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10/11/14 08:00 AM #22    

 

Lawrence Kreger

Hi Steve:

First of all, thanks for your service defending your country.

I feel you should know that I am in touch with a number of people from New Trier and I can assure you that most of the people I know (or have known, since some have died) have had lives actually closer to yours than to this Norman Rockwell pleasant suburban happy family scene you somehow think is typical.

 

Believe me, it aint.

 

When I was a kid I had a cousin who lived in Chicago and envied me because he thought my life in Wilmette was some kind of wonderful country club existence with the beautiful beach and great schools etc. To say nothing of all those nice houses.

 

Well, as fate would have it, today of all my family members I am only close to him and his wife ( my brother and sister do not speak to me or to each other. Period).

We have had dissimilar life styles ( he is a retired cop and his wife is from a Chicago family of cops and firefighters, very Irish) but now we find we get along great.  They are very down to earth and sympathetic people. I am retired and live in Manhattan and do volunteer work and blogging. Along the way to this point in my life, I have seen so many friends and acquaintances suffer so much and die often horrible deaths that I am happy to have survived in one piece so far.

Take Care

Larry Kreger

 


10/11/14 11:40 AM #23    

Karen Dieterich (Thomas)

Dear Steve,

This is all very intriguing.  Your name is familiar to me, so I looked in my "Echoes 1963".  You are listed on Page 217 in Mr. Elliot's homeroom picture, but, you are absent!  That is the only listing I see for your name.  Ergo, you were in the class behind us - 1964, and are perhaps in that yearbook.  Hope this helps.

Karen (Dieterich) Thomas


10/12/14 10:47 AM #24    

Steven Schick

Dear Karen,

Thanks so much, I'm just sitting here laughing my butt off... that's the way my life kinda was.... I was always there(wherever there was at the time) but never really present. It's a long story most of which has to do with my 14 years in Europe/North Africa working with uncle.

Thanks again, I know I have a picture here somewhere wich dates to that time...just gotta find it.

Steve


10/23/14 12:06 PM #25    

Timothea Papas (Papas)

Hi everybody,  If you received an e-mail with "New Announcement" in the subject line---and if you actually found that new announcement WAY DOWN AT THE BOTTOM of the Home Page, after all the photos, the reunion details and the fight songs (!)---the "Karen" it referred to is Karen Malpede.  Here is the latest item I received about her work.  I hope those of you in the NYC area get this in time to go. And if the links don't work, just call the number provided.  My relatives who attended the play in my stead were inspired!          Timi Papas

 

"I encourage you to see “Extreme Whether," a pioneering and brave effort by playwright and director Karen Malpede...laced with darkness and humor...fine performances, particularly by Jeff McCarthy as the Hansen-like scientist and George Bartenieff as the aging uncle..." - New York Times.

 

Click here to read the rest of the New York Times review

 

 

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10/28/14 05:19 AM #26    

Kathryn Fields

Oh, my--goodbye to that gleefully chaotic lunchroom! I also have so many fond memories of the music practice rooms above it! *sigh* Obviously, a necessary building project.


10/28/14 06:51 AM #27    

Steven Schick

The photo you posted blows my brain... I don't remember the place being soooooo big!!!!!

Steve Schick


10/28/14 06:57 AM #28    

 

Andy Gilmore

I guess this means one more trip to the beloved Tech Building!! I remember the Automotives class with Mr. Dietrich, and the Mechanical Drawing class (can't remember that teacher's name)...and the cafeteria was always a three-ring circus! I had hall monitor duties at one of the cafteteria doors my senior year. Great memories...


10/29/14 11:06 AM #29    

Alan Rosen

Andy,

I took mechanical and architectural drafting classes (in preparation for the study of architecture) in the Tech Bldg.  I believe the instructor's name was Karlson.  Also, my original home room teacher was Mr. Jacobson who was one of the "automotive" instructors.

Alan Rosen


10/30/14 07:21 AM #30    

James Lev

Al, Andy:

I give Mr Carlson a lot of credit for kicking off my 40+ years in Architecture.  I loved those drawing classes.  I took them in summer school so that I could fit them into my schedule. the first initial mech drafting class was mostly translation of three dimensional figures to a two dimensional drawing...sort of like laying out sheet metal work.  in the second year architectural drafting course we designed and drew plans for a residence and built a 3/4" = 1' model of the building using balsa wook for the framing.   what fun that was.   Today we do all of our drawings on computer of course using Building Information Modeling, a three dimensional modeling software.  the profession has come so farr and evolved so much . it would be fun to see what they are doing now.  I will have to visit before the building is demo'd.   

And also many thanks to Jaques Dulin, my physics teacher, who told me not to pursue rocket science.  He was right! 

- Jim Lev  

 


10/30/14 01:20 PM #31    

 

Fred James

     I was thinking about that tech building ever since the message went out about it being rebuilt.

     I NEVER PLACED A FOOT IN THAT BUILDING EVER! And I regret it now. I spent all my time in the building next to it, the Music Building. I never took a shop course ever, no woodshop, no automotive action, no mechanical drawing classes. There was a sort of "look down your nose at the mere tradesman" going in and out of that building. Ever since I've felt less than able to do simple car fixes or build or fix things at home. Oh I know a lot about Opera! You want fries with that?

     Oddly, my brother, who can do-build-fix anything with his hands, was amazed at all the controls I had to operate when he visited a radio station where I was employed a few decades ago. His eyes grew big and his jaw dropped. "How do you do all this?" he asked as if I were a Jumbo Jet Captain with a million gadgets, blinking lights and levers in front of me and 300 passengers in back! My brother did not realize how redundant most of the controls were and that a monkey could run them. I of course, did not tell my brother this.

     On the other hand the same brother always could make beautiful and practical objects with his hands. I always admired how he did this and one time I tried to make a simple box in our basement using 2 X 4's and nails. As I was pounding in the last 2 X 4 I realized that my "square" box looked more like a dead mouse and just then my brother comes down the steps, takes one look at it and starts laughing. When necessity forced me later in life to do automotive repairs or carpentry at my pad, what would take my brother 20 minutes and would end up looking like a professional had done the work, would take me a full day or even more and usually look like an eighth grader did it. ALL BECAUSE I NEVER STEPPED IN THAT TECH BUILDING AT NT!!!!

 


01/12/15 07:09 AM #32    

 

Sue Giallombardo (Walker)

Several of us wanted to share this video of our dear classmate Dr. Mary-Claire King at the World Science Festival discussing what she went through to get the grant that led to her discovery of the gene for familial breast cancer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOP5pUIYhv4&app=desktop

or   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOP5pUIYhv4

Many thanks to Mindy Nix and others who forwarded this.

Sue Giallombardo Walker

 

 


01/13/15 07:56 PM #33    

John Yeoman

On May 2 a movie will be released titled Decoding Annie Parker.   It's the story of Mary-Claire's discovery.

www.decodingannieparkerfilm.com

Helen Hunt plays Mary-Claire


 


01/14/15 10:28 AM #34    

Leslie Desmond

Fred:  Didn't you take drivers' ed?   I believe my class was in the technical building.

Mary Claire is a brilliant woman who can also tell a great story for Moth!

John Yeoman:  Thanks much for the tip on the movie--will watch for it...

 

 

 


01/15/15 10:07 AM #35    

Patricia Jean Willhite (Clarke)

I have seen the movie on Netlix with Helen Hunt as Marie Claire.  It is very good and brought more understanding to me about the dedication and years one thing like that takes to prove.  We have had breast cancer several times in my husbands family. Thank you Marie Claire and I do not think I could be prouder of a classmate! Thank you for caring enough about humanity and for being so devoted and dedicated to others!  We have a picture of you with some of the girls taken in the music room at our 50th that I treasure.

Pat Willhite Clarke


01/16/15 07:47 AM #36    

 

Lawrence Kreger

I remember Mary Claire King very well; we were in the same math class together my Junior year... she was always so alert and focused, in her low-key way... You knew she was bright but you did not know just how bright and inquisitive and persistent she could be.

I heard about her being out at Berkeley or something years later and that she was doing research..I can just see her in a white lab coat and all...

I am really glad she eventually got the recognition she deserved.

 

 

 

 


01/21/15 10:31 PM #37    

 

Sue Giallombardo (Walker)

A group of NT alums have set up a "New Trier High School Classmates' In Memoriam " page on Facebook to remember any New Trier classmates and family who went to New Trier that have passed away. It's open to all classes.

To post or follow in your news, you just join the group. There are some very touching tributes, especially by family members.  The whole purpose is to have a place to remember those we love and miss, to share photos and memories.  

Love to all,

SueG


01/22/15 07:45 AM #38    

 

Lawrence Kreger

Hi Sue,--Yes, please add me to those to be informed of the passing of any of our classmates and the tributes. Thanks

 

Lawrence ( Larry) Kreger

ljkreger@netzero.com

 

 

 

 

 

 


01/23/15 06:41 AM #39    

Steven Schick

Hey, hey, hey!

I'm just amazed that you all remember so much from so long ago.

Steve


05/29/15 06:59 AM #40    

 

Sue Giallombardo (Walker)

For those of us who attended the tour of New Trier during our 50th reunion weekend, hold on to your photos... school's facilities are changing - the Cafeteria, the Tech Arts building and the Music building are coming down...I never got around to posting all my tour pictures in the Gallery - will do so later today.. Thanks for the memories...Rah-Rah for old New Trier!  .Sue Giallombardo Walker

May 28, 2015
New
Trier High School to begin 2-year campus redevelopment project

New Trier High School will celebrate the groundbreaking of its Winnetka Campus Facilities Project with a community celebration on Monday, June 1, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the North Parking Lot of the Winnetka Campus, 385 Winnetka Ave.

Community leaders, parents, students, staff, and representatives of New Trier’s elementary school districts will be on hand to officially launch the two-year project, which will bring new classrooms and labs, new elective spaces, a new library, a new cafeteria, and much more to the Winnetka Campus. All residents are invited.

“We are excited to begin this project in earnest with the demolition of the Tech Arts Building once this school year ends,” said Superintendent Linda Yonke. “Thanks to the support of residents, we are able to build a new addition to our Winnetka Campus that will serve New Trier students and our community for generations to come.”

The project will replace three adjacent buildings that are among the oldest and most inefficient on the campus: the 1912 Cafeteria, 1931 Tech Arts Building, and 1950 Music Building. Construction will take place in two phases. During Phase One (spring of 2015 through the 2015-2016 school year), the Tech Arts Building will be demolished and the first half of the addition will be constructed. This new portion of the building - including the new cafeteria, library, and several new classrooms - will open for the 2016-2017 school year.

Phase Two (summer of 2016 and 2016-2017 school year) involves demolition of the Cafeteria and Music Building and construction of the second half of the addition. The entire project is scheduled for completion by the opening of the 2017-2018 school year.

The District has partnered with Wight & Company for architectural and engineering services and Pepper Construction Company for construction management services.

New Trier Music students will provide the entertainment for the Groundbreaking Ceremony. A reception with light refreshments will follow in the Student Cafeteria.

For more information about the project, please visit www.newtrier.k12.il.us/facilitiesproject

 


01/27/16 09:08 AM #41    

 

Sue Giallombardo (Walker)

NT '63 Classmates - If you have stories you'd like to share from your experiences in NT's theater or music groups, the NT Communications/Alumni office is collecting them. See the links below.

Sue Giallombardo Walker
*********************************

Dear New Trier Alumni,

If you haven’t been back to your alma mater lately, you may be surprised. New Trier’s Winnetka Campus (aka New Trier East to many of you) is under construction as the school takes on its largest building project in nearly 60 years!  

Construction began over the summer with the demolition of the 1931 Tech Arts Building, the home of many fond memories for our auto, engineering, art, and manual/applied arts students. Crews have made great progress toward creating the first half of the new building that will ultimately replace Tech Arts, the 1950 Music (“M”) Building, and the 1912 Cafeteria. The project will include a new McGee and Black Box Theatre, all new spaces for theatre, art, applied arts, and music, and a new cafeteria, new library, and 25 new academic classrooms. You can read all about it and check out a live feed of construction here: http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/facilitiesproject/.

The next phase of the project will begin this summer, with demolition of the M Building, McGee Theatre, and Cafeteria and construction of the second half of the new building.
That’s where you come in!

Calling all former theatre, debate, and music students – or any alum with a memory of the M Building and McGee Theatre: We want your stories!!

To make way for some great new spaces, we have to say goodbye to our old ones. Will you help us say goodbye by sharing a story about your time in the McGee Theatre and hallway, the music classrooms, WNTH, or the speech and debate classrooms?

Here's an example from theatre teacher Nina Lynn: “Posters, programs, and photos line the hallway outside of the McGee Theatre. I love it when graduates come back and get so excited to see the mementos of their high school theatre experience. They always tell a great story about the friends they made during the production, the backstage drama they remember, or the teachers they got to know by working on the show. It's a good reminder of the impact our program has had on our alums but also on the students we're with right now. “

To contribute your story of a classroom, theatre, broadcast booth, scene shop or of a teacher or classmate, please click HERE (theatre) or HERE (music). We will share these stories on our Facebook page and at our goodbye ceremony in May. We will share more information about that ceremony, which will be open to the public, closer to the date.

Also, don’t forget to check out the New Trier Alumni page for the latest news on reunions and other events: http://www.newtrieralumni.org/

Sincerely,
Niki Dizon

Nicole Ziegler Dizon
Director of Communications and Alumni Relations
New Trier Township High School District 203


 Find New Trier on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/newtrierhighschool
 Follow New Trier on Twitter: http://twitter.com/newtrier203


07/18/16 08:13 AM #42    

 

Sue Giallombardo (Walker)

Classmates - 

From Classmate Allan Stern:
I got a request for assistance from a Williams College classmate who attended University High in Hyde Park, same year as us.  He was trying to track down one of his classmates, Jeff Horwitz,  They had tried to find him for various high school reunions, but nobody has come up with any information on his whereabouts. 

He told me that Jeff had left U-High and transferred to New Trier for his senior year, and if I knew anything.  
I looked up Jeff in our senior yearbook.  He is listed only once in the index, for his senior picture.

If you have any information on Jeff, please let Allan know.  Thanks!!


10/01/16 07:42 AM #43    

 

Sue Giallombardo (Walker)

Here's the latest New Trier Alumni Newsletter!  Click Here

We're going to keep our website going as long as there is interest.  
We're paid up through 2019 (Thank you, Tom Safran!).  

Keep posting your news and pictures!!

Love to all,

Sue Giallombardo Walker

 

 

 


10/06/16 05:44 AM #44    

Alida Edwards (Meyers)

I am enjoying hearing all of these old familiar names. My family moved to the East Coast in 1965 and I have lost touch with the North Shore.
Alida Meyers

10/06/16 06:21 AM #45    

James Lev

Thanks Sue,

I'd also be happy to contribute to keep the website operating.   Its the best way to stay connected.   thanks.

Jim

 


10/07/16 06:15 AM #46    

 

Nancy Hoffmann

I enjoy hearing from my classmates, although I admit I've never heard of most of them before. We had a huge graduating class!

 

 

 


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