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(JSHA) recognizing his work as a longtime HM
soccer coach (Dan was also a teacher and an
administrator at HM) who continues to keep
former players connected with HM and with
one another through the annual Dan Alexander
Alumni Soccer Game played at Homecoming.
Irwin Block reports that he enjoys lunch
bi-weekly with classmates Paul Weinstein and
Paul Silverstone and is also very close with his
brothers Joel Block '52 and Robert Block '57.
Austin Heyman was honored, on October 8,
2015, by the Jewish Council for the Aging of
Greater Washington with the Advocate for the
Aging Award. Austin reports that he "has been
a Montgomery County Senior Fellow on Aging
Issues for the past eight years."
1950
The Class of 1950 enjoyed a 65th reunion at the
Harmonie Club in New York on May 27, 2015.
Organized by James Freund the gathering
gave classmates a chance to share memories
of HM and catch up with one another. Dr.
Edward L. Raab is on the American College
of Surgeons Board of Governors, and has
gone on volunteer surgical missions in
India, China, Uganda, and Uzbekistan. Prof.
Arthur Blaustein who has been teaching at
the University of California, Berkeley instituted a new course in 2015 titled Economic,
Environmental, and Social Justice. His most
recent book, Democracy is not a Spectator
Sport: The Ultimate Volunteer Handbook (2011,
with Helen Matatov) was given as a graduation
gift to the 2015 graduates of UC Berkeley's six
major professional schools (1,000 copies).
Prof. Blaustein has taught community and
economic development and urban policy at the
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university's Department of City and Regional
Planning since 1984, and has held joint appointments in the Departments of American
Studies and African-American Studies where
he has taught public policy, social history and
politics. Michael Halpern wrote, "Having survived totally unexpected open-heart surgery in
December 2013, and two knee replacements
(in 2015) Julie and I are happily settled in a
Continuing Care retirement community called
Lenbrook here in Atlanta. I continue my 28year work with an at-risk youth mentoring program called YES! Atlanta." Bayard T. Ludlum
writes: "Over the years I have occasionally
submitted to the Government that the United
States could assist in forming a Federation of
Israel and Palestine."
1951
Save the Date, September 24, 2016,
for HM Homecoming and the 65th
Reunion of the Class of 1951.
Dr. Renee Richards was honored, in October
2015, with an Athlete Ally Action Award. The
award is given by Athlete Ally (www.athleteally.org), a nonprofit organization to end
homophobia and transphobia in sports and
to educate athletic communities to stand up
against anti-LGBT discrimination. The Award
recognizes those who took pioneering actions
concerning this cause, and who champion
LGBT equality. The award was presented
to Dr. Richards at a gala dinner with guests
including prominent sports, entertainment
and political figures. HM Upper Division student Aurora Grutman '18 interviewed tennis
greats Dr. Renee Richards '52 and Billie Jean
Kingat a "High School Summit on Gender (In)
Equality" for NYC-area high school students
that Grutman organized with other HM UD students, and that HM hosted in January 2016.
the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection" the
exhibit was on display through May 8, 2016.
More about the exhibit can be found here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/arts/
design/the-art-of-secret-societies-filledwith-codes-and-glyphs.html, and http://www.
huffingtonpost.com/entry/exploring-the-symbolic-imagery-of-americas-oldest-secret-societies_us_56900b6fe4b0cad15e64a69c?utm_
hp_ref=arts
1952
(from left to right) Carl Seligson, John Freund, Larry
Goodman, Alan Sklar...Mike Koplik '53, Lew Lowenfels '53,
J.Jacobson, Burt Siegal, Mickey Littmann, Porter Miller at a
luncheon in New York on Dec. 3, 2015. Sirgay Sanger joined
the group minutes later.
The Class of 1952 remains connected with one
another via emails and quarterly luncheons.
The last of these took place in April 2016 and
the next is scheduled for Sept. 19, 2016. Alan
Sklar, one of the main organizers of these
reunions, and also a noted voice actor, recently
did a reading of Truman Capote's short story "A
Jug of Silver" at the North Castle Public Library
in Armonk, N.Y.
1953
Robert Caro's The Power Broker was published
Photo by Jasmin Ortiz
Allan Daniel, with his wife, Kendra, had
part of their American Folk Art collection on
view at the American Folk Art Museum in New
York City. Titled "Mystery and Benevolence-
Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from
for the first time ever in the UK in July 2015, to
great acclaim. Wrote John R. MacArthur in The
Spectator: "Caro's remarkable portrait of New
York City's master planner Robert Moses merits publication in any language, at any moment
in time." Caro has returned to Horace Mann
School in May of recent years to present the
Robert Caro '53 Prize for Literary Excellence
in the Writing of History, which Horace Mann
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/arts/design/the-art-of-secret-societies-filled-with-codes-and-glyphs.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/arts/design/the-art-of-secret-societies-filled-with-codes-and-glyphs.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/arts/design/the-art-of-secret-societies-filled-with-codes-and-glyphs.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/exploring-the-symbolic-imagery-of-americas-oldest-secret-societies_us_56900b6fe4b0cad15e64a69c?utm_hp_ref=arts
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/exploring-the-symbolic-imagery-of-americas-oldest-secret-societies_us_56900b6fe4b0cad15e64a69c?utm_hp_ref=arts
http://www.athleteally.org
http://www.athleteally.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transphobia
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