Events were leading up to reunions and Jane's graduation but first I met with ACE Fellows Daniel Ragsdale (West Point) and Renee Barnett (UCSD).
Next, Van Williams '65 came to visit
before the reunions crowd started to assemble with Eve's arrival at our house.
Reunions being in full swing, we made our way from our walk to Panera where I posed with Pierre DuPont '83
and we then made our way past the flower lady who sold us bad flowers
to Jeff's house where we saw P. G. Sittenfeld
who decide to friend Suzanne
after posing with Jeff.
After I made my way to work, I met with Matt Clark '85
and then headed off to campus activities where I ran into Keith Lesnik
and this fellow who was playing his ukelele in the battle of the bands.
On the way to the stadium, we ran into Morgan, her mother and dog
and on the way back home, we ran into Abe Meisel walking barefoot
and once home, we greeted Rik Aspinall ('06) and Julia Stefanczyk ('06) who were here for reunions.
It was the day of the P-Rade and so Eve, Jon, Jamie, Sarah, Rik and Suzanne posed in suitable orange
as I also recorded the flowers
bananas
and plants
before Jon, Sarah and Jamie returned from Joe Canal's so that they were stocked
and we could make our way to arrive in the middle of the class of 1985
with the Old Guard soon to appear
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and the man with the silver cane which you get if you are 104 and there is no one older here.
Next came the classes of 1930
1934
1935
for their 75th reunion
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1937
who were aged to perfection
followed by 1938
1939
and 1940 back for their 70th reunion
followed by 1941
1942
1943
1944
and 1945
after which I noted the collection of empty beer containers
and began to photograph people and not reunion classes starting with Genia Dubrovsky and Jeff
and then Genia Dubrovsky, Jeff and !!
and Sarah Unger '08 and Jeff
and Jeff hugging an unknown person
Next, I saw Rachel George, Jane, Morgan, and Genia Dubrovsky
who were joined by Ryan Morrill for this photo
and then Jonathan Newman and Raleigh Allison appeared
followed by Emily and Morgan
and Jane and Ed
who were then joined by Suzanne
as the P-Rade continued with interesting structures
and Alex Dahlen opened beer bottles without twist off tops
much to the amusement of Eve and Sarah
as Jane posed with Suzanne
and Ellen Charles appeared to pose with Jeff
followed by Blaise Latella '08 and Jeff
and Hayley Crowell '08
before Sarah, Jeff and Ellen Charles posed
as Jeff worked the crowd
we admired the beer selections
and Jeff posed with Jenny Monson '11
and then the group of Ingmar Saberi '11, Jeff, Nick Diberardino '11, Jenny Monson '11 and an unknown person posed
before I ran into Will Fisher
and Halcyon Person and Zach Zimmerman
who were joined by Steve Marcus
before John Nelson '10 appeared
before Jane made her way into the crowd
and posed with Cailtin Alev '10
leaving me to capture Caitlin's parents
before we returned to the P-Rade and started recording the class of 2000
and then on to the class of 2005
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and I returned to the class of 2006
waiting for Sarah, Ed, Eve et al to appear
as the class gave way
to 2007
accompanied by a shirtless Jeff
who helped escort 2008 into view along with Sandie Bermann
as the class of 2008 continued
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and suddenly 2009 was upon us
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but it wasn't in the tiger who appeared
but rather in the procession
from which 2010 emerged
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and I had a somewhat unusual conversation with this gentlemen whose name might be Ian and who might belong to the class of 2012
after which Suzanne found Jane
and Jane, Eric Domb, and Morgan posed
only to be joined by Charlie '09
and then Emily and Jayne Choi '10 posed
followed by Charlie, Jane, Eric and Morgan
who then were joined by Emily and Jayne
before Jane, Patrick Daurio, Jayne Choi and Emily posed
and were joined by Charlie
as parents continued to click away on cameras
ignoring the words of Eric Domb
but allowing for a complete picture of Morgan's family
before I captured Katie Camille and her parents and Aunt
as Jimmy Joy appeared and joined many of the principals from above in a round of photos
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and then Jane and Lauren Wong '09
before we admired the changing Times of 7x5 = 35 and called it a P-Rade experience.
Next we went to the Fisher-Stix reception and my first photo was of Will, Jane and Bartholt Clagett
after which I posed with Jane and Will
and Jane posed with 3 generations of Stix
before Jane and Will acted as though they were Ryan's parents' children
and George posed with his friend from England.
The whole group of graduates posed -- George, Jane, Pat, Emily, Will, Lindsay Gorman, Daniel Appel, Bertholt, Rachel, Dov, Ryan and Andrei Ungureau
for photos taken by the parents present.
After the party broke up, we went to reunions and visited a tent where Suzanne posed with Seva and Peter
and then this person who knew Jane from the music library posed with Peter and Suzanne before we called it a night.
It was Sunday, the day of Baccalaureate and of our party. So flowers and balloons of various shapes and sizes were gathered
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Mark Burstein and Brady Walkinshaw
Lianne Sullivan-Crowley
Liz Wood marching for the first time
and Rene Carmona and Bob Tarjan, parents of graduates.
When it was over, we found Jane
and took the obligatory family photos
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and then with Claire-Marine Sarnier
as Doug Clark recounted the speed with which students were seated which would be relevant a few days later.
Back at home, the caterers had arrived
and Ed and Sarah
Dan
Jane
and Ben
were ready to enjoy the table settings
and after a break
to admire the foods
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before the food was observed again
and Alex Dahlen arrived with balloons
and Dr Len and Judy followed
before Kathryn arrived with her family
followed by Charlotte Pougnier and her parents
and the Semmelhacks
and Emily and her parents
after which Jane posed with Brother Jeff
before I captured Halcyon and her parents
Clayton Marsh
Wellington
and Nate Plough.
Otilla Pupezeanu with her parents
George posed with his grandfather
and I posed with the Pupezeanu family
before Jane posed with Karina Silvester
and I took a picture of Amanda's parents
and Morgan's family
even as Kaylen and Emma Hare posed.
I then saw Genia Dubrovsky with his parents
and Catherine Marchetta alone
and with her parents
before being summoned to get photos of the desserts beginning with the fruit plate
and the brownies and lemon squares
and then the graduation cake in all of its glory
followed by the cupcakes
and a break to get Allison Tracy
before Jane and Amanda showed the cake
Jane posed with Tess
and Zach and Dave Holtz! posed as a pair
and then with families.
This was the food that Dr Len was eating at a table
with Meredith Bock's family from California
Dansyl
Seva
and Peter
before I Went off to greet Molly Slotznick and her father with whom I had an unknown link back to Taylor Allderdice High School.
Zach Balin was there with his family
as the Fishers and Slotznicks posed
and Michael Bachand posed with his father
as did the Alev family
and the Tracy family
and Becky Marriott and her father
before we adjourned inside and away from the mosquitoes to see all the little sisters of Alex Satty arrayed on the couch playing Maze Cube on their iPods.
The next day was class day. On my way, I ran into Rachel Bolten's parents emerging from the Phi Beta Kappa ceremony
and then we sat in front of Katie Camille's aunts
who were eating their breakfast
as we watched the people troop in
and admired the hat of the person in front of us
even as photos of our group were taken
and the assembled were ushered in by Sandra
as Shirley prepared to speak
and we watched the people around us
and then with a nod to Sandra I was off to meet the trustees.
After lunch, we followed Jane to the Judaic Studies reception
where we all posed
and then Jane and Miriam Marek posed
as did Jane and Suzanne
while Dansyl watched
and the relevant faculty gathered
as Peter Schafer led the ceremony
at which the nominees gathered with faculty
and awards were given especially the one to Jane
before the prize winners posed -- !!, !!, Jane and !!
and then were joined by the faculty
before Jane was congratulated in turn by Sylvia
Peter Schafer
and Yaacov Dweck
as we made our way to the architecture ceremony and Jane posed with Rena Rigos
and then with Ed Eigen
and then Tess and Jane posed with Mary O'Boyle
and the 3 were joined by Suzanne
before Jane posed with Otilla Pupenzeau
and both posed with Stan Allen and Ed Eigen.
On our way back to the car, we ran into Pat Guglielmi
and then Jane posed with George
and Zach Zimmerman
and George, Jane, and Zach posed
before Jane met Dianne Spatafore
and Colton Heward-Mills
as we admired the Class of 65 memorabilia
at Holder Courtyard where their 45th reunion had been
and then returned home so that Jane could open some presents.
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and Sarah got ready
with these nice shoes for Sarah
so that we could go to prom where we met George and his parents
who were joined by the Bolten women as we entered
and Jane posed with Suzanne
before this family photo was taken
as we ran into Halcyon and her brother
and Steve Marcus who posed with Jane
and Tom Hare who just wanted to leave the heat.
Ben posed with his sisters
and the with Sarah and Suzanne
and Kathryn and Jane
and then Kathryn and her mom posed
before the two moms posed
and these pictures of our family were taken
followed by some pictures of me and Suzanne dancing (after a fashion)
which seemed to amuse Ben
as the family gathered in various photo directions before calling it a night.
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This was the big day, actual graduation. First came the PADT winners starting with Arcadio Diaz-Quinones with his family
and Jeff Stout
and Erhan Cinlar
and then P. Adams Sitney
who posed with his daughter
and was willing to wear the "I may be illegal" button on his robes
before Janet Neglia and Sara Ingrafia arrived to man the medical station
and took this picture of me with the political button on my robes.
After I captured Halcyon and Billy Hepfinger (from Pittsburgh) who would lead the singing of Old Nassau, the event happened.
After the event, there was one more political picture
before Jane came back and was greeted by Syl
and Dan
and me
and then posed for a parental picture
before the whole family posed.
and then it was family and Syl
and family with Dansyl
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and Jane and Suzanne before we headed onward to the first of our receptions.
First we ran into Anna Bialek and Andrew Ferguson who posed with Sarah and Jane
and then Andrew Sedgewick who posed with Jane
as Dansyl
and Suzanne and Sarah watched
and then Patrick Daurio and family
the robe wearing Sedgewicks
and the entire Sedgewick family
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before these photos and Jane, me and Suzanne were taken
and Jane and Lizzie Presser posed
before Lizzie posed with her family.
and next came Oliver Avens
and Anne Caswell-Klein
and Macester Jeff
who hugged Suzanne
and posed with Jane
before we saw Zach Balin
and went to the dark chamber for the diploma awarding
which enabled us to see the ever elusive Robert Bromfield.
Jane posed with Karen Sisti
and then we entered Rocky where the flowers were impressive
as Jane greeted Jimmy Joy
and posed with him
before I posed with Jimmy Joy
and then captured him with his father
and then Katie Camille with her father
and Tom Byrne
and Aditya Panda, the class president
who posed with me
as Dansyl watched from the lunch table.
Next, Jane posed with Katie Camille and Amanda
with paparazzi involved
and after one more picture of room mates
and room mate parents
we took a final picture of the flowers
a picture of Jane with her president
and headed off to Tower
where we were greeted by Martha Ferguson
and I arranged this plate of food
before capturing the others at our table
and heading back for dessert
from which Sarah was able to construct sculpture
as Andrew Kilberg
and Steve Marcus and his mother greeted us on behalf of the (former) officers of Tower before we departed.
On the way to the car, we saw Rachel George
and Henry Barmeier
and his family
as Dansyl were negotiating cash.
After a break, we headed to a celebratory dinner at Rats where Sarah, Jane and Suzanne posed
and we recorded the free (after a fashion) sampler from the kitchen
and the escabeche olive dish
and the fingerling potatoes
and salad
soup
and bread
before the duck
burger
chicken
steak
hummus (by a fancier name)
cheeses
and escabeche arrived
along with the pasta with the foam
as Sarah
Jane
Syl
Dan
Suzanne
Ben
and I
all agreed that a celebration was in order
even if in low light
and no light
it took us some time to record the other desserts.
After a family lineup along the back of the seating
we head to the sculpture garden where these nice people were willing to share their bench first with Ben
then with Ben and Sarah
and then with many of us.
But, when we looked back to Rats, we realized it was time to go and call it a massive celebration.
