2011 Reunion Weekend
2011 Alumni Awards
The hard work, time, and talents of volunteers make up the backbone of any thriving alumni community. Each year, the NMH Alumni Association recognizes a handful of outstanding contributors for their work within their communities and in support of their school.
This year, recipients of the alumni awards, presented during the June 10-12 Reunion Weekend, included health care and education advocates, musicians, mentors, teachers, and a third-generation alumna. These volunteers have served in the Peace Corps and as ESL tutors. They have repeatedly demonstrated their service to humanity and their ability to make a difference for NMH and in the lives of current and future students.
- Throughout her medical career, Mychelle Yvette Farmer '71 has combined her clinical practice with advocacy for health care policies that support adolescents and young adults. In recognition of Farmer’s outstanding career achievements and for her service to humanity, the NMH Alumni Association presented her with the Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor the association bestows.
- Barbara Tweedle Freedman '66 has served her Northfield class and the school in many capacities: class chair, reunion chair, class agent, alumni association officer, area association volunteer, and member of the board of trustees. In 2009, she guided the school in communicating to the NMH community news of the sale of the Northfield campus. The NMH Alumni Association presented Freedman with the Lamplighter Award to honor her profound understanding of NMH’s educational mission and her unstinting dedication to ensuring that its values endure.
- Marshall L. Horwitz ’71 D.D.S. has been described as a man whose hobby is volunteering. His commitment to sharing his life’s work as a dentist with others reflects the values learned decades ago at Mount Hermon. NMH recognizes Horwitz for his selfless dedication and service to others around the world with the 2011 Community Service Award.
- Since joining the NMH faculty in 1973 as a math teacher and soccer coach, Richard (Dick) J. Peller has served as a constant role model, encouraging each of his students to achieve a balance of academics, athletics, and participation in the school community. Peller’s values, as well as the high esteem in which he is held by the NMH community, are reflected in the recent dedication of the Peller Family Field. The NMH Alumni Association presented Peller with the William H. Morrow Award for exceptional service to NMH.
- Shirley Vanderpool Romoser ’51 has served as class gift chair with devotion and equanimity. She has made countless phone calls and written numerous notes and emails to make sure the class of 1951 always met its Annual Fund goals. For her compassion and leadership ability, the alumni association recognized Romoser with a 2011 Alumni Citation.
- John S. McClintock ’56 has served as gift chair for his class and a phonathon volunteer and, after 2001, as reunion chair, 50th reunion co-chair, co-chair of the Annual Fund committee. He currently serves on the Alumni Council’s reunion advisory committee and the Annual Fund committee. For his outstanding service, McClintock was awarded a 2011 Alumni Citation.
- Craig D. Walley ’61 is the long-serving secretary for his class, editor of the 1961’s 50th reunion yearbook, and a dedicated member of the 50th reunion gift committee. He researched and wrote Murder at Mount Hermon: The Unsolved Killing of Headmaster Elliott Speer (Northeastern University Press, 2004). For his long commitment to the school, Walley was awarded a 2011 Alumni Citation.
- Joseph A. McVeigh ’76 has held the post of class secretary for all but a handful of years since he graduated. McVeigh has served on the NMH Alumni Council and as vice chair of the strategic planning committee, is a dedicated phonathon volunteer, and has worked as reunion volunteer and web liaison for his class. The NMH Alumni Association awarded McVeigh a 2011 Alumni Citation for his outstanding volunteer service.
- Tracy Weil Korman ’81 has volunteered at phonathons and as an event host and a representative to prospective students. Recently he has served on NMH’s Strategic Planning Committee and on the Parents Fund Committee; he currently is a member of the Parents Council. For his commitment to the school, Korman was awarded a 2011 Alumni Citation.
- Dairo E. Moreno ’91 has been an active NMH volunteer for a decade, serving as an area association officer in New York City, on the alumni council’s strategic planning committee, and as an admission ambassador. He has worked as class secretary since 2006 and helped organize—and currently heads—the Southern California Area Association in Los Angeles, one of NMH’s most active alumni groups. The NMH Alumni Association awarded Moreno a 2011 Alumni Citation for his service to the school.
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