Art and Science, Teacher and Student, a Collaboration at the Museum of Science
Artist Anne Neely’s large canvases, filled with rich hues of blues, greens and browns, hang in an exhibit hall in Boston’s Museum of Science. The paintings in Water Stories: Conversations in Paint and Sound reflect Anne’s interpretation of water cleanliness and water access issues plaguing the United States. This merging of art and science developed from a collaboration between teacher and former student. Anne was new to the visual arts faculty in 1974, and David Rabkin ’79 was one of her students, whom Anne describes as “inquisitive and full of ideas.” They kept in touch on and...
Read MoreJoining Trustees
Ted Wendell ’58 Edward “Ted” Wendell Jr. ’58 was elected to the board during the summer of 2013. Ted is a founding partner and principal of Northern Cross, LLC. During the 1960s, Ted served as a math teacher, head of admissions, and dean of students at Marlboro College, in Marlboro, Vermont. He graduated from Harvard College and earned a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Washington. Ted served as a Milton trustee from 1974 to 1986 and has been active on reunion committees. Ted and his wife, Mary, have been generous and supportive to many Milton students,...
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Kitty Gordan Milton Academy Board of Trustees, 2006–2014 During her eight years on Milton’s board, Kitty brought the wisdom of her deep school experience to serve — generously and graciously — the head of school, all of us as trustees, and the adults and children at Milton today, and through the importance of her work, for years to come. Kitty is reliably open and consistently positive. Her appreciation for how myriad pieces contribute to a whole bigger than the sum of the parts is always evident in her comments. No aspect of school life has been outside her interest, and she...
Read MoreMessages: Jennifer Pozner
Journalist and media critic Jennifer Pozner spoke to students this winter about how women and girls are treated in the media and the effect this coverage has on female leadership. Ms. Pozner was the 2014 Margaret A. Johnson Speaker, a series that brings noted female leaders to campus each year. Ms. Pozner is executive director of Women In Media & News (WIMN), a media analysis, education and advocacy group. She is also managing editor of WIMN’s Voices, the popular group blog on women and the media. Her work has appeared in Newsday and the Chicago Tribune. She has appeared as a media...
Read MoreMessages: Naomi Shihab Nye
Award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye read a selection of poems and spoke about the writing process to students as last spring’s Bingham Visiting Writer. Ms. Nye’s books of poetry include 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, a finalist for the National Book Award; A Maze Me: Poems for Girls; and You & Yours, a bestselling poetry book of 2006. She has written several prize-winning poetry anthologies for young readers, as well. Ms. Nye has held several fellowships, including Guggenheim, Lannan, and Witter Bynner. She has received several major awards, including four Pushcart...
Read MoreMessages: Dr. Eric Jay Dolin
Dr. Eric Jay Dolin is an environmental scientist, a researcher and a writer. Dr. Dolin, presenter of the 2014 Hong Kong Lecture, told students the story of how America’s trade relationship with China began. His most recent book, When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail, chronicles the period following the American Revolution through the mid-19th century with tales of the tea, fur and opium trade, clipper ship travels and life in the seaport of Canton. “During this period, trading between the United States and China was significant, but...
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