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class notes Parenting: Questions Parents Ask and the Answers They Need was published by artscroll/Mesorah publication in 2011. 1965 latest book, Partners in meir Wikler’s 1966 retired from clinical pracGeorge Lowe tice of internal medicine on January 1, 2009, but is still active administratively, developing and running two large multispecialty clinical practices for Mercy Health System-baltimore. He and betsy spend much of their time cruising around the world. martin rogowsky decided not to run for re-election in november. He retired after 13 years as a Westchester county legislator. 1968Lamb received his ph.D. in robert Paul the History of american civilization from Harvard University and came to purdue University in 1991, where he is professor of english and american Studies. The author of dozens of scholarly articles, his books include James G. Birney and the Road to Abolitionism (1994), A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 (2005), Art Matters: Hemingway, Craft, and the Creation of the Modern Short Story (2010); and Reading the Hemingway Short Story: The Return and Value of Craft Criticism (forthcoming 2012). bob has received over forty teaching awards, including Harvard’s Stephen J. botein prize, and purdue’s liberal arts award for Teaching excellence, the charles b. Murphy University outstanding Undergraduate Teaching award, and induction into the purdue Teaching academy and book of Great Teachers. fifty-seven of his graduate students are now professors, and seventy-three of his undergraduates have gone on to graduate and law schools. in 2008, he was named the indiana professor of the year by the carnegie foundation for the advancement of Teaching, awarded to the top educator in the state in any discipline. John saunders is working on a production of benjamin britten’s spiritual chamber opera “curlew river,” to be performed in September/october 2012/2013. The work will be among the first productions to be performed during the season commemorating the 100th anniversary of britten’s birth. John’s proposal was one of nine that won britten 100 awards in an international competition. He hopes to receive enough sponsorship for the performance scheduled to be held in israel, where Saunders lives and works in music and computer technology. learn more at http:/ /curlewriver.com. Ken browne premiered his film “Small School, big city” in May 2011. The 30-minute documentary chronicles the story of pace’s School of education in partnership with the city of new york in creating the groundbreaking pace High School. called an inspirational film for more information and a look at the trailer, go to: www. kbprods.com/smallschool. family had a marvelous experience visiting son and brother, Jensen lowe ’10 in the peace corps in the philippines in May 2011. frank is still active as a US Soccer federation referee. bill davis’ book Autism Tomorrow is available for groups to order. it provides advice on dealing with major issues in the lives of people with autism as they get older and includes contributions by Temple Grandin, elaine Hall and others noted in the field. Davis is also available to speak on the subject at conferences and trainings for audiences ranging from educators, to attorneys, to law enforcement and emergency service providers. He can be contacted at 717-808-6122. hal Oringer reports that his daughter Molly, a student at Smith, is majoring in arabic and religion. She was studying in egypt, but left five days before the March 2011 revolution. She next worked in israel for an organization that does mediation; she primarily will be acting as a translator for the 1970 reported that the lowe franklin Lowe palestinians. His son is at endicott college on a merit scholarship where he is studying sports training therapy as well as playing on the baseball team. danny moss’s daughter rosie was recently in two Tv commercials. one was for Kit Kat which was on MTv and the other for carMaxx which went national. from Ken flatto: “Gov. Daniel p. Malloy has appointed me as executive director of the connecticut Division of Special revenue, which regulates gambling. This is quite an opportunity to help the State of cT and a great team assembled by our Governor Dan Malloy. it was a really hard decision to make to leave a job as Mayor which i have truly loved for 12 years and was still fairly strongly favored to win if i ran again, but this is a unique opportunity to work with an entire State government and to help hopefully to solve problems and make things work better!!!! My family is well (liz still teaching middle school; Michael is working at a bursars office in University up here; Sarah is at Teachers college doing international education graduate work and working there too; Diana is honors roll at brandeis, and evan at University of Michigan. 1972 Lost Worlds: Ruins arthur drooker’s of the Americas, was published in fall 2011 by acc (antique collectors’ club), publishers of books about art and culture. This book of photography offers a powerful visual meditation on the cultures, conflicts and conquests that forged the new World. Lost Worlds represents the culmination of an intensive three-year project by Drooker, an award-winning photographer and writer whose research took him to 33 sites in 16 countries. His award-winning book, American Ruins (Merrell, 2007), was the first photographic survey of historic ruins throughout the United States. Drooker is also an emmy awardwinning writer and director of television documentaries. please visit: www. lostworldsbook.com Horace mann magazine Winter 2012 51 http://www.curlewriver.com http://www.curlewriver.com http://www.kbprods.com/smallschool http://www.kbprods.com/smallschool http://www.lostworldsbook.com http://www.lostworldsbook.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Horace Mann - Winter 2012

Horace Mann - Winter 2012
Contents
Letters
Greetings from Dr. Tom Kelly
Greetings from Melissa Parento ’90
Horace Mann School’s 125th Anniversary Observances Begin
Strategic Thinking
New Initiatives in Institutional Research and Admissions
HM's New Director of College Counseling
Timothy HO and Monica Merlo are 2011 Tina and Dave Bellet Teaching Excellence Award Winners
Langfan Oratorical Contest, 2011
Horace Mann School Graduates 178 in June, 2011
Alumni Council Corner
Bookshelf
Class Notes
Memorials
Philanthropy and You

Horace Mann - Winter 2012