Fall 2012

News for the Allendale Columbia School Community Beyond the www.AllendaleColumbia.org Birches

Yearly collaborations between Carson Cooman ’00 and faculty member Randy Northrup invigorate AC’s Lower School drama program. Continued on page 4...

Carson Cooman ’00 Inside this issue Letter from the Head of School Letter from Head of School...... 2 Mick Gee

Letter from Alumni Association Dear Allendale Columbia Community, President...... 3 I hope this letter finds you having a wonderful start to Lower School Drama the fall season. I am thrilled to be at Allendale Columbia, Collaboration...... 4–5 and my family and I are thankful for the warm welcome Student Work from Muse...... 6 we have received.

Congratulations Class of 2012...... 7 I have been looking forward to the start of the school year since I was appointed last November History Book Reviews ...... 8 and it feels great to get started. This letter includes a brief update Recently Published Books on several new initiatives as we by AC Alumni...... 9 begin the academic year.

Canoeing through Europe...... 10–11 With the start of the school year, we are delighted to open Allendale Columbia’s new Getting to Know Mick Gee...... 12 international residential house. The house on Allens Creek Road Annual Fund Donor Report 13–19 was retrofitted from a single-family home to a comfortable residence for ten students.We are pleased to announce that this new residential option is completely enrolled and we have Photo Flash...... 20–21 welcomed ten international students, in addition to our family hosted international students, to the AC community. We have also welcomed Ellen Meranze, our new Dean of International AC Photo Contest...... 20–21 Programs to lead this initiative. We look forward to the unique perspective all of our international students bring to our community. In addition to the strong demand we’ve seen Reunion 2012...... 22 for our program, we have also seen a significant increase in our day-student enrollment. One important step to continuing our positive momentum is the launch of our new branding Other Recent Alumni Events...... 23 platform. After a comprehensive process which began early last school year and involved input from representatives of the AC faculty, staff, current AC parents, prospective parents, trustees, Reunion Giving Challenge...... 23 and alumni, we have developed a campaign that will help us tell the AC story to the Rochester community and beyond. We’d like to thank those who participated for your input and Save the Date!...... 23 encourage you to keep an eye out for our exciting new marketing and communications materials throughout the coming school year.

Allendale Columbia Upcoming Included in this issue of Beyond the Birches is our Annual Fund donor report. I am impressed Events...... 24 and touched by the generosity of our entire Allendale Columbia community. A great deal of the success I mentioned above is made possible by your generosity. Whether you have Distinguished Alumni Award...... 24 donated a monetary gift(s), your time, or both, I am grateful for your dedication to Allendale Columbia School. Thank you again for your warm welcome as I begin my new role at AC. Class Notes...... 25–26 I look forward to meeting and getting to know you throughout the year.

Best, Class Representatives...... 27

Board of Trustees...... 27

Michael D. J. Gee Viewpoints...... Back Cover Head of School

2 | Beyond the Birches Fall 2012 Letter from the Head of School Letter from the Alumni Association President Michael Gee Diana Clarkson Holl ’99 Welcome back to Beyond the Birches! The Alumni Association has been working very hard to continue fostering that very special relationship between alumni and Allendale Columbia School. Hopefully you have had an opportunity to experience our renewed efforts to personally connect with you over the past few years.

Reunion experienced beautiful For those of you who are not in Rochester, never fear, we have weather and excellent attendance not forgotten you! The Alumni Association hosts a networking and due, in part, to our supplemented reconnection event outside of Rochester each year. This past year a schedule of events. To kick off the very successful cocktail party was held in NYC. Past years have seen weekend, the Alumni Association is events held in Boston, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. If you have now hosting a luncheon on Friday an idea for where we should host or, better yet, if you would like to to recognize the year’s recipient of help coordinate our next event, we would be happy to hear from you. the Distinguished Alumni Award. If you have an interest in nominating While our events are a great way to reconnect with your fellow an alum that you know for this alumni, one of the Alumni Association Board’s primary functions year’s award, please visit continues to be to maintain the connection between alumni and allendalecolumbia.org/alumni. Allendale Columbia School. We have had great success in finding members from each of your classes to serve as Class Representatives. Saturday’s activities now begin mid-morning with an ultimate Frisbee This “Class Rep” is your primary contact person, operating with the game and coach Ted Hunt’s alumni soccer game, played in honor Development Office’s support, for Reunion, class notes, and other of Mark von Bucher ’08. A picnic lunch is served to all alumni and events throughout the year. If you have questions about who your tours of the school’s newly renovated buildings and state-of-the-art Class Rep is, please see page 27. In addition to our continued support technology are available. The evening is, as usual, concluded with of the Class Rep program, we have strengthened our presence in social the ever popular cocktail party and class dinners. We hope that you media on Facebook. The school also continues to update its own have been able to reconnect with your fellow classmates and former website and alumni page, which can be found at allendalecolumbia.org. teachers during this event. As a reminder, it is never an “off year” for If you have not had a chance to visit, please take a minute to see Allendale Columbia alumni and you are encouraged to come back to exactly what you have been missing! In a time when virtual networking Reunion as often as you would like. has become something of an art form, do not forget all the valuable contacts you have established with Allendale Columbia School alumni. In addition to Reunion, we hope that you are able to attend one of our other events we host in Rochester such as the alumni holiday An exciting new chapter in the school’s history is beginning with the party in December. This celebration is held off-site and has proven appointment of Mick Gee as Head of School and we, on the Alumni to be very successful at bringing together alumni, who happen to be Association Board, certainly hope that you will be able to be a part in town for the holidays. The Alumni Association hopes that you are of the experience. The school has meant different things to each able to join us this year for a cup of holiday cheer with old friends of us, but ultimately it played a unique role in each of our lives. If you and perhaps some new. have not been back on campus in several years, or even if you were just back a few months ago, take a moment and remember what We are, of course, more than a social organization. The Alumni Allendale, Columbia, or Allendale Columbia meant to you and we Association has focused in recent years on bringing alumni together hope to see you soon. to give back to the Rochester community at large. This past spring we hosted a successful volunteer effort at FoodLink of Rochester, Best, sorting through over 25,000 pounds of food to be distributed to food cupboards and other organizations supporting Rochester. We were proud to see Allendale Columbia School alumni coming together to support such a worthy cause. If you have a charitable Diana Clarkson Holl ’99 organization close to your heart that you would like to recommend President, Alumni Association Board for our next volunteer effort, please let us know. [email protected]

www.AllendaleColumbia.org | 3 Lower School Drama Collaboration Randy Northrup, AC Faculty The annual Lower School Musical, as we know, began its evolution in 1984 when the Lower School faculty decided to try a full scale musical in order to entertain guests at another great AC tradition, Grandparents’ Day.

Goin’ Buggy was a hit and kicked We discuss an outline for the show and determine the appropriate off a string of twenty-eight shows. placement of songs within the action. Carson is a master at creating Eventually, our musicals outgrew a musical setting that matches the flavor and mood we decide is Grandparents’ Day and they were best for each piece. The lyrics of the songs come first and while moved to the second semester Carson is working on the music, I work on the script. I usually say in 1996. that the ideas “percolate in my head” throughout the autumn months. By December the script is formulated up there and often From the beginning, it was important I begin pounding it out on my laptop while sitting by the fireplace to Allendale Columbia to include the day after Christmas, a new holiday tradition for me. I share the every student in each production. script and Carson shares the music, and then things start to gel. Finding a script with enough lines for everyone to have a speaking part Carson lives in Massachusetts and travels extensively, so most of was a challenge. Scripts were rewritten and songs were adapted as our work is done by e-mail. I am always eager to receive the MIDI we presented shows like, Give Thanks, America (Andy Hasselwander files that play the music Carson has composed. (MIDI = musical as George Washington), The Runaway Snowman (Michael Crews as instrument digital interface. Who knew?) a fast-talking salesman), Of Mice and Mozart (Byron Soule as a young Amadeus), and Tall Tales and Heroes (Mwikali Green as Calamity Jane In all of the process of putting the show together, the very best and Lydia Irwin as Johnny Appleseed). We completely re-worked moment is when the Lower School students gather in the Curtis some shows so they were essentially original, such as Someone’s Performance Center on a day in early February to sing the songs in the Kitchen, which honored Mr. and Mrs. Mahoney on their together as a full group for the first time. All of a sudden, it all comes retirement and of course, the Centennial Pageant in 1990. It was together. Before they are in their places on stage; before they say never easy drastically changing someone else’s work and doing their lines; before the tee shirts, costumes, and props are seen the so seemed to lack a bit of integrity. In order to do a truly original magic has begun. musical we would need original music. As an eleventh grader, Marianna Gonzalez and Lisa Barnes work very hard with the kids Carson Cooman realized this. In 1999, when he suggested that for several weeks before that first sing-through. The music that we might collaborate, I jumped at the chance. Carson gives us goes beyond the singsong-y, razzamatazz simplicity I never had the privilege of teaching Carson, but I remember being that is inherent in most of the published shows that are available. impressed by his quiet, earnest manner when he was a student in Our students get to perform music that is sophisticated and Lower School. By the time he was in Middle School “impressed” is technically challenging. It is music custom-made by a notable, not the right word. “Awed” just seems more fitting. Carson’s talent American composer. was matched only by his generosity as he impacted many aspects of our school community with his gifts. By the end of his junior year, After a few short rehearsal sessions, it is show time. We have two Carson’s compositions were performed well beyond the walls of performances, one during the day for the school community and Allendale Columbia. That he was not just willing, but eager to create one in the evening for families. The Lower School Players love an original score for our young students at the same time as being performing for their parents. It is fun to see them trying to look in the whirl of senior year activities and responsibilities, wouldn’t for their parents beyond the bright stage lights and giving a quick surprise folks who know Carson. wave, but I get goose bumps earlier in the day as the Middle and Upper School students respond to the performance with Working with Carson is a pleasure. We always seem to have two enthusiastic support. They recall their own experiences in the or three ideas on the back burner and one is always just right for Lower School Musical. Carson and I have collaborated for 13 any particular year. We seem to like the shows that have a storyline, years now. A couple of generations of Lower School students but we have been able to build productions around themes that are have been given a gift from Carson Cooman. timely as well.

4 | Beyond the Birches Fall 2012 Carson Cooman ’00 In the summer of 1999, before the beginning of my senior year at Allendale Columbia, I suggested to Randy Northrup the idea of collaborating on a musical for Allendale Columbia’s Lower School.

My own years in the Lower School Though the shows all have certain similarities (about the same length, had left fond memories from the same performing forces, etc.), to keep things interesting for us and for experience of participating in the the students, we have tried to explore new and contrasting ideas, annual musicals and I’d noticed over both musically and dramatically. Some of the stories have been entirely the years, as an audience member in “invented” (Number Pirates and The Oncies), others have drawn Middle and Upper School, that Randy on traditional folk tales and legends (Button Stew and The Shirt often needed to make rather severe of Happiness), and others have focused on history. adaptations of published children’s Sometimes an outside element has provided a focus for trying something musicals in order to make them fit new: The Laidley Wyrm featured a prominent accompaniment solo the needs of AC. It is extremely trumpet part for my brother Colby (’07) during his senior year. unusual for a school to put on a The Forest’s Song was our first to employ recorders, played by all the musical production where every student is involved, and the nature students as an actual part of the story. Several shows have also given of these large groups meant that most traditional shows were not the opportunity for amusing faculty cameos: former head of school, always an obvious or comfortable fit. Randy usually had to write new Chuck Hertrick, appeared (as himself) in Remember?, a show about dialogue, additional lyrics for songs, or in the case of one show about AC’s special traditions and Lorraine Van Meter-Cline appeared as a AC’s history, even re-text an entire set of songs from other musicals. mule history teacher in Erie Water, a show about the Erie Canal. It seemed that my proposal came at the right time and so we eagerly leapt into writing our first show, the idea for which was The different topics also allow for the music styles to adjust a bit to mine: What’s the Scoop? the history of ice cream. I figured that the subject matter. The Oncies, an awards show for nursery rhyme everybody already liked ice cream, so we couldn’t fail too badly characters, employed a commercial sound, like a Hollywood ceremony. while we were figuring out, for the first time, exactly how to do this! Number Pirates hinted at the sounds of traditional sea shanties.

Writing the first show meant figuring out a working process that Writing these musicals has now been a part of my yearly routine for my would be most comfortable for us. In the world of classical concert entire post-high school career, and it has been an enjoyable way to stay music, my primary background, the words are almost always written connected with AC. The Lower School Musical is a rewarding, unusual, first by the poet/lyricist (or already exist) and then are set to music and very special AC tradition and I’m delighted to have been able to be by the composer. However, in the world of musical theater the music a part of its recent history. This past year, we reprised our second show, usually comes first, or at least it emerges at the same time as words. Who Stole the Queens Tarts?, a particular favorite of Randy’s and mine. Randy and I were not sure which would work best for us, so we Now, after this creative break, we’ve eagerly begun the planning of a decided to do half the songs one way and half the other. In the end, new show for next year and I for one look forward to many future years it became clear to us that we were both more comfortable, and of collaboration. produced a better result, working with Randy’s words coming first and then my setting them to music.

Since that time, the eleven shows we’ve written for AC have emerged from a similar working process. In the spring, we begin discussing an idea. Far more of the ideas for shows have been Randy’s than mine, but our collaborative process allows for a back-and-forth exchange that helps shape the story into a very basic form. Then, Randy writes lyrics for songs, which I compose during the fall. The last element to fall into place is the specific script, often dependent on what and how many students there are and how the piece will be staged. Then, the final show is performed in February, under Randy and Marianna Gonzalez’s direction.

A scene from Who Stole the Queen’s Tarts Lower School Spring Musical >

www.AllendaleColumbia.org | 5 Student Work from Muse Enjoy a sample of student poetry from the latest edition of Allendale Columbia’s award winning literary magazine Muse which represents grades N-12. Last year, the magazine won Most Outstanding Private School Literary/Art Magazine from the American Scholastic Press Association. If you would like a copy of Muse, contact Loriann Furbush in the Development Office at [email protected].

Nostalgia Dangerous Bear With Me

I Gigantic, burly My apologies, future, for not laboring Nostalgia is the light envelope, Stalking swiftly through the present so that you will pay off. the thin stamp Strong jowls Forgive me, past, for not reliving you enough And the ineffable love inside Ready to times. Bear with me, present, for wasting you of a hundredfold weight. Pounce…GULP! with my constant dithering. You’re done, II Lone Wolf. Pardon me, for abiding by my own rules, only Nostalgia is my vain grasp of mom, living up to my own standards. Pardon me, for the unpleasantly salty broth, by Josh Klein underestimating the power of impulsivity. the sticky and starchy rice, Grade 4 the clove-scented clothes, My apologies, for my introvert ways. and the hands wrinkled by the flow Forgive me, for my nonchalant being. of time. Bear with me, existence, for never being serious. III Nostalgia is the shallow strait. New York City Truth, I’m crossing my fingers. Visible, but not tangible. by Rachel Redhead the same but different moon, Municipality Grade 11 the remote and wistful flute, Dramatic, sensational the little tree without rings, Breathtaking, stirring, thrilling. never to grow old. Manhattan never, ever sleeps Metropolis IV Nostalgia is the tomb on the hill. by Henry Nicosia The beloved inside, Grade 4 the love outside.

By Peter Lu I am a Canadian Grade 11 I am hopelessly lost within my dreams. Spring I am running through life without regrets. I am hoping to run down a perfect road. I run in the sun, which is fun. I am always giving, never selfish. I think of the rainbows up high with the big yellow sun. I am always living life to the fullest. A Bird Named Baloo I fly my kite by the big, white, soft clouds. I am an adventurer exploring the extremes of the universe. And I get my friends and parents to go on There once was a bird named Baloo. a quick bike-hike. I am hoping for wings so I can fly away. Who was cooking up vegetable stew. Baloo stretches and bends. So he said to That’s why I like spring so much. I am regaining memories of devastating things. his friends: Come and I’ll give you some One more thing I like is the spring scent of vegetable stew. the flowers. I am a Canadian. by Ava Douglas by Isabella Spence by Calvin Beaton Grade 2 Grade 2 Grade 6

6 | Beyond the Birches Fall 2012 Photo (Pictured from left to right): Back Row—Brandon Avila, Hunter Brown, Adrian Rouse, Duncan Phillips, Bichen Xu, Tobias Goldman, Zachary Wilson Third Row— Ellison Patterson, Haocheng Liu, Kristoffer Engelsen, Gregory Matos, Anton Schutz, Bruce Hegedorn, Reed Wilson, Nathan Jones Second Row—Alexander Lofftus, Jeanette Schramm, Catherine Park, Jennifer Holloway, Vivica Smith, Emma Van Hise, Christine Dominas, Allison Waxman, Cody Hunt First Row—Yunmei Zhang, Sarah Bartlett, Caitlin Wischermann, Aedín Brennan, Ariel Testani, Meghan Dens, Emilyn Kennedy, Danielle Vander Horst, Olivia Quatela, Madeleine Young Congratulations Class of 2012 on Your Graduation and Plans for Next Year! Brandon Avila Emilyn Kennedy Ariel Testani Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston College Alfred University Sarah Bartlett Haocheng Liu Danielle Vander Horst Washington and Lee University Syracuse University New York University Aedín Brennan Alexander Lofftus Emma Van Hise Denison University University of Rochester Gap Year - Work & International Travel Hunter Brown Gregory Matos Allison Waxman Howard University University of Rochester New York University Meghan Dens Catherine Park Reed Wilson Boston College Stony Brook University Point Park University Christine Dominas Ellison Patterson, III Zachary Wilson Boston College Rochester Institute of Technology Vassar College Kristoffer Engelsen Duncan Phillips Caitlin Wischermann Return to Norway to finish high school Clark University Cornell University Tobias Goldman Olivia Quatela Bichen Xu Hobart and William Smith Colleges University of Rochester Pomona College Bruce Hegedorn Adrian Rouse Madeleine Young Case Western Reserve University Nazareth College St. Lawrence University Jennifer Holloway Jeanette Schramm Yunmei Zhang Georgetown University Rochester Institute of Technology Cornell University Kevin Cody Hunt Anton Schutz, Jr. Nazareth College Furman University Nathan Jones Vivica Smith Union College University of Rochester

www.AllendaleColumbia.org | 7 History Book Reviews Ted Hunt, AC Faculty [email protected]

When I was asked to write a piece for this connects all facets and theaters of this global conflict to one another, publication, I thought long and hard about while at the same time offering detailed first hand accounts of dozens what I could address that would be of interest of the actual participants. If you are interested in the Vietnam War, I to such a large, varied, and distinguished group. really loved David Maraniss’s They Marched Into Sunlight, a book that Then I thought about how I have always regaled examines the events of one week in October, 1967, in two very my history classes with synopses of the latest different places: the University of Wisconsin, which experienced the history book that I had read, so I figured, why decade’s first violent anti-war event to take place on a college campus, not write a little summary of the best books and the bloody battle of Lai Khe in South Vietnam, the battle during that I have read in recent years. which Rochester’s own Donald Holleder heroically died in combat.

In the field of biography, I would recommend any and all of If you are the type who likes stories of the triumph of engineers, I’ve The Path Between Robert Caro’s multi-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson. Over the got two great books by David McCullough to offer. the Seas course of the last thirty years, Caro has written four books about this is the story of the construction of the Panama Canal and fascinating man (with at least one more book to come). These books examines not just an unbelievable story of engineering genius, but is provide not only an incredibly detailed description of his life, but also also filled with political intrigue, foreign policy, medical science, and The Great Bridge of the various worlds that he inhabited (turn-of-the-century East Texas best of all, Theodore Roosevelt! McCullough’s book poverty, the U.S. Senate, the Vice Presidency). If four books about is about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge and tells the story one man are a bit too much, I would recommend Caro’s book of this amazing melding of form and function, which will leave you The Power Broker, which is a biography of Robert Moses, the man marveling about how this iconic architectural achievement was responsible for creating the twentieth century infrastructure of created in the horse and buggy era. both New York City and New York State. The book analyzes how For those of you interested in exploring the foreign policy issues this man accumulated tremendous power in a variety of seemingly that have emerged since September 11, 2001, I would steer you to a second tier positions and used that power to create, among other couple of books. Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and things, a transportation system for New York City that revolved The Road to 9/11 examines the history of that terrorist organization, around highways rather than public transportation, a plan that from its origins in Egyptian prisons in the 1950’s to the day of the reflected Moses’ personal ideas and prejudices, and one that served attacks. Dexter Filkins’ The Forever War picks up the story at that as a model for the rest of twentieth century urban America. I would point and gets into the heart of the wars in Afghanistan and especially, also recommend the recent biography of George Washington by Iraq. His book focuses primarily on his personal observations, as he Ron Chernow. This award-winning book provides a very captivating was a New York Times correspondent who covered both wars. As an examination of how skillfully Washington navigated the challenges of added incentive for these two books, they are both under 400 pages! the most crucial period in American History. It does not back away Finally, I have a book that I recommend to people who don’t enjoy from his personal foibles (he was not a very good son, for instance), reading any type of non-fiction, much less history books. The book and gives special emphasis to his personal conflict over the institution is Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, and it is set in Chicago at of slavery. the time of the 1893 World’s Fair. You will meet landscape architect If books about American wars appeal, I can point out a few of my Frederick Law Olmstead, inventor Thomas Edison, and showman favorites. As we are in the midst of the 150th anniversary of the Buffalo Bill Cody, among others. But most importantly, you will meet American Civil War, this might be a topic of special interest. My Dr. Henry Holmes, who lured young single women into his office and favorite one-volume book on the war is James MacPherson’s Battle then, let us say, went about meeting the high demand for cadavers Cry of Freedom, which is part of the multi-volume Oxford History that American medical schools had generated. The story of how of the United States. The first chapter, which summarizes the causes this man was brought to justice would make a great pilot for a new of the war, is by itself, worth a read. The rest of the book is similarly television series called “CSI, Chicago.” You will think that you are impressive. I would also recommend the recently published book reading a work of historical fiction, but sadly, it is all true. by Adam Goodheart, 1861, which examines a number of stories that Well, history buffs, that should get you started at least. If you get were vital to that first year of the war (the story of Fort Sumter, for through these recommendations, send me an email and I will give instance), but have faded into the background as subsequent years you a few more. Enjoy! of the war provided more drama. Max Hastings has solidified his standing as “the man” when it comes to writing about World War II with his new book Inferno, which is probably now the new standard for a one-volume examination of the war. Hastings impressively

8 | Beyond the Birches Fall 2012 Recently Published Books by AC Alumni

One Girl Cookies Watches Without Time We are Savages by David Crofton ’88 by Matt Zeller ’00 by Jessie Atkin ’07 Oh, yes we did. We gave away all of our For eight months in 2008, U.S. Army 1st Lieut. We Are Savages is a Young Adult novel that secrets and did it gladly! This book was Matt Zeller served as an embedded combat begins with 12 year old Tris’s escape and written with love by Dawn and Dave adviser with the Afghan security forces in descent through a rain grate into the child themselves and includes 67 recipes and Ghazni, Afghanistan. Watches Without Time run world of Nowhere. It is a brick utopia 50 color photos for everything from is a compilation of the emails and letters he hidden in the sewers made up of sweets, classics at the café to some family favorites sent home to family and friends during that sports, hammocks, and fireflies. But even to breakfast sweets. It will become the period—so that, as he writes in the Preface, this haven, free of parents and protocol, dog-eared, grease-stained book that every “should anything have ever happened to me, is not everything it seems. baker will reach for time and again. It is they would know what I went through.” both a great baking resource and sweet Haunted by dark specters known only as story book. http://justworldbooks.com/watches-without- Phocydes, feared for their reputation of time-an-american-soldier-in-afghanistan/ consuming children whole, Tris works both Note from One Girl: Dawn and Dave are to hunt and to hide from these hooded happy to sign your copy of the One Girl shadows. But something about them is Cookies cookbook. Please let us know Book reviews familiar; something about them fires her in the delivery/shipping instructions if the curiosity more than her fear. And Tris slowly message should be personalized. Do you have a favorite book begins to realize that, no matter where you you’d like reviewed? Email go, fears are not something you can escape, http://www.onegirlcookies.com/ the only thing to do is face them. one-girl-cookies-cookbook/ [email protected] and we will consider your We Are Savages is available exclusively on amazon.com in ebook format. suggestion for our future publications list!

www.AllendaleColumbia.org | 9 Byzantine emperors won victories here. Romans marched to war, Greeks traded. Bulgars, Avars, Huns, Mongols, Magyars, Cumans, Pechenegs, and others swept through to build kingdoms and be in turn swept away. Ottoman armies turned back Crusaders, and Soviets crossed here in great armored maneuvers. It is a grim and enchanting scene. Traveling back roads, isolated villages, and the riverine habitats of Gypsies and peasant fisher folk, I saw that the friction of Europe is a deep and ancient thing. The Romans called those beyond their borders Barbarians. The monarchs of the Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment condemned those under Ottoman domination and vassalage to a proto- Orientialism that persists today and no doubt colored my observations.

The Soviet Union fostered a socialist empire that hung, as Churchill said, behind an ‘Iron Curtain’ lost to the West just as it had been lost to the Byzantines and Turks for 15 centuries before. Whatever orbit it traces, this collection of states and peoples Hungarian Parliament that we safely called ‘Eastern Europe’ or the Budapest, Hungary Canoeing through Europe ‘Balkans’, sought at each turn to slough off John Van der Stricht ’00 appellations as mock simplifications. The cover of the July 1965 issue of National This past fall and winter, I paddled a canoe from the Geographic featured a vivid photograph of canoeists approaching the Parliament tidewaters on the Atlantic coast of France, up the Loire Building in Budapest. The cover story River to the canals of eastern France, across the Rhine, detailed the journey of recent Dartmouth graduates along their paddle down the through the Black Forest to the headwaters of the Danube (by my counts, the first trip of Danube River in Germany. My boat mate and I would its kind in the post-war era). This team of paddlers needed permissions, visas, police follow the Danube through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, escorts, and other diplomatic graces to pass through the former Yugoslavia and Hungary, Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria before Eastern bloc countries. reaching Turkey. All in, we covered roughly 2,400 miles Thanks to the freedom of passage from Nantes to Istanbul. afforded under the European Union, the only boarder-crossing trouble we Our biggest luxury on the trip was certainly the forty books we brought to keep our neurons encountered came when we left the E.U. firing along the journey. One by one, we’d digest page after page by flashlight, each detailing in Hungary, and entered Serbia. Despite the history of the regions through which we’d paddled. We eagerly watched the knot of successfully completing the two hours of European history untangle, mile by mile, as we paddled downstream. paperwork to merit an exit stamp from the Western Europe was not without texture on our trip, but in the interest of concision, I’ll focus E.U., we failed to get an entry stamp in our on a few stories from the latter half of our trip. passports to enter Serbia. Unbeknownst to us for a week, we had entered Serbia East of Budapest, we continued to feather our blades into the familiar waters of the Danube, illegally. After a steak dinner with old friends but the banks of the river grew stranger by the day. in Belgrade, we found two police officers

10 | Beyond the Birches Fall 2012 eagerly awaiting our arrival. We were turned the march, we chose to skip the final visited Gypsies and princes in his famous in as illegals almost immediately upon arrival 400 kilometers of the Danube north of walk from Holland to Constantinople in to our hostel. The Serbian prison system Cernavoda, and paddled into the Danube 1933. We argued with Claudio Magris in is much nicer than one might expect, but Black Sea Canal, which would take us 60 his aimless drift through the cultural history perhaps an easier way to learn of the kilometers due east to the Black Sea. of Mitteleuropa, and read the histories of Serbian penal system could be found by a the Roman frontier, of Hapsburg splendor The shortcut canal was first surveyed by savvier traveler than I. After sampling the and decline, Slavic soul searching, and the the Romans, and then later pondered upon local pear-brandy “rakia” with the police wars against the Ottomans. The Duke of by the Ottomans and the Austrians. It would chief behind bars, we were given a four day Marlborough set tents in frosted grass with take Joseph Stalin’s urging and the People’s window to leave the country and a promise us in Germany, Prince Eugene of Savoy Republic of Romania to break ground on that the violation for “entering the country lit the stove, clogged with the carbon of its construction in 1949, with high hopes illegally by means of sportboat” would be cheap petrol, from the Vienna woods to the of facilitating shipping routes. The canal named after us. Every expedition needs a dome of Eztergom as Imre Nagy’s speckled construction would unfortunately also serve bit of texture now and then... head bobbed under a portage load. Marcus as a forced labor project and mass grave Aureilus pointed us to the market in Turnu We would stop for fresh water every day, for a few hundred thousand of Romania’s new food every three days, and new fuel bourgeoisie. Work was abandoned and the every month. In every town, each person slave camps dispersed after ten years with I saw ceased whatever they were doing to the canal half completed and over 100,000 walk with me, direct me, encourage my criminals, Gypsies, and political dissidents quest—the dog walkers, the crippled buried within the canal walls. It is commonly fisherman, the nightclub owner, the grizzled referred to as the “Canalul Mortii,” or the city father with flowing mustaches. “Canal of Death.” For dramatic effect, we

We would stop for fresh water every day, new food every three days, and new fuel every month.

One woman, nearly blind and hunched over, decided to paddle this stretch overnight, struggled out from the 3-foot pile of split accompanied by the gentle lullaby of wild wood that she had encased herself in in dogs constantly barking at us from shore. order to point me on, smiling with an axe Reaching Istanbul after 81 days of travel, we in hand whose head was larger than hers feasted upon historic sights and exhausted and whose shaft reached her chin. After tour guides with questions of the Nika Riots, every such errand, we’d return to the boat Orhan’s super cannons that brought down rejuvenated by the interaction and, most the Theodocian Walls, which we ran atop likely, a new stash of Snickers bars. We with more excitement than the nine year would push on through the freezing mist, old boys who chased after us. constantly racing the arrival of the snows of winter. English, Spanish, Latin, German, elementary Sunset on the Danube River French (merci beaucoup, Madame Miltsch) Those who might have reached the final and hand signals sufficed for communication Severin and Prince John Hunyaldi to the only stage of the Geography Bee in the old during the voyage, however, our most gas station in Tutrakan. Vlad Dracula kept Columbia Gymnasium may recall that the meaningful and enjoyable exchanges came a trash fire through the night to keep off Danube River empties into the Black Sea on the backgammon boards in cafés in the wild dogs through Wallachia, and Ovid through the Danube Delta, near the Istanbul, where we challenged many and bought our first beer in Constanta. Romanian town of Tulcea. The Delta is lost to most. Europe’s largest wetland, and major stopover We paddled the river of history, always in for most Eurasian-Africa-Middle Eastern We walked side by side next to Patrick awe at the peopled histories that faded in migratory bird routes. With winter on Leigh Fermor as he traced the Danube and and out of the fog.

www.AllendaleColumbia.org | 11 Getting to Know Mick Gee, Allendale Columbia’s New Head of School John Reese: Tell me about growing up in England. JR: What are your strengths?

Mick Gee: I am from Nottingham, England. My whole family is from MG: I feel as if I am pretty grounded, I have a strong work ethic, and there and I think they all live within 6 miles of each other. My parents I am a pretty straight shooter. I am honest and direct. I am passionate are Mick and Marlene. I am the oldest of three children—I have a about education. I want to make sure that as long as I am involved, brother who is 6.5 years younger than me, and I have a sister that I am doing everything I can to make sure the students that we serve is 2.5 years younger than me. We grew up in a Council House are served better under my leaderships than anywhere else. Estate, which is government owned housing and would be called the projects over here. Both of my parents worked in factories, my Mom worked for Raleigh Bicycles, which is a Nottingham company, and my Dad worked in the hosiery trade, and they worked in those positions AC is a true community, for over 25 years. They are currently serving on the board of trustees for an elementary school. and that is important to me JR: Tell me about your family. personally and for my family. MG: My wife is Amy, she is from Pittsburgh, and moving to Rochester is her first time away. She was a paralegal for a law firm in Pittsburgh for a long time, but did not like that. So, she went back to school JR: What is your greatest achievement? and got her PhD in Applied and Developmental Psychology and then MG: I was the first person in my family to go to college, ever, and worked for the University of Pittsburgh where she taught there a my mom can trace her family back a couple of hundred years. When little bit but mostly did research. She has done research in orphanages I went to college in 1980 only five percent of the population was overseas in Nicaragua and China. She has also taught at Carnegie accepted to college and of that five percent, only about five percent Mellon University where, until recently, she did program evaluation. were working class. I did not go because I am brilliant, but because We have one daughter, Madeleine, who will be here in 4th grade. I have supportive parents and they valued education. It was really a She has been at school with me since she was in Pre-K and now family achievement and not mine. she is going to be here with me. JR: What is the importance of the AC alumni body? JR: What excites you about being AC’s new Head of School? MG: They are the foundation of the school. They carry the history, MG: A lot really. I am a teacher first and foremost; my background is the stories, and the culture of the school. As we move forward we in teaching Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth Science. I wanted to need the support of the alumni body. They can help us develop the come to a school that I could help advance, but also still be connected AC of the future. They are an important force for the future and not to the kids, and connected to teaching and learning. I love that AC just the past. has a historical tradition and the fact that it is established in Rochester history. I also want to help the school think of where it wants to go educationally. AC is a true community, and that is important to me personally and for my family.

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The following list includes all annual giving to Allendale Columbia School from July 1, 2011–June 30, 2012. Thank you to everyone in the Allendale Columbia community who helped make a difference—your generosity allows for so much. We hope that you will join us this year as we continue to advance excellence in education.

Cornerstone Society Dr. Tony Godfrey † and Dr. Virginia Litle * ($10,000+) Mr. and Mrs. Peter Greaves-Tunnell †* Mr. and Ms. William B. Hale II ’39 * Anonymous -5 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Van Hise *§ Erwin and Gertrude Davenport Private Foundation Mrs. Eva Hoard * Gleason Family Foundation Mr. Michael B. Holl and Mrs. Diana Holl ’99 † Mr. Andre M. Langston and Ms. Wendy Boyde * Mr. and Mrs. Paul Holloway †* Allendale Columbia Founders ITX Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lander Jr. ’38 * ($5,000-$9,999) Moreland’s Lawn and Landscaping Dr. Burr Hall and Dr. Sandy Jee Richard A. Mahar ’54 ƒ Dr. Sungjun Hwang and Dr. Anne-Marie Anthony * Mr. and Mrs. James Martin * Tom ’63 and Ebets ’64 Judson * Dr. Manuel Matos and Dr. Stamatia Destounis *ƒ Mr. Aaron Klein and Mrs. Maria Lauriello-Klein †* Mr. Gilbert K. McCurdy *ƒ Bob ’75 and Amy Tait †*ƒ Mr. John Mealey and Mrs. Amy Mealey ’82 *§ƒ Dr. and Mrs. Edward Messing * Head of School Circle Janice Vaughn Middlebrook ’52 ($1,000-$4,999) Michael Milazzo ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Willem Appelo †* Mr. Thaddeus S. Newell, III ’53 and Mrs. Sherley S. Newell ’57 Mr. Jim Blake and Ms. Lynette Blake ’66 * Mr. Edward Nicosia and Ms. Becky Wehle ’90 †* Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Blakley ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Ellison Patterson Jr. * Mr. and Mrs. David Blanchard § Mr. Mauricio Riveros † and Mrs. Elisabeth Riveros ’96 * Charles Bradford ’99 Rochester Area Community Foundation Mr. and Ms. G. Lindsay Brown ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Jon L. Schumacher ’55 †*ƒ Brown & Brown of Rochester, NY Mr. and Mrs. Skip Shumway ’82 * Mr. John P. Carver and Mrs. Betsy M. Carver ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Siebert ’45 *ƒ Dr. Brian Cooper and Dr. Margueritte Murphy * Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Silver ’42 *ƒ Ted and Claire Curtis ’47 * Kathryn A. Tsibulsky ’94 Dr. Christopher Dahl and Ms. Ruth Rowse *ƒ Mr. Scott Turner and Ms. Mary Worboys-Turner †ƒ§ Mr. C. Kieran Draper †* Mr. and Ms. Michael L. Wilder ’53 ƒ Mr. and Mrs. Steve Dubnik †*ƒ Louise B. Yamada ’61 ƒ Mr. Bill D. Eggers and Ms. Deborah J. McLean * Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Fox * Key: Mrs. Susan G. Garrett ’57 ‘00 = Alumnus/a § = Current and Past Faculty/Staff Kevin ’80 and Rachel Glazer * † = Current Trustee ƒ = Society for the Future * = Current and Past Parent/Grandparent ‡ = Deceased Mr. and Mrs. James S. Gleason ’51 * We have done our best to ensure the accuracy of this list. If for some reason there are any discrepancies, please contact the Development Office.

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Allendale Columbia Benefactors Mr. Ron Philips and Mrs. Mary Louise Philips ’52 ($500-$999) Powder Mill Masonry Inc. Rochester Museum & Science Center Dr. Maria Alsani-Breit Mr. William Sedor and Mrs. Ellen-Marie Megens-Sedor * Atalanta Sosnoff Management Corp. Susan Heilbrunn Shapiro ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Bagg ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Danny R. Shultz * Mr. and Mrs. William Balderston IV †*ƒ Ms. Patricia G. Sladden ’52 * Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bartlett †* Mrs. Beverly A. Smith ’59 *ƒ Richard S. Beattie ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Noel Smith ’55 Mr. and Mrs. James Blankenship Mr. Sukhvinder Sokhi and Ms. Rita V. Hoard ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Browning * Mr. and Mrs. Henry Theuer Jr. §* Mrs. Ernestine W. Chandler ’39 * Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Timpani * Dr. Stephen H. Cole and Mrs. Cathy Cole ’63 Spencer and Liz Cook ’58 * Mr. and Mrs. Kevin S. Cooman †* Blue & White Circle Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cooper, Jr. * ($250-$499) Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dandrea * Gay ’70 and Sanford Abbey Frederick G. Dann ’78 Mr. Per S. Adamson ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DaRin † Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Van Alstyne * Mrs. Elizabeth Bynum Drake ’50 * Mr. A.E. Ted Aub and Ms. Phillia Yi * Grant Eiselen ’89 Mr. Bruce B. Bates and Mrs. Marcia V. Hargrave The Eye Care Center Mrs. Edward L. Belcher ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Farnham Jr. ’62 Eleanor Ravenel Bick ’82 Mr. Dana H. Fearon, III and Mrs. Janet A. Fearon ’56 Dr. and Mrs. Kirk Bodary * Finger Lakes Roofing Company Mr. Edward Boucher Mrs. Peggy Boucher ’74 * Marc Fischer- Graystone Consulting Ms. Imani Alycia Boykin ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Gallo ’01 † Mr. Ted Boylan and Mrs. Miranda M. Boylan ’71 Dr. Steve Goldman and Dr. Maiken Nedergaard * Mr. and Mrs. David J. Brecher Ms. Jean M. Gordon ’56 ƒ Mr. David Breit and Dr. Maria Aslani-Breit * Dr. and Dr. William Green * Dr. Nancy Brown * Mrs. Nora K. Grimm ’50 Mr. George A. Cooper Mr. Mark Hargrave and Mrs. Barbara H. Hargrave ’44 Mrs. Patricia W. Crawford ’40 Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson F. Huff * Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Crofton ’55 Dr. and Dr. J.J. Ifthikharuddin * Kenneth Dens and Mary Beth Conway † * James L. Garrett Construction Company Corporate Floors, USA LLC Dr. and Dr. David Kankam * Mr. Matthew DiFrancesco ’05 Dr. Steve Kelly and Ms. Julia K. Cline ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Gary DiFrancesco * Mr. and Mrs. Richard Krenzer * Mr. and Mrs. William H. English *§ Dr. and Mrs. Steven Lasser * Ms. Pamela E. Ferguson * Jenna and Abigail Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Pandush Filipi * Ms. Allison L. Marsland ’83 Mr. Thomas S. Foulkes and Mrs. Anne F. Foulkes ’52 * Mrs. Sally N. McGucken ’58 *ƒ Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Garrett, Jr. ’70 * Mr. and Mrs. Brian Meehan § Mr. Antreas Ghazarossian and Mrs. Jane M. Ghazarossian ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T. Merle ’58 Mr. Bob Goodman and Mrs. Diane C. Goodman ’74 Mr. Aaron Newman and Ms. Jennifer Newman †* Agnes E. Griffith, Ph.D. ’49

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Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Guisto * Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shumway ’51 * Mr. Mark E. Haddad and Mrs. Miranda Johnson-Haddad ’76 Dr. and Dr. Elisabeth Testani * Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hall III * Mr. and Mrs. Donald Trasher * Mrs. Jane S. Hatch ’53 *‡ Mr. and Mrs. Devon Van Vechten * Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hegedorn * Mr. Shea Wallon and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Wallon ’89 Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Hodgman § Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Ward Mr. and Ms. Russell E. Houck ’81 Mr. Robert D. Ward ’85 Mrs. Gwyneth D. P. Hunting ’50 Mr. Thomas R. Ward * Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning Mr. Michael Whelan and Ms. Josephine V. Gumaer ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Isgro * Mr. Andrew J. Wilkinson ’97 Holly ’68 and David Jacobstein * Mr. and Mrs. Richard Yates Mr. Gordon T. Jones ’82 Mr. HyunJun Kim and Ms. EunSook Park * Donors Mr. Jarrett B. Kling ’62 (≤$250) Carolyn Hall Krulee ’54 Saba Abaci, MD * Mr. Douglas P. LaBudde and Mrs. Emily N. LaBudde ’44 Tracey Adams ’59 Mr. David Law ’77 Mrs. Lois Adamson-Shumanski * Mr. William B. Lee and Mrs. Nancy Lee ’48 Ms. Wendy Ahlheim ’72 Joan and Tim Litle * Mr. and Mrs. Frederic S. Allen ’64 Mr. James T. Mabie and Mrs. Margot J. Mabie ’62 Ms. Judith Van Alstyne ’88 *§ Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Marion Jay Anderson ’52 Ms. Sally Marrer ’77 Anonymous Dr. and Ms. Joseph Marron * Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Ansley ’62 * Mary McGucken Marshburn ’87 Ms. Hannah Atkin ’07 Susan Jackson McAnulty ’62 Ms. Jessica A. Atkin ’07 McConville, Considine, Cooman, & Morin PC Mr. and Mrs. Parvinder Atwal * Mr. James Merrell, Jr. and Mrs. Katherine M. Denny ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Atwater * Liz and Sam Montello *§ Dr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Atwater ’76 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Burton August * Mr. and Ms. Thomas W. Morris ’61 Ms. Christine Avila * Mr. Thomas J. Mullin and Mrs. Carol S. Mullin ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Babcock § Mrs. Dorothy M. Mundt ’70 Ms. Patricia Babcock § Mrs. Courtney New ’98 Mr. and Ms. Guy L. Babineau ’82§ Mrs. Nancy Northup ’77 Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Babineau * Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Oddo * Mr. Richard B. Bagby and Mrs. Linda H. Bagby ’57 Dr. Carlos Palacio * Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan W. Bagg ’60 Ms. Joyce E. Parella § Mr. Peter Balderston ’76 Julien R. Phillips * Mr. John Balderston ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Prokupets * Ms. Maggie Balderston ’07 Mrs. Elena Prokupets * Ms. Sarah Balderston ’04 Mr. Robby Ramdin ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Grosvenor Richardson * Key: Mr. John Semple and Mrs. Mallory M. Semple ’42 ‘00 = Alumnus/a § = Current and Past Faculty/Staff Mr. Cornelius V. V. Sewell and Mrs. Ann Gates S. Sewell ’50 † = Current Trustee ƒ = Society for the Future Mr. Paul Sherman and Ms. Michelle Binotto *§ * = Current and Past Parent/Grandparent ‡ = Deceased

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Mr. and Mrs. John Ballard *§ Class of 2020 Mr. Peter E. Baltzer ’54 ‡ and Mrs. Ruth C. Baltzer ’57 * Dr. Douglas Cline and Ms. Lorraine van Meter-Cline *§ Ms. Lisa Barnes *§ Mr. Geoffrey K. Cline ’01 Mrs. Judy Batchelor * Mr. and Mrs. Michael Clinton § Nancy Miller Batty ’64 Gail Manson Clough ’55 Mr. Paul Baumgartner and Mrs. Helen B. Baumgartner ’50 Mr. and Mrs. James F. Coffey * Mr. Dan Beach ’54 Mr. Christopher C. Coffey ’84 Mrs. John Beattie * Laurie Johnston Colombo ’63 * Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Becker * Mr. William Conlon and Mrs. Caroline C. Conlon ’73 Sandra Berbeco-Coen ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Costanzo *§ Mrs. Linda L. Berglund ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Couch, Jr. * Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Bessey ’96 Mr. Owen Coyle ’08 Mr. Bob Bills and Ms. Pamela D’Angelo § Mr. John Crandall and Mrs. Lisa Crandall *§ Mr. and Mrs. James Bishop ’71 * Mr. and Mrs. David P. Crawford * Dr. and Prof. Vincent Bissonette * § Mr. Larry Crews and Dr. Nancy Crews * Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Bjorklund § * Mr. and Ms. David Crofton ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Blossom * Mrs. Frances Crouthamel * Mr. Mike Boda and Ms. Colleen Jacobs § Ms. Tammy Crowe § Mr. Stephen K. Bohrer ’82 Mr. Arthur Cruz § Mr. Peter Bolane ’92 and Ms. Jocelyn Smith Katherine Levy Cubeta (Mrs. Philip) ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Roger Boocock § Ms. Deborah E. Curtis ’71 Jean F. Borden ’42 Ms. June E. Cuthbert § Mr. and Mrs. Spiro Bourtis * Mr. and Mrs. Donald D’Ambrosio * Mr. and Mrs. Terence E. Brairton ’85 Mr. and Dr. Kevin Daniels * Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brairton ’82 Ms. Leah Daniels § Mr. Ciaran Brennan ’07 Dr. and Mrs. Claude L. David * Mr. Jeffrey Brenner and Elizabeth E. Brenner ’81 Helen Shaw Davis ’53 Ms. Cynthia D. Brewster ’75 * Mr. Yash Y. Deguchi and Mrs. Virginia L. Squier ’62 Mr. James T. Briggs Ms. V. Sumati Devadutt ’60 Mr. Joseph C. Briggs and Mrs. Nancy P. Briggs ’50 Mr. Christopher Dewan ’06 Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Brimlow * Mr. Benjamin Dewan ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Broberg *§ Ms. Julie C. Doescher ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brockler § Mr. and Mrs. Kreag Donovan * Ms. Lindsey Brown *§ Mr. Robert L. Doran § Marian E. Buckman * Mr. and Mrs. Allen Douglas * Leslie J. Burlingame ’60 Mr. David A. Doyle ’55 Mr. Charles L. Cansler and Mrs. Suzanne J. Cansler ’59 Justin P. Doyle ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Castellano * Mr. and Mrs. James C. Duffus * R. Elliot Cherne Jr. ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duver *§ Ms. Jill Chesley and Ms. Denise Lippa * Dr. C. J. Ebinger * Mary Lu Clark ’50 Douglas M. Eisenhart ’67 Mr. Harry K. Clark ’54 and Mrs. Rhett Thurman Rick and Tina Eisenhart ’61 * Ms. Helen E. Clark ’56 Mr. John K. Elberfeld § Mr. Charles Clarkson ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Ellmaker *§ Mrs. Donald Clarkson * Maria Ernest ’59

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Jane Gouverneur Ten Eyck ’49 Mr. Andrew Harner ’07 Mr. Philip D. Fileri ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Rodney S. Hatch III ’78 Mr. Luke Finlay and Mrs. Susan W. Finlay ’54 Mrs. Audrey N. Hays ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fischer Mr. C.K. Hellebush, III ’71 and Mrs. Margaret Hellebush *§ Mr. and Mrs. Tim Fitzpatrick * Mr. and Mrs. James Herlan * Mrs. Janet P. Forbes * Ms. Rebecca Herlan ’00 Ms. Ann E. Forbes * Mr. and Mrs. John Herman and Mrs. Eleonore H. Herman ’58 Ms. Kelly Francis * Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Hertrick *§ Mr. and Mrs. John Frenett * Mr. Alan R. Hickok ’61 Mr. and Ms. Charles Fujita §* Mr. Stephen Hill ’03 and Ms. Caroline Hill ’06 Mr. Yoshiro Fujita ’02 Mr. Joseph H. Holmes, III and Mrs. Poppy Holmes ’53 Mr. and Ms. Hugh Fuller * Mr. Edgar Hopkins and Mrs. Melissa C. Hopkins ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Furbush § Mr. Robert P. Hopkins and Mrs. Mary W. Hopkins ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Galban * Ms. Alison G. Howe ’72 Mr. Gregory D. Gale ’82 Mr. John A. Howson and Mrs. Mary T. Howson ’50 Ms. Gerda Gallop-Goodman ’86 Ms. Natalie Hsiang ’07 Dr. Katherine Garrett ’95 Mr. Samuel T. Hubbard, Jr. ’68 * Mr. and Dr. Mick Gee §* Mr. and Mrs. Don Hunt * Mr. and Mrs. William H. George ’62 Stanley M. Hunting ’54 Mr. Aaron Giles and Mrs. Vera N. Giles ’89 Christine Waasdorp Hurtado, MD ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Glavin § Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hutchens ’49 Dr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Gleason ’81 Ms. Heather Hutton *§ Mr. and Mrs. Jason Gleeson *§ Ms. Laura S. Hyatt ’87 § Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goldfeder * Mr. Richard Hyland and Mrs. Eleanor W. Hyland ’72 * Mr. Michael Gonzalez ’03 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ingle Jr. ’64 Mary K. Gooding ’06 Mr. and Mrs. John Jamieson * Mr. Steven Gooding and Ms. Karen Capizzi-Gooding * Mr. Peter Jenkins and Mrs. Victoria C. Jenkins ’76 Mr. Gregg Gordon Aileen F. Jensen ’46 Ms. Judith E. Gordon ’57 * Mr. Peter C. Jeton and Mrs. Nancy K. Jeton ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Crofts K. Gorsline Mr. Arthur Johnson and Mrs. Anne H. Johnson ’41 Mr. David Graham and Ms. Yvonne M. Graham ’99 Mr. William C. Johnston Jr. ’59 Mrs. Virginia Gray § Dr. Keith D. Jones § Mr. and Mrs. Newton H. Green ’44 Mr. Peter Jorrens and Mrs. Katherine F. Jorrens ’53 Mr. Peter Gregory ’03 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Judson ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Greppin, Jr. ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Junius R. Judson ’65 * Mr. and Mrs. Christopher G. Grosso ’85 Carriel Keegan-Carrizosa ’76 Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gulick ’50 Mrs. Linda G. Kendall ’57 Mr. David Guzzetta and Mrs. Elizabeth Guzzetta §* Mr. D. Whitney King and Mrs. Janet D. King ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Haines * Mrs. Jane W. Kitchen ’43 * Mr. and Mrs. Timothy G. Hale *§ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Klem * Mr. and Mrs. James Hall ’89 Mrs. Marie M. Hanson Key: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hargrave ’49 ‘00 = Alumnus/a § = Current and Past Faculty/Staff Mr. Thomas Hargrave, Jr. and Mrs. Anne M. Hargrave ’43 † = Current Trustee ƒ = Society for the Future Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Harmer * * = Current and Past Parent/Grandparent ‡ = Deceased

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Mr. David A. Kolbe and Ms. Ashley E. Kolbe ’92 Mrs. Jean S. Meenan ’50 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Kolster *§ Mr. Thomas Mees ’55 and Mrs. Mary Lou Mees ’52 Barbara H. Kopatz * Ms. Kristin Merriman § Mr. and Mrs. Bill Krieger § Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Merritt § Ms. Donna Kwiatkowski §* Dr. and Dr. Steven Meyers * Ms. Mary Ellen La Fleche § Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Mr. David Laiacona and Mrs. Marlowe H. Laiacona ’73 Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Milazzo * Ms. Patricia C. Lane ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Millard ’56 Ms. Claire Langie ’49 Mr. Charles C. Miller, II and Mrs. Karen K. Miller ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Chad and Katherine Lapa § Mr. Ranlet Miner, Jr. ’53 and Mrs. Elizabeth K. Miner ’56 ƒ Ms. Michelle LaRussa-Trott * Mr. Peter Mitchell ’83 John and Ramsay Lawless ’41 Mr. and Mrs. Willis Mitchell * Mrs. Allison S. Laws ’82 Mrs. Nancy K. Morris ’46 Mrs. Noel Lawson ’45 Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Morrow § Mrs. John R. Leinen ’41 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Morse Mr. Jeffrey Levinson and Ms. Wendy Howitt * Mr. Hugh G. Moulton and Catherine C. Moulton ’52 Mrs. Kathleen Lightholder *§ Rooney Mayberry Moy ’72 Mr. and Ms. Frank C. Lillich Jr. ’58 Mr. Terence Mulcahy § Dr. Derek S. Linton and Kim Linton * Mrs. Ann M. Mulligan ’49 Charles S. Lippa * Mr. David Nassau ’11 Mrs. Sandra H. Lloyd ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Melvin B. Neisner * Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lohman Mr. Paul Ness § Mr. Joseph T. Looby and Mrs. Katrina H. Looby ’60 Mr. Roderick H. Nordell and Mrs. Joan P. Nordell ’45 MAC’s Makeovers Mr. Zachary Northrup ’01 Mr. and Ms. John D. MacMillan ’64 Mr. James K. Nunan Jr. ’56 Mr. Robert W. Maggs and Mrs. Deborah E. Maggs ’63 Mr. Seth O’Bryan § Dr. and Mrs. Richard W. Mains * Mr. Gie S. Oey ’82 Mrs. James F. Mangan ’42 * Mrs. Giok Oey * Al and Ruth Marchetti * Ernest and Ann Leunox Olson ’50 Mr. Warren A. Marsland ’54 *§ Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey D. Palmer ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Martin * Mr. Frank Panczyszyn ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn S. Masline ’67 * Mr. and Mrs. James W. Pembroke * Mr. Robert Mazza and Mrs. Lillian G. Mazza ’58 Mr. Ray Perez § and Ms. Rhonda Brown * Mr. Geoffrey McConnell and Mrs. Deborah McConnell ’64 Mr. Bryan Perkins ’97 Ms. Uma McCrosson ’96 Mrs. Mamie Pezzuole * Mrs. Katherine McCurdy * Mr. Anthony Phillips ’55 and Mrs. Judy Raphael Mr. Robert F. McGraw ’57 Dr. Preston E. Pierce * Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. McGucken ’85 Mr. Mike Pinch Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McKenzie §* Mr. Jamie Pittinaro § Ms. Emma L. McLaughlin ’92 Mr. Dennis Pragel and Mrs. Stephanie DePaul-Pragel § Mr. Tyler McMahon ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Puccia § Mr. Andrew N. McNabb and Mrs. Marie W. McNabb ’84 Ms. Amina Purak ’07 Ms. Annie McQuilken * Dr. and Dr. John Queenan * Mr. Rennie McQuilkin ’54 and Mrs. Sarah C. McQuilkin ’56 Ruth Anne Kelly - Queenan Family * Mr. and Mrs. George Medill Mrs. Sally J. Radicchi ’66

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Mr. and Ms. Andrew Ragan *§ Mr. Kevin J. Stone and Ms. Nan B. Atwood-Stone ’92 Mr. Michael A. Ralph and Mrs. Anne T. Ralph ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Sullivan * Mr. and Mrs. Jai Ramachandran * Mr. John Sullivan § Mr. Richard L. Ranger and Mrs. Catherine K. Ranger ’74 Mr. Mark E. Sullivan and Mrs. Mary Lou Sullivan ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Reddington, Jr. ’55 Mr. David A. Sundeen ’62 Mr. and Mrs. John Reese § Mr. and Ms. Allen G. Swan ’64 Dr. and Mrs. William F. Remington ’61 Mrs. Anne P. Sylvester ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Renzi Jr. ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Tepedino II *§ Mr. Jason Reynolds ’02 Ms. Alison Theuer ’99 Ms. Laura Reynolds-Gorsuch § Mr. Jason G. Theuer ’97 § Ms. Edith Rhodes § Mr. John W. Thoman and Mrs. Georgiana T. Thoman ’47 Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Riordan * Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Townson ’49 Ms. Bridgette E. Rivers ’81† Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Tsibulsky * Mr. and Mrs. William Robinson ’51 Mr. Alan F. Tucker and Mrs. Mary B. Tucker ’66 Brian Rodwin ’83 Mrs. Shauna A. Tucker ’76 * Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Rodwin * Mr. Roger D. Turner and Sally D. Turner ’66 Dr. and Mrs. R. Danforth Ross * Mr. F. Dann Valenza ’77 Jocelyn Garlock Rowley ’53 Mr. Dale Vance and Ms. Lindsey Hegedorn * Dr. John S. Ruef * Ms. Diana M. Van Vechten ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ryckaert * JoAnn Weber Vorih ’58 Ms. Jacalyn R. Salitan § Mr. Charles Wadhams Jr. and Mrs. Anne S. Wadhams ’47 Stevan F. Sayre ’62 Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Walter * Mr. and Mrs. Bill Scharr *§ Dr. Charles M. Weis ’40 Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Scheinman Florence V. Wells * Ms. Karyl B. Sears ’65 Walter H. Wells Jr. ’66 Lissa Couch Seeberger ’82 Mr. Michael Wheeler and Ms. Robin B. Harter-Wheeler ’88 *§ Mr. William L. Shaw ’63 and Mrs. Lucia H. Shaw ’65 * Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Whitbeck III ’58 *ƒ Mr. and Mrs. Bernard H. Shaw ’58 Mr. Ernest C. Whitbeck, IV ’87 and Mrs. Mary Kay Whitbeck *§ Mrs. Faye Shea § Pamela S. Wilkens White ’63 Ms. Lisa Shearing *§ Mrs. Cheryl A. Whited ’62 Mr. Robert D. Shellard and Mrs. Patricia A. Shellard ’66 Ms. Sally N. Williams ’44 Ms. Adele E. Shepard ’57 Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson * Patricia Martin Simpson * Mr. and Mrs. David Winn * Mr. Stuart Small and Mrs. Wylie J. Small ’79 *§ Mr. E. Malcolm Wolcott, Jr. and Mrs. Nancy B. Wolcott ’63 Mr. Timothy Smelzer and Mrs. Anne Marie Smelzer ’56 Sally Wood ’56 Mr. and Ms. Clifford Smith * Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Wynn * Thomas Smith ’82 Mr. and Ms. Allen P. Zornow ’79 Ms. Sumangali Somaskanda ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Zuroski *§ Dr. Eleanor Sparagana § Ms. Jennifer Spratt ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Ira S. Stein * Mrs. Muriel Steinberg Key: Mrs. Jane W. Steinhausen ’33 ‘00 = Alumnus/a § = Current and Past Faculty/Staff Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Stern ’63 † = Current Trustee ƒ = Society for the Future Mr. William D. Stewart and Mrs. Elizabeth P. Stewart ’46 * = Current and Past Parent/Grandparent ‡ = Deceased

www.AllendaleColumbia.org | 19 Photo Flash Michael Kolster ’81

Michael Kolster attended Allendale Columbia School for nine years, graduating in 1981. He teaches at Bowdoin College and lives in Maine with his wife, Christy Shake, and eight-year-old son, Calvin. He is currently producing ambrotypes for a project comparing Maine’s Androscoggin River with other American post-industrial rivers. When not able to shoot outdoors, he works in the studio on a series of still lifes of everyday objects with the wet plate process. Recent solo exhibitions this summer (2012) feature the river photographs at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and a selection of still lifes at Schroeder Romero & Shredder Gallery in New York City.

Foam (3 second intervals) Lisbon Falls 2010, Michael Kolster

Bridge Reflection, Brunswick 2010, Michael Kolster Refection 3, Auburn 2010, Michael Kolster

AC Photo Contest— Call for Entries!

20 | Beyond the Birches Fall 2012 For more information on Michael and Tagger, check out the back cover!

Tagger Yancey ’08

Tagger Yancey IV attended Allendale Columbia School for twelve years, graduating in 2008. While at AC, he excelled not only in art and photography, but also in his academic classes. As a student at Rhode Island School of Design, he centered his work on photography. The highlight of his college career was his senior photo-thesis titled Mirrored. Tagger currently lives in New York and is pursuing a career in photography.

Pier Tower, Tagger Yancey

Bonfire, Tagger Yancey Tagger Turned, Tagger Yancey

Do you have a keen eye, creative mind, useful old camera or smart phone? If so, we invite AC Photo Contest— you to submit photo(s) to Allendale Columbia’s first annual Alumni Photo Contest. Judges are members of the Art Department and the AC Alumni Board. Visit allendalecolumbia.org/ Call for Entries! alumniphotocontest for all the details!

www.AllendaleColumbia.org | 21 Sunny, warm weather prevailed for a great Reunion weekend June 15 and 16. Reunion 2012 Visit allendalecolumbia.org/alumni to see more Reunion 2012 photos.

Thank you to those who attended Reunion Pictured to the left: Wendy Ahlheim ’72 Our class had a great time at the reunion! It was such fun to reconnect while enjoying some delicious appetizers and wine. and made the weekend so wonderful! Many of us will be back next year. Thanks to all at AC for making such a wonderful Reunion event!

22 | Beyond the Birches Fall 2012 Other Recent Alumni Events This year Allendale Columbia held an alumni gathering in New York City on April 26. Alumni representing classes from 1950 to 2006 met to catch up and enjoy hors d’oeuvres in Scott Blair’s ’81 Manhattan office.

Reunion Giving Challenge During this past year’s Annual Fund Campaign, Lindsay Brown ’82 challenged fellow AC alumni celebrating a milestone reunion (class years ending in 2 or 7) to participate in a Reunion Giving Challenge to see which class could reach the highest giving participation among its members. Classes had until the end of Reunion to reach their goal and the winning class earned the right Save the Date! to name the Allendale Circle for one year. The winner of the 2011-2012 Reunion Challenge is the class of 1982. By naming the Allendale Circle, the class of 1982 and entire Allendale Reunion 2013 will occur on June 14 and Columbia Alumni body have made a powerful statement to our community that they support 15. Reunion is for everyone, however, and believe in their alma mater. Thank you and congratulations to the class of 1982! alumni who graduated in years ending with “3” or “8” will celebrate a significant This year, we will challenge the 2013 milestone reunion classes (class years ending in 3 or 8) milestone year. We look forward to to see who will be renaming the Allendale Circle. seeing you all in June!

www.AllendaleColumbia.org | 23 Allendale Columbia Upcoming Events

September 28 - 29 Homecoming Weekend April 19 - 20 Upper School Production November 16 - 17 Upper School Production April 27 Spring Fling December 5 Lower School Winter Concert May 1 Upper School Spring Concert December 10 Middle School Winter Concert May 3 Lower School Entrepreneur Day December 12 Upper School Winter Concert May 14 Lower School Spring Concert December 14 Holiday Breakfast May 21 Middle School Spring Concert February 7 Upper School Cabaret May 24 Strawberry Breakfast February 14 Lower School Musical June 14 - 15 Alumni Reunion Weekend

March 7 Evening of the Arts To view all AC and HAC athletic events go to: March 15 - 16 Middle School Production allendalecolumbia.org

Contact the Alumni/ Development Team Today! Distinguished Alumni Award

John Reese Edward “Ted” P. Curtis, Jr., Allendale class of 1947 Assistant Director of Development received the Allendale Columbia Distinguished Alumni 585.381.4560, ext. 234 Award at Reunion 2012. Mr. Curtis’s loyal dedication [email protected] and generous philanthropy to Allendale Columbia spans a 60 year period.

Lorraine Van Meter-Cline His visionary leadership has also played pivotal roles Alumni Relations Class in many Rochester area organizations, and his ardent Representative Coordinator dedication has earned him numerous awards and 585.381.4560, ext. 310 recognitions throughout the state. Allendale Columbia [email protected] School is extremely proud and pleased to award Mr. Curtis the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award.

Loriann Furbush Marketing and Development Administrative Assistant Pictured above: Ted and Claire Curtis ’47 585.381.4560, ext. 226 [email protected]

24 | Beyond the Birches Fall 2012 Class Notes

Jay Anderson ’52 Kholiswa Laird ’00 Continues to teach at Providence College Graduate School in Kholiswa is a NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow and was engaged to be Counselor Education married this August to Ray Henry.

Katherine “Kit” Farrow Torrens ’53 Alexandra Conboy ’02 Retired after 30 years of teaching French and ESL to students from Alexandra bought a mid 17th century church in Mumford in late around the world at Language School International in Acton, MA. Spring of 2011 and has been living out in this wild old building with Kit continues to sing with the Harvard Pro Musica and the Harvard a crazy foxhound (adopted from a hunter in a neighboring hamlet), Unitarian Universalist Church Choir in Harvard, MA. a fat and fearless cat that just showed up one day, the world’s most pampered Doberman, and a smart, creative fiancé who also studied Jonathan W. Bagg ’60 theater before business school. It’s the noisiest church in town! Happy grandfather of four Erin McCue ’03 Sharon Smith Burlingame ’65 Erin currently resides in Brooklyn with boyfriend, John, a graduate Sharon’s son Eric finished his pediatric residency in Philadelphia this of Duke. Erin joined the product team of Bigstock, a part of past June and will work as a physician to an elementary school Shutterstock, as a User Experience Designer. Previously, she worked community in Wilmington, DE. Eric and wife, Gayle have two children. at a small graphic design studio, working on everything from Sharon’s daughter Maya married last summer and lives in Longmont, CO. branding and beauty packaging to high-end stationery and web Sharon’s husband, Wes, closed his native plant nursery in June of this design. Erin and John enjoyed a trip to Tokyo in April of this year. year after 28 years and returned it to orchard and garden space. Sharon is retired from her special education work.

Gregg Gale ’82 Promoted to Associate Director at Visions, Inc., a non-profit consulting firm.

Christine Waasdorp Hurtado ’90 Now practicing Pediatric Gastroenterology in Colorado Springs.

Nina A. Johnson ’93 Nina completed her PhD in Sociology in 2011 at Northwestern and is now living in Philadelphia teaching at Swarthmore College in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the program in Black Studies. Nina still dreams of pursuing a life in documentary film. Pictured above: Carrie Wehle ’93

George Kaufman ’97 George and wife Katie, a ’98 Fairport graduate, welcomed their new Annual Stuart Horse Trials son, Jacob Alexander, on January 23, 2012. He was also welcomed by his two sisters, McKenzie (5) and Ella (3). George has been teaching AC was well represented at the 23rd Annual Stuart Horse Chemistry and Environmental Science for the last four years at Trials held in Victor, NY on July 12-15. Most completely Transylvania University. involved was Carrie Wehle ’93 who sponsored several jumps, helped set up arenas, and both coached other riders Christian Daniels-Leatherbury ’99 and competed herself. Justin Andre ’91 was behind the Christian works for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory commission as a scenes on set up and running heavy equipment to help Regulations Specialist. She graduated from the George Washington park trailers and prepare the courses. University in 2010 with an MFA in Interior Design and resides just outside of Washington, DC with her husband Titus. They welcomed Among the hundreds of volunteers, Lynda Wells Robeson their first child, Hannah, on May 22, 2012. ’69 holds the record for longest service. Other AC riders included Caitlin Wischermann ’12 and current parent Kaitlin Northrup Zayachkivksy ’99 Anne Eilinger P’14. The hosts of the event, Ebets (C’64) Kaitlin and husband, Andy, welcomed their new son, Maxim Andrey, and Tom (A’63) hope to see the day when grandsons on November 21, 2011. Maxim (Max) is the grandson of current Thomas ’23, Oliver ’25, and Wesson ’27 Riveros will be faculty member, Randy Northrup, who is pretty sure Max is one competing in this triathalon of equestrian sport! of the most amazing babies ever! Kaitlin and family are residing in Salt Lake City, UT where Kaitlin is teaching fourth grade while husband, Andy, continues his research at the University of Utah.

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Faculty News

Mr. John K Elberfeld Former faculty, happily retired and living in a 180 year old farmhouse Matt Vander outside of Albany. Horst ’08 receives RIT Award Deaths Rosalie Brown Ciummei Matt Vander Horst ’08 recently received a 2011-2012 Outstanding Former Columbia faculty, passed March 2012. Undergraduate Scholar Award at Rochester Institute of Technology. Mrs. Ann Schaefer Along with his award, Matt chose to honor Elizabeth “Heide” Former faculty, passed April 30, 2012. Elberfeld, who was his Allendale Columbia Middle School Adviser Margaret Kayser and sixth and eighth grade teacher as the most influential person Former faculty in his educational career. Lois “Inky” Watts Former faculty, survived by children, Andy Watts ’76 and Jessie Watts Cronister ’73. Mary Gooding ’06 Mary received her Master of Arts – Teaching in Physics from Jean Hagen Smith ’39 Cornell University in May. She was a recipient of the Edward E. Passed away on December 20, 2012 and is survived by sister Sheldon awards in Education. She has earned her New York State Joyce Hagen Macy ’38 and daughter Sharon Smith Burlingame ’65. teaching certifications in both Physics and Mathematics at the secondary school level. David Haller ’41 Passed away on February 1, 2011. Rose Gooding ’09 Rose is in her senior year at Clarkson University where she is Peter E. Baltzer ’54 pursuing Biomolecular Science, Chemistry, and Premedical Studies. Passed peacefully on March 31, 2012 in Naples, FL following a long She was again named a Presidential Scholar for the academic year. illness. He was a former member of the Alumni Board and led his She continues with the Phi Delta Epsilon Premedical Academic class for their 50th Reunion. Survived by wife Ruth Connor Baltzer ’57 Fraternity performing public service and tutoring at the Potsdam and daughter Caroline Baltzer ’84. High School as well as preparing for a career in medicine. Jim Rizzo ‘64 John C. Balderston ’10 Passed away on August 25, 2012 John entered the International Study Program of St. Lawrence University for the fall 2011 semester through which he studied in France. Trebuchet Demonstration by Matt DiFrancesco Matt DiFrancesco ’05, visited several AC Middle and Upper School Physics, Calculus, and History classes on May 17. Matt spoke to classes and then brought students outside for a trebuchet demonstration. Not only did Matt’s visit help reinforce the importance of math and science concepts, but students also had fun connecting with a former AC student!

You may have seen Matt, Chris Nastasi ’05, and their team, Urban Siege on the Discovery Channel at the 2011 Punkin Chunkin World Championship, at which Urban Siege took second place in their division. The World Champion Punkin Chunkin Association (WCPCA) “host[s] [the] signature pumpkin-launching event each year, fueling innovative engineering and science-based ideas that draw spectators from all over.”1 They do so with the belief “that Punkin Chunkin cultivates the odd, challenging, and competitive quest for distance that inspires creativity, ingenuity, teamwork, and passion.”2 Congratulations to Matt, Chris, and Urban Siege!

1, 2: “http://www.punkinchunkin.com/history”

26 | Beyond the Birches Fall 2012 Class Representatives

1940s 1990s 1942 Robert C. Silver [email protected] 1990 Mieke Coe [email protected] 1947 Claire Gumaer Curtis 1991 Hewett Wright [email protected] Tyler McMahon [email protected] 1950s 1993 Andrew Hasselwander 1950 Elizabeth Seymour Bynum [email protected] 1996 Julie DesMarteau [email protected] 1952 Patricia G. Sladden 585.342.4747 1997 Bryan Perkins [email protected] 1953 Elizabeth Jackson-Renner 585.586.2793 1998 Courtney Harrison [email protected] 1958 Sally Nichols McGucken [email protected] 1999 Diana Clarkson Holl [email protected] Fred Merle 2000s 1960s 2000 Rebecca Herlan [email protected] 1961 Wendy Webber Welsh [email protected] 2001 Denise McMinn [email protected] 1962 Susan McMullen Davin [email protected] Zach Northrup [email protected] Peter Bagg [email protected] 2002 Phil Fileri [email protected] 1965 Lucia Hellebush Shaw [email protected] 2003 Peter Gregory [email protected] 1966 Lynette Pflanz Blake [email protected] Stephen Hill [email protected] Gloria Gioia Harrington [email protected] 2004 Katie McLean [email protected] 1967 Gayley Forsyth Knight Ben Ambler [email protected] 1968 Linda Hellebush Riordan [email protected] 2005 Kate McCurdy [email protected] 1969 Mary Macomber Burton [email protected] Cameron Thaney [email protected] 2006 Esther Reynolds [email protected] 1970s Caroline Bishop [email protected] 1970 Gay Siebert Abbey [email protected] 2007 Ciaran Brennan [email protected] Richard J. Garrett, Jr. [email protected] Maggie Balderston [email protected] 1971 James Bishop [email protected] 2008 Brieanna Boden [email protected] 1972 Wendy Ahlheim [email protected] Matt Vander Horst [email protected] Tom Worden [email protected] 1975 Robert C. Tait, II [email protected] Class years that appear bold are celebrating a milestone Reunion Trina Clickner [email protected] in 2013. If your class year does not appear on this list, contact 1976 Carolyn Hines [email protected] Lorraine van Meter-Cline([email protected]) to 1978 Mary Jeanne Mooney [email protected] become a Class Representative! 1979 Wylie Jameson Small [email protected] Sarah Mercier Hurlbut [email protected] Board of Trustees for 1980s 1980 Bill Ravenel [email protected] 2012–2013 1981 Marjorie Mangan [email protected] President Secretary 1982 Amy Cleary Mealey [email protected] Paul W. Holloway P’12, ’13 Claire M. Dubnik P’14 1983 Lisa Gifford Campbell [email protected] 1985 Per Adamson [email protected] Vice President Treasurer Charlie McGucken [email protected] Jennifer Newman P’18, ’22 Thomas M. Bartlett P’12, ’16 1986 Cedric Williams [email protected] 1987 Mary McGucken Marshburn [email protected] Willem Appelo...... P’14, ’17 Aaron Klein...... P’20 1988 Judy Van Alstyne [email protected] Ann W. Balderston..... P’04, ’07, ’10 Robert J. Moore 1989 Matthew English [email protected] Mary Beth Conway...... P’12, ’15 Duffy M. Palmer Adam Goldfeder [email protected] Kevin S. Cooman...... P’00, ’07 Laura G. Quatela...... P’12, ’13, ’18 Thomas DaRin Mauricio Riveros...... P’23, ’25, ’27 C. Kieran Draper...... P’19 Bridgette E. Rivers...... ’81 Nicholas J. Gallo...... ’01 Jon L. Schumacher ... ’55, P’87, ’90 Tony E. Godfrey...... P’17, ’19, ’22 Amy Tait...... P’08 Diana Clarkson Holl...... ’99 Elizabeth Wehle...... ’90, P’20, ’22

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Michael Kolster ’81, Tagger Yancey ’08, Brunswick, ME New York, NY Associate Professor of Art, 2012 RISD graduate and aspiring Bowdoin College, and professional photographer: professional photographer: www.taggeryanceyiv.com www.michaelkolster.com

When did you first fall in love with photography? When did you first fall in love with photography? The summer between 6th and 7th grade during Chuck Fujita’s Junior year in high school during a trip to Yosemite with my grandmother. photography course. What is a source of your inspiration? What is a source of your inspiration? The world around me, things I see, not necessarily what my brain Photographers who have worked in the field before me. fabricates. I also draw inspiration from other photographers. What did AC give you? What did AC give you? AC taught me to write and think. A wonderful community. I still keep in contact with 10-20 of my high Who is your favorite AC teacher? school friends. It is tough to pull from a long list; Chuck Fujita, Mel La Fleche, Who is your favorite AC teacher? George Dardess, and John Harrison. I have a ton because I was there for 12 years. I would say Lori Wun What was your favorite AC course? because she changed my life by helping me decide that photography World History in 9th grade with Lorraine Van Meter-Cline. was my path. What is your favorite camera? What was your favorite AC course? Phillips 8 x 10 view camera. Any of my Spanish classes. Who is your favorite photographer? What is your favorite camera? Walker Evens. Graflex Crown Graphic 4 x 5. What do you consider the greatest invention in your lifetime? Who is your favorite photographer? The Automatic Teller Machine (ATM). Alec Soth. How would your friends describe you? What do you consider the greatest invention in your lifetime? Tall. Anything Apple. They have completely changed how people interact with technology. What is your greatest achievement? Being lucky enough to do what I love; being able to pursue How would your friends describe you? photographic projects of my own choice and to share my sense Energetic and friendly. of wonder with students on a regular basis. What is your greatest achievement?

viewpoints • viewpoints • viewpoints • viewpoints Exhibiting my thesis installation.