All the best,
S U ZANNE MOR R IS S E Y EDI TO R AND DIRE CTO R O F C O M M U N I C ATI O N S smorrissey@brewsteracademy.org
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friends, but also between the Brewster teams mentoring those students—are enriching for everyone here. Because I’m hoping my time as the editor and caretaker of your magazine will develop into a relationship that enriches your love of Brewster, let me tell you a bit about my path to Wolfeboro. I’m a graduate of Emory University in Atlanta, and my career in magazine journalism and communications has taken me to Iowa, North Carolina, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. As a lifelong summer resident of New Hampshire’s Lakes Region, I’m thrilled to be back home full time! I started as a writer for community newspapers and music magazines, then worked for nine years as an editor with the Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications group’s national newsstand magazines at Meredith Corporation. It was creatively fulfilling and a tremendous experience, but I felt a mid-career calling to work in education. After a short time teaching magazine editing at Drake University in Des Moines, I came back east to serve as the alumni magazine editor at The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., for several years. Most recently, I worked as the design and editorial director for UConn’s alumni and development departments. When I’m not working, I am bobbing in the water of “The Big Lake,” singing, and foisting mostly delicious homemade baked goods on friends and family. There, now you know about me. Let me hear from you: What would you like to see more of in this magazine? How can we create something that you look forward to reading? And what has been going on in your corner of the world that Brewster’s magazine readership (that’s alumni, parents, friends, faculty, and staff ) might like to hear about? Please don’t be shy…reach out to me anytime with Class Notes, story ideas, photos, and feedback. The best way to catch me is email: smorrissey@ brewsteracademy.org.
O N T H E COV ER: We couldn’t think of a more fitting cover image than the bust of John Brewster by famed sculptor Daniel Chester French. Born in Exeter, N.H. in 1850, French is remembered as the foremost American sculptor of the early 1900s. The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. and the statue of John Harvard in Cambridge, Mass., are among his most notable works. Brewster history aficionado Candace Crawhsaw ’64 (below) funded the Brewster bust’s restoration, along with many other Brewster artifacts. Today, the bust of Mr. Brewster resides in its case near the Kenison Library in the Ac building. Cover photo by Rob Bossi
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