Carly Wade Retires
Member of the Faculty, 1983–2011 Once in a blue moon, colleagues have heard Carly Wade describe a student as “nonpareil— without equal.” A rare compliment, indeed. In Carly’s mind, which is leavened with an irrepressible idealism, achieving that distinction requires a serious quest, powered by disciplined thinking and careful expression. Enticed by that model, hundreds of Milton students lucky enough to spend time in Carly’s classroom have become idea prospectors. “What is the question?” is her mantra. Her students know they...
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Member of the Faculty, 1984–2011 Ana Colbert’s contributions to Milton as teacher, advisor, colleague, mentor and trusted friend made her a keystone of the Upper School. Head and heart, life and language, faculty and family: Ana knows these are linked, and for 27 years she has worked to teach us how. Ana’s teaching was fueled by an inextinguishable passion for her subject, formidable scholarship, unwavering faith in students’ potential, and high standards tempered with humor and patience. Ana created a blueprint for communication,...
read moreKaran Sheldon
Member of the Board of Trustees, 2003–2011 Karan Sheldon has experienced Milton from many points of view. She lived in Goodwin House and graduated from the Milton Academy Girls’ School in 1973, when Milton had just begun the long trek toward co-education. Karan became a Milton boarding parent when her daughter Catherine, Class of 2004, joined the girls in Hathaway House. When her son Martin, Class of 2010, joined Grade 7, Karan lived the life of a Milton day parent— and then once again used the lens of a boarding parent when Martin moved...
read moreThe Greatest Game Ever Pitched by Jim Kaplan ’62
The Greatest Game Ever Pitched: Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn, and the Pitching Duel of the Century by Jim Kaplan ’62 Triumph Books, February 2011 Taking the mound at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park in 1963 were 42-year-old Warren Spahn and 25-year-old Juan Marichal, the wunderkind headed for the Hall of Fame. As one scoreless inning followed another en route to a 16th-inning climax, those in attendance sensed that they were watching a pitching duel for the ages. The event surpassed the world of statistics and entered into the realm of...
read moreWe Go As Captives by Neil Goodwin ’58
We Go As Captives: The Royalton Raid and the Shadow War on the Revolutionary Frontier by Neil Goodwin ’58 Vermont Historical Society, October 2010 It was October 16, 1780, in Royalton, Vermont. With no warning and in almost complete silence, a war party of 265 Canadian Mohawks and Abenakis, led by five British and French-Canadian soldiers, materialized from the forest at dawn. They moved so fast and so quietly there was no time for anyone to escape and spread the alarm. Prisoners were taken, and the town of Royalton was burned to the...
read moreThe Twisted Thread by Charlotte Bacon ’83
The Twisted Thread by Charlotte Bacon ’83 Voice, June 2011 When beautiful but aloof Claire Harkness is found dead in her dorm room one spring morning, prestigious Armitage Academy is shaken to its core. Everyone connected to the school, and to Claire, finds their lives upended, from the local police detective who has a personal history with the academy, to the various faculty and staff whose lives are immersed in the daily rituals associated with it. Everyone wants to know how Claire died, at whose hands, and more importantly, where the baby...
read moreGuerrilla Marketing for a Bulletproof Career
Guerrilla Marketing for a Bulletproof Career by Jay Conrad Levinson and Andrew Neitlich ’83 Morgan James Publishing, April 2011 Guerrilla Marketing for a Bulletproof Career is an honest, practical and hard-hitting guide for career success in perpetually uncertain times. It provides a road map to advance your career and prosper without being blindsided by overnight industry collapses, potential layoffs, economic shocks, corporate scandals, international competition or technological disruptions. The authors provide a new perspective on what it...
read moreA Living Man from Africa by Roger S. Levine ’90
A Living Man from Africa: Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa Chief and Missionary, and the Making of Nineteenth-Century South Africa by Roger S. Levine ’90 Yale University Press, December 2010 Born into a Xhosa royal family around 1792 in the eastern Cape region of South Africa, Jan Tzatzoe was destined to live in an era of profound change—one that witnessed the arrival and entrenchment of European colonialism. As a missionary, chief, and cultural intermediary on the eastern Cape frontier and in Cape Town and a traveler in Great Britain, Tzatzoe helped...
read moreHow Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills ’81
How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills ’81 Schwartz & Wade, July 2010 Rocket is a lovable dog that enjoys chasing leaves, chewing sticks and taking naps. One day, his sleep is interrupted by a bird, who assigns him to be her first student. Rocket wants no part of her lessons, but the bird is determined to teach him to read. She hangs the letters of the alphabet for Rocket to see, and begins to read a story aloud, sure to pique his interest. Overcome by curiosity, Rocket becomes a willing pupil, and over time learns to spell out the...
read moreRust or Go Missing by Lily Brown ’99
Rust or Go Missing by Lily Brown ’99 Cleveland State University Poetry Center, November 2010 “Lily Brown writes with and against things in poems that are coiled up tight as springs (or snakes). A believer in the power of the line, she writes, ‘I think the plastics / and sink them’ then ‘Where is the sand / man hiding the dirt.’ These terse, biting poems will make you look around and wonder.” —Rae Armantrout Lily Brown holds degrees from Harvard University and Saint Mary’s College of California. She has published poems in...
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