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Milne Alumni March Newsletter
March 15, 2008
by Judy Koblintz Madnick,
'61
Dear Milne
Alumni and Supporters,
I hope this newsletter finds you all well.
In this issue:
* 2008 Dr. Theodore H. Fossieck Scholarship -
time sensitive!
* New Class Contact
* Alumni News & Reunions
* Sample Reunion Questionnaire
* The Magic of the Internet and Milne Connections
* Sad News
2008 DR. THEODORE H. FOSSIECK SCHOLARSHIP
If you, as a Milne School alumnus or alumna, have a
direct descendent attending or planning to attend the University
at Albany (UAlbany) for the 2008–2009 school year as an
undergraduate, please have the incoming or current UAlbany
student complete the application that can be found at the link
below:
Dr. Theodore H. Fossieck Scholarship Application--no longer available!
All applications and
supporting materials are due by April 9, 2008. Only
complete applications received on or before the deadline will be
reviewed. All applications must be completed online (see
link above) and applicants must document their relationship to
a Milne School graduate or faculty member.
If you have any questions, please call Janice Cook at
1-518-442-3233.
Dr. Theodore H. Fossieck, principal of the Milne School from
1948 to 1972, established an annual scholarship to the University
at Albany for a student who is a descendent of a Milne School
graduate or faculty member. Applicants must fill out an
application and submit documentation that they are direct
descendents of a Milne School graduate or a Milne School faculty
member. Both incoming and present undergraduate students are
welcome to apply.
Dr. Fossieck chose to fund the scholarship in honor of the
teachers and students who formed the heart of the
University’s experimental school, which was in operation
from 1852 to 1977 (and named in honor of University President
John Milne in 1929). Their results were impressive. "Those
students exhibited a rare degree of adaptability — often
working with as many as 40 student teachers and supervisors, plus
dozens of observers, during a school year," said
Fossieck.
For the 2007–2008 acadmic year, three UAlbany undergraduate
students received a Dr. Theodore H. Fossieck scholarship: Evan
Felitte, whose grandfather graduated from Milne; Allison Anton,
whose parents both graduated from Milne, Class of 1975; and
Nicole Branchini, whose mother was a graduate of
Milne.
NEW CLASS CONTACT
Welcome to Ari (Norman) Gerber, who has offered to be the
Class Contact for the Class of '74. Ari moved to Ramat Beit
Shemesh, Israel, in 1999, with his wife and two daughters. He
works in Jerusalem at NDS, a hi-tech subsidiary of News Corp. Ari
serves as chairman of the board at a local synagogue. He also
founded an AACI chapter, the Beit Shemesh Business Network and is
active in various religious and
educational activities.
ALUMNI NEWS & REUNIONS
Bob Abernathy, '48, had a
"Mini-60th" Milne reunion in Albany on February 18th
with Ben Mendel, Clayton Besch, Gordon Kilby. and Jeanne Fausel
Randles. He said, "It was great!! We talked and
talked!"
John Murphy, '54, is "happy to report that a 1954
and 1955 reunion will be held in Albany during June 2009."
Click here to
contact John for further information.
Sheila McGarity, '59, has announced that
"the Milne Class of '59 is in the process of
planning a fabulous 50-year reunion to be celebrated on the
weekend of May 1, 2009. We have determined that New Bern,
NC, has met the guidelines that were a result of a survey with
respect to activities and cost.
"We are ready 'to party' at a great location with
all the activities requested by our classmates. There are, in
fact, so many interesting things to do that we think a weekend
won’t be long enough to 'see it all.' The hotel has
agreed to extend the group discount rate to a few days before and
after the scheduled reunion.
"Our Saturday night, dinner will be a fine-dining experience
with dancing or just listening to the music of the '50s. Lots
of great memories to revisit and even more memories to
make."
Contact Sheila for
further information.
SAMPLE REUNION
QUESTIONNAIRE
Martha Lowder
Kimball, '64, has graciously agreed to share a questionnaire
that her class used for their 40th reunion. Click here to open it in Word format,
which you can edit as you wish to make it appropriate for your
class year. If you are interested in seeing how the results were
presented to members of the Class of '64, click here. (This is
really "fun" reading even if you are from another
generation!)
THE MAGIC OF THE INTERNET AND
MILNE CONNECTIONS
When I learned that our new Class Contact, Ari Gerber, lives in
Israel, I sent him an email explaining that we have an Israeli
relative with whom we had lost contact. He wasn't responding
to our emails, and we were becoming concerned. Ari tried calling
the telephone number we had, but the number had been
disconnected. So he posted a message on an Internet list relating
to our relative's home town – and in less than 24
hours, we had our relative's new email address! Since then we
have also spoken to this cousin via Skype. Thanks,
Ari!
SAD NEWS
The following Milne alumni, attendees, and family members passed
away between mid-February and mid-March. Please note that I rely
upon the Albany Times Union and input from other alumni
for this information, so if you become aware of someone who has
passed away, please let me know. If a name is underlined, it
represents a link to the obituary. The Times Union links
are available free for 365 days after the initial posting. Other
newspapers may have different timetables.
Dr. Alexander R. Surrey, father of Janet Surrey, '62,
passed away on February 17, 2008 - Times Union.
William Joseph Fitzgerald, husband of Linda Garibaldi
Fitzgerald, '64, passed away on February 8, 2008 - Times
Union.
Thanks to all of
you for your interest in Milne Alumni activities.
Judy (Koblintz) Madnick, '61
For contact information, see the Milne Alumni homepage: www.albany.edu/~milne/
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