<b>Reunion Weekend 2003</b>
More than 100 alumni returned to campus to participate in a variety of activities and to reacquaint with one another. Some of the highlights of the weekend were the 25th and 50th alumni reunion dinners on Friday evening, the alumni art show opening, and a dedication of Burton Hall (formerly New Dorm). The traditional alumni parade was foregone this year due to the rain. Instead the bagpiper piped from the chapel steps as alumni came under cover of umbrellas to assemble for Mr. Casertano’s annual state of the school address.
The weekend’s opening of the Alumni Art Show in the Warner Gallery of the Holbrook Arts Center was a well-attended event. Nineteen alumni artists present work in this show which can be seen in person through the summer at the Warner Gallery, or enjoyed on-line on the school’s website (click on One Campus-The Arts-Warner Gallery).
Heartfelt tributes were made to John C. “Sandy” Burton at the renaming and dedication of the former New Dorm in his name. Kind words were spoken on Mr. Burton’s behalf by Director of Alumni/ Development Affairs Bob Anthony ’65, Don Abbott ‘59, former headmaster, and Headmaster Drew Casertano. Mr. Burton eloquently addressed the audience with a history of his involvement in and love of Millbrook School. Burton Hall stands now in his honor.
Millbrook School is grateful to all those who made the effort to return to Reunion this year and make it a success. Congratulations to members of the 25th and 50th reunion classes, whose members in attendance are listed below. Special congratulations go to two members of the Class of 1943 who returned for their sixtieth reunion. They are John Hemphill and Whit Landon.
50th Reunion Class -- Malcolm Barlow, Farnham Collins, Hal Levy, Michael Miller, Paul Ratner, Carl Sewell, and Michael Smith.
25th Reunion Class – Bruce Burton, Kari-Jo Coll, John Goodkind, Arthur Grymes, Bruce Herdman, Cathy Keir, Ann Machado, Marina Mahlau Goldman, Bill Menard, Fell Merwin, Claudia Monroe, Brian Ross, Laurie Sullivan Sleeper, Karen Strain Smythe, Kari Storm, Carl Timpson, David Wakefield, Norman Walker, Tawna Waring, Richard Warner, and Chris Willis.
