"It's taken fire all over the state," said Madelyn "Mike" Wechsler Pressman '53. The
team-taught, interdisciplinary humanities program she started at Oceanside High
School in Oceanside, N.Y., where she has taught English since 1968, presents
history, social studies and English combined on a time line. In the last
decade, Pressman says, she has given "tons of workshops" and acted as a
consultant to get similar teams going at schools all across New York.
50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59
NEWSMAKERS
Richard Clough '55 was praised as "the consummate sales person who
brought professionalism and integrity to the job" in the Griffin Report
of Rockland, Mass. Clough is retired from Campbell Sales Co. in Franklin,
Mass. . . . Jane Millett Dornish '55 was named State
of Maine Volunteer Board Member/Volunteer of the
Year. . . . Tony Ruvo '59 was named corporate vice
president of the Union Camp Corporation in New Jersey.
MILEPOSTS
Deaths: Gordon D. Daugharty '57 in St. Clair, Mich., at
60. . . . Oliver J. Sproul '52 in Augusta, Maine, at
77.