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People and Happenings
A Special Dedication
A special preservation highlight this fall included a celebration
of the recently restored Robert Gould Shaw Monument.
The Monument, designed by Hammatt Billings, was conserved
in summer and fall of 2011, and the surrounding iron lot
fence and plantings were restored this past spring. On
September 27, 2012, Governor Deval Patrick visited the
Cemetery to make remarks at a special dedication ceremony
and reception.
Grants Awarded Fond Farewell
The Friends received a total of $250,000 from two local
foundations towards the new greenhouse complex. In addi-
tion, in June, grants of $5,000 each were awarded by Mass
Humanities and the National Park Service Under-
ground Railroad Network to Freedom Program
towards our African American Heritage Trail project. Vice President of Cemetery Services Sean O’Regan
recently became President & CEO of Woodland Cemetery
in Dayton, Ohio. Communications & Events Coordinator
Lauren Marsh accepted a position in Internal & External
Communications with Sovereign Bank/Santander. Archives
Consultant Sara Goldberg left to devote more time to
her position as Curator of Manuscripts and Photographs at
Historic Newton.
Trustee News
Congratulations to Mount Auburn (Secretary) and Friends
of Mount Auburn Trustee (Treasurer) Caroline Loughlin
for being named a Preservation Hero by the Library of
American Landscape History. Another congratulations to
Vice Chair of the Mount Auburn Trustees Tom Cooper
who edited the newly published The Roots of My Obsession:
The Thirty Great Gardeners Reveal Why They Garden (Timber
Press, 2012).
We are also thrilled to introduce three new Trustees:
Paul Zofnass, Geri Denterlein, and Frank Reece.
Paul joins the Mount Auburn Cemetery Board of Trustees
and is the president of the New York-based Environmen-
tal Financial Consulting Group, a company that provides
advisory services to environmental, engineering/consult-
ing, and architecture firms. Joining the Friends of Mount
Auburn Board of Trustees, Geri Denterlein brings years of
consulting, commentating, and serving on several nonprofit
and civic boards. Frank Reece, another new addition to our
Friends’ Board, is a seasoned executive with over 40 years
of management experience. We are so happy to add their
experience and wisdom to our Boards.
Remembering One of Our Own
Retired Greenhouse Assistant Eileen Janiak passed away
on September 24, 2012, following a courageous battle with
cancer. Eileen began work at the Cemetery in March
1992 and retired in July 2010 when she and her husband
John moved to San Mateo, Florida.
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