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| April 26, 2006
MFS ALUMNI TO HONOR THREE ON ALUMNI WEEKEND MOORESTOWN, NJ – The Moorestown Friends School Alumni Association will honor Takashi Moriuchi, a long-time school leadership volunteer, and graduates Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes, a career Foreign Service Officer recently nominated to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, and Sarah Wallace Adelman, a doctoral student interested in world hunger issues, during its annual Alumni Weekend Fri., May 5 to Sat., May 6. The three will be honored at a recognition dinner at 6 p.m. Friday in the school’s Dining Hall/Commons. Takashi Moriuchi is an emeritus member of Moorestown Friends’ School Committee, its governing board of trustees. A former Moorestown resident, he has been involved with the school for more than 50 years and has fostered three generations of service to the school in his family. He is receiving the Alumni Association’s Service Award, given to an individual who has enhanced the quality of life in the Moorestown Friends School community. Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes, a 1976 graduate of the school, has had a distinguished career as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State, including a special assignment to the White House Homeland Security Council. On April 4, President George W. Bush nominated her to be the ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, South America. She currently serves as senior advisor for regionalization and rightsizing in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Department of State. She will receive the Alice Stokes Paul 1901 Alumni Association Merit Award, given to an individual who has helped make the world a better place. The award is named in honor of the women’s rights leader who was a 1901 graduate of the coed Quaker day school. Sarah Wallace Adelman, a 1996 graduate of the school, is pursuing a Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics at the University of Maryland, for which she recently completed field work in northern Uganda. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University with a degree in human biology, concentrating in population studies and sustainable development. She is the first recipient of the Young Alumni Award, given to an individual who had a distinguished early career. Moriuchi arrived in South Jersey 60 years ago, after enduring World War II internment camps and anti-Japanese sentiment in his native California and in Colorado. The Quaker community helped him get started as a strawberry farmer, and he later grew vegetables, apples and peaches throughout South Jersey. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley. He has received prominent recognition from the Japanese government, including, in 1990, the Emperor’s prestigious Kunsho award, as well as recognition from many Japanese American organizations. He was a leader in the South Jersey agricultural industry, helped to found the Moorestown National Bank and is a past president of the Moorestown Rotary. Moriuchi has a long record of philanthropy to Moorestown Friends, including spearheading efforts that endowed the Chester Reagan Chair of Religious Studies, which supports a full-time teacher of Quaker studies. He has made substantial contributions throughout the years to several building projects at the school, which were recognized with the 1988 dedication of the Moriuchi Room, a conference room in Stokes Hall. Moriuchi also is one of the founders of the Medford Leas retirement community, of which he is a past president, and is a current member of the Estaugh, the community’s oversight board. He is a former member of the Friends Fiduciary board, and has had many leadership roles in Friends Monthly Meetings and on the Friends Committee for National Legislation. Takashi Moriuchi is the father of four MFS graduates: Fred ‘65; Agnes Miyo ’67; Carol Kiyo ’71 and Nancy Chiyo ’73. His eleven grandchildren include six MFS alums and one current student. Both his son, Fred, and his son-in-law, Bill Guthe, have served as Clerks of the Moorestown Friends School Committee. His daughter Kiyo and daughter-in-law Caroline Brunt Moriuchi ’66, have been key volunteers at the school. His grandson Naoji ’94 is the third generation on the MFS School Committee and the assistant Clerk of the Alumni Association. Schreiber Hughes previously was Director of the Office of Andean Affairs, a post that includes responsibilities relating to Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Earlier in her career, she was Deputy Chief of Mission in Paramaribo, Suriname. After Sept. 11, 2001, she took on a special White House assignment in the Executive Office of the President, where she served as director of Policy and Plans with the Office of Homeland Security. That role focused on the foreign affairs component of homeland security and involved coordinating efforts between the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council, the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department. She entered U.S. foreign service in January 1985. A recipient of several Department of State Superior Honor Awards, Schreiber Hughes has had overseas tours that also include postings in Quito, Ecuador; Havana, Cuba and Calgary, Alberta (Canada). Within the Department of State, she has served as post management officer for the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago; and economic officer on the Cuba desk. She also has been chief of the agricultural development division in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, with responsibility for the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and the World Food Program. Schreiber Hughes has a bachelor’s degree and juris doctorate from Rutgers School of Law, and a master of science degree in national security strategy from the National War College at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. Adelman has studied intra-household food allocation and nutrition in Internally Displaced People’s camps in Northern Uganda. Her ultimate goal is make an impact on the world hunger problem by helping to be a force for global policy change. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford, where her honors thesis, on the contribution of bees to agriculture, won the university’s Firestone medal for “excellence in undergraduate research.” During her undergraduate years, she studied economics in London, was inducted into the Stanford Women’s Honor Society and was a recipient of a James W. Lyons Award for Service. She worked for three years at the Urban Institute’s Population Studies Center in Washington, D.C. She now is pursuing her Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics at the University of Maryland. PHOTO ADVISORY The Third Annual Red Sock Run Toddler Trek 9:45 a.m. Saturday, May 6, 2006 WHAT: A fun, cute and – possibly – fast photo opportunity will take place at 9:45 a.m. Saturday, May 6, when Moorestown Friends School hosts its second annual “Red Sock Run Toddler Trek” for children 5 and under. WHERE: On the athletic fields at Moorestown Friends School, 110 E. Main St., Moorestown, NJ 08057. (For directions, visit our web page: www.mfriends.org.) WHY: The Toddler Trek is one of three events in the Red Sock Run, which also features a One Mile Fun Walk/Run and a 5K Cross Country Race on the campus. The Red Sock Run is being held in conjunction with the school’s Alumni Weekend. The event was launched in memory of beloved Fourth Grade Teacher George Thomas, who died in May 2003. Thomas liked to wear red socks and encouraged students to wear red socks each Friday, hence the title for the run. Thomas taught at Moorestown Friends School for 25 years and is recalled as a gifted teacher who was always able to see positive qualities in every student he encountered. He shared with his students his love of model trains, chess, baseball, riddles and, especially, shared his gentle sense of humor. Moorestown Friends School’s Red & Blue Club directs proceeds from the run to the George Thomas Endowment for Faculty Salaries, which was established with gifts from alumni, and from George’s family, friends and colleagues. In keeping with Thomas’ educational philosophy, no trophies will be awarded for the races – instead, participants are encouraged to strive for their personal bests. COVERAGE: Because more than 300 individuals will take part in some aspect of the Red Sock Run – with approximately 20 toddlers in the Toddler Trek race – reporters and photographers are encouraged to arrive early to ensure a good vantage point. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., the One Mile Fun Walk/Run at 9:15 a.m., the Toddler Trek at 9:45 a.m. and the 5K Race at 10 a.m. If you need directions or additional information, please contact Betsy Anderson, Public Relations Director, at 856/235-2900, ext. 234 or e-mail banderson@mfriends.org. If you are unable to send a photographer but would like to have still photos, we can provide them for you.
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