TASIS TODAYSpring 2009

A Magazine for Alumni and Friends of The American School In Switzerland

Commemorative Issue

2-11 Looking Back Mrs. Fleming’s Obituary Eulogies at Funeral •BillEichner •ChristopherMacLehose •BetsyNewell •PaulZazzaro •FernandoGonzalez •TomFleming12 In Addition •BishopGrampa •LyleRigg •JohnGage •DavidJepson •NolaSeta •CynthiaWhisenant •MichaelUlku-Steiner18 In Memoriam HixonGlore Holly Coors AlbainGanichot GerhardSchwarzacher23 Looking Forward M. Crist Fleming Endowment forInternationalUnderstanding&Leadership24 LetterfromtheChairman25 NewDirectorsoftheBoard26 Dr.GlennSpeakstotheFaculty28 Around Campus • TheM.CristFlemingGlobalVillageCapitalCampaign30 • NewSeniorHumanitiesProgram32 • Elementary&MiddleSchools34 TASIS Veterans Retire •SarahDiLenardo •KateWoodward36 Alumni Profiles •SharonSquassoni’81 •OliverRizziCarlson’01 •RaminJebraili’81 •CarlaWoods’8640 Annual Report41 Annual Giving42 Theater Campaign46 TASIS Reunions50 Coming Up51 Alumni News60 TASIS Summer Programs61 History of TASIS InPursuitofExcellence1956-2006

CONTENTSDear TASIS Family,

The bemused comment often made in passing bymy mother, Mrs. Fleming, about “if and when I die,” seemedcredibleforalongtime.Soherfinaldeparture from the “waiting lounge” on January 27th caughtmanybysurprise,thoughofcourseitshouldnothave.Yetshewasalarger-than-lifefigureeveninhergreat age.Theoutpouringofcondolencesfromaroundtheworld from students, recent and long ago, has been extremely moving, as was the actual funeral at S. Abbondio and theMemorial Service in England.Wehavehereincludedthebeautifuleulogieswhichwereinterspersed with magnificent music at her funeralandmemorialsfromotherdevotees.“Thedeathofa person’sbodyisasadness,butthedeathofaperson’ssoulisatragedy.”Deathisamystery,butduringherlong life Mrs. Fleming’s spirit touched the lives andsoulsofthousands.Surelyherlegacyandspiritliveonin TASISastheBoardanddedicatedFacultyandStaffpickupthegauntletandheadpositivelyintothenextfiftyyears.Fromasonginhermusical,“It’suptous”now!

In this special commemorative issue of TASIS Today,wehavealsoincludedeulogiesofclosefriendsofMrs.FlemingandTASISovermanyyearswhohaverecentlydied.Wehopeandpray that theyareenjoyingeachother’scompanyastheywatchoverus.Withthepassing of our Founder, this winter brought the end of an eraforTASIS.Itisatimetopauseandreflectonand appreciatethepast,butitisalsoatimetolookforwardto build for the future; we are confident in the commitment andcompetenceoftheBoardofDirectors,ourHead-master, and the many wonderful, loyal colleagues in the School---teachers, administrators, staff---and devotedalumniandfriends.

Many good things are happening at TASIS as wegrowandconstantlystriveforexcellenceineverythingwe do---that’s the challenge, but it is well worth the effortaswepositivelyaffectthelivesofourstudents,ingroupsbutalsoonebyone.

Joinusinlookingbackandlookingforward.Wecounton the loyal commitment to TASIS of so many alumni. Together, we will keep the spirit of Mrs. Fleming alivehere,now,andinthefuture.OneofherfavoriteShakespearequotationswas“howfarthatlittlecandlethrows its beam; so shines a good deed in a naughty world.”Maywekeepthatflameburningbrightly.

Withallgoodwishes,

Lynn Fleming Aeschliman Chairman of the Board

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Mary Crist Fleming

Her vision and loving spirit lifted the hearts and minds of generations.

Church of S. Abbondio, Collina d’Oro February 1, 2009, 15:00

Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of

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Mary Crist Fleming, founder and director of American inter-nationalschoolsinEuropeandapioneerinthefieldofinter-national education, died on 27 January, 2009, at her long-time home in Montagnola, Switzerland, in the middle of the campusofTheAmericanSchoolinSwitzerland(TASIS),whichshe founded in 1956. Mrs. Fleming was also the founder of TASIS,TheAmericanSchoolinEngland,in1976,andofseveral otherschoolsandprograms,moststillinoperation,inEurope. Adozenyearsago shedonated the schools,programs,andcampusestothenonprofitSwissTASISFoundation,whichMrs.Flemingsetuptocontinueherlegacy.Theschoolsarewidely considered the finest American international schools abroad. Mrs. Fleming has been recognized for her contributions to American and international education by commendations from the U.S. Department of Education (1983), President George H.W. Bush (1990), and Harvard University (1984),whichisheralmamater.ShewasgivenanhonorarydegreebytheAmericanCollegeofGreece.

Mary Crist Fleming was born in Boston, Massachusetts, onSeptember10,1910, theonly childof two school foundersanddirectors,HaldyMillerCristandFrancesLeavittCrist,whofounded, owned, and operated the Mary Lyon School forgirls in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Shewas educated at herparents’school,inLausanne,Switzerland,inPerugia,Italy,attheNewEnglandConservatoryofMusic,andthenatRadcliffeCollege,HarvardUniversity,fromwhichshegraduatedwithadegreeinFrenchin1933.FromearlyonaEurophile,shespokefluentFrench,goodItalian,andGerman,capacitiesthatweretoserveherverywellinalifetimeofeducationalinitiativeandendeavor in relatingAmericans toEuropeandEuropeans toAmerica,asSecretaryofEducationT.H.Bellpointedoutinhis commendation of her at theU.S. Department of Educationin 1983. From the mid 1930s on Mary Crist was leading educationaltripsofyoungAmericanstoEurope,drivingher-selfandcovering thecontinent fromFrance toTurkey,withmanyadventuresinbetween.Italians,Slavs,Greeks,andTurks were especially astonished to see an elegant, self-assured womandrivingandleadingasmallfleetofcarsfilledwithyoungAmericanwomen on frequently unpaved roads in southernorsoutheasternEurope.Shespentanight inan Istanbul jail becauseshedidnothavevisasforhergirls.In1935hereducator- parents financed her visit to the SovietUnion, aboutwhichshe was required to write a book, privately published with illustrations in 1936 as NoSoapintheSoviet. In later years she wastomeetandadmiretheEnglishjournalistandbroadcaster Malcolm Muggeridge, whose satirical-documentary novelWinterinMoscowwasalsopublishedin1936.

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In 1940 Mrs. Fleming married William Thomas Fleming of Philadelphiaandbetween1933and1943shewasAssistant Directorofherparents’MaryLyonSchool,nursinghermotherinher final struggle with cancer. The School was commandeered in1943by theU.S.Navy for thewar effort and shebrieflymoved it to the Barbizon Plaza Hotel in New York City to finish theacademicyear.AFrancophileaswellasaFranco-phone,shewasmeanwhilehelpingtoraisemoneyfortheFreeFrenchoppositiontotheVichycollaborationistregime.From1943to1953Mrs.FlemingrantheFrogHollowCountryDaySchoolinLansdale,Pennsylvania,fromwhichshewouldeachsummertakehertripswithstudentstoEurope,withparticularattention to southern France, French Switzerland, and central Italy.HerchildrenGai,Thomas,andLynnwerebornbetween1941and1946.ShemovedherfamilytoEuropepermanentlyin1956,openingTheAmericanSchoolinSwitzerland(whichwastobecomeknownbytheacronymTASIS)inarentedvilla in Locarno, Switzerland, with her own three children andnineothers.ShesoonmovedtheSchooltoLugano,whereit occupiedtwodifferentsitesbeforebeingconsolidatedononecampus inthehillvillageofMontagnola,surroundedbytheAlpsandoverlookingtheLakeofLugano.IntheearlyyearstheschoolwasmainlycomprisedofAmericans,buttodayitsK-13enrollmentof560studentsincludesoverfiftynationalities.FormanyyearsMrs.Flemingwasuniqueinbeingafemaleschooland summer-programfounderandDirectorinstatic,hierarchical,bureaucratic, male-dominated societies in France and Switzerland,

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whose authorities deeply mistrusted her dynamic Americanself-relianceandrisk-taking,butwereoftencharmedandwonoverinspiteofthemselves.Mrs.Flemingalwaysworeflashybraceletswitholdgoldcoins,butshealsolikedtosaythatshehad “more mortgages than coins.”

Mrs.Fleming’s“joiedevivre,”charm, inspirational speakingcapacities,organizationalabilities,andrisk-takingeducationalinitiativesattractednotonlystudentsandparentsbutdedicated facultyandadministratorsofseveralnationalitiestoherschools andprograms,including,briefly,collegesinLugano,Switzerland,andFlorence,Italy,thatgrewoutofherverysuccessful“PostGraduate,” 13th-year program in Lugano, which had beenpraised inanarticle inTimemagazine in1965. In1976sheandherdaughterLynnandacadreofherfinestadministratorsand teachers founded TASIS England, The American School in England,inThorpe,Surrey,nowathrivingboardinganddayschoolofover700students.Shealsofoundedandoperated schools in Greece, Cyprus, and France, where uncertain economicandpoliticaldevelopmentsmadetheircontinuationimpossible.ShewasalsoafounderoftheEuropeanCouncilofInternationalSchools(ECIS),nowknownastheCouncilofInternationalSchools(CIS).

Mrs. Fleming’s enormous charm, personal charisma, and educationalvisionearnedherthegratitude,love,andloyalty of generations of friends, teachers, students, parents, and

staffovera65-yearcareer ineducation.Shewas famedforher courtesy and generosity to her kitchen staffs, maids, gardeners,andhandymen,whomsheorherdaughterLynnusuallytookonanannualholidaytrip.Shewasthesubjectofnewspaperandmagazinearticles,apopularnovelforyoung people,Bloomability(1998)bySharonCreech(aNewberyAward-winning author, former TASIS faculty member, and wife of TASIS Headmaster Lyle Rigg), and a commemorative volume,MCF:What a Life! (1990), edited by her daughterLynnFlemingAeschlimanandwithanintroductorygreetingbyPresidentGeorgeH.W.Bush.Herlifestorywasalsomadeintoa musical comedy of the same title, with words and music by theAmericancomposerToddFletcher,aformerTASISfaculty member, which was staged for audiences in Switzerland, England,andNewYorkCity.ShewasthemainsubjectofaBostonUniversitydoctoraldissertationoneducationalleadership.

TheeducationalvisionofMaryCristFlemingwasrootedinthe proprietary,classical-Christian,Anglo-Americanindependent-school tradition of her school-founder parents, with four particularadditions:aninsistenceontheimportanceoflearning European languages so as to communicate directly with people (for whose personal names she had a phenomenalmemory);anemphasisonhighly-organizedcourse-correlatedtravelthroughoutEurope,withfacultyguidesandchaperones; ahighprioritygiventodrama,art,andmusic;andtheinsistence on beautiful surroundings as a setting for her educational enterprises.Her schools andprogramswere andare almost always located in beautiful settings in historic buildings, in Switzerland, England, France, or Italy, which were then tastefullyrenovatedbyherorherdaughtertoadaptthemtoeducational use and were then augmented by new, classic buildings in the same style. Always elegantly attired herself andwith beautifulmanners, she loved beauty and believedthat it nourished young people’s spirits. American architectDavidMayernik’slovelyneo-classicalM.CristFlemingLibrary, builton theTASIScampus inSwitzerland inherhonorwithalumni, parent, and friends’ contributions in 2004, wona 2005 Palladio Award sponsored by Traditional Buildingmagazine(NewYork).

Mrs. Fleming married twice, with both marriages ending in divorce. She is survived by her three children by her first marriage, Mrs. Gai Fleming Case of Brevard, N.C., Mr. W. Thomas Fleming III, of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Lynn Fleming Aeschliman of Montagnola, Switzerland, all three ofwhomserveontheTASISFoundation,andbyfourgrand- children. But her larger family numbers in the thousands of people who were touched and inspired by her vision, inexhaustible energy, grace, courtesy, and generosity.

M.D. Aeschliman, Ph.D., TASIS Foundation Professor of Education, Boston University

Photo with Michael

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Whatamagnificentlife.Mrs.Fleminglivedanddreamedona grand scale, and all of us here today were fortunate in one wayoranother toshare in thatgrandadventure.Weknowwhatitwasliketobecaughtupinoneofherdreams.Itmayhavebeensomethingastrulygrandasstartingaschoolsome50,30,or20yearsago,orsomethingsimpleshemadegrand,likeoneofherfamouspicnicsonaroadtrip,completewithsilvergobletsandherlegendarydrinkingkit.

Mrs.Fleminghadamagicalabilitytoturnasimpledayintoanadventure;andshehadawayofbringingyoualongonthatadventureandoflettingyouknowthatyouwerehelpingherfulfilladream.WhenIpictureMrs.Fleming,Iwillalwaysseeherwithacertainmischievousglintinhereye.Ithinkyou’veseenittoo.Thatlookshegotwhenshehadawildidea;thatgleam that told you she really meant what she was saying, thatshewasgoingtocarrythroughwithwhateveritwas,nomattertheobstacles.Thatsparkleintheeyethatsaid,“Let’sgetthisdone,let’shavesomefun.”Ithinkofthatglint,thatflashing shine as the reflection of her dreams. And her dream come true, as she said many times, was her school. For generationstocomestudentswillwalkthroughitsdoorsandencounter her legacy, her dream.

We’veallheardwonderfulstoriesthisweek,aswereminisceandsharememories.I’lltelljustone.It’sastoryaboutoneofMrs. Fleming’sassembly talks.Agroupof studentshad justgottenintosomesortoftroublethepreviousweekend.Idon’trecall what, but they had done something fairly thoughtless, and of course Mrs. Fleming asked them, what were they thinking?Achagrinedboymadethemistakeofsaying,“Idon’tknow,Mrs.Fleming,wewerebored”.Bored!?Boredomfor Mrs. Fleming was the worst sort of crime. So at the assembly sheadmonishedthestudentsabouttheircomplacency.“Youmust exercise your curiosity”, she said. “Maintain a sense of adventure,stepuptochallenges.Thereisnoexcuseforbeingbored inaworldwithsomanywonderfulplaces,populatedbysuchfabulouspeople.”Shetoldthem:“GototheLuganotrainstation,hoponthefirsttrainthatcomesby,andgetoffatthe2ndstop.Whenyougetoffthetrain,findoutwhatitis

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thatmakesthatplacespecial.”I’mnotsureourGreenFormsand travel permissions allow for such escapades, but that’swhat she said.

It was true to form MCF. And it reminds me of the way she frequently spoke about learning and education. Like the encounters and adventures of a voyage, learning is aboutsurmountingobstacles,confrontingtheunexpected,learning how and why to change course, learning how to find your way after detours; and learning to marvel at people and places as you come to understand them. That’s how she spoke,that’showshelivedherlife,that’stheexamplesheset.

Mrs.Fleming’svoyagewasagreatone.Ithadmomentsofgreatachievementandnoblepurpose.Whensheencountered detours and disappointments, she re-found her directionfromtheguidinglightofherdreams.Andwhileshetookhervoyage in style,withherwhiteglovesand tumblerson thedashboard, she shared everything she hadwith thosewhoaccompaniedher.

Onapersonalnote,Melissa,JamesandIaregratefulforallshesharedwithus.Wewillmissher,butshewillalwaysbeapartofourlifeandourdreams. Bill Eichner

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Eighteulogies,Ithought...Onlyeight?Whynot80?Andthenagain,therecouldbeandshouldbe800.Andiftherewerehoweverso many hundred their common thread wouldberejoicingforsogloriousalifeandgratitudeforeachoneofourpartsinit.

For Koukla and me and all my family,Cris, Mrs. Fleming, M.C.F. was only ever “LittleMother.”Strange,whenyouthinkof someone in no sense little, and as was not the case for those thousands who were her children before they were her graduates, she was never for me “in loco parentis”. I knew her and loved her for only 40 years -- from the middle of the gin years all the way through the bourbon years. I loved her for her huge heart and her multiple hearths, for all of her beloved dogs, for her welcome andfor her insatiable interest and curiosity and her memory, her seriousness -- shewas never light, never gossipedor said afierce word that I remember about anyone, even if they disappointed her. And among all those colleagues and thousands of young to whom she gave so much, she also forgaveeverything.IhavetwochildrenandIknowhowmuchthereistoforgive,andshehadthousands.

Buttoallofthemshegavehopeandrespectandwelcome:sheraisedtheirsights.Shewasherselfanexceptionalexample, while being herself both exceptional and modest. She was beautiful,decorous,dependable,disciplined.Shewasawoman whocommandedanddeservedrespectinaman’sworld.Sheearnedtheadmirationofherpeers,greatmenofherseveral parishesandfarafield:IthinkofPeterSmithers,ForrestCranmer, Leo van Brussel, DanaCotton, BobKnittel, and even of his astonishingwifeLuiseReiner,yetaliveandaskingaffectionately afterheroldfriendwhenIsawherjustweeksago.

They say that no man is a hero to his valet. Well, Little Mother was unquestionably a heroine to her hairdresser, closefriendtoherheartspecialist,andthosewhoservedher

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longandmost loyally,Maria andGiorgio inCapitignano, andPieraandLuisaandsomanyothers,adoredherwithoutreservation.

For me she was the perfect and enduring friend, whosecompanywasajoy,whosekindnesstomeandmyfamilyknewnobounds.

Today,adaywehavealldreaded,allexceptLittleMother,whowaitednoblyandimpatientlyfortheendofherearthlylife . . . todaywouldbeacalamity,savethatshehadfora long time established the continuing excellence of her bequest,saveforhermagnificentdaughtersandson,savefor the wonderful grandchildren, who will go on being a fortress against the busily encroaching depravities of thissorry world, a world in which she saw only -- and herself created -- so much beauty.

And of course today is Sunday, the day of Resurrection, todayforLittleMother.Inthewords,thelastwords,ofthelastPsalm:LeteverythingthathathbreathpraisetheLord.PraiseyetheLord. Christopher MacLehose

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How to give even a sense of Mrs. Fleming in these few moments – she was such an extraordinary woman, such a powerfulinfluenceonusall!Sincesheleftus,Ihavefelttheweightofathousandstoriesandmemoriespressingtobeshared.

Wemet first in 1943. As we grew older, our relationship, spanning 65 years, became very precious to us both. Shewouldoftensay“IhavehadBetsysinceshewas3yearsold”asthoughtotakefullcreditforme.Thismayhaveseemedoddtothosehearingitforthefirstorthe15thtime,butIknewthat itwasthegreatestcomplimentfromawomanwhomIloveddeeply.

There simply has been no one else likeMrs. Fleming inmylife.Justasshehasdoneforsomanyofyou,shetookprideinme,anddideverythingshecouldtosupportme.Over65 years, she went out of her way for me through countless acts of thoughtfulness, singledmeout, even as a younggirl, totakeextraresponsibility,wrappedmeintoherfamily,shared so many memorable and hilarious experiences in Europe, exposingmetoherspecialbrandofjoie de vivre.

Throughout all those years I adored being with her, and was thegrateful recipientofher remarkablehospitality.Shewasmy mentor, my surrogate mother, my wise counselor.

Isuspectthateachofyouheretodayhave,insomeprofoundandpersonalway,hadyourlifeenrichedbyMrs.Fleming.Weall have a treasure trove of stories andmemories to share.Manyarefunny,somearemoving,someareincredible.

The founding of this superb and complex institution is hertruelegacy,andthetruetaleofherdetermination,vision,andplainguts.Iwellrememberthatdayintheearly60’swhenshe charmed and then persuaded the elderly Marchesa, who owned theVillaDeNobili, to sell her ancestral home tobepreservedasaschool.AtthesametimeshehadtocharmandpersuadealessthansympatheticgaggleofSwissbankerstoloanher,aWOMAN!,themoneytofinancethedeal.

Yearslater,IrecallvisitingThorpewithherwhenshewasinherlate60’s,fullofenergy,determinedtobuythatpileofbricksagainst everyone’s advice, and start a second TASIS schoolin England. As a result, thousands of students, teachers, and administratorsinSwitzerlandandEnglandhavebeeninspiredbyherdreams,fallenunderherspell,andbeeninfluencedbyher style.

Her Rolls Royce was her belovedMini Cooper, fromwhichshewould emerge, pair of perfect legs first, pulling off her

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drivinggloves,everyhairofhersignaturehairdoinplace.Herspecial style: the littleblackdress,andalwaysstockingsandgloves,evenintheblazingItaliansun.Thentherewasthebighat,thehugeearringsandthejanglingbracelets.Shealwayshad,close tohand,Revlon’s“Cherries in theSnow” lipsticktuckeddowninonecornerofherdécolleté.

Shewasawomanofstrongopinions.Twoofherpetpeeveswerebluejeansandbaseballhats,butshealsohadnothinggoodtosayaboutmostfish,penswithblueink,wristwatches,sunflowers, the state of Florida, and small ice cubes. She adoredherGermanShepherds,aperfectOldFashioned,boldcolors,France,candlesandbouquetsof flowers, the“Trib”,ice, ice, and more ice, and she never traveled without her elegantvelvetmake-upboxandherdrinkingkit.

Hermemorywasprodigiousandagreatgift.Formanyyears,onbeingintroducedtoaroomfullofpeopleforthefirsttime,shewouldremembereveryone’sname,andsheneverforgotarisquéjoke.Hercollectionwassolargethatshealwayshadtheperfectonereadyforanysituation.Shewasalwaysdeeplyappreciativeofthosepeoplewhomadetheschool’ssmoothrunningpossible.Shekneweveryworkman’sname,andshecelebratedwiththemwheneachnewprojectwasdone.Oneofherfavoritetraditionswastakingthepersonaleonaspecialannualtripinrecognitionthattheschoolcouldnotfunctionwithout them.

Itisacomforttomethat,throughourmemories,shewillliveon inourheartsandourminds,and inspireus toshareher great gift: her extraordinary generosity of spirit, with eachother and future generations. Betsy Newell

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Overthe44yearsIhaveknownMrs.Fleming,andthiswillbeattestedtobyeveryonewhoknewher,shealwayswantedaschoolinthesouthofFrance.Shehadonethere,veryearlyoninherlifeinEurope,inUzes,butreluctantlyhadtogiveitup.ShesolovedtheProvenceregionofFrancethatforyearsshewasinsearchofalocationforaTASISschool,preferablyinanold,historic,needs-lots-of-fixing-up,château,withinwalkingdistanceofacharmingtownwithoutdoorcafesandasquarebathed inthatdappled lightoftheProvencesun.Sheknewwhatshewanted.Asaresult,IthinkIhavebeentojustabouteveryvillageandtowninthesouthofFrance,playingtheroleof“Dr.No”,allthewhileknowingthatifweeverdidstumbleontothatmagicalproperty Iwouldhavetoconvertto“Dr.Yes” or be gone.

Wehadalotoffunonthosetrips;wehadalotoffunonmostofourtrips.ForeveryonewhoknewMrs.Fleming,thetrip,the journeywas just as important, indeed sometimesmoreimportant,thanthegoal.Whetheritwasinsearchofanewschoollocationorinsearchoftheperfectspotforapicnic,herstandardswereexactingandnottobecompromised.Andif,onsomeunforgivingcurvyroadonanobscurealpwiththesunsetting and not 2 meters of flat ground in sight, I might dare tosay,“Let’sskipthepicnic”,shewouldsay,“Paul,you’relet-tingmedown.”Nevertheless,outwouldcomethedrinkingkitwiththecrackersand“justalittlesomethingtotideusover.”

Butallthetimewespenteitherontripsordiscussing,some-timesarguing,aboutsomemajororminordetail,one thingalways stood out. The woman had a standard that clearly was adriving force in the development of TASIS. Perhaps it’s inthegenes,partly,perhapsit’sintheenvironmentinwhichshegrew up, but if there is an overriding characteristic ofMrs.Fleming that imbued all that she did in her life, and it had a profoundimpactonthewayIhavetriedtoconductmylife,itwasherhighstandards.Noamountofmoneyorprestige(shegaveupacollegeratherthangivein),wouldshakeherresolve.She told me that she saw the insidious erosion of standards, ofhonestyanddecencyandcivilityallaroundher,andTASIS

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would not succumb to this lowering of the bar. There is not any one in this assembly who has not heard Mrs. Fleming hold forthonthissubject.

Thesestandardsweresoprofoundlyapartofthiswomanthatallofuswhoworkedwithherknew,withoutascintillaofadoubt, what her reaction would be to any circumstance, any conflict,anyperson.Shewasalwayssteadfastanddiplomatic:alwaysgenerousandgracious.Butwealllearnedtoneveraskher to lower the bar. It was the Fleming standard.

Weallknow,orshouldknow,thatthislifeforeachandeveryoneofusisajourneyandthejourneyisjustasimportantasthegoal, for on the journeywearepreparingourselves forwhat istocome.OurbodiesmayturntodustbutourspiritlivesonandeachandeveryoneofuscarriesthespiritofMaryCrist Fleming. Paul Zazzaro

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Nearlytwoyearstotheday,myowndearmotherpassedawayandIfeelnowasIdidthenthesamestruggletofindadequate wordstohonorher life.For inmanyways,overthepast37years, Mary Crist Fleming became my second mother. Her inspirationandtoughlovehaveforgedmeintothepersonIam today and for that I am eternally grateful.

“IfandwhenIdie,”sheoncesaid,andweallbelievedher.IonceaskedMrs.Flemingifshehadanyregretsandwouldshedoanythingdifferently.Herimmediateresponse,inherusualdecisivemanner,was:“IonlyregretthethingsIdidnotdo.”Herloveoflifeandenthusiasmwerecontagiousandnoonewho came under her influence, and many of us here today are amongst those fortunateones, ever doubtedher convictionor ability to bring out the best in us. And that is the sign of a greatleader.Shehadhighexpectationsandsheledbyexample. Hervisionwastemperedwithatoughworkethicanddiscipline…she was the ideal role model. “A bad decision was better than none at all” was her belief, inherited from her father, and we allfollowedinherfootsteps,knowingthatifwemademistakes, we would learn from them and grow stronger.

Mrs.Fleminghadawonderfulwayofincludingpeopleinhergreatplansandmakingusfeelthatwewereanindispensablepartofherjourney.Thelittlethingsmatteredtoher,whether it was the flowers on the table, dressing up for dinner, or finding just the right scenic spot for a delicious picnic. Shehad a commanding presence and,when shewalked into aroom, the atmosphere was electric. And yet somehow shewasable tomakeeveryone feelas though foracaptivating momentyouweretheonlypersonintheroom.Hermemory wasprodigious,whether itwas rememberingbirthdays,ourchildren’snames,oranaughtyjokewhichshealwaysseemedtodeliverwithaglintinhereye.

The ancient Egyptians believed that entering paradise dependedontwoquestions.Thefirstwas:Howmuchjoydidyouhaveinyourlife?Thesecond:Howmuchjoydidyoubringto others?Mrs. Fleming enjoyed life and brought joy to all thoseshetouched,andiftheEgyptianswererightsheisnowupinheavensmilingdownonusasshecommenceshermostenduringjourneyofall.

InthewordsofthegreatRussianwriterDostoyevsky:“Beautywill save theworld.” If so,Mrs. Fleminghasdedicatedherlife to saving ourworld because she lived thosewords andinsistedthatwesurroundourselveswithbeauty.Andshedidnotmeanjustphysicalbeauty,asimportantasthatwastoher,butalsotheinnerbeautyofoursoulsandspirits…asenseofcompassion,honor,respect,civility,andtruththatareatthe

There She Comes! heartoftheTASISmission.WehonorMrs.Flemingbestandsustainherspiritbyperpetuatingthesevaluesinourownlives,inourrelationships,andinherschools.

A close friend and fellow TASIS colleague shared with me the followingpoematthetimeofmymother’sdeath.Itmeantasmuch to me then as it does now:

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Whatisdying? I am standing on the sea shore, Ashipsailstothemorningbreeze And starts for the ocean. Sheisanobjectofbeauty And I stand watching her Till at last she fades On the horizon And someone at my side says, “She is gone”. Gone!Where? Gonefrommysight–thatisall. The diminished size and total loss of sight is in me, Notinher; Andjustatthemomentwhensomeoneatmysidesays, “She is gone” there are others who are watching her coming andothervoicestakeupagladshout– “Thereshecomes!” and that is dying. Fernando Gonzalez

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Thankyouallforyourmagnificentremarks.Shewouldbeoverwhelmedbythisoutpouringofloveandpraise.

Iwanttoaddressmyremarksabouther inawaythatonly three of us at this gathering can do, namely, as a mother.

WhileIknowthatmanyofyouhave,attimes,feltthatshewasmotheringyou–thereisevenagentlemanherewhoaffectionatelycallsher“LittleMother”—however,for only my sisters and me, she was really our mother.

Aswegrewupandfrommyearliestmemoriesshewasengaged in some type of educational endeavor. My sisters and I never knew any other activity going onaround us and I don’t remember having a room to myself until I went away to boarding school in the 10th grade.Someofthose“students”(mindyouwe’respeaking about5and6yearolds)withwhomGaiandLynnandIshared our bedrooms as children, are here today.

So it was that schooling was her life and our life as children, anditturnedoutthatshewasprettygoodatitdue,yes,inparttoherownstrengths,butmoresotoherabilitytofindandtoengageinhervisionsomanyofyouheretodaywhomadewhatwenowcallTASIS,happen.

ButbacktoMom.AsamotherIcertainlydon’tremember herqualitiesasacookorhomemaker.Weneverwentwithout food or shelter, although I came close one yearwhenIwas11andspentafewmonthsinaboys’ boardingschoolinAix-en-Provencewheretheonlythingtodrinkatdinnerwasdilutedredwineand Ichosetosleepoutsideratherthaninaone-roomdormwith100other boys.

No,thequalitiesthatIknowmadeusblessedtohaveheras our mother were her ultimate care and concern for thethreeofus.Nomatterwhatelsehappened,Iknewthroughoutmylife,asIbelievemysistersdidtoo,thatmotherwouldbethereshouldeverythingelsefail.Thereis really not more that needs to be said than that. I’m speakingwithmysisterswhenIsay:Mom,we’regoingto miss you.

Tom Fleming

To Our Mother

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In Addition

UpontheoccasionofthecelebrationofMrs.Fleming’s80thbirthday in 1990, Sharon and I began our tribute to this remarkablewomanwiththefollowingwords:

“Wehaveagonizedandpuzzledover this invitation tobearwitness to the incomparable Mrs. Fleming. How could we possiblydojustice?Howcouldwealightonasingleoccasion thatwouldcapturewhatMrs.Flemingmeanstous?Shouldwe recall the gracious hostess, the tireless traveler, the dedicated educator, and the witty story-teller? Would webeable tocaptureherdevotion,herattentiontodetail,herloveofbeauty,herextraordinaryability toengagethemindandheartofanyoneatanytime?Alas,toograndataskforusmeremortals. Always present is the fear that instead of capturing her, we would reduce her to mere words. Is it possible,afterall,tocaptureMrs.Fleming?”

ThetaskoftryingtocaptureMrs.Fleminginwordshasgrownonly more difficult in the years since 1990. One memory has remained vivid forme, however. I will never forgetmy lastnight in England after fourteen years as headmaster of TASIS England and after almost two decades of knowing and working withMrs. Fleming. The night was June 23, 1998.ThemovershadcometoWalnutTreeCottageandonlyafew pieces of school furniture remained. Sharon had already returned to America.

On this my final night in England, Mrs. Fleming and I had dinner togetheratwhatIlikedtorefertoas“ourrestaurant”—LuxIIChineseRestaurantinVirginiaWater.Weenjoyedourusual—springrolls,sweetcornsoup,andcrispyduck.IhadwineandMrs.Fleminghadaweedropofbourbon.Asusual,fortunecookiescompletedourmeal.

SinceIalsowaswithoutacaratthispoint,Mrs.FlemingdrovemebacktoThorpeinherblackmini.Irecallthinkingthroughout thespeedytripbacktoWalnutTreeCottagethatthemomentwould soon arrivewhenMrs. Fleming and Iwould have tosay “good-bye.” I suspect that similar thoughtsmight havebeenracingthroughMrs.Fleming’smindaswell.WhenMrs.FlemingpulledherbelovedminiintothedrivewayofWalnutTree Cottage, we both got out of the car. Standing in the drivewayonthatJuneevening,wehuggedforaverylongtime.Mrs. Fleming also blessedmewith repeated kisses on bothcheeks—manymorethantheusualthreekisses.Althoughwe musthaveactuallysaid“good-bye”,Ireallydon’tremember anythingotherthanthehugsandkisses.

Mrs. Fleming’s Hugs and Kisses

AsMrs. Flemingbackedhermini outofthedriveway,webothwaved.AndhardasItriednottocry,Iknowthatmyeyes flooded with tears. For me it was the end of aremarkableera—theendofamarvelous timeinmylife.Nineteenwonderfulyears with Mrs. Fleming. Nineteen years ofhugs and kisses. Yes, on my last nightin England, it finally hit me that Mrs. Fleming’shugsandkisseswouldtopthelist of things I would miss most. These hugs and kisses were regular remindersfrom Mrs. Fleming that things were going tobeokay,thatshewastheretosupport me, that all would be right with the world. Thesehugsandkissesofwarmth,strength, and understanding were also there for faculty,students,parents,staffmembers,and friends. Yes, Mrs. Fleming had the ability to embrace an entire community simplybyherpresence.

Whenherblackminiarrivedoncampus,itwaslikeweallwerereceivingbighugsandkisses.WhenMrs.Flemingwouldparkhermini in frontofPaxHouse (back in thosedays thiswas possible), Iknewthat Ihadat leasthalfanhourbeforeshewouldcompletethetwo-minutewalktomyoffice.Yes,whatwouldbeabriefwalkformostpeople,requiredmuchmoretime for Mrs. Fleming. After all, she had to:HugandkissDonBishopandaskhimabouttheprogressonthelatestproject.HugandkissEddieCrossandaskhimhowhisrugbyteamhaddoneagainstASL.HugandkissPamDalyandaskhertowrapababygiftforafacultycouple.HugandkissMaryHart-DanbyandaskherifthathandsomebusinessexecutivefromFrancewhoshehadmetonaplanehad enrolled his two children.Hug and kiss Sue Cook in reception and ask how shewasgetting on.Hug and kiss Kate Woodward and ask about the latest numbersfortheupcomingTASISreunionattheRacquetClubinNewYork.HugandkissRickMcGrathandask if theboys inhisdormwerekeepingtheirroomstidy.

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Hugandkissat leastfivestartledbutbeamingstudentsandaskwhere theywere from,how theywereenjoying school,etc. (And woe be to the student who complained to Mrs. Flemingthatheorshewasreceivingtoomuchwork!)Hug and kiss at least five faculty members and ask if the headmasterwastreatingthemproperly.HugandkissDianaDearthandask if her kittens, Pumpkin,Sooty,andPeanut,werebehavingthemselves.Hug and kiss Karl Christiansen and ask how Sophie was getting on with her riding.

Although the names and questions would vary, this was a typicalMrs.FlemingtripfromPaxHousetomyoffice!Bythetimethatshearrivedatmyoffice,sheusuallyhadalonglistofissuesformetofollowupon.Yes,asMrs.Flemingmadeherwayaroundcampus—to theBusinessOffice, the LowerSchool,thediningroom,theDevelopmentOffice—thereweremanypeopletohugandkissandmanypeopletoaskabout.

AlthoughMrs.Fleming’shugsandkissesusuallywereexactlythat—physicalhugsandkisses—theydidn’thavetobe.Mrs.Fleming also provided countless “hugs and kisses” with a smile,atouch,agestureandakindword.Ifinditbothironicandpoetic that formanyofus in England, the larger-than-lifeMrs.Flemingwasknownfordrivingamini.Amini that

manystudentsandfacultywereconvincedwaspickedupbyMrs.FleminginStainesaftershedroppedoffherrealcar—herRollsRoyce!Yes,thewomanknownforherminialsowasthe womanknownforher:

Maxi charm Maxi charismaMaxi generosityMaxi eleganceMaxi graceMaxi energyMaxivisionMaxisupplyofhugsandkissesAnd her maxi heart

Ten years after saying good-bye to this remarkablewomaninThorpe,Sharonand IweregiventhegiftofanotheryearwithMrs. Fleming,when I served as interim headmaster inLuganolastyear.AlthoughMrs.Flemingwasinherwheelchairmuchof the time,herhugswereas strongaseverandherkisseswereasplentifulasever.AndI’mconvincedthatifshecouldhavegottenherhandsonamini,shewouldhavedriven SharonandmeofftohavedinnerandaweedropofbourbonatherfavoriteItalianrestaurant.

At the conclusion of our tribute to Mrs. Fleming on her 80th birthday in1990,Sharonand Iwrote,“Mrs.Flemingknowsthatyoushouldgrabateachdayandwhirlitaroundandleapthrough it, and at the close of the day, you wring it out for a fewlastdrops.Mrs.Fleminginfectsyouwithherleapingandwhirling. You come away from your contact with Mrs. Fleming shakingyourheadinamazement,gratefulforthisglimpseofa“largerlife.”Sheremindsusofthisnecessitytolivethelargerlife—always,everysingleday.”

FormeMrs.Fleming’shugsandkisseswerealwaysareminderthatshewastheretoencourageusandtosupportusinoureffortstolivethe“largerlife”—the“maxilife.”

Because of Mrs. Fleming’s long, loving, and inspirationaljourney,thousandsofuswillcontinueoureffortstolivethelargerlife—everysingleday.

Lyle D. RiggFormer Headmaster, TASIS Switzerland and England

Memorial Service, February 19, 2009

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I appreciate deeply that TASIS introduced me to the art, architecture,music, and literature of ourwestern Europeanheritage. First experiences of palaces,museums, cathedrals,operainRomanamphitheaters,alpinesummits,Volkswagenbuses,BavarianbeerandRhonewine.Thelist,ifnotendless,ismuchtoo longtoenumeratehere. Ihavederivedabroadersense of the world and the beauty of its complexities and culturaldiversityintryingtolookatitwithanMCFperspective.

After the intensity of the first year of TASIS in 1956-7 and several summers as a junior counselor in the Swiss Holiday travel program in 1960 and 1962, there was a lengthy hiatus in my interaction with TASIS, and meetings with MCF werelimitedtoherveryoccasionalvisitstotheSanFranciscoarea where she generally set down at my mother’s home in Tiburon. For years, my travels were away from Europe toward more “exotic” destinations in the south Pacific andthe mountainous areas of Asia. I assumed somewhat blithely thatEuropewouldstillbethereinmylateryearsandthatmy familiaritywouldmake iteasytoreturn. Inthe1980’s Iwasfortunate to reconnect with Amy, my high school sweetheart, fromwhomIhadbeenapart23years.Itwasnotuntil1998that we made it to Montagnola, but the reconnection with MCF felt like a homecoming, and since then we are lucky to have been periodic visitors there and to Capitignano. Aftereachparting,wehavewonderedifitmightbeourlast. Eventually, Icametoignoretheincreasingoddsofmortalityandlookedforwardtoacentennialbirthdayin2010…

So here we are, feeling bereft but not alone as we share our bereavementwithanextraordinarycommunityofTASISfamilyandfriends.Wemustbehopefultoo,knowingthatMCFlivesoninTASIS,andintheheartsandmemoriesofuswhoknewherandlovedherwell.

John Gage ’60

M. Crist Fleming - An Appreciation The Spirit of Beauty

“A good life hath its number of days: but a good nameshall continue forever.”- Ecclesiasticus 41:16

Formostofus, thesummitofachievementwillbeto livea “good life,” even thoughwe all know that good liveswillendsomeday.Butthoserareindividualswitha“goodname” are something else – they affect the wide world around them, causing a ripple in the universe’s fabric, influencingthefutureandthelivesofothersunbornintheirown time. Such a one was Mary Crist Fleming.

A great Russian monk from the early 19th century once declared, “Acquire the spirit of peace, and thousandsaroundyouwillbesaved.”Ithinkwecouldadaptthatandsay that Mrs. Fleming acquired the spirit of beauty, andthousands around her were enlightened. As one girl whom IinterviewedforaTASISbrochuresaid,“TASISopenedmymindtotheworld.”Howmanythousandsofpeoplefromhowmanydifferentcountriescouldechothatstatement?

There’snoneedtodemonstrateMrs.Fleming’soverarchingcommitmenttobeautyonalllevels.OneneedsjusttostepontoaTASIScampusandspendfiveminutesobservingthemagnificent setting, the graceful buildings and grounds, the admirable manners of the students from many lands, andtheatmosphereofopenness,friendship,andjoy.The Bible’screationstoryinGenesissaysthatGodsawthathisworkwas“good”—butintheGreektranslation,thatwordis “kalon”, which means both “good” and “beautiful.”Mrs. Fleming’s educationalwork, too,unitedbeautywithgoodness.

ItwasaprivilegetobeinspiredbyandtoshareMrs.Fleming’svisionandwork.Aswe take them forward,whereverweare,wemightrecallthewordsofanothergreatRussian,thewriterDostoyevsky:“Beautywillsavetheworld.”

David Jepson Former TASIS England teacher and administrator, January 27, 2009

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Two years ago I stepped out ofmy Swisswonderland as ahighschoolgraduate,readytoembarkonmynextadventure,pursuingadegreeinscienceattheUniversityofNotreDame.Isaid goodbye to The American School in Switzerland, blowing threekissesasiscustomary,andputdownmycreativepeninfavorofplasticglovesandtesttubes.Iwasrecentlycalledbackto Switzerland for the first time since I left, for a gathering of a bittersweetnature,andIfeelcompelledtoonceagainpickupmypentotellonemorestory.

This is the story of Mary Crist Fleming, the woman who made it possible forme to attend boarding school nestled in themountainsof Switzerland, andwhoaffectedmanypeople’slivesinthemannerinwhichsheaffectedmine.Mrs.Flemingwasoneof those rare,great figureswhoshowupevery so ofteninhistoryandsparkchangeandprogress.JustasThomas Edisoninventedthelightbulbandbroughtlighttotheworld,Mrs.Flemingfoundedschools,ignitingthelightofknowledgein the25,000plus studentswhohaveattended them.Mrs.Fleming founded The American School in Switzerland in 1956, with three of her own children and a handful of others. In over50years ithasgrown to550studentswith the recentaddition of an elementary school. She also founded schools in England,Greece, France, and Spain aswell as numeroussummer programs throughout Europe. Yet, what is most remarkableaboutMrs.Flemingisthatshecarriedoutallofherdreamsandaspirationsinstyle.Mrs.Flemingalwaysmadehergrandappearance ina fancydressand red lipstick,Revlon’sCherries in the Snow, her signature color, and decorated with bracelets, earrings, and broaches. She was bold and she was beautiful, and in this manner she charmed us all, faculty members, students, and personalealike. The reason for my return to Switzerland was to attend Mrs. Fleming’s funeral service. I have never seen, norwill I likelyeversee, suchabeautifulhonorandtributepaid toamoredeservingwoman,mother,teacher,andfriend.Alightsnowfellasshemadeherlasttripdownthewindingroadinahorse-drawncarriage,withfamilymembersandfriendsprocessing on foot behind her. Eulogies were delivered, regaling tales of picnics in the perfect spot, with glorious views, shiny candelabras,gourmetfoodanddrink,andalwaystheperfectcompany.Mrs.Fleminghadaneyeforbeauty,andbelievedthatabeautifulsettingwasoneofthemostimportantaspectsof a fine education. Appropriately, everything about her funeralwasexquisitelybeautiful,fromtheseaofsalmonandcream colored roses to the music that was written by Todd

Fletcher for his musical, MCF:Whatalife!,firstperformedonthe occasion of Mrs. Fleming’s ninetieth birthday. It was again performedbyTASIS studentsduringmy freshmanyear,andIwas a part of that cast. I still remember lookingout fromthestageandseeingMrs.Fleminginthefrontrow,clappingenthusiastically as we sang and danced, acting out the amazing story of her life. How different it felt to hear those same songs sungatherfuneral,andyetitwaspoignantandbeautiful.

As Iwrite this story, I amonaplaneheadedback toNotreDame,torealityas Inowknowit.AlthoughIamsad, Ifindmyself singing the songs from the musical, and I am comforted bytherealizationthat, likethosesongs,Mrs.Fleming isnotgone.Shewillliveonforeverintheheartsofthemanystudents, faculty members, administrators, family and friends whose lives she so powerfully and positively touched.While she isgonefromoursight,shewillcontinuetoinspireustodogreat things, and to always appreciate beauty.Mrs. Fleming was La Nostra Regina, our queen, and as long as students passthroughthedoorsofherschools,herreignwillhavenoend.

Nola Seta ’07

La Nostra Regina

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A Moveable Feast

Life with Mrs. Fleming at TASIS has been a “moveable feast”--- to borrow the phrase from Ernest Hemingway’s memoirsaboutlifeinParisinthe1920’s.Perhapsthereference toParis isanappropriateplacetobeginbecauseofastoryIalwaysenjoyedaboutwhenMrs.Flemingwaspreparingforthe firstThanksgivingbanquetathernewschool. For somereason, she had determined that the only way she could locate anappropriateturkeywasthroughtheAmericanEmbassyinParis.

So,shewasofftoParisto“liberate”thefinestturkeyavailable. ThroughthenightshedrovebacktoLuganofromParisinanMGTC,orsothesomewhatmythicstorygoes,upandovertheGottardowiththeturkeyinthepassengerseat,sheandthebirdarrivingjustintimefortheThursdayfestivities.Now,Mrs.Fleming’sancestorshadindeedcomeovertoAmericaontheMayflower,assheoftenremindedus,andIpresumethattheyinalllikelihoodcouldhavebeenpresentatthefirstThanksgiving inJamestowngivingthanksatthatfeastforhavingmettheirchallenges, but Mrs. Fleming had met her own challenge in procuringfromtheAmericanEmbassyinParisanappropriately largebirdforthefirstThanksgivingDaybanquetathernewAmerican school in Europe, which she then shared with Hungarian refugees living next door to her school in 1956,soonaftertherevolutionintheirowncountry.

Next, imagine if you can, themovement of a fleet of blue VolkswagenbusessufficientinnumbertotransporttheentirestudentbodyatanygiventimetoAndermattorFlorencetoparticipateinher“moveablefeast”ontheskislopesorintheUffiziGalleries.Sheherselfwasalwaysonthemoveinherwhite Volvo station wagon between Capitignano in Tuscany andCasaFlemingontheCollinad’Oro,andthefeastaccompaniedherintheformoffood,drink,candelabras,fabricsinshadesoforange,framedpictures,andwroughtironlanternsandlamppostsasshecontinuedtoprovideforbeautyandfinelivingforher school community as it grew.

EachyearattheopeningfacultybanquetMrs.Flemingregaled the faculty with humorous stories, educational philosophy,andsternadviceto“stretch”ourstudentstodomorethanthey ever thought possible.At her frequent faculty dinners,

shecharmedusallaswesatathertableandlatertookturnssitting with her on the sofa by the fireside. In either case, we feastedwith her, enjoying herwit and flashing eyes as shetoldstoriesofconquestsoverherbankersandassheshared dreamsofnewprojectswhichofcoursewouldrequiremoremortgagesandmorejoustingwithbankers.

She loved beautiful properties and knew that therewas anintrinsic connection between recognizing and appreciating beauty for life and being educated in a beautiful place. Switzerland,Italy,England,Greece,Cyprus,andFrancewereallcountrieswheresheopenedschools.Inthesecountriesshefeastedwith new faculties, new students, and newparentseachtimeassheexpandedherdreamofEuropeaneducation for American students to the wider notion of American education for international students.

OneeveninginBeirut,shehadhadaveryspecialdinnerwithseveralheadsofAmericanschoolsoverseas,andtheresultofthatdinnerhadbeenthefoundingoftheEuropeanCouncilofInternationalSchools.SheenjoyedtellingthestorythatECIShadbeenborninabarafterdinnerinBeirutwithafavoritegroupofmalecompanions.

Untilrecently,whenthenumbersatTASISgrewtoolargeforCasa Fleming, Mrs. Fleming had been able to continue her traditionofhavingclassdinnersforMiddleSchoolers,freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors each year. After dinner, the Middle Schoolers dashed through the swinging doors of thekitchen,outintothegarden,orupintothetowerassome

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ofusfollowedjusttomakesurenoonefellfromthetower.Otherclassesenjoyedsimply sitting inoneof the two livingrooms around Mrs. Fleming and hearing the stories of her moveable feast. Even when headmasters suggested that dinners begin early in order to send students back to the dormitorybycheck-intime,itwasfrequentlymidnightbeforethoseofushelpingtoentertaingentlysentreluctantstudentsto bed. These students often left the dinner and Mrs. Fleming’s kisseswith stars in their eyes. At these feastsMrs. Flemingknewthenamesofeverystudentandcultivatedtheloveandloyaltythatissoevidentinsomeofthequotationswhichyouwillhearinjustafewmoments.

Perhaps one dinner which best fits the metaphor of the moveable feast is the senior banquet hosted the night beforegraduation.Onthisevening,speechesarelargelythe responsibilityofgraduatingseniorswhoonthisnightregaleMrs. Fleming with stories and impressions of their times at herschool.LikeMrs.Fleming,theyhavebeeninconstantmotionsharinghermoveablefeast ---digestingandsavoringtravel,friends, dormitory exploits, and individualswho encouragedthemto“stretch”themselvesindrama,photography,music, basketball,soccer,drawing,ceramics,languages,andliterature.

At her funeral on Sunday afternoon, one of her very goodfriendsremindedusofhowmuchMrs.Fleminglovedpicnics, but not just the ordinary picnic: her picnicwas always heldat that perfect spot with a view for inspiration, beautiful surroundings, good linen, fine food and drink, and loving, loyal friends and family. As we celebrate her life and spirit today,imaginethispicnicor“moveablefeast,”andwhenyouareinDeNobiliorCasaFleming,duringin-prooraweek-endtrip,atyourseniorormiddleschoolbanquet,beassuredthatMrs.Flemingissharingeverymomentwithyouasshewatchesyougrow, learn,and love your timeather school,which istrulyamagnificent“moveablefeast.”

Cynthia Whisenant, TASIS English teacher Assembly, February 3, 2009

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I first met Mrs. Fleming in August 2000, and I can remember sopoignantlyourfirstmeeting-thatawkwardtriplekiss,thesmellofherperfume,herawesomesilverhairdo,thelipstickthatstuckonmycheek,amarkthatinmanywayshasneverworn off.

ItwasMrs.Fleming’s90thbirthday,andthestill-newPalestrawasbejeweledwithcandlesand flowersandhanging lightsand tablecloths and fine silverware – just as Mrs. Fleming liked.Therewasastringquartetinthecornerand500guestsfromallovertheworld--alldrawnirresistiblybacktoTASIStocelebrate the woman who had taught them, mentored them, inspiredthem,challenged,entertained,andwelcomedthemwithherone-of-a-kindpersonality,intellect,andwarmth.

As Mrs. Fleming liked to say, the classes and trips and dormitoriesand sportsandartsatTASISarealldesigned to

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In Appreciation of Mrs. Fleming “streeeeeeeetch” you. After fifty-two years, more than twenty- five thousand alumni of her schools and summer programshad thepleasureof that stretchingas they felt theirworldsexpanding.

Mrs. Fleming was probably the most vigorous, radiant andtrulyalivepersonI’veeverencountered.Sheusedtosay,“IfandwhenIdie.”Asoneofherprotégéssaidatherfuneral,“weallusedtobelieveher.”

Mrs.Flemingwaslikeahurricaneofenthusiasm,curiosityandlove.At98shewasstilltellingdirtyjokeswithamischievous glint in her eye. At 68 she had the energy of a teenager, sweeping young teachers and students up and into the whirlwindofherdreamandfoundingschoolsinGreeceandEnglandandCyprusandFrance.

Mrs. Fleming loved parties and road trips and picnics and interesting strangers. She wore bright red lipstick, big goldearrings,wristsfullofjinglingbracelets.Shewasgracefulandculturedanddiplomatic, butnever shy, alwaysopinionated,and endlessly fun to be around.

Shewasas lively,engagingandgenerouswithambassadorsandprincesasshewaswithcleaningladiesandmaintenance men.HowsweetandfittingthatthepersonaleatTASIS--wholaboredthroughthedecadesinthekitchenandthelaundry, cleaning rooms and mowing lawns – chose to march in processionbehindthecasketbeforeSunday’s funeral,a lasttributetotheirqueen.

Manyofournewer studentswhohaven’tactuallymetMrs.Flemingwillfindthattheyknowher.TheyknowherthroughIn-Pro,whichgrewoutofherpassionatebeliefthatthemostpowerfullearninghappensthroughtheadventuresoftravel.They know her through ski-term, which she invented after realizinginherfirstyearonthiscampusthatDeNobilihadnoheatingsystem.So,intrueMrs.Flemingstyle,shepackedupandmovedthewholeschooltoAndermattfor3months.TheyknowMrs.Flemingthroughthepiazzasbetweenthebuildingsandthefinepaintingsonthewallsofyourclassrooms.And theyalsoknowherthroughthemusicalMCF:WhataLife!in whichcomposerToddFletcherhasablycapturedMrs.Fleming’sbiography,hercharisma,andthepowerofherdream.

Mrs.Fleming’sgreatestpower,hergreatestachievement,andher greatest hope is right here at TASIS, in a school full of futureleadersfromallovertheworld.

Michael Ulku-Steiner, Headmaster Assembly, February 3, 2009

RobertHixonGlore,knowntohismanyfriendsasHixon,diedon15December2008inChicago,Illinois,acitywithwhichhewasassociated and to which he was a benefactor throughout a long and generous life. He was also a good long-term friend of Mrs. Fleming, her family, and the TASIS organization, to which he was generous with his counsel, encouragement, and financial support. Educated at the Kent School (Connecticut) and theWhartonSchoolofBusinessattheUniversityofPennsylvania,healsoservedinU.S.ArmyIntelligenceinIndiaduringWorldWar II. Hixon was a top executive in investment banking in Chicagoformostofhisadultlifebutalsomadetimetobeheavily involved in civic, educational, and religious activities. Hewas particularlygeneroustohishometownofLakeForest,Illinois,in theChicagoarea,butalsoamajorbenefactorofChicagoinstitutionssuchastheArt InstituteofChicagoandtheRushUniversityMedicalCenter,especiallytoitsSchoolofNursing.

Hixon was an original member of the Board of Trustees of FlemingCollege,Lugano,inthelate1960s,andremainedloyal to Mrs. Fleming through the subsequent turbulence and terminationofthatinstitutioninLugano.Possessedofawinsome senseofhumor,Hixonwas a shrewd, successful, benevolentbusiness executive who was also a Christian gentleman anda lovinghusband,father,andgrandfather;bothhisdaughterMaudeandhissonRobertattendedtheTASISPostGraduateProgramin1967and1969respectivelyandoneofhisgrand-sons,RobertHixonHux,graduatedfromTASISin1999.

AsagraduateoftheEpiscopalKentSchool,foundedin1906bytheidealisticandinspirationalFr.FrederickSill,Hixonretainedthroughouthisownlifeastrongimpressionoftheimportanceofgoodcharacter-buildinginprimaryandsecondaryeducation,especiallyfortheprivileged,whichservedasaparticularbondwithMrs.Fleming.Laterinlifehewasaneducationalbenefactor

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ofmanyChicagoandChicago-areachildren,evenservingasavolunteer5th-grademathtutor inNorthChicago.Hewasan active Christian layman in the Episcopal Church of the Holy SpiritinLakeForest,Illinois,andhaslefthismanyfriendsandbeneficiaries a pattern of cheerful, honorable, and charitable activityextendedthroughalongandproductivelife.

Michael D. Aeschliman TASIS Foundation Board

In Memoriam

Tom Fleming, M. Crist Fleming, Gai Fleming Case, and Hixon Glore

grandchildren attended TASIS summer programs, including threedaughtersofhersonPeter,whoranunsuccessfullyfortheU.S.SenateinColoradoin2004.

Not only a very close friend of Mrs. Fleming, Mrs. Coorswas amajor benefactor to the constructionof theM.Crist Fleming Library and the John E. Palmer Cultural Center at TASIS.Amongtheotherpeoplesheadmiredandhadasfriends, she told TheSaturdayEveningPost,wereRonaldReagan,formerU.N. Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick, and the Evangelical SisterhoodofMaryinDarmstadt,Germany.Astrikinglyprettywomaneveninheroldage,Mrs.CoorswasaquintessentiallyAmerican, outgoing, cheerful, warm, and generous woman who will be fondly and gratefully remembered by the Fleming-Aeschliman family and others in the larger TASIS family.

Michael D. Aeschliman TASIS Foundation Board

Holly Hanson Coors, 1920-2009

Mrs.Holland“Holly”HansonCoors,awell-knownAmericanphilanthropistandpoliticalandreligiousactivist,died inGolden, Coloradoon18January2009,atage88,tendaysbeforethedeath of her old, close friend, Mrs. M.C. Fleming. Mrs. Coors was a graduate of Wildcliff Junior College in Swarthmore,Pennsylvania,whichwasstartedanddirectedbyMrs.Fleming’sparents,Mr.andMrs.H.MillerCrist.ShealsotraveledinEuropewith Mrs. Fleming in the late 1930s as one of the “American schoolgirls” memorialized in Todd Fletcher’s song for the musical MCF:WhataLife!

Mrs. Coorswas known for her volunteer and philanthropicefforts.From1941to1988shewasmarriedtoJosephCoors,oftheColoradobrewingfamily,andborehimfivesons.AfterreadingRussellKirk’sTheConservativeMind:FromBurketoSantayanain1953,Mr.Coorsbecameaconservativepoliticalactivist.HesubsequentlywentontohelpfoundtheHeritageFoundation,aconservativeresearchinstitution,inWashingtonin1973.Heandhiswifebecamelong-timefriendsandstrongsupportersofRonaldReagan.

Born in Bangor, Maine, the daughter of a poor Swedish immigrantwhodidwellasapapermanufacturer,HollandHanson grew up on the Main Line of Philadelphia and attended Wildcliff Junior College before moving to New York and working as a model and photographer for The Saturday EveningPost. She later recounted her life in an article on her in the Post (April 1985). Twenty years after her marriage,in 1961, she told the Post, she underwent an Evangelicaldeepeningofherreligiousbeliefswhichledhertocommither-self tovolunteerandphilanthropicendeavors toonumerousto list, but which included the STEP Foundation (Strategiesto Elevate People), aChristiangroupdesigned tohelppoor people in the inner cities, andWomen of Our HemisphereAchieving Together,which helps Central Americanwomen.ShealsocontinuedtobeactiveintheHeritageFoundationandtheFederalistSocietyandservedontheBoardofGovernorsoftheU.S.AirForceAcademyinColorado.

In addition to her five sons and daughters-in-law, Mrs. Coors had 28 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Two of her sons, Joseph Coors and Jeffrey Coors, attended the TASISSwissHolidayprogram in theearly1960s.Fiveofher

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Long-time TASIS summer-program language teacher AlbainGanichotdiedon21January2009inAvignon,France,his home-town, after a long illness. He was 84 years old. M. GanichothadintermittentlytaughtinTASISsummerprogramssincetheearly1960sbuthadalsorunhome-staysinAvignonand the surrounding areaof Provence, southern France, forTASIS students learning French, from the late 1950s onward. He was a close personal friend of Mrs. Fleming, Lynn and MichaelAeschlimanandtheirchildren,andJohnGage(TASIS’60)andhiswifeAmy.InrecentyearshehadtaughtFrenchduringthesummerinLeChâteaudesEnfants.

Albain Ganichot was born in Orange, Vaucluse, north of Avignon,in1925.WhilehisparentswereworkinginAlgeriafrom1942to1962hewaslargelyraisedbyhisgrandparents.HewasaboardingstudentattheJesuitCollegeSt.JosephinAvignon,wherehetooktwobaccalaureates,oneinphilosophy andtheotherinmath.In1945hejoinedtheFrenchArmytostudyaviationandspentseveralmonthsintheUSAinAlabamaasastudentpilot.AlbainreturnedtohishometownofAvignon,whichhelovedandenjoyedintroducingtopeople.ForafewyearsaftertheWarheworkedinadowntownhotelbutsoonwentintoteaching,spendingmostofhiscareerasateacherofGermanandEnglishattheCollegedelaSalle,runbytheDominicanorder.Althoughheretiredfromfull-timeteachingthere in 1985, he continued to teach and tutor in languages in Avignon for many years and to work in TASIS summer programs.HespokeSpanishaswellasEnglish,German,andhisnativeFrench.

ThepresentwriterandhisfamilywereprivilegedandblessedtoknowM.Ganichotformanyyearsandtospendaconsiderable amountoftimewithhimoverthelastfifteenyearsofhislife.Itisdifficultadequatelytostateinabriefnoticesuchasthisthesweetnessandloving-kindnessthatthismanextendedtothosecommitted tohiscareas studentsorguestsor simplycasually interacting with him. Unfailingly courteous, good-humored,generous,andgracious,Albainwasacelibate,verydevout, thoughunostentatiousCatholic.He rather hid thandisplayedhisgoodworksandoftenmadethepilgrimagetoLourdes. Living simply in an apartment in the heart of his belovedAvignon,hewasunfailinglyhelpfulinvolunteeringandinwelcomingpeopleandguidingthemaroundthecityand

itsbeautifulregionofProvence.Helivedanexternallysimple, modest life characterized by joyous gratitude, good humor,cultured intelligence, and an inner glow of warmth and appreciation for the goods of life, friendship high amongthem, that will not soon be forgotten by his friends. He was amanwithoutamaskandheleavesbehindanimageofthewell-lived life summed up in George Peele’s lines: “Beauty,strength,youth,areflowersbutfadingseen;/Duty,faith,love,areroots,andevergreen.”

Michael D. Aeschliman TASIS Foundation Board

Albain Ganichot, 1925-2009

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GerhardstartedasacounseloratSwissHoliday,thenAssistantDirectorofProjectEuropeinthe1960s.HemetLynnFlemingontheAustrianskislopes,fellinlove,andthatishowhecameto TASIS. He owned and ran a charming guesthouse in St. Anton,aswellasanantiquesshop;hewasalsoa topskierwhodidn’tquitemaketheOlympicteam.Gerhardwasneverwithouthisviolin(andcrucifix)nomatterwhereintheworldhewas.Hedrovethefamous’TASISSpaghettiBus’acrosstheUSAstopping incountlessplacesandholdingmini reunions–cookingspaghettiinthebackoftheblueVWbusforeachstop.Onceduringablizzard inChicagohewasout visitingschools on behalf of TASIS for the day when the blizzard hit andalthoughhecoulddriveinanysnowconditionshimself,Chicagoanscouldnotandhewasstoppedonthehighwaybyall thestalledcars.Hewentfromcartocarrescuingpeopleandledalargegrouptosafetyinachurchacrosssomefields,wheretherewasonetelephoneandtheycouldallcalltosaytheyweresafe.Theonlythinghetookwithhimwashisviolin,sobesidesthephonethestrandedfolkshadclassicalmusic.

He had impeccable oldGermanmanners and always kisseda lady’shandwhenhemether.Gerhardwasextraordinarilysocial, gregarious, kind, empathetic, generous, meticulouslygroomedandalwayselegant.Hehadanuncannysensitivitytothefeelingsofothers.HisEnglishwasflawlessdespitetheslightaccent.Hewasoneofakindandleftadeepimpressiononthoseofuswhoknewhimwell.Hewasatruegentleman,adevoutCatholic,andaloyalsupporterofTASIS.

Gerhardoncesharedthisanecdote:“ThecraziesttaskIeverdid for Mrs. Fleming was the Spaghetti-Alumni-Tour withBrianKuselandaMaltesechefinacaravandecoratedbyBetsyintoaTicinesegrottorestaurant,pulledorratherdraggedbyanunderpoweredVWbus.Wewerebarelyabletoshiftintofourthgear,withheadwindintosecond.Ifoundanapkinwiththegeographicschedule. Ichickenedout inNewOrleanstostaysane.Maybeyouremember? Icertainlydo,everydetailof it.” Betsy Bacon Newell

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Gerhard Schwarzacher1936-2008

The M. Crist Fleming Endowment for International Under-standingandLeadershipwasestablished in2008 througha$500,000 bequest from TASIS alumnus John E. Palmer ’64.This seed money was added to shortly thereafter by a generous gift of CHF100,000 from theGrindfors family,which fundsthe TASIS Senior Humanities Program under the auspicesof the Endowment. The Endowment is growing as these initial gifts are augmented by donations from other TASIS alumni,parents, and friendswhowish tohonor the lifeand accomplishmentsofTASISFounderM.CristFleming. TheEndowmentsupportsstudentinvolvementininternationalserviceprojects(pertaining,forexample,torefugees,immigration,homelessness,health,andenvironmentalsustainability),funds theTASISSeniorHumanitiesProgram,andaimstocrosslinguistic,ethnic, and national borders among our students through theater and music, a tactic for which we already have an admirable tradition and reputation. The Endowment alsoprovidesresourcestoinvitedistinguishedguestspeakersand

The M. Crist Fleming Endowment for International Understanding and Leadership

A Memorial to Our Founder

attract and retain world-class faculty – the soul of the TASIS experience.Itwillbeusedtofundstudentscholarships,aswellasfortheprofessionaldevelopmentofourteachers.

The Endowment does not finance capital projects. It is managed by the TASIS Foundation, a Swiss, non-profit, educational foundation. Donations to the TASIS Foundationfor the Endowment Fund are tax-deductible in Switzerland or intheUnitedStates,dependingontheresidencyofthedonor.

Gifts to the M. Crist Fleming Endowment for International Understanding and Leadership honor our Founder and willhelpcontinuetobringherdreamtolifeforcurrentandfuturegenerations of TASIS students.

If you are interested in making a donation to the Endowment in Mrs. Fleming’s honor, please contact the TASIS Development Office at alumni@tasis.ch or call +41 91 960 5300.

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Looking Forward

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DearAlumni,

Warmest greetings to our alumni around the globe from your TASIS family in Switzerland, particularly from our long-term facultyandstaff---tantiauguridalbelTicino!

Itisalwayswonderfultoseesomanyalumni,fromfivedecades, ourextendedTASISfamily,atourannualfallNewYorkReunion, especially the PG 66ers who gave such a good showing. Mylong-term TASIS colleagues and I are always delighted to hear about life-long friendships and contacts forged at TASIS, memorable shared experiences, subsequent accomplishments,andevenTASISmarriages.

As you see, TASIS reunions are ongoing, festive get-togethers,including the rigorous and enjoyable Aspen reunion and the Istanbul reunion generously hosted by TASIS Alumnus Ferit Sahenk’83.

IamhappytoreportontheStateoftheSchool.Wearestronger than ever, with growing enrollments, high student retention,stronger student applicants and academics, and a very fine faculty.Itisahigh-prioritycommitmentoftheBoardofDirectorstorecruitandretaintopteachers.TASISveteranand lastyear’sInterimHeadmaster Lyle Rigg did an excellent job in hiring forthis year, andwe have awonderful newHeadmaster, who is,however,nostrangertoTASIS.FormerDeanofStudentsMichaelUlku-SteinerreturnedtoTASISlastsummerwithhisfamily,andheistheidealHeadmasteratthiscrucialjunctureinthehistoryoftheSchool.Buildingonthepast53years,wearenowsuccess-fullyheadingintoournexthalf-century.Asmanyofyouknow,Mrs.Flemingandmyfamilyhavegiventheschoolsandcampuses inSwitzerlandandEngland,valuedat100millionSwissfrancs,to thenon-profitSwissTASISFoundation.Theself-renewingFoundationBoard and theBoardofDirectors at each school are entrustedwith the task of perpetuating the schools andmaintaining thehighstandardsofexcellence inacademicsandvalues.As inter- nationaleconomicdevelopmentsclearlyindicate,thisisaconstant challengeinanever-changingworldinwhichinstitutionsaswellasindividuals,companies,andevennationstatesareveryvulnerable.

Whilewe,likeeveryonewhoisprudent,aretakingseriouslyriskmanagement, we are also continuing our ambitious building campaign.Theadditionofaverysuccessfulandrapidly-growingelementaryschoolonourmaincampus,aswellasgrowthinthemiddle andhigh schools,mean thatweneed tokeepbuildingtomeetprogrammaticneeds.DeceasedalumnusJohnPalmer’sextraordinary2.5million-dollarlegacygifthasprovidedthemainfundingforournewJohnE.PalmerCulturalCenter.Thisimportant multi-use building, which will be heavily scheduled for plays, musicals, concerts, lectures, films, dances, exhibits, meetings, and receptions,hasalsobeengenerouslyfundedbyotheralumni,as

Letter from the Chairman of the Board

youseeinthelistofTheaterBenefactors.UnderveteranTheater Director KayHamblin, our studentswill perform Shakespeare’s The Tempest in the beautiful new performance space at nextNovember’sFamilyWeekend.

OnthesteephillabovethePalestra,aftercarefullydiggingawayat the mountain and inserting 9-meter long nails and cement to holdthehillup,constructionhasfinallystartedfortheverylarge La Lanterna building and La Fiammetta, the smaller building below,whichwillhousestudentdormswithgorgeousviews,class- rooms,andfacultyapartments,tobereadyforoccupancybyfall2010.Ourplansaretocontinuebuilding,throughcreativefinancing withdevelopmentfees,loans,anddonations,tohouseandeducate our planned growth to 740 students in our elementary (240day students) andmiddle and high schools (175 day and 325 boarding).WearelaunchingtheM.CristFlemingGlobalVillageCapitalCampaigntoassistincampusexpansion,includinganewsciencebuildingwithsixlaboratories.Thisoptimisticbuildingplanisdesignedtomeetthecurrentandfutureprogrammaticneedsof our growing school. If the world’s financial crisis affects our enrollments, we are flexible and will slow down building and consolidate,lettinggosomeofthemanyrentalpropertiesoffcampus.

Butasouralumniwellknow,it’snotonlythebuildingsandtheuniquelybeautifullocation,butalsothepeoplewhomakeTASISthefineschoolthatitis.Weareinthenoblebusinessofeducating the young from around the world, the rewarding work of transformingthelivesofourstudentsbybuildingineachofthemanadaptableintellect,virtuouscharacter,pietyorrespectfulness,andcommitmenttoservingothers.AstheeminentBostonUniversity educational-policy specialist, friend of the School, and alumni parent Charles Glenn put it in an address to our faculty this winter, “Cris Fleminghada visionof educationasharmonioushumandevelopment,whatAristotle calledhuman flourishing.”It isavisionsharedbymostofuswhoworkintheSchoolsshefounded, and we try to induct newcomers into this ethos.

Coming out this spring is a volume on the history of TASIS Switzerland1956-2006andTASISEngland1976-2006,entitled InPursuitofExcellence,whichhonorsthemanyindividualswhohave made TASIS what it is today---teachers, administrators, students, and staff. We want to draw attention to the many dedicated, indispensable people beyond the founding familythathavemadethisfineschool.Youcanbeproudofyouralma mater.We count on your continued loyalty and thank you foryour past, present, and future support inmaintaining a strongTASIS.MayGodblessyouallwhereverlife’sjourneystakeyou.

Sincerely,

Lynn Fleming Aeschliman

Stefano Borghi holdsaM.Sc.inEconomicsfromtheLondonSchoolofEconomicsandaM.Sc. inBusinessAdministrationfromBocconiUniversity(Milan).HestartedhiscareerinBPinLondonin1987.HislastpositionintheBPGroupwasCEOofapetrochemicalunitinSpain,whichherestoredtoprofitability andsold.Heworkedintelecommunicationsfrom1994,atfirstinCableandWireless inLondonandthendevelopingNokiain Italyas itsCEO.He ismanagingdirectorofConvergenza,which he co-founded in 1999, a company that successfully investedover€200millioninprivateequity.HeisadirectorofaUKlistedoilcompanyandheisChairmanofSwissIncome Partners,whichhestarted in2009.WithhiswifeCarolandhis childrenMatthewandChristopher, he foundeda familycharity that has sponsored educational projects for young peopleinMexico,Congo,andCameroon.Hiscurrentinterestsareraisinghisboys,togetherwithCarolandthehelpofTASIS,establishinghisSwisspartnership,anddevelopinghischarityfurther.

Riccardo Braglia attended Bocconi University in Milan,wherehe tookaMaster’s inBusinessAdministrationwitha specializationintheeconomicsofindustrialcorporations.Mr.Braglia has international working experiences in the USA,UK,andPortugal,andnow isanentrepreneurandmemberoftheBoardandCEOofthechemicalpharmaceuticalgroup HELSINN, based in Lugano, Dublin, and New Jersey. Mr. Braglia’stwosons,GabrieleandGiacomo,attendTASIS.Heisa

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memberofthePresidentialCommitteeoftheTicinoChamber ofCommerce.HealsohastaughtmanagementcoursesatIMB Lausanneand in ItalyatBocconiandCàFoscariUniversities.Riccardo and his wife Giuseppina are involved in different charityinstitutionsandprogramsinEuropeandinAfrica.

Jennifer Bullard Broggini is a Member of the Board ofDirectorsandChairmanof theAuditCommitteeofTechno-Serve,anon-profitorganizationwithannualrevenuesofover$40millionand500employees,whichhelpsentrepreneurialmen andwomen in poor areas of the developingworld to buildbusinesses.SheisalsoaMemberoftheBoardofDirectorsofKiegerAG,aninstitutionalinvestmentconsultingcompany.She was previously Member of the Board of Directors andChairmanoftheAuditCommitteeofBanqueFiduciaryTrust,Geneva,andpriortothatheldanumberofpositionsduring15yearswithChaseManhattanBank(formerlyManufacturersHanoverTrust),includingVicePresidentofCorporateBanking,HeadofSwissMergersandAcquisitions,andVicePresidentofPrivateBanking.SheisaDirectoroftheTicinoChapterofthe Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce and an elected member of the local town council. She graduated from St. LawrenceUniversityandspentayearabroadattheUniversityofRouen,France.JenniferisfluentinEnglish,Italian,French,andGerman.SheismarriedtoAndreaBrogginiandtheyhavetwo daughters, Francesca and Isabella, who currently attend TASIS.

Riccardo Braglia, Chairman Lynn Aeschliman, Jennifer Broggini, and Stefano Borghi

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WeareverygratefultoBoardDirectorsProf.GiovanniBarone-AdesiandDr.AlexKorachwhokindlydedicatedthemselvestoservingontheinauguralBoardofDirectorsfrom2005tolastyear,when they rotated off the Board. FernandoGonzalez, Berkley Latimer, Gianni Patuzzo, John Pritzlaff ’72, CurtisWebster ’75, andAlexandraHeumann-Wicki ’80 remain ontheBoard,andwearegratefulfortheirserviceanddedication.

New Members Join the TASIS Board of Directors

WeareverypleasedtoannouncetheappointmentofthreenewmembersoftheTASISBoardofDirectors,wholiveinLuganoandhavechildrenatTASIS.Allthreebringavarietyofexpertise andcommitmenttotheBoard;all threeareheavily involvedwithcharityprojectsinAfrica.

Dr.CharlesGlennholdsdoctoratesfromHarvardandBostonUniversities, is the author of several books on educational historyandpolicy,andhasservedasDeputyCommissionerofEducationinMassachusettsandDeanoftheBostonUniversitySchoolofEducation,aswellasaneducationaladvisortothe EuropeanUnionandseveralEuropeangovernments.ThreeofhissevenchildrenhaveattendedorworkedatTASISandhehasdeliveredCommencementAddresses at both TASIS schools.

IamjustreadinganewbookcalledSweating the Small Stuff, abouthalfadozenAmericanurban schools that servepoorminority pupils remarkably well. Their approaches are verydifferent;what theyhave in common is that theypay close attention to the ’small stuff’, to the countless details of school lifethatmakeupthepowerfulhiddencurriculumoffocused effort and mutually-respectful behavior that, in each very differentcase,translatesthemissionoftheschoolintopractice. Each rejects the idea that educators should focus on the’important’ thingsandthat therestwill fall intoplace.Eachschool insists that everything that its students experience isimportant, that no neglect or carelessnessmust be allowedtoundermine the coherenceofhow the school livesout itsexpectations.

Cris Fleming based her life’s work on a certain concept of beautythatinformedherwholeprojectofeducation:nottheRomanticbeautyofAlpineprecipicesbuttheClassicalbeautyof balance and harmony. You know that verywell becauseyouseeitallaroundyouhereinthisbeautifulplace.Butitwasnot a beauty only of buildings and furnishings that she sought butanidealofwhatitwasforyoungpeopletoflourishandbecomealltheywerecapableofbeing–moreindeedinsomecasesthantheyortheirparentsimagined.

Plato, inwhatRousseauandothershavecalled thegreatestbookeverwrittenabout education, said that it should startwithmusic,todevelopharmonyinthesoulandinthebodyaswell, a harmony that would be the end and goal as well as the startingpointofaneducationworthyofthename.

Inthattradition,thecoreethos–thepaideia–that informs

TASIS is the cultivation of a harmonious balance of mindand body and soul. Because of that concern for balanced development ’....where Thebodyisnotbruisedtopleasuresoul, Norbeautybornoutofitsowndespair, Norblear-eyedwisdomoutofmidnightoil’ (Yeats,“AmongSchoolChildren”)

TASIS cultivates a climate of respect for its students, and expectsinturnrespectfromthemfortheschool,itsteachers,andeachother. (Suchrespect, it shouldbestressed, isnotthesamethingasacceptanceofallthetwistsandturnsofadolescence;indeed,thatwouldnotberespectfulofyouthoroftheadultsthattheyareseekingtobecome.)

That, then, as I understand it, is the tradition and the core missionofTASIS.Itisimportanttostress,however,thatitisnottheonlybasisforaschool,orforagoodschool.Goodschools, even great schools, are built around quite variedmissions and understandings of human flourishing, though Iwouldcontendthattheyhaveincommonthatallofthem’sweat the small stuff’. That is, all great schools not only haveaclearly-expressedethosormission,but takecare to translateitintoallaspectsofthedistinctivecharacterandlifeof the school.

Oneofthegreatadvantagesofprivateschools(andofcharter schools in the US and in Alberta) is that they are free to developfullyaparticularwayofeducation,atleast–andthisisasignificantcondition– iftheycanpersuadeasufficientnumber of parents to entrust their children to that vision.Theycansetouttosatisfysomeparentsandtheirchildrenverymuchwhilemakingnoapologiesfornotbeingatallthecupofteaofsomeotherparentsandchildren.Theyarenotforced to shoot for the lowest common denominator, what I call’defensiveteaching’.

In order to maintain the integrity of such a school – and forthesakeofcommonhonesty–thereisanobligationto presentveryclearly toprospectiveparentswhat theschoolstandsfor,notjustintheformofageneralmissionstatement but in terms also of how the school functions in its daily life,andwhat itseekstoaccomplishinthemindsandalsointhelivesofitsstudents.Someschoolshavedriftedawayfromthatclarityofmissioninapanicaboutrecruitmentora desiretopleaseawealthydonor.Suchself-betrayalisfatalinthe long run. For the same reason, there is an obligation to presentjustasexplicitlytostudentswhattheschoolstandsfor–andwillnotstandfor.Proceduralfairness instudentdisciplineisessential,butthereisnoappealagainstwhatisessential to the core mission of the school.

Remarks of Dr. Charles Glenn to TASIS Faculty, Lugano, March 2009

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Again for the same reason of maintaining the integrity of the school,thereisanobligationtobeveryclearwithprospectiveteachersaboutthesematters–andareciprocalobligationonthepartofteachersnottoacceptapositioninaschoolwhose distinctivecharactertheycannotendorsewhole-heartedly.Ina large public school system, teachers are bounced aroundfrom school to school on the basis of seniority and other factors;intheworldofprivateschools,nooneisobligatedtoworkataparticular schoolandnoone shouldworkatonehalf-heartedly. This is, by the way, one of the main reasons whyprivateschoolteachers,thoughonaveragepaidlessthanthoseinpublicschools,reportsignificantlyhigherjobsatisfaction. They are much more likely than public school teachers to reportthattheysharewiththeotherteachersintheschoolthesamebeliefsabouteducation,whichmakesabigdifferenceintheir sense of efficacy.

European and American law recognize that the right of teachers to Lehrfreiheit, the freedom to teach based on one’s convictions,doesnot includethefreedomtounderminethemission of the school in which one teaches. This is why, for example,teachersinaFrenchstateschoolmustnotpromotereligion,while teachers in apublicly-funded FrenchCatholic school must not criticize Catholic beliefs. The courts have referred to this as the ’duty of loyalty’. The Spanish ConstitutionalCourt has pointed out that teaching is not a

solitaryact,andthatateacherwhochoosestoworkinaschool because of its particular character would be injured in the exercise of her freedom to teach if another teacher is under-mining that character. It does not violate the freedomof ateacherinaMontessorischooltobeexpectedtofollowthatpedagogyratherthantheSteinerpedagogy,andviceversa.

This does not mean, I hasten to say, that teachers should not criticize the decisions of administrators or boards, but they should do it as necessary on the basis of the mission of the school, not attacking that mission. This issue arose in TheNetherlands, when the legally-prescribed advisory councilsofparentsandteachersinsomecasessoughttochangethe fundamental character of schools. The Onderwijsraad ruledthat the membership of such groups, by their very nature, come and go, and cannot usurp the role of the board responsiblewithmaintainingtheschool’scharacterovertime.

Platowrotethatdivisionandstrifewasthegreatestevil.Weareaccustomedandgratefultolivein’opensocieties’wherefundamental disagreements are accommodated and allowed institutionalexpression,not least inschools.Thedilemmaofpublic schools in theUnitedStateshasderived in largepartfrom their effort to accommodate every possible viewpoint,evenonmattersofthedeepestsignificance,aneffortwhichhas toooften resulted inacurriculumpurgedofmuch thatmakeseducationexciting.Privateschoolshavetheenormous advantage that, while welcoming honest differences of opinion,theycanavoiddifferencesthat’goallthewaydown’.Theycandosobecausetheyarefreely-chosenbyparentsandby teachers.

WhatyouhaveatTASISisprecious:notjustalovelylocationandarchitecture,butatraditionofdeeprespectforharmoniousbeauty,andanapproachtoeducationreflectingthatrespect.Ihopeyouknowhowunusualthis isamongelitesecondary schools. I know from experience as a parent how often teachersbelievethat their role is toencourageyouth–as ifthey needed such encouragement – to challenge what many generations have considered the Good, the True, and the Beautiful. How often teachers express a personal cynicismand communicate that, half-deliberately, to their students, sometimesinapatheticefforttobeacceptedas’oneoftheguys’.Howfewofmyownteachers–mostlyinhigh-ranked Episcopalchurchschools–expressedtousanypersonalidealsorconvictionsofasortthatwouldhavecausedmetoconsiderthathavingsuchidealsandconvictions,ratherthanarelicofbabyhoodtobeleftbehind,wasapartofbeingafully-realizedadult! I had to find such adultmodels elsewhere, and thatiswhyIhavetriedtodobetterbytheeducationofmyown children, including sending one of them to TASIS. Surely it is no accident that, of all my children, she is the one who is now aninspiringhighschoolteacher!

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Around CampusThe TASIS Global Village

The TASIS Global Village is an ensemble of beautiful and functionalnewbuildings.AnyonewhohasvisitedTASISknows that the location and campus are spectacular. Thousands of alumni cherish memories of living on the Collina d’Oro– the “Hill of Gold” – and come back year after year to relive those memories. When they return they witness firsthandthemarvelousimprovementstothecampus.

In1996theTASISFoundationBoardapprovedacomprehensive campusmasterplanaddressingthe long-termneeds for thedevelopment of the campus. At the heart of the plan: theFounder’s vision of surrounding students with beauty. In collaboration with TASIS Board Chairman Lynn Fleming Aeschliman’63,MasterArchitectDavidMayernikhasdeveloped theTASISGlobalVillageMasterPlan.Mayernikaimedtocreatean Italianatehillvillage---anurbanclusterofbuildings,piazzas,fountains,andstairwayssurroundedbycolorfulvillasandopenspace. This approach maximizes the School’s development

potential, increases the amount of usable green space, andfostersasenseofhumanecommunity.AssuchitmakesTASISauniqueandimportantexampleofsustainabledevelopmentlocally, nationally, and internationally.

ThefirstthreephasesoftheGlobalVillageMasterPlanhavebeen completed: the handsome multi-use gymnasium, the Palestra (1999), the stunning M. Crist Fleming Library andPiazza (2004),andtheAuroraclassroombuilding (2006),allbeautifullyenrichingthecampusandprovidingmuch-neededfacilities for our community. Ground-breaking for the newJohnE.PalmerCulturalCentertookplaceinMay2008.Whencompletedinthefallof2009thenewCulturalCenterwillbeoneof themostwidely-usedandvitalbuildingsoncampus.TASISstudentsnowenjoytheadvantagesofanewgymnasium,attractive class and dorm rooms, and a quiet and beautiful library.TheTASISGlobalVillageistheSchool’sresponsetothecontinualneedtoimproveitsstandardsofexcellence.

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ThephysicalimprovementstothecampushaveenhancedthereputationoftheSchoolandhelpedattractthebeststudentsandteachersfromaroundtheworld.Thenewspaceshaveenabledtheteachingstafftoworkmoreefficientlyandwithastrongersenseofsatisfactionastheydeliverresultsinastimulatingandbeautifulenvironment.AsTASIScelebrates its53rdyear,westrivewithincreasingvigortorealizeMrs.Fleming’svision:tobe the school of choice in Switzerland and one of the best schools intheworld.Andaswecontemplatethenext50years,weknowthatthesamecommitmenttoexcellenceandachievementwill allowus to fulfill the vision of the TASISGlobal Village MasterPlantohonorTASISFounderM.CristFleming.

Realizing the VisionDeliveringexcellence isanexpensiveundertaking. IncreasingtuitionfeesannuallyisnotafavorableoptionbuttheSchool isexpectedtoofferconstantly-improvedservices,accommodations,andacademicprograms.UntilnowthefinancingoftheSchool’sgrowthhascomefromfundsthatTASIShassetasideovertime,traditional bank financing, and fundraising. The School has enjoyed generous financial support from many alumni, parents,andfriendswhobelieveinitsmissionandwhoshareMrs.Fleming’svisionofpromotinginternationalunderstandingandleadership. To realize the vision and provide for the growth of the elementary,middle, andhigh schools on ourmain campus,theBoardofDirectorsgave itsapprovaltotheTASISGlobalVillageMasterPlan,whichencompasseseightcapitalprojectsonourMontagnolacampus.Inadditiontothethreebuildings already under construction — cultural center, classrooms,and dormitory, TASIS plans to build new science labs, a second gymnasium, art classrooms, dormitory rooms, and faculty apartments, as well as an all-weather playing field, undergroundparkingwithbasketballcourtsontop,andapool. An integrated financing plan should allow TASIS to enlargetheSchoolasitstrengthenstheeducationalprogram.Theplanreliesonincomefromoperations,traditionalbankfinancing, campusdevelopmentfees,refundabledeposits,anddonations. Recognizingcurrentworldwideeconomicconditions,philanthropyisanevenmoreintegralpartofTASIS’splanningforastrongtomorrow.WeencourageallmembersoftheTASIScommunitytomakean investment in theSchool’s future tohelpTASISrealizethisinspiringvision.

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For ways of giving to the M. Crist Fleming Global Village Capital Campaign, please contact the Headmaster, MichaelUlku-Steiner<michael.ulku-steiner@tasis.ch>.

Left: La Lanterna: classrooms, dorm rooms, faculty apartmentsRight: La Fiammetta: classrooms - completion date fall 2010

The John E. Palmer Cultural Center - completion date fall 2009

The new John E. Palmer Cultural Center under construction

Promoting truth, beauty, goodness, international understanding & humanitarian action

New

TASIS 12th and 13th graders have always enjoyed the privileges of their senior status on campus. The best dorm rooms and latest curfews no longer suffice, however, for students who will soon launch themselves from their neston the Collina d’Oro into a world full of challenges and responsibilities. To help prepare them for that world andto offer them the richest possible intellectual and ethical experiences, the Senior Humanities Program (SHP) allowsour12th and13thgraders intimate access to accomplished scholars,artists,leaders,andinnovators.

November 11-14Humanitarian Action

Andy CunninghamCo-FounderandExecutiveDirector,Women’sInstituteforSecondary EducationandResearch(WISER),MujuruBay,Kenya

• Internationaldevelopment• Girls’education• Non-profitmanagement• Youthleadership• Socialjusticeactivism

January 29-30Beauty

David MayernikTASISMasterArchitect,ProfessorofArchitecture,NotreDameUniversity

• GlobalVillageMasterPlan• Classicalarchitectureandcontemporaryspaces

February 11-12Goodness

Michael AeschlimanProfessorofEducation,BostonUniversityandUniversitàdellaSvizzeraItaliana

• AbrahamLincoln onthe200thanniversaryofhisbirth

March 20-27InternationalUnderstanding

George WalkerBritisheducatorandformerDirectorGeneraloftheInternationalBaccalaureateOrganization(IBO)

• InternationalEducation• TheIBDiplomaProgram• UnityandDiversity

April 22-24Truth

Jen HazenPoliticalAffairsOfficerandConsultant,UnitedNations,U.S.State Department,andinternationalagencies

• Civilwardynamics• Post-conflictreconstruction• Peacekeeping• Internationalrelations

May 29 Dr. Rose OdhiamboCo-FounderandDirector,InstituteofWomen,GenderandDevelopmentStudies,EgertonUniversity,Kenya

• Graduationspeech

Already this year, theyhavebeenable to chatover chickenand potatoes with one of the world’s most accomplishedyoungactivists,totouraconstructionsitewithaprize-winning architect,todebateadistinguishedprofessoroverdessert inCasaFleming,tohearthesecretsbehindtheIBdiplomafromthemanwho once directed the International BaccalaureateOrganization.

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Andy Cunningham

Funded through a CHF 100,000 gift from TASIS parents Michael and Jane Grindfors, the SHP has revived a TASIS traditionbelovedbytheSeniorsandPG’softhe1970’sand80’s.Itallowsouroldeststudentstoshareinarangeofspecial conversations, tours, lectures, and tripswhich focus on fiveof the best elements of the TASIS identity: truth, beauty, goodness, international understanding, and humanitarian action. Thecoreofthisyear’sSHP:aseriesofsixdistinguishedvisitorswho share lectures,meals, outings and class visitswith our oldest students. Building on the excitement of this year’sevents,the2009-10SHPwillhaveanevenbroaderrangeandreach. Seniors, PG’s and their advisorswill read a commonsummerbook,chosenbyastudentcommitteefromamonga

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groupofrecommendedtexts.InJanuarythewholegroupwilljourneytoGenevaforpersonalizedmeetingsandtourswithofficialsfromtheUnitedNations,RedCross,andWorldHealthOrganization.

Havingheardafewstrandsofthisyear’sSHPconversations,ourcurrentjuniorsarealreadycuriousaboutwhatnextyear’s programwill bring. The SHP planning committee (includingfour members of the class of 2010) will choose another stimulating seriesofdistinguishedguests, thekindof truth-tellers, beauty-creators, and international humanitarians who canoffer our students a year-longgoing-away present thattheydeserve.

Michael Ulku-Steiner, Headmaster

David T. Mayernik with Mark Aeschliman

Michael D. Aeschliman

George Walker

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New Head of the Elementary School

ImmediatelypriortocomingtoTASISlastsummerwithmyfamily,Iwasthe foundingDirectorofa475-studentK-8charter school thathada curriculum and instructional approach almost identical to the TASIS ElementarySchool.Inadditiontotheobviousbeautyofthisplaceandthe cultural opportunities for my family, I derive great professional satisfaction from building a school through the early years of its founding. TASIS ES has adopted a strong curriculum with Core Knowledge, SingaporeMath,andDirect Instruction/ReadingMasteryandvalidated teaching methodologies, that if implemented correctly, will put the schoolonthecuttingedgeofeducational innovationandreform.ThepotentialofTASISESiswhatisexciting.Themostrejuvenatingpartofthe jobformehasbeenmyemergingrelationshipwiththeESdayparents.

Nyman Brooks graduated with honors with a dual degree in History and Economics, and a minor in Mandarin Chinese. He studied international affairs at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and completed anM.Ed.inEducationalleadership.

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Elementary School Production of A Christmas Carol, directed by Mike & Erica Cali

Marie-Josée (MJ) Breton was raised in Montreal, Canada, andearnedaBachelorofArtsinModernLanguages,Literature, and Linguistics at McGill University. She lived in Belgium, worked in Germany, and taught in a number of Canadian publicandprivateschoolsfor15yearsandstartedhercareer as a Spanish and ESL teacher. She successfully created theSpanishDepartmentatCollègeCharles-Lemoyne,whereshedeveloped the curriculum. Before coming to TASIS for the year-roundprogram,shewasHeadoftheEnglishDepartment at the French Lycée of Montreal, Collège Stanislas, and travel coordinator for the ESLDepartment. She created and implemented educational trips and exchange activities in different Canadian and American destinations.

MJworkedfortheTASISMiddleSchoolSummerProgramforthepast17yearsasaFrenchteacherandActivitiesDirector. When asked why so many years, she answers, «the valuesTASIS teaches the students, the international community, the beautyoftheplace,andforMrsFleming.»

Lastsummer,MJbecametheDirectorofthenewMiddleSchool Summer Program inChâteau-d’Oex. Itwas a success underherleadership,andMJplanstocontinuetoleadthissummerschool for many years to come.

MJ feels honored tobe thenewHeadof the TASISMiddle School. «It has been challenging, difficult at times, but exceptional andgratifying. Iwas ready for thisnew typeofexperienceinmyprofessionallife.Everydayisadifferentday,andsomedaysneverend,but I lovewhat Ido.WhenIsaid

yestothisjob,formeitmeantdevotingmyheart,time,andenergy to TASIS.

My objectives for the Middle School are to continue to develop an age-appropriate curriculum, build a specific Middle School Team, strengthen community through after-school programs, collaborate with my colleagues to ensurehighquality educationalopportunitiesandmemorable yearsat TASIS, and toprovideapositive impactonevery studentpresentandfuture. Ienjoybeingwithstudentsfromdiversecultures and feel privileged toworkwithwonderfulMiddleSchoolfacultymembersandaremarkableHeadmaster. IamreallyproudtobepartoftheTASISfamily.»

New Head of the Middle School, a Familiar Face and Smile

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TASIS Veterans Retire

In 1968, aged 23, I arrived at the Lugano train station, allby myself, with a large black metal trunk, having traveled continuously for forty-eight hours by boat and train from England.Itwasverylateatnightanddark,andIremember,as Iwalked out of the train station, looking up and seeingalineofstarsrisingfromthegroundintothesky. IthoughttomyselfthatitmustbetheSouthernCrossorsomespecialSwiss constellation of stars. As I had only been out of England oncebeforeinmylife,tostudyFrenchintheLoirevalleywhenIwasseventeen, Ihadnoideathat itwastheSanSalvatorefunicular!

Thenextmorning I sawmountains reaching to the sky, theblue of Lake Lugano, brilliant autumn colors, and a hostof dancing and singing people, all wearing their national costumes,playingaccordionsandviolins,andthrowinggrapes at each other. As I had just come from a swinging-sixties Londonwith“TheSoundofMusic”onstage,Iwasnotsurprised thatSwitzerlandwasthelivingreplicaofmyimagination.LittledidIknowthatLuganowascelebratingitsyearlywinefestivalthatweekend,laFestadellaVendemmia!

The magic of that first night and morning is still with me everytimeIwakeupinmyhomeinMontagnolaontheCollina D’Oro. I have spentmoreofmy lifewithMrs. Fleming,her family,andherschool,TASIS,thanIhavewithmyparents!While BetsyNewellwasattendingGaiFleming’sweddingreception in theVillaNegroni, Vezia, I baby-sat Betsy’s tiny new-bornson.IhaveblackandwhitephotosofyoungLynnandMichael attendingmyweddinginLuganoin1972.Imetmyhusband,Gino,atTASISandmyson,Marcus,methiswife,Juliana,atTASIS too. Marcus did his 10th grade at TASIS England as aboarder and I rememberhowhandsomehe looked inhisuniform. Thatwonderful character-building experience gave

After Forty-one Years of Service, Sarah Di Lenardo Retires

him his love of travel,music, and photography.My daughter Giorgia,graduatingfromTASISin1998,wentontogetherBAfromWebsterUniversity inGeneva,receivingtheLeadershipAward.AfterfouryearsmarketingWebsterintheMiddleEast,sheenjoyedheadinguptheTASISAlumniOffice,andisnowonthemarketingteamoftheUniversityofSwitzerlandinLugano. MarcusandGiorgiaarereal-lifeexamplesofTASISambassadors. Iamproudtobeabletosaythattheyarejustthesortofyoungpeople thatMrs. Fleming dreamed of sending out into theworld.TwoperfectpersonificationsoftheTASISeducation!

IamalsoproudandhappyandhonoredtohavebeenabletobeMrs.Fleming’ssecretaryandanemployeeofTASISforsucharewardingforty-oneyearsofmylife.Thankyou,TASIS,foryour wonderful gift of education.

And a huge, heart-felt thank you, Sarah, for all your many years of devoted service to TASIS! You are one of Mrs. Fleming’s true daughters.

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M. Crist Fleming, Michael Ulku-Steiner, Sarah Di Lenardo

Tribute to Kate Woodward Boundlessthanksforthewonderful workyouhavedoneforTASISandforall thecontributionsyouhavemade over the last 36 years of loyalty and devotion. May youhave a rewarding and contentedretirement.Withmuchlove, M. Crist Fleming 31 August 2008

Ican’tandwon’treallybelievethatKateWoodward,formerlyKateGonzalez,isactuallyretiringfromTASIS.KatepersonifiesALUMNIatbothSwitzerlandandEnglandandafterthirty-sixyearsworking for TASIS, she ispartof the fabric, theheartandsoul,andthemanysuccessesofTASIS.Wealloweheraheartfullofthanksanddeepappreciationforallthatshehascontributed to our fine institution and all that it has become overthepast36years.

KatecametoTASISin1972,whenourSwisscampuswasinanuproarandthenewly-wedGonzalezes,encouragedbymymother,Mrs.Fleming,duringtheir interviewtogetmarried, thought the campus would never be ready for school opening in the two to three weeks remaining, while theywent off on their honeymoon. On their return, they soon realizedthattheyhadjoinedaslightlyanddelightfullywacky organization where the impossible was considered possibleandactuallydidhappen.

KateworemanyhatsinherfirstsixyearsatTASISTheAmerican School in Switzerland—French teacher, Dean of Students, Director of Admissions—Kate was soon recognized and appreciatedforhavingmanytalents.

Onmoving to England in 1978, soon after the opening of TASIS England, Kate resumed teaching French and over thecourseoffiveyearstookbriefmaternityleavestodeliverandcareforhertwowonderfulandverytalentedsons,AdrianandSebastian, both of whom made the most of their 13 and 14 yearsrespectivelyofeducationatTASISEngland.

IwellremembersittingdownwithKatein1980overacupofteainherlivingroominThorpeandaskinghertotakeovertheworkofAlumniSecretary, collatingall thealumninewsthat her predecessor JackieManganarohad so competentlydoneformanyyearsinLugano.Fortunately,Kateresponded with a resounding “yes” and took on the role of Alumni Director for the next 28 years, handling all TASIS alumni

at both schools formost of those years! Talk about talent, competence, dedication, hard work, loyalty, charm, friend building,faithfulinsmallthings(Kateisagreatproofreader!)and big things—Kate is all of this and more. She certainly knows more of and about our thousands of alumni than anyoneelseatTASIS.Thinkhowmanythousandsofalumnihavesentintheirnewsoveralloftheseyears.Oneneedonlylook back over the dozens of TASIS alumnimagazines thatKateandI,andthenothers,producedovertheyearstoseetheamazinglydedicatedworkshehasdone.Andagain,Irepeat,sheisagreatproofreader,whichisararetalentthesedaysanda great boon to any organization.

Kate has formed wonderful friendships with many alumni,andIamsurehaspersonallycorrespondedovertheyearswith hundreds if not thousands of our alumni. She was instrumental inlaunchinganyandallofourfundraisingendeavorsovertheyearsassheheldthe“keystothekingdom”throughherhardlaborinthevineyardofdevelopingandkeepingcontactwithso many of our alumni.

IholdKateinthehighestregardasagoodfriendandoutstanding professional with undying dedication and devotion to her invaluablework at TASIS.We are all in her debt, and I amforevergratefultooneofthekeypillarsofTASISwhomadeTASIS what it is today.

I wish Kate many joys, peace in her heart, wellbeing, and gratifying“work” inher retirement.Shewill continueasaninvaluableresourceforthemanyfolkswhocontinueherworkwithourever-growingTASISalumnifamily.Godblessyou,Kate!Withgreatappreciationanddevotion,

Lynn Fleming Aeschliman ’63ChairmanoftheBoardofDirectors

Michael Marston PG ’93, Kate, Gai Fleming Case ’59, Judy Callaway Brand HS ’63, friend, Vicky Daum HS ’62, Linda Sayre HS ’63, Mrs. Fleming

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Alumni ProfilesPeace of MindSharon Squassoni ’81Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Sharon testifying before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming hearing on “Nuclear Power in AWarmingWorld: Solution or Illusion?” PicturedwithSharonare(l/r)AlexFlint(NuclearEnergyInstitute),DavidLochbaum(UnionofConcernedScientists),andAmoryLovins(RockyMountainInstitute).

WeaskedSharonSquassoni ’81totellus inherownwordsaboutthecareerpathshehastakensinceTASIS:“Formostofmycareer,I’veworkedingovernment--fortheArmsControlandDisarmamentAgency,theStateDepartment, andCongress.Otherwise, I’veworked at research institutesand,briefly,attheWashingtonbureauofNewsweek magazine,whichwasarguablythebestfunI’veeverhad.”Sheadds,“AsaSenior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,Inowfocusonnucleardisarmamentandnuclearnon-proliferation.Mostly,Igetpaidtowriteandspeakaboutissues that I’m passionate about, which is very lucky indeed. It’s different from being inside the government, where you’redoing the actual negotiating, but when you’re on the outside there’sgreaterpotentialtoinjectcreativityintothinkingaboutthese life-and-death issues.”

“I grew up in New York City, which is very multicultural,” Sharonsays,“butlivingabroadaffectsyourlifeforever.BeingatTASISconvincedmethat Iwantedtoworkonissuesthataffected people across the globe. And the intensity of my experience at TASIS (I had not one but three classes with Michael Aeschliman) gave me the confidence to become engagedinwhatareliterally’high-minded’pursuits--peace,security, and disarmament.”

WhatbroughtSharonbacktoourattentionwasanarticleshewroteaboutnuclearcooperationbetweentheUnitedStates

andIndiaintheAugust16,2007editionoftheInternationalHerald Tribune. “India is indeed a vitally important countryand a friend that America should treat well,” Sharon wrote. “ButtheUnitedStatesisalsoagloballeader-andthecountry with the greatest interest in promoting an international systembasedonrulesandrespectforthelaw.Whentheleading rule-makerandenforcertriestorewriteorbendtherulesforitsspecialfriendswhilenailingitsadversaries,therestoftheworld loses confidence both in the rules and in the UnitedStates.”

IntheJanuary2009editionof Current HistorySharonobserved:“Nucleardisarmamentappears tobeon track forapolitical makeover. Serious commentators have begun to discusswhatitmighttaketoactuallygettozeronuclearweapons,a questionthatisnolongertheexclusivepurviewofgrassrootsactivists.Noonebelieves thegoalwillbeachievedanytimesoon,” she continued, “but a consensus has emerged that the projectofdisarmamentmustbetakenseriouslyiftheworldistoavoidfurtherproliferationofnuclearweapons,perhapsintothe hands of terrorists.”

Sharonhasalsoexpressedherviewsaboutnuclearproliferation inNorthKoreaintheJune26,2008issueoftheLondonGuardian,titled“AtomsforPeace”.“Thesmallstepsachievedinthelastyear and a half stand in stark contrast to the failure of the earlier action-oriented, take-it-or-leave-it approach of theBushAdministration.SomemayarguethatNorthKoreawillnevergiveupitsweapons.Theopportunitytoquestionpeopleonthegroundwillat leastprovide insight intowhether thisassumptionistrue.Inthemeantime,theworldshouldbeabletoforestallmoreNorthKoreannucleartestsandhopefullycontinueonthepathtowardnormalization.” Sharon lives in Washington, DC with her husband, David Kaufmann,who teachesEnglish literatureatGeorgeMasonUniversity. They have two daughters, Zoe (7) and Lucia (4),andtwo“olddogs”,SocaandPetey.Sheandherfamilyarecommitted to spreading the word about “International EatIceCream forBreakfastDay”,which is the first Saturday in Februaryeveryyear.Thisyeartheyhad85guests!

To learn more about Sharon’s work at the Carnegie Endowment, go to: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/ experts/index.cfm?fa=expert_view&expert Sharon Figi

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Lookingoutat the lushgreenvalley, I catchaglimpseof statuesof famous figures on the incline right below me. As my eyes focus closer I see the flags standing right by my side: the emblem of the UnitedNationsandthatoftheUniversityforPeacepitchedamongthoseofmanycountries,waving inthewind. Iam inCostaRica,on the campus of the only U.N.-mandated institution for higher education in the field of peace and conflict studies, studying PeaceEducation.Itisadreamtobeheredevelopingstrategiesanddesigningprojectsthataddresssomeofthemostimportantissueshumanity faces today.

Amidstall thisbeauty, I thinkofMrs.FlemingandwonderhowIcamesofar,fromrunningerrandsformymother’sshopasaboyinVenice towhere I am today.Mypersonal life experiences andgrowthhavecertainlycontributedtotheformationofmyideasandinterests.However,itwasmytimeatTASISthatallowedthoseideastobeexpressedanddevelopinsuchalife-alteringway.

At a time when many all over the world mourn Mrs. Fleming’spassing,Irealize,yetagain,whatapowerfulimpactherideasandeffortshavehadonour livesand, indirectly,onthe livesofthosearoundus.Hervisionanddedicationhaveallowedmetobeexposed to a world of wonderful friendships, cultures, languages, placesanddiverseworldviewsthat Ihavecometomakemyown.Most importantly,shehas inspiredmetoenterthatworld,no longerastranger,toworkforthebettermentofhumanityinthewaythatshe believed to bemost essential: education. In her ownwords,“Educationisman’sbesthopeforabetterworld.”

Withthisconvictioninmindandthefruitsofhereffortsallaroundme,Icouldfeel,whilestillatTASIS,theimportanceofherwork.Icouldsensehowitchangedmebyencouragingmydevelopmentfrom an insecure child to a worldly young adult. Education had becomeempowerment. ItwasatTASISwhereIrealizedthattrueeducation was allowing people to blossom, and transform theworld,onepersonatatime.ItwasinthelittletownofMontagnolawhereIfirstsawtheshapemyeffortsforpeacewouldtake.

Today,Iamactingonmyintentionbylookingatglobalandlocalsystemsofeducationallovertheworld.IaminitiatingcollaborationsbetweenUPEACEandotherorganizationstoenhancethereachofthis uniqueinstitution.Iamdevelopinganewphilosophyofeducation that I hope will help transform our common human heart and awakenittoitstruenature.

PeaceEducationbecameanaturalchoice;andUPEACE,thenaturalplaceforit.Hereismywork,andMrs.Fleming’slegacy,inbutoneofhermanygrandchildren.Nothingisimpossible;this,Mrs.Flemingknewandproved.Mayherenergycontinuetoflowthroughusaswe touch the hearts of many others.

Oliver Rizzi Carlson ’01, PG ’02 oliver8@hotmail.com www.upeace.org

Showing a Light, Passing a Torch

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Mrs. Fleming enjoys the company of Isabella Brunello ’01 and Oliver Rizzi-Carlson PG ’02 and his father

Alumni ProfilesRamin Jebraili ’81Orthopedic Surgeon

RaminJebrailigraduatedfromTASISinthespringof1981.HefirstattendedsummerschoolatTASIS(TELP),andthenatthetenderageof13beganhisjourneyasastudentintheboarding school. After having lived in Washington, DC for the past20 years, Ramin says, “I often look back onmy life and the effectTASISandlivinginSwitzerlandhadonme.Onewordthatdescribesmyexperience(coincidentlyinparallelwithournewPresident’splatformandtherecentsocialrevolution)is’diversity’. It was the diversity within the TASIS community that - to paraphraseCharlesDickens - created ’thebestof times’ and’theworst of times’.” These experienceswould develop andform a young boy into a man.

Raminmovedonhisown to theUnitedStatesat theageof17tocontinuehiseducation.“ItwastheindependencethatI learnedwhile living in TASIS that ’ledmy journey down the river of life’ as Herman Hesse (a famous former resident of Montagnola)wroteinSiddhartha”, he reminisces.

After graduating from medical school in 1989, he commenced his residency inWashington,DC.After two yearsofGeneral Surgery and four years of Orthopedic Surgery he became a JuniorAttendinginOrthopedicTraumaSurgeryatWashington,DCGeneralHospital,alevel1traumacenter.

Ramin says, “The stamina and competitiveness it took to besuccessful in the world of medicine were traits that had been planted during my formative years at TASIS. The diversity I encounteredearlieronallowedmetoclimbtheladderofpoliticslateratSuburbanHospital,aprivatehospitalintheWashington,DCareaandanaffiliateofTheNationalInstituteofHealth”.

The transition tobecometheDirectorofOrthopedicTrauma,ChairmanoftheDepartmentofOrthopedicSurgery,andrecently

theChair-electoftheDepartmentofSurgerynotonlyrequiredskillsbutalsotheabilitytoworkwithdifferentcolleaguesinafairandequitableway.Raminnotesthattheseweretraitshe“pickedupduringmyTASISstayandlaterrefined.”

As an orthopedic surgeon specializing in trauma situations, Ramin’spatientsareoftenvictimsofseverecaraccidentsflowninbymedevachelicopters.Becauseofthecloseproximitytothediverse,internationalmakeupofWashington,Ramin’spatientsareoftenmembersofembassiesandmultinationalemployeesof theWorld Bank. “Without a doubt,my ability to interact effectively as a surgeon - butmore importantly as a humanbeing - is a testament of my exposure at TASIS to studentsfrom diverse locations across the globe. It was essentially informaltraininginsociology”,statesRamin.

“Atypicaldayformemayconstituteofficehoursuntil5pm.OnmyoperativedatesImayperform3to4casesrangingfrom total joint replacements to arthroscopic surgeries. On dayswhenIamona24hourtraumacallshiftIhaveunpredictable

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CarlaWoods ’86, is a boardmember of the Fulfillment Fund inLos Angeles, California. The Fulfillment Fund is a college access organization. The students they assist are 98% minority, and most comefromeconomicallydisadvantagedbackgrounds. Inovercrowded andunder-resourcedLosAngelesschoolstheyareoftenoverlooked.ThegraduationrateinLosAngelesinsomehighschoolsislessthan45%. Yet Fulfillment Fund students defy the statistics by graduating fromhighschoolattwicetherateoftheirpeers.Manyarethefirstin their family to attend college. The Fulfillment Fund has three main goals:

1)Helpdisadvantagedstudentsgraduatefromhighschool;2)Increasethenumberwhogoontocollege;and3)Helpthemsuccessfullycompletecollegeandtransitionintotheworkingworld.

WiththeFulfillmentFundCarlahashelpedtoprovidehighschool mentoring and college support (SATs, financial aid planning andcounseling,collegevisits,andscholarships).

Shehasbeenapartof theFulfillmentFund for8years.“I runa volunteergroup,calledtheBrightFutureCommitteethatputsonanannualfundraiserfortheFulfillmentFund.Wejustputonourlastevent,SummerNights, in LosAngeles–apoker tournamentandparty,whichwasastarstuddedevent.”The2006WorldSeries of Poker (WSOP)winner, Jamie Gold, who haswon the highestpokerpurseinhistory($12M)atthe2006WSOP,hostedSummer Nights. Carla says, “This activity is my charity volunteer work. However,Ihavebeeninthemedicaldevicebusinessforalmost20years,andhaveover50UnitedStatesPatentsinimplantabledevices.Ialsositontheboardofdirectorsof4organizations(includingthe FulfillmentFund).”CarlalivesinBeverlyHillswithherhusband,andjusthadadaughter,DylanRaineWoods,onApril4,2008.Shealsotellsusthatshehasjustturned40.CongratulationsCarla! Sharon Figi

Contact:CarlaWoods<carla.woods@mannfbe.org>

Carla Woods ’86hours,sometimesrequiringsurgeryinthemiddleofthenightontraumavictimswhoareflowntothehospital.”

“During all that time I interrelate with a diverse patient population,andacertainsenseofempathyisrequiredtotreat individualsasequalsregardlessofbackground.Thissenseoffairness and equity continues to unveil thanks tomy TASISupbringing. As an orthopedic surgeon I am able to touch patients’livesonadailybasis,makingadifferencethathasarippleeffect.”

“Surgicalexpertisehaselementsofartistryaswellasdiscipline that were also cultivated during art classes withMr. Horst Dürrschmidt.”

Recently,Raminhasdecreasedhisworkloadso thathecancontinuegoingonadventuresreminiscentofhismanyTASISexcursions.ItwasonSchooltripsthathewasabletoseeEuro-peandexperiencehistoryasthoughhewere“readinganovelwith real-timepictures”.Hewould likehis family, includinghis7year-olddaughter,tosharethisglobalexperience.“Whoknows?MaybeonedayshemayfollowmyfootstepsontheSchool grounds.”

Ramin concludes, “To sum it all up, I have been fortunateandblessed.IattributethetwopartiallytoaquotationthatIencounteredwhileasenioratTASIS:’It’snicetobeimpor-tant,butmoreimportanttobenice’.Thatideahasbeenmycoreandmoralcompassdown’theriveroflife’.Iextendmygratitude to TASIS and warmest regards to the alumni of the School.”

Sharon Figi

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Annual ReportAsTASIScelebrates its53rdyear Iampleasedtosay thatevenin the face ofworldwide financial challenges, applications andenrollments are stronger than ever, our beautiful campus isin wonderful condition and is poised for some noteworthy futureadditions,andfiduciarysupervisionandstrategicplanning efforts for the future remain strong.

TheopeningoftheTASISElementarySchoolinSeptember2005 continuestohaveapositiveimpactonthefinancialperformance oftheSchool.Growthintheprogram’sorganization,physicalplant structure, and in the allocation of space has been successfully implemented, and, in spite of the additional costs incurred, agoodreturnoninvestmentwasgeneratedinFY2007-2008.Thecurrent fiscal year should show an improvement in the global financialperformanceoftheSchool,partlyasaconsequenceofthe continued success of the Elementary School.

TASIS’newHeadmaster,MichaelUlku-Steiner,andtheaddition totheBoardofDirectorsofthreeTASISparentswithsignificantbusinessacumenhavebrought freshperspectivesandwillhelpcontinuetostrengthenthepositivefinancialtrendthatTASIS iscurrentlyenjoying.

Financial support of the School through the Alumni Annual Fund and the Parents Annual Fund continued to increase in 2007-8.Inaddition,weareverypleasedtoreportthatthecapital campaign to fund the much-needed John E. Palmer Cultural Center has been successfully completed, thanks particularly to anexceptionalbequestof2.6MioUSD.Constructioniswellunder- way andwe look forward to having you join us for the grandopeninginFall2009.

Gianni Patuzzo, Financial Director

Income Highlights (net increase of 19%) Expenses Highlights (net increase of 16%) Enrollment increased by 9% Employeebenefitsincreasedby12%,reaching52% Elementarystudentsincreasedby32% oftotaloperatingcosts DaystudentsinHS/MSincreasedby16% OperatingandAdministrativeExpensesincreasedby13% Boardingstudentsdecreasedby4% MaintenanceandRentsincreasedby25% Academic fees increased by an average of 3.2% Depreciation,InterestandTaxesincreasedby151% Fundraising (not included in Operating Income) (includesexchangeratedifferences) Includesanexceptionalbequestrecevedof2.6MioUSD

TASIS Operating Income and Fundraising by category 2007-2008

TASIS Students 2007-2008Depreciation, Interests, & Taxes1’048’7734%

Income from winter session

25’355’62376.7%

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Elementary Day Students 7017%

Boarding Students27267%

Day StudentsHS&MS6716%

Boarding Students28054%

Elementary Day Students13326%

Day StudentsHS&MS10420%

Maintenanceand Rents4’138’37716%

Employee Benefits13’959’84952%

Operating &AdministrativeExpenses7’499’79828%

Income fromsummer sessions4’166’18512.6%

CapitalCampaign3’140’734

9.5%

AlumniAnnual Fund

83’6830.3%

ParentsAnnual Fund

274’2630.8%

Endowment21’7530.1%

TASIS Students 2006-2007Expenses

Annual Giving 2007-2008Thank you to the Alumni and Parents who have generously contributed to the Alumniand Parent annual appeals (PLEASE NOTE: This list only reflects gifts received during the Fiscal Year July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008)

$35,000+ Mr. Curtis Webster ’75

$5,000-10,000 Mr. Christopher Lynn $1,500-4,999Mrs. Kathleen BudgeMr. Robert Cutter ’83Mrs. Kathryn Pitner ’62Ms. Katherine Prentice PG ’66Mr. Peter Ziegler ’75

$1,000-1,499Dr. Mark Burdick ’71Mr. Paul Clegg ’85Mr. Kenneth Koch ’73Dr. & Mrs. Thomas and Karen Mauro AlumniParents

Mr. Geoffrey Parker PG ’67Mr. Robert Perkin PG ’66Mr. Asif Rangoonwala ’76Mr. & Mrs. Lyle & Sharon Rigg Former HeadmasterMs. Gigi Sheldon ’75Ms. Cari Wolk ’77

$500-999Mr. Ben Bradford ’03Ms. Campbell Burton PG ’65Mr. Ronald Farley PG ’66Mr. Brereton Jones PG ’00Mr. Ned Lynch PG ’66Ms. Patricia Oxman ’63Mr. John Procter ’98Ms. Theresa Thompson PG ’65Ms. Deborah Webster ’66Ms. Elizabeth Yates ’73

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Parents Annual Fund$100,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Jane Grindfors

$50,000-99,000 Mrs. Jennifer Broggini

$25,000-49,000 Pioneer Hi-Bred Foundation

$10,000-24,999 Mr. Abdullah S. Binzagr Mr. & Mrs. Andrea and Gioia Bonomi Mr. & Mrs. Riccardo and Giusi Braglia Mr. & Mrs. Daniel GorhamMr. Tai Ho HamMrs. Natalia LaborinskajaMr. Petter Neslein

$5,000-9,999Mr. Tony AngeliniMr. & Mrs. Menno De KantMr. Zvetan Zanev

$3,000-4,999Anonymous Mr. Dimitri Dovas Mr. Richard Fox Mr. & Mrs. Ettore and Adriana Petrini VF International SAGL

$1,000-2,999AnonymousMr. & Mrs. Peter and Petra AppelsMr. Branislav Bogicevic Mr. & Mrs. Paul and Anna BrightMr. & Mrs. Stuart R. and Joanna Brown Mrs. Christina Casas

Mr. Luis Carlos CastilloMs. Lisiane Gurgel RochaMrs. Denise KatzmanMrs. Antje MilhahnMr. Koji OmuraMr. Francesco PadovaniMr. Matthias Reimann-AndersenMr. Zaharia Schrotter Ms. Anna ShapovalovaMr. Yury UsheninMs. Bettina Zech

$500-999 Mrs. Danie AkessonMr. Rocco CambriaFarmacia Collina D’OroMrs. Anna Maria Corso MazzoMr. Kakhaber Kobakhidze

$250-499Ms. Anne D. Kaiser PG ’66Ms. Sharon Larkins-Pederson ’59Mrs. Adriana Redmond PG ’91Mr. Scott H. Whittle ’71

$1-249 AnonymousMs. Mallory Agerton ’74Ms. Randi Allfather ’73Mrs. Linda Bassett PG ’80Mr. Robert Blinn TSLP ’89Mr. Willard Bunn PG ’91Ms. Mary Rose Cafiero PG ’68Ms. Stephanie Chang ’93Ms. Giorgia Di Lenardo ’98Mr. Hans Figi ’75Mr. Gordon Golding ’73Ms. Tisha Illingworth ’89

Dr. Alan W. Larson ’64Mr. John Luttrell ’75Mrs. Nina McKenna ’73Ms. Nancy McLoughlin ’64Mr. Christopher Muncy ’87Mrs. Mimi Trieschmann Nesbit PG ’61Mr. Charles E. Pannaci PG ’66Ms. Emily Phillips SH ’64Ms. Barbara Pierce ’74Ms. Deborah Roberts ’81Ms. Carolina Roman ’78Ms. Joelle Ross ’68Mr. John Schmidt FC ’74Mr. Aviv Shoher TSLP ’95Ms. Ellen Terpstra ’69Mrs. Elaine Timbers PG ’68Mr. Alexander Vogel ’03Mr. William Weddleton ’75Mr. Toby A. Zorthian FC ’70

Ms. Katie Murphy ’74Mr. Jay Stuart RalphDr. Tokuryo Yo

$1-499 AnonymousMr. Thomas Cross Mr. Giuseppe Grossi Mr. & Mrs. Frank K. Luederitz Mr. David Marconi Mr. Igor Marfut Mr. Alexander Medvedev Mr. Carlo Mereghetti Mr. Andriy Novak Mrs. Rula Peinado Mr. Fernando Perez Gutierrez Dr. Erich Schilling Mr. & Mrs. Armando and Charlotte Zanecchia

Alumni Annual Fund

Giving Final List$2,000,000+Mr. John E. Palmer ’64

$250,000-1,000,000Mr. Curtis Mc Graw Webster ’75and the Curtis W. McGraw Foundation

$100,000 - 250,000The Honorable Mrs. Holland H. CoorsMr. Donald MacDermid ’61Mr. & Mrs. Steven PG ’61 and Yvonne Maloney Mr. Robert Perkin PG ’66VF International SAGL

$50,000-99,999Mr. Harry Belin in Honor of Graham (Peter) Belin ’69Mr. & Mrs. Richard PG ’65 and Paulise Bell II Mr. and Mrs. John ’60 and Amy Gage Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Anne MastainMr. John Pritzlaff III ’72 and Mrs. Mary Dell PritzlaffSenator & Mrs. Bola TinubuMr. & Mrs. Roberto Vaglietti

Theater CampaignThe John E. Palmer Cultural Center funding is now complete! Thank you to the many alumni, parents, businesses, and friendsof TASIS who helped make Mrs. Fleming’s dream a reality.

Naming list - TheaterTheater Mr. John E. Palmer ’64Bridge Mr. & Mrs. Steve SH ’62, PG ’61 and Yvonne Maloney Terrazzo Piccolo Ms. Jane Goldman ’74Portico Mr. Curtis McGraw Webster ’75Upper Lobby Mr. John Pritzlaff ’72 and Mrs. Mary Dell PritzlaffTerrazzo Grande Mr. & Mrs. Richard (PG ’65) and Paulise Bell IIPiazza Mr. Donald MacDermid PG ’62Stage Mr. Robert Perkin PG ’66Entry Foyer The Honorable Holland H. Coors Technical Booth Mr. Curtis McGraw Webster ’75Lights & Light Board Curtis W. McGraw FoundationBackstage Mr. & Mrs. John ’60 & Amy Gage Director’s Office Gov. & Mrs. Bola Tinubu, ParentsGreen Room Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Anne Mastain, ParentsDressing Rooms (2) Mr. & Mrs. Roberto Vaglietti, ParentsCatwalks (2) Mr & Mrs Jan ’68 & Birgitta Opsahl Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd & Annegret DeVos, ParentsTBD Harry Belin In Memory of Graham (Peter) Belin ’69

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$25,000-49,999Mr. & Mrs. Menno De KantMr. & Mrs. Lloyd and Annegret De VosMs. Jane Goldman ’74Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Jane GrindforsMrs. Alexandra Heumann Wicki ’80Mr. & Mrs. Jan ’68 and Birgitta Opsahl

$15,000-24,999Mr. & Mrs. Peter and Petra AppelsMrs. Sebnem BerkerMr. & Mrs. Stuart R. and Joanna BrownMrs. Mary Crist FlemingMr. & Mrs. David MairMs. Babs Mumma ’67Mr. & Mrs.Hans-Joachim Schmidt

$10,000-14,999Badrutt’s Palace Hotel St. MoritzMr. Feyyaz BerkerMr. & Mrs. Riccardo and Giusi BragliaLaborinskis FamilyMs. Theresa Thompson PG ’65Mr. Hans Wiedemann

$7,500-9,999Mr. Fernando GonzalezMrs. Kathryn Pitner ’62

$5,000-7,499Dr. & Mrs. Michael & Lynn ’63 AeschlimanBulgari LuganoMr. & Mrs. Massimo and Marta Catemario di QuadriMr. & Mrs. William S. DoyleMr. Christian Draz ’70 in memory of Leslie Houssells ’70Mr. & Mrs. Massimo and Jhu Lee FantechiMr. William T. Fleming ’61Mr. & Mrs. Bill (SH ’63) and Jackie GageMr. Ned Lynch PG’66Mr. & Mrs. Ettore and Adriana PetriniMr. & Mrs. Nicholas SchorschTASIS Parents Association

$2,500-4,999Mr. Sergey AtanasovMr. Ernest Clifford (Ford) Barrett III ’59 in memory of Diana BarrettMrs. Judy Brand ’63Mr. & Mrs. Paul and Anna BrightMrs. Kathleen BudgeMr. Rocco CambriaMrs. Viviana CamponovoMr. Yau-Loi Charles ChanMr. & Mrs. Eric ChassagnadeMr. Chihming ChuMrs. Marina ClericiMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey and Paula DanoffMr. & Mrs. Kevin and Peggy DixonMr. & Mrs. Andrew and Jeanne DoremusMs. Kimberly Edwards ’98Mr. & Mrs. Jeff and Gail ElbersonMr. & Mrs. Sergio and Tina ErmottiMr. Ronald Farley PG ’66Mr. & Mrs. Claudio and Tiziana Fiorentino Mr. and Mrs. Albi and Elize GeldenhuysMr. & Mrs. Tom and Peggy GlaserMrs. Kristin Jensen in memory of Richard Jensen ’73Ms. Nyawira KariukiDr. and Mrs. Berkley LatimerMr. Tun-Jen LinMr. and Mrs. Dominic Mauriello ’85 and Diane (Herman) Mauriello ’84Mr. Dieter Metzger ’74Mr. Demir Pekin

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$7,500-9,999Mr. Fernando GonzalezMrs. Kathryn Pitner ’62

$5,000-7,499Dr. & Mrs. Michael & Lynn ’63 AeschlimanBulgari LuganoMr. & Mrs. Massimo and Marta Catemario di QuadriMr. & Mrs. William S. DoyleMr. Christian Draz ’70 in memory of Leslie Houssells ’70Mr. & Mrs. Massimo and Jhu Lee FantechiMr. William T. Fleming ’61Mr. & Mrs. Bill (SH ’63) and Jackie GageMr. Ned Lynch PG’66Mr. & Mrs. Ettore and Adriana PetriniMr. & Mrs. Nicholas SchorschTASIS Parents Association

$2,500-4,999Mr. Sergey AtanasovMr. Ernest Clifford (Ford) Barrett III ’59 in memory of Diana BarrettMrs. Judy Brand ’63Mr. & Mrs. Paul and Anna BrightMrs. Kathleen BudgeMr. Rocco CambriaMrs. Viviana CamponovoMr. Yau-Loi Charles ChanMr. & Mrs. Eric ChassagnadeMr. Chihming ChuMrs. Marina ClericiMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey and Paula DanoffMr. & Mrs. Kevin and Peggy DixonMr. & Mrs. Andrew and Jeanne DoremusMs. Kimberly Edwards ’98Mr. & Mrs. Jeff and Gail ElbersonMr. & Mrs. Sergio and Tina ErmottiMr. Ronald Farley PG ’66Mr. & Mrs. Claudio and Tiziana Fiorentino Mr. and Mrs. Albi and Elize GeldenhuysMr. & Mrs. Tom and Peggy GlaserMrs. Kristin Jensen in memory of Richard Jensen ’73Ms. Nyawira KariukiDr. and Mrs. Berkley LatimerMr. Tun-Jen LinMr. and Mrs. Dominic Mauriello ’85 and Diane (Herman) Mauriello ’84Mr. Dieter Metzger ’74Mr. Demir Pekin

Mr. & Mrs. Scott and Dianne RoeMs. Daniella RondinaMrs. Sara Rosso and Mr. Carlo CipoliniMr. & Mrs. Jeff and Gail SanditenMr. & Mrs. Marco and Lesli SetaMr. Cemil Sonmez ’01Ms. Gayle Tilles Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Waterman

$1,000-2,499Mr. Scott Alexander PG ’66Mr. & Mrs. Yves BollagMrs. Gail BretonMr. & Mrs. Vinicio and Elena CelleriniMrs. Martha Cone ’68Mr. Todd FletcherMr. Young Joon HamMr. Chuck HowellMr. & Mrs. Christoph and Ina KronwitterNassa Donna LuganoMrs. Betsy Newell SH ’62Mr. Francesco PadovaniMr. & Mrs. Gianni A. PatuzzoMr. & Mrs. Mattia and Helen PenzaMr. & Mrs. Andre and Gabriella PesaresiMrs. Sarah Phelps SmithMr. and Mrs. Lyle and Sharon RiggMs. Ruth Russell PG ’67Mr. John SchemmerMr. & Mrs. Bradley and Carol SolheimMs. Leslie Sosnowski ’74Mr. Guy Tolman SH ’59Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Beril Ulku-SteinerMs. Deborah Webster ’66Ms. Cynthia WhisenantMr. Scott H. Whittle ’71Mrs. Valerie Youmans

$500-999Mr. & Mrs.Rolf and Kerstin AeberliMr. John AllenMr. Tony AngeliniMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey and Kathryn BradleyBanca BSI LuganoMr. Franco CampomoriProf. Jack L. CookMr. Joseph Cook ’64Mr. & Mrs. Tom and Linda CrossMr. and Mrs. Matthew and Kimberly De MorganMr. & Mrs. Hans ’75 and Sharon FigiMr. Michael Filser PG ’05Mrs. Georgia Garuti HermesMr. and Mrs. W.J.K. Herwegh VonkMr. Timothy P. Horne Mr. Aaron Kaupp ’93King BoutiqueDr. & Mrs. Frank and Mei-Ling KleinMr. Sang Do Lee

Mr. & Mrs. Dario and Nilda LucchiniMr. & Mrs. Christopher MoloneyMs. Carolyn Mowers PG ’66Mrs. Kim NelsonPalazzo Sasso Hotel RavelloPioneer Hi-Bred Intl. Inc. FoundationMrs.Kathy Redmond & Dr. Alberto CostaMs. Nadia Zoller

$250-499Mr. Darren BrooksMrs. Jessica BunfordMr. and Mrs. Albert and Celia CambataMr. Gregory Cook ’90Rev. Cynthia Crabtree PG ’66Mr. Simon David ’08Ms. Mary Dean PG ’66Mrs. Sarah Di LenardoMr. Cornelius Fischer-ZerninHestra GlovesMr. Resat Onur Imamoglu ’99Interni ArredamentiMr. Roberto MarzialeMr. Ewan MiryleesMr. Andriy NovakMs. Barbara Pierce ’74Mr. Maurizio RomanoMrs. Christiane Rump-Van De VeldeShuga SASir Peter SmithersMr. Yury UsheninVersaceDr. Todor VlajcicWinteler & Co SA LuganoErmenegildo Zegna

$1-249Abercrombie & FitchMr. Kerim Kaya Aksoy ’09Alter Ego Estetica LuganoMr. Eric Amundson ’90Atel ImpiantiMr. Boris Bakovic ’85Mr. William A. BenishDr. Amilcare BerraMr. Mahmoud Binzagr ’07Body Look Sagl LuganoMs. Loring Bolger PG ’66Mrs. Christina Bonilla GardnerMr. & Mrs. Theo E. BrennerMs. Laura Bubani TSLP ’84Dr. Candia Camaggi CDE ’98Mr. Giancarlo CarducciMrs. Gai Case ’59Lugano CashmereCentro Estetico Anna LuganoMs. Alanna Cherry ’05Class of 2008Farmacia Collina D’Oro

Mr. Craig Comstock PG ’66 Mr. A. Edward CrossMr. Frederick ’Fred’ Crumrine Ms. Stephanie De Vos ’03Ms. Sara Dozio / Sara Li CertenagoMrs. Laurie Ehrich ’73Free Time Club LuganoFumagalli Moda SA LuganoMs. Cristina GattiMr. & Mrs. Robert GebhardtMr. Norman Goldbach Mr. & Mrs. Tom and Julie Goodwin IIIMrs. Elizabeth Grajeda PG ’66Ms. Jennifer Greene ’75Mr. Marco HaefligerMs. Kay HamblinMs. Cambron Henderson ’82Mr. Mario JungLouis VuittonMr. Howard LovettMr. John Luttrell ’75Mrs. Diana Madsen PG ’66Ms. Carolina Maertens ’07Mrs. Staci MantegazzaMr. Luca Marziale ’08Mrs. Lyn McKeaney ’05Mrs . Madelyn Messner PG ’66Dr. Claudio MiglioreMs. Cheryl Miller ’90MissoniMs. Jane Nagashima ’07Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. O’BrienMrs. Polly Oliver PG ’66Mr. Simon Owen WilliamsMs. Patricia Oxman ’63Ms. Wendy Palmer PG ’66Mr. Charles E. Pannaci PG ’66Ms. Andrea PerfettiMs. Paula Peterson PG ’66 Mrs. Dany PiantedosiGehri Piastrelle SAMr. Manuel RodriguezMr. Fausto RuscaSalvioni Interiors LuganoMr. Rodrigo Santos ’02Ms. Nola Seta ’07Ms. Mary Seyfarth PG ’66Mr. C. Howard StickleyMr. Kneeland L. Taylor PG ’66Mr. Ken Tobe ’90Ms. Madison Truesdell ’08Mr. Berke Ustenci ’07Mr. Todd Van AmburghDr. & Mrs. Louis VogelMr. Henrik Wallberg ’90Mr. Jonathan WaltonMs. Stephanie Whitman ’09Mr. Milo Zanecchia ’08

The Swiss canton of Ticino has many advantages, from its ideal climate and geographical location to its status as an international business and financial center.

InthisareaofMediterraneaninfluencesandsub-alpinesurroundings, the inhabitantsbenefit fromahighstandardof living,andhigh-quality financial services have always been extremely important.DuetoitsstrategicpositionwithinSwitzerlandandtheEuropean Union, Ticino is the meeting point between the two entities, culturallyandpolitically.ThemostdirectroutelinkingnorthernandsouthernEuroperunsthroughTicinoviathefamousSt.Gotthardpass.Modernandefficientroadandrailnetworks,andthecloseproximityoftheinternationalairportsatMilan,Lugano,andZurichmeanthatTicinocanbereachedeasilyfromanywhereinEuropeand beyond.

The city of Lugano is an important international business and financial center. This success story is the reward of a long tradition, which over time has seen small medieval villages transformedintomodern towns, bringing significant openness and progress. European headquarters of many multi-national companies have located here.

Ticino is also the home of a number of international research organisations, such as the Institute of Biomedical Research in BellinzonaandtheCardiology CentreinLugano,andofacademicinstitutions, such as the Università della Svizzera Italiana in LuganoandtheArchitecture Academy in Mendrisio.

Guarneri del Gesù, Panette, 1737 violin, acquired by BSI AG in 2005 for the violinist Renaud Capuçon

AdvertorialTASISTODAY-44 The violinist Renaud Capuçon

Solano Benitez & Gabinete de ArquitecturaThe Unilever office at Villa Elisa (Paraguay), 2000-2001

(photo by Enrico Cano, © 2008)

Ticino: Mediterranean climate, strategic position and high standard of living

Thankstoitsgeographicalandenvironmentaladvantagesandexcellentinfrastructure,Ticino hasalwaysbeenaverywelcomingplace,attractingdiverseandmulticulturalcommunities.It has a large English-speaking community and many educational organisations, such as TASIS.ThenewTASISElementarySchoolhasattractedcompanieswhoseemployeeswantan English-speakingeducationfortheiryoungerchildren.

High-quality financial servicesWithallthesebenefits,Ticinohasdevelopedastrongentrepreneurialcultureandstandardsofexcellenceinthebankingandfinancialsector.Ticinoisawareoftheimportanceofthissectorforitsimageandforthelocaleconomy,andforthepositivewayitimpactstourism,commerceandconstruction.Therearealsopositiveeffectsforthepopulationoftheentireregion,owingtothehigherstandardoflivingandthesupportthatthemajorbanksgivetoculturalinitiatives.

BSI: the oldest bank in TicinoAleaderinhigh-qualityfinancialservicesisBSI,theoldestbankinTicino.BSIwasestablishedin 1873 asBancadella Svizzera Italiana and has been wholly owned by the Assicurazioni Generali group since 1998. They offer private and institutional clients tailor-made asset managementservicesusingefficientandsophisticatedproducts.

The BSI Global Assistance for Global TaxpayersBSI provides a special linkwith peoplewhowant tomove to Switzerland, and especially Ticino,withservicetailoredtotheirneeds.BSIoffersadistinctiveasset management servicefor“global”taxpayers,madepossiblebythespecial lump-sum taxationtheyenjoy.ThistaxregimeisfavorableforallforeignerswhowanttoliveinSwitzerlandanditisanexcellent solution for optimising the tax situation. Depending on the circumstances, there can be substantialbenefitsinthistypeoftaxregime,includingnoinheritancetax.

BSI has recently created the Global Assistance Desk: a skills center offeringitsclientsafullrangeofservices.Itco-ordinatestax planning,theadministrativeproceduresinvolved inobtainingaresidence permit, theapprovalproceduresfor lump-sumtaxationandotherservicesaspartofafullrangeofassistanceofferedtoclients.BSIcanhelpnavigate the often complex process of relocating families and businesses to Switzerland by searching for a home, assisting with insurance and legal matters, providing advice onschooling opportunities,andprovidingsupportinthesocial sphere, too, by offering an ongoingand360degreeservice.

TolearnhowBSIcanassistyou,contact:Giovanni Bonetti,FirstVicePresidentHeadofGlobalAssistanceDeskTel.:+41(0)918093627

Alessandro Simoneschi,ProjectSpecialistCollaborator,GlobalAssistanceDeskTel.:+41(0)918093128EmailGlobalAssistanceDesk:globalassistancedesk@bsi.ch

Martha Argerich at the Progetto Martha Argerich 2008© BSI_Sonja_Werner

LIAM GILLICK Woven/ intersected/ revised 2005 ©BSI Art Collection

Solano Benitez & Gabinete de ArquitecturaThe Unilever office at Villa Elisa (Paraguay), 2000-2001

(photo by Enrico Cano, © 2008)

TASIS Reunions 2008-2009

WashingtonSeptember 19, 2008

Chicago September 6, 2008

Wehadawonderfultimeduringthe Class of 1998 10 Year reunion in Washington the weekend ofSeptember19th;though,asyoucan see, we brought a few more years under the tent to share the fun.

Thephotowastakenatmyhome(whichmywifeandIboughtthissummer)inAlexandria,Virginia.The weekend consisted of a welcome party at the Procterhouse(pictured)onFridaynight,a Saturday afternoon “Segway” scooter tour for a brave few,dinner at the Old Ebbitt Grilland a night out on the town in Washington. We wrapped upwith a Sunday morning brunch.

Best,JohnProcter

Pictured are: David Alex Jones ’98, Toby Muhlhofer ’98, Andrew Wyly ’98, Sean Kim ’99, John Procter ’98, Travis Belgard ’98, Taren Taylor ’98, Jessica Caparas-Hontiveros ’98, Hosan Kim ’97, Corinne Knudsen ’99, Veronica Liskiewicz ’98, Veronica Kennedy ’98, John Alipio ’98, Shermineh Jones 98, Joy Conway ’98, Kerry Murray ’99, Jason Nagashima ’01, Wesley Kim ’97, Richard White ’98.

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Class of ’88 had its 20th high school reunion in Chicago, Illinois,during2008LaborDayweekend(Sept5-7).InkeepingwithTASISTradition theclass tookaculturaltourofChicago,visitingvarioussitesandlearningaboutits rich architectural history. It was great to exchange news,findoutwhohadmovedwhere,whowasabouttogetmarriedorvisitTASIS.Itwasamazinghowevery-onepickeduptheirfriendshipswheretheyhadleftoff--theboardingexperienceissointensethatitsbondslast for decades and can be recreated in a heartbeat. Theweekendwasoverfartooquickly!

First row (Left to Right): Eileen Kharouba Glover, Dean Arnold, Penny Siddik and Firas AkrawiSecond row (Left to Right): Amy Palmer, Debbie LaRocque, Caroline Vaughan, Lance Lazarus, Doug Potter, Laura West Presnol, Don Anderson, Geleah York, Geoff Ecker and Katie Reiber Loughran

TokyoSeptember 21, 2008

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The brand behind the brands you love.www.vfc.com

From the left : Jo Imada ’08Tae Sato ’00

Misako Nagase ’01Chieko Fujishiro’00

Nobuhito Kikukawa ’95Ayano Tsukahara ’01

Zentaro Sano’96 Masahiro Yo ’06

Middle row: Eiji Tsuda ’96Yukako Ishimine ’98

Naoki Nishioka ’04

Front row:Tomomi Nagase ’02 Shunichi Sayaki ’00 Daniel Martin ’99

Miwako Amano ’00

Ayano Tsukahara ’01, Bill Eichner, Chieko Fujishiro ’00Hans Figi ’75 and Bill Eichner with Alumni Parents Kumiko Hirata ’08, Masako Taguchi ’95, Reika Kato ’97

Yumiko (Yamada) Yoshino ’97 (right) with a friend

New York, November 22, 2008

Lynn Aeschliman ’63, Ned Lynch PG ’66, Robin Leech PG ’66,Donald MacDermid PG ’62, Hans Figi ’75

Zuleika Tipismana (TASIS Alumni Assistant),Julissa Intriago

Hans Figi ’75, Shahab Navabtehrani ’76__________

Alison Mirylees (CDE staff), Hans Figi ’75, Cambron Henderson ’82, Curtis Webster ’75

Nola Seta ’07, Juliana Solheim ’07, Marika Anastassiadis ’07, Denise Chiang ’07

Nola Seta ’07, Bill Eichner

Paulise and Rick Bell PG ’65

Robert Perkin PG ’66,Beth Bucciarelli

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Juan Font, Katherine Johnson ’96, Anna Josue ’00, Alison Thom ’00

Mark Hansen ’02, Permele Doyle ’05, Elliot Doyle ’01

Liza Ciraldo ’07, Skyler Gross ’05 Grace Edinger (CDE Staff), Betsy Newell (CDE Director), Alison Mirylees (CDE Staff)

Cemil Sönmez ’01, Hans Figi ’75, Bugra Modoglu ’02

Hunter Rolfe ’08, James Eichner ’07, Cecilia Brennand Campos ’07 and friend

Kathy Pitner ’62, Fritz Grueter ’86, Hans Figi ’75, Martha Meagher PG ’62

Host Ferit Sahenk ’83 and Lynn Aeschliman ’63 cut the impressive TASIS cake with otherTurkish alumni

AspenFebruary 27-March 1, 2009

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Istanbul February 21, 2009

Jak Bernadete ’84, Sammy Eitouni ’85,Nuri Besen ’86, Ferit Sahenk ’83, Burak Dumrul ’84, Jilber Sel ’84

Bugra Modoglu ’02, Ipek Kilimci ’03, Ceren Alpay, Resat Onur Imamoglu ’99, Asena Ustenci ’03, Emre Ulasti ’03

Generous Reunion Host Ferit Sahenk ’83 presents Board Chair Lynn Aeschliman ’63 and Hans Figi ’75 with his father’s book on Cappadocia

Polat Gülman ’97, Ebru Büyüksahin ’98, Resat Onur Imamoglu ’99, Selin Turkmen ’01

Jeanne Doremus, Sharon Figi

A large group of alumni from classes as far apart as 1962 and 2008 descended on Aspen (or should that be “ascended”?) to compete for skiing honors in the Alumni Fleming Cup Ski Race, the pivotal event of the Aspen reunion. The rest of the weekend was spent in convivial social gatherings on and off the piste. TASIS Aspenites attended in force, but others traveled in from as far afield as Florida and even from Germany. Joe ’79 and Mandy Scott

Taya Bascom Paige ’84, Fritz Grueter ’86

Los AngelesApril25,2009All-class reunion

BerlinJune6,2009All-class reunion

Fall Alumni In-pro to Tuscany postponed

New YorkNovember21,2009-All-classreunionCosmopolitanClub

MiamiJanuary2010,TBD-All-classreunion

Celebration for the Passion of Education May 9, 2009, Montagnola

Coming UpSpring Arts FestivalMay14-17,2009,Montagnola

Class of ’99 10th year reunionMay29th2009,Lugano,withapossiblefurther reunion Stateside sometime later intheyear.Seefacebookpage’TASISCHClassof99Reunion’orcontactalumni@tasis.ch.

Commencement 2009May 29, 2009, Montagnola

Class of ’04 - 5th year reunionJune12-142009,Lugano.ContactMasaYoatyo.masa@gmail.com.

PG ’66 reunion October 23-30, 2009 Fountain Hills, Arizona, “For any or all of this time”. Contact Cindy Crabtree attheclub@qwest.netformoreinfo.

Calendar 2009

Alsoseefacebookpage’TASISPG1966’oremailtasis1966@gmail.comfordiscussionsonfurtherreunions(includingthe45thin2011).

Class of ’69 40th year reunionOctober 2009, somewhere in Hawaii. Contact alumni@tasis.ch.

Class of ’79 - 30th year reunionDateandlocationTBD.Contactalumni@tasis.ch

Class of ’89 - 20th year reunionSeattle,July31-August1.Seefacebookpage“TasisLuganoClassof’89”orcontactLori(Romero)Ketteratloriketter@q.com

Class of 2000 - 10th year reunion May2010,Lugano,andpossiblyanother reunion on the other side of the Atlantic. ContactAnnaJosueajosue@hotmail.comorEBBaudainsebaudains@hotmail.comformoreinfo

For more information or questions please contact the Alumni office at alumni@tasis.com

Buon giorno a tutti! Althoughspreadfarandwide,theTASIScommunityisvital.ThiswasneversoapparentaswhenMrs.Flemingrecentlypassedaway.Alumniphonedandemailedformerclassmatesandteachersandwordspreadsoquickly thatvastnumbersof youheard thenewswellbefore thisoffice sent out the “official” notice.

TheAlumnioffice is yourmainpointof contactwithTASIS, andweare always looking for ways to serve you. In addition to compiling classnewsandphotosforTASIS Todayandansweringyourqueries,weworkonallfacetsofreunionsandprojects.Ifyouwanttoorganizeareunionwe’llhelpyouasmuchoraslittleasyouwish.Wealsolovetogivealumni“VIPtours”ofcampusandshowhowTASIShasevolvedfromthecampusyouonceknew.Finally,ZuleikamaintainstheTASISLuganoFaceBookpageandwearethrilledthatsomanyofyouvisititregularly.Ifyouaren’talreadyamember,join“TASISLugano”today!

ThealumnidatabaseisvitalforkeepingintouchwithyouonreunionsandotherSchoolnews,andweneedyourhelptokeepyourcontact

details current. Providing us with your currentemail address not only saves time, but also trees and money by reducing paper mailings.So, please send your email address tousNOWatalumni@tasis.ch.(Note:ifyoudidnotreceiveouremailmessageofMCF’spassing,thenwedonot have your current information.) Please alsoadd alumni@tasis.ch to your approved addresslistsoaspamfilterdoesnotblockmessagesfromTASIS.

We look forward tomeeting you all sometimesoon, one way or another! Enjoy this issue ofyourClassNews.

Zuleika and Yvonne

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Yvonne Procyk Returns as the New Director of Alumni and Parent Programs It’sapleasuretobebackatTASISafterabreakoftwoyears,andtohave the familiar spacesand facescombinedwith thechallengeofanewpositionasDirectorofAlumniandParentPrograms.

Someofyouknowmefrommyfirsttermofduty,butforthosethatdon’t, here’s a brief run-down. From 1994 to 2003 I was Headmaster’s Assistant,inthemiddleofeverythingthatwenton,itseemed.After9½yearsinthatrole,andproducingperhaps1300dailybulletins,Imovedintoarolewhichhadbeentailor-madeforme.Itookmajorandculturaleventscoordinationwithme, left thebulletins,plane ticketsandvankeysbehind,andtookonpublicationscoordination. In2005ImovedmydesktoCasaFlemingandbecameExecutiveAssistanttoChairmanoftheBoardLynnFlemingAeschliman.

AlthoughIhadworkedatTASISfortwelveyears,myfamiliaritywiththeUSwas slightuntil Idecided tomove there tohavean“AmericanExperience”.IlivedinSouthFloridafortwoyears,enjoyingmyjobasExecutive Assistant with Meritas International, a young andambitiousgroupofprivateschools.Theen-dless warm weather and the beaches were gre-at,andIlovedturningrightonred,butImissedtheseasonsandEurope,andfinallydecidedtocome home.

Returning toTASIS reallyhas felt like ahome- coming,and I recommend it!Hopetoseeyouall soon, at one of our international reunions, or oncampuswhenyoucomebackforyourownHomecoming!

Saluti,Yvonne,yvonne.procyk@tasis.ch

TASIS CH, Lugano - High School ALUMNI class news

63 Martin and Janni VogtvisitedTASIS this past September and had awalk downmemory lane during theirlovelydinneratCasaFlemingwithLynnAeschliman and the late Mrs. Fleming. Mr.Vogtsaid,“MywifeJanniandImetatTasisbackin1961/62.Iwasoneofthefirststudentswhentheschoolopened inLocarnoandeventhoughJannionlyattendedforoneyear,wekeptintouchandeventuallygotmarriedin1967.Wehavetwomarrieddaughters,Alexandra, 37yearsoldandTracywhois34.Wealsohave2grandchildrenwithathirdone on the way. They all live in the Dallas/Ft.Wortharea.IretiredinJanuary of this year from Alcon, Inc. and am lookingforwardtospendingalotoftime withthegrandchildrenandsplittingourtimebetweenourhome intheDallas/Ft.Worthareaandourcondo inParkCity,Utah.”1

65 Marcia McCormick Davenportwrites,“IhavebeenanEpiscopalpriestnow for almost 19 years, currently as the chaplain to St. John’s Episcopal School, Tampa, where my second husband Bob Davenport and I live inSt.Petersburg.Mythreechildren,Tory,24,Lexi,31andDylan,almost40,arewellontheirwayintoadulthood,livingin Maryland; California with my three grandchildren,Maddie,JamesandMia;andMichigan. Bob and I continue toloveall things Irish -wehaveahomeinDonegalwherewespendeveryfreevacation moment, and hope to retireSOONtolive.BothPegandInowhaveourIrishcitizenship.Inmysparetime,I

havebegunamissionrelationshipwiththeBishopMaserekaChristianFoundation, a sister school project,wherewe findsponsorsforHIV/AIDSorphansinUganda. Ihavemadethreemissiontripstheresofar, andamworkingon theBoardofDirectors(American)toprovideawhole child program. Look our work up atBishopMaserekaChristianFoundationonthenet!MyUgandanbrothersandsisterscallme’MamaMarcia’!Wehave built a library, renovated classrooms,provided shoes and school supplies,mosquito nets and now are workingon bringing electricity through solar panels this coming July. It seems centuries ago since we were high school studentsatTASIS-withMr.Robbinsastheheadmaster,butIstilltreasurelivelymemories, and of Mrs. Fleming, endless respect.Easiestwaytofindme:marciarev@aol.com.”

66 Beatrice Maresi is happilyensconcedinherrestoredvillainLenno on Lake Como when not in Aspen,Colorado.Shehasentertainedvisitorsfrom TASIS in Lugano, and attendedthereunioninAspeninMarchof2007.ShewouldlovetoreconnectwithJohn Travis ’65 or any other friends from the class of 1966.Her email is cevedale@aol.com.

69 Susan (Gentry) Cloud got married on December 23, 2007. Herhusband is William Rutherford. She shareswithusapicture.2

71 Mark Rossow writes, “ I am acorporateattorneyinNewYorkCityand have beenworking in the hedgefund industry for almost twenty years (this year was my 30th anniversaryof graduating from the University of Michigan law school). I most recentlywaswithBear StearnsAssetManage-ment, of forlornmemory. I live in theupper east side of Manhattan withmy wife of sixteen years and my dog, Cobey.CobeyisaHUGEblackLabrador who could not be sweeter. But he isthesizeofasmallblackbear.Allisverygoodand Iwish youall the verybestfor 2009.

72 Penny Payakaniti Johnston is so happy she andAstrid Van Der Putten are in touch again. Astrid is a very successful freelance conferenceinterpreter.Pennyalsokeepsintouchwith Glynis Engisch.

73 Wendy Banningreports,“HellofromNorthCarolinawhere I continue tolive,workandplay.Mytwoyoungestdaughters, Quinn and Shelby, are seniorsthisyearanddeeplyengagedinfiguringoutwheretoplanttheirfeetforcollege next year. My oldest daughter, Britton, is coaching swimming and takingsomeremainingclassesatUNC-ChapelHill.I’mworkingasaneducational consultanttrainingteachers(checkoutmy website www.learn-outside.com)and am also currently under contract writing a book on outdoor learningand early childhood and designing an environmentaleducationcenter/learning

farm for a local land conservancy. Ahappyadventure formethisyearwasaweekofbackpackinginGlacierNationalPark with my fellow mountain goatand nature loving daughter, Quinn. IwouldlovetohearfromPat Murtha, Andrea Simitch, Don Ingraham, Marilyn Moore, Wendy Hollinger, Anita Cataldo and anyone else from theoldcrew!”3

74 Angela (Cherry) Winslow andher three daughters were in Luganorecently and had a wonderful time visitingMorcoteamongotherplaces.4• Betsy (Morss) Byrne writes, “My mum Jessie passed away just beforeThanksgivinglastyear.Quiteawomanandquitealife.81wonderfulyearsfullof love, spit and vinegar! A very raredisease grabbed her in the end and wemustsayitwasadifficultandveryunsatisfying way to say good-bye. I also lost my brother Terry in January. He fought bravely after being diagnosedwith pancreatic cancer and while wehad a good year traveling with andspending as much time as we couldwith him, in the end he was unable to fightitanylonger.Godblessthembothand any of your family and friends who youmayhavelostandarenowblessedwith your prayers and ours. To top itoff, we also lost our golden retriever, Winston,thismonth.Hewasawonder-ful,devotedcompanionfor12years.5 Meanwhile,KellyandDrewcontinuetomove forward (the next generation!).AndrewgraduatedfromtheUniversityofColoradothissummer,isbackhome,working at a restaurant and contem-

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ALUMNI class newsplatinghisnextmove.Kellygraduatesmagna cum laude from nursing school thismonthandwilllikelybepracticinginPhiladelphiacomethenewyear.WhyPhilly you ask? Jason, her significantotherof6years iscompletinghis2ndyearofmedicalschoolinPhillyatDrexelUniversity.Lookslikewe’vegotmedicalcoverageasweapproachourdotage.OKwiththat!”•WeapologizetoKent Oztekin for last issue’smishap.Therewasaprintingerror,inwhichhispicture was replaced with Sharon Larkins-Pederson ’59.SorryKent!6

75 Craig Bond writes,“Wehavebeen living in Denton, Texas for thepast12years.I’mstillworkingasaCivil EngineerforafirminFortWorth.Ourson,Jason,isinhissecondyearatSouth- western College in Winfield, Kansas.Heplaysonthesoccerteam(NAIA)andwants to be a history teacher/soccer coach.Ourdaughter,Kayla,isajunioratRyanHighSchool.She just finishedup her varsity volleyball season. Theyhad a good season and made it to conference,butgotknockedoutearly. But it was still an exciting ride. Mywife,Terri,workspart timefora local irrigationconsultant,andstaysverybusywithPTAfunctionsandkeepingupwithour daughter. I saw my brother Steve Bond ’76 over Thanksgiving. He andhis wife and two boys are doing well. They are still living in Tampa, Florida where they have been the last 15 orsoyears.Icanbereachedatccbond@ wilsonco.co” 7 •Joey Husband writes “I graduatedfrom LSU with a BS in Chemical Engineering where I met my wife Robin.While at university I continuedto play a lot of rugby football in theUS and overseas. I went to work forSchlumberger right out of school as a field engineer and spent the next 20years in various technical, marketing,and operations roles in Alaska, SouthAmerica,Asia,andtheGulfofMexico.Wehadthreechildrenalongtheway,andtheygottoexperienceacoupleofcoups(IndonesiaandVenezuela),manygreat cultures, and 15 different homes beforewemovedbacktotheStatesthelast time in 2004. I retired from Schlum-berger that year and went to workfor Parker Drilling Company running their global business developmentfrom Houston. I guess I was a little too passionateaboutacoupleofournewprojectsfortheNorthSlopeofAlaska,

andmy company askedme to returnto theplace I started in theoilfield torun our new subsidiary there. We’redesigning and building new generation drilling rigs that can drill so far from a stationary location we don’t have tobuildinfrastructureoffshore,canavoidwhalemigrations, and protectmarine wildlife ecosystems. My two oldest childrenarebothmarriedandIhavemyfirst grandbaby already!Our youngestsonCameronis12andisn’tquitereadyforboardingschoolyet.Wehavetwohomes, one in Houston and the other in Anchorage,andIspendalotoftimeonairplanes.”8

76 Lorri Fien writes, “My husband Phil and I had a wonderful time in February2008atthe70’sreunioninLasVegas.ItwasexcitingtoseeclassmatesIhadn’tseeninover30yearsandmakenewfriends.Abigthanksgoesouttothereunioncommitteeforputtingitalltogether. My husband almost missed the reunion dinner because he was doing sowell in a poker tournament.Wealsohadanightonourownandsaw Cirque du Soleil’s “O”. It was absolutely fabulous (wink to PK). I’mlooking forward to the next reunionorget-together.Inmid-JulyIjoinedmy sister’sfamilywhiletheywerevacationing inKodiak,Alaska.ItwasmyfirsttriptoAlaskaandsecondtimefishing.Ihadaspectaculartimewithmytwonephews,ages8and10,enjoyingtheoutdoors.However, I nevergotused to the sunsettingaroundmidnight.Ievencaughttworockfishonenight.Mybrother-in-law and nephews are real fishermen.They caught over 250 lbs. of salmon,halibutandrockfishinaweekwhichwe allbroughtbackasourcheckedluggage. Sadtosaywe’veeatenthelastofourAlaskancatch.Philand Iarestill livinginWalnut Creek, CA. I’mworking asa litigation paralegal for an insurance defensefirminEmeryville.Philworksasa neonatalintensivecarenurseinBerkeley. His10yearoldsonvisitsusfrequently and often plays with my nephews.Hopethisyearbringsgoodfortunetoyouall!”•Ray Messingerquithis jobwiththeJet Propulsion Lab in Pasadenawherehe was working on the JamesWebbSpaceTelescope,MarsScienceLabandotherspacemissions.HeisnowbackinSaudiArabiaworkingforAramco.•Bob Armantrout and his wife, Camille,relocatedtoruralNorthCarolinaayear

ago to focus their energy on food, not fuel.Theyliveinasmallcommunityof farmers,teachersandfuelmakers.Their objectivewiththislatestmoveistomake a transition from biodiesel to sustainable agriculture.TwoofBob’sthreedaughters are in college; Emily at University ofColorado-Boulder, Bob’s alma mater,andAmyatSanDiegoState.Histhird daughter,Molly is a high school sopho- moreinColorado.Allthreearehappy,healthy and enjoying life. Bob is anadjunctinstructoratthelocalcommunity college. He taught biofuels this fall, and willbeteachingaclassonbiointensivegardeningthisspring.BobandCamillebothworkpart timeatPiedmontBio-fuels. Camille trains horses on the side with the goal of hitching up a draftteam for farm use. They are rich in com-munity and luxuriate in an abundance of local food from three local farms and Bob’sprolificcontainergardens.9 •Mohssen Ghiassi met with AngeloPiattinionhistriptoLuganothissummer.10

77 Jill (Guida) Dorsett writes, “I am married and living in Marietta, Georgia. My husband, Chuck, ownshis own leather business (www. dorsetthouse.com)andworksoutofour basement.He is the knight in shining armoronhiswebsite.IworkforKarlStorzEndoscopy-America,Inc.Myson,John Roberson, is a senior at theUniversityofGeorgiaandisaverytalentedartist. I have been enjoying being in touchwithclassmatesonFacebookthankstoToniPerreira.• Parviz Shahrokhi recently was in touch with the alumni office and sent a familypicture.11 •Armando DroulersislivinginSouthMiami. He would like to get back intouch with former headmaster, PeterStevens.12

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78 Cora Wen writes, “After many years as a corporate banker with USBankandLockheedMartinasaclient,I left to pursuemy passion, and havebeen teaching yoga full time since 2000. Doing something I love and travellingaround the world, bringing groupsto India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Braziland other parts of Central and SouthAmerica has been a dream come true. I train teachers and students across the US and Canada in yoga therapeutics, andworkwithchronicandacuteinjuries andillnesses.Iamgratefulforasimpleandhappylifestyleandlookforwardtoseeingsomeofyouatthenextreunion!If you want to get in touch with me, please go to www.corawen.com andsendmeanote.I’dLOVEtohearfromy’all!” 13 •Laney (Sproat) Pitt reports, “I amstilllivinginFloridaandworkinginrealestate.Yes,withthismarketyoushouldallfeelsadforme!Istillkeepintouchwith Heidi (Nickels) Pace and got to see Shari (Sexton) McNerney this fall at our ’other’ high school reunion. 4 of our 5 kids are now adults (scary) andonly one left at home in high school. I havesuchfondmemoriesofTASISandhopeallmyoldfriendsarewell.”•Valerio Leone writes, “After I graduatedin1978Iimmediatelystartedtoworkonmyfamilycompany,produ-cing children’s bicycles. In the first 4 years I travelledaroundtheworldandstarted to race with a single sitter car in

theItalianChampionship.In1983Ihadtostopracingandstartworkingmoreseriously as the company grew to amuchhigherlevel.In1988Igotmarried andhad 2 great children (17 the boyand14thegirl).Igotahelicopterlicense andtookonotheractivitiessuchasscuba diving andmotorcycle riding. In 1997I started racing again on endurance raceswithsportsandtouringcars,thenagain with single sitter cars. There are obviously many other things I havedone in my life, but too long to write them here.”

80 Graham Bonnet reports, “Ilive in Galveston and had toweather HurricaneIke.Wehadalotofdamageto our house and lost 2 cars, but we are rebuildingandwewillbeokay.Allmycatssurvivedthestorm.Thankyouforall theemailsandcalls. I lookforwardto the next reunion. Peace and Love,Graham.”

81Nounou Taleghani writes, “I amcurrentlylivinginNYC.Iamonfa-culty at Cornell Medical School, both in anadministrativecapacityintheOfficeoftheDean,AcademicAffairs,aswellasaclinicianatNewYorkPresbyterianHospital.IstartedworkingforCornellafew years ago when they were building theirbranchcampusoverseasinQatar.IwastheAssociateDeaninQatar,and

wasrecruitedbacktotheNewYorkCitycampus after that project. I still havemyhome inPaloAlto,California,andmaintain a personal and professional relationship with Stanford MedicalSchool,whereItrainedandworkedfor10 years. I am in e-mail contact with Mastaneh Afkham Ebrahimi ’77 who lives in Iran. I have also been intouch with Tana (Bertram) Rothblatt (myoldroommate).ShelivesinCaliforniaaswell,butwehavenothadachance to meet up as she is in Southern California.” • Shahin Zamini still works for anaviation company in MA. He was recentlyinVienna,Austria. 14

82 Gretchen Schaefer is still in BellaireOhio.SheistryingtofindJohn Rohland ’83 and Darryl Bartlett and Kitty Vanhijfte. Her email address is sfarm@wildblue.net.• Terri (Engelman) Rhoads lives inChicago, Illinois. She is married and has 2 boys.

84 Eloise (Booker) Hayes writes, “Well it is hard to believe that I havebeenmarried for over 20 years now!My husband, Steve, and I celebratedour 20th wedding anniversary with acruisetoMexico.Friendskeptourkidsforusandwewereabletohaveagreat5daysaway! I remaina stay-at-home

mom,managingmykids’schedulesandmaintainingourhome.Ihavebecomea“gym rat”workingout5-6 times aweek.Ivolunteeratmykids’schoolafewtimesaweekandamveryactiveinmychurch.WearestilllivinginIdaho (for the last 16 years now) and visit familyinTexasatleastonceayear.Notmuchelsetoreport....justlovebeingabusymom!My sister, Edith (Booker) Hancock, is still single since becoming a widow 14 yearsago.SheandherthreekidsliveinTexaswheresheworksasapastrychef,catering desserts for local restaurants andpersonalorders.” 15 •Tom Litle is loving life inNewbury-port, MAwith his wife Kim and twosonsTommyandNicholas.

85 Karen (Torres) Knutson says, “MyhusbandPatandIliveinChicagonowandhave twogirls Emily,9, andLindsay,8.WegotmarriedinChicagoin1994andsincemoved toNorthernIndianaandthentoIndianapolisbefore moving here. We have taken a fewtrips to Colorado and were fortunateto see Holly Counter ’88 and Dominic Mauriello and get caught up. I havealso been in touch with Joanna Mooreand can’t wait to see her and her family!Patand Iwereable togoandsee Lugano and the old stompinggroundsin1998andwewouldlovetogobacksoon.IfanyoneiseverintheChicagoarea,pleaseletmeknow!”•Libby BinghamismarriedandlivinginWashington,DC.16

86 Denise Mobley flew down to HoustontosurpriseMaggie (Hammad)Boyle for her 40th birthday. Her husbandJeff Boyle threw her a great party,right down to the 80s band! Deniseis stillpracticing law inMarylandpart- time,doinga lotofvolunteerworkather son Sam’s school, and spendingtimewithhertwins,JackandMaddie,before they head off to kindergartennext year.

87 Jennifer Wraspir tells us, “This last year has been insanely busy for me. ThisyearIdecidedtomakeadifference in the world. I walked in the BreastCancer3day/60milewalkandraised $6,700forbreastcancer researchandeducation. I started training in late January with my team. We clockedover 2500 trainingmiles between the

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• Geleah (Free) York and her husband,Dave,had their second littlegirl,Parker,whois8monthsoldnow.They split their time between Seattleand Scottsdale. When in Seattle theyarelivingthecitylifeandGeleahspendstime with her TASIS friends on a regular basis.Theyalsoenjoyedseeingeveryone at the Chicago reunion. • Firas Akrawi is livinginMiami,andvisitedtheTASIScampusinlateNovember with his new bride, Elsie. He enjoyed seeingthechangesontheTASIScampus andcatchingupwithlong-timefacultyHowardStickley,MarkAeschlimanandCynthiaWhisenant.

89Lara De Vido shares, “I am still in NYandworkingforthesamecompany.My daughter turned 1 in October and isrunningaroundlikecrazy.Asusual,Iam in touch with Toni (Clayton) Hine and Danielle Fidler and see them prettyoften. In lateOctober IwenttoMiami for a conference and saw April (Garren) Pritchard. It was really greattoseeheraftersolongandcatchup.She now has three boys! Through Facebook Ihavebeen in touchwithafew classmates that I hadn’t heard from in a while, including Beatriz Raguan and Tisha Illingworth. 20 • Lori (Romero) Ketter and her husband Zack just had their secondchild in November, a little girl namedBrooklynn Rey. Lori changed careersandjustgraduatedfromnursingschool in December. She plans to work in

Labor and Delivery.Debbi LaRocque ’88, Leslie (Coen) Harris, and Geleah(Free) York ’88 all made it to her graduation.LorihadanicevisitwithDon Anderson ’88 when he was in town over Thanksgiving and had a chance to finally meet his lovely wife, Lisa.Lori has also been in touch with Jessica MarshwhoislivingandworkinginVegasasanattorney.21•Leslie (Coen) HarrisandDarrellhavea little boy who is 2 now. Leslie just enrolled for classes to pursue more education on interior design. She managed ashowroomforaflooringcompanyand plans on doing independent consulting inthefuture.So,ifyouneedhelpwithyourdecor,giveLeslieacall!•Angela (Niswander) Ryan graduatedfromtheUniversityofCentralFlorida.22• Cricket Cooley graduated from Colombia University with a degree inAmerican studies and education. She is now a humanities teacher. 23

90 Cindy Sampat-Kuijpers tellsus, “Last January I gave birth to my seconddaughter.HernameisLexi.Hersister Chelsea is very proud. I still liveinBelgiumandIhaveawonderfullifewith my husband and daughters. My husbandhashisownbuildingcompanyand Iworkwith children. Iwould liketosendeverybodymybestwishes.”24•Linus O’Brienwrites,“Mywife,YukikoandIcontinuetoraiseourlittleboy,Elvis. I had the good fortune of going to SapporotovisitKen Tobe and his family.

Idiscussedourplansforthenextgreat breakfast cereal and hung out withhis daughter, Lulu, who pretty muchignored me until I tried to speak Japanesetoher.TheTobesareallwellandareexpectinganotherbabygirlany-timenow.Kenwillhavethreewomen inhislife,wewishhimluck.”25

91 Chris Cardona finished his doctorate in political science at UCBerkeley,andgotanewjobinphilan-thropy consulting. He recently judgedtheanimalcostumecompetitionattheDutchessCountyFair(sheepdressedasapanda,blueribbon).

92 Samira Anne Salman and Dilek (Moore) Jensen ’92 left her corporate tax attorney job at ShellOilCompanytoopenSalmanSolutions-astrategicplanningandinternationalbu-sinessdevelopmentcompany.Shelivesin Houston, TX. •Rei Inamoto writes, “My wife Amy andIwelcomedthebirthofbabyJasperKaiInamotoonJune16,2008.Jasperwas 8 lbs 1 oz at birth, and is getting biggereveryday.Hemeltsourheartsand we are enjoying every momentwith the littleone.Thanks forall yourloveandwellwishes.WehopeJasperwill get to meet you all soon.” 26 •Phyllis JasperrecentlywenttoKhaoSanRoad.Shesharesapicture.27

threeofusinpreparationforthethreedays (oh andwe - as a team - raised$21,000).Whatanamazingexperience. Itwashard tobelieve that the3daysandthe60milespassedsoquickly,butitdidandI’msoveryproudtosayIdidit. And I did it with no real blisters to speakof.I’mstillworkingasaprojectmanagerforasmallUKbasedcompanywhodoesworkforMicrosoft.I’vemadecontact with some old TASIS friends this year thanks to Facebook: Jorga den Ouden and Martin Pearce ’90 are both doing fantastically well, it seems.” 17•Julie (Greenseid) Levy isstillworkingasa speech languagepathologist inasubacute rehabilitation center about 5 minutes from her home in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Her husband Michael is a business analyst and their two boys areinpreschool.Jacobis4½andEliwillbe2intheendofJanuary.Theyspenta last minute few days in New YorkCity over Thanksgiving weekend andtheboyswereamazedbyTimesSquareandbeinginataxi!!They’dlovetoseeanyonewhowantstoventureuptotheBostonarea.18 •Marella (Den Ouden) Verhagen met with Geoff EckerwhiletravellingthroughEurope.Theymet forSundaybreakfastatAmsterdamCentralStationintheNetherlands.19

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93 John NewmanandhiswifeIvanaareexpectingababyinDecember.•Peter RojasandhiswifeJillhadababyboyinAugust.HisnameisPeterRojasIV. • Jenn Saez is expecting her secondbaby.ShehadRubyacoupleofyearsago.ShelivesinPortlandbutisplanningtomovetoFloridanextyear.• Stephen Surpless moved back toLuganotoworkforahedgefund.HeandhiswifeIsabellajusthadtheirfirstbaby, a girl. •Cristina Rigamonti is still in Milan workinginthefashionindustry.•Loretta McPheetersiscurrentlyworkingas a physician assistant in Phoenix, Arizonainthefamilypractice.30 • Dina Barrada transferred with the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts from Cairo to Santa Barbara. She is now a restaurant manager at the Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara. She went to San Francisco to see Alice Cotton, ’92. 31•Fernanda PiresismarriedandlivinginSaoPauloBrazil.Sherecentlyhadabeautiful baby boy. 32 •Hiroko (Ogawa) Otsuki wrote to us recentlyandsentapictureofsomeoldtime TASIS friends. 33

•Kiara (Kim) Mandeville-Hammer says,“ImetupwithCristina RigamontiandBill Eichner in Lugano in July.WemetBillatTASISandtouredthemuchchanged campus, then headed intotowntoreminiscesomeatPizzaMary.I was on a family holiday to Switzerland and Germany with my husband, Bryan,andtwochildrenArmani(3)andIndia(2).We’vebeenlivinginBrussels, Belgiumforthelast2yearsnow.Thanks toFacebook,I’vegottenbackintouchwith many TASIS friends, but for those ofyouthatdon’tuseFacebook,I’dlove to hear from you at kianamandeville @hotmail.com. We’ve also another announcement to make: We’ll be expectingour3rdinMay2009!”34

94 Anthony Gibson is living inSwitzerland.Hisson,TJ,is5yearsold,andhisdaughter,Princess,wasdueinSeptember.•Michael Wilson is now editor in chief of LaCucinaItaliana and islivinginNYC.

95 Julie (Junker) Anderson is still livinginCharlotte,NCandstayinghomewith her three young boys! She hadher third son on September 5th. Sherecently met up with Zeina Barkawiand Nick Pijerov in Charlotte. 35•Lizzie Jarvisisnowtheproudmotheroftwo!Frank,brothertoElla,wasbornon 13th September. Lizzie also got married in July. She continues togrowhercoachingbusinessand looks

forward to the new year ahead. •Rick Mack got married in May 2008. HehasajobasanassistantprofessorofgraphicdesignatUSCUpstate (SouthCarolina).HisnewhobbyisfixingupanoldVespa(ss180).• Melissa (Matthews) Eastlake writes,“Ijustrecentlytookafiveweekvacation to Hong Kong, Italy, Rio, Colombia and Miami. In Miami I finally met up withMichele Rayman, who was one of my closest mates at TASIS in ’95. I amnowback in Sydney, stillworkinginIT.IstillkeepintouchwithalotofTASISpeopleandFacebookhascertainly made it easy to find them.” 36•Margo McClimanstellsus,“Imakemy living with two parallel careers;as an executive coach (http://www. coachingwithoutborders.com)andasamarble&graniteimport/exportconsultant(http://www.intlstoneconsultancy.com).I facilitate leadership and interculturaltraining programs for multinationalcompaniesaroundtheworld.IalsoactasadjunctfacultyattheMBAprogramin Asolo, Italy teaching courses for Italian executives. I am currently working onmarbleandgraniteprojects for clientsin California, Canada, France and Saudi Arabia and living with my boyfriend NicolainAsolo.”

96 Ali Cem Sonmez had a baby boy named Alican. •Umut OzkancamarriedFulyaTokgozin August of 2008. •Sara ConklinisstillinNYCworking

atCipriani’sandstudyingwine.• Sarah (Huisentruit) Orye married Josh Orye in Castelvecchio, Italy on September20th.Sheiscurrentlyworking as the Education Director for the Creative&InnovativeEconomyCenterattheGeorgeWashingtonUniversityLawSchool inWashington,DC.Sarahandher boys Eros andDante (Rottweilers) live inWashingtonbutshe iseagertomoveinwithherhusbandwholivesinHoboken,NJ.37 •Toshie Yamashiro writes, “On 4th of October, we had a small but fantastic weddinginKrabi,Thailandatthisresortcalled Centara. Brad and I chose thisplaceforthebeautifulscenicsettingitoffered,withaprivatebeachandrocksin the background. THANKFULLY, it turnedouttobeaperfectday,withnotsohotweatheryetsunny.Representingmy oldest friends, some TASIS friends flewinfromJapan,Taiwanandallovertheplacetoattendourwedding.Tara (Sinfield) Hawkins ’95 came from Edmonton, Canada with her husband. I hadn’t seen her since her wedding in 2002(Ithink),soitwasgreattocatchupwith her after all these years. They were out holidaying for a while so we got tospendsometimetogetherafterthewedding madness. She has 2 beautiful girlsnowand Ihopetomeettheminthe future. Nobu Kikukawa ’95, Lin ’94, Yuchen, Harris Ma ’95, Dan Inamoto and his girlfriend all attended ourweddingandmetupfewdaysbefore in Phuket and enjoyed an in-pro styleholiday together. Helen (Lee Kwok)

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here,beingabletotravelandhavingarelativelyrelaxedwork-life.Hopefully,itstays that way.” 38 •Masha Tivyan isdoingstand-up inLA and NYC and writing a half-hour pilot.www.mashativyan.com.•Will Reed is living in Houston, TXwith hiswifeMichelle.Work is goingwell, and he is now president of the company,SPPRE,andverybusygrowingthecompany.Nokids,justa3yroldcatwhichkeepsthembusyenough.

97 Bener Sahin and his brother UmitSahin,’98arelivinginMilano.•Abdurrahman Cakar and his wife arelivinghappilyinBursa.• Su Ling Gyr says, “I am currently living in Berlin. I moved from Londonin August. I am having a wonderfultimemeeting lotsofgreatpeopleandworking on setting up an event formy mother’s 2009 exhibition called ’MyChina’.Iamalsohelpingmynew-foundSwedishlovewithsettinguphis businessandhiringpeopleinGermany.Iamhavingawonderfultime!”39 •Michele Josue got married in October,2008andsendsusapicture.40 •Jumana Bississoreports,“MylatestupdateisthatImovedtoDubai10months agoand I amcurrentlyworking in PRas an account director of lifestyle and consumeraccountsatThePortsmouth Group. I am actually just visiting oneofmybest friends in London,Lucero Tagle Guisa.ShelivesinLondonnow

with her husband of almost two years andworksforGoogle.” 41 • Caio Amadesi is currently living inSaoPaulo,Brazil.42

98 Sinan Kosif had a baby girl named Melina. •Bahar Ozkanca was married with MehmetGokeronNovember22nd,2008inIstanbul. •Erman Aydin got married last summer to Omer Tanir’s ’96 sister. •Travis BelgardislivinginLosAngeles,CA with his girlfriend Alyssa Feener. They bothhaveacareerinthefilmindustry.• Joy (Clavecillas) Conway is married andlivinginWashington,D.C.43

99 Johanna Sommerkamp met with Giacomo Conti ’97 a couple ofmonthsagoinLondonandhadawonder-fultimecatchingup.• Nicole Baur is living in Rochester,Minnesota. She works as a registered nurse. 44

00 Carmen Campos writes, “I am livinginSanFrancisco,gettingmymaster’sin photography at the Academy of ArtUniversity. In fact, I was first introducedto photography there at TASIS, by Mr. Dürrschmidt.Now I have finally given intomypassionforphotographyandIamdoingverywell.Nicebeingintouchagain.IdroppedbylastNovemberforavisit.Somanygreatmemories!”45

01Gill Zahnisexpectingalittlegirl.She’ll be born around the 1st of March. •Elliot Doyle is finishing his thesis for the Sotheby’s graduate program hehasjustcompletedinSingaporeandismovingintohisfirstapartmentinNewYorkCity.•Diyenat Mabikareports,“Afterstudy-ingfouryears inNewJerseyandgetting a bachelor’s degree in communications, then working and living for a yearin Manhattan, NY, I decided to try somethingelse,andmovedtoTanzania where my parents were staying. The’town’ I live in is called Arusha, andis the headquarters for the United Nations InternationalCriminal TribunalforRwanda. Iwas an intern there forfour months; I attended trials of the presumed genocidaires of the 1994 killingsinRwanda.Ilearnedalotaboutinternational criminal justice andexternal relations. From there, I took a breakandworkedhereandthereforanewsagency, l’Alliance Francaise d’Arusha, andtheEastAfricanLawSociety.Ihaddecided to stay in Tanzania because of its beautiful landscapes, the wonder-ful weather, which is sunny and warm 80-90% of the year, and of course the interestingpeople youmeet all along.Arusha is quite international with tourists, volunteers, and ’expats’ fromallover theworld.ThemostcommonnationalitiesyoumeethereareBritish,South Africans, some Americans, and of course French people. Being from France but of African origin, precisely

Osada and her husband came for the weekend fromHongKong.Sheand Ihad lost touch for years -- like nearly13yrs -- and found each other through Facebook last year. I sawher andwestarted where we left off. It was an amazing experience. Mana Morita ’97 and Yumiko (Yamada) Yoshino ’97 also came just for the weekend.Mana had handmade beautiful silkflowerhairpiecesuponmyrequestasIdidnotwanttowearaveilforabeach wedding. She actually made two, one white for the ceremony and the other red for the dinner reception. Hiroko (Ogawa) Otsuki ’94 and her husband alsoflewinjustfortheweekend.Can’tthankthemallenoughtohavemademy weddingsoenjoyableandmemorable!! I was initially hopingGina van Hoof and Michele Josue ’97 would come but ithappenedthatafter Iwasproposed lastSeptember,MichelewasproposedthefollowingDecemberandherwedding gotscheduledoneweekendaftermine-sowebothmissedeachothers.BUTwe shared the experience of beingbrides-to-beasweupdatedeachotherregularly during the preparation time.My brother, Yuki Yamashiro ’98 also didn’tmakeit.HehadjustmovedfromLA to Memphis for a new job withhiswife. Itsohappensthathiswife is pregnantnow.Apartfromthat,wearejustabouttomove(asI’mtypingthistomeet the deadline, there are boxes to bemovedtoday)toanewplacewithinSingapore.Weareenjoyingourlifestyle

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Congolese (RepublicofCongo)where my parents were born, I am always instantlymistakenforalocalandspoken to in Swahili the official language of Tanzania.ApartfromspeakingSwahili, many locals do speak English. I havemanaged to learn a few words and survivalsentencesinSwahili.Itisnotahard language to learn but I find that I donothavemuchtimetostudyit.Finally IlandedajobwithanNGO.TheNGOdeals with national networks of AIDSservice organizations within the 14countries in East Africa. The NGO issort of the umbrella network for allthesenationalnetworks.Ifindmywork interesting. I mostly help with Frenchcommunications since I am the only French speaker in the office and alsowe often have to communicate withFrench-speaking countries such asRwanda, Burundi or Madagascar. Tanzania is also the land of many safaris. The main parks are Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Taranguire, and Ngorongo-rocrater.Thereareplentyofwildani-malsthereforeveryone’stastes.Somesay thesewere the parks used in the cartoon movie the Lion King, whichpromotedthesaying’HakunaMatata’,

’No problem’ in Swahili. Tanzania is populatedbymanyMaasaitribeswholive in small villages. The Maasais arevery tall men and women who can traditionally jump very high. Themenoften have cattle to look after andthewomenwear handmade jewelry.When a Maasai leaves his village tomovetoatownlikeArusha,heusually is employed as a guard for individual homes or even businesses. Security isnot a big problem inArusha, but stillone cannot be careful enough. There aremanythieveswhocanattacktourists walkingalone,orstealyourbagswhenyou’renotpayingattentionatabarorclub. The nightlife is not very diverse.Thesamepeoplegotothesameplacesbut it’sa lotof fun.Themusicplayedat those bars or clubs is the same as everywhereelseintheworldbutsome-timesabitoutdated.All right, Ihope Igaveyoua somewhatclearpictureofmy life in Tanzania. If you are ever intheareaorarethinkingofvisitinginthenear future, please donot hesitate tocontactme.KaribuTanzania!’Welcome to Tanzania’ ” 46 •Caroline Rothstein is living inNewYork City writing, performing, and

tutoring. She is in touch with many TASISfriends,andseessomethatliveinNYCandothersthatpassthroughforavisit.She’dlovetoseeothersthatliveinorcomethroughNewYork.47 •Andrey KulapovislivinginMoscowandplanstovisitTASISearlyin2009.

02 Ibo Sebagui-Unruh writes, “I am based in Brisbane, Australia, andhave been here since leaving Luganoin2003.IhavecompletedanITdegreemajoringininformationsystems/datacommunications / e-commerce. After working for Rio Tinto as an IT service officer, Idecided tomove further intothe mining sector. At the start of this year IhadthefantasticopportunityofjoiningamediumsizedAustraliansoft-ware company, which has a uniqueniche inthemarket.Theyspecialize inthe capture and observation of Geo-scientificdata.Thecompany isknownas AcQuire and provides services tomining enterprises around the worldfor mineral asset management. Whatbrought me all the way to Australia was mybetterhalf,Roberta.Wegotmarriedin May last year, and this year in August

wehadournewarrival,Aden.Perhapsone day Aden can follow his father’s footstepsandattendTASIS. I stillholdstrongly to Mrs. Fleming’s words out-side Monticello, “Education is man’s besthopeforabetterworld.”48• Richard Mitchell was in Barcelona recently andmetwith oldfriends from TASIS. He shares with us apicture.49

03 Ali Batterjee writes, “I am currentlyinLA.Igraduatedfromunder-grad school in human resources, and I amobtainingmyMBAinmanagementandfinance.IshouldbedonebyJuneof2009.Thenit’sofftoSauditoworkwithmydad in the familybusiness (AMBatterjeeGroup)whereIwillbethebusiness development manager forthewholegroup.AtthemomentIam signing companies that are interestedinexpandingtheirreachtotheMiddleEast and theGCC. I amproud to saythat I have two companies and onemorependingthatwillhelpbenefitthecountry from research in fresh water to medicalassistancedevices.”50

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04 Jessica MejiacompletedaB.S.in communications (Motion Pictures)at theUniversity ofMiami in summer2008. She has had internships with production companies in Miami andinCalifornia,whereshenowlives,and hopestogetintothefilmindustry.

05 Ninah Mars hasanewCDoutcalled“ThisIsHowWePray.”51 •Permele Doyle is sad to be finishing herfourthyearatUniversityofVirginiaand is busy interning for the VirginiaFilmFestival.

06 Hailey Parsons is in her 3rd year incollege;majoringinreligiousstudiesandinternational affairs. Her younger brother, Richard Parsons ’10, is going to TASIS andlovesit.•Jennifer Kirsch is the treasurer of the swingdancegroup in Tucson,AZ. Shehas nearly completed her degree in Art HistoryandPhilosophyandlooksforward toapplyingtolawschoolnextfall.52

07Nola Seta is attending the University of Notre Dame. She has twonewbabybrothers,StefanoJoseph,andGianlucaMarini. 53

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60 Marco Hauert remembers his yearatTASISfondlyandthe“kickstart”whichMrs.Fleminggavehimwiththestrength of her belief in him. He feels privilegedtobeateacher(“it’sawonder- ful job”), and has enjoyed teachingIBhigher classes, firstly at theGeneva International School and more recently atLeRosey.

64 Ford Barrettenjoyshikingwithhis sons Blair and Hugh in Yosemitewhenthechancearrives,andtakesgreat interest in theprogressof the JohnE.PalmerTheaterconstructionontheTASIS campus,scheduledtoopeninfall2009.Son Hugh just graduated from the UniversityofColoradoinDecember.54

66 Cindy Crabtree tellsus,“KateGonzalezWoodardwashereforasix-weekvisitinthefall.Sheownsaresortcondo where I am the resort manager. So when she’s not here we rent it out. SheandRogerarehopingtocomeinthefallof2009aswell.AlsoIamspendingChristmas with another TASIS alum, Charlie James and his wife Annie. I hope TASIS will schedule another in-protripforAlumnisoon.”55

89 Andrea Kaufman is living inMassachusettsandworkingasamediaconsultant. 56

93 Michael Marston and his wife AndiareinDubaiuntilApril.TheysawSanjayTE’90andRanjayIsraniTE’92.57• Maria Fernanda Pinto is living inEcuador with her husband and two daughters.ShewenttotheUniversityofNotreDameandmajoredinfinance.58

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86 Robin Touati is living inParis.He works as Business Unit Manager Europe in High Technologies Industry.HetravelsfrequentlytoChina,Europe,and theUS forbusiness.Robinwouldlike to be contacted by alumni whoknowhim.Hecanbecontactedat:r_t@hotmail.fr and also on Facebook. 59

88 Roberta Nicolo recently checkedintosayhello.Shesendsusapicture.60

92 Marcus Di Lenardo and Juliana(Kleinschmidt) Di Lenardo, TSLP ’00 were married on October 25th of 2008. They shared this joyous occasionwithmany other TASIS alumni, faculty and staff.Mrs. Fleming attended too! 61

98 Lauren McGregor was in California till she was 24. She later moved to Miami, Florida for abouta year. She now lives and works inEcuador, South America working onaprojectthat ishelpingpeople leadabetter life.Onheroff timeshe travelsaroundandwouldlovetofindsomeofthe friends that she made in TASIS. 62

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68 Bob Horner writes, “I reallyenjoyedreadingaboutourfellowalumni of PE’68 in the Fall 2007 “TASIS TODAY”.Ihavebeeninthefoodservice business in one form or another for manyyears.Iamstillveryclosefriends with Brock Foster. I see him about once a year in the summer when he comesovertovisitusinNantucket.Mye-mail address is bhorner30@yahoo.com. It would be great to hear from any ofthePE’68crew.”64

70 Sophie Lugo recently met with Rosanna Roig during a trip to SanJuan.65

FACULTYANDSTAFF• Joe Eagan is a stand-up comedianperforming at companies around Europeandhavingagreattimedoingit. You can visit his website at www. joestandup.com.66•Ashby Barnes gotmarried in June2008toLauraCreekmoreinNashville,Tennessee. •Chris and Sasha RehmnowhaveababygirlnamedLillian“Lily”Ruth.•Greg Emerson showed his new bride

INMEMORIAMAshleigh Cocks PG ’65 passed awayunexpectedly on May 16, 2008 fol-lowingsurgeryatSummitHospital.Shewas 61. Ashleigh lived in Piedmont,California. After TASIS, she attended OregonStateUniversityand then tau-ghtKindergarten.Throughouther life,Ashleigh pursued her love of theaterinseveralcommunitiesandherloveoftheatricsonamusingprivateoccasions.SheexpressedherloveofanimalsasavolunteerforIslandCatResourcesandAdoption inAlameda.Ashleigh is sur-vived by her mother Dorothy Cocks,sister-in-law Pam Cocks, niece LizzyCocksandnephewCharlieCocks,allofPiedmont.Sheisalsosurvivedbygod-son Andrew Tri, and many close friends who counted on her hearty laugh and memorable good humor.Joseph Francis Kirch HS ’82 knownto his family and childhood friends as “Francis” and to the rest of the world

as“Joe,”died tragicallyandunexpec-tedly Monday, November 24, 2008.Adventurousandspontaneous,Francisdidnotknowthemeaningoftheword“fear.” While travelling through Asiawith his family in 1980, Francis eagerly exploredRiyadh,Bangkok,andManila.As an adult, he continued to indulge in his love of travel and adventure,withtripstosuchcountriesasEgyptandIn-dia. Francis was 44 years old.

Marcia Mackenzie, Faculty 2000-2002, passed away in Delray Beach,Florida,onJuly28th,2008afteralongbattle with cancer. Following an early careerinadvertisinginNewYork,Mar-cia–orMax,asshewasknownatTA-SIS–retrainedasa“SpecialNeeds”tea-cher,usinghervastrangeofintereststobring out the best in her students. She worked internationallyformanyyears,touchingandinspiringheartsinLondon

Mica around Luganowhile onhoney-moonfollowingtheirweddingonJune7th.TheystartedinSicilyforacollegefriend’s wedding, then worked theirwayupthroughPositano,Rome,Milan,Como,andfinallyLuganowhereGreghad a good time showing Mica the old haunts. Mica is from the mountains of northern Kentucky, and was quite enamored with Switzerland. 67•John and Fabienne Levett arelivingandworkinginBritain.Besidesteachinglanguages, Fabienne trains teachers to teach French and also wrote a text-bookforGCSEFrench.JohncompletedadiplomacourseinMaywhichqualifieshim to be a headmaster. 68

• Bill O’Brien shares: “After TASIS, NicandIdid4yearsinTaipei,3yearsin Sydney, another 2 years in Taipei,and we moved to Maine last year. Iam teaching at my old high school and workingwiththeIB.I’dlovetogoback

overseasagainsometimeinthefuture,butfornow,itmakessensetostayputwithmygirls.IgottogetherwithJohnandFabLevettonarecenttriptotheUK,andmaymeetupwithGaryMalinsonmynexttrip.”

•Max and Julie Achtausentthisupdateat Christmas: “It’s hard to believe thatit’sbeenabout2½yearssinceweleft TASIS – time does fly by. Elizabeth is about 15 months old and gets into everything. Julie is staying at homewithElizabethandisenjoyingthetimewithher.JulieisalsoinvolvedwiththeFrench ImmersionSchool inPrinceton,andtakesElizabethtotheFrenchplaygroups.SheisalsosinginginachoirinPrinceton to keep her hand inmusic.Max just finishedagraduateprograminEducationalLeadershipinDecember,and will be looking for administrativepositionsinthespring.WethinkaboutTASIS often.” 69

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TASIS The American School in Switzerland offers a challenging college-preparatoryacademic-yearprogramonitsLuganocampustodaystudentsgrades Pre-K-13 and boarding students grades 7-13. Boasting over 50nationalities,TASIS takesadvantageof its location in theheartofEuropeto provide an outstanding educational program with an internationaldimension. InadditiontoastrongAmericancollege-preparatorycurriculum,TASISofferstheInternationalBaccalaureate,AdvancedPlacement,andEALcourses,alongwithmanytravelopportunities.AwinterhighlightistheannualJanuarySkiWeekwhentheSchoolrelocatesforskiing,snowboarding,andice-skatingtoCrans-Montana,Switzerland.

The Middle School Program (MSP), on the Lugano campus andat Château-d’Oex, is specifically designed for students aged 11 to 13to study English as an Additional Language or French. The programprovidesappropriateacademicchallengesandrecreationalactivitiesforthis transitionalagegroupwithinawarmandcaringcommunity.OntheLuganocampus, students choose specialworkshops to attend twoafternoons aweek fromMusic andDrama,Art, Special Sports, or Tennis.During theremaining afternoons, students participate inother activities, sports, andexcursions.Four-weekandthree-weeksessions.

TASIS The American School in England, frequentlycitedasthepremierAmericanschoolintheUK,offersanAmericancollege-preparatorycurriculumtodaystudentsfromPre-Kthrough12andtoboardingstudentsfromgrades9through12.Located18milessouthwestofLondononabeautiful35-acreestateofGeorgianmansionsand17th-centurycottages,TASISEnglandcombinesanexcellentacademicprogramwithexceptionalfacilitiesforart,drama,music,computers,andsports.TASISalsoofferstheInternationalBaccalaureate,afullESLcourseofstudy,andAdvancedPlacementcoursesinalldisciplines.

TASIS Dorado is a coeducational day school with English as its language of instruction ingradesPre-KindergartenthroughtheTwelfthGrade. It islocatedinPuertoRicoandoffersatop-qualityacademicprogramwithinthemostmodernphysicalfacilitiesandattractivenaturalsurroundings.

TASIS Summer Program(TSP)TheTASISSummerProgramforLanguages,Arts,andOutdoorPursuits,basedonthecampusofTheAmericanSchoolin Switzerland in Lugano, offers intensive language courses in English asanAdditionalLanguage,French,andItalianfor14to18yearolds.Besideslanguage courses, the program offers courses in Digital Photography,PaintingTicino, andArtHistory. TheProgram includesartistic activities, awidechoiceofsports,alpineactivities,andweekendexcursionsinSwitzerlandandItaly.Four-weekandthree-weeksessions.

The TASIS England Summer School (TESS), based on the TASISEnglandcampus,offerscourses for studentsages12 to18 inEnglishLiterature and Composition, SAT and TOEFL Review, InternationalBusiness,MiddleSchoolSkills,andmosthighschoolmathematicscourseswhichincludeIBPreparationcomponents.Samplesofcoursetitlesare:ShakespeareXperience, Reading for Success, Writing Enhancement,TheaterinLondon,ArtinLondon,MovieAnimation,andLightsCameraAction.Sportstakeplaceeveryafternoon,andweekendsincludetripstoWales,Edinburgh,andParis.Seven-week, four-week,and three-weeksessionswithanoptionalweekat theEdinburgh Festival areoffered. The TASIS Spanish Summer Program (TSSP)is an intensive one-month Spanish course for high-school students ages 13 to 17. TheProgramisbasedinthebeautifulcityofSalamanca,centerofthehistorickingdom of Castile and home of one of Europe’s oldest universities.Six levelsofSpanishareoffered frombeginning toadvanced,andallclasseshaveasmallstudent/teacherratio.TheProgramincludestraveltoMadrid,Granada,Toledo,andtheAlhambra.AllstudentsandteachersrelocatetotheCostadelSolfortheProgram’sfinalweek.

TASIS English Language Program(TELP)isbasedontheTASISEnglandcampus. Itoffers intensiveEnglishasaSecondLanguageforstudentsages12to18alongwithsportseveryafternoonandoptionalweekendtrips toWales, Edinburgh, and Paris. Students share accommodationwith TESS students and consequently have many opportunities todevelop their English-language skills in a relaxed setting aswell as intheclassroom.Four-week,three-week,andseven-weeksessionswithanoptionalweekattheEdinburghFestivalareoffered.

Application ProcedureFormoreinformation,pleasecontact:TASIS The American School in Switzerland, Admissions Office CH-6926Montagnola–Lugano,SwitzerlandTel:+41919605151-Fax:+41919931647e-mail:summer@tasis.chor:admissions@tasis.chforacademicyearapplicantsorTASIS Schools and Programs1640WisconsinAve.NW,Washington,DC20007,USATel:+12029655800Fax:+12029655816e-mail:usadmissions@tasis.com

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Le Château des Enfants(CDE)isasummerprogramoflearningandfunfor4+to10yearolds.SharingtheLuganocampuswithTSPandMSP,butwithitsownseparatelivinganddiningfacilities,theProgramteachesEnglish,French,orItalianthrough lessons,games,activities, sports,andart inaclose-knit,caring, family-stylecommunityspecificallytailoredtoyoungerchildren.Picnics,excursions,andcampingtripsarealsooffered.Four-weekandthree-weeksessions. 4+ to 6 attend as day students only. The TASIS French Language Program (TFLP) offers an intensive four-weeksessionforstudentsaged14to17.TheProgramisbasedinChâteaud’Oex,oneofthemostscenicalpineregionsofFrench-speakingSwitzerland,withthefourthweekspentinParis.DuringanoptionalfifthweekstudentsandteachersrelocatetoNicetoexploretheFrenchRiviera.

Les Tapies Arts & Architecture Program offersanintensive3-weekdesignandculturalexperienceforstudentsages16to19.Itisahands-onstudyofFrenchvernaculararchitectureandthefunctional/aestheticrelationship it shareswith the landscape. The Program is formaturestudentswhohaveastronginterestintheartsorwhoareconsideringacareerinarchitecture,art,ordesign.LesTapies'ideallocationjustnorthofProvenceprovidesextensiveopportunitiesforexcursionswhichdrawon the cultural richness of this fascinating area.

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Mission StatementTASISisafamilyofinternationalschoolsthatwelcomesyoungpeoplefromallnationalitiestoaneducationalcommunitythatfostersapassionforexcellencealongwithmutualrespectandunderstanding.Consistentwiththevisionofitsfounder,M.CristFleming,TASISiscommittedtotransmittingtheheritageofWesterncivilizationandworldcultures:thecreations,achievements,traditions,andideals fromthepastthatofferpurposeinthepresentandhopeforthefuture.Seekingtobalancethepursuitofknowledgewiththeloveofwisdom,andpromotingtheskillsoflifelonglearning,anappreciationforbeauty,andthedevelopmentofcharacter,eachschoolcombinesachallengingacademicprogramwithopportunitiesforartisticendeavor,physicalactivity,andservicetoothers.Believingintheworthofeachindividualandtheimportanceofenduringrelationships,TASISseekstoembodyandinstillthevaluesofpersonalresponsibility,civility,compassion,justice,andtruth.

TheTASISSchoolsandSummerProgramsarefullycontrolledbyaSwiss, independent,not-for-profiteducationalfoundation,theTASISFoundation,registeredinDelemont,Switzerland.DonationstotheSwissFoundation,aswellastotheUSTASISFoundation,Inc.,apubliclysupported,section501(c)(3)non-profit,educationalorganization,aretaxdeductibletotheextentallowableinthedonors’respectivecountries.

EditorsLynnAeschlimanSharon Figi

Alumni News EditorsYvonneProcykZuleikaTipismana

Contributing PhotographersSharon FigiMicheleKestenholzChristopherNelsonKimNelson

Cover photoM.CristFlemingbyKimNelsonBack Cover photobyMicheleKestenholz

Address Changesalumni@tasis.chAlumni Office c/o TASISCH-6926 Montagnola, Switzerland

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Switzerland We had an enrollment of 85 and theproblemwaswheretohousethestudents…Atthe lastmoment,destinydeliveredVilladeNobiliinMontagnola…But itwasSeptember1st withadeadlineofonlythreeweeks for conversion to school needs… and workmenwerefallingovereachother…studentstooweretrippingover electric wires, falling into cesspools being prepared,gettingstuckinwetpaint.Andtherewasnotimetoinstallcentralheating,soall85studentshadtobeshippedtotheHotelMonopolinAndermattforJanuaryandFebruarysothattheentireVilladeNobilicouldbepipedfromtoptobottom…

England Therewasn’tastickoffurnitureinthewholeplace. I did send up a few truck loads from Florence wherewehadhada juniorcollege…sotherewasquiteabitof furniture that cameup from there. I rememberwhenmydaughterandImovedinwehadnothing.Wehad to go and buy two beds, a table and two chairs, a stove,andaniceboxformyicecubes!Afamilywantedtocomeandvisit– I thinktheyhadfourchildren–andwelivedinthislittlehouse,thesmallestoncampus,withjustthattableandchairs,butIhungoutasignwhichsaid“TASISEngland”…

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