1987

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Leslie Newman wrote back that she finds her work as a community development consultant with Native American nonprofit organizations really interesting. She's been working in the field since 2000. She lives in Austin, Texas, now, but has been on the move with her family. Her home base is Lawrence, Kansas, and prior to that, Oakland, California. Her husband, Ruben, is a history of American studies professor and they have two children, ages 1 and 4.

Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, has selected Dr. Matt Glendinning the next head of school, effective July l. Founded in 1784, Moses Brown is one of the oldest schools in the country. The announcement followed a wide national search, but Glendinning was chosen, according to Moses Brown chair of the board Habib Gorgi, for his "dedicated work in Friends schools for more than a decade, a personal commitment to lifelong learning and his superb record in independent school administration."

For the last four years Glendinning has served as upper school director and teacher of ancient history at Moorestown Friends School in Moorestown, New Jersey. He previously taught ancient and medieval history, Latin and archaeology at Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, where he was chair of the history department. Glendinning is a recipient of the NAIS Edward E. Ford Fellowship for Emerging Leaders and held a Fulbright fellowship in Greece. He earned an M.Ed, from Arcadia University and his doctorate from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. A lifelong learner, Glendinning is enrolled in the M.B.A. program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Glendinning shares: "I am most interested in the head of school position at Moses Brown because I believe strongly that Quaker values will be critical for the kind of education needed in the 21st centuiy. Economists and futurists are probably right in thinking that world affairs in the next 25 years will be shaped less by those merely in possession of knowledge and resources and more by those who can think creatively about them." Good luck, Matt!

Suzanne Pence has lived outside Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Mosman for the last seven years. She's been in Australia for 12 years and originally moved to Melbourne in 1996 with JP Morgan investment management. She has been in banking and funds management since graduation. "Whilst starting my family for three years I ran a family-owned direct marketing company. I returned to funds management in 2006 and currently work with State Street Investor Services covering global fund managers and hedge funds."

She hopes to start an alumni club in Sydney, perhaps to smooth the "guilt because of limited contact with classmates over the many years. The distance and family have made it rather difficult to time my visits to the United States around reunions. Sadly my last visit to Dartmouth was our fifth reunion." Suzanne is the chairman of the New South Wales branch of the Women in Superannuation Group (pension), which promotes women in financial services. The membership sponsors and organizes the Mothers Day Breast Cancer Fun Run. She is divorced with a 7-year-old son and 5 1/2-year-old twin daughters. Marie Trexler visited Sydney in 2006 on a sabbatical from Intel and they enjoyed great food and had an Easter egg dying party with 14 kids! Here's the quote you've all been looking for: "If anyone ventures to Sydney please drop me an e-mail."

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