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Alumni Council Corner alumni council corner | HOR ACE MANN ALUMNI JOURNAL Greetings from the Alumni Council: We have had another year of terrific alumni events. Events sponsored by the Alumni Council and the Alumni House and Development Office brought together hundreds of alumni from across the generations, allowing us to reconnect with each other and with the School. Alumni events warmed up even the coldest winter. On January 27, 2011, about 60 alumni attended the Alumni Council’s annual winter celebration, despite over a foot of snow that piled onto Manhattan’s streets throughout the previous night and day. On February 27, 2011, over 150 alumni, their family members and friends, enjoyed a Sunday matinee performance of “Spiderman: Turn off the Dark” for which Anita LaScala ’01 served as first assistant set designer. April was chock full of alumni events across the broad spectrum of our alumni base. On April 6, the Alumni Council continued its partnership with the school’s Women’s Issues Club by participating in a dinner on the topic of body image. Amy Gold ’98 spearheaded the Alumni Council’s involvement in this very successful event. Over the past several years, members of the Alumni Council have worked with the club to suggest alumni speakers who are experts on the topics addressed at the dinner. On April 7, the Alumni Council and the Alumni House hosted a “Golden Alumni” gathering at the Columbia Club / Princeton Club. This event, the first of its kind, brought together alumni who graduated from HM fifty or more years ago. Donald Hillman ’42, Bill Nightingale ’49, and Mickey Littman ’52 helped to plan this “party for the ages,” so to speak. On April 16, the Alumni Council co-sponsored HM’s fourth annual Service-Learning Day. Alumni joined other members of the community to perform community service on the Riverdale campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods. David Jacoby ’72 and Liz Lerner ’86 led the alumni contingent and helped to organize the event. Last but not least, on April 17, fifty alumni and their children enjoyed a performance of “Awesome Allie: First Kid Astronaut.” Jodi Rosensaft ’96 worked with the Alumni House to plan this wonderful new event. A highlight of the year came on June 7, when the Alumni Council hosted its Ninth Annual Alumni Association Benefit. After several highly successful and very fun casino nights, at which we raised significant funds for the Student Assistance Fund, this year we changed things up a bit. Alumni from across the decades enjoyed a summer night together in the magnificent Model Room of the landmark New York Yacht Club building at 37 West 44th Street. The goal of this year’s Benefit was to provide a complete subsidy for the Financial Aid Office’s student lunch program for qualifying students in our Middle and Upper Divisions. A huge success, this year’s Benefit was co-chaired by Suzanne Sloan ’77 and Lisa Braunstein Zola ’83 with Jodi Rosensaft serving as prize chair. I enjoyed seeing so many of you there, and sincerely look forward to seeing you at next year’s event. Please remember to watch your mail and e-mail, and keep informed about alumni activities by visiting our web site at www.horacemann.org/alumni , by keeping up to date with the Alumni House and Development Office, and with Horace Mann by reading the School’s online newsletter “Across the Divisions,” and by checking in with the HM Facebook page. The Alumni Council exists to bring you closer to the school we all love. If you would like to become more involved with Horace Mann School, please e-mail me at justin_lerer@ horacemann.org. I look forward to hearing from you, and to seeing you soon. Justin Lerer ’95 Alumni Council President There are many opportunities to become involved with Horace Mann School. These include: CLASS AGENT Horace Mann School relies on a strong network of graduate volunteers or Class Agents to act as liaisons between their classmates and the School. In this capacity, Class Agents act as both “friendraisers” and fundraisers. As friendraisers, Class Agents encourage their classmates to stay involved with Horace Mann, attend reunions, Homecoming, or other campus activities that reflect the vitality of the School. Class Agents are also responsible for fundraising within their class. This includes participating in the yearly Annual Fund campaign and in capital campaigns when they are in effect. Alumni support of the Annual Fund is critical to the strength and growth of Horace Mann. It has been shown that classes with active Class Agents have the best reunions, raise the most money for the School, and are, as a class, the best connected to their alma mater. Class Agents are supported by the Alumni House and Development Office of the School. CLASS CORRESPONDENT Class Correspondents are also friendraisers and, as such, act as a conduit of information about their classmates to Horace Mann School, keeping the school abreast of interesting news for Horace Mann Magazine, and of alum marriages, births, career changes, and more. The Class Correspondent may also help to reconnect two classmates who may have fallen out of touch, or help the School to find a “lost” alum. Several Class Correspondents make use of the Internet to report class news to their classmates as well as to the “Class Notes” section of this magazine. SUMMER JOB/INTERNSHIP PROVIDER The Horace Mann School Alumni House Summer Job/Internship Program depends on the interest and willingness of Horace Mann alumni and parents to offer our graduating seniors and college-age alumni opportunities to intern or work in their places of employment or businesses during the summer months. Students are increasingly interested in finding opportunities that will contribute to their education and further their understanding of possible careers or professions. In turn, you will benefit from the talents of a Horace Mann alum, capable of making real contributions to your place of work. Horace Mann Magazine Spring 2011 35 http://www.horacemann.org/alumni

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Horace Mann - Spring/Summer 2011

Horace Mann - Spring/summer 2011
Contents
Letters
Greetings From Dr. Tom Kelly, Horace Mann School Head of School
Greetings From Melissa Parento ’90, Horace Mann School Director of Development
Education in a Global Era
News of the School
Alumni Council Corner
Horace Mann School Alumni Events Connect HM Alumni as Never Before
Food for Thought: A Traveler’s Guide to Tasting the Fare of Horace Mann School Alumni
Bookshelf
Class Notes
Memorials
Philanthropy and You

Horace Mann - Spring/Summer 2011