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Alumni Day
—MAY 6th,
2011
ALUMNI REVIEW S P R I N G 2 0 1 1
IN THIS
ISSUE
• Northeaster of the
Year Award
• President’s and
Principal’s Messages
• Class Notes
• Wall of Fame
Honorees
• Reunion Schedules
• In Memoriam
A publication of the Northeast High School Alumni Association
Visit us on the web at www.nehs1.com
Northeast High School
Alumni Association
Cottman & Algon Aves.
Philadelphia, PA 19111
(215) 728-5076
Continued on page 3
2011
NORTHEASTER
OF THE YEAR—
DON HACKNEY
CLASS OF F ’57
Described as a Renaissance man, Don Hack-ney has made it his mission to lead, teach, coach, prepare and inspire others. It didn't take long for his peers and his teachers to see that Hackney was developing a love of education, sports and strong leadership skills. In fact, he was honored as “Boy of the Year” by the North Philadelphia Federation of Older Boys Club, an organization for which he later served as president. Hackney was the commencement speaker for his graduation class at Rudolf S. Walton Ele-mentary School. Later he was the president of his graduating class at Fitzsimmons Junior High School. At Northeast, he served as a senator in the Student Council and was selected as the Honor Man of his January 1957 graduation class. Sports played a special part in Hackney’s development and his involvement in community service. When asked he’ll be quick to share with you his Northeast High School basketball sto-ries that include the legendary Sonny Hill and Herb Adderly as his teammates, or his most famous opponent, Wilt Chamberlain. His love of team sports prompted him to coach youngsters in basketball and softball, in-cluding: the Columbia Branch YMCA Boys Bas-ketball Team; Sonny Hill League—Future League Team; Sonny Hill College Team; Charles Baker League Pro Team; Huntingdon Valley Senior Basketball Team; Kappa Alpha Psi Alumni Bas-ketball Team; Edison High School’s first Girl’s Basketball Team and first Softball team.
NEHS FOOTBALL TEAM
2010 PUBLIC LEAGUE
DIVISION CHAMPS!
It was a long time coming...the last time the Northeast Vikings won the Public League Championship was 1983...but that was all about to change. With three minutes left, and the team lined up for a 22 yard field goal try, holder Lamont Davis took the snap, rolled to the right and threw a touchdown pass to a wide open Deion Barnes giving the Vikings a 13-6 victory over the Washington Eagles. The victory was even sweeter for Coach Riley, a Northeast graduate, who was a mem-ber of the1983 championship team, coached by Jon McAneney. “Northeast has done so much for me and these kids, “ Riley said. “It’s a fantastic school. We did it for everyone affiliated with the school, including the alumni.”
SLATE OF OFF ICERS
2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 2
President: Ronald Colston, F’56 1st Vice President: Carol Bombas, J’64 2nd Vice President: Lynn Riley, J’63 Treasurer: Myron Zonies, J’59
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Ron Colston
President NEHS
Alumni Association
Class of F’56
A L U M N I R E V I E W 2 0 1 1
Alumni Day 2010 and Veteran’s Memorial Garden Celebration
My name is Ronald H. Col-ston Sr., class of Feb. ‘56 and a former teacher with the School District of Philadel-phia. September of 2010, I had the honor of becoming the president of your alumni association. I'm so proud of the continued traditions of success of the graduates of the second oldest public high school in Philadelphia. My goal is to increase the participation of our alumni in
our association. Your help and support is needed. If you are not a Life Member of our Alumni Association or know others who are not, contact our Alumni Office (215-728-5076). Life membership is only $25.00, which entitles you to sports game discounts, our news letter and other privileges. Remember this year's Alumni Day, May 6th and please keep our office up to date with changes in your address.
NEHS Alumni President’s Message
2011 School Show There will be four perform-ances of Seussical between 5/11 and 5/14. A matinee and possibly a dinner theater ver-sion will be held. Tickets will be sold prior to the show and on the night of the perform-ances. Contact the school for additional details and tickets.
P A G E 3 Alumni Day May 6, 2011
ALUMNI DAY 2 0 1 1 REG I STRAT ION FORM—RESERVAT IONS REQU IRED BY APR IL 2 1ST
____Yes, I/we will attend the morning Wall of Fame Ceremony at Northeast Choices of entrée:
____Yes, 1/we will attend the Alumni Luncheon at Brookside Manor ($20.00pp) ____ Broiled Salmon
____Yes, I would like to sponsor a student to attend the Alumni Luncheon ($20.00pp) ____ Chicken Francaise
Special dietary requests: _______________________________________________
Name:_________________________________ Maiden name (if applicable) ___________________ Class of:________
Guest: _________________________________ If applicable: Maiden Name ___________________ Class of ________
Phone number: __________________ E-mail address: _______________________________________________
Please make check payable to NEHS Alumni Association Amount enclosed: ______________
Mail to: NEHS Alumni Association, Cottman & Algon Avenues, Philadelphia, PA 19111
Alumni Day morning Wall of Fame ceremonies. Also being honored are the June and January anniversary classes of 1951 and 1961. Alumni of all classes are encouraged to attend the morning ceremony in Morrison Hall. The annual Alumni luncheon will be held at the Brookside Manor in Feasterville. 9:00 AM Wall of Fame Induction program in the Auditorium honor
Classes of 1951 and 1961
11:00 Brookside Manor at Somerton Springs 50 Bustleton Pike, Feasterville, PA 19053
Registration, Cash Bar and Hors d’oeuvres
12 Noon Program to honor the Northeaster of the Year
12:45 PM Luncheon
Hackney’s love of teaching led him to earn a Bachelor of Elementary Edu-cation from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s Degree in Urban Secondary Education from An-tioch University. His professional experience, no surprise, is mostly in the educational sector, however, he has a strong entre-preneurial spirit. In the educational sector, Hackney has been a Philadelphia school teacher, a curriculum writer for the School Dis-trict’s Career Education Program, manager of the District’s Camping Pro-gram, a teacher recruiter for the
School District, and manager of the Teaching Program with the Philadelphia Housing Authority. He has also worked as a tour guide for JOBS Marketing & Travel Consult-ants and as a make-up artist. As an entrepreneur, Hackney is president and owner of Aloe Charm Cosmetics, owner of My Friend’s Clothes. His service to the community in-cludes serving as Chairman of Clubs for the Negro College Fund of the Delaware Valley, Director of Commu-nity Affairs and Fund Raising Chairman for the Men of BACA (Bronze Associa-tion for Cultural Advancement), Execu-tive Director of Olde Kensington Re-
development Corporations Board of Directors, President of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity as an undergrad, and he has served as a Loaned Executive of the United Way of Southeastern PA. From 2003 to 2005 he served as President of the Northeast High School Alumni Association. In 2009, Hackney was inducted to the Cheyney University of Pennsyl-vania’s Athletic Hall of Fame and in 2010 he was inducted in their Alumni Hall of Fame. With all that Don Hackney has achieved, his greatest accomplishment is being dad to Don, Jr., and Loren Nancy and grandpop to Alena Joi.
Register and pay online with PayPal. Go to the NEHS website at: www.nehs1.com and
look for the Alumni Day Luncheon Announcement
Hackney Honored...continued from page 1
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The family of William “Bill” J. Frederickson, class of J’47, wanted to inform his classmates that Bill passed away in Febru-ary, 2010, after complications from kidney failure. His son, Allan, wanted to share that he fought to the end and loved his friends and remembered his fellow classmates with fond memories. James Smart, LM Class of J’48, just released a new book Adonijah Hill's Journal. Adonijah Hill is a fictitious 36 year-old Philadelphian, former textile mill worker, and reporter for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin in the Centennial year, 1876. Mr. Smart has been a journal-ist, writer and editor in Phila-delphia for more than 60 years. His book, Historic Philadelphia: An Illustrated History, was pub-lished in 2001. Earl Laney, LM Class of J’55 reports that their 55th reunion was held at Nick’s Roast Beef on September 11, 2010. At-tending were 22 classmates and 4 wives. Classmates came from as far away as North Carolina and Wisconsin. Esther Fagan, Class of J’59 reports that the 50th reunion of the class of June ‘59, held at Brookside Manor at Somerton Springs, was a raging success. Classmates were in attendance from 21 different states to meet and greet old friends. In fact, two classmates who re-met while serving on the reunion committee became engaged and got married earlier this year. Howard Goldsmith, Class of J’60, has been named Vice Chair of the Board of Revision of
A L U M N I R E V I E W 2 0 1 1
Alumni Updates/Class Notes
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tended including some friends we haven’t seen in forty-six years! Harris Lacey, Class of 1970 reports that over 225 people attended the 40th reunion at the Buck Hotel on April 17, 2010. Everyone thought it was the best so far and they anticipate getting together again before the 50th. They attributed some of the success to their Face-
book page and class website, plus they set up a PayPal ac-count . Marilyn Kleinberg, LM Class of ‘78 was named one of “40 Local Super Women” by South Jersey Magazine in September of 2010. Chris Riley, LM Class of ‘85 was named Public League Foot-ball Coach of the Year. Coach Riley led the Northeast Vikings to the 2010 Public League Championship. Dr. Louis Todd Teller, LM Class of 1989, just completed his Ph.D. in Academic/Health Psychology from Walden Uni-versity. His dissertation was entitled “The Effects of Jewish Religious Identity and Age on Levels of Perceived Academic Stress,” where he compared Jewish and non-Jewish college and graduate students to ascer-tain which group had higher levels of academic stress.
Taxes of Philadelphia. Mr. Gold-smith is the principle shareholder of the Law Firm of Howard M. Goldsmith, P.C. Linda Wishner, Class of F’60 reports that 170 people traveled from 14 states to attend their 50th reunion on May 1, 2010 at the Spring Mill Country Club. Class representative Mel Brodsky ([email protected]) and Linda Bogdanoff [email protected] plan to do it again in 7 years to celebrate their classmates 75th birthdays. Alan Tepper, Class of J’62 , reports that the reunion com-mittee is already hard at work for the 50th class reunion which will take place in 2012. If you have not been receiving e-mails from the committee, please con-tact Alan at [email protected] Alice Brodsky Heller, Class of J’64 reports that the “Class of ‘64 is 64!” party on October 2, 2010 at the Philmont Country Club was a smashing success. If you did not receive an invitation, please contact Alice to update your information at [email protected] Becky Steinman Talasnik, Class of J’65 reported that every-one had a ball at their 46th reun-ion. Thirty-eight people at-
2011 Wall of Fame Honorees P A G E 5
Rabbi Benson Skoff, F’40 In 1993, Rabbi Skoff retired after thirty-four years as leader of his congregation at Brith Shalom Kneseth Israel in Richmond Heights, a suburb of St. Louis. He now serves as Rabbi Emeritus of his synagogue. While at Northeast, Skoff was associate record book editor, member of Microscopy, Astronomy and Latin
clubs. He was also a member of the table tennis and fencing clubs. He was in the Honor Section and on the Honor Roll consistently. Skoff earned his undergraduate degree from University of Pennsylvania, a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology from Columbia University and a Doc-torate in education from Washington University. He then graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. In addition to his congregational duties, Rabbi Skoff has been an active leader in the St. Louis religious community. For fifteen years, he was producer of an interfaith TV program and he served as chairman of the Interfaith Clergy of Met-ropolitan St. Louis. He was past president of the Jewish National Fund which provides funds for Israel.
Frank K. Colborn, Jr., F’47 After two years serving his country in the Korean War, Colburn stayed in the Army Reserves for eight additional years attaining the rank of Captain. Once his service ended, Colburn returned to his job at McCloskey & Company, advancing through the rank to be-come Executive Vice-President.
Later in life, he obtained his pilot’s license and completed requirements for single and multi-engine aircraft, accumulating more than 2000 flight hours. He was a member of the Confederate Air Force, a group of men that re-stored and flew WWII aircraft. He qualified as a pilot on the B-29 Superfortress, B-24 Liberator and the C-47 Cargo plane.
Leonard P. Oliver, J‘51 In a career spanning forty years and several countries, Oliver has always focused on bringing out the best in individu-als and creating the best opportunities for special interest groups. Oliver holds a Ph.D. in Adult/Continuing Education and Urban Studies from the University of Chicago, MA in Econom-
ics from University of Maryland and a BS from Temple University. Oliver joined the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1971 to launch the NEH’s State Humanities Council Program, and later served as its director. From 1977-1982, he served as Special Assistant to the Chairman, where he was responsible for bringing labor, women, minorities, the handicapped, senior citi-zens, neighborhood and youth organizations into relationships with the NEH. Leaving NEH in 1983. Oliver founded Oliver Associates, a public policy con-sulting firm. His consulting work has taken him to Argentina, Sweden, Belgium, China, and several other countries. On a personal level, Oliver has spent his life in sports, playing on the U.S. Pan-American and Olympic Soccer Teams (1963-64) and as a professional in the America Soccer League. He was inducted into the Temple University Athletic Hall of Fame (1981), the USSF National Soccer Hall of Fame among others. He is an author, lecturer and motivational speaker, often linking soccer with organizational life.
Earl Katz, J’60 As President of Public Inter-est Pictures and President of Creative Philanthropy, Katz is an activist/documentary pro-ducer. He is currently execu-tive producing two films, the
documentary Heist and the studio film Legacy of Secrecy, slated to be released by Warner Brothers in 2013 starring Leonardo Di-Caprio. His award-winning documentaries have been an adjunct to his career as a po-litical, social justice, and environmental activ-ist since 1970. Katz is Executive Producer of Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election with Danny Glover (Sundance Channel), Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties (Sundance Channel), Broadcast Blues, One Nation Under God, and Hacking Democracy(HBO), for which he was nominated for an Emmy.
Kenneth C. Frazier, ’73 Frazier was recently named CEO of Merck & Co. Inc., the nation's second-largest drug manufacturer. Frazier comes to his new position with 18 years' ex-perience at Merck, including
time heading its public affairs department, its legal operations, and, most recently, its three largest divisions - pharmaceutical and vaccine sales and marketing, research and develop-ment, and manufacturing and supply. As Merck's general counsel, Frazier led the company's legal defense of more than 5,000 lawsuits brought by users of Vioxx, a painkiller that was found to raise the risk of heart attacks and strokes. At the moment, potential legal costs from Vioxx are esti-mated at $7.7 billion, far below the $18 bil-lion that some were predicting when the first cases were brought in 2004. His resume includes a stint at the Philadel-phia law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath L.L.P., where he became a partner. As a lawyer at Drinker Biddle, Frazier was part of a team of lawyers who, working without charge, won a new trial for an Ala-bama man facing the death penalty for the 1978 killing of a Birmingham shopkeeper. The inmate, James Cochran, was acquitted in a retrial in 1997.
Thanksgiving Day Game 2010
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Reunion Schedules For an updated listing of reunions, visit the Alumni section of the school’s website at www.nehs1.com
A L U M N I R E V I E W
Class of F’51—Alumni Day, April 6th, 2011. The reunion will begin with an assembly in the auditorium (Morrison Hall) in the morning where our class will be recognized for it’s 60th Anniversary. A lunch-eon at the Brookside Manor will follow. Tables will be reserved for our class. Please use the Alumni Day reservation form in this news-
letter to make your reservation.
F’61—4/30/2011 Savoy Caterers, 1444 Rt. 73, Pennsauken, NJ. Con-tact Ray Kozin [email protected] or Steve Bush [email protected]. Details on
J’61—9/10/2011 Savoy Caterers, 1444 Rt. 73, (formerly Woodbine Inn), Pennsauken, NJ. Contact Han-
nah Monblatt (215) 953-2726
F’62—Planning 50th. Please up-date your contact info at [email protected] or con-tact Alan Tepper directly at
1966—11/19/2011 Buck Hotel. Contact Beverly Carr
1967—4/21/2011 Radisson Ho-tel, Trevose. Contact Fred Blum
1971—10/29/2011 Radisson Ho-tel, Trevose Contact Wendy Salesky Agins at
1972—5/5/2012 Savoy Caterers, 1444 Rt. 73 (formerly Woodbine Inn), Pennsauken, NJ. Contact Howard Rovner at rov-
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Looking to find old friends from high school? Want to find out the latest on your reunion? How about sharing pictures from your school days or even photos from the early days of the Northeast? It’s all online at Face-book. There are several groups you can join that are only about Northeast High and our community. Get Online….Get Reconnected!
nine senior starters, held Cen-tral to a total of only 68 total yards of Offense, while North-east posted 297 yards of of-fence in a lopsided Viking win 29-0. Northeast, since 1990, has beaten Central 16 times and has only lost 5 times. The Vikings have also won the last 6 straight. Northeast was lead by sophomore quarterback David Pulliam who threw for 115 yards on 7 attempts. Rashaun Sligh led the offense with 115 yards in receiving, and Sopho-more Marquis Edwards also contributed with 11 carries for
76—11/26/11 Radisson Valley Forge Contact Harris Bookfor (609) 804-6636 [email protected]. Visit class website at
www.nehs76.info
NE beats Central to the
Punch
On a snowy thanksgiving day this year, Northeast showed why they were the toast of the Public League, posting an undefeated record of 6-0. The Northeast squad, with only
72 yards. On the defensive side, Deion Barnes (Penn State bound on a full scholarship) lead his band of all-stars, such as Camille Max, Lamont Davis and David Espinosa in a defen-sive onslaught which kept central down and out for another year. The Wooden Horse will remain in the NE stable for an-other year.
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The following alumni passings were reported by George Nelson, J’41, Charles Mills J’40, Herbert Hickmott, J’43. * indicates life member and + indicates Wall of Fame, Bold indicates a member of the Alumni Board Executive Committee.
IN MEMORIAM
Class 31J Alan W Bernheimer * 34J Gilbert Levy * 35J William R. Chappelle * 35J Seibert Dorner * 36J Oscar E Kosma, Sr * 38J George J Kappel * 38J Robert A. "Maje" McDonnell * + 38J John J Schroth 39J Harry W Epp 39J Marvin Sydney Greenberg * 40J Benjamin Guyger * 40J Howard Roth, Jr. 40J Donald E Sweet 41J James Gilmour 43F Norman Gitman 43J S.Wm Hollingsworth * 43J Henry Kuhn 43J William A Ritting, Jr. 44J Lester Greenberg * 44J Jack Michael Hebenstreit *
Class 45J Edward Bratton * 45J Rev Wesley Meixell 47F Rev. William J Doorly 47J William J Frederickson 47J William H Kohler * 48J Thomas Bradshaw 48J Joseph Dodel * 50F Leonard Warner * 50J Jack Michael Laspee 58J Helene Carlson Peck 60F Samuel Schettinger * 64J Arthur G Woodin * 65F Sandra (Goldberg) Beadle 67 Dr. Alan Dorfman * 67 Ronald Katen 67 Karen Taylor Misnik 67 Jeffrey Smith 67 Dr. Evelyn D. Witkin * + 70 Dennis B. Chaplin * 70 Bonnie Lee Cooper *
Class 70 Pamela Demchick Friedrich 70 Florence Jacobs Sciarillo 70 Deborah Martha Taylor 80 Robert Helinek 83 Pamela Demchick Kohler 83 James Trois
National Honor Society
Update
As the sponsor of the Andrew J. Morrison Chapter of National Honor Society, I have the privilege of working closely with most of North-east’s top students. We currently have 99 juniors and seniors who are proud to call themselves NHS mem-bers. For the past four years, I have been amazed to watch NHS mem-bers learn and grow into school and community leaders. Our members are required to have excellent aca-demic records and they all excel in the classroom. What really inspires me though, is that they do this in combination with working, support-ing their families, playing sports, par-ticipating in band, choir, and orches-tra, or managing a SPARC club or Debate Team. Northeast NHS members volunteer at the library on Cottman Avenue, serve at the Chi-nese Cultural Center, and are active in their churches, synagogues, or temples. Our members truly repre-sent the NHS principles of scholar-ship, character, service, and leader-
ship. When you come into the build-ing, you will find NHS members rais-ing money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, selling carnations on Val-entine’s Day, tutoring struggling stu-dents during Advisory, or gathering in the lobby to go New York to see a Broadway show. One of the things that I’ve recog-nized over the past six years as a teacher at Northeast is that despite all the political, social, and economic changes over the past few decades, Northeast continues to do what it has always done; give working-class and immigrant students the opportunity for the American dream. Most of the neighborhood high schools struggle to provide even a very basic education to their students. Northeast is differ-ent. With our well-recognized Mag-net Program, International Baccalaurte Program, top-notch ESL Program, and a myriad of Advanced Placement Classes, Northeast does what few others can do. It gives students a chance. It gives them the opportunity to be competitive at the very highest levels. It exposes them to rigorous content and skills that are essential in our 21st century economy. It allows
them to not only get into college, but be suc-cessful and competitive in college. Recent NHS alumni now attend Temple, Penn State, Drexel, Arcadia, Haverford, Cornell, Brown, Princeton, Penn and many others. Their ma-jors include engineering, psychology, econom-ics, computer science, education, and pre-med. Many are the first in their family to go to college. What they sought and found at Northeast was the education to be successful after high school, the exposure to a life bigger than their few blocks, and the opportunity to be creative, thoughtful, servers and leaders. Northeast abounds with opportunity and the National Honor Society recognizes that and enhances that in every way it can. One of the reasons that Northeast has so much to offer its students is because of its Alumni Association. Your support has al-lowed Northeast to continue to stand apart from many Philadelphia high schools. Whether through the long history of tradi-tions or the financial support that you pro-vide to so many of our programs, functions, and students, the Alumni Association makes a difference in the opportunities that Northeast provides. I sit on the committee that helps decide scholarship awards to seniors each year. I know the financial difficulty that many NHS members face with tuition bills, room and
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Robert “Maje” McDonnell, Class of J’38, a long time coach, batting practice pitcher and community relations icon for the Philadelphia Phillies, died in his home in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia in July 2010. McDonnell was one of the last surviv-ing members of the famed “Whiz Kids,” the young Phillies team that won the Na-tional League Pennant in 1950.
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and books. Your dollars make a differ-
ence. Your dollars allow some students
to choose to live on campus and have a
full college experience. Your dollars al-
low other students to buy books for class
or a laptop. Your dollars allow other
students to not drown in debt before
they even begin. Your dollars pay tuition
to keep students in school. I encourage
each of you, whether individually or as a
Class, to remember Northeast. As you
continue to be successful and pursue
your goals and dreams, think about
where they were first planted. For many,
Northeast is where their heads were
lifted high and their dreams were in-
spired. That continues today. The
teachers, staff, and Administration con-
tinue to work hard every day to make
sure that opportunity abounds and that
our students will have what it takes to be
successful. As always, we could do more,
with more. The National Honor Society
would like to do so much more to assist
its members and indeed, all of Northeast.
We are constantly looking for guest
speakers, internships, college connec-
tions, and money for trips and rewards. I
also started a small graduation award for
two NHS seniors that I would like to
expand to more of our members. Cur-
rently, we sell candy bars to make this
award possible. If you are interested in
partnering with us, to help us provide
even more opportunity, to provide for
our scholarship needs or anything else,
please contact the Alumni Office at 215-
728-5076.
Christopher Frank
Social Studies Teacher
IB History Teacher / AP Macroeconomics Teacher
National Honor Society Sponsor since 2006
National Honor Society cont. from pg 7
Alumni Legacy Tiles
Order Form Available at
www.nehs1.com
Click on the
Alumni link
Your name and class will go underneath on an
engraved plate
