Walter McCloskey, Member of the Faculty, 1971–2013
Walter arrived at Milton in September 1971, fresh from graduate school at Harvard. He was 33. A long way from his native New Orleans, Walter remembers walking into Forbes House with his wife Josephine during his job interview. Teachers were taking postprandial naps with newspapers over their faces. The room had the feel of, in his words, “a broken-down men’s club.” Suddenly New Orleans did not seem that far away. He thought it all “just felt right.” Since that fateful September, Walter has seen six heads of school, taught more...
read moreKeith Hilles-Pilant, Member of the Faculty, 1986–2013
Keith Hilles-Pilant touched the lives of so many here, including budding mathematicians eager for more encouragement, and those just beginning their algebraic studies—in Warren, or in a math trailer, or at the top of Ware Hall. Many know about his love of math; he was an educator who prodded the department toward developing long-lasting relationships with other educators throughout academia, in Boston and beyond. Still others think of Keith and envision him with violin in hand. He happily hosted musical gatherings before Tuesday-night...
read moreScott Ford, Member of the Faculty, 1981–2013
The Lower School and then K–8 counted on Scott. By the time we arrived at school each day, he had unlocked each classroom so we could bypass the fumbling for keys, and made coffee so that we could infuse our bodies with morning energy for greeting the already-energetic students. He’d read his emails and could announce to all faculty the order of the day ahead: who was absent, how the schedule had changed, which dignitaries were visiting, what was forecast for weather and how many days were left in the school year. He treated us like...
read moreIn Sight, Fall 2013
Corey Schwaitzberg, Class I, Alé Gianino ’13 and Harry Wood ’13 belt out the tunes in the spring musical production of City of Angels
read moreWaltzing with Bracey: A Long Reach Home, By Brenda Gilchrist ’47
Waltzing with Bracey: A Long Reach Home By Brenda Gilchrist ’47 Bauhan Publishing, 2012 In this brave and thoughtful memoir, Brenda Gilchrist tells the story of learning to claim her place in the world—Deer Isle, Maine—and a wonderfully bossy little corgi, Bracey, who helps her to do so. After a girlhood spent abroad in various world capitals, Gilchrist never felt entirely at home anywhere, or indeed, particularly confident about who she was. Her family’s Deer Isle summer cottage might qualify as an anchor of sorts. But there are so...
read moreThe World of Sicilian Wine, By Bill Nesto ’69
The World of Sicilian Wine By Bill Nesto ’69 and Frances Di Savino University of California Press, 2013 The World of Sicilian Wine provides wine lovers with a comprehensive understanding of Sicilian wine, from its ancient roots to its modern evolution. Offering a guide and map to exploring Sicily, Bill Nesto, an expert in Italian wine, and Frances Di Savino, a student of Italian culture, deliver a substantive appreciation of a vibrant wine region that is one of Europe’s most historic areas and a place where many cultures intersect. From...
read moreIslands of Time: A Novel, By Barbara Kent Lawrence ’61
Islands of Time: A Novel By Barbara Kent Lawrence ’61 Just Write Books, 2013 When Rebecca Grangers falls in love with Ben Bunker, she is only 14. In 1958, a summer girl is not allowed to love a year-round boy, son of a fisherman in Downeast Maine, and yet she does. When her father dies, loss and anger overpower her, and she commits a sin, terrible at the time, that almost destroys her. She hides from her life in fantasies until she returns to Maine as an adult, and struggles to come to terms with the past. Islands of Time is a moving story...
read moreThe Woman Upstairs, By Claire Messud ’83
The Woman Upstairs By Claire Messud ’83 Alfred A. Knopf, 2013 Nora Eldridge, an elementary- school teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, long ago compromised her dream to be a successful artist, mother and lover. She has instead become the “woman upstairs,” a reliable friend and neighbor always on the fringe of others’ achievements. Then into her life arrives the glamorous and cosmopolitan Shahids—her new student Reza Shahid, a child who enchants as if from a fairy tale, and his parents: Skandar, a dashing Lebanese professor who has...
read moreA Bowl of Eggs
by Rob Radtke ’82 One of the great privileges of my work is to travel around the world to visit the programs of Episcopal Relief & Development, the international development agency of the Episcopal Church. We are the stewards of sacrificial generosity from around the United States, and we take very seriously the responsibility we have to our friends and supporters to ensure that their gifts are used as they intend. My travel helps me carry out that responsibility. Recently, when I was in northern Ghana, I visited about six...
read moreJoining the Board of Trustees
Yunli Lou ’87 Yunli Lou ’87 and her husband, James Kralik, operate Milestone Capital, where Yunli serves as managing director. Milestone is a China-focused private equity investment and advisory firm with main offices in Shanghai and Beijing. Yunli also serves as a director of Yuhua TelTech and Dehaier Medical Systems and was an observer of Focus Media. Yunli, Milton’s first graduate from China, is a graduate of Harvard College and was named a John Harvard Scholar. Helping to promote and expand Milton’s profile in Shanghai, Yunli and...
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