FLEX TIME T h r e e C h e e rs f or No R e gr e ts
W
hen Martha Campel makes a decision, she
invariably makes good. Almost 40 years ago, she was
She was also the first assistant for the LINK summer program for under-served students, under Stephen Duennebier, and has most recently
especially impressed by her young
worked for Gina Hurd as adminis-
Greenwich neighbor, Robert Guilder-
trative assistant for the Pre School/
sleeve ’61 — and decided then and
Lower School.
there that her own son must
“Work gives you
“I’ve given Brunswick man, so composed and such 31 years, a role model,” she recalled, taking a few moments to and I’ve been reminisce as she sat, legs treated very tucked, on the stage steps of generously” the Pre School gym. “I just
purpose,” she said. “The
knew I wanted my son to
been just great to have the
one day be a Brunswick boy. “Bob was such a gentle-
grow up to be like that.” And so, in 1974, she enrolled Kenneth, Jr., as Pre Schooler. He graduated in 1987 — a “lifer,” she emphasized, just for the record. As a parent, she served as a Class
at Brunswick, well, it’s really something. With the younger staff and the Flik crew [in food service], I feel like their mother: It’s
chance to listen to people and help them with their problems. “People say, ‘I hear you!’” she observed. “But hearing isn’t listening.” During the course of 31 years of doing a little or a lot of just about everything, Martha has made “lifetime
Mother’s Day Table captain. “What-
friends,” she said. “Faculty, staff,
ever the BPA did, I was involved in,”
the fantastic Flik crew, the marvel-
she said.
ous maintenance fellows. I still see
unexpected turn, and Martha was transformed from an at-home mom
girlfriends I worked with 20 years ago. We have a blast.” “I’ve given Brunswick 31 years, and
into a Brunswick staff member in
I’ve been treated very generously,” she
August 1983.
said. “Brunswick and all there is about
Since then, she’s been “every-
it has been an amazing experience.
body’s assistant,” she said. “I’ve done
Now, it’s time to saddle up and head
it all — Pre K through 12th grade —
out to tackle my bucket list while I still
and I’ve worked with the best.”
have the spunk!”
Her duties have included adminis-
That list includes a trip to Ireland
trative work in the admissions office,
this summer and an October trek from
which became too expansive for one
Prague to Budapest.
person as the School continued to
“They say you should retire at age
grow. “For a while, it was really two
65,” she smiled. “Well, that was eight
jobs,” she said. “There were a lot of
years ago!”
late hours.” times of Brunswick • spring SPRING 2014
tic. And the teamwork
Mom, a Fashion Show model, and a
Along the way, things took an
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children are just fantas-
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