Marion Lebson Prigoff’s husband, Milton Prigoff, passed away on November 17, 2017.
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D-E ’14
Hanna Jerome capped a memorable 2017 season of cross country running by earning academic accolades as well. She was named a 2017 NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country All-Academic Individual by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, an...
D-E ’06
Kathryn Maffetone married Tim Koch on November 11, 2017. The ceremony was at St. Michael Church, and the reception was at Liberty House in Jersey City. The Kochs reside in Hoboken. Kathryn is the daughter of long-time D-E English teacher Joan Maffetone. Pictured here...
Chess Masters at Play with D-E 360° ACE (Aftercare & Enrichment)
By Sharon Keigher, ACE Program Director Welcome to a place in the Lower School where the Queen may be the most powerful player in the land and where you can capture a King with brainpower alone. Welcome to the Chess Club offered through D-E 360° AfterCare &...
String Society Welcomes Project Trio to Summer 2018 Program
String Society, a D-E 360° Summer Connections program for “exceptional string musicians,” will partner with the critically acclaimed Project Trio in 2018. Project Trio will work with students in small ensembles and will be the featured guest performer in the Grand...
Swartley Gallery Welcomes Artists Springer, Stein, and D-E Alumna Giancarlo ’10
D-E’s Swartley Gallery fall and winter exhibits have included works by a caricature master, a jazz singer and painter, and a multimedia artist who is a D-E graduate. Painter and caricature artist Dan Springer was featured in “Concept & Character,” an exhibit in...
Romeo and Juliet: A Shakespeare Classic Set in Hajjar STEM Center
D-E Performing Arts Department’s version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet performed in November to two sold-out audiences. The production, staged in Hajjar STEM Center for a new twist on the tragic classic, included performances by D-E student and faculty actors....
Artistic Faculty Endeavors
D-E Visual Arts Chair Marisol Diaz held her solo exhibit “On Engineering the Self & Untethering the Soul” at the Bell-ans Center of Creative Arts in Orangeburg, NY, earlier this fall, which was the culmination of a several months long artist residency program for...
DWIGHT ’53
The alumni office has learned of the passing of Adrienne Mann Cohen, of Languna Beach, CA, on January 4, 2018, at the age of 82. After Dwight Adrienne earned her undergraduate degree in art history from Brandeis University in 1957 and went on to teach art in New...
DWIGHT ’59
The alumni office has learned of the death of Jane Merkle Borden. Here is an adapted excerpt from her obituary published in the Hartford Courant newspaper: “Jane Merkle Borden of West Hartford, CT, passed away peacefully December 15, 2017. Born August 24, 1943, in...