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CONTENTS

2    mission statement

3    from the head of school

4    around the circle

13   spotlight on alumnae

15   AROUND THE COUNTRY

     DEVELOPMENT &
16   ALUMNAE RELATIONS

17   class notes

50   vital statistics

52   directory

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                                                            MISSION
                                                            statement
    COVER
    The Upper School Ethics Bowl team was named 2018
    National High School Ethics Bowl champions after a
    three-day competition among students from around
    the country. To read more about the event, which
    was sponsored by the Parr Center for Ethics at the
    University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, please turn
    to page 4.

    CREDITS
    Editor
    Aimee Bousquet Singer ’88

    Class Notes
    Sarah Stapperfenne

    ContributORS
    Rachel Naggar
    Sara Sultanik
    Doris Troy, Copy Editor

    Professional Photography
    Vinny Carchietta
    Peter Chollick                                            Kent Place School is an independent, nonsectarian,
    Will Hauser
    Flynn Larsen                                              college-preparatory day school that for more than
    Mark Wyville

    Art Direction
                                                              100 years has provided a superior education for
    Abbie Moore Design
                                                              young women who demonstrate strong scholastic
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                                                              of diverse backgrounds, in Preschool through
    Keeping Pace is published twice yearly by the             Grade 12, an academically rigorous curriculum in
    Office of Development & Alumnae Relations
    for the alumnae, parents, students, faculty, staff,       a caring atmosphere; to encourage them to contribute
    and friends of Kent Place School. We welcome
    letters regarding the content of the magazine.            to and find success in this challenging program;
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    purposes. We retain the right to edit at our
    discretion. Please mail correspondence to:                strengthen moral awareness. Committed to a liberal
    Editor, Keeping Pace                                      arts education that combines tradition and innovation,
    Kent Place School
    Office of Development & Alumnae Relations                 Kent Place provides the stimulus for each student
    42 Norwood Avenue
    Summit, NJ 07901                                          to achieve her full academic, physical, and creative
    Send e-mail letters to:
    kpsnews@kentplace.org                                     potential; to love learning; to gain confidence; to live

    Parents of Alumnae                                        responsibly; and to develop respect for herself and
    If this issue of Keeping Pace is mailed to an alumna
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from
THE HEAD
OF SCHOOL
                                                                     Head of School Dr. Jennifer Galambos (center) with Director of Development
                                                                     & Alumnae Relations Elizabeth Budd Bugliari ’59 and Board of Trustees
                                                                     President Alex Crispo at the Leadership Council Dinner. Elizabeth received
                                                                     a standing ovation for her 14 years of leadership at Kent Place.

Over the past nine months, I’ve had the good fortune to travel       Elizabeth “bleeds green and gold,” and as a KPS student was an
to Florida, the Jersey Shore, Boston, and Nantucket to meet          avid field hockey player. In her senior year, she was president of
Kent Place alumnae, as well as to greet alumnae here on              student government and won the prestigious Citizenship Cup. In
campus. I’ve delighted in hearing the stories of “my Kent Place”     2004, she earned the highest honor presented during Reunion
from the 1950s and 1960s all the way to our present decade.          Weekend: the Barbara Wight Biddison ’30 Distinguished Alumna
You’ve regaled me with tales of Ms. Hunt’s stern approach to         Award. And at Reunion 2018, she was honored by the Alumnae
guiding girls to adulthood, of your feats on our fields and on the   Association with the Outstanding Contribution to the Kent Place
stage, of how well prepared you were by your education here as       Community Award.
you transitioned into college.
                                                                     Through her work, Elizabeth has forged a special connection
Alongside me, Elizabeth Budd Bugliari, Class of 1959, has            to all of the other graduates of Kent Place. She has served
been the perfect teacher about who Kent Place has been,              her alma mater in exactly the way I want future generations of
what matters to us today, and how to prepare for our future          graduates to serve our school. Elizabeth has been generous with
as a leader in girls education. I’ve learned so much about our       her time, her talent, and her resources, always seeking to ensure
amazing school from her. In September, when Elizabeth told me        that our students will have the best education possible.
she’d be retiring at the close of the 2018 academic year, I knew
it was important to soak in as many of her Kent Place stories as     As Elizabeth prepares to step away from her professional role,
possible in just months.                                             we eagerly anticipate seeing her on campus as she cheers on
                                                                     two of her granddaughters, Anne ’26 and Claire ’22, who have
For 14 years, Elizabeth has been the Director of Development         followed in their grandmother’s academic and athletic footsteps.
& Alumnae Relations. Her expertise, collaborative style, fund-
raising finesse, dedication, and enthusiasm for Kent Place           Yours for Kent Place,
have inspired — and benefited — our entire school community.
To mention just a few of her significant contributions, Elizabeth
expertly led the school through its first major campaign, which
secured $25 million; she launched the New Connections Fund,
which will bring $2.5 million directly to financial aid; and has
raised more than $17 million for the Annual Fund. Today, she         Jennifer C. Galambos
spearheads the “Limitless Possibilities” campaign.

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                                                             AROUND THE

                                                             CIRCLE

                       The Ethics Institute
                       at Kent Place School:
                       Past, Present, and Future                                     By Nina Tiger ’86

    In 2006, Dr. Karen Rezach, director of the Middle        A Decade of the Ethics
    School, and Sue Bosland, former Head of School,
    found themselves riding in a car and discussing
                                                             Institute at Kent Place
    the success of Dr. Rezach’s Middle School ethics         In May 2007, with the approval of the Kent Place Board of
    elective. The two women brainstormed about               Trustees, Dr. Rezach founded the Ethics Institute and became
    what could be done to bring ethical thinking and         its director. Four months later, the Ethics Institute Advisory
    reasoning to all Kent Place students and eventually      Board was formed. Since its inception, the Ethics Institute has
                                                             partnered with leading universities and nonprofits, among them
    to teachers, parents, and the rest of the community
                                                             the Hastings Center, Atlantic Health System, Montclair State
    — and their conversation was the seed of the
                                                             University, and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown
    Ethics Institute.
                                                             University. In January 2018, the Ethics Institute at Kent Place
    Recently, at the institute’s 10-year-anniversary cel-    celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a very special gift: an
    ebration, Dr. Rezach explained why ethical thinking      anonymous $1 million donation, which positions it to become a
                                                             trailblazer in the area of ethics and education.
    is important to education:

    “Years ago, I became increasingly concerned about
    education in our society — what we were teaching
    and, more significantly, what we were not teaching.
    In our incredibly competitive society, too much em-
    phasis was on the product of education and not the
    process: What grade did you earn rather than what
    did you learn. What did you memorize rather than
    what do you think. Most important, do we spend time
    with kids helping them to realize who they are, not
    just what they do or what they accomplish? What’s
    at your core? What do you believe? What do you
    value and why? What values are important to you and
                                                             Director of the Ethics Institute Karen Rezach and Head of School Jennifer
    what do those values look like lived out? More and       Galambos celebrate 10 years of the Ethics Institute.
    more, I found that those types of conversations were
    missing from how we educate our children.
                                                             National High School
    “Thus was born the idea to infuse ethics and values
    into the educational process. And the idea was not       Ethics Bowl
    just to teach ethics but also to do ethics — to give     On April 23, members of the Kent Place community gathered in
    kids a framework based on values that would guide        the school parking lot to welcome the Upper School Ethics Bowl
    their decision making in every aspect of their lives.”   Team back from North Carolina, and to celebrate its outstand-

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ing achievement: winning the 2018 National High School Ethics
Bowl championship. Classmates, teachers, parents, and friends,
holding congratulatory signs and banners, clapped and cheered
for Dr. Rezach and the team as they returned to campus after
the three-day competition.

“This was a most competitive, challenging, and rewarding experi-
ence for all who participated,” said Dr. Rezach. “Our KPS team

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went up against incredible teams composed of some of the
brightest students in the country. The competition was fierce, but
our students rose to the occasion and demonstrated their ability

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to understand the most complex ethical issues from all perspec-
tives, and to articulate their positions using an ethical framework
that demonstrated their ability to contribute to the overall under-
standing about those issues. I’m so proud of our team, and so
proud of their accomplishment.”
                                                                      Champions of the 2018 National High School Ethics Bowl, an annual
Road to the Championship                                              competition among students from across the country.
The National High School Ethics Bowl, sponsored by the Parr
Center for Ethics at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill,
                                                                      cated, real-world ethical situations. Quick thinking is a must:
is an annual competition in which teams of students from all over
                                                                      Students are given case studies in advance but can’t use any
the country participate first in regional competitions and then,
                                                                      notes during the competition. They must be ready to present
if they qualify, on a national level. The Kent Place Ethics Bowl
                                                                      and debate what they think is the best ethical decision in front
Team is comprised of 15 students in grades 10 through 12, as
                                                                      of a panel of judges — and be equally prepared to argue the
well as ninth-grade researchers. Every December since 2013,
                                                                      same case from another point of view. In fact, during question-
the team has attended the regional competition at Stevens
                                                                      ing, judges will often ask a team to argue the opposite stance.
Institute of Technology, in Hoboken, N.J., and has consistently
achieved high rankings. In 2013, the team placed second, and in
                                                                      This year, the case studies covered a wide range of top-
2016 our young women won first place and became the regional
                                                                      ics, from the validity of the Electoral College to preserving
champions. Last April, this championship team traveled to North
                                                                      Confederate monuments, from wearing wool as a vegan to
Carolina and placed third out of 24 teams at the national com-
                                                                      choosing to be a stay-at-home parent. Senior team member
petition. The 2017–18 team again won first place at the regional
                                                                      Neha Bhardwaj explains that the answers aren’t straight-
competition and on April 22 became the national champions.
                                                                      forward: “The cases are not political but have ethical and
Teamwork. Collaboration. Quick Thinking.                              philosophical considerations. Some topics are more con-
The competition is collaborative and encourages teamwork.             troversial on the surface but on further analysis you realize
Students have six minutes to formulate responses to compli-           that there are always counterarguments to uncover that you
                                                                      missed when you first looked at the case.”

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                              The Ethics Institute at Kent Place School:
                              Past, Present, and Future (continued)

                   The Kent Place team met regularly to prepare. Three weeks
                   before the national competition, the practice time increased
                   to every day at lunch and after school. The format of the
                   competition was tournament-style: that is, 24 teams faced off
                   head to head and eliminations continued until two teams were
                   left in the final round. This year, those two were Kent Place
                   and Stanford Online High School. “I’m ecstatic we won,” said
                   sophomore team member Nyakera Ogora, “but I believe that
                   everyone who is able to participate in this competition and
                   experience would agree that being a part of the Ethics Bowl
                   team opened us to a myriad of new perspectives and ethical
                   considerations that would have otherwise gone unexplored.”

                   Said Dr. Rezach: “The ethical-leadership skills they’ve devel-
                   oped will serve them well at KPS, in college, and beyond.”
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                                                                                    Participants in this year’s Bioethics Project, a research-driven program
                                                                                    created in partnership with the Hastings Center and Georgetown
                   The Bioethics Project                                            University’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics.
K E E PI N G

                   The Bioethics Project, now in its fifth year, is a student-
                   driven research program created in partnership with both         community and to lead us all in a conversation that would
                   the Hastings Center, an internationally recognized think tank    tolerate opposing viewpoints and acknowledge the complexity
                   for the study of bioethics, in Garrison, N.Y., and Georgetown    inherent in complex social debates.
                   University’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics. After an extensive
                   application process, 12 Kent Place high school students are      Senior Elyse DiCesare participated in the Bioethics Project
                   chosen to participate in the year-long program. Students are     during her sophomore year, researching an adolescent’s role in
                   paired with professional scholars from Georgetown to con-        the individual’s own end-of-life decision making. “My experience
                   duct research on bioethical topics. Some past topics were        in the Bioethics Program taught me that my understanding of
                   Donor: What Is the Value of the Human Body; The Genetic          the world depends on where we stand and how we interpret
                   Self: Questioning the Role of Genetics in Modern Society; and    what we see and know about it. Since completing the program,”
                   Medical Decision Making and the Human Life Span.                 she says, “I have a greater appreciation for how imperative it
                                                                                    is to bring together different disciplines, viewpoints, data, and
                   Tackling Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine                       opinions to arrive at the most just conclusion. As a result of
                   This year’s topic was Medical Innovation and Healthcare          my experience with biomedical ethics, as a junior I represented
                   Technology: Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine. In February,      Kent Place on the Overlook Medical Center Junior Board, where
                   students presented their preliminary research to their men-      I was immersed in the operations of a hospital foundation by
                   tors and teachers, covering topics such as the ethics of using   interacting with hospital personnel to better understand the
                   memory-removal technology for PTSD patients, training sur-       importance of philanthropy in a nonprofit regional medical center.
                   geons using virtual technology instead of on cadavers, and       Having the opportunity to participate in the Kent Place Bioethics
                   ethical considerations when performing head transplants.         Program and to serve on the Overlook board definitely sparked
                   On April 9, the students delivered their final presentations     my curiosity in ethics, service, biology, and medicine.”
                   at the Bioethics Project Symposium, which was held at Kent
                   Place’s Center for Innovation. This symposium was their          Many students, like Elyse, say the Bioethics Project offers out-
                   chance to explain their findings to their families and school    standing preparation for the future. Young women who have

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taken part in the program have gone on to attend MIT, Yale,                    presented their final designs to one another and a panel
and Cornell, for example. Students accepted into next year’s                   of judges: Dan McGuire, president of Homeless Solutions,
Bioethics Project, Environment and Health: The Ethics of                       the largest provider of homeless shelters and services in
People and the Planet, will study matters concerning bioethics                 Morris County; Tom Geoghegan, founder of Beacon Hill
and the environment.                                                           Private Wealth, a wealth-management firm; Thomas Loughlin,
                                                                               former executive director of ASME (the American Society
                                                                               of Mechanical Engineers); and Karen Olsen, founder of
Ethics in Action                                                               Family Promise, a national interfaith nonprofit organization
Ethics in Action: Design for Social Innovation is a program for                committed to helping homeless families nationwide achieve
middle and high school students, now in its second year, that                  lasting independence.
combines the concepts of ethics and design. For this year’s
design challenge, teams made up of four to eight students                      One Kent Place team addressed the problem of homeless
were asked to identify an issue relating to homelessness and                   individuals finding transportation to an appointment or a job
“create a low-cost, high-impact product or solution that is fea-               interview; members developed a program offering one-time
                                                                               rides through a potential partnership with Uber or Lyft.

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sible, replicable, and sustainable.” Three teams from Kent Place,
two consisting of eighth-graders and one of Upper School
students, as well as 11 other teams, from Scarsdale High School                Another Kent Place team developed a backpack with secure,
                                                                               lockable compartments, complete with a retractable tent,

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(Scarsdale, N.Y.), Trinity Hall (Tinton Falls, N.J.), and Bryn Mawr
School (Baltimore), each created a prototype of its design and                 wheels, and glow-in-the-dark strips. This team went through
field-tested its product. The Ethics Institute visited the partici-            many prototypes until it found one that would fit the needs of
pating schools and held Ethics 101 workshops on the issues                     a person living on the street. “I think that without empathy, we
involved in the topic of homelessness — such as employment,                    wouldn’t have been able to formulate our idea,” said Emma
mental health, hygiene, safety, and the public’s general perception            Chan. “We noticed, through feedback from people in the
of the homeless — for the student teams and their faculty advisers.            homeless community, that they struggle every day with secu-
                                                                               rity. I’ve experienced the feeling of not wanting to enter places
Fostering Innovation — and Empathy                                             out of fear for my belongings, so having that purpose to create
On March 1, teams gathered at a Design Expo at Kent Place’s                    a secure backpack gave us the drive to finish our project well.”
Center for Innovation. Here students explained their process and
                                                                               Said Kelsa McKern: “The driving reason behind creating the
                                                                               safe bag was the idea that some people are reluctant or
                                                                               refuse to go to shelters for fear that their belongings will be
                                                                               stolen, and we imagined the feelings that would come with
                                                                               carrying around your whole life in one bag.”

                                                                               Another Kent Place team, of eighth-graders, designed The
                                                                               Baby Kit, to provide homeless mothers and families with
                                                                               necessities for babies and toddlers. “The experience changed
                                                                               my views of homeless people,” says team member Allison
                                                                               Sussman, “and I was surprised that many of them were just
                                                                               like me. I felt empowered because I was helping them.”

                                                                               Empathy was a common theme at the Design Expo. Many of
This year’s Ethics in Action design-challenge winners, Scarsdale High School   the teams visited shelters, worked in soup kitchens, spoke

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                              The Ethics Institute at Kent Place School:
                              Past, Present, and Future (continued)

                   with homeless individuals, and even spent the night outside on
                                                                                         School Programming and
                   the street or in a car.
                                                                                         MENTORING: Expanding the
                   After a long deliberation, the judges announced the team from         Institute’s Reach
                   Scarsdale High School as the winner. The team was awarded
                                                                                         The Ethics Institute expands its reach beyond Kent Place and
                   $1,000 to further develop its idea of an employment website
                                                                                         regularly travels to other schools to present assemblies and
                   that would pair homeless individuals with local businesses
                                                                                         workshops that are tailored to the needs of each specific school
                   and citizens.
                                                                                         community. Here in Summit, for the past four years, Dr. Rezach
                                                                                         and her team have visited Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary School
                   Ethical Leadership and                                                to lead a series of assemblies entitled Ethics 101, Jr. to students
                                                                                         in grades 1 through 5. This program, part of the school’s annual
                   Entrepreneurship                                                      Week of Respect, addresses issues surrounding bullying from
                   Now in its fourth year, Ethical Leadership and Entrepreneurship       a perspective of ethical decision making. In October, Dr. Rezach
                   is a one-week program offered in June to both Kent Place              and Dr. Adunni Anderson, director of the Primary School, along
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                   and non–Kent Place high school students, in partnership with          with two Kent Place Primary School teachers, facilitated three
                   Montclair State University’s MIX Lab and Feliciano School of          age-appropriate assemblies. The programs centered on the
                   Business. Students take an idea from “incubation to creation”         value of respect and the ways in which students can interact in a
K E E PI N G

                   and learn how to run a successful business while exploring            manner that embodies the ethical principles of empathy, integrity,
                   topics such as marketing an idea, prototyping, and ethics             honesty, and kindness.
                   in business.
                                                                                         “Everyone was actively engaged in conversations that utilized a
                   Mark Semioli, one of the program’s facilitators and chair of          value-based ethical decision-making model to solve dilemmas
                   the History Department at Kent Place, believes the program            that most children face in school and on the playground,” said
                   gives participants a unique educational experience. “Students         Dr. Rezach. “Teaching children how to ‘live’ respect and kindness
                   are no longer viewing the world of business and economics             is much more effective in developing character than is teaching
                   through a purely profit-motive lens,” he says. “Instead, they’re      them how not to bully someone.”
                   challenged to consider other elements, such as the people
                   involved in their work and the planet we all inhabit, and at the      Students broke into small groups to encourage more in-depth
                   same time keeping a keen eye on base economic concepts                discussion and take part in fun, age-appropriate and meaning-
                   that guide all innovative individuals and groups. In addition, this   ful activities. Each interactive assembly engaged the students
                   year, with our new partnership with the MIX Lab at Montclair          in actual decision making through the use of case studies.
                   State University and the Feliciano School of Business, stu-           Students in grades 1 and 2 discussed what respect would look
                   dents will now be able to make their ideas come to life in            like at home, on the playground, and in the classroom. They were
                   a 21st-century innovation center that enables greater                 also presented with a case study exploring cultural differences
                   creativity in the creation phase.”                                    when a student visited the home of a new friend from Japan.
                                                                                         For grades 3 through 5, the Kent Place Middle School Peer
                   Dr. Rezach adds: “It’s a new program this year, and I’m so            Mediators performed skits, role-playing real-life ethical dilemmas
                   pleased to have formed this partnership with Montclair State          based on issues involving social media and social interaction.
                   University. Beginning next summer, it gives us the opportunity        One skit told the story of a group of students who purposely
                   to offer a residential option to the program.”                        didn’t ask another student to join their club; another explored the
                                                                                         implications of posting a picture on Instagram from a party when
                                                                                         not everyone who would see the picture was invited.

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                                                                       Current Kent Place parent Tamara Weinmann has attended
                                                                       several of these workshops. “Ethics 101 is a great introduction
                                                                       to the ethics program,” she says, “but more important, it
                                                                       starts conversations in my home and with my family about
                                                                       the values that are important to each of us.”

                                                                       Joanne Paris, another Kent Place parent, agrees that the
                                                                       workshops encourage productive family discussions. “As a
                                                                       parent, I’m constantly trying to teach my children the differ-
                                                                       ence between right and wrong so that they’re able to make
                                                                       ethical and moral decisions that reflect not only how they
                                                                       should conduct themselves at home but also how they
                                                                       should conduct themselves with their peers and in society
                                                                       in general. Attending these workshops provides parents with
KPS students at Lincoln-Hubbard School, in Summit, where they helped   additional tools and information to help guide and lead our

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lead an Ethics 101 workshop.
                                                                       children to work through issues that may not always have an
                                                                       easy or convenient answer or solution.”
“Our partnership with Kent Place School is invaluable,” said

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Matt Carlin, principal at Lincoln-Hubbard. “In recent years, the
students and staff at Lincoln-Hubbard have been fortunate to           The Future of the
welcome the Ethics Institute to spend some time celebrating,           Ethics Institute
exploring, and reminding us of the value of character. The stu-
                                                                       What can we expect from the Ethics Institute? For Dr. Rezach,
dent representatives from Kent Place School are excellent role
                                                                       the achievements of this first decade are only the beginning.
models, as they reinforce that all kids can make a positive
                                                                       “I’d like for the institute to be the go-to resource for ethical
difference in the lives of others.”
                                                                       education in primary and secondary school communities,”
                                                                       she says, “and the expert in helping to develop ethical lead-
The Ethics Institute regularly presents Ethics 101 workshops
                                                                       ership skills in students.” She plans to expand its signature
at other schools, such as Westmont Montessori School
                                                                       programs, the Bioethics Project, Ethical Leadership and
(Mendham, N.J.), Rumson Country Day School (Rumson, N.J.)
                                                                       Entrepreneurship, and Ethics in Action, both nationally and
and Greenwich Academy (in Connecticut).
                                                                       internationally. Dr. Rezach also wants to create new part-
                                                                       nerships with colleges, universities, corporations, and
Parent Workshops                                                       organizations that specialize in the fields of engineering, law,
                                                                       medicine, politics, and the arts.
Students are not the only ones who benefit from the Ethics
Institute’s programming. An important component is parent
                                                                       With a highly engaged group of students and faculty and an
workshops offered at Kent Place and other area schools.
                                                                       expanding reach into the community, the Ethics Institute is
At Kent Place, parent workshops and chats take place five
                                                                       looking boldly ahead. “The incredible potential is so exciting,”
or six times per year. Among topics in the past have been
                                                                       says Dr. Rezach. “There’s a great need in our society for
Ethics 101; Problem-Solve Like a KPS Student: Ethical Design
                                                                       ethical leaders, and the Ethics Institute is going to fill that
Thinking Boot Camp; Ethics and Politics: How Do We Discuss
                                                                       need. We’re ready to launch our next great chapter as we
Challenging Topics?; Ethics and Athletic Competition; and The
                                                                       empower the world to live ethically.”
Price of Popularity.

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                    HAPPENINGS
                    ON campus AND BEYOND

                     1Celebrating Brave and
                    Brilliant Students
                    This year’s Spring Fling gala, “Full STEAM Ahead,”
                    brought together the community to celebrate our
                    school and its mission in the brand new Center
                    for Innovation.

                     2   Exploring Iceland
                    Over spring break, Middle School students went to
                    Iceland to study the science, geography, literature,
                    and culture of the country. Students visited dramatic
                    glaciers, waterfalls, and volcanoes and investigated
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                    the processes that created these formations; were
                    exposed to art, prose, and poetry dating back to the
                    12th century; and learned the ways in which Iceland
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                    is a leader in both sustainability and gender equality.

                     3   An Australian Exchange
                    Kent Place launched an exchange program with St.
                    Peter’s Girls’ School, in Stonyfell, South Australia.
                    Five St. Peter’s students lived with Kent Place           1 Trustees Jen Grogan and Nicole Rusas           2 Middle School students on one of their many

                    families, attended classes, and participated in extra-      served as chairs of Kent Place’s annual          adventures in Iceland
                                                                                Spring Fling.
                    curricular activities. In turn, five KPS sophomores,
                    selected by an application process, attended St.
                    Peter’s for a month of classes and to immerse
                    themselves in life as Australian teens.

                                                                              3 Kent Place sophomores attending school in Australia as part of an exchange program with
                                                                                St. Peter’s Girls’ School

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                                                                                                  4   Winter Theater Productions
                                                                                                  The Upper School Theater Department’s winter
                                                                                                  performance consisted of two powerful one-acts:
                                                                                                  Wendy Wasserstein’s Waiting for Philip Glass and David
                                                                                                  Campton’s The Cagebirds. The Middle School pre-
                                                                                                  sented the musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
                                                                                                  and the fifth grade performed a wonderful rendition of
                                                                                                  William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

                                                                                                  5   Alumna Insights
                                                                                                  Ashley Pinakiewicz ’00, founder of Looking
                                                                                                  Glass Strategy, spent the afternoon working with

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                                                                                                  members of the Mission and Vision Committee
4 The Upper School produced              4 The Middle School presented a musical.
  one-act plays.                                                                                  of the board of trustees, guiding the group using
                                                                                                  design-thinking strategies.

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                                                                                                  6   Global Perspectives
                                                                                                  Students across all divisions immersed themselves
                                                                                                  in “Breaking Barriers to Change the World.” Our
                                                                                                  Primary children participated in workshops such
                                                                                                  as African drumming; a chat with women firefight-
                                                                                                  ers; immigration and resettling into a new country;
                                                                                                  gender stereotypes; and cultural identity. Middle
                                                                                                  Schoolers welcomed guest speaker Carol Walton,
                                                                                                  from the Afghan School Project, which builds schools
                                                                                                  for girls in Afghanistan and raises money for ongoing
                                                                                                  educational needs.
                                                           5 Ashley Pinakiewicz ’00, founder of
                                                              Looking Glass Strategy, working
4 Fifth-graders performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream.          with the board of trustees          7   STEAM across the Divisions
                                                                                                  Grades K–2 brought their families to participate in
                                                                                                  an evening of STEAM activities. Grades 1 and 7
                                                                                                  joined forces to build catapults to launch marshmal-
                                                                                                  lows. Together, children in grades 2 and 8 created
                                                                                                  foam roller coasters in the Innovation Lab. Primary
                                                                                                  students worked with Wonder Workshop Dash and
                                                                                                  Dot robots during their technology classes. Middle
                                                                                                  School robotics and engineering electives dem-
                                                                                                  onstrated robots. Astronaut Terry Hart spoke with
                                                                                                  students about his experiences with NASA and his
                                                                                                  career as an engineer. And that’s just a sample!
6 Guest speaker Carol Walton, from the      7 Primary and Middle School students built
  Afghan School Project, on campus             roller coasters in the Innovation Lab during
  during Global Perspectives Day               Engineering Week.

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                    HAPPENINGS ON campus AND BEYOND (continued)

                     8 Guest Speakers Impart
                    Their Wisdom
                    KPS was pleased to welcome esteemed guest
                    speakers. Soman Chainani, New York Times bestsell-
                    ing author of The School for Good and Evil, shared
                    his insights with students.

                    Theodora Smiley Lacey, who helped organize the
                    Montgomery Bus Boycott, spoke about her involve-
                    ment in the civil rights movement and talked about         8 Author Soman Chainani                8 Civil rights activist Theodora Smiley Lacey
                    her personal experiences.

                    Julia Alvarez spoke about her life as a writer and her
                    novel In the Time of the Butterflies, and held a smaller
                    session for Upper School students who have studied
                    her works.

                     9    Women Activists Visit Campus
                    Upper School students held a special community-
                    service assembly, welcoming female activists
                    from the organizations Unchained At Last                                                          9 Members from Unchained At Last, New Jersey
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                    (immigration), New Jersey Coalition Against                                                         Coalition Against Human Trafficking, and the
                                                                               8 Author Julia Alvarez                   International Rescue Committee joined students for
                    Human Trafficking, and the International Rescue
                                                                                                                        a community-service assembly.
                    Committee (forced marriage).
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                    10    Master Class for Dancers
                    Chamber Dancers and Dance Ensemble members
                    were treated to a master class with flamenco dancer
                    and choreographer Ricardo Castro Romero.

                     11   Winter Athletic Highlights
                    Our winter teams at both the Middle and Upper
                    School levels excelled and have been recognized for
                    their success. A few highlights:
                    • Varsity basketball went undefeated in the Sky
                      Division of the UCC.
                                                                               10 Flamenco dancer and choreographer Ricardo Castro Romero
                    • The ice hockey team came out on top in the first-ever
                      Morris Union County Hockey Championship and is a
                      three-time winner of the Summit Cup.
                    • The fencing team is the new NJISAA Prep State
                      Sabre champion! The team also placed third overall
                      and is the NJIFA Sabre Squad Champion. Amber
                      White ’19 finished first in the state individuals and
                      made the NJIFA 1st Sabre All-State Team.
                    • In track news, Kaira Brown ’19 earned the Meet
                      of Champions Girls Track 400m gold and is state
                      champion. She also captured the Non-Public A                                                                         11 Varsity fencing secured the
                                                                                                                                              NJISAA Prep State Sabre
                      state champion title in the 400m at the NJSIAA                                                                          championship
                      Group Championship and is the 400m Union
                      County champion.
                    • Swimmer Emma Yang broke eight Kent Place                 11 Champions of the Morris Somerset Union County

                      Middle School records this season.                         Hockey Tournament

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                                               SPOTLIGHT on

                                               ALUMNAE
ALUMNAE CONNECT for

CAREER SUCCESS
  Kent Place students and young graduates benefit immeasurably from the wisdom and guidance of alumnae
        who have become successful professionals. They provide advice, idea generation, confidence,
                 and a broad professional network for the next generation of women leaders.
       The Young Alumnae Career Planning & Networking Event is one way Kent Place aims to assist our
   students and young alumnae with career guidance and connections that can help shape their future. This
  year’s panel, moderated by Katherine O’Donnell Lynch ’06, consisted of six alumnae, from a variety of fields,
   who gave practical advice to current seniors, college-age alumnae, recent college graduates, and current
  and past parents. A reception following the panel gave guests the opportunity to network and talk informally
   with the panelists and others experienced in their areas of interest. Attendees walked away with invaluable
                   resources and significant insights as they approach entering the workforce.

                             Katherine O’Donnell Lynch ’06 (moderator)
                                                     Provider Services, Oscar Health

 Annie Berke ’03                                                          Michelle Manket ’06
 Assistant Professor of Film, Hollins University                          Vice President of Business Development, Scouted

 Schuanne Cappel ’03                                                      Danielle Mills ’12
 Creative Director and Founder, Uncoverd                                  Marketing Coordinator, ESPN

 Meredith Esquivel ’12                                                    Marla Napurano ’02
 Digital Marketing Whaler, Whole Whale                                    Senior Sales Associate, Morgan Stanley Private
                                                                          Wealth Management

 Panelists Schuanne Cappel ’03, Marla Napurano ’02, Michelle Manket ’06, Katherine O’Donnell Lynch ’06, Annie Berke ’03, Danielle Mills ’12,
 and Meredith Esquivel ’12

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S P OT LIG H T ON ALU M N AE

                    Mary’s Chair:
                    An Alumnae Tie That Binds — and Inspires

                    By Lisa Brown Langley ’82                                                                       She lived alone with her trusted guide dog.
                                                                                                                    Through the years she had a number of
                    Why Mary’s Chair? In a cottage with the                                                         dogs. Ned was the dog of the hour. During
                    classic white picket fence, at 11 Norton                                                        that era, you could always see Mary walk-
                    Street, Edgartown, Massachusetts, is                                                            ing through the streets of Edgartown, Ned
                    where in 1997 I made a home, delighted                                                          guiding her in one hand and the other,
                    to be in town, near the buzz, yet set                                                           polio-stricken arm swinging at her side.
                    aside on a quiet street. The cottage was                                                        Mary couldn’t see color but she could feel
                    heaven. My landlord, Mary Drake Coles,                                                          it. I remember at one point I asked if I could
                    a Kent Place alumna from the class of        Katama Hay, the first of Lisa’s photographs with   paint the interior of the cottage. Mary said
                                                                 Mary’s chair
                    1920, lived in the back cottage and I in                                                        yes as long as I came back and described
                    the one on the road. Although she was                                                           the colors I chose. For an hour I sat with her
                    65 years older, she was a longtime pal.                                                         describing in vivid detail the tones of green
                                                                                                                    I had chosen. I’ll never forget that hour.
                    One of the many beauties of Martha’s
                    Vineyard is that friendships have no age                                                        Unfortunately, I was there just 15 months
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                    limit. I met Mary in Cow Bay in 1979;                                                           when Mary died. At age 95, it was to be
                    I was 15 years old. She was the dear                                                            expected, but I was crushed. To add to the
                    friend of the Partridges, a family I was                                                        trauma, because Mary and I were old pals,
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                    babysitting for. Through the next 15                                                            we hadn’t created a lease. The house would
                    years, Mary and I saw each other often,                                                         be sold.
                    and we became friends.
                                                                                                                 Mary never married or had children. Before
                    At the beginning of my artistic career,                                                      the house was sold, her family of nieces
                    from 1987 to 1993, Mary, a painter, and                                                      and nephews came to the island to sort
                    I, a photographer, exhibited together. The                                                   things out. Unlike many real-world situa-
                    first of these was an alumnae show at                                                        tions but like many island stories, the family
                    Kent Place School. Thereafter, we shared Lisa Brown Langley ’82 with Mary Drake Coles ’20    were superb to me. Not only did the family
                    a few shows at the Field Gallery on the                                                      want me to stay in the cottage as long as I
                    Vineyard. A veteran of the art and gallery world, Mary was a guide    possibly could, but they also gave me a number of Mary’s things.
                    into that realm. She was, for me, a sage. Little did I know at the    I was offered her paints, brushes, and pastels, which were like
                    time that she was teaching me lifelong lessons about commit-          gold. I didn’t take the gold. I was also offered some benches,
                    ment, inspiration, and passion. You see, Mary was a blind artist.     her Kent Place alumna necklace, and three chairs. Two chairs
                                                                                          were alike, cranberry colored and old. The other chair, strong, old,
                    The year 1997 was not particularly special on the historical          black, a cottage-kitchen chair: this was Mary’s Chair.
                    calendar. However, it’s a year I won’t forget. That’s the year the
                    opportunity to rent Mary’s cottage was presented to me. Over          May 1998 is the first time I used the chair. In a Katama hayfield,
                    the moon, I said yes. My father had just died of leukemia, and 11     I stood on it as the means to another shot. Wanting to get the
                    Norton Street became a haven for healing. Being blind and having      most from the scene, I walked away for another perspective.
                    had polio, Mary was not known for her joy. In this instance, though,  With Mary’s Chair still on the hay, I thought, “Ah, that’s the shot,
                    it seemed that she too was happy with our continuing friendship.      Lisa.” Katama Hay is the first of many photographs with Mary’s
                    As landlord and tenant, we found much to chat about. Knowing          Chair. I’ve since used the chair in various scenes and in all four
                    Mary since I was a teenager was a blessing. The courage it took       seasons. The chair inspires me. From the response these images
                    to be Mary Coles was inspiring. Despite contracting polio as a        have received, the chair photographs, like Mary, inspire.
                    young girl and her loss of sight in the 1950s, Mary persevered.

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KEEPING PACE

            AROUND THE

            Country

Vero Beach, Fl

In March, Betty Correll Durling ’47 and Dhuanne Schmitz Tansill ’60 hosted alumnae, past parents, past faculty, Head of School Jennifer Galambos,
and Director of Development & Alumnae Relations Elizabeth Budd Bugliari ’59 at the Windsor Golf Club.

Boston, MA

Head of School Jennifer Galambos and Associate Director of Alumnae Relations Kate DesPlaines joined alumnae at Post 390 in April.

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                                                    DEVELOPMENT
                                                    & ALUMNAE RELATIONS

      Creating a Legacy
      “It has been 51 years since I graduated from Kent Place School, in 1967.
      In retrospect, my years at Kent Place changed the trajectory of my life and
      I will be forever grateful. It is my honor to establish the Kathryn McKinley
      Scholarship Fund as a legacy gift for those young women who exhibit
      superior academic skills, motivation, vision, integrity, and leadership.”
                                                                – Kathryn McKinley ’67

      In addition to supporting the Kent Place Fund, Kathryn has      For those who are interested, a bequest is an easy, but
      chosen to give back to her alma mater in two other ways:        meaningful way to make a lasting contribution to Kent
      She has made a contribution to ensure that the Memory           Place, from creating opportunities for qualified students to
      Garden remains a tribute to alumnae for many generations        attend KPS, to helping attract and retain outstanding faculty
      to come. She has also made a bequest that will help Kent        to strengthening academic, arts, and athletics programs.
      Place continue to offer students the opportunity for an
      exceptional education by establishing the Kathryn McKinley      Kathryn’s gifts make a difference – today and tomorrow –
      Scholarship Fund.                                               and we thank her for creating a lasting legacy at Kent Place.

     Alumnae CHALLENGE EXCEEDED
                                            Our alumnae community raised a total of $57,657 in the month of April! You rallied your
                                            fellow classmates and joined forces to ensure that the Kent Place Fund continues to
                                            provide brave and brilliant opportunities for each and every student. Thank you to our six
                                            alumnae who collectively donated an additional $30,000 above and beyond what was
                                            raised during the Challenge.

                                            If you didn’t have a chance to participate, we hope we can still count on your support of
                                            the Kent Place Fund.

                To learn more about planned giving or to make a gift to the Kent Place Fund,
                              please visit www.kentplace.org/waystogive.

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                                                 CLASS
                                                 NOTES

                                                 Hall Grauer ’63 and Judy Hall Dominguez        daily on her Kindle. She wears hearing aids

1935                                             ’66. In addition to Binky and Molly, she is
                                                 survived by her son, Peter, and daughter
                                                                                                and walks with a cane, but enjoys family
                                                                                                and friends and still travels occasionally.
                                                 Beth (Citti), as well as eight grandchildren   Betty Jane, who has three daughters and
The Alumnae Office received a note from
                                                 and 10 great-grandchildren. We extend our      two grandsons, lives in San Miguel Allende,
Patricia Mendell Singer, who informed
                                                 condolences to her family.                     Guanajuato, Mexico.
us that her mother, Margaret Wilson
Mendell, died at the age of 100 on
                                                                                                Margaret MacIlvaine Robbins lives in
December 19, 2017. Margaret graduated

                                                 1940
                                                                                                Pennsylvania near her fifth and youngest
with honors from Radcliffe College with
                                                                                                child, Tom. She’s in a wonderful retirement
a BA in political science in 1939. She
                                                                                                home there and is secretary of the Religious
was predeceased by her husband, Andre
                                                 Betty Jane Thompson Kempe celebrated           Concerns Committee. She has 12 grand-
Mendell. She is survived by her four chil-
                                                 her 96th birthday in 2017. She retired after   children (six girls and six boys) and three
dren, 12 grandchildren, and nine great-
                                                 selling her famous luxury boutique hotel in    great-grandchildren.
grandchildren. We extend our condolences
                                                 1985. She played her last game of golf at
to Patricia and the rest of Margaret’s family.
                                                 age 81 and stopped doing yoga at 94 —

                                                                                                1941
                                                 when her yoga teacher retired. She reads

1939                                                                                            The Alumnae Office received a note
                                                                                                from David Zenker, the son of Elizabeth
The Alumnae Office received the sad
                                                                                                Beattie Zenker, with the sad news that
news that Mary Elizabeth Folger Marsh
                                                                                                Bette passed away on January 2, 2018.
Benedict, who served on the Kent Place
                                                                                                Bette was an active member of the Kent
Board of Trustees in the mid-1960s, died
                                                                                                Place community: She served as a class
on December 9, 2017, just two months
                                                                                                agent for many years and attended a variety
short of her 96th birthday. Her mother,
                                                                                                of KPS events. In addition to David, Bette is
Elizabeth Folger Marsh, graduated in the
                                                                                                survived by her husband, Bob; daughters
class of 1909. Her family is filled with other
                                                                                                Kathy Zenker and Leigh Zenker Jamison
KPS graduates as well: sisters-in-law Anne
                                                                                                ’75; and other family, among them 14 great-
Benedict Swain ’35 and Carol Benedict
                                                                                                grandchildren. We extend our condolences
Hall ’39, daughters Adrienne “Binky”
                                                                                                to her family and friends.
Benedict Brough ’63 and Mary “Molly”
Benedict Simon ’67, and nieces Louise            Betty Jane Thompson Kempe ’40

                  If your class doesn’t have a secretary,
                                                                                                1942
           please e-mail your note directly to Sarah Stapperfenne,                              Emily Churchill Wood
                                                                                                4130 East 31st Street, #1020
        at stapperfennes@kentplace.org, or mail it to Keeping Pace,
                                                                                                Tulsa, OK 74135
        Kent Place School, 42 Norwood Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901.                                 (918) 237-1331
                                                                                                emily_wood46@hotmail.com

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C L A S S NOT E S

               Thanks to Judy Smith Mott for returning           four children, several grandchildren, and       I was happy to catch up by phone with
               my postcard. Judy is still hanging in there at    even two great-grands.                          Jackie Cochran Dunnington in Santa Fe.
               93: “Have to use a cane for extra balance                                                         She’s spent a lot of time in Southeast Asia,
               but otherwise fine,” she writes. “I play bridge   I’m also sad to report that last February       speaks Tibetan (amazing!), and even brought
               quite often. My son, his wife, and three          we lost Pat Dunkel Carlson. Pat had been        the Dalai Lama to the United States. Jackie
               grands were here for a week at Christmas.         living in Sarasota, where she was much          has written many books, such as The
               Abby is 20 and the twins are 18.”                 involved in the community and many chari-       Tibetan Wheel of Existence and Guadalupe:
                                                                 ties. She played tennis, sang in her church     Our Lady of New Mexico.
               Shirley Morgan, Lady Paget, Marchioness           choir, and was known and loved for her
               of Anglesley, passed away in January 2017         smile and positive outlook. Pat is survived     I write, too, and am in a weekly writing
               following the death of her husband, the 7th       by her daughter, Ann.                           group with three others, who have become
               Marquess of Anglesley and a British peer.                                                         trusted friends. I’m still struggling to finish
               He was the author of a multivolume history        I had a card from Bobbie Leonard Mann           a travel memoir about Ireland, where my
               of the British cavalry. Both of them were         saying that her husband died in October         husband and I went many times. Here at
               delightful, down-to-earth, fun people when        after many months of dementia, which must       home, in Westford, MA, it’s just me and
               we visited their home in Wales in 2002.           have been so hard for Bobbie. Fortunately,      Bailey, my new little Jack Russell terrier.
               Faced with insurmountable property taxes,         her children aren’t far away and are very
               they turned over much of the 600,000-acre         helpful, and I’m sure a great comfort. So       Do you all remember how we cheered at
               estate and the house to the government to         sorry, Bobbie; we all send you our sympathy.    morning assembly on the day when Miss
               be open to the public. It’s beautiful.                                                            Hunt said we could start wearing our
                                                                 I talked with Betty May Sanfilippo, who         spring uniforms — and shed those horrid
               Shirley met Henry in San Francisco at             sounds cheerful and active. She tells me        long cotton stockings?
               the inception of the United Nations: She          that the new buildings at Kent Place are
               was using her Katherine Gibbs skills.             wonderful and that the campus is as
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                                                                                                                 1947
               She was known as Dame Shirley Paget               beautiful as ever.
               and recognized for her public service.
               She sat on the Royal Commission on the            I spoke with Joan Schaeffer Sawyer,
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               Environment and was chair of the Arts             who lives still in Bronxville. She spends the   Anne Campbell Dowell
               Council of Wales (some of this information        summers in Amagansett, on Long Island,          125 Homestead Hills Circle
               I found on Wikipedia). She had five children,     where one thing she especially enjoys is        Winston-Salem, NC 27103
               one of whom cooked a great meal in                the companionship of her lively 5-year-old      (336) 768-5880
               Shirley’s London apartment for Phil, Elinor       great-great-niece.                              annedowell@triad.rr.com
               Caddick, and me. I’m the only survivor of
               our generation of that delightful dinner.         I was overjoyed to hear from Moo Phipps         Anne Haon Cook almost made it to our
                                                                 Smith. She’s lived in Orleans, on Cape          reunion and we missed her. “My mobility is
               Please send any memories of our English           Cod, for 55 years and loves it. Moo has         still not good,” she said, “but I’m going to a
               classmates. I remember that Shirley’s             four children, a bridge group, a book club,     party here [in Lancaster] at son George’s
               father, the writer Charles Morgan, was at         and a host of friends. She lives with her       home to celebrate the graduation of son/
               a graduation barbecue at my house.                youngest daughter. Moo’s husband died           grandson Jason from Penn State.”
                                                                 five years ago.
                                                                                                                 Betty Correll Durling has another great-
                                                                                                                 granddaughter. She now has five and all
               1945
                                                                 Moo remembers taking the Kent Place–
                                                                 Morristown bus to school every day, along       live near her New Jersey home. Betty and
                                                                 with Diane Tomlinson, Barbara Hillas,           her friend Dhuanne Schmitz Tansill ’60
               Alan Summersby Emmet                              Jackie Cochran, and Marjorie Lithgow.           hosted a Kent Place gathering in Vero
               224 Concord Road                                  (Most of us have different names from           Beach on March 1. She and Carlton play
               Westford, MA 01886-4205                           what we had in school, but I still think of     golf in Florida and New Jersey. They cele-
               (978) 692-8329                                    our “maiden” names. Now, that’s a term that     brated Carlton’s 88th birthday at Baltusrol
               emmeta@comcast.net                                sounds antiquated!) Moo told me that Ann        Golf Club in October 2017.
                                                                 Follinger Wright surprised her a few years
               Nancy Brewer Watson’s life came to an             ago with a phone call. They made plans to       Ellen McComas Fisher lives in Ft.
               end last April. She was probably the only         meet, and Moo was devastated when Ann           Lauderdale. “I’m still in my house with my
               farmer in our class. For 45 years, Nancy and      passed away just a few days before they         dog and hope to stay here,” she says. She
               her husband owned a working farm in New           would have seen each other.                     has friends who now live in Winston-Salem.
               Hampshire. Nancy was also a gardener, an                                                          I hope she’ll come visit them so we can
               ornithologist, and a great reader. She had                                                        get together.

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CLAS S N OT E S

                                                    at Darien High School.” Jenny stays busy
                                                    with church activities and bridge, and, she
                                                    says, “is addicted to crossword puzzles.”

                                                    Bobbie MacWhinney Schneidewind and
                                                    Bill are happy to report the wedding of their
                                                    grandson Sean to Joylayne in Nashville.
                                                    Their first great-grandchild, Henry Ausburn,
                                                    was born October 12 and is happy and
                                                    healthy. “We’ve stopped our travels this
Kathanne Harter Webster ’47 with great-             year,” she says, “but the rest of the family
granddaughter Isla                                  will be on the annual cruise and will tell us
                                                                                                       Selena Tatlock Howard ’47 with daughter Alida,
                                                    about their adventures.”                           granddaughter Mollie, and great-grandson Henry
Joan Skelton Holmes is still in Southbury,
CT. She has two sons and one daughter. Her          Sue Savage Speers sent news of her four
                                                    children: All have a spouse and children           daughter, Kelly, and her husband have twin
son in Chicago is a professional photogra-
                                                    who are busy and productive. Sue spent             boys, age 8.
pher and her son in Boston is a professional
guitarist. Her daughter lives nearby and is         another wonderful week with her daughter,
                                                    Ebit, at Elkhorn Ranch, AZ. She attended           Nancy Koebel Watters spent last Christmas
a nurse at several nursing facilities. Joan
                                                    Grandparents Day at Tower Hill School              in San Francisco at the home of her son,
plays bridge, does crossword puzzles, loves
                                                    with grandson Guthrie and also Sam and             Rob, his wife, Nadine, and their three chil-
to read, and watches Jeopardy!
                                                    Carter’s graduations in New York City and          dren. Nancy lives in Denver in a retirement
                                                    North Carolina, respectively. Sue had her          community. She’s in a balance class and a
Selena Tatlock Howard writes, “I have nine
                                                    right hip replaced successfully.                   knitting group and fixes fresh flowers for the
grandchildren and five greats. I live in a lovely

                                                                                                                                                        PAC E
                                                                                                       dining room each week. She writes, “I loved
assisted-living facility in Portsmouth, RI, just
                                                    Cecily Billings Stack is staying in her lovely     our 70th class reunion. Seemed like ol’ times
a few minutes from my daughter, Eleanor.”
                                                    house on Isle of Palms, SC. Her daughter,          for us. But was very impressed with how

                                                                                                                                                        K E E PI N G
                                                    Betsy, is there for extended visits and Betsy’s    really up-to-date the school is.”
From October until April, Evelyn Fance
Kalagher lives in Bennington, VT, in her            son and wife live nearby, in Charleston. We
                                                    were so happy Cec came to our 70th reunion.        Kathanne Harter Webster says “travels
small house in a senior-living place. She
                                                                                                       were more limited this year.” She visits her
loves to watch ducks on the pond in back.
                                                    Nancy Vreeland Waits is enjoying her               two grandsons who live in Montclair, NJ,
She usually eats at home but can walk to
                                                    assisted-living place in Winter Park, FL,          with their families. She has ten grandchil-
the big house for meals. Their roads are
                                                    and is getting better and now walking. Her         dren and four now live in the United States.
cleared of snow quickly. In April, she drives
                                                    husband, Richmond, lives in their condo, in        At Thanksgiving all her resident family were
back to her house in Kunkletown, PA,
                                                    nearby Orlando. They have two daughters,           at the home of her daughter, Susan, in
where she lives until October.
                                                    Mary and Christie, who live close by. Christie’s   Woodstock, CT. Kathanne writes, “I had a

Helen Preus Mairs had a great Christmas
with her family, including three grandsons
and all of their kids except Julia, who
was in Palm Desert bicycling many miles.
Heidi and son Chip live in Texas. Chip is at
Augsburg University in Minneapolis. “No
trips for us,” she says. “Bob is doing well.
We have a neighborhood seminar with
challenging programs.”

Jenny Naess Moe enjoyed last summer at
Point O’Woods. Her grandson DJ graduated
from the University of Connecticut in May
2017 and is well set with his job. Another
grandson is due to graduate in May 2018.
“All of my family and I are going to
California in May for the wedding of my
first grandchild,” she says. “My younger
daughter, Anne-Lise, coaches varsity tennis
                                                    Bobbie MacWhinney Schneidewind ’47 and family at her grandson’s wedding

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C L A S S NOT E S

                                                                I’m happy that Barbara LeMare Loux has          swimming, and family visits keep me going
                                                                recovered from breast-cancer surgery. My        here in beautiful West Palm Beach.” Mary
                                                                ten grandchildren keep me energized. Three      saw MJ Cabrera Shaw, talked with Joyce
                                                                are now celebrating either their 26th or        Cudlipp Wiggin, and exchanged e-mails
                                                                25th birthday and are very happy with their     with Janet Hostetter Wilson. At the time
                                                                positions in the real world.                    of this writing, she was looking forward to
                                                                                                                seeing Sally Needles Toffey and Ann Jones
                                                                                                                at a KPS luncheon in Vero Beach, FL.

                                                                1951                                            Patti Steiner Nathan reports being
                                                                                                                grateful for her good health and for her
                                                                Joyce Cudlipp Wiggin                            85th-birthday luncheon, followed by a
                                                                17 Winding Way                                  performance of Hamilton with her daugh-
                                                                Short Hills, NJ 07078                           ters and granddaughters. She received
               Sue Savage Speers ’47 with her family
                                                                (973) 376-1717                                  a national honor, the Hanna G. Solomon
                                                                joyce.c.wiggin@gmail.com                        Award, from the National Council of Jewish
               grand time at our 70th reunion — happy to                                                        Women, for interest, activity, and service to
               see everyone and discovered a school that’s      Mary Carey Bachmann Churchill writes,           the community. Congratulations, Patti!
               thriving, which we can be proud of.” She is      “I had a lovely letter from Betty Emery
               busy as vice president of her Wellesley class,   Grill’s daughter, Lynn Sullivan, who reports    Larry and Alvene Farrell Carpenter are in
               organizing a mini-reunion in Chicago in May.     that Betty was a great mom and grand-           Florida, on their annual winter trip. Their first
                                                                mother, and that she is sorely missed. Lynn     great-grandchild was born on Thanksgiving
               I’m sad to report the deaths of two of           and her family live in Grand Rapids, MI, near   Day. To their delight, one son has moved
               our classmates: Susan Roy Koons died             Saginaw, where Betty lived. Her son, Jim        back to New Jersey with his family and
PAC E

               Aug. 8, 2017, in Midlothian, VA; and Gloria      Spence, is in Texas and spends summers at       they’re only ten minutes away.
               Ellis Tompson died May 16, 2017, in              the family cottage on Higgins Lake, which
               Albuquerque. We extend our deepest               Betty loved. She said Betty talked so fondly    Sally Needles Toffey sent her Christmas
K E E PI N G

               sympathy to their families.                      of Kent Place and her friends there. I knew     card with news of another family wedding.
                                                                Betty from kindergarten on. She was a           On the back, Sally and Jim look very
                                                                great gal, never starting trouble but always    good indeed!

               1948
                                                                not far from it, looking so innocent when
                                                                Miss Hunt was glaring at us!                    Henrietta Simler Buch has relocated from
                                                                                                                Connecticut to St. Louis to be near daughter
               Congratulations to Marnie Follinger              “I had a very interesting trip last fall to     Carolyn. Lisa is in Oregon and Leslie is in
               Davies and husband John, who celebrated          Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, and so on —          Connecticut. Condolences to Henri; her
               their 65th wedding anniversary in 2017.          what we knew as Yugoslavia,” Mary wrote.        husband, Bob, died in December 2017 after
               Marnie writes, “I’ve been married since          “Serving on my condo board, volunteering,       a long illness.
               college graduation to a very wonderful man
               and co-raised two perfect children. How
               does one person get all the luck?”

               1949
               Joan Lanston McKeown
               7C Canterbury Road
               Chatham, NJ 07928
               (973) 635-2744
               jlmckeown@icould.com

               You’d all be so proud and thrilled with the
               Kent Place campus — it’s a five-star site.
               Admission applications are the highest
               ever. I’d appreciate hearing from you, our
               classmates, via mail, telephone, or e-mail.
                                                                Sally Needles Toffey ’51 with her family

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