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class notes founder of Strength for Sydney and the SMS research foundation, which supports research on Smith-Magenis Syndrome, a neurological condition which affects her daughter Sydney and about one in 15,000 people worldwide. The organization held its first walk/run (5K) in october. Details can be found at www.strengthforsydney.org. ilario Pantano, appeared on “fox & friends” morning show the day after 9/11, as part of a segment on veterans of iraq and afghanistan who are now running for congress. pantano discussed how his experiences serving our country in the military motivated him to run for congress. david J. Goldsmith and his wife Jennifer ocean are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, ethan andrew, on September 11, 2011. ethan brought pure joy and happiness to his family on an otherwise solemn day. He joins proud big sister Molly, HM class of 2024. Gil shaham has a busy concert schedule this year, including one that HM alumni will gather to hear. on october 8, 2011 Shaham played brahms’ violin concerto in D Major with the orpheus chamber orchestra at lafayette college in easton, pa. on october 25, he joined the new york philharmonic in its “a night at the Movies” performance of film music. conductor John Williams invited Gil to be the featured artist at this concert. in March, the alumni House and Development office has reserved a block of tickets to hear Gil Shaham perform at its “Modern beethoven” series. conducted by alan Gilbert, Shaham will perform beethoven’s Symphonies no. 1 and 3 on Thursday, March 15, 2012. if you can’t join HM alumni for this concert you can hear Gil at an open rehearsal that morning at 9:45 a.m. The series continues with a concert friday morning, March 16, 11 a.m., Sat. March 17, 8 p.m., and Tuesday, March 20, 7:30 p.m. 1989 ianuzzi is the Jennifer melamed prize, journalism’s highest honor, for commentary. The prize, announced on april 18, 2011, was awarded to leonhardt for his weekly New York Times column, “economic Scene” for what the pulitzer committee described as leonhardt’s “graceful penetration of america’s complicated economic questions” from the federal budget deficit to health care reform.” in winning the pulitzer prize David leonhardt became the fourth former Horace Mann School Record editor-in-chief to be so recognized. former Record editors anthony lewis ’44, richard Kluger ’52 and robert caro ’53 were also awarded pulitzers for their reporting or for the books they penned. Horace Mann School alumni have also won pulitzers in music (elliot carter ’26), poetry (anthony Hecht ’40) and biography (Justin Kaplan ’41). The New York Times appointed leonhardt its Washington D.c. bureau chief in July 2011. The appointment was the first change in the Times’ editorial lineup, since Jill abramson became executive editor. She described David as “one of our finest writers and most elegant thinkers” and said, “His keen understanding of how Washington works and the nexus of politics and economic policy make him a perfect leader of the Washington bureau at this moment.” David leonhardt won the 2011 pulitzer prize for commentary for writing in his “economic Scene” column. He joined the Times in 1999 and has taken on various writing assignments over the years, including economics reporter, staff writer for the Sunday Magazine and contributor to the economix blog, which he helped create. leonhardt said his goal in Washington is to help decode and demystify the ways of the capital in every respect. on September 13, 2011 samantha Kleier-forbes ’90, along with her sister Sabrina Kleier-Morgenstern ’94 and their mother Michele Kleier, published a novel Hot Property (Harper collins), 1990 won the 2011 pulitzer david Leonhardt that takes readers past the doormen and into the glitz, gilding, and gossip of Manhattan society—via the world of high-end real estate. The authors are also president (Michele) and executive vice-presidents (Samantha and Sabrina) of Gumley Haft Kleier real estate brokerage, and co-stars of HGTv’s hit real estate reality television series “Selling new york.” 1992 is the coo of Golden david itskowitch boy promotions, an international boxing promotional company established in 2002 by oscar de la Hoya. The los angeles-based company is working on promoting a monthly boxing series at the barclays center in brooklyn beginning in 2012. David and his wife Kim recently moved back to new york from los angeles (where he moved in 2007). He will be heavily involved in promoting the events. 1994 13, 2011 sabrina Kleieron September morgenstern, along with her sister Samantha Kleier-forbes ’90 and their mother Michele Kleier, published a novel Hot Property (Harper collins), that takes readers past the past the doormen and into the glitz, gilding, and gossip of Manhattan society—via the world of high-end real estate. (see note, 1990). 1995 Jonathan fuld and his wife elizabeth welcomed the arrival of their first baby, 54 Horace mann magazine Winter 2012 http://www.strengthforsydney.org

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