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NOVEMBER 2004
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: It’s time once again for our annual edition of Alumni News. We publish once a year figuring
that gives you a whole year to do something so compelling that it ends up in this newsletter. Of course we also have to find
out about it which requires us to activate our network of sleuths, spies, gossips, mothers or other alumni who we pump for
information. As always we rarely check our sources so we apologize for any inaccuracies. To get your news in this
newsletter correctly will require you to send it in yourself by email, snail mail or on-line (www.northstarcamp.com).
With this newsletter we are shamelessly promoting ourselves so that you will spread news of North Star to your neighborhood kids, grandkids, your own kids, and other people’s kids, cousins, etc. I think our methods are working because we have
had to find a bigger location for the second generation plaque which is growing. This newsletter also gives us an opportunity to brag about our NSC men, something that we love to do. We use this venue so as to spare our friends and relatives.
If you can’t tell by reading this newsletter, Leb and I are beyond proud to be associated with all of you and our hearts are
warmed that you stay connected and nurture your camp friendships. We also make an assumption that you enjoy reading
about people that you knew when you were 12. We realize that most of you have extremely busy lives, so we appreciate any
amount of time that you spend actually reading this newsletter and hope that it is worth the read. We look forward to our
paths crossing as we travel across the country recruiting campers.
Remembering ‘Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em” Rosenblum
This year we have been in touch with many alumni who called or
wrote to pay tribute to Lou Rosenblum who along with Renee
founded North Star. Lou passed away in February at 88. His
memorial service was a tribute to a life well lived. It was overwhelming and heart warming to see all of those NSC men gathered together singing “All My Life’s A Circle” along with Don
Gibson. Lou would have loved the service composed of some music, humor and stories that Renee and Linda put together for him.
The only thing missing was the council ring. He would have also liked the fact that we lingered too long and needed to be
kicked out of the temple. North Star types can never get enough of one another and Lou loved putting people together.
Lou’s nephew Mort Rosenblum, who is a reporter for the Associated Press in Paris, wrote the following: “Lou was 6 when
his mother, Anna, took her five children away from a Russian revolution gone wrong (costing the death of Lou’s father).
They fled Borisov, near the White Russian border with Poland after a saga of courage and cunning Anna replanted her
family north of Milwaukee. The family scrapbook soon filled with Lou’s exploits. He was a football star, later courted by
the pros. He ran track, swam, played baseball and basketball. Name it, and he did it. On a dare, he entered a boxing ring
with no experience and won a Golden Gloves title. He learned how to ski on a single run by following an unwitting
stranger down a steep slope. At 19, “Rosy” was the youngest athletic director ever at the Milwaukee Jewish Community
Center. “Rock ‘Em Sock “Em”Rosenblum was an all conference halfback at what is now the University of WisconsinMilwaukee. At a roller rink one evening, however he managed to smack into a wall. He spotted a local beauty. Showing
off he kept his eyes on her too long. They were married in June of 1944. Beyond his own skills and athletic prowess, he
felt a strong need to help others. With a degree in education, he started North Star in 1945 as a summer camp for boys.”
All of us at camp have heard the camp lore of what happened next but those of us who remembered Lou at his memorial
will not forget the man. Hugo Melvoine said, “Lou Rosenblum has a lasting and positive impact on countless lives.
Thousands of people have been touched by his humanity and genuine goodness. For many of us in that lucky group, our
memories are rooted in what Lou did and said to us, one on one, at North Star. We all know in our hearts that these few
minutes we devote to him are small drops in the ocean of our affection.” Oscar Hammerstein ll
THE LOU AND RENEE ROSENBLUM
SCHOLARSHIP FUND.........
One of the many legacies that Lou
has left behind is 5 alumni that own
and direct their own summer camps:
TOM ADLER at Chipewa Ranch
Camp, MIKE JAY at Camp Kamaji,
MIKE COHEN at Camp
Timberlane, BARBARA and GABE
CHERNOV at Camp Birch Trail for Girls, and Leb and I at
North Star. The five camps have decided to do something
unprecedented in the world of camping. We are merging
our respective scholarship programs into one Super Fund
with the goal of creating a 3 million dollar endowment.
The Lou and Renee Rosenblum Scholarship Fund will be a
subset of the Camp Kids Foundation. The Fund is a legitimate 501-(C)3 non profit organization and all contributions
are tax deductible. Each camp has special people within
their communities and it is our hope that these people can
be acknowledged in perpetuity through this program. Money
raised and placed into the endowment will be used to continue the efforts of the Camp Kids Foundation, founded with
the help of Mike Jay 9 years ago, to send minority children
to private camps. The beauty of the program is that these
campers will be able to attend “their camp” as long as they
want. Just like all of the other campers they can benefit
from a long term relationship with the camp. The endowment will also continue to fund the programs that the
Rosenblums were active in sending inner city kids to agency
camps i.e. Camp Flambeau.
Rick Fishel (NSC 60’s) has agreed to be the co-chair of this
effort. Carl Simons (father of NSC camper MIKE and PAUL
SIMONS). Ken Doane (NSC 80’s) brings to the board his
expertise as head of a large nonprofit.
Please consider a tax deductible gift made out to the Camp
Kids Foundation to help us realize our goal of 3 million
dollars. We thank all of you who have already made generous gifts to the endowment. They are most appreciated.
THE BEST GIFT IS A GIFT OF OPPORTUNITY
Renee and Linda Rosenblum have been moved
by the out pouring of community since Lou’s
death. Renee has had some health issues, however, her light continues to shine through it all.
She sends her love and gratitude and she
FAMILY CAMP 2004
We love it when alumni come back to
camp for Post Camp. Alumni are low
maintenance and “with the program”. They come equipped with
guitars and camp stories to share
with children. If they don’t like the
program they plan their own. It’s a no brainer family vacation. We do all the work and you have all the fun. Just to
reassure you, we haven’t served beenie weenie or turkey
tetrachloride in over 25 years so it’s safe to come back.
Family Camp is a little like Club Med. The biggest decision one makes in the week is whether to water-ski, climb,
horseback ride, sail, tube down the Namekagon, mountain
bike on the old logging trails, fish, etc. etc. etc. Our families never have to worry about their next meal or entertainment. Our able Post Camp staff see to that. Our tennis pro
not only offers tennis clinics and a tennis tournament but
he is a professional musician. Mike’s band comes up from
Minneapolis to play for our lakeside happy hour. We gather
a fun loving crew of camp counselors from around the world
to help run our programs. By the end of the week the kids
are hooked and demand that they return.
Contact our office for details if your family would like to
attend Family Camp.
DATES FOR POST CAMP 2005: AUG. 13TH -AUG. 20TH
beginning and ending with breakfast.
CHIPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK
Second generation campers. “We were there in 2004”
JAKE BROWER, (Aaron, Madison, WI)
DANNY BAZELON ( Gary, Highland Park, IL.)
DUSTIN COHEN (Mike, Tucson, AZ.)
BRIAN & JEFF GLICKMAN, (Michael, Deerfield, Il.)
ADAM and SCOTT GOLDBERG, (Bruce,Omaha,)
JOE GOLDBERG (David, Omaha, NE.)
DANNY KAHAN (Jeff, Glencoe, Il.)
AARON and ETHAN KAHAN (Teddy, S.Monica, CA)
SAM KAHN (Shep, Shaker Heights, OH.)
AARON KATZ (Steve, Potomac, MD),
DANIEL KAPLAN (grandson Carol and Dick Blonsky)
KYLE & COLTON LEDERER,(Jim, Highland Pk. Il.)
JOHN LEE (Bob, Riverwoods, Il.)
TIM MELDMAN (Phil, Calabasas, CA.)
BRAD MILLS (Andy, Highland Park, Il.)
DANNY and ANNIE MILLSTONE, (Joe, Tucson, AZ)
ANDY PETERMAN ( Tom, Glencoe, IL.)
JORDAN REIFF (Ed, Skokie, IL.)
JUSTIN RICHMAN (Joel, Orange Village, OH)
MICHAEL RICHMAN (Steve, Moreland Hills, OH)
MAX SCHULMAN (Chuck, Highland Park, Il.)
JACOB SEGIL (Larry, Highland Park, Il.)
JAKE SHERMAN (Jon, Oak Park, Il.)
MARC SIEGEL, (Elliot, Lake Forrest, Il.)
MICHAEL SWIRYN, (Linda Rosenblum, Wilmette, IL.)
SAM and LEN TOWNE, (Mark, Spring Grove, Il.)
MICHAEL DESTEFANO, (Tony, Spooner, WI)
TEN YEAR MEN AT CAMP IN 2004
BRIAN GLICKMAN: We celebrated Brian’s ten years at
camp in the unusual way with roasts and toasts and a cake.
Brian started camp when he was a little guy and told us early
on that he would be a ten year man. Camp is in his blood
being a second generation camper. Over the years we have
seen this quiet little kid become increasingly more confident
to the point where he is now performing his original songs at
campfires and taking a leadership role at camp. His strong
interest in music has led him to work at the University of
Illinois booking concerts on campus. Brian has also introduced his aging camp director to some new music occasionally. We’re very happy that Brian has chose to spend his
summers with us.
All my life’s a circle..... BETH
SHEFCYK JOINS US IN OUR TUCSON OFFICE.
Beth’s history with North Star goes way
back to her childhood. Her father Dennis
Shefcyk was our Program Director for 20
years. Growing up at camp, Beth developed a deep connection to the camp community. When Beth was going to college
she worked in our office and last summer came back to
camp to teach our seniors peer mediation. Having her summer free, she again returned to North Star this time to be
our Program Director following in her Dad’s footsteps. Beth
holds a bachelors degree in Psychology and a masters degree in Education. She has been working as a school counselor and also a peer mediation instructor. We welcome
Beth on board. She will be the friendly voice you hear when
you call our winter office.
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE,
OCCASIONALLY STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES
MOUTH AND MOST
OFTEN FROM CYBERSPACE.
IN THE DAYS OF
LOU AND RENEE:
We enjoy our association with RICK FISHEL who lives in
Denver and is a Wealth Advisor and Senior Vice President
for Morgan Stanley. We know first hand that Rick gives
great personalized service and it is great to be in touch with
him on a regular basis. He also sits on the Camp Kids
Foundation Board....Rick and Ann have three kids in college with another in the wings.....MARK PRIGOZEN visited camp this summer to see if the place was still like he
remembered it. Mark has worked as a private investigator
and is currently working in scrap metal and living near
Dayton........JERRY RAKITA (Lou’s nephew) is retired and
living in Torrance, CA after a career with Hughes communications. He was at camp in the late forties and early
fifties.....Now that BETH SHEFCYK lives in Tucson we
have an opportunity to see RUTH SHEFCYK. Ruth is
enjoying her life in Lake Orion, MI. She is very involved
with her church, singing in the choir and in charge of the
library. Ruth also enjoys traveling with her church group.
But most of all she loves being a grandmother to Paul’s
boys Nathan and Brandon.....STEVE MINTZ is an attorney in the Appellate Division of the Anti-Trust Division of
the Justice Department in D.C. He has two daughters...DAN
MINTZ is married with a little boy and living in
Florida....DAN COHEN is the Head Master of the Seattle
Country Day School. He lives on Bainbridge Island with
his wife and 2 daughters....MARK LEVY lives in San Francisco and is VP of human resources for North American
Levi Straus & Co. Marc and Lindsey have two daughters
and a son.....STEVE RICHMAN has taken community involvement to a new level. He is a council man for the village of Moreland Hills as well as a Juvenile Magistrate
overseeing hearings for juvenile crime. He is on the board
for the March of Dimes and Ohio board for Drug Free Youth.
He also hosts a benefit golf tournament every
year....DENNIS RICHMAN is living in Cleveland with his
wife and two daughters and is in the health club
business.....LEW SHENDER lives in San Diego and is Vice
President and General Counsel of Jenny Craig: “Don’t tell
Willy Mae”......Lew tells us that BRAD REIFF is an economist in Chicago, RICH FUHR is working in information
technology.....RICH LUBIN is involved in corporate real
estate, JEFF BROWN is a lawyer. (No news where these
guys live ask Lew: [email protected].)...MICHAEL
MILDER makes an annual trip to the Tanque Verde Guest
Ranch in Tucson for some horseback riding and a dose of
cowboy life. Leb always manages to squeeze a golf game in
with him as well. Michael is an oncologist in Seattle....RON
BRODKEY is a retired jeweler living in Omaha, NE. He
visited camp in 2002 with his wife and grandson....HARRY
and BRENDA GOTTLIEB had a new baby who they have
named for Lou Rosenblum. Congratulations....JIM
LEDERER has opened a new restaurant in Highland Park,
IL called Bluegrass. The restaurant boasts Frank Lloyd
Wright architecture and innovative dishes i.e tuna tartar
served with a live floating fish under the dish....SCOTT
RUEBEN was in Tucson recently for a conference and
stopped by. He is a business man buying franchises i.e.
Cinnabon, Mrs. Field’s, Aunty Anne’s (all foods that are
not on his South Beach Diet which he has done very well
on). Scott has a son and a daughter. His wife is a lawyer
working with LEW BRICKER at Louis O’Hagans Smith
Amundsen....BOBBY CAROLE has recently gotten his
teaching license and is looking forward to teaching in high
school. He lives with his wife near Philadelphia. Leb visited him recently...JEFF DINKIN lives in Santa Monica in
Real Estate Development with DAVID KOHL. Jeff has
four children and three Birch Trail campers....STEVE
DINKIN lives in San Diego and is President of Arbitration
and Mediation...MICHAEL GREEN and CHARLES
MARGULIS hosted two events in the Midwest on behalf
of the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), the organization Michael founded in 1996. CEH works to protect public
health and the environment by preventing pollution and
creating markets for safe alternatives to toxic chemicals. In
Chicago, a full house including many NSCers heard local
environmental advocates discuss CEH’s important national
work. In attendance were DAN BERNSTEIN (who emceed the event), MIKE SIMONS, BILLY WEINBERG,
ADAM BLACK, PAUL ADELSTEIN, MATT POWERS,
CHUCK WARSHAWSKY, JON SHERMAN, PAUL and
HARRY NATHANSON, ANDY ZUKROW, RON and
CHUCK SCHULMAN, TOM PETERMAN, DAN
LICHTENSTEIN, CHARLIE HABER, JIMMY AND
KEN SARNOFF, TONY KAHAN, ANDY ALBERT,
CHRIS MAY, JAY SCHWARTZ, MATT STERN, ANDREW COHN, EVAN MINKUS, and GARY
KRETCHMER, and POST CAMPERS DAVID
MARGULIS, LIZ KRETCHMER, JULIE HART, LOIS
and HUGO MELVOIN, and CLARA ZUKROW. Highlights of the evening included a group phone call singing
the full version of “In the Evening by the Moonlight” to
former counselor MANFRED FRANK in Germany, and
Paul Adelstein auctioning off a pilfered Wanagan sign, raising $1,000 for CEH, thanks to the Schulman family. The
following Tuesday Michael held another event in Cleveland, hosted by MARC KRANTZ at his law office. Despite a road-closing blizzard, in attendance were STEVE
RICHMAN, JOE MENDES, JERRY KAGAN, and ROB
PORTER. A good time was had by all.......MANFRED
FRANK continues his Cars and Stars business transporting celebrities i.e. Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart (it’s just name
dropping after this point). You get the idea. We teamed
with Manfred in London last Christmas and Manfred scored
tickets to the Chelsea soccer game which are impossible to
get making our soccer playing daughter estatic....
Leb had an opportunity recently while recruiting in Palm
Beach, Florida. He was thrilled to be able to golf with GARY
WIREN at the Trump International Golf Club where Gary
is the Master Teaching Consultant. Leb played the best
short round of his life after a few pointers from Gary. Gary
is a Master member of the PGA and former PGA staff director as well as Teaching Professional consultant for Golf
Magazine and Exe. Editor for Classics of Golf.....Gary was
one of the first to be recognized by the PGA as a Master
Certified Teacher. His new book, When Golf is a Ball, has
just been published....STEVE KATZ, an executive coach
and former White House staffer, has been a senior adviser
and right-hand executive to high-powered leaders in both
the political and business domains. He’s dealt with his share
of lions. “You have probably seen more than a few lions in
the workplace and heard them roar,” Katz writes in his new
book Lion Taming: Working Successfully with Leaders,
Bosses and Other Tough Customers. Steve’s book is getting great reviews....When Steve had the book signing for
Lion Taming in Winnetka, a good North Star
representation was there. From Steve, “Imagaine the look
on everyone’s faces (my brother Mike, RORY GILBERT,
DAVE
GOLIN,
JIM
AND
DIANE
LEVY, MARK PATTIS, AARON KATZ, CRAIG
MORELLI, SAM HIGGS, myself and others) when Renee
and Linda Rosenblum and Steve Swiryn walked in!...
MIKE “Farb” KATZ is a professional landscape photographer who was just selected in a juried show at Yosemite.
You
can
view
his
inspiring
work
at
wwwmichaelkatzphotography.com..... Our condolences to
the family of SCOTT HOCHFELDER is living in the
Berkshires with his wife, Jen and his three children Noah
(5 in Jan 2005), Alexandra (3 in Feb 2005) and Ely (just 12
weeks old). He is an attorney for KB Toys. This fall, they
were at a craft fair in Lenox, MA. His wife was talking with
a friend, Judy, who she met through the kids’ preschool
and when the husband walks over to introduce himself. Scott
had a suspicion that he knew him from somewhere. It turns
out that it was MARK USOW who is now a Doctor also
living in the Berkshires. Scott thinks he taught Mark to
water-ski. It is a small world in rural Mass. in The
Berkshires.......EVERT POWERS writes of his life since
“those idyllic summers”at camp. He googled us and was
delighted that we were still operating. Evert went on to get
his graduate degree at Stanford after last seeing North Star
in August of 1967. After spending a couple of years in the
Army, luckily in Heidelberg, not in Viet Nam, he went on to
a career in newspapers and television and the arts. He’s been
based in South Carolina as an arts administrator consultant
for the last 10 years, and also hosts a T.V. program which
airs throughout South Carolina and parts of a couple of adjoining states. ....DOUG BERCU (pictured with baby Joshua)is
living in Atlanta with his wife and
little Joshua pictured here. Doug
is in commercial real estate
developement...DAVID SIMON
is currently living in Mesa, Arizona working for Wells Fargo
Home Mortgages a Mortgage
Closing Specialist. He’s married and working on his
MBA....Veteran scribe-producer JEFF MELVOIN (“In the
Line of Fire”) has, a two-year overall deal with Touchstone
Television. Jeff will create and develop series programming
for the studio. Jeff an Emmy-winning scribe will also be
paired with other scripters and producers on existing
projects.....PAUL WILLIGER is an Architect with an office in Santa Monica. He lives in Malibu with his two kids,
Samantha 9 and Blue (boy) 4 1/2 and wife, Ilene.......IRA
KASS lives in Palintine, Il. works for AC Nielson in high
level management tech support.....HARRY NATHANSON
lives with his wife and children in Chicago and manages
real estate.....
1980-1990 IN THE EARLY DAYS OF
LEB AND SUE:..... JORDAN RUDNICK,
happily remembers camp (summers 1977-1983) from his
home in Chicago and can be reached at
[email protected]. Brother Jeff, another
multi-year NSC alum, also still a Chicagoan, with lasting
fond and loving memories of camp. Jeff can be reached at
[email protected]. And who can forget STEVE “RUD
BUDDY” RUDNICK (he was at camp for
at least 10 summers), who has just moved with his wife Sarah
to Seattle. [email protected] .....METRO MAZNIO III is still
working for the Louis family,(Johnson Wax) looking after
their wildland in the spring and fall, and guiding for them and
their guests in July and Aug. He has been teaching fly
casting and fly tying and is an on call naturalist....STUART
LISSNER is an investment banker in Chicago.....KEITH
LISSNER is a designer for Perry Ellis in New York....CLIFF
LISSNER is engaged to be married in Oct. He is Assistant
Director of Chippewa Ranch Camp working with TOM ADLER
and has hopes to have his own camp some day..... DAVID
JOSEPH is married and living in his old family home in Cleveland and working as a commercial photographer. He has a
masters in architecture and works mostly with architects traveling frequently to New York....MATT KABAKER graduated
from Penn in 1998 and is currently working for the Blackstone
Group, a private equity venture capital company in London.
He is married to Jenny who works as an interior designer.
They are scheduled to move back to New York this
year.....ADAM KABAKER graduated from Cornell and is
currently a 4th year medical student at Rush in Chicago.
He would like to be a surgeon. He is engaged to Brook Levy
from Highland Park...DON GIBSON graduated from
Marquette University from their Physician Assistant’s program. LEB, RENEE, DAN LICHTENSTEIN,
AMYGREENEBAUM with her new baby and CLIFF
LISSNER were all on hand to help him celebrate his
graduation....JOHN FREMSTAD and Leb had lunch recently in Orlando. John bought Leb up to speed on the
world of technology. As the V President of Tech Industry
Development for the Metro Orlando EDC, and the Editor
of “Texture” a magazine about Orlando’s Technology landscape, John is on the cutting edge. John was instrumental
in the negotiations to bring EA (Electronic Arts, the largest
in the world) corporate headquarters to Orlando where John
says, “...thousands of people are masters at telling stories,
sparking imagination, and providing virtual
experiences.”.....JIMMY SARNOFF (pictured with brother
Ken) was married recently with several North Star guys in
attendance (PAUL
WINE, BEN SHER,
SETH KATZ, DAN
SANDMAN and of
course brother Ken).
Jimmy said that he has
been thinking about
camp a lot lately but, nothing flashed him back more than
seeing BEN SHER on Halloween dressed as the singer Cher.
He was wearing a tight spandex jumpsuit with no shirt and a
wig. “If we were at North Star he would have been able to pull
it off. However, since we were at a fund-raiser in Chicago it
wasn’t the prettiest sight.” Jim recently moved into a new
building only to find that BJ HANAUER is living there as are
DANNY KREFMAN and LUKE WOLIN. He recently saw
ANDREW PERLMUTTER and RANDY HOLZBERGER in
Nashville while on trial there about 6 months ago....KEN
SARNOFF is doing well with his sports recruiting agency.
Jim helps him recruit college football players on the weekend.
Ken is still in touch with MIKE SAVNER, BRIAN
LEBENSBURGER, BRIAN ANDERS, and THE DREYFUS
BROTHERS. ....BEN SHER has graduated from University
of Chicago, JD/MBA class of 2004....KEVIN O’GRADY has
earned his PH.D and is the Associate Director of the AntiDefamation League and lives in L.A.....MATT KASSEL just
returned to the U.S after living in Singapore for a few years.
He had been trading foreign exchange derivatives for 8 years
working for AIG both in NY and Asia. He is currently working for Allianz/Dresdner Kleinwort Wassterstien. He is married “in September of 2003, to a lovely Jewish girl from Long
Island, her name is Caroline”. Caroline is a general dentist
and they live in Southern Connecticut.....BILL
NOTTINGHAM([email protected]) is currently living in
Cleveland where he is a product designer working for his
father’s business. He received an international design award
for the design of the “Q” grill. A portable grill for
camping....JONATHAN HANDLER is the Director of Development of the Institute of Medical Informatics.....DAVID
HANDLER is a lawyer working with Kirkland Ellis as an estate planner. He is also a sought after speaker in the of area
wealth management...DOUG SNOW is living in Indianapolis
and has an adorable little girl named Maggie who visited
camp this summer. Doug works with juveniles at risk and is
contemplating law school as another way to continue this
good work...... On Nov 1st, 2003, MARK DESHUR (pictured)
married Brandy Schwechter of Highland Park, IL. In attendance were many NSC alums. Best men BRIAN DESHUR,
DR. BILL DESHUR, JEFF ECKERLING, DR. TODD
DEUTCH, DR. WILTON LEVINE, DR. DAN
CHAROUS, SETH ROSENBERG, STEVE
DINKIN, JEFF DINKIN. They currently live in
Chicago where Desh is finishing his residency
in Pediatric Anesthesiology at Northwestern
Memorial Hospital. He is also working on becoming a multi
-engine pilot....ELLIOT FRUITKIN lives in Gaithersburg, MD.
with his wife and 2 year old daughter. He is President of
Doceus a web solutions company which has grown tremendously since he founded it in college...........MATT POWERS
was thrown a bachelor party by his bunkmates at the place
that it all started for these North Star guys.
( Pictured Nina Powers, Dan Bernstein, Paul Adelstein, Rachel
Simons, Billy Weinberg, Matt Powers, Tom Feldman) .
Since
they met at
camp they
have all remained a
strong community.
Matt had
secretly alw a y s
wanted to be a U.N. Day Captain so the boys (Paul Adelstein,
Tom Gottlieb, Mike Simons and Billy Weinberg) threw him a
torch ceremony at camp which became a validation of their
appreciation of him. Matt married Ali in Breckenridge, CO.
this fall with many NSC alumni to witness the great occasion.
Matt works in real estate.....DAN BERNSTEIN, CHARLES
MARGULIS, TOM FELDMAN, CHUCK WARSHAWSKY
were also present. In Chicago, TOM GOTTLIEB does voice
overs for commercials and cartoons....BILLY WIENBERG is
in charge of public relations for McCormack Place in
Chicago.....PAULADELSTEIN is a film and T.V. actor....MIKE
SIMONS has his own Chicago touring company......KELLY
DAGGETT CLARK is the proud mother of a little girl Norah.
Kelly and her husband live in Boulder where Kelly is a
teacher.STEVE SILBERMANN writes from Boulder that he
is busy running after school and crisis intervention/counseling with middle school students. He also works long nights/
weekends working on community rescue and heavily involved doing water rescues and vehicle extrications not to
mention the forest fires, ice rescues, dive rescues. etc...(I’d
want Steve to be there if I was in trouble) He can’t wait to get
out on the ski slopes
90’S UNTIL PRESENT:
GARRETT ASH and
PAUL THIBODEAU are running together on the Swarthmore
cross country team and Garrett was named to the all regional
team. Garrett has taken the MCAT’s and is considering a
career in Medicine or Medical research.....ANDREW ASH is
a freshman at Yale. He was invited to a perspective student
party at the home of ANDREW KLABER who immediately
recognized him from their North Star days. Both Andrews
are involved with crew. Andrew Ash is also involved with
singing and acting. Upon graduation Andrew held the top
spot academically in his class of 980 at New Trier High School.
This is quite a feat at that ultra competitive high
school.....PATRICK CUDAHY is doing well at Berkeley and
is pursuing a pre-med degree..... .JOE FISHEL is attending
Pepperdine University after taking a few years off to explore
the working world...BILL FISHEL is a freshman at Yale and
he is president of the class. He was very involved in the
Bush campaign and had an opportunity to meet Laura Bush
and Dick Cheney.....DAVID FISHEL is a junior in high school
and playing basketball........JARRETT SPRAGUE graduated
with honors from High School in Phoenix and is attending
the honors college at Northern. Arizona University in
Flagstaff.......DAVEY SHOOK([email protected])
received a scholarship to the Art Institute summer of ‘03. His
photography was chosen for exhibit there and on “The Lisa
Show” He plays football for Highland Park High
School....DREW BURGESS was the head of the medical team
for the Sydney, Australia Mardi Gras and for the Surf to City
Marathon. He is teaching nursing and over Thanksgiving
paid a recent visit to DON and KANDY GIBSON......On a
recent trip to Dallas we stopped in to see JULIE GERSH. She
is busy with three kids and taking some time off of work to be
mom. Julie is president of the neighborhood association
hospitality committee and Kevin is busy building a deck on
the house and loves his new job as a product development
manager. Julie got a kick out of the fact that the game “Espionage” that she brought to camp years ago is still being played
and expanded upon.
Julie has her Ph.D in
Psychology....CHARLIE CHAPLIN (pictured here) our European connection, lives in Geneva and teaches at the international school along with his wife Alycia. He has brought his
girls soccer team to the Swiss Championship 5 years in a
row....JANNA CARROL FIESTER who once worked as our
Arts and Crafts Director now teaches graphic art at the Univ.
of Ill. Chicago and has her own graphics business. She recently did the graphics at an architectural show at the Art Institute
called Ten Visions. BETH SHEFCYK
and I collected this news while having lunch with her recently in
Chicago.........SCOTT GERSHAN is
attending the University of Minnesota and has plans to attend medical school....DAVID
GERSHAN is spending a semester in Italy and will go to
graduate school in clinical psycology....Camp Doctor BOB
and JILL GERSHAN are partners in a resort in Door County.
It has been a labor of love to restore this beautiful propert on
Lake Michigan in Ephraim. Jill has earned her PHD in biochemistry and is doing cancer in research....BRAD COHEN
returned to the states after a year in Spain teaching English.
He is currently looking for a job in Environmental
Health....MATT MUELLER, J.R. SIEGEL, and PAULCLARK
had a little reunion in Sydney, Australia where J.R. is doing a
year abroad.....JON BIEDERMANN lives in Philadelphia
where he is an executive Vice Pres. of Donor Perfect, a company that helps nonprofits manage their data bases. Jon
recently recruited NSC man MARC SEIGEL to come on board
with him. It’s what he does in his spare time however that is
noteworthy. Jon began playing Golden Tee (video golf) to
pass time on his frequent business trips around the country.
In 2004, with a few years of experience under his belt, his
dedication to the game has earned him a spot on the prestigious Team USA roster.”This is incredible!’ said the 33-yearold family man. “I knew I could compete, but to have it come
together at the right time and get a spot in Orlando is just
amazing.” Jon has earned $16,000 so far this year with his
hobby. His family was flown with all expenses paid to compete in this national tournament where Jon placed 6th out of
50 regional champions and won $1,500. You can read all about
it (www.goldentee.com/Competitions/WorldChampionship/
2004/team_usa.htm)..... MATT MUELLER has been gainfully
employed by the newly establish Department of Child Safety
in Australia. He still hopes to have another summer at
camp.....NATHAN HART is a freshman at Butler University
in Indianapolis where he was recruited on the baseball team
an NCAA Division I school. Nate was one of the top outfield
prospects in the Chicago area. Nathan was also quarterback
of his high school football team ....JASON WEINGART
graduated from the University of Kansas this spring with a
major in Economics and a minor in Communications.....MEYUR
VASHI graduated from the University of Georgia and is in a
training program for the Athens First Branch Bank where he
will
start
as
a
Customer Service Rep. while learning the banking
business...ROGER DANIEL visited camp this summer. He BOB DICKINSON (Bobby Dick) Died 10/22/98
works in property management in Chicago after graduating after a three month illness. We remember Lou speaking of
from UW Madison....ANDY SCHMERLING has been living him and our condolences to the family.
in Boston doing research on a virus called mokeypox. He
took a short sabbatical from NSC, where he earned quite a
reputation for building exploding volcanos and various other
famous monuments as part of his elaborate cheers for U.N.
day and Pow Wow Day.....ALEX FREIDIN was a freshman at
the time of Sept. 11 and lived across the river from the PentaHave a story of memory of Lou
gon. He was grateful to NSC people who checked in to see if
or Renee that you would like
he was o.k. He is currently doing a study abroad for a year at...
to share? Please send to
the London School of Economics....”extremely hard, but still
a lot of play.” He is studying Urban Development and
Michael
Swiryn
history......AMY GREENBAUM COVEN had a much awaited
([email protected])
little boy. Amy lives with her husband in Madison...DAVID
SLEPAK and JOSH SLEPAK both live in Phoenix and are
or
JakeS egil
involved in the family custom wine cellar business:
([email protected]).
Copperstone Custom Wine Cellars.......BRIAN
They are compiling
LEBENSBURGER is a financial planner in Miami and just
welcomed his second child a little girl...JEFF
these antedotes to create a
LEBENSBURGER is a physician living with his wife in Ormemory book in honorof Lou
lando, FL....MICHAEL SIEGEL ([email protected])
is in Hawaii doing a recreation internship. “ I know that the
and Renee and need your help.
reason was due to Camp North Star and the experience I had
there as a camper and a counselor” BRAD HOLLAND ran
into Michael in the airport on his flight over to Hawaii. It’s a
small world.........BEN “Lizard”LAZARD has graduated from
film school at the University of Texas Austin. He did an
internship with the history channel in L.A. and has been
doing sound editing for a feature film......GRAYSON CASH
is pursuing his interest to be a flight instructor....AARON
MOHRMAN just finished his MBA at the U of North Carolina. He had been working in computer software in Minneapolis and is now developing his own product to value
assets....EVAN BLUESTEIN attends is a freshman at
Wesleyan in Conn. He took a dance class to meet girls and is
now a star in the winter dance performance.
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NORTH STAR CONTINUES ITS STRONG
TRADITION OF GROWING CAMP DIRECTORS: TOMMY FELDMAN has moved to Boulder and is
active in the American Camping Assoc. starting the Young
Camping Professionals Group. He is looking to purchase a
camp of his own. CLIFF LISSNER works for TOM ADLER
at ChipPewa Ranch Camp as his assistant director. Cliff is
looking to purchase a camp of his own and is engaged to be
married in the fall. His bride to be works for Mayor Daily in
Chicago....ANDREW SCHWARTZ After years of working in
his family health club business has his own day camp in
Chicago....BRAD HOLLAND our former assistant director
volunteered for World Camp an AIDS/HIV camp in South
Africa. We’re so proud of Brad. He brought 25 games with
him that he donated. Brad is back in Australia and is looking
to build on his camping experience down under...
WE’LL KEEP HIS CAMPFIRES BURNING........
From the back: Michael Swiryn (Lou and Renee’s grandson),
Jack Silverstein, Robert Lebby, Tom Adler, Gary Kretchmer,
Tom Peterman, Ken Doane. Front: David Hart, Mike Katz,
Steve Richman, Larry Werbel. Photo taken at Lou’s memo-
rial.
CAMP DATES:
8 weeks: June 20th- August 12th
1st session: June 20th- July 16th
2nd session: July 17-August 12th
“What matters most is not how high you climb
but how many people you take with you.”
From Left: Robert Lebby, Tom Adler, Rory Gilbert, “Mr. Moose”
Mike Jay, Gary Kretchmer, Tom Peterman, Steve Richman
LOU AND RENEE ROSENBLUM ENDOWMENT FUND RAISER
BEING PLANNED FOR THE FALL OF 2005 IN CHICAGO. The
events will include a golf outing, dinner and NSC review. Time to
start polishing up your old acts. We will keep you posted on specifics. We are looking for some Alumni who would like to help plan and
work this event. All proceeds will go to the Lou and Renee Rosenblum Endowment to send needy children to camp. We have
a lofty goal of $3,000,000 to keep this fund going. Please call our office if you are interested in volunteering.
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Pine Manor 1959 thanks to Jim Silberman center back
Steve Katz and his new book
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