Alumni

The Park Alumni Office is proud to announce the launch of a new online series of alumni profiles.

The new series, titled Park in the World: Alumni in Action, will feature alums who are acting upon the principles of Park's educational philosophy in their daily lives. Our inaugural profile spotlights Ryan Frankel '02 and his newly discovered passion for the sport of triathlon. Ryan discovered his love for the sport while fundraising for Park's Nicholas Watson '03 Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Connect to the Park in the World: Alumni in Action series by clicking below or by clicking on the link in the menu to the left. Also, be sure to check in each month to discover what alums will turn up next in this new feature.

Link: Park in the World: Alumni in Action

  posted: 10/21/2009 | Contact: Pailin Gaither

Tie on your cleats and return to Old Court Road on October 3rd for the annual match up between the Alumni Men and the Varsity Boys' Soccer team, to be held at 1:00 on Kelly Field. Before or after the game, fuel up at the Saturday in the Park BBQ, 12:00-3:0O next to the Kindergarten Building.

Or, pick up your stick and play in the Alumnae Women's game against the Girls' Varsity Field Hockey Team. Report to the Girls' Varsity Field at 2:00 on October 3rd.

RSVP to Pailin Gaither, by email (pgaither@parkschool.net) or by phone (410.339.4114).

  posted: 10/03/2009 | Contact: Pailin Gaither

Ryan Frankel '02 has taken on the incredible challenge of preparing to race in his first ever Ironman triathalon event in order to raise funds for Park's Nick Watson '03 scholarship fund.

Ryan will be racing in the 2009 Ironman Louisville, Kentucky on August 30th, just a few weeks from now. An Ironman is a triathlon, a race that consists of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride and a marathon.

Ryan's "Road to the Ironman" is documented on his website Ryan Frankel's Road to the Ironman. Here you can read more about Ironman triathalons and Ryan's training regimen, and you can also connect to Ryan's blog.

If you feel inspired by Ryan's efforts and would like to make a donation to the Nick Watson '03 scholarship fund, please visit the donation page of Ryan's website or navigate directly to Park's secure on-line giving form.

  posted: 08/30/2009 | Contact: Pailin Gaither

Park's alumni writers are represented by a remarkable collection of fiction and non-fiction works. Here are some of the most recent publications:

• Ecosystem Planning in Florida, by Dr. Sam Brody '88 recognizes the need to address ecosystem problems at local and community levels. Dr. Brody is Associate Professor at Texas A&M University. He is Director of the Environmental Planning and Sustainability Research Unit, Acting Director of Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, and Co-Director of the Center for Texas Beaches and Shores in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at the University.
  
  Read an excerpt (PDF). Read more about Dr. Brody.
  
  
• Mac Montandon ?89 has written Jetpack Dreams (Da Capo Press), which will be released November 1, 2008. Jet Pack Dreams chronicles the colorful past and current science of jetpacks, from the first flimsy, shoulder mounted wings to Bill Suitior?s 1984 Olympic flight; from a gruesome pack-driven murder in Houston in the mid-1990s to the secret laboratories and goverment facilities of today. Mac explores Hollywood?s fascination with the subject from The Jetsons and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow to the cultural jetpack phenomenon represented by Buck Rogers, James Bond, and Boba Fett. He travels the world to meet jetpack enthusiasts who are readying their own personal flying machines for takeoff. Ultimately, it?s the search for an answer to one simple question: Where is the the jetpack that was promised to him, and to all of us, years ago? And if it?s out there, can he catch a ride?
  
  Read an excerpt from Jetpack Dreams. Read more about Mac.
  
  
• "Amristar," by Jess Row '88, appeared in Atlantic Monthly's 2008 Fiction issue. Jess Row?s story collection The Train to Lo Wu was shortlisted for the 2006 PEN/Hemingway Award. His work has appeared in Witness, Slate, The New York Times Book Review, and Granta, which named him a ?Best Young American Novelist? in 2007. He is a professor and Buddhist chaplain at the College of New Jersey.
  
  Read "Amristar" now.
  
  
• Kabbalistic Teachings of the Female Prophets: The Seven Holy Women of Ancient Israel, published by Inner Traditions, was written by J. Zohara (Zoh) Meyerhoff Hieronimus ?72. The book examines the spiritual teachings of Israel?s biblical prophetesses?Sarah, Miriam, Devorah, Chanah, Avigail, Chuldah, and Esther?whose lives reflect a kabbalistic path of spiritual evolution. Using the stories of their lives and their teachings, relationships of each prophetess are made to the seven days of the week, the seven sacred species of Israel, the human body, and Jewish holidays and rituals. The prophetesses show that every person has a part to play in the repair of the world, and the reader discovers a practical set of maps and spiritual guidelines for that journey.
  
  Zoh is an award-winning radio broadcaster, social justice and environmental activist, and professional artist. She founded the Ruscombe Mansion Community Health Center in Baltimore in 1984 and hosts the national radio program Future Talk.
  
  Read an excerpt from Kabbalistic Teachings of the Female Prophets

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