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BULLETIN THE MAG A ZINE OF CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL
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WINTER ’15
Choate Rosemary Hall Bulletin is published fall, winter, and spring for alumni, students and their parents, and friends of the School. Please send change of address to Alumni Records and all other correspondence to the Communications Office, 333 Christian Street, Wallingford, CT 06492-3800. Choate Rosemary Hall does not discriminate in the administration of its educational policies, athletics, other school-administered programs, or in the administration of its hiring and employment practices on the basis of age, gender, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, or non-job-related handicap. Printed in U.S.A. 1415-066/17.5 M Editorial Offices T: (203) 697-2252 F: (203) 697-2380 E-mail: alumline@choate.edu Website: www.choate.edu Director of Strategic Planning & Communications Alison J. Cady Editor Lorraine S. Connelly Design and Production David C. Nesdale Class Notes Editor Henry McNulty ’65 Communications Assistant Britney G. Cullinan Photography Vincent Jones Ian Morris Ross Mortensen Laura K. Morton Contributors Audrey Alt Aitran Doan ’13 William T. Generous Seth Hoyt ’61 Katharine H. Jewett G. Jeffrey MacDonald ’87 Henry McNulty ’65 Magaly Olivero Andrea Thompson Peed Wende Valentine ’92 Lindsay Whalen ’01
Choate Rosemary Hall Board of Trustees 2014-2015 Samuel P. Bartlett ’91 Michael J. Carr ’76 George F. Colony ’72 Alex D. Curtis P ’17 Thompson Dean P ’14, ’18 Borje E. Ekholm P ’17 David R. Foster ’72 Robert B. Goergen, Jr. ’89 John F. Green ’77 Linda J. Hodge ’73, P ’12 Brett M. Johnson ’88 Vanessa Kong-Kerzner P ’16 Cecelia M. Kurzman ’87 Edward O. Lanphier ’74, P ’04 Gretchen Cooper Leach ’57 James A. Lebovitz ’75, P ’06, ’10 Kewsong Lee ’82 Patrick J. McCurdy ’98 Robert A. Minicucci ’71 Peter B. Orthwein ’64 Marshall S. Ruben P ’07, ’08, ’10 Henry K. Snyder ’85 Jeanette Sublett P ’07, ’10, ’13 Life Trustees Charles F. Dey P ’78, ’81, ’83 Bruce S. Gelb ’45, P ’72, ’74, ’76, ’78 Edwin A. Goodman ’58 Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. ’57, P ’84 Cary L. Neiman ’64 Stephen J. Schulte ’56, P ’86 Edward J. Shanahan P ’92, ’95 William G. Spears ’56, P ’81, ’90 Editorial Advisory Board Judy Donald ’66 Howard R. Greene P ’82, ’05 Michelle Judd Rittler ’98 Dorothy Heyl ’71, P ’07 Seth Hoyt ’61 Henry McNulty ’65 John Steinbreder ’74 Monica St. James P ’06 Francesca Vietor ’82 Heather Zavod P ’87, ’90
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BRAVO! My hat’s off to Jeff MacDonald ’87 for his great job on the history of the School, now being serialized in the Bulletin. Kudos to you all. Tom Generous Carrboro, North Carolina [Editor’s Note: William T. Generous, Faculty Emeritus, is the author of Choate Rosemary Hall: A History of the School (1994)]
WELL ROWED, MR. SYLVESTER! When I tell people I went to Choate, I am always asked whether I rowed there, and I always find it hard to explain why I didn’t. Indeed, I wished I had started there, and your history of the sport at Choate [Fall 2014 Bulletin, “100 Years of Crew”] certainly made me wish that even more. I could tell from your words how much rowing has meant to you, and the same is true for me. A great crew coach helps impart the deep and indelible life lessons that come from a sport that asks the oarsmen to bring his best, fiercest individual effort, while at the same time blending in seamlessly with his teammates to help the boat move faster. I am confident that a long line of Choate oarsmen got that unique combination of life skills from you, just as I did from Harry Parker [Harvard’s crew coach]. J. Hovey Kemp ’72 San Francisco, California [Editor’s Note: J. Hovey Kemp began rowing at Harvard. He rowed in the varsity heavyweight eights in 1975 and 1976 and was named captain of Harvard’s 1976 crew team. Both boats finished undefeated and won the national title, landing stories in the pages of Sports Illustrated. Kemp was elected to Harvard’s Athletics Hall of Fame Class 1998. ]
MYSTERY SOLVED! Ten alumni wrote in to suggest who the unidentified students might be in the 1961 photo on pp. 18-19 of the Spring 2014 Bulletin. The overwhelming consensus is that the seated student with his back to the camera is Tim Fullam ’61 and the standing student to the right is Bill Chapin ’62. Even Bill Chapin ’62 agrees. Judy Donald ’66 School Archivist