Among Friends – Spring 2023
- Doing Well and Doing Good: Alumni in Medicine
For decades and even centuries Moorestown Friends School has produced graduates who “do well and do good” in medicine and allied fields. This tradition of excellence includes Alice Paul Merit Award winners Mary Ellen Avery ‘44 (winner of National Science Medal for contributions to pediatrics), Christian Hansen ’50 (a pediatrician who spent most of his career traveling to impoverished countries to aid malnourished and sick children), Peter and Bonnie Greenfield Reagan ’64 (physicians and community leaders), Tom Hedges ’67 (ophthalmologist and humanitarian), Ken Mayer ’68 (pioneer in AIDS research). Anne Rosenberg ’74 (distinguished surgeon), Maria Elena del Socorro Jefferds ’89, Ph.D. (nutrition expert at the CDC). Increasing numbers of MFS grads are entering into the medical profession and adjacent fields. Enjoy reading about these graduates who are continuing this tradition of MFS alumni serving communities with their expert talents and skills in medical care. - TIME Chief Marketing Officer Sadé Muhammad Provides Career Day Keynote Remarks
- MFS To Join Burlington County Scholastic League
- Long-Time Development Administrator Beth Stouffer Retires
- In Memoriam
Alumni News
MFS May Day Celebration takes place Friday, May 4
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Professor Robin Bachin ’84 Publishes Historical Manuscript That Provides a One-of-a-Kind Peek into the Challenges of a Single Working Mother in the 1920s
Robin Bachin '84 served as editor and annotator of her latest work, Big Bosses: A Working Girl’s Memoir of Jazz Age America. The autobiography, written in the 1920s, was penned by Althea Altemus, a single mother who worked as a personal secretary for the most...
Reception and Book Signing with Emmy Award-Winning ABC Journalist Linsey Davis ’95
Wednesday, March 21 from 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. Stokes Hall Lobby Click here to Purchase and Reserve a book for Linsey to sign. The World is Awake, the first Children’s Book by Linsey Davis '95 takes readers on a journey to find the extraordinary in the ordinary. Emmy...