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Perkins School for the Blind
Annual Report 2003

COVER PHOTO CAPTION:  Preschool students Cullen Gallagher and Shae Ramos walk on the Perkins campus.

INSIDE FRONT COVER PHOTO CAPTION:  "I've learned from Perkins...when you set your mind to it, and just follow through, and you have a plan of action, you can succeed in anything you want."- Stephen Yerardi, Perkins Student Council President, receiving the Marcy Scott Leadership Award, Spring 2003

CAPTION ON PAGE ONE:  Perkins School for the Blind is committed to helping children and adults who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind, or with multiple disabilities reach their greatest possible independence.

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT:
In our complex society, there are many approaches to how we operate in our communities. A Fulbright Scholar from India who is currently doing research at Perkins offered her sentiments: "People with vision and hearing have an obligation to help those who do not have those senses. It is our way of expressing gratitude for the luxury of being able to see and hear." Her words echo the sentiments of Perkins leaders and staff in the 1800's-and can ring true today. 

Perkins is committed to helping people who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind or with multiple disabilities reach for their greatest independence. Right now, Perkins staff is helping 200 students on campus and 450 babies in their homes throughout Massachusetts. We serve 17,000 patrons through Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library and 10,400 individuals who are deafblind or have multiple disabilities and their families in developing countries. Our staff helps elders in their homes and at our Elder Learning Center. They also go into public schools to help mainstreamed students who are blind. For over 40,000 people every year, Perkins is helping make independence a reality. 

We would like to bring your attention to initiatives and events that impact many - 

Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library
In this era of state budget cuts, Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library (BTBL) has succeeded in 
continuing to provide quality services to 17,000 patrons. Funding cuts stretched resources that already rely on 155 volunteers donating over 11,000 hours of service every year. We are grateful to volunteers, staff and patrons who have been spreading the word of the importance of Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library for people who do not have the opportunity to patronize their local library or bookstore.

The Kevin J. Lessard Endowed Fund for Parent & Teacher Initiatives 
Last spring, to honor the 35 years of service and dedication of Kevin J. Lessard, the eighth leader of Perkins School for the Blind, the Board of Trustees, parents, colleagues, alumni and friends established the Kevin 
J. Lessard Endowed Fund for Parent and Teacher Initiatives. Lessard helped Perkins expand to become a trusted friend of parents, children, alumni, teachers and colleagues around the world. The fund in his name continues his auspicious work.

Sports Clinic with Marla Runyan and Bill Rodgers 
Perkins Ambassador and Olympic runner Marla Runyan and marathon celebrity Bill Rodgers coached enraptured Perkins students to always reach for their dreams. Marla, the number one ranked US female marathon runner, is legally blind and a true inspiration. It was a special treat for Perkins athletes to run with such a profound role model and literally to follow in her footsteps toward their own dreams. Marla was 
also guest of honor at a downtown reception sponsored by Perkins and threw the opening pitch at a Red Sox game after Perkins student John Castillo sang the National Anthem.

The Thomas & Bessie Pappas Horticulture Center 
The Thomas Anthony Pappas Foundation and The Bessie Pappas Foundation made a remarkable gift to Perkins three years ago that launched a campaign to build a stunning new 5,000 square foot horticulture center. This fall, a gala dinner celebrated the opening of the center which houses three classrooms, a large glass greenhouse with interactive water fountains, and a geothermal energy system. Horticulture, with academic, therapeutic and vocational benefits, is now available to all Perkins programs from infants to elders. 

St. Petersburg & the Baltics
With support from the Hilton/Perkins Program, a school for the blind in St. Petersburg, Russia, has incorporated its first classroom for blind children with multiple disabilities or deafblindness as a result of training by a Perkins Educational Leadership Program graduate. In addition, we are assisting a university to develop graduate courses to prepare teachers of blind children with multiple disabilities. In nearby Estonia, Hilton/Perkins has helped several schools to introduce their first classes for deafblind students, and a parent organization is running courses and support for families. We are also helping services for deafblind children to expand in Lithuania. 

Touching Lives 
Perkins hosted two screenings of the documentary film, Touching Lives: Portraits of Deaf-Blind People, which originally premiered at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and featured several Perkins graduates. In the words of Perkins graduate, spokesperson and  member of the panel after the screening, Jaimi Lard, "People who are deafblind have lived in isolation. The movie helps people learn not to be afraid of us."

Perkins 175th Anniversary
Please join us during the 2004-2005 school year to help us celebrate Perkins 175th year as the first school for the blind in the United States. Open houses, concerts and galas are a few of the events that will take place during the year-long celebration. Check our Website www.Perkins.org for updates. Thank you for your interest in the work of Perkins School for the Blind. Please join us and learn how parents and teachers work together to create further independence for our students. We thank everyone for all the different ways of supporting Perkins, and we hope many more will become members of the Perkins family.

C. Richard Carlson, Chairman 
Steven M. Rothstein, President


PARENTS, TEACHERS, & INDEPENDENCE:

SECTION QUOTE:  "Ten years ago I was giving up completely... Not now. I'm looking forward to the next ten years."  - Marjorie Vogel, Participant in Perkins Elders Learning Center

SECTION CAPTION:  Perkins services span the globe and touch people of all ages. As a part of our mission of helping people reach their fullest potential, Perkins understands that:
...parents are any child's best advocate
...skilled teachers and professionals are essential and that 
...the definition of independence is different for every person.

PARENTS
Parents are the first teachers for any child, for they know their child best. Parents of children with visual impairments are no different. Yet having a child with a disability complicates parenting. Immediate and long-term questions arise. How will my child know when I'm near? How will she find her toys? Where will he go to school? Will he make friends? How will she support herself as an adult?  
Perkins is there for families every step of the way. We help parents understand their baby's diagnosis, what resources are available and, instead of focusing on obstacles, what their daughter or son can do. We help build national parent organizations to help families advocate for their children. We work with students and their parents to develop plans for college or group homes after leaving Perkins. Together, Perkins and families are building the strongest foundations.


Perkins Panda
Literacy for sighted children begins when they sit on their parents' laps to look at their first picture book. It is the same for visually impaired children-but they need adapted materials. Perkins staff has been working with parents to develop the Perkins Panda Early Literacy Program to lay the foundation for literacy. The program is complete with tactile books, audio tapes, workbooks, resource guides and a main character, Perkins Panda, a plush stuffed bear with high-contrast black and white markings to be more easily seen by children with low vision. The Perkins Panda strives to make early literacy less intimidating and more accessible for children and their parents.

Infants & Toddlers
Without vision, a child is less aware of the world, less able to explore or imitate, and less likely to learn without guidance. Perkins staff members visit 450 homes throughout Massachusetts to help parents of children from birth to age three learn how to encourage their children's growth. Some parents also bring their children one day a week to Perkins for a morning program where educators, social workers, other clinical staff and other parents share ideas, support and guidance. Alumni Days bring over 125 people back to campus, and staff are always available to parents as their children grow.

Annual Early Intervention Conferences
For 20 years, Perkins annual conference for families of children with visual impairments from birth to age seven has provided a life line. Because blindness and severe low vision are low-incidence conditions, parents often do not have the opportunity to meet and learn from other families with similar children. Mothers, fathers, grandparents and professionals attend seminars. Children have free daycare. Such connections help hundreds of families every year see a brighter future for their children.

On Campus & Abroad
What begins intensively with the parents of the youngest children continues through all Perkins services. Perkins students travel between home and school with notebooks in which teachers record the student's daily activities and parents record home life. Family days are common in all programs.  At the end of Outreach weekends when mainstreamed students with visual impairments stay on campus for special programs and connect with peers, Perkins staff leads training and information sharing sessions with parents. Internationally, Perkins has helped parents come together in over 80% of our partner programs in Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe to begin formal parent organizations that advocate for the educational rights of their deafblind children.

National Parent Organizations
The National Association of Parents of Children who are Visually Impaired (NAPVI) and the National Family Association for Deaf-Blind (NFADB) both receive financial and professional support from Perkins to ensure that parents have strong, independent and knowledgeable voices on behalf of their children. In 1992, Perkins worked with parents to help found NFADB. Perkins has supported NAPVI since 1989 and today also gives additional grants to NAPVI branches in 20 states across the country.

PHOTO CAPTION:  Learning from one another and from Perkins staff are important parts of parent groups in Perkins Infant/Toddler Program.  Pictured above is parent Dawn O'Neill with her daughter Emma.

TEACHERS
From the very beginning, Perkins has been a teacher of teachers. In the 1800's, Anne Sullivan studied the records of Perkins School for the Blind to learn the methods of teaching Laura Bridgman, Perkins graduate and the first person who was deafblind to be educated in the United States. Sullivan then took that knowledge to work with Helen Keller. Anyone who works with a child is a teacher. Today, teachers, professionals, clinicians, and paraprofessionals attend seminars on campus and study books written and produced by Perkins (including the well-known Perkins Activity & Resource Guide). Our staff travels the world to lead trainings and conferences in developing countries. Last year, Perkins and the University of Massachusetts Boston collaborated to begin New England's only graduate training program for teachers of students who are visually impaired. This year, Perkins has formalized our advanced training of New England professionals into a new training center.

Career Growth
On campus, Perkins develops and runs training sessions to hone and expand staff skills. Perkins presenters and outside speakers contribute to career development for all levels of educational, clinical and residential staff. Some of these trainings have become models and have been presented at national conferences. Many program aides who work one-on-one with students in their cottages and in classes have begun these trainings and continued to graduate study, often aided by Perkins' tuition reimbursement program.

Perkins Training Center
Perkins staff in the last year has run two dozen training events for over 600 teachers and other service providers of students who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind. Many outside professionals work in public schools without similarly trained colleagues and are in need of professional development and peer support, especially as more children with multiple disabilities enter the classroom. To meet this need, Perkins has formalized its training into a new center. Increased trainings in other New England locations, distance learning, and the development and distribution of training materials are some of the ways that Perkins Training Center will bring Perkins expertise to so many more.

Service Awards
The depth of knowledge of the Perkins staff is vast. They regularly speak at national international conferences and consistently receive awards for their work. They also bring decades of experience to Perkins services. The 2003 Service Awards honored 58 staff who have worked 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40 or 45 years in all programs from Preschool to the Braille & Talking Book Library. Program aides... classroom teachers...clinicians...grounds people... administrators...health services workers...all Perkins staff are dedicated professionals delivering the highest quality service.

International Influence
Teacher training is a significant component of the Hilton/Perkins International Program, which reaches deafblind children and their families in over 50 developing countries. To ensure that there are trained professionals to deliver services, Hilton/Perkins has worked with universities to introduce training for educators of deafblind children in 14 countries including Argentina, India, Slovakia, and Thailand. Perkins staff frequently leads training for teachers, such as multi-year training projects in the Philippines, Estonia and South Africa.

PHOTO CAPTION:  Perkins Lower School student, Natalie Keir, explains what she did that day to her teacher, Pricilla Chapin, who records it for Natalie to bring home to her parents.

PHOTO CAPTION: Since the days when Perkins trained Anne Sullivan to teach Helen Keller, Perkins has been known as a teacher of teachers.

INDEPENDENCE
The Perkins family comes together to help people grow to their greatest independence. Everyone plays an essential part-from staff, to parents, to volunteers, to donors. Together, we are helping children and adults focus on their strengths and develop new skills. We are helping people reach beyond expectations to achieve independence that might have been difficult to imagine before. Just as Perkins services are individualized to best meet a specific person's needs, independence itself means something different to every person. Every journey, every achievement is important. Perkins is there every step of the way.

Here are a few of the thousands of individual achievements of 2003 through the work of the Perkins family. 
¥ A preschool child taking his first independent 
step with a white cane.
¥ An elder adapting to vision loss and learning how to cook safely to remain living in her own home.
¥ A student writing his college applications in braille.
¥  A young deafblind girl in a wheelchair and with limited dexterity communicating by pushing buttons of an adapted computer. 
¥ A public school fifth-grader, with the help of Perkins itinerant teachers, navigating the hallways of her school.
¥ Children at an Eastern European school writing with their first Perkins Brailler. 
¥  An eight-year-old girl learning that the little bumps of braille signify words.
¥  Preschool children who are blind attending school for the first time in China.
¥  A professional adult independently listening to a recorded version of Newsweek Magazine from Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library rather than relying on a friend to read it to him.
¥ A toddler lifting a cup to his mouth.
¥  A high school student writing her first computer program.
¥  A little boy, who receives early intervention services in the Caribbean, using sign language to ask for food for the first time.
¥  A family, with a child who is blind, reading their first book together.

Thank you to everyone who is helping make independence a reality for so many in Massachusetts, New England and around the globe. Together, we are reaching so many. With your help, we can reach even more.

PHOTO CAPTIONS:  

1. Special computer programs of pictures help Deafblind Program student Malik Morris, who has profound hearing, vision and learning issues, learn words that help him increase his ability to communicate with his teachers, parents and the greater community.
2. Lower School student Morgayne Mulkern reads braille on a school field trip.
3. Andrea Monusko and Shanna Dooling from Perkins Deafblind Program and Yegue Badigue from the Secondary Program were among those who began their graduation march.

PERKINS 2003 - A COLLECTION OF PHOTOS

CAPTIONS:  
1. Lower School students and teachers at their annual field trip to Cape Cod.
2. Track athlete Bill Rodgers coaches Secondary Program student David Pothier. 
3. Nandinia Mallick and her daughter Chandrina at Perkins Infant/Toddler parent group.
4. Director of Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library Kim Charlson educates WGBH public television staff about braille, using the Perkins brailler.
5. Jessica Flores receiving her diploma from Perkins Chairman, C. Richard Carlson. 
6. Lower School student Lili Batho with her teacher Sarah Glass and program aide Tamara Drew.



SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS & REGISTRATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2003:
Off-Campus Program Participation:
Hilton/Perkins Program = 10,400
Outreach Services= 567
Infant/Toddler Services = 452
Preschool Community Services = 67
Community Living Services= 6

On-Campus Program Participation:
Secondary Services = 75
Deafblind Program = 55
Lower School Services = 54
Preschool Services = 10

Additional Service Participation:
Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library = 17,000
Howe Press = 7,900
New England Center for Deafblind = 1,880
Outreach Training/Workshops = 1,647
Parent and Family Services = 1,200
Low Vision Service = 423
Volunteer Services = 338
Diagnostic Evaluation Services = 80
Educational Leadership Program = 9


FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2003:
Resources (in dollars):
Tuition	= 27,152,500
Other Non-operating Resources = 4,350,155
Sale of Materials for the Blind = 4,244,547
Non-operating Investment Income = 3,732,519
Private Grants And Resources = 2,059,292
Net Assets Released from Restriction  = 1,668,352
Library Services = 1,527,681
Government Grants & Resources = 1,151,026
*Annual Donations = 1,133,965
Income from Outside Trusts = 252,882
Total  = $47,272,919

Annual Donations = 2.4%
Income from Outside Trusts = 0.6%
Government Grants & Resources = 2.4%
Library Services = 3.2%
Net Assets Released from Restrictions = 3.5%
Private Grants & Resources = 4.4%
Non-operating Investment Income = 7.9%
Sale of Materials for the Blind = 9.0%
Other Non-operating Resources = 9.2%

*$2,681,056 Gifts and Bequests were also received in FY 2003 for non-operating purposes.

Expenses (in dollars):
Education = 21,735,145
Employee Benefits = 7,368,943
Special Departments = 5,180,281
Buildings & Grounds = 4,125,230
Administration = 3,915,562
Depreciation = 3,432,208
Household & Food Services = 1,315,550
Interest = 	200,000
Total = $47,272,919

Interest = 0.4%
Household & Food Services = 2.8%
Depreciation = 7.2%
Administration = 8.3%
Buildings & Grounds = 8.7%
Special Departments = 11.0%
Employee Benefits = 15.6%

THE PERKINS FAMILY:
Without the generosity of donors, corporations and staff, Perkins would not be able to help so many people from infants to elders reach beyond expectations. Thank you for all of your dedication and support. Thank you for being an essential part of our family.

TOTAL GIFTS & GRANTS RECEIVED IN FY 2003 (in dollars)
Foundations & Businesses = 2,265,705
Individuals = 1,172,689
Trusts = 1,202,339
Gift Annuities & Bequests = 714,560
Total  = $5,355,293

Foundations & Businesses = 42.3%
Gift Annuities & Bequests = 13.3%
Individuals = 21.9%
Trusts = 22.5%

PHOTO CAPTION:  Terry Ricardi, a student in the Deafblind Program, and his mother, Abigail Hannaford-Ricardi, at a Perkins holiday party.


MAJOR GIFTS:
We would like to thank our generous major donors who have contributed to the Annual Fund's Visionary Society, The Kevin J. Lessard Endowed Fund for Parent & Teacher Initiatives, The Thomas and Bessie Pappas Horticulture Center and other special projects.

1829 Circle ($25,000 and above):
Anonymous
Mr. Paul D. Alizio
A.W. Baldwin Charitable 
Foundation, Inc.
Copeland Family Foundation, Inc.
Grousbeck Family Foundation
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Abdul Jomaa
Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust
Mrs. Esther Madgic
NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation
Miss Marcy A. Scott

Leader ($10,000-$24,999):
Anonymous
Mrs. Wesley Brown
Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Carlson
Mrs. Gladys Copeland
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DiBenedetto
Mrs. Mae E. Eagleson
Mrs. Donna Fanelle
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gescheidle
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hostetter, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William E. James
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lowell
Mr. Anthony L. Rinaldi
Mrs. Henry B. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Eijk Van Otterloo
Watertown Rotary Club
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley H. Willis

Steward ($5,000-$9,999):
Anonymous
Agnes M. Lindsay Trust
Ms. Alice N. Albertian
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Amory
Mr. Fred Bigony
Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Bliss
Boston Center for Blind Children
Charles River Ventures
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic M. Clifford
Fidelity Investments Foundations
Walter Henry Freygang Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hubbs
Jewish Community Foundation of Metrowest
Mr. William J. Joyce
Mrs. Elaine Lind
Mass Electric Construction Company
Oswald Family Foundation
Mr. Jerry Perl
Ms. Mattina R. Proctor
Putnam Investments, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Steiner
Mrs. Theresa M. Woolverton
Benefactor ($2,500-$4,999):
Anonymous
Mr. Robert E. Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bianchi
Mr. Edward L. Bigelow, Jr.
Frances Hollis Brain Foundation
Mr. Geoffrey A. Brown, Jr.
Mr. William L. Byrnes
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Cowden, III
Mr. Richard Crane
Mrs. Jennifer L. Eckert
Fidelity Investments Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hagopian
N. Sacca & Sons
Mr. and Mrs. Endicott Peabody, Jr.
Mr. Michael P. Quercio
Rare Coins of New Hampshire
Sanders Fund, Inc.
Sawyer Charitable Foundation
John and Ellie Svenson
Mr. Matthew B. Winthrop
Ms. Joan M. Youngman

Contributor ($1,000-$2,499):
Anonymous
Gennaro Acampora Trust
Geeta B. Aiyer and Kamesh Aiyer
Mr. Robert Amory III
Andrew W. Preston Charity Fund
Mrs. George A. Aspacher
AVICI Systems, Inc.
Ms. Nandita Bakhshi
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bell
Ms. Joan Bentinck-Smith
Bethesda Lodge, No. 30 I.O.O.F.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Buckley
Mr. Peter D. Callahan
Mr. Henry J. Camosse
Mr. Samuel B. Carr, Jr.
Chapman Waterproofing Co.
Mrs. Florence C. Chesterton
Constellation NewEnergy
Mr. John M. Corcoran
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cosgrove
Mr. Prescott C. Crafts, Jr.
Mr. Timothy A. Cunningham
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. DeLorey
Mr. George P. Denny III
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Djerf
Mr. Frank Dumas
Mr. William J. Edwards
Mr. Bradford M. Endicott
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation
Mr. John Fierke
Mr. William R. Fitz
Fleet Boston Financial
Foxboro Lions Club
Ms. Victoria Fremont
Mrs. Marc Friedlaender
Mrs. Sofia S. Fruton
Mrs. Brenda Furlong
Mr. William Gamelli and 
Ms. Tracy Vitols
Mr. Robert Garthwait
Mr. Marcel P. Gaudreau
Mr. Albert K. Gayzagian
Mr. Anoop Ghanwani
Janice and Robin Goldsmith
Albert H. Gordon
Beryl David Gorin Foundation
Mrs. Gladys M. Green
Mr. John J. Healey
Mr. Daniel Hertzler
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Holway
Mr. Joseph C. Honan
International Association of 
Lions Clubs
Mr. James D. Kiggen
Lachaise Foundation
Mr. Philip Ladd
The Joan and Theodore Levitt Family Fund at the Boston Foundation
Lions Club of Lexington, Inc.
Mrs. Arthur T. Lyman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs.Timothy D. Mann
Mr. William F. McCarthy
Mrs. Margaret H. McRory
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Monrad
Dr. and Mrs. William Moomaw
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Murray
Mr. Robert A. Norcross
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Oedel
Pinewood Acres Children's Charity, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. J. Platt
Mrs. Elaine Polley
Ms. Gail Radley
Mr. and Mrs. Einar P. Robsham
Ms. Emily Roth and 
Mr. Gregory Yannekis
Mr. David M. Rothstein and Ms. Rachel C. Laramee
Mr. Steven M. Rothstein
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. H. Gunther Rudenberg
Mrs. Mary Jean Sanspree
Mr. Mark Schwartz and 
Dr. Bettina Katz
Mrs. Jeanette Sinisi
Slade Gorton & Co., Inc.
Dr. George W. Stewart
Mrs. Molly G. Stiller
Mr. Paul Stuka
Mr. Albert H. Surprenant
Susan A. and Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation
The Roessner Family 
Foundation Inc.
Mr. John F. Tighe
Gerard B. Townsend Charitable Fund at the Boston Foundation
Mrs. Mary Truslow
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vinciullo
Mrs. Mary B. Wakefield
Mr. Laurence M. Weiss
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wells, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Williams
The Ralph B. & Margaret C. Williams Fund at the 
Boston Foundation
Mrs. Jean W. Wilson
The Rev. and Mrs. Brinton W. Woodward, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Yanofsky

Member ($500-$999)
Anonymous
Mr. Michael W. Abel
Ms. Mary Affonco
Ms. Clara Akusis
Mr. Alvin B. Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Almy, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Anastos
Mrs. Helen Antinarelli
Mr. and Mrs. A. Robert Armour
Constance M. Balodimos-Barry and David Barry
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond E. Berube
Mr. John F. Biagiotti
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Blancke
Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Blandford
Dr. Kurt Bloch
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
Ms. Margaret Wacker-Brawley
Mr. David Brudnoy
Mr. Morgan G. Bulkeley, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy H. Burdine
Mr. James Burke
Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Cabot
Mr. Charles Cheever
Christ Presbyterian Church
Mr. Joe T. Clerico
Mrs. Margaret J. Clowes
Mrs. Joan G. Coe
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard H. Cohen
Mr. William P. Condon
Mr. William Cronan
Mrs. Norman Cross
Mr. and Mrs. John I. Curtin
Ms. Mary Wyatt Cushman
Mr. Daniel O. Dahlstrom
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Darling
Mr. Paul W. DiMaura
Ms. Rose M. Donabed
Mr. John J. Donahue
Ms. Dorothy Dow
Mrs. Carroll Dwight
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Dyment
Eaton Foundation
Ms. Celia M. Echave
Edith C. Blum Foundation, Inc.
Feeley & Driscoll, P.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Flust
Ms. Natalie E. Fossati
Mr. Reinhard Frank
Mr. and Mrs. James Fuller
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Furlong
Leslie B. Gaffin and Michael A. Gaffin
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Galvin
Mr. Gregory Gaus
Mr. Paul S. Goodof
David Gorta Galkin and 
Ellen Beth Galkin
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hadzima
Dr. John N. Harker
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Haydock
Hellenic Women's Club, Inc.
Mr. Arthur R. Hilsinger
Mr. Wilbur Hooven
Ms. Jennifer M. Huntington
Martha Ingraham Lead Trust
Mrs. Wanda C. Jennings
Mr. Leo Karas
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Karp
Kearsarge Lodge 217
Mr. Owen J. Kellett
Ms. Mary Kelly
Ms. Carolyn F. Kiess
Mr. and Mrs. Seth A. Klarman
Ms. Chris Kokkinos
Mr. Michael Kolligian III
Miss Miranda Kotidis
Mr. Donald J. Kranz
Ms. Pauline F. Krull
L.W. Robbins Associates
Ms. Waltrud A. Lampe
Ms. Josee LaPlante
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Lee
Lee, Levine & Bowser LLP
Lexington Lions Club
Lions of District 33-K
Commander Francis H. Markey
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Matthews
Ms. Lois M. Monge
Mr. Amil W. Muzzio, Sr.
Mrs. Nancy V. Nesbit
Mr. Robert A. Neville
New England Plastics Corp
Mrs. John T. Nichols
Ms. Mary L. Niles
Mr. Roland F. Pease
The Maurice Pechet Foundation
Mr. Oliver Pesch
Mr. and Mrs. Erik K. Pfau
Philip S. Harper Foundation
Dr. Robert L. Piper
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Quickel, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Rand, Jr.
Mr. Charles Raso
Mr. Roger Reiser
Mr. Howard M. Reisman
Reservoir Wines & Spirits Inc.
Rockland Sons Of Italy
Rotary Club of Watertown
Ms. Louise Royall
Mr. R. W. Russell
Mr. and Mrs. Jeswald W. Salacuse
Mrs. Gertrude F. Shelley
Sholley Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Merrill I. Skolnik
Mr. Paul L. Smith
Ms. Jean A. Sorel
Sally Stuckey
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sutton
Ms. Virginia S. Taub
Mr. Harold J. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Teece
Mr. Edmund Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. William N. Thorndike, Jr.
Ms. Louise Gay Tyler
Mrs. Doris Underwood
Mr. and Mrs. Detlev Vagts
Mrs. Josephine Villere
Ms. Anna Vranos
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Washburn
Mr. Roland L. Watkins
Mr. Lloyd L. Weinreb
Westwood Lions Club, Inc.
Mrs. Fern White
Ms. Audrey Whitehead

PHOTO CAPTION:  Nathan Chiang and Win Edwards enjoy field day honoring former Director, Kevin Lessard's 35 years of service to Perkins.

THE THOMAS AND BESSIE PAPPAS HORTICULTURE CENTER:
We are grateful to the trustees of The Thomas Anthony Pappas Charitable Foundation, Inc. and The Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation, Inc. whose generosity launched our ambitious Greenhouse Campaign. Due to their leadership, Perkins received major grants from the Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation, the Weezie Foundation, the Copeland Family Foundation, the Lynton Family and Friends, the Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust, and over 6,000 individual, foundation, and corporate donors. On October 8, 2003, over 200 guests celebrated the opening of The Thomas and Bessie Pappas Horticulture Center. We are grateful to all who 
contributed to the Campaign this fund year and who are recognized under Major Gifts. The following are sponsors of the Gala Celebration.

Leaders:
Choate, Hall & Stewart
Lake Contracting, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. David Mazza
Benefactors
Brewer & Lord LLC
Constellation NewEnergy
Jennifer Eckert and Richard D'Amore
Janet and William James
Elizabeth and Ernest Monrad
N. Sacca & Sons, Inc.
Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc.
Thomas G. Gallagher Mechanical Contractors

Sponsors:
FleetBoston Financial
Keystone Systems, Inc.
Gallagher Painting Service, Inc.
Natalie and Alan Rothstein
Thomas Stemberg

Patrons:
Sam and Margaret Carr
Barbara and Fred Clifford
Linda and Thomas DiBenedetto
Mr. William W. Helman
IKON North America
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
Timothy and Elaine Mann
Dr. and Mrs. William Moomaw
Endicott and Andrea Lamp Peabody
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Ropes & Gray LLC
Theresa and William Woolverton

Contributors:
Mr. Ernest Anastos
Chapman Waterproofing Co.
Ideal Fence, Inc.
T. F. Kinnealey & Co., Inc.
LVI Environmental Services, Inc.
Mr. Joseph L. Murphy
Ms. Mary L. Niles
Iva & Jerome Preston Charitable Trust
Mr. Michael Ruane
Mrs. Gertrude F. Shelley
Bruce and Janet Spitz

In-kind Contributors:
J.R. Rosen Studio; Gourmet Caterers, Inc.; Nesnadny & Schwartz; Kent French and Ron Roy; Silvia Ciorbaru; Martignetti Company; Clark Mailing Service; Bill Momtsios; Champagne Lafayette; Be Our Guests, Inc.

PHOTO CAPTION:  Austen Abele-Castro from Lower School in the Thomas and Bessie Pappas Horticulture Center.

THE THOMAS H. PERKINS LEGACY SOCIETY:
The Thomas H. Perkins Legacy Society was established to recognize friends and donors who have established a life income fund or informed Perkins of their bequest intentions.

Helen Anders
James E. and Rosamond W. Barber
Douglas H. Barker
Norman and Joyce Beane
Edgar Bernard
Vito Bertolino
Barbara Beyea
Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Bianchi
B.E. Brooks
Natalea G. Brown
Deborah and C. Richard Carlson
Charles and Johanna Chandler
John A. Chandler
Prescott C. Crafts, Jr.
Evelyn Crossman
C.E. Dufresne
Lucy Everts
Mason and Helen Merriman Fernald
Mr. and Mrs. Milton A. Fine
Paul S. Goodof
Harold Grasse
William K. Hargreaves
Abraham Hases
Frank M. Hilliard
James Murray Howe 
Jennifer M. Huntington
Muriel Hurovitz
Hope B. Hynes
Emilie K. Jacobs
Wallace H. Kountze
Waltrud Lampe
Richard C. Lord
Adah M. Marker
Francis H. Markey
Mildred Hall Mason
Maurice J. McCarthy
Eileen Queenan McGrath
Emma Mae Miller
Nancy J. Moore
Marian Mosteller
Peter Philips
M.G. Pothier
Jan Rolff
Frances A. Sagan
Marcy Ann Scott
Dr. Richard M. Shiff
Johannes and Julia Solleveld
Nicholas U. Sommerfeld 
Elaine and Harold Sorenson
John N. Sullivan
Jana Susat
Anne Tenbook
Marilyn L. Thorpe
Irene M. Thompson
William and Geneva Thorndike
Theodore Utchen
Charles G. Warner
Dorothy G. Wilcox
The Rev. and Mrs. Brinton W. Woodward, Jr.
Albert S. Wynot

BEQUESTS:
We honor the memory of the following friends who created enduring legacies through their bequests.  
Edward Allen 
Lena E. Bragg 
John C. Campbell 
Edward H. Carey 
Cathleen Case
Edith Paraboschi Cocce
Viola Curtis 
Janice E. Dickerson 
Mabel Fenby
Louis Hanzis
Richard Hardwick Trust
Heathcote Trust
Katherine Heberton
Dorothy L. Helgren 
Helen Kanellos 
Mary Kelley Estate
M. Elizabeth Kilburn
Ann Kramer 
Marie Lages 
Thelma MacDougall 
George McNamee 
Herman Milhendler 
Elizabeth Paul Trust
Florence Patterson 
Edith Pistorino 
Beatrice Podren 
Laura E. Putnam
Parker B. Robinson 
Gladys Shapiro 
Grace E. Spellman 
Flora K. Tait
Benjamin Tischler 
Emil Von Arx
Jack and Bessie Weinbaum Trust
Margaret M. Weis 
Dorothy G. Wilcox
Hyman Zilen
Margery H. Zimmerman

THE PERKINS ENDOWMENT:
The gifts and bequests of Perkins friends make it possible for the School to sustain the excellent quality of service that has become the Perkins hallmark over the past 174 years.

While a few foundations and government grants enable Perkins to initiate new programs, the consistent support of donors makes possible our daily academic, residential and home-based programs.

You can make a bequest to Perkins School for the Blind by creating a new will, adding a codicil to your current will, designating Perkins as a beneficiary of your retirement plan, or including Perkins in your revocable trust or other estate plan.

The following language may be used for an outright gift by will.

Specific dollar amount for unrestricted use:
I give (________________) dollars to the Perkins School for the Blind, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Percentage amount for unrestricted use:
I give (__________) percent of the residue of my estate to the Perkins School for the 
Blind, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
These examples may be tailored to best suit your interests. For more information, please contact the Treasurer of the Corporation as follows:

Mr. Charles C. J. Platt, Treasurer
Planned Giving Office

Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, Massachusetts 02472

(617) 972-7284

PHOTO CAPTION:  Secondary Program student Amanda Poole before the Perkins tower.

MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES:
Donors who work for a company or business with a matching gift program can double or triple their contributions to Perkins. This year, the following companies matched gifts their employees made to Perkins School for the Blind.

Aetna Foundation, Inc.
Allmerica Financial
Altria Group, Inc.
American Express
BD Matching Gifts Program
Cigna Corporation Matching Gift Program
Computer Associates International, Inc.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Davey Tree
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
The Duke Energy Foundation
Federated Department Stores Foundation
Fiduciary Trust Company
FleetBoston Financial Foundation
FM Global Foundation
General RE Corporation
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.
Home Depot Matching Gift
Houghton Mifflin Company
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
Massport
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Millipore Foundation
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
National Grid
New England Business Service
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
The Pioneer Group, Inc.
Pitney Bowes
The Prudential Foundation
Saint Gobain Corporation
The Baupost Group, L. L. C.
The JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Velcro USA Inc.
Verizon
Waters Corporation

VOCATIONAL PLACEMENTS
We gratefully acknowledge the following local businesses for providing job training to Perkins students.

Arsenal Mall
Bentley College
Boston Scientific
Brigham House Assisted 
Living Facility
Drumlin Farm
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Howe Press 
Lesley University
Mahoney's Garden Centers
Masachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Minihane's Florist
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Hospital
Museum of Science
National Association of Parents of the Visually Impaired (NAPVI)
National Braille Press
New England Baptist Hospital
Noah's Farm
Perkins Storeroom
A. Russo & Sons
Super Stop & Shop
Tufts University
VHB
Watertown Savings Bank
Wilson Farms

PERKINS STAFF
We would like to acknowledge the following staff employed in June 2003.

Lisa S. Aboyan
Susan K. Abu-Jaber
Deborah R. Adams
Million E. Adhanom
Wendy M. Adrien
Rose Agahigian
Patricia F. Ahern
Kristen Anne Alberich
Joan E. Alden-Stone
Alexander Aleman
Mary-Jo Alexander
Monica Alexander
Emelia Allain
Eversley O. Allder
Barbara A. Allegro
Elizabeth M. Allen
Renee M. Allen
Monica Allon
Viriato N. Amado
Fariba Amirparviz
Benjamin J. Anderson
Brewster W. Anderson
Montgomery C. Anderson
Monique Antonelli
Tanja Argirovska
Jill M. Arnold
Matthew L. Arnold
Priam Augustin
Rebecca A. Avenell
Peter Avery
Meghan M. Aycock
Sonia E. Baerhuk
Barbara L. Baker
James F. Baker
Cara A. Ball
George M. Ball
Isabel M. Balmaseda
Barbara A. Bamel
Keefe Bangert
Bonnie Banks
Elizabeth M. Banta
Ann Barber
Andrea Storm Barkus
Cafer Barkus
Martin A. Baronas Jr.
Avery L. Barrett
Ana Bartholo
Michelle L. Barton
Geneva Bass
Gloria Bass
Ashley H. Bastholm
Patricia M. Bastiani
Leda Baymus
Ropin Baymus
Joseph H. Bayne III
Gregory R. Bean
Sheila J. Bean
Helen D. Beauchemin
Paul L. Beauchemin
Judith A. Beltis
Carol A. Benoit
Donna D. Bent
Rachel Victoria Berg
Shelley Bergeron
Veronika Bernstein
Michael D. Bertolami
Gilma O. Best
Barbara H. Birge
D'Lontai C. Blake
Jonathan E. Blake
Bruce J. Blakeslee
Keith A. Bocock
Carol Ann Bogue
Abigail R. Borden
Jessica L. Borger
Sandra Boris-Berkowitz
Melissa C. Boucher
Christine Boudreau
Renee N. Boutin
Delma Boyce
Sally S. Boyd
Ellen A. Branfman
Elizabeth A. Breadon
Mara A. Bresnahan
Cammeron Brice
Wendy Wright Bridgeo
John P. Brockway
Karen Brody
Eric M. Brooks
Crystofur M. Brown
Kenneth F. Brown
Shirleen Brown
Tanya D. Brown
Shawn A. Bruhl
Lorraine Bruns
Jessie D. Bryant
John M. Buchanan Jr.
Jill A. Buchanan
Susan T. Buckley
Wendy L. Buckley
Katherine A. Bull
Donald P. Burns
Paul L. Burns
Andrea D. Button
Jason E. Caira
Marianne G. Cameron
Deborah A. Campbell
Melissa A. Campbell
Molly Campbell
Judith A. Cannon
Colleen A. Canty
Seamus Carabine
Matthew L. Carey
Judd F. Carlisle
Justine S. Carlone Rines
Erica A. Carlson
Kristin C. Carlson
Margie Carney
Catherine L. Carpenter
Maryellen Carpenter
Christine A. Carroll
Winifred M. Carroll
Doni-Lynn J. Carter
Linda C. Caruso
Mary Beth Caruso
John J. Casey
Janet F. Cason
Michael Cataruzolo
Daniel R. Caterino
Ronald W. Caterino
Maria S. Centeio
Priscilla A. Chapin
Christel E. Charlesworth
Kim L. Charlson
Mary L. Chevalier
Antonieta Chisari
Roseann M. Ciesla
Mary E. Clark
Mary Jane Clark
Katherine T. Clear
Beth A. Cleary
Margaret A. Cleary
Jamie R. Cohen
Sharon L. Colantuoni
Mary T. Colbert
Michael T. Collins Jr.
Amy E. Collins
Elizabeth L. Collins
Linda Ann Collins
Michael T. Collins
Mark D. Colt
Kimberly Colvin
Kenneth D. Condon
Kimberly Anne Conlon
Daniel J. Connelly
Jessica C. Conte
Cynthia E. Coon
Arthur Cormier
Jeanne M. Cormier
Amy J. Cornellier
William F. Corrigall
Kelly L. Cote
Alicia E. Cotton
Sarah B. Coughlin
Andrea J. Covelli
Dawn R. Crist
Carol L. Crook
Kathleen S. Croy
Linda A. Cummings
Charlotte P. Cushman
Joy T. Czochanski
Donna L. D'Amore
Linde J. D'Andrea
Steven J. Davies
Elizabeth Dean
Kimberly A. Deasy
Susan M. DeCaluwe
William M. Decaneas
Marsha Delagardelle
Kimberly Delano
Nurka Delic
Elizabeth A. DeLorenzo
Kate A. DelTufo
Catherine M. DeMille
Andrea M. Denis
Laurie S. Denno
Avo Derderian
Susan M. Descarage
Carly H. Desmond
Deborah S. Devenney
Manuel Diaz
Santa I. Diaz
Anna M. DiLello
Jean DiLorenzo
Richard V. DiNapoli
Filomena Dinardo
Paul F. Doerr
David M. Doherty
John J. Donahue
Anne Marie Donna
Pauline L. Donoghue
Erin C. Dopfel
Joseph D'Ottavio
Anna M. Dourian
David J. Dourian
Ruth Dowdell
Patricia H. Downer
Lois I. Downing
Kimberly Y. Drake
Tamara Drew
Norma M. Drissel
Julie A. Dubanowitz
Donna M. Duggan Edwards
Kenneth R. Durand
Jeffrey T. Durney
Marla M. Dygon
James R. Earl
Howard Easter
John R. Eaves
William B. Edgar
Susan N. Edwards
Lynne Eisenberg
Rachel Elterman
Cynthia F. Essex
Orville L. Estwick
Mara Sideris Evans
Cathy L. Fair
Vicki J. Fallis
Erin Falzone
Richard Falzone
Christopher N. Feeley
Margaret A. Feldman
Carolyn M. Fertig
Dina M. Fiore
Denise V. Fitzgerald
Ryan T. Fitzpatrick
Susan P. Flashman
Carol A. Fleming
Josephine C. Fletcher
Jeannine L. Flick
Amy E. Flores
John P. Flynn
Patricia G. Flynn
Kathleen M. Foley
Patrick E. Ford
Claire F. Forrest
Brooke A. Fortier
Renee M. Fortin
Andrea K. Fournier
Stephen Fox
Sarah B. Franco
Lynne Wollman Frank
Harriet D. Franklin
E. Katarina Fraser
Edward Freeman
Peter Fusco
Nathan J. Galeota
Shaela M. Gallahue
Johanna W. Gammon
Celine N. Gard
Andrea L. Garewski
Elaine M. Gaughan
Paul Gavan
Terie M. Geary
Timothy M. Geary
Lindsay E. Gehrke
Jeannette Gennetian
Kamila I. Ghabrial
Alfredo Giambarella
Graciela Giambarella
Maureen E. Gibbons
Christa Gicklhorn
Elizabeth J. Gifford
Thomas J. Gilbert
Meghan D. Ginty
Maryann M. Girardi
Deborah Gleason
Brenson J. Glover
William J. Gobbi
George M. Gogas
Elizabeth A. Gompels
Anita Goncalves
Tamarra K. Gooch
Dianna L. Good
George M. Goodwin
Vincent P. Gookin
Kelly A. Gormley
Rachel Pearl Graves
Mia J. Gray
Kiley A. Griffin
Roza Grigorian
Felice S. Grippo
William C. Guanci
Lisa A. Guerra
Robert E. Guthrie III
Dana L. Guthrie
Melissa A. Guthrie
Cheryl A. Hagan-Aruda
Susan M. Haley
Thomas A. Hall
Kimberly R. Hanna O'Sullivan
Carolyn E. Hannon
Joshua A. Hanson
Arnold Harris
Heidi J. Harris
Natasha N. Harrison
Kevin J. Hartigan
Robert Hastie Jr.
Marie G. Heaton
Ronald Heaton
Teresita G. Henao
Ann F. Henry
Nancy M. Henry
Rosemary S. Henry
Karen M. Hern
Kathleen Lanz Heydt
Terry Hiller
Becky Schwarz Hoffman
Elizabeth Holbrook
Francene Holm
Yvonne E. Holmes-Harewood
Frances Neely Honan
Jonathan Kirk Horton
Cheryl A. Hovsepian
Laurel J. Hudson
Theresa A. Hughes
David Hurwood
Thomas S. Hyde
Sanford P. Hyson
Lisa Ann Jacobs
Alpha A. Jalloh
Wydonia I. Jean-Louis
Marissa K. Jenkins
Esther L. Jennison
Carlene Anne Johnson
Keri M. Johnson
Lucie A. Kafka
Marcy B. Kammer
Paula A. Kandarian
Thomasa Karabaly
Arjuna Karunaratna
Joan K. Katz
Nurhan Kaya
Solair Kaya
Martin J. Keady
Mark P. Keefe
Karen Husmann Keeler
Allison Keith
Debra E. Kelly
Dorothy A. Kelly
Jean T. Kelly
Pauline M. Kelly
Scott E. Kelly
Kelly M. Kelm
Kevin A. Kempton
Derm Keohane
Katherine L. Kerr
Jacqueline Ketchedjian
Geraldine Kiddie
Crystal J. King
Katherine King
John Kingston
Maureen A. Kingston
William A. Kirtley
Nicole L. Kissag
Kimberly Emrick Kittredge
Philip B. Kliger
Amy M. Koellner
Alexandra N. Kontes
Marguerite G. Kore
Paula R. Kosior
Kimberly J. Kozak
Deborah A. Krause
Shannon R. Krause
Laura F. Laats
Michael W. Labonte
Carmelo Vicente Laboy
Matthew C. Lacortiglia
Jeffrey J. Lafata
Charlene C. Laferrera
Diane M. Lamagna
Crista A. Lambert
Kristen M. Lane
Ellen Lang
Jennifer M. Lange
Eric S. Lannquist
Jaimi L. Lard
Angela M. Larocque
Fiona G. Larosa-Waters
Erin E. LaVallee
Kristen D. Layton-Campagna
Donna A. LeBlanc
Katie A. Ledbetter
Daisy Lee
Jason E. Leigh
Kristyn M. Leigh
Joseph R. Lemieux
Barbara E. Leone
Dorothy L. Leslie
Kevin J. Lessard
Natalie A. Levesque
Diana M. Liacos
Erica H. Lilley
Susan Lind-Sinanian
Andrea Lison
Michael P. Logerfo
Dennis A. Lolli
Ellen J. Long
Tracy Evans Luiselli
Meris M. Lutz
Darcy W. Lynch
Christine M. Mackin
Allan N. MacLean
Stephen P. Magliozzi
Martha M. Majors
Shawn R. Malcomson
Jill Manning
Karen L. Manos
Abigail N. Mara
Mildred C. Mariano
John M. Marinilli
Primo R. Martin
Lisa Anne Martino
Caterina Masciari
Santo Masciari
Barbara Mason
Andrea E. Matthews
Lisa S. Max
Ellen Mazel
Lori V. McCall
Patrick A. McCall
Mary L. McCarthy
Dana M. McCaul
Norma M. McCormack
Cheryl A. McDade
Kelly A. McElroy
Susanne E. McFarlin
Niamh M. McGauley
Brendan M. McGee
Betsy Lee McGinnity
Rita J. McGrath
Timothy S. McGrath
Beverly McKenzie
Tim A. McNaugher-Chance
Karol McNaught-O'Laughlin
Alicia J. McNeill
James M. McNiff Jr.
Sarah A. McPhillips
Franklin F. Mead
Nancy M. Megna
Lesa M. Mehl
Lawrence J. Melander
Brent A. Melanson
Zabel Melkonian
Michele M. Mercier
Jeffrey E. Migliozzi
Barbara S. Miles
Thomas R. Miller
Jason Mills
Dian M. Milton
Anne K. Mingolelli
Domingas D. Miranda
Vasilios Momtsios
Marie R. Montas
Vanessa R. Montes
Amanda Montgomery
Julie J. Moore
Marcia M. Moore
Eileen R. Morange
Leigh A. Moreno
Emma Morillo
Ami E. Morrison
Alysia D. Morrissey
Ann Marie Moruzzi
Anderson J. Mottley
Sharmin O. Mottley
Nancy L. Muldrew
Claire M. Mulvaney
Karen E. Murphy
Leon J. Murphy
Michael G. Murphy
Tamara J. Murphy
Tara E. Murphy
John P. Murray
Angela A. Muscetta-Smith
Kelly A. Myers
Scott A. Myers
Sherri L. Myers
Tanya A. Myers
Marion G. Myhre
Jennifer A. Nagarah
Christian Nelson
Jeanne Newell
Hanh T. Nguyen
Joyce A. Nicholas
Denise E. Nichols
Brenda S. Nicolas
Scott W. Nilsen
Barbara Nixon
Linda Jean Nogueira
Paul W. Nogueira
Rachael L. Noyes
Carolina Nunez
Suzanne Oates
Jennifer O'Brien
Maureen A. O'Brien
Cynthia M. O'Connell
Elizabeth H. O'Gara
Dane O. O'Hara
Laura T. O'Keefe
Linda A. Oleson
Megan K. Opolski
Sarah S. Owens
Cheryl A. Papas
Alan J. Paradis
Elizabeth Parkhurst
Amy L. Paro
Anita D. Patel-Boothroyd
Shelley K. Patterson
Mary E. Pavlus
Icilda Peart
Florence H. Peck
Michael V. Pecorella
Mark A. Pennington
Janette B. Peracchio
Harold S. Perkins II
Stephen D. Perreault
Jodi R. Peters
Mary H. Peters
Lillian Peterson
Gregory L. Philip
Elaine Phillips
Amanda B. Pietrowski
Elizabeth Pike
Charles H. Pimlott
Jocelyn D. Plasse
Jose P. Pleitez
Christine A. Plunkett
Marilyn Poindexter
Tracey Y. Polimeno
David J. Ponte Jr.
Linda M. Porelle
Elizabeth Trask Porter
Jennifer McCall Potter
George H. Powell
Larry D. Pratt
Helen L. Pride
Melinda A. Quigley
Patricia Racheotes
Julie A. Rangel
Barry S. Reilly
Christine Reilly
Kris E. Reynolds
Marianne Riggio
Nicole F. Ristuccia
Jose H. Rivera
Deirdre J. Roach
Sharon Morris Roberts
Jacqueline M. Roderiques
Winston Rodriguez
Kristen D. Roper
Elvira A. Rosati
Jane R. Rosen
Ann Ross
Harold A. Ross
Linda F. Rossman
Valentina S. Rost
Charles H. Roth
Linda Ahern Roth
Steven M. Rothstein
Rosalind Rowley
Amanda L. Rufenach
Vincent M. Russo
Britton L. Rust-Chester
Katherine P. Rutherford
Oris C. Ryan
Pamela J. Ryan
Shawn P. Ryan
Patricia A. Salvo
Mary C. Salvucci
Damian A. Sanchez
Kevin M. Sanderson
Zabel Santourian
Pamela J. Sargent
Anya A. Savadyan
Suren A. Savadyan
Karyn M. Sawin
Laura J. Sawin
Ida M. Scarlett
Carrie M. Schaffner
Dana R. Schaul-Yoder
William J. Schmitt
Jennie S. Schofield
Barbara J. Schohn
Madeleine C. Schulman
Marcy Scott
Erin B. Selke
Betsy A. Sennott
Janice E. Seymour-Ford
Maqsuda Shaikh-Alam
Susan Shannon
Debra E. Sharpe
Jennifer M. Shaughnessy
Jeffry B. Sheldon
Deborah Shih
Thomas M. Shippie
Dorothy A. Shore
Jeanette F. Silberstein
Ruth A. Silverstein
Karen E. Simmons
Phillip R. Simpson
Yue-Ting Siu
Shaun M. Skeya
Alex N. Small
Alexandra J. Smith
Alicia G. Smith
Deborah K. Smith
Michael N. Smith
Michele P. Smith
Rachel A. Smith
Matthew G. Snook
Aquinaldo Soares
Arawalous Soghomonian
Jorge Luis Solenzal
Margarita Solis
Mary G. Sparks
Justine M. Spinelli
Laura E. Spinner
Tammy L. Spiro
Janet H. Spitz
Jennifer M. Starrett
Carol A. Staula
Robert C. Steele
Sharon A. Stelzer
Ricardo A. Stengel
Catherine M. Stenmon
Casey E. Stephens
Nicole Laffan Stewart
Elizabeth E. Stokinger
Jevens W. Strachan
Sally Stuckey
Anne L. Sullivan
James T. Sullivan
Patricia J. Sullivan
William R. Sullivan
Susan J. Summersby
Mary-Jo Surette
Aaron C. Sutton
Anne S. Sutton
Aric C. Sutton
Rebecca A. Sutton
Daniel J. Swan
Tara E. Sweeney
Brenda C. Syniuta
Mary E. Talbot-Fox
Kelly L. Taranto
Daniela H. Tartakoff
Varjini Tazian
Edward R. Teehan
Dehab A. Teklu
Nicholas S. Telles
Elizabeth M. Templeton
Mark H. Templeton
Margaret Terrio
Helen M. Thiebaud
Christine E. Thompson
Lee-Anne M. Thoms
Peter S. Tighe
Roberta Tomascoff
Barbara Torchetti
Juan A. Torres
Elizabeth F. Torrey
Lisa M. Tracy
Catherine M. Tradd
Mary M. Trainor
Elizabeth C. Traubert
James R. Travaglia
Josephine G. Travaglia
Maire B. Trayers
Alan P. Traynor
Adele Trytko
Sheila L. Tunney
Ursula R. Turano
Sharon E. Turner
Georgianne Tyrance
Christopher Underwood
William F. Utley
Svetlana Valevski
Melissa A. VanHam
Margaret L. Vasquez
Francisco H. Velez
Maryse T. Velney
William A. Vigna
Pamela S. Villarroel
DeVann D. Vincent
Vicki J. Vogt
Marie Vollemans
Lorraine R. Wales
Nicole B. Wallace
Deidre E. Walsh
Susan A. Walsh
Harriet C. Ward
Courtney K. Warren
Jennifer L. Warren
Stephen L. Waterhouse
Jordan Weaver
Kathryn H. Webb
Walton Webson
Jessica L. Weinburg
Terri L. Werner
Margaret S. Westerlund
Ellen M. White
Orley White
Miranda K. Whitmore
Andrai P. Whitted
Virginia P. Whitted
Meredith Whitten
Carolyn J. Widen
Aidan E. Wilkie
Darrell S. Williams
Nora J. Williams
Carolyn Willwerth
Jennifer M. Wilsey
Kara A. Wilson
Vicki A. Wilson
Walter E. Wilson
James L. Witmer
Catherine T. Woodland
Darick W. Wright
Joel M. Wright
Sheila A. Wynter
Mary Zatta
Edy Zepeda
Kuan-Yin Zoll
Diane Zuck

BOARD OF TRUSTEES & OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION*:

OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION
Chairman - C. Richard Carlson
Vice Chairs - Linda DiBenedetto & Dudley H. Willis
Secretary - Charles A. Cheever
Treasurer - Charles C.J. Platt
Honorary Trustees - Roland M. Achin, Helen Fernald, John Lowell, H. Gilman Nichols, Jr., & Nicholas U. Sommerfeld

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
C. Richard Carlson**
Frederic M. Clifford**
Linda DiBenedetto**
William J. Edwards
Brenda J. Furlong
Albert Gayzagian**
Loretta Warner Holway
Janet Burrows James
William A. Lowell
Andrea Lamp Peabody
Dudley H. Willis
The Rev. Brinton W. Woodward, Jr.

MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION*
Mr. Anthony Ackerman
Mr. John Airasian
Ms. Nandita Bakhshi
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bardeen
Mrs. Paul Bauguss
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bennett, Jr.
Mr. Philip Bianchi
Ms. Nathalie H. Bonsal
Mr. Christopher Cabot
Mr. Samuel Cabot, III
Mr. Peter D. Callahan
Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Carlson
Mr. Samuel B. Carr, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ansel B. Chaplin
Mr. Charles Cheever
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic M. Clifford
Mr. David Crohan
Mrs. Betsy Z. Demirjian
Mr. Dean K. Denniston, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DiBenedetto
Mr. Dana Djerf
Dr. Robert B. Downes
Mrs. Jennifer L. Eckert
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Edwards
Dr. John R. Eichorn
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ellis
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Fernald
Mr. William R. Fitz
Mr. William Gamelli
Mr. Albert K. Gayzagian
Mrs. Janice Goldsmith
Mr. Paul S. Goodof
Rabbi Earl Grollman
Miss Cynthia Hallowell
Mr. Charles T. Haydock
Mr. William T. Heisler
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Holway
Mr. Nelson D. Hooe, Jr.
Mrs. Emilie K. Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. William E. James
Mr. Eric H. Jostrum
Mr. Christopher P. Kauders
Mrs. Gregory Khachadoorian
Mr. George H. Kidder
Mr. Ernest V. Klein
Mr. Philip Ladd
Mrs. Cynthia Lessard
Mr. David W. Lewis, Jr.
Mr. Peter B. Loring
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lowell
Mrs. Olive MacDougall
Mrs. Elaine Frazer Mann
Mr. Byrant McBride
Mrs. Patricia McGovern
Mr. John F. McNamara
Mr. Walter E. Mercer
Mr. Harold T. Miller
Mr. Winthrop G. Minot
Mrs. G. Monks
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Monrad
Dr. and Mrs. William Moomaw
Ms. Pauline Moor
Mrs. Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani
Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilman Nichols, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Endicott Peabody, Jr.
Mr. Roland F. Pease
Mr. Jerry Perl
Mr. George L. Pew
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. J. Platt
Mr. David W. Power
Mr. Eliot T. Putnam, Jr.
Mr. Kevin Quinlan
Ms. Vicki A. Rellas
Ms. J. Elisabeth Rice
Mr. John Richards
Ms. Marcy Scott
Mr. George W. Siguler
Mr. Robert J. Smithdas
Mr. Nicholas U. Sommerfeld
Mr. William N. Thorndike, Jr.
Mr. Melvin Wesley
Mr. and Mrs. John Wiggins
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley H. Willis
Mrs. Joanne Wilson
Rosemary Wilson, Esq.
The Rev. and Mrs. Brinton W. Woodward, Jr.

*as of November 3, 2003

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