Michael Kanarek

Profile Updated: July 13, 2011
Class Year: 1965
Residing In: Princeton, NJ USA
Spouse/Partner: Ellen Armstrong Kanarek
Occupation: assessment; city school districts
Children: My wife Ellen: Grew up in Princeton and Philadelphia area. French major/German minor at Wellesley. Was More…administrator at Westminster Choir College, and Spoleto Music Festival in Italy. PhD in institutional research. Now, small consulting company in Princeton does research for universities to evaluate admissions and programs. Ellen loves singing and family, and runs online auction fundraisers as a hobby.

Derek, 32: Math Dept chair at private school, working on EdD at Columbia; wife Becca runs bio lab at Montclair U; our grandson Charlie is 18 months old. Charlie’s favorite look: delighted anticipation.

Gray, 28: Working on PhD in astrophysics at Columbia; wife Marnie entering med school; our grandson Gabriel is 14 months old. Gabriel’s favorite activity: chasing round and round the couch.

Ryan, 24: Does lighting for “Break the Floor”, a national dance competition touring company, in a different city every weekend. Derek and Gray are very busy, but Ryan and I still shoot hoops, hit the gym, and hang out; he and Ellen play bridge and watch CSI and improv.
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Lots of careers, part and full time. Most of them interesting. A few of them still in progress. Retired from 3: AT&T/Lucent, IBM, NJ public schools; soon to start another.

Technology. Organizational design consulting. Business process quality. Schools. NYC Taxi license. Government. Bridge teacher. Seminars in technology, creativity. In random order.

For next careers: In PhD progam at Rutgers in Educational Psychology/Cognitive Studies.

Married Ellen in 1982. PhD in Institutional Research. Small consulting company in Princeton; college admissions research, other secondary and higher ed projects.

Designed and built our house in 1998-2000. Visible from space; wave to us on Google Maps satellite pix: 4383 Route 27, 08540, in woods across from intersection of south end of Old Road and Lincoln Hwy, Route 27.

The snow is heavy on the trees tonight. 5" in the driveway, until the thaw; too long to bother clearing. 4WD. Woodpiles are buried. Just bought a rebuilt log splitter. We're also a natural tree farm, hardwoods for timber every 10 years. Poplar, ash, some oak. Maple firewood in between.

Stop by and stay; we usually have space free for you - two bedrooms/sitting room and a bath behind a door.

If you come between Thanksgiving and Christmas you can join us for the annual family and friends Kanarek Cookie Factory. This year: 780 dozen. Last year: 900 dozen. Packaged 2 to a little ziplock to stay fresh, frozen. Just for fun. Lemon Snowdrops. Raspberry Chip. Fudge Oatmeal. Chocolate Chip Meringue. Butter Pecan. Lime Coconut. Cranberry walnut. And the usual. 20 more kinds. 35-60 dozen each. Pic below: Lemon Half-moons, a lemon butter cookie dipped in dark Ghiradelli. The kitchen was designed for baking. Ellen says the central counter is too big to be an island, so we call it "Australia".

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I'll use this space for "been in touch with".

Ellen and I stayed with Elaine Moon Balsam and Fritz a few summers ago on the way back from vacation in Savannah and Disney Fla. Dinner outdoors overlooking their horse barn north of Washington DC - her dream came true.

We had dinner at Steve Zeitlin and Amanda's house in Washington Irving country north of NYC, along with Solomon (Roger) Reuben.

Piff Gunther-Mohr Fitting and Bill stopped by a while ago after they visited her aunt and uncle who happen to live in the same retirement community as Ellen's parents, 3 miles from our house. A small world story. Several years ago Piff connected us to her exchange student agency, from which we added another son from Germany. He comes to visit again most summers.

Ellen and I visited Janette Engbrecht LaRoque and Tom in Orlando on a Disney long weekend trip several years ago. Went to their favorite Brazilian restaurant. Of course. Don't miss the Tiffany Museum!

If you visit, I'll add you here, if you're among the first 8000 people.

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Mike and Ellen on racing wheels
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40 dozen Lemon Half-moons (story above)
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