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Click the plus-sign icon in the lower right corner to post a message to your classmates. What have you been up to since the 50th? Have you retired? What about your family? Are you aging in place? Do you have a favorite Milton memory? Photos to share? We want to hear from you! Be sure to sign your post with your name.

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Our Reunion Committee plans class programming and encourages classmates to attend Reunion weekend. You will be getting emails or calls soon urging you to come and sharing our plans for the reunion.

Committee Members:

Jane Lyman Bihldorff

Nick Clark

Scott Parkin

Mark Schmid

Fred Sykes

Fred Makrauer

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Join us Friday, June 13 and Saturday, June 14 to celebrate our 60th reunion. Register now at www.milton.edu/reunion.

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Weekend Class Headquarters: We have been assigned a classroom for the weekend to use as a space to meet up, relax, and reconnect.

Location: Room 106, Ware Hall

Friday, June 13, 3-4 pm, Class Block #1: More casual catch up time with your classmates. This room will be open to us until our class dinner starts at 6 pm. Set up a time to meet with old friends and chat! There will be snacks, beverages and places to sit and talk.

Location: Room 106, Ware Hall

Friday, June 13, 6-9 pm, Class Dinner and Class Photo: Join us for cocktail hour and dinner back at Milton. Some of us are bringing spouses or partners. During the dinner, we will also take a class photo using our class banner!

Location: Goodwin Room, Ware Hall

Saturday, June 14, 2-3 pm, Class Block #2: Opportunity to meet with current students and ask about their Milton experience. It’s likely they’ll want to know about ours as well!

Location: Room 106, Ware Hall

Please note: On-campus event locations for Reunion Weekend may be subject to change based on registration numbers, weather, and other factors. Final on-campus locations will be confirmed at check-in at the Alumni Welcome Center, located on the patio of the Kellner Performing Arts Center.

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Here are classmates who have registered as of May 1. Please register now and join us at our 60th reunion.

Peter Allen

Jane (Lyman) Bihldorff

Joe Bourneuf

David Buxton

Peter Carter

Susan Cheever

Nick Clark

Peter Flynn

Jamie Hunsaker

Tim Ingraham

Tim Ingraham

Fred Makrauer

Shaw McCutcheon

Scott Parkin

Frank Pope

Ned Rogerson

Marc Schmid

Lucie Semler

Fred Sykes

Ben Taylor

You can see who is registered in real time on the reunion website: www.milton.edu/reunion and click the See Who's Coming button!

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The Sam Talbot fund was established in 1993 to "enhance Milton's efforts in teaching members of the community about effective behavioral issues". Fund distributions are used yearly to sponsor a speaker on issues related to mental health at Milton Academy. For details on how to contribute, contact Lindsay_Villone@ milton.edu.

For the past five years the Fund has sponsored the following:

2025 - Dr. Meghan Pugach & Dr. Muriko Sakuri from Psychology Advantage.  Psychology Advantage is an innovative research-based program for helping students build and strengthen the social and emotional skills needed to transition to college successfully

2024 - Jake Thibeault '22.  Jake was paralyzed as a result of a collision while playing hockey He delivered messages about perspective, goal-setting and not letting bad moments ruin good days.

2023 - Hakeem Rahim.  Hakim is an internationally recognized mental health, educator, author and speaker.

2022- Jonathan Mooney, author of Learning Outside the Lines and Normal Sucks: How to Live, Learn and Thrive Outside the Lines

2021- During COVID, there was no Talbot speaker.  The Fund helped connect counselors from outside Milton Academy to provide additional mental health support for the Milton Faculty 2022.

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Edmund B. Beyer

Hugh W. Bigelow, Jr.

Anne Bradley

Page Brown Cheskin

Thomas T. Clark III

Stephen Cote

Ruth Johnson Dean

Peter Fleming

Joan Wicks Gillette

Rosalind Huidekoper

Barry Leibsohn

Caroline Saltonstall

Christopher Smith

Edmund Steimle

Samuel Talbot

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Henry with daughter Susanna and son Michael in Iceland, 2017.

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The following is from an article by Andrew Robinson of Nature Trust in February 2019.

“I would say my awareness of, and interest in land conservation has evolved through a lifetime of experience,” says Henry Fuller – the Nature Trust’s longest serving board member.

“My mother was a pioneer in the land trust movement in the state of Maine. She helped found the York Land Trust in Maine in 1986 to protect and preserve our old family farm.” She was appointed to the board of the committee entitled “Lands for Maine’s Future Use” in 1989. Henry explained that many US land trusts often preserve open space landscape, such as their family farm with an unchanged profile in 150 years.

“My father was a small city lawyer in Portsmouth NH before the outbreak of WW II. My parents bought Ram’s Head Farm located in York, ME in 1945 at the end of WW II. My father loved working the farm in his spare time. Sadly, he was killed in a farming accident in 1962 at age 47. My mother was left with the land and a young family. She embarked on a career as a Maine state legislator. The farm was never actively managed after my father’s death. We had a local farmer cut the hay and graze some beef animals on the pastures.

My mother always had an interest in conservation. This led to her decision to place an easement on a portion of the farm property in 1986 held by the York Land Trust. Today, the whole farm (300 acres) is fully protected from future development. In December 2017, 220 acres was purchased by the York Land Trust to create the “Fuller Forest” as a publicly accessible forest reserve.”

After University, Henry spent time studying the ethnology of indigenous tribes in the Amazon rainforest, an experience which deeply touched him and sowed a seed of conservationism. He returned to the US and then to Canada where he bought 65 acres of land at Big Harbour, a short distance from Baddeck. Henry took a couple of years out for graduate studies in England and Newfoundland before returning to Baddeck, where he was employed by Pinaud’s Yacht Yard. In 1976 the boatyard was purchased, and he set about making a challenging living in Cape Breton.

“My understanding of the essential balance between man and nature blossomed when I took over the management of my grandfather’s 2,200-acre cow-calf enterprise in Missouri in 1991,” Henry explained. “My grandfather purchased the initial 900 acres during the Great Depression at a bank foreclosure sale in Kansas City. He died just a few weeks after my father. The management of the farm passed between family members who had not much knowledge about operating a large farm. When I volunteered to manage the farm in 1991, the farm had atrophied, and the land was poorly cared for. I dived in. I found a passionate operator to run the day to day operations. We began the transformation of Thompson Ranch into a holistically managed grass-fed beef operation. In the process, I learned about the power of nature to heal herself, and the essential nurturing ‘light touch’ balance that allows us to live in harmony with nature.”

With a strong interest in the natural world, and an abiding belief in the importance of conservation and preservation, Henry helped found the Bras d’Or Stewardship Society in 1997. “That was what brought me to the attention of one of the great pioneers in Nova Scotia land conservation – Rudy Haase,” he explained. “Rudy knew of the Bras d’Or Stewardship Society and he came to me looking for a buyer for his Washabuck property. He had placed the Nature Trust’s first conservation forever wild easement on that land. He now wanted to find a new owner as he was 75. That’s when I first learned about the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. I found a partner – Dr James O’Brien – and we did a deal on the land. I joined the Nature Trust Board in 1998 and I’ve been here ever since! A few years ago, I bought O’Brien’s share of the 167 acre Birch Point property. In December 2018, I donated that land to the Nova Scotia Nature Trust to be designated as the “Martin Rudy Haase Conservation Lands.”

Knowing the vital role of sustainability for a land trust, Henry founded the Nature Trust’s endowment fund in 2006, with a generous donation. He recently added another $26,000 to this fund, through the Bras d’Or Stewardship Society. He has been an active board member, fundraiser and volunteer for 20 years, including being a team member for all three Expeditions for the Earth. He also recently donated the Washabuck property, which he had acquired from Rudy, to the care of the Nature Trust.

Henry is a passionate traveler having tramped the Southern Alps in New Zealand, as well as a recent trip to China, and trips to Patagonia, Iceland and Ecuador as a participant in the Nature Trust ‘Expedition for the Earth’ campaigns.

Henry is directing his life towards conservation for one simple reason: “If you enjoy nature, you have a responsibility to help support its protection. Don’t leave it for someone else. Government has so many pressing responsibilities that conservation efforts often remain low on their list of priorities. The private sector must take a leadership role. Take personal ownership and help organisations like the Nova Scotia Nature Trust preserve and protect the places you love, forever.”

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Dear Classmates,

Where has the time gone?!

Listening to fellow members of our 60th reunion committee reminisce and reading once again your achievements and personal reflections (in our 50th reunion book), I realize I didn’t “seek”, or “strive” so well to know each of you better at Milton. And regretfully, the opportunity passed with the loss of some. I spent too much time “striving” in pursuit

of grades and of my father’s approval, pursuing the world’s inequities,answering the call from JFK & MLK, preparing for Khruschev’s warheads, and falling in, or out of, love. So, I’m eager now to ‘catch up’ with as many of you as possible at our reunion.

Nevertheless, things have worked out. Louise, my incredible partner, has stood by me for 53 years and remains the love of my life and my best friend; we have wonderful healthy children (2) and grandchildren (4), and extraordinary friends (including those of you whom I have been fortunate to know). With my parents’ financial supporting my entire

education, I studied under excellent teachers and role models. I knew that I wanted to be a doctor as soon as I took Thomas Morrison’s course, Human Physiology.)

Tennyson’s words make more sense now. The physicians I’ve taught, and the programs we developed together in Boston and Rwanda are making a difference. As for the struggles our planet and nation face–well, let’s not go there right now. I’m eager to see you as many of you as

possible, this June, and to hear what perspectives you have gained. And if you can’t attend our reunion, please share a few thoughts with us.

Thank you, and best regards,

Fred

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The past ten years have gone quickly. I consider myself “retiredi-sh” However, upon retiring from The Eric Carle Museum, I assumed the role of Founding Director of the Ashley Bryan Center with a mandate to assess and place his prodigious and fascinating archive. Penn got the nod, and they have done a superb job of processing 90 boxes of materials and mounting a terrific exhibition in 2023 celebrating what would have been the centenary of his birth. I also guest-curated several exhibitions, including one on New York Yankees memorabilia which was perversely ironic given my day is made when the Yankees lose! But the material was spectacular and overshadowed any personal animosities.

In 2019, at my 50th reunion at Harvard, in a gesture that confounded me, and, I’m sure confounds you, I was elected an Honorary Member of Phi Beta Kappa; when you are sitting next to a Nobel Laureate on the dais, it is truly somewhat mystifying.

And then there was COVID – it seems to have left a void in so many lives not to mention our chronologies. One bright spot, Susan and I celebrated a CO-vedding in October 2020 at the Wareham (MA) Town Hall – practically a drive-thru. We also took guardianship of Susan’s older brother who has special needs – or special abilities, depending on your point of view. This took us to Sarasota, Florida for the winter of 2021, and we were smitten by the weather and the remarkable cultural amenities which buffer the political insanity of this state. Thus, we are now card-carrying Sno-birds.

And finally, like so many of you, I hope, Susan and I revel in our children and grandchildren, continuing to marvel at how one’s children take on these life-affirming responsibilities. Clearly, I am very conte

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Random collection of my 6 years at Milton:

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Judy Holmes and I belting out a Little Mary Sunshine duet back in the day.

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Since our 50th reunion, I've settled into retirement more or less. I took a number of free courses in creative writing, drawing and painting at George Mason University and a local community college. For about 8 years, I painted about 100 watercolors and, as part of a writing group, created a memoir and a few short stories -- but no Great American Novel.

During COVID and tired of isolating, I worked with someone else over Zoom to create a nonprofit called Reston for a Lifetime with a mission to help community residents plan for aging in place. I am now its president and key staff person. I also write a column for The Reston Letter, a free newspaper.

Both of our adult children live nearby. Kate graduated from Ithaca College and tried living in LA and had an acting career in Boulder before Covid shut down her company. She now lives a few minutes from us and is a staff member of the American Institute of Architects. My son Andrew spent many years in restaurant management and now works for a company that sells point of sales handhelds to restaurants and other retail outlets.

Peter Flynn and I often meet for coffee as he lives about 10 minutes away and he, our wives and Mary McCutcheon took in a concert last year in DC. I very much look forward to seeing many of you in June., but if you can't make it, please do an update that we all can see. Peace and all good things.

Scott

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Thank you Jamie!

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Some of you are probably more familiar with these than others...

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By a fortuitous set of circumstances I was hired as a French and German Professor at Montana Tech where i spent 40 glorious years. The month after I began the Republican legislature abolished all non engineering programs and my Department Chair said “Bob, if you want the job get used to teaching Freshman English as well as Voltaire and Zola. During my Ph.D work I’d come upon a little/‘ known area of authors of Decadence from 1870- 1914. So while i taught the difference between who and whom I was writing articles on authors specializing in all manner of unconventional behavior and thought. My colleagues in Petroleum Engineering looked down on this interest and one asked at breakfast, Are you the one who teaches dirty French books and said , “i am!”

I loved the land in Montana and hiked in the area near the Continental Divide. My wife Louise of 53 years didn’t share my love for ramshackle Butte but we made a home and raised our daughter Mary who is a prodigy and now is the country’s leading authority on reproductive justice,

A bout of septic shock brought an early retirement but my teaching years were fulfilling. An early psychoanalyst wrote that actors suffer from a narcissism disorder because they crave acceptance and fear rejection. Teachers too!

Mary is now a legal historian at UC Davis, happily married and mother of a gorgeous daughter.

We live in Sausalito with a view of the bay and our family is just a few minutes away.

Some memories of Milton ,one when Jeff Judd and were in competition and we needed pseudonym and I was Jeff Judd and he was Bob Ziegler and Bob Ziegler won every time. Another legend I told Mary that said , when you’re a truly superior person, you can afford to be gracious. I called this the Dave Higgins Principle.

i enjoyed writing my books on Decadence, including Satanism, Magic and Mysticism in the fin de siecle- get your copy before they’re all sold out!

From what i read my classmates are all accomplished and i miss having a chance to get together.

Best to Wellesley Fred and the rest of my Milton brothers.

All the best.

Bob Ziegler

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The chances of me "writing something wonderful" are slim but here are a few thoughts:

First, I had an extraordinary experience at the school and am forever grateful. Our class was quite amazing particularly with the benefit of college and graduate school comparisons;

Second, I have been blessed having Linda with me on all the journeys I have taken;

Third, I have been very fortunate in the opportunities I have had in my career from leading several investment banks, to a bank in Vienna, to a high-tech telephone component business, to the largest digital bank in the country, Further, my son and I have invested in any number of venture like opportunities (BTW- stimulating to the max, but venture is a tough racket)

Fourth, a great deal of very satisfying (although at times beyond frustrating) times with any number of inner city school projects. Also, have wonderful memories of being on the Milton and Harvard Boards.

More would bore.

Sam Talbot became a good friend at college where he turned out to be one of the toughest oarsmen despite his modest stature. He always had a smile and could be counted to give it his all which was way beyond his size. Miss him big time!!

Was back at the school last Fall to dedicate a space in the new math building for my brother, Bill. School looked fabulous and it is great hands with our new Head, Alixe Callen.

Sorry to miss you all but life seems to have overtaken me for the moment and I would like to wish you all the best and remember that in 1965 we beat Nobles in every sport!!!

Fritz

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Me at Le Musée de Bad Art in Quebec City

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Just to say that even though I won't be physically present at the reunion weekend, I will very much be there in my head. It's become so clear to me that the five years I spent living and learning at Milton were the most formative of my life, and all of you were such important players. A shout-out to Mr. Fernald! Among many memorable teachers, he was for me the most influential. I also reflect back on the value of what I learned from Mr. Bassett who so passionately encouraged unorthodox thinking, and not just about art. Having learned largely through him how to appreciate beauty and fine art, I am currently hard at work on a documentary about bad art.