The Anatomy of a Comeback
“I have a lot of faith in myself,” Mike says. “I have a strong work ethic, and I was determined to get as far as my situation allowed.”
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GOINGS Class of 2011 is attending 85 colleges and universities 12 of the 85 are public institutions 7 students are matriculating at single-sex colleges 10 students are planning a gap year before college Top Choices Harvard 13 Cornell 7 Boston College 6 Tufts 6 Amherst 5 Columbia 5 George Washington University 5 Georgetown 5 Washington University in St. Louis 5 Wesleyan University 5 Farthest Away University of St. Andrews, Scotland Closest (by a hair) Boston University Highest Altitude U.S. Air Force Academy (2,041 meters) Lowest...
read more5 Movies I’m Taking to Hell with Me
Charade (1963) Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, serious money and Paris. What more could you ask for? Jonathan Demme loves this movie as much as I do and remade it with Thandie Newton and Mark Wahlberg. He was kidding, right? My Man Godfrey (1936) Carole Lombard was never goofier, and William Powell is her perfect match. Both are nearly upstaged by Alice Brady as Lombard’s mother. “The Forgotten Man” theme seems very relevant in today’s economy. The African Queen (1951) Hepburn and Bogart are at their best working from a script by James...
read moreA Story of Political, Entrepreneurial and Financial Skill
Arthur Ullian ’57 tries to compress a sprawling tale into a simple, linear chronology. The energy in his voice alone signals that the 20 years since his paralyzing bicycle accident have been thrilling. They have also been groundbreaking. Arthur’s helmet didn’t protect him from the spinal cord trauma that caused his paralysis in July 1991, when he flipped over his bike handles. Afterward, Arthur began “checking around” on the state of spinal cord research. “Meeting and talking with people,” as he put it, Arthur discovered the...
read moreDaring, Decade by Decade
William B. Carey ’45 is as relaxed and welcoming as a pediatrician should be. “Perhaps you’d be interested in how one person has had the good fortune of being able to create an interesting life for himself, and how he has managed to be active at it, still, at 84 years old,” says Bill. In Bill’s life, a key idea surfaces during his adolescence, and then evolves. Over time, this idea builds momentum and becomes an organizing force. Bill Carey is a well-known, much-honored developmental and behavioral pediatrician. The fourth edition of...
read moreThe Love of the Game Becomes a Life’s Work
Carol “Haussie” Haussermann ’43 is an athlete of national stature. She played field hockey, squash and lacrosse, and coached girls for decades. “I simply loved to play field hockey,” Carol says, beginning her story at the beginning. That was the early 1940s at Milton. Carol chose to keep playing. Well past college, through escalating levels of teams, field hockey represented discovery as well as pleasure. Over time, playing the game allowed her to take risks, define a unique career, and nurture the players who followed. Eventually,...
read moreLiving at the Nexus of Imagination and Common Sense
Marian Cross’s longest career, 50 years worth, began serendipitously. Her newest career as an organic farmer—now six years old—had a similar start. After all, “most formative, life-altering moments emerge not from carefully laid plans,” as Marian says, “but from being present where you are and doing what is needed.” When she graduated from Radcliffe College in 1960, Marian was married and pregnant. Fresh from Harvard Law School, her then husband, Fritz Schwarz ’53, responded to an ad for legal work in Africa. The couple and...
read moreFinding the Right Groove
Whether dancing in a piece he’s choreographed or running a play down the football field, Joseph Reynolds likes to move. His energy fi lls a room. Activity, excitement and vibrancy are magnets that draw him. A love for action is a great quality for a Milton student, but it can be a drawback when hunkering down and getting serious are necessary. Joseph’s first set of Class IV grades threw up a brick wall, and this young man who was moving quickly had to take a step back and reassess. “It was the idea that there were people smarter than...
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In India, tenth-graders complete what Americans would consider high school. Indian teenagers make life choices at that point, their options framed by scores on the national exams. Choosing to attend college at home is a career focused direction that many take. Some choose an International Baccalaureate. Very few make the choice Tanya Panicker did. No cohort of her friends pretested the route Tanya pursued—attending a college preparatory boarding school in the United States. “It seemed like a more exciting, more unfamiliar choice that would...
read moreWhy Not? Finding Your Feet “Far from Home”
“But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.” —Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Aylin Feliz has scripted this line from Junot Díaz into her email signature. “There’s something about me that’s ‘Why not?’” Aylin says. “I can put myself out there. I’ve lived that, and I know why it’s worth doing.” Aylin’s family is Dominican, and she grew up in Roslindale, Massachusetts. In her eighth-grade class at the Rafael Hernandez public...
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