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In This Issue This Past June, Victorian Summer Schools Alumni Traveled to Italy for the 2011 Summer Schools Alumni Association’S Study Trip Victorian Society in America Summer Schools Alumni Association nancy mcAleer Golden, President DecembeR 2011 2207 Alameda Padre serra santa Barbara, CA 93103-1707 Roman Holiday, Alumni Association Style Kathleen Murphy Skolnik In this Issue This past June, Victorian Summer Schools alumni traveled to Italy for the 2011 Summer Schools Alumni Association’s study trip. Escorted by architect and Alumni Association Board Member John Martine, AIA, who organized 2011 Roman Holiday . cover the trip, alums enjoyed ten days in Rome, Como, and Milan studying Italy of modern times, the period between that country’s unifi cation and World War II. Letter from Nancy Golden . 2 The initial phase of the trip, “Rome Events 2011 . 6 Above, FACEBooK Steven SemeS and vSA 1900: Tradition and Modernity for a Recruitment . 8 Alumni. Photo by New National Capital, 1870-1940,” THE ALuMNI ASSoCIATIoN IS oN Fred Golden began in the Italian capital. First on Watts Gallery, Ian Cox . 10 Right, the agenda was an evening lecture FACEBooK! PoST YouR SuMMER Steven SemeS in FRont oF the and reception at the headquarters of London Summer School, Stephen Ponder . 12 SCHooL ExPERIENCES AND vittoRio emAnuele ii the University of Notre Dame Rome Newport and American Art II, PICTuRES NoW. KEEP uP WITH monument. Photo by Fred Golden Studies Program, where tour partici- Richard Guy Wilson . 14 FELLoW STuDENTS. Go To pants met Steven M. Semes, academic director of the program and our guide FACEBooK AND TYPE “ALuMNI” A Proper Victorian Affair, in Rome. The next day, our adventure began with a walking tour (a seven-mile Shannon N. Schaefer . 16 IN THE SEARCH PANEL. walking tour according to Hank Dunlop’s pedometer—this was like being back in Newport!!) that began at the Piazza Venezia and the Vittorio Emanuele II Unexpected Benefi ts, Laura Purvis . 18 Monument and ended on the terrace of the Castel Sant’Angelo on the Tiber, News . 20 where we enjoyed some much appreciated liquid libation. Alumni Association Action List and continued, page 4 Call for Papers . 26 28 29 Alumni Association of The Victorian Society Summer Schools 2011 Alumni Association A Chapter of The Victorian Society in America Summer School Scholarship Donations Letter from the President ChAPter offiCers The Alumni Association funded an unprecedented $22,000 in scholarships in november 2011 nancy mcAleer Golden 2011 to five London students and three Newport students. We are extremely 2010 FINANCIAL STATEMENT President grateful to the following Alumni who made contributions of $100 or more to santa Barbara, CA thanks to your generous support of the Alumni Alumni Association of the Alumni Summer School Scholarship Fund. Association scholarship fund through your member the Victorian society summer sibyl mcCormac Groff renewal dues and scholarship donations, we presented Vice President Paul Anderson William Grasse Lisa Moore schools new York, nY. the summer schools Committee $22,000 for 2011 Stephenson B. Andrews Sibyl McCormac Groff Helena & Jerry Peters scholarships. even better news is that our membership secretary Bob Chapman Valerie Balint Nancy Hays Gretchen Redden oPeninG bAlAnce Keith macKay worked up figures that show we are in the position of being able to commit to Ian Berke Paula Jones Richard Reutlinger treasurer January 1, 2010. $67,642 providing $22,000 for scholarships for now and going forward. Glenn Carter Sara Junkin Bob Risley milwaukee, Ws Robert & Sally Buchanan Kinsey Charles J. Robertson the Alumni Association is run by a committed, volunteer board. the Alumni income Jill marie Lord Carole Chapman Elizabeth Leckie Barbara Roelofs would not be able to function without their hard work and dedication. i’m membership dues . .12,825 Corresponding secretary Amy Coes Darrell Lemke & Roger Scharmer pleased to welcome our newest board member, Keith macKay, who stepped in scholarship donations . 5,845 new York, nY Sandra D’Andrea Maryellen Trautman Jeffery Sholeen as treasurer after mary miller resigned. it saddens me that two board members events. 5,625 Paul Duchscherer Lamar Lentz John Simonelli interest . 114 robert Chapman are stepping down after years of service: sibyl Groff and Jill marie Lord. thank membership secretary Hank Dunlop Jill Marie Lord Clara Tucker miscellaneous . 950 you both for all your efforts to support the Alumni and the summer schools. montclair, nJ Patricia Eldredge Clark Marlor Daniel Visnich total income. $25,359 You will be missed. the nominating Committee, so capably headed by sheila Giraud & John Martine Sallie Wadsworth direCTORS donahue and supported by Jane Karokin and Jeff sholeen, is diligently working Carolyn Foster Thomas McGehee Marjorie White exPenSeS on a slate of officers to be elected in november for a two-year term starting John A. martine, AiA Robert Furhoff Shelley Miller & Richard Guy Wilson VsA dues. 100 Pittsburgh, PA January 2012. Nancy Golden Joel Hoffman scholarships . 25,500 thomas mcGehee i’m thrilled to report that sandy Jenkins volunteered to become the editor of events. 11,795 mobile, AL this newsletter and Angela Voulengas did the graphic design. i urge you to send The Alumni made a memorial donation to the Summer School Scholarship member Communications . 3,244 your news to sandy at [email protected] for the november 2012 newsletter. Fund to celebrate the life of Alice Cox, Ian Cox’s mother. member renewal Program . 2,190 Gerald Peters recruiting events. 750 silver springs, md the Alumni recruiting events co-sponsored by the Washington dC Chapter insurance. 255 and by dick reutlinger, hank dunlop, and stephen haigh in san francisco Alumni Association newsletter 2011 Summer Schools Committee miscellaneous . 569 editor: sandra Jenkins were well attended by prospective students. We’d like to expand our recruiting total expenses. $44,403 design: Angela Voulangas efforts, as we feel the word is just not out there about what a fabulous experi- Scholarships www.voulangas.com ence both summer schools are. if you are able to put on a recruiting event, net income/loss. ($19,044) [email protected] please get in touch with me. the Alumni offers $250 to help cover the costs of We are extremely grateful to the following for their generous support of 2011 cloSinG bAlAnce Please send news and articles to: a recruiting event. Summer Schools scholarships totaling $82,700. A total of $73,150 was awarded. december 31, 2010 . $48,598 sandra Jenkins the 2011 Annual meeting and dinner was held in the home of ellin and fletcher Bill Dane 8614 Crestview drive Johnson, thanks to sibyl Groff, who was a college classmate of ellin’s. it was a fairfax, VA 22031-2205 Felica Fund beautiful evening with perfect weather to enjoy the Johnson’s lovely gardens. [email protected] Mary Anne Hunting Foundation Inc. the Alumni co-sponsored receptions for both the newport and London John Simonelli nancy mcAleer Golden Alumni Association of the Victorian Society Summer Schools summer schools. richard Guy Wilson was presented a special President’s 2207 Alameda Padre serra Victorian Society in America Chicago Metropolitan Chapter santa Barbara, CA 93103-1707 Award by Victorian society President tina strauss. many thanks go to Pauline Victorian Society in America Eloise Hunter Chapter [email protected] metcalf for hosting the newport reception at her family’s home in exeter, RI. Victorian Society in America New York Chapter And thanks to Liz Lecki, who organized the London reception at the Chelsea Victorian Society in America Northern New Jersey Chapter studio of artist Julian Barrow. Victorian Society in America Philadelphia Chapter Victorian Society in America Washington DC Chapter the Alumni sponsored other events, which are described on page 6–7. Victorian Society Scholarship Fund/Fidelity Charitable Fund thank you again for your continuing support of the summer schools. Please Victorian Society in America Summer Schools Committee Sallie Wadsworth continue to be the best ambassadors for the summer schools by sharing your experiences with your friends and colleagues. All best wishes for 2012. Scholarships awarded (and utilized) for Newport amounted to $28,050 and included nine partial and nine full scholarships. Scholarships awarded (and utilized) for Nancy mcAleeR GolDen London amounted to $45,100 and included six partial and six full scholarships. President 2 3 Only about a dozen of Terragni’s many projects were realized during his rela- tively short career, and several of them are centered in Como. During our time there, we visited Terragni’s own home and studio, now the Fondazione Terragni, as well as several Terragni- designed buildings, including the Novocomum apartment building, the Casa del Fascio, the Monument to World War I on the shore of Lake Above, nino Saggio and Carlo terragni Como, and the Monument of Death in Photo by Fred Golden nearby Erba Incino. below, Casa RuStici hoStS RobeRto and After two nights in Como, we left for DeliA BarbieRi Photo by nancy Golden Milan. En route, we stopped in Ivrea, bottom, A toast to John Martine the headquarters of Olivetti, the office terragni’S WoRlD War i monument Photo by Fred Golden machines company whose owner, Photo by kathleen Skolnik Adriano Olivetti, was a believer in rational town planning and architec- ture. His convictions are reflected not only in the company’s office buildings, but also in the housing designed for Olivetti employees. Once in Milan, our final destination, “Nino” escorted us through the down- town area where we saw Gio Ponti’s Pirelli Tower, BBPR’s Torre Velasca, and several works by Terragni. Our visit to Terragni’s Casa Rustici, where we toured one of the apartments, was Rome, continued from front page the late 1930s to celebrate the among the highlights of this phase of twentieth anniversary of Italy under For the next three days, Steven guided the trip. us through Rome and beyond to see the Mussolini. The complex includes work of architects who were new to the Palazzo della Civiltà, or “Square As usual, John Martine made sure we most of us.
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