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Memorials memorials H orace Mann School mourns the deaths of the following members of our community. We invite readers to share their memories and reflections with one another in these pages by writing to alumni@horacemann.org. Edwin F. Wilson ’33 Surgeon, is remembered A memorial written by John McCormack, life-long friend: Edwin F. Wilson ’33 died of pneumonia in New Jersey on September 6, 2008. Ed and I grew up together (1929-38) in the first apartment house built on Cayuga Avenue, 4414. Ed’s family moved into the almost-finished building just before Thanksgiving in 1929. We followed a few weeks later. Ed’s dad, Edwin, was the principal of the public school on City Island. His mother, Emily, taught in a Bronx public school. The family spent summers in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. This instilled a love of Maine in Ed. Years later he built a house on a lake in Greenville, ME. After he retired he spent much time there. Ed went to Columbia (Class of 1937) and then to the University of Maryland’s dental school. He decided after a year to switch to its medical school from which he graduated. After graduating he was commissioned in the Army Air Corps and served in Europe for much of World War II. He returned to civilian life as a Major. Ed initially practiced in New York City. He was a surgeon. He was on call for events at Madison Square Garden. He admired hockey players. When stitching was needed most participants hesitated. Not hockey players. They would tell him, “Sew me up quick, Doc. I gotta get back on the ice.” In the early 1950s he moved his practice to Riverhead, NY, and served as his hospital’s chief surgeon for many years. I would guess he retired circa 1983. His wife, Marge, predeceased him. I know he had two sons… I moved to Dallas in 1953 and saw Ed, on average, maybe every ten years. I last saw him at his camp in Maine in August, 2002. He was retired. Helen Hirsdansky Ostrow ’27 Volunteer and Mental Health Worker The Horace Mann community expresses condolences on the death of Helen Hirsdansky Ostrow ’27, who passed away on April 6, 2009 in Oakland, California. Born October 31, 1909 in New York City, after graduating from Horace Mann School for Girls she earned a BA degree from Vassar College in 1931, and a master of arts in English at Columbia University. She and her husband Dr. Irving Ostrow moved to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. where, except for a period of absence during WW II, she lived until moving to California in 2007. Helen served as first president of the Poughkeepsie chapter of ORT, and was a Red Cross Volunteer during and after WW II. She worked for 10 years on the staff of the Dutchess County Mental Health Clinic, in Beacon, N.Y. A tireless volunteer, she helped establish Dutchess County Community College. Helen Ostrow was also a longtime member of Temple Beth-El in Poughkeepsie. She was a lifelong student and lover of language who did daily crossword puzzles well into her 90s, and continued to play Scrabble with friends and relatives until shortly before her death. She also enjoyed poetry, and, at age 95, published a collection of her own poems. She is survived by a sister, Margaret (Peggy Hirsdansky) Lloyd ’31, of Los Angeles, and by her son, Jonathan (Ellyn) of Seattle, WA, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Marion Leuthner Sturm ’30 Active Resident of Asbury Methodist Village Horace Mann School extends condolences on the passing of Marion Leuthner Sturm ’30, of Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Md., and formerly of Old Brookville, Long Island, who died Feb. 7, 2009 at 95. Born in Manhattan, she was married for 44 years to the late Rudolf E. Sturm. Marion Sturm graduated from Horace Mann School for Girls in 1930, earned a BA degree from Smith College in 1934, and a master’s degree from Columbia University in 1935. She worked as an executive secretary. Her hobbies included golf, tennis, bowling, playing cards, reading and doing crossword puzzles. Survivors include a son, Robert Sturm of Dayton, Md.; twin daughters, Virginia Schindler of Meadville, Pa., and Dorothy Penn of Lakeville, Pa.; and five grandchildren. Rosalind Mendelson Zalkin ’33 Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother We regret to announce the passing of Rosalind Mendelson Zalkin ’33, who died peacefully at home on December 26, 2008, at the age of 93. The beloved wife of Leonard Zalkin, beloved mother of Linda Z. Redding and the late Kenneth Zalkin, mother-in-law of Janet Zalkin and Roy Redding, grandmother of four, and great-grandmother of four, her family wrote, “she will be greatly missed.” Grace Williams Nicholl ’35 Pilot, Nature Enthusiast, and Athlete Condolences are expressed on behalf of Horace Mann School to the family of Grace Williams Nicholl ’35 of Leawood, Kansas, who died March 7, 2009. Born April 8, 1918 in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was the daughter of Dr. Jesse Feiring Williams, longtime head of 54 Horace Mann Magazine Fall 2009

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Horace Mann Magazine - Fall 2009

Horace Mann Magazine - Fall 2009
Contents
Letters
Greetings from the Head of School
Greetings from the Director of Development
Enter Laughing: the Humor of Horace Mann School
News of the School
Alumni Council Corner
Bookshelf
Class Notes
Memorials
Philanthropy and You

Horace Mann Magazine - Fall 2009