Harmony in the Arts: Celebrating The Buttondowns and the Hostetter Arts Center’s 5th Anniversary What Do Grade 6 Students Think About the New Middle School? Also Inside: Faculty Awards and New Board Members WINTER 2008 PINTHE PINGGRY REVIEW RY 9 Hostetter Arts Center: Five Years Young Hostetter Drama Department Chair Albert Romano, Music Department Chair Andrew Moore, and Fine Arts Department Chair Miles Boyd reflect on the ways that 6Arts Center the center has allowed Pingry to realize its full artistic expression. John Hanly remembers a 17 Bill Redpath ’57 transformative gift from the Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of The Buttondowns from a founding member. Hostetters which created 30 Scene Around Campus Spotlight an outstanding arts facility. Grade 6 Students Wowed by The Carol And Park B. Smith ’50 Middle School. On the cover: 3 From the Headmaster 18 School News 34 Philanthropy Photo by Debbie Weisman of – Independant Study Program The Buttondowns taken at 35 Newest Board Members – Alex Snape ’07 Reunion ’07, celebrating their 36 Alumni News – Faculty Enrichment 5oth Anniversary. 41 Class Notes 54 In Memoriam – Spotlight on Sports 56 Dictum Ultimum – Scene Around Campus Board of Trustees, 2007-2008 Jonathan D. Leef Genesia Perlmutter Kamen ’79 PINGRY.ORG Victoria Brooks Assistant Headmaster-Martinsville Robert Kirkland ’48 Chair Upper School Director Conor Mullet ’84 John B. Brescher, Jr. ’65 John W. Pratt Samuel Partridge ’92 Online with Vice Chair Chief Financial Officer Mary Sarro-Waite ’01 The Pingry School Edward S. Atwater IV ’63 Reena Kamins William J. Silbey ’77 Treasurer Director of Admission Gordon Sulcer ’61 Harold W. Borden ’62 Philip S. Cox Katrina Welch ’06 Secretary Middle School Director Norbert Weldon ’91 Alice F. Rooke Lydia B. Geacintov Terms Expiring in 2010 Assistant Secretary Director of Studies Mark Bigos ’79 Melanie P. Hoffmann Cynthia Cuffie-Jackson Anthony Bowes ’96 Director of Development Anne DeLaney ’79 Kyle Coleman ’80 Jeffrey N. Edwards ’78 Gerry Vanasse Lisa Fraites-Dworkin ’81 Director of Athletics Miriam T. Esteve Jonathan Gibson ’88 E. Lori Halivopoulos ’78 Quoc Vo E. Lori Halivopoulos ’78 Director of Information Technology John W. Holman III ’79 Robert Hough ’77 Peter Korn, Jr. ’89 Megan Kellogg Office of Alumni Relations Stuart Lederman ’78 Log on to www.pingry.org Martin B. O’Connor II ’77 Jacqueline Sullivan Guy Leedom ’54 to get all the athletic teams’ Terence M. O’Toole Director of Alumni and Parent Relations Deryck A. Palmer Steven Lipper ’79 sports schedules. Miller Bugliari ’52 William Mennen ’85 Dan C. Roberts Special Assistant to the Headmaster Barbara Leslie Saypol Sean O’Donnell ’75 You can now view all school Kristen Tinson Ian S. Shrank ’71 Ronald Rice, Jr. ’86 Assistant Director of Alumni Relations news and mailings on our Julie A. Silbermann Jonathan Robustelli ’90 Sandra Salter ’93 web site, www.pingry.org. Park B. Smith ’50 Pingry Alumni Association Jonathan Shelby ’74 Click on “Monthy Notices Henry G. Stifel III ’83 E. Lori Halivopoulos ’78 for Parents” for a listing by Geraldine I. Vitale President Alison Zoellner ’83 Lower School, Middle School, Audrey M. Wilf Sean W. O’Donnell ’75 Honorary Directors and Upper School. Barry L. Zubrow Vice President Rob Hall ’54 Sam Partridge ’92 Henry Kreh ’44 Honorary Trustees Vice President Key dates for the 2008-2009 David M. Baldwin ’47 Editors academic year can be found Norbert Weldon ’91 Fred Bartenstein, Jr. Vice President Melanie Hoffmann on the News page. Director of Development William S. Beinecke ’31 John L. Geddes ’62 Phillip R. Bennett Treasurer Barbara J. Reef Director of Strategic Communications Also view online: John P. Bent, Jr. John Campbell III ’86 A presentation about the William M. Bristol III ’39 Secretary James S. Bratek William V. Engel ’67 Web Manager and Graphic Designer Strategic Plan Terms Expiring in 2008 John W. Holman, Jr. ’55 Greg Waxberg ’96 Todd Burrows ’90 The Annual Report on Giving Henry H. Hoyt, Jr. ’45 Communications Writer David Freinberg ’74 Reunion 2008 Warren S. Kimber, Jr. ’52 Darren Greninger John Geddes ’62 Stephan F. Newhouse ’65 Communications Associate Stewart Lavey ’63 Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. ’44 Design and Layout Cathleen Lazor ’88 F. Helmut Weymar ’54 Ruby Window Creative Group, Inc. H. David Rogers ’61 John C. Whitehead www.rubywindow.com Kevin Schmidt ’98 Freelance Writers Life Trustee Tracy S. Klingeman Stalzer ’84 Suzanne Park Robert B. Gibby ’31 Amy Warner ’78 Julie A. Silbermann Susan Barba Welch ’77 Administration Photography The Arts Calendar Nathaniel E. Conard Terms Expiring in 2009 Bruce Morrison ’64 Alumni in the News Headmaster Albert Bauer ’45 Bill Storer Bradford Bonner ’93 Debbie Weisman The Pingry Wire Theodore M. Corvino, Sr. Assistant Headmaster-Short Hills John Campbell III ’86 Proofreader Lower School Director Rebecca Frost ’94 Julie A. Silbermann Jane Hoffman ’94 www.pingry.org is the easiest way PINTHE PINGRYG REVIEWRY to stay up-to-date with what’s happening at Pingry. You can read The Pingry Review is the official magazine of The Pingry School, with the primary purpose of disseminating about school news and download alumni, school, faculty, and staff news and information. Comments can be sent to the editor at past issues of The Pingry Review. The Pingry School, Martinsville Road, P.O. Box 366, Martinsville, NJ 08836 Log on and stay in touch! or by sending an email to [email protected]. A LETTER FROM THE EADMASTER H his comments about the Hostetter Arts Center both Dear Members of the enlightening and thought-provoking. Pingry Community Within the arts, we are celebrating the men’s choral group known as The Buttondowns, which recently marked 50 The arts, in all that they encompass, are years, and we are pleased to share a trip down memory thriving at Pingry. Whether a student is lane by Bill Redpath ’57, who recounts the challenge of finding a name for the ensemble. actively involved in drama, music, pottery, As you probably know, the Hostetter Arts Center is one photography, filmmaking, painting, of the two newest facilities at The Pingry School. The or other areas of interest, the outlets other is The Carol and Park B. Smith ’50 Middle School, home for grade 6 and Forms I and II. The Short Hills for creativity are stronger than ever. Campus now houses kindergarten through grade 5, and grade 6 students are benefiting from new classrooms, new This year, we celebrate the five year anniversary of the 3 technology, and a new Commons area at Martinsville. opening of the Hostetter Arts Center, a wonderful physical winter 2008 However, you do not have to take only my word for expansion of our arts facilities and an expansion of Pingry’s it—we are including essays by four grade 6 students, philosophy to offer a complete educational experience. describing their impressions. As you will read in this issue of The Review, members of the arts faculty provide perspective on where we were and As always, we hope you enjoy catching up on news where we are now. They are thankful, as we all are, for around campus and news from alumni. Stay warm, new performance and studio spaces that allow students to and stay in touch! pursue their interests in venues intended for the arts. Sincerely, I also want to draw your attention to an article by one of my predecessors—John Hanly. In a thoughtful essay and conversation, John shares his unique perspective about the years when he was headmaster, and students were showing increased interest in arts courses. I believe you will find Nathaniel E. Conard [ From the editor ] A New Review Noted Corrections In this issue, you will enjoy a new maga- In the Class Notes section ’03, Ari zine format. Our magazine focuses on Marciscano was referred to as a junior the Arts and spotlights those individuals at Georgetown. He actually graduated instrumental in the development of this past spring, magna cum laude, and Pingry’s Arts’ programs, as well as those is attending NYU Medical School. whose lives changed as a result of their In the article on the Kellogg family on experiences in the Arts at Pingry. page 7, we should note that the sequence Please let us know how you like our of great-great-great-great grandfather new format. We welcome and appreciate should be separated by hyphens (as it is your feedback. here), not commas. In every issue of The Pingry Review On the “Ask the Archivist” page in we strive to be as accurate as possible the Winter/Spring 2007 issue, Donald with every detail. However, mistakes E. Gugelman’s name was misspelled. occasionally reach print. Please note Steve Waterbury ’49 said that No. 27 is the following corrections from our Koth, not Roth, and No. 5 is Fick, not Winter/Spring 2007 issue. Frick. We regret these errors. Warm Wishes, In the obituary on Jay Woolsey ’56, the limerick written by Mr. Woolsey during the year leading to Hebron’s 175th anni- versary and published in The Hebronian (Spring 1983) should read as follows: Barbara J. Reef Director of Strategic Communications The 175th is a task. It The Pingry School Duns those getting close to their casket. Before they expire We must all conspire To put all our begs in one askit. 4 the pingry review A MESSAGE FROM THE CH A IR providing a beautiful venue for perfor- production to learn how to use state- mances, the Arts Center has these of-the-art equipment; and additional advantages: • the public spaces serve as an in-school • the stage at the Macrae Theater, museum in which students can display named in honor of legendary drama or view a constantly-changing array teacher Al Romano, regularly hosts of art.