The Avonian Magazine & Report of Annual Giving, Summer 2018

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Report of Annual Giving

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Avon Old Farms School strives to be the best college preparatory school for boys by cultivating young men of integrity who honor wisdom, justice, inclusion, service, and the pursuit of truth.

Aspirando et Perseverando AVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL Established 1927 Headmaster Kenneth H. LaRocque

The Avon Old Farms School motto effectively communicates our expectations of students; in every aspect of a boy’s life, we expect him to strive consistently to make his best effort.

Editors Morgan C. Cugell Alexis H. Lee

Director of Development James M. Detora

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Email Members of the administration and faculty can be emailed by using the following formula: last name plus first initial @avonoldfarms.com. The directory on the school website also includes email links.

Avon Old Farms School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, disabilities, or sexual orientation in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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FEATURES

FROM THE EDITOR…

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Commencement

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Distinguished Alumnus Award

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Spring Sports

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Giving Spotlight: Huntington Eldridge III

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Headmaster

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Director of Development

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School Leadership

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Leadership Giving Societies

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Strength in Numbers

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Alumni Giving

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Winged Beaver Leadership Circle

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Campus Improvements

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Current Parent Giving

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Parents of Alumni Giving

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Grandparents of Students & Alumni Giving

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Current Faculty & Staff Giving

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Friends Giving & In-Kind Gifts

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Honorary & Memorial Giving

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Admissions & Alumni Reception Hosts

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The Riddle Society

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Matching Gifts, Companies, Foundations

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Endowments, Funds Functioning as Endowments, or Special Purpose Funds

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Chairman of the Board of Directors

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Statement of Financial Position

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We hope this issue finds you happy, healthy, and well-rested after an enjoyable summer. Though the students were gone, campus was as busy as ever, with many summer camps in session, maintenance projects underway, and final numbers crunched on the 2017–2018 Annual Report. Over the next pages, you’ll see the results of your generosity, and look back at the eventful spring season—including the return of many alumni at this year’s Reunion Weekend, and our farewell to the Class of 2018 at the 85th Commencement Exercises.

Your support for Avon Old Farms 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. We’re ready to start another extraordinary year and can’t wait to get back into the classrooms and studios (and onto the fields and stages, too). See you soon!

Aspirando et perseverando, Morgan C. Cugell, Editor cugellm@avonoldfarms.com (860) 404-4239 Alexis H. Lee, Senior Marketing Project Manager leea@avonoldfarms.com (860) 404-4213

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Dear Friends, The summer issue of the Avonian helps bring to life many of the exciting events we enjoyed on campus over the course of the spring.

It also includes the Annual Report for the 2017–2018 year, which tells the story of the many generous alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends of Avon Old Farms School who joined together to contribute an unprecedented sum of money. I am proud to announce that we enjoyed a record year in terms of the amount of unrestricted and total dollars we realized, and I sincerely thank every member of the school family who played a part in this accomplishment.

From the Pushups for Patriots and the Blue Blazer Ball to Grandparents Day, Alumni Weekend, and Commencement, this spring was filled with the spirit of tradition that makes Avon Old Farms such a unique and special community. Students, faculty, administration, and staff joined together numerous times to successfully host hundreds of visitors to campus.

Highlights of the spring term included honoring John Garvey ’78, a rocket scientist, and Colonel James Hayes ’88, a soldier and patriot, with Distinguished Alumni awards.

From Saturday afternoon, April 7, and continuing for 24 hours, Major John Bourgault ’80 and Jim Detora led a host of students, faculty, staff, and other members of our school family in our 10th annual Pushups for Patriots initiative. We raised well over $30,000 for the Semper Fi Fund to support wounded US Marines and their families. On April 30, the Parents of Avon hosted the annual Blue Blazer Ball, which raised a record amount of money to benefit the Student Enrichment Fund.

On May 2, we welcomed hundreds of grandparents to campus to visit their grandsons’ classes and watch them perform in a concert and compete in athletic contests.

Peter and Sue Evans retired this spring after 47 years of

selfless service to our students and school, and we honored them in numerous ways, including naming the alumni and development building for them. Skip Flanagan also retired after more than 50 years of service to independent schools, which included 27 years as the headmaster at Western Reserve Academy and 19 years at Avon Old Farms.

Kevin Driscoll was honored this spring for completing 40 years as a member of our faculty.

On Sunday morning, May 29, Peter Evans delivered the Commencement address to the members of the Class of 2018 and their guests. For the first time since 2001, graduation ceremonies were held indoors, in the fieldhouse. The festiveities were an appropriate ending to an extremely successful year at Avon Old Farms, and the 2017–2018 school year will long be remembered as an important chapter in Avon’s history.

In closing, I again thank you for helping us fulfill our mission by supporting us, advocating for us, and believing in us. As we look to the future with high ambitions for Avon Old Farms, we recognize how critical your continued allegiance and loyalty will be in achieving our goals.

Aspirando et Perseverando

Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10 Headmaster

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The 85th Commencement Exercises

This year’s Commencement Exercises—the 85th at Avon Old Farms School—were held inside for the first time since 2001, but not even the rain could dampen the mood as the 129 members of the Class of 2018 processed through Alumni Gate and on to the next chapters of their promising young lives.

Even inside, many time-honored traditions were carried on: the faculty led the academic procession; current students followed; and, finally, the seniors processed in, preceded by the Manchester Pipe Band. Headmaster Kenneth H. LaRocque shared an invocation prayer, and talented members of various singing groups on campus performed a moving tribute to the Armed Services.

Peter Evans, a beloved member of the Avon community for 47 years who retired this year, was Avon’s Commencement speaker. In his address, Mr. Evans spoke of embracing change, and encouraged students to always keep the school motto, aspirando et perseverando, close at heart: embrace change, dream big, don’t give up, and if you do fall, fall forward.

After the commencement address, Headmaster LaRocque presented some of Avon’s most prestigious awards, including the

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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 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 Dr. Diana Malchoff, and the Fanning Faculty Award went to Joe Martinez.

Then it was time: Assistant Headmaster John T. Gardner took the podium for the presentation of diplomas, which Martin I. Cole H’16, P’04, chairman of the Board of Directors, handed out. Caps were tossed, and the newest Men of Avon recessed outside into the rain and through Alumni Gate to waiting friends and family.

Congratulations to the Class of 2018!

85th Commencement Exercices

Honors, Awards, & Prizes TH E O RDE R O F O L D FA RM S

Dane A. Bartkiewicz Evan A. Deckers Alvaro C. de la Cruz Brian H. Drew Hudson M. Haskin Kevin E. Huveldt Nicholas P. KeroackJoon Ho Lee Andrew C. Liptrot William D. Overcash Aaron M. Pinto Wyatt W. Reller Jesse T. Walsh CU M LAUDE SO CI E TY

Junyeop Ahn Seongwoon Cho Jackson R. Colehower Brian H. Drew William A. Farnam Yunfan Gong Joon Ho Lee Andrew C. Liptrot William D. Overcash Jungwoo Park Aaron M. Pinto Haiming Sun Qianchang Wang (2017) Owen C. Wheeler

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Sean R. Dube, Community Service William A. Farnam, Academic Excellence Yaotian Feng, Community Service Yunfan Gong, Academic Excellence, Town Government, Community Service Connor W. Marshall, Community Service Andrew J. Merrell, Town Government Dylan Nastri, Academic Excellence, Town Government Jared Mollica, Town Government, Community Service Jungwoo Park, Academic Excellence Maxwell S. Ravech, Community Service, Town Government Lorry C. Rogers, Community Service Thomas J. Shaw, Community Service Haiming Sun, Academic Excellence Qianchang Wang, Academic Excellence, Town Government Owen C. Wheeler, Academic Excellence, Community Service Nicholas R. Wildgoose, Town Government T H E F. R E E D E STA B R OOK JR . ’ 3 6 AWA R D

Kevin E. Huveldt

TH E FO UNDE R’S M E DA L

T H E LOU IS E B. A DA MS AWA R D

Junyeop Ahn, Academic Excellence Burapol Bhakdibhumi, Town Government Seongwoon Cho, Academic Excellence Jackson R. Colehower, Academic Excellence, Town Government

Jared K. O’Hare

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T H E P E T E R A . A R ON ’ 6 5 AWA R D FOR COMMU N ITY S E RVIC E

Dane A. Bartkiewicz

T HE G EO R G E A . M UR RAY CUP

Lorry C. Rogers T HE J EN N I N G S CUP

CO R N EL L UN I V ER S I TY B O O K AWA R D

Xufeng Dai

T HE ST UDEN T COU NCI L AWARD

Hector Vasquez

Taisun S. Phommachanh

T R I N I TY CO L L EG E B O O K AWA R D

T HE A DA M ’ 93 AND LU K E ’95 CL I N E AWA R D

T HE CHR I STO PHER R .

HET HER I N GTO N ’ 9 1 CUP FO R EXCEL L EN CE I N AT HL ET I CS — G RA DE N I N E

Qinyang Du

Xufeng Dai, Jared J. Mollica

DA RT M O UT H CO L L EG E B O O K AWA R D

T HE T I M ST RAU S ’75 AWARD

Dylan C. Kasperzyk James E. Wilborn Jr. T HE CHR I STO PHER R . HI G G I N S ’ 02 CUP FO R EXCEL L EN CE I N AT HL ET I CS — G RA DE T EN

Bhakapol Bhakdibhumi HA M I LTO N CO L L EG E B O O K AWA R D

Maxwell H. Gart UN I V ER S I TY O F PEN N SYLVA N I A B O O K AWA R D

Maxwell S. Ravech T HE R I CHA R D WO O DW EL L ’75 AWARD

Augustus G. Shamburger EDWA R D SO M ERV I L L E VOSS AWA R D

Evan A. Deckers

Jaedon Roberts

John W. Eschert

SCHO LA R O F DI ST I N CT I O N

YA L E UN I V ER S I TY B O O K AWA R D

G R EG G R I CHARD L I N B UR G ’ 87 AWARD

Qianchang Wang

Jared K. O’Hare

Burapol Bhakdibhumi

G RA DE PR I Z ES FO R ACA DEM I C EXCEL L EN CE

HA RVA R D UN I V ER S I TY B O O K AWA R D

PAUL KA R L SCHI L L ER ’78 AWA R D

9th Grade, August J. Berklas 10th Grade, Maxwell H. Gart 11th Grade, Qinyang Du 12th Grade, William D. Overcash

Pengyu Si B OW DO I N CO L L EG E B O O K AWA R D

George F. Pike Owen C. Wheeler

AWA R D FO R EA R N EST A N D PER S I ST EN T EF FO RT I N T HE ACA DEM I C A R EA

T HE K EN N ET H A . FA N N I N G FACULTY AWA R D

9th Grade, James E. Wilborn Jr. 10th Grade, Anthony Capasso 11th Grade, Gaetano Indomenico 12th Grade, Ryan P. Smith AWA R D FO R O UTSTA N DI N G I M PR OV EM EN T I N T HE ACA DEM I C A R EA

Connor W. Marshall

Nolan J. Morr

Joseph Martinez T HE CAS HI O N FACULTY AWA R D

Diana Malchoff T HE ST UDEN T CO UN CI L S PI R I T AWA R D

Pierce T. Smyth

S I DN EY C. CLARK AWARD FO R POSTG RADUATE STU DI ES

Sean R. Dube T HE N AT I O N AL COU NCI L AWARD

Chase B. Maitland Zachary N. Usich

College Matriculation Junyeop Ahn, University of Virginia Brian J. Amabilino, Perez University of Rochester Robert L. Anderson, Princeton University Kehinde Aruwajoye, Bates College Ian T. Baio, University of Arizona Dane A. Bartkiewicz, University of Richmond Charles E. Batchelder Jr., Union College Matthew G. Batts, St. Lawrence University Austin V. Bednarz, Bucknell University Maxim Belyaev, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Burapol Bhakdibhumi, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Amari T. Bilal, Springfield College Dawson J. Brooks, Georgia Southern University Roland E. Bryan, St. John’s University Andrew Burke, St. Lawrence University Peter Callahan, Sacred Heart University Samuel H. Casad, Kenyon College Seongwoon Cho, The Cooper Union William H. Christensen, Alternate Year Tzu-Cheng Chu, Pepperdine University Jackson R. Colehower, United States Military Academy John G. Collins, Boston University Darian Cook, Brown University William J. Curtis, Trinity College Ryan M. Cusick, Wake Forest University Ethan A. Damokosh, Northeastern University Quentin G. Danielson, University of Arizona Alvaro C. de la Cruz, Georgetown University Evan A. Deckers, University of Massachusetts, Amherst F. Semler Dieterich IV, High Point University Joseph R. DiNicola, Clarkson University Nathaniel A. Dodge, Westminster College Brian H. Drew, Syracuse University Jack P. Driggs, Auburn University Sean R. Dube, Amherst College Oisin Duncan, University of Glasgow

Bryan R. Ellis, University of Rhode Island Gavin S. Ewing, Union College William A. Farnam, Elon University Yao Tian Feng, Georgia Institute of Technology Daniel I. Fidanque, Fordham University Kyle A. Glenn, Fairfield University Yunfan Gong, New York University Jacob R. Gra, Colby College Joshua T. Guilmart, Kenyon College Hudson M. Haskin, Tulane University Thomas J. Hendricks, Ohio State University Christopher J. Hennessy, Fordham University Kevin E. Huveldt, Northeastern University Alejandro Jauregui, Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros Seung Min Jung, New York University William E. Kelley, Gettysburg College Nicholas P. Keroack, Wake Forest University Sawyer P. Kindel, Clark University Reade B. Kirby, St. Lawrence University Matthew J. Kirwan, Alternate Year Andrew E. Klinzmann, University of Connecticut Caleb J. Knowlton, University of Tennessee Derek A. Kowalski, Liberty University Carson J. Last, Tulane University Bryan A. Lawrence, St. Lawrence University Jack M. Lazor, Connecticut College Joon Ho Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology Zachary G. Lemieux, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Andrew C. Liptrot, Pomona College Carter B. Lohr, High Point University Samuel A. Madden, Middlebury College Chase B. Maitland, College of the Holy Cross Ford T. Malter, Endicott College Connor W. Marshall, Manhattan College Hunter J. Marshall, Bentley University Cooper R. Mazurczak, Fairfield University Liam G. McCarthy, College of Charleston

Dylan T. Mckenzie, University of Tennessee Andrew J. Merrell, Bowdoin College Ryan Z. Mickelson, Clark University Garrett F. Mineau, Quinnipiac University Jared J. Mollica, Muhlenberg College Christopher J. Moore, State University of New York, Cortland James W. Mueller, Amherst College Dylan M. Nastri, Colby College Joseph P. Nespor, Loyola University Maryland Yoshiatsu Niimura, Marist College Peter R. O’Sullivan, Dickinson College William D. Overcash, Georgetown University Grey A. Owens, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Declan L. Palandjian, State University of New York, Albany Jungwoo Park, University of California, Los Angeles Connor R. Peters, Bentley University Ryan Phillips, Roger Williams University George F. Pike, Brown University Aaron M. Pinto, Williams College Jan-Carlos Ramirez, University of Miami Max J. Rand, Alternate Year Maxwell S. Ravech, Pepperdine University Owen P. Ray, U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School Zachary Rehbaum, Alternate Year Wyatt W. Reller, University of Connecticut Lorry C. Rogers, University of Nebraska Willem R. Rooney, Southern Methodist University John F. Ryan, Bates College Owen G. Safe, University of Tennessee Max R. Sauve, Alternate Year Preston A. Sayyah, College of Charleston Dylan L. Schaetzel, Elon University Ryan C. Schreck, Loyola University Maryland Thomas J. Shaw, Syracuse University Ryan P. Smith, Washington College Pierce T. Smyth, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

85th Commencement Exercices Henry J. Spearman, Xavier University Christopher M. Stephan II, University of Tampa Patrick N. Summers, University of Colorado Haiming Sun, Johns Hopkins University Mark E. Sunoo, Colby College Ian M. Tolis, Bates College Khai Hoan M. Tran, University of Saint Joseph Juan P. Trevino, Savannah College of Art and Design Zachary D. Tucci, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Zachary N. Usich, Dickinson College Daniil Volkov, St. Lawrence University Jesse T. Walsh, U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School Quianchang Wang, Harvey Mudd College Raymond R. Wang, Brandeis University Owen J. Weathersby, State University of New York, Albany Harry A. Wellford, University of Virginia Owen C. Wheeler, University of Virginia Nicholas R. Wildgoose, St. Lawrence University James M. Wiseman, Alternate Year Ryan D. York, United States Naval Academy

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L E T T E R O F G R AT I T U D E F R O M T H E D I R E C TO R O F D E V E L O P M E N T

Dear Avonians, Thank you for all your support this year. My second year has been one of the most fulfilling of my career here at Avon. At times, the challenges appeared insurmountable, but we ended on the upside of each of our financial goals. It was a team effort, and we embraced our motto, aspirando et perseverando, right up until the end of June.

The Avon community heard our message and answered the call in an unprecedented manner.

On

a personal note, I continued to travel around the country and even “across the pond” to visit with as many alumni as possible. The opportunities I have to speak with alumni, families, and friends of Avon are the most energizing and satisfying parts of what I do. Avon is a special place because of you. We are so very grateful for those of you who consistently support Avon. Your effort is vital to sustaining the school’s financial well-being. At the same time, we send a heartfelt thank you to those of you who were first-time donors this year. Please continue your efforts on our behalf in the years to come. I promise we will be worthy stewards of your gifts by putting them to the best use possible.

We have two significant projects taking place which will change the look and feel of two of our revered campus gathering places. The refectory and servery project, and the hockey rink project will bring a fresh face to buildings that have great significance to our boys. We look forward to welcoming you to campus this fall so you can see for yourself that the way your dollars are put to work has a palpable impact on our community.

As you consider other reasons to make sure you get to campus during the year ahead, please join us to honor Ken LaRocque. He has provided a generation of strong and focused leadership, which we want to make sure is fully recognized and celebrated before he begins his retirement in June 2019.

Speaking of recognition, I am very proud to enter the Evans Alumni and Development Office each day and think about all that the sign represents. Along with Ken, Peter and Sue Evans were great people to have on my team as we tackled the work we needed to accomplish.

As I look back and look forward in the same glance, it feels imperative that I draw on the strength and wisdom of our past for us to meet the challenges ahead. I have shared with my staff many times over the last few months that the upcoming year will “be a year like never before.” With your support, I know we will build on all we have accomplished over the last two years to meet the lofty goals necessary to make Avon the best school for boys. For me, it is just too important a goal not to achieve.

Join my staff and me in safeguarding and supporting our mission. I thank you for your generosity this year and look to your continued support moving forward.

Aspirando et Perseverando

James M. Detora P’12 Director of Development

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James and Karen Detora, P’12

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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.

Row 1: Neal Keating P’19, Richard Gordon P’90, GP’21, Kenneth Winemaster ’83, P’17, Ira Leesfield GP’19, Kenneth LaRocque P’01, ’10, Martin Cole H’16, P’04, George Trautman H’98, P’75, ’81, ’82, GP’03, Henry Smith P’17, ’19, Christopher Drew ’85, P’17, ’18, Andrew Caputo P’16, ’17. Row 2: Wade Kirby P’17, ’18, Norbert Williamson P’14,’16, Dee Gordon P’90, GP’21, William Austin ’92, Brett Browchuck P’15, John Edwards, Wade McDevitt ’82, Maria de la Cruz P’18, James Corrigan ’67, P’98, Kathryn Ordway P’04, John Nolan ’80. Not pictured: J. Stratford Dennis ’00 and Clayton Johnson ’82.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Martin I. Cole H’16, P’04, Chairman William P. Austin ’92, Co-Vice Chairman Brendan L. McKernan ’89, Co-Vice Chairman and Treasurer Clayton D. Johnson ’82, Secretary Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Andrew E. Caputo, MD P’16, ’17 James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 Maria Martinez de la Cruz P’18 J. Stratford R. Dennis ’00 Christopher S. Drew ’85, P’17, ’18 John H. Edwards 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 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

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HONORARY DIRECTORS

Spencer E. Beal Sr. ’65, P’95 Joseph R. Biondo P’92 Campbell P. Brown ’86 Leslie S. Cutler P’91 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. ’96H George M. Trautman H’98, P’75, ’81, ’82, GP’03

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Kenneth H. LaRocque, P’01, ’10, Headmaster

Row 1: John Costello ’85, Seth Mendell ’52, Pat McLaughlin P’15, Mike Conroy ’85, Brian Maitland ’80, P’18, Bob Moran ’73, P’04. Row 2: Peter Evans H’18, P’98, Brad Morris ’84, P’20, John Wendler ’68, Chane Keller ’08, Bill Eschert ’83, P’19, Jeff Henschel ’61, P’00, Chase Donaldson ’68, Matt Lauro ’09, Knick Curtis ’63, Linc Young ’77, P’10. Row 3: Jock Davenport ’59, Harry Lyons ’11, Anne Black P’99, Sam Rubenstein ’85, Ned Thompson ’74, P’03, ’08, John-Oliver Beirne ’03, Ken LaRocque P’01, ’10, John Mori ’05

N AT I O N A L CO U N C I L M E M B E R S

Michael C. Conroy ’85, 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 O. 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 Adam K. Cline ’93 John A. Costello ’85 John S. Courage ’11 Thomas S. Cousins IV ’06 John F. Davenport ’59 Chase F. Donaldson ’68 William E. Eschert ’83, P’19 Michael A. Fish ’95 Andrew H. Fisher ’91 Michael R. Gibbons ’81, P’11 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

P = PARENT

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 Bradley R. Morris ’84, P’20 Michael M. Mullin IV ’91 Jason K. Parker ’91 James H. 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 Christopher K. Hampton ’79, P’09, ’10, ’11 Seth F. Mendell ’52

GP = GRANDPARENT

W = WIDOW

H = HONORARY

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 (4) 0 Ann K. Kirby Foundation Ms. Marion L. Barrak Mr. Barton G. Barrett ’65 0 d Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Sr. ’65, P’95 Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bigelow ’44 0 Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Buchanan Family Foundation CAF American Donor Fund Mr. Joseph B. Chaho ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Chaho P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole H’16, P’04, 0 Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy ’82, H’13, P’20 0

Mr. & Mrs. Alberto de la Cruz P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Dowling Jr. P’12 0 Vincent Dowling Family Foundation 0 Mr. Christopher S. Drew ’85 & Mrs. Katie Martin P’17, ’18 0 Mr. & Mrs. David E. Drew ’87 0 Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 0 Mr. Huntington Eldridge III Elizabeth Ferry Speer Foundation 0 Mr. & Mrs. A. Russ Heinke P’90, G’21 Ms. Katherine E. Dietze & Mr. William H. Heyman P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Clayton D. Johnson ’82 0 Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby P’17, ’18 0 Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Ludwig P’99 Mr. Kevin A. Ludwig ’99 Ludwig Family Charitable Foundation at Fidelity Charitable

Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation Inc. Mr. Brendan L. McKernan ’89 0 Mr. & Mrs. Gilman W. Ordway ’44, GP’04, ’10 0 Mr. John Ruan IV ’92 0 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Ryan P’09, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Siegel Jr. ’61 Mr. John D. Wendler ’68 0

PELICAN $50,000–$99,999

Anonymous Bessemer National Gift Fund Mr. & Mrs. William R. Collins ’85 0 Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Hamilton ’03 Hamilton Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Leesfield GP’19 Leesfield Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John W. Maxwell ’86 0 Mr. & Mrs. John J. McElroy P’17 Mr. Donald R. Monaco ’55 0 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Nolan ’80 0 Nolan Family Foundation 0 Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber P’17 0 Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. duPont Smith Sr. P’17, ’19 0 Thornedge Foundation 0 Mr. & Mrs. Willard T. Walker GP’15, ’19, ’19 Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell W’75, ’08 0

EAGLE $25,000–$49,999

Austin Family Fund-Charitable Gift Fund of Bank of America 0 Mr. & Mrs. William P. Austin ’92 0 Mr. & Mrs. G. G. Brown IV ’87 Mr. & Mrs. J. Stratford R. Dennis ’00 0 Greenwich Radiological Group, P.C. Hartwell Foundation Mr. Preston Haskell ’63 d Mr. & Mrs. Brett R. Jefferson ’84 0 Catherine Jefferson Foundation 0 Mr. & Mrs. William Karol P’21 Sinesia and Bill Karol Charitable Trust Kulynych Family Foundation II, Inc. 0 Dr. Linda Latrenta & Mr. Kurt Bloedel P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Lech ’88 0 Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. McCarthy ’74 0 McCarthy-Bjorklund Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Wade L. McDevitt ’82 0 Mr. & Mrs. Kristian M. Mineau P’18, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Monin P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84, P’20 0 Mr. & Mrs. Peter O’Sullivan P’18 The O’Sullivan Family Charitable Fund at AYCO Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story III P’10 0 Teel’s Marsh Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Torey P’09 0 Mr. & Mrs. John Warner III P’20 Western Union Foundation

DIOGENES $10,000–$24,999

Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Batchelder P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Biondo P’92 H. L. Brown Jr. Family Foundation Bruning Foundation Campbell Family Foundation Mr. Thomas K. Curtis Jr. ’63 & Ms. Lynn Armstrong 0 Mr. Yihu Dai & Mrs. Dejie Jia P’19 Mr. Alvaro C. de la Cruz ’18 Capt. Victor Delano P’75 d Mr. Daniel K. Des Marais ’69 Walt Disney Company Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Donahue ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Chase F. Donaldson ’68 0 Mr. Sheng Du & Mrs. Bei Zhang P’19 Dula-Kobusch Charitable Trust at U.S. Trust Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle ’89 0 Mr. & Mrs. Neil Flanagan P’19, ’20 Mr. David Fung & Mrs. Joanna Hui P’20 Mr. & Mrs. John M. Garvey ’78 0 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Gates ’65 Gates Family Charitable Gift Fund Goldman Sachs & Co. Goldman Sachs Gives Charitable Fund

Berney Smyth P’18, Peggy Smyth P’18, and Director of College Counseling Johnathan Crocker P’11 discussed the latest happenings at Avon over cocktails at the headmaster’s house.

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Board member Neal Keating P’19, and his wife, Alison Keating P’19, enjoyed an evening with other current parents at the headmaster’s house.

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place out of 24 teams at the regional FIRST Robotics Competition qualified AOF robotics to compete at the state competition.

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Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Gordon P’90, GP’21 0 Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham ’84 0 Mr. John W. Hawie ’82 Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson VI ’79, P’10 0 Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Kelly P’11, ’14 0 Mr. Nicholas C. Kobusch ’83 Kulynych Family Foundation I, Inc. 0 Dr. & Mrs. Ziqiao Li P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Gordon F. Linke P’75, ’78, ’79, GP’16 Gordon F. Linke & Jocelyn B. Linke Foundation Mr. Yan Lu & Mrs. Li Jia P’19 Mr. Neil A. Mactaggart ’78 Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Stewart M. Mather ’97 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. McKernan ’91, P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Armour N. Mellon ’84, P’13 R.K. Mellon Foundation Mr. Joseph H. Moglia P’96 0 Moglia Family Foundation 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran Jr. ’73, P’04 0 Ms. Sarah Murphy P’19 Norman Foundation, Inc. Ms. Drucilla A. Richards P’18 Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein ’85 0 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan Jr. P’13, ’15, ’18 0 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Sebastian ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Signorino Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Smalley P’05 0

Mr. Bernard G. Smyth & Ms. Margaret M. Smyth P’18 State Street Corporation Matching Gift Program Mr. Yun Sun & Mrs. Weicheng Xu P’18 Mr. W. Scott Tiernan ’70, P’99, ’05, ’08 d Mr. Jonathan D. Usich ’89 0 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17 0 Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Walker ’52 0 Walks Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Sandison Weil P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16 0 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17 0 Mr. Wenkai Zhang & Mrs. Ning Yang P’19

ELEPHANT $5,000–$9,999

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Anderson P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Karl L. Aschenbach ’62 0 Mr. & Mrs. Behnam Badiee P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Baio P’18 Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros P’11, ’11 0 David & Mary Barros Foundation Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Brad Berggren P’19 Ms. Nichole Berklas & Mr. James Berklas Jr. P’21 Mr. Lance C. Berry ’14 0

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart P’02, ’06, ’08, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Biondo ’92 0 Dr. Richard B. Boebel ’68 0 Richard B. Boebel Family Fund— Vanguard Charitable Endowment Ms. Samantha Cadenhead P’10 Dr. Andrew E. Caputo P’16, ’17 Mr. Christopher R. B. Cargen ’66 0 Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Carter P’99 Mr. Jeffrey B. Carter Jr. ’99 0 Dr. Ho Ick Chang & Dr. Seungjin Lee P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Chester, Esq. ’80 Dr. Donna M. Cipolla P’18 Mr. Adam K. Cline ’93 0 Mr. Luke K. Cline ’95 0 Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 0 Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Cox III P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Cutler ’91 Mr. Nicholas V. Deans ’91 Mr. Thomas J. DelVecchio ’91 0 Djiounas Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Doody P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Driscoll ’79, P’06, ’08, ’09, ’11 0 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dyer P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Fanning ’84 0 Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Fish ’95 0 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Fisher ’91 0 Ms. Emily H. Fisher & Mr. John Alexander P’89 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Freeman P’11 0 Dr. Glenn S. Gart & Dr. Julie A. Vernon-Gart P’20 Mr. Michael Gibbens & Ms. Julie Lassonde P’18 Mr. David C. Gilliam ’78 0 Deane A. & John D. Gilliam Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout Jr. P’17, ’19 0 Arthur & Elizabeth Godbout Family Foundation Inc. Mr. Stephen G. Haskin P’18, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Healy Jr. P’16 Mr. David M. Hession ’87 0 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Hetherington ’91 Hickrill Foundation Mr. Matthew Holleran P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Huveldt P’18 Mr. & Mrs. E J Jarboe ’82 Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation Mr. Timothy M. Jones & Ms. Annie M. Cardelus P’05 Mr. Chane F. Keller ’08 Dr. & Mrs. Sang Tae Kim P’17, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. George P. Kooluris P’92 0 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10 0 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Lash ’58 Lassonde Family Foundation Mr. Hyundeok Lim & Mrs. Jungyeoun Kim P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch P’88, ’91, G’17 0 Lynch Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William B. Maag ’81 0 Mr. Nicholas P. Malinosky ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher G. McCormack ’87 0 Mr. Steven L. Merrill ’60 0 Steven L. Merrill Family Foundation Mr. Anthony D. Minella ’94 Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Morrow ’61

Mrs. Julia A. Nagy GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Nichols ’83 0 Mr. Rolf H. Olson ’59 & Mrs. Sioux Stacy-Olson 0 Mr. George D. O’Neill P’81 0 Abby & George O’Neill Trust Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage P’17 0 T. R. Paul Family Foundation Mr. Richard W. Pendleton Jr. H’96 0 Mr. & Mrs. Mauricio Quirch P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy J. Radtke P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16, ’21 0 Mr. & Mrs. James Reynolds Jr. P’19 Mr. Jeffrey P. Sandoe ’79 Schwab Charitable Fund Mr. Robert S. Scott Jr. ’68 0 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Shaw P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Siedem P’19, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg P’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Arnold G. Stifel ’83 Mr. Christopher H. Stone ’88 & Mr. David Fox 0 Mr. & Mrs. Edward Sunoo P’18 Mr. Torren Szuluk P’19, ’20 Mr. Benjamin H. Travers ’88 0 Mr. Lionel Viret ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Weiner ’89 William E. Weiss Foundation Mr. William U. Weiss ’90 Mr. Brian T. Wilhelm ’92 Williamson Family Charitable Foundation— BS Donor Advised Fund Mr. Dong-Gi Yang & Mrs. So-Yeon Kim P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas N. Zeytoonjian P’20 Mr. Bing Zuo & Mrs. Yongmei Lin P’20

1927 SOCIETY $1,927–$4,999

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Adams ’64 Dr. Theodore Allen & Dr. Emily S. Patterson P’21 Alliance Bernstein Mr. Thomas D. Ashe ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Paul Aughtry III P’19 Mr. Matthew H. Bazarian ’94 0 Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Jr. ’95 0 Beal Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Beath P’76, ’77, GP’06, ’07, ’09, ’15, ’18 0 Mr. & Mrs. Sergey L. Belyaev P’18 Mr. Perry Benson Jr. ’65 0 Mr. & Mrs. David F. Berkey ’67 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Bogino ’60 0 Mr. Richard M. Boudria Jr. ’02 Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Gary Brooks P’18 Bundy Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael Callahan Jr. P’21 Mr. & Mrs. E. Thorson Cheyne P’09 Mr. Jesus Cid & Mrs. Marta Lopez P’17 Mr. & Mrs. William H. Colehower P’18 Mrs. Diane Cousins P’06 0 Mr. Huntley G. Davenport ’56 0 d Mrs. Huntley G. Davenport W’56 0 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Davey Jr. ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Davis GP’21

Dr. & Mrs. Frank Dellacono P’19 Marie G. Dennett Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James M. Detora P’12 0 Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Doyle P’14, ’16, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Dudley Jr. ’66 0 Mr. & Mrs. Russel Duryea Jr. GP’14, ‘20 Mr. R. T. Elliott ’82 Mr. Richard L. English ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Eric Fekete P’20, ’21 Fidelity Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Kent Fitzpatrick P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Gaffney P’16, ’17 0 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Gardella P’19 Mr. & Mrs. James P. Garvey ’79, P’11 0 Mr. & Mrs. Jerold T. Garvey ’82 0 Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons ’81, P’11 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Goldfarb ’60 0 Robert & Francine Goldfarb Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Mr. Jeff S. Goldman ’80 Jeff Goldman Charitable Trust of Morgan Stanley Gift Mr. Dennett W. Goodrich ’59 0 Mr. & Mrs. Hollis J. Griffin ’59 0 Mr. & Mrs. George (Jeff) Henschel Jr. ’61, P’00 0 Mr. & Mrs. F. R. Hipp ’87 0 Hipp Foundation Mr. Frank G. Hood ’71 0 Helen Trane Hood Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Joe Huber P’10 0 J. M. Huber Corporation Mr. Charles H. Hyde IV ’05 Hyde Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Inwood P’15, ’16, ’19 0 Mr. Horim Jung & Mrs. Hwirang Im P’18 Mr. Roger Kaplan & Ms. Melissa Klipp P’19 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Kettlewell ’85 Kettlewell Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable Dr. & Mrs. Dong Yun Kim P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Knight P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Kuchman P’17 Petro Kulynych Community Fund at the Winston-Salem Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Gregory Latrenta P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Changsang Lee P’20 Mr. James M. Liptrot & Ms. Nancy M. Liptrot P’11, ’12, ’15, ’18 Mr. Honggang Liu & Ms. Qian Guo P’19 0 Mr. & Mrs. Brendan B. Lynch ’88, P’17 0 Mr. & Mrs. Coley M. Lynch ’91 Mr. & Mrs. James J. Lyons P’06, ’07, ’11 0

Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Obre P’96 0 Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah J. O’Brien P’06, ’10, ’12 Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway & Mr. James Sadler P’04 0 Kathryn A. Ordway Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Robert Orenstein Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Orr ’86 0 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy G. Overcash P’18 Mr. William D. A. Palmer ’61 & Mrs. Anne L. Massey Mr. Clayton S. Parsons III ’78 0 Mr. & Mrs. G. K. Pepper ’65 0 Mr. & Mrs. Tyrone Pike P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt Pratt P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Emmanuel Psaras P’98 Mr. George E. Psaras ’98 Mr. B. F. Reinauer III ’59 Dr. Tad T. M. Renvyle ’87 Mr. William F. Roberts Jr. ’67 0 Ms. Leanne Schaaf P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Sica P’08 Mr. Nicholas A. Sica ’08 Mr. Seth Sulkin & Ms. Yoshiko Arima P’19

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tharpe ’92 0 Tharpe Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Patrick D. Thibadeau P’00, ’02 Kathy and Pat Thibadeau Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. & Mrs. George Unhoch GP’18 UTAS Employees Helping Hand Fund Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Wallace Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program Mr. Crayke P. Windsor ’91 0 Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Wowk P’14, ’15 Mr. Lincoln C. Young ’77, P’10 0

WI N G E D B E AV E R S $500–$1,926 *Young Alumni within 10 Years Mr. Yong Bok Lee ’08 0 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin S. Sisti ’08

Mr. & Ms. Duncan R. MacKay P’20 Mr. & Mrs. George W. Macon III ’61 0 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Malafronte ’90 0 Mr. & Mrs. Gregory E. Marshall P’18 Mr. Thomas O. McCarthy ’78 0 Mr. & Mrs. John M. McCormick Jr. ’82 0 Mr. Charles W. McLaughlin ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. McLaughlin P’15 0 Mr. & Mrs. Todd R. Meyer P’13 0 Todd & Erin Meyer Family Charitable Trust at Schwab Charitable Fund Mr. Peter J. Morgan & Ms. Maureen E. Morgan P’15 0 Morgan Stanley Charitable Spending Accounts Mr. Henry L. Murray III ’06 0 Mr. Thomas Needham & Ms. Sheryl Card P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18

Kristian Mineau P’18, ’20, and his wife, Margot Mineau P’18, ’20 attend a cocktail reception at the headmaster’s house in celebration of Commencement Weekend.

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Reunion Weekend 2018 This spring, more than 190 alumni and their families, from 42 different graduation classes, traveled from near and far to reconnect with each other at the 2018 Reunion Weekend held at Avon Old Farms.

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The weekend was full of celebrations, starting with the Class of 1968—the last class to graduate in the Pierpont era—celebrating its 50th reunion. Saturday started bright and early with the always-popular fishing and flapjacks event out at the Nimrod Cabin and Beaver Pond, followed by the moving memorial service in the Chapel, the Reunion Parade, and the presentation of the Distinguished Alumnus Awards. Before Saturday’s varsity lacrosse game, Coach Skip Flanagan, who retired at the conclusion of this school year, was presented with a proclamation naming him head coach emeritus, an honor made even sweeter as the team clinched a 6-3 victory over Deerfield. More awards rounded out Saturday evening, with heartfelt tributes to Peter and Sue Evans as they wrapped up their 47 years on campus. Overall, it was a weekend filled with many great memories that move us with strength and determination into Avon’s bright future.

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Reunion Weekend 2018

ď‚Ş Students lead the Reunion Weekend parade as the skies begin to clear.

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Peter and Sue Evans P’98 were recognized for their years of service as they celebrated their retirement.

ď‚Ş Former Nimrod Club members began Saturday with fishing and flapjacks at Beaver Pond.

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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

CLASS OF ’55

Mr. Donald M. Davidson 0 Dr. & Mrs. John B. Liebler

Mr. & Ms. Warren H. Cochrane Mr. Jonathan V. Dugan Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Fine Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Franklin III 0 Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hawie P’82, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. David A. Hutzler 0 Mr. & Mrs. John E. Kimberly Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Learned Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. McGlone Mr. & Mrs. Alvah L. Miller

C L A S S O F ’4 2 Mr. & Mrs. Clifford W. Hankin Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hunter, Head Class Agent 0

C L A S S O F ’4 3 Mr. Richard E. Doremus 0

C L A S S O F ’4 4 Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bigelow 0 Mr. & Mrs. Gilman W. Ordway GP’04, ’10 0

C L A S S O F ’4 6 Mr. & Mrs. Calvert Magruder

C L A S S O F ’4 9 Mr. Richard I. Hall

CLASS OF ’50 Mr. Paul R. Alasso Lt. Col. & Mrs. Somerville E. Dillon USAF (Ret.) 0 Mr. & Mrs. Leland S. Hanson Mr. & Mrs. Harvey S. Rubin, Head Class Agent 0

CLASS OF ’51 Mr. Randolph Harrison 0

CLASS OF ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Antoville Mr. & Mrs. George H. Black Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Homeier 0 Mr. Frank G. Leavitt P’76, GP’15 0 Mr. & Mrs. Seth F. Mendell, Head Class Agent 0 Honorable & Mrs. John F. Mulcahy Jr. 0 Mr. John F. Nichols & Mrs. Charito Antonio-Nichols 0 Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Walker 0

CLASS OF ’53 Mr. Henry R. Burt 0 d

CLASS OF ’54 Mr. Joseph P. Blair III LTC & Mrs. Richard W. C. Evans III Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas A. Zessoules 0

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7.06 The time Elijah Gordon ’20 ran the 60-meter dash, qualifying him for the New Balance Indoor Championship, where he earned fifth place.

Mr. Donald R. Monaco 0 Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Rosenfeld Mr. & Ms. Gerald L. Schroeder 0 Mr. & Mrs. Cleon M. Shutt Jr., Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. William C. Tost 0 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Treadway 0 Dr. & Mrs. Andreas A. Zavitsas 0

CLASS OF ’56 Mr. Peter L. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Huntley G. Davenport 0 d Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Donegan Mr. P. P. Greeven Mr. Stephen L. Kadish 0 Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Stahlman P’80 0 Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Wiesner Dr. & Mrs. John I. Yellott

CLASS OF ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Guy O. Dove III 0 Mr. & Mrs. James C. Flippin 0 Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Gryboski P’88, ’99 0 Mr. Guy Gundaker III 0 Mr. & Mrs. David E. Koskoff 0 Mr. B. W. Mayer 0 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew E. Stern Mr. & Mrs. Elliott J. Tuckel 0 Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Zarefoss

CLASS OF ’58 Mr. George W. Chamberlin Mr. & Mrs. Austin Chambers, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Grafflin Cook Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Dew Mr. John E. Dooley Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Ferrier 0 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Holt, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Lash Dr. & Mrs. R. P. Mogielnicki Mr. Jordan L. Mott VI 0 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Schlein 0 Mr. Richard S. Taylor 0 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Thompson 0

CLASS OF ’59 Mr. John F. Davenport & Ms. Batya Miller 0 Mr. Charles W. Davis, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Alexander M. Fisher Jr. Mr. Dennett W. Goodrich 0 Mr. & Mrs. Hollis J. Griffin 0 Mr. & Mrs. Wayne R. Hartigan Capt. & Mrs. Douglas B. Marshall P’95, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. George F. Motter IV 0 Mr. Rolf H. Olson & Mrs. Sioux Stacy-Olson, Class Agent 0 LTC & Mrs. Albert R. Pettingill USA (Ret.) 0 Reverend & Mrs. Wendell R. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Ramsey P’91 Mr. B. F. Reinauer III Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Rickard 0 Mr. & Mrs. Joel B. Rockwell 0 Mr. Stephen M. Schwolsky & Ms. Susan Hirst

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Sumner Mr. & Mrs. Winfield G. Viering 0 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Whitman Jr. 0

CLASS OF ’60 Mr. Stuart G. Barr Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Bogino 0 Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Costello P’85 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Goldfarb 0 Mr. Samuel Jackson III Dr. Bradford Lewis Mr. Charles W. McLaughlin Mr. Steven L. Merrill 0 Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Miller 0 Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pope 0 Mr. & Mrs. William F. Powers Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Rosenthal Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Street Mr. & Mrs. Peter K. Van Winkle Mr. James R. Wardrop 0 d Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Wells III 0 Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Williams, Head Class Agent 0

CLASS OF ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Erich L. Cluxton 0 Mr. & Mrs. George (Jeff) Henschel P’00, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. George W. Macon III 0 Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Morrow Mr. William D. A. Palmer & Mrs. Anne L. Massey Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Siegel Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard I. Steinberg 0

CLASS OF ’62 Mr. & Mrs. Karl L. Aschenbach 0 Mr. & Ms. Gerald W. Blakeley III Mr. & Mrs. Rufus K. Griscom Mr. E. Paul Herbert 0 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Lawrence III 0 Mr. & Mrs. John M. Luders Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Prezzano 0 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Robinson 0 Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky P’91, ’94, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. George R. Seifert P’13 0 Mr. G. G. Wells Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Seth K. Wesson 0

CLASS OF ’63 Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. Bennett P’04 0 Mr. Thomas K. Curtis Jr. ’63 & Ms. Lynn Armstrong Mr. & Ms. Charles F. Emmons 0 Mr. John R. Finch Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. Persifor Frazer V Mr. Preston Haskell d Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hynson Jr. 0 Dr. & Mrs. Edward P. Lamotta Mr. Robert H. Leith Jr. Mr. William W. Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Poulson C. Reed 0 Mr. Jack R. Stokvis & Ms. Evelyn Noether, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. Warren S. Van Deventer 0 Mr. R. A. Wall Jr. Esq.

Manuel Barnes ’13, David Szewczul ’13, Jake Reiner ’13, John Van Allen ’13, and Taylor Hahn ’13 at Lyme Grill for their fifth reunion class dinner.

CLASS OF ’64 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Adams Mr. Thomas A. Anderson 0 Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Brick 0 Mr. & Mrs. John H. Dick 0 Mr. & Mrs. Shepherd M. Holcombe Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Larsen Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Mitnick 0 Mr. & Mrs. Edmund T. Mudge IV 0 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Rubicam 0 Mr. Jon R. Salony & Mrs. Mary E. Galea 0 Mr. John K. Shaw III 0 Mr. Peter L. Shinbach 0 Mr. Richard S. Valentine 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Weeks Sr. 0 Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Zinsser 0

CLASS OF ’65 Mr. Barton G. Barrett 0 d Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Sr. P’95 Mr. Perry Benson Jr., Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Randolph P. Eddy Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Gates Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Grant 0 Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nissley P’10 0 Mr. & Mrs. G. K. Pepper 0 Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Ruifrok 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Stokvis 0

CLASS OF ’66 Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Barker, Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Winthrop B. Bissell 0 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. B. Cargen 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Dudley Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. Berton K. Frank 0 Mr. & Mrs. Clark R. Gates Mr. & Mrs. Vere W. Gaynor Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hallam 0 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hausberg 0

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Moser 0 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Off Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. R. D. Parker 0 Mr. & Mrs. David S. Pinkham 0 Mr. & Mrs. Jesse D. Saunders 0 Mr. & Mrs. Rodney L. Smith d

CLASS OF ’67 Mr. & Mrs. John H. Asiel 0 Mr. & Mrs. David F. Berkey Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Boyd III Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Caldwell 0 Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan P’98, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Quentin F. Feitner 0 Mr. John R. Hebberd 0 Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm M. Hirsh Jr. P’03, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Joshua R. Lipman 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Patterson Mr. William F. Roberts Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Ross III Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Schorr Mr. & Mrs. William T. Whitney 0

CLASS OF ’68 Dr. Richard B. Boebel 0 Mr. & Mrs. Chase F. Donaldson, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Doughty 0 Mr. Jeffrey P. Kent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Lewis B. Pollard 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Prezzano Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rauch Mr. & Mrs. Daniel S. Reed Mr. Robert S. Scott Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Sharman 0 Mr. & Mrs. Scott M. Stevenson Mr. & Mrs. John D. Wendler 0

CLASS OF ’69 Mr. & Mrs. George W. Allen Mr. & Mrs. L. L. Avery Mr. Garrett R. Bowden Mr. & Mrs. David F. Coleman P’01, ’03 Mr. Daniel K. Des Marais Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Field Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Gordon Mr. Robert J. K. Hart Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. James L. Levin 0 Mr. & Mrs. John C. L. Ross Mr. & Mrs. William T. Sargent 0 Mr. & Mrs. G. V. Upjohn 0

CLASS OF ’70 Mr. & Mrs. Harris H. Bucklin III, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. John L. Burr 0 Mr. Bryan S. Hatch Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Reiss 0 Mr. W. Scott Tiernan P’99, ’05, ’08 d Mr. Remsen S. Vickrey & Ms. Margaret Deacy 0 Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas M. Wells 0 Mr. Steven E. Wendler

CLASS OF ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy R. Beeble, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. William P. Child Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons P’07, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Hood 0 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Shepard 0 Dr. & Mrs. John S. Spencer PhD

CLASS OF ’72 Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Angel P’07 0 Mr. Alexander F. Bonacarti 0 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Driscoll P’06 0

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Driscoll P’08, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. Douglas L. Firth & Dr. Rebecca Firth 0 Mr. Kenneth N. Greenberg 0 Mr. Peter D. Hynson 0 Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Sargent P’05 0

CLASS OF ’73 Mr. Stephen D. Ades 0 Mr. & Ms. Christopher L. Atkins, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. John R. Bourget, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Duncan S. Broatch P’09 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. DiCorpo 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran Jr. P’04, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Protasewich Mr. & Mrs. James P. Reber Mr. & Mrs. James H. Rodenbush Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Schwartzman 0

C L A S S O F ’ 74 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce R. Anschutz, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Neil G. Baron Mr. William D. Batesole & Ms. Anne Nordstrom 0 Mr. Kenneth L. Christian II 0 Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Connell, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. John F. Dobek Mr. David P. Evans & Ms. Mary King 0 Dr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Feibel P’12 0 Mr. & Mrs. George J. Giannoni, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Morris D. Goldstein 0 Mr. Mathew Granger P’05 0 Dr. & Mrs. Scott B. MacDonald P’11 0 Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. McCarthy 0 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Molloy, Co-Head Class Agent 0

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Kevin Driscoll ’72, P’08, R. C. Sayyah ’82, P’18, Brian Maitland ’80, P18, Andy Consuegra ’80, P’14, and Orod Sayyah ’82 after the 2018 Commencement ceremony catching up after both Maitland and Sayyah celebrated their sons’ graduation and initiation into the Avon alumni community.

Dr. Geoffrey B. Monsour & Ms. Audrey Swank 0 Mr. William L. Patterson Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Sulick Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson P’03, ’08 0 Mr. & Mrs. W. J. White 0

CLASS OF ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Applegate Mr. Douglas E. Beeghly 0 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Byrne III, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. Michael S. Cercone 0 Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Gallup Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Glaze P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Haack III 0 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Jack Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Linke, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. James H. Osborne Mr. Timothy L. Trautman P’03 & Ms. Joan Blanchard 0 Mr. & Mrs. John F. Van Sant Jr. 0

CLASS OF ’76 Mr. & Mrs. M. H. Baker III Mr. Edward D. Brown & Ms. Yael van Hulst Mr. Robert J. Buden Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Davis 0 Dr. Craig S. Feibel Mr. James M. Gilmore 0 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Hannah P’04

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Mr. & Mrs. David F. Jacobs 0 Mr. Paul A. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Rice P’15 0 Mr. & Mrs. John R. Siragusa Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Neil A. Mactaggart Mr. Thomas O. McCarthy 0 Mr. Clayton S. Parsons III 0

CLASS OF ’79 CLASS OF ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Beath P’06, ’07, ’09, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bissell 0 Mr. Scott N. Burton 0 Mr. & Mrs. Jorge E. Consuegra Jr. P’11, Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Gregory L. DeMaio Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Farrell III Mr. & Mrs. Bruce H. Ill Mr. Peter K. M. Landry d Mr. Thomas J. Markoski Jr. Mr. Frederick M. Michel, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. John M. Rowland Mr. & Mrs. Edmund E. Sanford P’15 0 Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Sherrill 0 Mr. & Mrs. John H. Vallas Mr. & Mrs. James P. Wheeler Mr. Dalzell W. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan R. Yale Mr. Lincoln C. Young P’10 0

CLASS OF ’78 Mr. & Mrs. S. Brad Buckley Mr. & Mrs. John M. Garvey, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. David C. Gilliam 0

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Affelder Mr. Peter A. Dolat Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Driscoll P’06, ’08, ’09, ’11 0 Mr. & Mrs. James P. Garvey P’11, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson VI P’10 0 Mr. & Mrs. Philip F. Law Dr. & Mrs. Allen N. Lepore PhD 0 Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Linke P’16, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Bradley M. Pierce Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Rainville 0 Mr. Peter N. Randrup Jr. Mr. Jeffrey P. Sandoe Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Valyo

CLASS OF ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Baker 0 Mr. Kenneth H. Blanchard 0 Major & Mrs. John M. Bourgault USMC (Ret.) P’09 0 Mr. & Mrs. William C. Cherry P’06 0 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Chester Esquire Mr. Andres A. Consuegra & Ms. Maria M. Velasco P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Davey Jr.,

Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. George F. Getz Jr. 0 Mr. & Ms. Jeff S. Goldman 0 Mr. & Mrs. John V. Harker Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Johnson 0 Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin J. Lucarelli Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Maitland P’18, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Mark Mr. & Mrs. John A. Nolan 0 Mr. & Mrs. Kurt F. Reardon 0 Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. White P’14 0

CLASS OF ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel C. Bookbinder IV, Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Cloud Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. English Mr. & Mrs. John P. Franzosa 0 Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons P’11 0 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew G. Gray Mr. Timothy E. Kelley Mr. Geoggrey G. Kratz & Mrs. Lisa Galiano-Kratz P’15, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. William B. Maag, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Mancuso Jr. 0 Mr. Christopher R. Morrissey 0 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. O’Neill 0 Mr. Craig J. Rubinstein Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Symes P’16, Class Agent 0

Mr. Douglas H. Candler 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Casey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Cheston 0 Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy H’13, P’20 0 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Donahue Mr. & Mrs. R. T. Elliott Mr. Gregory T. Fish, Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Jerold T. Garvey, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Hawie Mr. & Mrs. E. J. Jarboe Mr. & Mrs. Clayton D. Johnson 0 Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Jones Jr. Mr. Henry B. Kells 0 Mr. & Mrs. James D. Lindemuth Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Neil F. Mara Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John M. McCormick Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. Wade L. McDevitt 0 Mr. Daniel J. O’Connor III 0 Mr. Arsalan M. Sayyah P’18 0 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Stewart, Class Agent Mr. & Ms. Philip S. Wellman 0 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Zappone 0

CLASS OF ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Brad A. Benson 0 Mr. Jonathan T. Brand Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Duffy, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. William E. Eschert P’19, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. Robert V. Fish II 0 Mr. & Mrs. James A. Freiberg 0 Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Gregory, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. Nicholas C. Kobusch Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Lynn Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Nichols 0 Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Pegg 0 Mr. & Mrs. Arnold G. Stifel Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster P’17 0 Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Woods

CLASS OF ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Adams Mr. Leland A. Alper 0 Mr. Kyle M. Appell 0 Dr. & Mrs. Theodore A. Blaine Mr. & Mrs. Preston M. Cherouny Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Fanning 0 Mr. & Mrs. John S. Gordon, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham 0 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Horning 0 Mr. & Mrs. Brett R. Jefferson 0 Mr. & Mrs. David J. Maikowski 0 Mr. & Mrs. Armour N. Mellon P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris P’20 0 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Sebastian Mr. & Mrs. Edmund S. Twining IV Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Valimont P’13, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Weir 0

CLASS OF ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy T. Banks Mr. & Mrs. John G. Birle 0 Mr. & Mrs. F. S. Browning

Mr. & Mrs. William R. Collins 0 Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Conroy 0 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Costello 0 Mr. Christopher S. Drew & Mrs. Katie Martin P’17, ’18 0 Mr. Paul B. Duwan 0 Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Giannamore 0 Mr. & Mrs. Drew S. Graham 0 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Kettlewell Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Loewy Mr. Scott W. Lowe 0 Mr. & Mrs. Philip M. O’Connor Mr. Timothy C. Orr 0 Mr. & Mrs. James B. Polk Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Usich III P’15, ’18, ’20 0

CLASS OF ’86 Mr. Peter T. Crowe P’19 Dr. & Mrs. James S. Harrop Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Kristian 0 Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Krupnikoff P’19, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Maxwell 0 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Orr 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Reger 0 Mr. & Mrs. Jason E. Taylor Mr. J. B. Tewksbury

CLASS OF ’87 Mr. Harold R. Beacham Jr. Mr. & Mrs. G. G. Brown IV Mr. & Mrs. William P. Burks Jr., Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Croughwell III Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Delnicki 0 Mr. & Mrs. David E. Drew 0 Mr. William F. Fahey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Ferguson Mr. Todd M. Frodyma & Mr. David Baltz Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Gwilliam Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hession 0 Mr. & Mrs. F. R. Hipp 0 Mr. & Mrs. Warner T. James Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edward V. Lahey III Mr. Andrew M. Leidner Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. McCalla 0 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. McCann Mr. & Mrs. Christopher G. McCormack 0 Mr. James W. McCormick Dr. Tad T. M. Renvyle & Dr. Rachel Jordan Dr. & Mrs. J. P. St. Clair Mr. & Mrs. Tatsuya Takaku 0 Mr. & Mrs. Brett A. Taylor 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Whitty P’16 0

CLASS OF ’88 Mr. & Mrs. Shawn E. Atkinson, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Mark G. Bothwell 0 Mr. & Mrs. David E. Cooper 0 Mr. & Mrs. James M. Dowden Mr. Mark A. Fantasia 0 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Harrop Col. James E. Hayes III Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Lech 0 Mr. & Mrs. Brendan B. Lynch P’17 0 Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Martin IV 0 Mr. & Mrs. Ryan T. Martin

Mr. John L. Micek Mr. & Mrs. James H. Patten Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Randall Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Reed, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Federico A. Schad Mr. & Mrs. Adam C. Smith Mr. Christopher H. Stone & Mr. David Fox 0 Mr. Benjamin H. Travers 0 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew C. Wagner 0

CLASS OF ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Cordova 0 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Davis 0 Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle 0 Mr. & Mrs. William F. Farrington III 0 Mr. Brendan L. McKernan 0 Mr. & Mrs. William H. Raye Mr. Blake L. Ruttenberg & Dr. Aimee C. Kimball Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Usich 0 Mr. Lionel Viret Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Voegtle P’17 0 Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Weiner

CLASS OF ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Ashe Mr. & Mrs. William P. Austin, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Biondo 0 Mr. Jonathan E. Gozzo Mr. & Mrs. Ryan P. Hankard Mr. & Ms. Tsuyoshi Kobayashi Dr. Benn L. Lieberman & Dr. Michelle Lieberman 0 Mr. & Mrs. Bryan J. Matthews 0 Mr. Jesse D. Rappaport 0 Mr. & Mrs. John Ruan IV 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Rulison Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tharpe, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Brian T. Wilhelm

Raised for Toys for Tots

CLASS OF ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Brendan J. Andrews 0 Mr. Joseph B. Chaho Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers P’18, ’20, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. Brian E. DePodesta Mr. Derek L. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. David D. Gordon P’21 0 Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Gregory 0 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Gresh P’16 0 Dr. & Mrs. James L. Livermore 0 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Malafronte, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Reilly Mr. & Mrs. Huger G. Sinkler II 0 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Travers Mr. & Mrs. Travis A. Tucker Mr. & Mrs. Todd F. Weaver 0 Mr. William U. Weiss

CLASS OF ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Cutler Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas V. Deans Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. DelVecchio 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling Jr. P’21, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Fisher, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Damian J. Fox 0 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Hetherington Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Hornish 0 Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Hornish Mr. & Mrs. Coley M. Lynch Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. McKernan P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Nigel H. Mendez Mr. & Mrs. Todd A. Miller P’19 0 Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Mullin IV, Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. George J. Myers Mr. John B. Pinkham Jr. 0 Mr. & Ms. Michael J. Shea Mr. & Mrs. Elliot A. Wagner 0 Mr. Crayke P. Windsor 0

$17,500

CLASS OF ’82

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The 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Award Ceremony

On Saturday, May 12, 2018, as part of the annual reunion activities, two Avonians were honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award: John M. Garvey ’78 and Colonel James “Jamie” E. Hayes III ’88. This year, the ceremony also featured the official naming of the Evans Alumni and Development Office, in honor and celebration of Peter and Sue Evans, who retired this year after many years of service to the school.

Caption here about Evans award, and/or family members pictured.

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reated in 2008, the Distinguished Alumnus Award recognizes a deserving alumnus who has achieved distinction in his professional career, humanitarian endeavors, or other areas of his life. It honors an individual who has embraced the core values emphasized at Avon Old Farms. By celebrating the accomplishments of the recipient, Avon Old Farms nourishes the strong sense of pride within our school community and acknowledges the inherent value in recognizing excellence among our alumni.

The prestigious Distinguished Alumnus Award is bestowed based upon the selection and recommendation of the National Council, a group of up to 60 individuals representing alumni,

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parents, and friends of Avon of Avon Old Farms School, and in consultation with the headmaster. The award is given every other year.

JOHN M. GARVEY ’78 came to Avon as a scholarship student from Plainville, Conn. He played football and baseball, captained the wrestling team, was the lead editor of the school newspaper, and rose to the position of vice warden.

John matriculated at Harvard University to study economics and, following his passion for the Apollo moon missions, continued to RCA Astro Electronics in New Jersey to build satellites. In 1983, he enrolled at Boston University, where he earned an MS in electrical engineering.

John M. Garvey ’78

rugby. After West Point, Jamie completed infantry officer training and Ranger School and was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg. Serving as an airborne infantry platoon leader, he participated in numerous training and contingency operations.

In 1998, Jamie completed the Special Forces Assessment and Selection course. He later earned his Green Beret as an officer honor graduate of the Special Forces Qualification course.

Assigned to the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Jamie commanded Green Berets on missions to Thailand, Korea, and the Philippines.

Following the events of September 11, 2001, Jamie deployed to the Philippines to conduct counterterrorism operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group. Jamie and his fellow Green Berets successfully Col. James E. Hayes III ’88

In 1986, John found himself in California working for McDonnell Douglas on the International Space Station program.

There he met his wife, Kim, and years later welcomed his daughter, Jessie, into the world.

John found his passion running space exploration technology R&D projects. He worked on planetary rovers, lunar resource processing, Mars penetrators, and on-orbit assembly before focusing on launch vehicles.

In 1996, John was a flight engineer on the Delta Clipper test rocket and subsequently worked on the Delta III and Delta IV. In 2000, he founded the Garvey Spacecraft Corporation to develop small launch vehicles while teaming with California State University, Long Beach, with funding from the Department of Defense and NASA. In 2016, John co-founded Vector Launch, which provides responsive access to space to the emerging small satellite user community.

John has created and managed engineering teams that have accomplished multiple “first flights” of new technologies for such launch systems. His list of customers included Sea Launch, the Musk Foundation team that grew into SpaceX; Space Launch; BlastOff!; ORBITEC; the Air Force Research Lab; Space and Missile Systems Center; Operationally Responsive Space Office; DARPA; and multiple NASA centers.

When John arrived on campus, he was able to tour the water tower and forge, now a hub of Avon engineering classes: Introduction to Engineering Design and two sections of Aerospace Engineering. He also gave a presentation to the Aerospace Engineering classes, sharing insights about his own path and how the values learned at Avon influenced his decisions along the way. He recounted the importance of Avon’s values during his acceptance speech at the award ceremony.

COLONEL JAMES “JAMIE” E. HAYES III graduated from Avon Old Farms in 1988 before attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he studied history and played

advised and assisted the Philippines Armed Forces in defeating the Abu Sayyaf Group throughout the southern province of Mindanao, depriving the terrorists of a safe haven from which they could plan and execute attacks against the United States.

Jamie then deployed to Iraq in 2005, commanding a Special Forces company in counterterrorism operations against al-Qaeda and hostile Shia militia groups. Jamie and his teams of Green Berets, along with their Iraqi Special Forces partners, operated in an area the size of New Jersey, conducting direct action and special reconnaissance missions to help liberate Iraq from violent extremism.

Selected for battalion-level command in 2011, Jamie formed and led a Security Force Advisor and Assistance Team that played a critical role in securing Kandahar, Afghanistan, from Taliban fighters. Soon after his promotion to colonel in 2014, Jamie assumed command of Special Operations Command (Forward) in Yemen.

Jamie is currently assigned to the Pentagon as a senior special operations planner. He has two children, Stacy and Emma.

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Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. Erron J. Smith Mr. Julian Van Cole Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Villecco Mr. & Mrs. Andrew G. Weisman 0

CLASS OF ’01 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Chasser Mr. & Mrs. Craig P. Chester, Class Agent 0 Capt. & Mrs. Alexander R. Dean 0 Mr. William T. Dean IV 0 Mr. Joseph M. Lahoud Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas H. LaRocque, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. James M. Malone Mr. Fielding D. McElroy Mr. & Mrs. Brandon B. Morrocco Mr. & Mrs. Christian R. Nettune Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Z. Stevens II Mr. & Mrs. Johannes A. Witt Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Wurz

George Springer ’08, World Series MVP

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CLASS OF ’93 Anonymous 0 Mr. Matthew E. Bill 0 Mr. & Mrs. Lance A. Cashion, Class Agent Mr. Adam K. Cline, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. George P. DePasquale Mr. Paul T. Economou Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Kohn Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Martha 0 Mr. & Mrs. David J. Parrott Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Lee N. Schmertzler 0 Mr. Jonathan R. Wainwright Mr. & Mrs. Travis B. Weisleder 0

CLASS OF ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Bazarian 0 Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Chelala Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Davidson 0 Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Gozzo, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Adam Josef 0 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Minella Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Moeller Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey J. Patsch Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Waterman 0

CLASS OF ’95 Mr. & Ms. Erik Y. Assadourian 0 Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. Graham R. Callaghan 0 Mr. & Mrs. Luke K. Cline 0 Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Fish 0 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Fitzpatrick, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathon F. Hartnett, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hoak 0

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Mr. & Mrs. Marc R. Holtman 0 Mr. & Ms. Paul M. Kravitz Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John P. McAuliffe, Class Agent 0 Lt. & Mrs. Jason R. Miller USN Mr. & Mrs. Peter K. Sheffield III, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Silvestro, Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy D. Tevald 0

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 Mr. & Mrs. James F. Reinhardt Mr. George M. Trautman H’98 & Mrs. Barbara A. Trautman P’81, ’82, GP’03 0 Mr. & Mrs. Drew T. Widger 0

CLASS OF ’96 Mr. & Mrs. William F. Bonk Mr. Brent R. P. Drake 0 Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Emerson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Iacampo Mr. Richard W. Pendleton Jr. H’96 0 Mr. & Mrs. Kelvin Roldan 0 Mr. & Mrs. Austin B. Sperry

CLASS OF ’97 Mr. & Mrs. Brock E. Doran 0 Mr. & Mrs. Jared P. Febbroriello Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Griffin Mr. & Mrs. Shane N. Lieberman 0 Mr. & Mrs. Stewart M. Mather Mr. Douglas W. McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Salerno Jr. 0 Mr. James P. Silvestro Mr. Timothy B. Stay, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Kyle R. Youngquist, Co-Head Class Agent

CLASS OF ’98 Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey R. Barlow, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Ms. J. A. Corrigan, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin K. James

CLASS OF ’99 Mr. Glenn R. Berglund Mr. & Mrs. Crager J. Boardman III Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Carter Jr., Class Agent 0 Mr. & Ms. Austin W. Dienst Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Gateman, Class Agent 0 Maj. & Mrs. John B. Haberland Mr. & Mrs. Barry C. Joyce 0 Mr. John M. Kowalchick, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Ms. Kevin A. Ludwig Mr. & Mrs. Todd L. Marr 0 Mr. & Mrs. Scott M. Reznick Mr. & Mrs. Eamon S. Sheehan Mr. Nicholas N. Shoumatoff Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Stifel

CLASS OF ’00 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Beck, Class Agent Mr. Matthew L. Biscaldi Mr. & Mrs. Ryan S. Breakey 0 Dr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Caulfield 0 Mr. & Mrs. James S. R. Dennis 0 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. Dowling, Class Agent Mr. Brendan N. Julian & Ms. Amy Longcrier 0 Mr. Brandt Leahy Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas P. Malinosky Mr. Chandler R. Mount

Mr. Brendan P. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Biggart 0 Mr. Richard M. Boudria Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Brian T. Cohane Mr. Ryan Z. Dietz Mr. Richard A. Gilday 0 Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Karoly 0 Mr. John P. Moeller 0 Mr. William N. Palmer, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. Thomas J. Soyster 0 Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Adam T. Swain 0 Mr. Charles S. Ward Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Wenstrom

CLASS OF ’03 Mr. John-Oliver Beirne Mr. Daniel G. Ciaburri Jr. Mr. & Ms. Kyle Coleman 0 Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Hamilton Mr. Mark A. Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Craig P. Irwin Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Karoly, Class Agent 0 Mr. & Mrs. Ryan G. Malfitano Mr. James T. Tang, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. Matthew T. Trautman 0

CLASS OF ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Archambault, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Morgan T. Barrieau Mr. & Mrs. Evan A. Bowen 0 Mr. Kyle P. Brewer Mr. & Mrs. Gilman A. Callsen 0 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Cole 0 Mr. Matthew S. D’Annolfo 0 Mr. Michael J. Davis Mr. Adam C. Fine Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Finnegan Mr. Jonathan P. Fugge Mr. Christopher J. Griffin 0 Mr. Scott A. Hannah Mr. & Mrs. Brian F. Kelaher Mr. & Mrs. Tyler E. Kelley 0

Mr. Nicholas R. Kirschner Mr. Graham T. Klehr-Keyes Mr. Jason B. LaVorgna Mr. & Mrs. Griffin Leahy 0 Mr. & Mrs. Ryan A. Matalon Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Mazur III 0 Mr. & Mrs. Albert R. McDonald III Mr. Matthew H. Moran, Head Class Agent Mr. Nicholas S. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Alexander L. Nicolia Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Olson Mr. & Mrs. Brian J. Orr Mr. Nicholas T. Pacquee & Mrs. Marie Caceres Mr. Gabriel K. Park

Mr. & Mrs. Justin R. Pool Mr. Robert E. Reed Mr. Alexander M. Rothaus 0 Mr. Tobias S. Salmelainen & Ms. Lotta Nieminen Mr. Raymond J. Yozwiak 0

CLASS OF ’05 Mr. John M. Benoit 0 Mr. & Mrs. Hwi-Yoon Cheong Mr. & Mrs. John W. Ducci, Class Agent Mr. Brett F. Fuller Mr. David P. Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Jackson O. Howard 0

Austin Liptrot ’15, Andrew Liptrot ’18, and Matt Liptrot ’11 celebrating Andrew’s graduation, concluding a generation of brothers, graduating from Avon at the 2018 Commencement.

Mr. Charles H. Hyde IV Mr. & Mrs. Andrew B. Lawrence, Class Agent 0 Mr. Dane G. Lemeris, Head Class Agent 0 Mr. John C. Mori, Class Agent 0 Mr. John T. Murray II Mr. Mark E. Pohlman Mr. Daniel C. Righi Mr. Robert L. Rosenhaus 0 Mr. Porter M. H. Sargent Mr. Jarrad M. Seiden 0 Mr. Jeffery S. Soyster 0 Mr. Bryan M. Sweeney Mr. & Mrs. Andrew S. Valentine 0

CLASS OF ’06 Mr. Jonathan P. Bingham Mr. Trevor L. Bradley Mr. Thomas S. Cousins IV 0 Mr. Mitchell R. Daigle Mr. Matthew H. Grobert Mr. Kai-Cheng Ho Mr. James G. Kerr Mr. Erik J. Lanza Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin J. Lyons 0 Mr. Henry L. Murray III, Class Agent 0 Mr. Michael A. Nowiszewski Mr. Thomas M. Shumway Mr. & Ms. Alexander P. W. Stefan-Cherry Mr. & Mrs. R. Peter Theis, Class Agent 0 Mr. Frank E. Yozwiak 0

CLASS OF ’07 Mr. Randall N. Angel 0 Capt. Shane F. Caffrey Mr. Preston A. Carbone Mr. & Mrs. Casey R. Coons, Co-Head Class Agent 0 Mr. James R. Eichas Mr. Zachary T. Green Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan B. Gurry Mr. Tyler C. Haddad, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. Jonathan R. Haspilaire, Class Agent Mr. William G. Kron ’07H & Mrs. Gail W. Kron P’89 0 Mr. Andrew J. Lyons 0 Mr. Brian C. Malchoff, Class Agent 0 Mr. Patrick J. Miller 0 Mr. Ryan C. Petersen Mr. Michael J. Recchia Mr. Michael Rubin Mr. Paul A. Severni Mr. Kenneth Trentowski, Class Agent Mr. Henri F. Youlden 0

CLASS OF ’08 Mr. Alexander R. Demopoulos Mr. Blaise F. Driscoll Mr. D. Gregory Henderson Jr. Mr. Will H. Hendricks, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. Peter J. Holst-Grubbe & Ms. Carolyn Matos, Class Agent 0 Mr. Chane F. Keller Mr. Yong Bok Lee 0 Mr. Eric J. Meyers Second Lieutenant Brandon J. Moore 0 Mr. & Mrs. Evan M. Piercey Mr. Michael J. Reilly 0 Mr. Nicholas A. Sica Mr. & Mrs. Kevin S. Sisti, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Wolfel

CLASS OF ’09 Mr. & Mrs. Jake R. Bourgault, Class Agent Mr. Colin R. Bradley Mr. Jared P. Ciejek 0 Mr. M. Timothy Clark 0 Mr. Craig T. Cottrell Jr. 0 Mr. Conor R. Cummings, Class Agent 0 Mr. Pierce H. Ford Mr. Graham C. Garland 0 Mr. Ian J. Lapin 0

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Total raised during the Movember Challenge to support men’s health issues

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew P. Lauro Mr. Gregory M. Miller Jr. 0 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Reller 0 Mr. John P. Rotchford, Class Agent Mr. Christopher B. Ruhlig 0 Mr. Michael H. Scali Mr. Jason A. Torey Mr. Aaron H. Zaleznik 0

CLASS OF ’10 Mr. Patrick D. Hampton, Class Agent Mr. Benjamin B. LaRocque, Class Agent Mr. Sam R. Marvin Mr. Alexander J. Miller Mr. Patrick R. Miller 0 Mr. Graham P. Nelson Mr. Jonas R. Nissley Mr. Demetrios J. Papadopoulos 0 Mr. Michael J. Pereira Mr. Nathan J. Riley Mr. Jonathan S. Rubinfeld Mr. John E. Salamone Mr. David V. N. Smith III Mr. Craig P. Tepper Mr. Benjamin T. Williams, Class Agent 0

CLASS OF ’11 Mr. David A. Barros 0 Mr. H. Jackson Brady 0 Mr. Connor J. Cottrell 0 Mr. John S. Courage 0 Mr. John M. Daly Mr. R. T. Doyle Mr. Daniel M. Gauvin 0 Mr. Benjamin Hamer 0 Mr. Patrick H. Leddy Mr. Harrison M. Lyons, Class Agent Mr. Alistair J. S. MacDonald Mr. Cooper L. O’Connor Mr. Oliver K. Rothmann, Head Class Agent Mr. Conor M. Shanahan Mr. Raymond J. Wiacek

Mike Nash ’78, Hap Taylor ’78, Bill Hanrahan ’78, and Trip Fisher ’78 took a trip down memory lane looking at the athletics photo gallery during Reunion Weekend 2018.

CLASS OF ’12 Mr. Matthew J. Detora Mr. David J. Dietrick Mr. Connor P. Doyle, Class Agent 0 Mr. Robert J. Fiondella Mr. Michael D. Gagnon Mr. Landon S. Kost 0 Mr. Connor W. Latz 0 Mr. Eric N. Mack Mr. Kristofer B. Molinaro Mr. Nicholas J. Papadopoulos 0 Mr. Jeremy D. Ross, Class Agent 0 Mr. Michael Zhai

CLASS OF ’13 Anonymous 0 Mr. Benjamin M. Charette Mr. Brendan T. Conry Jr. Mr. Christian A. Cottrell 0 Mr. Joseph A. Creen III 0 Mr. Taylor C. Hahn Mrs. Gailanne Laferriere ’13H & Mr. Andre Laferriere Mr. Wilson P. Meyer, Head Class Agent Mr. Seamus N. O’Brien, Class Agent Mr. Jacob A. Reiner Mrs. Carol Reller ’13H & Mr. Edward A. Reller P’09 0 Mr. David L. Szewczul 2nd LT. William M. White & 2nd LT. Kristi Carrigan-White, Class Agent 0

CLASS OF ’14 Mr. Lance C. Berry, Class Agent 0 Mr. James E. Biggart Mr. Nicholas K. Birnie Mr. Jarrett S. Brink Mr. Keith R. J. Burwood 0 Mr. Matthew T. Cowles Mr. Cody R. Doyle, Class Agent Mr. Travis F. Kozak, Class Agent Mr. Daniel S. Leckie

Mr. Leo M. Lehto Mr. Anthony D. Maselli Mr. Daniel J. Nobile Mr. Matthew B. Ostrowski Mr. Sawyer T. Rothmann Mr. Kevin J. Smith 0 Mr. Michael C. Tommila Mr. Gavin C. Touponse Mr. Andre A. Wowk

CLASS OF ’15 Mr. Henry T. Allen Mr. Garrett W. Barry Mr. Christian E. Di Antonio Mr. Michael P. Dietrick, Class Agent 0 Mr. Cole T. Gibson Mr. Trevor G. Kratz Mr. Jack F. Nedorostek Mr. Wesley A. Orred Mr. Alexander Papadopoulos Mr. Matthew A. Rice Mr. Matthew G. Ruhlig Mr. John Witkowski Mr. Adrian M. Wowk

CLASS OF ’16 Mr. Blake D. Bartkiewicz Mr. Kelvin K. Boateng Mr. Thomas J. Carroll Mr. Martin I. Cole ’16H & Mrs. Terri Cole P’04 0 Mr. John P. Gaffney Mr. Jacob T. Gresh Mr. Thomas K. Healy III Mr. Matthew T. Horton, Head Class Agent Mr. Kurt B. Linke Mr. Orion H. Marco Mr. Samuel W. Miller Mr. Luke W. O’Connor Mr. Ian C. Reilly Mr. Stephen Thibault Mr. Jacob J. Whitty, Class Agent Mr. Patrick Witkowski

CLASS OF ’17 Mr. Ryan G. Lanchbury, Class Agent Mr. Kevin A. Sieber Head, Class Agent Mr. Xavier M. Vega, Class Agent

CLASS ’18 Mr. Jun Yeop Ahn Mr. Brian J. Amabilino i Pérez Mr. Robert L. Anderson Mr. Kehinde Aruwajoye Mr. Ian T. X. Baio Mr. Dane A. Bartkiewicz Mr. Charles E. Batchelder Jr. Mr. Matthew G. Batts Mr. Austin V. Bednarz Mr. Maxim Belyaev Mr. Burapol Bhakdibhumi Mr. Amari T. Bilal Mr. Dawson J. Brooks Mr. Roland E. Bryan Mr. Andrew Burke Mr. Peter Callahan Mr. Samuel H. Casad Mr. Seongwoon Cho

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Mr. William H. Christensen Mr. Tzu-Cheng Chu Mr. Jackson R. Colehower Mr. John W. Collins Mr. Darian Cook Mr. William J. Curtis Mr. Ryan M. Cusick Mr. Ethan A. Damokosh Mr. Quentin G. Danielson Mr. Alvaro C. de la Cruz Mr. Evan A. Deckers Mr. F. Semler Dieterich IV Mr. Joseph R. DiNicola Mr. Nathaniel A. Dodge Mr. Brian H. Drew Mr. Jack P. Driggs Mr. Sean R. Dube Mr. Oisin Duncan Mr. Bryan R. Ellis Mr. Peter M. Evans ’18H & Mrs. Susan Evans ’18H, P’98 0 Mr. Gavin S. Ewing Mr. William A. Farnam Mr. Yao Tian Feng Mr. Daniel I. Fidanque Dr. Henry E. Flanagan ’18H & Mrs. Barbara Flanagan GP’16, ’19 0 Mr. Kyle A. Glenn Mr. Yunfan Gong Mr. Jacob RP Gray Mr. Joshua T. Guilmart Mr. Hudson M. Haskin Mr. Thomas J. Hendricks Mr. Christopher Hennessy Mr. Kevin E. Huveldt Mr. Alejandro Jauregui Mr. Seung Min Jung Mr. William E. Kelley Mr. Nicholas P. Keroack Mr. Sawyer P. Kindel Mr. Reade B. H. Kirby Mr. Matthew J. Kirwan Mr. Andrew Klinzmann Mr. Caleb J. Knowlton Mr. Derek A. Kowalski Mr. Carson J. Last Mr. Bryan A. Lawrence Mr. Jack M. Lazor Mr. Joon Ho Lee Mr. Zachary G. Lemieux Mr. Andrew C. Liptrot Mr. Carter B. Lohr Mr. Samuel S. Madden Mr. Chase B. Maitland Mr. Ford T. Malter Mr. Connor W. Marshall Mr. Hunter J. Marshall Mr. Cooper R. Mazurczak Mr. Liam G. McCarthy Mr. Dylan T. Mckenzie Mr. Andrew J. Merrell Mr. Ryan Z. Mickelson Mr. Garrett F. Mineau Mr. Jared J. Mollica Mr. Christopher J. Moore Mr. James W. Mueller Mr. Dylan M. Nastri Mr. Joseph P. Nespor Mr. Yoshiatsu Niimura

Ian Lapin ’09, John Bourgault ’80, P’09, and Vincent DeBlasio ’13 participated in the 10th Annual Pushups for Patriots. Lapin shared why he came back all 10 years: “I enjoy counting to 10 every minute for 24 hours, doing pushups until my arms give out, and generally not being hunted down by the major!”

Mr. Peter R. O’Sullivan Mr. William D. Overcash Mr. Grey Owens Mr. Declan L. Palandjian Mr. Jungwoo Park Mr. Connor R. Peters Mr. Ryan Phillips Mr. George F. Pike Mr. Aaron M. Pinto Mr. Jan-Carlos Ramirez Mr. Max J. Rand Mr. Maxwell S. Ravech Mr. Owen P. Ray Mr. Zachary Rehbaum Mr. Wyatt W. Reller Mr. Lorry C. Rogers Mr. Willem R. Rooney Mr. John F. Ryan Mr. Owen G. S. Safe Mr. Max Sauve Mr. Preston A. Sayyah Mr. Dylan L. Schaetzel

Mr. Ryan C. Schreck Mr. Thomas J. Shaw Mr. Ryan P. Smith Mr. Pierce T. Smyth Mr. Henry J. Spearman Mr. Christopher M. Stephan II Mr. Patrick N. Summers Mr. Haiming Sun Mr. Mark E. Sunoo Mr. Ian M. Tolis Mr. Hoan K. Tran Mr. Juan Pablo Trevino Mr. Zachary D. Tucci Mr. Zachary N. Usich Mr. Daniil Volkov Mr. Jesse T. Walsh Mr. Qianchang Wang Mr. Raymond R. X. Wang Mr. Owen J. Weathersby Mr. Harry A. Wellford Mr. Owen C. Wheeler Mr. Nicholas R. Wildgoose

Mr. James M. Wiseman Mr. Ryan D. York Mr. Yaroslav Zdobnov

CLASS ’19 Mr. Charles J. Di Bona III Mr. Benjamin A. Levin Mr. Mouhamed Ndiaye Mr. Marshall F. Smith Mr. Joel M. Vega

CLASS ’20 Mr. Shane K. Cooper Mr. Reece G. Levin

CLASS ’21 Mr. Joseph Belenardo Mr. James C. Di Bona Mr. John L. Glaspey Mr. Aiden M. Gravina Mr. William F. Rettaliata

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Spring Sports This spring, 273 boys joined a competitive athletic team—that’s an outstanding 68 percent of our student population. With five varsity rosters from which to choose, a lot of talent was on display as the Winged Beavers competed at impressive levels all spring.

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Baseball The 2018 varsity baseball team finished with an overall record of 15-5 (12-3 in the Founders League, good for a second-place league finish).

This year’s team could be described as extremely talented, classy, and competitive. Eight seniors matriculated to colleges where they will continue their baseball careers.

Led by captains Hudson Haskin ’18, Dylan Nastri ’18, and Will Gersky ’19, the 2018 team proved to be one of the most dynamic offensive teams in recent memory. In fact, the New England Baseball Journal ranked Avon in the top 10 throughout all eight weeks of the regular season, with a final ranking of sixth in New England. This year’s team averaged more than eight runs per game while limiting opponents to just over 3.5 runs per game. The team blasted 19 home runs and hit for a .305 batting average.

Tennis The varsity tennis team set out at the beginning of the season to achieve a winning record and perhaps sneak into post-season play. It ended up with seven wins and seven losses, with several rained-out matches Avon was favored to win.

The seven losses were all against teams that made the New England Championships.

The team’s best win was against a very good Suffield squad, with Avon taking four tiebreakers in four key matches to win 7-0.

Coach Henry Coons was most proud of the team’s effort against perennial powerhouse Hotchkiss; Avonians fought hard to get to four deciding tiebreakers in third sets, coming up short but earning the respect of the opponent.

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Lacrosse The 2018 varsity lacrosse team enjoyed a solid season and closed the year with a 14-7 record while playing some of the best teams in secondary school lacrosse. In New England competition, the team lost only three contests while winning six out of seven Founders League encounters.

Without doubt, the one-goal victories over Choate and Trinity Pawling stood out, and the Alumni Day win over Deerfield (6-3) will long be remembered. As in every year, the Westminster game was at the very heart of the season. Because of the “backyard” nature of the rivalry, emotions ran high. At the final whistle, Avon had scored 17 goals to the Martlets’ seven.

The 2018 team will send seniors off to a broad array of excellent colleges and universities. At the close of the campaign, the Connecticut Officials Association announced that the Bob McHenry Sportsmanship Award was awarded to the entire Avon Old Farms lacrosse program. This is a great honor and one that speaks to the demeanor of Avon’s coaches and players. Congratulations to all in being recognized in such a manner!

Track and Field The 2018 track and field team finished with a regular season record of 9-2, finishing second in the Founders League and fourth at the NEPSTA Championships. The team set five school records this year and notched 22 all-time top-10 performances. This included the school record and New Balance National Championships qualifying 4x100m relay team of Miles Wotorson ’19, Kevin Zhang ’19, Nick Keroack ’18, and Elijah Gordon ’19.

Avon athletes set several school records this year, including Chris Moore in the 800m (1:58.77), Kevin Zhang in the 200m (22.30), Elijah Gordon in the 100m (10.98), and Taisun Phommachanh in the LJ (21-10.5). The 4x100m team of Wotorson, Keroack, Zhang, and Gordon won the Founders League and NEPSTA titles on their way to setting a school record of 42.79 and qualifying for the New Balance National Championships. Elijah Gordon also added Founders League and NEPSTA titles in the 100m.

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Golf The Avon Old Farms golf team had a tremendous season, marked by many successes. The Winged Beavers posted a regular season head-to-head match record of 18 wins and three losses. Many of these matches were extremely close. Frequent low rounds from underclassmen helped earn victory at the end of the day for Avon. The team’s strength was the depth of players, who focused on improving their game every day in practice.

In tournament play, Avon got off to a solid start, finishing in second place in the Suffield Invitational and then winning the Avon Coppola Cup. The team continued consistent play and secured a second-place finish at the 16-school WNEPSA Invitational. Avon finished the season on a positive note, finishing in third place out of 23 schools in the Kingswood Invitational Tournament and winning the Founders League Championship by defeating Taft, who has held this honor for at least the past five or so years.

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Prepare

Support

Young men dream bigger and see farther when the Avon community rallies behind them.

The minds of tomorrow deserve exceptional faculty today.

I N S P I R I N G B OY S , B U I L D I N G M E N ENDOWMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIP AND FACULTY Our campaign embraces an ambitious goal to meet the financial needs of all Avonians by raising $19 million in endowment to support our students and faculty.

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IT STARTS WITH AVON.

TO LEARN MORE:

Inspiring Boys, Building Men: the Campaign for Avon Old Farms School, 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.

www.campaignforavon.com (860) 404-4254

Maintain

Nurture

Remarkable achievements require remarkable spaces.

Community makes us stronger.

AIMS TO RAISE $50 MILLION BRICKS & MORTAR $12 million enhances our facilities, strengthens programs, and transforms learning.

AS WE PURSUE THESE STRATEGIC PLANS we also focus intensely on our most important fundraising priority: the Annual Fund. Avon will strengthen the fund, raising $19 million over the course of the campaign.

THE ANNUAL FUND

Campus Improvements

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his summer was especially busy on the Avon Old Farms campus as work was completed on two major campaign projects. Inspiring Boys, Building Men: The Campaign for Avon Old Farms School is underway in its public phase, and this summer’s major preservation of Riddle Refectory as well as the kitchen renovation and phase 1 of the Jennings Fairchild Hockey Rink mark huge progress as the campaign moves forward. We look forward to dedicating these remarkable spaces this fall.

Check out some photos from inside the action.

ď‚Ş Learn more about the major preservation of Riddle Refectory and renovation of the kitchen. www.campaignforavon.com/refectory-renovation

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ď‚Ş Learn more about the hockey rink project: www.campaignforavon.com/hockeyrink

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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 of $5,000 or more. We are grateful for their exceptional support of the school.

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Anderson P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Behnam Badiee P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Baio P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Batchelder P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Brad Berggren P’19 Ms. Nichole Berklas & Mr. James Berklas Jr. P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Chaho P’20 Dr. Ho Ick Chang & Dr. Seungjin Lee P’20 Dr. Donna M. Cipolla P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy ’82, ’13H, P’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Cox III P’20 Mr. Yihu Dai & Mrs. Dejie Jia P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Alberto de la Cruz P’18 Mr. Christopher S. Drew ’85 & Mrs. Katie Martin P’17, ’18 o

Mr. Sheng Du & Mrs. Bei Zhang P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Neil Flanagan P’19, ’20 Mr. David Fung & Mrs. Joanna Hui P’20 Dr. Glenn S. Gart & Dr. Julie A. Vernon-Gart P’20 Mr. Michael Gibbens & Ms. Julie Lassonde P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout Jr. P’17, ’19 o Mr. Stephen G. Haskin P’18 Mr. Matthew Holleran P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Huveldt P’18 Mr. & Mrs. William Karol P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19 Dr. & Mrs. Sang Tae Kim P’17, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby P’17, ’18 o Dr. Linda Latrenta & Mr. Kurt Bloedel P’19

Max Gart ’20 and Julie Vernon-Gart P’20 stroll through campus from class to class during Family Weekend 2018.

Dr. & Mrs. Ziqiao Li P’20 Mr. Hyundeok Lim & Mrs. Jungyeoun Kim P’20 Mr. Yan Lu & Mrs. Li Jia P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. McKernan ’91, P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Kristian M. Mineau P’18, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Monin P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84, P’20 o Ms. Sarah Murphy P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Peter O’Sullivan P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Mauricio Quirch P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy J. Radtke P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16, ’21 o Mr. & Mrs. James Reynolds Jr. P’19 Ms. Drucilla A. Richards P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan Jr. P’13, ’15, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Shaw P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Siedem P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Signorino Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. duPont Smith Sr. P’17, ’19 o Mr. Bernard G. Smyth & Ms. Margaret M. Smyth P’18 Mr. Yun Sun & Mrs. Weicheng Xu P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Edward Sunoo P’18 Mr. Torren Szuluk P’19, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. John Warner III P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Andison Weil P’20 Mr. Dong-Gi Yang & Mrs. So-Yeon Kim P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas N. Zeytoonjian P’20 Mr. Wenkai Zhang & Mrs. Ning Yang P’19 Mr. Bing Zuo & Mrs. Yongmei Lin P’20

Parents of Avon MISSION S TAT E M E N T

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.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

CO-PRESIDENTS Robin DiNicola P’18 Sabrina Rettaliata P’16, ’21

CO-VICE PRESIDENTS & BLUE BLAZER BALL ACQUISITIONS Barbara Corliss P’20 Todd Root P’15, ’20

TREASURERS Kimberly Summers P’18 Greg Marshall P’18

CO -S E C R E TA R I E S Kelly Shaw P’18 Justine Smith P’18

BLUE BLAZER BALL TIMELINE MANAGER Steve Huveldt P’18

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Current Parent Giving

Sabrina Rettaliata P’16, ’21, Will Rettaliata ’21, and Tom Rettaliata P’16, ’21 enjoy a picture-perfect photo opportunity during Family Weekend 2018 on the staircase of the headmaster’s house.

In 2017–2018, 75 percent of current parents supported Avon. The strong support of our current parents reinforces the value placed on the Avon experience.

We thank you for your support.

2017–201 8 PARENT LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE

Mrs. Monica Baio P’18 Mrs. Robin Berggren P’19 Mrs. Cynthia Flanagan P’19, ’20 Mrs. Sarah Gardella P’19 Mrs. Liz Godbout P’17, ’19 Mrs. Cindy Huveldt P’18 Mrs. Felicia Lazor P’18, ’20 Mrs. Julie MacKay P’20 Mrs. Margot Mineau P’18, ’20 Mrs. Amy Morris P’20 Ms. Sarah Murphy P’19 Mrs. Vivian Pratt P’19 Mrs. Laura Reynolds P’19

Mr. Joseph Acee & Ms. Lori Keyes-Acee P’19 Ms. Mary Allen P’15, ’19, ’19 o Dr. Theodore Allen & Dr. Emily S. Patterson P’21 Dr. David Amabilino & Dr. Maria L. Pérez García P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Steven Anderson P’18 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. Thomas Baio P’18 Mr. Kenneth Banks P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Drew C. Bartkiewicz P’16, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Batchelder P’18 Mr. Richard M. Batts & Mrs. Kara Linburg Batts P’18 o Mr. Michael H. Bednarz & Mrs. Julie G. Zyla P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Belenardo P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Sergey L. Belyaev P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Garrett R. Benton P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Brad Berggren P’19 Ms. Nichole Berklas & Mr. James Berklas Jr. P’21 Mr. & Mrs. John Boger P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Scott Boyd P’21 Mr. & Ms. John J. Brennan P’20

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Brooks P’18 Dr. Roland Bryan & Dr. Evelyn Bryan P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Igor Budko P’21 Mr. Michael F. Burke & Mrs. Sally Beath-Burke P’15, ’18 o Dr. & Mrs. Nausherwan Burki P’21 Dr. & Mrs. David B. Burstein P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Callahan P’14, ’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael Callahan Jr. P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Capozzoli Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Carlisle P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy T. Casad P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Chaho P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Chamberlain P’19 Dr. Ho Ick Chang & Dr. Seungjin Lee P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Chang P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Christensen P’18 Dr. Donna M. Cipolla P’18 Mr. & Mrs. William H. Colehower P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Collins P’18, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Columbus P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Todd Coniff P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy ’82, H’13, P’20 o Dr. Gabriel Cook & Dr. Haleh Ghanizadeh P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Gary J. Corliss P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Cox III P’20 Mr. Stephen K. Culhane Esq. P’20 Mr. Troy Cummings P’21 Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Curley P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Lee Curtis P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Mark D’Addabbo P’21 Mr. Yihu Dai & Mrs. Dejie Jia P’19 Dr. Andrew Damokosh & Ms. Kimberly Damokosh P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Porter Davis P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Alberto de la Cruz P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers ’90, P’18, ’20 o Dr. & Mrs. Frank Dellacono P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Diaz P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Dieterich III P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin N. DiNicola P’18 Mr. & Ms. Sean E. Donlan Esq. P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling Jr. ’91, P’21 o Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Doyle P’14, ’16, ’18 Mr. Christopher S. Drew ’85 & Mrs. Katie Martin P’17, ’18 o Mr. David C. Driggs P’18 Ms. Dawn Driggs P’18 Mr. Sheng Du & Mrs. Bei Zhang P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Dube P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Duncan P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dyer P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ellis P’18, ’19

Mr. & Mrs. William E. Eschert ’83, P’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Ewing P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Farnam P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Eric Fekete P’20, ’21 Mr. Qi Feng & Ms. Yanxiao Zhao P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Ferlise P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Stanley B. Fidanque P’14, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Kent Fitzpatrick P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Neil Flanagan P’19, ’20 Dr. & Mrs. Michael F. Foley P’15, ’21 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 PhD P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Gardella P’19 Dr. Glenn S. Gart & Dr. Julie A. Vernon-Gart P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Gauthier P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Scott Geary P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Gersky P’19 Mr. Michael Gibbens & Ms. Julie Lassonde P’18 Mr. & Ms. James Glaspey P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Justin C. Glenn P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout Jr. P’17, ’19 o Mr. Maocai Gong & Ms. Bei Ren P’18 Mr. & Mrs. David D. Gordon ’90, P’21 o Mr. & Mrs. Craig Gravina P’21 Mr. Richard Gross P’19 Mr. & Mrs. William J. Guilmart Jr. P’18 Mr. & Mrs. David Haden P’21 Mr. & Mrs. William Hartman P’21 Mr. Stephen G. Haskin P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Allan R. Heinke P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hennessy P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Todd Henrich P’21

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student artists earned Silver and Gold Keys at the 2018 Connecticut Scholastic Art Awards.

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy W. Hill P’20 o Mr. Matthew Holleran P’20 Mr. & Dr. Benjamin C. Hough P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hubbard P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Huveldt P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Intrator P’20 Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Inwood P’15, ’16, ’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Elric Jarvis P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Jemison P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jensen P’17, ’19 Mr. Horim Jung & Mrs. Hwirang Im P’18 Mr. Roger Kaplan & Ms. Melissa Klipp P’19 Mr. & Mrs. William Karol P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Justen G. Kasperzyk P’15, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19 Mr. William Kelley & Mrs. Melinda Marye-Kelley P’18 Dr. & Mrs. Myles Keroack MD P’18 Dr. & Mrs. Dong Yun Kim P’20 Dr. & Mrs. Sang Tae Kim P’17, ’19 Mr. George Kindel P’14, ’16, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby P’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Terry Kirwan P’18, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Klinzmann P’18

The perfect setup for an outdoor English class: sun, fresh air, and a breathtaking view.

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Ms. Ellen T. Knowlton P’18 Ms. Rosamond Koether P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Krupnikoff ’86, P’19 o Dr. Derrick Landini P’21 Ms. Jennifer Landini P’21 Dr. & Mrs. Gary L. Last P’18 Dr. & Mrs. Gregory Latrenta P’19 Dr. Linda Latrenta & Mr. Kurt Bloedel P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Lawrence P’18 Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Z. Lazor P’18, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Changsang Lee P’20 Mr. & Ms. Joe Lee P’20 Ms. Michelle Leibovitz P’19 Mr. & Mrs. George Lemieux II P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Leonard, Esq. P’17, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. James A. Levin P’19, ’20 Dr. & Mrs. Ziqiao Li P’20 Mr. Hyundeok Lim & Mrs. Jungyeoun Kim P’20 Mr. James M. Liptrot & Ms. Nancy M. Liptrot P’11, ’12, ’15, ’18 o Mr. Honggang Liu & Ms. Qian Guo P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Lohr P’18 Mr. Yan Lu & Mrs. Li Jia P’19

Mr. & Ms. Duncan R. MacKay P’20 Dr. & Mrs. Keith Madden P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Maitland ’80, P’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Malter P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Gregory E. Marshall P’18 Dr. & Mrs. William T. Marshall P’18, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Todd S. Mather P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mazurczak Esq. P’18 Ms. Catherine H. Mckenzie P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. McKernan ’91, P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Todd McLaughlin P’18 Mr. & Mrs. William Mella P’20 o Dr. Ezekiel M. Menendez & Mrs. Mercedes Featherston P’20 o Dr. Nathaniel J. Merrell & Dr. Jennifer E. Merrell P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Mickelson P’18 Mr. & Ms. Peter Miklakos P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Todd A. Miller ’91, P’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Kristian M. Mineau P’18, ’20 Ms. Catherine D. Mollica P’18 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Monin P’20 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Moore Jr. P’18

2nd place awarded to varsity swimming and diving in the New England Prep School Athletic Council Championship

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Morr P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84, P’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert Morris Jr. P’19 Dr. Lisa Mueller & Mr. William Mueller Sr. P’18 Ms. Sarah Murphy P’19 Mr. & Mrs. William Murphy P’19 Mr. & Mrs. William Murray Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Namnoum Jr. P’21 Mr. & Mrs. James L. Nastri P’18 Mr. Thomas Needham & Ms. Sheryl Card P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew D. Newman P’17, ’21 o Mr. & Mrs. Carl L. Nicholson P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Nunez P’21 Mr. & Mrs. William Nyahay P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O’Hare P’19 Ms. Jane Oppong P’16, ’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Peter O’Sullivan P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy G. Overcash P’18 Mr. Steve Owens P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Donald Peters P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Samphanh Phommachanh P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Tyrone Pike P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt Pratt P’19 Ms. Dionne Proulx P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Puglielli P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Scott Pumper P’19

Mr. & Mrs. Mauricio Quirch P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy J. Radtke P’21 Mr. Carlos E. Ramirez & Mrs. Olga Kalandova-Ramirez P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Karl D. Ravech P’13, ’18 Mr. Richard M. Ray & Dr. Kathleen G. Ray P’18 Mr. & Mrs. William Reboul P’21 Mr. & Mrs. William A. Reller P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16, ’21 o Mr. & Mrs. James Reynolds Jr. P’19 Ms. Gwendolyn Rhoss P’21 Ms. Drucilla A. Richards P’18 Mr. Grant D. Robinson & Dr. Susan Engwall P’19 Ms. Amy Rogers P’21 Ms. Terri Rogers P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Jon F. Rooney P’18 Mr. Todd D. Root P’15, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan Jr. P’13, ’15, ’18 o Dr. Faith L. Samples-Smart P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sappington P’21 Mr. Arsalan M. Sayyah ’82, P’18 o Ms. Leanne Schaaf P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Schaetzel P’18 Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas Scher P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Shamburger III P’12, ’17, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Shaw P’18

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shea P’21 Mr. Lei Si & Ms. Xiangting Yu P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Siedem P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Signorino Jr. P’19 Mr. Leon D. Smart P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. duPont Smith Sr. P’17, ’19 o Mr. & Mrs. Kevin W. Smith P’18 Mr. Bernard G. Smyth & Ms. Margaret M. Smyth P’18 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Spearman IV P’14, ’15, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Garfield Spencer P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Stephan P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Stolworthy P’19, ’19 Mr. Seth Sulkin & Ms. Yoshiko Arima P’19 Mr. Christopher R. Summers P’18 Ms. Kimberly A. Summers P’18 Mr. Yun Sun & Mrs. Weicheng Xu P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Edward Sunoo P’18 Mr. Torren Szuluk P’19, ’20 Mr. & Ms. Alan Taupier P’20 Mr. Theodore Tolis & Mrs. Jule McCombes-Tolis PhD P’18, ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Fabrice Toscano P’20 Dr. & Mrs. Francisco Trevino P’18 Mr. & Mrs. John Tripp P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Drew Tucci P’18 Mr. Kenneth Tucker & Mrs. Keisha Watson-Tucker P’19

Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Usich III ’85, P’15, ’18, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Darren Varano P’20 Mr. & Mrs. Martin Vega Jr. P’19 Mr. & Mrs. James Votta P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Walsh P’18 Dr. Hualin Wang & Mrs. Zhuoqun Qian P’18 Mr. & Mrs. John Warner III P’20 Mr. & Mrs. William Weathersby P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Dieter Wehner P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Sandison Weil P’20 Mr. Harry Wellford & Dr. Amanda Wellford P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Brent A. Wells P’21 Ms. Haynie L. Wheeler P’18 Mr. James C. Wiseman & Mrs. Jennifer Sokol Wiseman P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Alan Wunsch P’21 Mr. & Ms. Jiangfeng Xu P’21 Mr. Dong-Gi Yang & Mrs. So-Yeon Kim P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Clifford D. York P’18 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 Mr. Wenkai Zhang & Mrs. Ning Yang P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Wei Zhou P’21 Mr. Bing Zuo & Mrs. Yongmei Lin P’20

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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 Ms. Mary Lee L. Allen P’70 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. William H. Austin P’92 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Avery P’06 o Mrs. Melanie H. Awe P’14, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Bannon P’05 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Barlow P’98 o Mr. David G. Barnet & Ms. Julia G. Richards P’16 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros P’11, ’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Drew C. Bartkiewicz P’16, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Sr. ’65, P’95 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. & Mrs. Thomas A. Bell P’02 Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. Bennett ’63, P’04 o 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. Joseph R. Biondo P’92 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas H. Birnie P’14 Dr. Judson G. Black P’90 Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black Jr. P’99 o Ms. Kim P. Blanchard P’08 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bolan P’73, ’76 o Maj. & Mrs. John M. Bourgault USMC (Ret.) ’80, P’09 o Ms. Sally Bourgault P’80, G’09 o 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. Bruce S. Brawley P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Breneiser P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Brennan Jr. P’17 o

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37 years of dedicated service to Avon at the time of Headmaster Ken LaRocque’s announcement to retire

Dr. & Mrs. Heinz H. Brennwald P’86 o Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. Broatch ’73, P’09 Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Bradford Brown P’95 o Mr. & Mrs. Scott S. Brown P’05, ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Leroy L. Bruff P’01 Ms. Jenniffer Buanno P’08, ’10, ’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Buenaventura P’08, ’15 o Mr. Michael F. Burke & Mrs. Sally Beath-Burke P’15, ’18 o Mrs. Ann-Sylvia D. Burns P’76 o Mr. & Mrs. Keith R. Burwood P’14, ’17 Ms. Samantha Cadenhead P’10 Mrs. Roxanna M. Cain Smith P’92, ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Callahan P’14, ’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Roger D. Cantello P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Capraro P’06 Dr. Andrew E. Caputo P’16, ’17 Mr. David Carroll & Dr. Barbara Bartlik P’05 Dr. John T. Carroll & Mrs. Doe A. Le Blanc-Carroll P’99 Dr. & Mrs. Culley C. Carson III P’90 Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Carter P’99 Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Chandler P’96 o Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Chase P’85 o Ms. Allison M. Cheffer P’13 o Mr. & Mrs. William C. Cherry ’80, P’06 o Mr. & Mrs. E. Thorson Cheyne P’09 Dr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Ciaburri P’03 o Mr. Jesus Cid & Mrs. Marta Lopez P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Samual J. Civiletto P’96 o Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Clark P’09, ’13 o Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Clark P’12 Mr. & Mrs. John P. Clifford Jr. P’05 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. and 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 Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Corradi P’89 o Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 o Mr. Frank D. Costello ’60, P’85 o Mr. & Mrs. Craig T. Cottrell Sr. P’09, ’11, ’13 o Mrs. Diane Cousins P’06 o Ms. Christine M. Coz P’09, ’10 o Dr. Lucy E. Creevey P’01 Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Crocker P’92 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Cuccia P’00 o Mrs. Mary Jean Cummiskey P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Custer P’04, ’05, ’10 o Dr. & Mrs. Leslie S. Cutler P’91 Mr. Tomas Cvikl & Mrs. Blanka Cviklova P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Dave Cyr P’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey T. Dallas P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. D’Annolfo P’04 o Mr. & Mrs. Jason M. Davino P’14 o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Davis P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Louis Davis III P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Rodney M. Davis P’05 Mr. & Mrs. William L. R. Davis P’15 Dr. & Mrs. William Dean III P’01, ’01 o

Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers P’87, ’90, GP’18, ’20 o 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 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Dillon P’08 o Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Dixon P’98 Mr. James J. Dol & Mrs. Cynthia Damon-Dol P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Doody P’17 Mr. & Mrs. David Dougherty P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Dougherty P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling P’91, GP’00, ’21 o Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Dowling Jr. P’12 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 Mr. Bruce M. Dresner P’93 Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Driscoll ’72, P’06 o Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Driscoll ’72, P’08 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Driscoll ’79, P’06, ’08, ’09, ’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Duffy P’17 Mr. & Mrs. George M. Economos P’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans P’98, H’18, H’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Falaguerra P’03 o Ms. Beth Fanning P’11 Dr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Feibel ’74, P’12 o Dr. Robert P. Feldman & Dr. Virginia E. Feldman P’14 o Mr. & Mrs. Stanley B. Fidanque P’14, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Fiondella P’12 o Ms. Emily H. Fisher & Mr. John Alexander P’89 Dr. & Mrs. Michael F. Foley P’15, ’21 Mr. Paul M. Ford P’03, ’09 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Fox P’91 o Mr. & Mrs. Sean M. Fox P’17 Mr. & Mrs. James Frageau P’08 Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Franklin Jr. P’97 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Freeman P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Heberton E. Fricke III P’14, ’20 Mr. Frederick Fritz Jr. P’95 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Gaffney P’16, ’17 o Mr. & Mrs. David L. Gagnon P’12 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 Mr. & Mrs. John M. Gateman P’99 Mrs. Michele Gaug Pacquee P’04 o Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. George P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Geraghty P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Gianakos P’06 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons ’81, P’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gibbons P’81, G’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Girard P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Glaze ’75, P’07 Mr. & Mrs. H. Kent Goetjen P’07, ’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout Jr. P’17, ’19 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. Paul E. Graff P’82, G’12, ’15 o Mr. & Mrs. George R. Graham P’89 o Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Graham P’84, ’85

News and Notes

The Blue Blazer Ball

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his annual spring dinner and auction gala provides a unique opportunity for the extended Avon Old Farms family to celebrate the traditions and values of this exceptional school, featuring a farm-to-table feast highlighted by both silent and live auction items.

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the Blue Blazer Ball on April 28, 2018; the event was an overwhelming success! The Student Enrichment Fund had a record-breaking year with $140,000 raised. This fund supports enhancements that benefit Avon students in academics, sports, art, and extracurricular activities.

The success of the evening continued with a record amount of more than $95,000 raised that evening for the Outreach Fund. It was established by Avon Old Farms School to provide financial resources, as finances allow, to support students with demonstrated financial need who encounter unexpected financial difficulties. Monies are awarded as outright grants without the expectation of repayment. Thank you for your generous contributions and support.

Mr. Mathew Granger ’74, P’05 o Mr. & Mrs. Shawn R. Grant P’10 o 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. Stephen R. Guglielmo Sr. P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Gurry P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Jay Haberland P’99 o Dr. & Mrs. Hani Haddad P’01, ’07 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. Edward J. Hawie ’55, P’82 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Healy Jr. P’16 Mr. & Mrs. A. Russ Heinke P’90, G’21 Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Helberg P’10 Mr. & Mrs. George (Jeff) Henschel Jr. ’61, P’00 o

BLUE BLAZER SPONSORS LEADERSHIP—$5,000 Frank Capasso & Sons, Inc.

BLUE BLAZER—$2,500 All Waste, Inc. Expresco Foods People’s United Bank Solidus

COTSWOLD—$1,000 Miner’s Inc. Town Fair Tire Centers, Inc.

PAT R O N — $ 5 0 0 Automated Building Systems, Inc. Avon Old Farms Hotel & Seasons Restaurant Benchemark Printing, Inc. Eagle Rivet Roof Service Corp.

Eastern Technical, Inc. George’s Pizza & Restaurant Macri Associates, Inc. Mather Corporation Merrill Lynch Wealth Management The Johnson Group Sanford and Hawley, Inc. Shipman & Goodwin, LLP, Counselors at Law Simsbury Bank Suburban Sanitation Service, Inc Talcott View Development Co., Inc. Veracross, LLC

Ms. Katherine E. Dietze & Mr. William H. Heyman P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm M. Hirsh Jr. ’67, P’03 Ms. Teresa Holland P’09 o Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Holtman P’95, ’98 o Mrs. Charles E. Hopson P’85 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Horn P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Howard P’05 Mr. & Mrs. Joe Huber P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Jay Hutchinson P’06 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Imperatore Jr. P’15 o Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Inwood P’15, ’16, ’19 o Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson VI ’79, P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Jadovich P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jensen P’17, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Johnson P’12 o Mr. Timothy M. Jones & Ms. Annie M. Cardelus P’05 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 Mrs. Donald H. Ketcham P’88 Dr. & Mrs. Sang Tae Kim P’17, ’19 Mr. George Kindel P’14, ’16, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. David L. King P’13 o Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby P’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Justin M. King P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Koichiro Kitade P’95 Mr. & Mrs. Steven T. Klemenz P’02 o Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Knight P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Knight P’16 Mr. & Mrs. George P. Kooluris P’92 o Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Kost P’12 o Mr. & Mrs. Todd Kozak P’14

Mrs. Kathleen Kraczkowsky P’98 Mr. Geoffrey G. Kratz ’81, & Mrs. Lisa Galiano-Kratz P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Kristian P’12 o Mr. and Mrs. William G. Kron H’07, P’89 o Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Kuchman P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Russell W. Lallier P’03 Ms. Kathleen C. LaRocque P’01 o Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Lauro P’09 o Mrs. Carmen L. Leahy P’00, ’04 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. & Mrs. Arthur Leonard Esq. P’17, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. LeRoux P’00 Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Levere P’14 o Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Lindahl P’12 o

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No.1 2018 varsity football Erickson League champions

Mr. & Mrs. Gordon F. Linke P’75, ’78, ’79, GP’16 Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Linke ’79, P’16 o Mr. & Mrs. Wayne P. Lipkvich P’06, ’08 o Mr. James M. Liptrot & Ms. Nancy M. Liptrot P’11, ’12, ’15, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. James Little P’06 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Littlefield P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Lockwood P’15 Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Loewy P’85 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Long P’17 Mr. Bradford W. Lowe P’85 o Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Ludwig P’99 Mr. & Mrs. Brendan B. Lynch ’88, P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch P’88, ’91, G’17 o Dr. & Mrs. Richard D. Lynch P’87 Mr. & Mrs. James J. Lyons P’06, ’07, ’11 o Mr. & Mrs. James Y. MacArthur P’92 o Dr. & Mrs. Scott B. MacDonald ’74, P’11 o Ms. Lisanne B. Mackenzie P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Magnus III P’17 o Ms. Marta Mahoney P’07 o

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Mr. Tak Ming Mak & Ms. Mei Wai Poon P’14 o Dr. Carl D. Malchoff & Dr. Diana M. Malchoff P’07 o Mrs. Christine Malone P’01 o Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Manz Sr. P’82 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Marr P’99 Capt. & Mrs. Douglas B. Marshall ’59, P’95 o Mr. & Mrs. David L. McAndrew P’95 o Mr. & Mrs. Dudley D. McCalla P’82, ’84, ’87 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. McEachin P’07 o Mr. & Mrs. John J. McElroy P’17 Mrs. Gerald H. McGinley P’84 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin P. McGuire P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. McKenna P’15 o Ms. Mary B. McKernan & Mr. Paul Tortorella P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McKernan P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. McLaughlin P’15 o Dr. Sarah McMillan & Mr. Donald McMillan P’11, ’14 o Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. McNealy P’86 o Mr. & Mrs. Armour N. Mellon ’84, P’13

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Mendez P’91 Mr. & Mrs. Todd R. Meyer P’13 o Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Miller P’09, ’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael Miller P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Miller P’91, GP’19 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. Bruce J. Moore P’08 Mrs. Robert H. Moran Sr. P’73, G’04 Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran Jr. ’73, P’04 o Mr. Peter J. Morgan & Ms. Maureen E. Morgan P’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Morris P’11 o Ms. Rose P. Murray P’05 Mr. & Mrs. Dana P. Narlee P’14 Mr. John A. Nave P’98 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 P’17, ’21 o Mrs. Madge H. Nickerson P’00 Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nissley ’65, P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Nobile P’14 Mr. Charles E. Noell & Ms. Barbara Voss P’06 Mr. & Mrs. H. Clifton Northern Jr. P’88 Mrs. Theresa Noseworthy P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Carl Nowiszewski P’06 Mr. Franc P. Oberhammer P’94 o Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Obre P’96 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. Jane Oppong P’16, ’19 o Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway & Mr. James Sadler P’04 o Mrs. Robin S. Paganafanador P’99 Mr. Steven N. Palmer P’02 o Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage P’17 o Mr. Chanik Park & Ms. Eunjoo Ryu P’16 Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Patterson ’67, P’08 Ms. Jill A. Penza P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Petrie P’13 o Mr. Stephen M. Phillips P’14 o Mrs. Susan Piercey P’08 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Pinkham P’91 o Ms. Anne Pinto P’96 Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt Pratt P’19 Dr. Henry J. Pollack & Dr. Suzanne Rosenfeld P’09 Dr. Ellen Preen & Mr. Clifford Preen P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Emmanuel Psaras P’98 Mrs. Elin Pye P’90 o Mr. & Mrs. John J. Quinn Jr. P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Ramsey ’59, P’91 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 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Reimer P’85 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. & Ms. Darren B. Riggle P’17 Dr. & Mrs. Alan Rissolo P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Rogers Jr. P’06 Mr. William J. Roland P’96 o Mr. Todd D. Root P’15, ’20 Mrs. Nancy P. Ross P’12 Dr. Kenneth O. Rothaus & Dr. Paula Rothaus P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Denis G. Roy P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky ’62, P’91, ’94 o Mr. & Mrs. Len Rubenstein P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Barry Rubinfeld P’10 o Mr. & Mrs. Bernhard Ruhlig P’09, ’15 o 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 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Ryan P’09, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Edmund E. Sanford ’77, P’15 o Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Sargent ’72, P’05 o Mr. & Mrs. Philip K. Schenck P’90 Mrs. Rachael C. Schlegel P’97 Capt. John J. Schneider & Ms. Cynthia A. Kroger P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Schwartz P’93 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Seeber P’14 o Mr. & Mrs. William Seiden P’00 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 Mrs. Gail Sheflott P’04 o Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Sica P’08 Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber 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 Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. duPont Smith Sr. P’17, ’19 o Rev. & Mrs. Larry W. Smith P’03, ’04 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg P’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Spearman IV P’14, ’15, ’18 o 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. Michael C. Stanley P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Stay P’96, ’97 o Mr. Henry J. Steck P’78 o Mrs. Laura M. Stichter P’88 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. & Mrs. Walter B. Suski III P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Swerdlick P’16 Mrs. John C. Swett P’85 o Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Symes P’81, GP’16 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 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Theis P’06 o

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick D. Thibadeau P’00, ’02 Mr. & Mrs. Sylvain Thibault P’16 Ms. Helen H. Thomas P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74, P’03, ’08 o Mr. Lee K. Tiernan P’13 Mr. W. Scott Tiernan ’70, P’99, ’05, ’08 d Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Torey P’09 o Mr. & Mrs. George G. Touponse III P’14, ’14 o Mr. & Mrs. George M. Trautman H’98, P’81, ’82, GP’03 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 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 Mr. & Mrs. E. Paul Warner P’00, ’01, ’05 o Mr. & Mrs. Damian Wasserbauer P’09, ’12

Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Watson P’70 o Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Wenstrom P’02 Dr. & Mrs. Lynn W. Whelchel Jr. P’86 Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. White ’80, P’14 o Mr. & Mrs. Pendleton P. White P’80, G’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. Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16 o Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Jan Witkowski P’15, ’16 Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell W’75, ’08 o Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Wowk P’14, ’15 Mr. William W. Wylie Jr. P’99 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yen P’12 o Mrs. Gayle Youlden P’07 Mr. Lincoln C. Young ’77, P’10 o Dr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Yozwiak P’04, ’06 o Dr. Dori Zaleznik P’09 Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky P’08, ’15 o

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On a beautiful spring day, Dr. Sandford’s biology class photographed and identified wildlife while exploring the streams on Avon’s campus.

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Grandparents of Students & 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.

2017–201 8 GR ANDPARENTS CHAIRS

Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Deckers P’87, ’90, GP’18, ’20

Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Ahern P’86, GP’12 Ms. Josephine Allen GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Walter Anderson GP’18, ’19 Mrs. Sue Andrews GP’17 Ms. Julia Ayd GP’21 Mrs. Bernadette Banks GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Bartkiewicz GP’16, ’18 o 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. Murray Buttner GP’19

Avon’s varsity football team kept the Avon Army in suspense during the under the lights game against Exeter until the very end when the team pulled away with a win.

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Mr. & Mrs. Michael Callahan GP’21 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’18 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher B. Chandor GP’19 Mrs. Anne Clarke GP’16, ’21 Mrs. Arlene Cohen GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. Rocco Davino Jr. GP’14 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard Davis GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Pasquale DeBlasio GP’13, ’15 Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers P’87, ’90, GP’18, ’20 o Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Delessio GP’13, ’18 Ms. Janice DelloIacono GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Desjardins GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Di Bona GP’19, ’21 Mrs. Barbara Dombek GP’14, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling P’91, GP’00, ’21 o Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Paul Driggs GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. Russel Duryea Jr. GP’14, ‘20 Drs. Eldon & Ellie Epp GP’18 Mrs. Valerie Erickson GP’15, ’21 Mrs. Joyce Eschbach GP’19 Mr. Walter Farnam GP’18 Dr. Joseph Farraye GP’16 Mr. Paul Fay GP’03, ’05 o Ms. Carole S. Fenoglio GP’18

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Fiondella GP’12 o Dr. & Mrs. Henry E. Flanagan H’18, GP’16, ’19 o Ms. Anna Frigault GP’20 Mr. and Mrs. Orson Gadowsky GP’20, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gibbons P’81, G’11 o Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Girard GP’17 o Ms. Luz E. Gonzalez GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Gordon P’90, GP’21 o Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Graff P’82, GP’12, ’15 o Ms. Cornelia Gray GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Herbert T. Gresh P’90, GP’16 o Mr. & Mrs. Richard Guimond GP’12 Mrs. Terry F. Hallock GP’11 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, G’21 Mr. & Mrs. James Higgins GP’20 Mr. Earl Horton Sr. GP’16 o Mrs. Florence Hutchinson GP’06 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 Mrs. Olga A. Kalandova GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. James E. Kassel GP’06, ’08 o Mrs. Anne H. P. Kelsey GP’15, ’20 Dr. & Mrs. John Kim GP’18

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Grandparents Day

A hands-on approach to learning sparks students’ interest in the classroom.

Mrs. Verne-Marie Kozak GP’14 o Mr. Petro Kulynych GP’93, ’95. ’10, ’14 d Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Lawrence GP’18 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 Mr. & Mrs. Paul I. Lohr GP’18 Mr. Paul R. Long GP’17 Mrs. Ella Lee Lowrey GP’18 Mrs. Leontina Lucas GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch P’88, ’91, G’17 o Mr. & Mrs. Alaster MacDonald GP’18 Mr. Donald R. Mackay GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jon Manafort GP’19 Ms. Sandra Marshall GP’18 Mrs. Nedra Martz GP’10 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. McCarthy GP’14, ’16, ’18 o Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Miller P’91, GP’19 Mrs. Robert H. Moran Sr. P’73, G’04 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Moseley III GP’09 Ms. Judith Mulholland GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Murray GP’18 Mrs. Julia A. Nagy GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. Pasquale Nastri GP’18 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 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 Mrs. Sheila Palandjian GP’18 Mrs. Deborah Perry & Mr. Peter

Courtney GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Perry GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rease GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Donald Rettaliata GP’16, ’21 Mrs. Mary Louise Reyen GP’18 Mrs. Vivian Romano GP’19 Mrs. Patti Runkel GP’10, ’14 o Mr. & Mrs. William Rusden GP’19 Ms. Elizabeth Sava GP’21 Ms. Maggie Savage GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Steltjes GP’13 o Mr. & Mrs. Howard Sulkin GP’19 Mrs. Margaret Summers-Crosby GP’18 Ms. Cynthia Swift-King GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Symes P’81, GP’16 Ms. Patricia Taupier GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Thompson GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Thompson GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. George M. Trautman H’98, P’81, ’82, GP’03 o Mr. & Mrs. Chester Trzaski GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Austin Tucker GP’19 Mr. & Mrs. George Unhoch GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. Martin Vega GP’12, ’17, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Vernon GP’20 Mr. & Mrs. Willard T. Walker GP’15, ’19, ’19 Ms. Leslie Weathersby GP’18 Mrs. Norma Weisenburger GP’89, ’13 o Mr. John Welch GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Pendleton P. White P’80, G’14 o Mrs. John H. Wise Jr. GP’09 o Mr. James Wiseman GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Wunsch GP’21 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Zarb GP’19 Mrs. Anne Zimmerman GP’19 Mrs. Barbara J. Zyla GP’18

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ednesday, May 3, 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 to spend a day shadowing their grandsons. From visiting their grandsons’ classrooms and sharing a meal prepared by Avon’s talented culinary team to taking in concerts and athletic contests, a great time was had by all, sharing special family moments on the beautiful Avon campus.

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Current Faculty & Staff Giving Avon celebrated 100 percent faculty monetary support for the sixth 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 1 Dr. Jeffrey Asmar 2 Mr. Geoffrey R. Barlow ’98 o 16 Mrs. Ari Bartkiewicz P’16, ’18 3 Ms. Kathleen Barzun o 9 Mrs. Ann Beloin o 11 Mr. Matthew J. Biggart ’02 o 7 Mr. Chris Bolster 3 Maj. John M. Bourgault USMC (Ret.) ’80, P’09 o 14 Mr. Edward J. Brennan Jr. P’17 o 23 Mr. Pierce Brennan 4 Mr. Dante Brito 2 Mr. David Burnham 4 Mr. Graham R. Callaghan ’95 o 15 Mrs. Heather Callaghan o 12 Mr. Roger D. Cantello P’17 o 5 Mrs. Debra Case o 25 Mr. Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07 o 42 Ms. Christine M. Coz P’09, ’10 o 12 Mr. Jonathan A. Crocker P’11 o 24 Mrs. Kimberley H. Crocker P’11 o 17 Mr. Brian E. Cugell o 14 Mrs. Morgan Cugell o 11 Mr. Arthur B. Custer P’04, ’05, ’10 o 36 Mrs. Michelle Custer P’04, ’05, ’10 o 27 Mr. Ryan Davey o 6 23 Mr. Peter J. Deckers ’90, P’18, ’20 o Mrs. Marie Delnicki P’81, ’87 o 42 Ms. Robin Delnicki 3 Mr. James M. Detora P’12 o 25 Mr. Robert A. Dowling Jr. ’91, P’21 o 23 Mr. Brian P. Doyle P’12, ’14 o 25 Mrs. Lara Ann Doyle P’12, ’14 o 17 Dr. Christopher Doyle 1 Ms. Dawn Driggs P’18 3 Mr. Kevin J. Driscoll ’72, P’08 o 40 Mr. Robert M. Dully 2 Mr. Paul B. Duwan ’85 o 4 Mr. Peter M. Evans P’98, H’18 o 47 Mrs. Susan Evans P’98, H’18 o 28 Mrs. Mercedes Featherston P’20 o 23 Mrs. Kimberly Finn-Bolster 3 Mr. Robert J. Fiondella ’12 1 Dr. Henry E. Flanagan H’18, GP’16, ’19 o 19 Mrs. Deborah Leigh Garber P’99, ’03 o 21 Mr. John Gardner o 43 Mr. Matthew Golchin 2 Mrs. Jennifer Hill P’20 o 7 Mr. Daniel Hodgson 3 Mr. George Hunkele 1 Mrs. Samantha Jensen P’17, ’19 4 Mr. James W. Kassel P’06, ’08 o 24 Mrs. Jacqueline Keller 2 Ms. Kristen Kerwin 2 Mrs. Donald H. Ketcham P’88 36 Mrs. Susan Kohn 1

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Mr. John M. Kowalchick ’99 o 4 Mr. Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10 o 37 Mr. Keith Lee o 7 Mrs. Alexis Lee 2 Mr. Shelton Magee o 5 Mrs. Alison Magee o 5 Mr. Brian C. Malchoff ’07 o 7 Dr. Diana M. Malchoff P’07 o 12 Mr. Joseph Martinez o 5 Mrs. Holly Mathews o 8 Ms. Elizabeth McCubbin 3 Mr. David McElheny o 39 Ms. Katherine L. McSpadden o 6 Mrs. Claudine Meaney 1 Mrs. Kaity E. Mehleisen o 6 Mr. Daniel Mehleisen o 1 Mr. Arthur C. Mehos o 20 Mr. William Mella P’20 o 6 Mr. Patrick J. Miller ’07 o 6 Mrs. Jackie Morr P’19 4 Ms. Jennifer Moyer 1 Mr. James O’Leary 3 Mr. Stephen O’Leary 2 Mr. Robert Orenstein o 6 Ms. Sarah Paquet 2 Mr. Michael J. Pereira ’10 1 Mrs. Cristina Pinton o 6 Mr. Matthew Proffitt 2 Ms. Anne Raftery o 9

The 2018 Nimrod Club prepares the last dinner at the cabin before embarking on the exciting mission of rebuilding the cabin with the help of their club leader, Mr. Kassel.

Mr. William A. Reller P’18 12 Mr. Peter M. Rice ’76, P’15 o 24 Mr. Timothy Roller o 22 Mr. Oliver K. Rothmann ’11 8 Mr.Benjamin Schloat o 8 Mrs. Carol Seeber P’14 o 11 Mrs. Lenore Severni P’07 o 17 Mr. Glenn A. Sieber P’17 o 11 Mrs. Maureen H. Smith P’14 o 18 Mr. John J. Spearman IV P’14, ’15, ’18 o 7 Mr. Trevor Stern o 6 Mr. Raymond D. Sweetland o 11 Mr. Michael T. Symes ’81, P’16 o 10 Mr. Joseph Thompson 1 Dr. Katie Thorner o 7 Mr. Darell Tibbles o 5 Mrs. Anne Townsend 8 Mr. George M. Trautman H’98, P’81, ’82, GP’03 o 49 Mr. Timothy L. Trautman ’75, P’03 o 3 Mr. Rene Twarkins 14 Mrs. Carmen Vega P’12, ’17 o 3 Mrs. Melissa Vega P’19 3 Mrs. Sarah Wallace 4 8 Mrs. Kimberly Whitty P’16 o 7 Mr. Robert J. Whitty ’87, P’16 o Mr. Robert Werner 1 Mr. Daniel E. Wilcox 2 Mr. Richard Yen P’12 o 11

News and Notes

The Peter M. Evans History Initiative The 2018 Peter M. Evans History Initiative featured New Yorker writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Dexter Filkins and PBS/BBC reporter and Emmy-winning filmmaker Ramita Navai in addressing this year’s topic: war, religion, and society in the Middle East.

Dexter Filkins was a correspondent for the New York Times who covered the Taliban government in Afghanistan before the 9/11 attacks. He went back to Afghanistan post-9/11 to report on the end of the Taliban regime and also spent more than five years covering the Iraq war for the Times; he drove a rented Chevy Suburban from Kuwait City to Baghdad just behind advancing US forces in 2003. In 2004, Filkins was embedded with U.S. Marines in Fallujah and witnessed brutal street-to-street fighting.

Filkins wrote a memoir of his war experiences, The Forever War (2008), that won the National Book Critics Circle Award for best nonfiction in 2008. His Pulitzer for war reporting came in 2009. He joined the New Yorker in 2011.

Ramita Navai is an author and a filmmaker. The daughter of an officer in the pre-revolutionary Iranian navy, she was born in Iran and is now a British citizen living in London. When the Islamic Revolution of 1979 drove out the second Pahlavi shah, Mohammed Reza (1941–1979) and destroyed the imperial armed forces, the family went into exile in Britain where Navai grew up. A British Daily Times correspondent in Tehran between 2003 and 2006, she lost her accreditation, worked as a teacher and began to collect stories of the traditional families, and south Tehran underworld that make up the core of her book, City of

Lies. The book illustrates how the Islamic Republic, for all its unworldliness, has survived for 35 years and why a leader such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a former president, was able to command a following. Navai also has made many documentary films and won an Emmy in 2012 for the PBS Frontline film, Syria Undercover, on the Syrian civil war.

In addition to participating in the Evans History Initiative, Navai also “dropped in” on (via Skype) America’s “War on Terror,” 2001–2017, a January Intersession course, to share her firsthand insights on the topic.

To prepare students for this year’s speakers, Dr. Chris Doyle spoke at multiple morning meetings about the correspondents’ credentials and work and even shared clips from both. On Thursday, April 5, Syria Undercover was screened in the Brown Auditorium.

Filkins was on campus Monday, April 23, and Navai was on campus both Monday, April 23, and Tuesday, April 24.

They were welcomed into history, English, photography, and film classes as well as onto the Avon stage for an all-school presentation to speak about their experiences in unstable regions, the lessons they learned while reporting undercover, their lives as journalists, and the politics of war.

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Friends Giving

In-Kind Gifts

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

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

Anonymous Mrs. Jennifer F. Asmar Mrs. Marion Barrak Mr. Brian Beloin Mrs. Danielle Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Courtney F. Bird Jr. Mr. Paul Case Mr. & Mrs. J. Eddy G. Craig Jr. Ms. Lindsay A. Crouch Ms. Elizabeth B. Currier Mrs. Ryanne Davey Ms. Sally Dengenis Mr. Michael Doumaux Mr. Klajd Drogu Mrs. Bev Doyle Mrs. Kathleen Dully Mr. Huntington Eldridge III Mrs. Miriam Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Giella Ms. Isabel Gonzalez Mr. & Mrs. William Hart Mr. & Mrs. David Hemenway Mrs. Lisa Hodgson Mr. Michael Keller Mrs. Warner W. Kent Jr. W’40 Mrs. Anna Martinez Mr. James Mathews

Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. John K. Anderson P’20 Avon Prime Meats Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Baio P’18 Mr. J. C. Boyd III ’67 Ms. Kay Miller Brown Mr. & Mrs. Dale K. Cline P’93, ’95 GP’14 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Clinton P’02, ’02, ’10 Mr. Duncan M. Cooke ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Porter Davis P’21 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers ’90, P’18, ’20 E & R Laundry & Dry Cleaners ESPN, Inc. Farmington Miniature Golf Course & Ice Cream Parlor Mr. & Mrs. Eric Fekete P’20, ’21 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Gardella P’19 Dr. & Mrs. Christopher K. Hampton ’79, P’09, ’10, ’11 Hitchcock Chair Co. Lloyd Bedford Cox, Inc Dawn Lombardi Gallery

Mrs. Henrietta McElheny Mr. John Meaney Ms. Lisa Morgan Mrs. Trisha O’Leary Mrs. Cherie Orenstein Mrs. Jennifer Proffitt Lt. & Mrs. Luis A. Quinones Mrs. Dawn Roller Mrs. Pamela C. Ruez Christensen W’63 & Mr. Scott Christensen Rev. Jill Saxby Mrs. Jennifer Schloat Mrs. Alyssa Stern Mrs. Katherine Sweetland Mr. Brian E. Tamms Mrs. Melissa Thompson Mrs. Thomas Tongue Mr. Douglas R. Townsend Ms. Catherine Villa Dr. Christopher Wallace Mrs. Rennie R. Washburn W’80 Dr. Timothy I. Watt & Ms. Amity Gaige Ms. Stephanie Weirsman Mrs. Nicole Werner Mrs. Judy A. Wilcox Mrs. Alice M. Williams

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Macmillian III P’14, ’16 Max Restaurant Group Max-A-Mia Ristorante Mr. & Ms. Peter Miklakos P’19 Mr. & Mrs. James G. Reece Mr. Blake L. Ruttenberg ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Jack Sanford S.K. Lavery Mr. Mark Sinatro Super Cellar Warehouse Liquors—Avon Mr. & Mrs. Walter B. Suski III P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Swerdlick P’16 Mr. Timothy L. Trautman ’75, P’03 & Ms. Joan Blanchard Mr. & Mrs. John C. Traynor P’03 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17 Ms. Donna M. Vincent West Side Wines & Spirits Mr. & Mrs. Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17 Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey N. Wiswell ’74

It’s all smiles on Founder’s Day when the ties can come off first thing in the morning.

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DOVER MORRISTOWN & PARAMUS

AVON & FARMINGTON NEW YORK CITY VILLANOVA

CHEVY CHASE RICHMOND ASHEVILLE

JUPITER

Admissions & 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. Emmett M. Avery III ’67 Richmond, VA Mr. Daniel K. Des Marais ’69 Richmond, VA Mr. & Mrs. Heberton E. Fricke III P’14, ’20 Morristown, NJ Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Gozzo P’11, ’12 Jupiter, FL

Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham ’84 Chevy Chase, MD Mr. Timothy M. Jones & Ms. Annie M. Cardelus P’05 New York, NY Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby P’17, ’18 Morristown, NJ Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Lech ’88 Farmington, CT

Mr. & Mrs. Wade L. McDevitt ’82 Villanova, PA Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. O’Neill ’00 Dover, MA Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden ’00 Asheville, NC Mr. & Mrs. Kevin S. Sisti ’08 Farmington, CT

Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Stifel Chevy Chase, MD Mr. James T. Tang ’03 New York, NY Mr. & Mrs. Drew T. Widger ’98 Avon, CT Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell W’75, ’08 Paramus, NJ

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Honorary & 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 Arthur Custer & Jake Spearman Dr. & Dr. Theodore Allen P’21 In honor of Peter Evans Mr. & Mrs. Rolf Andersen P’93 In honor of Dr. Henry “Skip” Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. Steven Anderson P’18 In honor of Jim Detora, Rick Dubious, Dan Murphy, Ron Nentwig & Ross Young Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Archambault In honor of John Gardner Dr. Tasos Aslanidis & Dr. Magaly Del Monaco P’19 In honor of Peter Evans & Skip Flanagan Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Asmar In honor of Jake Spearman Mr. & Mrs. Paul Aughtry III P’19 In honor of Michelle Custer Mrs. Melanie H. Awe P’14, ’17 In honor of all teachers Mrs. Bernadette Banks GP’19 In honor of Kevin Driscoll Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Bannon P’05 In honor of Seth Mendell & George Springer Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Barker ’66 In honor of Samantha Jensen Mr. David G. Barnet & Ms. Julia G. Richards P’16 In honor of Matthew G. Batts Mr. Richard M. Batts & Mrs. Kara Linburg Batts P’18 In honor of Joseph Martinez Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Belenardo P’21 In honor of James Reece Mr. & Mrs. Garrett R. Benton P’20 In honor of Matthew Biggart Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart P’02, ’06, ’08, ’14 In honor of Cristina Pinton Mr. Nicholas K. Birnie ’14 In honor of Dr. Skip Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. John Boger P’19 In honor of Dick Boudria Mr. Richard M. Boudria, Jr. ’02 In honor of Christine Coz & Glenn Sieber Mr. H. Jackson Brady ’11 In honor of Kathy Leis Mr. Jarrett S. Brink ’14 In honor of Jamie Reece Mr. Michael F. Burke & Mrs. Sally Beath-Burke P’15, ’18 In honor of all of the wonderful faculty & staff Dr. & Mrs. David B. Burstein P’20 In honor of Skip Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Callahan P’14, ’17, ’18

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2 legendary coaches awarded the honor of head coach emeritus

In honor of Thomas S. Carroll ’05 Mr. David Carroll & Dr. Barbara Bartlik P’05 In honor of David McElheny Mr. Thomas J. Carroll ’16 In honor of Samantha Jensen Mr. & Mrs. Timothy T. Casad P’18 In honor of John Gardner Mr. Michael S. Cercone ’75 In honor of Henry Coons Mr. & Mrs. Michael Chaho P’20 In honor of Peter Evans & John Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Chandler P’96 In honor of Jim Detora Mr & Mrs. Michael Chang P’21 In honor of Peter Evans Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Chester, Esquire ’80 In honor of Brian Doyle Dr. Donna M. Cipolla P’18 In honor of Christine Coz Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Clark P’09, ’13 In honor of Mike Symes Mr. & Mrs. William H. Colehower P’18 In honor of Dr. Diana Malchoff Mr. & Mrs. Todd Coniff P’19 In honor of Peter Rice Mr. & Mrs. Brendan T. Conry Sr. P’13 In honor of Hank Coons Mr. & Mrs. Casey R. Coons ’07 In honor of Casey Coons Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07 In honor of all my teachers Mr. Shane K. Cooper ’20 In honor of Ryan Davey, Brian Doyle & Michael Symes Mr. & Mrs. Gary J. Corliss P’20 In honor of Geoffrey Barlow Ms. Lindsay A. Crouch In honor of Raymond Sweetland Mr. Conor R. Cummings ’09 In honor of Pierce Brennan Mr. Troy Cummings P’21 In honor of Art Custer, Kevin Driscoll, Peter Evans, Sue Evans, John Gardner & Dave McElheny Dr. & Mrs. Leslie S. Cutler P’91 In honor of Kevin Driscoll Mr. Matthew S. D’Annolfo ’04 In honor of Arthur Mehos Mr. & Mrs. Porter Davis P’21 In honor of Marie Delnicki Ms. Robin Delnicki In honor of Bill Kron, the faculty & Anne Raftery Mr. & Mrs. James M. Detora P’12 In honor of Brian Doyle, Kathy Leis & David McElheny

Mr. Matthew J. Detora ’12 In honor of everybody at the farms Mr. Christian E. Di Antonio ’15 In honor of Art Mehos Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Diaz P’21 In honor of Samantha Jensen Mr. & Mrs. Kevin N. DiNicola P’18 In honor of Dr. Flanagan and Mr. Stern Mr. James J. Dol & Mrs. Cynthia Damon-Dol P’15 In honor of Rob Dowling Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. Dowling ’00 In honor of James Detora Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Doyle P’12, ’14 In honor of Jack Perry Driggs Mr. & Mrs. Paul Driggs GP’18 In honor of all teachers Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ellis P’18, ’19 In honor of Dylan Kasperzyk ’21 Mrs. Valerie Erickson GP’15, ’21 In honor of Chandramouli Narsipur Mr. William F. Fahey, Jr. ’87 In honor of Matthew Jadovich Ms. Beth Fanning P’11 In honor of David Burnham Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Farnam P’18 In honor of Ned Kelley Ms. Carole S. Fenoglio GP’18 In honor of Tim Beneski Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Finnegan ’0 In honor of Art Mehos Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Fitzpatrick ’95 In honor of Henry Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. Sean M. Fox P’17 In honor of Art Custer Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Franklin ’97 In honor of Dante Brito, Graham Callahan, Brian Cugell, Peter Deckers, Matt Golchin, Shelton Magee, Beth McCubbin, Dan Mehlesien, Bill Mella, Matt Proffitt, Jamie Reece, Ben Schloat, Mike Symes & Rob Whitty Mr. & Mrs. Heberton E. Fricke III P’14, ’20 In honor of Mr. Kenneth H. LaRocque Mr. Jonathan P. Fugge ’04 In honor of Mr. Mehos Dr. Henry Furneaux Ph.D. P’21 In honor of James Kassel Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Girard P’17 In honor of Scott Tumperi Mr. John L. Glaspey ’21 In honor of Juan Comella & the Juan Comella Scholarship Mr. & Mrs. Drew S. Graham ’85 In honor of Pete and Sue Evans Mr. Mathew Granger ’74, P’05

Club Forge built a World War II Spitfire aircraft remote control airplane as a tribute to John Gillespie Magee Jr. ‘40, who wrote the poem High Flight.

In honor of Roger Cantello, Malchoff, Joe Martinez, Art Mehos, Katie Thorner & Scott Tumperi Mr. Aiden M. Gravina ’21 In honor of John Bourgault Mr. Matthew H. Grobert ’06 In honor of so many Mr. Richard Gross P’19 In honor of Chris Coz Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Guglielmo Sr. P’15 In honor of Mr. Robert Dowling Mr. & Mrs. David Haden P’21 In honor of Mr. Peter Deckers Mr. & Mrs. William Hartman P’21 In honor of Mike Symes Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Healy Jr. P’16 In honor of David McElheny Mr. & Mrs. David Hemenway In honor of Mr. Dowling Ms. Teresa Holland P’09

In honor of Brian Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Jadovich P’15 In honor of Coach Roller Mr. & Mrs. Elric Jarvis P’20 In honor of Araceli Bartkiewicz Mr. & Mrs. Mark Jemison P’20 In honor of Diana Malchoff & Scott Tumperi Mr. & Mrs. Neal J. Keating P’19 In honor of Peter Rice Mr. James G. Kerr ’06 In honor of Mr. Hodgson Dr. & Mrs. John Kim GP’18 In honor of Night Rider Mr. Graham T. Klehr-Keyes ’04 In honor of Kevin Driscoll & Seth Mendell Mr.& Mrs. Neil H. Kristian ’86 In honor of Henry Flanagan Mr. Ryan G. Lanchbury ’17 In honor of all the amazing teachers Dr. Derrick Landini P’21

In honor of Henry Coons Mr. Erik J. Lanza ’06 In honor of John Bourgault Mr. Ian J. Lapin ’09 In honor of Marty Cole Mr. Benjamin B. LaRocque ’10 In honor of Matthew Philip Lauro Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Lauro P’09 In honor of all faculty Mr.& Mrs. Andrew B. Lawrence ’05 In honor of Kevin Driscoll Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Lech ’88 In honor of Brian Doyle Mr. Mark P. Leeds P’12, ’15 In honor of “My Avon Brother who, silently, needs a helping hand.”

Mr. Andrew M. Leidner ’87 In honor of Peter Deckers Mr. Dane G. Lemeris ’05

In honor of Christopher Doyle Mr. Benjamin A. Levin ’19 In honor of Araceli Bartkiewicz Mr. Reece G. Levin ’20 In honor of Trevor Stern & Michael Symes Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Littlefield P’17 In honor of Scott Tumperi Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Lohr P’18 In honor of Coach Lee Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Long P’17 In honor of Skip Flanagan Ms. Lisanne B. Mackenzie P’13 In honor of all teachers Mr. James M. Malone ’01 In honor of Timothy Roller Mr. & Mrs. Ryan A. Matalon ’04 In honor of all faculty Mr. & Mrs. Bryan J. Matthews ’92 In honor of Trevor Stern Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mazurczak Esq. P’18

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In honor of P.J. Kavanaugh Mr. & Mrs. Albert R. McDonald, III ’04 In honor of Major John M. Bourgault Mr. & Mrs. Todd McLaughlin P’18 In honor of Michael Pereira Mr. & Ms. Peter Miklakos P’19 In honor of Jim Detora & Dan Murphy Mr. Matthew H. Moran ’04 In honor of Peter Evans Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84, P’20 In honor of Skip Flanagan & Ollie Rothmann Ms. Sarah Murphy P’19 In honor of Dr. Skip Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. William Murphy P’19 In honor of Kevin Driscoll Mr. Henry L. Murray, III ’06 In honor of Kathleen Barzun Mr. & Mrs. Robert Murray GP’18 In honor of Norm F. Alam, Mercedes Featherstone & Peter Rice Mr. Justin H. Nave ’98 In honor of Hamilton Nelson Mr. H. J. Nelson III P’01 In honor of John Bourgault, Suzanne Buenaventura, Kimberley Crocker, Jonathan Crocker, Brian Doyle, Daniel Hodgson, Shelton Magee, Katherine McSpadden, William Mella, James O’Leary, Cristina Pinton & Peter Rice Mr. & Mrs. Akiyoshi Niimura P’18

22 Riddlers performed at Utah and Omaha Beach to pay homage on the 74th anniversary of D-Day.

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In honor of Seamus N. O’Brien, Seamus’ Birthday (May 1) and his graduation from Tulane University (May 19, 2018) Ms. Carney Heavey O’Brien P’13 In honor of Cristina Pinton Mr. Luke W. O’Connor ’16 In honor of Juan Comeau Mr. & Mrs. Philip M. O’Connor ’85 In honor of Ms. Elizabeth McCubbin & Mr. Benjamin Schloat Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O’Hare P’19 In honor of Mike Schleer Mr. Nicholas T. Pacquee ’04 & Mrs. Marie Caceres In honor of Bill Kron Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Pegg ’83 In honor of John Bourgault Mr. Ryan Phillips ’18 In honor of Mr. Detora Mr. & Mrs. Samphanh Phommachanh P’19 IIn honor of Dr. Henry Flanagan, Ken LaRocque, Keith Lee, Joe Martinez, Tim Roller, Oliver Rothmann, Trevor Stern & Robert Whitty Mr. & Mrs. Tyrone Pike P’18 In honor of Kevin Driscoll, John Gardner & David McElheny Mr. & Mrs. James B. Polk ’85 In honor of Susan Evans Mr. & Mrs. Justin R. Pool ’04

In honor of Arthur Mehos Mr. & Mrs. Mark Puglielli P’21 In honor of Tim Trautman Mr. & Mrs. Mauricio Quirch P’20 In honor of Kevin Driscoll, Henry Flanagan & John Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Kurt F. Reardon ’80 In honor of Carol Reller Mr. Jacob A. Reiner ’13 In honor of Ryan Davey Mr. William F. Rettaliata ’21 In honor of Christine Coz Mr. Jeremy D. Ross ’12 In honor of John Bourgault & Christine Coz Mrs. Nancy P. Ross P’12 In honor of Tim Beneski Mr. John P. Rotchford ’09 In honor of Ken LaRocque Dr. Aimee Kimball , Mr. Blake L. Ruttenberg ’89 In honor of all faculty and teachers Ms. Leanne Schaaf P’19 In honor of Ben Schloat Mrs. Jennifer Schloat In honor of Brian Cugell Captain John J. Schneider & Ms. Cynthia A. Kroger P’17 In honor of Peter Evans Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Schorr ’67 In honor of Kathy Leis, Art Mehos & Robert Whitty Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Seeber P’14

In honor of Alex Story Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden ’00 In honor of Glenn Sieber Mr. Kevin A. Sieber ’17 In honor of David Burnham & Roger Cantello Mr. Leon D. Smart P’20 In honor of Scott Tumperi Mr. Marshall F. Smith ’19 In honor of all teachers Mr. & Mrs. Garfield Spencer In honor of Tatum Smith Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stifel ’99 In honor of Wilber Durphey, Peter Evans & Sue Evans Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Sulick ’74 In honor of Scott Tumperi Mr. Christopher R. Summers P’18 In honor of Beth McCubbin Ms. Cynthia Swift-King GP’20 In honor of Charles Szuluk Mr. Torren Szuluk P’19, ’20 In honor of Mr. Cantello Mr. & Ms. Alan Taupier P’20 In honor of Mike Castellani & Brian Doyle Ms. Helen H. Thomas P’13 In honor of Mr. Detora Mr. Gavin C. Touponse ’14 In honor of John Bourgault Mr. & Mrs. George G. Touponse III P’14, ’14

In honor of Dr. Henry Flanagan & Oliver Rothmann Mr. & Mrs. George Unhoch GP’18 In honor of Coach Brian Cugell, Coach Keith Lee & Coach Joe Martinez Mr. Joel M. Vega ’19 In honor of Mr. Kassel & Mrs. Pinton Mr. Xavier M. Vega ’17 In honor of Dr. Malchoff Mr. & Mrs. James Votta P’19 In honor of Jonathan & Kim Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Willard T. Walker GP’15, ’19, ’19 In honor of Jonathan Crocker & in thanks for the tuition remission of Audrey and Alison Wallace Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Wallace In honor of Matthew Kowalchick, Coach Keith Lee, Arthur Mehos & Oliver Rothmann Mr. & Mrs. John Warner III P’20 In honor of Dante Brito Mr. Kenneth Tucker & Mrs. Keisha Watson-Tucker P’19 In honor of Mr. Detora Mr. Jacob J. Whitty ’16

In honor of Peter Evans Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Wiacek P’11 In honor of Mr. Chandramouli Narsipur Mr. & Mrs. Drew T. Widger ’98 In honor of Kate McSpadden Mrs. Alice M. Williams In honor of Mr. Peter Deckers, Mr. Kevin Driscoll & Mr. John Gardner Mr. Benjamin T. Williams ’10 In honor of Peter Evans Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17 In honor of all teachers Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Woods ’83 In honor of the amazing faculty & staff Mr. & Mrs. Alan Wunsch P’21 In honor of Mr. Whitty Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Zarb P’19 In honor of Jonathan Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Douglas N. Zeytoonjian P’20

MEMORIAL GIVING In memory of Juan Comella Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Adams ’84 In memory of Ashby Bridgeforth Allen Jr. ’70 Ms. Mary Lee L. Allen P’70

In memory of Emily Baio Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Baio P’18 In memory of Sidney Clark Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Boyd, III ’67 In memory of Sid Clark Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. B. Cargen ’66 In memory of Thomas Cousins P’06 Mrs. Diane Cousins P’06 In memory of Jeffrey Fine Mr. Adam C. Fine ’04 In memory of Brendan Helberg Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Helberg P’10 In memory of Gary Black Mr. Peter D. Hynson ’72 In memory of W.W. Kent Jr. ’40 Mrs. Warner W. Kent, Jr. W’40 In memory of Michael Stradley Mr. Chane F. Keller ’08 In memory of Paul Gordon Smart Mr. Charles W. McLaughlin ’60 In memory of Eddy Craig Mr. & Mrs. Seth F. Mendell ’52 In memory of Sid Clark Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Off, Jr. ’66 In memory of Sid Clark Mr. Timothy C. Orr ’85

In memory of Mitch White Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Protasewich ’73 In memory of R. Allan Ruez ’63 Mrs. Pamela C. Ruez Christensen W’63 & Mr. Scott Christensen In memory of Edward F. Saxby, Jr. Rev. Jill Saxby In memory of Carolyn Mae Spencer 1929–2017 Dr. & Mrs. John S. Spencer, Ph.D. ’71 In memory of Janet B. Steck Mr. Henry J. Steck P’78 In memory of Alex Story ’10 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story III P’10 In memory of Michael W. Stradley Mrs. Janet Stradley P’92 In honor of Sidney Clark Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Travers ’90 In memory of Pedro L. Vega, Jr. ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Martin Vega Jr. P’19 In memory of Pedro L. Vega, Jr. ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17 In memory of Morgan Randrup ’80 Mrs. Rennie R. Washburn W’80 In memory of H. Mitchell White ’73 Mr. Ronald White & Ms. Sue Casher P’73

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Huntington Eldridge III

By Morgan C. Cugell

When Huntington Eldridge III told Avon Old Farms School that he was making a large donation last spring from his Buchanan Family Foundation, a few people were surprised. After all, Hunt is not an Avon alumnus. In fact, he attended a perennial local rival—Westminster School.

Huntington Eldridge III (left) and his father, Huntington Eldrigde Jr. ‘69, enjoyed their time in the outdoors together.

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ut Eldridge feels like part of the Avon family. Avon is where his father, Huntington Eldridge Jr. ’69, spent his senior year and where he fell in love with the outdoors—a passion that endured throughout his career and the rest of his life.

When Peter Evans mentioned that the Nimrod cabin—home to Avon’s oldest club and beyond repair after standing aside Beaver Pond for close to 100 years—needed renovation, Eldridge knew

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it was the perfect way to honor his father’s memory in a place his father had loved so dearly.

The Buchanan Family Foundation’s generous donation provided the funds to support the entire cabin project. Similar to the Nimrod pavilion renovation (2014), Avon students have been an integral, hands-on part of the process. Upgrades to the old log cabin include a large porch and a fireplace. Avon faculty member James Kassel, an advisor

Learn more about the Nimrod project: ww.campaignforavon.com/nimrodcabin

to the Nimrod Club and a master woodworker, planned and designed the new structure to stand on the cabin’s existing site; contractors are finishing the work this summer. Eldridge and the Foundation have received regular updates with photos of the project and are excited to see it come to life.

“Our goal was always to find a project that would have a worthwhile impact on the community or place we chose,” Eldridge explains.

“Additionally, we wanted to find a project that would also have been meaningful and special to my father.

Avon always held a special place in his heart. It was the perfect starting point when we decided to begin the search for a way to honor his memory. When I learned about how much my father had already invested in Avon and discovered that the cabin was in need of repair, I

knew we were on the right path.

“My father served on many boards and committees during his life, including the Buchanan Foundation. He always taught me to look for a gift that had the possibility of having not only a large impact, but a lasting one,” continues Eldridge. “I felt that a new cabin for the Nimrod Club had the potential to have a large impact with many ripple effects for years to come. I knew that my father would be honored to have his name connected with the Nimrod cabin.”

Eldridge notes that despite his father’s short time at Avon, he always considered it life-changing. “In one year, Avon helped show him a path that allowed him to grow into the great man he became,” says Eldridge.

“Avon’s nourishing community, incredible faculty, and the Nimrod

“I believe, like my father,

in the

club’s values. It’s not about having a fancy new cabin but rather having a reason to go spend time with friends enjoying nature and a safe place to learn how to do that together.”

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Club helped my father develop his love for the outdoors, which he then spent his life enjoying—and his career trying to protect.”

After graduating from Avon in 1969, Eldridge Jr. went on to attend Franklin & Marshall College, then moved to Chicago, where he eventually settled at the Northern Trust Bank. In the early 1980s, he joined Ducks Unlimited and worked there as director of development, helping raise funds to preserve wetlands and protect waterfowl and their habitats.

“He was a conservationist to the core, an avid outdoorsman,” states Eldridge. “He spent countless hours trying to protect the outdoors and plenty more enjoying them.”

It was a lifestyle his father shared with his family, explains Eldridge. “The Nimrod Club taught my father more than just how to fish. It instilled in him the value of hard work with your own two hands. It also taught him to appreciate and want to understand more about wildlife, which not only became his career but a lifelong passion—a passion that he shared with me.

I grew up enjoying our time spent fishing and hunting together and the occasional weekend campout in the back yard. I may have attended Westminster, but I know that some of the club’s values are instilled in me because I learned them from my father.”

The new cabin, he says, will allow future generations of Avonians to enjoy the Nimrod Club, develop close relationships, and, hopefully, come to find a love for the outdoors themselves, just as his father did. “I believe, like my father, in the club’s values. It’s not about having a fancy new cabin but rather having a reason to go spend time with friends enjoying nature and a safe place to learn how to do that together.

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“Spending time outside was important for my father because of the bonds and friendships that were formed,” observes Eldridge. “I think it was Thoreau who wrote, ‘Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.’ The Nimrod Club offers an opportunity for boys, at such a critical age—and high school isn’t easy—to make genuine friends by the campfire and lifelong friendships while fishing in Beaver Pond. That’s something pretty special.”

After graduating from Westminster in 2006, Eldridge III followed in his father’s footsteps, attending Franklin & Marshall College, studying theater, and graduating in 2010. He then spent eight years in New York City, balancing a life of auditions and classes with working at the Monkey Bar, meeting and serving many of his idols. He recently moved to Atlanta, working in sales and advertising, and is currently in the process of opening a small restaurant there with his business partner. At the end of the day, he says, he still lives a life he learned from his father.

“Like my dad, I am an avid outdoors man,” states Eldridge.

“I’m happiest with a cold beer and fly on the water, on some quiet remote waterway. Simplicity in life isn’t a bad thing; learning the value of hard work with your own two hands is a rarity these days. I prefer forging my own trail in the backwoods with a dog or a buddy, in hopes that we can emerge from there with a better story than the ones we came in with,” Eldridge explains. “If this new cabin can offer a reason for a student to join the club and learn more about nature, maybe even develop a newfound passion for the outdoors, and that, in turn, becomes one that he shares and enjoys with generations to come … well, then I think my father and I will be pretty happy with the impact this cabin made.”

“If this new cabin can offer a reason for a student to join the

club and learn more about nature, maybe even develop a newfound passion for the outdoors, and that, in turn, becomes one that he shares and enjoys with generations to come ‌ well, then I think my father and I will be pretty happy with the impact this cabin made.

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Riddl Society

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.

Anonymous (25) 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 d 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. Godfrey C. Bloch ’63 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 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 d 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. 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. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans H’18, H’18, P’98 Mr. Andrew H. Fisher ’91 Dr. & Mrs. Henry E. Flanagan H’18, GP’16, ’19 Mr. Thomas Foote & Ms. Constance Williams P’08 Mr. Graham C. Garland ’09 Mr. Matthew H. Gates ’65 Mr. Vere W. Gaynor ’66 Mrs. David L. Geyer P’71, ’78 Mr. Scott M. Goodwyn ’92 Mr. Dean C. Graham ’84 Mr. Rufus K. Griscom ’62 Dr. Robert A. Gryboski ’57, P’88 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 ’59 Mr. Patrick D. Hampton ’10 Mr. Wayne R. Hartigan ’59 Mr. Edward J. Hawie ’55, P’82 Mr. John W. Hawie ’82 Mr. John R. Hebberd ’67 Mr. E. Paul Herbert ’62 Mr. William H. Heyman & Mrs. Katherine E. Dietze 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. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10 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 d Mr. George W. Madeira ’68 Mr. Calvert Magruder ’46 Mr. Brian R. Maitland ’80, P’18 Mr. & Mrs. H. Stanley Mansfield Jr. P’97 Capt. Douglas B. Marshall ’59, P’95 Mr. John W. Maxwell ’86 Mr. Roan A. McClure ’68 d

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. McNealy P’86 Mr. David R. McShane ’59 Mr. Seth F. Mendell ’52, Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 Mr. Jeffrey B. Minnick ’64 Mr. Joseph H. Moglia P’96 Mr. Donald R. Monaco ’55 Mr. 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. Peter M. O’Neill ’81 Mr. Samuel W. Off Jr. ’66 Mr. Rolf H. Olson ’59 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. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber P’17 Mr. Eric J. T. Skemp ’60 Mr. Gregory K. Snow ’79 Mr. Spencer K. Sokale ’64 Mr. Michael L. Straus ’66 d Mr. William M. Strumlauf ’52 Mr. Stephen C. Sumner ’59 Mr. Richard S. Taylor ’58 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Theis P’06 Miss Blair S. Thompson Mr. Charles P. Thompson II ’03 Mr. & Mrs. 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. Warren S. Van Deventer ’63 Mr. Peter K. Van Winkle ’60 Dr. Joseph C. Vecchiarino III ’71 d Mr. Richard W. Walker ’52 Mr. James R. Wardrop ’60 Mr. Philip S. Wellman ’82 Mr. Joseph M. Wells III ’60 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 d Mr. William E. Young ’85

RIDDLE SOCIET Y 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 Mr. John P. Downing ’36 Mr. Robert S. Edwards ’42 Mr. F. Reed Estabrook Jr. ’36, P’63 Mr. John N. Estabrook ’32 Mr. Edgar W. B. Fairchild P’60 Mr. John A. Feist ’51 Mr. Edward L. Greenblatt ’57 Mr. Spencer S. Keyes ’67 Mr. Craig H. Keyston ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Oliver A. Kimberly Jr. ’52 Mr. Petro Kulynych GP’93, ’95, ’10, ’14 Dr. Richard K. Loveland H’59 Mr. George C. Lyon ’34 Mr. Edmund S. McCawley Jr. ’40 Mr. William M. McCawley ’37, P’69 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. Anthony M. Small ’56

To find out more about planned gifts for Avon Old Farms Schools, please contact Robin Delnicki, associate director of Development, at 860-404-4156 or delnickir@avonoldfarms.com.

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Matching Gifts, Companies, & Foundations The companies and foundations that support Avon make an impactful difference.

Thank you to the Avon families who advocate for these special gifts and to the companies and foundations that generously match each gift.

Anonymous (3) Abby and George O’Neill Trust Aetna Foundation, Inc. AIG Matching Gifts Program Alliance Bernstein Amazon Smile American Tower Corporation Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Ann K. Kirby Foundation Austin Family Fund—Charitable Gift Fund of Bank of America Arthur & Elizabeth Godbout Family Foundation Inc. Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Beal Foundation Bessemer National Gift Fund Bill Selig Jewelers Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation, Inc. Bruning Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation Bundy Family Foundation CAF American Donor Fund Campbell Family Foundation Catherine Jefferson Foundation Christie’s Cigna Foundation Citizens Bank Colgate-Palmolive David and Mary Barros Foundation Inc. Deane A. and John D. Gilliam Foundation Djiounas Family Foundation Dula-Kobusch Charitable Trust at U.S. Trust

Edgewell Corporate Human Resources Department Elizabeth Ferry Speer Foundation Fidelity Foundation Franklin Templeton Investments Gates Family Charitable Gift Fund GE Foundation Goldman Sachs & Co. Goldman Sachs Gives Charitable Fund Google Gift Matching Program Gordon F. Linke & Jocelyn B. Linke Foundation Greenwich Radiological Group, P.C. H. L. Brown Jr. Family Foundation Hamilton Family Foundation Hartwell Foundation Helen Trane Hood Charitable Trust Hickrill Foundation Hipp Foundation Hubbell, Inc. Hyde Family Foundation Ingersoll-Rand Co. J. M. Huber Corporation The Jeff Goldman Charitable Trust of Morgan Stanley Gift Kathryn A. Ordway Charitable Trust Kathy and Pat Thibadeau Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Kettlewell Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable Kulynych Family Foundation I, Inc. Kulynych Family Foundation II, Inc.

Lassonde Family Foundation Leesfield Family Foundation Ludwig Family Charitable Foundation at Fidelity Charitable Lynch Family Foundation Marie G. Dennett Foundation Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation MassMutual Matching Gift Center Maximilian E. and Marion O. Hoffman Foundation Inc. McCarthy-Bjorklund Foundation Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Matching Gift Program Moglia Family Foundation Morgan Stanley Charitable Spending Accounts New York Life Nolan Family Foundation Norman Foundation, Inc. O’Sullivan Family Charitable Fund at AYCO Charitable Foundation Petro Kulynych Community Fund at the Winston-Salem Foundation Pfizer, Inc. Epstein Becker & Green Pine Grove School, PTO R. K. Mellon Foundation Richard B. Boeble Family Fund— Vanguard Charitable Endowment Robert and Francine Goldfarb Family Fund of Fidelity Charitable Russell Investments Matching Gifts

Schwab Charitable Fund Sinesia and Bill Karol Charitable Trust Seshu Photography LLC Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. State Street Corporation Matching Gift Program Steven L. Merrill Family Foundation Susquehanna International Group, LLP T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation, Inc. T. R. Paul Family Foundation Teel’s Marsh Foundation Tharpe Foundation Thornedge Foundation Todd and Erin Meyer Family Charitable Trust at Schwab Charitable Fund Travelers UBS Matching Gift Program United Technologies United Technologies Charity Trust Account UTAS Employees Helping Hand Fund Vincent Dowling Family Foundation Voya Foundation Walks Foundation, Inc. Walt Disney Company Foundation Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program West Avon Congregational Church Western Union Foundation William E. Weiss Foundation Williamson Family Charitable Foundation— UBS Donor Advised Fund

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Endowments, Funds Functioning as Endowments, or Special Purpose Funds Avon, through the generosity of its many loyal supporters, has under management funds totaling more than $57 million as of June 30, 2018. For additional information about endowments at Avon Old Farms School, please contact Robin Delnicki, associate director of development, at 860-404-4156.

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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 The 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 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 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 Roger G. Wing ’71 Scholarship Fund Richard H. Woodwell ’75 Scholarship Fund

LIBRARY FUNDS

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alumni competed in the 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships.

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

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

FA C U LT Y F U N D S A N D AWA R DS 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 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 Music T. K. Curtis Jr. Endowment for Faculty 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 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 McShane Endowment for Off-Campus Charitable Activities Memorial Fund Rothschild Endowment Fund for Academic and Athletic Excellence Leading Edge Endowment Fund

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

News and Notes

Farewell to Coach Skip Flanagan This spring, Dr. Henry “Skip” Flanagan announced to the Avon Old Farms community that, after nearly 20 years with us and 50 years of working in the world of independent schools, he would retire as of June 30, 2018.

To

honor Coach Flanagan, a commemorative ceremony was held on Saturday, May 12, at one of the last varsity lacrosse home games of the season. Headmaster Ken LaRocque was flanked by Dr. Flanagan’s wife, children, and grandchildren as they presented Coach Flanagan with a detailed proclamation announcing Dr. Henry H. Flanagan Jr. as the head coach emeritus of the Avon Old Farms School varsity lacrosse program.

They also presented him with a lacrosse jersey, a duplicate of which will hang in the student center on permanent display.

In his usual eloquent fashion, Skip wrote letters to several constituencies to let them know of his decision to retire and share one last time how much the Avon community has meant to him: “I have always considered the lacrosse field itself as one more classroom—herein the magic is found. In the academic arena, one is taught, challenged, and tested. Preparation, determination, and dogged effort are all part of the academic rhythm if progress is to be realized. This formula is also essential on the field of play. In both settings, you have experienced the joy of success as well as the frustration and disappointment of failure. But along the way, you have set goals, disciplined yourself to perform at your very best, and reached for a collective result, shared with your classmates. Even more, you have learned the nature of being humble in victory and gracefully resolute in defeat, both

needed in today’s world. It has not been by accident that the award for good sportsmanship here in New England has been conferred upon Avon on more than one occasion.

Of and by itself, the real value of our sport comes only in the application of what is learned in playing when applied to the vicissitudes of life itself. The friendships and goodwill manifested along the way must be considered a type of ‘value added,’ as the English might observe.

“It has been my pleasure and honor to serve Avon Old Farms. I will always be thankful for what the game has brought my way and for relationships that continue to be meaningful.

Your loyalty and kindness toward me know no bounds. I will always remain in your debt.”

Following in his footsteps as head lacrosse coach will be Keith Lee. A member of the faculty for the past seven years, Keith has the current title associate head coach.

We wish Coach Flanagan all happiness in his retirement and look forward to having him return to campus often.

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Report of Annual Giving

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L E T T E R F R O M T H E C H A I R M A N O F T H E B OA R D

Dear Avon Family, I’m pleased to report that our fiscal year ending June 2018 was conducted with proper discipline and attention to our school’s fiscal operations. As the chairman of the Board of Directors, I, as well as the Board, continue to oversee a conservative budgeting process that supports a balanced budget for the school while focusing on enhancing our endowment.

This year, we have once again maintained positive operating financial results. This facilitates our mission and helps our school aspire and persevere.

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ulfilling our mission requires a significant commitment to our students and faculty. Avon must balance our school expenses with income generated from tuition, annual fundraising, and the endowment.

The 2017–2018 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 last year, we continued to invest in our people, programs, and facilities. 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.

Aspirando et Perseverando

Marty Cole H’16, P’04 Chairman Avon Old Farms School Board of Directors

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Statement of Financial Position

AVO N O LD FA R M S SCH O O L Unaudited consolidated statement of activities July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018

REVENUES AND OTHER SUPPORT

Tuition and fees, net of financial aid

$18,798,105

Contributions

6,253,036

Investment return utilized for operations

1,732,287

Auxiliary services and activities

1,628,535

Total Revenues

28,411,963

EXPENSES REVENUES

PROGRAMS

Instructional support

8,541,720

Student support

2,217,635

SUPPORTING SERVICES

Operations and maintenance Institutional support Administration Fundraising

FUNDRAISING GIFTS: 22%

4,751,123 612,944

2,189,296 901,297

Auxiliary services and activities

893,979

Change in net assets, operations

OTHER INCOME: 12%

3,642,604

Interests and fees

Total Expenses

NET TUITION AND FEES: 66%

23,750,598 4,661,365

OTHER CHANGES

Contributions and grants

832,904

Provisions for uncollectible pledges

(83,389)

Investment return, net of fees

3,568,649

Investment return utilized for operations

(1,732,287)

Depreciation and amortization

(2,119,687)

Gain on disposal of equipment

11,700

Change in value of swap agreement

1,020,476

Total other changes

1,498,366

Change in net assets

6,159,731

Net assets, beginning of year Net assets, end of year

88,948,651

EXPENSES

C O M P E N S AT I O N A N D B E N E F I T S : 6 0 % STUDENT AND PROGRAM EXPENSES: 13% PHYSICAL PLANT EXPENSES: 12% DEBT SERVICE: 7% A D M I N I S T R AT I V E E X P E N S E S : 8 %

$95,108,382

Please note that these results are unaudited. The fiscal year 2017–2018 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 2018 and will be furnished upon request.

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“The brotherhood is why I support Avon each year. I want the current and future Men of Avon to have a similar experience to mine. As an active member of the alumni base, I’ve met men that graduated decades before me, and this upcoming year I am proud to claim a decade following. I want to ensure we continue to prepare the boys for the world after the farm.”

—IAN J. LAPIN ’09

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“I give to Avon because

I know what that school can do for the boys. The school was generous to me, and I believe in giving back.

I think about the boys that need help to attend. I think about the teachers who work seven days a week. I think about the refectory and the athletic facilities. I think about the future and where leadership is trying to bring the school. I believe in my heart that I should support the school’s mission. It’s not a cliché; Avon is the best school for boys.”

— DRE W T. WIDG ER ’ 98