WINTER 2018 Hawken REVIEW
This is How We Learn: The Intensive Experience From the Desk of D. Scott Looney
“Just as truly as each individual has different physical characteristics, so truly does he possess individual and peculiar talents, wants, powers, tastes, instincts, and tendencies. And because of this there can be no real and efficient education where a general course of instruction and a general method of training is applied to a group of [students].” – James A. Hawken, 1915 At opening meetings in August, I gave each faculty and staff member a copy of author Todd Rose’s recent book, The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness, because it resonates remarkably well not only with the direction we are heading, but with our founder James A. Hawken’s original commitment to individualized education. The concept of “the end of average,” while by some standards is not new, is groundbreaking when viewed in the context of today’s approach to education and the workplace. I highly recommend the book. This issue of the Review highlights one of the many ways Hawken is taking the lead in making learning more individualized and relevant: the Upper School Intensives. Now in their eighth year, the Intensive program has evolved to the point where it has become part of the natural rhythm of the school year. Its uniqueness and success has drawn over fifty schools from across the country to visit Hawken to see just how it is implemented, and many schools are adopting versions of it if not mimicking our approach to a tee. Advancements in technology also have the capacity to revolutionize the way we teach by allowing us to focus more on individualization and relevancy. At Hawken, we are already making tremendous strides in leveraging technology to develop new programming, schedules, and approaches to engage students — meeting them where they are developmentally and equipping them with the skills required for success and fulfillment in an ever-changing world. The recently-announced Computational & Design Thinking Initiative could not be more timely given its focus on developing the resources and mentorship required to expand programing that will challenge our students to reach a new level of complexity in their thinking and problem-solving abilities. Additionally, our learning spaces continue to evolve to accommodate our changing approaches. This year marks our second in Stirn Hall, which — along with the Gries Center and other areas on our campuses — helps to bring new programming to life. On the horizon are plans for an Innovation Lab at the Lyndhurst Campus, which will bring a wealth of new opportunities for our youngest students to engage in design thinking and creating. Moving beyond the concept of average as a means by which we structure both education and the work place has the power to liberate educators and students, employers and employees, from meaningless and often limiting comparisons, expectations, and assessments. More importantly, it has the power to unleash the true potential of every human being, enabling each to become the very best version of him or herself – a concept that lies at the very heart of a Hawken education: helping students to find their “better selves” throughout their lives.
Sincerely,
D. Scott Looney Head of School 2017-2018 Board of Trustees Winter 2018 Officers Charles P. Cooley, Chair Samuel P. Gerace, Vice Chair Blair K. Haas ’72, Vice Chair Paul N. Harris, Vice Chair Hawken Steven M. Ross ’84, Vice Chair REVIEW Alan D. Rosskamm, Vice Chair Jennifer S. Grossman, Treasurer Janice W. Hawwa, Secretary Trustees Himanshu S. Amin Daniel Brown Volume 38, No 1 Steven M. Dettelbach ’84 Tamara Durn Doody ’85 Dan F. Grajzl Stacie L. Halpern John LeMay Brinton C. Lincoln ’94 James “Deej” Lincoln, Jr. ’91 Head of School Office Robert W. Mallett ’93 Head of School Feature Julie K. Mangini D. Scott Looney Richard T. Marabito Samuel Neider Chief Operating Officer 2 Intensives: Summer Paris Stephanie A. Tolleson This is How We Learn Natalie Ronayne Andrew D. Ross Executive Assistant Debra Adams Simmons to the Head of School Lauren B. Spilman Emily R. Morton David Sylvan Dominic A. Visconsi, Jr. ’77 Advancement Department Departments Meredith Smith Weil ’85 Co-Directors of Advancement Jeffrey M. Biggar ‘68 Life Trustees Kathleen Z. Guzzi Jeffrey M. Biggar ’68 Inside Cover From the Desk of Charles P. Bolton ’57 Director of Constituent D. Scott Looney David A. Daberko Relations & Events Whitney Evans ’51 Eleanor Hitchcock Anderson ’79 Leigh L. Fabens 18 From the Chapel Sally L. Gries Database Manager to the White House K.P. Horsburgh, Jr. ’65 Robin L. Baringer Ralph T. King G. Russell Lincoln ’64 Director of the Annual Fund and 30 Latest Developments William C. McCoy ’38 Alumni Engagement John Sherwin, Jr. ’53 Meg Boucher Anthoni Visconsi II ’71 31 Sheffield Society Donor Relations Manager Lisa M. Brenner Visiting Committee 32 From the Parents’ Jeffrey M. Biggar ’68, Chair Database Coordinator & Archivist Donald R. Allman ’70 Mary Crotty Association Robert J. Anslow ’77 Laura Rosenfeld Barnes ’84 Director of Strategic Partnerships Todd A. Barrett ’83 Matthew A. Salerno ‘92 33 Alumni News Scott M. Beatty ’77 Kathleen Bole ’77 Marketing Department William E. Bruner ’67 Director of Strategic Marketing 40 Class Notes Brooke Buckley ’94 Gina Zeman Walter Dennis P. Fisco ’73 Jonathan W. Friedland ’86 Administrative Assistant, 58 In Memoriam Timothy M. George ’70 Advancement & Marketing Adam M. Guren ’99 Susan M. Daunch Todd R. Horn ’73 60 Fair Play Peter A. Horvitz ’72 Editorial Director Caleb Hsieh ’94 Lisa A. Lentz Wendy Morton Hudson ’86 Daniel Hurwitz Graphic Designers Charles N. Jordan ’65 Connie M. Moon Henri Pell Junod, Jr. ’59 Casey L. Zulandt Blake Kleinman ’95 William H. Lewis ’86 Photography P. Jeffrey Lucier Jeffrey M. Biggar ‘68 David A. McCreery ’81 Denise Buckley Tom Murphy ’89 Jenn Hartz Letters and suggestions are welcome: Randy F. Rizor ’70 Rebecca Marks The Hawken Review Theodore “Tod” Sedgwick ’66 Kevin Reeves PO Box 8002 Paul C. Shiverick ’71 Aparna Sundaram Gates Mills, Ohio 44040-8002 John Shubert ’74 Richard Tate Michael Rosskamm ’97 Casey Zulandt [email protected] Carl E. Smith ’74 440.423.2965 Bradley A. Stirn ’68 S. Tucker Taft ’70 Rodger S. Rickard, Emeritus School Community Representatives Shaquira M. Johnson ’94 Alumni Association President Tonya L. Thomas Parents’ Association President “I think what students start to see in these interactions with people in the community is their future in it. What inspires me is watching kids get inspired.” – Steve Weiskopf, Humanities Department Co-Chair
“I’ve been teaching for 23 years, and I can honestly say that teaching in the Intensive has been the absolute best experience I’ve ever had as an educator. I love it!” – Jodie Ricci, Performing Arts Chair 2 Hawken Review INTENSIVES THIS IS HOW WE LEARN
n early December, an email alert went out to Hawken Upper According to David Gillespie ’89, School faculty and staff from history/humanities teacher Katrina Director of Information Management Hagen. It read, “Don’t be alarmed if you see small drones flying around and Research, one of the main reasons the Shiverick Commons between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. or so! Tri-C’s Intensives work at Hawken is because Mobile Innovation Lab is working with our Humanities 10 Economy of the school’s culture of innovation class today.” Unusual for some schools, perhaps, but not for Hawken – and change. “Before we adopted particularly during what Hawken calls “Intensives.” the Intensive model, teachers were For those unfamiliar with Intensives, they can be summed up getting frustrated by the inability to this way: one course, all day for three weeks to enable in-depth, incorporate longer, more experiential immersive study of a single subject. Intensive classes take place twice approaches without trampling all over a year not only on Hawken’s main campus but at various locations other people’s classes. If you want throughout Cleveland and around the globe. Now in their eighth to do something really substantive year, Intensives, once deemed daunting or thrilling depending on in certain subject areas, you need one’s penchant for experimentation and innovation, have become extended periods of time. We looked for part of the school vernacular. a solution back in 2009 to see if there was a way to make that easier, and this What is it about Intensives that has drawn over 50 schools to Hawken’s campus to observe, learn, and perhaps replicate? The is what we came up with. Of course, following pages will offer a glimpse into Hawken Intensives, which it’s evolved over time, to the extent provide an opportunity to break through perceived barriers, offering that now one of the principle criteria meaningful, authentic learning experiences. for whether an Intensive is viable is whether or not it is something that can only be accomplished during the Intensive period. And we don’t have to “I really like the fact that all costs associated with recruit teachers to teach these classes anymore – each year we get more the Intensives are included in tuition. That course applications than we can take. means even the travel Intensives, for example, Even though they can be exhausting to teach, teachers love it, because they are accessible to every student.” see that it’s worth it for the students. It – Jeff, Hawken Parent gives them incredible experiences.”
3 “This Intensive has been my favorite so far. We’re learning new ways to analyze classic children’s books, as well as how to teach children from Birchwood about other books. The environment of my Intensive is immersive and fun, and I’ve learned and discovered so much about the way a child learns.” – Abby ’19
Ever wondered why Harry Potter runs through Platform 9¾ on his way to Hogwarts, or why Alice tumbles after a white rabbit down the rabbit hole? Just ask students in this class.
Humanities teachers Becca Marks and Steve and group presentations, students dive into John Weiskopf point out that while the number of Dewey’s — and, by extension, James Hawken’s children and teenagers who read recreationally theories of experiential education to uncover the continues to decline, over 400 million copies of unique educational opportunities afforded by J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series have sold children’s literature. They then apply their findings by worldwide — and Alice in Wonderland, 150 years assuming the role of teacher, partnering with third after its publication, has never gone out of print and fourth grade students at Birchwood School of and is now an industry in and of itself. In this Hawken, and, in doing so, bring their journey from class, students explore why children’s literature Wonderland to Hogwarts full circle, back to the city endures, continuing to captivate young and old of Cleveland. readers alike. As Allison ’18 explains, she along with her Through in-depth explorations of Lewis Carroll’s classmates were a bit skeptical when they walked seminal 1865 novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland into a classroom decorated like Hogwarts and and J.K. Rowling’s spellbinding 1997 Harry Potter engaged in Harry Potter-themed activities on the and the Sorcerer’s Stone, students consider what first day of class. But she concedes, “It turns out there makes the experience of returning to Wonderland, was a purpose to all the fun and craziness!” Hogwarts, and so many other literary wonderlands so special. Just like the protagonists in those works, students learn by doing, recreating their magical worlds through activities that include baking for the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party to mounting a game of Wizard Chess.
But don’t be fooled; this class is not all child’s From Wonderland to Hogwarts Hawken: An Exploration of Children’s Literature and Experiential Learning play. In addition to analytical writing assignments Marine Science Excerpt from Hawken Marine 2017 Student Blog, Day 2: Do You Wrecken We’ll See Any Fish? We woke at 7:00 a.m. and geared up for our nice morning snorkel. Though we thought we’d mastered the art of snorkeling after Day 1, the strong current quickly showed us we had much to learn. Our destination was a small shipwreck about 100 yards offshore, where we visited the home of a ferocious nurse shark (don’t worry, they’re actually very friendly)! We were all safe though, because it hid under wreckage, probably afraid of our sporadic splashing and uncontrollable excitement. For many of us, this was our first encounter with a shark, and we were quite afraid of them; however, thrill quickly overcame fear as we swarmed the harmless creature. While the shark was the highlight of the morning, we still enjoyed observing other marine life as we swam to shore, like starfish, cowfish, crabs, coral, sponges, and other colorful fishes.
After drying off and enjoying a filling breakfast, we split into two teams to work on two different kinds of farms. The first team headed over to the CSD (Center for Sustainable Development) to work on a chicken farm. The second team headed over to the APON (Aquaponics) farm. Over at APON, Ander and I, along with the rest of our group, enjoyed the challenge of catching and weighing mature tilapia. At APON they have a very sustainable and resourceful way of raising tilapia and using the water they swim in as nutrient rich water for their crops. The work we did helped them get an accurate measurement of how much feed they needed for their fish. We also helped prepare the area where they were going to plant tomatoes. A year-long, upper-level “capping” course, Marine Science is an elective that reinforces concepts mastered in biology, Many of us were hesitant at lunch because they served us french chemistry, and physics. The class develops a strong fries and chicken fingers, but they assured us that we weren’t consuming our companions, so we chowed down! After that, foundation in oceanography and marine biology and we used our down time to go off independently and reflect on includes a travel component during the fall Intensive our experiences thus far. No phones, no friends, no distractions, period. Students spend two weeks at the Island School/ just us and our thoughts. It was a very relaxing time by the Cape Eleuthera Institute in the Bahamas, which provides scenic beach that helped us appreciate the efforts that go into sustaining our lifestyles and the environment as a whole. an anchor to the curriculum as well as life-changing, hands-on experiences. As one student put it, “We learned With cleared minds and open hearts, we then went to a unforgettable lessons about the ocean and its mysteries, symposium where several graduate researchers presented their about living in a sustainable way, and, most importantly, research to us. It was very interesting to see different areas of study and the research that went into them. We were able to ask about making the most of each day and opportunity that the researchers questions about their research. There was food at we are given.” the symposium, until Isaiah and I arrived.
While on Eleuthera, students explore mangrove and coral After dinner, we wrapped up our day with a competitive fish ID quiz to test our knowledge of different fish species. We spilt up reef ecosystems, work with the school’s hydroponic system, into 4 teams of 5, and we competed to identify as many different learn about invasive lionfish, study the effects of stress on fish as possible. Needless to say, we are all prepared to ID fish in sharks, and launch a long-term project censusing sea urchin the ocean! populations. In addition to snorkeling, students learn about With tired eyes, sea kayaking and spelunking, and they take a discovery Ander ’18 and Isaiah ’18 scuba class.
5 Physics 9 is the introductory course in Hawken’s physics-first science curriculum, which science physics-first 9 is the introductoryPhysics in Hawken’s course biology, of chemistry, foundation necessary the intellectual for explorations provides portion curriculum. In the Intensive science of the and other offerings in Hawken’s light, and other sound, electromagnetism, waves, students explore 9 class, Physics one-week mini-courses here. three, highlighted through as they move topics Machines Upper School math teacher Joel Rabe invites project. A sense of urgency builds as completion students to think about how machines throughout approaches, and families are invited to an Open history have changed the world in profound ways, House to see what students have accomplished becoming crucial to our way of life throughout during the week. By necessity, the course focuses history. He draws students in by first asking them on developing the students’ understanding of to imagine what the world must have been like electromagnetism and electronic circuitry. There before the printing press or electricity. are assignments completed outside of class that are designed to help the students develop The Machines component of the Intensive their theoretical understanding of electricity takes a studio approach to learning about the and magnetism. By working with electronic fundamental underpinnings of many of the components during the day and developing machines we encounter in everyday life. Early a theoretical understanding of electricity and in the Intensive, students choose from a list of magnetism in the evenings, students are able to possible projects and then spend most of each advance their understanding of this important day at school working toward completion of their aspect of physics.
“In the Machines part of the Intensive, we learned how circuits work both in the mathematical/ theoretic aspect and in the actual building and soldering. I also learned how to use a laser cutter, a soldering iron, and how to properly wire together different components to create a real working product. My class was so involved and excited about the class that the teacher had to make us take
Ninth Grade Physics Ninth Grade breaks and lunch.” – Valerie ’21 Cosmology Upper School science teacher Luke Keltner draws students Perceptions As teacher Jon Asbornsen explains, “Human beings into the world of cosmology by asking students, “Wouldn’t it experience their world largely through sight and sound.” be weird to see light from the Big Bang, if there were places This class takes students on a journey to discover how in the universe where time stopped, or if there were particles the waves around us are generated, how they travel, and that took up no space? What if the length of a football field how we decipher their meaning. Real world explorations depended on who you were?” include an examination of the architecture of Severance Hall to understand how design enhances sound and visits Basically, Keltner concludes, “It turns out that the universe is to the Cleveland Museum of Art to study the historical just weird.” This course explores that weirdness by exploring interpretations of visual artists. Students are introduced to the universe from its conception, its evolution, and its people who are coping with sensory losses and interact different potential fates. Gravity, electromagnetism, quantum with the University Circle professionals who treat them. mechanics, and particle physics are also explored.
“Something I like about the format of Intensives is that “The main takeaway from my Intensive is how having a class all day every day really allows you to get important background knowledge is when in the right mindset and think deeply about the concept. completing a project. I also learned that when A takeaway I have so far from this Intensive is how black we apply intuition, knowledge, and perseverance, holes work! I wasn’t extremely interested in them or most obstacles are temporary.” – Ryan ’21 knowledgeable, but after Dr. Keltner’s lecture on them, I’m really intrigued and know a lot more about them, so I’m very grateful for that.” – Molly ’21
7 All freshmen take a humanities Intensive
in either the fall or the spring. “One of the most important things I have
learned from my Intensive is that everyone has a story. Sometimes you have to dig Humanities 9 a little deeper to find out what is inside of another person. Everyone has had experiences that shape who they are, and I think that is a really powerful thing.” – Madi ’21 “This class is completely class “This interactive and The by AmenCorner BaldwinattheHoly James Trinity Cultural Center in Cleveland. Onthefinalday ofclass, The students’ enthusiasmispalpable. Club, speakattheCity “We’ve Mockabee hadthechanceto hearMarsha Students read andstudythegraphic Chineseby Luen novel Gene Born American Yang IDare andDo Disturb
students delivered apresentation basedonresearch issuefacingCleveland: police focusing onacontemporary at a school like Hawken.”at aschoollike Onestudentcalledtheclass “game changing.” thattheclasswas thefact Anotherliked and we went to aplay andgotto talkto oneofthedirectors —andyou canreally onlygetthoseexperiences we’ll meetstudentsfrom the Thomas Jefferson Newcomers Academy andthe Cleveland Clinic College of Lerner ofothers?”understand theexperiences As andAmbrose teachers JuliaGriffin Faturoti explain, “Alongthe way, Medicine andgrappleMedicine withtheproblems facingourcity.” the Universe? byalumnaCharlise Hawken Lyles of ’77 . Anotherhighlightwasattending aperformance the situation.” Classmates Cara ’21agree: ’21andRishita are findingthere“We are alotofways we canget whenyousomuchabouttheareato learn thecommunity andwhere we are and whatwe candoto improve into action.”thinking Shin adds, ’21 aren’t“We now. thepast,butwhatishappeningright exploring tiesyou It In thisseminar,In studentsaddress essentialquestions, including affect the“How doesidentity ‘coming ofage’ Many Stories:Race,Gender,andClassinAmerica experience in America today?” inAmerica experience and more“How canlearning aboutrace, gender, helpme andclassinAmerica involved withorganizations to helpsolve theseproblems.” not as textbook-oriented assomeclassesare.not astextbook-oriented ’21explains, Mel gotto explore andputour “We thecommunity brutality, economic andracialsegregation, education,orhousing. play outinour society.” –Rishita ’21 withdo race, andhow they andgender class, engaging. It opened my to ofthings alot eyes I society andstereotypes.society Ilearned how to think critically about real world problems having to never wouldnever have thought about regarding our
Radiolab: Hawken “When I teach in the Intensive, I love seeing kids diving deep into the subject matter and connecting in an experiential way. When kids take the initiative to go out into the community, arranging site visits and interviews, they aren’t just developing journalism skills, they are growing into independent, resilient, creative problem solvers with a stake in this city. You can see their confidence and engagement grow with each opportunity.” Spiritual Journeys – Cris Harris, English/Humanities Teacher As teachers Dan O’Connor and Anne Kmieck explain, “Religion is an essential part of the fabric of civilization. Patterned after the award-winning WNYC podcast, this Whether a devout believer in a specific religion, a staunch course introduces 9th grade students to the world of audio atheist, or anything in between, an individual’s worldview is storytelling. Students seek out stories in science, music, arts, impacted by the religious traditions that have come before.” and literature that give insight into the human experience.
Working independently and in small teams, they research, This course introduces students to the complex beliefs of interview, record, and produce documentary segments, some of the world’s religions in an effort to understand weaving content and music into thoughtful explorations some of the belief structures that influence our culture. As that they ultimately share with the Hawken community. an interdisciplinary endeavor, the class includes a study of the artwork of various religions; students develop research and presentation skills as they design their own tours of “One of my favorite parts about Radiolab is learning how to the Cleveland Museum of Art that focus on a religious interact with other people. Radiolab challenges us to go out theme across a number of cultures. Additionally, they of our comfort zones in a way that not a lot of other classes visit several houses of worship and learn about different do. In this class, students are asked to conduct interviews religions from scholars and religious leaders. with other people, sometimes random people on the street, as if we were reporters, coming up to people with microphones Students create a relief sculpture out of clay, focusing on and asking them what their opinions are on different issues. a historical or contemporary person whose spirituality This essential skill of learning how to confidently start they find inspiring. They also design their own mandala conversations and interact with other people is something using color sand. Their final project is the creation of an that makes Radiolab special.” – David ’21 accordion book that artfully represents their journey in this class.
“My first Intensive experience at Hawken, the Spiritual Journeys class, has brought learning to a deeper level than a regular class could have allowed. Being downtown at the Gries Center gave us easy access to the Art Museum; we delved much deeper into content learned in our reading, and were able to tie it into the pieces at the museum. Also, visiting the local religious institutions has given us the opportunity to understand other perspectives that we otherwise might not have considered.” – Saechow ’21
9 Humanities 10
All sophomores take a humanities Intensive in either the fall or the spring.
Trump Tower or Rust Belt Blues: How the Economy Shapes the Modern World As humanities teachers Katrina Hagen and Michael Ialacci explain, “This course explores the birth of the modern economic world and the technological marvels it unleashed. It also addresses the human costs of this transformation. The course opens with an in-depth study of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice — a play that dramatizes the clash of modern economic ideas and traditional prejudices — coupled with an illuminating series of workshops with The Great Lakes Theater Company.”
10 Hawken Review “The most interesting thing about this Whose Island Is It? Irish Immigration Intensive was connecting modern day and Whose Island Is It? Latino Immigration economic phenomena/events all the These courses, while separate and distinct, focus on the issue of immigration in the United States and the way back to the 1600s. We learned social, cultural, and economic factors that make it an about occurrences that happened important and controversial issue in our country. Both classes open with an in-depth study of Shakespeare’s many years ago and connected them The Tempest that enriches students’ understanding of the conflict that arises when cultures clash over land to current and recent events. This and resources, and their understanding of how the taught us about why these things concept of “other” shapes our interactions with diverse groups. Study of The Tempest is enhanced by a series happen and why economies work the of fun, interactive workshops with The Great Lakes way they do.” – Jack ’20 Theater Company.
As history/humanities teacher Katie Scott and English/ humanities teacher Margaret Gray emphasize, “One of the main goals of this class is to have students experience the issue of immigration from all sides, so that by the end of the course they are aware of the complexities of the issue and why it is such a hot button topic in current politics and culture. We want them to look and think beyond the sound bites presented in the media on this, or any, issue.” Using Cleveland as a model for change during the Industrial Revolution, students study economic theories of the early modern world and examine the technological and social changes that came in their wake. The class culminates in a study of the post- industrial world, as students consider contemporary issues relating to the modern economic model. “This Intensive has really moved and inspired me, The final project explores issues such as the viability of free movement of people and goods across especially after we went to a HOLA meeting last national borders, automation and innovation, the night. Hearing stories of illegal immigrants who future of work, and environmental sustainability. Students examine these topics through visits to local are getting deported and being forced to leave businesses, such as Lincoln Electric and the Cleveland Clinic. They meet with experts in the field, including their children and their family here in the US, an economist, local union representatives, and the even though they have no criminal record and director of Global Cleveland. To give students hands- on experience with innovative, manufacture-based pay taxes, is really sad. It has inspired me to technology, Tri-C’s Manufacturing Technology Center brings their mobile training lab to campus. write to our state senators to help as best I can.” – Keira ’20
11 “I really enjoy the Intensive format because of the freedom it gives students. During my Intensive we were able to work on a coding project of our own design, and were even allowed to choose when we needed a break. This format put a big responsibility on students and it helps to shape students as free-thinking individuals, which is why I so greatly enjoy the idea of Intensives.” – Kira ’20
Have you ever wondered what happens when you click that “like” button in Facebook? How do those pictures actually get on Instagram? How does Snapchat save pictures and then know when to remove them?
As teacher Bill Harris explains, “The goal of this course (which combines a fall rotation and an Intensive) is to get students fluent in the language of the World Wide Web. To that end, they learn about the technologies that turn the address typed in the search bar into a page of results, how those results get to students’ devices, and what the browser does to present the information for student use.” The beauty of this course, Harris contends, is that no prior software creation experience is assumed. He assures students that even if certain technologies — MySQL/NoSQL, Apache, Python/Django, Javascript/JQuery, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap are “all Greek to you,” they needn’t worry, because after this course, they will become practically colloquial!
While the fall rotation segment of the class focuses on developing proficiency with all the relevant technologies, this Intensive focuses on the creation of a final project of each student’s choosing.
“I developed valuable coding skills throughout the Intensive. During the rotation period, we focused on learning Python, but during the Intensive I was given the opportunity to use other sources to learn language such as JavaScript, CSS, etc. These languages will be very useful in the future if I choose to pursue a career in web development.” – Jack ’20 Full-Stack Web Development The Identity Project: Exploring Diversity and Social Justice in the 21st Century
“The Identity Project has been an incredibly transformative experience. As we study U.S. history through the lens of race relations and sociology, we begin to understand why things are the way they are today, both in our country and at Hawken. This Intensive provides the rare and valuable opportunity to study what makes up one’s identity – something that I will carry with me and develop throughout my lifetime – while developing an understanding of how history has shaped our world today.” – Natsumi ’19
In this Intensive, humanities teacher Aparna Sundaram asks students to explore the question, “Who are you?” It’s a simple question that should invite a simple answer. But students in this class soon learn that, in Sundaram’s words, “There is nothing simple about you, or me, or the society in which we live.”
Students in this class consider what this means for them while exploring the question, “How do we understand the realities of an ever-changing nation while securing our place in it?” They begin by examining how group identities in the United States — particularly race, ethnicity, and class — were socially and politically created, and how that history influences our individual and communal experiences today. Students also learn how inequities in the U.S. have been challenged over time and come to appreciate the power they hold, even as young people, to affect “As a part of my Intensive, we traveled to Anaheim, important and necessary change. CA to attend the Student Diversity Leadership In addition to exploring the complicated and diverse Conference. Attending the conference was a life- history of the U.S. and Cleveland, students attend the changing experience that I know I would not have been National Association of Independent Schools Annual Student Diversity Leadership Conference. While at the able to get without our Intensive structure. I got to conference they hear from renowned thinkers and leaders. They meet with peers from other independent meet amazing new lifelong friends, learn about my schools across the nation to expand their community, identity, and create a unique bond with attendees share their experiences, and discover effective approaches for cross-cultural communication and and my classmates.” social justice. – Kennedy-’18
13 “As author and educator Sir Ken Robinson points out, students today will be entering a job force that few can visualize, requiring them to complete tasks that no one has yet thought of. Perhaps that helps explain why the best companies list creativity as the most essential job skill for new employees. What’s exciting about this class is that students discover that creativity exists in all of us; we just need to learn how to harness and express it.” – Jodie Ricci, Performing Arts Chair
So how exactly does one learn to be creative? This project-based course teaches students that creativity is a process that can be learned “The Creative Process challenges and that it extends far beyond the traditional spheres of the visual and performing arts. They common notions about creativity learn to apply time-tested processes and are and teaches us how we can bring given ample opportunities to engage in and refine their own individual creative processes creativity into our everyday lives and through a variety of real-life situations and applications that involve problem solving, incorporate it into a project based brainstorming, product creation, and setting.” – Maria ’19 meaningful reflection. This process helps students to generate, name, and perfect their own creative process while dispelling the myths of talent and predestination. The course includes a one-week trip to creative centers at
The Creative Process The Creative Harvard and MIT to work with some of the pre- eminent thought-leaders in the field. Graffiti + Murals
“Contrary to what many people believe, graffiti is not a modern phenomenon. It has been found in Ancient Roman ruins, in the remains of the Mayan city of Tikal in Central America, on rocks in Spain dating to the 16th century, and in medieval English churches.” – Denise Buckley, Visual Arts Department Chair
This Intensive explores hands-on techniques including spray paint tagging, multiple stencil markings, silk-screen phrases and images to morph graffiti into street art with social commentary. Students create imagery on the walls of the art courtyard to experience graffiti as a means of social and political expression; they then create a large mural with the students at the Mary Bethune School in Glenville, one of Cleveland’s poorest neighborhoods. Not only do the students of Glenville benefit from this experience, but our students develop empathy as they hear these children’s stories and see the world through new eyes.
“From my Intensive I learned how art can really help a child out of a tough place and can inspire people to do more than they thought they could. By working with children who don’t have many opportunities, I saw how little things can make a big difference. One child I worked with wouldn’t talk and was too scared to take a picture of himself or draw himself, but when given a paint brush, he lit up and was more open to talking to us.” – Amrita ’20 15 Spanish Immersion-Chile
“In the summer of 2011, we completed our first immersion language experience in Chile. A small group of students and a faculty member went down to visit a potential sister school. Students dealt with transportation, lodging, food, logistics and creating a list of activities for future classes. The result? We’re now preparing for our fourth trip to Chile, each building on the successes of previous “Intensives were the best part of my high school trips. We’ve hosted Chilean students three times, bringing international opportunities to Gates experience. You get to delve really deeply into Mills. This program has also inspired programs in something you’re really interested in because you get Quebec, France, China, Rome, Ireland, Nicaragua to pick what you want to study. My favorite Intensive and now Vietnam.” was going to Chile at end of my sophomore year, mainly – Rick Tate, Global Studies Coordinator because it was different from learning Spanish in a classroom. We got to go to another country, witness While living with host families, students improve their linguistic and cultural fluency through engaging in an their culture, and become good friends with people in-country experience that includes speaking exclusively in from that culture; it was a really outside-the-box, cool Spanish; attending classes at the Thomas Jefferson School in Concepción, Chile; integrating into the lives of their host experience. Intensives help you grow in every way – I’m families and communities; and visiting sites in Santiago, Viña del Mar, and Valparaiso. Through personal experiences, now much better able to step out of my comfort zone field trips, literature and assignments, students explore the and interact with different people from different themes of conflict and social classes, poetry, education, and cultural integration. Utilizing their daily environment to backgrounds. I now want to minor in Spanish because learn about Chilean history, literature, art, daily life, food, and current events, students receive individualized feedback through the Chilean Intensive, I realized how much I
through daily journaling and oral presentations to help love speaking it and how much I love the culture.” them progress in the language and make interpersonal connections with the Chilean people. – Seysha ’16
16 Hawken Review In this Intensive, students improve their problem- Next, the students working in teams begin the Engineering in Society solving, collaboration, and communication skills actual design process, with each team focusing as they deepen their understanding of the math on a concept or aspect of the brace, and creating and science principles that govern our world. Week rough prototypes to demonstrate proof of concept. one of the class focuses on researching device “For the prototypes,” teacher Julia Hodges explains, components, patient populations, the regulatory “we have commercially available muscle sensors path for device approval, and general developments and Arduino kits to further explore how the muscle in the fields of prosthetics and orthotics. Guest signal is read and processed, so the students will speakers, including a patient who uses a current be doing some electrical engineering, computer device and the manager of occupational therapy at science, and mechanical design engineering.” United Cerebral Palsy, addressed the issues of patient Students are also treated to a crash course in needs and challenges surrounding the wearing of myoelectric technology and signal processing a device. during a visit to NASA Glenn, where they learned from research engineers.
“Students worked with Jonathan Naft, parent of three Hawken alumni and vice president of Myomo, Inc., a company that offers a myoelectric powered arm brace that allows people with upper limb paralysis from stroke, brachial plexus injury, etc. to move their arm again. The brace uses electrodes to detect the weak signals that the patient’s brain is sending to their muscles and then amplifies the signal and uses it to control the motors in their device, essentially allowing them to regain use of their arm and hand. The device is currently only available to adults, but the company is getting lots of requests to fit the device to children with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disorders. The problem is that the current device is heavy, so it can’t simply be scaled down for a child. The challenge presented to my class was to research new and creative ways in which the brace might be redesigned for young children.” – Julia Hodges, Math Teacher
“During this Intensive I learned how to become a better problem solver and that you cannot give up when faced with a difficult challenge. One of the biggest takeaways from this Intensive was the importance of human-centered design when making a product. You need to research and talk to people to really get to the core of what the
product needs to be.” – Emily ’19 17 From the Chapel
This past summer, Oliver Polatz ’25 and Madison Student Accomplishments White ’24 took part in a promotional campaign developed by Stern Advertising for the 2nd annual Kids Film It Festival, a project spearheaded by Ryan Levine ’22.
Kudos to Charlie Ross ’18 for raising $18,500 to fund programming at E-Prep and Village Prep Woodland Hills. This marked Charlie’s fifth annual fundraiser; he has raised a total of nearly $70,000 to support programs and other improvements.
A group of eighth grade students completed their environmentally-focused service internship on Kelleys Island. An article summarizing their work was published in the July 2017 edition of Kelleys Life.
Congratulations to Ashley Fulton ’19, whose original Izzy Capulong ’20 placed first in the Grand Prize Virtuoso song “Carry Me” was named “Best Song of the Month” by International Music Competition. As a result of her SongwriterUniverse. Ashley also performed at Viva Starlight placement, she was selected to perform at Auditorium Parco Room’s Young Artist Showcase this fall. della Musica in Rome.
Families Gather to View Solar Eclipse
Prior to the official start of school this year, the Lyndhurst Science Department welcomed Lower and Middle School families who were on campus meeting teachers and participating in other welcome back activities to view the August 21 eclipse.
Science teacher Jenn Hartz was stationed in the colonnade handing out sets of safety glasses and pinhole viewers for attendees to view the approximately 80% coverage of the sun. Thankfully, clear skies allowed for optimal viewing of the event – as well as optimal enjoyment of the ice cream social to follow!
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Hawken Team Wins National Academic Challenge Tournament
Congratulations to the Hawken Elementary A team for winning its first ever National Elementary Academic Challenge Tournament at the championship games held in Chicago in June.
After a tense and exciting championship round, the Hawks emerged victorious against St. Mary’s Vermilion, another school from the Ohio AcChal League. Co-captains Jackson ’23 and Spencer ’23 were named MVPs of the tournament for their leadership and teamwork. Two other teams from Hawken also advanced to the playoffs during the three days of matches. Facing some of the toughest teams in the nation, the Middle School B team came in 15th in the nation, and the Middle School A team advanced to an impressive 5th place finish. Congratulations to all, and go Hawks!
Hawken Hosts Inaugural Speech & Debate Tournament
Hawken hosted the first annual building and with our organization, efficiency, and Larry Banks Memorial Speech and hospitality.” Debate Tournament in Stirn Hall at the Upper School Campus. Named About 60 students from Hawken’s team worked hard into for longtime Hawken faculty late Friday evening to get ready for the tournament; they member, founder of Hawken’s returned early Saturday morning and worked throughout Hawken Speech & Debate the day of the tournament. While the veteran members program, and member of the Ohio were busy helping coaches Bob Shurtz, Chase Williams, Speech & Debate Association Hall of Fame, the tournament and Becca Marks run the tournament, newer members honors Larry’s years of commitment to the Hawken program of the Hawken team participated in the competition. and to the speech and debate community. Congratulations to the following Hawks: Neil Tewari ’19 and Ishan Gupta ’20, who placed Schools from across Ohio attended the event. Bob Shurtz second in Policy Debate, and Allie Dettelbach ’21, who reports, “People were very impressed by our beautiful placed fourth in Lincoln Douglas Debate.
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Upper School Students Present STEMM Projects at Annual Symposium
Hawken Science Research III students took part in the 9th annual Bob Maciunas STEMM Research Symposium on Thursday, November 9, presenting their projects before a panel of expert judges, families, and other guests. Topics ranged from developing a ground-penetrating third place for his project, “Investigation of the Adhesive radar to Cuyahoga County Opioids to protocol for athletic Characteristics of Sickle Red Blood in Protein Immobilized training rooms to reduce the risk of infection Microfluidic Channels”. These three top winners will be among athletes. going to the Northeast Ohio Science and Engineering Fair along with the following students: Special congratulations to Samia Menon ’19, who took Adith Abraham ’18, Sinan Aktay ’19, Ella Attell ’19, first place for her project, “Assessing the Feasibility of a Marilena DeGennaro ’19, Clayton Ferguson ’19, Gesture-Based Communication Platform to allow Human- Claudia Hamilton ’19, Brennen Keuchel ’19, David Robot Swarm Interaction through the Creation of a Lyons ’19, and Victor Pan ’19. Alternates are Ana ‘Smart’-Glove”; Allison Sewell ’19, who took second place Kasumov ’19, Andrew Liu ’19, and George Shum ’19. for her project, “Development of Differentiation Therapies for NPM1 Mutated AML”; and Neil Tawari ’19, who took Many thanks to the STEMM judges and mentors.
Raina Liu, Brian Sun, and Zachary Vexler. Three additional seniors were named Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program: William Liu, Alison Selman, and Justin Tinker. Semifinalists will be notified of their advancement to the finalist level in February of 2018.
These students continue a long tradition of Merit Scholar 10 Seniors Named excellence, earning Hawken the distinction of the highest Semifinalists in National Merit number of National Merit Semifinalists amongst Cleveland area peer schools for the past ten years. Scholarship Competition The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic Congratulations to thirteen Hawken students who competition for recognition and scholarships that began received recognition in the 2018 National Merit in 1955. This year, about 1.6 million students entered the Scholarship Program. Hawken’s ten semifinalists are seniors competition as juniors when they took the Preliminary SAT Adith Abraham, Zade Akras, Esther Bedoyan, Jimmy test. The semifinalists represent an elite group that makes Clark, Matthew Elias, David Gold, Sauren Khosla, up less than one percent of high school seniors nationally and includes the highest scoring test takers in each state.
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Students Preview Recently Released Film Wonder
Students in grades 3–12 gathered in Kennedy Auditorium School students. Jane on the Gates Mills campus on November 7 for a special Wiertel ’18, one of the pre-release screening of the movie Wonder. group facilitators, was struck by the students’ Produced by Hawken alumnus Todd Lieberman ’91, eagerness to share their one of today’s leading movie producers and co-owner of own personal struggles Mandeville Films and Television, Wonder stars Julia Roberts with hurt and prejudice. and Owen Wilson and was released to the public on She shared her group’s November 17. main takeaway from the film: “Together we The film tells the heartwarming, inspirational story of a concluded that the main goal of the film was to help young boy’s struggle and triumph with a facial deformity the world to choose kindness. If even just one person as he is mainstreamed into the school system for the first chooses to be kind, it can cause a domino effect, and soon time. The movie’s trailer features the hashtag #choosekind, everyone will be choosing to be kind.” which resonates particularly well with Hawken’s commitment to and emphasis on character and Fair Play. Lieberman himself has acknowledged that one of the reasons he finds storytelling so compelling is its ability Following the screening, Lieberman remained on campus to engender empathy, and all who attended this for a Q and A session with Upper School students, and screening of Wonder would agree that this film clearly selected Upper School students were charged with accomplished that. leading discussions in small groups with Lower and Middle
Integrated Service Learning Connects Students with Cleveland
The sixteen Upper School students who took part in Hawken’s Integrated Service Learning Program this past summer made the most of their opportunity to explore the synergy between academic study and meaningful service, experience deep and ongoing relationships with the Greater Cleveland community, and discover ways to help make communities stronger.
This summer’s projects included volunteering at a science, technology, engineering, arts, and math camp for middle school Hispanic students; practicing English speaking, writing, reading, and listening with Chinese students in Zhongshan, China; creating an ecosystem Read more about the students’ experiences in their blog at for monarch butterflies; and tutoring students at Citizens hawkenservelearn.blogspot.com. Leadership Academy.
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Hawken Players’ Society presented Peter and the Starcatcher Performing Arts In November, Hawken Players’ Society presented Peter and the Starcatcher, a play by Rick Elice with music by Wayne Barker.
Students from both the Lyndhurst and Gates Mills campuses joined forces in Kennedy Auditorium on November 10 for the Grades 3–12 Choral Festival. The concert program featured “Songs of an Open Heart: The Door Opens Inward” and ended in a combined finale. Congratulations to the many students who have performed in concerts this year!
Upcoming Performing Arts Events
February 16, 17, 23–25 Hawken Players’ Society presents Mary Poppins.
March 2 & 3 Middle School Music Department presents Pirates of Penzance. arts news
Visual Arts This fall, the Lower School art department hosted visiting artist and printmaker Sarah Royer. In addition to learning about printmaking from Ms. Royer, students visited Zygote Press, a print shop in Cleveland.
In recognition of The National Arts Education’s month- long celebration of the visual arts, Hawken’s visual arts department is pleased to announce the first annual Belle Artes – a multi-media arts extravaganza that will highlight selected artwork by students in grades 1 through 12. Be sure to visit the exhibitions between March 5 and March 16 on both campuses!
Seventh grade students showcased photographs like these pictured below and to the right for an integrated arts and humanities unit called “Conservation through Art.”
Upcoming Visual Arts Events
March 8 at 6:30 pm: The Upper School Evening of Art and Music will highlight students’ original videos and musical compositions.
March 11 from 2–5 pm: The visual arts faculty will present a variety of hands-on workshops for all ages.
April 18: Students and faculty at the Lyndhurst campus will present An Evening of Art and Music. Imagine summer, think Hawken!
Day Camps Hawken Day Camps has a long history of providing some of the best summer enrichment opportunities in Greater Cleveland. Children of all ages can choose from a broad menu of programs that includes a variety of sports, arts, science, adventure, design and construction, and aquatics activities that are specifically designed to be age- appropriate, fun, and worthwhile. Passport Camps Passport Camps offer children of all ages unique, week-long (full and half day) opportunities to explore, create, learn and have fun. These camps are specifically designed to foster imagination and curiosity while developing new skills. Athletics Camps Hawken Athletics Camps offer skill-driven, sport- centered instruction for individuals seeking to improve their game. Led by Hawken coaches, Hawken Athletics Summer Camps are a chance for young athletes to hone their skills, improve team- play and learn from the best. Summer Studies Hawken Summer Studies is a six-week summer program of credit, review, preview and enrichment classes for students entering grades 6 -12. Classes are held at our upper campus in Gates Mills, with offerings in mathematics, science, technology, English, history, writing, critical reading, SAT & ACT test-prep and health studies.
Registration forms can be found online at Register hawken.edu/summer today!
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Fall 2017 Season Highlights
Girls Cross Country Boys Soccer Girls Cross Country had one of the best seasons in school Boys Soccer finished their season 15-4-2, D-II District history this fall, finishing as Chagrin Valley Conference Champions, and Region Runner-up (which is top 8 in the Champions, District Champions, Regional Champions, State). The team also won the Chagrin Valley Conference and placing 5th at the D-II State Meet. Head Coach Chris Championship, and Reed Abrams ’18 was named Farroni was named the News-Herald Coach of the Year. CVC MVP. In the District Championship game, Hawken Ella Gilson ’21 was a District Champion, placed 3rd at defeated rival Gilmour Academy 4-0; they then beat Regionals, and 15th in the State Meet. Ella was also the Marlington HS 1-0 in the Region Semifinal before losing CVC Champion and MVP and was named News-Herald 1st to Aurora in the Region Championship game. Charlie Team All-Star. Juliana Metz ’21 was District Runner-up, Ross ’18 was named 2nd Team All-Ohio as well as 1st 4th at Regionals, 23rd at States, and was also named News- Team All-Cleveland and 1st Team News-Herald All-Star. Herald 1st Team All-Star. Julia Newman ’20 was named Zeki Zai ’18 was named 1st Team All-Cleveland and 1st 2nd Team News-Herald, and placed 41st at the State Meet. Team News-Herald All-Star. Abrams and Zai, along with Carly Perusek ’20 was named 2nd Team News-Herald, Jack Reed ’18, were named 1st team CVC. The team and placed 54th at the State Meet. earned Academic All-Ohio.
Boys Cross Country Girls Soccer Boys Cross Country had a solid season, finishing as Chagrin Girls Soccer had a solid season, finishing 9-7 with a very Valley Conference Runners-up, placing 4th at the District tough schedule and key wins against Kirtland, Orange, Meet, and qualifying for the Regional Meet, where they Padua, West Geauga, Laurel, and Western Reserve placed 17th. Michael Snyder ’19 was 1st Team CVC, was Academy. The Hawks lost 1-0 in overtime in the District 2nd Team News-Herald All-Star, finished 4th at Districts, Semifinals to Lake Catholic High School, the eventual and was a State Qualifier, finishing 89th in the State D-II. State Runner-up. Laura Gorjanc ‘19 and Annie Jackson ’19 were each named 1st Team All-Cleveland and 1st Team CVC; Gorjanc was named 2nd Team News-Herald Visit hawken.edu/athletics All-Star. Molly Gallagher ’18 and Izzy Culver ’19 for team schedules were named 2nd team All-Cleveland. The team earned Academic All-Ohio.
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Volleyball Football Volleyball had a great season, finishing 16-7 and as CVC Although the football team had a small roster and a series Runner-up. Many of the Hawks losses came in close, of injuries, they showed great tenacity and fortitude. The exciting rivalry games, or against much bigger schools. Hawks finished 3-7 and remained competitive throughout They defeated Glenville in round one of District Playoffs, the season. They went 3-1 at home, their only loss a 28-26 then fell 3-1 to CVC rival Chagrin Falls in the next round. nail-biter to Lutheran West. Zach Elenin ’18 was named Nicole Belikov ’18 was named 1st Team CVC, Elizabeth OHSAA Academic All-Ohio Honor and 1st Team CVC. T.J. Stilson ’18 was named Honorable Mention All-District. Perusek ’18, Zach Elenin ’18, and Will Rowley ’18 The JV team went an amazing 16-0. were named 2nd Team All-District; Will Lindsey ’20 was named Honorable Mention All-District.
Boys Golf Boys Golf broke the school record for team score in an 18- Girls Tennis hole round, and they did it multiple times. Their best score Girls Tennis finished 6-9 overall, playing some of their was 304, posted at both the CVC Preseason Tournament best tennis in Conference play. The Hawks finished tied and the Trinity Invitational. The boys won the CVC for 1st in the CVC Tournament and 2nd in the overall final preseason tournament and finished as CVC Runner-up. In standings. Natalie Cohen ’19 was a CVC Champion at dual matches, the Hawks finished 11-1. The team finished third singles and named 1st Team All-CVC. Cohen and 2nd at Sectionals and 4th at Districts, one place away partner Dylan Goldberg ’19 qualified for the District from qualifying for the State Tournament. Jack Gole ’19 Doubles tournament for the second consecutive year. qualified for the State Tournament for the 2nd consecutive year; he finished 45th in the State, D-II. Gole and Jack Bonnes ’18 were named 1st Team CVC. Field Hockey Field Hockey finished their season 8-8. These Girls Golf Hawks played many Girls Golf finished 6-7 and played great golf when it tough, close games counted most. They finished 3rd in the Chagrin Valley against state-ranked Conference and 3rd at Sectionals, which qualified them teams, and earned many for the District Tournament. The Hawks finished 12th at great wins. Highlights Districts. Ryan Covitt ’18 and Jane Wiertel ’18 were included beating Stow named 1st Team CVC. to avenge an earlier season loss, and defeating Laurel 4-0 in a first-round playoff game. Anna Shaulis was named 1st Team All-NE Ohio. Helena Costantini ’18, Alison Selman ’18, Anna Shaulis ’18, Hannah Arslanian ’19, Follow Hawken Athletics Marilena DeGennaro ’19, and Amelia Seasholtz ’19 were named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad.
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CONGRATULATIONS & GO HAWKS!
Fall 2017 Old Board Winners Upper School Boys Cross Country Boys Soccer David Gold Charlie Ross
Field Hockey Girls Soccer Anna Shaulis Annie Jackson
Football Girls Tennis T.J. Perusek Ellie Joyce
Boys Golf Volleyball Patrick Nestor Elizabeth Stilson
Girls Golf Ryan Covitt
Middle School Girls Tennis Girls Cross Country Frances Connors Julianna Pollard
Football Coed Soccer Ben Elenin Destynn Keuchel
Field Hockey Volleyball Sofia Beseth Makayla White
Boys Cross Country Carson Ruch
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The Power of The Hawken Fund
Tuition and fees cover 78% of the cost to educate a Hawken student. The Hawken Fund builds a bridge between tuition revenue and the distinctive education that Hawken provides each student. But to Matt, Gwynne, and Kristen, The Hawken Fund means more than operating support. It means the difference between being able to provide a great education and being able to provide an amazing one.
“Hawken is a leader in experiential education. As a student at the Upper School, I worked in the Fab Lab with Mr. DiGiorgio to turn what I had learned in the classroom into a reality. I learned how to use laser cutters, 3D printers, CNC mills, an electronic bench, and much more. Not only did I have the opportunity to grow academically, but I also connected with area businesses like Makergear.
My Hawken education extended far beyond the classroom and gave me opportunities to apply myself in the real world. The flexibility that the annual fund gives to Hawken is one of the reasons why Hawken can be so innovative. I’m grateful that so many members of the Hawken community contribute to The Hawken Fund. I’ve learned to appreciate that alumni, parents, and friends have supported each generation of students like me, so that we can benefit from all that Hawken has to offer.”
Matt Tong ’17 First year student at Case Western Reserve University
28 Hawken Review “Hawken is dedicated to giving its students the most engaging and exciting education possible. The administration supports Hawken teachers to pursue their passions and share those with students. When teachers and students are engaged and passionate, there is no end to the possibilities in educational growth. However, all of these programs take The Power of The Hawken Fund money to support them, and we want all Hawken students to have access to these amazing opportunities.
I support The Hawken Fund to make sure that all students have a chance to pursue their passions.”
Gwynne Downing Gretter ’89 Chair, Modern and Classical Languages Department, Gr. PK-8; Spanish Teacher, Gr. 7-8
“Hawken has a very experiential approach to learning, more so than any other school I’ve seen. They don’t just teach the students material; they make sure the students get in there and are hands-on in the learning process.
There are a lot of great schools out there, but even in my short time as a Hawken parent, one thing that makes Hawken stand out is how welcoming everyone is. One reason why I support The Hawken Fund is that so many other parents believe in Hawken like I do, and this community is important to me.”
Kristen Morelli Parent, Kayleigh ’29 and Mackenzie ’32
Learn more at hawken.edu/hawkenfund
29 Latest Developments from Hawken’s Advancement Office Welcome & Thanks Hawken Welcomes New Life Trustee Hawken Welcomes New Member to the Board of Trustees At the December 6th meeting, the Hawken School Board of Trustees elected Anthoni “Tony” Visconsi II Steven M. Dettelbach ’84, partner at ’71 a Life Trustee, an honor that recognizes BakerHostetler, is the co-leader of the his many years of extraordinary leadership firm’s national White Collar Defense and service to the School. Throughout and Corporate Investigations team. his 22 years on the Board, Tony’s passion He is currently running for Attorney for Hawken remained constant. His real General for the State of Ohio in 2018. estate expertise affected change and He spent almost seven years as the improved Hawken’s physical plant while presidentially-appointed United States he contributed as a member of the Attorney for the Northern District of Building and Grounds, Middle School Design, and Architectural Ohio. He has served in senior policy roles at the Department Planning Committees. He also served on the Swimming Pool of Justice, having been appointed by two Attorneys General Campaign, Steering, Major Gifts, and Investment Committees. to the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee, where he In 2010, the Alumni Association presented Tony with the Fair worked closely with other senior leaders at the Department. Play Award, recognizing his continuous service “above and Prior to his appointment, Steve served for almost two beyond” to Hawken School and his embodiment of Hawken’s decades as a federal prosecutor at Main Justice and in three central belief of “Fair Play” characterized by integrity, respect, different United States Attorneys’ Offices, as counsel in the and accountability. Board chair Charles P. Cooley says, “It is not United States Senate, and as a litigator in private practice. often that we have the honor of recognizing long-term Board Steven and his wife Karil reside in Solon with their children members with the distinction of Life Trustee. Tony has given Allie ’21 and David. countless hours of outstanding service and Hawken is a better school because of his dedication and commitment.”
Welcoming New Members to the Team
Meg Boucher joined the advancement office this year and assumed the role of director of the annual fund and alumni engagement. She brings a wealth of experience from her development roles at The College of Wooster and the ACLU of Rhode Island. Meg received a B.A. from The College of Wooster, graduating magna cum laude. She is a native of Lynchburg, Virginia.
Laura Giust is the new director of development of Birchwood School of Hawken. She has an extensive background in finance. While a parent at Birchwood, Laura was an active volunteer. She served as the treasurer of the Parent Committee and for many years oversaw the International Festival and Auction. Her two sons, Ryan and Ben, matriculated from Birchwood to Hawken in 2004 and 2007 respectively and are Hawken graduates in the classes of 2008 and 2011.
30 Hawken Review Cara Smith Stirn 1927 – 2017 The Hawken community was saddened to learn of the passing of Cara Smith Stirn on December 13, 2017. Cara was the proud mother of alumni Brad ’68, Kelly ’73, Ellen Stirn Mavec ’76 and Lucia Stirn Spotte and widow of Howard F. Stirn, former Hawken board chair and life trustee. Cara was a 1945 graduate of Hathaway Brown School and became a renowned watercolorist with showings in many galleries. Some of her volunteer roles included: former Trustee of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History; former Trustee of the Cleveland Institute of Art; former member of the Advisory Committee of the Cleveland Museum of Art; former board member of the Cleveland Playhouse, the Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center and the Girl Scout Council. Hawken named its newest academic building on the Gates Mills Campus, dedicated in August 2016, for Howard & Cara Stirn, in honor of their dedicated service and support of Hawken School for over 50 years.
Preserving our Future:
Growing our Endowment ORGANIZATIONAL FUND PARTNER
Growing Hawken’s endowment is one of our ongoing Planned gifts are the ultimate legacy gift one can make to priorities, as it helps to preserve the financial strength of an institution. A common misperception is that only “the ORGANIZATIONAL FUND ORGANIZATIONAL FUND PARTNER PARTNER the School and is a major reason why Connie and Russ wealthy” make planned gifts. This is simply not the case at ’64 Lincoln came forward with The Lincoln Challenge: Hawken, as we have received and appreciated gifts of all The Next Generation Campaign for Endowment in late sizes over the years. 2015. Kicking off an $11 million endowment campaign, they will match 10% of any new or increased planned gift Hawken recently partnered with The Cleveland Foundation made known to the School. to provide more professional resources to help alumni, parents, and friends of the School in making a planned Each year, Hawken’s endowment generates income gift. Through the Cleveland Foundation, we are now in that is used to support financial aid, faculty professional a position to support donors who wish to establish a development, new academic programs, and so much Charitable Gift Annuity to benefit the School. The payout is more. Donors designate what is important to them and for the life of the donor and the payout rate is determined that is where the future funds will go. To date, nearly $2 by the age of the donor. The minimum age is 65 and the million in new planned gifts have been made known to minimum amount is $10,000. the School because of the Lincoln Challenge. Please contact Co-Director of Advancement Jeffrey M. Biggar ’68 at [email protected], or call 440.423.2084 for more information.
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1 Volunteers Spread Their Wings 4 Grandparents and Special Friends Visit Campus Thank you to the flock of volunteers who contributed their Grandparents and Special Friends Day is an opportunity time in a variety of ways to ensure a successful start to the for generations within the Hawken community to share 2017-2018 school year. Amy Rand Goldberg ’91 and the Hawken experience. Students in pre-kindergarten, parent volunteers tagged brand new Hawks Nest kindergarten, second grade, fourth grade, and sixth grade merchandise over the summer to have it ready for the proudly welcomed the meaningful people in their lives to their students’ return to campus. Laura O’Neill Bower ’93 school for breakfast and special programming. Thank you to organized the First Day of School Coffee to welcome parents Kristen D’Eramo, Stuart Deets, and the parent volunteers for and caregivers back to the Hawken community. Resident making this annual tradition possible. HawkNet expert Lynne Gerace instructed parents on how to navigate Hawken’s intranet. Teacher Appreciation Kelly Covitt, Andrea Hill, Adrienne Korsmo, Kat Price, 2 Parents’ Night Receptions Sherri Toth, Shani Spiegle, and Branka Zivic organized The Parents’ Association sponsored receptions following the meals for faculty to nourish and energize them throughout the Lower and Middle School Parents’ Nights. It was an occasion fall conference hours. Thank you to Lower, Middle, and Upper for parents to celebrate the new academic year, mingle with School parents who contributed to the delicious buffets. new parents, and reminisce with old friends.
Saddled Up to Read 3 Sharing Passions, Fostering Community Students on the Lyndhurst campus took a step back in time Along with the widely popular Cleveland Museum of Art with a Wild West-themed Scholastic Book Fair. Special thanks gallery talk series, the Parents’ Association implemented three to Kathy Joyce and Charlotte Halmoe for designing student new community-building events: activities leading up to the event and organizing volunteers to assist students with their book purchases. • Michael Weil ‘85 and Hawken parent Melissa DeGennaro hosted an informal photography discussion at Foothill Galleries, where they shared tips of the trade. They inspired attendees to brush up on their skills in taking and sharing photographs of their children’s Hawken activities. • Publishers Weekly called Hawken parent and author Stay Up-to-Date Claire McMillan’s latest novel “glittering, Gatsby- What is one way to keep up-to-date on everything that esque…an emotionally resonant, captivating tale.” is happening with the Parents’ Association? “Like” the Claire led a discussion and book signing of Hawken School Parents’ Association Facebook page. The Necklace for parents in Stirn Hall. • Hawken grandparent Sig Sieger taught a hands-on Also, be sure to view the new Parents’ Association parent workshop to beginner and seasoned needlepointers. page on Hawken’s website. It is just a click away at They stitched a custom-painted Hawken cupola and www.hawken.edu/parents. learned how to turn the design into a luggage tag or ornament.
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The energy and excitement that alumni experienced around Homecoming Reunion Weekend in the fall was absolutely inspiring. There was something for everyone with the Athletics Hall of Fame induction,
alumni tailgate, family picnic, sporting events, and reunion dinners in Stirn Hall. Alumni Sports Day Classes ending in “3” and “8” should start thinking In August, alumni of all ages came back to about “coming home” for Homecoming Reunion Hawken for a day of Weekend 2018. If you would like to be involved in friendly competition with current Hawken planning your reunion weekend, please contact us student athletes. at [email protected]. Another fantastic alumni School spirit was high throughout the day. gathering is the Four-School Cocktail Party held annually in May. The 2018 Four-School Party will be at Hathaway Brown on May 19. Hawken Alumni — make plans to attend this great event!
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Upcoming Alumni Events Athletics Hall of Fame May 18, 2018 August, 2018 The Hawken School Athletics Hall of Fame proudly inducted Robert J. Anslow, Jr. ’77 Old Guard Luncheon Alumni Sports Day (swimming), Timothy F. Hable ’73 (swimming), Alan L. MacCracken, Jr. PhD ’54 (baseball coach, May 19, 2018 October 5–6, 2018 basketball & football announcer), Sarah Dorenkott Four-School Cocktail Party Homecoming Reunion Pearson ’06 (swimming, track & field) and Jeffrey T. at Hathaway Brown School Weekend Walton ’99 (football, wrestling & lacrosse). Following (Hawken will host in 2019) the ceremony, the 2017 inductees met and spoke with students and alumni about their time and experiences at Hawken. Congratulations to our 2017 Hall of Famers!
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HOMECOMING REUNION WEEKEND October 13 & 14, 2017
Over the weekend of October 13 and 14, alumni from all over the country “came home” to Hawken to celebrate Homecoming Reunion Weekend 2017, hosted by Hawken’s Alumni Association. Ever since reunion weekend was moved from the spring to the fall and combined with homecoming weekend, attendance has grown significantly, as have the number of planned events offered to alumni. This year, more than 300 alumni and family members registered for Homecoming Reunion Weekend. Many thanks to all those who took part in the celebration.
Kick-Off Luncheon The festivities began on Friday with the second annual Debate and STEMM Pathways. Following his remarks, Kick-Off Luncheon where Alumni Board President Esther Bedoyan ’18, Zade Akras ’18, Brian Sun ’18 Shaquira Johnson ’94 welcomed alumni back to and Sauren Khosla ’18, all students in both Speech the Gates Mills Campus. Many attendees experienced & Debate and STEMM Pathways, talked about their Stirn Hall for the first time, and they were amazed by experiences in the programs and fielded questions the transformation of the Upper School. During the from alumni. Gainley gave an overview of Hawken’s luncheon, guests heard from Head of School Fab Lab programming and described how various D. Scott Looney who introduced Upper School departments utilize this space to engage their students faculty members Bob Shurtz, debate coach and under the direction of Nick DiGiorgio, director of director of STEMM Pathways, and TJ Gainley, theatre maker spaces. At the conclusion of the luncheon, director. Shurtz gave an overview of two of Hawken’s alumni went into the Fab Lab to see students at work signature programs at the Upper School: Speech & on various creative projects.
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Alumni Tailgate Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees The 6th Annual Alumni Tailgate welcomed over The 2017 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees were 150 alumni to the west lawn of the White House, celebrated during halftime of the Hawken vs. Cardinal after which they cheered on the Hawken football football game. OJ McDuffie ’88, a member of the 2014 team at Walton Stadium. Many alumni went on to Hall of Fame class, returned and joined in the Hall of “after parties” at various local restaurants. Great food, Fame activities. The football team capped off a great faculty, and friends have become a fall tradition for night with a homecoming game victory! After the win, Hawken alumni. alumni joined the team to recognize Coach Cliff Walton on his remarkable coaching career.
Coffee, Conversations, and Tours On Saturday, alumni and families gathered for coffee, the Lyndhurst campus, and the Mastery Transcript conversations, and tours at the Lyndhurst Campus. Consortium. Alumni and families then ventured For some, it was their first time back on the Lyndhurst outside to the annual Red and Gray picnic held on Campus in decades. D. Scott Looney met with the lawn off Sedgwick Patio. Middle School faculty alumni in the Headmasters Chapel and shared his and students then talked to alumni about their insights into various new initiatives such as plans experiences in some of Hawken’s Middle School for an early childhood center in Gordon Square, the signature programs. new Innovation Lab in the former Brown Gym on
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Reunion Dinners Saturday evening brought more than 200 alumni featuring Ralph “Elvis” Webster ’67, Jim onto the Gates Mills Campus where they had “Hooter” Hoyt ’67, Tim Silver ’67, Bill Bruner ’67, cocktails, dinner, and dancing. Both floors of Shiverick Howard ’67 & Peggy Tuttle, Chip deWolfe ’67, Dale Commons were filled, as guests enjoyed the Hein ’68, Harvey Webster ’67, and Michael Gerace opportunity to explore new spaces and reminisce ’16. CASB got people up on their feet and dancing about their Hawken days. Capping off the weekend for hours, with occasional vocal accompaniment on was the return of the Centennial All-Star Band (CASB) signature songs such as “Gloria”!
Class of ’59 Congratulations to the Class of ’67 The Class of ’59 held its own off-cycle reunion, planned on their 50th reunion! by Lauren Pacini ’59 and Henri Pell Junod, Jr. ’59. Activities on Friday started with a luncheon in the Headmasters Chapel at Lyndhurst, followed by a visit to the Hangar where swimming used to be taught, tours Classes Ending in 3s and 8s of various museums in University Circle, and dinner at Get ready for next year’s Homecoming Reunion Weekend The Chagrin Valley Hunt Club. Saturday took them to in October 2018! Based upon the wild success of this year’s the Gries Center for a cookout picnic and then onto the reunion weekend, it is sure to be another major gathering of Gates Mills Campus, where they joined the rest of the Hawken alumni from around the country. alumni for cocktails and dinner in Shiverick Commons. Are you interested in being on your Reunion Committee to help with another great reunion celebration? Contact the 36 Hawken Review Alumni Office: 440.423.2084 or [email protected].
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2017 Alumni Awards Presented at Winter Luncheon
The Alumni Association hosted its annual Winter Luncheon on Saturday, December 16 with over 125 alumni and families in attendance. For the second consecutive year, this year’s festivities included a pre-lunch fireside conversation in Shiverick Commons with Head of School D. Scott Looney. We welcomed back the 2017 Bolton Award Recipient, Bailey Hagedorn ’17, and presented the annual alumni awards. The 2017 Distinguished Alumni and Honorary Alumni Award recipients are:
Carl N. Holmes Award Richard W. Day Award Lauren R. Pacini ’59 Andrew B. Rothman ’94
Fair Play Award Honorary Alumni Award Donald R. Allman ’70 Vonceil E. Strobel
2018 Alumni Award Nominations Now Being Accepted
Is there an alumnus or alumna that you think deserves an alumni award? Criteria and nomination forms may be found on the alumni webpage at hawken.edu/alumni. Awards are presented at the Winter Luncheon each year. Look for additional mailings seeking candidates for next year’s Alumni Awards.
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From the Alumni Board President 2017–2018 Alumni Board
It was a pleasure to be in the midst Shaquira M. Johnson ’94, President Josiah A. Haas ’99, Vice President, Alumni Engagement of the record-breaking numbers of Brian D. Horsburgh ’06, Vice President, Student Engagement alumni who returned to reminisce Isabelle Bolton King ’01, Vice President, Communications about their Hawken experiences Jeffrey B. Milbourn ’94, Vice President, Board Affairs during Homecoming Reunion Weekend. The Alumni Board is pleased Richard H. Bole ’60 to continue its mission to lead the strategic direction of Stephen A. Caviness ’03 the Alumni Association; to generate pride and enthusiasm Indrani Mallik Egleston ’93 Morris Everett ’56 amongst the alumni community; and to foster and strengthen Nina Fazio Greenberg ’96 the ties between the alumni, School and students. David H. Gunning ’85 Glen M. Guyuron ’98 To increase our value to Hawken graduates throughout their David Henkel ’88 alumni journey, earlier this year we created a new leadership David R. Horowitz ’04 structure not only to benefit alumni, but to build rapport with J. Albert Klauss ’66 current students, share insight into communication channels Edward M. Kuss ’64 reaching alumni, and create additional opportunities for Lisa Bercu Levine ’85 Susan Yarus Meisel ’78 board member engagement to ensure a 100% active board. Julie Roth Namy ’88 We are already seeing positive results and are excited about Lauren R. Pacini ’59 the year ahead of us. We truly appreciate the close partnership Robert T. Page ’49 we have with the School’s Advancement Office and its Jacques J. Payne ’92 enthusiasm to support the Alumni Board’s efforts. Marla Esgar Robbins ’75 Benjamin M. Vodila ’99
Senior Class Representatives Zach Elenin ’18 Shaquira M. Johnson ’94 Sydney Harper ’18 Alumni Board President Erick Willis Jordan ’18 Anna Sullivan ’18
Ex-Officio Eleanor Hitchcock Anderson ’79 Jeffrey M. Biggar ’68 Meg Boucher Kathleen Z. Guzzi Matthew A. Salerno ’92
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Many items have been donated to the school archives over the years, and each piece has a story to tell. Included in the Hawken collection are items recently donated by the family of James (Jim) Snavely, who was a beloved member of the Hawken community. Snavely was an English teacher, department head, coach, and director and founder of the Hawken Stage Band. He was also the proud father of five children, four of whom are Hawken alumni: Jeff Snavely ’79,
Scott Snavely ’82, Ann Belding, Melissa Purdy ’84, and Jim Snavely in Stage Band 1988-89 Samantha Purdy Hodges ’88.
Jim Snavely started working at Hawken as an Upper School English teacher in 1965, just a few years after the Circle W campus opened its doors. He was instrumental in establishing and growing the Upper School and experienced many changes during his 34-year tenure. He witnessed Hawken’s transition to coeducation, campus upgrades including the addition of a science wing and a new gymnasium, and the infamous barn fire, to name just a few. He enriched the campus and the lives of his students Girls Hawken Tennis Team 1998 not only through teaching and musical directing, but also through coaching. Many students recall fondly their days with Coach Snavely on the soccer field, the basketball court, and (his favorite) the tennis courts.
“You stay at a place this long for two reasons: the focus on academics and the people. It’s the people more than anything.” -Jim Snavely, Affirmative No June 4, 1999 Volume XXXVII #8 Girls Hawken Tennis Team 1993
The blankets pictured here were given to Coach Snavely by the girls tennis team in 1993 and 1994 to commemorate those seasons. A symbol of the players’ respect and affection for their coach, these blankets were used in the Snavely’s home until 2016. They have since found their new home in the Hawken archives.
Jim Snavely retired from Hawken as an honorary alumnus and faculty emeritus in 1999 and is remembered for his inspirational teaching and his infectious enthusiasm. He passed away in 2009.
Snavely’s Tennis Varsity Coat 39 alumni Class Notes
So, from Vail, CO in the Western so she too is nearby half the time. Good Having two classmates chosen to receive 1931 – 1947 Conference, Tom Healy reports that he thing they are all around so they can that award from a graduating class of Hawken Alumni Office and Jane continue to travel to see their keep an eye on their old man. twelve boys in 1949 may be a first and PO Box 8002 various family members who are scattered one that may never be achieved again. Gates Mills, Ohio 44040 around the country. And their family And in the Central Conference, Bob Page Pretty impressive indeed, for them and [email protected] members often visit them there. So, all’s has some really happy news indeed. He for our class! well with Tom and Jane as it should be married again last July. His new bride Dave Baker ’49 checked in from since life in Vail is not exactly a hardship! is Carolyn O’Neill (a familiar name in Medford, OR. He reports that he and Cleveland for sure) whom he first met 1951 Jackie have joined the ranks of so many Just a few miles down Highway #70 to back in 1970 and whom he has known Hawken Alumni Office octogenarians who have sought shelter mile high Denver, we hear from Waddy for 45 or more years. Having both been PO Box 8002 in a retirement community. He adds that Kirkham. He and Tom being pretty near happily married previously, their story Gates Mills, Ohio 44040 they continue to travel Amsterdam, the each other manage to see each other is wonderful to hear and wonderful to [email protected] North Yorkshire Dales, and Bavaria last from time to time. Waddy reports that report. spring. Dave also continued to indulge his he is “feeling good”, “has no pain”, and is passion for things Polar when he took his “going and blowing” on this side of the Bob has also been in touch with other 1953 daughter to the High Arctic on board the grass (incidentally, that is the desirable classmates as well: lunch this summer Mr. Chandler Everett ’53 National Geographic Explorer last June. side). Especially after having won a bout with Waddy and Di Kirkham in Denver 486-3 Buck Crossing Dave lectures on both the Arctic and the with prostate cancer. So all is well with where Bob’s son is employed; lots of Aurora, Ohio 44202 Antarctic in the Osher Lifelong Learning Waddy too! (Editor’s Note: The Alumni recent back and forth dialog with Rusty [email protected] Institute (OLLI) at Southern Oregon office learned at the Winter Luncheon that Chandler by e-mail; and contact with University. When not lecturing and Waddy passed away in December) Tom and Jane Healy when they visit their Tom Glick writes with fond memories traveling, he continues to ride his bike. son in Chagrin Falls. of our departed classmate Brian Foy In the Southern Conference, Walter Stahl who Tom felt was one of the binding inform us that he has done nothing in So now down to the Southwest forces for our small and diverse class. the past year except get one year older. Conference, still home of some Cowboys He especially remembers when Brian (Walter- that is exactly what you are as well as some other folks-including created names for all of us, consisting supposed to do). Just taking the time yours truly. Regarding travel – earlier of the name “Buffalo” followed by our to respond, however, clearly indicates this year we enjoyed two trips, one for a middle names. That would have made your high level of activity, alertness and wonderful week in Jamaica celebrating him Buffalo Ferdie and I was Buffalo brilliance! wife Marion’s 80th birthday and then Homer. Tom keeps in close touch with later a week in Naples, FL to see old Bill Bayer whose home in California Also in Florida, we hear from Mal Myers, friends from Cleveland! We also enjoyed came within “one tomato plants width” who often can be followed on Facebook a September trip to Martha’s Vineyard. of succumbing to one of the recent with pictures of his travels to virtually all Perfectly beautiful weather in week fires there. Bill himself writes that parts of the world. When home, he says one was followed in week two by being his last novel, The Luzern Photograph “life is good living in FL full time on the enclosed in a virtual cloud caused (one of many excellent books) was Dave Baker and his daughter, Sydney north fork of the St. Lucie river” and it’s by the hurricane moving up the east published about 18 months ago, and Wiecking, on board the National Geographic also good because he can “still get up coast! Never saw the sky all week with he is currently working a few projects Explorer and move around and get in trouble” winds blowing at speeds up around including about growing up in Cleveland (Wow Mal, wonderful to know that folks 50-60 mph — even stopped the ferries during the 40’s and 50’s, as well as more our age can still say that). from operating on our departure date, of his great murder mysteries. Bill’s 1949 stranding us there for an extra day! wife, Paula Wolfert, a renowned writer Mr. George Scragg, Jr. ’49 Up to the Northeast Conference we go of cookbooks, is having a book actually 12404 Degas Ln to Lakeville, CT where Rusty Chandler Having moved a couple of years ago written about her, ie... Unforgettable: The Dallas, TX 75230 is still swinging – that is swinging into a senior living place, we have Bold Flavors of Paula Wolfert’s Renegade [email protected] golf clubs in case you were getting several new friends and are enjoying the Life by Emily Kaiser Thelin, published by concerned (or confused)! He says that change. Conversations here invariably Grand Central Books. Bill also sends his Time marches on and the Class of ‘49 he now only walks 9 holes and rides get around to either the food or the greetings to all of his classmates. continues to march with it—onward the other 9. Sounds like the way to go medical visits for that day or that week! and upward—with the experience and since he still shoots some rounds in the Am still trying — harder for sure — to Mike Clegg, who recently lost his wisdom acquired through the 69 years 80s! (i.e. close to his/our age). Not only play some half-way respectable golf and wonderful wife Sue, was part of a select since we “graduated”. Not to forget all that, he and wife Tina manage a 2-mile we still enjoy having our three children group of people given a special tour the “start -up” wisdom and experience walk on “most days’ which he says helps and 4 of 6 grandchildren here in Dallas. of a number of facilities of the Federal acquired between 1941 and 1949 to keep the aches and pains down to Bureau of Investigation, which included during our Hawken School days. Hard a manageable level. Two of Rusty’s Your reporter appreciates receiving your classes as well as private meetings with to imagine that the sleepy little place in children live nearby. Son Chisholm is into news. It enables our column to remain in top officials. After retiring from the Lyndhurst that we all got driven to and his second decade as headmaster of the the Review and be among the first to be leadership of Ostendorf Morris, a noted from in Ford “woody” station wagons Salisbury School, while Robin serves as read. Class contributors above include Cleveland commercial real estate firm, has grown into such a large, multi- Director of Athletics for the Hotchkiss Bob Page and Rusty Chandler, both Mike is semi-retired but with time to campus, co-ed, top-ranked nationally, School and coaches field hockey with recipients of the Carl Holmes Award, explore new areas of interest. preparatory school. an unequalled won-loss record. His third honorees for their outstanding efforts, child Lisa alternates between CA and CT, support, and achievements on behalf of John Holden also writes about his the School. memories of Brian Foy and another
40 Hawken Review departed classmate, Bob Rosewater. Isle, ME (we discovered Mr. Smead Bill is retired from a life-long were hailed by Dave Uible and his wife, After 48 years in the U.S. Postal Service, also had a place there) where their connection with various aspects of Tish. Dave’s first wife died some years his wife and he are spending most of children and grandchildren usually visit off-shore petroleum exploration and ago and he reconnected with Tish, a their time involved in their church life Peter’s siblings and their families have development, “and just in time,” he notes. Duke classmate, leading to a happy and in their vegetable garden. places, visits during the holidays to the Widespread and far cheaper production ending. I refer to the marriage, not the West coast where our three children from fracking has marginalized the mini-reunion, though that was happy, I (Chan Everett) was recently tapped to and five grandchildren live, and travel whole undersea frontier; fields are still too. Vin and Ruthie’s eldest grandchild, take the place of a departed member of elsewhere. Since I left the World Bank being explored, but merely for notes also named Ruthie, graduated from the Yale Whiffenpoofs of 1958, although in 1997 (and for some years before), on a map. “Had I still had it,” he says Hawken (at Severance Hall, a big step I graduated with the Class of 1960. My I’ve devoted most of my professional mordantly, “I wouldn’t have had it up from the Lyndhurst chapel and Mr. wife Marsha is wonderful in that she activity to the use of information about two years ago. I got out in time.” Raish playing “Pomp and Circumstance”) puts up with my passion for a capella and communication technologies for Family news: son Will is teaching at the this June. She has gone on to Carnegie- part singing as I am also a member of a development (ICT4D), publishing some University of Texas medical school as Mellon’s Tepper School of Business, barbershop quartet and a club chorus. six books on topics related to this, with an attending physician; daughter Lee is leaving a younger brother, Tim, in his Retirement is spent both in Cleveland an emphasis on Brazil. This year I’ve married to Greg Lambrecht, founder of junior year at Hawken. and in Florida where I still play golf after begun to focus more on what I call the Coravin Wine System, which allows a hip replacement. I stay in touch with sufficiency for sustainability (see www. you to drink a glass of wine from an Bill LaRiche has completed a book Hawken through involvement in the sufficiency4sustainability.org), starting unopened bottle, and put the rest back about his long friendship with Mrs. School’s music program in memory of with building an international network in storage. No kidding. Take a look — Onassis, Always, affectionately, Jackie, and respect for Jack Raish. of thought leaders and activists in this coravin-dot-com. The Manuels have two that is making the rounds of publishing area. I am also the webmaster for the grandsons in college, one at Occidental houses in New York hoping for a buyer. Dartmouth Class of 1962 (http://1962. in California, the other at Hofstra in New Bill also recently organized a memorial 1955 dartmouth.org) and an active competitor York. evening to celebrate the life of Shirley Mr. Bryant Robey ’55 in Stand-Up Paddle (SUP) racing. In all a Hazzard, another literary friend, who 1307 NW Saginaw Ave very satisfying life. We are privileged to Carl Lindblade works on, still full-time died late last year. If you have not heard Bend, Oregon 97701 live in such beautiful places.” as a senior lecturer in the Hospitality of Shirley, you should have, and to atone [email protected] Management program at the Paul for it should read either of her superb College of Business at the University of novels, Transit of Venus or The Great Fire. Paul Armington reported that he New Hampshire. It’s a subject he knows When the latter was published about a and Catherine, his wife of 55 years, well, having managed many hotels, decade ago, the Economist called it “the recently moved into a “retirement and his students often stay in touch. most interesting novel published this community,” Ingleside Rock Creek Thus, he and his wife, Dorothy, have year.” Bill’s tribute brought eight friends in Washington, DC. “We like it here, an added benefit in visits to alumni in of Shirley’s together in a New York where we as grandparents have more distant places. Interestingly, some of his literary club to tell stories and read from time to introduce the next generation courses are strictly on-line, which struck her works. to a higher plane of life,” Paul wrote, him as sketchy when first proposed, but displaying a good memory of our he has come to appreciate the ability Hawken years. Showing evidence of to measure class participation in a very 1959 how the Class of ’55 itself has achieved clear way, and says it can be easier to Mr. David LeFevre ’59 a higher plane of life, Tom Bletcher in encourage attention over the Internet P.O. Box 1685 Ann Arbor, MI wrote that “the biggest than in a lecture hall. The Lindblades live New York, NY 10150 news this time around was the eclipse in western Maine, root for the Portland [email protected] in August. We had our glasses of course; Peter Knight after competing in a 6 km race off Sea Dogs, and have made a happy here I’m recycling the pizza box…” With Copacabana Beach on Stand-Up Paddle board custom of crossing the Atlantic most After months of planning and his glasses assembled, Tom witnessed summers on the Queen Mary 2. Is there anticipation, the Gathering of the Class a 70% eclipse. “Next time, April 2024, a dog in the story? Yes, Kipper, a golden of ‘59 is in the books, and it was, indeed, we hope to be on the line of totality, in 1957 retriever, and there’s a nineteenth- one for the books. The only thing that Cleveland!” Mr. Robert Clements, Jr. ’57 century farmhouse, too. might have made it better would have 166 Duane St Apt 11A been if everyone had been there, with New York, NY 10013 Two of our classmates have visited the added benefit that I would not have [email protected] Cuba, one of them three times. That to write this at all! would be the footloose John Lang, The disasters that marked late summer who most recently (2016) went diving Those in attendance were Bill and early fall of this year were bound in the famous Jardines de la Reina, an Chamberlin, Brian Dundon, CJ to touch some of our classmates, and underwater preserve of fabulous beauty. Fiordalis, Jack Hannan, Hank Junod, did find one of us, but luckily only “A magical world,” he says. Clark Harvey Sam Knight, Tim LaRiche, Dave marginally. Hurricane Harvey roared fished for inedible fish in the same spot LeFevre, Rory McGuire, Lauren Pacini, over the Houston house of Bill Manuel at an earlier and diplomatically chillier and Sandy Vilas. Thank you to those and family, and damaged fairly near time (2000), when one had to avoid a who traveled great distances. It was so neighbors “who are closer to the bayou,” passport stamp, and local transportation wonderful to be with you for whatever but as Bill and Christie live on higher involved an alarmingly loose-jointed time you were able to be with us. And land, they were spared. (Note to self: Russian airliner. for those of you who were not, you were don’t buy a house close to the bayou.) At truly missed. Tom Bletcher viewing the eclipse the time, the Manuels were in Namibia, Vin Fiordalis, who, as usual, has done so there must have been some anxiety. much of the research for this column Friday’s lunch in the Chapel reminded us Peter Knight shared that “My Brazilian (About Namibia – typical African animals and is in touch with many of you, had an all of where every day began and ended. wife Zaida and I have been living in but in unfamiliar species. Some of them, excellent rendezvous recently at Pier W, Everyone had his own memories of Rio de Janeiro about eight months a the rhinoceroses, for example, are half the sleek Lakewood restaurant. Leaving waiting in line to enter the Headmaster’s year since 2001. The rest of the time the size of their more widely-advertised after a delicious dinner and celebration office to shake hands and say goodnight. we divide between our cottage in Deer cousins.) of their 51st anniversary, he and Ruthie Lunch was followed by a tour of the
41 campus, led by five remarkably poised three decades of teaching at CWRU, I Scott Looney, who, in answer to our told me he needs more material, no and articulate 8th grade students. It applied over and over again the lessons questions, shared his vision for the future matter how lame, so I’m adding these is fair to say that it was a toss-up as I learned at Hawken. Without my early of education in general, and Hawken notes from trips in this my seventieth to which was most impressive - the experience at Hawken in the ‘50s, I School in specific. Thank you, Scott! year, notwithstanding Gretchen’s campus, our student guides, or the would probably never have achieved the After two days of great food and better aforementioned admonition: Scotland young students we observed hard at teaching success on the graduate and togetherness, the question on the table – Went up a rocky hill to see an ancient work. We continued to eat our way undergraduate levels at CWRU. is, shall we do it again for our 60th? carving. Coming down, I realized one through the day with a wonderful couldn’t lightly jump from one rock to dinner at the Hunt Club, hosted by In a way, being made an honorary the next as one used to do, so I mostly Hank. There was no catsup on the table, member of the Class of 1959 was the 1965 slid down on my ass. Brazil – Tried to but much catch-up around the table. crowning event of my 60 years of Dr. Richard Lightbody ’65 learn some Portuguese. Used to be P.K. and Ginger Saha joined us, and we teaching and research experience in [email protected] pretty good at picking up languages, recognized P.K. as an honorary member Cleveland. I am very grateful to the but realized I am now incapable of of the Class of ‘59. A proclamation, Class of 1959 for honoring me and The Class of 1965 is feeling its age, it learning any new word unless it varies signed by all in attendance, was reminding me of the value of those years seems. I know I am. I have been distance only slightly from the same word I presented. As Hank pointed out, this was at Hawken.” running for 42 years, and am coming up already know in some other language. the first time that a Hawken class had against an unexpected limit: not knees, Botswana – Two days in, I had to email bestowed such an honor. Saturday began with a cookout and or piraformis muscle, or boredom. No, my wife to consult my urologist about a self-guided tours at the Gries Center just the tripping and falling down part, problem I had the night before. He sent In response, P.K. shared the following for Experiential and Service Learning, head over heels. I get bruised ribs, knees, word I should retreat; fortunately, the with the class: Hawken’s presence in University Circle. elbows, shoulders. They don’t heal as fast message didn’t reach me until the end Sandy Vilas stepped up to demonstrate as they used to. That part of my sport of the trip, when I was fine. For you docs “The Hunt Club dinner of October 13 is his culinary skills as he flipped the is not much fun. Otherwise, life is good and other urology mavens out there, the now part of my permanent memory. It burgers. Frustrated by the fact that the here in Cleveland. I was a participant problem was g.h.; if you don’t know what was a great honor to be in the company best Hawken could come up with for in Hawken’s Alumni Give-Back Day last that stands for, you don’t want to know. of so many former students of the Class our 50th Reunion was the 7th grade class spring, which I rather enjoyed. It was Rome: In order to walk around for more of 1959 and their spouses and friends. picture, Bill Chamberlin dug through his fun to talk about something I know than about ninety minutes per day, had Joining the Class as an honorary member Hawken archives and brought his copy about to young people, namely my to buy a knee brace and pain meds at the made me think of my entire teaching of the June 1959 Hawken Journal, with own development in life and career local farmacia. All in all, I fear this is not career at Hawken, and at Case Western photographs of us all. (psychanalysis) since leaving Hawken. going to end well.” Reserve. At CWRU I was fortunate to I like to think I captured the ups and win several teaching awards. Each time The day (and the weekend) was topped downs pretty well. It is not often that Brooke Stoddard: “I was pleased to I received a new award I looked back off with dinner in Stirn Hall at the Gates one gets encouraged to tell all to our see former ambassador (2010-2015) upon my Hawken days and thought Mills Campus. While the rest of the successors: try it sometime. to Slovakia Tod Sedgwick ‘66 in anew of how much my Hawken revelers were treated to entertainment September when he addressed the experience contributed to the teaching by the Centennial All Star Alumni Kip Horsburgh reports: I believe that Cleveland Club of Washington, D. C. Tod’s success at CWRU. In fact, throughout my Band, we were treated to a visit with I am now officially retired, having topic was Cleveland’s role in helping concluded my seven-year Development to form a democratic Czechoslovakia Office assignment at Bowdoin College... out of the Austro-Hungarian Empire it was a good run. Jean and I spend during and after World War One (Czech summers in Northern Michigan, travel and Slovak immigrant groups in to antiques shows across the eastern Cleveland drew up an agreement and states, and in between knee replacement non-binding declaration in 1915). Tod and hip surgeries, see many Cavaliers proved an effective speaker and drew games each winter. I have also assumed persons from the State Department, the unofficial responsibility for getting Slovak embassy and Slovak television. the Indians World Series trophy in my The Cleveland Club also had a notable lifetime. Despite the disappointment outing in June when the Indians played of this year’s early playoff exit, I am not the Orioles in Baltimore and discussed deterred, and will be back at it next baseball before the game with Indians’ The Class of 1959 and guests with honoree P.K. Saha and his wife Ginger spring. broadcaster Jim Rosenhaus. In August I accompanied my family to Sumter, Dennis Friedman: “I’m about 95% South Carolina where we witnessed the retired – still do a little legal work at solar eclipse, which we all felt was well my old firm, where I am now senior worth the trouble of the journey. (Note counsel. I know a few people who plan to Cleveland-based Hawken alum: make to continue to work as long as they can. every effort to see the eclipse coming I don’t know whether to envy them or your way in 2024; pictures only hint at feel sorry for them. My wife and I enjoy the extraordinary sight of a total eclipse). travel and do a fair amount of it, but as Being so close to Marty Winston’s new she wisely observes, no one cares about location in Aiken, SC, I later gave Marty other people’s trips, so I won’t get into a call. He confirmed he also watched that. I get a huge kick out of my adorable the eclipse – from his yard – though granddaughter – my only grandchild he related that this was not his first; he – as she approaches her first birthday. had seen several. Marty is in the process I’ve been riding my bike a lot in Chicago of building a thoroughly, in his words, recently. It seems that everyone who “cybernetic self-controlled” house due does that eventually has something bad to be completed in about two years and happen, but so far so good. which he says incorporates more than a The Class of 1959 eighth grade graduation page “Addendum [4 days later]: Richard little physics he learned in Mr. Malberg’s
42 Hawken Review class. He also reminded me that this is ends with III, as the Torah has instructed engineering related subjects. Third was At the Cocktail Party/Dinner, I made the 35th anniversary of his national Clio me to do. Here is the list – Chuck that I strongly felt that Headmaster Scott certain to link up with Sterling Award lyrics “Now is the time, ABC is the Bittenbender, Jon Boyd, Bill Bruner, Looney “gets it”. The right man, at the Hubbard, whom I had not seen up to place.” Clyde Comstock, Chip deWolfe, right time with the right vision. that point. Jon Boyd also sat at our Hardy Drane, Stacy Feldman, Darryl dinner table, and I believe that we spent Marc Files: “My wife (of 47 years), Nancy Greene, Elton (“Jim”) Hoyt III, Sterling Chuck Bittenbender said something more time speaking directly with each and I continue to enjoy life in retirement, (“Sterling”) William Hubbard III, Peter interesting to me at the reunion about other than we ever did in school. It was living half the year in Scottsdale, AZ Hurd, Don Kittredge, Phil Lamb, the beginnings of our Upper School. good to see Courtenay Taplin as well. and half the year in Harbor Springs, Latham (“Skip”) W. Murfey III, Marshall I think that most of us know that the I had good conversations with Chip MI, where we had a beautiful Fall this Olds, John Proctor, Ishmael Reid, Jim idea for a high school came from deWolfe and Hardy Drane. Hardy and year. We’ll be travelling back to our Reuter, Tyler Robbins, Charlie Sachs, Headmaster Dick Day. However, in the I live very close to each other right now beloved Maui, HI in January and then Ted Schaefer, Tim Silver, Courtenay world according to Chuck (I, for one, and we made the most tentative of to Ireland for the 6th time in June. Still Taplin, David Taplin, Howard Tuttle, believe everything that he says), the arrangements to see each other. It may have very fond memories of my time at Ralph Webster, and last but not least, actual execution and implementation of not happen, but it is a pleasing idea. Hawken and my buddies there. Still can’t the man who inspired me to finally write this idea was left to three young men, believe Fitz is no longer with us, except about Joel Friedman, Fred (“Fred”) barely in their thirties – Peter Relic, Jim in spirit, of course.” Marc added in an Wendel III. Young…..and Rodger Rickard. email that he wished he had gotten to our 50th reunion. I hate at this point to stand in judgment, The child is father to the man, and the but how many of you caught the fact that original high school is the father (and As I was finishing this edition of class the “listing of 28 men” included only 27? now mother as well) to what we have news, Charley Jordan responded to my Of the two of you who actually counted, today, and will have tomorrow. Yet plaintive second call: “I am sorry to miss who noted that Ishmael Reid was neither what great things these men achieved! your deadline as I have just returned to a member of our class nor any other I was speaking with Peter Hurd, and he the office. My most significant news is Hawken Class, now or in the future? felt that when he came to Hawken he Chip and Patricia deWolfe catch up with Hardy I was out having knee surgery, which I do have a special prize for anyone had hit the jackpot, won the lottery. and Margriet Drane was quite successful. I hope you and who correctly calculated 26 as the true I agreed with him, and I have always the family are well and look forward to number of classmates who attended felt that I was given something very When I was speaking to Jim Reuter, providing more exciting updates.” our 50th: that special prize is the only CD special at Hawken, always with me, it became clear that he did not have extant of two bagpipers who were ever never to be taken away. I especially liked a Reunion Yearbook, so Jeff Biggar There you have it for now, chums of able to play in tune with each other. reconnecting with Darryl Greene. dispatched me to his office in the ‘65. Czechoslovakia has unravelled, the “Cottage” (I think that Howard Baker Indians tanked, Dennis has aches as do I knew that I would be coming to our After lunch, we re-repaired back to the used to live there) to get one. For reasons I, Kip and Charley Jordan had surgeries. 50th Reunion, though for the longest Chapel (which was still not broken) to unknown, I ended up going there with On the other hand, Marty is gleefully time I was not prepared to enjoy it. hear about a few programs involving Don Kittredge, and despite some serious jumping into the future, while Brooke The constant refrain in my head kept writing and educational travel. One travel rummaging around in his office, we and Marc seem undeterred by the slow repeating that, “I really do not like these opportunity involved hiking, camping could not find anything. Finally a woman erosion of time. The downs and ups of sorts of affairs.” In retrospect, it was an and exploring in New York City – no came up to us and asked why we were life seem balanced so far. amazing series of events, and I am still hotel rooms. I was both gratified and ransacking her office. internalizing the shared experiences amazed at how engaged we all were, with all of you. I suspect that this is true and how many questions we all had Many sent in comments and reflections, 1967 for all of you who attended. I wish that for the teachers and the students, who and I would like to include them here, as Mr. Stacy Feldman ’67 I could give a well considered overview gave up their Saturday off to speak to us. well as submissions from some who did [email protected] of all that occurred, or collect everyone’s This engagement showed itself at every not attend. So in no particular order, here thoughts and then collate them into single event. I should not have been they are: With so many of us having just attended some kind of meaningful narrative. surprised at all, in that we were all given our 50th Reunion in mid-October, and a developed sense of inquisitiveness Jim Benway wrote, “Sorry to have with even more of us having written At the opening luncheon on Friday in through our Hawken education. missed you all! Sounds like a good biographies for our Reunion Yearbook, Stirn Hall, we were informed about the time.... I’m currently recovering from a it seemed pointless and redundant general state of the school such as it is There was about three hours of free total hip replacement trying to get my (or even e-dundant, as a sop to the now. Three things stood out. First was time before the cocktail party/dinner/ life back... I’m excited to report much current age) for me to write the Notes the breadth of inclusiveness that Hawken banquet/band back at Stirn Hall. I progress, still walking tentatively with for our class a mere two weeks later. now has with the Cleveland community spent all of it with Tim Silver. There is a a cane, but definitely getting stronger Nonetheless, there are many of us who at large. Second was the major, strategic small group of us that go back to First every day. Looking forward to being could not attend, due to the vagaries of expansion of resources and focus now Grade at Hawken. Tim and I go back to able to get back to golf, fishing, travel, life and death, and it seems only right brought to bear on science and Kindergarten at Laurel School. We spent camping, etc. next year. Regards to all.” that they be given a glimpse of what was some time walking outdoors around created and experienced during those the Lower School campus, eventually From Darryl Greene – “It was so great surprising two days. deciding to take some photos of each to see everyone and get caught up a other. Tim’s photos of me were well bit — I wish I hadn’t waited 50 years to But first I must give you a listing of the taken and constructed (he has spent a attend one of these reunions! It is clear 28 men from our class who attended at lifetime in the film media business, and that class members’ values instilled by least one of the Reunion events. I have he possesses naturally a very refined Hawken have profoundly influenced in many cases used your childhood eye). My photos of him required that he their life paths and philosophies.” Darryl nicknames, even though you may not give me a five minute course on picture also sent me a personal e-mail, which I go by that moniker now. Please forgive taking, and even then he greeted the would like to think applies to all of us. “It me if you can, and if you cannot, then results with muted enthusiasm. So he is was great to reconnect with you at our whip me with a leather bookmarker at looking at his phone at the pictures that 50th reunion and to have a conversation our next reunion. Also, I have written David Hurd and David Taplin I took after the short course, and he says that had depth to it. My interest in out the full names of those whose name almost to himself, “Well, this can be fixed renewing these relationships is not so in post-pro.”
43 much as to what our classmates have great gifts to your classmates. I hope Marshall Olds sent in his comments, insanity to anyone, but they’ve always done in their careers, but more about you write a diary every day so future partially in answer to Clyde. “Ditto. This worked for me). Reunion proves you are the kind of person we’ve become. From generations will know your journey and was certainly an event for the ages. the same Stacy (Stanley). It was a very our talk and by reading your reflections your wisdom (not to mention bone dry, And for the aging. It was wonderful to short time. Still so much to learn, I am in the Onyx 50-year update, it seems like the finest London Gin, humor). Oh be with all of you who returned in view amazed. No time, no time. Emails will that you’ve striven to attain authenticity that’s right you don’t drink any more. of bringing our past forward into the have to do. It was genuinely wonderful in your life and to place value on your Forgive the analogy.” present, and allowing the present to to see you.” contributions to humankind. The experience again a bit of our collective angst that you expressed when you Chris, as you know from my reply to you, past. À la prochaine fois.” The official Courtenay Taplin sent in this short and said “..when am I finally going to do all is forgiven old friend. translation means something like “Until very kind note: “A quick note of thanks something worthy or worthwhile...” the next time.” Unofficially, it means to for all the work you put into the Reunion reflects to me the realization that this is remember to put back-up lights on the Weekend. It was an exceptional event. I important and that you have probably artillery pieces. have put together some of these events been very effective in making a positive in our industry and I know the frustration difference over the years. Those who From Hardy Drane: “Many thanks to level can be extreme…..a job very well never think about making their life Jeff, Howard, Peggy, Stacy, and others done and very much appreciated.” meaningful don’t suffer from this angst. for a memorable 50th reunion weekend. Great to see everyone. Hawken student Fittingly and finally, we have Bill Bruner. It seems, by your avid reading, that presentation was impressive and the “I agree with Tim and Clyde. This was the you’re driven by a quality to know band was super. Hope to see all of best yet and hopefully not the last! See about our reality, a curiosity that you soon, and Godspeed! Love to all, you all again sometime soon, but at least Skip Murfey, Peter Hurd, Julie Visconsi Mawby many strangely seem to lack. I’m Hardy” Not only Godspeed, but Good in 5 years!” Bill, does this mean that you (HB), Bill Bruner and Howard Tuttle striving for this same kind of increase Luck…………….and a Steady Hand. do not agree with the rest us? in consciousness and hope to have grown over these 50 years. When I put We owe Howard and Peggy Tuttle a Charlie Sachs: “I agree: memorably I was genuinely touched by the page my memories of the age when I was at real debt of gratitude for producing our bittersweet. Among my favorite near the end of the Reunion Yearbook Hawken alongside the standards and 50th Reunion Yearbook. memories will be Stacy and Tim entitled, “notes on Notes.” It is a tribute moral compass that I now try to align attending the Middle School student for the many years that I have been with, they seem pretty pathetic — but I also wish to thank Jim Hoyt for a very presentation in the chapel and engaging honored to write the Notes for all of us. realizing that contrast is better, I think, funny story about Thom Hoffman. with the students in such a kind Until I read it, I did not know that I ever than many who seem to view high Apparently they were riding around in affirming way. I sincerely believe that needed or wanted either recognition or school as the apex of their life. I still talk Jim’s car and Thom flicked his cigarette among our foremost characteristics as a understanding for this continuing effort with acquaintances who glory in their out the window, which the wind blew class was kindness. Until we meet again of mine. But the words on that page did high school days as sport hero, etc. Those back into the car, nearly starting it on fire. somewhere, with all best wishes.” fall upon me like a warm rain, and I am definitely were no glory days for me! humbled and thankful for the appreciation From Ted Schaefer: “It was re-affirming. From the immortal pen of Sviatoslav that I never knew that I wanted. Stacy, maybe we can stay connected So many good people. And, I wish I Rochmiel Feldman: “First of all, we in some way because you have an had more time to visit more. I see lots should all bow or kneel in fervent prayer interesting view of life and I’d like to of names on this list that I would have to Jeff Biggar, and Howard and Peggy 1969 know what you further achieve. The fact enjoyed catching up with. So, here’s to Tuttle. Jeff made this happen for us, Mr. Carl Coerdt ’69 that you see a decent man staring back the next one and I hope to see you all. and we owe our Yearbook to Peggy [email protected] at you after these years best shows your Bill and Band, I can’t believe how good and Howard. I cherished the time that achievements!” you were!” I was able to spend with each of you, John Scheele sent me a photo from but there will be no great summing up 1965 from an English class with Mr. Peter Hurd wrote, “A complete delight here, because I have yet to process this Eames. We both agreed that it is in every respect! Worth the effort alone huge event and because I feel that I must priceless — and brings back such vivid to visit with P.K. Saha. Many thanks to save something for the Hawken Notes, memories. See photo on facing page. Jeff Biggar, Kathleen Guzzi, Howard & which I am to write in the next month or From left we have David Heald, Bill Peggy, Stacy, and all of my classmates two. I will not ask for submissions from Strong, Harvey Webster, Paul Vignos, who attended!” those that attended, but for those of Tom Collura, and another student we you who did not make it, I do hereby ask cannot identify from behind. Chris Tim Silver reflected as follows: “I’ve you to submit something about what is Schloss has been in touch with David enjoyed all our Hawken Class Reunions, happening in your life, and to come up Heald lately. We all miss Bill Strong but I enjoyed this one most of all, for with a halfway decent excuse for your terribly, and this is a great photo of your company. It’s been a long trail, but absence. A fullway excuse would be even him. Several members of our class were coming together again, it seems we better.” fortunate enough to spend a summer shared a good enough portion in our with Bill on the Three Corner Round Hawken days to bind us somehow. The Sterling Hubbard had his own personal Pack Outfit in 1965. There are some better self…? Hope to see you again rave-up as follows: “Dear Stanley great pictures of Bill climbing the Sierra Tyler Robbins, Darryl Greene with soon, down the trail a ways…” Fleabird, I know you might rather be Nevada mountains wearing his floppy photobomber Charlie Sachs Adam Price or Ted Aspen, but you are red hat. Tom Wynne said that he and Bill From Clyde Comstock: “It was great who you are. I’m re-reading the entire were part of a Junior Year Abroad group From Chris Royan: “Your write-up(s), to see you all again — even if it took a tome Peggy collected for the 3rd or in 1968 with Mr. Al MacCracken ’54 at were/are EPIC. Particularly your own moment to see the high school kid in 4th time. Much of it is your writing, the University of Grenoble in the French history. So many layers to unpack.... our aging faces! It was also interesting feels like Carlos Castaneda (The trick Alps. They took all of their classes in Incredible, and admirable life to hear about our varied careers and is in what one emphasizes. We either French and became close to fluent by the resilience....I still remember your cats the post high school pathways that make ourselves miserable, or we make end of the program. impact on your life’s experience. I had took us in those directions. Who would ourselves happy. The amount of work is just lost a dog, whose spirit was radiant have predicted those?” Clyde, are you the same.) or Hunter Thompson (I hate and whose look was all knowing. What somehow implying that I have aged? to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or
44 Hawken Review Bill and I will be telling geriatric tales of those muddy roads leading into Bethel 1971 instead. Hawken Alumni Office [email protected] Hope to catch up with more classmates on future trips back to Cleveland. Our Larry Siegel shared the following: old woods is still a wonder to visit “Life after early retirement is not bad English Class with Mr. Eames in 1965 and has long been part of the Holden at all. I’m working from home as the Arboretum. You can even hike through head of a tiny foundation (the CFA to Stebbins Gulch, if all your limbs and Institute Research Foundation, which Harvey Webster is front and center in joints are functioning. The Roxy Theater produces research for the investment the photo, holding a copy of “Essays Old and Theatrical Grill are sadly gone, but community) and as a consultant and and New”. One of my favorite quotes L-R: Wendy Cutler, Georgia Scheele, Bill Scheele the Goodtime III still sails the mighty writer. I’m writing a book – Fewer, from Mr. Eames was: “A sentence should ’66 and his wife Liz Scheele Cuyahoga and there is much new to see Richer, Greener – that makes the case for have no unnecessary words, just as a and experience!” continuing improvements in standards machine should have no unnecessary We visited Harvey’s new Wildlife Center of living, including environmental parts.” Tom Collura and I have been in at the Cleveland Museum of Natural Every year, I look forward to gathering quality, worldwide. My beautiful wife touch periodically via Facebook. He History, named in honor of our late class notes, and I usually refrain from and I just celebrated our 37th anniversary, helped identify some of these people and classmate Ralph Perkins. Also spent putting in too much about myself. The our kids are somehow approaching sent me eight Hawken photos from his quality time with my record-sized past few months have been challenging. the middle years of life, and we are in collection. I have pictures to add and there Eastern Red-Spotted Newt, which has Our older daughter Ashley has been reasonable health. Hawken folks are are several more of Mr. Eames and Mr. rested in a specimen jar since 1963. living on St. John in the US Virgin Islands always welcome to visit – contact me at Robey that we’ve spotted already. John Wendy interviewed Assistant Vertebrate for over ten years. She was on St. John [email protected]”. contacted David Gillespie ’89, in charge Curator Roberta Muehlheim about the during hurricane Irma, which struck on of the Hawken School photo archives. chance of reviving that fabulous newt, September 6th, as a category five storm. Here’s a link to reach him and get started: but the prospects are not good. In this The house that they were staying in had http://photos.hawken.edu/photos/ shot, Harvey is making a powerful point windows rated for 200 mph but were about a Dunkleosteus skull — in the blown out. John Scheele wrote, “Still in Los Angeles Museum’s collection room downstairs. since 1974. My brother Bill ’66 threw All seventeen people, including three my stuff from Harvard days on Bob children (and several dogs) made it Dylan’s cargo plane that year, and I through the storm, staying in a lower followed a few weeks later and became level storage room. Then hurricane Marie a Californian. hit on September 20th, a category four storm. After that, pretty much everyone I finished Warren Beatty’s feature film on St. John with kids left the island about Howard Hughes last Fall — after unless they had nowhere else to go. Of Larry and Connie Siegel enjoying retirement in four years, including research into period the three US Virgin Islands, St. John was front of the Hotel Del in Coronado, CA stock footage. Rules Don’t Apply has a hit the hardest by far. Power has been great ‘60s look, and he was amazing to restored to downtown Cruz Bay, but work with. Was part of his Dick Tracy film Harvey Webster & John Scheele at the most of the island is still without power. th back in 1992 — and Warren may still Cleveland Museum of Natural History 45 Reunion | October 2018 produce a sequel! Did three films before Ashley is living with us in Dover, that with Oliver Stone — my amazing This year I’m focusing on my still NH, along with little Storm (5). They daughter Georgia joined me in Thailand 1973 photography from 1969-75, when I plan on returning to St. John in late Mr. Andrew Rayburn ’73 to manage elephant motion capture joined my brother Bill ’66 on the road January if possible. Storm is going to [email protected] for Alexander. Exciting latter days in my with the Band. I’m gradually posting kindergarten. He said to his teacher career in film visual effects. them on Facebook — just type in recently, “I’m only here for a few months. Mr. John Mueller ’73 “Photography by John Scheele” and you We are going back to St. John right after [email protected] More recently, Georgia and my will find the page. Here’s a favorite of daddy fixes the hurricane.” Ashley is adventurous girlfriend Wendy Cutler Janis Joplin and Rick Danko, from the organizing a St. John fundraiser in NH Paul Salamone: It is now all about the came back with me to Ohio to work Festival Express, back in 1970: for Kenny Chesney’s “Love for Love City Grandkids!! My one daughter Lisa and on the last election. Wendy is mainly a Foundation”. Justin has been on St. John, her husband Tony live in London with voice actor, and a founding member of doing reconstruction work with Kenny’s 2 granddaughters who attend one of the “Off The Wall” Improv Group, where group. Justin was having lunch with an those “proper” English day schools in Robin Williams got his start back in 1975. EMT who had visited the other affected Pre-K and Kindergarten; their accents Grew my hair long to mix better with islands and the EMT remarked that he are great. Sheri and I are going to visit the Amish farmers, and we knocked on had never seen such close camaraderie again in February. The other daughter doors in my old hometown of Chardon. among islanders. St. John’s nickname is Shannon and her husband Cory live in That did not quite change the outcome, © 2017 John Sheele - All Rights Reserved “Love City” for good reason. Recently, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with the other as it turned out. Rick Danko and Janis Joplin one of the islanders posted on Facebook two grandkids (one boy and one girl; that little green leaves are coming back kindergarten and Pre-K). That family is Harvey Webster and Tom Collura Instead of creating a book, I’m weaving on the trees. “ learning to eat some unique dishes (Pig’s joined us for a planned election eve these images into a film documentary colon, Duck intestines. . .). We plan to celebration at my brother’s home in with a virtual reality feel. The main visit in January, 2019, during the “less” Bratenahl. Following is a cheerful family project is timed for the 50th anniversary rainy season!! I am still working, reffing group photo from that evening. of the Woodstock Festival and might high school basketball, but finding time eventually show at the Rock & Roll Hall of to play golf with fellow Hawk and cousin, Fame Museum. My dad had truly heroic Lenny Perrotti, the recent retiree. I hope memories of the Battle of the Bulge, but to see most at the next reunion.
45 Andrew Merritt: Snapshots from my continues to row for the US national as a geology teacher and I continue to recently announced a partnership with September in Granville, Ohio: team. She won the US speed trials in the invest in real estate in San Francisco and pharma giant Sanofi. In August Michael single scull and competed in the World Denver. was named Chairman of the Board Writing: Agreements to Improve Student Championships earlier this month. of Directors of the Summer Science Aid: An Antitrust Perspective, co-authored Don Morse: I was thinking there must Program (SSP Board of Trustees), a with Prof. Deborah Jones Merritt (my My wife Ann, after leading the be some new news, something to long-standing national/international partner in life and law). The Journal of redevelopment of Public Square in be crazy proud of, but it is not to be. program for gifted high-school students Legal Education will publish this article in Cleveland as the head of local nonprofit Twin granddaughters is the best I can with campuses in Boulder, CO (University its autumn issue. LAND-Studio, has declared independence muster. Other than that, the picture of Colorado), Socorro, NM (New Mexico and has a blossoming nonprofit below kind of sums up my life now. State University), and West Lafayette, IN Reading: D. Kuhn & T. Brook, The Age of consulting business in collaboration with Horses, mountains, sunset. (Purdue University). SSP curricula focus Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation Strategic Design Partners. on astrophysics (Boulder and Socorro) or of China. protein biochemistry (West Lafayette). I am winding down my private equity Listening: Jim Lauderdale, This Changes activities but recently lost my mind and Everything. joined the startup world. I’m leading an 1977 effort to build a technology platform to Alumni Office Creating: I am recording songs I’ve facilitate online group therapy with the P.O. Box 8002 written, working with Earthwork goal of reaching those facing addiction Gates Mills, OH 44040 Recording Studio (Newark, OH – near and mental illness in remote areas [email protected] the extensive geometric earthworks that that do not have reasonable access to Hopewell Culture people constructed mental health professionals (1/3 of the David Eaton: “Greetings from Concord, over 1500 years ago). US population). We’re hoping to have an MA where we continue to watch the impact on the opioid crisis. seasons pass, the sports teams flourish, Steve Braman: As of June 2016, I my wife Jennifer’s flower business grow, became a grandfather to a grandson I see Brooksie Jones often, get together Don Morse and his view on life and the kids growing up even faster. named Roi who is living with my with Tone and Fisco when they are in As a wise woman once said, ‘The Days daughter Jessica and her husband Itai town, play golf occasionally with Jack are Long, but The Years are Short.’ As for in Tel Aviv, Israel. In a recent visit to Thorp ’72, ski occasionally with Mac 1975 me, I have been a partner in a couple of Israel this past May to celebrate his 1st Humphries ’71, hang out with Reg Mrs. Marla Esgar Robbins ’75 Management Consultancies, after selling birthday, I found myself at a new low as Shiverick ’74 and his twin brothers [email protected] out of the firm I built for 25 years in I plunged into the Dead Sea...the lowest David ’71 and Paul ’71 when they are 2010. I recently joined a small boutique point on the planet. in town, talk to Braymundo from time Everyone in the class of ’75 must be so out of West Hartford, CT…but I get to to time, see Rayburn around town when busy and happy, because I received no work from my 3rd floor when not on And next week, my son Josh and his he’s not hiding from his responsibilities news to the contrary. Did some math the road with clients or visiting new wife Kiri will become parents to my as Class Agent, recently had lunch with the other day and realized I have been partners/colleagues in CT. Still working first granddaughter (name yet to be Jamie Treco, and see other random coaching and or teaching at our alma in the culture space, now about 80% in disclosed), where in Cleveland the temp Hawks around town. mater for 36 years. It has been wonderful Organizational Culture Transformation and the Tribe are hitting new highs. In to work with so many amazing student and Top Teams, and 20% continuing a recent business visit to Cleveland, Dennis Fisco: Pam and I are doing well, athletes. The last 2 seasons the boys in the Cross-Cultural Coaching space my son and I attended the Dead and having recovered from our portion of tennis team has finished 2nd in the state for executives working across borders/ Company show at Blossom where we hosting the Mueller wedding in February Div. 2 .This year my varsity B team was 8-3. diverse teams. Scott Beatty and his wife ran into our mutual Grateful Dead Hawk in Aspen. A great time was had by all! Deb recently hosted Frank Spaeth, my alumnus, sir Andrew Rayburn and wife We are in France and Spain this fall riding My great nephew (Isaiah Rushin ’24) wife, and me for dinner in Swampscott, Heather. Great show...Blossom is still an bikes with some good friends. has been at Hawken for 3 years (6th on the North Shore of Boston…great amazing venue. Though the traffic still grade) and I have seen how much he has to be together. On the home front, sucks. Perhaps I should re-attend next I visited with Omar Mueller ’81 several grown as a person and academically. So our oldest, Sam, is a sophomore at year to hear the Cleveland Orchestra. times this year at his Freestone, CA wonderful to be a part of such a great Hobart College, studying Economics cheese shop and there have been a few institution. If you haven’t been back to and Asian Studies, playing soccer for In the meantime, I survived Hurricane sightings of David Shiverick pedaling the school in a while, you should come the Statesmen. Kendall is readying for Irma without too much damage. his great French wines in San Francisco. and see how great it is and reconnect college as a senior at Concord-Carlisle Jere Tone and I still share Giants tickets with the better self. High School. Jack Henry (think Henry John Mueller: I’m living in Gates Mills but I am happy to report that my other Eaton, and subtract a few years, but with my wife Ann on River Road, just team is doing much better – GO TRIBE! The Alumni Office shares exciting news same personality and spirit) is now a down the hill from the upper campus. I Moo, Pam and I took a tour of the upper from Michael Weiss, M.D., Ph.D. freshman at CCHS, and the ‘baby’ of the walk the dog there every weekend. Stirn school back in April and I felt like I was Currently the Distinguished Research family, Charlie, is in 8th grade at Concord Hall, the new upper school building, is back in college! Our former classrooms Professor at CWRU and Cowan-Blum Middle School. Soccer players abound, wonderful. I’m sad to report that the are now lockers compared to the new Professor of Cancer Research at the volleyball gave way to a talented old “butt trail” has been given over open floor plan. Happy to report that the CWRU School of Medicine, Michael was artist, mostly in ceramics and drawing to healthy pursuits like cross country buck-buck tree is still intact along with recently named Chair of the Department (think Barbara Eaton in the Hawken training, outdoor education, and outdoor the foosball court! of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Art Room). I see my sibs Dennie Eaton classrooms. at the Indiana University School of Yianakopolos ’82 in NH, and Dick Big news for us is that our youngest, Medicine and Director of Chemical Eaton ’74 pretty often, when Dick’s work My eldest and middle children, Jack Pete (29), got engaged with wedding Biology & Biotherapeutics at the Indiana brings him to the Boston area (despite and Wells are now both married and plans shaping up for a 2018 event. Gavin University Precision Health Initiative. The having moved to Oregon a few years living in Cleveland. Jack has developed (33) is following in Pam’s footsteps as a CWRU-affiliated startup biotechnology back.) Brought my boys back to CLE some property in the new arts district licensed Geologist and Dana is dodging company he founded to engineer last April for a whirlwind tour, when I in Collinwood and recently bought a hurricanes and mapping the degradation new forms of insulin, Thermalin, Inc., attended a Board of Directors meeting restaurant. Wells has a construction and of coral reefs as a Marine Biologist in will remain at the Cleveland Clinic for Dix & Eaton…had dinner and other real estate business. My daughter Felice southern Florida. Pam is in her 28th year incubator; Thermalin and CWRU memorable events with Dominic
46 Hawken Review Visconsi, Andy Clyde and Mary his father and MLK in the early years challenged with hard classes, has great Anna is now a MASA Teaching Fellow in Toomey Clyde ’79, Jeff Warner, Peter and trying to figure out where to go friends and is involved in Model UN.” Beit Shean, Israel for the year and we all Rome, and Larry Hatch. Too much for the winter. “Still have my solar and look forward to visiting her in January. fun in such a short time, visiting Hall of landscaping company and helping a Jim Posch shared that one of his favorite I always enjoy crossing paths with our Fames (Rock and Football), Cavs playoff friend introduce a free energy machine things is getting together with Jeff classmates and finding the time to game, Indians game, and, of course, the using magnets at the United Nations Snavely and Steve Aronoff when Jeff is in reminisce and be filled with wonder by required stop at Corky & Lenny’s. In the next year.” Scott Fromson and Kathy town. “Joyce and I are empty nesters with how many years have passed since our midst of turbulent times, both political are enjoying year three of being empty one daughter Ellen doing an Industrial time at Hawken. Looking forward to and environmental, sending you all my nesters. Halle (their youngest) will Design co-op in Seattle and our other seeing many of you at our next reunion best for a more peaceful tomorrow.” be graduating (early) from Indiana daughter in Washington, DC at American in 2019! Let’s not do the math! University where she is a member University. I have two years remaining of the acapella group, Hooshir, and in my term in the Cleveland Heights/ is in the Honors Program studying University Heights School Board. Being Psychology. Scott has already signed an elected official keeps me crazy busy.” up to be her first patient! Their oldest son, Brett, is still in Los Angeles after Elise Sogg Tilelli (with her husband, graduating from USC, making a living General John Tilelli USA (Ret), Emma, as a singer-songwriter. My son, Noah, and Lacey), live in Alexandria, VA. “My 16 graduated in June from the Medill year old sophomore daughters remind Journalism School at Northwestern me that I have just two and a half years University, and is working as a television until they’re off. I’m already getting reporter for WZZM Channel 13 (an ABC teary! Life in the DC area is never dull. We Heather Ross-Lowenstein and daughter Anna ’13 affiliate) in Grand Rapids, MI. His goal traveled to Sicily last summer and plan visiting Julie Jacobowitz Potiker in La Jolla is to eventually make his way back to to take our girls to Venice and Rome this Cleveland! “My wife, Kathy, is in her third Christmas. At this time of year, I often The alumni office has learned that Dale David Eaton’s boys at Hawken School year as the Cantor at Temple Israel in recall the fall beauty of Hawken. I really Schwartz is opening a Pinstripes, Bistro, Akron. If anyone wants to come hear her look forward to getting back and seeing Bowling & Bocce in Cleveland. This sing and keep me company driving to all the campus changes. I’m regularly location will feature dining on each of its 1979 Akron on a Friday night, I will buy dinner in touch with my bestie, Carolyn Bell two floors and rooftop, a patio for dining, Mrs. Heather Ross-Lowenstein ’79 after the service! I continue practicing Geldermann. Any Hawks planning a bowling lanes, and indoor/outdoor [email protected] law (until I get it right) in Solon, and visit to DC, I’d love to hear from you. bocce courts. Look for it to open in May playing quite a bit of paddle tennis. We Warmest wishes to all!” as part of the Pinecrest development This year’s column has been challenging saw Kriss Halpern, and watched some located on Cleveland’s east side. Dale has to write. It seems we have reached a Cavs playoff games with him in LA last Lori Reisman Patterson shared her 8 other Pinstripes around the country time in our lives where we are facing April. Kriss is still living in Santa Monica tragic loss. “I am devastated to say that and has plans to open several more changes and transitions — both long and practicing law. Got together with on June 9th my daughter, Kayla Nicole locations nationwide in the next year. awaited gains as well as tragic losses. It Mark Sarlson, Ted Warren, and Steve Schwartz, passed away tragically when is with a heavy heart we reflect on the Levin in August, and all are doing well. the jeep she and her boyfriend were loss of our classmates, Charles Tuthill We also recently had dinner with Jeff driving through Baja, Mexico got high 1981 (Johnson) and Chris Roblin, who were Snavely, Steve Aronoff, and their wives. centered. While trying to hike out, she Mr. Peter Blum ’81 far too young to have passed. Many of It really is wonderful to get together with died of a heart attack due to heat stroke. [email protected] you wrote of their warmth and talents, old friends! Already looking forward to Kayla was a free spirit with an amazing remembering them fondly and expressed our next reunion,” Scott writes. sense of adventure and will be missed Tim Whitehouse checks in from how much they will be missed. In spite of by all who were blessed to have known Wellington, CO, where he is a highly our sadness, I thank you for sharing your her. On a happier note, Joe and I just skilled traditional timber framer. Tim’s successes, family updates and moves, purchased our dream home in Malibu, post-Hawken journey went from Trinity shifts in status to being empty nesters, CA, overlooking the ocean, where we College (BA in history) to the Rhode and invitations to visit. will be building Kayla’s butterfly garden. Island School of Design (BFA in industrial We carry her in our hearts forever and design) to nine years at American “Life is good,” Todd Beatty writes from for always!” Tourister designing luggage to finding Marblehead, MA where he lives with his his passion for traditional timber framing fiancée. “My older daughter is a freshman Michael Wright and his wife Susan after an apprenticeship in 2000. at American University in Washington, DC. report that they are new empty nesters My younger daughter is a sophomore at in Kennett Square, PA. “We just dropped Scott Fromson and his family the Waldorf High School. Please feel free off our youngest, Julia, at Case this to get in touch if in the Boston area. If it September for her freshman year. She’s is summer, we could go for a sail.” Writing in from Vermont, Polly studying Cognitive Science. It was good Swetland Jones sends her regards to to be back in Cleveland. (My parents are everyone. She and her family are doing still in Chagrin Falls.) Middle child Marina well and count their blessings. graduated from James Madison in May, and started in Pitt’s PT grad program in Lisa Pearl Klein and her husband, Mark, June. Our oldest child, Weston, graduated recently moved to live right on the beach from Hillsdale College last year, and is on the north shore of Long Island in working down in Charlotte, NC.” Tim and Melissa Whitehouse Asharoken, Northport. “It is beautiful here,” she writes. “I love taking a morning Irwin and I are also adjusting to life as Todd Beatty’s new summer pastime walk on the beach every day. I am still empty nesters. Our youngest daughter, Tim’s studies and development have actively selling real estate in Westchester Dorothy ’17, is in her first year at taken him around the world, and finally Andre Bustmante is in The Land and and exploring opportunities on Long Skidmore College where our eldest, to Colorado where “I was 10 days from almost done writing a book about Island. Elliott loves CWRU. He is being Anna ’13, just graduated from in May! leaving when I met my future wife
47 Melissa at a local restaurant. We were Speaking of positive change, Warren Lari is still painting murals and paintings. James Warren Blinds Us with Science: married in 2012. We just celebrated our Walborn has an abundance of it Peter plans to launch S’wiches Crafted http://www.mrs.org/fall-2017-plenary- fifth wedding anniversary.” Tim opened to share: “Another of my daughters Sandwiches next summer. session his own timber framing company in 2012 was married last year, and two of my in Wellington, just north of Fort Collins. daughters were married this year! That David Watson is in Cleveland as well, I suppose the most amazing thing is makes four out of the five now married. but looking out a different office window that I’ve worked at the same place for Perhaps one day a traditional timber Two have graduated college, and three these days, having moved his corporate 25 years. I’ve had a number of jobs house framed by Tim will be graced are still in college. The first daughter to law practice from McDonald Hopkins at the National Institute of Standards by iron work from master blacksmith get married five years ago gave me my to Thompson Hine after nearly a dozen and Technology; including post-doc, Ken Roby. Ken’s Village Blacksmith first grandchild this summer too. And to years. “My biggest accomplishment in computational materials scientist, in Chagrin Falls specializes in original keep the fun going, I was remarried last the last year was to squeeze in 20 days of metallurgist, physicist, group leader, ironwork, restoration, and design. year to a woman from the Philippines skiing out west last winter. I fear I am not policy analyst, and program director. It is very impressive stuff: and I am adopting her 4-year old on track to repeat this good fortune.” As you might imagine, working for the villageblacksmithinc.com. daughter. We live in the Philippines for government right now is challenging, part of the year and we have a baby due especially for a scientist. Nonetheless, In New York City Brent Delman is The next March! Happiness Overload!” 35th Reunion | October 2018 we carry on, with our mission: to Cheese Guy, selling all natural, kosher, bring light to the darkness while still artisanal cheese in New York and beyond. exalting ignorance (that is, maintaining Brent’s products are even available at 1983 the appropriate distrust of complete Heinen’s in Cleveland. Brent’s son Ari Mrs. Ilana Long ’83 certainty). recently finished a three-year stint in the [email protected] Israeli Army; his daughter Maya studies I’m deeply grateful to have a beautiful business at Baruch College in Manhattan; Todd Barrett and the Intrepid Hikers of life that includes two daughters (Becca and his youngest son Daniel is active in ‘83: First time writer, long time reader... 20, Zoe 14), my amazing wife of 28 years, sports. Brent’s wife, Patricia, practices I have a little time on my hands, having Jocelyn Johnson, and my Greybrador pediatric endocrinology at Columbia taken a sabbatical of sorts after more Thor, the best hound of them all. I still Presbyterian. than 15 years at Apple (most recently as return thrice-yearly to Cleveland to visit the HR guy for the company’s mergers family. Fellow Hawks: Let’s get the gang and acquisitions). My 18 year-old together and get some cocktails, and twins (Kate and Nick) are high school discuss issues not already covered on seniors, so I wanted to spend time with Facebook. them before they flee. There are many Mark and Teresa Deutsch highlights from the time off (including Kendra Hatfield-Timajchy, Ph.D., attending a couple of Bay Area Indians MPH, FRMR ND DL: I recently relocated Mark Deutsch continues his games with Robin and Tod Oliva and from Syracuse to Denver, CO with my otolaryngology practice in Cincinnati. their son Jay ’17). But perhaps no husband, dog, and 10 geese. I’m in Says Mark, “Usual kid stuff with one highlight was as bright as the mini- Atlanta one week a month for my job as productive college graduate and two still reunion with Doug Healy, Hall Kirkham a medical anthropologist at the Centers making their way through. I do swear and Peter Evans. We met in Aspen, for Disease Control and Prevention. Jeff Turi and Gib Kirkham that I am going to catch a trek with Jeff CO in late September and the next day Turi, who is a citizen of the world.” hiked 11 miles over a 12,500-foot pass Jeff Turi and his wife Donna are world to Crested Butte. For those (like me) travelers from their home base in who weren’t paying particularly close Delaware, but they didn’t have to go far attention in biology class, you might to see Gib Kirkham and his family in be surprised to know that it’s harder to Washington, DC, in October. Jeff writes: breathe at 12,500 feet. It’s even harder to “Gib and family are doing great. He is breathe when you’re laughing so hard at in DC now after many years in Paris. He stories that are now nearly 40 years old. is still with NASA and is heading up an Nonetheless, we made it back to Aspen international effort to launch a new solar ever so slightly the worse for the wear. probe in 2019.” A little fly fishing later in the week (final score: Fish 37, Hawken 5) was followed Jeff and Donna were in Washington to by dinner with Doug’s parents, Jane and Lisa Fromson Waxman with children Allison attend a meeting of the Impact Angel Tom ’49, who revealed that they knew and Matthew Network. They have been investing in exactly what shenanigans we were up companies in east Africa as way to make Coach Paul Nahra and the Middle School Girls to back in 1983. (Well, almost. . .) The Lisa Fromson Waxman waxes nostalgic: a positive societal change. Tennis Team next morning, Doug’s mom snapped this We have had an exciting several months! photo of the four of us. My daughter Allison married her high In Cleveland, Paul Nahra has returned to school sweetheart, Spencer, in June. My the scene of some past glory, taking over father officiated the ceremony, which as tennis coach for the Hawken Middle was PRICELESS! It was a beautiful evening School. Do those kids know they are in and I am still finding it hard to believe the presence of a State Champion? that I am a mother-in-law...wasn’t it just yesterday that I got married?? The Maybe the team snacks should be from kids unfortunately experienced the Peter Jacobson, who remains “in pursuit “honeymoon from hell” in St. Marten, of the perfect pocket meal.” Peter and where they were stranded for several days Lari’s son Jonas ’17 graduated from after both Irma and Jose hit. Needless to Hawken in June, and he’s now a freshman say, they won’t be traveling anywhere at Davidson College in NC. Their that isn’t land-locked for a while. daughter Sadie ’19 is a Hawken junior. Warren and Liezel Walborn with Ziah Hall Kirkham, Peter Evans, Todd Barrett, and Doug Healy 48 Hawken Review David and I just celebrated our 30th friends in May (including my brother at Shaker, and a daughter Lauren ’16 Anniversary. I am still teaching Special 1985 Martin Schulz ‘82 who first introduced who is a sophomore as USC. Since our Education at West Geauga, and David Mr. David Gunning me to Munich in 1985). Our June and generation is still using Facebook, I get joined a new law firm, McGlinchey [email protected] August vacations were spent, as usual, in to keep up with a lot of our classmates, Stafford, on Chagrin Boulevard. Our son southern Spain with the three kids at the too many to mention, but I do get to see Matthew lives in Streetsboro and works Well it is that time of year. How crazy beach. So all in all, life is good and we or talk to a lot of them. in Twinsburg. I feel very fortunate that that we have, or most of us have, turned are healthy and happy. Very grateful for I have both of my children in town and 50!!! Crazy. Thanks to all who submitted all of it. As always we welcome Hawken I regularly see Lisa Bercu Levine, love spending time with family! responses. Love to see more next time. Alums — young or old — when coming who continues to run her own sports Michael Lustig wrote “Like all of us, through Munich, give us a shout & we’re media consulting business, living in Me, Ilana Long: Although I’ve left claw- I’ve turned 50, and have done so with happy to show you this great town! Pepper Pike with her husband David marks on a Gavilan tree, Steve and I have a mixture of disbelief over the time Cheers from the presently Oktoberfest- and son Ryan ’22, and daughter Kiera dragged ourselves back to the States that has passed, trepidation over what infested Bavarian capital.” ’24. Lisa gets credit for writing a great after three years of teaching in Costa lies ahead, and joy over my day-to-day “smart-ass” email (ala Biff from our Rica. The concession was made after experiences. I continue to live in the DC As for me, I continue to practice Real senior year — ok who remembers what our twins, Benji and Marina, presented area and work as a journalist in energy Estate and Finance law at McDonald I am referring to???) in response to my us with a 72-page document detailing policy. I still run a lot, though no more Hopkins in Cleveland. I love living in request for information: Chip Leon (who the reasons why they should attend than a half-marathon these days, and am Cleveland, being active on many Boards splits time between Hilton Head and high school in the USA. Topping the fortunate to be able to travel, including that help shape this region into such a Parkland, FL with his kids); Michael list was the American concept of the back to Cleveland several times a year.” wonderful area to live in. My wife Gina, and Meredith Weil (both busy living prom, followed by the desire to learn a lawyer at First Energy, and I still live in Cleveland Heights where Meredith is stuff. These days I’m writing novels, and in Cleveland Heights with our daughter COO at Third Federal Bank, and Michael teaching full time…in my spare time. Annie ’22 having fun with her day-to- is running his own Photography Studio Send me your updates. day activities as a volleyball and lacrosse in Cleveland Heights, when they are not player. Annie actually had Mr. Kachurek traveling to see their son Sam ’13, who for science last year (7th grade) at graduated from Tulane, play in one of Hawken for those of you who remember his jazz concerts); Mark Heyman (an him from our own 8th grade science investment banker in Atlanta with his class in 1980-81. My other daughter wife Stacy and their 1 year old son Gabe); Jordan is a junior at Ohio State and is Leslie Westbook Lomand (living in the planning to study abroad in Denmark San Fran. area with her three kids and and Munich this spring (yes she will grab husband Scott and working as a real Michael Lustig in Botswana a beer with Insa, and maybe babysit one estate agent); and others like night!!). We are lucky to see many of Leslie Selis O’Donnell, Karla Cohen, Tim Brennan wrote “I’m still in South our Hawken friends in Cleveland and at Jack Barson, Scott Peters, David Carolina, dodging hurricanes and living Hawken. Many of our class of ’85 mates, White, Steve Ross ’84, Scott Hamilton in the Eclipse totality line. Chip Leon and classmates from around our era, ’84, Michael Jaffe ’82, Liza Cohen moved about an hour away from here have kids who still go there or recently ’83, Julie Roth Namy ’88, Brinton and we keep in touch. I’m still married to graduated. Lincoln ‘94, Jeff Milbourn ‘94, Bobby Rachel Murch ’92 (was 7 years behind Mallett ’93, David Henkel ’88, Steve th Ilana Long in Costa Rica us at Hawken, but she left after 6 grade) Rosen ’88, Dr. Roya Rezaee ’86, and and we have three kids — a 16 year old many others. It was great to see a lot of The Alumni office heard from Lora Fader punk rock chick, a 14 year old Boy Scout, Hawken graduates at the Alumni party Dunne: “On June 11th, Cynthia Fader’s and a 5 year old princess. Since I last over homecoming weekend in October. ’77 family gathered to see the newly checked in, I left Bruce Jenner Aviation I hope next year many more of you plan planted tree and plaque that had been and started my own jet brokerage, on coming back as it is a lot of fun. As moved during the campus renovation. Chess Aviation. I’m also a Boy Scout always, stay in touch, or reconnect, as we Deb Fader ’80 and Lora Fader Dunne, troop leader and my wife works on the are not getting younger (maybe a little along with their family and Peter Scott, Yorktown aircraft carrier as a graphic better though!!!). honored Cynthia by sharing memories. designer.” Tim also gets credit for being The tree would have been a spot Cyn the first to respond this year!! would have sought out to read one of 1987 her favorite books.” Insa Schulz Bell checked in from Mr. Terrell Menefee ’87 Germany, and wrote “as one of the very [email protected] late-bloomers of our class, I still have some kids in diapers — only at night, Annie Gunning and her parents at her Chapel From Katie Pender Clark: “My life albeit — but yes, Oscar (3) and Franziska Talk on Autism Awareness has not changed much... still living in (5) still sleep with diapers. Stella (13) on Chagrin Falls and happily married 21 the other had, just got my ‘old’ iPhone Speaking of one that I see all the time, years to Jeremy, teaching gymnastics, and is now more focused on that than David Cole. David and I have season dance, and yoga at Chery’s gymnastics any school work. Go figure. So on a daily tickets together at Cleveland State and Gilmour Academy lower school. Tyler th basis I straddle somewhere between 8 Basketball games, and both of us are is a junior at Gilmour and still running XC grade puberty and kindergarten temper quite active at CSU. David is living in and track and Katherine graduated from tantrums. Over and above that I keep Shaker Heights with his wife Jamie Gilmour in 2017 and is a Freshman in busy with a few freelance translations Lapine Cole ’87 (Jamie is an Account college! She is an education major at the or marketing projects, so I can earn a Executive at ADCOM). David is still University of Dayton and loving it!!! We bit of pocket change on the side and running Camp Robin Hood and also is love hanging out with Brent Grunden keep my mind sane. Outside of work and the Middle School Athletic Director for while watching his daughter Cora play home front: Rupert and I had a belated Beachwood Middle School. David and soccer for Gilmour. And we see Kurtis Deb Fader and Lora Fader Dunne with honeymoon to Pemba Island (Zanzibar) Jamie have a daughter Elizabeth, a junior Zabell running across a few XC courses Peter Scott in January. I celebrated my 50th with 90
49 watching his daughter run for Aurora. isn’t posting on our class’ Facebook page, need a litigator in the DC/MD/VA area, friends and family back home in Ohio, We also see Sarah Horsburgh Foley and he is keeping busy with daughters Anjali give Chap Petersen and Associates a and the heat and traffic were insane! Kate Cadou Clegg around the Chagrin ‘24 and Saijal ‘28. Arvin and Cindy live call. Sharon recently stepped down from Mary found a great opportunity to join Valley. in Highland Heights. a 5-year stint as president of the City of Progressive in December of 2016. She Fairfax Theatre Company. Sharon enjoys loves the company and has bought a Our 30th reunion was in October and living in a college town, keeping busy home with her husband Matt in Pepper it was fun to see and catch up with performing with The George Mason Pike, and is glad to be home. Both dog Sharon Rim (in from Atlanta), Betsy University Green Machine, the #1 pep Pablo and son Jackson love the snow! Drake Noxon (in from Chicago), Jessica band in the nation. (Sharon did not cite Frankel (in from New York), and Keiko the source of that ranking for me.) If Eric Eglin wrote in from Baltimore Aikawa-Rho (in from Seattle). We all George Mason University makes it to The “where my family and I relocated this had fun at the upper and lower schools Dance of March Madness, look (or listen) past February. I am now the Assistant re-living our days as students in the for Sharon. News Director for the FOX affiliate here courtyard, classrooms, locker rooms, in the Charm City. Laura is keeping busy and old gyms. One surprise visitor to Jill Luntz Calhoun has been working as with odds-and-ends, and Moxie (who the reunion was Tamarah (Tammy) a film editor with the Cartoon Network turned 3 in July) is enjoying her first full Long who left after 10th grade to move and Disney Television Animation. After year of preschool. We’ve already been to Florida. None of us had seen her finishing on Regular Show at the CN, she to New York City to see longtime best since then but she has moved backed to Gwynne Downing Gretter, Scott Spiegle, worked on two pilots over at Disney. She friend, David Friedman, and his family. Cleveland and is as bubbly and fun as I Arvin Jawa and Jill Boland Jared cheering returned to CN to work on an adult It’s great to be back on the east coast.” remember her at Hawken! on the Hawks! animated show for TBS that will be up against Family Guy’s time slot. Jill has I heard from Sonya Robbins from been nominated for five Emmys, winning 25th Reunion | October 2018 Washington, DC. She continues to once. Congratulations, Jill! consult in both arts and education (www.artfuleducation.org). She and As for me, I have two boys, Sam’19 and 1993 husband David have two kids at home, Jack ‘22. As I write these notes, Jack is Ms. Hollis Grdina-Moore ’93 Jesse and Yuli, while their eldest, Henry, preparing for his eighth grade Chapel [email protected] will be graduating this year from Talk later this week. Sam is enjoying the Skidmore College. Congratulations, Upper School, where his teachers this I did not receive any direct responses Sonya! In her spare time Sonya reports year include Jack Breisch and Randy to the Class Review solicitation, but Katie Pender Clark, Kate Cadou Clegg, Jessica that she enjoys traveling in Spanish Dlugosz. My wife, Shani, is an active fortunately I was able to spend several Frankel, Betsy Drake Noxon, Keiko Aikawa- speaking counties (Daughter Yuli was volunteer at Hawken, having served two weeks in Cleveland with my kids this Rho, and Sharon Rim adopted from Colombia.) and co- years as the president of the Parents’ summer and visit with a few classmates. manages DC Soup, a group of DC public Association. We live in Orange, in the Gretchen Skok DiSanto arranged a I loved seeing all of the rest of you, schoolteachers who support one another same neighborhood as Jon Fanaroff ‘87 private tour for us and our children at local and away...too many names to list. through micro-grants. and Hallie Hurwitz Abrams ‘88. Metroparks Penitentiary Glen where Sooooo fun to catch up and talk about she is on the board of directors. old times and look at our adorable old After 20 years in New Jersey, Tom She continues her career in the class pictures! I might even end up Murphy has returned to Northeast 1991 entrepreneurship and business on Facebook one of these years...who Ohio. Living in Novelty, he says he is Alumni Office department at Lakeland Community knows! happy to be home. P.O. Box 8002 College. Dauri Rosenfield Hammer was Gates Mills, OH 44040 in Cleveland visiting family and brought Haley Gilbert Fisher and her husband [email protected] her two daughters with her. 1989 live in Greenwich, CT with their two Mr. Scott Spiegle ’89 boys, 11 and 8, and a doodle named Several of us met at the splash pad [email protected] Chloe. She is writing and enjoying being in Lyndhurst with our kids, and then so close to New York City. While on her followed it up with a girls dinner. The Class of ‘89 was well represented at way to Maine this summer to pick up In attendance were Heidi Fowler Hawken’s Homecoming football game on her kids from camp, she caught up with Scaravilli, Ryan Zeltner Keegan, October 13, a game the Hawks won 14- Dean Pisalis and his daughter. She Hannah Widzer Mendelsohn, Jodi 12 against Cardinal. With John Christie also hiked in Colorado with Pixie Taylor Chesler Audino, and Karen Joseph still strolling the sidelines as an assistant Hawkinson this summer. Pixie is living Tien. We spent the night reminiscing and coach, Jen Boland Jared was watching in Denver and has three kids. providing alternative perspectives on the her son Cooper ‘21, a freshman playing same events, which proved to be wildly for Cliff Walton in his final year. In Rob Morton is in his eighth year as a entertaining. Jodi, Ryan, Heidi, and I addition to Cooper, Jen keeps busy with professor of screenwriting at NYU’s Tisch The Shaffers having fun in Cleveland were able to fit in a few more playdates husband Scott and kids Molly, Casey, and School of the Arts. He cannot believe he and dinners. Jodi has a super cute kids Quinn, all students at Rufffing. gets paid to watch and discuss movies Mary McCahon Shaffer is back in clothing company Lollipop Kidz Clothing. for a living. When not teaching and being Cleveland leading proactive Public Ryan is working as an elementary sub at Also at the game, I caught up with a father, Rob writes scripts. Wife Gwen is Relations for Progressive Insurance! Hawken where her son James ’31 is in Gwynne Downing Gretter, who is still a managing editor at HarperCollins. Rob After nearly five years at RTA in preschool. Heidi taught my 3 and 6 year teaching Spanish in the Middle School and Gwen have two daughters and a Cleveland leading media relations, olds how to jump off the diving board! and is a Hawken parent as well. Gwynne beagle mix named Sadie. communications, community outreach and husband Craig live in Chagrin Falls and PR, she received an offer to I always like to visit Parkside Church and are the parents of Katie ‘21 and Sharon Kim Petersen has three be the Director of Marketing and in Solon when I am in Cleveland and Gage ‘23. kids, with one each in middle school, Communications for Broward County, I was able to see Cliff Walton and his high school, and college. Sharon and Florida and took the role in 2014. In family- Dan Walton ’96 and his wife Arvin Jawa and wife Cindy Babitt are husband, Chap Petersen, just opened Florida, she had her son Jackson, who is Jackie; Scott Walton and his wife Kristin involved Hawken parents. When Arvin their own law firm this past April. If you now two and a half years old, but missed had actually just returned from a trip to Colorado ironically.
50 Hawken Review Chalana Seward and I met at the Rock are both bound together and yet in the IT space. It’s great to be back on Jenny Bernstein Huy shared that her & Roll Hall of Fame for an evening of broken apart, like a chain link fence. this side of town and connect with new family survived the wrath of Hurricane music, food and to wander around the Chain Linked chronicles life’s joys and and old friends, especially those from Irma close to their home in Marco exhibits. She has been working at Case discontents in vivid detail and gives us Hawken.” Island and is in her 11th year of teaching Western Reserve University in the office a window into our soul.” As David Wild, at Seacreast Country Day School in of Planning and Institutional Research writer and author, contributing editor Naples. She is loving her time with the and is developing her own non-profit to Rolling Stone, Emmy-nominated 1995 4th graders, but also finds time for some for teens. television writer wrote, “In literature, as Ms. Melissa Fox ’95 adventure with her daughter Elsie and in music or even life, everything often [email protected] husband Peter. On a recent excursion While hiking on the Metroparks trail comes down to discovering your own to NYC, Jenny and her husband caught along the Chagrin River, I randomly voice. Michelle Blair Wilker has found her Larry Wilson writes: “I saw Blake up with Dusty Dykstra and his fiancée bumped into Nicole Dutton and her son voice as a writer — one that is smart, Kleinman at his father’s funeral in May Jessica at the Belmont Stakes (Nice pants and sister-in-law. Nicole has been living subtle and sharp. So now it’s our turn to 2017. He lives with his beautiful family Dusty!). in Boston, and has worked as a writer discover her.” in London still. Jason Lieberman, Kevin and editor. Gillespie, and Alex Park were also at Michelle is a Los Angeles-based writer the services from our class. Jason works I was able to text a few times with Cari and producer. Her work has appeared for Merrill Lynch in West Palm Beach, Moskowitz Marderstein whose design in Across the Margin, Whistlingfire, FL, and Alex and Kevin both work for work can be seen at Cari Designs, LLC on Hollywood Dementia, and The Huffington Crestmont Cadillac in Beachwood. In Facebook. Post. She was a finalist in Glimmer Train’s 2015, I accepted a position as National November 2012 contest for new writers Trial Counsel for CBS Corporation and Over the past year I have been able to and short-listed for the Fresher Writing moved south to Atlanta, GA. My house speak and IM with: Ray Doustdar ’90 Prize in 2015. In 2017, she attended and office are both in Buckhead, just – following his entrepreneurial ride on DISQUIET: Dzanc Books International north of the city. If anyone is in Atlanta TV and social media with his nutritional Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal, and with any free time, please look me up. company Buiced; Aziza Jimerson Hayes was featured in The New Short Fiction My daughter, Ava, and Alex’s son, Logan, ’91 – entrepreneur, lady boss, and Series in Los Angeles. TV producing both turn six years old in November; our mom; Brandi Baylock who is involved credits include Stand Up to Cancer and kids were born just three hours apart in multiple business and academic The Grammys. You can find her book on in the same hospital, so we happily endeavors in Australia; Jennifer van Amazon. celebrated coming into fatherhood in Dijk ’94 who took a position with the the same maternity hall together.” LA Clippers after working in Business Dusty Dykstra with his fiancée Jessica, Jenny Development for the NBA; Clint Bradley Bernstein Huy and her husband Peter at – who is working as a realtor and also 1997 Belmont in the entertainment industry; Chris Alumni Office Gresham – chef; Lynette Bennett P.O. Box 8002 Sticking with the race theme, Adam Hairston ’92 – Kenston School teacher; Gates Mills, OH 44040 Guren represented the USA in the World Bryan Payne ’92, and Tony Twymon ’91. [email protected] Championship Sprint Triathlon last September in Amsterdam. He did most Perhaps there were others I have talked to Mark Denzine let the Alumni Office of his training chasing his daughter Rose and I’m sorry if I forgot…but that’s why it’s know that “I’m back in Cleveland for the (1) and son Max (4). He lives with his wife important to keep in touch with your class year finishing my fellowship at Cleveland Dana in NYC where he manages a hedge secretaries! Looking forward to our 25th Clinic in orthopedic adult reconstruction fund – Hunting Hill, LLC. Reunion this upcoming October 2018. surgery. Likely will be moving to Southern California to finally plant some Dan and Indrani Mallik Egleston and their boys long term roots with my family.” celebrating in their new home
Dan and Indrani Mallik Egleston 1999 shared the news that they “just recently Mr. Chaun Powell moved into their new home down [email protected] the street from Hawken! It’s the old childhood home that Indrani grew up 99’ers — Babies and Hurricanes! in on County Line Road that they’ve There were a few consistent themes this since torn down and re-built with year centering around babies, races, and Rose, Dana, Max and Adam Guren an in-law suite for Indrani’s dad. The hurricanes. Egleston’s moved in early August and Speaking of NYC, Alex Milsom shares have been able to take advantage of Brad Hull checked in to share that he that she continues to rally some familiar the good weather to run or walk to and his wife Sarah welcomed their third names for karaoke including Frank Hawken (which is more than Indrani boy, Colin, to the family in April. His law Mussara, Tyler Drosdeck ’00, John did back in the Hawk tech days!). Life practice moved to Beachwood from Peacock and his husband Christopher, Michelle Blair Wilker in the household continues to be Pepper Pike and is thriving in the areas of and John Keogh and his wife Louise busy with two boys, Tommy (12 in 6th estate planning, real estate and domestic Weed who make the trip over from The Alumni Office heard from Michelle grade) and Michael (10 in 5th grade) relations, and civil litigation. He also Boston. Alex just completed her Ph.D. Blair Wilker, who will have her first both highly dedicated to the club mentioned that he keeps in touch with in English at UCLA and is now teaching book of short stories, Chain Linked, life of soccer. Indrani was recently Devon Chokel Smith, Mike Huston, at Hostos Community College. She also published in June. “Chain Linked explores promoted to an Investor Relations role Ryan Fitzgerald, and Ben Vodila, shared that her brother Geoff Milsom the universal desire for connection at her Company, Fairmount Santrol in among others. ‘01 continues to take life by the horns by offering intimate glimpses into Chesterland. Dan has recently left Harley- in DC where he works in supply chain the human heart and psyche. We Davidson to pursue a business start up logistics, teaching at U of Maryland, and
51 being a great dad of two. She concluded Speaking of, congrats to the Walton 15th Reunion | October 2018 trip to Naples this October. Aside from with this nugget: “While my peers Family – Jeff Walton was inducted some Hawken friends, we spend a lot reproduce humans at alarming into the Hawken Athletics Hall of Fame of fun weekends with Nick Hunter ‘05 rates, I have only been able to produce this year and his father Cliff Walton is 2003 and his wife Yadira as well. Hanging out one sad, small tomato in my hydroponic completing his final season (37 in total) Ms. Eileen Starrett ’03 with our 3 boys gives them a good taste windowsill unit.” Chase Horsburgh as the Head Football Coach at Hawken [email protected] of the craziness! On the work front, I and his wife Casey can relate on both School. Thank you Coach Walton for your continue to eat (and sell) popsicles with fronts as they are expecting a child in decades of dedication. Hello, again, to the Class of Oh-Three Elizabeth Pryor’s (class of ’98) company December and are batting about 50% in and to the greater Hawken Community. Chill Pop Shop. We’re continuing to raising chickens in Gates Mills (his dog Send any, and all, updates to I hope these notes do find you well, but spread our wings nationally, which is a doesn’t seem to think there is room for [email protected] I have two housekeeping items before fun and challenging endeavor (keep a more animals on the property). the updates. First: Does anyone want look out in your frozen aisle). I’m also to take over this gig and take up the doing some work under my supply chain 2001 2003 writing mantle? Surely one of you consulting company Etched Consulting Ms. Andrea Hocevar Brechtelsbauer ’01 would like to be the very first reader of Group, and learning a lot. Brandon’s busy [email protected] your peers’ news. Second: To help me with Crown Equipment and the kids are or the next kind soul who wants to take growing like weeds (Whitacre,4, Maclain, Ms. Kerri Aveni Frankel ’01 this over, if you are reading this then 21/2, and Callahan,1). Wishing everyone [email protected] I ask you to login and make sure your all the best. Love seeing everyone’s email address on the Hawken directory updates. Go Hawks!” Mr. Wesley Wilson ’01 is current. Or if you are a parent and you [email protected] suspect your delinquent child refuses to do so, perhaps you might be willing to This past November, Lindsey Meier pick up the phone and call the alumni Ahrens went on a trip to Saudi office and give them your kid’s email Arabia for her work in Admissions at address. It will take 30 seconds and Andrews Osborne Academy. We also the class secretaries thank you. That Gwen Weingart Cleary and her family heard from Liz Hong Haggerty who unsolicited bit goes for all Hawken recently had a baby girl named Emma. Alumni, but this specific plea is really Gwen Weingart Cleary checked in to Congratulations! from me to you, Class of 2003. Some of share some fun stories about her ladies you still have college emails on there and reunion with Katy Austin Adema and I know they aren’t accurate. Thank you so shared this incredible picture of her very much in advance (not from me but family (husband Mike, son Jack, 5, and from your new/TBD secretary). daughter Alexandra, 3). Gwen is still moving mountains at Lily USA where Without further ado, the news. she has been happily employed for 11 Allison Hunter Putnam, Halle Kozink Koch years and recently joined the undergrad and Sarah Wilson Huber and their children recruiting efforts in Ann Arbor at the U of Michigan. Clodagh Mullen shares: “I’m back! My husband, Matt Mascioli, and I just moved My family (Chaun Powell) grew in back to Cleveland from Chicago. We’ve October as well as we welcomed twins- both taken up positions at UH. I’m an Clare and Trevor, bringing our family Kyle Ostendorf’s family OBGYN and he is a pediatrician. We are to 6 total! Although I wasn’t directly enjoying spending time with family, impacted by the Hurricanes, I accepted Kyle Ostendorf wrote into the Alumni hanging out with Julieann Watson, a new position in healthcare in August Office with this update: “My wife Katie and look forward to reuniting with more and am responsible for disaster protocol and I had our first child, Brooklyn Jamie Alperin Lamb and family Hawks!” for a membership of 2500 hospitals Ostendorf, this past April. I work in nationally. Combined with twins, my Healthcare IT and spend most of my time Jamie Alperin Lamb happily continues year has certainly been a whirlwind, but working on the Board of Directors for to live in Colorado with her husband I keep up with Bryce Kirchhausen who the Make A Wish Foundation of Eastern (David Lamb), 2-year-old wild lady lives here in Denver with his wife Lindsay North Carolina. Make A Wish grants (Ashtyn), and a new baby on the way! and daughter Emery. wishes to children with life threatening She works in real estate and is in the illnesses. In addition to being on the process of writing (and hopefully It was also great to hear from Megan Board, my wife and I have been wish publishing) her first nutrition book! Taylor who wins the award for the grantors on 35 wishes, everything from most remote submission from her small Disney to Alaska and Hawaii.” Allison Hunter Putnam writes: “Not town in Australia. Like Jenny, Megan much new to report from our front. survived a major Hurricane earlier this Amanda Kern Lambert and husband Another fun summer has flown by and Natalie Kachurek Manzanares and her year. Although damage to her personal Vincent welcomed their second we’re welcoming all of the fall activities family enjoying an Ohio fall day property was minor, it impacted her daughter, Camille, in October. They Cleveland has to offer. Back in July, Halle community significantly. She offered continue to live in London. Kozink Koch, Sarah Wilson Huber, Natalie Kachurek Manzanares writes: that it was a good reminder for all of us and I all got our troops together. As “The Manzanares family is thrilled to that our time with friends and family pictured, we’re multiplying and Avery have welcomed our third child to the is finite. Let’s all remember to cherish (Halle’s girl) is really outnumbered by family, Gabriel Mateo, a sweet baby boy the moments we have and embrace her brother Bo, Sarah’s 2 boys Teddy born this past March. Manuel, age 4, the opportunities to support those and Owen, and my 3 — Whit, Mac, loves spending his days in the ‘Nido’ as a classmates falling on tough times and and Cal. With a fun family/friend get Pre-K student at Hawken, and Ana, age celebrate those who are on the rise. together, it’s forced us to book a girls 2, can’t wait to join him next year! It’s my
52 Hawken Review third year teaching Spanish at the Upper ethnicities. Her main focus is developing Angeles where she owns and operates School, and I love each day that I spend culturally sensitive interventions for HIV a digital production and marketing here with my wonderful students and education, testing and counseling for company. Clients include NBC Sports, colleagues in such a beautiful new space. leaders of religious and ethnic groups Beachbody, and Whole Life Challenge. To my classmates who haven’t yet been to empower them to provide support to Niki is a short drive away from fellow back to see our transformed campus, their communities. When she isn’t busy classmate Katie Koeblitz, who is please come visit! I’ll give you a tour!” with her Ph.D. work she was able to find currently living in LA and working as a time to travel around Spain with fellow producer on major motion pictures. She I have no real news per se of my own classmate Jamie Kahn, attend a music spent the summer living and working in to share: same gig, same city. I still festival with Samantha Cowan, and is Savannah, GA on a film called Galveston immensely enjoy both. We added planning a trip to Finland to visit Bobbie which will be submitted to Sundance. another little frenchie to the clan Jaclyn, Alex and Samuel at her sister Estus. She also co-produced a documentary (@clemmmmentine got lonely so Rachel’s ’02 wedding in Seattle. called “G-Funk” which premiered at SXSW @afrenchiecalledkiwi joined us in and was purchased by Google/YouTube October) because I am swimming in Oray Talu recently graduated from the Red. Katie is enjoying her time in tons of free-time to train a puppy (not). Kellogg School of Management with his Southern California and also lives nearby In terms of Hawken meet-ups, James MBA and spent the summer traveling to to Hawken alumna Jessica Fusco ’00. and I had a great pool day in Florida 9 countries across three continents to with Jacqueline Grassi Hawwa and celebrate. He has relocated to Chicago and her family in March. I’m determined has taken a consulting position with LEK. to convince Katie Zellmer to visit us in New York in the not-too-distant Fiona O’Donnell-McCarthy is currently future. I love seeing all of your updates living in NYC and working for a tech on Instagram and Facebook. Your consulting firm called Prolific Interactive Jillian and Jamie in Spain kids (and pups!) are adorable, your where they work to optimize mobile milestone moments like weddings and strategy, design, and development with anniversaries looked amazing, and consumer brands. She recently visited Luke Rodehorst and his wife Lilly your latest adventures were awesome. with fellow classmate Lisa Rome who welcomed their first child into the world I sincerely wish every single one of you had a baby girl named Leah in May. Lisa this past September. Below is August every bit of happiness in the New Year. is living and working in Portland, OR with Seabury Connett. Both mom and baby her husband. are doing well and Lilly and Luke are John Thorp with bike number four enjoying their time with baby August. Luke is gearing up to compete in his John Thorp is working for a magazine third Moth GrandSlam, a true stories told publishing company in NYC where he live showdown where he is up against works in writing and book design. John another past Story Slam winner. Best has had a string of bad luck recently with of luck! having his motorcycles stolen. He has lost three in the last 18 months. John Thorp has bike number four in hopes of keeping his hands on this one.
Adam Kahn’s son, Wally, enjoying an Ohio Fall John Goldston is working for a fintech company in the Bay area. He recently traveled to Italy with his wife Layne and Adam Kahn let the Alumni Office know Kaitlyn Buck Pauly’s new addition - Carsonn has great recommendations for places to that he and his wife, Jolene, welcomed Andrew Pauly eat in Tuscany. They married in August of their first born, Walden Dean Kahn 2016 in San Francisco. (Wally), into the world on June 5, 2017. Kaitlyn Buck Pauly is living in St. Adam and his wife both started new Petersburg, FL as an Internal Audit Danny Bialosky recently signed on to positions in the past year. Jolene is Manager for Bloomin’ Brands. She and Luke Rodehorst’s new addition, August work for Yellowtail Marine, a fiberglass now an independent stylist at Javiv, her husband Andy welcomed baby Seabury Connett. and wooden boat manufacturer, with a and Adam is working with the Orlean Carsonn Andrew into the world in fast track to president. He has been kept Company as their Director of Finance. August of 2017. Katrina Barnes and her husband Andy incredibly busy as he ramps up to take They still reside in Lyndhurst with their 2 are new homeowners in Chicago and, over that position within the company. dogs and 3 cats. Hannah Ewert-Krocker is living in much like the rest of the 2005 crew, just He is currently developing the strategic Denver and working as the Program welcomed baby Theo into the world. vision for the organization while Director for a public Montessori school. He is very loved especially by his four- juggling manufacturing defects, an EPA 2005 She finished her Masters of Education legged brother Winston. investigation, and potential acquisition Ms. Alexandra Austin ’05 in the summer of 2016 and enjoyed her activities. [email protected] first school-free summer in four years this past summer. Michael Waxman got married in Jaclyn Young Shusterman and her Cleveland on October 22 of this year. husband Alex welcomed a beautiful Jillian Mussara McCue-Molloy is The weather was unseasonably warm baby boy named Samuel Kramer in currently living in Ireland with her for Cleveland in October. A number of January of 2017 and are currently living husband and is actively pursuing her Hawken alumni were in attendance: in Seattle. Below is a photo of Jaclyn, PhD. Her project involves partnering Adam Cohn, Adam Steinberg, Danny Alex, and Samuel at her sister Rachel’s with a refugee and immigrant-run Bialosky, and Phil Alexander. His wife ’02 wedding in Seattle. consortium of CBOs representing 90 Tory is a small-animal veterinarian from Chicago. After spending 12 years on the East Coast they recently moved back to
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Niki Gruttadauria is living in Los Cleveland and are excited to launch a devices to improve health and increase to the Marketing Organization, where Museum. Jess Gottlieb was her maid direct-to-consumer dog food brand this knowledge in limited-resource settings. she is on the social responsibility team of honor. She and her husband live in coming winter. Alexandra Gallucci Galloway was focusing on cause-driven marketing NYC, where she has been working at married in fall of 2016 to Jason Galloway. and executing volunteer events and Bloomberg for the past 5 years and is Alex just completed her first half mentorship programs globally across now a Product Manager. Her group ironman distance triathlon in Boulder the company. She has trained to run the writes clean energy research, and her job this past September with fellow alums NYC Marathon in November and plans is to look after their mobile app. Lindsey Reilly and Alexandra Austin. to travel to Australia in the spring with Alex lives in Lakewood, CO with her friends! husband Jason and their two Boston Terriers, Trey and Stella. Logan Kirsch has lived in Atlanta, GA for the past six years. After completing Lindsey Reilly currently resides in his Masters in Public Health at the Sarah Nelson ’07 celebrates with Beth Cleveland, working with her parents Emory University Rollins School of Public Nelson Rodriguez developing the property management Health, Logan spent two years with a sector of the family business. In the local nonprofit organization focused Beth Nelson Rodriguez is recently spring and fall she competed in various on cancer research and education. In married to her husband Christopher. races, including an ironman relay in 2014, he joined Deloitte Consulting as They moved from Orlando the week that Boulder with Alex Galluci Galloway and a Strategy & Operations Consultant in hurricane Irma made landfall. Thankfully Alex Austin. She also competed in the their Federal Practice. Logan primarily their house, even though directly in the 2017 New York City marathon. She is supports Federal Health clients like path of the storm, was spared. They have looking forward to a break from racing the Centers for Disease Control and Colleen Barnes Knasky and Sasha Knasky since moved to Chicago where they will in 2018 and traveling to the Pacific Prevention (CDC) and Centers for both be taking new jobs with Northrop Northwest with fellow classmate Maddy Medicare and Medicaid Services Sasha Knasky and Colleen Barnes Grumman. Lucier. (CMS). He has worked with a variety Knasky have moved westward to the of nonprofit clients, as well, including greater Denver area. Sasha is working Alexandra Austin currently resides in Fort the American Cancer Society (ACS) and at a SalesForce consulting company in Worth, TX where she is the Corporate the American Diabetes Association Boulder called Vertiba. He has also been Finance Manager for a chemical lime (ADA). Logan is engaged locally with working towards his MBA at University company. She has taken up triathlons, the Human Rights Campaign and has of Florida and is expected to graduate competing in numerous races up to a 13-year-old little brother, Michael, this upcoming spring. Colleen has joined the half ironman distance and will be through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro a chiropractic practice in Lafayette, CO. tackling a full ironman in April of 2018. Atlanta. He continues to enjoy traveling They have been exploring the mountains She recently traveled to New York to in his spare time, and looks forward to every chance they get, and have had the visit her brother and fellow Hawken visiting London for the first time this opportunity to hike with Alex Gallucci Alum, Tim Austin ’02, to visit her new Thanksgiving. ‘05, Alex Austin ‘05, and Will Gerken. baby nephew, Bryce Harrison-Nicholas Dr. William J. Gerken, Rocket Scientist Austin. To celebrate the new addition to Ryan Stewart is going to be spending PhD, has been invited to collaborate with the family, three other Hawken alums his winter running dogsledding Elon Musk and is honored to start this were in attendance: James Austin ‘69, expeditions with Outward Bound. He is new adventure! Currently, he is living Richard Austin ’72, and Ben Austin ’12. also applying for a Fulbright scholarship in Denver and recently got engaged. Alexandra Austin, Alexandra Gallucci Galloway, to study abroad in New Zealand. He and his fiancé both work for ULA. Jason Galloway, Lindsey Reilly Surprise fact: Elon Musk likes peppermint 2007 Laura McCrystal is living in Philadelphia mochas. Amanda Berman is currently working Ms. Colleen Barnes Knasky ’07 and loving her job as a reporter for the for Johns Hopkins in Global Health, [email protected] Philadelphia Inquirer, where her work working on HIV related projects across has included covering Bill Cosby’s trial. 2009 Sub-Saharan Africa. She has recently Arielle Hoffman is living in Manhattan Peggy Seabright (now Richardson) Ms. Emily Brueck ’09 been back and forth to Malawi focusing where she works at Oath, a new got married this summer in Boston, and [email protected] on mHealth or mobile health. mHealth Verizon company that houses AOL Laura was her maid of honor. Rachel leverages technology and mobile and Yahoo. She has just transitioned Borden Wolf and Cari Meisel were To no one’s surprise, Aaron Kohn is bridesmaids, and Gabe Benghiat and currently an MBA Candidate at Sarah Nelson were also in attendance. the African Leadership University School of Business in Kigali, Rwanda. Brian Zeilinger is a producer at the National Youth Theatre in London, England.
Back in the States, our class still manages to be quite spread out.
Andrew Mann currently resides in Winston Salem, NC and is the Assistant Director of Event Operations at the LJVM At the wedding of Peggy Seabright - Laura Coliseum for the Wake Forest University McCrystal, Sarah Nelson, Susi Yarus Meisel ’78, Athletic Department. Andrew manages a Cari Meisel, Peggy, Rachel Bordon Wolf and wide variety of athletic events, including (L-R): Front Row - Richard Austin ’72, Meghan Austin, Ben Austin ’12, Caroline Austin, Gabe Benghiat men’s basketball, women’s volleyball, Arianna Austin, Tim Austin ’02. Back Row - James Austin ’69, Karen Austin, Alexandra Austin ’05, and football, as well as special events Andrew Austin Amanda Warren (now Lansman) got such as graduations, conventions, shows, married last month at the Cleveland Art and concerts, including most recent
54 Hawken Review concerts Thomas Rhett and Guns N’ Maddie Bell moved to Boston a year industry. Rugged Races puts on an the Cleveland Indians in a business Roses. and a half ago and adopted a dog obstacle course racing series called development program, a small digital named Henry. She’s lucky enough Rugged Maniac, which is held in 28 marketing agency doing social media Julia Langholt has been training and to see Jen Stefancik and her pup, cities across the U.S. and Canada as well and content marketing. I’m currently working as an actor and stunt person Baloo, on a regular basis. But did as other running and cycling events, working for Nestlé in Solon managing in Cleveland for the past couple years. she mention that she got to climb and including the Loco Races race series and social media for 6 brands. I work with Toll She is constantly traveling for auditions summit Mt. Kilimanjaro with her dad the Tour of the Battenkill cycling race House (yes I get a lot of cookies), Libby’s and gigs, and will likely move to a larger back in February? in New York. Ben recently accepted a Pumpkin, Carnation Milk, California market in the next few months. new full time position at Best Buddies Pizza Kitchen Frozen Pizza, Jack’s Pizza, Also in Boston is Carlisle Starrett, Challenge, supporting Best Buddies and Tombstone Pizza. I started with Fellow Clevelander Janet Katzin just who is a Realtor with Keller Williams International. Starting in early November, Nestlé in July and absolutely love it! It’s started working in development at the Realty. Though she has yet to learn to he will be continuing his career in event great getting to work in social media on Center for Arts-Inspired Learning (just ski or snowboard, and probably never production and continuing to pursue the national stage with such amazing a couple doors down from the Gries will, she’s a true (non-sports loving) his passion for health and fitness while brands. Center). Bostonian by now, and will tirelessly working to make a difference in the lives advocate for you (AKA, me or Shara of those with and without intellectual It’s wonderful, and crazy, to hear where Olga Shkolnikov is in Milwaukee, WI, Zaia) to relocate to Boston. Typical East- and developmental disabilities (IDD). the Class of 2011 is in their lives, and I where she operates a Home Health coaster move. The best of luck to Ben on his new know it can all change at any moment. Agency. She’s now juggling both the adventures in Boston! I’m excited to hear about the future exciting challenges of getting a new Speaking of Shara Zaia... she is now in endeavors of ’11 and seeing where we business off the ground while also Denver, CO where she is a Lead Pre-K Katie Wilson graduated from Emory go from here! planning a wedding! Teacher at KIPP Northeast Elementary. University in 2015 with a Bachelor’s She’s eager to help her students become Degree in Journalism and Sociology. Will Crownover has been enjoying life long learners and agents of change in She began working at a small-market 5th Reunion | October 2018 living in Seattle for the last 3 years. our world today. TV station in Parkersburg, WV that He and John Borokhovich ‘09 have September. She started as WTAP’s a start-up, Forereach, that consults on Annie Koeblitz recently made the nightside reporter, covering everything 2013 data analysis and visualization. They are exciting move to NYC to pursue a career from your standard Board of Education Mr. Russell Cohen ’13 exploring some cool 3D visualization with NBC Sports, where she is a social meeting, to drug busts, murders, and [email protected] techniques! video producer. new state legislation. After a year of reporting, she was promoted to anchor. Mr. Spencer Olson ’13 Also in Seattle is Andrew Mandovi, who David Falk is finishing medical school She then had the privilege of delivering [email protected] recently left his post at Capital One in the in DC, with hopes of pursuing a career Parkersburg its news every week night DC area to return to school for a post- in orthopedic surgery. He continues at 6 and 11 o’clock. While she loved the Another year has come and gone for the baccalaureate degree in oceanography to work with disabled veterans and increase in responsibility, she knew Hawken class of 2013, and now many from UW. volunteers as an adaptive ski instructor she was ready to take on the next step of us have left college and are starting when he can get back to Colorado. after two years in the business. We love to spread our wings in the “real world.” Joel Binstock received his bachelors watching Katie shine on TV! Can you all believe it? We’re not sure that and master’s degree in environmental Looking forward to seeing you ‘09ers at we can. But, as usual, members of our and energy economics from The Ohio the 10-year reunion! David Morris is loving life out in LA. He class are finding incredible things to do State University, and has since crossed says he’s a male model, but my sources around the country and world. the country. He joined SolarCity for a few could not confirm nor deny this claim. years before moving to Green Charge 2011 Having graduated with a degree in Networks, an energy storage solutions Ms. Avery Warner ’11 Sam Hatcher is currently pursuing his Astronomy from the University of provider, to expand his renewable energy [email protected] MBA at Cleveland State University’s Michigan, Jacob Dennis has moved knowledge. He somehow still finds time Monte Ahuja College of Business while to Saint Paul, MN for a year with to snowboard, play basketball, tennis, Now that we’re well past our 5-year working part time for a company Americorps. He is serving with a program and other sports, as well as eating good reunion mark, the Class of 2011 is called Metaloy, located in the MAGNET called College Possible, helping guide food and playing Settlers of Catan. Don’t full-fledged in adulthood. Whether building on CSU’s campus. Metaloy’s kids in an inner-city Saint Paul school let his West Coast ways fool you though, it’s graduate programs or building our general business model revolves through the college application process. he’s still an avid Cleveland sports fan. careers, we’re leaving our mark wherever around recycling spent catalysts So far he is enjoying his new city, and he we go. generated within the hydrocarbon and looks forward to what comes next. petrochemical industries. To start us off is Ellen Drake. Ellen is After graduating from Northwestern, making strides in Chicago as she has And there’s Samantha Adelman Gabe Napoli has started graduate just started her first year of a MSTP representing the class of ’11 in the Big studies in viola performance at the (medical scientist training program) – a Apple! After graduating from Bucknell Cleveland Institute of Music with NIH-funded combined degree MD/Ph.D. University and studying business and former Cleveland Orchestra principal program at the University of Illinois marketing, Samantha moved to NYC to violist Robert Vernon. He has also been Chicago. work in the advertising industry. She performing in the local symphony currently works at Ogilvy & Mather as a orchestras of Canton and Erie PA, Ben Giust recently moved from digital media buyer where she supports teaching through CIM’s distance learning Cleveland, OH to Boston, MA after various accounts in the financial, smart program, and is planning a tour to Japan working at The Adcom Group, an home, and pharmaceutical industries. with his chamber group, Quartet Amí. advertising agency in downtown She loves NYC and hopes to be there for Cleveland, for just under 2 years. He a while! Grace Huang also finished school has completed an internship at Rugged this May and then spent the summer Maddie Bell and her father at the summit of Races, LLC over the last few months, Then there’s me, Avery Warner, happily working for Wilderness Adventures, Mt. Kilmanjaro learning a great deal about event living in Cleveland. After life at the a teen summer and adventure camp, production and the health and fitness University of Alabama, I’ve worked for leading middle schoolers out into the wilderness in Northern California. She
55 is now in Portland, OR at the University a drama therapy master’s program at global health. She is excited to be in Claire Cerne is at The College of Wooster of Western States working towards her New York University. In January, he Rhythm and Blue, a coed acapella group this year. She is taking women and doctorate in Chiropractics. will be traveling to London to examine on campus, and a Baldwin Scholar, a gender studies, art history, philosophy, research findings for evidence that women’s scholar group. and a first-year course about museum Jared Berg is teaching 7th and 8th grade supports treatment of children and studies. Her swim season has begun and social studies at an independent school youth with autism, focusing primarily on she is swimming the 100 back, 200 back, in Boston. the healing powers of theatre. 200 IM, and 500 free races this year.
Eric Kaesberg has been promoted to Russell Cohen graduated in the spring As for me, I am across the pond at the area supervisor at the front mall of Cedar after an amazing, packed senior year University of St. Andrews studying Point after several years of working and moved out to Los Angeles over English, art history and Italian. I have there. the summer to try to get an entry- continued playing field hockey and love level position in the film industry. He being part of the school’s hockey club. I Rachel McKay is abroad this year doing is sharing an apartment with Charlie also joined St. Andrews’ radio and even some work with justice systems and Benson, who remains out here after host my own show every Wednesday incarceration in New Zealand, South graduating from USC and is doing called the Misadventures of a Fresher, Africa, and Rwanda. As of her submission freelance work in visual effects. LA where I have guests on and they talk in the fall, she was in New Zealand. is certainly a change of pace from about all of the glorious mistakes Cleveland and the east coast, but Russell freshmen in college make. Anna Lowenstein says hi from Israel! is slowly settling in and hopes that he After graduating from Skidmore College won’t become a weather wimp too Haley Schubert, Carrie Bencic, and Kaitlyn with a degree in psychology and minors quickly. He has gotten to spend some Cerne at an Indians playoff game in education studies and studio art, she time with Aric Floyd ’14, who is out moved to Beit She’an – a small town here acting, and even saw Aric in a play in Northern Israel – to teach English in July. He and Charlie also caught up in a local, underserved school for the with Jacob Naft when Jacob stopped 2017-2018 academic year. So far, she is in LA during his amazing cross-country Looking for a special gift really enjoying her time in Israel, and she van trip. already feel incredibly connected to her for the Hawken Hawk students, the Beit She’an community, We know that many of you who didn’t and the seven other teaching fellows get a chance to submit are also doing in your life? with whom she lives. amazing things around the world, so we hope that you continue to have fantastic experiences and keep finding and building communities wherever your travels take you. We also hope that we all get to catch up before too long! Our fifth reunion will be next fall, if you can believe it, so hopefully many of us will be able to reunite then. 2015 Ms. Swetha Kareti Anna Lowenstein in Israel [email protected]
Alex Kaufman is working as a news producer at ABC6/FOX28 in Columbus. 2017 He fills in during the week and produces Ms. Angelina Todaro ’17 a show on weekends. It’s a lot of fun to [email protected] put together a newscast, but it’s by no means easy work. His only complaint Nihaal Rahman wrote in, “Once getting is the hours; morning shows go on air to UVA, I decided to no longer pursue early, which means they get put together pre-med, and I’m now planning on quite early. After pulling zero all-nighters double majoring in environmental in four years of college, he is pulling science and global sustainability. I’ve them routinely for work. On the bright joined Green Grounds, the sustainability side, there’s no homework! group here at UVA, and my specific committee consults with local restaurants and farms in order to make the Charlottesville area as a whole more sustainable. In addition, my love for outdoor leadership hasn’t stopped since coming to college, and the majority of Purchase your copy of my weekends are spent as a trip leader in the Outdoors Club here at UVA.” Hawken’s book Fair Play Spencer Olson’s drama therapy cohort at NYU Hannah Miao is at Duke and As for your class secretaries, Spencer thinking about studying public policy, Olson moved to NYC in August to begin international comparative studies, or Visit our Lyndhurst and Gates Mills campus stores or shop online at hawken.edu/hawksnest
56 Hawken Review UNSUNG HEROES How productive would you be today if you forgot your computer or smartphone at home? These days, most of us would have to answer “Not very.” For most of us, working technology is so essential to our days that it is crippling when it stops working — whether it be a computer that will not start, an email server that stops sending, a projector that just will not find our signal, or the king of all obstacles — the dreaded loss of Internet connectivity.
Technology is so ubiquitous it can often go unnoticed until email accounts, 1500 parent and alumni accounts in various we have a problem, at which point it becomes very noticable. systems, and over 40 distinct enterprise-level academic and Even minor or simple problems can grind class to a halt, business systems. We have 668 students who carry their disrupt a meeting or presentation, threaten our business school-managed computers to and from school as part of our continuity, impede an important communication, or prevent one-to-one tablet program. us from getting our homework finished. So, in addition to setting up for events, supporting classroom Like much of the rest of the world, Hawken has a group of technologies and business functions, the technology support people dedicated to keeping our professional and academic offices at Gates Mills and Lyndhurst are open for drop-in lives running smoothly by keeping our technology running support and repairs all day on school days. All told, this team smoothly. They work daily to protect our precious data manages some of the most mission critical, confidential, and and ensure its privacy. They help us minimize inevitable sensitive resources and assets for nearly 3,000 people. And, as challenges, get us through them as quickly as possible, and you can imagine, most of their visitors are not dropping by to calm us in the process. It takes a special kind of person for this let them know how splendidly everything is going. Staying work — a person who: centered is an important part of the job. • Can solve elusive, multi-layered, multivariable problems • Can prioritize and triage We would like to recognize the talented and dedicated team • Can be depended upon to deliver and follow through we have in our technology department. Often they invisibly • Can be trusted to protect our privacy show up early and leave late so our events, meetings, and • Remains calm and pleasant in stressful situations classes run smoothly. Thanks to: Rick Bartel, John Guinan, • Is resourceful and team-oriented Jordan Kibat, Dave Solema, Mike Tecson, Emily Waldal, • Brings humor and humility and Chris Wise — all of whom brilliantly manage the front- end and back-end technology support for our community. At Hawken, we are fortunate to have a small dedicated team Also, thank you to Rennie Greenfield, Pat Jewell, and of individuals who have these qualities in spades. We certainly Kathy Fehrenbach, who contribute on the academic keep them busy. As of this writing, our technology team side. And special thanks to David Gillespie ’89, who still manages 1565 active computing devices, 56 smartphones, manages HawkNet and other key systems from outside the 110 data projectors, 15 physical servers, 90 virtual servers, department. 152 terabytes of data, 1400 active Microsoft network and Ryan Wooley, Chief Technology Officer 57 n Memoriam IRemembering Fellow Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Parents & Trustees
Dudley A. Hawley, Jr. ’41 Herbert P. Ladds, Jr. ’48 Waddy is survived by his wife, Diane; Passed away on May 18, 2017. Passed away on October 17, 2017. children, Edward P. Kirkham ’84, Gib Kirkham ’81, and Hall Kirkham II ’83; Dudley was a student at Hawken School in Herbert attended Hawken School in stepchildren; and grandchildren. He was grades seven through nine. He attended grades six through nine. He earned a BA preceded in death by his brother, George Nichols College and was employed by from Williams College. D. Kirkham ’48. Wickway Leasing Corporation. He served his Hawken classmates as class news secretary He served in various leadership capacities Neil Clipsham ’56 for the Review. at Columbus McKinnon Corporation Passed away on July 13, 2017. including director, chairman, president, Dudley was the husband of Marias; father and chief executive officer. He retired Neil started at Hawken School in sixth of Dudley A. Hawley III ’79 and Elizabeth from the company in 1998. He also served grade and graduated after ninth grade. S. Hawley; grandfather of Alexander W. as a director of R.P. Adams Company, Inc.; He earned a BA from Colby College. Neil Hawley and Graham A. Hawley; and brother Fibron Products, Inc.; The Buffalo-Niagara was a veteran of the United States Coast of E. Washburn Hawley ’45 and the late World Trade Center; the Martin House Guard. David W. Hawley ’50. Restoration Corporation; and The Western New York Technology Development He worked in sales at engineering firms, Frederick F. Gerhauser ’45 Corporation. including Fluor Corporation and Earth Passed away on August 15, 2017. Tech Incorporated. Most recently, Neil was Herbert is survived by his wife, Zelva vice president at AECOM. Frederick studied at Hawken School (Dolly); children, Julia Clauss, Helen in grades six through eight. Following Marlette, and H. Preston Ladds III; and Neil was the husband of Jean, father of Hawken, he attended Western Reserve seven grandchildren. Douglas and David, and grandfather of Academy, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Paige and Abigail. and Ohio Wesleyan University. He served Walter R. “Waddy” Kirkham ’49 in the United States Air Force Reserve from Passed away on December 11, 2017. Sarah “Kane” Brown Pierce ’76 1951 until 1956. Passed away on June 5, 2017. Waddy attended Hawken through 9th Frederick was employed in high-tech grade and was named Head Boy in 1949. Kane attended Hawken School in grades manufacturing and materials management. He excelled in track, football, and baseball 11 and 12 and matriculated to Wellesley He served as corporate director of materials while at Hawken. Waddy went on to College, where she earned a degree in at Varian Associates for the last 15 years Andover before attending Princeton economics. of his career. After retiring from Varian, University. His career was primarily in the Frederick immersed himself in photography hotel business, which took him to the She began her career in sales with IBM and serigraphy. He exhibited his artwork in Denver area in the early 1980’s; Waddy and then founded three furniture and regional venues, where he garnered several later became a consultant and managed home furnishings consignment stores. awards. a buffalo ranch outside of Denver. In the civic community, Kane served as a parent volunteer at Lakeway and Travis Surviving Frederick are his wife, Helen, and He was an avid bicyclist and made Schools. She was an officer of Austin’s children, Amy and Lisa. several long-distance bicycle trips across Newcomers and president of the city’s the country. Women’s Tennis Association.
Kane is survived by her husband, Glenn; daughter, Remington Kane Pierce;
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mother, Martha Kane Brown, Hawken Mark E. Colgan ’82 George A. Roby faculty emerita and honorary alumna; Passed away on December 11, 2017. Passed away on December 23, 2017. and sisters, Allison Faircloth Brown and At the time of printing, we learned of Martha Dickey Brown. Mark was a student at Hawken School George Roby’s passing. Look for a tribute in grades four through 12. While to George in the next issue of the Christopher “Chris” Roblin ’79 a student at the Upper School, he Hawken Review. Passed away on August 26, 2017. participated in Outdoor Leadership and was a member of the soccer team. Brian Sherwin While a student at Hawken School, Chris Passed away on September 16, 2017. was a member of the golf and wrestling Mark attended Cornell University and Brian was a faculty member at the teams. Professionally, he was employed University of California-Los Angeles Middle School from 1961 until 1969. by Ohio National Financial Services as a Medical School. He was employed as a More recently, he was president of South business analyst. radiation oncology medical physicist. Waite Foundation. Chris leaves behind his wife, Amy; sons, Mark is survived by his wife, Rebecca He was active in the civic community, Ian, Colin, and Jarod; sister, Maria Perkins; Wu; parents, C. Patrick and Zita; and where he served in various capacities and parents, John and Vivian Roblin. sister, Sharon. including president of the Fine Arts Charles J. Tuthill ’79 Association; past president of the Ohio Marissa Borsani ’01 Chapter of the Nature Conservancy; Passed away on April 28, 2017. Passed away on November 12, 2017. past president of Recovery Resources; Charles was a student at Hawken in president and founder of Waite Hill While a student at Hawken, Marissa grades four through 12. While a student Land Conservancy; and trustee of the participated on the girls tennis and at the Upper School, Charles was a Cleveland Health Museum and Chagrin swim teams. member of the swim team and Hawken River Watershed Partnership. Players’ Society. In Hawken Players’ Marissa is survived by her parents, Society, he had the leading role of Emile Brian is survived by his wife, Christine; David and Julie Borsani, and her de Becque in Hawken’s production of children, Marguerite Sherwin, Pam extended family. South Pacific. He graduated from New Zalba ’86, and Francis McIntosh York University. Sherwin II ’88; eight grandchildren; and Mary Ciraolo brother, Peter Sherwin. Passed away on May 14, 2017. Charles was an actor and played leading roles in plays by Coward, Kaufman, Mary was a former member of the Cara Smith Stirn Passed away on December 13, 2017. Rudnick, Shakespeare, Stoppard, and kitchen staff on the Lyndhurst campus. Euripides at theaters including Manhattan See page 31. Theater Club, Lincoln Center, Circle She is survived by her daughter, Rose Rep, and The Great Lakes Theatre. He Margaret Widmar Sciulla, and many grandchildren, Passed away on July 21, 2017. was also a teacher, coach, and director, great grandchildren, and great great with a specialty as a master teacher of grandchildren. Margaret was an accountant at Shakespeare. He taught at many leading Hawken School. acting schools, including Atlantic Theater Martha B. Kennerdell Company, The Stella Adler Conservatory, Passed away on May 9, 2017. She is survived by her husband, International Film and Television Robert; daughter, Heidi Widmar; and Workshops, and The Actors Center. Martha was a teacher at Hawken School grandchildren, Jennifer Mlady, Joseph from 1947 until 1952. Zaksheske, and Julia Zaksheske. Charles is survived by his husband, Steven Freeman; his mother, Nancy Kurfess She is survived by her children, John Johnson MD; and siblings, Douglas ’70, and Peter, and many nieces and Gregory, Kimberly, and Ann. nephews.
59 At the end of this academic year, we will bid farewell to Assistant Head of School for Enrollment Heather Daly; her husband Brendan, science department chair; and their three children: Austin ’22, Elsbeth ’24, and Bridget ’25. They have been an integral part of the Hawken community since 2008 and have been outstanding representatives of Hawken’s principles and spirit of Fair Play.
We are grateful for the years the Dalys have spent at Hawken, and we wish them well as they look toward their new adventure at Saint Andrew’s School in Delaware. Fair pl ay For the better part of the past deep regard for others with different school that values socioeconomic decade, it’s been a privilege to lead perspectives and backgrounds. diversity to the degree that Hawken the Admission Office at Hawken. I does. It enables us to bring the best remember my interview day vividly, It’s fulfilling to know I’ve played a role and brightest to Hawken from all even almost ten years later. One of in bringing a generation of students over Northeast Ohio, furthering our the highlights was the Upper School to Hawken and helped to shape the commitment to Fair Play. campus tour I took with two seniors. culture, classroom environment, and They couldn’t have been more community of this incredible place. As a parent of three Hawken students, different in personality, gender, race, My goal in working with families is I’ve been able to see my own children and style, but they were confident for each applicant to come away internalize the importance of Fair Play and comfortable with themselves feeling positively about Hawken, in their daily lives. Whether it’s the and, more importantly, with each regardless of the outcome of their way they engage with classmates, other. Both Hawken Lifers, they spoke application, and to believe we took make connections to the topics with authenticity and warmth about the time to get to know them, their they’re studying at Lyndhurst and their relationships with classmates interests, and their qualifications. throughout Cleveland, or grapple and faculty members, as well as the Whether a student would be the with decisions about who they are depth and breadth of their Hawken fourth generation at Hawken or and what they believe, Fair Play is experience. I don’t recall if the words the first in their family to consider woven throughout their experiences. Fair Play were uttered on our tour, but an independent school, I want all As our family departs Hawken for our looking back, I knew that I wanted to families to feel Fair Play at work in next chapter, I have no doubt this be part of a school where students the admission process. Similarly, foundation will be with them always. could be themselves and have a I’m incredibly proud to be part of a
60 Hawken Review Leading the Way
Annual leadership donors are loyal and philanthropic alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends of Hawken School whose commitment to Hawken inspires others and makes a meaningful impact on students.
Of the 1,840 donors who supported The Hawken Fund last year, 157 led the way as members of the James A. Hawken Society. The transformational impact of a leadership gift can’t be overstated – last year, leadership gifts accounted for 68% of the total money raised.
Membership in the James A. Hawken Society is extended to Hawken Fund donors of $2,500 and above and is renewable annually.
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Save the Date Head of School D. Scott Looney looks forward to celebrating the commitment of the 2017-2018 James A. Hawken Society members at the annual recognition event on Thursday, April 19, 2018. A formal invitation will be sent in March to 2017-2018 James A. Hawken Society members.
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