Social Announcements for Wellesley, MA
On January 10, Katherine K. Macdonald formally took the helm as MassHort's new executive director.Kathy brings a wealth of skills to her new position, including both public company and not-for-profit management experience. She was President of KMAC Marketing and, prior to that, was Vice... Read more »
On January 5th the Rivers Select IA Jazz Combo was named a finalist at the national Charles Mingus Competition at the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) in New York City. The group was among three finalists in the combo category of the competition, which takes place as part of a three-day “Mi... Read more »
This week it was announced that 12 Rivers student-musicians were accepted to participate in the Eastern Senior District Music Festival in January. The event, sponsored by the Massachusetts Music Educators Association, will take place January 7 and 8 at Boston Latin School. Over the last... Read more »
Richard Louis Demarkles of Wellesley, MA. passed away on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 in his parents' loving care after a long illness. He was 49. Born in Boston on Nov. 13, 1960, he was the son of Louis and Jane (Nason) Demarkles, of Hyannis, formerly of Wellesley. In addition to his parents,... Read more »
In New York City in the 1840s, public schools still used the King James Bible and Protestant prayers and instruction in the classroom. Catholic Archbishop John Hughes decided to take a stand and formed his followers into a voting bloc that controlled the next election.“The Catholics, as a ... Read more »
Christine Maclear Benson and Peter George Schwartzstein, who met in 2002 during their junior year of college at Harvard, were married October 9, 2010 in Kenilworth, Ill.Chrissy is a vice president at Goldman Sachs in New York. She works in energy sales, helping oil and gas companies man... Read more »
NormOxys, Inc., a biotechnology company based in Wellesley, MA announced on October 5th that Gerard (Rod) Riedel, PhD, has been appointed Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Program Management. Dr. Riedel will be responsible for NormOxys' global regulatory strategy and its interactio... Read more »
Elisabeth Mrner Gleysteen, of Weston, and previously of East Boothbay, Maine, and Washington, D.C., died peacefully Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. She was 85. Elisabeth Katerina Mrner, a native of Sweden, was born in London on May 21, 1925. Her parents were the late Count and Countess Hans-Geo... Read more »
Digging in the archives at the University of Pittsburgh, Wellesley College medical historian Susan M. Reverby knew what she found was important enough to keep it out of the book she was writing on the history and myths surrounding the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study. She did not expect... Read more »
Congratulations to Wellesley Centers for Women's Rangita de Silva-de Alwis! She received an Outstanding American by Choice award from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, September 14, 2010 during a ceremony in Boston. Rangita is the director of International Hum... Read more »
Alan Semine, MD, Chief of Breast Imaging and Medical Director of the Auerbach Breast Center at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, recently accepted a position on the Medical Advisory Board of Aid for Cancer Research.Aid for Cancer Research is an all-volunteer group of 25 women from the greater Bosto... Read more »
Samantha A. (Marini) Coughlin, of Framingham and Wellesley died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, at age 44. She leaves her three loving children, Colleen, Robert, Steven and her husband John all of Framingham. She is survived by her parents, Alex and Lorene Marini of Hudson, long-time residents of Wel... Read more »
Director of the Weston Public Library, Jane Atkinson recently announced her retirement. She has served the library for 35 years, becoming director in 1980. She has overseen much growth and many improvements to the library during her years of service. She is well-known and greatly appreciated... Read more »
On August 4, 2010 President Obama welcomed to the White House the 13 winners of the 2010 Citizens Medal, the nation’s second-highest civilian honor. Susan Retick Ger, a Needham resident since 1999, was one of the thirteen recognized.Retick lost her husband, Dave, on American Airlines Fligh... Read more »
Dedham Medical Associates recently welcomed Rachel Agrin-Silva, MD and Allision Evans Bolton, MD. Both are pediatricians, practicing at the Norwood, MA office.Rachel Agrin-Silva, MDClinical Interests: General Pediatrics, Medical Education, Nutrition & WellnessMedical School: University o... Read more »
Joe Kitsch, of Brookline, is featured in a new gallery exhibition called Mad, Mad World at Brookline Arts Center. This art installation, which is a Joe Kitsch solo show, opened August 2 and will run through September 2, 2010. Joe Kitsch has created fine art, illustrations and theatrical... Read more »
Luke Flood ‘12 is on his way to his ultimate career goal – becoming a professional music director. In addition to his school year success as a singer and accompanist in the choruses at Rivers, he spent his fourth consecutive summer taking part in the Weston Drama Workshop (WDW). Now in ... Read more »
Sharon E. Lowe of Wellesley is honored for her fundraising of over $10,000. In recognition, she has been invited to meet Boston Red Sox left fielder Jacoby Ellsbury at the launch party for his new wine "ZinfandEllsbury". The party will take place at the House of Blues. All proceeds fro... Read more »
Christina Rukenbrod and Jim Sykes, residents of Roanoke, were married in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on May 22, 2010.Christina is the daughter of John Rukenbrod of Charlestown, W.Va. and Teri Rukenbrod of Conway, S.C. She is a graduate of Chantilly High School and Coastal Carolina University, ... Read more »
Parker Adams SMALL III, 52, of Wellesley and North Truro, Massachusetts, passed away on July 13 after living a successful, brave and optimistic life filled with much love and happiness despite being diagnosed with a brain tumor on July 31, 1989. He died at home, surrounded by his family and ... Read more »
Katharine Adams Lusk and Nicholas Stipinovich were married Saturday in Stowe, Vt. The Rev. Benedict Kiely, a Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony at the Blessed Sacrament Church, where he is pastor.The bride, 32, is keeping her name. Until May, she was a vice president and planning ... Read more »
Art is meant to communicate thoughts and emotions to viewers. Now, thanks to Wellesley College students, viewers are encouraged to respond.As a member of Wellesley's Human Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL), senior MaCherie Edwards is collaborating with fellow senior Consuelo Valdes of Miami, F... Read more »
Dan Head, of Wellesley Country Club, finished second at the Massachusetts Amateur Golf Championship this past week at the Myopia Hunt Club. He was beaten by a score of 2 and 1 by John Hadges (Thorney Lea Golf Club). Head became the first Wellesley Country Club golfer since W.P. Hersey ... Read more »
Ilya Levin, a rising Wellesley senior, advanced to the semifinals at the Herb Schachter Memorial New England JR Clay Court Championship this past weekend. He lost 6-1, 7-5 to the eventual bracket champion, Beck Bond.Levin lost just once all junior year at first singles during Wellelsey's und... Read more »
John Zimmerman Of Needham, July 11. Beloved husband of Beatrice V. (McGlynn) Zimmerman for 64 years. Devoted father of John W. Zimmerman and his wife Fotene of Medfield, Helena Zimmerman of Brunswick ME, Maureen Valentine and her husband Mark of Portland ME, Donna Zimmerman of Natick and the... Read more »
Lauren Goodwin, recent graduate ('10) of the Rivers School, readily admits that being a coxswain initially sounded “kind of boring.” While everyone else on a rowing team builds up some serious biceps while actually rowing the boat, the coxswain is there at the stern, steering and occasio... Read more »
As a Ph.D. student in the 1970s, renowned immunobiologist and Wellesley College President H. Kim Bottomly was entering the world of science, which was nearly devoid of women. Years later, she would find out that her mentor was the only professor in her department that would advise women stud... Read more »
Elizabeth Virginia (Brooks) Claus, on July 2, 2010. Beloved wife for over 62 years of Harold R. Claus. Loving mother of Dr. Elizabeth. B. Claus of New Haven, CT and Virginia C. Buyck of Florence, SC and her husband Mark W. Buyck III. Devoted grandmother of three grandchildren Elizabeth, Mark... Read more »
Meg Batley and Tony Rulli were married on April 10, 2010. Meg, daughter of Dana and Barbara Batley of Ithaca NY, is a graduate is Ithaca High School ('03) and Babson College with a degree in business. She is a business consultant with Clarkston Consulting.Tony, son of Jerry and Cathy Ru... Read more »
FOLEY, Marjorie A. (Ellis) Of Wellesley, June 19. Beloved wife of Harold E. Foley for 60 years. Loving mother Daniel M. Foley and his wife Diana of Milford, Audrey L. Egan and her husband Robert of Grafton, Michael E. Foley and his wife Janet of Natick, Elizabeth A. Christensen and her husba... Read more »
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur James Garvey of Wellesley are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Michael James Garvey, to Cherie Michelle Troceen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ross Troceen of Hoover, Ala.The prospective groom earned a master’s degree in business administration from th... Read more »
Richard David Morel Sr., 83, of Lewes, passed away Saturday, June 19, 2010, at Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. The Morel family resided in Wellesley, Mass., from 1960 to 2003. Mr. Morel is survived by his beloved wife of 53 years, Lucia Santangelo Morel; three children, Laura Na... Read more »
Michael Price, president-elect of the Rotary Club of Wellesley, along with a new slate of officers and board of directors, will be inducted at the club’s June 29 meeting at the Wellesley Community Center, 219 Washington St. (Route 16) in Wellesley Hills.As always, friends and the public ar... Read more »
Gordon Peters, a Wellesley senior, and Alex Robertson, a Wellesley junior, defeated Longmeadow's Jeremy Barr and Steven Brunner in the semifinals and Concord-Carlisle's Alec Ahee and Hayden Callahan in the state tennis doubles finals. The tournament was held at Clark University in Worcester.... Read more »
Tayra Melendez was one of just four basketball players in the U.S. to be named to Puerto Rico's team for the 2010 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women, taking place June 23-27 in Colorado Springs. The daughter of a horse jockey who moved to the States twenty years ago to take ... Read more »
The Wellesley Service League announced that Forrest Gasdia and Thanh Pham are this year’s recipients of the WSL’s annual Centennial Youth Service Award. This award is given to honor a Wellesley resident who is a high school senior who has demonstrated outstanding dedication in volunteer ... Read more »
Nona Gainsforth Haffenreffer of Dedham, formerly of Wellesley, passed away on June 11, 2010.Nona G. Haffenreffer entered the field of orchestral horn playing when it was still largely a profession dominated by men. Women were scarce in symphonic brass sections, and more than one conductor ex... Read more »
Mara Zusman and Jeremy Greenberg were married June 6 in Washington DC. The bride, 31, is an assistant US attorney for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt. She graduated cum laude from Princeton and received a law degree from Harvard. She is a daughter of Cheryl Zusman of Southborough, MA.... Read more »
The year in Rivers athletics culminated this week with Thursday’s Varsity Awards Night, an annual tradition that celebrates student-athletes and the time and effort they have devoted to their sports over the past nine months. Varsity Awards Night represented an opportunity for Rivers ... Read more »
Joy Haywood Moore, of Wellesly, received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Boston College, where she received her bachelor's degree in 1981, at the university's commencement exercises on May 24. Moore, a member of the South African Heads of Independent Schools Associatio... Read more »
Under blue skies and brilliant sunshine, more than 175 alumni, parents, and friends of the Rivers community participated in the 10th annual Rivers School Golf Tournament on Monday, May 24. The event raised approximately $97,500 for the Alumni Financial Aid Fund, which provides tuition assist... Read more »
Three Rivers alums were recently honored with Pilgrim Lacrosse League Awards for their college play. Springfield College junior Mark Eaton '07 was named the Pilgrim Lacrosse League's Player of the Year after leading the team to its third straight NCAA Tournament this season. Springfield's Pe... Read more »
For years Wellesley resident Reid Williamson has watched his sister Laura battle the side effects of a debilitating brain tumor with a surprisingly upbeat attitude. So naturally, when he had to develop a community service project for class, he looked to her for inspiration.“My sister is fu... Read more »
In February 2010, Dr. Timothy Murphy was named Medical Director of Newton HealthCare Center on Washington St., Newton. He has previously been Medical Director of a rehabilitation facility from 1999-2003, and this new position will allow him to use some of the skills he developed earlier in h... Read more »
Paarlberg's new book, "Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know", written in an easy-to-navigate, question-and-answer format, touches on today's most important food issues- including 2008's price crisis, the politics of chronic hunger, international food aid, controversies surrounding gree... Read more »
Since the Korean War, women have worked as hostesses in clubs catering to a U.S. military clientele in South Korea. As the nation's economy advanced dramatically in the 1990's, the low pay and stigma associated with the work led to a shortage of Korean women willing to work in these camp tow... Read more »
Denton Road resident Carol Chaoui — wife, mother and breast-cancer survivor — is running the Boston Marathon for a cause. Her husband, Dr. Amin Chaoui, of Faulkner Hospital’s Department of Radiology, will join her in support of the breast cancer screening program at Faulkner Hospital/B... Read more »
She has told the story of a 67-million-year-old dinosaur known as Tyrannosaurus Sue, won a Peabody Award for her coverage of extreme anorexia, and reported live from the 1990 Wellesley College commencement, as then-First Lady Barbara Bush addressed the graduates.When it came time for former... Read more »
As a graduate student at Duke University, Wellesley College music professor Claire Fontijn met Alexander Silbiger, who had established a new program where musicians could combine their careers as performers with a branch of musicology known as performance practice. Under his guidance, ... Read more »
Robert Masland, MD, director emeritus of Adolescent Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, passed away March 27, 2010 at the age of 89. A pioneer in adolescent medicine, Bob was a part of the Children's community since his arrival in 1954. "All of us have lost a cherished, admired and belov... Read more »
Catherine Preston and Kevin Connolly Engaged!Catherine, daughter of Candace and Marvin Preston of Princeton NJ, is a graduate of Princeton High School ('91) and MIT ('95). She received a master's degree in Urban Planning from MIT in 1996 and J.D. from Boston College Law School in 2008 ... Read more »
Erica Johnson M.D., chief of General Internal Medicine at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, was recently awarded with the 2009 Primary Care Lifetime Achievement Award at the first annual Primary Care Physician Recognition Event honoring primary care physicians across the Partners HealthCare network... Read more »
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