DSCoVR-ing How to Make a Difference

from FVS Bulletin – Spring 2017

by Fountain Valley School of Colorado

Borderlines

Boxing food at the Connection 4 Life pantry

Building the bridge from the FVS gym parking lot to the playing fields

Giving back to the community through Fountain Valley’s DSCoVR program is akin to a “full-contact sport” in that—like the School’s athletics—it demands dedication and teamwork, and it builds character while offering lifelong lessons.

Community service has long been a part of the curriculum at Fountain Valley. Three years ago, the idea of making community service an afternoon activity option for students arose, fueled by a desire to better deliver on the school’s core value of compassion.

Languages faculty Nathan Eberhart, a Colorado Springs native, took the reins. “It was a cool opportunity to reach out to my friends and different local programs to see if we could create partnerships between the students and organizations,” he says.

He envisioned a program that would expose students to a broad array of opportunities. That sense of exploration, he decided, should be reflected in the team’s name.

“I wanted everyone to know this team was going to be different. As importantly, I wanted our students to discover the different ways they can get involved in our greater community.”

Thus, Danes Serve the Community Volunteer Regiment (DSCoVR) was born with objectives that comprised all of FVS core values: open-mindedness, self-reliance, curiosity, courage and compassion.

Destiny Morgan ’17, a day student from Colorado Springs, participated in DSCoVR for two seasons and enjoyed the team-building activities the group did together: “My favorite memory is playing games together on Wednesdays. We didn’t all speak the same language, but playing became a perfect way to communicate with each other. We bonded in these moments, which made us stronger as a group and better at working together. DSCoVR was a great experience. It really helped to open my eyes to what this community needs and how I can further help.”

Prepping meatballs at Seeds Cafe for the next day’s meal

Making tamales for FVS community members in need

The group has focused its efforts on a handful of local organizations:

Seeds Community Café. This downtown Colorado Springs restaurant has a mission to ensure people can get a meal when they need one, regardless of ability to pay. In this first DSCoVR partnership, FVS students helped ready meals for the following day, prepping vegetables and cleaning the restaurant. Goodwill. In this major partnership, students worked at the Security-Widefield store, sorting clothes and placing them on the floor for sale. They also orchestrated a Goodwill drive on campus, collecting more than 1,000 items.

Apple Tree/Solange Assisted Living. On Fridays, the DSCoVR group traveled to this facility near campus to engage in conversations and activities with residents. Over time, the youths developed relationships with the seniors and came to look forward to visits. The students even made a special connection with one resident, alumnus George Vinnedge ’57. These experiences sometimes pushed FVS students out of their comfort zones, Eberhart says. “There was some social anxiety involved in showing up and sitting with a stranger, and to recognize that some of the residents have health issues,” he says. “It’s important for a kid to discover how powerful it is to just be there.” Atlas Prep. This Colorado Springs charter school is led by executive director Brittney Moore Stroh ’06. DSCoVR students tutored middle schoolers every Monday, helping them with homework and individual reading. Connection 4 Life. For Izzy Nuñez ’17’s food rescue project, DSCoVR signed on to deliver FVS’ leftover food each Thursday to this nearby food pantry and resource center that offers training, counseling, crisis support and more to those in need. Students also pitched in for the organization’s Thursday food giveaways, helping sort and box food for families to pick up. Connection 4 Life distributes 100,000 pounds of food annually to 10,000–12,000 people in southern Colorado Springs.

On-campus projects. Working with ranch manager Tyson Phillips, DSCoVR members built a bridge across an irrigation ditch for easier access to the athletic fields, and helped clear brush and tree limbs from the front prairie. Last fall, they harvested corn stalks from the community garden, which were used to decorate the campus. Random acts of kindness. DSCoVR makes a practice of spreading joy whenever inspiration strikes. For instance, they made and delivered tamales to a faculty member who recently lost her husband, as well as a staff member who was just home from the hospital.

Making tamales for FVS community members in need

Harvesting corn stalks in the FVS community garden

At Atlas Prep charter school, DSCoVR tutors students.

Emily Bowling ’17, a boarding student from Texas, particularly enjoyed tutoring students at Atlas Prep, a charter middle and high school in Colorado Springs: “We connected with children who were in situations far from what kids on campus have experienced. Bringing help and positive modeling to that group of youths was incredibly rewarding. One particularly moving movement was when a 5th-grade girl I was mentoring pulled out a worksheet about reproductive health that covered everything about the birds and the bees. Her mother was no longer in the picture at home. She was curious, but too embarrassed to ask her older brothers or father to help her with the questions on the sheet. It’s an ear-burning subject for that age group. The fact that I could be the female presence in her life to help explain all those personal questions in a setting where she felt comfortable revealed to me our true purpose at Atlas Prep. Not only were we there to help with math problems, we were there for support and leadership—and to show these kids they truly matter. The teacher later shared that this girl had confided she wished she had me as a sister. I most certainly cried a little.”

In coming months, Eberhart plans to broaden DSCoVR’s reach and impact through social media and by alerting local community groups and organizations that FVS has a student volunteer organization ready to engage. So far, they’ve had requests to shovel snow or do yard work for the elderly or disabled, and Eberhart says the group is also considering initiating a math and reading literacy program with elementary students.

Class Notes

50s

Assistant Director of Advancement Eric Kronebusch visited Duke Colket ’52 at his home near Dallas where he proudly displays his Distinguished Casa Serena Society Member Award.

60s

Bill Griffiths ’61 sent in this photo of classmates Van Hackett and Cale Crowley who reunited for a visit in Virginia.

ED VELIE ’64 sends news that he is retired from 24 years of coaching soccer and administrative duties at St. Michael’s High School in Santa Fe. He enjoys traveling, reading and hiking with his golden-yorkie, Finley.

BRADLEY BOYDEN ’69 and his wife, MARIE DEL TORO, both former faculty, are enjoying the great Pacific Northwest lifestyle in Portland, Ore. Their two children attend Santa Clara University, and the family took a trip to Alaska last summer where they were greeted by grizzly bears and elk.

70s

Classmates John Pryor ’75, Clay Frick and Ned Wheeler met up in Telluride at Pryor’s home with the intention of doing a “road” ski trip through the San Juan Mountains. “The snow started coming on day one and did not stop for eight days,” Pryor wrote. “The skiing was off the charts—great times, great ol’ FVS brothers—ah, the things we learned as Danes.”

DSP into Ve Interactive’s platform, which was designed to be less North Americancentric than other offerings, should combine with the company’s singular intent data to offer something unique in a largely commodified technology market, largely because data isn’t being used as effectively as it could be in video, or anywhere, “despite being the ’hot topic’ for the last few years.” He added, “There is massive potential in fragmented pockets across the industry.”

90s

RONNIE JORDAN ’77 is living in Orlando, Fla., recently retired from a long career in the RV business. His dealership, Independence RV, serviced the southeastern states. He is enjoying life and hopes to be back for Alumni Weekend 2017.

Pete Blatchford ’79’s newly published book, “Wicked, Immoral, Utterly Bad!,” is an illustrated history chronicling the story of local, dramatic theater in Chicago. Blatchford has been acting there since 1984 and calls the book “an unabashed love note to Chicago and its theater.”

80s LAURA PARTRIDGE ’82 splits her time between homes in Reno, Nev., and Hawaii. She runs an advertising and marketing business, CCMedia, in the Nevada/California region. She and her husband have three children and enjoy their busy lives.

JOSH MORTENSEN ’89 became director of programmatic media at Ve Interactive last spring. He explained in an interview that the integration of the single tenet Optomaton

Left to right, Flora Jewell-Stern ’90, former faculty and swim coach Jean Miller-Mariner and Jo Toll Fleming ’90 swam from Alcatraz to San Francisco. Fleming wrote an essay on the experience reflecting upon “If Only My 14-yearold Self Knew.” It was a lovely tribute to Miller-Mariner whom she credits with teaching her invaluable life lessons. The three swimmers plan to make the Alcatraz swim an annual event to raise funds for the American Brain Tumor Association.

Gabe Eggers ’96 was married in Rainier, Wash., last August. Gathered in an FVS snapshot are, left to right: Artist-in-residence Mark Dillon P ’08, ’10, ’11, Jacqui (Trombly) Duba ’96, Moria Eggers ’99, Dan Beaman ’96, Eggers, bride Katherine Eggers, Rob Watson and his wife, former faculty Libby Anderson, Susan Stevens P ’08, ’10, ’11.

NORM MAKTIMA ’98 placed 30th individually in the 2016 World Flyfishing Championships. He was a member of Team USA, which earned bronze.

Colin Guthrie ’96 wrote in with this small world story: “I’m the location sound recordist and sound designer for a new short film directed by Eleanor Coppola called Sailing Lesson which was filmed in Northern California for American Zoetrope. Marshall Bell ’61 and Kathy Baker star. On set, while Marshall and I were chatting, we realized we were both Danes! We had lots of laughs reminiscing about our time at Fountain Valley, and Marshall was yelling ‘GO DANES!’ at me in between takes. We just started postproduction and expect the film to be finished in early 2017.” Left to right, Guthrie, Bell and Coppola

Brian Leavell ’98 wrote: “I had a great FVS moment last night that I had to share. I attended a tribute concert for the actor Harry Dean Stanton on his 90th birthday, and it was full of amazing speakers and musicians like Kris Kristofferson, Anjelica Huston, Johnny Depp and the great FVS alumnus Griffin Dunne ’74. After the show was over, there were a couple people still milling around and one of them was Griffin. I introduced myself and told him that in 1997, I made a student film at FVS that won a prize at the Dominique Dunne Film Festival, and he and his father [Dominick Dunne] were there in person to present it. I told him that he had imparted his wisdom with me about filmmaking that night. He lit up, gave me a big hug and said, “Oh man, you’re breaking my heart. I remember you. This is the best story I’ve heard in so long!”

00s ROBERT FERGUSON ’02 sends news: “My wife, Felicia, and I made the move across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco to Mill Valley, which is where my wife owns and runs her Italian restaurant, Piazza D’Angelo. Perhaps it was the Italian influence, or just from being in close proximity of Northern California wine country, but I have recently launched a new wine company, Proposal Wine. I continue my work as a marketing and brand strategist for the management consulting firm Catalyst SF but on the side, I have been quietly operating a small wine company. It started in 2014 as a class project in business school but has since grown to a 500 case per year production. We source all our grapes from Rutherford in Napa Valley and currently have three varietals: Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. We have been proudly serving Bay Area restaurants and customers since 2015. I will have to bring some to the reunion in May, which I very much look forward to attending. Needless to say, with a wine company of my own and a wife with an Italian restaurant, there are no fears of me going thirsty or hungry in 2017!”

Molly Creeden ’03 married Collin Creighton on Aug. 13 at Fountain Valley School. It was a destination wedding with a full weekend of revelry and guests staying in the residence halls. In an article for C Weddings magazine, Creeden wrote, “My favorite [memory], however, is the moment I walked with my dad into the school’s small chapel—whose pews I had sat in hundreds of times while he led All-School assembly—and saw Collin’s and my favorite people assembled in the same rows.” Left to right, Patrick Creeden ’06, Creighton, Creeden, parents Carole Martin P ’03, ’06 and former headmaster John Creeden. Photo by Gary Ashley of The Wedding Artists Collective

MERYL STORB ’04 sent in news that both she and CLAIRE QUBAIN ’09 were each featured in the Montana State University News. Storb is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, researching the chemical nutrients of local watersheds. Qubain is one of six graduate students at MSU to have received fellowships from the Montana Institute on Ecosystems to conduct environmental science research in Montana and the Rocky Mountain West. Storb gave shout outs to science faculty ROB GUSTKE P ’16, ’18 for “starting me down this path” and to former faculty ANDY HANDFORD P ’00 for “teaching me the foundations of statistics. Being a hydrologist means you are essentially a statistician who also likes to go outside.”

Stephanie Barr ’03 married Logan Magnuson on Aug. 20, 2016, in Carbondale, Colo., and her FVS classmates were there in force. Left to right, Molly Creeden, Suzy Barr, Stephanie Barr Magnuson, Katie Meyer and Erin Toal-Rossi. 39

10s

Fountain Valley School of Colorado Max Seigal ’06 captured first place in the sports-adventure category in the third annual Dronestagram contest. The contest, sponsored by companies such as National Geographic and Kodak, honors the best drone photographs taken each year.

Chloe Nunley ’07 and Rangler Wilson married on Nov. 5, 2016, in Sabinal, Texas. This photo is from their Jan. 14 wedding reception at Coyote Ranch. Left to right, Fred Winston ’78, P ’18, Tyler Dulin ’09, Chloe Nunley Wilson, Maggie Hanna ’07, Lukas Langer ’09, Hunter Dulin ’07, Sage Hanner ’09, Sarah Dulin P ’07, ’09, ’11, Riding Director Ann Hanna P ’07, ’09 and Emy Hanna ’09. Will Sippl ’10 and Hannah Hilkey ’09 (now Hannah Sippl) were married in Healdsburg, Calif., May 29, 2016. The celebration was a mini FVS reunion with six alumni members in the wedding party and former faculty Erik Nickerson officiating. Many more alumni were in attendance. Hannah and Will excitedly welcome FVS visitors to their new home in Berkeley, Calif. Left to right: Scott Tredennick ’10, Thomas Sickert ’10, Erik Nickerson, former faculty Diane Nickerson, Will Sippl, Hannah Sippl, Rose Blake ’06, Elsie Black ’05, Sam Hilkey ’07, Claire Qubain ’09, Cori Storb ’09, Meryl Storb ’04, Anandi Black ’07, Eliot Jackson ’09, Garron Sanchez ’09, Kailey Blunt ’09, Whitney Blunt ’05

JENNY STOOT ’11 is studying law at South Texas College of Law.

English faculty Jen Buckley met her former advisee Jon Colarelli ’12 for lunch. In May, he graduated from Santa Clara University with two degrees, finance and psychology. He was also awarded the Santa Clara Nobili medal at graduation, the university’s highest honor. He is serving one year in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Baltimore as a full-time paralegal with a law firm that serves Baltimore’s impoverished community, primarily mothers and children.

BEATRICE EVANS ’12 is assistant to the artist-in-residence at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisc.

TAYLOR GUZY ’12 is living in south Florida and recently finished up an internship with Disney where he worked inside their theme parks. He is now focusing his efforts on a future law degree. He hopes to see many other 2012 grads at the upcoming Alumni Weekend 2017.

DAN STOOT ’07 completed his doctorate in physical therapy and is studying for the state licensing boards exam. He lives in Denver.

STEVEN STOOT ’09 completed his master’s degree in mechanical engineering at Purdue University and is working as a rocket test engineer at SpaceX in Waco, Texas. He continues to run and train for marathons.

Science faculty Brett Rubenstein struck up a casual conversation with another skiier while riding a chairlift at Breckenridge Mountain. Unbeknownst to either of them at the time (because of helmets and goggles), it turns out he was chatting with his former student Liz Tenney ’11. Tenney is working on her master’s degree in global health at the University of Denver.

Sophie Feffer ’13 studied abroad in Paris and worked as an interpreter for a French winemaker in Champagne, France. She is now a senior at the University of Colorado with a business major and French minor.

English Department Chair DAVE REYNOLDS P ’13, ’18 sent in news that daughter EMMA REYNOLDS ’13 was elected to join Hamilton’s Phi Beta Kappa Society, the oldest honor society for the liberal arts and sciences in the U.S. She was one of 16 chosen from her class of 800. Her parents are proud and thank FVS for helping shape her.

Classmates Paige Jeschke ’14 and Meg Jacobsen traveled together on a six-week trek through Thailand with a group called Pacific Discovery. They spent a week caring for abused elephants, learning how mistreated many of them are while in captivity. Jeschke wrote an essay on the subject for Pacific Discovery.

Director of ESL and International Student Programs Kathleen Czop met up with Jakub Myska ’14 in Czop’s hometown of East Lansing, Mich. Myska attends and plays hockey at Hope College in Michigan. Interim History Chair and hockey coach Mike Payne, also visiting his home state of Michigan last summer, met with Myska, as well. He reports, “Jakub just completed a summer internship with a lobbying firm through which he got to know the legislative process in the state capitol in Lansing. He will soon head to Santiago, Chile, where he will spend a semester studying Spanish.”

ALLI DEIST ’15 sends in news of her adventures as a volunteer in Southeast Asia: “I found a volunteer program in Vietnam where I could support single mothers, and I decided to pursue this opportunity for my gap year. About a month in, I found out that the CEO was committing tax fraud so I decided to switch to another organization. Since then, I have volunteered across Vietnam and Cambodia. I spent three weeks at a homestay organization in Hanoi, two weeks in Da Nang helping a disabled man, two weeks working at a conservation project on the island Koh Rong, and one week working at a school for street children and orphans in Phnom Penh.” The blog of her adventures is at adapieblog.wordpress.com

BOBBI YORK ’16 was recently published in Rodeo News Magazine and has written articles for her local newspaper. She recently wrote to English Department Chair DAVE REYNOLDS P ’13, ’18: “I have found an absolute love for words and the written language, so much so that I have continued to pursue it in college. Because of you and your class, I am able to write with such ease and joy. Thank you again for all that you did for me, Mr. Reynolds.”

Last fall, Kiira Walsh ’14 attended Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. While studying abroad, she took classes with Thai students and traveled through Asia in between tests and assignment due dates. Between bathing elephants in the Mae Ping river, studying the implications of poverty in Southeast Asia, tiptoeing through ruins in Ayutthaya, and restoring coral reefs in Koh Tao, Walsh was able to explore Thailand like a tourist but live like a local. In August, she met up with Jiwon Park in Hong Kong for a long weekend, as well as traveled to Tokyo in December to visit, left to right, Laura Twomey ’15, Satoka Satome ’15 and Margot Twomey ’14. Tristan White ’14, right, met up with Christoph Merbach ’14 in Heidelberg, Germany, before White flew to Christchurch, New Zealand, for a study abroad semester at the University of Canterbury. 41

In Memoriam

CARL M. BRANDAUER ’43 died Oct. 22, 2016, at the age of 91. He lived in Boulder, Colo.

Brandauer was born in Beijing, China, and spent most of his childhood in Austria before his family moved to the United States in 1938.

The 1943 yearbook refers to Brandauer as the “original member of the Sixth Form,” and continues, “His talents being so wide and varied, the name ‘Brandauer’ yelled through the form usually means some poor misguided person is looking for help.” Athletically, he was on the ski team and played tennis. He was the head electrician of the stage crew and became a bridge expert, according to the yearbook, which says, “He has succeeded in teaching almost everyone in the form the correct conduct and procedure at the table.”

After graduation, he joined the 10th Mountain Division and was eventually deployed to Italy where he was awarded both a Purple Heart and a Silver Star. After the war, he spent two years teaching climbing and skiing for the U.S. Army in Colorado Springs. He then received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University in experimental psychology. From 1954 to 1982, he worked for Haskins Labs, Bell Labs and NCAR, and then founded Daemon Associates specializing in Unix and C language programming and training.

Brandauer was a member of the American Alpine Club and the Sierra Club, and was president of the Colorado Mountain Club during the late 1960s.

He is survived by six children, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. JAMES K. KERLIN ’53 died Sept. 24, 2016, at home in Tulsa, Okla. He was 81.

Kerlin entered FVS for his fourth form year, and in three years played football, basketball and track, and was the paddock boss for gymkhana. He also sang in the Glee Club and had a leading role in Down in the Valley, which won him the FVS Dramatics Award. As a senior, he co-captained the football team, starred in Trial by Jury, and was an active member of the work crew.

After graduating from Fountain Valley, he served in the U.S. Army from 1954-1956, and in 1962 received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Tulsa. DAVID GARDINER DAVIS ’54 died June 6, 2016, at the age of 79.

Davis entered FVS in 1949 and spent five years as a Dane. During that time, he played pup football, baseball, hockey and tennis. He also was the yearbook activities editor, writer for the Viking, vice president of the Glee Club, and a member of the Student Council, dorm committee and library committee. He was the King in Tom Thumb and performed in Pinafore. The 1954 yearbook called him “a pleasant, easygoing fellow well-liked by all.”

A retired educator, he walked his dog Emmy every morning in Cowen Park near his home in Seattle.

Before his professional career began, Kerlin worked summers as a guard at the Pensacola Dam on Grand Lake. He later enjoyed spending time with family and friends at a cabin on the lake; he also loved to travel. He retired from Blue Cross Blue Shield as vice president of facilities and purchasing. Previously, he worked for KWB Oil property management, The Williams Companies and Hilti Fastening Systems. He volunteered throughout his life, serving as past president of Oklahoma Green Country Council of Camp Fire Girls, working with Junior Achievement, the Facilities Committee in the Tulsa Parks Department, and after retirement, served as an airport ambassador through RSVP.

Kerlin is survived by his wife, Jean, two children and two grandchildren. He is survived by his five children.

MCGILL JOSEPH HAWLEY ’57 died Sept. 13, 2016, at his home, The Silver Bullet Ranch, in Gainesville, Texas. He was 78.

Hawley came to FVS from Blake School in Minnesota, and spent his fifth and sixth former years as a Dane. The 1957 yearbook called him, “the electronic genius of the form. One saw him always engrossed in making a transmitter or receiver, with which he operated his own Penrose radio station.” He was foreman of the work crew, participated in riding and was a member of the projection committee. The Hawley Library on the FVS campus is named after his father, John B. Hawley Jr., who was an FVS trustee.

After high school, he was hired as a roustabout in the Woodbine (Gainesville), Texas, office of Northern Pump Company. He managed the employees and worked hard in the oil fields. He worked for Northern Pump in many oil industry jobs, including stints in other parts of Texas, Kansas, North Dakota and the main office in Minneapolis.

His hobbies included scuba diving in Lake Texoma, boating, leading Boy Scout troops, relaying messages for the troops during the Vietnam war on a MARS Net ham radio, drag racing and studying mechanics. He donated his time to the VFW and the Air Force MARS program, and did civil defense work. He gave mechanical equipment to various organizations in Gainesville, and he was a member of the Cooke County Amateur Radio Club, the Moose Lodge, the Denton Elks and The Order of The Turtle.

He is survived by five siblings and numerous nieces and nephews.

PETER DECOURCY HERO ’60 died Aug. 21, 2016.

Hero was at FVS for five years, serving on the Student Council and as business manager of the Dane newspaper. He was also in the Dramatics Club, played on the squash team and ran track. Hero earned honorable mention scholastic honors as a senior. He graduated from Williams College with a bachelor’s degree in history and master’s degree in art history and also earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University School of Business.

Following a brief stint in the private sector after graduating from Stanford, Hero devoted the rest of his life to public service. At the time of his death, he was recognized worldwide as one of the foremost authorities on the creation and strategic guidance of community foundations. As president and CEO of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation from 1989 to 2008, Hero grew its assets from $8 million to $1.4 billion. A lengthy Fortune Magazine article, “The Man Who Sold Silicon Valley on Giving” noted, “It is Peter Hero, more than anyone else, who has shown Silicon Valley how to give.” Hero also led the creation of a network of community foundations in former Communist countries in central and eastern Europe. In recognition of this work, Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel appointed him to the 2002 NATO Summit Council in Prague.

His contributions to the field of philanthropy were many and varied. He was founding chairman of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Foundation and an enthusiastic member of the board of Sesame Workshop. Among the many other boards upon which Hero served were as founding member of the Skoll Foundation, Ebay Foundation, Pax-Vax, and the Council on Foundations. He also chaired the World Bank Advisory Committee on Global Community Foundation Development.

Hero twice received Presidential appointments to the National Endowment for the Arts. His most recent book, “Local Mission, Global Vision: Community Foundations in the 21st Century,” published in 2008, has been translated into five languages. His other positions included executive director of the Oregon Arts Commission, president of the Maine College of Art, and vice president for development and institute relations at California Institute of Technology.

His passion was sailing and he owned a 41-foot sloop, Celestine. His many voyages included transAtlantic crossings and to other destinations worldwide. His last trip was as a working passenger aboard the 250-foot, three-masted clipper Stad Amsterdam.

He is survived by his wife, Bonnie, three children, two grandchildren, and his brothers Andrew ’58 and J. Girvin Peters Jr. ’70. THOMAS N.L. TERREY ’62 died Sept. 7, 2015. He was 70. He lived in Alice, Texas.

He entered FVS as a fifth former and spent two years with the Glee Club, where he served as president as a senior. He was a member of the Sly Dogs and played football, basketball and squash; he also participated in riding.

Terrey moved to San Antonio after graduating from FVS. He earned a master’s degree from Trinity University and worked as a credit manager in the construction materials industry. He also taught economics at San Antonio College.

Terrey was involved in ranching his entire life and enjoyed playing golf, watching the Golf Channel, traveling and listening to Willie Nelson.

He is survived by his wife, Betty, three children and three stepchildren, and numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

JOHN A. ANDERSON ’72 died June 20, 2014, at the age of 60.

Anderson was at FVS for one year before returning home to graduate from Loveland High School in Colorado (where he lived most of his life). He later received a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Colorado State University. He was a stockbroker for 18 years but returned to his true love of art after retiring from the business. His copper sculptures were shown at Sculpture in the Park and in Taos, N.M. He also loved to fish and golf.

Anderson is survived by his wife, Lora, two children and three grandchildren.

WADE R. EDWARDS ’74 died July 4, 2016, at the age of 60.

Growing up in Grosse Pointe, Mich., Edwards arrived at FVS as a ninth grader, and he played on the hockey and soccer teams, skied, and performed in several theater productions. He made lifelong friendships and remained close with many of his classmates over the years. the member experience. His positive spirit, management savvy and love of sailing had a remarkable impact on BSC for the last nine years.

Edwards always kept his passion for sailing alive. He raced both in Michigan and Massachusetts, competing successfully in various classes across the U.S. and abroad. He touched many lives in the sailing world, and was known to be a great competitor and a true gentleman. He also spent many years of service as a board member and treasurer for The Nature Connection in Concord, Mass. The Media Guide, and he was the deputy public information officer for El Paso County in the spring of 2015. During his years in broadcasting, Baaron received numerous awards including being inducted into the KROS Hall of Fame.

Pittenger followed the Red Sox and enjoyed spending time with his family and friends hiking, fishing, attending baseball games, movies, and watching his son grow.

He is survived by his wife, Sara, and son.

In 1975, Edwards enrolled at Tulane University, where he studied English, including a one-year honors program in Cardiff, Wales, and graduated cum laude. He worked as a sales manager at Edwards Industries until 1986, and then was general manager of the Quick Connector group at U.S. Plastics until 1990. The following year, he received an M.B.A from the University of Michigan.

He then operated a management consulting practice, W.R. Edwards Consulting, focused primarily on the automotive industry. Between 1992 and 1996, using his natural eye for business and engaging personal style, Edwards rose through the ranks at Pilot Industries. He served as the director of corporate planning, general manager of the plastics and electronics division, and finally as the director of sales and marketing. He went on to co-found Tibbitts, Edwards & Associates, a management consulting firm in Grosse Pointe Farms, where he served as a partner until 2002.

In 2000, after the family moved to Massachusetts, Edwards worked as a consultant to several families and firms, providing services from trust fiduciary to strategic planning.

He purchased the Boston Sailing Center in 2007, and as managing director improved operational efficiency and the quality of He is survived by his wife, Aliza, and three children.

BAARON B. PITTENGER III ’80 died Nov. 14, 2016. He was 55.

Pittenger grew up in the Boston area until his family moved to Colorado Springs in 1978, and he spent two years at FVS. While with the Danes, he played varsity soccer and squash. Dean of Studies Waldo Johnston wrote of Pittenger, “Long after he graduates from Fountain Valley, Baaron will be remembered for his seriousness of purpose, for his thoughtfulness, and for his strong sense of values.”

After FVS, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Coe College and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Iowa.

Pittenger spent most of his career in media, beginning in radio at KROS in Clinton, Iowa. He then moved to WSDR in Sterling, Ill., before he and his family moved to Colorado Springs in 1997. He was the assignment editor at KRDO-TV and eventually became the assistant news director there. He left KRDO in 2012 to start his own company,