Front Spring '15 2.27_Layout 1 3/4/15 1:41 PM Page 1 SPRING 2015 I A Special Issue Exploring Drew’s Reach Beyond the Forest DREW M A G A Z I N E THE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY If there’s a poster child for global education, it might very well be Mary Ann Letellier. As a senior at Drew, Letellier C’83 spent a semester studying in Paris. The experience proved transformative. Today, having lived in Paris for three decades, Letellier runs a study abroad program for American students. (SEE PAGE 36) Spring 2015 I Contents 10 22 The university’s proximity to New York City means plenty of Drewids get to study in a world capital just an hour away. Drew’s town-andgown connection with the Rose City has blossomed into a mutually beneficial arrangement. 36 International programs have sent Drew students across the globe for more than 50 years. 15 Meet Valerie Hegarty, Drew’s artist-inresidence. 28 Through the Center for Civic Engagement, Drew students bond with local schools, service agencies, even farms. Everything Else 4 Mead 207 48 Classnotes 64 BackTalk Correction: An article in the fall 2014 issue incorrectly identified Khemani Gibson C’14. He is a PhD candidate in history at New York University. Mead 207 MES S A G E F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T saying that while this story involves race, it is not about race per se, nor is it about privilege, at least at the point in time that it takes place. It is about noticing and learning to appreciate difference. The year is 1961. I am a white, 4-year-old girl. My dad has taken me to the Mummers Parade on New Year’s Day on Broad Street in Philadelphia. I hate going to the Mummers Parade because it is always freezing, and the streets smell like beer and other not-sopleasant things. And for a 4-yearold, unless you are perched on your dad’s shoulders, you can’t see anything but other peoples’ legs. This day, my dad set me on a ledge or a windowsill, I think on the old Girard Trust building, so that I could see. At exactly the same moment, another dad, a brown dad, did the same with his daughter, and we shared our ledge during that parade. I didn’t grow up in an isolated environment, but I do remember that this is the first time The City Makes Explorers of Us 4 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com At Drew University we intend to exploit the many gifts from our cities in every way we can to enhance our students’ learning. Roy Groething My cities have made me an explorer. Circa 1963, I’m walking in my neighborhood— well, maybe not in my neighborhood—with a map in my hand. I’m 7 years old, I’m walking alone, and the map has been created by me. I already know that my city, Philadelphia, is mostly laid out in a grid pattern of streets upon streets of row houses and businesses. For fun, I have created a map to a place whose destination is at present unknown to me. I did this often (I was a bit of a weird kid). I would sketch a random route on a piece of graph paper and simply follow it, equipped with lunch in a backpack and things that I would sometimes hide along the way (like pennies and Cracker Jack toys) to see if I could find them on later expeditions. I guess this was my antique version of geocaching. It was certainly orienteering, and it eventually played a significant role in my research as a cognitive psychologist. I had the confidence to be a junior explorer because I already knew my neighborhood. By the age of 7, my mom was sending me to the corner store several blocks away, alone. I was also allowed to walk to my grandparents’ house a few blocks more distant. Later, I could take the bus to the skating rink, the movies—and when I was old enough to change buses, I could go to the big regional library. I took the “El” to my other grandparents’ house in a neighborhood that was very different culturally than my own. I write about these things not to lament the loss of freedom for today’s children, another topic on which I could opine. My point instead is that “the city,” whatever city, has always brought out the explorer in me. I feel not only safe, but invigorated when I am in the city, and I feel ready to seek out new experiences, to try new things, and to be drawn to the unpredictable. Let me recount just one more of the many stories about how the city has had a positive formative impact on me. I’ll set the stage by I thought about people being different. In this place, in this time, the two of us were much more the same than different, and that was probably why we noticed and remarked on the differences in our skin colors. We prattled and played, and our dads had a conversation. This is the only parade that stands out as distinct from the rest, because I made a friend. Mostly I wonder if there is a 59-year-old woman out there who accords the same importance to this mundane yet life-changing event, an event that early on taught me (us?) to find points of commonality, not difference, and, paradoxically, to seek and celebrate difference. The city sets the stage for these formative micro-experiences—if we let it—in a way that less dense communities cannot. I’m supposed to be writing about the University and the City, the focus of this magazine and of our inaugural celebration on October 2. I recount the personal stories because the city is a very personal topic for me and for who I am. There will be more from me during my inaugural address about why I believe the city has developmental significance and why it creates a life-changing educational impact for our students. This magazine presents a varied and brief glimpse. Cities offer a dynamic, unpredictable, and heterogeneous learning space that forces a student to explore in context whatever he or she set out to learn. In that unpredictableness, uncontrollable messiness, and sometimes rawness are learning experiences that are elsewhere unattainable. As a developmental and cognitive psychologist, I know of no research that suggests that there is a critical period for becoming acquainted with the city. But I do know that our students come to us at an age when they are more fearless, more open, and more eager for novelty than they will be in later years. This leaves them ripe for creating a lifelong love affair with the city as a venue for learning and growth. At Drew University we intend to exploit the many gifts from our cities in every way we can to enhance our students’ learning. DREW MAGAZINE Volume 42, No. 1, Spring 2015 PRESIDENT MaryAnn Baenninger, PhD CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Kira Poplowski, PhD GUEST EDITOR Christopher Hann ART DIRECTOR Margaret M. Kiernan ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR Lynne DeLade C’12 CLASSNOTES EDITOR Kristen Daily Williams C’98 LAYOUT Taylor Design, Peter Heineck, Melanie Shandroff EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Gabriel Erstgaard G’15, Kristen Daily Williams C’98 WEBMASTER Justin Jackson C’05 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS Matthew S. Pacello C’96, president, College Alumni Association Don Wahlig T’09, president, Theological School Alumni Association Drew Magazine (ISSN 0889-0153) is published by Drew University, 36 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ 07940, USA. Standard rate postage paid at Madison, New Jersey, and additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Office of Alumni Records, Alumni House, Drew University, Madison, NJ 07940. All material in Drew Magazine is ©2015 by Drew University. 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I believe that together we will do great things. —MARYANN BAENNINGER ” Please join us for The INAUGURATION of MaryAnn Baenninger as the thirteenth president of Thursday, October 1 Symposia featuring CLA, Theo School, and Caspersen faculty The City as Classroom Case Studies, Lessons, and Aspirations Stewardship, Service, and the Common Good: Reimagining University-City Partnerships Modeling the Good Community: Universities, Cities, and Diversity DREW UNIVERSITY Friday, October 2 October 1–2, 2015 Installation Ceremony Inauguration Celebration to follow Our theme—the University and the City—is inspired by the ways in which the Drew community engages with the world beyond the Forest. From diverse internships with local nonprofits to corporate enterprises to semesters spent exploring faraway lands, Drew itself is that open gateway for building community, making connections, and educating on a world-class scale. drew.edu/inauguration 6 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com #DrewuniverCITY Spring 2015 7 the UNIVERSITY CITY and the This special issue of Drew Magazine is framed around a single theme, “The University and the City.” The stories, photographs, and illustrations that appear on the following pages highlight the myriad ways that Drew students, staff, faculty, and alumni engage with the world beyond the leafy confines of our beloved campus. For our purposes, then, the “city” in our theme might be New York or London or Paris or Seoul. Or it might be Newark or Summit or Morristown or even Madison. Because Drew’s panoply of outreach programs—from internships with local nonprofits serving the underserved to semesters spent exploring faraway lands—enables students to connect with all these places and many more across the globe. These connections invariably make a difference not only for the students and the university, but for the world at large, providing the very essence of a world-class liberal arts education. Spring 2015 9 A CLASSROOM CALLED NEW YORK From the canyons of Wall Street to the art galleries of Soho and the United Nations complex on the East River, New York City— just an hour away by train—provides Drew students with a fertile learning ground and BY KEVIN COYNE a robust job market. PHOTOS BY BILL CARDONI Each year the city casts a long shadow over Drew students, such as those enrolled in the New York Semester on Contemporary Art, who recently toured the Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue. 10 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com T THE ARTIST CHRISTOPHER JOY HAS ALREADY INVITED his guests into his small apartment, which is also his studio, which is also a gallery, and which is now, on this chilly December morning, a classroom, too, with 19 Drew students mostly sitting cross-legged on the floor among the sculptures in Joy’s latest exhibit. Now Joy invites them inside his mind. “Here’s a drawing I was working on this morning,” he says, holding up a small panel filled with an intricate, densely worked abstract image. “A lot of weird, spiny surreal stuff happening in it.” Their conversation about the art world has been Cubist so far, considering it from multiple angles at once—the logistics and economics of art galleries; “the materiality of the paint” and the echoes of German Expressionism in some of the work they are viewing; the value of Aqua-Resin and other Home Depot–bought goods as art THE TRAIN ALLOWS STUDENTS TO COURT NEW YORK FROM behave a little better,” Joy says, turning the sculpture to catch the light from the two windows looking out over East 83rd Street. Horns honk one floor below, trying to dislodge a double-parked truck. “Then I’ll show you this one last painting, which isn’t quite finished yet.” The students left Madison that morning on the 9:35 express train to Penn Station, accompanied by their professor, Lee Arnold, and Katie Bell, coordinator of the New York Semester on Contemporary Art, which brings them into the city twice each week through the fall semester to visit galleries, museums, and artists’ studios, immersing them in the art world in ways that no classroom could. An 8-credit course, it started in 1967, and is required of all art history and studio art majors. “They’re so savvy compared to where I was as an undergraduate,” Bell says after the class left Joy’s apartment/studio/gallery, Artist House Party Presents, and was trooping through the Upper East Side toward the day’s next stop, the Guggenheim Museum. She is an artist herself, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. “The people we’re meeting now, I didn’t even know existed then.” A SAFE DISTANCE WITHOUT MARRYING IT YET. Nestled in its small-town forest like a bucolic New England campus, Drew is connected by a supplies; and now, Joy’s own creative process. He New Jersey Transit umbilical cord to an unseen holds up a small sculpture that echoes the imag- partner—the city that lures ambitious young ery in the drawing that he handed to one of the people but worries some of them, and their parstudents and that is now making its way around ents, who have seen too many episodes of Law the room for closer inspection. and Order. The train allows students to court New “Now I’m going through a process with this York from a safe distance without marrying it where I’m starting to shape the forms so they yet. They travel to lower Manhattan to learn Artist Christopher Joy (center) speaks with students during a visit to his apartment, which is also his gallery. 12 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com about the financial industry in the Wall Street Semester; across town to the East Side to watch international relations in action in the Semester at the United Nations; and all over the city to study art in the Semester on Contemporary Art, the media business in the new Semester on Communications and Media, and a host of other subjects in individual internships in other fields. And then they come back to campus at night. “It took a while to recognize that there was this tremendous asset that was available to us and that we really ought to be exploiting it more,” says Doug Simon, a now-retired political science professor who arrived at Drew in 1972 to help run the first program to formally recognize that asset: the Semester at the United Nations, which started in 1962. On weekday mornings, some Drew students rise earlier than usual in their dorms, dress more nattily than they do for an econ lecture, and then walk down the hill to the train station to join the regular commuters on the bleary migration into the city. They often travel in groups, with their fellow students in the formal programs. Some travel alone, to individual internships. John Dabrowski C’12 had three internships in Manhattan while he was an English major at Drew, with three of the big music companies: Sony, Island Def Jam, and Warner Music. It was the radio show he hosted on the campus station that first gave him the inkling of a possible future. “I was like, ‘Can I make this a career?’” he says, and within two months of graduation he had, as a retail marketing and social media specialist for ’Stache Media, a division of Sony. “I’ve always been a music fan, and I turned that fandom into a passion and a career. If I can’t sing and go up on stage, I want to help the artists that I love propel themselves.” ’Stache works with artists ranging from country singer Jason Aldean to thrash metal band Anthrax, and the job takes Dabrowski to clubs and shows most nights. “It doesn’t seem like real life,” he says, “but that’s what it is.” “IT TOOK A WHILE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WAS THIS TREMENDOUS ASSET THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US.” REVERSE COMMUTE Their studies compel Drew students to explore all corners of Manhattan—and sometimes its very center, such as Times Square and the Theatre District. 14 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com Lynne DeLade C’12 A THREE-YEAR GRANT FROM THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION BRINGS NEW YORK ARTISTS TO DREW. “So these were the pieces of the floor,” Valerie Hegarty says, holding several long, floppy strips of paper painted to look like oak floorboards. “We glued them down one strip at a time with wallpaper paste.” A dozen students from the Semester on Contemporary Art class are visiting Hegarty in her studio, which is, for this academic year, not in Brooklyn, where she lives, but in Room 104 of Brothers College, where she is Drew’s first Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Arts and the Common Good artist-in-residence. A three-year, $625,000 grant from Mellon will pay for a dancer to work on Drew’s campus next school year and a musician in 2016-17. Three days each week Hegarty takes the train to Madison and sets to work in a room that previously served as a commuter lounge, bringing a piece of the New York art world to campus. She’s a widely exhibited and critically lauded artist whose work often explores themes of decay and transformation. At Valerie Hegarty is the first of three artists-in-residence who will spend a year at Drew. Drew she works with individual students, co-teaches a course called “Beyond Earth Art,” and opens her studio to anyone who wants to talk not just about her work or theirs, but often about how to make a living as an artist. “Financially is the hardest part,” she answers a student curious about navigating the art world. “There’s no set career track. You have to really want to do it.” Across the hall from her studio, Hegarty is contemplating what she will do in the grand space she’s been given for a spring installation—a high-ceilinged, wainscoted, 30-by-40-foot room, most recently home to the Writing Center. “This is my canvas,” she says, spreading her arms wide to take it all in, then pointing toward a wide stretch of empty space above the wainscoting. “I’m thinking of doing something on this wall.” —Kevin Coyne Spring 2015 15 TWICE EACH WEEK STUDENTS VISIT GALLERIES, MUSEUMS, AND ARTISTS’ STUDIOS, BECOMING IMMERSED IN THE ART WORLD. The spiral ramps of the Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1959, provide a regular stop for Drew students in the New York Semester on Contemporary Art. 16 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com MEDIA MATTERS DREW’S NEWEST NEW YORK SEMESTER WILL INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE MEDIA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. Senior Erin O’Connor serves on the executive board of WMNJ, Drew’s radio station, and helps with social media at her part-time job at Drew’s Center for Career Development. So she was a perfect candidate to become one of the first students to enroll in the New York Semester on Communications and Media, Drew’s newest New Yorkbased semester program. O’Connor, who hopes to go into public relations, says she knows meeting with professionals in the city can help her achieve her goals. “We’re going into different places—radio stations, news companies, public relations firms,” she says. English Professor Sandra Jamieson, who is directing the media semester, says it’s not designed only for aspiring writers or television broadcasters. “I see this program as an exciting opportunity for students in any major who have strong communication skills and want to couple them with the expertise and knowledge they have learned in their major,” Jamieson says. These lead donors contributed to the media semester: Drew trustee Ed Moed C’89 and Pamela MacFall Moed C’92 of Peppercomm, trustee emeritus Heath McLendon and Judy McLendon, and Tom Doremus C’68 and the Casement Fund. Their gifts help cover student transportation, classroom space, and curriculum programming throughout the semester. Students will have classroom learning in New York City along with twice-weekly trips to media and communications companies and professionals, some of them Drew graduates. Among the speakers that Jamieson has lined up are Cayley Barlowe C’10, a project manager for Turner Broadcasting; and Ed Moed C’89, a Drew trustee and the co-founder and CEO of Peppercomm, an advertising and marketing agency. As part of their course work, the students will blog about their experiences. They’ll also network with professionals and receive mentoring opportunities, particularly from Drew alumni already working in the field. Senior Michael Pellessier says he hopes to find an externship to put to use the skills he’s learned as a business major. “With this communications semester, it’s really going to open up to Drew students an area that hasn’t opened up before,” Pellessier says. “We’re going to see the whole spectrum, the whole 360-degree view.” —Elizabeth Moore The students in the Wall Street Semester adhere The Wall Street program takes 20 students two to a more formal dress code than Dabrowski does days each week in the spring semester—there when he’s combing downtown nightclubs—jackets are also compressed versions in the summer—to and ties for the men, business attire for the women. a classroom in a building across the street from the bull statue in Lower Manhattan. Mornings are spent in class, afternoons in the company of Wall Street professionals. “There’s a big difference between teaching about how the Federal Reserve changes interest rates, and actually being on the trading floor as a group of traders stop everything they’re doing and look at all the flat-panel screens and listen to the announcement, and suddenly see them run to their desks. I can’t teach that,” says Marc Tomljanovich, an associate professor of economics and business “You have to be up early for Wall Street, and it studies who co-directs the program. really made you feel like you were going out to Some of the visits are up in the stratosphere. work,” says senior Genevieve Monty, a business “He’s in charge of a trillion dollars in assets,” and psychology major. “It felt good to get dressed Tomljanovich says about a visit with Leo Group, very professional.” howski C’80, the chief investment officer of BNY Mellon, “and he sits down with us for two hours “EVERY TIME YOU’RE IN THE CITY YOU’RE MEETING SOMEONE ... AND THAT’S ABSOLUTELY INVALUABLE.” 18 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com in his boardroom right above Grand Central Station, with a beautiful view of downtown and the Chrysler Building, and students don’t even look at the view once he starts talking.” And some of the visits are down in the trenches with recent Drew graduates. “I still consider myself a college student half the time, but then when you’re talking to them it’s definitely a reality call that you’ve made an impact,” says Ashley Introne C’11, who hosted a visit by the Wall Street class last summer at JPMorgan Chase, where she works in human resources. Several of her former classmates from the Wall Street program also landed at JPMorgan after graduation, and also spoke to the students. “Every time you’re in the city you’re meeting someone or someone’s coming to meet you, and that’s absolutely invaluable,” says Will Brackett C’11, a trader assistant in the global emerging markets group. “That’s why I am where I am now.” George Tenney Clockwise from top right: Former Wall Street Semester students Ashley Introne C’11 (second from right) and Will Brackett C’11 (second from left) now work at JPMorgan; students meet in a classroom across the street from the bull statue in Lower Manhattan; (from left) senior Sabrina Fruci, with Kathryn O’Keefe C’14 and Patrick Meyer C’14, get some pointers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. While at Drew, Cayley Barlowe C’10 landed an internship at MTV, just the sort of opportunity the new Semester on Communications and Media hopes to replicate. Spring 2015 19 Left to right: Fatou Diallo ’13 took part in the Semester at the United Nations and later interned at the U.N.; senior Clayton Curran snaps a selfie with (from left) junior Hilda Bonilla, senior Jasmine Noel and senior Folakemi Adenugba; the flags of member nations outside the U.N. complex. Students in the Semester at the United Nations meet in a conference room in a building across the street from U.N. headquarters two days a week each fall, when the General Assembly is in session. They visit the U.N. when security permits and host visiting speakers from across the street when it does not. Last semester they “EVERY ARTIST WE’VE COME TO TALK TO HAS BEEN VERY CANDID AND VERY OPEN ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES, AND WHAT THEY DO.” heard Mary Robinson, the U.N. special envoy for climate change, speak at the Carnegie Council. “The students were literally sitting four feet from her,” says Carlos Yordan, an associate professor of political science and director of the program. “The young faces in the crowd were all Drew students.” And some of the visiting speakers are themselves graduates of the program. “It was huge,” 20 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com says Chantal Baumgarten C’07, about what the program meant to her professionally. These days she works in Geneva as an advocate for children’s health in developing countries for Save the Children. “It gives you such a hands-on perspective.” It was huge personally, too. While a Drew student enrolled in the Semester at the United Nations, Baumgarten met her future husband, a visiting student from Gettysburg College who now works for the U.N. in Geneva. “It’s where we both got interested in this field,” she says. And last fall, on a visit to the United States, they both spoke to the Drew students. “I’ve never been inside before,” senior Anthony Tamburro says, looking down through the rotunda of the Guggenheim from the upper reaches of its spiral ramp, all along which his fellow Art Semester students were wandering, taking in a multimedia exhibit of postwar German art. “I always get so excited in the morning, and I walk to the train station with a big smile on my face, and everyone’s like, “What’s wrong with you? It’s like 9 a.m.” Farther down the ramp, senior Jeana Wunderlich is taking notes and lamenting that the semester is almost over. But she’s optimistic that her degree—in studio art and arts administration— and her internships at two nonprofit art centers would help her find a job after graduation. She learned the most, she says, from the visits to artists’ studios. “Every artist we’ve come to talk to has been very candid and very open about what it takes, and what they do, and how they support themselves, and how they started their career in New York,” she says. When Katharine Overgaard C’10 was in the Semester on Contemporary Art, one of the galleries she visited in Chelsea was exhibiting work by the sculptor Ken Price. “And as it turns out, here I am selling his work on quite a regular basis,” Overgaard says. She is the director of the Franklin Parrasch Gallery on the Upper East Side, where she has hosted the Drew class. “It was a little surreal. It wasn’t so long ago that I was standing there asking somebody else those questions.” When the students all descend the ramp, they convene in the rotunda to discuss what they had seen before starting toward Penn Station for the train back to Drew. One thing they did not see on this visit was a boldface name of the type that sometimes haunts the gallery world, like the day Kimberly Rhodes was trying to address students inside a Chelsea gallery. “I’m earnestly talking to the students, and suddenly they’re not paying attention to me,” says Rhodes, an art history professor who ran the Art Semester for the previous six years, recalling a visit to an exhibit of work by the German artist Rosemarie Trockel. “They’re looking over their shoulders and they’re whispering to each other, and I’m like, ‘OK, why isn’t anybody paying attention to me?’ And they whisper to me, ‘Leonardo DiCaprio is behind you.’” For once, she was upstaged. “I just lost them after that,” she says. “They could not hold themselves together.” DU MOVING WORDS PATRICK PHILLIPS, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SAW ONE OF HIS POEMS DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY’S TRANSIT SYSTEM. It’s fair to say most poets toil in anonymity, but not Patrick Phillips, at least not this winter. That’s when Phillips, an associate professor of English, had one of his poems displayed on New York City subways, buses, and taxis. The five-stanza, 10-line poem, “Heaven,” was chosen by the Poetry Society of America for the New York MTA’s “Poetry in Motion” program, part of an initiative that showcases poetry on public transit subways and buses in more than 20 cities nationwide. The designation earned Phillips what he calls “surely my biggest audience ever.” Phillips, who grew up in Georgia, has taught at Drew since 2007. He says he tries to teach his students to imagine some of what’s going on beneath the surface of other people’s lives. “Reading is about empathy,” he says. “That’s as good as it gets, as far as I’m concerned.” As for writing poetry, Phillips says for him the act doesn’t actually involve much writing. In fact, he says, “I find composing pretty excruciating.” He says his writing process largely involves “finding scraps and things on envelopes, files I dashed onto my hard drive, and old abandoned poems. I begin my writing day with a kind of rummaging.” “Heaven” was included in Phillips’ second collection of poems, Boy, published in 2008 by the University of Georgia Press. A third collection, Elegy for a Broken Machine (Alfred A. Knopf), was published in March. As part of the Poetry in Motion program, “Heaven” also appeared on the small digital screens inside New York City taxis. “Drunken people at 2 a.m. will be trying to turn the screen off,” Phillips says, laughing. —Katharine Reece HEAVEN BY PATRICK PHILLIPS It will be the past And we’ll live there together. Not as it was to live But as it is remembered. It will be the past. We’ll all go back together. Everyone we ever loved, And lost, and must remember. It will be the past. And it will last forever. Spring 2015 21 ILLUSTRATION BY MIKE LOWERY TOWN, MEET GOWN 22 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com Spurred by former President Thomas H. Kean, Drew has fostered a multifaceted and mutually beneficial partnership with its hometown. BY DUSTIN RACIOPPI Spring 2015 23 He informed the department that roughly 80 students, emotional from the non-indictments of police officers in the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner on Staten Island, New York, intended to throng Madison Avenue on a Thursday afternoon to show their disapproval of police violence against African Americans. For good measure, Kopas also called the borough administrator, the assistant administrator, and the mayor. The response was swift. “Madison said, ‘How can we help?’” Kopas recalls. “Actually, they arranged for a police escort.” What could have become a logistical headache was instead a tidy demonstration that featured appearances from both Drew President MaryAnn Baenninger and Madison Mayor Robert Conley. But it was not unusual for Kopas, who has become a factotum middleman between the school and the town, to dial the top local officials. In the last decade, the university has increasingly come out of the Forest and into the borough, part of a broad initiative begun 25 years ago. Today student interns send town email blasts and social media posts from Borough Hall with updates on municipal happenings and review development proposals at planning board meetings. They hang flower baskets from lampposts and install grates around trees by the train station. Students clean up the civic center on May Day. They hobnob with chief executives and work in local restaurants and volunteer on the ambulance squad and babysit for parents on the go. On Bottle Hill Day, the annual festival that draws up to 20,000 visitors, students help set up the petting zoo and the car show. And for the finale, the school co-sponsors fireworks on campus. Baenninger goes so far as to call the university’s relationship with Madison “one of Drew’s greatest assets.” In her experience, she says, 24 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com town-gown relations often become strained. Not this one. “Our relationship with Madison, with Mayor Conley, and with the borough administration could not be stronger and more collaborative,” Baenninger says. “Mayor Conley was present at Drew on the opening day of classes. I was deeply impressed and grateful.” The town-and-gown partnership also generates an economic impact. A 2011 report by the university “conservatively calculated” that Drew spends $5 million a year in Madison—roughly 16 percent of the borough’s current budget. That estimate includes more than $2 million in energy and utilities, fees, and property taxes, and at least $700,000 spent on local merchants. “People acknowledge that the university is “Mayor Conley was present at Drew on the opening day of classes. I was deeply impressed and grateful.” Far right and bottom left: Lynne DeLade C’12. Top left and middle left: Bill Cardoni When the Theological Student Association started planning a protest march from the lawn of Mead Hall to the steps of Borough Hall last December, Michael Kopas, who is, among many other roles, the assistant vice president of administration and university relations, promptly called the police. Sophomore Cara Anan, with Madison Mayor Robert Conley, interned last fall at Borough Hall, where she promoted local stores through shopping bags labeled “Love Madison, Shop Madison.” there, but then you realize how many students go downtown,” says Peggi Howard, who retired at the end of last year as vice president of administration and university relations. “They use the stores and they eat downtown and they’re taking the trains and they’re getting gas.” Of course, the relationship between Drew and Madison goes back more than a century, but Howard made it a priority following a walk downtown with former New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean in 1990. It was shortly after Kean had left Trenton to become Drew’s president, Bero mi, quam sintis aut omnihit, que estende bisciet et qui sit aut liquate mperibus suntur? Qui doluptaquat. and the two strolled past a row of shops near the train station in downtown Madison, a short walk from campus. Kean noticed a window display of sweatshirts emblazoned not with “Drew” but with “Harvard” and “Princeton.” “And the governor, he said, ‘Well, I think we need to work on our community relations,’” Howard recalls. “I think that’s when the whole concept started just to get Drew more involved in the community and the community more involved with Drew.” What followed was a dramatic transformation Spring 2015 25 26 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com through sales of shopping bags labeled “Love Madison, Shop Madison,” part of a broader initiative to support the local economy. While her role on the commission has taken up a lot of her time, Anan says it has also been transformative. In high school she was timid, she says, and the thought of public speaking seemed about as appealing as a root canal. “I’ve completely broken out, because you have to,” she says. “You have to go to businesses, you have to speak with the managers if you want them to donate. I have to go in there by myself and try to convince them to buy a raffle basket or something, and I couldn’t imagine myself doing that two years ago.” Kopas also represents Drew on the borough’s planning board. When a developer came before the board a few years ago with plans to build on the former Green Village Road School property just outside campus, he says, Drew requested a lighted pathway for students and faculty (negotiations are still under way). When the board approved a conceptual plan to build 135 condominiums and apartments spread across four buildings on the long-vacant site, which shares a property line with Drew, Kopas recused himself from the vote. “Just being at the table and being able to discuss things that are important with Drew’s interest in mind, but also what’s best for the town—it’s huge,” Kopas says. “Making good decisions for Madison is just as important for Drew University as it is for Madison, because you want to keep real estate values up, you want to keep Madison what it is.” The relationship cuts both ways. The town tour is one example of how Madison’s residents embrace first-year students by giving them a personal tour of the borough as seen through their eyes and on their terms. This has led to lasting relationships and also to job opportunities. Students have gone on to “It was really important for me to see this institution have a concrete place in town. That was our goal— become one with the other.” Top right: George Tenney. Bottom right: Jen Costa. All others: Bill Cardoini for Drew from a private, small-town liberal arts school to a community centerpiece for arts and culture. In the late 1990s the university helped finance the conversion of the cramped and eccentric Bowne Theatre (formerly Bowne Gymnasium) into the state-of-the-art F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, home to the renowned Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. In 1994 the university launched the Drew Forum, an annual series of four public lectures that has drawn the likes of former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and, last October, HBO satirist John Oliver. The typically sold-out efforts were one of the many events strongly supported by Kean. Howard took the momentum begun by Kean, who retired as president in 2005, and accelerated it. About 10 years ago, Kopas says, Howard “made it very clear to me that it was a priority to improve the communication and the relationship with the borough of Madison.” Kopas may best exemplify that development. His official job title provides just a narrow interpretation of his duties. As a licensed arborist, Kopas also volunteers on the Madison Shade Tree Management Board, inspecting the borough’s many trees to determine whether they need pruning and extra care, or whether they should be removed for safety. He also sits on the Downtown Development Commission and the planning board—two governmental bodies considered vital to the town’s appeal and preservation. The Downtown Development Commission includes two (and sometimes three) student representatives from Drew, and they carry out whatever the task is at hand: purchasing new garbage cans, providing status reports at the commission’s monthly meetings, and helping coordinate the farmers’ market, which runs Thursday afternoons June through October and is sponsored by Drew. Sophomore Cara Anan, a commission volunteer who interned at Borough Hall last fall, says her most recent focus has been promoting stores internships, babysitting jobs, and, in one case about three years ago, a part-time position working at Madison’s Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, says Carla Brady C’99, Drew’s assistant director of student activities. Since 2012, Drew has tapped the pool of local business and civic leaders through the Chief Executive Council for Madison. With the goal of promoting education and corporate citizenship, the council is made up of about 15 high-level executives who either live or work in Madison and meet regularly to figure out ways to help students advance their careers in business. The council, led by Mayor Conley, President Baenninger, and Quest Diagnostics President Stephen Rusckowski, has held panel discussions and one-on-one meetings between executives and students. A speed-networking event last November cycled about 30 Drew students through brief sit-downs with top executives, giving some a glimpse into the corporate world and others some practice for a future job interview. Since taking office in July, Baenninger has become one of the council’s biggest champions. She says she hopes to make strong relations with Madison a “keystone” of her presidency. “Madison has been welcoming, nurturing, and engaged with our students, in fun activities like Bottle Hill Day and more serious interactions like quality internships and supporting our students in their right to peacefully demonstrate about things they believe in,” she says. Marissa Baldoni, a sophomore economics major from Yardley, Pennsylvania, says she linked with a Wall Street executive who manages capital portfolios and investments, and they have been “having some dialogue” on career advice. Baldoni says she never anticipated local residents “wanting to be part of the school as much as they are.” An offshoot of the Chief Executive Council, called The Brain Trust, pairs lower-level executives with Drew students in whatever capacity fits—a chat over coffee, mentoring, email. The town is also eager to strengthen the relationship. Councilwoman Astri Baillie C’74 says that in 2015 she wants Madison businesses to be more “user friendly” and welcoming to students. “Can our town be more receptive to their needs, and are there things in Madison that they can’t find, and are they going to Morristown or somewhere else?” she said. “That’s one of our goals this year, to make sure their voices are heard.” Brady, who helped start the annual town tour in 2008, says she has seen a drastic change from when she was on campus. “It was really important for me to see this institution have a concrete place in town,” Brady says of her alma mater. “That was our goal—become one with the other. And we’ve done that.” DU Drew President MaryAnn Baenninger (above right) with Mayor Conley. In Madison, Drew students serve on the Downtown Development Committee, volunteer on the ambulance squad, and receive career advice from local business leaders. Spring 2015 27 IN PURSUIT OF THE GREATER GOOD Drew’s Center for Civic Engagement helps the university make a lasting difference for communities in need. B BEHIND ITS RED BRICK WALLS, THE HALLS OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE IN MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY, are hushed. In darkened rooms, preschoolers nap on small cots. Down the halls, employees and volunteers tend to paperwork or finish their lunch. There is an air of anticipation— and with good reason. In less than an hour, the quiet will be shattered by the chorus of more than 167 children arriving on school buses for afternoon care, joining the nearly 100 children already here. By Gwen Moran Peter Murphy First-year student Zeyan Khan works with preschool students at Neighborhood House in Morristown, New Jersey. 28 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com Spring 2015 29 CAPITAL GAINS TWO DREW STUDENTS LEARNED ON THE JOB WHILE INTERNING FOR A U.S. SENATOR. an effort that makes a significant impact on the people of Neighborhood House and many others throughout northern New Jersey. This spring semester 23 Drew students and faculty members are working directly with the people whom Nabe serves. The center has supported Nabe since 2009, providing interns, volunteers, and a series of community-based learning (CBL) courses, which combine classroom learning with handson volunteer work. The Rev. Elizabeth S. Hall T’84, the CEO at Homeless Solutions in Morristown. 30 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com Neighborhood House, called “Nabe” by most everyone who knows it, is a pillar of the community, helping a clientele of mostly Latino families that includes a mix of people who have lived in the community for years and those who have recently emigrated from disparate places in South and Central America. For those who have arrived recently, Nabe is “T he students don’t realize what they’re a place of information and resources that helps going to get out of the program when them transition into their they start. After they’ve finished worknew surroundings. In ing with people who need them, it’s a 2013 Neighborhood House merged with Cornerstone life-altering experience.” Family Programs, but it still operates under the same name and offers the same services, such as morning and afternoon child care, which is essential for the community’s working parents. Other programs help newly arrived immigrants earn a high school diploma and supply the resources they need to find jobs. On weekends, local children play soccer and basketball on the building’s basement courts. If families are having trouble paying for basics like heat, Nabe can help. Although just a five-mile drive, Drew’s stately suburban campus seems worlds away from Neighborhood House. But tucked inside a modest stucco house on the university grounds is Drew’s Center for Civic Engagement, the nerve center of Lynne DeLade C’12, Peter Murphy. Facing Page: Courtesy of Hilda Bonilla Many Drew students help the Spanish-speaking clientele at Neighborhood House with language lessons and other services. The multifaceted relationship between the center and Nabe reflects Drew’s growing community involvement in places such as Dover, Morristown, Newark, Orange, and even Madison. Director Amy Koritz, who has led the center since its launch in 2008, says Drew’s hands-on involvement with people where they live and work helps the center fulfill its mission to build a more humane society. “I can lecture to you until the cows come home about income inequality in the United States,” Koritz says. “But until you’re, like one of our students, working in Faith Kitchen, a soup kitchen in Dover, helping clients, and somebody you knew in high school walks in the door, it doesn’t hit home.” Koritz and Assistant Director Amy Sugerman coordinate a vast network of internship, volunteer, academic, and other programs involving scores of Drew students, faculty, administrators, and alumni. It’s a yeoman’s effort, as these are no cookie-cutter seminars or events. One of the most well known is Drew’s Civic Scholars program, a rigorous, four-year engagement that requires students to complete 100 hours of service annually and participate in classes, workshops, and off-campus service projects. Civic Scholars receive $5,000 scholarships for each year they participate in the program. Roughly 160 Civic Scholars have completed the program since it launched in 2009. “The students don’t realize what they’re going to get out of the program when they start,” Sugerman says. “After they’ve finished working Cory Booker, New Jersey’s junior U.S. senator, spent his summer vacation helping constituents with immigration matters, student loans, veterans’ issues, and rebuilding efforts after Superstorm Sandy. And he did it with the help of two Drew students who landed sought-after internship posts in Booker’s Newark and Camden offices. “It was an amazing experience,” says senior Michael Reyes. Reyes helped problem-solve for constituents and worked with Booker’s staff during the six-week program. “I learned how important constituent services are and how much a U.S. senator is accountable to the average person.” Reyes and Hilda Bonilla, a junior who came to the United States four years ago from El Salvador, were the first recipients of stipends awarded through the Robert G. Smith C’36 Endowment for Experiential Learning, named for the legendary political science professor and founder of the London Semester. Bonilla said she was inspired to apply for the internship after hearing Booker speak on the Drew campus in 2013. Political science professor Philip Mundo, working with Drew’s career development staff, prepared her to compete for the placement. Bonilla says the six weeks she spent answering phones, speaking to experts, and touring government offices gave her the confidence to take part in Drew’s Semester on the United Nations as well as an upcoming semester in Washington, D.C. The experience, she says, whetted her appetite for international affairs. Recalling her interaction with Booker, Bonilla describes the senator as inspirational. “He said we could ask him anything we wanted,” she says, “and told us to take risks and follow our dreams.” —Elizabeth Moore Junior Hilda Bonilla (standing, second from right) applied for an internship in Booker’s office after hearing him speak at Drew. Spring 2015 31 with people who need them, it’s a life-altering experience.” The center’s CBL program presents four to six courses per semester on subjects such as illiteracy, social policy and inequality, or food insecurity. The courses are offered in partnership with nonprofits such as Nabe, the United Way of Northern New Jersey, and Morris County’s Interfaith Food Pantry. The center’s engagement extends beyond the academic. When Drew alumnus Victor Perez C’13, a senior case manager at Hope House, a division of Catholic Family and Community Services in Dover, New Jersey, was looking for a place to hold a public event for World AIDS Day, he remembered the strong civic commitment at Drew and approached his alma mater. Koritz and Sugerman helped him plan the event, which was held last November and attracted about 50 people. Through Civic Scholars, CBL courses, and internships arranged by the center, students work on studying and solving a variety of social issues. In a CBL course focused on “food justice literature,” presented in conjunction with Morristown-based Grow It Green, students study animal ethics, hunger, and access to food in local communities. An honors thesis–linked community service project had students reporting their findings on 32 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com air pollution hot spots to the Ironbound Community Corporation in Newark. A recent project, an on-campus event designed to raise awareness about human trafficking, included a screening of the documentary Tricked. Guest speakers included representatives from the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey Coalition against Human Trafficking as well as a human trafficking survivor. Civic Scholars may find themselves planning an alternative spring break trip to help impoverished areas of Appalachia or working with homeless teens in Morristown through a nonprofit called Street Smart. Civic Scholar Alex Slotkin, a sophomore, dreams of a Big Apple advertising career after he graduates with an English degree, so he wanted to find an opportunity that would blend his passion for giving back with his promotional talent. He landed at Street Smart. Figuring many homeless teens don’t know where to turn for help, Slotkin posted advertisements and fliers in grocery stores, Laundromats, the local soup kitchen, and other places they were likely to frequent. “If I never told you, you’d probably never know they were there,” Slotkin says. “We wanted to let them know there was a place they could turn for help with basic necessities and finding shelter.” Lynne DeLade C’12 In 2013, 48 first-year students spent a day working at America’s Grow-a-Row, a nonprofit food delivery service in Pittstown, New Jersey, during a Day of Service organized by the Center for Civic Engagement. Through internships and weekly service engagements, some students work with Morristown’s Homeless Solutions, which offers shelter and services to those in need. This semester the CEO, the Rev. Elizabeth S. Hall T’84, will teach Community and Vocation: Colloquium on Nonprofits and the Alternative Economy, a CBL course that explores how nonprofit organizations affect the communities they serve. Hall says the Center for Civic Engagement connects students to causes in ways that leave lasting impressions. At Homeless Solutions headquarters, Drew students work with children of clients while the children’s parents, many of them single mothers, attend required workshops designed to help them find and keep homes of their own. The Drew students help the kids with homework and play games. Last year this arrangement proved so successful that Homeless Solutions requested three more students to cover both of its two shelters. “Most of these students might do a canned food drive for the food pantry while they’re in high school,” says Hall, who in 2013 received a Distinguished Service Award from the Theological School Alumni Association. “But when they come here, they’re involved on a deeper level, and those experiences in the community help them see some of the larger questions, like why people need food or shelter assistance.” Another CBL class, the Arts Power Collaborative, brings together roughly 15 Drew theater arts students with high school theater students in Newark to write and perform an original production. Performances take place both on the Drew campus and in the “When they come here, they’re Newark Public Schools’ Marion Bolden Student involved on a deeper level, and Center. Headed by Chris those experiences in the community Ceraso, chair of the Departhelp them see some of the larger ment of Theatre and Dance, the popular class is often questions, like why people need repeated by both the high food or shelter assistance.” school and Drew students. Ceraso says the class exposes the Newark students to the process of creating theatre productions, while Drew students get important experience in collaborative work, teaching, and mentoring. “It’s very important to us for people to understand that we don’t view ourselves as a charity organization,” Ceraso says. “What we’re doing is working with an underserved community to allow them to communicate the things that they feel are important to say and for us to communicate Spring 2015 33 the things that are important for us to say.” Civic Scholar Michael Miraglia, a sophomore business studies major, was so inspired by his work at Nabe—he’s also interned at Homeless Solutions —that he created a video to inspire other students to consider interning there. “I wanted to show all that Nabe has going on,” Miraglia says, “so it would encourage more Civic Scholars and more students in the Drew community to go and volunteer.” Not every Civic Scholar is placed in an area related to his or her major, but that doesn’t mean they don’t take away skills that will serve them for life. Sophomore Marley Crank, one of the first students to major in international studies at Drew, was drawn to the university because of her interests in international relations and theater. Her first-year Civic Scholar volunteer placement was at a children’s day care center. This year she interned at Arts by the People, a Morristown nonprofit that promotes arts to the community, especially seniors and youths, where she’ll continue to work next year. Crank says her involvement with local people whom she would not otherwise know has made her appreciate the 34 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com While at Drew, Gina Gioldassis C’13 interned at New York public radio station WNYC. Lynne DeLade C’12, Bill Cardoni In the Arts Power Collaborative, theatre students in Newark work with Drew theatre arts students to write and perform an original production. need to connect with those around her. “And it’s important to foster that sense of community,” she says. For senior Kia Bourdot, of Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, a biochemistry and molecular biology major on a premed track, summer internships helped her figure out what kind of doctor she wants to be. She helped a Madison Volunteer Ambulance Corps get its state license by handling research and filing the necessary paperwork. Her time at Nabe brought her closer to newly resettled Latino immigrants. “It’s helped me become more of an empathetic person, and it helped steer me toward working with them as a physician,” she says. Of course, not all interns are Civic Scholars. Gina Gioldassis C’13, an English major originally from Sunapee, New Hamp“What this really means for Drew is shire, landed a national recognition of the depth a variety of of its commitment to serving the internships at public radio greater good as a core component stations during of its educational mission.” her time at Drew, working for New Hampshire Public Radio’s news department. At WNYC, a public radio station in New York City, she worked on Soundcheck, a daily show about music and the music industry. She says the media experience prepared her for her current role as an executive assistant to the CEO of Sachs Insights, a market research consultant based in New York City. Nearly seven years of a dizzying array of work matching Drew University’s students, faculty, and resources with various communities has not gone unnoticed. In January, the Center for Civic Engagement received the Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which Koritz calls “the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for civic engagement.” Drew was one of only two independent colleges in New Jersey to receive the designation, which requires an exhaustive application process that involves extensive documentation of the institution’s civic engagement efforts, including descriptions and examples of institutionalized practices of community engagement, to prove that the university is carrying out its mission in local communities. While it’s too soon to tell exactly what the impact will be, Koritz says she hopes the honor will positively impact everything from recruiting students to landing grants. “What this really means for Drew,” Koritz says, “is a national recognition of the depth of its commitment to serving the greater good as a core component of its educational mission.” DU PEACE-KEEPING, GRADEMAKING, AND SOUL-HEALING THREE NEW CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS AT THE CASPERSEN SCHOOL APPROACH THEIR SUBJECTS FROM NEW PERSPECTIVES. New scholarly insights, new career options. By tying the two together in three new programs, the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies is putting the humanities to work and drawing accomplished professionals (from ages 23 to 78) back to the classroom. From city streets to office suites, conflict resolution is a growing career field, with the demand for trained specialists expected to grow by 22 percent over the next three years. Caspersen’s new certificate in conflict resolution is designed for law enforcement personnel. Given their background in analyzing and defusing tense situations among all kinds of people, police and security officers are well positioned for this professional pivot. Drew’s program employs a humanities-based spin, with its emphasis on the cultural, historical, and sociological divisions that lie at the root of conflict. Drew is also adding elementary education to its master of arts in teaching program as well as certification in disabilities education at both the elementary and secondary levels. It’s a bold move for a program that’s only seven years old. Drew-educated teachers, every one of whom brings graduate-level expertise to the classroom, are highly valued hires, routinely racking up a 100 percent employment rate for each graduating class. Can poetry help to reset the balance between spirit and science, between the care of the patient and the treatment of the disease? Rx Poetica brings Drew graduate students in the poetry and medical humanities programs together with medical physicians, interns, and students in the reading and writing of poetry. The program, a collaboration with the Center for Humanism at Rutgers’ New Jersey Medical School, seeks to deepen the empathy between those who suffer and those who heal, resulting in better outcomes for patients and deeper satisfaction for doctors. —Lori Chambers Spring 2015 35 BY LESLIE GARISTO PFAFF A semester in London. A school-break trip to Belize. Summer tours of China, South Africa, Morocco, Brazil, and beyond. Since 1961, thousands of Drew students, among them junior Charles Sutter (left), have taken part in the London Semester, the university’s oldest international program. 36 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com BORDERS Each year hundreds of Drew students travel outside the United States for learning experiences that can’t be duplicated in a classroom. Lynne DeLade C’12 STUDENTS WITHOUT Spring 2015 37 indigenous religious shrines, and healing centers in South Africa. From Bahia in Brazil to Egypt to Japan, Drew students have examined traditional medicine and culture, explored the intricacies of global business, and, like Letellier, become fluent in a variety of languages through immersion programs in foreign capitals. But as life-changing as immersion study can be for a language student, spending a semester abroad changes lives in ways that transcend the merely academic. Letellier says having to fend for herself in a foreign city offered her “the experience of autonomy and of discovering a different culture.” “Time and time again, students tell me, ‘I learned that I could do things that I didn’t think were possible: find my way through a foreign city all by myself and manage on my own without the comfort and safety net of a whole on-campus community,’” Fischer says. Helana Shumway, a Drew senior majoring in Spanish, attended the school’s popular London Semester last fall. Among the benefits of the experience, she lists the independence it afforded. “Being able to feel like a real adult,” she says, “living on your own, buying groceries, doing laundry, taking care of the house—it was a great glimpse of what life will be like after college.” The introduction to independent living is one of what Fischer calls “the really profound lessons that students in Drew’s global programs learn that will carry them far into their future and embody what full-impact learning is all about.” The programs are designed Mary Ann Letellier C’83 describes herself as “a bridge,” and when she does, it’s hard not to envision the ponts stretching across the Seine in the sparkling city that she’s called home for three decades. 38 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com Recent study abroad programs have taken students to Paris in 2011 (above) and Egypt in 2009 (left). MAKING A DIFFERENCE THE ANNUAL GRACE WEGGELAND PRIZE HELPS DREW STUDENTS EXPLORE THE WORLD. For decades Drew has maintained what Stacy Fischer, the director of Drew’s Center for Global Education, calls “a multifaceted relationship” with Paris. The university offers a summer language program in the city every other year and regularly sends students to study in Paris for a semester through a partnership with the Council on International Educational Exchange, or CIEE. “Multifaceted” also describes the university’s global education program, which has introduced students to British life and culture through its London Semester for half a century and offers an array of opportunities for cultural discovery around the globe, including language immersion in Mannheim, Germany; a summer archaeological dig in Italy; and a tour of hospitals, clinics, Eric Renard, Chris Taylor. Facing page: Courtesy of Monique Flynn C’84 Letellier, though, bridges continents, cultures, and languages. As director of the Center for University Programs Abroad (CUPA) in Paris, she oversees some 60 to 90 college students who come to the City of Light each year to hone their French, immerse themselves in another culture, and perhaps change their lives in the process. Letellier has walked in their shoes. Because that’s exactly what happened to her when she spent a semester in Paris as a Drew senior, and it’s exactly what happens to so many students who avail themselves of Drew’s rich and varied study abroad programs. In January 1982, Letellier, then a junior, remembers, “I was a French major, and I was in love with the language and all things French.” But three days into her first trip to the city of her dreams, her father died, and Letellier returned home. A year later, she says, “I got back on the horse, returned to Paris, and had a wonderful experience.” So wonderful, in fact, that she went back to France to pursue a master’s degree in French literature at New York University’s Paris campus. Except for a year spent in New York after getting her master’s, she’s lived in Paris ever since. “My Drew experience led me to where I am now,” she says, referring both to her time as a French major in what she describes as a highly supportive and close-knit department and to the transformative semester she spent in Paris, during which she and her cohorts took a pledge to speak nothing but French. That immersive experience, she says, “was essential for me as a French major.” Today, French immersion is exactly what Letellier offers students at CUPA. It was a pony trek that opened the eyes of Monique Flynn C’84. As part of her London Semester in the spring of 1983, Flynn, a political science major, had the opportunity to travel through the Welsh countryside by pony, stopping at inns and pubs inaccessible by car or public transportation. The three-day side trip had a profound effect, intellectually and emotionally. “Experiencing something so rural, with connections only by footpaths and bridleways, gave me a firsthand perspective of life without modern transportation,” she says, “which, in turn, has helped me appreciate the challenges other countries might have.” Flynn was not the first in her family to be changed by one of Drew’s off-campus programs. In the late 1950s, her mother, Grace Weggeland C’58, G’67, P’84, dreamed of attending the university’s newly established Washington Semester but could not afford the cost. Then her adviser, Julius Mastro, helped her find financing. Participating in the Washington Semester, her daughter says, “truly altered my mother’s experience for the better, and suddenly she felt she could take on the world.” That inspired sense of self-confidence is common among students who enroll in Drew’s off-campus semesters, and it’s one reason Flynn and her father, Robert Layne Weggeland C’61, P’84, established the Grace Weggeland Prize for off-campus study in 2002. The scholarship has allowed a new crop of students, Bero mi, quam sintis aut omnihit, que estende bisciet et qui sit aut liquate mperibus suntur? Qui doluptaquat. such as Nathan Forster, a Drew senior, to see a world beyond the comfortable confines of the Drew campus. Forster received the Weggeland Prize to take part in the London Semester in 2013. The experience, he says, “really opened my eyes to a world that’s bigger than the Monique Flynn C’84 (left) at her bubble we usually live in.” home outside London with Drew senior Nathan Forster, the recipient Expanding the circle that beof a scholarship established in gan with her mother, Flynn tries memory of Flynn’s mother. to meet each of the scholarship recipients who travel to London, either taking them to lunch or inviting them to her home in Surrey. “I can sense how the opportunity to participate in an abroad program has broadened their perspectives beyond anything they had thought possible for themselves,” she says, “and for their potential to make a difference in the world.” —L.G.P. Spring 2015 39 Drew students traveled to Japan in 2014 (left) and to Venice in 2009. The London Semester—Drew’s first international program, founded in 1961—has traditionally combined time in the classroom with multiple opportunities to interact with the city and its inhabitants, using the city itself as a touchstone for what students are learning in class. Rather than simply reading Mrs. Dalloway, students might take a walking tour that follows the path of Virginia Woolf’s novel. Rather than just reading the plays of contemporary British playwrights, they might see them performed. Each student participating in the London Semester must complete a final project, and, says Wendy Kolmar, a professor of English and women’s and gender studies, who directed the 2014 semester, “one of the criteria governing the project is that it can’t be something the student could have put together sitting in a library in New Jersey.” That means students have to go out into the city, examine it firsthand, and interview its inhabitants. One of Kolmar’s students focused his project on homelessness, another on Roman influences, and another on Muslim youths. For his project, Nathan Forster, a senior theatre arts major, created a photo documentary about the River Thames, walking some 40 miles along its banks, both north and south, as it flowed through the city, talking to the people Associated Press/Noriyuki Aida. Facing page: Lynne DeLade C’12. London images courtesy of Drew Archives. to offer something entirely different from the on-campus experience. “We don’t want students to sit in a classroom in the middle of London or some other foreign city, taking the same kind of classes they could here in Madison,” says Fischer, “because what’s the point?” While most of the study abroad programs do offer traditional classroom learning, they also use the city and its environs as a laboratory for intellectual and emotional growth. Marc Tomljanovich, an associate professor of economics, led a 10-day trip to Japan during spring break in 2014 with the goal of giving students a deeper understanding of Japan’s corporate culture. In addition to meeting with executives from a variety of companies—including American firms with a Japanese presence, such as Apple Japan, and homegrown Japanese firms, such as Daiwa Securities—students were introduced to Japanese culture. They ate in traditional restaurants, visited the Tokyo Racetrack, and toured temples and shrines in Kyoto. They also rode the Tokyo subway at rush hour, when trains are packed so tightly that some riders’ feet are actually lifted off the floor. “Students learned how to be outside their comfort zone,” Tomljanovich says, “and came out of it with a lot more confidence.” “Students learned how to be outside their comfort zone and came out of it with more confidence.” Shuruq Alfawair C’12 (left) and Diana OrtizCandelejo C’12, photographed last fall in London, both took part in the London Semester at Drew. Alfawair is pursuing a master’s degree in Arabic literature at the School of African and Oriental Studies in London. Ortiz-Candelejo is an MPA candidate at the London School of Economics. he encountered and asking them what the river meant to them. Working on the project opened his mind and his heart. He came upon a woman who’d chosen to be homeless as a political statement against homelessness and a man who had returned to the spot by the river where his partner, who’d died a year earlier, had proposed to him. Forster came to see the Thames “as a grounding point for relationships and a reference for identification.” The project, and the London Semester as a whole, he says, afforded him “a sense of wonder as to the magic of the world beyond who we are in our everyday lives.” That sense of wonder is a common by-product of Drew’s global programs. Each summer since 2008, classics professor John Muccigrosso has led a four-week archaeological dig in the town of Massa Martana in Italy’s Umbria region. The dig itself unearths history—ancient coins, pottery shards, dice made out of bones—and offers historical perspective. “We work on a Roman period site that is 2,000 years old,” Muccigrosso says. “The students live in a town that is about 1,000 years old. We’ll sit and have our coffees at the foot of huge medieval walls that are older than any European constructs in the Americas. So I hope the students get a better sense of the broad sweep of history and the way in which the past makes a difference for the present.” Surely the opportunity to gain new perspectives was on the mind of Robert G. Smith, the chair and founder of Drew’s Department of THROUGH THE YEARS A PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMELINE OF DREW STUDENTS ON THE LONDON SEMESTER. 1963 1961 40 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com 1968 1981 1989 1991 2001 2015 Spring 2015 41 42 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com The Drew crew: Professor Wendy Kolmar, at far right, with (right to left) junior Katalina Gamarra, junior Janine Pasquale, senior Gabriella Bisconti, senior Michael Collina, and junior Julie Gonzalez last fall in London. Spring 2015 43 Lynne DeLade C’12 “I hope the students get a better sense of the broad sweep of history and the way in which the past makes a difference for the present.” Mark Tomljanovich, left, an associate professor of economics, with Drew students touring Japanese business sites in 2014. From left: Kris Sullivan C’14, senior Francis Rossi, senior Jose Escalante, and Taylor Francis C’14. or China or New York City, by approaching those places through a subject with which they’re already familiar. How can I use what I already know about economics to know more about Japan and that culture?” TREC will also include the shorter trips— typically one to four weeks over winter, spring, and summer breaks—once arranged through the Drew International Seminar program. Such excursions planned over the next two years will take students to Belize, Brazil, China, Ecuador, France, Morocco, South Africa, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Two years ago, Carol Ueland, a professor of Russian, led such a trip to Vladimir, Russia, a 12th-century city about four hours northeast of Moscow with a large population of Central Asian immigrants. Learning about the migration so fascinated one of her students, Sarah Calderone C’13, that she used it as the Drew students visited the ruins of Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca site in the mountains of Peru, in 2006. Political Science, when he established the London Semester as a foreign study program for political science students. The semester is the longest-running study abroad program at Drew (it’s also one of the oldest in the country). Like virtually all of the university’s international programs, the London Semester has changed with the times and the needs of students. Offered every fall, the experience consists of serious study, including a required colloquium and five electives covering British politics, political drama, literature, history, and art and architecture, as well as a final project involving library research and fieldwork and, of course, the chance to experience British life and culture in depth. Maria Masucci, a professor of anthropology who will direct the 2015 London Semester, her third, calls the program “one of the richest life and learning experiences” at Drew. “It’s London from a multidisciplinary perspective,” Masucci says, “where students aren’t just studying it, but immersed and living in it.” Drew alumna Shuruq Alfawair C’12, now working on a master’s degree in Arabic literature at London’s School of African and Oriental Studies, was an assistant to Kolmar. Initially, Alfawair was concerned that homesickness might keep some students from getting the most out of the experience. She needn’t have worried. “They took in London wholeheartedly and embraced it,” she says. “I don’t think there was a weekend event or a trip that all of them didn’t partake in.” In fact, many of Drew’s global programs encourage the opportunity for independent 44 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com travel. Genevieve Puleo C’10, who met her future husband on one of Muccigrosso’s archaeological digs in 2010, took off for Rome and Florence with other students during her downtime. “That kind of social experience was just as important as the dig for me,” Puleo says. “We went into it with a ‘sleep when you’re dead’ attitude.” Drew President Thomas Kean expanded Drew’s foreign study opportunities during a 15-year tenure in Mead Hall that began in 1990. As president, Kean was focused on teaching, technology, and travel. The Drew International Seminars program—which for two decades took thousands of students on three-week faculty-run trips to more than 35 countries, including Brazil, Cameroon, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Iceland, India, Spain, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and many others—was established under his leadership, along with a Chile semester and a summer program in Mali. A Belgium semester, established before Kean’s presidency, ran from the 1960s for nearly three decades. This winter the Center for Global Education introduced a new initiative designed to consolidate all of Drew’s global programs. Known as TREC (for Travel, Rethink, Explore, Connect), the new enterprise will encompass study abroad trips, the New York Semesters, the London Semester—in short, just about every one of Drew’s off-campus programs. “TREC is designed to make students rethink the way they think about political science, theater, art, history,” says Stacy Fischer. “We want students to explore different environments, whether that be Spain Associated Press/Nousha Salimi (Robinson). Facing Page, top: Associated Press/Noriyuki Aida Kyler Robinson C’10 on a Drew International Seminar trip to Abu Dhabi and Dubai in 2010. theme of the proposal that won her a Fulbright scholarship to Russia. “That’s the kind of thing that these trips build to,” Ueland says. Mary Ann Letellier’s opportunity to study abroad built, in fact, to an entire life. She’s raised two children in Paris (a son, who’s now 18, and a daughter, 28). She earned a doctorate from the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Semiotics and Anglophone Literature and taught English literature at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, the Université de Lille, and the Université de Paris V—Rene Descartes. She’s worked at CUPA for 15 years, first as academic director and, since 2009, as director. Like the students she oversees, she says, her experience studying abroad while at Drew made her “more adventurous and open to exploration” and stimulated her mind “in incredible ways”—a perfect summation, as it happens, of the core mission of Drew’s global outreach programs. DU SEOUL SEEKERS FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, DREW’S THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL HAS NURTURED A THRIVING CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH SOUTH KOREA. In 1902, the man many regard as the father of Korean Christianity perished at sea in a tragic steamboat accident. Henry Gerhard Appenzeller T1885 devoted his life to spreading the Gospel in that faraway land, and by the time of his death, at age 44, his heroic efforts were already yielding an abundant harvest. Today, one-third of South Korea is Christian, a thirtyfold increase since Appenzeller’s day. And after a century of cross-cultural exchanges, the bond between the Korean church and Drew is deeply rooted. Hundreds of Theo School graduates are active in ministry and academia throughout South Korea today. Underscoring the impact they’ve had, the university last year awarded an honorary degree to one of Appenzeller’s most accomplished successors, Bishop In Hwan Kim T’85, the first Drew graduate to be elected a bishop in South Korea. “Drew is almost everywhere in Korea, when you talk about the church and Christianity,” says the Rev. Hana Kim T’11. Kim (no relation to the bishop) returned to South Korea after earning his doctorate in American religion and culture to teach and pastor a Presbyterian church in Hanam City. Barely a year after he founded it, the church already counts more than 3,000 members. The relationship bears fruit at Drew as well. In any given year, at least 20 percent of the Theo School’s 450 students are native South Koreans. Dean Javier Viera says it’s more than name recognition that draws them here. “There is something huge about the historical connection, but it’s also the academic rigor here ... and our way of doing theology,” he explains, citing what he describes as a “global,” rather than Euro-centric, perspective. Kim says the approach serves Drew graduates well when they return to South Korea. “I think they’re more capable of adapting to different people and different situations,” he says. What Drew gains from these students, Viera believes, is exposure to contemporary Christian life lived out in a context that’s dramatically different from what believers experience today in the United States, particularly in the Northeast. “Christianity is a minority religion there,” Viera says of South Korea, “but also incredibly dynamic and growing and vibrant. That forward-focused enthusiasm is a tonic for the school as a whole.” Finally, he adds, there is also something special about the Korean students themselves. “They’re incredibly supportive and connected to each other,” Viera says. “It’s a wonderful model for the rest of the community.” —Shannon Mullen Spring 2015 45 When I spoke with Marianne (Kirchhoff) and Warren Campbell C’55 in November, Warren was doing some fall trimming of trees and bushes at their country place. Marianne recommended a book she had just completed reading, The Last Lion, about Ted Kennedy by a team of writers at The Boston Globe. In August the Campbells had gone on a special camping trip to Prince Edward Island with most of their family—a celebration of their 60th wedding anniversary. Congratulations! Sadly we’ve lost several of our classmates: Donna Jamison Grivicich, who was featured in the spring 2014 issue of Drew Magazine’s In Memoriam, David Carmen C’54, T’57, and Agnes Terzako Gianakis. Your reporter has very pleasant, rich memories of talking with and writing about each one of these Drew friends during my several years of writing our Classnotes. See In Memoriam (pages 59–63) for more on David and Agnes. Please keep in touch. CLASSNOTES 55 The College of Liberal Arts 42 WWII Veteran Americo P. Cocco celebrated his 101st birthday in Philadelphia on Oct. 6, 2014. 45 50 We have reached a milestone —our 70th class anniversary on May 29–30! Ralph Spoor C’45, T’48 will lead the charge and welcome back to campus 70th Reunion several classmates. Make a gift to Drew’s annual fund in celebration! Section Ed. Note: For 64 years, the space beneath the Class of ’50 column header was unfalteringly filled with the words of Anne (Evans) 65th Reunion Horner. I’m deeply saddened to report Anne’s death on Dec. 9, 2014. To read her obituary, turn to page 61. Some of my most enjoyable moments of the Classnotes production process were my periodic phone conversations with Anne. She alone was the secretary who’d yet to transition to email correspondence. (She submitted her notes—longhand, I might add—via U.S. mail and always on time.) Each call from Anne began the same way: “This is Anne Horner, Class of 1950 secretary, calling from Durham, North Carolina!” I don’t need to tell you, her classmates, how much joy she received hearing from you and delivering your news. There can be no better way to honor Anne and her legacy of goodwill to Drew than for you to get involved. It is my fervent hope that one of the Class of 1950 will pick up Anne’s pen, and keep the good news coming. This is the 65th reunion year for your class. Before she passed, Anne, not surprisingly, 48 Drew Magazine I Classnotes I College of Liberal Arts volunteered to serve as your class representative for this special reunion. Come to campus for Reunion May 29–30. Share your memories, and make new ones. Robert Carlson C’50, T’53 and Alice “Cappie” (Cappuccino) Gentile are planning to attend and encourage all to do the same. Consider a gift to Drew’s annual fund, with a goal of 65 percent participation, in memory of Anne and her service to Drew and your class. 54 Mary Z. Hepburn [email protected] Judy and Chic Cross still live on Lake Champlain—and their family is growing, with nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren who enjoy coming to visit. Chic used to do sketching and cartooning while at Drew; the remarkable scenery around them now inspired him to begin painting again. From his workroom window is a great view of a section of the lake and a high, level cliff that overlooks it. On that cliff are railroad tracks and some interesting late-1800s railroad cars. His paintings often include the old trains in scenes of the Adirondacks. But Chic expressed serious concern about increased use of that old train line to ship crude oil originating in Western Canada and North Dakota. He talked about the need for a pipeline or other safer alternative. My communication caught up with Nancy and Richard Rice C’54, T’58 while they were visiting their daughter Elin C’84 in Claremont, California. They still have their home in White Plains, New York, as well as the new cottage on the Finger Lakes. Last summer they helped organize a Drew alumni event in Ithaca involving Hangar Theatre’s production of The Little Shop of Horrors, where Josh Friedman C’88 is managing director. Last fall Nancy and Richard attended a welcome dinner for Drew’s new president, MaryAnn Baenninger. Richard praised her engaging manner. He noted she lives in the President’s House on campus, the first president to do so in many years. At a later date Richard returned to Drew with his son David C’81 to attend a Drew event featuring a stand-up comedy performance by John Oliver. Richard reported the program was outstanding, but he mused that in the ’50s Dean Morris would never have approved of the language! Jack Doyle and his wife, Phyllis, have moved to Crestwood Manor in Whiting, New Jersey, continuous care retirement housing that offers them more medical services and more activities. It is only about 20 miles away from where they used to live in Waretown. Jack is pleased that he will be able to swim every day in a fine indoor pool and also plans to explore some interesting locations nearby. One is a different kind of retirement facility —a home for zoo animals past their prime. In February 2014 Nan (Lawthers) Dreselly celebrated her 80th birthday with her daughters at Disney World. Ah, youth! I do think she is the last of our Madison House women to turn 80! The following April Nan enjoyed a trip on the Acela train to Delaware and Pennsylvania. She visited the Winterthur Museum, Longwood Gardens, and the Brandywine Museum of Art, where she especially enjoyed seeing the large Wyeth Collection. During the summer Nan had a new aluminum dock installed for the cottage she owns in Maine, and family members enjoyed its use through the summer season. Sol Gittleman, Nish Najarian C’55, T’59, G’82, and Richard Semeraro are hoping many classmates can return to campus for the big 60th reunion 60th Reunion on May 29–30. They’ve volunteered to help reconnect classmates. Hope all classmates will join in! Consider making a gift in memory of Joan Doremus Roscher, who passed away Dec. 21, 2014. Our class participation goal is 65 percent. 56 Ronald Vander Schaaf C’56, T’59 [email protected] To the email above, take 10 minutes to send in news about achievements of your children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren, or contacts you may have had with any Drew grads. My and Patty Vander Schaaf’s grandson, Mark, just returned from a week’s trip to Europe, where he showed doctors in four countries a device he designed to capture blood clots in the brain. The first patient treated with the device was a 93-year-old woman paralyzed on her right side due to a blood clot. Three hours after the operation she shook hands with the surgeon. Mark graduated from Rice University in 2013 with a major in material science. He developed an interest in this field after attending the Governor’s School of Science at Drew. 57 Eleanor (Sheldon) Stearns [email protected] Judy (Palmer) Harik was invited to present a paper on how educational institutions should handle and teach students about conflict at the Global Education Summit in Moscow last June. As a resident of Lebanon, neighbor to Syria, she had a lot to say. Earlier in the year she presented a paper on Hezbollah’s role in the Syrian conflict at an international conference in Cyprus. From July through October, Judy visited with her daughter, Vaira, at her home on Cape Cod, where all is well ordered, mellow, and calm. During this time she painted 17 works and often thought of Mrs. Korn’s advice. The university that she and her husband founded in Lebanon, Matn University, is again opening its doors this fall after a period of closure following her husband’s death two years ago. Jan and Stan Wiley C’57, T’61 moved to Hopewell Junction, New Jersey, to be near their daughter, her hubby, and four great kiddos (ages 14, 12, 8, 7). After a year renting in a large apartment complex, they were offered a very nice modern unit on the ground level of a large estate-type house. Stan is publishing his sermons about the advent, birth, and childhood of Jesus in a book called Save Christmas for Christ Alone with Xulon Press. He and Jan are members of Fishkill Baptist Church, singing in the praise team and concert choir. Stan has just started to play the clarinet again. Their pastor plays trumpet, and they hope to jam soon. Johanna (Zimermann) Wishart and her husband, Vern G’58, moved to a senior living center last fall. Jo and her two daughters celebrated her 80th birthday with a trip to Boston. She wanted to see the spectrum of fall colors and visit a friend in his last year of teaching a Christian ethics seminar at Harvard. Vern tells stories at a story slam in a restaurant with a stage. In September he won with the highest score they ever had. He also won the audience choice. They blew the prize money on a trip to Banff and Jasper National Parks in Canada. Jo and Vern both attend a seniors’ writing course, and Jo won a cash prize for a poem she wrote. Warner Johnson had planned to play in the alumni baseball game in the fall, but it was cancelled due to rain. He never wants to think he has played his last baseball game, so each year he returns to the Drew alumni game. He’s usually 30 to 40 years older than the next alumni player. Warner was the last person to play for Doc Young, who retired from coaching after the 1954 season. He was the only freshman to play on the team that year, and he feels he is a tie from the past to the present. Warner walks most days and exercises. He also bats at batting cages. He works on splitting firewood most days and mows a few acres of grass. Much of this activity is aimed at preparing for the ball game, but it’s also good for life in general. Fortified with updated inoculations and even antimalarial pills, Gail (Fisher) Moizeau spent an amazing 10 days last spring being shown around Guatemala by her 20-year-old granddaughter. She was there to learn Spanish, which she did, as well as to get a taste of the great charm of Guatemalans and the many interesting people from all over. Gail saw the beautiful country and Mayan ruins in the style of current-day college students. Food was wonderful, and she was in a country so different, and with so many profound problems, that it helps her understand the flight of the children to the north. Like Warner, Jerry (Clark) Nicholas was disappointed the alumni baseball game was rained out. He said that Warner can still play the game and continues to amaze the young guys with his hitting ability. Jerry and Helen’s [C’59] oldest grandson is a senior at Towson, and their youngest grandchild turned 1 last fall. Helen and Jerry just celebrated their 55th anniversary—amazing! Helen continues her quilting activities, and Jerry continues as president of their homeowners association. 58 Helen Williams, [email protected] Hello to you, my Drew family of 1958. I have been asked to remind you that life changes, such as moves, should be sent not only to me, but to alumni@drew. edu so that the database can be updated. Frankie C’60 and Dick Edel have moved to Waterman Village in Mt. Dora, Florida, and Jan and Dave Ossenkop have moved to a senior living community in Schenectady, New York. The Class of 1958 has two scholarships that are awarded each year. This year the Class of 1958 Scholar is Christiana Tenuto C’17, a neuroscience major and classics minor. Christiana wrote that she is “a person of many interests, especially in art and classical Latin literature, as well as the social sciences and biological sciences.” Ellie Long Hazarian has met with her several times and is very impressed and pleased she was awarded our scholarship. Our other award is the Albert Norton Wettstein Prize, given annually to an actor or actress for outstanding achievement in Drew theatrics. Recipient Christina Kosyla C’11 wrote that she “made the decision to dedicate her life to the education and improvement of young girls.” She earned a graduate degree at NYU in educational theatre and is presently teaching drama to kindergarten through fifth grade at the Stuart Country Day School in Princeton. Alumni and friends can donate to either of these separate endowed funds. Just indicate which of these funds is to receive your donation. John Borden, Maury and Gisele Green, and Joyce and Peter Rushbrook got together for their occasional mini reunion on a rainy day in Walnut Creek, California. Drew forever! University Advancement SUBMIT YOUR CLASSNOTES [email protected] ALUMNI & PARENT RELATIONS 973.408.3229 800.979.DREW [email protected] ALUMNI HOUSE 36 Madison Avenue Madison, NJ 07940 [email protected] I Spring 2015 49 I will be in Florida through mid-April. Please keep me in the loop so I can spread your news! 59 Ellen deLalla, [email protected] Thanks to a telephone call to her from Pete Headley, we have heard from Charlotte (Floyd) Galloway. She and her husband, Al T’61, moved in March 2010 to a retirement community. Before retiring, Al worked with organ transplantation as a chaplain, and Charlotte taught elementary school, mostly emotionally handicapped children. They lived in the Tampa area from 1988 through 2004, then in Indiana. Their three boys are grown, and they have five grandchildren. “Life is good,” she says. Bobbie (Christman) Morris and her husband, Jim, visited with her freshman roommate, Ann (Schultz) Smiley, and had a delightful time. Ann has four children and nine grandchildren. Bobbie stays in contact with Julia Polonko and Cathy (Draper) Pye. Bobbie left Drew after two years to enter the nursing program at Cornell-New York Hospital. Ken Rowe C’59, G’69 and his partner of 32 years, James Sawyer, tied the knot in North Carolina on Oct. 25, 2014. Ken says their gift registry was “at Dollar General … that has a lovely Wedgewood paper plate collection with matching plastic glassware and ‘silverware.’” I had my second knee replacement surgery in late September and can now walk upright and without a limp. Titanium is wonderful. I hope to be able to travel again in 2015. Keep sending in your news, even those little tidbits. They’re all interesting. 60 George Hayward, Jodi (Della-Cerra) Headley, and Peggy (Reinhardt) Littlejohn are enthusiastic about outreach this 55th 55th Reunion class reunion May 29–30. And Midge and Ed C’58 Campbell have graciously offered to host all classmate attendees Friday night at their home after the Welcome Back reception, where we can raise a glass to James Riordan C’59, who passed away Nov. 24, 2014. Please consider designating your annual donation this year to our C’60 internship fund, which we hope to endow at $50,000 this year, in memory of Jim. Our class giving goal is 65 percent! 61 Barbara Fern, [email protected] Mac Hulslander and wife took a road trip this past summer to Montana, stopping with Gretchen (Zimmerman) C’62 and Bob Warwick in Michigan and Neal Mosher in Ontario, Canada, recalling many of their best memories at Drew. In North Carolina he has been inspired by the Rev. William Barber II T’03 and the Moral Monday Movement now taking hold nationally—a major human rights campaign. Mary Ann (Kennerly) and John Clinton reported on their son’s major recital last year. John has been no music slouch, having taken a class with jazz recording artist Jackie Allen 50 Drew Magazine I Classnotes I College of Liberal Arts and performed with six other torch singers. They enjoyed a trip back to Baltimore to see the Orioles sweep the Tigers. Kay Richards Mansfield spent two fabulous weeks in Austria and Slovenia. Her German still worked well, even before a glass of wine. Both countries are spectacularly beautiful, even in the rain. Ed O’Brien continues to be floored by the work discipline of his grandchildren. His eighth grader will attend Johns Hopkins summer program for credit. He wishes he’d been that disciplined in his academic efforts. He and his wife celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in September 2014. He spends his time reading for fun, sailing, and eating out. 63 Ellen Earp Baker, [email protected] Hello, classmates! I was delighted to hear from Jane (Fink) Albanowski who, after graduating from Drew, received a master’s degree in journalism from Syracuse University and became a newspaper reporter for a year at the Albany Times Union and six years at the Trenton Times, where she met her husband, Jim. While a stay-at-home mom, development came to their township in a big way. Much of what was proposed was in her backyard! Using her newspaper skills to question developers led to her appointment as chair of the township’s environmental commission for six years, and writing their reports for 12 years. Their son is a software engineer in Silicon Valley. These days she is busy trying to update a turn-of-the century children’s book, while getting the last of their rental real estate properties ready for sale. Candy Ridington had a nice five-day visit from Joyce Brayman Amici from Chicago. They hadn’t seen each other in about 25 years, but picked up right where they left off. They found it was meaningful to exchange thoughts and ideas, now that they are in their 70s, and what a change from the ideas they exchanged when they were so young, at Drew. Candy continues to create historical portraits of well-known women and to perform them at various venues. Her latest is Emma Darwin, Charles Darwin’s wife. She has returned to piano lessons after a long hiatus and is loving it. Anne and Bill Long are fine and keep busy with work, volunteering, visiting their kids and grandkids in Westford, Massachusetts; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as some other travel, raking leaves, and other highlights! Allen Menkin was inducted into the Warren County (New Jersey) Hall of Fame. Among other accomplishments, Allen is the co-founder and president of Plaza Family Care Inc., helped establish St. Clare’s Mental Health Center, and has been a medical missionary in Ethiopia. This edition of the news is coming from sunny California, where this week my husband is teaching doctors how to be medical directors in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. He remains the chief medical officer for the Hospice of Washington County in Hagerstown, Maryland. Our son, Chris, is a research analyst for a commercial real estate firm in D.C., daughter Laurie is a scrub nurse in the cardiac OR at Johns Hopkins. Younger daughter, Linda, lives in Manhattan and enjoys teaching math at the Horace Mann School in the Bronx. That’s it for now; please keep sending updates. 65 Allen Hood [email protected] John Allen is happy to report that after many sessions of physical and occupational 50th Reunion therapy, he is fully recovered and back to work. Naomi Shapiro, with 40 people in attendance, performed a concert of her boyfriend’s music at the local library. And it’s now on YouTube: enter “Stan Cohen Concert” in the search field to see her perform. Stan is turning pages and playing the wood block in the piece titled “Istanbul.” She is very glad that people can now hear some of Stan’s compositions. Naomi continues to volunteer at New Eyes for the Needy in Short Hills, New Jersey, as well as swim, hike, and teach cello. John Greco and his partner, Bill, were early proponents of secular civil unions for all. John notes there is now data that indicate secular civil unions in France are more popular among opposite-sex couples than is marriage. Martha Hassard and her husband, Roger, moved to a continuing care retirement community called Freedom Plaza in Sun City Center, Florida, with endless interesting activities, including day trips and hundreds of inexpensive college courses (but without exams or papers to write!). They will definitely have warmer weather in the winter than they had in Connecticut! Martha is hoping she will be able to come to our 50th reunion with her good longtime friend and Drew classmate Kathy (Murray) Henry. She has also found Elsie Spinner Brown and her husband, Rich, wintering in nearby Sarasota. Jon Schwieger is hoping that we will all turn out for our 50th reunion May 29–30. Jon, Kathy, Joyce Brunelle Pazianos,George Burrill, and Peggy Leichthammer Domber are rounding up classmates for this once-ina-lifetime event. Other class volunteers are needed. You won’t want to miss this chance to gather with former classmates after 50 years! The weekend will include a showing of The Duck Diaries, the documentary about the goodwill mission trip to Latin America by some of our classmates. Please consider designating your annual donation to the C’65 Scholarship fund in celebration of our 50th reunion. I, Allen Hood, your class correspondent, and my wife, Kit, have had a very busy summer and fall. In a joint venture with our daughter, Stephanie, we purchased a four-unit apartment house in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Steph occupies one of the apartments and is now the manager. Yours truly is merely the groundskeeper. Kit’s in charge of the flower beds. We have already encountered some major headaches with one tenant and a roofer. Ah, well, it is gradually working out well—we think! Learning is clearly not confined to the classroom. Please, all of you, let’s plan to attend our 50th reunion! I would appreciate an update on your current email address, if you have one. I love hearing from you. 70 You may be hearing from Mary Stringfield, Paul Dezendorf, C’72 Tom Hackett, Nicole Romano, Kathy Hall, and Penny 45th Reunion Jessop, who have all volunteered to reconnect classmates for our 45th reunion gathering the weekend of May 29–30. Others are welcome to join the committee, which aims to increase our class giving participation rate to 45 percent, with gifts designated to our already endowed C’70 scholarship fund. Christian Hoppe has had an exciting diplomatic career in which he had held four ambassadorships for Denmark: Moscow, Ankara, Cairo, and (currently) Prague. Christian is married to Yelena Lykova, a professor of economics at the Economic University of Prague. They have four adult children. Robin’s daughter Sybil is an architect. When Potter’s son married in October, Robin and Potter hosted an authentic New England clambake for his rehearsal dinner. Robin still practices law in their hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont. Laura Papa and Larry Babbin’s [C’79] son, Andrew, is doing postdoctoral work in Boston, and their daughter, Aimee, teaches high school science. Laura was approved for dual citizenship by the Italian Consulate, which will enable Laura and Larry to split their retirement time between their homes in New Jersey and Italy when the time comes. Christine Stack Bell’s husband, Paul Bell C’76, writes grants and does fundraising for both Habitat for Humanity and Feeding Northeast Florida community food bank. Their daughter, Callan, works for a small nonprofit that helps the disabled and is near completion of a master of public administration degree. Their son, Alex, is a SQL programmer. Christine continues to manage trusts in banking. She and Paul hope to sell their home so they can move closer to downtown Jacksonville. Jennifer Beaver works for the Orange County Transportation Authority in the digital communications section, doing writing and some marketing, and encouraging people to take public transportation. In her nonwork hours, Jenny is involved with a start-up called We Are the Next, which encourages the next generation to consider their resources, both designed and environmental, to preserve/adaptively reuse buildings. Jenny and husband Alan Tolkoff’s son, Jamie, graduated from college last May, works for a company that makes computer tablets, and is being developed to do database work. My husband, Chas Edwards, and I see Kathy (Hyman) Floyd C’78 often. She is a senior adviser in the Office of Financial Education at the Consumer Financial Protection Board and travels a great deal. Her children, Connie, who resides in Colorado, and Steven C’13, who lives in New Jersey, are thriving in their respective jobs. A little bird named Facebook informed me that Barbara (Gauge) and Chip Gertzog’s son, Jimmy, wed Audrey Suarez in Vermont in May 2014. Their children, Margaret and Charlotte, were also in attendance, as were good friends Marla and Paul Boren C’78. Not to be outdone, Marla and Paul’s 73 At Penn State University in September, Christopher Ehmann and Robert Farrell discussed their experiences and research concerning stem cell transplantation in a presentation titled “Researcher and Practitioner: Stem Cells Now and in Our Future.” 74 Mark Lang, [email protected] I ran the New York Marathon on Nov. 2, 2014. It was my 30th marathon. 75 Anne and Jeff Noss have volunteered to build enthusiasm for our 40th reunion May 29–30. Others are welcome to 40th Reunion help in the planning to make this gathering a success. In addition to renewing friendships, classmates are encouraged to make a gift to support our class scholarship fund and raise our class giving participation to 35 percent! 76 Cheryl Rosenbaum Harper had a solo show of her artwork at the James Oliver Gallery in Philadelphia. Besides being a working artist, Cheryl also curates major projects for art organizations, colleges, and universities. 77 D. Beth Yingling [email protected] Hello, classmates! The Holloway/ Foster quad/suite gals are planning a spring reunion. Robin Stern and husband, Potter Stewart, traveled to India in September 2014 to visit their daughter Isabel, who taught English there for three months. [email protected] I Spring 2015 51 son, David, wed Jamie Bragg two weeks later. Close friend of both the Gertzogs and the Borens, Martha Herrmann C’78, was in attendance. Martha is employed in the Arlington County treasurer’s office. The Borens’ other son, Mike, is engaged, so clearly love is in the air. Barbara is senior vice president for commercial real estate at United Bank. Chip stays very active in retirement with, among other things, the acclaimed Providence Players, a Fairfax County drama troupe. Our daughter Taylor and her husband, Ben Powell, who live here in Falls Church, Virginia, have a wedding and event photography business, Taylor & Ben Photography, and also do video and other contract work through Ben Powell Media. Our daughter Kate, a recent graduate of the UCLA Anderson School of Business, is a matchmaker for Three Day Rule, a leading personalized matchmaking company headquartered in Los Angeles and affiliated with Match.com, whose matchmakers hand-select and vet every potential match in person before making any formal introductions to their clients. Like I said, love is 52 Drew Magazine I Classnotes I College of Liberal Arts in the air. I hope lots of love comes your way. Don’t forget to send me your news, either by email or find me on Facebook. I love to hear from you! 78 Tom Tani, [email protected] A short entry this time around. Diane Layton and her husband, Joe Ritchie, just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Mackinac Island in upper Michigan, where no cars are allowed, only horses—a “beautiful setting.” Their eldest daughter graduated from Penn State this year with a degree in marketing and public relations, and is job hunting in the New York and D.C. areas while she has an internship. Their younger daughter is studying nursing at the University of Montana and just got some skis for the fresh powder. Joe Rubacky is happy to announce the birth of his first grandchild. His daughter, Allison Kahn, and her husband, Keith, gave them Natalie Rose Kahn on July 22, 2014. Joe summed it up best: “She is beautiful and healthy. We have enjoyed three trips visiting her in Greensboro, North Carolina, and we scholarship to a student committed to service. Let’s meet our class giving participation goal of 25 percent with gifts designated to endow this fund! FaceTime every few days. Children are fun, but grandchildren are awesome.” Tom Mahoney sent the happy news that he was a guest at Gary Freed’s marriage to Rui in Oceanside, Long Island, over Labor Day weekend. Also in attendance were Michael Veloric, Bob Nemeroff, Ken Gomez, Sandy Craig C’79, and JoAnn Keatz C’79. They very much enjoyed attending and meeting Rui and her daughter, Lillian. In November, Tom Mahoney, Vince McGuinness, and Michael Veloric attended a Drew Alumni meet-and-greet event in Philadelphia, with President MaryAnn Baenninger. Philadelphia native Bob Nemeroff introduced President Baenninger. 80 86 Chris Walsh [email protected] Reunion is, once again, in the spring. It will be held on May 29–30, and our class 35th Reunion will be celebrating our 35th anniversary. Bill Pratt, Michael Ravensbergen, Tony Ehinger, Kevin Marino, Leo Grohowski, and I have all volunteered to help build momentum and encourage attendance for this celebration gathering. Don’t forget to support the class giving participation goal of 35 percent, with gifts designated to endowing our C’80 scholarship fund. Let’s do this! Over Thanksgiving weekend I attended a party thrown by Tom Keoughan, where the Drew community was well represented. Ellie McGarry C’79 was up from Florida making the rounds of her old stomping grounds. Brad Toll C’81 came from Philadelphia and stopped in Manhattan for a supply of the world’s finest bagels and salmon. Chris Van Cleef C’85 and his wife, Chrissy C’86; Tony Marucci C’85 and his wife, Edith (Wolf) C’86; Mitch Kweit C’84 and his wife, Jennifer; Nick Ungaro C’83; and Robin Borst C’84 were all there. Alas, I was unable to cat-herd the crowd together to get a photo. Next time! Earlier in the fall the rugger stalwarts offered to hold an alumni match. There were very few takers. Paul Cortellesi C’84 and his wife, Deb, came out, so we at least had a photo op. Greg Leuser C’77 came over to be a spectator but left disappointed, although he ensured his inclusion in this column. We’ll hold the alumni match this fall during the official Ranger Reunion. In the summer I attended a barbecue hosted by Michael Ravensbergen and his wife, Anna. Other Drewids in attendance were Donald Press and my old Tolley third neighbor, Jim Fleming, who, on the first night we were on campus just over 35 years ago now, dragged me down to the P.S. Pub in Madison. I occasionally play golf (very poorly) with my old suitemates, John Gilrain C’79 and Lou Eccleston C’79. John owns an electronic publishing company in North Jersey, and Lou is now CEO of the Toronto Stock Exchange. Drop me a line. Let me know what you’re up to—via the Drew alumni office or email. Jonathan “J.B.” Harris C’81 reached Everest Base Camp during a three-week trek through Nepal. 81 During a three-week trek through Nepal, Jonathan “J.B.” Harris reached Everest Base Camp. “At 17,585 feet above sea level, it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but also the most rewarding.” See photo above. Thomas J. Collamore, senior vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is now serving as vice president of the board of directors for the Benedictine Foundation. 83 Susan Kessler Apter [email protected] Chris Brentlinger is in his 10th year at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, as a major gift fundraiser and loves his job, including the travel. He and his wife, Beth, will celebrate 25 years of marriage in 2015. Their two oldest sons are college students, with a younger daughter in high school. Chris has seen David Malecki in Boston and New York. David also has one child in college and one soon to go. Susan Pease Gadoua, a therapist and author in Northern California, has a new book out: The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists, and Rebels. This is her third book. Congrats to Cliff Gerstman, a Los Angeles area high school physics teacher, who earned his master’s degree in multicultural education last November. Also newly minted with an advanced degree is Jose A. Carmona, who earned his MFA in creative writing (poetry) from the University of Tampa. Jose is now the medication management counselor at Gracepoint Wellness, working in mental health. He has retired from 30 years of teaching English, ESL, and Spanish at colleges and universities in New Jersey and Florida. Diana (Sousa) Jepsen is happily back in her hometown of West Hartford, Connecticut, and has been the head of executive and global business communications at CIGNA for four years. Her husband, George Jepsen, was re-elected attorney general of Connecticut in November. Sophia (Soldatos) and Wayne C’82 Flynn proudly announce the marriage of their daughter last June, as well as their son’s graduation from college in May 2014. The Flynns work and live in St. Louis, Missouri. 84 Ellen Belcher completed her PhD in ancient Near Eastern art and archaeology at Columbia University in 2014. She is an assistant professor and special collections librarian at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY. For the past 20 years she has worked on excavations in Jordan, Syria, and Turkey and is a specialist in prehistoric figurines, beads, and other ornaments. Since leaving Drew, Anne Hamilton has established an international scriptwriting consultancy. In October 2014, one of her one-act plays was performed in London. Alumni House congratulates Class of ’84 secretary John Hammett, who received the Max Sobel Outstanding Mathematics Educator Award from the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey! Send your kudos—and your own good news—to John at dochamm@ aol.com. 85 May 29–30 marks our 30th reunion. Adam Glazer, Bill Bolin, Gary Deutsch, Terry Camp, Bill Landis, Dwynn Golden, Kim Fogelson 30th Reunion Turet, and Bob Fabricant are encouraging one and all classmates to attend our celebration gathering. Please join in the fun! Also consider a gift to our combined senior prize and C’85 scholarship fund, which will offer a more substantial Sandra Miller [email protected] Congratulations to Lisa McCourt, who got married in October to her sweetheart, David. Since the release of Lisa’s Hay House book in 2012, she has transitioned into her dream career of full-time ghostwriting for superstars in the personal development arena. Lisa still puts on her children’s-book hat now and then to add a new sequel to the Stinky Face lineup, such as the soon-tobe-released You Can Do It, Stinky Face! Karen Hoffman’s two older children are at college, one at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and the other at Indiana University. Her youngest is a sophomore in high school. At Karen’s 50th birthday celebration in the fall, her son at Berklee brought a band and played favorite songs through the decades, with the highlight being Prince. Karen loves her work of the past three years as a hospice social worker at Phelps Hospice. She and her family live in Westchester, New York. Darrel Parker is executive officer of the Santa Barbara Superior Court as well as clerk of the court and jury commissioner for the county. He was appointed as a member of the Court Executive Advisory Committee of the State Judicial Council, which aids in the governance of the California Trial Courts. Darrel has a 20-year-old son completing culinary school and heading to France this coming summer. His two younger children are 18 and 16. Tracy Brundage was recently appointed assistant vice president for IT application delivery at Selective Insurance Group. Jonathan Ward is vice president of corporate development at Jackson Healthcare, based in Atlanta. Dan Chiarello has seen a steady rise in sales of his book, The Man in the Black Fur Coat, about his uncle’s experiences in World War II. My family went to London this summer and visited some of my old haunts (OK, pubs) from my junior year abroad days. We lucked out being there during the RideLondon weekend and, with 16 miles of streets closed to cars, we safely biked all around the city with thousands of other riders. 87 The 2014 World Lacrosse Championships in Denver, Colorado, turned into a mini Drew reunion. Mike Zeldman served as an official referee. Dan Leidl C’97 was there as assistant coach for Team Ireland, as was Dave Zazzaro C’91, an assistant coach for Team Mexico. Team Turkey included general manager P.J. Martin C’04, assistant coach Dave DeRiso C’00, and intern Kyle Mariboe C’14. Mark Grilo C’99 was once a player for Team Portugal, and also serves as director of operations as the Portuguese team attempts to qualify for the World Games in 2018. [email protected] I Spring 2015 53 93 Susan Strecker’s debut novel Night Blindness was released on Oct. 7, 2014. Set during a New England summer, the novel explores the choices we make, the sanctity of friendship, and the power of love. 95 Peter Bruckmann Jr. [email protected] I would like to thank everyone for their initial responses, and know that if you do not 20th Reunion see your submissions, they will be published—but deadlines are early. I know it is hard to believe, but this May 29–30 will be our 20th anniversary of the Class of 1995!! Please contact your class reunion volunteers, Susann Rutledge and Nate Tucker, via drew.edu/reunion to help make your reunion a great success. Don’t forget to make a gift and help raise our class giving participation to 25 percent! I had the opportunity to catch up with Neil Manning, Joe Quinty, T.J. Huttner, Jose Avolos, James Orefice, and Vanessa (Lattanzio) and Stephen Petruccelli at Reunion weekend last May, and to see the plans for the new brick backstop on the baseball field, which, through generous donations, will be constructed by the spring in memory of our classmates and baseball alums, Ron Moss and Peter Arthur. The dedication will take place this spring. Matt Savare made partner last year at Lowenstein Sandler, specializing in media, entertainment, and intellectual property law. He and his wife have 7-year-old triplets, who are a handful. They are very active in volunteer work for childhood cancers, as his son beat leukemia. Matt reports that he is about to launch his first tech start-up in the next six months or so. Although he cannot share too many details just yet, he is hoping it will change how people watch sports in today’s digital, social, and mobile world. Drew Lochli is deputy assistant director for criminal investigations and operations at the Naval Crimes Investigation Service. He and his wife, Karen, live in Virginia with their sons, Matthew, 11, and Jack, 9. Stephen Petruccelli owns his own chiropractic office, East End Sports Chiropractic, in Sag Harbor, New York. He lives with his wife, Vanessa, and their two children, Annika and Carter. Scott Megill and his wife, Caroline (Morrissey), and their three sons, Connor, 12, Lucas, 9, and Gavin, 6, live in Moorestown, New Jersey. Scott is the CEO of a life sciences company specializing in pharmacogenomics— the use of DNA to help doctors understand what drugs will work for their patients. His company was named IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year, and he has been speaking around the world about the rise of personalized medicine. Sarah (Marcus) Frederick lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania, with her husband of 17 years, Matt C’93, and their children Quinn, 13, Jordan, 11, and Cole, 7, and their Labradoodle, Carly, 3. Sarah works at home as an educational consultant. Susann Rutledge lives and works in New York as a research manager at the law firm of Jackson Lewis P.C. In 2013 she took a trip back to London to revisit the flats and buildings where her Drew London Semester was held, and had a great time. Joann Freddo-Espada continues to work at the Fed, where she manages the global operations and distribution of U.S. banknotes for the Federal Reserve System, her employer for 19 years. She just returned from a business trip to Hong Kong and Singapore. THE HAYES-MAZZARELLA WEDDING, OCTOBER 12, 2014 Front row: Devon Cinque, Jill Cermele C’92, Michelle Brisson, Ben Brisson C’02, David Lee C’02. Back row: Trish Soucy C’02, Kelley Parsons, Michael Kopas, Carla Brady C’99, Cathy Lomauro C’02, Steph Mazzarella C’02, Aileen Hayes, Sarah Marchitto C’02, Jenn Russell C’02, Zarinah Smith, Deb Liebowitz, and Micaela Fried-Liebowitz. 54 Drew Magazine I Classnotes I College of Liberal Arts 99 She resides in Matawan, New Jersey, with her husband, Juan, and two young boys, Andrew, 5, and Benjamin, 1. 97 Dan Ilaria, [email protected] In May 2014, Kat O’Connor C’93 co-founded Burning Brigid Media with her partner, author Michael Coorlim. Burning Brigid creates honestly entertaining, diverse stories about people who are people, instead of caricatures; stories that reflect our world as it is. The first web series, Sleep Study, launches this year. You can learn more at burningbrigid.com. Susan (Applegate) and Rob Potanovich ran into Jenn (Morgan) and Eric Kidd while on vacation in Ocean City, New Jersey, this past August and had dinner together. Dawn (Wilczynski) Afanador, chief marketing officer of Gibbons P.C., was presented with the Executive Women of New Jersey’s Salute to the Policy Makers Award at the organization’s annual dinner on May 8, 2014. Deb (Pierce) Coen was elected to the Madison, New Jersey, Board of Education. Her term began in January 2015. She is currently teaching technology and engineering at West Orange High School. 98 Kristen Daily Williams [email protected] The bloom is off the rose. After floods (I may be exaggerating) of news from my classmates in response to a late summer call for news, I heard from exactly one classmate with an update in early winter. Happily, it is joyous news, worth sharing: Alicia Gregson Aghevli and her husband, Arash, had a second baby boy, Aiden Jaya, on Aug. 26, 2014. He was 5 pounds, 9 ounces with a full head of dark hair. Alicia and Arash’s older son, Kamran Benza, 3, enjoys being a big brother. And now you’re stuck with me again. I attended a holiday soiree at the lovely Maplewood home of John Holden and Mike Lonardo—gents I am delighted to see more often, since John and I returned to Drew. Also sharing cheer that night: Suzanne Longley, Josh Drew, Joy Tomasko C’97, Gigi Naglak C’99, Emily Litman C’99 (I’ll get back to you about adopting that kitten, Emily!), Jeff Nunner C’99, and Rob Benacchio, whose wife, Michele, totally would have been my best friend at Drew, if she’d gone to Drew. Denise Chadwick Davis C’01 and Zach Davis C’02 were there, along with their adorable daughter, who tied with Kirsten Wheaton Black’s little boy for cutest tyke of the night. There were other winsome children and grownups in attendance, but before I could take proper note, my attention was hijacked by the delicious Christmas stollen baked by Brandon Michael Arrington C’99. While chewing (slowly, to make it last), I learned that Brandon and his husband, Eitan Grinspun, are expecting a baby this spring! But then I went back to the stollen. Please drop me a line, or I’ll keep writing about baked goods. Kristy (Miskoff) Materasso [email protected] Peter DeNigris opened up a new practice in Somerville, New Jersey, called Somerset Psychological Group, P.A. Prior, Peter was a managing partner at Associates in Psychological Services, P.A., where he worked for 10 years. Before entering private practice, Peter worked for the New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide mental health services to children and adolescents who lost parents on 9/11. We also heard from Maggie (Foster) Lerner, who got married on Aug. 16, 2014! Congrats to Maggie! Tamara (Valles) Alfaro married Stephen Alfaro on Dec. 1, 2013, at Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island, New York. See photo at right. Tamara is a school counselor with the New York City Department of Education, and Steve is an assistant store manager with CVS Health. They reside in Staten Island. Charlie Toms recently saw Nathaniel Raymond in New York City. Nathaniel is a director at Harvard Humanitarian Institute, and lives with his wife in New Haven, Connecticut. Charlie also saw Rob Zemser at a food festival in Jersey City. He works as a Spanish-language court interpreter in Newark. Charlie recently had a book published, Road to the Vineyard, which profiles the 48 wineries of New Jersey. 00 Eloquent Studios, Randolph, NJ 90 Is it really time to celebrate our 25th? Craig Chanti and Deb Pawlikowski are helping reconnect classmates for our class gathering on May 29–30 25th Reunion and are looking for more help. Let’s see if we can top the Class of 1989, who had over 40 attendees last year. Stay tuned for details on plans for a special campus gift in honor of our 25th, with a participation goal of 25 percent. Kate Gratto, Jen Hicks, and Janet Wong; [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] 15th Reunion Steve Ewell and wife, Kelly, bought a farm in Leesburg, Virginia. They are busy engaging in long-term renovations to prepare the grounds for weddings and other events. Check out their website, 48fields.com. Congratulations and best of luck, Steve and Kelly, on this exciting new venture! As for us, Kate (Harvey) Gratto and husband, Chris, welcomed their son, Benjamin Harvey Gratto, this fall. Ben weighed in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and is enjoying his home in Jersey City with Mom and Dad. Big congrats to Kate and Chris! Are you planning to attend our 15th class reunion celebration at Drew the weekend of May 29–30? Let’s come together as a class to share our memories and accomplishments. Consider volunteering to help with the planning of the class gathering. Let’s try as a class to increase our giving participation to 25 percent! 01 Maren Watkins-Calzia [email protected] Congratulations to Jamie Barbaccia and Drew Holmes C’98, who were married on Aug. 8, 2014, in Independence, Missouri. The newlyweds reside in Fort Collins, Colorado. Since January 2014, Pamela Carpentier THE VALLES-ALFARO WEDDING, DEC. 1, 2013 Joe Lamberti C’98, Maureen (Cadigan) Lamberti C’99, Tamara (Valles) Alfaro C’99, Stephen Alfaro, Tina (Gubernot) Durando C’00, Monique (Lanoue) D’Aulerio C’00, and Tony D’Aulerio C’98. has been the assistant director of the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences at Northwestern University. Pam earned her PhD at Northwestern in 2006. She talks about her life and work in a Q&A on the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine website. William Giraldi’s novel Hold the Dark was recently published by Liveright Publishing. Billy was the guest lecturer at the fourth annual Merrill Maguire Skaggs Lecture at Drew on March 4, where he spoke on the importance of literature in a digital world. 02 David Lee, [email protected] Greetings, Class of 2002! Ben Bartolone has been working as a producer for Peter and the Starcatcher and Stalking the Bogeyman. He is also pursuing a master in fine arts in writing for stage and screen through New Hampshire Institute of Art. Jen Potts C’92 and Jared Eberlein C’04 are also enrolled in the program. Wedding bells continue ringing for the class! Congratulations to Jess Snyder and her husband, Jeremy Katzeff. They were married on Nov. 7, 2014. Drewids Toral (Patel) Jendi and Stevan Overby Jendi C’99 became ordained, and officiated the wedding at the Manhattan Penthouse in New York City. Many happy years to Greg Hickey and Courtney West, who were married in Colorado on Sept. 13, 2014. See photo, page 56. Drew alumni, faculty, and staff shared much pride as Steph Mazzarella and Aileen Hayes were married on Oct.12, 2014, at the Madison Hotel. See photo, page 54. 04 Katie Mack is the new boys’ soccer coach at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, Vermont, where she also teaches social studies. 05 10th Reunion Yes, you read that correctly —our 10th class reunion! On May 29–30, in fact. Please contact Cara Bradshaw at [email protected], Liz Green at lizdgreen@ gmail.com, or Zach Davis C’02 (in the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations) at zdavis@ drew.edu to volunteer for the class committee and be involved in the plans. Let’s increase class giving participation to 25 percent to support a class project for new sustainable water stations on campus. Denise Velez was hired as the language arts curriculum supervisor for the Kinnelon, New Jersey, school district. Angela DiFazio is engaged to Robert Giorgio. Angela works as an attorney in Flemington, New Jersey. Robert works as a corporate trainer for Bowlmor/AMF in Green Brook, New Jersey. The couple plan to marry in Bermuda this coming June. 06 Erin DeLoreto, assistant vice president of operations at HealthLynx, has been selected as an NJBIZ Forty Under 40 award honoree. 07 Cleo Andersen-Tarnell married Tomas Conde on May 17, 2014. See photo, page 56. Katherine “Katy” Sue Walker and Devin Thomas Rafferty are engaged to be married. Katy studied vocal performance at the University of Mississippi for two years; she also is a graduate of Tulane University in New Orleans with a master’s degree in architecture. She is an architect at Vocon Architects in New York City. Devin earned a PhD at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. He is an economics professor at St. Peter’s University in Jersey City, New Jersey. Melissa Kraft is the new head coach of women’s basketball at Shenandoah University. 08 Kerry Crowley has been promoted to manager of operations at Beacon Wealth Management. Nora (Widmer) Pangburn C’08 and Marc Pangburn C’07 are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Ellison Kathryn, on January 6. 09 Cortney Lynn Diederich and Gregory Michael Sousa exchanged wedding vows on Aug. 3, 2014, at Crystal Lake Golf Course Gazebo in [email protected] I Spring 2015 55 THE WEST-HICKEY WEDDING, SEPT. 13, 2014 Aaron McCormick C’04, Ellena Crotty C’03, Greg Hickey C’02, Courtney West, Alex Rosenwald C’02 (behind the bride), Michael Maley C’02, Michael Migliori C’02, and Toddy Purdy C’02. Mapleville, Rhode Island. A reception was held in the Crystal Room at the Crystal Lake Golf Course. The coupled traveled to Wisconsin and Northern Minnesota for their honey-moon. They live in Minneapolis. 10 The Office of Alumni and Parent Relations is looking for more class volunteers to help coordinate our fifth reunion gathering on May 5th Reunion 29–30; email the office at [email protected]. Zoe Roselli and Caitlin Gallagher are already involved in the plans, so spread the word. Consider making a gift in celebration of our fifth reunion, and helping to raise our class giving participation to 15 percent. Cheryl Skrobacz C’10, G’12 recently got engaged to Jonathan Bruno.Cheryl is a science teacher, and Jonathan is employed by Morgan Stanley. They have planned a May 24, 2015, wedding at Liberty House Restaurant in Jersey City, New Jersey. Elizabeth Law C’10, G’11 is a biology teacher and the new field coach at Pinelands Regional High School in Tuckerton, New Jersey. 11 bound solo hiker, from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Glasgow, Virginia. Emma Grossman received her master of accounting degree at the University of Southern California in 2012 and is a licensed CPA in California. She works in Los Angeles specializing in auditing and taxation. Eliese Lissner received an MS in integrated marketing from NYU in 2013 and is currently the events manager at the Golf Club at Chelsea Piers. She is also the women’s 2014 club champion at Montammy Golf Club. Sahr Khan came to Drew as an international student from Pakistan and majored in psychology with a minor in Arabic. She was recently promoted to events manager at Macy’s Special Events in Chicago, managing all families of business for the Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota markets, including their big branding initiatives like the Macy’s Glamorama. To top it all off, she also got married four months ago! Abbey Finch excitedly launched her own internet marketing company this year. ScribeSpace offers low-cost online marketing solutions for small businesses. Kati Eggert received her master’s in sports management and certification in athletic administration in August 2014 from Southern New Hampshire University. She is the assistant director of athletics at Westover School in Middlebury, Connecticut, and coaches field hockey, swimming, and softball. Derissa Raynold was admitted to the American University of Antigua, College of Medicine in August 2014. She returns to the United States in 2016 for the clinical sciences portion of the MD program. She plans to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology. Lalita Nekkanti is graduating from Tufts School of Dental Medicine on May 17, 2015. Afterward she is hoping to pursue a residency in general practice for one year. 56 Drew Magazine I Classnotes I College of Liberal Arts Being a class secretary is a great way to ensure you and your classmates remain connected. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 12 Brittney Helmrich joined Business Daily News as a staff writer in May. Two student teachers from Drew’s Master of Arts in Teaching program were recognized by the New Jersey State Department of Education as Distinguished Student Teachers. Gaelan Johnson C’12, G’14 and Anna Elson C’13, G’14 are among only 15 student teachers to earn the award in the state. The Theological School 70s The Rev. Rodney E. Smith T’79 is the lead pastor of Chippewa United Methodist Church in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Rod recently retired from coaching high school basketball, which has been a part of his ministry in each of his appointments in the Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church over the past 36 years. He’s devoting more time to his last chapter in ministry at Chippewa and to his grandchildren. Adam J. Wilson [email protected] Candace Martin is working on her master of social work at Virginia Commonwealth University and expects to graduate in 2016. Her area of focus is gerontological social work and advocacy efforts. This past August, she married Nicholas Gomersall, a Drexel alum, and they are expecting their first child, a little boy. Restaurant chain and lifestyle brand Sweetgreen, the employer of Rose Holmes, secured an additional $18.5 million in its most recent round of funding to fuel its West Coast expansion next year. Rose is thrilled to be a part of this exciting journey. Charlotte Miller completed more than 780 miles of the Appalachian Trail as a north- Drew is in need of volunteers to be class secretaries for the following class years: 80s The Board of Directors of the Preachers’ Aid Society of New England is pleased to announce that Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar G’84,’87, acting at its request, has appointed the Rev. Wesley Palmer T’85 as the society’s new executive director, effective March 1. Wesley is currently serving as pastor of the Milford United Methodist Church in Milford, New Hampshire, following a long tenure at the Londonderry United Methodist Church. THE ANDERSEN-TARNELL–CONDE WEDDING, MAY 17, 2014 Matt McCann C’07, Elizabeth Gunn C’07, Remy Onstad C’07, Tomas Conde, Cleo AndersenTarnell C’07, Grace Trull C’07, Kate Martin C’06, Dan Udell C’08 (behind Kate), Laura Fowler C’07, Courtney Muller C’08, Bettina Mangiola C’08, Allison Stahley C’07, and Monika Andersen C’07. 90s The Rev. Wayne M. Jones T’91,’93 is the new pastor of Westwood United Methodist Church in Bergen, New Jersey. The Rev. Robert O’Keef T’93 has been named pastor at Roser Memorial Community Church in Anna Maria, Florida. The Rev. James E. Robinson T’95 retired after 33 years of ministry, including 19 at Bethel Baptist Church in Lansing, Pennsylvania. 00s Peter Padro T’03 is the new pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Paterson, New Jersey. Praying the Scriptures: Litanies for Sunday Worship, the new book by Jeremiah Williamson T’05, was recently published by Church Publishing Incorporated. The Rev. James B. Barnwell III T’06 was appointed the new president of Clergy United for Community Empowerment, Inc., a multiservice agency that provides domestic violence prevention, HIV/AIDS intervention, infant mortality reduction programs, and clothing distribution services. He is also the senior pastor of Mount Olivet Baptist Church of Hollis in Queens, New York. In August, the Rev. Jerry Carter G’00, T’07, senior pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Morristown, New Jersey, was the keynote speaker of FaithNet, an initiative created by York, Pennsylvania, Mayor Kim Bracey five years ago to use faith as the foundation to address community needs. 10s William M. Campbell Jr. T’11 recently published a new book, Take It by Force: Kingdom Energy Produces Kingdom Results. William is pastor of Anderson Chapel A.M.E. Church in Killeen, Texas, and founder of Flaming Fire Ministries. The book, mostly composed of sermons delivered by William at a revival in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1996, explores the power of exercising faith to see the miracles and providence of God. The Rev. Eric Shaw T’13 celebrated a decade of service in the city of Troy, New York, at a banquet in November. He is the pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, has been on the police review board, and is serving his second term on the city’s ethics commission, now as chairperson. He was also recently appointed chaplain for the Troy Police Benevolent Association. [email protected] I Spring 2015 57 The Caspersen School PhD Tunkhannock Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania recently welcomed a new pastor, the Rev. Donald A. Drewett T’62, G’79,’88. Donald admits that he has flunked retirement three times. Jo Renee Formicola G’81 has a new book, Clerical Sexual Abuse: How It Changed U.S. Catholic Church-State Relations, published by Palgrave Macmillan. Jo Renee is professor of political science at Seton Hall University. Drew hosted its second Transatlantic Connections conference in Bundoran, Ireland, in January. Associate Dean William Rogers G’86,’91,’92 and doctoral candidate Niamh Hamill were involved in planning the conference, which synchronized with a peacethemed travel course led by Jonathan Golden, the associate director of Drew’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Conflict. Many Drew students joined the trip, presented at the conference, or both. In November, Frank Wyman G’01,’06,’09 gave a talk at Drew titled “Disability Issues: Past, Present, and Future.” He offered a short history of disability, dealing briefly with early societies, including Ancient Greece, and then moved quickly through the Enlightenment, Eugenics, to the present. Frank provided some key points to be aware of in dealing 58 Drew Magazine I Classnotes I Caspersen with the complexities of disabilities, including understanding the legal, medical, and educational systems, how to be a strong advocate for your loved one, and the need to consider the difficult issues that may arise when parents or others are no longer available to care for a loved one. Michael Benjamin G’04,’05,’07, an assistant professor of history with a specialty in AfricanAmerican intellectual and cultural history at Armstrong State University in Georgia, was the subject of a November feature story by the Savannah Morning News. DLitt Huey Alcaro G’02 and Ann Micou G’14 led an arts and letters salon on “Writing New Jersey: Different Meanings of ‘Place’ in Our State” at Drew last November. The event was attended both by Caspersen alums and current students. Anne Patterson Rodda G’10 published Trespassing in Time: Family History as Microhistory. Anne’s interest in microhistory as a method of research and writing for genealogists was first presented in Trespassers in Time: Genealogists and Microhistorians. While the first book applied microhistory theory to Irish ancestry, this new book offers suggestions and examples of research strategies for investigating Danish and German families and seafaring ancestors. MPhil Last summer, Lee Peters G’97 was named senior vice president for strategic marketing for Scholastic Education. MFA San Antonio’s Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero G’11 visited the College of Saint Elizabeth in New Jersey last fall and offered a master class to a group of writing students, and a reading and book signing, which was open to the public. Last fall, Monica Hand G’11 had four poems featured alongside works by visual artists in the “Interpretations II” exhibit at the Columbia Art League in Missouri. Last October, Yesenia Montilla G’12 and Marisa Frasca G’13 read at the KGB Bar in New York City. Since opening in 1993, the Soviet-era themed bar has become a literary institution. Marisa also released a book of poems, Via Incanto: Poems from the Darkroom, about women who straddle the line between life’s conflicts, sorrows, and joys. The titular darkroom mostly pays tribute to Marisa’s deceased father, who was a photographer. In Memoriam The Drew community and its alumni associations extend our heartfelt sympathy to the families and friends of those alumni and members of the Drew community listed below. Our ranks are diminished by their loss. Paul E. Accettola C’70, a lawyer and public defender who ably served those unable to afford legal help in criminal cases, died last October. For more than 30 years, he was part of the law firm that became Herschel, Accettola & Associates. He had been a trustee of the Toledo Bar Association, which in 2004 granted him its highest honor for service, the Kelb Distinguished Service Award. He also was honored with the Toledo Junior Bar’s Order of the Heel. Survivors include his companion, Tonya Carr; daughters, Casey, Jeanne, and Alison C’99; son, Andrew; father, Albert Sr.; and siblings, Albert Jr. and Judy. Arthur Harold Andrews T’50 died on Sept. 20, 2014. He met his future wife, Ruth Allen, a pianist at a South Montrose, Pennsylvania, church, where his father served as pastor. As an ordained elder in the Wyoming Methodist Conference, he served for 20 years as a full-time pastor. He retired from the active ministry in 1970 while living in Clarence, New York, where he started a new career designing and building living spaces. Art was a director of church youth camps, a Scoutmaster, and a volunteer firefighter. He will be missed by his wife, Ruth; son, Mark, and his wife, Sandra; son, Timothy; and daughter, Rebecca, and her husband, Keith; eight grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. The Rev. Daniel Andrews T’09, pastor at the Cowenton/Chesaco Cooperative Parish in White Marsh, Maryland, died June 15, 2014. He was 31. He is survived by his sister, the Rev. Sarah Schlieckert, and his mother, Patsy Andrews. John Wallace Bardsley Jr. T’54 of Fall Branch, Tennessee, died on Nov. 9, 2014. He served as a pastor in several United Methodist congregations. John received numerous awards and honors for his work in community activities. He published several articles and books. He was well loved, especially by his Smithtown, New York, congregation, whom he served for 23 years. He is survived by his daughter, Donna; son, John, and his wife, Gina; grandson, Alexander; brother, James; and many family and friends. The Rev. Thomas Frank Beveridge T’65 died on Oct. 12, 2014. Since 2006, Tom served as an ecumenical associate at Christ Church Cathedral of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, where he was a leader in healing ministry and adult Christian formation. He served at a number of Methodist churches in Connecticut and New York, was a resident chaplain at Hartford Hospital, and spent many years in pastoral counseling. He is survived by his wife, Amy (Anderson) Beveridge C’65; their son, Thomas; their daughter, Lois, and her husband, Phillip, and their three children. The Rev. William Hahn Blose T’65, G’80, died July 1, 2014. Bill was ordained as a United Methodist minister in 1965 and served 11 UMC parishes in Pennsylvania, retiring in 1998. In retirement he pastored Parkside UMC. A devoted hobbyist of trains and trolleys, Bill enjoyed any chance to ride the rails. Bill was a member of bands and orchestras his whole life and sang in many choirs. He is survived by his loving wife of nearly 30 years, the Rev. Janet K. Hess; his son, David; his daughter, Karin; and several cousins. The Rev. Roger S. Boraas G’65 passed away Dec. 3, 2014. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1952 and served two churches. In 1958, he was called to Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey, first as chaplain and then as professor of religion until his retirement in 1991. An Old Testament scholar and archaeologist, he served as associate editor of the Harper’s Bible Dictionary and led 13 archaeological expeditions in Jordan. Roger married Aina Evodia Anderson in 1948. Aina survives him, as do their daughter, Miriam, and her husband, Ralston; daughter, Marcia, and her husband, Eugene; son, Roger; and six grandchildren. The Rev. Charles Robert Bruce T’85 died on Nov. 15, 2014. He was a veteran, serving in the Florida National Guard. He was ordained an elder and served the Florida Conference of the UMC for 35 years, retiring in 1996. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ethel Lunsford Bruce; his son, Robert, and his wife, Katherine; his daughter, Julia, and her husband, Chuck; his son, Clark; and his daughter, Amelia, and her husband, Terry; and four grandchildren. The Rev. David Carmen C’54, T’57 passed away on April 27, 2014. Ordained a congregational minister in 1957, he served churches in New Hampshire, Vermont, Alaska, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois over a 40-year period. In 1959 he married the former Marilyn Noyes, who survives him. David had a love of God, his family, and the outdoors. He will be truly missed by all who knew and loved his gentle ways. In addition to Marilyn, he is survived by two daughters, Catherine, and husband Linden Boice, and Rebecca, and husband Philip Sicks; three granddaughters; and two brothers. David Harrison Crowell C’46 died on [email protected] I Spring 2015 59 Aug. 23, 2014. Dave served in Europe in the Armed Forces during World War II. At Drew, he met and later married Doris Collins C’47. After completing his doctoral work at the University of Iowa, Dave was principal investigator and director of numerous research projects examining brain development in infants and children. In 1975, he developed a hearing test for infants, and he is known internationally as the primary author of The Atlas of Infant Polysomnography. He is survived by his wife, Doris; son, Michael, and his wife, Leslie; daughter, Sandra; daughter, Shannon, and her husband, Doug; daughter, Megan, and her husband, Peter; several grandchildren; and one great-grandson. The Rev. Donald Crumm T’55 of Goodrich, Michigan, passed away Sept. 20, 2014. Don served in the U.S. Navy Signal Corps in World War II. Ordained as a United Methodist minister, Don served 10 churches around Michigan. In January 2014, he was awarded the Detroit Annual Conference Cane, a 110-year-old ceremonial cane, given to the oldest minister in the region. Don is survived by his wife, Barbara; son, David, and his wife, Amy; daughter-in-law, Joann; daughter, Shauna, and her husband, Daniel; son, John; siblings, Sharon, Daniel, and Sara; and many grandchildren. Douglas J. Davis C’61 died on Aug. 16, 2014. He served as the sports editor for The Acorn. He enjoyed a 25-year career teaching at Saint John Kanty School in Clifton, New Jersey, retiring in 2004. Doug had a 35-year association with the Wayne, New Jersey, Police Athletic League, serving as baseball commissioner for nearly four decades and coaching, or overseeing the coaching of, thousands of Wayne’s children. In 1987 he was honored at the National PAL Convention as Volunteer of the Year, and Field One of the Wayne PAL field complex bears his name. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Elizabeth; stepdaughter, Lisa, and her husband, Mark; stepson, Mark, and his wife, Pamela; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Karen B. DeBartolo C’65 passed away on Nov. 19, 2014. She worked as a research economist and an officer of Dunlap and Associates for over 25 years, and served as the general manager of the family business, United Tobacco Company, for over 10 years. Karen was a dedicated golfer. She was an avid and knowledgeable motor car enthusiast, as evidenced by her fleet of all-stick-shift cars, her favorite the M5. She is survived by her husband, Joseph DeBartolo, and her sister, Jeanne B. Reinhard. William “Bill” Stewart Dinsmore C’50, a retired deputy associate director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), died on Dec. 7, 2014. At the time of his retirement, Bill headed the OMB’s Office of Organization and Special Projects. Highlights of his distinguished career include leading the implementation of newly formed federal agencies, including the EPA, the Department of Energy, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Bill was a Navy veteran of 60 Drew Magazine I Classnotes I In Memoriam World War II. Bill is survived by his beloved wife, Laura; daughter Susan Young; daughter Kathy Aherne and her husband, Chris; daughter Janice Davis and her husband, Brett; and seven grandchildren. Michael David Dooman C’85, headmaster of Mooreland Hill School in Connecticut, passed away on Nov. 29, 2014. In 1986, he joined the Mooreland Hill faculty as teacher and varsity baseball coach. He served a 14year tenure. For six years he was middle school director for the Country Day School and, in 2006, returned to Mooreland as headmaster, where he served for eight years. He was also an active member of his community and an avid Yankees fan. Michael is survived by his wife, Sheila Lavey; his sons, Colin and John; his mother, Betty; his brother, Nelson, and his wife, Bella; a nephew and many nieces, cousins, and friends. On Oct. 20, 2014, the Rev. Alan Dee Einsel T’85 died. He graduated in 1962 from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, then served in the Navy for four years. Alan then entered Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri, where he met his wife, Barbara. He served 11 Methodist churches in Kansas and Louisiana. Alan retired in 2010 after a 42-year ministry to enjoy family, grandchildren, and traveling with his wife, the Rev. Barbara Cain Einsel, who survives him, along with a son and his wife, David and Chantelle, and their children, Jenna Rose and Cooper Roy; a brother and his wife, Ralph and Mary; his brother, Gene; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and other family members. Ninette “Nina” Gloria Eldridge C’52 passed away on June 27, 2014. Nina began her professional career doing cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City before accepting a position with Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute in Rensselaer, New York. In February 1961, she married her husband, Richard, and raised two sons. She then went to work at the Food and Drug Research Laboratory in Waverly, New York, and then the Troy Hospital in Troy, Pennsylvania. She is survived by her son, Mark, and his wife, Jane Stone; son, Richard; six grandchildren; and many other cousins, family, and friends. Robert E. Engel T’58 passed away Nov. 30, 2014. While at Cornell College, he met the love of his life, Elizabeth Seydel. After an early career in the ministry, Bob returned to school, earning a PhD, and enjoyed a 27-year career as a professor of higher education. In 2005, Bob was awarded the Francis Asbury Award for a life of service to the higher education ministries of the United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Beth; son Jeff and his wife, Mai-Lei Chen; son Craig and his wife, Catherine Quehl-Engel; son Bradley and his wife, Dena; son Daniel; six grandchildren; and two sisters. Shirley Fabrizio C’78 died on Nov. 3, 2014. Widowed at 42, Shirley raised three daughters and worked as a secretary in the Linden Department of Recreation while earning a degree in English and psychology from Montclair State University. She had a career as an advertising executive and later became a Realtor. A beautiful, petite force of nature, she was a strong and resilient role model for her daughters and grandchildren. Shirley leaves behind daughters, Michele Fabrizio, and her husband, Robert Kopech; Sharlene Langner and her husband, Tadeusz; Donna Fabrizio, and her partner, Stephen Ohm; grandchildren, Michael Kopech and his wife, Jamie Hellman, Whitney Kopech, Matthew Langner C’08, Mark Langner, and a great-granddaughter. The Rev. Joseph Arthur Fiske C’44, T’47 died Oct. 26, 2014. Joe served many churches in both northeastern Pennsylvania and New York. He was also a member of the Wyoming Conference Education Committee and the Sky Lake Board of Directors. Joe loved the outdoors and advocated for the protection and conservation of the environment. He will be remembered for his compassionate spirit, easy laugh, and gracious counsel. In addition to his wife, Sarita, Joe is survived by his children, Alice; Joel and his wife, Donna; and April Jones C’93 and her husband, Eric Jones C’93; grandchildren and great-granddaughters; beloved brothers and sisters-in-law; and many nieces and nephews. Mary Frances Fortunato C’65 passed away on Oct. 19, 2014. After Drew, Mary earned her master’s degree from Bank Street College of Education in New York City, where she lived and worked as a social worker for eight years. In 1973, she moved to Connecticut, where she served in various positions of public service and taught remedial math for 37 years. Mary is survived by her sister, Ann Fortunato Bucci; nephew Geoffrey; and nephew Stephen, his wife, Grace, and their children, Elijah and Ava. C. Dendy Garrett T’50 passed away on July 16, 2014. Dendy served as a Methodist pastor in Philadelphia and six Iowa churches. He married Eleanor Haywood in 1946, and together they served churches with dedication and vitality. He served in WWII and as a Navy chaplain in the Persian Gulf during the Korean War. Dendy served in many community and state offices in Iowa. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Wendy and Brad Lego; son and daughterin-law, Jim and Kathy Hannum; son Doug; son and daughter-in-law, Matthew and Lisa; and many grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. The Rev. Charles Hugh Germany T’45 passed away on July 13, 2014. After marrying Julia Lee Hancock in 1946, the young couple immediately undertook a year of intensive study at the University of California at Berkeley’s Japanese Language School. Sojourns in Kobe, Kamojima, and Tokyo followed. The Germanys’ years in Japan brought them three children: Stephen, Susan, and Lisa. Starting in 1965, the family made a home for decades in Montclair, New Jersey, as Charles began working in New York for the World Division of the United Methodist Church’s Board of Global Ministries. Charles is survived by Julia; his elder sister, Barbara Fiscus; his three children; seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Agnes Terzako Gianakis C’54 of Bridgewater, New Jersey, and a former resident of Livingston, New Jersey, died on June 5, 2014. In 1998, Agnes endowed the Mrs. Harry Terzako Memorial Scholarship at Drew in honor of her mother. She will be missed by her children, James Gianakis, Gary and Trish Gianakis, and her grandchildren, Christopher and Demetrios. James Barnwell “Barney” Gibson T’88 passed away Dec. 27, 2014. He was a loved minister, husband, father, and grandfather. A native of Denmark, South Carolina, Barney felt called to the ministry at an early age. He pastored several churches in North and South Carolina, including First Baptist Church in Asheboro, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lita, and two brothers, Jacob and Roddy. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie; two sons, Jim and Frank; four grandchildren; and two siblings and their spouses. Catherine “Kitty” Martel Gibson-Daley passed away on Dec. 22, 2014. Kitty served as a special events coordinator on Drew’s University Relations staff from 1981 until 1993. In 1953 she married the late Jerry Gibson, who died unexpectedly in 1980. They had four children together, David, Jay, Peter, and Pamela. In 1991, Kitty married Don Daley. Following her retirement from Drew, Kitty and Don split their time between Cape Cod and Naples, Florida. Kitty is survived by her husband, Don; her four children and their spouses; stepsons Michael; Robert and his wife, Karen; Thomas, and his wife, Ursula; and Gregory, and his wife, Karen; 26 grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. The Rev. Ivan F. Gossoo T’48 died on July 22, 2014. In 1949, he was ordained an elder in the United Methodist Church and received into membership in the New York Annual Conference, where he served until retirement in 1985. During his 38 years of active service, he served many churches in New York and Connecticut. After retirement, he and his wife moved to Petersburgh, New York. During the ’60s and ’70s, Ivan played an active part in the civil rights movement. He is survived by a son, Burton Gossoo, and a daughter, Lynnea Jones; two grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; and many more relatives. The Rev. Charles G. Hankins C’55, T’59,’75, a retired United Methodist pastor, superintendent, and Navy Reserve chaplain, died on Aug. 9, 2014. During his time at Drew, Charles helped start a daycare center at Trinity United Methodist Church in Merchantville that served children from Camden. More recently, Charles counseled veterans suffering from PTSD at Family and Psychological Services of Cherry Hill. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Nancy, sons Philip and Peter, daughter Ruth Moore, two grandsons, and a great-grandchild. The Rev. Alice M. Hobbs T’91 passed away on Dec. 2, 2014. She married David Hobbs in 1959. Alice became an ordained United Methodist minister in 1990. She served four United Methodist Churches. Alice will always be remembered as a storyteller. She is survived by her husband, David; her three children, Keith, Linda, and Kevin, and his wife, Mayra; a sister; three grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren. The Rev. Bruce J. Hoffman T’03 died on Sept. 14, 2014. Bruce’s call to ministry was outreach, and he found great joy in serving his community. He was associate pastor of Hamilton United Methodist Church in Neptune, New Jersey. He was also an active coach of sports in the community. Bruce’s love of history led him to become a tour guide for St. Augustine and the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Nancy; his sons, Brian and Jeffrey; his daughter, Carrie Fuentes, and her husband, Reynaldo; his five grandchildren; three siblings; and many nieces and nephews. Anne Evans Horner C’50 died on Dec. 9, 2014. In 1952, she was married to John Edward Horner C’43 and followed his career, ultimately to Indiana, where her husband served as president of Hanover College. As well as raising her four children, Anne was a very active “first lady” on campus. At the time of their retirement in 1987, she received an honorary doctoral degree. In years since, Anne was honored—along with her husband—in the naming of the John and Anne Horner Health and Recreation Center on the campus. In addition to her life on the campus, she served in leadership roles for numerous organizations. Anne served as secretary for Drew’s Class of 1950 and wrote the alumni news column for 64 years. She is survived by daughter Joanne Woerner; daughter-in-law Laurie; daughter Heather Hohlt and her husband, Dwayne; and son Scott, and his wife, Jennifer; and seven grandchildren. Walter M. Ketcham T’79 died on June 29, 2014. Ordained as an American Baptist minister, he served churches in New York and Arizona. He also served as associate executive minister for the American Baptist Churches of New York State, and was elected to the College of Fellows of the Academy of Parish Clergy. To say that Walt touched many lives over the years would not do justice to this modest man. He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Betty; son Steven and his wife, Ronda; son Gregory; daughter Deidra Rosemellia and her husband, Jerry; daughter Christine Stutler and her husband, Benjamin; six grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild. The Rev. Mark Edward Kroehler T’38 died on July 16, 2014, at the age of 100. He met his wife, Anne, at Asbury College. For 58 years, they shared ministry, family, and life until her death. Mark practiced extravagant generosity to church, charities, and family. Ordained in the United Methodist Church in 1939, he served six Pennsylvania congregations. He was a Mason for nearly 70 years and a Kiwanian for more than 40 years. He is survived by three sons and their wives: David Mark and Joan Clark, Kent Edward and Joy Kocher, and Stephen Fletcher and Loretta Scott. He treasured his 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. The Rev. William “Bill” Kurschinski T’82 passed away on Aug. 10, 2014. He served multiple congregations over his 35-year career. He also served as chaplain at the University of Western Ontario and Fanshawe College, London. Bill retired in 1992 as pastor emeritus, St. Matthew’s, Cornwall. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Virgie Kurschinski; son, David, and his wife, Colleen; daughter, Kathryn York, and her husband, Tim; four grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. The Rev. LeRoy Lincoln C’50 died on July 15, 2014. Roy served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was ordained into the ministry in 1956 at Glenwood Baptist Church in Glenwood, New Jersey, where he served as pastor for three years. He taught English at the junior high, senior high, and college levels before retiring in 1980. Roy was an active member of many veterans’ groups and was a lifetime member of the VFW. Roy is survived by his wife, Marilyn; his son, Judson; his daughter, Jennifer Firth; two sisters; three grandsons; and three greatgrandsons. Sandra Parrish Logan C’62 passed away June 5, 2014. After Drew, she received her MBA from Columbia and her PhD in economics from the University of South Carolina. Sandra was a professor of economics and business at Newberry College. Survivors are her husband, John, and nephews, James Clemenko and Andrew Clemenko. Joan Steiniger Lucas C’68 died January 2. She was a retired neonatal nurse practitioner with Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Joan was an avid Carolina and Yankees fan who immensely enjoyed gardening, quilting, and caring for her grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, James; her mother, Ethel Hoskin Steiniger; four sons, Brian, Gregory, Patrick, and Benjamin and his wife, Joanna; a stepdaughter, Jennifer, and her husband, Mark; two sisters; and three grandchildren. The Rev. Russell Gordon Major T’59 passed away Dec. 12, 2014. As a minister he served churches in Iowa, New Jersey, Ohio, Connecticut, and on Cape Cod. He also served as a hospice chaplain. Gordon loved people, was passionate about every aspect of ministry, and saw each person as a child of God. He is survived by his wife, Sue Pellowe; daughter, Eleanor; son, Philip, and his wife, Nancy; son, Tom, and his wife, Kristen; stepson, Steve, and his wife, Karen; stepson, Tom, and his wife, Jessica; and seven grandchildren. The Rev. Arthur Melius T’75 died on Oct. 2, 2014. Arthur was a Methodist minister for many years, faithfully serving New York churches in Hudson Falls and Schenectady, then Grace United Methodist Church in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. He was an avid Yankees fan and beloved husband, [email protected] I Spring 2015 61 father, and grandfather. He is survived by his wife, Sharon; children and spouses, David and Diane, Jill and Marc Schermerhorn, and Leslie and Geoffrey Oblak; eight grandchildren; and two siblings. Nickola S. “Nikki” Meredith C’71 passed away on Nov. 15, 2014. She retired after teaching math for 30 years in the Dayton Indiana Public School System. Survivors include her sister, Jan Livingston, and other friends and relatives. Nicholas Messare C’90 died on Oct. 2, 2014. Born in Athens, Greece, he worked at West Morris Mendham High School as a math teacher. Nick will be remembered as a kind, selfless soul, educator, confidant, poet, music/movie buff, all-star gamer, and inspiration to all those who were blessed to know him. He is survived by his lifelong partner, Jennifer Hedden; father, Remsi; brother, Petros; sister-in-law, Tobi CohenMessare; and nieces, Holli and Zoe. The Rev. Juanita (Valyou) Middlebrook T’83 died on Oct. 11, 2014. She worked for many years in the pediatric department of the Sharon Health Center in Pennsylvania before opening her own retail business. In 1978, Juanita returned to school to pursue a calling to the ministry and served as a Methodist minister until her retirement in 2003. Following her “second retirement” in 2011, she worked as a counselor. She was an inspiration to everyone who knew her. Survivors include her three children, Lance, Kim, and Todd; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Albert Mineta C’44 died on Nov. 15, 2014. After graduating from Drew, he joined the U.S. Army’s Military Intelligence Service Language School. Al obtained his medical degree, did his internship and residency at UCSF, where he met his wife Joyce, and set up a private practice in San Jose. He retired in 1994. Al is survived by his wife, Joyce; his daughters and sons-in-law, Lisa Mineta and Alan Minami, Mari Mineta Clapp and Stephen Clapp, and Susan Mineta and Michael Hearney; eight grandchildren; his brother, Norman; and many nephews and nieces. Jacqueline E. Munro G’92 passed away Nov. 11, 2014. Jacqueline was the director of public relations and development of Earth Conservancy in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She was a lover and protector of the outdoors and all the creatures that made it home. In addition to her adventurous spirit, she possessed a spirit of caring, generosity, and kindness. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister and brother-in law, Heather and David Schnorbus, and their sons, David and Jack. Terence “Terry” Joseph O’Connor G’11 died on Nov. 3, 2014. A lifelong love of learning prompted him to pursue Drew’s program in medical humanities. His 2011 doctoral dissertation was honored as the best-written dissertation that year. Terry was a health care administrator at the South Bronx Mental Health Council, St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt, and St. Patrick’s Nursing Home. In addition 62 Drew Magazine I Classnotes I In Memoriam to his day job, Terry taught courses in hospital administration to thousands of aspiring health care professionals over the last three decades. He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Denise; children, Christopher, Charlotte, Colin, Carolyn, and Suzanne; seven grandchildren; and three siblings. Jackson Kent Outlaw Jr. T’88 passed away on Dec. 24, 2014. Kent was a Methodist minister with the Western North Carolina Conference. He retired in 1991 and continued his education, enjoying writing, traveling, and serving as a chaplain with the Listening Post at North Carolina School of the Arts. He traveled extensively with his late wife, Leslie, enjoying his love of France where he served in the military with the U.S. Army. He is survived by his son, Jackson; son, Robert, and his wife, Janice; daughter, Julia, and husband, Vincent; and a granddaughter, Anna. The Rev. Lee Wayne Parker Jr. T’65, a United Methodist Church pastor for 40 years, passed away on July 8, 2014. He married his high school sweetheart, Averyl Faye Smock, and served in the U.S. Army for two years at Fort Knox. He then pursued his divinity degree at Drew. With their four children, Lee and Faye moved to Pennsylvania in 1965 where he served four churches, retiring in 1992. In retirement he preached at the Mt. Zion UMC in DuBois. In 2003, the Parkers retired to Florida. Deeply empathetic to others’ tough situations, he devoted countless hours in counsel and prayer to those in need. Lee is survived by his wife, Faye; children, Linda, Donald, Christopher, and Melanie; granddaughter, Heather; son-in-law, Tom; and many more family members. Heinz G. Pfeiffer C’41 died on Nov. 15, 2014. Heinz came to the United States from Germany in 1926 with his family. Heinz did his postgraduate work at Syracuse University and the California Institute of Technology. He served in WWII. Heinz had a long and distinguished career in energyrelated activities, first at General Electric, then at PP&L, and finally as principal visiting scientist at Lehigh University. He cared deeply about the environmental impact of power production. Heinz coauthored three books on X-ray emission technology and authored more than 70 publications on energy topics. He received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Drew in 1963. Surviving are brother Ralph; daughter, Karen Wolk and her husband, Richard Fox; daughter-in-law, Leslie Smith; four granddaughters; and three greatgranddaughters. Rachel Bucci Posner C’11 passed away on Dec. 29, 2014, at the age of 25. A Dobbs Ferry High School graduate with an IB diploma and numerous art awards, she was a member of the National Honor Society. Rachel was an honor-winning figure skater and a member of the U.S. Figure Skating Association. Rachel graduated magna cum laude with a double major in studio arts and art history and a minor in museum studies. She held positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museums. Her parents, Virginia and Henry, survive her. Jane Micucci Rainis G’86,’12, passed away on Sept. 12, 2014. Jane was an accomplished author. She was on the boards of both Drew and the College of St. Elizabeth. She also served on the board of the Library Foundation of Martin County, Florida. Jane was an authority on the American author Willa Cather. She presented scholarly papers on Ms. Cather’s works in the United States and in Europe. She is survived by her husband, Eugene Rainis; two sons, Mark, and his wife, Amy; and David, and his wife, Melissa; a daughter, Ellen Rainis Peters, and her husband, Michael; four grandchildren; and two siblings. Charles W. Rinker Jr. T’66 died January 8. He was a driving force in affordablehousing and other safety-net issues in Arlington, Virginia, for more than four decades. Charles met his future wife, Lora T’66, while attending the same Methodist church. Together they studied at the Theo School. His activism included helping to found the Arlington New Directions Coalition, Arlington Home Ownership Made Easier, and Buyers and Renters Arlington Voice. He was an active member of the Arlington Housing Commission for 20 years. He is survived by Lora; three children, Matthew, Natalie, and Jeremy, and their spouses; a sister, Patricia; six grandchildren; and many other friends and family. James “Jim” R. Riordan Sr. C’59 passed away on Nov. 24, 2014. After Drew, he went on to get an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He also served his country during the early 1960s in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Dix. Jim spent most of his successful 30-year career as an executive with the Perkins & Squier Paper Company based in New York City. Beginning there as a salesperson, he rose to be president and COO in 1993. Throughout his career, he taught college-level courses in sales and marketing. While at Drew, Jim met his wife Liz C’60, who survives him, in addition to his sons, James Jr. and Jonathan; four grandchildren; and his brother, John. Mary (Barker) Roby C’70 passed away on Sept. 13, 2014. Mary’s greatest loves were education and music. She was an excellent teacher in Colchester, Vermont, winning “Teacher of the Year,” and a talented music director at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in St. Albans, Vermont. Mary and her husband, Tom, were an amazing team in the music ministry and in life. Mary is survived by the love of her life, Tom Roby, a devoted husband of 30 years; their son, Nicolas and his wife, Tonya; her stepchildren, Jeff and wife, Sandy, and Karen Hunt and husband, John; four siblings; and many nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and good friends. Patricia Rockman C’70 passed away on Nov. 9, 2014. Patricia married Andrew Rockman in 1981. Patricia was fiercely devoted, staggeringly generous, and quite possibly the most patient, proud, and preternaturally gifted “grande dame” a family could hope for. She was also one mean card player. She is survived by her beloved and adoring husband, Andrew; her son, Justin; her stepsons, Matthew and Seth; her granddaughter, Ayanna; her goddaughter, Alexandra; and her two brothers, Peter and John Teliha. Joan Doremus Roscher C’55 passed away on Dec. 21, 2014. She was a substitute teacher for the Morris (New Jersey) School District and Mt. Pocono (Pennsylvania) School District for more than 10 years. Joan was an active member of the Church of the Redeemer, Morristown, and Trinity Episcopal Church, Mt. Pocono. She was the president of Greystone Park Association and volunteered with the Women’s Club of Morristown. She is survived by her daughter, Lauren Boyadjis and her husband, Anthony; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; her brother Thomas Doremus C’68; and her sister-in-law, Patricia Doremus. She was predeceased by her husband, Rudolph; son, David; and brother Robert. Anne May Rubino C’46 died on January 2. A lifelong Morristown, New Jersey, resident, she was the first woman to be accepted and admitted to, at the time, Brothers College as a scholarship recipient from Morristown High School. Anne was employed for many years by GPU Energy/ JCP&L. She was both an employee and trustee of the Morristown/Morris Township Library. Anne was an active member of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Morristown. She enjoyed the study of animal behavior, veterinary medicine, and philosophy, and loved to be creative in the kitchen. She is survived by many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Marilynn M. Rushton T’66 died Nov. 16, 2014. In seventh grade, she attended a church camp, and she felt a calling to the ministry. While at Drew, she met and married the late Richard Rushton T’66. After Drew, the couple moved to Wisconsin to begin their ministries. Marilynn was ordained as the first female pastor in the Wisconsin Conference of the United Methodist Church, and the Rushtons served nine area congregations before retiring. Following Richard’s death in 2009, she married her longtime friend William Ziegler in May 2011. Marilynn is survived by her children, Lori Blank and her husband, Dale; Mark and his wife, Michelle; Shaun and his wife, Ashley Ellingson; and Heidi King and her husband, Jerry; and six grandchildren. The Rev. Roger Earl Russell T’50 died on Aug. 10, 2014. Roger was a United Methodist pastor for 64 years and served in six Iowa churches. He also was the foundation director at Southwestern College in Kansas and Scarritt College in Nashville. Later, he served in churches in Des Moines and Creston, then a church in Bismark, North Dakota, before retiring. He is survived by his loving wife, Stella; daughter Cheri; daughter and son-in-law Jamie and LeRoy Augustine; daughter Kathie Olsen; daughter and sonin-law Cindy and Don Caughron; son and daughter-in-law Timothy and Andrea; stepchildren, Ronald J. and Jennifer Cook, Lori and Todd DeVries, and Paul and Leann Cook; 14 grandchildren; one great-grandson; and two brothers. The Rev. Paul Leonard Sandin T’81 passed away Nov. 13, 2014. He was ordained to the Christian ministry as an American Baptist in 1960. Since 2005 he had dual ordination status with the United Church of Christ. His pastoral ministry spanned more than 60 years, serving congregations across the country. Survivors include his loving wife, Irene; daughter Debra and her husband, Mark Dockendorf; daughter-in-law and her husband, Sheli and Derrick Paine; three siblings; and four grandchildren. The Rev. Jack E. Spencer T’53 died Oct. 15, 2014. He married Millie Littell in 1953. Jack was a veteran of WWII, serving in the U.S. Navy. He was ordained into the United Methodist Church, serving at four Pennsylvania churches, and then as district superintendent of the Franklin District and finally at Lakewood United Methodist in Erie. Survivors, in addition to his wife, Millie, of 61 years, include a son, the Rev. Greg Spencer and his wife, Christine; a daughter, Kimberly Lenahan; five grandchildren; a sister, DeAnn Henley and her husband; and nieces and nephews. Nancy A. (Dragos) Spiller C’88, G’01 passed away on Sept. 4, 2014. Nancy was a history and social studies teacher at Colonia (New Jersey) High School for the past 25 years, and enjoyed being senior yearbook adviser for 13 years. In 1987, she was one of 26 students nominated by Drew for “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.” After earning her master’s degree from Penn’s Graduate School of Education, Nancy obtained her doctor of letters from Drew in 2001, where she was honored and gave the student address. Nancy loved the Jersey Shore. She is survived by her loving husband of 23 years, David G. Spiller C’87; her two sons, who were her pride and joy, Jake and Max; her parents, Ernest and Lorraine Matiunas Dragos; her two sisters and their families; and many cousins and dear friends. David Lawrence Stein C’87 passed away Oct. 2, 2014. David was the original guitarist and songwriter for the punk bands Even Worse and the Cro-Mags. He co-founded the well-known punk fanzine, The Big Takeover, which continues to have a large following. He was a fixture in the early 1980s New York punk scene. In 1988 he moved to Arizona, where he met his wife, Nicole Ganz. Professionally, David had 23 years of experience in the financial sector, most recently as a financial adviser at Wells Fargo in Scottsdale. He is survived by his wife, Nicole; his son, Jack; stepson, Mason Foxx; parents, Joel and Mary; a sister and brother; and nieces and nephews. Georgia “Lynn” Schupple Stires C’64 passed away Oct. 17, 2014. She lived in California for more than 30 years, until moving to Auburn, New York, in 2003. She is survived by her sister, Elinor Fults, and her husband, David; brother, Jay Schupple, and his wife, Arlene; six nieces; and several great-nephews, great-nieces, and cousins. Mary Strack, who worked for Drew for nearly two decades, died on Dec. 26, 2014. She was well known by the campus community, working primarily in the finance and purchasing offices. She began her tenure at Drew in 1981 and retired as an accounts payable assistant in 2000. Mary lived in Chatham, New Jersey, and Kennebunkport, Maine. She is survived by her two children, Brian and Ellen, and two grandchildren. Donald J. Sweeney C’48 passed away Oct. 1, 2014. Don was a WWII veteran, serving in the Army Air Force. After Drew, he earned his master’s degree from the University of Houston. Don remained in Galena Park, Texas, to teach and coach before moving to Kingston, New York, to teach American history. While teaching, Don served as president, chief negotiator, and grievance chair of the Kingston Teacher’s Federation. After retiring in 1985 he cofounded the Kingston Retired Teacher’s Federation. He is survived by his daughter, Nancy; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and his best friend for more than 40 years, Elaine Grega. Joan O. Tripp C’53 died July 23, 2014. Joan and her brother, Jay, were the first twins born at Horton Memorial Hospital in Middletown, New York. Joan taught elementary school and remedial reading. She was the librarian for the Village Library of Cooperstown for 10 years, retiring in 1999 to help care for her grandchildren, which she found very fulfilling. Since retirement from the library, Joan volunteered for Bassett Healthcare and at the library. An active communicant of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown, she spent many hours doing calligraphy, teaching Sunday school and helping with the Altar Guild, as well as being a eucharistic minister. Joan leaves three children and their spouses, Dana and Martin Peeters, Nancy and Daniel Morris, and Robert and Angela Tripp; seven grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and her brother, Jay Oppenheim. The Rev. Hugh Thomas “Tom” Walker T’54 died July 16, 2014. Tom served in the Army in Germany during WWII. He later served as Air Force chaplain in Albuquerque. Tom received his bachelor of science degree at the University of Minnesota, MDiv from Drew, and DMin from San Francisco Theological Seminary. Tom served four UMCs in Minnesota. He was district superintendent of the Northwest District and director of Evangelism Ministries for the General Board of Evangelism in Nashville. He is survived by his loving wife, Velma, four nieces, great-nieces and greatnephews, and treasured friends. [email protected] I Spring 2015 63 BackTalk Jordan Glatt C’84 Former mayor, Summit, New Jersey I was the first Democratic mayor in the hundred-plus year history of the town. Summit is a very Republican community. For many years, nobody even ran. It was a fool’s errand. I was reading a book about Mayor [Fiorello] LaGuardia of New York and came across a quote where he said there really was no Democratic or Republican way to pick up the garbage. That was kind of the inspiration of this whole thing. There was a sense of a lack of connection between the council and the community. The council meetings would go to 11 o’clock, and they wouldn’t take public comments until the end. When a member of the public would speak, they would flip an egg timer over to give him three minutes. I pointed that little fact out, and it gave me a lot of traction. It was a good demonstration of what happens when you have a single party running things for a long time. My first mayor’s election I won by under 200 votes. The second elec- tion I got 60-plus percent of the vote. Remember, we’re talking local stuff, so the big issue in town was athletic fields. We built four turf fields. I also put in a Habitat for Humanity home, for affordable housing. Those are the two things I’m probably most proud of. Everybody asks, “Why didn’t you go further?” Unfortunately, I can’t think of the last person who, at a higher level, got out with their dignity. I think the last person was Tom Kean Sr. Drew was a fabulous experience, life-altering. That’s where I grew up. I found professors that turned me on to figuring out what I liked. I was a political science and philosophy major. I always say philosophy taught me how to communicate and write. My real profession is being a CEO of a company, and it’s all about communication. I think Drew gives you all the advantages of being in a metropolitan area—being right outside Manhattan—and a campus life. It’s an oasis When he’s not hanging around the Summit Diner, Glatt is a partner with Free All Media, an advertising software company. 64 Drew Magazine I drewmagazine.com Peter Murphy you can retreat to while taking advantage of really being in the center of the world. But it is up to the student to push out beyond those gates.—SHANNON MULLEN Front Spring_MK_ '15 3.25_Layout 1 3/30/15 3:33 PM Page 1 Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit 571 Burl. VT 05401 Drew University 36 Madison Ave. Madison, NJ 07940 drew.edu The Impact of 99 Days Together, in just three years, we have increased alumni participation by an incredible 40 percent. Thank you! 2015 What does that mean for Drew? • Critical new resources for financial aid and scholarships • A secured place as one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges • Enhanced ability to compete for students and grants 27% 2014 What does that mean for you? 25% • Increased alumni participation improves Drew’s ranking, reputation, and the value of your own degree 2013 This year’s challenge. • For each 1% improvement over last year’s alumni participation goal, a group of committed alumni and friends will add $50,000! 28% = an additional $50,000 29% = an additional $50,000 Make your gift by June 30. drew.edu/99Days facebook.com/drewalumni #DREW99 21% 2012
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