Stephen Place

It gave me great pleasure to make my donation to Jack's award fund in memory of my father, ETHS Class of '37.

Although my memory maybe incorrect, I believe that my father, also, had Bernard G Mattson as a teacher, as I did. When I googled "BG" I found his birthdate was 1900, which made him around 63 when Jack and I were in his U S history class. Although he was a tremendously gifted teacher that challenged every answer you gave, I thought him to be extremely old.  That recollection will provide my dose of humility for the day. I also noticed that the History/Social Studies Department has a Bernard Mattson as well as a Nandine Clark Award. Jack, I hope that your Award will be right after theirs in the commencement program. How fitting that would be.

Thank you to my classmates for their efforts in making this Award a reality, and kudos to Jack for allowing us to have such a worthy honoree.

Joan Hirshman

My donation, too, is in memory of my parents who chose to move to Evanston from Chicago when I was in 5th grade.  I have been, and will always be, grateful to them for this decision.  Congratulations, Jack! I'm so pleased to be part of this award in your name.

John Baackes

Dear Classmates,

I was unable to join you in Evanston for the big reunion in September. I have enjoyed following the forum and reading about all the things we are up to as a class. I thought I would add my own update.

I have accepted an offer to become CEO of L.A. Care in Los Angeles. L.A. Care is a large public health plans serving about 1.7 million people in Los Angeles County. After graduation I went to college in Illinois (SIU) and moved east after graduation. I have spent the last 45 years in Albany, Boston or Philadelphia. Now, pulling up stakes and moving to the coast. 

Retirement is overrated and I love the work I am doing so this offer seemed like a good capstone to a long career in managed health care. 

I am househunting in LA and open to suggestions.

JB

Ruth Gross

Joining my classmates, I contributed to the Rakove Award in memory of my great history teachers at ETHS: Charles Thomas, Justin Kestenbaum, Thomas Sharp, and Bernard Mattson. 

Nancy Schroeder

It was an honor to donate to a wonderful cause and a great fellow classmate. Good luck with all you do Jack.

Sherrie Igoe (Dembrowski)

John,  Don't know as you'd remember me, but I remember you!  A Hearty Congratulations on the very impressive new undertaking you're taking on.  Can't recommend any particular area to live, but I wish you all

the best!

Marilyn Golan (Bogan)

I am pleased to donate to the Jack Rakove Award - in memory of those who are no longer with us, and in honor of the ETHS '64 grads in Colorado with whom I've re-connected.  In fact we're planning an outing in April to an exhibit about 1968 at the History Colorado Museum in Denver.  Looking forward to more visiting about the 60's! 

Martin Schwartz

I, too, have made my donation to the Jack Rakove Award in honor of Gerri Bach Deerfield who brought great happiness to my friend Jim Deerfield and also in honor of Wally Schnell, a unique individual that epitomized the spirit of the the ETHS Class of '64 and with whom I shared so many unforgettable memories.  As an aside, I just finished reading Jack's book, The Revolutionaries, and would highly recommend it to anyone who loves American history and is interested in the personalities and events instrumental to the birth of our nation.

Rosanne Bass (Keynan)

                              AN AWARD WITH A DIFFERENCE!

                          (posted by Preston Cook, Kathy Dalgety Miehls and Rosanne Bass)

The Class of 1964/Jack Rakove History Award comes with a $1,000 grant and will be one of the most prestigious given by ETHS – and it will be different from all other awards at the school. Why?

Because finding one's way as an adolescent today is even more difficult than in our day; our award recognizes that and rewards development over time. The awardees will not have been born bookworms; they may not have been identified as child “braniacs.” They will not necessarily have brought home straight-A report cards. Rather, they will have caught a spark from their teachers that ignites and leads to an avid interest in history or the social sciences during their high school years.

Read what Jack Rakove wrote when he sent in his donation:

The idea behind this, which Kathy (Miehls) helped to work out with the social studies department, is neat . . . because rather than award excellence alone, it takes into account intellectual growth and the whole process of individual students coming alive to learning in the course of high school. . . . this really fits, I think, with what ETHS has become: still an excellent school like the one we attended, but also one that has evolved significantly over the half century (that amazing period) since our graduation.

To read more about the Class of '64 Award, click on the link in the column at the left of this page.

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Thanks to the generosity of more than 30 classmates, we now have funds totaling $11,000 – we’re on our way! The first award can be presented at this year’s Commencement ceremony.

A huge thank you to these classmates,

who donated since our last posting!*

Judy Anderson

Winston Alt

Martin Schwartz

      Remembering Gerri Bach Deerfield, who made my friend Jim so happy, and Wally Schnell, who        personified the spirit of our class

Patricia Richey Wanzenberg

       In memory of Gerri Bach Deerfield, my very dear friend so missed

Sherry Hirsch

Susan Barrett

Marilyn Golan Bogan

       In memory of all our deceased classmates and

       in honor of the re-connected Colorado alumni crowd

Nancy Schroeder
      With best wishes to Jack Rakove
 

Ruth Gross

      In memory of ETHS history teachers Charles Thomas,   Justin Kestenbaum, Thomas Sharp and Bernard Mattson

Art Hallstrom

Joan Hirschman

       In memory of and gratitude to my parents, who moved our        family to Evanston

Carolyn Saul

Stephen Place

       In memory of my father, ETHS Class of      1937

Sherwin Jay Siegall

       In memory of my brother Howard Siegall,    ETHS Class    of 1959, my parents, for        moving        to Evanston, and all our departed classmates

Cynthia Major

Alison Van Swearingen Brown

       In memory of all our deceased classmates and with thanks to Jack Rakove for bringing the        Revolutionary period      alive

Pat Wanzenberg

Jack Rakove

       In memory of my ETHS teachers Bernard    Mattson, Thomas Sharp and Nadine Sharp and        with thanks to the   Award committee
Judi Lindgren

Marjorie Leopold

Fred Brostoff

       In memory of my parents who moved to Evanston for the   sake of their children’s education

Terry Levine Rose

       In honor of all our amazing classmates,        living and deceased

Holly Romans Green

       In memory of our deceased classmates

­*If you have donated more than two weeks ago and do not see your name here, or if the dedication is incorrect, please let us know.

An award in the name of our class can be given in perpetuity – IF we match the amount we have now. Please help make that happen. If you have pledged, kindly send in your donation. If you are in touch with former classmates, tell them you have given, and ask them to consider chipping in, too.

Here’s how:

DONATE NOW:  By check, or online with a credit/debit card. All gifts are tax-deductible and will be managed by the Alumni Association.

• By check—make it payable to the “ETHS Alumni Association,” and write “Jack Rakove Award” on the memo line. Send your donation to: ETHS Alumni Association, 1600 Dodge Ave., Evanston, IL 60201, attn: David Futransky.
• Online—To pay by credit/debit card, go to the ETHS website (https://eths.revtrak.net/tek9.asp?pg=products&grp=155)  To donate in memory of or in honor of a friend or loved one, please indicate the honoree’s name in the box provided. See the message under “Special Instruction” if you want someone to be notified of your tribute. Click “add to cart” and proceed to the payment page. You will receive an acknowledgement from the Alumni Association. 

            Our Generous Donors to Date

Joan Hirshman

Another mini reunion. Joan Novinson Nicholson and Joanie Hirshman. Together on the Kitsap Peninsula in WA State. And, we'll do it again since Joan N. lives in Port Townsend, WA  and Joanie H. is camping all of April at Ft. Worden State Park at Port Townsend! 

Kathy Dalgety (Miehls)

Thanks to everyone who has donated so far to the Class of 1964 Jack Rakove Award! I have donated in memory of my late brother, David Dalgety, Class of 1970. 

Gloria DeFilipps (Brush)

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I've made my contribution as well in memory of classmates no longer with us.

Gloria

Vicki Hlavacek

I just donated to the Jack Rakove Award in memory of our deceased classmates.

Ruth Roberts

Renee Sherer (Schleicher)

I, too, have donated to the Jack Rakove Award, in memory of Roy Gutman.  Does anyone know how much has been raised so far?

Michael Silverman

I'm donating to the Jack Rakove Award in memory of my parents who originated the nickname "Happy Jack" and who correctly observed that Jack's intellect was at a completely different level than that of my other friends.  Unfortunately, that bar wasn't all that high.  Sorry Pete.  In any event, I'm glad to be a part of it.

Janet Bos (Lefevre)

I just donated to the Jack Rakove award in memory of my best best friend at ETHS, Cathy Carlborg. 

Suzanne Blumenfeld (Zipkoff)

I just donated to the Jack Rakove Award in loving memory of my parents Leo and Natalie Blumenfeld who I lost over 25 years ago. 

Patricia (Fatima) Lassar

I was already familiar with the names of two distinguished alumni from the previous year. They, like Jack, live in California. One is actor Jeremy Pivens and the other is Astro Teller. He head's the "moonshot" projects at Google X and is the grandson of two Nobel Prize winners. Your relatives would not qualify you for this award nor would your class rank. But I am still curious.

I'm going to send in my donation to the JR scholarship as soon as I've finished posting. 

Has anyone else wished they had a digital file of the reunion book? The trouble with only having a hard copy is there is no way to correct errors, make changes, or add to our contact information until the next reunion.

I propose the reunion book information be available as a download file on the website. Perhaps there is now an updated version to download. 

How much time would be saved when arranging reunion get togethers, if one didn't have to manually transfer the information to send email to groups of local people. A few emails bounced back with "failure to deliver" 

If that isn't possible then perhaps it could be sent as an attachment to individuals upon request. Someone would have to respond to these requests. If I had a copy to send, I would even volunteer to be that person. 

Now I'm off to click on the donation link. 

Bonnie Robinson

I agree with Fatima. There should definitely be a downloadable version of book. Like Fatima, it's far easier to make changes that way as well as not wasting paper and time re-posting on our site.

Vernon Neece (Neece)

It is my understanding that Jeremy Pivens stars in the PBS show "Mr Selfridge".

Kathy Dalgety (Miehls)

Please look at the new message on the "ETHS News" link in the left-hand column. ETHS was a featured story on the PBS NewsHour last night (Wednesday, May 27) for its amazingly successful acceleration of student enrollments in AP classes, especially for students of color, and the success rates of kids in AP courses is jaw-dropping across all races. There's a link there so you can view the PBS segment. I think you'll come away feeling proud to be an ETHS alum. 

Nancy Schroeder

Glad to see ETHS is continuing to improving school for all ages and races. Thanks for letting us all know

Charles Schulz

I have been very pleased with all the communication about the Jack Rakove Award and the great notes from the contributors.  I have read the great letters about the gifts and would like to note that the Fund is a result of the spirit of the class of '64.  The class was amazing in its interactions of our studying and discussions about how to move ahead.  Again, I am delighted with the award and the fund.  All the Best,  Chuck Schulz

Rosanne Bass (Keynan)

I agree with Chuck.  And I have made an additional gift to the fund in memory of the nine worshippers slain at their historic church in Charleston. --Rosanne

Afterthought: It has been interesting and rewarding to read all the comments. I wish there were a Facebook-like "Like" button! (Don't worry, webmasters Fred Brostoff and Art Hallstrom, it's not a request, just a wish. You are doing a praiseworthy job!)