The Wheatley School Alumni Association Newsletter # 251
Class of 1966 Reunion; Eastman, Engoron, Devon and Halpern; and our pets (what would we do without them?)
The Wheatley School Class of 1966 60th-Year Reunion is in the Works
The Wheatley School Class of 1966 60th-Year Reunion Committee is in full swing. The members are:
Beverly Berman Hornick
Larry Fox
Amy Gruskin Gerstein
Alison Kent Bermant
Charline Krakauer Fredericksen
Diana Noble Rubinger
Bette Spiro Neuman -
Suzanne Stone
The Committee is planning a wonderful event for Saturday night, October 17, 2026, in NYC. Please mark your calendars! If you have any questions and/or suggestions about the reunion, kindly contact Suzanne Stone (mshb2000@aol.com) or Diana Noble Rubinger (diana4425@gmail.com). In addition, Diana will be sending an email with requests for your interest in the reunion and updating your contact information.
They (and I) would appreciate any and all help in located the following “Lost” individuals:
Abel, Susan
Anfolisi, Pamela
Blaney, Linda-Sue
Bond, Deborah
Carmody, Marilyn
Carrano, Marie
Clark, Neil
Connolly, Vincent
Custer, Margaret
DellAquila, Carmine
DeStefano, Stephanie
DiGiovanni, John
Elahi, Ellie
Fiore, Teresa
Foster, Joseph
Helmstadt, Mary
Hirsch, Paul
Hogarty, Barbara
Hyman, Marjorie
Jenness, Robert
Kipp, Randolph
Kraus, Dennis
Mattiace, Peter
Maxin, Debra
McClellan, Katherine
Mundhenk, Margaret
Nocito, William
Palazzo, Leonard
Perkins, William
Phillips, Laura
Picardy, Maurice
Reich, Francine
Reicher, Jane
Rosenberg, Alan
Ryals, Kathryn
Sherry, Linda
Tworkowski, Alexander
Yoder, Warren
Graduates
1966 - Robert Eastman - “The photo of Amy Gruskin’s (1966) Sweet 16 is the first photo that has appeared in the Newsletter as to which I was able to identify each and every young lady. It certainly brought back many memories.”
1967 - Art Engoron - I just began working for NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) as a, what else?, arbitrator and mediator. I’m honored to join their roster of legal heavy-hitters who decide (arbitrate) or help settle (mediate) cases that otherwise likely would need to be litigated (slow, costly, exasperating). If you submit a case, you can request me (and I would be tickled pink if you did). NATIONAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION
1971 - Dwight Devon - Deceased
1971 - Phillip Halpern - Survived
Phil Halpern's San Diego Union-Tribune Article
The WildCAT Pets Gallery
Willoughby is Lyn Goldsmith’s (1970) miniature Australian Shepherd, 4.5-years-old, 35 lbs. who is a certified therapy dog. We go to elementary schools and libraries and children who have reading problems read to her. We also go to the Department of Children and Families to support their social workers, and we got to play Santa Clause there this year for the kids:
From the Archives
TWSAA Webmaster Keith Aufhauser, Class of 1963, at the first Wheatley School Alumni Association NYC Luncheon, at Forlini’s on January 15, 2013
John Corwin, Class of 1964, at the first Wheatley School Alumni Association NYC Luncheon, at Forlini’s on January 15, 2013
Kenneth Yagoda, Class of 1965, at the first Wheatley School Alumni Association NYC Luncheon, at Forlini’s on January 15, 2013
L-R - Karen Hope Wattel Arenson, Adrienne Lagin, and Marjorie Schuh Silver, all Class of 1966, at the first Wheatley School Alumni Association NYC Luncheon, at Forlini’s on January 15, 2013
Anita Green Crowley, Class of 1967, at the first Wheatley School Alumni Association NYC Luncheon, at Forlini’s on January 15, 2013
L-R - Karen Danziger (1971) and Halayne Ehrenberg (1969) at the first Wheatley School Alumni Association NYC Luncheon, at Forlini’s on January 15, 2013
Lynn Greenbaum, Class of 1969, at the first Wheatley School Alumni Association NYC Luncheon, at Forlini’s on January 15, 2013
Dana Seman, Class of 1970, at the first Wheatley School Alumni Association NYC Luncheon, at Forlini’s on January 15, 2013
Fan Mail
Arlene Bach Houck (1960) - ❤️
Natalie Cobb Wentworth - ❤️
1964 (Richard Ilsley) - ❤️
1964 (Susan Obrant) - ❤️
1965 (Phyllis Galella Luckey) - ❤️
1965 (Louise Kampa Triano) - “❤️ As always, a great read and lots of great pictures from some luncheon or other in NYC. Thank you.”
1965 (Laurel Osrow) - ❤️
1967 (Jill Simon Forte) - “Thanks for giving me memories that make me smile.”
1968 (Lois Hegyi Goldstein) - ❤️
1970 (Lyn Goldsmith) - ❤️ - “Thanks for all you do, Arthur!”
1970 (Kenny Ruby) - ❤️
1972 (Jeffrey Kargman) - ❤️
1974 (Melanie Artim) - ❤️
1974 (Joseph LeoGrande) - ❤️
The Official Notices
All underlined text is a link-to-a-link or a link-to-an-email-address. Clicking anywhere on underlined text, and then clicking on the text that pops up will get you to your on-line destination or will address an email.
The Usual Words of Wisdom
Thanks to our fabulous Webmaster, Keith Aufhauser (Class of 1963), you can regale yourself with the first 248 Wheatley School Alumni Association Newsletters (and much other Wheatley data and arcana) at our website:
The Wheatley School Alumni Association Website
Also thanks to Keith is our search engine, prominently displayed on our home page: type in a word or phrase and, wow!, you’ll find every place it exists in all previous Newsletters and other on-site material.
I edit all submissions, even material in quotes, for clarity and concision, without any indication thereof. I cannot and do not vouch for the accuracy of what people tell me, as TWSAA does not have a New Yorker style fact-checking department.
We welcome any and all text and photos relevant to The Wheatley School, 11 Bacon Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568, and the people who administered, taught, worked, performed, and/or studied there. Art Engoron, Class of 1967
Closing
That’s it for The Wheatley School Alumni Association Newsletter # 251. Please send me your autobiography before someone else sends me your obituary.
Art
Arthur Fredericks Engoron, Class of 1967
646-872-4833
Thanks for all you do, Art. Regarding your new undertakings and your past record of handing out fines to.... ahh, deserving parties....I expect you'll be in great demand by the stakeholders in arbitrations and mediations