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1Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
Board of TrusteesBarbara GrossmanPresidentLydia DenworthExecutive Vice PresidentKenneth LockhartVice PresidentLeslie PuthVice PresidentPaul MourningTreasurerGrant HanessianSecretaryRobert D. VitaloHead of School, ex-officio memberChris Bockelmann-NorrisJamie BowenLisa CraigMark FriedmanMartin GoldinDominick GuarnaColin HarrisonShirley HeddenLyn HillMartha HirstStephanie HolmesMitchell KingDavid KochmanCharles M. NathanCynthia SachsMarcia Skyers-JamesCynthia SweeneyCatherine Witherwax ‘94Scott Brewster ’90Alumni Council President, ex-officio memberThom DuffyParent Association President, ex-officio member
The Berkeley Carroll School Magazineis published by the InstitutionalAdvancement Office for parents,alumni, grandparents, faculty, andfriends of the school. The viewsexpressed in this publication are solelythose of the authors.
EditorJodie Corngold
Publication DesignStudio Lane, Inc.
PrintingLiverpool Litho
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.berkeleycarroll.org
Telephone: 718-789-6060
S P R I N G 2 0 0 8
C O N T E N T S
MYWORDAn introduction tothis issue fromthe editor
HEADLINESInsights from the Head of School
CONNECTIONSNews and viewsfrom inside and outside the halls ofBerkeley Carroll
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3
CLASSNOTESProfiles, reviews, andpersonal alumniupdates
INPASSINGDeaths in the Berkeley Carroll family
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T H E
f Snoopy had written the history of the Berkeley Institute’s merger with the Carroll Street School, he might have used his characteristic setting of a“dark and stormy night” as the backdrop to the story. It’s fun to think of
clandestine meetings, late night telephone calls, and maybe even daggers deliv-ered in the dead of night; although the story contains some of that (maybe notthe daggers), the real story involved breakfast meetings, phone calls, financialreports, imagination, vision, dogged determination, and, ultimately, leaps of faith.
You’ll read in this issue of The Magazine the story of the merger (“WhenBerkeley Met Carroll”); the reminiscences of beloved former English teacher SueEly; and the details before, during, and after the merger of the two schools,
painstakingly catalogued by former Berkeley Carrolladministrator (and parent) Lenora Brennan.
The two schools merged 25 years ago. The first grad-uating class of the Berkeley Carroll Street School (1983)claimed 18 graduates; 25 years later, the class of 2008will boast more than three times that many students.Twenty-five years. A lifetime ago (more!) for many, and ablink of an eye for others (for example, the dozen cur-rent faculty and staff members who started working herelong before the two schools merged). I wonder if I’m theonly one out there with a few pairs of legwarmers stuffed
into the back of a drawer, along with a few removable shoulder pads. But ifyou’re really looking for perspective, consider this: 1983 was the year thatMcDonalds introduced Chicken McNuggets. It was an historical time.
Enjoy the issue.
Jodie Corngold [email protected]
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Jodie Corngold
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What Emerged Fromthe Merger
The Berkeley Carroll Alumni Officewould love a 1984 Berkeley Carroll yearbook.
If you can spare a yearbook from 1984,
contact Holly Kempner
at 718-534-6583.
Help us complete our set!
w a n t e d
14Timelineof the
Berkeley Carroll School1886 saw the birth of the Berkeley Institute.
1982 ushered in the merger of the two schools. Berkeley Carroll’s history, as told in a timeline.
18“Statman”
Dan Hopard ’98 is someone who is paid to indulge his passion—sports.
20WhenBerkeleyMet Carroll
Although planned out to the smallest detail, the merger between the Berkeley Institute
and the Carroll Street School was, ultimately, a leap of faith.
24NoOneCouldForget
SUE ELY If you were a student or a teacher
during the Sue Ely era, you probably agree: no one could forget Sue Ely.
1Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
Board of TrusteesBarbara GrossmanPresidentLydia DenworthExecutive Vice PresidentKenneth LockhartVice PresidentLeslie PuthVice PresidentPaul MourningTreasurerGrant HanessianSecretaryRobert D. VitaloHead of School, ex-officio memberChris Bockelmann-NorrisJamie BowenLisa CraigMark FriedmanMartin GoldinDominick GuarnaColin HarrisonShirley HeddenLyn HillMartha HirstStephanie HolmesMitchell KingDavid KochmanCharles M. NathanCynthia SachsMarcia Skyers-JamesCynthia SweeneyCatherine Witherwax ‘94Scott Brewster ’90Alumni Council President, ex-officio memberThom DuffyParent Association President, ex-officio member
The Berkeley Carroll School Magazineis published by the InstitutionalAdvancement Office for parents,alumni, grandparents, faculty, andfriends of the school. The viewsexpressed in this publication are solelythose of the authors.
EditorJodie Corngold
Publication DesignStudio Lane, Inc.
PrintingLiverpool Litho
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.berkeleycarroll.org
Telephone: 718-789-6060
S P R I N G 2 0 0 8
C O N T E N T S
MYWORDAn introduction tothis issue fromthe editor
HEADLINESInsights from the Head of School
CONNECTIONSNews and viewsfrom inside and outside the halls ofBerkeley Carroll
<
2
3
CLASSNOTESProfiles, reviews, andpersonal alumniupdates
INPASSINGDeaths in the Berkeley Carroll family
28
36
T H E
f Snoopy had written the history of the Berkeley Institute’s merger with the Carroll Street School, he might have used his characteristic setting of a“dark and stormy night” as the backdrop to the story. It’s fun to think of
clandestine meetings, late night telephone calls, and maybe even daggers deliv-ered in the dead of night; although the story contains some of that (maybe notthe daggers), the real story involved breakfast meetings, phone calls, financialreports, imagination, vision, dogged determination, and, ultimately, leaps of faith.
You’ll read in this issue of The Magazine the story of the merger (“WhenBerkeley Met Carroll”); the reminiscences of beloved former English teacher SueEly; and the details before, during, and after the merger of the two schools,
painstakingly catalogued by former Berkeley Carrolladministrator (and parent) Lenora Brennan.
The two schools merged 25 years ago. The first grad-uating class of the Berkeley Carroll Street School (1983)claimed 18 graduates; 25 years later, the class of 2008will boast more than three times that many students.Twenty-five years. A lifetime ago (more!) for many, and ablink of an eye for others (for example, the dozen cur-rent faculty and staff members who started working herelong before the two schools merged). I wonder if I’m theonly one out there with a few pairs of legwarmers stuffed
into the back of a drawer, along with a few removable shoulder pads. But ifyou’re really looking for perspective, consider this: 1983 was the year thatMcDonalds introduced Chicken McNuggets. It was an historical time.
Enjoy the issue.
Jodie Corngold [email protected]
myword))
8
20
14
24
Jodie Corngold
I
What Emerged Fromthe Merger
The Berkeley Carroll Alumni Officewould love a 1984 Berkeley Carroll yearbook.
If you can spare a yearbook from 1984,
contact Holly Kempner
at 718-534-6583.
Help us complete our set!
w a n t e d
14Timelineof the
Berkeley Carroll School1886 saw the birth of the Berkeley Institute.
1982 ushered in the merger of the two schools. Berkeley Carroll’s history, as told in a timeline.
18“Statman”
Dan Hopard ’98 is someone who is paid to indulge his passion—sports.
20WhenBerkeleyMet Carroll
Although planned out to the smallest detail, the merger between the Berkeley Institute
and the Carroll Street School was, ultimately, a leap of faith.
24NoOneCouldForget
SUE ELY If you were a student or a teacher
during the Sue Ely era, you probably agree: no one could forget Sue Ely.
headlines))
Celebrating75 YEARSof CumLaudeSocietyMembership
erkeley Carroll is one of justthree schools celebrating 75years of membership in the
Cum Laude Society, the nationalhonor society for independent schools.Bruce W. Galbraith, Cum LaudeSociety Registrar General, accordedspecial recognition to Berkeley Carroll,saying, “This is one of the longest, andmost distinguished, tenures in CumLaude, and speaks well of the out-standing academic program atBerkeley Carroll. The hundreds of stu-dents inducted in these 75 years havegone on to make their mark in theworld, based upon the strong programof studies afforded them.”
Election to the 100-year-old CumLaude Society acknowledges thosehigh school students who have consis-tently demonstrated superior scholar-ship in academics. The criteria forselection include grade point average,strength of program (in other words,consideration is given to students whoavail themselves of the school’s morechallenging offerings), and scores onexternal measures of achievement suchas the SATs and Advanced Placementexaminations. The presence of a CumLaude chapter at a secondary school isan indication that superior scholasticachievement is honored.
In congratulating Berkeley Carrollon its 75th anniversary in the society,the Cum Laude Society said, “You arean outstanding academic institution—a leader in our Society.”
3Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 20082 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
elcome to this special edi-tion of the magazine. Muchthought, love, and many
hours of labor, have gone into the col-lecting of photos and the writing ofarticles on the history of our school.
As you will read, our school cameinto existence through the extraordi-nary efforts of Dr. Bongsoon Zubayand a special group of trustees. Theseindividuals saw an opportunity to cre-ate a new and exciting institutionthrough the melding of The BerkeleyInstitute and The Carroll StreetSchool. These were two schools withindividual histories, different philoso-phies, but a shared vision of excel-lence.
We can only imagine the difficultiesencountered by the trustees and thetrusting set of parents who enrolledtheir children in this newly mergedschool. Here was a school with notrack record, spotty finances and anuncertain future. What was quicklyseen, and valued by all, was the over-whelming commitment to every stu-dent exhibited by each teacher.
During those early years the schoolwas extraordinarily well served byteachers and staff who were ready toteach new subjects, handle differentage groups and lead all of theextracurricular groups. And even moreimpressive is that some of these pio-neers are still exhibiting their masterytoday at BCS giving us an enviablecontinuity of experience—Liz Kloner,Marvin Pollock, Judi Barrett, MarleneClary, Kathy Grimes-Lamb, Mary AnnHartley, Gloria Cruz, Maxine Barnett,Jennie Benipayo, Eileen Mercado,Maureen Sheehan, and Judy Valdez.
The school has grown significantlyin enrollment, facilities have been ren-ovated, buildings have been addedand our program has expanded tooffer an exciting range of courses andactivities. While the physical attributesof the school may have changed, it isimportant to take note that our effortstoday are fueled as they have alwaysbeen: with a deep belief that success isachieved in helping each studentexperience the passion of learning.
Special recognition needs to begiven to the work of the 25thAnniversary Committee and ourthanks go to them for the energy theyhave brought to this celebration. Theyhave successfully reconnected genera-tions of friends of BCS through thereceptions, meetings and dinners theyhave arranged. Their efforts will resultin a major increase in donations to theendowment for teacher professionaldevelopment.
I look forward to seeing you onApril 12th at the Athletic Center whenwe will gather together to celebrate thepast that has prepared us so well forthe future.
Sincerely,Robert D. VitaloHead of School
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A SHARED VISION OF EXCELLENCE
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BC StudentsFill EmptyBowls
...our effortstoday are
fueled as theyhave alwaysbeen: with adeep beliefthat successis achieved inhelping each
studentexperience
the passion oflearning.
“
”
WB
BOB VITALO
World Hunger Day was acknowl-edged in the Upper School onOctober 16, 2007, during a divi-sion-wide assembly, led by StudentCouncil president Max Hardy.
Max’s comments were followedby those of Rochelle Pollock, wifeof the Upper School’s MarvinPollock, and lead volunteer inBrooklyn for Heifer International, anonprofit organization that provideslivestock and training to small-scalefarmers and communities in orderto help end world hunger andpoverty. Mrs. Pollock spoke to thestudents about the differencebetween hope and despair andHeifer’s work to end world hunger,one person at a time.
Berkeley Carroll’s work to endworld hunger was spearheaded bycommunity service coordinatorRebeca Matthews and ceramicsteacher Annie Asebrook. Theschool’s Middle and Upper Schoolstudents, along with the faculty, cre-ated hundreds of beautiful ceramicbowls, all of which were sold at
school during a two-day celebrationin November. During the sale, soupwas available to fill the emptybowls and student musicians (BenCohen and Stephen Toriello,accompanied at times by visitingalums) serenaded the crowd. At theend of the two days, over 500bowls had been sold and over$6,000 raised. The organizers andstudent volunteers (particularly themembers of Lions Pride and the ArtSquad) have a lot to be proud of.
The money raised will be givento Heifer International, a nonprofitorganization committed to endingworld hunger. A Heifer Inter -national official said, “When stu-dents learn there are hungry peoplein the world, sometimes they feelpowerless; they think the problemis just too big. Berkeley Carroll stu-dents, however, have becomeempowered to do their part to effectpositive change. We are so pleasedthat they are working on behalf ofHeifer, and we applaud the effortsof the Berkeley Carroll students.”
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headlines))
Celebrating75 YEARSof CumLaudeSocietyMembership
erkeley Carroll is one of justthree schools celebrating 75years of membership in the
Cum Laude Society, the nationalhonor society for independent schools.Bruce W. Galbraith, Cum LaudeSociety Registrar General, accordedspecial recognition to Berkeley Carroll,saying, “This is one of the longest, andmost distinguished, tenures in CumLaude, and speaks well of the out-standing academic program atBerkeley Carroll. The hundreds of stu-dents inducted in these 75 years havegone on to make their mark in theworld, based upon the strong programof studies afforded them.”
Election to the 100-year-old CumLaude Society acknowledges thosehigh school students who have consis-tently demonstrated superior scholar-ship in academics. The criteria forselection include grade point average,strength of program (in other words,consideration is given to students whoavail themselves of the school’s morechallenging offerings), and scores onexternal measures of achievement suchas the SATs and Advanced Placementexaminations. The presence of a CumLaude chapter at a secondary school isan indication that superior scholasticachievement is honored.
In congratulating Berkeley Carrollon its 75th anniversary in the society,the Cum Laude Society said, “You arean outstanding academic institution—a leader in our Society.”
3Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 20082 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
elcome to this special edi-tion of the magazine. Muchthought, love, and many
hours of labor, have gone into the col-lecting of photos and the writing ofarticles on the history of our school.
As you will read, our school cameinto existence through the extraordi-nary efforts of Dr. Bongsoon Zubayand a special group of trustees. Theseindividuals saw an opportunity to cre-ate a new and exciting institutionthrough the melding of The BerkeleyInstitute and The Carroll StreetSchool. These were two schools withindividual histories, different philoso-phies, but a shared vision of excel-lence.
We can only imagine the difficultiesencountered by the trustees and thetrusting set of parents who enrolledtheir children in this newly mergedschool. Here was a school with notrack record, spotty finances and anuncertain future. What was quicklyseen, and valued by all, was the over-whelming commitment to every stu-dent exhibited by each teacher.
During those early years the schoolwas extraordinarily well served byteachers and staff who were ready toteach new subjects, handle differentage groups and lead all of theextracurricular groups. And even moreimpressive is that some of these pio-neers are still exhibiting their masterytoday at BCS giving us an enviablecontinuity of experience—Liz Kloner,Marvin Pollock, Judi Barrett, MarleneClary, Kathy Grimes-Lamb, Mary AnnHartley, Gloria Cruz, Maxine Barnett,Jennie Benipayo, Eileen Mercado,Maureen Sheehan, and Judy Valdez.
The school has grown significantlyin enrollment, facilities have been ren-ovated, buildings have been addedand our program has expanded tooffer an exciting range of courses andactivities. While the physical attributesof the school may have changed, it isimportant to take note that our effortstoday are fueled as they have alwaysbeen: with a deep belief that success isachieved in helping each studentexperience the passion of learning.
Special recognition needs to begiven to the work of the 25thAnniversary Committee and ourthanks go to them for the energy theyhave brought to this celebration. Theyhave successfully reconnected genera-tions of friends of BCS through thereceptions, meetings and dinners theyhave arranged. Their efforts will resultin a major increase in donations to theendowment for teacher professionaldevelopment.
I look forward to seeing you onApril 12th at the Athletic Center whenwe will gather together to celebrate thepast that has prepared us so well forthe future.
Sincerely,Robert D. VitaloHead of School
�
A SHARED VISION OF EXCELLENCE
connections))
BC StudentsFill EmptyBowls
...our effortstoday are
fueled as theyhave alwaysbeen: with adeep beliefthat successis achieved inhelping each
studentexperience
the passion oflearning.
“
”
WB
BOB VITALO
World Hunger Day was acknowl-edged in the Upper School onOctober 16, 2007, during a divi-sion-wide assembly, led by StudentCouncil president Max Hardy.
Max’s comments were followedby those of Rochelle Pollock, wifeof the Upper School’s MarvinPollock, and lead volunteer inBrooklyn for Heifer International, anonprofit organization that provideslivestock and training to small-scalefarmers and communities in orderto help end world hunger andpoverty. Mrs. Pollock spoke to thestudents about the differencebetween hope and despair andHeifer’s work to end world hunger,one person at a time.
Berkeley Carroll’s work to endworld hunger was spearheaded bycommunity service coordinatorRebeca Matthews and ceramicsteacher Annie Asebrook. Theschool’s Middle and Upper Schoolstudents, along with the faculty, cre-ated hundreds of beautiful ceramicbowls, all of which were sold at
school during a two-day celebrationin November. During the sale, soupwas available to fill the emptybowls and student musicians (BenCohen and Stephen Toriello,accompanied at times by visitingalums) serenaded the crowd. At theend of the two days, over 500bowls had been sold and over$6,000 raised. The organizers andstudent volunteers (particularly themembers of Lions Pride and the ArtSquad) have a lot to be proud of.
The money raised will be givento Heifer International, a nonprofitorganization committed to endingworld hunger. A Heifer Inter -national official said, “When stu-dents learn there are hungry peoplein the world, sometimes they feelpowerless; they think the problemis just too big. Berkeley Carroll stu-dents, however, have becomeempowered to do their part to effectpositive change. We are so pleasedthat they are working on behalf ofHeifer, and we applaud the effortsof the Berkeley Carroll students.”
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Dexter Earle Award, it was like a veritableWho’s Who of colleagues, past and pres-ent, whom I respect and admire….Receiving this award is a tremendoushonor, and I am so grateful for this recog-nition. Even more than that, I am gratefulfor the time I have spent as part of theBerkeley Carroll community.
“In fact, I think my experience teach-ing science illustrates one of the bestthings about working here at BerkeleyCarroll. No one expects teachers to knowall the answers, but everyone expects usto ask questions and to continue learning.We are always encouraged to go to work-shops and to visit other schools to getnew and different ideas. Though we havealways learned from one another informal-ly, we now have a formal peer reviewprocess where teachers have a chance tothink and talk about their work withother teachers. Committees on curricu-lum, diversity, and even scheduling con-stantly ask us to consider what we aredoing and what we could do better. Thestudents are clearly not the only onesengaged in learning here at BerkeleyCarroll, and that makes it a wonderfulplace to work.”
Named in memory of John Reidy, a long-time Berkeley Carroll teacher who
died of cancer in 2001, known for commitment, energy, and connection to
students, the Reidy Award is presented each year to one Carroll Street and
one Lincoln Place teacher. The teachers chosen must have between three
and five years of teaching at Berkeley Carroll and are considered excellent.
In 2007, the Lincoln Place recipient was Middle School math teacher
Tom Jameson. When he received his award, Tom said, “Every day when I
come to work I find that someone does something that makes me happy.
This place is like a family, it’s the kind of place you want to be.”
The Lower School recipient, Erita Doko, said, “So far, life has been a fairy
tale. Coming to this country was a dream come true. The country offered me
so many opportunities. I went to school, learned English, and one day was
surfing the internet looking for a job and saw a school named Berkeley
Carroll....Today I feel very honored to receive this award.”
5Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 20084 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
The 15th AnnualDEXTER D.EARLE AWARDPresented toAmanda PikeFirst grade teacher Amanda Pike was the recipient of the 2007 DexterEarle Award—presented annually to aBerkeley Carroll teacher with over 10years’ teaching experience in recognitionof excellence in teaching, dedication,involvement, passion, and the promo-tion of an intellectual community.
Amanda received her undergraduatedegree at Amherst and her master’s atBank Street. Her time at BerkeleyCarroll has been split between teaching1st grade and teaching Lower Schoolscience. At the time she won the award,her first crop of 1st graders were soph-omores in college. When asked if, after14 years, did it ever get old, she said, “Icannot envision leaving BerkeleyCarroll. Ever.”
During the award ceremony,Amanda told the audience, “When Ilooked over the list of recipients of the
Bornat BerkeleyCarroll: 6 PUBLISHED SENIORSREAD FROM “RED”
During a reading and book sign-
ing for Red: The Next Generation
of American Writers—Teenage
Girls—On What Fires Up Their
Lives Today, the book's editor,
Amy Goldwasser, said that
Berkeley Carroll was the school
she broke her own rules for.
“There was something really spe-
cial about the girls from Berkeley
Carroll,” she said, explaining
why Berkeley Carroll writers
dominated the book.
Red’s 58 essays were selected
from over 800 submissions; the
authors span the country, and the girls’ experiences (rural, urban, naïve,
sophisticated) run the gamut as well. Thus it is particularly noteworthy
that six of the 58 essayists are Berkeley Carroll students. No other school
in the country is as well represented. The Berkeley Carroll student
authors include Emma Considine (whose essay “Bloody Red Heart” is
excerpted on Salon.com), Jane Horowitz, Sarah Harrison, Alison Smith,
Aarian Marshall, and Lucy Bennett. Liz Perry, Berkeley Carroll English
teacher who taught several of the girls, said, “the girls’ writing is impres-
sive for many reasons, but the quality that stands out to me most in this
collection is voice. If we challenge students to move beyond the recycled
scripts of adolescence and write with authenticity and courage about
their own lives, the results can be quite astonishing.”
Each Berkeley Carroll Red author read her essay at a community-wide
book party on November 28, 2007. Prior to introducing Jane Horowitz,
the first reader, Amy Goldwasser said, “In a lot of ways, this book was
born at Berkeley Carroll.”
TWO TEACHERS RECEIVE THE 2007 REIDY AWARDS
Amanda Pike
Tom Jameson Erita Doko
No one expectsteachers toknow all theanswers, but everyoneexpects us toask questionsand to continuelearning.
“
”
connections))
Dexter Earle Award, it was like a veritableWho’s Who of colleagues, past and pres-ent, whom I respect and admire….Receiving this award is a tremendoushonor, and I am so grateful for this recog-nition. Even more than that, I am gratefulfor the time I have spent as part of theBerkeley Carroll community.
“In fact, I think my experience teach-ing science illustrates one of the bestthings about working here at BerkeleyCarroll. No one expects teachers to knowall the answers, but everyone expects usto ask questions and to continue learning.We are always encouraged to go to work-shops and to visit other schools to getnew and different ideas. Though we havealways learned from one another informal-ly, we now have a formal peer reviewprocess where teachers have a chance tothink and talk about their work withother teachers. Committees on curricu-lum, diversity, and even scheduling con-stantly ask us to consider what we aredoing and what we could do better. Thestudents are clearly not the only onesengaged in learning here at BerkeleyCarroll, and that makes it a wonderfulplace to work.”
Named in memory of John Reidy, a long-time Berkeley Carroll teacher who
died of cancer in 2001, known for commitment, energy, and connection to
students, the Reidy Award is presented each year to one Carroll Street and
one Lincoln Place teacher. The teachers chosen must have between three
and five years of teaching at Berkeley Carroll and are considered excellent.
In 2007, the Lincoln Place recipient was Middle School math teacher
Tom Jameson. When he received his award, Tom said, “Every day when I
come to work I find that someone does something that makes me happy.
This place is like a family, it’s the kind of place you want to be.”
The Lower School recipient, Erita Doko, said, “So far, life has been a fairy
tale. Coming to this country was a dream come true. The country offered me
so many opportunities. I went to school, learned English, and one day was
surfing the internet looking for a job and saw a school named Berkeley
Carroll....Today I feel very honored to receive this award.”
5Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 20084 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
The 15th AnnualDEXTER D.EARLE AWARDPresented toAmanda PikeFirst grade teacher Amanda Pike was the recipient of the 2007 DexterEarle Award—presented annually to aBerkeley Carroll teacher with over 10years’ teaching experience in recognitionof excellence in teaching, dedication,involvement, passion, and the promo-tion of an intellectual community.
Amanda received her undergraduatedegree at Amherst and her master’s atBank Street. Her time at BerkeleyCarroll has been split between teaching1st grade and teaching Lower Schoolscience. At the time she won the award,her first crop of 1st graders were soph-omores in college. When asked if, after14 years, did it ever get old, she said, “Icannot envision leaving BerkeleyCarroll. Ever.”
During the award ceremony,Amanda told the audience, “When Ilooked over the list of recipients of the
Bornat BerkeleyCarroll: 6 PUBLISHED SENIORSREAD FROM “RED”
During a reading and book sign-
ing for Red: The Next Generation
of American Writers—Teenage
Girls—On What Fires Up Their
Lives Today, the book's editor,
Amy Goldwasser, said that
Berkeley Carroll was the school
she broke her own rules for.
“There was something really spe-
cial about the girls from Berkeley
Carroll,” she said, explaining
why Berkeley Carroll writers
dominated the book.
Red’s 58 essays were selected
from over 800 submissions; the
authors span the country, and the girls’ experiences (rural, urban, naïve,
sophisticated) run the gamut as well. Thus it is particularly noteworthy
that six of the 58 essayists are Berkeley Carroll students. No other school
in the country is as well represented. The Berkeley Carroll student
authors include Emma Considine (whose essay “Bloody Red Heart” is
excerpted on Salon.com), Jane Horowitz, Sarah Harrison, Alison Smith,
Aarian Marshall, and Lucy Bennett. Liz Perry, Berkeley Carroll English
teacher who taught several of the girls, said, “the girls’ writing is impres-
sive for many reasons, but the quality that stands out to me most in this
collection is voice. If we challenge students to move beyond the recycled
scripts of adolescence and write with authenticity and courage about
their own lives, the results can be quite astonishing.”
Each Berkeley Carroll Red author read her essay at a community-wide
book party on November 28, 2007. Prior to introducing Jane Horowitz,
the first reader, Amy Goldwasser said, “In a lot of ways, this book was
born at Berkeley Carroll.”
TWO TEACHERS RECEIVE THE 2007 REIDY AWARDS
Amanda Pike
Tom Jameson Erita Doko
No one expectsteachers toknow all theanswers, but everyoneexpects us toask questionsand to continuelearning.
“
”
connections))
COMMENCEMENTHead of School Bob Vitalo greeted the54 members of the Class of 2007 bysaying, “This is good, and it’s sup-posed to be fun.” It was both, but itwas also so much more. The 120thcommencement exercises of theBerkeley Carroll School ran the gamutof emotions from funny, touching and,at times, awe-inspiring.
Upper School Director SuzanneFogarty told the graduates that whenshe taught many of them back whenthey were in 9th grade, they taughther to be a better teacher. “What youdid for me as a teacher,” she said, “wasmake me learn to listen more.” MaxGoldberg Liu ’07, who greeted hisclassmates, described the Class of2007 as quiet, determined, and mod-est individuals who were eager to dotheir best. His fellow speaker, Peter
Drinan ’07, rallied the graduates bytelling them, “We’re caught betweenthe familiarity of Berkeley Carroll and
the excitement of college,” and it wastrue. The graduates, many of whomstill seemed to have one foot firmlyplanted at Lincoln Place, have hadextremely successful high schoolcareers and are clearly eager to moveon to the next step.
The connection between BerkeleyCarroll and the world outside LincolnPlace was driven home by HendrikHertzberg, senior editor and staffwriter at The New Yorker and superla-tive commencement speaker. Mr.Hertzberg spoke beautifully and elo-quently about his mother, HazelWhitman Hertzberg, a 1935 graduateof the Berkeley Institute. He also gavethe graduates three pieces of advice (ashe said, free advice worth “everypenny”): First, when you get to col-lege, he told them, choose your cours-es on the basis of who’s teaching them.Second, you are emerging from a tun-nel. Enjoy the shock of freedom.“You’re about to discover the impor-tance and, truly, the joy of making realchoices.” For his third piece of advice,he exhorted the grads to get involved.“Berkeley Carroll has given you a goodstart with this,” he said. “You owe it tothe billions who haven’t had youradvantages.”
7Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 20086 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
Lower SchoolARCH DAYLower School DirectorBen Chant told the stu-dents that the arch is adoor and, although itmight not appear that bywalking through it theywere taking a big step, inreality walking throughthe arch is one of thosemoments that changesone’s life.
Representatives ofeach 4th grade class—Amy Donovan, Max Leu,and Kennedy Austin—addressed their peers,teachers, and family dur-ing the June 14, 2007,Arch Day celebration.Max told the audiencethat he’s eager to moveup to middle school atLincoln Place because he likes thepudding. In saying goodbye to hislife at Carroll Street he acknowledgedthat his teacher, David Wood, helpedmake him smarter. Kennedy Austinrevealed that she feels perfectly athome at Berkeley Carroll and endedby saying, “Today I feel like I’m ontop of the world. The BerkeleyCarroll Lower School has filled mewith confidence.”
Middle School CLOSINGCEREMONIESDuring the June 15, 2007, MiddleSchool Closing Ceremonies, MiddleSchool Director Jim Shapiro told the 8thgraders, “You 8th graders know perfectly
well how much every-one adores you.”
Fifth grade studentspeaker ColumO’Connor interruptedhimself partwaythrough his speech.“Me and my friends….”he started to say, thenabruptly changed it to“my friends and I.” Themorning was full ofevidence that an enor-mous amount islearned during MiddleSchool.
Philip Sweeting,speaking on behalf ofthe 6th grade, waxedreminiscent of his time,so far, in Middle School.Of 5th grade chorus heremarked, “A mandato-ry elective? What doesthat even mean?” draw-
ing enormous laughter from the audience.
For the 7th grade, SamanthaBellamy thanked her academic teach-ers for “making my life somewhateasier to deal with,” and for the 8thgrade, speaker Nia James spoke forthe entire grade when she said,“there are 69 of us, but we quicklycame together as one. That’s beenour greatest achievement.”
Graduation& ClosingCeremonies2007
Aydan Puth and Sara Couillou
Patrick James, Jr.
Luis Almonte and Toby Gingold
connections))
COMMENCEMENTHead of School Bob Vitalo greeted the54 members of the Class of 2007 bysaying, “This is good, and it’s sup-posed to be fun.” It was both, but itwas also so much more. The 120thcommencement exercises of theBerkeley Carroll School ran the gamutof emotions from funny, touching and,at times, awe-inspiring.
Upper School Director SuzanneFogarty told the graduates that whenshe taught many of them back whenthey were in 9th grade, they taughther to be a better teacher. “What youdid for me as a teacher,” she said, “wasmake me learn to listen more.” MaxGoldberg Liu ’07, who greeted hisclassmates, described the Class of2007 as quiet, determined, and mod-est individuals who were eager to dotheir best. His fellow speaker, Peter
Drinan ’07, rallied the graduates bytelling them, “We’re caught betweenthe familiarity of Berkeley Carroll and
the excitement of college,” and it wastrue. The graduates, many of whomstill seemed to have one foot firmlyplanted at Lincoln Place, have hadextremely successful high schoolcareers and are clearly eager to moveon to the next step.
The connection between BerkeleyCarroll and the world outside LincolnPlace was driven home by HendrikHertzberg, senior editor and staffwriter at The New Yorker and superla-tive commencement speaker. Mr.Hertzberg spoke beautifully and elo-quently about his mother, HazelWhitman Hertzberg, a 1935 graduateof the Berkeley Institute. He also gavethe graduates three pieces of advice (ashe said, free advice worth “everypenny”): First, when you get to col-lege, he told them, choose your cours-es on the basis of who’s teaching them.Second, you are emerging from a tun-nel. Enjoy the shock of freedom.“You’re about to discover the impor-tance and, truly, the joy of making realchoices.” For his third piece of advice,he exhorted the grads to get involved.“Berkeley Carroll has given you a goodstart with this,” he said. “You owe it tothe billions who haven’t had youradvantages.”
7Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 20086 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
Lower SchoolARCH DAYLower School DirectorBen Chant told the stu-dents that the arch is adoor and, although itmight not appear that bywalking through it theywere taking a big step, inreality walking throughthe arch is one of thosemoments that changesone’s life.
Representatives ofeach 4th grade class—Amy Donovan, Max Leu,and Kennedy Austin—addressed their peers,teachers, and family dur-ing the June 14, 2007,Arch Day celebration.Max told the audiencethat he’s eager to moveup to middle school atLincoln Place because he likes thepudding. In saying goodbye to hislife at Carroll Street he acknowledgedthat his teacher, David Wood, helpedmake him smarter. Kennedy Austinrevealed that she feels perfectly athome at Berkeley Carroll and endedby saying, “Today I feel like I’m ontop of the world. The BerkeleyCarroll Lower School has filled mewith confidence.”
Middle School CLOSINGCEREMONIESDuring the June 15, 2007, MiddleSchool Closing Ceremonies, MiddleSchool Director Jim Shapiro told the 8thgraders, “You 8th graders know perfectly
well how much every-one adores you.”
Fifth grade studentspeaker ColumO’Connor interruptedhimself partwaythrough his speech.“Me and my friends….”he started to say, thenabruptly changed it to“my friends and I.” Themorning was full ofevidence that an enor-mous amount islearned during MiddleSchool.
Philip Sweeting,speaking on behalf ofthe 6th grade, waxedreminiscent of his time,so far, in Middle School.Of 5th grade chorus heremarked, “A mandato-ry elective? What doesthat even mean?” draw-
ing enormous laughter from the audience.
For the 7th grade, SamanthaBellamy thanked her academic teach-ers for “making my life somewhateasier to deal with,” and for the 8thgrade, speaker Nia James spoke forthe entire grade when she said,“there are 69 of us, but we quicklycame together as one. That’s beenour greatest achievement.”
Graduation& ClosingCeremonies2007
Aydan Puth and Sara Couillou
Patrick James, Jr.
Luis Almonte and Toby Gingold
CONGRATULATIONSCongratulations to the Class of 2007
connections))
LUIS ALMONTEBoston College
SHEREEN BAR-OREckerd College
BENJAMIN BARISSkidmore College
TYLER BEN-AMOTZUniversity of Vermont
MICHAEL BRUFFEEBoston University
AMANDA CARELLABennington College
JEROME CARTERRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
SARA COUILLOUSpringfield College
JAMES DELANEYSpringfield College
JAHMIQUE DESOUZAStony Brook University
PETER DRINANBrown University
JAHNEILLE EDWARDSCUNY Honors College
LAURA ESTREICH Trinity College
TOBIAS GINGOLDUniversity of Vermont
ADRIANNA GLAVIANOInternship: Milan, Italy
MAX GOLDBERG LIUBowdoin College
ALYSSA GOLDSTEINBard College
EMILY GOODWINOhio Wesleyan University
SCOTT GUTNICKHofstra University
DYANNA HALLICKMuhlenberg College
JENÉ GONZALEZ-JACKDrexel University
PATRICK JAMES, JR.Hofstra University
COREY JEFFERSIthaca College
ALBERTO JIMENEZ, JR.Vanderbilt University
LIONEL JOHNNESWashington University
JOSEPH KAPLANRhode Island School ofDesign
ANDREW KENTDrew University
JEFFREY KOCHManhattan School of Music
ALEXANDER KOLBERPitzer College
RACHEL LAMBUniversity of Arizona
PETER LAROSAUniversity of Redlands
RACHEL LEITSkidmore College
LIZ LUCIANOSt. Lawrence University
LAUREN MENCHINIManhattan College
DAVID MULLERYUniversity of St. Andrews
ENRIQUE NAUDONBowdoin College
ANDREWO’SHAUGHNESSYUniversity of Chicago
CHRISTOPHERPETRINOVICHamline University
MADELEINE PRENNERWellesley College
AYDAN PUTHHigh Point University
VAIL RAINEYUniversity of Arizona
LUCY RAVICHIthaca College
PHOEBE REEDBates College
ALEX RIINADartmouth College
CHAD ROBERTSUniversity of Massachusetts
AMANDA SACKSConnecticut College
BLAIRE SACKSBates College
MARGARET SCHULTZHamilton College
EMILY SEAYMichigan State University
JADE SHALLOWClark Atlanta University
MICHAEL SULLIVANPurchase College
REECE TREVORUniversity of Chicago
EMI WANGVassar College
KYLA WINNER-CONNORVassar College
98 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
CONGRATULATIONSCongratulations to the Class of 2007
connections))
LUIS ALMONTEBoston College
SHEREEN BAR-OREckerd College
BENJAMIN BARISSkidmore College
TYLER BEN-AMOTZUniversity of Vermont
MICHAEL BRUFFEEBoston University
AMANDA CARELLABennington College
JEROME CARTERRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
SARA COUILLOUSpringfield College
JAMES DELANEYSpringfield College
JAHMIQUE DESOUZAStony Brook University
PETER DRINANBrown University
JAHNEILLE EDWARDSCUNY Honors College
LAURA ESTREICH Trinity College
TOBIAS GINGOLDUniversity of Vermont
ADRIANNA GLAVIANOInternship: Milan, Italy
MAX GOLDBERG LIUBowdoin College
ALYSSA GOLDSTEINBard College
EMILY GOODWINOhio Wesleyan University
SCOTT GUTNICKHofstra University
DYANNA HALLICKMuhlenberg College
JENÉ GONZALEZ-JACKDrexel University
PATRICK JAMES, JR.Hofstra University
COREY JEFFERSIthaca College
ALBERTO JIMENEZ, JR.Vanderbilt University
LIONEL JOHNNESWashington University
JOSEPH KAPLANRhode Island School ofDesign
ANDREW KENTDrew University
JEFFREY KOCHManhattan School of Music
ALEXANDER KOLBERPitzer College
RACHEL LAMBUniversity of Arizona
PETER LAROSAUniversity of Redlands
RACHEL LEITSkidmore College
LIZ LUCIANOSt. Lawrence University
LAUREN MENCHINIManhattan College
DAVID MULLERYUniversity of St. Andrews
ENRIQUE NAUDONBowdoin College
ANDREWO’SHAUGHNESSYUniversity of Chicago
CHRISTOPHERPETRINOVICHamline University
MADELEINE PRENNERWellesley College
AYDAN PUTHHigh Point University
VAIL RAINEYUniversity of Arizona
LUCY RAVICHIthaca College
PHOEBE REEDBates College
ALEX RIINADartmouth College
CHAD ROBERTSUniversity of Massachusetts
AMANDA SACKSConnecticut College
BLAIRE SACKSBates College
MARGARET SCHULTZHamilton College
EMILY SEAYMichigan State University
JADE SHALLOWClark Atlanta University
MICHAEL SULLIVANPurchase College
REECE TREVORUniversity of Chicago
EMI WANGVassar College
KYLA WINNER-CONNORVassar College
98 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
13thAnnual YoungAlumni Night l November 21, 2007
We lost count, but over 90 alums from the classes of 1990-2004 came out for the annual Young Alum Party which took place this year at Union Hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn.Ayana Johnson ’98 was the winner of our raffle and took home a $75 gift certificate toBrooklyn Industries.
1. Alexandra Lamb ’03, Caroline Greig ’03, Jane Livshits ’03, Julia Loonin ’03
2. Dionne Sinckler ’98, Jennifer Thompson ’97, Cary Graber ’98
3. Zachary Mazzeo-Snyder ’05, Michael Micalizzi ’03
4. Kieran Roberts ’99, Ayana Johnson ’98
5. Andrew Margon ’02, Caitlin Cahill ’02, Sara Covey ’02, Ben Grossman-Cohen ’02
connections))11Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 200810 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
20thReunion l April 20, 2007
On Friday, April 20, 2007 members of the class of 1987 celebrated their 20th reunion at a local restaurant, and the classes of 1957 to 2000 came out on Saturday, April 21 to enjoy reunion at the school while the classof 1967 met in Manhattan for their 40th. Dr. Marvin Pollock, Director of Studies at Berkeley Carroll, led aspirited and thought-provoking discussion on advertising, propaganda and media using the film, Triumph ofthe Will by Leni Riefenstahl, as his case study. Lunch in the Lincoln Place library followed where CarolLamberg ’57 received the Berkeley Carroll Alumni Service Award.
1. The class of 1987 20th reunion dinner2. (l to r): Ruth Hiller Nicolaci, Elaine Iannelli Mennen and Patty Inaba-Chu from the class of 1957–enjoying their 50th reunion.
3. Cecilia Burgin Streit ’87 and Mike Winston ’87
4. Carol Lamberg ’57 accepting the Alumni Service Award for her work in the affordable housing industry in New York City and nationwide.
5. Director of Studies, Marvin Pollock, speaking on “Art and Propaganda”
Eighteen veterans from BerkeleyCarroll baseball teams past gatheredat the fields at Breezy Point andplayed members of BC's varsityteam. The alums can be proud—they came back from a 6-run deficitin the bottom of the 5th to tie thegame at 8-8. Coach Walter Pallerstopped the game at nine inningsso everyone could lick theirwounds, trade stories, and eat!
AlumniBaseball Game l June 2, 2007
1. The entire alumni team2. Carmine Giovino ’983. James Brufee ’994. Varsity baseball coach, Walter Paller5. Nick Pollack ’06;
Vanessa Prescott, Middle School science; Bryan Roberts ’05 after the game
Six alumnae who all live in or nearConnecticut joined Head of School BobVitalo for lunch in Old Saybrook onSeptember 26, 2007. They had a wonder-ful time catching up with each other.
ConnecticutReunion lSeptember 26, 2007
1. Polina Bekker '94 and Kate Rubin Witherwax'942. Members of the class of 1989 (l to r): JasonHernandez-Rosenblatt, Denise Kenny Touchet,and Heather Cunningham3. Michelle Menendez Olgers and Victor Brown,both class of 19844. Janet McCauley Stark '60, Honorary Chair ofthe Founders Society, displaying the school's gift
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13thAnnual YoungAlumni Night l November 21, 2007
We lost count, but over 90 alums from the classes of 1990-2004 came out for the annual Young Alum Party which took place this year at Union Hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn.Ayana Johnson ’98 was the winner of our raffle and took home a $75 gift certificate toBrooklyn Industries.
1. Alexandra Lamb ’03, Caroline Greig ’03, Jane Livshits ’03, Julia Loonin ’03
2. Dionne Sinckler ’98, Jennifer Thompson ’97, Cary Graber ’98
3. Zachary Mazzeo-Snyder ’05, Michael Micalizzi ’03
4. Kieran Roberts ’99, Ayana Johnson ’98
5. Andrew Margon ’02, Caitlin Cahill ’02, Sara Covey ’02, Ben Grossman-Cohen ’02
connections))11Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 200810 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
20thReunion l April 20, 2007
On Friday, April 20, 2007 members of the class of 1987 celebrated their 20th reunion at a local restaurant, and the classes of 1957 to 2000 came out on Saturday, April 21 to enjoy reunion at the school while the classof 1967 met in Manhattan for their 40th. Dr. Marvin Pollock, Director of Studies at Berkeley Carroll, led aspirited and thought-provoking discussion on advertising, propaganda and media using the film, Triumph ofthe Will by Leni Riefenstahl, as his case study. Lunch in the Lincoln Place library followed where CarolLamberg ’57 received the Berkeley Carroll Alumni Service Award.
1. The class of 1987 20th reunion dinner2. (l to r): Ruth Hiller Nicolaci, Elaine Iannelli Mennen and Patty Inaba-Chu from the class of 1957–enjoying their 50th reunion.
3. Cecilia Burgin Streit ’87 and Mike Winston ’87
4. Carol Lamberg ’57 accepting the Alumni Service Award for her work in the affordable housing industry in New York City and nationwide.
5. Director of Studies, Marvin Pollock, speaking on “Art and Propaganda”
Eighteen veterans from BerkeleyCarroll baseball teams past gatheredat the fields at Breezy Point andplayed members of BC's varsityteam. The alums can be proud—they came back from a 6-run deficitin the bottom of the 5th to tie thegame at 8-8. Coach Walter Pallerstopped the game at nine inningsso everyone could lick theirwounds, trade stories, and eat!
AlumniBaseball Game l June 2, 2007
1. The entire alumni team2. Carmine Giovino ’983. James Brufee ’994. Varsity baseball coach, Walter Paller5. Nick Pollack ’06;
Vanessa Prescott, Middle School science; Bryan Roberts ’05 after the game
Six alumnae who all live in or nearConnecticut joined Head of School BobVitalo for lunch in Old Saybrook onSeptember 26, 2007. They had a wonder-ful time catching up with each other.
ConnecticutReunion lSeptember 26, 2007
1. Polina Bekker '94 and Kate Rubin Witherwax'942. Members of the class of 1989 (l to r): JasonHernandez-Rosenblatt, Denise Kenny Touchet,and Heather Cunningham3. Michelle Menendez Olgers and Victor Brown,both class of 19844. Janet McCauley Stark '60, Honorary Chair ofthe Founders Society, displaying the school's gift
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14
1886 SAW THE BIRTH OF
THE BERKELEY INSTITUTE.19 8 2 USHERED IN THE
M E RG E R O F T H E T WO
SCHOOLS. EXPERIENCE
B E R K E L E Y C A R RO L L’S
HISTORY, AS TOLD IN A
T I M E L I N E .
TIMELINEOF THE
BERKELEYCARROLLSCHOOL
h hGiancarlo Hirsch, must step up,and take on leadership rolls.
As for the ladies, softball seasonwas quite successful as well. Coachedby athletic director Joe Wood, and ledby captains Zoe Cohen and LaurenMenchini, the girls performed andplayed at a high level in the 2007 sea-son. With help from 8th grade pitcherLauren Malotra-Gaudet, the girls beatlong time rivals, Friends Seminary, inthe ACIS playoffs to become champi-ons of the league.
Down in the pool this year, theBerkeley Carroll swim team, coached byMeredith Rice and Roberto Welch andlead by captains Emi Wang, PhoebeReed, Max Goldberg Liu, and EnriqueNaudon (all seniors), swam with heartand pride.Working hard all year, for thefirst time ever, the BC swim team wasinvited to the Eastern Invitational downin Philadelphia. Hopefully this willbecome a tradition at Berkeley Carroll,and we will continue to be invited backto this invitational.
On a more personal note, three ath-letes were able to pass a huge mile-stone mark this year in basketball:1,000 points. Seniors and four-yearvarsity basketball players JamesDelaney and Toby Gingold achievedthis in their 2006-2007 basketball sea-son. The third athlete being a juniormakes this great achievement seemeven more incredible. Zoe Cohen man-aged to score her 1,000th point afteronly three years of playing varsity bas-ketball here at Berkeley Carroll.
And so although BC has still notmanaged to win a state tournament,the 2006-2007 season was quite suc-cessful in many ways.
The 2006-2007 seasons for sportsat Berkeley Carroll proved to bequite successful, eventful, andcaptivating. With the senior class of2007 leading each sport in practicallyevery statistic, along with great leader-ship and pride, hopes were high dur-ing the year for our athletic success.
The varsity girls’ soccer season wasthe first triumph of the year in sports.Lead by head coach Colm MacMahonand senior captains Rachel Leit andSara Couillou, along with junior ElenaLevi, the girls’ soccer team already hadtheir backbone of soccer stars. Assophomore Stephanie Boyle rose to theoccasion when asked to play goalkeeper, the girls seemed to have hadno missing parts to the team. After asuccessful season, the girls were giventhe opportunity to play in theNYSAISAA state tournament. This wasthe first ever state tournament berthfor varsity girls’ soccer at BerkeleyCarroll, ever.
As the winter rolled around, theAthletic Center became the home forour 06’-07’ basketball season. Theboys’ varsity basketball team, lead bycaptains Peter Drinan ’07 and PatrickJames ’07 as well as three otherreturning seniors, was invited back totheir 4th straight NYSAISAA tourna-ment. However, this was the first yearwith new head coach Bob DeMerrell.With seven of our twelve players leav-ing for college, and rising senior JasonLewis being the only player who hasplayed significant minutes at the varsi-ty high school level, the basketballteam will be in search of some to stepup and take a leaders roll.
The girls’ varsity basketball season
was arguably the most exciting teamto watch this year at Berkeley Carroll.With junior captain Zoe Cohen com-ing into her third year as a starter onthe team, BC fans knew this would bean eventful season. This proved true.Lead by captain, four year varsityplayer, Rachel Leit, and the unlikely8th grade presence of Keyanka Bailey,head coach Walter Paller and the girlsmanaged to win the 2007 ACIS play-offs and receive their 8th straight invi-tation to the NYSAISAA state tourna-ment.
With the temperature changing,our BC athletes began thebaseball/softball season. Veteran coachWalter Paller and his varsity baseballteam continued their tradition ofreturning to spring training camp inFlorida this year. Without any 11thgrade baseball players, the team was indesperate need of putting in the extrawork over their spring break, and theydid so. Lead by captains Peter Drinanand Patrick James, along with seniorcenterfielder Chad Roberts, the teamwas able to compete in the champi-onship game of the ACIS playoffs, aswell as earn a four seed in theNYSAISAA state tournament.However, looking forward, with norising seniors, the class of 2009 leadby pitcher Theo Guest, short stopPhilip Seay, and centerfielder
B Y G I A N C A R L O H I R S C H ’ 0 9
connections))1312 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
Giancarlo (pictured on page 13) plays guard on Berkeley Carroll’s Varsity Basketball Team
and center field on the Varsity Baseball Team
2006-07
A YEAR INSPORTS
1. Basketball captain Zoe Cohen ’08
2. Elena Levy ’08 on the soccer field
3. Basketball is only one of Giancarlo Hirsch’s talents
4. Swim team co-captain Phoebe Reed '07
5. The baseball team in the dugout during competition in Florida during spring break 2007.
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3
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14
1886 SAW THE BIRTH OF
THE BERKELEY INSTITUTE.19 8 2 USHERED IN THE
M E RG E R O F T H E T WO
SCHOOLS. EXPERIENCE
B E R K E L E Y C A R RO L L’S
HISTORY, AS TOLD IN A
T I M E L I N E .
TIMELINEOF THE
BERKELEYCARROLLSCHOOL
h hGiancarlo Hirsch, must step up,and take on leadership rolls.
As for the ladies, softball seasonwas quite successful as well. Coachedby athletic director Joe Wood, and ledby captains Zoe Cohen and LaurenMenchini, the girls performed andplayed at a high level in the 2007 sea-son. With help from 8th grade pitcherLauren Malotra-Gaudet, the girls beatlong time rivals, Friends Seminary, inthe ACIS playoffs to become champi-ons of the league.
Down in the pool this year, theBerkeley Carroll swim team, coached byMeredith Rice and Roberto Welch andlead by captains Emi Wang, PhoebeReed, Max Goldberg Liu, and EnriqueNaudon (all seniors), swam with heartand pride.Working hard all year, for thefirst time ever, the BC swim team wasinvited to the Eastern Invitational downin Philadelphia. Hopefully this willbecome a tradition at Berkeley Carroll,and we will continue to be invited backto this invitational.
On a more personal note, three ath-letes were able to pass a huge mile-stone mark this year in basketball:1,000 points. Seniors and four-yearvarsity basketball players JamesDelaney and Toby Gingold achievedthis in their 2006-2007 basketball sea-son. The third athlete being a juniormakes this great achievement seemeven more incredible. Zoe Cohen man-aged to score her 1,000th point afteronly three years of playing varsity bas-ketball here at Berkeley Carroll.
And so although BC has still notmanaged to win a state tournament,the 2006-2007 season was quite suc-cessful in many ways.
The 2006-2007 seasons for sportsat Berkeley Carroll proved to bequite successful, eventful, andcaptivating. With the senior class of2007 leading each sport in practicallyevery statistic, along with great leader-ship and pride, hopes were high dur-ing the year for our athletic success.
The varsity girls’ soccer season wasthe first triumph of the year in sports.Lead by head coach Colm MacMahonand senior captains Rachel Leit andSara Couillou, along with junior ElenaLevi, the girls’ soccer team already hadtheir backbone of soccer stars. Assophomore Stephanie Boyle rose to theoccasion when asked to play goalkeeper, the girls seemed to have hadno missing parts to the team. After asuccessful season, the girls were giventhe opportunity to play in theNYSAISAA state tournament. This wasthe first ever state tournament berthfor varsity girls’ soccer at BerkeleyCarroll, ever.
As the winter rolled around, theAthletic Center became the home forour 06’-07’ basketball season. Theboys’ varsity basketball team, lead bycaptains Peter Drinan ’07 and PatrickJames ’07 as well as three otherreturning seniors, was invited back totheir 4th straight NYSAISAA tourna-ment. However, this was the first yearwith new head coach Bob DeMerrell.With seven of our twelve players leav-ing for college, and rising senior JasonLewis being the only player who hasplayed significant minutes at the varsi-ty high school level, the basketballteam will be in search of some to stepup and take a leaders roll.
The girls’ varsity basketball season
was arguably the most exciting teamto watch this year at Berkeley Carroll.With junior captain Zoe Cohen com-ing into her third year as a starter onthe team, BC fans knew this would bean eventful season. This proved true.Lead by captain, four year varsityplayer, Rachel Leit, and the unlikely8th grade presence of Keyanka Bailey,head coach Walter Paller and the girlsmanaged to win the 2007 ACIS play-offs and receive their 8th straight invi-tation to the NYSAISAA state tourna-ment.
With the temperature changing,our BC athletes began thebaseball/softball season. Veteran coachWalter Paller and his varsity baseballteam continued their tradition ofreturning to spring training camp inFlorida this year. Without any 11thgrade baseball players, the team was indesperate need of putting in the extrawork over their spring break, and theydid so. Lead by captains Peter Drinanand Patrick James, along with seniorcenterfielder Chad Roberts, the teamwas able to compete in the champi-onship game of the ACIS playoffs, aswell as earn a four seed in theNYSAISAA state tournament.However, looking forward, with norising seniors, the class of 2009 leadby pitcher Theo Guest, short stopPhilip Seay, and centerfielder
B Y G I A N C A R L O H I R S C H ’ 0 9
connections))1312 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
Giancarlo (pictured on page 13) plays guard on Berkeley Carroll’s Varsity Basketball Team
and center field on the Varsity Baseball Team
2006-07
A YEAR INSPORTS
1. Basketball captain Zoe Cohen ’08
2. Elena Levy ’08 on the soccer field
3. Basketball is only one of Giancarlo Hirsch’s talents
4. Swim team co-captain Phoebe Reed '07
5. The baseball team in the dugout during competition in Florida during spring break 2007.
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3
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14
1886 SAW THE BIRTH OF
THE BERKELEY INSTITUTE.19 8 2 USHERED IN THE
M E RG E R O F T H E T WO
SCHOOLS. EXPERIENCE
B E R K E L E Y C A R RO L L’S
HISTORY, AS TOLD IN A
T I M E L I N E .
TIMELINEOF THE
BERKELEYCARROLLSCHOOL
h hGiancarlo Hirsch, must step up,and take on leadership rolls.
As for the ladies, softball seasonwas quite successful as well. Coachedby athletic director Joe Wood, and ledby captains Zoe Cohen and LaurenMenchini, the girls performed andplayed at a high level in the 2007 sea-son. With help from 8th grade pitcherLauren Malotra-Gaudet, the girls beatlong time rivals, Friends Seminary, inthe ACIS playoffs to become champi-ons of the league.
Down in the pool this year, theBerkeley Carroll swim team, coached byMeredith Rice and Roberto Welch andlead by captains Emi Wang, PhoebeReed, Max Goldberg Liu, and EnriqueNaudon (all seniors), swam with heartand pride.Working hard all year, for thefirst time ever, the BC swim team wasinvited to the Eastern Invitational downin Philadelphia. Hopefully this willbecome a tradition at Berkeley Carroll,and we will continue to be invited backto this invitational.
On a more personal note, three ath-letes were able to pass a huge mile-stone mark this year in basketball:1,000 points. Seniors and four-yearvarsity basketball players JamesDelaney and Toby Gingold achievedthis in their 2006-2007 basketball sea-son. The third athlete being a juniormakes this great achievement seemeven more incredible. Zoe Cohen man-aged to score her 1,000th point afteronly three years of playing varsity bas-ketball here at Berkeley Carroll.
And so although BC has still notmanaged to win a state tournament,the 2006-2007 season was quite suc-cessful in many ways.
The 2006-2007 seasons for sportsat Berkeley Carroll proved to bequite successful, eventful, andcaptivating. With the senior class of2007 leading each sport in practicallyevery statistic, along with great leader-ship and pride, hopes were high dur-ing the year for our athletic success.
The varsity girls’ soccer season wasthe first triumph of the year in sports.Lead by head coach Colm MacMahonand senior captains Rachel Leit andSara Couillou, along with junior ElenaLevi, the girls’ soccer team already hadtheir backbone of soccer stars. Assophomore Stephanie Boyle rose to theoccasion when asked to play goalkeeper, the girls seemed to have hadno missing parts to the team. After asuccessful season, the girls were giventhe opportunity to play in theNYSAISAA state tournament. This wasthe first ever state tournament berthfor varsity girls’ soccer at BerkeleyCarroll, ever.
As the winter rolled around, theAthletic Center became the home forour 06’-07’ basketball season. Theboys’ varsity basketball team, lead bycaptains Peter Drinan ’07 and PatrickJames ’07 as well as three otherreturning seniors, was invited back totheir 4th straight NYSAISAA tourna-ment. However, this was the first yearwith new head coach Bob DeMerrell.With seven of our twelve players leav-ing for college, and rising senior JasonLewis being the only player who hasplayed significant minutes at the varsi-ty high school level, the basketballteam will be in search of some to stepup and take a leaders roll.
The girls’ varsity basketball season
was arguably the most exciting teamto watch this year at Berkeley Carroll.With junior captain Zoe Cohen com-ing into her third year as a starter onthe team, BC fans knew this would bean eventful season. This proved true.Lead by captain, four year varsityplayer, Rachel Leit, and the unlikely8th grade presence of Keyanka Bailey,head coach Walter Paller and the girlsmanaged to win the 2007 ACIS play-offs and receive their 8th straight invi-tation to the NYSAISAA state tourna-ment.
With the temperature changing,our BC athletes began thebaseball/softball season. Veteran coachWalter Paller and his varsity baseballteam continued their tradition ofreturning to spring training camp inFlorida this year. Without any 11thgrade baseball players, the team was indesperate need of putting in the extrawork over their spring break, and theydid so. Lead by captains Peter Drinanand Patrick James, along with seniorcenterfielder Chad Roberts, the teamwas able to compete in the champi-onship game of the ACIS playoffs, aswell as earn a four seed in theNYSAISAA state tournament.However, looking forward, with norising seniors, the class of 2009 leadby pitcher Theo Guest, short stopPhilip Seay, and centerfielder
B Y G I A N C A R L O H I R S C H ’ 0 9
connections))1312 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
Giancarlo (pictured on page 13) plays guard on Berkeley Carroll’s Varsity Basketball Team
and center field on the Varsity Baseball Team
2006-07
A YEAR INSPORTS
1. Basketball captain Zoe Cohen ’08
2. Elena Levy ’08 on the soccer field
3. Basketball is only one of Giancarlo Hirsch’s talents
4. Swim team co-captain Phoebe Reed '07
5. The baseball team in the dugout during competition in Florida during spring break 2007.
1 2
3
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� June 13—
First Berkeley Carroll
Street School class
graduates
� Summer—
Creative Arts
Program
and
Children’s Summer
Camp open
� March 19—
Intergenerational
Chorus sings at the
40th Anniversary
celebration of the
United Nations
1983
1985
� April 12—
Berkeley Carroll
Street School
celebrates
Berkeley Institute’s
centennial
� Science wing
renovated at
181 Lincoln Place
� June—
School purchases
716 Carroll Street
1986
1988
1987
� Berkeley Institute
founded as a school
for girls and young
women
� Montessori School
of Brooklyn opens
1966
1886
� Berkeley Institute
becomes co-ed
� Montessori School
of Brooklyn purchases
701 Carroll Street
� Bongsoon Zubay
appointed as
Headmistress of
Montessori School of
Brooklyn
� Montessori School
of Brooklyn
renamed
the Carroll Street
School
1979
1975
1974
� Carroll Street
School purchases
712 Carroll Street
� Bongsoon Zubay
appointed
Headmistress of the
newly merged
Berkeley Carroll
Street School
� The Thrift Shop
opened in the
basement of the 181
gym under the
leadership of the
Parent Association
1982
1981
� Fall—
“Street” dropped,
school’s name
officially becomes
Berkeley Carroll
School
� June 1—
Groundbreaking for
new Upper School
building on
Lincoln Place
1989
1990
� September—
First student from
Prep for Prep
enrolls
� February 29—
New Upper School
building opens at
181 Lincoln Place
� May—
The first
Dexter D. Earle
Award presented to
Marvin Pollock
1991
1993
1992
� November—
Library Media
Center opens at
181 Lincoln Place
� May—
Berkeley Carroll
named a
Blue Ribbon
School by the
US Department of
Education
� berkeleycarroll.org
launched
1994
1996
� January 27—
First Diversity Day
� Lincoln Place
Science Center
opens
� September—
Child Care Center
opens on 6th Street
1999
1998
� Faculty members
Peter Shakeshaft
and John Reedy die
� April 9—
Athletic Center
opens on
President Street
� June—
Dr. Bongsoon
Zubay
steps down as
Headmistress after
26 years
2001
2000� July—
Peter Kountz
begins tenure as
Interim Head of
School
� Summer—
Renovations
transform Marandon
Auditorium into the
Performance
Space
2001
� July—
Richard Barter
begins tenure
as interim
Head of School
� July—
Robert Vitalo
begins tenure as
Head of School
2006
2004
1 8 8 61 8 8 6 2008
Bongsoon Zubay,Headmistress 1980’s ooutdoor play
Arch Day, a time-honoredBerkeley Carroll tradition
First class to graduate fromthe Berkeley Carroll StreetSchool
Groundbreaking for new Upper School building
Ribbon cutting for theAthletic Center 2001
Robert Vitalo,Head of School
Performance Spacerenovations
Children's Summer Camp
Thrift Shop on 5th Avenueafter it moved from 181Lincoln Place.
Berkeley Institute
Ribbon cutting for the newUpper School building, 1992
Thanksgiving Sharing, a Berkeley Carroll tradition
Early forays intocomputer work, 1980’s
TIMELINEOF THE
BERKELEYCARROLLSCHOOL
h h
Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Fal l 2007 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Fal l 2007 1716Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 200815
� June 13—
First Berkeley Carroll
Street School class
graduates
� Summer—
Creative Arts
Program
and
Children’s Summer
Camp open
� March 19—
Intergenerational
Chorus sings at the
40th Anniversary
celebration of the
United Nations
1983
1985
� April 12—
Berkeley Carroll
Street School
celebrates
Berkeley Institute’s
centennial
� Science wing
renovated at
181 Lincoln Place
� June—
School purchases
716 Carroll Street
1986
1988
1987
� Berkeley Institute
founded as a school
for girls and young
women
� Montessori School
of Brooklyn opens
1966
1886
� Berkeley Institute
becomes co-ed
� Montessori School
of Brooklyn purchases
701 Carroll Street
� Bongsoon Zubay
appointed as
Headmistress of
Montessori School of
Brooklyn
� Montessori School
of Brooklyn
renamed
the Carroll Street
School
1979
1975
1974
� Carroll Street
School purchases
712 Carroll Street
� Bongsoon Zubay
appointed
Headmistress of the
newly merged
Berkeley Carroll
Street School
� The Thrift Shop
opened in the
basement of the 181
gym under the
leadership of the
Parent Association
1982
1981
� Fall—
“Street” dropped,
school’s name
officially becomes
Berkeley Carroll
School
� June 1—
Groundbreaking for
new Upper School
building on
Lincoln Place
1989
1990
� September—
First student from
Prep for Prep
enrolls
� February 29—
New Upper School
building opens at
181 Lincoln Place
� May—
The first
Dexter D. Earle
Award presented to
Marvin Pollock
1991
1993
1992
� November—
Library Media
Center opens at
181 Lincoln Place
� May—
Berkeley Carroll
named a
Blue Ribbon
School by the
US Department of
Education
� berkeleycarroll.org
launched
1994
1996
� January 27—
First Diversity Day
� Lincoln Place
Science Center
opens
� September—
Child Care Center
opens on 6th Street
1999
1998
� Faculty members
Peter Shakeshaft
and John Reedy die
� April 9—
Athletic Center
opens on
President Street
� June—
Dr. Bongsoon
Zubay
steps down as
Headmistress after
26 years
2001
2000� July—
Peter Kountz
begins tenure as
Interim Head of
School
� Summer—
Renovations
transform Marandon
Auditorium into the
Performance
Space
2001
� July—
Richard Barter
begins tenure
as interim
Head of School
� July—
Robert Vitalo
begins tenure as
Head of School
2006
2004
1 8 8 61 8 8 6 2008
Bongsoon Zubay,Headmistress 1980’s ooutdoor play
Arch Day, a time-honoredBerkeley Carroll tradition
First class to graduate fromthe Berkeley Carroll StreetSchool
Groundbreaking for new Upper School building
Ribbon cutting for theAthletic Center 2001
Robert Vitalo,Head of School
Performance Spacerenovations
Children's Summer Camp
Thrift Shop on 5th Avenueafter it moved from 181Lincoln Place.
Berkeley Institute
Ribbon cutting for the newUpper School building, 1992
Thanksgiving Sharing, a Berkeley Carroll tradition
Early forays intocomputer work, 1980’s
TIMELINEOF THE
BERKELEYCARROLLSCHOOL
h h
Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Fal l 2007 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Fal l 2007 1716Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 200815
� June 13—
First Berkeley Carroll
Street School class
graduates
� Summer—
Creative Arts
Program
and
Children’s Summer
Camp open
� March 19—
Intergenerational
Chorus sings at the
40th Anniversary
celebration of the
United Nations
1983
1985
� April 12—
Berkeley Carroll
Street School
celebrates
Berkeley Institute’s
centennial
� Science wing
renovated at
181 Lincoln Place
� June—
School purchases
716 Carroll Street
1986
1988
1987
� Berkeley Institute
founded as a school
for girls and young
women
� Montessori School
of Brooklyn opens
1966
1886
� Berkeley Institute
becomes co-ed
� Montessori School
of Brooklyn purchases
701 Carroll Street
� Bongsoon Zubay
appointed as
Headmistress of
Montessori School of
Brooklyn
� Montessori School
of Brooklyn
renamed
the Carroll Street
School
1979
1975
1974
� Carroll Street
School purchases
712 Carroll Street
� Bongsoon Zubay
appointed
Headmistress of the
newly merged
Berkeley Carroll
Street School
� The Thrift Shop
opened in the
basement of the 181
gym under the
leadership of the
Parent Association
1982
1981
� Fall—
“Street” dropped,
school’s name
officially becomes
Berkeley Carroll
School
� June 1—
Groundbreaking for
new Upper School
building on
Lincoln Place
1989
1990
� September—
First student from
Prep for Prep
enrolls
� February 29—
New Upper School
building opens at
181 Lincoln Place
� May—
The first
Dexter D. Earle
Award presented to
Marvin Pollock
1991
1993
1992
� November—
Library Media
Center opens at
181 Lincoln Place
� May—
Berkeley Carroll
named a
Blue Ribbon
School by the
US Department of
Education
� berkeleycarroll.org
launched
1994
1996
� January 27—
First Diversity Day
� Lincoln Place
Science Center
opens
� September—
Child Care Center
opens on 6th Street
1999
1998
� Faculty members
Peter Shakeshaft
and John Reedy die
� April 9—
Athletic Center
opens on
President Street
� June—
Dr. Bongsoon
Zubay
steps down as
Headmistress after
26 years
2001
2000� July—
Peter Kountz
begins tenure as
Interim Head of
School
� Summer—
Renovations
transform Marandon
Auditorium into the
Performance
Space
2001
� July—
Richard Barter
begins tenure
as interim
Head of School
� July—
Robert Vitalo
begins tenure as
Head of School
2006
2004
1 8 8 61 8 8 6 2008
Bongsoon Zubay,Headmistress 1980’s ooutdoor play
Arch Day, a time-honoredBerkeley Carroll tradition
First class to graduate fromthe Berkeley Carroll StreetSchool
Groundbreaking for new Upper School building
Ribbon cutting for theAthletic Center 2001
Robert Vitalo,Head of School
Performance Spacerenovations
Children's Summer Camp
Thrift Shop on 5th Avenueafter it moved from 181Lincoln Place.
Berkeley Institute
Ribbon cutting for the newUpper School building, 1992
Thanksgiving Sharing, a Berkeley Carroll tradition
Early forays intocomputer work, 1980’s
TIMELINEOF THE
BERKELEYCARROLLSCHOOL
h h
19Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
“It’s particularly surprising when
one considers that when Dan, as he
freely admits, was a high school stu-
dent in the mid 1990s, he was the
most out of shape kid in his class. He
also volunteers that once he got too
old for Little League, he was never
much of an athlete. In fact, he admits
it: his sport of choice was watching
sports. As a child his parents would
forever lament that he spent all togeth-
er too much time watching sports on
television. “Stop watching sports,”
they’d say. “Can’t you just watch regu-
lar TV?”
Dan is a researcher for the Elias
Sports Bureau, where he compiles
information for future use and
researches information on an as-need-
ed basis. Information like, who’s the
homerun king? Well, that used to be
easy. How about who’s hit the most
homeruns as a switch hitter? That’s
where a researcher comes in (by the
way, it’s Mickey Mantle). How about
this one? Which baseball player had
the most unusual baseball nickname?
The answer is subjective, of course,
but perhaps it was Bob “Death to
Flying Things” Ferguson who played
for the New York Mutuals in the
1870s.
He also compiles statistics. For
baseball, in particular, the realm of
statistics long ago eclipsed the relative-
ly simple area of batting averages. For
example, on June 12, 2007, Tigers
pitcher Justin Verlander pitched his
no-hitter. Before he could even make
his way back into the dugout, sports
announcers revealed the number of
right-handed ex-rookies-of-the-year
who had pitched no-hitters in the
American League. How did they
know? They got their information
from Elias.
Elias Sports Bureau is officially rec-
ognized by Major League Baseball, the
National Football League, the National
Basketball Association, the National
Hockey League, and others. That’s a
lot of statistics. Was Dan a math wiz
or, at the very least, a budding statisti-
cian in high school? The question
makes him laugh. “I bombed in calcu-
lus,” he said. “Please don’t check up
on me with my old math teachers.”
What he was, however, was ambitious.
Managing the Berkeley Carroll girls’
basketball team and the boys’ baseball
team gave him a taste of the insider’s
role, so as a senior Dan contacted Elias
to see if he could finagle a senior
internship with them. His internship
segued into a summer job, a job over
spring break during college, and, ulti-
mately, a fulltime job following his
2003 graduation from Brooklyn
College. It goes without saying that
Dan loves his work, but what he does
say is that as someone who is paid to
indulge his passion—sports—he’s the
luckiest guy in the world. �
18 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
T’S NO SURPRISE THAT DAN HOPARD ’98, WHO CALLS HIMSELF “STATMAN”
AND WHOSE FIELD OF DREAMS TEE SHIRT WAS BOUGHT AFTER A CATCH
WITH HIS DAD ON THAT MAGICAL FIELD IN DYERSVILLE, IOWA, LOVES BASEBALL.
HE ALSO LOVES BASKETBALL, HOCKEY, BIKE RACING, AND JUST ABOUT EVERY
SPORT YOU CAN NAME. IT’S ALSO NO SURPRISE THAT THIS AVID SPORTS FAN DOES
WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE DO—WATCH, READ ABOUT, AND TALK ABOUT SPORTS.
WHAT IS SURPRISING IS THAT HE GETS PAID FOR IT.
Dan’sinternship with EliasSports Bureausegued into asummer job, ajob over springbreak duringcollege, and,ultimately, a fulltime jobfollowing his 2003graduationfrom BrooklynCollege.
� B Y J O D I E C O R N G O L D”
STATMAN
I
Dan Hopard ’98
19Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
“It’s particularly surprising when
one considers that when Dan, as he
freely admits, was a high school stu-
dent in the mid 1990s, he was the
most out of shape kid in his class. He
also volunteers that once he got too
old for Little League, he was never
much of an athlete. In fact, he admits
it: his sport of choice was watching
sports. As a child his parents would
forever lament that he spent all togeth-
er too much time watching sports on
television. “Stop watching sports,”
they’d say. “Can’t you just watch regu-
lar TV?”
Dan is a researcher for the Elias
Sports Bureau, where he compiles
information for future use and
researches information on an as-need-
ed basis. Information like, who’s the
homerun king? Well, that used to be
easy. How about who’s hit the most
homeruns as a switch hitter? That’s
where a researcher comes in (by the
way, it’s Mickey Mantle). How about
this one? Which baseball player had
the most unusual baseball nickname?
The answer is subjective, of course,
but perhaps it was Bob “Death to
Flying Things” Ferguson who played
for the New York Mutuals in the
1870s.
He also compiles statistics. For
baseball, in particular, the realm of
statistics long ago eclipsed the relative-
ly simple area of batting averages. For
example, on June 12, 2007, Tigers
pitcher Justin Verlander pitched his
no-hitter. Before he could even make
his way back into the dugout, sports
announcers revealed the number of
right-handed ex-rookies-of-the-year
who had pitched no-hitters in the
American League. How did they
know? They got their information
from Elias.
Elias Sports Bureau is officially rec-
ognized by Major League Baseball, the
National Football League, the National
Basketball Association, the National
Hockey League, and others. That’s a
lot of statistics. Was Dan a math wiz
or, at the very least, a budding statisti-
cian in high school? The question
makes him laugh. “I bombed in calcu-
lus,” he said. “Please don’t check up
on me with my old math teachers.”
What he was, however, was ambitious.
Managing the Berkeley Carroll girls’
basketball team and the boys’ baseball
team gave him a taste of the insider’s
role, so as a senior Dan contacted Elias
to see if he could finagle a senior
internship with them. His internship
segued into a summer job, a job over
spring break during college, and, ulti-
mately, a fulltime job following his
2003 graduation from Brooklyn
College. It goes without saying that
Dan loves his work, but what he does
say is that as someone who is paid to
indulge his passion—sports—he’s the
luckiest guy in the world. �
18 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
T’S NO SURPRISE THAT DAN HOPARD ’98, WHO CALLS HIMSELF “STATMAN”
AND WHOSE FIELD OF DREAMS TEE SHIRT WAS BOUGHT AFTER A CATCH
WITH HIS DAD ON THAT MAGICAL FIELD IN DYERSVILLE, IOWA, LOVES BASEBALL.
HE ALSO LOVES BASKETBALL, HOCKEY, BIKE RACING, AND JUST ABOUT EVERY
SPORT YOU CAN NAME. IT’S ALSO NO SURPRISE THAT THIS AVID SPORTS FAN DOES
WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE DO—WATCH, READ ABOUT, AND TALK ABOUT SPORTS.
WHAT IS SURPRISING IS THAT HE GETS PAID FOR IT.
Dan’sinternship with EliasSports Bureausegued into asummer job, ajob over springbreak duringcollege, and,ultimately, a fulltime jobfollowing his 2003graduationfrom BrooklynCollege.
� B Y J O D I E C O R N G O L D”
STATMAN
I
Dan Hopard ’98
21Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
our blocks away on Lincoln Place,
the Berkeley Institute, once well
known for educating young ladies, had
suffered mightily through the 60’s and
70’s. By the fall of 1981, the school
was nearly 100 years old and its enrollment down
to 175 students (in contrast, present day Berkeley
Carroll is home to more than 800 students). It
was at this time that Bongsoon Zubay, head-
mistress of the Carroll Street School, received a
phone call from the headmaster of the Berkeley
Institute, Tom Dodd.
Mr. Dodd was quite frank with her, Dr. Zubay
recalls, and told her that if the downward trend of
enrollment did not reverse, BI would be forced to
close its doors. An alliance with a strong school,
he told her, represented BI’s only chance for sur-
vival. Over a follow-up breakfast meeting Dodd
told her that his school was looking for another
school to merge with. The conversation went well
and over the course of several subsequent
conversations, plans began rolling forward for the
merger between the Carroll Street School and the
Berkeley Institute. It should be noted, however,
that at the time of these conversations, Mr. Dodd
also indicated that he was also engaging in
conversations with another Brooklyn school, Poly
Prep. (Although BI was coed, it had only begun
graduating boys within the previous 10 years.
Prior to accepting boys into its upper echelons,
Berkeley Institute educated boys through middle
school at which time the male students went
elsewhere for high school. Typically, after “gradu-
ating” from 8th grade they traveled across town to
Poly Prep, located in Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights
neighborhood.)
It was these parallel conversations between
BI and Poly that led to complications and, ulti-
mately, misunderstandings. Back at Carroll Street,
Bongsoon Zubay and the Carroll Street board
were excited by the prospect of merging with
their neighbor to the north. The preK-6th grade
Carroll Street School had been steadily growing,
and conversations concerning the feasibility of
adding a 7th and 8th grade had started and were
gaining momentum; the main stumbling block to
a Carroll Street School expansion was the peren-
20 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
WHEN BERKELEY MET CARROLL….IN THE EARLY 1980S, THE CARROLL STREET SCHOOL, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WHOSE ROOTS STRONGLY ENTWINED THE THEORIES OF MONTESSORI, WAS ON ITS
WAY UP. ORIGINALLY THE “MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN” AND ITINERANT
TO BOOT, IT HAD ULTIMATELY FOUND A PERMANENT HOME AT 701 CARROLL STREET
(A LOCATION THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN THE ST. FRANCIS XAVIER SCHOOL) AND
HAD PURCHASED THE DILAPIDATED BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET. AS ITS ORIGINAL
NAME IMPLIED, THIS LITTLE SCHOOL OF 325 STUDENTS TRACED ITS ROOTS BACK
TO THE TEACHINGS OF MARIA MONTESSORI.
� B Y J O D I E C O R N G O L D
F
The
preK-6th
grade Carroll
Street School
had been steadily
growing, and
conversations
concerning the
feasibility of
adding a 7th
and 8th grade
had started and
were gaining
momentum...
Dr. Bongsoon Zubay
21Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
our blocks away on Lincoln Place,
the Berkeley Institute, once well
known for educating young ladies, had
suffered mightily through the 60’s and
70’s. By the fall of 1981, the school
was nearly 100 years old and its enrollment down
to 175 students (in contrast, present day Berkeley
Carroll is home to more than 800 students). It
was at this time that Bongsoon Zubay, head-
mistress of the Carroll Street School, received a
phone call from the headmaster of the Berkeley
Institute, Tom Dodd.
Mr. Dodd was quite frank with her, Dr. Zubay
recalls, and told her that if the downward trend of
enrollment did not reverse, BI would be forced to
close its doors. An alliance with a strong school,
he told her, represented BI’s only chance for sur-
vival. Over a follow-up breakfast meeting Dodd
told her that his school was looking for another
school to merge with. The conversation went well
and over the course of several subsequent
conversations, plans began rolling forward for the
merger between the Carroll Street School and the
Berkeley Institute. It should be noted, however,
that at the time of these conversations, Mr. Dodd
also indicated that he was also engaging in
conversations with another Brooklyn school, Poly
Prep. (Although BI was coed, it had only begun
graduating boys within the previous 10 years.
Prior to accepting boys into its upper echelons,
Berkeley Institute educated boys through middle
school at which time the male students went
elsewhere for high school. Typically, after “gradu-
ating” from 8th grade they traveled across town to
Poly Prep, located in Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights
neighborhood.)
It was these parallel conversations between
BI and Poly that led to complications and, ulti-
mately, misunderstandings. Back at Carroll Street,
Bongsoon Zubay and the Carroll Street board
were excited by the prospect of merging with
their neighbor to the north. The preK-6th grade
Carroll Street School had been steadily growing,
and conversations concerning the feasibility of
adding a 7th and 8th grade had started and were
gaining momentum; the main stumbling block to
a Carroll Street School expansion was the peren-
20 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
WHEN BERKELEY MET CARROLL….IN THE EARLY 1980S, THE CARROLL STREET SCHOOL, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WHOSE ROOTS STRONGLY ENTWINED THE THEORIES OF MONTESSORI, WAS ON ITS
WAY UP. ORIGINALLY THE “MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN” AND ITINERANT
TO BOOT, IT HAD ULTIMATELY FOUND A PERMANENT HOME AT 701 CARROLL STREET
(A LOCATION THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN THE ST. FRANCIS XAVIER SCHOOL) AND
HAD PURCHASED THE DILAPIDATED BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET. AS ITS ORIGINAL
NAME IMPLIED, THIS LITTLE SCHOOL OF 325 STUDENTS TRACED ITS ROOTS BACK
TO THE TEACHINGS OF MARIA MONTESSORI.
� B Y J O D I E C O R N G O L D
F
The
preK-6th
grade Carroll
Street School
had been steadily
growing, and
conversations
concerning the
feasibility of
adding a 7th
and 8th grade
had started and
were gaining
momentum...
Dr. Bongsoon Zubay
From 1978 to 1992, I served as
President of the then
Montessori School of Brooklyn,
which became the Carroll
Street School, which ultimately
became the Berkeley Carroll
School. Those were interesting
times. The phenomena of fami-
lies deciding to live in the city
and bring up their children in
Park Slope was beginning to gain momentum. The
enthusiasm of the staff, led by Bongsoon Zubay
and the admissions work of Dolores Toolan, added
to the growth of the school. By 1980 we were out-
growing the building at 701 Carroll Street. When a
derelict building across the street became avail-
able, I (an architect and someone who loved
developing new projects) urged the board to go for
it, even though the financial risk seemed over-
whelming (we paid $28,000 for the building). We
borrowed the needed sums to build the nursery
and kindergarten building, which greatly added to
our facilities. That’s when the school became the
Carroll Street School.
Shortly after, Bongsoon called to tell me we
had an opportunity to merge with the then some-
what floundering Berkeley Institute, a venerable
Brooklyn establishment that, unlike the Carroll
Street School, had not caught the tide and enthu-
siasm of the new Brooklyn. The Berkeley Institute
either needed to merge or go out of business. Our
competition was the much better known and
older established institution, Poly Prep, and we
were clearly the mouse competing for an ele-
phant. However, through a lot of creative thinking
both on part of our board as well as the school
staff, we were able to convince the Berkeley
Institute that a new Berkeley Carroll School was
needed for the new Park Slope community. We
now had a school of pre-K through high school,
which in fact had a history of nearly 100 years,
past alumni, and two campuses. Berkeley Carroll's
building process continued beyond my tenure not
only with more students, and a
larger faculty, but also with yet
another physical plant addi-
tion with the athletic center
built in the 90s. Looking back,
one cannot but be both
extremely proud and pleased
to have been a part of the
enthusiasm and talent that has
moved Berkeley Carroll to the
place in the Brooklyn commu-
nity it now holds.
The Business of MergingTwo Schoolsby RICHARD ROSAN, Former Head of the Board of Trustees
urban teacher training center in New
York City. She enjoyed working with
college seniors from SUNY’s four-year
college campuses, training their sen-
iors in the city public schools, and
teaching student teaching seminars.
Disappointed with the inherent
bureaucracy that deterred her efficien-
cy and effectiveness, she moved on
and now works as a consultant and
educational researcher; she continues
to make a difference in independent
school education and recently pub-
lished two articles in the Independent
School magazine.
Looking back on the events of 25
years ago, she said, “I don’t want anyone
to think I merged the two schools alone.
The creation of Berkeley Carroll required
board support from both schools, not to
mention the support of the parents and
enthusiasm of the teachers. Looking
back over the process, one can see that I
was merely the broker.” �
23Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 200822 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
nial New York City issue: lack of
space. The opportunity to, in one fell
swoop, double Carroll Street’s size as
well as its presence within the Park
Slope neighborhood was almost more
than Dr. Zubay and the Carroll Street
School board could have hoped for.
The parallel conversations were
concerning, however, and as a result,
Bongsoon and Richard M. Rosan, pres-
ident of the Carroll Street Board,
called on Berkeley Institute’s Tom
Dodd one last time. “There was no
doubt Berkeley was failing,” Bongsoon
said, “and there was no doubt that
Tom Dodd would be separating him-
self from the school regardless of who
they ultimately merged with. The
merger came to realization because of
Headmaster Tom Dodd’s loyalty to
Berkeley Institute and his board’s
desire for the continued existence of
their historic school.”
And that’s what did it. The repre-
sentatives of the Carroll Street School
were able to convince their counter-
parts at the Berkeley Institute that a
merger between BI and Carroll Street
would preserve the BI image. Carroll
Street assured BI that that Berkeley
would continue to be a high school,
that the building would continue to
be utilized (rather than, perhaps,
being sold off at a future date), and
that the name “Berkeley” would be
preserved.
Negotiations continued for most of
the remainder of the 1981-1982
school year. Finally, on June 30, 1982,
the Board of Trustees of both schools,
the Berkeley Institute and the Carroll
Street School, joined together for a
board meeting chaired by President of
the Carroll Street School Board Rick
Rosan for its final meeting. The
trustees from both boards were asked
to participate in the joint Board meet-
ing before dissolving each board. And
that was that: enter the Berkeley
Carroll Street School (the “street” was
dropped in 1989).
Dr. Zubay was the head of Berkeley
Carroll until her 2001 retirement.
Since then, she has continued to be
deeply involved in education. With
her passion for high quality teaching
as an essential element in a good
school, Bongsoon moved on to her
next career—creating and leading an
“The creation of
Berkeley Carroll
required board
support from
both schools, not
to mention the
support of the
parents and
enthusiasm of the
teachers. ”Dr. Bongsoon Zubay
Construction of the new Upper School building in 1991.
From 1978 to 1992, I served as
President of the then
Montessori School of Brooklyn,
which became the Carroll
Street School, which ultimately
became the Berkeley Carroll
School. Those were interesting
times. The phenomena of fami-
lies deciding to live in the city
and bring up their children in
Park Slope was beginning to gain momentum. The
enthusiasm of the staff, led by Bongsoon Zubay
and the admissions work of Dolores Toolan, added
to the growth of the school. By 1980 we were out-
growing the building at 701 Carroll Street. When a
derelict building across the street became avail-
able, I (an architect and someone who loved
developing new projects) urged the board to go for
it, even though the financial risk seemed over-
whelming (we paid $28,000 for the building). We
borrowed the needed sums to build the nursery
and kindergarten building, which greatly added to
our facilities. That’s when the school became the
Carroll Street School.
Shortly after, Bongsoon called to tell me we
had an opportunity to merge with the then some-
what floundering Berkeley Institute, a venerable
Brooklyn establishment that, unlike the Carroll
Street School, had not caught the tide and enthu-
siasm of the new Brooklyn. The Berkeley Institute
either needed to merge or go out of business. Our
competition was the much better known and
older established institution, Poly Prep, and we
were clearly the mouse competing for an ele-
phant. However, through a lot of creative thinking
both on part of our board as well as the school
staff, we were able to convince the Berkeley
Institute that a new Berkeley Carroll School was
needed for the new Park Slope community. We
now had a school of pre-K through high school,
which in fact had a history of nearly 100 years,
past alumni, and two campuses. Berkeley Carroll's
building process continued beyond my tenure not
only with more students, and a
larger faculty, but also with yet
another physical plant addi-
tion with the athletic center
built in the 90s. Looking back,
one cannot but be both
extremely proud and pleased
to have been a part of the
enthusiasm and talent that has
moved Berkeley Carroll to the
place in the Brooklyn commu-
nity it now holds.
The Business of MergingTwo Schoolsby RICHARD ROSAN, Former Head of the Board of Trustees
urban teacher training center in New
York City. She enjoyed working with
college seniors from SUNY’s four-year
college campuses, training their sen-
iors in the city public schools, and
teaching student teaching seminars.
Disappointed with the inherent
bureaucracy that deterred her efficien-
cy and effectiveness, she moved on
and now works as a consultant and
educational researcher; she continues
to make a difference in independent
school education and recently pub-
lished two articles in the Independent
School magazine.
Looking back on the events of 25
years ago, she said, “I don’t want anyone
to think I merged the two schools alone.
The creation of Berkeley Carroll required
board support from both schools, not to
mention the support of the parents and
enthusiasm of the teachers. Looking
back over the process, one can see that I
was merely the broker.” �
23Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 200822 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
nial New York City issue: lack of
space. The opportunity to, in one fell
swoop, double Carroll Street’s size as
well as its presence within the Park
Slope neighborhood was almost more
than Dr. Zubay and the Carroll Street
School board could have hoped for.
The parallel conversations were
concerning, however, and as a result,
Bongsoon and Richard M. Rosan, pres-
ident of the Carroll Street Board,
called on Berkeley Institute’s Tom
Dodd one last time. “There was no
doubt Berkeley was failing,” Bongsoon
said, “and there was no doubt that
Tom Dodd would be separating him-
self from the school regardless of who
they ultimately merged with. The
merger came to realization because of
Headmaster Tom Dodd’s loyalty to
Berkeley Institute and his board’s
desire for the continued existence of
their historic school.”
And that’s what did it. The repre-
sentatives of the Carroll Street School
were able to convince their counter-
parts at the Berkeley Institute that a
merger between BI and Carroll Street
would preserve the BI image. Carroll
Street assured BI that that Berkeley
would continue to be a high school,
that the building would continue to
be utilized (rather than, perhaps,
being sold off at a future date), and
that the name “Berkeley” would be
preserved.
Negotiations continued for most of
the remainder of the 1981-1982
school year. Finally, on June 30, 1982,
the Board of Trustees of both schools,
the Berkeley Institute and the Carroll
Street School, joined together for a
board meeting chaired by President of
the Carroll Street School Board Rick
Rosan for its final meeting. The
trustees from both boards were asked
to participate in the joint Board meet-
ing before dissolving each board. And
that was that: enter the Berkeley
Carroll Street School (the “street” was
dropped in 1989).
Dr. Zubay was the head of Berkeley
Carroll until her 2001 retirement.
Since then, she has continued to be
deeply involved in education. With
her passion for high quality teaching
as an essential element in a good
school, Bongsoon moved on to her
next career—creating and leading an
“The creation of
Berkeley Carroll
required board
support from
both schools, not
to mention the
support of the
parents and
enthusiasm of the
teachers. ”Dr. Bongsoon Zubay
Construction of the new Upper School building in 1991.
25Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
SUEELY
“How long did you teach at Berkeley Carroll?” the interviewer asked.
“From the fall of 1982 until,” Sue Ely paused, “1997? I’m not good with dates.”
Maybe not, but she sure was good with words, and with stu-dents, and with her colleagues. When former English teacher,Sue Ely, crossed the Hudson recently, returning to New Yorkfrom her New Jersey home, a dozen of her peers ventured outof Lincoln Place in order to meet her for a meal. Although tenyears retired from Berkeley Carroll, hers is a case of gone-but-not-forgotten. No one could forget Sue Ely.
Long-time Berkeley Carroll Middle and Upper School history teacher, Ken Corfield, who began teaching with Sue in1986, said, “I couldn’t forget Sue Ely because she is the bestteacher I have ever known. She was bright, funny, scholarly,demanding, and adored by her students. I couldn’t forget herfor her stories of taking students on an educational, fun-filled
NO ONE COULD FORGET
� B Y J O D I E C O R N G O L D
Sue Ely
24 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
tour of Ireland in the days before shewould have been sued (no punintended) for half the things they gotup to. And I couldn’t forget her fortalking me out of leaving BerkeleyCarroll after an unhappy first yearhere.”
Berkeley Carroll was just emergingas a school when Sue taught her firstEnglish class at Lincoln Place. TheBerkeley Carroll Street School, as itwould still be known for several years,boasted a senior class of ten students.Sue taught them, and she was alsohome room and English teacher for the9th grade, the class of 1987. Sheremained the homeroom teacher to thatclass until they graduated, spoke attheir graduation, and is still extremelyproud of their successes in the world aswell as at Berkeley Carroll, where twoof them have served as members of theBoard of Trustees.
Sue has retired from teaching now,and focuses her seemingly indefatiga-ble energies on raising Norfolk Terriersand on her antiques business in NewJersey. The reader ponders: is there ananalogy to be made? Can a metaphorbe drawn? The teacher who, perhapsfor the first time, had to provide thestudent with an answer said, “I likethe antiques business because itenables me to live by my wits. I canuse my teaching skills to sell anantique, and that helps me staysharp.”
The teaching skills that Suebrought to Berkeley Carroll includedimagination, leadership, compassion,and vision. To this last point, considerthe J Board. The Judiciary Board beganas a student-run discipline committeethat reviewed student infractions andmade recommendations regarding dis-cipline to the administration. It wasonly in this past year that the J Boardunderwent a reevaluation, ultimatelyemerging as the Upper School’s HonorCouncil, a body whose roots can be
readily traced back to the originalJudiciary board, architected by Sue inthe 1980’s.
Another innovation introduced bySue to Berkeley Carroll was the UpperSchool’s Peer Leadership program. At ateacher training workshop she attend-ed early in her career, she learned of apilot program wherein older studentswere trained to act as peer mentors toyounger students. After that work-shop, Sue begged Bongsoon Zubay,then head of the school, to send her toa training workshop; shortly there-after, the first Peer Leadership classwas formed. The class acted as abridge. A group of 12th graders weretrained to work with the entire 9thgrade class both as friends and men-tors, in small groups, and as an entireclass. This program not only ensured asmoother entry into the Upper Schoolfor the 9th grade, but it also taughtthe selected 12th graders how to lead,and how to clarify important values intheir own lives as well as in the livesof the younger students. BerkeleyCarroll, a school that prides itself onencouraging relationships betweenstudents in other grades, and even inother divisions, takes great pride inthis program. It is part of Sue Ely’s
legacy at the school.Sue Ely takes pride in her career as
a teacher. “My mother was horrifiedwhen I took my first teaching job,”she recalled. “I had been carefullyraised to be able to do nothing well!”Nevertheless, she graduated with anAB in English from Wellesley Collegein 1958, and went on to earn an MAfrom Middlebury College in 1985. Inthe pursuit of that degree, she com-pleted an honors thesis on 19thCentury English naturalists, havingdone much of her research at DrewUniversity in New Jersey and OxfordUniversity in England.
While her naturalist mentors fromthat project might have preached thesanctity of leaving an environmentexactly as she’d found it, that wasn’tSue. At Berkeley Carroll she forged anew path, and, in doing so, bent theexisting rules quite often. “Bongsoonfired me at least once a month,” shelaughed. “And when the studentswho, let’s just say questioned the sta-tus quo, were called up before her, itwasn’t unusual for Bongsoon to saythat they ‘we’re acting just like Mrs.Ely’. I don’t know how the kids feltabout that, but for me, there was nogreater compliment!” �
“I couldn’t forget Sue Elybecause she is the bestteacher I have ever known.She was bright, funny,scholarly, demanding and adored by herstudents. ”Ken Corfield
25Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
SUEELY
“How long did you teach at Berkeley Carroll?” the interviewer asked.
“From the fall of 1982 until,” Sue Ely paused, “1997? I’m not good with dates.”
Maybe not, but she sure was good with words, and with stu-dents, and with her colleagues. When former English teacher,Sue Ely, crossed the Hudson recently, returning to New Yorkfrom her New Jersey home, a dozen of her peers ventured outof Lincoln Place in order to meet her for a meal. Although tenyears retired from Berkeley Carroll, hers is a case of gone-but-not-forgotten. No one could forget Sue Ely.
Long-time Berkeley Carroll Middle and Upper School history teacher, Ken Corfield, who began teaching with Sue in1986, said, “I couldn’t forget Sue Ely because she is the bestteacher I have ever known. She was bright, funny, scholarly,demanding, and adored by her students. I couldn’t forget herfor her stories of taking students on an educational, fun-filled
NO ONE COULD FORGET
� B Y J O D I E C O R N G O L D
Sue Ely
24 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
tour of Ireland in the days before shewould have been sued (no punintended) for half the things they gotup to. And I couldn’t forget her fortalking me out of leaving BerkeleyCarroll after an unhappy first yearhere.”
Berkeley Carroll was just emergingas a school when Sue taught her firstEnglish class at Lincoln Place. TheBerkeley Carroll Street School, as itwould still be known for several years,boasted a senior class of ten students.Sue taught them, and she was alsohome room and English teacher for the9th grade, the class of 1987. Sheremained the homeroom teacher to thatclass until they graduated, spoke attheir graduation, and is still extremelyproud of their successes in the world aswell as at Berkeley Carroll, where twoof them have served as members of theBoard of Trustees.
Sue has retired from teaching now,and focuses her seemingly indefatiga-ble energies on raising Norfolk Terriersand on her antiques business in NewJersey. The reader ponders: is there ananalogy to be made? Can a metaphorbe drawn? The teacher who, perhapsfor the first time, had to provide thestudent with an answer said, “I likethe antiques business because itenables me to live by my wits. I canuse my teaching skills to sell anantique, and that helps me staysharp.”
The teaching skills that Suebrought to Berkeley Carroll includedimagination, leadership, compassion,and vision. To this last point, considerthe J Board. The Judiciary Board beganas a student-run discipline committeethat reviewed student infractions andmade recommendations regarding dis-cipline to the administration. It wasonly in this past year that the J Boardunderwent a reevaluation, ultimatelyemerging as the Upper School’s HonorCouncil, a body whose roots can be
readily traced back to the originalJudiciary board, architected by Sue inthe 1980’s.
Another innovation introduced bySue to Berkeley Carroll was the UpperSchool’s Peer Leadership program. At ateacher training workshop she attend-ed early in her career, she learned of apilot program wherein older studentswere trained to act as peer mentors toyounger students. After that work-shop, Sue begged Bongsoon Zubay,then head of the school, to send her toa training workshop; shortly there-after, the first Peer Leadership classwas formed. The class acted as abridge. A group of 12th graders weretrained to work with the entire 9thgrade class both as friends and men-tors, in small groups, and as an entireclass. This program not only ensured asmoother entry into the Upper Schoolfor the 9th grade, but it also taughtthe selected 12th graders how to lead,and how to clarify important values intheir own lives as well as in the livesof the younger students. BerkeleyCarroll, a school that prides itself onencouraging relationships betweenstudents in other grades, and even inother divisions, takes great pride inthis program. It is part of Sue Ely’s
legacy at the school.Sue Ely takes pride in her career as
a teacher. “My mother was horrifiedwhen I took my first teaching job,”she recalled. “I had been carefullyraised to be able to do nothing well!”Nevertheless, she graduated with anAB in English from Wellesley Collegein 1958, and went on to earn an MAfrom Middlebury College in 1985. Inthe pursuit of that degree, she com-pleted an honors thesis on 19thCentury English naturalists, havingdone much of her research at DrewUniversity in New Jersey and OxfordUniversity in England.
While her naturalist mentors fromthat project might have preached thesanctity of leaving an environmentexactly as she’d found it, that wasn’tSue. At Berkeley Carroll she forged anew path, and, in doing so, bent theexisting rules quite often. “Bongsoonfired me at least once a month,” shelaughed. “And when the studentswho, let’s just say questioned the sta-tus quo, were called up before her, itwasn’t unusual for Bongsoon to saythat they ‘we’re acting just like Mrs.Ely’. I don’t know how the kids feltabout that, but for me, there was nogreater compliment!” �
“I couldn’t forget Sue Elybecause she is the bestteacher I have ever known.She was bright, funny,scholarly, demanding and adored by herstudents. ”Ken Corfield
MichelleMenendez Olgers’84MichelleMenendez Olgers’84
First job • PR Assistant, NW Ayer Advertising, New York, NY
Current job • Executive Vice President, Hall + Partners Communication Architects, Petersburg, Virginia.
Childhood Ambition • To be a world-famous philanthropist, patron of the arts and socialite like Brooke Astor.
First job • PR Assistant, NW Ayer Advertising, New York, New York.
Inspiration • Mrs. Ely was in many ways an inspiration to me, as was Mrs. Spiatta Jones (our 8th or 9th grade French teacher). These were strong, intelligent women who went to great colleges and who seemed to be living and enjoying the life they wanted to live.
Fondest BC memory • Being paraded each year past the traditional Thanksgiving turkey and fixings made by chef Cleveland Rawlings the day before Thanksgiving break and becoming old enough to actually be able to use the “Commons.”
Favorite subject at BC • Usually English
Senior year hangout • Mrs. Ely’s house, Berkeley Place Pizza, Nicole Sims’ house “playing college”
Most Memorable Teacher • I believe I can still recite the name of each teacher I had for every grade and subject over those 13 years. Standouts include Mr. William Kearns and Mrs. Susan Ely.
Biggest surprise in college • So many of the women my first year of college seemed like they had led such sheltered lives, and now that they were “out on their own,” they were running amok. I never considered myself particularly worldly at 17, but I couldn’t help but look down my nose at them and think, “Really, we’re supposed to be GROWN UP now!”
My Life • I have always lived my life in many ways like tomorrow might be the last day. I enjoy most everything I do, and in looking back, would change nothing. I think that’s a big compliment to my parents, who I may have disagreed with a lot as I was growing up. But in retrospect, I’m glad they did what they did, including sending me to Berkeley Carroll for 13 years. Though I may not have given as much money away as Brooke Astor, I do intend to continue to live my life to the fullest, as she did, so that when it’s finally over, I can borrow the recently-deceased philanthropist’s epitaph myself . . . “I had a wonderful life.”
Reason for • Along with my own family, Berkeley Carroll is what made me supporting BC who I am today. It continues to be the foundation upon
which my life is built. I want to make sure that foundation continues to be accessible to other students, so that they can start off life as prepared as I felt I was. And I know alumni support is crucial to making that happen.
Michelle Menendez Olgers ’84
My Life. My School.
MichelleMenendez Olgers’84MichelleMenendez Olgers’84
First job • PR Assistant, NW Ayer Advertising, New York, NY
Current job • Executive Vice President, Hall + Partners Communication Architects, Petersburg, Virginia.
Childhood Ambition • To be a world-famous philanthropist, patron of the arts and socialite like Brooke Astor.
First job • PR Assistant, NW Ayer Advertising, New York, New York.
Inspiration • Mrs. Ely was in many ways an inspiration to me, as was Mrs. Spiatta Jones (our 8th or 9th grade French teacher). These were strong, intelligent women who went to great colleges and who seemed to be living and enjoying the life they wanted to live.
Fondest BC memory • Being paraded each year past the traditional Thanksgiving turkey and fixings made by chef Cleveland Rawlings the day before Thanksgiving break and becoming old enough to actually be able to use the “Commons.”
Favorite subject at BC • Usually English
Senior year hangout • Mrs. Ely’s house, Berkeley Place Pizza, Nicole Sims’ house “playing college”
Most Memorable Teacher • I believe I can still recite the name of each teacher I had for every grade and subject over those 13 years. Standouts include Mr. William Kearns and Mrs. Susan Ely.
Biggest surprise in college • So many of the women my first year of college seemed like they had led such sheltered lives, and now that they were “out on their own,” they were running amok. I never considered myself particularly worldly at 17, but I couldn’t help but look down my nose at them and think, “Really, we’re supposed to be GROWN UP now!”
My Life • I have always lived my life in many ways like tomorrow might be the last day. I enjoy most everything I do, and in looking back, would change nothing. I think that’s a big compliment to my parents, who I may have disagreed with a lot as I was growing up. But in retrospect, I’m glad they did what they did, including sending me to Berkeley Carroll for 13 years. Though I may not have given as much money away as Brooke Astor, I do intend to continue to live my life to the fullest, as she did, so that when it’s finally over, I can borrow the recently-deceased philanthropist’s epitaph myself . . . “I had a wonderful life.”
Reason for • Along with my own family, Berkeley Carroll is what made me supporting BC who I am today. It continues to be the foundation upon
which my life is built. I want to make sure that foundation continues to be accessible to other students, so that they can start off life as prepared as I felt I was. And I know alumni support is crucial to making that happen.
Michelle Menendez Olgers ’84
My Life. My School.
classnotes))
� Lucy Estrin Kavaler’s ’41book, Mushrooms, Molds, andMiracles: The Strange Realm ofFungi, has been republishedin the Authors Guild Back-in-Print series of notable booksand is available for orderfrom any bookstore. Thebook, which was in print formany years, tells the story of
fung i and
how they affect everyone.Because the book had been sopopular, Lucy wanted to pres-ent the wonders of fungi tonew readers and so turned tothe Authors Guild. Lucy hasauthored 17 books and isknown for writing about sci-ence as if it were the plot fora novel. Her books appear onbest books of the year lists,in hardcover and foreign edi-tions, and are excerpted inanthologies and major mag-azines. Lucy says that shebecame interested in fungi“when I was invited to join agroup of writers going toMexico to partake of the hal-lucinogenic mushroom andwrite under the influence. Ididn’t go, fortunately, becausethe Mexican governmentarrested all the writers!” The re-release is getting a lot of onlinepublicity. For more informa-t ion , contac t Lucy a twww.lucykavaler.com. On a
more personal note, Lucywrites that, “My husband,Arthur, takes courses atColumbia University, my son,Roger, teaches in a SanFrancisco high school, andmy daughter, Andrea, headsthe North American divisionof a British firm. I am alsocontinuing work on my nextnovel.”
� Katherine Babcock McCurdy’41 writes that “I read everyword that comes in the mailfrom Berkeley and it is all soexciting and encouraging. Myhusband, Gil, and I are hap-pily living in a leisure homein Pittsford, a suburb ofRochester, New York. Ourchildren live close by and wesee a lot of them. My hus-band has Alzheimer’s but islooking and feeling well andenjoying the many activitieshere: music, movies, lectures,and day trips. Our closefriends here keep us laughingand informed.”
� Jane Harden Sutcliffe ’41 isstill living in Garden City,New York. She welcomed anew grandson, John Hyland,to the family and now haseight grandchildren. Hergranddaughter, Tara, is in the2009 class at the US NavalAcademy.
� Ruth Wallace ’41 writes: “Ihope that the rest of myclass in a healthy state. It wasnice to get another commu-nication from the class of1941. I was so glad that I hada chance to meet the newhead in June at the com-mencement. I hope to getaround and see you all soonagain.”
� Irma Salzman Winer ’44became a great grandmotherin the fall of 2007. She alsohas seven grandchildren, thetwo youngest of which are16.
� Susan Siris Wexler ’46 isenjoying her third year study-ing at the Harvard Institutefor Learning in Retirementwhere she is also teaching arthistory.
� Jacqueline Simonson Kreider’47 and her husband, Edward,are enjoying their retirementand still live in Wadsworth,Ohio, where they have beenlocated for more than 40years. In addition to travelingall over the United Statesvisiting friends and family,Jacqueline collects books andantique needle working tools,does her own needlework,and is a member of the Art
and History Class, a member-ship group founded in 1903.The group meets twice amonth and each memberpresents on a topic of specialinterest. Edward and she alsoplay bridge.
� Jill Nadell Claster ’48 is professor of history emerita atNew York University with aspecialty in the Middle Ages.She has taught and studiedthe Crusader era extensivelyand currently teaches a fresh-man honors seminar, “TheCrusades and Their Legacy.”
29Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 200828 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
1940s8
� Dona Chumasero Everson ’41continues to summer on herisland, winter in Florida, andis in the throes of preparingto move to a retirement com-munity in 2008. Several book
groups keep her mind alive;a dying friend’s request thatshe be a surrogate grand-mother to her seven grand-children has brought muchnew joy into her life.
1930s8
� Janet Rubensohn Lieberman ’39 attended the 2007Berkeley Carroll commencement exercises in June inhonor of Jerome Carter ’07, the son of her colleague,
Hazel Carter. Janet had ini-tially suggested to Hazelthat BC would be a goodchoice for Jerome andwanted to celebrate hissubsequent graduation withthe family. A few weeksafter commencement, wem e t o v e r l u n ch i nManhattan and talked atlength about Janet’s careerin education developinginnovative programs for
underserved urban students. As an administrator atLaGuardia Community College in New York City, Janetdesigned Middle College High School, an alterna-tive high school established in 1974 to reverse the highdrop out rate in the city’s public high schools. Janetis the recipient of many awards for her work, and shehas received grants from the Ford Foundation to repli-cate her work in other areas of the country. Currently,she is refining the model to transform the MiddleCollege High Schools to Early College High Schoolsso that the transition from high school to college isseamless. In addition to all of this, she is in the midstof writing a book about older women engaged in socialenterprises who have made a difference because of theirwork. Janet is in contact with Natalie Brown ’40 andConstance Livingston ’40, as well as other Berkeley alumni.
� Mary Coffin McNulty ’41 wrote Dona Everson with
this news. “Last winter I spent ten days in Florida in
Palm Beach with my old pals, Arnold Scaasi and Parker
Ladd. They spoil me. It’s all sparkle! Then we moved
to the calm of Vero Beach, Florida with a set of old
English/American chums. I came home to London rest-
ed and ready for most anything. In June of 2006 a won-
derful, gifted teacher began teaching me piano. I adore
it. Trilby (my eight year old grandchild) and I have
the same Part I of The Russian School of Piano Playing.
Finding practice time is not easy.”
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to all alumni whose email addresses are on file in our
office. If you aren’t receiving the newsletter and
would like to, please contact Holly Kempner at
[email protected] with your current email
information. You can also submit class notes online at
www.berkeleycarroll.org/alumni/alumnin_classnotes.asp
or by mail to Holly Kempner, Berkeley Carroll School, 808
Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
� Jane Cooke Harris ’41 wrote us: “I am still busy pursu-ing an art career, and I am a member of City Gallery inNew Haven, Connecticut at 994 State Street—a cooper-ative gallery that currently has 14 members (For moreinformation on the gallery visit their website at www.city-gallery.org and view Jane’s work on her individual pageat www.city-gallery.org/Harris.html). We each take amonth to show in the gallery, and sometimes the showfeatures one artist and other times a group or an invit-ed artist will show their works. I also collaborate withtwo other artists where we all work on the same pieceswhich are often collages because they lend themselves tocollaborative work. My other news is that my daughterand I took a trip to Italy where we visited Sorrento,Pompeii, Capri and then traveled north to Florence.Florence was jammed with tourists, but my daughter andI thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The trip was sponsoredby Tulane University where my daugh-ter is an alumna. They were afriendly bunch and hadlots of stories aboutHurricane Katrina asmany of them live in thearea. I keep in touchwith my classmates,Dona Chumase roEverson and LoisCraig Schmidt as wellas Joan Rafter Keyesand Jane HardenSutcliffe.”
Pictured – Jane Harris’s Gee,a collaged monotype
classnotes))
� Lucy Estrin Kavaler’s ’41book, Mushrooms, Molds, andMiracles: The Strange Realm ofFungi, has been republishedin the Authors Guild Back-in-Print series of notable booksand is available for orderfrom any bookstore. Thebook, which was in print formany years, tells the story of
fung i and
how they affect everyone.Because the book had been sopopular, Lucy wanted to pres-ent the wonders of fungi tonew readers and so turned tothe Authors Guild. Lucy hasauthored 17 books and isknown for writing about sci-ence as if it were the plot fora novel. Her books appear onbest books of the year lists,in hardcover and foreign edi-tions, and are excerpted inanthologies and major mag-azines. Lucy says that shebecame interested in fungi“when I was invited to join agroup of writers going toMexico to partake of the hal-lucinogenic mushroom andwrite under the influence. Ididn’t go, fortunately, becausethe Mexican governmentarrested all the writers!” The re-release is getting a lot of onlinepublicity. For more informa-t ion , contac t Lucy a twww.lucykavaler.com. On a
more personal note, Lucywrites that, “My husband,Arthur, takes courses atColumbia University, my son,Roger, teaches in a SanFrancisco high school, andmy daughter, Andrea, headsthe North American divisionof a British firm. I am alsocontinuing work on my nextnovel.”
� Katherine Babcock McCurdy’41 writes that “I read everyword that comes in the mailfrom Berkeley and it is all soexciting and encouraging. Myhusband, Gil, and I are hap-pily living in a leisure homein Pittsford, a suburb ofRochester, New York. Ourchildren live close by and wesee a lot of them. My hus-band has Alzheimer’s but islooking and feeling well andenjoying the many activitieshere: music, movies, lectures,and day trips. Our closefriends here keep us laughingand informed.”
� Jane Harden Sutcliffe ’41 isstill living in Garden City,New York. She welcomed anew grandson, John Hyland,to the family and now haseight grandchildren. Hergranddaughter, Tara, is in the2009 class at the US NavalAcademy.
� Ruth Wallace ’41 writes: “Ihope that the rest of myclass in a healthy state. It wasnice to get another commu-nication from the class of1941. I was so glad that I hada chance to meet the newhead in June at the com-mencement. I hope to getaround and see you all soonagain.”
� Irma Salzman Winer ’44became a great grandmotherin the fall of 2007. She alsohas seven grandchildren, thetwo youngest of which are16.
� Susan Siris Wexler ’46 isenjoying her third year study-ing at the Harvard Institutefor Learning in Retirementwhere she is also teaching arthistory.
� Jacqueline Simonson Kreider’47 and her husband, Edward,are enjoying their retirementand still live in Wadsworth,Ohio, where they have beenlocated for more than 40years. In addition to travelingall over the United Statesvisiting friends and family,Jacqueline collects books andantique needle working tools,does her own needlework,and is a member of the Art
and History Class, a member-ship group founded in 1903.The group meets twice amonth and each memberpresents on a topic of specialinterest. Edward and she alsoplay bridge.
� Jill Nadell Claster ’48 is professor of history emerita atNew York University with aspecialty in the Middle Ages.She has taught and studiedthe Crusader era extensivelyand currently teaches a fresh-man honors seminar, “TheCrusades and Their Legacy.”
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� Dona Chumasero Everson ’41continues to summer on herisland, winter in Florida, andis in the throes of preparingto move to a retirement com-munity in 2008. Several book
groups keep her mind alive;a dying friend’s request thatshe be a surrogate grand-mother to her seven grand-children has brought muchnew joy into her life.
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� Janet Rubensohn Lieberman ’39 attended the 2007Berkeley Carroll commencement exercises in June inhonor of Jerome Carter ’07, the son of her colleague,
Hazel Carter. Janet had ini-tially suggested to Hazelthat BC would be a goodchoice for Jerome andwanted to celebrate hissubsequent graduation withthe family. A few weeksafter commencement, wem e t o v e r l u n ch i nManhattan and talked atlength about Janet’s careerin education developinginnovative programs for
underserved urban students. As an administrator atLaGuardia Community College in New York City, Janetdesigned Middle College High School, an alterna-tive high school established in 1974 to reverse the highdrop out rate in the city’s public high schools. Janetis the recipient of many awards for her work, and shehas received grants from the Ford Foundation to repli-cate her work in other areas of the country. Currently,she is refining the model to transform the MiddleCollege High Schools to Early College High Schoolsso that the transition from high school to college isseamless. In addition to all of this, she is in the midstof writing a book about older women engaged in socialenterprises who have made a difference because of theirwork. Janet is in contact with Natalie Brown ’40 andConstance Livingston ’40, as well as other Berkeley alumni.
� Mary Coffin McNulty ’41 wrote Dona Everson with
this news. “Last winter I spent ten days in Florida in
Palm Beach with my old pals, Arnold Scaasi and Parker
Ladd. They spoil me. It’s all sparkle! Then we moved
to the calm of Vero Beach, Florida with a set of old
English/American chums. I came home to London rest-
ed and ready for most anything. In June of 2006 a won-
derful, gifted teacher began teaching me piano. I adore
it. Trilby (my eight year old grandchild) and I have
the same Part I of The Russian School of Piano Playing.
Finding practice time is not easy.”
In addition to the magazine, class notes are published on
a monthly basis in our alumni newsletter. On the first of
the month during the school year, we email the newsletter
to all alumni whose email addresses are on file in our
office. If you aren’t receiving the newsletter and
would like to, please contact Holly Kempner at
[email protected] with your current email
information. You can also submit class notes online at
www.berkeleycarroll.org/alumni/alumnin_classnotes.asp
or by mail to Holly Kempner, Berkeley Carroll School, 808
Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
� Jane Cooke Harris ’41 wrote us: “I am still busy pursu-ing an art career, and I am a member of City Gallery inNew Haven, Connecticut at 994 State Street—a cooper-ative gallery that currently has 14 members (For moreinformation on the gallery visit their website at www.city-gallery.org and view Jane’s work on her individual pageat www.city-gallery.org/Harris.html). We each take amonth to show in the gallery, and sometimes the showfeatures one artist and other times a group or an invit-ed artist will show their works. I also collaborate withtwo other artists where we all work on the same pieceswhich are often collages because they lend themselves tocollaborative work. My other news is that my daughterand I took a trip to Italy where we visited Sorrento,Pompeii, Capri and then traveled north to Florence.Florence was jammed with tourists, but my daughter andI thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The trip was sponsoredby Tulane University where my daugh-ter is an alumna. They were afriendly bunch and hadlots of stories aboutHurricane Katrina asmany of them live in thearea. I keep in touchwith my classmates,Dona Chumase roEverson and LoisCraig Schmidt as wellas Joan Rafter Keyesand Jane HardenSutcliffe.”
Pictured – Jane Harris’s Gee,a collaged monotype
classnotes))
The class of 1967 celebrates their 40th anniversary. (l to r) Carol A. Fritz, Susan Levin Mashioff, Cassandra Bilotta, Ann Bailinson Kleinman, Maddy Waxman Lesure, Wendy Lobo Sowala
R e f o r m ed C h u rch o fBronxville. I also work sever-al afternoons a week in apediatrician’s office where Iassist in weighing the childrenand help out with other funtasks! I am trying to lessenmy board work so I canspend more time at our sec-ond home in a beach com-munity in Delaware as well asfor other things. Our son
was married in September2006 and now lives in St.Paul, Minnesota, and willsoon be moving to ColoradoSprings, Colorado.”
� Colette Bronstein Berkeley ’68sent us this note. “The bignews in our family is that ourdaughter, Caitlin, graduatedfrom Florida State Universityin April 2007, summa cum
laude. She graduated withtwo degrees, one in criminol-ogy and one in psychology.This last year at school sheworked in a research projectunder Dr. Thomas Joiner. Hergoals right now are to moveback to Jupiter, Florida, andget a job in the mental healthfield before going on to grad-uate school for her master’s inclinical and behavioral psy-chology. I can’t begin to tellyou how proud her father andI are of our wonderful daugh-ter! For the past five years, Ihave been working in the
same medical practice, and Iam the supervisor. My hus-band is the same as always!”
� Eileen S. Wilentz ’69 lives innorthwest Connecticut whereshe is a small animal veteri-narian, traveling around thestate and working out of sev-eral locations. She loves hors-es but decided that workingwith them was too dangerousand unpredictable. Eileendoes have her own horse, a26 year old Thoroughbred,but unfortunately doesn’thave the time to ride him.
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� Judith Acken Aylward ’50 cel-ebrated her 75th birthdaythis past spring 2007. Herdaughter, Janet, contacted allof Judith’s friends fromBerkeley and asked them tosend special wishes and mes-sages that were presented toher at her surprise party.“The celebration was terrific,”in Judith’s words!
� Gloria Peterson Rapp ’56 andher husband, Henry, who ispermanently retiring—he hasretired once before—havemoved to North Carolina thispast summer. They boughtproperty near the InlandWaterway and will be close totheir oldest son and his chil-dren, all of whom live inRaleigh.
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� Deborah Smith Host ’62 isliving in Kernersville, NorthCaro l ina , a suburb o fWinston-Salem, and has beenretired for two years. Shesold her home and now livesin an apartment complexgeared to older adults whereshe enjoys playing cards andvolunteering. Deborah wouldlove to hear from her class-mates and can be reachedeither by mail or phone. Heraddress is 2215 GatewayPlace Lane, Kernersville, NC27284, and her phone is:(336) 993-4047.
� Dorothy Eldredge Sparling ’62writes, “It’s time for the classof 1962 to get re-connected!We just had our 45thanniversary and wouldn’t it
be great to catch up withwhat we have been up tosince we left Berkeley? Ihave volunteered to beour class rep and wouldlove to hear from every-one in our class and tofind our ‘lost’ classmates.Please call me at (301)884-4419. I can’t wait tohear from you!”
� Ju l ianne S te ine rJackson ’65 told us, “Iam busy working andserving on the boardsof several organizationsin Bronxville, NewYork, where I live. Icurrently serve on theboard of the BronxvilleAdult School, theS en io r C i t i z en sCouncil (I am a pastboard chair), and ama member of the con-s i s t o r y o f t h e
The seminar covers not onlythe Crusades but also therelations among the threegreat religions and why theyall claim Jerusalem for theirown. Jill is also in the midstof writing a college levelintroductory text on theCrusades. She lives with herh u s ban d , M i l l a rd L .Midonick, in GreenwichVillage, within walking dis-tance of NYU.
� Patricia Root Fouquet ’48 isthe bookkeeper for her home-owner’s association in Bonsall,California. The volunteerposition keeps her so busythat she has had to put herpersonal project of writingher memoirs on hold in orderto keep up with her account-ing responsibilities! In thespring of 2007 her grandsonwon third prize for his sci-ence project in a statewidescience fair in California.Patricia has no doubt thatsome of his talent is genetic.Mom, Patricia’s daughter, anddad are both PhD level physi-cists.
� Barbara Birch Smyth ’48 andher husband, George, movedon June 4, 2007 from theirhome of many years in Mt.Pleasant, South Carolina, toan apartment one third thesize. Barbara writes, “We arefortunate to have five youngfamilies plus a married grand-daughter who were delightedto receive the benefits fromour downsizing. We are com-pletely settled and are grad-ually getting involved in activ-ities. Since it is located justthree miles from where weused to live, it has been aneasy adjustment. The mealsare delicious, and there are
trips and activities to pleasemany interests. We are gladthat we made the move. OnJuly 4th our five childrenand spouses plus two of ournine grandchildren were heretogether to celebrate our 55thanniversary. It was such awonderful treat to have themall at one time since they livein four different states. Wehad such a wonderful timetogether!”
� Caroline Moody Roberts ’49and her husband love livingin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,especially because her chil-dren and grandchildren livenearby. Carolyn said that shehas lived there since shegraduated from Berkeley.Carolyn keeps busy playingbridge and remembers heryears at Berkeley with greatfondness.
� Nina Gralnick Primer ’59 writes, “I have
been quilting for 13 years and am very
proud that my granddaughter, Michelle,
has chosen quilting for her upcoming
bat mitzvah service project. We are
working together to make quilts for new
babies born to Israeli families that were
victims of terror. She selects each color
combination and is learning discipline,
safety rules, and sewing machine skills.
My husband, Milt, and I took Michelle
and her brother, Steven, to Vermont last
winter. We cross-country skied and
snowshoed at Hildene, Robert Todd
Lincoln’s historic summer home in
Manchester, Vermont. I would love to
hear news from more of my class-
mates.”
� Carol Fritz ’67 sent in this note about the class of 1967. “Sixmembers of the Class of 1967 gathered at Hudson Place inManhattan on April 21, 2007 to celebrate our 40th Reunion.What a glorious day! We enjoyed good food, camaraderie,and the warmth of being with people we’d known closelyin our formative years. The few hours we spent togetherseemed like minutes. While we had much—good and bad—to share, mostly our brunch was a celebration of life. A fewhighlights: Maddy Waxman Lesure is the proud step-grandmoth-er of two boys. Ann Bailinson Kleinman celebrated her daugh-ter, Jill’s, wedding in September of 2007. Wendy Lobo Sowala’sdaughter, Ellen, married in June 2007. Carol Fritz’s daugh-ter, Julia Rose, eloped four years ago. When asked what wouldshe have liked someone to have told her when she gradu-ated high school, Susan T. Levin Mashioff said, “Find somethingyou love in life and follow your dreams.” That combined withAnn Bailinson Kleinman’s advice to “Be resourceful andresilient” sound like a recipe for a successful life. We’d loveto hear from other classmates. You’ll be amazed at how lit-tle everyone has changed. Wendy can still recite the classlist alphabetically and maintains her concert-going ways.”
� Jeffrey Nehrbas ’75 lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and
told us that his experience of living with AIDS was
featured on the front page of the June 5, 2006 issue
of The Arizona Republic, one of Arizona’s largest
newspapers. Jeff was diagnosed over 25 years ago,
before HIV/AIDS had a name, and the article
recounts his experience of living with the disease.
Along the way, he lost his wife to AIDS and decid-
ed to move from California to Arizona so that he
could make a new life for himself. He wonders why
he is still alive—his age cohort of individuals with
AIDS has a survival rate of only 12%. Jeff informal-
ly counsels young people who are HIV positive and
is stunned by their lack of knowledge about the ill-
ness, despite all the available information. The
complete article can be found on the internet at
www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/arti-
cles/0605hivat25-0605.html. As for his classmates,
Jeff told us that “I met Scott Yarmus ’75 for dinner
here in Phoenix. It was great to see him, and he
picked up the check (first time ever...lol!). We were
wondering about Ted Ciuzio. Anyone hear from him?
And is anyone from the class of 1975 out there?”
Contact Jeff at [email protected].
classnotes))
The class of 1967 celebrates their 40th anniversary. (l to r) Carol A. Fritz, Susan Levin Mashioff, Cassandra Bilotta, Ann Bailinson Kleinman, Maddy Waxman Lesure, Wendy Lobo Sowala
R e f o r m ed C h u rch o fBronxville. I also work sever-al afternoons a week in apediatrician’s office where Iassist in weighing the childrenand help out with other funtasks! I am trying to lessenmy board work so I canspend more time at our sec-ond home in a beach com-munity in Delaware as well asfor other things. Our son
was married in September2006 and now lives in St.Paul, Minnesota, and willsoon be moving to ColoradoSprings, Colorado.”
� Colette Bronstein Berkeley ’68sent us this note. “The bignews in our family is that ourdaughter, Caitlin, graduatedfrom Florida State Universityin April 2007, summa cum
laude. She graduated withtwo degrees, one in criminol-ogy and one in psychology.This last year at school sheworked in a research projectunder Dr. Thomas Joiner. Hergoals right now are to moveback to Jupiter, Florida, andget a job in the mental healthfield before going on to grad-uate school for her master’s inclinical and behavioral psy-chology. I can’t begin to tellyou how proud her father andI are of our wonderful daugh-ter! For the past five years, Ihave been working in the
same medical practice, and Iam the supervisor. My hus-band is the same as always!”
� Eileen S. Wilentz ’69 lives innorthwest Connecticut whereshe is a small animal veteri-narian, traveling around thestate and working out of sev-eral locations. She loves hors-es but decided that workingwith them was too dangerousand unpredictable. Eileendoes have her own horse, a26 year old Thoroughbred,but unfortunately doesn’thave the time to ride him.
31Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 200830 Berkeley Carrol l • MAGAZINE • Spring 2008
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� Judith Acken Aylward ’50 cel-ebrated her 75th birthdaythis past spring 2007. Herdaughter, Janet, contacted allof Judith’s friends fromBerkeley and asked them tosend special wishes and mes-sages that were presented toher at her surprise party.“The celebration was terrific,”in Judith’s words!
� Gloria Peterson Rapp ’56 andher husband, Henry, who ispermanently retiring—he hasretired once before—havemoved to North Carolina thispast summer. They boughtproperty near the InlandWaterway and will be close totheir oldest son and his chil-dren, all of whom live inRaleigh.
1960s8
� Deborah Smith Host ’62 isliving in Kernersville, NorthCaro l ina , a suburb o fWinston-Salem, and has beenretired for two years. Shesold her home and now livesin an apartment complexgeared to older adults whereshe enjoys playing cards andvolunteering. Deborah wouldlove to hear from her class-mates and can be reachedeither by mail or phone. Heraddress is 2215 GatewayPlace Lane, Kernersville, NC27284, and her phone is:(336) 993-4047.
� Dorothy Eldredge Sparling ’62writes, “It’s time for the classof 1962 to get re-connected!We just had our 45thanniversary and wouldn’t it
be great to catch up withwhat we have been up tosince we left Berkeley? Ihave volunteered to beour class rep and wouldlove to hear from every-one in our class and tofind our ‘lost’ classmates.Please call me at (301)884-4419. I can’t wait tohear from you!”
� Ju l ianne S te ine rJackson ’65 told us, “Iam busy working andserving on the boardsof several organizationsin Bronxville, NewYork, where I live. Icurrently serve on theboard of the BronxvilleAdult School, theS en io r C i t i z en sCouncil (I am a pastboard chair), and ama member of the con-s i s t o r y o f t h e
The seminar covers not onlythe Crusades but also therelations among the threegreat religions and why theyall claim Jerusalem for theirown. Jill is also in the midstof writing a college levelintroductory text on theCrusades. She lives with herh u s ban d , M i l l a rd L .Midonick, in GreenwichVillage, within walking dis-tance of NYU.
� Patricia Root Fouquet ’48 isthe bookkeeper for her home-owner’s association in Bonsall,California. The volunteerposition keeps her so busythat she has had to put herpersonal project of writingher memoirs on hold in orderto keep up with her account-ing responsibilities! In thespring of 2007 her grandsonwon third prize for his sci-ence project in a statewidescience fair in California.Patricia has no doubt thatsome of his talent is genetic.Mom, Patricia’s daughter, anddad are both PhD level physi-cists.
� Barbara Birch Smyth ’48 andher husband, George, movedon June 4, 2007 from theirhome of many years in Mt.Pleasant, South Carolina, toan apartment one third thesize. Barbara writes, “We arefortunate to have five youngfamilies plus a married grand-daughter who were delightedto receive the benefits fromour downsizing. We are com-pletely settled and are grad-ually getting involved in activ-ities. Since it is located justthree miles from where weused to live, it has been aneasy adjustment. The mealsare delicious, and there are
trips and activities to pleasemany interests. We are gladthat we made the move. OnJuly 4th our five childrenand spouses plus two of ournine grandchildren were heretogether to celebrate our 55thanniversary. It was such awonderful treat to have themall at one time since they livein four different states. Wehad such a wonderful timetogether!”
� Caroline Moody Roberts ’49and her husband love livingin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,especially because her chil-dren and grandchildren livenearby. Carolyn said that shehas lived there since shegraduated from Berkeley.Carolyn keeps busy playingbridge and remembers heryears at Berkeley with greatfondness.
� Nina Gralnick Primer ’59 writes, “I have
been quilting for 13 years and am very
proud that my granddaughter, Michelle,
has chosen quilting for her upcoming
bat mitzvah service project. We are
working together to make quilts for new
babies born to Israeli families that were
victims of terror. She selects each color
combination and is learning discipline,
safety rules, and sewing machine skills.
My husband, Milt, and I took Michelle
and her brother, Steven, to Vermont last
winter. We cross-country skied and
snowshoed at Hildene, Robert Todd
Lincoln’s historic summer home in
Manchester, Vermont. I would love to
hear news from more of my class-
mates.”
� Carol Fritz ’67 sent in this note about the class of 1967. “Sixmembers of the Class of 1967 gathered at Hudson Place inManhattan on April 21, 2007 to celebrate our 40th Reunion.What a glorious day! We enjoyed good food, camaraderie,and the warmth of being with people we’d known closelyin our formative years. The few hours we spent togetherseemed like minutes. While we had much—good and bad—to share, mostly our brunch was a celebration of life. A fewhighlights: Maddy Waxman Lesure is the proud step-grandmoth-er of two boys. Ann Bailinson Kleinman celebrated her daugh-ter, Jill’s, wedding in September of 2007. Wendy Lobo Sowala’sdaughter, Ellen, married in June 2007. Carol Fritz’s daugh-ter, Julia Rose, eloped four years ago. When asked what wouldshe have liked someone to have told her when she gradu-ated high school, Susan T. Levin Mashioff said, “Find somethingyou love in life and follow your dreams.” That combined withAnn Bailinson Kleinman’s advice to “Be resourceful andresilient” sound like a recipe for a successful life. We’d loveto hear from other classmates. You’ll be amazed at how lit-tle everyone has changed. Wendy can still recite the classlist alphabetically and maintains her concert-going ways.”
� Jeffrey Nehrbas ’75 lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and
told us that his experience of living with AIDS was
featured on the front page of the June 5, 2006 issue
of The Arizona Republic, one of Arizona’s largest
newspapers. Jeff was diagnosed over 25 years ago,
before HIV/AIDS had a name, and the article
recounts his experience of living with the disease.
Along the way, he lost his wife to AIDS and decid-
ed to move from California to Arizona so that he
could make a new life for himself. He wonders why
he is still alive—his age cohort of individuals with
AIDS has a survival rate of only 12%. Jeff informal-
ly counsels young people who are HIV positive and
is stunned by their lack of knowledge about the ill-
ness, despite all the available information. The
complete article can be found on the internet at
www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/arti-
cles/0605hivat25-0605.html. As for his classmates,
Jeff told us that “I met Scott Yarmus ’75 for dinner
here in Phoenix. It was great to see him, and he
picked up the check (first time ever...lol!). We were
wondering about Ted Ciuzio. Anyone hear from him?
And is anyone from the class of 1975 out there?”
Contact Jeff at [email protected].
classnotes))
with our first child. Wechose not to know the baby’ssex until the day of delivery.My husband, John Dineenand I are very excited aboutthis new stage in our lives!”
� In 1996 Robyn Evans ’87received a master’s in publichealth from the School ofHealth Science at HunterCollege and is currentlyworking in a private hospitalin Manhattan. Since gradua-tion, she has seen fellowBerkeley alums: David Santoro’85, Akim Vann ’85, Kayode Vann’88, Jeanine Walton ’88, andSimone McIntosh ’88. Robynsaid that even though somany of her fellow class-mates live in close proximi-t y t o e a ch o t h e r, a“Berkeleyite sighting is fewand far between!” Robynwould love to hear from herclassmates and can be reachedat [email protected].
� Heather Cunningham ’89 is aproject manager for UnitedStages, Inc. in New YorkCity. United Stages is dedi-cated to audience develop-ment, marketing, and brand-ing via internet and publish-ing for off-off Broadway and“indie” theater. She continueson as the artistic director ofRetro Productions also basedin New York City. Heather’smost recent production atR e t ro , w h i c h r a n i nNovember 2007 was What IDid Last Summer by A. R.Gurney. In 2007, the compa-ny produced its first two-show season and was a res-ident company at the SpoonTheater, a new space in mid-town Manhattan at 38 West38th Street.
note—for more informationabou t t h e pa rk go t owww.fortgreenepark.org/.)
� Jesse D. Sokolovsky ’95 haslived in Japan for eight yearsand wrote us: “I’m workingon my PhD in Japanese lan-guage education at NagoyaUniversity and am also teach-ing English at a local highschool. My wife, Miyuki, andI just celebrated our secondanniversary, and we are livingin the beautiful Japanesecountryside surrounded bymountains and rice fields.Some people in my classmight remember that my sis-ter, Kate, was born when wewere in 9th grade (duringfinals week, actually) andinterestingly she took her 9thgrade finals last spring!” (Kateis in the class of 2010 atBerkeley Carroll.) Jesse wouldlove to hear from his class-mates, and you can email himat: sokoinjapan @yahoo.com.
� Deirdre Black ’96 wrote uslast spring to let us knowthat she is enrolled at St.John’s College GraduateInst i tute in Annapol is ,Maryland, working on anMLA that focuses on thefoundational philosophicaltexts of western civilization.She is currently working onher master’s thesis on Plato’sRepublic. As of June 2007 shemoved to the St. John’s cam-pus in Santa Fe to completeher degree (the college hasthe same program on twocampuses). Her plan is toreturn to New York and pur-sue a PhD in the philosophyof education. In Deidre’swords, “I very highly recom-mend St. John’s College toBerkeley Carroll alumni look-
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� Catherine “Cassie” Adcock’90 finished her PhD in his-tory of religions at theUniversity of Chicago in thespring of 2007 and joined thef acu l t y a t Wash ing tonUniversity in St. Louis,Missouri in the fall of 2007.Cassie is an assistant profes-sor in South Asian studiesworking jointly in the histo-ry department and the reli-gious studies program.
� Kieran Juska ’91 marriedS t ep h an e D iTu l l i o o nSeptember 29, 2007 at theirfarmhouse in the Catskills.
� Sarah Brennan ’92 movedback to Brooklyn last yearafter 14 years in the Bostonarea. She’s working on sus-tainable energy and climatechange policy for the EarthI n s t i t u t e a t C o lu m b i aUniversity and has recentlytraveled to Iceland and India,which Sarah says might be“bad for the carbon foot-print, but is lots of fun!”(Holly’s note: The EarthInstitute works to achievesustainable development byexpanding the world’s under-standing of Earth as one inte-grated system and by usingscientific research, educationand the practical applicationof research to solve real-world challenges. For moreinformation go to their website at www.earthinstitute.col -umbia.edu/sections/view/9.)
� Rachel Klein ’92 and hus-band Lee Weber welcomedthe birth of their son, EthanBonham Weber, on July 15,2007.
� Lauren Rosenberg Foley ’92gave birth to her secondchild, Charlotte, in June2007. Charlotte was bornexactly two years afterLauren’s f irst daughter,Gwendolyn. Lauren is onleave from her job as a sixthgrade teacher.
� Ethan S. Clary ’93 receivedhis MBA from the ColumbiaUniversity Business Schoolthis past spring. He hassigned a four year contractwith Citigroup and will beworking on structured financein a global context. Ethan wasone of only four Citigroupemployees chosen to receivefull funding for his MBAstudies.
� Kareem Varlack ’94 let usknow, “I am studying for mymaster’s in forensic psychol-ogy at John Jay College ofCriminal Justice here in NewYork City and expect to grad-uate in the fall of 2008. Witha growing family, I am goingto school part time. Mydaughter is now nine yearsold and my son is sevenmonths old. My wife is anattorney for AXA Financial,and she and I have a homein Bedford Stuyvesant inBrooklyn. Life is good!”
� Leah Foster ’95 just finishedher second year of law schooland spent her summer inNew Orleans working ondeath penalty appeals. Shesends her love to “good ol’BC.”
� Jeffrey Sandgrund ’95 worksfor the NYC Department ofParks and Recreation and isthe manager of Fort GreenePark in Brooklyn. (Holly’s
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� Carol Mann Cohen ’74 is anew grandmother. Herdaughter gave birth to a sonon July 1, 2007, and Carolstayed with them for sixweeks after the birth to helpout. Carol said all those sto-ries that being a grandparentis an amazing experience aretrue—no time schedules, noresponsibilities, just the sheerjoy of being with her grand-son. Carol continues herwork as a psychotherapist inprivate practice in Stamford,Connecticut, as well as teach-
ing in Fordham University’sgraduate school of socialwork.
� David K. Greene ’78 is work-ing in Maryland and wouldlike to hear any news fromhis classmates. 2008 will be30 years! David can bere a ch ed v i a em a i l a [email protected].
� Ronald Gross NG’79 has anew email address. Pleaseget in touch with him [email protected].
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� Silvia Bogdanovics Durno ’80lives in Westport, Connecticutwith her husband, GeoffDurno, and their two teen-aged children. Geoff is amanaging director at FSA, afinancial insurer. They movedback to the United States in2006 after being overseas foralmost a decade. The Durnospreviously lived in Londonfor four years and before thatlived in Singapore for fiveyears.
� Michelle Menendez Olgers ’84sent this note, “We host anannual event, SouthsideVirginia Heritage Days, in lateMarch or early April at ourhome in Virginia, and thisyear we had beautiful weath-er and a huge turnout. Theevent featured an open houseand Civil War living historydemonstrations to commem-orate the anniversary of theCivil War battle of SutherlandStation. The anniversary eventwas started 11 years ago bymy husband, Darrell, and hasgreatly expanded over theyears to include a wide vari-ety of civilian and military liv-ing history demonstrationsand displays celebrating andeducating the public about lifein our part of Virginia in theearly and mid 1800’s. I helporganize and promote theevent, and since the earlydays, we have added farm ani-mals, children’s story-tellingand many other exhibits.Hope any BCS alums in thearea can come join us for theevent next year! Give me acall at (804) 943-2283 (day)or (804) 265-8141 (evening)for more information.”
� Nicole V. Sims ’84 writes, “Ihave been so lucky to receivemore than one great opportu-nity as a result of finally pur-suing my passion as a chef.This past year, I worked on anepisode for the latest broad-band filming of Border’s newseries on cookbook authorsand chefs. The episode fea-tured New York’s own LidiaBastianich who is a founder ofWomen Che f s &Restaurateurs. WCR promotesthe education and advance-ment of women in the restau-rant industry and the better-ment of the industry as awhole, and I am the localcoordinator here in Michigan.You can view our efforts at:www.bordersmedia.com/bor-derskitchen/. Live yourdream!”
� Bethany George Martz ’85emailed us last spring andtold us, “As you can imaginespring in Bloomington,Indiana is grand as ever. Iw o r k f o r t h e I n d i an aU n iv e r s i t y S t u d en tFoundation, and we put onthe “Little 500” so it is busy,busy here. The races are inApr i l . I have l ived inBloomington since graduatingfrom Berkeley Carroll in 1985and love it. I have a nine yearold son, Jacob. It appears thatthings are going great at BC.”
� Jennifer Sherman ’85 con-tacted us last spring with thisnote. “I have been a Sergeantin the New York City PoliceDepartment since 2001 andhave been with the depart-ment 12 years now. Since wecan retire in our 20th year,I have eight years to decideon my next career. I amalso seven months pregnant
� We met with Angela Caracciolo Keenan ’77 and her sister, Maria Caracciolo Weisensee ’79 over lunch in theirhometown of Clark, New Jersey in October. Theyremembered, with fondness, a school and a neighbor-hood experiencing significant transitions and strugglingto keep up with and understand these changes. MarySue Miller was headmistress for some of their time, andshe was committed to accepting students of color anddiversifying the student body. Their father, a board mem-ber, supported these changes. Maria, as student asso-ciation president, lobbied to change the green pinaforesand white blouses used for years in PE to black shortsand yellow jerseys. It took time, but eventually thechange was made. Angela has two high school age sons.Both boys, one is a junior and the other is a freshman,are active in team sports and Angela runs a bowlingleague for school-aged children. Angela would love tohear from her classmates. She can be reached at [email protected]. Maria has two children as well. Sheis president of the PTA at their school.
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with our first child. Wechose not to know the baby’ssex until the day of delivery.My husband, John Dineenand I are very excited aboutthis new stage in our lives!”
� In 1996 Robyn Evans ’87received a master’s in publichealth from the School ofHealth Science at HunterCollege and is currentlyworking in a private hospitalin Manhattan. Since gradua-tion, she has seen fellowBerkeley alums: David Santoro’85, Akim Vann ’85, Kayode Vann’88, Jeanine Walton ’88, andSimone McIntosh ’88. Robynsaid that even though somany of her fellow class-mates live in close proximi-t y t o e a ch o t h e r, a“Berkeleyite sighting is fewand far between!” Robynwould love to hear from herclassmates and can be reachedat [email protected].
� Heather Cunningham ’89 is aproject manager for UnitedStages, Inc. in New YorkCity. United Stages is dedi-cated to audience develop-ment, marketing, and brand-ing via internet and publish-ing for off-off Broadway and“indie” theater. She continueson as the artistic director ofRetro Productions also basedin New York City. Heather’smost recent production atR e t ro , w h i c h r a n i nNovember 2007 was What IDid Last Summer by A. R.Gurney. In 2007, the compa-ny produced its first two-show season and was a res-ident company at the SpoonTheater, a new space in mid-town Manhattan at 38 West38th Street.
note—for more informationabou t t h e pa rk go t owww.fortgreenepark.org/.)
� Jesse D. Sokolovsky ’95 haslived in Japan for eight yearsand wrote us: “I’m workingon my PhD in Japanese lan-guage education at NagoyaUniversity and am also teach-ing English at a local highschool. My wife, Miyuki, andI just celebrated our secondanniversary, and we are livingin the beautiful Japanesecountryside surrounded bymountains and rice fields.Some people in my classmight remember that my sis-ter, Kate, was born when wewere in 9th grade (duringfinals week, actually) andinterestingly she took her 9thgrade finals last spring!” (Kateis in the class of 2010 atBerkeley Carroll.) Jesse wouldlove to hear from his class-mates, and you can email himat: sokoinjapan @yahoo.com.
� Deirdre Black ’96 wrote uslast spring to let us knowthat she is enrolled at St.John’s College GraduateInst i tute in Annapol is ,Maryland, working on anMLA that focuses on thefoundational philosophicaltexts of western civilization.She is currently working onher master’s thesis on Plato’sRepublic. As of June 2007 shemoved to the St. John’s cam-pus in Santa Fe to completeher degree (the college hasthe same program on twocampuses). Her plan is toreturn to New York and pur-sue a PhD in the philosophyof education. In Deidre’swords, “I very highly recom-mend St. John’s College toBerkeley Carroll alumni look-
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� Catherine “Cassie” Adcock’90 finished her PhD in his-tory of religions at theUniversity of Chicago in thespring of 2007 and joined thef acu l t y a t Wash ing tonUniversity in St. Louis,Missouri in the fall of 2007.Cassie is an assistant profes-sor in South Asian studiesworking jointly in the histo-ry department and the reli-gious studies program.
� Kieran Juska ’91 marriedS t ep h an e D iTu l l i o o nSeptember 29, 2007 at theirfarmhouse in the Catskills.
� Sarah Brennan ’92 movedback to Brooklyn last yearafter 14 years in the Bostonarea. She’s working on sus-tainable energy and climatechange policy for the EarthI n s t i t u t e a t C o lu m b i aUniversity and has recentlytraveled to Iceland and India,which Sarah says might be“bad for the carbon foot-print, but is lots of fun!”(Holly’s note: The EarthInstitute works to achievesustainable development byexpanding the world’s under-standing of Earth as one inte-grated system and by usingscientific research, educationand the practical applicationof research to solve real-world challenges. For moreinformation go to their website at www.earthinstitute.col -umbia.edu/sections/view/9.)
� Rachel Klein ’92 and hus-band Lee Weber welcomedthe birth of their son, EthanBonham Weber, on July 15,2007.
� Lauren Rosenberg Foley ’92gave birth to her secondchild, Charlotte, in June2007. Charlotte was bornexactly two years afterLauren’s f irst daughter,Gwendolyn. Lauren is onleave from her job as a sixthgrade teacher.
� Ethan S. Clary ’93 receivedhis MBA from the ColumbiaUniversity Business Schoolthis past spring. He hassigned a four year contractwith Citigroup and will beworking on structured financein a global context. Ethan wasone of only four Citigroupemployees chosen to receivefull funding for his MBAstudies.
� Kareem Varlack ’94 let usknow, “I am studying for mymaster’s in forensic psychol-ogy at John Jay College ofCriminal Justice here in NewYork City and expect to grad-uate in the fall of 2008. Witha growing family, I am goingto school part time. Mydaughter is now nine yearsold and my son is sevenmonths old. My wife is anattorney for AXA Financial,and she and I have a homein Bedford Stuyvesant inBrooklyn. Life is good!”
� Leah Foster ’95 just finishedher second year of law schooland spent her summer inNew Orleans working ondeath penalty appeals. Shesends her love to “good ol’BC.”
� Jeffrey Sandgrund ’95 worksfor the NYC Department ofParks and Recreation and isthe manager of Fort GreenePark in Brooklyn. (Holly’s
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� Carol Mann Cohen ’74 is anew grandmother. Herdaughter gave birth to a sonon July 1, 2007, and Carolstayed with them for sixweeks after the birth to helpout. Carol said all those sto-ries that being a grandparentis an amazing experience aretrue—no time schedules, noresponsibilities, just the sheerjoy of being with her grand-son. Carol continues herwork as a psychotherapist inprivate practice in Stamford,Connecticut, as well as teach-
ing in Fordham University’sgraduate school of socialwork.
� David K. Greene ’78 is work-ing in Maryland and wouldlike to hear any news fromhis classmates. 2008 will be30 years! David can bere a c h ed v i a em a i l a [email protected].
� Ronald Gross NG’79 has anew email address. Pleaseget in touch with him [email protected].
1980s8
� Silvia Bogdanovics Durno ’80lives in Westport, Connecticutwith her husband, GeoffDurno, and their two teen-aged children. Geoff is amanaging director at FSA, afinancial insurer. They movedback to the United States in2006 after being overseas foralmost a decade. The Durnospreviously lived in Londonfor four years and before thatlived in Singapore for fiveyears.
� Michelle Menendez Olgers ’84sent this note, “We host anannual event, SouthsideVirginia Heritage Days, in lateMarch or early April at ourhome in Virginia, and thisyear we had beautiful weath-er and a huge turnout. Theevent featured an open houseand Civil War living historydemonstrations to commem-orate the anniversary of theCivil War battle of SutherlandStation. The anniversary eventwas started 11 years ago bymy husband, Darrell, and hasgreatly expanded over theyears to include a wide vari-ety of civilian and military liv-ing history demonstrationsand displays celebrating andeducating the public about lifein our part of Virginia in theearly and mid 1800’s. I helporganize and promote theevent, and since the earlydays, we have added farm ani-mals, children’s story-tellingand many other exhibits.Hope any BCS alums in thearea can come join us for theevent next year! Give me acall at (804) 943-2283 (day)or (804) 265-8141 (evening)for more information.”
� Nicole V. Sims ’84 writes, “Ihave been so lucky to receivemore than one great opportu-nity as a result of finally pur-suing my passion as a chef.This past year, I worked on anepisode for the latest broad-band filming of Border’s newseries on cookbook authorsand chefs. The episode fea-tured New York’s own LidiaBastianich who is a founder ofWomen Che f s &Restaurateurs. WCR promotesthe education and advance-ment of women in the restau-rant industry and the better-ment of the industry as awhole, and I am the localcoordinator here in Michigan.You can view our efforts at:www.bordersmedia.com/bor-derskitchen/. Live yourdream!”
� Bethany George Martz ’85emailed us last spring andtold us, “As you can imaginespring in Bloomington,Indiana is grand as ever. Iw o r k f o r t h e I n d i an aU n iv e r s i t y S t u d en tFoundation, and we put onthe “Little 500” so it is busy,busy here. The races are inApr i l . I have l ived inBloomington since graduatingfrom Berkeley Carroll in 1985and love it. I have a nine yearold son, Jacob. It appears thatthings are going great at BC.”
� Jennifer Sherman ’85 con-tacted us last spring with thisnote. “I have been a Sergeantin the New York City PoliceDepartment since 2001 andhave been with the depart-ment 12 years now. Since wecan retire in our 20th year,I have eight years to decideon my next career. I amalso seven months pregnant
� We met with Angela Caracciolo Keenan ’77 and her sister, Maria Caracciolo Weisensee ’79 over lunch in theirhometown of Clark, New Jersey in October. Theyremembered, with fondness, a school and a neighbor-hood experiencing significant transitions and strugglingto keep up with and understand these changes. MarySue Miller was headmistress for some of their time, andshe was committed to accepting students of color anddiversifying the student body. Their father, a board mem-ber, supported these changes. Maria, as student asso-ciation president, lobbied to change the green pinaforesand white blouses used for years in PE to black shortsand yellow jerseys. It took time, but eventually thechange was made. Angela has two high school age sons.Both boys, one is a junior and the other is a freshman,are active in team sports and Angela runs a bowlingleague for school-aged children. Angela would love tohear from her classmates. She can be reached at [email protected]. Maria has two children as well. Sheis president of the PTA at their school.
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an art institution in NewYork City.
� Casey Scieszka ’02 graduat-ed from Pitzer College in2006 and is now spending ayear as a Fulbright Scholar inTimbuktu, Mali, studyingIslamic education. Obviously,the wanderlust bug has bitten
Institute in fall 2007 wherehe is studying architecture.He spent summer 2007 inRome, Italy, working for anarchitect and living withSteven Long who attended BCin 9th grade before going onto LaGuardia High Schoolfor the Performing Arts.Relationships forged at BCcan last a lifetime!
� Adam Ottavino ’03 had a ter-rific season this past summerplaying with the Palm BeachCardinals, a part of the minorleague system of the St. LouisCardinals. He had a 12-7record and was named to theFlorida State League All-Starsachieving 122 strikeouts in138 innings.
� Benjamin Baccash ’04 isentering his senior year atNew York University wherehe is majoring in urban plan-ning and architecture.
� Rachel Lew ’04 spent hersummer working at thePrudential Douglas Ellimanreal estate company inBrooklyn Heights in salesdevelopment and rentals.Rachel has had her real estatelicense for two years and
would love to hear from youat [email protected].
� As a junior center fielderlast spring on the JohnsHopkins University varsitybaseball team, the Blue Jays,Rob Pietroforte ’04 made hissecond straight appearanceon the all-centennial firstteam and was also named tothe Amer ican Baseba l lCoaches’ Association mid-Atlantic all region first team.Rob started all of the BlueJays 49 games in centerfieldand hit .360. He tied theJohns Hopkins single-seasontriples record with seven and
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ing for an experience thatdeeply challenges the intellectand engages the heart.”
� Nicole Ayala Fouron ’96 isnow an investment productmanager at the Bank of NewYork Mellon Corporation andlives in Pittsburgh. She wasprevious ly a corporaterecruiter at Mellon Financial.
� Zoe Klein ’97 has been trav-eling the world teaching acro-batics and salsa. In 2007 sheperformed in Tokyo, NewZealand, and Singapore.Despite the long, exhaustingflights, Zoe says that “welove the work and we lovehow much people thank usfor inspiring them to move,to dance, to perform and dophysically challenging thingsthey never thought they coulddo. It’s truly a joy.”
� Sergei Burbank’s ’98 newplay, The Danish Meditations,was produced and performedin September 2007 in New
York City’s Access Theater.The play follows an actorproducing his dream show—a production of Hamlet wherethe roles change everynight—and examines theimplications for traditionaltheater and performance inthe age of YouTube whereeveryone is an actor. Theshow incorporates new
media—the self-congratula-tory blog, inadvertentlyrevealing videos—to under-score how little remains outof bounds in the pursuit ofentertainment.
� Daniel S. Hopard ’98 let usknow that “I ran my seventhand fastest ever marathon(3:29:08.2) at the NiagaraFalls International marathonheld on October 28, 2007.That’s 7:58 per mile!”
� Lauren V. Walters ’99 hasreceived her MS degree fromCarnegie Mellon University.
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� Nicole Quinn ’00 told us, “Iam working for GleacherFund Advisors, a firm basedin Greenwich, Connecticut,that manages funds for hedgefund portfolios, and I amdoing marketing and investorrelations. I will be taking myseries 65, a national examfocusing on topics that invest-ment advisors need to knowwhen providing investmentadvice. Once I pass that, Iwill qualify as an investmentadvisor representative. It iskeeping me very busy, butvery happy! I am also thenew class rep for the class of2000 and I am thrilled withthe opportunity to give backto the school that gave somuch to me.”
� Geoffrey Schotter ’00 writes:“I am in my first year at CaseWestern Reserve law schoolin Cleveland, Ohio.”
� Matthew Baccash ’01 willenter his third year atFordham Law School, havinggraduated from the Universityof Rochester in 2005. He isspending the summer as anintern in the Brooklyn districtattorney’s office.
� Erik Carrion ’01 wrote uswith this news: “I have grad-uated from the WhartonSchool at the University ofPennsylvania. I have movedback to NYC and am current-ly looking for work.”
� Justine Kenna Fludgate ’96 wrote to tell us, “My hus-band, Matt, and I had a baby girl, Katherine SidneyFludgate, on August 27, 2007 and we are thrilled!She’s been smiling since the beginning of October,which is amazing. We are very lucky parents!”
� Pia Murray ’01 graduated from Oberlin College this pastMay but found time to return to Berkeley Carroll last springto teach West African dances and rhythms to DalienneMajors’ middle school dance classes. Pia challenged thestudents to learn movements from two dances, Tiriba andMandjiani, and they quickly warmed to her enthusiasmand encouragement. Fellow Oberlin grads, Sebastian andCasa, were on the drums. Pia first came back to BC as amember of the Urban Bush Women dance troupe that per-formed at school in the fall 2006. As of fall 2007 Pia isteaching master classes in African dance at BC.
� Robert Martinez-Dawson’02 has been accepted intothe Peace Corps. Robertdeparted for Panama onAugust 13 to begin train-ing as a community eco-nomic development volun-teer. Upon completion ofhis training in November,he will be assisting ruralcooperatives by helpingthem improve their finan-cial management, account-ing, and savings and loan
practices. After graduating from Berkeley Carroll, Robertearned a bachelor of arts in economics from Boston Collegein Boston, Massachusetts, graduating in 2006. He thenworked as a sales associate with The Plum Group in down-town Manhattan. During the first three months of his serv-ice with the Peace Corps, Robert will live with a host fam-ily in Panama to become fully immersed in the country’s lan-guage and culture. After acquiring the language and cultur-al skills necessary to assist his community, he will serve fortwo years in Panama, living in a manner similar to peoplein his host country.
� Andrew Conyers ’03 is in the Marines and was stationedin Iraq but is now safely back home in the states.
� Chahrazede “Cher ie”Hannouche ’02 graduatedmagna cum laude from Mt.Holyoke College in June. AtMHC Cherie majored in arthistory and minored inmusic. She was a member ofthe Mt. Holyoke V8’s, an acappella group, and the MHCVocal Jazz Ensemble. Sheplans on working in the com-munications department at
Casey hard, as last year shespent six months in Beijing,China, teaching English tokindergarten students. Whileat Pitzer, Casey also spentseveral months studying inMorocco and working at anorphanage in India.
� Benjamin Carr ’03 will beentering his fifth, and final,year at Rensselaer Polytechnic
� William Kraman ’01 tells us:“I’ve been living on the westcoast (Seattle), but my homewill be Brooklyn for as longas I have air in my lungs!!”
� Deidre Moskowitz ’01 is inher second year at the GeorgeWashington University LawSchool and expects to grad-uate in 2009.
classnotes))
an art institution in NewYork City.
� Casey Scieszka ’02 graduat-ed from Pitzer College in2006 and is now spending ayear as a Fulbright Scholar inTimbuktu, Mali, studyingIslamic education. Obviously,the wanderlust bug has bitten
Institute in fall 2007 wherehe is studying architecture.He spent summer 2007 inRome, Italy, working for anarchitect and living withSteven Long who attended BCin 9th grade before going onto LaGuardia High Schoolfor the Performing Arts.Relationships forged at BCcan last a lifetime!
� Adam Ottavino ’03 had a ter-rific season this past summerplaying with the Palm BeachCardinals, a part of the minorleague system of the St. LouisCardinals. He had a 12-7record and was named to theFlorida State League All-Starsachieving 122 strikeouts in138 innings.
� Benjamin Baccash ’04 isentering his senior year atNew York University wherehe is majoring in urban plan-ning and architecture.
� Rachel Lew ’04 spent hersummer working at thePrudential Douglas Ellimanreal estate company inBrooklyn Heights in salesdevelopment and rentals.Rachel has had her real estatelicense for two years and
would love to hear from youat [email protected].
� As a junior center fielderlast spring on the JohnsHopkins University varsitybaseball team, the Blue Jays,Rob Pietroforte ’04 made hissecond straight appearanceon the all-centennial firstteam and was also named tothe Amer ican Baseba l lCoaches’ Association mid-Atlantic all region first team.Rob started all of the BlueJays 49 games in centerfieldand hit .360. He tied theJohns Hopkins single-seasontriples record with seven and
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ing for an experience thatdeeply challenges the intellectand engages the heart.”
� Nicole Ayala Fouron ’96 isnow an investment productmanager at the Bank of NewYork Mellon Corporation andlives in Pittsburgh. She wasprevious ly a corporaterecruiter at Mellon Financial.
� Zoe Klein ’97 has been trav-eling the world teaching acro-batics and salsa. In 2007 sheperformed in Tokyo, NewZealand, and Singapore.Despite the long, exhaustingflights, Zoe says that “welove the work and we lovehow much people thank usfor inspiring them to move,to dance, to perform and dophysically challenging thingsthey never thought they coulddo. It’s truly a joy.”
� Sergei Burbank’s ’98 newplay, The Danish Meditations,was produced and performedin September 2007 in New
York City’s Access Theater.The play follows an actorproducing his dream show—a production of Hamlet wherethe roles change everynight—and examines theimplications for traditionaltheater and performance inthe age of YouTube whereeveryone is an actor. Theshow incorporates new
media—the self-congratula-tory blog, inadvertentlyrevealing videos—to under-score how little remains outof bounds in the pursuit ofentertainment.
� Daniel S. Hopard ’98 let usknow that “I ran my seventhand fastest ever marathon(3:29:08.2) at the NiagaraFalls International marathonheld on October 28, 2007.That’s 7:58 per mile!”
� Lauren V. Walters ’99 hasreceived her MS degree fromCarnegie Mellon University.
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� Nicole Quinn ’00 told us, “Iam working for GleacherFund Advisors, a firm basedin Greenwich, Connecticut,that manages funds for hedgefund portfolios, and I amdoing marketing and investorrelations. I will be taking myseries 65, a national examfocusing on topics that invest-ment advisors need to knowwhen providing investmentadvice. Once I pass that, Iwill qualify as an investmentadvisor representative. It iskeeping me very busy, butvery happy! I am also thenew class rep for the class of2000 and I am thrilled withthe opportunity to give backto the school that gave somuch to me.”
� Geoffrey Schotter ’00 writes:“I am in my first year at CaseWestern Reserve law schoolin Cleveland, Ohio.”
� Matthew Baccash ’01 willenter his third year atFordham Law School, havinggraduated from the Universityof Rochester in 2005. He isspending the summer as anintern in the Brooklyn districtattorney’s office.
� Erik Carrion ’01 wrote uswith this news: “I have grad-uated from the WhartonSchool at the University ofPennsylvania. I have movedback to NYC and am current-ly looking for work.”
� Justine Kenna Fludgate ’96 wrote to tell us, “My hus-band, Matt, and I had a baby girl, Katherine SidneyFludgate, on August 27, 2007 and we are thrilled!She’s been smiling since the beginning of October,which is amazing. We are very lucky parents!”
� Pia Murray ’01 graduated from Oberlin College this pastMay but found time to return to Berkeley Carroll last springto teach West African dances and rhythms to DalienneMajors’ middle school dance classes. Pia challenged thestudents to learn movements from two dances, Tiriba andMandjiani, and they quickly warmed to her enthusiasmand encouragement. Fellow Oberlin grads, Sebastian andCasa, were on the drums. Pia first came back to BC as amember of the Urban Bush Women dance troupe that per-formed at school in the fall 2006. As of fall 2007 Pia isteaching master classes in African dance at BC.
� Robert Martinez-Dawson’02 has been accepted intothe Peace Corps. Robertdeparted for Panama onAugust 13 to begin train-ing as a community eco-nomic development volun-teer. Upon completion ofhis training in November,he will be assisting ruralcooperatives by helpingthem improve their finan-cial management, account-ing, and savings and loan
practices. After graduating from Berkeley Carroll, Robertearned a bachelor of arts in economics from Boston Collegein Boston, Massachusetts, graduating in 2006. He thenworked as a sales associate with The Plum Group in down-town Manhattan. During the first three months of his serv-ice with the Peace Corps, Robert will live with a host fam-ily in Panama to become fully immersed in the country’s lan-guage and culture. After acquiring the language and cultur-al skills necessary to assist his community, he will serve fortwo years in Panama, living in a manner similar to peoplein his host country.
� Andrew Conyers ’03 is in the Marines and was stationedin Iraq but is now safely back home in the states.
� Chahrazede “Cher ie”Hannouche ’02 graduatedmagna cum laude from Mt.Holyoke College in June. AtMHC Cherie majored in arthistory and minored inmusic. She was a member ofthe Mt. Holyoke V8’s, an acappella group, and the MHCVocal Jazz Ensemble. Sheplans on working in the com-munications department at
Casey hard, as last year shespent six months in Beijing,China, teaching English tokindergarten students. Whileat Pitzer, Casey also spentseveral months studying inMorocco and working at anorphanage in India.
� Benjamin Carr ’03 will beentering his fifth, and final,year at Rensselaer Polytechnic
� William Kraman ’01 tells us:“I’ve been living on the westcoast (Seattle), but my homewill be Brooklyn for as longas I have air in my lungs!!”
� Deidre Moskowitz ’01 is inher second year at the GeorgeWashington University LawSchool and expects to grad-uate in 2009.
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needs just two more to tie thecareer record. He had 14doubles and 50 RBIs for theseason and was one of fourBlue Jays to reach 100 hits forhis career this season.
� Maxim Pinkovskiy ’04 wasselected this past May toreceive a prestigious awardfrom Columbia Universitythat is given to students fort h e i r p e r f o r m an ce i nColumbia’s contemporary civ-ilization class. The class ispart of Columbia’s core cur-riculum, and deals with west-ern philosophy from Plato toRawls. Maxim credits his suc-cess in part to the remarkablebackground in western liter-ature and philosophy that hereceived at Berkeley Carroll aswell as the analytical toolsthat allowed him to make themost of the class.
� David Shapiro ’05 writes, “Iwas accepted for the ’07-’08academic year into KebleCollege at Oxford University,Oxford, England. I will bereturning to the amazingWashington University in St.Louis my senior year to fin-ish my BA, which hopefullywill consist of a major inpolitical science and historywith honors.”
� Four Berkeley Carroll jazzalumni were guest artists atthe June 1, 2007 jazz concertat BC. Brett Chalfin ’06, SashaHirsch ’06, Charles Lee-Georgescu’05 and Russell Manning ’03performed “Blues in theCloset.” Russell was a semifinalist in the InternationalSociety of Bassists jazz com-petition this past June. Russellis a jazz performance majorat the Oberl in College
Conservatory of Music and isa member of their jazz septet.Charles is also majoring injazz performance and studiesat the New School here inNew York City, Brett is at theUniversity of Michigan atAnn Arbor and Sasha is atMiddlebury Col lege inMiddlebury, Vermont.
� Samantha Dannenberg ’06writes, “Reed College is awe-some! I’m firespinning, acting,doing sciences and lovingevery minute of college!Sounds like others are havinga great time, too.” (Holly’snote-as per Wikipedia:“Firedancing, also known as‘fire twirling,’ ‘fire spinning,’or ‘fire manipulation,’ is agroup of circus-art disciplinesthat involve manipulation ofobjects on fire.”)
� Michael Patlingrao ’06 is asophomore at Tufts University.He is a member of theBlackOut step team, the Spiritof Color hip-hop/jazz dancetroupe, SJAI (Social JusticeArts Initiative) and the S-Factor a cappella ensemble.
� Maryse Pearce ’06 wasnamed the outstanding stu-dent freshman leader at theWashington University awardsceremony on April 29, 2007for leadership within the cam-pus community. In particularshe worked with the PrideAlliance and Black Anthologytheatre and was involved ina production of Suzan-LoriPark’s 365 Plays/365 Days,which discusses the difficul-ty of soldiers coming homefrom Vietnam.
� Michael E. Bruffee ’07 hasjoined a Boston University a
cappella group called theAllegrettos. They sing songsthat are relatively modernbut also some from the late70’s and 80’s.
� Peter J. Drinan ’07 attendsB ro w n U n iv e r s i t y i nProvidence, Rhode Island andis now in a rock band, “TheTrolleys,” which has beenplaying in Providence andBoston. They hope to expandinto Connecticut and NewYork City. You can view theirweb site at www.myspace. -com/thetrolleys. Over thewinter break Peter went toGhana to work in an orphan-age as part of OrphanAidAfrica, an organization thatassists women and children.Peter is also a mentor forCityBrothers, a group thatreaches out to middle schoolsin Providence. Spring semes-ter he will be the coordina-tor of the program.
� Jahneille R. Edwards ’07 willbe going to Honduras nextAugust to volunteer at a freemedical clinic as part of aHunter College sponsoredprogram. She is currentlyfundraising and raising aware-ness for the group. Jahneilleattends the Honor College atCUNY in New York City.
� Emily Goodwin ’07 is trans-f e r r i ng t o Mar ymoun tManhattan College for thespring 2008 semester. Shewrites. “I am very excited tobe coming back to the cityand closer to the BerkeleyCarroll community!”
� Liz Luciano ’07 joined crewat St. Lawrence Universityand is the coxswain for theboats.
DEATHS IN THE BERKELEY CARROLL FAMILY
inpassing))
� Louise Heeren McAdam ’41died Wednesday, November28, 2007 at her home inLimerick, Maine. Louise wasborn in Brooklyn, New Yorkon March 7, 1923 and wasthe daughter of the late Ernstand Joyce Van BuskirkHeeren. She was a graduateof Mills School, which was adivision of Adelphi College.Louise spent part of her lifein East Hempstead, New Yorkand Plainfield, New Jerseybefore moving to Limerick,Maine. As an elementaryschool teacher, Louise workedat Linder Place School inMalverne, New York for sixyears, the fifth grade of HollisElementary School for oneand a half years, and theLimerick, Maine ElementarySchool as a first-grade teacherfor 22 years.
Louise kept herself veryactive. She was the first presi-dent of the Massabesic, MaineTeacher’s Association, pastPresident of the HistoricalSociety of Limerick, Maine,and past President andTreasurer of the American
Legion Auxiliary. She was alsoan active member of theLimerick CongregationalChurch U.C.C., where sheserved as Moderator,President of the ResearchClub, member of theDeaconate, Pastoral RelationsCommittee, and choir mem-ber and director for manyyears. She also enjoyed bak-ing goodies and makingcandy that she sold at CliffMcAdam Creations andwhich she provided tochurch functions. Louise’shusband, Clifford McAdam,predeceased her. Survivingare her daughters NancyPrue and her husband Jim ofDover, New Hampshire,Peggy McAdam of NorthWaterboro, Maine and her
grandchildren, Cory Plaistedand his wife Michelle ofEllsworth, Maine, KipPlaisted and John Crowe ofBangor, Maine, and AcaciaMcAdam of NorthWaterboro, Maine. Also sur-viving are four great-grand-children, Kayla, Briana,Aaron, and Amber; a sisterEsther Luginbuhl and herhusband Donald of Largo,Florida and Banner Elk,North Carolina, and severalnieces and nephews.
� Dorothy Giustra Fullerton ’66passed away on November 1,2005. Dorothy’s sister, DonnaGiustra Appel ’68, sent us thisobituary. “After Dorothy grad-uated from Berkeley, sheattended Dickinson College in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, whereshe earned a BA in French.She then spent the next yearat the University of Michiganearning her masters in French.Dorothy moved to New Jerseyto room with a college friendand taught at Holmdel MiddleSchool and later at HolmdelHigh School. During this timeshe met her future husband,Bob Fullerton, and they weremarried in 1977. They madetheir home in Freehold, NewJersey, and raised two wonder-ful children, Kristy, 26, agraduate of MiddleburyCollege, a French teacher likeher mom—Kristy had theunique experience of teamteaching with Dorothy duringDorothy’s last two years at theschool—and a candidate fora masters degree in counsel-ing, and Tim, 23, a financegraduate of Rutgers Collegeand as of fall 2007 an internwith Morgan Stanley. Dorothywas a devoted mother and leftteaching temporarily in orderto raise her children. Shereturned in 1995 and taughtuntil her death in November2005. Dorothy was an amaz-ing teacher and was greatlyadmired by her students. Inthe spring of 2001 Dorothywas diagnosed with stage 4colon cancer and given only17 months to live, but asthose of us who knewDorothy can imagine, shewasn’t about to give up. Shewas the last person admittedto a new experimental treat-ment program, which for awhile did eliminate the can-cer. Sadly, it came back a year
later, and one year afterthat my sweet sister died.In all, she lived for four anda half years after her terriblediagnosis, still getting out forher ten-mile bicycle rides,snow skiing, and water skiing.She lived her life to the veryend never doubting God’sability to perform a miraclein her. Because of Dorothyand the other brave soulswho participated in theexperimental program, thed rug she wa s on wasapproved by the FDA short-ly before her death. Dorothyis sadly missed by her moth-
er, Dorothy, 91, her six broth-ers, two sisters—Mary LouGiustra Scardapane ’60 andDonna Giustra Appel ’68, 21nieces and nephews, 26 greatnieces and nephews as wellas numerous friends and col-leagues. I am attaching apicture of the Giustra girls inhappier and simpler times.”
�
� Catherine Roraback ’37 died onWednesday, October 20, 2007.Catherine, a 1992 recipient of theBerkeley Carroll Alumni ServiceAward for her work as a legal advo-cate, practiced law in Connecticut,her home state. After graduatingfrom Mount Holyoke College shereceived her law degree from Yale
where she was the only woman in her class. She won spe-cial recognition for pressing the Griswold vs. Connecticutcase, which made the sale of contraceptives legal in thatstate. The case eventually led the United States SupremeCourt to rule that laws banning the use of contracep-tives were unconstitutional, a precursor to its Roe vs.Wade decision on abortions. In addition to the Griswoldvs. Connecticut decision, Catherine was the lead lawyerin several other controversial cases in her 50-year career,including the 1971 trial of the Black Panther leaderBobby Seale in the killing of another party member.Catherine was a founding member of the ConnecticutCivil Liberties Union. At Berkeley she was an avid ath-lete and a member of many school activities.
Donna, Dorothy, and Mary Lou
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needs just two more to tie thecareer record. He had 14doubles and 50 RBIs for theseason and was one of fourBlue Jays to reach 100 hits forhis career this season.
� Maxim Pinkovskiy ’04 wasselected this past May toreceive a prestigious awardfrom Columbia Universitythat is given to students fort h e i r p e r f o r m an ce i nColumbia’s contemporary civ-ilization class. The class ispart of Columbia’s core cur-riculum, and deals with west-ern philosophy from Plato toRawls. Maxim credits his suc-cess in part to the remarkablebackground in western liter-ature and philosophy that hereceived at Berkeley Carroll aswell as the analytical toolsthat allowed him to make themost of the class.
� David Shapiro ’05 writes, “Iwas accepted for the ’07-’08academic year into KebleCollege at Oxford University,Oxford, England. I will bereturning to the amazingWashington University in St.Louis my senior year to fin-ish my BA, which hopefullywill consist of a major inpolitical science and historywith honors.”
� Four Berkeley Carroll jazzalumni were guest artists atthe June 1, 2007 jazz concertat BC. Brett Chalfin ’06, SashaHirsch ’06, Charles Lee-Georgescu’05 and Russell Manning ’03performed “Blues in theCloset.” Russell was a semifinalist in the InternationalSociety of Bassists jazz com-petition this past June. Russellis a jazz performance majorat the Oberl in College
Conservatory of Music and isa member of their jazz septet.Charles is also majoring injazz performance and studiesat the New School here inNew York City, Brett is at theUniversity of Michigan atAnn Arbor and Sasha is atMiddlebury Col lege inMiddlebury, Vermont.
� Samantha Dannenberg ’06writes, “Reed College is awe-some! I’m firespinning, acting,doing sciences and lovingevery minute of college!Sounds like others are havinga great time, too.” (Holly’snote-as per Wikipedia:“Firedancing, also known as‘fire twirling,’ ‘fire spinning,’or ‘fire manipulation,’ is agroup of circus-art disciplinesthat involve manipulation ofobjects on fire.”)
� Michael Patlingrao ’06 is asophomore at Tufts University.He is a member of theBlackOut step team, the Spiritof Color hip-hop/jazz dancetroupe, SJAI (Social JusticeArts Initiative) and the S-Factor a cappella ensemble.
� Maryse Pearce ’06 wasnamed the outstanding stu-dent freshman leader at theWashington University awardsceremony on April 29, 2007for leadership within the cam-pus community. In particularshe worked with the PrideAlliance and Black Anthologytheatre and was involved ina production of Suzan-LoriPark’s 365 Plays/365 Days,which discusses the difficul-ty of soldiers coming homefrom Vietnam.
� Michael E. Bruffee ’07 hasjoined a Boston University a
cappella group called theAllegrettos. They sing songsthat are relatively modernbut also some from the late70’s and 80’s.
� Peter J. Drinan ’07 attendsB ro w n U n iv e r s i t y i nProvidence, Rhode Island andis now in a rock band, “TheTrolleys,” which has beenplaying in Providence andBoston. They hope to expandinto Connecticut and NewYork City. You can view theirweb site at www.myspace. -com/thetrolleys. Over thewinter break Peter went toGhana to work in an orphan-age as part of OrphanAidAfrica, an organization thatassists women and children.Peter is also a mentor forCityBrothers, a group thatreaches out to middle schoolsin Providence. Spring semes-ter he will be the coordina-tor of the program.
� Jahneille R. Edwards ’07 willbe going to Honduras nextAugust to volunteer at a freemedical clinic as part of aHunter College sponsoredprogram. She is currentlyfundraising and raising aware-ness for the group. Jahneilleattends the Honor College atCUNY in New York City.
� Emily Goodwin ’07 is trans-f e r r i ng t o Mar ymoun tManhattan College for thespring 2008 semester. Shewrites. “I am very excited tobe coming back to the cityand closer to the BerkeleyCarroll community!”
� Liz Luciano ’07 joined crewat St. Lawrence Universityand is the coxswain for theboats.
DEATHS IN THE BERKELEY CARROLL FAMILY
inpassing))
� Louise Heeren McAdam ’41died Wednesday, November28, 2007 at her home inLimerick, Maine. Louise wasborn in Brooklyn, New Yorkon March 7, 1923 and wasthe daughter of the late Ernstand Joyce Van BuskirkHeeren. She was a graduateof Mills School, which was adivision of Adelphi College.Louise spent part of her lifein East Hempstead, New Yorkand Plainfield, New Jerseybefore moving to Limerick,Maine. As an elementaryschool teacher, Louise workedat Linder Place School inMalverne, New York for sixyears, the fifth grade of HollisElementary School for oneand a half years, and theLimerick, Maine ElementarySchool as a first-grade teacherfor 22 years.
Louise kept herself veryactive. She was the first presi-dent of the Massabesic, MaineTeacher’s Association, pastPresident of the HistoricalSociety of Limerick, Maine,and past President andTreasurer of the American
Legion Auxiliary. She was alsoan active member of theLimerick CongregationalChurch U.C.C., where sheserved as Moderator,President of the ResearchClub, member of theDeaconate, Pastoral RelationsCommittee, and choir mem-ber and director for manyyears. She also enjoyed bak-ing goodies and makingcandy that she sold at CliffMcAdam Creations andwhich she provided tochurch functions. Louise’shusband, Clifford McAdam,predeceased her. Survivingare her daughters NancyPrue and her husband Jim ofDover, New Hampshire,Peggy McAdam of NorthWaterboro, Maine and her
grandchildren, Cory Plaistedand his wife Michelle ofEllsworth, Maine, KipPlaisted and John Crowe ofBangor, Maine, and AcaciaMcAdam of NorthWaterboro, Maine. Also sur-viving are four great-grand-children, Kayla, Briana,Aaron, and Amber; a sisterEsther Luginbuhl and herhusband Donald of Largo,Florida and Banner Elk,North Carolina, and severalnieces and nephews.
� Dorothy Giustra Fullerton ’66passed away on November 1,2005. Dorothy’s sister, DonnaGiustra Appel ’68, sent us thisobituary. “After Dorothy grad-uated from Berkeley, sheattended Dickinson College in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, whereshe earned a BA in French.She then spent the next yearat the University of Michiganearning her masters in French.Dorothy moved to New Jerseyto room with a college friendand taught at Holmdel MiddleSchool and later at HolmdelHigh School. During this timeshe met her future husband,Bob Fullerton, and they weremarried in 1977. They madetheir home in Freehold, NewJersey, and raised two wonder-ful children, Kristy, 26, agraduate of MiddleburyCollege, a French teacher likeher mom—Kristy had theunique experience of teamteaching with Dorothy duringDorothy’s last two years at theschool—and a candidate fora masters degree in counsel-ing, and Tim, 23, a financegraduate of Rutgers Collegeand as of fall 2007 an internwith Morgan Stanley. Dorothywas a devoted mother and leftteaching temporarily in orderto raise her children. Shereturned in 1995 and taughtuntil her death in November2005. Dorothy was an amaz-ing teacher and was greatlyadmired by her students. Inthe spring of 2001 Dorothywas diagnosed with stage 4colon cancer and given only17 months to live, but asthose of us who knewDorothy can imagine, shewasn’t about to give up. Shewas the last person admittedto a new experimental treat-ment program, which for awhile did eliminate the can-cer. Sadly, it came back a year
later, and one year afterthat my sweet sister died.In all, she lived for four anda half years after her terriblediagnosis, still getting out forher ten-mile bicycle rides,snow skiing, and water skiing.She lived her life to the veryend never doubting God’sability to perform a miraclein her. Because of Dorothyand the other brave soulswho participated in theexperimental program, thed rug she wa s on wasapproved by the FDA short-ly before her death. Dorothyis sadly missed by her moth-
er, Dorothy, 91, her six broth-ers, two sisters—Mary LouGiustra Scardapane ’60 andDonna Giustra Appel ’68, 21nieces and nephews, 26 greatnieces and nephews as wellas numerous friends and col-leagues. I am attaching apicture of the Giustra girls inhappier and simpler times.”
�
� Catherine Roraback ’37 died onWednesday, October 20, 2007.Catherine, a 1992 recipient of theBerkeley Carroll Alumni ServiceAward for her work as a legal advo-cate, practiced law in Connecticut,her home state. After graduatingfrom Mount Holyoke College shereceived her law degree from Yale
where she was the only woman in her class. She won spe-cial recognition for pressing the Griswold vs. Connecticutcase, which made the sale of contraceptives legal in thatstate. The case eventually led the United States SupremeCourt to rule that laws banning the use of contracep-tives were unconstitutional, a precursor to its Roe vs.Wade decision on abortions. In addition to the Griswoldvs. Connecticut decision, Catherine was the lead lawyerin several other controversial cases in her 50-year career,including the 1971 trial of the Black Panther leaderBobby Seale in the killing of another party member.Catherine was a founding member of the ConnecticutCivil Liberties Union. At Berkeley she was an avid ath-lete and a member of many school activities.
Donna, Dorothy, and Mary Lou
e have a special Reunion weekend planned
this year to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the
merger of the Berkeley Institute and the Carroll Street
School and recognize the special role that Bongsoon
Zubay has played in the life of the school.
’08’08reunionreunion
weekendweekend
savethedate
w
FRIDAY, APR I L 11
• Class dinners for classes that make
the arrangements
SATURDAY, APR I L 1 2
• Jim Shapiro, Middle school head,
will lead a discussion for alumni
• Reunion brunch for alumni
from all classes
GUESTS OF HONOR
• Bongsoon • Janet Rubensohn
Zubay Lieberman ’39
Alumni service Award
• All school art show featuring art
from kindergarten to 12th grades
• Alumni dance performance
• School tours
• The Zubay Athletic Center
dedication ceremony and reception
reunions are the perfect time to find
lost classmates. Contact Holly Kempner at
718-534-6583 ([email protected])
• APR I L 1 1 - 1 2, 2 0 0 8
60th REUNION CLASSClass of 1948Reunion contact:Barbara Birch Smyth Lost alums:• Lee Weiss Marks• Phyllis Spooner Murray
50th REUNION CLASS Class of 1958Reunion contacts:Marjorie Schiff Jasper &Cynthia deHeyman SpryLost alums:• Susan Perlman Berson• Barbara Ann Frey• Renee Green• Ronnie Horowitz• Stephanie Kass• Evelyn Harding McElligott
40th REUNION CLASS Class of 1968Lost alums:• Shelley DellaRocca Aprea• Maria Castellano Casalino• Gail Kent• Diane Souffi
30th REUNION CLASSClass of 1978 Reunion contact:David GreeneLost alums:• Louis Lanier• Carol Lufty• William Raskin
25th REUNION CLASSClass of 1983Reunion contact:Jamie Smida Lost alums:• Christian George• Roderick Marsden• Patrick Phelps
20th REUNION CLASSClass of 1988Reunion contact:Dawn Ericsson-ProvineLost alums:• Peter Castaldi• Joan Garza• Peter Wachtel
15th REUNION CLASSClass of 1993Reunion contact:Amanda SternLost alums:• Christiana Anderson• Marvin Bracey
10th REUNION CLASSClass of 1998Reunion contact:Dionne SincklerLost alums:• Sergei Burbank• Daria Oganezova
SHAPIRO
LIEBERMANZUBAY
LOST AND FOUND
Watch for your invitation in the mail!
e have a special Reunion weekend planned
this year to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the
merger of the Berkeley Institute and the Carroll Street
School and recognize the special role that Bongsoon
Zubay has played in the life of the school.
’08’08reunionreunion
weekendweekend
savethedate
w
FRIDAY, APR I L 11
• Class dinners for classes that make
the arrangements
SATURDAY, APR I L 1 2
• Jim Shapiro, Middle school head,
will lead a discussion for alumni
• Reunion brunch for alumni
from all classes
GUESTS OF HONOR
• Bongsoon • Janet Rubensohn
Zubay Lieberman ’39
Alumni service Award
• All school art show featuring art
from kindergarten to 12th grades
• Alumni dance performance
• School tours
• The Zubay Athletic Center
dedication ceremony and reception
reunions are the perfect time to find
lost classmates. Contact Holly Kempner at
718-534-6583 ([email protected])
• APR I L 1 1 - 1 2, 2 0 0 8
60th REUNION CLASSClass of 1948Reunion contact:Barbara Birch Smyth Lost alums:• Lee Weiss Marks• Phyllis Spooner Murray
50th REUNION CLASS Class of 1958Reunion contacts:Marjorie Schiff Jasper &Cynthia deHeyman SpryLost alums:• Susan Perlman Berson• Barbara Ann Frey• Renee Green• Ronnie Horowitz• Stephanie Kass• Evelyn Harding McElligott
40th REUNION CLASS Class of 1968Lost alums:• Shelley DellaRocca Aprea• Maria Castellano Casalino• Gail Kent• Diane Souffi
30th REUNION CLASSClass of 1978 Reunion contact:David GreeneLost alums:• Louis Lanier• Carol Lufty• William Raskin
25th REUNION CLASSClass of 1983Reunion contact:Jamie Smida Lost alums:• Christian George• Roderick Marsden• Patrick Phelps
20th REUNION CLASSClass of 1988Reunion contact:Dawn Ericsson-ProvineLost alums:• Peter Castaldi• Joan Garza• Peter Wachtel
15th REUNION CLASSClass of 1993Reunion contact:Amanda SternLost alums:• Christiana Anderson• Marvin Bracey
10th REUNION CLASSClass of 1998Reunion contact:Dionne SincklerLost alums:• Sergei Burbank• Daria Oganezova
SHAPIRO
LIEBERMANZUBAY
LOST AND FOUND
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