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memorials that the effluent from a cholera hospital was responsible for the spread of disease to the surrounding villages. Next posted to the health department in Alabama he documented occupational lead poisoning at a smelter, and diagnosing epidemic hysteria at a high school. This diagnosis gained him recognition as a leading expert in this condition at that time. Dr. Levine moved on to the Chemical Industry Institute of Technology in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, where he studied male fertility. The greatest achievements of his career were yet to come. In 1991 he joined the National Institute of Health’s Child Health and Development Division (NICHD) as a senior investigator in the Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research. For the next 20 years, he would focus on pregnancy research and preeclampsia, a complication that affects 3 to 5 percent of pregnancies. In the U.S. the condition is rarely fatal, but can lead to lasting health problems. In the developing world preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternal death, killing as many as 75,000 women a year. Discovering that preeclampsia was still a major cause of maternal and fetal mortality, and how neglected research and funding was in this area, Dr. Levine spent the rest of his career working on related problems. During the 1990s he led the first major multicenter trial to determine if calcium supplementation could prevent preeclampsia. This work inspired others, and today the World Health Organization is embarking on both preventative and therapeutic calcium projects in countries where calcium intake is low. “Dr. Levine’s NICHD career was an example in patience, persistence, and seizing opportunity,” said Dr. Alan E. Guttmacher, a director at the NICHD. “Soon after he joined the institute, he undertook a large study… When the study showed the treatment didn’t work… he held the biological samples from the study in storage for possible future use. Years later, he learned about the work of a promising young researcher who had a new theory of preeclampsia” and “forged a collaboration with the young scientist, contributing the stored samples to the effort. The two went on to confirm the theory and establish the biochemical basis for the high blood pressure central to the disorder.” Dr. Levine is survived by his wife Verena, and two daughters, Adele and Nicole. Timothy neil Sundel ’76 Mechanical Engineer Horace Mann School mourns the loss of Timothy Neil Sundel ’76 on March 21, 2010 at age 51. He attended Syracuse University, earning a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1981. He was employed by Carrier Corp. and eventually worked for ENRON Energy Services. Since 2003, he was employed by United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, Conn, and had moved to Hartford with his family. Timothy Sundel was most proud of the two patents he held in Marine engines. A true family man, he enjoyed grilling, reading, antiquing, swimming and visiting museums. Sundel earned renown through his swimming. While working as a lifeguard he was tapped for an Almond Joy commercial and sang the tagline “Sometimes you feel like a nut.” He is survived by his wife Patricia Sundel, and children Matthew and Emily, and by his mother Penny Sundel and his sister Cathryne A. Sundel, and many nieces and nephews. Thomas P. Reilly Horace Mann School Foreign Languages Teacher Horace Mann School mourns the loss of Thomas P. Reilly, who taught foreign languages in the school’s Upper Division for 44 years, and chaired the department for 32 of those years. Mr. Reilly died on April 27, 2011 at the age of 85. Horace Mann School administrators described the teacher, who retired in 1996, as “a dedicated, skillful teacher of foreign languages, a fastidious scholar who spoke 11 languages, who was also… a compassionate advisor to generations of students.” Born in Waterbury, Conn. on July 7, 1925, Reilly received his B.A. from the University of Connecticut, his M.A. from Middlebury College, and did graduate work at the University of Grenoble, France, Laval University, Quebec, the University of Mexico, Columbia University and NYU. He served in the army during World War II. An avid traveler who liked to tell stories, during his lifetime, he visited more than 150 countries and every continent. One of Mr. Reilly’s hobbies involved traveling on each of his milestone birthdays. On his 40th birthday, he traveled to Timbuktu, his 50th was celebrated on the shores of the Amazon, his 60th in Russia, and his 70th birthday in Turkey. He served as president of the Kingsbridge Historical Society and was a member of the National Rail Society and Canal Society. He is survived by his sister, Ann Rutigliano, and her husband, Frank, his brother, Eugene J. Reilly, and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister Mary Mukosey. Horace mann magazine Winter 2012 Parviz nafissian ’58 of UBS, and a Devoted HM alumnus Horace Mann School regrets to note the passing of Parviz Nafissian ’58 on August 18, 2011. A graduate of Oberlin College and Brooklyn Law School he was a devoted Horace Mann alumnus. He was affiliated with Morgan Stanley for 20 years and UBS for eight years. He is survived by wife Barbara, and children David and Sheryl, and by granddaughter Elizabeth. 61

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