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Pegasus Society Profile
Pegasus Society
Make a Gift
to Pingree with
Lasting Value
For many of us, Pingree holds a special place
in our hearts. Who can forget the thrill of
seeing the campus for the first time, cheering on the home team during Wheeler Day,
or watching a loved one receive his or her diploma in the Hedge Garden? What better
way to honor that legacy than by making
Pingree the beneficiary of your will or trust.
Through your generosity, you will be providing permanent support to the School, and in
exchange receive the satisfaction of knowing
that you are helping to ensure that future
generations of students benefit from a Pingree education. What could be a better return on your investment?
By informing the School of your intentions,
you qualify for immediate membership in
the Pegasus Society, established in 1994 to
recognize and honor donors who have made
provisions for Pingree in their estate plans.
We gratefully thank the following Pegasus
Society members for creating a lasting legacy at Pingree School.
Judith Adamson ’67
Anonymous
Amy Blodgett ’82
Scot R. Bradstreet ’79
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. Buck, Jr. p ’02
Ellie Cabot
Trisha and Steven Castraberti p ’08
Dr. Mark Comunale ’76
Mr. and Mrs. Curt Dietrich
(Alice Roberts Dietrich ’68)
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Drislane p ’90, ’93
Mimi Davis Emmons ’64, p ’87, ’90
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fantone p ’01, ’05
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll J. Hebbel p ’82
Dana P. Jordan, Esq. ’75
Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood Merriman
Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt Morgan p ’78, ’80, gp ’08
Elizabeth W. Parker ’76
Mr. Sumner Pingree, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Purinton p ’74, ’82, ’88
Michael W. Robb ’76*
Madelyn M. Shields p ’91, ’92
Mr. and Mrs. Binkley Shorts p ’95, ’00
Kemp C. Stickney ’75
New Members
* deceased
Board of Trustees 20 0 6 – 07
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Jane Blake Riley ’77, p ’05
President
James D. Smeallie p ’05, ’09
V ice President
Richard C. Bane p ’04, ’05
T reasu rer
William Pingree p ’04, ’08
Secretar y
Nina Sacharuk Anderson ’77, p ’09
Kirk C. Bishop p ’06, ’06, ’08
William Carpenter III ’78, p ’10*
Malcolm Coates p ’01
Frederick Glore p ’04
Philip G. Lake ’85
Theodore E. Ober
Mary Puma p ’05, ’07, ’10
Leslie Reichert p ’02, ’07
Mary Scofield p ’01, ’05
Keith C. Shaughnessy p ’04, ’08, ’10
Augusta Stanislaw p ’01, ’02, ’08
Sandra Williamson p ’08, ’09, ’10
Susan Winthrop p ’90, ’96, ’99
Brucie B. Wright
Reflections:
A message from
Headmaster
Peter M. Cowen
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Cover Story:
Creativity
Guess Who!
Pictures from
the archives
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Winter Sports
Wrap-up
Patricia Castraberti p ’08
Parents A ssociation President
Grandparent Day
Shannon Patti Yates ’91
A lu mni L eadership B oard President
* deceased
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Board of Overseers
Rosie and Cub Morgan are no strangers to Pingree School. Daughters
Wendy Richardson ’78 and Laura Morgan ’80 are Pingree graduates. Cub
served on the Board of Trustees from 1978–1985 and Rosie worked for
Athletic Director Jim Deveney as a tennis coach and was a loyal Parents
Association volunteer for many years. Today, they are often found on
the sidelines at field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse games cheering on
their granddaughter Liza Richardson ’08. As Rosie says, “We’ve always
felt at home at Pingree. We have such an attachment to this school.”
Rosie and Cub recently made a generous donation to Pingree by establishing a charitable gift annuity. A charitable gift annuity is a gift agreement between the School and the donors that pays a fixed annual
amount for life in return for the donor’s gift to Pingree. "A big plus for
us in making this gift is having the stable and predictable income. In
addition, rather than making a bequest, I would much prefer to see our
donation work for the School now," remarks Cub.
If you would like to learn more about establishing a charitable gift annuity or other planned giving vehicles, please contact Kim Moore,
Director of Institutional Advancement at 978 468-4415 x 282 for more
information.
On the cover
Parasols painted by Pingree Students to
help decorate for the Auction. Special
thanks to Paula Conrad p ’10 from Express
Yourself for her imagination and creative
direction in this project.
Alice Blodgett p ’78, ’81, ’82
John R. Chandler p ’92, ’97
Herbert F. Collins p ’80, ’84, ’86
Alice Roberts Dietrich ’68
John Drislane p ’90, ’93
Richard Harte, Jr. p ’69, ’74, ’77
Richard C. Kennedy p ’75, ’76, ’78
Anne Hooper Kneisel ’66
Susanne Phippen p ’75, ’78, ’80, ’82
Charles W. Pingree p ’78
John R. Pingree p ’74
Charles P. Rimmer, Jr. p ’86
Edward P. Roberts p ’68, ’72
William S. Rogers p ’68, ’70
Edward S. Rowland p ’77, ’80, ’82
Gilbert L. Steward, Jr. p ’83
Alexander A. Uhle
A Chorus Line
in London
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Pingree Alumni:
Reunions
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Pingree Garden
Party & Auction
T he Pingree S chool Bu lletin is pu blished twice y early for alu mni , parents ,
and friends of the S chool . Please send address changes and other
comm u nications to :
Marketing & Communications Office
Pingree School, 537 Highland Street, South Hamilton, MA 01982-1399
Phone: 978.468.4415 • Fax: 978.468.3758
Web Address: www.pingree.org
Alumni e-mail: [email protected]
Publications e-mail: [email protected]
Director of Institutional Advancement: Kimberley C. Moore
Director of Marketing & Communications: Samantha Drislane Markowski ’93
Director of Alumni Relations: Laurie Harding Polese ’84
Director of Annual Fund & Parent Relations: Diana Batchelder Mathey
Database Administrator: Paul Tetta
Events Coordinator: Shelley McCloy Vassallo ’76
Development Office Coordinator: Donna Maggio
Editor and Writer: Samantha Drislane Markowski ’93
Alumni Editors: Laurie Harding Polese ’84 and Shelley McCloy Vassallo ’76
Photography: Blind Dog Photo, Dan Courter, Samantha Drislane Markowski ’93, David Pratt Photography,
Tracy Emanuel Photography, Ned Jackson, Mark Drury, Pingree School archives
Design: Mark Drury, Percolator Design, Inc
Printing: Cricket Press
Pingree School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. It does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration policies, scholarship, and loan programs, and athletic and other School-administered programs.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in the Pingree Bulletin is correct. Please direct any errors to the Marketing & Communications Office and accept our apologies.
Community Service at Pingree
People, Program, Place
Summer and Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
The following list represents some opportunities for volunteer work. There are many
agencies offering wonderful opportunities. If you have a specific area of interest,
please call Katy Gibbs at 978-564-0611 or [email protected]
The 3 P’s
The fact that this Pingree Bulletin is centered around the theme of creativity provides one with an immense scope of relevant angles to pursue. In my earlier article, I took the poetic approach and even
included two of my own original works.
However, after giving further thought to
the concept of creativity at Pingree School,
it appears to me that this realm of school
life falls into three categories or what I am
now referring to as “The 3 P’s” — people,
program, and place.
People is appropriately at the top of
the list and is the arena in which Pingree
always shines. People for us means relationships. Literally, the people are the motivating teachers, the talented students,
and the supportive parents providing impetus for both of the other two. Pingree is
people, and Pingree is all about meaningful, productive, close relationships. From
the dance steps taught by veteran educator June Jeswald to the choral harmonies
inspired by Monica Brile to the photographic angles of Debora VanderMolen
and Alice Grossman to the stylish instruction in pottery from Liz Taft to Sean
Hagon’s spirited bandsmanship to the
dramatic flair inspired by Lynn Weltler
and costumed and designed by Donna
LoVerme and Neal Truesdale to coming
full circle with the miraculous touch of
Mr. E’s painting and drawing, this is our
Pingree cornucopia of people expertise.
So the first ingredient under the headline
heading of “people” is this spectacular art
department, and it comes to life and fruition when you add the practice, training,
and performance of our talented students
of art. Whether it’s West Side Story, a bowl
of clay, or an artist’s sketch, the artistic excellence of Pingree’s people is the number
one element that leads us to success.
The second piece of the artistic puzzle at Pingree is program. The fact that
Pingree has courses as varied as pottery,
photography, and dance in addition to the
standard offerings of the performing and
visual arts is a real plus for our school.
When we read the newspapers and see
how budget cuts are affecting the arts in
American schools, we should be proud
that our program is as extensive as it is.
While program never takes precedence
over people, the two together are a wonderful combination. We must also always
critique and review and improve our art
programs to keep them fresh, up-to-date,
global, diverse, and inspirational.
The third and final element is place –
the physical space that allows the people
to implement the program. For those of
you who have seen our plays or dance concerts and have heard our wonderful singers and band members, you know that the
Mary Weld Pingree Center for the Performing Arts is a wonderful facility. Having a hidden orchestra pit and a first-rate
booth to control lighting and sound are
indeed special aspects of our theatre.
However, when you tour the remaining
pieces of our arts facilities, the conclusion
we must draw is that this is an area that
needs additional funding and improvement. Don’t get me wrong : our people are
making a real go of it in the space we presently provide. But if the truth be told,
some of our arts, music, and rehearsal facilities simply do not match the quality of
the people we have involved with them. It
is for this reason that our present Strategic Plan highlights this weakness at Pingree and cries out for us to address it as
soon as possible. To be sure, we are looking into it and need support from the entire Pingree community, and in the meantime, the show must go on.
Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens
Accord Food Pantry South Hamilton, MA
Beverly Bootstraps Food Pantry/Thrift
Shop/Mentoring Beverly, MA
Crombie Street Mission Soup Kitchen/
Food Pantry Salem, MA
My Brothers Table Soup Kitchen/Food
Pantry Lynn, MA
Cape Ann Food Pantry Soup Kitchen/
Food Pantry/Thrift Shop Gloucester, MA
Jewish Family Services Food Pantry
Salem, MA & Marblehead, MA
Salvation Army Food Pantry
Newburyport, MA
Pettengill Food Pantry Salisbury, MA
Bread and Roses Soup Kitchen/Food
Pantry Lawrence, MA
Lazarus House Soup Kitchen/Food Pantry
Lawrence, MA
Children’s Services
HAWC (Help for Abused Women and
Their Children) Salem, MA
The Boys and Girls Club of Salem
Salem, MA
The Salem YMCA Salem, MA
The North Shore YMCA Beverly, MA
Wellspring House Gloucester, MA
Inn Transition Peabody, MA
School’s Out South Hamilton, MA
The Boys and Girls Club of Salisbury
Salisbury, MA
The Newburyport YWCA
Newburyport, MA
Girls Inc. Lynn, MA
Raw Art Lynn, MA
Big Brother Big Sister Association
Windrush Farm Boxford, MA
Environmental Organizations
MA Audubon Ipswich, MA
MA Audubon Joppa Flats
Newburyport, MA
The Trustees of Reservations Long Hill
Beverly, MA
Animal Rescue Organizations
Cape Ann Animal Aid Gloucester, MA
Northeast Animal Shelter Salem, MA
MSPCA & Nevins Farm Methuen, MA
Merrimack Valley Feline Salisbury, MA
Museums & Historical Organizations
The Wenham Museum Wenham, MA
Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA
Gloucester Adventure Gloucester, MA
Essex Ship Building Museum Essex, MA
The Firehouse Performing Arts Center
Newburyport, MA
Hospitals & Medical Outreach
Organizations
The Beverly Hospital Beverly, MA
Addison Gilbert Hospital Gloucester, MA
Anna Jacques Hospital Newburyport, MA
Lawrence General Hospital
Lawrence, MA
IMEC (packaging medical supplies/
Dr. Crawford Assembly)
Assisted Living Facilities/Nursing
Homes/Senior Agencies
Brighton Gardens Beverly, MA
Herrick House Beverly, MA
Brooksby House Andover, MA
Oceanview at Ellis Square Beverly, MA
Sea View Retreat Rowley, MA
Merrimack Place Newburyport, MA
Sunrise Assisted Living Peabody, MA
John Bertram House Salem, MA
The Council on Aging most cities and
towns have this agency
Pingree Sponsored Service Events
October 2007 Freshman Service Day —
off campus service work day TBD
October 15th to October 26th 2007
Fall Clothing Drive
November 5th to November 16th 2007
Fall Canned Food Drive
November 26th to December 7th 2007
Holiday Outreach
Pingree Seniors participate in Service Week on John’s Island in South Carolina.
Pictured, left to right: Erica Meninno, Pip Owen, Hannah McGowan,
Bridget Duffey, Jeff Ames, Tedi Begaj, and Jeff Ames.
Romania
To Serve and be Served
James Caron ’07
Two summers ago I had the privilege of traveling to Romania with about 15 members of
my church’s youth group. My group worked at
a children’s camp in the Jiu Valley, nestled in
the midst of the Carpathian mountain
range. As a member
of the former Soviet
Union, Romania faces many of the problems that a country
new to capitalism
has to deal with.
James Caron ’07
Once a busy mining
community with upwards of 100,000 residents, the Jiu Valley is now an empty shell.
Abandoned concrete apartments litter the
countryside, and poverty is rampant. We
worked with the Viata Children’s Camp which
provides free summer programs for children
in the community. Our work consisted of carrying several tons of wood two miles up a
mountain to our building site where we constructed a shelter to shield the children from
the sudden extreme weather conditions which
are common on the mountain. We learned
first-hand about these weather conditions as
torrential rains ravaged the area for the first
two days we were there, preventing us from
getting to our lodging. Besides the physical
work, we occupied much of our time interacting with the kids at the camp. The language
barrier proved not to be an insurmountable
one, since we soon discovered other ways of
communicating. Coming away from this and
other mission experiences, I have learned so
much about the beauty and importance of
other countries. One night several of the children cooked us a traditional Romanian meal.
While most of us had difficulty getting it
down, the effort put into its preparation was
truly immense and their gratitude for our
work was quite evident. It is moments like
those that make missions trips so worthwhile.
It helped me and others on my team to grasp
the beauty of altruism. The lines that often
separate givers from receivers become
blurred, and an appreciation is found. Each of
us returned to our homes with an altered
world view, and hopefully a more generous
heart.
Peter M. Cowen, Headmaster
REFLECTIONS
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SPRING/SUMMER 2007 3
A Chorus Line
in London
By
Theatre Director
Lynn Weltler
p ’04, ’06
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On March 3, one week after an extremely successful
run at Pingree, 68 members of our community met
at Logan International Airport to embark on the first
ever theatrical international exchange. With great
excitement and some fear (imagine traveling with
this many people!) we stood in line, waiting to check
in at the American Airlines counter. For most of
our entourage this was the first moment of our trip,
however, its inception began almost one year earlier.
Shortly after the Charterhouse School from
Godalming, England performed at Pingree in
April of 2006, we began preparations for our visit
abroad. “It takes the entire Pingree community to
create a successful international exchange trip,”
said Academic Dean Kathleen Dolan, who, with
the help of Pingree alum Debbie Jackson ’76 of
Flagship Travel, began the process of securing
travel arrangements. Advancement Office members
Kimberley Moore and Diana Mathey helped us
ensure that all students were able to participate by
soliciting donors to award financial aid to those in
need. Assistant Head Tony Blackman, curriculum
committee member, Ann Lyons, and the Pingree
faculty helped our students remain current with
class work they missed during this experience. Many
thanks to everyone for their support.
Work throughout the summer continued,
auditions were held in the fall, the production
mounted, and our excitement grew. After a
six hour plane ride we landed at Heathrow
International Airport and were met by a coach
bus that took us to the Royal National Hotel in
London. A quick pit stop to drop off suitcases was
followed by another coach bus ride to Godalming
where, with little sleep, students rehearsed for an
evening production for Charterhouse students.
The wonderful parents who traveled with us, took
on the arduous task of getting our bags to our
rooms before heading out to Godalming on the
train. After a superb performance, we headed
back to our hotel for some much needed rest.
The next morning we took a double decker bus
tour of London, a river cruise on the Thames,
and ventured off in small groups to do some
more sightseeing. Tuesday started with a visit
to the Tate Modern Museum, a tour of the Old
Globe Theatre followed by an acting workshop
with actors from the Globe, and an evening
performance of Equus, starring Daniel Radcliffe.
Another action packed day ensued on Wednesday,
when we traveled by bus to Cobham, Surrey to
perform at the American Community School,
from here we attended the matinee of Wicked in
the West End, followed by a visit to the original
Hard Rock Café. (We even got to hold Jimi
Hendrix’s 6 million dollar guitar). Early Thursday
morning we were on our way back to Heathrow.
Throughout the week it was very clear that
Pingree students and parents are incredible. With
little rehearsal in each venue, our performers
were professional and consummate ambassadors
of Pingree School. The parents were a delight to
be with, aiding us with tasks that made our jobs
easier. Every place we went, people commented
on the maturity and professionalism of our group.
They were “one singular sensation!” Bravo!
A group of Pingree faculty and students at the London Dungeon.
Ned Jackson
Ned Jackson, Pingree history teacher, began
shooting photos when his mom leant him her
Nikon that she had stopped using. What began
as a hobby on vacations and other trips quickly
became a passion as Ned immersed himself in
every photography book, magazine and show he
Kim THayer ’80
could find. By imitating his favorite
Two of my fondest memories of
photographers, he started to learn the craft and
Pingree were learning architectural
eventually develop a style of his own. After
design from Fellowes Davis under
spending four years in the financial services
the eaves of the Pingree roof, and
industry, Ned quit and began working as a high
his art history classes in the oak
school history teacher. Ned tries to get out as
paneled library. Studying wall
often as possible with his camera and tripod and
sized slides of masterpieces from
put onto film everything that strikes him. He
around the world in that darkened
tries to find beauty in the mundane details of
sanctuary inspires me even now.
"every-day" life and convey these details in a
In my senior year, an independent
unique way. As a result, he is constantly on the
study of art at Crown Point Press
lookout for new and interesting ideas. His
in Oakland, California opened my
passion for photography is enhanced by his eye
eyes to the world of professional
for detail and love for art.
artists, and spurred my move to
Kim Thayer ’90
the west coast to attend the
Ned is surrounded by other artists in his family
University of California at Berkeley.
including his brothers Robert C. Jackson and
Daniel B. Jackson, and mother, Nan.
Some of my recent work can be
seen at www.ThayerArt.com, and
Ned Jackson
my studio is open to anyone
creativity.
Carla Felisa Hollett ’99
interested. I paint mostly outdoors
Carla Felisa Hollett Class of 1999 is from Gloucester, MA (among other places). After Pingree, she
now and have found that creating
graduated from UMass Amherst with a BFA in 2004. Reggae, revolutionaries including Richard
art is similar to the subject matter
Erickson and Professor Nelson Stevens, Ernesto Guevara and Cassius Clay, The Lost Boys of Sudan
I often use - a path through
and Lady Day are a few of her inspirations. She hopes to continually be inspired by those she admires
nature. Exploring around the next
and show her solidarity with the people of the world.
corner is a constant allure. The
path alone would be uninteresting
without the discoveries of
wildness around it. My objective is
not to make art or to paint what I
see, rather, to put myself in a place
and state that allows my practiced
techniques to reveal my
Creativity is the theme of this issue of the Bulletin, and as you turn through these pages you will see
why it was such an obvious choice. Creativity abounds at Pingree, not just in the art room and on the
stage, but in the class rooms, on the playing fields, and beyond. The creativity fostered at Pingree is
connection to the wild beauty of
the land. Here on Cape Ann we
are blessed with preserved, open
areas and the people who work to
protect them.
not contained within the confines of this campus, it continues to grow as our students graduate and
move into the world. We have countless alumni who have found great success and personal exploration
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through creative mediums. Our faculty alike, not just those who teach the arts, but those whose passion
is history, English, math and language balance their lives with creative outlets giving them perspective
and encouraging examination of their subject matter and of the world around them. Please enjoy the
creative works of our alumni, faculty and students on display in the pages that follow.
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"Keep on Movin" by Carla Felisa Hollett ’99
"Nor'easter" by Kiki Thompson
Kirki Thompson
Kirki Thompson, a Spanish teacher at Pingree,
is an artist by hobby. She says, “When there is
a snow day, vacation week, travel time over the
summer, or spare weekends, I grab the time.
ick son
Sometimes I paint on the spot — plein air —
by Richard Er
it’s called, if the weather cooperates, and
"Charlotte"
sometimes I paint in a workshop.”
Richard Erickson
Richard Erickson has been making and
teaching art at Pingree for over 20 years.
He is repesented by Etherington Fine
Art, in Vineyard Haven, MA.
Learning
through a
Lens
An interview with History teacher Ned Jackson
BY SAMANTHA MARKOWSKI ’93
Q: How long have you been teaching and what subject?
A: I teach history. This is my first year at Pingree, but I taught for three years prior in
Shrewsbury High School.
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creativity.
Q: How does your teaching style change from class to class?
A: I teach four classes and all different grades, so my style definitely changes to suit the age
groups and levels of knowledge. With the freshmen, I really just try to get them interested in
the subject, and there is a bit more hand holding than with the older students. There is more
depth to my upper level classes, I can ask more probing questions and put more of a burden
on them to search out the answers.
Q: Do you have any plans to develop new courses?
A: I have, actually! This year, I developed a senior elective course called The History of
American Music. I have 16 students and the goal of the class is to use music as a lens to gain
a better understanding on the time period we are studying. We’ve studied songs of slavery, sea
shanties, ragtime, blues, jazz, British ballads, right up to The Beatles and the British Invasion.
It’s been a great experience.
Q: Why did you become a teacher?
A: I was greatly influenced by a professor who taught an education class I was in about halfway through my college career. I decided that I wanted to be able to share my knowledge and
impart a love of learning in others. I also really wanted to have balance in my life and being a
teacher allows me to have the time to spend with family or pursue other interests that make
me a more well-rounded person, and better able to teach with perspective.
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Debora VanderMolen
creativity.
Debora VanderMolen
Debora VanderMolen is a visual artist and poet
who divides her time between teaching at
Sarah Harding Glickman ’87
Sarah Harding Glickman ’87
Pingree School and a small farm in the New
Hampshire countryside. She is a graduate of
Sarah graduated from Skidmore College with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Political
Massachusetts College of Art and New England
Science and then went on to receive her Masters in Fine Arts from Pratt Institute as a
School of Photography. She has been affiliated
Fellowship recipient. She is an award winning graphic artist and has worked for several firms
with Pingree since 1990 and loves her work with
in New York City including Tom Nicholson Associates, Bryon Preiss Multimedia and Tumble
the students. Her photographs are in collections
Interactive. Her client list, over the years has included: NBC, ABC, Frommer’s, The Baseball
both nationally and internationally. Recently, her
Hall of Fame, Simon and Schuster, Motorola and IBM. She even worked on the original
poetry has been published in the Red Hawk
interface design for AOL! After her children were born, she became a stay-at-home mom and
Review, the Aurorean, and in an anthology by Salt
left the commercial art world behind. At home, she started painting watercolors and found
Marsh Press: Rough Places Plain.
that she loved the creative freedom of the paint. She’s since become a member of Northern
Westchester Watercolor Society and participates in local art shows. The Mural shown here
Debora VanderMolen
was painted for a local elementary school. "It is in the hall where the kids get on and off the
bus. They were looking for artists and my idea won the district over. I loved making it," says
Sarah.
Alice Grossman
Kathryn Meyers ’68
Alice Grossman, photography teacher at Pingree, has
Kathryn Meyers ’68 has been a potter for 35 years, producing functional wheel-thrown stoneware and white stoneware pieces, meant to be
been a photographer for twenty five years, and has
used and enjoyed everyday.
exhibited her work in galleries and museums locally and
nationally. Her photographs can currently be seen at the
Somerville Museum in Somerville, MA. She was a 2005
After apprenticing at Stowe Pottery and graduating in ceramics from Kirkland College, Kathryn moved to
Middlebury, VT to her first studio in the basement of Frog Hollow Craft Center.
recipient of a Visual Art Fellowship from the
Next she spent a year at Pottery Northwest in Seattle, WA, and then returned
Massachusetts Cultural Council and curated an exhibition
home again to Vermont, this time to Woodstock, where she began the
of the grant winners. She participated in the Third Annual
partnership Woodstock Artisans, a gallery and pottery workshop. For
Juried Summer Exhibition at Tufts University in 2005 and
25 years visitors were invited to the gallery to watch potters at work.
received a fellowship from the Virginia Center for the
Creative Arts in 2006. She holds a BFA from
Massachusetts College of Art and has studied at the
School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. For the
Kathryn is pleased to bring a similar experience to her latest
venture, Collective, a cooperatively run gallery and workshop
right around the corner from her previous home in Woodstock.
past twelve years, she has been a photography instructor
Visit Collective on the web at www.collective-theartofcraft.com
at Pingree School. She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
or in person at 7 Central Street, Woodstock, VT 05091.
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Alice Grossman
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68
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Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo ’93
Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo ’93 is an illustrator who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1998. She jumped into web and interactive
Mary Cahill
Farella ’89
design immediately after graduating from RISD, and has maintained both her traditional and digital skills through the years. Currently she enjoys freelance
Mary Cahill Farella '89 lives in
web and print design and illustration, while being a full-time mom to her son, Rennie. Barbara is dedicated to fine art as well as communicative design.
Framingham with her husband
The two disciplines enhance each other, and her work grows from what she learns from both fields.
Stéfane and their five children.
Her company, Wavepaint Design, began in 2001, specializing in creative web and print design, illustration and fine art painting. She also digs surfing... and
is trying to teach her four-year old son how to ride the waves.
When she's not at her day job at
WGBH, Mary pursues the
creative process through projects
like this postcard-size still life.
"Grapefruit" by Mary Cahill Farella ’89
Andrew Vassallo ’06
This sculpture was created by Andrew Vassallo ’06, currently a student at the University of Richmond. He worked
on several pieces in a studio art sculpture class during his first semester and also studied art history. During his
second semester he was admitted to a senior seminar entitled Site Specific Art and Installation. In this seminar
he collaborated on a series of temporary, site-specific installations that were erected in spaces on campus,
outside of the museum or gallery context. The emphasis was on embracing and comprehending the unusual
parameters of an alternative space, and learning to use what may seem to be restrictions in such a way so that
the elements inform the work and actually become a part of it.
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An Artists’ Journey: An interview with Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo ’93
Walking into her antique home in Ipswich,
I was met with smiles, hugs, and the sweet
aroma of blueberry muffins. The hostess,
Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo ’93, is a full-time mom,
artist, illustrator and founder of her own web design company. Barbara opened up her home to me
for an informal interview and a chance to view
some of her finished artwork, as well as some pieces that were still in progress.
Barbara says that her days in the art room at
Pingree, and her close bond with art teacher
Richard Erickson, are still some of her most favorite memories and a time of tremendous artistic growth. “The art room was such a welcome departure from the rigors of the aca-
demic and athletic programs. Don’t get me wrong, we
worked really hard in the art room, but it was a different way of channeling our energies and thoughts. It
provided me with a real and necessary balance,” says
DiLorenzo. After graduating from Pingree, Barbara
attended the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated from there in 1998. It was then that Barbara
took a slight departure from her traditional background and jumped into web and interactive design.
She has maintained both her traditional and digital
skills throughout the years. Currently, she enjoys
freelance web and print design and illustration, as
well as being dedicated to fine art and communicative
design. Barbara remarks, “The two disciplines enhance each other, and my work grows from what I
learn from both fields.”
Andrew Vassallo ’06
Written by Samantha Drislane Markowski ’93
Barbara’s web design company, Wavepaint Design, was started in 2001, and specializes in creative
web and print design, illustration and fine art painting. “I design and build websites from concept to
completion. I work with large corporations, small
businesses, single-person businesses and non-profit
organizations. I enjoy the variety that these clients
provide. There is no project too large or too small,”
she says.
When it came to choosing a career path, Barbara
remarks, “I never really had a choice. My mom was an
artist, but after college I questioned my decision to
pursue art as a career. Was I just doing it, because it
was what I had always done? Was it going to be the
right decision for me? In the end, it wasn’t about me
choosing my career; it chose me. I can’t not be an artist. I am always thinking in that format. Wherever I
go, whatever I see, I just start designing or drawing in
my head. And, at the end of the day, it’s what makes
me happy.”
Barbara gives her time and talent generously to
the community, a trait she said was instilled in her at
Pingree through the Community Service program.
“Pingree taught me the importance of giving back,
and the responsibility we have to one another. While I
was in college, I took a trip to Bolivia to do some volunteer work, and it really stuck with me. From that
point forward, I knew whatever I did with my life, I
wanted to be able to give back; there is always a way,
you just have to look for it.” Now, Barbara offers her
design and website expertise to many non-profits that
are desperate for the exposure on a volunteer basis. “If
it is a cause I support, I generally always offer to help.
It’s nice because I can balance out that work with my
paying clients.” (See list on page 16)
Barbara, who remains very physically active, recontinues on page 15
Laura B. Kozlowski ’90
"I have been lucky enough to have had a camera in my
I started painting in earnest my second year at college at Brown
University. There was a very small, intimate museum nearby which I
loved to escape to, since it reminded me of my European travels. The art
department at Brown had a large wood shop filled with power tools, so I
would make paintings on the top floor of the building and build things in
Q: What do you like most
about teaching at Pingree?
the basement shop. It was a sense of freedom and possibililty that I
never really experienced before.
A: I love having the freedom to create my own courses,
to pull together materials and textbooks that enhance the
learning experience. Not having the pressures of the MCAS
or local government restrictions on extra curricular activities,
makes for a much more enjoyable environment. Most of all,
I enjoy teaching at Pingree for the great community of kids
who are respectful and engaged.
The painting seen here is a small collage and gouche painting. I have
always loved Joseph Cornell, his intimacy and the depth of quiet feeling
in his work. My paintings are similar to that. They also are about themes
that I have used for years, European landscape and art history.
My art making is not a hobby. I have tried in a very real and deliberate
Q: What do you find unique
or special about Pingree?
way to make my life my art. I have taken an unusual amount of risk in my
life to be able to really understand myself and the things I am attracted
Carrie Young Steinam ’68
A: I love the intimate nature of Pingree. The relationships
between teachers and students are unique and special. It’s
very rewarding to be a part of.
Currently, Carrie’s art focuses on three-dimensional renditions of prints
Q: Do you have an educational philosophy?
to. I have tried to build my life around these ideas and making things is
an important component of this.”
hands since I was the age of five.
After graduating with a BA in English and Studio Art,
and photographs of pieces that she admires. Carrie enhances the prints
from Gettysburg College, I interned for a fashion
with multiple layer cuttings, adding paint and ink mediums, Swarovski
photographer in Boston while taking classes at the
crystals, beads, and natural fibers to bring life to the original work. Next,
Boston Museum School of Fine Arts and the New
she plans to work with original photos and artwork.
England School of Photography.
Catching her own Wave
After working for four years as a studio manager in a
digital still life studio, and freelancing for the Lynn Sunday
Post, I decided it was time to open my own studio in
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South Boston.
Although, currently, most of my work is weddings and
children’s portraits, I have worked for Time Life Books,
Yankee Magazine, Wooden Boat Magazine, Fitchburg
State College, Boston Public Library and the American
Ireland Fund. During the upcoming year, I hope to gain
more work in the editorial field as well as possibly
shooting some more catalog work.
This February, I had a great opportunity to travel through
Thailand documenting the people and the landscape. I
will be using some of these images for greeting cards in
the upcoming months.
I enjoy documenting the world around me and making
memories for people. I feel I am very lucky to be
supporting myself with my photography skills."
"Fountain" by Russell Steinert ’78
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the feel and sensibility of it.
calls the impact that the Pursuit program at Pingree had on her. “We
had a journal that would rotate to each member of the program, so that
you could capture your experiences from trips and excursions, and
then be able to read what others experienced and how their interpretations might differ from yours. It was a wonderful way to weave individual threads into a whole patchwork of stories.”
These days, you can find Barbara on the beaches of Gloucester on any
given Saturday throughout the year, trying to catch the perfect wave.
Yes, the artist is also a novice surfer, who, with a group of several
moms, has taken on the challenging sport as a means of exercise, fun
and self-discovery. She is also trying to teach her four-year old son,
Rennie, how to ride the waves.
DiLorenzo, who’s future plans include writing and illustrating her
own children’s book, attributes her successes to the great education
she had. “I was lucky enough to go to some of the best schools. Each of
them served me well and built my character, but my experiences were
not always good. Elementary school was tough for me, maybe not the
best fit, and college had its fair share of wonderful — and not so wonderful — experiences, but Pingree was the one place that I felt truly at
home. People were genuine and warm, and talents from every corner
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were honored.”
A: I do, and it is that it’s not about the details. My highest
goal is to instill a love for history and a sense of curiosity. I
try to get the kids to not take everything at face value. Ask
questions!
Q: Some people might not know that you
are also a very accomplished photographer.
When did you first become interested in
photography?
A: Art is in my blood. My mother is a painter, and two of my
brothers are professional artists. In 2000, I went to Spain
and Italy with my mother. She gave me a camera she wasn’t
using, and I started grabbing all kinds of postcards I could
find of the sites and scenery, and tried to imitate and then
improve upon them. That was my first taste. I found that I
had a real passion for photography, and that I had a pretty
good eye.
Q: Not only are you a teacher, but you are
also a coach of cross country and lacrosse,
as well as an artist. Talk about the integration
of academics with athletics, arts, and
extracurricular activities. How well do you
think this works at Pingree?
A: I think Pingree does a great job of fusing all the elements
that make up a well-rounded education. Sometimes you
have a kid that may be bored in your history class, one who
you wouldn’t normally be able to connect with, but on the
lacrosse field, for example, you create a real bond. As a
teacher you can take that information off the field and figure
out a better way to engage that child when he/she is in your
class again.
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Ned Jackson
Learning
through a
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Carrie Young Steinam ’68
“As a child, my family and I spent a lot of time in Europe going around to
museums, cathedrals and chateaux. I loved it very much and absorbed
creativity.
creativity.
Laura B. Kozlowski ’90
Russell Steinert ’78
Ned Jackson
Kelsey Klibansky ’08
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Erika Mitkus ’08
Lily Carey ’08
Q: Talk about how you integrate your outside
interests into your coursework?
Andrea McInnes ’07
"Bolognia" by Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo ’93
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Awards & Recognition:
• Ipswich River Watershed Association — Barbara DiLorenzo of
wavepaint.com designed IRWA’s new website, offering her services pro bono. She did a wonderful job and the new web site has
received widespread praise for its visual appeal, easy navigation
and impressive content. Barbara was also terrific to work with,
making the process smooth and manageable for staff.
• Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts — Selected amcipswich.org
as a top web site in the Massachusetts Diocese.
Volunteer Web Design for Non Profits:
• Ipswich River Watershed Association — www.ipswichriver.org
• Ipswich Recycling Committee — www.ipswichrecycles.org
• Ascension Memorial Church — www.amcipswich.org
• Birth to Three Family Center — www.birthtothreeipswich.org
Q: Is there something you’ve learned through
photography that you carry into the classroom?
A: I think the greatest gift I’ve learned through my photography is
patience. Knowing that the light might not always be where you
want it to be, you’ve got to keep going back to the same spot till
you get it. You can use that same philosophy with learning. Also, I
try not to take a photo at face value, there is always a story behind
it. As an Historian, I try to figure out what other elements may
have influenced the image.
Catching her own Wave
As our conversation came to an end, Barbara remarked, “I learned
some of the best lessons at Pingree and got some of the best advice.
But, the advice that resonated the most with me came from Mr.
Erickson. Mr. E taught me that art is not about technique, rather
art is a way of seeing. It’s a personal journey, distinctly different for
every individual. I have taken those words with me; I revisit them
everyday.”
Barbara’s work has been purchased by Pingree teachers Alan McCoy
and Carolyn Paczkowska.
In the fall of 2007, Barbara will be exhibiting her paintings in the Pingree School Gallery. More details to follow.
A: I use a lot of images, a lot of slideshows and a lot of music.
Early in the semester we were studying the Jim Crow laws, and I
used different images of segregated black and white schools in the
south during that time, and played some blues music along with
the images. It told the story far better than I could have, and the
students really connected.
Q: Is there something interesting about you that
people would be surprised to know?
Art Shows:
2006
• Zumis — Solo art show
• Clinton Olde Home Day Art Show
• Ipswich Cultural Council Art Show
• Topsfield Fair Professional Art Division
• IMADA (Ipswich, Music Arts, and Drama Association)
• Cuvilly Art Auction
• Rhode Island School of Design sales fall and winter
• Zumis "Group Hanging"
2005
• EBSCO Ipswich Art Show
• Topsfield Fair Professional Art Division
• Hall Haskell House Gallery
• IMADA (Ipswich, Music Arts, and Drama Association)
• Cuvilly Clam Classic
• Rhode Island School of Design Holiday Sale
• Zumis "Group Hanging"
A: I play in a classic rock cover band called “Come Together.” We
cover mostly Beatles tunes. I play both the electric and acoustic
guitars.
Q: How has what you’ve learned through your
work affected your perspective on the world?
A: Before September 11th, I had a much more black and white
view of the world, and about right and wrong. Teaching helped
me to understand the nuances in life; the struggles that people go
through. I think a lot more, and I try to see things from different
perspectives.
Q: How has your first year at Pingree gone for
you?
A: It was a very easy transition and it was, without a doubt, the
people here that made it so.
Ned’s photography career consists of about 12–15 weddings a year,
portrait and landscape work, as well as catalog product photography.
He has shown in galleries around the area and in his homestate of
Delaware at the Delaware Art Museum and the Carspecken-Scott
Art Gallery. Most recently he had a show in January in Boston at the
Gallery Black & White. Ned’s work can be seen by going to his website
www. nedjacksonphotography.com.
Ned is married to Pingree alumna Amanda Crawford
Jackson ’96.
Grandparent Day
On Friday, May 4, 2007 over 130 grandparents of
Pingree students came to campus for our first
ever Grandparent Day. Coffee and a light breakfast were held in the Alumni Room during registration, and then grandparents were able to attend two morning classes with their grandchildren. Following the morning classes, our guests
enjoyed a musical performance in the Mary Weld
Pingree Center for the Performing Arts, and then
were treated to a cookout lunch with their grandchildren under the tent in the Hedge Garden.
The day was a great success, and we look forward
to continuing the tradition!
clockwise from top left: Jenny Avallon ’07 with her
grandmothers Jean Avallon and Kathryn Mulcahy.
Anders Olson ’07 performing. Erin Coughlin ’10 and her
grandmother Angela Coughlin. Adam Logan ’08 and his
grandparents Ann and Robert Logan. Pat George ’09
and his grandmother Jean George. Ethel Mickey ’08 and
her grandparents Nancy and Robert Powers.
Steve and Betsy Fantone p ’01, ’05
The Annual Fund:
We Are Gone But We Haven’t Forgotten!
It has been six years since our oldest son, Stephen, graduated
from Pingree and two since our youngest, Dennis, graduated.
As talk of graduations abound this time of the year, we are reminded of these two very special graduations and our fond
memories of Pingree.
Our children prospered at Pingree. The comfortable atmosphere, created by the teachers, staff and parents, allowed
them to build the confidence to raise their hands with questions, explore new activities, and be comfortable in their own
skins, without fear of what others may think. Through independent studies, it afforded them the opportunity to explore
their own directions of interests. Pingree’s science and mathematics programs have prepared both our sons to compete in
the global economy. The sports program kept them fit and cultivated a sense of fair play and teamwork. Pingree cultivated
their innate skills and talents and prepared them to succeed in
college and life.
Tuition alone does not cover all of Pingree’s expenses.
Contributions to the Annual Fund provide flexible financial
resources that can be used to purchase lab supplies, fund special programs, support tuition assistance and more.
We chose Pingree because it makes a difference. We still
believe that. We gave to the Annual Fund each year while our
children were at Pingree. We continue to give to Pingree because we believe that our tax-deductible dollars make a difference that can be felt. Pingree is a small and relatively young
school. As such, their base from which to draw is much smaller than bigger or older organizations. Each and every one of us
is important and can make a difference to Pingree. Please remember your own experiences at Pingree and consider giving
to the Pingree Annual Fund.
at right: Kimberly Barrett ’10 and her
grandfather John Barrett.
Parent of Alumni Event
clockwise from top left: Barbara LeBel p ’02 and Abby
Benedix p ’03. Jay and Joan Henderson p ’03. Steve
Calahan p ’02, Henry Bertalon p ’01, ’03, ’05, and
Sheila Calahan p ’02. Laurie Matson p ’96, ’98 and
Jacqueline Eng p ’97. Mimi and Ron Pruett p ’81, ’84,
’87, ’89. Paul Kenerson and Claire Abry p ’05.
at far left: Irene Corvinus p ’02, ’06 and Connie
Pemberton Glore ’69, p ’04.
Winter Skates
You too can help to write the story of
Pingree’s future with a gift to the Annual Fund.
Ways to make a gift…
1. Online at www.pingree.org
2. By mail to: Pingree School Annual Fund
537 Highland Street, South Hamilton, MA 01982
3. By phone: 978 468-4415 x227
Please lend your support before June 30, 2007.
All gifts to the Annual Fund qualify as charitable
tax deductions.
On January 26, 2007, Pingree held its first ever
Parent of Alumni Event. With over 100 guests in
attendance, the purpose of the event was to reconnect parents of alumni with each other, with
current families and to give them an opportunity to see how the school has grown. Guests
were treated to a cocktail reception in the Library, and heard remarks from Headmaster Peter M. Cowen. The evening was a great success,
and we have plans to make it an annual event!
clockwise from top left: Paul Pruett ’84, with children Jack and Kelsey.
Shannon Patti Yates ’91 with children Lily and Ben. Josh Polese, son of Laurie
Harding Polese ’84. Alex Willcox friend of Madeline Polese, daughter of
Laurie Harding Polese ’84.
In an effort to keep the winter blues at bay, this
winter Pingree opened up its hockey rink for three
separate alumni events. First, was an Open Alumni Skate held on Friday, December 22, that offered
two hours of free ice time to all alumni and their
families. Second, were the Men’s and Women’s
Alumni Hockey games held on Thursday evening,
December 28th. Former hockey alums came back
to challenge each other to one more game! Finally, on Sunday, February 11, Pingree hosted a Family Skate and Spaghetti Supper where for $5 per
person nearly 40 Pingree alumni came out with
their families for an evening of skating followed by
a spaghetti supper and ice cream sundaes in the
cafeteria. The feedback from these events has
been great and we look forward to being able to
offer you more events like these in the future!
top: Liz Pruett, Christy McGrath,
and Sally Wigglesworth Cioffi ’86.
at right: John Young, Pingree Math
Teacher and his son Owen.
Reunions 2007 was a night to remember! From the 40th Reunion
Class of 1967 to the 5th Reunion Class of 2002, well over 100 alumni
returned to campus to reconnect, reminisce and celebrate their
Pingree Reunions. The cocktail receptions at Jane Riley’s ’77, p ’05
home, the Library and in the Academic Center were lively and full of
good cheer. For alumni who have not been back to campus for a few
years (or maybe more!) the Academic Center was an amazing sight
— state-of-the-art, spacious and inviting – truly unbelievable!
The celebration tent tucked in the Hedge Garden provided an open
space for dinner and music. Eric Peikin, Class of 2001 was our D.J.
and slideshow creator. He provided current songs and music from
past decades as well as a glimpse of Pingree’s good old days on the
projector. The scrumptious chocolate fountain was just the icing on
the cake for this memorable celebration!
Many thanks to all the alumni who volunteered to serve on the
Reunion Committees and for their help with contacting their
classmates. Judging from these pictures – with many alumni
donning their new Pingree straw hats – it’s safe to say a
good time was had by all!
Julie Gardner ’97 with Kasie Jacobs ’97.
Page Cogger Sostek ’87 and husband Josh Sostek ’87.
May 5, 2007
Reunions 2007
Karen Durkee Heywood ’67, p ’98, ’02
and Dana Heywood ’02.
Lauren and Chris Connolly ’97.
Class of 1982.
Barbara Langworthy ’72, Susan Ballou Carter ’72,
Rachel Schooley Taddeo ’72, and Beth Barndt ’72.
Sarah Capenter ’97 and
Molly Seamans ’97.
Sally Haug Murphy ’67 and Judy Adamson ’67.
Nicole Potoczak ’02, Eric Peikin ’01,
Marianne Colahan ’02, Elizabeth Jose ’02
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Danielle Harsip ’02, Caitlin Connolly ’02, and Tom Salter ’02.
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Mark Ashford ’77 and Lee Robb ’77.
Justin Parker ’02 and
Mike Nelligan ’02.
Julie Gardner ’97, David Loschek ’97,
Kelly Sanborn ’97, and Debbie Nagler ’97.
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Guess Who?
Photos From the Archives
Every picture tells a story. Can you identify who is in
these pictures? Can you tell us what is going on here?
Our archives have many unidentified candid photographs. We plan to periodically publish batches of these
photos seeking your help to identify the folks and stories
behind them.
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Please send names and stories to Laurie Harding Polese ’84,
Director of Alumni Relations at [email protected] or call 978 468-4415 x310.
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Cody Presbury ’10 and Jesse Sullivan ’08
Matthew Machiros ’09
Sam Baird ’07
Derek Pratt ’09
2007
Duffey Captures Back to Back
High School Diving Titles
Pingree Winter
Sports Awards
Michael Collins ’07
Boys’ Varsity Basketball: 20–8
EIL Co-Champions
New England Class D #4 Seed
Boys’ Varsity Ice Hockey:
17–12–3
Holt Conference 2nd Place
EIL All-League
Holt Conference All-Stars
Nicholas Mosakowski ’07
Allen Williamson ’09
EIL Honorable Mention
Carlos O’Donnell ’08
Derek Pratt ’09
Most Valuable Players
Nicholas Mosakowski ’07
Allen Williamson ’09
Most Improved Player
Carlos O’Donnell ’08
Bridget McGinn ’07
Katherine Cushing ’07
Katherine Klibansky ’09
Most Valuable Player
Bridget McGinn ’07
Kara Kovacev ’10
Coaches' Awards
Katherine Cushing ’07
Alison Grimaldi ’07
Bridget Duffey ’07
JV1 Boys’ Basketball: 9–10
JV Girls’ Ice Hockey: 0–13
Kaitlin Spurling ’09
Offensive Most Valuable Player
Jolmi Minaya ’09
Brittani Yeung ’08
Defensive Most Valuable Player
Nathaniel Leach ’08
Julia Kaneb ’10
Barbara Santos ’07
Maura McDonald ’07
Lauren Zinn ’08
Colleen Maher ’10
Coaches’ Award
Joshua Shain ’09
Rose Temple ’10
Most Improved Swimmer
Sportsmanship Award
Coaches’ Award
Lauren St. Pierre ’10
John Nugent ’08
Mary French ’10
Sportsmanship Award
JV2 Boys’ Basketball White: 4–5–1
JV Boys’ Ice Hockey: 5–7–1
Ben Coleman ’10
Timothy Weinstein ’08
Jack Williamson ’10
Zachary Rochman ’09
Rachel LaBarge ’07
Coaches’ Award
Coaches’ Awards
Ehab Hamdan ’10
Michael Shaughnessy ’08
Gregory Dooley ’07
EIL All-League
Brian Adam ’07
Coaches’ Awards
Colby MacDonald ’07
Rachel LaBarge ’07
Gina Casleden ’08
Brendan Rimmer ’07
Wheeler Award
EIL All-League
EIL All-League
Globe All-Scholastic
Deveney Award
Sportsmanship Award
Varsity Volleyball: 8–11
EIL 5th Place
JV Wrap-Up
New England Diving Champion
EIL All-League Most Valuable Player
Derek Pratt ’09
Samuel Baird ’07
Swimming and Diving: 3–4
Colby MacDonald ’07
Girls’ Varsity Basketball: 15–9
EIL 2nd Place
Hustle Award
Girls’ Varsity Ice Hockey
EIL Champions
Marissa Cerretani ’07
Caitlin Doherty ’09
Barbara Santos ’07
Sportsmanship Award
Maura McDonald ’07
Eastern Prep Diving Champion
Brittany Mscisz ’10
Coaches' Award
Meagan Hostetter ’08
Coaches’ Awards
Samantha Taylor ’08
Elizabeth Mainiero ’07
Chappell Sargent ’07
Sportsmanship Award
New England All-Stars
7th Player Award
JV2 Boys’ Basketball Blue: 8–3–1
Haley Hunziker ’09
Charlie DeSimone ’10
Samantha Taylor ’08
Marissa Cerretani ’07
Andrew Faulkner ’10
Kitsa Manginis ’07
Most ImprovedPlayer
Alexandra Glazer ’09
Nevin Pathak ’10
Coaches’ Award:
Coaches’ Award
Jaclyn Lee ’08
JV Volleyball: 9–6
Catherine Dioli ’10
Charlie Taft ’10
Sportsmanship Award
Sportsmanship Award
Eve Whitehouse ’07
Evan Perkins ’10
Hustle Award
Amanda Nasser ’09
Coaches’ Award
Joanna McDonough ’07
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Liza Richardson ’08 and
Dale Bishop ’08
Pingree Swim Team
Brittany Mscisz ’10
Bridget Duffey, Senior at Pingree School, finished off
her senior year with two back to back championship
diving wins in the biggest contests of the season. On
February 23, 2007 she won the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming & Diving Championships held in
Philadephia, PA and on March 5, 2007 she won her
second
consecutive
New England Prep
School Diving Championship held at Deerfield Academy and
posted a new league record with a score of
444.55 which was the
only new league record
set that day. The record
was set in 1996 and the
record holder was
coaching at the meet so
Bridget was personally
congratulated by her. In the final round of diving,
Duffey succeeded in holding off a strong contender
from Choate Rosemary Hall, Carlin Dacey, by posting the highest single dive score of the day of 52
points for her back 2.5 full twisting layout. Her scores
from both meets qualified her for the “All American”
application. The Pingree Swimming & Diving Team
is coached by John Young and the Diving coach is Joe
Chirico. Pingree started a swimming & diving team
in 2006 and starting next year will compete in a new
league being formed for Swimming & Diving
through the Eastern Independent League. The Pingree Swim Program is only in its second year and is
comprised of a total of 10 team members. Along with
her diving, Bridget is also a competitive swimmer
who competes in the 50 freestyle for Pingree when
she is not focused on her diving. When high school
season came to a close Duffey continued training
with the private club team, Boston Area Diving which
practices at both Brandeis and Wellesley College and
is coached by Joe Chirico and Jim Brainerd. She then
focused on training for the Regional Junior Olympic
qualifier at the end of March where she was one of
two divers to qualify on both the 1 and 3-meter boards
by placing 2nd in a field of 39 divers on the 1-meter
board and 6th in a field of 32 divers on the 3-meter
board. Following this meet, Duffey competed in the
AAU Super Regional meet held in Fort Lauderdale,
FL and medaled on both boards by placing 5th on
3-meter and 4th on 1-meter. In April, she headed back
down to Florida for the East National Diving Championships competing in a field of divers which included the best divers in the Eastern United States.
Duffey was recruited to dive at Dartmouth College
where she will compete in Division I diving.
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On Saturday, April 28th Pingree’s Parents Association hosted a recordbreaking auction! The Pingree Garden Party & Auction generated over
$218,000 in revenues and made of profit of over $151,000. There was
also a record attendance for the evening with 333 registered guests.
A letter from Shannon Patti Yates ’91, President, Pingree Alumni Leadership Board
Co-chairs Carol Vallone p ’08, Ed Halsted p ’08,
and Jackie Harriss p ’06, ’08 with Diana Mathey p ’01,
’04, ’09, and Peter M. Cowen
Guest enjoy dinner under the tent
Math teacher and Prep@Pingree
director Steve Filosa
Auction
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Martha Rawlins p ’09, Matt Siegel, and
Whitney Thayer Shepard ’79, p ’10
Peter and Wendy Richardson p ’08
(Ms. Wendy Morgan Richardson ’78)
To the soft sounds of a harp, the evening
began with a picturesque stroll through lush
gardens and park benches. Greeted in the
Commons by a decorative hanging display of
student-painted parasols, guests were served
cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while they
enjoyed the silent auction. Walking down a
candle-lit path with mirrored sculptures
topped with gazing globes, jazz music filling
the night air, our guests were seated amidst sprays of white tulips and
served a sumptuous dinner. Through dessert and coffee, there was
enthusiastic participation in the live auction with celebrity auctioneer
Matt Siegel of KISS 108 FM’s Matty in the Morning Show.
Because of the generosity of our auction donors, the Pingree Parents
Association is able to fund 100% of the faculty wish list, as well as being
able to support Pingree’s community-service programs with a 2007–
2008 informative speaker series; a contribution of $16,100 to Prep@
Pingree and People of Color Conference; and a $40,000 contribution to
the Maher Family Esperanza Scholarship Fund to assist a student from
Esperanza Academy in Lawrence to attend Pingree.
Trish Castraberti p ’08 and Nancy Cowen
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Special thanks to the over 150 parents and faculty who dedicated their
time with great enthusiasm and passion. An extra special thanks goes to
the Auction co-chairs Carol Vallone, Ed Halsted and Jackie Harriss for
their countless hours and tireless spirit!
Alumni Leadership Board
Dear Fellow Alumni,
It is amazing to me that I
am sitting down to write my
last Alumni Leadership
Board (ALB) article for the
Pingree Bulletin. These past
three years as ALB President have gone by so quickly
probably because we have
been busy accomplishing so
much. I joined the ALB back in 1995 when it was called the Pingree Alumni
Council. I had just graduated from Union College and was eager to give back
to the school that had given me so much. Six years ago, I began serving on
the Council as Vice President and three years ago when we changed the
name to the Alumni Leadership Board, I became its President. At that time,
we had some new faces in the Pingree Advancement Office and together we
decided to make significant changes in how we reach out to engage Pingree
Alumni. Our goal was to help our alums reconnect both with the School and
with each other. Through our efforts with the Senior Career Seminars, regional cocktail parties, holiday events in Boston, family skating at Pingree,
and improved reunion events we hope you have felt a stronger connection to
your school and some of your oldest and dearest friends.
Throughout my 12 years working with Pingree, I have had the opportunity
to come to the school countless times for meetings or events. Arriving at
Pingree and walking through those halls never gets old. Each time I walk
through the front doors the familiarity of it brings me back to some wonderful years in my life. It has been incredibly fulfilling to give back and help
Pingree continue down its path of greatness. I have loved watching alumni
reconnect with old friends or connect with current students at our events. It
was also a great privilege to work with Headmaster Peter M. Cowen, and the
Board of Trustees because I was given the opportunity to get involved at
some of the highest levels.
Now my term as ALB President has come to a close and I had thought I
would be returning to the ALB as a member next year but life is moving in
a different direction. My husband and I, and our two children, will be moving to Charlotte, NC over the summer. We are also waiting for our third
child who will be coming from China hopefully sometime in 2008. I am
excited about these new chapters in my life but I am sad to be closing the
books on some great years at Pingree.
If I could leave you with one last request as I depart, it is to stay engaged with
Pingree and the people you knew from your days there. Pingree today is a
fabulous place and I can see what is to come on the horizon and it is truly
exciting.
With much love,
Shannon Patti Yates ’91
In memoriam
Susan Parker King ’72
Reflections
Myra Young ’70
Susan McCarthy Pinto ’81
Terry Carpenter ’78, p ’10
posed project and always perceive a
served with him on the Building &
are putting the emphasis on the wrong
positive approach or outcome. To be
Grounds Committee, I was able to ben-
word. Let’s push the “why” to the side
sure, he thought carefully, perceived
efit from his intelligence, quick wit,
and concentrate more on the “wonder.”
deeply, and was always concerned with
and refreshing vision. The very first
the welfare of his beloved alma mater
time I met Terry was at a reception in
Terry Carpenter was a man full of won-
and its students. Yet within this careful
the Library. We spoke about our fami-
and diligent approach, he had the un-
lies, and it was evident he was a true
canny capacity for his input to be posi-
family man. He spoke of his weekends
tive and optimistic in nature. To me,
away with Laurie, Will, and Sarah and
this is a sign of a man who enjoyed life
how he cherished those moments be-
and not only saw the proverbial glass as
ing together as a family doing the
fully positive legacy for his family and
half full but totally full. He embodied a
things they loved. He wanted to be able
the myriad of his Pingree friends and
“can do” attitude, not one that found
to ‘get away’ with his children as long
acquaintances.
reasons not to proceed with creative
as they wanted to be with their parents.
I would like to close with a brief
and substantial projects to improve
He reminisced about his own youth,
story about my son that I believe has
Pingree. Board of Trustee President,
spending weekends with his beloved
relevance to the way we should think of
Jane Blake Riley ’77, p ’05, noted this
family at the Eastern Yacht Club in
about Terry:
Marblehead. A family man, a bright
Terry as we all move forward. As is the
“When Terry came onto the Board
in 2004, a group of us did a walk-thru
Susan “Suzy” Parker King ‘72
passed away from a malignant
brain tumor. She was a talented
graphic artist who settled in
Syracuse, New York. After
teaching printmaking at
Syracuse University for years,
Suzy turned to teaching art with
elementary school students and
loved it. She also traveled
extensively, and was recently
happily in the Caribbean when
her illness spread rapidly. Suzy’s
mother still lives at
19 Walker Road, Manchester,
Massachusetts 01944.
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Myra Young ’70 passed away in
December. Her sister Carrie
Young Steinam ’68 is the
guardian for Myra’s lovely twelve
year old daughter, Elizabeth.
Susan McCarthy Pinto ’81 of
Berkeley, CA, died on February
12 after a brief illness. She was
the daughter of Joyce G.
McCarthy and Charles V.
McCarthy, both of Manchester
By-The-Sea. She graduated from
Brookwood School and Pingree
School, received a BA from New
York University, and an MA in
Landscape Architecture from
Harvard University. She was
employed at Peter Walker and
Partners. In addition to her
parents, she is survived by her
husband Prakash S. Pinto, son
Kieran P. Pinto, brother John C.
McCarthy, sister-in-law Andrea
Brox, and nephew John Brox
McCarthy. Services were held
February 16 in Berkeley.
Donations in Susan’s memory
may be made to
The Nature Conservancy,
Attn: Treasury,
4245 North Fairfax Drive,
Suite 100,
Arlington, VA 22203-1606.
When Laurie Carpenter asked me to
represent Pingree School at this memorial service for Terry, I was happy to
accept the opportunity but still in a
somewhat stunned stage of losing a
young and vibrant Pingree alumnus,
parent, and trustee. Well, Terry, I’ll try
to do you proud in Pingree style.
Pingree folks, I think, are starting
to recognize me as the Shakespeare
guy, so I am actually going to begin my
remarks about Terry with a brief, 2-line
passage from All’s Well that Ends Well,
which is:
“Praising what is lost makes the
remembrance dear” — and that is what
I am here to do on Pingree’s behalf as
we celebrate the life of Terry Carpenter. There is no doubt that the remembrance of Terry is very dear to all at
Pingree School and that the words of
praise for Terry that I will share with
you now are most sincere and heartfelt.
In recent years, Terry was best
known at Pingree for his service on the
Eulogy for William “Terry” Carpenter III ’78, p ’10
Remarks by Headmaster Peter M. Cowen
light, and a true gentleman. This is
how I will remember Terry.”
der, a wonderful man — be it through
his positive outlook on life, his love of
family, his affection for Pingree School,
his sensitivity, kindness or humility –
in all of these ways he leaves a wonder-
case with many parents, I believe I had
a propensity to spoil my son in his early
years by frequently providing him with
of the Academic Center which was still
Kindness and humility were two
under construction. I was walking with
other ubiquitous qualities of Terry’s.
Terry and was lucky enough to have a
Board member Malcolm Coates p ’01
glimpse of our new Academic Center
highlights this when he said of Terry, “I
and I did not purchase anything for my
through the eyes of a talented designer
could always feel Terry's warmth and
son Kyle, and, as you might expect, he
and builder. In his low-key way, Terry
friendliness, his down-to-earth man-
was disappointed and conveyed that
wandered through the building and at
ner and his appealing, low-key modes-
through his childish behavior. Not hav-
different points in the tour he would
ty. Without any airs or ego displays, Ter-
ing read any manuals on how to be the
comment on an element of the build-
ry constantly reached out to others. He
perfect parent, I sat my son down at
ing or point out something that I never
was true blue and will be tremendously
missed.” And trustee B.B. Wright, too,
home and did what came naturally,
would have noticed. His intelligence,
warmth, and wit are going to be sorely
was quick to notice and appreciate Ter-
missed by all who had the good fortune
ry’s kindness and sensitivity.
to work with him on the Alumni Lead-
Perhaps fellow alum and trustee
ership Board or the Pingree Board of
Shannon Patti Yates ’91 encapsulates
Trustees."
all of these qualities in Terry best when
toys and other gifts when we went shopping. Then one day we went to a store
which was to try to teach him a lesson,
that lesson being that we should be
happy in life for what we do have, not be
unhappy for what we don’t have. This, I
believe, is the way we should view our
loss of Terry Carpenter. Let’s be happy
Another wonderful feature of Ter-
she says the following: "Having worked
ry’s that many of his colleagues on the
with Terry for the past 10 years either
for what we did have, what Terry meant
Board of Trustees noticed was his joy as
on the Alumni Leadership Board or the
and still means to us.
a family man. Mary Scofield p ’01, ’05
Board of Trustees, I can say that with-
Let’s praise him, remember him,
noted, “I only knew Terry from the
out a doubt, I looked forward to seeing
and let those wonderful memories of
thoughtful conversations he had with
his face in the room most when I ar-
our Terry help us as we move on.
me regarding our Pingree Board work,
rived at meetings or events. He met ev-
Terry Carpenter died suddenly on
about which he cared deeply. What
eryone with a warm smile that commu-
stands out in all my interactions with
nicated his genuinely good spirit. From
March 10, 2007. A Celebration of Life
Terry is the way his face lit up when he
the way he talked about his family and
was talking about his family. A soft
his work, you could tell he was a truly
smile would spread across his face and
happy man."
you knew he was in love.”
When we all are faced with the loss
was held on March 30, 2007 at Carpenter MacNeille, Architects and Builders.
In attendance were family, friends, colleagues, and many members of the Pingree Community.
Board of Trustees, so it is from that
Along the same lines, Trustee Les-
of a loved one, I believe it is natural for
vantage point that I will address. In my
lie Reichert p ’02, ’07 had the following
us to wonder why. Why Terry? Why at
At the request of the family, The
eyes, Terry is what I would call the “sil-
to say about Terry: “I just wanted to tell
such a young age? While this way of
William T. Carpenter Memorial Scholar-
ver lining guy.” He had the incredible
you how privileged I feel to have known
thinking is understandable, I firmly
ship Fund has been established at Pin-
ability to evaluate a situation or a pro-
Terry for the past three years. As I
believe that when we wonder why, we
gree in Terry’s honor.
Notes
Alumni Notes
Alumni
1965
C lass A gent
Susan Oliver Schneider
[email protected]
Please help us locate the following alumni from
your decade, so that we can get them back on
track and reconnected with Pingree today.
Please send updated contact information to
Laurie Harding Polese ’84, Director of Alumni
Relations at 978 468-4415 x310 or lpolese@
pingree.org.
Second Class Agent WANTED
Please contact Laurie Harding Polese ’84,
Director of Alumni Relations
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1964 Ms. Julia C. Hammer, Ms. Linda Holgerson
Herrick, Ms. Charlotte Warren Oostmeyer 1965
Ms. Marietta Amy, Mrs. Patricia Warnock Burke,
Ms. Linda Slade Dolan, Ms. Lindley P. Hanlon, Ms.
Susan Kaye, Ms. Christina Thompson Malkemus,
Ms. Elaine McDiarmid Nichols, Ms. Kathie Brown
Tibbetts 1966 Mrs. Patricia King Carnahan, Ms.
Jean Symonds Frederiksen, Ms. Jane Robertson
Glass, Ms. Donna Cahoon Hauck, Ms. Barbara
Kanter, Ms. Sherry Merrow, Ms. Arnelle Pappas
Meyer, Dr. Joyce L. Peabody, Ms. Cynthia Pratt
1967 Mrs. Rebecca Monroe Bulwa, Ms. Judith A.
Fitzgibbon, Ms. Florence Pearson, Ms. Catherine
Shepard Picariello, Ms. Susan Smith 1968 Ms.
Sherry Barkan Dreyfuss, Ms. Ruth Rindler Floyd,
Ms. Paula Koslowski, Ms. Marcy Rubin, Ms. Jane
Roediger Tomeny, Ms. Linda Whittier 1969 Ms.
Christine Bailey, Ms. Madeleine Chesney, Ms.
Gretchen Gharrett, Ms. Julia M. Johnson, Ms.
Constance Phillips Jones, Ms. Kathleen Parker
Kucera, Ms. Jane Fitzpatrick Mansfield, Ms.
Deborah McManaway, Ms. Deborah Norton
1964
C lass A gents
Merrilyn Clay Belliveau
17 University Lane
Manchester, MA 01944
978 526-7915
Suzanne McAleer Morrison Wolski
[email protected]
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Suzy McAleer Morrison Wolski’s ’64 granddaughter,
Cameron.
Suzy McAleer Morrison Wolski is a proud
Grandmother. “My son Luke and his wife
Colleen had a baby girl on February 27,
2007. Her name is Cameron Kelley
Morrison. She is my first grandchild! I am
thrilled.”
Lee Harris Humphreys writes, “For over
40 years I have been earning my living as a
flutist. I free-lanced in NYC, played principal flute in the Filarmonica de Caracas and
in the Hong Kong Philharmonic. I have
lived in Maine for 20 years where I have run
an organic garden, worked in the environmental field and have taught as a member of
the music faculty at both Bates and Colby
Colleges. One of these days, I hope to get together with Lisa Fay who lives a ferry ride
away. I stay in touch with my former partner in crime, Wendy Hill. I have been married three times, have one daughter and a
bevy of stepchildren.”
Nancy Hubbs writes, “After my children were grown, I went back to school for a
degree in alternative healing. Then five
grandchildren appeared and I am happily
(but exhausted) taking care of them during
the week – they are a true blessing!”
Please consider joining Susan as a Class Agent. Being a Class Agent is a great way to stay connected
to Pingree and your classmates. Twice each year we
ask you to collect news for the Bulletin. For more
information, please contact Laurie Harding Polese
’84, Director of Alumni Relations, 978 468-4415
x310 or [email protected].
Please send News!
1966
C lass A gent
Christopher M. Sanders
[email protected]
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Agent. Being a Class Agent is a great way to stay
connected to Pingree and your classmates. Twice
each year we ask you to collect news for the Bulletin. For more information, please contact Laurie
Harding Polese ’84, Director of Alumni Relations,
978 468-4415 x310 or [email protected].
1967
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th
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M. Twinkelle Thompson Wilkinson
[email protected]
reunion
MAY 5, 2007
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’84, Director of Alumni Relations 978 468-4415
Posie Means Mansfield writes about what
she has been doing since her days at Pingree, “I served for six years as elected member and volunteer on the National Board of
Governors for the American Red Cross, the
policy making body for this great organization. When Massachusetts passed the 1973
Ambulance Law, I became one of the first
registered EMT’s in the state. I taught area
police, fire and ambulance personnel so that
they could be certified as EMT’s. I also
served as the Divisional Examiner & volunteer for the National Ski Patrol, and worked
for the Department of Public Health/Office
of Emergency Medical Services as a Program Manager for EMT and First Responder
Training. There, my primary responsibility
was grant writing and implementation of
Ambulance Law. I also worked both as a Basic and then Intermediate EMT for 15 years
for Lyons Ambulance Service in Danvers.
Serving since 1974 as Regional Faculty for
the American Heart Association, I have
been certified in CPR since 1972. Currently,
I have a private consulting business, training and providing EMT continuing education programs for area EMT’s on both Basic
and Advanced levels of EMT… Phew!”
Sarah Haug Murphy ’67 and her sister
Anne “Penny” Huang Winter ’71 skied the
French Alps this winter along with Ingrid
Swanson (my English teacher from Pingree!)
and her husband. We had a blast!
Members of the Class of 1967 at their 40th reunion in May.
1968
CLASS AGENTs
Betty Wheeler Raymond
[email protected]
W elcome N ew C lass A gent !
Ann Woodard
[email protected]
Maureen Steele Bellows writes, “I have been
in a sole proprietorship for fifteen years
now, engaged primarily in residential work,
with the occasional retail project. I’ve done
everything from the smallest of kitchen/
bath remodeling to new houses, culminating in my last two houses. The house pictured here was one of my favorites. It is located in Carmel, CA”
A photo of a home that Maureen Steele Bellows ’68
designed in CA.
Leigh Baker Pool writes, “I remarried a
year ago (my first husband died in 1994).
R.B. and I live in a small city east of Dallas in
a wonderful ’20s English Tudor, but are
building our retirement home nearby. We
have two terrific boys at Baylor, Ramsey and
Andrew, and two special dogs at home, Charlie, my 12-year-old miniature poodle and
Winifred, our one-year-old bulldog. We also
have a ranch we greatly enjoy in the Texas
Hill Country where we raise meat goats. My
husband is a lawyer and I work for a management consulting search firm.”
Kathy Myers is currently working in Vermont as a potter. She and 11 others work at and
sell their wares in a gallery in Woodstock, VT.
View some images of her work by visiting her
web site at www.collective-theartofcraft.com.
Nicky Bridgeman Stevens visited the US
during the last week of April and the first
week in May. Her first week was spent in
Vero Beach, FL with Connie Davis Cederholm who is a real estate agent. For anyone
interested in Florida property, Connie can
be reached at [email protected]. The second
week of Nicky’s US vacation was spent with
Ann Woodard in Carlisle, MA. Ann and
Nicky visited with Betty Wheeler Raymond,
Carrie Young Steinam and also swung by
Pingree to see how the school had grown.
Please send News!
Sisters Sarah Huang Murphy ’67 and Anne “Penny” Huang
Winter ’71 ski the French Alps with former Pingree English
Teacher Ingrid Swanson.
Leigh Baker Pool ’68 and her husband, R.B. on their
wedding day.
Alumni Notes
A recent 3D paper work by Carrie Young Steinam ’68.
Carrie Young Steinam has been a grandmother for almost two years! Her daughter
Leslie who lives in Arizona has two daughters, Ruth Ella, 20 months old, and Claudia
Skye, 4 months old. Carrie and her husband
Roy are now regulars on the flights back
and forth from Boston to Phoenix. Very sad
news is that Carrie’s sister Myra Young ’70
passed away in December. Carrie is the
guardian for Myra’s lovely twelve year old
daughter, Elizabeth. Still, with a very busy
family life Carrie continues the creative activities that she was known for at Pingree.
Her most recent passion is in creating 3-D
paper works. Having recently won acceptance in a juried show to be held in
Rhinebeck, NY, we can expect to hear more
about Carrie’s successes in the future.
Ellen Shrigley Carpenter has been at
Harvard for close to 20 years. She is the Director of Human Resources at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education. She has two
wonderful grandchildren ages 9 and 4.
1970
1973
C lass A gent
C lass A gent
1975
C lass A gent
Sarah Darling Pruett
[email protected]
Sarah “Sandy” Durkee
[email protected]
Frederick J. Fawcett III “Sean”
129 Goden Street
Belmont, MA 02478
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Juliana Keenan reports, “I am still living in
Vermont although it is very different to live
here than it is to visit.”
1971
C lass A gents
Emily Perkins Rees
4 Mayflower Drive
East Hamstead, NH 03826
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1978
C lass A gents
C lass A gent
C lass A gent
Lisa Aronson Newmann
[email protected]
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1976
1974
Deborah von Rosenvinge
[email protected]
Shelley McCloy Vassallo
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1972
C lass A gents
Nathalie S. Binney
[email protected]
3�
th
reunion
MAY 5, 2007
Kathleen Duff
[email protected]
Martha Perkins Gunderson continues to
work at Brown Harris Stevens in East
Hampton, New York. She has a passion for
the area and loves helping people with their
home purchases.
CLASS AGENT
Katherine E. Bradford
[email protected]
Third Class Agent WANTED
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Craig Costanza’s has written a musical
called David: the Musical about the biblical
figure, King David, who was the ruler of Israel. The musical chronicles the adult life of
David. It explores the tragic downfall of the
royal family, as well as David’s struggle to
maintain power while fulfilling his family’s
prophecy of building a temple for the people
of Israel.
Spring break in Florida from Left to Right: Dick Kennedy,
former assistant Headmaster of Pingree and current
Overseer, Henry Kennedy ’76, Ailsa Steinert, current
Pingree English teacher, Nancy Kennedy, former Pingree
Music teacher, and June Jeswald, current Pingree Dance
teacher.
1977
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C lass A gent
Jacqueline Price Griffin
[email protected]
reunion
Katherine Bradford has been the 1969 Class Agent
for the last 3 years and would love to share this position with another classmate. Please consider joining Kathy as a Class Agent! Being a class agent is a
great way to stay connected to Pingree and your
classmates. Twice each year we ask you to collect
news for the Bulletin. For more information, please
contact Laurie Harding Polese ’84, Director of
Alumni Relations 978 468-4415 x310 or lpolese@
pingree.org.
Please contact Laurie Harding Polese,
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Craig Costanza’s ’76 musical, David: the Musical.
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to stay connected to Pingree and your classmates.
Twice each year we ask you to collect news for the
Bulletin. For more information, please contact
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MAY 5, 2007
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Wendy Morgan Richardson
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1969
Please send News!
Marion Hewson Knowles
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1979
C lass A gent
Whitney Thayer Shepard
[email protected]
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Alumni Notes
Tennille Bistrian Treadwell and Anne
Jones will run the Nike Half Marathon in
San Francisco, CA on October 21, 2007 joining The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Team in Training. “We will be raising funds
for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research and patient services.”
Darlene Coppola Wooster is busy with
her two girls Abigail (14) and Emily (12). Abigail begins Tiverton High School in the
fall! Darlene works part-time for John
O’Horo, DMD. Darlene and her family are
avid Red Sox fans and catch a game whenever they can!
pingree.org.
1970 Ms. Betsy Works Cooke, Ms. Jane Bolles
Dan, Ms. Deborah Epstein, Ms. Sarah Fuller,
Ms. Hallie Kaiser, Ms. Pamela Potter, Ms. Linda
Shepley, Ms. Constance Jones Telek, Ms. JoAllison Valentine, Ms. Ellu Virkkunen, Ms. Myra
Young 1971 Ms. Clara Arena, Ms. Jane Chesney
Cornforth, Ms. Sarah Davis, Ms. Lisa Aronson
Newmann, Ms. Mary Rose Etherington Selman,
Ms. Elizabeth Tindley, Ms. Nancy Walker 1972
Ms. Dianne Collatos, Ms. Marla Ginsberg, Dr.
Anne Griffin McSand 1973 Ms. Suzy Keefe Allen,
Ms. Susan Miller Chase, Ms. Sally Southgate
Gordon, Ms. Anne Howry, Ms. Megan E. Miller
1974 Ms. Fiona Brown, Mr. Andrew H. Cabot, Ms.
Lizabeth Stier May, Ms. Diane Parker Meredith,
Ms. Gail Serafini Richmond 1975 Mr. Michael
Abbot, Dr. Anthony Allan, Mr. Michael Fusco,
Ms. Ellise Garber, Ms. Gillian Rome, Ms. Martha
Schleck 1976 Ms. Martha H. Brown, Mr. William
B. Frothingham III, Ms. Kimberly A. Keany, Ms.
Johanna Mason, Mr. Robert M. Nippe, Ms. Jane
Banash Sagerman, Ms. Linda J. Snow 1977
Ms. Arden Donovan, Ms. Elizabeth O. Hall, Mr.
Christopher R. Hopkins, Ms. Leslie Wheeler 1978
Ms. Susan A. Fennings, Mr. Richard Gray, Ms.
Maggie Cotreau Harenberg, Ms. Hannah Bennett
Harrington, Mr. Donald McCaughan, Mr. Brian R.
Walsh, Jr., Ms. Mary Weglarz, Ms. Caroline Wilson
1979 Ms. Angela Gibbons, Mrs. Suzanne Hovey,
Ms. Maura A. Kehoe, Mr. Stephen Leistinger
1980
C lass A gent
Laura K. Morgan
[email protected]
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Back on the ice, Paul Pruett ’84 and Brian Abraham ’84.
1985
C lass A gents
Christina Clifford Comparato
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1984
C lass A gents
1981
20 years in development at MIT, Harvard
and Pingree. She currently serves on Stoneridge’s Development Committee. Her husband, Alan is currently Senior Vice Provost
at UNH.
There have been sightings of Patrick
Murray surfing in Maine and near his home
in Warwick, Rhode Island. When Patrick is
not surfing, he is busy working out of his inhome recording studio.
C lass A gent
Elizabeth Dana Parker
[email protected]
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1982
C lass A gents
Nanny Pope Noyes
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Michelle Guzowski Litavis
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Tennille Bistrian Treadwell
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Cid Johnson Rogers
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Bill McGrath
[email protected]
Sigrid Barton Orne
[email protected]
Tim Everitt ’84 is a guest teacher in one of Pingree’s
Statistics classes.
The class of 1984 had a great turn-out
this past February for the Alumni Family
Skating Party and Spaghetti Supper, February 11, 2007.
1983
Nanda Chitre writes from Dar es Salaam, “I
have been back and forth to Johannesburg
and Zanzibar. I have been doing trainings
in strategic communications and assisting
emerging democracies. Recently, I have
traveled and done work in Ukraine, Tanzania and also helped the opposition party in
Zimbabwe.”
Angela Katsos Ray writes, “Our son, Stephen Alexander Ray, turned three on April
26, 2007. He is currently attending Stoneridge Children’s Montessori School in Beverly and is loving it! We are expecting twins
(a boy and a girl) this summer. Life at the
Rays will be even more exciting shortly!”
Angela retired professionally in 2004, after
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Tim Everitt came to Pingree one day
this spring to teach a Statistics class. Tim
has been doing this for several years now.
He enjoys sharing his real-life experience as
a Trader for Wellington Management. Believe it or not, the students are really impressed with Tim and his knowledge!
Anne Jones writes, “This has been a pretty
crazy year. My job at Georgetown is keeping
me pretty busy. I am now an Assistant Dean
as well as Director of MBA Career Management for Georgetown. It has been a great
year for Georgetown; we’ve gone up in all the
major MBA rankings as well as sending a
team to the final four (the last time Georgetown did that, we were freshmen in college,
boy do I feel old!). I ran the Washington D.C.
Marathon again this year, but this time it
was much more fun because I was joined by
Tennille Bistrian Treadwell. We had so much
fun, it’s becoming a bit of a regular thing.
We’ve now done a marathon, a half marathon and a ten-miler. Thanks Tennille for
keeping me in shape and sane! Besides running, I’ve been reliving my Pursuit days by
rock climbing, hiking and telemark skiing.
I’m enjoying living in D.C. and welcome
Pingree folks in the area to get in touch.”
Laurie Harding Polese’s ’84 children: Madeline (12), Susie
(9) and Josh (7).
Laurie Harding Polese writes, “We spent our
spring vacation in Woodstock, Vermont. All
three of my children can ski better than I
can now! We had a blast skiing four different mountains, Ascutney, Killington, Suicide Six and Okemo. My work at Pingree
continues to be fun and gratifying. All of
our alumni events have been well attended
this year and I enjoyed traveling to New
York for an alumni reception, to Philadelphia for the CASE/NAIS conference and
across the border to Marblehead for a local
alumni reception! Tim Davidson joined us
for dinner when we were in Philadelphia
along with two other alumni, Allison DeNapoli Schill ’95 and Judy Adamson ’67. Paul
Pruett and his wife, Liz, opened their Marblehead home for a local alumni cocktail reception back in November 2006. The party
turned out to be a bash with over 50 Pingree
alumni attending! Paul Pruett has also been
donating his delicious and cleverly packaged chocolate bars to several of Pingree’s
alumni events. Thank you, Paul! Check out
his sweet website: www.bloomsberry.org.”
Rebecca Ward Acselrod ’84 enjoys skating with her
husband David and children, Braeden and Sarah.
Bill McGrath ’84 with his wife Kristy and children, Julia
and Henry.
Welcome New Class Agent
Marc A. Steinberg
[email protected]
Paula Alex Soteropoulos writes, “My husband, Taki, and I have a daughter, Alexia, a
third grader at Harborlight in Beverly. We
are looking forward to warmer weather with
some time on the golf course and our annual trip to Greece. I have been with Genzyme Corporation in Cambridge for 15 years
now. I am Vice President of Commercial
Operations for an infectious disease product currently in late stage clinical trials. I
am very excited about the opportunity to
take this product from development all the
way through launch and develop a new
business and disease area for our company.
It was great bumping into Ketan Patel a couple months ago.”
Courtney Stirling Casey writes, “I am officially a minivan-driving, soccer-coaching
mother of four! We have two year old twins,
Fiona and Fionn, an almost five year old,
Lile, and a six and a half year old, Ben. Between school, swim team, soccer, gymnastics, and the subsequent laundry — I feel
lucky when the babies decide to nap for a
half an hour, at the same time! We are living
outside of Annapolis. My husband, Ken,
works for NOAA and I hope to return to my
oceanography career once all the wee-willies are in school.”
In the event you missed the email, Philip Lake wrote to the class, “Dear Class of ’85:
It is always good to know certain things
don’t change, like being able to count on
Ross Dohrmann for some humor. When I
called to hit Ross up for an update (and perhaps an annual fund donation), his quick
response was: ‘Oh, so you’re that guy!’ I find
it somewhat unbelievable, but maybe I am
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that guy. Given that there are only a few of
us that like to speak about ourselves, I suggest that you tell Tina and Marc what is going on with any other ’85 alums with whom
you are in touch (other than turning 40…
but then again, that may have spawned
some good parties?!?). I hope you are all well
(or at least have one hand working in order
to type a note). Cheers, Philip”
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Leah Cataldo
[email protected]
Julie Clifford Smail
[email protected]
Gretchen Schubert Imbergamo
[email protected]
Kristin Robbins shares, “I am currently in a
master’s program to be a nurse practitioner,
family medicine, but I am also working at
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in
the Neuro/Surgical ICU as an RN. So, the
eventual degree will be an MS, but I am currently practicing as an RN.”
Leslie Woodside writes, “I’ve been living out in California since 1991, first in
Davis where I got my master’s degree in
creative writing, and then in the San Francisco Bay Area since ’93. My husband
Greg and I just had a baby boy named Perrin True, born April 12, 2007. It’s a joyful
time for us as we welcome this new little
being into our lives. I’m taking 5 months
of maternity leave from my job in health
care administration. I’d love to reconnect
with Pingree friends and teachers, many
of whom I regret losing touch with. My email address is [email protected].”
Leah Cataldo is the Upper School Science
Department Head at Buckingham Browne &
Nichols School in Cambridge. She writes, “As
for me, life is busy with two young boys, but
I’m loving every minute of it!”
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Patti Pruett
[email protected]
Merry Karlyn Adner ’83 and Pam Karlyn Mazow ’85 often. Together we enjoy our brood
of nine kids (all under the age of 11)!”
his wife, Deb, have two children, George, 7 is
really into sports, and Carter coaches his soccer and lacrosse teams. Maxey turned 5 in
April and is becoming a very good gymnast.
The whole family skis as much as possible.
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Shannon Patti Yates
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Page Cogger Sostek
[email protected]
Allison Reedy writes, “After Pingree I attended Wellesley College where I majored
in French & Anthropology, (which I never
use!) and spent my junior year in Paris. After college, I worked in Paris for a year and
then moved to D.C. where I lived for 10
years. In D.C. I also got my master’s in Demographics from Georgetown but never
used that either! I spent most of my career
at America Online which I really enjoyed. I
met my husband, Shane, in D.C. and convinced him to move back to New England to
be near my family. We now live in North
Hampton, N.H. and have 2 little girls, Elise
(3 ½) and Adelle (1 ½) who keep us very busy.
They are a lot of fun and very sweet.”
Patti Pruett lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
She is the Southeast Franchise Director for
Sports Illustrated and SI.com.
1988
Leigh Armstrong Hebard ’89 and 9 month old daughter,
Kate, taken in March 2007.
Barrie Karlyn Silk’s ’88 three children, Blake, Brett and
Jessie.
Louise Cornetta will be back on the Pingree campus this spring. She will be speaking on Career Day May 18th and then joining
the seniors for lunch. Louise will be talking
about being the Program Director for ESPN
Radio as well as her freelance work for ESPN
The Magazine and ESPN.com, where she recently did a “Day in the Life” photo diary of
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz.
Kristen Levitsky Godkin welcomed second daughter Katherine (Katy) Godkin in
January. Katy joins big sister Tally who is
two. Kristen, husband Collin, and daughters live in Hood River, OR.
Congrats also to Dana and Jon Leavitt
whose daughter Parker was born in April.
The Leavitt’s, new baby and older sister
Anna, 20 months, have recently moved to a
new home in Manchester.
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Jennifer Huber Laugier
[email protected]
Kerri Goddard Kinch
[email protected]
Barrie Karlyn Silk writes, “I live in Newton,
MA with my husband Stephen and our
three kids: Brett (7), Blake (4) & Jessie (1 ½).
I am fortunate enough to see my sisters
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Rosette Cataldo Jones
[email protected]
Leigh Armstrong Hebard
[email protected]
Carrie Sherman Egan has 2 children: Addie
(4) and Stuart (3). She is currently taking
care of them full time. Carrie is also very
involved with an early literacy non profit,
The Reading Tree.
Carrie Eagan’s ’89 children, Addie and Stuart.
Leigh Armstrong Hebard shares some
happy news, “I had my third baby last
spring. Katherine Claiborne Hebard was
born May 25, 2006. She joined big brothers
Nicholas (age 4) and Timothy (age 2). We all
live in Wellesley. I am staying home with
the children and my husband, Charlie,
works at Fidelity Investments.
Mary Cahill Farella ’89 with Husband Stéfane and their
five children.
Mary Cahill Farella announces the birth
of her daughter, Celina Joy, born March 9,
2007, 7 pounds 4 ounces, 21 inches. Mary
lives in Framingham with her husband Stéfane and their five children.
Nick Robbins writes, “I fell out of a tree
2 years ago in New Zealand and suffered a
traumatic brain injury. Physically, I am improving. Cognitively, I have a long way to go.
I am currently living with my parents. My
advice, stay out of trees! You can visit my
website: www.nicksrecovery.com.”
Kathryn MacLaughlin writes, “Hi – I am
still teaching math & physics in the Bronx. I
am also a judge for MIT’s $100k Business
Enterprise Competition – which is really
fun and interesting! See you soon!”
Carter Fenton is living in Denver. Last
year he started working at Morton Publishing, a small, Denver-based college text publisher, to run their marketing department.
He was recently promoted to National Sales
Manager. The key fringe benefit is that he
commutes to work on his bike. Carter and
pingree.org.
1980 Mr. David Aulson, Ms. Viana Daly, Mr.
Jose I. Gilmartinez, Ms. Pamela Mori Holcombe,
Ms. Jennifer Kline, Ms. Allison C. Mitchell,
Ms. Laura K. Morgan, Ms. Cherie Thibodeau
Morin, Ms. Tiffany Rockwell, Ms. Maryellen
Rooney, Mr. Christopher R. Yukins 1981 Ms.
Sally Johnson Daly, Mr. Kevin M. Hanson, Mr.
Daniel Kavanagh, Ms. Susan McCarthy Pinto,
Ms. Nancy Schena, Mr. Geoffrey Seager 1982
Mr. Malcolm Harper, Mrs. Anna Thistle Brecher
Miller, Mr. Mark Mitchell, Ms. Leslie Teeling 1983
Ms. Lee Goldsborough Cramer, Mr. Chris Hume,
Ms. Jennifer L. McCandless, Ms. Elizabeth Duff
Scholder 1984 Dr. Matthew A. Collins, Ms. Heidi
Goehring, Mr. Erik Lufkin, Ms. Vanessa Reed
1985 Ms. Rebecca D. Cox, Ms. Heidi M. Grassley,
Ms. Elam Miriam Radebe, Ms. Susan M. Tierney,
Mr. Matthew Tinti 1986 Ms. Linda Furey, Ms.
Heather L. Huston, Ms. Susan Webster 1987 Mr.
Timothy K. Hollander, Jr., Ms. Emily J. House, Ms.
Ann M. Macoul, Ms. Victoria S. Masotta, Mr. Ian
C. Rice, Mr. David W. Sauer 1988 Mr. Austin P.
Manchester, Ms. Jennifer L. Moniz, Mr. Henry C.
Mustin, Ms. Lisa M. Pantano, Mr. David C. Roselli,
Mr. Peter L. Winnick 1989 Ms. Katrina V. Howard,
Ms. Andrea Moore Ice, Ms. Merete Thorsvik
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Jennifer Riley Desmarais
[email protected]
Molly M. Northrup
[email protected]
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Please consider becoming a Class Agent! Being a
Class Agent is a great way to stay connected to Pingree and your classmates. Twice each year we ask
you to collect news for the Bulletin. For more information, please contact Laurie Harding Polese ’84,
Director of Alumni Relations 978 468-4415 x310
or [email protected].
Kyra Bartlett Frank sent in the following
message: “I just got the Pingree Bulletin and
noticed there wasn’t any news from our
class, so I thought I would write in. My husband, Andrew, and I live in New Canaan,
Connecticut with our 3 children: daughter
Cameron (4); daughter Riley (2), and our
son, Will, born in September 2006. Shown
is a photo of them taken when Will was just
4 months old.”
Jemma Tory
128 Blueberry Lane
South Hamilton, MA 01982
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Eric McNiff lives with his wife, Gail, and
their children, Jason (3) and Brooke (1). He
travels to Hong Kong, China for work.
Kyra Frank’s ’91 children: Riley, Will and Cameron.
Diana Benton, writes, “I am always curious to see what my fellow classmates of ’92
are up to and continually disappointed by
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the lack of good gossip in each alumni
newsletter, I will try to start a trend toward
juicier reading! Since graduation in 1992, I
pursued my opera career at Mills College
until 1994 when I was offered a fateful audition for Luciano Pavarotti who became a
mentor of sorts. As a result, I moved to New
York City and found an apartment, job and
voice teacher all in about 3 weeks. Going on
my 13th year in the Big Apple, much has
happened in the interim, but the highlights
have been my marriage last October to a
lovely Aussie scientist named Michael Partridge (yes, we’ve all had a good giggle about
having a ‘Partridge Family’ one day) and a
recent offer to work at Opera Australia in
2008 — anybody down under these days?
Would love to hear from anyone whether in
New York or beyond. Meanwhile, unfortunately I will not be able to attend the reunion
in May but hope to make it to our 20th!”
Christine Hirvonen Terry writes, “I am
an assistant professor of biology at Augusta
State University in Augusta, Georgia.”
Jessica Glovsky Bennett writes, “I am
living in New Hampshire and got married
last August in Boston. Kimberly Waite Dodd
was my matron of honor. I am still flying for
United Airlines and enjoying it. Sorry to
miss the reunion.”
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Kristin Bell
115 Cedar Street
Framingham, MA 01702
Stacey Dalton Cook
870 Salem Street
Groveland, MA 01834
781 334-2828
Jayne Seekins
[email protected]
Congratulations to Jayne Seekins and her
husband Mike Lee. They were married on
October 20, 2006, in Sanbornville, NH.
Jane writes, “In July we will be moving to
California. I will be continuing my fellowship in pediatric radiology at Stanford while
Mike, an army major, goes to language
school in Monterey.”
Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo says, “I am
enjoying parenthood and juggling a web/
graphic design business from home. My
son, Rennie, is four years old and a complete joy.”
Judd Berman married Cari MacGregor
this past October in New Hampshire.
Beth Moody Zschau and her husband
Doug are expecting their second child, a
boy, in late September. The newest addition
will join big sister Lily (3).
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Kate Lockwood Bracken
[email protected]
Christine McCarthy Lemos
[email protected]
Laura Winthrop
[email protected]
Congratulations to Bill ’95 and Christine McCarthy Lemos on the birth of their daughter
Caroline Isabelle Lemos, born on March
20th, 2007 (7 pounds 8 ounces 19.5 inches
long). Carrie, Mom and Dad are doing
great!
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Rebecca Symmes Lee
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Marcel Faulring
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should visit her while in San Fran!”
James Breed writes, “I married Colleen
Janet Keefe on January 14, 2006. We celebrated a happy first year of marriage this past
January and are expecting a son this coming
August. I work for Mass General Hospital as
an operations manager and have been with
the hospital since 2002. Outside of work I
serve as a deacon at Central Congregational
Church of Greater Lynn.”
Kate Chandler writes, “I am living in
Warren, Maine with my husband and two
daughters: Elsa (4) and Roza (9 months). I
have started a fiber arts company called Elsa’s Love Patchwork Company. I have a new
website, you can check it out at www.elsaslove.com.”
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Laura Coltin
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Kara Tanzer
[email protected]
Caroline Isabelle Lemos, daughter of Bill ’95 and Chrissy ’96.
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Allison DeNapoli Schill
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Charles E. Crosby “Chaz”
Michelle Marks Esaias
[email protected]
Kasie L Jacobs
Heather M. Fisher
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Allison Charles Reisgo
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Elissa M. Torto
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Samantha Drislane Markowski
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Philadelphia dinner at McCormick & Schmidts. Seated:
Shelley McCloy Vassallo ’76, Tim Davidson ’84, Samantha
Drislane Markowski ’93. Standing: Laurie Harding Polese
’84, Judy Adamson ’67, Allison DeNapoli Schill ’95 and her
husband Vaughn.
Jayne Seekins ’93 and her husband, Mike Lee.
can now be found in stores throughout most
of the coastal resort areas of New England as
well as online at www.bunnyandchad.com.”
Becky is currently living in Miami Beach,
Florida.
Liza Lowell sent in news, “I am currently
living in New York City after two years in
London. I am employed at Hirschl and Adler
Galleries working in the European Department.”
Megan Jeske O’Hara writes, “After graduating from Syracuse University in 2001, I
moved to the Boston area and worked as a
social worker in a neurobehavioral facility. I
met my husband, Patrick, in 2001 and we
moved to Georgia in 2004 to be closer to his
family. I went on to get a second degree in
nursing in Georgia. I currently work as an
RN in an Atlantic area hospital. My husband
and I recently became the proud parents of a
beautiful baby girl, Lily Catherine. She was
born November 15, 2006.”
Pictured is one of Becky Ryan’s ’97 handbags.
Becky Ryan writes, “I am happy to announce
that my handbag line, BUNNY & CHAD,
Megan Jeske O’Hara’s ’97 baby daughter, Lily Catherine
O’Hara.
Please consider joining Laura and Kara as a Class
Agent! Being a Class Agent is a great way to stay
connected to Pingree and your classmates. Twice
each year we ask you to collect news for the Bulletin.
For more information, please contact Laurie Harding Polese ’84, Director of Alumni Relations 978
468-4415 x310 or [email protected].
Molly Seamans reports, “I was in a rock
band for 3 years, but we recently disbanded.
See our legacy at www.TomThumbMusic.
com. I am currently enrolled in a graphic design program at MassArt, and working at
MIT. Looking forward to our 10th Reunion!”
As you may have heard, Sarah Carpenter, will be teaching at Pingree next year!
She writes, “I’ll be coming to Pingree from
Kimball Union Academy to teach Spanish,
coach girls hockey & pursuit, and I’ll be living on campus (in Paul Knight’s old place).
How exciting! Also, my women’s USA Ice
Hockey team, the NY Raiders came in 3rd at
the Senior B National Championships held
in San Jose, CA this past March. I was lucky
enough to hang out in San Francisco with
fellow Pingree Alumna, Laurie Koh while I
was there. She has a great apartment and
cooked up an awesome meal, everyone
Kelli O’Hara ’98.
Kelli O’Hara is currently working as a reporter at the NBC affiliate WECT in Wilmington, North Carolina. Kelli began working
with WECT during the summer of 2006.
She has worked previously as an associate
producer/writer, and as a field reporter. Prior to switching careers, Kelli was a history
teacher in Boston for a high school. There
she worked with “high-risk” teenagers for
more than a year. Kelli decided she wanted
to become a reporter after living and teaching in Poland. Her most memorable experience was traveling into the Palestinian
Quarter in Jerusalem. Kelli holds an M.S. in
Broadcast Journalism from Boston University and a B.A. in Political Science from
Mount Holyoke College.
Laura Coltin has accepted a federal judicial clerkship with Judge Jaime Pieras in the
U.S. District Court in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
She will be moving down to Old San Juan in
September and she encourages any Pingree
classmates visiting the area to give her a call.
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Kara Tanzer writes, “I am working at
Google in NYC as the Human Resources
Specialist for the East Coast offices. I am
traveling frequently to Google’s many locations which is a pretty nice perk (on top of
the free food and scooters to ride around the
offices). Drop a line if you live near a Google
office because chances are, I’ll be in your
neighborhood!”
Jim Walsh married Shelly in June of
2006. “Maybe you all met her at the 5th year
reunion. Josh Prudden, Sean Morgan, and
Mark Attia were all in my wedding party.
Anna Geraty, Amanda Weber, and Jaime
Schwartz were also in attendance — the
wedding was in Vermont.”
Nick Guild is working in Washington,
D.C. playing with Lego’s for a living (real estate development) for Regency Centers.
“Getting hitched this spring, definitely a
lucky man.”
Josh Allen married Colleen in July of
2006 at the Pius V in Lynn and had their
reception at The Georgetown Club in
Georgetown, MA. Mr. Andrew Heywood
was the best man. They are living back in
Saugus, staying true to their roots. Colleen
is teaching first grade in Salem. Josh is playing with a band called Bad Penguin. They
are going into the studio to record their first
album in May, so keep your eyes open for
the album next summer. “You can check
out some of our stuff at www.myspace.com/
badpenguinband.”
Meri Mooers is getting married September 30, 2007 in Kennebunkport, Maine.
She says, “I work as a paramedic for the
company my fiancé started, Northeast Regional Ambulance. We live in Peabody, MA
with our three dogs and a cat.”
REGISTRATIONS NOW
BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE
17th Annual
Pingree School Golf Tournament
To benefit the Pingree Scholarship Fund
Monday, September 24, 2007
Myopia Hunt Club
Hamilton, MA
Sponorships available!
For more information, please contact
Donna Maggio at 978 564-0647
or [email protected]
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Kimberly A. Baker
[email protected]
Heather Horne Fraelick
[email protected]
Patrick R. Lee
187 Strathmore Road
Brighton, MA 02135
617 733-7428
Jessica R. Lockwood
[email protected]
Alicia A. Vitagliano
[email protected]
Dan Donegan ’99 showed some of his art in the Pingree
Gallery this past Spring. He is pictured here with some of
his classmates.
Dan Donegan’s recent works were on display in the Pingree School Art Gallery from
April 2nd through May 11th. A reception
was held on April 22, 2007 and several
classmates attended to view his creations
and visit with Dan.
Jess Lockwood says, “Hi All! I am still
living in Boston and recently took a job as
the Associate Director of Development and
Alumni Relations at the Steppingstone
Foundation. I am looking forward to getting married in August and just last month
was able to get away to New York with Sarah
Curran and Melissa Bilo. While there, we
were able to celebrate Melissa Bilo’s recent
engagement, Rachel Hoy’s acceptance into
graduate school, Sarah Curran’s new job,
and be entertained by Char Glessner’s stories of New York City and the toddlers she is
teaching.”
Lesley Borash writes, “After graduating
from Northeastern University, I worked as
an illustrator for O’Reilly Media for 2 years
and am currently working as a Media Producer for Pearson Education. On February
14, 2007, I got engaged to Tom Keegan and
plan to get married next June. Pam Goldman
is my maid of honor.” Best wishes Lesley!
PJ Lee has been an Account Executive
for Merchant Warehouse in Downtown
Boston for a little over 2 years and he lives in
Brighton. PJ writes, “I occasionally run into
Erik Nelson who lives right down the street.
Erik works in Boston at a law firm and is
also the guitarist/lead singer of the Halfnelson’s. I have seen them live at a few small
clubs while they gear up for their International arena tour.”
Michael Cohen writes, “I’m in New
York, and started a theatre project with
friends that’s been running for almost 2
years! Also, I’m designing web sites and
writing music.”
Rachael Kaplan reports, “I am still living in NYC but in Berlin at the moment-trying to figure out a way to work and live
abroad. I am still at KPF (an architecture
firm in New York and London) and working
on projects mainly in Asia. Hope all are
well.”
Congratulations to Nikki Early on her
engagement! Nikki writes, “I just returned
from a vacation in Santorini, Greece where I
got engaged. The wedding will be in June
2008. I am currently living and working in
Boston and I just completed my master’s degree in criminal justice at Suffolk University. I still keep in close touch with Sophie
Smith and Tsering Norpa. Hope everyone
else is doing well!”
Sarah Curran writes, “I am still living in
Brookline up in Coolidge Corner with some
girlfriends. I left the hotel business to go
work in sales at EMC in January and I am
loving it so far. I make the long drive out to
Franklin everyday but living in Boston allows for lots of time with the Pingree crew!
Hope everyone is well!”
Sophie Smith is still living in NYC. She
writes, “I am working in the music business, doing PR for various bands at Big Hassle Media (where I’ve been for the past 5
years). I have been traveling as much as possible, for work and fun. I recently went on
tour with one of my clients, Metric, which
was exhausting but fun. I am heading down
to the Bonnaroo festival (which my company heads up the press campaign for) in a
month, before taking a vacation in the South
of France.”
Ruth Grainger is currently living in New
Zealand. Ruth reports, “I moved to a place
called Mount Maunganui 7 months ago
with my boyfriend Graham and work for an
organization called Sport Bay of Plenty. I’m
their Sport Development Coordinator,
which means I work with all the sports
clubs in the area and the local City Council.
It’s a beautiful place and we live right near
the beach (about 50 meters away!) We love
it. I’m not sure when I’m heading back to
England, much to my parents distress!! I’m
still doing triathlon, as is Graham. We’re off
to Hawaii in October (Graham qualified to
race in both the Ironman and Xterra World
Championships) so that should be fun!”
Rachel Hoy is currently working in New
York City doing research to address language disparities in healthcare. Rachel reports, “In September, I’ll be going to Harvard’s School of Public Health for my master’s in international health, and I was recently engaged to Gabriel, who I met in the
Peace Corp in Cameroon!” Congratulations
Rachel!
Rachel Loverme writes, “I’m still living
in the South End and running my wedding
planning business with my friend Eliza.”
Lesley Borash shares the happy news
that Crissy O’Neil is engaged. Best wishes
Crissy!
Tamar Salter says, “Hi There! I have recently taken a position at Boston Common
Magazine as the Events Marketing Manager. I love the challenge and content of my
work. I am still living in Boston and enjoying the city. I’m looking forward to summer
travel and Jess Lockwood’s wedding! Hope
all of my classmates are doing well.”
Sarah Cavan says, “Hi everyone. I am
living in Boston and working as an Auction
Coordinator at Skinner. I love being in Boston and spending time with Sarah Curran,
Jess Lockwood and Tamar Salter.”
Dayv Mayer has moved from Colorado
to Del Mar, California where he is enjoying
the warm weather.
Heather Marrano writes, “After eight
years in southern Florida I am moving back
to the Boston area. I am going to continue
working for Kraft in their sales department.”
Congratulations to Christina O’Neill!
She writes, “I got engaged to Jason Salvo of
Danvers and we are planning a September
2008 wedding on Lake Winnipesaukee in
New Hampshire. I also recently graduated
with a Global MBA from Suffolk University
and I am working at Keane in Charlestown
as a consultant.”
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1990 Ms. Kristen K. Franklin, Mr. Carl H. Lackey,
Ms. Andra E. McCallum, Mr. Brantly Westfall
1991 Ms. Anna Morrison Bissell, Ms. Heather E.
Macarty, Ms. Alicia Kramer Murphy, Mr. Glenn F.
Ritter, Mr. Lucas D. Shelley 1992 Mrs. Elizabeth
Ring Beltran, Mr. Spencer Bradford , Ms. Sarah
J. Ford, Mr. Davide Gonzalez , Mr. Jim O’Hara,
Ms. Jenna Petersiel, Ms. Caroline Smith Simms,
Mr. Randy Ward 1993 Ms. Allison Hoyt, Mr.
Geoffrey T. T. Riquier, Ms. Shelley M. Smith 1994
Ms. Alexandra M. Corwin, Mr. Mark R. Gustavson,
Ms. Cara D. O’Reilly, Mr. Christopher Pollak, Mr.
Aaron M. Zachko 1995 Mr. Fabian G. Loschek
1997 Ms. Erica Petersiel Chamberlin, Mr. Charles
E. Crosby, Ms. Jesse K. Marsters 1998 Ms. Ann
E. B. Matson
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Amy E. Briggs
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Walter Mears
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Tina Wadhwa
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Ryan Nugent
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Please consider joining Cara as a Class Agent! Being a Class Agent is a great way to stay connected
Katy O’Hara is living in New York City and
works as a recruiter at Mackenzie and Company.
Sarah McGuire graduated from Welles-
ley College in 2005 and is currently working as a senior lab researcher for a pediatric
endocrinologist at Johns Hopkins Medical
Center in Baltimore, MD.
2002
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reunion
MAY 5, 2007
Justin J. Parker
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Elizabeth L. Reichert
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Jessica A. Seymour
[email protected]
Geoff Jacoby writes, “First of all I am looking forward to seeing everyone this May 5th
for Reunions! I graduated last spring from
Quinnipiac University with a BS in Marketing. I am a proud brother of Tau Kappa Epsilon. During my time at Quinnipiac some
of the activities I was involved in ranged
from raising over $10,000 for the Ronald
Reagan Alzheimer’s Association through
TKE’s ‘Mountain Walk,’ to helping the annual Student Mock Car Crash, and The Ricardo Petrillo Scholarship Fund, which is
the only national scholarship fund awarded
to incoming freshman of TKE for their tuition. Currently, I am employed at Hy-Line
Cruises (since May of ’06) in Hyannis as a
crew member aboard the high speed ferries
to Nantucket and the Vineyard. I recently
passed the Coast Guard exam and became a
licensed Captain in which I hope to blend
my business education and maritime experience in the future.”
Sarah Buck is living in New York City
and is working in the Gasterology department at the NYU Medical Center.
Anne Whitaker is finishing up her master’s in Writing at the National University of
Ireland, Galway. She writes, “It’s a program
in the heart of Western Ireland that focuses
around creative writing. There are thirteen
of us in the program. I finished my course
work so I will be doing some traveling and
will submit a portfolio of writing for completion of my degree in August.”
Vanessa Woodman is teaching English
in Mexico.
Danielle Harsip has been working for
the Sager Family Traveling Foundation
since last July. The Foundation focuses on
impacting and empowering leaders of all
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kinds in some of the most populated, and in
some of the most remote, areas of the world.
In March, she went with the family and
their closest friends to Israel. The trip was
centered around the Bar Mitzvah of the
President of the Foundation’s son, which
carried the unique theme of “More Like
Neighbors, Less Like Enemies”. The trip began with three days in Tel Aviv/Jaffa and
continued with five days in Jerusalem. The
trip also included a day in the West Bank
where they visited a refugee camp, met with
the Palestinian women who work at the
women’s weaving cooperative that the Foundation has continuously sponsored, and
spent the afternoon in Ramallah. The days
in Jerusalem included spending time in
East Jerusalem at the American Colony Hotel, in Bethlehem, which is now an Arab
and Christian nieghborhood on the outskirts of Jerusalem, in Hebron where they
met with Israeli settlers, and of course, at
the Bar Mitzvah itself which was held in the
Old City on the south side of the Temple
Mount beneath Robinson’s Arch.
Abigail Baird writes, “I graduated from
Wellesley College in 2006 and am now a
medical student at Yale University. I will be
working in a tissue engineering lab at Yale
Medical School this summer.”
Kate Whitney reports, “I am currently
VP of my Dad’s company called Swing Rite.
Swing Rite is a golf training aid that my dad
bought 10 years ago. I am traveling a lot and
loving every minute of it. I’m in charge of
sales, account management, and customer
relations. I am also re-designing our website. I just designed an ad that is currently in
the Improper Bostonian Magazine. I am
also producing radio ads and TV commercials for Swing Rite…pretty exciting! On the
side, I am a sales representative for a women’s clothing line from Brazil called Goddesswear. I am enjoying the traveling that
comes along with my job. I’ve traveled to
NYC, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Florida and
Ocean City, Maryland since November. I
graduated from UNH in May 2006, magna
cum laude and a part of Golden Key Honor
Society and Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society.”
Sarah Reynolds is living in Boston and
teaching at the Montessori School on Newbury Street.
Here is what Tom Papows has been up
to, in a nutshell: “Film School, Fire Fighter
School, Paramedic School, Sky Diving
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Keri Barrett ’03 celebrates with her Babson College
Lacrosse team.
2004
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Morgan R.H. Baird
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School, Truck Driving School, was married,
then divorced, started a gallery, frequently
visit Scotland, and have started balding.”
Ben Abramson recently left a position at
the White House in D.C. as part of the Presidential Advance Team. He will be proceeding to Naval Officer Candidate School at the
Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida.
Upon graduating Ben will be commissioned
as a US Naval Officer.
Kathleen Dyer graduated magna cum
laude from Boston College with a degree in
Political Science. She is currently working
at Rich May, PC, a mid-sized corporate law
firm in Boston and plans to attend law
school in the fall of 2008.
Jacob J. Marvelley
[email protected]
Elizabeth F. O’Hare
[email protected]
Nicholas N. Pratt
26 E. Main Street, Box W1028
Norton, MA 02766
Robbie Logan ’03 with Rachel Harmeling ’03 and Rachel
Laaff ’06 are all smiles at Robbie’s Connecticut College
lacrosse game at Bates College this spring.
2003
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Keri A. Barrett
[email protected]
J. Bradford Currier
[email protected]
Kate L. Hoenigsberg
[email protected]
Michael P. Meyer
[email protected]
Holly O’Donohue has accepted a teaching
position at The Governors Academy (formally, GDA). She will be living on campus,
teaching Math, coaching hockey and possibly softball too. Although Holly will be
working at our rival school, she is returning
to Pingree this summer to continue her
work with the Prep@Pingree summer program. Congratulations to you Holly!
Keri Barrett ’03 and her friends dance in their lab coat
costumes.
Keri Barrett writes, “I had my last dance
show for Babson Dance Ensemble. Also, we
just won the NEWMAC lacrosse championship on Sunday. I am so proud to be captain
of a team that just made history for Babson
College. We are now headed to the NCAA’s
for division 3.”
Franz Schneider produced two short plays
for Curry College’s “New Plays Festival”
this past spring, Sanctions and Little Red
Riding the Subway. Franz is a junior with a
major in Communications. This was his
first year participating in Curry Theater.
His interests include theater and writing.
He is a leading writer in his Scriptwriting
course.
Nicholas Walton graduated magna cum
laude from Wheaton College, and received
top honors for an honors thesis focused on
the analysis of aviation security and the
Transportation Security Administration.
He also received the ‘College Leadership’
honor from the American Cancer SocietyNew England Division for his work with the
organization over the last 4 years and in the
creation of the ‘Colleges Against Cancer’
program, a student-run outreach program
that focuses on cancer awareness and prevention (and is now spread across over 350
campuses nationwide). Presently, he is
working for The Boston Company Asset
Management, LLC (a subsidiary of Mellon
Financial) in Boston as a portfolio assistant.
More specifically, he is working in institutional asset management.
Adriana Petrillo is a staff intern to the
Finance Committee for the Romney for
President Campaign.
Matt Nelligan, a junior at Ithaca, scored
the 100th goal of his collegiate career in a
game against Hartwick. He is the 12th
Bomber to score 100 goals and now ranks
21st on Ithaca’s career scoring list with 128
points. Matt needs just one point to move
into the top 20 on the career scoring list. Go
Matt!
Matthew Soursourian is taking part in a
4,000 mile bike ride from Jacksonville, FL
to San Francisco, CA this summer to raise
public awareness and money for affordable
housing. The trip is called Bike & Build, and
Matt will be one of 30 adults to who will embark on the two-month journey. On the trip,
they will meet with members of the communities they stop in to talk about affordable housing, as well as, help to build affordable homes with local housing organizations like Rebuilding Together and Habitat
for Humanity. To learn more about the Bike
& Build program, please visit their website
at www.bikeandbuild.org.
2005
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Henrick F. Lampert
[email protected]
Johnna E. Marcus
[email protected]
Please consider joining Henrick and Johnna as a
Class Agent! Being a Class Agent is a great way to
stay connected to Pingree and your classmates.
Twice each year we ask you to collect news for the
Bulletin. For more information, please contact
Laurie Harding Polese ’84, Director of Alumni Relations 978 468-4415 x310 or [email protected].
Erica Woodman is studying at St. Andrews
in Scotland this semester. She will now be a
true Highlander.
Courteney Riedell writes, “Wheaton is
amazing, I absolutely love it here. Although
I am excited for the summer, especially to
see everyone! I am hopefully going abroad
to Florence, Italy next spring, which will be
a blast.”
Dan Stewart writes, “I try to go surfing
as often as possible, but breaks between
classes and crew don’t always line up with
the swells. Spring rowing season is in full
swing. I am planning on taking a few math
and economics courses this summer, somewhere in Boston to help me get ahead of my
double major.”
Dan Stewart ’05 at a morning practice.
Elisa Maggio writes, “Bentley is great,
I’m staying really busy between a full schedule and on-campus activities. I hold positions on Bentley’s Greek and Pan-Hellenic
Councils and am on the Executive Board of
my sorority Phi Sigma Sigma. Additionally,
I am our chapter’s fundraising chair. This
year we have raised a phenomenal and unprecedented amount of money for various
philanthropic organizations including
R.E.S.P.O.N.D (a local battered women’s
shelter), St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, The
Breast Cancer Association, The American
Kidney Fund, The American Cancer Society, and The Carroll Center for the Blind in
Newton, MA. Our upcoming charitable endeavors include walking & running in both
Relay for Life on campus to raise money for
cancer research, as well as, VISION5K to
raise money for newly blinded adults and
their rehabilitation. We just completed our
first ever Charity Denim Fundraiser at
which we sold last season’s designer jeans
highly discounted to benefit The Carroll
Center. It was a great success!”
Ben Strauss writes, “I’m a lighting design major at UConn. I recently helped design Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s production of Shakespeare in Hollywood, as
well as having done some work at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. I will be working for Available Light this summer, an Architectural Lighting Design firm based out
of Salem, MA.”
Caroline Kenerson writes, “I’m now
coaching middle school lacrosse at Newton
Country Day which is awesome — I’m going on a service/immersion trip to El Salvador with a group from BC for 10 days in June
— after training since December, I ran the
Boston Marathon in April!!!”
Last spring, Evan Dec transferred from
Vassar College to Boston University’s College of Communication to major in Journalism. He has also been actively pursuing
film, producing several works and helping
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curate a screening series bringing French
art cinema to the campus. This summer,
Evan hopes to travel to Russia as part of a
journalism program operated by New York
University.
Dennis Fantone writes, “I have been
continuing with my pursuit of knowledge
in the field of Earth Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences. It is quite exhilarating work
and I could not be more happy. Pending
funding approval, I will be working this
summer at MIT researching the timescales
of the Permian tertiary extinction and the
subsequent recovery of animal species
through U-Pb isotopic dating methods in
zircon. Socially, I am living life in the fast
lane, while continuing to keep ties with fellow Pingree alums.”
Kate Seymour is enjoying the long winter weather in the mountains as the ski season still continues. Classes are going well,
and she keeps busy playing on the club
hockey and soccer teams. She is looking forward to be studying abroad from July-November in Auckland, NZ.
Danny Hamel writes, “I transferred to
UNH, and am studying Environmental
Conservation Studies with a focus in Conservation Biology, and a minor in Wildlife
Management and Ecology. This summer I
am mapping invasive plant species at the
Boston Harbor Island National Park, and
am teaching wilderness skills for White
Pine Programs. I am enjoying life to its
fullest.”
Henrik Lampert took time off from
school this winter and spring to pursue
competitive skiing. He plans on returning
to school in Denver this summer. He will
begin majoring in Digital Media Studies
with focus on digital design, website creation, film editing and photography.
Congratulations to Alex Grant! Due to
his excellent academic record during his
first two years at Boston College, Alex will
be recognized on May 4, 2007 and receive
the Golden Key National Honor Society certificate. Golden Key is an international honor society which recognizes sophomores
who are at the top of their class. Sophomore
recognition encourages students to continue their hard work to allow for official induction into the society during their junior
year. Keep up the great work Alex!
Big news, Cal Siegel writes, “I miss JV
hockey.”
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Sam Logan
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Jill Capucci
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Andrew Vassallo
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Please Send News!
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2000 Mr. Gustavo T. Rojas, Mr. Mathew J. Santos
2001 Ms. Lindsay E. Harris, Ms. Rebecca F. Risk
2002 Ms. Megan A. Linehan, Mr. William E.
Rojas, Mr. Samuel L. Schwartz 2003 Ms. Rachel
D. Harmeling 2004 Ms. Foloshade T. Bello
300
wins
Alan McCoy, the Pingree Highlanders’ head
lacrosse coach since 1980 celebrated his
300th victory of his Pingree coaching career
on May 23 with an 11–0 win against The
Williams School from Connecticut. “It’s
important for the school to celebrate, and
I’m happy to be part of it for that reason.
The overall record is just the end result of
lacrosse played the right way,” said McCoy,
This season’s Highlanders ended in the
New England Championships with an
overall record of 14–3.
W hen Craig Costan z a ’ 76 recalls his
days at Pingree he says “Former Art History teacher Fellowes Davis was a huge
influence on me. I would give him a hard
time, and we’d go toe to toe sometimes,
but he had me pegged from the beginning. I would tell him I wanted to be a
dentist, and he would say to me, ‘No
Craig, you want to have a career in the
arts.’ Little did I know, we’d both be
right!”
In a rather prophetic twist, after Pingree, Craig was torn between the two different fields. So, he attended the Berklee
College of Music to feed his love for music and the arts for a few years, and subsequently wound up at Boston University to
study dentistry as he had predicted back
in high school.
While at BU, Craig also got involved
in the Catholic Services, spending time
at the Newman House Chapel. Soon he
was acting as director and performer for
the Newman House Cantina Folk and
Musical reviews for the University. Combining his love of music and his growing
interest in the Catholic environment,
Craig first became inspired to write a
musical; thus David: the Musical was
born! Why David? The biblical figure was
King and ruler of Israel, and his story intrigued Costanza. "David was not only a
warrior, a king, and a poet, but he was
also very musical. I thought, wow, that
could really translate well onto the stage,”
he said. The musical chronicles the adult
life of David. It explores the tragic downfall of the royal family, as well as David’s
struggle to maintain power while fulfilling his family’s prophecy of building a
temple for the people of Israel.
While still in its very early stages,
Costanza put the writing of David on
hold after earning his undergraduate degree from BU’s College of Arts and Sciences. The year was 1983, and he was off
to attend BU’s Graduate School of Dental
Medicine. But Craig never completely got
David out of his head. “I remember sitting in the back of an oral surgery class,
and instead of taking notes like I should
have, I found myself furiously writing
script lines,” he said. “This went on for a
few months, but then I really did shelve
the project in order to complete my graduate work.” Craig wouldn’t pick up the
script again until the early 1990’s, when
he and college buddy Rich Mutkoski reconnected in New England.
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Alumni
Craig Costanza ’76
After earning his degree in dentistry,
Craig found himself again torn between
two fields. So, he turned again to music.
Craig started two bands; a rock and a show
band called “Crossfire” and “Obsession,”
respectively. Craig performed as both
drummer and keyboardist. Simultaneously, Craig went into
dental practice full-time.
So, he was balancing 4–5
gigs per week in the evenings with a full calendar
of patients during the day
and David was always in
the back of his mind.
In 1993, Craig married wife, Libby, and by
1996, with the help of
college friend Rich Mutkoski, Craig finished a
version of the script. Having written the lyrics as
well, Craig turned to
composer Tim Murner
in 1998 and 1999 for
help with the score,
and by March, 2001,
Mutkoski
worked
with Craig to produce
a pre-Broadway run
of the show at Boston's Cutler Majestic Theatre. The
cast of seventy-five would
perform a score that was orchestrated
with styles ranging from pop to rap to gospel. After much publicity, including televised news stories on Chronicle and The
News with Bryant Gumble, expectations
were high.
The reviews were good. The script got
some accolades, but the music stole the
show. Some reviewers likened the score to
that of an Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice
collaboration or Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell. Interest grew from people in New
York, and the musical looked Broadway
bound. Until, of course, that tragic day on
September 11, 2001. Broadway came to a
screeching halt. Investors wouldn’t take
on new shows, and many productions suffered, including David.
But Craig refused to let his dream die.
He took this challenge
and turned it into an opportunity to fine tune the
script. It took almost
three years, but he was
able to slowly regenerate
interest in the musical in
both New York and Los
Angeles. He took a more
grass roots approach to
the publicity this time
around, and it finally paid
off. In 2006, Michelle
Holmes, of L.C.M. Productions, saw in David
the same potential audiences and critics had
seen five years earlier.
A new adaptation of the
script was developed and
a five-day six-show revival production was planned
and set to open at Boston
Center for the Arts Calderwood Pavillion from May 9
– 13, 2007.
“This has been a labor of
love, and I owe so much of
my success and persistence to my beautiful wife of fourteen years, Libby. Her support has been unwavering and I thank her
for her faith in me, and for her dedication
as a mother to our two boys. She has been
my champion both on and off the stage!”
It has truly been a family affair. Craig’s
children Alec (11) and Matthew (9) performed in the Boston production.
So, how has Craig managed to smoothly transition between two vastly different
Written by Samantha Drislane Markowski ’93
occupations? “I think that Pingree’s seamless blend of disciplines — art, science,
math, English and sports - gave me the
foundation I needed to bridge different areas and professions. Sometimes schools
pigeon-hole students, they throw them
into one suit, whether it be the theatre
person or the jock, and then they can’t diversify. Pingree was just the opposite. You
could try on any hat you liked, in fact you
were encouraged to!”
Craig said that he feels his two paths
- dentistry and theatre, have crossed in
such a way that he has achieved a harmony in his life. “Dentistry has taught me to
be patient, and understand that peoples’
concerns or fears are real, and that they
usually stem from a traumatic experience.
It’s important to be aware of others and
how your actions or responses can help or
hurt a situation. Being involved in the
arts, you are taught to delve into emotions
that you might not normally explore and
that may be uncomfortable. In this way, I
have been exposed and vulnerable at
times, and I think it helps me to relate on
different levels.”
As far as any advice Craig has to share
with current Pingree students, especially
those who may be interested in a career in
the arts, he has this to say, “Education is
the utmost. Some actors can make it by
not going through the education process,
but the process helps people succeed. I’ve
seen it. You have to also learn to be patient.
Go into continuing programs even after
college. Work on your art, and work on patience. Prepare and believe in yourself, but
learn from the process of being refused,
because you will be at one point or another. If you can’t learn from that process,
your journey will be long and hard. There
is no textbook or manual. The lessons,
good or bad, are what you make of them.”
Craig’s future plans include quality
time with his family. “It has been so crazy
the last few years that I just want to spend
some time watching my boys develop. I always dreamt of being a father, and it goes
so fast, I feel like it will end if I blink my
eyes. One of my favorite things is spending summer days playing baseball with
my boys. I’m hoping for a long, hot summer!”
Craig also has plans to debut David at
LA’s The Met Theatre in early Fall off ’07.
Craig has a dental practice in Revere,
Massachusetts.
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