Fall 2005 PDF - Milton Academy
Fall 2005 PDF - Milton Academy Fall 2005 PDF - Milton Academy
David Gannett ’58 wished toshare with Milton graduateshis 2004 letter of apology toMiddlebury College, acknowledgingthe addiction to alcoholwith which he struggledand successfully managestoday. David noted that“Milton sharpened my familyinstilledsense of duty, honorand integrity. All of this isreflected in Milton’s motto,“Dare to be true.”David’s letter acknowledgedthat he had not fulfilled animportant commitment torepresent Middlebury at theinaugural ceremonies of anew president of a smallseveral years ago, but his mindis as sharp as ever. He maintainsan interest in domestic andworld affairs. Classmates andfriends are welcome to call (202-835-0411) or visit (please callahead). A voracious reader,Harry appreciates any “good”books friends send him. Hisbook critiques are refreshingand often surprising!Rachel Felton Muller took twofabulous trips this year. The firsttook her to Venice with friendsand the second to Costa Rica ona Smith College family trip withher granddaughter, Rebecca. Shehighly recommends both destinations.Back home, Rachelplays paddle tennis and tennis,and teaches for LiteracyVolunteers.As a board member, JudithMackay Phillips spends most ofher time at the Arboretum inSeattle, Washington, just fiveminutes from her home. Shesays, “I could walk there if Iweren’t saving my athletic energyfor tennis!”1951Nicholas J. Baker has compiledand edited two books, TheArtistic Legacy of John PrentissBenson, Volumes I and II, aboutliberal arts college nearPortland, Oregon. Despiteunderstanding the responsibilityand the honor of hisrole, David’s addiction got thebetter of him prior to theevent.Since that time, David reported,he has regretted failing todischarge the responsibilitiesso graciously conferred uponhim. “As I write this letter,” hesaid, “I have not had a drinksince March 2, 1998.”David was happy to makeamends and take part in asimilar role in a recent academicinaugural ceremony.his late wife Joan’s grandfather.Joan Prentiss Benson Baker ’54was named after her grandfather.An exhibition of John P.Benson’s paintings was held lastsummer at the Portsmouth, NewHampshire, Athenaeum. Inaddition to the two referencebooks, a collection of boxedgreeting cards is available.1954C. S. Heard is practicing law inthe Chrysler Building in NewYork and enjoying wildlife atSeabrook Island, South Carolina.1955Penny Fisher Crowell Dunkleereports that she won a first prizethis spring for a miniaturewatercolor in a show inAlbuquerque, “MiniatureBardean—Masterworks.” Shesays she is “still laughing, myparts still work, painting anddoing stuff for the New MexicoWatercolor Society, as well asediting John’s writing.” Sheadds, “It would have been fun tojoin everyone at reunion.”1956Marian Lapsley Schwarz steppeddown from running the AdultLiteracy Media Alliance in NewYork City, and has moved toSomers, New York, to start anorganic farm on property shehas owned since the ’60s. Herwonderful new partner for thisand the adventure of life, LarryCross, hails from Maine and is ahealth care consultant when notfarming.Helen Twombly Watkins and herhusband, Eric, happily reportthat their oldest child, Michael,at age 41, planned to marry forthe first time over July 4 at astate park in Oregon. SusanLongerbeam (similar age, also afirst wedding) will have receivedher doctorate from the Universityof Maryland, and hopes towork in upper-level collegeadministration.1957Avis Bohlen spent springsemester teaching a course atGeorgetown University onweapons of mass destruction.1962Virginia Frothingham Fleetworks as a therapist at a communitymental health center inGreenfield, Massachusetts. Sheplays violin in a local orchestra,takes a painting class and a classin psychoanalytic theory.1963Tim Brooks retired from hisposition as the dean of studentsat the University of Delaware,but he’s stayed on as a professorand works part-time in theUniversity Center for DisabilitiesStudies. He reports that he isfinding his second career in thedisabilities world very fulfilling.1964Peter Pavan is in his sixth yearas chairman of the Departmentof Ophthalmology at theUniversity of South Florida inTampa. His greatest challenge isfrom his female chief resident.After having delivered a wonderfulbaby boy by caesarean section,his colleague challengedhim to a series of road races. Hehas beaten her in the first two5K races. Now she has increasedthe ante: the next race was to bea 10K on July 3, 2005. He writes,“I hope I do better than BobbyRiggs.”Lindley G. Thomasset consultsfor a local hospice association,which she finds rewarding. Shehas been a member of theHudson Bells (like Octets) for 21years. She and Paul went toCosta Rica in January, which wasa “wonderful experience.” Theywill visit the house they rent inFrance this fall. “Life is good—thanks to Milton, I can readmusic and speak French.”1965Judy Whiteside survived a neardeathexperience caused byAddison’s disease, a rare chroniccondition that had remainedundiagnosed for several months.She is teaching English—grades9, 10 and 11—at Wareham HighSchool, specializing in workingwith children with learning disorders.Life has good rewards,and hers has been blessed withsuperior education, a controllabledisease, work she findsrewarding and challenging, andtwo very nice children.1966Warren Chase and wife Sandrahave returned from a two-yearassignment running a large projectin Mali (West Africa) to provideassistance to that country’sfinancial sector. He has returnedto independent investment banking,work that he did for 20years. He reported that he hasbeen preparing for a classicalmusic voice recital and connectingwith activities in the publicrealm in New York and D.C.1967After exchanging many emails, asmall group from the Class of1967 enjoyed a rare get-togetherin May. Sally Walker Helwigwrote, “Some of us hadn’t seeneach other in years, yet it washard to believe that 38 years hadgone by since we graduated!”Most in attendance were formerday students in the Boston area:72 Milton Magazine
Class of 1955, front row (left to right): Paul Robinson, Martha Flynn Peterson, Deborah Roberts, Lee Stout Dane, PriscillaRand Baker, Evie Hill Spalding, Margot Parsons Brown; row 2: Nancy Drinkwater, Mary Elizabeth O’Connor, NancyMagendantz, Boze Arnold, Parky Damon; row 3: John Noble, Bill Crowell, Yolanda Whitman McPhee, Sue BowditchBadger, Betsy Frederick Schell, Kitty Stinson Carleton, Daphne Abeel, Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle, Llewellyn Howland III;row 4: Tony Marlow, Walter Hinchman, Malcolm MacNaught, Ellis Waller, Jim Swan, Kit Wright.; row 5: Paul R. Toulmin,Warren McFarlan, Whip Filoon, Fred Cabot, Ned Weld, John Adams, Rens Lee, Howard Foster, Harry Gratwick.Ann McClellan ’68 wrote The CherryBlossom Festival, which was publishedthis spring.Betsy Bentinck-Smith, LynnWheeler Anderson, JanaPalfreyman Jennings Porter,Lindsay Williams Murphy,Gretchen Wagner Feero, MimiKeith Drummond, Lauly Chase,Nina Brown, Carolyn Stetsonand Sally Walker Helwig.1968Last September 25, OliverKane married Susie Huang inGreenwich, Connecticut.Helping to celebrate were classmatesJon Sobin, Dave Cornishand George Gibson. Oliverplanned to retire in March 2005from the company he helpedfound, Ashmore InvestmentManagement. He and his wifeare working toward adopting ababy girl from China, so 2005should be a busy year!In 2003, Ann McClellan left theworld of traditional work in nonprofitmanagement, which shehad enjoyed for 30 years, includingexecutive positions at theSmithsonian Institution, WorldWildlife Fund and the AmericanAssociation of Museums. In thespring, her book, The CherryBlossom Festival, was published.She enjoyed the public speakingand book signing during thebook’s launch and at the annualCherry Blossom Festival in D.C.She is thrilled to see the book onAmazon and reports that shehas seen people pick up thebook and purchase it without abook signing to encourage them.She is now working on otherbook projects in addition todoing public relations and marketingconsulting work. She livesin the Washington, D.C., area,where she has lived most of thetime since her graduation fromGoucher College.1971Sandra Naddaff’s family continuesthe Milton tradition as sonNathaniel graduated fromMilton in 2004, and anotherson, Ben, will enter with theClass of 2009 this fall.1975Elaine Apthorp exclaims, “Weird,weird, weird that it’s been 30years. All I can say is: I am onevery old teenager!”Henry Heyburn, Jr. and his wife,Alicia, have had a busy spring.They are about to embark on aClass of 1960, front row (left to right): Martha Fuller Clark, Dottie Weber, SusanAbell Morison, Sally Morris Gayer; row 2: Fred Filoon, Tom Holcombe, SusanWilliams Dickie, Sam Harding.Class of 1965, (left to right): Peter Carter, Jane Lyman Bihldorff, Ned Rogerson.73 Milton Magazine
- Page 23 and 24: Ty Burr ’76“On one level what I
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- Page 29 and 30: Charlie Riggs, Abby Padien-Havens,
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- Page 33 and 34: Co-editors of La Voz, 2005:Emma San
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Class of 1955, front row (left to right): Paul Robinson, Martha Flynn Peterson, Deborah Roberts, Lee Stout Dane, PriscillaRand Baker, Evie Hill Spalding, Margot Parsons Brown; row 2: Nancy Drinkwater, Mary Elizabeth O’Connor, NancyMagendantz, Boze Arnold, Parky Damon; row 3: John Noble, Bill Crowell, Yolanda Whitman McPhee, Sue BowditchBadger, Betsy Frederick Schell, Kitty Stinson Carleton, Daphne Abeel, Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle, Llewellyn Howland III;row 4: Tony Marlow, Walter Hinchman, Malcolm MacNaught, Ellis Waller, Jim Swan, Kit Wright.; row 5: Paul R. Toulmin,Warren McFarlan, Whip Filoon, Fred Cabot, Ned Weld, John Adams, Rens Lee, Howard Foster, Harry Gratwick.Ann McClellan ’68 wrote The CherryBlossom Festival, which was publishedthis spring.Betsy Bentinck-Smith, LynnWheeler Anderson, JanaPalfreyman Jennings Porter,Lindsay Williams Murphy,Gretchen Wagner Feero, MimiKeith Drummond, Lauly Chase,Nina Brown, Carolyn Stetsonand Sally Walker Helwig.1968Last September 25, OliverKane married Susie Huang inGreenwich, Connecticut.Helping to celebrate were classmatesJon Sobin, Dave Cornishand George Gibson. Oliverplanned to retire in March <strong>2005</strong>from the company he helpedfound, Ashmore InvestmentManagement. He and his wifeare working toward adopting ababy girl from China, so <strong>2005</strong>should be a busy year!In 2003, Ann McClellan left theworld of traditional work in nonprofitmanagement, which shehad enjoyed for 30 years, includingexecutive positions at theSmithsonian Institution, WorldWildlife Fund and the AmericanAssociation of Museums. In thespring, her book, The CherryBlossom Festival, was published.She enjoyed the public speakingand book signing during thebook’s launch and at the annualCherry Blossom Festival in D.C.She is thrilled to see the book onAmazon and reports that shehas seen people pick up thebook and purchase it without abook signing to encourage them.She is now working on otherbook projects in addition todoing public relations and marketingconsulting work. She livesin the Washington, D.C., area,where she has lived most of thetime since her graduation fromGoucher College.1971Sandra Naddaff’s family continuesthe <strong>Milton</strong> tradition as sonNathaniel graduated from<strong>Milton</strong> in 2004, and anotherson, Ben, will enter with theClass of 2009 this fall.1975Elaine Apthorp exclaims, “Weird,weird, weird that it’s been 30years. All I can say is: I am onevery old teenager!”Henry Heyburn, Jr. and his wife,Alicia, have had a busy spring.They are about to embark on aClass of 1960, front row (left to right): Martha Fuller Clark, Dottie Weber, SusanAbell Morison, Sally Morris Gayer; row 2: Fred Filoon, Tom Holcombe, SusanWilliams Dickie, Sam Harding.Class of 1965, (left to right): Peter Carter, Jane Lyman Bihldorff, Ned Rogerson.73 <strong>Milton</strong> Magazine
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