RE Log Spring 2018

46 Ransom Everglades LOG SPRING 2018 1962 Ward Arrington see In Loving Memory, page 63. Jim Beverley writes, “I have lived in High Pines just South of Gables/Sunset Drive for the last 45 years. I am retired since 2008 from 40 years teaching and coaching full time (Ransom, RE, Palmer, Miami Dade College, Palmetto) but since retirement have been a volunteer soccer coach at RE and alumni soccer Class Notes participant. I am also active in alumni activities both as an ex-student from ‘back in the day’ and as a former teacher/coach (1970-78). My major activity these days besides RE is grandfather, ‘PopPop,’ to three young girls (ages 7, 5, 4) – two here in Miami who I see daily before and after school, and one in NYC who I see on most holidays and summers. I would encourage any of the old school alums to get involved in Ransom Everglades and RE functions, ‘carpe, carpe diem.’ Enjoy yourself while you're still in the pink; it's later than you think, for all of us.”  1968 Ralph Kazer , offers this amusing tidbit as part of his 50-year reflections: “I can remember propping chalkboard erasers on our classroom door so that they would fall on Mr. Geesey’s head when he would walk into our English class.” Those mischievous Ransom boys! Mike Maisel , along with his mother Laura and wife Karen, honored the memory of Stanley D. Maisel ’72 by creating the Stanley D. Maisel Endowed Scholarship at Ransom Everglades School. This very special scholarship will annu- ally be awarded to deserving students who could not otherwise attend Ransom Everglades. See page 69 for more on this endowment. 1970 A 2005 portrait of Madeleine K. Albright by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders was added to the collection of the National Portrait Gallery on Nov. 19, 2017, dur- ing the second American Portrait Gala. Albright received the Portrait of a Nation Prize, given for her exemplary achieve- ments and significant contributions to American history and culture. Robert Ransom School 1953 Townsend “Towny” Ludington , son of C.T. Ludington ’15 , gathered with Head of School Penny Townsend; Henry “Harry” H. Anderson, Jr. ’38 ; and Nick Bell ’82 – grandson of C.T. Ludington and nephew of former RE headmaster David Pierre “Pete” Cameron – at the Griswold Inn in Essex, Ct., in August 2017. The four shared stories about RE over lunch. Towny settled on his family’s farm in Old Lyme, Ct., after a distinguished career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he taught English and American stud- ies from 1966 to 2004. His name will be forever remembered at UNC because of the Townsend Ludington Distinguished Professorship in American Studies, which was endowed in his honor in 1999. Towny, a Yale graduate who earned his doctorate from Duke, helped found the American studies program at UNC and was instrumental in the creation of the school’s African-American studies and the Native American studies programs. He is also the author or editor of 11 books about American literature, art and culture. Redford introduced Albright at the gala and posed for photos with Albright and Greenfield-Sanders. 1972 W. Tucker Gibbs , see Marcelo Fernandes ’84 . Stanley D. Maisel , see page 69 for the article on a scholarship established in his memory. Carlos Touzet and his partner and wife Jacqueline Gonzalez of Touzet Studio, received the Silver Award for Design Excellence from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Miami. This was the first time in the history of the organization that this award was presented to two partners for equal recognition of their work. The Silver Award is the highest honor the AIA Miami bestows for service or design excellence to elevate public consciousness of good design, and to recognize those ar- chitects whose work enriches our built en- vironment. The Design Awards Gala took place on October 28, 2017, at the Olympia Theatre. In 2015 they achieved another first; both partners were presented the Architects of the Year by AIA Miami. 1973 Dan Ellison writes, “I have become more and more involved in projects creating arts access for people with disabilities. I started the DADA project (Durham Audio Described Art), which provides pre- recorded audio description of public art. The descriptions are hosted on a phone call-up number, but soon to be adding a smartphone app. I’ve been teaching ‘Legal Issues for the Performing Arts’ and related arts policy courses, for the past 10 years, to undergrads at Duke.” Please send your class notes for the fall issue to RE news@ransomeverglades.org