Avonian - Fall 2008

Avonian The

Fall-Winter 2008

10 Years at Avon Old Farms School 2007-08 Annual Report

| Riddlers Tour Europe | Reunion 2008 | Michael Nouri ’64

Avon Old Farms School Established 1927

Headmaster Kenneth H. LaRocque

Provost John T. Gardner

Editor Morgan L. Cadwell

Designer Good Design, LLC www.gooddesignusa.com

Alumni Notes Lizabeth Abramson

Photographers Peter Deckers ’90 Thomas M. Honan Jonathan Lester ’63 Patrick Murray Spencer Sloan Timothy Stay ’97 Studio 970

Printer Lithographics, Inc., Farmington, CT

Contributors Thanks to everyone who contributed to this magazine. Special thanks to Lizabeth Abramson, Cheryl Benoit, Art Custer, Peter Deckers, Jim Detora, Susan Haile, Carol Ketcham, Ken LaRocque, Ron and Sue Nentwig, Robert Palmer, Dan Seiden, Michael Stradley, Tim Stay, Christine Walder, Brendon Welker, and Glenn Wilcox.

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The 2007-2008 Riddlers perform inside the stunning Salzburg Dom Cathedral in Salzburg during their summer tour of Europe

Letter From the Editor

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Seventy-Fifth Commencement Exercises

Dear Readers, The last 10 years at Avon have been tremendous; I chose to highlight this time period as the theme of the fall Avonian.

Looking at a decade of positive change certainly presented a challenge, though—what to choose? I think that the feature article, a visual timeline of many of the goings-on from 19982008, is certainly reflective of all the work the school has done, and is continuing to do, to make Avon an even better place for its entire family.

You’ll also see a few new things in this issue. “AOF U” will be a regular feature that follows up with young alumni currently in college.

Additionally, I conducted a survey in the July eNews to collect some notable “favorites” from students of the classes of ’98–’08—you’ll catch those results in here, too. Finally, you’ll see the return of the Annual Report.

I hope you enjoyed the summer, wherever it may have taken you. I spent my days on a relatively quiet Avon campus, and am now enjoying the hustle and bustle of fall! As always, I welcome any questions, comments, or suggestions you may have, and can be reached at cadwellm@avonoldfarms.com or (860) 404-4239.

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by Susan Haile 79 The Last Word: What Will You Remember Most?

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Cover photo: Faculty, administration, and staff members of Avon Old Farms School who have each seen plenty of change: they’ve all been here for ten years or longer. 1. Ken LaRocque 2. Barbara Rozinsky 3. Kathryn Leis 4. Donna Coles 5. Kimberley Crocker 6. Susan Evans 7. John Guarda 8. Peter Rice ’76 9. Lara Doyle 10. Michelle Custer 11. Gail Laferriere 12. Carol Ketcham 13. Mercedes Featherston 14. Peter Evans 15. Jim Detora 16. Brian Doyle 17. Ted Brennan 18. Brendon Welker ’91 19. Vivian Carle 20. Arthur Custer 21. Deborah Garber 22. Marie Delnicki 23. Jonathan Crocker 24. George Trautman 25. James Kassel 26. John Gardner 27. Christine Walder 28. Robert Frenette 29. James Kirschner 30. Larry Gagne 31. Troy Johansen 32. Susan Nentwig 33. Ronald Nentwig 34. Peter Deckers ’90 35. David McElheny 36. Timothy Beneski 37. Robert Dowling ’91 38. Kevin Driscoll ’72 39. Steve Kraft 40. Robert Liebeck 41. Arthur Mehos Missing from photo: Debra Case, Henry Coons ’71, John Riley, and Timothy Roller. Photo by Spencer Sloan.

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t has been 10 years since I began my tenure as the Headmaster of Avon Old Farms, and as I look back at the past decade and all that has transpired, I count my blessings because of all the support I have received from members of this school community during this period.

From our Board of Directors, to my administration, to our faculty, our staff, our alumni, our parents, and, of course, our students, I have been fortunate to work with individuals who understand the concept of team and who have been willing to put aside their own agendas in order to further the cause of Avon Old Farms School. The results of this coalition of people, all pulling in the same direction, have been impressive, and, today, Avon Old Farms is stronger than it has ever been.

In the fall of 1998, I took over the leadership of Avon Old Farms, and I was fortunate the school was in fine shape. George Trautman, with whom I had worked for 17

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years, was an insightful, effective leader of Avon for almost three decades, and the fruit of his labor was evident in the school I inherited. Admissions were strong, we had finished 1997 with a financial surplus, our faculty was excellent, and we had just completed our 10-year review for re-accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), receiving a glowing evaluation from the Visiting Committee.

It was at the recommendation of the head of the NEASC Visiting Committee Lance Odden, then the headmaster of Taft, that I led our school in a strategic planning process that challenged everyone involved to question our mission, our most basic assumptions about Avon, and the best way to educate boys. The results of that exercise have served as the foundation of our strategic plan that has directed our progress over the past 10 years.

“As I begin my second decade as the Headmaster of Avon Old Farms, I look to the future with great optimism.”

—Headmaster Ken LaRocque

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Over the past decade Avon has fully embraced its identity as a boys’ school by clearly articulating our mission and identifying our core values. We have fundamentally changed our residential life program by adopting a vertical housing program in which dormitories house students from all grades. Community service has emerged as an important component of school life. We have deliberately become a more diverse community with many more students of color and international students than in the past. Our instrumental music program was born and has matured into a vital component of our performing arts department. A successful student and faculty computer laptop program was created, SmartBoards became a staple in our classrooms, and increased technology has highlighted every aspect of life at school. We have increased our academic support for students by adding a Learning Center to our academic program. Our visual arts program has been enhanced in the area of woodworking with our new state-of-the-art facility. Our athletic program also flourished during this time and we were honored to win two New England Division I Championships in soccer, four in hockey, one in track and field, and one in golf. We have also forged strong, cooperative relationships with Miss Porter’s School and the Ethel Walker School, and regularly interact with their students in community service and the performing arts, as well as in the social arena.

Anyone who has been on campus in the past few years will attest to the wonderful physical renovations and improvements we have made on campus over the past decade. From new and improved faculty housing, to the Ordway Science and Technology Center and the Fairchild Language Lab, to the Brown Student Center,

the Beatson Performing Arts Center and our new athletic complex, to the Carriuolo Lacrosse Field, the Orr Track, and the Globe Corporation Tennis Complex, to our new woodworking facility and power plant, to our new campus entrance, road, and parking areas, we have addressed many of the facility issues that had been identified in our strategic plan. In addition, over the past decade, we have renovated the Chapel, the quadrangle dormitories, and several other facilities on campus.

Our success and growth during the past decade is the result of a team of people honoring our mission and working to fulfill the strategic plan which sprung from it. The leadership of our Board of Directors, especially of our former Board Chairmen Peter Aron and Rolf Olson, and current chairman Dean Graham, has been powerful in the progress we have made. The support of our alumni, parents, and friends has been instrumental in our accomplishments, as have the indefatigable efforts of our administration, faculty, and staff.

As I begin my second decade as the Headmaster of Avon Old Farms, I look to the future with great optimism. We are, once again, in a strategic planning process following our recent re-accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Important issues such as sustainability, security, attracting and retaining quality faculty, student financial aid, and maintaining Mrs. Riddle’s historic campus will need to be addressed in the near future. With our spirit of community and shared mission, and because of the generosity of the Avon family, I know that we will find creative and effective approaches to the challenges we face, while maintaining our student-centered focus and our commitment to quality boys’ education. X

Village Green The 2008 Blue Blazer Ball The 2008 Parents Dinner and Auction was once again a resounding success.

Saturday, April 26th, marked the 32nd year of the annual event, led this year by parent volunteers and Co-Chairmen Lori Solomon P’08, ’10 and Faith Margison P’09. Parents, alumni, and friends gathered in the Field House to bid on hundreds of silent auction items, including Avon Old Farms School exclusives, vacations and getaways, art, jewelry, and many other gifts. A pair of pearl and diamond earrings designed by Donna Vock P’11 spurred many raffle ticket sales. Parents perused faculty wish-list items offered on the Giving Tree and underwrote requested art, academic and athletic needs. In the Refectory, after a dinner

of filet mignon, the live auction began.

Auctioneer and board member Stephen Lash ’58, the chairman of Christie’s Auction House, was a superb presence on the podium, graciously accepting bids in the thousands to benefit the school. Over $19,000 alone was raised to underwrite the Riddlers’ summer tour of Europe. X

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1. Members of the Class of 2008 portray a St. Maarten vacation up for bidding as part of the live auction.

2. Director of Annual Giving Dan Seiden ’00 displays a painting by John Traynor PP’03, up for bidding as part of the live auction 3. Auctioneer and board member Stephen Lash ’58.

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Lori Solomon PP’08, P’10, Co-President Faith Margison P’09, Co-President Karen Rubinfeld, P’10, Co-Vice President Chris Hampton, P’09, ’10, ’11, Co-Vice President Maureen Donahue, PP’07, P’09, Secretary Pharibe Hannan, P’09, Treasurer Anne Lapin, Acquisitions & Sponsorships Lisa Brady, Acquisitions & Sponsorships

Village Green Brown House Reopens The Brown House dormitory is once again home to students and faculty, after being severely damaged by the fire of April 21, 2007. The building was under construction all spring and summer to be ready in time for the start of the school year. Brown House, named for G. Garvin Brown III ’62, officially re-opened at a dedication ceremony in October. The exterior of the new dorm was altered slightly to complement Mrs. Riddle’s vision, while the interior was redesigned to better accommodate students. X

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Academic Spotlight: Civil War in Film & Fiction Art Custer’s Civil War in Film and Fiction class began in 2003. Art, a civil war enthusiast whose brother had taught a similar class in the past, suggested the idea during talks of offering semester classes for seniors.

Since then, the class has grown into a popular elective that examines how the Civil War has been portrayed in both novels and films over the years.

Most classes begin with 20 minutes or so of a film, followed by discussion of the movie, as well as of the assigned fiction. Throughout the semester, films may include Glory, Gods and Generals, and Gettysburg, in addition to several segments of Ken Burns’ epic documentary, The Civil War. Students also complete several reading assignments, featuring Stephen Crane’s Red Badge of Courage, Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind, Shiloh,

by Shelby Foote, The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara, and selected short stories of Ambrose Bierce.

Assessments for the class include reading quizzes and short papers. At the end of the course, students compose their own piece of Civil War fiction.

Custer notes that throughout the semester, the class spends a good deal of time discussing not only the works of film and fiction but also the war itself—complete with reenacting. X

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1. Christine Coz helps out.

2. Casey O’Brien ’10 and Jared Ciejek ’09 work on repairing a wheel 3. Bike Club members: Jared Ciejek ’09, Nick Biekert ’09, faculty advisors Mike Stradley and Christine Coz, Raymond Wiacek ’11, and Casey O’Brien ’10.

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The AOF Bicycle Shop The AOF bicycle shop has been providing services to students in need of bicycle repair since the spring of 2008.

Though the idea stemmed from faculty member Michael Stradley, a biking enthusiast who now advises the group, the shop was launched by the AOF cycling club, in response to the many bikes students were leaving on campus over the years in various states of repair.

Stradley estimates that 70 to 80 bikes had accumulated when he had the idea to restore them, and put them into the Toys for Tots campaign. After obtaining approval, funding, and space in the old temporary classrooms between Brown House and the art building, the idea had solidified and the shop was ready to go.

The early part of the inaugural spring was spent setting up shop and getting some formal training from a  Art Custer, during a Civil War reenactment

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bicycle mechanic. Rob Patterson ’08, Chane Keller ’08, Nick Biekert ’09, and Raymond Wiacek ’11 participated, with additional help from Learning Center Director Christine Coz. The shop operates four days a week, from 3:15 until 5:00, and can do just about any repairs requested, including flat tire replacement, brake and derailleur adjustment, wheel truing, and cassette and chain replacement.

Last spring, the shop reconditioned six bikes, all of which were sold and used to cover expenses and build a fund for donations. The shop also repaired at least a dozen bikes belonging to students and faculty. Though the shop does charge for services, the rates are lower than a typical bike shop; a tune-up costs just $25. X

Village Green Glass, Paint, and Portraits of Hope: Students Visit Professional Artists on Annual NYC Art Trip A collective of Avon art students enjoyed a full day’s escape from campus for the annual NYC Art Trip, organized each year by Mrs. Laferriere.

An early 7:00 a.m. departure brought the group to their first destination, UrbanGlass, at 11:00 a.m. in Brooklyn. A not-for-profit venture, UrbanGlass was the first artist-access glass center in the United States, and is operated as an international center that promotes the use and appreciation of glass as a creative medium. The tour included exposure to a variety of artistic uses of glass: students experienced a professional exhibit by artist David Taborn, saw how glass bead tubing was formed, and witnessed several local artists working in the studio, culminating in a full demonstration of the fabrication of large glass tubing.

The group then parted for lunch at the Half King before a candid visit with contemporary photorealist artist Ben Schonzeit in his SoHo home studio. A pioneer in the SoHo art scene in the 1960s and one of the leaders of the Photorealist movement

in the 1970s, Schonzeit is perhaps best known for his still life paintings on large, arresting canvases that explore the artist’s dream world. The group was treated to a demonstration of the artist’s process of creating such a work, as well as an insider’s glimpse of new projects that Schonzeit has been exploring.

The tour made its final stop at Baruch College for a rendezvous with Portraits of Hope co-founder Ed Massey, witnessing first-hand one of the hundreds of unmistakable “Garden in Transit” taxi cabs. Over 23,000 children throughout the country were involved in painting 80,000 flowers on 750,000 square feet of adhesive panels to make this project a reality. Ed and Bernie Massey initially founded Portraits of Hope in 1995 as a creative therapy program, which has expanded to include a wide array of children and adults who participate with their schools, hospitals, after-school programs, and community institutions in high-profile, motivational art, education, and creative therapy projects that transform

public landscapes. After a short photo presentation from Massey exhibiting more of the projects under way around the world, including signature Portraits of Hope artwork on building towers, a jumbo jet, and even a blimp, the group was able to ask questions and gain insight about the complexities of production and management of such large-scale projects.

As in years past, the Art Trip was a resounding success, and the boys returned late at night, only to be surprised the following day by the Founder’s Day holiday! X

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Interview

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Avonian: Why did you want to become the Warden?

A: How do you plan to manage your duties as Warden?

Ben Beath: I have been on Student Council since freshman year and have always looked up to the Warden as a leader of the student body and the school. Over the years I have come to understand the duties and responsibilities of the Warden and this was a way I felt I could contribute to Avon.

B: I plan to listen to the students and take advice and guidance from teachers and administrators. I will use the talents and energies of the Vice Warden and the rest of the Student Council to accomplish what needs to be done.

A: Why do you think you'll be a good Warden? What are your qualifications?

B: I believe I will be a good Warden because I am totally dedicated to Avon and all the students at the school. I also have a huge respect for the teachers and administrators and welcome the chance to work with them. Because my father and two older brothers graduated from Avon, I have an understanding and high regard for the traditions and way of life at our school.

A: Is there anything you hope to change?

B: I do not “plan” to change anything at Avon. Our school is a unique place with special people and timehonored traditions. I will embrace these traditions and do everything I can to uphold them. However, I am open-minded if change is needed, but I will do everything to perpetuate the successful path the school is on.

A: How do you plan to represent the student body? What about the school in general?

Spring Production: A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was the 2008 spring production at Avon Old Farms School, featuring the men of Avon and the women of Miss Porter’s School. Under the student direction of John Froman ’08, and with faculty advisors Gayle Robinson and Nathaniel Custer, the cast was supported by a committed crew including technical manager Connor Ryan ’09. Set design was coordinated by woodworking instructor Rex Brodie.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play of love and magic set in ancient Athens. The Avon production was an abridged version, still preserving the integrity of the tale, and focusing on four young lovers. Alvinn Paulino ’08 was cast as Lysander, with Ben Custer ’10 portraying Demetrius. King of the fairies, Oberon, was played by Khristian Walker ’08, while the role of Puck went to Robert Eve ’08. Theseus, the duke, was played

by Tony Garofalo ’11, with the role of Egeus played by Graham Nelson ’10. The roles of Peter Quince and Nick Bottom were played by Tyler Eve ’11 and Zachary Albrecht ’08, respectively. X

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B: I want to be open and available to all the students and facilitate the diverse interests at Avon. I will listen to and advocate for all students. I am very aware of the importance of the Warden’s representation of Avon and I hope to lead by example by working hard in the classroom, hustling on the fields, and showing respect to the Avon community. X

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Trevor Biggart ’06 Trevor Biggart left Avon Old Farms for the Eastman School of Music after his graduation in the spring of 2006, equipped with not only his talent and passion for music but also a newly discovered love of classical guitar.

Part of the University of Rochester, Eastman produces well-rounded musicians who have gone on to successful careers as performers, teachers, theorists, and musicologists.

Trevor, an applied music major, is a member of the class of 2010. He performs with his duo partner twice a year and has an annual spring recital, for which he prepares throughout the year. He has also recently begun pursuing a minor in Spanish.

Trevor chose to attend Eastman for its reputation as well as its teaching methods; he has been working with a

private professor, Dr. Nicholas Goluses, whom Trevor describes as a “kindhearted virtuoso.” Furthermore, Trevor cites former Avon faculty member Jeff Miller, who is also currently attending Eastman, as a role model and responsible for introducing Trevor to classical guitar. Trevor was excited to be able to attend school with someone he had admired so much, and who was so influential in shaping Trevor’s love of his instrument.

Trevor describes the workload at Eastman as overwhelming at times, because “on top of nightly homework, tests, and papers, there are at least four hours of practicing every day.”

He goes on to explain that “Eastman does something unique in that it is a frontloading college, meaning that the first two years are full of intensive

classes that do in two years what some conservatories do in four,” which opens up junior and senior years for more practicing and performing.

“Avon prepared me for college by teaching me how to work hard,” observes Trevor.

As far as his future is concerned, Trevor, who currently maintains a 3.56 GPA, notes that he is still very unsure. “Most likely, I will continue my schooling into graduate school and continue performing,” he predicts. “Maybe one day I will get a D.M.A and teach classical guitar at a university. However, I still feel like my options are very open and one day, I may wake up with entirely different career plans.” One thing is for sure—his talent, and his passion, will take him far. X

Lois Lowry Visits Avon Old Farms September 18th was Lois Lowry Day at Avon Old Farms School. Lowry, the first female visiting author in the now six-year-old Visiting Author Program, spent the day on campus visiting classes, signing books, and eating lunch at the head table, as well as meeting with editors from the Avon Record and the Hippocrene. She also presented a conversation about the inspiration behind The Giver, one of Avon’s summer reading assignments, and answered questions at a morning panel attended by the entire school community. The panel was moderated by moral philosophy faculty member Timothy Beneski, and also featured Director of Diversity Lee Huguley ’92, and short story contest winners Conor Cummings ’09 and Nick Biekert ’09.

Lowry has twice been awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal, which honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

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“Around eight o’ clock, the entire Riddlers crew, or the ‘German Riddlers,’ as we liked to call ourselves, departed on our coach to catch the ferry to Staad, Switzerland. Getting off the bus, some still half asleep, we all made our way up to the deck and enjoyed the scenic views. With the sun shining brightly and the wind brisk against our faces, I guess you could say that we truly were living a dream… After lunch, and eating some of the finest sausage around, we yet again got on the bus for another ride, this time to Linderhof.

This was King Ludwig’s ‘hunting lodge’ and palace… After seeing the palace, we all went to the grotto (or cave) Ludwig specifically created for music. A place where the stage with lights was created, a place with vast seating arrangements, and a place with excellent acoustics, this was truly a treat to sing in.” ” –Anthony Cusano ’09, Monday, June 9, 2008

Tour Europe The Avon Old Farms School Riddlers, under the direction of Robert Palmer, spent 10 days in June on a tour of Germany and Austria. The trip was the first foreign jaunt by the talented group in over seven years. Board members, parents, faculty, and friends generously donated money for the trip during the Parents’ Auction, sponsored by the Avon Parents’ Association.

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Performing in five concerts during their 10 days of travel, the Riddlers spent the majority of the school year putting in extra rehearsal time, and returned to campus a week before departure for additional practices.

The summer tour repertoire included sacred works by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Victoria, as well as favorite folk songs, spirituals, and contemporary

a cappella arrangements. A recording of selections from the tour music is forthcoming.

After travel to Frankfurt, the summer concert tour commenced with two performances in one of Austria’s most famous musical cities, Salzburg.

In the hometown of W.A. Mozart, the Riddlers were privileged to sing a concert in the city’s 15th century

“An early wake-up call and a two hour bus ride is always a great

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way to start the morning. Quickly, the day took a positive turn

after we arrived at the Berchtesgaden salt works for a tour… this extremely old mine set in the Austrian Alps knows how to show kids

a great time. After an informative walk through the mine, along with a couple of exciting slides and an underground train / barge ride, the Riddlers were back on the road for our first concert of the

tour in Salzburg. Without question, this singing opportunity was the

greatest of my life. Words can not describe the exquisite intricacy of the enormous Cathedral and the acoustics of the building are

unequalled by any performance hall that I have ever witnessed. Did I mention that W.A. Mozart was born in Salzburg and performed in that same Cathedral for a major portion of his life?”

–Michael Reilly ’08, June 10, 2008

“We arrived at our destination, the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, at 9:45, without knowing exactly what was to happen. The Riddlers knew they were singing, but didn’t know how many pieces or how long… We quickly learned that this church was originally built in the late 1800s and it was one of the first structures built for the newly united German state. The church was badly damaged during the Second World War. The German people rebuilt the structure in the late 1950s and kept the original ruined tower… We sang six of our own pieces: ‘Confitemini Domino,’ ‘Beati Mortui,’ ‘Der Herr Segne Euch,’ ‘This Little Light of Mine,’ ‘Innocent Lamb,’ and ‘Ave Maria.’ The performance went well and we drove in the bus to check into our hotel… The first thing we did was look for a place to eat on the streets of the former East Berlin. It was amazing because the entire area was covered with graffiti, and a lot of it explained the revolutions during the Soviet occupation.”

–Marshall Kock ’08, Sunday, June 15, 2008

cathedral, and later in the beautiful Stiftskirche St. Peter.

After a stop in Munich, the Riddlers visited the picturesque Bavarian Alps, including the walled village of Berching.

There they sang in the Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt, a true Baroque gem. A cruise through the Danube Gorge to Weltenburg Abbey was also a highlight.

From Bavaria, the group traveled to

Leipzig, where they saw the Old City, including the site of the beginning of the “Peaceful Revolution” of 1989, and visited the tomb of J.S. Bach. The Riddlers tour concluded with a stay in Berlin, where the boys toured the city, visited museums, and sang a Sunday service at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, one of modern Germany’s most important landmarks.

“All musicians return from tour better at what they do, there is almost no way around it,” commented director Robert Palmer. “The Riddlers certainly grew a great deal from the musical demands of this extraordinary experience, but I think we all learned a lot about ourselves, as well. I often find that the unexpected events are the most memorable.” X

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seventy-fifth Commencement E xercises, 2008 The 75th Commencement Exercises at Avon Old Farms School took place on May 25, 2008, marked by warm weather, family and friends, and an excited class of 118 young men proudly receiving their diplomas from Headmaster Kenneth LaRocque and Chairman of the Board Dean Graham ’84.

Commencement Day also featured the presentation of Avon’s highest awards, including the Order of Old Farms.

Additionally, the Cashion Faculty Award was presented to Ronald Nentwig for his 10 years of outstanding dedication and service to Avon. Matthew S. Peer received the Fanning Faculty Award for his commitment to Avon over the past five years as a teacher, coach, and advisor. The celebratory weekend also included the presentation of the Cum Laude awards, book prizes, and words of reflection from the 2008 Scholar of Distinction, Jae Taek Hong ’08.

Keynote speaker Michael Nouri ’64 delivered a rousing commencement address to the 2008 grads, delighting the audience with an a cappella performance of “O sole mio” before reflecting upon his time at Avon. Headmaster LaRocque presented Nouri with a Founder’s Medal, one of Avon’s highest awards. X

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Honors , A wards, A nd P rizes The Order Of Old Farms

The Founder’s Medal

The Jennings Cup

Middlebury Book Award

The Order of Old Farms is Avon’s highest award, given to young men “who most generously serve the welfare of Avon Old Farms and who are governed in all their human relationships by a deep sense of honor.”

James P. Chamness Michael E. DiFiglia Blaise F. Driscoll Ryan J. Endorf Peter J. Holst-Grubbe Richard V. Longobardi Brandon J. Moore Robert R. Patterson Alvinn Paulino Evan M. Piercey Kevin S. Sisti Kiho Suh Christopher J. Wolfel Langley C. Young

Distinguished Service to Avon Old Farms School Timothy R. Beaupre Dominic Bergeron Michael Driscoll John W. Froman D. Gregory Henderson, Jr. David R. Hollady Jae Taek Hong R. Marshall Kock, Jr. Adrian P. L'Hostis Eric J. Meyers Jordan B. Pritchett Michael J. Reilly Leslie R. Spalding Preston L. Thompson Khristian D. Walker Daniel A. Witkiewicz

Top Junior Athlete M. Timothy Clark Tully R. Hannan

Nicolas Biekert

Cum Laude Society Academic Excellence Timothy R. Beaupre Nicolas Biekert Ryan J. Endorf Jae Taek Hong Eric J. Meyers Brandon J. Moore Robert R. Patterson Jordan B. Pritchett Michael J. Reilly Kiho Suh Daniel A. Witkiewicz

The Louise B. Adams Award John P. Rotchford ’09

The Peter A. Aron ’65 Award For Community Service Special Distinction in Community Service Brandon J. Moore

The George A. Murray Cup Top Senior Athlete Michael A. Cox

Scholar Of Distinction Jae Taek Hong

Grade Prizes For Academic Excellence

Dartmouth Book Award Christopher K. Hampton

Trinity Book Award Tae Yoon Kim Ford R. St. John

9th Grade—Joseph C. Cusano 10th Grade—Benjamin B. LaRocque 11th Grade—Nicolas Biekert 12th Grade—Jae Taek Hong

Hamilton Book Award

Award For Earnest And Persistent Effort In The Academic Area

John P. Rotchford

Benjamin B. LaRocque

University Of Pennsylvania Book Award Harvard Book Award

9th Grade—Connor P. Doyle 10th Grade—Matthew R. Coz 11th Grade—Michael B. Fogarty, Jr. 12th Grade—Andrew S. Coco

Anthony Cusano

Award For Outstanding Improvement In The Academic Area

The Student Council Spirit Award

Yale Book Award Bradley G. Pelz

Cameron T. Atkinson

Edwin L. Wallace Christopher J. Wolfel

Cornell Book Award

The Student Council Award

Min Ho Lee

Lara Doyle

Paul Lee ’08

art Show The 2008 Art Show was a huge success, showcasing many fine works from students from all class years. Taking place in the Tiernan Room in the Brown Student Center, the show was supervised by Visual Arts faculty members Gail Laferriere, Barbara Rozinsky, Rex Brodie, and Sean von Felden.

Chris Wolfel ’08

Alex Roudette ’11

Kevin Sisti ’08

Brahm Wachter ’08

“This bittersweet transition, the excitement of going into the world as men but with the sorrow of leaving this school, will take some time, and many of us, including myself, will reminisce of “the farm” for many years to come…

Friends, we are ready to take the next step into life. No one knows what the future holds in store for the Class of 2008. Aside from the love we have for this school, the one thing we all have in common is our goal in life: to become positive members of society. We are one step ahead of the game, fellas. The life at Avon has taught us to organize and manage our time well. We are disciplined by our school rules. And most importantly, we have learned the true meaning of brotherhood. Many of

us will not see each other for many years. Yet remember, class of 2008, we are always connected to one another…

Have pride in the fact that your classmates are always supporting you, no matter where you are. Whenever you are facing hardships in life, think back to “the farm.”

Stick to the core values that this school has instilled in you.

You may not know it now, but you carry with you the values of this school and sooner or later, you will realize them and their significance in life.

We have arrived at this institution as boys.

We leave tomorrow as men.”

–Jae Taek Hong, Class of 2008 Scholar of Distinction

James Stallmeyer ’08

John Hodgkinson ’10

Taft Havron ’10 Mike Mangan ’09

Michael Nouri ’64 An offering to the Class of 2008: Be still.

Listen.

Learn to listen within.

Learn the sound of your own voice, the voice that doesn’t speak with words.

The voice that comes from your heart.

It’s real.

It will never fail you.

It will never betray you.

It will never leave you alone.

It is a kind and gentle voice.

It is a powerful voice that eclipses opinion, prejudice and thought.

This voice will light your path wherever you go, in every circumstance.

It is your God-given navigator for life.

Knowing your inner voice is the key to gratitude and gratitude is the key to a meaningful and happy life.

Be still.

Listen.

Enjoy.

You are safe.

“Giving is living. Every time we give, we receive; every act of kindness, every word of encouragement, every time we reach out to another, we are successful, because we are being true to our nature; there is no success greater than being true to who you are…give simply, without fanfare, give without seeking attention or reward; giving is its own reward.”

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college Matriculation

keynote speaker:

Cameron Atkinson........................... Boston College Timothy Beaupre................. St. Lawrence University Alexander Beir.................................. Hobart College Dominic Bergeron........................ McGill University Douglas Beyer....................................Trinity College Erik Biggart................................University of Miami Travis Blanchard....Eastern Connecticut State University Alexandre Boulos...... George Washington University Spencer Bova.................................... Rollins College Michael Buenaventura.................. Purdue University Blair Campbell...............................Bryant University Christopher Campbell.........Northeastern University Gustavo Carpio...............Universidad Metropolitano James Chamness............................... Hobart College Benjamin Chodar............ University of Puget Sound David Christoffersen......Coastal Carolina University Andrew Coco............................St. Michael's College Matthew Conetta................................. Bates College Bradley Cooper.................University of Connecticut Ahmad Covington............... Sacred Heart University Jonathan Cox......................... Quinnipiac University Michael Cox.......................... University of Michigan Peter Crampton............................ University of Hull Joseph D'Amelio........................Bucknell University.

Nicholas DeBlasio.........................University of Iowa Drake Deluga.................. University of Rhode Island Alexander Demopoulos............University of Denver Michael DiFiglia............................... Rollins College Andrew Dillon................................... Union College Michael DiMare.................................. Alternate Year

Matthew Doyle.......................... Connecticut College Michael Driscoll................................. Loyola College Blaise Driscoll....................................Trinity College Reid Ebersole...........University of Colorado-Boulder Ryan Endorf............... College of William and Mary Robert Eve....................................... Cornell College Nicholas Farkas............ University of South Carolina Paul Foote.........................................Bentley College James Frageau...............................Stetson University John Froman......................................Centre College Nicholas Gantsoudes..................Bucknell University Khaseem Greene.......................... Rutgers University Jesse Hamilton............................... Wheaton College Brian Hantzis.........................University of Delaware Daniel Harris.......................... High Point University Samuel Hebb.................................. Endicott College Chester Helstowski..................... Fairfield University D. Gregory Henderson.....Southern Methodist University Will Hendricks (ESU).............. Marlborough College Will Hendricks......... George Washington University John Hodgkinson...................University of Delaware David Hollady.............. University of Michigan–Flint Peter Holst-Grubbe...................Columbia University Jae Taek Hong.............................. Cornell University Ryan Jennings.............. University of South Carolina Matthew Johannes........Stevens Institute of Technology Joseph Kapinos......Southern New Hampshire University Jayme Kapinos.......Southern New Hampshire University Adam Kassel........................Northeastern University Chane Keller.................... Eastern Illinois University

Grant Kerwin....................... St. Lawrence University Samuel Kinney.................................... Alternate Year R. Marshall Kock................................ Alternate Year Neil Krauter........................................Marist College Cameron Lao-Gosney....................Lehigh University Roman Lao-Gosney........................Lehigh University Christopher Lasky........................... Endicott College Mark Lautensack....... George Washington University Eric LaVorgna...................University of Connecticut Andrew Leclerc.............. University of Massachusetts Ji Hoon Lee................... Carnegie Mellon University Paul Lee......................................Dartmouth College Yong Bok Lee............................Columbia University Adrian L'Hostis................................. Boston College Jae Woo Lim..................................Emory University Kyle Lipkvich.................................Bryant University Timothy Longo..............................Bryant University Richard Longobardi.......................... Hobart College Jordan Lynch...........................University of Arizona David Menard . .................................Trinity College Eric Meyers............................... New York University Jeffrey Miller................................... Endicott College Brandon Moore............................ Hamilton College Sean Murphy....................University of Connecticut Matthew Murray.......... Franklin & Marshall College Daniel New................................. Providence College Daniel O'Brien........................... College of Wooster Robert Patterson........................... Boston University Alvinn Paulino................................. Drew University Evan Piercey......................College of the Holy Cross

Jordan Pritchett........................University of Denver Evan Quick...................... Roger Williams University Michael Reilly..................................... Colby College Benjamin Riley.......................... University of Maine Duncan Roberts...................... Rhode Island College Gerald Sartori........ Washington & Jefferson College Kevin Sawicki........................Salve Regina University Juan Serra........................... Complutense de Madrid Nicholas Sica................................Stetson University Benjamin Simon........................... Boston University Kevin Sisti.............................. Quinnipiac University Matthew Solomon......................... Wheaton College Leslie Spalding.................................... Ithaca College George Springer................University of Connecticut James Stallmeyer......... Rochester Institute of Technology Christopher Stanton.......Worcester Polytechnic Institute Kiho Suh...................Rhode Island School of Design Preston Thompson............................. Union College Jonathan Tiernan..................University of Wyoming Abraham Wachter...................... Brandeis University Khristian Walker......................... Gettysburg College Edwin Wallace..........Southern Methodist University Christopher Wieland.......................... Alternate Year Jerome Wilkins...........University of New Hampshire Daniel Witkiewicz............. Johns Hopkins University Christopher Wolfel..............Northeastern University Richard Woodwell......... University of Massachusetts Langley Young....................................Trinity College Jacob Zieky.......................... Arizona State University

Athletics Varsity Baseball Overall Record: 18–6; Colonial League Champions

Baseball Standout George Springer ’08 drafted by the

Minnesota Twins George Springer ’08 finished his career as a Winged Beaver with an extraordinary senior season on the varsity baseball team. The cherry on top? He was selected as a professional draft pick by Major League Baseball’s Minnesota Twins.

Voted as the team’s Most Outstanding Player, Springer led the 2008 Winged Beavers in the majority of offensive categories, including homeruns, doubles, total bases, runs, walks, and RBIs. He also contributed strong defense in the outfield. The attention Springer received throughout the season was intense, as his performances in games, and even a few practices, were consistently under the watchful eye of professional scouts hoping to add to their roster once draft time came around.

Despite the draft pick from the Twins, Springer has decided to delay a professional baseball career and pursue his education at UConn, where he currently plays for the men’s varsity baseball team. (above) George Springer ’08, far right, with varsity baseball coaches Brian Doyle, Graham Callaghan ’95, and Rob Dowling ’91.

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The 2008 varsity baseball team was an exciting group, filled with talent, enthusiasm, and passion for the game. The season arrived in March with much anticipation and unlimited potential, culminating in a 5–4 defeat of Kent on the final day of the season to win the 2008 Colonial League Title.

The team was led by captains Blaise Driscoll ’08, Drake Deluga ’08, and George Springer ’08. Driscoll returned for his third year on varsity, and was a forceful leader on the pitching staff.

In three years, Driscoll only lost one game as a pitcher, and this year he provided great performances against Taft (twice), Loomis, Choate, and Hotchkiss. Deluga finished his Avon career with some highlights as well, including a grand-slam against TrinityPawling and a towering homer against Westminster. Springer capped off an impressive career with an extraordinary season as a potential draft pick (see box, left). The captains were supported by a strong senior class, led by pitcher Dan O’Brien, Jesse Hamilton, David Christofferesen, and catcher Sam Hebb.

The underclassmen made critical contributions as well, and in fact, filled many of the starting positions.

Infielders Tim Clark ’09 and Adam Zabel ’09 stood out as impact players, as this middle-infield duo combined for not only excellent offensive

numbers (both players hit above .400), but also effective infield defense. Pat Miller ’09 and Scott Kelleher ’09 also started many of the games in the infield and provided good defense and some effective hitting.

Greg Miller ’09 and Michael Scali ’09 each filled spots in both the infield and the outfield throughout the season, adding valuable versatility to the lineup. Underclass outfielders Kinley Mehra ’09 and Tim Kiene ’10 both hit over .400. Mehra’s three-run homerun against Westminster was critical, and Kiene’s performances against Taft, Kingswood, and TrinityPawling (he hit homeruns in each contest) proved to be pivotal in team wins.

Tim Brechbuehler ’09 returned to the team for his second varsity season, and pitched well against St. Thomas More, Deerfield, Brunswick, and Westminster. Graham Garland ’09 earned three of the team wins, including a 4-inning no-hit shutout effort against Westminster. Freshman Robert DeCosmo secured a varsity spot in 2008 with an impressive performance against Trinity-Pawling (7 strikeouts in 3 innings) and an effective outing against Deerfield. Junior catcher Cael Brockmeyer earned many starts throughout the course of the season, and was a presence both offensively and defensively.

In the final analysis, while the 2008 varsity baseball team did endure a few difficult losses, the club's many wins resulted in another unforgettable season.

Athletics Varsity Golf Overall Record: 21–4; Coppola Cup Champions; Founders League Champions; EIGA Champions The Avon Old Farms varsity golf team had an awe-inspiring 2008 campaign, posting a regular season record of 21 wins and only four losses, and was undefeated at home at the Farmington Woods Golf Course. In tournament play, Avon finished first in both the 2008 Coppola Cup and Founders League Tournament. Level-headed play combined with solid course management allowed Avon to regain these titles. Although placing second in the Kingswood Invitational Tournament (KIT), the Winged Beavers captured the Eastern Interscholastic Golf Association (EIGA) Tournament Championship, bettering this already extremely successful season.

Co-Captains Spencer Bova ’08 and Nick Sica ’08 were once again the backbone of the varsity squad.

In addition to playing consistent golf throughout the spring, both boys were able to push their teammates to play at a higher level. Rounding off the varsity ladder were Parker Bova ’10, Rick Longobardi ’08, Jack Knobloch ’09, and JP Rotchford ’09, all of who made notable contributions at different times throughout the season. Parker Bova even achieved medalist honors near the end of the season.

A four-year member of the varsity golf program, Nick Sica ’08 was a true leader for the team. In his early

years, Nick worked hard to improve his game. As an underclassman he always contributed by posting one of the lowest scores during matches.

During his final two seasons, Nick was a standout on the varsity ladder.

As co-captain, he was an effective leader who not only motivated his teammates, but often proved to be a valuable golfer, whose individual scores often determined the outcome of each match. For all his successes over the past four years, Nick was awarded the 2008 Coaches’ Award.

Rick Longobardi ’08 earned the team’s 2008 Most Improved Player. Making the transition from varsity “B” lacrosse to golf, Rick proved to be a valuable addition to the team. Throughout the season, Rick demonstrated a strong degree of determination, which helped him escalate his play as the season progressed. This was clearly evident as Rick scored a one-under-par 35 in the first round of the Coppola Cup. Rick’s level-headed playing style often gave him the upper hand in matches and allowed him to play an instrumental role in the success of the team during the season.

For the third consecutive year, Spencer Bova ’08 earned the Tom and Dottie Purnell Most Valuable Player Golf Award. After earning a varsity letter his freshman year, Spencer continued to develop as a golfer. In 2006, Spencer impressed many in the Founders League by winning medalist honors in the KITs. During his final season Spencer continued his solid play and finished the year with the lowest 9-hole stroke average on the team.

Varsity Tennis Overall Record: 6–10 The varsity tennis team had an extremely successful season. Despite a record of six wins and 10 losses, the squad improved dramatically over last season’s 2–14 record and steadily improved over the course of the year.

The team started off the season losing 6–1 to two of the best teams in New England in Taft and Kent before getting its first win against Canterbury, 6–1, followed by twin 7–0 losses to Hotchkiss and Loomis. The persistent squad then proceeded to win three of its next four matches, beating Cheshire and Pomfret, two teams that it had lost to the previous year. Wins over Kingswood and Berkshire marked the end of the season.

Ethan Broatch ’09 and Domingo Diaz ’09 both played some great tennis in the top spots and gained invaluable experience. Ford St. John ’09, Doug Margison ’09, Captain Erik Biggart ’08, and freshman Dashiell Flach rounded out the top six singles spots. Jared Ciejek ’09 played in numerous matches filling in at the number three doubles slot.

The team’s goal early on was to improve every day and every match. Despite a lack of experience, the players worked hard and never quit, providing substantial growth, and bringing tremendous potential to next year’s team.

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Varsity Lacrosse Overall Record: 11–5 The 18 seniors on the varsity lacrosse team led their fellow Winged Beavers through a great season in 2008, competing in one of the most competitive high school leagues in the nation. The Avon attack was led

by Alex Demopoulos ’08, Brian Hantzis ’08, Preston Thompson ’08, and Greg Henderson ’08. Talented underclassmen Chris Marx ’09, Josh Dionne ’10, Connor Mooney ’10, and Henry Tesar ’09 all made valuable contributions at the attack position this season, as well.

A deep and athletic midfield was led by Nick Gantsoudes ’08, brothers Roman and Cameron Lao-Gosney ’08, John Hodgkinson ’08, Matt Johannes ’08, Kyle Lipkvich ’08, Neil Krauter ’08, Jeff Miller ’08, and Andrew Leclerc ’08. Underclass midfielders Chris Ruhlig ’09 and Bronson Kelly ’11 displayed valuable athleticism and speed. Defensively, Avon was led by Blair Campbell ’08, Sean Murphy ’08, Chris Lasky ’08, Mike DiFiglia ’08, and Doug Beyer ’08. Ben Liebel ’09 led an aggressive group of underclass defenders that included Ian Casella ’09, JD Carrabino ’10, and Joe Ramieri ’09. Three talented underclass goalies, John Wallace ’09, John Runkel ’10, and Michael Lee ’10, manned the pipes and anchored the defensive unit.

The 2008 lacrosse family began the season with a highly successful pre-season trip to Kissimmee, Fla., to participate in the World Class Lacrosse “Run with the Big Dogs” Tournament. Forty-nine lacrosse student-athletes and eight coaches spent

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seven exciting lacrosse-filled days in sunny Florida. The Winged Beavers undertook a rigorous practice schedule, absorbed Coach Governanti’s new systems and competed against teams from the Middlesex, Pomfret, and Delbarton schools. Upon returning to Avon, the Winged Beavers continued their pre-season tune-up with a physical scrimmage versus local rival Simsbury High School and managed to come away with a 9–7 victory.

The team opened the 2008 regular season schedule with a dominating 20–0 victory over non-league South Hadley High School. Next, Avon Old Farms lost a turnover-riddled, low-scoring road game to the Brunswick School 7–5 in Greenwich, but rebounded with an 11–8 victory over the athletic and aggressive Northfield Mount Hermon School.

Avon next traveled to Exeter, N.H. for a non-conference road match-up with a very talented Phillips Exeter Academy squad and lost 13–9. The team got its travel badges with another road non-conference game against. Tabor Academy and prevailed 9–7 over an inspired and scrappy opponent. The first test for the Winged Beavers on the home stand came against a highly talented, all post-graduate Bridgton Academy program. Avon showed its toughness and talent by defeating this non-conference foe 11–10. A dominating Founders League performance versus Choate, in which the squad prevailed 9–4, was followed by a heartbreaking overtime loss to a very strong defensive team from Westminster, 9–8. The Winged Beavers rebounded with a 12–6 victory over Kent.

Next the team won a hard-fought defensive

road contest over Hotchkiss, 7–6, followed by a decisive road game between the top two teams in the Founders League, in which Avon fell to an undefeated TrinityPawling School 12–5. The Winged Beavers would then go on to win their next four consecutive match-ups. First was a tough non-conference road victory over Berkshire 12–10, followed by a thrilling upset of undefeated Deerfield Academy on Alumni Weekend 9–8. Come-from-behind wins over Taft, 9–8 in overtime, and Salisbury, 9–8 in regulation, showed the team’s resilience and character.

Track & Field Overall Record: 12–1; New England Champions The Avon Old Farms track and field team shocked the prep school world by winning the NEPSTA Track Championship Meet on Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., beating Hotchkiss by a narrow 2.5 points. The victory marked the first time in the school’s history that Avon has won the New England Track & Field Championship.

It is usually said that every place counts, and that couldn’t be more true this year. Most of Avon’s athletes scored at least one point, which upon final scoring, proved to be the winning margin. The key moment in the meet came late in the day when Avon’s Peter Holst-Grubbe ’08 and Ben Riley ’08 took first and second in the javelin, respectively, to put the meet mathematically out of reach for second place Hotchkiss. Holst-Grubbe finished

Athletics his four-year varsity career in grand fashion, with first place finishes in the discus and the javelin, and taking third in the shot put. Nick Cox ’09 also became a New England Champion, winning the long jump with his best performance of the year: a jump of over 21 feet. Avon’s 4 x 100m relay team—consisting of Ahmad Covington ’08, David Holladay ’08, Langley Young ’08, and Mike Cox ’08—broke the school record with a time of 43.06 seconds in the event.

Nine Winged Beavers earned “All New England” honors.

In the Founders League Championship meet the week before, Avon traveled to Hotchkiss, winning that meet by a narrow margin of nine points.

It marks the second time in the school’s history that the Winged Beavers have

won the Founders League. All-Founders League honors went to Covington, Tully Hannan ’09, Khaseem Green ’08, Nick Cox, Holst-Grubbe, Riley, Mike Reilly ’08, Mike Weeks ’10, Holladay, and Young.

During the regular season, Avon finished with 12 wins and only one loss, the best regular season record in the school’s history. Leadership from Captains Young, Holst-Grubbe, Reilly, and Hannan paved the way to the team’s success. Although Avon will graduate many valuable seniors, the Winged Beavers will return with some impressive underclassmen including Hannan, Ben LaRocque ’10, Reggie Mills ’11, Pat Wilson ’09, Anton Dovgii ’09, Riley, Terrell Whitting ’09, Anthony Springer ’10, Mike Weeks ’09, Kaz Nakamura ’09, Dan Albrecht’11, and Nick Cox.

Athletic Spotlight:

Tully Hannan ’09 Tully Hannan ’09 is quite possibly the definition of a runner. A member of both the varsity track and field and cross country teams since he arrived at Avon Old Farms, Tully has grown athletically into one of the most talented, promising young runners that AOF has ever seen— though it might have been a different story had he gone somewhere else!

“I entered Avon at a whopping 103 pounds,” notes Tully, who says he had no idea what it meant to be part of a team until he arrived. “I was a lean mean nerd machine. The closest I had gotten to the athletic field was in gym class.”

Tully’s perspective changed, however, when he realized all of the athletic opportunities available to him at Avon. Although he briefly dabbled in fifths soccer, his experiences on the track team his

freshman year opened his eyes to his true talent and passion: running. He quickly joined the cross country team and dedicated himself to becoming the best.

“I learned that sometimes, when you want something, nothing can come between you and your goal. The dedication that I have put forth toward becoming the best athlete I possibly could be has made me into the stronger, more determined person I am today.”

Tully is now a tri-varsity captain, leading the cross-country, swimming, and track and field teams. As he enters his senior season, Tully hopes to finish his high school running career on top: “in grandeur style.”

“My goal this year is once again to have an undefeated season in cross country,” he explains. “I would like to win the Founders League Championship as well as win New Englands as an individual on my home course. In track, I would like to have an undefeated season. I would also like to win another Founders League Championship as well as New England Championship.”

Tully explains that he’s looking at several

colleges in the NESCAC conference of Division III schools, including Williams, Middlebury, and Bowdoin, and is quick to note that “my goal in college is to become an All American and to place top 20 at Nationals…I would also like to run the 8K in 24 minutes by the end of my collegiate career.” No matter where he goes, or what he studies, one thing is certain: he will be running.

“To me, participating in a sport…not only gains friends, but builds leadership skills as well as social skills,” notes Tully.

“Athletics challenge one physically and mentally, which is needed to lead a healthier and happier life.”

Tully is also president of the Environment Club and a member of the Riddlers. In his free time, he enjoys fishing at Beaver Pond, playing Frisbee in the quad, and going for long bike rides.

The oldest of three children, Tully lives in West Hartford, Conn.—which he describes as “only a short seven-mile run over Avon Mountain.”

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Three Seasons

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Athletics

Soccer, hockey, and track and field teams capture New England Division I Titles during the 2007–2008 school year.

The 2007–2008 school year was definitely a year to remember for the athletics program at Avon Old Farms School. The varsity soccer team won the New England Championship for the second time in three years with a dramatic overtime victory against Buckingham Browne & Nichols. Varsity hockey was undefeated in the Founders League, and won its second consecutive New England Championship—its record seventh title in history, and the fourth in five years. And the varsity track and field team won the New England Championship one week after winning the Founders League Championship. Congratulations to all of the athletes, coaches, parents, and fans for a wonderful year of Winged Beaver wins!

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10at Years Avon Old

Farms School

by Morgan L. Cadwell

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10 Years 1998–2008 was a decade of change for Avon Old Farms School: a decade of progress, of commitment, and of improvement.

Beginning with the appointment of Ken LaRocque as headmaster, 1998 saw Avon Old Farms committing itself to being “the best school for boys.” It is clear, looking back at this spectacular decade, that that goal has indeed been realized—and exceeded. A strategic plan was drafted, along with a timeline, and the ball was set rolling. Now, Avon is an even better place for all who call it home.

Applicant numbers are up, and diversity has increased. Admissions have become progressively more selective. Many new and exciting classes have been added to the course repertoire, and the visual and performing arts programs have blossomed. The Winged Beavers now boast several New England Championships and Founders League titles. Advancements in technology have allowed students greater access in language labs and through wireless internet, while faculty members benefit from the extraordinary classroom upgrades including SmartBoard technology and digital projectors.

Last November, Avon once again received high praise and commendation, as well as continued accreditation, from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

The new perimeter road (2000) spurred a flurry of campus renovations that made Avon both more beautiful and more accessible, from the tennis complex and all-weather track and field, to the outstanding science and technology center, to the fully-equipped student center and field house, to the stunning performing arts center.

Having met nearly all of the needs and projected changes of the strategic plan drafted in the fall of 2000, Avon must now look toward the future. Going forward, plans are in motion for the next decade of change, among them a movement toward a “greener,” more sustainable and efficient community. With a tireless and dedicated administration at the helm, and an increasingly exceptional family of talented and passionate faculty members, alumni, students, and friends, Avon’s growth seemingly will know no bounds. X

“In order to be the best school for boys in the nation, Avon must be the school that best addresses the developmental needs of adolescent males. Thus we must design our programs, hire our faculty, and build our facilities with the unique needs of teenage boys in mind.

With this goal before us, we can celebrate Avon’s past achievements while redoubling our efforts to address current areas of need.”

—From the Avon Old Farms School Strategic Plan, Fall 2000

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technology

advancements

Academia 1998–2008

2000 Classroom upgrades completed: digital projectors, speakers, and SmartBoard technology

From the July eNews Survey…

Top 10 Favorite Faculty Members, 1998–2008

Kevin Driscoll Peter Evans Tim Beneski John Gardner Bill Kron Jim Detora Art Custer Lee Huguley Tim Roller Peter Deckers

2 0 01 AP Statistics class added Faculty and student laptop programs begin

2002 Transition from trimesters to semesters

2003 Civil War in Film and Fiction class added Visiting author program begins

Academia Admissions advancements, 1998-2008:

75% increase in applications

20% decrease in acceptance rate (increased selectivity) 5.4% growth of diversity (from 5.6% to 11%)

honors courses

62% increase in financial aid funds available to students

2004 AOF Website redesigned

2005 AP Calculus BC added Fairchild Language Lab installed Chambers Ensemble added

2006 Learning Center created Honors Chorale added

2008 English 4 Honors added AP World History added Forensics class added

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From the July eNews Survey…

Top 10 things to do during free time, 1998–2008

1. Hang out with friends in the dorm 2. Spend time at Beaver Pond 3. Explore the grounds 4. Go to the Hawk’s Nest 5. Play stickball 6. Go to the movies 7. What free time?

8. Visit with girls 9. Sleep 10. Go to the gym

teamwork

beaver pond

Campus Life 1998–2008

ampus Life From the July eNews Survey…

Top 10 meals at the Refectory, 1998–2008

Campus 1998 Life

men of avon

1. Sunday Brunch 2. Chicken sandwich 3. Steak and cheese 4. Chicken marsala 5. Roast beef 6. Grilled cheese 7. Buffet Dinner 8. Boar’s Head Festival 9. Turkey dinner 10. Cheeseburgers

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Network Club (diversity club) created

Spring stickball leagues begin

Avon Outreach formed

Campus wireless internet installed

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1998 Breaking Ground

1998 Pelican dorm renovated

completion

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19 9 9 Diogenes dorm renovated Chapel roof replaced

2000 Elephant dorm renovated New perimeter road completed Globe Corporation Tennis Complex completed

2002 Ordway Science and Technology Center completed

reconstruction

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2004 Orr all-weather track completed Aron Academic Center roof replaced

2005 Student woodworking and Digital Arts Stuio completed

2006

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Brown Student Center completed

Beatson Performing Arts Center completed

Field House completed

Faculty duplex houses added Jennings dorm renovation

2008 Brown House reconstruction completed Carriuolo Lacrosse Field completed

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Faculty Focus:

Their life is, and always has been,

“all about the kids.”

Ron & Sue

Nentwig

By Morgan L. Cadwell

Since they arrived at Avon Old Farms School just over 10 years ago, Ron and Sue Nentwig have remained firmly committed to shaping the lives of the young men they teach, coach, and advise—with no agenda other than an inherent and genuine love of doing so. In addition to their own two daughters, Brooke, 25, and Robin, 21, Ron and Sue are family to an Avon community of friends, colleagues, and, at any given time, approximately 400 boys— and they couldn’t be happier about it.

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R Ron and team during a 2000 AOF soccer trip to Belgium, Holland, and Germany.

Coach Nentwig after winning his first New England Championship, in 2005.

Ron with a wild salmon caught during a fishing trip to Alaska.

on, a math teacher, and Sue, who is director of college counseling and also teaches U.S. History, each speak openly and passionately about their dedication to the prep school way of life, and the fulfillment they enjoy in seeing their students grow into confident, able, and well-rounded individuals. They have spent their entire adult lives in prep schools, dedicating their time and talents to the young adults with whom they live and work—obviously, they love what they do.

Ron and Sue were married in December of 1977, shortly after graduating from Alderson-Broaddus College in West Virginia, where they met. They both took jobs at the Rectory School, in Pomfret, Conn., where they spent four years, with Ron teaching math and Sue working as a tutor and in learning skills while earning her master’s in curriculum and instruction from UConn. In 1982, they moved on to Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H., where they would remain for 16 years.

The Nentwigs taught classes, coached three seasons of sports, and acted as dorm parents for 12 of their 16 years at Brewster, immersed in all aspects of school life.

Ron climbed the administration ladder, first acting as residential director, then assistant dean of students, and eventually dean of students. Sue taught history until 1983, when their first daughter, Brooke, was born. She returned to the classroom a month after Brooke’s birth, and continued teaching and coaching, until Robin, their second daughter, was born in 1987. After taking a year off, Sue returned to work in 1988 as a college counselor, the position she held until they left Brewster for Avon in 1998.

It was actually at the urging of current Headmaster Ken LaRocque that the Nentwigs made their way to Avon Old Farms at all. Ken, who attended high school with Ron, was working at Rectory at the same time that Ron and Sue arrived there in 1978, though Ken left for Avon shortly thereafter. They stayed in touch and, in 1998, when the Nentwigs were looking to leave Brewster, Ken encouraged Ron and Sue to join him at Avon.

“It was our good fortune to be able to convince Ron and Sue to join the Avon team,” notes Ken. “For the past decade they have made significant contributions to our school and students.”

Ron is the varsity soccer coach, and coaches varsity B hockey, as well. He was the head of Pelican dormitory for nine years, and now works as a dorm parent in Jennings. A fly fishing enthusiast, Ron also enjoys acting as faculty advisor to the fishing club. They try to get out on Sunday afternoons, either to Beaver Pond or the Farmington River; Ron himself has been on several trips to pursue the hobby, including a recent trip to Alaska, as well as a deep-sea fishing jaunt with an alumnus in Cancun. Ron’s most defining moments at Avon have come on the soccer field, winning the first New England Championship in Avon’s history in 2005, and repeating that feat in 2007.

He was also awarded both the State and Prep School Coach of the Year awards in 2000. Also a fixture on the soccer sidelines, Sue rarely misses a game and can always be heard actively supporting both team and coach.

Residents of faculty row for the last two years, Ron and Sue are, for the first time in 30 years, not attached to a dormitory—a change that is bittersweet to them.

“You get a bit disconnected when you’re not in a dorm,” explains Ron. “You’re sort of detached a little bit—if you’re going to be in the trenches, as a teacher and coach and wear the three hats, sometimes it’s easier to be in the dorm.”

Despite the rigors of daily life as teachers, coaches, advisors, and of course parents, the Nentwigs also credit the prep school lifestyle, however timeconsuming, as the ideal upbringing for their family, and are thankful to have had the experience for so many years.

“Staying in the boarding schools, you have a lot of great role models,” explains Ron. “So it was a good combination for them.”

Sue agrees, noting that the girls were able to witness their parents disciplining the other students. “I think they learned very early on there there’s a price for

inappropriate behavior,” she observes.

“And it’s sad and you can cry, but at the end of the day, there’s nothing anybody can do. This is the rule, and this is what has to be done. I think they learned some very valuable lessons from other people’s experiences.”

Brooke currently resides in Boston, working for a pharmaceutical research company, while Robin, a

in the wrong business. Because that’s what it’s all about.”

“It’s just such a great, rewarding experience,” comments Ron, who consistently recalls the expressions on his players’ faces after winning the New England Championship for the first time.

“I just sit back, and look at their faces after the games…you know, that’s the most rewarding part, I think. And the same thing

are what drive them through their busy times, noting that they still get invitations to former students’ weddings, and frequently have visitors to their home in the Bahamas. Ron reminds himself of Nick DeBlasio’s ’08 yearbook comments, in which he thanked “Mr. Nentwig for showing me how to be a kid even when I get old.”

“It’s the community,” explains Ron.

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But down the road, you start to realize, it’s not about me anymore. It’s about, you know,

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junior at Hobart and William Smith, is studying in England. Both girls attended Westminster School in Simsbury, and, similar to Avon, had hectic schedules that sometimes made it difficult for the family to enjoy time together. They always made a point, however, to have Sunday night family dinner together—a tradition Ron and Sue continue today.

Sue laughs remembering one particularly busy weekend, when Brooke’s graduation from Bowdoin in 2006 coincided with Robin’s graduation from Westminster and Avon’s commencement— sadly, they missed the latter.

Though things have slowed down a bit since their daughters have left the house, Ron and Sue continue to lead busy lives, and they have come to rely on their vacation time to get away and relax. In 1995, they bought property on the island of Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. Their house was completed

by August of 1997, and since then, they have been escaping to paradise whenever they can.

They don’t stay away for too long, though. Both speak of the gratification that stems from watching the boys succeed. “If you’re not in it for those relationships,” says Sue, “then you’re

goes in the classroom—when a C student finally gets an A. It’s just priceless.”

Ron also mentions a shift he has begun to recognize in both himself and his peers. “I think a lot of people, when they first get into this business—it’s all about them. I’m guilty of it too,” he observes. “You’re coaching and you’re teaching and you’re young, and you want to win and you want to make a name for yourself. But down the road, you start to realize, it’s not about me anymore. It’s about, you know, what you’re doing with the kids—that’s where you need to prove yourself.”

The lasting relationships they’ve formed with students and friends

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“I think the best thing is, obviously, working with the kids. We’ve been in this for 31 years. There are some great kids that come through here. And you just hope they stay in touch.

“I just hope I can still show kids how to be a kid when they get old,” he continues.

“We still think it’s fun,” agrees Sue. “You work too hard not to like it—you put in too many hours. If you don’t think that’s the greatest part of it, then you probably shouldn’t be here. As long as we think it’s still fun, I think we’ll continue to do it. You know, when it’s not any fun any more, then you’re not very good anyway.” X The Nentwigs’ home away from home: Eleuthera, in the Bahamas (with daughters Brooke, left, and Robin).

Student Spotlight:

JP Rotchford

By Morgan L. Cadwell

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t seems that 24 hours might not be enough to cover a day in the life of JP Rotchford ’09. Editor-in-Chief of Avon’s student-run newspaper, The Avon Record, JP is also co-president of the community service club, Avon Outreach, vice president of the Nimrod Club, and a monitor in Eagle dormitory. He is the secretary of the Student Council, a member of the stock market club and the environmental club, and has been published in the Hippocrene, Avon’s literary magazine. He has also been a part of the cross country, hockey, lacrosse, and golf programs throughout his Avon career.

Not surprisingly, the role of Editor-inChief consumes most of his time, including assigning articles and photographs for each issue, making sure to collect and then edit those articles from various sources before deadline time, and finally laying them all out—usually in the form of marathon meetings Monday and Tuesday nights before press time—on his own computer on a design program he learned over the summer. He actually arrived at school this September with the first issue 85 percent complete.

Though his leadership responsibilities consume the most of his time, JP notes a particular connection to his involvement in the Society of St. Brendan, a group that meets weekly to support members of the community in a non-sectarian, non-denominational way—somewhat of a conversation about faith and philosophy.

“It has been a real spiritual outlet for me,” explains JP. “It’s a place where I can self-reflect and think about what is really going on with my life.”

JP joined the Society of St. Brendan during his freshman year, at the recommendation of his “advisor and mentor and hero” Tim Beneski, an English and 3

foreign language faculty member. Since then, the two have grown closer and JP has come to trust Beneski for guidance, leadership, and support. He cites Beneski as “the closest thing I have to my dad at Avon,” and recalls Beneski’s help in dealing with homesickness and other tough times. “I do not know if I would be at Avon still if it wasn’t for this man,” notes JP. Beneski’s feelings about JP are equally enthusiastic. “When you want something done, ask a busy person,” he recounts.

“JP Rotchford is more powerful than a locomotive. [He] can change the course of mighty rivers, and can leap tall buildings in a single bound. There is nothing that JP cannot accomplish.”

Beneski also praises JP’s commitment to setting a positive example on campus.

“He is active in several clubs and yet finds time to act as a wonderful role model to all of the students he encounters.”

In speaking with JP, it is indeed clear that his commitment to Avon, and to accomplishment, is paramount in his busy life. It’s what drives him to succeed despite long hours of work and precious few hours of free time. Though some might question why JP would attach himself to so many commitments, he explains that interacting with people that he might not otherwise have met is immensely gratifying.

He does have trouble managing such a busy schedule, but relies on email to stay up to date and claims to be constantly trying new ways to remind himself of meetings and deadlines. He’s also dedicated himself to the college search, citing Wake Forest, Davidson, University of Richmond, Washington and Lee, and Georgetown among his top choices—he knows he wants to attend a Southern school—with a possible major in journalism or business. “But,” he says, “I am 4

keeping my options open for now.”

Despite his hectic daily life, JP still finds time for himself; Sunday afternoons are reserved exclusively for “JP time,” which is most frequently spent reading novels or Time magazine, golfing, exploring the outdoors, and in the summers, out on the water at home in Rumson, New Jersey.

JP is quick to credit Avon for much of his success, noting that “there is a sense of pride that comes along with being an Avonian. You are part of an environment that has created great athletes, musicians, and scholars. You know that it takes the entire community to help these individuals reach the heights they have, and there is something to be said about being a part of that.”

He also has come to appreciate all that Avon has to offer with regard to personal growth. “Avon has given me the opportunity to become a man,” he states. “I think the best part about Avon is that it opens the door to maturity, but you have to walk through it. I never saw myself as much of a leader before I came to Avon, but this school gave me those opportunities. I hope to make a lasting impression.”

Quite frankly, he already has. As Beneski explains, “JP embodies all of the attributes that we value in Avonians.

I feel very lucky that he is a part of our community.” X 1. Recreating his 2007 Halloween costume—the Avon Boy statue that sits outside the Ordway Science and Technology Center—at the 2008 Parents’ Auction.

2. Rock climbing off of the Green River in Utah.

3. Chopping wood for the Nimrod Club.

4. JP Shares a laugh with his co-editors looking over the latest issue of The Avon Record.

5. With his mother in Napa Valley, California.

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1.“The Summary Court has had a moderately full program. It has heard one civil case, three criminal cases and one case in contempt of court. William L. Moses, the Village Attorney and his assistant, Clifford Porter, have won their three cases and have done very well. The one civil case was won by the Plaintiff, but one retrial, the case in contempt of court, the finding and sentence were reversed. The proceedings have still to become more orderly, but there have invariably been several questions of law at a trial which had to be referred to the Aide to the Provost.” —Avon Record, February 1932 2. “The sense of proportion in sports will be maintained by confining them to intramural games and competitions. Sports, competitive and otherwise, form an essential background for health and for certain elements of courage and honor.”—Theodate Pope Riddle

3. “Those students who could afford polo and brought their own polo ponies greatly enhanced the prestige of the experimental school, and made it seem a little more conventional after all. Mrs. Riddle loved the sport, and was fond of presenting trophies.”

—Aspiration and Perseverance, by Gordon Clark Ramsey 4. “Extra-Mural Competition—The Andover-Avon polo game had such an incredibly unifying and beneficial effect on the school that we are caused to pause for a moment and ask whether it might not be a very desirable thing for the school to participate in occasional extra-mural competitions. … A plan of this kind would not necessitate a change in the policy of noncompulsory athletics. It would, however, sharpen the interest of those who indulge in sports and act as an occasional stimulant to remind the many individuals that concentrated effort and unity of purpose are at times very effective.” —Avon Record, June 1934

5. “During the vacation Verne [Priest] took Mr. Sperry down to Beaver Dam and together they went about halfway up the center of it and were able to look down through the glassy ice to see literally dozens of healthy trout, some 10 or so inches long. By walking carefully so that their shadow did not fall upon the fish they were able to observe them quite fully. When the fishes became aware of their presence they would shoot off leaving in plain sight the nests over which they had been spawning. It is a very pleasant surprise to know that there are so many trout still here, for last year a large otter nearly cleared out all the trout from their old spawning ground, in back of the power house.”

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6. “What impressed me the most was the individual attention one received. I think the Avon technique of a class followed by a study hall in the same room with the teacher present must have been unique.”

—Francis Madeira ’34 from Aspiration and Perseverance 7. “There is probably no one who saw the production of the Avon Player’s Guild Saturday night who did not think it was at least one of the best amateur prep school plays they had ever seen. And this is not just flattery, for it was definitely very well done. The scenery, executed

by Bill Abbe [William Abbe ’35], and the lighting, done by Hoffacker [Theodore Hoffacker ’36], was excellent; the forty-two members of the cast, picked from faculty and the boys, did generally a very good job.

Mrs. Hunter [wife of Commander Hunter] for her hard work and excellent interpretation of Joan, and Mr. Cook [Harold Lewis Cook, faculty] for his untiring work and supervision on everything from the acting to the costuming and make-up, should be thanked by all….. it was a test of the quality of the acting that more people did not get sleepy and leave before the play was finished.

—Avon Weekly News-Letter, March 1935. Peter Seeger, Editor 8. “In 1928 the whole school planted fifty-two thousand pine trees on the school estate and eight thousand more were planted in 1933. Large tracts of land are still open to planting and at least five thousand trees should be put in on the school property every year” —Avon Record, June 1934 9. “At a recent meeting of the Board of Regents it was decided that the school was badly in need of a good library. Consequently the Provost has prepared a list of books which will be sent to all of the parents, alumni and friends of the school. If they have two editions of any of the books listed or if they are not using some of their books it is hoped that they will send them to the school. It has been rumored that the Founder has granted permission for the Regents’ room above the bank to be used for a library. This would indeed be an admirable arrangement especially when it is realized that at present there is no place where students may go and read in peace and quiet.” —Avon Record, June 1934.

10. “Excitement reigned supreme Thursday morning as there was a fourteen-inch snowfall the night before. Lunch was hardly finished before practically every boy in school who had skis was on them and slipping off to his favorite hillside. The Esker was quite popular with the beginners and the more experienced skiers. If the snow stays with us there will be several cross-country ski races.”

—Avon Weekly News-Letter, January, 1938. Peter Seeger, Editor

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Pete Seeger ’36 was unanimously selected as the first recipient of the Avon Old Farms School Distinguished Alumnus Award.

His life as a musician, political activist, civil rights protester, and environmentalist render him one of Avon’s most remarkable alumni. His legendary career, and folk songs such as “If I Had a Hammer,” “Turn, Turn, Turn” and “Where Have all the Flowers Gone,” have inspired generations of Americans to pursue righteous causes with courage and conviction.

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Reunion 2008 was an outstanding success for the 200-plus alumni who ventured back “home” to celebrate with friends and reconnect with Avon Old Farms School. Highlights from the weekend activities included fabulous off-campus gatherings for individual classes on Friday night, Pete Seeger’s ’36 performance at the school’s first annual Distinguished Alumnus Award Ceremony on Saturday morning, and the Alumni Reunion Banquet Saturday night.

Visiting alumni sports fans were delighted on Saturday afternoon, treated to a stunning Avon lacrosse victory over Deerfield, which had not lost a game in two years, in addition to an Avon baseball win over Hotchkiss. Additionally, Avonians learned that the varsity track team had captured the 2008 Founder’s League Championship. X

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1. Seated at the Headmaster’s Dinner from the Class of ’58: Grafflin Cook, Steve Holt, John Dooley; Standing: Jordy Mott, Jim Chace, Ed Nugent, Austin Chambers, Steve Lash, Lucius Kellam, and Ed Barry 2. The Class of ’88’s Rob Gryboski, Mark Bothwell, Jim Patten, George Trautman, and Jared Herman 3. From the Class of ’73: John Kenny, Chris Atkins, Cooper Botway, and Bob Gartzman

4. The Class of ’88 gathered at the home of Bob Gryboski ’57: Front: Brendan Lynch; Row 2: Oliver Wolcott, Rick Randall, Marc Stuzynski, Jim Patten, Steve Casey; Row 3: Mike Lech, Brent Biernat, Brian Regan, Rob Gryboski, Tom Lisa, Matt Wagner; Row 4: James Boone, Dave Jaacks, Peter Reid, Jared Herman, Bill Rose, David Stichter, Marc Northern, Arne Worlund 5. The Class of ’98 celebrating their 10th Reunion: Seated in front: Drew Widger, Kayser Dixon, Andrew Stroud, Nick Torretti, Chris Migliore, Paul Rhodes, Chris Baran, George Psaras (standing at right); Standing in back: Greg Kraczkowski, Dom Torretti ’99, Andrew Corrigan, Ted Rulison, Mark Tarnuzzer, Steve Williams ’99, Chris Ulrich, Geoff Barlow, David Ries, Adeel Khan, JR Zavisza

6. Enjoying their 35th Reunion at Susan and Duncan Broatch’s Friday night are (standing: Ron Protasewich ’73, Steve Lewis ’73, Joe Lavendier ’73, John Kenney, Cooper Botway, Peter Evans, Duncan Broatch ’73 seated: John Bourget and Corey Kilvert).

7. Class of ’63: Rick Hynson, Bill Lyon, Richard Bennett, Warren Van Deventer, Peter Miller, Jonathan Lester, Knick Curtis, Jack Stokvis 8. Two old buddies–Lothar Candels ’43 and Donald “Pete” Hart Jr. ’36 enjoy a laugh at the Headmaster’s Dinner during Reunion 2008.

Seeger observed an introduction from Dean of Faculty Art Custer as well as an emotional chorus of “If I Had a Hammer” by Avon’s singers and musicians, including the audience, before treating the crowd to a performance of his own, singing a song he wrote in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Seeger, who is nearly 90, invited the audience to sing along with the chorus: “Don’t say it can’t be done.

The battle’s just begun. Take it from Dr. King, you too can learn to sing, so drop the gun.”

Mr. Seeger was given an Avon Boy statue as a keepsake of the event. The school also named a tree in his honor on the Village Green, facing the Beatson Performing Arts Center. The inscription on the stone reads: “Avon Old Farms School presents the 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award to Pete Seeger ’36—a great American and citizen of the world whose music has inspired generations to take care of the earth and each other.”

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9. Class of ’83: Donald Pegg, Bob Perkins, William Eschert, Rick Gregory, Rob Fish, and Jon Blaine 10. Class of ’03: Seated in Row 1: Kyle Coleman, Matt Connolly, Johnny Hoak, John Ierardi, Wes Couture, Marek Krowka; Standing in Row 2: Tyler Conant, Charlie Thompson, Charlie Hamilton, Brian Brown, Julian McKinley, George Boudria, Andrew Sercombe, Jamie Tang 11. Friday night of Alumni Weekend, the following members of the class of ’78 gathered at the home of Diana and Steve Deyette: Back row: Don Doeg, John Garvey, Alan Leathers, Mike Nash, Steve Deyette, Bob Hinkley, Front row: Trip Fisher, John Bourgault ’80, Peter Evans, Bob Martino

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14. Class of ’88: Seated: Mark Bothwell, Brendan Lynch, Shawn Atkinson, Chris Stone, Bruce Miller; Standing: Rob Morrell, Rob Gryboski, Peter Reed, Robin Ketcham, David Stichter, James Boone, Michael Lech 15. From the Class of ’88: Oliver Wolcott, Brian Regan, Marc Stuzynski, Rich Randall, Shawn Atkinson, Brendan Lynch 16. The Class of ’68: Seated: George Purnell, Jay Goldstein, Tom Purnell, Mark Sharman, Chase Donaldson, Scott Stevenson; Standing: David Purnell, Winston McKellar ’69, Geoff Doughty, Don Janney, Dave Coleman ’69, Brian Foster, Rob Scott, Brian Mullins, Rick Fearn, John Wendler, Doug McLeay ’69 17. John Lawrence ’53, Rust Kessel ’54, and Richard Thorndike ’57 join Henry Daden ’43 and Carl Candels ’51 at the Reunion parade.

18. From the Class of ’93: Larry Hua, Duane Wallick, Lance Cashion, and Adam Cline

2007–2008 ANNUAL REPORT of Avon Old Farms School CONTENTS

Letter from the Headmaster 44 Board of Directors 44 Honorary Directors 44 Ex-Officio Members 44 National Leadership Council 44 Letter from the Director of Development 45 Endowment & Special Purpose Funds 46 Why the Annual Fund? 47 Alumni Annual Giving 48 Total Giving & Giving Levels 48 Friends & Faculty Giving 52 In-Kind Gifts 52 Phonathon Volunteers 52 Parents of Alumni—Annual Giving 53 Grandparent Giving 54 Parent Leadership Committee 54 Current Parent Giving 55 Memorials & Honorary Gifts 56 Parent Calling Committee for Admissions 56 Parent Dinner & Auction 57 Parents Association 57 Parents Association Executive Committee 57 Parents Association Members at Large 57 Sponsors, Businesses, & Individuals 57 Library Book Drive 58 Admissions & Alumni Receptions 58 Matching Gift Companies & Foundations 59 The Riddle Society 60 A Note to Our Readers 61

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Dear Friends, Our Annual Report tells the story of the generous alumni, parents, and friends who contributed to Avon Old Farms during the 2007–2008 school year. Besting our previous benchmark in annual giving by twenty percent, last year’s giving is testimony to the loyalty we are inspiring within the Avon community because of the educational experience students receive here. Individuals who believe in Avon’s mission, and recognize the powerful, enduring ways in which we impact our students, support our Annual Fund regularly.

The past school year at Avon was exceptional from any perspective.

From the noteworthy accomplishments of our scholars, to the distinction of winning three New England Division I athletic championships, to the impressive list of regional honors captured by students in our vocal and instrumental programs, to the wide-ranging efforts of our students in community service, the 2007–2008 school year will be long remembered. Avon Old Farms is proudly “honoring tradition, while forging ahead,” as we challenge our students, expand our programs, and improve our campus.

On behalf of our faculty and students, I offer my sincere appreciation to each person who contributed to Avon Old Farms in the 2007–2008 school year. We are working diligently every day to earn your support and to be the best school for boys. As we look to the future with high ambitions, we recognize the importance of your continued generosity and support. I look forward to seeing you on campus soon!

Timothy M. Jones Stephen S. Lash ’58 Paul R. Matalon ’70 John A. Nolan ’80 Kathryn A. Ordway Nelson Peltz Richard W. Pendleton, Jr. ’96H Richard B. Rothschild Peter H. Sharp Fern Wachter

Chairman of the Board of Directors Dean C. Graham ’84

Board of Directors Dean C. Graham ’84, Chairman Martin I. Cole, Co-Vice Chairman/ Treasurer Brian B. Conroy ’82, Co-Vice Chairman Jerold T. Garvey ’82, Secretary Joseph R. Biondo Samuel D. Chester Jorge E. Consuegra, Jr. ’77 James W. Corrigan ’67 Robert F. Fairchild ’60 Vere W. Gaynor ’66 Joseph S. Giannamore ’84 Dee Gordon Richard H. Gordon John W. Hawie ’82

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Honorary Directors Louise B. Adams Spencer E. Beal, Sr. ’65 Campbell P. Brown ’86 G. Garvin Brown, III ’62 Leslie S. Cutler Victor Delano John E. Drew George F. Getz, Jr. ’80 George A. Murray George M. Trautman ’98H

Ex-Officio Members Kenneth H. LaRocque, Headmaster Seth F. Mendell ’52

Aspirando et Perseverando.

Kenneth H. LaRocque

National Leadership Council Members Shawn E. Atkinson ’88 William P. Austin ’92 Joseph P. Biondo ’92 Erin R. Borger ’99 Gilman A. Callsen ’04 Lance A. Cashion ’93 Michael S. Cercone ’75 Jonathan S. Chester ’80 Matthew J. Cutler ’91 James S. Dennis ’00 Christopher S. Drew ’85 David J. Farrell ’98 Robert V. Fish, II ’83 Andrew H. Fisher ’91 Mark W. Floyd ’99 M. Burch T. Ford David D. Gordon ’90 Robert A. Gryboski ’57 Robert A. Gryboski, Jr. ’88 Jonathon F. Hartnett ’95 Edward J. Hawie ’55 F. Reid Hipp ’87 Malcolm M. Hirsh, Jr. ’67 Michael J. Hoak ’95 Chia H. Hua ’93

Nicholas C. Kobusch ’83 Clifford A. Lanier ’87 Adriel E. Longo ’83 William B. Maag ’81 Scott B. MacDonald ’74 John P. McAuliffe ’95 John M. McCormick, Jr. ’82 Wade L. McDevitt ’82 Brendan L. McKernan ’89 Kevin J. McKernan ’91 Seth F. Mendell ’52 James C. Menges ’87 Anthony D. Minella ’94 Donald R. Monaco ’55 Ryan Moore ’01 Bradley R. Morris ’84 Geraldine T. Nesbitt Constantine N. Paleologos ’91 W. Steele Pollard ’92 Peter D. Reed ’88 John Ruan, IV ’92 Sam L. Rubenstein ’85 Blake L. Ruttenberg ’89 John A. Sebastian ’84 Lewis D. Smith ’75 William G. Thames, Jr. ’79 John W. Tharpe ’92 Richard K. Thorndike, III ’57 Matthew T. Weir ’84 Travis B. Weisleder ’93 Robert M. Wileman ’89 William E. Young ’85

Dear Avonians, The fiscal year 2007–08 marks a watershed in the history of Avon Old Farms. The last of the “big four”—the new Beatson Performing Arts Center including the magnificent Susan Casey Brown Auditorium—was dedicated in the fall of ’07. It followed the recent introduction into school life of the Ordway Science and Technology Center and the Brown Student Center.

These, in combination with the new Athletic Complex with Field House attached to the new Brown Student Center, have emphatically transformed the Old Farms campus on the facilities front. Buildings of such magnitude and scope could not have happened without the enormous generosity of Avon’s alumni, parents, and friends. What a difference a half decade makes! In terms of operating the school and providing the best educational opportunity for each boy, Avon’s Annual Fund continues to have a critically important and powerful impact, generating nearly $1.6 million in support in ’07–’08, a remarkable 20 percent increase over the previous year. Your support is vitally important, and we thank you.

it provide for each boy the way we do today. Most of Avon’s peer schools have endowments that are significantly larger and in some cases several multiples the size of ours. Yes, Avon is “younger” than all of these schools, but certainly no less worthy. Now is the time to move on the endowment front, as it has the power to impact the life of the school as much as Annual Giving while also securing our future. As strong as Avon is in so many important ways, the endowment is, without question, Avon’s hidden “Achilles heel.”

Like all independent schools, Avon Old Farms fills its “tuition gap” each year from two sources: the Annual Fund and a roughly five percent “draw” from the school’s endowment, which is now in the vicinity of $33 million. Without these infusions each year, the school could not operate with a balanced budget, nor could

Sincerely,

Peter M. Evans Dean, Director of Development

Looking ahead, continuing to build an even more robust Annual Fund, completing the funding of our dynamic new facilities, and growing Avon’s endowment are the pressing challenges that we face today. Fortunately Avon has momentum—we are a school “on the move.” On behalf of the entire Old Farms School community, thank you for your growing generosity. You are helping to maintain our current strength as an educational institution while securing the future of Avon as the best school for boys in the nation.

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ENDOWMENTS, FUNDS FUNCTIONING AS ENDOWMENTS, and SPECIAL PURPOSE FUNDS Avon, through the generosity of its many loyal supporters, has under management funds totaling over $33 million as of June 30, 2008.

Gifts to supplement funds marked with an asterisk (*) are most welcome.

(Specific qualifications are indicated.)

Scholarship Funds

Interdisciplinary Funds

Alumni Scholarship Fund for sons of Avon Old Farms School alumni Jane B. Aron Scholarship Fund Brooks Scholarship Fund *Conroy Scholarship Fund The Sidney C. Clark Scholarship Fund for postgraduate students *Terry Cutler Fund for Minority Students to support day-to-day expenses of deserving minority students DiFiglia Family Scholarship Fund to support need-based financial aid *Diogenes Scholarship Fund for day students Driscoll Scholarship Fund Richard and Dee Gordon Scholarship Fund Charles Hayden Foundation Endowment Fund for students in the New York City or Boston area George C. Lyon Scholarship Fund William O’Donnell Family Scholarship Fund Donald W. Pierpont Memorial Fund *General Scholarship Fund Suisman Scholarship Fund *The George M. Trautman Scholarship Fund Roger G. Wing ’71 Scholarship Fund *Richard H. Woodwell ’75 Scholarship Fund supporting a deserving student in need of financial assistance in meeting the cost of attending Avon

T. K. Curtis Jr. Endowment for Music to support the music program Drew Family History Fund to support special programs in the history department Emmes Endowment for the Performing Arts to support the theatre program Fairchild Language Lab Fund to maintain the language lab and support the teaching of foreign language *William G. Kron Fund for Science to support the science program McKernan Life Science Fund to develop and support a unit on genomics within the biology curriculum Ordway Environmental Studies Fund to support environmental science programs Ordway Music Endowment to establish and support music appreciation courses

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

Funded Student Awards Adam ’93 and Luke ’95 Cline Prize to two students for earnest and persistent effort David Kinsley Florian ’75 Memorial Fund to a senior for achievement in art Linburg Memorial Fund to a senior for sportsmanship, endurance, grit, and hard work Schiller Memorial Fund to a junior who demonstrates compassion, persistence and versatility leading to contributions to the school community Woodwell Leadership Award an Outward Bound experience to a rising junior who demonstrates potential for community service and leadership

Faculty Funds and Awards Cashion Distinguished Teaching Prize to recognize outstanding dedication and service through leadership, commitment, and excellence *Sidney C. Clark Chair of English Literature Fund to reward annually excellence in the teaching of English Jennings Faculty Fund to provide educational equipment and faculty support Ludwig Junior Faculty Fund to support a talented young teacher *Seth Mendell Chair in History to reward excellence in the teaching of history

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Physical Plant Pope Brooks Reserve Fund to meet unexpected plant emergencies *Deferred Maintenance Fund for equipment and maintenance of existing buildings and grounds Riddle Trust Capital Renewal Fund to support deferred maintenance costs

General Endowment Funds Barbara Frederick Emmons Endowed Fund to provide unrestricted support for any priority identified by the school Estabrook Fund to support scholarship aid, faculty chairs and compensation, and improvement to the physical campus Harper Memorial Fund *Memorial Fund to support Avon through the accumulation of memorial gifts Rothschild Endowment Fund for Academic and Athletic Excellence to underwrite special projects in the academic and/or athletic areas Leading Edge Endowment Fund to support bricks and mortar projects *Campaign for Avon: Honoring Tradition, Forging Ahead This ongoing capital campaign supports current bricks and mortar projects: the new Brown Student Center, the Athletic Complex with Field House as well as the new Beatson Performing Arts Center. Endowment initiatives are also included: for students (scholarship), faculty (chairs), and the preservation of Avon’s unique physical plant.

Student Enrichment Fund Established by the Avon Parents Association to fund special projects supporting various enhancements toward academics, sports, and extra-curricular activities for the benefit of Avon students.

WHY THE ANNUAL FUND? Thank you! Your generosity made the 2007–2008 Annual Fund a record-breaking year.

The leadership and strong dedication shown by the Avon family of alumni, parents, and friends reflects the commitment we share for giving today’s students the ultimate Avon experience.

Below please find some helpful facts, questions, and answers concerning the Annual Fund that we hope illustrate the essential nature of the program and the distinction between Annual and Capital support.

Why must annual fund money be raised each year in addition to tuition?

Avon Old Farms is a non-profit independent organization that operates without financial assistance from any public sources.

Tuition dollars cover only a percentage of the actual cost of educating an Avon student. In 2007–2008 there existed a tuition gap of over $13,810 per student. The Annual Fund helps to fill the gap between tuition income and the actual cost of operating Avon Old Farms each year.

Total Annual Giving $1,800,000

$1,500,000

What is the Annual Fund Campaign?

Annual Giving •Repeats every year •Collective philanthropy from Avon’s family •Sustains and enhances daily operations •Investment in the current fiscal year

Capital Giving •Special, one-time commitments •A single gift can be transformative •Bricks & mortar, endowment •Investment in our future

$900,000

$600,000

$300,000

$0 4 20 04 –0 5 20 05 –0 6 20 06 –0 7 20 07 –0 8

What is the difference between “annual” giving and “capital” giving?

$1,200,000

20 03 –0

It is the yearly opportunity for alumni, parents, and friends of the school to help Avon meet annual operating expenses by donating tax-deductible gifts. All of the money raised in the Annual Fund goes directly into the operating budget for that particular year. While all support is appreciated, an unrestricted gift allows Avon the flexibility to address our most pressing needs each year. Annual Fund dollars support everything that happens at Avon: academic programs, meals, campus maintenance, library books, technology, the salary of a favorite teacher, paintbrushes, hockey pucks, and everything else that makes up the Avon experience.

How can I best help Avon Old Farms and the annual fund?

Participate today! If you have never given to the Annual Fund, make this your first time. For our valued annual donors please consider an unrestricted gift and help Avon reach its 2008–2009 goal of $1.5 million.

Contact Daniel Seiden ’00, Director of Annual Giving, at 860-404-4265 or seidend@avonoldfarms.com.

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ALUMNI ANNUAL GIVING CLASS OF ’34

CLASS OF ’49

CLASS OF ’36

CLASS OF ’50

Francis K. Madeira ✠ John C. Merritt d F Donald R. Hart, Jr., Class Agent ✠ Robert T. Rood ✠ Peter Seeger ✠

CLASS OF ’37 Daniel F. North ✠

CLASS OF ’38

Donald Davidson ✠ Edward K. Du Vivier Charles S. Towers ✠

CLASS OF ’39 Christopher H. Phillips d J

CLASS OF ’40

Matson G. Ewell Y ✠ Davis C. Howes ✠ Daniel C. Kingston d Y ✠ Gregory E. H. Lindin ✠ Fayette R. Plumb

CLASS OF ’41 Frank W. Wylie

CLASS OF ’42

Clifford W. Hankin ✠ Russell Hunter, Head Class Agent Y ✠ John J. McManus Tedrowe Watkins D ✠

CLASS OF ’43

Lothar R. Candels Lewis H. Clark ✠ Henry A. Daden Richard E. Doremus Y ✠ Daniel F. Gates ✠ James M. Stewart F ✠ Erwin W. Westphal

CLASS OF ’44

Rod F. Allen ✠ David C. Bigelow J ✠ Gilman W. Ordway F ✠ Hugh M. Pratt Y ✠

CLASS OF ’45

James B. Kenyon ✠ Christopher W. Magee, Sr. d ✠ Robert B. Spillane ✠ James P. Storer ✠

CLASS OF ’46

C. J. Stuart Allan ✠ J. Victor Grainger ✠ Calvert Magruder ✠ John N. McMath, Jr.

CLASS OF ’48

William M. Bartlett ✠ James P. Wysong

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Paul R. Alasso ✠ Somerville E. Dillon Y ✠ R. Schuyler Goodwin, IV ✠ Bud S. Hanson, Jr. ✠ Robert T. Hollman Arthur R. Keim Y Richard B. Riley ✠ Harvey S. Rubin, Class Agent James L. Shirk Y ✠

CLASS OF ’51

Carl A. Candels ✠ Kenneth G. Dike ✠ Joel C. Estes ✠ Warren T. Ford, Sr., Class Agent Michael A. Ganz Randolph Harrison ✠ Joel M. Kennedy Paul D. Lignelli Wellington J. Ramsey, III ✠ Robert F. Voytershark ✠

CLASS OF ’52

Anthony Antoville ✠ George H. Black, Jr. ✠ Ralph D. Brown David M. Homeier Y ✠ Frank G. Leavitt, Reunion Chair ✠ Seth F. Mendell, Head Class Agent ✠ John F. Mulcahy, Jr. John F. Nichols ✠ A. Lincoln Sherk, III ✠ William M. Strumlauf Y ✠ Richard W. Walker J ✠ John J. Wilkins, III d Y ✠

CLASS OF ’53

George H. Betts Henry R. Burt ✠ John W. Lawrence, Jr. Joel I. Roskin Y ✠ Philip Rotondo ✠ Vincent A. Spescia ✠ Jay Toole, Head Class Agent ✠ Leon C. Weiss, Jr. Channing M. Wells Sigmund Windsberg Y ✠

CLASS OF ’54

Peter A. Adams ✠ Lawrence D. Buhl, Jr. Richard W. C. Evans, III ✠ Amasa R. Kessel, Head Class Agent ❖ ✠ Kerry A. Mayer ❖ ✠ Jack Miscall, Jr. Sheldon R. Roth Y ✠ Gerald B. Sherry ✠

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CLASS OF ’55

Paul R. Berglund ✠ Warren H. Cochrane ✠ Charles W. DuBose ✠ Samuel W. Franklin, III ✠ Alfred A. Funai ✠ Brian L. Harvey Y ✠ Edward J. Hawie F ✠ David A. Hutzler ✠ John E. Kimberly ✠ Anthony M. Lester ✠ John K. Lytle ✠ Charles J. McLaughlin, III Richard H. McShane Alvah L. Miller ✠ Donald R. Monaco F ✠ Dennis Porterfield d Donald G. Rosenfeld ✠ Cleon M. Shutt, Jr. ✠ William C. Tost ❖ ✠ Andrew T. Treadway, Head Class Agent Andreas A. Zavitsas ✠

CLASS OF ’56

Robert J. Assatly J Huntley G. Davenport ❖ ✠ Sidney H. Greer, Class Agent Y ✠ Stephen L. Kadish ✠ Adams C. McHenry, Jr. ❖ ✠ Merritt K. Mitchell J ✠ John H. Murphy J ✠ Peter Rand Charles R. Scaglione Richard G. Stahlman Y ✠ Paul R. Wiesner

CLASS OF ’57

Michael J. Becher Guy O. Dove, III Y ✠ James C. Flippin, Head Class Agent Y ✠ Edward L. Greenblatt ✠ Robert A. Gryboski ❖ ✠ David E. Koskoff ✠ Peter C. Louridas B. William Mayer ✠ Robert A. McLaughlin Merrill C. Roth Y ✠ Richard K. Thorndike, III J ✠ Elliott J. Tuckel ✠

CLASS OF ’58

Edward J. Barry, IV John J. Campagna, Jr. ✠ N. Jameson Chace ✠ Austin Chambers, Head Class Agent Y ✠ Grafflin Cook Y ✠ John E. Dooley ✠ Robert G. Ferrier Stephen R. Holt Lucius J. Kellam, III Y ✠ Joseph F. Kolodney Stephen S. Lash J ✠ R. Peter Mogielnicki ✠

Jordan L. Mott, VI ✠ Edward G. Nugent Jeffrey G. Schlein ✠ Richard S. Taylor Y ✠ John D. Waddy, Jr. ❖ ✠

CLASS OF ’59

William P. Beatson, Jr. J ✠ Richard G. Croft, Jr. F ✠ John F. Davenport ✠ Charles W. Davis, Class Agent Y ✠ Peter W. Erskine ✠ Alexander M. Fisher, Jr. ✠

Laurence B. Gardner Y ✠ Dennett W. Goodrich J Hollis J. Griffin Y ✠ Douglas B. Marshall, Class Agent ✠ David R. McShane, Class Agent F ✠ Rolf H. Olson, Class Agent F ✠ Albert R. Pettingill Y ✠ Wendell R. Phillips ✠ Peter M. Ramsey Y ✠ B. Franklin Reinauer, III Y ✠ Edward M. Rickard ✠ Joel B. Rockwell ✠

Henry W. Sage, Jr. Edward A. Seagroatt Y ✠ Thomas S. Whitman, Jr. ✠

CLASS OF ’60

Bruce E. Baker ✠ Robert J. Bogino Y ✠ Timothy O. Browne Porter O. Daniel, Jr. Robert F. Fairchild F ✠ Robert B. Goldfarb D ✠ Frederic J. Hawley ✠ Bradford Lewis Y Steven L. Merrill ❖ ✠ Gerald F. Pope ✠ William F. Powers, Jr. ✠

Annual Giving 2007–2008 Alumni Giving: $693,477 Parent Giving: $710,600 Parents Dinner: $186,339 Other: $35,342 Total Annual Giving: $1,625,757 Total Capital Giving: $3,855,917 Total Annual & Capital Giving

$5,481,674

Giving Levels Pelican (F)

$15,000 & Above

Eagle (D) $10,000–$14,999

Diogenes (J) $5,000–$9,999

1927 (❖) $1,927–$4,999

Winged Beaver (Y) $500–$1,926*

Elephant (✠) Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving) d = Deceased *$250 - $1,926 Young Alumni (1-10 years after graduating)

Jeffrey D. Proctor ✠ C. Ford Reese, Jr. ✠ Bruce K. Seidel Charles B. Spaulding John H. Stillgebauer Nicholas Street ✠ Cole H. Van De Water Philip S. Van Ness ✠ Peter K. Van Winkle ✠ James R. Wardrop ✠ Joseph M. Wells, III Y ✠ Richard L. Williams, Head Class Agent ✠

CLASS OF ’61

Charles W. Bauer Erich L. Cluxton ✠ William S. David Mark J. Hawley J ✠ George F. Henschel, Jr., Head Class Agent ✠ Samuel S. Logan, III George W. Macon, III Y ✠ Jeffrey S. Morrow Edward M. Siegel, Jr. Y ✠ Richard I. Steinberg ✠ Lawrence B. Tweedy Eric W. Wood, Jr. ✠

CLASS OF ’62

Karl L. Aschenbach D ✠ G. Garvin Brown, III F ✠ Rufus K. Griscom Christopher Hall Y E. Paul Herbert ❖ ✠ Arthur B. Lawrence ✠ John M. Luders David S. Miles ✠ Richard T. Prezzano ✠ Joseph G. Robinson ✠ Alan D. Rozinsky, Head Class Agent ✠ George R. Seifert Y ✠ Henry H. Villard ✠ G. Greeley Wells, Jr. ✠

CLASS OF ’63

Richard R. Bennett, Class Agent Y ✠ Alfred D. Blalock James K. Cooper Thomas K. Curtis, Jr., Class Agent ❖ ✠ Richard P. Duff ✠ Charles F. Emmons D ✠ John R. Finch, Jr. Preston Haskell ✠ Richard Hynson, Jr. ✠ Edward P. Lamotta Jonathan A. Lester ✠ William W. Lyon ❖ ✠ Peter A. Miller Poulson C. Reed ✠ R. Allan Ruez ✠ Robert N. Sawdon Christopher B. Shepard J. Lee Turner ✠ Jonathan Underwood Warren S. Van Deventer ✠ R. Anthony Wall Jr. ✠

CLASS OF ’64

Thomas F. Adams ❖

Peter B. Archibald Lawrence S. Brick ✠ A. Benington Flynn Shepherd M. Holcombe, Jr. ✠ Harold M. Jones ✠ Morton J. Kallis Roger L. Larsen ✠ Anthony K. McCague ✠ Jeffrey B. Minnick Y ✠ Jonathan Mitnick ✠ Edmund T. Mudge, IV ✠ P. Peter Prudden ✠ Stephen M. Rubicam ✠ John K. Shaw, III ✠ Peter L. Shinbach Richard S. Valentine Y ✠ Colonel Richard D. Ward, II Robert L. Weeks, Sr. ✠ Anthony Zinsser

CLASS OF ’65

Robert B. Alling, II ✠ Peter A. Aron F ✠ Barton G. Barrett, Co-Head Class Agent Y ✠ Spencer E. Beal, Sr. F ✠ R. Whitcomb Blakeley Matthew H. Gates F Stuart Grant Y ✠ Terry Hess ✠ Craig H. Keyston ✠ John R. Nissley ❖ ✠ G. Keating Pepper ✠ Charles L. Ruifrok ✠ Robert E. Stokvis Y ✠ Clayton Stuart, Jr. Bryce C. Suydam Y J. Balfour Walker William A. Wiener Y ✠

CLASS OF ’66

Michael D. Barker, Head Class Agent ✠ Christopher R. B. Cargen ✠ Robert W. Dudley, Jr. Y ✠ Berton K. Frank Donald F. Gabreski ✠ Vere W. Gaynor F ✠ David M. Hallam ✠ Dwight C. Harris, Sr. Y ✠ Peter Hausberg ✠ Richard W. Hube Jr. Daniel I. Krentzman ✠ Robert W. Moser Y ✠ R. Douglas Parker ✠ David S. Pinkham ✠ Timothy R. Reed ✠ Jesse D. Saunders ✠ Lynn Troxel, III Charles D. Upjohn

CLASS OF ’67

John H. Asiel Y ✠ Emmett M. Avery, III J Richard P. Behr, Class Agent ✠ David F. Berkey Y ✠ Scott L. Caldwell ✠

James W. Corrigan, Co-Head Class Agent J ✠ Jonathan J. Davies Ricardo Espina Quentin F. Feitner ✠ Thomas S. Greenwood Malcolm M. Hirsh, Jr., Class Agent Y ✠ Spencer S. Keyes ✠ Joshua R. Lipman ❖ ✠ Nelson W. Logan ✠ Donald M. MacMeekin Y William F. Roberts, Jr., Co-Head Class Agent Y ✠ Andrew J. Schorr Y ✠ William T. Whitney ❖ ✠

CLASS OF ’68

Richard B. Boebel ❖ ✠ Miguel E. Carpio Delfino ❖ ✠ Courtenay Crocker Y Chase F. Donaldson, Class Agent ❖ ✠ Geoffrey H. Doughty ✠ Jay R. Goldstein Brian T. Mullins ❖ ✠ Robert I. Neary Lewis B. Pollard ✠ Thomas I. Purnell ✠ Charles E. Rauch Daniel S. Reed ✠ Mark S. Sharman Y ✠ Scott M. Stevenson John D. Wendler Y

CLASS OF ’69

George W. Allen ✠ L. Larus Avery ✠ Garrett R. Bowden Y ✠ David F. Coleman, Class Agent ✠ Huntington Eldridge, Jr. F ✠ Robert J. K. Hart, Jr. ✠ James L. Levin Douglas A. MacLeay ✠ William M. McCawley, Jr. Y William T. Sargent Y ✠ Lee Terry, Jr. ✠ G. Van Upjohn ✠ Tedrowe Watkins, Jr.

CLASS OF ’70

Harris H. Bucklin, III, Head Class Agent ✠ John L. Burr ✠ John A. Harper Michael S. McKay Joseph V. McKee, III Y William T. Pate Paul W. Reiss ✠ Charles W. Sagar ✠ W. Scott Tiernan, Class Agent F ✠ Nicholas M. Wells Steven E. Wendler

CLASS OF ’71

Timothy R. Beeble ✠ Mark C. Birmingham ✠ William P. Child ✠ Henry R. Coons, Head Class Agent ✠ S. Lawrence Hammerman, II Frank G. Hood ❖ ✠ Andrew H. Shepard ✠ John S. Spencer Y ✠ Edward L. Stephenson Richard Wellins ✠ Stanley A. Welsh Y ✠

CLASS OF ’72

Richard L. Angel ✠ Alexander F. Bonacarti ✠ Daniel E. Carpenter, Class Agent D Douglas L. Firth ✠ Peter D. Hynson Robert A. Karn ✠ Christopher C. Mulvey William Phillips, III ✠ Bart F. Rinker Michael D. Sargent Stephen B. Tuttle

CLASS OF ’73

Stephen D. Ades ✠ Jay E. Ardolino ✠ Christopher L. Atkins, Reunion Chair Y ✠ John R. Bourget, Class Agent ✠ Duncan S. Broatch ✠ James L. Bush Anthony F. Coppola, Jr. Christopher J. DiCorpo ✠ Robert L. Drakos Robert Z. Gartzman ✠ Bron C. Gervais John D. Kenney, Jr. ✠ Joseph M. Lavendier Y ✠ Robert H. Moran, Jr. Y ✠ John F. Olson, Jr. Robert S. Osborne, Class Agent Ronald Protasewich, Head Class Agent James P. Reber Y Frank Sanford ✠

CLASS OF ’74

Bruce R. Anschutz, Class Agent ✠ William D. Batesole, Class Agent Y ✠ James E. Bell, III Kenneth L. Christian ✠ William R. Coleman ✠ Richard T. Connell, Class Agent ✠ Mark H. DeBlois, Class Agent ❖ ✠ David P. Evans ✠ Frederick C. Feibel Y ✠ Neal R. Garvin Y George J. Giannoni, Co-Head Class Agent ✠ Peter J. Glass Morris D. Goldstein ✠

Mathew Granger ✠ W. Barrett Holby, Jr., Class Agent Y ✠ Matthew C. Leisure Henry N. Loomis Scott B. MacDonald Y ✠ Edwin J. McCarthy ❖ ✠ Edward P. Molloy, Co-Head Class Agent ✠ Geoffrey B. Monsour ✠ Alan R. Spencer ✠ Robert M. Sulick Edward P. Thompson J ✠ W. John White ✠ Geoffrey N. Wiswell

CLASS OF ’75

Geoffrey M. Anderson Robert R. Applegate, Class Agent ✠ Douglas E. Beeghly ✠ Thomas B. Byrne, III Y ✠ Michael S. Cercone ❖ ✠ Wayne C. Cummings ✠ Donald J. Gallup Y David J. Gregory Y ✠ Frederick L. Haack, III ✠ Gordon F. Linke, Class Agent ❖ ✠ Jeffrey L. Nicholas ✠ James H. Osborne ✠ Lewis du Pont Smith F ✠ Timothy A. Straus Y ✠ John F. Van Sant, Jr. Y ✠

CLASS OF ’76

Steven M. Berson ❖ ✠ James P. Bolan ✠ Steven J. Burns ✠ Hans H. Dahll, Jr. Harold A. Davis ✠ David E. Herbster David F. Jacobs ❖ ✠ Andrew L. Kelley Kirk F. Maassen ✠ Edward J. Magee, Jr. ✠ Lance B. Rothstein John R. Siragusa, Jr. ✠ Alexander N. Worley, Head Class Agent ✠

CLASS OF ’77

Stuart D. Beath, Class Agent ✠ David J. Bebon Charles R. Bishop Thomas E. Bissell Y ✠ Scott N. Burton ✠ Jorge E. Consuegra, Jr., Head Class Agent ❖ William H. Cross Jerry J. Hennessey Y ✠ Richard J. Hennessey Y ✠ Peter A. Hinrichs Y ✠ David D. Hunter Y ✠ Brian N. LaBau ✠ Frederick M. Michel, Class Agent ✠ James V. Onorato Y ✠ Edmund E. Sanford ✠ Jeffrey F. Thompson ✠ James P. Wheeler ✠

Jonathan R. Yale ✠ Lincoln C. Young ❖ ✠

CLASS OF ’78

Duncan M. Alexander Y ✠ Clifford B. Backes S. Brad Buckley ✠ Kenneth G. Cloud, III, Head Class Agent Stephen R. Deyette, Class Agent Y John M. Garvey ❖ ✠ David C. Gilliam ❖ Brian J. Hennessey Y ✠ Robert J. Martino ✠ Thomas O. McCarthy ❖ ✠ Mark A. McNally Y ✠ Clayton S. Parsons, III Y ✠ Randolph H. Pike, Class Agent Y

CLASS OF ’79

Robert L. Affelder James C. Bailey William T. Coleman ✠ Thomas P. Driscoll Y ✠ James P. Garvey, Class Agent ❖ ✠ Christopher K. Hampton Y George D. Iverson, VI Philip F. Law ✠ Allen N. Lepore Scott B. Linke, Co-Head Class Agent Y ✠ Ralph J. Lister Bradley M. Pierce ✠ John T. Pinkham Y ✠ Mark R. Rainville Kenneth A. Valyo ✠

CLASS OF ’80

Kenneth H. Blanchard, Co-Head Class Agent ✠ John M. Bourgault ✠ Michael Cashel Y William C. Cherry Y ✠ Jonathan S. Chester J ✠ Andres A. Consuegra, Class Agent Y ✠ Thomas E. Davey, Jr., Co-Head Class Agent Y ✠ Mark Doherty ✠ Joseph A. Garvey ❖ ✠ George F. Getz, Jr. ❖ ✠ John V. Harker, Jr. ✠ Eric E. Johnson Y ✠ Gordon B. Little ✠ Robert N. Mark ❖ ✠ Christopher B. Marx Y ✠ John A. Nolan F Gerard G. O’Malley J. Gregory O’Sullivan ✠ Philip G. Pratt, Jr. ✠ Kurt F. Reardon James C. Rhoades ✠ Stefan Tabak Stephen J. Ward John P. Wheeler ✠ Henry H. White ✠ Scott L. Woelfel ✠

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Banks T. Adams, III Y Tad P. Appell Y Peter C. Bergman Brien Biondi, Reunion Chair ✠ Samuel C. Bookbinder, IV, Head Class Agent ✠ Stephen M. Cloud, Class Agent ✠ George D. Connor, III ✠ Daniel J. Fegan J Thomas I. Florence Y John P. Franzosa ✠ Michael R. Gibbons ❖ ✠ G. Nicholas Keller Rafael F. Laffitte J Brian Lynch William B. Maag, Class Agent ❖ ✠ Bryan T. McHugh ✠ Peter M. O’Neill ❖ Peter R. Sulick ✠ Michael T. Symes, Class Agent ✠ Anthony E. Tattersfield, Jr. ✠ Kurt W. Wassenar ✠

CLASS OF ’82

Douglas H. Candler J ✠ Robert D. Casey, Jr. F ✠ Charles S. Cheston Y ✠ Brian B. Conroy F ✠ Thomas Donahue J Gregory T. Fish, Co-Head Class Agent Jerold T. Garvey, Class Agent F ✠ John H. Hauser John W. Hawie F ✠ Frank C. Jones, Jr. Henry B. Kells, Reunion Chair ✠ James D. Lindemuth, Jr. Y Mark L. Masinter Y John M. McCormick, Jr. ❖ ✠ Wade L. McDevitt F Michael A. McNally Y ✠ Daniel J. O’Connor, III ✠ Lee B. Ogden Y ✠ Richard G. Protasewich, Class Agent Y Gregory V.R. Stanton, Class Agent Y ✠ Edward P. Stewart, Class Agent ❖ John A. Zappone ✠

CLASS OF ’83

Erik A. Akopiantz Y Joseph E. Arborio Y Juan L. Arguelles Brad A. Benson ✠ James H. Boyd, III Y ✠ Jonathan T. Brand Michael R. Callaghan Y ✠ Peter C. Connolly ❖ ✠ Graeme Davis ✠ James B. Dorsey, Jr.

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Brett C. Duffy, Class Agent ❖ ✠ William E. Eschert, Class Agent Michael J. Ferreira Robert V. Fish, II Y ✠ James A. Freiberg ✠ Richard C. Gregory, Head Class Agent ✠ Mark C. Kausel Adriel E. Longo J ✠ Robert M. Lynn Y ✠ Franklyn D. Owen, III ✠ Donald J. Pegg David K. Quinn

CLASS OF ’84

Leland A. Alper ✠ Preston M. Cherouny ✠ Douglas J. Colton Y Scott W. Fanning J ✠ Peter C. Fish ✠ Joseph S. Giannamore F John S. Gordon, Class Agent Y ✠ Dean C. Graham F ✠ Christopher J. Hennessey Y ✠ Barry R. Herr ✠ Stuart W. Holliday Y ✠ Andrew J. Horning D Fred A. Kenvin ❖ ✠ David J. Maikowski ✠ Armour N. Mellon ❖ ✠ Bradley R. Morris J ✠ David E. Schipper ✠ Paul F. Shea Andrew F. Smith Y ✠ Keith A. Tanny ❖ ✠ DuBois S. Thompson, III Carl A. Valimont, Class Agent ✠ Matthew T. Weir F ✠

CLASS OF ’85

Brett M. Anker Jeremy T. Banks ✠ Tyler C. Bierly John G. Birle Francisco V. Carrera-Justiz William R. Collins ✠ Michael C. Conroy James E. Cushman, Jr. William R. Davenport Christopher S. Drew J ✠ Paul B. Duwan ❖ ✠ Michael A. Giannamore ✠ Drew S. Graham Raymond M. Loewy Scott W. Lowe, Class Agent ✠ Michael J. McCormack Timothy C. Orr Scott W. Paris ✠ Sam L. Rubenstein, Head Class Agent ❖ ✠ Enrique A. M. Santelices ✠ Brady M. Schofield ✠ Louis N. Usich, III Y William E. Young, Class Agent Y ✠

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CLASS OF ’86

John C. Ahern Y ✠ Charles Cicchetti Y Mark W. Drinkwater J Ian J. Gaisford ✠ William A. Goldthwait J ✠ Matthew A. Green Jon P. Gren, Jr. James S. Harrop, Jr. ✠ Neil H. Kristian Henry D. Krupnikoff, Class Agent ✠ Jeffrey P. Marquis John W. Maxwell J Wensley E. McKenney William L. Nolan Timothy D. Orr F ✠ James G. Reid ✠ Jason E. Taylor Y ✠ Mark S. Ulrich

CLASS OF ’87

Harold R. Beacham, Jr., Class Agent Y ✠ William C. Begien, Class Agent ✠ G. Garvin Brown, IV, Class Agent ✠ William P. Burks, Jr., Class Agent ✠ James C. Chomo John A. Cooper, III ✠ David E. Drew J Garrett T. Fish Y ✠ Brendan P. Flynn Scott L. Gwilliam Y ✠ David M. Hession ✠ F. Reid Hipp Y ✠ Warner T. James, Jr. Gregory E. Krohner Edward V. Lahey, III ✠ Clifford A. Lanier ❖ Andrew M. Leidner Jonathan C. Lester Andrew H. McCalla Christopher G. McCormack J ✠ James W. McCormick ✠ James C. Menges ❖ ✠ Tad T. M. Renvyle J ✠ Tatsuya Takaku Y ✠ Brett A. Taylor Y ✠

CLASS OF ’88

Shawn E. Atkinson, Co-Head Class Agent Y ✠ Brent H. Biernat Mark G. Bothwell Y ✠ John E. Brown, IV David E. Cooper ✠ James H. Daine Y ✠ Robert A. Gryboski, Jr., Class Agent ❖ ✠ Daniel M. Harrop ✠ Robin B. Ketcham ✠ Michael D. Krupnikoff Michael P. Lech ❖ ✠ Brendan B. Lynch Y Francis A. Martin, IV Y ✠ Ryan T. Martin Michael G. Mason ✠

Rob R. Morrell Y Andrew T. Niebuhr Peter D. Reed, Co-Head Class Agent Y ✠ Thomas Reynolds ✠ Marc J. Stuzynski, Class Agent Y Benjamin H. Travers Y ✠ John F. Van Bourgondien, Jr. J ✠ Matthew C. Wagner ✠

CLASS OF ’89

George J. Caspar James H. Cheek Y Jeffrey A. Davis ✠ Thomas N. Eiff Daniel J. Entwistle Moises Esquenazi J William F. Farrington ✠ Robert S. Jamison, III Jonathan G. Judd Brendan L. McKernan ❖ Blake L. Ruttenberg ❖ ✠ Christopher D. Sheaffer James G. Underwood Timothy A. Underwood Jonathan D. Usich J ✠ Christopher H. Volk Robert M. Wileman, Reunion Chair Y ✠

CLASS OF ’90

Culley C. Carson, IV Joseph B. Chaho F Adam J. Crane, Class Agent ✠ Peter J. Deckers, Class Agent ✠ John C. Detweiler Brian P. Farrell Thomas L. Fleetwood Timothy M. Foley David D. Gordon Brian K. Gregory ✠ Thomas T. Gresh ✠ Edward D. Heyd John P. Joyce F James L. Livermore Y ✠ Thomas B. Lloyd Y ✠ Peter J. Malafronte, Class Agent D ✠ Patrick C. McMahon Thomas P. O’Connor, Class Agent ✠ Christopher I. Pye ✠ Thomas W. Reilly ✠ Huger G. Sinkler ✠ Todd M. Spector ✠ Travis A. Tucker Y ✠ Todd F. Weaver ✠ William U. Weiss

CLASS OF ’91

Patrick T. Ashe Richard C. Christofer, Jr. John M. Denery Y Robert A. Dowling, Jr., Class Agent ✠

Keith E. Festa, Class Agent ✠ Andrew H. Fisher, Class Agent ❖ ✠ Damian J. Fox Y Sean M. Hankard, Class Agent ✠ Thomas J. Harrop ❖ Christopher R. Hetherington Donald R. Hornish, Class Agent Robert D. Hornish ✠ Neal A. Koblitz Nigel H. Mendez Carlos A. Motta Y Michael M. Mullin, IV, Head Class Agent Y ✠ Scott P. Paolella ✠ John B. Pinkham, Jr. ✠ Michael S. Riva Brian E. Rozinsky ✠ Brendon A. Welker, Class Agent ✠ David C. Williamson Crayke P. Windsor

CLASS OF ’95

CLASS OF ’92

Charles S. Civiletto Kevin J. Moglia Y Brian J. O’Neill, Class Agent Richard W. Pendleton, Jr. J ✠ Curtis R. Reese Y Derek J. Smead Austin B. Sperry Y Michael D. Sturman Michael B. Trew Myles P. Varley, II

Thomas D. Ashe ✠ William P. Austin Y ✠ Scott M. Goodwyn, Class Agent ✠ Randolf W. Gruener Douglas J. Kooluris, Class Agent Y Alec J. MacArthur Bryan J. Matthews ✠ W. Steele Pollard, Class Agent ✠ Jesse D. Rappaport ✠ John Ruan, IV Y ✠ Robert F. Rulison ✠ John W. Tharpe, Class Agent ❖ ✠ Brian T. Wilhelm D

CLASS OF ’93

Matthew E. Bill ✠ Lance A. Cashion J Adam K. Cline ❖ ✠ Marc A. DiBella ✠ Peter A. DiNardo ✠ Chia H. Hua Todd L. Lady Lee N. Schmertzler ✠ John J. Torpy, II Louis D. Wallick Travis B. Weisleder Y ✠

CLASS OF ’94

Patrick J. Carey Peter A. Conlin ✠ Robert M. Gagnon Paul M. Gozzo ✠ Matthew W. Higgins Adam Josef Y Jonathan A. Layburn Christopher T. Moeller Alfredo Quinonez Y Michael S. Rozinsky ✠ Clinton A. Smith Y Eric E. Soderburg ✠ Timothy L. Waterman

Graham R. Callaghan ✠ Luke K. Cline ❖ ✠ Stephen J. Close Lance B. Derrickson Michael A. Fish Y ✠ James W. Gale Jonathon F. Hartnett, Class Agent Y ✠ Michael J. Hoak Y ✠ Marc R. Holtman ✠ Kenjiro Kitade ✠ Shawn G. LaBonte Douglas B. Marshall Timothy J. McAndrew, Class Agent John P. McAuliffe, Class Agent Y ✠ Richard W. Pingel Tade J. Reen, Class Agent Peter K. Sheffield, III ✠ Anthony D. Silvestro, Head Class Agent ✠ Jeremy D. Tevald ✠

CLASS OF ’96

CLASS OF ’97

Christopher B. Buzzeo ✠ John P. D’Entremont David J. Jorgensen Anthony J. Salerno, Class Agent Frederic C. Schlegel Timothy B. Stay, Co-Head Class Agent ✠

CLASS OF ’98

Tauseef A. Ansari ✠ Christopher J. Baran Geoffrey R. Barlow, Co-Head Class Agent ✠ Michael T. Brett Joshua R. Bubbs J. Andrew Corrigan, Co-Head Class Agent James M. Crozier David J. Farrell F Michael A. Holtman Matthew P. Hussey ✠ Adeel A. Khan Ryan K. Kokaram Gregory M.Kraczkowsky, Class Agent ✠ Brian M. Lemek James F. Reinhardt Paul M. Rhodes Y Matthew W. Shannon Neil J. Sirni, Class Agent Y

Nicholas D. Stead Nicholas J. Torretti George M. Trautman F ✠ Benjamin D. Wade Drew T. Widger ✠

Michael E. Sorvillo ❖ Kenneth C. Tenukas Y Michael V. Urso Thomas R. Villecco ✠ Andrew G. Weisman

CLASS OF ’99

CLASS OF ’01

Crager J. Boardman Erin R. Borger, Class Agent Y ✠ Brett J. Brookman ✠ James W. Chesson Y ✠ Austin W. Dienst Mark W. Floyd, Class Agent Y ✠ Christopher J. Gateman, Class Agent ✠ Christopher P. Grosch, Class Agent David R. Gryboski, Co-Head Class Agent ✠ John B. Haberland ✠ Tronn D. Hansen Barry C. Joyce ✠ John C. Landry, Jr. ✠ Todd L. Marr ✠ Thatcher W. Martin John Rakolta, III Y Alexander T. Rogers Eamon S. Sheehan ✠ Stephen A. Zappone, Co-Head Class Agent

CLASS OF ’00

Matthew L. Biscaldi Christopher A. Caulfield, Class Agent Michael J. Cuccia Y James S. R. Dennis, Class Agent Y Patrick W. Dowling, Class Agent Y ✠ Adam B. Ehret Scott M. Horvath Matthew W. Journalist Thomas J. LeRoux Steven P. Malinowski Chandler R. Mount, Class Agent Y Michael J. O’Neill, Co-Head Class Agent Y Daniel J. Seiden, Co-Head Class Agent Y Erron J. Smith

Joshua L. Bruff Craig P. Chester, Class Agent ✠ Christopher D. Coleman, Co-Head Class Agent ✠ Alexander R. Dean Y Matthew J. Haddad, Class Agent Christopher R. Higgins Samuel B. Long Ryan Moore Y Matthew J. Paquet Peter M. Skinner

CLASS OF ’02

Gerard P. Barrieau, III ✠ Brendan P. Bell ✠ Matthew J. Biggart Richard M. Boudria, Jr. Frank D. B. DiCocco Ben L. Feld Michael F. Karoly Scott J. Lindberg ✠ John P. Moeller William N. Palmer, Class Agent Bryant A. Rich Richard P. Stevens William W. Waring, III Tyler D. Wells, Class Agent ✠ Nicholas C. Wilbur

CLASS OF ’03

John-Oliver Beirne George F. Boudria Brian P. Brown Daniel G. Ciaburri, Jr., Class Agent Kyle Coleman ✠ Mark A. Harrison Jonathan D. Hoak Y ✠ Jason E. Hull Joseph S. Karoly, Class Agent Ryan G. Malfitano Adam K. Stetson ✠

James T. Tang, Head Class Agent Aidan S. Traynor

CLASS OF ’04

Luke R. Archambault, Class Agent Zachary D. Bartholomew Gilman A. Callsen Charles H. Custer Matthew S. D’Annolfo ✠ Jonathan P. Fugge Alexander L. Nicolia ✠ Brian J. Orr ✠ Brandon W. Thiess ✠ Raymond J. Yozwiak ✠

CLASS OF ’05

John M. Benoit Jeffrey S. Chen Timothy D. Custer Brian M. Davis Christopher T. Davis Y Joseph J. DeBello Bryan P. Farrell Jackson O. Howard, Class Agent Charles H. Hyde Y Kyle R. Jayne Dane G. Lemeris, Head Class Agent Sam P. Orr Eric R. Quinlan Dillon R. Rioux Robert L. Rosenhaus Porter M. H. Sargent, Class Agent Bryan M. Sweeney, Class Agent Christian G. von Uffel Connor F. Wells Taylor J. Wuennemann

CLASS OF ’06

Stuart D. Beath, Jr., Class Agent Trevor D. Biggart Jonathan P. Bingham Robert A. Boschen Trevor L. Bradley Brian M. Burke Connor J. Burke Steven A. Capraro, Class Agent

Alexander P. W. Cherry, Class Agent James B. Clinkscales, II Troy R. Cole Thomas S. Cousins D Mitchell R. Daigle Nicholas G. Demopoulos Stephen P. Driscoll, Class Agent Alexander M. Feld, Class Agent Thomas R. Gianakos James T. Joyce James G. Kerr Benjamin J. Kimmerle, Class Agent Tae Jun Lee Bradley V. Lipkvich James W. Little Daniel F. Lynch Benjamin J. Lyons J. Taylor Malfitano James T. Maule Kevin J. McDonnell Cody A. McGregor Henry L. Murray, III, Class Agent Samuel F. Patterson Joshua P. Pavano, Class Agent Matthew R. Reilly, Class Agent Robert H. Rogers, III Kyle W. Rougeot Andrew T. Schiavoni Thomas M. Shumway Shane T. Sigel James B. Smart R. Peter Theis, Class Agent Khalid M. Verjee Christopher R. Victor Michael A. Witkiewicz Eric R. Wuelfing Frank E. Yozwiak

Martin Y. Brooks, Class Agent Ryan P. Butler Christopher P. Canning, Class Agent Y John P. Connelly, Class Agent Michael S. Cooke John E. Dowd, III Patrick W. Enloe Carter S. Frank Matthew N. Giamalis, Class Agent Jordan W. Glaze, Class Agent R. Kurt Goetjen Jeremy M. Grenier Jonathan B. Gurry Michael J. Haeflich, Jr. Jonathan C. Higginbotham Samuel W. Hoffman Matthew C. Keller Eóin J. Lennon Andrew J. Lyons Brian C. Malchoff, Class Agent Daniel C. Marro Philip K. McEachin Patrick J. Miller Grant R. Palermo Michael J. Recchia, Class Agent Curtis R. Schneider Eric L. Schreiber Peter J. Seltenright Michael X. Shaw Y Edwin S. Sumner Kenneth Trentowski, Class Agent Steven R. Tucker Armand W. Wilson, Class Agent Spencer K. Wilson Henri F. Youlden Nathan L. Zinn

CLASS OF ’07

CLASS OF ’08

Randall N. Angel Tyler L. Bambrick Matthew D. Beath, Class Agent Nicholas L. Bonino, Class Agent

Timothy R. Beaupre Douglas J. Beyer Erik J. Biggart Michael J. Buenaventura James P. Chamness Benjamin A. Chodar

Andrew S. Coco Joseph D. D’Amelio Matthew K. Doyle Ryan J. Endorf Paul T. W. Foote John W. Froman, II Brian P. Hantzis Samuel W. Hebb Will H. Hendricks, Co-Head Class Agent John W. Hodgkinson David R. Hollady, Class Agent Peter J. Holste-Grubbe, Class Agent Jae Taek Hong, Class Agent Ryan W. Jennings Chane F. Keller R. Marshall Kock, Jr. Ji Hoon Lee Kyle P. Lipkvich Richard V. Longobardi Jordan C. Lynch Eric J. Meyers Brandon J. Moore Sean P. Murphy Matthew Murray Daniel New Robert R. Patterson Evan M. Piercey Michael J. Reilly Benjamin H. Riley Nicholas A. Sica Kevin S. Sisti, Co-Head Class Agent Matthew R. Solomon Christopher M. Stanton Kiho Suh Preston L. Thompson Abraham J. Wachter Edwin L. Wallace Daniel A. Witkiewicz Christopher J. Wolfel Richard H. Woodwell Langley C. Young, Class Agent Jacob A. Zieky

CLASS OF ’09

Graham C. Garland

CLASS OF ’10 Charles F. Sumner

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FRIENDS, FACULTY, & IN-KIND GIFTS Friends & Faculty

Anonymous F Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Acosta Mrs. Carol Adams J Mrs. Sheila Albert Mr. & Mrs. Rob Albrecht Mr. & Mrs. Tony Aliffi Mr. & Mrs. Normand F. Allen ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John Ambrose Mr. & Mrs. Par Arvidssun Mr. Geoffrey R. Barlow ’98 ✠ Mr. Kenneth H. Beer Mr. & Mrs. Brian Beloin Mr. & Mrs. Timothy M. Beneski Mr. & Mrs. John Benoit ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Herbert E. Berry Ms. Patricia Bessey Y Mr. & Mrs. Rolf Biekert Mr. & Mrs. Courtney F. Bird, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Rodman Black, Jr. Y ✠ Mrs. Dorothy Blanchard ✠ Major & Mrs. John M. Bourgault, USMC (Ret.) ’80 ✠ Ms. Susan J. Brady Mr. & Mrs. Richard O. Brajer Y Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Rex Brodie ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Larry Brogdon Ms. Carmen R. Brooks & Mr. Tommy Brooks Mr. Scott Brown & Ms. Lisa Byrne Ms. Alyssa L. Budkofsky Ms. Sharon Budkofsky Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Buenaventura The Anthony Cafiero Family Ms. Monica Calderon Mr. & Mrs. Graham R. Callaghan ’95 ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clark Y Mr. Douglas C. Cooney Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71 ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Matthew F. Coz Mr. & Mrs. J. Eddy Craig ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. David Crane Y Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker Y Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B.W. Custer Y ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Leslie S. Cutler ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Jack Davis Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers ’90 ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Tony Delnicki Mr. & Mrs. James M. Detora ✠ Mr. Lawrence A. Deubler Mrs. Jennifer P. Donovan Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling, Jr. ’91 ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Doyle

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2007–2008 Annual Report

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Dulle Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Robert Epstein Mrs. F. Reed Estabrook ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans ✠ Mr. & Mrs. J.L. Farmer Mr. & Mrs. Dani Feinstein Mr. & Mrs. David G. Ferm Mr. & Mrs. John P. Fratoni Mr. & Mrs. Richard Freeman Mr. Randy S. Freer & Ms. Pamela P. Haering Mr. & Mrs. Richard Garber Ms. Anne Geraghty J Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Giella Y ✠ Mr. Melvin Goldblatt Mr. Michael Gothers Mr. Bartolo R. Governanti Mr. Stephen G. Grygiel ✠ Mrs. Richard Gushée ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John H. Haile ✠ Mr. & Mrs. R. D. Halbower Mr. & Mrs. John B. Hannum Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Hannum Mr. & Mrs. David F. Hansen Dr. Howard L. Haronian Mr. Gerard Haviland Y Mr. & Mrs. Jerry K. Hendrix Mr. & Mrs. David B. Hill Ms. Laura L. Hoffman Mr. Bruce W. Holstein & Ms. Donna McNeill Ms. Jeanne Roccon Humphrey Y Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Joel Ms. Carol E. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Robert I. Kaplan Mrs. Warner W. Kent, Jr. ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Donald H. Ketcham ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robin B. Ketcham ’88 ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Kimmerle ✠ Mr. Warren J. Kingbury Dr. & Mrs. Leslie D. Strong Mr. & Mrs. James Kirschner ✠ Mr. Harry E. Knudsen Mr. David C. Kratz Y Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Krolik Y Mr. & Mrs. Theodore M. Ladwig Mr. & Mrs. Joshua A. Langer Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth LaRocque ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Jay B. Levin Mr. Ed Macri ❖ Mrs. Miwako Magee ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Malchoff ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Martin Mr. Edgar D. Mason

Dr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Mason Mr. Dar R. McCormick Mr. & Mrs. David McElheny Mr. Arthur C. Mehos Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd S. Meisels Mrs. John C. Merritt F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Michaud Y Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Josh Morris Ms. Anne M. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Nentwig Y ✠ Ms. Geraldine T. Nesbitt ❖ Ms. Amanda North Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. O'Keeffe, Jr. Y Mr. Thomas Olson & Ms. Elizabeth N. Lewis-Olson Mr. J. Colin O'Neill Mr. Robert Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Peer Mr. Richard W. Pendleton, Jr. J ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Pennell, III ✠ Mr. John W. Plumb Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Portanova Mr. & Mrs. Michael Powers Ms. Mary Lou Pryor Mr. & Mrs. Randy L. Pulito Y Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Pulling Y Mr. & Mrs. Dave Rahilly Mr. David Rahilly Mr. Phil Rahilly & Ms. Melanie Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Randall Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Reller Y ✠ Mr. Brian A. Renstrom Y Mr. & Mrs. William C. Riley Mr. & Mrs. David J. Roache Ms. Gayle N. Robinson & Mr. James Budinetz Mr. Richard Roccon Ms. Deborah B. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. James F. Rowean Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky ’62 ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Russo Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Rutstein Mr. & Mrs. Paul Sandrew Mrs. Sue Saxton Mr. & Mrs. Todd V. N. Scantlebury Ms. Mary B. Scott Y Mr. Daniel J. Seiden ’00 Mr. & Mrs. William Severni Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber D Mr. & Mrs. Emmet G. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Brian Smith Ms. Marie E. Spadorcia Mr. Joseph J. Spalluto Mr. Robert G. Starks

Mr. Timothy B. Stay ’97 ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John C. Suglia Y Mr. James A. Sukeforth Dr. & Mrs. Wilfred J. Talbot Ms. Cynthia J. Tartaglia Mr. Alan D. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Brent H. Taylor Y Mr. Paul C. Thornton Mr. Philip Timyan ❖ Ms. Leslie S. Tognazzini Mrs. Thomas Tongue ✠ Mr. & Mrs. George M. Trautman ’98H F ✠ Ms. Deborah W. Van Atta Ms. Christine Walder & Mr. Ed Fielder Ms. Pamela Walton Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Weiss Y Mr. & Mrs. Brendon A. Welker ’91 ✠ Mr. Tyler D. Wells ’02 ✠ Mr. William F. Whaley Mrs. Henry Wiener Mr. Nicholas C. Wilbur ’02 Mr. Mark T. Wilson Y Mr. Tom Witter F Ms. Maureen Woebkenberg Mr. John K. Woodwell, III Mr. & Mrs. William H. Woodwell, Jr. Ms. Diane Zultowsky & Mr. Alec Cecil

In-kind Gifts

Mr. Robert D. Casey, Jr. ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas DeCosmo Mr. Geoffrey H. Doughty ’68 Mr. Robert M. Edsel Mr. & Mrs. John W. Froman Mr. & Mrs. David L. Geyer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Gianakos Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Nicolia Dr. & Mrs. Michael C. Piercey Mr. Bruce Hammond Qvale Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Reller Mr. & Mrs. Mark Solomon Dr. & Mrs. Wilfred J. Talbot Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74 Mr. John F. Van Bourgondien, Jr. ’88 Mr. & Mrs. Brendon A. Welker ’91

Phonathon Volunteers

Geoffrey R. Barlow ’98 Timothy M. Beneski Anne W. Black P’99 John M. Bourgault ’80, P’09 Graham R. Callaghan ’95 Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07 Jonathan A. Crocker P’11 Arthur B.W. Custer P’04, ’05, ’10 Brian P. Doyle P’11 Kevin J. Driscoll ’72, P’08 William E. Eschert ’83 Peter M. Evans P’98 Susan Evans P’98 John Gardner John Garvan Richard C. Gregory ’83 Lee J. Huguley ’92 Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10 Arthur C. Mehos Daniel J. Seiden ’00 Timothy B. Stay ’97 George M. Trautman ’98H, P’75, ’81, GP’03 Brendon A. Welker ’91 Tyler D. Wells ’02

PARENTS OF ALUMNI—ANNUAL GIVING Anonymous D ✠ Mrs. Louise B. Adams J Mr. & Mrs. John Agliato Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Allen ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Rolf Andersen ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Anderson ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Angel ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Applegate Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Archambault ✠ Dr. Julie Armada Y Mr. E. Nelson Asiel Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Avery ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Tommy L. Bambrick Y Mr. & Mrs. Richard Barlow ✠ Mrs. D. Arthur Bartholomew Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal, Sr. F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Beath Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Beath ✠ Mr. John A. Beirne, Jr. ✠ Mrs. Lori B. Beirne Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Bell ✠ Dr. Richard R. Bennett & Mrs. Sandra K. Baxter Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John Benoit ✠ Mr. & Mrs. W. C. Berry Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart D ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Biondo Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Rodman Black, Jr. Y ✠ Mrs. Dorothy Blanchard ✠ Mr. Alexander K. Bochain ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bolan ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Borger Y Mr. & Mrs. Robert O. Boschen ✠ Mr. & Mrs. F. Gerald Bothwell ✠ Mr. & Mrs. James A. Botvin J Mr. Alfred T. Bova ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Bowen ✠ Mr. & Mrs. J. Hallam Boyd, Jr. Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. G. Rohan Bradley ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Bradshaw ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Heinz H. Brennwald ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Brookman Y Mr. & Mrs. Espen S. Brooks ❖ Mr. G. Garvin Brown, III F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Scott S. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Leroy L. Bruff ✠ Mr. & Mrs. J. William Burns Drs. Ivan & Francine C. Butler ✠ Ms. Marie Lavendier & Mr. Paul M. Canning ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Peter Carnes ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Miguel E. Carpio Delfino ❖ ✠ Dr. & Mrs. John Carroll ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Carter D ✠ Mr. & Mrs. James H. Cashion J Mr. & Mrs. Nicolo Casini Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Chandler Mrs. Ellen M. Charles Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Chase ✠ Mr. Mean-Hey Chen ✠ Mr. & Mrs. William C. Cherry Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Samuel D. Chester ❖ ✠ Mr. Stephen Y. Chow Y Dr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Ciaburri ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Dale K. Cline ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John B. Clinton J ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Cloud, Jr. ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Cohane J ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. David F. Coleman ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Conant F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Connelly Y ✠

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Cooke ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Gordon N. Cooper ✠ Mr. & Mrs. James K. Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Corey ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Corradi ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Corrigan Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan J ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Cousins F ✠ Mr. Richard G. Croft, Jr. F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Croughwell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Cruice J Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Cuccia Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B.W. Custer Y ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Leslie S. Cutler ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Bruce R. Daigle ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. D'Annolfo ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Davis ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Rodney M. Davis ✠ Dr. & Mrs. William Dean, III Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DeBello J ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers Y ✠ Ms. Laurie Delaney-Humphrey & Mr. Peter Humphrey Y Captain Victor Delano ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Tony Delnicki Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Demopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Ralph F. Dietz ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DiFiglia J ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Donahue Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling ✠ Mr. Joseph Downs III & Mrs. Nancy Stoner Downs Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Dresner ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew J ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Driscoll Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Duke Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ehret Mr. & Mrs. David M. Emmes J Mr. & Mrs. Winston Emmons ✠ Mrs. F. Reed Estabrook ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans ✠ Mr. Robert J. Falaguerra Y Mr. & Mrs. Timothy B. Farrell ✠ Ms. Emily H. Fisher & Mr. John Alexander ❖ Ms. Patricia H. Ford Mr. Paul M. Ford Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Fox Y ✠ Ms. Jolley Frank ✠ Mr. Frederick Fritz, Jr. Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John E. Gaisford Mr. & Mrs. Richard Garber Mr. & Mrs. John M. Gateman ✠ Mr. & Mrs. David L. Geyer Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis D ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Gianakos Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gibbons Y ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Marc Gittleman Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. H. Kent Goetjen ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. George R. Graham ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Mathew Granger ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Herbert T. Gresh ✠ Dr. Robert A. Gryboski Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Gurry Mrs. Richard Gushée ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Haeflich, Sr. Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Hall Y Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Hall ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Douglas Hamilton ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Dwight C. Harris, Sr. Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. William S. Hayes J ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John G. Hennessey Y ✠

Mr. & Mrs. George F. Henschel, Jr. ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Higginbotham Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert Higgins Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm M. Hirsh, Jr. Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Holtman Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Hopson ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Lewis E. Hoss ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Howard ❖ ✠ Ms. Tracy B. Huntington Dr. & Mrs. O. Wayne Isom D Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Jayne ✠ Mr. Timothy M. Jones & Ms. Annie M. Cardelus F ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. Judd ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kagan ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Keith Mr. & Mrs. Peter Keller Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Keogh Y Dr. & Mrs. Donald H. Ketcham ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Kimmerle ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Kingman Mrs. Carla Kirkeby Y Mr. & Mrs. James Kirschner ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Koichiro Kitade ✠ Mr. & Mrs. George P. Kooluris Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Kraczkowsky ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Kubasek, Jr. ✠ Mr. & Mrs. David N. LaBau ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth LaRocque ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Lavendier Y ✠ Mrs. Dolores A. Lawler Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Wayne B. Lawrence Y ✠ Mrs. Carmen L. Leahy ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Gordon F. Linke J ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Wayne P. Lipkvich Y Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Loewy ✠ Mr. Bradford W. Lowe ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ludwig F ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Richard Lynch Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. James J. Lyons Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. James Y. MacArthur ✠ Ms. Marta Mahoney ❖ ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Malchoff ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Malfitano ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Mansfield Mr. & Mrs. John Marr Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Douglas B. Marshall ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Marx Y Mr. & Mrs. David L. McAndrew ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Dudley D. McCalla ✠ Ms. Marcia McCormack Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. McEachin Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Gerald H. McGinley ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. McKernan ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. McNealy ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John M. Mendez ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Michael Miller ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Gary J. Moeller ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Moffie ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Moglia Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Mooney Y Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran, Jr. Y ✠ Mr. Brian T. Mullins ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. George A. Murray ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John Murray Y ✠ Mr. H. J. Nelson, III ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Richard Nickerson ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Nicolia F Mr. & Mrs. H. Clifton Northern, Jr. ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Franc Oberhammer ✠ Mr. Peter C. Obre ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah J. O'Brien ❖ ✠

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Occhialini Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. O'Keefe F Mr. & Mrs. John F. Olson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George D. O'Neill J ✠ Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway & Mr. James Sadler F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Orr ✠ Mrs. Celia Paleologos J Mr. Steven Palmer ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Patterson ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Paul Pavano Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Ben W. Perks Mr. & Mrs. O. Miles Pollard, Jr. Y ✠ Mrs. Marcel Poulin Ms. Linda Lee Praetzel Y Mr. Philip G. Pratt ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Emmanuel Psaras Mr. & Mrs. John J. Quinn, Jr. Mr. Bruce Hammond Qvale Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Gene Ranaldi Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Recchia ✠ Mrs. Carol Reed ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Reed Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Frank Reese Mr. & Mrs. Charles Regan ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Reilly ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Reilly, Jr. ❖ ✠ Mr. Alejandro I. Rey & Mrs. Kathy G. Rey-Brooks Atty. Tracy Rich & Hon. Vanessa Bryant ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Richardson ✠ Mr. & Mrs. David Ries, Sr. ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Righi Mr. & Mrs. Ernest P. Riva, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Rogers, Jr. Mr. William J. Roland ✠ Dr. Kenneth O. Rothaus & Dr. Paula Rothaus ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Rothschild F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky ✠ Mr. Andrew Russell Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Ryan ✠ Mr. & Mrs. William P. Ryan ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Salerno, Sr. ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Frank Sanford ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Sanford ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Sargent Ms. Caroline Sasaki Sumner Mr. & Mrs. Philip K. Schenck ✠ Mrs. Katrina D. M. Schilling Y ✠ Mrs. Rachael C. Schlegel Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Schultz Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. William Seiden ✠ Mr. & Mrs. William Severni Mr. & Mrs. Mike Seymour Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Shapiro Y ✠ Mr. Peter H. Sharp F Mr. Michael T. Shaw Y ✠ Mrs. Gail Sheflott Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Sheridan J Mr. & Mrs. Won Ho Shim D ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Richard Shumway ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John R. Siragusa ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Sirni ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Gerard F. Sirois ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph I. Sjogren ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Smalley F ✠ Mr. Larry H. Smead J ✠ The Reverend & Mrs. Larry W. Smith ✠ Ms. Penny Ward Smyth Dr. & Mrs. George F. Speace Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Stahlman Y ✠

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Mr. & Mrs. John Wise, Chairmen Y Anonymous D ✠ Mrs. Louise B. Adams J Mr. & Mrs. Normand F. Allen ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. D.L. Ammen Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bao Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. J. Leo Barry J Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Beath Y ✠ Mr. Robert Berry Mrs. Dorothy Blanchard ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Roger Boulton Mr. Raymond Bowley Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Brady Mrs. Patricia K. Brogan Y Mrs. Rita Brown ✠ Dr. & Mrs. Kyu Sik Choi D Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Clinkscales Mrs. Lucille Coz Y Mr. & Mrs. Francis Creto Mrs. Jean Cummings Mr. & Mrs. Easton Davy Mr. & Mrs. Tony Desmond Y Mr. & Mrs. John Dietze Mrs. Constance F. Driscoll Mr. & Mrs. Alberie Dube Mr. & Mrs. Paul Fay ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Eric Ferguson Y Mrs. Raymond M. Ford Mr. & Mrs. Guy Fouyolle Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Freeman J Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Garofalo Mrs. Margaret Geraghty J Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gibbons Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John Ginnetti Mr. James J. Grady Mrs. Terry F. Hallock Mrs. Lillian Hammer Mr. & Mrs. William Heffner Y Mr. & Mrs. Medric Jandreau Mr. & Mrs. Johnny John Mrs. Joan Karakas Mr. & Mrs. James E. Kassel ✠ Mr. Kenneth P. Kinney Mr. & Mrs. Charles Krug Mr. Petro Kulynych D ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Joe Lanosa Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Lavendier ✠ Mrs. Kerstin Levin

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Linsley Mrs. John E. Lynch ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robertson Mackay ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Richard Maitland Y ✠ Mrs. Nedra Martz Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Marx Y Mr. & Mrs. Fred Masotta Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Moseley J Mr. & Mrs. Craig Nation, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. G. Patrick Nerbonne Mr. & Mrs. Steve Notaro Mr. & Mrs. Gilman W. Ordway F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Gary Rauch Mr. Walter Reckert Mrs. Bertha L. Reuss Mr. & Mrs. Hans Ruhlig Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Sanford ✠ Mr. Jose Santiago & Ms. Rosa Gregoria Mrs. Elizabeth Scherer Mrs. Ann Sica Mr. & Mrs. David Slocum Mr. & Mrs. Philip W. Smith, Jr. ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Charles Steidel Mr. & Mrs. Frank Stolzenberg Mr. & Mrs. William Sullivan Y Mrs. LeRoy Thompson Mr. & Mrs. George M. Trautman F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. R. Daniel Vock Mrs. John Witkiewicz ✠ Mr. & Mrs. William Zabel Mr. & Mrs. Donald Zukosky ✠

Giving Levels Pelican (F)

$15,000 & Above

Eagle (D) $10,000–$14,999

Diogenes (J) $5,000–$9,999

1927 (❖) $1,927–$4,999

Winged Beaver (Y) $500–$1,926*

Elephant (✠) Longevity d = Deceased *$250–$1,926 Young Alumni (1-10 years after graduating)

2007–2008 Parent Leadership Committee Mr. & Mrs. Peter Arnell, Co-Chairmen Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart, Co-Chairmen Mr. & Mrs. George Wachter, Co-Chairmen Mr. & Mrs. Michael Albert Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Beath Mr. Scott E. Brackett Mr. & Mrs. Tom Brackett Mr. & Mrs. Tim Buckley

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Mr. & Mrs. Dana H. Havron Mr. Bill H. Heyman & Ms. Katherine Dietze Mr. & Mrs. Lewis E. Hoss Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Keller Mr. & Mrs. Peter Knobloch Mr. & Mrs. Neil C. Krauter, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Harlow LaBarge Dr. & Mrs. Craig Lapin Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Lautensack, Jr. Mr. Timothy Leclerc Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Levy

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne P. Lipkvich Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Douglas S. Margison Mr. & Mrs. William C. Martz Mr. & Mrs. Christopher B. Marx Dr. Norma Murray & Mr. Brian V. Murray Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Niemeier Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. O’Keefe Dr. & Mrs. Michael C. Piercey Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Reilly Mr. Jeffrey B. Rosichan &

Ms. Christy Dittrick Mr. & Mrs. Philip Rotchford Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Ryan Dr. & Mrs. John R. Salamone Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Sica Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Sisti Mr. & Mrs. Mark Solomon Mr. & Mrs. E. Scott Sumner Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson Ms. Leslie E. Underhill Mr. & Mrs. José R. Vizcarrondo Mr. & Mrs. Joel J. Witkiewicz Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky

CURRENT PARENT—ANNUAL GIVING Anonymous F Mr. & Mrs. Michael Albert Y Mr. & Mrs. Rob Albrecht Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Allen ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Allred ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Peter Arnell F Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. Guillermo Barnes Y Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros ❖ Mr. Richard C. Bartell & Ms. Julianne Splain Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Beath ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert Beaupré Y Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bell Y Mr. Jacques Bergeron Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Berry Mr. & Mrs. Rolf Biekert Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart D ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Blanchard Y Major & Mrs. John M. Bourgault, USMC (Ret.) ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bouvier Y Mr. Alfred T. Bova ✠ Ms. Tanya Boyd Mr. Scott E. Brackett D Mr. & Mrs. Tom Brackett ❖ Mr. & Mrs. G. Rohan Bradley ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brady Mr. Alfred Brechbuehler Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Breneiser Y Mr. & Mrs. Duncan S. Broatch ✠ Dr. Linda Stewart & Mr. J. Scott Brockmeyer Ms. Kelly Brogan Y Mr. & Mrs. Tim Buckley J Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Buenaventura Mr. & Mrs. David Cadenhead D Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Campbell Y Mr. & Mrs. Edward Carle Mr. & Mrs. Miguel E. Carpio Delfino ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Carrabino, Jr. D Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence P. Casella Dr. & Mrs. Bong Soo Cha ❖ Ms. Linda M. Chamness Dr. & Mrs. Kyu Sik Choi D Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Christoffersen Y Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Ciejek Y Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Clark Y Mr. & Mrs. Frank P. Clarke Y Mr. & Mrs. John B. Clinton J ✠ Dr. John F. Coco & Dr. Noelle C. Thabault Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Cohan Y Mr. & Mrs. Anthony S. Colatrella ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Richard Colletti Ms. Katherine Compton Mr. & Mrs. Johann Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Cooper Y Mr. & Mrs. Craig T. Cottrell, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Kyle H. Covington Dr. Kimberly A. Cox & Mr. Michael A. Cox

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew F. Coz Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cummings Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Cummins Y Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Cusano Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B.W. Custer Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Daly Mr. & Mrs. Frank D'Amelio F Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DeBello J ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas DeCosmo Y Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Demopoulos Mr. & Mrs. John C. Devine Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DiFiglia J ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John A. Dillon Mr. & Mrs. Jason Dionne Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Donahue Y ✠ Mr. Joseph Downs III & Mrs. Nancy Stoner Downs Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Doyle ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Doyle, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Driscoll Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Anthony R. Ebersole Mr. Robert M. Edsel D Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Endorf Y Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Eve Y Mr. & Mrs. James P. Farkas Y Mr. & Mrs. David Fenkell F Mr. & Mrs. John Fikre Y Mr. Kevin R. Flach & Ms. Merideth W. McGregor Y Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Fogarty, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Brian Foley Y ✠ Mr. Thomas Foote & Ms. Constance Williams Y Ms. Patricia H. Ford Mr. Paul M. Ford Mr. & Mrs. Russell Forkey Ms. Catherine D. Forster Mr. & Mrs. James Frageau Mr. & Mrs. John W. Froman Y Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Fullinwider ❖ Mrs. Martha H. Gantsoudes J Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Garland ❖ Mr. Robert Z. Gartzman ✠ Ms. Tracy Garvie Ms. Theresa Gattey ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Geraghty J Ms. Brigitte Gfeller Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis D ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons ❖ Dr. & Mrs. Marc Gittleman Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Giuliano Mr. & Mrs. H. Kent Goetjen ❖ Mr. & Mrs. James Gorham ❖ Ms. Jane E. Groner Y Mr. & Mrs. David G. Gubb ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Halford Y Mr. Jay S. Hallenbeck Mr. & Mrs. Christopher K. Hampton Y

Mr. Donald J. Hannan, III Mrs. Katherine Pharibe Hannan Y Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Hantzis Y Mr. & Mrs. Dwight C. Harris, Sr. Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Dana H. Havron Y Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Helberg Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Heller Mr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Henderson ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Craig Hendricks ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hershy ❖ Mr. Bill H. Heyman & Ms. Katherine Dietze J Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Hodgkinson F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Jon C. Hofer Ms. Teresa Holland Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Hollenshade, Sr. Y Mr. & Mrs. David P. Holst-Grubbe Y Mr. Seok Won Hong & Mrs. Ae Ja Kim ❖ Ms. Leslie M. Horowitz Dr. Steven M. Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Howard ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Kuo-Ching Huang J Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Ide Mr. & Mrs. David Jadovich Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Jandreau Mr. Jae Young Jeong & Mrs. Jeong Mee Om ❖ Ms. Dannielle M. Johnson ✠ Mr. Jungoh Kang & Mrs. Hyunmee Lee J Mr. & Mrs. John J. Kapinos Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Keller ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Keith S. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Kelly ❖ Mr. John H. Kerwin Y Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Kiene Y Mr. & Mrs. Joo Hyun Kim J Mr. Taehyun Kim & Mrs. Youngsoo Lee ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Kimmerle ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kinney Y Mr. Harvey Kipnis & Ms. Alice Fasano Mr. & Mrs. Peter Knobloch ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Kock Mr. & Mrs. James D. Koval Y Mr. & Mrs. Neil C. Krauter, Sr. J Mr. O Sung Kwon & Mrs. Keum Hwa Youn ❖ Dr. & Mrs. Harlow LaBarge Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lally Dr. & Mrs. Craig Lapin Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth LaRocque ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. James A. Lasky Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Lauro Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Lautensack, Jr. Y Mr. Timothy Leclerc Dr. Dong Ho Lee & Mrs. Regina Kim ❖

Mr. & Mrs. Jae Sun Lee ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Myung Ku Lee D Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Lee Mr. Larry Levesque & Ms. Carol Montesi Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Levy J Mr. & Mrs. Patrick L'Hostis ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Wayne P. Lipkvich Y Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Longo Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Longobardi Y Mr. & Mrs. Jack Loveland Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. MacDonald ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Douglas S. Margison Y Mr. & Mrs. William C. Martz J Mr. & Mrs. Christopher B. Marx Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Frederick P. Masotta, III Dr. & Mrs. Allan Mayer Y Mr. & Mrs. William E. McClane Mrs. Paul S. McDougall Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. McInnis Mr. & Mrs. Achal Mehra Mr. & Mrs. Jamie Meyers Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Miller Mr. Reginald Mills & Mrs. Karen A. Brown-Mills ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Chris Milner ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Moffie ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Montross Mr. & Mrs. Russell C. Mooney Mr. & Mrs. Bruce J. Moore Y Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Morris Y Ms. Jennifer Mottola Mrs. Amanda Mullane Dr. & Mrs. George A. Murphy Dr. Norma Murray & Mr. Brian V. Murray Y Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Naclerio Mr. & Mrs. Kazuo Nakamura ❖ Mr. William R. Nelson & Ms. Shelly Perron Mr. & Mrs. James New Y Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Niemeier ❖ Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nissley ❖ ✠ Ms. Annika Nord Mr. & Mrs. David G. Nord ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah J. O'Brien ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Pat O'Brien ❖ Ms. Mimi O'Connell Scully Y Mr. George E. Olson Ms. Kathleen G. Olson ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Raoul R. Palen Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos Y Mr. Jongseok Park & Mrs. Ikyung Kim ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Roger I. Parker Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Peltz F Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Phucas Dr. & Mrs. Michael C. Piercey F Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Price Y Mr. & Mrs. J. Sadler Ramsdell Y Mr. & Mrs. Gerald J. Randall Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Redfearn Y

Mr. & Mrs. David H. Reed Y Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Reed Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Reilly ❖ ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Reller Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Rempel Mr. & Mrs. John A. Riccio Mr. Paul S. Rix & Ms. Lynette A. Bard Y Ms. Penni Rosen Mr. Jeffrey B. Rosichan & Ms. Christy Dittrick F Mr. & Mrs. Philip Rotchford ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Rothmann Y Mr. & Mrs. Barry Rubinfeld Y Mr. & Mrs. Bernhard Ruhlig Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Runkel Y Mr. William J. Rusch & Ms. Mary Anne Creto Y Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Ryan J Dr. & Mrs. John R. Salamone Y Ms. Diane Samuels Ms. Caroline Sasaki Sumner Mr. Joseph G. Scali Y Mr. & Mrs. Larry Schmid Mr. & Mrs. Won Ho Shim D ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Sica D Mr. & Mrs. Roy Silverman Y Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick Simon ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Sisti ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Sjodin Y Mr. & Mrs. Robert Skirvin Mr. Brian W. Smith & Ms. Madonna A. Sacco Mr. & Mrs. D. Van Smith, Jr. Y Mr. & Mrs. Mark Solomon D Mr. Eun Seop Song & Mrs. Sung Min Kim ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Iain Sorrell Y Dr. & Mrs. George F. Speace Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. John E. Spencer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William J. Spracklin Mr. & Mrs. Brent St. John Y Mrs. Jenniffer D. Stallmeyer Ms. Jacqueline A. Stetson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story, III F Mr. Ida Bagus Suarsana & Ms. Karen Waddell Y Mr. & Mrs. Tong Mo Suh Y Mr. & Mrs. E. Scott Sumner ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Supple Y Mr. Jung-Hyang Sur & Mrs. Kyeonghee Oh Y Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Tepper Y Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Tesar Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson J ✠ Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott Tiernan F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Torey F Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Truppman Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios Tsacoyeanes Mr. & Mrs. Scott A. Tynell Ms. Leslie E. Underhill ❖ Mr. & Mrs. James J. Vasaturo Mr. & Mrs. Juan Velutini J Mr. & Mrs. José R. Vizcarrondo J Mr. & Mrs. Alexander R. Vock ❖

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CURRENT PARENT—ANNUAL GIVING Mr. & Mrs. George Wachter F ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Edwin L. Wallace ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Damian Wasserbauer Y Dr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Watrous Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Weeks Y ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Gary W. Whitting Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Wiacek Y Mr. & Mrs. George J. Willett, III Mr. & Mrs. Clarence G. Williams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Steven K. Wilson ✠ Mr. & Mrs. David Winkler Y Mr. & Mrs. Joel J. Witkiewicz Y ✠ Mr. Rodney Wolfel Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Woods Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell F Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln C. Young ❖ Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky ❖

Memorials & Honorary Gifts

In memory of Lynn Anderson Mr. Stephen Y. Chow In memory of Betty L. Asiel Mr. E. Nelson Asiel In memory of Peter Dent ’68 Dr. Richard B. Boebel ’68 In memory of Scott D. Donovan ’81 Mrs. Jennifer P. Donovan In memory of Bea Goldblatt Sharon, Alan, Alyssa, & Marc Budkofsky Mr. & Mrs. Robert I. Kaplan In memory of Regina Haviland Mr. Gerard Haviland In memory of Warner W. Kent, Jr. ’40 Mrs. Jane Kent In memory of son, Christopher E. Lawler ’82 Theatre Award Mrs. Dolores A. Lawler In memory of Gregg R. Linburg ’87 Ms. Marcia McCormack In memory of John Mansfield ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Mansfield In memory of Patrick Teichgraeber ’83 Mrs. Richard Gushée In memory of H. Mitchell White ’73 Mr. Ronald White & Ms. Sue Casher In honor of Tim Beneski Mr. & Mrs. David Cadenhead In memory of Sid Clark ’65H Mr. Stephen G. Grygiel In honor of James Baird Clinkscales, II Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Clinkscales In honor of Peter Gushée ’82 Mrs. Richard Gushée In honor of John W. Hodgkinson ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Hodgkinson In honor of Jeanette & Arthur R. Keim’s 50th Anniversary Ms. Mary Lou Pryor Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Farmer Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Clinkscales

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Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Dulle Mr. & Mrs. Jerry K. Hendrix Mr. & Mrs. Emmet G. Smith Mr. & Mrs. R. David Halbower Mr. Harry E. Knudsen Ms. Carmen R. Brooks & Mr. Tommy Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Acosta In honor of our brother, Charles J. McLaughlin, III ’55, on his 70th Birthday Mr. Robert A. McLaughlin ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas (Sara McLaughlin) Sinclair In memory of William P. Teichgraeber ’83 Mr. R. F. Teichgraeber In honor of Josh Wolf ’07 & his mentor at AOF Mr. Paul D. Wolf

Kareem Norman Memorial Fund

The Kareem Norman Memorial Fund honors the life and courage of Kareem Norman, who suffered a fatal heart attack in the spring of 2007. While a student at Avon, Kareem sustained a devastating injury that left him paralyzed, doing one of the things he loved most in life: playing hockey. Kareem attacked his condition with the same passion he brought to the ice. In 2003 Kareem joined the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the foremost research and treatment program in the world for spinal cord injuries.

Donations made in Kareem’s memory have established the Kareem Norman Award, given annually to the Most Outstanding Forward on the varsity hockey team. On February 23, 2008, Avon hosted A Night for Kareem.

Kareem’s #10 hockey jersey was retired and the first Kareem Norman Award was presented to James Chamness ’08. Through this award, Kareem’s legacy will be celebrated annually during the Avon hockey season, ensuring that his memory will continue to inspire Avonians for years to come.

Mr. Christopher J. Baran Mr. & Mrs. Herbert E. Berry Ms. Patricia Bessey Mr. Matthew L. Biscaldi Ms. Alyssa L. Budkofsky Ms. Sharon Budkofsky Ms. Monica Calderon Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clark Ms. Laurie Delaney-Humphrey & Mr. Peter Humphrey Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. Mr. Robert A. Dowling, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Dani Feinstein Mr. & Mrs. David G. Ferm Mr. & Mrs. John P. Fratoni

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Freeman Mr. Randy S. Freer & Ms. Pamela P. Haering Mr. Melvin Goldblatt Mr. David R. Gryboski Mr. John B. Hannum & Ms. Ann Stroud Hannum Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Hannum Dr. Howard L. Haronian Mr. Bruce W. Holstein & Mrs. Donna McNeill Holstein Holstein Foundation Mr. Jason E. Hull Ms. Jeanne Roccon Humphrey Ms. Carol E. Jones Mr. Matthew W. Journalist Mr. & Mrs. Robert I. Kaplan Mr. Warren J. Kingbury Dr. & Mrs. Leslie D. Strong Mr. & Mrs. Theodore M. Ladwig Mr. & Mrs. Joshua A. Langer Mr. Brian M. Lemek Mr. & Mrs. Jay B. Levin Mr. Steven P. Malinowski Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Martin Mr. Edgar D. Mason Dr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Mason Mr. Dar R. McCormick Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd S. Meisels Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Josh Morris Ms. Anne M. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Michael Powers Mr. & Mrs. Randy L. Pulito Mr. & Mrs. Dave Rahilly Mr. David Rahilly Mr. Phil Rahilly & Ms. Melanie Barrett Mr. Brian A. Renstrom Mr. Paul M. Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. William C. Riley Mr. Richard Roccon Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Rutstein Mr. & Mrs. Paul Sandrew Mr. Daniel J. Seiden Mr. Neil J. Sirni Mr. Timothy B. Stay Mr. Nicholas D. Stead Mr. Michael D. Sturman Mr. James A. Sukeforth Mr. William F. Whaley Ms. Diane Zultowsky & Mr. Alec Cecil

The Richard Herron Woodwell Scholarship Fund

The Richard Herron Woodwell Scholarship Fund honors a special friend and alumnus, Richard “Woody” Woodwell ’75, who tragically lost his life in the attacks of September 11th. The fund was established in 2001 and has recently grown substantially, as friends of Woody’s contributed to the scholarship fund in 2007 to honor what would have been Woody’s 50th birthday. The money collected by the school supports a deserving student at Avon who best embodies the leadership characteristics Woody

exhibited so clearly throughout his life.

Woody was the Warden at Avon, later graduated from Dartmouth College and was working at the World Trade Center for Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods when he died. His son, Richard Jr. graduated from Avon in 2008.

Mr. & Mrs. Tony Aliffi Mr. & Mrs. John Ambrose Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Applegate Mr. & Mrs. Par Arvidssun Mr. Timothy R. Beeble ’71 Mr. Kenneth H. Beer Mr. & Mrs. Richard O. Brajer Mr. Scott Brown & Ms. Lisa Byrne Mr. & Mrs. J. Eddy Craig Mr. & Mrs. David Crane Mr. Lawrence A. Deubler Mr. Robert A. Dowling, Jr. ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Doyle Mr. Donald J. Gallup ’75 Mr. & Mrs. David F. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. David B. Hill Ms. Laura L. Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Joel Mr. David C. Kratz Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Krolik Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Michaud Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 Ms. Amanda North Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. O’Keeffe, Jr. Mr. Thomas Olson & Ms. Elizabeth N. Lewis-Olson Mr. J. Colin O’Neill Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Portanova Rainer Investment Management Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Randall Mr. & Mrs. David J. Roache Ms. Deborah B. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Russo Mr. & Mrs. Todd V. N. Scantlebury Ms. Mary B. Scott Mr. Joseph J. Spalluto Mr. Robert G. Starks

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Suglia Mr. & Mrs. Brent H. Taylor Mr. Philip Timyan Ms. Leslie S. Tognazzini Ms. Deborah W. Van Atta Mr. John F. Van Sant, Jr. ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Weiss Mr. Mark T. Wilson Ms. Maureen Woebkenberg Mr. John K. Woodwell III Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell Mr. & Mrs. William H. Woodwell, Jr.

Parents Calling Committee

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Arnell Mr. Thomas R. Atkinson Mrs. Stephen Brady Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence P. Casella Ms. Linda M. Chamness Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Clark Ms. Katherine Compton Mrs. Robert N. Cusano Mrs. Anthony Demopoulos Mr. John A. Forster Mrs. Jeffery S. Garland Mrs. John N. Giamalis Mr. Christopher K. Hampton Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Hantzis Mrs. Jordan Heller Ms. Katherine Hollady Mrs. David P. Holst-Grubbe Ms. Dannielle M. Johnson Mrs. Neil C. Krauter, Sr. Dr. Harlow LaBarge Mr. Christopher B. Marx Mrs. Paul S. McInnis Mrs. Thomas S. Niemeier Mrs. Jacqueline Rivera Mrs. Philip Rotchford Ms. Caroline Sasaki Sumner Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Sica Mrs. Nancy Stoner Downs Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson Mrs. Don W. Torey Ms. Karen Waddell Mr. Edwin L. Wallace

Parent Dinner & Auction Contributors Parents Association Commitee

The mission of the Avon Old Farms Parents Association, as volunteer families and friends, is to raise funds to enhance the academic, athletic, and extra-curricular experiences of the “Men of Avon” through the Student Enrichment Fund.

The proceeds from this year’s highly successful and enjoyable dinner and auction, “The Blue Blazer Ball,” exceeded $186,000, a record-breaking figure. In addition, that evening over $20,000 was raised to underwrite the Riddlers’ Trip to Germany. We are most grateful to everyone who participated as volunteers, donors and bidders to make the event such a wonderful success.

Executive Committee 2007-2008

Lori Solomon P’08, ’10, Co-President Faith Margison P’09, Co-President Doreen Witkiewicz PP’06, P’08, Co-Vice President Barbara St. John P’09, ’11, Co-Vice President Maureen Donahue PP’07, P’09, Secretary Pharibe Hannan P’09, Treasurer Anne Lapin P’09, Auction Chair Anne Reilly PP’06, P’08, Acquisitions & Sponsorships Susan Eve P’08, ’11, Giving Tree

Members At Large David Barros Mary Barros Kim Blanchard Anna Bourgault Lisa Brady Mary Colatrella Maureen Cooper Michele Endorf Catherine Forster Lisa Halford Chris Hampton René Hampton Nora Howard Craig Lapin Jill Lautensack Jeanne McClane Elaine Nord Roger Parker Michael Piercey Susan Piercey Tracy Reed Karen Rubinfeld Carol Supple Annemarie Tepper Carol Tsacoyeanes Dana Wasserbauer Mary Jean Young

Businesses

A. Body Boutique Spa Advanced Benefits Strategies AFTERhours Disc Jockey Service Apricots Restaurant Arthur Murray Dance Studio Automated Building Systems, Inc. Avon Old Farms Hotel Bartlett Tree Experts BCN Telecom, Inc. Beautiful, Beautiful Hair Bella Salon & Spa Big Y–Avon Bikram Yoga Farmington Blick Art Materials Blue Fox Run Golf Course Blue Trail Range & Gun Store Boston Red Sox Briarwood Printing Company Bridgeport Bluefish Build-A-Bear Workshop Canton Village Exxon Carmen Anthony Restaurant Group Cheap Trick Contours Spa & Wellness Cooperative Systems Cosi Sandwich Coffee and Bar Country Comfort Heating & Fuel Oil, Inc. CWPM LLC Dakota Restaurant Dalene Flooring Carpet One db knits DeFosses Photography Dillon Mailing & Printing Dolphin Pools & Spas LLC E&R Laundry and Dry Cleaners Eagle Rivet Roof Service Corp.

Edible Arrangements Edward Motor Service Inc. Farmington Valley Dental First & Last Tavern Five Guys Burgers and Fries Flo-Tech, LLC Franklin Jewelers Furniture Emporium George’s Pizza Hartford Stage Hartford Wolf Pack– Northland AEG LLC Hartford-Farmington Courtyard by Marriott Hotel Haworth’s Greenhouse & Flower Shop Healthtrax Fitness and Wellness Hill-Stead Museum Hinman’s Flower Shop & Garden Center Holloways Appliance LLC Homewood Suites by Hilton Hopmeadow Country Club Imports of India J. Timothy’s Taverne Joie de Livres Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts Jostens, Inc. Kaoud Oriental Rugs La Trattoria

Lacrosse Unlimited Lexington Gardens Garden Center and Flower Shop Lime Rock Park Racetrack Macri Associates Inc. Marriott Residence Inn Max Downtown McCarthy Wealth Management Men’s Wearhouse Mihaly Portrait Design Modern School Supplies, Inc. Monarch Jewelers Moriarty & Primack, P.C. Mount Southington Ski Area Mr. Sparkle Car Washes, Inc. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame National Amusements New Britain Museum of American Art New Britain Rock Cats Baseball New England Linen Supply New York Giants New York Jets LLC Northland AEG LLC Pagliacci’s Restaurant Pak Mail Pampered Paws LLC Premier Limousine Quinion Oil Company Radiance Medspa Recco Refrigeration Engineering & Contracting Co., Inc. Rogo Distributors S.A. Chrobak, LTD. Photographic Artists Salisbury Wines Sartorius Sports ServPro of the Farmington Valley Shear Artistry Day Spa & Salon Shipman & Goodwin, LLP, Counselors at Law Simmons Farmily Farm LLC Six Flags New England Ski Sundown Studio 970 Photography Styles by Suzanne, LLC Sugarbelle Szewczak Associates Consulting Engineers Taste of India The Blue Fox Rock ‘n Bowl and Blue Fox Walk Mini-Golf The Bushnell The Carnegie Abbey Club The Cheesecake Factory The Golf Club of Avon The Village Cafe and Bistro TheaterWorks Travelers Championship Vincent Sports Shop Inc. Vineyard Vines Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Westfarms Mall Winding Trails, Inc. Woodcraft

Individuals

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Albert Mr. & Mrs. Peter Arnell Mr. William P. Austin ’92

Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros Mr. Spencer E. Beal, Sr. ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Beaupré Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Brian Beloin Mr. & Mrs. John Benoit Mr. Jacques Bergeron Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Berry Mr. & Mrs. Rolf Biekert Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart Mr. Thomas E. Bissell ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Rodman Black, Jr. Mr. R. Whitcomb Blakeley ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Blanchard Mr. & Mrs. Robert O. Boschen Major & Mrs. John M. Bourgault, USMC (Ret.) Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bouvier Mr. Alfred T. Bova Mr. & Mrs. Tom Brackett Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Brady Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brady Ms. Susan J. Brady Mr. Ryan S. Breakey ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Breneiser Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Duncan S. Broatch Ms. Kelly Brogan Mr. & Mrs. Tim Buckley Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Buenaventura Mr. & Mrs. David Cadenhead Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Campbell Dr. Lothar R. Candels ’43 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Carrabino, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Case Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence P. Casella Mr. Michael S. Cercone ’75 Dr. & Mrs. Bong Soo Cha Ms. Linda M. Chamness Mr. Philip J. Chamness Mr. & Mrs. Samuel D. Chester Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Ciejek Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Frank P. Clarke Mr. & Mrs. John B. Clinton Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Cohan Mr. & Mrs. Anthony S. Colatrella Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole Mr. & Mrs. Richard Colletti Ms. Katherine Compton Mr. & Mrs. Douglas B. Conetta Mr. Brian B. Conroy ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons Mr. & Mrs. Johann Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Craig T. Cottrell, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Matthew F. Coz Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cummings Ms. Virginia Cummings Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Cummins Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Cusano Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Custer Mr. Dennis Dalbec Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Daly Mr. & Mrs. Frank D’Amelio

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Davis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DeBello Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers Ms. Laurie Delaney-Humphrey & Mr. Peter Humphrey Mr. & Mrs. James M. Detora Mr. Stephen R. Deyette ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DiFiglia Mr. & Mrs. John A. Dillon Mr. Steve DiMarco Mr. & Mrs. Jason Dionne Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Donahue Mr. Patrick W. Dowling ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Doyle, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Driscoll Mr. & Mrs. Anthony R. Ebersole Mr. Robert M. Edsel Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Endorf Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Eve Mr. Robert F. Fairchild ’60 Mr. Robert J. Falaguerra Mr. & Mrs. James P. Farkas Mr. Jordan M. Feiner ’97 Mr. & Mrs. David Fenkell Ms. Catherine Fernandez Mr. & Mrs. John Fikre Mr. Kevin R. Flach & Ms. Merideth W. McGregor Mr. Thomas I. Florence ’81 Dr. & Mrs. Donald Floyd Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Fogarty, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Brian Foley Mr. Thomas Foote & Ms. Constance Williams Ms. Patricia H. Ford Mr. & Mrs. Russell Forkey Mr. & Mrs. James Frageau Mr. & Mrs. John W. Froman Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Fullinwider Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Garland Mr. & Mrs. John Garvan Mr. Jerold T. Garvey ’82 Mrs. Margaret Geraghty Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Geraghty Ms. Brigitte Gfeller Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons Mr. & Mrs. H. Kent Goetjen Mr. & Mrs. James Gorham Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Govoni Mr. Dean C. Graham ’84 Ms. Jane E. Groner Dr. Robert A. Gryboski ’57 Mr. Robert A. Gryboski, Jr. ’88 Mr. Frederick L. Haack, III ’75 Dr. & Mrs. Hani Haddad Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Haeflich, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Halford Mr. & Mrs. Christopher K. Hampton Mr. Donald J. Hannan, III Mrs. Katherine Pharibe Hannan Mr. Jonathon F. Hartnett ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Dana H. Havron

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Helberg Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Heller Mr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hershy Mr. Bill H. Heyman & Ms. Katherine Dietze Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Hodgkinson Mr. & Mrs. Jon C. Hofer Ms. Teresa Holland Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Hollenshade, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. David P. Holst-Grubbe Ms. Leslie M. Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Howard Mr. & Mrs. Lee J. Huguley Mr. & Mrs. David Jadovich Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Jandreau Ms. Dannielle M. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Keller Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Kimmerle Mr. & Mrs. Peter Knobloch Mr. & Mrs. James D. Koval Dr. & Mrs. Harlow LaBarge Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lally Dr. & Mrs. Craig Lapin Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth LaRocque Mr. Stephen S. Lash ’58 Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Lauro Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Lautensack, Jr. Mrs. Patricia Lawlor Mr. & Mrs. Wayne B. Lawrence Mrs. Carmen L. Leahy Mr. Timothy Leclerc Dr. Dong Ho Lee & Mrs. Regina Kim Mr. & Mrs. Jack Lee Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Lee Mr. Brian J. Leetch ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Levy Mr. & Mrs. Patrick L’Hostis Mr. & Mrs. Wayne P. Lipkvich Ms. Dolly Loeb Mr. & Mrs. Jack Loveland Mr. & Mrs. James J. Lyons Mr. & Mrs. David E. MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. MacDonald Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Malchoff Mr. & Mrs. J. Wickliffe Mallory Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Maraia Mr. & Mrs. Douglas S. Margison Mr. & Mrs. William C. Martz Mr. & Mrs. Frederick P. Masotta, III Dr. & Mrs. Allan Mayer Mr. & Mrs. William E. McClane Mr. Christopher G. McCormack ’87 Mr. James W. McCormick ’87 Mrs. Paul S. McDougall Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. McInnis Mr. & Mrs. Jamie Meyers

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Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Michael Miller Mr. & Mrs. Chris Milner Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Moffie Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Montross Mr. & Mrs. Russell C. Mooney Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Mooney Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Morris Ms. Jennifer Mottola Dr. & Mrs. George A. Murphy Ms. Trish Murphy Dr. Norma Murray & Mr. Brian V. Murray Mr. & Mrs. John Murray Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Naclerio Mr. & Mrs. Kazuo Nakamura Ms. Patti H. Neal Mr. William R. Nelson & Ms. Shelly Perron Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Niemeier Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nissley Mr. John A. Nolan ’80 Mr. & Mrs. David G. Nord Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah J. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Pat O’Brien Ms. Mimi O’Connell Scully Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. O’Keefe Mr. George E. Olson Ms. Kathleen G. Olson Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway & Mr. James Sadler Mr. & Mrs. Raoul R. Palen Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos Mr. Jongseok Park & Mrs. Ikyung Kim Mr. & Mrs. Roger I. Parker Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Peltz Mr. Richard W. Pendleton, Jr. ’96H Dr. & Mrs. Michael C. Piercey Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pintoff Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Price Mr. & Mrs. Gerald J. Randall Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Redfearn Mr. & Mrs. David H. Reed Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Reilly Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Reller Mr. & Mrs. John A. Riccio Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Riley Mr. Paul S. Rix & Ms. Lynette A. Bard Mr. Jeffrey B. Rosichan & Ms. Christy Dittrick Mr. & Mrs. Philip Rotchford Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Rothmann Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Rothschild Mr. & Mrs. James F. Rowean Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky Mr. John Ruan, IV ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Barry Rubinfeld Mr. & Mrs. Bernhard Ruhlig Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Runkel Mr. William J. Rusch & Ms. Mary Anne Creto Dr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Ruwe Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Ryan Dr. & Mrs. John R. Salamone Ms. Diane Samuels

Ms. Caroline Sasaki Sumner Mr. Joseph G. Scali Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Schultz Mr. John A. Sebastian ’84 Mr. Daniel J. Seiden ’00 Mr. Peter H. Sharp Dr. & Mrs. Richard Shumway Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Sica Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber Mr. & Mrs. Roy Silverman Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick Simon Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Sisti Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Sjodin Dr. & Mrs. Brian Smith Mr. Brian W. Smith & Ms. Madonna A. Sacco Mr. & Mrs. D. Van Smith, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Solomon Mr. & Mrs. Iain Sorrell Ms. Marie E. Spadorcia Mr. & Mrs. William J. Spracklin Mr. & Mrs. Brent St. John Mrs. Jenniffer D. Stallmeyer Ms. Jacqueline A. Stetson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story, III Mr. Ida Bagus Suarsana & Ms. Karen Waddell Mr. & Mrs. Tong Mo Suh Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Supple Mr. Jung-Hyang Sur & Mrs. Kyeonghee Oh Mr. Alan D. Taylor Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Tepper Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Tesar Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson Mr. Paul C. Thornton Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Torey Mr. John C. Traynor & Mrs. Sara J. Sheehan Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios Tsacoyeanes Ms. Leslie E. Underhill Mr. & Mrs. James J. Vasaturo Mr. & Mrs. Juan Velutini Mr. & Mrs. José R. Vizcarrondo Mr. & Mrs. Alexander R. Vock Mr. & Mrs. George Wachter Ms. Christine Walder & Mr. Ed Fielder Mr. & Mrs. Edwin L. Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Damian Wasserbauer Mr. Timothy L. Waterman ’94 Dr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Watrous Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Weeks Mr. & Mrs. Gary W. Whitting Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Wiacek Mr. & Mrs. George J. Willett, III Mr. & Mrs. Steven K. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. David Winkler Mr. & Mrs. Joel J. Witkiewicz Rep. Kevin Witkos Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Woods Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln C. Young Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky

Library Book Drive

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Arnell Mr. Richard C. Bartell & Ms. Julianne Splain Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bell Mr. & Mrs. John Benoit Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Blanchard Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brady Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Breneiser Mr. & Mrs. David Cadenhead Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence P. Casella Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Frank P. Clarke Mr. & Mrs. John B. Clinton Mr. & Mrs. Anthony S. Colatrella Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Doyle, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Endorf Mr. & Mrs. James P. Farkas Mr. Kevin R. Flach & Ms. Merideth W. McGregor Ms. Catherine D. Forster Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Fullinwider Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Garland Mr. Robert Z. Gartzman Ms. Tracy Garvie Mr. & Mrs. James Gorham Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Halford Mrs. Katherine Pharibe Hannan Mr. & Mrs. Dana H. Havron Mr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hershy Ms. Teresa Holland Mr. & Mrs. David P. Holst-Grubbe Mr. & Mrs. Lewis E. Hoss Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Howard Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Kimmerle Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Lauro Mr. Larry Levesque & Ms. Carol Montesi Mr. & Mrs. Douglas S. Margison Mr. & Mrs. Christopher B. Marx Dr. & Mrs. Allan Mayer Mr. & Mrs. William E. McClane Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Morris Dr. Norma Murray & Mr. Brian V. Murray Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Niemeier Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nissley Ms. Kathleen G. Olson Mr. & Mrs. Roger I. Parker Dr. & Mrs. Michael C. Piercey Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Reller Mr. Jeffrey B. Rosichan & Ms. Christy Dittrick Mr. & Mrs. Philip Rotchford Mr. Joseph G. Scali Mr. & Mrs. Robert Skirvin

Dr. & Mrs. George F. Speace Mrs. Jenniffer D. Stallmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson Ms. Leslie E. Underhill Mr. & Mrs. Juan Velutini Mr. & Mrs. José R. Vizcarrondo Mr. & Mrs. Alexander R. Vock Mr. & Mrs. George Wachter Mr. & Mrs. David Winkler Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell

Admissions & Alumni Reception Hosts

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Arnell P’10 Katonah, NY Mr. & Mrs. Shawn E. Atkinson ’88 New York City, NY Mr. & Mrs. William P. Austin ’92 New York City, NY Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brady P’11 Simsbury, CT Mr. & Mrs. Andres A. Consuegra ’80 Key Biscayne, FL Mr. & Mrs. Jorge E. Consuegra, Jr. ’77 Greenwich, CT Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Garland P’09 Mequon, WI Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Geraghty P’11 Westwood, MA Mr. & Mrs. George F. Getz, Jr. ’80 Phoenix, AZ Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham ’84 Bethesda, MD Mr. & Mrs. Jonathon F. Hartnett ’95 Boston, MA Mr. & Mrs. Lewis E. Hoss P’07 Bradenton, FL Mr. & Mrs. Adriel E. Longo ’83 Rio Grande, PR Mr. Peter J. Malafronte ’90 New York City, NY Mr. & Mrs. Christopher B. Marx P’09 Ridgewood, NJ Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Masinter ’82 Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. John P. McAuliffe ’95 New York City, NY Mr. Brian T. Mullins ’68, P’04 San Francisco, CA Mr. Bruce Hammond Qvale P’04, ’06 San Francisco, CA Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Sheridan P’04 Springfield, NJ Mr. & Mrs. Martin B. Stocklan P’87 Boston, MA

Matching Gift Companies & Foundations Anonymous A. J. DeBlois Family Foundation A. Lincoln and Nancy D. Sherk Fund Abby and George O'Neill Trust Aetna Foundation, Inc. AIG Matching Gifts Program Alliance Bernstein Ambac Financial Group, Inc. Matching Gifts Andy and Debbie Wiacek Charitable Fund-Vanguard Applebaum Foundation, Inc. Arbella Charitable Foundation Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Barbara and Tom Witter Foundation Basic American Foods Beath Charitable Fund of the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Bentley Holden Fund Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation, Inc. Bruning Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation Buckley Family Foundation of the Smith Barney Charitable Trust Bundy Family Foundation Christie's CME Foundation Cole Charitable Account of The JP Morgan Charitable Giving Fund at the National Philanthropic Trust Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Community Foundation of Louisville Depository, Inc. Conroy Family Foundation of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Cookie Jar Foundation Daniel Fegan Charitable Gift Account of Schwab Charitable Fund David and Carla Crane Philanthropic Fund Deane A. and John D. Gilliam Foundation Deerfield Associates Executive Search, Inc. Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. Duncan M. & Carolyn S. Alexander Family Fund at the Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving E. Newbold & Margaret duPont Smith Foundation Fairfield County Community Foundation Fidelity Foundation Fred and Billie Hawley Foundation of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Gardner Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Gates Family Charitable Gift Fund Gaynor Family Foundation GE Foundation Goldman Sachs & Co. Gordon F. Linke and Jocelyn B. Linke Foundation Hartford Matching Gift Center Harvey Hubbell Foundation Helen Trane Hood Charitable Trust Hennessey Foundation Henry Luce Foundation Holstein Foundation Houston Endowment Inc. Humana Inc Infinium Captial Management ING Foundation Jandon Foundation Jane Groner Foundation of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Jeffrey and Jennifer Allred Family Foundation John Ruan Foundation Trust Kathy and Pat Thibadeau Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Kulynych Family Foundation I, Inc. Kulynych Family Foundation II, Inc. Larry Smead Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Macy's Inc. Marie G. Dennett Foundation Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. MassMutual Matching Gift Center Maximilian E. and Marion O. Hoffman Foundation McCarthy-Bjorklund Foundation Menges Family Foundation Microsoft Corporation Matching Gifts Program Moglia Family Foundation

Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley Annual Appeal Campaign New York Community Trust Nolan Family Foundation One Beacon Matching Gift Plan Parametric Technology Corporation Parker Hanniflin Corporation Matching Gifts Program Peter Jay Sharp Foundation Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Philanthropic Collaborative PNC Bank Foundation Proctor Foundation, Inc. Rainer Investment Management Ralph B. Rogers Foundation Regina and Gerard Haviland Family Fund Reilly Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Richard B. Boebel Family Fund of the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Robert G. & Marianne S. Wuelfing Family Foundation Samantha Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey Schlein Foundation, Inc. Schwab Charitable Fund Sheldon R. Roth Family Philanthropic Fund of the American Society for Technion窶的srael Institute of Technology Sieber Family Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Sorrell Family Foundation State Street Corporation Matching Gift Program Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. Straus Family Charitable Foundation, Inc. Susquehanna International Group, LLP T. R. Paul Charitable Trust T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation, Inc. Teel's Marsh Foundation Tharpe Foundation Thomas L. and Eileen K-S Pulling Fund of the Ayco Charitable Foundation Thomson West TimeWarner Inc. Toys R Us Matching Gift Program Travelers Foundation UBS Foundation USA Matching Gift Program Unilever Matching Gifts Program United Technologies United Way of Milford United Way of Rhode Island United Way of the Capital Area Wachovia Foundation Educational Matching Gifts Program Walks Foundation, Inc. Waters Corporation Whip Burks Family Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation

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The Riddle Society As we continue to work hard to strive towards our mission to be the "best school for boys in the nation," we are proud to recognize the following individuals who have made plans in their estates to make a difference for Avon over the long term. These deferred gifts to Avon Old Farms include Bequests, Gift Annuities, Charitable Remainder Trusts, Life Insurance, Real Estate and collectibles. By building our endowment through planned gifts, we can offer more financial aid to deserving students, provide better compensation to our faculty, maintain the beauty of Mrs. Riddle’s magnificent campus, and enhance the academic and athletic programs. Currently there are over 150 alumni, parents and friends of the school who have, either openly or anonymously, made their planned gift intentions known to the school. We welcome you to follow their lead and join the Riddle Society. When you first make plans for your estate or update your estate when the circumstances of your life change, please think about Avon Old Farms School, where graduates, sons, and grandsons become men and make friends for life.

To find out more about planned gifts for Avon Old Farms School, contact Henry Coons ’71, director of planned giving, at 860-404-4226, or go to our Planned Giving website at www.avonoldfarms.gift-planning.org/ LAST UPDATED: August 23, 2008 H—Honorary P/PP—Parent/Past Parent PF—Past Faculty

Riddle Society— Inner Circle Mr. David R. McShane ’59 Mr. Andrew Fisher ’91 Mr. Edward J. Hawie ’55 Mr. Huntley G. Davenport ’56 Mr. Henry Robert Coons ’71 Mr. Don Monaco ’55 Mr. Richard Pendleton H’96 Mr. Joseph R. Biondo P’92 Mr. Thomas A. Jacka ’40 Mr. Clayton S. Parsons III’78 Mr. Richard K. Loveland PF Mr. Frank G. Leavitt ’52 Mr. Sheldon R. Roth ’54 Mr. Jon R. Salony ’64 Mr. Richard Behr ’67 Mr. William W. Lyon ’63 Mr. Richard K. Thorndike ’57

Riddle Society Class of 1934

Mr. Francis K. Madeira

Class of 1937 1 Anonymous

Class of 1938 1 Anonymous

Class of 1939

Mr. James E. Cushing

Class of 1940

Mr. Thomas A. Jacka Mr. Gregory Lindin 1 Anonymous

Class of 1943 1 Anonymous

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Mr. David C. Bigelow

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Mr. James P. Wysong

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Mr. James L. Shirk

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Mr. Seth F. Mendell Mr. Richard W. Walker Mr. Frank G. Leavitt 2 Anonymous

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Mr. Sigmund Windsberg Mr. John Lawrence 2 Anonymous

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Mr. Kerry A. Mayer Mr. Sheldon R. Roth

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Mr. William C. Tost Jr. Mr. Don Monaco Mr. Edward J. Hawie

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Mr. Huntley G. Davenport

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Dr. Robert A. Gryboski Mr. Richard K. Thorndike 1 Anonymous

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Mr. Austin Chambers Mr. Richard S. Taylor

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Mr. David R. McShane Mr. Wayne Hartigan Mr. Douglas B. Marshall Mr. Rolf H. Olson Mr. George F. Motter Mr. John F. Davenport 4 Anonymous

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Mr. Frank D. Costello Mr. James R. Wardrop Mr. Peter K. Van Winkle Mr. Eric J. Skemp Mr. Richard L. Williams Mr. Anthony Zinsser 4 Anonymous

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Mr. William David

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Mr. G. Garvin Brown III Mr. Christopher B. Hall Mr. E. Paul Herbert

Mr. Rufus Griscom 2 Anonymous

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Mr. Godfrey Bloch Mr. Charles F. Emmons Mr. William W. Lyon Mr. Warren Van Deventer 2 Anonymous

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Mr. Jeffrey Minnick Mr. Spencer Sokale Mr. Jon R. Salony 5 Anonymous

Class of 1965 Mr. Spencer Beal Mr. G. K. Pepper 4 Anonymous

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Mr. Michael Barker Mr. Vere W. Gaynor Mr. David Hallam Mr. Michael L. Straus Mr. Samuel W. Off Sir Spencer Sheppard Keyes 1 Anonymous

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Mr. Rusty Avery Mr. Richard Behr Mr. James W. Corrigan Mr. John R. Hebberd Mr. Malcolm M. Hirsh Jr. Mr. Spencer Keyes 1 Anonymous

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Mr. S. L. Hammerman II Dr. Joseph C. Vecchiarino Mr. Henry R. Coons 1 Anonymous

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Parents and friends

Mr. James L. Bush Mr. Jeffrey A. Carlson

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Mr. Edward P. Thompson

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Mr. Geoffrey Anderson 1 Anonymous

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Mr. Harold A. Davis

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Mr. Clayton S. Parsons III

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Mr. Gregory Snow

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Mr. Charles L. Hanscomb H

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Mr. Brian B. Conroy Mr. John W. Hawie Mr. Stephen Dyson

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Mr. Peter C. Connolly

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Mr. Scott Lowe Mr. William Young Mr. Alex Amory Mr. David Reuter

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Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle

Mr. Harris Bucklin Mr. William Lipton 1 Anonymous

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Mr. Andrew Fisher

Mr. Timothy R. Beeble

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Mr. Scott M. Goodwyn

Mr. Henry S. Rosenbaum 1 Anonymous

Mr. Chase F. Donaldson Mr. Roan McClure Mr. Roger P. Salz 2 Anonymous Mr. Larus Avery Mr. James Donkel 1 Anonymous

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Mr. Henry Murray

Mrs. Louise B. Adams P’64,’68 GP’01 Mrs. H. Stanley Mansfield Jr. P’97 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Murgio P’94,’99 Mr. James R. Birle P’85 Captain Victor Delano P’75 Mr. John E. Drew P’85,’87 Mr.& Mrs. Robert W. Kumming P’98 Mr. Richard B. Rothschild P’05 Mr. George A. Murray P’81 Mr. Richard Pendleton H’96 Mr. Joseph R. Biondo P’92 Richard K. Loveland PF Mr. David Emmes P’07 Mr. Thomas Foote P’08 Mrs. Constance Williams P ’08 3 Anonymous

Riddle Society Legacy Gifts Received Mr. Donald Carson Mrs. Jean M. Coons P’71 Mr. Edmund S. McCawley Jr. ’40 Mr. Anthony M. Small ’56 Mr. John C. Merritt ’34 Mildred Rauch P’68 Mr. Sidney C. Clark H’65 Mr. John P. Downing ’36 Mr. Edgar Fairchild PP ’60 Mr. George Lyon ’34 Mr. Gordon C. Ramsey H’98 Mr. F. Reed Estabrook ’36 Mr. Robert S. Edwards Jr. ’42 Mr. John A. Feist ’51 Mr. William M. McCawley ’37, P’69 Mrs. Mary L. Purdy P’56 Mr. Christopher H. Phillips ’39

Planning Ahead: A Legacy Gift from A Young Alumnus

By naming Avon Old Farms School as the beneficiary of his life insurance policy, Henry “Harry” Murray will make a difference for future generations of Avon students.

Q&A with Harry Murray ’06 1. What were you involved in at Avon?

I was a monitor in Elephant dormitory, member of the football and golf teams, and manager of the varsity hockey team. I was in the Bar Association, Spirit Club, and the Community Service Club; I was heavily involved with the Toys for Tots program.

2. Why make Avon Old Farms School the beneficiary of your life insurance policy at such a young age?

Avon was my second home, where I learned the value of friendship, brotherhood, responsibility, and most importantly aspiring and persevering in everything that I am involved in. I feel it is important to make my own investment in Avon's future, especially to support those young men of character who rely on financial aid to attend.

3. What were your favorite memories at Avon?

My favorite memories at Avon were on the athletic fields with my classmates. Beating Deerfield in football my senior year and being in the stands for back-to-back New England hockey titles were very exciting experiences. Graduation was a bittersweet experience, as it was the culmination of all the work and growing I did, but it also took me away from my second home and all of the friends and people whom I now consider family.

Henry L. Murray III ’06

4. What advice would you give to others thinking about a planned gift to Avon?

Being a student at Avon for three years was a transformational time in my life. I would like my own sons to have the same experiences that I had. I want part of my legacy to include giving back to the community that gave everything to us as students. It is a great feeling and links my name to a school that will be around forever.

For me, becoming a member of the Riddle Society truly reflects our school motto: "Aspirando et Perseverando."

For further information about planned gifts contact: Henry R. Coons ’71, Director of Planned Giving Phone: 860-404-4226 Email: coonsh@avonoldfarms.com Web: www.avonoldfarms.gift-planning.org/

A Note to Our Readers…

The Annual Report for the fiscal year 2007–2008, ending on June 30, 2008, has been assembled with great care and attention to detail.

The purpose of this report is to acknowledge, and in this small way, publicly thank all of our donors.

This year, as always, we are blessed with the bonds of community bolstered by your great generosity.

If your name is not listed, or if there is some other error, please accept our sincere apologies, and contact Peter Evans at the Alumni & Development Office with your concerns at 800-336-8195.

Thank you for your support!

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Alumni Arizona Reception Hosted by George Getz ’80

Phoenix, Arizona April 13, 2008 To gather alumni and friends together in Arizona, George Getz ’80 hosted an Avon reception at the Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Colorado Rockies game in a sky box at Chase Field on April 13, 2008.

George Getz ’80 with John Martinson ’73

Kitty Steidel, Kim Sterling-Heflin and Winston McKellar ’69

San Francisco Reception Hosted by Brian Mullins ’68 & Bruce Qvale

San Francisco, California April 14, 2008 The San Francisco reception was held April 14th at The Pacific Union Club and co-hosted by Brian Mullins ’68 and Bruce Qvale, parent of Blake ’04 and Connor ’06.

Don Monaco ’55 and Tyson Greenwood ’97

Eric Johnson ’80, Steve Merrill ’60, Tim Brown ’60, Bruce Seidel ’60, John Aird ’60, and Don Monaco ’55

Gayle Youlden, Helen Williams, Steve Malinowsky ’00, and Jane Groner

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Steve Merrill ’60 and Augie Martin ’88

Greg Krohner ’87 with Brian Mullins ’68, co-host of the San Francisco reception

Michael Boggs ’02, Bill Boggs, and Tyson Greenwood ’97

Alumni Washington, D.C. Area Reception Hosted by Debra & Dean Graham ’84

Bethesda, Maryland May 15, 2008 Alumni and friends gathered May 15 at the home of Debra and Dean Graham ’84 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Tony Gray ’79, George Trautman, and Bob Moran ’73

Ryan Breakey ’00, Deb Graham, Shane Lieberman ’97, Toby Lloyd ’90, Jennie Walkwitz, and Chairman of the Board and reception host, Dean Graham ’84.

Headmaster LaRocque, Dean Graham ’84, John Garvan, Jon Romm ’86, Steve Berson ’76, and George Trautman

Ken LaRocque, Debra and Dean Graham ’84, Peter Evans, Jon Romm ’86, Steve Berson ’76, Kirsten Romm, George Trautman

Alumni Online Community

Dean Graham ’84, Scott Goodwyn ’92, Ken LaRocque, and French Wallop

The Avon Old Farms Online Alumni Community continues to grow into a popular web destination and forum for alumni. The site allows alumni access to all sorts of information including reunion year homepages, classmate contact info, an online directory search, online donations, eNews archives, personalized contact lists, class notes submissions, a monthly alumni feature article, and up-to-date information regarding any upcoming alumni events in your region. A registration identification number is needed for you to gain secure access. If you did not receive an ID number by email, or if

you have any other problems, questions, comments, or suggestions regarding this resource, please do not hesitate to give us a call in the Alumni Office toll free at 1-800-336-8195 or email us at alumni@avonoldfarms.com. Thank you!

Brien Biondi ’81, Amy Biondi, and Fred Michel ’77

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Michael Nouri ’64:

The Journey

Back to Avon

By Susan Haile

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Alumni Michael Nouri was nervous.

It was fall 2007, and Headmaster Ken LaRocque had just invited the actor to be Avon’s 2008 Commencement speaker. “It was a great honor,” Nouri explains, “but public speaking is nerve-wracking for me. And I had nearly a year to contemplate this speech.”

Why would a veteran stage and screen actor be nervous about a 15-minute speech in front of a friendly “home” crowd? Nouri explains it this way: “I’m a master of procrastination, which is tough in my profession, when you have to sit down and memorize pages at a time.” He also struggled over what to say. “Every day I would try to write down some thoughts—I didn’t want to be preaching or proselytizing or philosophizing,” he says. The result, over time, was several notebooks filled with thoughts and reflections. “I kind of distilled it down to 12 pages, which still would have been an hour of chloroform,” he laughs.

Nouri’s case of nerves likely had deeper roots, as well. After all, he was making an emotional journey, back to his youth. He spent three years on the Avon campus as a student, graduating in 1964, and he describes those years as a turning point in his life.

A few months before his commencement speech, Nouri tried a “dry run,” visiting the Avon campus and walking the grounds.

It’s something he’s learned to do over the course of a professional acting career that has spanned nearly four decades. “It’s my way of sidetracking my nervousness,” he confesses.

He needn’t have worried. In the end, Nouri came up with the perfect formula: he pretended he was having a one-on-one conversation, sharing what was most meaningful in his life.

And it certainly didn’t hurt that he prefaced his remarks with a marvelous, robust rendition of “O sole mio,” which reverberated magically around the Village Green and earned him a rousing standing ovation. “It was totally spontaneous,” Nouri says of his solo. “But they loved it.” Indeed.

Few knew, however, that more than 40 years earlier, it was just across the Village Green in the Riddle Refectory that Nouri had gotten his start, singing the role of the judge in a student production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial By Jury. “It was the beginning,” he reflects. And so, with “O sole mio,” Michael Nouri had come full circle.

In between, Nouri’s long list of stage, screen, and television credits traces a rich and varied career, one that has made the most of his ruggedly handsome face and deeply nuanced voice.

He got his start when he lied his way into an agent’s office and landed a small part in the 1969 film Goodbye Columbus.

Soap fans of the ’70s will remember him in the long-running Search for Tomorrow, and 40- and 50-somethings won’t soon forget Nouri as the hunky Nick Hurley in the 1983 smash hit Flashdance. Avon’s 2008 graduates, on the other hand, know

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him better as the silver-haired Dr. Neil Roberts in The O.C. These days, he has recurring roles in two hit television shows: CBS’s NCIS, now in its sixth season, and FX’s legal drama Damages, starring Glenn Close. “Damages is hugely rewarding… and fun,” Nouri says. Fans can also see him next year on the big screen in The Proposal, with Sandra Bullock.

Over the years there have been many other memorable moments for Nouri, including a co-starring role in the musical comedy Victor/Victoria opposite Julie Andrews, which had a Broadway revival in the mid-1990s. “Victor/Victoria was a dream come true,” he says. “It was wonderful working with Julie Andrews and being directed by the great Blake Edwards.” And he reflects with great personal satisfaction on lesser-known performances, such as the opportunity to play the sculptor Auguste Rodin in a 2003 Goodspeed Opera production of Camille Claudel, a musical about the life of Rodin’s protégé and mistress.

“Through meditation, I am experientially reminded of what the priority is, and it reminds me to trust: to trust in the universe, and to trust that I’ll always be provided for. It generates and perpetuates this feeling of gratitude.”

The high points have been tempered, however, by the up-anddown nature of the acting profession. In fact, Nouri describes his career as “a succession of wonderful dreams, interspersed with wondering what’s in between.” Despite his many successes, he admits, “the bumps, the dry spells are still there.” The challenge, for Nouri, has been to keep himself from self-doubt. “When your stock and trade is yourself—and expressing yourself emotionally­ —you’re dependent on being hired. You’re very vulnerable.”

Nouri fills the “in between” times with writing music, playing the guitar, painting, a bit of writing, and smoking good cigars. Through it all, 38 years of daily meditation have provided balance. “Every day, I give myself the gift of one hour of meditation,” he says. “That has saved me—literally saved me.

Through meditation, I am experientially reminded of what the priority is, and it reminds me to trust: to trust in the universe, and to trust that I’ll always be provided for. It generates and perpetuates this feeling of gratitude.”

It’s a lot easier said than done. Artists, Nouri acknowledges, are by nature insecure. But he asks himself, “Has there ever been a time when there was no roof over your head, no money in your pocket, or you had no friends?” The answer, of course, is no. But the paradox remains: his heart tells him that there’s always enough work, while his head responds, “It’s never enough.”

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Nouri knows, however, that anything is possible. He’s lived it, in fact. “One person is all that’s needed,” he reflects. That person, in Nouri’s adolescence, was the late Don Pierpont, who was Avon’s headmaster when Nouri arrived on campus for his admissions interview back in 1961.

Nouri hadn’t been much of a student, and the top New England boarding schools had tactfully informed his parents

“Being in the quadrangle, surrounded by students, and then walking through the procession and seeing the faces get younger and younger,” Nouri says, “it took me on my journey in just those seconds. I was flooded with feelings and impressions. It profoundly affected me... I realized I’m no older than these kids, not in my spirit.” that he didn’t stand a chance of being admitted. But Pierpont gave him that chance.

“We were waiting to meet with Avon’s admissions director—I think it was Seth Mendell—and Don Pierpont walked by,” Nouri recalls. “He asked me into his house, and we closed the deal. And that was the beginning of the turning point in my life: somebody who believed in me.”

It was exactly what he needed. And in his three years at Avon, Nouri found many faculty mentors who provided inspiration. Pierpont inspired confidence in a young man who once believed he was stupid. Sid Clark inspired an excitement for reading literature and for ideas. Brad Mason and Jack Grove both inspired him musically. “They helped me realize how important music was to me,” he says.

Although he carved out a musical niche for himself at Avon, with Trial by Jury and as a member of the Glee Club and the Avon Heirs, Nouri also found success on the athletic field. “Sports, undeniably, is a way of introducing someone to their sense of limitation and their sense of possibility,” says the former Avon javelin record holder. “I can’t tell you what it meant to me to break that record.” And that unpromising student eventually became student body president.

Other events, beyond the protective walls of Avon, were also an indelible part of Nouri’s years at Old Farms: the Cuban missile crisis and the assassination of President John Kennedy. “The death of President Kennedy was something I couldn’t get my brain around,” he reflects. “It was a very profound awakening, for me, to the insanity of the world. I was not political, but I was impacted by the insanity of someone taking the life of someone who was doing so much good.”

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Looking back, Pierpont’s second chance has made all the difference. “And it highlighted the importance of doing that for others,” Nouri says. “I want to lend a helping hand, because I know anything is possible.”

Which is what he tried to tell 118 young Avon graduates on a beautiful Sunday morning in May. For Nouri, it was a very emotional time.

“Being in the quadrangle, surrounded by students, and then walking through the procession and seeing the faces get younger and younger,” Nouri says, “it took me on my journey in just those seconds. I was flooded with feelings and impressions. It profoundly affected me.”

As he saw the youngest Avon students, Nouri was struck by their innocence. “And I thought about how overrated sophistication— being cool—is, and how underrated innocence—being real—is,” he mused. “It’s the most precious part of life.

“I realized I’m no older than these kids, not in my spirit,” Nouri continued. “It brought up in me a feeling of wanting to reassure them that they are safe—and the irony that they are safe in their vulnerability.”

As he closed his Commencement speech, Nouri gave his young Avon audience a simple formula for a very rich and happy life: “Any time you have the opportunity to give—do it.”

And so he sent them on their journey.

Life’s journey, for Nouri, has been about making the experience as complete as possible. “Every day, not holding any debts, I want to express my appreciation,” he says.

And his journey back to Avon? “It was very, very special.” X 1. Performing in the musical Sugar.

2. Nouri with his stepmother, father, and his wife, Vicki CapFerat, in 2007.

3. With Steven Spielberg, on the set of The Terminal.

4. A member of Avon's Class of 1964, Nouri was also a dorm monitor (seen here with his co-monitors in a yearbook photo).

5. Nouri with his mother, his sister, Kate, and his brother, Guy. 6. As Nick Hurley, opposite Jennifer Beals, in 1983's Flashdance.

7. An Avon Old Farms dance.

8. Nouri's longtime meditation teacher, Maharaji.

9. Nouri with Bryant Gumbel and Regis Philbin, July 4th.

10. With his dog, Izzy.

11. Sidelined from the AOF football field after a broken leg.

12. Introducing the Beach Boys in Washington, D.C. 13. Nouri with his meditation teacher, Maharajii.

14. With Queen Latifah on the set of Last Holiday.

15. Playing guitar in Fahan, Ireland, 2002.

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Donald R. Hart Jr., Class Agent Post Office Box 127, West Cornwall, CT 06796-0127 harts01@snet.net Pete Hart was made an honorary member of the Mooreland Hill School Class of 2008 during the 75th Mooreland Hill graduation on June 6, which also marked the 75th anniversary of his graduation from the school in 1933. In honor of the occasion, Pete was on hand to help present diplomas to the graduates of grades five through nine of the independent day school which his mother helped to found in Kensington, Conn.

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Headmaster Ken LaRocque and his wife, Heidi, invite the Class of 1939 to join them on Friday night, May 15, 2009, during Reunion Weekend.

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Headmaster Ken LaRocque and his wife, Heidi, invite the Class of 1944 to join them on Friday night, May 15, 2009, during Reunion Weekend.

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Headmaster Ken LaRocque and his wife, Heidi, invite the Class of 1949 to join them on Friday night, May 15, 2009, during Reunion Weekend.

The Alumni Office had a visit on campus from the son of Dean Richard Sears. Dick Sears, Jr., who calls himself a “faculty brat,” grew up on campus, often hanging out with the students for lack of many faculty children his own age. On his tour of Avon with Peter Evans, Dick remembered where all of the old faculty lived during his years at Avon and spouted off names of faculty and students to Peter. He mentioned Levings and Madeline Somers, Mr. Thayer, and various students such

as Lothar Candels and his father, who was a fabulous chef, Dick recalls. When Dick was 12, he lived in the dorm as a student, but when his father changed jobs, he left Avon—finally graduating from Hebron Academy in 1949.

When Dean Sears left Avon, he went to Andover and then to Kansas City, Missouri, to an all-girls school which he later, as headmaster, changed to a co-ed school. Dick, Jr. says, as a child, he explored the woods of Avon and loved his time here. He now resides in California, visiting Cape Cod every summer with his wife.

They have an old family homestead in Dennis, which has been in the family since the 1800s.

Because the Alumni Office was so interested to know more about Richard Sears Sr. after we met his son, we looked him up in the 1943 yearbook. In it he said, “Education, if it is worthy of the name, means enlightenment. It must engender respect for the truth and the true values of life. This has been the ‘magnetic north’ to our educational compass in setting the courses of the Class of 1943. With distortions, propaganda, and half truths, men hold back the progress of the world. To you I say, ‘Seek the truth.’ There is no nobler goal. Treasure it and cling to it everlastingly. Emerson likened the world to a ‘lap of immense intelligence, which makes us organs of its activity and receivers of its truth.’ Man’s lethargy in grasping this fact has engulfed the world in shadows. The seekers after the truth will light the only road to peace and freedom.”

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Harvey Rubin, Head Class Agent 102 Barbour Circle, Newport News, VA 23606 harvo@cox.net

Faculty members Jon and Kimberley Crocker met up with Francis Madeira ’34, who returned to campus for a visit.

In a recent visit with James Wysong ’48 at his home in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Henry Coons ’71 was given this great picture of two students during the Kammerer, Froelicher, Stabler era: (from left) James Wysong ’48 and his older brother William ’47 before leaving for Avon Old Farms School in August 1942.

The brothers were from Port Washington, Long Island, and are photographed here in their official school uniform. Do you have any memories, pictures, or stories you could share from this era? Please send them to AbramsonL@avonoldfarms.com.

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Jay Toole, Head Class Agent 874 Ridgeside Drive, Monrovia, CA 91016 Merrilllee@earthlink.net

In April, Sheldon Roth ’54 and his wife, Maddy, enjoyed an evening out in Payson, Arizona with Ken LaRocque and Peter Evans.

54 55th Reunion Year

Rust Kessel, Head Class Agent 3785 Thistlewood, Okemos, MI 48864 rustkessel@aol.com Headmaster Ken LaRocque and his wife, Heidi, invite the Class of 1954 to join them on Friday night, May 15, 2009, during Reunion Weekend.

55 Jamie Hayes ’88 emailed, “Our daughter, Emma Darby, was born this past September 23, 2007. She is an absolute joy and I am spoiling her like crazy.” Jamie enclosed this photo from her recent Easter baptism at his sister’s church in Denver. “The old grizzled guy on the left in the family snap is my dad, Jim Hayes ’52­my wife, Angie, and my mom round out the crew.”

With great enthusiasm and high expectations for a record turnout at their reunion next May 15-17, 2009, a group of ’59 classmates have begun planning for their “Fabulous 50th.” Shown here at a recent meeting on campus are: front row: Henry Coons ’71, Director of Planned Giving; Al Pettingill; Ed Rickard; Doug Marshall; back row: Chuck Davis; Rolf Olson; Chip Reinauer; and Peter Evans, Director of Development.

Faculty members Ron Nentwig, John Gardner, and Kevin Driscoll ’72 were invited by Director Bob Fairchild ’60 to Cancun for a long weekend in June to fish for sailfish.

Bob’s boat is a 50’ fishing boat called the Grand Cru. Ron reported, “Every day we would travel 10 miles offshore before starting to fish. Everyone on board caught at least one with Kevin Driscoll catching the smallest one and John Gardner taking the longest time to reel in a sailfish. We did not catch very many other fish since this was strictly a sailfish fishing trip. However, we did catch a few large bonitos. The best part was that Bob is an accomplished sail-fisherman and we learned a lot about fishing from him. More importantly, Bob was an excellent host and put together a world class trip for us.”

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Andy Treadway, Head Class Agent 12100 Provincetowne Drive, Charlotte, NC 28277-8438 yrt18519@carolina.rr.com

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Sidney Greer, Head Class Agent 354 Tamarind Place, Vero Beach, FL 32962-7349 shjgreer@aol.com John Murphy has been treasurer of Blue Hill Heritage Trust for the past six years, trying to save the land on the Blue Hill, Maine, peninsula from development. “When we old guys retire from the business world, it is fun to work in the non-profit area and make a contribution with the many years of business experience we have under our belt.”

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James C. Flippin, Head Class Agent 1311 Old Bernville Road, Leesport, PA 19533-9605 Jflippin@readingeagle.com Nick Pappadakis was in Europe in the spring and wrote, “Much to my regret, it is not possible to attend Reunion as I have just arrived today in Athens. I wish you and all at Avon great success and would appreciate a message to my classmates or anyone from Avon who might visit Greece to be in touch with me (personal email: nickypap@gmail.com).

It will be a great pleasure for me to meet and show them around Greece or other European countries if I am in Europe when they are here.

I will try to be present next year.”

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Austin Chambers, Head Class Agent 317 Flanders Road, Stonington, CT 06378-2109 Hilltop12@aol.com

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Charles W. Davis, Class Agent 6905 West 99th Street, Overland Park, KS 66212 cwdavis@waretec.com Douglas B. Marshall, Class Agent 2 Berkshire Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002 marshalldb@raveisre.com Headmaster Ken LaRocque and his wife, Heidi, invite the Class of 1959 to join them on Friday night, May 15, 2009, during Reunion Weekend.

Steve Sumner wrote, “After 37 years I retired from higher education, my last position being president, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.

However retirement has eluded me as you can see and I am now the executive director of the Center for the Arts, Evergreen, Colorado. My wife, Pamela, and I live in nearby Lakewood, a suburb of Denver.

I serve as a commissioner for the city of Lakewood on the Public Arts Committee of the Commission for an Inclusive Community, and I am still an active, exhibiting artist. Three of our sons live near us as well as two granddaughters. My daughter, Laura, lives in Florida with her four children.” Steve was one of the last six-year Avon students, starting at age 12 and attending forms 1-6. His dad was the chef at Avon Old Farms from 1951 until the late 60s when the school switched over to a food service provider. He, Walter, the cook, and Johnnie, the baker, were quite a team. Steve emailed, “I think there is a picture of them in the 1959 yearbook (I was the photo editor that year).”

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Richard L. Williams, Head Class Agent Post Office Box 218 South Orleans, MA 02662-0218 Rclumberclan@aol.com

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George F. Henschel Jr., Head Class Agent 101 Seminary Road, Bedford, NY 10506 gfhjr@aol.com

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Alan D. Rozinsky, Class Agent Avon Old Farms School 500 Old Farms Road, Avon, CT 06001 rozinskyb@avonoldfarms.com

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Richard R. Bennett, Class Agent 6226 Mori Street, McLean, VA 2210 Bennett@American.edu Thomas K. Curtis, Class Agent 4306 Pomona Road, Dallas, TX 75209-2822 knickc@fastmail.fm

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W. B. Harwood III, Reunion Chair 24 Overhill Avenue, New Britain, CT 06053 wbhtcc@aol.com Headmaster Ken LaRocque and his wife, Heidi, invite the Class of 1964 to join them on Friday night, May 15, 2009, during Reunion Weekend.

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Perry Benson, Co-Head Class Agent 2135 Naudain Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 tobikePB2@aol.com Barton G. Barrett, Co-Head Class Agent 1 Maple Avenue, Richmond, VA 23226-2339 BGBRealtor@aol.com Bruce Suydam emailed, “I attended the semifinal and final round of the New England Prep School Division I Ice Hockey Championship with Rick Hube ’66 in March 2008. I was overwhelmed by the high quality of hockey played, especially the Winged Beavers, who won in overtime 3–2 over St. Paul’s. Most especially, I was really impressed with the school spirit. The Avon contingent was by far the most supportive of its team. They were a very vocal and wellorchestrated and entertaining group. I also had the pleasure of meeting, for the first time, Headmaster Ken LaRocque and his lovely wife, Heidi, in addition to Henry Coons ’71, Director of Planned Giving and Alumni Relations.”

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Michael D. Barker, Head Class Agent 139 Kirkwood Road, West Hartford, CT 06117-2835 barkermike@aol.com

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James W. Corrigan, Co-Head Class Agent 826 Gould Hill Road, Contoocook, NH 03229 jwctcc.jwc@verizon.net William F. Roberts, Co-Head Class Agent 786 Brownsville Road, Sinking Spring, PA 19608 wfroberts@fast.net George L. Purnell, Head Class Agent 4822 Brighton Lakes Boulevard, Boynton Beach, FL 33436 glpluvssports@gmail.com

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Scott Stevenson emailed, “I am married, living on Long Island, New York, with two grandkids so far.

I have been in the maritime industry for the past 35 years and am currently with the Worldscale Association, a marine trade association for oil shipping.” Scott enjoys being a boat owner and

was commodore and fleet captain of the New York Sailing Club. His hobbies also include being a member of a men’s chorus, specializing in barbershop style music. Scott and his wife, Mary Ann, enjoyed his 40th Reunion.

Geoff Doughty has a major article in the October issue of TRAINS magazine regarding the assistance provided by the New York Central Railroad to Norman Rockwell for his painting “Boy in the Dining Car.” The painting, which now hangs in the Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, was used as a cover for the December 6, 1946 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Geoff’s research involved making contact with Peter Rockwell, the boy in the dining car painting, who posed for his father.

This winter, his 20th book will be published, New York Central’s Through Passenger Service, Volume One, Hope and Glory 1943–1950. It features the color photographs taken by the railroad’s company photographer, Edwin Nowak, during that time frame for publicity and advertising purposes. The story will relate the events of the period and the challenges the railroad faced in light of increasing airline and automobile competition. Geoff wrote, “It was great seeing my classmates at our reunion!”

Charlie Kohn ’62, Chip Kohn ’93, Greg Kraczkowski ’98, David Gryboski ’99, and Robert Gryboski ’57 met on Christmas Eve 2007 at the Kraczkowski home in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Winston P. McKellar, Head Class Agent 311 East Rose Lane, Phoenix, AZ 85012-1243 w.mckellar@att.net

Rick Hynson ’63 and his wife, Jan, enjoyed Friday night dinner with the Class of ’63 during Reunion Weekend.

Headmaster Ken LaRocque and his wife, Heidi, invite the Class of 1969 to join them on Friday night, May 15, 2009, during Reunion Weekend.

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Harris H. Bucklin III, Head Class Agent 3004 Margaret Jones Lane, Williamsburg, VA 23185 hbucklin3@aol.com Stuart Harper and his wife, Laura, have been married for 12 years. Stuart is the executive director of the Buffalo City Mission and wrote, “Life is good. The work at the Mission is amazing.

We have a long-term recovery program (24 to 30 months) for men and women and it is wonderful to watch their lives change. We are completely privately funded, so that is my job. The western New York community has been amazing in their support of the Mission. Our annual budget is about $6 million, which makes every year a challenge but with the Lord leading we always seem to make it.” Stuart has five children. His son, Ben (31), lives in San Diego and is marketing manager for Zoot Sports; daughters Lindsay (29) and Anna (26) live in Stowe, Vermont, where Lindsay puts out the weekly newspaper called the Stowe Reporter and Anna teaches skiing and manages AJ’s Sports. Stuart Jr. (9) is a third-grader, and Macuen (5) is a kindergartner.

Ken LaRocque enjoyed meeting with Chase Donaldson ’68 in Louisville last March.

The Four Horsemen: Jay Goldstein ’68, Chase Donaldson ’68, Don Janney ’68, and Dave Coleman ’69 caught up at Reunion.

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Henry R. Coons, Co-Head Class Agent Avon Old Farms School, 500 Old Farms Road, Avon, CT 06001 coonsh@avonoldfarms.com

Mo Goldstein ’74 stopped by campus with his wife, Rosi, and daughters Nesia (8) and Shelly (16) in early August. They visit Mo’s parents during the summer, coming from Israel, where Mo continues to teach English. [Peter Evans with Mo, Rosi, Nesia and Shelly]

Joseph C. Vecchiarino, Co-Head Class Agent P.O. Box 2103, Westport, CT 06880 drvv@sbcglobal.net

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Dan Carpenter, Class Agent Grist Mill Capital, Grist Mill Plaza, 100 Grist Mill Road, Simsbury, CT 06070 dancarpenter@usbenefitsnetwork.com

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Margot and Ned Thompson ’74 hosted a small Avon gathering at their home in Maine in August. Pictured from left to right are daughter Blair, son Preston ’08, Margot, Ned, Gail Laferriere, Kathy Leis and “Chopper,” Charlie ’03, and Andre Laferriere.

Sam (11), Olivia (9), and Jack (9), children of Steve Berson ’76, enjoyed time at Beaver Pond.

Tim Straus ’75 and Dan Seiden ’00 met up at a ballgame in Rome, Georgia this spring. Tim coaches in the Braves organization.

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Bob Applegate, Class-Agent 622 Hillendale Road, Chadds Ford, PA 19317-9364 rapple@lyonsinsurance.com

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Alexander N. Worley, Head Class Agent 20 Shore Grove Road, Clinton, CT 06413 alexworley@sbcglobal.net Tim Brown and his wife, Yael van Hulst, announce the arrival of their son, Payton Jack Brown, born June 15, 2008.

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Jorge E. Consuegra, Head Class Agent 5 Andrews Road, Greenwich, CT 06830 jorgeeconsuegra@yahoo.com

Ron Protasewich, Co-Head Class Agent 40 Pine Lake Road, Duxbury, MA 02332-433 rprotasewich@sensata.com

Charlie Bishop emailed before summer, “Anybody out there read Inside Lacrosse magazine? Our old coach, Skip Flanagan, is going to be coaching the Under Armour High School All American boys north squad in Towson, Maryland in July!! You can check it out in the May issue at www.insidelacrosse.com under ‘Under Armour All American Teams Announced’.”

Seth Meyer, his son, and sister visited Miriam and Jorge Consuegra ’51 in Key Biscayne. Miriam Consuegra emailed the Alumni Office, “We had a great time with them. Seth is a teacher in Cocoa Beach, married a Spaniard (speaks Spanish), and I almost freaked out when I saw Seth’s son because he looks EXACTLY like young Seth at AOF.” John Martinson wrote, “My company, China Mist Brands, is doing very well. We have just launched two new categories of products and my business partner and I are taking our products to the world and new key domestic markets. We will show our new products at SIAL Paris in October where I will have dinner with Chris Abrioux, former Avon French teacher and his wife. I will also be in Chicago in early October and Miami Beach in the third week of March. My wife and kids are doing great. Our son, Neo, is in 2nd grade and daughter, Eco, is in Kindergarten (yeah...got started late). We still live in the Phoenix, Arizona metro area. Anyone coming to Arizona, call first so we can plan to get together.”

John Kenney emailed, “I had an opportunity to visit Avon at the reunion; the campus looks great. It was really nice to see all who went to the dinner at Duncan’s house and I hope more of our class will make it back to campus. Just want to say hello to the remainder of our class and if you are ever in West Palm Beach, please call.”

George J. Giannoni, Co-Head Class Agent 36 Twilight Drive, Granby, CT 06035-1212 GGiannoni@cox.net

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Christopher Atkins, Reunion Chair 415 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022-6482 catkins@nyc.rr.com

74 35th Reunion Year

Dean Peter Evans in Ohio with David Jacobs ’76 and his wife, Lisa.

weekend of May 15-17. Alumni may view details as they are updated on our website—www.avonoldfarms.com.

Edward P. Molloy, Co-Head Class Agent 6 Winhart Drive, Granby, CT 06035 Tmolloy@ArraySoftware.com The Class of 1974 will gather for their 35th Reunion the

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Kenneth G. Cloud, Head Class Agent 8317 Kingsthorpe Terrace, Richmond, VA 23229-7465 kencloud@cloudconsulting.com

79 30th Reunion Year

Anthony M. Gray, Co-Head Class Agent 6212 Wagner Lane, Bethesda, MD 20816 tgray@tonygray.net Scott B. Linke, Co-Head Class Agent 116 Eleven Levels Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877-3011 scott_linke@ml.com The Class of 1979 will gather for their 30th Reunion the weekend of May 15-17. Alumni may view details as they are updated on our website—www.avonoldfarms.com.

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Kenneth H. Blanchard, Co-Head Class Agent 846 Mountain Road, West Hartford, CT 06117 kenkhb99@aol.com Thomas E. Davey, Co-Head Class Agent 4816 Sandestin Drive, Dallas, TX 75287 Thomas.Davey@lighting.ge.com Greg O’Sullivan moved from Orange County, California, to Troutman, North Carolina, where he and his wife, Wendy, reconnected with his football coach of three years, Hank Coons ’71, at the Charlotte Reception in September. Greg sells

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Kidswitch (check it out at Kidswitch.com), which he invented 15 years ago.

John Bourgault teaches history and coaches wrestling, cross-country and track at Avon Old Farms. Avon’s track team won the New England Championship in the spring. His son Jake is a senior at Avon.

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Samuel C. Bookbinder, Head Class Agent Two Logan Square, Suite 700 18th & Arch Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2707 samuel.bookbinder@wachoviasec.com At Avon, Mike Symes teaches physical science to freshmen and geology to seniors. He is also an assistant coach on the thirds football team and hopes to help out the hockey and lacrosse teams.

These were the three sports Mike played as a student at Avon “I am fulfilling a dream I have had ever since I left Avon in 1981,” he said.

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Gregory T. Fish, Co-Head Class Agent 56 Blue Ridge Drive, Simsbury, CT 06089 greg@gregorytfishllc.com

Mike Cercone ’75 hosted a group from Avon for the Red Sox game on Wednesday, July 30th. The group enjoyed a fabulous spread at the Harvard Club, and then made it over to Fenway. Interestingly, the group saw Manny Ramirez’s last game as a Red Sox player, as he was traded the next day. From left: Jeff Carter ’99, Travis Tucker ’90, Gilman Callsen ’04, Tony Silvestro ’97, Lee Ogden ’82, Matt Cutler ’91, Tyler Breault ’02, Jon Hartnett ’95, Kevin Driscoll ’72, Nick LaRocque ’01, Mike Cercone ’75, Doug Colton ’84, Mark Drinkwater ’86, Rob Dowling ’91, Jim Kirschner, Bill Begien ’87, Peter Evans. Missing from picture: Jack Sebastian ’84, Malcolm Hirsh ’67, Billy Sargent ’69.

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Richard C. Gregory, Co-Head Class Agent 30 Walnut Farms Drive, Farmington, CT 06032 rick@rcgregory.com Gregory V.R. Stanton, Co-Head Class Agent 14 Pryer Lane, Larchmont, NY 10538-4021 gstanton@seaboardproperties.com

84 25th Reunion Year

John Gordon, Class Agent 246 Nacoochee Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30305 John_Gordon@timeinc.com The Class of 1984 will gather for their 25th Reunion the weekend of May 15-17. Alumni may view details as they are updated on our website—www.avonoldfarms.com.

Todd Elliott ’82 patiently teaches young Ethan Kai (Avon class of 2025) how to become a satisfied and independent little person. Kai’s proud grandparents are Barbara and George Trautman.

The view of Singapore is not as exciting as his new baby boy, Ethan Kai Elliott, born in Singapore June 25, 2008, and weighing in at 7 lbs, 7 oz. Todd Elliott ’82 continues to run The SAK, the company he co-founded, which is based in Bali with offices in San Francisco.

Stuart Holliday is president of Meridian International Center, a non-profit institution that promotes international understanding through the exchange of people, ideas, and the arts. Established in 1960 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., Meridian is unique in its dedicated role to non-partisan, public diplomacy and offers a wide array of outreach, exchanges, and arts programs. Stuart has spent his career in various foreign policy and public diplomacy leadership positions. He is firmly committed to the employment of public and cultural diplomacy as a means of increasing international understanding.

Peter Evans with Juan Nieves ’83 and former Avon history teacher Steve Ward at Fenway for a Red Sox vs. White Sox game over Labor Day weekend. Juan is the pitching coach for the Chicago White Sox.

Matt Weir ’84 celebrated his 42nd birthday in Nantucket with his son, Randy (10), and daughters, Jordan (12) and Charlotte (5).

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Sam L. Rubenstein, Head Class Agent 1143 Chadbyrne Drive, Columbus, OH 43235-1790 sam.rubenstein@ey.com

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John G. Ashe, Class Agent 50 Edgewood Avenue, Longmeadow, MA 01106-1308 jashe@olyfast.com

Garvin Brown IV ’87, Ken LaRocque, Peter Evans, and Campbell Brown ’86 enjoyed lunch together in Louisville, Kentucky, in March.

Mark Ulrich achieved the rank of lt. colonel on July 1, 2008. He serves as a Green Beret in the U.S. Army Special Forces.

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William C. Begien, Class Agent 8 Maple Street, Watertown, MA 02472 wbegien@yahoo.com

Andrew McCalla and his wife, Sara, announce the arrival of Angus James McCalla, born on May 27, 2008. Angus weighed 8 lbs.

2 oz. and was 19.5 inches.

Noah Zane Grey, son of Tomomi and Robert Zane Grey ’90.

Lance Cashion ’93 and his wife, Kathryn, were featured on the cover of the July edition of Kiplingers.

Children of Lauren and Luke Cline ’95: Mae (almost 3) and Oren (1) The extended Brown family vacationed together in Corsica. Pictured: Ryan, Steffanie, Garvin III ’62, Isabel, and Garvin IV ’87.

G. Garvin Brown IV continues to be the Jack Daniels brand director for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, a role he’s held since 2004.

Since September 2007, Garvin has also assumed the role of presiding chairman of the board of directors of Brown-Forman. He and his wife, Steffanie, met at McGill University. They have two children, Isabel (5) and Ryan (7), and continue to enjoy London, where Garvin had lived while earning his MBA at London Business School. This summer, they vacationed in Corsica with Garvin’s brother, Campbell ’86, his wife, Sarah, and daughter, Maddie, as well as their father, Garvin ’62 [see photo].

Reid Hipp and his wife, Bryce, announce the arrival of James Reid Hipp, born on May 6, 2008.

James weighed 9 lbs, 9 oz. and was 21¼ inches.

Reid emailed, “Mom and baby doing fine.”

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Shawn E. Atkinson, Co-Head Class Agent satkinson@amphorcapital.com; Peter Reed, Co-Head Class Agent 91 Butternut Lane, Southport, CT 06890 preed@ctnet.com

Mike Lech ’88 and his wife, Kara, at the home of Bob Gryboski ’57 during Reunion.

Bill Rose ’88, Rob Morrell ’88, and Marc Northern ’88 catch up at their 20th Reunion in May.

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Jon Hartnett ’95 and Charley

Elizabeth Hartnett with Charley

Standing left to right: Mike Symes ’81, Peter Evans, Scott Parker ’81, Major Rick Tremble ’92, John Ashe ’92, Tom Nolan ’93, Tom Ashe ’92, Alex Coates ’01, Drew Widger ’98, Peter Conlin ’94, Bill Maag ’81 and Ken LaRocque; Front: Dan Seiden ’00

Bret Stoffer works in Nashville at a marketing communications/interactive agency called Anode (anode.com) as executive producer.

Previously, in Boston, he was director of learning and digital media at Jack Morton Worldwide, an experiential marketing agency.

After working in Boston for 10 years, the Stoffers moved to Nashville to be near Bret’s parents, who returned from Saudia Arabia a few years ago, and his brother. Bret has been married six years and is the father of two children—Oscar (4) and Willa (2).

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Brian Riva, Class Agent 14 Chatfield Drive, Lakeville, CT 06039 brianriva@sbcglobal.net The Class of 1989 will gather for their 20th Reunion the weekend of May 15-17. Alumni may view details as they are updated on our website—www.avonoldfarms.com.

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Adam J. Crane, Class Agent 932 Trail Court, Eagan, MN 55122 adamjcrane@gmail.com Robert Grey and his wife, Tomomi, announce the birth of their son, Noah Zane Grey, born on March 17, 2008 in Nagano, Japan. Noah weighed 6 lbs 2 oz. and was welcomed home by two very excited sisters, Anri (4) and Sara (1).

Robert emailed, “My wife, Tomomi, and I visited Avon last winter, when we were visiting family for Christmas. It was great to finally see the new Beatson Performing Arts Center, and I would like to give a special thanks to Peter Evans and to the Dowlings for making our visit to the campus so worthwhile. We look forward to visiting Avon again soon!”

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Michael M. Mullin, Head Class Agent 23 Lakeside Avenue, Darien, CT 06840 michael.mullin@db.com Miguel Pacheco has been with 3M for six years and is the regional sales/marketing manager for the Caribbean region, and he wrote, “I’m on the road (or in the air actually!) about a week every month.

I’ve been married for 15 years now, with two boys.”

David Williamson married Allison Sarah Guptill on August 9, 2008 at the home of the bride’s parents. Allison graduated from Marlboro College in Marlboro, Vermont and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Education at Antioch College. David attended Bennington College and Harvard University. David graduated from Marlboro College and is working on his master’s degree in Hospitality Management at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. After a honeymoon train trip to Seattle Washington, Allison and David drove back through Glacier National Park to their home in Brattleboro, Vermont, where David’s son, Tom, and dogs, C.B. and Weston, were waiting.

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Damien J. Egan, Head Class Agent 56 G Street, South Boston, MA 02127 degan2@hotmail.com

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Travis Merritt, Class Agent 23 Church Street, Flemington, NJ 08822 merritttravis@yahoo.com

Lee Schmertzler wrote, “Things are going well.

I’ve been busy working on plans for my September wedding to Christine Moynihan.”

Andy Arcand teaches English at Avon Old Farms to juniors and post grads and coaches fall intermural sports. He lives in Elephant Annex A, where he was a monitor his senior year for Mr. Mehos.

94 15th Reunion Year

The Class of 1994 will gather for their 15th Reunion the weekend of May 15–17. Alumni may view details as they are updated on our website—www.avonoldfarms.com.

Eric Carmody ’96 holding son, Cohlton, Craig Carmody ’91, Ryan’s daughter Livia Carmody, and Ryan Carmody ’97 holding son, Dylan. The Carmody family was together in June for Cohlton’s baptism.

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Anthony D. Silvestro, Head Class Agent 3 Beech Circle, Andover, MA 01810-2901 asilvestro5@hotmail.com Spence Beal and his wife, Alyssa, announce the arrival of their daughter, Ashley, on April 28, 2008 in Dallas. Ashley weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and was 18.9 inches.

Luke Cline and his wife, Lauren, welcomed home their son, Oren, on July 22, 2007. Big sister Mae (2) keeps him entertained.

Jon Hartnett and his wife, Elizabeth, welcome Charles Patrick Hartnett. Jon emailed, “Mom and Charley are both doing fantastic and everyone is healthy and happy. Charley was born at 5:40 p.m. on June 10, 2008, measured in at 8 lbs. 14 oz., and was 21 inches. We were all insulated from the heat in the AC comfort of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where we can’t thank everyone enough.

Charley shares the name of both his grandfathers, John Charles and George Patrick, so it is no surprise that he entered this world happy, strong, and ready to eat!”

From left to right: John Cuckler ’97, Ted Rulison ’98, Parker Rulison ’97, and Rob Rulison ’92. The picture was taken on the second tee of the Mountain Air Country Club Golf Course in North Carolina.

Rob Dowling ’91 met up with Peter Theis ’06, Bob Theis, and Ted Rulison ’98 in Syracuse this summer for a weekend of golf and fun. Ted is working at Smith Barney in Syracuse and Peter is a junior at Loyola College in Baltimore. [from left: Bob, Ted, Rob, and Peter]

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Mark A. Caruso, Co-Head Class Agent 17 Cedar Lane, Chatham, N.J. 07928-1103 mcaruso@mlp.com; John T. Jones, Co-Head Class Agent 125 Main Street, Apt. 3, Newmarket, NH 03857-1623 Todd Carroll moved to Vermont where he was recently named the head baseball coach at The College of Saint Joseph’s in Rutland. In the summer he coached the Bennington Bombers of the New York Collegiate Baseball League. Todd emailed, “If anyone is up in Vermont skiing this winter, please look me up.”

While vacationing in Cape Cod over the 4th of July weekend, Mike Holtman ’98 and his brother Marc ’95 caught up with fellow Avonian Jesse Carlton ’98 at the Chatham Squire.

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Timothy B. Stay, Co-Head Class Agent Avon Old Farms School, 500 Old Farms Road, Avon, CT 06001 stayt@avonoldfarms.com Kyle R. Youngquist, Co-Head Class Agent 60 West 23rd Street, Apt 950, New York, NY 10010 kyoungquist@msdcapital.com

Colin Kane ’98 is a comedian based in New York City, and has been performing at comedy hot spots and colleges across the country. For more information, visit his website at www.colinkane.com.

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Jason Coscia ’99 met up with Rafael Barcenas ’99 this July while in Panama for work and Rafael took him on a helicopter tour. Later they visited with Rafael’s brother, Guillermo ’03.

On Thursday March 20th a group of 15 Avonians had the opportunity to watch the Montreal Canadiens vs.

Boston Bruins at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston.

Thanks to Bill Maag ’81, everyone enjoyed the game from a sky box suite and watched Montreal take a 4-2 victory. Following the game, Montreal star and alternate captain for the Canadiens, Chris Higgins ’01, joined the group for some pictures and generously donated items to the Parents Auction for the 2008 Blue Blazer Ball.

Standing in back: Mike Cercone ’75, Scott Parker ’81, Bill Maag ’81 , Alex Coates ’01, Dan Seiden ’00, Chris Higgins ’01, Mike Symes ’81, Robert Higgins, Drew Widger ’98, Peter Evans, Mike O’Neill ’00. Front: Ken LaRocque, Vinnie Montalbano ’00, Johnny Higgins.

George Trautman got together with some of Avon’s alumni from Panama: Front row: Ximena Cambefort (James’ wife), James Smith ’92, Cristian Smith ’00, Sussana Gonzalez-Revilla (Cristian’s wife); Row 2: Bobby Novey ’01, George Trautman, Carlos Motta ’91 Row 3: Nico de la Guardia ’00, Rafael Bárcenas ’99.

At Joe Witt’s bachelor party were, from left, Thomas Adams ’01, Sam Taber ’01, Sam Long ’01, Joe Witt ’01, Joe Lavallee ’02, and Malcolm Baker ’01.

Tony Salerno graduated in May from Georgetown Law School. After spending the summer studying for the bar, followed by a month in South Africa, he began work in the New York office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, a British law firm.

Ryan Carmody lives in Maryland with his very lovely wife, Linda, and their two children. Livia is 5, and Dylan is 3. Ryan was lucky enough to get together with his brothers at his nephew’s baptism in Connecticut in early June [see photo]. Ryan spends his days as client manager for Avatech Solutions. Outside of the office, he keeps busy with his kids, some racquetball, and if the stars align—a round of golf.

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Geoffrey R. Barlow, Co-Head Class Agent Avon Old Farms School 500 Old Farms Road, Avon, CT 06001 spitfiregp34@hotmail.com J. Andrew Corrigan, Co-Head Class Agent 826 Gould Hill Road, Contoocook, NH 03229 jamesandrewcorrigan@gmail.com David Farrell and his wife, Caitlin, announce the birth of their son, John David, on June 14, 2008.

Tauseef Ansari earned his MBA and Masters in Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After working overseas on projects in the Middle East for the last 2.5 years, he moved to New York City where is a technology consultant for BearingPoint.

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David R. Gryboski, Co-Head Class Agent 5339 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, FL 34217 dgryboski@tampabay.rr.com

Chris Higgins ’01 and Alex Coates ’01

A group of Avonians gathered at the home of Gib and Cheyney Barrieau in West Hartford, Connecticut, to celebrate Will Beatson’s 25th birthday. Back row from left: Brett Garber ’03, Nick Wilbur ’02, Dan Seiden ’00, Mark W. T. Freeman ’02, Gib Barrieau ’02, Kevin Thibadeau ’02.

Front row from left: Jason Hull ’03, Will Beatson ’02.

Jonathan M. Carroll, Co-Head Class Agent 1486 Pescadero Drive, San Diego, CA 92107 carroll_jonathan@yahoo.com The Class of 1999 will gather for their 10th Reunion the weekend of May 15-17. Alumni may view details as they are updated on our website—www.avonoldfarms.com.

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Michael J. O’Neill, Co-Head Class Agent 37 Anderson St. Apt. 5, Boston, MA 02114 michael.oneill@fmr.com

Dan Seiden ’00 visited Topper Luciani ’01 in New York City, where Topper owns and operates Sir Drake Clothing. For information about the company and its apparel please visit sirdrakeclothing.com.

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Daniel Matalon ’00 and his wife, Rae, announce the birth of their daughter, Taylor Nicole Matalon, born April 7, 2008. Taylor weighed in at 7 lbs. 11 oz. and was 18¾ inches.

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On July 30th, Joel Feld (father of Alex Feld ’06) hosted a group of Avonians for a tour of the NESN studios in Watertown, Massachuetts. Joel is the producer of the Red Sox programming with NESN. The group enjoyed a detailed tour, connected with some of the NESN personalities, and took a group picture around the “Sportsdesk.” Pictured standing: Tyler Breault ’02, Tony Silvestro ’95, Peter Evans, Joel Feld, Jim Kirschner, Lee Ogden ’82, Nick LaRocque ’01. Sitting at the desk are Kevin Driscoll ’72 and Rob Dowling ’91.

Daniel J. Seiden, Co-Head Class Agent; 500 Old Farms Road, Avon, CT. 06001 seidend@avonoldfarms.com Daniel Seiden was named the director of annual giving at Avon. After joining the Alumni and Development Office last fall, Dan took the place of Rob Dowling ’91, who became the assistant academic dean. Dan writes, “I am fortunate enough to work with an incredible group of alumni and parents who understand the importance of giving back to such a special place.”

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Christopher D. Coleman, Co-Head Class Agent 4464 Greenwich Parkway NW Washington, DC 20007 christopherdcoleman@gmail.com Nicholas H. LaRocque, Co-Head Class Agent 46 South Huntington Avenue, Apt. 24 Boston, MA 02130 larocque.nicholas@gmail.com Nate Moffie is a financial advisor for Premier Financial Group, an arm of Axa Advisors.

Jon Berry emailed, “I just celebrated my second wedding anniversary. Crazy, huh? I’m off to Naval OCS in the fall. I just wanted to say ‘what’s up’ to all of my fellow classmates and congrats to the Winged Beaver hockey team for winning another title.”

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William P. Beatson, Class Agent; Mistfield Farm, Post Office Box 148 Butler, MD 21023 will@shapironegotiations.com Richard Stevens started a new job in Washington, D.C., as a paralegal specialist at the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of the Assistant Secretary.

Richard wrote, “It’s a great place to be as it is such a key issue in this year’s elections. If anyone is interested in federal employment let me know. It may seem to be a demanding process at first but with some guidance it’s simple.”

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Jamie Tang, Class Agent 111 East 80th Street, Apt. 3B, New York, NY 10021 jamesttang@gmail.com

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Luke Archambault, Class Agent 59 High Street, South Hadley, MA 01075 archlu01@gettysburg.edu The Class of 2004 will gather for their 5th Reunion the weekend of May 15-17. Alumni may view details as they are updated on our website—www.avonoldfarms.com.

Brennan Shutt graduated cum laude from Clemson in May and began medical school at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM), which is associated with Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. Brennan hopes to become an orthopedic surgeon. Brennan’s mother wrote last spring, “All of those years of hard work at Avon Old Farms paid off in teaching him how to study hard, earn good grades, become a leader, and generally turn out to be a great young man. He earned a minor in Spanish and it will pay off extremely well when

he goes on mission work, which is part of the learning program at VCOM. He is president of the Clemson club baseball team, so as you can imagine he is extremely busy right now finishing everything up.”

Michael Davis will be going to Brazil in March on a Fulbright Grant to study the Brazilian sugaralcohol and biofuel sectors in Sao Paulo.

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Dane Lemeris, Head Class Agent 38 Chelsea Drive, Cromwell, CT 06416 dlemeris@gmail.com Jackson Howard sent a postcard last spring from Santiago, Chile, where he was traveling and taking in the local life. He wrote, “By the time you read this, I should be in Peru visiting Machu Picchu. I miss the Farm and plan on visiting soon.” Actually, Jackson lived with a family from Chile for four months as part of a Junior Year Abroad program and traveled throughout South America, before heading back to Vassar this fall [see photo].

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Adam Bauer, Class Agent 22 Highwood Street, Simsbury, CT 06070 atbgmen@aol.com

Jackson Howard ’05 sitting among the colorfully decorated hills of Valparaiso, Chile.

Brett Stegmaier ’02 recovered from a recent wrist operation and was back playing professional golf in late August 2008.

Brett lives in Vero Beach, Florida.

Al “Mac” McDonald ’04 graduated from Goucher College in Maryland and stopped by in August before heading to The Latin School of Baltimore, where he will be teaching 9th grade history.

Brian Orr ’04 and Casey Coons ’07 in Orlando, Florida, following a St. Lawrence vs. Bowdoin game.

Brendan Reed, a second year bio/pre-med student at St. Lawrence University, was the recipient of a UCHC summer research fellowship. This program was very competitive for Brendan. His mother wrote, “It is an accomplishment and indication that he truly learned from his AOF experiences.”

Chris Victor is a business major at University of Tampa.

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Matt Beath, Head Class Agent 12229 Prince Towne Drive, St. Louis, MO lgbeath@charter.net

French teacher Michelle Custer with her three sons: Ben ’10 (wearing school tie), Charlie ’04 (on the occasion of his graduation from Brown), and Tim ’05 (wearing alumni tie). Charlie is now teaching English in China.

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Will Hendricks, Co-Head Class Agent Post Office Box 38, Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA 18356 tartcarter95@hotmail.com Kevin Sisti, Co-Head Class Agent 64 Pinnacle Road, Farmington, CT 06030 ksideas@aol.com

Ali Evans, Jason Ellis and fiancé Barrett Ward, Mike Cercone ’75, Juan Nieves ’83, Dean Peter Evans, and former Avon history teacher Steve Ward spent Labor Day at Fenway for a Red Sox game, where Juan was coaching the Chicago White Sox.

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In Memoriam Kirk Browning ’39, whose unusual career path took him from chicken farmer to television director of “Live From Lincoln Center,” died on February 10, 2008, in Manhattan. He was 86.The cause was a heart attack, his son, David, said. From inside a trailer on West 65th Street in Manhattan and facing a bank of 79 screens, Browning—somewhat like the maestros he so often focused on—directed 185 telecasts from Lincoln Center’s opera, orchestra, dance, and theater halls since “Live from Lincoln Center” first appeared on public television in 1976. When he died, he was preparing a production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, to be broadcast on March 20, 2008.

Directing a crew of 45, Browning would signal every shift of the dozen or so cameras carefully placed throughout the hall, following a precise script he had prepared with the series producer, John Goberman.

“Dissolve and tighten,” Browning would say to get cameras to focus on Itzhak Perlman’s fingers. “Widen center group dancers,” he would say as the New York City Ballet performed “Swan Lake.” “Kirk contained the entire history of cultural television in our country,” Goberman said. “He started in 1948 with the NBC Symphony, and here he was at 86, still turning out fabulous performance television.”

Although he was an accomplished pianist who brought his ability to read a score to his camera choreography, Browning owned a chicken farm in Ridgefield, Conn., in 1947 when he happened into television.

He befriended a customer on his egg route, Samuel Chotzinoff, the director of NBC’s music division. Chotzinoff got him a job filing scores in NBC’s music library. Later, after working as a stage manager, Browning was chosen to direct telecasts of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, led by Arturo Toscanini.

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Awards, Browning eventually directed, among other productions the premiere of the first opera written expressly for television, Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951); the first TV show with Frank Sinatra as host (1957); and “Hallmark Hall of Fame” music and drama specials (1951 to 1958).

For PBS he also directed many “Great Performances” and “Live From the Met” programs; “Pavarotti in Concert at Madison Square Garden”; and telecasts of numerous Broadway productions. He won two outstanding individual achievement Emmys for PBS programs: one in 1987 for “Goya With Plácido Domingo,” and one in 1988 for Turandot from the Met. Born in Manhattan on March 28, 1921, Browning was a son of William and Elizabeth Miner Browning. His father owned a company that made military uniforms, and his mother owned a dress shop. After attending Cornell for a month, Browning found his way to Waco, Texas, where he worked as a newspaper reporter. He tried to enlist in the Army during World War II, but was rejected because of a childhood injury. So he went to Europe and worked as an ambulance driver in England and France. After the war, he bought the chicken farm in Connecticut.

In addition to David, of Somers, N.Y., Browning is survived by his wife, the former Barbara Gum; and another son, Sean, of Nantucket, Mass. Browning was known for his probing, restless camera. He and Goberman came up with the idea of placing “lipstick cameras”—tiny devices usually used for sports close-ups—directly in the orchestra. One of Browning’s camera effects, Goberman said, became a favorite moment for the conductor Kurt Masur, even though it did not focus on the maestro.

“There’s a long horn solo in the slow movement of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth,” Goberman said. “We started with a very

wide shot of the orchestra and slowly pushed in to an extremely tight close-up of the horn player, Philip Myers. It lasted two, three minutes, and you couldn’t not know where it was going.” [From The New York Times, written by Dennis Hevesi and published February 13, 2008.]

Daniel Kingston ’40 passed away June 24, 2008, at the age of 84. Following graduation from Avon, he attended Dartmouth College and Babson Business School. He enlisted in the Army Corps, serving in World War II and following his release from active duty with a rank of lieutenant, Kingston began a career with the Maritime Milling Corporation, a feed and grain business owned by his wife’s family. His career took his family from the Buffalo area to Maryland and then back to Long Island, New York, where he retired as vice president of finance in 1987. Kingston and his wife, Barbara Todd, were active in the training and exercising of game dogs and attended many field trials all over the United States and Europe. For many years Kingston served as gun captain in the Talbot County Field Club. Kingston is survived by his wife and two children; Kirstie Kingston of Easton, Maryland, and Cleve Kingston of North Hollywood, California.

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The School has learned that Alrick Hubbell Man ’41 passed away in 2007 at the age of 84.

Persifor (Perky) Frazer ’41 of Ocean Ridge, Florida, and Northeast Harbor, Maine, died at home on Mount Desert Island on July 18, 2008, of renal failure. He was born in Philadelphia in August 1921, the son of Persifor Frazer and Ellen Glendinning Frazer. Frazer attended Avon Old Farms School prior to enlisting in the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry in 1941. He subsequently transferred to the U.S. Army Air Corps and flew missions with the 15th Air Force in Italy. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters before separating from the service as a captain in 1946.

In 1949, Frazer moved to Florida to work for the Collier Corporation in Everglades City. After the tragic death of his boss, Sam Collier, while racing sports cars, Frazer founded in 1951 a chain of stores selling men’s and women’s resort wear. Known as Mark, Fore, & Strike, the company flourished and included Marilyn Monroe, James Cagney, Robert Montgomery and Eli Wallach among its customers. In 1953, Bill Tiernan joined Frazer as co-owner, and in 1966 Frazer sold the business and moved on to real estate management and sales in Delray Beach, until his retirement in 1985.

Frazer was a founding member of the Delray Beach Playhouse, appeared in a number of productions, and was president from 1960 to 1963 of the playhouse board.

He played a role in the founding of the Seagate Club in 1955 and was a member of the Ocean Club of Florida.

Frazer is survived by his wife, Heather, his four sons (Persifor, David, Randal, and Lucius); daughter (Sloan Pendleton); and three stepchildren (Kimberly Gilmour, Devon Coughlan, and Carter Coughlan),

as well as 18 grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren. He was predeceased by his sister (Bettina Frazer Dale) and his brother (Robert Glendinning Frazer).

The School has learned that David Burns ’43 passed away in 1986 at the age of 61.

Benjamin D. Beyers ’45 of Southport, Connecticut, died April 21, 2008, after a hard-fought struggle with cancer. He was born July 6, 1927, in San Francisco, the son of Mary Dimmick and George Edward Byers. He graduated from Cranbrook Academy (Michigan) in 1945, and from Trinity College in Hartford in 1951. Byers proudly served his country as Fireman First Class in the Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theatre and as an intelligence officer for the CIA in Korea during the Korean War. Following his military service, Byers embarked on a career in international business beginning with studies at the Centre d’ Etudes Industrielles in Geneva, Switzerland. His multi-decade career included assignments with Aluminum Ltd. in Madrid, Spain; Babcock & Wilcox in New York and Puerto Rico; and, Sea-Land Service in Menlo Park, N.J. At Sea-Land, he played a prominent role in developing and modernizing its port systems in the Caribbean Basin and in Latin America.

Byers devoted much of his time and energy to his work with the Connecticut Public Transportation Commission and the Merritt Parkway Conservancy. He was a passionate, vocal proponent of legislative reforms to rejuvenate the State’s rail system. His viewpoints were frequently published in the Connecticut Post and the Hartford Courant. Byers is survived by his wife, Sally Waugh, of Southport, his brother Wheaton B. Byers of Canaan, three children: B. Crosby Byers of San Francisco, Susana B. Byers of New York,

N.Y., and Randolph L. Byers of San Carlos, C.A., and three grandchildren.

Frederick Kingsbury Bull II ’45 died June 11, 2008, at the age of 82 after a short bout with cancer. He was born in New York City on May 22, 1926, the son of Ludlow Seguine Bull and Katharine Exton Bull. He spent his youth between homes in New York City and Litchfield, Connecticut. He attended the Foreman School in Litchfield, the Adirondack Florida School, Avon Old Farms and Cranbrook School, from which he graduated in 1945.

He attended Trinity College and served stateside in the Air Force as an engineer during World War II and the Korean War. While at Trinity, he studied theater, focusing on stagecraft. Later, he worked at the University of North Carolina, where he taught stagecraft to Andy Griffith.

Eventually, he settled in New York City, where he pursued a love of photography. In April 1956, he completed the photography program at the New York School of Photography. He did freelance work, some of which was published in Look magazine. He particularly enjoyed taking pictures of auto racing, and spent much time attending various races throughout the Northeast.

On June 29, 1963, he married Susan Leigh Bartlett in New Haven and they moved to Broad Brook, Connecticut. They developed a lasting love of Maine during weekend trips to their lake house in Naples while being active members of the ski patrol at Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton and enjoying their summers on Brandy Pond. In 1968, they moved to Maine permanently and settled in South Freeport.

He spent many years as a door-to-door salesman for Electrolux vacuum cleaners in and around Freeport. He always enjoyed sailing and was a member of the Harraseeket Yacht Club. In later years, he gave back to the community he loved by becoming a

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volunteer driver for Freeport Community Services. He spent countless hours shuttling people back and forth to various appointments, an activity in which he took great pride and joy.

He was active for a number of years in the National Ski Patrol and was a lifetime member of the Down East Ski Club. He was predeceased by his wife, Susan, in 1987. Surviving are two sons, Michael C. Bull and his wife, Kimberlee Caylo, of New York City, whose wedding he was able to attend on June 7, and Thomas D. Bull of Freeport; and a sister, Agnes B. Sherman of Princeton, N.J. [from timesrecord.com].

The School has learned that William T. Shaw ’45 passed away in 1991 at the age of 64.

John Wilkins III ’52, co-founder of Athens Academy in Athens, G.A., owner of Wilkins Industries and prominent Athens citizen, died March 11, 2008, at 73 years old. Wilkins Industries employed hundreds and was owned by the Wilkins family for three generations. Wilkins loved music, gourmet food and fine wine. He and his wife, Lovat, traveled and lived part time in Sea Island. He served on numerous boards, from the YMCA to the American Apparel Manufacturers Association. But most Athenians will know him by his passion for education. As co-founder of Athens Academy, he set up the school’s first campus in a brick house on the corner of Hawthorne Avenue and Jefferson Road and worked tirelessly to make the school a reality.

Forty-one years after the first 147 students entered classrooms in that old brick house, Athens Academy’s campus stretches over 105 acres and 13 academic buildings and serves more than 800 students, ranging from 4 to 18 years old. “He just had a passion for creating a first-rate college preparatory school for the Athens community,” said

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longtime friend Jimbo LaBoon. “His secret is that he had a passion for it. Let’s face it, without John Wilkins, there’d be no Athens Academy.” “John Wilkins was a man of many interests and talents,” said Billy Morris, the owner of the Athens Banner-Herald and a close friend since their days as students at the University of Georgia. Wilkins graduated in 1957 with a business degree. “He was a business executive, a textile manufacturer, a cattle farmer, a connoisseur of fine wines and food and a dedicated family man. He had a great passion for education, which he backed up with his actions and his money,” Morris said. Wilkins was the only chairman of the board of trustees in the school’s history. “He was very active in his role as chairman, promoting the school that he had worked to found,” said Bob Chambers, Athens Academy’s headmaster of more than 25 years. “He just believed that Athens Academy provided a great service to its students and the community at large.

He strove to seek excellence with honor in the personal educational experience of each one of the students.” Wilkins, Chambers said, understood every aspect of school governance and enabled the school and its staff to grow over the years. “He’s just been steady in terms of his inspiration and his leadership, and in knowing that some things would take time,” Chambers said. “He held onto his vision of providing each student with the very best opportunities, and that each child is valued. That’s not only been the purpose of the school, but the focus of the school.” According to Athens Academy trustees, Wilkins was most proud of the development of the school’s current Oconee County campus. “Never did he or any of the founders imagine that it would turn out this well. All this is primarily due to the leadership of John Wilkins,” said trustee Carl Nichols. Wilkins told how in the first years of the academy, he had to take out personal loans every now and then to make payroll, Nichols said. “That’s the kind of

influence and passion that he had,” Nichols said. “He was not going to let that school fail under any circumstances.” He ran his businesses with that same tenacity, as well.

When locals complained that a Wilkins Industries factory in Athens was drawing away local domestic help—for better pay and benefits - Wilkins made payroll in silver dollars for a few weeks, according to the family. He wanted to show how important jobs were to the local economy, a fact that was hard to deny when most cash registers suddenly jingled with silver dollars. “Athens Academy was obviously his big contribution, but Wilkins Industries is also a great story, a great part of Athens history,” said Ellen Wiley, his daughter. In addition to the school, Wilkins was immensely dedicated to his wife and children, John Wilkins IV and Ellen Fraser Wiley, and grandchildren, Chambers said. Wilkins had planned a piano concert in memory of his wife, Lovat, for March 27 at Athens Academy. She died last March. “John was a remarkable man who cared deeply about his family, his employees, his community and its betterment,” Morris said. “Athens is a better place because John Wilkins lived here.” [Written by Merritt Melcancon; Metro Editor Allison Floyd, also contributed to this article. Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on March 12, 2008.]

Ernest Edward Schleusener ’57 passed away after a lengthy illness, on April 24th, 2008. He leaves behind a wife, two sons and four grandchildren.

The School has learned that James A. Rubin ’65 passed away in 2007 at the age of 60.

time at Avon? Your first time driving What Will You Old Farms Road andMost? seeing the red st Remember theOwater tower? The first time you wa through Diogenes archway on your wa Admissions Office for your interview tour? Maybe the nervous feeling you when you came for an overnight visit, o you sat in on classes with a student you know? Or maybe it was the excitement when you received your acceptance lett you remember your first day? Orienta Meeting your roommate. Getting a do you wanted a single. Your first class. F Over the course of the next year—or four years—you are going to come across experiences, conversations, and situations that will shape your memories of your time at Avon Old Farms School. As I sat to prepare this talk, I kept in mind that first, I needed to be brief in my comments—and I think I will indeed be brief—but I also needed to remain focused on developing some thoughts that you can take with you for the remainder of the day, and hopefully a little longer.

As an alumnus of Old Farms, I have many memories of my time as a student here. Having worked here for nearly 10 years, I also have a lot of memories of Avon as an adult.

What will you remember most about your time at Avon? Your first time driving down Old Farms Road and seeing the red stone of the water tower? The first time you walked through Diogenes archway on your way to the Admissions Office for your interview and tour? Maybe the nervous feeling you had when you came for an overnight visit, or when you sat in on classes with a student you didn’t know? Or maybe it was the excitement you felt when you received your acceptance letter.

Do you remember your first day? Orientation? Meeting your roommate. Getting a double when you wanted a single. Your first class. Finding out where Pelican 21 is and what a Refectory is. Morning Meeting. Bad Chapel talks. Mr. Evans reminding you about proper aisle sitting etiquette—or Mr. LaRocque talking about proper New England winter-weather walking techniques.

Red flags. Keeping your antennae up. Chicken Monday night.

Learning not to flip that chicken over to see what’s on the under side. Breakfast sandwiches on Tuesday. Italian buffet on Wednesday. Chicken again on Thursday and again for lunch on Friday. Your first goal in soccer. The soccer team winning the New England Championships. Night football. Midnight skating.

Sunday work crews. Walking to the Health Center when it’s cold and you are sick. The old Hawk’s Nest.

Maybe you remember the anticipation of moving into the new student center. Of acing your first test—and bombing another. Porter’s girls, Valley Cab, and Wal-Mart on Friday night. Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Hanging out with your boys on Saturday night and talking all night. Poker—before it was banned. Locker room talk. Bus rides to away games.

Toasters. Habitat for Humanity. Toys for Tots. The feeling you had walking into the theater to see all of the gifts we bought for Toys for Tots and knowing you made a difference. Vespers. Making the varsity team. The disappointment of not making the varsity team.

Avon bugs. High-Speed Internet…

IMs. Facebook. Study hall.

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ng how to sing. Helping your roommate ugh a tough time. Learning about what ns to be a true friend, and finding them e. Face paint. Spring trips to Florida.

Pierre. People’s Choice. Chang An. all. Disciplinary committee. Sit down . Whirly Girl. The Winged Beaver.

Kids. Beaver Pond. Getting to know chers and learning how much they care. g to fight your own battles. Finding the Saturday when you are trying to leave e weekend. Faculty who have moved on. who have moved on. The Boar’s Head Chorale and learning how to sing. Helping your roommate through a tough time. Learning about what it means to be a true friend, and finding them here. Face paint. Spring trips to Florida. Crazy Pierre. People’s Choice. Chang An. Stickball.

Disciplinary Committee. Sit-down dinners. Whirly Girl. The Winged Beaver. Faculty kids. Beaver Pond. Getting to know your teachers and learning how much they care. Learning to fight your own battles. Finding the AOD on Saturday when you are trying to leave for the weekend. Faculty who have moved on. Friends who have moved on. The Boar’s Head Festival. The Victory Bell. The Nimrod Cabin.

Do you remember killing the milk? How about learning to leave just enough milk so someone else kills it? What about Friday morning skits? Seeing Sampson dress up as a girl. Mr. Detora’s “are you kidding me?” Mr. Peer’s whining in the morning to get out of the Refectory. Your dorm housekeeper.

Refrigerators. Hot pots. The cold of winter and walking to class. Snowball fights. Home hockey games. Thunder sticks.

The Refectory on a hot day and not being able to take off your blazer. Core Values. Learning what it means to be a good man.

The beauty of spring. Baseball practice and shagging fly balls.

Fishing on a free period.

Winning a Book Prize. The Order of Old Farms. Graduation.

Gathering in the quad to march. Bagpipes. Hearing the seniors do the AVON cheer for the last time. Vespers dress. Caps and Gowns. Pomp & Circumstance. Goosebumps. Walking through Eagle archway and seeing friends and family. Singing Men of Avon with your classmates, and walking through Alumni Gate—as alumni. Cigars in the quad. Saying goodbye. Driving down Old Farms Road for the last time…

As different as we are from each other, we all share many of the same memories of Avon. Many are great and will make you smile for years to come. Others are bad—even painful—and will not soon be forgotten. Regardless of the memories you have already, or of the things to come, I’d like for all of you to realize how fortunate you are to be a part of this place. To be a part of our traditions, to be surrounded by such a dedicated group of faculty focused on your development and success, and to have the opportunity to live, to learn, to compete, and to grow with a student body like ours.

Take advantage of the opportunities you’ve been afforded here, for you will likely never experience anything like this again. Is Avon perfect? No. But you will not find a place that is. Nor will you find a place where you’ll be more comfortable in your own skin, or a place with more spirit. The work is hard, the days are long, and free time is non-existent. But there is no place like Avon.

My point is a simple one: enjoy your time here. Soak everything in and make the most of what you’ve been given.

The memories will always be there, so do your best to make them great. X This chapel talk was given to the student body by Director of Admissions Brendon Welker ’91 on September 5, 2006.

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Thanksgiving Day, Founder’s Era. Student waiters make a grand entrance carrying roasted turkeys, to be enjoyed by the faculty, students, and their families. Photo by Merritt , but which Merritt? William ’31, John ’34, or Ted ’41?

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Thank you, Ken LaRocque, for 10 years of exceptional service as Headmaster of Avon Old Farms School!

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