FENN Magazine: The Ward Years (Winter 2018)

Winter 2018

— Celebrating a Legacy —

The Ward Years

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Dear Members of the Fenn Community: Over the past twenty-five years, I’ve composed scores of Headmaster’s Letters for the Fenn magazine. While writing has never come easily to me, creating these letters always proved interesting as the magazine engaged topics integral to the lives of Fenn boys, teachers, and alumni, reflecting the vibrant life of the School. My first letter for The Fenn Bulletin, as it was named at the time, was written back in 1993. Fenn School was then just sixty-four years old. And I, the new and earnest headmaster, was twenty-two years younger than the School.

Now, as I write this final letter in 2018, Fenn is in its eighty-ninth year. And as its headmaster-author, I’m far from new, still a bit earnest, I hope, and, well, I’ll leave it to you, dear reader, to do the arithmetic for my age.

As I introduce this edition of the Fenn magazine, now known as FENN, I write in almost a state of disbelief that two and a half decades have passed since my first installment. And with some selfconsciousness, I’m charged to note that the focus of this edition of FENN is a retrospective on my wife and educational partner Lorraine’s years and mine at Fenn. I trust the accounts will fully reflect the truth of the matter that all of our efforts were done in unison with so many dedicated and selfless members of the Fenn community.

When I find it impossible to capture in words the fullness of my thoughts and emotions, I often borrow those of others who are more eloquent. All who have attended our All School Meetings and Thanksgiving Gatherings, or who have read my letters home to parents across the years, know that I am a fan of poetry that is accessible and beautiful. For me, the poetry of Robert Frost is just that. And of Frost’s poems, there is one I find to be most poignant. It is titled “Birches,” and I’ve read it countless times.

In these past two and a half decades at Fenn, as I have watched boys run with energy and grace across our fields and campus, seen them grow into young men as they climb the ladder of Fenn, and then welcomed them back as returning alumni with full lives enriched by professions, partners, and families, it has evoked a spiritual resonance that Frost’s words call forth as well. Thus, for me, the life of Fenn boys and Frost’s poem, excerpted here, have become near fused into one.

Yes, one could do worse than be a swinger of birches, these lucky Fenn boys and, yes, this fortunate Headmaster and his beloved wife. Fenn, in all of my and Lorraine’s time at this school we have so loved, has been filled with joyous boys with promising lives, each of whom has grown, or soon will grow, into a young man. And, poised, they fling outward from boyhood into the world beyond Fenn.

To witness their graceful, boyish ascent and to have been part of the arc of their lives is a gift beyond words that Lorraine and I kept and treasured in our shared heart. As Lorraine so often reflected, and as I continue to know, we are so deeply fortunate to have received the gift of serving this school for boys and to have done so with so many fine, dedicated, and inspiring members of this cherished school community.

With lasting gratitude,

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Birches

by Robert Frost When I see birches bend to left and right Across the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.

But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay As ice-storms do.

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And they seem not to break; though once they are bowed So low for long, they never right themselves: You may see their trunks arching in the woods Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground •••••

I should prefer to have some boy bend them As he went out and in to fetch the cows— Some boy too far from town to learn baseball, Whose only play was what he found himself, Summer or winter, and could play alone.

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… He always kept his poise To the top branches, climbing carefully…

Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish, Kicking his way down through the air to the ground So was I once myself a swinger of birches.

And so I dream of going back to be.

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I’d like to go by climbing a birch tree, And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again.

That would be good both going and coming back.

One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.

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EDITOR AND LEAD WRITER Jennifer Everett FEATURES WRITER Laurie O’Neill SPORTS WRITER Brenda Dupont MAGAZINE DESIGN Dan Beard INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN Mary-Lynne Bohn

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PHOTOGRAPHY Olivia Boger Alicia Braga Jennifer Everett Ellen Harasimowicz Tim Llewellyn Tony Santos Joshua Touster EDITORIAL BOARD Olivia Boger Derek Boonisar Anne Ames Boudreau Jennifer Everett Verónica Jorge-Curtis Bobby Nasson Jerry Ward

FENN FEATURES: Celebrating The Ward Years

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A Grateful Community Honors a Beloved Headmaster

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The Inspiring Partnership of Jerry and Lorraine Ward

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Campus Transformation of 25 years

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SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY NEWS

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Around Campus

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Alumni News and Class Notes

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Former Faculty and Staff News

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Military Veterans Honored

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In Memoriam FENN is published twice a year for alumni, parents, and friends of the School. Letters and comments are welcomed and can be sent to the attention of the FENN Editorial Board, The Fenn School, 516 Monument Street, Concord, MA 01742, alumni@fenn.org, 978-318-3525.

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A Beloved Headmaster, A Grateful Community Celebrating Jerry Ward’s 25 Years of “Passionate and Selfless Stewardship” by lA uR iE O ’ nEill IT IS SAID THA T JA WA HA R LA L NEHR U ,

the first prime minister of India and

the architect of the modern Indian nation-state, was once asked by a reporter, “To what do you attribute your success?” Nehru replied this way: “I didn’t take side trips.”

Fred Lovejoy ’51, a trustee emeritus and the father of Ted ’95, recalls that exchange when reflecting on Jerry Ward’s long and successful tenure at Fenn. “Jerry didn’t take side trips,” Fred declares. “Fenn was his focus.”

As Jerry retires this summer after guiding the close-knit Fenn community for twenty-five years, congratulations on his accomplishments and expressions of how much he has meant to the School and to the hundreds of boys he has shepherded are pouring in from the extended Fenn community.

Jerry’s two and a half decades as headmaster are unusual in today’s educational climate and are a remarkable achievement.

“His ambitions for Fenn have been unwavering,” says Rob Gustavson, former assistant headmaster and currently head of Fay School, “and his resolve for accomplishing them has been steadfast.”

When presenting remarks to honor Jerry at a 2008 Years of Service Dinner

for Fenn faculty and staff, Rob shared a favorite poem by Robert Hayden, the American poet, essayist, and educator.

The verses describe the speaker’s father, who “on Sundays, too,” would rise early and put on his clothes in the “blueblack cold” to go to work so he could keep his family warm and fed.

The final lines reflect that the poet would not come to appreciate his father’s sacrifice until years later: “What did I know, what did I know/of love’s austere and lonely offices?”

Rob said that evening that he knew enough about the life of a headmaster “to be certain that midst your joys and satisfactions, both public and private… you have also performed countless

Jerry walking the campus during his early days at Fenn

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austere and lonely offices.” On behalf of the Fenn community, he wanted to thank Jerry “for his passionate and selfless stewardship.”

The stewardship of Fenn’s fifth headmaster has been multi-faceted. There has been the Jerry Ward who has driven multiple capital campaigns, inspired countless volunteers, from parents to trustees, and overseen the School during a period of substantial growth in capital drives, Annual Fund, endowment, buildings and grounds, faculty and staff, and enrollment.

In total, Fenn has raised nearly $73 million under Jerry’s leadership to support areas including diversity, faculty salary endowment, professional development, financial aid endowment, program enhancement, and capital improvements.

The results of Jerry’s tireless fundraising efforts “have been transformative and have essentially guaranteed Fenn’s future,” says Nancy Beaulieu, a former trustee, co-chair of the Boys at the Heart campaign, and mother of two Fenn graduates.

Dick Connolly, a trustee emeritus and the father of three alumni, joined the

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board as soon as Jerry arrived at Fenn.

One of Jerry’s first major decisions was to launch the Opening Doors capital campaign “to begin the work of building an endowment, raising money for capital projects, and ensuring that faculty salaries and benefits were competitive,” according to Ann Marie Connolly, a member and former chair of the Board of Visitors who, with her husband, co-chaired the campaign.

“It was the start of a journey for Dick and Jerry that would last for the next twenty years,” says Ann Marie.

In the early days of the campaign, the two men “would call on current parents and Fenn alumni three or four nights a week, telling their story and asking for support,” she adds.

It was the beginning of the School being led vigorously into the world of philanthropy, and “this work continues today,” says Ann Marie, “ensuring that Fenn remains healthy and viable for the next generation of boys.”

During Jerry’s tenure, the campus has been transformed, while its traditional white clapboarded look and country

feel, with ample greenspace, have been preserved. Fenn “retains the character of a small, intimate school for boys,” says Pam Boll, a trustee emerita and the mother of three alumni. “It remains a place where all kinds of boys—the athletic, the shy, the musical, the mathematical, and the intellectual—flourish.”

Walter Birge, who preceded Jerry as headmaster, says he views his successor as “the second founder of Fenn.” In 1993, Walter explains, “Jerry began to prepare the School for the 21st century. He realized that the physical plant needed rethinking and expansion in order to meet the needs of a larger school and the coming electronic era.”

Due to “Jerry’s forethought and his ability to inspire Fenn’s supporters,” Walter says, “Fenn has been ‘refounded’ as a 21st century school, but with all of those key values of Roger Fenn’s vision firmly in place.”

There has been the Jerry Ward who has served on a number of external education and other not-for-profit boards, including nine years on the board of directors of the Association for

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“Due to Jerry’s forethought and his ability to inspire its supporters, Fenn has been ‘refounded’ as a 21st century school, but with all of those key values of Roger Fenn’s vision firmly in place.”

– Walter Birge, former headmaster

Independent Schools in New England (AISNE) and two of these years as board president. Jerry’s contributions to AISNE also included six years on its Membership Committee that reviews and determines independent school accreditations, and he has served on, and in many cases chaired, numerous AISNE and New England Association of Schools and Colleges visiting teams as part of the school accreditation process.

Among other roles, Jerry has chaired the Board of Overseers of Walnut Hill School for the Arts and served as a trustee of the Charles River School, Catholic Memorial High School, the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School, The Advent School, and the Concord Free Public Library. He also has been a mem-

ber of the board of visitors of Lawrence Academy, Worcester Academy, and the Rectory School and the board of corporators of Emerson Hospital in Concord.

There has also been the Jerry Ward who, colleagues say, reaches out to the individuals who comprise the Fenn community and takes their welfare seriously.

“Nothing has been too big or too small for Jerry when it has to do with another person’s wellbeing,” says Tete Cobblah, Fenn’s director of diversity for 32 years.

Jerry “makes an effort to learn a person’s name and to learn about his or her life, happiness, and sorrows, which he makes his own. It is one thing to care, but it is extraordinarily generous for a leader to reach out to draw in another human being this way,” says Tete.

“What I have appreciated about Jerry as headmaster is that he is eminently affirming and supportive of you professionally and personally, which gives you great confidence as you manage your responsibilities at school and beyond,” says Derek Boonisar, associate headmaster and head of the Upper School, who will succeed Jerry this summer.

Pat Hall has been Jerry’s assistant for his entire twenty-five years at Fenn. She notes his “calm and gentle manner with everyone he deals with in every situation,” and says that “Jerry is gentle, he is thoughtful, he listens, and he trusts me to do my job to the best of my ability.”

Pat is particularly grateful for the care Jerry showed her when her husband became ill and was hospitalized before

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passing away. “He was there to support me, encourage me, and check in with me through that awful time,” she says. “I will remember that always.”

Faculty member Dave Sanborn says that in Jerry’s actions, “I have always seen a constancy of purpose and a generosity with his time. He demonstrates a direction and level of commitment that make clear the path we will take at Fenn.” Dave adds that he has been “gratified and reassured to be working with a principled head in a wholesome school environment.”

Seeing to it that “the needs of boys and faculty have been met in concrete ways must have taken so much energy,” observes former Lower School teacher Kathy Starensier, parent of two Fenn alumni. “I will always think of Jerry as a fair man, earnestly trying to meld individual needs with the needs of the community.”

Jim Carter ’54, who taught for forty years at Fenn and volunteers in the archives, points out that Jerry “always had high expectations for how we conducted ourselves at school and how invested we were in becoming more professional in our teaching,” and that he also “knew who we were outside of school and always recognized that that part of our lives was very important.”

One of Anne Romney’s “greatest honors” was serving as Parents Association president during Jerry’s tenure, she says. “To sit with him oneon-one in his office was a privilege I embraced,” declares Anne, the mother of alumnus Tory Hayes ’02, who is the School’s interim director of admissions and financial aid. “When Jerry talks to you, he is utterly present—no easy feat for a man with such vast responsibilities.”

Even community members who predated Jerry’s tenure say they are

made to feel a part of the present Fenn School. “Jerry gratefully acknowledges and openly honors our contributions to the School’s past,” say Mark and Jane Biscoe, former faculty and past parents.

“He and the Fenn family have never allowed us to feel ‘old.’ This has helped so much to bring us back and contribute our time to helping out.”

Over the years, many alumni have come back to Fenn to teach and coach, and they have known Jerry as both their headmaster and colleague. Harris Rosenheim ’02, former director of alumni giving and alumni relations, says that engaging with Jerry was “extremely rewarding, as I could regularly observe his incredible day-to-day work ethic, laserfocused vision, compassion for every teacher and boy, and commitment to the growth of the School and the community.”

“Jerry does an amazing job demonstrating deep care for and interest in all

“Jerry is the perfect role model for faculty and staff due to his personal character, which is always in sync with the values of the School.”

– Nat Carr ’97, head of the Lower School

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of us,” says Nat Carr ’97, head of the Lower School. “When you have a conversation with him, he first asks you about your family and later you realize you have been standing there for twenty minutes talking about yourself.”

Jerry is “the perfect role model for faculty and staff because his personal character is in sync with the values of the School,” Nat says.

The headmaster’s interest in and concern for the extended Fenn family throughout his years leading the School is part of the reason he received such an outpouring of support when his wife, Lorraine, who was deeply involved in life at Fenn, lost her elevenyear battle with Stage IV breast cancer in March 2017.

Jerry shared with Lorraine a “deep and abiding love and respect, which sustained them through the ups and downs of her illness,” say the Connollys.

The headmaster spoke movingly at his wife’s memorial service last spring, “as only he, with his enduring love and gift for writing and speaking, could,” notes Mary-Wren vanderWilden, former chair of the Board of Trustees and the mother of three alumni.

There has been the Jerry Ward who every year spends weeks writing personal reflections for all of the Fenn graduates, celebrating each one’s unique gifts and contributions to the School. At year’s end, he delivers the comments to the boys, who sometimes blush with pride as they stand, their parents beaming in the audience, to hear their headmaster’s words.

Mary-Wren says she once suggested to Jerry that he rethink the tradition of writing the reflections, which is so timeconsuming at a busy time of the school year, especially as the number of graduates has been between sixty and seventy in recent years. But Jerry insisted to her that he “eminently enjoys” celebrating the boys this way.

There has been the Jerry Ward who sings on stage at the annual Martin Luther King celebration and assembly, sometimes even in Spanish (“with a distinctly Jamaica Plain accent,” notes Rob Gustavson), and who appears, as a surprise, among the ensemble in Fenn’s annual production of A Christmas Carol. This year, he played Ebenezer Scrooge—much to the delight of the boys. (Walter Birge played the Ghost of Christmas Past and Derek Boonisar the Ghost of Christmas Future.)

Jerry’s self-effacing sense of humor is “part of the secret sauce” that makes him a successful leader, says Mary-Wren.

“He is the first to laugh at himself in a genuine way and to see humor in a difficult situation.”

Most of those who work with Jerry, says Mary-Wren, are aware that he is not known for his brevity. She had to ask the headmaster to stick to a time limit at board meetings, a request she found difficult to make. However, instead of becoming “a point of tension,” the situation became a good-natured running joke, she says. Jerry would take out his phone and put out two watches, and then would, “in a witty way,” beg Mary-Wren for a few more minutes. He would high five her when he came in under the limit.

“His wonderful sense of humor allowed us to be honest with one another and have fun while addressing challenging issues,” says Mary-Wren.

And there has also been the Jerry Ward whom grateful parents commend for his thoughtfulness and approachability. He and the School “have been my second family,” declares Vichenny Keo-Sam, whose three sons have graduated from Fenn; the fourth is a sixth grader. “I feel

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“...the compassion of a favored uncle, the intelligence of a scholar, and the humor of a New Yorker cartoon ... Jerry has each of these gifts.”

– Margaret Skelly, current parent

so comfortable expressing my concerns or discussing diversity efforts with him.

His flexibility, acceptance, and openness make him so easy to talk to,” she adds.

Annalisa Campanile, mother of two alumni, says, “What impresses me is that Jerry’s connection to students and their families does not expire after graduation. If anything, the bond strengthens with time.

“Former students are not only welcomed back to Fenn, but they are also received as eagerly and tenderly as when they started as fourth graders,” says Annalisa. “My family is so grateful that both our sons attended Fenn under his leadership and tutelage.”

Say Nancy and Marty Beaulieu, “A finer, harder working person, with greater character, would be hard to find.

And the boys of Fenn could not have had a better role model, or friend.”

Margaret Skelly, mother of a ninth grader, describes her experience as a Fenn parent this way: “If I could concoct the ideal person to steer Fenn’s precious cargo through six crucial and tricky developmental years, I would want that person to have the compassion of a favorite uncle, the intelligence of a scholar, and the humor of a New Yorker cartoon. How lucky are our sons that Jerry has each of these gifts.”

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saw Mr. Ward as someone I could turn to if I needed to.”

Nico Bowden ’17, last year’s vice president of the School, agrees, saying, “Mr. Ward never failed to make me feel special, and he did the same for every boy. He wanted Ian [Moore ’17, the School president] and me to succeed—to make the school a better place alongside him—and he believed in us.”

Even years later, many alumni can call to mind their very first day of school, when they were nervous and tentative “new boys.” Says Tim Joumas ’12: “I will always remember Mr. Ward’s smile and enthusiasm as he shook my hand that day.” And after that, “every time he greeted you, he truly cared about how you were doing.”

Andreas Sheikh ’12 says that he recalls his former headmaster as possessing “an unwavering belief in the work he was doing. It was a subtle thing; he did not wear it on his sleeve, but carried it with him at all times.” He adds, “I often marvel that Mr. Ward never attended Fenn or taught there before becoming its headmaster, as he really is the embodiment of Fenn; he and Fenn are the same.”

Former trustee Vinnie Lynch ’64 likes “to point out to people how many Fenn boys go on to positions of responsibility in their secondary school life after Fenn. I can’t think of a better compliment paid to the early education of a boy than to have him subsequently win the respect and confidence of his peers at the next level,” he says.

In many of the reflections being offered about the headmaster, his devotion to upholding Fenn’s ideals is a theme. “Jerry is passionate about educating boys,” say the Connollys. “He has never wavered from the mission and the vision of Roger Fenn.”

“Jerry truly believes in the School’s mission—every sentence,” declares MaryWren. “He conducts his life and leads Fenn informed by its values: honesty, respect, empathy, and courage.”

While co-chairing the Boys at the Heart Campaign that was launched in 2006, Vinnie says he had “a front row seat” watching Jerry “interact with parents and alumni and serve as the best example to the boys of the School’s core values.”

Vinnie says he has “never been quite sure exactly how a young person acquires the necessary attributes to be judged a leader in life, but I’m quite sure that part of the answer can be found by watching Jerry Ward do what he does every day.”

Steve Stone, treasurer of the Board of Trustees, and his wife, Jennifer, who are past parents, say that Jerry’s “total commitment to” and “earnest passion for” the education of boys, with Lorraine’s support, “has created a culture in which the entire school community embraces and lives the same values. The students, faculty, and staff carry with them the School motto, Sua Sponte, and the four core values while they are there and when they move on to the wider world.”

Tom Piper ’51, a former trustee, parent of an alumnus, and grandparent

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of a Fenn student, comments that “there is a clarity throughout the various constituencies as to the mission of Fenn, the importance of that mission, the importance of educating the whole boy, and the importance of faculty and staff who are committed to that mission and the School’s values.”

If the late Roger and Eleanor Fenn, the School’s founders, visited Fenn today, Tom says, they would “take away the conviction that Fenn was in good hands. There has been much change over the years, but the commitment to the School’s values is as clear and strong today as when I arrived at Fenn seventy years ago.”

As is his tendency, Jerry demurs when he is on the receiving end of such accolades. While he was being interviewed for the headmaster’s position here, the search committee posed this question to him: “You haven’t done this before, so how do you see this role?”

Jerry told them, “It seems to me that school communities have multiple constituencies that are like spokes giving strength to a wheel. I see my job as the

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center of the wheel, as the hub that provides the stability.”

When asked about his legacy, Jerry is similarly self-effacing, saying that the reason for his success is that he was able “to respectfully preserve, yet advance, Fenn’s culture and identity,” but only, he points out, “with the continual support” of those around him. “There is no way on earth I did it by myself,” he declares. “It has been utterly collaborative.”

There are achievements of which Jerry says he is most proud, and they may come as a surprise to those who would assume that these would include an especially successful capital campaign or the construction of a particular campus building. Surely he is pleased by those accomplishments, but what first comes to his mind, Jerry says, is “making the four core values an essential element of a Fenn education,” which he carried out when revising the School’s mission statement in 2000.

Jerry says another accomplishment he looks back on with pride is the introduction of the Fenn community calendar in 1995, which later began to feature

photos taken by the boys. Perhaps the most meaningful of his endeavors, however, was “the punctuation of All School Meeting with a reflection at the beginning and at the end,” he says. Sometimes they are provided by the headmaster, at other times by students and faculty, and when they are, a hush falls over the gathering.

Jerry continues to work to ensure a bright future for Fenn. This past fall, an Association of Independent Schools in New England accreditation team visited after several months of preparation by administration and faculty, and the School very recently learned of its successful re-accreditation. The team’s report and assessment will be “very helpful to Fenn as it continues to advance its mission and strengthen its program,” he says.

Meanwhile, Jerry is collaborating closely with Derek to ensure a smooth transition, and he continues to focus on “key areas of need for Fenn: endowing the financial aid program, advancing the academic program, including bringing added depth to its efforts in design thinking, curriculum development, and

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“Generations of Fenn boys have benefitted from his moral compass. And for that gift, we, as parents and alumni, will be forever grateful” – Gibbs Roddy ’70

professional development for faculty.”

Like many long-term school leaders who approach retirement, Jerry is experiencing a mix of emotions, among them a sense of impending loss, excitement for the School as it moves forward under Derek’s leadership, and uncertainty about what the future will hold for him, although he looks forward to spending more time with his family, including his three sons and their families. But what he knows for sure is the direction he wishes his next path to take.

“I can’t help but feel that I have a moral obligation to help young people,” he says, noting that he wanted to be a social worker back when he was a Boston University undergraduate and served in the Boston Juvenile Court as an intern probation officer. This new mission might involve a school setting, he muses.

“Mostly,” Jerry says, “I want to remain connected to a community and to have a purpose. The rest is details.”

Meanwhile, the stories will continue to be told about Jerry’s twenty-five years as Fenn’s headmaster. One such tale goes all the way back to the beginning.

Months after Jerry was hired, Gibbs Roddy ’70, a former trustee and father of an alumnus, was raking leaves in his mother’s backyard on Monument Street.

Suddenly he heard “a loud crackling of branches and rustling of leaves” in the woods behind the house, and moments later, Jerry and Lorraine emerged, looking bewildered.

“It was one of those ‘Mr. Livingston, I presume?’ moments,” Gibbs says.

“When they recognized me, they sheepishly asked, ‘Do you have any idea where we are?’ The two had been out

for a walk in the Estabrook Woods and had lost the trail. I allowed they were not in Kansas anymore, but that they were fortunately less than a quarter mile from their new Fenn home.”

Gibbs says he delights in this memory for several reasons. “Clearly, Jerry was no Boy Scout! But though his intuitive compass may have been impaired that day, his years at Fenn have proved without a doubt that his educational compass was, and is, as sharp as a Swiss watch,” he declares.

Jerry’s twenty-five-year tenure as Fenn’s head “has been a tribute to his compassion, vision, and character,” Gibbs says. “Generations of Fenn boys have benefitted from his moral compass.

And for that gift, we, as parents and alumni, will be forever grateful.”

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Jerry and Lorraine “Partners in Life and at Fenn” WHEN I N T E RV I E W I N G

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for the position of headmaster twenty-five years

ago, Jerry Ward was exploring the Fenn campus, walking along a path between buildings, when he spotted his wife, Lorraine, at a distance as she was strolling towards him on a separate path. He looked up at her expectantly, and simultaneously they offered each other a “thumbs up.”

“Just as Fenn’s True North has been Jerry, his True North was and is Lorraine.”

– Tricia McCarthy, head of the Middle School

What did it mean? “We were affirming that we already loved everything we were seeing,” he says.

From that point on, the two trod a single metaphorical path. “They were partners in life and at Fenn,” says Derek Boonisar, who will assume the role of headmaster this summer. “In many ways, they embodied the very best of what the School is and what it continually aspires to be.”

Tricia McCarthy, head of the Middle School, says that just as Fenn’s “True North, its fixed point in a spinning world,” has been Jerry, “his True North was and is Lorraine.”

Some might not know that, upon their marriage, Jerry took Lorraine’s maiden

name, Garnett, as his second middle name and continues to represent it with the initial G. “I believed that Lorraine’s family name was and is as important as mine and should be honored as such,” he says.

Fred Lovejoy ’51, trustee emeritus and parent of an alumnus, describes Jerry and Lorraine as “a great pair, first because they were both educators in their own right.

They carried out the task of leading the school with professionalism and accomplishment. And they carried out their marriage in an immensely caring way.”

Ann Marie Connolly, a member of the Board of Visitors and parent of three alumni with her husband, Dick, a trustee emeritus, has known Jerry and Lorraine

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“They were honest, respectful, empathetic, and courageous teammates…and the composite of Fenn is better because of them.”

– Derek Boonisar, associate headmaster, head of the Upper School, and headmaster-elect

for more than forty years, when the three of them worked together in the admissions office at Boston University. That’s where Jerry and Lorraine first met and became professional partners; they were a two-member team that coordinated admissions for the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Basic Studies. “It was clear from the beginning that Lorraine was feisty, energetic, funny, and strongwilled,” says Ann Marie. “When Dick and I think of Jerry, we think of Lorraine; they were one,” she adds.

Lorraine was “the perfect complement to this Irish, Boston-born and bred man who had a zeal for life that was matched by hers,” says Ann Marie, and the two “shared a deep and abiding love and respect, which sustained them through the ups and downs of her illness” after Lorraine was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer.

After moving to Fenn, Lorraine took a six-month leave from Wellesley. She had been working for many years at the college as a full-time class dean and writing instructor, but she wanted to make sure her three sons made a smooth transition to a new home and new schools.

For Lorraine, this was part of what being a teammate entailed.

“Her presence as the primary parent at that time was exceptionally helpful personally and professionally, as I, too, adjusted to my new environment and my demanding new responsibilities,” says Jerry.

Resuming her Wellesley responsibilities, Lorraine was also serving as Fenn’s

hostess and was at Jerry’s side for all Fenn events—from concerts to dramatic performances to faculty celebrations. “She truly loved them all,” notes Kathy Starensier, former faculty member and mother of two alumni. “Her devotion and energy were tireless, even when she was feeling ill.”

Early on, Lorraine helped out in the Fenn advancement office, and eventually, even after her diagnosis and throughout her medical treatment, she devoted all of her time to the School, covering maternity leaves, teaching English and Social Studies, and serving as a department chair. After her retirement from the Fenn classroom in 2011, she remained dedicated to students and faculty.

Through autumn 2016, Lorraine coached the ninth graders as they prepared their Senior Reflections and invited the class into her home each week for sessions she called “Pen to Paper.”

During those Friday afternoon gatherings, she served homemade cookies, led the boys in poetry writing, and listened as they talked about their lives. “She treasured her time with them,” Jerry says.

Until weeks before her death in March 2017, Lorraine would continue to take walks on campus, stopping to chat with Fenn boys, teachers, and staff members, accompanied by Nala, the dog belonging to her son, Matt Ward ’00, a Fenn teacher and coach, or pushing one of her beloved grandchildren in a stroller.

You could see the impact Lorraine had on the community, says Jon Byrd ’76, a faculty member. While Jerry led the School, Lorraine was there “for tak-

ing walks, having discussions, imparting wisdom, and sharing her thoughts at All School Meeting, helping to guide the ninth graders, and offering a shoulder to cry or lean on, especially for the female faculty. She was herself,” Jon adds, “but she was also the ‘face’ to Jerry’s soul and personality; she helped bring to life his feelings about boys and teaching.”

Lorraine “completely shared Jerry’s vision of and belief in our ‘blessed community,’ says Kathy, “and she took that belief to an almost spiritual level.” She “always had her own voice on issues, especially about academics, but she stood by Jerry.”

Jerry says Lorraine’s “key role” at Fenn, however, was invisible to most; it was as his advisor. “She would listen to me reflect on specific school-based concerns and hear my frustrations, fears, hopes, and vision for Fenn, all the while letting me know whether she thought I was on or off course.” Lorraine, he says, “was always respectfully candid but truly supportive.”

Though Jerry could not share with his wife all the matters with which he dealt as headmaster, at other times he could “engage her as a singular and most trusted sounding board.”

Sometimes Lorraine’s views “were affirming and reassuring,” Jerry explains; at other times, they were “upsetting or disconcerting, when she saw the matter differently.” He would carefully mull over her advice, sometimes adopting her point-of-view and sometimes not.

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“Mrs. Ward was a second mother to so many Fenn boys over the years.”

– Andreas Sheikh ’12

in wisdom, generosity, and clearheadedness as a wise and experienced educator and a loving, protective, and, as needed, critical spouse.”

“I can’t imagine Jerry leading Fenn without Lorraine’s thoughts, suggestions, ideas, and musings,” says Jon. “Here you have two people who were soulmates. They loved each other very much and loved the same thing: teaching boys and Fenn.”

Given Lorraine’s “patience and tolerance for listening to me, as I sometimes went on obsessively, ad nauseam,” Jerry says, he often kidded her, requesting that she send him a bill for the long conversations that took place on daily walks or at the kitchen table in the early years after their sons were asleep or had gone out.

She never did, of course.

After an event at which Jerry delivered remarks, he would ask Lorraine to grade him. “She would always be honest and over the years my grades varied from ‘needs improvement’ to ‘well done’ and somewhere in between,” he says. “Her rubric was the degree of audience interest, my spontaneity and effectiveness, and the length of my talk, which, given my proclivity to lose track of time, was a chronic Achilles heel.”

Lorraine began suggesting that her husband tell stories to make his point, saying that this was what people wanted to hear. “They want to know what’s real, what’s human, what’s funny, and what’s poignant,” she told him. “As usual,” Jerry says, “she was right.”

After all, Lorraine was a legendary storyteller, enthralling her listeners, who would be so moved that they would share

her tears, so convinced that they would vigorously agree with her on a variety of issues, and so captivated that they would erupt into laughter when she began giggling in amusement when mid-way through her narrative.

Sometimes Lorraine served as Jerry’s editor, for one of the major responsibilities of a headmaster is writing—from seasonal and topical dispatches to parents, to Board of Trustees reports, articles for publication, and letters of recommendation. “She was quite skilled and helpful,” he says.

But when it came to the reflections he composed for each graduate at the end of the year, a Fenn tradition, Lorraine was relegated to being a “writer’s widow,” Jerry says. The reflections were as much of a surprise to her as they were to the boys and their families when Jerry delivered them during commencement week, he says.

As the couple prepared for retirement, reflecting on their shared time at the School and hoping for a twenty-fifth and final year at Fenn together, Lorraine expressed her concern “that everyone in the Fenn community knew that her husband actually ran the school and that she was not in some form a co-head,” Jerry says.

Lorraine believed “that her most important work at Fenn, distinct in a sense from her partnership with me, was her ‘pastoral work,’ as she characterized it, with faculty, staff, parents, and boys,” says Jerry.

Her contributions as a mentor, counselor, and listening ear to members of the community, including her husband, “were borne of an unusual degree of wisdom, care, humor, and empathy,” Jerry adds.

“This is her singular legacy at Fenn, and for that I will always be grateful.”

In fact, it is the “sense of community” at Fenn, and the way the School feels like one big family, that many alumni remember most. “I will never forget Mr. Ward’s love and admiration for Mrs. Ward, who was equally as important as he has been to the life of the school,” says Tim Joumas ’12. Adds Andreas Sheikh ’12: “Mrs. Ward was a second mother to so many Fenn boys over the years.”

Pam Boll, a trustee emerita and mother of three alumni, tells a story about her son, Cameron ’06, who came home one day and said it was “lonely at school without Mr. and Mrs. Ward,” who were on sabbatical for the fall semester in 2005. “He missed them. It was as though the heart of the school was not there without them,” Pam says.

Lorraine and Jerry were “honest, respectful, empathetic, and courageous teammates,” says Derek. “The composite of Fenn is better because of them and those of us still here stand taller as a result of their unyielding love and care.”

Steve Stone, a trustee and treasurer of the Board of Trustees and father of three Fenn alumni, says that when he contemplates Fenn’s history over the last twenty-five years, he thinks of a line

by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Every institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.” In the case of Fenn, he says, “the truth of the adage is certainly proven, with a modification.”

“Fenn,” he declares, “is the lengthened shadow of one man and one woman, and they are Jerry and Lorraine Ward.”

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an early exchange with a search consultant

who was courting him for Fenn’s Headmaster position. As an initial screening interview was coming to a close, the consultant said, “You know, Jerry, Fenn is a great school.” Jerry swiftly replied, “I definitely agree. I know Fenn well. It’s a fantastic school with a great reputation.” The consultant then added, “But it’s a real scuffed loafer.”

The remark puzzled Jerry, and he asked for its meaning. “There’s a lot to be done on the campus,” the consultant answered. “A number of the buildings are older, with needs to be addressed. The next head will have to roll up his sleeves with the Board and really dig into bringing the campus along.”

Thinking back to the exchange, Jerry remarks, “Quite honestly, I didn’t regard campus renovation or transformation as my chief charge nor did I arrive with a vision for it. I knew next to nothing about facilities and master planning. But, over a relatively short period of time of living and observing campus life, seeing how the boys functioned, and talking to teachers and

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working with trustees, I could see that there was some really important work to do.”

Within a day or two of arriving on campus for his first day on July 1, 1993, Jerry met his first Buildings and Grounds challenge—and it was hardly an insignificant one. By dictum of the Town of Concord, Fenn was not permitted to open that coming September unless it gained a

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TRANSFORMED sizable number of new parking spaces.

Student drop-off and pick-up had created untenable traffic congestion along Carr Road and spilling far down onto Monument Street, sometimes as far as the North Bridge parking lot.

“I cut my teeth on that, and it was intense. With support from the Buildings and Grounds team, I had to meet with neighbors who weren’t aware of the issue to explain that we needed to cut down a bunch of trees and build a parking lot near their homes. I understood their concerns yet we also had to comply with the Town’s expectations. It was hard.

“With a trustee, I then had to represent Fenn at contentious public hearings. It was sort of funny in retrospect to have this as my first challenge since

it was an area of administration that I had zero background in. But, in the moment, and being brand new at the time, it wasn’t fun.” That summer, Fenn did create the new parking lot “down yonder,” as it was first named by Jerry, and Fenn did open that fall. Jerry’s first Buildings and Grounds accomplishment was in the books.

Across his 25-year tenure as headmaster, the changing landscape of the Fenn campus has been striking.

Remarkably, every single building has been significantly renovated or built new. Improvements have included the renovation and expansion of the Lower School, rebuilding of the Dining Hall (with the exception of its kitchen, which has remained intact to the present day

yet is slated for replacement this spring after seventy years), and construction of a new art center, meeting and performance hall, science center, library, and the multi-dimensioned Boll Family Building, featuring a wrestling/meeting room, locker rooms, and math classrooms.

Also arriving on the Fenn scene were a regulation-sized, multi-sport turf field and reconfigured baseball field, both of which were generously funded by the Reynolds family. In addition, a pool for the Summer Fenn day camp was constructed and subsequently a new campus entrance drive, recently named Jeff Adams Way, that creates a smooth and circular traffic flow during student drop-off and pick-up.

Jerry is quick to point to “constant collaboration” as driving the gradual but

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during my time at

Kent P’99, former trustee and Fenn’s lead

Fenn, but they were

architect from the firm Imai Keller Moore

spurred, led, and

Architects, round out the core team of

underwritten by

three that has regularly supported Jerry

others.” Jerry notes

in defining pressing educational program

with a deep sense

and facility needs and determining the

of gratitude and

means by which the school can address

admiration that Jeff

them. Of course, as Jerry notes, the Board

Adams, for one, has

of Trustees collectively has been seminal

been an incredible

in Fenn’s campus evolution.

force behind Fenn’s

Jerry describes all of the many cam-

campus renewal.

pus changes as “the result of a careful,

Jeff, a Fenn trust-

considered process involving trustees in

ee, has chaired the

consultation with faculty, staff, parents,

Board’s Buildings

and alumni.” And, according to Jerry,

and Grounds com-

“the changes were never revolutionary,

mittee since the

rather evolutionary and derivative of

steady enhancement of the campus with

late 90s. He’s also a proud father of five

careful thought and planning. Above

building renovation and construction.

Fenn alumni and sincerely appreciates

all, the campus projects across the years,

the “amazing accomplishments [during

with the exception of the renovation of

my inspired, independent vision,” shares

Jerry’s tenure] that have benefitted my

some administrative spaces, were always

Jerry. “Not even close! With all due

five sons and that will continue to serve

prompted by the principle of supporting

respect, I find it unnerving when gener-

so many other Fenn boys.”

the educational program and the needs

“None of the campus changes were

ously-spirited people attribute the campus changes to me. Yes, they did occur

Dave Platt P’18, assistant headmaster for finance and operations, and Malcolm

of our boys and requests and vision of our teachers.”

“I find it unnerving when generously-spirited people attribute the campus changes to me. They did occur during my time at Fenn, but they were spurred, led, and underwritten by others.”

– Jerry Ward

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Dining hall is rebuilt through the generosity of the Connolly family

1998 Lower School is renovated and expanded; new art center opens

2001

2003

Construction of an on-campus pool is completed; Summer Fenn day camp is born

Boll Family Building is named, opening with a wrestling/meeting room, locker rooms and math classrooms

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A clear mission has always guided development on the Fenn campus, Dave believes. “Jerry has been progressive about building facilities that didn’t move us beyond who we were, but stretched us,” he shares. “The mission behind the buildings has always been to do whatever we can to best support teachers being able to do their best work with boys here every day.

And that best work looks different over the course of two decades.”

Malcolm agrees and applauds Jerry’s careful stewardship of the many moving pieces that have contributed to the changed landscape. “What Jerry has really worked at is steering the whole thing,” he adds. “He’s always been very willing to listen and take advice, and none of the changes have ever been just reflective of him. It always came down to what will strengthen the ethos and perpetuate the character of Fenn.”

Jerry does have one point of pride about his involvement in the evolution of Fenn’s campus: his unyielding conviction that Fenn must maintain the colonial character of the campus that Roger Fenn established when the doors first opened in 1929.

“I’ve been the watchdog for this standard,” Jerry has stated, while noting that he never really had to fight any battles along those lines since Jeff and Malcolm shared an equal passion for preserving Fenn’s colonial vernacular. Malcolm

2007 A new campus entrance drive — now Jeff Adams Way — is constructed

describes the Fenn campus as embodying a classic colonial language, coupled with an ad hoc approach to adding buildings that is reminiscent of a farmhouse style.

“It amazes me when I hear an alumnus from the 60s, 70s or 80s remark that there may be more buildings on campus, but that Fenn still feels like the school they attended,” shares Jeff. “This is substantially due to Jerry’s desire to maintain the simple white clapboarded architectural vernacular and to avoid overdesigning or constructing statement buildings.”

Jerry admittedly believes in preservation. When considering renovations to the original Lower School building (now Thompson Hall), architects advised Fenn that it would be less expensive to knock down the old building and erect a new one.

The Fenn team, with Jerry at its helm, ultimately disagreed, deciding that the building was too iconic and had to be preserved.

Jerry hoped for the same when facing a decision about the future of the revered Robb Hall, built in 1949 as a new and more spacious

2011 A new meeting and performance hall opens (and is dedicated as Ward Hall in 2014)

Reynolds Athletic Fields debut with a new turf field and renovated baseball field

meeting hall for a growing Fenn community. Unfortunately, three different architectural firms agreed that renovation or expansion of the building would not provide the necessary seating capacity or performance stage to accommodate the number of students in the school for daily All School Meeting or in the Fenn band and

2013

2017

A new library and science center open

Construction of the new campus center begins

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“It amazes me when I hear an alumnus from the 60s, 70s or 80s remark that there may be more buildings on campus, but that Fenn still feels like the school they attended.”

– Jeff Adams

various drama productions. After careful and extensive examination, the Fenn team concluded that Robb Hall simply had to be replaced with a new functional hall that would meet the needs of the current day and the future of Fenn.

On November 14, 2011, the Fenn Marching Band escorted nearly 400 Fenn students, staff, and faculty members into the first All School Meeting in the new meeting and performance hall, which was made possible by a lead gift from the Nicholas family, including Peter ’85 and JK ’82. A standing-room-only crowd of even greater size assembled years later in May 2014 to witness the moving dedication of the hall to Jerry

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and Lorraine Ward—a tribute requested by the Nicholas family. Alumni, trustees, parents, current and former faculty and staff, and family and friends of the Ward family were treated to—as Jerry recalls— Lorraine’s “unforgettable address” that elicited equal laughter and tears and his self-professed “far more boring,” yet heartfelt, remarks of gratitude to the Nicholas family, the Board of Trustees, and the Fenn community for what Jerry and Lorraine regarded as the unexpected honor of a lifetime.

Ward Hall marked a turning point in the campus transformation. “Ward Hall had to be an iconic structure, detached and treated in a very classical

way,” Malcom explains. “What we did with it (and the adjoining campus green) was to establish that Fenn was no longer just a one quad space with a haphazard backyard. We started to establish a second quad… an essential green. There would now be a series of defined outdoor spaces that would give structure to the campus. Fenn was moving from a school that hadn’t changed that much since Roger Fenn established it to one picking up on campus planning strategy and building on that.”

Fenn’s rigorous strategic planning process has served as an equal guide in identifying campus priorities and possible “next moves,” including adjacent land purchases, that would support continued growth and expansion. The Fenn School Strategic Plan of 2001-2010 perhaps best describes what remains a key initiative for the school—“Expanding the scope of Fenn’s facilities in support of its academic, artistic, and athletic programs, while preserving the historic qualities of the Fenn campus.”

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Fenn’s campus and the quality of its facilities play in defining Fenn.

As Jerry approaches the close of June 2018, and his departure from Fenn as headmaster, he leaves the Fenn campus well-poised for the future. The frame of a new Campus Center rises up proudly behind the entrance to the Connolly Dining Hall, promising an expanded dining area, a modern kitchen to better accommodate the fresh, local food that is being stored and served, an innovation/ design thinking lab, an expanded and upgraded wood shop, and versatile classroom and meeting spaces. Construction of this new addition to Fenn’s campus to advance the experience and education of Fenn boys will be complete by the start of the 2018-2019 school year.

As Jerry considers the many ways in which the campus has evolved during his tenure, he casts an historical eye to the campus changes and evolution that occurred from the opening of the school in 1929 to the time of founder Roger

New Campus Center rises up on Fenn campus

of Fenn’s campus over the last 25 years

achieved in a way that is appropriate for

as being in that continuum. If you stick

Fenn’s aspirations.”

around long enough, much happens.

But perhaps faculty member Jon

And it had better if Fenn, like any school,

Byrd ’76 says it best. “Yes, the changes to

aspires to remain vital and to offer the

the campus have been significant, needed,

best education possible.”

and welcome, but there is much more to

In the eyes of the Fenn community,

Jerry’s legacy than buildings. What Jerry

Fenn and his wife Eleanor’s retirement

there is no denying the unique imprint

leaves will be his love of and devotion

in 1960. “If you look across the 30 years

that Jerry Ward will leave on a campus

to Fenn and to the teaching of boys.

that Roger was Headmaster, there was

that has been his beloved home for the

Jerry brought Fenn into the 21st century

so much necessary development on the

past 25 years.

physically, and he did it with heart, soul,

campus, including the building of the

Malcolm remarks that “Jerry would

and compassion, so that all of these buildings are living and breathing places.”

headmaster’s house, the arrival of the

want to be conscious that he’s left the

Frothingham House, the construction

school in a much better place than

of the old gym and its locker rooms, the

when he started, but that it hasn’t lost

for future generations of Fenn boys who

creation of the Hall Infirmary and Robb

the essential elements that Roger Fenn

will find their passions, voices, and lasting

Hall, and the construction of the W.W.

established. I think he succeeded in that.

friendships within and around those

Fenn Building. I see the development

Everything that he has done has been

forever-special places.

And what a profound legacy to leave

“Jerry brought Fenn into the 21st century physically, and he did it with heart, soul, and compassion, so that all of these buildings are living and breathing spaces.”

– Jon Byrd ’76

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Honesty, respect, empathy, and courage.

These are the values that guide us. We see honesty in interactions between teachers and students and in community conversations on complex topics like diversity and inclusion. We see respect and empathy in the kindness we show one another and the communities we serve. And courage is ever present as Fenn boys take to the stage, athletic fields, and running paths. Around Campus celebrates the special moments that inspire us and the dedicated faculty, staff, and boys who form the fabric of our extraordinary community.

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Introducing New Faculty and Staff Bouchra Danielkebir joins Fenn’s faculty as a diversity intern to support Fenn’s diversity programming and teach in the social studies department. Bouchra attended the Commonwealth School in Boston, then went on to earn an undergraduate degree from Spelman College and a master’s degree in International Policy from the University of Georgia.

Bouchra previously served in the U.S. State Department as a foreign service intern. Currently residing in Revere, Bouchra declares herself to be an authentic “foodie” and loves to try the new hot spots in and around the city. She is also passionate about community service, frequently volunteering at Rosie’s Place in Boston.

Jennifer Everett, Fenn’s new Director of Marketing and Communications, joined the school’s administrative team in mid-September. Jenn brings 24 years of public relations and marketing experience and deep issue and reputation management expertise to the position, having spent two decades at two Boston PR firms. After the birth of son Cooper nearly four years ago, Jenn began freelance writing for baystateparent Magazine and communications and special events consulting. She has also enjoyed guest lecturing on crisis management in Boston University’s College of Communication for the past nine years. Jenn herself is a graduate of Brown University, where she was a varsity softball pitcher. She loves escaping to her family cottage in Chatham on Cape Cod, singing and performing when time allows, an occasional round of golf, and time with cherished family and friends. Jenn, husband John

and Cooper live in Melrose, where Jenn also heads an annual local craft beverage and food tasting festival that benefits an area feeding ministry and her church’s community outreach programs. Åsa Ewing, the parent of a recent Fenn graduate, teaches part-time in the Middle School science program. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Åsa has lived in Sweden, Spain, and the United States.

She loves to travel and see other cultures and believes that moving around has made her life richer. She began her career working in a bank, but decided to go back to school and become a teacher when her children were born. She taught in an International Baccalaureate School in Sweden for many years. When she and her family moved to Spain, Åsa had the opportunity to work as a science teacher and head of the pre-school at a small Swedish School of about 100 students in Mallorca. Upon her return to the United States, she worked in the Carlisle Public Schools before becoming a science teacher at Fenn, a place that feels like home to her. Åsa holds a bachelor’s degree from Stockholm Education College and a master’s degree from Stockholm University.

Bouchra Danielkebir

Jennifer Everett

Åsa Ewing

Emmalee Fay arrives at Fenn to teach science in grades six and eight, coach sports, and serve as an advisor. With extensive teaching experience in independent schools, including her many years at the Chapin School in New York City, Emmalee is a graduate of Alfred University, where she studied biology and athletic training. She also holds a master’s degree from Columbia Emmalee Fay

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University. Her passion for science doesn’t end in the classroom. She can often be found tending to her plants, and she also loves to bake. Emmalee lives with her two daughters and husband in Concord.

Elizabeth Halley comes to Fenn to serve as our part-time Librarian and Library Teacher. Prior to Fenn, Liza served in a similar position in the Arlington Public Schools. She brings to Fenn 20 years of experience working with diverse populations in community programming, outreach, and creative writing. She is the co-founder of a non-profit called Write Around Portland, based in Portland, OR. Since its founding in 1999, Write Around Portland has held 600 writing workshops for 5,000 adults and young people, more than 75% of whom live below the federal poverty level. Liza is obsessed with books, writing poetry, baking, gardening, and hiking. She completed her undergraduate work at Brandeis University and a master’s degree in English at the University of Vermont. Additionally, she has finished all coursework for her school library teacher certification from Salem State University. Elizabeth has two boys, ages 15 and 10, and lives with her family, including a cuddly cat named Itsy Bitsy, in Arlington.

Amalia (Molly) Maletta joins the Fenn community as a Latin teacher in the Middle School and a sixth grade advisor. She comes to Fenn after having taught Introductory through Advanced Placement Latin at the middle and high school levels at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland. Molly earned her bachelor’s degree in Classical and Medieval Studies from Bates College and has studied abroad extensively

in both France and Italy. She lives in Boston with her fiancé and dog. In addition to her love of languages, Molly is an avid athlete who enjoys hiking, skiing, and all things outdoors.

Allegra Devon Maletz served as a member of the Latin department, a director of the secondary school placement office, a learning specialist, and a cello teacher at Fenn from 2006 to 2011. This year, she returns as Assistant Director of Admissions and part-time Latin teacher. A graduate of The Winsor School, Brown University, and Harvard University, Allegra offers extensive independent school experience in teaching and administration. Over the last several years, Allegra has worked in a number of different area schools, including Dexter Southfield as admissions associate, Tremont School as admissions director, and The Fessenden School as an academic tutor. Allegra lives in Newton with her husband, Drew, and her two children, seven-year-old Madeline and six-year-old James. In her free time, she enjoys playing chamber music and doing dance workouts!

Fenn welcomes Amherst College graduate Rob Wasielewski to the admissions team as an Assistant Director. A varsity athlete in college and captain of his football team, Rob also joined Fenn’s football coaching staff this past fall and was an instant role model for his players. Since graduating in 2014, Rob has worked in the business world, most recently as an account strategist for online advertising company Criteo. Rob and his fiancée Kelsey Sommers, sister of Fenn alumni Ben ’11 and John ’13, live in Beacon Hill and are eagerly awaiting their June wedding on Cape Cod.

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Professional Development News AS THE L AST S CHOOL YEA R CON CLU D ED ,

and summer arrived, professional development remained a priority

for Fenn’s dedicated faculty and staff as many set off for June conferences and speaking opportunities. This commitment to lifelong learning, collaboration with independent school peers and other educators, and study of best practices continued in earnest through the fall and the early days of 2018. Here is the story that these pursuits tell, along with snapshots of two of our faculty members’ unique summer adventures:

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NOR R I S E XP LORE S T H E I M MI GRA NT E XP E R I E NC E Drama coordinator and teacher Rosalie Norris began the past summer as part of an elite group chosen to attend “The Immigrant Experience in California Through Literature and Theatre,” a three-week institute supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities at San José University.

She and her educator peers joined Rosalie and author Maxine Hong Kingston forces with renowned scholars, journalists, fiction writers, and theatre artists to explore powerful, diverse, and often overlooked stories and histories of the immigrant experience through reading and discussion of literary and historical texts, theatrical exercises and performances, and field trips that showcased the possibilities of site-specific learning.

Rosalie embraced a message of hope through this intensive study.

“The number one thing I took away from this workshop was that, as sad and devastating as some of the stories of oppression have been in our own country, we have the opportunity to combat these by lifting up personal stories and narratives,” she shared. “It’s not a matter of rewriting them, but rather giving them a voice, and the theater is a ripe place to do that.”

“It’s not a matter of rewriting them, but rather giving them a voice, and the theater is a ripe place to do that.” – Rosalie Norris

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Teaching 10 conferences on topics from literacy to Singapore Math®

Learning & Behavior 5 conferences on topics from brain science to collaborative problem solving

Diversity & Service 6 conferences on topics from how to teach our complicated world history to how to promote lifelong service in students

Sports & Arts 4 conferences on topics from parents as sports agents to use of the theater to explore literature and social science topics

School Operations 4 conferences on topics from school advancement to online marketing

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ROMERO OPENS DOORS FOR STU DENTS Freemon Romero ’04, Spanish teacher and soccer, basketball, and baseball coach, dedicated half of last summer to enhancing what he could deliver in his classroom.

He was one of 75 teachers from around the world chosen to attend the prestigious Klingenstein Summer Institute for Early Career Teachers. The two-week fellowship invited independent and international school teachers with two to five years of fulltime teaching experience to participate in workshops, seminars, and collaborative exercises led by Columbia University profesprofessors, master teachers, and other educators.

The Institute’s wholegroup sessions exexplored “hot topics” in education, including diversity and cognicognitive science, while Freemon’s curriculum group studied the teaching of a foreign language.

“I learned that I wasn’t speaking enough Spanish in my classroom,” he shared. “I was too concerned that having a teacher speaking in a native language would be difficult and overwhelming to someone learning a language for the first time. Now that I’m doing more of this, the boys are picking up the language, loving it, and learning even more.”

Immediately following the Institute study, Freemon set off for two weeks of travel in Costa Rica and Peru on a Fenn travel grant. He was eager to immerse himself in the daily life and culture of Spanish-speaking countries to enrich his teaching of the subject.

“Sharing the experiences that I had opens doors for my students and hopefully sparks a love and hunger in them to want to continue their Spanish studies,” he added.

“Sharing the experiences that I had opens doors for my students and hopefully sparks a love and hunger in them to want to continue their Spanish studies.”

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Fenn Re-Accreditation Granted The Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE) has approved The Fenn School’s re-accreditation for the next 10-year cycle. Fenn received affirming votes for all 50 AISNE standards, which is a rare occurrence for schools.

The re-accreditation process was rigorous, including a self-study by nearly 25 committees of Fenn faculty, staff, trustAISNE Visiting Team ees, alumni, and parents that culminated in a 360-page report delivSchool. The team’s observations and ered to AISNE in the summer of 2017. experiences were ultimately captured The next milestone brought an AISNE in a required report of commendations Visiting Team to Fenn in November and recommendations. for a round-the-clock few days to see Fenn received ten major commenthe community in action. Mark Stanek, dations, with the top two applauding Head of School at the Shady Hill School, faculty, administration, and staff for chaired the Visiting Team of repretheir “unwavering dedication and comsentatives from The Bement School, mitment to upholding and reinforcing Eaglebrook School, The Fessenden Fenn’s mission and core values of honSchool, Friends Academy, Shore esty, respect, empathy and courage” Country Day School, and The Wheeler and for “fostering a strong, professional

culture committed to knowing their students and caring for their boys.”

While affirming the richness of Fenn’s academic program, the top recommendation did call for a deepening of the curricular review and documentation within the academic program. The second priority recommendation required that “the administration, with support from the Board of Directors, develop a policy for transgender students.”

Jerry Ward, who has served for many years on the AISNE accreditation committee and was recused from Fenn’s review, shared that “the School is deeply grateful to AISNE and the Visiting Team for their fine work in evaluating Fenn and truly understanding our core mission of educating boys deeply and broadly.” In one year’s time, Fenn must provide an update on the progress that it has made in addressing all recommendations. There is already good news to share on many of them!

Summer Fenn Expands with a New Look The Fenn campus is buzzing with renewal, and each passing day brings growing excitement about the new Campus Center that is taking shape. The arrival of this state-of-the-art facility is ushering in exciting new Summer Fenn programming built around design thinking, collaborative learning, engaging activity, and hands-on experiences. And the new camp programs don’t end there. Summer Fenn has added more cooking, STEAM, athletics (including tennis), theater arts, and fine arts too!

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And that’s not all. Our day camp is now sporting this brand new look, which proudly displays familiar colors and a bright yellow circle as the exclamation point of a renewed commitment to the many loyal campers and families. Summer Fenn remains a place where kids play and learn, build friendships, and explore new interests… and develop lifelong skills for success and resiliency while they’re at it. Summer Fenn is, quite simply, where kids thrive.

Visit summerfenn.org to learn more and register for programs.

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Parents Association Makes the Fenn World Go ‘Round Picture this. The New England Patriots are days away from taking on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII. Excitement is high, as Fenn boys banter back and forth about the team that will take the prize. Little did the Fenn community know that the Parents Association (PA) was hard at work bringing-to-life a Super Bowl surprise for the last lunches before Super Bowl weekend.

The Dining Hall team was in on it too, tricking the boys into believing that “liver and onions” was the meal of the day, not the tasty game-time fare that was ultimately served.

As droves of Fenn boys walked into Connolly Dining Hall that day, there were cheers and high fives as Super Bowl decorations and pre-game, pump-up music greeted them. And, thankfully, liver and onions were nowhere in sight!

This creativity and dedication is what we have come to expect from a Parents Association dedicated to enriching the Fenn experience for students, parents, and the faculty and staff that they graciously thank at three appreciation events throughout the year.

Drive through the pickup line, and you instantly see their impact. Our community announcement board is ever-changing, advertising an array of events led by parent volunteers. In the fall, the PA continues a long Fenn tradition of hosting one of the most successful sports gear sales in the area. Customers arrive with their coffees an hour before doors open to find a wealth of skates, skis, bikes, and more. Gear that isn’t purchased is donated, and this year the organizations Harlem Lacrosse, Bikes Not Bombs, and Play Ball benefitted. Proceeds from the sale also supported six unique assemblies that the PA helped to secure for Fenn.

And the explosion of blue and gold gear around campus...? That’s them too!

The PA’s Logo Wear Sale is the place to score that sought-after Under Armor sweatshirt, those “F” socks, and that winter pom-pom hat. They also help outfit Fenn boys at My Big Brother’s Store, a newer spot on campus where families can donate and purchase used boys’ clothing for a nominal cost. When a blue blazer is a hair too small days from graduation, the PA-supported store answers the need.

And the support doesn’t stop there. Whether it’s the

Books for Boys fundraiser at Concord Bookshop, fall tailgates for sports teams, winter outings for the boys, back-stage costuming and make-up for our thespians, parent coffees and social events (including new Parent Connections events that offer casual ways for parents to meet and get to know each other), hours of volunteering in the library and makerspace or the days and months spent planning for new events that deepen connections across our Fenn community, we owe much gratitude to our incredible parents. They are generous with their time, their resources, and their love for Fenn, and we are a better school because of it.

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Diversity Is Celebrated Diversity is a state of mind at Fenn, according to Director of Diversity Tete Cobblah. Fenn’s dedication to respecting differences and promoting inclusivity has been woven throughout its rich diversity programming this year. These are but two of the highlights.

Fenn Hosts Diversity Conference More than 300 middle school students from 22 independent schools across New England joined Fenn students, parents, faculty, and staff for the November 18th AISNE Middle School Diversity Conference. Artwork by Fenn seventh grader Avery Feather, depicting a young person facing a hostile world with courage and hope, set the tone for the aptly-titled conference — “Making Your Voice Heard in the Noise.”

Award-winning author Bich Minh Nguyen shared a keynote address on themes of immigration, food, and family as a precursor to nearly twenty unique workshops, nine featuring Fenn faculty and one led by twelve students from Fenn’s Student Diversity Committee.

During the “Butterfly Circus: How Our Diversity Committee Shapes Fenn Culture” workshop, the group of twelve skillfully guided a conversation about how students can develop leadership skills and become “upstanders” in their

Artwork by Avery Feather

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“Tete Cobblah has been a North Star for the Fenn community in its celebration of diversity and service to others.” – Jerry Ward MLK Assembly Inspires For the 32nd consecutive year, the Fenn community took to the stage to share music and recitations at Fenn’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration. Fenn fifth grader Seiji Ma opened the beloved assembly with a captivating reading of the poem “Everyone Sang” before the joyful singing of “Oh Happy Day” by Tete Cobblah, teacher Ben Smith and the Fenn MLK Stars singing group kicked off the musical offerings. The Treble Chorus also lent its voices to the celebration, and Summer Fenn Director Maggie Magner shared a remarkably moving rendition of “A Change is Gonna Come”

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by Sam Cooke. Art teacher Elizabeth Updike Cobblah and Service Learning Coordinator and teacher Elise Mott received the 2018 Fenn MLK Medals for their dedication to service.

“This remarkably inspiring celebration was created from the vision of Tete Cobblah,” remarked

Jerry Ward. “For the past 32 years, he has been a North Star for the Fenn community in its celebration of diversity and service to others.”

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Visiting Educator Embraces the Life of Fenn This January, Fenn warmly welcomed Soroth San, former principal of a school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. An educational visa enabled Soroth to travel to the United States to observe and participate in school administration,

and he arrived at Fenn following an internship at an independent school in Atlanta. Soroth’s days have been full, as he explores Fenn’s educational programming, leadership philosophy, community engagement, and more. Our com-

Soroth joins MLK Day of Service

munity has been equally enriched by his stories of life in a vastly different educational system and by his participation in Fenn’s myriad day-to-day activities. We wish Soroth well when he departs from Fenn in April!

Soroth San

Agents of Kindness Take Over Ward Hall Library Director Sam Kane and Makerspace Coordinator Pauline MacLellan had a powerful idea for a collaborative fifth grade unit. They would challenge their students to be secret agents of kindness in the wake of the fall’s devastating world events.

The boys took the charge seriously, brainstorming ways to be kind, interviewing adults about kindness, and tackling field work that required being secretly kind in random ways, such as opening doors and smiling at people.

The project culminated in a most memorable All School Meeting. Fifth graders marched through Ward Hall,

gifting classmates with more than 400 self-made origami fortune cookies filled with inspirational quotes or smile-inducing notes and suggestions

for how to pay forward the kindness.

Smiles and hugs were the currency of the day as Fenn basked in the transformational power of kindness.

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Raciti Earns Top Prize in Extemporaneous Speaking Contest For the 87th year in the history of Fenn, Middle and Upper School boys wowed a captive audience in the finals of the Hector J. Hughes Extemporaneous Speaking Contest on December 13. The gutsy crew of sixteen mustered the courage to stand proudly before their peers and deliver two-minute speeches on topics received mere moments before taking the stage.

Eighth grader Nick Raciti was awarded the top prize for his animated presentation on the role that robots will play in our future. Robots and humans will live harmoniously, according to Nick and his commanding storytelling.

Honorable mention medals were given

to eighth grader Noah Wells, who used humor and grand gestures in describing a field trip gone awry, and seventh grader Theo Randall, who took the audience on a whimsical scuba diving expedition featuring a sea life dance party. Other Fenn storytellers included sixth graders Randall, Everett, Raciti, Wells, Wasielewski, and Boger Max Libby-Grantham, Max Ishan Narra.

Merhige, Ben Redmond, Will Simon, Matt Boger ’89, Director of Max Troiano, Oliver Wachs, and Trip Marketing and Communications Jennifer Wight, seventh graders Ben Ma, Michael Everett, and Assistant Admissions Mariani, and Hudson Wesel, and eighth Director Rob Wasielewski proudly served graders Conor Kennealy, David Min, and as judges.

Witches Haunt Ward Hall The spooky spirit of Halloween oozed from every crevice of Ward Hall as our Middle School thespians and tech crew joined forces to deliver the Fenn Players’ fall production of Roald Dahl’s The Witches. Each Fenn boy embraced his role, some donning

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wigs, heels, and the female fashion of the day to fully inhabit their “witchy” characters. All worked together to masterfully tell the eerie tale of a boy who is felled by a magic potion after inadvertently spying on a convention of witches!

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Giving Spirit Helps Children in Need A commitment to service is at the heart of Fenn’s DNA. Whether it’s a food drive for Open Table Pantry, set-up of its community supper two times each month, support of Heading Home’s “up and out” moves of homeless families into permanent housing or the harvesting of crops for Gaining Ground’s “soup kitchen garden,” our Fenn students and community are inspired to make a difference.

This January, a generous helping of this giving spirit benefitted Cradles to Crayons, an organization that provides children from birth through age 12 who are living in homeless or low-income situations with the essential items they need to thrive. To answer their unprecedented need for boys’ winter clothing, Fenn joined peer schools in organizing a month-long clothing drive. The amount donated by month’s end enabled Cradles to Crayons to serve 74 children.

Fenn’s support of Cradles to Crayons didn’t end there. Fenn boys and their families trekked to the orga-

nization’s giving warehouse on January 27 to prepare kid packs of a one-week supply of everyday essentials. On that day alone, the Fenn team: • Sorted and categorized clothes to impact 134 kids • Assembled outfits into clothing bundles to impact 95 kids • Inspected and organized donated

books to impact 202 kids and donated games and toys to impact 121 kids • Matched hats and gloves and wrote notes to accompany them to impact 232 kids • Packaged together an assortment of necessary items for 108 kids What a profound impact by a generous Fenn community!

Eighth graders at Fenn Family Day

Manpower Month Benefits Hurricane Relief This October, Manpower Month returned to challenge the Fenn community. Fenn boys were urged to replace miles normally driven by car with miles walked, biked, skated or rowed, to reduce the impact of carbon emissions on the atmosphere. But this year, the challenge came with a twist.

Jerry Ward agreed to pledge $2 for every mile that the boys replaced, prompting a charitable donation once

Manpower Month concluded. Blue and Gold teams waged an impressive battle to accumulate the ever-important miles, until Gold emerged victorious with 491.45 miles to best Blue’s impressive 445.75.

In the wake of a devastating hurricane season, Fenn dedicated the nearly $1,900 raised to hurricane relief efforts.

Unidos por Puerto Rico, an organization that distributes 100 percent of its dona-

tions to smaller, on-the-ground relief efforts, received the sum. Fenn’s contribution joined the more than $18 million that the organization has already directed to Puerto Rico’s relief and recovery.

As more becomes known about the impact of carbon emissions and climate change on the magnitude of storms, it was only fitting that Fenn’s Manpower Month did double duty by supporting hurricane relief!

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Fall Sports Records were broken, standout performances from talented Fenn athletes complemented hard-fought team successes, and leadership, resilience, teamwork, and good sportsmanship were on full display from the winding cross country trails to the football and soccer fields. The Fall 2017 sports season was surely one to remember.

Cross Country It was a season of individual accomplishments, where runners worked hard to meet personal goals, and it was a season of team success in dual and tri-meets.

All eyes were on Fenn captain and eighth grader Tyler McGarry at nearly every meet. McGarry finished first in all but two regular meets this season, and came in third out of 2,200 entrants in the NEC Jim Munn Invitational and third in the Roxbury Latin Jamboree.

On the 2.1 mile Estabrook Woods course on October 20, McGarry wrote his name in the record book by finishing in 12 minutes and 30 seconds. His record shaved three seconds off of the previous mark set by Fenn’s Tad Scheibe ’16 in 2015. McGarry also set a course record on October 6 at Roxbury Latin with a time of 12:52.

As a team, Fenn opened the season on September 27 versus Belmont Day with the first seven finishers all wearing blue and gold. McGarry, Connor Soukup, and Daniel Wang took the top three spots.

On October 2, Fenn hosted Shady Hill and Carroll School, and boasted five of the top six finishers: McGarry, Connor Soukup, Vivan Das, Owen White, and Jack Hughes.

On November 3, Fenn raced by Park School on the Estabrook course. The first seven finishers were all Fenn boys: Tyler McGarry, Connor Soukup, Vivan Das, Surya Rajamani, Colin Soukup, Bobby Skrivanek, and James Webster.

Overall, the team record was an impressive 16-3 in meets, a fifth-place finish out of 17 schools at the Roxbury Latin Jamboree, and a 12th-place finish

out of 37 teams at the NEC Jim Munn Invitational.

“The Fenn harriers were a spirited group who came together to have a wildly successful season and put their stamp on Fenn’s cross country legacy,” said Coach David Duane, who shared coaching duties with John Fitzsimmons.

Varsity Football Drama unfolded at Reynolds Field on September 29, as Fenn hosted Dexter School in the spirited gridiron home opener. In front of the rallying crowd, the boys in Blue-and-Gold thumped Dexter, 20-0, securing the shutout in the final minute on a goal line stand with Fenn’s second and third string defenders on the field.

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the goal line stand, coupled with the shutout, was the highlight of the season.

Fenn moved on to sweep the season series against Dexter with a 26-18 victory on October 13 in Brookline.

The team then capped off its season by edging Rivers School, 18-16, at Reynolds Field with AliJah Clark rushing for two touchdowns.

“This season was defined by the leadership and play of our seniors. They were a special group,” said Ward, noting the contributions of many ninth graders, including captains Nate Crozier, Cam Fries, Brendan Peters, and Will Potter.

Despite Crozier’s two rushing touchdowns on October 6, Fenn suffered an 18-12 defeat at Noble and Greenough.

The team then fell to Fessenden, 24-0, on October 20 and was swept in the season series against Fay. “We had two heartbreaking losses to our rival, Fay (September 22, 8-0 loss @ Fay; November 3, 22-20 loss @ Fenn), but the seniors handled the disappointment appropriately and modeled good sportsmanship,” Ward recalled. “The record of 3-4 does not define their contributions to the program.”

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with Frank Crowley ’06 and Jeff Trotsky ’06, praised his team’s attitude.

“The boys were tough, resilient, good sports, and always gave their all, no matter the opponent,” he said.

Varsity Soccer Shutouts galore dominated the Fall Varsity Soccer season. Coached by Bob Starensier and Jason Rude, the team started the season with three straight shutouts against Carroll School, Belmont Hill, and Xaverian Brothers, and then racked up three more shutouts before season’s end.

Ninth grader Ben LaPlante was a brick wall in goal until he was sidelined with a broken thumb, and then Jack Hudson formidably picked up the duties, as Fenn posted shutouts in exactly half of its regular season games.

Leading the way offensively were ninth graders Jacob Chui and Jesse Fernandez, along with eighth graders Ethan Beagle, Harry Bertos, and Tucker Winstanley, and seventh grader Edoardo Takacs.

Team captains Tommy Fitzsimmons and Hans Toulmin, both ninth graders, displayed leadership on and off the field.

Beyond the shutouts, other season highlights included wins over St. Sebastian’s on October 11, Rectory School on October 19, and Shore Country Day School on November 11.

Fenn finished the regular season with a 6-4-1 record.

In the New England Junior Private School Soccer Tournament in Deerfield, MA, on November 4, Fenn was blanked

by Cardigan Mountain School in the opening game, then shut out Foote School and Bement School, before tying host Eaglebrook and rival Fay School in group play.

“I’m so proud of this team—they showed tremendous grit,” reflected coach Starensier on the team’s 2-1-2 record in group play.

Those opening-round results meant Fenn was up against Indian Mountain School from Salisbury, CT, in the playoffs. In a well-balanced game with tight marking and good passing, Jacob Chui notched the game’s lone goal to send Fenn home with a 1-0 victory, good for fifth place in the 12-team tourney.

“This result, more than any, showed how hard this team worked all season,” said coach Jason Rude.

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Junior Varsity Soccer A spunky and cohesive group of Fenn JV soccer players went undefeated in their first five games, before finishing the season with a 5-5-2 record, which coach David Sanborn termed, “a fair return on the solid investment in team-oriented, ball control soccer.”

Throughout the season, Fenn received strong possession-oriented midfield play from Noah Lippa, Aidan O’Connell, and Ethan Greene. Strikers Finley Stevens and Rain Yang provided savvy foot skills and clever attacking runs. And the team was graced with solid defensive coordination across the backline from Charlie Groome, Owen Hickey, and Mikey Bean.

Obvious season highlights point to wins over Dexter School, Fay School, Belmont Hill, St. John’s Prep, and Jewish Community Day School, but Coach Sanborn has more personal memories.

“The highlight was Peter Scheibe’s extraordinary goalkeeping performance against Pike School’s powerhouse varsity side—where he had dominant control of the penalty area, diving stops at both posts, sliding saves at the edge of the penalty area, a brilliant leap over the

crossbar, and quick distribution to teammates after each save,” noted Sanborn, who controls the JV sidelines with coach Rob Morrison. Both coaches agree that this was the finest JV goalkeeping performance that they have seen in their 10 seasons as a Fenn coaching tandem.

Two other takeaways from the season, according to Sanborn, were Charlie Groome’s thundering header to tie the score against Pike on November 3 and Ethan Greene’s uncanny knack for scoring decisive goals in the final minutes of close matches (4 in 12 games).

Senior captains Owen Hickey and Charlie Groome led Fenn onto the field on November 8 at Noble and Greenough and into the final match of their Fenn soccer careers, anchoring the back line for a squad that developed significantly in eight weeks of training. In the end, the outcome registered as a 4-1 loss, but this team had nothing to hang its head about—and plenty to remember from the ride.

Thirds Soccer Blue The Fenn Thirds Soccer team suffered an opening day loss to Concord Academy in the fall of 2017. Yet Concord Academy is a team that boasts more Fenn alumni

than any other opponent, so in many ways there are cheers on both sides of the field during Fenn-CA matches.

Always fun and energetic, Fenn Thirds got back on track in a big way, following up the loss by posting three home victories: a 3-1 win over rival Fay School, a 6-2 victory over The Learning Center, and a 3-2 nail-biter over Park School.

Tack on a 3-3 tie at Shore Country Day School, and the team had reversed their fortunes from the start of the season, pivoting from an opening day loss to a four-game undefeated streak.

Fenn was brought back to reality with a 3-0 loss at Fessenden School on Friday the 13th of October, but again, the players didn’t take time to suffer their setback. Fenn got right back up and posted a road win over Carroll School, 3-1, and returned home to edge Shore Country Day, 3-2.

A pair of losses to Belmont Day and Fessenden were on the path ahead, but the team wrapped up the season on a high note with a 2-0 shutout over Pike School and a 2-2 draw with Carroll School.

Coaches Tete Cobblah and Derek Cribb saw their boys boast a 6-4-2 record and take home many fun times to savor.

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As Jerry Ward’s tenure as headmaster draws to a close, Fenn is flourishing.

In Our Hands: Fenn’s Campaign for Every Boy, Every Day is underway, and construction of a new Campus Center that enables Fenn to reimagine campus life is inching towards completion. Alumni who return to campus marvel at its transformation, all the while feeling a warmth and familiarity that harkens back to their days of Blue and Gold. With a turn of the page, we welcome our newest trustees who join their peers as stewards of Fenn’s future, share a snapshot of In Our Hands, and spotlight the new memories made at this fall’s Reunion and Homecoming celebrations by community members and the many alumni who so enthusiastically support their beloved alma mater.

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Fenn Welcomes New Trustees John Croteau has served as president and chief executive officer of MACOM Technology Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSI) since December 2012.

Headquartered in Lowell, MACOM has grown revenues 150% and expanded net income nearly 300% under John’s leadership and is today viewed as a model of financial performance in its industry.

Prior to MACOM, John served as senior vice president and general manager of several business lines at NXP Semiconductors N.V. from 2008 to 2012.

For three of those years, John and his family lived and worked in Paris, France and the Netherlands. Prior to joining NXP, he spent much of his career at Analog Devices, Inc., where he rose through the management ranks over a 20+ year period.

John holds a B.S. in engineering science and mechanics from Penn State University. Today, he serves on the External Advisory Board of the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State, one of the premier undergraduate honors programs in the nation.

John is a devoted husband to his wife, Bonnie, and father to Ben (age 14, eighth grade at Fenn) and Jessica (age 18). In his spare time, he enjoys researching French Canadian genealogy, history, and demography, and coaching Ben in hockey and baseball.

Jerrell Engermann is the proud father to Jeremiah Engermann, a Fenn sixth grader.

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Schools as part of the METCO program.

Today, he lives in Concord, MA, with his wife, Molly, and their four children, Jeremiah (12), Madeline (6), Isaiah (4), and James (2).

Jerrell is a Sr. Relationship Manager at Empower Retirement. In his role, he works closely with 401(k) plan sponsors and intermediaries on participant communication and investment strategies.

Jerrell joined the organization in 2014 and, prior to joining Empower, spent his career as a banker working with families and individuals at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

Jerrell currently serves as chairman of the Waltham YMCA Board of Advisors and is an active advocate of the Friends of METCO program and The Play Ball! Foundation. He also enjoys coaching his son’s basketball and flag football teams.

Jerrell earned a bachelor’s degree from Assumption College in Worcester, MA, where he played football. He enjoys traveling, cooking, and being active with golf, basketball, and hockey.

Richard Gallant’s career began at Ernst & Young, where he provided financial consulting services to small- and medium-sized companies and strategic divestiture advice to banks undergoing restructuring as a result of the financial crisis of 1988 to 1991. Post Ernst & Young, he worked in leveraged finance at JPMorgan Chase and Credit Suisse First Boston, working with private equity firms and private and public companies in structuring and financing LBOs, providing M&A advice, and executing

IPOs and sell side M&A processes to help monetize client investments.

Richard is presently chairman of Global Technology Finance, a financial surety company he co-founded while employed as a managing director at Credit Suisse First Boston, as well as president of Fibertech Medical, a mid-sized endoscopic repair company.

When not working, he is engaged as program director/owner of the Islander Hockey Club, is a member of Merrimack College’s Leadership Council, and fundraises for Autism Speaks.

Richard earned his B.A. from Colgate University in economics and an M.S. in accounting and M.B.A. in finance from New York University Stern School of Business. Richard and his wife, Susanna, reside in Concord with their four children, Mark ’15, Rachel, Sarah, and Richard (current Fenn fourth grader).

Frederick (Ted) Lovejoy III ’95 is a managing director at C|A Capital Management, Cambridge Associates’ discretionary Outsourced CIO business. He co-leads a team that manages approximately $2 billion in endowment assets on behalf of ten U.S. based nonprofit institutions. His clients range in size from $100 million to $800 million. Ted is responsible for total portfolio strategy, strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection, and risk management.

Prior to joining Cambridge Associates in 2008, Ted worked at Analysis Group, Inc., where he advised clients on a broad range of financial and economic regulatory issues with a focus

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on the investment management industry. He was involved in cases related to mutual fund market timing litigation, excessive shareholder fee suits, trading costs, and hedging strategies.

Ted holds an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, in economics and public policy from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Ted is also a CFA charterholder.

Ted grew up in Concord and is a proud graduate of the Fenn School Class of 1995. He has served on the Fenn Alumni Council since 2011 and the school’s Investment Committee since 2014. He currently lives in Boston and is married to Amanda Lovejoy. They have two boys: four-year-old Cooper and two-year-old Will. Cooper currently attends the Spruce Street Nursery School in Boston and will begin pre-K at the Fessenden School in September.

Genesis RoyalLangham is an independent mental health consultant and social justice advocate. She works with community agencies in and around the greater Boston area as a therapeutic mentor, in-home therapy clinician, outpatient therapist, behavior monitor, and advocacy worker.

With a strengths-based approach, she supports clients with various mental health concerns including traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, ADHD and substance use. She is passionate about collaborating with individuals, families, groups, and communities to assist them in recognizing existing strengths and resiliency.

Genesis grew up in Boston attending Boston Public Schools including the John Mather School and Boston Latin School. She received a bachelor’s degree and National Honor Society Induction in communications from Curry College, as

well as a master’s degree in social work from Wheelock College. She is a Licensed Zumba Instructor, a Certified Group Exercise Instructor, and community health advocate, teaching three classes each week at the Bowdoin Street Health Center in Dorchester. Her participants are patients and community members interested in managing chronic illness, increasing self-care, and reducing stress through exercise. Genesis holds a strong conviction in the connection between mental and physical health, and is passionate about helping others pursue overall wellness and improve outcomes through accessible resources.

Fenn fifth grader Isaiah, 10, and Joshua, 6 (Young Achievers, first grade), are her most valued accomplishments.

Being the wife of a youth basketball coach and the mother of two NBAbound boys, her biggest challenge is trying to keep up with which team gets the jump ball.

A.J. Sohn ’84, managing partner of Antaeus Wealth Advisors, LLC, is responsible for the leadership, oversight, and growth of the firm. He brings to Antaeus nearly 20 years of financial experience, having dedicated his career to developing independent, conflict-free, trustworthy relationships and creating comprehensive financial strategies with his clients. A.J.’s foremost objective is to be a prudent, informed touchstone for individuals, with a special focus on planning for widows and divorcées, as well as business owners, to help them successfully navigate through their financial future.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in social and behavioral sciences from Johns Hopkins University, with concentrations in economics and psychology, and an M.B.A. from Clark University. He

is a Chartered Financial Consultant and Accredited Investment Fiduciary.

A.J. is also involved with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and is a corporator of Emerson Hospital, a member of the Central Massachusetts Search & Rescue Team and Nashoba Brooks School Investment Committee, and current president of the Fenn Alumni Association.

Diane Taubner Randall currently serves as executive vice president of sales for Boston Warehouse Trading Corporation, a leading housewares and home décor importer. Diane was an early member of the executive team and was instrumental in growing the company from startup to $50 million. In her current role, Diane oversees the sales force and personally manages the company’s strategic relationships with leading retailers including Crate and Barrel, Target, and Williams-Sonoma.

Diane is also an active volunteer, currently serving as vice president and member of the Board of Trustees of Concord Youth Theatre, as well as president of Fenn’s Parents Association. She previously served as treasurer of Nashoba Brooks School Parents Association and board member of Charlestown’s Friends of City Square Park.

Diane graduated from Providence College with a B.S. in marketing. She currently resides in Concord, MA, with her husband, Scott, and their two children, Theo, a Fenn seventh grader, and Ivy, a Nashoba Brooks School sixth grader. When not working or volunteering, Diane enjoys gardening, cooking, and traveling. Among all of her activities, Diane’s favorite is being a mom.

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Capital Campaign Marches Forward In Our Hands Featured at Board of Visitors’ Meeting Eighty-four esteemed guests from Fenn’s Board of Visitors, Board of Trustees, and Alumni Council descended on the Fenn campus in November for the 15th annual meeting of the Board of Visitors. The day-long program provided a snapshot of current-day Fenn before diving into priorities of the School’s current capital campaign — In Our Hands: Fenn’s Campaign for Every Boy, Every Day — chaired by trustees Carol Moriarty P’04 and Andy Ory P’18.

Interim Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Tory Hayes ’02 and Assistant Headmaster for Finance and Operations Dave Platt kicked off the campaign briefing by highlighting Fenn’s plan for growing endowment earmarked for financial aid as part of an Endowed Scholarships priority. The duo shared Fenn’s desire to be a leader among peer schools in amount of aid granted, moving the percentage of Fenn students receiving aid closer to 25 percent.

Steve Farley, assistant headmaster for the academic program, took the baton next to explain Fenn’s commitment to an Endowment for Teacher Development and Program Growth to help attract and retain high-caliber educators and support them in integrating technology and hands-on design thinking into their curricula.

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Many acknowledged the link between increased financial aid and a more diverse student body, and one guest suggested that Fenn’s culture depended upon helping diverse families across the socio-economic spectrum afford the School. Others saw the

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A CLEAR VISION FOR THE IN OUR HANDS CAMPAIGN In December 2016, the Fenn Board of Trustees voted to begin raising money to support priorities identified in the School’s Long-Range Strategic Plan for 2012-2022. With these areas of focus as a guide and with input from Fenn community members, the In Our Hands campaign was born with three goals: • Strengthening a community where talented boys from all backgrounds are welcomed and supported • Supporting teachers with opportunities to learn and develop and with mentoring to integrate technology and design thinking into their curricula • Giving all Fenn boys the tools to be thinkers, makers, doers, and leaders in tomorrow’s dynamic world

A Campus Center for 21st Century Learning and Community

To achieve these goals, Fenn is investing in: A Community for Every Boy

Opportunities for Every Day

Endowed Scholarships

Campus Center/Faculty Development/Program Growth

The Jerry Ward and Lorraine Garnett Ward Scholarship Fund Jerry and Lorraine Ward shared a common vision: a Fenn community rich in ideas and perspectives that educates well-matched boys from all backgrounds in the tradition of Sua Sponte. This vision is at the heart of The Jerry Ward and Lorraine Garnett Ward Scholarship Fund that the Nicholas family – JK Nicholas ’82 and Virginia Shannon, Christy and Pete Nicholas ’85, and parents Pete and Ginny Nicholas – established in 2017 as part of the In Our Hands campaign.

The family was inspired to honor the pair’s profound and enduring impact on Fenn students, their families, and the School.

Funds from this permanently restricted endowed fund will enable Fenn to enroll an even greater number of worthy and talented boys with financial need to enrich their education and that of all Fenn boys. The fund will provide full and partial accessibility scholarships for families who are usually priced out of independent school education and partial affordability scholarships to keep Fenn within reach for the families that the School has typically served.

“Whether people are worthy of being Fenn boys should not be

determined by what they have, but by what they bring to the table and who they are as a person,” shared JK Nicholas. “The only way to make this happen is through increased financial aid endowment. A measure of the strength of our community can be how it rallies around this important cause.”

Gifts to the fund total more than $2.3 million to date, and the Nicholas family welcomes others to join them in honoring the Wards and their vision through contributions to the fund.

For more information about In Our Hands: Fenn’s Campaign for Every Boy, Every Day, visit www.fenn.org/EveryBoy or contact Verónica Jorge-Curtis (vjorgecurtis@fenn.org) or Tina Gorski-Strong (tgorskistrong@fenn.org).

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REUNION 2017 Laughter, embraces between old friends, and the sharing of treasured Fenn memories were in large supply as reunion classes were celebrated during Alumni Dinner festivities on Friday evening, September 22. A lively reception in the Kane Gallery was the perfect precursor to a dinner in the Boll Family Building multi-purpose room that saw the Halby brothers (Will ’86 and Peter ’91) each receive Fenn’s Distinguished Alumnus Award.

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Halby Brothers Energized by Diversity Will ’86 and Peter ’91 Receive 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Awards B EAMING S M ILES ,

infectious laughter, hugs and high fives are the sights and sounds of Zeno Mountain Farm, the

loving and supportive community that Will and Peter established in Lincoln, Vermont.

A.J. Sohn ’84, Will Halby ’86, Peter Halby ’91, Jerry Ward

Will and Peter Halby applauded

“You are part of something that is wonderful and bigger than yourself here at Fenn.” – Peter Halby ’91 Zeno Mountain Farm is a non-profit organization that runs arts and sports camps that seamlessly bring together people with a range of abilities and disabilities, including Down’s syndrome, autism, and traumatic brain injuries. The camps aim to break down barriers between the disabled and abled and challenge perceptions that these groups of people are different from each other. The diverse community bands together to tackle projects that include live drama, film, musical theater, athletic events, and even a rolling pageant that has become a part of Bristol, Vermont’s Fourth of July parade.

“Our goal is to change the way that disability is seen in America,”

shared Will. “Most of society doesn’t understand what disabled people can give. They’re an untapped resource of creativity, innovation, and humor.” But certainly not in the Zeno community, as people of all abilities play starring roles in films and musicals, jet down ski slopes with the help of steering partners, and rally their teams on the ball field.

Zeno Mountain Farm was established in 2008 when Will, Peter, and wives Vanessa and Ila acquired 20 acres of property in Lincoln, Vermont, and merged other specialty camps that they had been running since the early 2000s.

The now three-hundred-acre Zeno Mountain location in Lincoln serves as

the organization’s main facility, while Zeno also operates annual programs in Los Angeles and Florida and hosts nationwide movie premieres.

No one is paid or pays to be a part of Zeno, and campers and counselors are invited back for as long as they wish to attend. Together, everyone contributes to the full extent of their individual ability.

On September 22, these inspiring contributions of the Halby brothers were recognized in a morning All School Meeting and at the annual Alumni Dinner that kicked off Homecoming Weekend. At that dinner, Jerry Ward and Alumni Association President A.J. Sohn ’84 bestowed the Distinguished

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Alumnus honor upon each of the brothers. Both were deeply honored to receive an award reserved for Fenn alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their field and to those around them.

Will and Peter each fondly remembered their Fenn years as they stood before student and alumni audiences on that September day.

“My best memories are of the community, my friends, and my relationships with my teachers,” shared Peter. “For me, it was the first time that adults were so respectful, honest and nurturing.”

Will’s memories were a balance of sports and academics. “I remember feeling so puffed up and great when Mr. Starensier (Fenn’s Athletic Director) believed in me as a soccer player (even though I wasn’t the best). Probably most important though was the studying and preparation for our next school adventure.” They both went on to Belmont Hill School and the University of Vermont.

Will added, “You don’t know what will have the biggest influence on you [during your Fenn years], but it’s a lot of fun looking back and connecting the dots later in your life.”

As the Halby brothers look back to connect their dots, they see clearly the seeds of inspiration that Fenn helped to plant during their years as young students.

“You are part of something that is wonderful and bigger than yourself here at Fenn,” shared Peter.

And the same rings so very true for their brainchild, Zeno Mountain Farm.

Its statement of purpose says it all: “We believe that the most important thing in the whole world to us human beings is friendship, community, and the knowledge that we matter to each other.”

And this ever-important feeling of togetherness will remain a hallmark of the extraordinary community that Will and Peter imagined and now deliver to appreciative campers of all abilities.

“Our goal is to change the way that disability is seen in America.”

– Will Halby ’86

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HOMECOMING 2017 A gloriously warm and sunny day greeted the alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff, and friends who were in attendance at Fenn’s fourth annual Homecoming Celebration on Saturday, September 23. The Kevin White ’93 Memorial 5K kicked off the day of festivities and saw Tyler McGarry, Fenn eighth grader and cross country phenom, break the tape first. A tasty barbeque and tailgate, face painting, pumpkin decorating, and frivolity in the Bounce House and Adrenaline Rush Obstacle Course followed, as did cheering on Varsity Soccer as it battled Belmont Hill School and emerged victorious with a score of 3-0. Tim Reynolds ’67 officiated, while at Fenn enjoying his 50th reunion. The Trebles and marching band added to the entertainment with spirited game-time performances that are always sure to please.

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The memories that generations of Fenn boys hold dear feature different

names and faces, but there is similarity in the strength of the bonds of friendship that form. A beautiful story of 75 years of Fenn friendship leads the Class Notes that follow, ushering in the celebration of many alumni successes and milestones. Luke Colby’s (’96) life as a rocket engineer and Nick Powley’s (’97) community-building spirit are featured. Before the alumni stories begin, enjoy this image of Jerry Ward celebrating boys who sold the most tickets for a scholarship raffle that created funds for financial aid. Fenn icon Read Albright is seen in the background shouting each boy’s name, before they ran towards the gym to claim their prize and a headmaster high five. Anoff Cobblah ’01 enjoys the spotlight while the class of ’00 looks on.

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1956

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Rick Bullock writes, “Still here; still healthy” and hopes the same is true of his classmates, to whom he sends best wishes.

“Good memories of Fenn!”

news to alumni@fenn.org or enter it online at www.fenn.org/classnotes.

1954 In October, John Hutchinson’s second book featuring a field mouse named Bertie rolled off the presses. John writes, “In Bertie and the Lost Treasure of Skull Island, our hero and his cousin, Benjamin, voyage to far-off Skull Island in search of a longdead pirate’s hidden treasure. This tale of derring-do and heart-stopping excitement boasts 20 color illustrations and is 290 pages long. It is available on Amazon for $25 plus $4 postage. Autographed and inscribed copies can be purchased directly from the author for $31 plus $4 postage.”

1958 REUNION We’d love to hear from you! Please email news to alumni@fenn.org or enter it online at www.fenn.org/classnotes.

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The Class of 1955 mourns the loss of Peter Osgood, who passed away on July 22, 2017.

(See photo below.)

Kemp Coit reports that since he retired in 2011 to southern Colorado, he has had to adapt to the local fauna. “I’m certain that Roger Fenn would approve of my neighbors. The leatherback tarantula and the tarantula wasp live in my yard.” (See photo at right) Jack Denny-Brown sends greetings to members of the Class of 1960.

“Hello to old classmates from a bygone world! After more than 40 years working as a schoolteacher, I am now semi-retired, living in central Massachusetts in the town

Peter Osgood ’55

A selfie of Jack Denny-Brown ’60 and his wife, Ann

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A tarantula wasp from the Colorado backyard of Kemp Coit ’60

of Lunenburg, and serving as a member of the Fenn Alumni Council. Though it does seem like a different world, I remember my Fenn years from 1958-1960 with great fondness. The school sponsors a number of events which offer the opportunity for old grads to return, walk about the campus, and see what our old school has become. It has changed, to be sure. To tell you the truth, I think it is a better school in many ways than the humble little school we attended. But I think you will find, as I have, that the school retains a lot of the personality and character that we exper-

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Excerpts from a Eulogy for a Beloved Friend Fred Lovejoy ’51 remembers F. Aldrich Edwards ’51 (1937-2017) HOW D OE S O N E SA Y goodbye after 75 years of friendship? How does one say goodbye after so many joys as well as challenges and disappointments that accompany the journey of life? How does one say goodbye to a journey bookended by throwing the football each afternoon on Lowell Road in Concord at age 5 and Jill’s and my breakfast with Aldy one month ago (unaware it would be our final breakfast) in his beloved New Haven and Yale University overlooking the Green? It is not easy.

Aldy loved his schools, and his accomplishments in his early years were many: Fenn School – vice president of our class, the winner of the Fenn Speaking Prize; St. Paul’s School – a Delphian and a Shattuck, the varsity soccer team as a fullback, a stalwart member of the choir; recipient of the Thayer Medal; Yale University – Timothy Dwight College, member of the freshman glee club, manager and treasurer of his fraternity, and sports enthusiast.

Our moments together are permanently etched in my mind: our trip to

Class of 1951 in Eighth Grade

Europe with Georges Peter and Jim Kelly after our senior year at Yale, planned in exquisite detail by Aldy; his marriage in Montclair to Carrie, where as his best man, I left their getaway car overnight on the street with a subsequent sizable ticket and a less than thrilled Mr. and Mrs. Van Vleck. I particularly remember the final sailboat race of the fish class. He was my crew. We came in dead last…

As his activities became more constricted in recent years, he told me often how I must watch the Ivy League TV channel… For Aldy, Yale beating Harvard was everything in life.

Aldy loved his family and was so proud of them, and he knew his family history in the past and today in great detail. His own children and their families were his joy… He admired greatly his older sister Anne, and to his older brother Dick he was the most loyal of friends…

Aldy’s roots and love of Concord were deep-seated. He loved Fenn School and his classmates. He loved Patriots Day, the Milldam, and Concord’s rich revolutionary and literary history. He

would tell me often that his father owned the Colonial Inn in Concord and his mother was the ladies golf champion at the Concord Country Club…

Aldy left a deep impact on all of us.

He had a great smile. He was a product of his upbringing; deeply faithful to his roots, to his family, to his town, to his school. He had an unquenchable intellectual curiosity, and he pursued his passions avidly. He was strong-willed, clear in intent and purpose, and loyal in friendship. He exemplified every day that wise quote; “This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” If one could sum up Aldy in one word, it would be passionate; passionate about every endeavor he ever undertook in life. And Aldy’s conversations with me would always end in the same way, “God Bless.”

Goodbye Aldy. I (we) will deeply miss you.

Frederick H. Lovejoy ’51 December 20, 2017

Aldy and Fred, the Best of Friends

“He was a product of his upbringing; deeply faithful to his roots, to his family, to his town, to his school.” – Fred Lovejoy ’51

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ienced all those years ago. I would love to see any member of the Class of 1960 or even adjacent classes. Anyone who remembers Roger Fenn, Mark Biscoe, Tom Lanman, John Palmer, Bill Travers, where are you? I would love to hear from you whether you can make it for an event or not. Where are you Jon Day? Henry Drinker? Old roommates John Handel, Toby Seaman, Ned Besse? Whatever happened to Bobby Johnston? Toby Tighe?

Bob and Bruce Morse? Running back Tim Treadwell. Hambone? I did a count, and 17 of our classmates were boarding students. When we left, we went our separate ways. I would love to hear from you. I would imagine we all feel the same way.

Send me an email and tell me your story!

You can reach me by email at jdennybrown@bbns.org.” (See photo on p. 58.)

1963 REUNION We’d love to hear from you! Please email news to alumni@fenn.org or enter it online at www.fenn.org/classnotes.

1964 Ted Browne writes, “My daughter, Melissa, is a freshman at Franklin and Marshall.

I am still teaching math at Pomfret School

in Connecticut, and one of my spare time activities has been to hike the Mid-State Trail that runs from the Connecticut border to New Hampshire. Maybe I’ll complete that trail during the coming year.”

issued three red card send-offs (although maybe that’s just because I haven’t been paying attention). My advice to aging alumni: stay physically and mentally active. And, of course, there’s red wine.”

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Randy Whitney had a visit from Tim Reynolds ’67 when he was on the East Coast for his 50th Fenn reunion in September (see photo below). “We had a wonderful time catching up after, well, 50 years!”

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1967 Tim Reynolds came East for 1967’s 50th Fenn reunion in September. While here, he had a chance to visit with Randy Whitney ’66 (see photo below). Tim reports that he has three sons, ages 21 to 25. He’s still practicing internal medicine.

“Retirement? No stinking retirement here. Exercise? Soccer referee. I’m moving slower but thinking faster out there. The picture below was taken at the March 2017 Western States Championships in Carson City, NV, not two hours before I was motivated to issue a yellow card caution to a player for delaying a free kick. In 20 years of refereeing, I’ve only

Tim Reynolds ’67 met up with Randy Whitney ’66 in September while on the East Coast for his 50th Fenn reunion.

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Bill Janes, wjanes@ironpointpartners.com Peter Meyer, pbmeyer103@gmail.com Nat Welch, nwelch54@icloud.com

Ellis Withington sends his best wishes to classmates and hopes they’re all doing well.

See family photo on p. 61.

1970 Alumni Class Senator Charlie Denault, cadenault@gmail.com

1971 Alumni Class Senator Jamie Jones, jbjones@seamanpaper.com

Kim Clark is teaching technology and its usefulness for seniors and people with disabilities near Seattle. He also provides IT support for the “Technically Timid.”

Tim Reynolds ’67 at the March 2017 Western States Championships where he refereed the soccer matches

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1973 REUNION Reunion Chairs Steve Morss, smorss@catalinacomputing.com Sam Perry, sam.perry@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Please email news to alumni@fenn.org or enter it online at www.fenn.org/classnotes.

1978 REUNION Reunion Chairs David Brown, dhbrown333@gmail.com Bill Lawrence, lawrencewa@gmail.com Tom Orcutt, torcutt@townofgroton.org

Stiles Bennet has fond memories of his years at Fenn and especially of his favorite teachers—Winchell, Carter and Klingenberg—and his closest friends: Tim Prendergast, Blake Williams and Chris Stigum. He reports that he ran into Chris last year at a cross country meet that his kids were competing in (small world!).

He and Chris then enjoyed a long catch up session in a diner close to Holderness School in Plymouth, NH, where Chris has worked for the last ten years. (See photo below.) Stiles has spent the last ten years working at Wimco Villas, a specialist in high-end vacation rentals in the Caribbean. Ben Williams writes, “It was great to get Bill Lawrence’s note, though I refuse to believe that our 40th reunion is approaching. We couldn’t possibly be that old. It feels like we were just playing

Stiles Bennet and Chris Stigum, Class of 1978

Ellis Withington ’68 and family

Ron Owens ’76, former faculty members Jane and Mark Biscoe H’95, Win Sargent ’56, Jim Carter ’54, and James Owens ’72 at the September 2017 Alumni Dinner

Ben Williams ’78 and family: (l to r) Kevin Miller (boyfriend of Grace), Ben and Ginger Williams, former Fenn trustee and Lawrence Academy Headmaster Ben Williams III, son Carson, daughter Grace, and son Ben

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step ball or squashing the blues in the annual track meet just a few years ago.

All is well with the Williams family. My wife, Ginger, and I have spent the last 25 years in the West, five of those in Houston, TX, and the last twenty on the Central Coast of California. We live on the campus of Cate School, where I serve as the headmaster and Ginger is the school archivist. We have raised our family out here, though our two oldest, Ben and

Enzo Louis Schohn, son of Josh Schohn ’90

Grace, were born at Newton-Wellesley Hospital when we were working outside of Boston. The attached photo (see p.

61) shows the whole family, including my father (a former Fenn trustee) and my daughter Grace’s boyfriend, Kevin Miller, after a recent Cate football game.

Carson, our youngest (who wears #88), is a junior at Cate. A defensive end who led the team in tackles, Carson saved his best for last, sacking the opposing quar-

Peter Halby ’91 with newborn son Desmond

terback on fourth down to end the game and assure a Cate victory. I confess, as much as I loved my time in the East, the West is home now. All of our kids are here, Ben (on the far right in the photo) lives in Santa Barbara and Grace works for a software company in Long Beach, and we have fallen in love with the mountains and the wide open spaces of the western United States. When we are not hard at work at Cate, we escape to our home in the Beartooth Mountains of south central Montana, just north of Yellowstone National Park. Our house, which we built about 12 years ago, is right on the Rosebud River, and we spend as many hours as possible with our fly rods tempting Montana’s abundant trout. Our two Labradors, Chester and Tater, are happy to assist us in that effort, though they are rarely helpful. It has been far too long since I have been back to Fenn, and I am afraid I won’t be able to make our 40th in person. But I send my very best to the Class of ’78, to the school that matters so much to us, and to my good friend Jerry Ward, who has given Fenn the dignity, humanity, and spirit that distinguishes truly remarkable communities. Sua Sponte.”

1980 Alumni Class Senator Jon Cappetta, jcappetta@concordps.org

Jon Cappetta is entering his 30th year as an educator and still enjoys being a teacher in Concord. “I’ve also enjoyed seeing great Fenn friends at reunions and other Fenn events. As the class senator for all members of the Class of 1980, I hope you will come back to campus sometime soon, or at least feel free to get in touch with me anytime.”

1983 REUNION Alumni Class Senators and Reunion Chairs Andy Majewski, amajewsk@fas.harvard.edu Scott Van Houten, scott@vanhoutendesign.com The extended Hackett family: Billy Hackett ’87 and Joe Hackett ’84 flank former trustee Jim Hackett, with mother Mary Sue Hackett in front. Other members of Joe’s family (l to r) are son Charlie (held by nephew Eamon Hegarty ’04), son Henry, wife Heather, and daughter Sophia.

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Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston. Fenn friend, Bejan Rufeh, flew in from Los Angeles to attend the ceremony.

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Dermot FitzPatrick is living in Barrington, IL, and working at Discover Financial Services managing its social media presence.

He spends summers on Cape Cod and in northern Wisconsin. Dermot and his wife, Rebecca, have twins, Jack and Molly, who just started 9th grade. Dermot writes, “Jack and I took a drive out to Fenn in July on a hot Saturday with Ted FitzPatrick ’88 and Conor FitzPatrick ’99. We were tempted to hop the fence and take a dip in the pool.

The place looks great!” Joe Hackett reports, “Still acting, writing and editing here in Tinseltown. So grateful to be a dad and have a whole new purpose. I miss Concord dearly. From Fenn, I miss: 7th grade Civil War studies, shop class, 8th grade English class reading All Quiet On The Western Front with Mr. Albright!” (See family photo on p. 62.)

Alumni Class Senators

1985 Alumni Class Senator Nick Elfner, nelfner@hotmail.com

1986 Fenn is deeply saddened to report that Terry Iandiorio passed away on August 16 when he got caught in a riptide off Nobadeer Beach in Nantucket and drowned. Terry was an attorney at Ropes & Gray in Boston, noted for his pro-bono work. He graduated from Roxbury Latin School, Harvard College, and the University of Chicago Law School. Terry is survived by his wife, Ann Wade, and two children, son Mason and daughter Ellery.

1988 REUNION Reunion Chairs Ned Jastromb, jastromb@yahoo.com Chad Tyson, cctyson@gmail.com Woody Woodman, byron.woodman@comcast.net

news to alumni@fenn.org or enter it online at www.fenn.org/classnotes.

where I’m working with the founder, who is also the former CIO of Vanderbilt University. I’m also back in the world of lacrosse.

I hadn’t played or coached much since I graduated from Duke, but am now helping build the youth programs in town as well as helping at the high school level.”

Matt Boger, mattboger@yahoo.com Brian Davidson, davidsonb@sec.gov

1990 Alumni Class Senator Alex Zavorski, zavorski@gmail.com

Josh Schohn and his wife, Carina Eady-Toledo, welcomed the arrival of son Enzo Louis Schohn, who was born on September 25, 2017. (See photo on p. 62.) Enzo weighed in at 7 lbs. 4 oz., and Josh notes he’s “one hungry baby!” In August, Alex Zavorski joined CloudZero as vice president of product management.

1991 On November 1, 2017, Peter Halby and his wife, Ila, added a third child to their family with the arrival of a son named Desmond. (See photo on p. 62.) Earlier in the fall, Peter and his brother, Will Halby ’86, were honored by the Fenn Alumni Association with the Distinguished Alumnus Award. (See story on p.

52.) They returned to campus to speak to the boys during All School Meeting and received their award at the Alumni Dinner on September 22.

1992 Alumni Class Senators James McNamara, jamers2000@gmail.com Peter Ryan, peter@peterryan.net

Congratulations to Zac Champa and his wife, Jennifer, whose daughter, Keira Ann Champa, was born on August 2, 2017.

Adam Dretler writes, “After 15 years in New York City, I moved with my wife and two kids to Nashville, my wife’s home town. I started to work at an investment management firm called Diversified Trust

1993 REUNION Alumni Class Senators John Frissora, jtfriss@gmail.com Chris Millerick, cjmillerick@gmail.com

Scott Armstrong and his wife, Dru, welcomed the arrival of their second son, Finnegan Robert Armstrong, on August 15, 2017, just a few weeks after the family moved to Greenville, SC. (See photo on p.

65). Weighing 8 lbs. 12 oz. and measuring 21¾ inches, Finn joins older brother Wyatt, who is almost three. To add to the three weeks of excitement—which included viewing the solar eclipse as it passed through Greenville—just after Labor Day, Scott started a new job with Domino Data Lab, where he is running business development. Ian Nurse and his wife, Amanda Allen Nurse, welcomed the arrival of son, Riley James Nurse, on October 24, 2017.

1994 Alumni Class Senator Breman Thuraisingham, breman_t@yahoo.com

Garreth Debiegun writes, “Life continues in Maine where the ground is white the way it ought to be! We celebrate by going swimming on New Year’s to raise money to help fight climate change. Even my threeyear-old joins in (see photo on page 65).

After I swam, she asked me to go in again and bring her! Family life continues; we lost a dog who was a loving family companion, but it made room for the new one!” Curtis Singmaster and his wife, Meg, are back in Colorado and both working at the Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs. Curtis is arts department chair and head coach for the boys’ varsity lacrosse team. Meg is assistant coach of the school’s western riding team.

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Luke Colby ’96 From Estes Rockets with Mr. Byrd to Life as a Rocket Engineer AT F IV E - YE A R S-O LD , Luke Colby knew that he wanted to launch rockets into space. And today, just miles from Fenn, he is living his dream as a rocket engineer and founder of Triton Space Technologies, LLC, an engineering design and manufacturing company in Woburn, MA, that also provides world class consulting engineering and prototype manufacturing.

One could argue that it was ten years in the Mojave Desert working as the lead propulsion engineer on SpaceShipTwo for Virgin Galactic that propelled Luke Colby to launch his business in 2014. But one could make an equally strong argument that Luke was inspired to build and create technologies

that send objects into space from his moments spent firing Estes rockets from the Fennway outfield in Jon Byrd’s science class in the early 90s.

Whatever the inspiration, one thing is clear to Luke when he reflects on his Fenn years: “Fenn taught me the tools that one needs to work hard and stay motivated, to take on challenging problems, and to not lose heart. I think my Fenn education is a huge part of my personal success, in that it prepared me to be a good person and work well with other people.”

Luke’s best advice for rising engineers is to consider the work at hand differently than it can sometimes be pitched. He recounted a teacher in high

school telling him to “always remember you’re a rocket engineer, and not a rocket scientist, because scientists study things that are, while engineers BUILD things that could only be dreamed of.” Luke also urges students who are interested in invention and engineering to balance their math and science classes with as many art design and fabrication courses that teach how to imagine and create something from nothing. He adds, “I’m so delighted to see that Fenn is investing heavily in getting kids interested in designing and making things while they are still in middle school!”

While he can’t reveal too much about the work that is currently engaging him, he is proud to share that he recently finished the challenging, but fun, task of building an injector assembly for a 250,000 pound thrust liquid rocket engine. He is also immersed in developing a line of high pressure valves that are geared specifically for rocket propulsion applications.

“Fenn taught me the tools that one needs to work hard and stay motivated, to take on challenging problems, and to not lose heart.” – Luke Colby ’96

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1995 Alumni Class Senators Nat Heald, natheald@yahoo.com James Southern, jsouthern@halstead.com

Matt Berlin can take credit for one of TIME magazine’s 25 Best Inventions of 2017. This is the second time one of Matt’s creations has been included in the annual round-up of the best inventions making the world better; his robot Nexi was included in TIME’s 2008 list. This year, Matt’s invention—a pet robot named Jibo—graced the cover of the November 27/December 24, 2017 double issue of the magazine.

Finnegan Robert Armstrong, son of Dru and Scott Armstrong ’93

Garreth Debiegun ’94 and daughter Lydianna brave the water on New Year’s to raise money to fight climate change.

1996 Alumni Class Senators John Jenkinson, jfjenkinson@gmail.com Glenn Kasses, gkasses@yahoo.com

Congratulations to Jon Belanger and his wife, Farah Nizam, who welcomed daughter Seneca Sahar Belanger to their family on September 28, 2017. Luke Colby reports, “I have my own company, Triton Space Technologies in Woburn, MA. (See story on p. 64.) We are building an injector assembly for a 250,000 pound thrust liquid rocket engine right now, which is very challenging but also a lot of fun. I really need to get back to Fenn one of these days and give a talk!” Tim Hall is on a six- to eight-month trek through Southeast Asia, so his mother provided an update. For the last ten years, Tim has been an English and social studies teacher and outdoor education instructor working for the Burien, WA, school system. They have a special program for high school students who aren’t making it in traditional high schools. In addition to classes, the program includes Outward Bound type activities, volunteer work, leadership training, etc. Tim, who earned his M.A.T. degree several years ago, had a lot to do with developing the curriculum. Shawn Miller moved to London this past summer and works for Marriott International. “I

Tim Hall ’96 joins classmate Colin O’Neill and his wife Zora at their October wedding.

live on the western side of central London, just north of Hyde Park. It’s a fun city, for sure. I work for the main European office, which is here in downtown London, and I travel around Europe to help new opening hotels with their IT setup. I will certainly get to explore quite a bit of Europe while I’m here. The job is not temporary, so I could potentially be here for several years or longer depending on the visa situation and how much I enjoy it.” Colin O’Neill married Zora Cobb on October 7, 2017, in Colorado. (See photo above.) Tim Hall was in attendance.

1997 Alumni Class Senator Nat Carr, ncarr@fenn.org

Jamie Bretz and his wife, Elizabeth Spanos, welcomed their second son, Oliver Jamieson Bretz, to their family on July 20, 2017. Dave Kitendaugh married Lindsay Sollima on September 23, 2017, in Rockport, ME. (See photo on p. 66.) Nick Powley married Jill Rector on December 21, 2017. In October, Nick made a trip to Fenn and spoke to the boys during assembly. (See story on p. 67.) James Ward and

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2000 Alumni Class Senators George Carr, gcarr4@gmail.com Matt Ward, mward@fenn.org

Lindsay and Dave Kitendaugh ’97 at their September 23, 2017, wedding in Camden, ME

Summer 2017 saw the arrival of two Ward babies: (l to r) Zoe Lorraine Ward, daughter of Courtney and Matt Ward ’00, born July 1, and Samuel June Ward, son of Sophie and James Ward ’97, born June 30

his wife, Sophie Barberich Ward, also welcomed the arrival of a second son this past summer. (See photo above.) Samuel June Ward joined his older brother, John “Jack” Avery Ward, on June 30, 2017.

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Brian Brew ’00 and his fiancée, Caroline Gibbs

Sofia Natalie Wayman, daughter of Ashley and Alex Wayman ’98

August 24, 2017, issue of Boston Business Journal, saying “My Fenn roots built the foundation for success.” Alan O’Neill and his wife, Lauren, welcomed son Liam J. O’Neill to their family on June 21, 2017. Alex Wayman and his wife, Ashley, welcomed the arrival of their second daughter on September 5, 2017.

Sofia Natalie Wayman, who weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz., joins her big sister, Isabella, in the Wayman family. (See photo above.)

Alumni Class Senators and Reunion Chairs Richard Connolly, riconnolly@gmail.com Patrick Jones, Patrick.jones.p@gmail.com

Brendon Davis shared the news that he was included in the “40 Under 40” listing in the

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Jon Ansel and his wife, Clare, live in Rye, NY, and have two sons, aged two and aged four months. Jon works for a hedge fund. Brian Brew recently purchased a place in Brooklyn where he lives with his fiancée, Caroline Gibbs. They got engaged in Santa Barbara, CA, over Memorial Day weekend. (See photo at left.) Brian says, “We got home from London on Wednesday and flew to New Mexico to pick up our new puppy, Obi, an English Cream longhaired miniature dachshund.

Work is going well.” George Carr writes, “My wife, Molly, two-year-old son, Teddy, and I are loving life in Yarmouth, ME. We moved to the Portland area in the fall of 2015. I’m working at a wealth management firm in Portland, and Molly just started a new job in fundraising at Bowdoin College.

Nate Shapiro and his wife, Kristin, welcomed the arrival of their second son on August 27, 2017. Benjamin Paul Shapiro arrived at 12:00 p.m., weighing 8.6 lbs. and measuring 21 inches long. Ben joins his older brother, Noah, in the Shapiro family. Nate practices pediatric dentistry in Chesapeake, VA. Matt Ward and his wife, Courtney, welcomed the arrival of daughter Zoe Lorraine Ward on July 1, 2017. (See photo at left.)

2001 Alumni Class Senator Jimmy Hall, jkhall4@gmail.com

Congratulations to Sam Hoyt who married Emma Leigh on October 14, 2017. In November 2016, Ben McKean married fellow Georgetown University graduate, Kay O’Rourke, in Pinehurst, NC. They are living in Manhattan.

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Will Howerton, will.howerton@gmail.com

Ryan Connolly, reconnolly@gmail.com

Graham Jenkins, grahamwjenkins@gmail.com

Sam Takvorian, stakvorian@gmail.com

Davis Rosborough, davis.rosborough@gmail.com

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Nick Powley ’97 Bringing Ideas to Life Through Community NIC K W AS A B O R N I N V E N T O R .

During his Fenn years, he vividly remembers being intrigued by a rice-filled juggling ball that he saw in a juggling and magic shop. He was desperate to know how the rice got into the ball. So Nick started to tinker, ultimately creating a pipe-like contraption that he thought would accomplish it.

Years later, he had an opportunity to create a medical device with a physician from the Cleveland Clinic, and this same Middle School contraption influenced the design of what would become a delivery system for self-expanding stents. Nick can also boast creation of a universal sterilizing tool to prevent infection, as well as other patents and multiple awards, including two de Florez awards for outstanding ingenuity and creativity from his alma mater MIT.

On October 23, Nick visited Fenn’s All School Meeting to share his unique story, which more recently includes the 2016 founding of CoCreateX, a community of makers that helps aspiring inventors bring promising ideas to life.

Some of these ideas take shape within the four walls of a St. Paul, Minnesota bungalow that Nick purchased to provide free coop space for inventing, designing, and building.

“Our general philosophy is to help people succeed by being who they are and by doing what they love,” Nick shared. “With CoCreateX and as an individual, I’ve supported hundreds of inventions and probably helped more than one thousand people.”

CoCreateX is built on sharing knowledge and resources, but also thanking the peer inventors who lend

their ideas and support. The CoCreateX team is now collecting a wealth of thankyou’s from across the country, as a group of diversely skilled makers travels in a large white, “tricked out” bus to meet inventors where they are. Fenn boys enjoyed climbing aboard this magic bus during Nick’s visit.

Meanwhile, Nick can’t help but see the influence of Fenn across his various accomplishments.

“My teachers always believed in me and made me feel like I was a really good person who could make a difference in the world,” he shared. “People get to know each other at Fenn, and they believe in each other for the great people that they are. I’ve carried this with me my entire life, and it influences how I approach everyone I come into contact with on a daily basis.”

“My teachers made me feel like I was a really good person who could make a difference in the world… I’ve carried this with me my entire life.”

– Nick Powley ’97

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Chris Fay’s wife, Katie, gave birth to Henry James Fay on June 5, 2017. (See photo at left.) He weighed in at 7 lbs. 12 oz. Neal Hicks was named head lacrosse coach for Washington & Lee High School in Arlington, VA. Sajeev Popat started his M.B.A. studies at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business Administration this past fall.

2004 Alumni Class Senator BJ Moriarty, jmoriarty@jwcapitalpartners.com

Ned Levering ’02 at work on the pottery wheel

Henry James Fay, son of Katie and Chris Fay ’03

After teaching for four years at Tuscaloosa Academy in Alabama, Rob Kettlewell has moved north to do graduate work at Columbia University’s Teachers College.

John LoVerme married Kyla Jacobs on June 10, 2017, at the Migis Lodge in Casco, ME. Fenn and Nashoba Brooks friends were well-represented at the ceremony. (See photo at left).

2005 Alumni Class Senators Spencer Lovejoy, slovejoy424@gmail.com Will Stone, william.l.stone12@gmail.com Pete Valhouli-Farb, pvalhoulifarb@gmail.com

John LoVerme ’04 and Kyla Jacobs celebrate with Fenn and Nashoba Brooks friends at their June 2017 wedding: (l to r) Jevan Jammal, John Moriarty ’04, Jen Adams, Kath Ganz Moriarty, Pete Stone ’03, Kyla Jacobs, John LoVerme ’04, Mike Marinella ’04, Anne Geraghty, unknown, Freemon Romero ’04, Kelley Crowley Jammal, Jared Jammal ’04.

Congratulations to Hugh Doyle and his wife, Brittany Mejorado! Their son, Hunter Mateo Doyle, was born on October 4, 2017, weighing in at 7 lbs. 4 oz. The Doyle family lives in Austin, TX, where Hugh works for AlienVault as Channel Account Manager.

Ned Levering is owner of Indigo Fire Studio in Belmont, MA, where he teaches pottery classes and sells his works locally. (See photo above.) Luke Marchand and his wife, Jacqueline, celebrated the birth of their son

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Liam Nevin Marchand on June 25, 2017, at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Liam was 6 lbs. 14 oz. and 19 inches long.

2003 REUNION Alumni Class Senators and Reunion Chairs Jack Carroll, je.carroll10@gmail.com Bronson Kussin, bronson.kussin@gmail.com Christian Manchester, christian.d.manchester@gmail.com

Mike Spiak, mspiak06@gmail.com

Nico Hargreaves-Heald recently started a master’s degree in international relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, MA. His academic focus includes counterinsurgency, irregular warfare, and political approaches to asymmetric conflict.

Following graduation, he hopes to secure employment in the intelligence community or with a non-governmental organization (NGO) in South Asia. He currently lives in Cambridge with his girlfriend, Claire. Ben Kitendaugh proposed to Heather McAuliffe on June 23, 2017, and the answer was “Yes!” Greg Pierson accepted a position as an associate attorney at Phelps Dunbar LLP, which meant a relocation to Tampa, FL, this fall. Trip Smith writes, “I left my job in June and spent ten days in Ecuador with a tour group doing extreme sports—whitewater rafting, canyoning, ziplining, trekking, and mountain biking. (See photo on p. 69.)

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a full-time M.B.A. program at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.” Will Stone married Caroline Lindseth on October 7, 2017 in Boston. (See photo below).

2008 REUNION Alumni Class Senators and Reunion Chairs Dan Giovacchini, giodan25@gmail.com Chris Walker-Jacks, christopherwjacks@gmail.com JC Winslow, jcwins16@g.holycross.edu

2006 Alumni Class Senators Tyler Davis, davist.boston@gmail.com Luke Rogers, lucianjrog@gmail.com

This summer, Malin Adams had his first two-week vacation since college. “It’s mandatory in my position at J.P. Morgan and something that I am not upset about having to take. I spent the first week in Nantucket and the second week out west in Sun Valley, Yellowstone, and Jackson Hole. Feeling relaxed and grateful for the fun adventures.”

Malin and his fiancée, Daria “Dasha” Godunova, will tie the knot on June 23, 2018, in Sun Valley, ID. Malin and Dasha met at the College of William and Mary.

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On August 25, Chris Calkins marked the start of four years of medical school at Stanford University with the traditional white coat ceremony. (See photo below.) Following his graduation from Dartmouth, where he rowed on the varsity crew, Chris spent two years working on the innovation team at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in Cambridge. In addition, he volunteered for the lightweight crew team at Harvard, where one of his friends from Andover and Dartmouth is the assistant coach.

2009 Alumni Class Senators Sam Doran, saminthenewsroom@gmail.com

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Thacher Hoch, thachmo94@comcast.net

Alumni Class Senators Will Joumas, wbjoumas@gmail.com Joe Rinaldo, josepher715@gmail.com

Sean Gannon is an account executive in the global partnerships department of Ascendent Sports Group in New York City. This past fall, Robert Palmer began his first year of medical school at Yale University.

Trip Smith ’05 in Ecuador this past summer

2010 Alumni Class Senators Gabe Arnold, ggbbe3@gmail.com Drew Coash, dcoash@middlebury.edu Will Crowley, wcc2ab@virginia.edu

Fenn was well represented at the wedding of Will Stone ’05 in October.

Dylan Dove graduated from University of California — Berkeley in December 2017.

He is working in New York City as a software engineer at Vimeo.

Alumni Class Senator Nathaniel Sintros, nathaniel1756@gmail.com

Jack Bierwagen writes, “Last year, I did a study abroad trip where I studied the Classics for seven weeks at Lincoln College at Oxford University in England before visiting many of the cities and locations that we discussed in our courses. Besides England, Scotland, and Ireland, I also traveled to Greece, Italy, Prague, Copenhagen, and Paris on my trip. In London, I was able to spend a few days with George Cohen but was unable to take a picture worth sending to Fenn.” Matt Boudreau is spending his junior year abroad studying at the London School of Economics & Political Science.

Jackson Price, a junior at Skidmore College, interned at the Peace Corps this past summer and is now in France for a year abroad.

His family recently moved to Indiana.

Nathaniel Sintros writes, “I have been competing in the Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series and am looking towards competing in the U.S. Formula 4 professional race series in 2018. I will also be returning for my third season coaching the varsity squash team at Lawrence Academy this winter.”

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Nathaniel Sintros ’11 (center) on the podium at a Lucas Oil Formula Car Race

While Nobles took home a 3-1 win from their varsity soccer match against Lawrence Academy on October 28, the game provided LA teammates (l to r) Jake Harvey ’16, Finn Harding ’15, and Matt Killian ’14 a chance to reunite with Matt Kirkman ’16 from the visiting Nobles team. Current Fenn students Hans Scheibe ’21 (far left) and Peter Scheibe ’19 (far right) served as ball boys for the match.

The Groton vs. Rivers varsity soccer game on October 7 brought together Fenn alumni including: (l to r) Walker Davey ’15 (co-captain, Groton team), Chewy Bruni ’15; Rivers students Witt Cadwalader ’16, James Corriea ’15, and Cole LaPlante ’15; Groton students Nick Steinert ’15, Patrick Ryan ’15, Max Steinert ’16, and Mark Reiss ’16; and Groton graduate Alec Reiss ’14.

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(l to r) John Hart ’13, George Littlefield ’14, and Mitchell Groves ’13 in Thessaloniki, Greece, during their first term for Northeastern University

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Will Baxter, will.baxter.1996@gmail.com Andreas Sheikh, andsheikh21@gmail.com

Carter Hochman has been hired by ESPN to be their sideline reporter for UMass Lowell basketball games.

2013 REUNION Alumni Class Senators Jake Goorno, jbgoorno@gmail.com Mitchell Groves, mitchmgroves@gmail.com Reid Shilling, rshilling97@gmail.com

Griffin Price is a sophomore at Middlebury College. He spent the summer in Los Angeles and was hoping to move up to starting goalkeeper for the Middlebury varsity soccer team. His family recently moved to Indiana.

2014 Alumni Class Senators Chad Arle, chad.w.arle@gmail.com Andrew Brown, abrown.17@pomfretschool.org Ryan Ewing, ryanewing99@gmail.com P.J. Lucchese, pjlucchese@gmail.com Christopher Ruediger, chris.ruediger3@gmail.com Cormac Zachar, cormacz98@gmail.com

2015 Alumni Class Senators Walker Davey, daveybolts28@gmail.com Paul Michaud, paul.michaud13@gmail.com Sid Modur, Sidharth.modur@gmail.com Nick Schoeller, nschoeller2@gmail.com Max Solomon, msolomon19@groton.org Dylan Volman, dhvman@gmail.com Ben Zide, benjaminzide@gmail.com

Owen Elton, owen.elton@me.com Sam Farley, samn8r14@gmail.com Kevin Gao, 666666kevingao@gmail.com William Locke, wlocke2000@comcast.net Tad Scheibe, scheibetm@gmail.com

Matt Kleiman was named a Dual County All-Star in cross country this past fall, running for the Concord-Carlisle High School team. Max Steinert was one of three winners of Groton School’s Fels Science Prize in June 2017. The prize is awarded to a member of the Lower School who has demonstrated exceptional enthusiasm for a proficiency in the experimental aspects of scientific inquiry. Tyden Wilson tied for 1st place in the American Junior Golf Association’s qualifying tournament at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club in Boylston, MA, on August 13, earning medalist honors in the Boys Division. He posted a 1-under-par 71 on this tough, hilly course among a field of 72 golfers.

2017 Alumni Class Senators Nico Bowden, nicobowden@gmail.com Charles Brookby, cibrookby@gmail.com Ollie Cheever, ocheever@gmail.com Ian Moore, mooreian17@gmail.com

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Former Faculty and Staff News Former Fenn Director of Technology Jim Hazeltine writes, “A quick two cents on life after leaving Fenn. I taught at the International School of Belgrade while my wife and I were posted in Serbia. I completed my Master’s in Computer Science during postings in Guatemala City and Quito, and then joined the Foreign Service (my wife has been an officer since 2006) as an IT specialist. My first posting was Lusaka, Zambia. I am now completing a tour in Paris, France. We are heading back to Washington, DC, now after eleven years overseas.”

Congratulations to former Diversity Intern Justin McLean and his wife, Julianna Gonzalez, who welcomed daughter Italina Aurora McLean to their family on October 9, 2017.

Fred Williams, former head of the Upper School, reports that he’s in his ninth year as head at The Rectory School in Pomfret, CT. His daughters are doing well. Holly is in her second year of veterinary school at Tufts University, and Lindsey has just moved to Boston where she is teaching kindergarten at a charter school in East Boston.

Sammy Agrawal, asammy211@gmail.com Sam Remondi, slremondi@gmail.com

Xander Kessler was named a Dual County All-Scholastic and All-Star in cross country this past fall, running for the ConcordCarlisle High School team. He came in second at both the Amherst Invitational meet in September and the Dual County League championship meet in late October.

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Military Veterans Honored TO HONOR V ETER A NS D A Y THIS YEA R ,

Fenn dedicated its November 9th All School Meeting to a moving

remembrance of the sacrifices of all military veterans, including those from the Fenn family of alumni, faculty, and staff. The program continued a tradition established by Roger Fenn to remember—each Veteran’s Day—all who have served the country within the Fenn community. Following are Fenn veterans and active military personnel whose service is noted in our database. If a name is missing, please share it with us at alumni@fenn.org, so that we can know and honor all who serve.

Edward J. Bartlett ’30 Sumner P. Bodfish ’30 Blair Cleveland ’30 Nathaniel H. Batchelder, Jr. ’31 Lucius Beebe ’31 Donald H. Brown ’31 John R. Edmands ’31 Truman Heminway, Jr. ’31 Henry F. Hewes, Jr. ’31 Roger Kinnicutt, Jr. ’31 Herbert J. Motley ’31 Edwards Park ’31 Harlan K. Simonds, Jr. ’31 William C. Souther ’31 Henry S. Thompson, Jr. ’31 A. Martin Williamson ’31 Alvin V. Baird, Jr. ’32 Robert Beckvold ’32 Alexander B. Lincoln ’32 George T. Wallace ’32

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David B. Williams ’32 Hugh L. B. Bergland ’33 Laurence B. Grose ’33 Martin S. Meigs, Jr. ’33 John S. Newberry, Jr. ’33 Herbert G. Pratt II ’33 Winward Prescott ’33 Robert Swan ’33 George A. Taylor ’33 Malcolm Thompson ’33 Stewart C. Woodworth III ’33 Stephen P. Baldwin ’34 Howard W. Barnard ’34 Herbert W. Blanchard ’34 Alexander A. Cameron, Jr. ’34 F. Stanton Cawley, Jr. ’34 Dexter P. Cooper, Jr. ’34 C. Dana Densmore ’34 C. Frederic Edgarton ’34 Abbott T. Fenn ’34

William W. Fenn II ’34 Charles P. Fisher ’34 A. Holden Hayden, Jr. ’34 Samuel M. Hosmer ’34 Richard P. Mason ’34 Charles H. Pratt ’34 John Q. Bastille ’35 Robert A. Bastille ’35 R. David Beebe ’35 Edward W. Emerson II ’35 Ronald M. Ferry, Jr. ’34 Harris H. Gilman ’35 David T. Grose ’35 Edward W. Morse III ’35 William R. Rawson ’35 Allen N. Rodday ’35 Charles W. Arnold III ’36 Stevens D. Brown ’36 Watkins R. Broyles ’36 Philip S. Burbank ’36

Ross H. Detwiler ’36 Gordon Frazier ’36 W. Leeds Frye ’36 Stephen H. Gilman ’36 Edward H. Harding ’36 Brooks Hoar ’36 Francis A. Houston ’36 Gregory Lynes ’36 Henry B. Stanton ’36 B. David Wetherell ’36 Harvey Wheeler ’36 Richard Zahner ’36 Peter F. Billings ’37 Frederick W. Bisbee ’37 Thomas P. Brooks, Jr. ’37 Braley A. Cameron ’37 T. Lewis Clark ’37 John W. Clarkson, Jr. ’37 Henry F. Colt, Jr. ’37 Neal W. Cox, Jr. ’37

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William G. Doe ’37 William F. Emerson ’37 A. Irving Forbes ’37 Donald E. Furber ’37 Newell Garfield, Jr. ’37 C. David Grinnell ’37 Lawrence K. Lunt, Jr. ’37 Joshua B. Richmond ’37 Seabury T. Short, Jr. ’37 Richard W. Sulloway, Jr. ’37 Thomas S. Wheelock ’37 Frederick R. Wulsin, Jr. ’37 Gordon Allen, Jr. ’38 William W. Anderson ’38 Eric Billings ’38 Robert N. Bowser ’38 Allen Foss ’38 Donald Frazier ’38 Edward T. French ’38 B. Pope Marion ’38 Peter H. Richardson ’38 A. Alexander Robey, Jr. ’38 G. Baldwin Walker ’38 Edric A. Weld, Jr. ’38 Willard C. Whitehouse ’38 Peter F. Winant ’38 Nicholas H. Witte ’38 Stanwood K. Bolton, Jr. ’39 Walter P. Burrier ’39 George C. Corey ’39 Weyman S. Crocker, Jr. ’39 Edward P. Daniels, Jr. ’39 Roger M. Dixon ’39 George H. Kidder ’39

Edmund F. Leland III ’39 John W. Locke ’39 David G. Lynes ’39 David Murray, Jr. ’39 William J. Witton ’39 David Anderson ’40 John B. Bisbee ’40 Robert C. Cobb, Jr. ’40 John B. Fisher ’40 Sheldon Flory ’40 Robert F. Foster, Jr. ’40 David H. Hawkins ’40 David W. Lennihan ’40 Guenter H. Mattersdorff ’40 Robert L. Moore, Jr. ’40 Francis P. Nash, Jr. ’40 William T. Parsons ’40 John S. Robey ’40 Stephen M. Stackpole ’40 Brooks Stevens III ’40 Romeyn Taylor ’40 Charles G. Washburn II ’40 Howard E. Wulsin ’40 Snelling R. Brainard ’41 George H. Garfield ’41 David B. Grinnell ’41 Archibald M. Howe, Jr. ’41 Henry P. Kidder, Jr. ’41 J. David Lyle ’41 V. Arthur Mallet ’41 William M. Shedden II ’41 Charles L. Ward, Jr. ’41 Joseph Chandler ’42 Mark L. Dunlop ’42

George H. Garfield ’42 John D. Lynch ’42 Worcester Meriam ’42 Franklin H. Perkins, Jr. ’42 James W. Rollins ’42 Howard Turner ’42 Joseph C. Whitney ’42 William H. Fisher ’43 John A. Albree ’44 Thomas R. Parks ’45 Edward F. Sutherland ’45 John W. Leahy ’46 Nelson B. Lee, Jr. ’47 Morgan K. Smith, Jr. ’49 George W. Fang ’50 F. Aldrich Edwards ’51 Tylor Field II ’51 David W. Taber ’51 John D. Gannett, Jr. ’52 Philip Faversham ’53 Timothy F. Little ’53 Michel Rozsa ’53 Michael P. McDonald ’54 Richard C. Evans ’57 C. Hoagland Klinck, Jr. ’57 Eric Vanderpoel II ’57 Gifford Allen, Jr. ’58 Thomas E. Black ’58 Jay C. Klinck ’59 David L. Newton ’59 John A. Vanderpoel, Jr. ’59 Winford C. Naylor, Jr. ’60 Edward N. Perry ’60 Lawrence Terry, Jr. ’60

Jonathan W. Wilbor ’60 David F. Nichols ’61 Warren S. Chase ’62 R. Scott Watson ’62 Marshall F. Campbell III ’72 Peter B. Davis ’72 George D. Goundry ’72 James E. Owens ’72 David E. Ratcliff, Jr. ’73 Samuel Gordy ’76 Merle V. Bickford ’77 Thomas P. Beal III ’78 Andrew S. Biscoe ’79 Albert Thorndike, Jr. ’79 John H. Pettit ’80 Alan E. Eckel ’82 Michael D. Taub ’83 Edward T. White ’83 Michael V. Samarov ’85 Elliott J. Donald ’86 Roger S. Duncan ’86 Charles F. Adams ’89 Reid B. Adams ’92 T. Coleman Brooks ’92 C. Cameron Wilson ’93 W. Ford Fitzkee ’96 Andrew N. Welch ’00 Matthew J. Keller ’01 Alexander V. Green ’04 Eamon J. Hegarty ’04 Malcolm J. Eaton ’05 Robert W. Costa ’08 Christopher R. Kent ’08 Wilson R. Indermuehle ’12

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in memoriam

We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the families of these Fenn graduates, relatives, and friends.

Donald R. Barron January 12, 2018 Father of Owen Barron ’91 Mark E. Connelly October 15, 2017 Father of Scott Connelly ’74 F. Aldrich Edwards II ’51 November 28, 2017 Ronald M. Ferry, Jr. ’34 November 11, 2017 Arthur Hall July 13, 2017 Father of Tim Hall ’96 Theodore P. Heuchling December 23, 2017 Father of Paul Heuchling ’73 Henry O. Houghton, Jr. November 23, 2017 Father of Harry Houghton ’01 Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr. USN (Ret.) November 13, 2017 Father of Tom Hudner ’87 Grandfather of TJ Hudner, Fifth Grade John Alden Lang June 30, 2017 Father of Jon Lang ’83 Jeffrey F. Manshel ’06 December 12, 2017 Brother of Xander Manshel ’02 John F. Morse III December 30, 2017 Father of John C. Morse ’87 William K. Newbury ’62 September 24, 2017 Brother of David Newbury ’56 and Sam Newbury ’59 Cousin of Gibbs Roddy ’70 and Gil Roddy ’10

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A. Dewey Nichols January 31, 2017 Father of David Nichols ’61 and Jeffrey Nichols ’63 Peter G. Osgood ’55 July 22, 2017 Francis Hunter Rowley July 8, 2017 Father of Mark Rowley ’74 Dawson A. Rutter III ’09 November 6, 2017 Bradbury B. Smith July 31, 2017 Father of Brendan Smith ’00 and Corey Smith ’02 Helen Claflin Spring November 19, 2017 Mother of John Spring ’62 and Bill Spring ’65 Grandmother of Tyler Spring ’88 and Will Spring ’04 C. Lloyd “Tommy” Thomas ’47 September 1, 2017 Henry S. Thompson, Jr. ’31 September 5, 2017 Jean T. Travers January 30, 2018 Wife of former Fenn faculty member Bill Travers Former headmistress of The Brooks School, Concord Victor M. Tyler II October 3, 2017 Father of Morris Tyler ’73, Johnson Tyler ’74, and Victor Tyler ’78 D. Alexander “Sandy” Wieland, Jr. August 23, 2017 Father of Peter Wieland ’84 Husband of former Fenn staff member Louise “Glee” Wieland

John M. Willett ’64 August 25, 2017

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Please plan to join us for

Jerry Ward’s

RETIREMENT CELEBRATION

Saturday, June 16, 2018 The Fenn School Visit www.fenn.org/retirement for event information.

Homecoming and Reunion September 21-22, 2018 Reconnect with classmates and relive your best Fenn memories at the 4th annual Reunion and Homecoming Weekend! Alumni classes ending in “3” and “8,” it’s time to celebrate!

Please visit www.fenn.org/homecoming for more information.

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Parents of Alumni If this publication is addressed to your son, and he no longer maintains a permanent address at your home, please notify the alumni office of his new mailing address (978-318-3525 or aboudreau@fenn.org).

Thank you!

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