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D E T R O I T C O U N T R Y D A Y S C H O O LFor Alumni, Friends and Family of

Winter 2006

THE BEEHIVE IS PUBLISHED TWICE ANNUALLY

FOR ALUMNI, PARENTS, PAST PARENTS, STUDENTS

AND FRIENDS OF DETROIT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

HEADMASTER GERALD T. HANSEN

EDITOR CLAYTON T. MATTHEWS

PHOTOGRAPHY SCOTT C. BERTSCHYCLAYTON T. MATTHEWS

DEVELOPMENT OFFICE STAFF

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SCOTT C. BERTSCHY

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT BARBARA A. MOWERAND PARENT RELATIONS

DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS KIRA T. MANN

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS JEAN L. CROSSLEYAND ANNUAL GIVING

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS CLAYTON T. MATTHEWS

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS ANGELA FICHERA

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT JACKIE MARTIN

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT DONNA CRONBERGER

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT KIMBERLY A. HART

BEEHIVE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION SUSAN BACHMAN ’76MARKET ARTS

DETROIT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ADMITS STUDENTS OF ANY RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL AND ETHNIC ORIGIN

TO ALL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES GENERALLY ACCORDED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO

STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL. IT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ONTHE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL AND

ETHNIC ORIGIN IN ADMINISTRATION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL POLICIES, ADMISSIONS POLICIES, SCHOLARSHIP

AND LOAN PROGRAMS, AND ATHLETIC AND OTHER SCHOOL-ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS.

CONTENTS 1

Contents

A NOTE FROM THE HEADMASTER 2

DCDS IN BRIEF - ACADEMICS 3

DCDS IN BRIEF - CELEBRATE THE ARTS 4

DCDS IN BRIEF - ATHLETICS 6

DCDS IN BRIEF - LITERATURE 7

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT -

BEVERLY HANNETT-PRICE 8

AS SEEN IN... STUDENTS GET A BACKSTAGE

TASTE OF THEATRE 12

ALL SCHOOL THEATRICAL PRODUCTION

OLIVER 13

THE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE TRADITION 14

LOWER SCHOOL: BIG LEAPS 18

JUNIOR SCHOOL: LISTEN AND LEARN 19

MIDDLE SCHOOL: TRANSITION TIME 20

UPPER SCHOOL: GRADUATION 21

CONVOCATION 22

AUCTION ‘05: SAFARI 24

ALUMNI RELATIONS MESSAGE 26

ALUMNI SPORTS 27

KATE SOBRERO MARKGRAF ‘94 28

ALUMNI RECEPTIONS 32

CLASS NOTES 34

IN MEMORIAM 44

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By Gerald T. Hansen, Headmaster

The 2005-2006 school year has gotten off to a great start here at Country Day. Homecoming weekend was once again ahuge success with the alumni golf outing at Wabeek Country Club in Bloomfield kicking it off, followed by the game anda class reunion held here at the Upper School for the classes of ’50, ’55, ’60, ’65, ’70, ’75, ’80, ’85, ’90, and ’95.

I am also proud to report that DCDS is shining in both academics and athletics.

Both the men’s varsity soccer and women’s varsity tennis teams have earned state championship titles. This is the twelfthstate title for the soccer team under coach Paul Bartoshuk since 1981, and the third straight Division 4 girls tennis titlefor the tennis team under coach Tom Ellis.

We’ve also had senior John Zhou and junior Amardeep Grewal honored in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition inMath, Science and Technology. Both students made it to the semi-finals and Grewal was a finalist in the Eastern Regionalcompetition held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He went on to compete nationally in New York where heand his teammate earned a $20,000 scholarship for their project. Zhou was also named one of 17 Davidson Fellows for2005. He was one of only two students from Michigan recognized and honored at the Library of Congress for his contri-butions to society in the fields of science, math, technology, music and literature. He received a monetary scholarship andwas later featured in a New York Times article about the Davidson Fellows titled, “The Prodigy Puzzle.”

A few of last year’s academic achievements are highlighted in this BeeHive, including Zhou earning a perfect score of 2,400on the new SAT exam and eighth-grader Alan Huang being the highest scorer in Part I of the 48th Annual Michigan MathPrize Competition last December. Senior Vivek Behera also garnered some national recognition after earning a top scoreof 36 on the ACT. Behera was one of 365,000 other students in the country to take the college entrance exam and wasone of only 82 in the country to achieve a perfect score.

We also feature Beverly Hannett in this issue, someone I am sure left an impression on many of you during your time atCountry Day. You’ll also get the inside scoop on the Performing Arts Department’s rendition of the musical Oliver!, alongwith some photos and background on Kate Sobrero Markgraf ’94, U.S. Olympic soccer gold medalist and professionalsoccer player who spoke at last year’s Mother Daughter breakfast.

As in every BeeHive you’ll find class notes, alumni news and more updates from the playing field as well as the classroom.

A Note from The Headmaster

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Math students at Detroit CountryDay School are breathing a sigh ofrelief this week as they break for the holidays –and with good reason. Fifty-six Middle and Upper Schoolmathematicians recently qualified for and completed PartII of the highly competitive 48th Annual Michigan MathPrize Competition (MMPC), held Dec. 1. Part I of theMMPC is open to all students in Michigan high schoolsand approximately 14,000 students participated – a num-ber which was quickly whittled to 1,064 based on thosewho scored 17 out of 40. Only one school in the state hadmore qualifiers than Country Day and DCDS also claimsthe highest Part I scorer in the state – a math whiz of aneighth grader named Alan Huang of Bingham Farms –who, with a near-perfect score, showed approximately14,000 high school kids who was boss.

For years, Huang’s extraordinary academic talent has madehim a standout in the crowd. “Upper School students areoften in awe of Alan’s performance on math contests,” saidUpper School math department head Ross Arseneau. Histeachers and administrators at Detroit Country DaySchool also have long recognized his unique ability – andcontinually strive to provide a challenging learning envi-ronment for him and other bright young students.

Said Arseneau, “For all of the gifted students at DCDS, wehave tailored a mathematics program that will challengeand help each of them to realize even greater achievements.Gifted students can now attend Upper School classes inHonors BC Calculus with advanced geometric construc-tion for non-seniors (following the advanced placementtest), Honors Discrete Math, Honors Linear Algebra,Honors Number Theory, and finally Advanced Topics inMathematics (which includes a study of the MandelbrotSet and Julia sets). All of these courses study mathematicstypically offered at an undergraduate or graduate level incollege.”

Though the results of Part II of the competition won’t beavailable until early next year, Huang felt the practice testswere more difficult than the real thing, in which studentswere asked to solve five problems in 100 minutes. For theyoung pre-calculus student, math is just one of the manyareas in which he excels – and is not even his favorite sub-ject. “I like art,” he said.

Look out Scholastic Art Awards.

John Zhou Strikes SAT Gold

This spring, DCDS junior John Zhou defied the oddswhen he earned a perfect score of 2,400 on the new SATexam. The score places him in an elite group of just 107students nationwide who share this honor. On March 12,Zhou joined more than 300,000 students in the first sit-ting of the new test and surprised even himself with hisincredible results.

“To be absolutely honest, I did not expect a perfect score,though I had dreamed about it on occasion,” said Zhou.“Without a doubt, the strong English and Math curricu-lum and the excellent faculty at school positively con-tributed to my performance and preparation.”

Zhou prepared for the SAT by taking practice tests issuedby the College Board and Princeton Review. He says heusually scored around 2,300 points on those tests but stillattributes his success on the real thing to a relaxedapproach and plenty of good luck on test day.

The SAT Reasoning Test is a measure of the critical think-ing skills needed for academic success in college, and itassesses how well a student analyzes and solves problems.It is now divided into three sections: critical reading, mathand writing, with each section scored on a scale of 200-800. In March 2005, the College Board changed the SATto include a student-written essay, shorter reading passagesand new content from third-year college preparatory math.Analogies and quantitative comparisons were eliminated.The class of 2006 is the first class to take the new SAT forcollege admissions.

John Zhou would like to use his perfect SAT score to earnadmission to Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Princeton, or theUniversity of Michigan.

Left: Eighth-grader Alan Huang Right: Junior John Zhou

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Inventive minds, creative spirits and gifted performers of every age were in the spotlight at Detroit Country Day School’sannual celebration of the fine and performing arts, April 13 - 17. It sounds like a combination of Broadway and CarnegieHall. It looks a lot like Hollywood, but it feels like an artist’s studio. It’s Celebrate the Arts; an extravagant display ofartistic ability that finds expressions in many forms.

A student-director theater festival, “Tales from the Chaise,” launched the celebration with a Wednesday through Fridayrun. “Burn the Film,” featuring student-directed movies, took center stage on Saturday evening. On Sunday, students andfaculty showcased their talent in live musical performances, while the Upper School was transformed by displays of print-making, painting, graphic design, drawing, ceramics, photography and metalworking. A hands-on craft area gave youngvisitors the opportunity to express their own artistic vision, a reminder that the creative spirit must be celebrated at everystage of life.

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celebrate the arts

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BIRMINGHAM -- It was Father's Day a few months earlyat Birmingham Seaholm. In what's believed to be the firstfather vs. son coaching matchup in state boys high schoollacrosse history, Country Day, coached by John Kenney,rallied for a 9-7 win over Birmingham Unified, a com-bined team of players from Seaholm and Groves. JakeKenney, John's son and a former Country Day junior var-sity coach, coaches Unified.

"It was a bittersweet victory," John Kenney said.

The annual battle between the rivals was also a fund-raiserfor the Karmanos Cancer Institute in honor of JohnKenney's late brother, Jerry Kenney. Kenney, 55, diedfrom cancer six days before the game. An estimated$6,000 was raised for Karmanos through sponsorships,donations and gate and concessions proceeds. The win forCountry Day continues a campaign fueled by the excellentplay of junior goalie Alex Cavalieri. Despite having aninexperienced defensive corps in front of him, he is doinggreat. Through the first five games of the season, he hadmade 81 saves.

"I'm busier than last year, but the new guys are doing allright," Cavalieri said.

Seniors Eric Garrett and Kevin Heinsimer and sophomoreMike Chires have the tough task of replacing three seniors.

With the Michigan High School Athletic Associationsanctioning boys lacrosse for the first time this year,Cavalieri hopes more college coaches will visit the state onrecruiting trips.

"There's so much talent here," he said.

Coach John Kenney's Yellowjackets played in theMichigan Scholastic Lacrosse Association's state finals fourtimes in the past five years, winning in 2003. CountryDay was 13-7 last season. It lost a 10-9 heartbreaker toEast Grand Rapids in the state finals. One of theYellowjackets' biggest rivals is Birmingham. The annualgame between the nearby schools had even more subplotsthis season because of its effect on the Kenney family.

This is John Kenney's 26th year of coaching high schoolboys lacrosse. The first 20 were at Stony Brook School on

Long Island. He has 272 career wins. Jake Kenney, 27, isin his first season as Birmingham's coach. He was the jun-ior varsity coach and a varsity assistant the past four yearsat Country Day. John Kenney, 52, coached his son atStony Brook. Jake Kenney was an All-American attackplayer when he was a senior. He went to PrincetonUniversity after graduating from Stony Brook and he wasa member of the school's 1997 and 1998 NCAAchampionship teams.

Besides being lacrosse coaches, father and son are bothhistory teachers. John Kenney teaches at Country Day andJake Kenney at Bloomfield Hills Roeper. John Kenneysaid even though his son knew his players and strategies, hedidn't alter his game plan.

"I've been successful for many years. Why should I changethings for one game?" he said. "Anyway, it all comes downto discipline and execution."

Just after he was named coach last summer, Jake Kenneydeveloped the idea of making the Country Day-Birmingham game into a fund-raiser.

"I didn't want the spotlight to be on myself and my father.It should be on the kids," he said. "I also thought raisingmoney for Karmanos would be a nice way of thankingthem for everything they did for my uncle."

Grosse Pointe Shores resident Jerry Kenney and his wifeSusan had three children: Matthew, 24; Erin, 20; andChristopher, 18.

"Honoring my father and raising money for Karmanos atthe game was the coolest thing," Matthew Kenney said.

Jerry Kenney was a partner in a Southfield law firm and afellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Only thetop 5 percent of trial lawyers in each state receive thathonor. John Kenney and his wife Carol have three othersons: Derek, 25; Nathan, 22; and Adam, 20. Derek wasthe starting goalie on the University of Virginia's 1999NCAA champion lacrosse team. Nathan started atmidfield for the Cavaliers' 2003 national champions.

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Game Benefits Cancer Fund

Country Day-Unified lacrosse matchup between father and son coacheshonors their late relative.By Steve Stein / Special to The Detroit News

Steve Stein is a Metro Detroit freelance writer.You can reach him at stevestein502004@yahoo.com.

Detroit Country Day Middle Schoolstudents were able to meet two-timeNewberry Medal winning authorLois Lowry last January during a veryrare school visit for the author.

Lowry has written more than 30books for young adults, including thepopular Anastasia Krupnik series.

She was born in 1937 in Hawaii andgrew-up in New York, Pennsylvaniaand Japan.

Today, she spends her time betweenCambridge, Massachusetts and a1760s farmhouse in rural Mainewhere she gardens, feeds birds, enter-tains friends and reads.

According to Lowry, although herbooks vary in content and style, mostof them deal with the same generaltheme, the importance of humanconnections. Find out more aboutLois Lowry at www.loislowry.com.

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Nationally Renowned Author and Local Illustrator Visit School

Middlers Celebrate “Book Jam ‘05”

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Middle School students in all gradesenjoyed a fun day of reading andwriting at the school’s first-annual“Book Jam” held April 27.Throughout the day, students rotatedthrough various participatory exercis-es, including a “book in an hour” ses-sion where students were groupedtogether to read and summarize dif

ferent sections of a book, thenbrought back together to “read” thecomplete book as a group. Studentsalso practiced writing a short story, apoem and a mystery using cluesthey’d been given.

Book Jam ‘05 also featured visits withthe well-known author of the popularShredderman series and Sammy

Keyes mystery series, Wendelin VanDraanen, local illustrator MattFaulkner, and Baldwin Public Libraryyoung adult librarian Bill Harmer.

Many thanks to the Middle SchoolParents Association and Friends ofthe Arts Association who made thiswonderful event possible.

Lois Lowry Visits

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Beverly Hannett isn’t your ordinary English Literature

teacher. She is as extraordinary as the school history she

has been such a part of.

AFOREXTRAORDINARY!

"Beverly Hannett was the most influential teacher I have ever had the priviledge to know.

Her grace, her passion for great literature, her love of language (remember ameliorate and

assuage?) and her high expectations for nothing short of excellence made all her students

want to succeed. She inspired me to be the best I could be."

Anita Laurila 78'

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BEEHIVE 10

When first meeting her, it becomes clear that she was

destined to be a teacher. She talks to you as if she’s

known you for years, and within minutes you feel as

if you’re in the presence of an old friend.

Perhaps that’s the magic of Hannett,

who has been a teacher for nearly five

decades.

The walls of her classroom are covered

in her student’s work and numerous

theatrical posters, and although it

is mid-summer and there are no

students present, as she sits at her

podium chatting away, it isn’t hard to

conjure up a mental picture of what a day in

Hannett’s class must be like.

She has been a fixture at Detroit Country Day since her

first day in 1969, and could be described as a part of the

school’s heart and soul. After all, she was the school’s first

female teacher and department head, and over the course

of her tenure has taught some of the most influential

people in the country.

“At one time I had four of my former students on the

covers of national magazines,” said Hannett with pride.

The impressive list includes Courtney Vance ‘78, who

was nominated for two Tony Awards, Jack Epps Jr. ‘67,

who wrote the screenplay for Top

Gun and Steve Ballmer ‘73, CEO

of Microsoft Corporation.

Hannett earned a bachelor of arts in

English from Albion in 1958 and

began her teaching career at Parma

High School in Parma, MI.

She went on to teach at Derby

Middle School and Groves High School, both within

the Birmingham Public School District, before joining

Detroit Country Day School.

In Hannett’s first year at Country Day, there were only

200 students compared to the 1,500 there are today.

“Detroit Country Day is an oasis in education. It is an

expensive school, but worth every penny,” said Hannett.

“I absolutely love it here. The academics, the athletics

and the music and art programs are wonderful.”

If you ask any of Hannett’s former students what they

may remember most about Hannett’s class, chances are

they’ll mention her “wall of words.”

“I love words. I do the USA Today

and Chicago Tribune crossword

puzzles everyday before I come to

work,” said Hannett.

Hannett, who has been doing the

wall of words for years, said the idea

stemmed from her love of the human-

ities and art. She asks each of her students to take a

vocabulary word they are studying in her class and

create art with it so that people who see it will be able

to define the word based on that art.

Because of her immense love for the arts, Hannett

also takes her students to the Stratford Theater Festival

of Canada.

Over the years, Hannett has focused on teaching some

of the classics, including “A Separate Peace,” “The

Adventures of Huckleberry Fin,” “The Red Badge of

Courage,” and J.D. Sallinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye.”

But, it is “The Scarlet Letter” she’d

like to be remembered for.

“My tombstone should read,

“She taught the “Scarlet Letter”

for 50 years.”

One of Hannett’s favorite phrases

seems to summarize her quite

perfectly. “Joie de vie,” which is

French for “love of life,” is

exactly what Hannett exudes.

“In 47 years of teaching I’ve never had a bad day,” said

Hannett. “I’ve never walked out of the building at the

end of the day wishing I was doing something else.”

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"It was in Mrs. Hannett's classes that I first began to think seriously about what it might mean

to live one's life in a quest for knowledge and, by elegant example, began to entertain the notion

that this was something I not only could do, but should do." Susan Fincham 78'

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Detroit Country Day Upper School

students are getting a backstage

taste of theater this semester as

Jim Davis, Seligman technical direc-

tor, brings the classroom to his

“office” teachingTheater Production.

While he is not new to theater pro-

duction, Davis never dreamed he

would be teaching his craft to high

school students. “It was not some-

thing I had really thought about,”

says the soft-spoken Davis. But his

influence among performing arts

students and the technical crews of

school productions was strong, and

last spring, more than 40 students

launched a petition drive that would

eventually land Davis in the class-

room. Says Davis, “Once the stu-

dents presented the petition to the

school, I was approached by the

Assistant Headmaster, Glen Shilling,

who said, ‘is this something you

want to do?’” It was, and within

weeks, Davis had mapped out a cur-

riculum and presented Shilling with

a syllabus, supporting materials and

lesson plans.

Said Shilling, “The decision to offer

this course was based on the fact

we had a teacher with excellent cre-

dentials capable of teaching the

class; the extraordinary Seligman

Performing Arts Center with scene

shops and the most current sound

and lighting equipment available for

students to apply their knowledge

learned in class to hands-on proj-

ects; and an expressed interest by

students, many of whom signed a

petition of support for the inclusion

of the Theater Production class in

our arts curriculum.

Now in its third month, the popular

class focuses on the history of the

stage, stagecraft and creating sets.

The class is based on those Jim

took as an undergrad in Wayne

State University’s Technical Theater

program, but his approach to teach-

ing is more hands-on and interac-

tive. He developed the course

around what kids would enjoy, and

the tools and techniques they would

need to know. “While there is class-

room instruction, the course con-

tent doesn’t lend itself to a lecture-

based curriculum,” said Davis. “For

instance, I’ve recently been teach-

ing set building and construction

from the scene shop. Instead of

having the students read about the

different types of tools they’d be

using, I showed them each one and

then later, I had them find and iden-

tify each one using a tool scavenger

hunt around the shop and stage.

Learning should be fun.”

In the second semester of the class,

students will be introduced to the-

ater design and given the ability to

theoretically create a show’s back-

drop using computer software pro-

grams. One program, WYSIWYG

(or, “What You See is What You

Get”), allows students to draw a set

and customize the lighting using a

three-dimensional scale model of

the Seligman. Says Davis, “They

will be able to experiment in a real

setting, using Country Day’s actual

entire inventory of lighting and

sound equipment.” It’s a program

Jim worked with the school to

acquire last spring, and one he

researched and completely educat-

ed himself on using for his job as

technical director. He successfully

planned the set for Country Day’s

recent student performance, “The

Boys Next Door” using WYSIWYG

for the first time. “Normally, I would

have mapped out the set design and

lighting of people and objects com-

pletely on paper. I used to physical-

ly move a light and check; then

move another light and check. I eas-

ily saved a day of prep work by

drawing the set electronically.” Jim

is eager to share this cutting-edge

As Seen In…

Students get a BackstageTaste of TheaterBy Mary Ellen Rowe

OLIVER 13

Detroit Country Day School staged its

largest theater production in its 91 year

history this past March.

Nearly 160 Country Day students participated in the Performing ArtsDepartment’s production of Lionel Bart’s musical Oliver! Students from almostevery grade joined in the theatrical production as cast, crew and orchestra, rep-resenting more than one out of every nine students enrolled. Several key partswere given to students as young as grade six, and some of the main roles wereeven double cast in order to provide more opportunity for the student actors.

Preparation for this production included a rigor-ous four-month casting and rehearsal schedule,while students serving as production crew con-structed the set pieces for the musical, including a50-foot section of the London Bridge.

Students involved were able to experience a gen-uine theatrical experience by working with anensemble of directors focusing on instrumentaland vocal music, choreography and staging andtechnical elements including lighting, sound andscenic design. Oliver! was produced and directedby Jeffrey Michael Nahan, director of the school’sdepartment of theater and dance and the SeligmanPerforming Arts Center.

technology with his students next

semester, and enjoy the continued

success of the class.

“Our theater arts education curricu-

lum is flourishing due to the efforts

of our faculty supported by the

Friends of the Arts Association,” said

Assistant Headmaster Shilling.

Chaired by DCDS parent Susan

Murphy of Bloomfield Hills, the

Friends of the Arts Association sup-

ports and promotes the fine and

performing arts curriculum, activi-

ties and programs of the students

attending Detroit Country Day

School. Said Murphy, “The Friends

of the Arts Association applauds our

administration’s insight and agility in

capitalizing on the students’ idea. It

enables further enhancement of our

arts curriculum and performance

production experiences for all of our

students, while creating a profes-

sional development opportunity for

a member of our highly valued fine

and performing arts faculty. Our

school community is fortunate to

have an administration which so

readily embraces the arts in educa-

tion as critical to a student’s growth

and achievement.”

For a guy who stumbled into theater

almost accidentally (his mom volun-

teered him to help with the stage

crew of a community theater group

when he was thirteen), Jim Davis

seems to have found the career

beat sought after by even the most

seasoned professionals. At 28

years old, Davis not only practices

his craft daily but also is a respected

mentor and teacher of children, and

a lifelong learner himself. And, with

the support of so many within the

Detroit Country Day School commu-

nity, it doesn’t look like Davis’s pro-

fessional dreams end there.

Fagin and The Artful Dodgeroffer up some shady adviceto young Oliver in DetroitCountry Day’s productionof the classic Lionel Bartmusical. Pictured left toright: Scott DanielJackman ’11, JacobMondry ’06, andJames Livesey ’11.

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The Businessof Champions

“Participation in athletics, even ifone does not excel, affords the stu-dent an opportunity to see howeveryone has an important role in acollective activity; and that thestruggle is often times more impor-tant than the end result.”

Kurt Keener, Director ofAthletics, Upper School, Coach ofVarsity Boys Basketball

Championship seasons are definedby winning; and who, after all, does-n’t want to be a winner? But thereis more than one kind of victory.There is the personal triumph ofovercoming limitations and exceed-ing expectations.

The focus on forming scholars whoare also athletes transcends theidea of championship seasons andgets down to the business of build-ing champions.

“The tradition of the scholar athletewas already in place when I arrivedin 1978,” Coach Keener said. “Mypredecessor continued the philoso-phy of the school’s founder, Mr. F.Alden Shaw, who believed that ath-letics played an integral role in theeducation of young people.” Thisbelief, that there are certain lessonsof life that can best be taught on theplaying field or court rather than inthe classroom, is a hallmark of theeducational philosophy of DCDS --to strive for excellence in anyendeavor.

Early Achiever

If asked to write a report about whatshe did during summer vacation, 11-year-old Brittany Mann ’12 canbegin with, “I won a gold medal inshot put at the AAU Junior Olympicsin New Orleans. Then, I won anoth-er gold medal for the discus and seta national record with a toss of 100feet, 4 inches.” That would beimpressive, but Brittany also com-peted against the nation’s best 11and 12-year old athletes at theUSATF Junior Olympics inIndianapolis, winning gold in the dis-cus and silver in shot put.

When asked how she became inter-

ested in track and field, Brittany

answers without hesitation,

“because of basketball and my

friend Janelle McQueen.” In the

third grade, Brittany and Janelle

started playing basketball together.

That’s also when they decided to

start running in the off season to be

fit for the game they love.

Both friends tried the shot put andBrittany discovered another endur-ing passion. “I like it,” she says. “Ittakes a lot of practice but shot putisn’t about strength; it’s about tech-nique and speed.”

One of Brittany’s coaches is her dad,Steve Mann ‘88, a DCDS assistantcoach for varsity football and trackas well as an AAU coach in track andbasketball. Brittany bestows thehighest 11-year-old praise possibleupon her dad the coach saying,“He’s cool.” “Dad just helps mefocus, which is important whenyou’re out in the middle of the fieldwith a lot of other stuff going on. Hetells me to think about beating myown record.”

What has Brittany learned so far?“Work hard and do your best,” shesays. That applies to the classroomtoo, where Brittany’s favorite sub-jects are math, reading and art, par-ticularly drawing of all things relatedto sports. No matter where the les-sons are being learned, on the field,court or classroom, they continueeven when we’re unaware that theyare being taught.

Camaraderie

Steve Lepkowski ’92, returned toDetroit Country Day first as juniorvarsity head basketball coach andcurrently as the assistant coach ofthe varsity football and baseballteams. In his six years coaching, hehas seen how participation in sportshelps the less physically gifted indi-viduals as well as the natural ath-letes. “Their involvement exposesthem to a section of the studentpopulation they wouldn’t otherwisemeet, Coach Lepkowski said.

Sound mind.Detroit Country Day’s Traditionof the Scholar Athlete.

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“Suddenly, they’ve gained 30friends they wouldn’t have had oth-erwise. Athletic participation alsohelps kids step outside of their com-fortable arena, whether it’s music ormathematics, and get known forother abilities. I see students whoget involved in sports develop a larg-er picture of who they are and whatthey can accomplish.”

Laughing, Coach Lepkowski adds,“Let’s not forget that other importantlesson. Participation in a sport helpskids realize how to get along, how towork well with others and strivetogether toward a common goal.”

“What you do all the time is preparefor a kid to do their best; instill awork ethic and foster a desire toexcel. If you’ve done that as a coachand the student has done that as aplayer, if you’ve done everythingpossible, then you’ve already won.”

Joe D’Angelo, former varsity foot-ball coach, Director of the JuniorSchool

Coach D’Angelo has a knack for mak-ing his point by telling stories. Whenasked for his thoughts about whatstudents take away from participat-ing in a sport, he had this to say.

“My dentist’s son used to play foot-ball for me. When I visit the dentistfor a check-up, this grown mandoesn’t talk about the games wewon or lost. He remembers thespaghetti dinners we would have atthe school before a game. It was afun way to bring the players, theirparents and alumni together toacknowledge our mutual commit-ment to the team.

I’m pretty sure my dentist isn’t fond-ly remembering the spaghetti itself(though it was good); rather, heremembers the spirit of cama-raderie and the feeling of being partof something larger than himself. Inmy mind, athletic participation is allabout how a kid feels about beingon a team and what being on a teamteaches him about life.”

Winning and Losing

Tiera DeLaHoussaye ‘05, is a fresh-man at Western MichiganUniversity, where she received ascholarship to play basketball.Always athletic and a bit of atomboy, Tiera resisted her mom’sattempts to interest her in danceclass. Instead, she played pick upbasketball with the neighborhoodkids, mostly boys.

That’s where she learned that girlsare strong, they can play ball too.

“Everybody wants to win,”Tiera said.“You want to go that extra step, thatextra mile; especially when you’redown 20 points and have to dig downdeep within yourself.”

She attributes here ability to staypositive and think tough to her bas-ketball coach, Frank Orlando.

“I learned so much from him. He’slike a second father and he’s anawesome coach. I could always talkwith him because he was a mentorwho encouraged you and wasalways there to help. Coach Orlandotaught me to never give up.Sometimes you’re less successfulthan others, but he taught me tokeep on fighting; with heart anddetermination you can go far.”

Rob Denious ’06, is a senior atDetroit Country Day who has playedlacrosse and soccer since his fresh-man year. He likes to run, a goodthing since he’s a mid-fielder in bothsports, and he likes to win.

“Losing is never easy,” he said. I’mincredibly competitive and some-times, I have to remind myself it’sabout learning to lose as wellas win.”

Rob recalls a state championshipgame when the team was down11–6 with three minutes left in thethird quarter. “We were down fivegoals, but as long as we believedwe could win – we could, and wedid 14-13. You don’t have to be thesmartest or the best. If you canunite people with a common goalyou can do more together than byyourself.”

Sometimes, things go the otherway. One of Rob’s favorite gameswas lost in overtime to the strongcompetitor, Brother Rice. Weplayed well,” Rob said, “our verybest, and even though we didn’t winwe proved that we were good. Winor lose, I’ve learned the importanceof a positive outlook.”

Melanee Smith ’05, is a freshmansoccer player who received the pres-tigious Lowell Bryan Scholarship toattend Davidson, a top academicallyrated college in North Carolina.Though Melanee played field hockeyfor two years at Detroit Country Day,soccer is really her game. “I love torun, but the camaraderie that comeswith being part of a team is just asimportant to me.”

When asked about winning and los-ing, Melanee said, “I learned to loseand win with respect and dignity.You can’t put your head down. It’sall a learning opportunity.”

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“My whole coaching career has been about giving kids

a positive experience from being part of a team.

I coach the whole person, not just the player. I want each

kid to be exceptional, to do their very best.

If they do that, then it’s more important to me

than winning the game.”

Frank Orlando, Varsity Women’s Basketball Coach

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Melanee admits that college can beintimidating. “There are lots of peo-ple, many of them upper classmen,and you’re trying to fit in, but DCDStaught me to deal with different per-sonalities and to adapt to new situa-tions. I’m glad I was taught to workfor the things I want. Practice doesmake perfect, in soccer and inschool.”

AcademicExcellence

Coach Keener told this story as anexample of the commitment to aca-demic excellence that is instilled inDetroit Country Day students.“Several years ago, I spoke to aDetroit Country Day graduate whowent on to play football for BoSchembechler at the University ofMichigan. The alum said that in hisfirst year, all the freshmen had toattend study table from 8:00-10:00p.m. When the clock struck 10:00all the books seemed to slam shutin unison but this young man keptstudying. Finally, his teammatesasked him what he was doing. Hetold them he had learned at CountryDay that studying ended when theassignment was finished, not at adesignated time.

Pulling one more story out of hismemory bank, Coach Keener recallsa conversation with NBA All-StarChris Webber ’91. “Chris told methat when he attended Country Dayhe hated the structure; there wastoo much homework and too manyrules. After he got to college andsaw how much better prepared hewas than his fellow teammates, itdawned on him what the value ofhis DCDS education truly was.

When he became a professionalathlete, one of the first things he didwas go back to his family and tell hisparents that he was going to requireall his younger siblings to go toCountry Day and he did; Jason ‘95,David ’98 and Rachal ’00 along withniece Ashley Irwin ’05.”

Leadership

Ashley Fowler ’06, started playingt-ball at age four or five, mostly, shesaid, “because my parents wanted

me to learn how to play well withothers.” Since her enrollment atDCDS as a freshman, Ashley hasbeen playing on the softball team inthe position of catcher. I love beingpart of a team, working togetherand succeeding together, like lastyear when the varsity softball teamwon District for the first time.”

Ashley confesses that it’s difficult tosay exactly what she’s learned fromher participation on the softballteam because she’s learned somuch. “It starts,” she said, “withour coaches. They teach us to tryour hardest, but they’re proud of usno matter what. As captain of theteam this year, I’ll have to followtheir example and be a leader; makesure that everybody on the team isinvolved, enjoying it, getting along,

having a little fun (and a lot of focus)in practice. Detroit Country Day hastaught me how to juggle multiplepriorities and keep on track. Butsoftball is where they reinforced myability to count, at least to three.”

Carly Keyes ’06, started at DCDS in6th grade, but she’s been playingsoccer since kindergarten. “I can’tremember a time when I didn’t loveto run and kick,” Carly said. “Socceris always changing, challenging yourabilities; but I’ve learned that evenwhen you lose, or are disappointed,you have to be proud of whatyou are.”

After winning the state champi-onship in 2004, it was particularlydisappointing to lose in the 2005finals. “We were so tired after long,hot days of play,” Carly said. “Buteven when we lost 4-0, it was greatgetting that far. I’ve learned that winor lose; you always have yourteammates.”

“My life is dominated by soccer,”Carly said. Then she adds, “But in agood way. I eat healthy, exercise allyear round and Coach Bukari tells usto have fun on and off the field.Sometimes, because we’re allfriends and we’re girls, we get a lit-tle chatty. That’s when Coachreminds us to be quiet and focusthe mind. One of the things I’velearned from soccer is to be mental-ly tough. Even when I get fatiguedor injured, I keep at it; try to chal-lenge myself even when I’m notgetting results.”

Teamwork

Coach D’Angelo shared this exampleof the camaraderie and unselfish-ness that can only be learned in ateam sport. “It was the state cham-pionship and we were playing in theSilverdome. Brett Gasper ’96, astarter all that year, was injured inthe semi-finals and had to sit out thechampionship. When we got in aposition very near the goal line,Omari Jett ’96, the starter, volun-

Sound mind.Detroit Country Day’s Traditionof the Scholar Athlete.

teered to step aside; he asked meto put Brett in the game and let himscore – and he did.”

Brian Young ’04 will be a sopho-more at Middlebury College, wherehe plays football and is studyingeconomics. He attended DCDSfrom Pre-K3 to grade 12, playingevery kind of sport; soccer, baseball,basket ball and football.

By the time Brian was a sophomore,he realized that football was his pas-sion. “You have a bond with yourteammates; a bond that will nevergo away,” he explained. “You bustyour butt in practice then Saturdayyou play the game, but you’re play-ing with your best friends.”

Coaches Dan MacLean and JoeD’Angelo were Brian’s mentors.They taught him that nothing comeseasy. It’s all about work becausenatural ability will only take you sofar.

“I remember football practice,”Brian said, “when college guyswould come back to visit. They saidwe should cherish this time; that it’sspecial. And it is. Growing up withthe team, playing sports with kidsfrom the beginning where youdevelop shared interests and a com-mon history is very special.”

“Now,” Brian said, “I’m one of thosecollege guys. I miss football camp,otherwise known as Camp Happy.Being up north with the footballguys, bonding with the team, andgetting to know one another was agreat experience. I remember thatCoach MacLean never criticized abil-ity but he did expect us to come outwith the fire to win. Detroit CountryDay taught me to work hard, to havean attitude of getting it done. Youlearn that you can push yourself far-ther than you ever thought.”

Jonas Gray, ’08, is a sophomorewho plays varsity football and varsi-ty basketball. He also competes intrack and field, running the 4 x 100and the 4 x 400 and winning a goldmedal in the 100 meter dash at theUSATF Junior Olympics this pastsummer.

When asked about his participationin so many sports, Jonas quietlyreplies, “I like to stay involved.” Healso loves the teamwork and beingthere for the team. “Football campis incredible,” he said. “For five daysyou’re together in a cabin and youhave the chance to know people in away you normally wouldn’t experi-ence.”

Of all the things that Jonas is learn-ing at Detroit Country Day, he saysthe most important is the ability tostay focused and to ask for helpwhen you need it. A natural leader,Jonas was elected to Class Boardby his peers, a role that puts you inthe position to organize events thatbenefit the class and the school.

Looking ahead, Jonas would like toplay football and track during collegeand is interested in pursuing acareer in the law. Meanwhile, he’lldo everything possible to followCoach MacLean’s advice, “Find away to win and help your team-mates win.”

Full Circle

Steve Mann ’88, has come full cir-cle from student athlete to parent ofDCDS students and now assistant

coach of varsity football and varsitytrack and field. “This is a great situ-ation for me,” Steve said. “Now, I’mcoaching with my coaches, JoeD’Angelo and Dan MacLean and Iwant students to learn from mewhat I learned from them.”

Remembered as the guy on thereceiving end of a last second passto win Detroit Country Day’s firststate championship, Steve knowsthat participation in sports is a wayto learn discipline, teamwork,foster mental toughness and theability to keep going when thingsaren’t going your way. But it’s oftenthe kid who isn’t necessarily athleti-cally gifted that gets the most out ofa sport. They learn that they canexcel, they experience teamworkand find a new sense of self fromaccomplishing something that hadseemed impossible. “One of mygreatest thrills as a coach,” Stevesaid, “is the kid who thought hecouldn’t make it through footballcamp, because when he does (witheveryone’s support) this individual’smentality is changed and a new con-fidence arises.”

“The school has worked hard todevelop an athletic program to equalthe academic standard of excel-lence already in place,” Steve said.“I feel a sense of responsibility forwhat has been achieved and I wantto give back so that this tradition ofthe scholar athlete endures.”

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Lower School - Big Leaps

Running, skipping and throwing are fun, but

they are also fundamental to the physical and

social development of lower school students.

While it looks like play, the Pre-K 3 through

Grade 2 movement education program is

designed to help students develop the coordina-

tion, strength and endurance they need for their

personal growth.

Movement education lays the foundation for a

lifetime of learning that engages the whole

child. Talk to any DCDS parent or teacher of a

lower school student and they will confirm the

dramatic changes that occur during the early

years of a child’s life. Non-readers become avid

readers, pencil grasping leads to story writing

and verbal skills that were minimal become a

torrent of words.

Starting early and throughout life, it’s not only

how you are, it’s also how are you getting along

with others. Learning to move and moving as a

way to learn is the beginning of solid social skills

that acknowledge the self and recognize a con-

nection to others. The development of complex

physical and cognitive abilities begins here with

the simple exhilaration of moving through space.

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It’s lunch time. It’s also time to listen and learn at the Junior School. After

each meal, students spend about five minutes listening to classical music.

The same piece is played for a week, but each time the selection is heard, the

teaching focus is on something different; an aspect of the composer’s life, the

time period in which the piece of music was written, or a description of the

musical form that is being used.

For a few minutes each day, music of fine composers, past and present,

is included in the routine of junior school students. Though not intended

as an antidote to popular culture, the opportunity to sit quietly and listen

attentively is an important part of personal development.

Learning to listen is fundamental to learning in general. As students learn to

open their ears, they are opening their minds to complex musical ideas and the

joy of listening to great music again and again.

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No longer a child, not yet an adult, you are

(oh, my goodness) an adolescent. It’s that in

between time; growing out of where you were

and becoming who you will be. Detroit Country

Day Middle School is designed to help students

make the transition from Junior School to the

rigorous college preparatory regime of the

Upper School.

Yes, there’s homework. But, there’s also recog-

nition that there are different learning styles and

levels of cognitive ability. As students strive to

keep pace with the changes in themselves, the

Middle School acknowledges the presence of

insecurity and the need for personal challenges.

The boundaries of expectation are well defined,

yet exploration and discovery are encouraged.

In addition to the development of academic

skills, students can choose from a variety of

electives to reflect their interests and continue

learning beyond the core curriculum. But what

about the fun stuff? Yes, there are school par-

ties, field trips, exposure to guest speakers,

great artists, and opportunities for community

service at school and elsewhere. Being in the

middle is a great place to be.

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“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything thatcounts can be counted.”

“If A is success in life, then the equation is A equals x plus y plus z.X is work; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.” – Albert Einstein

“To the class of 2005, success has come in great measure. There is little doubt that

you have figured out “x,” and have learned the value of hard work in life. There

is no doubt at all that you have figured out “y,” and have learned the value of play

in life; in the commons room, in the hallway, in the classroom - anywhere and

any time you are not doing “x.”

Now, you haven’t figured out “z” yet. But that’s alright. You have years to learn

the value of discretion, and we have been happy to trade a little peace and quiet

for the honor of teaching such a spirited and accomplished class.

Excerpt from Headmaster Salutation to the Class of 2005

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convocation

award winnersaward winnersHeadmaster’s Cup Awardwinners Kathleen and MhoireMurphy stop for a photo withHeadmaster Jerry Hansen.

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Headmaster’s CupKathleen and Mhoire Murphy ‘05

Citation Ryan McCullough ‘05

The Headmaster’s Cup has the longest tradition at CountryDay, donated by our founding headmaster, F. Alden Shaw, andfirst presented in 1926. The award recognizes the senior whois a good scholar, an outstanding citizen, an athlete of achieve-ment and who is respected as well as admired by studentsand faculty.

Anthony C. Buesser CupMatthew Finkel ‘05

Citation Sanjay Aneja ‘05

The Anthony C. Buesser Cup is awardedto the senior student who has distin-guished himself or herself in the field ofwriting and oral expression; who has par-ticipated successfully in competitive,interscholastic athletics; and who has demonstrated qualities ofcourtesy, good sportsmanship and a willingness to help otherswithin the school community.

Women’s Athletic CupMeganYoung ‘05

CitationTiera DeLaHoussaye ‘05

TheWomen’s Athletic Cup has been pre-sented annually since 1978 to the femaleathlete in the Upper School whoseachievement in terms of leadership,sportsmanship, ability, accomplishmentsand contributions makes her the out-

standing representative of that which Detroit Country DaySchool seeks to teach through women’s athletics.

Men’s Athletic CupJonTrotter ‘05

Citation Matt Riley ‘05

The Men’s Athletic Cup, established in1937, is presented annually to the maleathlete in the Upper School whoseachievement in terms of leadership,sportsmanship, ability, accomplishmentsand contributions make him the outstand-ing representative of what Detroit Country Day School seeks toteach through athletics.

Richard A. SchlegelLeadership AwardAllie Obermeyer ‘05

The Richard A. Schlegel LeadershipAward recognizes the senior who, in theopinion of the faculty, represents themost outstanding academic, intellectualand moral leadership in the finest tradi-tion of the Detroit Country Day School

gentleman or lady scholar as evidenced through his or herachievements and the life he or she lives.

Amy and Alden Shaw AwardJonTrotter ‘05

Citation Megan Beems ‘05

Detroit Country Day’s founder F. Alden Shaw and his wife Amyset forth this special award. Recognizing that the excellent qual-ities of character, talent and ability are not only measured byacademic achievement, it was the wish of Mr. and Mrs. Shawto have this cup presented annually to the senior who by his orher cooperation and contributions best furthers the principles ofCountry Day.

Fine Arts CupEdmund Holmes ‘05 andAmanda Palmer ‘05

This award recognizes the Upper Schoolart student who has, through exhibition,competition and recognition, demonstrat-ed excellence in and dedication to the artprogram at Detroit Country Day School.The award was established in 1984 by Mr.and Mrs. Norman Berry, Jr. and their fam-ily; it is dedicated to the memory of Harry D. Schwarzer,Chairman of the DCDS Fine Arts Department from 1971 until hisdeath in 1988, and founder of Friends of the Arts.

Clayton Hill GordonScience AwardRyan McCullough ‘05

This award is presented to the outstandingUpper School science student of the yearin honor of the Board of Trustees ChairmanEmeritus, Clayton Hill Gordon, M.D. Thisaward was established by KatherineGilchrist Fletcher in 1977 at the conclusionof Dr. Gordon’s term as chairman.

Steve Tarczy AwardAlison Miles ‘05

Citation Christy Hammonds ‘05

The Tarczy Award, which is given to theindividual who displays dedication andcourage in playing athletics by overcom-ing physical obstacles and who, in doingso, serves as an inspiration to others,asks much of its recipient. In combina-tion with individual fortitude and perseverance, inspiration mustbe tangibly experienced by others. This outward display demon-strates character few individuals possess.

Walk on the Wild Side

Lions, zebras and leopards, oh my!The May 6th and 7th Safari Auction

was wildly successful, raisingover $430,000.00 to enrich the

learning experience ofDetroit Country Day students.

Friday Family Auction Chair Loree Meneguzziand her intrepid team created an eveningof kid-friendly fun, with temporary tattooartists, live animals, great gift baskets,live auction items and ready made

theme parties (when a special occasionneeds a jump start)!

Saturday night Safari Guides Jeannie Bourgetand Carol Desai, aided by volunteers

and contributions from parents, sponsors,advertisers and donors, lead the way to greatauction items; including tickets to the All Star

Game, trips to Las Vegas, or skiing atSteamboat Springs, Colorado.

It was wild and very worthwhile.Thank you everyone!

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We asked you to speak up and you did. Your voice and your ideas, asexpressed in the alumni survey, are being used to shape the future ofCountry Day. More than 700 of you responded to share your thoughtsabout your experience as a student and how you feel about the school today.

Ninety-five percent of you said that your Country Day education preparedyou well for college, ninety-two percent said you were proud of your associ-ation with the school and that the individualized attention you receivedfrom the faculty was a source of inspiration. You also told us that improve-ments needed to be made to the school’s web site. In response to your sug-gestions we launched an all new and improved web site with new featuresincluding an on-line directory, an interactive career resource center thatalumni can use as a part of their professional development, the ability toselect your own password, the option to post your photos to share withclassmates, and much more.

You told us that a mentoring program would have been invaluable whenyou were a student. Now, we’re introducing the program you wanted onlyyou will be dispensing the wisdom and good counsel to current students.You indicated your desire to have a better understanding of the use of fundsraised through alumni annual giving. In this year’s annual report we provid-ed a detailed overview of how your support benefits the school.

We always welcome your thoughts and we value your ideas. Your insightsare helping us to shape and develop projects that will improve the experi-ence of today’s students and add continuing value to your lifetime involve-ment in the DCDS community.

Thank you for all that you do. Keep talking, we’re listening!

Alumni Relations MessageBy Kira Mann ’89, Director of Alumni Relations

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Alumni SportsAlumni Sports1 Alumni Baseball Joe Cassise ’96

2 Alumni Lacrosse Sean Leary ’99 (right)

3 Alumni Lacrosse Mohsen Nasir ’98 (left),Steve Litwin ’01 (right)

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5 Alumni Baseball

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U.S. Olympic soccer gold medalist Kate (Sobrero)

Markgraf ’94, who is currently playing professional soccer,came the distance for the annual Upper School Mother-Daughter Breakfast this past April. She proved she was ateam player when the Upper School Parent’s Associationinvited her to speak at the breakfast and she flew in fromSweden, where she was training, just for the event.

Markgraf ’s former high school soccer coach Robert Bukarigave a short introduction before she took center stage.“Soccer has been an incredible journey,” she said, “I learneda lot about myself.”

Her journey began at the tender age of five when, she recol-lected, “My dad was my first coach and I played with all theboys in my neighborhood. I remember the orange slices atthe half and the brownies at the end of every game. I reallymiss those days.”

The next big step in her outstanding soccer career came atCountry Day where she helped win the state championshiptitle in 1991, stacking up 16 goals and 26 assists for the sea-son. Markgraf completed her education at Country Day in

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1994 after which she attended Notre Dame on a full schol-arship. During her stay at Notre Dame, she was on athree-time National Soccer Coaches Association ofAmerica (NSCAA) All-American team; in 1995 her teamwon the NCAA women’s soccerchampionship in which she wasnamed defensive MVP of the NCAA’sFinal Four. In 1997 she earned thetitle of defensive player of the yearduring the Big East selection.Markgraf joined her first U.S.women’s national team in 1998, win-ning the World Cup in 1999. Shewas on the U.S. women’s soccer teamin both 2000 and 2004, winning silver and gold medals,respectively.

Even though Markgraf has an extremely busy schedule, sheis planning on attending law school to follow her secondpassion: helping children. “Most kids just need a littlepush. They’re good kids, but just in bad situations.”

At the conclusion of her presentation, the Upper SchoolParent’s Association presented her with a donation to theJuvenile Law Center, her favorite children’s rights organi-zation.

Mothers and daughters alike wereimpressed by her dedication and pos-itive attitude. “Not only could sherelate to the athletes but she alsorelated to all girls’ problems withgrowing up,” said Varsity SoccerCaptain Melanee Smith ‘05.

Following her presentation, Markgrafgave autographs, took pictures with the current varsitywomen’s soccer team, and allowed them to wear her 2004Olympic gold medal.

Kate Markgraf does more than prove what you can accom-plish by following your dreams - she epitomizes the quali-ty of character and passion for achievement the schoolstrives to inspire in each and every one of its students.

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2 18th Street Lounge, Washington, DC

3 (from left) Erin McCullough ’01,Gunjan Malik ’00 and SameerKumar ’00

4 (from left) Greeshma Rai ’93,Samhitha Rai ’04, ManishaShenava ’04, Anna Eliassen ’04,Natalie Razdolsky ’04 andMoneka Bahadur ’04

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5 (from left) Nick Packey ’99, friendBrandon Meyer and Brett Kaplan ’99

6 (from left) Esinam Bediako ’01 andKafui Bediako ’97

7 (from left) Tim Conway ’85, BJHarmon ’85, Stacie Smith ’04,TimWong ’94 and Avik Roy ’90

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receptionsalumni

Whether you live around the corner or around the globe, Country Day’s got you covered with opportunities to just have

fun. This year, we sponsored regional receptions in Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and New

York City. Relocated classmates joined the action as we dropped in to their new hometowns to catch up.

For information on a regional reception near you, contact Kira Mann, Alumni Relations Director,

at (248) 646-7717 or e-mail kmann@dcds.edu.

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8 (from left) Former DCDS FacultyMarianne Kruze and ReenaNavuluri ’00

9 (from left) HeatherWeyand ’88,Charles Shaw ’42, Lara (Honos)Webb ’88 and James Hurst ’90

10(from left) AnthonyVolpe ’83,former faculty Marianne Kruze,and current faculty BeverlyHannett-Price,

11 (from left) AdamTootla ’99 andMark Ambrose ’99

12 (from left) Jeff Strauss ’72 and wifeAmy, and Kira Mann ’89

13 (from left) Kathryn Lucas ’90,Anup Sinha ’89, current facultyBeverly Hannett-Price, andDerek Rundell ’89

alumni classnotes

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1949

L. Stanford Evans reports that theClass of 1949 held its annual dinner onDecember 13, 2004. In attendance wereChuck Gibson, Gordon Lewis, Bruce

Kresge, Bud Somers, Pete Levitte,

TomWilson, Ralph Puchalski andStan Evans.

ThomasWilson writes that every yearsince 1969, the Class of 1949 has helda reunion. Some years it became sopopular that guys from 1947 and 1950attended too. Of the original 15 in theclass, 11 are still living. Five of thosewho attended this year's event are stillfull-time and active in their businessesor professions.

1954

On August 17, 2005 WilliamVanderKloot earned his Master of Artsin history from the University ofRichmond.

1960

Jonathan Rose writes, "I rememberMr. Shaw's assembly when Sputniklanded. He was talking about preservingAmerican values, which included free-dom of speech. I work in Ann Arbor asa lawyer, most known for representingtenants, though I do general litigationwith my work partner of nineteen years.I have a satisfying existence and love togo canoeing. I would correspond withany Country Day person who remem-bers me, also any Country Day personwho has a passion for free speech andlikes to share thoughts about it. I doperceive an erosion of free speech.Please write jonathanirose@yahoo.com."

1961

Alan McBride has been living and work-ing in Shanghai for the past three years.He works for Hu-Friedy a dental instru-ment manufacturer based in Chicago.He manages the Shanghai operations forHu-Friedy and is three years into a five-year contract. At the duration of hiscontract, he will retire with his wife attheir home in Boyne City, Michigan.

1964

Robert Hayes works for the State ofMichigan as an Economic Analyst.

1965

Nick Martin's daughter Jamie recentlycompleted her freshman year at theUniversity of Arizona in Tucson. Henow lives in Lake Worth Florida wherehe has started a new property investmentcompany and also continues with histravel consulting business.

Henry Sobell and his wife Julia havebeen married for 23 years and have foursons and a daughter. Benjamin is in theIT department of Detroit Edison, Jacob isa watchmaker in Minneapolis, Stephen isa sophomore at Northern MichiganUniversity, George is a senior at CroswellLexington High School and Ann is infourth grade at Geger Elementary -Croswell. They reside at the familyproperty on Lake Huron in Lexington,Michigan. Henry is employed as adirector of process engineering for anautomotive supplier, Pullman Industries,Inc. and his wife has owned her ownbusiness, Yardscape, a garden mainte-nance business, for seven years.Henry reports that they are busy with thechildren, children's sports and dogs.He writes, "On a sad note, my father,M. Henry Sobell, Jr. '39 passed awayon January 4, 2004."

Class of 1949: Bud Somers, TomWilson, Chuck Gibson,Dr. Ralph Ruchalski, Pete Levitte, Stan Evans, Bruce Kresge,Gordon Lewis

William VanderKloot ’54

1967

Tim Baughman completed his30th year in the Wayne CountyProsecutor's Office in April, 2005,where his daughter, Lori Palmer, isan assistant prosecutor. Tim has twobeautiful granddaughters, Aidenand Maren.

1968

Lawrence Bajor received a doctoratein May, 2002, from Michigan StateUniversity at the age of 52. His sonDavid is a third-year medical studentat Case Western Reserve.

Dwight Edwards writes, "My oldestdaughter, Rebecca, has left the lawpractice of Jones and Walker in NewOrleans and has come back to Chicago,where she passed the Bar in Februaryand is now working in the corporateand securities section of Levefeld &Pearlstein, L.L.C. My other daughter,Elizabeth, who is an Electrical Engineerworking for IBM in Rochester,Minnesota just received some excitingnews. She has been awarded a NationalResearch Foundation Graduate ResearchFellowship. She also learned that she hasbeen accepted into the PhD programin Electrical Engineering at StanfordUniversity. She will begin her graduatestudies in the fall of 2005. As for me, itis the same old same old; just raisingfunds and helping to see that our manyprograms in dental research, education,access to care and charitable assistanceare funded. We raised over $250,000 inJanuary for the Tsunami Relief effortand have just finished up the awardingof $225,000 for semi-dependent olderadult access to oral health care grants.Through the remainder of 2005 we arelaying plans for a $500M campaignfor dental education. This effortshould take me to retirement or killme in the process!"

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Alaine Frene was the very first exchangestudent at Country Day in 1972. He isopening a real estate agency near hishome in Noisy-le-Roi, France, close toVersailles. He writes, "It might interestsome alumni who plan to come toParis for business and would searchfor a home. The agency will be partof the ERA Group.”

Peter Gordon lives in Puerto Vallarta,Mexico where he practices medicine.

1973

Don Gargaro moved to the Aspen,Colorado area with his wife Kim andtheir two Australian shepherds. Heis the Clinical Director at JaywalkerLodge, an extended care programfor men recovering from addiction.

1974

Dan Gilbert's daughter Lindsey graduat-ed from high school in June, 2005, hissons Daniel and Wyatt are busy keepingdad and mom younger every day!

Each year, for the past 31 years, duringthe first weekend in May, Jim Ives

heads to the woods with classmatesBarry Pool, BobWilson,Tony Buesser,

Al Hascal, LevWood and sometime

Andy Buesser and Marty Gargaro, toenjoy all that Pigeon River has to offer.This year featured dueling paintball(above) between Al Hascal and TonyBuesser.

Michael Lutz's practice, PreferredUrology Consultants, P.C. was recentlyfeatured in Hour Magazine as one of thepremier facilities in Michigan.

ChrisThomas confesses, "In 1974,Dan Gilbert '74 and I drove Mr.Gilbert's car onto the track at 3:00 a.m.in heavy snow. We did one lap aroundthe track. What fun!!"

1975

Jim Boyle has founded a non-profitorganization dedicated to helping futureand current parents of college students.His group, College Parents of America,lobbies for federal and state supportof higher education, provides timelyinformation for parents as their studentsjourney to and through college, andcreates access to discounts of families'college-related expenses. Jim and hiswife Kellie's own future college students,Griffin and Tucker, are in seventh andfourth grade, respectively.

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1976

Linda Angell Hanson writes, "I findmyself in a school much like CountryDay, teaching Algebra and directing ourinterim program. Interim is a week ofexperiential learning in mid March andthe students travel, perform communityservice and explore careers. My hus-band and four daughters are doing well.We find ourselves on both sides ofSports Illustrated's bitterest rivalry -Kathleen is a senior at Auburn andJennifer is a senior at Alabama. Krisitinis a sophomore in high school and Emilyis in eighth grade. Life in the Heart ofDixie suits us just fine! We don't missthe DC traffic or congestion at all.John's job at NASA is focused on theshuttle replacement program. With mygrandparents, my mom and dad allgone, I don't get back to Detroit much,but I miss it!"

Stephen Modell is pleased to reportthat the Michigan Center for Genomicsand Public Health, where he is responsi-ble for dissemination activities, recentlyreceived a 4-year renewal grant from theCenters for Disease Control andPrevention. As part of the last fundingphase, he and co-instructor Toby Citrin,converted a public-health genetics coursethey teach at the University of MichiganPublic Health, into an online version.Steve's daughter Marrisa is finishing firstgrade at Martin Luther King Jr.Elementary School in Ann Arborand enjoying the sports he wished hehad time for.

John Summerville visited DCDSthis summer with his children Steven(13) and Lesley (11). They were allimpressed! John has been living inRichmond, VA since 1987, working asa pathologist specializing inhematopathology. He enjoys biking,running, weird cars and old houses.He recently attended a pathologyseminar and to his surprise, Yale profes-sor John Inward '70 was the speaker!

Julie KingWelsh was recently featuredin Hour Magazine, celebrating her wed-ding to Jeff Welsh. Julie met Jeff whileshe was a senior at Country Day and hewas a freshman at Michigan State.

1977

Michael Keech has been living inLondon for 11 years and is currentlyworking for the Luxury Division ofDiageo in marketing. He writes thathe is still with his girlfriend of five years,and is generally enjoying life. "It wouldbe great to re-connect with oldclassmates so drop me a line!"

JohnnieWoodson lives in Las Vegas,Nevada with his wife Linda and theirthree wonderful children, Johnnie III,Mark and Monique. For the past 12years he has been the Director ofWoodson Dermatology Group, PrincipleInvestigator of Woodson Clinical StudiesGroup and Assistant Professor ofDermatology at the University ofNevada School of Medicine. Inaddition to his practice, Johnnie keepsbusy coaching his son's basketball teamat the Boys and Girls Club.

1978

CourtneyVance and his wife AngelaBassett are starring in the play "His GirlFriday" which opened July 15, 2005 atMinneapolis' Guthrie Theater.

BillWilson's company, ClientSoftmerged with Neon Systems. He joinedthe Neon Systems Board of Directors,running the successor companyClientSoft. Bill and his familywelcomed another baby in January,2005. "Life is great!"

1979

John Levin writes, "I just wanted to letall my classmates who showed up for the25-year reunion know it was great to seethem. Thanks to the Country DayAlumni Office for making this reuniona wonderful time. I cannot wait forthe 30th!"

1980

Josh Davis has been teaching Latinat University High School in Irvine,California, for almost twenty years. Thisyear, he was recognized as Irvine UnifiedSchool District Teacher of the Year.

Ada Kusnetz's three children, Al ,Claire and Ellie are growing up fast.Jane (Elgee) Dama ’80 was in townand stopped in to visit with Ada and herfamily. "It was great to see her."

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Thomas Largo was married to PeggyHeatley (Seaholm Class of 1970) inSeptember, 2005, on Mackinac Island.The couple plan to buy a house in theWilliamston/Okemos area.

Michael Olgren gave up his position asan alternate delegate for the AMA inorder to have more time to spend withhis family. His daughter Kate is now 11and his son Matt is 9. Michael is stillpracticing medicine in Grand Rapids,MI.

Michelle Bomze Ortiz lives in SealBeach, CA with her husband and theirson. She works in Newport Beach as aproject manager for a large real estatefirm, the Irvine Company. "I love work-ing by the beach.

LaVerne Evans Srinivasan writes,"I am married with three children;Samantha, Jack and Eliza. I live in NewYork City. I have left BMG as generalcouncil and am now the DeputyChancellor of Operations for theNew York Department of Education."

Michelle RaglandWest and her hus-band Charles were recently selected asparticipants in the six month RockyFitness Challenge held in Colorado.

1981

Since January 2005, Outi HeiskanenHolopainen has been serving as aCounselor at the Embassy of Finlandin Stockholm, Sweden. She writes,"My life as a diplomat is enriched bymy husband, Pekka, and our five chil-dren Maria (15), Laura (14), Markus(11), Patrick (8) and Saara (5).

Ella Nino recently published a bookwith a colleague from the Universityof Michigan Department of Radiology,Barry Gross. The book is called TheCore Curriculum and it is one in aseries of textbooks that serve as guidesfor radiology residents' rotations andstudy tools for written boards orrecertification exams.

Dan Stulberg recently moved toDenver, Colorado where he directsthe University of Colorado's FamilyMedicine Residency at RoseMedical Center.

GordonWhitehead has been promotedto the rank of Lieutenant Colonel inthe Army Reserve where he serves asan Infantry Officer.

1982

Tab Ahmad is a system administrator atLear Corporation. He recently movedback to Royal Oak. He writes,"Still single and having fun!"

On July 23, 2005, Stacie Schiff Bahlereceived a second rabbinic ordinationfrom the Alliance for Jewish Renewal.She writes, "The study process has beenrigorous but I am indebted to CountryDay for giving me the tools to apply inthis program!"

Brad Goodman is an interventionalphysiatrist in a group orthopedic prac-tice. He writes, "I married a girl fromBirmingham - not Michigan, butAlabama. We have two children, Ben(9) and Anna Lisa (6). I still try to playa lot of tennis along with other sports.

ElmosWoods writes, "My wife and Iare pleased to announce the birth of oursecond daughter, Paulina Gerard Woods,on March 8, 2005."

1983

William Cardasis was elected asPresident of the Midwestern Chapterof the American Academy of Psychiatryand the Law for the coming year andalso was elected President-Elect of theMichigan Psychiatric Society, districtbranch of the American PsychiatricAssociation. He is also the AdmissionsUnit Director of the Michigan Centerfor Psychiatry and maintains an activepractice in forensic psychiatry, focusingon violence risk assessment andconsultation to business and industryon the subject of workplace violence.

1984

Robert Centeno writes, "Aftergraduating from the University ofMichigan Medical School, I moved toSeattle. I met my best friend and futurewife, Susan, completed my residencyin anesthesiology, finally married mywonderful wife, and practiced in LasVegas for five years. In 1999, we movedto Boise, where we are raising our threeboys and baby girl (Jackson, Luca,Sammy and Estella). If anyone faintlyremembers me I would love to hearfrom you!"

Rick Sutkiewicz recently acquiredThermal-Netics, Inc., headquartered inBerkley, Michigan. Thermal-Netics wasfounded in 1972 and is a manufacturer'srepresentative of products and servicesfor heating/cooling ventilation systemsand associated services for commercialand industrial clients in the state ofMichigan. Rick resides in Clarkston,Michigan at Oakhurst Golf and CountryClub with his wife Michelle and twochildren Ben and Carly.

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1985

Petter Kolm and his wife live in NewYork City. After receiving his PhD inmathematics from Yale University in2000, he worked for Goldman Sachs onWall Street for several years before decid-ing to start his own business. He is cur-rently co-authoring a book on equityportfolio management. He also spendstime doing research in finance at theSchool of Management at YaleUniversity.

Ranjan Maitra writes, "My wife Terraand I welcomed our daughter LayneAlexandra to our lives on February 13,2004. We enjoy watching her growhere in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ihave been in practice here for the pastfour years since the completion of mytraining, practicing sports medicineand general orthopedics with CharlotteOrthopedic Specialists."

John Smith is a sportscaster withMiami station WPLG (ABC Affiliate,Channel 10). He started in Miami inMay, 2004 after two years with Raleigh,North Carolina station News 14Carolina. For 2 and 1/2 years beforethat, he worked for CBS in New YorkCity as an associate producer. John andhis wife Belinda welcomed a baby girlthis summer.

SeanWilliams is living in Chicagoand works as a commercial and fine artphotographer. He owns Ethos Studios."I'm still grateful to John Gilbert fortaking me under his wing - backwhen he could still smoke his pipein his office!"

1986

Liz Lerner Hetzer celebrated hertwo-year anniversary on October 5,2004. She and her husband Benwelcomed their first child in early April.She is an 11-year veteran of Nike Inc.,where she currently is working as thenortheast tennis specialty sales rep. Shecontinues to stay active by playing leaguetennis and competing in regional tennistournaments. She also enjoys roadcycling and has lived happily inPhiladelphia for the past six years. Lizwrites, "Hello to all fellow 1990 grads!"

Christa Alessandri-Howley's thirdchild, Kacey, was born in October, 2003."To get back in shape, I accepted a darefrom my sister. In July, 2004, we bothcompeted and finished a sprint triathlonin Naperville, Illinois. I'm looking for-ward to doingit again next year. My other children,Conner and Eric, love watching mepractice for my race."

Sam Mims and his wife Michellerecently celebrated their 13-yearwedding anniversary. On May 21,2004, they welcomed their 5th childinto the world. Justice Akhir weighed9 pounds, 5 ounces. Their oldest sonJihad is a freshman at Country Day.Their other three sons, Jibril, Jabbar andJalil attend Bates Academy. They alsoaspire to become Country Day students.Sam lives in Detroit's North Rosedalepark community and has been employedat Daimler-Chrysler's Jefferson Northassembly plant for ten years.

Rob Roth is a general and traumasurgeon at St. Joseph's Hospital, a levelII trauma center, in Tampa, Florida.

MariannaWalker Stephens writes,"After leaving Michigan in 1984, ourfamily moved to Florida where we havebeen since. KathleenWalker '87 and Ilive within two minutes of each other. Imarried a fabulous man (Bob) inDecember of 2002, and gave birth toour first perfect baby boy Brock WalkerStephens in December 2003. We pur-chased our business "Bargain Signs" inMarch of 2004. Life is sweet!"

In February, 2005, KathleenTurlandmoved from her position with a litiga-tion boutique in New York City toLitigation Counsel at GE CommercialFinance in Connecticut. She writes,"I love my new job which has lots ofexciting challenges and is closer to myhome. Also, while skiing in Snowmasswith my family in March, I ran intoMichael Lim ’86."

BrianWilley and his wife Laura movedto the Washington, DC area thissummer. "I have taken a position withPrimerica's sister company, Citibank,as Vice-President and Center Managerof the Georgetown location. Mydaughters, Alexandra, Jacqueline andLeanne, look forward to the weekendsat the beach."

John Smith and wife Belinda

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1987

Dennis Archer's wife Robbie gave birthto their first child, Dennis Wayne ArcherIII on April 2, 2005. He weighed 6pounds, 14 ounces. Dennis was recentlyfeatured in Crains Top 40 under 40 List.

Jill Johnston Burress writes, "Wecelebrated our 11th wedding anniversaryand our daughter just started kinder-garten. I am continuing to work as anoccupational therapist in brain injuryand spinal cord recovery for DMC inNovi. I still love it after 13 years!Robyn (Place) Albreacht '87 and I stillplay soccer competitively in a women'sover thirty league in Canton. I'm nottoo old to play...yet!"

Mike Hanafee writes, “I have beenblessed with a wonderful wife, Susan,and four energetic children - Kevin(nine), Carolyn (five), Ian (three) andClaire (one). Today, I am privilegedto serve in the ministry at CommunityBaptist Church in South Bend,Indiana and can be reached atmikehanafee@aol.com."

After law school, Paul Hervey ended upquite by accident in his hometown ofCanton, Ohio, where he and his wifeJane chase after their three pre-schoolers.

Pat Leahy and his wife Mimi welcomeda new baby girl, Jamison Mikhela Leahyon July 17, 2005. Jamison weighed8 pounds, 7.6 ounces and measured20.5 inches.

Kevin MacKenzie recently became ashareholder with Gifford, Krass, Groh,Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, PC.Kevin is a new member of the DCDSAlumni Council.

1988

Scott Matasar was selected as one ofnine young leaders of the AmericanJewish Committee who traveled toIsrael, Egypt and Morocco to consultwith senior government officials, news-paper editors and business executives.

Lara HonosWebb's book "The Gift ofADHD: Transforming your child's prob-lems into strengths" was recently fea-tured in the Wall Street Journal. She hascontracted to write her second book"The Gift of Depression" which is dueout in December, 2006. In addition toher writing, Lara welcomed a new babygirl, Audrey Sophia Webb, on February18th. She weighed 9 pounds 2 ounces.

Dolly KerinWeisserman, along withher husband Gary and son Drew,welcomed baby Simon on June 5, 2005."Drew couldn't be more thrilled withhis new baby brother."

Above: Alex Park’s first birthday.He is the son of Andrew Park ‘89.

Above: Amy Carson Schussel’s ‘89children, Lindsay and Jacob.

Above: Lara Honos Webb’s ‘87 childrenAudrey Sophia and Kenny.

Shannon Ruana with grandma andTesting and Curriculum Coordinatorfor the Lower and Junior Schools,Karen Burk.

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1988

James Green is happily enjoying thefruits of a mid-life crisis in SantaMonica, California where he liveswith his son Joseph. "While I have pur-chased a convertible, I have so farrestrained all impulses to dye my rapidlygraying hair or get laser surgery. I amstill working as a civil litigator inCentury City. In November, 2004,I stopped by Country Day to say ‘hi’to Coach Corwin. I also found Mrs.Hannett in almost the exact same place(geographically and in terms of lessonplan) as when I left in 1988. My best toeveryone." His son Joseph is now 6 yearsold and in first grade.

MarkWisnieski's daughter Veronica,above, is now 6 months old.

1989

Keith Albertie writes, "Business is goingwell at RKA Petroleum. Jackie and I areselling our current home and building anew one in Birmingham. It should becompleted by spring of '06. Greta andEmma are turning three this year andjust starting to get into trouble." Keithwas recently featured in Crain’s Top 40Under 40.

Lori Kaftan-Barron's husband Marcstarted his new job as Judge ofthe 48th District Court in BloomfieldTownship, Michigan on January 3,2005. Lori sends special thanks to allof the Country Dayers who voted andhelped in the campaign last November,Marlo Boesky Scott '89, Andrew Cook

'89, Keith Alberti '89 and too manyothers to list. The new Judge Barronhas participated in Country Day CareerDay while serving as an OaklandCounty Prosecutor and also hosted astudent for his senior project.

Ken Burk and his wife Laura welcomedShannon Ruana on June 25, 2005. Sheweighed 8 lbs, 1.4 oz. and was 20 incheslong. “We are having an absolutelywonderful time being parents!”

Nestor Deocampo is an AssistantProfessor at Michigan State University.

Nancy's Peisner Goldstone sonSam turned two in May, 2005. She isteaching part-time and still livingoutside of Boston.

After 15 years in Boston, SteveKalkanis and his wife returned hometo Michigan this past year. He writes,"I have joined the department ofneurosurgey at Henry Ford andBeaumont Hospitals, where I specializein brain tumor surgery and stem cellresearch. Laurel and I were thrilled towelcome our first child, Nicholas, intothe world this past September, and weare currently in the process of buildinga home in Bloomfield Hills. We lookforward to getting back in touch withour friends here!"

Kyle Kerbawy and his wife Michellewelcomed a baby boy, Carter NicholasPaul Kerbaway, on February 22, 2005.Carter weighed 7 pounds, 6 ouncesand measured 19 inches.

Rob Mihalich will be completing hisresidency in orthopedic surgery and willbe doing a fellowship in Dallas next year.His son Will is almost 3.

Anup Sinha is living in southernCalifornia and working as a scout forthe St. Louis Cardinals.

Jennifer Passer Stauber recentlymoved to London.

1990

Jessica Daniels recently starred as thefemale lead in the film "Coldwater."Catch her movie trailer at:www.sitextensive.com/coldwater.

Shannon Curtis Ferguson writes, "Ourbeautiful baby Zeke was born right onhis due date, April 21, 2005! What agood boy! The whole family is doingvery well and is in love with their newestmember.

Shaba Haq and her husband, MichaelCote, are busy working for Accenturein Reston, Virginia. She writes, "Wehad a beautiful little girl named Leilaon December 18, 2002. Leila weighed8 pounds, 6 ounces and is the happiestbaby we know. We visit Michigan oftenand are looking forward to catching upwith everyone at our 15-year reunion!"

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Bela Mehta recently moved to Chicagoafter spending four years in Boston. Shewrites, "We are enjoying our little Maya,now 2 years old and also Country Dayfriends in the area, Vishali Aggarwal'90 and Aarti Malik '90. Helloto all of our classmates."

Shahid Murtuza and his wife Nomaare the proud parents of HanaanSa'eeda. She was born in December,2004, and likes to keep her parents busy."Parenthood is so the bomb. I'm stillin chemical research and developmentat GE Silicone near Albany, New York.It is indeed, a glorious life."

Chris Nagle writes, "2004 was a goodyear for me. In September, I marriedan angel named Stacy Chenoweth. Forour honeymoon we decided to take awalk on the wild side and traveled toTanzania, East Africa. What an adven-ture of a lifetime! If you're interestedin going to east Africa and want someplanning tips, feel free to email me atfalcon32V@aol.com. Recently, Stacyand I moved from Maryland to Bostonfor my residency training. We are livingin a sleepy little town on the oceancalled Cohasset. Cohasset's claim tofame is being the setting for the movie'Witches of Eastwick'."

In June, 2005, Sam Stallos Pauwels

and her husband moved from Californiato Cedar Falls, Iowa. Her husbandaccepted a position with John Deere.On August 2, 2005, they welcomedtheir first baby, George AnthonyPauwels. "He is an absolute joy! Weare enjoying our new surroundingsand loving parenthood."

Scott Sellers and his wife welcomed anew baby in 2005. He has been busywith his new business, Encore ConsumerCapital, a private equity firm focused onthe consumer product industry. To learnmore about Scott's new business, visitwww.encoreconsumercapital.com.

DavidWalker is President of HansenGray & Company, Inc., a venture capitalcompany focused on high-tech compa-nies. David and his wife Cheryl havetwo children, Skylar and Kayley.

Betsy Marcotte Zeiger and herhusband recently visited JennySchmelzer '90 and Michael Schmelzer'94 on their small boutique vineyard,Monte Bernardi, in Chianti, Italy. Shewrites,"The vineyard is breathtaking andalthough it is hard to imagine, the wineis even more enjoyable! Thankfully,their wine will soon be available in thestates for everyone to enjoy. Michaelis busy running the vineyard and thewinery, while Jennifer handlesworldwide sales of the wine."

1991

Chandan Devireddy just completedtraining in interventional cardiology andhas decided to remain as faculty with theEmory Clinic at Emory University inAtlanta. "The past 14 years have beengood for me. I've run across theUniversity of Michigan football field asDarth Vader (during gametime ofcourse), led a medicine ward at Mt.Kilimanjaro, and have enjoyed my train-ing here in the South for the past sevenyears. My regards to the Class of 1991and please say 'hello' if Georgia is everon your mind."

Jason Dyke is now married and livingin Chicago. He received his MBA andhas a prominent position in a corpora-tion as Division Director. His wife justreceived her law degree and passed theIllinois Bar Exam last summer.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center inWaterford, Conneticut has announcedthe appointment ofWendy C. Goldbergas Artistic Director of the NationalPlaywrights Conference. As ArtisticDirector of the Playwrights Conference,Wendy Goldberg will provide artisticoversight and vision for the developmentof new works for the stage, collaboratingwith emerging and established play-wrights, actors, directors, dramaturgesand designers. In the four decades sinceits founding in 1964, the O'Neill hasseen legions of its alumni and projectsgo on to acclaim on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theater as well asfilm and television. The PlaywrightsConference has also helped launchthe careers of actors such as MichaelDouglas, Danny DeVito, Meryl Streep,and Al Pacino.

Tara Jung Grabel lives in New YorkCity with her husband Drew. "We havea daughter named Carys who is 17months old and were expecting baby #2in April. I keep in touch withNamratha Ravikant '91 and PreetiGarg Schaden '91. I was thrilled to beseated next to Aaron Hamburger '91 ata restaurant in our neighborhood rightafter his first book was published!

Aaron Hamburger writes, "My secondbook, Faith for Beginners, comes out inOctober, 2005, from Random House.Also, the American Academy of Arts& Letters awarded me their Rome Prize.I'll be living on a fellowship in Romefor a year beginning in September."

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Eric Cedo was recently named ExecutiveDirector of CreateDetroit, a local non-profit aimed at attracting and retainingtalented people in the City of Detroitand growing our local creative and entre-preneurial community. He and his wifeLaura welcomed their third child,Isabelle, in August.

Julie and Bradley Dock welcomed theirthird son, Tzi Elimelech, to the world onApril 9, 2005. Big brothers Gedalia andElie Meir are really excited about thisnew "toy" that moves and makes noise!

Melissa Kaselitz and her sister Alanajust started a new business, Echo Lane,Inc. They have offices in San Franciscoand Michigan. Thecompany does customer relationshipmanagement software consulting.

Varisa Boriboon Perlman lives inNorthville, Michigan with her husbandLarry. "We are enjoying watching ourdaughter, Isabel, grow and experiencethe world. I am practicing pediatrics inDearborn, Michigan with my mother,Dr. Krigkhan Boriboon. I hope every-one is well."

Sean Rhyee and his wife Dianewelcomed their first child, Sylvia HaeRhyee, on August 14, 2005. He is inhis last year of residency in emergencymedicine. Beginning in July, 2006,he will enter a medical toxicologyfellowship at the Rocky MountainPoison and Drug Center in Denver, Co.

Maria Sarnacki fulfilled her high schoolsuperlative (voted second most likely tobecome a teacher) by returning toCountry Day for two years to teach highschool English. She experienced theother side of the classroom and enjoyedbeing colleagues with many of her for-mer teachers, including Mr. Bowbeer,Mrs. Becker, Mr. Fremeuth, Mrs.Hannett and Mr. Shilling. After gettingmarried in the summer of 2001, she andher husband moved to Leysin,Switzerland where they currently teachstudents from around the world. Their

biggest adventure has been adjusting tolife with their new born son, Kai JaczekHuang-Sarnacki, who was born onDecember 23, 2004.

Jennifer Kirschenbaum Shane isan Account Manager for StarTraxCorporate Events where she managessuch accounts as Gatorade Super Bowl,Quicken Loans / Rock Financial,Daimler Chrysler Services, Kelly Servicesand Kelloggs. Shelives with her husband in Birminghamand loves being back in Michigan.

FlintWainess recently pitched ashow to Oxygen. To his surprise,the executive for Oxygen was AliceDickens '90.

1993

Since graduating from Country Day,Rajeshri Gandhi graduated from theUniversity of Michigan and for a shorttime, came back to teach math andcoach at Country Day. She then wenton to attend Harvard University.Rajeshiri started a Chicago PublicCharter School for immigrants andrefugees and was the principal, beforemoving to her current position at theWesterly School in California.

Jeff Gell and his wife Lindsey welcomeda son, Jesse Isaac Gell on May 4, 2004.They live in Chicago where Jeff worksfor the Boston Consulting Group as asenior manager specializing in consumerpackaged goods and corporate finance.

Tim Gramer was married on June 11,2005. His wife's name is Jennifer andshe hails from Austin, Texas. His broth-ers, Mike ’87 and Louie ’97 were thebest men. Seth Shilling ’92, MattBergemann ’92 and Matt Marsden ’92

Rich Jedlowski married SabrinaOlson on October 2, 2004, atWyndgate Country Club inRocherster Hills, Michigan. The cou-ple built a new home in RochesterHills in March, 2005.

Lisa Slovis Mandel was featuredon HGTV's "Crafters Coast toCoast."

Neomi Rao recently returned toWashington, DC from London.She accepted a position in the WhiteHouse Counsel's office.

Jeff Schlitt and his wife Jennie live inLibertyville, Illinois. They recentlywelcomed their first child, RyanEdward Schlitt on December 9, 2004.

Nine Sumetanon started a new jobas a spine specialist at Kaiser Hospitalin California. He recently attendedthe wedding of Sidney Regalado '91in Chicago.

DanielWalsh accepted a new salesposition with the L & L Wine World.He and his wife Ann have a son Sean.

1992

Aaron Alper is an emergency medi-cine resident at Botsford Hospital inFarmington, Michigan.

Paul Brodhead and his wife Erin areenjoying life in California. Paulrecently transferred from ClaremontGraduate University to CaliforniaState University Pomona. He is work-ing on his MBA with a concentrationin enterpreneurship. He recentlystarted a new job at Morgan Stanley."This has been a really great year forus. On June 21, 2005, Erin and I cel-ebrated our second wedding anniver-sary. I am so grateful to have a bestfriend like Erin."

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stood up as groomsmen. The couple haspurchased a home in Rochester Hills,Michigan. Tim is currently employed asa Technical Consultant with ComericaBank and Jennifer works for Henry FordHospital.

Valerie Harris is in residency atSpectrum Butterworth Hospital inGrand Rapids, Michigan.

Steve Lepkowski and his wife LisaOlstyn '96 recently welcomed theirfirst child, Dylan Jackson. He weighedin at 8-pounds-11-ounces and measured21 inches. They are expecting their sec-ond child in April.

Michael Macavage and his wifeMissy welcomed their second daughter,Stella Grace, on January 7, 2005.Her big sister Olivia is two years old.

Mark Peters is currently on active dutyin Iraq. He will be running ops in 13different countries, but mainly in Iraqand Baghdad. If anyone would likeinformation on sending Mark a packageor card, please contact the AlumniOffice. Mark's wife Beatrice asks thatwe keep Mark and his familyin our thoughts and prayers.

Dennis Shallal graduated from theUniversity of Michigan, Dearborn witha BS in chemistry in 1998. After grad-uation, he went into business purchasingcommercial real estate around theUS. Shortly thereafter, he also startedan insurance agency where he movesproperty insurance from one companyto another. He was married in October,2000, to Eva Kenaya and is blessedwith 2 amazing children, Grace Maryand Lucas Anthony.

Amy Underdown just bought a newhouse in Birmingham, Michigan.She lives a couple blocks away fromher brother David, who also recentlypurchased a new home.

ScottWallace and his wife Kathryncelebrated the birth of their secondchild, Anne Elizabeth, on March 8,2005. "She's healthy, happy and hasa full head of strawberry blond hair."Their son Jackson just turned two.The family lives outside New York City.Scott continues to play ice hockey oncea week in a men's league.

This past summer William Toussant

Waterman was a contestant on "IWanna Be a Soap Star" which airedon the SOAPNet network.

1994

Ajmal Ahmad is wrapping up thefilming of his new romantic comedy.

Razan Asbahi graduated in May,2005, from the University of MichiganSchool of Dentistry. She lives with herhusband, Safwan Halabi, and their sonYusuf in Northville, Michigan.

Jessica Porada Becker, her husbandJaramia and their son Beau are planningto welcome the newest edition to theBecker family on December 23, 2005.On Memorial Day weekend, theyopened their second Quizno's Subs inHolland, Michigan. Jessica and her sis-ter Samantha are pictured on the labelon the brussel sprout holiday soda byJones Soda Co.'s. They submitted aphoto from the 2003 DetroitThanksgiving Day Parade.Less than 1% of the photos submittedactually are selected to appear on a label.

Alana Kaselitz and her sister Melissajust started a new business, Echo Lane,Inc. They have offices in San Franciscoand Michigan. The company doescustomer relationship managementsoftware consulting.

Elizabeth Khalil was recently swornin to the Massachusetts Bar.

Belle Kerry Kleinberg left her job asa producer at Channel 7 (WXYZ-TV)to take a position at HAVEN, OaklandCounty's only domesticviolence shelter. In her job, Belle isin charge of volunteers, interns anddonations.

Tom Lall is in his fourth year ofmedical school and is gearing up foran OB/GYN residency so that he mayeventually take over his father's practice.He spent five weeks in Hawaii this pastspring studying geriatric medicine at theUniversity of Hawaii. He ran in atriathlon and learned how to surf whilehe was there.

Prashant Mishra is working on herMD/PhD at the University of TexasSouthwestern at Dallas.

Kurt Morrison graduated from medicalschool in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Sincethen he moved back to Michigan andpurchased a house in Royal Oak. He isa second year resident in orthopedic sur-gery. He and his wife Jennifer were mar-ried in April, 2004, on Miami's SouthBeach. The couple have a new puppy,Baxter.

Mark Peters and his daughter

Scott Wallace with son Jackson anddaughter Anne Elizabeth.

Razan Asbahi cuddles with herson Yusif.

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Roopal Pujara is living in Chicagoand working as a clinical psychologist.She enjoys running into the manyCountry Day alumni in the Chicagoarea and hopes all of her classmatesare doing well.

Nawed Rahman works at Pfizer GlobalResearch and Development in AnnArbor. He was married in 2003, and thecouple lives in Troy. Nawed completedhis MBA at Wayne State in April, 2005.

Maura Duggan Sanders and her hus-band Todd welcomed their second child,Kaitlyn Rose Duggan Sanders on April18, 2005.

Steven Shapiro works at Sony PicturesImageworks in the Production Servicesdepartment. Among other films, heworked on the Visual Effects crew forSpider-Man 2, which just recently wonan Oscar for best visual effects. Hewas promoted to be the Lead in theProduction Services Department onSpider-Man 3, on March 28, 2005."I'm very excited to work on thisAcademy Award winning franchise."

KatieWech lives in Santa Monica,California where she works as a writer'sassistant for Fox.

1995

Leena Budev was employed at St.John's Mercy Medical Center during2000-2001 as a pathologists' assistant.Since April 2001 she has worked atHarper University Hospital in Detroitas a pathologists' assistant. She is alsoco-clinical coordinator of the PAprogram at Wayne State University. Sheteaches second year pathology students.

Alan Oliphant and his wife recentlymoved to Ann Arbor with their sonReid. He writes, "I have been teachingmiddle school band in Novi for the pastfive years and in Berkley before that.

Kristen Curtis Swan and her husbandNick welcomed baby Trevor on August31, 2005. They now live in Michigan.

1996

Atif Ali graduates from medicalschool in 2005 and will begin asurgery residency in Chicago.

Kevin Berger lives in Nashville with hiswife Katie. He works for AMEC Earth& Environmental, a large engineeringservices company. He is responsible forthe aviation planning and design serviceswhich encompass civilian clients as wellas large federal contacts. Kevin alsostarted his own aviation consultingbusiness which provides services toairports and airlines.

Fred Dery finished his fourth yearof medical school at WSU.

Kerry Duggan is attending theUniversity of Michigan to obtain hermasters in Resource Policy & Behaviorat the School of Natural Resources &Environment. Her focus will beEnvironmental Justice.

Alex Garn and Sara Shilling Garnwelcomed a son, Talon Merrit Garn,on April 23, 2005 at St. Joseph MercyHospital. Talon was 7 pounds 5 ounces,19-1/2 inches.

Ruchi Mishra graduated from theUniversity of Michigan in 2004. Shestarted her residency in general surgeryat the University of California Davisin Sacramento.

David Nogueras is currently livingin Washington, DC where he worksfor NPR as an Editorial Assistant.He enjoys riding his bicycle, brewinggood coffee, composing bad music andreferring to himself in the third person.Although he feels that he might be anodd match for Washington, he continuesto root himself there like ivy on brick.David will be appearing in an upcomingepisode of National Geographic's"Is it Real?" where he portrays psychic,Phil Jordan in a dramatic recreation."I'm not a real psychic, but I doplay one on TV!"

Ebbie Parsons is currently workingin the medical device industry forMedtronic as a Polymer Scientist. "I'malmost done with my MBA at theUniversity of Minnesota. I will neverforget about the TSG's andthe '95 state championship!"

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McUrant Pye is a chef and was recentlypromoted to dining services coordinator.He is the youngest DSC of more than300 locations nationally and abroad.McUrant also produces music forvarious regional artists.

David Underdown recently purchaseda new home in Birmingham. He livesjust a few blocks away from his sisterAmy ’92 who also recently purchased anew home.

SageWagner attends NorthwesternUniversity where she is pursuing herMasters in integrated marketingcommunications. She is engaged toMartin Wodarz and is planning a2006 wedding.

1997

After nine years in North Americanand upon completing a double major inpsychology and human relations inMontreal, Emilie Brion returned toParis, France where she is working as astudent counselor at Parsons ParisSchool of Art and Design.

Dominique DuMouchel is still livingin Philadelphia after graduating fromVillanova. She runs the ManagementTraining Program for WilmingtonFinance, a subsidiary of AIG. Shebecame engaged in April at DisneyWorld. She and her fiance Tom areplanning a wedding for next summer.

Autumn Collier-Fleming writes, "I amstill working as an airline pilot and willbe upgrading to captain this fall!"

Thomas Fitzpatrick was married onAugust 21, 2005, in Chicago. Heis an Assistant District Attorney inPhiladelphia with several CountryDay graduates.

Cydney Goldberg is currently workingat CNBC and lives in New York City.

Mark Melnykowycz writes, "Strangetwists of fate find me working on amechanical engineering PhD at ETH,

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the technical university in Zurich,Switzerland. My free time is eaten upwith photography, writing, reading,hiking and learning German to commu-nicate with my girlfriend. This yearI'm looking to climb more mountainsin the Alps."

RayWert and Lena Epstein '99were engaged in November, 2004. ADecember, 2005, wedding is planned.

1998

In 2004, Kashif Ali began medicalschool at Case Western ReserveUniversity.

After graduating from the University ofMichigan in 2001, Morgan Fine headedfor New York City. She writes, "Havingspent 11 years at Country Dayprepared me well for my 60-80 hourwork week as a TV producer for anationally syndicated talk show. Goingfrom production assistant to associateproducer to producer in a little over2 years left little time for much else.Although I loved my career, I realizedthere was indeed more to life thanliterally working 24/7! Tendering myresignation, I left the 'city that neversleeps' and headed to graduate school, atthe University of Pennsylvania whereI am currently in a two year MSWprogram. Philadelphia, the 'cradle ofliberty' is a charming city with lots ofcobble stone streets, culture and a greatrunning track along the SkukullExpressway, past the Museum of Art(of 'Rocky' fame) and the University ofPennsylvania boat house. Please extendmy best wishes for a happy, healthy andprosperous year to the entire CountryDay family."

In August, 2005, Ryan Hudson left hisjob as an analyst at Forester Research tobegin working on an MBA at MITSloan School of Management inCambridge, MA. His wife Laurenfinished her third year of a PhD inChemistry at MIT. Ryan was recentlyreatured in Business Week On-line forhis digital camera rental start-upYouShoot.

Swati Lingnurkar was married in July,2005, after dating for six years. Shewrites, "Matthew and I are moving toColorado Springs, where we recentlypurchased our first new home! I will beattending the University of Colorado inSeptember to work on my Masters ofHealth Care Administration."

Jibreel Lockhart writes, "I graduatedfrom Harvard Business School in Juneand moved to New York City to startworking as a Marketing Manager atAmerican Express. I just got back fromPuerto Rico with my girlfriend andtoured Europe to visit classmates thissummer. Amit Doshi '97 joined me lastyear at Harvard for the JD/MBA pro-gram as well.

In March, Colleen Mathieu is leavingthe US to teach English in Japan. Shewrites, "Right now I have no cluewhere I'll be placed. Hopefully I'll bein Fukuoka. I studied at KyushuUniversity there 2002-2003. I'm stillexcited and looking forward to the newadventures I'll no doubt experience."

After receiving her BFA in musicaltheory, Katrina Melonakos decidedto move to Ann Arbor to earn her BSin nursing from the University ofMichigan. She is working at theUniversity of Michigan in the neonatalICU and is engaged to be marriednext spring.

Diana Mottram writes, "Since leavinguniversity I've been on a graduatescheme with a leading retail company inLondon. I am currently changing direc-tion somewhat and pursuing my firstlove - music. I am recording my firstalbum, and hopefully will get a chanceto 'live the dream.' Hope everyone'sdoing well!"

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After two grueling years of investmentbanking in Credit Suisse First Boston'sChicago office, JoeTalia is moving toa small private investment firm inBoston called HarbourVest Partners.Raj Senapati '99 will also be joiningHarbourVest at the same time.

WendyWalker graduated from WayneState University in May, 2005. Shetook the bar exam in July and lived inSouth Korea for the summer. She start-ed work at Honigman, Miller, Schwartzand Cohn, LLP, in Detroit upon herreturn to the U.S.

1999

Michael Cartwright graduated fromthe University of Michigan with amasters in computer engineering. Heis currently living is Seattle and workingfor Microsoft.

Lena Epstein and RayWert '97 wereengaged in November, 2004. ADecember, 2005, wedding is planned.

Matthew Lambert graduated MagnaCum Laude from the University ofMichigan on May 13, 2005, with majorsin architecture and computer science.He received the undergraduate awardfrom the school of architecture for thegraduating student who best exemplifiesthe values of the school in practice andprofessionalism. The following day, heproposed to his girlfriend MicheleViscaya in Miami. She said yes!

Rebecca Lewis writes, " Having movedfrom legal publishing into criminal legalpractice, I am still loving my job. Life isgreat at the moment, and I am in theprocess of purchasing an apartment. Iam glad to hear so many people aredoing well and wish you all the best! Iwould love to see anyone who makes itover to London!

Zach Myers graduated from Stanford in2003 and finished his Masters' in politi-cal management at George WashingtonUniversity in 2005. He has worked onCapitol Hill and on political campaigns.He is in his first year at GeorgetownLaw School and lives in Arlington, VAwith Andy Deschere '99.

After two grueling years of investmentbanking in JP Morgan's Chicago office,Raj Senapati is moving to a smallprivate investment firm in Boston calledHarbourVest Partners. JoeTalia '98 willalso be joining HarbourVest at the sametime. "Of the five new associate hires,we are the only ones NOT from theeast coast and it turns out we bothwent to Country Day!"

Jacob Shapira writes, "after two yearsof living in semi-dolce vita as a memberof New York City's rent-poor "elite,"I have decided to change course. Nomore late nights of ping-pong, advertis-ing and beer for me. This summer,my tenure as an Account Executive atan ad agency will officially come to anend. Instead, I have committed myselfto three years of massive debt accumula-tion and little sleep. That's right,I'm going to law school!"

AnujaTolia received her Associatesdegree in fashion design in December,2004 from the Parsons School ofDesign in New York. She is workingas an Assistant Designer for a men'sdesign house.

ChrisWicklund attends Wake ForestUniversity's Babcock School of Business.

2000

Elaine Barfield graduated fromPrinceton University with an BA inpsychology in June, 2004. She iscurrently pursuing her medicaleducation at New York UniversitySchool of Medicine in New York City.

Brandon Cartwright attendedPrinceton University and graduated inJune, 2004, with his BA in History anda certificate in African American Studies.For the past year, he has worked as aresearch assistant for the WoodrowWilson National Fellowship Foundation,a non-profit organization that runsfellowship programs in higher education.He has been involved with programevaluation research critical to thesustained success of several fellowshipprograms that the foundation manages.He was in New Orleans at the time ofHurricane Katrina in law school atTulane University. He made it outsafe and sound.

Ari Friedman is a managementconsultant with Bain & Company.

After graduation from University ofMichigan's Business School with honorsin May, 2005, Lauryn Hale moved tothe Manhattan area to work forAmerican Express.

Ellen Hector recently graduated fromCentral Michigan University with asports medicine/athletic training major.In addition, she passed her nationalcertification exam last November tobecome a Certified Athletic Trainer.She attends the Mayo College of HealthSciences for graduate school in physicaltherapy.

After graduating from Cornell in May,2004 with a BA in economics and gov-ernment, Lindsay Jacobson is livingand working in Manhattan as a FinancialAnalyst for Smith Barney. " Seeing asmy parents have now moved fromMichigan back to New England, I amnow a permanent northeasterner!"

David Johnson graduated fromHarvard in June, 2004, with an AB/SMin applied math. He is working forMorgan Stanley in New York.

Mahima Mahadevan is in Krygyzstanas a Peace Core volunteer until 2006,teaching English.

Lindsay Murphy graduated from theUniversity of Michigan in August, 2004,with a BS in biological psychology. Sheis a life member of Alpha Phi Omegaand volunteers with the Red Cross. Shestarted the MS in business informationtechnology program at Walsh College inJanuary, 2005. Lindsay plans to workthrough her Master's and still has notgiven up on medical school. Now it iswith an eye toward IT applications inhealthcare. "If I could keep Mrs. Y'scomputer running, becoming a doctorshould be easy!"

Rabah Qadir writes, "I was living inNew Orleans during Hurricane Katrinaattending medical school at TulaneUniversity and living with AjayTejwani '00 who also attends medicalschool there. We lost our house and allof our personal belongings but we arealive, health and safe. We've both trans-ferred temporarily to Baylor College ofMedicine in Houston, TX until Tulaneand New Orleans opens back up.”

Crystal Talia currently is pursuing aMasters degree in language arts with aminor in elementary education at WayneState University. "I am very excited tostart teaching and am looking forwardto working with the little ones!"

Robert Vermeulen graduated fromMSU in May, 2005. He moved toTorrence, California to work for Toyotain the corporate division. He accreditshis success to attending Country Day forhis entire life. "Thanks Country Day!"

MarionWestby writes, "after being inNashville for four years, I am definitelynot used to the hard Michigan wintersanymore! When I was at Vandy, I wasvery active in my sorority (Alpha DeltaPi) and spent a lot of time volunteering,playing tennis, dancing, and in technicalsocieties. I'm back in the Detroit areaworking for Ford Motor Company as adesign engineer until I decide to get outand go to business school."

JamesWhitaker graduated fromArmstrong Atlantic State Universitywith a communications degree andminors in film, English, and NavalScience. He was commissioned intothe US Navy on January 13 and headedoff to flight school at the end of May.

2001

Brian Berman graduated fromWashington University in St. Louiswith honors.

On May 17, 2005, Jessica Buchanangraduated from Columbia Universitywith a bachelor's degree in politicalscience and human rights. During hersenior year, she served as President ofthe Black Students Organization,through which she worked closely withColumbia President (former Universityof Michigan President) Lee Bollinger ondeveloping an Office of Multi-CulturalAffairs as well as policies to address cam-pus climate issues. She was a member ofthe Senior Society of Nacoms, wasawarded the Silver Leadership Award atColumbia's Kings Crown Awards, anddedicated the first campus space to analumni of color, Dr. M. Moran Weston."I have fallen in love with New York! Ihave accepted an offer at a FirstAmendment law firm, Emery CelliBrinckerhoff Abady, LLP, at which Ihope to gain valuable experience prior toreturning to law school. However, mytrue ambition lies in returning toMichigan to run for political office. Iwill be recruiting my '01 classmates tovote for me!"

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Amber Buycks graduated from theUniversity of Michigan in May, 2005with a BA in history and political sci-ence. She now works in Washington,DC with the United States Departmentof Justice in the antitrust division.

Jennifer Ferris graduated with honorsfrom Carnegie Mellon and works forFord Motor Company in an IT positionstarting.

David Hoffmann graduated from TulaneUniversity in May, 2005 with a doublemajor in philosophy and honors inEnglish and minor in women's studies.He is currently a Fulbright Scholarteaching English in South Korea.

Jennifer Jackson graduated from theUniversity of Michigan with a BA inFrench and a BA in Spanish. She iscurrently in law school.

Nathan Kenney graduated from theUniversity of Virginia on May 22, 2005,with a BA in sociology and drama. Heattended graduate school this past sum-mer at Syracuse University's New HouseSchool of Communications to pursue a

Masters in film, radio and televisionbroadcasting. Nathan will continue hislacrosse career by playing his final year ofNCAA eligibility for Syracuse. Nathanwas a member of Virginia's 2003National Championship lacrosse teamand looks forward to playing forSyracuse.

Diarra Kilpatrick recently wrote, direct-ed and starred in a one woman perform-ance, "The Devil is Beating his Wife."The play opened on May 5, 2005, at theTisch School of the Arts in New YorkCity. In May, 2005, Diarra earned herbachelor of fine arts in drama from theTisch School.

Katherine Olender graduated with hon-ors from Michigan State University witha BS in agriculture and natural resourcescommunications and specializations inboth environmental studies and environ-mental economics. She is now workingas an AmeriCorps VISTA, for the NorthWest Lansing Healthy CommunitiesInitiative. She is in program develop-ment, working to develop food systemrelated programs to alleviate poverty inthe area. She also wrote a series of arti-cles on greenhouses that were publishedby Rodale Institute. They can be foundat www.newfarm.org.

Carly Olsman is the President of theMichigan State University FigureSkating Club.

Sandeep Ramesh was namedDartmouth's valedictorian. His parentswrite, "His speech was superb andsimply fantastic, novel, smart and funny.It looks like Country Day lives up toits promises." Sandeep attends YaleLaw School.

AdamWadecki graduated in the springof 2005, from the University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor, College ofEngineering with degrees in mechanicalengineering, industrial and operationsengineering and a minor in mathemat-ics. Adam also has been admitted intothe University of Michigan’s Industrialand Operations EngineeringDepartment five-year doctoral program,and was awarded a fellowship in theIOE, PhD program based on his aca-demic preparation, graduate recordexamination scores, professional experi-ence, recommendations and statementof purpose.

SameerWalavalkar graduated from theUniversity of Michigan EngineeringSchool in three years with a major inelectrical engineering and a minor inphysics. He was awarded a full scholar-ship and a three-year NSF research fel-lowship to Cal Tech, where he is com-pleting his PhD in applied physics.

FaitheWays graduated from Purdue inDecember, 2004, with a BA in journal-ism. She is curretnly working for theSuperbowl XL committee.

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LaurenWolfe was nominated to receivea Fulbright grant to travel to Zwickau,Germany to teach English as a foreignlanguage earlier this year. Wolfe was oneof over 1,000 U.S. students to travelabroad for the 2005-2006 academic yearthrough the Fulbright Program.Established in 1946 under legislationintroduced by the late Senator J.William Fulbright or Arkansas, theFulbright Program’s purpose is to buildmutual understanding between thepeople of the U.S. and the rest of theworld. Wolfe graduated from SmithCollege in 2005 where she was on theDean’s List and served as the President ofher senior class. She also served asPresident of the College Democrats ofMassachusetts and she was one of sevennational officers of the CollegeDemocrats of America.

2002

Kate Levy attends Naropa University inBoulder, Co. She writes, "I'm receivinga holistic contemplative education, aswell as pondering ways to become a bet-ter social activist and artist.”

2003

Beth Adelson interned for Senator CarlLevin in Washington, DC.

Allison Andreoff was awarded the onlyfreshman retailing scholarship at theUniversity of Wisconsin Madison. Shewas accepted into Kappa KappaGamma.

Tom Cosper is a junior at MichiganState University, making the Dean's listin the spring. He was accepted intothe Eli Broad College of Business with adegree in finance. During the summer,he interned as an Investment BankingAnalyst at Bear Stearns in New YorkCity.

Paul Fabre' is in his second year atLehigh University. During his freshmanyear, Paul played Philante, a main char-acter in The Misanthrope, Molier's satireof the late 17th century French society.Paul is a member of the Lehigh footballteam.

Mark Frenkel is the Vice President ofhis fraternity at MSU.

Eli Green just finished stage managing"A Day in Hollywood / A Night in theUkraine." He is currently stage manag-ing a long-form improvisational showcalled "E Pluribus Unum" which will befeatured in this year's Orlando FringeTheatre Festival.

Rafi Martina is a student at theUniversity of Michigan and is spendinghis junior year at Worcester College atOxford University.

Carrie Moore is in her junior year atWestern Michigan University. As asophomore she made the All-Mid-American Conference first team as wellas the All-Academic team. Carrie is alsoan internet journalist writing for theonline version of the Pittsburgh Courier.

Amanda Poe attends Spelman College.She is an economics major with a GPAof 3.88. She actively participates withseveral organizations on campus includ-ing DIVAS (Developing andImplementing Vocational Access atSpelman), SKIRTS (Sisters Keeping itReal Through Service) and MorehouseCollege Business Association. She is cur-rently a representative for JenniferLopez's clothing line Sweetface. Shewrites, "2004 found me in JetMagazine's centerfold as Beauty of theWeek. This summer, JohnsonPublishing Company (Ebony and JetMagazine) flew me to Chicago for aphoto shoot for Jet Magazine's swimsuitCalendar for 2005. I am currently MissAlpha Phi Alpha of Morehouse Collegeand still best friends and roommate withAdena Davis '03."

GarenWolff recently taped a PSA forthe Hitachi Foundation. Listen to it at:http://www.hitachifoundation.org/yoshiyama/psa%202004/wolff.html.Additionally, Garen presented a mathe-matical model for Detroit's urbanrenewal at Wellesley's RuhlmanConference. It was designed by aprofessor at MIT and is being appliedby Garen and her professor at Wellesleyto Detroit's economic woes.

2004

Courtney Massie's mom writes,"Courtney has successfully auditionedfor the Yale Symphony Orchestra, techSaybrook College Orchestra at Yale, andthe studio of a graduate faculty member.As a sophomore, she is really enjoyingYale and doing very well.”

2005

Melanee Smith was named freshmansoccer player of the year for theSouthern Athletic Conference and shewas nambed to the second All-Conference team. Melanee attendsDavidson College.

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In Memoriam

Robert Vanderkloot ‘31 died on June 1,2005 from complications from a stroke.

Maurice H. Sobell ’39 passed away onJanuary 4, 2004.

LaDevoyia Rogers’ ’98 mother Francisdied in December, 2004 after a battlewith cancer.

Joseph Ditzhazy ’68 passed away onMay 21, 2005 at the age of 55.

John Gaylord ’68 passed away onSeptember 30, 2004. He leaves tocherish his memory his son Joseph andhis wife of 20 years Dorothy.

Jerry Brozo ’62 died March 7, 2005.He is survived by his wife Patricia,daughters Pamela Fick of Tuscson, AZand Larui Campagna, MD ofMcKinney, TX.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

KENNETH WHIPPLE CHAIRMAN

TERENCE E. ADDERLEY

JAMES E. BARLETT

TOM J. GOLDBERG ‘70

H. SAMUEL GREENAWALT

CYNTHIA H. SHANNON ‘78

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

STEVEN A. BALLMER ‘73

EDWARD CHERNEY

THOMAS W. CUNNINGTON

GARY G. GILYARD ‘76

DANNIELLE HAMILTON

C. MICHAEL KOJAIAN

SKRIKANT C. MEHTA

BARBARA M. MRKONIC

RAJ B. VATTIKUTI

G. RICHARD WAGONER, JR.

2005-2006 ALUMNI COUNCIL

PRESIDENT DON NYSTROM ‘88

VICE PRESIDENT STEVEN MANN ‘88

SECRETARY JENNIFER YANOVER ‘84

MEMBERS

AMIT BATRA ‘91

DAVID CURTIS ‘88

AMIT DOSHI ‘96

DALE GARRETT ‘82

CAROL GILES ‘86

STEFANIE GIVENS WILSON ’96

CARA GRIFFIN ‘96

ANDREA HOFLEY-YUHN ‘83

C. RAAMIN KASHEF ‘83

ANITA FLYNN LAURILA ‘78

SUSAN LUFT-MARCOTTE ’86

BLAKE LINDSAY ‘73

KEVIN MACKENZIE ’87

KAREN PLANTS ‘81

JAMES ROSENFELD ‘77

MATTHEW SCHLEGEL ‘72

DAWN SCHLUTER ‘82

TIMOTHY SENNETT ‘81

DAWN VASSEL ’86

AT-LARGE MEMBERS

JEFFREY COLLINS ‘77

ROBERT CONWAY ‘87

R. SCOTT FALK ‘81

GARY GILYARD ‘76

CLIFFORD PREW ‘50

JEFFREY ROBERTS ‘65

TERRY ZANGKAS ‘72