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
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 Rebecca Gardner Campbell
Lindsay Leard Coolidge , Ph . D . Secretary
John E . Corcoran Treasurer
Dean T . Hara Chair , Board of Trustees ,
James F . Hunnewell , Jr . Patricia B . Jacoby designer Elizabeth Bonadies cover photo Aram Boghosian
Patricia A . Jao Paul Kuenstner Philip L . Laird , FAIA James N . Levitt Christina C . Mann Sean McDonnell Susan Eldredge Mead Anthony P . Morris Caroline Mortimer Niels Peetz-Larsen Richard B . Peiser , Ph . D . Franklin A . Reece
With winter comes SOLSTICE , snow , and so many other reasons to visit Mount Auburn !
In this issue
1 Welcome 2 Significant Trees at Mount Auburn 6 The Photographic Art of Arthur Cushman Haskell 8 The Science of the Solstice 14 Interview with ’ 24- ’ 25 Artist-in-Residence Fatima Seck 16 Trustee Updates
17 Matching Grant Announcement for Scots ’ Lot and Grove Street Entrances
18 Memories of Mount Auburn : Member-Submitted Reflections
20 Recent Programs & Events
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 .
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