Brooks Bulletin Fall 2025

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2 025 –2 026 B OA R D OF T RU ST EES President John R. Barker ’87, P’21, P’23 Wellesley, Mass.

Vice Presidents Cristina E. Antelo ’95 Washington, D.C.

TR USTEES Peter J. Caldwell Providence, R.I. Ian L. Davis P’26 Andover, Mass.

Catalina Dib P’25, P’26 Boston, Mass.

Timothy P. McAdam ’86 Portola Valley, Calif.

Meredith M. Verdone ’81, P’19 Newton Center, Mass.

Diana Merriam P’08, P’11 Boxford, Mass.

Christopher T. Wood ’85 Los Angeles, Calif.

Sunit Mukherjee P’15, P’22 North Andover, Mass.

Charles F. Cornish ’06 Sudbury, Mass.

Peter V.K. Doyle ’69 Sherborn, Mass.

Secretary Phillip W. Field ’05 Boston, Mass.

John R. Packard Jr. H’87, P’18, P’21 Head of School North Andover, Mass.

Cheryl M. Duckworth P’22, P’23 Lynnfield, Mass.

Russell T. Pyle ’87, P’25 Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Anthony H. Everets ’93 New York, N.Y.

Adam F. Smith ’07 Savannah, Ga.

Julia Saltonstall Haley ’88, P’25 South Hamilton, Mass.

Isabella Speakman Timon ’92, P’26 Gulf Stream, Fla.

Treasurer Valentine Hollingsworth III ’72, P’17 Dover, Mass.

Paul L. Hallingby ’65 New York, N.Y. Kevin R. Hendrickson ’04, P’24, P’28 North Andover, Mass.

Monique Y. Johnson P’24, P’26 North Andover, Mass.

Booth D. Kyle ’89 Annapolis, Md.

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Alessandro F. Uzielli ’85 New York, N.Y.

A LUMNI T R UST E E S Carolina C. Clark ’15 West Hartford, Conn.

Aron Xie ’15 Hong Kong, Hong Kong

T R UST E E S E M E R I TI William N. Booth ’67, P’05 Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Henry M. Buhl ’48 New York, N.Y. Steve Forbes ’66, P’91 Bedminster, N.J. Steven R. Gorham ’85, P’17, P’21 Ipswich, Mass.

H. Anthony Ittleson ’56, P’84, P’86 Green Pond, S.C. Michael B. Keating ’58, P’97 Boston, Mass.

Frank A. Kissel ’69, P’96, P’99 Far Hills, N.J. Peter A. Nadosy ’64 New York, N.Y. Eleanor R. Seaman P’86, P’88, P’91, GP’18 Hobe Sound, Fla. David R. Williams III ’67 Beverly Farms, Mass.

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Head of School John R. Packard H’87, P’18, P’21 Associate Head of School Nina Freeman Director of Institutional Advancement Gage S. Dobbins P’22, P’23 Director of Alumni and Family Programs Sara Bird Director of Family Engagement and Giving Mary Merrill Dean of Enrollment and Financial Aid Bini W. Egertson P’12, P’15

Director of Communications and Marketing Kate Moran Design Aldeia www.aldeia.design Director of Editorial and Multimedia Services Emily Williams

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Director of Digital Communications Jennifer O’Neill

Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome. Opinions expressed in the Bulletin are those of the authors and not necessarily of Brooks School. Correspondence concerning the Bulletin should be sent to editor Emily Williams: mail Editor, Brooks Bulletin 1160 Great Pond Road North Andover, MA 01845 email ewilliams@brooksschool.org

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FEAT UR E

20 G reat Hopes for this Little Chapel Built 95 years ago as a temporary structure, the Frank D. Ashburn Chapel remains the heart of Brooks School. Though the ideology shared inside the Chapel has evolved through the years, the communal experience of gathering in this intimate space hasn’t changed at all.

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ON THE COVER: Students enjoy a beautiful fall day on Main Street.

Inside Cover: Brooks soccer fans cheer on the girls 1st team, which made the Class B semifinals in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) championship. The boys 1st team also competed in the quarterfinals of the tournament. Congrats to both teams!

A MESSAGE FROM JOHN R. PACKARD JR. HEAD OF SCHOOL

Fortifying the Future As autumn gradually subsides and winter

“ There is nothing ordinary about moving ever closer to our school’s one and only centennial year and all that celebrating 100 years of Brooks School life will entail.”

Head of School John Packard H’87, P’18, P’21

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begins to come into view, we find ourselves moving into the heart of this 99th Brooks School year. As has been the case in all 98 of the years that preceded this one, our students and faculty are in full stride as they move in and out of classrooms and pour themselves into Brooks School life.

There is something incredibly energizing about students arriving in early September and flooding our campus with their gifts and talents, which thereupon gather and grow. In this respect, the 2025–2026 school year has felt like many of the wonderful years we have enjoyed over time.

Yet, there is nothing ordinary about moving ever closer to our school’s one and only centennial year and all that celebrating 100 years of Brooks School life will entail. It has been great fun to continue engaging with Brooksians spanning the decades as we think further about centennial year programming and what we might do to illuminate the difference the school has made in thousands of lives.

Simultaneously, we are continuing to make progress with our centennial campaign aimed at advancing our mission around the three pillars that have guided our work: Immersive Learning, Culture of Exploration, Genuine Belonging.

This direction has coalesced around the comprehensive academic master plan we highlighted in the summer edition of the Bulletin and will begin moving forward early in the new year. We are excited about a renovated and reimagined Luce Library housing our Academic Commons and all that step will yield for students and faculty members in the near term. Subsequent phases of this plan will transform the academic center of our campus by bringing all of our classrooms up to the standard

we enjoy in the arts and sciences, while adding additional community space in and out of doors. To see this work come to life over the years ahead will be a thrill.

During numerous conversations about our highest hopes, a prominent thread has centered on doing all we can to ensure the school’s future builds upon its present and past, and that we fortify the school as it begins a second century. In these conversations, we are right to celebrate the school’s strength with immense pride in what our students and faculty realize together. We are well resourced on a beautiful campus with a wide array of state-ofthe-art facilities that open broader and deeper possibilities for student learning and growth along a number of dimensions.

This privileged position is due to the investment and care of those who loved this school before us.

Our focus on a comprehensive approach to improving our academic space is centered on our belief that there is no more important or universally impactful way to improve and fortify the school than expanding the opportunities and possibilities for extraordinary teachers and students. As we think about celebrating our centennial with as many in our community as we can gather, we do so with a clear understanding that the work we do in the moment will have much to do with the school’s capacity to be what it wants and needs to be as its second century takes hold. We move forward with this charge squarely in mind and eager to do our part in ways previous Brooksians have done for us. Our excitement about sharing our thinking and seeking ways to engage and partner with you as we pursue an even better Brooks School knows no bounds.

Have a wonderful holiday season.

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NEWS + NOTES RANKING SCHOLARS Four female Brooksians were honored this fall for maintaining the highest grade point average in their respective forms for their work during the previous 2024-2025 school year.

Sixth Form Serena Anna Trojer ’25 (not pictured) Fifth Form Emma Lee Nagle ’26 (left) Fourth Form Reese Rachel Petersen ’27 (center) Third Form Camilla Rydal Neissa ’28 (right)

IN THIS SECTION 04 News from Campus 16 Arts News 18 Athletics News

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Opening Days “When we show up in the unrequired and less-or-unscripted parts of our life together on this campus, we contribute to deep engagement and we find deeply meaningful rewards. We find what I like to think of as the gray matter, the marrow, the filling of this experience we are so fortunate to have together. If all we do is stay on the lines, stick to the script, never venture off the beaten and required path, we shortchange ourselves. We miss so much. This community that is wedged into this the most quintessential of all Brooks School buildings this morning is amazing. You are amazing. That is not hyperbole. If we are to come to know all that is amazing about our community, it will be because we choose, again and again, to pursue deep engagement with one another. To know one another. To be known to one another. In these ways, we all foster belonging. We all contribute to mattering. And, we all play a critical role in each and every one of us feeling essential.”

HEAD OF SCHOOL JOHN PACKARD H’87, P’18, P’21 AT OPENING CHAPEL

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During the opening days of the 2025–2026 academic year, students moved into their dorms, participated in class-bonding activities and enjoyed a Western-themed party.

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MEET OUR NEW FACULTY Five educators arrive at Brooks this fall with a wide range of experiences and expertise.

MARLEY BERANO Davis Fellow, Self in Community Teacher A native of Litchfield, Conn., Marley Berano graduated from the Frederick Gunn School and Mount Holyoke College, where she studied psychology and education with a minor in educational policy. During her time in college, she was a three-year captain of the basketball team, chair of the student athlete advisory committee and an admission office ambassador. In her free time, she enjoys working out in the gym, cooking and visiting her parents in Florida.

What’s something about you that may surprise students? In 2023, I completed a six-month-long Disney College Program internship!

I worked in Disney’s Hollywood Studios at “For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-a-Long Celebration” and I loved every second of it!

BLYTHE GROSSBERG Quantitative Strategies Specialist in the Learning Center Blythe Grossberg grew up in Harvard, Mass., and attended Harvard College, where she majored in history and literature.

She earned a doctoral degree in psychology from Rutgers University and has worked as a learning specialist at multiple independent schools in New York and Massachusetts. In her free time, Grossberg enjoys writing and has written several books on learning differences, ADHD and autism.

She also enjoys baking, reading, volunteering at a community food pantry, gardening and trying to figure out Wordle.

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What can students expect in working with you this year? I want to help students feel less scared of math and more empowered to use strategies to solve problems.

Students can expect to learn math strategies tailored to the way their brains work!

JOSHUA JACOBO JR. ’ 13 Mathematics Teacher Joshua Jacobo Jr. graduated from Brooks in 2013. He was born and raised in Lawrence, Mass., and spent more than eight years working at the Youth Development Organization of Lawrence with students from elementary through high school. After graduating from Merrimack College, he taught math for four years at Lawrence High School, where he also served as junior class advisor.

Why did you want to come back to work at Brooks?

Being a student at Brooks was one of the most meaningful experiences in my life. The relationships I formed and everything I learned have left a significant impact on me. I wanted to come back to a community that meant so much to me, and hopefully help make someone else’s experience just as meaningful.

ANNE MCCOY P ’ 27 Spanish and French Teacher Anne McCoy was born in Angers, France, and earned master’s degrees in English, Spanish and French from universities in Angers and Grenoble, as well as a postgraduate teaching certification from Cambridge, England. She first came to the United States as a teaching assistant at the University at Albany and soon decided to make a life here, building a career as a French and Spanish teacher.

Since 1999, when she became a full-time teacher, she has loved sharing her passion for languages, cultures and stories from her many travels around the world.

Outside the classroom, McCoy enjoys teaching barre and strength classes, spending time with friends and family and going horseback riding whenever she can.

Marley Berano

What is your favorite thing about working with students?

I’ve always worked with children and adolescents, but now that I’m older and have my own children, I feel I understand them better.

I enjoy being someone they can relate to and turn to for support in different ways.

Blythe Grossberg

C AMERON SEGAL College Counselor Cam Segal comes to Brooks after five years working in the admission offices of Hamilton College and Boston University. Raised in Marblehead, Mass., he is a graduate of Pingree School and Connecticut College, where he studied American studies and teaching.

Segal earned his master’s degree in education from Boston University, concentrating in higher education administration. In his free time, he enjoys running with Boston’s Midnight Runners, playing soccer with friends and spending time with his three brothers.

Favorite movie and TV show?

My favorite movie is “Miracle on Ice” and my favorite TV show is “Ted Lasso.” Both demonstrate the power of optimism, dedication and teamwork.

Joshua Jacobo Jr. ’13

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Professional Development As lifelong learners, faculty members are encouraged to continue their own education through a variety of professional development opportunities. Brooks financially assists faculty members to obtain advanced college degrees, as well as attend professional development workshops and educational conferences, through the support of the Brooks Fund and several endowed grants.

Nearly a dozen faculty members took advantage of summertime to further advance their own understanding of a wide variety of topics.

In preparation for this year’s launch of the first cohort of the peer-led National SEED Project (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) at Brooks, Spanish Teacher Chelsea Clater and Chair of the History Department Michele Musto P’26 participated in a week of training at Dominican University of California in San Rafael. They presented on their experience back at Brooks during opening-week faculty meetings.

History Teacher Laila McCain explored pedagogy; considered assessments and feedback in discipline groups; and discussed social-emotional learning and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at the twoweek, graduate-level Early Career Summer Institute at the Klingenstein Center through Teachers College at Columbia University.

Additionally, McCain recently received a McVey

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Grant — given by the school to “support, further and enrich teaching and work at Brooks” — which she is using to finance a master’s degree in educational leadership and policy at Boston College.

Advanced Placement science teachers — Chair of Science Department Laura Hajdukiewicz P’15, P’17, P’19 and Science Teacher Alexandria Sacco — spent five days sharing ideas, lessons and best practices in small workshop groups at the AP Summer Institute training conference at St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont. AP Spanish Literature Teacher Nieves Rios-Moya P’24 participated in the same seminar at Manhattan University in the Bronx, N.Y. For several months, Science and Self in Community Teacher Shami Bery engaged in IDEO’s online “Foundations in Design

Thinking Certificate” program, which focuses on developing the skills and understanding of design thinking.

Director of Psychological Counseling Kimberly Cratty P’28, Chair of the Self in Community Department Ashley Johnston and Director of Student Affairs Ingrid Knowles participated in the Association of Independent Schools in New England’s day-long Health and Wellness Conference in Norwood, Mass. The group dove into workshops focused on behavioral health, student success, physical health and other wellness topics.

Professional Association of Diving Instructor Laura Hajdukiewicz also led

Alexandria Sacco and Science Teacher Peter Moccia through a PADI Rescue Diver course in Sebago Lake, Maine, in preparation for their Winter Term course, “Guardians of the Sea.” During the four-day “Oceanic Melville: Fourteenth International Melville Society Conference” at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point in Groton, Conn., History Teacher Chris Slaby took in some teaching and presented his own research on the Indigenous history of the Atlantic and Pacific worlds from the perspective of cultural and literary history.

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The Davis Fellows Program Four early-career educators have been able to enhance their teaching skills through the mentorship and classroom observations featured in the Davis Fellows Program, now in its fifth year on campus.

It was Brooks’ emphasis on integrity and moral responsibility that first drew this year’s Davis Fellow Marley Berano to the school. Now in its fifth year, the Davis Fellows Program provides support and growth for young educators new to teaching, coaching and residential life.

“As a new teacher who is developing my own philosophy of education, it feels exciting to begin my career at a place that is grounded in shared values and community,” said Berano, who this fall taught Self in Community classes, sat in on AP Psychology classes and coached the girls’ 2nd field hockey team. “It is incredibly rewarding to see students grow and mature in all the dynamic areas of school life: personally, academically, athletically and in the dorm.”

The Davis Fellows Program was established during the latter half of Fiscal Year 2020 in an effort to support young educators at the onset of their careers. To date, the program has sponsored four fellows on campus.

Under the current directorship of Dean of Teaching and Learning Joanna McDonough, the one-year program — that maintains an option to renew for a second year — combines teaching, observation and community engagement: “Our Davis Fellows Program provides new career teachers

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with experiences in all facets of boarding school life that are grounded in mentorship and support,” McDonough said.

During their first semester, fellows teach one class while observing another, in addition to working one additional block in an area of interest, such as Learning Center, athletics, admissions or college counseling.

They also assist with a Winter Term course, serve as a dorm parent and instruct two seasons of afternoon activities.

That list of responsibilities grows in the second year of the program, as fellows then teach the equivalent of two major classes. They add a halfblock of time to their specific area of interest, while continuing their Winter Term, dorm and afternoon activity commitments. There is also the option to continue formal class observations or co-teach a minor class.

Throughout the fellowship, fellows are invited to participate in additional groups, clubs, organizations and affinity groups.

History Teacher and Admission Counselor Laila McCain, who commenced her tenure at Brooks as a fellow in 2022 before quickly becoming a full faculty member, noted that the program allowed her to adopt best teaching practices by formally

observing faculty both in her own department and in other departments.

“Brooks was very supportive in allowing me to pursue professional development that would help me grow as a teacher,” said McCain, who is currently enrolled in a master’s degree program in educational leadership and policy at Boston College. “I did the Advanced Placement Summer Institute after my first year teaching.

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Funding for the Davis Fellows Program is part of a commitment Andrew Davis ’81 made to the school during The Campaign for Brooks. The program commenced two years after the Fiscal Year 2018 establishment of the Davis Scholars Program, which, for selected students, fully covers the cost of attending Brooks School for all four years.

“We are so fortunate to have 12 Davis Scholars at Brooks,” Dean of Enrollment and Financial Aid Bini Egertson P’12, P’15 said. “They enrich our community through their academic achievements, leadership and involvement in campus life. Many will also be the first in their families to attend college.”

From left to right: Current Davis Fellow Marley Berano and History Teacher and Admission Counselor Laila McCain, a 2022 Davis fellow.

Within my department, my grade level teams were the most helpful in showing me the ropes of how to structure a course.”

McCain, who in 2025 was awarded the Reverend George F. Vought Prize for her contributions to the school and notable professional growth as a young educator, benefited from numerous informal mentors during her fellowship, specifically naming Associate

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Head of School Nina Freeman as one.

“Seeing and learning from someone who shares the same identity as me and is in a position of high administration was highly powerful for me,” McCain said. “We also were able to build an interdisciplinary class together — African American Studies — which has been incredibly impactful in the school community. Nina has taught me the importance of kindness,

open-mindedness and leading with integrity.”

More recently, Brooks has created a formalized academic support system to augment the fellowship. This year, Science Teacher Peter Moccia is the inaugural Davis Fellow academic mentor and is providing current fellow Berano with lesson planning and classroom visit support. McCain is providing social and personal support.

“Above all, we hope our Davis fellowship offers mentorship and guidance as new teachers are beginning their career,” McDonough said, adding “We are thrilled to be part of their journey and so fortunate to have this program at Brooks.”

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STUDENTS ON THE FOREFRONT Students on the Forefront interns rave about their summer work in research labs, investment firms, hospitals, museums, tech companies and the Massachusetts State House.

Hands-on opportunities are the heart of Brooks’ Students on the Forefront program, which aims to open doors for rising sixth-form students to gain professional experiences and further their interests. Initially launched by Brooks’ Science Department in 2004, the program has been expanded to include humanities, finance and arts.

This year, the initiative included roughly a dozen internships in businesses, hospitals, labs, offices and nonprofits based in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as online. Students in the class of 2026 applied and interviewed last winter. Decisions were released in February 2025 and as soon as the school year ended, the Brooksians began their summer internships.

ROHAN AMIN ’26 ▶ LABORATORY RESEARCH IN BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE’S DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY “This summer, I interned in Dr. Jim Crott’s lab at Boston University School of Medicine, where my main focus was investigating the genotoxicity of microplastics and how they affect intestinal cells. I ran a variety of assays to assess cellular responses and learning lab techniques, such as splitting and culturing human cells. I performed Gel Electrophoresis and used Western Blotting to measure protein levels. This hands-on experience really helped me learn how to design and carry out experiments, analyze data and troubleshoot when things don’t go as planned.”

JILL HAMILTON ’26 COASTAL RESTORATION AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE “I worked in the field and the lab for my summer internship with University of New Hampshire professor Gregg E. Moore, Ph.D. P’24. I would measure water height and a control height compared to sea level to track how different restoration methods help the marshes resist flooding because of the rising tides. I really enjoyed doing these measurements because I thought it was very interesting to learn how to use and to learn the importance of these pieces of technology.”

SOPHIA CODREANU ’26 ▲ AXIAL FINANCIAL GROUP “During our time at Axial Financial Group, we had the opportunity to learn about many different positions in the finance world. Each day, we were introduced to new people who taught us about their jobs, exposing us to the diversity of the career path. Writing our blog about tariffs and listening in on calls also taught us a great deal about financial planning and the field as a whole.”

URMI PATEL ’26 ▲ AXIAL FINANCIAL GROUP “Interning with a financial planner showed me how important it is for people of all ages to learn about financial literacy. I gained valuable experience in the world of finance that has helped me determine where I see myself in the future.”

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NATALIE MENENDEZ ’26 DISCOVERY MUSEUM “My favorite part about interning at the Discovery Museum definitely was working behind the scenes at a community-based nonprofit. Seeing all the little kids being so interactive and playing with each other at a young age, showing them interesting things that they’ve never seen before.

It was really great getting to attend events and promote the Discovery Museum because, really, I think it is such a special place.”

ELIJAH SALIEV ’26 MARBLE HARBOR INVESTMENT COUNSEL “Marble Harbor is an investment council for people with higher net worths.

They invest among a diverse amount of asset classes such as stocks and bonds. During my time at Marble Harbor, I enjoyed the research meetings the most.

We would discuss what we have researched and share any updates about the companies that we’re following. I’ve loved working with L.J. Harrington ’80, who was a great role model. He is very knowledgeable in this space and he was a great mentor. He shined a light on lots of resources that I didn’t know existed and how to properly approach the investment research.”

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KATE YANNETTI ’26 ▼ CANCER RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT’S STEIN/LIAN LAB “In the lab, I got to grow, feed, wash, split, clone and image cells. I personally worked with Dr. Janine Warren. Together, we were looking at the impact MANCR/IncRNAs had on aggressive breast cancer cells and ways that it can be targeted to help treat breast cancer.”

BRIANNA MUNGAI ’26 ▲ MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR FINEGOLD’S OFFICE “It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I learned a lot every day about the legislative process, teamwork and communication, and it helped me grow more confident in a professional setting. It was exciting to be part of a team working on issues that impact people’s lives.”

ELISIA LEBRANTI ’26 CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE AT LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL “During my first three days, I was specifically placed in cardiology and mentored by [Chief of Cardiovascular and Ambulatory Medicine at Lawrence General Hospital] Dr. Sunit Mukherjee P’15, P’22. Every day I felt like I was learning something new and getting more comfortable in a hospital environment. It was cool because I was actually able to scrub into three surgeries a day from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and watch all types of things. The surgeons were great and they explained every step as they worked on the patient.” ◀ KJ LEE ’26 SURGICAL CLINICAL ROTATION AT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL “At Mass General Hospital in Boston, I shadowed [MGH Executive Medical Director, Perioperative Administration] Peter Dunn ’82, P’11, P’13, P’15, P’18 and different surgeons to see different types of surgeries in the operating room. l’ve been interested in medicine for a while now. I thought this was a great opportunity for me to feel how it is to be a surgeon. You learn a lot that you wouldn’t be able to learn in classes. It’s a great experience.”

JACK LI ’26 PSYCHIATRIC NEUROIMAGING LABORATORY OF BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL “I had a great time at my internship at the psychiatric neuroimaging lab. My assigned research project predicted whether or not a child would get into the clinical range of behavioral problems in two years’ time. I used various machine learning techniques in order to achieve models, with promising results. In addition to meeting with postdocs and our mentors regarding our projects, I also had a series of presentations on different topics related to the things done in the neuroimaging lab such as statistics, different neuroimaging techniques and how to code in R.”

EMMA NAGLE ’26 MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING AT GLOBUS MEDICAL “Through a variety of projects, from making prototypes of a newly designed robot arm, to creating our own fixture for accuracy testing, I learned many new skills and problem-solving approaches. I didn’t even have to be ‘working’ to be learning. My favorite part of the experience was just observing: sitting in on meetings and listening to the engineers converse and collaborate. I was absorbing a trove of understanding, which included a whole new sophisticated vocabulary. My six weeks at Globus [organized by CTO of Imaging, Navigation & Robotics Norbert Johnson P’24, P’26] was basically a crash course in everything engineering and how to realistically turn ideas into something actionable.”

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While considering the studies that have shaped the field, students are exploring psychological theories, key concepts and psychological phenomena, including biological bases of behavior, cognition, development, learning, social psychology, personality and mental and physical health.

Throughout the year, they will apply psychological concepts and employ psychological research methods and data interpretation to evaluate claims, consider evidence and effectively communicate ideas.

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AP Psychology New to Brooks’ science curriculum this year is AP Psychology, which introduces students to the systematic and scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. A total of 32 students are in two sections of the course taught by Chair of Science Department Laura Hajdukiewicz P’15, P’17, P’19 and Science Teacher Alexandria Sacco, both of whom attended the AP Summer Institute training conference at Vermont’s St. Johnsbury Academy to prepare for the new offering.

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Chair of Science Department Laura Hajdukiewicz P’15, P’17, P’19 Why did you decide to offer this new class?

I have been teaching honors neuroscience for the past few years as a semester-long elective and it was a popular course with our sixthformers. Many of my students expressed interest in the psychology component of the course and wanted more. I began to consider expanding the course to be full-year, realizing that the AP Psychology course would meet the needs of students who wanted a more in-depth understanding of psychology and neuroscience.

There had been a redesign of the AP Psychology

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course a few years ago to reflect the scientific nature of the subject, so I felt very comfortable offering it as a science course.

What are three interesting things students will learn during the year? They will learn how both biology and environment shape who we are. As we study the brain in all its complexities, we will also consider how environmental influences play a huge role in behavior.

We will study child development, which is always very interesting to students. They will learn about the different stages of development, which will hopefully help them understand not only their own behaviors — and those of children they may know — but also give them information and insight that they can use someday as parents.

They will learn more about mental illness.

And with that information, we can help reduce the stigma that can sometimes surround issues involving mental illness. We will also focus on mental well-being and discuss strategies that I hope they take with them into their futures to help them manage stress and hardships.

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What prerequisite classes will prepare students for the material in this class?

Students should have taken biology prior to taking this class, and we will build upon that foundation of knowledge in AP Psychology.

Information that they have learned in Self in Community about health and wellness will also be helpful. Many students may have taken anatomy and physiology (or may be doubling in that right now), which will also help prepare them for this class. As it is an AP course, any AP class will help them get prepared for the large exam in May as well.

Chair of Science Department Laura Hajdukiewicz P’15, P’17, P’19 in the classroom.

How does this class complement Brooks’ scientific offerings? Psychology is a science and is heavily based on research, so I hope for students to become more engaged in reading scientific literature that they may not have as much experience with to date. This is an important skill that is in line with our science departmental skills of scientific reasoning and scientific inquiry. The research they will be exposed to is also based on the scientific method, which is a foundation of all our science coursework at Brooks.

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This summer, sixth-former Posey Connell and her older brother, Cedar, were named the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2025 National Student Visionaries of the Year for their impressive fundraising efforts. Along with a team of 12 close friends and family, including Eloise Bertrand ’26, Sloan Hayden ’26, Mia Macklin-Dibb ’26 and Kate Yanetti ’26, the Connell siblings raised $620,000 — nearly double their initial goal — for the Leukemia and Lymphoma While Cedar’s diagnosis Society (now called Blood was uniquely his own, Cancer United) in less than six the disease impacted the entire family. What has it months. Their hope is that the been like for you to watch him money will fund effective, safe go through the various stages of treatment? Watching Cedar move treatments that target cancer through treatment has been both precisely without harming devastating and transformative. In the early days, I remember feeling the rest of the child’s body. powerless, weeks at the hospiThe fight is quite personal for tal and cabinets of medications became our new normal, and it was the Connell family, as Cedar painful to see my older brother, was diagnosed with acute someone I had always looked up to, someone consistently so lymphoblastic leukemia in 2022.

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“ No matter where life takes me, I know philanthropy and advocating for what I believe in will always be central to who I am.”

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strong, suddenly so vulnerable. But alongside the fear came moments of unexpected strength. Cedar has taught me what resilience really looks like. His ability to find humor in the darkest moments reminded me that joy can exist even in hardship. For our family, it reshaped the way we show up for one another; we became more intentional, more present, more grateful for small moments like shared laughter during long hospital days.

It’s been incredibly hard, but it has also given me a new understanding of empathy and what it means to support someone you love through every stage of a fight like this.

In February 2025, you and Cedar commenced your fundraising efforts, several years into his diagnosis. Why did you decide to take on such a large endeavor at that moment in time? By the time February 2025 came around, we were no longer just reacting to Cedar’s diagnosis; we were living with it and helping him as he adjusted to trying to live a normal teenage life. That shift made us want to do something bigger than just face it quietly at home. Cedar and I knew firsthand how much cancer takes from families and we wanted to transform that pain into something meaningful. Launching the campaign at that moment felt right because we were ready to channel years of fear, love and hope into action. We also felt like we’d grown enough, both in perspective and in confidence, to take on something this large. It wasn’t only about raising money; it was about proving that even as high school students, we could step up and make a real difference for kids and families going through the same fight.

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What elements of your fundraising efforts were the most difficult to tackle and how did the Brooks community help you accomplish them? The hardest part was the sheer scale of the campaign. Our first goal of $250,000 already felt ambitious ​​— and then it grew to $600,000. Reaching out to corporations, writing pitches and balancing fundraising with schoolwork and sports stretched me in ways I didn’t expect. At times, the pressure was overwhelming because we knew every dollar could mean a child somewhere had a better shot at treatment.

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even told anyone at school about Cedar’s diagnosis until I gave a Chapel talk last fall. I remember being nervous about how people would receive it, but the response was overwhelming. Students and faculty immediately stepped up: Brooks music groups organized a concert in our honor, classmates sold more than 300 bracelets and friends joined our fundraising team. That outpouring of support reminded me that I wasn’t carrying this alone. Knowing my school believed in me gave me the strength to keep going and it turned something that could have felt isolating into a shared effort.

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You were invited to speak at the then-called Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Unite, Inspire and Ignite Conference in Dallas, Texas, this summer, which is quite impressive. What was that experience like? Speaking at the conference in Dallas was both surreal and a true honor. Standing on stage in front of survivors, families, world-renowned doctors and CEOs, I felt the weight of what it meant to represent not just Cedar and me, but every kid and family impacted by blood cancer. I was nervous at first, but once I began sharing our story, it felt natural, like it was something I was meant to do. Afterward, the people I had been looking up to for so long came up to tell me that my words gave them hope, which was the most meaningful part. It reminded me that advocacy isn’t only about the dollars raised; it’s about connection and giving people the sense that they aren’t alone. That experience showed me the influence that young people can have and reinforced the importance of standing together for causes that matter.

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Will you take on fundraising for Blood Cancer United in the future, or can you see yourself becoming philanthropically involved with another organization? I definitely see myself staying connected to the organization because its mission will always be personal to me. This year, Cedar and I are serving as co-heads of the Junior Leadership Committee, which allows us to mentor and empower other students who want to get involved in the fight against blood cancer.

At the same time, I know this is

just the beginning of my philanthropic endeavors. Cedar’s diagnosis opened my eyes to how many families carry the weight of illness quietly and I want to keep finding ways to help, whether through the organization; creating my own foundation or other organizations.

What I’ve discovered is that I love advocacy, not just fundraising.

I enjoy telling stories, building connections and helping to shape change. No matter where life takes me, I know philanthropy and advocating for what I believe in will always be central to who I am.

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This fall, students in Brooks’ Firetrail Theatre treated audiences to an outdoor production of the hit musical, “Into the Woods,” staged by the Demoulas Family Boathouse and their troupe’s namesake fire trail.

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State of the Art Art students work with renowned artist James Prosek to create a design for a bronze sculpture to be installed on campus by its June 2027 unveiling.

This academic year, students in Brooks’ Environmental Studio–3D class collaborated with artist, writer and naturalist James Prosek in designing a piece to be cast in bronze and unveiled in the Robert Lehman Art Center’s sculpture garden during the school’s centennial celebration month of June 2027.

The Robert Lehman Art Center hosted a landmark exhibition from September through December that celebrated more than 30 years of Prosek’s work. From his iconic watercolor studies of North American trout to monumental portraits of migratory animals and fantastical hybrid creatures that challenge conventional classifications, the exhibit brought together a breathtaking range of Prosek’s paintings, sculptures, field studies and naturalist exploThe Robert Lehman rations, offering our community a rare opportunity to Art Center exhibited the work of renown experience the full scope of his vision. The exhibit was artist James Prosek curated by Chair of the Arts Department and Director from September through December. of the Robert Lehman Art Center Babs Wheelden P’22 and this year’s Robert Lehman Art Center student intern Ella Salhanick ’26.

During the initial design phase for the centennial sculpture, Wheelden’s art students were influenced by the work of both Prosek and Rivington Pyne ’64, whose sculpture collection is part of the Lehman’s permanent collection and also derives from nature and animals. Additionally, Wheelden’s students drew inspiration for their clay sculpture from a field trip to Joppa Flats’ local tidal pool in Newburyport, Mass.

The scope of the installation will be driven by the funding secured before the physical design and fabrication. Two foundational gifts from Jane Surran Pyne W’64 and Douglas Hyland ’67 have enabled this project to begin to be realized, with support from the Robert Lehman Art Center Advisory Committee.

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Kicking Across the Pond The girls 1st soccer team trained in England this summer This summer, the girls 1st soccer team traveled across the pond to London for pre-season training. The squad successfully competed against championship club Watford FC U18s (1–0) and local club Real Bedford (3–2), in addition to putting in valuable practice time.

The traveling group, which included 20 players, two coaches, two managers and several family members, also took in all the sights and sounds of the city during their eight days abroad.

“As a team, we spent our days exploring the city and playing soccer against local teams. It allowed us to bond as a team on a deeper level and helped prepare us for the season ahead,” co-captain Niamh O’Brien ’26 said. “My parents accompanied me on the trip and it was a great way for them to connect with our coaches, players and other parents.”

This was the first international training trip for any Brooks team since 1996, when the boys 1st soccer team played in Belgium, England, Germany and Holland.

Head Coach Jason Braga, who has organized similar trips for other teams in the past, secured school and family approval from returning families in December 2024. Working with facilitators GoPlay Sports Tours, he was able to build financial aid into the program for all players who needed assistance.

The group lodged in London’s Vauxhall neighborhood, not far from Buckingham Palace, and was able to visit the Tower of London, Borough Market, the London Eye and Covent Garden. For O’Brien, watching her favorite premier league teams play in person was a trip highlight. The team took in a West Ham United versus Chelsea FC match. The group also toured the Chelsea FC stadium, walking down to the field and stepping into the press area.

“On the field, America has its own soccer identity and playing style,” Braga noted. “England is very different and giving the girls a crash course in a different style of play put us in a good spot going into the season.”

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Led by coaches Jason Braga and Alexandria Sacco, the girls 1st soccer team spent eight days on a preseason trip to London in August. In addition to their practice and game time, the student athletes, many accompanied by their families, took in London’s most famous landmarks.

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HOPES for this Little CHAPEL Originally built as a temporary structure in 1930, the Frank D. Ashburn Chapel remains the heart of Brooks School today. The architecturally simple structure in many ways reflects the school’s unassuming character.

And while the events held there have evolved during the past century — from decades of daily Episcopal services to today’s religiously inclusive, bi-weekly gatherings — the communal experience of gathering in this intimate space has not changed.

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“ I have great hopes for this little CHapel, because as the years go by I can see great dreams gather in it…

To me, this place at this moment is trembling with the future.”

H E A D M A ST E R F R A N K D. A SH BU R N shared these words at the dedication of our beloved Frank D. Ashburn Chapel on December 12, 1930, which had been built that fall for $10,000. The frequency and secular nature of today’s Chapel services are quite different from earlier decades in Brooks’ history, but the sentiment of the experience remains the same.

“Brooks has never been only about academics or only about athletics. It’s about meeting young people where they are, partnering with them and their families, and helping them grow,” Head of School John Packard H’87, P’18, P’21 said. “The Chapel has served that purpose for nearly 100 years, though in different ways across the decades. Frank Ashburn might not recognize what we do in Chapel today, but I think he would appreciate what we’re trying to achieve. To me, the Chapel is the living, breathing, evolving heart of the school. It has to be nimble; allowed to change with the times. If you had to explain Brooks School to someone through a single building, you’d point to the Chapel.”

For the school’s initial three years, the approximate two dozen enrolled students would gather in Ashburn’s home for nightly prayers. Calling the Chapel “a simple structure, frankly to be used for its present purpose temporarily,” Ashburn noted

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that “this building is designed to serve only until a masonry Chapel may be erected.” However, largely due to the Great Depression, the modest, whiteframed meetinghouse was never replaced. Today, it is one of the very few campus buildings that all Brooksians, past and present, have been inside.

“There’s a humility to the space that is a part of who we are. It’s not a lack of confidence, to be clear, but there’s a humility embedded in the culture of the school that I’ve always appreciated,” Packard said. “And there’s beauty in the Chapel’s simple structure. It’s been pieced together, pushed out here and stretched over here. The pews have always been somewhat uncomfortable. But I just think it’s a magical building.”

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Chapel has undergone three renovations: The Chapel was moved back 20 feet to double the building’s capacity to 275 in 1938 and, some years later, alcoves were added on either side to offer even more seating. In 2014, a $5 million renovation project provided room for 444 students and adults on the main level, while a new classroom and common space on the ground floor expanded the number of areas to teach, gather and talk — all without altering the building’s intimate atmosphere.

Brooks’ inclusive form of Protestant architecture, which former School Minister Bob Flanagan ’81, P’09, P’12 called a “broad church” Episcopal approach, is unlike the neo-Gothic, stone Chapels seen at many other Episcopal schools: “I love that the space is open and welcoming and modest. I think that reflects the spirit of the school,” current School Minister Jim Chapman added.

While the architecture has remained the same, Brooks’ Chapel offerings have evolved gradually throughout the years. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, every student shook hands with Ashburn and his wife before attending a Chapel service after dinner that was presided over by Ashburn or occasionally senior master Fessenden Wilder, recalled Rob Walker ’53, H’66, GP’18. The meetings were moved to the daytime during Walker’s days on the faculty throughout the 1960s, while Catholic students were permitted to attend their own services locally in North Andover.

During the 1970s to mid-1980s, former School Minister George Vought consciously sought to make the Chapel increasingly student-centered and fun, School Minister Emeritus Tim Cogan H’98, P’88, GP’26 recalled. Cogan, who served the school from the mid-1980s to early 2000s, worked with former Dean of Faculty Michael McCahill H’07, P’91, P’97 to reduce the frequency of the Chapel services, recognizing that the changing community would benefit from a less-is-more approach. Religiously inclusive language was a priority during the late 2000s and early 2010s, when the Brooks student body became increasingly diverse in its represented religions, which included Hinduism, Islam and Judaism.

“My desire for the Chapel was always to have kids leave stronger in their own beliefs, whatever those beliefs were,” said Flanagan, who served as school minister from 2008 to 2013. “So if they were atheists, let them be stronger atheists. If they were Jews or Muslims, Hindus or Catholics, I hoped they left stronger in their faiths, too.”

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ASHBURN CHAPEL’S GREATEST HITS “The Chapel is the heart of the school. The organ is the heart of the Chapel. [Organist] Rob Humphreville is an absolute magician,” School Minister Emeritus Tim Cogan H’98, P’88, GP’26 proclaimed.

Top Five* Chapel Songs: “Blue Boat Home” Peter Mayer “Lean on Me” Bill Withers Clockwise: A newly constructed Frank D. Ashburn Chapel in 1930. School Minister Emeritus Timothy B. Cogan H’98, P’88, GP’26, 1985–2002.

Robert Humphreville, Brooks’ organist since 1992, sits at Brooks’ 1938 refurbished organ. School Minister George F. Vought, 1971–1985. School Minister Frederick E. Emrich H’06, 2002 – 2008. A Chapel service during the late 1950s.

“Fire of Commitment” Jason Shelton “Draw the Circle Wide” The Common Cup Company “Brooks School Hymn” Phillips Brooks

& BROOKS SCHOOL MINISTERS 1959–1971 Faculty Emeritus Isaac N. Northup H’71, P’64, P’71 1971–1985 George F. Vought 1985–2002 School Minister Emeritus Timothy B. Cogan H’98, P’88, GP’26 2002–2008 Frederick E. Emrich H’06 2008–2013 Robert D. Flanagan ’81, P’09, P’12 2013–2015 Alden Flanders 2015–2018 Julie A. Mavity-Maddalena 2018–2026 James Chapman

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Currently, secular songs like “Lean on Me” are sung in Chapel as regularly as traditional hymns.

Students and faculty share personal accounts and thoughts as often as Chapman shares his religious offerings.

“The Chapel is a sacred space where our entire school community comes together to sing, hear inspiring speakers and connect with one another.

It’s a place that fosters reflection and unity not just for me, but for all of us,” said Chapel prefect Phoebe Cogan ’26, granddaughter of the former school minister.

“Chapel reminds me that we are not just individuals, we are part of a greater whole,” said Chapel prefect Eliza Kuechle ’26, adding it’s “created a space to learn from each individual within our community, all of whom are willing to speak out about a heartfelt or essential topic.”

As Brooks heads into its second century of education, the importance of gathering in the Chapel feels just as important as it did on December 12, 1930, as it provides a place for Brooks’ adolescents to find themselves. “Your hopes and fears are important in there, even if they’re shared silently,” Tim Cogan said. “In coming together, the individual is not the most important thing; it’s the belonging.”

Time and again, Packard has observed that the Chapel’s importance can be seen in the community’s instinctive reflex to head there first during the peaks and valleys of school life.

“When there is profound sorrow, we instinctively go to the Chapel. No one has to be told, that’s where we gather. It has held us in moments of loss, as well as in times of celebrations. There is no living Brooks student who didn’t spend time in that building. It is

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connective tissue across generations,” Packard concluded. “The space matters. That shared experience of gathering together — even just sitting there, together — still matters.

Students often feel most confident speaking in front of their peers there, more than anywhere else. The community’s respect for those moments creates a powerful culture. We come to know one another — our diversity, our passions, our gifts — most fully in Chapel.”

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Shown from left to right: The entire community gathers regularly in the Chapel for special events, like the 2025 Donning of the Stoles & Symbols ceremony, 2025 Wilder Speaking Prize Contest and and 2018 Lessons & Carols Service.

GOODBYE, JIM! The Brooks School community is sad to say goodbye at the close of the academic year to beloved School Minister Jim Chapman, who joined the Brooks community in fall 2018.

“He is such a gentle human being and I’ve described him many times as ‘Switzerland with principles.’ He’ll hear you, whomever you are, with whatever you have to say, and his response is always principled in that exchange.

But he’s never judgmental,” Head of School John Packard H’87, P’18, P’21 said. “The Chapel needs to be led by someone who every member of this community sees as an ally; as a person who you could go to; a port in the storm and a safe place to go. And that’s exactly how I think of Jim.” A graduate of The Lawrenceville

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School, Harvard College and the University of California at Berkeley, Chapman was a writer and elementary school teacher before moving on to Houghton Mifflin Company, where he worked for 23 years in a range of editorial roles, including developing reading and language arts curriculum in both English and Spanish.

“I was ordained as an Episcopal deacon in June 2015 at the age of 71, 45 years after God first tapped me on the shoulder and asked me what I was doing with my life,” Chapman said. “I didn’t avoid ordination, I think I just needed to wait until it felt like the right time.”

Chapman sees Brooks’ Chapel as a community connector, where he’s sought to share the love he’s garnered through his own religious beliefs, while also making space for the beliefs of others.

“In my experience, Brooks is a special place — a community where people genuinely work at caring about one another and helping one another grow and thrive,” Chapman said. “We’re a diverse community and I always hope that in our services we can see how the great Spirit of Love is reflected in many faith traditions, not just the Episcopal one.”

And during his eight years on campus, Chapman has succeeded. Chapel prefect Kevin Kahu ’27 wanted to become more involved in the Chapel after observing Chapman, service after service, lighten the mood of the community with a big smile that embodies the values he hopes to share.

“I think that Chapel works to make Brooks a more thoughtful and inclusive place,” Kahu said. “Mr. Chapman looks for the best in Brooks, showing up to each Chapel with great passion and dedication to teaching the word of love. I want to be a part of the world that Mr. Chapman is creating; sharing love while still representing my own religious beliefs.”

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BROOKS CONNECTIONS IN THIS SECTION 29 Alumni News 37 Class Notes 63 Marriages, Births + In Memoriam

Current Director of Athletics Andrea Heinze P’19 with Athletic Director and Faculty Emeritus Daniel Rorke Jr. H’89, P’84, P’85, P’89 at the Athletics Hall of Fall ceremony.

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Hall of Famers The 21st class of the Brooks School Athletics Hall of Fame was inducted on October 25 for their collective contributions to the quality and tradition of Brooks athletics.

The honored alumni athletes and coaches all exhibited exemplary sportsmanship, athletic excellence, versatility, character, leadership and commitment during their Brooks days.

LUDLOW KRA M ER ’51 (D) entered Brooks as a second-former in the fall of 1946 and was a member of the football, hockey, squash, tennis and baseball teams. Earning a total of 12 varsity letters during his Brooks athletics career, Kramer captained the hockey, squash and baseball teams and was the president of the Athletic Association in his sixthform year. He was an all-star goalie on a resurgent hockey team, number one on the squash team and was a defensive whiz at second base for the baseball team.

Kramer subsequently served as a sergeant in the Air Force, had a career in politics serving as the youngest Secretary of State for the state of Washington and established and operated several successful businesses in Washington, Alaska and Montana after leaving politics. Ludlow passed away in 2004 after a short and courageous battle against lung cancer.

FACULTY E MER I T US DAN RORKE H ’89, P ’8 4 , P ’85, P ’89 began his career

at Brooks in 1984 as head coach of the boys 1st football team. Just two years later he was appointed athletic director, a role he held until his retirement in 2004. He wore many hats during his two decades at Brooks, serving the school as a history teacher, student advisor and coach for football and baseball teams.

He always cared more about his players’ sportsmanship and teamwork than the final game score and inspired countless Brooksians to excel in their respective sports.

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Originally from North Andover, Mass., BILL F LE I S C H M A N N ’ 7 1 did not need to travel far when he began at Brooks as a third-former in the fall of 1967. Early on in his Brooks athletics career, Fleischmann became a leader of the football, basketball and baseball teams. In addition to being senior prefect, all the teams he played on had winning records during his sixth-form year. In football, Fleischmann was the unsung center and kicker. He was captain of the basketball team and its leading scorer. In baseball, he won the inaugural Jackson Bowl, named for his former coach, upon which is inscribed “To set the cause above renown, To love the game beyond the prize.” Fleischmann attended Tufts University, where he was a member of their baseball team. He was a teacher and coach in the Andover Public School system for some years, before moving to Texas to work at the Trinity School, where former Brooks faculty member Reverend Doug Peterson was the head of school. Throughout his many years at the Trinity School, Bill held many teaching and administrative roles and, of course, remained involved with athletics through coaching there. Bill was inducted into the Trinity School’s Hall of Honor in 2018.

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More commonly known as the “Blonde Boat,” the 2004 GIRLS CREW 1ST BOAT possessed exceptional strength, fitness and rowing abilities. The personal desire, focus and undying team spirit of the members of the boat (Lexi Caffrey ’06, Elle Logan Dinares Cardenal ’06, Carolyn Thomas Griffin ’05, Libby Mulligan ’04 and Vanessa Ratbone ’04) led them to their ultimate victory: a national championship. During that impressive 2004 season, the female rowers won first place at three of their races and second place at the remaining two races. They placed first at the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association regatta (NEIRA), before placing first at the National Youth Invitational Regatta in Ohio.

With the 2004 graduation of Mulligan and Rathbone, the 2005 GIRLS CR E W 1ST B OAT maintained success with the addition of athletes B Churbuck Havel ’07 and Kate Morris ’06. The boat had a nearly undefeated season, winning three races and placing second in a fourth race, in addition to placing first at NEIRA (Brooks’ fourth girls crew championship in six years) and first at the National Youth Invitational Championship.

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M I LTON LOV E ’91 was a four-year letter winner in football and baseball while at Brooks. He was the first football player in the school’s history to be named to an Independent Sports League All-League Team for both offense and defense in the same season. A four-year starter on the baseball team, Love served as captain during his sixth-form year. He was a two-time team leading hitter, securing a .512 hitting average during his fifth-form year and a .429 average during his sixth-form year. During his final season, Love led the baseball team to a 12–3 record, landing the team second in the ISL — Brooks’ highest standings in baseball ever. He was recipient of both the Allen Ashburn Prize, awarded each year by the faculty for any suitable purpose, and the Jackson Bowl for his dedication and all-around contribution to the Brooks baseball program during his four-year career. Love turned his passion for sports into a profession during his 12-year career with the New York Jets, serving in a variety of positions, from game-day assistant to operations manager.

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What Do You Love About Brooks?

As we prepare to celebrate our centennial in 2026–2027, we’re building a list of 100 Things We Love About Brooks — and we want your voice to be part of it.

Going for Gold Martrell Stevens ’21 has been training hard all fall. A current member of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association’s (NWBA) U.S.A. Men’s Under 23 Wheelchair Basketball Team, he has hopes at the January 2026 tryouts of making the Men’s Wheelchair Basketball National Team and representing America at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s (IWBF) 2026 World Championship in Ottawa, Canada.

Last April, Stevens and his teammates beat their Canadian opponents for first place at the IWBF Men’s U23 Americas Championship in Bogota, Columbia.

Despite several injuries on the team, last June they secured fifth place at the Junior World Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil — the highest placement of any USA team within the past 16 years.

“I’m nothing but appreciative of all the early morning and late nights I was able to spend on-court at Brooks,” said Stevens, who won both Brooks’ Frank D. Ashburn Athletic Award and Allen Ashburn Prize. “My time at Brooks shaped me into the athlete and person I am today! For that, I am very grateful to now have the opportunity to represent the United States.”

Stevens began playing wheelchair basketball at six years old while rehabbing from a spinal cord injury.

During his Brooks days, Stevens played for the Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans. In addition to playing for the NWBA, Stevens currently is the captain of the University of Illinois’ 15-time national champion wheelchair basketball team that practices two and a half hours Monday through Friday, adding on an hour of lifting three times a week.

“It’s so cool to be a part of such a historical program like Illinois because of the prestige and value associated with the name,” said Stevens, who last spring earned his bachelor’s degree from the university and currently is working towards his master’s degree in sports management on the Urbana-Champaign campus.

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Visit www.brooksschool.org/about/ 100-things to submit your favorite thing about our beloved school and help us honor the people, traditions and moments that have made these 100 years so memorable.

National Art Award Current Massachusetts Institute of Technology architecture student Jacob Zhao ’25 was honored on stage at New York City’s renowned Carnegie Hall this summer as a recipient of the prestigious 2025 National Gold Key Scholastic Arts & Writing Award (along with just the top 1 percent of all 310,000 contest participants).

Selected for his sixth-form independent art project, “The Wall,” Zhao traveled to New York with his family for the awarding of medals.

Zhao had worked with six different teachers from a variety of academic principles to create the dynamic art installation that required an understanding of plant and human cell movement, computer coding, motor building, wood cutting and crocheting.

“It is huge to have this recognition,” said Chair of the Arts Department and Director of the Robert Lehman Art Center Babs Wheelden P’22, who attended the awards ceremony. “His work is beyond brilliant in all of our schoolwide competencies. It is creative, communicative, collaborative and full of cultural awareness and social justice responsibility. The idea and concepts in his design were born out of his compassion for humanity; his goal of improving people’s mental status and solving problems of social interactions. … I am beyond thrilled to see him celebrated for how he creates with empathy, courage and integrity.”

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Leadership through Engagement Brooks Prepares for its Centennial Celebration As Brooks School looks ahead to its centennial year in 2026– 2027, excitement is building across campus and among alumni worldwide. Dozens of Brooksians are already rolling up their sleeves to prepare for both the year-long celebration and the opportunities of Brooks’ next century. At the heart of it all is one guiding theme: engagement.

In early October, Brooks’ board of trustees and alumni board gathered for a special joint meeting to launch this important work together. The agenda was full: charting out centennial celebrations, discussing long-term financial sustainability and exploring how alumni and parents can play an active role in shaping the school’s future.

Board president John Barker ’87, P’21, P’23 captured the moment well: “A strong fiscal foundation is a strategic priority for Brooks as we approach our centennial. It ensures that the next hundred years of Brooks are marked by the same academic rigor, community and values that define us today.”

Alumni board president Adam Smith ’07 added, “The engagement of Brooks alumni — across generations and around the world — will be essential. This is a moment for all of us to come together to honor our shared past and shape our future.”

To carry this momentum forward, two new groups have been formed: the centennial advisory council and the centennial campaign committee. Together, these committees are charged with planning the celebration and leading a strategic campaign to support Brooks’ immediate and long-term needs.

“We want this to be a celebration that brings alumni back into the fold in meaningful ways — through events, stories and connections that highlight what makes Brooks special,” shared Charlie Cornish ’06 and Meredith Verdone ’81, P’19, co-chairs of the advisory council.

Looking to the campaign ahead, Russ Pyle ’87, P’25 noted, “This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to ensure that Brooks not only celebrates its history, but also secures the resources to transform its future. The campaign will be a catalyst for the next century of excellence.”

It’s an exciting time for Brooks. Planning is well underway, but there will be many ways for the broader community to get involved in the years to come.

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NEW ALUMNI BOARD MEMBERS CLAY LANDON ’84 Class correspondent and new alumni board member Clay Landon ’84 has spent most of his career in Atlanta’s commercial construction industry. During his four years on campus, he played soccer for former coach and faculty emeritus Dusty Richard P’99 and club hockey for former coach David Swift. A graduate of Chapman University in Orange, Calif., Landon moved from Las Vegas to London before settling in Atlanta in 1991. Landon and his wife, Laura, have one son and an Australian Shepherd grandpuppy, Theo, who also live in the Atlanta area.

IVÁN WATANABE ’04 New alumni board member Iván Watanabe ’04 is a managing partner at Opus Private Client, LLC. He has been named a Forbes magazine Best-In-State (New York) Top Financial Security Professional for the past three consecutive years and he received the 2018 Young Alumni Leadership Award for his advocacy for underrepresented students at his alma mater, College of the Holy Cross. During his four years at Brooks, Watanabe was the captain of the 1st tennis team and earned the Baird Haney award for his contributions to 1st squash team. Off the court, Watanabe spent much of his time singing in the a cappella group, Chapel choir and glee club. He presently lives in New York with his wife and two children.

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THANK YOU! The school thanks the following Brooksians who concluded their time on the board of trustees: Matthew Nash ’14, Sally Milliken ’88, P’22, P’24, P’27, Vivek Sharma P’24. Sally Milliken also completed her term on the alumni board this year, along with fellow volunteer Matt Cascio ’91. Thanks to all!

GET INVOLVED! If you’d like to play a role in either centennial planning or campaign efforts, we’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to Director of Institutional Advancement Gage Dobbins P’22, P’23 at gdobbins@ brooksschool.org.

NEW TRUSTEES CAROLINA ROSAS CLARK ’15 During her student days, Carolina Clark ’15 was a member of Alianza Latina, Brooks’ rock band and a cappella group. The day student prefect also was heavily involved in the theater as a student at Brooks. Presently, the alumni trustee is an interior designer at Kathryn Hunt, previously working at Swell House.

Top photo from left to right: Brooks trustees discussing the school’s future: Julee Haley ’88, P’25, Hale Everets ’93, Meredith Verdone ’81, P’19, Associate Head of School Nina Freeman, Al Uzielli ’85 and Monique Johnson P’24, P’26.

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IAN DAVIS P’27 Widely regarded as one of the top artificial intelligence experts in the video game industry, Ian Davis P’27 is currently the president of Rockstar New England, a studio within Rockstar Games. Previously, he served as chief executive officer and founder of Mad Doc® Software (acquired by Rockstar), creative director on the critically acclaimed Empire Earth® II and technical director at Activision’s Santa Monica studio. Davis’ credits include Red Dead Redemption 2, Grand Theft Auto 5, Max Payne 3, Red Dead Redemption, Bully: Scholarship Edition, Star Trek Legacy, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Computer Role Playing Game of the Year Finalist: Dungeon Siege®: Legends of Aranna™.

TIMOTHY MCADAM ’86 Tim McAdam ‘86 is a general partner and senior advisor at global tech investing firm, TCV. McAdams serves on the board of the John Muir Trail Wilderness Conservancy and the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth College. The former Brooks day student was the recipient of the Harvard Club of Andover Prize and the Phillips Brooks Prize. He was a school and Chapel prefect and played on the football, basketball and baseball teams, captaining both football and baseball. McAdam received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and his bachelor’s degree in classical archaeology from Dartmouth College.

ADAM SMITH ’07 While Adam Smith ’07 is new to the board of trustees, he’s served on the alumni board — currently as president — for four years. Professionally, Smith works remotely in enterprise sales for a New York City-based SaaS startup focused on the restaurant industry, in addition to investing in real estate as a buy-and-hold investor. After graduating from Brooks, he studied classics and linguistics at the University of Virginia. Smith returned to Brooks in 2012 to teach in the theology department and coach soccer and squash. A proud Haverhill, Mass., native, Smith now lives in Savannah, Ga., with his wife and two dogs.

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01 Jordyn Arakelian ’18, Alex Skinner ’08 and Morgan Arakelian ’20.

02 Julia Callahan ’24 and Lauren Puglia ’25.

03 Bryan Sutherlin ’15, KJ Moore ’15 and Russ Pyle ’87, P’25.

04 Madison Dunn ’18, Morgan Dunn ’15, Peter ’82 and Deirdre DeNapoli Dunn ’82, P’11, P’13, P’15, P’18, and Chandler Dunn ’13.

05 Gabi Garozzo ’21, Anya Sanchorawala ’21, Gray Dobbins ’22, Lili Valerio ’19, Amy Mojica ’22, Serenity Benjavitvilai ’23, Quinn Mullaney ’23 and Ryan Kelleher ’24.

06 Caroline Siebert, Jerry Gallington ’07 and Adam Smith ’07.

07 Lloyd Dahmen ’92, P’25 and Gene Clapp ’68, P’02.

08 Jessica Phelan ’06, Director of Athletics Andrea Heinze P’19, Major Gifts Officer Emily French Breakey ’03, Lexi Caffrey ’06 and Taylor DiGloria ’06.

09 Mel Wolfgang P’28, Sarah Wolfgang P’28, Julie Barker P’21, P’23 and Julee Saltonstall Haley ’88, P’25.

10 Jim and Susan DiResta P’95, P’98, P’00, P’00, P’06, P’09, GP’26.

11 Claire Ziady ’20, John Donahue ’20, Head of School John Packard H’87, P’18, P’21 and Ginny Brown P’22, P’26.

12 Loubna Salhab Garozzo ’96, P’21, Gabi Garozzo ‘21, Isabela Miller ’20 and Spanish Teacher Lillian Miller P’14, P’17, P’20.

COME TO AN EVENT Brooks School hosts numerous events throughout the year. Some events are here at Brooks, but others could be closer to you. Please visit www.brooksschool. org/alumni/events to find out more.

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ALUMNI WEEKE N D MAY 8–9, 2026 We are thrilled to invite two cycles of reunion classes back to campus. Join us in May to celebrate the classes ending in 0, 1, 5 and 6.

Weekend activities will include cluster class dinners, campus tours, family activities, C ALL FOR ALUMNI AWARD NOMINATIONS athletic games, dinner and dancing under the tent, and The Distinguished Brooksian award honors a member of the more! Please visit www.

Brooks community whose life and contributions to society exemplify brooksschool.org/alumni/ the nobility of character and usefulness to humanity embodied reunion for more information. in the spirit of the school.

The Alumni Shield award recognizes an alumna or alumnus who graduated from Brooks 25 or fewer years ago who has made significant contributions in the field of his or her endeavor.

The Alumni Bowl is awarded to that member of the alumni community who has tirelessly and loyally supported the school through their thoughtful and exemplary service and dedication as a volunteer.

We do not accept nominations for the Alumni Bowl, as recipients are decided upon by the Brooks administration.

Please visit www.brooksschool. org/alumni/awards to submit a nomination by January 30, 2026.

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Class Notes The Class Notes section of the Bulletin is intended to offer Brooks alumni space to share their thoughts and memories with each other and the larger Brooks community. We fact-check submissions to the best of our ability. In addition, we reserve the right to edit submissions for grammar, style, content, space and in keeping with the mission and values of Brooks School.

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Harold E. Hamilton halhamilton1011@gmail.com ■ Mr. Robert S. Walker rswalk@gmail.com Class correspondent Rob Walker H’66, GP’18 writes: “My news is

again sparse and somewhat repetitive. Summertime get-togethers with Brooks contacts have included David Grant ’56 and Lloyd Griscom ’61, when he is down from Maine after tending his extensive blueberry farm. I still hope to see other part-time Rhode Island residents, such as Robin Marvel ’56, P’91, GP’23 and Gerry Emmet ’56, GP’21, GP’23, as well as full-timer George Waterston ’56, before Labor Day. One of my pleasures is a frequent exchange with classmate and co-correspondent Hal Hamilton. He has an amazing recall of people and events during our time at school and told with an always engaging dramatic tone that is in keeping with his long and distinguished acting career. I am looking forward to the grand finale Centennial Celebration at Brooks (June 11 to 13, 2027) and continue to feel pride in how well our great school, with its superb leadership, is navigating through these challenging times. Should you not be aware, our little-known, but distinguished, classmate George Gordon died in early September. His brilliance in science carried him to MIT, where he eventually taught for a time.

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David A. Grant dgrantnewport@gmail.com Class correspondent David Grant

shares on behalf of the class of 1956: “At the time of this entry, the class of 1956 is in the early stages of preparing for our 70th reunion next May 8 and 9. Led by chair Skip Morse, the reunion committee members are David Grant, Ellery McLanahan, Robin Marvel P’91, GP’23, Jim Bride, Alden (Smokey) Bryan and Curt Scribner P’83. We invite all classmates, as well as honorary classmates Rob Walker ’53, H’66, GP’18 and Penny Jackson Trask P’83, P’84, to grab this once-in-alifetime chance to reconnect with the school and our cohesive “band of brothers.” And, speaking of Skip Morse, he reports that he and wife Anne Tombs Morse spent an enjoyable July-August summer vacation in Scotland and Ireland. Highlights included friendly people, historic landmarks and exquisite scenery and views. Sad news to report on classmate Joe Ford. He passed away on January 7, 2025, in Haverhill, Mass. We remember ‘Fad’ fondly as a staunch day student most accomplished in mathematics under faculty Eddie Flint. Joe went on to teach calculus and AP math at Massachusetts’ Chelmsford High School and led his math team to many championships. Peter Jones P’94, P’01 a frequent contributor, had this to report: ‘Leslie and I had a very busy summer. We spent the

4th of July at Keuka Lake, which is in New York’s Finger Lakes. Most of my children and grandchildren came to visit us in Quogue, N.Y. My youngest son, Elliott Jones ’01 baptized his third child, Theodore Edward, who is also my 15th grandchild! At the time of this note, Leslie and I are leaving this week for a trip to France. We will be in St. Tropez and then Lake Annecy, where our classmate Jeffrey Thomas (d) used to have a house. We plan to spend the winter in St. Croix and Florida.’ Robin Marvel sent in some great family updates and news on a classmate: ‘My grandson, Connor Spear ’23, spent his freshman year at Denison University in Ohio, which is where his mother, my daughter, Jennifer Vanderhoef Spear P’23, graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He decided Denison was too small and instead transferred to Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Penn., where he has started his junior year after a successful sophomore year. He is playing club squash and tennis. I also visited classmate Gerry Emmet GP’21, GP’23 at Avalon Medical, where he is recuperating from some medical issues. He looks good and is eagerly looking forward to our 70th reunion at Brooks next May.’ Glad to hear Gerry is on the mend! Via Skip Morse, we received the following update from Neil Wilkie: ‘For the record, in 1952, my father and Gerry Emmet’s father (we were quasi neighbors in Katonah/Bedford, N.Y., and absolute neighbors in Watch Hill, R.I.) decided that their boys should go to Brooks School. Both fathers were divorced with two daughters each, in addition to us boys. Emmet a wise investment, Wilkie, somewhat less so, although a respectable hockey player when there was ice. Harvard freshman year, we went on to be

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waitlisted, off-campus roommates and Elliot House roommates for the final three.’ Jim Bride, our class interviewer, sent in this article: ‘From my archives: Brooks basketball team had a good enough record to play in the New England B level championships in Hartford, Conn.

I believe Roy Plum P’82, P’85 would recall our overall record and the tournament results.’ And, hot on the heels of Bride’s posting, Roy Plum added: ‘I do recall some of the memorable results of the Hartford basketball tournament. Brooks was second to Middlesex School and their 10-foot-tall center. No surprise as they were the only team to beat us during a 14-game season (which they did twice). Michael Drummey (d) was high scorer for Brooks with 28 points, Scribner set a school record 17 free throws in a row and Jim Bride savaged the opposition making 23 rebounds.

Nick Evangelos H’77, P’74, GP’11, GP’16 was honored as coach of the year.’ Not to be outdone, Jim Bride continued the string of emails with the following ‘I believe a chap named Weaver was the 6'6" player. Roy, as captain, led our team successfully throughout the winter.

Kudos to Curt and the 1956 basketball team!’ Curt Scribner had a nice talk with Dick Payson, whose wife passed away two years ago. He is very interested in our reunion plans and wants to keep up to date. Still too early to make spring plans, but he is giving it consideration. Hope you can make it, Dick!”

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very well, even with some normal name recall issues, but as far as I know, my physical health is great. I try to work rigorously for about five to six hours daily, including visits to the exercise room at my newly entered apartment complex. I haven’t sold the house, but love my new

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W. Ross Hatch wrhatch75@gmail.com Class correspondent Ross Hatch

shared on behalf of many class of 1958 members: “Tracking down several classmates is one of life’s pleasures. Sandy Jacobs and his wife, Susan, are nearly 50 years in their home in Shelburne, Vt., and have no plans to move. This past summer, he was mooching off his pals for sailboat excursions on Lake Champlain. When those gigs don’t work out, he activates his stink-pot. This past winter, Sandy developed a skiing skill that negates the possibility of his falling and thus preventing any necessity of getting upright again. The birthday of Charlie Sherrill P’84 was recently celebrated by a group of married North Shore women — ‘Charlie’s Angels’ — and their husbands.

His son, Christopher ’84, lives in France and travels extensively in East Asia. Charlie, however, prefers motoring around the New England coast in his Hinckley on picnic and cocktail cruises. He is the first to accept the invitation to attend our 70th reunion in 2028.

Martha and Mike Keating P’97 have been inundated by their children and grandchildren this summer in South Dartmouth, Mass. Mike keeps busy in the fall mentoring young attorneys. Recently, published in The New England Journal of History is his biographical monograph on Bartholomew Gosnold, the 17th-century explorer of Massachusetts’ Cuttyhunk and the New England coastline. Looking into the future, Mike is developing a lecture series on this virtually forgotten Elizabethan New World discoverer. Aaron Shinberg and wife Rosita recently traveled to France, Spain and spent some time

in Aaron’s favorite city, Barcelona.

Late this summer, they traveled with their daughter to Quebec City.

They have never been there and wanted to taste the French cuisine, particularly ‘les moules et frites.’

Peter Houghton and wife Ann-Marie this summer once again retreated from sweltering Miami to their grandchild trap in New Hampshire.

Yes, they were inundated by children and grandchildren this summer and were unable to visit Ann-Marie’s family in Germany.

Peter reports that so far they have resisted the ever-increasing clamor from those wanting to purchase their Coral Gables, Fla., home.

Evidently, the residential real estate market in greater Miami is hot, but Peter is standing firm with a no.

Jock Cowperthwaite and his wife, Day, celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary with close friends aboard their boat, Narrows II. They traveled Maine’s blue waters off Penobscot and Muscongus Bays and between Camden and Monhegan Island. A true Maine dinner of lobster, clams, corn and homegrown tomatoes topped off the celebration.

A memorable time was had by all.

Alex Dearborn and his wife, Danna, divide his post-retirement from a career in classic cars between Kittery, Maine, and Osprey, Fla. His son, Sam, and wife, Salin, are sometimes in Istanbul, but also in Florida. Alex’s daughter, Fay, and grandson Jeff, age 16, live closer in Salem, Mass. As for me, Ross Hatch, this past year, my wife, Susie, and I have been on the move. In the fall of 2024, our Chaplain in Florida led a group to Egypt and the Nile. For me, it was a march down memory lane and Michael Caroe’s third-form ancient history class. In January, we flew to Sydney, Australia, and took a cruise around New Zealand. This spring with our 12-year-old granddaughter, Sydney, in tow we went to Ireland and then Paris. Not letting any moss grow, we are pulling up

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George F. Kilborn george.kilborn41@gmail.com ■ Mr. Eugene E. Record Jr. generecord@comcast.net Andy Campbell shares: “Just turning

84, I remain a small town attorney in Bowdoinham, Maine, but only taking cases I want. I’m married to Stephanie Labelle Campbell and our three children and five grandchildren all are doing well. Also, I just published a romantic novel about marriage, divorce, psychedelics and war in the 1960s and 1970s, titled ‘Decline of Empire,’ available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.”

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Charles A. Hunt charliehunt@comcast.net Class correspondent Charlie Hunt collected notes from fellow

Brooksians and asked them to share any exciting tales from their days on campus: “Bill Ferris shared, ‘Soulful Dancer,’ a book of photographs I took in the Mississippi Delta, accompanied by poems inspired by John Zheng, was just published. Also, while we were editing the films during my teaching days at Yale University in 1974, I ran into Frank Ashburn on campus.

I was thrilled to see him again. Mr. A asked what I was working on and I told him about the films we were editing. I invited him to our editing studio the next morning. He came and watched our three editors as they worked on three of the four films that we completed. His comments and suggestions were wonderful and I was honored to share our project with him.’ A story from long ago: Charlie Bascom (d) and Bob Turner (d) decided one day after dinner to go to Boston for an evening

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of jazz. How they left the school is unknown, but Charlie Salisbury P’79, P’83 (d) had a car. Enjoying an evening of music, they took the late train to Andover, the nearest stop. Getting out on Route 133, they began hitchhiking. A short time later, an Andover cop car rolled up and the cop asked, ‘Where are you going?’ ‘Back to school,’ responded Charlie. ‘Oh,’ said the cop, ‘where is that?’ ‘Abbott Academy,’ replied Charlie after a bit. ‘Isn’t that a girls’ school?’ said the cop, smiling, and then he said, ‘Hop in and I’ll give you a ride to Brooks!’ Charlie Eaton adds to the old stories from days gone by: ‘1961, after our freshman year in college, Peter Eaton and I, along with several friends from college (in addition to Sandy Bender ’59 (d) and Gene Record ’59) went for a weekend hell-raiser on an island in Ohio’s Lake Erie, Put-in-Bay.

This always promised to be as crazy as Fort Lauderdale, Fla., during spring vacation. As it turned out, our friend Gene, along with maybe 10 other reprobates, ended up in the local jailhouse. Sometime around midnight, while the local authorities were rounding up other folks for misbehaving, I wandered over to the jailhouse and, with the help of two other guys, broke the door to the area where the cells were and with a crowbar I found on a fire truck, I was able to break the padlocks on the four cells that held the 12 bad guys. All the bad guys escaped out the front of the jailhouse, but I was still stuck trying to get Gene out. We ended up spending the night after being caught. My father took a private plane the next day to pay for the damages and bail us out, and we were banned for life from the

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Call for correspondents!

Thank you to the class correspondents who collected notes for this issue! The classes of 2000 and 2020 do not currently have class correspondents. If you would like to take on this volunteer role for your class, please contact Assistant Director of Alumni Programs & Communications Molly Kueter at mkueter@brooksschool.org.

island.’ Gene Record 2 retorts: ‘Charlie H. and Charlie E.: It’s all true. I cannot return to Ohio (especially Put-in-Bay) for fear of being thrown in the clinker. I owe a great deal to Mr. Eaton (a wonderful man) for springing me.’ As for one current update from your loyal class correspondent, Charlie Hunt, my wife, Joan, and I enjoyed our second grandchild’s wedding in Houston recently.” 3

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Lloyd P. Griscom Jr. lloyd.griscom@gmail.com ■ Robert R. Simmons rrsimmons@comcast.net Correspondent Rob Simmons

reports: “In May 2025, a luncheon was scheduled at Brooks School for an update on the State of the School. My wife, Heidi, and I travelled to Brooks for that event and as expected, we were told that the school was in good shape. And it is. That venue also provided an unexpected meeting and greeting between two former Brooks soccer players on the undefeated 1960 team: Lloyd Griscom and me. 4 We shared memories of our playing days and lamented the loss of Galen Brewster (d), a fellow teammate who had served as class correspondent before recently passing away. It was agreed at the time that we would work together to reactivate the 1961 class notes section of the Bulletin.

What follows below reflects the initial fruits of this collaboration.

George Case shares: ‘I am enjoying retirement as we travel between Greenwich, Conn., and Vero Beach, Fla. While down in Vero Beach, both my wife, Mary Bell, and I

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would each year have dinner with the Brewsters. One year at our place on Johns Island and the next year at the Brewsters’ club, The Moorings.

These were wonderful evenings that we looked forward to with great pleasure. Galen Brewster was a master at entertaining with his very funny stories. It was a little over a year ago that he told me of his ALS condition. Even in the face of that horrible disease, he never lost his sense of humor and positive attitude. This past spring, both Mary Bell and I wanted to keep the tradition going by having Hathy, his widow, to our place for dinner, where we toasted Galen. Hathy looked great and was involved in various activities.’ Kendall Dudley writes: ‘I had just finished writing a novel set in Tucson about the effects of buried grief called “Woman in Red Gloves,” when boom! I discovered the existence of the Tucson Book Festival happening March 15 to 16, 2025. Wow, a chance to shop my book to agents and publishers!

Fortune sat me at the same table with a media producer who loved my novel and wants to turn it into a movie. He is writing the screenplay and will produce it through his newly formed production company.

Holy smokes! How to think about all this? Has anyone been through a similar process of having their work turned into a different form? If you’ve produced a feature film, what should I know? I’d love to hear from any Brooksian with experience in this! You can call (781-640-9957) or email me (kendalldudley2@icloud. com). Thanks in advance! This news coincides with a rugged move I just made with my partner, Lisa Yourke, from Arlington, Mass., to a new spot in Belmont, Mass.

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time across Lake Elmore to the general store to buy fishing worms and garish candy and return, safely.

A picture of boyhood that weaves into my own summers in Maine.

Perhaps these circles become more frequent if we live long enough to notice and celebrate them.’ 5 6 7 Travis Fulton shares a poem: ‘A mat of moonlight on the floor — should I wipe my feet before getting to bed? / Did our bodies ever mean to be faithful to us? / The paths where I walked have disappeared. / A 70-foot whale swam alongside and blew her breath up into my face. / On a good day I shed yesterday’s skin. / Old age silence is different from that of youth. I can’t tell how but somehow I can hear the difference. / Way North in Canada we landed on a rancher’s road and slept in the hay rick. The Northern Lights danced directly above shooting their fingers straight down into our eyes. / Every day I throw out a fishnet of words unattached to a line. / Mornings are brim full of promise, though I do not know how much is left in the wood pile. / Some nights are so dark that the wind and my soul get lost. / With my chisel I touch one part of my life with another. / I recently felt the beat of the lion’s heart in his snarl. I was not invited to share his water buck breakfast.’ Lloyd Griscom shares: ‘I am living in Newport, R.I., with my

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wife, Hope Alexander Griscom. We are fortunate to be occasionally accompanied by some of our 10 grandchildren, one great-grandson and their families. I am involved with conservation and community organizing activities in Maine’s High Peaks region, through co-founding and chairing the High Peaks Alliance and as a director of the Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust. We also harvest lowbush, wild blueberries in Maine.

Metaphysics interests have led me to posit the importance of recognizing our underlying, thought-free awareness as our real nature.

Because our real nature is not the province of thought, it is unknowable to our thinking mind. This paradox is another way of saying that it is important to be fully present and not distracted.’ Fred Kent shared: ‘I remain busy with my work with the Placemaking Movement, which is now in more than 30 countries around the world.

We have a small foundation that we started five years ago to share our work. Project for Public Spaces, Social Life Project and PlacemakingX are the three organizations we started. They are at the forefront of the Global Placemaking Movement. This year, we are celebrating 50 years since the inception of Project for Public Spaces, our first organization and

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the predecessor to the global Placemaking network PlacemakingX and Social Life Project. Go to link http://bit. ly/3KWewJc to learn more about who we are.’ John McClellan writes: ‘Well, I didn’t go to Bermuda for a family reunion, I didn’t tour Italy and visit beautiful museums, I just stayed home, in Boulder, Colo.

Heaven by any other name. There is a pretty little cabin in the backyard, an acequia madre or mother irrigation ditch runs through the yard. My most frequent visitor is a bear, who bathes in the ditch and eats my peaches.

My wife of 60 years, Rosalind, lives with me here. We have a sweet cabin in the mountains at 8,000 feet, near where we lived for some 30 years. I 8 enjoy meditation, riding my bicycle, my good friends near and far, including Travis Fulton, my classmate at Brooks, contemplating the mysteries. It’s a good life; I seek no other.’ 8 Bob Murray shares: ‘I am sorry to report that my wife of 40 years, Lynn, passed away in July from colon cancer. Effective October 1, I am moving full-time to our condominium in St. Petersburg, Fla. If

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any classmates are traveling in that vicinity this winter, I would love for you to stop by and I’ll take you to lunch at one of the 15 restaurants or my yacht club, all within a five-minute walk from my condo.’ Frank Zezza shares: ‘Not much happening here in Springfield, Vt. I am staying active with tennis and biking in the summer, skiing, tennis and ping-pong in the winter. My health is good, joints are all working most of the time. My good wife, Jocelyn, has lost most of her vision due to glaucoma and additionally suffers from orthostatic hypotension, which is a significant drop in blood pressure when she transitions from sitting to standing. So reading and driving are out. Even an easy walk can be difficult. Our five grandchildren are getting much older. Two have finished college, one is just starting at the University of Vermont and we have a senior in high school in Virginia and a sophomore in high school in New

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York. They are all very busy, but we love when we can spend time with them. Last winter, I took a son and grandson (the freshman) to Keystone, Colo., for a week of skiing. I was much more timid on the snow than I used to be, but we had a great time. If any of you plan to get up to Okemo Mountain this winter for a day of skiing, please reach out to me. I would love to take a few runs with you and show you my mountain.’ As for me, Rob Simmons, by way of an update from the awesome article in the Fall 2024 Brooks Bulletin titled “A Life of Service,” I have continued to work on the family farm here in Stonington, Conn. Founded in 1765, Stone Acres Farm has been passed down in Heidi’s family until it was incorporated as an LLC in 2015.

Thereafter, family and friends have avoided subdivision and development by operating a working agricultural business with a farmstand, weddings, food events,

musical concerts and a nonprofit education center. My role on the farm has been to grow sunflowers, Georgia Candy Roaster squash and lots of sweet corn. In the offseason, I do odd jobs like loading the dumpster, taking rocks out of the fields, clearing brush and splitting firewood for the winter season. My daughter, Jane, is the 10th generation to live on the farm and works as an executive director. The benefits of leaving politics permanently in 2019 (I was the mayor of Stonington) and working on the farm has been shedding 15 pounds to a lean 158 pounds, lowering my blood pressure 30 points and an overall better attitude of freedom and wellbeing. In addition to farm work, however, was the fact that last year Heidi and I celebrated our 50th anniversary by traveling to France with both children, their spouses and three grandchildren. Three days in Paris included climbing to the top of the Eiffel Tower, visiting the Impressionist Museum and sailing model boats on the Jardin de Luxembourg. Thereafter, we took the high-speed train to Bayeux, where we rented an 18th-century manoir on the Rue de Saint Loup inside the gates of the ancient city.

Coming just after the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landing, the folks in Bayeux, Normandy, were incredibly friendly and welcoming to American soldiers [See 9 of a store with window paintings welcoming British and American military visitors], which was certainly much better than what I got on my return from Vietnam in 1969! In addition to the local tours and a day trip to Mont SaintMichel, we loved going to the local market every day to buy fresh meats and vegetables for dinner en famille au maison. My son-in-law studied the culinary arts under Jacques Pepin and runs several awardwinning restaurants in Mystic, Conn., so we were never at a loss for

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good food. Lloyd and I hope that other class members will share some of what they are doing, even if it is just to say hello. Heidi and I live just two miles south of Exit 91 on I-95 between New York and Boston.

Stop by for a visit to the farm and you can get a tour of the Manor House and a free bag of fresh eggs and veggies from the farmstand.

Yes? I can be reached by call, text or email at 869-912-9225 and rrsimmons@comcast.net.”

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Richmond Viall III castingabout4ever@ gmail.com Class correspondent Dick Viall P’93

shared: “Life has been a whirlwind of activity. In May, we attended the triennial meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati, the oldest patriotic organization in the United States. Founded in 1783 by officers of the Continental Army, the society preserves the legacy of the American Revolution. The highlight of the gathering was a magnificent black-tie dinner for 600 guests in the breathtaking Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Just two weeks later, we set sail on a five-day cruise with only 38 passengers, traveling from Croatia’s Dubrovnik to Zagreb.

Guided by a third-level sommelier, we enjoyed exquisite meals paired with fine wines. Croatia proved to be a stunning destination, rich with well-preserved historical sites, beautiful landscapes and warm hospitality. Our journey ended in Slovenia, where we spent three memorable days fly-fishing for trout. Diane’s personal best — a 12-pound rainbow trout — was the undeniable highlight.” 10 Ron Barr writes: “I’m sad to report I just finished a book that was hard to put down: ‘George Washington: Dealmaker-in-Chief,’ by Cyrus A. Ansary (2019). Ansary — an investment banker, U.S. Marine, and international scholar — argues that Washington created the

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foundation for America’s entrepreneurial economy, paving the way for innovation and reward of initiative. Almost as good as that is still my favorite: ‘Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II,’ by Arthur Herman (2012). Herman chronicles the extraordinary efforts of William Knudsen, a Danish-born executive who rose from Ford VP in the 1920s to president of Chevrolet in the 1930s, and Henry J. Kaiser, among others, who built the U.S. industrial base from 1940 onward. Their work transformed American industry into the arsenal that ultimately won the war.” John Culbertson had this update to share: “I’ve really enjoyed our twice-a-year class reunions on Zoom (on D-Day and Pearl Harbor Day — dates that are both ageappropriate and easy to remember).

My life these days revolves around trying to stay healthy, keeping up with my kids and fitting in as much travel as I can. I’m fully aware how fortunate I am that these are my biggest challenges. Recent adventures have included: an Americana music cruise in the Caribbean, where we unexpectedly shared an elevator with world-class guitar and mandolin players; a river cruise in France, where the wine did not disappoint; and a trek through the Canadian wilderness — yes, they let

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Clifford G. Irons cjirons@comcast.net ■ James A. Saltonstall jasaltonstall@gmail.com Class correspondent Cliff Irons

reports: “I spent half of July in Scotland with seven friends playing nine fabulous golf courses, including Royal Troon, North Berwick, Muirfield and the highlight of the trip, the Old Course at St. Andrews! 11 ‘Perfect’ is the only way to describe the entire trip. We stayed in wonderful hotels, had set up reservations for each night at great restaurants and a coach and driver that took all the worry

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I’m already thinking of another trip in ’27.” Class Correspondent Jim Saltonstall writes that he and Bridget are back in Carlisle, Mass., after spending the summer at their place in Penobscot, Maine: “This year, especially, we are finding it hard to keep both homes going. We have backyards we love, but they take work. So, we are trying to figure out how to simplify our lives a bit.

Sound familiar? We feel lucky that our two children have settled near us, one family in Newton, Mass., the other in North Andover, Mass., so we see them and our five grandchildren fairly frequently. All parents are well ‘employed.’ Due to some medical issues, my energy level is low. Bridget picks up the slack, so we are doing OK so far. We have our names on a waitlist at a nearby Continuing Care Retirement Community as a sort of insurance policy in case of declining health or inability to keep all the ‘balls in the air.’ Best to all.” Russ Bingham P’88, P’93 shares: “This year started in a dreadful way for our immediate family. On January 9, our oldest son, Josh Bingham ’88, lost his home in California’s Pacific Palisades fire.

Fortunately, both Josh and his wife, Kristen, who were home, got out safely along with their dog and cats.

Both their children (Olivia, 14, and Beck, 11) were at school and were

safely evacuated to another part of Los Angeles. After a very difficult several weeks, Josh and family decided to pull out of Southern California and move East. That ends up being the silver lining to this grim story; we now have Josh and family living a few towns away in Connecticut. I just returned from Los Angeles, where I spent a week with my younger son, Simon Bingham ’93, and his wife, Jen. They are in great shape, living in a very different part of the city: Silver Lake. The fire stayed well away from their neighborhood. The highlight of the trip was that they took me to the Hollywood Bowl one night to hear Alabama Shakes. What a thrill! I felt young again!” Porter Hovey writes “that being 80 years old and having health issues is not very newsworthy. I had a total right knee replacement in May 2025, which took three months to heal. I am back to playing golf once a week and walking two miles a day. In August 2025, I went back East to see my daughters. We had a great time, lots of good eating and drinking.”

Mark Miller has let us know that he has a blog: x-ma911truthwalk.com.

“It started in 2018 when several friends took buses to Cape Cod. From Provincetown, we started walking west to the New York line, a distance of 240 miles. They carried “9/11 TRUTH” signs on our

shirts and backpacks. Mostly good reception: thumbs up and toots from cars, inquiries on sidewalks, occasional gifts of sandwiches, etc.

These days the blog is mostly daily links to news and commentary on the Ukraine and Middle East wars, COVID, etc., the news media and, of course, 9/11. It takes a couple of hours a day, usually more.” Brooks Payne reports: “I have been busy taking aerial photo footage, mostly 360-degree videos, with my brilliant Autel drones. As an FAA-certified drone pilot, I fly around the greater Boston area, taking pictures that I post on my social media platforms to promote my beloved city of Boston and our Commonwealth.

I do this as an uncompensated volunteer and I also photograph our public officials at events that interest me. Interestingly, my older son, Martin, gave me my first camera drone 10 years ago and one of my first photos was taken following a blizzard here in Boston. Martin passed away from cancer this past March 2025 at 53 years of age. I wish everyone good health and happiness for the remainder of the year!”

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Peter B. Rathbone rathbone.peter@gmail.com Class correspondent Peter “Bones” Rathbone P’04, P’15 writes: “After

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to head back to the East Coast for a summer-long stay in our house at Great Island on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod. I arrived in mid-May, over a month before Alanna joined me, which allowed me to spread out my vast collection of memorabilia across the dining room table without Alanna looking askance at the considerable chaotic invasion spread everywhere. Of course there is considerable Brooks memorabilia amongst my storage bins of keepsakes. I even still have my rather splintered hockey goalie stick! A couple of days before Alanna’s arrival in time to celebrate our 42nd wedding anniversary, I enjoyed having Mary and Mac Lewis for lunch on their way to Nantucket for the annual film festival. 12 It was all too brief a visit, but they’ve been promised a tour of Great Island when next they are in these parts. We have had all of our three children here at various times over the summer: Sarah, her husband, Jason, and their daughter, Olivia, in early August; Vanessa ’04 in September; Dylan ’15 and his girlfriend, Jillian, for two weeks earlier in the summer, with both returning for most of September into October.

Needless to say, it has been a most enjoyable and busy summer. Great Island, as always, has been teeming with Brooksians from every era throughout the summer, with quite a number showing up at the annual 4th of July Garden Party hosted by Malcolm Nolen ’79, along with his brother, Christian, and sister Eliot. Malcolm also organized Lizzie Zaldastani Napier ’82, Alex Zaldastani ’87, P’23, Annie Zaldastani ’84, Julee Saltonstall Haley ’88, P’25, Othar Zaldastani ’23, myself, Kelsey Albright ’10, Dylan Rathbone, Ben Albright ’16 and himself for our Brooks group photograph 13 that unfortunately missed including Audrey Brady ’15 and Mollie Brady ’18, who had left the Island the day before. In early August, Alanna and

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I caught up with my nephew, James Hamilton ’08, and his girlfriend, Luia Corsini, while visiting my sister, Eliza P’08, and her husband, Jim, in Manchester, Mass. My nephew was in fine form and would be heading back to Mexico City shortly, where he lives and works at his digital marketing company, Oak Pool. Eliza and Jim then visited us on Great Island, with my sister, Belinda, who has visited on numerous occasions this summer. Alanna and I see Sarah and her family regularly in Santa Barbara as they live nearby, but see Vanessa less frequently now that she has moved to Bozeman, Mont. After four great and productive years at the Wildlife Conservation Society as a conservation planning scientist, she has decided to start her own environmental consulting enterprise: Upstream Solutions. This August, being back in the West, her former stomping ground, Vanessa attempted a summit of the Grand Teton in Jackson, Wyo., which was quite an exhilarating experience.

Earlier in the summer, Vanessa, Caitlin Tamposi ’04 and Caroline Tamposi ’07 travelled to Italy for a 10-day self-guided bike packing trip around Puglia. By all accounts it was an amazing and successful trip.

[Flip ahead to 46 47 to see some of Vanessa’s adventures.] Although we haven’t spoken yet, I heard from Fred Northup, who had just received his summer Bulletin and was amazed at how transformed Brooks has become, certainly from when we were there, but also recently. The school’s evolution continues and I’m sure many will show up to celebrate Brooks’ 100th anniversary on June 11 to 13, 2027.

I have also been in touch with Henry Lee on several occasions during the summer, but other than seeing him briefly in May, we haven’t had the occasion to get together since.

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in the Adirondacks for a week over the 4th of July holiday, but family commitments here precluded that possibility. Frank Blake ’67, P’00 and I had planned to get together this summer, but unfortunately, it didn’t pan out. Dick Holcombe writes: ‘Carol and I are still dug in here in Florence on the Oregon coast, keeping cats, a dog and two aging horses on the farm and rentals in town. We have decided there is little we can do about the state of the country, but life in a small town requires consideration and respect for those around us. What goes around, comes around.’” Andrew Daly reports: “Western members of the class of 1964, myself and Lucinda, and Penny and Charley Whiton, held a rendezvous at the Whiton Ranch in Big Horn, Wyo., with one Eastern representative, Johnnie Lisle, and his wife, Elaine, in late August 2025. 14 Many worldly issues were discussed without resolution, so we agreed to meet next year to discuss further, hopefully with greater success. Our wonderful wives were amused by the deliberations, but more impressed with the Whitons’ exceptional hospitality.”

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Paul L. Hallingby barneyhallingby@gmail.com Class correspondent Barney Hallingby writes: “I checked in with

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roommate, Walter ‘Terry’ Sedgwick, recently. Terry was one of many classmates who went on to Harvard University. He reports that he is in good health and enjoying life.

Here is what he had to say: ‘I have spent my life in conservation, as in wildlife conservation, with a focus on trying to help with professionalizing conservation organizations from the board level. For the past 25 years, I have been on the board of the Wildlife Conservation Society, which is unknown to most people.

It manages the four zoos and the aquarium in New York. What most people don’t know is that it has 3,500 employees and spends around $200 million in 50 of the most challenging countries around the world, where biodiversity is the greatest but the capacity to protect it is the least. Think Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Mozambique, most countries in Latin America, most countries in Asia. Not Costa Rica, Europe, the United States, South Africa, etc. I have been to many of the sites, including South Sudan, Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. I’ve been happily married to my wife, Jeannie, for 46 years. We have two sons, Wade and Jep. Wade is in conservation like me. He collects data using drones and uses it for analysis in a way few can. Jep is in the world of finance.

We travel frequently as a family.

Our next trip is to Japan at the end of the month, then in November to Hanoi and Cambodia. I have worked actively with the Harvard Art Museums by gifting a Japanese sculpture from 1292 and assembling with the curator of Chinese art a collection of early Chinese ceramics from 6000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. It was always intended as a teaching collection for Harvard. I don’t think there is a better collection of this material outside of China. The website is: http://bit.ly/4hdNQzU. There are a lot of surprises in it.

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by Graham Ward about the life of Frank Ashburn. I think he was a pivotal father figure when I needed it most. I don’t think there was any part of my life more important than those formative years at Brooks, and I think very fondly of my time there and with my classmates.

Sending my regards to one and all!’”

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Talbot T. Goodyear talbotgood@gmail.com ■ Richard H. Turner Jr. rhtjr24@gmail.com Class correspondent Richard “Tabby” Turner P’99 writes: “For

more than 10 years, I have been volunteering at a local hospital.

My duties have included helping patients in both pre- and postoperation situations, checking scripts and making sure patients have appointments for procedures, working in the COVID-19 vaccine unit, directing traffic and delivering vaccines from the pharmacy to injection sites and directing visitors to patients’ rooms or Emergency Room pods. I’m also on the development committee, raising funds for the hospital. We were just merged into Penn Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania’s hospital system.

So I’m now an official Ivy Leaguer?

We’ll see Tom Nottebohm at the next reunion.” Chas Belknap shared: “Sarah and I have lived in a lovely area of Canada, British Columbia’s Salt Spring Island, as residents/ citizens for 15 years. We had work permits for five years before that.

We have two daughters: Noel, who works in animation in Los Angeles; and Elise, a child and family therapist in Champaign, Ill. Elise has two children: Wyatt, 11, and Julian, 7. When we first came from Los Angeles — where Sarah was rector of the Episcopal Church in San Pedro, and I was director of community development for Mental Health America — we worked for the Anglican Church of

British Columbia. Sarah worked in Victoria and I on a neighboring island: Pender. I would commute in my 22-foot C-Dory. More recently, Sarah has recruited a team and raised funds to build a labyrinth and I have been recording and posting video interviews with the housing challenges on our island.

(Salt Spring has the highest incidence of homelessness in British Columbia).” Nick Booth P’05 writes: “We head back to the war zone after a wonderful three months in Ireland and a brief visit to our daughter’s family in North Holland.

Without straying too far into the political wilderness, life in Ireland is dominated by the United States president and the administration’s tariffs. Ireland has a high dependence on pharmaceuticals and technology exports. A sharp hike in tariffs would be painful. Other than that, we had one of the best summers for farming with moderate rain, mild temperatures and record harvests.” Anthony Randazzo updates: “I wish that I had some sanguine news to share, but Grace and I are doing well as we continue our walk into the sunset. The kids and other family members are all good. And Grace is finally starting to realize that she can’t run five businesses at the age of 72 without feeling the effects that would cripple a much younger person. As for me, I do my best to maintain a good home so that she can be free to pursue her healthcare career.”

John Rankin shares: “After trying for literally 40 years to divide a property owned in common with 19 cousins on the coast of Maine, I finally succeeded. Now I have a house built in the early 1800s by my distant relatives to renovate. This should keep me busy for the next several years. Finding a contractor who is knowledgeable about and into renovating an old hand-hewn beam mortise and tenoned house in this remote part of Maine (an hour

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north of Acadia National Park) is a challenge. One contractor told me to contact the local fire department and have them come practice their firefighting skills while they burn it down, then build a new house. Not! You might as well put a dagger in my heart.” David Witter shares: “I’m off to the West Coast for a week in the California mountains deer hunting.

I’m quite sure everyone is bored of pictures of Dave and Connie with dead animals and whopper fish. So we’ll skip the photos. Hope the class is all doing well. Where Connie and I live, there are some great older (yes, older) Brooks grads, including friends Stu Tenney ’60 and Hugh Eaton ’57, P’88, to name but two. Still going strong. Hugh is a monster on the tennis court.

This spot — South Carolina’s Brays Island Plantation — was founded

by Sumner Pingree ’47, P’70 (d) and there has always been a strong Brooks connection. Drop by on your way South. Plenty of room.”

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Mr. George F. B. Johnson III gfbjohnson50@gmail.com Bob Hall P’03 shares: “Art Strawbridge, his wife, Doris, and Jay Stack joined us for dinner at

our house in Annisquam, Mass., on August 2 while en route to Maine.” 15 Frank Record shares: “My wife, Liz, and I are very proud to announce the birth of our first grandchild: Emma Libby Thews, born on July 28, 2025, weighing 6 pounds and 3 ounces.” 16

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Peter Van K. Doyle peterdoyle215@gmail.com Class correspondent Peter Doyle

writes: “Ellen and I spent the first two weeks of September at a rented home on the Atlantic shores of County Mayo, Ireland. A main focus was to visit Rossyvera, the Curley family home where our classmate Patrick Curley (d) spent a lot of time throughout his life. The historic estate is magnificent. While there,

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Patrick’s sister, Peggy, tried mightily to get us out on their boat to the little island on beautiful Clew Bay where Patrick’s ashes are located.

Unfortunately for us, high winds persisted for days, precluding a boat landing, something we plan to do next time, as we find ourselves in Ireland every six months of late.

Word reached me at press time that Chris Wright is planning his own Irish expedition in the next month or two.” Andy Caffrey P’02, P’06, P’10 shares: “After decades of hearing from others about how wonderful their grandchildren are, we have finally entered that club, courtesy of our youngest daughter, Julia ’10, and her husband, Edo. Walter was born in November 2024, and he is an absolute joy. We have a digital photo frame on the counter, which we refer to as ‘the Walter channel.’ [Flip ahead to photo 54 to see Walter!] We continue to enjoy retirement here in Woodstock, Vt., and spent the summer vegetable gardening, and I play tennis and golf. In September, we traveled to Provence for a decidedly different change of experience. Au revoir.”

Edward Streeter shares: “I took a two-year gap after graduating from Brooks, so my 50th college reunion didn’t roll around until this year.

I wasn’t planning on going, but a classmate in Brooklyn, N.Y., with whom I’ve stayed in touch over the years reached out to me. So Paula and I decided to go. As an incentive, I pointed out to Paula that the existence of Cornell University’s hotelkeeping school was a promising sign that the food would be reasonably good. We had a very nice time, one highlight being a talk given by Peter Kaestner, a classmate who was the first birder to see 10,000 bird species. His 10,000th was an orange-tufted spiderhunter that he managed to spot on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, in case you’re like me and enjoy knowing those sorts of things.

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While not quite in Luke’s league of accomplishments, he could tell a fun story or two. As is the case with absolutely every college reunion, the grand finale was a dinner where we were expected to bring both our appetites and our checkbooks. It was a buffet for four hundred in one of the gymnasiums. It was a big enough deal that the college president himself said some post-meal words. Before he spoke, though, the classmate who chaired the organizing committee gave a brief apology for the fact that they had run out of food. It was particularly embarrassing because Cornell actually teaches catering. Fortunately, I managed to stuff myself well before the shortage hit, thanks to one of the essential

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precepts I am indebted to Brooks for instilling in me: Always position yourself near the food source no matter what.” Steven Williams’ short story, “Alex Sees Him on the Water,” was a finalist for the 2025 Doris Betts Fiction Award. The story appears in the autumn 2025 issue of the North Carolina Literary Review (nclr.ecu.edu) and has been nominated for an O. Henry Award. 17

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‘Weight?’ A slightly off-campus location of deviance in our day.

Debbi and I enjoy a relatively calm life with a fair amount of family activity based in Rye Beach, N.H., and some wanderings here and there. Recently while making some extended family stops in Maine, we took the ferry out to Vinal and North Haven islands for a brief visit with Jamie Davisson and Charlie Pingree. It’s always a treat to see Brooks classmates and a pleasure to share a few moments of island life with them. This trip we missed seeing Sandy Andrews P’03, P’04 on the mainland as he was off on his annual extended sail to parts further North. We’ll make some calls after the new year and hope to see some of you at the May 2026 Brooks gathering for our 56th year out.” 18 David Kellogg updates: “My new spouse-ish, Karen, and I spent our first winter in Sarasota, Fla., deciding that car season needn’t grind to a halt when the salt trucks pepper New England roads. Along with my writing (‘Lost and Found: Seasons of The Heart’), I’ve become a judge for several clubs’ and venues’ Concours d’Élégance. We placed an entry on the show field for the first time in a long while and our car, a 1934 SS1 Touring Car (SS Cars became Jaguar in 1945), was very nicely received — an unexpected and welcome surprise. Still photographing actively and welcomed WILDFIRE!, a standard poodle pup into our midst last year. [She can be seen in 19 ] The breeder named her, but insightfully; she’s an alpha and we wouldn’t think to change her name or dim her spirit. I also played my first gig in more than 50 years last summer in New Hampshire.

Happy to have guitar in hand again and will be doing more of that. If you’re in Sarasota this winter, or Andover, Mass., during the summer, please stop by. Bonne chance!”

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Townsend U. Weekes Jr. t65weekes@gmail.com Jim Becker updates: “I am now an

emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, having spent 40-plus years studying the effects of various neurodegenerative diseases on brain structure and function. I retired during the COVID-19 unpleasantness and missed the current disaster of federal science (or lack of) policies. My friends and colleagues have not been so lucky. My wife, Mary Amanda Dew, who is also an emeritus professor, and I have been traveling more than I thought possible. We just returned from Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park and also spent a week in Iceland cruising around. I not only learned about what I was tripping over (agate, mostly) but that basalt is pronounced buh-salt and not bay-salt. And, some seabirds fly 10,000 miles to the island to lay one egg — as in less than two. They dive bomb anyone getting close to their nests. I also learned that landscape photography is way harder than it looks (less than 15 percent of photos are worth keeping) and that I really like Icelandic licorice (they even combine it with their chocolate). It really is the most beautiful country. 21 Our offspring

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are faring well. Ian is an economist (Finance) with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and does adjunct teaching at the Booth School. He is married to the wonderful Rebecca Fitzpatrick, who is a litigator at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago. Colin is working as a senior product manager at TransUnion, focusing on fraud analytics and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) models. He is considered an expert in synthetic fraud.

Ian and Becca have two children, Dagmar and Lovell, who are keeping them busy with school, swimming, soccer, birthday parties and playdates. I just went into our building’s courtyard and played with whomever, but that’s old-guy talk. Dagmar is in second grade and Lovell is now in kindergarten at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. We drive out to see them about every three months and then every year at Thanksgiving. I keep in regular contact with Mick Singleton, who turned me on to South Carolina women’s basketball.

Consequently, I am now a fan of the ‘W’ and of women’s international football (soccer to us). I fear for both college and high school sports.

Too much money and those darn traveling teams. Anyway, I am trying to learn as much as I can about landscape photography and have accounts at B&H and KEH Camera (if you know these, you’ll understand my pain). I have a completely

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Denis T. Wettlaufer DTWettlaufer@yahoo.com Reg Aubry writes: “I retired two

years ago. I spent decades in the software industry as a technical writer and then the last 15 years teaching math and robotics. A long way from my Greek and Latin days at Brooks! Now I spend my days experimenting with the various Artificial Intelligence models, drawing, writing and catching up on my backlog of science fiction. I had a delightful visit with Leigh Perkins ’81, P’14, P’18, this past May 22 and she gave me a tour of the new Brooks School. So many changes and yet so familiar. North Andover, Mass., was my hometown and I still stand in awe of all it gave to me.”

James Finely writes: “I am now a proud grandfather: Henry turned one a few weeks ago. I am traveling a fair amount in my retirement.

Jane and I took a two-week trip to New Zealand in February 2025.

The North and South islands are definitely worth visiting. Jane, our two son-in-law and I just completed a white water rafting trip down the Colorado River in Arizona’s Grand

Canyon National Park, which was a life changing experience! Next month, I will take a trip to Japan with my daughter, featuring a hiking trip ending in Kyoto. I look forward to showing her the house and grade school I attended before coming to Brooks in 1967.” Hank Hodges writes: “It has been a few years since I’ve updated our class. Vicki and I still live downtown Chicago with a winter dose of Charleston, S.C., warm weather, all the while still working at William Blair and playing golf and court tennis, and flyfishing. Our son Nick still works at The Village recording studios in Los Angeles. Several months ago, he earned sound engineer recording credits on Neil Young’s latest album, while playing gigs around LA with his own band. Just before writing this note, a few of us went to see The Who. ‘Tommy’ was featured, of course. The album came to us in 1969, a reverberating event throughout the school to say the least.” Bill Ray shares: “I am pleased to announce that my great niece, Shelby Buckler ’29, has started at Brooks as a member of this year’s third form. She is extremely excited about this opportunity. Shelby is also a very talented ice hockey player and should be a great asset

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coordinating and cajoling), I look forward to celebrating 100 years at Brooks this coming year.”

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Form of 1975 is still basking in the glory of the monumental conclave that was our 50th reunion in May 2025. And, for those who doubt it has been 50 years like me, I just checked my driver’s license again and yes — it has been 50 years since we graduated from Brooks School!

Thank you to all the attendees at the reunion and those that missed it: you were missed. But have no fear, our 75th is a mere 25 years away, so perhaps that is enough time for your planning?! I am already aware of classmates getting together to catch up, post-reunion. Wisner Murray had a nice lunch with Nathaniel Jackson and Bill Nahill in Newport, R.I., in August 2025. Mal Stone and I were unable to make it, but we have all agreed to assemble again and catch up. This is just one of the benefits and pleasures of reconnecting and sharing stories that only are enhanced over the years.

Glenn Stewart’s book, ‘Columbo Explains the Seventies: A TV Cop’s Pop Culture Journey,’ was reviewed in the Brown University magazine in Glenn’s class of 1979 notes. The class is reminded that it is for sale and makes for a good read. In the absence of further communications from classmates, this is all the news that is fit to print. Write, call, email, text or send smoke signals but do let me know what you are up to so I can share it with the class.”

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William A. Parker parkerhqj@me.com John Jay Buchtel writes: “We are

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brows, laughing through bitter dregs, calls us each to warmly meet old friends more adept at humor than we will ever be. Here they follow. Call their names and take the oars, let us follow their example. And that of masters teaching still the hopes of man and still his foibles, that we might celebrate the one and understand the other.

Cut a figure forward, boys. Rough times come but we are ready, having schooled on Great Pond Road.

VICTURI TE SALUTAMUS. Or leave me silent, as you choose. ‘He always was a bombast.’”

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Stephen M. Bliss stevebliss@optonline.net Rich Gealson updates: “I retired

and moved to San Diego, Calif., at the beginning of 2025 to be near my two daughters and two young grandchildren. I moved downtown, a change from being a suburbanite for three decades. I’m spending my days split between changing diapers and exploring the area, looking for museums, gardens and unusual adventures. My bicycles are getting a workout.” Hugh Jessiman reports: “Living the dream in Steamboat Springs, Colo., fly fishing, skiing, hunting and oh yeah, selling real estate.” Roger Jones, Mark Robinson P’08, P’13 and Rem Myers met up in Jamestown, R.I., during the summer, where Rem prepared a special drink concoction! 26

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Carl V. Nablo carl_nablo@hotmail.com From class correspondent Carl Nablo: “Greetings here from

Scottsdale, Ariz. As 2025 is entering the three-quarter mark, we are starting to have news of various 65th birthday celebrations from our classmates. Some are even threatening to retire … eventually. The review of those pursuits would require an extra page and is fascinating. Our class update includes news from both hemispheres and some extraordinary efforts by classmates. Our summer was one of adjustments after a 3 1/2 year stint of care for my father-inlaw. The last four months were the in-home hospice portion, which my bride and I managed extraordinarily well. We respected and honored a German and Canadian tradition of using the homestead for care of a respected and loved elder.

This work is not for cowards, but was an experience and part of life.

My father-in-law was born in 1932 in Germany/Lithuania. His formative years saw the worst of humanity. The toll of growing up in a conflict zone is immeasurable.

Something to consider in the state of the world today. We were blessed with a summer visit from Jay Hellmuth, who stayed a few days (before a trip to Las Vegas) with our ruined and spoiled Labrador, Koda, while Barbara and I had our first trip in four years to attend a monster wedding for a Bucknell University fraternity brother in Santa Barbara, Calif. Tragically, none of the fraternity brothers were allowed to tell stories during the festivities. Arthur Nahill writes: ‘It’s now been 20 years since my wife, Rhonda, and I dragged our two boys, then aged 6 and 3, to New Zealand.

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medicine doctor and clinical teacher, the last two decades as a hospital specialist in Auckland. My wife said that if I were to retire I needed a project to pursue and since I don’t play golf, bridge, Mah Jong or drink coffee (thus, no long hours spent in trendy cafes), I have taken on the crazy task of trying to preserve and reform the New Zealand public health system, a national treasure imminently threatened by the forces of privatization and politicization. Along with a friend and fellow doctor, we hatched the crazy idea of driving around the country in a second-hand ambulance, raising the alarm while simultaneously collecting people’s stories and suggestions for health reform (New Zealand is a small enough place where such quixotic endeavors are still possible). I’ve attached a few links for anyone interested: rnz. co.nz/news/national/559279/ hikoi-for-health-doctors-on-journey-to-change-new-zealand-s-public-health-system; rnz.co.nz/news/ national/561400/public-worried-about-creeping-health-privatisation-lack-of-preventative-care; healthreformnz.org. Apart from that, I keep busy writing poetry (currently working on my fifth book), walking my rescue dog, Tazzy, keeping up with my children’s trials and tribulations and trying desperately not to read the news. Although I do occasionally suffer pangs of survivor guilt, Rhonda and I renounced our American citizenship a few years ago. My heart goes out to friends and family back in the United States trying to survive the dismantling of American democracy.’ Blake Auchincloss writes: ‘A quick update from Vermont for the Bulletin: Summer in our new house in Vermont (courtesy of BA Architect; yes, that’s the retired version of me.

And my client was my wife, Lisa.) is a dream come true. Friends, family

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(especially our grandson, Andy) made a house into a home. Dinners together, sunsets, sailing regattas, volunteer work, watering our new landscape plantings and generally celebrating life; nothing more to ask for.’ 27 28 Peter de Menocal wrote earlier this summer: ‘As for me, I completed a wonderful 33-year career at Columbia University, where I sort-of came up from the mailroom, first as a doctoral student, then as an ocean and climate researcher, a faculty member, department chair and then dean of science. In 2020, I left my tenure at Columbia to become the 11th president and director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), which was established nearly a century ago.

This is in many ways a dream job for me. WHOI is the largest independent institution dedicated to ocean science, engineering and education in the world. Ours is an ocean planet and everything you care

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about snaps back to a healthy ocean.

For me, this was a time to meet the moment and help lead WHOI to pursue big ideas and provide actionable answers. It’s been the most exciting and rewarding time in my professional life and I’m likely to continue at it for many years to come. We’ve grown a lot in staff (now 1,200) and revenues (now $330 million) and have made some good progress with our capital campaign, which is still in the quiet phase ($400 million). The recordscratch statistic in this story is that WHOI is heavily reliant on federal funding with lots of projects and awards across many agencies, like many top research orgs. The past several months have included the most challenging moments of my life, personal or professional. You’ve all read about the deep cuts to science funding across all disciplines; they are real. There are many reasons this continues to affect me deeply, but a lasting one is that I see so many humanityaffirming values in science and in the people who do it here in Woods Hole and across the nation. A friend of mine here asked how I was doing.

I gave this very scattered answer: ‘I’m angry, I’m confused, I’m afraid, I am sad.’ He paused, looked at me and said, ‘Peter, this sounds a lot like grief.’ And in that moment, I was able to put those emotions in a box and move on to what has to be done. I’m a realist and a pragmatist, understanding that we are in a moment of rapid political and social change. The United States is, and has always been, a maritime nation and we will always need excellent ocean science and engineering talent. Still, there is much to be joyful and thankful for. My wife, Yuko, and I love our home and life in Woods Hole, Mass., a quirky, quaint, lovely New England fishing village trying its best not to look like the global center of oceanographic research that it is. We bought a little

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power boat to explore nearby islands, bays and hidden harbors of the Cape. Twin daughters, Ray and Maaya, go to college this year, one to Northeastern University (molecular biology, math and music) and the other to Connecticut College (likely literature, social work and music).

Both have played piano for a decade or so, and I love to hear them practice and compose on the home piano. I’ll really miss their sounds and voices echoing around the house, and we’re bracing for the empty nest phase, which starts in a week. But I also remember how exciting and adventurous that time was and am thrilled for them to be starting this great new chapter in their lives.’ Peter Keyser writes: ‘I am sort of semi-retired and fixing up my Maryland property, which I hope to sell in a few years and perhaps move northward as my daughters are both in Boston and New York City. Mollie, 28, is engaged to be married next September in Prout’s Neck, Maine.

She is very excited and much planning is in the works. Amanda, 30, is doing exceptionally well with Fundamental Advisors in New York City, a private equity firm that does great things for the world with solar energy and distressed real estate projects. A great investment with a solid return!’ Maynard Johnson writes: ‘We are still here in San Diego. My plan is to retire from full-time computer datacenter networking next year. I will be taking the two-month-long docent training on USS Midway Museum.

It is a wonderful ship. My youngest daughter, Chelsea, is getting married in the spring of 2026. Susan and I have rescued our fourth Labrador with the organization Labrador Rescues and will foster many more to find homes here in Southern California. The energy in the morning from these dogs is amazing.’”

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Clay deL. Landon landonclay1@gmail.com Class correspondent Clay Landon

reports: “We spent time in Jackson, Wyo., this past winter, which was made a little more comfortable with my socks from Brooks! 29 30 They kept me pretty warm during a snowshoeing trip and during some cross-country skiing. Also, the bigger news is that my wife and I are going to be grandparents.

Our son and his wife are expecting a boy in November 2025. Let the spoiling begin! Ned D’Angio wrote to tell me that he and his wife are leaving New York City. He said, ‘We have been here for two and a half years already. Time flies when you’re having fun and as you get older; ha!

We’re actually on the move again.

This fall, we’re heading back to San Francisco to live. It’s been almost 15 years since we lived in the city, so it’ll be familiar but different, too.

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here, but we both realize Northern California is our happy place.’ Randy Berzansky shared that when he is not in Louisville, Ky., working and spending time with his son, he spends as much time as his holiday/ weekend schedule allows on his sailboat, which is currently in Lake Michigan. Next to his son, sailing is his passion!”

notes come out, I’ll also have had a mini reunion with Nina DeJesus Bowman, Anne Wahr and Renuka Bahn Singh.”

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Eric J. Shah eric@shahfamilyusa.com ■ Craig J. Ziady craig@cummings.com Catherine Truman updates: “I’m

writing at the tail end of a two-week trip to Uganda, which has been totally amazing. Traveling has been my ‘mid-life crisis.’ I try to get three trips squeezed in each year. In May 2025, I spent two weeks in a remote area of Nepal called Mustang, which is basically a tiny enclave of traditional Tibetan culture on the north side of the Himalayan. Last Christmas, I spent three weeks in West Africa, in Senegal, Benin, Togo and Ghana. When not traveling, I am still running my architecture firm in Boston, doing custom residential work. By the time these

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Andrea M. Botur abotur@mac.com David Torrisi updates: “This old

dad finally has a child attending Brooks! My son, Jack ’29, started in September and I couldn’t be more proud or excited about it. 31 It’s been great to be on campus several times already, and I look forward to bumping into many classmates at Family Weekend/Alumni Homecoming this fall. The classes of ’85 and ’86 reunion next spring should be a fun time, as well!”

at the University of Denver, so our house just got very quiet. Had many great connections with Brooks alumni this summer, including our annual group picture from 4th of July on Great Island.” 13

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Thomas L. Armstead armsteadcapital@gmail.com Thomas Armstead P’22 shares: “I

have left lending and have launched ArmsteadCapital.com. We are a private-equity startup seeking to buy the thousands of businesses that baby boomers are selling at discounted prices. My daughter, Taylor, ’22 is doing great. She is working for her mom at the Hip Hop Film Festival.”

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We are so proud of her and excited to see what she accomplishes next at Virginia Tech [Virginia Poly­ technic Institute and State University]. She loved her time at Brooks. Our son, Sam, is a junior

daughter Reese living abroad in Perth, Australia, Joe Ward and I have a renewed reason to travel.

He visited her in Australia, where they enjoyed adventures in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Margaret River and Rottnest Island. Our son, Hale, and I met Reese in Phuket, Thailand, while visiting Coco Graage

Abby P. Shyavitz ashyavitz@gmail.com Julee Saltonstall Haley P’25 shares: “Our daughter, Emily ’25, graduated

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Andrew A. Garcia andrew.a.garcia@gmail.com Gannon Hunt Cooper writes:

“Political and corporate consultants by day … BBQ competitors by hobby.

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Cpl. Richard Andrew S. Farrer vols266@gmail.com ■ Christopher S. Rheault EB13@mac.com Class correspondent Chrisso Rheault

shares: “In June 2025, I was elected to the select board of my little town of Camden, Maine. I also took over as editor of a car-related magazine,

titled Pur Sang. Otherwise, I continue to enjoy life on the coast of Maine. This fall will be gearing up for our reunion events next spring, looking forward to catching up with lots of folks and celebrating the centennial.” Richard Andrew Farrer updates: “Life is good in Middle Tennessee. A lot of amazing events have occurred during the spring and summer: In April 2025, I awarded a Blackman High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Cadet with the National Awards from the Military Order of the Purple Heart and Sons of American Revolution. 37 In May, my wife,

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and had a great time. 39 Currently, I am getting ready for VetFest on October 4, 2025, in Brentwood, Tenn., and the 250th birthday celebration of the United States Marine Corps in Philadelphia, Penn., from November 7 to 11, 2025. Class of 1996, please get ready for the 30th reunion in May 2026. It’s going to be awesome!”

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Katrina, graduated from Rivier University with her MBA. 38 In June, I worked the Great Tennessee Airshow (Blue Angels), raising money for the Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation and then I took two veterans scuba diving to Panama City, Fla., in July, courtesy of my podcast, TSP – The Scuttlebutt. In August, I spent some time with Alex Haughton ’95 and his family. We went to a Nashville Soccer League game at Geodis Park in Nashville, Tenn.,

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Sarah M. Kipp vivenzio@gmail.com Andrea Goldberg Beaser writes:

“I live in Needham, Mass., with my husband, Mike, daughter Hannah, 15, and son Matthew, 11. 40 We all love playing tennis and enjoy going to the US Open!” Antonia Wright shares: “I have exciting news: I have been awarded the 2025 Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. This prestigious fellowship is presented to five artists who explore innovative approaches to technology and

new media. Currently, when federal and state funding for the arts is being cut, I am incredibly grateful to the Knight Foundation for supporting my practice.”

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March 2025, he was invited to present at the Association for Schools and Programs of Public Health’s annual meeting held outside of Washington, D.C. His presentation, “Transformative Training through Community-University Co-design: RE-orienting MPH Programs with Early Community Engagement,”

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informed about the importance of community engagement at the outset of the student public health journey as a way of rooting them in New Haven, Conn., and linking the work of local community based organizations to public health issues and practice. The presentation emphasized that community engagement should be at the forefront of research and practice, and therefore prioritized during new student orientation. Jason is the Director of the Community Impact Lab at Yale School of Public Health. 42

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celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. We met at Brooks in 1997 and have been together ever since! In addition, we’re the proud parents of two children, one of whom, Sebastian, has just started college at Yale University!” 43 44 Ali Lawler writes: “This summer, my family and I visited Jackson Hole, Wyo., where we stayed at Moose Head Ranch — owned and run by none other than Lindsay Davenport.

The scenery was breathtaking, the food was fantastic and best of all, we had a chance to spend time with Lindsay. Meanwhile, Lindsey Berking Vontz made her annual summer trip from Oakland, Calif., back to Boston. She, Kerry Nugent Dunbar and I enjoyed dinner together at Bernadette, a new restaurant in Salem, Mass., owned by fellow Brooksians Shanna Gupta Chambers ’02. It was such a treat to catch up with her in her beautiful new space.

I’m already looking forward to seeing everyone at our 25th reunion this spring!” Stephanie Kacoyanis updates: “In May 2025, I got married to a great guy named Lawrence (Larry) Wind! We had a ‘big fat

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Andrew W. Elliott drew.w.elliott@gmail.com Kyle Martin married Sara Jones in

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Jessica S. A. Kapadia jesskapadia@gmail.com Class Correspondent Jess Kapadia reports: “Iván Watanabe has been

awarded Forbes Best In State (New York) Financial Security Professional for the third time and just joined the Brooks alumni board. So proud of him for both of these outstanding achievements.

Charlie Davies will join ‘The Athletic’ as a featured writer through the 2026 FIFA World Cup. He’ll share stories, insights, behind-the-scenes moments and tons of other unique perspectives from his extraordinary career. Keep an eye out for those bylines! Tom Keery composed the soundtrack to an awesomely

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spicy Doritos ad featuring Walton Goggins — so cool! Vanessa Rathbone attempted a summit of the Grand Teton in Jackson, Wyo., which was quite an exhilarating experience. 46 Earlier in the 2025 summer, she and Caitlin Tamposi ’04 and Caroline Tamposi ’07 travelled to Italy for a 10-day self-guided backpacking trip around Puglia.

By all accounts it was an amazing and successful trip. 47 And I had an awesome get-together with Ahmet-Hamdi Cavusoglu ’05 and Pam Alvarez ’05 back in the spring 2025 and I am working on an exciting project with Chris Dunn, who has graciously forgiven me for repeatedly performing a hilarious song

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Kevin E. Jacobs kej210@gmail.com Zac Gordon shared a photo 48 from

a group trip to Mexico last spring with many of the 2006 crew and their families. Pictured are Duncan Will and daughter Blair; Zac and daughter Fiona; Chris Mercurio and daughter Dakota; McCabe Walsh and daughter Penelope; Alex Ducas and daughter Elsie. Kevin Izzo and Rebecca Shirley ’10 welcomed their daughter, Colby, in February 2025. 49 Kaitlyn Conway Kreatz and husband, Michael, welcomed their son, Patrick, to their family in June

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Pursuing Professional Passions

In her 30s, Alice Grant Alberts ’10 took on the challenge of becoming a professional triathlete with little experience or exposure to the industry.

Professional triathlete Alice Grant Alberts ’10 won two overall age group Ironmans and placed third overall female amateur at the Ironman World Championship in St George, Utah, in 2021 — her very first year on the circuit. Alberts, who played soccer, ice hockey and lacrosse at Brooks (and was Academic All American in lacrosse before matriculating to Hamilton College), had little experience in the water or on the bike. But that wasn’t a deterrent for the natural athlete.

In 2022, Alberts quit her job as a primary care nurse practitioner to train and coach full time. The Boston resident went on to win two Ironman races, now as a professional, in 2023 and finished the Ironman Pro Series 2024 season in 9th place globally. During the 2025 season, she placed fourth at the

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“As a Brooks student, I did not even know you could have a fulfilling career as a professional triathlete. I didn’t even know that as a college student!” Alberts said.

“If I can stress one thing, it’s that you are never too old to chase your

dreams and that you should always take a chance on yourself.”

What sparked your desire to become a professional triathlete?

I never thought I would be a professional athlete and my story is a lot different than most professional triathletes. After graduating from college, I went straight into a master’s program at Yale University to become a nurse practitioner. During this time, I discovered that running was my favorite stress reliever and got into running marathons. From 2016 to 2019, I ran seven marathons … and then COVID-19 happened. As one can imagine, working as a primary care nurse practitioner was mentally and physically challenging during COVID-19. While a lot of my friends were off exploring new places and working remotely, my husband and I stayed in Boston so I could see patients. We would escape to New Hampshire on the weekends and got really into biking. It was then that we decided together to sign up for an Ironman for a new, fun challenge. We thought we would be “one and done,” but after I won that first race, I was absolutely hooked. I started to consider becoming a professional after I won my second race in late 2021 and then took the leap mid-2022. I did not want to look back on my life and think “what if?” I’m so glad I took the chance on myself.

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What has been the biggest challenge during this professional pursuit? The biggest challenge for me was wrapping my head around transitioning from a “typical” 8 a.m to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday day job as a primary care nurse practitioner to an all-encompassing, seven-days-a-week job of a professional triathlete. I have a coach and that keeps me accountable. But I am very much in charge of making sure that my work gets done every day and it is up to me to hold myself to a certain standard.

Training to swim, bike and run is the biggest part of my job, but so is fueling enough and recovering/ sleeping enough. As someone who doesn’t “chill” or sit still very well, it was an adjustment accepting the fact that relaxing and recovering is now a big part of my job.

What is your training schedule and how did you manage to fit in your training while working full time? Fortunately for me, my training is my full-time job. I also coach age group triathletes, which I love, but that is virtual and very flexible, allowing me to put most of my focus on my training. I train about 22 to 28 hours per week and each day is different. I tend to bike five to six days a week, run four

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days a week, swim five to six days a week and do two strength workouts per week.

Left: Presently, Alice Grant Alberts ’10 is a professional triathlete. Right: She’s seen here on the top of a pile of 2010 Brooks lacrosse teammates.

How did you feel when you crossed that first finish line in 2021? I was proud to be an Ironman! I had the goal of qualifying for Kona (the IRONMAN World Championship 2022) at that race, but I never once thought I could win. My coach and husband had told me that it was possible, but I didn’t even want to think about that. My goal was to have fun, be proud of the work I had put in to get to that point and finish feeling proud of the race I put together — and that’s how I felt when I finished. I actually think my first thought when I finished was about my husband and how he was doing out there, as he was also racing!

ing a professional triathlete was in 2021 when I was 30 years old!

When you were a Brooks student, did you ever foresee yourself becom­ing a professional triathlete? Never. I have always loved sports and competition. I chose Hamilton College after graduating from Brooks because I wanted to play lacrosse, but I never once thought my athletic pursuits would continue beyond college. The first time I ever even considered becom-

Was there anyone from your Brooks days who encouraged you to push yourself to your physical limits through this career? When I was at Brooks, I was still deciding what I wanted to do with my life. I played three sports at Brooks and even then, just loved being active. My first true exposure to running was while I was at Brooks because Coach (Faculty Emeritus Bob Morahan P’93, P’96) would send us out on a “long” run on Mondays during soccer practice. Admittedly, we would sneak walk breaks when he wasn’t watching … I think if you were to tell my younger self that I went on to become a professional triathlete, I would have thought you were kidding. I get to exercise all day for a living?! Too good to be true!

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Monica N. Thibault mberube18@gmail.com Kamilah Welch updates: “This

past May 2025, I graduated with a master’s degree in design studies in design for human health from the Boston Architectural College (BAC) and published a short book of poetry called ‘mindbalm.’ The beautiful Kristine Shaw ’07 and I meet regularly for dates. I recently joined the BAC faculty as well, very grateful to God.”

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Rosemary L. Berardino rberardi92@gmail.com ■ Henry R. S. Hawkings hrshdc@gmail.com

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Jimmy Elliott’s wedding in March 2025. Note the Brooks graduation neckties in the photo! Brooksians in attendance were: Osayi Menzies, Tom Ferlito, Nicole Mallen Jackson ’95, Albert Nascimento, Harry Hawkings, Aaron Niles, Bridget Lahey Simmons, Margaret Klein, Eliza Perocchi Almagro, Olivia King Cottell, Emily French Breakey ’03, Rachael Burke, Naomi Smith Schlossberg and Rosie Berardino. 52 Nicole Kisner Mills shares that she and her husband, Chris, live in Yarmouth, Maine, with their two children, Leo and Madeline. Kat Barker Bacon and her husband, Wells, live in Cumberland, Maine, with their daughter, Birdie.

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For the second consecutive year, Phil Doyle has won the Jeff Saunders Invitational, contested this year at Missouri’s Big Cedar Lodge. James Williams and his wife, Meredith, welcomed a baby girl, Jean, to their family in January 2025. 55 She loves to smile and stare at her stuffed animal Koala bear, named Keith. James also made a professional transition, leaving TikTok and joining a Boston-based Artificial Intelligence music startup called Suno. Both he and the family will remain in New York City.

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Madden in May 2025. Brooksians in attendance were CJ Smith ’12, Johnny Gratton, Andrew Bruno, Daniel Smith, Allie Barry, Lyndsay Domoracki, Ben Shirley, Ellie Olsen, Emilie Klein, Ara Bilazarian ’11, Diana (Saryan) Balekian ’00 and Valerie Saryan ’03. A special detail is that Ben (Brooks garage bandmate) played the piano as Ani walked

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Gabriella G. Garozzo gabigarozzo@gmail.com Gabi Garozzo shared: “Along with

receiving my bachelor’s degree from Babson College in spring 2025, I was the recipient of the Roger W. Babson award. This award is presented to the graduating senior who has excelled in scholarship, co-curricular activities and leadership. It is the college’s most prestigious award for a senior.” 62

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South Africa studying abroad and shared: “During my time abroad in Cape Town, South Africa, I was especially inspired by the city’s culture. I visited the historic museums, learning about the poignant history of Apartheid. I attended iconic summer concerts and movie nights at the beautiful Kirstenbosch botanical gardens. I hiked the mountains surrounding the city, admiring the gorgeous views at the top. I made sure to try as many different types of foods reflecting the diversity of cultures the city hosts. My favorite days were

the ones where I visited its beautiful white sand beaches for sunset picnics — but avoided the freezing cold water. I especially surprised myself when I was convinced to go paragliding for the very first time, something I am so glad I did! The nature of the program allowed me to immerse myself completely in a culture I previously knew nothing about; but am now proud to say I got to experience.” 63 64

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2001 Stephanie Kacoyanis + Lawrence Wind May 2025 2003 Kyle Martin + Sara Jones June 2025 2010 Carly Churchill + Jimmy Elliott March 2025 2013 Ani Bilazarian + Charlie Madden May 2025 Matt Hurchik + Claudia Vargas Hurchik September 2025 2015 Felicia Cafua + Ashkan Kehtrmanesh May 2025

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2006 Kaitlyn Conway Kreatz Son Patrick June 2025

1953 George S. Gordon Jr. Concord, Mass.

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1970 Peter H. Vermilye Jr. Somerville, Mass.

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2006 + 2010 Kevin Izzo ’06 and Rebecca Shirley ’10 Daughter Colby February 2025

1956 Joseph W. Ford North Andover, Mass.

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1978 Clifford A. Smith Missoula, Mont.

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1961 Jonathan F. Orser Perrysburg, Ohio May 26, 2025

1983 James B. Richardson Gray, Maine June 20, 2020

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1969 Thomas G. Gallatin Jr. Greenvale, Maine October 2025

1999 Hong S. Yang Los Angeles, Calif.

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The Henry Luce III Library is set to undergo a significant renovation, commencing this winter with completion expected in fall 2026. The redesigned main and second floors will feature five new classrooms, an academic commons with faculty offices and learning centers, enhanced study and technology support area, as well as a staffed library circulation desk. The basement will house a culled collection of books and preserved archive spaces that better utilize the current footprint.

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