The Avonian, Summer 2019

SUMMER 2019

Report of Annual Giving 2018–2019

SUMMER 2019

contents FEATURES

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Commencement 2019 " YO U’ L L B E A M A N, M Y S O N"

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Athletic Hall of Fame

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Endowment and Annual Fund

Giving Spotlight JO H N - O L I V E R B EI RNE ’03 P R E P 4 WA R D

from the EDITOR NEWS & NOTES

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CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS

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Headmaster

13 Director of Institutional Advancement 14 School Leadership 15 Leadership Giving Societies

BLUE BLAZER BALL

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40 Winged Beaver Leadership Circle

GRANDPARENTS DAY

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INVESTITURE ANNOUNCEMENT

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INSPIRING BOYS, BUILDING MEN CAMPAIGN UPDATE

41 Current Parent Giving 44 Parents of Alumni Giving 48 Grandparents of Students and Alumni Giving 50 Current Faculty and Staff Giving 52 Friends’ Giving and In-Kind Gifts 53 Admissions and Alumni Reception Hosts 55 Honorary and Memorial Giving 64 The Riddle Society

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65 Matching Gifts, Companies and Foundations 67 Endowments, Funds Functioning as Endowments, Special Purpose Funds 68 Campaign Giving

Dear Readers, I hope this issue finds you happy, healthy, and well-rested after an enjoyable summer. Though our students were gone, campus was as busy as ever, with many summer camps in session, maintenance projects underway, and final numbers crunched on the 2018–2019 Report of Annual Giving. Over the next pages, you’ll see the results of your generosity and be able to look back at our eventful spring season, during which we honored Headmaster Ken LaRocque as he prepared to retire.

This summer, Headmaster Jim Detora officially transitioned into his new role, and we also welcomed Director of Institutional Advancement Chris Webb to lead our development efforts. This fall, we’ll introduce the Prep4ward Program (see page 63), and also bring to a close our capital campaign, Inspiring Boys, Building Men. With so many changes underway, it’s an exciting time to be at Avon.

Your support of our school is what keeps us going and keeps us great—and we are becoming even greater. Thank you to everyone who believes in our mission and supports our community.

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Aspirando et perseverando,

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cugellm@avonoldfarms.com (860) 404-4239

MORGAN C. CUGELL, EDITOR

Established 1927

HEADMASTER

James M. Detora P’12 ASSOCIATE HEADMASTER

Robert J. Whitty ’87, P’16 EDITOR

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FROM THE HEADMASTER

HONORING Legendary Men

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he 2018–2019 school year was the most eventful and School. I am proud to announce we had a successful most historic of my 26 years at Avon Old Farms. The fundraising year, which enabled progress on such capital celebration of Ken LaRocque’s 38 years at Avon and projects as the hockey rink renovation, the new kitchen 21 years as headmaster was bittersweet as we toasted his servery, and the Nimrod Cabin. Funds generated also accomplishments at the Blue Blazer Ball, Grandparents allowed us to enhance several programs, improving the Day, Alumni Weekend, and Commencement and prepared overall student experience. Avon is a truly special place, for his retirement on June 30. I was proud to honor Ken and with your support we are able to continue to give our and Heidi with the Alumni Order of Old Farms award at students an invaluable educational experience in a the Saturday evening dinner during Alumni Weekend. beautiful setting. Thank you!

Ken’s positive impact and lasting legacy across our On a personal note, this school year was special. The constituencies were evident, and it was only fitting that announcement at Morning Meeting on September 24 Ken provided one last powerful and insightful speech to that I would become the seventh headmaster of Avon the community at graduation—a On a personal note, this school year was special. The perfect finish to an announcement at Morning Meeting on September 24 that I would incredible career.

Henry Coons ’71, P’07, become the seventh headmaster of Avon was one of my proudest another Avon legend, moments both personally and professionally. I look forward to honoring retired after 43 dedicated years and was Avon’s deep traditions while embracing innovation as I prepare to lead honored by being Avon into the future. Our brotherhood and wide network of loyal named head coach supporters enable us to be the best school for boys, and I look emeritus of the varsity tennis team as well as forward to working with each of you to achieve our goals. with his induction into the Athletic Hall of was one of my proudest moments both personally and Fame for his accomplishments as both a student and a professionally. I look forward to honoring Avon’s deep coach. Ken also bestowed Henry with the distinguished traditions while embracing innovation as I prepare to Alumni Order of Old Farms award. lead Avon into the future. Our brotherhood and wide The Avon community will miss these legendary men network of loyal supporters enable us to be the best and wishes them well in their retirement as they enjoy school for boys, and I look forward to working time with their families and loved ones. with each of you to achieve our goals.

In the pages that follow, please enjoy the highlights Aspirando et perseverando! from the spring as well as our 2018–2019 Report of Annual Giving, which recognizes the many generous alumni, JAMES M. DETORA P’12 HEADMASTER parents, grandparents, and friends of Avon Old Farms

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“You’ll be a

man, my son.”

COMMENCEMENT 2019

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Four years may not be long, but four years can certainly be hard. And now, our class is filled with excellent scholars, brilliant artists, talented athletes, and great citizens who will be future leaders in all kinds of industries and who will make meaningful contributions to the world.

—PENGYU SI ’19, THE SCHOLAR OF DISTINCTION

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von Old Farms School’s 86th Commencement Exercises were full of excitement and anticipation, triumphs and traditions, and tough goodbyes and tears.

It was one for the history books: Headmaster Kenneth H. LaRocque led his last senior class through Eagle Archway before exiting the Village of Old Farms with the students through Alumni Gate as an honorary member of the Class of 2019.

Headmaster LaRocque shared an invocation prayer, and talented members of various singing groups on campus performed a moving tribute to the U.S. Armed Services.

Headmaster LaRocque then handed out some of Avon’s most prestigious awards, including the Scholar of Distinction, the 12th Grade Prize for Academic Excellence, the Award for Earnest and Persistent Effort, the Award for Outstanding Improvement in the Academic Area, the George A. Murray Cup, the Student Council

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TO SEE HEADMASTER LAROCQUE’S SPEECH, GO TO: AVONOLDFARMS.COM/PARENTS/CONCERT-LIVESTREAM.

Spirit Award, Founder’s Medals, the Order of Old Farms, and the F. Reed Estabrook Jr. ’36 Award. This year’s Cashion Faculty Award went to Director of the Learning Center Samantha Jensen, and the Fanning Faculty Award went to Spanish teacher Ben Schloat.

This year, Headmaster LaRocque was Avon’s Commencement speaker.

In his address, he spoke to a line in Rudyard Kipling’s poem If— Headmaster LaRocque leveraged this line, written circa 1895, to share

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; … you’ll be a Man, my son!

the importance of balance with the Men of Avon one last time.

Then it was time: Associate Headmaster John T. Gardner took the podium for the presentation of diplomas, which were handed out by Chairman of the Board of Directors

Martin I. Cole H’16, P’04. After Billy Zhou took his final steps across the stage and the singing of “Men of Avon” was completed, graduation caps sailed triumphantly into the air.

We wish the Class of 2019 all the best!

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honors, awards, prizes THE ORDER OF OLD FARMS Cameron Colvin Andrews Bhakapol Bhakdibhumi Xufeng Dai Brad Walter Ellis John William Eschert Gabriel Jacob Gross Jared Meshak Hunter Maxwell Alexander Miller Nolan Jakob Morr Jared Kevin O’Hare Pengyu Si CUM LAUDE SOCIETY Bhakapol Bhakdibhumi Xufeng Dai Qinyang Du John William Eschert Deming Geng Jared Meshak Hunter Samuel Krupnikoff Peiqi Liu Feng Lu Pengyu Si Kai Ariel Sulkin Mingyu Zhang THE FOUNDER’S MEDAL Reza Badiee, Town Government Michael Anthony Bazzano, Community Service Charles Joseph Di Bona III, Community Service Qinyang Du, Academic Excellence Christopher C. Frutuoso, Community Service, Town Government Deming Geng, Academic Excellence Matthew Steven Jensen, Community Service Samuel Krupnikoff, Academic Excellence

Benjamin Archibald Levin, Academic Excellence Peiqi Liu, Academic Excellence Feng Lu, Academic Excellence William Bruce Murray III, Community Service, Town Government Taisun Samphanh Phommachanh, Community Service Marshall Foster Smith, Community Service, Town Government Taylor Stolworthy, Community Service Kai Ariel Sulkin Beaudan Charles Szuluk, Academic Excellence Mingyu Zhang, Community Service THE F. REED ESTABROOK JR. ’36 AWARD Maxwell Alexander Miller Jared Kevin O’Hare THE LOUISE B. ADAMS AWARD Augustus Gentry Shamburger THE PETER A. ARON ’65 AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE Jared Kevin O’Hare THE GEORGE A. MURRAY CUP Xufeng Dai THE JENNINGS CUP Jaedon Roberts Graham Michael Walker THE CHRISTOPHER R. HETHERINGTON ’91 CUP FOR EXCELLENCE IN ATHLETICS—GRADE NINE Jonathan Michael Dean

SCHOLAR OF DISTINCTION

YALE UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD

Pengyu Si

Augustus Gentry Shamburger

GRADE PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

THE KENNETH A. FANNING FACULTY AWARD

9th Grade, Shijie Xie 10th Grade, August James Berklas 11th Grade, Maxwell Harrison Gart 12th Grade, Pengyu Si

Benjamin Schloat

AWARD FOR EARNEST AND PERSISTENT EFFORT IN THE ACADEMIC AREA

THE STUDENT COUNCIL SPIRIT AWARD

9th Grade, Ernest Christopher Lowe III 10th Grade, Brett Newman 11th Grade, Khamal James Cumberbatch 12th Grade, Gaetano Indomenico

THE STUDENT COUNCIL AWARD

AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING IMPROVEMENT IN THE ACADEMIC AREA

Reza Badiee, Andrew David Donlan

Scott Joseph Capozzoli

THE TIM STRAUS ’75 AWARD

BOWDOIN COLLEGE BOOK AWARD Jiaxing Zhang BROWN UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD Austin Gatesman HAMILTON COLLEGE BOOK AWARD John Ryan Zadrozny HARVARD UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD Maxwell Harrison Gart PRINCETON UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD

THE CASHION FACULTY AWARD Samantha Jensen

Roger Bergeron

Augustin Joseph McIntyre THE ADAM ’93 AND LUKE ’95 CLINE AWARD

William Bruce Murray III THE RICHARD WOODWELL ’75 AWARD Brian Robert Dowling EDWARD SOMERVILLE VOSS AWARD Michael Anthony Bazzano GREGG RICHARD LINBURG ’87 AWARD Marshall Foster Smith PAUL KARL SCHILLER ’78 AWARD Nikhil Satpathy

Polam Fung

SIDNEY C. CLARK AWARD FOR POST GRADUATE STUDIES

TRINITY COLLEGE BOOK AWARD

Andrew Tyler Pratt, Antonius Wells

Jaesang Lim

THE CHRISTOPHER R. HIGGINS ’02 CUP FOR EXCELLENCE IN ATHLETICS— GRADE TEN

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA BOOK AWARD

Joshua Jarvis Tracey

Jordan Eric Bernard

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL AWARD Barton Nicholas Gardella

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college matriculation William B. Aaron, Loyola University, Maryland Moses Acee, St. Lawrence University Kody A. Adams, Champlain College Gordon W. Allen, Wake Forest University William P. Allen, Wake Forest University Seulchan An, New York University Cameron C. Andrews, University of Maryland, College Park Alexander P. Apostolos, University of Scranton Alexandros S. Aslanidis, Providence College Robert W. Aughtry, Alternate Year Reza Badiee, Bates College Jalen M. Banks, University of Maine Michael A. Bazzano, Kenyon College Benjamin D. Berggren, Connecticut College Bhakapol Bhakdibhumi, Carnegie Mellon University Ian H. Blatchford, George Washington University Samuel K. Boateng, Ohio State University Samuel M. Boger, Trinity College Alexander C. Brezenoff, Marist College Christopher J. Calcinari Jr., Sacred Heart University Scott J. Capozzoli, Champlain College Stuart M. Carlisle, Loyola University, Maryland Francis R. Chamberlain V, Quinnipiac University Peter C. Chandor, Furman University Si Yeon Cho, Boston University Davis L. Coniff, University of Rhode Island Spencer T. Crowe, Babson College Xufeng Dai, Haverford College Samuel M. de Jong, George Washington University Ben Dellacono, College of the Holy Cross Kolin A. Demens, University of Maine Charles J. Di Bona III, Georgetown University Qinyang Du, Johns Hopkins University Brendan D. Dyer, Wheaton College, Illinois Brad W. Ellis, Nichols College John W. Eschert, Middlebury College Jacob A. Feinstein, Elon University Giancarlo M. Ferlise, Drew University Macklin K. Fitzpatrick, Lafayette College Sean E. Flanagan, St. Lawrence University Christopher C. Frutuoso, Fairfield University Barton N. Gardella, Kenyon College Deming Geng, Emory University William C. Gersky, Georgetown University Maxwell G. Godbout, Georgetown University Gabriel J. Gross, Bucknell University Jelani N. Hamer, State University of New York, Albany John S. Hough, Bates College Christian W. Hubbard, Bryant University Jared M. Hunter, Brown University Gaetano Indomenico, Clark University Cameron D. Inwood, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Jayden P. Jagtiani, University of Missouri, Columbia Matthew S. Jensen, Rochester Institute of Technology Garret J. Katchis, Franklin & Marshall College Jeremiah M. Keating, University of Miami Do Han Kim, Parsons School of Design Ross A. Klipp Kaplan, Pennsylvania State University Samuel Krupnikoff, Boston University Jun Kwon, New York University Erik Larson, Boston College Lucas S. Latrenta, Villanova University Michael A. Leesfield, Drew University Harrison J. Leonard, University of Notre Dame Benjamin A. Levin, Tufts University Kai Lin, Alternate Year Peiqi Liu, Carnegie Mellon University Feng Lu, Johns Hopkins University Matthew G. Lucente, Drexel University

Jon A. Manafort, University of Tampa Joseph L. Mathias V, Georgia Institute of Technology Augustin J. McIntyre, McGill University Stefan A. Miklakos, United States Military Academy Maxwell A. Miller, Bentley University Nolan J. Morr, Lafayette College John A. Morris, University of Vermont Owen C. Murphy, Johns Hopkins University Ryan Murphy, University of Colorado, Boulder William B. Murray III, Providence College John A. Needham, Lafayette College Ian M. Neviaser Jr. , Stetson University Jared K. O’Hare, Bates College Pierce C. O’Hern, College of Charleston Daichi Ono, Alternate Year Cole L. Pendexter, Endicott College Justin T. Phillips, Bates College Taisun S. Phommachanh, Clemson University Andrew T. Pratt, Wesleyan University Chase M. Pratt, Stetson University Tyler J. Pumper, Fairfield University David Ramonfaur Gracia, Tecnologico de Monterrey Connor K. Reynolds, Alternate Year Gaelen R. Robinson, Alternate Year Ciaran G. Sandy, College of the Holy Cross

Pengyu Si, Columbia University Robert A. Signorino III, Quinnipiac University Jamel Smith Jr., Utica College Mark M. Smith, Sacred Heart University Marshall F. Smith, University of the South Connor Stolworthy, Florida Gulf Coast University Taylor Stolworthy, University of Tampa Kai A. Sulkin, New York University Joseph A. Sullo Jr., Tulane University Jaren C. Suttles, Providence College Beaudan C. Szuluk, Lafayette College Marshall Taylor, University of Warwick (ESU) Phat T. Tran, Northeastern University Joel M. Vega, Stetson University Callaway Votta, Wofford College Trevor O. Wehner, Northeastern University Antonius Wells, United States Naval Academy Khalil Winder, Brandeis University David Witkowski, Stonehill College Miles S. Wotorson, Endicott College Cullen M. Young, Providence College Matthew E. Zarb, Syracuse University Mingyu Zhang, Williams College Haoming Zhao, Alternate Year Jiapeng Zhou, Carnegie Mellon University

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JERONIMO AMEZCUA '21

MATT JENSEN '19

PENGYU SI '19

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FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

ENSURING our future

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hank you for your support of Avon Old Farms School, which continues to have a huge impact on Avon. This year, AOF was able to make significant needed campus infrastructure updates, highlighted by the new servery in the Riddle Refectory, allowing Flik Dining and its staff to serve healthy and creative dishes to the boys more efficiently. The LaRocque Faculty Fund brought in more than $1M to directly support teaching salaries and professional development, both of which aid in retaining the strong academic team Avon has today.

Though I’ve highlighted only two of the many ways the school has benefitted from your support, it’s important to note that both play an important role in the most important source of revenue for Avon Old Farms: student enrollment. Enrollment at AOF continues to be strong STILL TO because of the support we receive from our alumni, parents, faculty, and friends. Thank you.

I am honored to join the Avon Old Farms community this year to build the Advancement Office, which combines the Alumni and Development Office with the Admission Office. Having spent the past 16-plus years at Bridgton Academy, an all-boys postgraduate school, I came to Avon having an appreciation for the character and skill development afforded to young men in a single-sex environment. Admittedly, I have been overwhelmed by the warm welcome and the incredible sense of community— created by students, parents, employees, friends, and alumni—that truly sets Avon apart!

I am blessed to join this team at this time of transition for the school. I say blessed because I have quickly been enfolded by the campus community, being indoctrinated by such pillars of the institution as Peter Evans H’18, P’98; Henry Coons ’71, P’07; George Trautman H’98, P’75, ’81, ’82, GP’03; Kevin Driscoll ’72, P’08; Dr. Skip Flanagan H’18, GP’16, ’19; Ken LaRocque H’19, P’01, ’10; and Jim Detora P’12.

Though I have much more to learn, I have gleaned so much about the institution from these men and what it takes to build and maintain the amazing community that exists today. My wife, Becci, and I, along with our three children, consider ourselves lucky to be part of Avon Old Farms!

Many people have asked about my vision for the school in my role as director of institutional advancement.

My goals are fairly straightforward: 1) to carry out and support Jim’s vision as Avon’s seventh headmaster. An important part of his vision is to continue to increase alumni engagement in a meaningful way. To do so, we need to communicate with alumni, and we need to hear your Avon Old Farms stories. We want you to visit your school and witness firsthand the Avon of today so you can see the value in supporting the Avon of the future.

2) Working alongside our Advancement Team, I want us to be the best stewards of the institution that we can be.

We are in the midst of perhaps the most challenging time for independent schools: with tuition increasing year-over-year and a decreasing student demographic, COME the challenge to recruit, enroll, and provide the necessary support our students deserve has never been more formidable. Your engagement and financial assistance have never been more important.

We want you to visit your school and witness firsthand the Avon of today so you can see the value in supporting the Avon of the future.

Suffice it to say, I am enamored with Mrs. Riddle’s vision to build “an indestructible school for boys.” I look forward to working with each of you to ensure the school stays indestructible by preserving the history and traditions of Avon Old Farms School while evolving to remain the best all-boys school in the United States.

Aspirando et perseverando!

C H R I STO P H E R M . W E B B D I R E C TO R O F I N ST I T U T I O N A L A D VA N C E M E N T

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school leadership Avon’s Board of Directors and National Council set the standard for giving resources and time to advance Avon’s mission. With gratitude and enthusiasm, we honor those school leaders and thank them for their service to Avon.

NATIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS

BACK ROW: BRETT BROWCHUK P’15, HENRY B. DUPONT SMITH SR. P’17, ’19, KENNETH J. WINEMASTER ’83, P’17, MARTIN I. COLE H’16, P’04, KENNETH H. LAROCQUE H’19, P’01, ’10, DEAN C. GRAHAM ’84, JOHN W. MAXWELL ’86, BRADLEY R. MORRIS ’84, P’20.

FRONT ROW: CHRISTOPHER S. DREW ’85, P’17, ’18, RICHARD H. GORDON P’90, GP’21, DEE GORDON P’90, GP’21, NEAL J. KEATING P’19, BRENDAN L. MCKERNAN ’89, JAMES W. CORRIGAN ’67, P’98, KATHRYN A. ORDWAY P’04, JOHN H. EDWARDS H’19, LINDA P. WOODWELL W’75, P’08, ANDREW E. CAPUTO P’16, ’17, WADE H. O. KIRBY P’17, ’18

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Martin I. Cole H’16, P’04, Chairman William P. Austin ’92, Co-Vice Chairman Brendan L. McKernan ’89, Co-Vice Chairman, Treasurer Clayton D. Johnson ’82, Secretary Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Andrew E. Caputo P’16, ’17 James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 Maria de la Cruz P’18 J. Stratford R. Dennis ’00 Christopher S. Drew ’85, P’17, ’18 John H. Edwards H’19 Dee Gordon P’90, GP’21 Richard H. Gordon P’90, GP’21 Dean C. Graham ’84 Neal J. Keating P’19 Wade H. O. Kirby P’17, ’18 Ira H. Leesfield GP’19 John W. Maxwell ’86 Wade L. McDevitt ’82 Bradley R. Morris ’84, P’20 John A. Nolan ’80 Kathryn A. Ordway P’04 Henry B. duPont Smith Sr. P’17, ’19 Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16 Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17 Linda P. Woodwell W’75, P’08

Spencer E. Beal Sr. ’65, P’95 Joseph R. Biondo P’92 Campbell P. Brown ’86 Leslie S. Cutler P’91, GP’22 John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 George F. Getz Jr. ’80 Timothy M. Jones P’05 Stephen S. Lash ’58 Paul R. Matalon ’70, P’01 Allan J. O’Connor ’75 Rolf H. Olson ’59 Richard W. Pendleton Jr. H’96 George M. Trautman H’98, P’75, ’81, ’82, GP’03

Michael C. Conroy ’85, P’22, Chairman Thomas K. Curtis Jr. ’63, Vice President Robert H. Moran Jr. ’73, P’04, Secretary Sam L. Rubenstein ’85, Head of Nominating Committee Patricia McLaughlin P’15, Treasurer Derrick Barker ’06 Spencer E. Beal Jr. ’95 John-Oliver Beirne ’03 Anne W. Black P’99 Elisa Brady P’11 Thomas B. Byrne III ’75 John A. Costello ’85 John S. Courage ’11 Thomas S. Cousins IV ’06 John F. Davenport ’59 Chase F. Donaldson ’68 William E. Eschert ’85, P’19 Michael A. Fish ’95 Andrew H. Fisher ’91 Drew S. Graham ’85 Charles N. Hamilton ’03 George (Jeff) Henschel Jr. ’61, P’00 Kai-Cheng Ho ’06 Jordan Jayson ’94 Chane F. Keller ’08 Matthew P. Lauro ’09 Michael P. Lech ’88 Brian M. Lemek ’98

Scott B. Linke ’79, P’16 Kevin A. Ludwig ’99 William W. Lyon ’63 Harrison M. Lyons ’11 Brian R. Maitland ’80, P’18 Nicholas P. Malinosky ’00 Stewart M. Mather ’97 John M. McCormick Jr. ’82 Daniel J. McNamara ’01 John C. Mori ’05 Michael M. Mullin IV ’91 Jason K. Parker ’91 James Patten ’88 Randolph H. Pike ’78 W. S. Pollard ’92 Peter D. Reed ’88 Christopher H. Stone ’88 Edward P. Thompson ’74, P’03, ’08 Jonathan D. Usich ’89 Louis N. Usich III ’85, P’15, ’18, ’20 Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17 John D. Wendler ’68 Lincoln C. Young ’77, P’10

HONORARY MEMBERS Robert A. Dowling Jr ’91, P’21 Christopher K. Hampton ’79, P’09, ’10, ’11 Seth F. Mendell ’52

SITTING: ELISA BRADY P’11, PEDRO L. VEGA SR. P’12, ’17, PATRICIA MCLAUGHLIN P’15, ANNE W. BLACK P’99, JOHN D. WENDLER ’68, CHRISTOPHER H. STONE ’88. STANDING: BRIAN R. MAITLAND ’80, P’18, MICHAEL P. LECH ’88, WILLIAM E. ESCHERT ’85, P’19, CHASE F. DONALDSON ’68, JOHN F. DAVENPORT ’59, SAM L. RUBENSTEIN ’85, MICHAEL A. FISH ’95, GEORGE (JEFF) HENSCHEL JR. ’61, P’00, DREW S. GRAHAM ’85, LINCOLN C. YOUNG ’77, P’10, PETER D. REED ’88, THOMAS K. CURTIS JR. ’63, KENNETH H. LAROCQUE H’19, P’01, ’10, JOHN M. MCCORMICK JR. ’82, JOHN-OLIVER BEIRNE ’03, ROBERT H. MORAN JR. ’73, P’04, SPENCER E. BEAL JR. ’95, MICHAEL C. CONROY ’85, P’22

EX–OFFICIO MEMBER Kenneth H. LaRocque H’19, P’01, ’10 Headmaster

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

W = WIDOW

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leadership giving societies Through their generous gifts, Avon’s leadership donors make it possible for the school to reach new levels of excellence.

Leadership contributions significantly impact the entire Avon community, whether unrestricted or directed to faculty, financial aid, academic programs, or maintenance of school buildings. This special recognition is well deserved.

FOUNDER’S GUILD $100,000 + Anonymous (2) o Ann K. Kirby Foundation o Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk P’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole H’16, P’04 o Mr. Christopher S. Drew ’85 & Mrs. Katie Martin P’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. David E. Drew ’87 o Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. A. Russ Heinke P’90, GP ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Brett R. Jefferson ’84 o Catherine Jefferson Foundation o Mr. & Mrs. Clayton D. Johnson ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby P’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Ludwig ’99 o Mr. & Mrs. Gilman W. Ordway ’44, GP’04, ’10 o Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway P’04 & Mr. James Sadler o Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Peltz P’09, ’12 Elizabeth Ferry Speer Foundation o Mr. & Mrs. Willard T. Walker GP’15, ’19, ’19

Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Hamilton ’03 Hamilton Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William Karol P’21 Mr. Jung-Min Kwon & Mrs. Jiyeun Hong P’19 Dr. Linda Latrenta & Mr. Kurt Bloedel P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Lech ’88 o Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. McCarthy ’74 o McCarthy-Bjorklund Foundation o Mr. & Mrs. Wade L. McDevitt ’82 o Mr. Joseph H. Moglia P’96 o Moglia Family Foundation o Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story III P’10 o

Teel’s Marsh Foundation o Mr. & Mrs. John Warner III P’20 Mrs. Yelena Wells & Mr. John Dillon P’19 Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell W’75, P’08 o

DIOGENES $10,000–$24,999 Mr. & Mrs. Paul Aughtry III P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Jr. ’95 o Beal Foundation o Mr. Perry Benson Jr. ’65 o Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Calcinari P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Capasso P’20, ’20 Frank Capasso & Sons, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. B. Cargen ’66 o

Ms. Rosina E. Carlino P’14 Mr. Thomas K. Curtis ’63 & Ms. Lynn Armstrong o Mr. Yihu Dai & Mrs. Dejie Jia P’19 Mr. Alvaro C. de la Cruz ’18 Estate of Capt. Victor Delano P’75 d Mr. & Mrs. J. Stratford. R. Dennis ’00 o Walt Disney Company Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jude T. Driscoll P’17 Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle ’89 o Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Estevez P’22 Mr. David Fung & Mrs. Joanna Hui P’20 Mr. & Mrs. James P. Garvey ’79, P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. John M. Garvey ’78 o Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Gates ’65

STUDENTS FROM MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL PARTNERED WITH AVON FOR A RAUCOUS RENDITION OF NOISES OFF.

PELICAN $50,000–$99,999 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas H. Birnie P’14 Buchanan Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Alberto de la Cruz P’18 o Mr. Huntington Eldridge III Hartwell Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jay S. Jamison P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Leesfield GP’19 Leesfield Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John W. Maxwell ’86 o Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84, P’20 o Mr. & Mrs. John A. Nolan ’80 o Nolan Family Foundation o Ms. Gail Ordway P’10 Mrs. Barbara T. Sieber P’17 d Mr. Glenn A. Sieber H’19, P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. duPont Smith Sr. P’17, ’19 o Thornedge Foundation Western Union Foundation

EAGLE $25,000–$49,999 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. William P. Austin ’92 o Campbell Family Foundation Ms. Katherine E. Dietze & Mr. William H. Heyman P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Neil Flanagan P’19, ’20 Greenwich Radiological Group, P.C.

o = HEADMASTER’S CIRCLE (five or more consecutive years of giving)

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THE BONDS OF BROTHERHOOD STARTED EARLY DURING OPENING WEEKEND WHEN THE FRESHMEN CLASS HEADED OFF CAMPUS FOR A FEW ROUNDS OF BOWLING.

Goldman Sachs & Co. Goldman Sachs Gives Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Gordon P’90, GP’21 o Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson VI ’79, P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Katz ’76, P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Kelly P’11, ’14 o Mr. Nicholas C. Kobusch ’83 Kulynych Family Foundation, Inc. o Kulynych Family Foundation II, Inc. o Mr. & Mrs. Robert Larson P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Gordon F. Linke P’75, ’78, ’79, GP’16 Gordon F. Linke & Jocelyn B. Linke Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John J. McElroy P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Kristian M. Mineau P’18, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran Jr. ’73, P’04 Morris Group, Inc. Ms. Sarah Murphy P’19 Norman Foundation Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy J. Radtke P’21 Mr. John Rakolta III ’99

Dr. Tad T. M. Renvyle ’87 & Dr. Rachel Jordan Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein ’85 o Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan Jr. P’13, ’15, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. John A. Sebastian ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Signorino Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Smalley P’05 o Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Usich ’89 o Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Walker ’52 o Mr. & Mrs. Sandison Weil P20 Mr. & Mrs. Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16 o Mr. Dong-Gi Yang & Mrs. So-Yeon Kim P’21 Mr. Lei Zhao & Ms. Xin Lu P’19

ELEPHANT $5,000–$9,999 Anonymous (3) Ms. Mary Allen P’15, ’19, ’19 o Allied World Assurance Company, Inc. Mr. Jeonghwan An & Mrs. Kiok Lee P’19 Mr. & Mrs. John Apostolos P’19

Mr. & Mrs. Behnam Badiee P’19 Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros P’11, ’11 o David & Mary Barros Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bell III ’74, P’14 James E. & Constance L. Bell Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Brad Berggren P’21 Mr. Lance C. Berry ’14 o Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bigelow ’44 o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Biondo ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Erin R. Borger, FA ’99 Mr. & Mrs. Donald Brennan Jr. P’22 H. L. Brown Jr. Family Foundation o Bruning Foundation Ms. Samantha Cadenhead P’10 o Dr. Ho Ick Chang & Dr. Seungjin Lee P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Chester Esq. ’80 Mr. Adam K. Cline ’93 o Mr. & Mrs. Luke K. Cline ’95 o Mr. Andres A. Consuegra ’80 & Ms. Maria M. Velasco P’14 Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 o Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Cutler ’91, P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Davis GP’21

Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas V. Deans ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. DelVecchio ’91 o Marie G. Dennett Foundation Mr. Daniel K. Des Marais ’69 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Donahue ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Chase F. Donaldson ’68 o Mr. & Mrs. Guy O. Dove III ’57 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dyer P’19 Mr. & Mrs. William E. Eschert ’83, P’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Fish ’95 o Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Fisher ’91 o Ms. Emily H. Fisher & Mr. John Alexander P’89 Mr. David C. Gilliam ’78 o Deane A. & John D. Gilliam Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout Jr. P’17, ’19 o Arthur & Elizabeth Godbout Family Foundation, Inc. o Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Goldfarb ’60 o Mr. Dennett W. Goodrich ’59 o Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Gordon ’69 Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham ’84 o Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey F. Hamilton ’96 Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Hart P’20

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1927 SOCIETY $1,927–$4,999 Mr. Patrick T. Ashe ’91 & Mrs. Ashley L. Farrar Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Ashe ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Bazarian ’94 o Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Beath P’76, ’77, GP’06, ’07, ’09, ’15, ’18 o Bessemer National Gift Fund Dr. Richard B. Boebel ’68 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Bogino ’60 o Bundy Family Foundation o Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Callaghan ’83, P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Callahan Jr. P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Gilman A. Callsen ’04 o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Capozzoli Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Cole ’04 o Mr. & Mrs. William H. Colehower P’18 Mr. & Mrs. William R. Collins ’85 o Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Cox III P’20 Dr. & Mrs. Leslie S. Cutler P’91, GP’22 o Mr. Matthew S. D’Annolfo ’04 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Davey Jr. ’80 o Daystar Foundation LTD Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers P’87, ’90, GP’18, ’20 o Delta Airlines Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James M. Detora P’12 o Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Doyle P’14, ’16, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Ducci ’05 Mr. & Mrs. Russel Duryea Jr. GP’14, ’20 Mr. David P. Evans ’74 & Ms. Mary King o Eversource Energy Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Eric Fekete P’20, ’21, ’22 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Flaks P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Heberton E. Fricke III P’14, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Gardella P’19 Dr. & Mrs. Laurence B. Gardner ’59 Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis P’07, ’10, ’16 Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons ’81, P’11 o Mr. Jeff S. Goldman ’80 & Ms. Sharon Sevransky o Mr. & Mrs. John S. Gordon ’84 o Mr. & Mrs. Hollis J. Griffin ’59 o Mr. & Mrs. David Haden P’21 Mr. & Mrs. S. Lawrence Hammerman II ’71 Mr. & Mrs. William Hartman P’21 Mr. & Mrs. F. Reid Hipp ’87 o Hipp Foundation o Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hubbard P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Joe Huber P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Indomenico P’19, ’21 Mr. Zhenghong Jiang & Mrs. Haiyan Lin P’22 Johnson Controls Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Barry C. Joyce ’99 o Klipp Kaplan Family Mr. Chane F. Keller ’08 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Kettlewell ’85 Dr. Dong Yun Kim & Mrs. Jaehee Kwon P’20 Dr. Kwang Oh Kim & Ms. Hokyung Ro P’22 Estate of Mr. Petro Kulynych GP’93, ’95, ’10 ’14 o d

Petro Kulynych Community Fund at the Winston-Salem Foundation o Mr. Whitman Kwok & Dr. Michelle Kwok P’22 Mr. Kai Lang & Mrs. Shengjie Wang P’22 Mr. James M. Liptrot & Ms. Nancy M. Liptrot P’11, ’12, ’15, ’18 Mr. William Maag & Mrs. Anju Arora P’20 Mr. & Mrs. David D. MacKinnon ’79 Mr. & Mrs. George W. Macon III ’61 o Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Malafronte ’90 o Mr. & Mrs. Jason Manafort P’19 Manafort Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James Marsh III P’22 Mr. & Mrs. John M. McCormick Jr. ’82 o Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Moore P’01 Mr. Peter J. Morgan & Ms. Maureen E. Morgan P’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert Morris Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. James L. Nastri P’18 o Mr. & Mrs. John L. O’Connor P’20, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Orr ’86 o Mr. Clayton S. Parsons III ’78 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Previdi P’12 Mr. George E. Psaras ’98 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel S. Reed ’68 Mr. B. Franklin Reinauer III ’59 o Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Roberge P’17 Mr. William F. Roberts Jr. ’67 o Mr. & Mrs. Jon F. Rooney P’18 Ms. Leanne Schaaf P’19 Mr. Haitao Shen & Mrs. Ying Chen P’22

Mr. Jianming Shi & Mrs. Yue Yan P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Garfield Spencer P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Stolworthy P’19, ’19 Mr. Timothy A. Straus ’75 Mr. Seth Sulkin & Ms. Yoshiko Arima P’19 Mr. Torren Szuluk P’19, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tharpe ’92 o Tharpe Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Thorndike III ’57, P’84 Mr. & Mrs. Fabrice Toscano P’20 Mr. William C. Tost ’55 o Mr. George G. Touponse III & Mrs. Susan Touponse P’14, ’14 o UBS Matching Gift Program Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Valyo ’79 Mr. Zhu Wang & Ms. Sun Li P’20 Mr. Philip S. Wellman ’82 & Ms. Leslie Smith o Mr. Crayke P. Windsor ’91 o Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Wowk P’14, ’15 o

WINGED BEAVERS $500–$1,926 Young Alumni within 10 Years

Mr. Jeffrey T. Dallas Jr. ’17 Mr. Thomas J. Geraghty III ’11 Mr. Yao-Te Huang ’10 Mr. Christopher J. Moore ’18 Mr. Daniel J. Nobile ’14 o Mr. Darren J. Peltz ’12 Mr. Michael J. Pereira ’10

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Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Healy Jr. P’16 o Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hession ’87 o Mr. Matthew Holleran P’20 Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Randall Katchis P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Kim P’22 Mr. & Mrs. George P. Kooluris P’92, GP’22 o Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Krawiec GP’18, ’20 Estate of Mr. Robert C. Kristian P’86, GP’12 d Mr. Kenneth H. LaRocque H’19 & Mrs. Heidi LaRocque H’19, P’01, ’10 o Mr. Hyundeok Lim & Mrs. Jungyeoun Kim P’20 Ms. Karie Loomis P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch P’88, ’91, GP’17 o Mr. & Mrs. William B. Maag ’81 o Mr. Calvert Magruder ’46, H’06 d Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas P. Malinosky ’00 Mr. Paul R. Matalon ’70, P’01 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Mathias IV P’19 Mr. Thomas O. McCarthy ’78 o Mr. & Mrs. Christopher G. McCormack ’87 o Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Minella ’94 Dr. & Mrs. John Mullen P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan L. Neidlinger ’99 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Nichols ’83 o Nora Fleming, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah J. O’Brien P’06, ’10, ’12 Mr. Rolf H. Olson ’59 & Mrs. Sioux Stacy-Olson o Mr. George D. O’Neill P’81 o Abby and George O’Neill Trust Mr. & Mrs. Timothy G. Overcash P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Franklyn D. Owen III ’83 Owen Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. Steven N. Palmer P’02 o Mr. & Mrs. James Patterson P’21 Patterson Family Trust Ms. Anouk Patty P’20 T. R. Paul Family Foundation Mr. Richard W. Pendleton Jr. H’96 o Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt Pratt P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16, ’21 o Mr. & Mrs. James Reynolds Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. John Ruan IV ’92 o John Ruan Foundation Trust Mr. Blake L. Ruttenberg ’89 & Dr. Aimee Kimball Mr. & Mrs. Mauricio C. Salgar P’22 Mr. Jeffrey P. Sandoe ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Shaw P’18 o Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg P’12, ’17 Mr. Christopher H. Stone ’88 & Mr. David Fox o Mr. & Mrs. Patrick D. Thibadeau P’00, ’02 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Usowski P’13 o Walks Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gifts Program Ms. Yong Zhang P’21 Mr. Bing Zuo & Mrs. Yongmei Lin P’20

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More than 50 pints of blood were donated to the American Red Cross Connecticut during our annual school blood drive.

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now we gather, men REUNION 2019

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May 15–17 2020 ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND

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his spring, hundreds of alumni from near and far landed back on campus for their reunions— and Ken LaRocque’s final Reunion Weekend as headmaster. The celebratory weekend was marked by traditions old and new, such as the afternoon hangout at the newly restored Nimrod Cabin and Pavilion, varsity athletic contests, a moving memorial service, class dinners at local restaurants and homes, and the alumni parade and Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Thank you to everyone who gathered to celebrate the enduring spirit of the Avon brotherhood. We loved reminiscing with you. To everyone who couldn’t get here, we hope you will enjoy the photos that capture the festivities!

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ALUMNI AND THEIR FAMILIES GATHER AT THE NEW NIMROD CABIN AND PAVILION FOR REUNION WEEKEND FESTIVITIES.

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ONE LAST STANDING OVATION FOR RETIRING HEADMASTER KEN LAROCQUE.

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alumni giving Alumni are the true stewards of Avon, and the impact of your generosity leads the community. Thank you for the growing support that ensures young men will continue to thrive at Avon.

CLASS OF ’38 Mr. Donald M. Davidson o Dr. & Mrs. John B. Liebler

CLASS OF ’42 Mr. & Mrs. Clifford W. Hankin Mr. Russell Hunter, Head Class Agent o

CLASS OF ’44 75T H REUNIO N

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bigelow o Mr. & Mrs. Gilman W. Ordway GP’04, ’10 o

CLASS OF ’46 Mr. Calvert Magruder H’06 d

CLASS OF ’49 70 T H REUN IO N

Mr. Richard I. Hall d

CLASS OF ’50 Mr. & Mrs. Harvey S. Rubin, Head Class Agent o

CLASS OF ’51 Mr. Randolph Harrison o

CLASS OF ’52 Mr. Anthony Antoville Mr. & Mrs. George H. Black Jr. o Mr. & Mrs. David M. Homeier o Mr. Frank G. Leavitt P’76, GP’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Seth F. Mendell, Head Class Agent o Hon. & Mrs. John F. Mulcahy Jr. o Mr. John F. Nichols & Mrs. Charito Antonio-Nichols o Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Walker o

CLASS OF ’54 65 T H REUN IO N

Mr. Joseph P. Blair III Lt. Col. & Mrs. Richard W. C. Evans III Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas A. Zessoules o

CLASS OF ’55 Mr. & Mrs. Warren H. Cochrane Mr. Jonathan V. Dugan Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Franklin III o

Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hawie P’82, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. David A. Hutzler o Mr. & Mrs. John E. Kimberly Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Learned Mr. & Mrs. Alvah L. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Gerald L. Schroeder o Mr. & Mrs. Cleon M. Shutt Jr., Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. William C. Tost o Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Treadway o Dr. & Mrs. Andreas A. Zavitsas o

CLASS OF ’56 Mr. Peter L. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Donegan o Mr. P. Patrick Greeven Mr. Stephen L. Kadish o Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Stahlman P’80 o Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Wiesner Dr. & Mrs. John I. Yellott

CLASS OF ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Guy O. Dove III o Mr. & Mrs. James C. Flippin o Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Gryboski P’88, ’99 o Mr. Guy Gundaker III o Mr. & Mrs. David E. Koskoff o Mr. B. William Mayer o Mr. & Mrs. Andrew E. Stern o Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Thorndike III P’84 Mr. & Mrs. Elliott J. Tuckel o Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Zarefoss

CLASS OF ’58 Mr. & Mrs. Austin Chambers, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Grafflin Cook Dr. C. Braxton Dew & Mrs. Roberta Austring o Mr. & Mrs. John E. Dooley o Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Ferrier o Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Holt, Co-Head Class Agent o Dr. & Mrs. R. Peter Mogielnicki Mr. Jordan L. Mott VI o Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Schlein o Mr. & Mrs. Stanley I. Strouch Mr. Richard S. Taylor o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Thompson o

CLASS OF ’59

CLASS OF ’62

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Mr. & Mrs. Karl L. Aschenbach o Mr. & Mrs. Rufus K. Griscom Mr. E. Paul Herbert o Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Lawrence III o Mr. & Mrs. John M. Luders Mr. & Mrs. David S. Miles Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Prezzano o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Robinson o Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky P’91, ’94, Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. George R. Seifert P’13 o Mr. & Mrs. William D. Weiss P’90 Mr. G. Greeley Wells Jr.

Mr. John F. Davenport & Ms. Batya Miller o Mr. Charles W. Davis, Co-Head Class Agent o Dr. & Mrs. Laurence B. Gardner Mr. Dennett W. Goodrich o Mr. & Mrs. Hollis J. Griffin o Mr. & Mrs. Wayne R. Hartigan Mr. Rolf H. Olson & Mrs. Sioux Stacy-Olson, Class Agent o Lt. Col. & Mrs. Albert R. Pettingill USA (Ret.) o Rev. & Mrs. Wendell R. Phillips Mr. B. Franklin Reinauer III o Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Rickard o Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Sumner Mr. & Mrs. Winfield G. Viering o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Whitman Jr. o

CLASS OF ’60 Mr. Stuart G. Barr Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Bogino o Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Costello P’85 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Goldfarb o Mr. Samuel Jackson III o Dr. Bradford Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Miller o Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pope o Mr. & Mrs. William F. Powers Jr. o Mr. Eric J. T. Skemp Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Street Mr. & Mrs. Peter K. Van Winkle Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Wells III o d Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Williams, Head Class Agent o

CLASS OF ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Erich L. Cluxton o Mr. & Mrs. George (Jeff) Henschel P’00, Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. George W. Macon III o Mr. William D. A. Palmer & Mrs. Anne L. Massey Mr. & Mrs. Richard I. Steinberg o Mr. Lawrence B. Tweedy & Mr. Ric S. Markle

CLASS OF ’63 Mr. Thomas K. Curtis & Ms. Lynn Armstrong o Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Emmons o Mr. John R. Finch Jr. o Mr. & Mrs. Persifor Frazer V Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hynson Jr. o Mr. Robert H. Leith Jr. Mr. William W. Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Poulson C. Reed o Mr. Jack R. Stokvis & Ms. Evelyn Noether, Head Class Agent o Mr. Warren S. Van Deventer o

CLASS OF ’64 55T H R EUNI O N

Mr. Thomas A. Anderson o Mr. James L. Brainard Mr. & Mrs. John H. Dick o Mr. & Mrs. Shepherd M. Holcombe Jr. o Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Larsen Mr. & Mrs. Anthony K. McCague Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Minnick Mr. & Mrs. Edmund T. Mudge IV o Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Rubicam o Mr. Jon R. Salony & Mrs. Mary E. Galea o Mr. John K. Shaw III o Mr. Peter L. Shinbach o Mr. Richard S. Valentine o Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Weeks Sr. o Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Zinsser o

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GAME FACE: WINGED BEAVERS COME TO WIN.

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Varsity lacrosse team is 2019 Founders League champion.

CLASS OF ’65 Mr. Perry Benson Jr., Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Randolph P. Eddy Jr. o Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Gates Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Grant o Mr. John S. Handloser Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nissley P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Ruifrok o Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Stokvis o Mr. & Mrs. Hance C. Throckmorton

CLASS OF ’66 Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Barker, Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Winthrop B. Bissell o Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. B. Cargen o Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Dudley Jr. o Mr. & Mrs. Berton K. Frank o Col. Donald F. Gabreski & Lt. Gen Terry L. Gabreski Mr. & Mrs. Clark R. Gates Mr. & Mrs. Vere W. Gaynor o Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hallam o Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hausberg o Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Moser o

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Off Jr. o Mr. & Mrs. R. D. Parker o Mr. & Mrs. David S. Pinkham o Mr. & Mrs. Jesse D. Saunders o

CLASS OF ’67 Mr. & Mrs. John H. Asiel o Mr. Richard P. Behr Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan P’98, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Quentin F. Feitner o Mr. John R. Hebberd o Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm M. Hirsh Jr. P’03, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Robert Holt Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George T. Jamerson Mr. & Mrs. Joshua R. Lipman o Mr. William F. Roberts Jr. Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Schorr Mr. & Mrs. William T. Whitney o

CLASS OF ’68 Dr. Richard B. Boebel o Mr. & Mrs. Chase F. Donaldson, Class Agent o

Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Doughty o Mr. & Mrs. Fredric G. Fearn Jr. Mr. Jeffrey P. Kent o Mr. Brian T. Mullins P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Lewis B. Pollard o Mr. George L. Purnell, Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rauch o Mr. & Mrs. Daniel S. Reed Mr. Robert S. Scott Jr. o Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Sharman o Mr. & Mrs. John D. Wendler o

CLASS OF ’69 50 T H R EUNI O N

Mr. & Mrs. George W. Allen Mr. & Mrs. L. Larus Avery Mr. Garrett R. Bowden Mr. & Mrs. David F. Coleman P’01, ’03, Head Class Agent Mr. Daniel K. Des Marais Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Godbout Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Gordon Mr. Robert J. K. Hart Jr. o Mr. Winston McKellar Mr. John C. L. Ross

P = PARENT

Mr. & Mrs. William T. Sargent o Mr. & Mrs. G. Van Upjohn o Mr. Todd P. Young

CLASS OF ’70 Mr. & Mrs. Harris H. Bucklin III, Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. John L. Burr o Mr. Bryan S. Hatch Mr. Paul R. Matalon P’01 Rev. John K. Pinckney Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Reiss o Mr. Remsen S. Vickrey & Ms. Margaret Deacy o Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas M. Wells o Mr. Steven E. Wendler

CLASS OF ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy R. Beeble, Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. William P. Child Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons P’07, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. S. Lawrence Hammerman II Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Shepard o Dr. & Mrs. John S. Spencer, Ph.D.

GP = GRANDPARENT

W = WIDOW

H = HONORARY

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CLASS OF ’78

CLASS OF ’80

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Angel P’07 o Mr. Alexander F. Bonacarti o Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Driscoll P’08, Head Class Agent o Mr. Douglas L. Firth & Dr. Rebecca Firth o Mr. Kenneth N. Greenberg o Mr. Peter D. Hynson o Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Sargent P’05 o

Mr. & Mrs. M. Houston Baker III o Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Beath Dr. Craig S. Feibel Mr. James M. Gilmore Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Hannah P’04 Mr. & Mrs. David F. Jacobs o Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Katz P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Lee Mr. & Mrs. Alexander H. Noble Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Rice P’15 o

Mr. & Mrs. S. Brad Buckley Mr. & Mrs. John R. Fisher III Mr. & Mrs. John M. Garvey, Head Class Agent o Mr. David C. Gilliam o Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Martino Mr. Thomas O. McCarthy o Mr. Clayton S. Parsons III o Mr. John L. Taylor

CLASS OF ’77

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Mr. Michael M. Baker & Dr. Louisa K. Baker Mr. Kenneth H. Blanchard o Maj. & Mrs. John M. Bourgault USMC (Ret.) P’09 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cashel Mr. & Mrs. William C. Cherry P’06 o Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Chester Esq. Mr. Andres A. Consuegra & Ms. Maria M. Velasco P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Davey Jr., Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Mark Doherty Mr. Jeff S. Goldman & Ms. Sharon Sevransky o Mr. & Mrs. John V. Harker Jr. o Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Johnson o Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Maitland P’18, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Mark Mr. & Mrs. John A. Nolan o Mr. & Mrs. Matthew S. Paskus Mr. & Mrs. Philip G. Pratt Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Kurt F. Reardon o

CLASS OF ’73 Mr. Stephen D. Ades o Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Atkins, Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. John R. Bourget, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Anthony F. Coppola Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. DiCorpo o Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran Jr. P’04, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Protasewich Mr. & Mrs. James H. Rodenbush

CLASS OF ’74 45 T H REUN IO N

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce R. Anschutz, Class Agent o Mr. William D. Batesole & Ms. Anne Nordstrom o Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bell III P’14 Mr. Kenneth L. Christian II o Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Connell, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. John F. Dobek Mr. David P. Evans & Ms. Mary King o Mr. & Mrs. George J. Giannoni, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Morris D. Goldstein o Mr. Mathew Granger P’05 o Mr. W. B. Holby Jr., Class Agent Dr. & Mrs. Scott B. MacDonald P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. McCarthy o Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Molloy, Co-Head Class Agent o Dr. Geoffrey B. Monsour & Ms. Audrey Swank o Mr. William L. Patterson Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Sulick Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson P’03, ’08 o Mr. & Mrs. W. John White o

Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Beath P’06, ’07, ’09, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bissell o Mr. Scott N. Burton o Mr. & Mrs. Jorge E. Consuegra Jr. P’11, Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. David D. Hunter Mr. Frederick M. Michel, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. John M. Rowland Mr. & Mrs. Edmund E. Sanford P’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Sherrill o Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Szilagyi Esq. Mr. Dalzell W. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan R. Yale o Mr. Lincoln C. Young P’10 o

CLASS OF ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Affelder Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Driscoll P’06, ’08, ’09, ’11 o Mr. & Mrs. James P. Garvey P’11, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Anthony M. Gray P’14, ’16, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson VI P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Philip F. Law Mr. & Mrs. David D. MacKinnon Mr. & Mrs. Bradley M. Pierce o Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Rainville o Mr. Peter N. Randrup Jr. Mr. Jeffrey P. Sandoe Mr. & Mrs. William G. Thames Jr. P’13 Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Valyo

ON THE FIELD OR IN THE LAB, AVONIANS ARE ALWAYS HARD AT WORK.

CLASS OF ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Applegate Mr. Douglas E. Beeghly o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Byrne III, Head Class Agent o Mr. Michael S. Cercone o Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Haack III o Mr. & Mrs. James H. Osborne Mr. Timothy A. Straus Mr. Timothy L. Trautman P’03 & Ms. Joan Blanchard o Mr. & Mrs. John F. Van Sant Jr. o

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ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

On behalf of the Avon Old Farms School community, I extend my sincere congratulations to these athletes on their incredible careers here at Avon.

—KEVIN DRISCOLL ’72, P’08

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very other year, Avon Old Farms selects a few elite teams and athletes from the past to honor and recognize during Alumni Reunion Weekend. This year, two teams and two individuals were chosen for induction into the Avon Old Farms School Athletic Hall of Fame.

Inductees honored were Ray Godbout ’69; Henry Coons ’71, P’07; the ’92–’93 varsity hockey team; and

the ’07–’08 varsity soccer team.

“On behalf of the Avon Old Farms School community, I extend my sincere congratulations to these athletes on their incredible careers here at Avon,” commented Kevin Driscoll ’72, P’08, commissioner of Avon’s Athletic Hall of Fame Selection Committee. “We were pleased that our inductees, their families, classmates, and friends joined us to celebrate this great honor.”

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RAY GODBOUT JR. ’69: Godbout was a swimmer for four years at Avon and a co-captain of the swimming team. By the time he graduated in 1969, he had set records and achieved milestones that no other swimmer has ever accomplished in the history of Avon swimming. His signature event was the butterfly, the most demanding stroke in competitive swimming. In that event, he was virtually unbeatable. Godbout went undefeated in dual-meet competitions in the 100-yard butterfly for all four years at Avon and during his junior and senior years, he was simply the best prep school butterflier in New England. He won the 100-yard butterfly at the New England Prep School Swimming Championships

Whenever I got to the starting blocks, I believed I could win. If I didn’t win, I’d work harder so I could beat him the next time.

— R AY G O D B O U T ’ 6 9

back-to-back in 1968 and 1969, beating swimmers from Williston, Deerfield, Andover, Exeter, Mt. Hermon, and Hotchkiss, among others.

Godbout set Avon school records in the 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard individual medley, and 400-yard freestyle and was a member of the record-setting medley team. His butterfly record lasted nearly 20 years before it was finally broken.

He also set Connecticut Independent School Swimming Association records in the same events as well as in the 100-yard freestyle. In addition to swimming, he was a member of the varsity cross country and track teams and was recognized as Avon’s Most Outstanding Athlete in 1968.

Godbout continued his stellar swimming career at the University of New Hampshire, where he co-captained the swimming team and established school records in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley and was a member of UNH’s record-setting medley relay teams. Once again, he never lost in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly in four years of dual-meet competition.

In 1972, as a junior, he broke the New England collegiate record in the 100-yard butterfly, and in 1973, he was named to the Yankee Conference All-Star Team in the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard individual medley after winning both events at the conference championships in record times.

Godbout did not become Avon’s “Greatest Swimmer of All Time” because of his physical talent, although that was clearly evident.

His success was due to his drive, his competitiveness, his will to succeed,

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and his work ethic. He aspired to be the best, and he simply outworked everyone else—on every lap, in every practice, and in every dual meet or championship competition.

As Godbout himself once said, “Whenever I got to the starting blocks, I believed I could win. If I didn’t win, I’d work harder so I could beat him the next time.” That winning mindset and work ethic carried him to a successful business career as well. He earned his MBA with highest honors and then, over a 30-year career in human resources, held senior-level positions with a number of Fortune 500 companies.

HENRY COONS ’71, P’07: Winner of

the Buckley Cup as the best senior athlete during his student days, Coons returned to campus after college and became a legendary tennis coach who also coached football, wrestling, and basketball.

He played varsity football, basketball, and baseball at Avon. He was captain of varsity football and varsity baseball. In football, he was quarterback and defensive back on the team that executed the first

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Practice for precision and perfection, play for keeps.

—H E N R Y C O O N S ’ 7 1 , P ’ 0 7

“signature” win of the George Trautman era under Coach Harry Rice over an excellent Kingswood team by the score of 24-20 in 1969. Coons played guard in basketball and was a pitcher and outfielder in baseball.

At Division III Muhlenberg College, he was a four-year letterman in football as a defensive halfback and wide receiver and baseball as an outfielder. In 1973, the Mules football team went 7-1-1 and beat Widener College, a team that featured two future all-professional standouts: Joe Fields and Billy “White Shoes” Johnson.

In 1976, Coons became a member of the faculty and during his 43 years at Avon coached a variety of sports, including football, basketball, wrestling, baseball, and tennis. He was very fortunate to have coached outstanding young athletes and work with talented assistant and head coaches during his tenure. Even more important was the amazing support of his wife, Marie, and children, Christina, Brittany, and Casey ’07.

As a head JV and assistant varsity football coach over 22 years, he had a record of 112 wins, 34 losses, and five undefeated seasons. As head varsity tennis coach for 39 years, his overall record was 307-228 in the very competitive Founders League.

During those years, there were two notable winning eras: 44-1 from 1992 to 1995 and 65-9 from 2001 to 2005.

In 2003, the team went 13-0 in the regular season and lost to Milton Academy 4-1 in the New England Championship semifinals. Milton then swept Deerfield in the finals.

If Coach Coons were asked about his overall coaching philosophy, he would say, “Practice for precision and perfection; play for keeps.”

As the team entered the New England Division I prep school playoffs, hopes were high for the fast-skating Winged Beavers.

Timothy Lewis’s ’94 four-goal effort headlined a pulsating 7-3 quarterfinal win. Avon journeyed to UMASS-Lowell for its semifinal against Tabor. Philip Scarinci ’94 had

VARSITY HOCKEY TEAM ’92–’93:

VARSITY HOCKEY TEAM ’92–’93:

The 1992–1993 varsity hockey team set many standards of excellence that remain cornerstones of the Avon Old Farms hockey program's winning tradition. The 1992–1993 varsity ice hockey team, led by captains Thomas Nolan ’93 and Geoff Marottolo ’94, achieved excellence during its storybook season by compiling a record of 21-4-1 and capturing a Founders League title.

the winning goal with 6:30 left in the game to lead Avon to the 4-3 win.

Michael Gagnon ’94, Chad Poliquin ’95, and Erik Lauritzen ’94 had the other goals in the win. On Sunday, March 7, the Winged Beavers culminated their season with a 5-4 decision over St. Sebastian’s in the championship final. Senior captain Tom Nolan ’93 showed his teammates the way with two goals, and Michael Correia ’94 shone in the net. As the team skated

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VARSITY SOCCER TEAM ’07-’08:

its championship trophy around the arena, the players realized what their combined efforts could accomplish.

For the second time in four years, Avon had the best high school hockey team in New England.

VARSITY SOCCER TEAM ’07–’08:

The 2007–2008 varsity soccer team continued a trend at Avon Old Farms as soccer became a powerhouse program at the school, helping set new standards of excellence on the soccer pitch.

The 2007 varsity soccer team finished the season with a record of 16-1-2. The team posted shutout wins over Taft, Trinity-Pawling, Brunswick, NMH, Hopkins, Tabor, Westminster, Choate, Berkshire, Wilbraham, Loomis, and BB&N. Avon outscored opponents 43-9. Led by captains Eric LaVorgna ’08, Nicholas Gantsoudes ’08, Colin Bradley ’09, and Michael Giuliano ’09, Avon captured the Founders League title, besting a tough Loomis team 2-0 in front of 300 fellow Avonians.

In the final game of the season, the team faced BB&N for the New England title. Regulation and one overtime period found the two teams tied 0-0 until, with 45 seconds remaining in the second overtime, Justin Davies ’08 knocked home the game-winning and New England championship goal. For the second time in three years, Avon Old Farms soccer won the Stewart Cup as the New England Prep School Class A champions!

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of faculty members used scho ol funding to particip ate in profession al developm ent opportunit ies.

CLASS OF ’81 Mr. & Mrs. John P. Franzosa o Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Matthew G. Gray Mr. Timothy E. Kelley Mr. Geoggrey G. Kratz & Mrs. Lisa Galiano-Kratz P’15, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. William B. Maag, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Mancuso Jr. o Mr. Christopher R. Morrissey o Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. O’Neill o Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Symes P’16, Class Agent o

CLASS OF ’82 Mr. Douglas H. Candler o Mr. & Mrs. Ernesto Carrizosa Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Cheston o Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy H’13, P’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Donahue Mr. & Mrs. R. Todd Elliott Mr. Gregory T. Fish, Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Jerold T. Garvey, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Clayton D. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Jones Jr. Mr. Henry B. Kells o Mr. & Mrs. William F. Maher Mr. & Mrs. Neil F. Mara Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John M. McCormick Jr. o Mr. & Mrs. Wade L. McDevitt o Mr. Daniel J. O’Connor III o Mr. Philip S. Wellman & Ms. Leslie Smith o Mr. & Mrs. John A. Zappone o

CLASS OF ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Erik A. Akopiantz Mr. & Mrs. Brad A. Benson o Mr. Jonathan T. Brand o Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Callaghan P’21 Mr. & Mrs. William E. Eschert P’19 o Co-Head Class Agent

Mr. Robert V. Fish II o Mr. & Mrs. James A. Freiberg o Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Green III P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Gregory o Co-Head Class Agent Mr. Nicholas C. Kobusch Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Nichols o Mr. & Mrs. Franklyn D. Owen III Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Pegg o Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster P’17 o

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Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Adams Mr. Leland A. Alper o Mr. Kyle M. Appell o Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Gibbons Mr. & Mrs. John S. Gordon o Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham o Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Hennessey o Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Horning o Mr. & Mrs. Brett R. Jefferson o Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Kenvin Mr. & Mrs. David J. Maikowski o Mr. & Mrs. John A. Sebastian Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Tanny Mr. & Mrs. Edmund S. Twining IV Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Valimont P’13, Class Agent o

CLASS OF ’85 Mr. Wilson M. Alford III, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy T. Banks Mr. & Mrs. John G. Birle o Mr. & Mrs. F. Steve Browning Mr. John E. Butterworth Mr. & Mrs. William R. Collins o Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Conroy P’22 o Mr. & Mrs. John A. Costello o Mr. Christopher S. Drew & Mrs. Katie Martin P’17, ’18 o

Mr. Paul B. Duwan o Mr. & Mrs. Bradley A. Evens Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Giannamore o Mr. & Mrs. Drew S. Graham o Mr. & Mrs. John D. Kettlewell Mr. Scott W. Lowe o Mr. & Mrs. W. Richard McCarthy Jr. Mr. Timothy C. Orr o Mr. & Mrs. James B. Polk Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein, Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Usich III P’15, ’18, ’20 o

CLASS OF ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Crowe P’19 Mr. William A. Goldthwait & Ms. Courtney Church Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Gorman, Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Matthew A. Green Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Kristian o Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Krupnikoff P’19, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. John W. Maxwell o Mr. Michael J. McNealy Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Orr o Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Reger o

CLASS OF ’87 Mr. & Mrs. William P. Burks Jr., Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Delnicki o Mr. & Mrs. David E. Drew o Mr. & Mrs. Brendan P. Flynn Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hession o Mr. & Mrs. F. Reid Hipp o Mr. & Mrs. Clifford A. Lanier Mr. Andrew M. Leidner Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. McCalla o Mr. & Mrs. Christopher G. McCormack o Mr. James W. McCormick Dr. Tad T. M. Renvyle & Dr. Rachel Jordan

Mr. & Mrs. Tatsuya Takaku o Mr. & Mrs. Brett A. Taylor o Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Whitty P’16 o

CLASS OF ’88 Mr. & Mrs. Shawn E. Atkinson, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. David E. Cooper o Mr. & Mrs. James M. Dowden Mr. Mark A. Fantasia Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Harrop Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Lech o Mr. & Mrs. Ryan T. Martin Mr. Bruce Miller Mr. & Mrs. James H. Patten Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Reed, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Brian M. Regan o Mr. & Mrs. Federico A. Schad Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel A. Smith o Mr. Christopher H. Stone & Mr. David Fox o Mr. Benjamin H. Travers o Mr. & Mrs. Matthew C. Wagner o

CLASS OF ’89 3 0 T H R EUNI O N

Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle o Mr. & Mrs. William F. Farrington III o Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Jamison III Mr. Blake L. Ruttenberg & Dr. Aimee Kimball Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Sheaffer Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Usich o Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Voegtle P’17 o

CLASS OF ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Brendan J. Andrews o Mr. & Mrs. Culley C. Carson IV Mr. & Mrs. Adam J. Crane Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers P’18, ’20 o Head Class Agent

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Mr. Derek L. Fisher o Mr. & Mrs. David D. Gordon P’21 o Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Gregory o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Gresh P’16 o Dr. & Mrs. James L. Livermore o Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Malafronte, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Reilly Mr. & Mrs. Huger G. Sinkler II o

CLASS OF ’91 Mr. Patrick T. Ashe & Mrs. Ashley L. Farrar Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Cutler P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas V. Deans Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. DelVecchio o Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling Jr. P’21, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Fisher, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Damian J. Fox Lt. Col. & Mrs. Sean M. Hankard USMC

Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Hornish o Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Hornish o Mr. John B. Pinkham Jr. o Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Rozinsky Mr. & Mrs. Elliot A. Wagner o Mr. Brendon A. Welker & Ms. Elizabeth Schmitt, Class Agent Mr. Crayke P. Windsor o

CLASS OF ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Ashe Mr. & Mrs. William P. Austin, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Biondo Mr. Brendan C. Dinan Mr. Jonathan E. Gozzo Mr. Douglas J. Kooluris & Ms. Leah A. Caro P’22 Dr. Benn L. Lieberman & Dr. Michelle Lieberman o Mr. & Mrs. Bryan J. Matthews o

Mr. & Mrs. Jesse D. Rappaport o Mr. & Mrs. John Ruan IV o Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Rulison Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tharpe, Class Agent o Maj. Frederick F. Tremble USMC (Ret.) & Mrs. Suzanne Nixon

CLASS OF ’93 Mr. Matthew E. Bill o Mr. & Mrs. H. L. Brown III Mr. & Mrs. Lance A. Cashion, Class Agent Mr. Adam K. Cline, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Kohn Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Todd L. Lady Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Martha o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Nolan SSG & Mrs. Steven M. Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Lee N. Schmertzler o Mr. & Mrs. Travis B. Weisleder o

STUDENTS IN MS. MCCUBBIN’S AEOROSPACE ENGINEERING CLASS LEARN HOW TO DO A PRE-CHECK OF THE AIRPLANE BEFORE FLYING.

CLASS OF ’94 2 5T H R EUNI O N

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Bazarian o Mr. & Mrs. Bryan R. Donahue Mr. Robert M. Gagnon Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Gozzo, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Jayson Mr. & Mrs. Adam Josef o Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Minella Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Moeller Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Rozinsky Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Toohey

CLASS OF ’95 Mr. Erik Y. Assadourian & Ms. Aynabat Yaylymova o Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Jr. o Mr. Michael P. Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Graham R. Callaghan o Mr. & Mrs. Luke K. Cline o Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Fish o

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A STUDENT PARTICIPATING IN OUR AIP PROGRAM EXAMINES THE DNA OF FRUIT FLIES WITH DR. COOLON, FROM WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, WHO IS STUDYING HOW CHANGING THEIR DNA CAN IMPACT CROP GROWTH.

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Fitzpatrick, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Jonathon F. Hartnett, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hoak o Mr. & Mrs. Marc R. Holtman o Mr. & Mrs. Shawn G. LaBonte Mr. & Mrs. John P. McAuliffe, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Peter K. Sheffield III, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Silvestro, Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy D. Tevald o

CLASS OF ’96 Mr. & Mrs. Kendall K. C. Cheatham Mr. Patrick D. Dinneen Mr. Brent R. P. Drake o Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Emerson Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey F. Hamilton Mr. Richard W. Pendleton Jr. H’96 o Mr. & Mrs. Kelvin Roldan o

CLASS OF ’97 Mr. & Mrs. Brock E. Doran o Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Griffin Mr. & Mrs. Shane N. Lieberman o Mr. Douglas W. McCarthy Mr. Reginald Miller III Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Salerno Jr. o Mr. Timothy B. Stay, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. William J. Zappone

CLASS OF ’98 Mr. Tauseef A. Ansari Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey R. Barlow, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Carlton Mr. J. Andrew Corrigan & Ms. Amando Slaughter, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Anthony N. D’Arpino Mr. & Mrs. Craig P. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin K. James Mr. Sang Yoon Kim

Dr. Gregory M. Kraczkowsky II, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Brian M. Lemek Mr. Justin H. Nave Mr. George E. Psaras, Class Agent Maj. & Mrs. Cristopher M. Ulrich USA Mr. & Mrs. Drew T. Widger o

CLASS OF ’99 2 0 T H R EUNI O N

Mr. Glenn R. Berglund Mr. & Mrs. Crager J. Boardman III Mr. & Mrs. Erin R. Borger, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Austin W. Dienst Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Gateman, Class Agent o Maj & Mrs. John B. Haberland o Mr. & Mrs. Barry C. Joyce o Mr. John M. Kowalchick, Class Agent o Mr. Adam C. LaVorgna Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Ludwig o Mr. & Mrs. Todd L. Marr o Mr. Casey P. McCanta

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan L. Neidlinger Mr. John Rakolta III Mr. & Mrs. Jaxon A. Reilly Mr. & Mrs. Patrick B. Tabb

CLASS OF ’00 Mr. Lyman W. Blanchard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ryan S. Breakey o Dr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Caulfield o Mr. & Mrs. J. Stratford. R. Dennis o Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. Dowling, Class Agent Mr. Brandt Leahy Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas P. Malinosky Mr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Montalbano, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. O’Neill, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Tenukas, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Villecco

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CLASS OF ’01 Mr. Joshua L. Bruff Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Chasser Mr. & Mrs. Craig P. Chester, Class Agent o Maj & Mrs. Alexander R. Dean o Mr. William T. Dean IV o Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas H. LaRocque, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. James M. Malone Mr. & Mrs. Brandon B. Morrocco Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Paquet Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Wurz

CLASS OF ’02 Mr. Ryan Z. Dietz Mr. Richard A. Gilday o Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Hussey Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Karoly o Mr. John P. Moeller o Mr. William N. Palmer, Head Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Stevens Mr. Charles S. Ward Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Wenstrom

CLASS OF ’03 Mr. John-Oliver Beirne Mr. Daniel G. Ciaburri Jr. o Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Coleman o Mr. Brett R. Garber Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Craig P. Irwin Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Karoly, Class Agent o Mr. & Mrs. Marek J. Krowka Mr. James T. Tang, Head Class Agent o Mr. Matthew T. Trautman o

CLASS OF ’04 1 5 T H REUN IO N

Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Archambault, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Evan A. Bowen o Mr. Kyle P. Brewer Mr. & Mrs. Gilman A. Callsen o Mr. Timothy P. Cartland Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Cole o Mr. Matthew S. D’Annolfo o Mr. Michael J. Davis Mr. Matthew R. Dratch Mr. Adam C. Fine Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Finnegan Mr. Christopher J. Griffin o Mr. Scott A. Hannah Mr. & Mrs. Dwight C. Harris Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Wesley R. Jayne Mr. & Mrs. Brian F. Kelaher Mr. & Mrs. Tyler E. Kelley o Mr. & Mrs. Graham T. Klehr-Keyes Mr. Jason B. LaVorgna Mr. & Mrs. Griffin Leahy o Mr. & Mrs. Ryan A. Matalon Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Mazur III o Mr. & Mrs. Albert R. McDonald III Mr. Matthew H. Moran, Head Class Agent Mr. Nicholas S. Morris

Mr. Vincent T. Mullins Mr. & Mrs. Ryan L. Olsen Mr. Nicholas T. Pacquee & Mrs. Marie Caceres Mr. & Mrs. Justin R. Pool Mr. & Mrs. Alexander M. Rothaus o Mr. James R. West Mr. Raymond J. Yozwiak o

CLASS OF ’05 Mr. John M. Benoit o Mr. & Mrs. Hwi-Yoon Cheong Mr. & Mrs. John W. Ducci, Class Agent Mr. Charles H. Hyde IV o Mr. Dane G. Lemeris, Head Class Agent o Mr. Donald M. McCarthy Mr. John C. Mori, Class Agent o Mr. Mark E. Pohlman Mr. Robert L. Rosenhaus o Mr. Jarrad M. Seiden o Mr. Joshua Stoner & Mrs. Jennifer Leesfield P’19 Mr. Bryan M. Sweeney Mr. & Mrs. Andrew S. Valentine o

CLASS OF ’06 Mr. Jonathan P. Bingham Mr. Thomas S. Cousins IV o Mr. Mitchell R. Daigle Mr. James G. Kerr Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin J. Kimmerle

Mr. Jonathan C. Krahl Mr. & Mrs. Bradley V. Lipkvich Mr. James W. Little Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin J. Lyons o Mr. Calvert Magruder ’46, H’06 d Mr. Henry L. Murray III, Class Agent o Mr. Michael A. Nowiszewski Mr. & Mrs. Alexander P. W. Stefan-Cherry o Mr. & Mrs. R. Peter Theis, Class Agent o Mr. Frank E. Yozwiak o

CLASS OF ’07 Mr. Randall N. Angel o Mr. Christopher P. Canning, Class Agent o Mr. Preston A. Carbone Mr. & Mrs. Casey R. Coons, Co-Head Class Agent o Mr. James R. Eichas Mr. & Mrs. Matthew N. Giamalis, Class Agent Mr. Zachary T. Green Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan B. Gurry Mr. William G. Kron H’07 & Mrs. Gail W. Kron P’89 o Mr. Andrew J. Lyons o Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Malchoff, Class Agent o Mr. Patrick J. Miller o Mr. Michael J. Recchia Mr. Michael Rubin

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Mr. Paul A. Severni Mr. Henri F. Youlden

CLASS OF ’08 Mr. Douglas J. Beyer Mr. Brian P. Hantzis Mr. D. Gregory Henderson Jr. Mr. Will H. Hendricks, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. Peter J. Holst-Grubbe & Ms. Carolyn Matos, Class Agent o Mr. Chane F. Keller Mr. Eric J. Meyers Capt. Brandon J. Moore o Mr. & Mrs. Evan M. Piercey Mr. Michael J. Reilly o Mr. & Mrs. Preston L. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Wolfel

CLASS OF ’09 1 0 T H R EUNI O N

Mr. Guillermo Barnes Mr. David A. Bauchiero III Mr. & Mrs. Jake R. Bourgault, Class Agent Mr. Jared P. Ciejek o Mr. M. Timothy Clark o Mr. Craig T. Cottrell Jr. o Mr. Conor R. Cummings, Class Agent o Mr. Pierce H. Ford Mr. Graham C. Garland

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FOUNDER'S DAY: ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED TRADITIONS ON CAMPUS EACH SPRING.

Mr. Steven M. Heller Mr. Ian J. Lapin o Mr. & Mrs. Matthew P. Lauro Mr. Michael C. Mangan, Class Agent o Mr. Gregory M. Miller Jr. o Mr. John P. Rotchford, Class Agent o Mr. Christopher B. Ruhlig o Mr. Michael H. Scali Mr. Aaron H. Zaleznik o

CLASS OF ’10 Mr. Gregory W. Giamalis Mr. Patrick D. Hampton, Class Agent Mr. Taft M. Havron, Class Agent Mr. Yao-Te Huang Mr. Sam R. Marvin Mr. Patrick R. Miller o Mr. Jonas R. Nissley Mr. Michael J. Pereira Mr. John E. Salamone Mr. David V. N. Smith III Mr. & Mrs. Hayden C. Smith

CLASS OF ’11 Mr. David A. Barros o Mr. Connor J. Cottrell o Mr. John S. Courage o

Mr. John M. Daly o Mr. Thomas J. Dougherty Mr. Daniel M. Gauvin o Mr. Thomas J. Geraghty III Mr. Benjamin Hamer o Mr. Matthew J. Liptrot Mr. Harrison M. Lyons, Class Agent Mr. Alistair J. S. MacDonald Mr. Zachary D. Minsk Mr. Kieran P. Morris Mr. Oliver K. Rothmann, Head Class Agent o Mr. Raymond J. Wiacek

CLASS OF ’12 Mr. Matthew J. Detora Mr. David J. Dietrick Mr. Connor P. Doyle, Class Agent o Mr. Robert J. Fiondella o Mr. Michael D. Gagnon Mr. Landon S. Kost o Mr. Eric N. Mack Mr. Daniel R. Menard Mr. Travis G. Mistretta Mr. Darren J. Peltz Mr. Grayson L. Pollock Mr. Mutian Zhai

CLASS OF ’13 Mr. Manuel Barnes Caso Bercht, Class Agent o Mr. Dennis M. Caulfield Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy ’82, H’13, P’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Duncan M. Cooke Mr. Christian A. Cottrell o Mr. Joseph A. Creen III Mrs. Gailanne Laferriere H’13 & Mr. Andre Laferriere Mr. Seamus N. O’Brien, Class Agent Mr. Thomas H. W. Owen Mr. Jacob A. Reiner Mrs. Carol Reller H’13 & Mr. Edward A. Reller P’09 o Mr. Luke D. Tiedemann

CLASS OF ’14 5T H R EUNI O N

Mr. Lance C. Berry, Class Agent o Mr. James E. Biggart Mr. Nicholas K. Birnie Mr. Jarrett S. “Bear” Brink Mr. Keith R. J. Burwood Mr. Cody R. Doyle, Class Agent Mr. William T. Friedman Mr. Daniel S. Leckie Mr. Leo M. Lehto

Mr. Anthony D. Maselli Mr. Mickoy R. Nichol, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. Daniel J. Nobile o Mr. Matthew B. Ostrowski Mr. Johnathan L. Rhyne III Mr. Sawyer T. Rothmann Mr. Bradley P. Seeber Mr. Kevin J. Smith o Mr. Michael C. Tommila Mr. Gavin C. Touponse o Mr. Andre A. Wowk

CLASS OF ’15 Mr. Henry T. Allen Mr. Brendan E. Ashe Mr. Michael D. Camilleri Mr. Jiuhua Chen Mr. Michael P. Dietrick, Class Agent o Mr. Cole T. Gibson Mr. Northrup R. Knox III Mr. Trevor G. Kratz o Mr. Jack F. Nedorostek o Mr. Alexander Papadopoulos o Mr. Robert P. Root Mr. Matthew G. Ruhlig o Mr. Edmund T. Takata, Class Agent Mr. Connor Toes Mr. John Witkowski Mr. Adrian M. Wowk o

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CLASS OF ’16 Mr. Blake D. Bartkiewicz Mr. Martin I. Cole H’16 & Mrs. Terri Cole P’04 o Mr. John P. Gaffney Mr. Jacob T. Gresh Mr. Thomas K. Healy III Mr. Matthew T. Horton, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. Samuel W. Miller Mr. Ian C. Reilly Mr. Tucker G. M. Roy Mr. Stephen Thibault Mr. Jacob J. Whitty, Class Agent Mr. Patrick Witkowski

CLASS OF ’17 Mr. Ryan P. Ashe, Class Agent Mr. Connor J. Burwood Mr. Christian B. Cantello Mr. Jeffrey T. Dallas Jr. Mr. Carson B. Drew Mr. Arthur R. Godbout III Mr. Taylor T. L. Kirby Mr. Herman Lui Mr. Robert B. Magnus IV Mr. Owen T. McElroy Mr. Kevin A. Sieber, Head Class Agent Mr. Joseph J. L. Suski Mr. Xavier M. Vega, Class Agent

CLASS OF ’18 Mr. Dane A. Bartkiewicz Mr. Charles E. Batchelder Jr. Mr. Austin V. Bednarz Mr. Alvaro C. de la Cruz Mr. Brian H. Drew Mr. Sean R. Dube Mr. Bryan R. Ellis Mr. Peter M. Evans H’18 & Mrs. Susan Evans H’18, P’98 o Mr. Hudson M. Haskin Mr. William E. Kelley Mr. Nicholas P. Keroack Mr. Reade B. H. Kirby Mr. Connor W. Marshall Mr. Andrew J. Merrell Mr. Christopher J. Moore Mr. Patrick N. Summers Mr. James M. Wiseman

CLASS OF ’19 Mr. William B. Aaron, Class Agent Mr. Moses Acee Mr. Kody A. Adams Mr. Gordon W. Allen Mr. William P. Allen Mr. Seulchan An Mr. Cameron C. Andrews Mr. Alexander P. Apostolos Mr. Alexandros S. Aslanidis Mr. Robert W. Aughtry Mr. Reza Badiee, Class Agent Mr. Jalen M. Banks Mr. Michael A. Bazzano

Mr. Bhakapol Bhakdibhumi Mr. Ian H. Blatchford Mr. Alexander S. Brezenoff Mr. Christopher J. Calcinari Jr. Mr. Scott J. Capozzoli Mr. Stuart M. Carlisle Mr. Peter C. Chandor Mr. Si Yeon Cho Mr. Xufeng Dai, Class Agent Mr. Ben Dellacono Mr. Kolin A. Demens Mr. Charles J. Di Bona III Mr. Qinyang Du Mr. Brendan D. Dyer Mr. & Mrs. John H. Edwards H’19 o Mr. Brad Ellis Mr. John W. Eschert Mr. Jacob A. Feinstein Mr. Giancarlo M. Ferlise Mr. Macklin K. Fitzpatrick Mr. Sean E. Flanagan Mr. Barton N. Gardella Mr. Deming Geng Mr. William C. Gersky Mr. Maxwell G. Godbout Mr. Gabriel J. Gross Mr. Jelani N. Hamer Mr. John S. Hough Mr. Christian W. Hubbard Mr. Jared M. Hunter Mr. Gaetano Indomenico Mr. Cameron D. Inwood Mr. Jayden P. k. Jagtiani Mr. Garrett J. Katchis Mr. Do Han Kim Mr. Ross A. Klipp Kaplan Mr. Samuel Krupnikoff Mr. Jun Kwon Mr. Kenneth H. LaRocque H’19 & Mrs. Heidi LaRocque H’19, P’01, ’10 o Mr. Erik Larson Mr. Lucas S. Latrenta Mr. Michael A. Leesfield Mr. Harrison J. Leonard Mr. Benjamin A. Levin Mr. Kai Lin Mr. Peiqi Liu Mr. Feng Lu Mr. Matthew G. Lucente Mr. Jon Manafort Mr. Joseph L. Mathias V Mr. Maxwell A. Miller, Head Class Agent Mr. Nolan J. Morr, Class Agent Mr. John A. Morris Mr. Ryan Murphy Mr. William B. Murray III, Class Agent Mr. Jared K. O’Hare, Class Agent Mr. Daichi Ono Mr. Cole L. Pendexter Mr. Justin T. Phillips Mr. Chase M. Pratt Mr. David Ramonfaur Gracia Mr. Connor K. Reynolds Mr. Ciaran G. Sandy Mr. Pengyu Si Mr. Glenn A. Sieber H’19, P’17 o

Mr. Robert A. Signorino III Mr. Jamel Smith Mr. Mark M. Smith Mr. Marshall F. Smith Mr. Connor Stolworthy Mr. Taylor Stolworthy Mr. Joseph A. Sullo Jr. Mr. Jaren C. Suttles Mr. Beaudan C. Szuluk Mr. Marshall Taylor Mr. Phat T. Tran Mr. Joel M. Vega Mr. Callaway Votta Mr. Trevor O. Wehner, Class Agent Mr. Antonius Wells Mr. Khalil Winder Mr. David Witkowski Mr. Miles S. Wotorson Mr. Cullen M. Young, Class Agent Mr. Matthew E. Zarb Mr. Mingyu Zhang

CLASS OF ’20 Mr. Timur Alishlalov Mr. Tyson J. Allison Mr. Jordan E. Bernard Mr. Andrew N. Capasso Mr. Alex Chaho Mr. Chang Bin Cho Mr. William W. Collins Mr. Paden Conroy Mr. Shane K. Cooper Mr. Christian J. Corliss Mr. Tyler F. Cox Mr. Henry H. K. Culhane Mr. Khamal J. Cumberbatch Mr. Nicholas C. Cyprian Mr. Andrew D. Donlan Mr. Troy D. Donohue Mr. Quinn D. Flanagan Mr. Michael G. Foster Mr. Heberton E. Fricke IV Mr. MacDonald O. Gadowsky

Avon artists earned

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Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the most single awards given to a Connecticut school.

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Mr. Austin Gatesman Mr. Jack J. Geary Mr. Elijah D. Gordon Mr. Kai T. Grocki Mr. Michael G. Hart Mr. Tabor D. Heaslip-Ross Mr. David L. Helsley Jr. Mr. Warren A. Hill Mr. Samuel H. Holleran Mr. Isaiah J. Jackson Mr. Maximilian D. Keator Mr. Eugene Kim Mr. Pok Wa Lee Mr. Reece G. Levin Mr. Treylin M. Lewis Mr. Xihe Li Mr. Jaesang Lim Mr. John D. Louder Mr. Aiden W. Maag Mr. Connor C. Martire Mr. Quinton S. Mather Mr. John A. Monin Mr. James C. Nicholson Mr. Luke M. O’Connor Mr. Chris Papakostas Mr. Nicholas R. Peterson Mr. Kristof A. Proulx Mr. Colin W. Reilly Mr. David A. Richardson Mr. Thomas J. Rogalski Mr. William B. Rosenblatt Mr. Mark W. Schadt Mr. James W. Scher Mr. Reid R. Shafer

Mr. Augustus G. Shamburger Mr. Akil K. Smart Mr. Hyojun Son Mr. Andrew K. Sung Mr. Cameron T. Sweedler Mr. Emmett W. Tolis Mr. Henri J. Toscano Mr. Zachary P. Traussi Mr. Nathan Tripp Mr. Graham M. Walker Mr. Xun Wang Mr. John Warner IV Mr. Sandison E. Weil Jr. Mr. Ryan Williams Mr. Jiaxing Zhang Mr. Bainian Zuo

CLASS OF ’21 Mr. Jeronimo Amezcua Mr. Rohan S. M. Anderson Jr. Mr. Joseph Belenardo Mr. Benjamin R. Boyd Mr. Stepan Budko Mr. Conor Callaghan Mr. Michael J. Callahan III Mr. Kyle K. Cuffe Jr. Mr. Chase J. Cummings Mr. Barclay Davis Mr. James C. Di Bona Mr. Magnus B. Gadowsky Mr. Charles W. W. Gardephe Mr. John L. Glaspey Mr. William J. Goldman Mr. Joshua S. Gomina

Mr. Tyler D. Gordon Mr. Aiden M. Gravina Mr. Iakov Gurevich Mr. Houzhi Hu Mr. Matthew H. Jamison Mr. Zheng Yang Jin Mr. Nicholas S. Karol Mr. Dylan C. Kasperzyk Mr. Lorenzo M. Landini Mr. Jonathan A. Luo Mr. Jemar Mack Jr. Mr. Kaito Minami Mr. Ziwei Pang Mr. Aidan J. Patterson Mr. Tyler K. Phommachanh Mr. Aidan P. Radtke Mr. Chase D. Ramsay Mr. Christian W. Reboul Mr. Adrian Reed Mr. William F. Rettaliata Mr. Lucca G. Riccobon Mr. Matthew M. Spencer Mr. Robert P. Stewart Mr. Amir L. Thomas Mr. Joshua J. Tracey Mr. Andrew D. Tsakounis Mr. Tucker D. Valas Mr. Wyatt Weekes Mr. James E. Wilborn Jr. Mr. Ryan H. Wunsch Mr. Joonhyeok Yang Mr. John R. Zadrozny Mr. Timothy J. Zagarri Mr. Boyang Zhou

CLASS OF ’22 Mr. Colm D. Barnett Mr. Cesar D. Caceres Mr. Ford N. Cullen Mr. Quentin D. Cutler Mr. Samuel D’Addabbo Mr. Jonathan M. Dean Mr. Brendan C. Donahue Mr. Blake D. Eklund Mr. Theodore J. Gabrielian Mr. Aydin G. Herlihy Mr. Thomas R. Higgins Mr. Linhao Jiang Mr. Walker C. Johnson Mr. Tyler J. Kim Mr. Yunha Kim Mr. Oleh Kolchanov Mr. Joseph C. Kooluris Mr. Aidan D. Kwok Mr. Lang Lang Mr. Youngtaek Lee Mr. Kobi Lin Mr. Patrick F. Loomis Mr. John M. Maas II Mr. James R. Morr Mr. James R. Mullen Mr. Xander A. Ratledge Mr. Alexander M. Salgar Mr. Chenhao Shen Mr. Zeyu Shi Mr. Peter F. Siana Mr. Nathaniel Z. M. Walters Mr. Shijie Xie

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endowment and annual fund WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? Think of Avon Old Farms School as a large investment, such as buying a house. You have to keep your home in good condition, but you also need to keep the lights on. At Avon, the endowment supports the long-term investment of upkeep; the annual fund is like the immediate need to pay bills.

ENDOWMENT

ANNUAL FUND

MUST INCREASE WITH THE GROWTH OF THE SCHOOL

SAVINGS ACCOUNT

COVERS IMMEDIATE NEEDS

 INVESTMENT

BUFFER

FOR OPERATING EXPENSES NOT COVERED

BY STUDENT TUITION

+ LONG TERM

CHECKING ACCOUNT

 ACCESSIBLE

ESTABLISHES A FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE

SHORT  TERM

LASTING  SECURITY

PROVIDES STABILITY DURING TIMES OF RECESSION

SMALL GIFTS CAN MAKE LARGE IMPACTS

RECURRING

This year. Next year. Every year.

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campus improvements

Window replacements in Diogenes Dormitory Window replacements in the Headmaster’s Residence Refectory roof replacement Tunnel/heating system piping repair/replacement College Counseling Office construction in the Barnes Lounge Art Center renovation Headmaster’s Office renovation 15 faculty housing moves

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winged beaver leadership circle The Winged Beaver Leadership Circle began in 2013 and was established to honor the parents of current students who contribute at a leadership level.

We are grateful for their exceptional support of the school.

Anonymous Ms. Mary Allen P’15, ’19, ’19 o Mr. Jeonghwan An & Mrs. Kiok Lee P’19 Mr. & Mrs. John Apostolos P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Paul Aughtry III P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Behnam Badiee P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Brad Berggren P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Donald Brennan Jr. P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Calcinari P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Capasso P’20, ’20 Dr. Ho Ick Chang & Dr. Seungjin Lee P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Cutler ’91, P’22 Mr. Yihu Dai & Mrs. Dejie Jia P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Doneson P’20

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dyer P’19 Mr. & Mrs. William E. Eschert ’83, P’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Estevez P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Neil Flanagan P’19, ’20 Mr. David Fung & Mrs. Joanna Hui P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout Jr. P’17, ’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Hart P’20 Mr. Matthew Holleran P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jay S. Jamison P’21 Mr. & Mrs. William Karol P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Randall Katchis P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Katz ’76, P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Kim P’22

Mr. Jung-Min Kwon & Mrs. Jiyeun Hong P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Larson P’19 Dr. Linda Latrenta & Mr. Kurt Bloedel P’19 Mr. Hyundeok Lim & Mrs. Jungyeoun Kim P’20 Ms. Karie Loomis P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Duncan R. MacKay P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Mathias IV P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Kristian M. Mineau P’18, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84, P’20 o Dr. & Mrs. John Mullen P’22 Ms. Sarah Murphy P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Jim Patterson P’21 Ms. Anouk Patty P’20

PARENTS OF AVON MISSION STATEMENT

With the concurrence of the Avon Old Farms School headmaster and Board of Directors, and in accordance with the school’s philosophy, the mission of the Avon Old Farms Parents of Avon is to promote camaraderie and a sense of community among Avon families and friends and enhance the academic, athletic, and extracurricular experiences of the Men of Avon.

Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt Pratt P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy J. Radtke P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16, ’21 o Mr. & Mrs. James Reynolds Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Mauricio C. Salgar P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Signorino Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. duPont Smith Sr. P’17, ’19 o Mr. & Mrs. John Warner III P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Sandison Weil P20 Mrs. Yelena Wells & Mr. John Dillon P’19 Mr. Dong-Gi Yang & Mrs. So-Yeon Kim P’21 Ms. Yong Zhang P’21 Mr. Lei Zhao & Ms. Xin Lu P’19 Mr. Bing Zuo & Mrs. Yongmei Lin P’20

EXECUTIVE BOARD CO-PRE​S I​D ENTS Sabrina Rettaliata P’16​, ​’21 Michael Shea P’21

​C O-VICE PRESIDENTS ​ arbara Corliss P’20 B Mark Puglielli P’21

CO-​T REASURERS​ Leslie Z. Mather P’20 Amy C. Morris P’20

SECRETARY Susan Reboul P’21

​B LUE BLAZER BALL Richard Gross P’19 Todd D. Root P’15, ’20

MARK PUGLIELLI P’21, SUSAN REBOUL P’21, AMY C. MORRIS P’20, BARBARA CORLISS P’20, MICHAEL SHEA P’21, LESLIE Z. MATHER P’20, SABRINA RETTALIATA P’16, ’21, AND RICHARD GROSS P’19

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2018–2019 PARENT LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Robin Berggren P’19 Mrs. Lisa Fekete P’20, ’21, ’22 Mrs. Lori Flaks P’22 Mrs. Cynthia Flanagan P’19, ’20 Mrs. Sarah Gardella P’19 Mrs. Liz Godbout P’17, ’19 Mrs. Felicia Lazor P’18, 20 Ms. Julie MacKay P’20 Mrs. Margot Mineau P’18, ’20 Mrs. Amy Morris P’20 Ms. Sarah Murphy P’19 Mrs. Laura Reynolds P’19 Mrs. Susan Smalley P’21 Mrs. Kelly Stewart P’21

Anonymous (3) Mr. Joseph Acee & Mrs. Lori Keyes-Acee P’19 Ms. Kristin Adams P’19, ’22 Ms. Mary Allen P’15, ’19, ’19 o Mr. Jeonghwan An & Mrs. Kiok Lee P’19 Mr. & Mrs. John K. Anderson P’20 Mr. & Mrs. John Apostolos P’19 Dr. Tasos Aslanidis & Dr. Magaly Del Monaco P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Rene Aube P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Paul Aughtry III P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Behnam Badiee P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Gary Bazzano P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Garrett R. Benton P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Brad Berggren P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Nore Berggren P’22 Ms. Penny Anne Bodle P’19, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. John Boger P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Donald Brennan Jr. P’22 Dr. & Mrs. Leigh Brezenoff P’19 Dr. & Mrs. Nausherwan Burki P’21 Dr. & Mrs. David B. Burstein P’20 Mr. Cesar Caceres & Ms. Veronica Coelho P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Calcinari P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Callaghan ’83, P’21

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Callahan Jr. P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Capasso P’20, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Capozzoli Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Carlisle P’19 Dr. Gianfranco Catrini & Mrs. Cinzia Pittera P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Chaho P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Dean A. Chamberlain P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Chandor Jr. P’19 Dr. Ho Ick Chang & Dr. Seungjin Lee P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Chavey P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Cohen P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Scott Cohen P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Columbus P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Todd Coniff P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy ’82, H’13, P’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Conroy ’85, P’22 o Mr. & Mrs. Gary J. Corliss P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Cox III P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Crowe ’86, P’19 Mr. Stephen K. Culhane Esq. P’20 Dr. Mark C. Cullen & Dr. Michelle M. Cullen P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Cutler ’91, P’22 Mr. Roger Cyprian & Dr. Monica Cyprian P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Tim D’Addabbo P’22 Mr. Yihu Dai & Mrs. Dejie Jia P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Dallahan P’20, ’22 Mr. & Mrs. Porter Davis P’21 Mr. Robert A. Dean P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers ’90, P’18, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Stephen DeLeo P’20 Dr. & Mrs. Frank Dellacono P’19 Capt. & Mrs. John Donahue P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Sean E. Donlan Esq. P’20 Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Donohue P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling Jr. ’91, P’21 o Mr. & Mrs. Donald Droppo Jr. P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dyer P’19 Mr. & Mrs. William Eklund Jr. P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ellis P’18, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. William E. Eschert ’83, P’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Estevez P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Eric Fekete P’20, ’21, ’22 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Ferlise P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Kent Fitzpatrick P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Flaks P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Neil Flanagan P’19, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Foster P’20

Mr. & Mrs. Heberton E. Fricke III P’14, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Sergio Frutuoso P’19 Mr. David Fung & Mrs. Joanna Hui P’20 Dr. Henry Furneaux Ph.D. P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Gabrielian P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Gardella P’19 Mr. Christopher Gardephe & Mrs. Yana Wagg P’21 Dr. Glenn S. Gart & Dr. Julie A. Vernon-Gart P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Bernard J. Gatesman P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Gauthier P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Scott Geary P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Gersky P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Ginter P’22 Mr. James Glaspey & Ms. Katherine Lucas P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout Jr. P’17, ’19 o Mr. & Mrs. William L. Goldman P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Gordon P’20 Mr. & Mrs. David D. Gordon ’90, P’21 o Mr. Michael J. Grocki & Mrs. Jamie Tsung P’20 Mr. Richard Gross P’19 Mr. & Mrs. David Haden P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Hart P’20 Mr. & Mrs. William Hartman P’21 Mr. & Mrs. David Helsley P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Todd Henrich P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Gerald D. Herlihy P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy W. Hill P’20 o Mr. Matthew Holleran P’20 Mr. Benjamin C. Hough & Dr. Katherine Hough P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hubbard P’19 Dr. Andrew Hunter & Dr. Andrea Smith-Hunter P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Indomenico P’19, ’21 Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Inwood P’15, ’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Samir Jain P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Jay S. Jamison P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Elric Jarvis P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jensen P’17, ’19 o Mr. Zhenghong Jiang & Mrs. Haiyan Lin P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Johnson P’22 Ms. Michelle Joseph P’19 The Klipp Kaplan Family Mr. & Mrs. William Karol P’21

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In 2018–2019, 62 percent of current parents supported Avon.

The support of our current parents reinforces the value placed on the Avon experience. We thank you for your support.

current and past faculty members were honored and remembered on #TeacherTuesday as exceptional teachers, coaches, and mentors.

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CELEBRATING KEN LAROCQUE

On June 1, 2019, we celebrated the remarkable career of Headmaster Ken LaRocque as he retired after 38 years of service to Avon Old Farms School. Pictured at the festivities are three of the seven headmasters in school history: current headmaster, Jim Detora P’12; George Trautman H’98, P’75, ’81, ’82, GP’03 (headmaster, 1969–1998); and Ken LaRocque H’19, P’01, 10 (headmaster, 1998–2019).

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Mr. & Mrs. Justen G. Kasperzyk P’15, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Randall Katchis P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Katz ’76 P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Charlie H. Kaylor P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20 Dr. Dong Yun Kim & Mrs. Jaehee Kwon P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Kim P’22 Dr. Kwang Oh Kim & Ms. Hokyung Ro P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Knight P’19 Ms. Rosamond Koether & Mr. Brian Stephanak P’20 Mr. Roman Kolchanov & Mrs. Iryna Kolchanova P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kolodziejczyk P’22 Mr. Douglas J. Kooluris ’92 & Ms. Leah A. Caro P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Krupnikoff ’86, P’19 o Mr. Whitman Kwok & Dr. Michelle Kwok P’22 Mr. Jung-Min Kwon & Mrs. Jiyeun Hong P’19 Ms. Jennifer Landini P’21 Mr. Kai Lang & Mrs. Shengjie Wang P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Larson P’19 Dr. & Mrs. Gregory Latrenta P’19 Dr. Linda Latrenta & Mr. Kurt Bloedel P’19 Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Z. Lazor P’18, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Leonard Esq. P’17, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. James A. Levin P’19, ’20 Mr. Jesse Jinyuan Li & Mrs. Hattie Jianying Zhao P’22 Mr. Hyundeok Lim & Mrs. Jungyeoun Kim P’20 Mr. John H. Lin P’19, ’22 Ms. Karie Loomis P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Ernest C. Lowe Jr. P’22 Mrs. Heather Lowrey P’21 Mr. William Maag & Mrs. Anju Arora P’20 Mr. & Mrs. John Maas Sr. P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Duncan R. MacKay P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jason Manafort P’19 Mr. & Mrs. James Marsh III P’22 Ms. Sandra Lee H. Martire P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Todd S. Mather P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Mathias IV P’19 Dr. & Mrs. John McIntyre P’19 Dr. Ezekiel M. Menendez & Mrs. Mercedes Featherston P’20, ’22 o Mr. Peter Miklakos & Ms. Susan Romano P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Kristian M. Mineau P’18, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Morr P’19, ’22 o Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84, P’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert Morris Jr. P’19 Dr. & Mrs. John Mullen P’22 Ms. Sarah Murphy P’19 Mr. & Mrs. William Murray Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Namnoum Jr. P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Neal Sr. P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Ian M. Neviaser Sr. P’19 Ms. Molly S. Newberry P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew D. Newman P17, ’21 o Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21

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STUDENTS VIEW ARTWORK BY THEIR PEERS IN THE ORDWAY ART GALLERY.

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Nunez P’21 Mr. & Mrs. William Nyahay P’19 Mr. & Mrs. John L. O’Connor P’20, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O’Hare P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Hugh O’Hern P’19 Ms. Jane Oppong P’16, ’19 o Mr. Dennis Papakostas & Mrs. Helen Tiritidis P’20 Mr. & Mrs. James Patterson P’21 Ms. Anouk Patty P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Pendexter P’19, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. James Perry II P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Samphanh Phommachanh P’19, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Philip G. Pratt Jr. ’80, P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt Pratt P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Puglielli P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Scott Pumper P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy J. Radtke P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Jim Ramsay P’21 Mr. & Mrs. David A. Raposo P’22 Mr. & Mrs. William Reboul P’21 Ms. Sarah Reed P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Reilly ’90, P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16, ’21 o Mr. & Mrs. James Reynolds Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Darren B. Riggle P’17, ’20 Mr. Grant D. Robinson & Dr. Susan Engwall P’19 Mr. Todd D. Root P’15, ’20 Dr. & Mrs. Mark Rosenblatt P’20 Dr. David Runk & Dr. Dina Allison P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ryan P’20, ’22

Mr. & Mrs. Mauricio C. Salgar P’22 Dr. Faith L. Samples-Smart P’20 Ms. Leanne Schaaf P’19 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Schadt P’20 Mr. & Mrs. James D. Scher P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Carl F. Shafer P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Shamburger III P’12, ’17, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shea P’21 Mr. Haitao Shen & Mrs. Ying Chen P’22 Mr. Jianming Shi & Mrs. Yue Yan P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Signorino Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Brian W. Smalley P’21 Mr. Leon D. Smart P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. duPont Smith Sr. P’17, ’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Garfield Spencer P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Stevenson P’21 Mrs. Kelly Stewart P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Stolworthy P’19, ’19 Mr. Joshua Stoner ’05 & Mrs. Jennifer Leesfield P’19 Mr. Seth Sulkin & Ms. Yoshiko Arima P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sullo Sr. P’19 Ms. Tanya Szuluk P’19, ’20 & Mr. Matthew Nyman Mr. Torren Szuluk P’19, ’20 Mr. Alan Taupier & Ms. Lisa DesJardins P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Taylor P’19 Mr. Theodore Tolis & Mrs. Jule McCombes-Tolis P’18, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Fabrice Toscano P’20

Ms. Deborah E. Traussi P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Usich III ’85, P’15, ’18, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P Valas P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Martin Vega Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. James Votta P’19 Mr. Zhu Wang & Ms. Sun Li P’20 Mr. & Mrs. John Warner III P’20 Dr. Terri Williams-Weekes & Mr. Oscar Weekes P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Dieter Wehner P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Sandison Weil P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Brent A. Wells P’21 Mrs. Yelena Wells & Mr. John Dillon P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Milton L. Williams Jr. P’20 Mr. Steven Wirpel & Ms. Linda Moses P’22 Dr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Witkowski P’10, ’16, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Alan Wunsch P’21 Mr. Dong-Gi Yang & Mrs. So-Yeon Kim P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Young P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Young P’20 Mr. & Mrs. John Zadrozny P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Zarb P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas N. Zeytoonjian P’20 Ms. Yong Zhang P’21 Dr. & Mrs. Yuehua Zhang P’20 Mr. Lei Zhao & Ms. Xin Lu P’19 Mr. Bing Zuo & Mrs. Yongmei Lin P’20 Mr. Wei Zhou & Mrs. Mengxi Li P’21

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parents of alumni giving Parents of alumni continue to support Avon long after their children graduate. The dedication and commitment of these families to Avon help ensure the school’s continued excellence. Thank you.

Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Ahern P’86, GP’12 Ms. Krista N. Aldrich P’16 o Ms. Mary Allen P’15, ’19, ’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Rolf Andersen P’93 o Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Anderson P’85 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Angel ’72, P’07 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Archambault P’04 Dr. Julie Armada P’02 o Mr. & Mrs. William Asensio P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Avery P’06 o Mrs. Melanie H. Awe P’14, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Barlow P’98 o Ms. Kimberly D. Barnes P’15 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros P’11, ’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Drew C. Bartkiewicz P’16, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Beath P’76, ’77, GP’06, ’07, ’09, ’15, ’18 o

Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Beath ’77, P’06, ’07, ’09 o Mr. Michael H. Bednarz & Mrs. Julie G. Zyla P’18 o Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bell III ’74, P’14 Mr. & Mrs. John Benoit P’05 o Mr. Jeffrey S. Berry P’09 Mr. & Mrs. W. Christopher Berry P’03 Mr. & Mrs. Rolf Biekert P’09, ’11 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart P’02, ’06, ’08, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas H. Birnie P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black Jr. P’99 o Ms. Kim P. Blanchard P’08 Mrs. Ruth Bolan P’73, ’76 o d Maj. & Mrs. John M. Bourgault USMC (Ret.) ’80, P’09 o

12 local schools participated in the DREAMS art exhibit, hosted in the Ordway Art Gallery, where young artists displayed their artwork.

Ms. Sally Bourgault P’80, GP’09 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Bouvier P’09, ’16 Mr. & Mrs. J. Hallam Boyd Jr. P’83 o Mr. & Mrs. G. Rohan Bradley P’06, ’09 o Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brady P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Brand Jr. P’79, ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Breneiser P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Brennan Jr. P’17 o Dr. & Mrs. Heinz H. Brennwald P’86 o Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk P’15 o Mr. & Mrs. W. Bradford Brown P’95 o Ms. Jenniffer D. Buanno P’08, ’10, ’12, ’17 Mrs. Ann-Sylvia D. Burns P’76 o Mr. & Mrs. Keith R. Burwood P’14, ’17 o Ms. Samantha Cadenhead P’10 o Mrs. Roxanna M. Cain P’92, ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Campbell P’08, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Roger D. Cantello P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Capraro P’06 Ms. Rosina E. Carlino P’14 Mr. David Carroll & Dr. Barbara Bartlik P’05 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Carroll P’16 Dr. & Mrs. Culley C. Carson III P’90 Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Chandler P’96 o Mr. John A. Charette & Mrs. Lynn Mather Charette P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Chase P’85 o Ms. Allison M. Cheffer P’13 o Mr. & Mrs. William C. Cherry ’80, P’06 o Mrs. Barbara Christofer P’89, ’91, GP’22 Dr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Ciaburri P’03 o Mr. & Mrs. Samual J. Civiletto P’96 o Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Clark P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Clark P’09, ’13 o Mr. & Mrs. John P. Clifford Jr. P’05 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Clinton P’02, ’02, ’10 Mrs. Kenneth G. Cloud Jr. P’78 o Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Cohane P’02 Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole H’16, P’04 o Mr. & Mrs. William H. Colehower P’18 Mr. & Mrs. David F. Coleman ’69, P’01, ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Brendan T. Conry Sr. P’13 o Mr. Andres A. Consuegra ’80 & Ms. Maria M. Velasco P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Jorge E. Consuegra Jr. ’77, P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin K. Cooke P’13 o Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07 o Mrs. Diana H. Cooper P’88 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Corradi P’89 o

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 o Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Costello ’60, P’85 o Mr. & Mrs. Craig T. Cottrell Sr. P’09, ’11, ’13 o Mrs. Diane Cousins P’06 o Mr. Thomas A. Cowles P’14 Dr. Lucy E. Creevey P’01 o Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Crocker P’92 o Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Cuccia P’00 o Mrs. Mary Jean Cummiskey P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Custer P’04, ’05, ’10 o Dr. & Mrs. Leslie S. Cutler P’91, GP’22 o Mr. Tomas Cvikl & Mrs. Blanka Cviklova P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey T. Dallas P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. D’Annolfo P’04 o Mr. & Mrs. Jason M. Davino P’14 o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Davis P’04 o Mr. & Mrs. Alberto de la Cruz P’18 o Dr. & Mrs. William Dean III P’01, ’01 o Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers ’90, P’18, ’20 o Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers P’87, ’90, GP’18, ’20 o Estate of Capt. Victor Delano P’75 d Mr. & Mrs. Tony Delnicki P’81, ’87 o Mr. & Mrs. James M. Detora P’12 o Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Di Antonio Jr. P’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Ralph F. Dietz P’02 Ms. Katherine E. Dietze & Mr. William H. Heyman P’11 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Dillon P’08 o Mr. & Mrs. Kevin N. DiNicola P’18 o Mr. James J. Dol & Mrs. Cynthia Damon-Dol P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Dougherty P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling P’91, ’00, GP’21 o Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Doyle P’12, ’14 o Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Doyle P’14, ’16, ’18 Ms. Kimberly J. Dreier P’15 o Mr. Christopher S. Drew ’85 & Mrs. Katie Martin P’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Jude T. Driscoll P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Driscoll ’72, P’08 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Driscoll ’79, P’06, ’08, ’09, ’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Dube P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ellis P’18, ’19

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SPONSORS BLUE BLAZER $2,500

BLUE BLAZER BALL

All Waste, Inc. People’s United Bank

COTSWOLD $1,000 Connecticut Stone Supplies Miner’s Inc.

PATRON $500 2k Design Automated Building Systems, Inc. Benchemark Printing, Inc. CohnReznick Eastern Technical, Inc. George’s Pizza & Restaurant Macri Associates, Inc. Mather Corporation Sanford and Hawley, Inc. Shipman & Goodwin, LLP, Counselors at Law Talcott View Development Co., Inc. Veracross, LLC

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hank you to everyone who attended and supported the Blue Blazer Ball on April 27, 2019. The event was a sold-out success, raising more than $70,000 for the Student Enrichment Fund. This fund supports enhancements in academics, sports, art, and extracurricular activities for Avon students. The success of the evening continued with a record amount of more than $200,000

pledged during the Blue Blazer Ball paddle raise for the LaRocque Faculty Fund. The fund supports Ken’s goal to hire and retain extraordinary educators, to enhance their professional development opportunities, and to provide comprehensive and unique benefits for Avon’s faculty family.

Thank you for your generous contributions and support!

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CAPTAIN AVON LEADS THE AVON ARMY TO CHEER ON THE VARSITY HOCKEY TEAM.

Mr. Peter M. Evans H’18 & Mrs. Susan Evans H’18, P’98 o Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Ewing P’18 Ms. Beth Fanning P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Farnam P’18 o Dr. Kimberly Field-Marvin & Mr. Michael Marvin P’10 Ms. Emily H. Fisher & Mr. John Alexander P’89 Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Flynn P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Sean M. Fox P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Franklin Jr. P’97 Mr. & Mrs. Heberton E. Fricke III P’14, ’20 Mr. Frederick Fritz Jr. P’95 o Mr. & Mrs. David L. Gagnon P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Vincent E. Gallagher P’90 Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Garber Jr. P’99, ’03 o Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Garland P’09, ’14 o Mr. & Mrs. James P. Garvey ’79, P’11 o Mrs. Michele Gaug Pacquee P’04 o Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. George P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Geraghty P’11 Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis P’07, ’10, ’16

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Gianakos P’06 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons ’81, P’11 o Mr. Ronald L. Gibbons P’81, GP’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Girard P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. H. Kent Goetjen P’07, ’10 o Mrs. Susan Goldsmith P’04 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Gordon P’90, GP’21 o Ms. Lynn M. Graff P’12, ’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Graham P’84, ’85 Mr. Mathew Granger ’74, P’05 o Mr. & Mrs. Shawn R. Grant P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Anthony M. Gray ’79, P’14, ’16 Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Green III ’83, P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Herbert T. Gresh P’90, GP’16 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Gresh ’90, P’16 o Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Gryboski ’57, P’88, ’99 o Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Gurry P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Jay Haberland P’99 Mr. & Mrs. G. Douglas Hamilton P’80 o Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Hannah ’76, P’04 Ms. Diana F. Harrison P’03, ’05 o

Dr. & Mrs. James S. Harrop P’86, ’88, ’91, GP’18 o Mr. & Mrs. John C. Hartnett P’95 Mr. & Mrs. Guy T. Hatch P’11 Mr. Dana H. Havron P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hawie ’55, P’82 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Healy Jr. P’16 o Mr. & Mrs. A. Russ Heinke P’90, GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Henderson P’08 Mr. & Mrs. George (Jeff) Henschel Jr. ’61, P’00 o Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm M. Hirsh Jr. ’67, P’03 Mr. & Mrs. Jon C. Hofer P’09 Ms. Teresa Holland P’09 o Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Holtman P’95, ’98 o Mrs. Charles E. Hopson P’85 o Mr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Horn P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Howard P’05 Mr. & Mrs. Joe Huber P’10 o Ms. Tracy B. Huntington P’03 Mr. & Mrs. Kiehl Hutchings P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Jay Hutchinson P’06 Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Huveldt P’18 o Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Inwood P’15, ’19 o

Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson VI ’79, P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jensen P’17, ’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Johnson P’12 o Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Josef P’94 o Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. Judd P’89 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kagan P’01 o Mr. & Mrs. Alex Karoly P’00, ’02, ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Justen G. Kasperzyk P’15, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. James W. Kassel P’06, ’08 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Keady Sr. P’12 o Mrs. Daniel Kelly P’93 o Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Kelly P’11, ’14 o Dr. & Mrs. Myles Keroack M.D. P’18 Mrs. Donald H. Ketcham P’88 o Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kincade P’10, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. David L. King P’13 o Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby P’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. James Kirschner P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Koichiro Kitade P’95 Mr. & Mrs. Steven T. Klemenz P’02 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Knapp P’95 Mr. Nam Koh & Mrs. Romi G. Haan P’17 Mr. & Mrs. George P. Kooluris P’92, GP’22 o

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Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Kost P’12 o Mrs. Kathleen Kraczkowsky P’98 o Mr. & Mrs. William B. Krag Jr. P’17 Mr. Geoffrey G. Kratz ’81 & Mrs. Lisa Galiano-Kratz P’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Kristian P’12 o Estate of Mr. Robert C. Kristian P’86, GP’12 d Mr. & Mrs. William G. Kron H’07, P’89 o Ms. Kathleen C. LaRocque P’01 o Mr. Kenneth H. LaRocque H’19 & Mrs. Heidi LaRocque H’19, P’01, ’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Lauro P’09 o Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Z. Lazor P’18, ’20 o Mr. Frank G. Leavitt ’52, P’76, GP’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Todd S. Leckie P’14 Ms. Heidi K. Leeds P’12, ’15 Mr. Mark P. Leeds P’12, ’15 o Mr. Markus M. J. Lehto & Mrs. Virve M. Noiva-Lehto P’14 Mr. & Mrs. George Lemieux II P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Levere P’14 o Hon. & Mrs. Paul D. Lewis P’94 Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Lindahl P’12 o Mr. & Mrs. Gordon F. Linke P’75, ’78, ’79, GP’16 Mr. & Mrs. Wayne P. Lipkvich P’06, ’08 o Mr. James M. Liptrot & Ms. Nancy M. Liptrot P’11, ’12, ’15, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. James Little P’06 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Littlefield P’17 Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Loewy P’85 o Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Long P’17 o Mr. Bradford W. Lowe P’85 o Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch P’88, ’91, GP’17 o Dr. & Mrs. Richard D. Lynch P’87 Mr. & Mrs. James Y. MacArthur P’92 o Dr. & Mrs. Scott B. MacDonald ’74, P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. James S. Mackechnie P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Magnus III P’17 o Ms. Marta Mahoney P’07 o Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Maitland ’80, P’18 o Dr. Carl D. Malchoff & Dr. Diana M. Malchoff P’07 o Mrs. Christine Malone P’01 o Mr. & Mrs. John A. Marr P’99 Mr Paul R. Matalon ’70, P’01 Mr. & Mrs. David L. McAndrew P’95 o Mr. & Mrs. Dudley D. McCalla P’82, ’84, ’87 o Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. McCormack P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. McEachin P’07 o Mr. & Mrs. John J. McElroy P’17 o Mrs. Gerald H. McGinley P’84 o Mr. & Mrs. Kevin P. McGuire P’10 o Mr. Winston McKellar ’69 Ms. Mary B. McKernan & Mr. Paul Tortorella P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McKernan P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. McLaughlin P’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. McNealy P’86 o Mr. & Mrs. John M. Mendez P’91 Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Miller P’09, ’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael Miller P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Kristian M. Mineau P’18, ’20 o

Mr. & Mrs. Gary J. Moeller P’02 o Mr. Joseph H. Moglia P’96 o Mr. & Mrs. Russell C. Mooney P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Mooney P’99 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Moore Jr. P’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Moore P’01 Mrs. Robert H. Moran Sr. P’73, GP’04 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran Jr. ’73, P’04 Mr. Peter J. Morgan & Ms. Maureen E. Morgan P’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Morris P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. John P. Mulligan P’92 Mr. Brian T. Mullins ’68, P’04 Ms. Rose P. Murray P’05 Mr. & Mrs. James L. Nastri P’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Gary F. Nedorostek P’15 Mr. H. J. Nelson III P’01 o Mr. William R. Nelson & Ms. Shelly Perron P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Matthew D. Newman P17, ’21 o Mrs. Madge H. Nickerson P’00 Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Nicolia P’04, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nissley ’65, P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Nobile P’14 Mr. & Mrs. H. Clifton Northern Jr. P’88 o Mr. Franc P. Oberhammer P’94 o Ms. Carney Heavey O’Brien P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah J. O’Brien P’06, ’10, ’12 Mr. George D. O’Neill P’81 o Ms. Gail Ordway P’10 Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway P’04 & Mr. James Sadler o Mr. & Mrs. Timothy G. Overcash P’18 Mrs. Robin S. Paganafanador P’99 o Mr. Steven N. Palmer P’02 o Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos P’10, ’12, ’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Peltz P’09, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Penfold P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Petrie P’13 o Mr. Stephen M. Phillips P’14 o Mr. & Mrs. John B. Pinkham P’91 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Previdi P’12 Mrs. Elin Pye P’90 o Mr. & Mrs. John J. Quinn Jr. P’07 o Mr. & Mrs. Gene Ranaldi P’98 Mr. Andres E. Rapela & Mrs. Geraldine Arceri Rapela P’14 o Mr. & Mrs. Karl D. Ravech P’13, ’18 Mrs. Carol Reed P’88 o Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Reilly P’06, ’08 o Mrs. Carol Reller H’13 & Mr. Edward A. Reller P’09 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16, ’21 o Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Rice ’76, P’15 o Atty. Tracy Rich & Hon. Vanessa Bryant P’02 o Mr. & Mrs. David Ries Sr. P’98 Mr. & Mrs. Darren B. Riggle P’17, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Righi P’05 Dr. & Mrs. Alan Rissolo P’15

Mr. & Mrs. Ernest P. Riva Jr. P’89, ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Roberge P’17 Mr. William J. Roland P’96 o Mr. & Mrs. Jon F. Rooney P’18 Mr. Todd D. Root P’15, ’20 Mrs. Nancy P. Ross P’12 Dr. Kenneth O. Rothaus & Dr. Paula Rothaus P’04 o Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky ’62, P’91, ’94 o Mr. & Mrs. David Rubenstein P’85, GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Barry Rubinfeld P’10 o Mrs. Christine Ruhlig P’09, ’15 o Mr. Bernhard Ruhlig P’09, ’15 o d Mr. Andrew Russell P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan Jr. P’13, ’15, ’18 o Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Ryan P’92, ’94 o Ms. Wendy Safe Purdy & Mr. Ray Purdy P’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Edmund E. Sanford ’77, P’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Sargent ’72, P’05 o Mrs. Rachael C. Schlegel P’97 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Schwartz P’93 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Seeber P’14 o Mr. & Mrs. George R. Seifert ’62, P’13 o Mr. & Mrs. William Severni P’07 o Mr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Shamburger III P’12, ’17, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Shapiro P’02 o Mr. Michael T. Shaw P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Shaw P’18 o Mrs. Gail Sheflott P’04 o Mrs. Barbara T. Sieber P’17 d Mr. Glenn A. Sieber H’19, P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Gerard F. Sirois P’94 o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph I. Sjogren P’93 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Skinner P’01 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Smalley P’05 o Dr. & Mrs. Brian G. Smith P’14 o Mr. Brian W. Smith & Ms. Madonna A. Sacco P’10, ’13 o Mr. & Mrs. D. Van Smith Jr. P’10 o Rev. & Mrs. Larry W. Smith P’03, ’04 Mr. Paul J. Smyth & Ms. Penny Ward Smyth P’99 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg P’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Spearman IV P’14, ’15, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. John E. Spencer Jr. P’09 o Mr. G. Brooks Sperry P’96 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Stahlman ’56, P’80 o Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Stay P’96, ’97 o Mr. Henry J. Steck P’78 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Stifel P’99 Mr. & Mrs. Martin B. Stocklan P’87 o Mr. & Mrs. Jerry F. Stone P’88 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story III P’10 o Mrs. Janet Stradley P’92 o Mr. Christopher R. Summers P’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Walter B. Suski III P’17 o Mrs. John C. Swett P’85 o Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Symes P’81, GP’16 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Symes ’81, P’16 o Mr. & Mrs. David P. Szewczul P’13 o Mr. James V. Tarchis & Mrs. Cynthia A. Redus-Tarchis P’14

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Mr. & Mrs. William G. Thames Jr. ’79, P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Theis P’06 o Mr. & Mrs. Patrick D. Thibadeau P’00, ’02 Mr. & Mrs. Sylvain Thibault P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74, P’03, ’08 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Thorndike III ’57, P’84 Mr. & Mrs. Kimmo Timonen P’17 Mr. Theodore Tolis & Mrs. Jule McCombes-Tolis P’18, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Craig L. Tommila P’14 Mr. George G. Touponse III & Mrs. Susan Touponse P’14, ’14 o Mr. Timothy L. Trautman ’75, P’03 & Ms. Joan Blanchard o Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Usich III ’85, P’15, ’18, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Frank Usowski P’13 o Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Valimont ’84, P’13 o Ms. Kameyia C. Van Allen P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert Villecco P’00 o Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Voegtle ’89, P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert Davies Volk P’89, ’92 o Dr. Hualin Wang & Mrs. Zhuoqun Qian P’18 o Mr. & Mrs. E. Paul Warner P’00, ’01, ’05 o Mr. & Mrs. Damian Wasserbauer P’09, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. William F. Waters P’86 Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Watson P’70 o Mr. & Mrs. William D. Weiss ’62, P’90 Ms. Haynie L. Wheeler P’18 o Dr. & Mrs. Lynn W. Whelchel Jr. P’86 Mr. & Mrs. Charlton S. White P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Pendleton P. White P’80, GP’14 o Mr. Ronald White & Ms. Sue Casher P’73 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Whitty ’87, P’16 o Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Wiacek P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Widger P’98 o Ms. Leslie Meek Wileman & Mr. W. Anthony Fitch P’89 o Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. Wilhelm P’92 Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Williams P’05 Mr. & Mrs. George Williamson P’91 Mr. & Mrs. Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16 o Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17 o Mr. James C. Wiseman & Mrs. Jennifer Sokol Wiseman P’18 Dr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Witkowski P’10, ’16, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Jan Witkowski P’15, ’16 o Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell W’75, P’08 o Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Wowk P’14, ’15 o Mr. William W. Wylie Jr. P’99 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yen P’12 o Mrs. Gayle Youlden P’07 o Mr. Lincoln C. Young ’77, P’10 o Dr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Yozwiak P’04, ’06 o Dr. Dori Zaleznik P’09 o Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky P’08, ’15 o

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grandparents of students and alumni giving Grandparents of Avon, through their support, demonstrate they understand the value of an Avon education. We thank you for believing in Avon and for making such meaningful contributions.

2018–2019 GRANDPARENT CHAIRS Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Deckers P’87, ’90, GP’18, ’20

Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Ahern P’86, GP’12 Mr. & Mrs. Walter Anderson GP’18, ’19 Mrs. Sue Andrews GP’17 o Mrs. Kumud Arora GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ball GP’10 Mrs. Bernadette Banks GP’19 Mr. Michael Barth GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Ralph G. Barton GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Beath P’76, ’77, GP’06, ’07, ’09, ’15, ’18 o Ms. Sally Bourgault P’80, GP’09 o Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Buttner GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Calcinari GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Callahan Sr. GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Campbell GP’19, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Sonny A. Caputo GP’16, ’17 o

Mrs. Joan D. Carlisle GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. John Carricato GP’12 Mr. W. T. Cashman GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher B. Chandor GP’19 Mrs. Barbara Christofer P’89, ’91, GP’22 Mrs. Anne Clarke GP’16, ’21 o Mr. & Mrs. F. G. E. Clarke GP’16, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. William S. Colehower GP’18 Ms. Eleanor Cox GP’20 Dr. & Mrs. Leslie S. Cutler P’91, GP’22 o Mr. & Mrs. Rocco Davino Jr. GP’14 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard Davis GP’21 Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers P’87, ’90, GP’18, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Desjardins GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling P’91, ’00, GP’21 o Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Russel Duryea Jr. GP’14, ’20 Mrs. Valerie Erickson GP’15, ’21 o Mrs. Joyce Eschbach GP’19, ’22 Mrs. Joan Eschert GP’19 Mr. Paul Fay GP’03, ’05 o Mr. & Mrs. Orson Gadowsky GP’20, ’21 Mr. Ronald L. Gibbons P’81, GP’11 o

Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Girard GP’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Gordon P’90, GP’21 o Ms. Cornelia Gray GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Herbert T. Gresh P’90, GP’16 o Mrs. Marion Grey GP’17, ’19, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Harriage GP’22 Dr. & Mrs. James S. Harrop P’86, ’88, ’91, GP’18 o Mr. & Mrs. William E. Hatch GP’20 Hon. & Mrs. Paul Heffernan GP’12 o Mr. & Mrs. A. Russ Heinke P’90, GP ’21 Mr. & Mrs. James Higgins GP’20 Mr. Earl Horton Sr. GP’16 o Mrs. Jennifer K. Janzen GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. James Jiantonio GP’12 o Mr. & Mrs. Clark Johnson GP’15, ’21 Mr. Craig Johnson GP’15, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. James E. Kassel GP’06, ’08 o Mr. & Mrs. George Keator GP’20 Mrs. Anne Kelsey GP’15, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. George P. Kooluris P’92, GP’22 o Mrs. Verne-Marie Kozak GP’14 o Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Krawiec GP’18, ’20 Estate of Mr. Robert C. Kristian P’86, GP’12 d Estate of Mr. Petro Kulynych GP’93, ’95, ’10 ’14 o d Mr. Frank G. Leavitt ’52, P’76, GP’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Leesfield GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Gordon F. Linke P’75, ’78, ’79, GP’16 Rev. Paul R. Long GP’17 Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Lowe GP’22 Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch P’88, ’91, GP’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Alaster MacDonald GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Jon Manafort GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marco GP’16 Mrs. Nedra Martz GP’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. McCarthy GP’14, ’16, ’18 o Mrs. Tina Merz GP’20 Mrs. Robert H. Moran Sr. P’73, GP’04 o Ms. Priscilla Morse & Dr. Gene Lucier GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Moseley III GP’09 Ms. Judith Mulholland GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. James Murphy GP’19 Mrs. Julia A. Nagy GP’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Craig Nation Sr. GP’08, ’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Donald V. C. Nelson GP’16

Mrs. Joanne Nykaza GP’20 Mr. Robert J. O’Brien GP’17 Mrs. J. Henry O’Hern GP’14, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew R. Ohotnicky Jr. GP’17 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Olson GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. Gilman W. Ordway ’44, GP’04, ’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Dale Orred GP’15 Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Paslawsky GP’16 Mr. & Mrs. Modesto Perez GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Perry GP’21 Ms. Lesah S. Pope GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rease GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Donald Rettaliata GP’16, ’21 o Mrs. Mary Louise Reyen GP’18 Mrs. Eileen Reynolds GP’17 Mr. & Mrs. Dan Rhodes GP’21 Ms. Fay Rogers GP’21 Mrs. Vivian Romano GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. David Rubenstein P’85, GP’21 Mrs. Patti Runkel GP’10, ’14 o Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Sappington GP’21 Ms. Elizabeth Sava GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Scheyd GP’22 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Steidel GP’01 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Steltjes GP’13 o Mrs. Connie Sulkin GP’19 Mr. Howard Sulkin GP’19 d Ms. Cynthia Swift-King GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Symes P’81, GP’16 o Ms. Patricia Taupier GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Telfer GP’15 Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Thompson GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Chester Trzaski GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Tucker GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Reginald Tucker GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. George Unhoch GP’18 Ms. Marnie Vallely GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Martin Vega GP’12, ’17, ’19 Dr. Leo M. Veleas GP’16 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Vernon GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Ted Voll Jr. GP’15, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Willard T. Walker GP’15, ’19, ’19 Mrs. Norma Weisenburger GP’89, ’03 o Mr. John C. Welch Jr. GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Pendleton P. White P’80, GP’14 o Mrs. John H. Wise Jr. GP’09 Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Wunsch GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Zarb GP’19 Mrs. Barbara J. Zyla GP’18 o

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GRANDPARENTS DAY 2019

Grandparents Day, May 8, 2019, was one of the first beautiful days of the spring semester—just in time to welcome hundreds of grandparents to the Village of Old Farms coming to spend a day shadowing their grandsons. From meals in Riddle Refectory to attending classes alongside the boys to taking in athletic contests on our gorgeous fields, all celebrated an exciting day!

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current faculty and staff giving Avon celebrated 100 percent faculty monetary support for the seventh consecutive year. We are grateful for the talent and commitment of these exceptional educators who care deeply about their students and the future of the school.

YEARS OF SERVICE

Mr. Luke R. Archambault ’04 2 Dr. Jeffrey Asmar 3 Mr. Geoffrey R. Barlow ’98 o 17 Mrs. Ari Bartkiewicz P’16, ’18 o 4 Ms. Kathleen Barzun o 10 Mrs. Ann Beloin o 12 Mrs. Kimberly Finn-Bolster

4 Mr. Chris Bolster 4 Maj. John M. Bourgault USMC (Ret.) ’80, P’09 o 15 Mr. Edward J. Brennan Jr. P’17 o 24 Mr. Pierce Brennan o 5 Mr. Graham R. Callaghan ’95 o 16 Mrs. Heather Callaghan o 13 Mr. Semaj Campbell

3 Mr. Roger D. Cantello P’17 o 6 Mrs. Debra Case o 25 Mr. Erik Chase 1 Mr. Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07 o 43 Mr. Jonathan A. Crocker P’11 o 25 Mrs. Kimberley H. Crocker P’11 o 18 Mr. Brian E. Cugell o 15 Mrs. Morgan Cugell o 12 Mr. Arthur B. Custer P’04, ’05, ’10 o 37 Mrs. Michelle Custer P’04, ’05, ’10 o 28

Mr. Ryan Davey o 7 Mr. Peter J. Deckers ’90, P’18, ’20 o 24 Mrs. Marie C. Delnicki P’81, ’87 o 43 Ms. Robin Delnicki 4 Mr. James M. Detora P’12 o 26 Mr. Robert A. Dowling Jr. ’91, P’21 o 24 Mr. Brian P. Doyle P’12, ’14 o 26 Mr. Griffin Doyle 1 Mrs. Lara Ann Doyle P’12, ’14 o 18 Dr. Christopher Doyle 2 Mr. Kevin J. Driscoll ’72, P’08 o 41 Mr. Robert M. Dully 3 Mr. Paul B. Duwan ’85 o 5 Mrs. Mercedes Featherston P’20, ’22 o 24 Mr. Robert J. Fiondella ‘12

1 Mr. John Gardner o 44 Mrs. Jill Harrington 1 Mrs. Jennifer Hill P’20 o 8 Mr. Daniel Hodgson 4 Mr. George Hunkele 2 Mrs. Samantha Jensen P’17, ’19 5 Mr. James W. Kassel P’06, ’08 o 25 Mrs. Jacqueline Keller 3 Ms. Kristen Kerwin 3 Mrs. Donald H. Ketcham P’88 o 37

STUDENTS DONATE THEIR TIME AND PREPARE BOXES OF SUPPLIES TO BE SENT TO CHILDREN IN NEED.

Mrs. Susan Kohn 2 Mr. John M. Kowalchick ’99 o 5 Mr. Kenneth H. LaRocque H’19, P’01, ’10 o 38 Mr. William Lea 1 Mrs. Alexis Lee 3 Mr. Keith Lee o 8 Ms. Adriana Vega Mackler 1 Mr. Alison Magee o 6 Mr. Shelton Magee o 6 Mr. Brian C. Malchoff ’07 o 8 Dr. Diana M. Malchoff P’07 o 13 Mr. Joseph Martinez o 6 Mrs. Holly Mathews o 9 Ms. Elizabeth McCubbin 4 Mr. David McElheny o 40 Ms. Katherine L. McSpadden o 6 Mrs. Claudine Meaney 2 Mr. Arthur C. Mehos o 21 Mr. Patrick J. Miller ’07 o 7 Mrs. Jackie Morr P’19, P’22 o 5 Mrs. Jennifer Moyer 2 Mr. Michael Murphy 1 Mr. Mickoy R. Nichol ’14

1 Mr. James O’Leary 4 Mr. Robert Orenstein o 7 Mr. Michael J. Pereira ’10 2 Mrs. Cristina Pinton o 7 Mr. Matthew Proffitt 3 Ms. Anne Raftery o 10 Mr. David A. Raposo P’22 2 Mr. James G. Reece 10 Mr. Peter M. Rice ’76, P’15 o 26 Mrs. Tieba Rice P’15 o 17 Mr. Timothy Roller o 23 Mr. Oliver K. Rothmann ’11 o 3 Mr. Jack Sanford 2 Mrs. Sue Saxton 16 Mr. Evan Sayles 1 Mr. Benjamin Schloat o 9 Mrs. Carol W. Seeber P’14 o 12 Mrs. Lenore Severni P’07 o 18 Mr. Glenn A. Sieber H’19, P’17 o 12 Mr. John J. Spearman IV P’14, ’15, ’18 8 Mr. Weston Stephens 1 Mrs. Elizabeth Steber 2 Mr. Trevor Stern o 7 Mr. Raymond D. Sweetland o 12 Mr. Michael T. Symes ’81, P’16 o 11 Mr. Joseph Thompson 2 Mr. Darell Tibbles o 6 Mr. John Tollis 1 Mrs. Anne Townsend o 9 Mr. Timothy L. Trautman ’75, P’03 o 4 Mr. Scott Tumperi 5 Mrs. Carmen Vega P’12, ’17 o 4 Mrs. Melissa Vega P’19 4 Mrs. Sarah Wallace o 5 Dr. Timothy I. Watt 1 Mr. Chris Webb 1 Mr. Robert Werner 2 Mrs. Kimberly Whitty P’16 o 9 Mr. Robert J. Whitty ’87, P’16 o 8 Mr. Daniel E. Wilcox 3 Mr. Glenn Wilcox 1 Mr. Richard Yen P’12 o 12

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OCTOBER 19 11:30 AM

THE INVESTITURE OF THE SEVENTH HEADMASTER OF AVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL

Jim Detora If you can’t make the celebration in person, be sure to follow along online! The event will be available via livestream from www.avonoldfarms.com.

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friends’ giving We are grateful for the support we receive from friends of Avon. Thank you for believing in our mission.

Ms. Debra Abitante Ms. Amy Appleton Mr. Philip Azar Ms. Lucie Bandazian Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bennett Ms. Deborah Biancola Mr. Michael Bigham Ms. Merritt Birnbaum Mrs. Danielle Brennan o Mr. & Mrs. Steven Brookman Mr. Tonio Burgos Ms. Salon Capellii Dr. Beverly Carolan Mr. Paul Case o Mr. & Mrs. Vishaan Chakrabarti Ms. Jennifer Comforth Ms. Lynda Crespo Mr. & Mrs. John Crosby Mr. Kevin Cummings

Ms. Meghan Cummings Ms. Elizabeth B. Currier o Mrs. Ryanne Davey o Mr. J. Marcell Davis The Davis Family Ms. Sally Dengenis Mr. & Mrs. David DeRobbio Ms. Charlotte Diamond Mr. & Mrs. Julio Diaz The Dino Family Mr. Michael Doumaux Mrs. Bev Doyle Mr. Klajd Drogu o Mrs. Kathleen Dullly Mr. William M. Duryea Mr. Huntington Eldridge III Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Fanzo Mr. David Jones & Ms. Rebecca Friedkin

dancers from MOMIX, a company of dancerillusionists transformed the Avon Old Farms auditorium into a world of color and movement.

Ms. Amity Gaige The Garcia Family Mrs. Miriam Gardner o Ms. Maria Geiger Ms. Barbara K. Gelber Ms. Alice Gibbons Mr. Ronan Golding Mr. Adam Goodman Ms. Elizabeth Gordon Ms. Karen Green Ms. Emily Gruber & Ms. Maura Gruber Mr. Frank Guarini Ms. Pamela Gumport Mr. Matt Harrington Mrs. Lisa Hodgson Mr. Eric Holceker Ms. Wendy Jorgensen Mr. Joseph Kaulaity Mr. Michael Keller The Kelly Family Ms. Julie Kimmel Ms. Pamela Klurfield Mr. & Mrs. Gary Kurutz Ms. Cynthia Livingston Ms. Nancy Lynn Ms. Lauren Martin Mrs. Anna Martinez o Mr. James Mathews o Ms. Antonia Maurizi Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Mayer Mrs. Henrietta McElheny o Mr. & Mrs. Mark McKenna Mr. Sean McNally Mr. John Meaney Ms. Lois Melka Ms. Margaret Mendelson Ms. Nancy Miller Ms. Rosemary Mills-Russell Mr. James Moore Ms. Linda Morgan & Mr. Phil Haws Ms. Lisa Morgan Mr. Alan Murchie Mrs. Ali Murphy Mr. Tom Nagorski Ms. Valerie Nieves Mr. Travis Noyes Mrs. Trisha O’Leary Mr. Brad Orben Mrs. Cherie Orenstein o Ms. Tanya Ortiz Ms. Emelda Passion-Gordon Mr. Silvana G. Payne Ms. Linda Peck Ms. Elise Pettus Mrs. Jennifer Proffitt Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Quinn

Mr. Cameron Raglin Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Riley Mr. Francis X. Rocca Mrs. Dawn Roller o Mr. Alfonso Rosario Mr. David Rosow Mr. & Mrs. Clen Ryan Ms. Ellen Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sacks Mr. Navjot K. Sandhu & Ms. Parminder S. Sandhu Mrs. Ruthanne Sanford Mrs. Jennifer Schloat o Ms. Miyako Schwartz Mr. Peter Standish Paine Mr. John P. Steber Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Stephens Mrs. Alyssa Stern Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Stone Mrs. Mara Suttmann-Lea

Ms. Theresa Sweeney Mrs. Kathleen Sweetland o The Syznal Family Mr. Brian E. Tamms o Mr. Douglas R. Townsend o Mr. William Ullman Ms. Yolanda Vega & Mr. Keif K. Bryant Dr. Christopher Wallace o Mr. Kenneth Walters Mr. and Mrs. Will Ward Ms. Katherine Watt Mrs. Becci Webb Mrs. Nicole Werner Ms. Mayda Whelan Mr. and Mrs. William White Mrs. Judy A. Wilcox Mrs. Susan Wilcox Mrs. Alice M. Williams Mr. Thomas Wright Mr. James Wujciak

in-kind gifts Gifts of products, time, and services further the work we do. We appreciate these special donations to Avon.

Mr. & Mrs. John K. Anderson P’20 Avon Old Farms Hotel & Seasons Restaurant Avon Prime Meats Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Carlisle P’19 Carousel Industries Coco Lily Mr. & Mrs. Duncan M. Cooke ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Gary J. Corliss P’20 Cycle Bar Canton Delamar Hotels Dom’s Cheese Shop E & R Laundry & Dry Cleaners Mr. & Mrs. William Eklund Jr. P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Eric Fekete P’20, ’21, ’22 First & Last Tavern Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Gardella P’19 Golf Club of Avon Grant’s Restaurant Hickory Ledges Farm and Distillery Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Kohn Jr. ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kolodziejczyk P’22 S. K. Lavery Mr. & Mrs. James A. Levin P’19, ’20 Luna Pizza

Marriott Residence Inn Mr. & Mrs. James Marsh III P’22 Massage Envy Max Restaurant Group Mr. & Mrs. Todd S. Mather P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. McKernan ’91, P’20 Mr. Peter Miklakos & Ms. Susan Romano P’19 Modern Woodcrafts, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84, P’20 Mr. Brian T. Mullins ’68, P’04 The North House Mr. Dennis Papakostas & Mrs. Helen Tiritidis P’20 Pear Tree House Mr. Christian W. Reboul ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Jack Sanford Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shea P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Smith Sr. P’19 Super Cellar Warehouse Liquors, Avon Mr. & Mrs. Walter B. Suski III P’17 Mr. Timothy L. Trautman ’75, P’03 & Ms. Joan Blanchard Mr. & Mrs. John C. Traynor P’03 Mr. Scott Tumperi West Side Wines & Spirits Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Zarb P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas N. Zeytoonjian P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky P’08, ’15

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HINGHAM

CHICAGO

TIBURON

SIMSBURY

NEW YORK CITY VILLANOVA

SAN FRANCISCO

CHEVY CHASE

JUPITER

admissions and alumni reception hosts Avon appreciates its hosts! As school representatives travel around the country, special families open their doors to welcome them and members of the Avon community. Thank you.

MR. & MRS. MATTHEW J. CUTLER ’91, P’22 TIBURON, CALIFORNIA

MR. & MRS. KRISTIAN M. MINEAU P’18, ’20 SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT

MR. & MRS. GREGORY GOZZO P’11, ’12 JUPITER, FLORIDA

MR. BRIAN T. MULLINS ’68, P’04 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

MR. & MRS. DEAN C. GRAHAM ’84 CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND

MR. BRUCE H. QVALE P’04, ’06 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

MR. & MRS. STEPHEN S. LASH ’58 NEW YORK, NEW YORK

MR. & MRS. C. A. STIFEL ’99 CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND

MR. & MRS. JOHN W. MAXWELL ’86 HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

MR. & MRS. KENNETH J. WINEMASTER ’83, P’17 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

MR. & MRS. WADE L. MCDEVITT ’82 VILLANOVA, PENNSYLVANIA

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UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS NOVEMBER 2, 2019 HOMECOMING

DECEMBER 20, 2019 CHRISTMAS HOCKEY CLASSIC RECEPTION

JANUARY 18, 2020 ALUMNI HOCKEY GAME

MAY 15–17, 2020 REUNION WEEKEND

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TAKING CLASS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

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honorary and memorial giving Avon recognizes memorial gifts honoring individuals in the Avon family with a special place in our school community. Gifts to Avon were made in honor and memory of the following individuals. Thank you.

HONORARY GIVING In honor of Avon’s faculty, staff, and coaches Ms. Kristin Adams P’19, ’22 Dr. Mark C. Cullen and Dr. Michelle M. Cullen P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Flaks P’22 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Gersky P’19 Ms. Jennifer Landini P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Reilly ’90, P’20 Mrs. Kelly Stewart P’21 Mr. Theodore Tolis & Mrs. Jule McCombes-Tolis P’18, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Fabrice Toscano P’20 In honor of all of Avon’s amazing past and present faculty members Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. O’Neill ’00

In honor of the Avon Old Farms community Mr. & Mrs. Chris Webb In honor of Mrs. Ari Bartkiewicz Ms. Mary Allen P’15, ’19, ’19 In honor of Mr. Geoff Barlow Mr. Richard Gross P’19 In honor of Ms. Kate Barzun Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19 In honor of Maj. USMC (ret.)

John Bourgault Anonymous Mr. Garrett J. Katchis ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17 In honor of the Buechlers Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Archambault ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Finnegan ’04

In honor of Mr. Gregory Calibey Dr. David Runk & Dr. Dina Allison P’21

In honor of Mr. Casey Coons Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07

In honor of Mrs. Heather Callaghan & the entire Health Center Team and the Human Resources Department Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Asmar

In honor of Mr. Henry Coons Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Chaho P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Brendan T. Conry Sr. P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Casey R. Coons ’07 Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden ’00

In honor of Mr. Semaj Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 In honor of Mr. Roger Cantello Mr. John L. Glaspey ’21 Mr. Aiden M. Gravina ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20 In honor of the Class of 1985 Mr. & Mrs. Drew S. Graham ’85

In honor of Mr. Jonathan Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Calcinari P’19 Ms. Rosina E. Carlino P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Willard Walker GP’15, ’19, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas N. Zeytoonjian P’20

WILLIAM LEA, CHORALE DIRECTOR, LEADS THE STUDENTS IN SONG DURING CHRISTMAS VESPERS.

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USMC (RET.) JOHN BOURGAULT ’80, P’09 LEADS HIS CLASS ON THE FINER POINTS OF HISTORY.

In honor of Mrs. Kimberley Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Calcinari P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Willard Walker GP’15, ’19, ’19 In honor of Mr. Brian Cugell Mr. & Mrs. John Boger P’19 Mr. Jared P. Ciejek ’09 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20 In honor of Mrs. Morgan Cugell Mr. Jared P. Ciejek ’09 In honor of Mr. Art Custer Mr. & Mrs. Adam J. Crane ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker P’11 Mr. Will H. Hendricks ’08 In honor of Mrs. Michelle Custer Mr. Henry T. Allen ’15 In honor of Mr. Xufeng (Caesar) Dai ’19 Mr. Yihu Dai & Mrs. Dejie Jia P’19 In honor of Mr. Ryan Davey Mr. & Mrs. John Boger P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Gary J. Corliss P’20 Mr. William F. Rettaliata ’21

In honor of Mr. James Detora Anonymous Ms. Rosina E. Carlino P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker P’11 Mr. Matthew S. D’Annolfo ’04 Mr. Casey P. McCanta ’99 Mr. George G. Touponse III & Mrs. Susan Touponse P’14, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Valas P’21 In honor of Mr. Brian Doyle Mr. Connor P. Doyle ’12 Mr. Richard Gross P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Littlefield P’17 Mr. Nolan J. Morr ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 Mr. Henri J. Toscano ’20 In honor of Dr. Christopher Doyle Mr. Henri J. Toscano ’20 In honor of Mr. Griffin Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 In honor of Mr. Robert Dowling Ms. Teresa Holland P’09

In honor of Mr. Kevin J. Driscoll Mr. Matthew S. D’Annolfo ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Leesfield GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Leonard Esq. P’17, ’19 Mr. Casey P. McCanta ’99 In honor of Mr. Paul Duwan Ms. Mary Allen P’15, ’19, ’19 Mr. William F. Rettaliata ’21 In honor of Mr. Peter Evans Mr. & Mrs. Culley C. Carson IV ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Lance A. Cashion ’93 Mr. J. Andrew Corrigan ’98 & Ms. Amanda Slaughter Mrs. Diane Cousins P’06 Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Green III ’83, P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Drew T. Widger ’98 In honor of Mrs. Susan Evans Mr. J. Andrew Corrigan ’98 & Ms. Amanda Slaughter Mr. & Mrs. Drew T. Widger ’98 In honor of Mr. Henry “Skip” Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. William Karol P’21 In honor of Mr. Steven Fernow Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Gozzo ’94

In honor of Mr. John Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Kohn Jr. ’93 Dr. Carl D. Malchoff & Dr. Diana M. Malchoff P’07 In honor of Mr. Daniel Hodgson Ms. Mary Allen P’15, ’19, ’19 In honor of Mrs. Samantha Jensen Mr. & Mrs. Paul Aughtry III P’19 Mr. Charles E. Batchelder Jr. ’18 Mr. Richard Gross P’19 Mr. & Mrs. David Helsley P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 Mr. Henri J. Toscano ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Alan Wunsch P’21 In honor of Mr. James Kassel Ms. Rosina E. Carlino P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Girard P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17 In honor of Mr. Bill Kron Mr. & Mrs. Jason K. Buechler Mr. & Mrs. James M. Detora P’12 In honor of Mrs. Gail Laferriere Mr. & Mrs. William L. Goldman P’21

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In honor of Mr. Matthew Philip Lauro ’09 Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Lauro P’09

In honor of Mr. David Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20

In honor of Mrs. Heidi LaRocque Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black Jr. P’99 Mr. & Mrs. Tony Delnicki P’81, ’87

In honor of Mr. Michael Pereira Mr. Peter Miklakos & Ms. Susan Romano P’19

In honor of Mr. Kenneth LaRocque Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black Jr. P’99 Mr. & Mrs. Culley C. Carson IV ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Brendan T. Conry Sr. P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Tony Delnicki P’81, ’87 Ms. Katherine E. Dietze & Mr. William H. Heyman P’11 Mr. Peter M. Evans H’18 & Mrs. Susan Evans H’18, P’98 Mr. Adam C. Fine ’04

In honor of Mrs. Cristina Pinton Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Paul Aughtry III P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas H. Birnie P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17

In honor of Mr. William Lea Mr. Aiden M. Gravina ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 In honor of Mr. Frank Leavitt Mr. & Mrs. Culley C. Carson IV ’90 In honor of Mr. Keith Lee Mr. Roger Cyprian & Dr. Monica Cyprian P’20 In honor of Mrs. Kathy Leis Mr. Jarrett S. (Bear) Brink ’14 Mr. Robert J. Fiondella ’12 Mr. Nicholas S. Morris ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Justin R. Pool ’04

In honor of Mr. Matthew Profitt Mr. & Mrs. Donald Brennan Jr. P’22 Dr. David Runk & Dr. Dina Allison P’21 In honor of Mr. David Raposo Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Valas P’21 In honor of Mr. James Reece Mr. & Mrs. Garrett R. Benton P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas N. Zeytoonjian P’20 In honor of Mr. Peter Reed ’88 Mr. David Rosow In honor of Mr. Peter Reed’s birthday Mr. Brad Orben In honor of Mrs. Carol Reller Mr. Robert J. Fiondella ’12 In honor of Mr. Peter Rice Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Stolworthy P’19, ’19

In honor of Mr. Bob Lowe Mr. Robert M. Gagnon ’94

In honor of Mr. Tim Roller Mr. & Mrs. Elric Jarvis P’20

In honor of Mrs. Alison Magee Dr. David Runk & Dr. Dina Allison P’21

In honor of Mr. Ollie Rothmann Mr. & Mrs. David Helsley P’20

In honor of Dr. Diana Malchoff Mr. Aiden M. Gravina ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20

In honor of Mr. Jack Sanford Anonymous

In honor of David McEleheny Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Gilman A. Callsen ’04 Mr. Jiuhua Chen ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Tony Delnicki P’81, ’87 Mr. Richard Gross P’19 In honor of Mr. Michael McNealy Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. McNealy P’86 In honor of Ms. Kate McSpadden Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 Mrs. Alice M. Williams In honor of Mr. Art Mehos Mr. Henry T. Allen ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Porter Davis P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Todd L. Lady ’93 Dr. David Runk & Dr. Dina Allison P’21 Mr. Bradley P. Seeber ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Valas P’21 In honor of Mrs. Jennifer Moyer Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Foster P’20 Mr. Aiden M. Gravina ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 In honor of Mr. Chandramouli Narsipur Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Gozzo ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Albert R. McDonald III ’04 In honor of Mrs. Susan Nentwig Mr. Scott A. Hannah ’04

In honor of Mr. Evan Sayles Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 In honor of Mr. Benjamin Schloat Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Gary J. Corliss P’20 Dr. David Runk & Dr. Dina Allison P’21 In honor of Mr. Glenn Sieber Ms. Mary Allen P’15, ’19, ’19 Mr. Robert J. Fiondella ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19 Mr. Kevin A. Sieber ’17 In honor of Mr. Weston Stephens Mr. Aiden M. Gravina ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Stephens In honor of Mr. Trevor Stern Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Littlefield P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O’Hare P’19 In honor of Mr. Raymond Sweetland Mr. John L. Glaspey ’21 Mr. & Mrs. William Hartman P’21 Mr. & Mrs. James Patterson P’21 In honor of Mr. Michael Symes Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Littlefield P’17 In honor of Mr. Joseph Thompson Mr. Roman Kolchanov &

No.1 Cristina Pinton, Visual Arts chairperson, was honored with the Outstanding Connecticut Art Educator Award.

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Mr. Sean McNally Ms. Lois Melka Ms. Margaret Mendelson Ms. Nancy Miller Ms. Rosemary Mills-Russell Mr. James Moore Ms. Linda Morgan & Mr. Phil Haws Mr. Alan Murchie Mr. Tom Nagorski Ms. Valerie Nieves Mr. Travis Noyes Ms. Emelda Passion-Gordon Ms. Linda Peck Ms. Elise Pettus Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Quinn Mr. Cameron Raglin Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Riley Dr. & Mrs. Alan Rissolo P’15 Mr. Francis X. Rocca Mr. Matthew G. Ruhlig ’15

OUR PHYSICS CLASS EXPLORED THE SCIENCE OF FREQUENCY AND THE MOVEMENT OF ENERGY BY BUILDING THEIR OWN EDIBLE “WAVE MACHINES.”

Mrs. Iryna Kolchanova P’22 Mr. James R. Morr ’22 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Stolworthy P’19, ’19 In honor of Zach Traussi’s teachers Mrs. Deborah E. Traussi P’20 In honor of Mr. George Trautman Mr. & Mrs. Lance A. Cashion ’93 In honor of Mr. Scott Tumperi Ms. Mary Allen P’15, ’19, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. John K. Anderson P’20 Mr. Alex Chaho ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18, ’21 Ms. Leanne Schaaf P’19 Mrs. Yelena Wells & Mr. John Dillon P’19 In honor of Dr. Timothy Watt Mr. Aidan J. Patterson ’21 In honor of Mr. Robert Werner Mr. & Mrs. Scott Pumper P’21 Mr. Henri J. Toscano ’20 In honor of Mr. Robert Whitty Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Cohen P’21 In honor of Mr. Daniel Wilcox Anonymous In honor of Mr. David C. F. Williamson ’91 Mr. & Mrs. George Williamson P’91 In honor of Mr. Eugene Wright Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keator P’20

MEMORIAL GIVING

In memory of Rusty Avery ’68 Mr. & Mrs. George T. Jamerson ’67 In memory of members of the Class of 1968 who are no longer with us.

Dr. Richard B. Boebel ’68 In memory of Juan Comella Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Adams ’84 Mr. Michael J. Davis ’04 In memory of Sidney C. Clark ’65 Mr. Mathew Granger ’74, P’05 Mr. William F. Roberts Jr. ’67 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Wendler ’68 In memory of David George Dr. & Mrs. Leslie S. Cutler P’91, GP’22 In memory of Justin Imperatore ’15 Ms. Debra Abitante Ms. Amy Appleton Mr. Brendan E. Ashe ’15 Mr. Ryan P. Ashe ’17 Mr. Philip Azar Ms. Lucie Bandazian Ms. Deborah Biancola Mr. Michael Bigham Ms. Merritt Birnbaum Mr. & Mrs. Steven Brookman Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Mr. Tonio Burgos Mr. Michael D. Camilleri ’15 Ms. Salon Capellii Mr. & Mrs. Vishaan Chakrabarti Ms. Jennifer Comforth Mr. & Mrs. John Crosby Mr. Kevin Cummings

Ms. Meghan Cummings The Davis Family Mr. & Mrs. David DeRobbio Mr. & Mrs. James M. Detora P’12 Ms. Charlotte Diamond The Dino Family Mr. James J. Dol & Mrs. Cynthia Damon-Dol P’15 Dugan, Scotti, & Zoch, P.A. Mr. William M. Duryea Fountain Fire Co. No. 1 Mr. William T. Friedman ’14 The Garcia Family Ms. Maria Geiger Ms. Alice Gibbons Mr. Adam Goodman Ms. Elizabeth Gordon Ms. Karen Green Ms. Emily Gruber & Ms. Maura Gruber Mr. Frank Guarini Ms. Pamela Gumport Mr. Eric Holceker Ms. Wendy Jorgensen The Kelly Family Ms. Julie Kimmel The Kincade Family Ms. Pamela Klurfield Mr. & Mrs. Gary Kurutz Ms. Cynthia Livingston Ms. Nancy Lynn Ms. Lauren Martin Ms. Antonia Maurizi Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Mayer Mr. & Mrs. John J. McElroy P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Mark McKenna

Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time. With a heavy heart and our deepest condolences, Matt Ruhlig ’15, Chris Ruhlig ’09, Bernie, & Chrissy Ruhlig P’15, ’09 Ms. Ellen Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sacks Ms. Miyako Schwartz Mr. Peter Standish Paine Mr. & Mrs. Bradford Stone Ms. Theresa Sweeney The Syznal Family Mr. Stephen Thibault ’16 Mr. Connor Toes ’15 Mr. William Ullman Mr. Kenneth Walters Ms. Katherine Watt Ms. Mayda Whelan Mr. & Mrs. William White Mr. Thomas Wright Mr. James Wujciak In memory of Warner W. Kent Jr. ’40 Mrs. Warner W. Kent Jr. W’40 In memory of Joseph Martinezc ’69 Mr. & Mrs. Wayne P. Lipkvich P’06, ’08 In memory of Kevin P. McLaughlin ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Ryan A. Matalon ’04 In memory of Mary Montefusco (Grandmother of TJ Dougherty ’11) Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Fanzo Ms. Barbara K. Gelber In memory of John Huston Murphy ’56 We wanted to honor our father, John Huston Murphy, an alumnus of Avon and active supporter, who passed away in March of 2018. He always spoke so highly of his time at Avon and the support he had of his headmaster and football coach Mr. Pierpont. With gratitude, The Murphy Family In memory of Andrew Pedersen-Keel ’02

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Mr. & Mrs. Bryan R. Donahue ’94

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story III P’10

In memory of Donald Pierpont Dr. & Mrs. Andreas A. Zavitsas ’55

In memory of Mr. Michael W. Stradley P’92 Mr. Douglas J. Beyer ’08 Mrs. Janet Stradley P’92

In memory of Mr. Harry L. Rice Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07 In memory of Allen Ruez ’63 Mrs. Pamela C. Ruez Christensen W’63 & Mr. Scott Christensen In memory of Barbara Sieber Mr. & Mrs. Donald Leis

In memory of William F. Sullivan Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Clark P’09, ’13 In memory of Tony Waters ’86 Mr. & Mrs. William F. Waters P’86

In memory of C. D. Spangler Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P Valas P’21

In memory of H. Mitchell White ’73 Mr. Ronald White & Ms. Sue Casher P’73 Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Protasewich ’73

In memory of Mr. Max Stein Mr. Timothy C. Orr ’85

In memory of Joseph C. Vecchiarino III ’71 Dr. & Mrs. John S. Spencer, Ph.D. ’71

In memory of Alex Story ’10

In memory of Pedro L. Vega Jr. ’12 Mrs. Melanie H. Awe P’14, ’17 Funds like this one are the reason my boys were able to attend AOF. It is heartwarming to support this cause in memory of an exceptional young man whose family has been so supportive of mine.

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brady P’11 Ms. Lynda Crespo No greater joy than the gift of giving. May his memory live forever.

Mr. & Mrs. Julio Diaz Happy Birthday, Carmen Vega!

From the Diaz Family Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Dully Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis P’07, ’10, ’16

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Mr. Ronan Golding Mr. Daniel R. Menard ’12 Aspirando et Perseverando Ms. Tanya Ortiz Mr. Silvana G. Payne Happy Birthday, Mama Vega!

Love you P Mr. & Mrs. Modesto Perez GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Previdi P’12 Mr. Alfonso Rosario Mr. & Mrs. Clen Ryan Mr. Navjot K. Sandhu & Ms. Parminder S. Sandhu Always in our hearts Mr. & Mrs. Martin Vega Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Martin Vega GP’12, ’17, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17 Ms. Yolanda Vega & Mr. Keif K. Bryant Mr. & Mrs. Will Ward

THERE IS NO BETTER WAY FOR BOYS TO STUDY BIOLOGY THAN ACTUALLY GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY AND DOCUMENTING WILDLIFE IN ITS NATURAL HABITAT!

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GIVING SPOTLIGHT

John-Oliver Beirne ’03

BY MORGAN C. CUGELL

The school gave me a lot, and I thought a lot about what I could give back to help.

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ohn-Oliver Beirne ’03 is a successful young man. And he is quick to credit his success —in education, in finance, and in his community—to the foundation he built as a four-year student at Avon.

“Involvement was always important to me,” he explains. “It was a great community to be a part of, and for me, it was an amazing place, full of challenges that helped me grow as an individual and collectively with the school.”

As a student, John-Oliver was a member of the football, hockey, and track and field teams, a member of several clubs, and president of the Model UN. After Avon, he earned a BA in business administration from Southern Methodist University, where he majored in finance as well as Chinese, which, he notes, he never would have pursued had he not studied the language at Avon. “Avon is a place that I always felt gave me so much life.

It helped spark my curiosity in academics and propelled me to go to grad school after college. Avon gave me a lot in terms of success in my career.”

Before earning his M.B.A. from Yale School of Management, John-Oliver moved to Hong Kong for work, a challenge that was manageable thanks, in part, to the background he had established at Avon. “Avon instilled in me the need to be prepared for whatever I may face.

No matter how crazy life around me got, I always had a routine I could fall back on, which I think is really important to being successful and productive in life—having structure. Avon gave me that. In Hong Kong, I didn’t know anyone, and it was great to have that routine to go back to. It was comfortable.”

After completing his education, John-Oliver turned his attention to finance.

He worked at Bowen Capital Management and Merrill Lynch before co-founding Beirne Wealth Consulting (BWC) in 2012, of which he remains president. The firm provides assistance in making investment and capital decisions across various asset classes.

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JOHN-OLIVER BEIRNE ’03 (LEFT) WITH FORMER HOCKEY TEAMMATE JOHN MORI ’05 AND COACH JOHN GARDNER

John-Oliver’s skills in asset management, mutual funds, and investment and wealth management have proved invaluable as BWC has grown increasingly successful.

When the time came for John-Oliver to give back, he turned to the foundation of his education to decide where to donate his funds. “One of the big things I got from Avon was this idea around self-reflection,” he explains. “Thinking about who you are. That resonated with me as a young person trying to figure out things that were important.

“The school gave me a lot, and I thought a lot about what I could give back to help,” he

Avon instilled in me the need to be prepared for whatever I may face. No matter how crazy life around me got, I always had a routine I could fall back on, which I think is really important to being successful and productive in life—having structure. Avon gave me that. In Hong Kong, I didn’t know anyone, and it was great to have that routine to go back to. It was comfortable.

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I wanted there to be an outlet where young men can talk about what they’re going through and they are not being judged or negatively looked upon—a way to address what they’re dealing with externally and internally.

continues. “I realized I wanted to do something for the school that goes beyond a single group of kids. I wanted it to be something that helps the whole campus.”

When he learned about the Prep4ward program (see page 63), John-Oliver knew he had found the right fit for a contribution.

His generous donation establishes the endowment for the initiative and ensures that it will continue in the years to come.

“This is something that’s really important to me,” he explains. “When I was at Avon, we had a ton of external and internal distractions and thoughts, but we didn’t always have an outlet to talk to someone about it or to help us deal with what we were going through: the challenges specific to adolescence as a young man. And kids today are dealing with things that we didn’t have to deal with when I was at school: social media, drug use, depression.

There needs to be more discussion about mental health issues.

“I wanted there to be an outlet where young men can talk about what they’re going through and they are not being judged or negatively looked upon—a way to address what they’re dealing with externally and internally.”

John-Oliver has also made it a priority to give back his time, and he enthusiastically

serves as a member of the National Council.

“There are a lot of resources people can give back to the school,” he states. “It’s not just money. I want my involvement to be much greater than money. I hope to input value to help move the school forward. I’ve spoken with a lot of alumni about how we can do something meaningful for a place that is really special for us. For me, it’s important to give my time to the school.”

As Prep4ward launches this fall, John-Oliver is looking forward to supporting the program and its mission, although, he says, he’ll leave the curriculum up to the experts. “My most important concern is to help the boys. If I can be any help to them in any way, I will be.

That’s what is important to me.” Also debuting alongside Prep4ward will be the first months of Jim Detora’s tenure as headmaster, with the initiative being one of the first programs the new administration implements. “We are all looking forward to the next era,” John-Oliver says. “It’s a really exciting thing to see him take the school in the direction of his vision. We had an amazing headmaster before and now a new one who has similar ideas but also a different vision that will continue the traditions of the school but also enhance it.

“I’m pretty excited for that.”

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PREP4WARD TO LAUNCH THIS FALL

Avon Prep4ward is a co-curricular program centered on topics related to character development and healthy living, led by Avon faculty and other experts, in fields that are relevant to boys’ development now and essential to future success in academic pursuits and in their lives after Avon.

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von Prep4ward augments Avon's existing academic program with grade-level instruction about essential issues that shape students’ lives now and in the future. The program will take place on Thursdays during the academic day in the fall and spring. Recognizing that boys are relational learners, Avon faculty and staff participate in these sessions either as lead teachers helping to develop content and provide instruction or as facilitators of small-group exercises, activities, and discussions. Student leaders also participate by sharing experiences that might be important to developing the topic at hand, whether it's Mr. Stern’s session on issues related to masculine identity, Mr. Werner’s session on what it means to be a gentleman in 2019, or Mr. Dully’s program about online profiles, social media, and gaming behavior.

Practical sessions on personal finance and sex education are also a part of Prep4ward.

Other Prep4ward topics for 2019–2020 include the following: leadership, scholarship and integrity, diversity and citizenship, mindfulness, emotional wellness, healthy relationships, drugs and alcohol, vaping education, and nutrition.

Prep4ward also features a significant number of sessions on topics related to the college process and academic achievement, including managing the college application process, transitioning to a college campus, and handling the social issues related to introducing effective and healthy study strategies.

Prep4ward is fundamentally educational and information-based. Understanding good information empowers students to be leaders in their own lives at a time when many may feel that things are out of their hands. Topics Prep4ward introduces inform dormitory meetings and the residential life program. In this way, Prep4ward is important to student learning experiences beyond the Avon classroom.

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Riddl Society

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Avon honors benefactors who have created trusts, bequests, and other planned gifts for Avon Old Farms by recognizing them as members of the Riddle Society.

Avon is pleased to recognize their commitment to the school’s future and welcomes additional members at any time.

Anonymous (30) Mr. Geoffrey M. Anderson ’75 Mr. Anthony Antoville ’52 Ms. Sara Arnell P’10 Mr. John H. Asiel ’67 Mr. William P. Austin ’92 Mr. Emmett M. Avery III ’67 o Mr. L. Larus Avery ’69 Mr. Michael D. Barker ’66 Mr. Spencer E. Beal Sr. ’65, P’95 Mr. Timothy R. Beeble ’71 Mr. Richard P. Behr ’67 Mr. David C. Bigelow ’44 Mr. Joseph R. Biondo P’92 Mr. James R. Birle P’85 Mr. Thomas E. Bissell ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black Jr. P’99 Mr. Edward D. Brown ’76 Mr. Harris H. Bucklin III ’70 Mr. James L. Bush ’73 Mr. Christopher R. B. Cargen ’66 Mr. Jeffrey A. Carlson ’73 Mr. Daniel E. Carpenter ’72 Mr. Austin Chambers ’58 Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole H’16, P’04 Mr. Brian B. Conroy ’82, H’13, P’20 Mr. Michael C. Conroy ’85, P’22 Mr. Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07 Mr. James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 Mr. Frank D. Costello ’60, P’85 Mr. Courtenay Crocker ’68 Mr. Thomas K. Curtis ’63 Mr. Huntley G. Davenport ’56 o Mr. John F. Davenport ’59 Mr. William S. David ’61 Mr. Harold A. Davis ’76 Mr. J. Stratford. R. Dennis ’00 Mr. Chase F. Donaldson ’68 Mr. James T. Donkel ’69 Mr. Guy O. Dove III ’57 Mr. John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 Mr. Steven D. Dyson ’82 Mr. David M. Emmes P’07

Mr. Charles F. Emmons ’63 Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle ’89 Mr. Peter M. Evans H’18 & Mrs. Susan Evans H’18, P’98 o Mr. Andrew H. Fisher ’91 Dr. & Mrs. Henry E. Flanagan H’18, GP’16, ’20 Mr. Thomas Foote & Ms. Constance Williams P’08 Mr. Samuel W. Franklin III ’55 Mr. Graham C. Garland ’09 Mr. Matthew H. Gates ’65 Mr. Vere W. Gaynor ’66 Mr. Scott M. Goodwyn ’92 Mr. Dean C. Graham ’84 Mr. Rufus K. Griscom ’62 Dr. Robert A. Gryboski ’57, P’88, ’99 Mr. David M. Hallam ’66 Mr. S. Lawrence Hammerman II ’71 Dr. Christopher K. Hampton ’79, P’09, ’10, ’11 Mr. Christopher K. Hampton ’09 Mr. Gerard D. Hampton ’11 Mr. Norman F. Hampton, AIA ’59 Mr. Patrick D. Hampton ’10 Mr. Wayne R. Hartigan ’59 Mrs. Eleni Hatzidakis W’54 Mr. Edward J. Hawie ’55, P’82 Mr. John W. Hawie ’82 Mr. John R. Hebberd ’67 Mr. E. Paul Herbert ’62 Ms. Katherine E. Dietze & Mr. William H. Heyman P’11 Mr. Malcolm M. Hirsh Jr. ’67, P’03 Ms. Lucy A. Hurston P’03 Mr. Jordan Jayson ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Kumming P’98 Mr. Kenneth H. LaRocque H’19 & Mrs. Heidi LaRocque H’19, P’01, ’10 o Mr. Frank G. Leavitt ’52, P’76, GP’15 Mr. William M. Lipton ’70 Mr. William W. Lyon ’63 Mr. Francis K.C. Madeira ’34 o Mr. George W. Madeira ’68

Mr. Brian R. Maitland ’80, P’18 Mr. & Mrs. H. Stanley Mansfield Jr. P’97 Capt. Douglas B. Marshall ’59, P’95 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. McNealy P’86 Mr. David R. McShane ’59 Mr. Seth F. Mendell ’52 Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Minnick ’64 Mr. Joseph H. Moglia P’96 Mr. Donald R. Monaco ’55 Mr. & Mrs. George F. Motter IV ’59 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Murgio P’94, ’99 Mr. Henry L. Murray III ’06 Ms. Geraldine T. Nesbitt Mr. Allan J. O’Connor ’75 Mr. Samuel W. Off Jr. ’66 Mr. Rolf H. Olson ’59 Mr. Peter M. O’Neill ’81 Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway P’04 Mr. Clayton S. Parsons III ’78 Mr. Richard W. Pendleton Jr. H’96 Mr. G. Keating Pepper ’65 Mr. C. Ford Reese Jr. ’60 Mr. Henry S. Rosenbaum ’72 Mr. Sheldon R. Roth ’54 Mr. Richard B. Rothschild P’05 Mr. Jon R. Salony ’64 Mr. Roger P. Salz ’68 Mr. Robert S. Scott Jr. ’68 Mr. Daniel J. Seiden ’00 Mr. Glenn A. Sieber H’19, P’17 Mr. Eric J. T. Skemp ’60 Mr. Gregory K. Snow ’79 Mr. Spencer K. Sokale ’64 Mr. William M. Strumlauf ’52 o Mr. Stephen C. Sumner ’59 Mr. Richard S. Taylor ’58 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Theis P’06 Mr. Charles P. Thompson II ’03 Mr. Edward P. Thompson ’74, P’03, ’08 Mr. Preston L. Thompson ’08 Mr. Richard K. Thorndike III ’57, P’84 Mr. William C. Tost ’55

Mr. George M. Trautman H’98, P’75, ’81, ’82, GP’03 Mr. Richard S. Valentine ’64 Mr. Warren S. Van Deventer ’63 Mr. Peter K. Van Winkle ’60 Dr. Joseph C. Vecchiarino III ’71 o Mr. Richard W. Walker ’52 Mr. Philip S. Wellman ’82 Mr. John D. Wendler ’68 Mr. Richard L. Williams ’60 Mr. Sigmund Windsberg ’53 Mrs. John H. Wise Jr. GP’09 Mr. Geoffrey N. Wiswell ’74 Mr. James P. Wysong ’48 o Mr. William E. Young ’85

RIDDLE SOCIETY LEGACY GIFTS RECEIVED Mrs. Louise B. Adams P’64, ’68, GP’01 Mr. Donald Carson Mr. Lewis S. Catlin ’38 Mr. Sidney C. Clark H’65 Mrs. Jean M. Coons P’71, GP’07 Capt. Victor Delano P’75 o Mr. John P. Downing ’36 Mr. Robert S. Edwards ’42 Mr. F. Reed Estabrook Jr. ’36 Mr. John N. Estabrook W’32 Mr. Edgar W. B. Fairchild P’60 Mr. Spencer S. Keyes ’67 Mr. Oliver A. Kimberly Jr. ’52 Dr. Richard K. Loveland ’59 Mr. George C. Lyon ’34 Mr. Calvert Magruder ’46, H’06 Mr. Edmund S. McCawley Jr. ’40 Mr. William M. McCawley ’37 Mr. John C. Merritt ’34 Mr. Daniel F. North ’37 Mr. Christopher H. Phillips ’39 Mrs. Mary L. Purdey P’56 Mr. Gordon C. Ramsey H’80 Mr. James L. Shirk ’50 Mr. Anthony M. Small ’56

LEARN MORE ABOUT PLANNED GIFTS FOR AVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL Contact Robin Delnicki, associate director of development, at 860-404-4156 or delnickir@avonoldfarms.com.

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matching gifts, companies and foundations The companies and foundations that support Avon are making an impactful difference. Thank you to our families for advocating for these special gifts and to the companies and foundations for generously matching each gift.

Aetna Foundation, Inc. Ahern Family Charitable Trust of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund AIG Matching Gifts Program Allied World Assurance Company, Inc. AmazonSmiles American Tower Corporation Bob and Sue Andrews Contributions Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund William and Rebecca Austin Donor-Advised Fund at Schwab Bank of America Matching Gifts Program David and Mary Barros Foundation, Inc. BD Matching Gift Program Beal Foundation Beath Charitable Fund, Vanguard Charity Endowment Program James E. & Constance L. Bell Foundation Bessemer National Gift Fund Biggart Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Birnie Charity Fund, A Donor-Advised Fund Richard B. Boebel Family Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Jessica Hoffman Brennan Donor-Advised Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund H.L. Brown Jr. Family Foundation Bruning Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation Bundy Family Foundation Judith and William Burks Fund of the Princeton Area Community

Campbell Family Foundation Cigna Foundation Citizens Bank Mark & Stacy Clark Family Fund Cole Charitable Account of the JP Morgan Charitable Giving Fund Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Community Foundation of Jackson Hole Conroy Family Foundation of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Matthew Jonathan Cutler Family Giving Account Daystar Foundation LTD Delta Airlines Foundation Marie G. Dennett Foundation Dillon Charity Fund Walt Disney Company Foundation Dula-Kobusch Charitable Trust at U.S. Trust Eversource Energy Foundation Inc. Exelon Franklin Templeton Investments Kathleen and Jerold Garvey Family Fund at Fidelity Gates Family Charitable Gift Fund Gaynor Family Foundation GE Foundation Gift4Giving Program Deane A. and John D. Gilliam Foundation Arthur and Elizabeth Godbout Family Foundation Inc. Robert and Francine Goldfarb Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Jeff Goldman Charitable Trust of Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Goldman Sachs & Co.

Goldman Sachs Gives Charitable Fund Google Gift Matching Program John S. Gordon Family Charitable Fund at Schwab Greenwich Radiological Group, P.C. GRFHM Foundation of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Hamilton Family Foundation Hartwell Foundation Guy and Laurie Hatch Foundation of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Hession Family Charitable Fund at Schwab Hipp Foundation Hubbell, Inc. David and Harriet Hutzler Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Fund Hyde Family Foundation Ingersoll-Rand Co. Catherine Jefferson Foundation Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation Johnson Controls Foundation Joyce Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Sinesia and Bill Karol Charitable Trust Kelsey Family Foundation Kettlewell Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Ann K. Kirby Foundation Kulynych Family Foundation I, Inc. Kulynych Family Foundation II, Inc. Petro Kulynych Community Fund at the Winston-Salem Foundation Leesfield Family Foundation

Levere Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Ludwig Family Charitable Fund at Fidelity Manafort Family Foundation Kenneth J. and Margaret F. McNealy 2007 Charitable Lead Trust Marr Charitable Trust at Fidelity Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. McCarthy-Bjorklund Foundation Kenneth J. and Margaret F. McNealy 2007 Charitable Lead Trust Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation Millapore Sigma Employee Matching Gifts and Giving Minnick Giving Fund at Vanguard Charitable Moglia Family Foundation Morris Group, Inc. Murphy Charitable Foundation Inc. New York Life Nolan Family Foundation Nora Fleming, LLC Norman Foundation, Inc. Abby and George O’Neill Trust Ordway Martz Family Fund of the St. Paul Foundation Owen Family Foundation, Inc. Patterson Family Trust Nelson & Claudia Peltz Family Foundation T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation, Inc. Renvyle Family Foundation at Franklin Charitable Giving Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Ross Foundation Fund of the Delaware Community Foundation

John Ruan Foundation Trust Schlein Foundation, Inc. Sebago Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Com Fed & Endowment Fund Sieber Family Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Smith Family Gift Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Elizabeth Ferry Speer Foundation Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Kelly Stewart Charitable Fund at Fidelity Stokvis Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Susquehanna International Group, LLP Synchrony Financial T. R. Paul Family Foundation Teel’s Marsh Foundation Tharpe Foundation Kathy and Pat Thibadeau Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Thornedge Foundation UBS Matching Gift Program United Technologies United Technologies Charity Trust Account V. E. Gallagher Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Verizon Foundation c/o Cybergrants, Inc. Vincent-Jamison Family Foundation of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Voya Foundation Walks Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program West Side Wines & Spirits Western Union Foundation Williamson Family Charitable Foundation, UBS Donor Advised

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NEWS & NOTES

inspiring boys, building men CAMPAIGN UPDATE

The purpose of a campaign is not just to hit a goal but to build upon the great traditions of Avon while innovating for today and future Avonians.

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the end of June, Avon crossed the $47 million mark in its $50 million Inspiring Boys, Building Men campaign. We’re asking and you’re answering—answering the call to believe, as we do, in today’s Avonians. Thank you. $47 million raised! As we enter the final stretch of the $50 million philanthropic campaign, Headmaster Jim Detora cheered on the accomplishment, noting, “We are proud of our strong brotherhood and generous community who have made this milestone possible. Now is the time to rally together, dig deep, and raise the remaining $3 million.”

The Inspiring Boys, Building Men campaign launched publicly with fanfare last September and supports our unwavering commitment to the people, programs, and campus that are the heart of the Avon experience and distinguish us as the best school for boys. Your gifts have already made a profound impact on our

campus by developing our STEM program, revitalizing the iconic Nimrod Cabin, celebrating the arts in our modern Ordway Art Gallery, renovating the Jennings Fairchild Rink, and building a state-of-the-art kitchen and servery inside the iconic Riddle Refectory.

Gifts also allow us to make significant strides with our endowment, which bolsters financial strength for scholarships as well as compensation for hiring and retaining our exceptional faculty.

$3 MILLION TO GO The Inspiring Boys, Building Men campaign closes on December 31, 2019—and we’ve got $3 million to go! Let’s bring this campaign home. Now is the time for all Avonians to join together and contribute to the future of Avon Old Farms. Visit www.campaignforavon.com to donate and help us reach our goal.

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endowments, funds functioning as endowments, special purpose funds Avon, through the generosity of its many loyal supporters, has under management funds totaling $56,749,717 as of June 30, 2019. For additional information about endowments at Avon Old Farms School, please contact Robin Delnicki, associate director of development, at 860-404-4156.

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS A5 Scholarship Jane B. Aron Scholarship Fund D. Arthur Bartholomew Scholarship Fund Brooks Scholarship Fund Sidney C. Clark Scholarship Fund Class of 1960 Golden Anniversary Scholarship Fund Class of 1963 Differ Fund Class of 1965 Scholarship Fund Class of 1985 Juan Comella Scholarship Fund Colatrella Family Scholarship Cole Family Scholarship Conroy Scholarship Fund Miriam L. and Jorge H. Consuegra ’51 Scholarship Fund Terry Cutler Fund for Minority Students D’Amelio Family Scholarship Fund Coach Frank D. B. DiCocco ’02 Scholarship Fund DiFiglia Family Scholarship Fund Diogenes Scholarship Fund Djiounas-Pancavage Scholarship Fund Francis S. & Mary A. Driscoll Scholarship Fund Peter M. Evans Scholarship Fund Flanagan Lacrosse Scholarship Edward E. Ford Foundation Scholarship John T. Gardner Scholarship Fund General Scholarship Fund Richard and Dee Gordon Scholarship Fund Charles Hayden Foundation Endowment Fund Hoffman Foundation Scholars Fund

Leesfield Family Scholarship Fund Gregg Richard Linburg ’87 Scholarship Fund George C. Lyon Scholarship Fund Kathy M. & William W. Lyon ’63 Scholarship Fund Lyons/Barry Scholarship William O’Donnell Family Scholarship Fund Donald W. Pierpont Memorial Fund Edward A. Russell ’84 Scholarship Fund Dr. William G. Ryan Scholarship Jack A. Sebastian Scholarship Fund Warren W. Smith Scholarship Fund Alex Story Fund Suisman Scholarship Fund Trautman Scholars Fund George M. Trautman Scholarship Fund Pedro L. Vega ’12 Scholarship Fund John D. Wendler ’68 Scholarship Fund Roger G. Wing ’71 Scholarship Fund Richard H. Woodwell ’75 Scholarship Fund

LIBRARY FUNDS David S. Bowen Memorial Fund Sidney C. Clark Book Fund Library Fund Hansi Smith Endowed Library Fund

FUNDED STUDENT AWARDS Adam ’93 and Luke ’95 Cline Prize David Kinsley Florian ’75 Memorial Fund Linburg Memorial Fund Schiller Memorial Fund Woodwell Leadership Award

FACULTY FUNDS AND AWARDS Applauding Avon’s Faculty Fund with Gratitude Henry Allen ’15, Gordon Allen ’15, William Allen ’15 Cashion Distinguished Teaching Prize Sidney C. Clark Chair of English Literature Fund Fanning Award Finest Faculty Fund Jennings Faculty Fund LaRocque Faculty Fund Ludwig Junior Faculty Chair Seth Mendell Chair in History Pierpont Headmaster’s Chair

INTERDISCIPLINARY FUNDS Blakeley Outreach Program Buchanan Family Foundation, Endowment for Choral Music T. K. Curtis Jr. Endowment for Faculty T. K. Curtis Jr. Endowment for Music Drew Family History Fund Fairchild Language Lab Fund William G. Kron Fund for Science Gail A. Laferriere Endowment for the Visual Arts Christopher Lawler ’82 Theatre Award and Performing Arts Fund Lech Family Fund for Cultural and Community Advancement McKernan Life Science Fund Nimrod Endowment Ordway Environmental Studies Fund Ordway Music Endowment

PHYSICAL PLANT Jack R. Aron Centennial Fund Pope Brooks Reserve Fund Deferred Maintenance Fund Riddle Trust Capital Renewal Fund

GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUNDS Biondo Fund Estabrook Fund Harper Memorial Fund Leading Edge Endowment Fund McShane Endowment for Off-Campus Charitable Activities Memorial Fund Rothschild Endowment Fund for Academic and Athletic Excellence

STUDENT ENRICHMENT FUND Established by the Parents Association to fund special projects, in consultation with the headmaster, which support enhancements in academics, sports, and extracurricular activities for the benefit of Avon students.

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campaign giving We are grateful to our lead donors whose vision and generosity give us the foundation to succeed. Thank you. And to all those who supported the Inspiring Boys, Building Men campaign during the 2018-2019 school year, your commitments and contributions are taking us home as we head toward our $50 million goal.

AVON’S VARSITY SOCCER TEAM CELEBRATES WITH THE AVON ARMY AFTER A BIG WIN.

LEAD DONORS Anonymous Mr. Ruben Aganbegyan & Mrs. Veronica Misiutina P’16 Ms. Mary Allen P’15, ’19, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Karl L. Aschenbach ’62 Mr. Patrick T. Ashe ’91 & Mrs. Ashley L. Farrar Mr. & Mrs. William P. Austin ’92 Mrs. Marion L. Barrak Mr. & Mrs.J. Leo Barry GP’06, ’07, ’11, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Sr. ’65, P’95

Mr. & Mrs. Brad Berggren P’19 Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bigelow ’44 Mr. John-Oliver Beirne ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Biondo P’92 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas H. Birnie P’14 Mr. Gerald W. Blakeley III ’62 Mr. & Mrs. John Boger P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Brighenti P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Mr. & Mrs. G. Garvin Brown IV ’87 Buchanan Family Foundation CAF American Donor Fund

Dr. Andrew E. Caputo P’16, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. B. Cargen ’66 Mr. Jeffrey N. Carp & Ms. Patricia Berenson P’17 Mr. Joseph B. Chaho ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Chaho P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Chester, Esq. ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole H’16, P’04 Mr. & Mrs. William R. Collins ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy ’82, H’13, P’20 Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 Mr. Thomas K. Curtis ’63 & Ms. Lynn Armstrong

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Cutler ’91, P’22 Mr. William S. David ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Alberto de la Cruz P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas V. Deans ’91 Estate of Capt. Victor Delano P’75 d Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. DelVecchio ’91 Mr. & Mrs. J. Stratford. R. Dennis ’00 Ms. Katherine E. Dietze & Mr. William H. Heyman P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Chase F. Donaldson ’68 Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Doughty ’68 Mr. & Mrs. Guy O. Dove III ’57

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Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Dowling Jr. P’12 Mr. Christopher S. Drew ’85 & Mrs. Katie Martin P’17, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. David E. Drew ’87 Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 Mr. Huntington Eldridge III Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Fish ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Fisher ’91 Edward E. Ford Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Gaffney P’16, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Gates ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Gordon P’90, GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Hamilton ’03 Hamilton Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. S. L. Hammerman II ’71 Mr. Norman F. Hampton, AIA ’59 Mr. Stephen G. Haskin P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Healy Jr. P’16 Mr. & Mrs. A. Russ Heinke P’90, GP’21 Mr. E. Paul Herbert ’62 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hession ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Hetherington ’91 Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation Inc. Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson, VI ’79, P’10 Mr. & Mrs. David R. Jarvis P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Jayson ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Brett R. Jefferson ’84 Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Clayton D. Johnson ’82 Mr. Timothy M. Jones & Ms. Annie M. Cardelus P’05 Mr. & Mrs. William Karol P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19

Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Kelly P’11, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby P’17, ’18 Ann K. Kirby Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Northrup R. Knox Jr. P’15 Dr. Linda Latrenta & Mr. Kurt Bloedel P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Lech ’88 Lech Family Fund for Cultural & Community Advancement Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Leesfield GP’19 Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. Linburg P’87, GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. Allan W. Linke ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Gordon F. Linke ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Gordon F. Linke P’75, ’78, ’79, GP’16 Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Linke ’79, P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Ludwig ’99 Mr. William W. Lyon ’63 Mr. & Mrs. William B. Maag ’81 Mr. & Mrs. George W. Madeira ’68 Mr. & Mrs. Stewart M. Mather ’97 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Maxwell ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. McCarthy ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Wade L. McDevitt ’82 Mr. & Mrs. John J. McElroy P’17 Mr. Brendan L. McKernan ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Kristian M. Mineau P’18, ’20 Mr. Donald R. Monaco ’55 Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran Jr. ’73, P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84, P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Andre A. Napoli P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Nichols ’83 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Nolan ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Gilman W. Ordway ’44, GP’04, ’10 Mr. & Mrs. Franklyn D. Owen III ’83 Owen Family Foundation, Inc.

More than 45 faculty members welcomed Headmaster Ken LaRocque with a smile and handshake before chapel to show their gratitude for the warm welcome he gave to each of them, and all those before them, at chapel each morning.

Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Palandjian P’18 Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway & Mr. James Sadler P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Peter O’Sullivan P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Jason K. Parker ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Peltz P’09, ’12 Mr. B. F. Reinauer III ’59 Ms. Drucilla A. Richards P’18 Mr. & Mrs. John Ruan IV ’92 Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan Jr. P’13, ’15, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Ryan P’09, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber H’19, P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Siegel Jr. ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. duPont Smith Sr. P’17, ’19 Elizabeth Ferry Speer Foundation Mr. Christopher H. Stone ’88 & Mr. David Fox Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story III P’10 Mr. & Mrs. William W. Sweedler P’16, ’19 Teel’s Marsh Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Torey P’09, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. George Unhoch GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Usich ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Davies Volk P’89, ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Walker ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Willard T. Walker GP’15, ’19, ’19 Mr. William U. Weiss ’90 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Wendler ’68 Mr. & Mrs. Brian T. Wilhelm ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17 Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell W’75, P’08 Mr. Yunxiang Zhou & Mrs. Fang Peng P’19

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TAKE US HOME DONORS Ms. Krista N. Aldrich P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Ambrose Sr. P’17 Mr. Patrick T. Ashe ’91 & Mrs. Ashley L. Farrar Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Archambault ’04 Mrs. Melanie H. Awe P’14, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Barker ’66 Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey R. Barlow ’98 Mr. & Mrs. Drew C. Bartkiewicz P’16, ’18 Mr. William D. Batesole ’74 & Ms. Anne Nordstrom Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Jr. ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Beath ’77, P’06, ’07, ’09 Mr. & Mrs. Brian Beloin Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart P’02, ’06, ’08, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Biondo ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black Jr. P’99 Mr. & Mrs. Crager J. Boardman III ’99 Mr. Chris Bolster & Mrs. Kimberly Finn-Bolster Mr. & Mrs. Erin R. Borger, FA ’99 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brady P’11 Mr. Jonathan T. Brand ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Breneiser P’11 Mr. Joshua L. Bruff ’01 Ms. Jenniffer D. Buanno P’08, ’10, ’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. John L. Burr ’70 Mr. John E. Butterworth ’85 Mr. Greg Calibey Mr. & Mrs. Graham R. Callaghan ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Callahan P’14, ’17, ’18 Mr. Gilman A. Callsen ’04 Mr. Semaj Campbell

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PETER DECKERS ’90, P’18, ’20, WITH HIS SON, GRAHAM DECKERS ’20, AND DAUGHTER, MARAH, ADMIRING THE PHENOMENAL ARTWORK OF THE AVON ARTISTS WHO WON GOLD AND SILVER KEYS AT THE SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS.

Mr. & Mrs. Roger D. Cantello P’17 Ms. Rosina E. Carlino P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Carlisle P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Ernesto Carrizosa ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Chandler P’96 Mr. Erik Chase Ms. Allison M. Cheffer P’13 Mr. Daniel G. Ciaburri Jr. ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Clark P’09, ’13 Mr. Adam K. Cline ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Cloud ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Coleman ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Casey R. Coons ’07 Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Cox III P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Crowe ’86, P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Cugell Mr. Conor R. Cummings ’09 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Custer P’04, ’05, ’10 Mr. & Mrs. Frank D’Amelio P’08 Mr. Matthew S. D’Annolfo ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony N. D’Arpino ’98

Mr. John F. Davenport ’59 & Ms. Batya Miller Mr. & Mrs. Tim D’Addabbo P’22 Mr. William S. David ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Davis P’04 MAJ & Mrs. Alexander R. Dean ’01 Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers P’87, ’90, GP’18, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Tony Delnicki P’81, ’87 Mr. & Mrs. James M. Detora P’12 Mr. David J. Dietrick ’12 Mr. Michael P. Dietrick ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Ralph F. Dietz P’02 Mr. & Mrs. Guy O. Dove III ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. Dowling ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling P’91, ’00, GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling Jr. ’91, P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Doyle P’12, ’14 Dr. Christopher Doyle & Dr. Beverly Carolan Mr. & Mrs. David E. Drew ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Jude T. Driscoll P’17

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Driscoll ’72, P’08 Mrs. Cristina Pinton & Mr. Klajd Drogu Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Dully Mr. & Mrs. R. Todd Elliott ’82 Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Estevez P’22 Mr. David P. Evans ’74 & Ms. Mary King Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Fay P’14 Mr. John R. Finch Jr. ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Fiondella P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Fiondella GP’12 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Fitzpatrick ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Franklin Jr. P’97 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Franklin III ’55 Mr. David P. Evans ’74 & Ms. Mary King Mr. & Mrs. Sergio Frutuoso P’19 Col. Donald F. Gabreski ’66 & Lt. Gen. Terry L. Gabreski Mr. John P. Gaffney ’16 Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Garber Jr. P’99, ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Gardella P’19 Mr. & Mrs. John Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Gateman ’99

Mr. & Mrs. George F. Getz Jr. ’80 Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis P’07, ’10, ’16 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew N. Giamalis ’07 Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Godbout Jr. ’69 Mr. Jeff S. Goldman ’80 & Ms. Sharon Sevransky Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Green III ’83, P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Herbert T. Gresh P’90, GP’16 Mr. Jacob T. Gresh ’16 Mr. & Mrs. John H. Haile Mr. & Mrs. David Haden P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey F. Hamilton ’96 Mr. & Mrs. S. Lawrence Hammerman II ’71 LTC & Mrs. Sean M. Hankard, USMC ’91 Mr. Bryan S. Hatch ’70 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Hawie ’82 Mr. & Mrs. George (Jeff) Henschel Jr. ’61, P’00 Mr. W. B. Holby Jr. ’74 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Homeier ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hubbard P’19 Mr. George Hunkele Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hunter ’42 Mr. & Mrs. Jay Hutchinson P’06 Mr. & Mrs. Hwi-Yoon Cheong ’05 Mr. Peter D. Hynson ’72 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hynson Jr. ’63 Mr. & Mrs. David F. Jacobs ’76 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Johnson P’12 The Klipp Kaplan Family Mr. & Mrs. James W. Kassel P’06, ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Randall Katchis P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keller Mr. Henry B. Kells ’82 Mr. & Mrs. James Kirschner P’04 Mrs. Verne-Marie Kozak GP’14 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Knight P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Knight P’16 Ms. Rosamond Koether & Mr. Brian Stephanak P’20 Estate of Robert C. Kristian P’86, GP’12 Mr. & Mrs. Marek J. Krowka ’03 Mr. Kenneth H. LaRocque H’19 & Mrs. Heidi LaRocque H’19, P’01, ’10 o Dr. & Mrs. Gregory Latrenta P’19 Mr. William Lea & Mrs.Mara Suttmann-Lea Mr. & Mrs. Keith Lee Mr. Leo M. Lehto ’14 Mr. Markus M. J. Lehto & Mrs. Virve M. Noiva-Lehto P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Brian M. Lemek ’98 Dr. Benn L. Lieberman ’92 & Dr. Michelle Lieberman Mr. & Mrs. Donald Leis Mr. James M. Liptrot & Ms. Nancy M. Liptrot P’11, ’12, ’15, ’18 Mr. Matthew J. Liptrot ’11 Dr. & Mrs. James L. Livermore ’90 Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Loewy P’85 Mr. Herman Lui ’17 Dr. & Mrs. Scott B. MacDonald ’74, P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Maitland ’80, P’18 Mr. & Mrs. William F. Maher ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Malafronte ’90

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Dr. Carl D. Malchoff & Dr. Diana M. Malchoff P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Shelton Magee Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Mancuso Jr. ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Ryan T. Martin ’88 Mr. & Mrs. Bryan J. Matthews ’92 Mr. & Mrs. James Mathews Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Mazur III ’04 Ms. Elizabeth McCubbin Mr. & Mrs. David McElheny Mr. Arthur C. Mehos Dr. Ezekiel M. Menendez & Mrs. Mercedes Featherston P’20, ’22 Mr. Eric J. Meyers ’08 Mr. Reginald Miller III ’97 Mr. Zachary D. Minsk ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Moeller ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Molloy ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Moore P’01 Ms. Adriana Vega Mackler Mr. & Mrs. John J. Moore Jr. P’18 Mr. Peter J. Morgan & Ms. Maureen E. Morgan P’15 Mr. John C. Mori ’05 Mr. Kieran P. Morris ’11 Mr. Christopher R. Morrissey ’81 Ms. Jennifer Moyer & Mr. Michael Doumaux Mr. & Mrs. William Murray Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Murphy Mrs. Julia A. Nagy GP’18

Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah J. O’Brien P’06, ’10, ’12 Mr. Gavin O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. James O’Leary Mr. Brad Orden Mr. & Mrs. Robert Orenstein Mr. Matthew B. Ostrowski ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy G. Overcash P’18 Mr. Steven N. Palmer P’02 Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos P’10, ’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Paquet ’01 Mr. Clayton S. Parsons III ’78 Mr. Michael J. Pereira ’10 Mr. & Mrs. James Perry II P’21 Mr. Tyrone Pike P’18 Reverend John K. Pinckney ’70 Mr. & Mrs. David S. Pinkham ’66 Mr. & Mrs. Justin R. Pool ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt Pratt P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Proffitt Mr. & Mrs. David A. Raposo P’22 Mr. Michael J. Reilly ’08 Mr. Jacob A. Reiner ’13 Mrs. Carol Reller H’13 & Mr. Edward A. Reller P’09 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Rice ’76, P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Rickard ’59 Mr. & Mrs. Darren B. Riggle P’17, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Rodenbush ’73 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Roller Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky ’62, P’91, ’94

HISTORY TEACHER, ART CUSTER, PERFORMS A CIVIL WAR REENACTMENT FOR STUDENTS IN THE OAK GROVE.

Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Rozinsky ’91 Mr. & Mrs. David Rubenstein P’85, GP’21 Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Rulison ’92 Mr. Blake L. Ruttenberg ’89 & Dr. Aimee Kimball Mr. & Mrs. Jack Sanford Mr. Evan Sayles Ms. Leanne Schaaf P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Seeber P’14 Mr. Paul A. Severni ’07 Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Schloat Mr. Lee N. Schmertzler ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Sherrill ’77 Mr. David V. N. Smith III ’10 Mr. Hayden C. Smith ’10 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg P’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Spearman IV P’14, ’15, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Stay P’96, ’97 Mr. Henry J. Steck P’78 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Steidel GP’01 Mr. & Mrs. John P. Steber Mr. & Mrs. Trevor Stern Mr. & Mrs. Arnold G. Stifel ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Stokvis ’65 Dr. Geoffrey B. Monsour ’74 & Ms. Audrey Swank Mr. & Mrs. Raymond D. Sweetland Ms. Cynthia Swift-King GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Symes ’81, P’16

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Mr. Darell Tibbles & Ms. Kathryn Gonnerman Mr. George G. Touponse III & Mrs. Susan Touponse P’14, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Fabrice Toscano P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Townsend Mr. Michael J. Grocki & Mrs. Jamie Tsung P’20 Mr. Scott Tumperi Mrs. Martin Vega Jr. P’21 Mr. & Mrs. James Votta P’19 Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Wallace Dr. Hualin Wang & Mrs.Zhuoqun Qian P’18 Dr. Timothy I. Watt & Ms. Amity Gaige Mr. & Mrs. Chris Webb Mr. Brendon A. Welker ’91 & Ms. Elizabeth Schmitt Mr. Philip S. Wellman ’82 & Ms. Leslie Smith Mr. & Mrs. Damian Wasserbauer P’09, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Werner Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Whitty ’87, P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Wilcox ​Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. Wilhelm P’92 Mr. Christopher J. Wolfel ’08 Mr. Lincoln C. Young ’77, P’10 Mr. Lei Zhao & Ms. Xin Lu P’19 Mr. Aaron H. Zaleznik ’09 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Zarb P’19 Mr. Bing Zuo & Mrs. Yongmei Lin P’20

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your gifts matter Every single dollar of every contribution made makes a difference.

Below is a summary by constituency from 2018–2019.

CONTRIBUTION BY SOURCE, 2018–2019

ALUMNI

PARENTS

STUDENTS

GRANPARENTS

ORGANIZATIONS

$2,288,254

$2,823,771

$1,517

$731,120

$736,357

OTHER INDIVIDUALS

$38,441

NUMBER OF DONORS, 2018–2019

ALUMNI

PARENTS

STUDENTS

GRANPARENTS

ORGANIZATIONS

917

578

148

115

45

OTHER INDIVIDUALS

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endowment report

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE 2013–2019

$40,576,492

$47,180,454

$47,896,111

$47,095,895

$52,951,644

$57,097,042

The values listed below represent the value of our endowment portfolio as of the end of each fiscal year, which runs July 1 through June 30.

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

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FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

We know that we need to invest wisely to maintain our focus on being the best school for boys in the nation.

We appreciate your contributions toward helping us achieve our mission.

Your partnership is valued greatly.

I’M

pleased to report that our fiscal year ending June 2019 was once again conducted with proper discipline and attention to our school’s fiscal operations. We have maintained positive financial operations results. The Board’s attention to disciplined financial management facilitates our mission and helps our school aspire and persevere.

Fulfilling our mission requires a significant commitment to our students and faculty. Avon must balance school expenses with income generated from tuition, annual fundraising, and the endowment. The 2018–2019 budget was balanced through the work of our admissions staff, prudent management of the school’s operations, appropriate management of our endowment and investments, and the exceptional support of our donor community. Over the past year, we continued to invest in our people, programs, and facilities. We know that we need to invest wisely to maintain our focus on being the best school for boys in the nation. We appreciate

your contributions toward helping us achieve our mission.

Your partnership is valued greatly.

On behalf of our boys, the school’s administration and faculty, and the Board of Directors, we thank you for making Avon a priority.

Let me close with a thank you to Ken LaRocque for his 38 years of service to Avon Old Farms and his 21 years of leadership as our headmaster. He made a significant positive mark on the lives of thousands of young men and their families. We were fortunate to have his leadership over such an extended period. As the LaRocque era comes to an end, we’re excited about working with Jim Detora to continue to build on the successes of the past.

The future is bright!

Aspirando et perseverando!

MARTIN I. COLE H’16, P’04, CHAIRMAN AV O N O L D FA R M S S C H O O L B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S

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statement of financial position AVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL Unaudited consolidated statement of activities July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019

REVENUES

REVENUES, GAINS, AND OTHER SUPPORT

Tuition and fees, net of financial aid

$ 19,112,984

Fundraising Contributions

4,325,087

Investment return utilized for operations

1,799,192

Auxiliary services and activities

1,577,333

Total Revenues

$ 26,814,596

EXPENSES

PROGRAMS

Instructional support

8,810,409

Student support

2,279,643

SUPPORTING SERVICES

Operations and maintenance Institutional support Administration Fundraising

4,840,743 577,252

OTHER INCOME: 13%

2,055,946 906,309

Auxiliary services and activities

956,395

Change in net assets, operations

FUNDRAISING GIFTS: 16%

3,512,071

Interests and fees

Total Expenses

NET TUITION AND FEES: 71%

EXPENSES

$ 23,938,768 $ 2,875,828

OTHER CHANGES

Contributions and grants Provisions for uncollectible pledges

2,890,245 (294,120)

Investment return, net of fees

2,450,383

Investment return utilized for operations

(1,799,192)

Depreciation and amortization

(2,139,639)

Gain on disposal of equipment

8,000

Change in value of swap agreement

(786,103)

Total other changes

$ 329,574

Change in net assets

3,205,402

Net assets, July 1, 2018 Net assets, June 30, 2019

Please note that these results are unaudited. The fiscal year 2018–2019 Consolidated Statements of Financial Position and Consolidated Statements of Activities are being audited by CohnReznick, LLP. Copies of the complete report will be ready by fall 2019 and will be furnished upon request.

95,088,558 $ 98,293,960

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: 60% STUDENT AND PROGRAM EXPENSES: 13% PHYSICAL PLANT EXPENSES: 13% DEBT SERVICE: 7% ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES: 7%

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TO OUR READERS

The Report of Annual Giving for the fiscal year 2018–2019, ending June 30, 2019, was assembled with great care and attention to detail. The purpose of the report is to acknowledge and publicly thank our donors.

If your name is not listed, or there is some other error, please accept our sincere apologies and contact Robin Delnicki at the Alumni and Development Office with your concerns: (860) 404-4156.

Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Albany, NY Permit No. 97 500 Old Farms Road Avon, Connecticut 06001 www.avonoldfarms.com

CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Parents If this issue is addressed to your son or to your family, but your son no longer maintains an address at your home, please reach out to us with the correct address.

Email us at: alumni@avonoldfarms.com or use our form online at: www.avonoldfarms.com/UpdateAddress

Avon is a special place that provides young men the setting and atmosphere to succeed and focus on their abilities and untapped potential. I have always tried to give something each year, since my graduation in 1983, to help the school continue this work. My small amount builds toward the whole and accomplishes a great task: boys becoming men.

Additionally, I give time as a Class Ambassador and serve on the National Council. Avon Old Farms is a part of me, my fabric, and I’m happy to see that build and continue in my son Jack Eschert ’19.

—BILL ESCHERT ’83, P’19