protected]
1991
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Kelly Doherty Laferriere
[email protected]
The Class of 1991 is looking
forward to celebrating its 25th
Reunion on May 14, 2016. Ten
of us on the planning committee
have already begun organizing a
memorable weekend, and we look
forward to seeing everyone back on
campus. The 25th reunion committee members are Amy McCarthy
Donovan, Amy Russell Farber,
Kelly Flynn, Tim George, Greg
Hoffman, Kelly Doherty Laferriere, Justine Pollock Mikulis, Molly
Driscoll Santry, Danielle Coutu
Silletti and Jed Stevenson.
Danielle Coutu Silletti writes, “I
am living in Chappaqua, N.Y., with
my husband and two daughters.
My oldest just started kindergarten, and my youngest just
celebrated her first birthday. I am a
nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center. I am constantly
working to raise Boston fans in the
land of New Yorkers; my husband
sabotages me daily. Looking
forward to seeing my classmates at
our reunion in the spring.”
Kelly Flynn Dlugosch, her husband, Peter Dlugosch, and their two
sons (ages 4 and 6) just passed the
second anniversary of their move
from Boston to Minneapolis, where
Kelly is a sector portfolio manager
at Winslow Capital, an investment
firm focused on growth equities.
The family is enjoying exploring the
Midwest, soaking up Minnesota’s
hockey culture, and still spending
time with family back on Cape Cod
each summer.
Jeff Abrams lives in Dover
with his wife, Rebecca, and their
two sons, Max (9) and Sam (6).
All is well.
Greg Hoffman writes, “My
wife, Jamie, and I are still living in
Medfield and have added a few
more mouths to the litter since
our 20th reunion. Rowan is now
6, Nola is 3 and Delaney is 2. We
are looking forward to our big 25th
reunion in May and a night out
without kids!”
Amy Russell Farber shares,
“I am happy to report that I might
be the most frequently spotted ’91
on the Nobles campus! I now have
two of my three boys at Nobles.
Max and Sam are now both in the
middle school. Max is a Fifthie, and
Sam is a Sixie. They both are loving
it—playing football and lacrosse
for Coach Harrington and carrying
on the family squash legacy. I have
had a great time back on campus
as a parent. It seems a bit surreal,
and I have found that the more
things change, the more they stay
the same. I hope to see everyone
in May at our 25th reunion!”
Nick Tarlov writes, “I just
moved to Buffalo, N.Y., for an
interventional neurology job,
and I recently saw Dave Robinson at his medical school
graduation. Dave is now a
psychiatry resident in Boston.”
Kelly Doherty Laferriere
reports, “I am enjoying life, motherhood and work in Southport,
Conn. Our twin boys, Luke and
Max, are now 11, and daughter
Zoe is 6. Rick and I look forward
to coming back to Nobles for the
25th reunion in May and to seeing
former classmates as well as our
nephew, Jake Doherty, who is a
senior at Nobles!”
1992
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Lynne Dumas Davis
703-623-4211
[email protected]
1993
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Sam Jackson
978-409-9444
[email protected]
Hello, Class of 1993. Our notes
have been a little sparse over the
past couple of years, so let me
know any news to share in upcom-
ing pieces. In the meantime, here
are some updates from a few of us.
Liana Kretschmar McCabe
writes, “Not a lot of changes for
us in the past year. We moved to
Seattle two years ago and love it
here. I’m working as a pediatrician at Virginia Mason, and Jamie
is a cardiologist at UW. Our
kids, Marley (8) and Teague (6),
already think they are from Seattle.
Not too much to complain about
out here. We have a 360-degree
view of snow-capped mountains,
and we live on Lake Washington. Not a day passes when I don’t
feel lucky to live where we do.
If anyone from our class comes
out West, please come visit!”
From overseas, Lydia Langford
sends the following: “Greetings
from Berlin, Germany! I’m living
here for a stretch now. No exciting
news to report other than missing
the good old USA. Interesting
times to be here, though. Hope
everyone is doing well!”
A couple of classmates send
baby news. First from Marco
Schiavo: “We just had our third
daughter, Anna Grace, on June 6,
2015. Her older sisters are Elizabeth Michela, 4, and Sara Jane, 7.
I am an estate planning/elder-law
attorney practicing in Malden,
Mass., and I live in Walpole.”
More recently, Nim Shah
shares: “Annie and I are proud to
announce that Celeste Evelyn Shah
joined us on Sept. 25, weighing
7 lbs. 1 oz. and 20 inches long.
Our little family is now three
(plus two cats). If anyone makes
it out to San Diego, please reach
out as I’d enjoy catching up.”
“Nothing too exciting to
share,” writes Jen Silvester,
“but I’m living in Westchester
County with my husband, Seth
Jacobs, and two kids. I have an
8-year-old daughter, Sadie, and a
5-year-old son, Jack. I’m mostly
a stay-at-home mom and avid
volunteer at the kids’ school, but
I do run a Circus Arts Program at
a local day camp during the summer. Some things don’t change!”
As for me, Nicole and I still live
in Andover, though now we have
a fourth and a sixth grader! Last
March, I started a new adventure
with LCB Senior Living and am in
the construction phase of a new
community in Salem, N.H. The
Residence at Salem Woods opens
this spring, and I will continue on
as executive director. 1994
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Annie Stephenson Murphy
415-377-4466
[email protected]
Lots of fun updates from the
Class of ’94!
Serena (Mah) Seel is excited
to share the news of her wedding
and honeymoon. She writes, “I
just returned from a gorgeous two–
week honeymoon in California. We
did a road trip from L.A. up to San
Francisco with a lot of time at the
beach, hiking, eating and drinking. Phil and I got married over
Memorial Day weekend in Boston. We wanted to enjoy summer
weekends in Falmouth so delayed
our honeymoon until September. Phil and I met five years ago at
a wedding in Germany. He moved
over here three years ago, and we
have been settled in NYC since.”
Lots of alums were in attendance
at the wedding, including Phil Hig-
gins, Robin (Woodard) Westerberg, Heidi (Notman) Muccifori,
Monica (Ramirez) Curtis, Karen
Anderson, Kathryn (Lieber)
Berman, Mike Ackil and Serena’s
brother Tim Mah ’97.
There were some pregnant
guests at that wedding who are
now happy to report the arrival
of their new little ones, including Heidi (Notman) Muccifori,
who welcomed daughter Abigail
Brown Muccifori on July 13.
Heidi writes, “Big brother Teddy
is showing her the ropes.”
Kathryn (Lieber) Berman
welcomed daughter Callie Jean
Berman on July 21.
And Phil Higgins and his husband, Matt Smith, welcomed their
second son, Lucas, into the world
on July 31. Phil reports older son
“Felix is thus far enjoying his role
as big brother, despite having to
make room in front of the camera.
I’m happily self-employed with my
private psychotherapy practice
in Salem and adjunct teaching
in the MSW program at Boston
College. I had great fun connecting with Nobles friends at Serena
Mah’s wedding last spring, despite
Katie Panarella ’94 with husband
Alex and son Hudson
graduate news
splitting my suit pants straight up
the back in front of their horrified
guests. This is 40!”
In other wedding news,
Sara-Mai Conway is excited to
share that she just got married to
Travis Gardner on October 5 in
Fort Worth at a small family-only
ceremony. Afterward they headed
straight to Java for three weeks of
visiting the Buddhist temples of
Borobudur and seeking out good
surf spots. Her business, Resolute
Cycling & Yoga, will open its second Austin location in November.
Katie (Helwig) Panarella
sends her update: “My husband,
Alex, and 17-month-old son,
Hudson, and I are very happy
to be back in California after
three years in Boston. It’s been
a busy three years, where I saw
Chris Holton-Jablonski on the
regular but was mainly pursuing
a dual graduate degree. Chris
presided over our wedding in
August 2012, and his sons were
our flower boys. He was also there
for Hudson’s birth in April 2014!
I graduated last December from
Tufts University with an MS in
food policy and applied nutrition
and an MPH. I started work for the
University of California, Division of
Agriculture and Natural Resourc-
es, in July, as the Statewide Youth
Families and Communities Associate Director of Nutrition, Family
and Consumer Sciences Program
and Policy, implementing nutrition
programs throughout the state of
California. We live in Davis and
love it here!”
1995
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Kelly Flaman
[email protected]
1996
1997
Bobbi Oldfield Wegner
617-980-1412
[email protected]
Jessie Sandell Achterhof
781-990-3353
[email protected]
1998
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Dave Klivans
512-789-1905
[email protected]
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Alex Slawsby
[email protected]
Wyeth Lynch writes, “I got engaged in May of this year to Marnie Peters. We are getting married
on Oct. 25, 2015, in Pennsylvania.
Good friend and classmate Jenny
(Sherman) Moloney is going to
be the photographer. She did an
amazing job for our engagement
shoot, and we are looking forward
to the wedding photos. She will
be posting them on her Facebook
page. Her website is jennymoloney.
com. Looking forward to seeing
everyone at our 20th.”
Katie Fuller wrote, “I just married
the Australian love of my life,
Louise Wilson, this past July 18
in Chatham on Cape Cod.
We couldn’t be happier. I also
just started working for both
the French Government
Economic Service and the
French Mission to the UN in
New York. I couldn’t be more
excited! Otherwise, we live on
the Upper East Side in New
York City and are planning to
move to Brooklyn very soon.”
Joe Jackson said, “I have
a 3-year-old boy and a baby
girl. I have been in Manhat-
tan mostly since college with
a few years working abroad.
I’m at a hedge fund.”
Brian Cullinan relayed, “I am
living in Wellesley with my wife,
Ellie, and my two boys. Jack turns
6 in November and just started
kindergarten, and Conor turns 4
in February. I am working for a
pretty awesome pre-IPO venturebacked start-up called Anaplan.
Everything is great around here,
but life pretty much revolves
around the kids and work.”
Yantee Neufville penned, “I
got married on May 24 in Boston
to Malika Fair (Stanford ’01), and
I’m really enjoying married life.
We had a second ceremony in
Michigan on Sept. 26. All is well.”
Alex Bellanton asserted,
“I earned my MBA from the
University of Miami School of
Business in May with a concentration in finance. I got married to
my beautiful wife, Heather
Mosure Bellanton, on May 23,
in Miami, Fla. We were joined
at the wedding by Nobles ’98
classmates Jessica London-Rand
and Tisha-Nia Graham, and
faculty member David Roane.
I recently transitioned from a
career in education to a career
in finance as a private wealth
advisor at Goldman Sachs.”
Dave Klivans recently added
baby twin boys, Cole and Caiden
(born June 21), to the brood,
totaling three kids, along with
daughter, Savannah (now 3). He
and his wife, Crystal, live in Austin.
1999
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Left: William, 4, Annabelle, 6 months, and Caitlin, 6 are the children of Patty (Burke) Sanchez ’96. Right: Yasmin Hamed,
Kate Eisenberg, Lisa (Marx) Corn, Joanna (Aven) Howarth, all class of 2000
Stephanie Trussell Driscoll
[email protected]
2000
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Lisa Marx Corn
[email protected]
Kate (O’Donnell) Wyatt shared
great news: “My husband, Aaron,
and I welcomed a baby girl, Harper
Elizabeth Wyatt, on June 4. Everyone is healthy and very happy! We
are still living in South Boston.”
Kate Eisenberg married Kimberly Parr on June 20 at Stonover
Farm in Lenox, Mass.
Lisa Marx married Joshua Corn
on March 8 in Brookline, Mass.
Lisa and Josh live in Atlanta.
2001
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Lauren Kenney Murphy
[email protected]
Astrid Peterson Burns writes, “We
are so excited to announce our son,
Ellis Clark Burns, was born on Sept.
11, 2015, weighing 7 lbs. 5 oz. The
whole family is happy and healthy.”
Amy (Hudson) Gaubinger
writes, “This August, I married
Nick Gaubinger at a very small and
beautiful ceremony in Revelstoke,
B.C. After living in Canada for two
years, we recently moved back
east to Connecticut and celebrated with many friends and family
this October.” Alex Templer, now Lexi
Kendall, writes, “I am off on a
new adventure. In May, I married
Washington state native Owen
Kendall, surrounded by friends
and family. I was grateful to still
have so many Nobles friends at the
celebration and to continue to stay
connected with so many more. The
week after the wedding, following
tandem bike rides in P-town, we
moved to Seattle for Owen’s residency in family medicine. I am loving it here, enjoying the outdoors,
married life and consulting.”
Kevin Darcy ’01 and his wife,
Erika, had a baby girl June 1, 2015,
named Averie Rose Darcy.
Andrea (Berberian) Gardos
writes, “Steve Gardos ’98 and I
welcomed a baby girl, Lennox Lillian Gardos, on May 27.”
Gabe Abromovitz writes,
“After leaving my position in Haiti,
I spent a few months earlier this
summer working in Nepal for an
organization involved in earthquake
response. I’m about to start a job in
D.C. with a contractor to USAID, so
I should be based in the states for
the near future.”
2002
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
William N. Duffey III
617-893-1040
[email protected]
Priya Sequeira married Austin Wong this summer in New
York City. The couple met at
the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where they each earned an
MBA. Priya shares that she and
Austin love married life in NYC.
Heather Summe-Aleksinas
is currently a chief resident in
dermatology at UMass and will
graduate in June 2016. Upon
graduating, Heather will join
her husband and return to living
full-time in New York City.
Margaret (Gormley) Donahue
writes, “Our daughter, Charlotte
Caroline Donahue, was born on
Margaret Donahue ’02, husband Dave
Donahue and their daughter, Charlotte
Caroline Donahue, at Charlotte’s
recent baptism in Chestnut Hill in July
March 27, and we recently relocated to Hanover, N.H. I am working in the Development and Alumni
Services Office at the Tuck School
of Business at Dartmouth, and my
husband, Dave, is a student.”
Samantha (Strauss) Hanman
married Jonathan Hanman in October 2014. They currently live in
the South End. In March 2014, Samantha started the Boston chapter
of the Pink Agenda, a breast cancer
research and awareness charitable
foundation.
Zach Foster and wife Janie are
thrilled to announce that they will
be welcoming their second daughter to the world in February 2016.
While Zach reports he is loving St.
Louis and professes he has fully
embraced a Midwestern lifestyle,
he notes, “I’ll never give up my
allegiance to Boston sports despite
my new home.”
Margot (Lynn) Davis and husband Zach welcomed a baby girl,
Madeline Hope Davis, to the world
on July 9, 2015.
Kristin Blundo is living in New
York City, where she works at Indus
Capital as vice president of market-
ing and investor relations. In her
spare time, Kristin volunteers as
coach of the Lady Harlem girls’ ice
hockey team.
Courtney Weinblatt Fasciano
was named head of designer curation and brand partnerships at
Spring Inc., in May 2015.
Katharine Coon Hamilton
married Curtis Hamilton on April
18, 2015. She shares, “The reception and ceremony were at the
former house of Frank Sinatra and
Roger Miller in Woodland Hills,
Calif. We honeymooned on Oahu
and Maui, Hawaii. Laura Bond ’02,
Alex Delvecchio ’02 and Celia
Reddick ’02 came to the wedding; we have been friends since
we were Sixies! I still work for
Springer, an academic publishing
company, in the marketing department as the account development
specialist for Latin America and
the Caribbean. I also began working this semester part-time as a
reference librarian (adjunct) at Los
Angeles City College. I am enjoying living in Southern California
and am looking forward to some
trips back east.”
As for me, Billy Duffey, I am
still living in Boston and working at
CVS Health’s corporate headquarters in Woonsocket, R.I., where I
recently transitioned to a new role:
senior advisor, strategic marketing. In September, I joined the Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Hospital-Wide Advisory Council,
whose mission is to improve the
quality of care for patients and
families across all aspects of the
BIDMC experience.
2003
graduate news
2004
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Carolyn Sheehan Wintner
781-801-3742
[email protected]
2005
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Saul Gorman
617-447-3444
[email protected]
Zach Cohen writes, “Thank you to
the many Nobles alumni who have
helped support me in launching
Red Brick Craft Distillery. In other
news, I’m getting married on July 2
to Emily Bray!”
Alec Phillips writes, “I am
still living in San Francisco. I am
single. Call me. [Face Throwing
a Kiss Emoji]”
Molly Boskey writes, “I got
married to Charlie Pascal at the
Wequassett Resort in Cape Cod
this past June. We live in Boston.”
Danny Gonzalez married Xuan
Nguyen on August 15, 2015.
2006
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
E.B. Bartels
[email protected]
Big news! One of our classmates
has helped create a tiny human!
Colby George Furcillo was born
May 28, 2015, to adoring parents
Tim Furcillo and his wife, Caitlin.
Congratulations, Tim and Caitlin!
Check out the photo on page 71
to see the kiddo already rocking
Nobles swag.
Congratulations are also in
order to Jessye Aibel: She got mar-
There was a Nobles alumni summit at One Direction’s last North American concert
to mourn Zayn’s absence and 1D’s upcoming hiatus. From left to right: Bobby
Kelly ’09, Meaghan McGoff ’06, Caroline Holland ’06 and Maddy Cohen ’09
ried on September 19 on Martha’s
Vineyard to her now-husband Kevin
Crets. Woo-hoo!
There are now at least four
Nobles grads currently at the MIT
Sloan School of Management:
Rachael Plitch, Alex Burns, Nick
Del Vecchio ’04 and Lucy Minott.
They promised me they’d all take a
photo together and submit it to the
magazine eventually. I’m holding
them to it.
Speaking of photos of Nobles
grads hanging out together, Caroline Holland writes, “I just started
working in communications for the
Steppingstone Foundation. Mariel
Novas and Mr. [Michael] Denning
are both on our board, and a number of Nobles grads, parents and
faculty members are involved with
the organization. I also recently got
to catch up with Meaghan McGoff,
Bobby Kelly ’09 and Maddy Cohen
’09 at One Direction’s last North
American concert before their
upcoming hiatus. (I obviously have
a picture of this blessed event.)”
See said photo above.
Courtney Stockmal wrote with
some big updates: “This past year
has been very busy, but also really
exciting. I won a National Sports
Emmy as associate director for
‘Best Playoff Coverage’ with NFL
on Fox, for their coverage of the
2015 NFC Championship: Packers
at Seahawks. I spent the summer
living in Vancouver, B.C., covering
the Women’s World Cup, where I
was written up in the Sports Business Journal for being an integral
part of Fox’s broadcasts. This
year I also worked as an associate director for Super Bowl XLIX,
the 2015 NFL Draft, and the red
carpet for both the 2015 Grammys and 2015 Oscars. I am also
working the upcoming World
Series for Fox and am now the
youngest director at FS1, directing
studio shows as well as pregame,
halftime and postgame coverage.”
Becky Barbrow informed
me that she is teaching math to
seventh graders on the South
Side of Chicago. Great stuff,
and even better, Becky says
she “likes it a lot.” Yay, Becky!
Being a teacher is the best.
But perhaps I’m biased, because
I’m also back in the teaching game.
I’m writing these notes from my
desk at Pratt Middle School. Yes,
E.B. Bartels ’06 is back at Nobles
as a faculty member. I’m teaching
Class VI Geography and Class V
Civics (think: ’Round the World
project and the Supreme Court paper—remember those, classmates
who went to the middle school?),
plus I’m helping with the yearbook
and the Nobles Theatre Collective.
Big surprise.
Last, Brad Caswell writes, “So,
as usual, I don’t have anything to
report about myself, but I figured
I could give some updates about
Josh’s life. While he may be too
humble to admit it, Josh Pollack
has recently joined Teach for
America in New Orleans. He is
teaching math and ACT prep. While
his schedule is tough, he has found
time for leisure. He recently spent
a Saturday night eating dinner on
a levee with a man who owns a
goat, and Josh says he is planning
on carving out time to see Creed in
theaters, at least three times in different America-themed outfits.”
Oh, one more thing! Director
of Graduate Affairs extraordinaire
Greg Croak (who also happened
to get married this summer. Check
out page 70 to see a great photo
from the event) would be outraged
if I failed to remind you to save the
date: Saturday, May 14, 2016. You
know why? That’s our 10-year reunion. Yup, 10 years. When I tell my
students I graduated in 2006, back
before they redid the Castle and
built the Arts Center, they look at
me blankly like I might as well have
attended Nobles in 1906. Can’t wait
to see all of you and compare eye
wrinkles and gray hairs!
2007
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Greg Keches
[email protected]
Maddie Pongor ’07 married
Abedin Sham (Cornell ’04) on
Aug. 8, 2015, in Chatham, Mass.,
and have now moved to Dubai
in the UAE in case any Nobles
alumni are in the region and
would like to connect.
2008
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Aditya Mukerjee
212-935-5637
[email protected]
A lot has changed for Michael
Polebaum in the past few months.
After two glorious years of living with Kelsey Grousbeck and
Panda, he has moved to Cambridge to live with friends from
college. The big news, however,
is that he is now back at Nobles
working in the Graduate Affairs
office with Greg Croak ’06. It has
been a great start to the school
year, and he is happy to report
that Pasta Wednesdays haven’t
changed a bit.
Hagghai Kipsat writes, “I
just began my second year of
MBA at Washington University
in St. Louis. It is going very well.
Over the summer, I interned
with IBM in Chicago. It was a
wonderful experience.”
As for me, I’m still in New
York. I’m now working at Stripe,
helping businesses accept payments online and defending our
systems from would-be fraudsters.
2009
2010
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Holly Foster
508-404-4616
[email protected]
Iesha Caisey ’10 serves at Brooke
Mattapan as the high school
placement manager working to
counsel and guide middle school
scholars and their families through
the high school admission process.
According to the school’s newsletter, Iesha joined the team because
“as a successful 2006 graduate of
Edward W. Brooke Charter School,
I understand the importance of
educational institutions that strive
to educate and support students
from urban areas in an academically rigorous and nurturing environment.” She is a 2006 graduate
of Brooke Roslindale, a 2010
graduate of Nobles and a 2014
graduate of Union College with a
degree in neuroscience.
2011
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Katie Puccio
508-446-0726
[email protected]
2012
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Coco Woeltz
[email protected]
2013
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Liz Rappaport
617-413-6070
[email protected]
memoriam
2014
David Arnold ’40 passed
away peacefully, surrounded
by family, on Sept. 25, 2015.
Born on July 14, 1922, David
grew up in Chestnut Hill and
attended Nobles for six years.
Dave “Avalanche” Arnold was
a gifted skier who loved to
spend whatever spare time he
could on the slopes. While at
Nobles he also served as vice
president of the student council. Known for his dashing good
looks, David could always be
found at every Nobles dance.
Following his time at
Nobles, David went on to
Harvard and later served in the
Army from 1944–1945 in the
European theatre. After the
war, David founded the Third
Army Ski School in Germany,
and then returned home. He
began a successful career at
Shipley Company, where he
worked until the 1980s. He
was a committed philanthropist serving on several boards
including that of the New
England Aquarium, the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, the
United States Ski Team and the
Wang Center, among others.
David is survived by his
wife, Dorothy; his children,
Dorrie, Wendy and David;
three grandchildren, including
Colin ’02 and Lindsay ’04; and
two great-granddaughters.
The following was submitted
by Hooley Perry:
I am still saddened over
hearing the news that our
dear classmate and friend
Everett “Ev” Duane Kiefer
Jr. ’52, passed away on Oct. 6
on Cape Cod. During his four
years at Nobles, Ev squeezed
in a lot of accomplishments, in
the classroom, in sports, and in
the singing department, in addition to his many other areas
of interest. Everett was captain
of the ’51 soccer team, and I
and others had the pleasure
of playing on the ’51, ’52 and
’53 basketball team with him,
in addition to his rowing crew
and singing in the glee club,
quartets and choir. Everett
also maintained a more than
passing grade in the party and
nightlife department, where he
was famous for his signature
Western headgear, in addition
to our attending numerous
parties together, anywhere and
anytime they happened to be
held, many times on Cape Cod.
It was also rumored that Ev,
while babysitting his younger
sister, Lynne, rather than miss
a great party, would bring
her along as his escort, while
swearing her to strict secrecy
from “the parents.” One of my
greatest and most unforgettable memories hanging out
with Everett was when I visited
him at his Newton home and
he gave me a wild and adventurous ride in his father’s 1911
Maxwell up and down the
streets of his neighborhood.
After Everett graduated
from Nobles, he attended
Harvard College (Class of
1956), served in the U.S. 8th
Army in Korea and then at-
graduate news
tended Boston University School
of Law (Class of 1963). His love
for Cape Cod eventually led
Everett to relocate to the Cape
to live for many years, utilizing
his law degree at his office in
Chatham, where, among other
endeavors, he helped protect the
local citizenry and the environment on the Cape. He would
later work for the Association for
the Preservation of Cape Cod for
more than 18 years (many kudos
to you for that, Everett) while
living in Orleans for many years
until his passing.
Everett is survived by his
daughters, Nicole Kiefer of
Raleigh, N.C., Jennifer Thomas
of Crofton, Md., and Karen
Wilson of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
in addition to his sisters Lynne
Hartell of Chatham, Joan
Maschkan of Baden bei Wien,
Austria, and Ann Battarel of
Plevenon-Frehel, France.
As only Everett could orchestrate a final tribute to his own life,
he wanted to have a “Music and
Remember the Happy Days Memorial Service” on the beach at
Rock Harbor, Orleans, which I am
told ended with everyone singing
“When the Saints Go Marching
In” in his honor. Then everyone
retired to Everett’s favorite “watering hole,” the Land Ho Tavern
in Orleans, for lots of storytelling
and many toasts to a delightful
individual and good friend to everyone. The following poem was
part of Everett’s memorial service, which is a fitting tribute to
his life, who he was, his thoughts
and his delightful essence. We
will all miss you, my dear friend,
and many thanks for the happy
times and wonderful memories.
The Fallen Limb
A limb has fallen from
the family tree.
I keep hearing a voice that says,
“Grieve not for me.”
Remember the best times,
the laughter, the song.
The good life I lived while
I was strong.
Continue my heritage.
I’m counting on you.
Keep smiling and surely the
sun will shine through.
My mind is at ease. My soul
is at rest.
Remembering all, how I
truly was blessed.
Continue traditions, no matter
how small.
Go on with your life, don’t
worry about falls.
I miss you all dearly, so keep
up your chin
Until the day comes we’re
together again.
—Author Unknown
Casey Dunne, ’17, died unexpectedly on October 9. Casey
was an admired member of
the class of 2017 who formed
strong connections throughout
the Nobles community because
of her warmth, generosity, and
her passions for field hockey,
service and the arts.
Casey played on the varsity
field hockey team as a member
of Class III and Class II; she
also played ice hockey during
her time at Nobles. For the past
two springs, she took the stage
in The Pirates of Penzance and
Legally Blonde. She sang with
middle school a cappella and
Imani as a Class IV student, and
was pursuing private vocal lessons this year. Early experiences
at the Boston Ballet School
fostered her love of dance.
The tightly knit Dunne family
raised Casey and her siblings
to understand the importance
of community and of giving
back. Casey took part in
service opportunities from a
young age. Whether traveling
to Bolivia or to support those
closer to home by sharing her
time, patience and intellect
to tutor Achieve students at
Nobles, Casey always sought
to help others. She derived so
much joy from her time with
those students.
That joy illuminated everything Casey did at Nobles.
Her smile and the bow in her
hair were regular parts of her
field hockey uniform; with
them, she lifted her teammates’
spirits. She was, in all ways
and to so many, the consummate friend. While she could
initially appear quiet, her
humor and kindness always
shone through and are profoundly missed.
Casey is survived by her
parents, Matthew W. and Mary
Higgins Dunne; her siblings,
Alexandra ’13, Michael ’15,
Meghan ’21 and Ryan; her
grandparents, Anthony L.
Dunne, Helene Reilly, and Judy
Olin Higgins; her aunts and
uncles Barbara and Bill Epifanio,
Bill Higgins and Patti Kelley,
Tommy Dunne and Rebecca
Barry, Rich and Carrie Higgins,
David and Kim Dunne, Mike and
Carla Higgins (P’20), Jim and
Diana Higgins, and Molly
Dunne and Paul Wenersbach;
and her 16 cousins, including
Caroline Higgins ’20.
From the wedding of Serena Mah ’94 and her husband, Philipp Seel: James Carter
(Tim’s husband), Tim Mah ’97, Phil Higgins ’94, Monica Curtis, Heidi Muccifori
’94, Philipp Seel, Serena (Mah) Seel ’94, Karen Anderson ’94, Kathryn Berman,
Mike Ackil ’94 and Robin Westerberg ’94
Lisa (Marx) Corn ’00 and husband
Joshua at their wedding in March
Jenny Henzi, Lisa (Marx) Corn and
Margot Bloch, all class of 2000, at
Lisa’s wedding this past spring
Katie Panarella ’94 and her husband
Alex are joined by Chris HoltonJablonski at her wedding in 2012
Kate Eisenberg ’00 and Kimberly
Parr at their June wedding
Nobles friends gathered at the wedding of Amy (Hudson) Gaubinger ’01 to Nick
Gaubinger in British Columbia. Back row: Matt Wilkos ’01, Steve Gardos ’98 (with
son, Ozzie), Steph (Savage) Flynn ’01, Johnny Hughes ’01, and Tracey Samuelson
’01. Middle row: Andrea (Berberian) Gardos ’01 (with baby Lennox), Sarah Courtney ’02 and Emily Kaufman ’01. Front row: Amy (Hudson) Gaubinger ’01 and Nick
Gaubinger. Not Pictured: Lindsey (Marshall) Gray ’01
announcements
Engagements
Zach Cohen ’05 will marry Emily Bray on
July 2, 2016.
Marriages
David Burdoin ’58 announced his marriage
on October 15, 2015 to Shem Maunes, of
Cebu City, Philippines, at All Saints Church,
Chiang Mai, Thailand; Serena (Mah) Seel ’94
married Philipp Seel over Memorial Day
weekend, 2015 in Boston; Sara-Mai Conway
’94 married Travis Gardner on October 5,
2015 in Fort Worth; Wyeth Lynch ’96 married
Marnie Peters on Oct. 25, 2015 in Pennsylvania; Katie Fuller ’98 married Louise Wilson
on July 18, 2015 in Chatham on Cape Cod;
Yantee Neufville ’98 married Malika Fair on
May 24, 2015 in Boston, and had a second
ceremony in Michigan on September 26;
Alex Bellanton ’98 married Heather Mosure
on May 23, 2015 in Miami, Fla.; Kate Eisenberg ’00 married Kimberly Parr on June 20,
2015 at Stonover Farm in Lenox, Mass.; Lisa
Marx ’00 married Joshua Corn on March
8, 2015 in Brookline, Mass.; Amy (Hudson)
graduate news
Alex Templer ’01, now Lexi Kendall, at her wedding in May 2015. Pictured here
with a mix of Nobles and non-Nobles friends, Lexi is flanked by Elizabeth (Besser)
Novack ’01 and Lulu Miller ’01 (on her immediate right), and Meg (Curley) Nash
’02 and Elizabeth (Beedy) Wendorf ’01 (on her immediate left).
Priya Sequeira ’02 and husband Austin Wong
Gaubinger ’01 married Nick Gaubinger in
August 2015 in Revelstoke, B.C.; Alex Templer
’01, now Lexi Kendall, married Owen Kendall
in May 2015; Priya Sequeira ’02 married
Austin Wong during the summer of 2015 in
New York City; Samantha (Strauss) Hanman
’02 married Jonathan Hanman in October
2014; Katharine Coon Hamilton ’02 married
Curtis Hamilton on April 18, 2015 at the
former home of Frank Sinatra and Roger Miller
Kate Coon (former Nobles faculty), Seth Coon, Curtis Hamilton, Katharine Coon
Hamilton ’02, Daniel Coon ’99 and Alexander Coon ’94
Danny Gonzalez ’05 and Xuan Nguyen
on their wedding day
From the wedding of Greg Croak ’06 to Libby Reynolds. L to R: Rob
O’Block ’05, Matt Cambria ’05, Brendan Armour ’05, Tim Furcillo
’06, Dan Perkins ’05, Greg Croak ’06, Cam Goodrich ’03, Whitney
Kelly ’06, Dan Croak ’00 and George Maley
in Woodland Hills, Calif.; Molly Boskey ’05
married Charlie Pascal at the Wequassett
Resort in Cape Cod in June 2015; Danny
Gonzalez ’05 married Xuan Nguyen on August 15, 2015; Jessye Aibel ’06 married Kevin
Crets September 19, 2015 on Martha’s Vineyard; Greg Croak ’06 married Libby Reynolds
in Seattle in August 2015; Maddie Pongor ’07
married Abedin Sham on August 8, 2015 in
Chatham, Mass.
New Arrivals
Andrew Partridge ’86 and his wife, Haley
welcomed son Jasper Sky Partridge; Marco
Schiavo ’93 had his third daughter, Anna
Grace, on June 6, 2015. Anna joins sisters
Elizabeth Michela and Sara Jane; Nim Shah
’93 and wife Annie announced that daughter
Celeste Evelyn Shah joined them on September 25, 2015; Heidi (Notman) Muccifori ’94
Jasper Sky Partridge, son of Andrew
Partridge ’86 and his wife, Haley
Wedding guests at the union of Maddie Pongor and Abedin Sham included
Nobles alumni from the Class of 2007, from left: Geoff Silver, Angela Murray,
Ross Chanowski, Courtney Frazee (Abedin Sham, Madeline Sham), Kate Zabinsky,
Allie Palmer, Liz Barry and Julia Hickey
Nim Shah ’93 and wife Annie enjoy a
moment with daughter Celeste Evelyn,
born September 25, 2015.
Abigail Brown Muccifori was born July
13 to Heidi Norman Muccifori ’94.
Phil Higgins and his husband, Matt,
welcomed son Lucas to their family
July 31, 2015. Big brother Felix has to
share the spotlight now!
Dave Klivans ’98 and wife Crystal
recently had twin boys, Cole and
Caiden, here pictured with big sister,
Savannah (3)
Ellis Clark Burns was born to Astrid
Peterson Burns ’01 on Sept. 11, 2015.
Lennox Lillian Gardos, Daughter of
Andrea (Berberian) Gardos ’01 and
Steve Gardos ’98
Harper Elizabeth Wyatt was born to
Kate O’Donnell Wyatt ’00 and husband Aaron on June 4.
welcomed daughter Abigail Brown Muccifori
on July 13, 2015; she joins big brother Teddy;
Kathryn (Lieber) Berman ’94 welcomed
daughter Callie Jean Berman on July 21, 2015;
Phil Higgins ’94 and his husband, Matt Smith,
welcomed their second son, Lucas, into the
world on July 31, 2015; Patty (Burke) Sanchez
’96 had a baby girl, Annabelle, who joins
brother, William and sister, Caitlin; Joe Jackson ’98 welcomed a baby girl; Dave Klivans
’98 and wife Crystal recently added twin boys,
Cole and Caiden (born June 21, 2015), to the
brood, totaling three kids, along with daughter,
Savannah (3); Kate (O’Donnell) Wyatt ’00
and husband, Aaron welcomed a baby girl,
Harper Elizabeth Wyatt, on June 4, 2015;
Astrid Peterson Burns ’01 welcomed a son,
Ellis Clark Burns, on September 11, 2015; Kevin
Darcy ’01 and wife, Erika, welcomed daughter
Averie Rose Darcy on June 1, 2015; Andrea
Colby George Furcillo, son of Tim
Furcillo ’06 and his wife, Caitlin, was
born on May 28, 2015 and is already
ready to play varsity!
(Berberian) Gardos ’01 and Steve Gardos
’98 welcomed a daughter, Lennox Lillian Gardos, on May 27, 2015; Margaret (Gormley)
Donahue ’02 and husband Dave welcomed
a daughter, Charlotte Caroline Donahue on
March 27, 2015; Margot (Lynn) Davis ’02 and
husband Zach welcomed a daughter, Madeline Hope Davis, to the world on July 9, 2015;
Colby George Furcillo was born May 28, 2015
to Tim Furcillo ’06 and wife, Caitlin.
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CITY BOYS ON CEDAR STREET
A group of Noble and Greenough boys gathers outside
their school at 44 West Cedar Street in 1889.
Give the gift of friendship and community.
Make your gift to the Annual Nobles Fund today
so students can continue to forge relationships
that last a lifetime. Visit nobles.edu/giveonline or
contact Director of Annual Giving Allie Trainor
at [email protected] or 781-320-7005.
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Dedham, MA 02026-4099
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