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Principal Thomas E.Hassan ’56,’66,’70,’06(Hon.);P’11 Director of Communications Julie Quinn Editor Karen Ingraham Staff Writers Mike Catano, Alice Gray, Nicole Pellaton, Famebridge Witherspoon
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Features 18 | ‘A BUILDING WITHOUT A COUNTERPART’ Modernizing Phillips Hall with the past in mind By Karen Ingraham
Class Notes Editor Janice M. Reiter Editorial Assistant Susan Goraczkowski Creative Director/Design David Nelson, Nelson Design
26 | NO BOUNDARIES Six alumnae entrepreneurs share their startup stories By Craig Morgan ’84
Contributing Editor Edouard L. Desrochers ’45, ’62 (Hon.) Communications Advisory Committee Daniel G. Brown ’82, Robert C. Burtman ’74, Dorinda Elliott ’76, Alison Freeland ’72, Keith Johnson ’52, Yvonne M. Lopez ’93 TRUSTEES President G. Thompson Hutton ’73 Vice President Eunice Johnson Panetta ’84 Wole C. Coaxum ’88, Flobelle Burden Davis ’87, Marc C. de La Bruyère ’77, Walter C. Donovan ’81, John A. Downer ’75, Mark A. Edwards ’78, Jonathan W. Galassi ’67, Thomas E. Hassan ’56, ’66, ’70, ’06 (Hon.); P’11, Jennifer P. Holleran ’86, David R. Horn ’85, Alan R. Jones ’72, William K. Rawson ’71, Dr. Nina D. Russell ’82, Robert S. Silberman ’76, J. Douglas Smith ’83, Della Spring ’79, Morgan C. Sze ’83, and Remy White Trafelet ’88 The Exeter Bulletin (ISSN No. 0195-0207) is published four times each year: fall, winter, spring, and summer, by Phillips Exeter Academy, 20 Main Street, Exeter NH 03833-2460, 603-772-4311. Periodicals postage paid at Exeter, NH, and at additional mailing offices. Printed in the USA by Cummings Printing. The Exeter Bulletin is printed on recycled paper and sent free of charge to alumni/ae, parents, grandparents, friends, and educational institutions by Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH. Communications may be addressed to the editor; email bulletin@exeter.edu. Copyright 2013 by the Trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy. ISSN-0195-0207 Postmasters: Send address changes to: Phillips Exeter Academy, Records Office, 20 Main Street, Exeter, NH 03833-2460.
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Departments 4 Around the Table: Trustee roundup, decoding ancient papyri, campus life at a glance, East-West classroom collaboration, and more. 10 Table Talk with Eimer Page, PEA’s director of global initiatives 15 Exoniana: Winter reminiscences 16 Exonians in Review: In One Person by John Irving ’61 Reviewed by Mary Rindfleisch ’73 32 Sports: Game Strategy Gets High-Tech by Mike Catano Plus, PEA training videos and fall sports roundup.
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36 Connections: News and Notes from the Alumni/ae Community 38 Profiles: Thomas Reckford ’60, Robin (Kelley) Kelson ’77 and Sarah Milkovich ’96 102 Memorial Minute: Alan Vrooman, emeritus chair of the Department of English 104 Finis Origine Pendet: Musings in Nature Poems by Sarah Chisholm ’14 and Grace Yin ’15
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