LabLifethe magazine for alumni, parents, and friends of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Spring 2020 SPRING 2020 in this issue InIn thethe HallsHalls

FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 16 Chasing Vermeer 22 Extended Day 03 In the Halls Drawing in 3D 20 Honoring the Program Allows 04 The Bookshelf Importance of U-High Graduates 10 Sports Highlights Education to Come Full Circle 13 Behind the Scenes 26 From Hyde Park to with Faheem Majeed 14 Connections 2020 LabLife Hollywood 28 Alumni Notes 28 Alumni in Action Kids transform found items into art

FROM DIRECTOR I have been deeply impressed by the CHARLIE ABELMANN creativity, energy, and enthusiasm Our remote everyone at Lab has shown in educational preparing for what is a totally new journey way of connecting, working, and teaching.

Dear Friends, As I saw written by one lesson plans, and much more. their chief infectious disease university professor, “None of We are committed to being epidemiologist (and a Lab As this publication went to us asked for this!” But here we a true lab school, willing to parent). Her explanation of press, we were only a couple of are. Together, we can do this. try new things, experiment, social distancing went viral weeks into a new experience: Adjusting to a “new normal” collaborate, and create. (pun intended). It seemed On March 30, at the end of is a phrase we are hearing a worth sharing her wisdom even our normally scheduled spring We have all been asked to do lot. As we move to remote more widely: break, Lab’s 2,188 students so much more than we may learning we are cognizant of began their remote educational ever have had to do before. We “...it’s really hard to feel like the characteristics of Lab that journey as COVID-19 required have been asked to do it more you’re saving the world when allow us to successfully meet people across the world to stay alone than ever before and so you’re watching Netflix on your our mission: we are a caring mindedness and community plywood—the kind used to Labbies across at home. Just as you and your have made sure to watch out couch but, if we do this right, community dedicated to involvement. board up businesses on the families did—and likely are still for one another in many ways. nothing happens. Yes. A successful all grades were fostering a powerful connection “The project we did South Side—dyed in various doing—we had to make major We are deeply concerned about shelter in place means that between teacher and learner, with the multicolored sticks vibrant colors with Kool-Aid. invited to share adjustments. Lab families and employees you will feel like it was all for home and school. in Earl Shapiro Hall was “These [boards] are things in Majeed’s work that may find themselves in a nothing. And you would be right. Our students and faculty, like a community exercise,” that are associated with crime I have been deeply impressed place of serious hardship. Our Because “nothing” means that and vision: to millions of others across the explains Majeed, who has his or disinvestment… But by the creativity, energy, and development team has worked nothing happened to your family United States and around own studio practice on the actually, the boards are more use discarded enthusiasm everyone at Lab with the University to set up and that’s what we are going for the world, are trying to South Side and is an adjunct like a chrysalis in that it has shown in preparing for the special Lab Community here.” materials from create meaningful education professor at the University of means that [buildings] are what is a totally new way of Response Fund. You may Most kindergarteners don’t tell experiences and, just as So, thank you for doing your Illinois at Chicago. “I would boarded because there’s a the surrounding connecting, working, and contribute online, ucls. their parents, “We made art importantly, foster the human part and may you and your give the students a prompt, value… they’re safe-keeping teaching. Our teachers have uchicago.edu/giving, or contact with 8-foot long, multicolored neighborhoods interactions that are so critical family be healthy and well. such as, ‘Make something it,” he says. spent hours uploading videos Executive Director Alumni sticks in school today!” But to a young person’s social/ I can walk through.’ Then to create art that on Seesaw, learning how to use Relations and Development With deepest appreciation, Lab isn’t most schools. emotional development. That they’d have to communicate Google Hangouts and Zoom, Damon Cates, dcates@ucls. For the first half of the If you missed Majeed’s ponders concepts personal connection profoundly and work together to make researching best practices in uchicago.edu, to learn more. 2019–20 school year, artist exhibition at the Corvus shapes what it means to be a it happen. such as civic- remote learning, working to Charlie Faheem Majeed joined community of learners. Lastly, I thought I would “I think of this project Gallery, you can catch his flip the classroom experience Lab as the Kistenbroker mindedness share the words of UChicago’s as drawing in 3D. Instead of Planting and Maintaining a in useful ways, shaping flexible Family Artist-in-Residence. very own Dr. Emily Landon, doodling with pencils, they Perennial Garden IV at the and community Labbies across all grades were Hyde Park Art Center from invited to share in Majeed’s use the sticks.” involvement. Majeed’s residency kicked August 2–November 8. LabLife, published twice Editor Design Lab Notes Correspondents Please send comments or Reproduction in whole or work and vision: to use a year, is written for the Catherine Braendel, ’81, Janice Clark Dozens of diligent alumni updated contact information part, without permission of off with the unveiling of his University of Chicago MLA’19 Photography agents to [email protected], the publisher, is prohibited. discarded materials from the Laboratory Schools’ or call 773-702-0578. exhibition, Re-UNITE, at the Contributors Anna Johnson Publisher surrounding neighborhoods community of alumni, parents, Volume 13, Number 2 faculty, and staff. Megan E. Doherty, AM’05, Chris Kirzeder University of Chicago Corvus Gallery on October PhD’10 Jean Lechat Laboratory Schools © 2020 by the University of to create art that ponders Director Chicago Laboratory Schools 4. One striking installation Heather Preston Marc Monaghan 1362 E. 59th Street concepts such as civic- Charles Abelmann Paul Schellinger Kathryn Smidstra Chicago, IL 60637 www.ucls.uchicago.edu is comprised of discarded

02 LabLife Spring 2020 LabLife Spring 2020 03 THE BOOKSHELF In the Halls

Recommended Keeping chickens Music Workshop reading at Lab Lauren Snelling, N-2 counselor, At Lab, kids learn by doing. And recommends Crown: An Ode to the Fresh what’s more hands-on than building New Middle School class expands how Cut, by Derrick Barnes a chicken coop? kids engage with the topic LAUREN SNELLING

s a counselor brilliant, limitless soul that barbershop and if you’ve to the youngest matters—that desperately never been, you may need members matters. We’ve always to learn some new terms to of our Lab mattered.” fully explore and experience Crown is community, Crown is a love letter to this book the way it deserves a hand-held I like to expose my the black barber shop, a love to be experienced. Crown affirmation full of kindergartners to books that letter to every black boy out pushes past historical and affirm experiences.Crown is there. It is unapologetic in unfair stereotypes and forces validation, high that and more. its beauty and authenticity as you to stretch your mind expectations, Author Derrick Barnes it describes the importance and your perception of what comments that his book, of self-care, community, a black boy can be. adulation, and “focuses on the humanity, and visibility for black and As an added bonus to care. the beautiful, raw, smart, brown boys/men. Crown is a the positivity throughout perceptive, assured humanity hand-held affirmation full of this book, Crown is full of black boys/sons/brothers/ validation, high expectations, of intricate and beautiful nephews/grandsons, and adulation, and care. “You’re a imagery, that evokes the how they see themselves star. A brilliant, blazing star. presence of many great when they highly approve Not the kind that you’ll find black visual artists including of their reflections in the on a sidewalk in Hollywood. Basquiat and Kehinde Wiley. mirror. Deep down inside, Nope. They’re going to have As a they wish that everyone to wear shades when they whole, this In the summer of 2018, With the participation of other different instruments, rather could see what they see: look up to catch your shine.” book is pure Lower School teacher Ginger chick enthusiasts who will than sticking to just one. They spend a lot of time simply a real life, breathing, In reading this book artistic swag. Phillips conducted a Summer be incubating eggs in their Lab program for fourth, fifth, classrooms, the program is listening and responding to compassionate, thoughtful, you are fully immersed into and sixth graders called City ready to move to the coop, what they hear. They also the culture of the black Chicks. With reused materials now installed in the Lab learn about the history of from the Builder’s Exchange garden. the instruments, how they’re made and have historically of Chicago, and other in-kind “The intent is to build been used in different kinds FROM THE SYLLABI donations, they built a chicken enthusiasm and engagement of performances—including coop with the longer-term among the entire Lab At the beginning of the year, the unexpected. When sound Literature as mirror and vision to start a program community,” Phillips reported. students in the Middle School sculptures were installed for raising and maintaining “The chickens will draw people Music Workshop tuned into throughout the University window chickens at Lab. With the and create a gathering place, NPR’s Tiny Desk concert of Chicago campus, the class coop built and approval and the promise of eggs for series, absorbing themselves in took the opportunity to walk Lab librarians work to ensure that the from the University’s risk caretakers will be a bonus.” everything from improvisational through them. The students Schools’ collections support teacher management in hand, the The larger aim is to teach jazz to an unconventional engaged in discussions about lesson plans and student work. They Everywhere You Monday’s Not Children of Blood Turtles All the Way With the Fire on program was poised to move responsibility and sustainability pairing of cello and beatboxing. what a sound sculpture is and Don’t Belong Coming and Bone Down High “The class is designed to how it differs from a traditional also want Lab’s holdings to appeal Gabe Bump, ’09 Tiffany Jackson Tomi Adeyemi John Green Elizabeth Acevedo to the next stage: keeping and to instill empathy for chickens at Lab. creatures and care for the fulfill an interest in music that’s musical performance. to a variety of interests and tastes. not related to a traditional “Although the chicken coop natural world. “I told them at the ensemble, so they can explore beginning of the year that in Says Library Chair Susan Augustine, existed, implementation had “We strive to collect quality literature piano, guitar, drumming, or this class we’re going to discover to wait because we didn’t have even ukulele,” said Andrew things about each other,” says that both reflects the diversity of our the funding for infrastructure Norte, who teaches the sixth Norte. “I help them define student body and opens windows to to sustain the birds or the and seventh grade workshops. their musical identities, and new experiences.” Here are books program,” Phillips noted. “The appeal is that they get make sure they know that from a recent display inspired by “The Innovation Fund from an to dive into their own unique their interests are valid. Your Yes, No, Maybe So Almost American Barely Missing Permanent Record The Curious anonymous donor allowed us musical interests.” perspective is OK, it’s who author Gabe Bump, ’09, who spoke Becky Albertalli Girl: an Illustrated Everything Mary HK Choi Incident of the In this survey class, students you are.” Memoir Matt Mendez Dog in the Night- to bring the program to life.” to students and faculty. Robin Ha Time can experiment playing Mark Haddon

04 LabLife Spring 2020 LabLife Spring 2020 05 In the Halls New course helps Chromot ograph Middle Schoolers confront U-Highers expand global plus climate change understanding It’s not a scene from crime dramas NCIS or CSI, it’s just science class.

compare diverse governmental More formal ties to the Alexis Chia ran through a used in Advanced Chemistry “Climate change is occurring Students wrote occurring, and we need to structures, avoid looking at University are envisioned. “As preliminary experiment, mixing right now, and we have a understand the effects that things from a single, dominant a laboratory school, we wanted courses, like Introduction liquids together. Using a to Chemical Research. The responsibility to teach our politicians, from are happening right now in the perspective, and move to to work with students to build syringe, she carefully added the students about it,” notes United States.” multiple ways of looking at a course, then look to the seminar-style class will focus Middle School science teacher local aldermen Del Campo emphasizes current and historical events University to what programs are solution to a holding container, on how to read published and inserted it into a mini gas Tony Del Campo, who spoke that people need to know how based on the major theories of going on there and try to build research papers, how to design to a group of faculty and to their US to change behaviors, in homes international relations.” interactivity and strengthen our chromatograph for analysis— and run experiments, and how administrators during a recent and in schools. Some of the Students also ask ties,” Gerst says. “Students just like the experts. to present material to a non- professional development day Senators, urging changes at Lab have included questions: how do international have been extremely engaged, “This is an instrument that technical audience. at Lab. “Since I gave that talk, them to listen— increased recycling and bodies handle disputes and there is opportunity for actual forensic chemists use,” “Gas chromatography is many teachers have reached composting in homerooms, as High School history teacher between states or corporations? expansion.” Christy Gerst’s juniors said science teacher Zachary very advanced and technical, out to tell me what they were and to take action. well as a Lights Out Challenge, How do they deal with issues Hund. “When I contacted the thinking and doing, and I a competition across all Middle and seniors are gaining relating to the environment or and learning new techniques realized there are teachers reading the National Climate School science classes to turn valuable perspective on how natural resources? The class company to inquire about is something you have to do How do from Nursery 3 to grade 12 Assessment was not just off lights and other electricity governments around the recently finished a month-long purchasing one, I mentioned it as a real chemist,” said Hund. who are looking to address memorizing data, explains Del and then calculate how much world operate with respect to moot court of the International was for a high school and they international “Lab’s science department is climate change issues in their Campo, but understanding is saved, translating that to important international issues. Criminal Court—a hypothetical were pretty shocked.” progressive and at the forefront classrooms. Everyone across how data was produced, how reduction in greenhouse gas Last Fall, Gerst introduced case involving allegations of bodies handle The $2,000 instrument, of research. It’s incredible that the curriculum is talking about it affects all of us, and how emissions. AT Comparative Politics and use of child soldiers as well disputes between which was set up this fall, we have this.” how to confront it.” students may be part of the Del Campo’s biggest Global Relations, a new elective as destruction of cultural, separates different compounds For seventh graders in solution. message to young scientists? intended to broaden students’ historical, and religious sites. states or based on their composition. For both Del Campo’s and Debra “It’s important students “Don’t be afraid to express understanding of global affairs. The emphasis is on example, real-world chemists Kogelman’s science classes, understand they need to publicly what you have “This new course is really deliberative discussion, Gerst corporations? How this has included reviewing the make their voices heard,” Del learned.” student-driven,” Gerst says. explains, “not debating each might use it to extract chemicals do they deal with federal government’s National Campo says. After posting “We have many students other but trying to understand present when something was Climate Assessment, the most the podcasts, students wrote who participate in Model how different perspectives burning, in order to suss out issues relating to recent installment of which politicians, from local aldermen United Nations and Urban allow us to bring to the surface what set things ablaze. In was published November to their US Senators, urging Policy Debate with focus on previously unseen aspects, to the environment or addition to independent studies 2018, and posting a series of them to listen—and to take international relations, and we bring greater nuance to their natural resources? and upcoming May Projects, podcasts about their findings. action. “We need to know wanted to bring that into the understanding.” Lab’s chromatograph will be The purpose behind students the science behind what’s curriculum and to allow them to

06 LabLife Spring 2020 LabLife Spring 2020 07 In the Halls Art as I’ve got my “Afrofuturism and Social message passport. Take me Justice: Ideas Through Art, to Scooterville. Literature and Science” Faculty present at People of Color Conference

about why he was blackballed The gym is transformed into Some attendees leaned Afrofuturism, which Afrofuturism, and Kerney invited local comic from the NFL, why he was a village, complete with a against the walls of the room, reimagines the future through artist Turtel Onli to help kneeling during the national movie theater, gas station, others sat on the floor; more an African-based lens, has a which reimagines students with design and panel anthem. We analyzed yoga studio, pet adoption overflowed into the hallway powerful ability to transform the future layouts. everything, and the kids center, library, grocery store, when Lab teachers led a session the black experience. Says Presenting during the researched. I didn’t want to burger drive-thru, racetrack, at this year’s People of Color Sanders, “We’re not used to through an December conference, which give my perspective or bias.” rest area, and more. Students Conference. seeing ourselves in the future. has a mission to provide a When they discovered that have 30 minutes to use their African-based “It was incredible, a ‘sold- The movie Black Panther, for safe space for leadership, Kaepernick’s intent was not to scooter to scoot from place to lens, has a be unpatriotic but to protest place and get stamps from all out’ room,” said Joseph Kerney, example, opened up a new way professional development, and Many Lab teachers bring the murder of unarmed of the “stations.” It’s quite the H H H fourth-grade teacher. “People for black kids to see themselves powerful ability networking for people of color social justice topics into black men by police officers, fun work-out and a majorly rated the workshops, and we that wasn’t available previously.” and allies of all backgrounds, their classrooms. Fifth-grade students were inspired to anticipated event for the NEWSWEEK got all five out of five stars.” She helped her students to transform the was a thrill. “It felt amazing,” teacher Carl Farrington and bring greater awareness to children in grades N-2 at Earl RANKS LAB IN Kerney and his colleagues, make their own holograms— black experience. said Kerney. Beaulieu felt High School art teacher Sunny their own beliefs through Shapiro Hall. TOP 5 STEM visual arts teacher Allison a technology featured in the honored to represent Lab Neater have collaborated on images and words. HIGH SCHOOLS Beaulieu and science teacher movie—using old-fashioned their own special symbols. She and see her colleagues shine. a research and art installation “When the kids came Mikki Sanders, presented on transparency paper. They “So many people came up to project stemming from one also taught her classes about into the art studio, they were FOR 2020 incorporating Afrofuturism learned how light travels us asking how we even get issue animating young people, able to make meaningful the art and history of ancient H H H and social justice themes in the in waves, and that certain permission to do this,” she the plight of NFL quarterback imagery informed by the Nubia, including a field trip to Colin Kaepernick. After issues,” Neater notes. “They classroom. They teach students materials bend it, creating a the Oriental Institute. Kerney said. “That’s what’s so great seeing Nike’s “Believe in articulated how their quote what Afrofuturism is through hovering, 3D image. “They teaches storytelling and world- about getting to teach at a Something” ad featuring spoke to the issue that was Newsweek’s ranking their arts and science units, thought they were Wakandian building, guiding students to place like Lab.” Kaepernick, the students said close to their heart. These placed Lab in the top introducing classes to the work scientists!” she said. bring dynamic characters to they had no idea who he was 10-year-olds were incredibly five STEM high schools of Sun Ra, Octavia Butler, and In the film, the holograms life. His students created their and wanted to know more. well informed and passionate in the nation (#2 among Janelle Monáe, for example. are projected from Kimoyo own comic book characters “The kids are the ones about the work.” independent schools). bead bracelets, which Beaulieu who spearheaded this,” says helped her students make with Farrington, “asking questions

08 LabLife Spring 2020 LabLife Spring 2020 09 SPORTS Lab’s first-ever total) years of coaching U-High > 100 Backstroke: senior Ava swimming. Special thanks for his McKula, 59.54 FALL AND WINTER unwavering commitment to our > 100 Breaststroke: senior Athletics Hall of Fame student swimmers. Kaley Qin, 1:07.87 > 11 Dive: freshman Jessica HIGHLIGHTS 2019–20 GIRLS SWIMMING Slear, 233.95 s a freshman, Marty contributions and Lab’s rich The Maroons set seven school Billinglsey, ’77, and athletics history. Nearly every records and scored 175 points her older sister Patty, one of the twelve inductees in the IHSA Sectional meet ’74, were not allowed attended the ceremony, some at UIC to finish 4th out of 13 to join the U-High track team— having traveled from as far as teams. Junior Jayne Crouthamel boys only, they were told. The California. If you look at the qualified in the 50- and 100- next year, while her sister had record board in Kovler Gym, yard freestyle to become Lab’s already graduated, things you’ll still see many of their with 33 points; all the players Hudson Lin, Jacob Grissom, first-ever qualifier in the IHSA changed. Marty was able to join names. contributed, showing the depth and William Kraemer. Kudos Athletes with Disabilities division. the team, whether due to Title “Acceptance on the track of the talent: #1 singles player to coaches Seetreeon “Tron” She placed 8th in both races. IX or because, as Marty says, team was so foundational sophomore Emma Baker scored Torres and Sharon Harrison for New school records were “maybe Lab was just catching because it gave me passion and 12 points and finished second; their fine work set as follows: GIRLS VOLLEYBALL up with the times.” She credits confidence. Being accepted as #2 singles Kriti Sarav scored this year. > 200 Medley Relay: junior that moment with a series of a runner—not as a girl, not as 6 points; the #1 doubles team Susan Huang, seniors Ava The volleyball team advanced events that ultimately brought a boy, but as a runner—on the of senior Izzie Kellermeier/ BOYS SOCCER McKula, Kaley Qin, and to the IHSA 2A Sectional her to teaching and coaching team meant that I never ever sophomore Emilee Pak scored Jessica Huang, 1:49.96 Championship match with a and back to Lab. thought I wasn’t as good as > 100 Freestyle: senior Kaley 12 points and finished second. In the same week that the Regional Championship win over In the fall, before an everyone else,” said Marty at the Qin, 54.84 The senior doubles team of girls’ tennis team took state, Cristo Rey and Sectional semi- audience of nearly 150 people, reception. “It meant that I didn’t > 500 Freestyle: junior Lea Ananya Asthana/Macy Beal the U-High boys’ soccer team final win over CICS Ellison before Marty shared her thoughts think it was any big deal to be Rebollo Baum, 5:19.93 losing to Chicago Christian in a as she accepted her place one of the first three women scored 3 points. defeated Alton Marquette High > 200 Freestyle Relay: tough well-played match. The among Lab’s first Athletics smokejumpers in the country. It Congratulations to sixth year School with an exciting come sophomore Zoe Morton, head coach Dawuad Talib who from behind 2-1 to win the IHSA Maroons finished with a fine 20- Hall of Fame inductees. Lab meant that it was easy to fit in seniors Ava McKula, Jessica 14 season record. also led the boys tennis team Class 1A State Championship in Huang, and Kaley Qin, established the Hall of Fame as one of just a few women in a to the IHSA Championship in a field of 175 teams. 1:40.53 to honor outstanding athletics big software engineering lab. BOYS BASKETBALL honors. Nicky becomes our spring 2018. The Maroons win was our fourth boy to ever win All-State first-ever “bracketed” IHSA The boys’ basketball team made honors. State Championship in school INDEPENDENT SCHOOL LEAGUE it to the IHSA 2ARegional semi- history and our eighth State ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS final where they lost to King. The FENCING Championship in the past 110 Maroons finished with a 13-15 years. The Maroons finished the record (7-5 ISL). Senior Charles The fencing team competed season with 22 wins, 3 losses, BOYS BASKETBALL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Chen was named Honorable in the Great Lakes High and 2 ties, winning 19 of their Tolu Johnson Sydney Rogers Mention for the IHSA Academic School Fencing Conference last 20 games. Congratulations Xavier Nesbitt Troy Johnson All-State team. championship where to varsity coach Josh Potter. Ryan Duncan Sara Gregg sophomore Jonathan Liu placed Zach Smith Jordan Rogers GIRLS BASKETBALL 5th in saber and freshman Maya GIRLS BASKETBALL GREAT LAKES HIGH SCHOOL El Shamsy was 9th in epee. SAILING Mary Neal FENCING CONFERENCE The girls’ basketball team Fencers qualifying to compete Eve Grobman Jonathan Liu, Saber finished with a 10-10 season in the championship included The sailing team finished Lea Runesha All-Conference record (2-5 ISL) and an IHSA juniors Michelle Weaver and 10th out of 18 teams in the GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY ISL SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD 2A Regional Final appearance, Jasmine Tan and freshman Midwest Interscholastic Sailing Amanda O’Donnell Girls Cross-Country; Boys unfortunately losing 34-33 Rebecca Byrnes and seniors Association meet and 3rd Sophia Park Cross-Country Sana Shaul to South Shore International Leland Culver and Tom Ben- among Illinois schools. Sailing ILLINOIS TENNIS COACHES in the championship game. Shahar, junior Gabriel Carter, for the Maroons were Benny BOYS CROSS-COUNTRY ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE Sophomore Meena Lee and freshman Daniel Tothy. Wild/Adler Wright and Philip Nickey Edwards-Levin, Emma Baker, 1st team advanced to State in the IHSA Lengyel/Ava Wilson. BOYS SWIMMING Runner of the Year Kriti Sarav, 2nd team The U-High team’s acceptance 3-Point shooting contest in GIRLS GOLF Luke Sikora Isabella Kellermeier, 1st team 2019 ATHLETICS HALL OF of me meant that I was never Emily Pak, 1st team Bloomington. Senior Franzi Wild SQUASH The boys swim team scored RUNNER OF THE YEAR FAME INDUCTEES plagued by the sexist shackles was nominated for the Junior Emily Chang finished 142 points and placed 4th Luke Sikora ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL that seem to hamper so many IHSA Academic All-State team. 7th in the IHSA Class A State The squash team won U-High’s (of 14 teams ) in the IHSA SOCCER COACHES women. For that I thank U-High first-ever Chicagoland Squash Sectional Championship at UIC. GIRLS GOLF ASSOCIATION Marty Billingsley, ’77 wholeheartedly.” Championships shooting a Emily Chang, Player of the Year GIRLS AND BOYS 36 hole 149 over the two-day Conference championship, The following students were Alex Ball, All-Sectional Gabrielle Clark, ’10 Lab’s athletics program has CROSS-COUNTRY tournament at the Red Tail Golf defeating Latin, Lake Forest medalists (top 6 finish): seniors BOYS GOLF Miles Rochester, All-Sectional William “Doc” Monilaw since substantially expanded. Academy, and Lake Forest Charles Chen and Ben Cifu, 400 Aaron Kim Julian Mondragon, Honorable Today, nearly 65% of all Middle Course. This marks the highest Mention All-Sectional John W. Rogers, Jr., ’76 The cross-country teams ran finish ever in school history High School and winning freestyle relay; junior Graham BOYS SOCCER and High Schoolers play on at well at the IHSA 1A State Cross- earning Emily All-State honors all nine matches in the final Waterstraat, 200 medley and Miles Rochester, ALL-STATE IHSA GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD TEAM least one team, and Lab fields Country Championship meet. for the second time in her championship round. In 200 freestyle relay; sophomore Player of the Year Emily Chang, Girls Golf MEMBERS, 1979–1981: 56 teams in 19 different sports. Will Trone, 200 medley relay, Amanda O’Donnell, The boys finished 16th in the career. Emily finished 10th place addition, the Maroons competed Alex Bal 200 IM, 200 and 400 freestyle Mickey Claffey Cross-Country Beata Boodell, ’81 State and the girls placed 21st. in 2017 and 11th place in 2018. in the USA Squash National relay; junior Jaden Li, 200 Jaden Lynch Nicky Edwards-Levin, Heidi Hackel Schlageter, ’81 Sophomore Amanda O’Donnell Championship in Hartford, CT, SAVE THE DATE: freestyle relay; sophomore Tyler Julian Modragon Cross-Country Anita Hollins, ’81 earned All-State honors for the GIRLS TENNIS finishing 10th in division 4. THE 2020 ATHLETICS Turek, 200 medley, 200 and GIRLS TENNIS IHSA SECTIONAL COACH Liz Homans, ’83 second time with a 21st place Congratulations to seniors Peter HALL OF FAME WILL BE Grissom, Gaurav Shekhawat 400 freestyle relays; freshman Emma Baker, Player of the Year OF THE YEAR Natalie Pardo, ’80 finish and junior Nicky Edwards- The girls’ tennis team became Vincent Zhang, 500 freestyle Kriti Sarav Dar Novak, Diving INDUCTED ON SATURDAY, and Eli Hinerfeld, juniors Sarah Michelle Shaw, ’80 Levin won All-State honors also U-High’s first-ever state champs and 200 freestyle relay. Coach Isabella Kellemeier Thomas and Freddie Tang, ISL COACH OF THE YEAR OCTOBER 17. INVITATIONS with a 21st place finish. Amanda when they won the IHSA Paul Gunty is retiring after a Emily Pak Helen Straus, ’80, AB’84, MD’90 is only the second U-High Class A State Championship. sophomore John Patras, and Ananya Asthana Deb Ribbens Darcine Thomas, ’81 TO COME. remarkable 30 consecutive (44 Alex Clark runner to win two All-State The Maroons won the title freshman Serena Thomas, Macy Beal

10 LabLife Spring 2020 LabLife Spring 2020 11 In the Halls Behind the Scenes Playing. With! New Fitness Center A SOUND MIND supports Lab’s Punctuation? health and wellness The script consisted of just one word: Science teacher Jeff Maharry plays, writes, Dude. mission and engineers music

respectively, and are also On weekends— learning guitar. And when not making music, Maharry and the occasional and family take to the Thursday night— outdoors: hiking, biking, and camping. It makes you might sense that he is a passionate find Maharry champion of Lab’s outdoor performing original classroom. “We’ve been on a kick music with one of in the last few years to visit his two bands at as many national parks as the Beat Kitchen, the Beer Shop, or efore he was no, I think it’s best described Fitzgerald’s. teaching fifth as rock.” grade science “Work in Progress is kind “It’s an interesting way to and cultivating of like blue grass...no, that’s listen to music,” he says. Lab’s outdoor not right. My bandmates “When I go to a concert, And with that, Debby Davis’s in this approach, including To meet our mission, the people to take ownership of classroom, Jeff Maharry was would want me to say I am constantly wishing third graders communicated Lower School teacher Chantal Schools must first ensure that their own health and wellness teaching himself guitar. Americana,” he laughs. I could get my hands on a lot of information. As writing Lambrix who has attended students and employees are as they shift from children to “My parents sent me for He speaks with equal the knobs and improve the partners stood ready to act a Calkins workshop. More safe, healthy, and well. This young adults. Every year, nearly violin and cello lessons at a enthusiasm about another sound.” While no longer a possible. We’ve been to the before their classmates, Davis informally, over the summer work takes place every day, 900 students in grades 6–11 young age,” recalls Maharry, passion: sound engineering. regular at the Hideout, he Everglades and Olympic prompted them: Davis and Lambrix became in every part of our school, learn “Fitness Training” as part now in his 11th year of After earning his bachelor’s but Lab’s Fitness Center is a of their PE curriculum, and it still engineers sound for a and too many in between You run into a friend. What study partners reading a new teaching at Lab. “I sang in biology at Grinnell couple of benefits each year. to list,” Maharry says. Just do you say? Dude. Calkins book and discussing critical element of health and is a required six-week course for wellness teaching and learning. all ninth-grade students. harmonies in church with College, Maharry “bounced Maharry passed his love how rustic are we talking? You want to know how they how to apply some of the my mom. Then my father around somewhat aimlessly” are. What do you say? Dude? some of the strategies—like The Fitness Center supports The new Fitness Center, in a of music on to his own “We did a long trip in the competitive athletes and prime first-floor location, is now bought me a guitar for my for a while. He spent a year Labbie children—Will, a Smokies that was pretty You find a million dollars in this performance technique for 12th birthday, and I taught as a raft guide at a Colorado your pocket. What do you say? helping young writers see the hundreds of students in physical the most highly visible space in sophomore, and Haley, an rustic...long days hiking and education classes, as well as Sunny and Kovler gyms. This myself to play. That’s the resort and another as a Dude! value of punctuation to help eighth grader, who play the pitching our own tents.” many employees who take seems only right for a facility instrument that stuck.” professional musician in baritone and the clarinet, “Our cabin at Your friend has something one express an idea in writing. advantage of these facilities. that is so heavily used by people disgusting on their shirt. What Right on, Dude. On weekends—and the Pennsylvania before settling Yellowstone was deep in the “Having a right-sized of all ages and which helps occasional Thursday night— into a graduate woods. No hope for WiFi. do you say? Dude…. and rightly outfitted Fitness students set the kinds of cardio Third graders, Davis you might find Maharry program at And if you wanted to take You run into a Center presents an important and strength wellness goals that performing original music UIC. During explains, don’t like to use wellness opportunity for the will help them throughout their a shower, you had to heat punctuation very much. friend. What do Lab community,” says Director lives. with one of his two bands at that time he tanks of water over a fire. That’s where the Lucy Calkins Charlie Abelmann. “Our school The Center is 250 square the Beat Kitchen, the Beer worked as a “There’s just something approach can come into play. you say? Dude. has grown substantially in the feet larger than the old space Shop, or Fitzgerald’s. sound engineer about getting away...about Calkins founded the Teachers You want to past decade and now is the time with easier access, spectacular In true songwriter/musician at the Hideout, getting back to nature and College Reading and Writing know how they to invest in a space that better views of Jackman Field, and two form, he struggles to commit committed to getting unplugged.” Project, an organization meets our curricular and co- beautiful skylights. “We want his bands to a genre. “In making bands Strange words from a that has influenced literacy are. What do you curricular needs.” our new space to be appealing Falling Stars,” where he sings “sound as good sound engineer? instruction—using a workshop As students reach Middle and inviting—a place that our and plays bass, “we play as possible model—for 30 years. Many Lab say? Dude? and High School, Lab’s students and adults want to be,” original power pop stuff... coming out of teachers have trained curriculum continues an says Abelmann. important shift: readying young the speaker.

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On Leap Day, February Says Executive Director CONNECTIONS 2020 29, more than 900 Lab of Alumni Relations and parents, guardians, Development Damon faculty, staff, alumni, and Cates, “Our community friends came together really cares about Lab. This GALA DRAWS at the Field Museum for was a wonderful event and a dazzling evening at we thank our cochairs, Connections 2020. With Evelyn McCullen, Karen this largest turnout ever, Slimmon, and Yolanda LARGEST Connections raised more Tyler, for their time, than $1.6 million to support creativity, and energy.” financial aid and faculty The chairs received Nyro Murphy and Don Wilson TURNOUT development. support from 100+ parent and student volunteers. EVER

Ethan Van Ha and Ka Yee Lee

Connections 2020 co-chairs Evelyn McCullen, Yolanda Tyler, Wai-Sinn Chan and Sara Skelly Charlie Abelmann and Ann and Karen Slimmon Doug Grissom

Naadia Owens, Mikki Sanders, Andrew Norte and the Middle School Jazz Band Kristin Finney-Cooke, Rian Walker, Sharon Williams Chelsea Smith, Andrea Wishom Young

Trissa Babrowski, Sundeep Mullangi, Yolanda Tyler, Tyrone Jordan and Annie Padrid Jordan, Andrea Ellis, Melina Hale, Jason Tyler, ’89, Daniel Abebe, ’03 and Marco Ellis, and Marc and Jordann Nunn, ’03. Sandra Mulholland, Daniel Ryan, Charles Diawara and Bonnie Kang Francis Idehen, and Mark Westneat and Iona Calhoun-Battiste ’94

14 LabLife Spring 2020 LabLife Spring 2020 15 Chasing Vermeer Best-selling author visits Lab to see Middle Schoolers perform a stage production of her novel

By Heather Preston

16 LabLife Spring 2020 LabLife Spring 2020 17 f you show this to the authorities, “Kids love hearing that there are you will most certainly be placing things even adults don’t know,” Balliett your life in danger. says. “It sparks their curiosity when they think, ‘maybe I could be the one An ominous letter. Two 11-year- to figure this out!’ They have impressive old “University School” students. ways of sorting experience, and they One eccentric teacher. A centuries- learn so much when they feel in charge, old mystery. Pentominoes. Welcome to when they’re chasing information or the roller-coaster ride that is Chasing ideas valued by the world at large. Vermeer, a young adult book by New “I honestly didn’t write Chasing York Times bestselling novelist and Vermeer for publication,” laughs Balliett. former Lab Lower School teacher Blue “I wrote a book I wanted to use as a Balliett. read-aloud in my classroom. I never In November, Lab kids, their imagined there was a place for this wild families, and other members of the story in the market.” community piled into the Gordon As it turned out, there was. Since its Parks Assembly publication in 2004, Chasing Vermeer has Hall to watch Lab been translated into 35 languages, sold theatre director and millions of copies, and is a mainstay in drama teacher Audre classrooms all over the world. Described Budrys Nakas’s stage by Newsweek as “A Da Vinci Code for adaptation of Chasing tweens,” it won numerous awards,

At the time of Chasing Vermeer’s so many stories from unlikely sources, it “I did add some extra roles and a chorus, publication, there weren’t many really makes you stop and wonder.” the goal being to give more students mysteries for kids that shared actual, After Chasing Vermeer’s publication in a voice,” Budrys Nakas says. “I would mind-bending questions set in the real 2004, Balliett went on to write six more rather write more kid roles than give “Kids love hearing Vermeer world. Balliett wanted to give kids the young adult mysteries also built around adult roles to kids.” She also expanded performed thrill of tackling real-life mysteries. ongoing questions in the real world. the roles of some peripheral characters that there are things by a cast of And in Chasing Vermeer, there are “My hope has always been to get kids from the book, and added more Chicago 27 Middle thrills galore. It’s an interactive endeavor, hooked on being lifelong thinkers and landmarks into the production. even adults don’t Schoolers. packed with maps, puzzles, and coded questioners,” Balliett says. This smash-hit production wouldn’t know,” Balliett says. The play graphics (by illustrator Brett Helquist) have been possible without the work of is set in Hyde that hide secret messages. There’s also a Opening Night her stage crew, Budrys Nakas says. “They “It sparks their Park and features two Labbie-like including the Edgar Award for Best healthy dose of adrenalin, as the reader “I’ve done adaptations before, both worked the box office. They sewed protagonists/amateur detectives—Calder Juvenile Novel, the Agatha Award for follows the two protagonists through at Lab and as an adjunct at Roosevelt costumes and built sets by hand. They curiosity when they and Petra—who endeavor to recover Best Young Adult Novel, the Book a high-speed chase and a series of tight University,” Budrys Nakas says. “And as managed the stage and the lighting. seventeenth-century painter Johannes Sense Book of the Year Award, and the escapes. a huge Chasing Vermeer fan, I’d pondered I couldn’t be more proud of their think, ‘maybe I could Vermeer’s stolen painting, A Lady Chicago Tribune Prize for Young Adult adapting it for some time.” dedication. And I thank their families for be the one to figure Writing. Fiction. Ghostly Beginnings She finally got her chance when Balliett all of their support. “What a beautiful and amazing “I was more surprised than anyone Balliett’s interest in the unknown and visited the Schools to speak. “I was “The teacher in Chasing Vermeer this out!’” production. I was bowled over,” says to see this book take off. It’s packed with the little-understood began many years nervous about approaching her, but she really does what John Dewey laid out Balliett, who was in the audience glimpses of my everyday classroom,” ago. After college she lived on Nantucket was so warm and gracious that I just for us to do: stay curious, follow the opening night. “Audre’s adaptation of says Balliett, who taught third and Island, in Massachusetts, and heard blurted it out,” she recalls. “I was kicking knowledge,” Budrys Nakas says. “It’s a my book was both true-to-content and fourth grade at Lab for 12 years before people in that community telling stories myself for putting her on the spot, but message that bears repeating. I think our inventive, and the sets, music, and acting becoming a full-time novelist. “Real about run-ins with ghosts. Incredulous, she was so gracious and agreed to allow students really honored Dewey’s memory were wonderful. So much talent, and all conversations between kids and actual she began interviewing residents and me to adapt her novel after a few emails. with their work on this production.” springing from the Lab community!” homework assignments are woven visitors, recording their experiences. Needless to say, I was thrilled!” In the play, as in the book and at into the story. I’m pretty similar to the The result was her first book,Nantucket Budrys Nakas wanted to stay as true Lab, students are encouraged to ask teacher, Ms. Hussey, but not as wild or Ghosts, which was written as oral history. to the source material as possible, but as questions, explore, persevere—values I probably would have been fired,” she Does Balliett believe in ghosts? “Well, with all book-to-stage adaptations, some that John Dewey hoped would spread adds with a laugh. “Ms. Hussey takes there’s definitely something going on,” changes had to be made. like wildfire. kids’ ideas seriously, which is something she says with a smile. “When you hear I’ve always done too.”

18 LabLife Spring 2020 LabLife LabLife Spring Fall 2016 2020 27 19 ducation brought their estate planning offered Kathleen and Kathleen and Michael “We wanted to Michael a way to make a meaningful, long- O’Connor together in make sure that at term commitment to a place to which they the 1980s; they met feel deeply connected and grateful. as undergraduates at the end of our days These days, the O’Connors run Amherst College. They FORA (Forging Opportunities for connected again a decade something was left Refugees in America), a tutoring center later at their tenth-year college reunion. in West Rogers Park that serves Rohingya Their early life together took them to say thank you to children and women. With a staff of on peacekeeping and education missions the institution and volunteer and professional tutors, the to Madagascar and Kosovo. After they center offers students ages 5–18 support returned to the US, Michael’s work led the people who in reading and math, as well as English them to the Chicago area, and they made a classes for adult refugees. The O’Connors home for their family in Oak Park. As their have been such a are providing to new Americans some children approached the transition to high measure of what they value most about the school, they were delighted to find Lab. positive and integral education they have found for their own Soon after their son Thomas, ’22, entered children at Lab. U-High, Michael began volunteering, part of our lives.” A typical day finds Kathleen or first as a Parents Fund volunteer and later Michael directing tutors and engaging as a member of the Parent Development Lab in their estate plans, Michael notes, children, and thinking about the Committee. “The one thing we really wanted to do development and broader well-being of Having spent much of their adult was to show appreciation to the villages all the families the organization serves. lives dedicated to education in a number that have helped us raise our children. Thomas, Clare, and Daniel sometimes join of different local contexts and complex Lab is one of three such villages that stand their parents in working with the children circumstances, the O’Connors strongly out in our minds as key to our children’s as well. Throughout the O’Connors’ bright believe that it does indeed take a village development. We wanted to make sure that storefront space, one can see caring adults to raise a child. For them, Lab is a place at the end of our days something was left and young people carrying out the kind that nurtures learning and growth, a to say thank you to the institution and the of powerful work that also goes on at Lab small village within the bigger UChicago people who have been such a positive and every day: the work of instilling confidence community. At Lab, they have found for integral part of our lives. in children while also motivating them their three children—Thomas was joined “Kathleen and I have both been in to be hungry to learn more and continue last year by his siblings Clare and Daniel, education for much of our adult lives, and to grow. both in the class of 2023—“a place where we have toured hundreds if not thousands By making a bequest to Lab, they can be themselves and be challenged of schools,” says Michael. “I believe that Kathleen and Michael O’Connor have to evolve by expanding their knowledge like Tolstoy’s ‘all happy families,’ all good made a formal pledge to support Lab’s and emotional intelligence.” schools are alike, at least in one important powerful work, helping to ensure that Lab In 2018, Kathleen and Michael regard. They all share the distinguishing will continue to deliver on its educational decided to demonstrate their support of characteristic of ‘spirited inquiry.’ For us, mission to ignite and nurture an enduring Lab by making a bequest. Bequests—often Lab has such a feel.” Including Lab in spirit of scholarship, curiosity, creativity, made through a will or trust—allow and confidence, far into the future. donors to retain control over their assets during their lifetime while pledging future support to institutions that are important Honoring the to them. Of their decision to include Planned Giving LIFE INCOME GIFTS To learn more about Earn income for yourself making a planned giving Opportunities or a beneficiary through decision to benefit Lab, assets gifted to the contact development@ University. ucls.uchicago.edu. There are many ways to provide vital future GIFTS OF RETIREMENT All donors who support support for students, PLAN ASSETS any unit in the University importance of education faculty, facilities, or Designate the University through a planned gift programs at Lab by as a beneficiary of your are invited to join the making a planned gift. retirement plan. Phoenix Society and are recognized in an Ways to give include: GIFTS OF REAL ESTATE annual Honor Roll (unless Kathleen and Michael O’Connor’s Make a unique, lasting, BEQUESTS anonymity is requested) Including a gift to the and convenient gift of real University of Chicago in estate based on current planned giving decision your will is a simple way to market value. leave an enduring legacy.

By Amanda Norton We regret the following errors or omissions in our fall LabLife 2019 Special Report on Philanthropy and Giving: Carol Sobel Siegel, ’64 and Charles Siegel were omitted from the DePencier Society list. John Mores, AM’89 was omitted from the list of donors. Jaya and Seenu Hariprasad should have appeared in the listing of $2,500-4,999 donors. These names were misspelled: Laura DuFour, John Himmelfarb, and Andrea John, ’03. An updated Alumni Association Executive Board list with members’ current employment information is now online at https://www.ucls.uchicago.edu/alumni/connect-volunteer-lead

2022 LabLife LabLife Spring Fall 2017 2020 LabLife Spring 2020 21 Extended Day program allows U-High graduates to come full circle Alumni return in roles that help them explore careers in education

By Megan E. Doherty, AM’05, PhD’10

22 LabLife Spring 2020 LabLife Spring 2020 23 hen Kaleb career education and education-related of assistants are UChicago graduate or with kids is something I’ve been able to Mazurek, ’14, professionals. The lead “Fellows,” who undergraduate students. “Our alumni Fellows practice through the experience of the joined Lab’s must have a BA in education or a related Participating in the program provides and assistants Extended Day program,” says Beck, who Extended Day field, are responsible for developing and perspective as they’re looking toward their is currently an Extended Day teaching program as a implementing curriculum, managing and futures in education, Baumann notes. settle in so quickly assistant. “Working with kids just kindergartener, he mentoring up to two teaching assistants, Emily Kleeman, ’10, agrees. The makes me really happy, and this was an wound up meeting people who’d become writing newsletters, and managing chance to be a Fellow last year seemed because they have opportunity to get more context about some of his closest friends. Four years administrative tasks. Their assistants an excellent jumping off point. While at an immediate what working with children is really like.” after he left U-High, he returned to the are eager to learn and grow in working U-High, she taught ballet at the Hyde Connecting with other teachers at program as a teaching assistant. with children and fine tune their skills. Park School of Dance, and she taught comfort with the Lab, Hill says, has been incredibly helpful. “It was always something that I had There are usually Lab grads to be found cooking to youngsters while in college. His former teachers have stepped up and in the back of my head when I was an among the assistants and nearly a third Not only did she want to make sure fact that learning gladly offered advice to help his substitute assistant, that these kids could and play are messy. teaching. Further, it’s been encouraging go on to be life-long friends,” to reconnect with so many teachers who says Mazurek, who’s currently Many of our early inspired him when he was a kid. teaching English in Palestine. “I can watch how they do what they “When I was in their shoes, career educators do behind the scenes,” he said. “This is Extended Day provided what it means to be a teacher.” an opportunity to build are still acclimating Kleeman, talks about her goals for the bonds, play, experiment, and to that idea.” future with her lead teacher. “I could see spend time together outside myself in early childhood now, and have of school.” Interacting in gotten great advice as I reflect on my an open and play-based devoting her career to education was decision.” environment allowed him something she truly wanted, she also Part of the magic of the Extended to forge connections with wanted to clarify what age range best Day program is that it allows U-High … When Hill joined Extended Day, some of his peers that weren’t suited her. graduates to come full-circle. “The he wondered what he could do to possible during the regular “When I went in, I had my mind alumni get it. They know the lingo, they help the students now as a teacher. He school day. made up that I wanted to work with first know the traditions, and they know the remembered being a Lab Middle Schooler More than 800 Lab through fourth graders, and I was very autonomy our children bring to making with undiagnosed dyslexia—reading students participate in an sure about that,” says Kleeman, who is a classroom experience their own,” says and writing were a struggle. One year, Extended Day program each now a full-time NK assistant teacher Baumann. he asked his teacher if he could do his year, whether in a play-based, at Lab. “In the program, I was able to “Our alumni Fellows and assistants report as a video project. He discovered student-driven before- or work with many different age groups settle in so quickly because they have an an alternative way that he could learn after-school program or in an and I really loved them all. Especially the immediate comfort with the fact that and communicate information to others, enrichment class—anything younger kids!” learning and play are messy. Many of our which launched a lifelong interest in from chess to using maker Cortney Hill, ’13, started as an early career educators are still acclimating filmmaking and helping other students spaces for hands-on design Extended Day assistant for nursery and to that idea.” best express themselves. to dance and sports. The third grades. Thanks to that work, he’s Being familiar with the rhythms of Growing up, Hill didn’t consider program is designed to create now a substitute teacher at Lab, helping Lab as a student, and then as a Fellow, himself an artist. Being a substitute constructive, intentional, with gym and art classes in the Lower helped Kleeman feel like she was already teacher for art classes at Lab has helped and meaningful social School. part of the community. “I came in him realize that filmmaking is an artform; engagement in a way that is “What kind of teacher do I want to knowing how the day worked and how it’s also helped him find his calling to help familiar and enriching. be? What age group do I want to work everything runs,” she says. “This gave me students find alternative ways to digest “What’s particularly with? Getting to be a substitute teacher a sense of how to come up with activities ideas and communicate their insights with wonderful is when our very right now gives me a full range of different that were heavily experiential, because confidence. own Lab alumni return to subjects and ages to work with. It can be that’s something I’m familiar with as core “Some kids struggle with an idea that work at Lab in Extended everything from music to science,” he to Lab’s philosophy.” they don’t know how to get out, and I get Day,” says Ann Marie says. “Extended Day has opened up a lot The Lab frame of mind is about to help them walk through it and come Baumann, associate director of doors for me.” modeling a passion for learning, especially up with ways to get it out,” he said. “I of N-2 Family Life Programs. Both Fellows and assistants receive through experimentation. Lab alumni want to help others find their voice in art, “It’s phenomenal. They bring regular mentoring and feedback on understand this intimately, and it’s one because it was filmmaking that helped me a joy with them and are their performance. Put into place this way they add to the Extended Day find my voice.” thrilled to give to something year, Fellows now have the chance to get experience for the next generation. that they were part of.” classroom observations and more detailed “Where else will you find an after-school In recent years, Lab has feedback as they seek growth and learning program where four-year-olds look made it a strategic priority opportunities. forward to Science Mondays and doing to ensure that Extended Ivan Beck, ’19, has been grateful for activities like using Play-Doh to explore Day lead staff are all early the chance to watch the more experienced color theory?” Baumann adds. teachers and follow their lead. “It’s been trial and error. The demeanor you need

24 LabLife Spring 2020 LabLife Spring 2020 25 he glitz, glamour, and Art advocacy Suit by Erwin Wurm. He even owns a temperate climate of “I want to create things so people have re-creation of the crystal egg from Risky Hollywood is a world something to relate to, feel less lonely, and Business. “All art forms tell a story, and my away from our beloved, escape from some of the challenges of daily draw to storytelling is the common thread” gritty Chicago. But life,” Lubin says. “Fine artists have similar says Lubin. when talent agent Joel goals.” And he didn’t stop at collecting. Lubin, ’88, first visited His interest in fine art began in 2011 He recently joined the Institute of Los Angeles, he was when he purchased his first painting. Contemporary Art’s board, and the determined to migrate west. Around that same time, a mutual board of the Hammer Museum. “I love “I loved California from the get-go. friend—former actress-model China identifying young artists and promoting I loved how different everything was Chow—introduced him to LA-artist Alex their work. There are so many talented than Chicago, from the landscape to the Israel, host of Bravo’s art-world reality artists whose voices need support. I feel climate,” Lubin recalls. competition Work of Art: The Next Great fortunate I am in a position to help expand “I have always been drawn to Artist. Israel, it so happened, was looking their audience. entertainment—I took an acting class in for help booking talent on his satirical web “When I started collecting, it felt that college—but what that really cultivated interview series As It Lays. Lubin took on L.A. was more on the periphery of the art was an interest in watching other people the project, and soon found himself seeing world. [But L.A.] has become a real magnet perform,” he says. “It feels natural to me to art with a new eye. for artists, for galleries, and collectors.” observe other people in a creative setting. “The art world felt really opaque to It’s a passion.” me, and I had no idea how to approach it,” It’s a passion that paid off. Now on the he recalls. board and co-head of the motion picture But he eventually learned. His From Hyde Park group of one of Hollywood’s top talent expansive art collection features sculpture, agencies—Creative Artists Agency—Lubin paintings, photography, and videos. He can boast clients such as Tom Cruise, Zac owns Jonathan Gardner’s painting The Efron, Josh Brolin, James Corden, and Model; Luis Flores’ sculpture Breaking David Oyelowo. Down, Polishing Rocks; and the sculpture And in 2011, after buying his first to Hollywood painting, Lubin became a collector and an “I want to create advocate for fine arts . . . to the surprise of no one so much as himself. things so people “I definitely remember being very Joel Lubin on film production, talent scouting, young and not having any patience or have something to interest [in fine art], so it took about relate to, feel less 40 years.” art collecting, and more lonely, and escape Philanthropic endeavors Labbie roots Lubin’s client, Andrew Garfield, introduced Lubin attended Lab from nursery through from some of the him to Dr. Jane Aronson, the founder High School graduation. Even back then, challenges of daily and former CEO of Worldwide Orphans he recalls having an interest in storytelling. (WWO). WWO works to transform the By Heather Preston His biggest influence from Lab was life,” Lubin says. lives of orphans and at-risk children by journalism teacher Wayne Brasler—even providing access to education, medical care, if Brasler wasn’t so easy to please. “He was “Fine artists have and psycho-social support so they become incredibly eccentric and always demanded similar goals.” independent, productive individuals. Lubin the best from Midway writers, even if it was joined Aronson on a trip to see WWO’s uncomfortable for us...meaning, he always Vietnam and Haiti programs: WWO’s said our work could be better. And he was Vietnam program, established in 2004, has right. since served 15,000 children and adults; “To be clear, I had zero interest in the Haiti program started in 2010, has journalism,” he adds with a laugh. “I just served 3,000 children and adults. “It is enjoyed being pushed to do my best work. gratifying and humbling to visit a place It’s a value that has really driven me in my where there are so many young children life and career.” at risk and seeing the impact good social His Lab experience is one he holds dear. services can have on those children,” “Growing up in a diverse environment has he says. made me better at my job, and resulted in an ability to connect with a variety of people and cultures. I was fortunate to have that experience at such a young age.”

26 LabLife Spring 2020 LabLife Spring 2020 27 a wonderful home, and makes cruise around Japan, enjoying the Andrea Stryer writes, “As avid Members of the Class of 1959 Michael Newsom writes, “I volunteering a meaningful and sights and the stimulating on-board amateur naturalists, Lubert and celebrating their 60th reunion have written a novel that I will Alumni notes enjoyable facet of my life. lectures. She says she found Mount I have sought out trips where we 60s publish this spring. The novel is My hobbies have been three. Fuji truly awesome. can observe animals and their 1960 Class Representative my first work of fiction, although The first is reading—not only As I write this, I believe behavior. In October, we spent Ellen O’Farrell Leavitt I wrote a number of very long law medical literature, but to learn Andrea Arentsen Atlass is off on nearly two weeks in Madagascar 7508 North Red Ledge Drive review articles, some early on in my about the Southern folkways, another of her fabulous extended where the biological diversity is Paradise Valley, AZ 85253 career as a lawyer, others towards familiarize myself with African cruises. I hope she will share vast. Lemurs appeared there about [email protected] the end of my career as a law American culture, and learn its highlights in our next issue’s 50 million years ago from Africa professor. Here is the back cover Spanish. The second has been to column. on rafts of vegetation. We saw 15 Sandy Lach Arlinghaus published blurb, somewhat condensed and embrace the traditional music of Arthur Koff, who has now sold species—from the tiny nocturnal, a new book (with others)—Spatial modified: the South. The bluegrass banjo his retiredbrains.com website, was solitary mouse lemur to the diurnal Thinking in Environmental The Road to Green Hill style is complex and I took lessons quoted recently in a Forbes article and very social ringtail lemur. The Contexts: Maps, Archives, and introduces Asher, a Georgia slave for several years. Playing the banjo on the subject of popular online adaptive radiation is impressive— Timelines. boy born in 1841. He learns the the lemurs found and adapted to so 1958 Class Representative Keep in Touch Susie Stein has become a hobby, and a source resources for job seekers older than Menachem Kovacs recently three Rs, a lot of money comes his many different niches. Their eyes Allen S. Musikantow The Lab Notes section of this 211 Apple Tree Road of entertainment for others. The 50 years of age. He continues to completed for the second time the way, and his remarkable business are fixed. To get a take on the next 9110 NW Highway 225A magazine is where alumni Winnetka, IL 60093-3703 third has been to cook with my dispense valuable advice for the Siyum HaShas, learning the entire acumen makes even more in 1871. wife and to develop new recipes or senior generation. tree to leap to, they rotate their Ocala, FL 34482 come to connect with the [email protected] [email protected] Talmud one page a day, 2711 pages The ‘Green Hill’ is a huge house, to improve upon known dishes. Judy Friedman Meyers is heads. Their leaps are breathtaking. Schools and fellow classmates. My favorite is the sifaka, whose over seven plus years. This Daf in a small residential compound Please contact your class 1946 Class Representative In the community, we enjoy still describing enthusiastically her – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Yomi program is an international in Atlanta. The outside world Judy Daskal the Atlanta Symphony, opera WFMT trip to Moscow and St. arms are very short and legs very Class of 1959: Interested in representative or the Office long. Because of this discrepancy, learning program with tens of impinges on Asher’s world. The of Alumni Relations and 5050 South Lake Shore Drive and ballet, and are active in our Petersburg. She couldn’t stop raving volunteering to serve as your thousands of participants all over Chicago Fire disrupts Asher’s plans church. We like to walk and to they can not walk on all fours on Development with any updates Apt. 1804S about attending a performance class representative? Email the world. to become a real estate developer Chicago, IL 60615 explore different regions outside of of the Bolshoi Ballet. She travels the ground. Like kangaroos, they about yourself or friends bound, perhaps ten feet a leap. the Office of Alumni Relations Ellen Leavitt writes: As usual there, while still living in Atlanta, [email protected] Atlanta.” periodically to Massachusetts to and Development at labnotes@ who attended Lab. If your But not all is well on this Phil and I have been visiting in Green Hill, and traveling to graduation year is without 773-493-8373 visit one son’s family there; she is ucls.uchicago.edu. New York City from time to time 1949 Class Representative island. There is constant pressure classmates when we can. In a representative, please fortunate to have her other son – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – October, we were in New York to attend to Wall Street business. Ernest J. Dunston nearby. on the wildlife. The poverty, the consider volunteering to serve 1947 Class Representative City, where we had dinner at the The unhinged racism of a former Annette Martin Craighead 4 Tetilla Road Michael Padnos writes that non-existent infrastructure, and the News from the Class of 1959, in this fun and important role. home of Carol Stein, (who left Lab business associate of the object of 6650 West Flamingo Road Santa Fe, NM 87508 he is about to publish his first corruption are palpable. I found reported by reunion organizers Email notes, information, or after fifth grade), along withHal Asher’s passion leads Asher into Apt. 209 [email protected] novel, which has been three or it distressing that the Malagasy Marianna Tax Choldin, Meredith questions to labnotes@ucls. Lieberman Michael McKeon an encounter the consequences of Las Vegas, NV 89103 505-466-4346 four years in gestation. Titled people do not have the support Eaton Harris, Jean Maclean and . uchicago.edu. which strain his relationships with 702-648-9913 Murder on the Marne, it will be they need. The country has so Snyder, and Mike Winter: “On In November, we visited Shane – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – followed shortly thereafter by much to offer. the weekend of October 25–27, and Sally Spiegel Weare in their both his wife and with the object of Class of 1948: Interested in another, more autobiographical On another note: those of us 2019, the Class of 1959 held its Oakland home, seeing their art his forbidden passion. 50s not in Chicago rarely come across 60th reunion. The celebration studios, sipping wine by a lovely I plan to write a number of volunteering to serve as your novel to be called After Lucy, and 30s & – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – fellow Labbies. So it was a surprise sequels, taking Asher from 1871 class representative? Email then by a third book, also kind of began on Friday evening with pizza fire and visiting the nearby Botanic Class of 1950: Interested in when our grandson brought a in the multi-purpose room at Judd Garden. We then drove to see their to his death in Paris, France, at the the Office of Alumni Relations volunteering to serve as your autobiographical, with the tentative and Development at labnotes@ title of Ruin. All three books are college friend over. It turned out Hall. As you may recall, we used newly finished home in Bennett age of 94. There is a lot to work 40s class representative? Email that Joey was a Lab graduate, albeit – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ucls.uchicago.edu. in the last stages of editing, and he to creep silently through Judd on Canyon, replacing one that had with in telling the story of Asher the Office of Alumni Relations 60+ years later than my Lab years. our way from Blaine to Belfield and his family, not least of which Classes of 1940–43: Interested – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – and Development at labnotes@ hopes to publish them all in 2020. been burned down in a terrible in volunteering to serve as your He says, “Perhaps one of them will A bridge over the years.” and back, under strict orders California wildfire.” is Chicago where Asher will live George Shambaugh writes, “In ucls.uchicago.edu. not to disturb the University’s class representative? Email – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – come out at the same time as my from sometime in the late 1800s to 1999, I retired from Northwestern 1954 Class Representative Department of Education. On 1919. There are a lot of loose ends the Office of Alumni Relations son’s new book, Blindfolded, the Phil Leavitt, ’60, Sally Speigel and Development at labnotes@ University Medical School. I had 1951 Class Representative story of his Syrian experience, plus. Richard Heller Saturday afternoon we toured in The Road to Green Hill. It is a been widowed twice and came to 421 Ellendale Avenue Blaine and what’s left of Belfield, Weare, ’60, Ellen Leavitt, ’60, and ucls.uchicago.edu. Lynn Manaster Alperin I need hardly say that his book Shane Weare daunting task to tie them together, – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Atlanta to make a new life with my 16 North Dansby Drive will be much more of a publishing Nashville, TN 37205 both now referred to as the Historic but Asher has been on my mind for current wife. At that time Grady Galveston, TX 77551 event than mine. Indeed Scribners [email protected] Campus, where we went to school, a very long time now, and I hope Roland Schneider, ’43, writes, Hospital had the greatest need and [email protected] is hoping that Blindfolded will 615-343-0473 and the amazing new building, that I can finish the story of his life “My ‘debut novel,’ Jesters, is I began my tenure as a volunteer, become a bestseller.” – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Gordon Parks Arts Hall, which before I sleep with my ancestors.” now available as an audio book non-salaried faculty member in A note from your class Please let me hear from the rest Class of 1955: Interested in opened in 2015. As we walked, we via Amazon. All comments are November 1999. representative: I’m sorry to report of you and keep me informed of volunteering to serve as your tried to identify our favorite spots, 1961 Class Representative Teaching has been my forte. welcome. I did my first (nervous) that Marvin Goldsmith died in any changes of address. class representative? Email not always successfully. James Orr In this role, I have utilized my public appearance on November early February. Marvin served for We would like to hear your the Office of Alumni Relations Saturday night, a little Apartment 3802 21, 2019 at the library in Galena, extensive experience and familiarity and Development at labnotes@ disoriented but very impressed, decades on the board of WWCI, news, too. 1660 North La Salle Drive IL. It went well. Three people with biochemistry and molecular ucls.uchicago.edu. we moved on to Jean Maclean’s the parent organization of radio Chicago, IL 60614-6027 showed up.” biology to provide lectures on – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – home for a wonderful dinner and a stations WTTW and WFMT in 1952 Class Representative [email protected] topics in translational medicine to Chicago. I learned of his death William T. Salam Class of 1956: Interested in relaxing evening spent catching up 1944 Class Representative the housestaff, fellows, and faculty volunteering to serve as your and exchanging memories. As you from a kindergarten classmate from 114 Prospector Pass Hal Lieberman, Phil Leavitt, Paul Boorstin RuthAnn Johnson Frazier on a variety of subjects in genetics, class representative?Email can see from the accompanying and his wife, our mutual elementary school in Georgetown, TX 78633 Ellen Leavitt, Carol Stein, all Sharon, were in New York 9109 Walden Road obesity, and geroscience. In the South Shore. [email protected] the Office of Alumni Relations photo, we had a good crowd. The Class of 1960 Silver Spring, MD 20901-3529 general endocrine clinic I provide and Development at labnotes@ final event was a well-attended City, and they dined with Bill Catherine Allison Marshall 512-868-1915 Blakemore and Carol Aldrich [email protected] instruction on basic principles of has become what we in Texas call ucls.uchicago.edu. Sunday brunch at Mike Winter’s clinical endocrinology, appropriate – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – apartment near the John Hancock Barkin (and Phyllis Lee and Spike a “snowbird.” Escaping from the 1953 Class Representative Barkin, who were Paul’s classmates 1945 Class Representatives physical examination techniques, rigors of a Northern Wisconsin Building. Between our 50th and Cordelia “Corky” Dahlberg 1957 Class Representative at the London School of Film Bud Gibbs interpretation of laboratory data, winter, Catherine spent February Benedict 60th reunions we met twice, for Elizabeth (Elsie) Hughes our 55th reunion and to celebrate Technique) at Bill’s favorite Upper Apartment 19E and ultrasound studies, and basking in the sun on St. Simon’s 885 West Stone Barn Road supervise fine needle aspiration of Schneewind our collective 75th birthday. We West Side restaurant. Serious 146 Central Park, West Island in Georgia, returning in Franklin Grove, IL 61031 the thyroid gland. What makes my Apartment 8A, 130 Eighth Avenue remain close, and we would love to and not-so-serious conversation, New York, NY 10023-2005 March through Chicago where she [email protected] experience at Grady so special is Brooklyn, NY 11215 see each other again, probably three reminiscences, and delicious [email protected] took in a concentrated series of 815-677-0093 212-362-0104 the membership in an international [email protected] years hence, to celebrate our next food—a good time was had by all. musical performances. Last year, 718-783-0003 family, from countries all over she had taken a New York Times big birthday!” the world. Grady for me has been

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School (2015). I am finishing my Peter Kalven,’70 enjoying the Paul Boorstin, Bill Blakemore, and laughing with Gail Epstein standing by as the paramedics Ruth Leitner, Andi John, and Mark Sheila Fischer, ’65 reuniting with doctorate (PhD) in psychology holidays with his grandchildren Carol Aldrich Barkin from the Nagle and daily playing ‘Words’ tried to revive him. He died the Hyman celebrating the Class of 1964 former Lab exchange student focusing on integrating technology Class of 1961 with Nancy Sussman Kitay. With following day. He was a wonderful reunion Colette Camelin 70s into the learning process (2020). I my husband of 53 years, we are person who always seemed ready 1970 Class Representative have been inducted into Psi Chi, Hannah Banks lovingly watching our middle-aged to smile and to contribute his good the International Honor Society children (back at Rockefeller years cheer to all of us. My condolences 107 Garland Road for psychology (2019) and I have Newton, MA 02459 ago, for my son’s MBA graduation continue to go out to Sharon and written a book entitled, Practice from the University of Chicago their family. Then, on the day of 617-.877-.7885 cell What You Preach, Preach What You 617-.236-.1876 Graduate School of Business), Herb’s funeral, I learned that Kay Practice.” raising their terrific kids, ranging Johnson, ’62, had died. Kay and [email protected] in age from 14 to 23, my eldest I dated during my senior year at 1967 Class Representative granddaughter now teaching at a U-High and I have fond memories Peter Kalven writes, “I have, Barry S. Finkel after a successful 40+ year career private charter school on the South of her. My condolences go out to 10314 South Oakley Side. My days have been filled with Kay’s husband, children, and her as a technician in film, television Chicago, IL 60643 and stage, become a licensed real a passion to help as many of the brother, David Johnson, ’60. We [email protected] estate associate in the Province 14+ million cancer survivors, first will soon be traveling from our Richard Allman reports: “I think – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 773-445-4112 David Friedman writes, “Over that I have found a quite wonderful Class of 1965: Interested in of Alberta, Canada. My early as a volunteer starting in 1995 at winter home in Scottsdale, AZ, to years in the industry were as a the past year, I have published two Highland Park Hospital, and then meet again with the poker group, position for those of us now of a volunteering to serve as your Thomas Hirsh writes, “Would you books. The first, Legal Systems Very residential realtor and I focused on Emily Mann writes, “As you in 2003 creating an all-volunteer this time in Beverly Hills (Eliot certain age. I am the Site Director class representative? Email believe that four of us U-High boys may know, I am preparing to leave Different from Ours, came out of the difficult transactions of luxury event, Cancer Survivor Beauty and Finkel’s Home). Ben Shapiro, of the A. Philip Randolph Senior the Office of Alumni Relations still meet and have lunch together Princeton’s McCarter Theatre a seminar I taught for many years Center in Upper Manhattan. I live and Development at labnotes@ homes, bankruptcies, and divorce. Support Day (.org), which is now ’61, wife Barbara and Stephen regularly? Yep, Bobby Bergman, My contact with several affluent Center at the end of June after 30 at the law school of Santa Clara international. With Resolution 422 Marcus, ’61, and Lynne Graham nearby with my partner Fortunato ucls.uchicago.edu. Kevin Kenward, Jonny Speigel, glorious years as artistic director University. The underlying idea is Battaglia. I still get back to Chicago – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – clients led me into working as a in the House of Representatives, Marcus, ’62, will be visiting us in and myself eat at Miller’s Pub on realtor, first in commercial real and resident playwright.” that all human societies face about this event is held annually on the Scottsdale, where we will enjoy as often as possible, and would Wabash Avenue a couple times a Steve Pitts writes, “I can’t the same problems, they solve them Sheila Penelope Fischer & estate, and gradually developing the first Tuesday in June, offering all the sun and enjoy being with one also love to be more in touch with Colette Camelin (Lycée Paul year before Chicago Symphony specialty of selling large portfolios believe we graduated 50 years in an interesting variety of different men, women, and children cancer another. Fran and I just became classmates in New York.” Orchestra concerts. We have been ago. I am so looking forward to ways, and they are all grownups, Valéry) thoroughly enjoyed getting of multi-family or hotels as a survivors a day of complimentary the parents and best friends of our David Stameshkin writes, to know each other in Reims, doing this for decades. We are all seeing as many of my classmates hence all of their solutions deserve licensed associate. I am now with a beauty and wellness services. Thank new Cavalier King Charles Spaniel “The Class mourns the death France, 55, years after switching healthy and happy, still talk to each small international firm consisting as possible at our reunion in June. to be taken seriously. The 11 you for Lab’s prestigious reputation puppy, Bogart. He brings a smile of Peggy Kadison Beck on places in 1964-65 through other, and wish you the best.” of just the broker and myself and For me it will be extra special as legal systems I discuss range from for opening some doors for me, to my face, for which I am most November 7, 2019. Betty the American Friends Service on occasion another associate. June will be the last month of my Imperial China to modern Romany and for sharing this information thankful.” Rosenstein Musburger, Susie Committee Student Exchange 1968 Class Representative The majority of my clients do not formal working life. I retire on and Amish, and include both now!” Rick Schmidt writes, “Some Furth Hand, and Gail Epstein Program! Richard Dworkin speak English as their first language July 1 and I am so excited about Jewish and Islamic law. The book Kathryn Posin writes, “I of you may know that I’ve made Kovler attended the funeral on – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Apartment 24 and I’ve developed a very patient this development. No major is out as both a paperback and a founded my dance company, the movies and written books about November 13 in Portland, OR, at Class of 1966: Interested in 130 West 16th Street and discerning ear. I enjoy the plans…I just know it is time to Kindle, and someone else is doing a Kathryn Posin Dance Company, the process, including Feature which Gail delivered a beautiful volunteering to serve as your New York, NY 10011 work, but have found as we have shut it down. I have been at the podcast of it. in 1972. We recently gave a Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices eulogy. We will all miss Peggy’s class representative? Email [email protected] all reached well past 60, that I am UC Berkeley Labor Center since 212-366-6636 The second book, Brothers, concert series under an NEA Art that actor Vin Diesel credits with infectious joie de vivre.” the Office of Alumni Relations enjoying my status as grandfather 2001 and I feel really good about is my third novel. It is a fantasy and Development at labnotes@ more. It is my good fortune to have the work I have done individually Works grant, produced by the starting his movie career (his 1969 Class Representative set in a world where magery is a 1964 Class Representative ucls.uchicago.edu. seven grandchildren at present all and we have done institutionally. 92nd Street Y in New York City. mother bought him my book!). Kelley Anderson science, but a very young science, James Orr was graciously able to This last summer I had the good Robert Friedman – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – under the age of seven.” I have gained a great deal of joy in [email protected] being able to combine my passion that world’s equivalent of Newton attend. Other U-Highers, Cecie fortune that my punk comedy 720 Appletree Lane Martin Lubran writes, “I am Ronald Barnes writes, “On for social justice with my training having taken the first steps towards Crawford and Paul Dry, Ben Emerald Cities (featuring San Deerfield, IL 60015 happily married for 43 years to a regular basis, Gale Renitz Sonya Baehr writes, “Paula Fan as an economist and skills as an understanding it only about fifty Heineman, David Stern, and Francisco bands Flipper and The [email protected] my wife Mary. We have six kids (Krause), John Renitz, Michael and I met for the first time since educator/organizer. I am really years earlier. I have also produced Barbara Medwin Gurkhoff, Ingrid Mutants) was remastered to 4K/Hi- 847-945-6933 and five grandkids—one is a audiobook versions of two of Perelemuter, Robert (Bob) 1967, when we were both at clinical psychologist, one a CPA, excited about this next phase…who Sergel, Carol Aldrich, and Sharyn RES video from the film negative U-High. Paula left sophomore my other books, The Machinery Ruth Orden Leitner writes, “After Hutchinson, and myself get one a master chef, one a country knows what it will entail. Teschner have supported our and 8-track live recordings. year to move to Arizona. I stayed of Freedom, which I first published months of debating, I decided together almost weekly and singer (getting well known on My incredible joy and projects. The works on the program Danish writer/director Nicholas have dinner. We have dined at a in Chicago to graduate in 1969 anticipation are tempered by the almost 50 years ago, and Hidden were Triple Sextet to Steve Reich’s Winding Refn produced the re-do this was my opportunity to the West Coast) and MBA, one Order: The Economics of Everyday number of restaurants throughout with our class. Paula has since a mechanical engineer, and the seriousness of these times. I care Pulitzer Prize-winning Double (he directed Drive starring Ryan attend the reunion. I had never become a pianist and was on her Life. been to one before and traveling Chicagoland. Gale could be a youngest finishing college. I am deeply about the various forms Sextet and Evolution, The Letters of Gosling), and he now offers it free way to concertize through Canada of inequality that are hard-baked I retired a couple of years all the way from Israel was an great restaurant influencer. We still working. I own a national Charles Darwin, supported by the at his website. In any case, it feels and several other countries. I was into our society. I was fortunate ago, so the only teaching I have obstacle. Luckily I decided to have really enjoyed our escapades construction company, American Darwin Correspondence Project of great to have my 1983 movie get with each other and look forward at my home in between travels to to contract only a relatively mild been doing is an occasional adult come, because it was a great Classic Construction Inc. We are Cambridge, England. I have also distributed again in 2020. Please to the time we spend together. Peru, Frankfurt, and Portugal on one of the largest small businesses form of cancer five years ago—I education course at SCU, most been a professor at the Gallatin take a look!” experience and an opportunity to IDEA business. It was wonderful recently one based on my legal Personally, I sold my business and providing building materials to am fine now...there was no major School of NYU since 2004.” – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – get back to Chicago. I stayed with to get back in touch and we both danger, but the absence of danger systems book. I also do a certain returned to school. I completed the federal government, and we Lee Preston writes, “Last Class of 1962: Interested in classmate Tanya Sugarman whose my MA in religious studies at the celebrated the fact that our Lab was due to my access to the finest amount of public speaking, with hospitality was superb and met do commercial projects locally in August, I joined brother Barry volunteering to serve as your University of Chicago Divinity educations had really made us who Southern California like churches, health care systems in the world. I trips planned to Europe and Preston, ’59, Allen Musikantow, class representative? Email with Andi John and Merle Gross. we are today.” get angry and am moved to tears Australia. I continue to spend two It is amazing how we could still shopping malls, and some high- ’59, Eliot Finkel, ’59, Murray the Office of Alumni Relations Pen-L Publishing has recently end residential projects. I am very knowing that if not for my good weeks every summer camped out relate after 55 years. The evening Dry, ’59, Herb Simon, ’59, and and Development at labnotes@ released Death at a Seance, a new active in our local church. Mary job with health care and flex-time, in a medieval pavilion, cooking friend Fred Jacobs and our wives ucls.uchicago.edu. events were well organized but the novel by Carolyn Wilkins. Set I might be dead…and too many over a campfire from medieval and I love to dance, and we go in Wisconsin for our twice yearly – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – highlight was going back to school, in 1920, Carolyn’s latest who- out at least three nights per week people don’t have the opportunities recipes, and surrounded by about poker game, laughing, eating, taking the tour and bringing up done-it is the story of an African I have. This is wrong. And then I 10,000 other crazy people engaged 1963 Class Representative (country-style dancing and West drinking, and enjoying each other’s all kinds of hilarious memories. American psychic fighting for Coast swing mostly). We got the see Trump and his crew flaunting in similar activities as part of the David Stameshkin And then going to the Medici for survival in a world populated by company. This time, however, 176 Treetops Drive idea from our CPA daughter who every basic value we were raised Society for Creative Anachronism’s lunch with a rowdy crowd. From gangsters, bootleggers, and the on at the Lab. This has to stop. our time together ended in a Lancaster, PA 17601 was (until she had her first child) Pennsic War.” Chicago, I went to NY for a few KKK. To launch the book, Carolyn I will spend part of the first half terrible tragedy when Herb Simon, [email protected] one of the top half dozen West Barbara Natof Paget writes, days and had dinner with Donna hosted a real-life seance, providing year of my retirement fighting to an ophthalmologist living in 717-341-5188 Coast Swing dancers in world-wide “It is always a delight to bump into California, drowned in the hotel Katzin, no better way to end the mediumship readings to members ratings.” make sure that the moral arc of the fellow Labbies!—lunching pool where we were staying. His trip. Lab will always remain very Sonya Baehr and Paula Fan, Class of the audience. universe really does bend toward wife, Sharon, and all of us were special to me.” of 1969 justice.”

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Janet “Dinny” Gottlieb generations. As I scan the list of Charles Pekow writes, “I’m old son (Adrian), and I moved to Hans Massaquoi Naveena Daniels Bembry, ’82, and (Stephen Stanley) and I moved Jon Becker, ’89, Nicole Heaston Sailian looks forward to attending our class members (in my trusty still doing what I started on the Padova (Padua), Italy for a year 26054 York Road Timothy Wilkins, ’82 from Michigan in July (we had Lane, ’89, and Helena Ghez, ’89 after the 50th Reunion of the 1970 1993 alumni directory), I find Midway: all sorts of news reporting of adventure and renewal. Adrian Huntington Woods, MI both been employed at Michigan Nicole’s performance in Le Nozze di U-High graduating class on June that I remember nearly everyone and continuing to witness the slow attended 3rd grade at an Italian 48070-1311 State). I haven’t seen any Labbies in Figaro with the San Francisco Opera 6. Where did 50 years go? As in our class at least a little bit. To death of print journalism from Waldorf School while Donica and I [email protected] a long, long time, but if anyone is co-author of the newly published the end of my days, I’ll be one of my perch inside the Washington hiked most every day in the nearby 313-510-7721 in Connecticut or nearby, it would autobiography Ghost Warrior—The this group, a group that helped Beltway. Most writing I do involves Colli Euganei or weekends in the be great to connect.” Real “Martin Blank”: Green Beret form me. In my life now, I have alcoholic beverages and bicycling, Dolomites. We also were able to in the Vietnam and Cold War Eras, space, in a way I haven’t before, to with some environmental travel around Italy and reconnect 80s 1984 Class Representative Janet spent eight years capturing renew acquaintances and grow new writing. Every now and then in with my father’s friends and family 1980 Class Representative Susan Mack Taple the life story of a 20-year U.S. friendships. If anyone feels moved this business, you can come up in Tuscany. In Padova, we lived [email protected] Airborne Army Ranger and Special to give me a call or stop by for a with something grand. Biggest in an amazing palazzo that dates Rhonda Gans Forces Green Beret, Martin Le visit, I’d be very glad.” accomplishment (so far) of the year from 1441, shopped in outdoor Apartment 112 440 North McClurg Court Thaila Field writes, “I have two Blanc. Born in small-town Nova Adam Rudolph is a drummer/ was breaking the story on how the markets daily, visited numerous new books out in 2020, Leave Trump Administration is killing the Chicago, IL 60611 Scotia, the French-speaking composer and world music pioneer churches, castles, museums, and to Remain (Legends of Janus) and Endangered Species Act, written [email protected] ways—progressive educators and Acadian Le Blanc moved to New who has been earning acclaim wineries and I even had a part-time Personhood. I have been named for Earth Island Journal. Project 312-645-0248 engaged students committed to Jersey with his family as a teen, throughout his career. His latest job teaching English in two local faculty director of the Brown Arts Censored, a media watchdog middle schools. Now I am back social justice and living lives that enlisted in the Army at age 20 project Ragmala is his biggest yet 1981 Class Representative Initiative at Brown University, – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – (though not a U.S. citizen) and and may be of interest to his fellow group, named it #15 on the list in Eugene, Oregon, returning to make a difference. Last summer, Class of 1988: Interested in Paul Robertson and look forward to three years quickly rose to the most elite Lab alumni. Ragmala - A Garden of the 25 most important but a job-share teaching position at Bobby and I celebrated our 30th volunteering to serve as your 8835 South Harper Avenue of exciting and innovative Special Forces ranks. Missions of Ragas is a recording featuring 40 underreported stories of the year the Village School, a public K-8 anniversary. Our oldest daughter is class representative? Email Chicago, IL 60619 experimental programs. We are took him from Vietnam and world-class musicians combining (and 3rd among environmental Waldorf-inspired charter school graduating from Duke Law School the Office of Alumni Relations [email protected] proud to host Bill Morrison, Cambodia to Europe, Lebanon, Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra stories).” which I helped to found in 2000. 773-667-4012 in May and is heading back to and Development at labnotes@ Egypt, Grenada, the Pacific Shelf, with the Brooklyn Raga Massive. For any and all who have the the Bay Area to work for a firm. ’83, in October, 2020, who will ucls.uchicago.edu. present his recent film,Dawson Afghanistan and Colombia. The project features Gnawa master 1976 Class Representative opportunity for a sabbatical year, I Harry Bims writes, “Hello Labbies! Our younger daughter graduated – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Twice he was the lone survivor musician Hassan Hakmoun, Stuart Field say emphatically: don’t hesitate!” City: Frozen Time, as well as give I have been a wireless expert from Oberlin College and recently 1989 Class Representative of a mission. Le Blanc’s life as legendary drummer/percussionist 1609 Blue Sage Drive Amity Shlaes writes, a lecture and do a workshop with witness for about 17 years now. moved to the East Village and Mekeda Johnson-Brooks one of “the quiet professionals” Hamid Drake, forward-thinking Fort Collins, CO 80526-3714 “Greetings, Many U of C spirits is working for a tech company. students. I hope other alumni will In this role, I testify in federal be in touch if they are ever coming 7425 South Rhodes Avenue foreshadows today’s geopolitics. cornetist Graham Haynes, and [email protected] and alums, including John courts around the country, where Wishing everyone a joyful 2020!” through Providence!” Chicago, IL 60619 tradition-blurring flutist Kaoru 970-219-5364 Cochrane, ’75, Harry Kalven, I explain my technical opinions Monica Davey joined award- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – [email protected] 1971 Class Representative Watanabe combining forces Milton Friedman, and F.V. Hayek in patent infringement lawsuits winning journalist and New York 773-783-0445 Susan Yost with Brooklyn Raga Massive’s Class of 1977: Interested in (the last three from the grave) regarding wireless technologies Times bestselling author Beth Macy Class of 1985: Interested in volunteering to serve as your volunteering to serve as your 2759 Plymouth Avenue Trina Basu, Jay Gandhi, Samarth helped me with my current book, such as 5G, LTE, WiFi, and in November at the Field Museum Nicole Heaston Lane class representative? Email writes, “I Columbus, OH 43209 Nagakar, and many others. class representative? Email Great Society: A New History. Bluetooth. And, to the best of for a discussion on the impact am from the class of 1989 and [email protected] the Office of Alumni Relations The book has triggered plenty of my knowledge, I continue to be the Office of Alumni Relations of opioids. As part of the 2019 and Development at labnotes@ attended Lab from 1976-1985. 614-231-9435 1973 Class Representative and Development at labnotes@ disputes, but that seems to be... the only person of color who has Chicago Humanities Festival, the ucls.uchicago.edu. This past fall I was singing the Kevin Spicer ucls.uchicago.edu. the way life works. Certainly done this. Additionally, I have conversation also addressed what role of Contessa Almaviva in – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1972 Class Representative Apartment A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Hyde Park informed the book, just taken on the role of technical can be done to combat the national Le Nozze di Figaro with the San Colin Smith 1122 Chelsea Avenue not only my Hyde Park, but that editor for a brand new version of opioid epidemic. Francisco Opera. Two of my Reverend Dr. Mark Morrison- of my late father, Jared Shlaes. I 1986 Class Representative 99 Mill Road Santa Monica, CA 90403-4656 WiFi that replaces radio waves with Carlo Rotello was also a former classmates, Jon Becker Reed recently won the award for am taking suggestions for the next Sam Perlman Santa Cruz, CA 95060-1612 [email protected] LED light. My Lab experience speaker at the 2019 Chicago and Helena Ghez came to the 310-315-1833 Distinguished Service to the Cause book. Perhaps fiction. Recently P.O. Box 652 [email protected] of Unitarian Universalism. has provided a great educational Humanities Festival. Rotella, now performance. It was great to see I had a wonderful salmon and Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 831-818-1455 foundation that has served me well a professor at Boston College, them. I had not seen them since John Prunskis, MD, co-founder mascarpone dinner in California samperlmandoorcounty@icloud. 1978 Class Representative in this phase of my career.” returned to the neighborhood our eighth-grade graduation in and co-medical director of with John Cochrane and Elizabeth com James Johnston writes, “I’ll report Andrew G. Neal to research his latest book, 1985. Once a Labbie, always a Fama,’ 83. After the dinner, I read The for my whole family: Jim ’72, Jeff the Illinois Pain Institute, and 2438 North Marshfield Avenue 1982 Class Representative Labbie.” presidential appointee to the Elizabeth’s book Plus One, which is World Is Always Coming to an Michael DeSombre writes, “On ’74, Mary ’78, David ’82. We all Chicago, IL 60614 Eliza Tyksinski really outstanding, right up there End. Part memoir, part urban January 8, 2020, I was confirmed attended Lab from nursery school U.S. Department of Health and [email protected] 237 Orchard Drive with Wrinkle in Time. I’m very history, Rotella’s book is an by the United States Senate as the through high school graduation. Human Services’ Pain Task Force, 773-348-6367 Oregon, WI 53575 was a panelist at the sixth annual glad to have remained friends with [email protected] evocative reminder of the powerful next United States Ambassador 90s Our mother, Charlotte, is 90 and 2019 Summit on Balance Pain Mark Hornung and Jacqueline ways neighborhoods shape our to the Kingdom of Thailand. 1990 Class Representatives still lives in Hyde Park, half a block Matthew Bigongiari writes, “After 608-334-2795 Management in Washington, Pardo. Our first son, Eli Lipsky, lives. Carlo also led a discussion As a result, I have resigned from Dan Kirschner from where we grew up. I have teaching elementary and middle DC, focussed on the benefits is working in downtown Chicago, Naveena Daniels Bembry at the South Shore Cultural the partnership of Sullivan & 606 Forest Avenue been living in Lexington, MA since school for the last 28 years, I writes, of integrated pain care and the perhaps some of you or your Center focused on the historic Cromwell (where I have been since River Forest, IL 60305-1710 1992. My wife Mary and I have six was lucky enough to have been “Running into Tim Wilkins at barriers patients face in accessing children run into him; we also have neighborhood’s past, present, and 1995) and anticipate taking up the [email protected] children turning ages 29 to 39 this granted a sabbatical year. So last a holiday party in Philadelphia it, as well as strategies to begin a son in the army, Theo Lipsky, future. position in the coming weeks.” 312-346-3191 year. They are living in California, year my wife (Donica), nine-year- was a wonderful and unexpected removing those access challenges. 173rd Airborne.” gift. As we caught up on life Massachusetts, and New York. Jeff 1983 Class Representative Tara P. Shochet and his wife Nelly are in Berkeley, in between reunions, special 1987 Class Representative 1979 Class Representatives Cheryl Buckingham 1182 East Court Street CA. Jeff just finished a Grand 1974 Class Representative childhood memories emerged. We Barbara Harris Dan Kohrman Karl Wright [email protected] Iowa City, IA 52240 Canyon hike (rim to rim to rim), recalled those halcyon days playing [email protected] [email protected] 3606 McKinley Street NW 13957 Davana Terrace reminiscent of his cross-country basketball with the Duncan family 319-354-0893 Washington, DC 20015 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Kumari de Silva writes, “Another bike ride one summer of high [email protected] in the alleyway behind their house. Leah Zonis Harp has become [email protected] year and I’m still here! Ongoing school with Paul Strauss, ’74, 818-981-2723 We shared fond memories of Sue an operator for the Minnesota 1991 Class Representative and others. Mary and her husband 202-966-2445 (and the Duncan kids) playing treatment seems promising, Streetcar Museum, driving a Mariann McKeever John are in Charleston, SC. Their Jessica DeGroot with us and the spirited way Sue heartfelt deep thanks to everyone 111-year-old streetcar. Recently she [email protected] 1975 Class Representative two daughters also live there. 4918 Cedar Avenue encouraged and cheered us on. Our who contributed to my GoFundMe participated in an event honoring Goddess Simmons Drew David and his wife Michelle are Philadelphia, PA 19143 conversation served as a valuable a couple of years ago.” the Motorettes, the women who 1992 Class Representative 10305 Jimenez Street in Sammamish, WA. We have a [email protected] reminder of the wonderful bond Juli Wade writes, “In July, I went to work during WWII. The Shrunali Rai reunion this summer with our Lake View Terrace, CA 91342 215-471-5767 started a new position as Dean event was covered by The Star [email protected] [email protected] that Labbies share! I am in my mother, all four siblings and 22nd year of teaching at a Quaker of the College of Liberal Arts Tribune. 818-890-9740 Matthew Bigongiari, ’78 and his son and Sciences at the University spouses, and many of the next two during his sabbatical in Italy school. My school community reminds me of Lab in many of Connecticut. My husband

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Tiago Pappas, ’00, Andy 1993 Class Representative Stefanie and Chase Chavin, ’97 youth. We make 7–8 trips during Margaret Farris, ’04, at her wedding at Connections 2020 at the Field Rosenband, ’99, Lena Clement, ’99 of History, her translation from Attendees from Derbes Fest, honoring retired teacher David Derbes Alan Heymann the fall semester to the Illinois with Lab classmates French into English of the recent 2703 Dennis Avenue Museum Youth Center—CHICAGO and at Connections 2020 at the Field Museum book co-authored by Sorbonne Silver Spring, MD 20902 work with a group of dedicated professor Dany Sandron and the [email protected] youth prisoners. This past year my late architectural historian Andrew 202-468-9554 work was recognized not only by Tallon, will be published in March the youth center here in Chicago, 2020. Alan Heymann recently left the as I won their volunteer of the year world of full-time employment award, but more broadly: I also 2007 Class Representative to launch his own executive and won the Department of Juvenile leadership coaching business, Justice volunteer of the year award. Molly Schloss Peaceful Direction. His new work Not long after that, in conjunction [email protected] aims to help leaders work around with the University of Chicago 2008 Class Representative obstacles and unlock their full and SAIC, I was awarded a grant 2009 Class Representative president is a UChicago man!), and Victoria Rogers potential. Alan holds an executive for $197K to study justice and – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – I started working with TEDxUBC [email protected] Jaya Sah certificate in leadership coaching 1997 Class Representative fairness. And finally SAIC awarded Class of 2002: Interested in [email protected] as a graphic designer! The position from Georgetown University. me the Marion Kryczka Excellence homeless to provide legal assistance volunteering to serve as your has been thrilling. Additionally, Win Boon Graham Salinger writes, “As a Lab 10433 Lochmere Court in Teaching Award. Aside from my and know your rights training to class representative? Email I’ve interned twice at a startup in 1994 Class Representative graduate I have been committed to Fort Wayne, IN 46814 academic achievements, my film over 2,000. I’m excited that Social the Office of Alumni Relations Hyde Park called NowPow, as a Michelle Maffia Tarkowski production company continues Change’s Board now has fellow and Development at labnotes@ living the philosophy of learning by 10s [email protected] – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – data engineer and data analyst, [email protected] to do well working with World Labbies Chase Chavin, ’97, Kim ucls.uchicago.edu. doing. I have been doing a lot and 260-616-1022 Class of 2010: Interested in where I became a vital part of Business Chicago, Lab alum du Buclet, ’89, and Anthony – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – learning a lot. From 2012–14, I the team. NowPow was founded served as a Peace Corps volunteer in volunteering to serve as your 1995 Class Representative and State Representative Justin Williams, PhD, ’98, onboard, so I by the mother of a Lab student, Dan Hartley Chase Chavin writes, “I currently Slaughter, ’98, the Villages Melissa Corey and Ryan Beck, the Donbas region of Ukraine and, class representative? Email live in the South Loop with my know the best is yet to come! Please and a doctor at UChicago, Stacy [email protected] of Broadview and Maywood, ’00 were recently featured in Condé because of the ongoing war in that the Office of Alumni Relations incredible wife, Stefanie, and our follow us on Facebook, Instagram Lindau. Shortly after leaving U of and many other wonderful and Twitter @chisocialchange. Nast Traveler’s article, “20 Best region of Ukraine, was evacuated. and Development at labnotes@ T, I started a not-for-profit activist two children, Colby (age 10) and organizations. All in all, we’ve Places to Go in 2020” for their Feeling a desire to continue working ucls.uchicago.edu. Barika Grant worked in New Alexandra (age 8). For the last 11 If you’ve found yourself wishing group called “How Many Lives?” York City on Wall Street for over had a great year and we’re looking you were doing more to confront farm/restaurant, Pennyroyal Cafe internationally, I did the logical – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – in response to the abhorrent suicide years, my professional focus has forward to a great 2020.” & Provisions, located in southwest thing and moved to China. a decade. She moved back to been in real estate, specifically division, promote justice and create 2011 Class Representative rate at the University of Toronto. Chicago four years ago and in – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – opportunity, join us!” Michigan. As of January 2020, I have been We started a website where students investments in multi-family (i.e., working as a restorative mediation Rachel Sylora 2019, started to pursue a lifelong Class of 1998: Interested in could anonymously share their apartments) across the United and facilitation practitioner for the [email protected] passion in comedy. While she has volunteering to serve as your 1999 Class Representative 2003 Class Representative experiences with the university States, including several properties Center for Community Justice for written comedy for 20 years, she class representative? Email Katherine Le John Oxtoby and tell their own narratives of in the Chicagoland area. In late a year. I serve as a staff mediator 2012 Class Representative only recently took to the stage the Office of Alumni Relations [email protected] [email protected] their mental health experiences. 2019, I founded CoLab 7100, a for community mediation cases, Ary Hansen and now performs in and around and Development at labnotes@ Since leaving, I’ve passed on the shared workspace and innovation family mediation cases, and the [email protected] Chicago. She has found success ucls.uchicago.edu. Lizzi Heydemann writes, “After 2004 Class Representative management of the group to hub in South Shore. My hope is Victim Offender Reconciliation 773-324-4012 by being smart, edgy, and thought – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – graduating with the last class Marcelo Pappas students who are still there, but the that we can provide a resource Program (VORP). VORP seeks to provoking. She performs in and of the 20th century, I spent a [email protected] group had a profound impact on for the South Shore community, Todd Belcore give victims a voice in determining 2013 Class Representatives around Chicago. Support a Labbie! writes, “When you year in Israel, then four years of the university, and forced them to specifically, at a price point that is look at non-profits nationwide, how the offender can work to Sarah Curci Find a performance by following studying religion and philosophy Margaret Faris create a new task force to address affordable. My longer-term goal writes, “On make things right. In addition [email protected] her on FB @ Barika jokes and IG too few are led by people who have at Stanford, then five years in their suicides.” with this venture is to support small actually experienced the injustices September 21, I celebrated my to my mediation responsibilities, @barika_jokes. rabbinical school in Los Angeles, businesses and entrepreneurs from they try to solve. Eight years ago, marriage to Amit Thakur here I also founded the Center for Amartya Das and have been a rabbi for the in NYC and a few of my Lab traditionally underserved markets Emile Cambry Jr. Community Justice’s Conflict [email protected] and I co- better part of the past decade. I 1996 Class Representatives in similar locations throughout classmates joined.” Coaching Program which we call founded a national nonprofit called moved home to Chicago in 2011 Shira Katz the city. This is a project that I am “Coaching for Success” and have 2014 Class Representatives Social Change to change that. I and founded Mishkan Chicago, a 1068 Ashbury Street extremely passionate about, as I 2005 Class Representative worked with HR departments to Lillian Eckstein know firsthand what it feels like post-denominational, everybody- San Francisco, CA 94114 know there are a number of people Mark Berberian implement our coaching model. [email protected] to experience economic insecurity, friendly, inspired, down-to-earth [email protected] working from home right now who 2540 North Spaulding Avenue Furthermore, I founded the 773-548-7390 arrests at gunpoint, and housing Jewish spiritual community. I are priced out of other traditional Chicago, IL 60647 Promise Academy for Conflict insecurity. Others fought so that I married a fellow Hyde Parker Elena Arensman McPeak coworking options, and who could [email protected] Transformation (PACT), a Boluwatife (Bolu) Johnson would have a chance to succeed. As named Henry Bernstein and we [email protected] benefit from both the resources 773-348-7233 diversion program for youth who [email protected] Social Change’s executive director, have two adorable kids, Judah Lev and the community. Importantly, have committed crimes. PACT 708-351-8473 I get the chance to do the same and Adira. Life’s pretty good and I Sami James writes, “I’m an IT I was able to convince the Matthew Klein writes, “My first empowers youth with conflict- for others using the storytelling, think back on Lab with gratitude project manager at the Cook extraordinary Amanda Williams, book, , resolution skills to manage and 2015 Class Representative organizing, legal services, and and fondness!” Trade Wars are Class Wars County Treasurer’s Office. I am ’92, to join me in this endeavor, policy advocacy skills I acquired comes out this spring. Early reviews de-escalate conflicts. The Center Michael Glick also executive producer at Stop the and she has graciously included through personal experience and at call it “essential,” “erudite, original, for Community Justice provides a [email protected] Bomb Productions, a small indie an installation of hers in the space! Lab, Michigan and Northwestern and provocative,” and, “a book that range of services that are rooted in woman- and Native American- Please help us get the word out and Law. In terms of organizing and 00s everyone concerned with the global restorative justice, a form of justice 2016 Class Representative owned film production company. follow us on FB or Instagram (@ advocacy, the Social Change team 2000 Class Representative economy should read.” that shifts the focus from broken Julian Lark Our latest film,Altruist , recently colab7100chicago). If you are in has worked to successfully to pass Tiago Pappas – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – laws and incarceration to repairing [email protected] won the Best Windy City Short South Shore, don’t hesitate to come 23 pieces of legislation benefiting 1501 West Jackson Blvd. Class of 2006: Interested in broken lives and healing damaged Film 2019 award at the Chicago in and tour the space. You can also over 5,000,000 people relating Chicago, IL 60607 volunteering to serve as your relationships. The work that we do 2017 Class Representative International Arthouse Film check out our website.” to economic equity to criminal [email protected] class representative? Email helps to build stronger communities Jonathan Lipman Festival! We’re currently finishing Jason Boulware writes, “It’s justice reform. As it relates to 773-330-8583 the Office of Alumni Relations and cultures of care by providing [email protected] the script for our next project, a been a big year for me so I thought storytelling, we have also hosted and Development at labnotes@ opportunities for dialogue in times coming-of-age feature film about I should share some. I’m teaching a 13 International Social Change 2001 Class Representative ucls.uchicago.edu. of turmoil. We focus on repairing Will Zich writes, “I initially left a young woman traveling around harm, building a just and equitable very interesting class at the School Film Festivals that have hosted Greg Kohlhagen – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Lab, for the University of Toronto, the world.” of the Art Institute (SAIC) called thousands of people and showcased systems and addressing conflict in [email protected] but found its culture to be Social Practices where I teach about films, art, fashion and music Lindsay Cook currently teaches healthy and empowering ways.” extremely unwelcoming, coming the prison system in America and from all over the world. And with medieval art and architectural from a nurturing place like Lab. I’ve then we also teach filmmaking regard to direct assistance, we’ve history at Vassar College. Notre since transferred to the University and make films with incarcerated done everything from feed the Dame Cathedral: Nine Centuries of British Columbia (whose

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Jean T. Hatch, ’38, of Downers a focus on the grocery food Peggy Beck, ’63, died on and adored Rembrandt etchings Grove died on July 16, 2019, in her industry. Goldsmith’s career in November 7, 2019, of cancer. and the latest electronic devices. Obituaries 100th year. She married Edward marketing and advertising led She is survived by her husband An enthusiastic chef and a foodie Hatch in 1942 and was a graduate to the establishment of his own Jonathan Beck, four children and before the term was invented, he of University Lab High School and firm, Marketing That Works, in many other family and friends. loved eating everything from tacos DePauw University, where she was 1994. Prior to that, he managed to oysters. He was married twice, a member of Alpha Phi sorority. accounts – including Bakers Square Mark Plotkin, ’64, died first to Sarah Wallace (d. 2004) and She was an active volunteer with and Oldsmobile – at Campbell- September 22, 2019 at his home in then to Ann McConnell, ’64, (d. the Girl Scouts, Clarendon Hills Mithun-Esty Advertising, serving Washington, DC, at the age of 72. 2018). Library, a Sunday school teacher, as the Chicago office’s president He was a political commentator and also served with the American and chief operating officer. and analyst for radio stations Philip Hodge, ’67, died on August Red Cross during WWII. She was Additionally, he served for WAMU and WTOP, made 23 in Nuuk, Greenland, from a an active member of the Infant decades on the board of WWCI, numerous appearances on local MRSA infection, while he and his CHRIS FREEMAN, AB,’85, MAT,’95 Welfare Society and American the parent organization of WTTW and Canadian television and wrote wife were on a cruise from Iceland 1961–2020 Association of University Women and WFMT. Newton Minow, a columns for various publications. to Alaska through the Northwest for many years. She loved to play WTTW/WFMT trustee emeritus, Born and raised in Chicago, he Passage. He had a love for learning golf, bowl, and play bridge, and said Goldsmith’s “legacy is a weekends, he taught enrichment moved to DC to attend George and always encouraged others to was an avid fan of Chicago sports treasure.” Washington University and quickly never stop learning and growing. courses in mathematics and teams, especially the White Sox and He is survived by his wife, historic games at the Center adopted the nation’s capital as He was a respected member Blackhawks. She was preceded in Adele, and two children, Marcie his hometown. After college, his of the Pine Grove Volunteer for Gifted. As a member of the death by her husband Edward and Goldsmith and Michelle Evins. Mathematics Department, Chris Chicago upbringing led him to try Fire Department, a member of is survived by her children Nikki his hands at DC politics. He got the Board of Directors of the had a deep understanding of (Robert) Munch, Debbie (Terry) Kay Johnson, ’63, died on August the threads of mathematical as far as advisory neighborhood Cumberland County Playhouse, Green, and Jill (Morgan) Cragin. 14, 2019 from complications commissioner. He quit running and a treasured philanthropist inquiry and thought that weave of breast cancer. For much of after two failed attempts at the to many organizations. He was a through the mathematics Arnold K. Leavitt, ’49, AB’51, the past decade, she helped Ward 3 council seat. Keeping the patron of arts and science. As an curriculum. He was responsible died on November 19, 2019, at administer Hampshire College’s structure housing the John Wilson engineer, he was highly respected for initiating generations of the age of 87. He worked for the Luce Initiative on Asian Studies Building in the District’s hands by his colleagues having been on 11-year-olds into the pleasures family business, Union Liquor and the Environment providing was all Mark Plotkin’s doing. The the advisory board for the Academy of rigorous mathematical Company/Consolidated Distilled global exchange opportunities District government’s headquarters of Structural & Mechanical reasoning. He wrote a deep Products, which distributed, for herself and fellow faculty and would not be standing today Engineers. Phil is survived by his curriculum for the advanced blended, rectified, bottled, and students to lead environmental and without him. His mission in life wife, Marjorie, three children, Middle School math teacher Middle School geometry course, labeled alcoholic beverages. They agricultural field research in China was to hold government, and the four grandchildren, and his sisters Chris Freeman, AB,’85, MAT,’95, a curriculum that is still unique also created their own private and Thailand. She established people running it, accountable. Susan Hodge, ’63, and Lisa died February 7, 2020. Chris was within mathematics education. brands of popular cordials. There Hampshire’s unique partnership And he wouldn’t back down no Hodge Kelly, ’69. born May 25, 1961 in Tucson, He taught courses in the Middle he supervised a large, diverse sales with Anhui Agricultural University, matter the altitude of the elected AZ to Hershon Freeman and and High Schools, as well as force and began the importation bringing numerous Chinese officials. Members of the council, Debby Kalk, ’70, died on October Maeda Sprengling. He had two lessons in the Lower School of European wines. An oenophile, scholars to Hampshire to help the Congress or the president’s 20 in San Antonio. She was a older sisters, Joan and Gale. and in a summer enrichment he was instrumental in developing prepare students to study abroad cabinet, he took them all on. He proud product of Chicago and The family moved to Stillwater, program; this vast experience the wine industry in Chicago. He and creating enduring research even worked the concerns of the U-High, and after over four Oklahoma when he was just and expertise informed the eventually became president of networks in China for students District into presidential press decades in this state, she was very the company. Arnold and his wife and faculty. She helped secure six weeks old, then to Boston classroom experience of every conferences. Living alone, Plotkin much a Texan. After high school Sandra were avid bridge players, significant funding from the Henry when he was in second grade. child in his care. A long-time was married to the District. No, she opened herself to a variety of winning many tournaments. In Luce Foundation’s Asia Program. He moved to Chicago in 1982 colleague of Chris’s expressed that’s too strong. Maybe it was experiences, including delivering 1979, his team won the Grand In 2017, she was named by Foreign to attend the University of his community’s loss perfectly more like a long-term engagement mail in Chicago and supporting National Championship. He Policy Magazine as one of “The Chicago. Although he began with these words: “I will always with a protective partner, which herself as an artist in New Orleans. continued playing until shortly U.S.-China 50.” She earned her by studying history, he majored remember how his calm, may help explain Plotkin’s ferocity An aunt in Fort Worth drew her thoughtful voice would remind before his death. After retiring, he BA, MA, and PhD from the when he felt his city was under to Texas, and she flourished at in mathematics. He began and his wife travelled the world, University of Wisconsin. Much his teaching career at Quest me to return to more important attack. the University of Texas at Austin. priorities—to see my students as visiting every continent and many of her research, publishing, and She became an early practitioner Academy, formerly known as countries. They were particularly advocacy work was focused on the Creative Children’s Academy, people, to treat my colleagues Marc Cogan, ’65, died September of interactive instructional design with kindness, to bring decency interested in history, culture, struggles of children and families 18, at his home in Paris. After and she co authored a respected in 1986, and married Maria wine, and food. He is survived in central rural China, including Fridgeirsson, AB,’88, AM,’90, and joy to every day. Chris earning a BA in English and a instructional textbook. Her work by his wife of 66 years, Sandra, the impact of Chinese population PhD from the Committee on included program and course PhD,’05, the same year. Freeman was one of the most daughter Debbie Leavitt (George) control policies on children’s Social Thought at the University of design for Fortune 500 Companies, He started working at the sincere, earnest people I have Castleberry, daughter Gail welfare. She dedicated several Chicago, Marc had a distinguished textbook publishers, US and Laboratory Schools in 1994 ever met.” Culberson, and brothers Philip, summers to developing programs teaching career in humanities foreign universities. She is survived as a student teacher with He is survived by his wife, ’60, and Richard, ’63. and funding for abandoned at Wayne State University. His by her daughter, Stella, and her Cathy Feldman and Hanna and children, John, a U-High children with AIDS in China. Her senior, Edward, ’15, and Clara, published works include The stepmother and retired Lab teacher, Goldschmidt. He earned his Marvin Goldsmith, ’51, age 84, research served to inform adoptive ’10, AM’16. Human Thing (about Thucydides) Sharon Friedman. masters in teaching in 1995. of Bonita Springs, FL, formerly families of the realities of China’s and Design in the Wax (about During the summers and on the of Chicago, died in February. A one-child policy. Dante). He loved Mozart and doo- 1957 graduate of the University wop, read the ancient Greeks and of Wisconsin, Madison, he the complete Georges Simenon, began his marketing career with

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since I don’t actively work on moments weren’t unavoidable; hand touching the skin of the them,” he said. they were manufactured by membrane that forms the His long-term “pipedream” Emmy in the the police themselves. The surface of the drum. In addition of a goal is to impact the way officers involved made a to African traditions, Rudolph math is taught at the college Key of Code series of choices leading up has also studied Cuban, Haitian, level. So much of math to that moment, creating for and Indian drumming—to name a few. education is rote memorization, straddles Lucido’s themselves a situation in which rather than understanding twin interests they would have to respond and conceptually why something is judge, in the blink of an eye, “Surprise is one of true or why an equation works. in tech and the whether or not to use deadly If math were framed differently, force. the qualities that I even going back to grade school arts: it’s about a In 2014, he founded the and high school, it would be far Invisible Institute, a journalism appreciate and I try easier for students to grasp. He 12-year-old girl production company on Chicago’s South Side. Handrummer and world music in my composing was lucky, he said, attending who falls in love pioneer Adam Rudolph, ’72, has “I always wanted to do math. My Lab, where not only was he When Aimee Lucido, ’09, Although he rode a motorcycle “The whole world is dad likes to tell the story that from Paris to New Delhi and organized to hide what’s in been composing since he was to cultivate an able to take college-level was little, she’d put all her with computer 10—though his piano teacher when I was a baby, he would climbed mountains in the plain sight,” he said. “We work math classes as a high school jigsaw pieces together and wanted him to stick to learning environment in read me the room numbers student, he was also inspired try to solve multiple puzzles science through Himalayas, Jamie Kalven ’65, to make visible what’s in plain his scales. in the hospital and that would by their efforts to teach math simultaneously. “I’ve always says his biggest adventure was sight, but we don’t want to see “Sometimes I think of myself which surprise can calm me down,” said Jeffrey in a way that was beautiful and loved puzzles,” she said. Now, the language of coming home. it.” more as an inventor than a Kuan, ’06. “But that’s probably interesting. you can find her own puzzles— “I was driven to explore Kalven, who received the composer,” said Rudolph, who, happen.” music. my native place,” said Kalven, apocryphal!” Even so, Kuan’s “I try to implement this in my crosswords—in places like the 2015 Polk Award for Local in addition to leading his own who grew up in Kenwood. With his wife Nancy interest in numbers can be own teaching,” he said, recalling New York Times and the New Reporting, the 2016 Ridenhour Go: Organic Orchestra and Yorker. Lucido has devoted herself to Moving back to Chicago after Courage Prize, and the Jackson, ’73, he debuted traced at least as far back as how he tutored at a local high Moving Pictures ensembles, This gig has been more the world of children’s literature his father’s death, he became 2017 Hillman Prize for Web an opera in 1995 called The kindergarten, when he said he school while a graduate student. has collaborated with such than a word-lover’s creative because of the impact those fascinated by the vast social Journalism, is consulting on a Dreamer. Jackson, an artist, wanted to be a mathematician. His students were trying to luminaries as Don Cherry, L. To a five-year-old, that just outlet; it’s also helped her quit stories had on her when she distances that can exist within dramatic TV series for AMC set Shankar, Pharoah Sanders, Fred created a book of paintings based on texts by philosophers meant he thought he could add her day job. was growing up. Middle school a few city blocks. “Bringing into on the South Side of Chicago Anderson, and Yusef Lateef. focus the racial inequalities Friedrich Nietzsche and Arthur numbers all day. “My dad likes to Almost a year ago, Lucido is when kids are figuring out and is executive producer on “What I do in performance is left her post as a software who they are, and the right that structure the city takes an investigative podcast series spontaneous composition. Schopenhauer. Rudolph was Now an assistant professor sustained effort. It became my then inspired to write music for of mathematics at Texas A&M tell the story that engineer for Uber to pursue book at the right time could be developed by Invisible Institute Surprise is one of the qualities writing young adult books full tremendously meaningful. She work.” colleagues about the 2016 that I appreciate and I try in each. His most recent album, University, he does a lot more A writer and human rights Ragmala, came out in October. than simple addition. “What do I when I was a baby, time. After drafting 16 stories in cites Matilda, Harry Potter, and murder of a Chicago man. my composing to cultivate an His Dark Materials among the activist, Kalven has spent years “My focus on documenting environment in which surprise He’ll soon release his next do? I get asked that question a her spare time over nine years, he would read me her first book was published in stories that shaped her as a documenting police abuse in individual stories of abuse has can happen.” album, Imaginary Archipelago, lot,” quipped Kuan. “One thing followed by a project created September. child and mattered to her the Chicago. He co-produced 16 led to an effort to understand Luckily, his art and music I try to do is get a sense of with gypsy musicians recorded the room numbers “I accidentally got a most. Shots, a Showtime documentary the larger institutional conditions teachers at Lab focused unsolved problems and develop about the aftermath of the 2014 on cultivating intuition, in Turkey and a new string literary arts degree on top of a “Middle grade books are that enable and shield those quartet. new methods to solve them that in the hospital and computer science degree, and I about more than magic; they’re Laquan McDonald shooting. “It abuses, while at the same time creating new techniques, and haven’t been done before.” wasn’t simply that a cop killed experimentation. There, his With each endeavor, he that would calm just never stopped writing,” she also about friendship and allowing us to somehow tolerate tries to do something he’s If you flip a coin a bunch said. The result, Emmy in the family. The politics of friendship a kid; the whole machinery of intolerable things,” he said. music class was visited by of times and then plot the government was mobilized to members of the Association never done before, pushing me down.” Key of Code, straddles Lucido’s and family are really meaty, “That’s the question I wake up boundaries and stepping out distribution of the results, it twin interests in tech and the and I like exploring that,” she create a false narrative about thinking about in the morning.” for the Advancement of will look a lot like a bell curve. what happened that night,” Creative Musicians, and of his comfort zone. If he memorize how to calculate arts: it’s about a 12-year-old girl added. follows his creative imagination But what about something far the areas of shapes, like who falls in love with computer Her next novel, Recipe for he said. “My work is aimed he began hanging out on at describing and helping Promontory Point, where he wherever it leads, he hopes less simple than that, which triangles and parallelograms. science through the language Disaster, will come out in about “The whole world someone else listening will be introduces more randomness? of music. 18 months. And one or two of to dismantle that narrative was mesmerized by people He explained how a triangle is playing hand drums. “I would inspired to be who they truly are. What shape would that “We need more the earlier stories she worked machinery.” is organized to half a parallelogram, so you’d The deeper he dug into listen to the drummers out “When music is treated distribution be? Take for calculate the area the same representation of women in on steadily for nine years will merely as a commodity, we example, how a forest fire the conditions that give rise to hide what’s in there, and there was something way, just divided by two. “In tech in the media. If there’s also be published eventually. so beautiful and organic and lose sight of the fact that spreads—in which directions a movie or TV show about it, “Many aspiring writers patterns of police brutality, he music exists and moves in this the future, I dream of writing repeatedly thought he’d gone plain sight,” he powerful about it that called to and how quickly? Those are the a calculus textbook. Although, they’ll just hire a consultant, think first about how to get me. That experience opened vibrational sphere. I have the kinds of real-world situations but this isn’t the same as it published. But you just need as far into the darkness as said. “We work intention that when I conduct there are already a lot of those he could. Each time, what he me up to a lifelong avenue of for which he’d like to be able to being created from the ground to write,” she advised. “The my orchestra or send sound out there. Maybe I can make thought was bedrock was really learning and creative activity,” up by a woman in tech who first barrier is writing a great to make visible into motion by striking a drum, model the probability. mine free!” a gateway to something deeper. he said. is also involved in art,” she book. And the barrier to that is those vibrations move through “In principle, this could help Kalven was familiar with the Later, when he went to said. “That’s what makes this learning to write a great book. what’s in plain the air and can affect people in fight fires, and I certainly hope excuse that police officers need live and study in Ghana, he You have to like writing enough an emotional and transformative people can find applications like book stand out, I’m an expert to make “split-second decisions” sight, but we don’t was moved by the idea that to write those bad books, and way,” said Rudolph. “To me, that from this sort of math, in both.” about risk. What he has found is there’s a transference of energy to trust the process.” want to see it.” created from the skin of the this is the mystery and miracle that often those life-or-death of music.”

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