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2003 Graduates’ Weekend 

May 2 – May 4, 2003 

Schedule of Events 

Friday, May 2 

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

Registration & Hospitality 

Center 

Robert Saltonstall Gymnasium 

Event locations? Registration? 

Late-breaking details? 

Classmates? Refreshments? 

Find them all at the Hospitality 

Center. 

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. 

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 

Classroom Visits 

Meet in Robert Saltonstall 

Gymnasium 

A complete schedule of courses, 

faculty and locations will be 

available at registration. 

11:00 a.m. 

Student-Led Tour of Campus 

Departs Robert Saltonstall 

Gymnasium 

Tour dormitories, labs, performing 

arts facilities and the athletic 

center. 

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 

Dare to Be True Luncheon 

Tent on the quad 

Lunch with Head of School 

Robin Robertson and remarks 

from Douglas Kinney ’63. 

Mr. Kinney teaches Crisis 

Management at The National 

Foreign Affairs Training Center, 

runs emergency exercises worldwide, 

and helps train Marine 

Expeditionary Units poised off 

all major littorals should 

Americans need rescue or evacuation. 

He will share with us 

some thoughts on the central 

role of character in facing and 

besting the challenges of the 

21st-century risk curve. 

2:00 p.m. 

Student-Led Tour of Campus 


Gymnasium 

See 11:00 a.m. description. 

2:10 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. 

The Milton Classroom 

Milton’s faculty lead classes for 

graduates and friends. Topics 

include: 

•Poetry Now: Why Bother? 

Kay Herzog, Faculty Emerita, 

English Department 

•Freedom Fighters? 

18th-Century Revolutions in 

the Atlantic World 

David Ball ’88, History 

Department 

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 


•Dare to Take Risks 

Improvisational Acting 

Techniques as a Springboard 

Peter Parisi, Performing Arts 

Department 

3:30 p.m. 

Interscholastic Athletics 

A schedule of games will be 

available at the Registration & 

Hospitality Center. 

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. 

Nesto Gallery Opening 

Reception: Markings 

Bruce Barry ’88 and Thaddeus 

Beal P ’96, ’00 

Evening 

Class Parties 

See class events for details. 

Saturday, May 3 

7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 


Center 


Event locations? Registration? 

Late-breaking details? 

Classmates? Refreshments? 

Find them all at the Hospitality 

Center. 

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 

Bird Walk 


Gymnasium 

Join Lindy Eyster, an avid birder 

and a Milton science department 

faculty member, for a 

leisurely stroll siting birds during 

spring songbird migration. 

Please bring binoculars if you 

have them. 

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. 

Trolley Tour of Campus 


Gymnasium 

Experience a guided tour of the 

Milton campus by trolley. 

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 

Share the Vision: 

Repositioning Milton 

Academy 

Kellner Performing Arts Center, 

Ruth King Theatre 

Learn about the portfolio of 

initiatives in motion at Milton 

today, aimed at achieving a new 

level of excellence and leadership. 

The vision includes: 

•Upper School academic, 

extracurricular and residential 

facilities unified on a single 

campus 

•Renovated academic spaces 

with ample, state-of-the-art 

classrooms, revamped science 

building and centralized visual 

arts facility 

•A student-faculty center facilitating 

those important Milton 

relationships 

• Boarding students, in numbers 

equal to day students, living 

on the single, central campus 

•A unified campus for the 

Lower School, located in renovated 

east campus buildings 

Join Head of School Robin 

Robertson and members of the 

board of trustees to learn about 

this compelling set of ideas and 

ask your questions. 

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 

Children’s Program 

Stop by the blue star tent to 

enjoy face painting, arts and 

crafts, storytelling and animal 

balloons with Pickles the 

Clown. A schedule of performances 

will be available at registration. 

Children under five 

must be accompanied by an 

adult. 

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 

Reunion Luncheon 

Under the Tent 

An informal lunch on the quad. 

Tables will be reserved for each 

reunion class. 

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1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 

Hard Hat Tours: Student- 

Faculty Center 

Departs Wigglesworth Hall 

Tours will leave every half-hour; 

hard hats will be provided. 

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 


Milton’s faculty lead classes for 

graduates and friends. Topics 

include: 

•Michael Cunningham’s The 

Hours (novel and film) and 

Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. 

Discussion: Connections and 

Interpretations 

John Zilliax, Faculty Emeritus, 

English Department 

• An Introduction to 

Stem Cell Research 

Diane Gilbert-Diamond, 

Science Department 

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

Nesto Gallery: Markings 

Bruce Barry ’88 and Thaddeus 

Beal P ’96, ’00 

2:00 p.m. 

Interscholastic Athletics 

Schedule of games will be available 

at the Registration & 

Hospitality Center. 

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

Alumni Glee Club Sing 

Ware Hall, Thacher Room 

Sing along with Jean McCawley 

to many of your old favorites. 

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 

Roll Your Own Sushi 

Forbes Dining Hall 

Learn to roll sushi with student 

members of the Asian Society. 

Vegetarian options available. 

4:00 p.m. 

Athletic Tea 

Athletic and Convocation 

Center Lobby 

A post-game gathering for athletes, 

coaches, alumni and fans. 

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 

Cocktails and Dinner 


Join Milton graduates, faculty 

and friends for cocktails under 

the stars and dinner under the 

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main tent. Tables will be 

reserved for reunion classes. 

Cash bar. 

Sunday, May 4 

9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. 

Annual Memorial Chapel 

Service 

Apthorp Chapel 

Honor classmates whom we 

have lost. 

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 

Farewell Brunch 

Blue Star Tent 

Put the finishing touch on a 

fun-filled and memorable 

weekend at brunch on the quad. 

Class Events 

All events include both the girls’ 

and the boys’ class unless otherwise 

noted. 

1928 

Friday 

12:00 p.m. 



1:30 p.m. 

Class Photo 


Following Dare to Be True 

Luncheon 

1933 

Friday 

12:00 p.m. 



1:30 p.m. 

Class Photo 


Following Dare to Be True 

Luncheon 

1938 

Saturday 

12:00 p.m. 

Class Photo 

Straus Terrace 

12:15 p.m. 

Class Luncheon 

Straus Library, Terrace 

Spouses and guests welcome 

Cost: $20 per person 

1943 

Friday 

1:45 p.m. 

Class Photo 


Following “Dare to Be True” 

Luncheon 

6:00 p.m. 

Boys’ School Dinner 

Straus Library 



6:30 p.m. 

Girls’ School Dinner 

At the Home of Nancy Beebe 

Spindler ’43 

10 Longwood Drive, Apt. 125 

Westwood, MA 

1948 

Friday 

3:30 p.m. 

Class Forum 

Hallowell House, Common Room 

6:00 p.m. 

Dinner at the Home of 

Robbie and Barbara White 

1580 Canton Avenue 

Milton, MA 


Saturday 

11:45 a.m. 

Class Photo 


1953 

Friday 

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

Class Headquarters 

Straus Library, Trustees Room 

10:30 a.m. 

Tour of Student-Faculty 

Center 

Departs Wigglesworth Hall 

4:00 p.m. 

Transitions in Our Lives: 

Where Are We Now? 

The first of three discussion 

sessions led by classmates. 

Complete details will be available 

at registration. 

6:00 p.m. 

1953 Memorial Service 

Apthorp Chapel 

Join the class for a service to 

honor our deceased classmates. 

6:30 p.m. 

Dinner at the Home of 

Phil and Cecilia Andrews 

75 Voses Lane 




Saturday 

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

Class Headquarters 

Straus Library, Trustees Room 

9:00 a.m. 


Our Passions 

The second of three discussion 

sessions led by classmates. 


at registration.

12:00 p.m. 

Girls’ School Luncheon 

Hosted by Betty Hills 

Le Calypso 

Hull, MA 

Transportation will be provided 

from Robert Saltonstall 

Gymnasium at 11:30 a.m. 

4:00 p.m. 


Where Are We Going? 

The final discussion session 

led by classmates. 


at registration. 

5:30 p.m. 

Class Photo 


6:00 p.m. 

Cocktails at the Home of 

Head of School Robin 

Robertson 

7:00 p.m. 

Class Dinner 

Straus Library 



Sunday 

9:00 a.m. 

Tennis Round Robin 

North Courts 

1958 

Friday 

6:30 p.m. 

Dinner at the Home of Mary 

and Ted Wendell 

187 Randolph Avenue 




Saturday 

2:00 p.m. 

Girls’ School Gathering 

Hallowell House, Common Room 

5:45 p.m. 

Class Photo 


1963 

Friday 

6:30 p.m. 

Dinner at the Home of John 

and Jane Bihldorff 

107 Elm Street 

Canton, MA 



Saturday 

9:30 a.m. 

Class Photo 


12:00 p.m. 

Girls’ School Brunch 

Caroline Saltonstall Building, 

Second Floor 


1968 

Friday 

7:00 p.m. 

Dinner at the Home of Jon 

and Michelle Sobin 

78 Cutters Ridge Road 

Carlisle, MA 



Saturday 

1:30 p.m. 

Class Photo 


1973 

Friday 

7:00 p.m. 

Class Dinner 

Kellner Performing Arts Center, 

Pieh Commons 



Saturday 

12:00 p.m. 

Class Barbecue 

Ware Hall, Patio 

Spouses, children and 

guests welcome 

Cost: $15 per adult, $5 per 

child (under 12 years old) 

1:45 p.m. 

Class Photo 


1978 

Friday 

7:00 p.m. 

Dinner at the Home of Janet 

and Chris English 

193 School Street 




Saturday 

12:15 p.m. 

Class Photo 


9:30 p.m. 

Class Gathering at the Home 

of Dan and Deb Dwight 

7 Carberry Lane 



Following the on-campus 

dinner 


1983 

Friday 

6:30 p.m. 

Class Gathering 

Sophia’s (roof deck) 

1270 Boylston Street (near 

Fenway Park) 

Boston, MA 



Heavy tapas provided; cash bar 

Saturday 

1:15 p.m. 

Class Photo 


1988 

Friday 

7:00 p.m. 


Felt 

533 Washington Street 

Boston, MA 



Light fare and unlimited use of 

pool tables; cash bar 

Saturday 

12:00 p.m. 

Class Photo 


1993 

Friday 

7:00 p.m. 


Black Rhino 

21 Broad Street 

Boston, MA 



Light fare and one drink 

provided 

Saturday 

6:00 p.m. 

Class Photo 


1998 

Friday 

7:30 p.m. 


Clery’s 

113 Dartmouth Street 

Boston, MA 


Cash bar 

Saturday 

6:00 p.m. 

Class Photo 




General Information 


Center 

Please stop by the Registration 

& Hospitality Center when you 

arrive at Milton. We will be 

located in Robert Saltonstall 

Gymnasium all weekend, beginning 

on Friday, May 2, from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and 

Saturday, May 3 from, 7:30 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. When you 

register, you will receive an 

updated schedule for the weekend 

that includes the locations 

and times for each event. The 

hospitality center is the perfect 

meeting spot for classmates or 

a place to relax and enjoy some 

refreshments throughout the 

weekend. All classes are welcome 

to use the Registration 

& Hospitality Center as their 

reunion headquarters. 

Parking 

In the case of rain, satellite 

sites near the campus will be 

used. Watch for signs and directions 

as you approach campus. 

Thank you in advance for your 

cooperation. 

Where can I stay? 

We have reserved rooms at a 

number of hotels in the local 

area. Please visit our Web site, 

www.milton.edu, or call the 

alumni relations office at (617) 

898-2385 or 2421 for further 

information. Local bed and 

breakfast accommodations 

are also available through 

Greater Boston Hospitality: 

A Bed and Breakfast Service 

at (617) 277-5430 or 

www.bedandbreakfast.com. 

Alumni Family & Children 

Spouses, friends and family 

members are encouraged to join 

in the fun throughout the weekend. 

Child care will be available 

on Saturday, May 3, beginning 

at 5:30 p.m. in the Milton 

Academy Day Care Center, for 

children 3–12 years old. The 

program will include activities 

and dinner. Parents are responsible 

for providing any necessary 

blankets or bedding for their 

children. The cost is $25 per 

child for the evening. Parents 

must mention any food allergies 

at the time of registration. 

Registration is required; space is 

limited. No walk-ins are allowed. 

For child care on Friday night, 

we recommend calling Parents 

in a Pinch, Inc., a highly reputable 

company with over 18 

years of experience, directly at 

(617) 739-5437 between 

Monday and Friday, 9:00 a.m. 

to 5:00 p.m. (EST). They will 

provide qualified child-care 

providers in your home, at a 

friend’s house or in your hotel 

room. 

Bookstore Hours 

Located inside Warren Hall, the 

bookstore is the perfect place to 

pick up a new Milton cap, Tshirt, 

coffee mug or other memorabilia. 

The bookstore will be 

open, Friday and Saturday, 

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

An Alcoholics Anonymous 

meeting is held every Friday 

night on campus in the multipurpose 

room in the Junior 

Building from 7:30 p.m. to 

9:00 p.m. Alumni and friends 

are welcome. 

Lost and Found 

Items can be turned in or 

claimed at the Robert Saltonstall 

Gymnasium reception area. 

Messages 

To reach someone during the 

weekend, call (617) 898-2337. 

Alumni relations staff check 

messages regularly and will post 

messages at the Registration & 

Hospitality Center. In case of an 

emergency, please contact 

Campus Safety at (617) 898- 

2911.

Class Notes 

1931 

Elizabeth Borden died 

November 19, 2002, in Falmouth 

Foreside, Maine. She was a former 

trustee of Milton Academy. 

1933 

At 87, Gorham Brigham is the 

oldest employee of Citizens Bank 

of Massachusetts. 

Fitzwilliam Sargent Jr. ’33 died 

on October 18, 2002. His son, 

Fitzwilliam Sargent III ’65, his 

daughters, Beatrice Sargent 

Allen ’58, Susan Sargent Gregg 

’61 and Pauline Sargent ’63 and 

granddaughters, Katherine Rose 

Sargent ’93 and Hilary 

Elizabeth Sargent ’97 attended 

Milton Academy. 

1935 

Rose Weld Baldwin’s granddaughter, 

Naja Baldwin ’05, is 

now a Milton Academy matriculant. 

Naja’s father, Philip Weld 

Baldwin ’66, attended Milton. 

Rose represented Naja’s parents, 

who live in Paris, at Parents’ 

Weekend. She was impressed by 

the students’ class participation 

and self-assurance. 

Mary de Caradeuc 

Bartholomew is now limited in 

her activities, but her husband, 

four daughters and their spouses, 

five grandchildren and three 

great-grandchildren keep her 

happy through visits and 

exchange of email. 

Eliot Knowles died September 

13, 2002. He was the husband of 

Betty Kirkendall Knowles. Eliot 

Knowles spent most of his professional 

life as an employee of the 

Merchants National Bank, beginning 

as a summer runner, becoming 

president of the bank in 1967 

and retiring as chairman of the 

board in 1975. He was an avid 

sailor who enjoyed sailing on 

Buzzards Bay and his membership 

in the New Bedford Yacht Club. 

Polly Gaddis Roosevelt lives in 

the countryside north of 

Baltimore, Maryland. 

1936 

Molly Howe Lynn is an ACE 

(American Council on Exercise) 

certified personal trainer and clinical 

exercise specialist. She is also a 

certified Pilates teacher, arthritis 

water exercise instructor, crosscountry 

biker and president of 

Senior Exercise Lifestyle Services, 

Inc. She has three children, five 

grandchildren, and one greatgrandson. 

1937 

Constance Foss Antony lost her 

husband in an auto accident on 

November 18, 2001, in Maui, 

Hawaii. 

Rebeckah Du Bois Glazebrook 

enjoys the winter in Osprey, 

Florida. Last summer she recovered 

from foot surgery and visited 

with her grandchildren. 

Lucie Sewell Marshall moved to 

The Woods, a senior community 

in northern California. She enjoys 

life on the California coast. She 

writes, works in the library, and 

enjoys time with friends. Lucie 

looks forward to visits with her 

children and grandchildren. 

1940 

John Murdock is in good shape 

despite a stay at Sloane Kettering 

in New York two years ago. John 

has 10 grandchildren. He hopes 

to stop by Forbes House soon. 

The Mackenzie-Dennison family. From left to right: Malcolm Thayer Dennison 

’05, Jane Atkinson Mackenzie ’48, John Francis Dennison ’05, Jane Mackenzie 

Dennison ’72, Malcolm Stillman Mackenzie ’37. 

1941 

Phil Suter’s grandson, Charley 

Suter ’03, has enjoyed his threeyear 

stay at Milton. Phil looks forward 

to Charley’s graduation in 

June. 

1942 

After 52 years, four children, ten 

grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren, 

Kenneth Howes 

and his wife, Augusta, left 

Framingham and moved to Fox 

Hill Village in Westwood, 

Massachusetts. 

1943 

Retirement suits Russell Murray: 

“Every day is a weekend; commuters 

fighting traffic bring evil 

smiles to this former commuter’s 

face; Tuscan delights completely 

outweigh airport rigmarole and 

speculations about the future 

make me glad that I wasn’t born a 

whole lot later than 1925.” 

Although slowed by a car accident 

and subsequent operation, Anne 

Rollins Ranhoff and her husband 

“have the farm and our minds.” 

Their seven children threw them a 

50th wedding party last June. 

1944 

Byam and Miriam Whitney ’45 

are residents of Nashua, New 

Hampshire, not far from 

wrestling archrival Exeter. They 

miss Milton, but are making new 

friends in Nashua. 

1946 

Jacquetta Burn-Callandler 

Nisbet presented a lecture, 

“Contemporary Design from 

Ethnic Roots,” at the Guala Arts 

Center in California. For more 

than 40 years, she has studied the 

Indian weaving of the Americas 

and the Tapestry rug weaves of 

the Navajo. Her husband writes 

and organizes environmentally 

supportive efforts for endangered 

species and natural resources. 

Jacquetta and Susan Bowditch 

Badger ’55 are in the local community 

chorale; they share fond 

memories of former faculty member 

Howard Abell. 

1947 

Lewis Braverman is sorry he 

missed the 55th reunion, but he 

was out of the country. He is the 

chief of endocrinology, diabetes 

and nutrition at Boston Medical 

Center and BU School of 

Medicine. 


Maximilian Kempner helped to 

prepare the reapportionment plan 

for the Vermont legislative districts. 

The legislature resolved its 

partisan impasse over reapportionment 

on the final day of legislative 

session, and adopted most 

of the plan rather than have the 

Vermont Supreme Court draw the 

district lines. 

William Rotch died in 

Charlottesville, Virginia, on 

December 11, 2002. 

After losing his wife, Joyce, in 

1998, Rodman Sharp never 

expected to marry again. As good 

fortune would have it, he met 

Emily in December 2000, and 

they married in January 2002. 

Emily is a retired French professor 

from the University of Hawaii, 

where she taught for 24 years. 

1948 

John Belash picked up from 

Westport, Connecticut, and 

“washed ashore” on Nantucket 

Island for year-round life. At the 

end of July, John had a hip 

replacement. 

Anita Kunhardt’s son, David 

Kunhardt ’68, adopted a child 

from Kazakhstan in April 2001. 

Anita’s seven other grandchildren 

live in California and Santiago, 

Chile. 

1949 

John Nash’s three children have 

produced six grandchildren. 

John’s youngest son, Jonathan, his 

wife and their 1-year-old child are 

settled at “Bill and Marion’s 

farm.” In all it has eight acres, a 

1737 cape farmhouse and barn, 

the yacht club sixth fairway to the 

north and the historical society 

forest to the west. Their son, Tim, 

lives in Hingham, and their 

daughter, Emily, lives in Dover. 


1950 

Grace Knowlton enjoys being a 

sculptor and a grandmother – 

“actually, the other way around – 

a grandmother and a sculptor!” 

she writes. 

1951 

John Paul Salsgiver died June 8, 

2002, in Scottsdale, Arizona. 

On a recent trip to Santa Fe, 

classmate Bill Field provided 

Andrew Ward with a tour of 

the city’s newest museum, the 

Museum of Spanish Colonial Art. 

1954 

Rosamond van der Linde married 

James Gilmartin. She is writing 

a book on the secrets of life. 

Lilla Lyon retired from medicine 

and divides her time between 

Manhattan and New Hampshire. 

Her book, Hello Mongolia, was 

published by Ten Pell Books in 

the spring of 2001 and received 

the Binghamton University Milt 

Kessler Poetry Book Award for 

2002. 

At Dexter School’s Prize Day, 

Tom Rossiter received a standing 

ovation for 40 years of service to 

the school. 

1955 

Daphne Abeel’s recent adventure 

was a trip to Armenia for The 

Armenian Mirror Spectator. See 

Daphne’s reflections on page 56. 

After 38 years of teaching chemistry 

and physics and coaching 

soccer and basketball, Walter 

Hinchman retired in June 2002 

from the Pomfret School in 

Connecticut. He will remain 

active with Camp Wabun and will 

live in Pomfret. 

1956 

Read Albright completed 35 

years of coaching football at the 

Fenn School in Connecticut. Of 

the 200 friends who celebrated 

with him, more than 50 former 

players returned for the event. 

Of his coaching, Read said, “I 

thought it was wonderful to be 

able to teach the lessons of life to 

our kids through football. I wanted 

them to enjoy the experience 

and have fun with the game.” 

Laura Crocker runs a Siberian 

husky sled-dog team in 

Minnesota, Oregon, Colorado 

and California. She has 19 dogs 

and lives in a log cabin at 8,000 

feet and leaving home requires 

snowshoeing. 

Deborah Dunham Gershon 

commenced a new life at 63 with 

a second marriage. She takes care 

of her son, who has Asperger’s 

Syndrome, and appraises decorative 

art, film, video and works on 

paper. 

Elizabeth Reece Hall assisted at 

the home birth of her first grandchild, 

Matilda Elizabeth Allen, on 

Great Cranberry Island, Maine. 

Matilda was born in August. 

Rupert Hitzig produced 

NASCAR for FOXTV and is 

going to Italy to write a new 

movie. He wonders if it is possible 

to go back to Class IV and do it 

all over again. “It still remains the 

best four years of my life (and the 

rest has been pretty darn good).” 

After the acquisition of the bank 

where he was president, Thomas 

Hoppin took a year off to restore 

a 38-foot Morgan yawl. With four 

grandchildren and three of four 

children in the area, Thomas is 

very busy. 

John Reidy retired from Salomon 

Smith Barney last spring. “All 

those events with Congress, the 

SEC and several states’ attorneys 

general came less than six months 

after my final Entertainment, 

Media and Telecom Conference 

last January in Scottsdale, 

Arizona. I was joined at the conference 

by Roger Cheever ’63 

and his wife Jane, in a cast of 

1,800 clients and corporate representatives.” 

John moved out of 

New York City to his house on 

Mount Vernon Street in Boston 

and his brand new home in 

Wareham, Massachusetts. John 

plans to spend time in the Greater 

Boston area with non-profit 

organizations in the fields of education 

(Milton as trustee, and as 

part of the Overseers’ Visiting 

Committee at Harvard Graduate 

School of Education, Harvard 

Alumni Association and College 

Fund), environment (the New 

Bedford-based Coalition for 

Buzzards Bay) and external affairs 

(the U.N. Association of Boston 

headed by Arthur Holcombe ’58 

and the Tibet Poverty Alleviation 

Fund). In January, John went to 

his first Salomon Smith Barney 

Entertainment, Media and 

Telecom Conference as a guest 

instead of a host. Friend Roger 

Cheever ’63 and his wife Jane as 

well as godson John “Jay” 

Schneider ’00 also attended the 

event. “Imagine our surprise while 

on a Sunday excursion up to nearby 

Joshua Tree National Park to 

run into Kristin Barry ’88, who 

runs Crossroads Cafe near the 

park’s entrance,” John writes. “Jay 

was wearing a Milton Academy 

polo shirt, which was the key to 

our discovery of Kristin and 

her excellent food. If you are in 

the area, say hi to Kristin and 

have a great meal. Through June 

2003 Jay is at Jesus College, 

Cambridge, where I hope he continues 

to display Milton 

emblems.” 

Marian Lapsley Schwarz runs 

ALMA, the Adult Literary Media 

Alliance. ALMA produces an 

Adult Teaching Show for adults 

without high school diplomas. 

ALMA won two Emmys. The 

show, “TV411,” is broadcast on 

public television nationwide. 

Marian loves the work. She has 

two grandchildren with whom she 

shares a house on the Cape during 

the summer. 

Elizabeth Emerson Wormser 

welcomed her first grandchild, 

Nigel Gerlin Wormser, on July 

20, 2002. Betsy’s partner, Jane, 

welcomed a new grandson two 

months after Nigel on September 

19, 2002. They enjoy being 

grandmothers together.

Murray Dewart ’66 and his sculpture, “Merging Water,” on display at the 

International Sculpture Park in Beijing, China. 

1957 

Susan Smith Faith is the executive 

director of Older Alaskans 

Program Focus. Her granddaughters 

are ages 7, 5 and 2 (twins). 

In August 2002, Henry 

Rogerson and his wife, Inez, sold 

their home in Virginia and moved 

their motor home to Polk City, 

Florida, to oversee construction of 

their new home in an “RV 

Community.” 

Lisa Graves Wardlaw’s first 

grandchild, Eleanor Witt 

Wardlaw, was born in Portland, 

Oregon, to Ted and Lynne 

Wardlaw on August 29, 2002. 

Lisa visited in September and 

stayed with classmate, Erica 

Hartmann. 

Helen Wilmerding Milner is 

getting a master’s degree in postcolonial 

writing. She enjoys 

her classmates, who are in their 

twenties. 

1959 

With both their daughters married, 

Minturn Chace and his 

wife, Helen Clay, enjoy their two 

sons-in-law and four grandchildren 

(ages 7 to 1 month). He 

finds time to ski and sail for recreation. 

Minturn recently spent several 

weeks in Newfoundland and 

the coast of Maine. 

1960 

Tom Bolton, Nick Simonds ’95, 

Sophie Lippincott, Sam Shaw 

’95, Peter Brooks ’95 and Jason 

Bolton ’95 met up at the 2002 

Falmouth Road Race. 

Liz Dominich Cenedella is president 

of Pen & Brush, Inc., a 110year 

old women’s art organization. 

Liz exhibits her quilts and other 

items throughout the New York 

area. 

Penelope Doxzon’s daughter, 

Katie, is in her first year of a master’s 

program in voice performance 

at Temple University in 

Philadelphia. Katie graduated 

magna cum laude from the 

University of North Carolina at 

Charlotte. 

Samuel Harding and his wife, 

Betsy, adopted an orphan in 

Yarostav, Russia, and founded 

Friends of Russian Orphans, a 

public charity. Visit the Web site 

at www.russian-orphans.org. 

Lisa Forbes Tripp moved to 

Sunderland, Massachusetts. 

She is delighted to be back in 

Massachusetts after 27 years in 

Washington, D.C. She hopes to 

be an adjunct professor at 

Amherst. 

1961 

John and Bette Baptiste 

Cooper’s daughter, Alex Cooper 

’02, graduated from Milton last 

June. John and Bette enjoyed the 

upbeat graduation ceremony held 

indoors due to rain. “It is good 

Milton has the facilities to get 

hundreds of people under cover. 

We will miss the closeness to the 

school we experienced over the 

last four years.” 

Harry Smith became a grandfather 

in 2002. On December 10, 

2002, Daniel Smith ’91 and his 

wife, Sarah, welcomed baby girl, 

Sage Hava McGinley-Smith. 

Harry is editor-in-chief of The 

Psychoanalytic Quarterly. He was 

awarded the 2001 Journal Prize of 

the Journal of the American 

Psychoanalytic Association for a 

paper, “Hearing Voices and the 

Fate of Analysts’ Identifications.” 

1964 

Nicholas Hinch is a B-777 standards 

and checking captain at 

United Airlines. He flew the inaugural 

flight of the B-777 from San 

Francisco to Tapei, Taiwan in 

April 2002. 

1965 

Mary Watson Hawley, a portrait 

artist, is married to Rick Hawley, 

the headmaster of University 

School in Cleveland, Ohio. Mary 

has three daughters: Kate (29) in 

theater in Chicago; Jessie (27) in 

theater in New York; and Claire 

(21), a Middlebury College studio 

art major. 

Judith Whiteside teaches ninthand 

tenth-grade English at 

Wareham High School. Her 

daughter, Christina, is away for 

the semester; her son, Ray, is a 

freshman in college. 

1966 

Murray Dewart’s latest piece, 

“Merging Water,” is on display at 

the International Sculpture Park 

in Beijing, China. His piece 

incorporates bronze, granite and 

copper and was commissioned by 

the Beijing government in preparation 

for the 2008 Olympics. 

Murray and his wife, Mary, enjoy 

the Chinese culture. 

1967 

Gretchen Wagner Feero’s daughter, 

Eliza, is a senior and her 

daughter, Amanda, is a junior in 

high school. Gretchen missed the 

class reunion to go to Amanda’s 

crew. She hopes to be on campus 

next time. 

Anna Hayes left her farm and 

marriage of 21 years to work on 

music. She expects to work in the 

financial strategic planning side of 

biotechnology. Meanwhile, she 

devotes much time to her 10year-old 

son, and lives in rural 

Maine. 

Thomas Howland cannot retire 

yet with his two oldest children in 

college and the youngest child in 

fifth grade. He works at Chubb 

and Son Insurance, and travels to 

South America on the company’s 

behalf. 


After six years as a school head 

and twenty years as a clinical 

social worker, Jana Palfreyman 

Porter moved with her husband, 

Bob, to a small town on the 

Rhode Island coast where they 

fish, canoe and garden. Jana is an 

editorial assistant for the local 

newspaper and works on freelance 

writing projects. 

1969 

Quorum Books announces the 

publication of Investing in China: 

Legal, Financial and Regulatory 

Risk by William B. Gamble. The 

book is an economic analysis of 

the legal infrastructure of the 

People’s Republic of China and its 

impact on risk for both the direct 

and the indirect investor. 

1972 

Peter Brown lives and works in 

Singapore where he designs and 

makes stained glass windows. He 

also teaches at his church’s Sunday 

school, encouraging the children 

in small theater projects, making 

masks, costumes and puppets. 

1974 

Betsey Crow Blake published an 

article in a national publication of 

the Depressive Bipolar Support 

Association, www.ndmda.org. 

Recently, she worked on publicity 


for the play, Tons of Money, which 

her husband Bob directed to kick 

off the 78th season of the local 

community theater, The Stratton 

Playhouse. Bob was awarded a 

lifetime membership to Stratton. 

1975 

Robert Blake and his wife, Sofia, 

were assigned to New Delhi. 

Robert will be the number-two 

official at the American Embassy. 

Kym Lew Nelson’s business, the 

Klew Company, is off the ground. 

Kym enjoys her home office, her 

family and her 4-year-old daughter, 

Sydney. 

1977 

Elizabeth Burns’s novel, TILT, 

comes out in March. The title was 

changed from Year of Meteors. 

About the opening of the newly 

constructed Basketball Hall of 

Fame, Ted Fish, president of 

Peabody Construction, said “All 

of us at Peabody Construction 

share tremendous pride to have 

built this facility, which is being 

touted as the world’s most spectacular 

sports museum.” 

1979 

William Lobkowicz, his wife 

Sandra, and son William, visited 

with First Lady Laura Bush in the 

Czech Republic in May. Mrs. 

Bush enjoyed a personalized tour 

of the Lobkowicz Rare Books 

Library, a collection of over 

65,000 volumes of first editions 

dating back to the 14th century. 

Ian McCutcheon and his wife, 

Hilary, have a new son, Felix, 

born January 7, 2002. 

James McDermott left the court 

system and went into private 

practice at the law firm Williams 

and Mahoney. James and his wife, 

Mary Beth, have three sons: 

Conor, Gavin and Kevin. 

1980 

Leo and Lee LaPlante’s ’80 twin daughters, Jacqueline and Juliette. Evan Bliss Eldridge, son of Chris ’81 

and Michelle Eldridge 

Lee LaPlante and her husband, 

Leo, welcomed identical twin 

daughters, Jacqueline Laura and 

Juliette Grace, on July 14, 2002. 

They are thrilled and have so 

much fun watching them grow. 

“Being a twin myself, I know how 

special that bond is,” says Lee. 

Leo and Lee live in Malibu where 

he remodels, builds and does 

high-end finish work, and Lee is a 

realtor, and serves as vice president 

of the Malibu Association of 

Realtors. They recently returned 

from New York where Lee caught 

up with Helen Train Klebnikov 

and her three children. Lee also 

sees Rebecca Williams Rider in 

San Diego several times a year. 

Jonathan Schwartz and Sophie 

Ziegler are thrilled to announce 

the birth of their son, Simon Ray 

Ziegler Schwartz, on October 14, 

2002. Simon joins his brother, 

Reed Eli, who is now 21 months 

old. 

1981 

Marcy Levine Aldrich is delighted 

to announce the birth of her 

second child. Abigail Charlotte 

Aldrich was born on August 13, 

2002, joining big brother, 

Matthew. The Aldriches moved 

into a new home in Pinecrest, 

Florida, a month before Abigail 

was born. 

Tom Curran directed the awardwinning 

movie, Adrift, with the 

help of Jide Zeitlin, co-executive 

producer Jessica Hallowell 

Lindley, and writer Llew Smith 

’72. Adrift was screened, among 

other places, at the Museum of 

Fine Arts, Boston, the Woods 

Hole Film Festival, and in 

Provincetown at the New Art 

Cinemas. 

Michelle and Chris Eldridge 

announce the birth of their son, 

Evan Bliss, on June 2, 2002. 

1982 

At a friend’s home in Louisville, 

Kentucky, Emily Bingham, her 

husband and their hosts realized 

that both wives attended Milton 

Academy and both husbands 

attended Phillips Exeter. 

Marianne Cabot Welch ’78 and 

Emily enjoyed a laugh over the 

coincidence. Emily teaches at 

local colleges and universities 

while revising her U.S. History 

dissertation for publication next 

Teddi, daughter of J.B. Pritzker ’82

Chloe Palmer Atkinson, daughter of Tess and Sam Atkinson ’82 

year. Mordecai: An Early American 

Family (Hill & Way, 2003) relates 

the dramatic story of a 19th century 

Jewish family’s struggle to 

achieve success and respectability. 

Bonnie MacDonald’s husband, 

Dr. Robert Gould, died suddenly 

of heart problems while playing 

tennis on August 26, 2002. He 

was 42. Robert worked at 

Massachusetts General Hospital 

and was an assistant professor in 

the Department of Psychiatry at 

Harvard Medical School. Rob and 

Bonnie were married in 1991 and 

have two daughters: Olivia (8) 

and Louisa (4). 

J.B. Pritzker welcomed a new 

daughter, Teddi Pritzker, to the 

Pritzker family. 

Susanna Hodges Salk lives in 

Roxbury, Connecticut with her 

husband, Eric Salk, and two sons: 

Oliver (7) and Winston (2). Her 

play, The Beacon Hill Book Club, 

will premiere this September at 

the Seven Angels Theatre in 

Waterbury, Connecticut. She is a 

contributing editor to Elle Décor 

Magazine. 

After reunion, Bennett Schneider 

taught classes at Milton Academy. 

He was named one of the Grand 

Marshals for the Los Angeles Gay 

Pride Parade 2002. Recently, 

Bennett heard from Cobina 

Gillitt Asmara ’83, who is off to 

Indonesia and Germany with her 

husband and two children after 

receiving a doctorate in performance 

studies from NYU. Bennet 

attended a barbeque at former 

faculty member, Peter Phinney’s, 

Los Angeles home, where he 

saw Matthew Moore ’81 and 

Stephan Fopeano ’81. 

1983 

Cathy Day Carlson is earning a 

master’s in education to be a parent-child 

advocate. Cathy is 

involved in fieldwork in a special 

needs classroom at a local public 

elementary school. She says that it 

can be a challenge balancing her 

new career with her three children, 

but her husband, Dave, is 

supportive and the work is fulfilling. 

Jay Samek is a researcher at the 

Center for Global Change and 

Earth Observations at Michigan 

State University. Jay travels to 

Southeast Asia to collect satellite 

data to look at global changes. 

His wife, Manila, works in a nearby 

salon and his daughter, 

Raching, just started seventh 

grade. Jay looks forward to the 

20th reunion in May. 

Alexander Scott is engaged to 

Whitney Old. 

Mark Tompkins moved home to 

East Hampton, New York; 

bought a house; and got married 

on September 22, 2002. 

1984 

Ligia Brickus ran into John 

Bisbee at the opening reception 

for his New York show. Her sister, 

Ruta Brickus ’86, and Ruta’s 

husband, Quinn, welcomed a 

baby boy, M. Kovas Moore, on 

October 28, 2002. Ligia saw 

Michael Gitlitz ’86 and his wife, 

Rita, at their annual Halloween 

party and visited Susan Evans 

Bohan and her family on the 

West Coast. Susan, John and their 

two boys just added a baby girl, 

Nina, to their family. Susan also 

ran into Katie Andrews ’86 and 

her new puppy. 

Lacey Chylack sends greetings to 

all at Milton and would like to 

keep in touch with her classmates. 

Asher Lipman moved back to 

New York and recently saw Peter 

Campbell ’85. 

Rowena Yeung and her husband 

Tom welcomed their second son, 

Alexander, on March 15, 2002. 

Alexander’s older brother, 

Christopher, is in second grade. 

Rowena is taking the next few 

years off from her business litigation 

practice to enjoy her family. 

1985 

Tom Clayton and his wife, 

Cassie Robbins ’87, announce 

the birth of their second child, 

Taylor Brooks Clayton, on July 

17, 2002. 

James Forbes lives in 

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 

with his wife, Alison, and his twoyear-old 

daughter, Alden. 

Jennifer Pick married Steve 

Prether in 2001. 

Daniel Thompson is an associate 

professor and was recently named 

acting assistant chair of the music 

production and engineering 

department at Berklee College of 

Music in Boston. He is also an 

independent writer/producer and 

recording engineer. His work was 

featured on “ER,” “Melrose 

Place,” “Touched by an Angel” 

and “Providence” and most 

recently in the teen thriller, Swim 

Fan. 

1986 

Carla Burton Daniels gave birth 

to a son, Aaron Demetrius Alan 

Daniels, in November 2002. 

Milton graduates joined Julie Ward Drew ’86 to celebrate her marriage to 

James Drew in September 2002. From left to right: Charles Cheever, Fay Laing 

Chen, James Drew, John Marshall, Julie Ward Drew, Farah Pandith, Caroline 

Walsh Sabin, Robert Ball, Brooke Coldiron Penders. 


Diana Donovan and her husband, 

Andy, will travel to New 

Zealand for three months to backpack, 

take pictures, explore and 

possibly work on some organic 

farms. Diana recently worked at 

Webshots as the communications 

director; Andy is a general contractor 

in San Francisco. They 

hope to pick up their old careers 

or find new ones when they 

return. 

Julie Ward Drew married James 

Drew on September 21, 2002. 

Attending the wedding were 

Charles Cheever, Fay Laing 

Chen, John Marshall, Farah 

Pandith, Caroline Walsh Sabin, 

Robert Ball, Brooke Coldiron 

Penders and Bill Ward ’00. 

James and Julie live in Redwood 

City, California where they often 

see Wendy Millet-Trice and 

Erika Mobley. 

Vanessa Robinson and her husband, 

David, welcomed their 

daughter, Cassandra, into their 

family on June 26, 2002. 

1987 

Alethia Jones is a doctoral candidate 

in political science at Yale 

University. She is a dissertation 

fellow at Mount Holyoke College 

in Massachusetts. 

Tenley Stephenson left Boston 

and her job as an assistant district 

attorney in the winter of 2001 to 

move with her husband to Palo 

Alto, California. She took the 

California bar exam and is awaiting 

the results. Jon Rubenstein 

moved to the Bay area and the 

two have reunited. Tenley saw 

Sarah Sze’s site sculpture at the 

San Francisco Modern Art 

Museum. 

1988 

Kristin Barry lives in Joshua 

Tree, California. Kristen opened 

her first business, a restaurant/ 

coffee house/tavern, in 1999 

(www.crossroadscafeandtavern.com). 

She is in touch with Jenna 

Moskowitz who lives in 


Manhattan and is excelling in the 

theatrical world; Mandy Roth 

who lives near Seattle on an island 

with her partner and takes a ferry 

boat every day to work; and Abby 

Smith Davis, who works for a 

hospital and is a minister in 

Minneapolis. 

Tatiana and Eric Sievers welcomed 

their daughter, Nadezhda 

(Nadia) Alexandra Sievers, on 

November 25, 2002. 

Lindsay Jewett Sturman and her 

husband, Dan, live with their 

daughter, Edie, in Los Angeles. 

They are expecting another 

daughter in September. 

1989 

Ann Diederich teaches French 

and Spanish in Brooklyn, New 

York, at the Packer Collegiate 

Institute. 

Alexander Rogers lives in 

Georgia and is completing his fellowship 

in pediatric emergency 

medicine at Emory University. 

Robert Rosenthal and his wife, 

Malini, welcomed a daughter, 

Sophie, on June 23, 2002. “I now 

have the complete suburban complement: 

wife, child, house, dog, 

car and grill,” writes Robert. 

1990 

Louis Berk took a two-month 

trip to Southeast Asia with Eric 

Morrissey ’90. Eric spent three 

years in Kunming, China, and 

the northern Shan State of 

Burma/Myanmar. The pair saw 

Burma, Laos and planned to 

visit Cambodia, Vietnam and 

Kunming. 

After working as a telecom consultant 

for two years in Beijing, 

Sage Brennan spent the summer 

traveling the United States visiting 

with friends and family. She 

left in October 2002 for a year in 

Australia and New Zealand. 

Sarah Bynum and Dana Jackson 

were married in Brookline, 

Massachusetts, on September 15, 

Sarah Bynum and Dana Jackson (Class of 1990) were married September 15, 

2001. Milton graduates in attendance included (front row, from left to right): 

Deborah Jackson, Sandy Batchelder ’50, Lily Batchelder ’90, Sarah Bynum ’90, 

Dana Jackson ’90, Aisha Harris Cofield ’90. Back row: Rebekah Sturges ’90, 

Jack Harris ’90, Ema Jacobson-Sive ’90, Meika Neblett ’90, Jeff Jackson ’98, 

Dierdra Reber ’90, Jim Fitzgibbons ’52 

2001. In attendance were 

Rebekah Sturges, Jack Harris, 

Emma Jacobson-Sive ’92, Meika 

Neblett, Jeff Jackson ’98, 

Dierdra Reber, Jim Fitzgibbons 

’52, Sandy Batchelder ’50, Lily 

Batchelder, Aisha Harris 

Cofield, Jennifer Bodnik, Todd 

Fry (former faculty), Roxana 

Alger Geffen, Jenna Glasser, 

Haven Ley ’96, Rob McCloskey 

’91, and Sukari Neblett ’97. 

Anthony Prud’homme enjoys 

living in Port Townsend, 

Washington, with Peter, his partner 

of seven years. He is an artist 

and interior designer. He stays in 

touch with Molly Breckenridge 

Garza, Chad Kessler and Abby 

Hartzler. 

1991 

We reported Kate Brooks 

Leness’s wedding incorrectly. Her 

wedding to Tony Leness took 

place in August 2001. 

Tamsen Curoso Brown and her 

husband, Michael, became parents 

on January 27, 2002. Their 

daughter, Dillon Angelina, is 

doing well. 

John Corey is renovating a new 

home at 102 Myrtle Street in 

Boston. “If you are on Beacon 

Hill, stop by to see me work!” 

Deborah Cornwall is a civil 

rights lawyer in New York at 

Cochran, Neufeld and Scheck, 

representing people who spent 

years in prison for crimes they did 

not commit and have been exonerated 

by DNA testing. She lives 

in Brooklyn. 

Brad Critchell graduated from 

Columbia Law School in 2000 

and is an investment banker at 

Credit Suisse First Boston in New 

York. He will be married in May 

2003.

Kathleen Lintz Rein ’92 and Jonathan Rein were married on May 4, 2002. Milton friends in attendance included, front 

row (from left to right): Peter Scobolic ’92, Mauricio Fernholz ’92 and Eliot Merrill ’89. Second Row: Molly Walsh ’92, 

Clint Murray ’92, Jenna Bertocchi ’92, Kathleen Lintz Rein ‘92, Jonathan Rein ’92, Holly Leitzes Johnson ’92, Anne 

McManus ’91, Gillian Grossman ’92, Kaki Andrews ’84, Ia Andrews ’88, Cecilia Andrews (former faculty) and Guy Hughes 

(former faculty). Third Row: Cyrus Frelinghuysen ’92, Caleb Dewart ’92, Merrick Axel ’92, Andreas Lazar ’91, Jenny 

O’Shea ’86, Michael Douglas ’91, Phil Lintz ’95, Eddie Lintz ’89 and Phil Andrews ’53. 

Amer Saab earned a master’s in 

business administration from 

Boston University in September 

2002 and works in revenue 

growth division at FleetBoston 

Financial. 

Abdol-Ali Soltani works in 

Oakland for Californians for 

Justice and was married in May 

2002 to Grace Kong, whom he 

met in college. John Courey, 

Tyler Graham, Mike Finegold 

and Adam Berrey ’89 attended 

the wedding. 

Angela Wong and her husband, 

Lawrence, moved to the Midwest 

where is a pediatrician at St. Louis 

Children’s Hospital. 

1992 

Tanya Earls Milner was married 

to Khari James Milner on 

June 15, 2002 in Cambridge, 

Massachusetts. Milton friends in 

attendance included David 

Leopold, Phil Ravenscroft, 

Nate Bihldorff, Sophie Koven, 

Gillian Grossman, Heidi Baer, 

Jonathan Horwitt, Tim Pappas, 

Jess Meyer ’95, Caleb Miller, 

Paul Ghosh-Roy and Dan 

Ghosh-Roy. 

Jonathan Rein and Kathleen 

Lintz Rein were married in 

Naples, Florida, on May 4, 2002. 

Groomsmen included Andreas 

Lazar ’91, Peter Scoblic, Eddie 

Lintz ’89 and Phil Lintz ’95. 

Bridesmaids included Anne 

McManus ’91, Jenna Bertocchi 

and Liz O’Shea. The couple lives 

in London. Jon is a vice president 

at the mergers, acquisitions and 

restructuring advisory firm, 

Gleacher & Co. Kathleen is taking 

a year off before starting her 

medical residency in psychiatry. 

The couple will spend three 

months in Australia and return to 

the United States in 2003. 

1993 

Doug Chavez in New York City 

is a financial planner for Sean 

Jean, a men’s clothing company, 

as well as a promoter for nightclubs 

throughout the city. Over 

the past summer, he attended the 

weddings of three Milton friends: 

Rolando Cruz, Sheldon Ison 

and Tiffany McDonald ’92. 

Dana Critchell is in her second 

year at Columbia Medical School 

and lives in New York. 

Victoria Davis ’94 sends her congratulations 

to Nick Burger who 

is engaged. 

Sheldon Ison married Jacki 

Thompson on June 21, 2002, in 

Clinton, Ohio. 

Simon Tang lives in New York, 

and works hard as a product manager 

at Pfiser, Inc. He recently 

caught up with Julia Travers at a 

friend’s wedding and had a great 

time. He’s also in close touch with 

Nathalie ’95 and Graham 

Goodkin, who he promised to see 

more often. “Love to hear from 

the Wolcott boys, the Miltones 

and ex-Chamber Singers!” 

1994 

Laura and John Collins moved to 

Durham, North Carolina, where 

John is pursuing law and business 

degrees at Duke University. 

Amanda Cox returned from 

Amsterdam where she worked on 

a project for six months converting 

a post-industrial site into a 

park-cultural city. She saw Willa 

Leus, who lives in Paris. She 

attends Harvard’s Graduate 

School of Design for landscape 

architecture. 

After four years, Sam Drohan left 

her San Francisco home. Heidi 

Wiemeyer and Sam were roommates 

in San Francisco until this 

fall when Heidi left to pursue a 

master’s of business administration 

at Tuck Business School. Sam 

will stay with Dune Thorne in 

Cambridge until she figures out 

her next destination; she looks 

forward to catching up with classmates 

in the Boston area. 

Milton alumni gathered to celebrate the marriage of Tanya Earls Milner ’92 to 

Khari James Milner on June 15, 2002, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From left 

to right: David Leopold, Phil Ravenscroft, Nate Bihldorff, Sophie Koven, Gillian 

Grossman, Heidi Baer, Jonathan Horwitt, Tim Pappas, all Class of 1992, and Jess 

Meyer ’95. 


Sheldon Ison ’93 and Jacki Thompson were wed on June 21, 2002, in Clinton, 

Ohio. Milton alumni, all class of ’93, in attendance were: Ronnell Wilson, 

Juan Fernandez, Jenny Vendetti Fernandez, Kem Poston, Al Yu, Rolando Cruz, 

Jacki Thompson Ison, Sheldon Ison, Julian Cowart, Graham Goodkin and Doug 

Chavez. 

1995 

Christine Curley was married 

on June 15, 2002, to Nicholas 

Skiadas in Boston. They were 

joined by several Milton classmates, 

including: Andre Heard 

’93, Greg Hampton ’93, Spencer 

Dickinson ’93, Peter Garran 

’94, Edward Fenster, Katherine 

Rochlin; bridesmaids included 

Kerry Bystrom and Colby 

Hunter-Thomson. Christine and 

Niko enjoyed a honeymoon on 

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the Greek Islands and live in 

Manhattan. Christine will graduate 

from Penn Medical in May 

and will start an ob-gyn residency 

in July. Niko is a senior associate 

at Tishman Speyer Properties. 

Scott Tremaine married Maria 

Lafuente on July 26 in 

Guadarama, Spain. Peter Kim 

attended the wedding. Scott is in 

the international master of business 

program at the University of 

Chicago with Andrew Clayton 

’89. 

1996 

Maggie Ridge works at a public 

relations firm in New York. She is 

applying to graduate school and 

acting and singing as she can. She 

graduated from Barnard College 

in February 2001 with a degree in 

European history and theater. 

Brian White placed first in his 

age group and third overall in the 

Vineman Ironman Triathlon in 

Northern California. He set a 

course record in the swim portion 

of the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile 

bike ride and 26.2-mile run. 

Macy Raymond finished the 

2002 Boston Marathon in three 

hours and 57 minutes. She taught 

Milton graduates pose for a picture during the wedding of Christine Curley 

Skiadas ‘95 and Nicholas Skiadas. Front row (from left to right): Katherine 

Rochlin ’95, Nicholas Skiadas (groom), Colby Hunter-Thomson ’95, Christine 

Curley Skiadas ’95 (bride) and Kerry Bystrom ’95. Back row: Andre Heard ’93, 

Greg Hampton ’93, Spencer Dickinson ’93, Edward Fenster ’95 and Peter 

Garran ’94. 

Introduction to Creative Writing 

at the University of Pennsylvania 

last spring. Her short story, “2nd 

to the Right and Straight on ’til 

Morning,” won the Phi Beta 

Kappa Fiction Award in 2002. 

She will complete a creative writing 

fellowship in St. Petersburg, 

Russia, in 2003. 

1997 

Helena Baillie graduated in 

May 2002 from the Curtis 

Institute of Music. She attends 

Yale University. 

Martina Baillie graduated with 

honors from Washington 

University in Saint Louis in 

August 2001. In August 2002, 

Martina graduated from the 

University of Chicago with a master’s 

in social sciences in American 

legal history. 

Eno Sarris finished a master’s 

degree at Stanford and works as a 

textbook publisher. He is happy 

in San Francisco. 

Last year, Jamie Scott taught 

ninth grade in Philadelphia. She 

spent July touring Europe, stopping 

in Paris, Cap d’Antibes, 

Rome, Athens and Venice. In 

August, she moved to New York 

to work as an instructional facilitator 

helping urban high school 

teachers improve their curricula 

and reduce drop out rates. 

Recently, she was accepted into 

the Grace Church Choral Society. 

She enjoys seeing fellow New 

Yorkers, Jay Haverty and Josh 

Olken. 

Contact Alumni 

Relations at 

617-898-2385 or 

alumni@milton.edu.

Six Miltonians took part in the Falmouth Road Race. From left to right: Nick 

Simonds ’95, Sophie Lippincott, Tom Bolton ’60, Sam Shaw ’95, Peter Brooks 

’95 and Jason Bolton ’95. 

1998 

Zakia Dilday is in Houston, 

Texas finishing her training with 

Teach for America. She spoke to 

Sabrina Harvey ’99 several times 

but has not “had the good fortune 

of actually seeing her.” She saw 

Emma Dogget, also in Houston 

for training, and speaks with 

Savitri Bishnath ’99, Erika 

Symmonds, Abena Asare and 

Amyntrah Maxwell ’99. 

Sarah Kahan lives in 

Washington, D.C., where she 

works for Assistant Surgeon 

General Blumenthal in the U.S. 

Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

Jorge Ramallo traveled to Costa 

Rica, Germany and Bolivia. Jorge 

is applying to medical school this 

year. He is in touch with Derrick 

Chan, and would like to be in 

touch with Grace Chung, and 

other classmates. 

2000 

Jennifer Bartlett is a selfdesigned 

major in urban studies 

and a minor in architectural studies 

at Trinity College. She is a 

member of the varsity swimming 

team and was named to the 

All New England Team in 50 

Breaststroke during the 2001– 

2002 season. Jennifer is an 

academic mentor to first-year 

students. She spent the summer 

semester in Rome. 

2001 

Robert Bentinck-Smith loves 

Bucknell where he rows crew. 

Kate Henderson published an 

article in the August-September 

2002 issue of SAIL Magazine. 

Kate is a sophomore at Brown 

University and a member of the 

Brown Sailing Team. 

2002 

Thomas Pilla enjoys Dartmouth 

College. He played in a fall 

lacrosse tournament at Johns 

Hopkins University in Baltimore, 

Maryland. 

Deaths 

1923 Mary Marvin Patterson 

1924 Ellerton Pratt Whitney 

1925 Edward Burling 

1927 George Warner Gibson 

1928 John Farlow 

Stephen Stackpole 

1929 William Irving Clark 

1930 Robert Shaw Russell 

1931 Elizabeth Borden 

1932 William Carter Quinby 

1933 Fitzwilliam Sargent 

Edward Morgan Brooks 

1935 Eliot Stetson Knowles 

1936 John Heffron Sisson 

1937 Steven Bittenbender 

Malcolm Mackenzie 

Walter Sprague Robbins 

1939 James Lawder Gamble 

William Sprague Hodgson 

1940 Frank Lynn 

1941 Mary Hackett Shaw 

1942 Junius Beebe 

1943 Desmond Callan 

Harriet Lidgerwood 

John Herbert Ross 

1946 Mark Ellis Gordon 

1947 William Rotch 

1948 Antonia Stone 

1950 John Paul Salsgiver 

1952 Gertrude Altemus 

Vanderveer 

1953 Elizabeth “Blue” Faxon 

1958 Jackson Sloan 

1959 Joseph Arthur Kinnealey 

1963 Louisa Page Stetson 

1966 Elizabeth Wiltsee 

1988 Darryl Vance 


Mary M.B. Patterson ’23 Dies; 

Cinematographer Donated Calvert Archaeological Site 

Mary Marvin Breckinridge 

Patterson, 97, a former cinematographer, 

photographer and 

broadcaster who donated land 

in Calvert County in 1983 for a 

park that is Maryland’s richest 

archaeological site, died Dec. 

11, 2002 at her Washington 

home. She had pneumonia and 

cerebral vascular disease. 

Most of the land that makes up 

the 544-acre Jefferson Patterson 

Park and Museum, at the point 

where St. Leonard Creek enters 

the Patuxent River, was purchased 

in 1932 by Mrs. 

Patterson’s husband, a Foreign 

Service officer who later was 

ambassador to Uruguay. 

Excavations have turned up artifacts 

left by human habitation 

over 12,000 years and fossils 

dating back 12 million years. 

The archaeological remains are 

so rich that when Maryland 

Gov. Harry R. Hughes turned a 

ceremonial shovel of dirt to 

open the park, he unearthed an 

Indian pipe stem and a colonial 

nail. The site, including museum 

facilities, is operated by the 

Maryland Historical Trust. 

Mary Marvin Breckinridge at Milton 

Academy in 1922 


Mrs. Patterson also was a benefactor 

of organizations that 

included IONA Senior Services, 

a lead agency for services for the 

elderly in Washington. The 

organization’s center at 42nd 

Street and Albemarle streets 

NW is named for her mother, 

tire industry heiress Isabella 

Goodrich Breckinridge. Her 

paternal great-grandfather was 

John Cabell Breckinridge, the 

U.S. vice president who ran 

against Abraham Lincoln in 

1860 and was the Confederacy’s 

secretary of war. 

Mrs. Patterson, known as 

Marvin, was an intrepid New 

York debutante who loved to 

play polo as a young woman. 

She was one of the first women 

licensed to fly a plane in the 

United States. 

She rode horseback into the 

Kentucky Mountains in 1930 to 

make a silent documentary 

called “The Forgotten Frontier,” 

about the Frontier Nursing 

Service, founded by her cousin 

Mary Breckinridge. Mrs. 

Patterson had been a courier for 

the service after graduating from 

Vassar College in 1927. She was 

chairman of the nursing service 

from 1960 to 1975. 

In “The Forgotten Frontier,” she 

followed nurse-midwives as they 

delivered babies, treated gunshot 

victims and inoculated schoolchildren. 

The film captured a 

vanishing way of life and was 

later shortened to a 25-minute 

video for public television. The 

original film is included in the 

National Film Registry of the 

Library of Congress. 

Mrs. Patterson returned to 

Kentucky in 1937 to take photographs 

that are considered 

classics and have been shown in 

exhibitions. 

When she was 74, photographs 

she took during a 1932 trip 

from Capetown to Cairo were 

published in a book, “Olivia’s 

African Diary,” based on the 

journal of Olivia Stokes, a friend 

she made when she first lived in 

Washington. 

Mrs. Patterson also took photographs 

for Life, Vogue, Harper’s 

Bazaar, Town & Country and 

other magazines. Photo assignments 

in prewar Europe, including 

a Nazi rally in Nuremburg, 

Germany, led to a renewal of 

friendship with CBS newsman 

Edward R. Murrow. 

He hired her for the program 

“News of the World,” and she 

subsequently made 50 broadcasts 

from European capitals 

over seven months. She was one 

of only a handful of American 

women in Europe working in 

radio and was among the first 

correspondents to use a new 

shortwave transmitter to broadcast 

on location. 

Her work was described in a 

Library of Congress exhibit that 

toured the United States in the 

late 1990s. Called “Women 

Come to the Front: Journalists, 

Photographers and Broadcasters 

During World War II,” it profiled 

eight women: Therese 

Bonney, Esther Bubley, May 

Craig, Janet Flanner, Toni 

Frissell, Dorothea Lange, Clare 

Boothe Luce and Mrs. 

Patterson. 

In 1940, she married Foreign 

Service officer Jefferson 

Patterson, son of a founder of 

the National Cash Register Co. 

They met in Washington and 

were married in Berlin. She later 

accompanied him to posts in 

Peru, Belgium, Egypt, Greece 

and Uruguay. He died in 1977. 

Mrs. Patterson began giving 

away some of her assets, in what 

she called “decollecting,” after 

her husband’s death. Her 

MARPAT foundation made 

grants to cultural, environmental, 

historical and social service 

organizations. 

She served on the boards of the 

Textile Museum, National 

Symphony, Meridian House 

International and International 

Student House and committees 

of the Smithsonian Institution, 

Corcoran Gallery of Art and 

Folger Shakespeare Library. 

Her honors included the Calvert 

Prize, Maryland’s highest award 

for historic preservation. 

She is survived by a daughter, 

Patricia Marvin Patterson 

of Kingston, N.H., and a 

grandson. 

This obituary originally appeared 

in The Washington Post on 

December 17, 2002. 

© 2002, The Washington Post. 

Reprinted with permission.

Education must, then, be not only a 

transmission of culture but also a provider 

of alternative views of the world and a 

strengthener of the will to explore them. 

—Jerome S. Bruner 

If you would like to make a gift to Milton through 

estate planning or would like more information, please 

contact Ben Phinney, director of development, at 

617-898-2374 or ben_phinney@milton.edu.

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