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2008-2009 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Steven Burke Chair Bedford, NH
DERRYFIELD TODAY
John Allard ’83 Manchester, NH
Annie Branch Director of Communications
Bradley Benson ’78 Derry, NH
Diane Allen Staff Writer
Robert Chin Windham, NH
Griffin York & Krause Design
Craig N. Sellers Head of School Manchester, NH
Christine Cikacz Chester, NH
Puritan Press, Inc. Printing
Cathryn Vaughn ’91 Secretary Manchester, NH
James Davis New Boston, NH
CONTRIBUTORS
Dr. Louis Fink Bedford, NH
Kate Erskine
Preston Hunter ’98 Bedford, NH
Bruce Berk, Lauren Bradley ’09, Jacob Harwood ’10, Emily Johnson ’09, Matthew Porat ’10
Laurie Lamp Bedford, NH
Taylor Nagel ’08
Paul LeBlanc Manchester, NH
COMMUNICATIONS BOARD
Donna K. Lencki Candia, NH
Diane Allen
Nigel Donovan Treasurer Bedford, NH
SPRING 2009
features FEATURES
Global Travel
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by Annie Branch
Whitney Lockwood Berdy ’00 David Lockwood Manchester, NH
John Bouton
Thomas Manson New Boston, NH
Annie Branch Laurie Lamp
Gap Year
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by Taylor Nagel ’08
Jan Steele
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by Diane Allen
departments DEPARTMENTS
Message from the Head Around Campus Commencement Recap Cougar Athletics
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Constantinos Mokas Manchester, NH
Bianca Nicolosi ’09
Christopher Morgan Amherst, NH
ADVANCEMENT
Jeffrey Pollock Manchester, NH
Diane Allen Alumni Coordinator
Update on Alumni
Janice Romanowsky Hampstead, NH
Annie Branch Director of Communications
Life After Derryfield
Richard Sigel ’81 Manchester, NH
Gail Gordon Advancement Office Coordinator
Faculty Profile
William Zorn Hooksett, NH
Alice Handwerk Director of Annual Giving and Donor Relations
FRONT COVER: Seniors are all smiles as they line up for the 2009 Commencement Exercises.
Jennifer Melkonian Assistant Head for Advancement
BACKGROUND: Jonathan Lencki ’14 on the ropes course at Derryfield.
Breakthrough Spotlight
TOP: Emily Anderson ’10 performs in the spring concert.
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