sweet auburn
sweet auburn
A publication of the Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery
Andrew Gambardella , Editor Associate Director of Grants & Communications
Mount Auburn Executive Leadership
Matthew Stephens President & CEO
John Austin Vice President of Finance
Ronnit Bendavid-Val Vice President of Horticulture & Landscape
Beth A . Brown Vice President of Institutional Advancement
Gus Fraser Vice President of Preservation & Facilities
Bree D . Harvey Vice President of Cemetery & Visitor Services
Ann Sweeney Vice President of People & Culture
consultant Robin Hazard Ray printer P + R Publications
trustees of mount auburn Cemetery
Eliza S . Anderson Chair , Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery
Todd Basnight Lindsay Leard Coolidge , Ph . D . John Corcoran
Dean T . Hara Chair , Board of Trustees ,
James F . Hunnewell , Jr . Patricia B . Jacoby Patricia A . Jao Paul Kuenstner designer Elizabeth Bonadies cover photo Corinne Elicona
Philip L . Laird , FAIA Secretary
James ( Jim ) N . Levitt Christina C . Mann
Sean McDonnell Treasurer
Susan Eldredge Mead Anthony P . Morris Caroline Mortimer Niels Peetz-Larsen Richard B . Peiser , Ph . D . Franklin A . Reece
In this issue
1 Welcome 2 Dedication to Jennifer Johnston 3 Projects , Programs & Events 4 A Landscape of Empathy
8 Welcome to Mount Auburn : Increasing Access at Our Front Entrance
11 Crematory Cowboy Retires After 45 Years 12 Violet Path Improvements 14 Preservation of the Scots ’ Charitable Society Fence 18 Amy Lowell Wreath-Laying
19 Transient Beauty : Documenting Mount Auburn ’ s Transient Natural Beauty
20 Making Art in the ‘ Silent City on a Hill ’: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Mount Auburn ’ s Artist-in-Residence Program
A peek through the Sugar Maple Gate , one of four new pedestrian entrances along Mount Auburn Street .
580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , MA 02138 617-547-7105 www . mountauburn . org
OUR MISSION Mount Auburn Cemetery inspires all who visit , comforts the bereaved , and commemorates the dead in a landscape of exceptional beauty .
OUR VISION We envision a world that celebrates life ’ s seasons , preserves natural beauty , and remembers human stories .
See more online at www . mountauburn . org