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The alumni magazine of Moses Brown School. This issue focuses on global possibilities.
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Moses BrownCupola
Summer2011
Global Possibilities
Frohman C. Anderson ’80 P ’10 ’12John T. Barrett, Jr. ’63 P ’01Neil S. Beranbaum ’86 P ’22 ’24 Emily Low Boenning ’81Russell Carpenter ’59David Costantino P ’12 Clerk, Buildings & Grounds Committee
Marc A. Crisafulli P ’12 ’14 ’17Dana Falk P ’11 ’14 ’14 Clerk, Parents’ Association
Ted Fischer ’83 P ’12 ’14 ’17 Clerk, Development Committee
Katharine Hazard Flynn P ’12 ’15 Treasurer
Clerk, Budget & Finance Committee
Gary Goldberg ’87 P ’17 ’19 ’20 Brian Goldner P ’14 Habib Y. Gorgi ’74 P ’08 ’10 ’12 ’17 Clerk of the Board
Clerk, Executive Committee
Melissa Crouchley Hem ’85David HoldtLee Jaspers P ’11 ’14Mary Jo Kaplan P ’08 ’11Kathleen Levesque P’ 12 ’14 ’17 Frederick MartinM. Willis Monroe ’04Elizabeth Morse Neal Pandozzi ’91Jaymin Patel P ’16 ’17Dieter Pohl P ’14Stephanie Ogidan Preston ’97 Clerk, Alumni Association
James Reavis P ’11 ’13 ’16 Clerk, Trustees Committee
Cynthia West ReikLisa Rocchio ’85 P ’14 ’15 ’21Martha Schwope Friends Coordinator
Carol Smith Recording Clerk
E. Paul Sorensen P ’02Blair D. StambaughSheri Sweitzer P ’05 Assistant Clerk
Clerk, Strategic Planning Committee
Reza Taleghani ’90Catherine Terry Taylor P ’15 Clerk, Nominating Committee
Steven Tripp P ’19 ’24Carl Weinberg P ’90 ’94 ’16 ’24 Elizabeth R. B. Zimmerman Clerk, Nurturing Friends Education
Matt Glendinning Head of School
Jackie Stillwell Clerk of NEYM
Moses Brown School Board of Trustees 2011-2012
Moses Brown, a Friends school, exists to inspire the inner promise of each student and instill the utmost care for learning, people, and place. — Moses Brown School mission statement
College Counseling Director Helen Scotte Gordon
captured our cover image in Costa Rica.
This summer, Chris Jenkins, Betsy Archibald,
Debbie Phipps and Scotte (shown second from right)
headed to Costa Rica to utilize The Edward E. Ford
Foundation grant, established to support faculty
professional development. Chris, Scotte and Debbie
studied Spanish intensively, while Betsy explored
Costa Rican literature and conversation. “The two
weeks were a wonderful window on the people and
their issues,” says Betsy.
At the end of each day of study, they toured their
surroundings on foot or bike, visited wildlife refuges,
explored local arts and music, cooked and sampled
native foods and fruits — and tested their language
skills wherever they went.
The estudiantes also enjoyed learning about Costa
Rican wildlife. En route to the coastal village of
Puerto Viejo, they had the opportunity to experience
the jungle in the remote village of Tortuguero,
accessible only by boat through a dense system of
canals. There, they saw — and heard — crocodile,
toucan, macaw, sloth, and howler monkeys.
Scotte has led College Counseling at MB for 24
years. “Helping to guide seniors to the next phase
of their lives is very satisfying to me,” says Scotte.
“It is truly a gift to read their college essays. I love to
watch students take risks and assume responsibility
for their paths and decisions. I am proud to represent
a school with such a fine national reputation.”
Catch up with Scotte and other MB faculty and staff at
Homecoming weekend this fall.
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CupolaA bi-annual magazine for Moses Brown School alumni
EditorSandi Seltzer P ’09 ’13
Managing EditorKristen A. Curry
Class Notes EditorSusan Cordina P ’14 ’16
Director of Alumni RelationsKarin Morse ’79
Director of Development and Alumni RelationsRonald Dalgliesh P ’19 ’21
PhotographyPeter GoldbergDavid O’Connor
DesignerBridget Snow Design
PrinterColonial Printing,Warwick, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council
The Cupola is produced by the Office of Alumni Relations for alumni and friends of Moses Brown. Your feedback is welcome. Please send comments to: Cupola, Moses Brown School, 250 Lloyd Avenue, Providence, RI 02906. Send suggestions, class notes, and address updates to MB Alumni Relations via mosesbrown.org or [email protected]; 401-831-7350 x114. Moses Brown School is a nonprofit institution under the care of New England Yearly Meeting.
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CupolaSummer 2011
8 Marie Ewens Brown ’95
10 Robert Gosselink ’82
12 Charlie Paull ’70
14 Sarah Rogers ’78
15 Omar Siddiqi ’91
16 Thomas Frater ’82
17 Global Alumni
20 Carolyn Garth
21 Global Education at MB
A Letter from Head of School Matt Glendinning 4
Hope & Lloyd: School News 5
Alumni Events & Connections 22
Reunion 2011 24
Class Notes 26
The Moses Brown Fund 27
Welcome, Class of 2011 39
In Memoriam 40
Amazing Race? MB Around the World 42
Former Faculty & Staff 42
Sustaining the Academic Environment 43
Global Challenges, Global Possibilities
Departments Guest editor: John Silva ’75, page 7
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THIS quOTE FROM ONE OF OuR YOuNGER
STuDENTS serves as a fitting introduction
to this edition of Cupola. This issue is
devoted to globalism, and the many ways
that Moses Brown teachers, students and
alumni are responding to and impacting
an increasingly interconnected world.
This is a timely and critical issue. While
globalization certainly has benefitted many
people and regions of the world, it also has
brought about unintended consequences
such as corruption, vast disparities in
wealth, and the erosion of indigenous
cultures. Graduates today are entering a
world very different from the 20th century,
and as both Marie Ewens Brown ’95 and
Tom Frater ’82 note on the pages within,
it is clear that new skills, approaches
and mindsets are needed for success
and leadership in the 21st century.
I first became interested in “global”
forms of education in college. As a
sophomore at Dartmouth, I participated
in a program in Greece that transformed
my understanding both of the world and
of myself as a student. (On page 7, Guest
Editor John Silva ’75 describes a similar
experience in Mexico). As a result, I changed
my major from engineering to classical
archaeology, I began studying foreign
languages seriously, and I went on to a
career in education that involved living
and working in England, Spain, Greece
and Turkey.
One of the things that attracted me to
Moses Brown was the school’s clear desire
to bring a more global emphasis to its
programs and the experience of its
students. Consequently, in the fall of 2009
we convened a research team called the
Global Stewardship Task Force, charged
A letter from Matt Glendinning, Head of School
with investigating and recommending the
best forms of “global education” for MB.
(Please see page 21 for recommendations
from the Global Stewardship Task Force.)
Following the recommendations of that
team, Moses Brown seeks to produce “global
stewards,” a rising generation of leaders
with the skills, values and desire to solve
emerging local and global challenges. To do
so, the school is committed to offering a
“global education.”
Over the next several years, MB will
introduce new forms of professional
development for faculty; expand the scope,
frequency and destinations of language
and service trips; strengthen local and
global service learning; and augment the
curriculum with offerings such as Ethics and
Conflict Resolution. In these ways we aim to
produce leaders motivated less by status
and power and more by a sense of kinship
with and responsibility for others.
The alumni featured in this issue of
Cupola seem to share several things in
common. Each has found a passion that
touches on a global issue or problem (e.g.,
shifting demographics and immigration;
world trade; climatology; energy supply;
global health; international security). Each
has developed relevant expertise. And all
are putting their skills to work in service of
larger communities. We are honored to
count them among the ranks of Moses
Brown alumni, and we hope you will find
their stories inspiring and thought-
provoking.
As always, I invite you to keep the
conversation going. Please email me at
[email protected] if you
would like to respond to anything you
see here.
“Some of our Kenyan buddies say they argue with their siblings over clothes, chores, and toys, like some of us do. Our buddies can use peace to resolve these conflicts, and we can too.”
From the fourth grade’s partnership with Kenya, a MB student reflection.
See faculty member Carolyn Garth’s essay on page 20 in this issue of Cupola.
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News from Moses Brown Today
Lloyd
Welcome, new faculty!The MB community welcomes the arrival of new faculty members this fall who represent decades of public and private school experience. Among the new faculty are three MB graduates: Allie Weitberg Jones ’96 teaching in the preprimary class, Katie Evans ’06 in middle school science, and Jim Dickson ’05 in upper school math.
Presidential Scholar awardsSenior Dylan Neel ’11 and history teacher Jennifer Stewart were honored at the Presidential Scholar awards weekend in Washington D.C. in June. Dylan, named Presidential Scholar of Rhode Island, was one of 141 high school seniors from across the country to receive the award and was selected out of 3,000 candidates. Jennifer received an award from the u.S. Department of Education based on Dylan’s application essay on how she inspired him in his time at MB.
Foo DogsOn April 21, 2011 the Yat K. Tow Family, including former Trustee C. June Tow and daughter Heather Tow-Yick ’94, came to campus for the Foo Dogs dedication. The magnificent dogs, a gift from the family, have been located at the entrance to Lower School for the last decade, guarding and protecting the children.
MB contributes to Special OlympicsThroughout campus last spring, many fine and generous knitters gathered to work for the Scarves For Special Olympics collection. The MB knitters contributed a total of 43 scarves to the effort. Some of the scarves were given to athletes, coaches, and families of Rhode Island Special Olympians this year at the Rhode Island Winter Games. MB also hosted a Special Olympics Basketball game on campus, with warm support for the visiting athletes.
What’s race got to do with it?This was just one question asked this year at AISNE’s 2011 High School Students of Color Conference, held in Holyoke, Mass. MB sent nine students to the conference, which was created in recognition of the unique needs, experiences, and challenges of students of color in independent schools. upper School Diversity Coordinator / language teacher Chandra Harris accompanied the students, along with Jill Stockman, College Counseling office. The conference featured speakers, performances, affinity groups, group sharing, and a variety of workshops, including: The Northern Civil Rights Struggle, Islam, The Melting Pot, Mirage: Media and Race, and Introduction to Salsa Dancing.
Third grade teacher Joanne Coombs retired in June, capping a 19-year career where she was known for her warmth and student-centered approach to teaching. Joanne taught first and third grades and also worked with the lower school chorus. In her time at MB Joanne participated in the Fulbright Memorial Teacher Fund Program, visiting schools in Japan and used a Leonard Miller Travel Grant, traveling to Peru to research Incan culture.
Joanne describes MB students as “problem solvers, deep thinkers, well-rounded, passionate, eager, and cooperative.” “Watching students move on to the next levels, where they have choices and take ownership of learning, has been extremely rewarding,” Joanne says. “The most special moments are those when, by choice, former students would seek me out to reminisce about their third grade hopes, dreams, and experiences.”
Joanne Coombs retires from MB
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CongratulationsThe Class of 2011 received a number of significant awards. Four seniors received coveted National Merit
Scholarship Awards and seven were honored within the National Merit program as Commended students.
Kevin Matson has been named interim Dean of Students for the 2011-12 school year.
Nine MB upper school students took part in the Rhode Island Science Olympiad, winning gold medals
in the Forensics contest and in a team Science Bowl (quiz game) competition. They also won a silver medal in an event called Mission Possible, for which two students built a Rube Goldberg machine.
The R.I. Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association named Jeff Maidment as Athletic Director of the Year.
Middle school math teacher Dan Ohl will participate in the next cohort of the Friends Council on Education’s Institute for Engaging Leadership in Friends Schools.
Lacrosse player Hannah Saris ’12 competed in the Women’s Division National Tournament and in the Champion All-American Showcase at the ESPN RISE Games this summer, where she gained national press coverage for her incredible performance.
Superior: The rating received by MB ensembles this year in competition — middle school jazz, upper school string, and upper school wind. Members of MB’s upper school chorus also took first place at New York’s Heritage Festival.
36 upper school students were recognized for outstanding performance on the National Latin Exam, twenty four attained top scores on the National Spanish Exam, and seven received honors for their achievement on the National French Contest.
Four MB seniors signed onto Division 1 collegiate teams: field hockey’s Liza Green to play at Brown and football players Daril Geisser, Sonny Porcaro, and CJ Handley to play at uRI, Marist College, and Presbyterian College.
The school year began on September 7, 2011, fully enrolled with 779 students.
Earth Week 2011Among many new activities designed by students and faculty this year, several hundred Random Acts of Greenness (RAGS) were collected, linked together, and displayed in the school library. From recycling their #5s to commuting via bicycle, MB community members found countless ways to be green. Members of the Environmental Club shared games and workshops with lower school students. Students and faculty also lit up the library by riding an Energy Cycle. The school year ended with Friends Garden celebrating its second growing season on the Moses Brown campus: by the end of the summer the garden contributed 375 pounds of fresh produce for the food pantry at Camp Street Ministries.
Creative ways toward understanding diversityLower and middle school students utilized interesting means of exploring diversity this past year. In lower school, students participated in a series of diversity workshops, each class-room hosting a different experience. During these, students were guided to explore issues and viewpoints that might be out of their normal everyday experience. Middle school students explored Colombian culture both through art and language studies. In studio art, they created their own versions of El sombrero alto del (the top hat of the) Congo Grande, which is part of the annual Carnaval de Barranquilla.
Wind Ensemble ReceptionMatt Glendinning, Steve Toro and composer George Masso pictured at the Brown university-Moses Brown Combined Wind Ensemble Reception. The performance took place on March 11 at Sayles Hall at Brown university.
photo: Scott McCall/LaxMagazine.com
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I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTuNITY TO
SHARE with MB’s alumni community after
so many years and miles away. Since
graduating in 1975, my career has for the
most part been forged in the agricultural
community of Salinas, California. I have
been practicing family medicine for a
largely first-generation group of Mexican
immigrants on essentially the same
block since 1987. This has been both
revealing and satisfying and I would not
have changed these many gratifying
learning opportunities for anything else
professionally. Perhaps the most useful
preparation was the many years of Latin
and French at MB which allowed me the
confidence to travel to California’s closest
international neighbor, Mexico, in 1986,
after my residency, to take an immersion
conversational Spanish course.
That eye-opening introduction to
language and culture intertwined led to a
depth of understanding of Latin America
that I use and teach to young physicians-
in-training daily. That exposure was
instrumental to fulfilling my end-of -the-
20th-century American career, begun before
people really talked about “globalism.”
Nowadays the opportunities are different
and, in many ways, more challenging as
it’s very clear the globe is getting smaller;
neighbors are getting closer and more
densely fitted, and we are all less resourced.
Grand changes are afoot and hopefully
Moses Brown is actively educating for them
by way of its quaker advices, including those
on Stewardship and the newest testimony on
Sustainability/Unity with Nature. With well-
founded and intentionally-based instruction,
the school will continue to teach for those
jobs that do not even exist yet, to paraphrase
1973 alumnus Peter Zimmerman in a
previous issue of this magazine.
In my study about Stewardship,
quaker writings often link this advice to
Vocation. A friend from Westerly Meeting,
Dan Campbell, introduced me to quaker
businessman John Woolman’s writings
more than a decade ago. Woolman says that
“to turn all the treasures we possess into
the channel of universal Love becomes the
business of our lives.” Certainly a difficult
admonition in the complete, as Woolman
was able to achieve, but a worthy course
of action for which we can and do strive
in our vocational lives.
With regard to the testimony on
Sustainability/Unity with Nature, it is clear
that with the changing and, perhaps,
diminishing physical world, traditional
social justice must now include the impact
of the precarious environmental situations
that many of the world’s most vulnerable
inhabit or reside in. In the last decade, this
concept of environmental justice has been
made very clear to the entire globe by the
circumstances seen in the wake of the
Hurricane Katrina disaster in the historically
bustling city of New Orleans in 2005. This
came to mind after reading 1978 alumna
Sarah Rogers’ profile about her important
proactive work for the citizens of Florida.
I believe the following exciting and
encouraging profiles display how a milieu
where quaker principles are quietly and
spiritually guarded on campus, has clearly
made a difference in the final product. I was
reminded of this as I read 1982 alumnus
Tom Frater’s profile. The notion of “global”
really is more of a mindset barrier today
than a physical or financial one for many
families. I was recruited to MB from a
similar three-block distance from campus
as Tom, and my parents both graduated
from Hope High at the time Tom’s parents
were emigrating from Hungary. At my first
job, I worked side by side in a black-owned
business with an Eastern Block immigrant
woman. This was a decade before Hispanic
was a racial designation for the Colombian
factory workers in Pawtucket and Central
Falls. Today there are numerous Latino
cultures thriving within city limits. And
with the power of the worldwide web, all
students today have the option of global
exchange and collaboration, interface and
even enterprise. (At least the beginning of
such, under encouraging guidance.) The
world community is truly smaller now
and by way of its foundational quaker
testimonies, as evidenced here, Moses
Brown School should be well positioned to
lead in developing more inclusive methods
of global interaction and stewardship.
John Silva is a physician in California. “I was
the only black kid in my class when I started
at MB,” he says, “but little by little, I saw that
change over time as the school became more
diverse.” He recalls Mr. Ward advocating for him
to attend MB. “I had a great experience there,”
John says, “warmly welcomed by supportive
classmates, many of whom were 13-year vets of
the school. There was a lot of change happening
at MB and in the country at the time. I value
the friendships I made there.” After MB, John
graduated from Tufts, attended medical school at
Brown, and served on staff at Memorial Hospital
in Pawtucket. John has been practicing family
medicine in the barrio of East Salinas, California
since 1987 and is presently a full-time clinical
faculty member at UCSF’s affiliate hospital in
Salinas, Natividad Medical Center. John and
his wife Natalie have three children — Martin,
Matisse, and Alejandra — and belong to the
Monterey Peninsula Friends Meeting in Carmel.
Connect to John via facebook, Twitter.com/
roycamp, or [email protected].
By Guest Editor John Silva ’75
Global Challenges, Global Possibilities
“The notion of ‘global’ really is more of a mindset barrier today than a physical or financial one for many families.”
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What led to your specific interest in security/
African affairs?
I would define the focus of my work since
graduate school as economic development
more than security interests, although the
two are clearly connected. I joined the
International Affairs Department at the
u.S. Treasury in 2004 and was put to work
immediately on what ultimately became
known as the Multilateral Debt Relief
Initiative, which financed $60 billion in debt
relief from the poorest countries to the IMF
and World Bank. I started out just looking at
ways that the IMF might be able to finance
the debt write-off with their own internal
resources, since donors were unlikely to be
able to contribute anything close to the
amounts needed. Once we got the sign-off
of the Treasury Secretary, we coordinated
with other governments, the G-7 and the
Boards of the IMF and World Bank. It was a
fascinating first job and made me realize
how exciting public policy can be. I had a
great boss who had a lot of confidence in
me and let me run with the issue. After 3 ½
years at Treasury, I moved to the White
House to work with a former Treasury
colleague who had been named Special
Assistant to the President for African
Affairs; he wanted someone from Treasury
that understood economic issues and could
complement the existing staff that was
focused on security issues. I was present for
the transition from the Bush Administration
to the incoming Obama Administration, and
it was a privilege to work for both. Following
my stint at NSC, I joined the staff of the
U.S. Executive Director’s Office at the World
Bank, where I continue to look at economic
development issues in Africa as an advisor
to the u.S. representative on the World Bank
Executive Board.
What has been the most gratifying, or
challenging, to you about your work?
The most gratifying has certainly been the
power for the united States to do good in
the world when we are humble, focus on
discrete problems, and work with the
international community to generate
support for our initiatives. The most
challenging part of my work is certainly
working in large, sometimes dysfunctional
bureaucracies.
What are key traits or competencies that
students wishing to pursue a career path
similar to yours would need?
An ability to distill complicated issues into
short oral briefings or 1-2 page memos is
probably the most important skill for my
work. People don’t have a lot of time, but
they need to know the risks and the
opportunities of various policy options. You
often hear the phrase: “Don’t let the perfect
be the enemy of the good.” It’s a bit of a
cliché but it also is the reality of getting
things done in a democracy. You have to be
able to compromise to move things through
our system.
Global topics are covered frequently in MB
classrooms today and other alumni in this
issue share updates on work in the East,
Uganda, etc. What can you share with readers
about situations and/or experiences in Africa?
Africa is a pretty diverse continent so it’s
hard to generalize. That said, there are some
common shared issues. There’s a great spirit
of entrepreneurship and desire to improve
one’s quality of life across the region. There
have been some enormously successful
African-run businesses, and increasingly
African entrepreneurs are sharing their
knowledge with others around the world.
At the same time, there are huge logistical
obstacles such as lack of electricity (only
about 30% of all African households have
access to even sporadic electricity), weak
infrastructure, onerous regulations, and,
of course, corruption. President Obama’s
speech in Ghana addressed many of these
issues and made the point that tackling Glo
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Marie Brown ’95 worked at the White House in the Office of African Affairs at the National Security Council. Marie was there for the last six months of
the Bush administration and the first ten months of the Obama administration. Now she is at the World Bank working in the U.S. Executive Director’s
office, covering Africa and a number of other issues. Both the NSC and World Bank jobs came about through Marie’s work in International Affairs for
the U.S. Treasury Department. “Both the World Bank job and NSC job have been fascinating windows into policy making on a global scale,” she says.
Marie Ewens Brown ’95
Economic DevelopmentMarie Brown came to MB in ninth grade, from Gordon. “I remember thinking MB was really big, which
is funny now that I think about it.” Marie says. “I was probably a typical freshman, wanting to make
friends and not stick out too much.”
photo: White House
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them in a meaningful way is challenging
and ultimately is up to African citizens and
governments. I think “global understanding”
in my work involves both listening to what
Africans have to say about their own
development challenges while creating
incentives for African governments to raise
the bar in terms of how they serve their
own citizens. Finally, whenever we talk
about development, there’s a healthy fear
of being patronizing. But the flip side of the
coin is that so many countries look to the
u.S. to offer the vision of how to do things
right — whether it’s empowering women,
minimizing corruption in government,
putting in place regulations that stimulate
growth and protect consumers — and if we
can offer this advice in a constructive
manner, we all benefit.
MB stats: At MB, Marie was vice president
of Student Council, captain of the varsity
soccer and lacrosse teams, and served
on the Discipline Committee, which she
recollects was “an interesting way to
see how consensus works in practice.”
Security briefing: While working for the
National Security Council, primarily on
national security and economic issues in
southern Africa, Marie focused on the
political process in Zimbabwe and arranged
for an Oval Office meeting between Prime
Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the
Zimbabwean “opposition,” and President
Obama. She also worked to engage with the
new South African government following
Jacob Zuma’s election.
Working for the World Bank: The World
Bank is a multilateral organization that
provides financial and technical assistance
to developing countries around the
world, with the goal of fighting poverty
and creating sustainable economic growth.
The World Bank has 187 member countries
and works to advance a vision of inclusive
and sustainable globalization, eradicate
global poverty, and create sustainable
development.
Marie Brown graduated from Columbia and
received a master’s degree in international relations
from Johns Hopkins (SAIS). She previously worked
as an economist focusing on Andean countries in
the office of international affairs at the Treasury
Department, then as a director for African affairs
for the National Security Council. Today, Marie
works for the World Bank. She is the sister of
Damian Ewens ’94, Lara ’92, and Anne Ewens
Gantt (Wheeler ’94). She can be reached at marie.
“I joined the International Affairs Department at the U.S. Treasury after graduate school and was put to work immediately on what became known as the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative, coordinating the Treasury Secretary, other governments, the G-7 and the Boards of the IMF and World Bank. It was a fascinating first job and made me realize how exciting public policy can be.”
Last year, the World Bank provided $46.9 billion for 303
projects in developing countries worldwide, offering
financial and technical expertise to help reduce poverty
around the world. The Bank is currently involved in more
than 1,800 projects, as diverse as providing microcredit
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, raising AIDS-prevention
awareness in Guinea, supporting education of girls in
Bangladesh, improving health care delivery in Mexico,
and helping East Timor rebuild upon independence and
India rebuild Gujarat after a devastating earthquake.
Visit www.worldbank.org to learn more.
photos: Curt Carnemark and Thomas Sennett/World Bank
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TWO WEEKS IN A DAMP, uNHEATED BACK
ROOM of a Chinese brake rotor casting
factory is enough to cure anyone of the
notion that the life of an international trade
lawyer is glamorous. It’s hard to feel
sophisticated and cool when you are
checking out accounting entries in a dreary,
cold, smoke-filled room in the middle of
nowhere, especially when you can’t even feel
your toes. But 18 years after my first foray
into representing foreign producers in unfair
trade proceedings, and after butting heads
with hundreds of zany accountants, I can’t
think of what I’d prefer to be doing for a
living than roaming mushroom collectives in
Szechuan, rubber plantations in Malaysia,
steel mills in Shanghai, shrimp farms in
Thailand, fish ponds on the Mekong River,
pipe plants in Mexico, or any of the dozens
of factories and farms where I’ve hung my
hat over the years.
As with all things, it started long ago. I
was born in Syria, my brother James in
Washington, DC, and my sister Rebecca in
Ethiopia. As children of Foreign Service
officers, we spent our younger years in a
variety of distant places, mostly in Asia and
the Middle East. In the early 1970s, my
parents returned stateside, where Dad
accepted a teaching position at Moses Brown;
eventually, Mom did, as well. I entered Moses
Brown in the lower school and gradually
became rooted in a community of good
friends and dedicated faculty members.
Providence, RI, became our family hometown
for the next twenty years.
Even at Moses Brown, however, a
yearning for travel was never far away. I
absorbed the quaker values of tolerance and
openness, the concepts of “God in everyone,”
the need to remain connected to what is
happening around us, and therefore an
appreciation and respect for diversity — of
people, of thoughts, of beliefs. These
principles emphasize the benefits of world
community and the equality of all people,
and provide a strong foundation for a life
lived at home or abroad. They underscore
what humans have in common, not what
divides us. At Oberlin College, I majored in
Chinese language, eventually spending
several years in Taiwan, and thereafter (and
now) practicing law in mainland China,
Malaysia, Mexico, Thailand, and Vietnam.
While foreign language skills have been an
invaluable element of my work and travel,
personal interaction has been the critical
element. A willingness to explore and
embrace the unfamiliar has led me to strange
cases, good clients, and the best of friends.
And what about the simple and peaceful
quaker life? Mine is anything but, I
suppose. My days begin with lists of things
that cannot possibly be completed. My
constant travel has given me a size 25 EEE
carbon footprint, and I cannot seem to
disconnect from technology. The last thing I
am achieving is a life of simplicity. Nor is a
litigator’s life a peaceful one. Conflict reigns
in Washington and Beijing and all time
zones in between. But one can still work for
peace in one’s life even if one’s life is not
peaceful. In the midst of uncertainty in
Chiang Mai, Nha Trang, or Kuala Lumpur,
my quaker roots remind me to stop, pause,
and experience moments of quiet reflection.
Mindful contemplation is precious,
deliberate work, and when successful,
reminds you to live life on your own
terms while simultaneously remaining
sensitive to everyone else’s. Glo
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Rob Gosselink calls Washington, D.C. home, although his work in Asia finds him frequently shuttling from D.C. to Thailand. Rob is a trade lawyer.
With more than 15 years of experience in antidumping and international trade law, Rob has represented steel, fertilizer, agriculture, and food processing
companies in China, the Ukraine, Vietnam, Mexico and beyond. He is managing partner of Trade Pacific’s Washington, D.C. operations:
Moses Brown to Bangkok: Robert Gosselink ’82
International Trade LawWhat’s the top way your work will leave an impact on the world inhabited by future generations?
“International trade allows countries to get new ideas, to obtain the resources that they need, and
(by relying on each other) to reduce the risk of economic collapses. Most importantly, trade raises
the overall income of a country and can be a powerful force to counteract poverty.”
At the end of the day, the best part of
my work has not been the successful case
resolutions. Rather, it has been spending
time with friends after the labor is done:
enjoying fresh-picked oranges on a
moonlit evening in the suburbs outside
Monterrey; steeping in sulfur baths
outside Chengdu; fishing for barramundi
in the ponds of Bangpakong. These are
the memories I cherish most. As in all
aspects of life, getting to know people
individually has been most interesting
and rewarding. New interactions and
perspectives provide learning and
opportunities for growth. And when
you comprehend the difficulties and
obstacles faced by others, it also lets
you view your own challenges from a
different perspective.
All this from an early appreciation for
community, a little acceptance of the
unknown, and an openness to change.
While Moses Brown is a small school in
the smallest state, it provided me with a
world view that has served me well in all
my travels.
Pacific trade: Rob’s firm, Trade Pacific PLLC,
is based in Washington, D.C. and helps
manufacturers and exporters in Asian
countries comply with the complex and
evolving U.S. trade law. Rob is fluent in
Mandarin Chinese, and formed the company
in 2004 after many years of experience in
the field. Trade Pacific has earned
widespread recognition for significant
victories in a variety of cases affecting
exporters in China, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Rob is a graduate of Oberlin College, Tufts
University, and Boston College School of Law.
When not flying around the world, Rob lives on
Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. with his wife
Mary Beth and — when laundry needs arise —
their three children. Rob is the son of former
faculty members Charles (Chuck) and Charlotte
Gosselink who led the history department and
service program at MB, respectively, in the
1970s and ’80s. Rob also ran cross-country for
King “Doc” Odell, served on the Discipline
Committee, and was a member of the Outing
Club. He was co-editor in chief of the yearbook.
Contact Rob at [email protected].
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“I absorbed the Quaker values of tolerance and openness, the concepts of ‘God in everyone,’ the need to remain connected to what is happening around us, and therefore an appreciation and respect for diversity — of people, of thoughts, of beliefs. These principles emphasize the benefits of world community and the equality of all people, and provide a strong foundation for a life lived at home or abroad. They underscore what humans have in common, not what divides us.”
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“I HAVE SPENT SPENT MY CAREER working
as a marine geologist/oceanographer
exploring the ocean floor,” says Charlie Paull
’70. “Although these marine environments
comprise the majority of the Earth’s surface,
only a tiny fraction of it has been explored.”
Charlie’s career has taken him from the
waters off Antarctic into the ice-bound
portions of the Arctic Ocean and through
six of the major ocean basins.
After stints as a government scientist
and as a professor at the university of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Charlie moved
to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute (MBARI) in Moss Landing,
California where he is now the chair of the
research department. MBARI is a think-tank
supported by the David and Lucile Packard
Foundation dedicated to developing new
instruments, techniques, and technology to
study the oceans. Charlie now enjoys using
state-of-the-art robotic vehicles including
Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and
Autonomous underwater Vehicles (AuVs)
to explore sections of the deep-sea floor.
These are technologies that did not
exist when Charlie graduated from MB.
Now these tools are enabling us to study
the seafloor much the way scientists
studied the landscape in previous centuries.
Charlie is focused on documenting
the physical environment within parts
of the seafloor where the conditions are
changing, both through natural events and
anthropogenic forcing. He is quick to point
out that the oceans cover 70% of the Earth’s
surface, water mass within the oceans
themselves are the largest habitat for life on
Earth, and only a tiny part of the ocean floor
has been explored, let alone mapped, at any
level of detail. “One of my goals,” he says,
“is to try to obtain a basic understanding of
what conditions are like over the majority of
the Earth’s surface before it gets disturbed
by man. Society can neither manage nor
appreciate the inherent value of areas we
have yet to explore.”
Charlie also comments that the
academic environment at MB fostered the
pursuit of individual interests while focusing
on developing concrete skills. “Although I
did not realize it at the time,” Charlie says,
“I now acknowledge that the educational
imprint of my four years at MB dwarfed
the impact of similar periods of time as an
undergraduate at Harvard and as a Ph.D.
candidate at the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography.”
Recent research: Charlie has recently
conducted expeditions to explore sites of
seafloor methane leakage on the Canadian
Arctic shelf, associated with submarine
landslides off of Norway in the deep-waters
of the Gulf of Mexico. He has also been
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Global Exploration: Charles Paull ’70Senior research scientist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, California
Marine Geology & Climate Change
Charlie Paull ’70 is a senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California. He previously taught at UNC-Chapel Hill and
performed research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Charlie’s first job after college was as a marine geologist for the U. S. Geological Survey
at Woods Hole. A central theme of Charlie’s work involves investigation of the fluxes of fluids and gases through continental margins. Through this effort
he became an expert on the geology associated with sea floor fluid seepage sites and methane gas deposits within marine sediments. Variations in the
fluxes of methane from the marine sediment into the overlying ocean water and atmosphere is believed to be controlled by the Earth’s climate state and
changes in the fluxes of this potent greenhouse gas may provide a feedback to the Earth’s climate. Charlie’s other ongoing work focuses on the geology of
submarine canyons. Many of these submarine canyons are as large or larger than the Grand Canyon of Arizona. While submarine canyons are known to
be conduits though which huge volumes of material move from the continental land masses onto the deep-seafloor, remarkably little is known about how
sediments move through these canyons and how the canyons were carved. Charlie has done basic work in documenting the processes that occur within
the submarine channels that run through submarine canyons.
photo: MBARI
the 16 submarine canyons offshore of
California.
Class stats: While at MB, Charlie was a
member of the track team and captain of the
cross-country team. Recognized by his peers
for his perseverance both on and off the track,
Charlie was known for always finding a way
to accomplish the tasks he set his mind to.
After MB, Charlie Paull headed to Harvard to study
geology, then to the University of Miami for his
M.S. and to Scripps Institution of Oceanography
in La Jolla for his Ph.D. in oceanography. Today,
Charlie is both working as a marine geologist /
geochemical stratigrapher and serving within the
management team at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Research Institute. He and guest editor John Silva
actually met in California while working together
on a classroom beautification project for their
children’s elementary school. Contact Charlie at
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“One of my goals is to try to obtain a basic understanding of what conditions are like over the majority of the Earth’s surface before it gets disturbed by man. Society can neither manage nor appreciate the inherent value of areas we have yet to explore.”
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute is a center for advanced research and education in ocean
science and technology. The institute was founded by David Packard, an engineer and co-founder (with
William Hewlett) of Hewlett-Packard Company. MBARI was established as a private, not-for-profit
oceanographic research center. Today, its projects span the interdisciplinary ocean science fields and
develop new research tools and techniques, as well as technology related to ocean observatories.
What can readers do?
“When asked, ‘What can be done to make the Earth more environmentally sustaining and/or lessen the burdens on future generation?’, I cannot help
but be honest — the largest problem facing the Earth is its rapidly expanding human population. I am regularly finding indications of the impact of man
in what I once thought of as relatively pristine frontiers. However, these observations only emphasize that finding the resources to support the growing
human population and maintaining a reasonable quality of life will be increasingly difficult. Thus, my advice is to encourage birth control globally.”
Marine geologist Charlie Paull ’70 is shown working on a sea-floor sediment core while studying waters in the huge underwater Storegga Slide, located off
the coast of Norway.
MBARI’s flagship research vessel is the Western Flyer, built to navigate rough seas and explore the Eastern Pacific Ocean, from Vancouver to
Hawaii and Baja, California.
Charlie is based at MBARI’s facilities in Moss Landing, California, on the shoreline of Monterey Bay.
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I CHOOSE TO WORK IN THE ELECTRIC
uTILITY INDuSTRY because it was a good
fit for an electrical engineer and I figured
electricity was going to be around for a
while. I also like the idea of providing a
needed service to people. In my early career,
I primarily performed engineering work, but
found that once I had a good understanding
of the specialty I was in, I wanted to learn
another specialty. I soon came to realize
that I was more interested in management
and enrolled in an evening MBA program. I
really like the challenging aspect of
managing and leading people and have been
lucky to have been doing so for the last 20
years or so. People are not always
predictable or rational and thus the
problems and issues that I face are often
new and surprising.
Electric utility work is not terribly
glamorous and most people only want to
know that the lights will come on when
they flip the switch. Americans are
particularly spoiled by the very high
reliability of our electric system. I was in
Zanzibar on vacation last year and there
had not been electricity to the island for
three months. I don’t think most Americans
can imagine being without electricity for
three months! In other parts of Tanzania,
electricity is only available for a few hours
in the morning and in the evening, at least
for those lucky people who have electricity
— only 11%.
At FRCC, we coordinate the grid
operations for the state of Florida and the
long-range plans for generator additions
and grid expansion amongst the various
utility owners. If we do our jobs well,
most people will never know about us.
For example, in January of 2010, Florida
experienced prolonged extreme cold
temperatures and the electric load exceeded
what was predicted for the year 2017. My
team worked very closely with the electric
utilities in the state to coordinate scarce fuel
supplies, air emission limitations, and grid
operations. We were successful because no
one lost power and the general public never
knew how close to the edge we were
operating.
It appears that the electricity business is
still going to be around for a while. The
challenges we face change rapidly; cyber
security threats, geomagnetic disturbances,
integrating wind and solar into the grid,
hurricanes and extreme temperatures. But
that’s what makes it interesting to me.
Sarah Rogers started her career working for an
electric utility. When she left, she had 800 people
in her department and was responsible for the
planning, engineering, construction, maintenance
and operation of the electricity grid in three states.
Today, Sarah is president and CEO of the Florida
Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC), a not-for-
profit company that ensures and enhances the
reliability and adequacy of the bulk electricity
supply in Florida. Sarah was formerly with
Progress Energy for more than 22 years. When
she came to Florida in 2000, she improved the
state’s transmission reliability by 25% and safety
performance by 900%. Sarah also led restoration
efforts for electric transmission following the four
hurricanes in 2004 in which more than 680
transmission structures were severely damaged.
Contact Sally at [email protected].
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Sarah “Sally” Rogers ’78President and CEO, Florida Reliability Coordinating Council, Inc., Tampa, Florida
Ensuring Energy for All
Sally Rogers started at Moses Brown as a junior in 1976, the first year Moses Brown accepted female students. “There were only about a dozen or
so girls that first year,” she recalls. “As it turned out, being in a small group was actually great preparation for me,” says Sally. “When I attended
my college engineering classes and when I started my career, the ratio of males to females was not much different than it was in those early years
of co-education at Moses Brown.”
What’s the top way your work will leave an impact on the world inhabited by future generations?
“At FRCC we work to ensure that the transmission grid is built to be reliable and resilient now and in
the future. We integrate traditional sources of power and renewable sources into the grid to ensure
that there is sufficient and reliable energy available. Conserving energy is not only cost effective, but
also environmentally sound. Conserving energy is easy when temperatures are mild, but it matters
most when temperatures are extremely hot or cold.”
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I COME FROM A MEDICAL FAMILY where
there was always some silent expectation to
pursue medicine as a career. I was initially
resistant to the idea of medical school even
though there were many things about
medicine I found appealing. I didn’t even
come close to completing the premedical
requirements in college. I really wanted to
make a decision that was mine and for the
right reasons. After living abroad, most
notably in South Africa, I realized that global
health was an area of medicine that I could
make my own, distinct from other medical
professionals in my family. As a result, I
attended medical school a bit later than most.
During college, I spent a semester
studying at the university of New South
Wales in Sydney, Australia. This experience
fundamentally changed who I was as a
person. I started to look at myself as an
individual within the world rather than an
individual within the u.S. It encouraged me
to live in places such as Finland, South
Africa, and now Zambia.
The primary aim of global education is to
provide individuals with a perspective that
there are many ways to look at one’s place in
the world. This is not something that can
necessarily be taught in the classroom as it
has much more meaning when it is applied.
Global education must also empower
individuals to believe that through passion
for a cause, some of our greatest challenges
around the world related to health,
environment, economics, etc., can be solved.
It is a privilege to work in the field of
global health, particularly in a country like
Zambia. There are so many healthcare
needs that the decisions physicians deal with
every day can have impact not just on an
individual but the entire country. I am
currently engaged in a research project
performing molecular tests on the spinal
fluid of HIV patients. Shortly after arriving, I
realized that the hospital was using the
wrong test tubes to collect the spinal fluid
which could adversely affect the results.
After working with suppliers and donors, the
hospital now has the correct collection tubes
and hopefully so will other health facilities in
the country. It is gratifying to be on the
frontlines of the HIV epidemic and feel as
though I have something to contribute. It is
difficult to see so many young people dying.
At times, the emergency ward can look like a
war zone with all of the complications of HIV
infection. However, I am an eternal optimist.
It is amazing to see how far we have come in
three decades of battling this disease.
The skill set that is needed in this
setting is obviously different than what is
traditionally taught in the u.S. There are a lot
of systems-based problems that can be very
challenging especially when you are not of
this system. In a resource-limited setting,
there are always issues of equipment
breakdown or shortage of supplies. There is
also a lot of unknown. There are many
interesting patients for whom an underlying
cause is never identified. You often find
victories in less traditional ways. I was able
to get a wheelchair donated for a patient
who lost use of his legs and whose wife used
to carry him on her back to appointments.
Some of the keys to working in this setting
are knowing the limitations, working within
them, and having patience.
MB stats: While at MB, Omar served on the
school’s Discipline Committee and created an
admirable record of academic achievement,
excelling in math and science. He also was a
three-sport athlete at MB — competing in
soccer, lacrosse, and basketball — and
enjoyed contributing to MB publications.
Omar began at MB in second grade.
Global studies: While in college, Omar
did a semester abroad in Sydney, Australia
(university of New South Wales), then a
post-graduate year at the university of Cape
Town. While in South Africa, he lived across
the street from the residence of Nelson
Mandela. Omar graduated from medical
school at the university of Rochester and
served his residence at Beth Israel/Deaconess
Medical Center in Boston. He also did a
rotation in India and spent time doing
research and providing care in the island
villages of Madagascar.
Clinical focus: Omar’s work focuses on risk
factors for the development of epilepsy in
the HIV-affected population of Zambia.
Omar is studying first-onset seizures in the
country’s HIV population because there are no
guidelines on how to manage these patients.
“The rotation I did in India helped me realize
that neurological problems are not just
problems of the developed world,” he says.
Omar Siddiqi received a diploma in African
studies from the University of Cape Town and his
medical degree from the University of Rochester.
He has worked in Boston, India, and Madagascar.
Today, Omar is a clinical research training fellow,
one of 14 selected by the American Academy of
Neurology, now working in Zambia. He can be
reached at [email protected].
Omar Siddiqi ’91
Global Healthcare
Omar Siddiqi and his family moved to Zambia last summer for his work in neurology research. “Zambia has to be one of the most beautiful countries in
the world and a great place to raise children,” he says. Omar and Liz have two children, Akayla and Zain.
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WE ARE LEVERAGING GLOBAL CONTACTS
to introduce our Swedish client to corporate
clients we know in China, and other
markets like Greece, where smaller-scale
renewable energy plants could be built for
companies looking to go green, get off the
traditional power grid, and generate cost
savings to their operations. From where we
stand, all parties win when such game
changing technologies can be introduced
into the mix.
Looking back, perhaps the most
important aspects that developed my focus
on global markets stemmed from the age-old
concept by the English Victorian polymath
Francis Galton of “nature verses nurture.”
On the nature side, my folks emigrated
from Hungary in 1956 and settled about
three blocks from Moses Brown. There was
a can-do attitude as part of my upbringing
and perhaps a sense that one can go into a
foreign environment, work hard and make
some progress, regardless of the obstacles.
Foreign language and a respect for other
cultures were also important aspects that
were stressed as part of my natural habitat.
On the nurture side of the ledger, I was
encouraged by my parents to learn German
(perhaps not so much Hungarian) and took
this to task at Moses Brown. I was really
terrible at German and required extra help
from German-speaking wunderkind
classmates like Karin Morse ’79 (Director of
Alumni Relations). I kept with it and in the
end, I went on to study German at Penn
(still struggling, but needed to complete my
liberal arts requirements). Perhaps learning
German at MB was one of the keys to
opening the door to my overseas work,
and life…
After college and a two-year stint in New
York, I moved to Budapest. From Budapest, I
moved to Vienna, where I met and later
married my wife Daniela, further expanding
my German-speaking roots. I met my wife
speaking German, although her English is
perhaps better than mine.
After five years in Central Europe, I
caught the overseas bug and moved to
Shanghai where I spent nearly five years
investing in industry in the mid-1990s. Even
then, I was working with German companies,
technology partners and employees, which
keep the language skills active.
I came back to Providence to start a
family in 1998 after ten years abroad. Four
great children later (all German-speaking for
that matter), I still focus my energies on
bringing u.S. capital and technology to
global markets. I largely concentrate on
investing in emerging markets, where the
growth and need seems to be greatest and
remain in constant contact with colleagues
in markets in Europe, Asia, South America
and, most recently, the Middle East.
I have experienced some success, and
also lived through some crushing defeats in
business, but I guess that is part of being
more entrepreneurial in approach. Perhaps
the most important lesson I have learned is
that nothing worthwhile ever comes easy.
Also, despite the challenges, hard work,
integrity and true friendship will also pay
dividends, all qualities taught to me in the
Shadows of the Elms.
Tom can be reached at tfrater@novacapital
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Renewable Energy In Global Markets
Tom Frater ’82 is managing director of Nova Capital Partners, LLC, an emerging markets investment bank serving companies throughout Europe, Africa,
Asia and parts of Latin America. Nova is headquartered in New York with additional offices in Johannesburg, South Africa. Among an international client
list, Tom represents a Swedish investment fund that has interests in the development, building and management of leading biomass and waste-to-energy
plants through Europe and Asia. Tom focuses his time on bringing U.S capital and technology to developing markets overseas, typically where energy
needs are at a premium and carbon footprints are afterthoughts. Among the challenges, he has mandates from the Ukrainian and Chinese governments to
build large biomass plants to allow municipal governments to burn less coal, or conventional fossil fuels, in order to generate energy:
Tom Frater came to MB in the fifth grade in 1976. After MB, Tom did a post-graduate year at
Lawrenceville. He graduated from the university of Pennsylvania, then moved to Eastern Europe to
work with his brother. Today, Tom works in global business, with his home base in Connecticut.
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Grant Fraze ’01Peace Corps Path
Having his fill of city life and cubicle work, Grant Fraze ’01 decided to join
the Peace Corps. With a community service background and ability for
languages, Grant figured he stood a chance, despite learning that less
than 50% of volunteers make it through two years of service.
An AP Spanish student, Grant wanted to go to Latin America — but
was placed in uganda. “I don’t think that anything fully prepares you for
doing something like the Peace Corps unless you grew up off the grid in
Vermont or something,” he comments. “A lot of it is mental, adapting to
the absence of things that have been there your entire life: family,
refrigeration, plumbing, electricity, TV, clean water. It’s a shock just
getting to your site, observing how people around you live, and seeing
firsthand the hardship they endure daily. Adopting their attitude makes
the transition easier; you realize that whatever you had at home was a
privilege you took for granted.”
Grant says his time in uganda taught him the importance of diversity
and how it enhances community. uganda is the size of Oregon yet home
to more than 30 languages and a handful of ancient kingdoms whose
descendants still hold great influence in regional affairs.
Grant worked for a nonprofit in Lugazi. As an economic development
volunteer, he helped small businesses and encouraged entrepreneurship.
Grant helped 25 women form a business making paper bead jewelry —
they raised more than $25,000 to put their kids in school and make home
and lifestyle improvements; more importantly, they invested in local
income-generating activities and were role models for their community.
“I’m happy to have contributed to some small change,” Grant says.
Coming home: After uganda, Grant did get to Latin America, working for
a biotech company in Brazil, teaching English to employees. He loved
working there and grew an appreciation for the country and its people.
He welcomes MB’s emphasis on “global education,” favoring exchange
and immersion, not just classroom instruction: “American culture is
spread all around the world,” Grant says, “but it’s amazing the lack of
knowledge and curiosity we have for other cultures. The most important
thing the youth can do today is learn new languages and become aware
of America’s role in a new world where other countries will be leading
the way and driving change.”
Joel Altman ’56Seeing the World
“In the mid-fifties,” says Joel Altman ’56, of Foxboro, “my sense of global
understanding was pretty much confined to Thayer Street, Lincoln
School, and the wonders of ancient civilizations and the ‘modern world’
described by Everett Raines and Ted Whitford, respectively.”
After graduating from optometry school, with the draft and Vietnam
War taking place, Joel entered the Air Force as an optometry officer. The
recruiter asked him what other language he could speak and he replied,
“Why, French, of course. Send me to Paris or Cannes.” He was promptly
assigned to the Panama Canal Zone. The recruiter bid him adieu saying,
“French, Spanish, it’s all the same. Have a good trip.”
Joel says, “That was the door to my visiting, exploring, and
immersing myself in most of the countries of South and Central
America, including a never-to-be-forgotten automobile trip from Panama
to New England. The point of all this: allow yourself to immerse yourselves
in other cultures and languages, and the rewards of global understanding
will be yours forever. Moreover, I learned some Spanish!”
Dick Meystre ’61The World on Film
Dick Meystre’s career as a filmmaker has taken him around the world,
covering the topic of global education. Dick and his wife June enjoy
traveling the world and Dick even made films about two significant
global programs: Amigos de las Americas and Semester at Sea:
“Experience in foreign cultures shows you how the game is played
with different rules. When you see how people do things differently
you’re forced to consider which is the best way.”
Here, we offer a snapshot of the lives and globe-circling paths of several
MB alumni. See Class Notes, pages 26-42, for more on MB alumni and
their varied paths.
Global Alumni
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Mike Gannett ’61 Peace Corps Pioneer
Mike Gannett ’61 lives in Burlington, Vermont. Post-MB, Mike served in
the Peace Corps in India. He says, “My vision of the planet at MB was like
the New Yorker cover of a New Yorker’s view of California: 80% canyons
of NYC, l0% Midwest plains, 5% Rocky Mountains and 5% California.
Mine was similar but extended only to Italy, where my Dad served as a
foreign service officer in Trieste and Rome. Flat tunnel vision warped
into a rounded planet post-college, however.” In his junior year, Mike
applied to the Peace Corps and was sent to India to work in rural villages
promoting the efficacies of eggs. He says the two years there expanded
his global awareness and shifted his world vision. “Peace Corps, India
altered my compass,” says Mike. He spent the next 20 years vested
in things India... including marriage, employment with a big bank,
welcoming two daughters there, and working as an exporter/importer of
Indian specialties. He returned to New England in 1985 and continues to
travel widely with his wife (“and will continue as long as health and
money hold out”). “I recommend a serious international component to
the lives of MB graduates,” says Mike. “Yes, Meserve, Paxton, Raines,
Whitford et al (our MB pillars) gave us firm footings, but that’s only the
start! ‘Leap out into the world ... and keep leaping’ is my impassioned
exhortation.” See what Mike did with his dusty Peace Corps slides at:
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/ebooks/india_village/
Nick Salmons ’03 Building for Change
After spending a year working for Obama’s campaign, Nick Salmons
was accepted to attend the Natural Building Intensive, a four-month
sustainable building program at the Yestermorrow Design/Build school,
in Vermont’s idyllic Mad River Valley. Turning down job offers in
Washington, Nick packed up a few belongings, some grungy work
clothes, drum set, and an odd assortment of tools, and headed north. At
Yestermorrow, Nick was immersed in a totally new world — using his
hands to build with straw bale, cob, clay, stone, and wood. At summer’s
end, he had landed a job with the New Frameworks Natural Building
company and was putting his new skills to work constructing sustainable
homes for families all over New England.
Fifteen months later came a call from the International Lifeline Fund,
an NGO working on sustainable development projects in Africa and Haiti.
This time, Nick headed to the Oregon coast for “Stove Camp” — a two-
week bootcamp to make cooking in the developing world safer, more
efficient, and healthier for under $10 a stove.
“It was the wildest assortment of people I’d ever seen,” says Nick, “a
wonderful mix of mad scientists, engineers, everyday tinkerers, and
humanitarians fresh from the field — all gathered for a single purpose. I
felt instantly at home!” Nick’s charcoal stove — created specifically for
Haiti — was voted “best in class” by his peers. It used significantly less
fuel and produced less carbon monoxide than traditional stoves.
Nick’s experiences taught him what it means to use materials that are
abundant in the natural environment to create shelter or products that are
lasting, beautiful and sustainable. Now he brings those lessons to bear as
he changes how ugandans cook. Completing a four-month stint
distributing fuel-efficient stoves to rural villages in the war-ravaged and
environmentally degraded North, this year Nick embarks on the second
phase of his assignment, setting up a factory in the capital city of
Kampala. The ugandan-run factory will start producing charcoal stoves
that consume 50-60% less charcoal and significantly reduce harmful
emissions given off by their traditional counterparts. In Uganda — a
country where indoor air pollution from cooking is ranked fourth in the list of
serious threats to health — a good stove doesn’t just save fuel: it saves lives.
Learn more: See Nick’s blog at http://muzunguMeansWhiteboy.
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Peter Dwares ’62Adapting in a Changing World
“Moses Brown introduced me to the Model united Nations in 1960. We
were banging desks with shoes, mirroring Nikita Kruschev. Since then
I’ve traveled with ambassadors and others to Europe, Mongolia, Tibet,
South America, China, India, Syria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Japan etc. It’s
enriching mentally and spiritually to see how people live outside of the
u.S. and to meet people who make geopolitical policy. It’s also fun to see
different cultures, sipping espresso in a Cuban café talking politics, for
example. The world has changed. Fifteen years ago, the United States was
hegemonic. Now there is a Chinese block, a European block, there is the
U.S.-Canada block and others like Brazil, Argentina, India rising.”
Mike Gannett center
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Rob Owen ’71 Service Overseas
Rob Owen ’71 works as an international security consultant. This takes
him far from Virginia, from Panama to Colombia and the Middle East.
“Even my dogs wonder who I am when I return home,” he says. Rob
recently founded a Washington-based NGO called Light of the Lord Global
Missions (www.lolgm.com). His group has planted two churches in uganda
as well as a small business. One of the programs they support resulted in
the founding of the The Kathryn and Dwight Owen Education Centre in
Nyeihanga, Uganda, about five hours from Kampala (shown). Rob also is
involved with an effort in Africa that helps with milk distribution.
Julia Shaw ’02Global Health Scholar
As an NYu undergraduate, Julia Shaw lived in Florence and Istanbul,
studied art history and politics, and traveled throughout Europe and the
Middle East. Her travel experiences fueled an interest in international
human services work, but Julia’s first real encounter with public health
came through an internship at New York’s Legal Aid Society during her
senior year — where she learned about the high prevalence of HIV
among inmates and decided to write her senior research paper on HIV/
AIDS in New York prisons. This research gave Julia her first real insight
into health disparities in the u.S.
After graduation, Julia traveled to Geneva to participate in the quaker
United Nations Office (QUNO) Summer School, a two-week program for
young Friends. This let her talk to public health professionals with
experiences ranging from vaccine administration to negotiation with
world leaders on health policy. “One of the common themes was the shift
from thinking internationally to thinking globally, recognizing that human
issues transcend national borders,” Julia says.
While working toward her graduate degree in public health at Brown,
she has focused on global maternal child health. Specifically, she looked
at the interactions between infectious diseases and micronutrient
deficiencies in pregnancy in developing regions of the world. Last
summer, she did field research in the Philippines as part of a clinical trial
on treatment of schistosomiasis (a parasitic infection transmitted
through contact with contaminated water) in pregnancy. Now that she
has completed her MPH, Julia hopes to begin a career in global health
research, to help improve reproductive healthcare among populations in
the greatest need.
Here and abroad: “In considering global health and understanding, it
is essential to keep in mind that the majority of challenges that people
face transcend national borders,” says Julia. “While disparities between
developed and developing regions may be easier to identify, these
disparities also exist within each country and community including
our own communities here in Rhode Island.”
Photo shows her fieldwork in Macanip, the Philippines.
Charles Gross ’68Point de vue français
In the 1960s, language teacher Ted Whitford established a foreign
student exchange program through the American Friends Service in
Philadelphia with a public high school in Menton, a small city in
southern France. Each year, a boy from MB and a boy from Menton
would swap families.
Charles “Chas” Gross was selected to go to France for the academic
year 1966-67, and Dan Smets came to MB.
“The world seemed like a much bigger place back then,” recalls Chas.
“Aside from regular letters, I spoke to my parents only once on the
telephone during the whole year. As good as the language programs at
MB were at the time, nothing could really prepare me for the reality of
those first few weeks in a foreign school where I knew no one,
understood nothing and no one seemed to understand me.
“As the months passed by, I made good progress. By the end of the
school year, I was just another one of the guys, albeit with a funny
accent. To this day, I still correspond with my French host family, and I
remain grateful to MB for providing the opportunity to immerse myself
in different language and culture at such a young age.”
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Glo
bal
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ssib
ilit
ies
STUDENTS HUDDLE IN GROUPS of four, looking at pictures
from their new friends, who live in villages near Kakamega,
Kenya. Some pictures are glued to paper, with queries
connecting to Quaker testimonies written on the borders.
Each student has a marker and is writing, responding to
what they’ve seen in the images, which were captured on
disposable cameras.
The room is silent, but the markers are flying in a written
conversation. Later, the students reread and reflect as they
work together writing paragraphs that they will use to share
their learning with the broader MB community. Before they
finish, they will create posters that highlight Quaker testimonies
and describe how the testimonies are reflected in the lives of
their Kenyan friends.
My co-teacher, Elizabeth, and I think about Global
Studies as having three goals: to emphasize process as
much as content, to impart global competency, and to
impart an ethical mindset. At a Friends school, we
endeavor to teach through the lens of the quaker
testimonies with time for meaningful reflection and a
focus on respect for others as well as on service.
The connection between Friends education and
global education is striking to me in its indication of
good pedagogy. As a teacher, I have always wanted to
bring my curriculum to life, moving beyond engaging
my students to making learning real for them. Over the
last six years, I have learned to take advantage of the
reflective, collaborative, and respectful foundation of
teaching at a Friends’ school to do so.
Over the last two years, I have studied the relevance
of global education and teaching for the 21st century
as another basis of my teaching. The ability of our
fourth graders to think critically about and apply their
knowledge of the Quaker testimonies as they reflect
thoughtfully on stereotypes, commonalities, and the
value in having a “buddy” in another country is nothing
less than inspiring. I am grateful to have the opportunity
to teach children in ways that I value and that I see
fostering global, communicative, reflective, analytical,
and ethical competence.
Carolyn Garth (shown top left, on right) joined MB in 2005.
Carolyn earned her B.A. from Tufts University, a Diploma of
French Studies from the Universite Lumiere Lyon II, and a M.Ed.
from the University of Massachusetts. She previously taught in
Amherst and Dartmouth, Massachusetts and at the Lexington
Montessori School. Carolyn served on MB’s global stewardship
task force. For more information on the project, or to purchase a
copy of the book produced by the class, contact Carolyn at
Speaking Up: Marafiki na Kenya (Friends with Kenya)By Carolyn Garth, lower school faculty
Community (jamii)“On the outside, we may be different — with few similarities — but on the inside, we are much alike.” — Moses Brown Student
Fourth grade teachers Carolyn Garth and Elizabeth Grumbach partnered with several
Quaker schools in western Kenya for the past two years. Through the exchange of
disposable cameras and letters, students on both sides of the project have learned
about the lifestyle and culture of people on a different continent.
Fourth grade teacher Carolyn Garth describes her classroom’s
relationship with Quaker students in Kenya:
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A Vision for Strengthening Global Education at Moses Brown
This year, by means of personal reflection and departmental and divisional self-examination, faculty and staff will thresh these recommendations and
envision ways to integrate Global Education more purposefully into our programs.
Moses Brown seeks to produce “global stewards,” a rising generation
of leaders with the skills, values and desire to solve emerging local
and global challenges. To that end, the school is committed to
offering a “global education,” one that:
• Emphasizes the process of learning (critical thinking, creativity,
problem-solving, analysis and teamwork) as much as content;
What are the most pressing local or global issues that current MB
students will face in their lifetimes?
What knowledge, skills and values will MB graduates need to help
solve those problems?
What can we do to ensure that MB students are developing those attri-
butes, and the ability to use them wisely, compassionately and ethically?
• A robust program of student travel and immersion experiences;
• New curriculum, units of study and models of teaching that foster
global knowledge, skills and values;
• The regular presence of international students, scholars and
visitors at MB;
• A collaborative/coordinated program in Service Learning, Multi-
Cultural/Diversity Education, and Civic Engagement;
• Create expertise and engagement among faculty/staff through
professional development at the individual, departmental and
divisional levels.
• Enhance curriculum and pedagogy to support MB’s definition of
Global Education.
• Help MB students to connect with people, issues and places
• Imparts global competency (knowledge of other world regions,
cultures and issues, and the ability to communicate across
cultures by using other languages); and
• Develops an actively ethical mindset (basic values such as respect
for differences, coupled with a willingness to confront injustice
and make a positive difference in the world).
external to Moses Brown — local, regional, national and
international — in regular, meaningful ways.
• Explore ways to bring international visitors and global
perspectives more regularly to MB.
• Provide financial and human resources, incentives and recognition
to advance the goals of Global Education at MB.
• The adoption of new technologies, particularly online experiences
and teleconferencing;
• A substantial increase in professional development opportunities,
funding and staff;
• A series of promotion and recognition events and awards, for
students, faculty and the broader community.
For the past two years, these questions have guided the work of a
research team called the Global Stewardship Task Force. Their report
and recommendations, compiled by Matt this summer, answer these
questions and recommend ways to implement a program of Global
Education at Moses Brown.
During Opening Meetings with faculty and staff in August of 2009, the new head of school, Matt Glendinning, began to articulate his vision for the school,
building on MB’s traditions of academic excellence and Friends education. Matt challenged all faculty and staff to answer three fundamental queries:
After considerable research and discussion, the Global Stewardship Task Force endorsed the following definition.
As this vision resonates well with MB’s Quaker mission and identity, the team found many examples of “global” initiatives already underway at the
school. To implement a vision of Global Education even more systematically, and thereby prepare all MB graduates for success and leadership in the
21st century, the task force recommends that Moses Brown:
A period of targeted investment and growth will achieve:
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Alumni Connections Coast to Coast
D.C. Reception — February 2011
Ash Wall ’05, Rob Lavoie ‘05, Andrew Read ’05, Brad Engle
’05, Krystyna Metcalf ’05 and Ben Freedman ’05 caught up at
this annual event. Forty-two guests attended, including 28
alumni, four parents, and faculty/staff.
Head of School Matt Glendinning chatted with Chuck
Stuart ’56, Emily Schaefer ’03 and other guests.
Florida Receptions — January/February 2011
In Vero Beach, 14 past parents, alumni and
guests enjoyed breakfast at the Vero Beach
Hotel and Spa in January. A group of 25 peo-
ple comprised of alumni, parents of alumni
and past and current faculty members and
guests also attended the MBAA reception in
Palm Beach in February. They were lucky to
escape the especially snowy winter here in
Rhode Island. Former faculty members Jerry
Zeoli, Louise Heckman and Adele Espo came
to enjoy the reception. MBAA Save the Bay Shore Clean-Up at Easton’s Beach — April 2011
The Alumni Association joined Save the Bay for a spring clean-up.
Jon Pariseault ’97, John Baldwin ‘94 and Max Ricci ’94 (and their sons)
attended the clean-up at Easton’s Beach.
Melina Panichas ’18, Sia and George Panichas ’83, and George Panichas ’15
came as a family to help with the MBAA clean-up.
George Panichas ’83 and Dave Keyser ’89 celebrate their pickings.
The MB Alumni Association and Moses Brown School have partnered to provide oppor-
tunities for alumni to engage with each other and the school, locally, and from coast to
coast. If you would like to host an alumni event in your area or get involved with the
MB Alumni Association, please contact Director of Alumni Relations Karin Morse ’79 at
(401) 831-7350 x191 or [email protected].
Washington D.C.
Florida
Rhode Island
Moses Brown Alumni Association
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San Francisco Reception — March 2011
Clockwise from upper left: Matt Glendinning and Jeb Barrett ‘01 catch up in
San Francisco.
Matt Glendinning makes a presentation at the home of Peter Dwares ’62.
Joe Ladd ’60 and Dan Young ‘54 at the San Francisco Alumni & Friends
Reception held at the home of Peter Dwares ‘62.
California
Join Us — MBAA events throughout the year, near and far.
MB Cupola: Class of 2011 join MBAA
www.mosesbrown.org/alumni
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215 alumni enjoyed the transformation of the Field House with fine food and lively music.
Top left: Alumni gathered in the Front Circle
for the All-Classes Reunion Reception on a
spectacular spring evening. Top right: Dick
Nourie ’51 and his wife Reenie enjoy his
yearbook. Left: Jesse Eschenheimer ’71,
Margaret Crotty, Rory Riggs ’71 and Rob Owen ’71.
First Reunion: Class of 2006
Reunion 2011 This May, alumni came together once again in the shadow of the elms to celebrate Reunion 2011. Drawing alumni from
near and far, MB connections and common bonds were strengthened as classes celebrated their 5th to 65th reunions.
Matt Paik ’91 travelled the furthest to attend Reunion 2011, all the way from South Korea.
Moses Brown Alumni Association
Class of 1986
Nine committee members successfully brought together 29
of their classmates — 37% of the class. At a special cocktail
party earlier on Saturday evening, the 25th Reunion Alumnus
Award was presented to Jeff Barry.
Class of 2001
Class of 1981
Class of 1991
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Ted Moran ’87, Terry Moran ’76 and Terry Moran ’06.
Three Morans came together to celebrate their reunions.
Class of 1946 met for dinner at
the Hope Club (l-r): John Dean,
Stanley Sorrentino, Bill Maguire,
Bill McCormick, Ed Cook, Bruce
Derbyshire and Bill Claflin.
Class of 1981: A core group of
1981 alumni caught up in the
Front Circle at sunset.
Tom Chappell is a true innovator. Few people were talking about the importance of natural products and
sustainable business practices in 1970 when Tom and his wife Kate founded Tom’s of Maine. But Tom’s of Maine
became an industry leader in natural care products while showing that good business and the common good don’t
have to be mutually exclusive. At times, Tom has also taken a different path in his personal life. In the late ‘80’s with
Tom’s of Maine flying high, he enrolled in the Harvard Divinity School, earning a Masters in Theology in 1991. He has
authored two books on his unique management style, promoting the concept of managing for the common good as
well as for profit. In 1999, Tom founded the Saltwater Institute, a nonprofit organization offering innovative
leadership development programs. A serial entrepreneur, in 2009 Tom and his wife again launched a new,
innovative business venture, Ramblers Way Farm. With ethical and sustainable standards at the forefront of its
practice, Ramblers Way is dedicated to creating superfine wool garments for everyday use. The company pays
homage to America’s rich history as a textile producer while breathing new life into the domestic wool industry
through collaboration with farmers and producers around the country.
Tom Chappell ’61, Founder & Former CEO, Tom’s of Maine, Founder, Ramblers Way Farm
Following his graduation from Skidmore College in 1990, Jeff served for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer and English teacher in
the Comoros Islands off the coast of East Africa. He also initiated a project to raise funds to build a central marketplace in the village
for local growers, artisans, and fishermen. Jeff returned to the US and earned a Masters Degree in Environmental Economics and
International Business in 1995 from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. From 1997-2000, he served as a Research Analyst for
VentureOne in San Francisco, now a division of Dow Jones and Company, tracking the venture capital industry and interviewing
owners and founders of start-ups and venture backed companies. In 2002, Jeff and his wife returned to the East Coast and founded
Boston Organics, establishing a service that delivers fresh organic produce directly to consumers in the Boston area while supporting
local and regional agriculture. The company has a strong philanthropic corporate culture, donating all surplus produce to Food for Free.
Boston Organics also focuses its corporate giving in support of organizations that promote environmental sustainability, access to
healthy food and lifestyles, and local agriculture. Any free time Jeff has outside of his work is joyfully spent with his wife and three
boys cooking, eating, and building elaborate Thomas the Tank Engine sets.
Jeff Barry ’86, Founder & President, Boston Organics
Congratulations to the MBAA’s spring award recipients, recognized at Reunion.
Class of 1981 In the Waughtel-Howe Field House, the Class of 1971 was well represented with 31% of
their graduating class attending a Reunion function. Pictured here are 14 members of the
graduating class.
Matt Glendinning, Tom Chappell ’61, and
Habib Gorgi ’74.
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1940Robert Peck writes, “I was
touched by having my
comments lead off the alumni
portion of the last Cupola.
The photo of the MB faculty
brought back many memories
of such outstanding men —
many of whom I had classes
with.”
1945John Townsend writes, “My
younger son died in June. I
broke my collarbone and I
retired from Harvard Divinity
School, where I taught Jewish
studies. I am active writing
and attending seminars and
conferences.”
1946Bill Claflin lives at the foot of
Blackstone Boulevard about
one mile from MB, following
residence in Panama Canal,
Pawtucket, New York and
Wisconsin.
Bill McCormick has had a few
health issues, but he writes,
“They are under control,
thanks to good physicians and
modern technology. I am also
active in my church, which
helps, too!”
The Providence Rotary Club
announced at their centennial
celebration in May that the
Rotarian of the Century for
the Providence Club is
Stanley Sorrentino. Stanley
adds, “While a student at
Colby, I was doing magic
shows throughout the State
of Maine. The Rotary Club
of Waterville hired me and a
group of other entertainers to
perform at The Opera House to
raise money for a family whose
father was killed in an auto-
mobile accident. Over 3,000
people attended this fund-
raiser. That gesture of goodwill
made a lasting impression on
me and led me to later become
a Rotarian.”
1947Joan and Chuck Staples remain
very active in their volunteer
and community involvements.
He writes, “We attend many
cultural events: symphony,
opera, chamber music, ballets,
etc. Our travel had us in Croa-
tia and the Dalmatian Coast
last November. On our cruise
we saw historic cities, also
nature preserves, and took side
trips into Bosnia and Monte-
negro. In January we spent ten
days in Hawaii, initially three
days on Oahu, then a week in
Kauai with splendid ocean and
mountain views. In March we
spent 12 days in California, in
the Bay area and in Sonoma
County. I am hoping to make it
to my 65th reunion in 2012.”
1948 Class Correspondent
Marshall Cannell
25 Sheridan Road
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481-5418
781-237-0055
Stephanie Ogidan Preston ’97, Clerk
Keith Monchik ’90, Assistant Clerk
Timothy Rhodes ’80, Treasurer
Adrian Hendricks ’58, Recording Clerk
John Baldwin ’94
Angelo Bianco ’86
James Briden ’81
Cara Camacho ’97
Joyce Chang ’94
Pamela Fishman Cianci ’91
Albie Dahlberg ’87
Jason Engle ’98
Bay Hudner ’04
Hugh Hysell ’83
David Keyser ’89
Jonathan Tobias King ’90
Todd Machtley ’00
Laura Marasco ’94
Neal Pandozzi ’91
George Panichas ’83
Brian Panoff ’94
John Pariseault ’97
Joss Poulton ’07
Brad Shipp ’83
Ashley Haffenreffer Wagstaff ’82
Dawn West ’79
Richard White ’84
Thomas Wynn ’87
Katie Karpowicz Young ’99
Philip Zexter ’81
The mission of the Moses Brown Alumni Association is to foster lifelong relationships with the school and fellow alumni.
The Moses Brown Alumni Association Board 2010-11
Global reach: Several members of the Class of ’46 enjoyed themselves
at Reunion this May. Seven members of the class came to Reunion.
Due to the generosity of the class of 1948, four students pursued independent study last
summer, on projects ranging from climate change in the Arctic to the business of profes-
sional sports. Pictured (l-r) are Fran Sargent, Ray Mountain, Zach Leman ’11, Joe Picozzi ’11,
Arianna Riva ’11, Austin Jaspers ’11, George Nazareth and Marshall Cannell.
Bill Myers 48, an auxiliary
member of Flotilla 82’s U.S. Coast
Guard, along with Headmaster
Colonel Daniel Kennedy, awarded
76 graduates with their Florida
boating licenses at the Sarasota
Military Academy last January.
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1948
1946
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1949Tom Breslin writes, “First me,
then my daughter and son,
and now my grandson at MB.
Must be a pretty good place. I
saw Bill Considine recently and
he looks well.”
Robert Kellar lost his wife
Loretta last July. He shares, “I
am doing okay. I am now living
near my youngest son Barry in
Clarksville, Tennessee.”
1951Martin Cassidy is still active in
research of petroleum geology
and carbon dioxide seques-
tration. He writes, “These
are interesting times with so
much to accomplish. With
the education from MB, there
are few limits to what can be
accomplished. I wish I were
18 and setting out again. That
assumes that I know what I
know now!”
While Martin was looking
forward to Reunion, a back
injury prevented him from
travelling. He writes, “Having
lived four years in Libya and
traveled in the Middle East for
many years, I see how inno-
cent our U.S. leaders are when
they chose to attack one side
or another in tribal societies.
We will not win by violence,
no matter how well-meaning
the attack may be. Supporting
education, especially in sci-
ences, gains all people more
than expressing our opinions
with bullets.”
Fred Goodrich was still working
as of December. Home is the
farm that his parents bought
in 1937 in Barnstead, New
Hampshire. On the current
issue, Fred commented, “We
were pretty well insulated
from current global affairs in
the late 1940s/early 1950s at
MB. We were, however, re-
quired to take a “world affairs”
test every year. I believe it was
sponsored by Time magazine.
The test served to remind most
of us, with the exception of
Dick Chadwell who, I believe,
always scored well, that we
knew little about anything
going on beyond the East Side
of Providence. After 29 trips to
China, I now realize that there
is a lot going on in that part
of the world that requires an
Asian perspective to facilitate
commerce. As many American
companies have learned the
hard way, doing business is
difficult even when you think
that you understand the cul-
ture.”
Roy McKechnie’s oldest friend,
Charlie Kenyon — met at MB
in 1950 — died last October.
He writes, “We were one-year
post-graduate types. We at-
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Members of the Class of 1961 at Reunion 2011.
Fred Goodrich ’51 is shown at a wire-
less telecom trade show in Beijing a
few years ago. He attended the show
every fall for 11 years.
Thanks: Dick Burton ’54
After the last Cupola, Richard Burton ’54 wrote in, prompted
by the photo of the 1949 MB faculty. “Almost everyone was
instantly recognized and named, and all brought back a
flood of such positive memories — what a profound impact
each had!” Dick writes. “Each has since died — one true
regret is their passing has deprived me of the privilege of
thanking each one of them, not for the imparted facts of the
subject matter or the skills of the sport, but rather attributes
far more important. The crucible of life crystallizes the
awareness and appreciation of those individuals who’ve been
of positive influence, and of the nature and scope of that
influence.”
“The true value and core substance of the MB education
these faculty imparted to me was not just the subject
matter, but something far more essential to whatever
successes I’ve enjoyed. Each by the personal example/
role model of integrity and dignity instilled core values: the
awe and awareness of ‘the Greater Being/Presence,’ ethics,
commitment, hard work, discipline, curiosity, organizational
skills, priority setting, humanism, love of learning, self-
respect and self-responsibility, the joy of success by the
underdog — and, yes, sense of humor! These have stood the
test of time, and have been applicable across a great variety
of life’s unexpected turns.
“For Headmaster Mr. Thomas, Coach Howe, Coach
Waughtel, Mr. Henderson, Army Armstrong, Charlie Hutton,
Arthur Cate, Mr. Paxton, Everett Raines, Babe Herman, Frank
Fuller, Miss Chappell, Miss Cullen, and so many others — my
profound thanks and gratitude!”
A nationally renowned hand surgeon, Dick is senior associate dean
for academic affairs at the University of Rochester Medical Center
in New York. He lives in Pittsford with his wife Peggy.
Bud Brooks ’51 and his wife Isabel live
in Dallas. Some may remember Bud as
a teacher and “dorm parent” at MB; he
taught at MB after graduating from Brown
and has continued his career in teaching,
most recently at Brookhaven Community
College in Texas.
MB faculty circa 1949.
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1951
1951
tended Brown together, experi-
enced military service virtually
simultaneously. (Charlie
— Army, me — Air Force). I
stayed more or less in touch
over the decades. I miss him.”
Arthur Milot lives in James-
town full-time. Now retired, he
and his family are there most
of the time. The legacy contin-
ues: his son Charlie was Class
of 1976 and grandson Bret
Milot is in the Class of 2015.
Bud Brooks writes, “Extend
my thanks to the members of
my class who returned for the
reunion: Fred Barrows, Buzz
Halladay, Roy McKechnie, Dick
Nourie and Parker Scott. I am
with them in spirit if not in
body. I would like to be there
with them to share the events
and activities on Saturday and
the dinner in the evening, and
join with them in a toast to the
wonderful memories of Moses
Brown and our graduation 60
years ago. I’ve been looking at
our 1951 Mosaic, looking at our
pictures, the formal ones and
the snapshots, and reading the
comments. Such memories!
And, sad to say, we lost Charlie
Kenyon this year. I hope the
class has a great reunion.”
Dick Nourie is still married
after 54 years, five children,
15 grandchildren. “My son
Rich who taught at MB for ten
years, is now the head of the
Abington Friends School.”
1955 Class Correspondent
Jack Houriet
2525 Turner Road
Willow Grove, PA 19090-1625
215-657-3786
George Chappell became a
convinced Quaker. He writes,
“I’ve joined the Midcoast
Friends Meeting in Damar-
iscotta, Maine. They are a nice
group and I am happy with
my decision. I always skirted
Friends meetings in other
places I lived by attending, but
never made a commitment. So
this is something new for me.”
At press time, George was on
track to graduate from God-
dard College with his M.F.A.
in creative writing in June. He
has submitted the first draft of
a book of poems and hopes to
get a job as a writing teacher.
“I owe it all — learning to write
— to Meserve, Paxton and
Smith,” he says.
1956Steve Dretler writes, “Although
my 60-hour work week as a
urologic surgeon at Massa-
chusetts General Hospital has
trickled down to 16, I am very
busy with seven grandchildren,
Torah study, chess lessons and
ice skating lessons (my family
thinks I’m crazy). Despite the
problems that occur with
living, life is good. I miss my
dear friends Dan Cohen and
Fred DeCesaris.”
1957 Class Correspondent
Jerry Knowles
60 Blackstone Boulevard
Providence, RI 02906
401-421-9788
1961After several satisfying careers:
advertising copy writer/creative
director; film and video writer/
producer; real estate broker,
Victor Goodman has returned
to teaching English which was
his first real job back in 1967
at the University of Cincinnati.
He is an adjunct instructor at
Fordham University.
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Class Notes
Art’s Global Impact: Frank Robinson ‘57
After 35 years as a museum director (at Williams College,
RISD, and now Cornell), Frank Robinson ’57 recently decided
to retire, or at least go part-time. “It has been wonderful to
work in museums and before that as a college teacher in
art history,” he says. “A work of art is the meeting point of
so many different aspects of culture and society; I’ve had
to study European blowfish, the rural economy of the 17th
century, the effects of climate change on the arts, and much
else. As a museum person, I go from a leak in the roof one
moment to talking to an architect about a new wing the next,
and then on to a curator who wants to buy a Tang dynasty
bowl, and so on. The variety of a public organization like
a museum is endless; the visitors range from pre-K kids
learning about shapes and colors to Alzheimer’s patients
and their caregivers, learning about, well, shapes and colors,
and everything in between, from teenagers in sneakers to
scholars in various fields to major donors with hair as white
as mine. It has been a privilege to spend a life this way.”
Although Frank retired this summer from the Johnson Museum at
Cornell, he will continue working at Cornell part-time, doing what
he does now — seeing alumni and leading tours of museums here
and abroad.
Sunset at Carlsbad, Bob Krause ’63
presented work on the Moses Brown
campus earlier this spring.
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1963
Members of the Class of ‘56 enjoyed
catching up at Reunion.
Rembrandt van RijnDutch, 1606–1669Self Portrait Leaning on a Stone Still, 1639
African, Kota (Bakota), late 19th–early 20th centuryReliquary guardian figure
Chinese, Zhejiang provinceWestern Jin period (265–316)Funerary Jar
These images — some of Frank’s favorites — are provided courtesy of the Johnson Museum.
Bill Lynch writes, “A highlight
this year was competing in
the World Age Group Olympic
Distance Triathlon in Buda-
pest last September. It was
inspiring to compete with 47
men in my age group, 65-69.
I was very pleased to place in
my division’s top half and be
ninth of the 14 Americans. Ted
Whitford’s swim coaching got
me started.”
1963 Class Correspondent
Stephen Carney
191 Spring Road
North Kingstown, RI 02852
401-885-1753
1966Curtis Mays is now retired in
Sun Valley, Idaho and busy
relaxing, skiing, and hiking.
Stephen Morris writes, “I am
still churning out books and
articles as well as publishing
Green Living Journal. If you want
to see how we live in Vermont,
check out my novel, Stories and
Tunes, on Amazon.”
Al Hunt wrote to say that he
would be racing in Antigua
in April and would not be
able to make the reunion. He
says, “Let it be known to my
1966 classmates that Mike
Sweetser and I see each other
all the time between South
Dartmouth, Massachusetts,
Annapolis, Maryland and Port
St. Lucie, Florida.” Al can be
reached at [email protected].
1968Dave Hall writes, “I am a self-
taught artist and have been
painting full-time since 2003.
I am moved by the half-light
of dawn and dusk, and most
of my paintings are inspired
by the southwest Montana
and Yellowstone Park areas.
A piece of my heart resides
there, due in large part to the
poetry associated with the
convergence of family and
friends, moving water and
mayfly hatches. I live in Salt
Lake City and on Blaine Spring
Creek near Ennis, Montana.”
1969Winthrop Sanford is proud
to announce that his grand-
daughter Grace Louise
Goodwin was born last
September to his daughter
Heather Sanford Goodwin ’96
and her husband Dan
Goodwin.
1970Neil Brier coaches the Dwight
School’s middle school soccer
team which went 15-0 last fall.
Neil writes, “I am the associate
dean for student affairs and
CAS (Creativity, Action and
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Full On Winter: David Hall ’68 exhibited
at Tierney Fine Art in Bozeman, Montana.
Paul Sorrentino ’70 recently published Transforming
Vision, which describes multiethnic Christian
communities. The book offers a guide to multiethnic
ministry for church and campus leaders. Paul is
director of religious life at Amherst College and on
the faculty at Bethel Seminary of the East.
Paul Warburton ’71 wrote a book about baseball published by
McFarland in 2010 entitled Signature Seasons: 15 Baseball Legends
at Their Most Memorable, 1908-1949.
“My career as a documentary filmmaker has kept me learning with every topic I cover. Travel is certainly the
greatest educator. One of my most interesting experiences abroad was doing a film for Save the Children on the
rehabilitation of child soldiers in a refugee camp in Guinea. There, young men and women who were forcibly
taken as children and forced to commit the most atrocious acts were given education and counseling so that
they could return to society. Their stories were heartbreaking, but their courage was inspiring.”
— Award-winning TV producer Joe Lovett ’62 produced the first in-depth AIDS investigations for national television, airing
on 20/20. He also has produced national documentaries for PBS and HBO on AIDS in South Africa, global warming, and the
methamphetamine epidemic.
Working for Global Rights: Russ Carpenter ‘59
Russ Carpenter ’59 spent some time in December in Kabul,
Afghanistan. He went there as a member of the board and
executive committee of Global Rights — an international
human rights organization that works with local human
rights partners in difficult third-world countries — to assess
the Global Rights program in Afghanistan. That program
was established in 2000 to assist Afghan women refugees in
Pakistan who had fled from the Taliban, and has operated
in post-Taliban Afghanistan to promote women’s rights, the
rule of law, and access to justice.
Russ was powerfully impressed by the dedicated young
Afghan lawyers who have made the Global Rights organi-
zation the respected leader in training a new generation
of younger Afghans in Western legal and human rights
values. They have pioneered and taught law courses at
Kabul University in legal representation, Afghan rights, and
family law. They have placed and mentored their best law
graduates in Afghan human rights and governmental orga-
nizations. And they have established street-front legal aid
bureaus for victims of spousal abuse and denials of family
rights. Among other accomplishments, their courses have
integrated men and women in the same classes for the first
time ever in Afghan Sharia (Islamic) law schools. These
Global Rights programs will now expand to universities and
provincial capitals elsewhere in Afghanistan.
Russ comments, “Kabul was not otherwise a good
place to visit. The city has grown from 500,000 residents to
5,000,000 during the present war and is overwhelmed by
traffic, squatters, air pollution, trash and sewage, and cor-
ruption. Large areas of the city — controlled by the U.S. and
its coalition, the U.N., major western embassies, and Afghan
warlords — are cordoned off and inaccessible. In general,
the many Westerners who work there do not walk in the
streets and outside of work, there is little for them to do.
There are better places in the world to work and play.”
1970
1971
1968alumni poll
Service) coordinator at Dwight
and co-chair of the Brooklyn
Community Board 14’s youth
committee.”
Stanley Wachtenheim works
in the global markets, right
from downtown Providence
at Merchants Overseas, Inc.
on Bassett Street. Stanley
is president and CEO of
Merchants Overseas, the
largest 5-star U.S. distribu-
tion partner of Swarovski
Crystal and one of the last
jewelry companies located in
Providence’s Historic Jewelry
District.
1971Burr Stewart started his own
consulting practice last year
after almost 30 years at the
Port of Seattle, Washington.
1977 Class Correspondent
Gordon Ondis
43 Duncan Avenue
Providence, RI 02906
401-831-5636
1978Parker Ramspott has owned
and operated a bicycle store
in Amherst, Massachusetts for
more than 20 years. See www.
laughingdogbicycles to learn
more.
1979Roger Goodman was re-elected
to a third term in the Washing-
ton State legislature as the vice
chair of the house judiciary
committee. He is busy also
with his young children Vivian,
8, and Felix, 4. He and his
family live in Kirkland, a
suburb of Seattle.
1982 Class Correspondent
Ashley Haffenreffer
Wagstaff
136 Highland Avenue
Rowayton, CT 06853
203-899-1935
Bill Baker and his wife, Meg
Filoon, and their two boys
have been in Charlotte, North
Carolina for ten years now,
but their kids’ ice hockey and
lacrosse passion has given
them a Southern geography
lesson, bringing them to
Atlanta, Annapolis, and
Cleveland (where they were
hosted by Perry Blossom).
They were in Rhode Island
for a tournament in January.
Bill sees Mark Melaragno ’81
in Charlotte and welcomes
other visitors. He also got to
see Peter Ramsden on business
trips to the area (supplying
the South with quality New
England seafood) and saw Les-
lie and Owen O’Neil, Nell and
Tim O’Neil ’80 and Christine
and John Gregg ’81 on Cape
Cod last summer. He says: “I
keep returning to Rhode Island
every summer in hopes that
I will get an invitation from
Ashley H. in Little Compton so
I can show off my beer belly!”
1984Stephen Griffin’s sons Riley,
class of 2016, and Chase, class
of 2018, are now together in
the middle school at MB. “It’s
great to be back in the MB
community.”
1986 Lawrence Knowles has been
living in San Diego since
2004. “These days, I write for
AOL News and teach ESL at
San Diego State University.”
Lawrence “Jerry” Knowles II
’57 joined his son Larry’s 25th
Reunion dinner in the field
house.
Michelle Smith-Gonsalves
lives in Barrington with her
husband Manny and children,
Lindy, 10, Sabrina, 8, and
Joseph, 5. She writes, “I’m
still good friends with Jeff
Durso-Finley and we get to-
gether many times over the
year. Also, I see Devin Kelly
and Tim Faulkner as they are
both in Barrington and have
children friendly with mine.”
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Class Notes
Class of 1976 met at Reunion this spring.
Henning Fenzell, George Fenzell’s ’77 son, shows
MB pride by wearing Blue and White. He was
born last October and is pictured here with mom
Jennifer Lefevre and dad George.
Harriet Dashoff Lockshine’s ’80 son Louis
Lockshine, 11, made the All-A Honor Roll
this past year at his school, Hans Christian
Andersen Elementary, in Rockledge, Florida.
Maurice Etheredge ’81 shares, “It’s great to
reconnect with the institution, which helped shape
who I am as a person. The curriculum challenged
me academically. The boarding department shaped
my independence and leadership skills. The friends I
made here at MB are for life.”
West Coast / East Coast: Christian Davis
‘86 and dad Joe Davis ‘61 enjoyed
celebrating Reunion together this
spring. Christian lives in California,
while Joe is in Newport.
1976
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1977
1986
1981
1988Inga Sidor is a veterinary
pathologist and assistant
clinical professor at the
University of New Hampshire.
She has been working
regionally (New England) with
a variety of wildlife disease
issues, including marine
mammals and birds. Most
recently, Inga was part of
a multi-agency group that
confirmed spread of virulent
strains of Newcastle Disease in
cormorants to the East Coast.
“This is certainly a global
pathogen,” she says, “with
potentially dire consequences
for wild and domestic birds,
and the New England
economy. We’re working to
create a Northeast Wildlife
Disease Cooperative to
assist state and federal wildlife
agencies to better detect and
track wildlife diseases.” Inga
previously worked at Mystic
Aquarium.
1989Dave Keyser writes, “On
December 29, Elizabeth Quinn
Keyser officially arrived on the
scene at 7 lbs. 14 oz., 21 inches
long. She met her big sister
Charlotte and everyone was
home just in time to celebrate
the New Year together.”
1990 Class Correspondent
Julie Reitzas
1688 Drift Road
P.O. Box 302
Westport Point,
MA 02791-0302
508-636-6928
Adrian Hurditch just moved
to a new house in Seattle.
Contact Adrian at ahurditch@
yahoo.com.
1991Paul Dahlberg writes, “After 26
years of school, I am finally en-
tering the ‘real world’. It takes
some getting used to.” Paul
lives in York, Pennsylvania.
Lara Rosenbaum writes, “Hello
everyone! Nothing too huge to
report, yet, but I’m embark-
ing on my first book project!
I’m still a freelance writer for
magazines and websites. I still
live in Salt Lake City, but plan
to move by early spring/
summer of 2011.”
1992 Class Correspondent
Kelley Ciampi Wigren
8 Juniper Road
Wellesley, MA 02482
781-235-4512
Last winter, David Dwares mar-
ried Catherine Novosel in Palm
Beach, Florida. Ned Silverman
was best man. The wedding
was beautiful and overlooked
the ocean, says Kelley Wigren:
“It was a truly fantastic week-
end, and we all had a great
time catching up! I look for-
ward to hearing more exciting
news from classmates soon!”
On hand at Dave’s wedding
(l-r above) were: Richard Was-
serman ’83, Eric Wasserman ’06,
Donald Dwares ’55, David Was-
serman, Aaron Simon, David
Dukcevich, Damon Yip, Kelley
Wigren, David Dwares, Peter
Dwares ’62, Andy Wigren, Josh
Holland, Rob Lancaster, Ned
Silverman, Eric King, and Patrick
Wasserman ’08.
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Save the date! MB Golf Tourney Returns
The Quaker Golf Classic will take place on Monday, October 3, at
Wannamoisett Country Club in Rumford, sponsored by the
MB Alumni Association. Space is limited to 120 golfers, with
registrations being taken now. Tournament proceeds will
support the MBAA Bliss Scholarship Fund and help MBAA
expand alumni programs. Cost is $225 per golfer, $900 per
foursome, and $25 for the 5:30 cocktail reception. The MBAA
also welcomes sponsors at a variety of levels. For more,
contact MB Alumni Relations at [email protected],
831-7350 x288.
Wannamoisett is regularly heralded as one of the top
100 courses in America and annually hosts the prestigious
Northeast Amateur. This Donald Ross-designed par 69
masterpiece has been ranked as one of the top 50 courses in
the nation by Golf Magazine, GolfWeek and Golf Digest.
At MB’s last golf tournament (2006), John Gower ’78 came
closest to pin and David DiSanto ’00 had the longest drive.
The winning team included Paul Ardente ’81.
Joel Volterra ’89 is living and working in
NYC as a geotechnical/civil engineer and
competing in triathlon and marathon
endurance events to raise money for
cancer research. Here, Joel is shown
getting his medal from Chrissie
Wellington at the Timberman Ironman
70.3 mile finish last August in New
Hampshire. To see more about Joel’s
efforts, visit http://pages.teamintraining.
org/nyc/lavatri11/jvolterra.
Adrienne Schaberg Filipov ’91
welcomed her first baby, a son,
Maximilian Alexander, with her
husband of four years, Sergei. She
writes, “Everyone is doing great
and still living in NYC. We enjoyed
coming to the 20th reunion in April
and introducing Max to all the
other class of 1991 MB babies.”
In February, Dave Dwares ’92 married Catherine Novosel in Florida, with Ned Silverman as best man
and several MB alumni in attendance.
1992
1989
1991
Last May, Kirsten Hall became
the U.S. Agent for the Bright
Group International, a London-
based children’s illustration
agency. She spent two weeks
in Thailand this February
researching, writing, and pho-
tographing a feature story on
elephants to run in the March
issue of Time For Kids Magazine.
Kris Photopoulos writes,”After
15 years living in NYC and
New Jersey, we moved back to
Saunderstown last May. We
had our third child on Labor
Day, little boy Carter Michael
who joins our son Kaiden,
5, and our daughter Chloe,
almost 3. My former com-
pany Wimba was acquired by
Blackboard in July so I am now
working for them.”
1993Christine Murphy Costello and
her husband Kevin Costello
became parents in April to
a boy, Charles. “Charlie, our
bruiser, weighed in at 9.2 lbs
and was 21 inches long.
Everyone is doing well.”
1994More ’94!
We received a request in a
recent Cupola survey: “More
class notes from the Class of
’94, please.” 1994 alumni —
can you send a note or photo?
Last MB knew, Mishaal Al-
Sulaiman had returned to his
home country of Saudia Arabia
and was involved in promot-
ing motor sports in the region.
Mishaal had formed United
Racing Company and launched
the Jeddah Raceway, the first
and largest project of its kind
in Saudi Arabia. Mishaal was
vice-chairman and executive
director of the project and
hoping to bring international
competition to the raceway.
Updates from Mishaal or other
classmates welcome.
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Class Notes
Global Perspective: Abby Demopulos ‘90
Abby Demopulos ’90 has been working in London these past
few years, posted on assignment at the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development. Abby works for the U.S.
Treasury Department (International Affairs), which oversees
the EBRD for the U.S. The European Bank is an internationally-
owned institution which invests in Central and Eastern Europe
to promote transition to market economies.
Abby spent a year in Italy during college and a year
teaching English in Poland.
“I was fortunate that Mrs. Heckman and Mrs. Breindel
pounded Latin grammar into my head for six years,” Abby
says. “Later, when I had the opportunity to live overseas, I had
a leg up on Italian and some idea how to decode the cases and
verb tenses of Polish.”
“Latin was my favorite class at MB because it was a
mix of language and ancient history,” she says. “Languages
play a large part in global education, but a good background
in history, writing and mathematical skills are critical to
developing necessary analytical skills. The best way to develop
global understanding is to live outside the U.S. for awhile.”
In December, Jayma and Jay Sitton ’92
welcomed Henri to their family.
Doc for president!
Members of the Doc Odell Fan Club should get
on Facebook to get the latest updates on Doc
Odell’s doings. Why wait for the next Cupola to
get your MB news? The MB Facebook page has
updates on recent events, such as the spring mu-
sical Grease, Krause Gallery exhibits, Reunion
photo albums, and videos from SPAF this spring.
On April 1, many MB fans witnessed King “Doc”
Odell announce his candidacy for president in
2012 via video. See www.facebook.com/
mosesbrownschool.
Former faculty update: Paul Graseck
Former faculty member Paul Graseck can now be found in
Kentucky. Paul is director of cultural studies in Louisville,
a district with 100,000 students and 130 schools. “A new
experience for me!” he says. “It is a fascinating job. I really
like Louisville.” Paul oversees curriculum (K-12) in five areas
for the district’s 100,000 students: Social Studies, Arts &
Humanities, World Languages, Practical Living, and Music.
After leaving MB in 1987, Paul taught public high school social
studies for 14 years in Woodstock, Connecticut. While at
Woodstock, he earned his Ph.D. in educational studies from
the University of Connecticut.
Since leaving classroom teaching, Paul has been an
administrator, including curriculum director and principal,
in three different school districts. He also served as a high
school planning consultant for the Paul Cuffee School in
Providence.
1992
Welcome, Charlie! Proud
parents are Christine
Murphy Costello ‘93 and
her husband Kevin.
Elisa Magendantz Barton
shares an update from London.
Elisa says, “I’m married to Sam
Barton, a Brit I met back at
UPenn. I’ve been based in
London since 2001. I’ve been
working at The Wallace
Collection, an art museum in
the West End of London since
2006. I’m the head of events,
responsible for generating in-
come for the museum through
corporate and private hire.
Sam and I have two kids,
Robbie who is 3 and Nina who
is 1 so life is very busy!”
1996Margaret Symonds Hancock
and her husband have moved
back to Colorado from North
Carolina. Her husband Adam
teaches fourth grade at the
Aspen Elementary School and
previously taught at the Caro-
lina Friends School in Durham.
“It was so wonderful to see
him grow to understand and
love the Quaker philosophy
of the school,” says Margaret.
“Three moves in three years,”
she says. “I think we’ll be stay-
ing here for a little while!”
1997 Class Correspondent
Cara Camacho
216 Maryland Avenue NE,
#203
Washington, DC 20002-5749
401-742-4658
Welcome, Parker! Zoe Street
Anderson ’97 and family
welcomed Parker Lily
Anderson in December. They
live in Clearwater, Florida.
1998 Class Correspondent
Jason Engle
114 Marbury Avenue
Pawtucket, RI 02860
401-475-4342
1999 Class Correspondent
Kirstin McCarthy
1511 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
401-447-5770
After State Department
assignments in Iraq and Italy,
Chris Curran has finished his
term as vice consul in the
Rome Embassy. Chris’ next
assignment, starting this July,
is assistant to the ambassador
to the United Nations. He will
be in New York for two years.
Brian Lehrman and his wife
April live with their family in
Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Brian continues to work at
Raytheon and travels to Asia
on a regular basis.
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Nancy Johnston Boissonet ’96 and family
happily welcomed Max, born last October.
They live in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.Becky Shaw O’Hara ’99 lives in Guangzhou, China. She works for
Rawlings designing and overseeing the manufacture of baseball and
softball bats in China. She’s a mechanical engineer (McGill U. ‘04)
working with aluminum, fiberglass and composite bats (wooden bats
are made in the U.S.).
Caroline Means ’00 married Sebastien Laye last year in Nonquitt, Massachusetts. Shown at her wedding are (l-r): Marla Nasser, Liz Silvia Frary with son Emmett, Jessica Brown,
Kai Schwertner ’02, Charlie Means ’69, Caroline Means, Sara Farley ’02, Maddie Means ’02, Howard Means ’63, Laura Gruber ’02, Chip Baker, and Bob Sheridan ’68. Theodore
Sedgwick Watson ’65 also attended.
2000
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2000Elspeth Beauchamp received
her Ph.D. in tumor biology
from Georgetown University
last May. She has received
several awards and honors
while at Georgetown. Her
dissertation was related to
the treatment of pediatric
cancer and is expected to enter
FDA trials soon. She is doing
research at Georgetown, and
looking for a post-doctoral
position. She will likely do
her post-doc at Philadelphia
Children’s hospital in February.
2001Andrew Silver married Jenna
Adelberg at the Please Touch
Museum in Philadelphia last
October. In attendance were
Andrew’s dad Paul ’68 and
Andrew’s brother Nate ’06,
who was best man, along with
several 2001 classmates: Matt
Archibald, Noah Davis, Adam
Drobnis, Jeremy Forsythe,
Geoff Nelson, Jason Pappas,
Chris Savage, Peter Treut, Julie
Fritz and Erica Teverow.
Ari Heckman writes, “I live
in the West Village of Manhat-
tan and run three real estate
related companies based in
Brooklyn. MB friends remain
a large part of my life.” Ari re-
turned to MB for Reunion this
spring and hosted an ’01 event
at The Salon in Downcity Prov-
idence. Ari previously worked
for Cornish Associates and
played a role in the revitaliza-
tion of downtown Providence.
Ari’s newest company, ash,
offers loft living to city dwell-
ers. One of the most popular is
“World Village.”
Rebecca Tanguay finished her
last year at the Silver School
of Social Work at NYU. She
graduated with her master’s
and plans to work in addiction
treatment and become certi-
fied as an addiction specialist:
“I currently intern at the NYC
Department of Probation and
have developed the first wom-
en’s group and plan to create
training for probation officers
to better serve their clients.”
2002 Class Correspondent
Liz Donat
1285 Clarkson St. Apt #11
Denver, CO 80218
401-864-9600
Another MB alumnus in
education: Matthew Fishbein
is the assistant director of
annual giving and coaches the
varsity football team at Thayer
Academy in Braintree, Massa-
chusetts. After getting his B.A.
at Wesleyan, Matt received
his master’s at the University
of East Anglia in England. He
lives in Boston and connected
with Cupola recently on Face-
book and attended the Boston
event in June.
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Class Notes
Survey Says: comments received after the last Cupola on MB Teachers
“As his first group of students in middle school, we
initially gave DAVID FLAXMAN a run for his money but
he quickly became a well-respected teacher, mentor,
and friend. Señor’s enthusiasm, passion for teaching,
and motivation to help students grow and succeed
academically and personally was unparalleled. RUTH
BREINDEL was also a wonderful educator; she was tough
but fair, and taught us more than just Latin — she helped
us learn how to learn.”
—Lauren Wier Guilhardi ’00
Andrew Silver ’01 married Jenna Adelberg in Philadelphia last October.
Pictured with Connor Hartley ’02
at his Nantucket wedding last
October are Scott Robbin ’02 and
Adam Freedman ’02.
Jenny Moniz ’02, Matt Glendinning,
Karin Morse ’79, Matt Fishbein ’02 and
Jackie Asadorian enjoyed the Boston
alumni gathering in June at Boston
University’s Castle.
MB-PC?Are you a Peace Corps alumnus, too? Cupola is looking for stories/
updates/photos from alumni who celebrated the 50th anniversary
of the Peace Corps this year. To date, MB records indicate a number
of MB alumni with Peace Corps connections:
Mike Gannett ’61 India
Chris Hill ’70 Cameroon
Richard Gittleman ’73 Africa
Peter Kilmarx ’79 Zaire
Jeff Barry ’86 Cormoros Islands
David Morsilli ’87 Albania
Elizabeth Drew ’88 South Africa
Elizabeth Lefebvre Winangun ’90 Africa
Chris Curran ’99 Morocco
Amanda Harter Fogle-Donmoyer ’99 Benin
Grant Fraze ’01 Uganda
Peter Treut ’01 Senegal
If you have also served in the Peace Corps, let us know:
email [email protected]. Photos welcome.
survey says
2001
2002
2002
photo: PeaceCorps
Amy Ostroff has been living
in Yokohama, Japan for the
past five years working as an
educational trainer at a pub-
lishing company in Tokyo. She
emailed, “When I saw the topic
of your next Cupola, I thought
you might be interested to
hear about the earthquake/
radiation situation and relief
efforts from someone who
lives here and experienced the
earthquakes. I was working
about two hours away from
the Fukushima plant, in Chiba,
when the initial earthquake
happened. I am also in contact
with a bunch of the former
Japanese exchange students
who attended MB from Toyo
High School in Shizuoka, and I
am sure they would be happy
to contribute thoughts or
opinions as well. Over the
course of the past few weeks I
was reminded of some of the
Quaker values and lessons we
were taught growing up, and
now I clearly see the benefits.”
Amy can be contacted at
2003Jake Duhaime is now social
media manager for the Detroit
Red Wings. Last winter would
have been his fifth season as a
hockey reporter, but Jake says,
“Things change when the
premier franchise in U.S.
hockey comes calling.”
Adam Mignanelli’s new
photography book studies the
relationship of typography
and signage with the land and
people of Sicily. Adam writes,
“While working full-time at
Vice Media here in New York,
I plan to have an exhibition
and a book launch event for
Tipografia di Sicilia. More infor-
mation can be seen at http://
tipografiadisicilia.com. I also
have been running an art and
design media blog called The
Ballast with my brother Matt
’01. I often spend time with
Alexander Egan, Greg Katzen
and Caitlin Miller in NYC.”
Aaron Tracy finished his
master’s in healthcare
management at Duquesne
University in June. He will
start medical school at Sackler
School of Medicine in Tel Aviv,
Israel in August.
2004 Class Correspondent
Kori Burnham
250 Creek Street
Wrentham, MA 02093
508-954-3981
Since graduating from
Wheaton in 2008, John
Campopiano has been
working as an administrative
assistant, multimedia archivist
and graphic designer for Ran
Blake and the contemporary
improvisation department at
New England Conservatory of
Music. This fall, John will begin
a master’s in library and
information science program
at Simmons, specializing in
archival education and music
history. He continues to
research and play in the 19th-
century American minstrel
banjo tradition in the North-
east and South. He is planning
to return to Iceland in July to
trek the infamous Ring Road,
and continue a photography
project documenting the
churches found in the rural
areas of the country.
Arian Rotondi Solomon
graduated from Connecticut
College with a degree in
women’s health and dance.
She took two years off from
school, working as a health
screening technician and a
personal fitness trainer. She
married Matthew Solomon in
2009. Arian writes, “He is from
Houston and received his MFA
from RISD in graphic design.
We now live in New Haven.
I am in the master’s nursing
program at Yale to receive my
women’s health nurse prac-
titioner degree. My husband
works as a senior graphic
designer and teaches at the
University of New Haven. My
program lasts three years and
then we’re planning on moving
back to Rhode Island!”
2005Jessica Gazin lives in Sunder-
land, Massachusetts where
she is a preschool teacher. She
volunteers with the Special
Olympics and Horizons for
Homeless Children. She writes,
“It gives me an opportunity to
work with homeless children.
I’m looking to go to grad
school in the next year or two
for early childhood special
education.”
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Adam Mignanelli ’03 self-published a photography book on Sicilian typography
and signs after spending time there in 2007.
Kristina Rigby Shepherd ’03 and Toby Shepherd welcomed their first baby
boy, Elijah, last March. Kristina writes, “Toby is in his last year of public
policy graduate school at Harvard and I am in my final year of my master’s
degree in nurse-midwifery.”
2006 classmates Jon Boc and Adam Tracy caught up with Alumni Relations
Director Karin Morse ‘79 at the Boston Alumni Reception in June.
2003
2003
2006
Become a FAN of Moses Brown at
facebook.com/mosesbrownschool
Gabe Amo is in England. Gabe
was awarded a Marshall Schol-
arship and began studying at
Oxford this past October for a
degree in comparative social
policy. “Moses Brown helped
me lay the foundation to this
huge opportunity,” says Gabe.
Gabe graduated from Wheaton
last year where he served as
president of the Student
Government Association.
2006 Class Correspondent
Nate Silver
2046 W. Cortez #2
Chicago, IL 60622
401-272-3319
Jacob Chase-Lubitz recently
worked in communications
at the Israel Palestine Center
for Research and Information
in East Jerusalem. He lives in
Bethlehem, West Bank, and
is working on improving his
Arabic. He studied interna-
tional business and manage-
ment at Dickinson College,
concentrating on the Middle
East. Jake also worked for the
U.S. Department of State as an
intern at the Foreign Service
Institute and attended the
American University in Cairo.
At the Israel Palestine Center
(www.ipcri.org), Jake directed
the Center for Public Media
and was director of strategic
affairs.
Tegan Mortimer writes, “After
spending four grey and rainy
years in Scotland, I finally
graduated from the University
of St. Andrews with a degree
in environmental biology and
geography last June. I’m now
located on the beautiful Isle
of Anglesey in North Wales
pursuing a master’s degree
in marine environmental
protection with Bangor
University. My summer will be
spent in Wales working on my
master’s dissertation, model-
ing historical sea-level changes
around the Isles of Scilly. So,
unfortunately I’ll have to miss
out on seeing my MB friends
this time!”
Carlos Avila writes, “Moses
Brown helped make me who I
am today in a very large way. I
hope my children can receive
the same kind of well-rounded
education that I did.”
Hanna Bratton returned to
college at The New School in
Manhattan after an incredible
three months in Central America
working on organic farms.
Monica Carvalho completed her
first semester at Teachers
College at Columbia University.
She will finish her program
in December with a master’s
degree in teaching (secondary
English education) and New
York State Teaching Certifica-
tion. She plans on teaching
high school English.
Kara Elliott-Ortega writes,
“Interested in the built
environment and cultural
studies, I examined the
potential of population growth
in Detroit and design-led
solutions to the problem of
“shrinking cities” in my senior
thesis at the University of
Chicago. That experience led
me to my current job running
media and communications
for the Society of Architectural
Historians. I’m still living in
Chicago, and in my spare time
I rabble-rouse and write for
gapersblock.com, a Chicago-
centric website.”
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Class Notes
The Class of 2006 enjoying their
first MB Reunion.
Alumni depicted varying locales in the Spring Alumni Exhibit:
Clockwise from top left: Somewhere Else in Maine, David Everett
’81, Comet, Reva Street ’05, Boston Public Gardens, Marc Mazzarelli
’81, Wind-sculpted icicle, Haines, Alaska, L. B. Chase ’58, and Water
Lilies, Robert Krause ’63.
The Class of 2006 has the largest facebook page: 89 members
Countries:
798 U.S.
10 Canada
7 Japan
3 each – United Kingdom, Italy
2 each – Spain, Pakistan
Cities
274 Providence
43 Boston
32 West Warwick
30 New York
26 Chicago
20 Seattle
Languages
805 English (U.S.)
26 English (U.K.)
5 Japanese
4 Spanish
1 German
1 Leet Speak
A global community — countries and languages represented by MB’s facebook fans:
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2007 Class Correspondent
Lindy Nash
1312 Narragansett Blvd.
Cranston, RI 02905
401-527-0896
Last September at UC Berkeley,
before the start of the lacrosse
season, Emily Abbood learned
the university was dropping
women’s lacrosse due to cost-
cutting. Emily’s school gave
the teams a choice to play this
season’s schedule or not. For
Emily, there was no choice.
Cal won three games and lost
one. She said that a sustaining
goal this season is to prove
to the country that women’s
lacrosse at Cal should not
have been cut. A public health
major, she cites the innovative
work being done to allow for
self-directed intervention for
obesity where patients choose
to join an online program to
address the issue. Emily wants
to be part of the change that
can better facilitate relation-
ships between doctors and
patients. With medical school
in her future, she would also
like to earn a master’s degree
in public health.
Eli Cushner writes, “Hey,
everyone! I hope you all have
a magical graduation!” Eli
Cushner was a Class of 1948
Independent Study Award
winner and attended the
McBride Magic School in Las
Vegas in 2006.
2008 Class Correspondent
Natalie Triedman
283 Wayland Ave.
Providence, RI 02906
401-575-3142
natalie_triedman@
coloradocollege.edu
2009 Class Correspondent
Betsy Tammaro
69 Londonderry Way
Uxbridge, MA 01569
401-477-6545
Alexander Bloom writes, “I
finished my sophomore year
at Wheaton College. I love it
here! I declared my major,
psychology, with a minor in
education. Maybe I will be back
at MB to teach some day!”
Egyptian Odyssey: Dana Weiner ‘07
Duke student Dana Weiner ’07 spent a semester studying
in Egypt last year. Dana attended the American University
in Cairo and lived in Zamalek. Dana took classes on
management and media ethics, ancient Egyptian technology,
museum management, and a colloquial Arabic class. She
also got to experience Egypt winning the African Cup in
soccer, which she calls “amazing. Soccer is the biggest, most
popular sport in the country, and people flooded the streets
waving Egyptian flags (myself included) to show pride for the
country and excitement about the win. I saw families packed
into small cars, buses crowded over capacity, and people
walking in the middle of highways. It was an incredible
display of Egyptian pride.”
“Egypt is a beautiful country with diverse terrain,”
she says. “Cairo is a big, busy, city, New Cairo is a sandy
desert, and Gouna is a beach paradise. The versatility in
environments is impressive.” While in Egypt, Dana also got
to go sandboarding (like snowboarding on sand dunes) in
the Sahara desert. She also went on a Nile cruise and even
visited with the extended family of Habib Gorgi ’74 in Giza.
Dana graduated from Duke this June and plans to attend law school.
King “Doc” Odell has taught world languages to countless MB
students over the years. This summer, he caught up with 1997
alumni Sarah Chiappetta and Katie Howard Hart at the Boston
Alumni Reception.
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Class Notes
Welcome, Class of 2011MB and Away: Class of 2011 heads off to destinations far and wide
2011 DestinationsThe most popular colleges to which our students applied included
Boston University, Northeastern, Brown, Syracuse and Tufts. Our
Ivy acceptances were strong: seniors were offered enrollment
at Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, and Princeton. Boston
University and Tufts have the highest rates of MB attendance,
each enrolling six graduates, while five went to Brown.
The following institutions admitted the highest numbers of
MB students: Boston University, Northeastern, the University of
Rhode Island, and the University of Vermont.
We are extremely proud of the Class of 2011 for expanding
their thinking and choices beyond colleges that are traditionally
popular among New England students. Many seniors actively
researched a range of powerful schools, using consortiums such
as Colleges that Change Lives (CTCL). Students were accepted at
many schools outside of New England, such as the University of
Michigan, Northwestern, Stanford and Occidental.
Moses Brown seniors were also drawn to the southern states,
with graduates applying to the University of Mississippi, the
University of South Carolina, the University of Texas/ Austin, the
University of Miami, and Tulane; some adventuresome seniors
decided to venture abroad, looking at the University of Edinburgh
and McGill.
Student Senate President Joe Picozzi ’11 took the wide view at
Commencement this June, asking classmate Austin Jaspers to
capture the moment on his camera. “Graduation means the
end of an era for a lot of us,” he said. “We have to start over.
Everyone’s going to be the new kid again. We’re going to have
to find our way around new buildings, get used to new teachers,
find new friends. Personally, I’m pumped. Moses Brown is the
type of school that encourages its students to get out there and
try new things. At MB, we participated in Harkness discussions
instead of lectures. We played sports we never would have
otherwise, and we all performed hours of community service.
Through these experiences, we learned new ways to think; we
met new people, and we grew as people. Moses Brown taught us
to be comfortable outside of our comfort zone.”
Stay in touchFan Moses Brown School on facebook.com/mosesbrown
school to see recent videos and campus news.
Visit www.mosesbrown.org/alumni or contact
“Do what you’re good at. Do what your special abilities call you to
do. Working together in this way, we can all make a better world.
… Never before have we lived in a time where we need more
ethical examples. Those who go out into the world to take will
ultimately be shortchanged. Those who go out into the world to
give will find their lives and the world transformed.”
Tom’s of Maine founder and former CEO, Tom Chappell ’61,
delivered MB’s Commencement address.
Congratulations to all of this year’s MB “Lifers” — their careers truly spanned the MB experience.
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Robert Whitaker, Class of 1929, a Phi Beta Kappa
graduate of Williams College, was a lieutenant
commander in the Navy in World War II. He worked
for 36 years at the William Haskell Manufacturing
Company in Pawtucket as director, vice president and
general manager. He later was business and
development manager for Central Congregational
Church in Providence, where he was instrumental in
purchasing and creating Hamilton House as a senior
community center. Robert enjoyed summers at his
home in Westport Harbor sailing his Beetle Cat.
(2/2/11)
Philip Kelsey, Class of 1934, spent his first 12 years
on the West Bank in Ramallah, Palestine, where his
father served as principal of the Friends Boarding
School and minister of the Quaker Meeting. He
graduated from Guildford College, then received a
divinity degree at Boston University and a master’s of
divinity at Hartford Seminary. He served as a
congregational minister in numerous churches in
New England and New York and as interim pastor of
the Frankfort Church in Philadelphia. He was an
English teacher at Atlantic City Friends School and
Atlantic City High School. Because of his Quaker
beliefs, Philip was always involved in anti-war and
peace activities and registered as a conscientious
objector, refusing to take up arms in World War II.
(2/15/11)
Robert Thomas, Class of 1934, a Brown graduate,
served in the Army in the ETO during World War II.
He worked as an insurance underwriting executive of
the AMICA Insurance Company for 35 years and was
a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, the
Yankee Trailers Hiking Club, the Newman YMCA, and
the First Baptist Church in America. After retiring,
Robert finished climbing all of New England’s 4000 ft.
mountains and traveling to all of the 50 states.
(3/1/11)
H. Gordon Fraser, Class of 1937, a graduate of
Amherst College, was a veteran of World War II where
he served as a PT boat captain in both the Atlantic
and Pacific. He worked for the A.T. Wall Company,
where he retired as vice president. (8/2/10)
In Memoriam
Moses Brown publishes memorial notes based on published obituaries. Please forward to Office of Alumni Relations,
Moses Brown School, 250 Lloyd Avenue, Providence, RI 02906; fax (401) 455-0084; email [email protected].
R. Clinton Fuller, Class of 1943, professor emeritus of
biochemistry at the University of Massachusetts,
graduated from Brown and earned his Ph.D. at
Stanford in microbiology. Clint believed in an
international scientific community without political
boundaries, and produced hundreds of published
journal articles. He was a recipient of the Alexander
von Humboldt fellowship at the University of
Freiburg, and was awarded an honorary doctoral
degree at Moscow State University. Clint’s scientific
research, especially into the biochemical mechanisms
of photosynthesis, remains pivotal to the
understanding of how plants turn sunlight into
energy. (10/18/10)
Henry Fales, Class of 1944, was drafted into the Army
Air Corps, where he was trained as a ball turret
gunner on B-17s, then attended Colby College on the
GI Bill. After leaving his position as an engineer/
programmer at General Electric, he worked as a
handyman for senior citizens and as a computer
operator for the Nauset Regional School system. In
retirement, Henry became interested in ham radio,
achieving the highest amateur radio license, Extra. He
was a member of the board of the Orleans Council on
Aging where he also taught computer classes and
helped many seniors set up their home computers. He
was designated Volunteer of the Year in Orleans in
2002 and was honored by Elder Services of Cape Cod.
(2/15/10)
J. William Nutter, Class of 1944, an Eagle Scout,
graduated from Yale, George Washington Law
School, and the Naval Justice School. He served as
a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and was called back
into service during the Korean War. He was
employed by the federal government, serving as chief
majority counsel for the Indians Claims Commission.
He devoted 18 years to coaching his daughters in
softball, basketball, and soccer and was active at
their schools, serving several years as PTO president.
(11/3/10)
Peter Arnold, Class of 1946, served in the U.S. Army
after MB and was employed by the Coats and Clark
Company for 43 years. He was an active member of
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church in Olathe, Kansas and
also achieved the rank of 32nd Degree Mason. Peter’s
favorite lifelong hobby was ham radio. (4/3/11)
Clarence Smith, Class of 1946, served as a U.S.
Marine during the Korean Conflict as 2nd Lieutenant
and received many citations including Service Medal
with two stars and the United Nations Service Medal.
Employed as a salesman, he was also a member of
Medina VFW Post 5137 and enjoyed making jewelry
and telling jokes. (12/5/10)
John Paulson, Class of 1947, a research chemist who
worked at the Air Force Geophysics Lab at Hanscom
Field, Bedford, graduated from Haverford College and
earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of
Rochester. He was the recipient of two prestigious Air
Force awards and was internationally recognized for
his research on atmospheric chemistry. John served
as president of the Hanscom chapter of Sigma Xi.
(8/3/10)
Francis Beckett, Class of 1948, attended Brown until
his schooling was interrupted to serve in the Navy
during the Korean War, after which he received his
bachelor’s degree from UCLA. Frank settled in Los
Angeles and joined the Hughes Aircraft Company as a
beginning engineer and retired as a top executive in
the Missile Systems Group. A frequent visitor to the
Pacific Northwest, with a keen water-lover’s interest
in the Columbia River, Frank chose to relocate to
Washington upon retirement. (4/28/11)
David Lubrano, Class of 1948, a graduate of Brown
University, received his M.B.A. from the Tuck School
of Business at Dartmouth College. During the Korean
conflict, he was stationed in Seoul serving with the
U.S. Army Military Police and received his combat
infantry badge. After starting as a certified public
accountant for Arthur Anderson, Dave co-founded
National Medical Care. He was chief financial officer
of Apollo Computer Inc., helping to establish Route
128 as the east coast challenger to California’s Silicon
Valley, and later founded his own venture capital
firm, 21st Century Ventures, Inc. Dave served on the
board of trustees of MB and many other schools and
organizations. For a time, he was co-owner of the
Pleasant Mountain Ski Resort and helped install the
mountain’s first triple chair. Dave enjoyed piloting his
boat, The Satin Doll, on the waters of Moose Pond in
Maine. (2/23/11)
Frederick Gleason, Class of 1949, spent two years in
the Navy before attending Brown, graduating with a
degree in history while playing football and baseball.
He worked in marketing for Mobil Oil and retired as
president of one of its operating subsidiaries. He and
his wife lived in Beaufort, South Carolina before
settling in Richmond, Virginia. (5/22/10)
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John Dauray, Class of 1950, graduated from Boston
University with a degree in business. He worked for
his father at Electric Maintenance in Woonsocket for
several years before opening Dauray Furniture in
Linwood, Massachusetts. Later he worked for several
furniture stores and went on the road as a furniture
and rug salesman. John enjoyed genealogy, coin
collecting, antique cars and archeology, and was
proud of a quartz quarry he found that was published
in a national magazine. He was a member of the
Pomfret Lion’s Club and the Unitarian Church in
Uxbridge, Massachusetts. (11/26/10)
Robert Larson, Class of 1953, graduated from
Wesleyan University and received an M.S. from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked for
Exxon and then as a consultant. While living in New
Jersey, Bob was an avid volunteer. He tutored children
and spearheaded a $200,000 renovation of a home for
boys. Most recently, he lived in Fairport, New York.
(5/6/10)
Craig Watjen, Class of 1953, graduated from
Harvard, then received his B.S. in music from the
Julliard School, a master of music in clarinet from the
New England Conservatory of Music, and an M.B.A.
from the Stanford University Graduate Business
School. After spending ten years at Microsoft, he co-
founded Light Sciences Oncology, Inc., a leading-edge
cancer research group. Craig served on several boards
including the Seattle Symphony, where his
contribution made possible the purchase of the
Watjen Concert Organ. Craig played clarinet with the
Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops, and the North
Carolina Symphony. (8/13/10)
Cyrus Hamlin, Class of 1954, professor emeritus of
German and comparative literature at Yale University,
received his B.A. from Harvard and a Ph.D. from Yale.
He was professor of English and comparative
literature at the University of Toronto and co-founded
the undergraduate program in literary studies. At
Yale, he served as chair of the departments of
German and comparative literature and served as
chair of theater studies and president of the
Elizabethan Club and Manuscript Society. He was
visiting professor at many schools, in the U.S and
abroad; his published work focused on the poetry of
Friedrich Hölderlin, Goethe’s Faust, and the poetics of
European Romanticism. (1/9/11)
K. Dun Gifford, Class of 1956, a graduate of Harvard
College, Harvard Law School, and the U.S. Navy
Officers Candidate School, served in the U.S. Navy,
specializing in navigation, reaching the level of
lieutenant, junior grade. He received an honorary
doctorate in humane letters from Cambridge College.
Dun began his career at the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, researching policy proposals
for the White House, and later worked as a legislative
assistant to Sen. Edward Kennedy, and became a
national campaign coordinator during the presidential
bid of Sen. Robert Kennedy. He witnessed Senator
Kennedy’s assassination and helped subdue the
assailant, Sirhan Sirhan. In Boston, he became vice
president of Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, and then founded
the Great Bay company, which played a role in
construction projects such as Copley Place and
Fanueil Hall Marketplace. Dun was named chairman
of the national American Institute of Wine and Food,
and subsequently founded Oldways Preservation
Trust, a nonprofit organization which promotes
healthy and sustainable diets around the world. He
was active in land conservation, helping shape the
Islands Trust Bill and co-founding the Nantucket Land
Council. An avid, competitive sailor, Dun served as
the navigator for the successful defense of America’s
Cup aboard the Constellation. He also survived the
sinking of the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria while
travelling home from a family vacation. (5/9/10)
Edward Baram, Class of 1957, was a graduate of the
New York Military Academy. He loved tennis and golf
and was an avid gardener. Ed lived in Narragansett.
(3/4/11)
R. Gregory Green, Class of 1963, a resident of Santa
Fe, graduated from Brown and RISD and attended
Harvard University Special Courses. He was a U.S.
Army Engineer Officer Candidate School graduate at
the end of his service at the Pentagon in Washington,
D.C. where he was awarded a Joint Commission
Medal. Greg was owner and Chief HR Officer at North
Star Human Resources and was senior advisor at
Strategic Development Worldwide in San Diego. He
was also proud to be a member of the Society of
Cincinnati and the Native American All Nations
Stronghold. (3/29/11)
Ralph Richardson, Class of 1965, graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania where he studied
architecture with Louis Kahn. His musical career
began with local bands which he managed and played
in, including the Mamas and the Papas. A talented
architect and designer, he designed several residences
in Hollywood, California. As an entrepreneur, Dick
created several design-based enterprises including the
Coach Corporation in Arizona, and most recently, the
Great Orb Corporation. (2/11/11)
Lawrence Carrera, Class of 1984, was an analyst at
Advantage Technical Resources. He was a former
Providence resident and had lived in Cranston for the
past year with his family. His memorial service was
held at the Providence Friends Meeting House.
(3/10/11)
Justin Linton, Class of 1993, an avid sports fan,
attended the University of Rhode Island. He worked
for Blackstone Catering and previously was a
bartender for TGIFridays. Justin lived in East
Providence. (5/19/11)
Former Faculty/Staff
Hilda DeLisi worked at MB from 1976-2004. She was
the girls’ equipment and locker room manager and
later worked in food services. Hilda lived in Orlando,
Florida. (12/18/10)
Charles Hutton taught in the science department
from 1942-1956. He was also on the faculty of
Westtown Friends School, headmaster of Oakwood
School, headmaster of Wilmington Friends School,
and head of the School Consortium of New Jersey.
Charles worked as a fundraiser and development
consultant for Marts and Lundy, Hutton Associates
and the Appalachian College Association. (2/12/11)
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Looking Forward
Do you know of a classmate doing
work of a forward-looking nature?
The next issue of Cupola will have a
futuristic feel. We are looking for
stories about alumni doing work that
is forward-thinking. Send comments/
suggestions/stories to Managing
Editor Kristen Curry at kcurry@
mosesbrown.org
Send news/notes/photos/
feedback to: Susan Cordina,
Class Notes Editor, Alumni Relations,
Moses Brown School alumni@
mosesbrown.org
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online survey: www.mosesbrown.org
Former Faculty & StaffGeorge Sipp, former middle school head, visits New England
periodically to see family. His wife Jan passed away three years
ago. They lived in Florida for almost 30 years. George now lives
near his son in Kansas City. He writes, “I am comfortable here in
Kansas City (where I never in my wildest dreams expected to
live!); I found that it’s a modern, cosmopolitan city, not the
frontier town I somehow pictured in my mind. Despite a few
physical setbacks, I can say with reasonable conviction that I’m
doing quite well for an old guy of 83.”
Former middle school science teacher
Ellie Wickes is now working in real
estate, showing and selling properties
in the coastal towns of southeastern
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She
recently joined William Raveis
Chapman Enstone Real Estate. “I like it
because I use many of the skills I used
teaching,” says Ellie, “which are
problem solving, communication and
networking. I’ve sold some houses to teachers and students and
would love to work with more!” Ellie also has continued working
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Providence, R.I. • Fred Blackall ’68, 20 Stimson Ave. (less than a mile away)
Pennyslvania • Mark Castro ’01, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Missouri • Howard Caldwell ’41, Lee’s Summit, member of the MB Athletic Hall of Fame
Utah • Stephen Brown ’79, Sandy, president of a cross-continent trucking company
California • James Allen ’54, Northridge, geography professor at Cal State
Alaska • Ralph Lynch ’68, Anchorage, cold fusion/data research
Hong Kong • Isabella Cha-Yang Lo ’84, Kowloon, textile designer
Korea • Wonki Park ’98, Seoul, co-founder, Korea Lacrosse Association; bicycle
importer/distributor
Nepal • Stan Armington ’60, Kathmandu, director of Malla Treks
Last fall, George visited MB and met Head Matt
Glendinning, with his sister-in-law Conkie Howland: “My
recollection of the school in the 1960s is of a creaking, drafty,
slightly shabby old building, housing a dynamic faculty and
hundreds of happy boys. My observation of today’s school
strongly suggests a similar dynamic faculty and hundreds of
happy boys and girls housed in a very welcoming
environment. I could hardly believe the changes!”
with young people. She helped teach the fifth grade boat
building unit at the Paul Cuffee School for several years, and has
also done some math tutoring. This past year, she did some
educational coaching at MB with middle and upper school
students to help them with organization, study skills, and
resource management. “I really enjoy the interaction,” says Ellie.
“I run into past students often and it is very rewarding. They are
all thriving and making their way in the world. I feel very lucky
to have been part of the process. For fun, I have taken up golf. I
say that with tongue in cheek because it is fairly difficult but I
am enjoying it and playing some beautiful courses. Life is good.”
Say hello to Ellie at [email protected].
Amazing Race
If you start at MB, can you make it around
the world on your MB connections? A
recent scan of MB’s records shows several
alumni living around the world — not a
comprehensive list by any means, but a
sampling. Have you moved and wish to
update MB? Email [email protected].
Israel • Sari Ryvicker Mansheim ’89, Yad Binyamin, physician
Belgium • Laraine Laudati ’71, Brussels, attorney
Netherlands • Peter Silverstein ’81, PR Onnen, founder/teacher, Art Academy
of Utrecht
United Kingdom • John Horrell ’45, retired (Blitz to MB: John came to MB
during WWII to escape the bombing of London)
Aruba • Louis Posner ’81, Oranjestad, exporter, Aruba Aloe Balm
South Africa • Thuli Madi ’95, Natal, website project coordinator
Haiti • George Roumain ’67, Port-au-Prince
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PRESERVING OUR FUTURE, THE OBADIAH BROWN SOCIETY
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Mark Richard Alperin ‘76
Frohman Anderson ‘80 P’10 ‘12
Peter Hoyle Armstrong ‘52
Barbara and James Bachand P’84
Robert Gifford Berry ‘40
Zenas W. Bliss ‘44
Russell A. Boss ‘57
Jeffrey G. Brier ‘71
Anne and David Burnham
Richard H. W. Chadwell ‘51
Thomas Chappell ‘61 and Katherine Chappell
William Howard Claflin ‘46
Americo W. and Judith L. Colaluca P’92 ‘97
Ellen and Charles Collis P’80 ‘81 ‘87
Sarah E. Crane ‘91
Melissa MacGillivray Dane ‘87
Donald Dwares ‘55 P’92 ‘94
Peter Lance Dwares ‘62
Harley A. Frank ‘81
Mary Jo Griffin GP’96 ‘98
Gordon Holmes ‘56
Charles P. Isherwood ‘40
E. Gardner Jacobs, Jr. ‘43
Amy Roebuck Jones ‘79
Richard H. Jones ‘42
Peter E. Lacaillade ‘67
Theodore Low ‘44 P’81
Will Mackenzie ‘56
Stanley Markowitz ‘46
Douglas P. Marquis ‘58
William C. McClaskey ‘57
James R. McCulloch ‘70 P’08
Bruce G. McInnes ‘55
Terrence Moran ‘76 P’06 ‘08
Bill Myers ‘48 P’77 ‘79
C. Rodney O’Connor ‘50
Lester N. Odams ‘47
King B. Odell
Harmon A. Poole, Jr. ‘42
Beth Prairie ‘89
John and Marianne Renza P’90 ‘94
Ann and Robert Rheault P’09 ‘11
Donna and Stuart Robinson P’87 ‘89
Gail S. Samdperil ‘81
Bob Samors ‘77
Francis B. Sargent ‘48 P’73
Turner C. Scott ‘66
Craig S. C. Shaw ‘48 P’78 ‘82
A. Homer Skinner, Jr. ‘38
Reza Taleghani ‘90
Stephen Toro
Leonard J. Triedman ‘46 P’75 ‘78 ‘81
Paul H. Welch ‘53
Wade M. Wilks ‘66
Dean Stuart Woodman ‘46 P’78
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Go local and come back to MB this fall!Quaker Golf Classic & Moses Brown Homecoming 2011
MB Alumni: Global Scope / Local Connections
Watch for more events in the coming year in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., California, and Providence.
Homecoming Reception: October 14 at The Squantum Club, East ProvidenceOctober 15-16: Homecoming on the MB Campus
Homecoming: Homecoming Reception | MB teams in action | Family fun activities | Alumni panel: Moses Brown Stories | Pancake breakfast | Alumni / alumna soccer games | Presentation of the Young Alumnus and Service to Alma Mater awards.
See details and photos at www.mosesbrown.org/homecoming. • Sponsored by the Moses Brown Alumni Association
Quaker Golf Classic: October 3 at Wannamoisett Country Club, RumfordGolf: 1:00 start | 5:30 reception