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A PASSION FOR HELPING PEOPLE ARTS FOR YOUTH IN NEED • WHAT WE HAVE TO SHARE FOR A GOOD CAUSE • INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE WALKING THE WALK • MAKING A DIFFERENCE • HELPING OTHERS MAKING A COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE • ALTRUISM • MAKING CONNECTIONS • PROMOTING SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES DOING GOOD WORKS HELPING THE NEEDY • BUILDING YOUTH’S SELF-ESTEEM • ENGAGING PEOPLE IN CONVERSATION EXPRESSING A PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS • BREAKING DOWN MISCONCEPTIONS • TAKING PART IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT • HAVING COMPASSION FOR ONE’S GLOBAL FAMILY • FOSTERING INDEPENDENCE ENCOURAGING CHILDREN’S CREATIVITY • ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES • GOOD DEEDS • CREATING SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS • EMPOWERING COMMUNITY MEMBERS • FACILITATING MULTICULTURAL EXCHANGE INSPIRING A SPIRIT OF GIVING

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Art Deco SplendorMarquee lights glitter at the College’s new Paramount Theatre. Earlier this year, Emerson College opened its new Paramount Center, a mixed-use facility that includes the 596-seat renovated Paramount Theatre, a 125-seat black box theater, the 170-seat Bright Family Screening Room, as well as rehearsal and office space, a scene shop, and housing for 262 students. The entire facility will open in the fall, when students move into the residence hall, and arts programming begins in earnest. Look for the full story and photographs in the next issueof Expression.

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After 17 years leading the college, Jacqueline W. Liebergott will step down in 2011

Manns Stearn teaching award winner named, presidential search committee formed, and other news

A gallery of fine-art photography by Emerson students

Seth Grahame-Smith ’98 strikes literary gold with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Alumni who have made careers out of helping others

A compendium of alumni accomplishments

Alumni happenings from all over the country

Read the news about your classmates

President Liebergott Announces Her Plans Campus Digest

Worth a Thousand Words

Blood...Gore...Bestseller!

Doing the Right Thing

Notable Expressions

Alumni Digest

Class Notes

In This Issue

After serving 17 years as president of the College and overseeing the creation of a new campus, a 55 percent increase in enrollment, and the establishment of major new academic programs, President Jacqueline Liebergott has announced she will step down in June 2011 (see pages 2–3). In a future issue, we will detail President Liebergott’s accomplishments and legacy.

There are many ways to make a living, but making a career out of doing good works is certainly one of the most satisfying. Meet Emerson alumni from around the country who make their livings helping children in hospitals, promoting rights, providing art classes for poor kids, and much more. In an Emerson classroom, you’ll meet students who are writing grants to bring college students from Colombia to the States to share their art.

Zombies are all the rage today, and Emersonian Seth Grahame-Smith ’98 is at the forefront of the craze with his 2009 runaway bestseller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Grahame-Smith, who is profiled in this issue of Expression, has just released a nutty new book, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which has already been bought by film producer Tim Burton.

And don’t miss our spread of fine-art photography by Emerson students

Enjoy!

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After serving 17 years as president and overseeing the creation of a new campus, a 55 percent increase in enrollment, and the creation of major new academic programs, Emerson College’s Jacqueline Liebergott has announced that she will step down as the school’s president on June 30, 2011.

“Emerson has been at the center of my professional life for nearly four decades,” said Liebergott, who came to the College as a faculty member in 1970 and later became an academic dean and vice president. “I’ve experienced the joy of teaching, the satisfaction that comes from publishing research, and the challenge of administering a complex institution. At every step of the way, I have enjoyed friendship and support from colleagues, Trustees, alumni, parents, students, and so many others. Whatever I may have contributed to Emerson, it has given me so much more.”

Liebergott, who has served as president since 1993, told an assembly of students, faculty, staff, and Trustees that she reached her decision “with mixed emotions but with a firm belief that it is the right course of action for the College and for me.” She said she was announcing her decision now to

provide ample time for the College to conduct a national search for her successor.

Liebergott assumed the presidency several years after the failure of a plan to move the College from Boston to suburban Lawrence. At the time of her appointment, the institution was financially unstable and faced an uncertain future.

Working with the Board of Trustees and supported by faculty, staff, alumni, and city officials, the administration implemented a bold plan to relocate the College from the Back Bay to the Theatre District and create a state-of-the-art campus. The initiatives have restored the College’s financial stability as evidenced by the upgrading of its bond rating from junk bond status in 1993 to a Standard & Poor’s A– investment rating in 2009.

The relocation plan revitalized the neighborhood adjacent to Boston Common and included the purchase and renovation of four buildings; restoration of the historic Cutler Majestic Theatre; and construction of three new buildings, including the Paramount Center on Lower Washington Street, which will open this year. All told, the College has invested $450 million in the Theatre District and increased its facilities space from 400,000 square feet to 1 million square feet.

Liebergott to Step Down in 2011President Jacqueline Liebergott has presided over numerous dramatic changes at Emerson

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1993 2009

Applications for Admission 1,849 6,943

Percentage of Applicants Admitted 74 42

Freshman SAT Scores 1110 1215

Enrollment (FTE) 2,561 3,949

Graduation Rate 52% 80%

Facility Space 400,000 sq. ft. 1 million sq. ft.

Bond Rating Junk S&P A– Investment Grade

Full-time Faculty 91 178

Students Living on Campus 1,000 1,700

Plans are underway to build an academic-residential center in Hollywood, California, to house the school’s 12-year-old Los Angeles Program, support its burgeoning alumni network, and bolster its West Coast student recruiting efforts.

Beyond bricks and mortar, Emerson under Liebergott’s leadership has created two new schools and an institute for liberal arts; nearly doubled the size of its full-time faculty; and added new programs, including a Master of Fine Arts in media art, a master’s in health communication with Tufts Medical School, a master’s in publishing, a Bachelor of Arts in marketing communication, and an undergraduate program in business and entrepreneurial studies.

The new facilities and academic enhancements have led to a nearly four-fold increase in applications for admission, and a 55 percent increase in enrollment. The academic profile of the student body has been improved, and the percentage of students who graduate in four years has increased from 52 percent to 80 percent.

Emerson’s efforts have been hailed by city officials, business and civic leaders, and the news media. A 2003 Boston Globe editorial praised

“Emerson’s Transformation.” A 2006 cover story in the Boston Globe Magazine declared that Emerson has come “Out of the Shadows” and taken its rightful place among the many fine colleges and universities in Boston.

Peter Meade, chair of the Emerson Board of Trustees, praised Liebergott’s accomplishments as

“unprecedented in the history of our college and unsurpassed by any other institution of higher learning.” He added, “We will be forever grateful for the remarkable job she has done.”

Meade said the Board will undertake an intensive national search

“to find a new leader who can build on the solid foundation Jackie has established and take the College to ever greater heights.” E

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The Emerson College Board of Trustees has announced the formation of a 16-member search committee responsible for seeking and assessing a diverse group of candidates and disciplines from which the next president of the school will be chosen. After serving 17 years as president and overseeing several major initiatives, Jacqueline Liebergott announced last fall that she will step down as the school’s president on June 30, 2011 (see p. 2).

The search committee will undertake an intensive, national search “to find a

Emerson Presidential Search Committee formed

new leader who can build on the solid foundation Jackie has established and take the college to even greater heights,” said Peter Meade, the chair of the search committee and of the school’s Board of Trustees.

Members of the search committee are: Peter Meade ’70, chair of the Search Committee, President & CEO, Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate; Vincent J. Di Bona ’66, executive producer, Vin Di Bona Productions; Robert Friend ’79, vice president, Sales and Marketing, Choice Ticketing Systems; Jeffrey Greenhawt ’68, vice president-partner,

Sunshine Wireless Company; Douglas Holloway ’76, television executive, NBC Universal Cable; Judy Huret, vice chairman, Huret, Rothenberg and Co.; Al Jaffe ’68, vice president, Talent Recruitment and Negotiation, ESPN; Larry Rasky, chairman, Rasky Baerlein Communications, Inc.; Marillyn Zacharis, advocate for the arts, education, and conservation; Craig Freeman, Emerson College, associate professor, Visual and Media Arts; Jerry Lanson, Emerson

College, associate professor, Journalism; Maureen Shea, Emerson College, professor, Performing Arts; Denise Kaigler ’85, chief marketing officer, 38 Studios; Colette Phillips ’76, founder, Colette Phillips Communications Inc.; Barbara (Segal) Rutberg ’68, Emerson College associate vice president/director of Alumni Relations; Adriana Guida ’12, SGA chief justice, student representative to the Board of Trustees. Ted Cutler ’51 is a senior advisor to the committee.

A website about the presidential search can be found at emerson.edu/about/president/search.

Oscar-nominated director Reitman shares industry insights

Film director Jason Reitman ran into Emerson’s Greene Theater one day during the fall term – without introduction or fanfare. Before reaching the stage, he began speaking from the theater entranceway, apologizing for being late. Once on stage, Reitman launched into a talk on his new hit movie Up in the Air, setting the tone for a lively, informal Q&A with the audience.

Reitman directed Up in The Air, starring George Clooney and Jason Bateman, as well as Thank You for Smoking in 2005 and Juno in 2007, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.

Reitman riffed on twice declining the offer to direct Dude, Where’s My Car?, his battle with actor Mel Gibson to buy the rights to Thank You for Smoking, and his choice to leave Skidmore College (where he was studying to be a doctor) to

Jason Reitman directed the recent hit film Up in the Air.

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Marketing Communication Associate Professor Seounmi Han Youn was named the recipient of this year’s Mann Stearns Distinguished Faculty Award. The Mann Stearns award is an annual prize presented to a full-time faculty member to fund a scholarly or creative endeavor in which travel is encouraged.

Last year’s recipient, Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, assistant professor of performing arts, used the funds to develop a play for young audiences entitled Shadow Dreams, which

Mann Stearns distinguished faculty award winner named

examines the relationship of two boys in the United States, Daniel, a Native American, and Miguel, a Mexican American.

Youn will use the award funds for her research on

“The Influence of Consumer Socialization Factors on Teens’ Attitudes Toward Online Privacy and Their Coping Behaviors.” Youn’s major scholarly work explores the processes through which young consumers interact with e-marketers’ information collection and use practices within the branded marketplace. In response to public concerns about

online privacy loss among young consumers, Youn has examined the factors affecting teens’ privacy concerns and how these concerns influence their attitudinal and behavioral responses to e-marketers’ information practices.

Norman Stearns and Irma Mann Stearns ’67, H ’92, gave the endowment to establish the distinguished faculty award in their name in 1993. Irma Mann Stearns has served on both the Emerson College Board of Trustees (chair emeritus) and the Board of Overseers.

Marketing Communication Associate Professor Seounmi Han Youn, Irma Mann Stearns ’67, H ’92, and Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, assistant professor of performing arts

Emerson athletic teams enjoyed a successful fall 2009 season, with the Lions winning nearly 70 percent of the contests they participated in, and four coaches – representing five of the six fall sports at Emerson – named Coach of the Year by their peers in the Great Northeast AthleticConference (GNAC).

John Furey was the selection for men’s and women’s cross-country. Furey led the Emerson women to their first GNAC championship since 2004, and the men had a best–ever second–place finish.

In women’s tennis, Mason Astley got the nod

Four Emerson coaches named GNAC Coaches of the Year

from his fellow coaches in just his second year in the position. Astley, who also coaches the Emerson men in the spring semester, guided his team to a 6–3 record, 5–2 in GNAC play, and the semifinals of the Conference Championship Tournament, where the team dropped a heartbreaking 4–5 decision to Suffolk University.

Jared Scarpaci coached the men’s soccer team to the GNAC Championship Game, where the Lions lost a 2–1 decision at St. Joseph’s College. After a 1–5 start to the season, Emerson won 11 of its last 14 games to finish 12–8.

Women’s volleyball coach Craig Letourneau,

in his third year with the program, earned his honor by guiding the team to the best record in the program’s history and the team’s first GNAC championship. After a perfect 12–0 regular season, the Lions roared through the GNAC Tournament with a 3–0 win over Lasell College. Next came a 3–2 victory over Rivier College in the semifinals, where the Lions had to rally from a 0–2 deficit in the match. Emerson took the GNAC title with a 3–1 victory over Johnson & Wales University and advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament for the first time ever.

pursue filmmaking and writing at the University of Southern California.

Reitman said he began making films in high school, but when it came time to go to college, he opted for medical school because he was scared to follow in the footsteps of his famous father, Ivan Reitman (director of Ghostbusters, Stripes, and Kindergarten Cop), and possibly fail.

Photographs created by six Emerson students grace the following pages. The images were originally published in the College’s fine-art photography journal Developed Images 2009.

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Lauren Shaw, associate professor of Visual and Media Arts and an accomplished photographer in her own right, has been the Developed Images advisor since the early 1980s.

“Each year the publication has grown with increased participation and quality,” says Shaw, whose own work is included in the collections of the Getty Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), and the Library of Congress. “Although there is no photography specialization at Emerson, our students’ level of achievement is equal to schools with degree-granting photographic programs. The work in Developed Images reflects that quality year after year.”


Photographer Megan Richardson ’10 is concentrating in Film Production with a Photography minor.

“During my time at Emerson, I spent a year abroad in Seville, Spain. I have many hobbies, among them biking, glassblowing, and Star Trek. I just worked on a feature film and hope to continue to do so in Los Angeles after I graduate in May.” Richardson plans to work as a cinematographer.

Kyle Fulton ’11 is concentrating in Film Production with a minor in Photography.

“When I’m not working on my own films or helping friends on theirs, I’m out with my 35mm or digital camera. I love to travel around the city taking pictures of whatever I can. I’ve been a part of Developed Images since 2007.It’s really helped me to define my style as a photographer. Ever since I was little I’ve been told that I have a good eye for composition and I would love nothing more than to use this skill in a career.”



Valentijn van der Sloot ’12, a Visual and Media Arts concentrator with a minor in Marketing, is also in the Honors Program. Van der Sloot is also assistant head photographer of the Emerson-based em magazine and an active member of Frames Per Second. “I strive to achieve the well-rounded education I came to Emerson for while gaining the real-life experience to build a career in film/media production. I have applied to the Prague Summer Film Program for 2010 and also hope to attend the Los Angeles Program my senior year to further my interests in both photography and film.”


Daniel Muchnik ’11 is concentrating in Cinematography and is president of Developed Images. “I like working much more with chemicals than with ‘ones and zeroes’ and have combined my passion for traditional photography with my lifelong love of skateboarding.” Here, Muchnik’s photos feature skateboarder Nick Govatsos performing the “lipslide” on a handrail, and skateboarder Bryan Wright (both ride for Next Generation Skateboard Shop in Waltham, Massachusetts).

Danny Madden ’09 made several movies while at Emerson.

“I took a picture every now and then and spent the rest of the time enjoying Boston. Currently, I’m living in Colorado and trying to learn a little bit about life and people.”



Lauren Rohrig ’10, a Print and Multimedia Journalism concentrator, is involved in two internships, one with a magazine and another at a public relations firm. She also holds down a part-time job at an investment firm writing internal memos. Rohrig is very interested in photography as well as fashion and writing. “I hope to get a job after college working for a magazine in some sort of fashion department. I’m looking forward to graduating and moving into the real world as a capable adult.”

Photo by Ed Menezes

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”

These unforgettable lines, which open one of the strangest novels ever written, have already secured a place in modern literary history. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a 2009 satire of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice, is a runaway bestseller and, some would even venture, a cultural phenomenon. This ingenious “mashup”—a new work created by altering an already existing work—is Austen juiced up with a zombie-uprising subplot created by Seth Grahame-Smith ’98, a writer and television producer based in Los Angeles. The book was an instant hit when it debuted last spring, and Grahame-Smith’s second effort, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, released earlier this year, debuted at the No. 4 spot on the New York Times Best Seller List.

Zombies and vampires add up to huge literary success for Seth Grahame-Smith ’98

By Rhea Becker

Emerson People



Those familiar with the 19th-century Austen classic will find that

“most of the original text is there,” says Grahame-Smith. By mastering the language and tone of Austen, Grahame-Smith was able to seamlessly weave in the new zombie action. “Whether it’s big or small, I’ve changed something in just about every paragraph in the book, and added new lines and pages everywhere,” he says. Blasphemy to literary purists? Surely. But pure gold to its publisher, Quirk Books. The book is already on tap to be made into a film starring and produced by Natalie Portman and directed by David O. Russell (I [Heart] Huckabees; Flirting with Disaster).

Grahame-Smith’s book proved so popular that Quirk Books commissioned a whole series of doctored classics from other writers—Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, which was released in late 2009, and another in the works, Android Karenina, the Tolstoy classic “set in a dystopian world of robots, cyborgs, and interstellar space travel.”

How to create a mashup

Grahame-Smith has been a fan of the zombie genre since he was a child, growing up in Connecticut. “The zombies were the easy part for me,” he says. “I’ve been a horror movie fan my whole life, going back to the original Night of the Living Dead by George Romero. I’m well-versed in the zombie conventions.”

So the toughest part of writing the book was “getting the Jane Austen language right,” he says. “You have to write in the voice of the Regency period and in the voice, particularly, of the greatest writer of the Regency period. There are particular rhythms and words and sentence structures. You have to emulate all of these things. That’s where I put most of my focus when I was writing.”

Grahame-Smith, who is also the author of How to Survive a Horror Movie and several other books, recalls the origins of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which grew out of a conversation with his editor. “He was looking for some kind of mashup. He wanted to do something fun and irreverent to a classic. When he suggested adding zombies to Pride and Prejudice, well, that was it. I thought there could be no better idea than that!” Hence the Zombies project—which

“seemed like it would be too much fun not to do”—was born.

To begin the work, Grahame-Smith twice read Pride and Prejudice, which he hadn’t picked up since high school. He recalls “suffering and struggling through” the classic as a teenager. “It really wasn’t my cup of tea.”

Then, he read it a third time, “slowly and logistically, making notes in the margins and keeping a notebook full of ideas. For instance, if I changed something in Chapter 3, how did that resonate in Chapter 53?” Grahame-Smith plotted it all out, chapter by chapter. “I knew where I wanted to go, I knew the changes I wanted to make. I wanted to add big set pieces—zombie battles—here and here.” Once the publisher was happy with the direction of the project, Grahame-Smith uploaded the full, original manuscript onto his computer and “from page 1, line 1, I started making changes. The original was in black, and I wrote in red. Sometimes I would cross out a line and add a new line, or I would write an entirely new paragraph, or just add a few words here and there. Sometimes I would write two or three new pages. The only metric I used to judge whether I changed enough was to zoom out and see how much red text I left in my wake.”

He delivered the finished manuscript to his publisher and waited for the June publication date. Except the buzz about the book was already building. “Some industrious blogger



got wind of it and started blogging about it,” says Grahame-Smith. “Last February I was back in Connecticut with my family in a restaurant when I got a call from Entertainment Weekly. They had gotten my cell phone number and said they wanted a quote from me about the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ‘phenomenon.’” Grahame-Smith was floored: “It hadn’t even been published yet, but it had propagated its way across the blogosphere!”

With the head of steam building around the upcoming book, the publisher pushed the release date up to April. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies debuted at an astonishing No. 3 on the New York Times Best Seller List. Grahame-Smith modestly describes the excitement: “It’s one of those unpredictable, zeitgeist-y type of things. It was the right book at the right time. I couldn’t have been more surprised or thrilled.”

Abe Lincoln – Vampire Hunter?

Unlike Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Grahame-Smith’s new book, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, is not a mashup. Instead, the book, which was published March 2, “reads as a straight narrative biography of Lincoln’s entire life, from birth to assassination—like a very straightforward, very engrossing narrative biography in the same tone as a David McCullough biography or a Doris Kearns Goodwin book.” The book’s premise is that Abe Lincoln had been waging a secret war against vampires since he was a boy. “Whether it’s the Gettysburg Address or Honest Abe with an ax on his shoulder walking around Kentucky as a boy, the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation—the book gives them all a new context,” says Grahame-Smith. “It explains why the Civil War really happened, why Lincoln was really assassinated.” The book contains journal excerpts, letters,

and grainy, old photographs of things that never really happened. “Everything is fabricated, but I wanted it to feel like you’re reading a work of nonfiction.”

Grahame-Smith came up with the idea for the Lincoln book several years ago. After Pride and Prejudice and Zombies became a hit, he resurrected the idea. “There was a lot of interest in what I was going to do next. Luckily, I had this idea sort of half baked, and I was able to fully bake it on paper and send it to publishers.”

When Grahame-Smith isn’t writing blockbuster bestsellers, he works nearly ’round the clock executive-producing a major new MTV series called The Hard Times of RJ Berger, which he describes as “The Wonder Years meets Superbad.” The program, which debuts in June, represents an important watershed for the network: it’s MTV’s first foray into scripted comedy. “They’re launching it as a big event,” says Grahame-Smith. “They’re sort of rebranding themselves in the scripted space. There’s a lot riding on it for my producing partner and me.”

Grahame-Smith’s other responsibilities include putting the finishing touches on a screen adaptation of his Lincoln book for producer Tim Burton, preparing a new animated series for cable network Adult Swim, and sharing care—along with his wife, Erin Stickle ’96—of his infant son, Joshua.

Emerson days

Grahame-Smith credits his participation in Emerson student groups EIV and Frames Per Second for his producing savvy. He co-executive-produced the EVVYs, the student-run awards show, during his junior year.

“The year I worked on the EVVYs I was 20 years old and we had a 10-camera, live, 200-crew production. It’s this huge, stressful thing you have to manage in conjunction with your schoolwork, your social life, and everything else. You learn how to work

with so many different groups of people.”

But he wouldn’t have had it any other way. “Those students groups were really the heart of my Emerson experience. Going out and getting to actually be on set, and actually struggle with the problems that come up and the personality conflicts that come up, was the greatest experience. To me, Emerson is a microcosm of the way the entertainment industry really works. Kids are free to do as much as they are willing to do. The ones who make the most of their experience are the ones who learn how to hustle and learn how to push their projects through and get things made.”

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EMERSON ALUMNI MAKE CAREERS OUT OF HELPING OTHERS

Bringing art to kids who are illWhat do celebrities Ben Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Melissa Etheridge, Penelope Cruz, and Ryan Seacrest have in common? They have all contributed their time and talents to children battling serious medical conditions through a program developed by Jennifer Howell ’96. The Art of Elysium, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization, was founded by Howell in 1997 to encourage working actors, artists, and musicians to volunteer to provide workshops in acting, art,

The hospital staff was thrilled with the interactions between the young patients and the artists. Word got out, and more artists joined the volunteer ranks.

In the meantime, Howell supported herself by producing commercials, music videos, and public service announcements. But she had no idea how to run a charitable organization. “I was 22 and the hospital said you have to start a nonprofit” to protect yourself from liability. So she went about restructuring her organization.

Today, Elysium offers an array of innovative programs. One workshop pairs volunteer writers and illustrators with children in order to create original books. The Girl Talk and Yo Lo Tengo Self-Esteem Groups help adolescent girls and boys who suffer from congenital facial abnormalities, severe scarring, other medically related physical disfigurements and various chronic medical conditions to decrease

Doing good works. Helping out. Altruism. Whatever you call it, some people have the good fortune not only to work on good causes, but to make careers of it. A number of Emerson alumni play leading roles in charitable nonprofit organizations or as rights advocates; others have created and manage their own successful nonprofits, like the Dreams Center for Arts Education in Wilmington, North Carolina, and The Art of Elysium in Los Angeles. Expression hand-selected a few of these alumni to tell their stories.

comedy, fashion, music, radio, songwriting, and creative writing.

“We are a bridge between children in hospitals and artists,” says Howell.

“It’s about connecting with the children and giving them something they would not otherwise have. Our ultimate goal is to be in every place where there is a child in a hospital.”

With a staff of 10, a database of 2,500 active volunteers, and offices in Los Angeles and New York City, The Art of Elysium served 30,000 children last year. Their work has attracted the attention of People magazine, Headline News, the Los Angeles Times, New York magazine, and many other media outlets.

So how did Howell, a film major at Emerson, find her way to founding a charitable organization? A “very good friend” of Howell’s was diagnosed with leukemia. After a bone marrow transplant, things were looking up for him until he relapsed. “My friend mentioned a child he’d met at the treatment center who had no one to visit him.” The story haunted Howell. She knew she had to do something. Shortly after, she gathered a group of 23 friends—musicians, artists, comedians—and told them, “This is what we have to share.” Howell scheduled the first, experimental visit at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles.

Above: Jennifer Howell ’96 with a group of children who have benefited from the work of Howell’s nonprofit group, The Art of Elysium. Left: An instructor leads an Art of Elysium dance workshop for children in New York City.


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depression and anxiety, increase positive body image and self-esteem, and build specific skills to cope with teasing, bullying, shyness, and social isolation. A playwriting workshop teaches children the basics of playwriting and acting, with the help of actors, writers, directors, and producers. Professional deejays offer workshops in how to mix music to each child’s personal style.

Howell aims to open branches of The Art of Elysium far and wide. “No child should ever be alone during treatment,” she said.

Making dreams come true for poor kidsAfter studying theater and communica-tion at Emerson, Tracy Wilkes ’74 went on to earn a master’s degree in clinical social work from Boston College. When Wilkes moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, in the 1990s, she discovered that no arts programs in the area offered free classes for children. “I was a culture vulture,” she says. “The arts anchored me. So when I became a therapist I realized the arts were as important as air and water.” Combin-

ing her two passions, she sought a way to make arts programs accessible to children in need.

“It became a social-justice issue for me. I gathered like-minded people, combining artists, social workers, and others” and she and her colleagues co-founded the Dreams Center for Arts Education of Wilmington in 1997 to provide high-quality, free arts programs for youth in need. “Right from the beginning, the program was designed to help the most marginalized kids and the poorest kids,” said executive director Wilkes. Today, Dreams provides programming each year to more than 500 children at roughly 15 sites throughout Greater Wilmington.

Children come to the Center mainly via referrals by the Department of Social Services, the juvenile justice system, and similar sources.

The Dreams Center won national recognition when it was chosen in 2007 to receive the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities’ Coming Up Taller Award, the nation’s highest honor for after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs. Wilkes received the award from then-First Lady Laura Bush.

Over the past 11 years, the Center had outgrown the old church that has served as headquarters. “We’ve had to turn kids away and we have a waiting list,” said Wilkes. Lack of space has

been “the biggest impediment to our growth,” she said.

Unperturbed, Wilkes found an old city garage in the Northside area of Wilmington, “one of the poorest in the city with the highest crime rate, high unemployment, and derelict housing.” The city’s strategic plan includes rejuvenation of the Northside, “so the city is leasing the building to us for $1 a year.” A year from now, Dreams will put all 12,000 square feet to good use, presenting free educational programs in dance, performing arts, painting, and other art forms for children.

Right: Tracy Wilkes ’74, executive director of the Dreams Center for Arts Education of Wilmington, North Carolina, says free arts programs for children is “a social-justice issue” for her. Pictured on this page are a few of the thousands of children who have taken advantage of the free arts classes the Center offers.


Examining media images of black womenWhile still a graduate student at Emerson studying broadcast journalism, Daphne Valerius, MA ’06, completed a film, The Souls of Black Girls. “I found my ‘voice’ for the piece during my studies at Emerson College,” Valerius said in a recent interview.

The documentary-style work takes a critical look at media images—how they are created and controlled—and examines the relationship between historical and contemporary media images of women of color. Valerius, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, raises the question of whether black women may be suffering from a “self-image disorder” as a result of trying to attain

beauty standards that are celebrated in the mainstream media.

“In the beginning, my only hope for the film was that it would be able to engage people in the conversation and to possibly screen at a few film festivals,” said Valerius. To date, the film has been screened at more than 100 college and universities around the country, and has been included in more than 20 film festivals. “It has exceeded my expectations and so much more,” she said. In fact, about 1,000 copies of the film have been sold—“without any kind of budget or marketing on my end.”

The documentary features candid interviews with young women discussing their self-images and commentary from actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Regina King, PBS Washington Week moderator Gwen Ifill, rapper/activist Chuck D, and cultural critic Michaela Angela Davis, among others.

Valerius hopes the film will give viewers insight on how black women often manipulate their appearance in order to look a certain way and to be accepted. “It’s our hurts, our pains, our insecurities, our story that no one else can tell but us,” she said.

Valerius’s film attracted the attention of the organizers of Procter & Gamble’s “My Black is Beautiful” event, where Valerius shared the stage with actors Angela Bassett and Queen Latifah. Today Valerius lives in Los Angeles and is producer of the upcoming season of My Black is Beautiful on BET, under the wing of executive producer Kim Swann, a member of the Emerson Class of 1981.

Walking the walk “All of us are only an accident or illness away from disability,” declares Clyde Terry ’74, who is CEO of Granite State Independent Living (GSIL). Terry has spent the better part of his working life helping increase disabled people’s independence.

Under Terry’s leadership since 2002, GSIL has grown to 16 programs in eight offices across New Hampshire, has a budget of nearly $16 million, and 900 employees. GSIL is not your usual nonprofit. Although the group performs advocacy and offers an array of services, including personal care, access modification, transportation, nursing home transition, benefit and housing counseling, and various employment services, it has one important difference: “Over 50 percent of my staff are people with disabilities,” says Terry. “We don’t only talk the talk, we walk the walk. So we speak with some authority.”

Terry was born with a rare case of childhood glaucoma, which has caused his vision to deteriorate over time. He attended Emerson in an era when

Above: Clyde Terry ’74 testifies at the New Hampshire State House on behalf of HB400, a bill aimed at increasing the pay rate for personal care attendants. Top: Daphne Valerius, MA ’06, has made a film on images of black women in mainstream media. The film includes appearances by (left, from top) Michaela Angela Davis, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gwen Ifill, and Regina King.

Emerson College students are writing grants to raise money to bring nine young artists from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Medellín, Colombia, to Boston this April to share their artwork—photographs, video, animation and written word. The city of Medellín, Colombia, has been rocked for decades by violence and drug wars, and the Colombian youths’ artwork reflects their personal experiences growing up in Medellín, which is now engaging in a citywide peace process. Proyecto Boston-Medellín

that Emerson College students in the United States would be writing grants to help us show our art in Boston. This moves us deeply and inspires us to keep going making our art.” In order to enable the Emersonians to “meet” their counterparts in advance of the April visit, Marko arranged several conference calls for her classes. One day in December, Marko and 15 Emerson students huddled around a teleconferencing device on a long table in a Walker Building classroom. The group used an international phone card to make the call to South America. They had trouble connecting. A long string of numbers was punched into the device again and again. “This is what immigrants go through every day,” to call relatives at home, explained Marko.

was developed by Tamera Marko, an Emerson lecturer in Writing, Literature and Publishing and acting director of the First-Year Writing Program at Emerson. Marko first encountered Medellín eight years ago when meeting her husband-to-be’s family and visiting his home country for the first time. Students in both sections of Marko’s Research Writing classes spent the fall term honing their new grant-writing skills by producing grants to help fund the visit by the South American contingent. While the Universidad Nacional de Colombia has provided financial support for five of the nine students to fly to Boston, the Emerson students’ grants, if successful, will fund the remaining four. When the Medellín students learned of the Emerson students’ efforts, they wrote an email to Marko: “We could hardly believe our ears when we heard

Emerson studentsspan continents to help

colleges didn’t provide special support for students with disabilities, so Terry bonded with a number of faculty—including Walt Littlefield and the late John Zacharis—who helped him get through his assignments. Not only did he succeed at Emerson, but he eventually went on to earn a law degree at Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire.

GSIL’s success has been recognized numerous times. The group was named the 2007 Nonprofit of the Year by Business New Hampshire magazine; won The Corporate Fund

Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management in 2009; and was selected this year by radio station WOKQ in Dover as nonprofit of the year, which brings a prize of a year’s worth of air time (valued at $100,000) to promote the organization.

Terry decided long ago to forego a career in law, realizing instead that his

“passion was helping people.” He points to the kinds of success stories fostered by GSIL’s work: “A kid who has dropped out of high school because he

Clyde Terry ’74 (right) accepts a donation from the New Hampshire National Spinal Cord Injury Association.


Above: Students from Colombia appear on a large screen in an Emerson classroom; above, right: Tamera Marko in her class during video-calls to South America.

From Boston, with loveIn an essay freshman Billy Leopold wrote for inclusion in a grant application he produced in his Research Writing class, he explains why he finds the Boston-Medillín project worthwhile. The following is an excerpt:

“I understood Colombia’s hardships and that many governmental and nongovernmental groups were attempting to rebuild, but I couldn’t understand why these

artists were important to bring here. Then, about three weeks into my research, our Boston class video-chatted with our Medellín counterparts and that was my ‘A-ha’ moment. The only place in the university with a steady Internet connection and webcam for the Colombian artists was in the president’s office at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Each artist smiled toothily, saying

‘Hello, how are you?’ or ‘Hola, cómo estás?’ For many, it was their first time video-chatting so we could see them fumbling, but their obvious excitement was endearing and overpowering. At the end of the conversation, each group [in

Boston and in Medellín] gathered around their respective cameras to take a group photo, and one of the Medellín artists received the obligatory

‘bunny ears’ from another— the exact same thing my brother has done to me countless times. If I could not find the compassion to help these kids remove the stigma attached to them, by that point I would have felt as if I was turning on family, but in this instance, my global family. This moment is when I stopped thinking about

Pushing Latino issues to the forefrontIt seems inevitable that Giovanna Negretti ’95 would one day found an influential statewide political organization that works toward increased participation of Latinos in electoral politics.

Growing up in Puerto Rico, Negretti was a political junkie, active in the Puerto Rican independence movement. When she matriculated at Emerson, she continued to work for political organizations—especially those with agendas that focused on Latino rights. After graduating, she landed a job as a legislative aide to a Massachusetts state senator. A few years later, Negretti joined with several other activists in 1999 to found ¿Oíste?, the only statewide Latino civic

Colombia as just a drug haven, riddled with pain and turmoil, and started thinking about the innocent bystanders.

“My new peers did not choose to be born in one of the most violent places in recent history, just as I did not choose to be born in the USA. My hope is these artists—through their own photos, videos, and writing about their Medellín—can break down misconceptions that reduce Colombia (and them) to nothing more than cocaine and violence.”

Soon a large screen at the head of the classroom buzzed with the beginnings of an image. The call had gone through and a camera in a Medellín classroom beamed an image to Boston of a group of Colombian students. The students on two different continents waved at each other. Marko, who speaks Spanish, translated: “They were looking for a camera and computer. It’s summer

there and the last day of classes.” The Emerson students introduce themselves in Spanish around the room. “They’re really, really happy to meet you,” Marko said. Meeting face-to-face is the ultimate goal. But whether the student-written grants are funded or not, the exhibition will take place in April, “even if the artwork is presented virtually,” said Marko.

education organization in Massachusetts. Today she is executive director of ¿Oíste?, whose headquarters are located just a few blocks from the Emerson campus.

¿Oíste? (Have You Heard?) offers programs in leadership development, civic education, and advocacy. “We train Latinos and people of color to run for office, and I think that’s incredibly exciting because we are now seeing a new generation of leaders across Massachusetts.”

Under Negretti’s leadership, ¿Oíste? has registered more than 8,000 Latinos and mobilized an additional 12,000 to vote in the 2004 presidential elections; prepared 150 Latino

has a disability works…our employment office finds a way to get him re-engaged. Or there’s someone with a serious illness who can’t get out of the house for a year. My staff works with them so that they can take control over their life and enjoy it again. These stories make you feel good every day.”

Terry credits Emerson with his ability to succeed: “Communication has been at the heart of my 35 years of work in the fields of public service, policy, and nonprofit management. What allows me to be successful is the ability to communicate, and that ability came from Emerson.”


Service learning classes at Emerson involve classroom projects that provide students a chance to practice civic engagement by applying the lessons they are learning in the classroom to “real-world” endeavors. The faculty members’ projects are supported by grants from the

candidates to run for office; won several voting rights lawsuits and settlements; and assisted in establishing a Voting Rights Task Force in the cities of Boston (2005) and Lawrence (2007).

In 2009, the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, elected its first two Latino/Latina city councilors, and in Lawrence, the first Latino mayor was elected. “Those are people we’ve trained, and we’re really proud of that,” said Negretti.

Negretti’s work has been recognized with a 2008 John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award, which was created by Harvard’s Institute of Politics to “honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with

Projects bring the “real world” into classrooms

their commitment to public service.” Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late president, presented the award to Negretti. Negretti was also included in Boston magazine’s “40 Bostonians to Watch” (June 2002). She has a master’s degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

“We provide Latinos with all the necessary tools to fully and effectively participate in civic life at all levels,” she said. “Our programs have helped Latinos and Latinas to critically and civically engage in the life of their community, and to change systems and structures.”

The work of ¿Oíste? has been so effective that Negretti will advise activists in other states that are planning to emulate the organization’s model. E

Film, Audio, Marketing, Production/Stage Management) work with an equal number of fourth-grade students from the Boston Renaissance Charter School. Through a series of eight weekly 90-minute after-school classes, partner children learn how to use their bodies, their senses, and their imaginations to create characters, structure scenes, introduce and resolve dramatic conflict, and write

dialogue that is appropriate to their characters and relevant to the context. At the end of the class, a performance is held on the Emerson campus. In the Moving Out/Moving In course taught by artist-in-residence Mirta Tocci, the final project is the creation of three children’s books, each telling the story of an immigrant child moving from his/her home country to Villa Victoria, the Latino housing community in Boston’s South End, where the Cacique After-School Program, the course’s community partner, is located. Fifteen Emerson and 22 Cacique students work in groups to create the stories and artwork for the books. At the end of the term, stories are read aloud at the South End branch of the Boston Public Library.

College’s Office of Service Learning and Community Action. The following is a sampling of recent projects that have been supported: In the Writing for Marketing course taught by Assistant Professor Julie Lellis, students complete a minimum of 20 hours of service learning, each with their own service-learning partner. The service-learning portion of the course culminates in a final writing portfolio in which students include a service-learning reflection essay and all writing pieces produced for the community partner. In Playwriting with Youth, taught by instructor Courtney O’Connor, graduate students and seniors in a variety of majors (Theatre Education, Acting, Playwriting,

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Giovanna Negretti ’95 directs the only statewide Latino civic education organization in Massachusetts.


NEW MEDIAJeremiah Cohick ’07, Arthur Nicholls ’05, and former Emerson faculty member Mark Fish teamed up in 2008 to create the Los Angeles-based Digital Dandelion, a social and mobile application development company. In 2009, Digital Dandelion was awarded a grant from Facebook to develop Bottle Buzz, a wine rating application. Digital Dandelion has also created the Rejoinder and Math Jungle applications.

Eric Falconer ’01 and Chris Romano ’00 created a new comedy, Blue Mountain State, which premiered on Spike TV in January. Falconer and Romano previously worked on episodes of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The Sarah Silverman Program before selling Blue Mountain State to Spike TV. In addition, Falconer was co-executive producer with actor Jack Black on the VH1 sketch show Acceptable TV. The duo were roommates at Emerson and started out doing stand-up and sketch comedy in Cambridge before landing writing gigs in California.

THEATERSheryl Kaller ’82 is directing Geoffrey Nauffts’ Next Fall, which opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre in March. This opening marks Kaller’s Broadway directing debut. She has developed many new plays with writers, including Christopher Durang, Peter Melnick, Regina Taylor, Dick Beebe, Michele Brourman, Amanda McBroom, Jeannine Dominy, and Alan Menken.

Children’s television entertainment veteran Donna Ebbs ’85 has been named senior vice president of programming for a new children’s network slated to launch in fall 2010. The network is a joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications. Hasbro’s entertainment properties, including Transformers, Scrabble, and

Starwars.com. The website also published an interview with the New Hampshire-based filmmaker. In the interview, Capone notes,

“When I was growing up, digital video technology wasn’t as accessible as it is today so I didn’t get my hands on actual movie-making equipment until I attended film school at Emerson College.”

Shane Free ’99 just released a feature-length documentary about ghost hunting. Free’s lifelong interest in horror movies and the supernatural inspired him to make Investigating the Afterlife. The documentary follows Free, his friends, and his family as they visit some of the country’s

“haunted hotspots.” The film won the Best Documentary award at the Bare Bones Festival in April 2009. Free has been working in the film industry since moving to Los Angeles in 1999.

TELEVISIONAndrea Pelkey ’04 is the proud owner of an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Daily Studio Sports Show category. Pelkey is one of the two on-site producers for ESPN’s coverage of Sprint Cup races. While a student, Pelkey wrote sports and news for Emerson’s radio broadcasts. Her current work includes coordinating coverage beginning with the pre-race coverage, working with on-air personalities as well as the NASCAR media relations staff and media relations personnel at each track, writing copy, and helping line up interviews.

My Little Pony, will be the basis of new programming in live-action series, animation, and game show formats. Ebbs’ role at the yet-to-be-named network will entail programming strategy, scheduling, and cost management, as well as creative development and overall strategic direction. Ebbs’ most recent position was vice president of original programming at the ABC Family Network, where she oversaw movies and specials, including the highest rated TV movie of 2008, Holiday in Handcuffs.

WORDSStephanie Johnson, MFA ’97, has published her full-length collection, One of These Things is Not Like the Others (Keyhole Press). Emerson faculty member Jessica Treadway, author of And Give You Peace and Absent Without Leave, praises Johnson: “Stephanie Johnson’s fiction…celebrates the idea that less, on the page, can be more: her stories are at once lean and rich, poignant and wry, insightful and evocative.”

FILMJeff Capone ’00 was named winner for the Best Parody in the Fan Movie Challenge presented by Lucasfilm and Atom at the most recent San Diego Comic-Con International. His film, Star Sports, “ponders what would happen if your favorite Star Wars characters fought against each other through dodgeball, baseball, hockey, basketball, football, soccer, and other high school sports,” said

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A letter from the president of the Alumni Association

Dear Fellow Emersonians,

With the official opening of the historic Paramount Center this spring, and last fall’s opening of a new residence hall, offices, and other facilities in the renovated Colonial Theatre Building, Emerson College is well on its way to fulfilling a vision that began more than a decade ago.

When students move into the Paramount Center’s residence hall next September, the College will be offering a residential experience to approximately 70 percent of its

impact the region through a new public initiative in the Performing Arts.

Led by our new Executive Director for the Arts, and Stephen G. Langley Chair in Theater Management and Production, Rob Orchard, formally managing director of Harvard’s American Repertory Theatre at the Loeb Drama Center, the freshly refurbished Paramount Center and the award-winning Cutler Majestic Theatre will host a wide array of prominent artists and companies from around the globe who will provide world-class performances and visual arts for the Greater Boston and Emerson communities. This, in conjunction with plans for the development and construction of the new Hollywood home for our LA program, on Sunset Boulevard within sight of the Hollywood sign, will provide Emerson with considerable visibility on both coasts.

The move to the “Campus on the Common” heightened Emerson’s commitment to excellence in education. We have seen our academic programs grow in strength and reputation through the recruitment of leading industry professionals to our teaching corps, in addition to the state-of-the-art facilities. As a result of this

commitment our student body has grown significantly, with applications for admission doubling in the last decade. In the last academic year alone more than 6,940 applications were submitted for only 760 available freshman slots, an indication that Emerson is a “go to” place for students interested in film, broadcasting, journalism, theater, and other communications arts and sciences.

For those alumni who have returned to the College and had the opportunity to experience first-hand the changes that have occurred, I am sure you all agree that it is nothing less than extraordinary.

These remarkable and continuing changes in our alma mater make this an appropriate time to visit Emerson again. You will be amazed and proud if you haven’t seen the campus in recent years. And you will be blown away by the amazing transformation of the Paramount Center. Now is a good time to mark your calendar to take part in Alumni Weekend 2010 (June 4–6) for what is sure to be a very special occasion.

With warm regards,

Robert Friend ’79President, Emerson College Alumni Association [email protected]

on projects that are the hallmark of an Emerson education. We’ve expanded our tradition of being the College where focused, talented young people who are interested in pursuing communication and the arts come to collaborate with their generation’s most creative peers.

Just as important, the academic facilities in which our students study, collaborate, and hone their skills are now among the best in the country.

Following its move from the Back Bay campus that many of us remember, Emerson has positively transformed its new neighborhood and is becoming a Boston landmark. The College’s move across the Common connected our campus with Emerson’s Cutler Majestic Theatre and has played an enormous role in enhancing the Theatre District’s vitality and development. What’s more, the relocation allowed the College to expand its footprint and update its educational facilities in a vibrant and creative way. By adding the Paramount Center to its roster of performance facilities, Emerson will control more theater seats than any other entity in Boston – certainly more than almost any private college or university in the country. Our visibility has soared and we are now poised to significantly

Alumni Digest

undergraduates. According to President Jackie Liebergott this is significant because a residential campus allows students to interact and work even more closely together on all the co-curricular, hands-


New presidents have been named to Alumni Associa-tion chapters in Southern Florida, New York, and London. They are:

Linda Corradina ’81, the newly named New York chapter co-president, is senior vice president/executive producer for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO), supervising all new programming development, and overseeing the creative content and production needs of MSLO Television, particularly the daily syndicated program Martha Stewart Living. Corradina will join Andre Archimbaud ’94 as co-president of the chapter.

Greg Vitarelli ’92, president of the new London chapter, is an expatriate who resides in London and operates a public relations firm, Sherpa Media Ltd. During a recent visit to Boston to reconnect with the College, he agreed to

New Alumni Associationchapter presidents named

help expand the Alumni Association presence in the Western Europe community. His initial goal will be to develop an inaugural branding/professional development event in London sometime this year. This event will be followed by a roster of programs and events to help reconnect European alumni with activities on campus, international

admissions initiatives, and to provide access to career services opportunities and professional development events.

Cindy Lieber ’83, the new Southern Florida chapter president, is a veteran of broadcast and cable television production with more than 25 years’ experience. She has written and produced programs for nearly every major network, including ABC, CBS, NBC, MTV, VH-1, A&E, Lifetime,

Linda Corradina ’81 Greg Vitarelli ’92 Cindy Lieber ’83

Food Network, and PBS. Program genres she has worked in include news, elections, talk, documentary, magazine, game, music, award, food, and travel. Lieber was instrumental in the funding, development, marketing, and publicizing of two large South Florida-based start-ups: ByeByeNow.com and Javalution Coffee Company. She lives with her husband and son in Miami Beach.

Thursday, April 8 Boston: Second Thursday Series Sunday, April 25 Boston: Red Sox v. Baltimore alumni event Friday-Sunday, June 4-6 Boston: Alumni Weekend 2010

Alumni spring events 2010For details and updates on any of these events, visit www.emersonalumni.com

A showcase of student films

April 6 Washington, D.C. April 8 New York City

For details and tickets

http://bit.ly/emersonevents

Free to current students

The Emerson Film Festival takes to the road in 2010


MyAlumni Weekend

A wine tasting was held in December by the New York alumni chapter at Otto Pizzeria. Presiding over the festivities were co-presidents of the New York Alumni Chapter, Linda Corradina ’81 and Andre Archimbaud ’94.

New York

From left are Craig Anderson ’81, Doug Herzog ’81, Janet Scardino

’81, and Rob Hess ’81.

From left are Rob Hess ’81, Jacki Barlia Florin ’81, Jonathon Burkhart ’85, Jim Berman ’89, and Linda Corradina ’81

Foreground (from left): Ellen Zitani ’99, Mary Ann Cicala ’99, and Jessica Phillips Rohlfing ’94; background: Amanda Harrington ’03, Michael Farah, G ’04

Save the Date: June 4-6, 2010

HIGHLIGHTS • Celebrate Emerson College’s 130th anniversary

• Alumni Faculty Brunch features Lauren Shaw, associate professor, and her documentary, A Drop in the Bucket

• Celebrate the College’s new Paramount Center

• Celebrating reunions for all classes ending in 0’s and 5’s Special anniversaries for the Communication Sciences and Disorders program (75 years), recognizing the retirement of Anthony Bashir, David Luterman, and David Maxwell; the Emerson College Alumni Association (65 years); Communication, Politics and Law Association (25 years)

EVENTS • Opening Reception, welcome by President Liebergott

• Sunset Harbor Cruise

• Alumni College presentations by faculty and alumni

• Class lunches at the Paramount Center

• Off the Page: readings by alumni authors

• Soccer game and recognition reception with Pete Chvany

• Fraternity and sorority receptions

• WERS Hall of Fame presentation

• Saturday evening gala celebration and auction at the InterContinental Hotel

• Presentation of Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards to Clyde Terry ’74, Judyann Johnson Elder ’67, Brendan McCarthy ’04, and Michael Mendenhall ’84

• Brunch with emeriti and current faculty

Visit emerson.edu/alumni/weekend/ for updates and to see which classmates are planning to attend.

From right are June Clark ’92, Amanda Harrington ‘03, and Michael Farah, G ’04


The annual New York speed networking event was hosted at Tribeca Cinema in October. New York-based alumni participated in facilitated networking followed by the 10th Annual Back to School Party.

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Stay in touch with Emerson classmates no matter where you are.

To learn more about programs and opportunities for alumni, contact the chapter nearest you.

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International alumni can contact Greg Vitarelli at [email protected] in London, England.


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A room at Emerson College’s Iwasaki Library was dedicated in October 2009 to the late WBZ radio talkmeister David Brudnoy. The Phi Alpha Tau Room will house books selected from Brudnoy’s personal library. The books fall into two categories: The Franklin Library Collection of Limited Editions and Signed First Editions, and the Collection of First Editions written by

Attending the dedication of a room honoring the late radio host David Brudnoy were Peter Meade ’70 (left), chair of Emerson’s Board of Trustees; Ward Cromer, a longtime friend of David Brudnoy’s;

guests who appeared on Brudnoy’s long-running radio talk show. Brudnoy received an honorary degree from Emerson College in 1996 and was an honorary member of Phi Alpha Tau. Phi Alpha Tau President Jesse Liebman ’11 said,

“David served not just as a Phi Alpha Tau Brother and advisor but as a friend.”

Kent Anderson ’08 (left), Ryan Gibeau ’05, Drew Sumner ’07, and Jamie Clouthier ’09 at the Fenway Park reception.

More than 30 people played in the annual alumni softball game at Rotch Field.

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Emerson College’s Second annual Athletic Homecom-ing was held during the fall term at Rotch Field and Fenway Park. The day’s festivities began with an alumni softball game at Rotch in which former stu-

dent athletes competed with and against one another with softball Coach Phil McElroy and baseball coach Dave Hanley supplying the pitching. Following the game, a men’s and women’s

soccer doubleheader took place with the Emerson var-sity teams sweeping Rivier College. The women’s team took a 5-1 decision, while the men’s team won by a count of 2-1. The scene then shifted to a private luxury box at Fenway Park, where

70 alumni celebrated and watched the Red Sox play at Yankee Stadium on the large flat-screen televisions around the room. The 3rd Annual Athletic Homecom-ing is slated for Saturday, September 25, 2010.

Emerson President Jacqueline Liebergott; Phi Alpha Tau President Jesse Liebman ’11; Peter Casey, WBZ director of news and programming; and Jack Armitage, friend of Brudnoy’s.


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Shane Hurlbut ’86 came to campus in the fall to present an interactive discussion,

“Catch The Wave: How Still Photography Changes The Way We Make Movies,” as part of the Boston Alumni Chapter’s Second Thursday series. The multimedia presentation focused on Hurlbut’s experience with the Canon 5D Mark II. The

“game changer” camera gives a cinematographer the abil-ity to capture shots spon-

Brian Baldeck ’08 (left) and Eddie Mejia ’96 at the Boston GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) annual Halloween Happy Hour at The Living Room in Boston.

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President Liebergott hosted the College’s annual scholarship dinner in November. The dinner brings scholarship funders and recipients together to share their passion for Emerson.

“Thanks to scholarships provided by alumni, parents, and friends, Emerson students can complete their studies or spend a semester in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, or the Netherlands,” says Robert Ashton, vice president for Institutional Advancement. “The scholarships also enable many students to devote time to community service or participate more fully in campus activities.”

Representing the students, Alex Amoling ’10 told the story of his college search and decision to apply only to Emerson. A BFA candidate whose family has always encouraged him to pursue his dreams, Amoling plans to increase awareness of Emerson by involving students from his high school alma mater in the production of his thesis project. Amoling thanked Marillyn Zacharis for providing the John C. Zacharis Memorial Scholarship and the financial and emotional support it offers.

Other recipients of the Zacharis Memorial and the Zacharis Forensics scholarships – established in memory of Emerson’s late President John Zacharis – attended the dinner

as well. Recipients and funders of the Mitzi and Mel Kutchin Scholarship in Communication Disorders, the Barbara (Segal) Rutberg ’68 Scholarship in Creative Writing, the Rob Sands Scholarship, and the Torie Snelgrove Scholarship for Broadcast Journalism were also present.

This year many scholarships were funded by responses to special campaigns, including the Jess Cain Scholarships, funded by gifts in memory of the beloved Boston radio personality; the Parents Leadership Council Scholars, whose scholarships were funded by an appeal to parents; and scholarships funded by alumnus and Trustee

Annual scholarship dinner brings scholarship funders and recipients together

Trustee Marillyn Zacharis and recipients of the 2009-10 John C. Zacharis Memorial and John C. Zacharis Forensics scholarships.

Kevin Bright in response to a challenge sent out by President Liebergott last spring.

Vice President Ashton notes that requests for financial assistance increased significantly this year, and Emerson anticipates a continuation of this trend. “Scholarship support enables many students to make the most of their Emerson experience,” he says.

taneously with lightweight lenses and a small design, he said. The event was co-sponsored by the Emerson student group Frames Per Second.


The monthly Second Thursday program, presented by the Greater Boston Alumni Chapter, invites alumni to return to campus one night a month for networking.

For more information:visit the events calendar at emersonalumni.com or contact Mary Ann Cicala Alumni Relations Office(617) 824-8273

Washington, D.C.

Los Angeles

The Web Explosion: TV on the Internet, a panel presentation, was held in November in Los Angeles and hosted by Bob and Linda Gersh, P ’10, at the Gersh Agency. More than 80 alumni participated in a lively discussion and heard from industry professionals about the use of the web as an alternate portal for existing entertainment. Michael Daley ’03 (left), Kayte

Walsh ’06, and Megan Fraher ’07 at the event.

More than 30 alumni joined Chapter President Howard Liberman ’68 and their fellow D.C.-area alum-ni and friends in December for a meet and greet. Jo-seph Leo Bwarie ’99, who stars as Frankie Valli in the touring production of the hit musical Jersey Boys, stopped by to say hello.

From left are Chris Williams and panelists Shea Farrell, Gareth Reynolds ’02, Anne Kenny ’85 (moderator), Evan Mann ’01, and Morgan Gendel.

Jeanne M. Brodeur ’72, a former vice president for institutional advancement at the College, died October 19 in Long Beach, California, following a long battle with cancer. She was 58.

After graduating from Emerson with a broadcasting degree, she worked extensively in public television, including stints as vice president for development for North Texas Public Television in Dallas. There she developed and executed a $30 million capital campaign. Other positions

Jeanne Brodeur, alumnus and former Emerson VP, dies

included development director for WMFE in Orlando, Fla., and director of development at WGBH in Boston. Brodeur worked at Emerson from October 2000 to October 2003.

Brodeur was able to attend Emerson because she received financial assistance. As a demonstration of her gratitude, she left a bequest to establish the Jeanne Brodeur ’72 Memorial Scholarship at Emerson College. Donations may be mailed (Emerson College, 120 Boylston Street, 7th floor, Boston, MA 02116-4624)

or submitted online (visit emerson.edu/alumni/giving. Under “Fund Account Designation” select

“Your Choice” and enter “Jeanne Brodeur Scholarship” in the Comments section).

Donations in Brodeur’s name may also be sent to the Jeanne M. Brodeur Woman to Woman Campaign, which Brodeur founded and which provides money to pay for cancer treatments and transportation to medical appointments (www.pacificshoresfoundation.org).

CORRECTION In the last issue of Expression,

photo captions on pages 28-29

were reversed. On page 28, the

caption that reads “President

Liebergott congratulates

Marion Ostrov ’39 on her

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29 reading “Freyda Siegel ’30

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Greater Boston Alumni Chapter


Class Notes1944Audrey Holland writes: “I am now 86 years old, and many of my fondest memories are of professors and classmates of that very small school with the big heart. Congratulations to Emerson on your growth.”

50th Reunion 1960

1961Roberta (Binder) Aungst has completed a three-year term on the Council for Clinical Certification for the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA); she served two of those years as vice-chair for audiology. She also completed a three-year term as a member of the ASHA Committee on Honors, serving as chair in 2009. Roberta is now serving a three-year term on the ASHA Committee on Nominations and Elections.

1962Hal Platzkere writes:

“Following a 12-year, successful run heading up corporate PR groups for several Fortune 500 global companies – GE Capital, W.R. Grace, and GMAC Commercial Mortgage – I recently revived my former PR marketing communications company – PR Connection Productions – located in suburban Philadelphia.”

1963Mike Pevzner may be retired but he’s looking forward to a busy winter and spring, directing four productions for four different community theaters: Love Letters at North Quincy (Mass.) Community Theatre; You Can’t Take It With You, a staged reading for the Duxbury (Mass.) Senior Center; The Dixie Swim Club for Nemasket River Players of Middleboro; and Our Town for the Bay Players of Duxbury/Marshfield.

Craig Worthing has spoken almost daily for the past year with Willard “Huck” Hodgkins ’63 of Pittsfield, Mass., who suffered a stroke a year ago, “but is coming along marvelously.” Craig and his partner, Raymond Ho, just celebrated their 15-year anniversary with a cruise to Mexico.

45th Reunion 1965

1966Joan (Somers) Martin threw her hat into the ring and ran for public office in a small New Hampshire town. “Yikes, I got elected. After years of Boston politics, participating in small-town government is a fascinating and rewarding experience.”

1968Steve Bluestein reports that his play Rest, In Pieces opened

regionally to rave reviews last year. It played at New York’s Westside Theatre as well. Two books were recently published that featured Steve’s career in comedy – the first, I’m Dying Up Here, which chronicles the birth of the L.A. comedy boom in the late 1970s, and Love to Love You, Brady is the story of The Brady Variety Hour, for which Steve wrote the pilot and series.

40th Reunion 1970Paul Aaron is a New York State-licensed mental health counselor and a New York State-credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor, and has a private practice in Manhattan.

Susan (Borks) Binder writes, “Where to start? Have been out of touch with everyone except Janice (Wasserman) Elkin ’69. I continue to work as a speech-language specialist for services

David Iseman ’75 (left) writes, “John Bachman ’75 died peacefully in his sleep on Oct. 22, 2009, age 56, of esophageal cancer. I had known John since 1971, when we met at Emerson as roommates sharing a basement apartment on Comm Ave. During college and post-graduation, we continued our friendship. John helped Emerson’s WERS-FM change transmitter locations from Beacon Street to the top of the Pru. John went on to become chief engineer for WBLI in Patchogue, N.Y.”

CORRECTION

In the last issue of Expression, John Bromley ’98 was listed under the incorrect class.

Peter Seronick ’70 is creative director of North Star Marketing. He worked at Hill Holliday and Arnold Worldwide, among other Boston-area agencies during his multi-decade career. Peter is an adjunct instructor at Emerson.


to non-public schools. Still married to Bert. Our son, Seth, is completing his dissertation in environmental economics at Yale. He got married a year ago. I am involved in community theater as an actor and director.”

1973David Ehrmann and wife Barbara are the grandparents of the “amazing” Isaac S. Ehrmann. “Although Isaac is just one year old, there are clear signs that he

enjoys performing before audiences; Emerson could be in his future.” Last summer, David received the Ken Childs Award from the Hampden County chapter of the Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty. David continues his executive coaching practice in leadership and organizational development.

35th Reunion 1975Russ Charpentier has been a sportswriter at the Cape Cod Times in Hyannis for 25 years and has won numerous awards, his latest a first place in sports feature/enterprise writing from the New England Associated Press News Executive Association. Last year he won for sports column writing. Russ lives in Marstons Mills with his wife, Melanie, and two daughters, Emma, a freshman at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and Natalie, a freshman at Sturgis Public Charter High School in Hyannis.

1976Dave Crawley, MA ’76, has published his third book of children’s poetry: Reading, Rhymin, and Rithmetic. Dave has won 10 Emmys as a reporter for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh.

1977Michele (Haracz) Ciment writes: “I would like to share the wonderful news of the birth of my granddaughter, Calli Michele Santucci, on December 4, 2009, in Bristol, Connecticut.”

30th Reunion 1980

1981Rosalie Kaufman Sheffield has been named sales manager for the Boulder, Colorado, office of RC Special Events. Since graduating from Emerson, Rosalie has worked in the video production, news, and event-management fields. She was also part of the “wave”

Jenna Zark ’76 is a playwright, communications consultant, and writer. Her play, A Body of Water, was published by Dramatists Play Service and produced regionally after its debut at Circle Repertory in New York. She has written a number of plays, including A Great Miracle Happened Here, which was part of the 2009 Fresh Ink series at the Illusion Theater in Minneapolis.

Christine Brodien-Jones ’72 is celebrating the release of her second book, The Owl Keeper, a children’s fantasy, which is being published by Delacorte Press (Random House). Having worked as a freelance journalist, editor, and teacher, Christine is now doing what she loves most: writing full-time. Now that her two sons are grown, she and her husband divide their time between a small house by the sea in Gloucester, Mass., and an old country house in Deer Isle, Maine; they also spend part of their winters in Buenos Aires.

In Memoriam

1937 Marguerite Morgan Broman1939 Joan S. Hertzmark 1950 George E. Burgess 1950 John F. Woods 1950 Nicholas Alexander 1950 Guy L. Aylward 1950 Lawrence P. Marshall 1951 Edward Scott Whitmarsh1951 Elizabeth Rogers Jeanjaquet 1957 Robert D. Bergeron 1958 Brenda Kaufman Racoosin 1961 James M. Canto 1963 Corrine Spears Silas 1966 Neal T. Zapponi 1973 Larry Stephen Jainchill 1982 Richard Noble Jr. 1983 Harold A. Schlicht 1992 Molly K. Lewis 1992 Bronwyn Reynolds Joplin 2010 Matthew D. Starring William McCabe, former public safety chief John E. Fitzgerald, former instructor


of Emerson students hired in the early 1980s to help launch CNN and CNN Headline News. In addition, Rosalie is co-president of the Emerson Denver Alumni Chapter.

1982Stephen Gilman is accounting coordinator at the TD Garden. “My sportscasting and journalism background didn’t hurt me in getting this job. Working at a Boston sports venue is something I’ve dreamed of for a long time.”

Sheryl Kaller directed Next Fall, a world premiere at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons, New York City, in June 2009. The play has moved to Broadway and will have its debut at the Helen Hayes Theatre in March.

25th Reunion 1985Donna Ebbs is senior vice president, programming, for the Hasbro-Discovery joint venture television network expected to launch late this year. The yet-to-be-named network will reach approximately 60 million U.S. households on what is currently Discovery Kids channel. Donna will be responsible for planning, directing, and executing the network’s programming strategy, including scheduling, oversight, and cost management.

1985-1987Karen Uminski ’87 and Adam Brooks ’85 are married and live in Arlington, Massachusetts. “After meeting in Joan Brigham’s class in 1983, we have been together ever since, finally tying the knot in 2006. John Coffee officiated!” Holly Buchan ’86 was maid of honor.

1988Kelly (O’Brien) Way is senior event manager for TeamOps/Kraft Sports Group in Foxboro, Massachusetts. “My role at the stadium has transitioned from a human resources function to operations. I manage the full stadium events from a security perspective, which includes New England Patriots football and concerts in addition to managing an events team that handles the smaller events and external client sites.”

20th Reunion 1990Mark Griffin has written a book, A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli (Da Capo Press).

1991Jennifer (Dr. Jenn) Berman has written SuperBaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years of Life, which will be published later this year.

A script by Caitlin McCarthy, MFA ’94, called Resistance (formerly known as Vera) is in development with award-winning U.K. director Si Wall. The script is a historical drama about Vera Laska, who, as a teenager, defied statistics and lasted three years as a WWII Czechoslovak Resistance fighter and survived Auschwitz as a political prisoner. Visit resistancethemovie.com.

Michelle Monti, MA ’95, recently performed in two Neil Simon plays at the Mansfield (Mass.) Music and Arts Society. She played the role of Aunt Gertrude (who

has an amusing speech impediment) in Lost in Yonkers, and Gwendolyn, one of the “Pigeon” sisters, in The Odd Couple.


1992Gregg Epstein recently published a book, Changing of the Guard, through lulu.com. The book tells the story of a private investigator solving the theft of $3 million.

1993Elaine Pascale has published a collection of short stories, If Nothing Else, Eve, We’ve Enjoyed the Fruit (Withersin Press). Elaine is a professor at Suffolk University in Boston and also the author of the nonfiction book, Metamorphosis: Identity Outcomes in International Student Adaptation – A Grounded Theory Study.

1994Rebecca Marani is CEO at BigBad, a leading national interactive agency.

Kristen Tanzer Teixeira and Michael Teixeira welcomed their second child, Elsie Margaret, on November 20, 2009. They already have a 5-year-old spitfire

named Emerson and are looking forward to seeing their girls grow up and take over the world. Mike is creative director for Calypso Communications in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kristen is a Les Mills fitness instructor.

15th Reunion 1995Tobias Baharian writes:

“I finally found my true love – Jennifer Calderon Baharian. Though not an Emersonian, she shares a huge appreciation of movies and music. We had an amazing ceremony and reception, and went away for a week to the Dominican Republic.”

Bill Fiala recently marked his 10-year anniversary at 20th Century Fox and was promoted to executive director of post-production for Fox Searchlight Pictures.

Sal Malguarnera is working as director of photography on a project called Highway 50, hosted by Tom Brokaw. The

documentary aired on the USA Network in January.

Risa Miller, MFA ’95, teaches fiction writing at Emerson and has a new novel, My Before and After Life (St. Martin’s Press).

1996Donna Wolfe writes:

“Thirteen years after graduating from Emerson, I have finally finished my book, No Excess Baggage. It is now available from a print-on-demand website (Trafford Publishing). I took advantage of the new technology to create a memoir with 100 photos.”

1997Trinette L. Faint ’97, MA ’08, has launched Love Hue, an online beauty store. “This has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember and I am so happy that I have finally made it a reality. The long cyber road was stressful and arduous at times, as it was my first such venture, but absolutely worth it.”

1998A novel by Sean Ferrell, MFA ’98, called Numb will be published by Perennial (HarperCollins) this year. Sean sold the book earlier this year with the help of his agent, Janet Reid of FinePrint Literary Management.

10th Reunion 2000

2002Mimi Tsiane has been appointed director of community relations for West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization in Providence, Rhode Island.

2001Michael Cyril Creighton writes and stars in a new online sitcom Jack in a Box on youtube.com/MCCreighton. In May he will be seen in the world premiere of The Debate Society’s Untitled Buddy

Chinyere (Onyeagoro) Ubamadu ’96 has completed a Leadership Chattanooga program with another alumnus, Mike Dunne

’82. Leadership Chattanooga is a 10-month leadership development program that identifies people of promise in early or mid-career. Ubamadu is manager of marketing and public relations for Chattanooga Ronald McDonald House Charities. She lives in Chattanooga with her husband, Ben, and two children, Zachary, 4, and Zoe, 7.

Kelly (King) Boganwright ’00 writes, “This year my short film, Trust Issues, screened at the Tacoma Film Festival and the National Film Festival for Talented Youth. My company, Studio Trifusion, produced the film and I acted in it. We also had a second short film, Slushai, accepted into Indie Fest USA and the Washougal International Film Festival.”


Cop Play at The Ontological-Hysteric Theater in New York City.

Emily K. Harrison is working on a Ph.D. in theater at the University of Colorado, where she teaches courses in acting and theater history. She graduated with an MFA in performance from the Savannah College of Art & Design in 2004 and has been working for Naropa University since 2005. She founded a small, award-winning, Boulder-based theater company called square product theater. Last spring her new solo show, Tornado Season, was produced.

Jason Rossman is running in the 2010 Boston Marathon for GoKids Boston, a unique fitness resource for children based at UMass Boston. “They provide exciting and fun programs for low-income, multi-ethnic children and youth aimed at preventing and treating obesity and chronic disease through on-site physical activity and nutrition education.

2002Scott Rutherford recently relocated from New England to Southern California, where he works at National Trademark Investigations as director of marketing. Since leaving Emerson, Scott completed a master’s in business administration at Babson College.

Audrey Beth Stein, MFA ’02, has published a memoir, Map, which explores “a time when being queer was a little bit

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‘00, Leslie Davis ‘99; top row (left to right): Michelle Alexander ‘00, Chaz Riggs, Taysha (Urquhart) Riggs

‘00, Erin Lillis ‘00, Gary Knight ‘00, and Alicia Velez ‘99.

Marylee (Picciano) Carroll ’01 and Jeff Carroll were married on September 18, 2009, on Long Island. They enjoyed a two-week honeymoon in Hawaii, and live in Hoboken, N.J.

Stephanie (Pierce) Trovato ’06 was married to Stephen Trovato on May 24, 2009, in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. In attendance (from left) were: Briana Lynch, Meri Wentworth, Stephanie

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easier than admitting you’d met someone through the Internet.” Audrey was a two-time national prizewinner in the David Dornstein Memorial Short Story Contest.

2003Patrick Aitken started payperclickhelpers.com, a company specializing in SEM and social media marketing.

Betsy Morgan is in the Broadway revival of A Little Night Music, starring Catherine-Zeta Jones and Angela Lansbury. Betsy plays the part of Mrs. Segstrom and is in the Quintet.

Sandra Luzzi Sneesby is an assistant professor at the Community College of Rhode Island, focusing on the development of a New Media program. “The faculty and curriculum at Emerson prepared me extremely well for work in academia and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to pass on my training to a new generation of mediamakers.”

2004Reed McDowell is producer for Fox News Edge, which serves more than 150 clients, including dozens of Fox affiliates, the Wall Street Journal, Sky News, and the New York Post. Reed previously worked for Fox 25 in Boston and for Inside Edition in New York.

5th Reunion 2005

2006 Andrew Leviton edited and animated the movie created from the well-known children’s book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. He lives in Studio City, California, and works for Sony. Andrew is working on his next Sony animated movie, Hotel.

Sara McDermott and her sister, Melissa, founded Pergola Publishing and have released their first book, Memoirs of Meanness.The book is being used in many schools’ anti-bullying programs.

Jonathan Schwab is a freelance journalist for the weekly newspaper The News Gazette and a board operator for the radio station WREL/3WZ in Lexington, Virginia.

Kimberly Ann Southwick started a literary-arts journal, Gigantic Sequins, and successfully released the first issue last year. Working with her are two Emerson alumni, Shereen Adel ’07 and Daniel Christensen ’08. She also earned her master’s degree in English from New York University in spring 2009.

Dana Yosef-Horton, MA ’09, gave birth to a boy, Yoel. “We are all fine and getting used to the new situation.”

Lee Miller ’97 and wife Arlene have a new daughter, Sophia Rose, born November 5.

Josh Mills ’98 and wife Jennifer are proud to announce the birth of Ava.

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2008Chelsea Phillips writes: “My father, Bart ’86, has won an Emmy Award! When Santa Turned Green is a children’s holiday story which we here at Sunseeker Media in Atlanta adapted into a three-part

public service announcement encouraging kids to help make a difference for the planet by doing their part in activities such as turning off the lights when exiting a room.”

Erika Rydberg has been accepted to George Washington University’s certificate program in documentary filmmaking. In addition to attaining her master’s degree in media and public affairs, she will be participating in the certificate program.

2009Sara Noonan won a gold Medical Marketing & Media Award in the Best Interactive Initiative for Consumers category for her social media campaign to raise awareness of the rare disease phenylketonuria.

Joseph Bombard ’04 was featured in The Great American Trailer Park Musical, which played last fall at the Minneapolis Musical Theatre.

Anne Morgan ’09 won the National Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Award in Dramaturgy.

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Report on Giving

Keeping Them in the Picture A message from Robert Ashton,

Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Each year, Emerson College thanks donors and provides a report to the larger community on the results of this philanthropy. Not surprisingly, fewer Emersonians were able to make gifts last year, but remarkably, the Emerson Fund grew by more than 10 percent beyond our record-breaking million-dollar pace the year before. Those Emersonians who could do so, realizing the greater need, stepped forward with larger gifts than ever. We at the College are especially touched by the outpouring of generosity from those who gave to help students and academic programs.

Last year, anticipating that the economy would likely impact the families of some Emerson students, Emerson College’s leadership volunteer boards—Trustees, Overseers, and Alumni—joined together to create a special scholarship fundraising campaign: “Keep Them in the Picture.” The concept was that, if we all pitched in together, we could help members of the Emerson community who were caught in the recession. The idea that Emerson students might be forced to end their education because of family financial stress was just unacceptable.

So, members of these boards gave more than $70,000 to challenge other Emersonians to make their own gifts to help students continue their education at the College. That challenge was answered by hundreds, including the graduating Class of 2009, whose class gift was earmarked for scholarships. In the end, nearly half a million dollars was raised for scholarships last year, through the Emerson Fund and other vehicles.

This generous Emerson spirit is perhaps highlighted by a gift recognizing the important role of a committed teacher—arguably the greatest asset any college can have. In 2008–2009, we also saw an increase in unrestricted funds, acknowledging the confidence donors have in Emerson’s leadership to manage funds well and to apply them effectively to the areas of greatest opportunity and need. Many Emerson parents have also pitched in to help through generous gifts over and above their tuition payments, making it possible for other students to continue pursuing their ambitions and to grow their talents.

An immediate return on some of that Emersonian generosity is demonstrated by the selfless activities of students themselves who, having been kept in the picture, are finding ways to give back at Emerson and beyond.

As you read on, you will find out more about these stories from the past year’s gifts to Emerson. But I hope you take away this one realization—Emersonians do join together to help one another, whether with a career move, with getting a gig, with completing their student production, or with making it through college when disaster strikes. A collaborative hands-on experience is the hallmark of an Emerson education—working together, helping one another, and learning from each other. This experience shapes Emersonians’ attitude toward life—and especially toward one another. We keep one another in the picture.

Our sincere and grateful thank you to every person and organization who stepped forward this year to make it a year of hope for many Emerson students. As Hannah Klinger ’10 points out when she talks about the Alternative Spring Break, “Little things have a huge impact.” That’s the power of Emerson, where alumni, parents, faculty, students, and staff joined together, each contributing what she or he could to help their college and their fellow Emersonians. And their impact was huge.

2009



2009 Honor RollMrs. Beatrice Coulouris DavisMr. Duane O. FittsMrs. Shirley W. HomesMrs. Mona Pam MasseyMr. Perry E. Massey Jr.Mrs. Marilyn A. SzerlipMr. Robert C. TullMrs. Elizabeth Marion WartellMr. Richard Woodies

1951Majestic Society $25,000 to $49,999Mr. Ted Cutler H’07 (Trustee)Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Dr. Rod Parker H’77 P’80Deans Society $500 to $999Mrs. Carol Kessler LampkeAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mrs. Helen Scott KlimMr. John J.P. WeirCentury Society $100 to $249Mrs. Jane DeanMrs. Marilyn Johnson DuaneMr. David H. GeorgiaMr. Ambrose G. HockMrs. Eleanor Kleban LevinMrs. Libby Barolsky LiboMr. William F. McCartMs. Joan OstroffMr. Willard P. SmithMr. James A. Stafford

1952Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Mrs. Winifred Marston FlanaganBoylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Dorothy L. LappinAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mrs. Doranne Shapiro Smith w’56Century Society $100 to $249Mrs. Alice Cowley Gallo

1953Beacon Society $5,000 to $9,999Mrs. Vivian Marlowe ShoolmanAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mrs. Mildred Seltzer RadlauerCentury Society $100 to $249Mrs. Mary-Louise A. CoffinMr. Fred MacIntyre DixonMrs. Betty Carlson JackelMrs. Nancy Hudes KantorMrs. Pat Collins McMorrow

1954Deans Society $500 to $999Mr. John Q. Adams Jr. w’56Century Society $100 to $249Mrs. Charlotte L. GranthamDr. Daga L. Krackowizer

1931Century Society $100 to $249Mrs. Jeannette K. Whitmer

1935Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mrs. Phyllis Adams McCullough

1937Century Society $100 to $249Mrs. Marguerite Morgan Broman

1940Deans Society $500 to $999Ms. Berniece Currie w’44

1945Century Society $100 to $249Mrs. Isabelle S. Bateman

1947Century Society $100 to $249Ms. Lee Wheeler ElstonMr. Morton D. HoffmanMr. Herbert C. Homes w

1948Century Society $100 to $249Mrs. Joy Werner MelmanMrs. Lorraine Crystal Weinstein

1949Century Society $100 to $249Mrs. Janice Harvey FittsMrs. Jane Young GibsonEstate of Elinore A. Greene TrustMrs. Frances Flaherty PerryMr. Walter Stelkovis

1950Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Estate of Richard C. SparlingInnovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Rev. Mary Jean B. MetzgerBoylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mrs. Mary Geddes AveryDeans Society $500 to $999Mr. Frank W. German Jr. nMr. Frank M. McNamaraMrs. Helen A. McNamaraAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Dr. Charles J. Klim w’53 tMr. James Green NolanCentury Society $100 to $249Dr. David M. BrooksMrs. Nanette M.A. Clark

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1955Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Dr. Richard J. O’ConnorBoylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mrs. Helaine A. MillerDeans Society $500 to $999Mrs. Marjorie E. AltschulerMr. Robert D. Corey Century Society $100 to $249Dr. Kenneth C. Crannell Sr. w’57 P’91 tMr. Daniel R. Gillette Sr.Ms. Diane G. Purdy-TheriaultMrs. Reva Schapira RobinsonDr. Edna M. Ward t

1956Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. William E.C. HennesseyMrs. H. Lee LevinsCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Mimi CozzensMr. John NadeauMs. Carole Fenster Soling

1957Century Society $100 to $249Mr. Edward S. BlotnerMs. Cynthia CraneMrs. Patricia R. Crannell P’91Mrs. Joan Falk Levenson

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091958Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. William J. BordyDeans Society $500 to $999Mr. Richard L. HamiltonCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Gerald BlumeMrs. Nancy Holden GearMr. Nelson A. HershmanMrs. Cynthia I. Hutchinson-ProvostMrs. Sheila Krute SavitskyMr. Lincoln John Stulik w’66Mrs. Alexandra H. WildeyMr. George E. Wildey

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1959Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Ellen BarnesDr. Gayle N. Carson Mr. Julian WolinskyDeans Society $500 to $999Mr. Harry W. Morgan w’65 P’84 tMrs. Yvonne NoelMrs. Anita Kaplan VerbekeAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mrs. Nancy Dickinson CostelloMr. Stephen M. VengroveCentury Society $100 to $249Mrs. Rochelle Kaplan Abrams w’62Mr. Raymond J. DempseyMr. Daniel FrankDr. Laura-Jean GilbertMr. Andrew N. GuthrieMrs. Joanne Rodman Lusskin w’80Mrs. Dorothy Geotis MacLean w’66Mrs. Sarah B. Stulik w’66

1960Deans Society $500 to $999Ms. Mary Jo Stonie w’75Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Iris Gerber DamsonCentury Society $100 to $249Dr. Philip P. Amato w’61 P’91 P’94 tMr. Muray A FriedmanDr. Barrett J. MandelDr. Robert W. Mullen w’62Mr. Vincent M. MustoDr. Carl Schmider w’63Ms. Charlotte L. Smith

1961Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Susan Namm Spencer P’87Deans Society $500 to $999Ms. Barbara Morgan P’84Century Society $100 to $249Ms. Sara-Ann Rosner AuerbachMr. Richard H. Burton Sr.Ms. Bonnie CantorDr. Maidie CohenDr. Judith C. Espinola w’63Mr. Gerald C. GrassmanMs. Bernice Brinkley JacksonMs. Anne Cavanaugh KeelerMr. Richard H. Lefebvre w’67Mr. Richard J. LewisMr. Francis L. O’Mara w’65Mr. Peter Keith Whitten

1962Century Society $100 to $249Mr. Robert D. CassidyMs. Sandra Levy CohenMr. Stewart H. Robinovitz

1963Majestic Society $25,000 to $49,999Ms. Wendy Schaffer Appel w’67Deans Society $500 to $999Mr. John P. Bertsch w’67

Mr. Leonard SlosbergAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Donald L. AlsedekMs. Linda Kades RosenblattCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Liz BruceMs. Brenda BurmanMr. Jerome P. BurmanMs. Marcia McCombe Davis w’67Ms. Judith D. KellerMs. Adele S. LewisMs. Meredith Shapiro LurmanMr. J. William ReardinMs. Madeline Belitz Shapiro

1964Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Mary Sweig Wilson, PhD w (Overseer)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Robert D. GattiDeans Society $500 to $999Ms. Beverly C. BertschMr. Warren RhodesMs. Suzanne SegerAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Deena S. SharpCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Carol Amato w’65 P’91 P’94Ms. Felicia M. Balicer, LCSW-RMs. Judith S. Brauner, LCSWMs. Deanne Paris ChenitzMs. Linda GoldmanMs. Leslie Grossman JanowitzDr. Bernard M. O’Keefe w’70Ms. Barbara Vescera Shea-han

1965Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Mr. Anthony Goldman (Trustee)Ms. Janet Ehrlich GoldmanBoylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Kathie BerlinMs. Jill Koenigsberg MillerDeans Society $500 to $999Ms. Michelle Stone Rosenfeld w’66Ms. Lynne Conlong TiballiCentury Society $100 to $249Dr. Philip M. Ericson w’67Ms. Suzie GlantzMs. Gail Ellen Gold w’68Dr. Donald W. IlkoMr. David R. Long w’70Ms. Marjorie Rosen O’MaraMr. Ron Ritchell w’70

1966Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Mr. Vincent J. Di Bona H’94 P’94 (Trustee)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Joan Schlesinger Felder w’69Ms. Judith Raphael Kletter P’96Mr. Michael Kletter P’96Deans Society $500 to $999Mr. Carl H. Buck w’69Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Rhoda D. CutlerMs. Judith Cohen Wisnia

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Century Society $100 to $249Ms. Beverly Silver BachrachMs. Ronnie Friedman BaroneMs. Irene Gaer BruggMs. Ruth Stafford DuesingMr. Edward McSharry w’69Ms. Margaret McSharryMs. Lynn Landsman NachtMr. John L. Elliott RigrodMs. Carol Swedish RobinsonMs. Joan Meurisse SmolaMs. Patricia Elliott Torrance

1967Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Ms. Evelyn L. Horowitz-MalinowitzMs. Irma Fisher Mann Stearns H’92 (Trustee Emeritus)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Rev. Dr. Peter R.K. Brenner P’01 (Alumni Board)Ms. Myrna Margolis GrossMs. Lois I. McNairMs. Linda Schwartz (Trustee)Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Dr. Edward Gage Conture w’68Century Society $100 to $249Mr. Lionel C. AdamsMs. Barbara M. BirnbachMs. Maureen Honan Breckenridge, Esq.Ms. Kathleen Collins CuddyMs. Susan Fisher FelsMr. Edward W. FolbMs. Phyllis V. FotinosMr. David S. HerzMs. Ellen Shub Ratner w’68Ms. Barbara Pisaruk SevigneyMr. Stephen Smoller

1968Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Mr. Jeffrey D. Greenhawt (Trustee)Mr. Richard C. LevyMs. Sheryl Slate Levy (Trustee)Beacon Society $5,000 to $9,999Mr. Al Jaffe P’07 (Trustee)Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Hon. Robert Sands, OSMGC (School of Communication Dean’s Advisory Council)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. C. Thomas Bauer (Overseer)Ms. Barbara Segal Rutberg Ms. Lynn Carol WeberDeans Society $500 to $999Ms. Diane Klein Kullen P’95Mr. Charles E. RosenMr. Steven H. Rosenthal P’09Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Nancy Jean Faulkner Wilson w’69Mr. J.E. Hollingworth wMs. Iris J. SalsmanCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Clara Corcoran w’80Mr. Peter S. Crawford

Ms. Ada Moss Fleisher w’69Ms. Marilyn Sabini Gansel w’71Mr. Leonard I. KarpMr. Lance Douglas Kyed P’08 Ms. Ellen Marder McSheraMs. Betsy Gimpel MenaMr. Howard J. RogutMs. Janet Rosenblatt-PailetDr. Stephen E. SnowMs. Sue Steinberg w’70Mr. Joe Thompson w P’09

1969Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Ms. Jan Greenhawt (Overseer) (School of Communication Dean’s Advisory Council)Ms. Cindy Ross GruberMs. Judy S. Huret w (Trustee)Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Ms. Randy Kalikow Ketive (Alumni Board)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. DebraJane Douden LentzMr. Lawrence H. LentzMr. William H. White III (Alumni Board)Deans Society $500 to $999Mr. Thomas A. Guganig w’87 Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Ellen Resnikoff Carr w’71Century Society $100 to $249Mr. Randolph W. BrooksbankMs. Bonnie Cypen EpsteinMs. Cathy Rochelle Fein P’09Mr. Bruce JaranianMr. George B. KarfiolMr. Richard C. LeonardMs. Jane S. LernerMs. Jean Walker MillerMr. Richard K. PooleMs. Carol E. RostonMs. Janice Rudy w’71Ms. Judith E. Siegel-Baum wMr. David SitekMr. Jon J. Stierwalt w’70

1970Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Mr. Peter G. Meade H’05 (Trustee)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Dr. Myra Greenberg Gutin w’71Ms. Gaynelle Griffin Jones (Alumni Board)Mr. Barry J. O’Brien (Overseer)Deans Society $500 to $999Ms. Marilyn ReichMs. Linda ShaioAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Clyde L. BickfordMr. Scott W. BoydMr. David GlodtMs. Andrea C. LiftmanMr. Steven M. LoringMr. James ShevlinMs. Susan ShevlinCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Susan T. Berard-GoldbergMr. Charles H. BuresMr. C. Chapin Cutler Jr.Ms. Olive Boston Davidson

Ms. Phyllis Anne Degen wMs. Jean DrelichMr. Conrad N. Smith

1979Majestic Society $25,000 to $49,999Mr. Denis Michael Leary H’05 P’12Ms. Bobbi Brown Plofker (Trustee)Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Ms. Whitney Clay DillerBoylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Robert B. Friend (Trustee) (Alumni Board)Mr. Paul Bernard GattusoMr. Henry W. Zappala w’80 Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Barbara Ann Lovely-LinCentury Society $100 to $249Anonymous (1)Ms. Cara Houlihan BlazierMs. Carole Noreen Charnow-GraingerMs. Leslie Rubin Colby P’06 P’08 wMs. Dorothy A. FleischerMs. Renee M. FraserMr. Stephen R. GambinoMr. James P. LiversidgeMr. Mike LoveridgeMs. Mary J. Phillips P’07Ms. Linda PlukasMr. Mark Allan PlukasMr. Michael J. RossMs. Tobie S. SteinMr. Oliver W. Woodruff H’79 t

1980Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Mr. Richard LaGravenese P’13 (School of the Arts Dean’s Advisory Council)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. David M. Gwizdowski P’09 (Alumni Board)Ms. Judith A. TygardAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Susan Strong

Century Society $100 to $249Mr. Jaime H. Cohen P’12Ms. Suzanne Louise DonahueMs. Carol EisnerMs. Erin L. FoleyMs. Monica Robinson MatthewsMr. Frederick PaganoMr. Scott C. Schmid

1981Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Ms. Noreen A. Farrell-HerzogMr. Doug A. Herzog H’08 (Trustee)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Craig D. AndersonMs. Maura Tighe Gattuso (Alumni Board)

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1976Majestic Society $25,000 to $49,999Mr. Kevin Scott Bright (Trustee)Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Mr. Douglas V. Holloway (Trustee)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Robert V. Edney (Alumni Board)Ms. Colette A.M. Phillips w’80 (Overseer)Mr. Steven Sakson (Alumni Board)Ms. Madeline Ann Yusna (Alumni Board)Deans Society $500 to $999Ms. Abigail C. Duff w’78Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Rev. Dr. Suzan D. Johnson Cook (Trustee)Mr. Barry Mehrman (Alumni Board)Mr. David Chandler MillerCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Bruce C. AngeliMr. Joseph M. Collector Jr.Ms. Patricia Lee DignanMr. Paul S. LambMs. Wendy A. RotellaMs. Jacki D. Tutelman-Bender

1977Beacon Society $5,000 to $9,999Ms. Harriett Guin-KittnerBoylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Todd DimstonMr. Wayne T. LarriveeDeans Society $500 to $999Ms. Leah Kreutzer BarberMr. Mark A. SpanoAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Mary A. FrankDr. Jamie Kay, PhD P’13Mr. Chester MarcusMr. Mark Stewart, Esq. (Alumni Board)Century Society $100 to $249Ms. Jayne BookMr. John E. Collins wMr. Ronald M. ComeauMr. Richard Keller P’10Ms. Linda Spitzberg LevineMs. Janice Lynn SeidmanMs. Arleen F. SorkinMr. Joseph M. Tennyson

1978Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Mr. Eric Alexander (Trustee) (Overseer)Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Mr. David Granville Breen (Alumni Board)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Lawrence B. Rasky (Trustee)Ms. Susan Strassberg P’11 (Alumni Board)Mr. Jim VesceraMs. Carol B. Weintraub P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Deans Society $500 to $999Ms. Andrea Mangino MontoniMs. Betty Sugerman WeintraubAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Edwin N. Rowley, PhD wMs. Jennifer A. SageCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Mitchell A. Arkin

Mr. Richard K. Feindel P’09Ms. Fern E. HahnMs. Toby Blumenfeld HoltzmanMs. Joan Ginsburg KatzeffMr. William LudelMs. Gale Ann Merle w’71Mr. Michael S. MessingerMs. Dorothy Mains Prince w’79Ms. Andrea Berliner ShohamMr. Peter O. Swanson

1971Beacon Society $5,000 to $9,999Dr. Marcia Robbins-WilfBoylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Ira Harvey Goldstone (Overseer)Mr. John Sidney HarrisonMr. Steven G. PollakDeans Society $500 to $999Mr. Alberto ShaioAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Judith A. JaffeDr. Maris Hoodkiss KrasnowCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Jeffrey J. ChafitzMs. Lois Kam HeymannMs. Kristine J. HoltvedtMr. Philip G. LevineMs. Patricia Shendelman MarguliesMs. Kerridan A. Murphy w’79Mr. Bruce A. NoonanMr. Edward W. SulzbergerMs. Rona E. Wexler w’73Mr. Paul Alan Yenofsky w’72Ms. Stephanie Stein Zerden

1972Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Mr. Howard L. Lapides (Overseer)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Jeanne M. Brodeur nMr. Neil Davin w’79 Dr. Marjorie Chalfin FeinsteinMs. Barbaree Heaster Ms. Christine A. Katchmar wMr. Neal S. Rubinstein Ms. Donna E. Walcovy w’77Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Jerry C. AdeRev. Emeric Meier wMr. Mark Jay SacklerCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. B. Thomas BatesMs. Laurie E. BloomfieldMr. Alexander M. Chanler w’75Mr. Vincent D. DeFeoMr. Fred Lawrence FeldmanMs. Joan Kalejta HeimbachMs. Sandra Rose JacobusMs. Beverly V. MallinsonMs. Barbara S. McDonaghMs. Linda B. Needle-MandellMr. Steven H. OstrowMs. Marsha Rose Seidman w

1973Beacon Society $5,000 to $9,999Mr. Barney T. Bishop III (Overseer)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Maxine B. Baker (School of Communication Dean’s Advisory Council)Mr. Douglas W. Rendell w’76Ms. Irene Berzak SchoenMs. Elizabeth Solender w’75 (Overseer)Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Patricia M. GatesMs. Jane GutermanCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. David M. EhrmannMs. Karen E. FassMs. Susan GoldbergMr. Roy A. NagyMs. Penny PeyserMr. Stephen L. PoseyMs. Robin Herbert ScheinerMr. Alan ShibleyMs. Linelle SoxmanDr. Marc E. Winer w

1974Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Deborah White Degnan wDeans Society $500 to $999Mr. William MillerAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Jennifer HersheyMr. Alan J. Mandel w’78Century Society $100 to $249Ms. Kathy A. Baldi w’77Mr. Jack W. BuckleyMs. Nadine G. Essency w’76Mr. Frank Paul FalzettMs. Ann FawcettMs. Lisa Sanders Harwin w’76Ms. Sharon JacobsonMr. Shuichi Koyama wMs. Carolynn H. LevyMs. Hope S. LindermanMs. Ruth R. MileskyMs. Susan Field NelsonMs. Nancy RothmanMr. Timothy Sawyer P’11Ms. Vanessa Bargnes Scinta w’75Mr. A. Alan Seidman w’75Ms. Amy L. SettlesMr. Fredric Rambach ShoreMs. Tracy Gochberg Wilkes

1975Century Society $100 to $249Mr. Lee William BergmanMr. Dennis M. Blader w’79 (Alumni Board)Ms. Laura Bloom wMs. Deborah C. CutlerMs. Margaret A. Ings Ms. Karen Anne JamesDr. Tobi Mackler wMr. James W. ReynoldsMr. Charles Wittekind SchramMr. Pearce Henry Shanks Jr. w



Keeping Fitness in the Picture

“Emerson empowered me to make my own rules. That’s when I learned that what you put into something is what you get out of it.”

For Bobbi Brown ’79—makeup artist, author, entrepreneur, and Emerson Trustee—coming to Emerson was the proverbial charmed third time. Bobbi attended two other colleges before she arrived at Emerson and began the journey that has taken her to her success as a business woman, educator, and mother.

“When I found myself at Emerson,” she explains, “I realized my passion. Emerson empowered me to make my own rules. That’s when I learned that what you put into something is what you get out of it.”

What Bobbi has put back into Emerson includes launching a program in Makeup Artistry. In the summer of 2009, the first of three professional courses—

“The Art and Business of Makeup”— was offered, designed to train those entering the field.

Helping other students at Emerson find their passion is one of the motivations for Bobbi’s generosity. Bobbi and husband Steven Plofker provided resources to build the Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Design Technology and Makeup Studio in the Tufte Performance and Production Center at Emerson. This past year, another generous The Bobbi Brown and

Steven Plofker Gym

By Christopher Donohue, MA ’94


Ms. Margaret Sullivan Kaplan (Alumni Board)Mr. Hugh J. MunozDeans Society $500 to $999Mr. Todd E. SkillinAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Matthew J. EdelmanMs. Karen F. HershbergMr. G. Michael Mara Jr. (Overseer)Century Society $100 to $249Ms. Helen M. BoothMr. Patrick J. CantwellMr. Edward H. Cardoza wMs. Rosemarie M. CorriganMs. Julie M. CoulterMs. Susan B. DoktorMs. Julie A. FatelyMs. Carol R. GambinoMs. Lori Goldman GroverMs. Julie Mossberg Kaplan P’13 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Laurel L. KatzMr. Bruce B. NeumannMs. Anita M. RoweMs. Catherine StewartMs. Tobi Pilavin Weinstein

1982Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Gennaro M. Izzo (Alumni Board)Mr. Steven Shaw P’11 (Overseer)Mr. Thomas Andrew SonnabendCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Leigh Kilgore-HartMr. Edward F. McGuigganDr. Helen M. MeldrumRev. Dennis J. Parker

1983Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Richard M. Arlook P’10 P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. Christopher E. BuckMs. Shelley P. DerbyMs. Lisa A. Gregorian w’86 (School of Communication Dean’s Advisory Council)Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Mrs. Katherine Leo-BergholtzCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Eric C. AndrusMs. Vicki Kulkin BeckermanMs. Lori A. BroessMr. Paul F. D’Adamo wMs. Sandra M. LarkinMr. Paul R. MarteMs. Susane K. NewellMs. Paula J. ReidMr. Robert F. Ward Jr.

1984Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Michelle J. KeatingMs. Patricia A. Peyton (Alumni Board)Mr. Paul R. TetreaultDeans Society $500 to $999Mr. Michael D. GoldsteinMr. James NussbaumAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Robert J. DeSimone

Century Society $100 to $249Mr. Jon Boroshok Mr. David MorganMr. Matthew B. MorganMs. Linda R. MusarraMs. Judith RobbinsMs. Faye SimonMr. Joe G. Williams

1985Majestic Society $25,000 to $49,999Ms. Ann Lembeck Leary P’12Beacon Society $5,000 to $9,999Ms. Denise Kaigler (Overseer)Mr. Michael J. MacWade w (Alumni Board)Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Ms. Maria T. D’Arcangelo-Lapides (Overseer)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Frances R. BerrickMs. Amy Frankel (Alumni Board)Mr. Alexander C. JohnsonMs. Anne Kenny (Alumni Board)Deans Society $500 to $999Ms. Cathryn M. Cates (Alumni Board)Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Jonathan BurkhartMr. Jeffrey T. OvermanMs. Camilla D. Ross (Alumni Board)Century Society $100 to $249Mr. Kenneth W. BradyMs. Roberta M. de Plano P’13Ms. Vera Heide Eberhardt wMs. Suzanne LaCoste FantaroniMr. David A. Griffin w’93 Ms. Janet F. HeldMs. Marianne Sarazen Lonati w’98Mr. Alan PadulaMs. Nancy B. Pierson wMs. Sandra M. Price wMs. Elizabeth A. Swanson

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Bobbi during her Emerson days

leadership gift to the College was acknowledged when their names were placed on the new gym in the Max Mutchnick Campus Center.

“I am passionate about [physical] fitness and believe in taking care of yourself,” she said, as she watched Emerson students practice volleyball in the gym.

“Staying fit enables you to do your best, so we are pleased to help support athletics and any kind of physical fitness.”

Emerson teams and their supporters appreciate that philosophy as they enjoy the College’s first full-sized gymnasium. As do the students who learn sports broadcasting by televising many of the games in the Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym over campus networks and the Internet.


Last year’s graduating class was perhaps even more sensitive than some to the need to support economically stressed students, and they voted to provide help for their fellow Emersonians as their departing gift to Emerson. Class Treasurer and Chairman of the Class Gift, Kyle MacDonald ’09, a recipient of both a Max Mutchnick Scholarship and a Dean’s Scholarship, knows first-hand how important financial

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aid can be. “When I arrived at Emerson in 2005 from a small town in Pennsylvania, it was a bit of a shock, but what was most surprising was the immediate sense of community.” He remembers, “I wanted to be involved in every way I could.”

And involved he got. He became a disc jockey at WECB and promotion director for Gauge Magazine, all the while working part-time in a clothing store. He recalls his mom telling him, “You have to remember that you’re going to school!”

Kyle was hired to work in the Emerson Admission Office and there, he says, a seed was planted. “I became an orientation leader,” he explains, “and I got to show how much I love Emerson. I got to explain that the connection among students is different at Emerson—students are eager to help one another with projects; there’s a real sense of giving back to the community. That’s why I worked so hard on the class gift—to help other students.” The Class of 2009 almost doubled its goal of $10,000, raising $18,000 for scholarships for future Emerson students.

Kyle is now pursuing a Master of Arts in student affairs in higher education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He has been hired as a graduate assistant at Point Park University, where he is working with students, including seniors, creating programs similar to those he enjoyed at Emerson. “I’ve been given so much, thanks to scholarships at Emerson, and I’ve learned so very much that I can share.”

“I’ve been given so much, thanks to scholarships at Emerson, and I’ve learned so very much that I can share.”


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1987Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Mr. Max N. Mutchnick (Trustee)Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Mr. Jay BienstockBoylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Andrea BarronMr. Peter Loge (Alumni Board)Deans Society $500 to $999Ms. Laura K. DouglasMr. William E. HouserMs. Cornelia W. SullivanMr. John Scott WinshipAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Joseph Derrico P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Alice Hager HolbrookMs. Paula A. LubasMs. Shelley ManciniCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Michael J. BoothroydMs. Patricia A. Bowen wMs. Carol E. Emerson wMr. Lewis C. HoweMs. Kerrin A. Kelleher-KisselMr. Dennis Rob Massie wMs. Martha A. Menchinger wMs. Robyn Leuthe NorrisMs. Leslie Hopkins PetersMr. Algis E. PetronisMr. Michael L. SaleMs. Kathi M. SchaefferMr. Israel S. SmithMs. Rachel Somer-Formela

1988Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Ayesha Bulchandani-MathraniMs. Diane Kounalakis wMs. Paula Prifti WeaferDeans Society $500 to $999Ms. Jamie L. HannaMr. Thomas P. JenningsMr. Michael A. McCuskerCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Lisa Poleschner Boehm wMrs. Vivian D. Geary-GibsonMr. S. Geoffrey Hart wMs. Laura Heavilin HillMs. Catherine MacDonald Leader wMr. David PiacitelliMr. John J. Porio

1989Deans Society $500 to $999Ms. Holly Bario (School of the Arts Dean’s Advisory Council)Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Colette M. Bachand-WoodMr. Reese M. JenkinsMr. Thomas J. MaharMr. Jose A. MartinezCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Pamela T. ClahaneMs. Sara-Jeanne GulleyMs. Janis Kronenberg wMs. Jennifer Newman w

Mr. Robert K. PflugfelderMs. Elaine M. Seeley w

1990Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Nancy BloomMr. Richard CrestaDeans Society $500 to $999Ms. Anne Mary Doyle wAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Samantha S. BerkowitzMr. Stephen A. KoumantzelisCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Martha M. BainMs. Katherine T. BuhlerMr. Russell B. EvansMs. Kristin Torgen FlanneryMr. Brent HeindlMs. Elizabeth M. Janik wMs. Laura A. Cervone McDowellMr. Charles C. SimmonsMs. Donna L. SwiftMs. Kelly A. Westerhouse

1991Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Kira Phillips CoppermanDeans Society $500 to $999Mr. Marco BarioAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Russell E. Wood wCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Joseph Antoun w Mr. Joseph S. CelliMr. Brian J. CorbettMs. Mariette L. Landry wMs. Alicia Beth QuintMs. Michele L. Sand

1992Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Tory Johnson (Alumni Board)Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Neal RoscoeCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Daniel G. BigmanMr. James J. Dineen Jr.Ms. Hilary Douwes wMs. Deborah Goldberg GrossMs. Karen Fox HeindlMr. Thomas M. Kennedy wMr. Scott A. LaliberteMs. Martha C. McGeeMs. Tricia C. MilesMr. Michael D. RosenbergMr. John E. Simmons

1993Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Elizabeth F. GabbayAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Tara M. Bradley wMs. Amy Merrill wCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Rebecca A. Gilkey

Ms. Marina L. GiordanoMr. Jonathan H. HanstMs. Anna-Carin HartMr. Stephen M. LandryMs. Susan A. PiazzaMs. Miriam Reddicliffe w

1994Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Bonnie A. Comley w (Overseer) (School of the Arts Dean’s Advisory Council)Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Andre Archimbaud (Alumni Board)Mrs. Jennifer MacKenzieMs. Eliana Carvalho MukherjeeMs. Jennifer Rose MullinMr. Dan SherCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Tripp Whetsell

1995Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Dr. Douglas M. Quintal w Deans Society $500 to $999Ms. Pamela R. AbdyMr. Brett A. MossAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Anonymous (1)Ms. Heather HardyCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Lucien P. BrodeurMs. Stephanie F. ChernakMr. Kevin M. EvansMr. William P. FialaMr. Nicholas LevisMr. Paul J. MorraMr. Sean P. O’Brien wMs. Leslie A. Talbot wMr. David S. Wade

1996Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Julia Quigley BenderAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Gerard G. DugganMs. Sara J. Linde wCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Shawn K. BuddMs. Andrea Bracciante Ely wMs. Natalia Garcia wMr. Shawn A. GauthierMr. John J. KaralisMs. Kathleen Mirabile-Wagner wMs. Jonalyn P. Morris

1997Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Travis Small (Alumni Board)Deans Society $500 to $999Mr. James R. Aleski (Alumni Board)Ms. Trinette L. Faint Mr. Neill S. MacLeod-HunterCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Deborah Lynn Blicher wMs. Bianca De La GarzaMs. Amy Lampert Greenberg wMs. Laurie Lebowitz

Mr. Shane O’Neill wMs. Patricia A. RatishMs. Jennifer L. SheaMr. Joseph Walsh wMs. SuzAnne M. WilsonMs. Kristen Wixted w

1998Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Mr. Alex R. TseBoylston 10 Society $500 to $999Mr. Benjamin S. ArnoldMr. Eric Ribeiro-de SaAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Jacob A. RosenbergMs. Danielle E. SlawsbyCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Sally ArnoldMs. Carrie KerpenMs. Sivia K. MalloyMs. Serena E. Saitas w

1999Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Dr. Jon Derek Croteau (Alumni Board)Boylston 10 Society $500 to $999Mr. David N. BernickMs. Kelly Ribeiro-de SaMs. Brie P. Williams w (Alumni Board)Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Peter A. BrownCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Benjamin S. BasheinMs. Maria Schloerb BurnsMs. Mary Ann Cicala w’09 Ms. Kimberly S. Davis wMs. Allison Mary DolanMs. Michelle N. HantmanMs. Irene M. Mahoney Ms. Tara M. SapienzaMr. Dan SbregaMr. Avi Z. Silberstein w


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2000Beacon Society $5,000 to $9,999Ms. Maria C. MenounosBoylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Samuel C. PrestiAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Marsha MacEachern-Murphy w’02 (Alumni Board)Century Society $100 to $249Ms. Tiffany Corso ConlonMs. Rebecca Quillen Dornin


Honoring a Faculty Member Who Helped Paint the Picture

Committed, inspirational teachers are central to an Emerson education. For Denis Leary ’79 and Ann Lembeck Leary ’85, one particular teacher was the personification of that commitment and inspiration. They are honoring the memory of former professor James Randall by making a gift to name the upstairs lobby of the new Paramount Theatre in his honor.

“I don’t know if it was Denis’s idea or mine,” Ann explains, “but once we decided to donate to the Paramount Center, we realized it would be a great way to honor Jim Randall. He was such an important part of Emerson for both of us.”

Denis Leary came from Worcester to Emerson in 1971 at the suggestion of one of his teachers, Sister Rosemary Sullivan, a former drama student who suggested Emerson as the place to go. “Emerson was the only school I got in to,” Denis says,

“because it was the only school I applied to.”Coming from a modest working-class

background, Denis thought the traditional route to college would have been an athletic scholarship, but he had no interest in sports.

outrageous sense of humor that was “nothing like a college professor should be. He told us in class that ‘You have no limits here and you can write anything you want.’ And he emphasized that actions spoke louder than words.”

Emerson financial aid made the difference for him. Denis recalls, “I got a full scholarship and financial aid. Without it, I wouldn’t have been able to go to Emerson—it was a windfall.”

He remembers his first day, meeting other kids in front of 130 Beacon at “The Wall” and knowing right away that Emerson was “the perfect place, I’m going to love it.” Some of the other students suggested he meet professor James Randall. They called Dr. Randall “unbelievable” and described an

Professor Randall

Denis jokes around with his Emerson classmates



Dr. Randall supported Denis in his idea for a comedy workshop, eventually becoming the faculty advisor. “He was the reason for the Emerson Comedy Workshop,” Denis explains. “He had the ability to really spot talent and to cultivate it.” After graduating, Denis taught comedy writing at Emerson. Dr. Randall inadvertently played matchmaker by suggesting that student Ann Lembeck take Denis’s class.

“Because of his success in comedy, many people don’t realize that Denis was a published poet,” says Ann, herself now an author. “Jim Randall was a big fan of Denis’s poetry and published him in Ploughshares. We loved Jim, and he taught us a lot about writing and about books.” Seven years after they met, Denis and Ann were married in Marblehead and Professor Randall attended—taking a bus from Boston to attend the ceremony.

For Ann and Denis, their philanthropic principles are simple—“We hope our gift helps preserve Jim Randall’s memory, not only because of his impact on our lives, but because of the impact he had on so many at Emerson. Professor Randall was able to bring the best out of his students and recognize and demonstrate the energy needed to see the possibilities.”

“Professor Randall was able to bring the best out of his students and recognize and demonstrate the energy needed to see the possibilities.”

James Randall (1926–2005) joined Emerson in 1963 as an assistant professor in the English Department. Four years later, he founded Emerson’s Writing Program, which he led for many years. He inspired students to express themselves in a variety of genres, from poetry to comedy. He introduced them to established literary figures and to writers who were just beginning their rise to recognition.

In 1964, Dr. Randall, with his wife Joanne, established the Pym-Randall Press to publish works by both unknown and established writers. “Students came to our house and we would introduce them to poets like Séamus Heaney,” Joanne remembers. “Denis [Leary] and [ fellow student] Tom Lux were among those who had the opportunity to talk with these major talents.”

He also helped DeWitt Henry and Peter O’Malley launch the literary journal Ploughshares in 1971. Later, he helped bring the respected journal to Emerson.

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During its existence, the Pym-Randall Press issued more than 40 titles. Several of the authors were Emerson graduates, including Thomas Lux ’70 H’03, Marcia Southwick ’73, Martha Fritz ’71, and Megan Staffel ’74.

“Jim Randall changed my life,” Lux says. “He published my first poems in the spring before I graduated. I landed my first teaching job because I was published. Jim Randall was a great man and a dear friend.”

After her husband’s death, Joanne donated an inventory of more than 2,000 copies of 32 titles to the Iwasaki Library as a Special Collection. Other volumes—several of them rare, signed first editions—and a cash donation were given to Ploughshares.

Emerson Professor DeWitt Henry thinks of Randall as a latter day Ford Madox Ford, the 20th-century author and early publisher of writers Joseph Conrad, H.G. Wells, and D.H. Lawrence.

“Jim Randall had a talent for recognizing talent,” Henry recalls.

“He had faith in the talent of students, and believed that their talent would leave a lasting mark.”


2007Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Gregory Andrew Holstein (Alumni Board)Century Society $100 to $249Mr. Andrew B. CarrollMs. Katherine Jean McDonough

2008Century Society $100 to $249Ms. Hallie AnoffMs. Elisha Emma FeitlingerMs. Amanda N. FlaggMr. Dustin T. Flannery-McCoyMs. Zan J. Jabara

2009Boylston 5 Society $250 to $999Ms. Sasha GrossmanMr. Alan F. GwizdowskiBoylston 2009 Society $100 to $249Ms. Colleen M. ArnoldMr. John D. BarrettMs. Taryn A. BenestaMs. Kristen R. Berke Ms. Allison L. BizonMr. Benjamin J. BjelajacMs. Faye BrennanMs. Ilana BrizelMr. Robinson W. BrownMs. Lena M. CampagnaMs. Kristen E. ClarkMs. Samantha M. CowanMs. Laura M. DadapMs. Arianne D. DeCerbMs. Leigh M. DelahantyMs. Rachel A. DesiletsMr. Alexander H. DisenhofMr. David FeinMs. Melanie S. GarberMr. Allen GloverMs. Lori A. GottliebMr. Jordan HackworthMs. Diana R. HamarMr. John T. HanlonMr. James HardyMr. Ryan M. HareMr. Joseph E. HaskinsMs. Brittany A. HershkowitzMs. Faith K. JohnsonMr. Maxwell R. KesslerMs. Allison M. Lynch Mr. Kyle R. MacDonald Mr. Samuel L. MauldinMs. Alexandra MyersonMr. Kendall B. NobleMr. Peter PapadopoulosMr. Bryan A. RoyMr. Jordan G. RudmanMr. Timothy F. SchicklingMr. Nicholas H. SchreiberMs. Mia A. Seidner Ms. Katherine L. ShearonMs. Candace B. SilvaMr. Bradford SimpsonMs. Ellen R. Stepansky Mr. Lee A. Stepien

Mr. Charles E. SwazeyMr. William Gray Thomas-SowersMs. Lynn E. ThurmanMr. Eric T. Tollar Jr.Mr. Jacob W. VanEveryMs. Joleigh R. WashutaMs. Stephanie L. WatersMs. Joanna R. WeijerMr. Erik Ziedses des Plantes

ParentsMajestic Society $25,000 to $49,999Mr. Tom Freston P’07 (Trustee) & Ms. Kathleen FrestonMs. Carole Gaba P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Betty Gallagher & Mr. Garth Gallagher P’88Estate of Sergius Gambal P’92Mr. Richard Janssen P’03 (Trustee) & Ms. Luci JanssenMs. Joyce Lacerte & Mr. Lawrence Lacerte P’10Ms. Cheryl Murphy & Mr. Michael Murphy P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. John Ashton Powell P’05 P’11Ms. Paula Robichaud P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Doreen Wright P’10 (Parents Leadership Council & School of Communication Dean’s Advisory Council)Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Anonymous (1)Ms. Pamela Bell & Mr. Jeffrey Bell P’09Ms. Lois Harmon & Mr. Tom Bergeron P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Elayn Gay & Mr. Clayton Gay P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Linda Gersh (Trustee) (Parents Leadership Council) & Mr. Robert Gersh P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Fanny Hanono P’09Mr. Austin Hearst P’11Mr. Armand Marciano P’10 & Ms. Marie MarcianoMs. Kaye Scoggin & Mr. Lewis LeClair P’10Ms. Nancy Serkes & Mr. Jeffrey Serkes P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Beacon Society $5,000 to $9,999Ms. Regina Fieschko & Mr. Joseph Fieschko P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Glennis Malcolm & Mr. James Malcolm P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. James Stanley Mattison & Ms. Chris Mattison P’11Ms. Barbara Montan & Mr. Chris Montan P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Ms. Diane Baldo & Mr. John A. Baldo P’09Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Bernstein P’09Ms. Bonnie Blank P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. Mark Blank P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Paula Mackin & Mr. David Ellis P’09 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Sheila Feinberg & Mr. David Feinberg P’07

Mr. Ara G. Gelenian wMr. Timothy S. MacArthur Mr. Daniel R. Shutte

2001Boylston 10 Society $500 to $999Mr. Richard A. Burns Jr.Mr. David HenderekAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. John P. Murphy wCentury Society $100 to $249Mrs. Colleen Bradley MacArthur

2002Century Society $100 to $249Ms. Leona M. Burgess Mr. Scott E. Colbert wMr. Michael A. CordtsMr. Christopher V. Dall wMs. Marisa R. Morgan wMr. Andrew N. van den Houten

2003Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Ms. Julia H. Owens (Alumni Board)Boylston 5 Society $250 to $999Ms. Eleanor MooreCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Amanda J. MonteiroMs. Sabrina Ava PulleyMs. Amanda J. Respess wMs. Mary Elizabeth Yarosh

2004Boylston 5 Society $250 to $999Mr. Chad Jacob George GessinMs. Sue RedmanCentury Society $100 to $249Mr. Robert John Hennigan IIIMs. Caitlin E. HubbardMs. Shira Lauren LazarMs. Nina R. Schneider wMs. Hannah Dockweiler Stiefel

2005Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Jodi A. Planchon wBoylston 5 Society $250 to $999Ms. Jean-Marie BonofilioCentury Society $100 to $249Mrs. Raime E. AlvinoMs. Courtney M. BlairMs. Maureen GilesMs. Lauren P. HarrisMs. Stephanie L. Jewell

2006Boylston 5 Society $250 to $999Mr. Lee Doerr IIIMs. Carolyn Jasinski wMr. Johnson K. LeeCentury Society $100 to $249Ms. Erica A. MeyerMs. Sarah A. Waskiewicz w

Ms. Laurelle Frome & Dr. Bruce Frome P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Janet Mardigian & Mr. Edward Mardigian P’01Mr. Winthrop L. McCormack P’09 (Overseer)Ms. Susan Parker & Mr. William Parker P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Janine Penfield & Mr. Robert Penfield P’10Ms. Jeannie Vaughn & Mr. Peter Vaughn P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Ann Stookey & Mr. Joe Waz P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Ms. Orly Adelson & Mr. Andrew Adelson P’10 Ms. Christina An & Mr. Francis An P’10Ms. Theresa Arpie P’12Ms. Karen Baker & Mr. David Zizik P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Dr. Karen Duvall & Dr. Gerald Berke P’09Ms. Deborah Berman & Mr. William Berman P’89Ms. Kristine Venerdi Beswick & Mr. Robert Beswick P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. Daniel Black (Overseer) & Ms. Jan Collison Black P’07 Ms. Sheila Blechner & Mr. Howard Blechner P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Dona Bolding & Mr. Roger Hamilton P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Jo Bolig & Mr. Paul Bolig P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Deborah Brickman & Mr. Paul Brickman P’12Ms. Patricia Cavaretta & Mr. Philip Cavaretta P’03Ms. Jacki Harding-Chernoff & Alexander Chernoff P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Adrienne Childs & Mr. Ronald Childs P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Marge D’Anna & Mr. David D’Anna P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Judith Rivkin & Mr. George Davison P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Linda Drumright P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Marion Edwards & Mr. Robert Edwards P’10Ms. Roberta Feinberg & Mr. Charles Feinberg P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Donna Fleiss & Mr. Edward Fleiss P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Nadine Fox & Mr. Glenn Fox P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Eugenia Gladstone-Vogel P’90Ms. Laurie Goodman & Mr. Donald Spetner P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Deborah Grace & Mr. Howard Grace P’10Ms. Helna Grant P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Luz Guttilla & Mr. Michael Guttilla Sr. P’11Ms. Bonnie Halperin & Mr. Barry S. Halperin P’01Ms. Alyse Levine Holstein (Overseer) & Mr. Philip Holstein P’07 Ms. Sandy Hudson & Mr. Jeffrey Hudson P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)


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Dr. Mary Anne Jackson & Dr. Jay Jackson P’04Ms. Margo Kornfeld & Mr. Adam Kornfeld P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Terri Kosth & Mr. Dan Kosth P’09Ms. Julie Lieberman & Mr. Richard Lieberman P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Nancy Lifter-Wolin P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Jamie Madden & Mr. Robert Madden P’04Ms. Lyn V. McKeaney P’09Ms. Carol Strom & Mr. John Migicovsky P’09Ms. Virginia Popper & Mr. Richard Morgan P’11Ms. Jennifer Moyen-Logan & Mr. Luc Moyen P’11Ms. Alma Newton & Mr. Robert Newton P’81Ms. Michele Niederer & Mr. Kenneth Niederer P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. Lance Olson & Ms. Peentz Dubble P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Debbie Ong & Mr. Tom Ong P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. Laurence O’Reilly P’08 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Grazyna Marianna Orlemans & Mr. Eric Orlemans P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Elizabeth Owens & Mr. Robert Owens P’03Mr. Jorg Pape P’05Dr. Anna Kristina Parsons & Dr. Michael Parsons P’09Ms. Bonnie Fox Pletcher P’04Ms. Kathryn Rudman & Mr. Harvey Rudman P’09Ms. Melanie Sadler & Mr. Stephen Sadler P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Lili Shafai & Dr. Jamshid Shafai P’05Ms. Diana L. Shearon & Mr. Dennis W. Shearon P’09Ms. Nancy Sher & Mr. Richard Sher P’94Ms. Mary-Frances Snow & Mr. David M. Gwizdowski ’80 P’09 (Alumni Board)Mr. Edward J. Sparks P’97Ms. Jill Strawbridge & Mr. Andres Bello P’12Ms. Brynn Thayer & Mr. David Steinberg P’01Mr. Allyn Douglas Strickland P’07Ms. Kitty Sweeb P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Jere Morrow Szabo P’00Ms. Jamie Tonkon & Mr. Edward Tonkon P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Carol Weintraub ’78 & Mr. Joseph Weintraub P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Jacqueline Wellman & Mr. Scott Wellman P’09Ms. Roni Wertheimer & Mr. Marc Wertheimer P’10Ms. Kathryn Wiegand & Mr. Jeffery Wiegand P’09Ms. Debra Zelman & Mr. Steven Zelman P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Deans Society $500 to $999Mr. Peter J. Chvany P’93 P’95 Ms. Joyce M. Cole P’11Ms. Catherine D’Angelo & Mr. Lou D’Angelo P’12Ms. Amy Eberling P’09

For Paula Robichaud, a member of the Emerson Parents Leadership Council, the reasons for giving are personal, the result both of a deep, lifelong commitment to the power of education as a pathway to success, and of a commitment to give back. Coming from a large family, Paula’s own college education would have one stipulation—it had to be as affordable as possible.

“Three of my siblings went to a public university and I followed suit.” She received a degree in teaching, but went on to Wall Street for a different kind of adventure. She believes that a college education not only

Parents Keeping Students in the Picture

Ms. Nancy Stewart Diederich & Mr. James Diederich P’10Ms. Jody Dimitruk & Mr. George Dimitruk P’11Ms. Carmen Delgado & Mr. Duane King P’10Ms. Aileen Farago & Mr. Stephen Farago P’10Ms. Stephanie Florio & Mr. Vincent Florio P’12Ms. Fran Goldberg P’07Ms. Maria Rivas Hamar & Mr. Richard Hamar P’09 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Renee Helfman & Mr. Alan Helfman P’12Ms. Mary Ellen Hornik & Mr. Thomas Barrett P’09Ms. Barbara Hubbard & Mr. Raymond Hubbard P’12Ms. Penny Hurwitz & Mr. David Hurwitz P’09 (Parents Leadership Council)

Ms. Barbara Fain P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Jean Ford & Mr. James Ford P’09Ms. Nancy Henderek & Mr. Michael Henderek P’01Ms Eileen Hoffman & Mr. Robert Michaelson P’08 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. Dennis H. Leibowitz P’06Ms. Heidi McCrory & Mr. Bill McCrory P’11 Ms. Sandra Mishkin & Mr. Robert Mishkin P’11Ms. Kyoko Moore & Dr. Douglas Moore P’03Ms. Donna Walcovy & Mr. George Quenzel P’82 tMs. Colleen Rogers & Dr. W. Ian Rogers P’10Ms. Diane Wolff Rushing P’97Mr. Travis Rushing Jr. P’97Ms. Ellen Karelsen Solender P’73Ms. Jacqueline Stallings & Mr. Joseph Stallings P’12Ms. Susan Starr & Mr. Don Starr P’09 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Laurie Trippett & Mr. Robert Trippett P’12Ambassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Joan Ackerstein & Mr. Joseph Ackerstein P’12Ms. Carol Barkhorn & Mr. Michael Barkhorn P’10Ms. Cynthia Bear & Mr. Robert Bear P’12Ms. Kathleen Boylan & Mr. Gerard W. Boylan P’08 P’12Mr. Charles E. Bryan P’06Ms. Karen Elizabeth Buckley & Mr. Robert Buckley P’04Ms. Nancy Cardoso & Mr. Dominick Cardoso P’11Ms. Alina Chand & Mr. Ronald Chand P`09Ms. Marylee Curran & Mr. Coburn Bennett P’12

prepares you for a specific career, but opens your mind and allows you to seize unexpected opportunities—a very Emersonian point of view.

Paula’s son Llewellyn graduated from Emerson in 2005 and her daughter Margaret started at Emerson in 2008. It was their experience at the College that motivated Paula’s support for the school, and for future Emersonians.

Scholarships are not Paula’s only focus. She also believes that colleges, and in particular Emerson, have a great need for flexible, unrestricted funds to put toward those opportunities and challenges that may not be so obvious—attracting and keeping excellent faculty, and maintaining state-of-the-art facilities, for example.

Students, however, remain at the core of the mission, and of her personal commitment. “I received a particularly poignant note from one scholarship student,” Paula shares. “It said, ‘I may never even meet you, but if you let me know who you are, my mom will make you an apple pie.’”

For Paula, just knowing she helped that student pursue his or her Emerson education is the perfect dessert.

“...the power of education as a pathway to success.”



Students Keeping the Less Fortunate in the Picture

Every spring, a group of Emerson students joins together to spend spring break helping people around the country who have been hit hard by disaster or misfortune, rather than celebrating with stereotypical parties in Cancun or Florida. It’s called Alternative Spring Break (ASB) and students work all fall to raise funds to travel to areas of the country where their help is needed. This past year, however, an anonymous donor generously underwrote many of the expenses, making sure committed Emerson students who wanted to help but couldn’t afford the travel could still participate.

In March 2009, nearly 40 students at the College helped victims of Hurricane Katrina, provided much needed attention to elderly residents of Washington, D.C., and volunteered in homeless shelters and at the Greater Boston Food Bank.

Elizabeth (Beth) Haley ’10 and Hannah Klinger ’10, co-leaders of ASB this past year, began to offer their time to ASB as sophomores. “I went with a group to Washington, D.C., as a sophomore,” Elizabeth tells us, “to volunteer in a homeless shelter.” This past year, in Florida, she and her group focused on education and its importance in the community. Beth

began her studies as a Creative Writing major, but her ASB experience helped her recognize that what she really wants is to have a direct impact on the lives of others.

“I want to be more involved in communication sciences, something more clinical,” she says. “The projects of Alternative Spring Break help you see the bigger picture, how difficult it is to make an impact...but how rewarding it is at the same time.”

Hannah Klinger was one of twenty Emerson students who spent their spring break hauling wood and filling seams of newly laid sheetrock in Waveland, Mississippi—one of many areas in that state devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The Emerson group stayed at Camp Salvage, once a grocery store and now serving as a home base for volunteers from across the country. The camp is managed in part by alumna Erin Taylor ’05 and works with Restoration Point, a grassroots relief organization for residents ready to rebuild.

“I started ASB in my sophomore year,” Hannah explains. “The work begins before we leave. We have to raise money to support the program with a combination of events, such as volunteering to wrap gifts at Borders, and partnering with students from Blaine Beauty School (now known as Empire Beauty Schools) who donated haircuts and manicures.” The students also raise funds with a silent auction, asking people to donate gift cards and other items. These and other fundraising activities added to their experience in using their talents to make a difference.

In the three years Hannah has participated, she’s noticed something well beyond the obvious impact the ASB provides to the communities it helps. “It’s a lot of fun—I say fun, but [the devastation] is a tough thing to see,” she says. “But when you participate, you get to know other Emerson students in a new way. Each evening we got together and reflected on what we experienced and how we felt about it. Little things have a huge impact.”

Indeed, Hannah, they do.

“Little things have a huge impact.”


Ms. Bassy Irele & Mr. Francis Irele P’12Ms. Linda Leon & Dr. Martin Leon P’09Ms. Stephanie Lurie & Mr. Mark Lurie P’11Ms. Kala MacLeod & Mr. Donald MacLeod P’07Ms. Christa Middleton & Mr. Joseph Middleton P’10Ms. Rossana Nigrosh & Mr. Daniel Nigrosh P’11Dr. Michael Palmer P’13 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Ellen Sue Parker & Dr. Jonathan Parker P’08Ms. Maria C. Perez de Milla P’09Ms. Kathryn Petty & Mr. Ron Petty P’09Ms. Kathie Pierce & Mr. Michael Pierce P’12Ms. Meri Pohutsky P’10Ms. Carolyn Ann Redman & Mr. Monte N. Redman P’04Ms. Gail Reeder & Mr. Jeffrey Reeder P’04Ms. Amy Robinson & Mr. Jim Robinson P’11Ms. Sharona Rolan & Mr. Aharon Rolan P’12Ms. Holly Ross & Mr. Timothy Hartung P’09Ms. Judith Samson & Mr. Paul Samson P’04Mr. James Schreiber P’09Ms. Deirdre Searles & Mr. Michael Searles P’09Ms. Pauline Sheehan & Mr. John Sheehan P’09Ms. Susan Sigel & Mr. Robert Sigel P’12Ms. Marilyn Smolen & Mr. Jason Smolen P’11Ms. Holly Stone & Mr. George Stone P’09Ms. Martha Tanner & Mr. David Seachrist P’12Mr. Fred B. Tarter P’99Ms. Donna V. Van Zile & Mr. John Van Zile P’06Ms. Gail Washuta & Mr. Richard Washuta P’09Ms. Leslie H. Webster & Mr. Edward Webster P’09Ms. Lian-Hua Yang & Mr. Yunjin Li P’09Ms. Donna des Plantes & Mr. Arnold Ziedses des Plantes P’09Century Society $100 to $249Ms. Mary Whitney Aaskov & Mr. Michael Aaskov P’09Ms. Robin Adair & Mr. David Lucius P’11Ms. Karen Adams & Mr. Rex Adams P’12Ms. Doreen Al-Hamdouni & Mr. Khalid Al-Hamdouni P’09Ms. Jo-Louise Allen & Mr. John Fidler P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Nancy Allen & Mr. Craig Allen P’12Dr. John Amar P’05Ms. Donna M. Ambrose & Mr. John J. Ambrose P’07Ms. Brenda Anderson & Mr. Kirk Anderson P’08Ms. Vicki Anoff & Mr. Charles Anoff P’08Ms. Carol A. Ansel & Mr. Walter R. Ansel P’10Ms. Lynn Archer & Mr. Robert Archer P’12Ms. Karen Arnold & Mr. George Arnold P’09Ms. Patricia Arruda & Mr. Steven Arruda P’11Ms. Patricia Barry & Mr. John Barry P’11Ms. Grace Begin & Mr. Paul Begin P’10Ms. Marian Bellas & Mr. John Bellas P’10Ms. Ann Berey & Mr. Michael Berey P’12Ms. Barbara Berkovich & Mr. Gil Berkovich P’11

Ms. Alice Berkowitz & Mr. Marc Summers P’06Ms. Barbara Ann Biggers P’09Ms. Carolyn M. Bjelajac & Mr. James J. Bjelajac P’09Dr. Richard Blasband P’11Ms. Irene Levesque Boisvert & Mr. Steven Boisvert P’09 Capt. Hebert Bolles P’91Ms. Nancy Borg & Mr. Robert Strauss P’10Ms. Barbara Bornstein & Dr. Robert Bornstein P’81Ms. Helen M. Boucher & Mr. Larry D. Boucher P’05Ms. Wendy Bowes P’11Mr. Michael Brandman P’03 (School of the Arts Dean’s Advisory Council) & Ms. Joanna MilesMs. Diane F.M. Brennan & Mr. John J. Brennan P’09Ms. Norma Bridwell & Mr. Norman Bridwell P’89Ms. Janet Bronstein P’10Ms. Janeece Brophy & Mr. Stephen Brophy P’09Ms. Susan Butler Brown & Mr. Peter G. Brown P’09Ms. Annemarie Byrnes & Mr. Michael Byrnes P’03Mr. Paul W. Calnan Jr. P’05Ms. Jerrie Campagna & Mr. Nicholas Campagna P’09 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Lynnette Morton Carey & Mr. Richard Carey P’11Ms. Mary Caron & Mr. Gregory R. Caron P’11Ms. Lynn Cassinari & Mr. Dana Finlayson P’12Mr. Randolph Cates P’09Ms. Carol Chipman P’09Ms. Chippy M. Cianci P’09Ms. Abbie Citron & Mr. Alan Citron P’10Ms. Carolyn Clark & Mr. Jeff Clark P’09Ms. Mary Clark & Mr. Patrick Clark P’11Ms. Camille Coakley & Mr. John Coakley P’09Ms. Joan Colbert & Mr. John Colbert P’10Dr. Robert Colby P’06 P’08 Ms. Christine Coleman P’11Ms. Sheila Compton & Mr. John Compton P’07Ms. Janet Congress & Mr. Howard Congress P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Mary Killeen Connor & Mr. John Connor P’06Ms. Diane Cooper & Mr. Michael Cooper P’05Ms. Jennifer Costain P’12Mr. John Cowan P’09Ms. Amy Croudo-Fox & Mr. Spencer Fox P’07Mr. Clark J. Crowley Sr. P’08Ms. Paula G. Crugnale & Mr. Joseph Crugnale P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. L. Adrienne Cupples & Mr. John E. Cupples P’03Ms. Elizabeth S. Damron & Mr. John R. Damron P’09Ms. Arlene D’Arbonne & Mr. Gregory D’Arbonne P’09 Ms. Ruth Darcy & Mr. Michael Darcy P’09Ms. Marcy DeCerb & Mr. Craig DeCerb P’09

Ms. Jane Hawkins & Mr. William Hawkins III P’10Ms. Linda Heaton & Mr. Daniel Heaton P’09Ms. Adrienne Hendler & Mr. Donald J. Hendler P’99Ms. Fran Hershkowitz & Mr. Jared Hershkowitz P’09Ms. Nadine Katz Hoffman & Mr. Anthony Hoffman P’08Ms. Margherita Regina & Mr. Daniel Hoffman P’09Ms. Jennifer Hohenboken & Dr. Matthew Hohenboken P’13Ms. Barbara Holch & Mr. Niels Holch P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Elizabeth Hollahan & Mr. Thomas Hollahan P’12Ms. Mary Laurette Hughes & Mr. Christopher Donovan P’10Ms. Ruth Baker Hurley & Mr. William Q. Hurley P’11Ms. Deborah A. Hutcheson & Mr. Donald Hutcheson P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Anita Hutton & Mr. Peter Hutton P’09Ms. Susan Huyett P’09Ms. Carolyn Irizarry & Mr. Elvin Irizarry P’11Mr. Walter Jackson P’09Ms. Debra H. James & Mr. William James P’05Ms. Marianne Jensen & Mr. Albert Jensen P’11Ms. Wendy John & Mr. Douglas John P’05Ms. Jennifer Johnson & Mr. George Johnson P’09Ms. Tamara Jones & Mr. William Jones P’10Ms. Donna Kalikow & Mr. Martin Kalikow P’09Ms. Leslie Kandell P’95Ms. Mary Ellen McNulty & Mr. David Kantor P’09Ms. Vivian Kaye & Mr. David L. Kaye P’09Ms. Mary Carol Kendzia & Mr. Thomas Kendzia P’11

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Ms. Cherie Kessler & Mr. Richard Kessler P’09Ms. Alexandra King & Mr. Jonathan King P’11Ms. Dianne Kinkaid & Mr. James Kinkaid Jr. P’11Mr. Dennis Krauss P’09Dr. Lisa A. Krock & Mr. D.W. Staaf P’07Ms. Sheila A. La Rosa & Mr. William R. La Rosa Jr. P’07Dr. James LaMorgese P’98Ms. Elaine Lashley & Dr. Bruce Lashley P’09Ms. Arleen R. Latek & Mr. Henry E. Latek P’98Mr. Salvatore LaTorre P’02Ms. Susan Lavi & Mr. Gavriel Lavi P’09Ms. Theresa Lawrence & Mr. Philip Lawrence P’01Mr. Jeffrey Leach P’10

Ms. Lillian M. Demarco & Mr. Paul Demarco P’08Ms. Robin Dempsey & Mr. Leroy Dempsey P’12Ms. Priscilla Denton P’09Ms. Carol Gose DeVine & Mr. Francis P. DeVine P’06Ms. Pamela Porter & Mr. Brian DeVriese P’97Ms. Julie P. Diamond & Dr. Robert Diamond P’11Ms. Nancy Dillaway & Mr. John Dillaway P’09Ms. Cynthia Donahue & Mr. Steven Donahue P’09Ms. Mary Lee Donovan & Mr. Randal Donovan P’09Ms. Rhonda Duray & Mr. Robert Meisenhelder P’10Ms. Helen Marie Early & Mr. Charles F. Early P’04Ms. Ronnie Engle & Mr. David Engle P’06Ms. Anita R. Estey & Mr. Louis H. Estey P’10Ms. Jacklynn Evans P’11Ms. Teresa Exline & Mr. James B. Exline P’12Ms. Sheila Faticoni & Mr. Barry Faticoni P’09Ms. Anita C. Fenton & Mr. Richard A. Fenton P’99Mr. John P. Fiala P’95Mr. Michael S. Fink P’12Ms. Evelyn Fischel & Mr. John Fischel P’09Ms. Stacy Patterson Fischer & Mr. David Fischer P’09Ms. Lisa Fishman P’10Ms. Diana Flagg P’09Ms. Jeanne T. Flannery P’08Mr. Andrew D. Fox P’09Ms. Katherine Kearns Frame & Mr. Scott Frame P’05Ms. Beverly Friedman & Mr. Steven Friedman P’91Ms. Lou Celia Frost & Mr. Don Frost P’04Ms. Patricia Gamache & Mr. Rodney Gamache P’07Ms. Leslie A. Garber & Mr. Douglas L. Garber P’09Ms. Thelma S. Garbutt & Dr. James Cameron Garbutt P’04Ms. Patricia Geaman & Mr. Gregory Geaman P’11Mr. Donald Gibavic P’06Mr. John Girard P’09Ms. Kathleen Gottlieb & Mr. Jeffrey Gottlieb P’09Mr. Matthew C. Grady P’07Ms. Jerry Guthrey & Mr. Robert Guthrey P’09Ms. Helen Hackworth P’09Ms. Rebecca Ink Hall & Mr. Ted Wharton Hall P’09Ms. Marion Hare & Mr. Gary Hare P’09Ms. Kathryn Harris & Mr. Geoffrey Harris P’08Mr. Patrick R. Harris P’05Ms. Joan Haseltine P’10Mrs. Elinor Haskins P’09Ms. Lynn Hastings & Mr. Gordon Hastings P’08Ms. Gale Hattan P’10



StaffPlease note that staff who are also alumni or parents are listed under those sections, so this is not a comprehensive staff donor list.

Griffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Dr. Jacqueline W. Liebergott (Trustee)Innovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Mr. David Ellis P’09Boylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Dr. Janis AndersenMr. Robert AshtonMr. Robert J. FlemingMs. MJ Knoll-FinnDr. Linda MooreMr. Andrew K. TiedemannMr. John TrimburDeans Society $500 to $999Anonymous (1) Dr. Thomas W. CooperMr. Grafton NunesMs. Pamela PainterAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mrs. Cheryl W. CrounseMr. Thomas T. HanoldDr. Ron LudmanMs. Sara RamirezCentury Society $100 to $249Anoymous (1) Mr. William DeWolfDr. William GilliganMs. Jennifer Greer-MorrisseyMr. Marc W. HamiltonDr. Daniel KemplerMr. Gerald LansonMs. Monique ThorneDr. W.M. Scott Wheeler Ms. Marlena Yannetti

The amount of their gift remains confidential:Mr. Mark LecceseMs. Mary C. Wegmann

StudentsAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Mr. Santiago Gonzalez ’11Ms. Alexandra E. Smolen ’11

FriendsMajestic Society $25,000 to $49,999Dr. & Mrs. Shoo IwasakiMr. Melvin KutchinGriffin Society $10,000 to $24,999Ms. Rosanne Bacon MeadeMr. Michael Carson (Trustee)Mr. George FeldenkreisMs. Judy S. Huret & Mr. Robert HuretMr. Steven Samuels (Trustee) & Ms. Amy Cipolla Mrs. Marillyn Zacharis (Trustee)

2009 Honor Roll

Ms. Cristina Soriano & Mr. Juan de Herrera P’09Ms. Phyllis G. Sorkin & Mr. Edward Sorkin P’00Ms. Terrill S. Soules & Mr. Foster R. Soules P’06Rev. Betty J. Sowers & Rev. Paul E. Thomas P’09Ms. June Speakman & Mr. Jay Speakman P’12Ms. Sarra H. Spector P’09Ms. Patricia Stankus & Mr. Kurt Stankus P’11Ms. Cheryl Stauffer & Mr. Charles S. Stauffer P’08Ms. Mary Patricia Stewart & Judge Joseph Stewart P’77Mr. Frank Stiefel P’04Ms. Diana Hamilton Stockton P’04Ms. Kathy Sturges & Mr. Richard Sturges P’09Ms. Joan S. Suda & Mr. Luke L. Suda P’07Ms. Kathleen Joy Swierzbin & Mr. Mark Swierzbin P’07Ms. Gayla Sybert & Mr. Randy Sybert P’12Ms. Anne Szafranowicz P’99Ms. Donna Taggert & Mr. James R. Taggart P’03Ms. Nilsa Breban Tam & Mr. Shau-Chia Anthony Tam P’11Ms. Nancy Terrat & Mr. Carey Terrat P’11Ms. Barbara Z. Thiele P’11Ms. Barbara A. Thompson P’10Ms. Lorraine Thompson & Mr. Richard Thompson P’09Mr. James Thurman P’09Ms. Suzanne Tingley & Mr. Larry Tingley P’95Ms. Katherine A. Tollar & Mr. Eric S. Tollar P’09Ms. Tina M. Tower P’10Ms. Christine Trecker & Mr. Steven Trecker P’12Ms. Karen Vail & Mr. Frederick Vail P’11Ms. Janet Veling P’08Ms. Sharon Vieira & Mr. Alfred R. Vieira P’99Ms. Ann Vossekuil & Mr. Bryan Vossekuil P’09Ms. Lorraine Vought-Nicklin & Mr. Edmund Nicklin P’09Ms. Susan Vroman Walker & Mr. Robert Vrablik P’97Ms. Amy Waters & Mr. Andrew Waters P’09Mr. Chad Waybright P’03Ms. Francine Weaver P’12Ms. Kathleen Weijer & Mr. Willem Weijer P’09Ms. Pamela Weiss & Mr. David Klahr P’07Ms. Diane G. Wheeler & Mr. William M. Wheeler Jr. P’09Ms. Christine Whelan & Mr. Ron Mastrangelo P’10Ms. Donna White & Mr. Mark White P’12Ms. Natalie Wierzba & Mr. John Wierzba P’09Ms. Linda Williams & Mr. Clayton Williams P’10Ms. Kathryn Williams & Mr. Brant Hardy P’09Mr. Barry Lee Wilson P’09Ms. Jody Wintner & Mr. George Wintner P’12Ms. Melinda Yarling P’11Ms. Lai No Yee & Mr. Chor-Ming Lung P’11Ms. Diane Ferrer Young P’05Ms. Patricia Zaborowski & Dr. Joseph Zaborowski P’04Ms. Gail Zagoren & Dr. Allen Zagoren P’03Ms. Kristin Zientek & Mr. Jeffry Zientek P’11

Ms. Jane Lemiszko & Mr. Louis Smith P’12Ms. Vivian Lerner & Mr. Berton Lerner P’81Dr. Barbara Lesco & Mr. Martin Dennis P’12Mr. Bruce J. Lewin P’05Ms. Deborah Lewis & Mr. Arne Lewis P’09Mr. Geoffrey Linz P’10Ms. Christine Lischynsky & Mr. Eugene Lischynsky P’05Ms. Kathleen Lockhart & Mr. Jackson King Jr. P’11Ms. Doralyn Long & Mr. Daniel Long P’09Ms. Christine Lund P’09Ms. Joan E. Lynch & Mr. Douglas R. Lynch P’09Ms. Yeou-Cheng Ma & Mr. Michael A. Dadap P’09Ms. Lisa Rait Macchi & Mr. Albert Macchi P’06Ms. Claudia MacDermott P’09Ms. Ann Macedo & Mr. Gerald Macedo P’10Ms. Kathleen Malley & Mr. David Malley P’13Ms. Dotty L. Malloy & Mr. Samuel Malloy P’98Ms. Ann Maltz & Mr. Jerry Maltz P’11Ms. Usha Mani & Mr. Venk Mani P’08Mr. Paul Manning P’10Ms. Nancy Marano & Mr. Carlo Marano & P’11Ms. Joan Marchand & Mr. Renald Marchand P’09Ms. Susan Marcotte-Jenkins & Mr. Martin Jenkins P’12Ms. Nadine Martinez P’00Ms. Page McBrier & Mr. Peter Morrison P’10Ms. Frances McCann & Mr. John McCann P’12Ms. Anne McCune & Mr. Leroy McCune P’12Ms. Nancy A. McDonald P’11Ms. Donna M. McDonald & Mr. Steve McDonald P’10Mr. John Patrick McGackin P’07Ms. Martha Moir McMahon & Mr. David McMahon P’02Ms. Madeline A. Menzie & Mr. Michael J. Menzie P’00Ms. Michelle Mercer & Mr. Charles Mercer P’12Ms. Angela Mertens & Mr. Timothy Mertens P’12Ms. Monica Meunier P’97Mr. Arden Miller & Mr. Roy Swazey P’09Ms. Joan Milligan & Mr. Donald Milligan P’04Ms. Sharon Minsky P’09Ms. Lynne Morgan & Mr. Charles Morgan P’09Ms. Valerie Morris P’11Ms. Sheila Morrison & Mr. Reed Morrison P’07Mr. Douglas Mulholland P’09Ms. Mary Elizabeth Mulligan & Mr. William Mulligan P’01Ms. Carmen Munoz & Mr. Gonzalo Duran P’09Ms. Jane Murata & Mr. Arlan Murata P’10Ms. Beatrice Myerson & Mr. Nolan Myerson P’09Ms. Lisa Naumann & Mr. Michael Naumann P’12Ms. Lynette Negrete & Mr. Carlos Negrete P’12Ms. Phyllis Newman & Mr. John Newman P’08Ms. Constance Nolan & Mr. Thomas Nolan P’11

Ms. Lindalisa Norville & Mr. Lawrence Norville P’11Ms. Betty Ann O’Leary & Mr. Michael O’Leary P’09Ms. Catherine Orrok & Mr. Howard Noble P’09Ms. Eileen O’Shea & Mr. Julio L. Brau P’04Ms. Deborah Ottley & Mr. Russell Ottley P’12Ms. Karen Pascarella & Mr. William E. Riley P’11Mrs. Virginia T. Paul P’08Ms. Betty Peck P’12Ms. Linda Pellizzi & Mr. Robert Pellizzi P’12Ms. Robin Peluso & Mr. Michael Peluso P’10Ms. Joan M. Perrault & Mr. Alan Perrault P’09Ms. Ibis Pittaluga & Mr. Rodolfo Pittaluga P’12Ms. Jacqueline Poliseno & Mr. Albert Poliseno P’08Ms. Shelley Raineau & Mr. Francis Raineau P’09Ms. Elizabeth Fall Raskin & Mr. Gordon Raskin P’12Mr. Neil Raynor P’11Ms. Anne Reenstierna & Mr. Eric Reenstierna P’99Ms. Mary Pat Kane Reilly & Mr. Paul Reilly P’12Mr. Jeffrey Reynolds P’09Ms. Jeannie Reysen-Iorio P’12Ms. Jayne Rhodes & Mr. Roger Rhodes P’10Ms. Rebecca Riley & Mr. Patrick Williams P’09Ms. Susan Rogers P’12Ms. Paula Rosenblum & Mr. Neal Rosenblum P’11Ms. Rosanne Roth & Mr. Christopher Roth P’11 P’12Ms. Melissa Moher Roy & Mr. David Roy P’09Ms. Marianne Ruberto & Mr. Carmine Ruberto P’08Ms. Marjorie R. Ruggeri & Mr. John V. Ruggeri P’05Ms. Dahlia Russ & Mr. Ian Russ P’10Ms. Virginia Russo & Mr. Albert Russo P’10Ms. Donna Scheer & Mr. Henry Scheer P’10Ms. Becky Hallman Scheinert & Mr. Kenneth Scheinert P’09Ms. Coleen Schickling & Mr. Francis Schickling Jr. P’09Ms. Paulette Schlotman P’09Mr. Roger Schwall P’05Dr. Judy Schwartz & Mr. Michael Brizel P’09Ms. Debra Schwartz-Stepansky & Mr. David Stepansky P’09Mr. Timothy Scott P’12Ms. Lynn Shane & Mr. Hal Shane P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Patricia Sheptock & Mr. John Sheptock P’12Ms. Julie Shushtari & Mr. Kevin Shushtari P’12Ms. Nancy Silva P’09Ms. Linda Sinatra-Seidner & Mr. Jeffrey Seidner P’09Ms. Linda Brubaker Smalley & Mr. John L. Smalley P’07Ms. Lynn Smollar & Mr. Paul Smollar P’09Dr. Jo Marie Solet & Mr. Maxwell Solet P’02Ms. Martha Somerville & Mr. William Somerville P’12


Beacon Society $5,000 to $9,999Anonymous (1)Dr. Robert A. SilvermanMs. Elinor Epstein SvensonInnovators Society $2,500 to $4,999Mr. Justin P. CroteauMr. John Charles FordMr. Patrick J. HaswellMr. Michael J. Mannion & Mr. Tristin MannionRev. Mary Jean Metzger & Mr. Howard M. MetzgerMs. Allison Ryder & Mr. David JonesBoylston Society $1,000 to $2,499Mr. Ron AnsinMr. Robert BealMr. Dan BergerMs. Maureen Case (Overseer)Ms. Heather Del GalloMr. Mark Ian GelfandMs. Constance Gonczy & Dr. Steven ReichMs. Betsy Legnini & Mr. Robert LegniniMs. Madeline K. LeoneDr. Charlotte H. Lindgren tMs. Carolyn Lynch & Mr. Peter LynchMr. John A. McCulloughMs. Kathleen M. MurphyMr. Gregory OttoDr. Jerrold RossMs. Nancy Ryan (Trustee)Mr. Donald E. SharpMs. Diana ShoolmanMs. Lisa ToungDeans Society $500 to $999Mr. Craig BanaszewskiMr. Kenneth BlomsterMs. Gertrude CarpenterMr. Brian EatonDr. Edwin GlickMs. Susan B. GoldsteinMr. Lawrence E. KaplanMs. Judith P. LawrieRabbi Dov TaylorAmbassadors Society $250 to $499Ms. Laura DwelleyMs. Patti FallickMs. Joyce K. FletcherMr. John FordMr. Tony ListaMs. Diane M. MedvecMr. Tim MuellerMs. Mary E. PageMr. Jesse ReichMr. Eric M. RiceMr. Russ RobbinsMr. Sheldon SmallMr. Mark TurrellMs. Margarita Utkewicz & Mr. Mark Utkewicz Century Society $100 to $249Ms. Win BarnardMr. Robert P. BulgerMs. Judi Taylor CantorMr. Robert A. Carleo Jr.Ms. Victoria P. CentanniMs. Elaine ChangMr. Patrick ChengMr. Paul E. Croteau

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09Mr. Kelly M. Marchand ’09Mr. Andrew C. Marx IIIMr. David M. Mashburn ’09Mr. Samuel L. Mauldin ’09Ms. Gabriela MillaMr. Brian Moore ’09Ms. Anne Giles Morgan ’09Mr. Nicholas H. Munyan ’09Ms. Alexandra Myerson ’09Mr. Kendall B. Noble ’09Mr. James C. Peckham tMs. Jenna Petty ’09Phi Alpha TauMs. Donna Walcovy & Mr. George Quenzel P’82 tMr. Kyle B. Rainey ’09


Ms. Marcia McCombe Davis & Mr. William E. DavisMr. Alan K. GaynorMs. Joanne GerberMs. Rosalind GrayMr. Gary C. HattonMr. Peter A. HayashidaMr. Peter A. HendricksMr. Michael A. HillMr. Steve HirsenMr. Jeffrey R. IhrigMs. Kathleen Kelley, RPhMr. L. Brian KossMs. Martha Cassidy Krohn & Mr. Christian KrohnMs. Ann O’MalleyMs. Rebecca PanzaMs. Maura K. PolakMs. Sheara Brand Seigal & Mr. Jeffrey SeigalMs. Colleen J. SextonMr. Brian C. SmithMs. Cisca TanMr. Paul N. TaylorMr. Richard VitaliMr. Joseph S. VitunicMr. Herbert M. Weinman, MDMs. Kathryn A. Yates

OrganizationsA Professional CorporationAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesAd ClubAetna Student HealthAgnes M. Lindsay TrustAmerican Cleaning Company IncAmerican Insurance AssociationArthur W. Page CenterAustin Hearst FoundationAverill Electric Co, Inc.Bank of America Disability Affinity GroupBookbuilders of Boston, Inc.Budd Legal VideoBurt Family Fund of Tides FoundationCara Communications CorporationCardiff GroupCongregation B’nai Torah Decibels FoundationDr. Cheney Calkins TrustDrywall Ltd.Elaine Construction Company, Inc.Erdle Foundation, Inc.Estate of Winifred Sperry Fresh Sound FoundationGhilani Electric Inc.Haley & Aldrich, Inc.Halperin FoundationHathaway DinwiddieHughes Associates, Inc.Huntington Controls, Inc.Integral Capital PartnersJ.K. International, Inc.JC Cannistraro, LLCJennifer Stowers Quintal Education FoundationJewish Community Foundation

North American Elevator Services CompanyOwens Movers, Inc.Parker Development CompanyPequossette Insurance AgencyProgressive Business PublicationsPym-Randall Poetry and Arts Foundation, Inc.RedEye Professional Post, LLCRowe FoundationState Electric CorporationThe Boston FoundationWomen for HireWoodland Hills/Calabasas Speech & Language Center

Gifts Were Made in Honor of:Ms. Sarah W. Aaskov ’09Ms. Jennan Al-Hamdouni ’09Ms. Farida Lauren Amar ’05Dr. Philip P. Amato ’60 w’61 P’91 P’94 tMs. Jeannie An ’10Ms. Colleen M. Arnold ’09Mr. Robert Ashton Mr. John D. BarrettMs. Kristen R. Berke ’09Ms. Angeline J. Boisvert ’09Mr. Daniel Borrelli ’09Ms. Brittany BraudoMs. Maria S. Brophy ’09Mr. Robinson W. Brown ’09Ms. Lena M. Campagna ’09Ms. Stacey Cate ’06Ms. Sarah E. Cates ’09Ms. Kristen E. Clark ’09Rev. John M. CoffeeRebecca, Emily, and Joshua CohenMr. Ryan B. Cook ’09Dr. Kenneth C. Crannell Sr. ’55 w’57 P’91 tDr. Jon Derek Croteau ’99 (Alumni Board)Mr. Justin P. CroteauMs. Lindsay Taggart Day ’12Ms. Arianne D. DeCerb ’09Mr. Grant D. Denton ’09Mr. Davin J. DeSantis ’09Ms. Rachel A. Desilets ’09Mr. Vincent J. Di Bona ’66 H’94 P’94 (Trustee)Mr. Ryan M. Dillon ’05Ms. Laura Makin Dziamba Mr. Jeffrey Andrew Eichert ’11Mr. Eric Eliacin ’10Mr. Kyle A. Faticoni ’09Mr. David Fein ’09Ms. Amanda N. Flagg ’08Mr. James D. Foley ’09Mr. William FoleyMs. Maressa E. Fonger ’09Ms. Meaghan K. Ford ’09Mr. Brent P. Fox ’11Mr. Robert B. Friend ’79 (Trustee) (Alumni Board)Mr. Gregory GagnonMr. John Garcia Jr. ’09Mr. George GershwinMr. Bradley E. Giardiello w’07Mr. Ross R. Girard ’09

Mr. Kenneth James Glauber ’12Mr. Kermit GoellMs. Kristen A. Golden ’09Ms. Johanna S. Golomb ’09Ms. Lori A. Gottlieb ’09Ms. Sasha Grossman ’09Ms. Melanie Guthrey ’09Mr. Alan F. Gwizdowski ’09Mr. Jordan Hackworth ’09Mr. Peter C. Hall ’09Ms. Lauren C. Halperin ’01Ms. Diana R. Hamar ’09Ms. Maree J. Hamilton ’09Mr. Luke C. Hanlein ’09Mr. Thomas T. Hanold Mr. Ryan M. Hare ’09Mr. Zander R. Hartung ’09Mr. Joseph E. Haskins ’09Ms. Jennifer A. Hatton ’09Ms. Danielle M. Heaton ’09Mr. Daniel Richard Hernandez ’12Mr. Andrew K. HeronMs. Brittany A. Hershkowitz ’09Ms. Bianca K. Hoffman ’09Mr. J.E. Hollingworth w’68Mr. Samuel B. HuttonMs. Sarah E. Hutton ’09Ms. Crystal S. Huyett ’09Ms. Molly Jean-MaryMs. Jessica Faye Kalikow ’09Ms. Megan Kaye ’09Mr. Maxwell R. Kessler ’09Dr. Charles J. Klim ’50 w’53 tMrs. Helen Scott Klim ’51Mr. Robert M. Krauss ’09Ms. Jenna P. Lashley ’09Mrs. Frances Crowley LaShoto ’44Mr. Eric S. Latek ’98Ms. Shira H. Lavi ’09Mr. Robin A. LewisDr. Ron Ludman

Dr. Jon Derek Croteau ’99 (Alumni Board) & Mr. Justin CroteauMr. Vincent J. Di Bona ’66 H’94 P’94 (Trustee)Discovery ImportsMr. Richard Barry Drosnes ’68Mr. Thomas DunlayMs. Noreen Farrell-Herzog ’81 & Mr. Doug Herzog ’81 H’08 (Trustee)Mr. Richard Foster & Ms. Shani Foster P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. John E. Frink ’82Ms. Linda Gersh (Trustee) & Mr. Robert Gersh P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. Lewis GirdlerMs. Janet Ehrlich Goldman & Mr. Anthony Goldman ’65 (Trustee)Ms. Lois Harmon & Mr. Tom Bergeron P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Harrah’s Marketing ServicesHyatt RegencyiCarly and NickelodeonIntercontinental HotelMs. Kathleen Jaffe & Mr. Al Jaffe ’68 P’07 (Trustee)Ms. Tory Johnson ’92 (Alumni Board)Ms. Alison JosephsMs. Denise Kaigler ’85 (Overseer)Mr. Mark David Kanegis ’92Kate Casolaro Unique Jewelry DesignsMs. Randy Kalikow Ketive ’69 (Alumni Board)Ms. Sharon KleitmanMr. Gary Jon Kramer ’86La Tete SalonMs. Ann Lembeck Leary ’85 & Mr. Denis Michael Leary ’79 H’05 P’12Legendary Restaurant GroupMr. Thomas S. Lockie ’84Mrs. Colleen Bradley MacArthur ’01Marc Edward SkincareMr. Armand Marciano & Ms. Marie Marciano P’10Ms. Stacy S. McKee w’99Mr. Peter G. Meade ’70 H’05 (Trustee)Mr. Barry Mehrman ’76 (Alumni Board)Ms. Maggie MelansonMs. Allyce NajimyNew England Patriots L.P.Not Your Average Joe’sDr. Richard J. O’Connor ’55Dr. Michael Palmer P’13 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. Joe PantalianoMs. Bobbi Brown Plofker ’79 (Trustee)Pym-Randall Poetry and Arts Foundation, Inc.Ms. Denise Richards & Mr. Daniel Richards P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Ritz-Carlton Boston CommonMr. Michael Rizzo & Ms. Lori Rizzo P’12Ms. Nancy Ryan (Trustee) & Mr. Barry J. O’Brien (Overseer)Ms. Lucille S. Salhany (Trustee)Ms. Michele Simos w’91Mr. Edward J. Sparks P’97St John Boutique


2009 Honor Roll

Ms. Sylvia Stepien & Mr. Douglas Stepien P’09 (Parents Leadership Council)Ms. Susan Strassberg ’78 P’11 (Alumni Board)Ms. Maureen SullivanMs. Sue Sussman ’78Mr. Mozafar Tehrani & Ms. Stephanie Tehrani P’11 (Parents Leadership Council)Tiffany & Co.Mr. Alex R. Tse ’98Mr. G. Craig Vachon ’86 w’87Vineyard VinesVintageMr. Charlie WangWarner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.Mr. John A. Wentworth ’81WGBHMs. Katherine H. White ’06Mr. Henry F. Winkler ’67 H’78Mr. Henry W. Zappala ’79 w’80

Ms. Marilyn Reich ’70Ms. Megan M. Reynolds ’09Mr. Nathaniel Peter RiceMr. Peter A. RiceMr. Brian D. Rosenthal ’09Ms. Marie Roy & Mr. Brian RoyMr. Jordan G. Rudman ’09Ms. Barbara Segal Rutberg ’68 Mr. Timothy F. Schickling ’09Mr. Nicholas H. Schreiber ’09Ms. Mia A. Seidner ’09 Ms. Katherine L. Shearon ’09Mr. Michael E. Sheehan ’09Mrs. Vivian Marlowe Shoolman ’53Ms. Candace B. Silva ’09Mr. Bradford Simpson ’09Mr. Adam N. Speakman ’12Ms. Jordan A. Stallings ’11Mr. Connor J. Stankus ’11Ms. Misha A. Starr ’09Mr. James C. Sturges ’09Mr. William Gray Thomas-Sowers ’09Ms. Candice A. Thompson ’09Ms. Erin Ilissa Tonkon ’12Mr. Denny Tsang ’10Mr. Matthew VossekuilMs. Joleigh R. Washuta ’09Ms. Stephanie L. Waters ’09Ms. Kelly D. Webster ’09Mr. William M. Wheeler III ’09Ms. Jessica S. Wierzba ’09Mr. Jeffrey A. Wilson ’09Ms. Anna K. Wohl ’09

Gifts Were Made in Memory of:Mr. Saul AbramsonMrs. Janet Sobel Bookspan ’54Mr. Ryan R. Breneman ’88Mr. David BrudnoyMr. Jesse Cain P’79 Mr. Anthony CairoMs. Betsy CarpenterMr. Robert H. Clarke, MBA ’72Mr. Chester F. Collier ’50 H’73Ms. Debra A. DiGiovanniDr. Henry FosterMr. Jon Friedenberg ’84Mr. Hal Gaba P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. Bryan J. Gay ’11Mr. Larry GlickMr. Thomas M. Greenblatt ’69Ms. Elinore A. Greene ’49Dr. June Hamblin Mitchell ’35Mrs. Patricia Healy Hart ’40Mr. Stephen Hart ’41Mr. David W. Keay ’51Ms. Kristin Elizabeth Lake ’72Mr. Joseph Patrick Murphy ’85Mr. Frank S. Napal III ’69Dr. Elliot NortonMr. Mark Nyren P’11Dr. Richard D. Pierce

Ms. Ellen Reich ’75Mr. Barry RickMr. Travis Parker Rushing ’97Mr. Jack Segal P’68Dr. William L. SharpMr. Jack SteinRev. Dr. Rhys Williams (Trustee Emeritus)

The 1880 SocietyThe following individuals have chosen to support Emerson College by establishing a planned gift or by naming the College in their estate plans. The 1880 Society was created to honor them and their foresight in supporting future generations of Emersonians. We are pleased to recognize these members and hope they inspire others to consider planned giving for Emerson College.

Mrs. Mary Geddes Avery ’50Mr. Barney T. Bishop III ’73 (Overseer)Mrs. Eleanor Corkum Boyd w’38Ms. Martha MacDowell Carpenter ’50Dr. Thomas W. Cooper Ms. Joan Kates Cowlan ’65Ms. Rhoda D. Cutler ’66Mr. Theodore D. FosterMs. Sandra Goldfarb ’78 (Overseer)Mr. Michael D. Goldstein ’84Mr. Ira Harvey Goldstone ’71Ms. Angela T. Lifsey ’79Dr. Charlotte H. Lindgren H’67 tMr. Michael J. MacWade w’85 (Alumni Board)Ms. Cindy M. Michelson ’78Mrs. Helaine A. Miller ’55Mr. Aaron H. Mintz ’68Mr. & Mrs. Michael Murphy P’10 (Parents Leadership Council)Mr. James Nussbaum ’84Ms. Theresa M. Romano ’57Mr. Charles E. Rosen ’68Mr. Gary S. Sagendorf ’88Hon. Robert Sands, OSMGC ’68Dr. Carl Schmider ’60 w’63Ms. Honey Waldman ’46Ms. Evelyn D. Woolston-May ’47

Gifts-in-KindMr. Eric Alexander ’78 (Trustee)Mr. Kenneth Aymong & Ms. Harriett Aymoung P’11Ms. Holly Bario ’89Mr. Bob BarnerMr. Shahrokh Basseri & Ms. Nicole Monette Basseri P’12 (Parents Leadership Council)Boston Center for Adult EducationBrattle BookshopBrookline Liquor MartMrs. Nan Whelpley Carney ’56Dr. John Michael Casey ’69 Ms. Amy Cipolla & Mr. Steven Samuels (Trustee)Ms. Bonnie A. Comley w’94 (Overseer)Dr. Thomas W. Cooper



Alex Amoling ’10 Film Production

Gifts that Matter

Where did you get your work ethic?Both of my parents pushed me and my siblings as hard as they could to go after our dreams. My father has constantly worked 60 to 80 hours a week. My mother has spent most of her time as a secretary for different companies. I know my parents pushed me because they didn’t want me to be stuck doing something I didn’t like.

Receiving the Zacharis Scholarship has boosted my confidence and my dedication to work. It’s a great feeling to receive recognition for the work I’ve done here over the years. My father was right in saying that dedication and hard work will gain me recognition.

Describe your current film project. My film, Moriah, is a great opportunity for me and other students to show our talent. The people who are involved are extremely dedicated and I want to be able to provide them with a showcase for themselves. My goal is to use the film to gain recognition and a job directing film when I graduate. I’m working on expanding the project so that I can turn it into a feature film or a television series to start my career. I want to take that next step, and Emerson College has prepared me for this undertaking.

Any last words?I want to thank Trustee Marillyn Zacharis—who endowed the scholarship—for her support. I can’t tell you how proud my parents were when they saw the scholarship on this year’s tuition bill.

Receiving a John C. Zacharis Memorial Scholarship has allowed Alex Amoling ’10 to pursue his dream of studying directing for film. Making his first foray into filmmaking while in high school, Alex, who hails from Kennebunk, Maine, soon realized he loved to tell stories cinematically. At Emerson, he participates in the student film group Frames Per Second and spends his spare time playing basketball and running. For Alex, “the Emerson College experience has been one of learning about yourself and your capabilities.”

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Star PowerTen journalism students traveled from Emerson to Los Angeles in March to cover the Oscars. From left are (front row) Katie Bryant, Melissa Unger, Jillian Leff, Valencia Wicker, Anna Scheer, Kayla Harrity, and Justine Frostad; (back row) Brett Connolly, Johnny Russo, and Josh Miller.

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