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SPRING 2018 Celebrating 10 years of the Ethics Institute
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KEEPING PACE
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.
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Aimee Bousquet Singer ’88
Class Notes
Sarah Stapperfenne
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Sara Sultanik
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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.
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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
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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
12KEEPING PACE
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
13S 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.
14KEEPING 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.
15K EE PING PA CE
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.
16KEEPING PACE
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
17C 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.
18CLAS 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
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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
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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
19C 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
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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
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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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